82 21 3400 https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/433792199f37c5a6278790fc41433274.PDF ee026b42208a1bf0080d22240b92cb4f PDF Text Text �American Legion. Frank E. Booma Post American Red Cross Armistice Atlantic Heights see also Housing Atlantic Shipbuilding Corp. Books and Libraries see also Portsmouth Public Library Bridge, Kittery-Portsmouth Coal Shortage Draft Boa.rd Lists - Throughout book Dunsany, Lord Food Conservation Gardens, War Girls' Fatriotic League Hanscom Shipyard. Eliot. Clipper Ship Nightingale Honor Rolls see also War iemorials: H01.ls ing ~ho rt age Hovey, c. Emerson. Destroyer Named for Influenza Epidemic Letters from France Liberty Loan Campaign Nurses, meed for Plattsburg N.Y. Officers Training Camp Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce Portsmouth Coast Patrol Portsmouth Community Board. Labor ~upply Portsmouth Public Library Portsmouth, Wartime Portsmouth Navy Yard Registration, All men Between 18 and 42 yrs Service Flags: Shattuck Shipyard Submarines, Launching Submarine, German Troops. Returning War f.femorials see also Honor Rolla War Service Community Camp YMCA Weneha.sa Club> 68,90,91 19,28,51,70 65-67, 110 52,73,80,83,89 17,29,31,75,76,81,82,90,103-5 24,39,80 9,14,17 86 3,64!: 106 16,63,69 14,22,25,75 11 95 4,5,6,9,16,34,42,45,49,72,93, 108,109 7,8,10,ll,24,25,34,38,44,57,72 89 59 7,8,12,29,36,60,78 11,62,76,94 27 4:3; 30 50 55 22,69,107 15,40 22,101,102 58 13,43,64,85 20,22,35,37,40,45,59,75,77,89 90,91,92 76,94,100 89 86 90,96,97,98,99 87,88,89 8 45 prnmti ou rn rurn ,c 1 nrn.trn 1-'0HlSMOUHI. NO\/ l[/\Ml :>:1:i:1 OJEGl �. ' ' OM LEFT TO RIGHT-Ma :,or Alhcrt Hislop, Chaplain Hopkins of the U. S. S. Kentu - tuck.y, Capt. Wells of the K~nlucky, Admira·I - W. ,B.--Caperton, commander-in-~hief of the Pittsburg, Major W il!i:~m J. Cater, Gov. John H, Bartlett, · Rear Admit'al ·C.r·,; I • •, ' • • • •• ' • '- } • ►~ ; ' ._ ' I ,., If' ' I\ ' �SIAlE ' _; '. . :· ] ', .BOARD . .· . , ,' REpfAts ,. : : ,• • ,' a,~:::;, ',!:,:•~' •. , · · Whalen, Alfred R. (motliPr, .\I.rs . Whalen, Jackson st.) Grover, Edgar (father, Chas. ,;tho,·, \Rff . :·, ·,-;~~_:\R. . ·u·-~~·-ri:'1·.N<c··. J:::::~::;:::'~ ·:.:u. ,. 1 st ; -: ,~~; t t'jo •i~~\:c·\ ;!A'· ;il -:1/9·:·:;o, t ,A . / •::'~.,:'.}; ::'._ . ,· " · , · .. ,·_·;,• ·. , ::-,,revllle, Edward J. (father, Patri, . -., :-leville, 1 Rocking-ham st.J ·: ,·/',:c· \, ..•· ,'. , . '. . · ~~lfr<•d lT. • Oarsantee, porlsmouth, i.-.,.~J..\Jr~::'!-"~-:-:;-~~,-t, Tho New Hampshire district draft I sn ~taine<l class 1. board has sustain~d the appeal of,At- .. PnC'ifi'co Bathistelli. Portsmon th, toi-ney John L. :.\.Iitchefl, the depart- s'nslained rln,ss 1. ment -representative or this district, Charles E. Brackett in all but three of the cases or n1en · · who ,were married since :\lay, 18 ant! s11stai11ec! clas s 1. '· {vho-irncl been placed in clnss 4 by' the J>hilfp 0. Yoaton, · Portxmonth, sm;. ']'.:·ocal Doard. 1 · 1ainc<l class 1. · 1 lt is' believed that tho d !strict 1Je1111iH ,I. K~:floy, _l'ortsmout11, &'oa.rd has made .rather cl rnstic ru l- taine<l class 1. Cedric L. Wood, yortsu1011th, ings as {n the majorlt.v · of these. cases ~fter .t'.1oro1igl1 _ investigation by the tnined class· 1. . local board, ·: it was found that the marriages were not. rontracted l'or the purpose or evading war service, and therefore it is not just to classi(y them as ",'slacker'' , marriages, as the district . board has done. · The following are the cases that were ·appealed antl the ruling: : a ·e orge A. :\-fcPheters, Portsmouth, Class4; appeal ~of government not s11staine<l. , Charles Leon y,·eaver, Port:;mouth, s~1stained anr] placed in class 2 d. · Albert C. Thompson ::'llewfields, sustained class 3, a. \V. H. Sliney, Portsmouth, SUS- R. E. Slater Portsmouth, not sustainerl, remain s in claHH 4 a. . Thomas S. :\-1ardnn, l'or1srnouth, mrntainccl class 1. · Harold L. Dow, Ifamplon, sustain J... eslie r.... Lovett, Portsmouth, stistalnerl class 'I. , J~rc<I L. Tloyt, Portsmouth, Hustainc<I c lass 1. Arthur I<', Drown, Dove r, sustained class 1. .\fillarcl K Dalton, Hampton l•'alls, snstaincd class 1. Neri S. nan ci, Rye, snHlarncct c·lt.ss :-:· b. I F'recl C. Proc·to1·, llartrord , C'onn., ims(uined c·lass 1. :\fyron J. :-.lorton, Tlampton, s ustained class 1. Or:icar C. Bowley, En.s t Kin~ston, not sustained, class 4 a. Charles D. \loon, flampton, :rnstained class 1. . Arthur II. Crnlg, Jr., Porti;monlh, s11stainerl class 1. Thomas ,v. \Viggin, Portsmouth, sustained cl~ss 2 d. Harold I. ,vinn, Portsmouth, sustained class 1. Clyde G. Robinson, Portsmouth, snstafned class l. Joh1i. H,. Bailey, Po.rtsmou1h, sus• G iflespie, 4 !l Sheai'e st.) Col'l'iHh, CharlPs \\'. (mother, .lsahe lle Gerri~h, 3 fl Sag-am or~ ave.) .l>unton, Charles E. (motliel', ;\frs. /\lir.1:: Dunton, 351 .\larcy st.) -: (Corp.) .Dow, Lawrence T. (father, .John Dow, 28 lllossom st.) Dow, John JI. (mother \frs, \fargaret Fos ter, 200 Bow st.) ?arks, William H. (father :Wm. A. Pai·ks, 4 4 · Atkinson st.) :'\orton, Clarence (aunt, \'I.rs. fernan, 302 Dartlett st.) •·. :\files, Char les E. (mother, Lury \files, lfi Hunking st.) DaY, Ernest L. (brother, Davie! .J. DaY, 180 Gate st.) Downing-, Lawrence B. IIPnry Downing, 173 l•'leet st.) ('Janey, John T<'. (] 7 Chestnut st.) Conlon, Chris :\[. (father, D . .1. Con lon, 245 Wibird st.) Conover, Paul S. (father, H. Conol'er. :\farcy st.) CaHwel:, Hay G. (Wire, ] Gu ave.) l lolland, William J . (mother, \lary J. Holland, 220 C'ass st.) Dunker, F'rank R. (father, iVin fl-ed Dunker, New Vaughan st.) Bunker, Herman \V, (father, Win l'reli 1Ju11ker, New Vau.;han st.) Broomfield, Herbert A. (moth \frs. IGrlif.h IJl'O\llllfielcl, Hotel , D Witt.> Crowley_ Daniel J. (Father, Danie'. ~; rnwle}·, 40 Dover st.) ( Seq;t.) Derry, Cl if ton .1frH. Jla1T,1· l•'urber, 430 Islington st. , . (Corp.) \l<:Carthy, Paul D. (cousi1 Thomas \IC'('artliy, 404 l'nion st.) .\frCarlhr, .John (cousin, Thoma ,rccart11y, 404 l'nion st.) (Lieut.) nooma, l•'rank .\!rs. Dooma, Pleasant st.) (Capt.) Lewis, Charles Woodbury ave.) (Se~·gt.J Waldron, Jeremy (mother, :\frs. iValdron, 115 Court . t.) (Corp.) Dowdell, Ralph E. (fathe \Vm. E. DO\'{dell, 229 ;\£iller ave.) Bickford, E. P. (wife, 122 Dennett st.) . oursizes: . "A', '; "B", to tak aterial up t 8½"x23½" �LOCAL PE PLE fACING ' SHORTAGE ·Of COAL 'l'hc people of lids counlry, Ports- then that we had the first tou<;h of 111011th in cluded, will do well to watch e\·en dooi weather for this fall 'l'he their coal bins carefully ror, accord- house/10lclers went to their retailers to get coal and, much to their suriug to all authorities they are facing prise, were informed that the full a shorta?e which may prove serious orders could not be· filled. The news before spring. spre1dy from neighbor to ne'ighbor A local coal clcaler made the fol- :J.1,d I even from city to city. ·Before lowing statement to a Times rc[lorter titc , news[!apers had hardly said a today which will be of interest: word about it, gossip had <:arried the "In order that our customers may IIO)~S to ever y part of the country. fully appreciate the precarious con di:'The explanation of this situation tion in which we find ourselves by is found under two headings. 'l'he reason of the inability of our su·p- first is the most important. There pliers to furnish us with an ade- has not been a time in twenty years, quate supply of hard coal, due to until this year, when cars were scarce severe shortage in labor, shortage of all through the summer. Such a cars, poor movement of vessel trans- thing has not been known. Yet we portation, we feel it no more than Iiad a car shortage all summer, in the r;ght to ~ake this opportunity to no- east. This could be due to' but one tify the public at large of our in- thing: The country bad a sudden ability to accept any additional or- spurt of productive activity In its dP.rs for hard coal for future deliv- mills and factories at the cry until tho orders which have al- time when tho railroads 1vore not 1eady bee n p!:i.cecl and accepted by equipped to handle a1-iy material inus have bee n filled. c,·ease in business. The railroad fail"\Ve believe with the co-operation ure in the presence of an enormous o:· the public that we will be able to demand for transportation facili"es handle the situation without any i,; enough to throw any big market actual suffering for lack of coal, and snch as that in coal completely out of by this we · mean that people that joint. It did. have coal in their cellars must not "The second may be of secondary expect to receive additio1~a l coal un- i:J:portance, but it is having a big inti! such time as it may be actually re- fltience just the same. The people quired. vVe are going to make a were so bothered by the heat of last study of the situation with a view to summer they t110:.1ght nothing of progive everyone suffi- tecting themselveil against the cold their immediate re- of the coming winter. It is now qt:irements. upon the public conscience that it "We do not make this statement neglected its duty. Like the man t,i alarm any one, but with an inten- who delays his Christmas shOQ- .,.',:;·•,":"'•.:«},_;.,_ :z,'-" 1 t.ion or having tho 11nblic unclcrstallll p:ng until the last moment, the peotl;o situation so that they will not be- pie arc now gofog abont getting In come panicy in event of their not t'ieir coal in feverish haste. being able to secure the full amount "Those two things-if you a·d d o~ coal that they may order." them the alarm of the operator when ··111 connection with the loc:i.l situa- he tries to get additional men ·a nd lion we qnoto from "Tho D!ack 'Dia- c~nnot-cxplain tho present feverish monll," a paper having a nation wide movement in the coal market. The circulation: m: tion is simply behind schedule in "The outstanding fact of the week the matter of getting in the winter's i:, that the nation is face to face with supply, Whether it will succeed must tLe danger of :t severe coal shortage de pend 1.1pon how long the cold aJtd is doing its utmost to reduce it. weather hangs off and how . "The alarm hit the country in all success the -carrie1'S have in regain- 1 It was ing their efficiency." I �J:,hn H. Bartlett,. Illstorlo.n.) Dennett, Sumner Ii', Donnell, \Varren C. f -r,.e .tho news continues to come to lJow, Corp. Lawrence T. , ·te1rtsmoutl1 of our ooys reaching Dow, _J ohn I-I. 'fort.lice, '•rtle Times wlll adct their D0wdell, Corp. Ralph E. to th~ list. Thti c11suo.1uo11 wtll Lownlng, Donjumln F. I .' , Downing, Sergt. Lawrence E. al,v, 1 be recorded. Downs; Horace S. r' Families and relatives of boys w110 . Driscoll, Dennis ,J. 1taive rgone across should send in all Dunton, Char)es E. tntormo.tlon lo Mrs. Bartlett. Durard, Elmer C. ·; 1..~ams, David F, "'Durard, Geori;;e .tt. · .'-\dams, Ralph G. Dutton, Harold T, . .. , ; ·a~dger, Lieut. Phn'lps B. · Emery, Balley Van Ness, (French ' , -~~r, Ralph W. rmy). ;' .\ lallard, Lieut. Robert J. Faulkner, Corp. Roland S. <Barrett, Daniel F. · Flanigan, Arthur J. ; :Bennett, Philip B. · Gardner, Ser~t. Harold . :,'. n~rry, Clifton. : Gardner, Leslie H. "1t!ck_f6rd, Edward P. Gerrish; Sergt. Henr.v K t.tooma, Lieut. Frank E. Gerrish, Corp. Charles W . Broomtleld, Herbert A. Greer, 'r robert W. Bunker,, Frank R. G!lbert, George W. ·' Bunker, H,::,rman W. Gillespie, Corp. Ja.mcs. Harold E. (Cu.naalan • Gooding, Frederic. ·.. Gorman, Corp. Arthur. Burke, Sherman F. (Canadian _r.ouse, ,Charles. -.rmy)', Gradr, Patrick J. i:'Butler, Franklin E, 1 • Green, Philip B. ;: Il;ackett, Corp. Oharles E. Griffin,' Lieut. Philip J . rt· Campbell, Corp. Edwin M. Grover, Edgar . R. '- Campbell, · Ralph , C. Hanscom, Carl W. , I I · Carr, Arthur E. Hatt, Fay E. ·; Caswell, Earle W. Hersey, Harold W. Caswell, Ray O. -Hersey, Howard c. Coltey, Cornelius E. Hersey, Perley D. :·· CoI)leau, Sergt. Omer i. Hlcki>y, John w. J Conlon, Christopher 111' lllc:cs Ed ward c. Collins, Sergt. Thomas E. Hlll, Corp. Cyril D . •·coram, Lieut. George W. Hlll, Corp. Hugh C. : c:;onnoily, John J. Hoitt, Sergt. Clarence 11 . .'. Conway, Patrick. Jloitt, Ernest R . . ·.Connor,. ,John C. Hoyt, John S. ' Connors, John J. Holland, WJl\iam J. , Qornlsh, · Frank L. ! Holmes, Sergt. Ed ward C · Cornish, Wilbur G. Hudson, Leon E. , Craig; Arthur H.· Jr. Jankouskl, Felix. · -.;ralg, Horace W. Johnson, Oscar H. : Cronin, Sorgt. William F. Kelleher, John J. ~Crowley, Daniel J: Kellogg, Lieut. francls F . Cullen, William H. · Kennedy, Henry W. ':Q,a.')'BOJ)·;. heorge_' R /.;;. •1 King, Frederick U. H!i:1, . E'tnest,'L '. ' ,,..... Kingsbury, Samuel TI . I ' . , --~ . ' ~\i'r~e~ DoCour.cy, Harrison , A, . Dennett, Philip B. ~~~~~~<.:. Lang, Sergt. Hezekiah P . I Law ess, ames Lear, Calvin W. ' Lewis, Capt. Charles W, Little, Harold J. Lonergan, Albert J. Lonergan, George \V. Lowd, Percy A . .Mahoney, James B. Marlin, Fred L. McCal'thr, Corp. John l-1 McCarthy, Sergt. Paul 13. McCarthy, Ralph G. •M cDonough, John L. Mclsaac, Hector A. Mc.Master, Corp. Daniel A• .\files, C. Emerson. Miller, John R. Moran, John J. Morrissey, William P. Murphy, Cornelius D. O'nrlen, James E. Olsen, Oscar T. Parker. Lieut. g(lwnrd d. l'nrlt1:1, \Vllllu.m lf. Paul, Orman R. Pearson, Charlos n . Petro nni, Peter. Pickles, Sydney Il. Quimby, Perley A. Qninn, Jmmph F. Quinn, Thomas J. nand, Floyd J. !leg-an, La wrcnce. Roberts, George H. Roberts, Leon L. Robinson, Clyde a .. Schmidt, Llout. Theodore D. *Scott, Capt. Francis A. Spinney, Augustus F. Sullivan, Sergt. Samuel P .. Sullivan Harriet, Red Cross nurse. Sussman, Sergt. Joseph A. Thompson, Sergt. ·waiter D. Taylor, Brig. Gen . Harry. Vinequerra, Frank. Warburton, Co rp. Waller \\", Waldron, Sergt. Jeremy ll. Walker, Ca11t. Wallis IJ. Walt, James Y. Wcnclcll, 8crgl. C:eor;;e ,\, Whalen, Alfred E. \Vilkinson, John D. Wilson, Lieut. jar,..,.:l K. \Vorlman, Harry JT. \=.'right, Lieut. John n. Ycato11, Donnld f•'. 't- Klllod in action. *-Died from wounds . xr~\\'INGTON HONOR HOl,IJJ. Philip Simes Darn(is. ll e nri Alden Dames. 8erg-t. l'hln eu8 Pipen Co!cman. l•Mward Dewey Graham. Capt. Simes T. I fo yt. Lieut. Willis Hadley Hoyt. l~I bridge Adams Knox. Walter Harrison Pickerin 6 . Joseph \Varron Pi cke:•ini;. �STRATHAM'S ROLL Of HONOR I )UtS, IUCllARD l\l. SC.\:\lMOfJ, , lllslorlau. Wallaco Odell. Harold P, Odoll. Lewis .Odell. Ralph E. Gowen. Shirloy W. Gowen. Philip W. Gowen. Harry E. West. Joseph Parks. l•'re<I D. Sovorauc11. Ed ward W. Tuttle. George 'M. S,llckney. Robert C. P!;..'!:::. Leon P. Scammon. ·Corp. Harold Syphers. Alden Syphers. Ens'lgn John K. Dorr. Percy B. Larral.Jeev. l~rederick S, Beals. , Shirley Godfroy. Lauris Godfrey, Wagoner Lewis L. Lano. Carl D. Stockl.Jridge. Leonard Hill. Vernon C. Donel. Durton C. Caswell. Etlwln II. Scnmmou. Horace Craig. Corp. Thomas Smith. Harold Caverly. Norman Edmunds. Arthur Edmunds. Nettle Edmunds, nun;o. Warren P. Horton. Itl"'E. (Blake H. Rand. Hlstorurn') Ed win Morrill Berry. Brown, Arthur Lawrence Brown, Charles R. Brown, James Webster I '3rown, "William Davidson, Philip D. J.•rake, Percy G. mwell, John Russell li'oss, Herbert 0 Foss, Ray Herbert Un.n-cll, Wallace II. ,Ton llCSII, Forrot1l L. Jenness, llcrl.Jert L. Johnson, Burleigh Kelchuer. Harry n. Lear, Calvin War.ran Morton, Rollo A. Philbrick, George Oliver Rand, Seth Edwin Rand, Wallace Elroy Remick, Albert M. ·Remick, Austin F. Vnrroll, Ernest Millon W:;nott, Garland Francis Philip Willard Tucker. Norris Tre[othon. Willard II. Drake. Thornton Weeks /. Ernest C. Eatuu. Jesse M. ·walker. J\Iauulug l-1. Pllllbrick. Charles W. Parsons . . XEW CAS'fLE MEN IN ~mRVJCl!.:. ( Mrs. Oliver B. Marvin, Historian.) Peter Aln us. Wallace K Balson. lleleu Duylstou. A bi=aham Bul!ar:!. Hoss Cnmpboll. Charles W. Carson. Ira L. Cochran. Verne Free. . . Chauncey Hackett. · John- W... Johnson. Frederick King. Hany n. Lan.oso. George Henry Mauson, Jr. Thomas Morris. William Nagayra. John W. Pridham. George B. Ricker. Bhillip Rland. George P. Robinson. George A. Simpsou. ·, l<'ra.ucls Smith. Edward C. ,Starr. ,-·- , Selden F. Wells. Honry Wllklnson. Chester A. Williams. Oa&rl61 Edward Youug. Omer A. Young. 11 ,Ull"J'U~'I:::! 110!.\0lt HULK Wallace Pa.ul Racine. Stanley C~a.rence l•'ogg. Andrew J. Roberts. .Rupert \V. Lindsey. Percy Badger Brown. Charles Uovey ,Stenger. Albert Addison Brown. llarold Russell Blake. Clyde P. DeLancey. Viclor J. Garland. llaymontl A. Johnson. Theodore S. Lamprey. Eugene E. Marston. Ernest Howard Dunbrack. .Jamm; Munroe Lampr~y. William Jlalo .l.Jamprey. Kingsiey Uearoor.:: Oilu:c.: , Myron .Jcweli 1Norton. Kou1111lh Hn.wlrn Man;lon. llarr.1' Llowollyn Smart. Edwin Hown.r1l llobb8; Uoorgc Harold Uat<:holder. Willia1i1 Elmer Stickney. ~Iarvlu F. Young. Kenneth C. Buker. Harold Emerson i\"ore,. Otis Raymond Car.l aud. Oscar L. Garland. Leston Holmes. l\fyrun Dlake. Ilarold i\I. Keene. Any further information re;;-:u."dlug u r -boys In service will be grate[u lly eceived by tho historian. ALBEHT SHA V,'. �KIT.JERY'S .- ROlt Of , '()u~tln llenry Shaw, lliRI l&ll.) Curtis Allon. Lewis S. Anderson. Ralph Il. Baker. Roland G. Bedeli. Frederick Blll1ugs. Carl . Boyer. Russell A. Drackolt , George W. Brown. William 11. Brown, Jr Wllliaru II. Brown. Calvin Hayes Cobb. Charles Cobb. Joseph William Cutts. John Costo11. Ralph E. Dennett. Norman LJ. Dunbar. noscoo l:iliiu. ~dgar E. l!.:mory. ll''orrest Dartlott Emory. Samuel Estes. Harry 'f. Fisher. John Flanagan. Henry l<'letcJ10r. J, Maurice 1r1etthcr. Wlllard M. 1r1otct,cr. Melissa F. 1r1otchor (n1111rn). George W. Godrroy. Elmer A. Gerry. Hnrry L. Goo a w~u. , Ralph E. Gunnison. Alonzo Graham Hearne. Gay N. Horrocks (onrolle<J Portsm:iuth). Daniel Amos Hunter. ( •) R9.lph Alden Hutchins. Eruest James. Benjamin Lentz. Ray C. Littlefield. ~!!gene A. Lewis. John A. Mace. Duncan Stewart McIntire. · Frederick Hu l ernotd Marilee. Guy D. Mltcl\elt Carl A. lieyera. Chester E. Moulton. Jasper Moulton. ,Louis E. Nlcot! Frank ~olan. w ·auace Patel;. Orman Remick Paul, Portsmouth). Charles E. Perry. ' Ensworth E, Pinkham · Charles W. Prince. Arthur J. Pruett. Guy A. Place. Violet S. Pruett, (nurse). , SJ1aw F. Raynes, (enlisted Portsmouth). Charles E. Rudolph. Floyd Hugh Rlcke/r. gdward;R. Rohr. Ezra Sawyer. ! George H, Scalr~rn. William W. ,Scawa.r<l. Newton R. Spinney, (cnrullod Lewiston, ~1e.} Frank M. Smith. Robert H. Stanley, Ralph W. Sterling. Carroll H. Sterlin/!,, 1rrank Sullivan. George E. 'ferry. Walter L. Thompson. Ilcnrrew A. Thompson. John I. Tobey. Theo<loTe R. J. Tobey. Theodore Tucker. Henry Wallingfor<.. Ernest M. Ward. James Wellner. Philip J. Wehher. GhnrleH ':l. \Villlar:nq , llorac:o B. Wi11tama. Harold A. \Vll~on. nohert Jlarry ·.vii ha n . George R. Woori . Sl\tnllel D. Woo<!, .Jr. \Vllllam Wurm. 11 l\!'tlon In l•'ronc:o. ( • ) Olcrl · from 11·uu11tl~ IIerbcrt A. Ycrke11 . �OUR HOUSINfi I ~~~-,sDlf f CULII Eu Washington Considered Necessity Found Here; Arrangements Made to Reconsider. no you think Portsmouth 1·<'ali1/.Ps fully It:; Job"! That is th<• q1u' sllo11 fin;t pul to me hy one or th<' d<' partm<'nt hencls in ,Vashing-ton on !-,:tturday. 'l'hl:; c1ue:;tion was hn,11~:ht III) when the matter of caring for the workmen was being discussed. Portsmouth must wake up. There is a I.Jill' job to I.Jc dollt', and It is important -and in fact imperative that it should IJe done now. \\' hal has J'orlsmouth got lo du ·1 Fin;L it 11111st proYldo for the immediate housing- for five hundred families, and Inter for from lwo to three lhousaud more. Some bright ( ?) individual has informed the authorities in "\\'ashinglon that these extra men can bo housed in Dover, • ewburyport Ull(l other far away points. \Vhen l called on the proper officials they saitl, "\V<'ll, we have beeq info1·mcd thal housing facilities are not needctl In Portsmouth as there arc so many Yacant houses, etc., in nearby cities and towns. A Mr. J3ossom or New Yori, made lhls report and now, comes a battle to chnns-o the i;ltuallon. TllP hOIIHillg commission which will Pxpc11d i:,0.000,000 £or home~ fm· workm<'ll, will send a personal re1H·esenlalivc here within a few days to go !nlo Lhe matter again. The writer assured th o eommi~sion that the workmen would not live in barra~ks without their families anti lhat Portsmouth has a job lo make I GIVE UP THOSE VACANT ROO S IL i,; more patriotic right hero in those vacant rooms lhan il is: to knit or do any other charily work. Portsmouth has a great wn1· duty te> perform. lL has to buil l ships that may tul"n the tide or victory on ou1· side. \\' nshington expects us to wake up and help 11uarter U}e worl<men that_ are romin;:\' here. ·wm you help win 1111, wal" h_v hrlping- lho Chronicle find home~ fol" thes e wol"lrn1en '! Toll your neighbo1· that you arc going to rent a room a1ul thal 11 ill hclJ) her lo docirlc. \Var Board Has r-:~,•1r Worli Well Along JJr. (~cor~c JG. exami11er or Lhe has praclic,dly cxa111i11cd three lluartcrs o[ the men i11 Class A~ So Car the avcraise or acceptance fcir full military service has bN'll sixty por rnnt and of those rejected, [ul!y seve nty-Jive per cent arc bcinis assigned for some work by the .Mdical Advisory board. Arthu r Allen J'clcrson of Greenland, was the first of the volunteer :n<iuctions into st>rvice from the local \\'ar lloanl, under the 11cw rulln~. lie was alivancecl for physical cxamin ;, I ion aud he is lo go lo the Medica l l°1~11nrtment at the , .imp al Allentown , Pa. He h the ambulance service. i'wo men were taken from l' '"~ency lleet list on Wednei.day, Rare.id 0. Lylle and Harold J. Cutting, both being reported as noL engaged <'ll nPccssary ship work. One was •1laced on the list, Cornelius J. Rea1,an rrom the na,·y yard. Under the rule all men in the first class who ;'. re on the emergency fleet list, are 1·11ccked each month antl if they leave the work they immediately go I.Jack into their A-1 rating. '!'here arc now forty-six cases i 11 rl us trial classification IJefore District Board, on appeals from local board, but apparently no action has beet\ taken by Lhe distr[ct !Joar,1 ar. they have been reported lo the District board for sc1·eral we~lrn. According to the report of i\Ia1·shal Gener,'1, Jlampsllire stan,ls fourti1 country on the nurnbcr of teer eulistments or 72 per cent. Thjs is only exceeded by P e nm;ylvani:1 with :JO ver / ~nt. District. or Columl.Jia with 7:i per ccul, Maine with , ,1 J>cr C<'nt and ·then thi s slate. ;\fa s::a- chusetts had but fi2 per cent. '!'hat is la this sta te the g ro ss quota CJf 1 men for the firgt draft wns •1,4 LO and there were 3207 volunteer The same rule will apply in this JJ<•xt Llraft the slate receiving crcdils for the volunteer enlistmeals 1d11ce that dale, and the s '. ate will hold up its percentage. A ii eal1stm ents in the army and navy outsid~ WUAL 110).' WHlTES I \ f/l Ji'.HOl\l IJ.<'lt,\NCJ<l. . \ ·"'' ~ Mrs. Hu g h Kelliher has the following lelter from Priv. John J. Kelliher, who is "somewhere In France." Dear Mother:- ! recei ve d your letters from tbe Red Cross. It was good of them to send it and we all thank them very much. It seems so good to hear from home. We are all well and getting stout for we get good "cats'' over here. We are beginning to get used to France now. It isn't co ld a;id we have only a little snow so far. I wish you could see the houses over here. 'l'hey are small anrl made of stone. So1ne d!ITerent from us in our tin hats, as we cc:."! them. an d the gas maskb. ~ llave not ..met my -of the 101st ll:nglneers as yet, hut hope we will soon as we wlll be ~lad to aee them. -A New York paper is sent to us _rom Paris so we hear some of the 1ews from over there in the States. it is hard to get accustomed to the ·11oney here and it will be good to ,;et somo of the U . .S. money again. Write again soon and give my love 1u all that ask for me. PRIV. J·ORN J. KELLIHER, Bat. D., 103rd, Re,;. Field Artillery, �T,ettel's From l<'rall('O. The following Interesting letters have been received by his mother and sister from Corp. Seth Ral'\d who Is "Somewhere in France": France, Feb. 4, 1918. Dear Mother-Rece) ved two , ilice Jong letters from you yesterday and I surely was glad to hear ,from yon, too, for It has been 11omo tlm'e since I have heard from anyone o~ had any mail. It is quite s-prJng-like here,' quite •>.,-•,rn warm and plenty of mud for that seems to be the cheapest thing this country, and It comes In largest amounts ror the wl1ole camp is Jlke one big mud puddle. 1 received lots of papers and sec by them that you have had plenty of cold and snow over there, but guess from what ~~;'.:t'l!,/:~ people say that this has been quite an unusual winter allhough we have had some quite cold weather. I reb~_,7!.flx..JI celved the Jetter with the money order in it, and thank you ever so much but please do f!Ot send me any more at -present anyway and if I do J'l--'.,.,-,,:~;;,01 ever need any I will let ·yo u !mow for we get quite enough for over here for a fellow does not really need to spend very rn~ch, and as you know everything is furnished us either by the government or you people send it to us, and we have been getting full •P/lY so tar, so I have bought everything I need. we have been working quite steadily driving for the French up until about two weeks ago, then we were =·~~~,sent to a seaport for trubks of our own to drive· for the AmeJ"icans. ,ve loaded them onto ' flat cars, and they ,,,,.,·,w.•.""•• had to be . run on to the cars uncler their ow~ •power and the cars o~r ~--..,-~J....,..:A here are very short; just a very little ..~.,.~~-"""" longer th:a.n ii truck so they had to . pick two "good'' drivers to just run them on the r.ars, a.ncJ what cl\> ym1 lmow--=---I was one or tho two pirkect and we loailed and. unloarled thP wholo train withont a mi s hap; Home speetJ to our Company 1 guess. I had a letter from \\'allace nand the last mail and come to ft11<l ont I have driven my truc:k very near the :mme front where he is but have never seen him. Thank Sue for me for my sweater, helmet and wristers, so making this a family letter, for we can only send ".''!l~y',,."!lff so many letters, and where we ar e moving about so much it is sometimes a . Jong time l.Jetween times we can send mail. Corp. SETH E. RAND. 1st Co., 101st Supply Train, A. K F. Dear Sue-Received your . long letter or Dec. 31, yesterday, and surely was glad to get it, too, as I am all of them ... :'lly boxes have been corning along finely, and 1 want to thank you all !'or the thing-s to wear are just wh1tt I want, and as you know, the things to eat a lways please me for my stomach is still one of my l.Je~t frienrls, ancl 1 have been treating it pretty well, better than one might think rOJ·. Of conrse we don't alwars eat like a first class hotel, but onr';,0111pan y rnerlH a whole lot lwllm·j than some and I l'or one have no kick coming at ·au and to prove it I am getting fat on it for r. weighed myself the other day on a pair of French scales, and as near as I can figure l weigh some over l !l O ponnds. I'll be some help to my mother when I get my full g rowth, won't l ! Jam still rlriving a tn1ck but I.here is qnite a rlifferencc between the size of this truck and "Lizzie" for our trucks am nearer the size or a small l.J onse. At least they get used for a house quite often, for l have slept in my trnclc quite a number or nights and ·a fellow ~an be very comfortable, too for there is another fellow that -1:bles up with me when we sleep 11 t of doors, and I woulcl rath e r sleep 11 a truck· than in the barracks. Not much chance of getting into e l.Jad habit or staying 011t nights r everyone has to be accounted for nd if you have no J·eason for being Jut it is much better to be in, for in the army they give every man a chance to be. a man, and then if he can't be ·one they make a man of him, and itis much .better not to have to be "made over." Hae! a letter from Miss - - - the other day and she sure does write "son{e" letter, for ' she puts as much life in-her letters as in he1· conversation; which you kno,y ' js very intercsting, and I hope she can find time to \'pound" off one real often, but I was some ,;urprisetl for when I saw a typewritten aclclrcss I thought It was from you. ·we finisiled driving tr,u cks for the French about two weeks ago, and went to one of the seaports of France and got new trucks, rode three or four days in freight cars-side door Pullmans-so you see we are getting to ' be quite soldiers, anrl when r get home vou will have to give me my rne'als i11 a tin pv.u, let me eat and sleep out in the back yard for a few days so the shock won't be too much for me to stand; yes, and be sure to have about eight 011 inches or mud, ,too, for that would come in nice and handy. Write soon to yonr little brother, SETH. t 0 Now. Occupied By Enlisted Men 'l'hc repairs lo l11e Y. ,\1. 1:. building which was ha,Jl_v rtan1age,1 !Jy fire on Dec. 31, J!lli", have been so rar co mpletc ci tllaL it was agai:1 occ:1;ph'rl J;y the e nlis trcl 111ca 0:1 :\1onr!n y nncl the men cnga,!(1HI in th ,; Y, .\1. C. A. war work ha1•p takc11 np thri1 hPa1lq11artPrs rlit' re . l!rpai;·,; lo ill!• H<•r·o11rl floor wlii ch 1·011tal11i; the o{f'ice, parlor and ~1ssoc,aiio1, hall a re practically completed. O.i the q1ircl noor •Co ntrartoi· Ellwnr:I L. Patte r so n who is in c harge of th,, work. 1s makin g many cha nges of thr the space here tofore use cl for 8torage purposes iR being conve!'lcd in.o ten 8lePping rooms. Showr r hath,; toilets and lavertories are be ing i,!s tall ed. \Vhrn the work on this fl oo r is completecl it will furni sh accommorlation s , that heretofore hnv e hc•nn g r ea tly n ecde cl and will no douhl i)n great ly appreciated by those wh () m:1k e _their hr>:1rlq11nrl(•r~ at 1hr Y. l\f. C. A. .. 'l'O A \ 'OH> CO.\"l•'l!8lOS. , l\fa1iy ho11seholcJ.ers In this city hnvc been good enough to furnish to the -Chaml.Jor ot' Commerce information , regarding- rooms for renting 1rnr]Joses In the effort to reli eve the congested housing conditions ,and such action Is very much appreciated by the organization. it would be further appreciated if, When such rooms ha vc been ll lied, tho householder would nolify tlw Chnml.Jer · Secretary or that fart, (Tel. !J70) and thufi avoid the 11osslbillty ·or sending'. other applicants for rooms to the tiame place, ,Some confusion has ariijei1 in the .past IJy reason o fnot huvi11g- lcnowlrrl;;-o that rooms listed hacl been ta.ken, und II IH bellevcn Jr tho nhove s11gg-eHtio11 iH l'o llowc,l thlH co11f'm;Jon 1·:111 he �Ports1nouth's Qouta. Ott For Camp Djx --- Ap,}.b -lCJ The Lhirt.y-four men, who made up the quolu. from this cily, reporle~I Thun;clai' aflernoou lo the local wnr boar<! ror final instructions. Ther<i werP three challgeH in thP personnel or thC\ quota a~ previously published In T iu., Thne/;. lh1gh Hill or this city took tho place of ltor A. :'II u.c:<IQnald, who is restricted to hiH home with the mPa:;les; Ho!Jert L. 11:b r lch tool< thf' pla1·1• or \\'lllanl :\I. Ur:1r, .lr. whu had 111·1•,·iously <•11li~t11!1 In tho N:tv:tl H1•se1T1·.~ and· lliclla nl Va Ud(•rhoh• look tlw place of Lewi:; W. Tawbe, It having !JP en lt>arn111t hy t !111 wa ,. ho:trd that thr !alter was an aliPn, h:1\'i11g been born in .\uslria. 8hr·riff R1,in11Py inlrocl11cecl Col. .John II. llartlPtt to tho ''boys'' just IJpfore thPy st:,rte!l rr0111 the court ho11st' on their Ion~ and perilou, jo11rn1•y. l'OI. 11:irtl<'tt, on ht>h:tlf ot th,• 111ayor :tn<.l nil the pPoplr or the distril't, · spok(• in n \'eln of ·'good cl1Per" alld "I.Jon voyage," and sent lhr lads off with a smile on thPir lip., , a ltho11;:,h therP was a :;rrlous loon n111l!'l'l1t':ttl1. Jfc told tht•lll thPy wc·re llit> llt•f'l)('S or our co1111trr, that all th•· JJ('OPIP \\'('J'(l with thnm in hParl :\11(1 in spirit, anti would watc:h evPrf act and t!EH'd or lheirn \lll[il they returned; that God looks out for h iH bcroeH, ancl he helicvrcl all of them wouhl romc hark home sa.l'P.' and as victors, ovP.r tho horrlns or 1-1 nns w·ho - wcrP. Bl riving to hrin~ l11f'!r mt1l'll1•rs to Olli' own land. rlosing with the old wonlH: 011r hParls, our hopes am all ' with th PP. hParts, onr hopt>~, 0111· prayPrR 0111' lNtrn, Our railh, lrl11111phant o'Pr our rears, .\re all wilh th!'w, a.rn all with thee. The 111e1r left I he con rl house short11· al'tcr 8 o'clork :rntl wt>rc in ch:l.l'g<' ~f Captain Grorge W. ;\lorrlll o[ the Adjuta11l General's office. At the depot lhP1·c was quite a gathering of friends ancl relatives to hicl the young 111<'11 gOO(l bye a.ncl as thP train 1mlh•cl out or thP clepot three hearty cheers were g-i\•en. The mrn from Exeter will join the local men a.t Rockingham Junction ancl more will be taken at J~pping. Al :\[a.nchester they will be transferred to :i special train whirl! wi ll proceed to C':tlllll Oix, Wrli;htsvillP, N. ,J. whero tho men arP to train. Tho young mon lea.Ying this mornIng wC'rc Ono s11ccluieus or manhood and all Reo111Ptl pleased thnl. they wne 11oing to Hcn·e their country. l'OH'f8:\10l''r ll. BO Y G:L\ DU,\ 'l'W;. John Philip Palmer of this city hus i;ratluntecl from the officers' training school at ramp Sb ridau, Ohio, nntl is olii-:ible to :i J11lOint111e11t as second lieutenant when a vacancy oceurn. Mr. Palmer i~ a former wel l !mown Portsmouth Ports month \\"x1•\ Y. M. C. A. War Work Council Has Distributed Them at the Harbor Forts. I l'hc lo ·al public Iil.Jrnry '.l60 books IJcPn• hrou:.rh t as tlona tions to the sc-1·,·i<'P lii>nuie><. ].[ost of these hn'n turnetl over to 8ccretary '\\'. :-1. l•'orgr:t\'<' oC the Y. M. C. A. '\Vn,· \\'ork Couneil and he has dist1·ihulNl tl,c•rn lo th<' al'my fol'tS< al N 1n•,i•Rtle an,l to the- naval hospital and h·a1Tae1,~ al the, nan' yanl. The l,1111\0, 11 rc- 111111'11 a pp1·1•c·l11 Lt•d hy thclltl'n in tltc> s,•n·i,· • a111l airy ol'l ) •1·~ fol' lhP, pUl'J)OSI' will still be ,·c-cei\·e<l al Al ha \'t.> "a,. ha,·(' thc, p111JliC' lilira1·y. ~lore Names For ·The Honor Roll 1\-p. \3-l'Z To the Public: I Your good work in assistin~ mi' ena!Jles mP to rcpo"t in aclditioll LO my report pnblishccl i11 '\'lH' Time,;, Wriclar. April 12th the l'ollowillg which ha.vc come to me, and which I have secnred since yeslcrclay. Thi:; ongh t lo ma.ke the list pretty nearly perfect, bearing in ml11d tint lhe hn Ill o[. my !isl was pn Iii ir;l1C•1l .\ p?·il I Oll1 in The Times. the firsL hdci, o[ additions, snblractions and tionH heia1\ p11hli:;!11•cl yrs\c;-cla.1, awl the SCC.Olld batch of adclitio11:;, trnclions alld c·orreclio11s hci111; llshed belo\\' aH lollows: );cw :\au1Ps (o hl' .\ dflc•ll. nad~er, Ralph \V. (father, Uauh.il \V. 13aclger, [loyd road), Camp Lewis, Tacoma., ·washinglon. necker, William (fathr.r, \\'illiam BeC'kcr, 1;8 \\libird st.) Naval llcgerve. llall, Ephraim ( \\'ife, Broat, Keeper, Goast Guard, Wood lsland. Littlefield, Samuel (" ifc, \'Bio,: st.) Suri' man, Coast Guarcl, \\'ood l::;la111l. Burns, ~l iehael 1•1. (sisler, :\lary JJurns, s2:: lslington st.) .:-Joseworthy, .James 11. ( l'alher .Tames ::sloseworthy, 25 Sparha\\'k sl.1 LT. S. N. :Nam es t-c1 he take n off the fisL Leach, Arthur C. (not in the service.) Johnson, E,·erelt H. (is located :i Rochester boy.) (ls located The [ollowlng names which . appeared on my list, with some errors or, omissions, arc the way they should appear in fhe official list: (Lieut.) Daclger, Phillips B. ( wi[e, Doyel road) First Army Heaclquar- r-.r,:•i-::,F:.;-,·-:;,; ters Regiment, A. E. li'. Durarcl, James :\l. (wi[e, 15 :\1-:ichanics st.) U.S. N., U.S. S. Chester. Grady, Patrick J. (brother, :\lici1ael Grady, 4G7 Islington st.)· Reardon, Daniel P. (mother, :\[rs. Cornelius Reardon, 3 7 7 Bartlett st.) , Woods. Peler J. (father, 1 Petl!l' Woods, 92 Ca.Rs st.) Jlall, J•'redei'ick 11. (father, Louis 13. Ha.II, 21 Woodbury ave.) ,\I oonPy, :\l ichael .J. ( mother, :\[n:. ~! ic hael J. :\I ooney, Isl inglon st.) Dollon, Edward (wife, 4!l Jllll st.) ~aval Reserve. (Lieut.) Sch1hidt, Theodore (aunt, :\1rs. Thomas Rhea re r;t.) Fi 1·st l) eal lt . The name or Arthur T. Patch, Soulh :\Iii! st., molhcr, :\1rs. l~mma G. Patch, should ha\'e after it Portsnioulh boy to die in the ser- l,1;:;::.~~:~"-"'f;,><'.,\- vice." :--ote-1 shall continue my ror new names a.nll correctionn. l am keeping a complete list here, and a.m ,ending one to Profc5sor Richard W. llusbantl, State Historian, office a.t Concord, N. II. l earnestly solicit e·,to take a.n in lerest and assist :\lllR .. IOIIN II. UJ\llTLl~'l'T, 19 :\1 iddlc Rt. �HISTORIANS LIST THE MEN IN SERVICE Portsmouth Takes Lead This Section With 549. The historians for tho state of New Hampshire has issued the fourth ll,it of the number of men ser~·lng from -each town and city In the state. 'l'he 11st Includes also the name or the historian for each city' nnd town. Thi• lli,t 19 compil<'<l uncJp1• the nusplces or the commltt!'o or l'ul,llc Snrety, nnll tl1e count Is rn::i<l!' ur II II th o,-e know11 by the local hlstol'lans to lte in the r,~:.;..ii:r.,.,il thnt particular town 111· s·ectlon l '01·tsmouth h:;is sent 549 men, Mm. John H. B::irtlett being the hi,itorlan. Dover ha!:! also done a big pa rt In sending 453 men. Miss Caroline lL Garland is the recorder. Newmarket has lG~ boys in servke, Hein Klni;rn11n, rcrorclcr. Salem sends 54, 1\1 lss Cordelia M. Helli, historian. Epping- has sent 50, Jenness S. Smith, historian. Durham t.ll,•ff.'cll'Mill lists 47, Dean C. H. Pattee, historian. Seabrook sends 30, Ellsworth l:lrow11, t~c!... -',,..!-;;;;:i recorder. New Castle nnd Stratham r;,;;,;;:,~~,,;;:A ea h send 27. to'rmer ls Mrs. Oliver P. Marvin, of the latter, ~frs. R l\l. Scammon. 1Hnmpto11,. JlstR 2G young men In sPrv!ce, 8. Albert Shaw recorder. Hye has provided 26, Bia kc II. Rand, recorder. 'l'wcnty-two •men have gone from Greenland, vVllllnm /\. O<lell having the listing In charg!'. Newllelcls sends 21, Daniel n. Smith, recorclcr. Hampton Fall!< is listed at 1 l, if•'rn nlc H, Lord, historian. Newington provided G men, h!slorlan, ,lacl<son •:'If. Jar 400 .Workers Accommodations · !or · at least 400 persons have been In Portsmouth, Groat Falls and Somersworth, which It Is hoped may be utilized to house workers in the ship yards, These are In unu1:1ed hotels and private d welllngs, either without tenants or closed by the owners. State Director Enos K. Sa w)"er of the · federal employment service has reported the ·matter to Washington with a request that steps be taken to obtain the hotels and houses for the use of the ship builders. Super~is~rs Edward K. Webst~~ of Concord and •Charles R. Quinn of Portsmouth were assigned by Mr. Sawyer to make a survey or the territory within easy , riding distance or ,the shipyards, with a view to ascertaining If 'there were house quickly available and the repor made by his agents ) was pleasing t him, In the existing serious hous!n situation here. One of the hotel Is furnished and the other unfur nlshed, while a number of ,th~ houses are furnished. If arrangeL ments can be made to open these buildings it would be a big help I~ solving the problem which Is vexIng the shl11yards and the employment service, and which just now is the greatest stumbling block in the ship production. • It is planned ,to establish dormitories In the . hotels, which would provide quarters for 100 or more men and the dwellings would talc~ ·care of 300 more, cnabl!ng men now at the shipyards to bring their families hero sooner. than w!ll bo the case if they have to wait for -tho new buildings under constrnc.tton. · Lack of . su!ta•ble habitation's ' ' fol' farnilles has been a o·r discontent am'ong men here Cully expecting to their families In a short Men \Vho Will Be Called {n Next War Draft Tile l0c·nl \\'ar llonrd has mad ·: ;.c ient.1tive list ol' the men wi1o will J;e sent to Camp llix, \Vr1gl1t.,tow11, '<. :i., titr l:illPr part or tl1<• mot,th. The list iR lalien rrom el.ts~ .\, 111 1 llPir rPMnl;.r 01'(11'!' ,l S lill'y lta,1 J'f'11, ,.. , a"" I Ii, • I ,1 r11:, ·rh jl,I SS l'(i \I 1111(• 1' , 1,,. r11l , 11;, ol' il !f' l'ro1w;l- ~lar ,l! ,1/ d ill ' l' . d. 1•0 11r J! ll ' II 11 :•rn 1.1 J-1•11 on t t !~t ·! r r~ •~ 11lar t>1 der ~l s Litt> _,. ill~cl f ! 1: e ..;~{ {i Lil( ' \\' .l : · ? :c :! t (1 I;) tl.e.ll Ill /,\ , l 0 '1 Ill (' Iii',,! dra11, The , P :ti'<' l'iolio /\11a1ii:1, l'nrl ~1:10111'1, l:ichard V:111clerilall', :'\ell"ll;\rki •:, Hohcrl LPn l•:nrich ancl 1111 ~!1 ( 011,..-ay I /ill or thi s ritr. The~ olhers ii1 tltPir ordpr arr•: 1:aul .\larli1wan, '.':P.1s· 111 :1ri<•' I. 1 ( haun,·cy 11:irton. '.'lort i1 I lnmp- 1 Inn. Hert \V . 11:lliof.1. 1-i:Pnsin~lon. .John \\'. llicl;cy, l'nrt ,: rnonlh. l'hilip II. Jh·nn e tt. l'orts111011tl•. Gilman n. llow, 8P~hroo k John ll. ('rrnnolly, l'orlsmonlh. George l~nrunlos, 1•,,ni;inn111l1. John H. J~nlvev, Por1Hmo11tli. Appollinair<' .J. i: hHl1•a 11. :nnrkel. \\'illiam g_ . ·cal, :'\('\\'lll:trl:,' : . Turner fl, South <'r, S1•.i hro ,,k. Peter Petronui, l'on :; mo11tl1. llarry Tt. Drew, Portsn1ontl1. , :Merton F. Littlefi c l<l , Snahrook. 1Ghrislian T. ('hri s LC'nsrn, monlh. .Terry J. C'nstle, l'!ais/>)W. H o:v M:irclona lei, l'ortsn1011 t 11. Cl1arles r.ou s e , ; -,.:·l~mn11th. Tien ry Ln hrn uc!JP. :"lewmll ,·kct. Felix .Tnnkonski, l'orlsrnon1!1. \\' illarcl ~1. Gm.,·, .rr., l'ort$mo11t!J. .Joseph I'. \\'hi,lt!Pn. l'orlsmn11t!1. Pay l~ugene !fall, l'orl :,lll,ll'th. Louis ,v. Tauile, l'ortsm1>11lh. lll!'II .\rlhlll' I). '1'ho111ps o11, .':1•111\Pl<ls. lt:1y111on1l 1,;_ \Vallon, <:e:thl'nok. .lames \V. Sanhon1, s,•a!irool, . Otis t•:. '.\lcQuillin, Sr:tlirook . . \ ltP1·11111t•~. John 1.,, l'nrnons, Hye. OJi\·pr 11. Dowel, !'ortsmon1 h. 1,:u<·idc l<'. Bia ntlH'tt<', ket. 'J'!1Poilorr S. Lampre~. 1/amplon. \\"hilP this is 11ot the that will b,, finally ma.tr 1111, it i~ il will be, with n J)OSr;hlc one or two exceptions. 'fhe ilo,\J'tl have not l"Pl'Pi•;ecl an) 1 ol1111lf:'ern !'or photo;;raphers call or other s1wcia 1 ca !Is l hat �\l PORTSMOUTH HJGH SHOULD HAVE SERVICE FLAG ,_.,.r:t:,.,-•·,.'!ill Grn.duates of Local School Who Are in Country's Service, Should Be Fittingly Honored. It seems as· tl1our,-h High school should fly a sen·icc flag as well as olhc,· h ig-h sehool,; o( lh c l'Dlllll1·y :incl il is• 11111 ., , fil lin .c: :,11 ,l .. J)!'U))t'l' fh:it tht'ir alma mat e ,· shuul I 'llerc ~chnol is a elw11ce 1\ h11nni cl!°' ti·Dl'ia lii>n, or :some inclividunl lo present lhc scl1O'.ll "·ii.Ii a service (lag-. ,\ml 11:is :i11yo11 c> sugg0sl1•cl w:1r'! I f this iH 1•n111piit'd :ii1d gi\'1•11 111 lht• sdioto] Jil>ra1 ·y iL will l•e pri><,•d 1·eacli111; fo1· I•)' (11- GIRLS HAVE COMPLETED STUDIES J •.ro '('{'l-\ The local War Board to/lay received a ca ll to furnish twenty- two men as their quota·i to lJe entrained on May 1 G ancl report to the commanding officer at Ne,v Hampshire coUege. Only wh ite men ailcl men •physically qualified ' for general military 1serv:ice moy be inducte!l under lhis call. Only white men , . who have com11leted at least grammar school education u11d have some experience along .mechanical lines alld have some ap_tltude for work s houlcl be inductThr men selected for this servic':> will receive a cour8e of training n..l the gov11r11111ent's expense, fitting them to serve in ~rmy positions; requiring knowl!lclge of concrete workJ ing, ca-rpentry, electricity, ;bJaclcsmithing, automobile re1>airi11g, gas engines an1l other mechan ica l clu1im; incicl<'nl to many kindH of mlilary Hervice al the frot a.ud behincl the lines. The men laking receive thorough slruction which will be of great persona l value in wor,k,i ng their way ahead in both the army nnd In '!'his Is an exceptiona l opportunity · for energetic men. Inasmuch as ent misunderstanding as training the <men were to 'r eceive untlre call 19!'i at Tufts college, we l1ave conferred with the officials at Durham and they assure us that tl1t Libe~ty.Loan Quota. ____ ,Doubled Portsmou th and °v-Jcinity ·did " weil in s u bscri 11t-ions ·to the third Libertv Lonn, tho total amount sub~crlbed IJei ni $1,114,750. , · · Between . '$800,000 :tnrl $900,000 will be credited to this city so that it wi-JI be see.n '. that the cit;'s qucita of $390,000 was more than doubled. :which certainly reflects g r eat c;e<l it up.on those jn oha.rge of · soll citin'g the sn bscription. In orcler to n.c:c ommodate many wh-o are 'olJ!ig'e d to worl{ throughout the clay, ' local 'banks are to keep · open ~aturday evenings from 6 to o'cloelc to receive Liberty -Bond pay0 1918 .. Council Discusses Housing Situation ... I _Al a special meeting of council last evening housing con~ ditions in this city · were disctissetl. Manager Raynes or the Atlantic Gorporation was vresen t and outlin ed the aim3 of the corporation, tellThe Girls' .l'nlriolic L e ngue hns helil ing wlla' t it . must do in tlie matter of F'ir,;t J\id cla ss e s at the J'au] .] on e s havin g- housing facilities for its IIonw the p::ist ,winter \\'i:h murh s11 c - ..... wo rkmen and of tile need of corport.'l':--~. Tllf'rc were ollicr c\;t:~,c,~. u11(1 ation in the ·ri1atle r. t:tug-ht by Dr. ;\Jnrtha. .1;og e 1·, a11OLhe1 · 1 Cou1}cilruan Gray offered a resoin ·c arpentry, concrete by Dr. ,John IL Neal and a l11inl hy lution by which the - council would Dr. l•'1·0l1 S. 'l'n\\'le. The rh~s of ])1·. electricity, !b fack\sm \thing,. req U(}St the fuel com mission to ReUng-er \\"hiclt wax RlarlC'rl fir s t Ila~; bile repairing, gas engines cure coal for the Hett hotel. He excc,111pl ~• tc,I its coursC" a11<1 took its cx chinists' work. plained that the people who had nnlina tinn l 1 ,·i.cveni11g 'J'lH'rl' has nlbought the building on Culls street ,L ocal boards may accept volun,;o llrcn a cla:ss in home- nursing, thi s had refurnished it and now had .4 5 iJt'l111, l llllg-ht first hy l\f iss l 'c'lrit', Lil :• rooms ready to r ent, lrnt were \ Un'"""'"'·"·'" fo1·111cr <lisll'i< ·t lllll'S t' , :t 1111 l:1 [01· 1,., able lo heat the huilding as they ;\llss l\:t 111sa.1· ot' I 111• I 'url ~11 11111! h l111scoulcl nol prncure coal. A discussion plta I. '/'Iii,; cla:s~, is also 110w re:idy as to the right of the city counci, its cxr11nin~1li t n. to take up such a matter . followed and ti1e resolution was finally laid on th e t~ble as being out of order. ·. A resolution was introduced· by J•'Olllt \'OLUN'i'1<;1,;m•! , r'r\o..y l•'la11igan of this city, Carland !.<'. Councilman Gray to th e effect that 'l'ltc first or 1hr: spoc:ial dl'ltf:. n1n11 W.~nolt of ltyo. th p cfl.y accept Aldrich street run{)all No. 20li for which the lot;,;! who arc lo lalw collcgp l11slrnctio11 ning; IJetween '\Vest street and Freel'or a rll1y work lofl th is afte rnoon on War Doan! i~ to furnish lwe11 ly-t.wo . • man's avenue and , instal sewer and u, 0 J.:i~ train' l'or Tufts collngo men lo be oulrainod on May 16 ·anil' ll'ater mains as fast as the' house;; where lhcy wil.1 Lake a, i:i J1ccial vrc- report to tho com1mw<ling ol'f.l~ct)S were ertected.. He stated that th€ paratory co urse. The detail of six at _New Hampshi_re, ,col!rge __a~ ..i.i'ur- · ~ Po11tsmouth Building tapsociatiou was planning to erect at least ·13 men wore in ch a rge · of ,John l~ . Dak - ll i1 111 for 'iuechanica1·,: ~raii1ing ' stro1ii;', houses th ere to be completed in (i(J cr o[ J•; asl l.(ing slo n a11,t l.Jcsic.lcs Mr. l,v ap11cals lo iuany and tip lo this days and that GO might be built but Baker were J~dwarc.l A. Cole of noon the 'Local Board llad receivc<1 the association could not proceed - Kingston, Myron L, ·nrown -or SP.a- four- volt.inlee~s a"iiiC inore a.re ()lC• until lhe city council had acceptecl J\ rth 11 r pected ,before t,he street. -A fter considerable discussion the resolution was adopted by a vote of four to two. First Aid Ciasscs Arc Nm.•: Ready to Take Their Exnminati.on for Diplomas. 7 0 �o'clock that Sunday afternoon we had orders to pack and hol<l ourselves in readiness. The commanding officer sent for me at twothirty and Informed me that all my telephones must be smashe<l in th " control boxes and wires rn t. As I was leaving I was given fifty rounds ol' ammnnltion with instrn<·tlons that should the company hr. gone I shonld proceed southwa,tl lo --and rejoin the unit. I was four hours smashing- the in • struments u1Hl cntt!ng wires. \\/lle :1 finished l was eight miles from c:.1mp nerore goln!!; any fnrther it wo11l1I IJt · woll to explain that. these phones rontrolle1l tho light railway we were operating and a~ we were ronvcyin~ wounded from a forward rasnalt.:, clearing station and carrying ammnnillon rrom a large rlump lo the gnns, ' they had to be left in until the last moment in order that they· could be operated without interferences. Having become "habitizcd" to r. six o'clock supper, I founrl my self ' very hungry and going down into my paclc, I was equipped in heavy march-· iug order, I l'ounrl my "iron rations."' I ate my hard-tack biscuit whi ch was not a bit like strawhcrry-short- q11itlwncd my pace. Al eight o'clock r arrived to find It deserted. Imagine my feeelings. I looked into my hut and • saw that the boys had taken my coat b_arrack bag, extra blankets, I,>e~ I -ri,.\C\\'6 '(\\01-\ t1clc, etc., so 1 starle<l sonthwarcl nt The following Interesting letter !I. very rapid pace. from Corp. Ralph F,. Dowdell of th Is The road to- passes through clly who h1 ' with the American Expetown or and then rnus ditionary Force In F'rance has been 11arallel with the main road. Across received by Col. John H. Bartlett: Jots, a course o( about 20 degrees Apr1\ 11, 1918. :rom Llw main road, was the s hortest route and 1 took fl. Dear Col~nol John:1 know yon will parclon the penThe tlelds were l'nll or trenches, old ones, barbwire an<! shell holes. cil, but I have an !dell that snm,~ Luckily the lllOOII gave 11\C light HUl'Hun l!I writing to his Gretchen now fl1•lent to snrmonnt these ohst,u•lcs with my "pl11me"-1n·obnhly telling The guns were still roaring an,; her the usual story-"1'11 soo11 be You must under!ltand that everything seemed in chaos. A big black monster loomed up I di<l nol prescn t the pen to anyone, ahead or me, clanking and groaning but having to leave the town of - - · as it waddled along. The tanks were so suddenly I forgot It. I left several going into action. A British officer other things behind anrl among the asked n1e where "they" were and my lot was the start of a trail of <l.ust that covered many k!)ometers before answer must have puzzled him for as I glance1l ba ck he was sl:1·111ling It ended. Ir I remember correctly, gapf)ing at me. :\ly reply was: the fl.'rst problem, or explanation, in "T <lo not know sir, but at present my High school geometry, was "a he is not here, but rlon'l straight line Is the shortest distance too much on that fact." bet,~een two points." I followed ap1t was midnight when I got tn proximately a very straight line, Y- ancl no unit. A traffic ol'fl ccr southward for numerouR kilos an<l ~~kc,- but Balisfle<l ror tnc t1,~--"i;; informed me that the cleta chment can ably vouch for the truthfulness rng. lt was getting dusk and 1 had been shelled ont n.n<l that they of the ..rule.: 1could see the liquid fire glowing i.1 went on the road to - . lt all happened two weeks ago the sky over the ridge ahearl of m e As I I\ as clearing the tow 11 .1 gun"; Sunday, a beautiful summerllke Rahand the guns were sc reeching hi<lor so ldiers werll clearin g up the re- i bath day. 'rhe sun had been ont for eonsly all al.Jont m<!. mains of several trunsport hor~;eo,, several days (a very unusual occurI <lid not worry about the guns for victims of an air bomb. rence In France) and there was 110 they wcrr. "our:;" not '•hii;'n" !Jut ii lnl'antry was stea clil ,' m:irchin g n p mnd (anotl1,e r very 11111ts11al thi11g). was not. long licforc he i;lart.ccl niplyto the Jin<!~. I slootl a grt>al t'.t,.tl ol I had been on guarcl all night a11tl ing. One hig one l:.intlPtl uhont twn kitl1lin:i rrom 1he hoys goin · . the thunder of the guns. aided b y nuhundred yartl!1 away and it was tl! e!1 Hll(;h :.ts, merous visits of hostile air<!rait put my thought s centered s outhward. ' ·This war, Yank. .\rt• yn11 sleep oi1t of the question. The da-; Cutting across lots I made 1he that is le ft?", ctr.. "carried on," as the saying goes, an'.! road that passed our camp at a point Then, a s I was trn1I g in 1: aluni~. I the countless thousands or troops, seven l<ilos away. Guns rushed paBt heard a very swent voil·e, H<•xl lo thP autos, supply trains, gnns, ho s pitaJq me and swung into place at thn roa<lsweetest one in the worltl i11qnir<' in and ambnlanccs passel! our camp. s i<lc a.nd immcdialely went into aca Rcotch !Jrogn<', " \Van t a ri1o1:''" It had been thusly for three days. tion. I qnickcned my pace. Jt was Srolly \lru·llo:1:1ld. 0111· Fritz had started his tlrivc ancl was Revera! Ja.rge seige guns passcrl t.orr:yelist, who had IH ·••11 :w:1n•hi11·; 1 i;a.crlflcing his army in the nnal atattachn<l lo tractors. The roar \':.1.s for m e . tempt for n German peace. I really matltlrnin!?; for It secnietl as ii' ctt<'h I rodr. tho r<•rnai11dt•r or t hP .rn:; 1 nm not capable or 1lescrlhlng tho wonJrnoll hit! a gun. anrl 1'0111111 tlw tlela<·l11\11•nt r·a111111•tl in der.ful retreat ot' the British for In Thll rat-ta-lo-tat of ma.: '. ! i11.v :; nn :1 tents ontf:illti lhP. vilhl/;C o!' -·- . I Itself It wa~ a victory. rrom alrpl:rnmi cul into tilt' roar f,inrn t.l1<•n wn h:,v,, rnov,•d tltrt:r) \ The road In front of onr camp riveveq• now a111I then. Su<l1lc11ly out time,: :ml! a:1 tho r.tiny ,;l'aso 11 alled any boulevard at home wid e. of the clear sky, and it was cl ear for a:-{ain hP.1'<', thin r,:, ar<' !, 1,it di,.agrrc-1 '1ard surfaced and as straight as an the big 1'1:Il moon made things as 1th IP. arrow. Day In and throughout the li ght as rlar, a high explosive IJnmb l>ig g i111•; trrn<·ltPS, l111illlin~ night for three days General Haig railroa,h, 1·L<·. h:11; her.n 011r had been sending all his -pioneer, exploder! and1 quickened my pace, and tlo yon !,now, 11icl< anti s!tov l'l railwa y hospital units f~om the forI could see the lights of our airwork, is the grnatrst ambition killer ward area. It had been a· constant planes signal every now and then. in 1he world. stream pouring from tho north anrl s;uddenly there were many purrs l gel The 'l'imrs rrgnlarl;· :incl !W" the rumble was of such a character over my head and a g reat deal or ratthat yon will nndoubt edly lie that It deadener! the terrible rumbta-ta-talting and I J, i1 cw a squadron cantlitlute this fall. Well, goo<l luck, lings of the guns. All manner of 1rn11had u Tinn airman corne rc<I. Ile 11nColonel .John, an<l I wish l was hom,i plies passed down the road. Far too loatlcd his cargo of bombs; a earlto help. varied fo r me to describe. I can say, load it seemed, all at 011cc in order Givf: my rcganl s 10 all who l,?10\'/ however, that nothing was left beto lighten hb1 rnachinn an<l the roar 1110 11nd lt•ll t1!1•1n lltttl m y " qnl<'l. ,•.;i hind of value and nothing br.tt.r.r l was barel y alJl r! JJ.t <' t,' was a miln In nothi11;; llut. HALl'll. lucal Boy Writ~s From. The Front mo•\ I �Leave ' For Fort Slocu1u / ,,,,' -;~ Only a fe\) r,·ie1HIS a11tl rehiti\'C:i 1\"<'l'fl pre~CIIL at thf! P,m;lOII & .\[ai11e r11.ilrna<1 station to hi1l ;.:ou<l bye to I he C'i;.:hl <1r.1rle<',; who left this 111ornini:- ror l~orl Slne11111. :-SP1\· Yori<. :--:otwilhsla111ling the !'al't that LIH' c•rowd was not so large as on r;ome of the previous occasions when <lrafLeP:-i have left lor thPir l'('SJ)eCtiVP r·anlonmentH lhe rarewrlls were no:1P 'J'he drartees 11·C'r<' in charge lloy A . .\lac<lonnl<I a111l consisle1l Thomas D . .\lacLa11ghlin or 1:yc neach, Everett .\L Tiarllel.l, \\'illiJ.m \. Henn esr.ey, C'orneli11s .I. .John II. l~alvey, l)ani c,l .J. f,11lliv::11, Owen .r. l•'erney or thi s city. .All ol' the men were in :.1ood spirils and after rarnwells hail hce11 :mid hoarde1l the 8.44 trnin for E11ping. Al Jlockin~hum they will be joined hY lhl' (\ raftpes from 1':xC'tl'r. 1\ I l•:pping they will cha11ge <'ars ror .:-.lashlllL where lhey will meet the remai111ler of lhe slale's quola and 11roceed lo l~orl Slocum. An arco1111t or lhe n11terlainm<•nt t<'ll<lcru<I lh<' llll'll ladt cve11i11:; hy the t-m11loy••t':; of lh<' Hocki11~ham ("onlll) l.ighl & l'0WPI' ('n. will h•' ro11111l i11 unol.h<•1· rol11m11. t Br Distt·i('( Bo:tt·d, (;in•n J'h,rsit·al 'l'cst. nr. G. K Pender yesler1lay examined lite 20 men, marrie<l sin('e Jasl :\Iay, who were placed in class I hy the district board nflC'r the Jorn! board had given lhem <IC'ferrc<l !'I 1ssi · ncalion. 'J'he followini:; were \'o\lntl lo IJ\' ·ihysically Ill and ac<•eplC'1l ror gcner•il n1ilitary service: ,John II. llailc.r, .\ll'r1' <l II. llarsa11L<'<', 1':11·ili1•0 ll:1thi sl1•l11•. C'h:11'11•:; I•: . llraC'kC'll. .\rthllr 11. ('1•,1i;.:, .Ir., ll<'nnis .I. Kt>ll<'.\', Lesli<' L. i,o\·<'lt. Thomas S. :\larrlcn ..\lyron °J. :--:orlon, F'reil G. Proelor, .Jr., Clyde G. llobinson, llaroltl .J. \l'inn. The followi11p; wer<' r<:rerrctl lo thP medical adrisory boar<! for [urlher Arthur Jc. Drown . .\lillard E. Dalton, llarold L. lJow, l~red L. Hoyt, Joseph .\. .\lcCarthy, \Villiam ':ilinc>Y. Cedric L. Woori and Phillip POWER COMPAN .\ tl('l'l'l('l' 11'1" • ' ol' .llrs. o. ]Ja l el' 111 · lhe evenin:; . .the craft.eel ·" ti 1c gilt A. l'el<•rson, with 20 stars was pl'e-lmen wel'e lhe guests o[ lhe ass~cio.sentc•d last night Lo the l~mployees' Ilion at the Colonial Theatre or ti 1e J>,oc k.111gha111 co 11 n- .,, layor Ladd also spoke and the au••\t;~oc·hlion · . ' ty Light & Power C'o. at a !Janq 11 et '<lience gave three cheers for lhe men ~!Piel al Lhc as:-iociation rooms on l);i n- who Loclay took their place in the JC! Stl'PCt at which the eight 1lralt!! g r eat fight. men who l eft to1lay ror lcorl Sloc: 11 1., One or the eight men l eaving tower<' the g11_ests of honor. Su PIH'I' <lay is an employe of lhe nock ingham was Hl'l'l'<'<l al Ii o'dcH"k, l'ull111Vi11g Light & Power Co. and Jai;t night he which the flag \\'Hs presl'nl<•il lo ll1P was presented wilh a soldiers' toilet as~0('ial ion li,1' .ltrH. l ' l'll'l'HIIII, \\'ho kit from his fellow PllllJloyes, \V. F . Tilton mal<in.; lhe presentation sai<I: ".\Ty rri1m<ls, the sorvire Ila!!, loclay speech . is_ s.n_1o11y1n1111s wilh 0111 Glory. You The stars in the service flo.g are in w ill 1111d th,•111 /loafing sidP i,y side in honor or lho rollowing who are now1· the Hlllallest han1let, as 11'C ! II a:-; ill lhC' jn the srrviee or the llnilc<l States: largP8l <"ii.I' in thC' la11<l-'.' II' iL were 1(:Porgr rornm, l~<lwa1'<1 G . .Neville, C. 11ot for whal llir serl'i<'<' fla14 Hlands ( 'olgale l•'iHh, . Ch rislopher Con Ion, CJ. for 011! Glory would not 111ea11 what Jr. Hol.Jerts, Victor Doss, Henry Patch it dol•H loliay, lo the tr11, ,\111 eriea11. Joseph Delmont, lJ. fl. l~oss, n. Slcrl1':ach sla ,· spells the name of some ing, \V. Vo11<1y, Leon Hoberls, E . .\I. )latriot. who, as in lhe day s of yore Harllell, L. K Pevoa r, 11. ll. llorne, is willing an1l preparer! lo give np l•'rank lheir lil'e's hlood ror a ca11sc of jus- llrl'w. lice an<l humanity, and to rid this earlh or lhe menace of Kaiserism. "Goel grant that n blc, hy !'Pason or a<"tion, lo role! up a11<1 plr.<'<' it safely away in our atlH'S, wilh olher relics o[ bravery, for until we <·an do this the Hun will Hlill be l'flllllllllll, and Oil!' honie:-i, UIIU honor, in danger . . God hasten tile tlay wlien we 111ay all be 1H•rmillr1l to weleome back lo on r homes the boys whom we hon?r here lonighl, and overyonP present here tonight 11rar for lhe sal,e return or onr <!ear boys, anti that we shall :;alher here towel• l'll1111' t lH•111, 1u11l thal P1t1•h star will he hl11e, a11<l none o[ gol1l. "ll ii; with lite greatest 1>loas11re, I prese11 L lh is service flag lo lhe 11:m]Jloyees' Association of lhe Rocltingham Light & Power Co. in onr en li slerl boys." Tho Hag was acrepted by General :llanager F. A. Belden and was 1111 veiled by 11 asters Peters. :\layor Sarnnel T. La<ld lhen made a brief address in which he congratulate<l the men abou l to enter lhe Yealon. The (';\SC'S of the 111('11 will prohahly be r<lOIH'IIC'll h\' lhc lol'al !ioar1l :111(1 ll11• distri<'I !Jo:iril will h :111• :111 opport1111ily of looking ll\'l'I' till' ('o:; Light & Power lllally or whom Jnl't posilio11H which _wou l<I gained them deferred classilir:1.Uo11 lo enter the service, Remarks also by Dr. J. IT. Neal. �'4r~~·;,t~~. ~,. - · ..,,..,_ Announce Next h(b ' Dratt Quota The list of selected service 111c:1 who wlil leave this city on . !\fay 1G for New Hampshire college where they will receive special training before leaving for France for work with General Pershing~ army has been ahno 111H.:ed by the war board. Seven or the men voi11nteorell and the r emainde r were draftee! The list is as fol1011·s: Charles Eel ward \Varn er, Jct., factory worker. Edwarcl \V .. \nstin, Kittery Point, Linotype operator. mton Gray George, Newton,. shoemaker. George Pralle, !l S11rin:;Newmn rket, factory worlrnr. Georc:e \Villiam Gilbert, 51 :\ianning street. Porlsmonth, \\'a lter JI oward Jianso11, ham, telephone operator. \\'illiam Jll'nry ('11IIP11. :.!Oil (lat,.i· i,i !l oly [JC JosPph Delmont, 81 llill Portsmouth, Ii neman. Ransom Smith Carleton, 4-1 !Iig-:1 street, l'ortsmon th, electrician. Frank Warren Plumer, 13:.! :\laplcwoocl :i.ve., rortsmonlh, elcctrieian. , J,:;arlo \\'all<'r Cas\\'eli, 1 GO 1,:;Iwyn ave., l'orlHrnonth, auto clriver. ,villiam Jlenry J IO\\'arcl, GO \\'a,;]1ington street, Portsmouth, sltucmak- IlOOJC~ ABOUT THI.; WAR. ,r,V' \_\ i ___ To accommodate the many people who wish to read the books about tile war as they are Issued, the public library has added a lending collection ot war books only, whlch may be ronted at two cents a day. The volumes now on hand Include several of Interest, which are promised for early pu blicatlon will be added as soon The present collection includes "A Flying Fighter." by E. M. Roberts, erican aviator over the lines France; "Over Periscope Pond"; entertaining and very hum·a n letters from two young girls doing relief work in Paris; "A Temporary Gentleman In Franco,'' another series of lnllmato letters lleacrlbini; · 11ro aud 1.dventures in the I}'rench trenches; "To Bagdad with the Drilish," a picturesque account of Lile gx:pedlliouin Black R11ssia,'' a woman'A vivicl account of war-time conditions Russia, "Comrades in Co11rage," by Redler, and "Campnign11 and lnlorvals" by Redler, both trnnala tee! from the French; o.nd extra copieg of the -ever-popular "Over the Top,'' 11.nd "Outwitting the Hun," bo4h ~t.111 in great demand. Scvenly-nvo "reserve" cards have been lert for "Over the Top," and naturally readers tire or wailing for the coveted volume. It is in the hopo of enabling the. public to secure the books without annoylni; delar this cxperiment is lo be tried. no11Ja111ir1 l•'rnnkli11 l•'ilic•lc!, \\'cli ~t('I' ~Ll'l'CI, llavcrhill, Hoy l~. Tt'or.;..-;, North Dennis Pel<'r O'1.rary, ton street, Porfwronlh. Dnvicl K. Irving, ll:111111!011 1•':111 :-; , 1-1homnn k<•r. ('arl Stewart StcvcnK, clraftsman. Gorclon Sapfortl ('lrnmliel'lai11, IL I~. D., Amesbury, .\lass. Saul Sussman, 4 ;,!) Jsli11~to11 slre,il, Porlsmo11lh, farlory worker. •rhomas Jo::. \Villcll, (;U!j i;. J !5th street, Philadelphia, a11to driver. Augustus Coughlin, 85 G.1lcs st., Portsmouth, :'IL P. operator. · Dexter Etlg"ar Gynan, 46 Prospect sJt oem aker. \_. WAR GARDENS 1'he garden plots in the Alms House Ficltl probahly be ready for distribution early next week . .. Notice will be given to each a11• 11licant when such distribution is to bl' mmi<'. No gardens arc to be taken until allotment is by the Chamber of Commerce. E. II. BAKER, Secretary. · "u'i �more ,fai,rly than over a single year, made a:bnormal by the war as is shown in the case of Portsmouth, the following table of figures shows In the fl,rsl colum lhc realty valuation in 1912 and in the second column the amount added since 1912, includii1g the present year. City Realty, 1912 Portsmouth $ 297,349 $ Berlin . . . . 4,006,879 Keene . . . • 6,189,301 ~Gain In Manchester . . . . 41,104,957 11,632,750 An examination o[ the financial City Wealth 6,520,397 1,552,504 statistics or all the cities of New J\lanchester .......... $4 718,684 Dover . . . . . 4,104,439 859,397 llampshirc and a comparison of them Portsmouth . . . . . . . . . . . 2,007,32fi llochesl'r . which has been mado, discloses some Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,227,063 Nashua . . . 11,056,377 2,00~,719 Concord . . 1'4,998,612 1,551,837 hi,ghly Interesting figures as to the l<'rank lin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733,12 li'ranklin . . 2,812,396 277,309 condition of these cities ancl lh<! NashmL .. ·...... ·...... 680,238 The city of Somersworth had a l'aJ)idily or th<'ir dcvolO'Plllelll. To SC· Laconia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294,874 real estate valuation in 1912 o[ $4,cure a cumparisou between the cities Rochester . . . . . . . . . . . . 348,190 162,840 and this has decreased in there is J>res-cn tcd first the tax rate of Somersworth . . . . . . . . . . 195,060 this seven-year :P<iriod ,by $1,661,I 918 and the new r;ilc n.n1101111ce1l Dovt•r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622,579 358 or a loss o[ 39.90 per cent. La[or l!Jl!), I.Jeing !isled !11 the order of Keene (loss . . . . . . . . . . lfi,874 conia has g,ained, but exact figures an ascending scale. Concord (loss) . . . . . . . . 69,785 The [a ct that Concord lost in val- are not yet available. 'l'ax Hntc of All Cities. A.pportiomuent of (Jitic . City Tax Rate Increase uation instead of gaining is said to The growth or decline of cities l. Manchester ........ 2.06 .45' be due lo the fact that there was a witli relation to t he entire slate is. 2. ,Dover ............ 2.17 ,3 '1 big [ailing off in the amount of shown in the apportionment figures 3. Franklin .......... 2.30 .30 money al interest which was subject upon w1hich the slate fixes ils taxes 4. Keene ............ 2.40 .38 lo tax. The presumption is that this upon local communities. Laconia .......... 2.44 . u9 money was converted into goveTnapportionment represents the 1rnr1 Somersworth ...... 2.50 . 52, mcnt bonds and other non-taxable secenta,ge or wca·lth which that city has ,Rochester ......... 2.60 .55 curitics. Portsmouth shows the subject to tax In ,relation to the enBerlin ............ 2.60 .30 largest pro.portional increase and tire wealth of the state. In this ashua . . ...... ·... 2.68 .71 Berlin and Franklin increased In per,cenlage thtc cities 1have had· the 10. Porl1:1111outh ...... 2.70 .42 proportion more than did Manchesfollowing ' Tank at the last [our a,p11. Concord .......... 2.83 .70 ter. porlionmenls: Ji'i11,ures on Jlcnl l ~s tate. ll ma.y bo noticed that Nashua hns City l :Jl 3 1915 l!Jl 7 1919 The bulk of properly in every city I he l:~rgcst increase in the lax rate Manchester ..,.. 17.5 18.2 18.9 19.5 is In real estate and It is from t,he and Concord the highest rate, both Nashua .... ... 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.6 last year and this. ll'ranklin and amount of real estate that one can eoncord ....... 6. 6.1 6. 5.6 1Jcrli11 got off with tho smallest raise hest judge the development of a cil.v. Portsmouth .... 3. 3. 2.9 3. 1following The table s 1ows l tc in the rate and F'ranklin jumping Doiver .. . ..... 3. 3. 2.9 2.9 fron1 2.00 lo $2.30 or only 15 per amount o[ real estate in 1918 and r...aconia . . . . . . 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.5cent, has raised !ls mlo in the small- l!ll!l, lhc amount o[ incrense and Ke<'no . . . . . . . . 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4. tho pcn:cnla.gc of incrca:rn the cilles Berlin ........ 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.4 est ,pro11ortlon. 'fhe valuation of all the property being ranked ill the per~enlage ot Rochester ..... 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7 in the cities ,l ast year and this yea1 increase during the year. F,ran klin . . . . . . 1. 3 1. 4 1. 4 1.4 has been as [ollows, lhe cities being City -Realty, 1919 In.crease Somersworth . . 1.3 1.3 1.3 numl.Jored in the order of their Ports·Manchester pays practically onemouth $12,103,676 $1,fi72,41 ,, weafth of valuation: Valuation of Cities' Property. Berlin . . . . . _ , :.:!J,!lll fifth of the public laxes, Nashua and 3 5 812 769 City 1918 Val 191!) Val Concord one-uwentieth each and all .- Rochester . . 4,963,836 147,!l7:I the other cities com'bined pay less uat10n uation Nashua . . . 13,0~!l,096 3ii8,3:.l •i tha one-fifth. The above table is ManchcsFrnnklin . . . 3,089,70:i 67,020 based on the total equalized' va I uator .... $88,2:i8,0:i9 $!)2,!)76,743 MauchesKconc . . . . 8,047,808 74,139 tion of the cities, including not only 26,675,077 27,3:,6,315 ter . . . . . . 5 , , real estate but money In savings 20,440,315 20,370,530 451156 2 737 717 Dover . . . . 8,0?2,!JOl : 429 banks and securities of a taxable na- PORTSMOUTH LEADS ALL NEW HAMPSHIRE CITIES IN GROWTH DURING WAR 1 1 1 66 16,5:i0,485 48,750 ture. 'lllOUlh . 12,;;26,814 14,534,139 Concord !.Somel's- . . It re resents more ;1,ccurately than norliH ... 12,627,761 13,754,824 worth . . . 2,uOl,182 2,610 any other statistics the totl',l weallb Dover .. .. J 2,417,GHi l :1,070,224 ! (Lmu;). of tho comm11nlllc1:1, Whoreali Con· Laconia . , 11, :1 I !l, I 12 11, Ii I :I, !18 G 'fhe figures for Laconia arc nol cord was until this year tho second Keene ... 11,481,824 ll,46G,U!i0 wealthiest city In the stale, ll is no\\ 7,171,120 .• 7,519,3] 0 nvallable for the 'above table but i11 Roch'lor . set at tho samo fl.gure as Nashua. La5,640,802 6,373,927 1918 Laconia had $7,441,18!> worth l?ran k lin . or real estate. W.hile Keene conia' has passed Keene an<l Berlin S O Ill e 1r Shas gained so as lo i be in the same worth . . 5,430,050 u,62u,110 Concord both lost in the The striking compa.rison o( the nmount of their taxable wealth, they J.l,.~cl:;a~s~s~w.,:.i~lh~l11 {~e~e1micw:.:..-~~"'!'II~~~~-~;~~ above lahle is lhal tho dly of Ports- gained slightly in tho amount of mouth, on account of its shipbuilding their real wealth. Portsmouth iHclustry, has advanced from fifth gained more than twice as much prowealthiest city to [ourth and nerlin portionally as any other city on achas drop1>ed [rom [ourlh lo fifth. La- count of the building of s-Jiipyarcls conia has 1lassed Keene in rank. The there. progress or decline of the cities in Comparison of l U1:! nntl J!JJIJ. laxa:blc property is ~hown in tho ·folvVith the idea that the rapidity of lowing table, showing the ,gain in development of a city may be estivaluation in 1919 over 1918 the mated over 11. ,period of seven years cities this lime bei11g arranged '111 the order In which they hwve increased. 1 �~ I G. CR' C · W D · A TTEND B ; PA'IRIOTic ' MEETING The patrlollc mass meeting at :Porlemuulh Theatre !ai;l night attracted a largo crowd o[ people who ll ste11e<l wilh lntercHL Lo lloalrlco only of the ,vomen !Jut many of the men in llle nudie1t<·n. Iler ,Jc:;cri pLion of the 8a1:riiicc ,t11<I t11n wontlnrI 11t'' ~plril or I.ho l•'r1•11ch pcopio, t.h<i ' b I I• or tJ::s tohorlsun Ualc, lhc tilurdy dctermi11at ion ol': Llw llrili:ih and o( the patriotii;111 antl ,·oura~e or L11c 11·011Hrn or all J,;urope, ma<le overyholly feel that the pcopln or t11i8 rnunlry ll"erc trnl,1· prlvileged in lici ng al lowed to ta J(I: part In th is glor!om; i;Lr 11 gglo l'or right ;ind J11i;t.lc:c. Coming to the q11estion or Lhe neec.Js . of conscrl'ation i;he plainly told the audience that it was the most imporl~nt agent or Lite war, they could gel along without the Lillerty l oan, because tl1c country coul<I go in clout and the war go on, thoy coultl gel :tlong . without the Y. :\I. ('. A. and tho 1-C. c. and CV()ll the llctl Cross and ·the\'war would go 011, hut ;.:real :Eugli!!h actress, who gave a wonder( •ful • heart to heart talk on tue war coudilluns an<l what the Having or . food \\'OUl1l mean in tho lig-hl · to win. 'l'ho 111oetlni.; was held hy arra111:;o111e11L u[ Lho ~Litle fond admlnl~ll'Hlur, that it sent out Lo r esult in lots of good. The meeting was opened by Tion, '1Jn11iel W. Badger, county chairman o( the committee, who spoke hrierly in iutro<Jucing Stale Food Administrntor Huntley N. Spaulding, who yrcslded. A[ter slating the olJjecl of the meeting Mr. Spaulding read the following teleg-ram rrom Mr. noov- j stop the 'sl1ipmcnt o[ food to l~uro1lC! for a short tin1e ancl the Germans Gl\'R.\' A <_mm,SF..\'D~~~~·,c James Y. Watt anrl Patrick Conwa~, who were callerl by the local war board to 1111 vacan<'ies at Camn Devens left this morning to join the National Army. There was an exceptionally large crowd at the clepot an,! the boys were given a hearty send off. '!'he '.\lorley Dutton Company drum corps was also present an:! 1en<lere<I some inspirin:?; m 11_H _i_c_. _ __1 l:.=:!::::::::~;.;:;;.;:;:;;;:;;;=::==::::::=:;;:,;==:..::::~. IIO.\'OI: \'Ii \'.,v (\ ,s -~-·--\' ' i:o1,1, ·.\llHl"IO.\'S. - I The fullo\\·ing- atlllitional names u Portsmouth boys in the Gcrvice ha1· ·ome Lo 111<' an,! IH'Cll <'onlirmed L ll<·! sinee fi',•i<lay, .\1iril 1 ~ wl1en >nblisl!Pd Illy las~ list or :uldition;i J:urns, .\liel1ul•I ,J. (aunt, ·"r:;. : 1 i1il i> (lninn, 8~:l Jslinglun ,; t. l ~fa,·,. ~('l;Ql'l'e, \\'akctielli. Sc hlegel. l•'recl ( wil'l•, 5:) S,lller st.) L; . S. N., t·. S. S. l'a<lucalt. Tlarlncll, F'ra11<'i,; I•'. ( mother , .\ lr.; . .\largarel If art nett, Court s t. J '\ ~ ntl Tle;;erv e. Knott, Gcorgu ( r:il'l', ~ -' O I lano-.•er ,t. l 1· . S. :,;, L:enl. .Junior Gr:ule. Saun:1a11, Char! P:; D. (wife, la,10101· st.) t·. S, :--/. Cilicf .\b s tcr ,tt \rms 1· . S. S. So11thery . Ca sh, ,John L. (wil'n, l:!G ~'itate st.J ~;. Wtu;hin;lon, D. C., ~fay 1:l, 1()18. will win. She cited !Jrave little ServH. N. Spaulding-. ia as an exanrple of what c:oul<l lw t·. S. :,;_ PorttH11.outh, N. TL clone witlioul any. or the agents, hut llnnter, ltoLhl'!lS !•'. (ll'il'c, ~si: '".' American obligation today ii to even LJ1ci;e hardy pcoµle had to have 1 lauo\'l'I' SI.) l'hiet' 1•:il•l'tri~·i:111 at :-; :11::c;Jnccntrate all l1e1· resou recs anrl di- roorl. val l'risull, l'orl~lllOll : h Iii:\')' _\"lli ' (I. The only way that foot! could !Jc reel all her energici; to the winning J'r:1tt, GC!orgc J l. ( ll'il'e, Lin col:1 ·of the war. America's opportunity 'is shipt)Cd1 to the armic8 in !~ranee and ll'C.) 1·. S. :,;, to do this as a privilege and not as a Italy is b)" the co11se1·valion of rood Sr·hiot. l'ctc:· I.. ( 11·1rc, G:-iti We would demonstrate on the part or the great A111crica11 st. l , · . S . ;,,;, that we are willing g-ivers to the public, t'or · there is not enough rood Cr:iig, William ( ll'iJ°C. 300 cause of civilization anrl humanity available lo last until the n(•xl liar:t.) l'a1 ma,;ter. f and that we ask nothing in r eturn vest un les8 we conserve. Rile exCofre)'. ,Joseph I•'. (moth er, .\Im. from those who need our help. In ca-r ploded the tallr or the people who 1,:11:l Coffer, Dennett st.) !ltil Co. C. rying out or the program of the 8ay send corn to Europe, liy telling ,\. c., SpringfiPld. llnitetl States Food Administration the audience just how little Lile peoTo ho 1rithd1·,n1·11. each individual anrl each home ca 11 ple of the allies know of corn, :;etting The l'olloll'ing names, previously surely and definitely participate ln asirle even tile ract that il c;annot IJ<i appearing 011 my list, sl1onlil be ll'iththis national endeavor. Tn the home sh ipped in any great quantity in the 1lrawn. city or l\Irs. :\fary I. Wood, who has meal without 8erious loss. Corn is Cro1rnll, .\lon,H> :--/. (b; located as a so tthly Rtoorl for these ideals, the not nse<l in E11roJH1 an<l thn people <:rcenland Jioy.) me~Rngo that i\1rs. Hale h;u; for you lrnow nollling- aliout it. Wheat ls Garvin, James l•'. (i:; loc,1Lc<l as a toni;.ht will not he lost. Portsmouth, their stalllc Coo<l and wheat th(ly .\Iassachusetti; boy.) wHh all or New Hampshire, will r e- must have ii' they are lo holcl h.ick Note- The constant 11iscovery of the Huns uni.ii this country has:, real spond to the ca ll for service. new 1rnmcs t'or the roll of l1onor leadl:l army in France an1l r:an shoulder her HEilBEilT JTOOVF:Il. mo to still request e1·eryone to assiBt ~~ :\{rs. Tlalo spoke at grca t l ong'th on riglilful porliou of tho hnrrlen. 'l'lwy need wheal., ,;n);'ar an<I lllcat.i in a t;Lill fnrlher soarl'h in order that coll(litionR across the water. much or 110 ono l>e o,nittuil. II :;l:oul<l contain ,whi ch she h:ul seen with hr•r own a111l ;111 nr tiHJ lard rats tlial Limy pm,silJly can !,:ct, tho latter hotl1 !'or food e\'eryono who claim,; l'o•·L,;muulh a,; eyes. phe tolrl of con11itions · in Ilelhis ho111e and who is in any branch or ginm an<l her dramatic recital of lhe anrl munition. This is the ~r11al way the service. lhal lhn pnopln nl' tlli,; c·o1111lry <:all little children 111 the bread lin e, .\l.flS .. TOIi:'-< [[. U.\lt'l'LWl''l', brought the tears to the eyes not help win the war and the 1110,;t cl'I !l }11". t:le St., ~;.".l'~~:r:"':::::"::7!~~~:;:-:::r----:---:---:,:-;--~t fee ti ve way. Portsmouth, :'-<. H. \V111. N. Rogers of Concord �The Portsmouth Public which has been the headquarters for the collection of books and magazines !or the soldiers and sailors ls now lssuing a plea. for a further co-operation on the pa1·t of the citizens. Ma,gazinos arc especiall:y wanted, not over a yea1· old '.rhese arc sought for the purpose of providing rpading for the soldie-rs on lrains, or at cantonments where more rcaJing is d ~sired. ll is thought that many persons may be ttble to contribute th eir later m agazines with little sacrifice, and these neet1t>c1 as a mc-o.ns of (enter tainment for tliu i;oldicr,; or lh c country. '.fhc library has also been requested to collecl chilldren's magazines and other literature that may entertain children. Little folks isolnt<'d by contagious dlsooscs, while convalescing sometimes lack entertainment and this ls the reason why the llbrnry will assist 111 accumulating magazines and pictures with which the nurses may keep the children happy. 'l'Jie Po1·tsmoulh Public library In association with every othc1· similar Institution in the country, is cxempli [y,lng its zeal in promoting war interests. In val"ious parts or th e bulldlng an excellent collection of literature bearIng on war topics, informa.tion as to why the world · is at war, its progress. and incidents pertaining lo tho same. need not be lacking to tho ci tizons or Portsmouth, if advanto.go ls taken or what the library fully orrers. The United States employment have had lo leave tllelr i;e rvi ce is asking Massachusetts for elsewhere. 1000 unskilled laborers immediately Everett w. Lorcl, to work in l'orlsmouth on •lrnilclings for housing the employes of the At-, . SI· IJ ·1d· t· 11p u1 rng corpora 1011. Ian t 10 These builcli~gs are necessary . in orde r tha;. .[. 0 men now working there may have good hou\!ing iacili-1 ties the coming winter. · Unless these can bee onstructecl in a few monlhs an essential part of th<; wo1'k will Juwe to !Jc suspended uutil next ,spring. r.Iany of the met! new cmployed in skilled crafts arc m en of families and wero promised goocl hou3ini:;- as an inducement to go lo director for tile recleral employment . . . . service, will have a conference rn I Boston to_day. ,1•'.th_ ~ repre~_entati~e of the sl11pbmldm1, ..,,rrpora •• vu re!alive to recruiting the n'ecessary labQI;Q.\"S, Men for thia-work ,.,111 l.H.; 11ired only · through the Boston office of the employment These 1000 men aro merely one incrcmcnt of 2 :i0(; ... ~- Wiw an, aeedeel for essential war industries ~fow 1Jan_11n,hlre. L. 11. Shattuck, Inc., at Newington, ancl the Portsmoui,h Navy Yard here, are in need of lli00 laborers of unskilled grades. Thirty-Jhree Fr jm This District..--fou Asked for ·special Adyance Positions- l ·; .re1·lon F. Littl e field , Seabrooll:. Christian T.Christen:,en, Portsmouth .Terry J. Castle. Plaistow. Dix lhe lntle1· pal"l of Apl'il. has bc<'n ltoy A. 1Jacllo nalrl, l'ortsmoulh. made, b)' lhC' local "\Var ,:uarcl. This 1 Cltarlcs Gouse, l'orl~moullt. lisl or cou-rse ~~ lnkc-11 iii lhei1· on1<'1· JIC'nry Labrauche, I\owma.rkcl. f1·om Clas,; l, with lh C' entc'rl-\'CllCy llrc-t l•'• •ll x .f:i nlrn11sl,i, f'orlsmoul h. 'WIiiard Jll. <lmy. J1·., Po1·tsmouth. ing- of tho' l'rnvo~t l\Iarshal General. Joseph ]'. "\Vh idllen, Po1·tsmouth. Four men w<'re tal,en out of their Fay Eugen<' Halt, Portsmouth. rc,gular order as they hatl requesl·cd Louis Taub<', l'orlsmouth. lhe "\V~r Doard to allO\\' them log? on Arthui· D. Thompson, Newfields. the fit st dr_aft. These _men_ are P10TI_o Raymond E. ,Vallon, Seabrook. Anania, Pot tsmouth, R1cha1 dl Vande1 James ,v. Sanborn, Seabrook. hale, Ncwma1·l,el. Hobert Leo Enrich 1 Olis E. McQulllin, Seabrook. and Hugh Conway Hill of this city. 1Allemates: 'l'he others in lhei1· order are: i John L. Parsoris, Rye. a:>aul Martineau,. Ne,ymarl<el. Oliver II. Dowd, Portsmouth. Chauncey Darton. North Hampton. Euclde F. BJanchetle, Newmarl,et. Be1·t W. l~lliott, Kensington. a'heodore s. Lamprey, Hampton. John "\V. Hickey, Portsmouth. "\Vhile this is not the official list that Ph-ili·p R. D<'nnett, Portsmouth. will be ,finally made up, it is practi(;ilman D. Dow, Seabrook. cally as it will be, with a possible one John B. Con·nlolly, Portsmouth. or two <'xcepllons. Geoq;c- Fal'Elnlos, Portsmouth. 'l'hc Board haYc not received any John 1-I. l•'alvey, Porlsmoulh. volunteers for photogralphers call or A11polllnalt·c- .J. Hin~lcau, Nt-\1"mn.rkel for the two other s-peclwl calls that 1Wlllhu111 K Neal, Ncwmarl<el. worci made. fl'urner II .Souther, Seal>rook. The Board uncle1· the new call !or Peter Pett·onni, Portsmouth. 12,000 sp~cial trades call will be called tenlalive li st of lhc- m e n from this disfrict who will be sc nl lo Camp I I I I :V, I "7?'!'>~,Hl':"l!a:;"1·~ri: ·y:"'.R1",':;.'.'lDrr,r"e<!!wi-,"'IP;;,.;;o~r~t's~m~oriu~ti!ihiii.'l"'!!'l'l'll'll'!'lll'C!'l'lu po n· f O r a f e,w men. · · �. th o· t. t w·11 f . h L t Portsmou IS flG I urUIS ijfOflS lb • Numb~r ,SinGC The War Starttd Pprtsmouth and other towns in this district, ts called upon to furnish 55 men In a draft call issued ln.ie yc:iterdny afternoon to i;o to 'amp V::'rcris on Saturday, ~lay 25. Thi.; is the largest number to be sent out from this district· since the war ben. On top or this another call was rt-celved by the local board on Thurnil::ty tor 15 men to leave ~fay 29 for l•~ort Slocum. •,I In the call or May 26th will be ineluded Charles E. Brackett or thlci city • who lras volun teerecl and ha3 been.advanced to go at this time an'l Arthur :\Te\·cler of 1 ewmarl<et likewise volunteer. I sell1218-James st., Portsmouth, factory worker. 'l'. Downing, lG;l liill st., l'ortsmout h , stableman. 1 1219-Sydney R eginald Pickle<;, 129 llurkitt st., Portsmouth, salesman. l :!:lll - l 1 l11llp llrooks Benncll, 1 ~!)~ Son th st., l'orls111outl1, frei;;:1t clerk. SG I l'.l3G-Fred Grant Proctor Jr., HO 698-Ilodolph Ira Lamott, Summer st., Dover. machinis t. 7 0S-James C. Lawless, llanoved .\claius st., IJart[orcl, Conn., opt. HI., Hortsmou th ' hntclrnr. l :!CiG-~lorri,; GoltJya11, :![i N1,r759_-Calvln Warren Luar, ltyc, folk st., New York city, Ja!Jor<'r. cook: 12fi8-Jolm Hobert ,\lillN, l~() 76,fi-Wilfrcrl Langlois, Jr., G C'axs st., l'orlsmouth, plumber. Spring st. • Newmarket, machiniHl. 127 5-J oscph Krook, J n Jli ver 774 -·William Henry Sliney, Con- st., llavcrhill, ~Tass., tailor. gress t1l., Portsmou th • factory work130G-llenr.r Brown Uow, St•d.~r. . brnok, lumlicrrnan. 782-.John ~lilaska, 24 Union st. , 13:!0-llarolll ('hnrles, .\lorrlson, laborer. It. I•'. I>. 2 Newlon, slio1:malwr. 813-Harold I. Winn, Li lllc IJar 1:J 21-l'etcr J\ u;;usLus .\1 orrison, bor road, Portsmouth, teamster. c. o. Armour Co., JJoulton, .\le ., \Jool;8 51-PauJ Saanalas, 14 3 East 9 L11 keeper. st., Cleveland, Ohio, cook. 1329-George Leon O'llC'agan. 993-Gnssie Hebert, Newmarket, 133 Pinc st., Cambridge, .\Jass., pain~The call will take In at least throe er. of the married men who have been factory worker. 1351 - Philip Burleigh Green, ;J81 placed In class one by the District 9 9 6-Nelson Langlois, 8 Spring ~fidcllo st., Portsmouth, phru·ma cist. -BO 1:1 and o d/the local boar•] st., Newmarket, factory ·worker. 1368-J\rthur llenry Crai;.; .Tr., in this respect. The call als6 takes 1000 Perley Collins :\1artin , 889 South st., Portsmouth, c :1au1Teur. three men out of the local postoffice, Kingston, laborer. 1372-Amedeo Ji'iori, 281 )lark-:it a clerk and two carriers, who ·can ill 1004-Elmer Cleveland Duracl, 15 s t., Portsmouth, laborer. alrord to be' spared from this office .\iechanics st., Portsmouth, laborer. 1377-\Valter Ulanchettc. which is already overcrowrletl with 10 2 8-.\1ichael Starzek, 33 0 Essex market, salesman. work; but under tho rule they arc not st., Lawrence, :\Tass., cook. 1381i-1,m;llo Linl'Oln exempt, although the sume men ,tt 1 0:lli-llenniH Joseph Dris<'oll, 3:i O North Hampton, blackw1ith. the navy yard as general helper or State st., Port:;mouth, laborer. HOO-John William Uow, even common laborer would be cl.iss103---Oscar P. S. Anderson, 2li1 brook, shoemaker. 1<.,;Dh't;;l:!rfl ed as emergency fleet and exempt. .\fyrtio ave., Portsmouth, clrrk. 14 04-Dona Id l~erguson The Local Board on Thursday re1063-:eatrick J. Connor~. 27 I 240 .\licldle st., calved two new registrants, ~Ir. ll_'l~- Hanover st .. Portsm'outh, cook. tor .MacDonald Klngsbury, who reg1004-Louis Jacobs, 113 Islin;;- keeper. 1413-11 en ry W. Dickfonl, 1ster!ld at the American Embassy in ton st., Portsmouth, barber. London ancl who has been given call 1 0li7-J?orrest Lester .Jenness, 9Gl Dennett st., laborer. 1425- 1•:ugene l~ttlnson ~rarston, numb·er 20,774 . .Mr. Kingsbury was Droacl st., l'roviclencc, R. l., leamI~xeter road, Hampton. 1n R;ussla for somo years and ha<; ster. l 44 5-TTarolcl John Little, just ·got back to London. Another 1080-Cornolius Jose[)ll itcaga11, 23 Cass st., Portsmouth, engineer. rei;i s.trant is Harry Smart of Hamp- Daniel st., Portsmouth, laborer. 1459-.John Henry i\IcCann, ton who was in the coast guard and 10n3-Panfilo Dicenso, 306 HanWoodbury ave., Portsmouth. butt'ln '-"··~"'""'•"" ·who , having resigned now co1ncs in- over s t., Boston, laborer. _ -~to tire draft he gets number 20,775. 1104-Alfred Francois Jlucl ti on _i1Htker.__ . 14 G5-Leslic Blake Sanborn, DaaThe following ',is the list of men Dox 156 Salmon Falls, section hand . with their call numbers nncl occupa-. 1116-IIarold Prescott Webs ter, l"ille , shoeworkcr. 14 GG - l larolcl Garclner, t;:.;..ar;~i!II tlons who wlll make up the call for: Kingston, auto mechanic. ' Mny 25 fo: Camp Devens: I 1122-Thomas .J. Quinn, 3.!4 l'ar- kct st., Wheeling, W. Va., clerk. 1858-Charles Eclwin Brackett, 5i6-Clyde Gilman llobiuson, 21 · rott ave., Portsmouth, cleric ·souLb st., Portsmouth, pharmac.ist. 11:)1-llomer Jos e ph Lenieux, fiouth st., Portsmouth, butcher. l 996-Arthur Mercier, 5!)3-Arthnr D. Thompson, 8 .'.'lcwmarkct, factory worker. l 140-CipoJla Antonino, 285 i;o ,a �Workers Named For Bi~ Red Cross Drive Great pro11aralion arc 1Jci11g made I.Jy those in charge o[ the local Hctl Cross Dl'i ve ncrt week [or the colioclion o[ the largest sum o[ money ever taken Ull in this city tor fled Cross purposes. Evcryl.Jody is expected to give and as Portsmouth uevor tails in purposes o[ lhis kind "Goinp; On•r the To))" will I.Jc easy. 'l'ht wo1nl'11 who will spn•n on thc> ditferent co111111illeos in lhe house to house caina :,s ha,·e been i;clcctcd :ind will meet this ,,rtornuon fur nnal instructions. One complaint has been that honsc,,·iycs re[use to come _to the cloor when one or these ladies The committee wishes that every woman would answer the bell, even ir they arc unal>lc tu i;ive. A 11leai;ant word or smile helps the eanYasscr along even i[ money docs not come freely. Give what you Thi' different committees are as l'oilows: Dl:;:ri<'l 1-1\lrs. Arthur lloward. liculcnants, Mis,; l\Jallel lllargcso11, llliss Allison Kirk c, i\iiss Frances Leary, :Miss Barbara Ham, lllrs. Taylor \Vaterhonsc, l\lrs. Jlarry L .llillon, Mrs. Frederick 111. Uard- 8-Mrs. A. A. Fogg, captain; lieutenants, Mrs. Mal.Jel Cros1.Jy, Mrs. William Norton, Mrs. Amos Rundlett. Mrs. Fred Watkins, Mrs. Joseph Connor, Mrs. M. A. llarrett, i\Irs. S. D. Gilkey, Mrs. C. E. Grover, 1\[rs. Marion Brown. District 9-Mrs. W. E. Ryan, captain; 1ieutenants, Mrs. H. L. Taylor, l\Irs. Hopkins, Mrs. E. ll. Ur!)w. District I 0-Miss 'Su:san '. '•DorL·h: wick, captain; lieutenant\;, Mrs. Carrie Adams, Mrs. ,G. W. Shapleigh, i\Irs. R. E. Potter, Miss. M. Emery, l\lrs. H. C. Black, l\lrs. C. Smart, l\Irs. Frank Clark, Mrs. M. D. Hobbs, Mrs. Fred Tucker, Mrs. W. G. Meloon, Mrs. Arthur Gardner, Mrs. Amos Locke. Dislrlcl 11--Mri:l. II . II .lluberls. captain; lieutenants, J\lrs. Il. Ba)' ney, Mrs. Dodge, Mrs. A. 0. Bonfield. District 12-Mrs. T. B. captain; lieutenants, Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. G. II. Wingate. District 13-Mrs. Cumming!! captain; lieutenants, Mrs. Joseph Schurman, Mrs. II. L. Elmer, .l\lrs. nalph Bigger, Mrs. Milton Schurman, .Mrs. John •Durgin. District 14-Mrs. S. \V. Emery, captain; lieutenants, Mrs. C. E. I loyt, Mm. 11. W. Merrifield, Mrs. A. l.larton, Mrs. ,Th urslun l'1rn . .John JI. Pago. ' District 1 ~-Mrs. •D. W. rJ.ptaiu; lieutenants, Mrs. Faul, Mrs. Charles Daclger, Mrs. .James M. i\IcNeil, Mrs. Justin Wendell. District 16--Mrs. May captain; lieutenants, Mrs. llunnels, l\lrs. Frank S11ii::htig, llarold Freeman, Mrs. George Dennison. District 1'7-Mrs. Wililam captain; lieutenants, Mrs. l\lrs. J. ·C. McDonough. District 18-Mrs. Herbert Districl2.-l\lrs . .John C. Dolan, c11plai11; lieulrnanl~, Mr~. llarry :\lcU11t', i\liss Gcrtn11lc !Uchanls, i\lrs. C. I~. lloytc, i\Irs. II. F. Jflnlwistlo, Mrs. Allen <lcllochc111ont. District 3-llirs. ll. W. Locklin, ca11tain; lieutenants, Mrs. Fred F. ,Johnson, Mrs. J. \V. Darrell, l\lrs. .Joseph Cornelius, Mrs. D . .J. Ilolland, l\Irs. Roland D. Fitz, Mrs. A. A. Ilalluu, Mrs. l•J. JI. Ililcy, Mrs. lloward Durgin, Mrs. Marlon Lilley, Mrs. W. Moullon. District 4-Miss J\Jar.v llclTcngr,r , rnptaln; licutenanls, Mrs. lllrs. llslna, Miss Priscilla 1Mlss Gla<lys PaLtce, .J\.lrs. \Villani Howe. District ;;-Mrs. Fred caplain; licutenanls, l\lrs. Bradley, ll[rs. Char les Amhufr, Mrs. ncorgc Woods, J\lrs. Daniel l\Iclntirc. District 0-1\Ilss Luce, lieutenants, Mrs. ·wallace Walker, l\lrs. Austin McCormick, Mn•. L. F.l::•;~it,£1;;,w Grace, Mrs. George Pattee, J1rs. E. C. l\latlhcws, Jr., Mrs. Franlc Muchmore, Mrs. Louis Phillips. Uislrict 7-M.iss E. E. captain; lieulenants, Mrs. Hillman, Mrs. Burt French, Chas. Taylor, Mrs. Borden, Goor~o Fifield, Mrs. James K. Hon Mn1. Allen cle-Clochemonl. T'. �WORLD~RECORD.BROKEN · Al NEWINGTON PLANT ., Shattuck Carpenters Jrame 3,500 Ton Vessel In Three And Half Days Th€! framing of a 3,500-ton wood- tuck, "I .read in the , United en ship in three and a half working Emergency Ji'leet Shipping News an days, which is claimed _as a record article in which it was stated that a fo.r the Ferris type carder, has been Pacifi'.c ship yard had raised accomplished by the ship_ builders at frames in one da). Yesr.eraay we the Shattuck ship yard in Newington, .JJ'uilt 31 frames and raised 2'8. When and sets a riew world .record in the· it is_taken into consideration that we, construction of this style of ship. AC- are ·building the Ferris type -c arrier, · .cording to records the best previou3. ·which ·is supposed to . be a more difrecord for frarnln·g a ·wooden vesse\' for the eme.rgency fleet was 11 days. ficult one to hull cl, than · those -of ' thk ,This puts Portsmouth again on the Ilongh type; upon whic'h the PacHI;~ I:, map ;-as -. a ship building center and coast record: was established, it may ·s how's . that the men of today are as be seen tl1at we have ~ crew or ' shiP: good _at building ships ' as in the days builders that -of · old •-when -some· of· the finest ·ships in the ,vorld · were- launched on the river Pfscat.aqna; • , Robert Jackson, vice president or the com11any In notffylng John Vaughan,' district officer of the Emergency Fleet corporation or the ·achievement, said the work was ·done _ ·o y a gang of 60 men and that, in looking up the · figures ut Washing~ company hat! ma1le such a record in framing a vessel of this type. · The gang received a bonus and a special prize offered . by the compan;: ·1n ,an effort to· speed np work at .its 1 ya'~·c1, wher e:·2,000 men ar~ ~mployed. ·" \Pr~sldenf Shattuck, in a· statement ;alrl .':the· -r-ecor'd , establlsh~d b:>\ the ·sh'tp :bulltler~, ln:~hls:•company's ya'r ds ''',,! .' . ,'.\·, •· · ,•/• • ,v,a~-~ a wa,y · ah~a'd •.of , qi;ii Jmov,:u;\; r;ec-", 1 ·.iestii.b~i~l~~}":,!f:;, ~f~i;i_ ~m erg'k ncy . r.d!!,1,on: ~hf.':Pacy:Jc ·, coasL · . 1 ,,•. ' :wo-!'we'elcs' ag61'."'-l<;sajd: Mr'.-i Snat~ 'Vo. ·- ' ,, ' ,. ~i"<• .• .,, • ' , ,\ .I �LOCAL DRAFT BOARD . Will;REGISTER ,NEW MEN ' Governor Keyes, has r ceivetl notice from the provost marshal gC>neral that the act provitliug for the rc-gislration of all men who have lieCOllH' 21 years or age since June [i last has been passed by Con gr 'SS anti that a P!oclamation by the PJ'esident will be issuecl soon making J11nc G next the tlay for registration. On .June 5, 1 \118, men arriving at the age of 21 since June fi, l!l17, shoultl 1eport in person ancl rngisler al the placH spe,·if' ,~ cl. Ir th!'rc is any 1louht In Ilic> lllilltl of a lllllll as to lhe proper plnre for him lo rPi.:isl<'r hr sho11ltl i11q11lre of lhe towll or city c!erk. It is not opliollal with the l"•'f istrant whern he shall rri~islr!r; ]:p lllUSI r<'1~istPr :it lilt? pl:ll't• tlt•slgLllt>cl for rPgistcri11g llll'll i'ro111 I ht' lo1w11 ill whit-h hr rlaillts a p1•r1111111 , 111 1P.,itl1•11ee. ThP rpgislralion is to IH' arrnm - 1 Jdisl11•<1 under the snpervi s ioll of lhl' / J,1cal llraft boards. Anlicip:i.ti11g the J>robable passage or this act by C'o11·, ress tho tlrafl machinery in New Jlampshlro has been prepared, anti for the convenieure <>f rcgislruntR ill this county il has liePn arranged to have regislralion offices in lhe following places: Jlocki11~11n111 C-oun,.~. Hoekiugham, Division No, T'rohalr, co11rt room, Portsmo11th, for 1,:1lsl KlngHton, Grnenl:lll(l, I la111plo11, l l1t111plcrn l•'ulls, Ko11sl11glo11, I( i11gston, New Castle, , ewlields, , cwington. Newmarket, Newlo11, i orth Hampton, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Rye Seabrook, South Hampton, Stratham. Jlockl11gl~ Divi~io1;-No. l - l~xpollcc ro11rl r1HH11, Adams i\1emorial building, Derry, for Atkinson, A11l1ur11, Candia, Chesler, Jlampslead, l,011do11tlerry, Salem, ,Sandown. \Vindl1am, Derry, Local tlraft board office in Exeter for Dro11lwood, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Nottingham, Northwooµ, DeerJicltl, Haymond, Dapville. Although regislralion should nccompl!shcd at the place prescribed nntl although lhe buJ·den is on the intllvldual to see that the regislralion Is matlo under the supervision of the local boartl having jurisdiction of lite I • ._ • area within which he resides, yel, absentees (which in• clulles persons absent from the state such us al training cam1>s, schools, colleges, and other similar institutions; iiersons in jails anll J'eforma lories aud insane asylums) may ap ply to the nearest local board t.....,,,\,...,.• 1 -. have a registration cart! matle out by the chief clerk, which cards shoulll he forwarclecl I.Jr lhe individual lo lhe local boartl hnving juristliclion of the arl'a within whicli he rnsitlm; in time lo reach the board on .J1111e fi, 1918. /\II 111ale persons, citizens or lhe l"nit etl Slates. ancl nil male persons l'<'sitlir :g in Iii<' l ' nilC'tl Slates, whc, ha ve, since lhl' [ith of Juue, 1917 , :111tl 011 nr before .June 5, 1918, att:.ined the age of 21 years, rnusl 1· t gister. Tho 0111:,- nxceplions are perso11s i11 tho military or naval service of lhe United Stales, which incl utles all officers and enlisted men or the regulaJ' army, the navy, the marine corps, and lhe National Gnartl a1id Naval :'llilitia, while in the service of lhe Uniletl Stales, and offiCC'r8 in the officers' reserve corpi alltl enlistell men in the enlisted re- �WILL HAVE (,'l[ARGE Oli' WAU GARDJ~NS. '2,\ __:.- j ,, MAM. ' IV \ . .' Wllllam ·shutlleworth, a . BlUdO\lt at ' New Hampshire College and a graduate of lho Portsmouth lli~h will ,have i;harge of ,~he war gartlenH at Christian Shore anu· will shortly - upon his duti'es. N 11'\VJ:'.'JG'rON pr,AN'J'. ln addres sing the members of Dover ·City Coun cil lasl evening L . H. Shattuck of the big ship yard at N~wlngton said that at the present time he could see business enough ahead to keep the yard going for the next eight years. He told them that If Portsmouth was abl e to take care of the' employes at the navy yard and the shlpb11!ldlng plants they have a city th.r ee tim es Its ,Mr. Shatt.uck sal<l -: "\.Ve are working about two-third s of the capacity of our plant at tho present tim e.; We have from 2,100 to 2,300 or more men emplayed and we need 1 ,2000 more men. We can not get them because we cannot llnrl suitable placet1 In whicl1 · to house them. We have about 25 tents erected at the plant and we are negotiating for 350 more to • accommodate the men. If we can have · the force that we require at the present time it · means a payroll of 3,300 and we can readily • find employment for 4,000 men if we ~ '01 , ,. ,>-; mnAlll , I HIIEI) --- ,mnK • · ·, Dr . n . K S111li rn n of Co n cor<l r c pres cnli11J.; th e sta te ll oan l ot' hcu l th , was h er e to day in a tt cn<lan<:c at a confer en ce o f th o \Var l >Ppar t m ent :and th o nta l c of :\Ta in e i11 r el ati o n t o th e es tablish m en t o f a ann ilary zonn nrouncl t he P orts m o uth n avy ya nl. Th e m a tt er h as been co nsi der ecl prev i ou s cqn[crc n ces in t his city and m ore or l ess cl ofi11i lc 11Jans h ave bcrn m a pped o nl, whi ch prolJ :th l y will l w ))Ill int o eff ec t soo n. Dr . 8 11lli va n in form etl th e o ther co 11 ro r om1 t ha t t1 11• g overn o r ancl co un cil at th e m ce li n .l\ !j,5, 0 011 PUBLIC LIBRA.RY NOTES A' pl easing gift has come lo the Por ts mouth Lihrary r eccnlly or 1-wo copi es of n.n interes ting novel, wrill on hy a for1J1 er r es id ent. Mrs. Gertn1cl e Tredi ck Griflith s, who h as r esid ed in Engl and sin ce her marriage to '.\fr. P er civa l Dori s rGifli t h s. i\f r s. Griffith s is n. y oung woman charmin!{ per sonality, happily r em emher cd ,b ~· nrnny fl'i enll s, th e claughter ol' M r. nnd l\Jrs. T . Salt er 'l'redick, who gavo 1111 t h eir hom e h er e to join th eir d a11 gh te 1· in F,11 g la11 ,l. Th e titl e of lh e book i s " Th e Wed- or r each ed it s thircl eclilion, since publi ;ihecl in London a ,-;hort t.illle. ago. IL i,-; a channin ~ Hlory or \'ir~lnia lit'c anti clay s, d cllieal c d to her 111u chlov erl co11 ,; i11' s ehilclren. l\lr,-; . Gril'lith s show,-; ,L mark ed tal ent in cl c lincmling th e Southern lil'e, as also in her fi1·st short story, " The Ln.ndy h11 mor chara ct eri sti c o r th e nam e. 'l'h o av:1il,; of this were p;iv ou to War lt l' li c l' f1111tl s, hPi ll~ wilhiu in th e oal'l y pa r t 0 1' Iii <' w ar , and for whi cll r eli r• f Ml'. anti l\[ 1·s. Uriflith ,-; , also i\ Lrn. \ Ve 11tlell arnl ,-;ons l1:1v e ca1cr ed so zea l om; l y and h elp1'11lly . TL is a p leas ure 10 i11 cl11d e l\Trs. Gr i tii l hs :lll! Oll J.; I ll e l iter a r y l'orl KlllOll!h, sl1011l<l ,-; lrn ('Olllillll C 1 0 ll KC h er f) Cll :l hrilli:tll l f il l Ill'!' Sf'{) l!I S hP[Ol'P IH'l' " \ �fIfTY~fOUR MEN LEAVE fOR CAMP DEVENS: Mayor Ladd HeadedProcession Of Drattccs To The Dcpot--Music WNaval Band To the inspiring music or lh9 U. ·'· S. •'nval bnnt1 auct csrorletl by a large 1111mber of citizeus hondccl uv ;\1ayor Snln11el 'f. Lntld,' the lar11Ps.t body or mcu i11 tho HnlcctivP tlral'l :vet to leave this cit.r, 111arche1l to the/ Bo~ton and i\laine ra.ilrontl station at 8.30 o'clock this morning to entrai11 for Camp DevP.ns anti with every pro;q,<'P( of bPilll\ on thc>ir w:i.y IO F1a111e ll'iliil11 a row 111011thH . '1'110 d1arte,,s were givP11 a ro1rni11r, n·teptlon all along thr. line or march auct at the rnilrontl Htntion llllll thcrP wns a large gathering to bid ti11•111 far!',1c>ll and Uod speecl. 'l hp quoln co11slRtc><I or ;;4 men out or the r.:; called, the cxce>ption' or l'aul :\lorrison, who has IJeen ,;r:in.r1l pPrmission to go to cam,; wllh the> lloulto11, ;\1P., quota, where he has hPcn PIIIJ•loyed. Llentcnant E. II. F11rr.1r o[ the> :101st lnfantry at Camp lJ,wens w:.1s in charge and ('l1arl<'q E. flrackett was a11poi11ted IPcl,, 1· :111,1 Arthur D. Thompson of I Cipola Antonino, Porlsmouli1. Jt11clolph L es a11c, Lowell, Mas s . Ernc>~l flowarcl D11mbrack, ton. Jolin ll:1n!cl \Vllkl11son, 1,1011 tl1. l'hili!l ~iwrhik, Portsmouth . .Jnnl()s T. Downing, Portsmouth. Sydney 11cginald Pick:-':~. 111011th. i'l1ilip llrooi;f] . HPllllP.11, 111011th. l•'rod l.rni1L l'roctor, l'orLsmo11t.h. I lr,11oriw1 Malo Newmarket. ' :\lol'l'is C:oloy:.111, Porlsmo11th. .John Hoh c rt Miller, · l'orlsmo11lh. .lo,;Ppll rc·ook, Jtavcrhill, Mass. Henry Drown Dow, Seabrook. 11nrolcl ('has. Morrison, Newton. Pct.er ,A11p,11 r. tus l\Torrison, Tloul 1011, ;\Tc. c:corge L eo n O'llcag:1n, hriilge, :\Tass. i'hilip llnrlelrrh Green, mo1 1th. Arthur Henry Craig, Jr., . \VilfrPd L:111gluis, Jr., "1ewn1arl,rl. lllOlll.h . \Vlllia, 11 llenry Spi11111iy, J'ortsAmerco Flori. Portsmouth. \\'alter nlnnclrnl'.e, Nowmnrket. lllOlllli. tcsllo Lincoln Lovett, North ,1111111 :\llta:;!1:1, l\Prllu. 1':.1111 Spa11al:iH, I'orl:11no111li. l!:11npton. ;'l,•l~w 11 I.:111:\lnis, :S:Pw111:ll'kl'l. .lohn Willam Dow, ,Seabrook. 1·c•i· lPy ('ollins i\[artlu. 1,in).\'sto n. Donalc\ l!'crgnson Yeaton, Porta• 1•:l111t1r ('lcveland n11rard, l'ort~ - month. Henry Bickford, Portsmouth . 1110111 1,, ,v. .\lkli:tt'I starzi,k, I.awr,•11t•1•, :\111~:1 . Eugene Etllcson Marston, Humpllt>1111is .Jos. llrhH'oll, l 111rls111null1. 'ton. tl sl':i r I' . s . .'\11d,T;:on, l'ortH1111111rl1. TTarld John Little, 'Portsrpo u t h . i'al ri l'k J. ('nui1tll'H, i'or1 s 1111J111 h. .loltn Henry Mccann, Portsmouth., Loui s Ja<'niH:, 1'orl s 1110111l1. Leslie Blake ,S anborn, Danville. Haro ld Gardner, Portsmouth. l'Ol'L Rl•'orrPSl l,l'S[l' r .ll'lllll'SH, F.harleR , Ed wln Drackl;',tt.- --Por.t& lll!llllh. mouth. l'orls( 'or11Plius .I os. llPagan, lllllllth . l'anfilo Uicenso, l'nrts t11011th. A lfrc>d f•'r:\llcois 11111lso11, Falb;. f l:1:-1.ld l'rrsrolt Wcbslor, ~li.Oll. 'l'liomas .J. Quinn , ·Portsmo11Lh. Uom~r Ju se pli Lenleux, :-lewm::ir- Artl1ur Arthur �Norllt Mill Has Commenced bn!ldlng workmen's houses. Several fo11ndntions wern stttrted this week on this centrnlly localed trnct. The majority or the house s will be stucco with asphalt slate shingle roor. All 'the Interiors will he finished in N. C. Pine with hardwood lloors and electric lights. Several lots have been sold in the past week to investors, ns the land can be used now for gardens and the building or these n ew houses will be bound to increase the value of the land. The engineers have completed their survey or t11e lots ancl have laid ont the streets 40 ft wide with a five ft. sidewalk. Tlestrict lou!l are placed on each lot ror houses to set back 20 feet, leaving a r;pare in front f.or a lawn and garden in the rear, as each lot Is from 100 'to 200 reet deep. The first houses will be com11lc>ted In July an1l will help relieve the honAln~ conditions. The company Is erecting an ofl'lro at !.!10 llonnetl r; trr e t whrrn .. . plans and. specifications can be seen dally and S11n<1ar . GOVERNMENT Will ·10AN PORTSMOUTH $70,000 .....,.,c ....·, .•" .'.\fayor 8amiicl . T. Ladd to1lay re- .'\RAt. ('011nsel, l~mngency Fle!'t Cor. This means that tho government the following telegram from offirlals are In favor ol' loaning th" Edwin A, Bayles. asRi stavt rounsel or the Emergency Fleet Corporation city $70,000 wilh which to go ahe::t<l and Improve the property in the vi"Government lla:-; reacnen rleflnite cinity of Fre!'mnn's Point witicn is to , agreement with your tity lllaw; as he nse<l ror housing purpose~. The lo, streets and utilities for the Atlan- cily, havi11g l'eached its 1lebt limit, tic Corporat.1011 development. ThP. was nnahle to raise the undersigned will cull on yon to con- monr>y to rarry 011 thi~ clude the ,lea! :\Ton1lay, :\Tay 27. Sug- pif'ce of work, ancl at the suggeRtion gest that the city solicit.or be in at- of :vfayor La1l1l an appeal was mad to the government for funds. The tendance If possible. city or Portsmouth m11Rt pnv bnrk to EDWIN A. BAYLES, - - -~;.i1,1~~1)..l~'r() 81'JH.VJ<ll~,---~ Captain I. II. Washburn, U. S. R. ~~,M~..~ A. who was recenliy called into ser,.,.-•.•fl;·•=,. Yice, left on Sunday for Louisville, Ky., where he will rc11ort for duty. \Vith Captain Washburn being called into service the local postol'fice is hard hit, having on the previous day lost two clerks and one carrier by the gov!'rnment the amount lo,lll!'1l. \Vorlc will Ile started Immediately upon tlH• 1lovelopment or thi~ r,rop!'rty at C'hrl8tian 8hor<>, where: 11 grt>al many . houses are soon to 1,e lrnilt. ~fayoi: Ladd Is to he congratuhlNl nnon his success in interes li11g government offlrials in this lvlilch ~means so - much to mouth·. �~w,1.-l s1xT1mx :1rnx. P.. . The Local War DoaJ'.d loday issued call G5G [or fifteen men lo leave [o~ Ji'ort Slocum next Saturday. In addition lo this number one volunteer, Ralph Gove o[ Seabrook will go wilh the detachment which is as follows: Julls :\[ysky, lumberman, Northeast Carry, :.\Ic., care Gt. Northern Paper Co., Burbank Camp 6. 1,;r1ward llale Walton, Jr., shoemaker, Seabrook. J~rnest Daniel .Tanvrin, shoemaker, Seabrook. · • · C'at'ol ,Douglas Stockbridge, machinist, Stratham. Edward Lewis Fowler, sa.w aulo mill man, Seabrook. William Jo se ph :\Iorrissette, saw mill man, Chapel Hl., Newmarket. James :\1unroe Lamprer, painter, Deach road, Hamplon. Clarence Rosc oe Dlanchard, shoemaker, Seabrook. William P. :\Iorrissey, )lacker, G7 4 Carroll st., Brooklyn, N. Y. Arthur Louis Dergeron, loom lixcr, box 373 , Newmarket. .\rlhur Louis !Jergeron, loom fixer, Dox 373, Newmarket. Luigi ~lercuri, rigger, :-Sewmarkct. Fred C!Hton \\'est, shoe cutter, ')'\'\,' _v . \ '), t\ SR rDE~. 'f he Portsmouth Athletic its rnC'eting on Tuesday voled to tender lhe une of den In lhe rear of the club house to the Fosdick Commission lo be used by the enll~ted men for danc ing. Last summer the commission malntnlnecl a tenl 111 tho Y. M. C. A. gardous for dancing- nrternoon11, for enll!ted men, and this tenl lhl~ year will be erected In the ·P. A. C. garden and be managed by the group of ladles as last ~eason. dances were h ltl during the ter at the Army ancl Navy Home. The committee In charge of the P. A. r. minstrel show rPported that the nel receipts wo11)d be Home $300 for the Red Cross ancl the Allied Theatre COlll}Jl.lnY would give their per cent. ror the u~e o! lhe hall to the Red Cross making :! total of upwards or $500 for the lo- East Kin~slon. J•'loyd .T. _R and, :i Linden ;J, .\ h;lon, ;\[ass. William Ila!<' Lamprey, .Nook Lane, llam11ton . Perley Davit\ Hersey, painter; 54 Lincoln ave., Portsmouth. Ralph Gove, shoemaker, Seabrook. --------- a sp<•<·ial 1_11<•l'ti11 g or tit<• !'it.I' f!,>1,11 h:,. the national hoard, 1·011111·11 !:isl ,.,,,n111g thp 1·011n1·il loo k that in hi,; r e port to :ill Sl(•ps IC' ga ll ,1· poss ihl<' to l'lll'Oltt- .llajor .\loses hacl n•con1111e1Hl l' 1! th:tt :tJ!<' tit,• 1"' 1'111:ttH' nt ltonsing or ship- in lllC' 111:ttlrr or the' :'\rwington ship 11111 ld•ts 111 this !'ily :111<1 to 1·11-1>f1<•r• plant th,• gon•rnn1cnl assist · i11 NPrtal1• \\ith 1111• go1·r·rn t11L'ilt ill tl1is i111: tr'lllporary holl S( 'S [or thP work11ork. 1111•11 alo11g t1tc · !'anlo11menl li11r. In Thl' g o\'Pl'll nH•11 l housi11 g in ,· .. ~ti- n •ganl to t hp . I tlanlil- Corporation at gation board or whi<'h .llajor ~loses l•'re <' man's l'oint the boar<! ltarl re cis Lit<· 111·:1<1, 1·:1111,• lt,•r<' yestPr<la.1 anti 0111111<•tl(! f• cl that the government give 111a<I<· :111 i11 s 1H•tlio11 or I.he needs along fi11an,·ial aid for pPrn1t,nr1,>1 ho11sin~ this li111• or lltr :,c·,1 i11 ;.,.to 11 anrl l•'rP '·, on lit<• 1·orpornlio11's lancl or J ,, 1111 111an· s l'oi11t sltiphuildin_g plants and llt<'ll aucl th<'ir families, making nee;lh<' ~111•t•i:1l 111t•<'li11g was 1·al!Pd af't<'r l'Hsar) 1111• l'l'<'c:tion or i.Jelwc1 ·n f>OII a ('01trl'l'l'lll'(' b<'lll'Pen tit(' reprPSPJlla- :tn1l (j(J(I ilo11Hes all o[ a per111anc11l til·ps 01 lltis hoard and !ht• ('it:unhPr 11at11rc•. !Ir st at<'rl !Ital il was <'XJJCC'l or l'olllllll'i'('e ('011llllitlet·. .llayor I'd !l1at lit<' 1·ily or c-itizens \\'Ottlrl as,San111rl 'I'. 1,acl<I and CottnC'ilme11 sisl in the work hJ· financial asHiHlllay11l' s , Ura.r, LeC'l,ey_ \Vt•ck s , l,:llll <t :tnc<· or !Jy krPpi11~ tt)) with the clC' · :1111! llit-1,c) \\'C' I'(' prPHPnt. relopnw11t or till' proprrt)· wil11 Jo: . 1·111·tis )lalll1<•WH, scerrtury or slr<•<'ts, sldpw:.tlks, sewprs. and w,1lP,' tit•• 1·itiZl'IIS' ltow;i11g r·o111111illl'C, hril'f!,1 011tlit1l'cl tit' t·o1Hliti1111s :is laid L..,_....,_,.......,""",....~=-~"?-,~<;l"'f~~9'ii;:,,,.~',\1 when railed upon for an opinion ai; whetltrr lhe cily conn.cil could legally ap1J1·opriate a lnmp sum of money lo lake' Htor:k in a IJ11ilcl i11g corporation o,· lo assist liHanciall., lhat l11e law required that all money obtained by laxes should be used for public works and lhe city could not legally enter into a11y private business with such money wilhoµt u spec-' ial enabling· act on tho parl of the Iegis1;1t11re. He slated, however, that lhe cily coulrl legally encourage the -~"'~-•..,._,..,.,. building operations by making the necessary improvements to tho land in question, that is, laying out road :; , ,.:,,-~1"1~!.,,.-.,11 Iaying sidewalks, and installing water and sewer mains, etc. 1~-•;~··:•• 1 President Sise of the Chamber of =lll<'.• Commerce went over briefly what had.....,.._,...,....., been done by the Chamber of CommQrce in this housiqg work and explainP1i lhat the principal delay had been in i\'ashington, the government not ynt adopting a general policy jn lhis problen1. He explained lhat the..._-,,'"""", fir;;t plan was for a citizens corporation to finance lhe housing with government assistance but lhis was hardly [e:isi blr, and the present methocl seemed better. Ma.VOi' La<ld slated ,lhal the govern me11 t wanted evi<lence from lite city or co-opera! ion ancl l11lerest iu Co11nrilma.11 Raynes offered u resolution that in lhc .event of lhe Atlantic Corporation or government erecting 1 00 or more houses on their lanrl n:.vwc= at F'reeman's Point lhal the city would lay out the streets, walks and lay lite waler mains, the understanding lhe A tlanlic Corporatiort should give the city a ·qi'1il claim deed of all of the land u se d for streeti; and sidewalks. This was passed by a �22 :YOUNGMEN.lEAVE · {~~fOR/_N: .H.:UOLtEGE To the inspiring ·music cif the '.\Torley Flute and Drum band ' the 22 ,draftees, who.are to undergo a course .of special training a1long mechanical lines for the National ,,..Army with special reference to service with · Gen . Pershing's armr, in _France at New H _u mpshlro collego left the office 01 tl_\e Local ,War Board shortly after 8 o'clock for the . railroad . stat_ioq . to entrain. William .H. Cullen of this city was In command. On the way to the railroad station the men . wero given o. hearty farewell 1.Jy the store keepers 11.n·c1 · others an,1 was a ·s triking _contrast tG ' ,the departure· ,01· draftees for Camp Dix the other clay who went away practically without anl'. demonstration on the part of onr citizens. At the --depot there was a fair sized •crowd to bid the men good bye and· as\ the train hauled out of the ,depot · Sheriff Spinney called for cheers and three lusty 011es .were given. This Is the second call that the -government has made on this district for men ror special training, the other being for Tufts College, and the requirements are that the men must have at least a grammar schoo_J <idncatlon and some mechanical !lbilit.y and be physlc1tlly nt l'or general ser- ~ewmarket, factory _1'{orJl:er. ' . George O:\f. GillJert,-,51. :\lan1~ing st. ·?ortsmouth, Linotyp~ 'orie~alor, ' Walter ;liowarll . Hanson, ,Rockingham, telegraph operator.'. William Ilenry Cullen: 200 Gates 3t., Portsmouth, Li'ncitype 'operiltor. ' .Tos111ili Bol11it'rn't, ·SI i (111 H~ •• Port ~mouth, llr1emp.n, , . , , , , . , , , . Ranso,m Smith , _Carleton,; 4 4 _ High -it., Portsmouth, electrician. · , . , F.ruuk Warren Plum)110r, , 132 .:\(a'plewoorl iive., Portsmoht11, ele'ctrlc;_ Ian. 11:arl!) Waller' CaH,~(JII, 11 GO 1,;'1{vyi'1 ' . ' ' ' . avo., Portsmouth, auto driver. William Henry Howard, GO Washington street, Portsmo1ith, shoemaker. Shirley G. Goll[rey, Stratham. Roy K l<'ogg, North . l lampton, cle.rk . '. Dennis Peter O'Leary, 340 Thornton st., Portsmouth. · , David IC Irving, · Iiampton Falls, shoemaker. · ' ' ' Carl .Stewart Stevens, draftsman. Gordon Sanford Chaml.Jerlaln, R. F. D. 1, Amestrnry; l\Jass. · Saul Sussman, 459 Isllng~on Portsmouth, factory· worker. 'j'hos. E: ~llllett,.GG!J N. 15th Phpaqelphia, auto driver . .<\ugustqs Coughlin, · 85 Gates The men with the exception of one Portsmouth, :'II. P. operator. man who was last reported in PhilaDe~ter 'FM gar Gynan, 4 G ProspPct delphia and possihly did not get lils notice In time, reported to th\l Loca,l Board 11.t 3 o'clock on Wec111·esd11,y i,,.........-:,,,---,,....---,...,.,.....,.._,_..;._~~ afternoon when they became members or the National .Army. Chairman Spinney gave the men their general instructions and· Chairman 1•'. M. Sise or the ned Cros~ Home Service Committee, addressed the men on the qne::ilion of the ~overnmeut insurance, explaining- it and urging every man to take it out to ' some extent, the sums 1.Jeing from one to ten thousand dollal's at a · rate that only the government can afford to allow. The matter of allotment was also explained. \Vith the volunteers and the draftees only one change was made, Shirley G. Godfrey or Stratham taking the place of Benjamin F. Filielcl of Haverhill who is ill. The others were: . Charles· Edward ,varner, Junction, factory worker. Edward \V. Aust.in, Kittery Point, :\fe., Linotype operator. Elton Gray George. Newton, shoe- . maker. George Pratte, 9 Spring • . •• j �Doi othy U'o:;tc1· of Th is CIC l' Sar!> '.l'ltc1·e is Gt·cat Ncctl of \\'0111<· 11 at the Ft·out. ' operating room in a hospital for officers. All tho hospitals havo a most chcedul i.·;·'.-'..;i.,·,;:11l',..; atmosphere. I spent three Christ•· ·. "''"'""'-"'• mas days In hospitals and everybody holpcd to. make them very merry. Enough cannot be sai1l in praise or the wonderful spirit or Lim Drltish and French, onr Allies, who aro paying not only with .t.ho!r men and money, I.Jut with their homes anti women and chilclren. Any nurse who rloses her eyes to this marvelous professional opportunity will regret it in years to...,,,,_,,l',,,~:f.\'·'"' come. Usually our work is most narrowing and confining, hero ls a branch which ls (]Uilo tho reverse with every 01111orlunily for variety of work anti surroundings. Thorc .~:\1;-p!ace~ to visit in of[ tluty time which will l;il·c you life-Jong memories. Nurses, all of you who can lcavJ hon;c. clo ;:o. G i ·. c ,·our~cl l'cs and take with you t 11c illl'Jl"'3t or your ramilit-:; :incl frit'mls. Yunr influence is imu1cai; ural.Jlc :is ii; your In tht hope of reaching the nurses of Amf'rica who have not yet availctl themselves of the privilege or 11ursl11g the .Allietl soldiers, I will tell them of the things which seem tu me most important in tho work over there. The mo st interesting work Is unrloui.JLcdly with the army in France. I spent nine months with the Iiarrnrd Unit, which is No. 22, Goncral I loHpital, Drilish l~Xpl'dilionary 7 orcc. ·J~ach day brought convoys IHtlicnts, somelimea seventy, ;omelimos four hundrnd, sometimes several convoys a day or night, and in a corresponding number o[ pa lion ls wert s n L a way to England. To go 011 duty in a lnrr,e t.c nt .and .find strange, haggard, unshal'Cn faces, to know that you alone arc responri iblo for the w,:,11-1.Jcing of a corlain number and to sec the change in their general conclltion and tho improl'CIIIC11t in their wo111H\<; after a fow 1lays' care Is rcwnnl for your work which no other work 111 lhe world cnn glvP. Of tourno, It Is not always a quick rnr.ovory anti ofll'u none al all. !'>01111' hHI m:,y COil!() Ill, a walldn~· casn, and 11lc of gas, bacillus In fccl1011, or tetanus a few days later. Thnu tho nurse has to hnlp this l;ul over tho bur. Tho nurse ls cJ03er Lo the soltllor than is anyone else Th/J British 11ooplc call her "nistcr'' anti this tillc characterizes their utLlt11cle towards hnr. knows what gifts arc welcome; so many, many times have I seen row cigarettes make pain cn1lurablc :inti wished for unlimitccl funds or tho power to divert thrm to the patients to case their first agonizing dn)'H In hospital. Thi~ (!Ver)' lllll'S(1 can tlo on n small Henle. At tho .A111cricn11 A 111 hn lanre, l nur11r1l French ofli<'l'l'H an,! Hnlcli<'n: anti know that tho fri1•n1lly allitllt!C' ur t110Ro proplo in tha 1IayH when Lho l111ll(lt! l-il11ler1 wnH 11r111l1·11! ! H 11 hontl, atl1lcd tn 111any otlwrn, which will alwayH holcl ll!I Logl'lhor. If you have l~rcnchmen to 1111rsc )'Oil uro, lntloecl, fortunato. In l~nglnnd l worko,! for tho American \Vomon's \\Tar llm;pltals at PalgnLon, Devonshire, an,! Lonclo11. At Palgnton there arc two hu111lrccl and lirty bccls for '1'0111111\l's, iclcal surroundings where American snrgoons and nurses hnl'e i:;lvcn thc:-c splondld I.Joys most excellc11t rosull:; wartl. The [ore::-,oi 11 1; is c:op:ctl from an il\nstralcd arli<:lo by a Portsmoullt girl in the "~lililary Nursing , umher, 1\r1ny. :'1av:t a111I llPd . Cross Hl'ni1·1•" o[ '"l'ht' .Amnri<:an Jourual or Nursing" ror May, 1918, pub~ lished al 1Jtochcstcr, N, Y. Miss Foster has rcccnlly 'returned two years service as a FIVE PER-CENT OF POPULATION IN SERV(CE / ' In ·a slalemont i;ivon out by Stale Historian R . W. llusi.Jaud, tlio porccn tage o[ men in the service tu J'ort11111011th's population ls u11proxi~' 11111 l cly Ill o 11orco11 t. 'l'hls Ill u hir h porcoului;o as :iomc of .,.,. 11s furnish loss than two ·1 l:r.rn is ono town, Str,nfortl, 1t1, lies seven porcont, 0110 lowu, SanilfJ11·11, six percent. seven towns, in.. uJlng Exeter. Keene and LitUoton. : h:it. furnlsl:\ five percent plus, and ! . ,·:1 tho group of towns fu ,nlshing l i 1 •J percent minus, in which Portsruou th, Newmarket, Concord, l•'rank!111 and Stratham are included. , About seven-eights of the towns of the staUi fall below this percentage. Ther include Claremont, · Laconia, chester,' Naslrua, Rochester, wor.t1 and Dover. The reconstruction work Is one the biggest divisions of the hospital and Captain Towle Is In charge of th is section. 11lics, the reconstruction wounded sodier so that he may make tho most of his · condition,. such a1;1 by treatment 'bringing back the use of arm or leg or the use of artificial limbs. There ls a great amount of wo;·k anti the hours are long frorii 5.30 in the morning until well into tho nlght but Ca.plain Towle writea thut he ls vory much lntorostc<l in tho 11·orlc natl in excellent 'health. �fOURTEEN MEN LEAVE ~INTODAY'S DRAfl .u--1q1i tHcd C'ross ('hnptcr _J,nr~c A mount of :\\'01 k · to 'l'his .Month, .\ _ \ --~ J>o i The Portsmouth cha\lll'r or tho Red Cross has recelvrd its allotment [or the month of .lune for lrn\ttcd goods anu ll ts the lan;esl that this chapter has ever \.Jeen called u11011 to do, so th,\L there will be ~real need or every woman who r11n knit cloini;; her 1rnrt. The call ls for !100 11airs 1,10 swcatcrH, :1~ helmcls, of wristcrs and l O mumers. The ·committee had been warned of a big demand £or lrnittc<l good~ detachment of fourteen men In others [or a matter which the charge of Carl Dotiglas Stockbridge part ment considered could be rcmcof .St-rath-am, with Perley D. Hersey died and upon which a new order o[ this city second in command, Jc[t has hccn made since the men left this morning at 8.4:i -o'clocl,. for this, clly. The men sent home arc Nashua, where they join the other William II. Slincy a111l James men from the slate and lhcn pro- Jones of this city, WiHred Lan!!:lois ceed to E'ort Slocum, N. Y. The men of Newmarket and John W. wtre escorted to the clepot by Sher- Jr., o[ Sea brook. !ff Ceflon S11lnncy of the local war The uoard recently refused yarn, so that it ifl now rcatlY, and on hoard and there were very l'cw pco- rlnct a man into service, who was Monclay arternoon tho commllll'C on plo outside of the relatives of the given the alternative or c11llsling i11 knitting will be at. the work roomf\ two Portsmouth boys who went in the ;irmY or going to jail. It was at the g1ks nomc lo g;lvo it out. the dra[t 11rcscnt to bid the young in the case o[ John Palmc11inc, who - These socks arc for the men in men a farewell. was arrested here !'or bringing in in tense trainAll \Jul two men answered the roll liquor and Oneel in the lower court ing back of the line and work in call, .T111ins Myslcy, who!lo last ad- anrl sulrncquonl\y turned over lo the the front lino trenches, the 111011 arc dress was Northeast Carry, Mc., llnltctl States court. lie was a 1lcnslng a great many soclrn. whoro ho was employed al a lumber linriucnl [rom the local board from Owing to the rad that there has camp _who hnM 11ol hnon hen rel l't'0\11, tho facl t.hal ho h:lll failntl lo make been a shorlai;c of ~a u1.c an1l t ht' Lugl Mercuri or Newmarlrnt, out his quesllonaire a[Lcr r<';;!Htnr chapter has not received Its shl11who Is employed at New Dell[ord ing, but ho had been reported as a mont, there will not be anY work on_ and notified the board on Friday delinquent to the United Stales clison Monday that lie did not get his mail. Ile trict attorney. will probably report so111c time nex.L FridaY on order from the district E':~,:~:1:,;;..;;.;;~;::.:...__,,...,,.,,.,,.,.,...,.,.....-._.....,.,,..,..,.,,,,......-., wccl<. Ralvh Gove o[ Seabrook who attorney he was discharged [rom volunteered went with the detach- the Portsmouth jail and brought bemcnt. Those who left were: [ore the local board and he 1468 Eclwanl IIale Walton, Jr., later be allowed to make :;hocmaker, Seabrook, N . H. line 1477 Ernest .Daniel Janvrin, ~hocmaker, Seabrook, N. U. ._,,.;;,.;;..,;:;..;.;;_, 1502 Carl Dour,las Stockbridge, :a1to 111achlnisl, Stratham, N. TT. l~clwnnl Lewis Fowler, man, Sorihrook, N. 11. l r,Gfi .Jame:; Munrno LamprnY, nnach ro.1.cl, llatnJ)lOn, N. JI. Claronc~1 Jtoscoo 11\anchanl, :;ltocmalrnr, '!'\cabrook, N. ll. Hi7:i Wlll!alll l'. M.orrisscy, 674 Carroll Hlrecl, Brooklyn, 1576 Arthur Lonls ncrgeron, loom fixer,' Box 373, Newmttr lrnt, N. I·I. 1625 Freel Cl![ton West, cutter, East~ •Kingston, N. II. 1.G:18 Floyd J. ltand, 3 :;trcct, sn ltc 3, Allston, Mas~. 164G Will!ar.1 lfalc Lamprey, borer, Nook Laue, 11a11111ton, N. 16:,0 , J'crloy Davit\ IlerseY, painter G4 Lincoln avenue Portsmouth. •The local hoard l1as' been noti!ierl four or the men sent to Cam11 Devens in the last call -were rejected for physical rc:isons, one n nil tho three �]~Q, ~ ,\Q4~ WAH IlOAHn A nus\'. PT,ACK \NW. ~ .S-\'o - - 'l'he office or the local War Iloard lrnsy ])lace todnY., many young 111e11 who hud 1·eachc<l registralio11 day, appearing before the board to register in accordauce with the orders recently promulgated. l p lo 110011 nearly l 00 young men hn,l appeared before the bonnl n111l taken out their cards. ~loth.~r' s Day letter f ron1 Ray Caswell Tito [ollo\\'i11,:; lottur [rom r.ay C. Ctrnwcll, r, l1,l llri;•.adc, ~lilh Divi :;inn, A. K 1,'. lo hi ,; !11olh1·r, i~; ur e:;pc c i:ll hi IOl'Pl\l: ~11ty I'.!, 1 \JI S. My l.lcarc:;l Mot.hm: -'fhlil is a upcdal teller Lo our dearest ones. Tomorrow which i!J .\Jay l:l, 19 i 8, i:; :\1olher's l)Jy [or Lhc sol•diers , i!l France, and every sold;e~ that iu lucky e11011,:;h to have 011 <1 writes. The let lcr is 1:u ppo:;ed t.o Ile fl lieu with 10,:e a11d encouragcmeul. Ji. h:ncn't been able to write for a long lime so this one \\'ill make u,1 for it. l can't express my t.ruosl lov •J tow,u·ds you and the i;re,tt lot:; of trouble that you sn.Ycd mo from. Mother, thcro arc tho11sands of beys In t<'ranco ·to1lay th,tt arc wrilin;: anrT I[ they think as l <lo it is lo,·e that llowr; between you and me all Ll1') time. Mother, llrnt iH what puts th ,~ spirit in the boy:; at tho rronl- is lho loved ones at home thinl<in;; o[ them nil tlio time. 'l'hi1; ll'lLCr iH 1;uppor;;:,\ to ~raYel fa:;tor tha.11 0L;1er letters i'l tha ·1.J. S. l'osl.al ficrvlcc. ,\lot.her, 1 mu:;t H:,; Li1al the ho ; :; 1tt the [ronl arc ,;ellin;; u';cd v,•r)· nlco 1111u they alwap have a smil':l on thf'ir fa.co. Whrn ~·ou ask thc :1, PATRIOTIC MEETING Al fREE AN'S POINT The plant of Lhc AilanL;c Corpora- a11d future or r;iviliialion. Today, lhc lion at J<'rec111au',; Point was the whole de111ocralic worlLl knows [nlly .- rf'IIC of an impressi\'(' ai'1d patriotic antl to ils cost that 1les110tism seeks 11cmoJ1slralio11 this morning when. a to overthrow it and tu crush it· oul. :1u1s:; meeting- was held and a larg-c ror ils greedy adranl.age. ,.\nrnricau flag and tho flag of li1e thcreforn, never in all the t: nited St;it('S ,;hipp11q; IJo.ird \\'.tt< since Ll!,9 I.Jalllcs of Lcxi11g-ton and , 1 ung- to the hrcP,le. Co11cortl· has this flag o[ ours stood 'l'he excreises W<'ro in accunl<111c1: moro firmly for Lho frrmlo111 of t.hL ;·:i,h those outll11<11l fol' all over tl1ci world tha11 in Llli$ present ( ountry where the lluitl~d States h,1s ! when German despotism :, !tipbuilding- planl aud were wit-1 u,;; and 11evcr have the IIOHSe1I by 1101. only lhl' offiC'ials or )IOOJJlC reali'l.Pll as fully as ·the co111pauy l'rrsident Arlhur H. it is the liberty and democracy symSharp o[ Boston, Vice l'residcntl bolized i 11 0111· national llai; \\'hich Cl.ark o[ Boston, Thomas l'e11der- is I.ho hope and security o[ the world. g-ast. 'l'hL•ma~ !\lc])owell an1l ol.hers "llul. if on_l.Y oue flag- may ny al 1 of Hosto11. Uov1•rnor If Pnr.v \\'. 1tw 111'al1 or our flag-,'41:tfi', lhoro I:; 1 Keye:-i, .IV!ayor l,add, nrn1ubers of ihe, another Jlag- which should fly on the 1·tty g-o,·ernnH'llt, JJOlieo conimis- same staff just beneath il; a flag lo 11ioners Griffin and Lcavitl, Ex- wliich -aJso we owe allegiance. InJ\layors •Calvin Page, .John Ponder, treed our allegiance to our country• ~ Da11iel \V. Badger and othei· prom- Jlag is an empty thing an1L au 11•1-, ..-.,c,.,.=, 1· inent cilize11s, inclu1ling Comm. Hen- antiling- worcl unless thi s secondlf"H•,~;u,~~k;\,.~•,\'.~.~"'',:'<!~!J ry: Paul and a 1lelegati~11 from Stor- 1 flag stirs us to high endeavor. 'J_'hi'.1 ·" er Post, G. A. n. second llag is the flag or the United 1 The ,Portsmouth City hand, uncler, States 5hipping Board. And today, at till' direction of Bandmaster flalph Lhis very hour. in tho presence of L. Heinwald, furnishL'li music and! more than 21i0,000 shi,pbuiltlers in led tho pari;de of the officPrs an1l 1 ::.:2 shipyards, extellding from :;uests from the office buil<ling to Xorthorn i'llaine down our Atlantic 1 lhc st.and 1,·hcro the eerciscs took coast across the Gulf and up thr. p!ac. ) l'acil;c, in all the ~hipyanls of the After t.wo selecli1111,; IJy lhe IJ:rnd, t:rcnl Lakcs---tu1!ay, ,\pril (jlh, on ~l.i.,·or SamuPl T. l.url,1 \\'i:lS intro- thP nnnivPrw1ry ol' our entrance in1l111·r·d as l'l1ainna11 or lite 111cd-1 to Lili~ war ror [rccdoni, thi,; f\a~ IR illg.' I rahed. : :'ll<'Hllill:.t !lf (ht• Flag ;11ul Ila)·. "An(\ il will lly a,; evidence Ll.n l 1 i\layor L;uld, :ii;, chairm.a11 o[ tl1r~ our anni!'~ r.lu not fi;.;ht. .alone, un meeting made the followini; slate- supported by our nation; lhal you ment. as lo Lho meaning of the flag the shipbuilders of our country, arc and the <lay: also an arm.Y ligh ti11,;- in su pporl of "There I!-; one flag: a11d 011ly ouc that other army which fights in the 1c_-,·-·,.,,,,,., lhal should fl)- at the peak of our muddy trenches or France. Anti it :r,c,,·.,,...-·::c.: nagst.aff. Thal flag is the fin,:,; of our will be an evidence that iL L~ a . hii:;h one honor in ·l11esfl days to be n shiphuild\\'hat ma.lees l11cu1 so happy they say couulry which· for more than I !Jal l hey had u letter from homo. hundre1l and forty yflarn has been er and to perform a task wilhout Yon a~lc them who il is, It's all: ;\ly tho symbol of Domocracy to all Llw which tles\])Otism would OYOrthrow E·:,~~:i!tf'..~•oi'i; nations of tho world, and the inspir- democracy. And [rom you, therefore. Wei!, mother, I must close now at:ion toward the enlargement or the shipbuilders, there is duo their ,freedom. It was a worltl lhat 11ecially an allegiance to our cou11a:1.J l will try and write later. Lot:, aud lots or love to my darling a.t first distrusted Democracy and , try's flag a.nd also, in ordflr that your -r'oug.ht it ~itlerly with /.t. selfish pur- allegiance be effective, lh('re is duC' nud dearest, my mother. Fro1l1 your doarc:;t u:1d truest son. pose; a world,' however, which in a full service and allep;iance to t!1P t.hose lat.tor years has come to know fl;,,g of the United Stales Shi1111in~ IlAY G. CASWELL. .that in Deml,cracy lies I.he safety Board."« Glnt Brir;a,lc 11. A. F. A. :!tilh Divitlion, A. K Ji'. In conncclio1~ w:lh tho publication Lol:; o[ /eve to all and from all the 0[ :vtr. Canwell's letter, atltled intercal i:, gi\·cn [rom tho [acl that a littic Hon l1as come to !Jlc:;s his home which he loft last fall to fight for Un- I ! I 0 -------~-----.,,........,.,.,,.,,....,s J st and is named Roger William Cauwcll. "Daddy" will i:;ure be w\: ~n ho 1\f'\S the ne,1·s. .TU!lO �entire business eommnnlly for the accomplishment of good along busi ness or civic lines. The Portsmoull Chamber ol Commerce in its lniti11 stage Is such an organization. Thr burden of its work shonld be born, by 1111. A largo 111cmhershlp I needed. Given the proper suppo• such an orga nlza lion can clfoctlvel lead a commnnlly In co11str11clfv, work, not only for the welfare of It · - - -..- -- --t---f-l members, but for the welfare of ti Iiere th e secur l ng anu a 11o 1ng o w rooms wlll be thoroughly systoma- ontiro community. 'l'he rinoslior t)zed. When this proposal Is car- of Joining such a llody ancl rled Into e!Iect, it will mean a great into ils work is worthy of i~crease In detail work in the Cham- cons!dcratlon by every . , Think il ber office but it Is expected that It R':'.".:7';-""--:-~-'::"''!"""~,.,.....,.,,,..._.,..,..,.J will- result In a moro satisfactory Ij'lethod of , handlinr; · the CHAMBEROPCOMMERCE fl DOING GREAT WORK 1 •: . The .Portsmouth Chamber' of Com~erce has been an exr.cecllnsly busy •place since January, To the gen;era! . public who aro not ontirely fa,~Ular wltl1 tho many ends served by a commercial organization the work ' .i ' d. ~me s not always a•pparont, llut t_,he .' organization ts steadily on the :jo'b, handing all sorts of matters anll dlsp~nslng valuable Information in sl\brt, performing the runr.tlon~ of a/freo publlr service hocly. / ln January tho agitation for suitia,b\e housing for tho many workmen ~ming lo Portsmouth bc~arnc very :a.ctive, such agitation having been s'tai;tcd b-y the Chnmhor or Corn~~:cc, nncl tho · flrat governnrnnt In• yeiillgat.or came to ~his rlty to look ower. ·the ·sitti'atlon and rnport l.>ac!-: t'b Washington. IIo came to tho :yhim-b.or or Commerce, obtained his -information . and made hla report. .N little latei· another Investigator came for the ·s ame purpose acrredited to the · Chamber of C~rnmerce a 'nd a'l;'nln/ thE: facilities of the organ~ izatlon · w·ore placed at his disposal. Several • 9ther government roprescntaHven,/bent upon the same errand have/vls lt~d Portsmouth and eacl; has / availed himself of tho Inform ati~r: carried by tho Chamber and its 1officjals have dovotorl much time lio ' the' question or rncetlnA' the clomand ' for houses. During this period considerable correspondence ,has been carried on bearing upon t-he housing question and the act Ivity ot tho Chamber haR had much to rdo with bringing the great needs of -~ ortsmouth to the attention of the a·l!,thorltles at Wn8hlngton. ,One Inwstlgator stated that he ('amo to tli'e Chamber of Commerce because \le was h:iforrned at Washington that lp ,Port.smouth they had a live wire or~anlzatlon that could render him valuable assistance. ;c ' To further hel1> relieve the congested ... condition ·· somewhat, the (;hamber has continued its work in the handling or tho rooming sltuaµon In this city. Every day there ·are received at the office request s for· rooms and an effort is made in -eyery way to place tho applicants in satlsilactory locations. Several hun?-r.e d'' of ;rooms have bcon Jot, still i:p.ord hundreds of 11 ooplo plac·oll,' ltn<l the bhambcr Is paying much attonti,on , to .this work. It is now proposed by tha authorities at Washington to ·establish a central rooming b\1reau in h ' Chamber of Commerce 1 question. Anything that can done to bring more people intc. Portsrnoulh and keep them hero iE of clocirlcd a<lvantai;o to tho business •Interests. The credit bureau has been nuccessful •operation since .January and the bureau members arc dally availing themselves of its service. The records are very complete and tho service offered hy this bureau ls o[ snfliclont value to warrant every retail merchant In the city heco111lng a morn bcr. The Chamber has been tho virtual headquarters for both tho 3d Lillerty Loan and 2nd Red Crons and has handled a large )lortlon both tho executive and detail work. The handling of the city war gardens has also been taken up by the Chamber of Commerce and nearly 200 Jots have been given out lly the secretary and arc planted at present time. The supervision ol these gardens will be done from thr organization office by a trained su pcrvlHor. Many other matters or Including the rcbuildini; of tho Doi'· er Point bridge, have boon taken UI hy this organiza lion. Tho Chamber of Commerce har attained practically the status of r general Information bureau, Is what It should be. serve the people nn1I no mattnr too small or too i;rcat to claim ll~ attention. Inquiries of kinds are received daily, •phone and in person, and every cffort Is made to satisfy each Inquirer During twelve consecutive clays il: the last part of l\Iay more than 200 telephone calls were received more than 450 personal calls werr made at the Chamber of Commerce office, all on matters of business. Nr organization can do everything bu · tho Chamber of Commerce stands fo· service first, last and all the Every city or town of any this country recognizes tho ncocl of a central business body, open to all catering to no special lnternsts, 1 body where may be gathered togethof �SPEND $.2C-o,o·oo . Il·i . .,.la I•At.i·.~ HOR•.[ ;:, g ~ l C"Rlsl City Will lay Out Strncts, Extend Water Main And build Sewtrs At frncman's Point--Hria1t11 Zone May Bt [stabiiS\lttl ________ _.., plained that the work has already In connection with this, it was exstarted and that one o[ the fifty room clorhitories was rel1,dY for the roof. There ar c to be eight of these domitorics, of [rame antl stucco construclion, 200 houses which built o[ brick, [or one antlwill twobe [amilics, with no flats. This w~rk is well under way and it is under the government inspectors. Mayor Ladd read the resolution of the Board of Instruction which they agreed to approve the erection of a school at the Point to conform with the construction o[ the houses, etc. Rcgulm· nu~incss 'l'rnnsactcd. i\,Iayor Lacld read a petition for the running or the line of the highway rrom Pevcrly ll ill road to the Cath. olic cemetery and on motion refe rred to the Board of Works. Portsmouth Lodge of i\,loosc were granted a license lo maintain a tent show [or one week in the Freeman's Jot, the fee being fi:Xed at $1,0. A petition or the water sprinkling tllstrict [rom Pcnhallow to Water explain e tl tha t th e pr-e-s e_t..., tt- s-ix· _i_n_c_h,. streets on State street ,~as refcrrctl to the solicitor. waR hell\ la i;t p1·c nin g at whi<'I, tim e main i:, not large enou gh and that The petition of the Moose for right fin a l a r ra nge me nts II rrc m ad e wiJp n •- an eig ht inch main mu s t be laitl as to hold dances in their hall on High by t he l•~ rn er;.;e11cy l•'l ec t (' o rp o ·ali on far back as the eight inch begins. Se wNs P7 , 300; sidewalks $25,- street was granted, after the police o f thP l' .' S. Hhippin l,\ Board will loan 000, con s truction o[ a sc hool house commissioners had withdrawn their t.he city ol J'orts mouth t li e 111on ey ll Pl' P~s a1 y Lo n!lll(e th e illl}ll'O\'('ntc•11 Ls $75,00 0. objeet.ions. l'f\r the hou s in g proj ec t alrea,l y un'l'h~ pump [or extra pressure atld ,vant $3500 for Henlth Zone. der way at lh c .l\tlantic Corporation standpipe to be furni s h e d by the cor.c ., ptain \Valier of the U.S. Health at l~ree mau' s L'oiut, des ig11 c tl to Utk e ])oration without cost, but to be taken Department was present and he stat- . CJ r e or over a tho11 su11<1 worlrnrn u. ove r and maintained by the city, as ed that the government had created WhPn ~Tayor 1.atl<l cull ed thP m ee t- are the streets, etc. bealt]1 zones about all the ship yards in;; Lo or<I PI", th e l'ollowi11 g co11,11 cilCoutnlCt Explalne<l. and navy yards and this city and 'l'he legal representative of the sec t·10n was 111c llWn a11 i:w 1•re ,I to the roll ,•all : Ur:ty, · 1U d e d . Tl 1eI p \ ans unlt a vnes , Kit lqHll ri1·k, Le<'k ey , l,aula , Emergency Fleet, Mr. H. G. Aron, derwa Y cnll [or tl1e e x·pe 1dlt ur e o f " was present and explained the con di- $2G , 000 o f w hi c I1 th e govern men t lli clr<' y and JTumphr c ys. ( ' ily Solldto1· 1,:,pl11i11s. lions or the contrnct anti said that agrees to pay half and tile cities and Cily Solil'i l or ~lit ch <.'11 app e ared be- whatever the nature of the risk to towns, as well as the slates in the fore l it e Board and cxpla.i11 e<l that the city it was up to the Fleet Cor- zone to contribute the approprlateci rest. Ne\v\ Hampshire has alreadr A 111 ee ti11 g or t hr <'ity µ; o vp r11111 P11t th e city at lit e prese nt tim e has not poration and government rather than $6,0.0.0, Maine $3,000, York $1,500, by law the ri g ht to uonow the mon- on the city. He stated that the At- nd agrees to allow the use of their !antic Corporation has contracts for laboratory. and they ask rrom this cy necessary to do the worl< required $14,000,000 and that the government C'il) $:1,!i00. lie sn!d that there und that the Eme rgen cy Fleet Corhas already expended $2,000,000 in wonld be a staff or thirte en me11, two poration a g rees lo do the work a~ tile pla'nt and Is about lo expend an- ~:111itary inspectors, including the locost and to loan the city tlle money other million on the' l10u;ing _project; t:11 ins pector, two nurs e~, on e medibased on a contract drawn up by the so that there was I\O fi:ar o[ falling cal director, OIIP l.,n c loi'Ologi J l, Oll e Federal Department of the Emerthrough. Of the $14,000,000 he said ,!airy In s pec tor, a clerk a11tl a 1,iesse11gency Fleet of the United States govthe estimate was one half for labor. ernment agrees to loan tho city o! )1r. Aron incidently stated that the The :r,on c Jn clmles 011 this side o1 Portsmouth the sum not to exceed ship yard looked like one of the best the 1:lv e r, Portsmonlh, Ne w Caslle, $196,700 upon which they ask 5% locations in the country. ltye, 11 ::.mvton, Greenl:rntl and Newinterest.. The city to pay back the A resolution approving of the· con~ i11g(on anti on the other s ide Kittery, principal in uot less than l wo yetis tract and authorizing the Mayor to mlot and York. a.rte~ tile war ls over or more th n sign the same in ' behalf of the city The Department wishes to have a ten years, the Emergency Fleet to was offered by Councilman Raynes laborutory In this city, and asked r e tain title to the property and th r!ty agreeing to turn over all taxe- and passed without a dissenting vote._ that It be given tho use o[ the presAs )Ir. Aron was to leave by au- 1111t muni clpnl courl room, tho conrt , l'Oll ct• I( d llll lit<' J)l'O}ll' l'I Y Ill pay111 011l to ror noslon to calch the midnight tu 1101\l !ls 1,esslon In lhe '. or t ill' i11t c res l tlllli prin cipal. 'J'hci train fer New York, a r ecess was takchamber . l' il y ha,i11 ~ t he ri i; h t at a11y t1111 0 to e n until the Board of p ub 1ic Works . This laboratory would be pa y th e f11 ll amount. would consider the matter and pass a s imilar resolution. I <'quipped a ffair, that would mak e Th e es tim a t ed c;ost <,f th e work is Some of the members did not apdaily teSls or all water, milk and b<:> ,,_.,..;,,,no,;,-::,.~ tli vi,J ed ,ts follows ba~ed on th e cost th e physician s th e ir to th e gov e rnm e nt : J~xt e n sion o f th e pare ntl y under stand the measure but alJ!e to return to r ullur<'S wil h in n short time. instead e ight in ch wate r main and co11nec- fin a lly th e y passed th e resolutio'n. tin11s , $ tii,7 0 0. On thi s item it was I I �of being obliged to send them to oncord. It would be maintained 'In an til.~.,,,,1,.c;; efficient manner during the war, and then left to the city to carry on after the war on a more moderate scale. The m,tter was finally loft ror th<:! Doard of Health to appear before thi, nnance committee. It was suggoste,I that the probate court room wonl•i make an icleal laboratory, as it Is only used six times a year. A contractor who is houses on the land at the extension of Dearborn street, petitioned tha'. ~li~.,. 1 the city Jay water and sewer mains. 1; The Board of Public Works esUmat~ the cost at about $!i,000. 1t wa:; ex plained that twenty-six lots had been -~t(j;,:~·;.;;;i~ 1 rler way and about twenty-two contracted for at prices ranging from $2,200 to $3,000. The matter was finally left to a special commlttor consisting of Councilmen Kirkpatrick and Leckey. The auditors reports ot and bills contracted were received, ·accepted and ordered paid. · Adjournment was taken to the call of the chair. The Local \Var Board on Weclnes- . - - -day afternoon issued a call for trrn ed as a deserter for not answering a men to entrain 0 ~ June ::!& for Camp call, has heE>n hronght inln Devens as a deserter. to become memliers or the Devens . 'I'ho following notices were N a t 10nal Army. 'I'he men included in th ii. call aN: eel: Ben]. Franklin Fifield, l(i:l Webfi;<lwal'(I Puhl1cover hni; joinr<I thr ster st., Havei•hill, ;\fa;;s., machini,;L. merchant marine. James Falvo, 30 \Val! st., Port,;Herbert Flanigan has been plnrecl mouth 121 El t p·t upon tho Emergency neet liHt. . ' m s ., 1 tsburg, r:1.., laborer. nobort Delmont has been taken off , tho Emergency flc.,.t li,;t. Martin n. Kimball, Plaistow, N. H 'l'he Hoare: on -IVC<lnf'~<lay t'f'<'Pil'P<I shoemaker. official not!ee t!Jai: al! 1!Ii 8 rcgiHAlbert William llanscom, 142 t rants may enlist in the navy or marPortsmouth, cha.utfo;1r. Chase Sargent, stenogra- ine corps and accordingly c. A. Archibald was given a certificate of enSaveJ'io Sautoswosso, 208 i\Tarket listment and he at once left for rhilst., Portsmouth, cleric nrlelphia to report to · the ~rarin" Aime Alexander l'ellet!er, :1 l•~lm CtJrps to go _to the ,training ralllJl." st., Newmarket, weaver. According to l\Trs . .r. 1r. l3artll'tl Maurice ,lamns Spilhtn<', fi C::1loi-; Ht. who is the local historian ot' the mri; Portsmouth, meal cutlrr. 1n service frnm thlH city, thorn aro Thomas Kane, 1 100 Chapel st., now upward of 500 men from thli:i The Local War Board today sen.t Portsmouth, grocer. 1 men to Fort Slocum to take the Walter Lovell Owen, Seabrook, ~place of the men who were rejected H., shoemaker. for physical reasons. They J'eporte!1.. The Local Board has received wore on Friday and left here this morn• that Carmin Diceaio who w:is regis•"""'-~''~lng with A~stjJl H. Trueman as lead-k,~~~,t?1~~;!~~t~e~r!:.e~d-i~nµt~h,!,;is~c;!_it~y~,_;a~1~1~d-1~v~h~o~w~~a~s~c!.!la!_;s:.;s:,:-J 1 er. The men who accompanied him lt'-i!.,bf,..;,";lf\ve were Theodore N. Fecteau, Haverhill, John Palmerin!, and Julius Myskl of this city and Lugi Mercuri of N~wm ark et. · , '\,{_,N'V\...,_, '6 '.!.'he men to t11ke 'tho · place ot those ejected at Camp Devens w!ll lbly be sent out next week. city actually in the service. or these over 200 have been sent from the Local Board and the others have 1/een yolun_teers. She is completing a1 rapidly as possible all or the tacts about the men from this city rcgarclIng their life and �---....,;--=~-~-::::1ttit::;r~·~~"'.""'.";::'.:-"'!".'!!rr-'.~~"l'.~. -~-o.-r:':,"!.,,'!-_!"~~l:"t'~~~~~~t .. ~.... '!11.... ~;;'I 0 eave To Train At Dartmoutl, Four draft!!es, Harry David Forbes Adams, Fred Sulliva1i Jones or this city antl Alcide 1 ewmarket, left morninl\' for a special tralnln,g a1 Dartmouth College !or the Nallona. These men will make up part ot a quota or over two hundred who will be given a two months' lnten training at Dar't 'ollege in preparation fo, services in France in that branch o: the army. Tho local board ceived instrnctions ror limited service men for state for work with the aviation section at Vancouver would be conllnec lo one railroad grade foreman, seven Jocomoti ve repair men, six carpen• ters ancl nine laborers and the loca, IJonrcls of the stale are to recel\'( volunteers for these positions. 'l'ht local board here had received seven volunteers [or the 'limited serice, but it Included four clerks and otherr or different branches of work. Hereafter by the order of the Provost Marshall General, the calls fo1 special quotas will not be given out until after they are in the hands of the local boards and the men ca_lled. Jt is asserted that the publication of draft quotas in advance would tend to have men try to get noncom lJatant posi lions. uot been the case in this other than those who have sought fleet. PR SMOUTHBOY ON M G A, E [l f, rv, /) lieutenant Louis finglcton Attached Io Collier Cyclops Now- Month o_vcrduc .\lrs. t'. J•; dwurd lloyt of this city ' has received a ll'i<';;ran1 rron1 the rrnry li<'1mrlmenl HIJIIOllllCilli-; that tlio naval collie;· Cyclops is now a moHlh overdue from a We1-;t Indian port and that her lJrolher, Lt. Louis .J. l!'ingleton, 25 years olti, was an offi- -------i-----,,_,....,,_....,,,...._-t Lt. l•'ini-;leton jo.i11etl the naval rnserves in this city al the outbreak of tht' war wilh the rank or t•nslg11 an?! was assigned lo tho engineering departmenl. Prior to that time he harl been ,,tlached to the government army boat in thi!:i city. A [ew months after his enlistment he was given a commission as a lieutenant and was assigned to the Cyclops as tho neering officer. Besides Mrs. lioyt, three sisters reside in this city, the :\Ii!:ises 1 ettie, ,\fary a1\d. Georgie Fingleton. :\-l rs. JI oyt said last night that the last limo they heard from their brother was somewhat over a month ago, tho letter being mailed from some southern port, possibly in Brazil. He wrote that ho was in excellent health, was on his way nortl1 and would see them all shortly. The Cyclops left tJ1e West Indies wilh one of her engines damaged, but the department said this fact would not have prevented her from communicating by radio and all efforts to reach her by that means have been unsuccessful. A thorough search or the course which she would have followed in coming to port has made, it was announced. There ha1·e been no r,eports of Gorman submarines or 1·aiders in the locality in which the collier was, the uopartment's statement said. The weather hail not been stormy and could hardly have given the colll')r The Cyclops was one of the largest and newest colliers in the navy. Sh::! 1,·as completed by \Villiam Cramps .I,, Sons, J>hilarlolphia, Nov. 7, 1910. an<! rogislerctl I !),:J7!J tons. She wits 542 feet long-, G5 feet broad and speo!l ,,·hen fully loaclo1l o( knols. J ler complete cost was $02;],000. 1i1e ra1·t that tnc 1·11!li('l' had hc c 11 missing .·.early a month became Jrnown herr Thunnlay, .\pril t I. Tho 1rn1·a·I !' •nsor roqlle8te1l the pr!'SS 11ol lo pnhlish the fact on the ;;rou11!1 thaL th1• ship had not l.Jco11 given up ror IW!t, ,lllll l11al lo ]lUblish the fact that l·,o;li/',•l"'.:cl<'.!i: :;hf' was ov1•rd11i, 1ui;;hl cxpo:-io the ('y. clups lo sulJJuariuc ur other c11c111y attack while she might be on the high seas. I The oflicia! a111101111ce111eat by the I i\1a1·y DC'partment today does not give tlit• ship 1111 ror lost, I.Jul meroly says: "The :'llavy Department [eels extremely anxi0us as lo hor safety." I �Additional Names. Portsmouth · On · Roll Ot Honorg Will .Share· ....-- (':"1-'\ In Benefit . \ \ 'L-1 " '11, 1, T ,\ l{F. OYJ,; 11 HO'J'J,;f.S. The hou s ing committee of the Board or Lahor hns 11otlll ed offlriRlF ·of . Lise Porli;m?ulh navy yard tltnt lho gover11111i>11 l w111 fak" OVPr th (• C'hn111pPrnow11 a11d Po11p(•rroll hole! ~ at l,lllrr.v Poinl !'or th e ac-co111111olia tlo11 o[ tho men omployc1l 111 lho navy yard. lluth hou ses hav e been run au s ummer hote ls nud have e11Jo.ret1 ,1 good patronage In yeurs past. To the Publlc:ln obtaining and pert'celiug my ofltclal list of Portsmouth men in tho service, together with the names and Authority lo aclmlnislor lhe $60,addresses of their nearest relatl vca 000,000 fund recently provided by at home, you have grcatlr assisted Congress for housing war worke,s me. On Wednesd ay, April 10th, ·the was delegJted . by Pres ident Wilson Portsmouth Times published for f:lC yesterday to Secretary \\' ilson of the the best res ult of my work UJJ to that Department of Labor. Plan:i [or ustime, with an earnest appeal to all ing tho money at various congested patriotic Portsmouth citizens lo ai;Industrial cente r:; already have been slst me In making that list, ::;o pubprepared. They include Bath, . Mc., llshed, more complete, if possibl«;i , Portsmouth, N. IL; Quin cy, Mass., l':ll!t~~~::i~ and more accurate. I wish lo Impress Lowell, i\1ass. a11CI Nowport, R. I. ·upon the pub.lie again that this list :r.,.,,,,,..,..,.,.,....,,,.,~.....-:-,;-----,.-,.----...,.......-.1 which I am preparing. as tho official state historian for Portsmouth, will be, when completed, the list u pOn ,t\\C\:, {>> which the public aut11oritles who arc C'ort•t,,ctlons. · trying to assist the soldier l.Joy8, will The following n.amcs printed 011 rely. People who desire to have and he IM of April 10th with some erThe lorn! war Loarcl totlay iss ue d keep a complete and perfected 11st, ·or or omission in each castl, should call 73 for nine men to go to New should cut out tho list In tho Times ,c substlt.11tnd In the list In ordt'l' to llampsh ire Colloi;o on Monday afof April 10th and then make the t'ol- 11ake the ll~t accurate. . . torno'o n, July 1, for training for tho tollowlng additions ancl change3, Lato11rcllo, Octavo n. ( fatl.wr, 6cNational nrmy, The m en lncluclo<I which have been communlcatctl . to 1tvo Latou·r olle, I 1-1 ~I.q.1lowootl a vo.) in th e call ar c: me authoritatively since then: Fullam, Peter ll. ( father, John Minot Russell Shaw, No. 4 Cha un / J\(l(lltlonal ~amcs. ?ullam, 91 Wlbirtl gt.) cey str eet, Portsmouth. Haley, Wilbur ( wife, Marcy st.) J?ogg, Robin so n A. (father, -GeurgP Kenneth Horks Marston, U.S. N. r. J?ogg, 155 Richards avo'.) s treet, Hampton. Sabins, :\Iartln ( wife, 4 9 l'ickerin-' Hanscom, Carl W. ( father, William M. Connors, No . st.) U. S. N., U. S. S. Anderton. f Uwight IJansconi, .:!3 )1yrtle ave.) Dr!dge street, Portsmouth. Timmons, ThomaH .T . (t'ather, JlcnButler, Franklin E. (wife, ::!l, CabElbridge Lestor Shaw, West Pea·y Timmons, 186 .McDonough st./ o t, st.) ·•··, ,. · , ,.11 ~•, ., •,. , body, Mass. Naval Reserve. Kellogg, l•'rancis l•'. (mother. Mr.;. Myron .I ewoll Norton, Hi g h slroot, Connors, John J. ( rather, Ptttrick D. S. I<ellogg-, 101 Chapel st.) .:!nrl Hampt on. Connors, Bridge st.) 101st .\1achin•~ ;_,ieut. Co . H, 1·0:Jr<l lnfantrr, A. 8. ~•'. · George Henry Manson, Jr., Nell'Gun Co. A. E. F. Drnce, Earl H. (mother, ?11rs . .Tol1:1 Palmer. Thomas 11. (a1rnt, Mis t; W. Bruce, 3!J4 Pleasant st.) Cla r ence Jlcnjam!n Wadleigh, Anne Howard, 322 li;l!ngton st.) Na8011 th Kingston. Tlmmon!I, Patrick J. (fn thor. ~1 i<.;i1val Reserve. fTllrr .r f,lry c ll yn Smarl,. Tlampton. acl TimJnons, ~7 ~ Lin coln a V\1 .) 1 Connelly, ftobert I•' . llarry Lafleur, 4G Jlarvey, Wilbur t:. (father, :::ourt st.) U.S. N. :-./c\rnsarkel. TJarvoy, 38 Pleasant st.) 175 (wll'c, Malley T•'ranci1:1 C. Th o hoard has Purrier, William D. ( wife, , - I • I :,rnrt st.) U.S. N. Courtst.) two men Lo go to New Meehan, Michael D. (wife, !:lo Cronin, \\filliam F. (aunt, ;,1rs . l:'i and volunteers Daniel st.) U. S .. M. C. John .T. :vrurphy, I 00 Chape l 1:1t.) to July Early, Martin ( wife, Jat;kuou ::;t.) Vecchio, Costarozo, 211 J\larke1Vi~NJ~r:~-...,.;-7':-'7""'-""7~~'"".""~"'Jr10 U.S. N. st. ( fa th e r, Viloria Vecchio, Co:wrta, Tingley, Harry (wHo; Cl1e::;l11ut Italy.) st.) U. S. N. Yoaver, Henry P . (father, Chas. (Sergt.) ,\fanning, 1tuy111on!l (IVif<' W. Weaver, 168 Cabot st.) '.l5 South i\I!ll st.) ,veaver, Char les L. (dlscharg·cd. _ . (Sergt.) .Griffin, I<'rederick (fallt- wife, 1'68 Cabol st.) ~r. John Griffin, 652 Stale st.) U. '3. Lee, 1\lilledge (father, .Ta.m es I\. Camp Funston. L ee, 8:) Mar cy st.) Nauws to be " 'iUult·11w11. Durarcl. George R. (LroLher, l'] lThe following names were on lh c 111or C. Dura rel, I~ M_echan ics ~t.) l'. ,\I u r.r .\ . C:011 nor~. 7 :t H hli 11 i-;lo 11 s l , rnbllshed list of Avril 1 oth , hul s. M. c. In !<'ranee. ,\!P1T ha11l ~larine Hcrri<-1'. 1 11ould be taken of[: Timmon s . .loirn P . (!'al he r . llenrr I still 3olicit, in behalf of \I;,: l'ilY O'Connell, Cornellul:! M. was re - Timivons, I 8(i MclJonuui;:h sl.) Na - .. 11d in j11Hli<·p lo the 111P•1 in 1.1111 s1•r• ported fro~ Hotel nocklngham, but ,•al nescrvo . ·. \'i ct1, any r11rll11'1' additlo 11 4 , s 11l>stra1·his home Is In Boston. 8learn s, Olis I' . (wl(c, 7:J :\ti,in don. or 1·orreclions, :11111 I lh.111li ,'- , McFarlami:1touben, Is loc atctl as" P. On ~t.) lh e 1111hli c: ;111d '1 ' 111• 'l'i1111,s for ll111ir t>orllailtl ·boy. l>iwg·, flezeldah l' . (Hl1•p-1'11thi,r. hearl .Y <·o-opnratlon 11111 8 [;11·. Barry, James c_., ii:! localed as a J.,;(]warcl Nl. Ho rry , 16 Uover sLl J i\irt!:i . .JOllN II. 11/\ltTLI•: 'l'T. Connors, T. Jerome (father. T iml!l l\liddle :-il .. c,(hy Connors, ;:; l'e11hallow :,t.) nh.r- ~ More Men To Durham I I I 0 �3:J (32) Lucius Elloworth Thayer, GG1 . State street, Porl1m10uth. 3'1 (GG) Erneilt Lincoln llaywoou,· The Lola! numbe1: of men now employecl at the L. · H. Shattuck, Inc., , shipyard at Newington reachecl 2,ii0i last week. The pay roll Ja~t week exceeded ~95,000. 380 lticha.,·d:; avenue, l'ort:;moutil. 36 (lti) .\lucrt Lewil.i Keuulslo n, Newmarket. "3G (l[i:J) Scs~\Hl Latt211;,;i, Gl "\V,]-~llr slrcel, Portsmouth. 3!) (82) Francii:; Jmscph Timmonc, 1 S G :\iclJonou;:;h :;treeL. 38 (147) Ei ✓ i3SC :\1cncci, sl rcol. . 3:J (Gu) .\.rlln1r Comad East l\i ugstun. 40 (3~) ipugcue Wilfred 11cau, Stratham. 41 (5G) Davit! li'rascr Ea8t Ki11;;stcn. 42 ( 10~) Shirlc) Drowllt:oltl ;Jimp• l 80/1, 8 7 CalJot street. 1:1 (18) l•]rncst lJlanchr :lto, ;\1.uiu :;trect, Newmarket. DRAfI UABIUTY Of s:c ~. CAL D I'STRANl·~-S·· ."'·'.H~,fr ; ~; ~!i \: :~: ": . : : ·:.: H Ill lu , 35 Clmlon street. 4G (G4) Halplt vVillis Downs, Ilyl\ 'fl1e J · • l " - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 47 (GS) James Hennessey, 12:J • on er ol the liability or l'orls:·('gi:.;l:'.rnls or the lLIIS cl.1;;~ 11 (.122) Ambrose Sylvester Mcln-, Dow slrccl. uls, G28 DenuelL street, Portsmouth. 46 1 (''7) o · I 'lb t L to call for iJ1duction into the :;crvicc " Vile " er cvesque, 12 (87) George Harold Billilw-, 17 11·111 st·cct O 1 o[ lite Natiuual Army is shown ·by ham, 34!) Wibinl street, Portsmouth. • 411 (1'"') , L · p· 1··1 500 the followiu;; list. As order number:; J DD ,~n omo rncoso Iuo, 13 (177) Mahlon Leslie Clough. C tt L t 11r•rn drawn yc:;Lerday in \Va·hingl u s s rec. . 's on 73 i\larkcl :;lrcet, Portsmouth. . tie n::uneii of lor;al re"i:;Lranls who 1 50 (158) Nickolius Amiaoiel, 14 ( 1) Ilcnry Newell Small, Sea1",d thrn;e 1111111bcrn were secun•d the Daniel street. • 1 brook. ·· ,.,·at 11un1b{·r drawn to be cal lod llrnt, 51 (11) Morris Trefethen, R. t ht' r.cccnd next and so (Ill down Lite Hi (130) Albert Chase Tilton, Ea~l D. No. 2, Porlsmouth. ' Jinl. King~ton. G2 (G!l) John Joseph Spillane, ,G · ' ]6 (70) l"rank Ilowaru Clifford. Gates street. \vl 11·1 c tl11s 11:;t c:;lah lishc8 tho orucr ;a which men will be c;Lllell lo sor- :\Jain street, Newton. 53 (35) Ra.ymond Whitney Car, i-:e, there i:; yet to be rnm;iderod tho 17 (1(18) .John William l<'ly1111, 1; J'C ll, 11~ Cass street. , i:issllicalio\1 <JC the new rc!',"istrants Hui;:;cll street, l'orlsmouth. ; 51 ( 113) Clarence Eu win Cullins, .. ; d<1terlllino1l hy the q11estionnaircs 18 (28) Sewall Chase Sawyc1\' lt. F. V. No. 1, Newlon. 1 hkh aro hPin;~ :;t•nl 1 t.hlH ll'l'Ok l'i ;li:; t uw. 55 (G!l) Paul .fcrncph Bailey, 232 011 : 'ltl by lillt•r ph.r:-;ical exarninatio 1rn. J !I (8!J) J~wart Alllin:; II ester, J 01 . \Vi bird strcol. it is exJH•ctP<I that a majority or lite JU,·harclfl ;i,vcnuc, Portsmouth. 56 (18) Ila,r_vey Stephen l"o'g g, Seu.1!JJ 8 regl:-;trants will he ;1b lc to pas:; 20 (lfil) Syl\·io Xaman;hi, 111 brook. !or 'genera l sen-ice 11·ith dassificatiun Gre e n st rect.. l'ortsmoul h . 57 (143) Edward Jo seph Marcott, ;11 Class lJ\, but i:-; inevilahlc that 21 (~0) Ccorgo Eltlrcdho Smart.,: Newmarket. r;,ime will fall helo11· the physical re- 17 :i G:ilrm :;treel., Ports•nou th · 1 58 (54) Clinton A. Smith, Plaisr quirements with resultant tldcrrc-d 22 (Cf.) :vrnnson Lenwood Fowler; tow. rlassllication. The followi11p; (i:;t p 8- ~onl h Seabrook . 59 (81) l!:dwanl Sumner .Jone:;, 2:l hth llsh rn, the ortll•r or lll()ir li:thilily ;;;) (12G) Charier; 1,;f!ward Wood .. Ca:;:; stroct. to service so rar as it has l.Jccn deter- ma!1, 51 l,ln coln avcJtue, l'orts:noulh. : uU (173) Joe Crlu10, 4:l Ueer st. mined to clat,•: 24 (46) nalph Edwin llhll, Box Gl (88) Pl1ilip Dradl'ord Seavey. 555 Lincoln avenue. 1 (151) (1111hcrto Valeriani, 21 L22, Newliellls. 62 (114) William Jennings Bry35 (72) Clyde Warren Archi.t.ia.ld, Wall street. l'ortsn1ou th. an Shannan, 11 Newcastle avenue. 2 (JO) ll:111iol l'hilip Jl0lla11cl, :l~I) lt. F. D. No. 1, Portsrno11th. 63 (3!J) Charles Stephen Conlon, <'1:;:; :;tn•ol, f'orls11H)lllh. :!Ii ( J:J[i) Uuy Anclrpw Davi:;, 5 :l4.5 Wihird street. :l ( 2'.l) l 'harlos llan11nontl J~atou, ll11s,:rJ!I 8trcct, l'orts111outh. l South Hoal,rnok. :n (Gl) James Walker, 11 Dover • 64 (30) Edwaru Joseph Gratly, 521 lsli11 gton street. ; 1 ( l,) Charle:; l~dwi11 Cowa u, Ea:;t' :;! r ('(lt, l'ort:m10uth. G5 (119) Frank Sherq1an ! l(i11gst.u11. :!8 (01) James JEdwuru Butler, 33 1 (70 Gales street. ... · 6 (71) Kenneth 1.aymutlli Knot-.Jc:ii '..: lintun street, l'ortsmouth. ' . GG ( 16 O) Arlh ur Geo'i·ge Pandeles, I South Seabrook. . ' · :.!O ([il) Edwaru A. Ingalls, New02 Vaughan street.· . G (J:.JG) \\'111 . . lohn l,inchey, -;::; tun. 67 (98) Patrick Leo Butler, Park, · lligh street, l'orl Hn1011th. 3U (G3) .11.a·x, Falk, 20 Manning· e;• street. , , . 'j' J 7 (HG) Uo111c11ico Dallcrini, 281 l'la1:e, Portsmouth. 1 ,GS : :(4!l:) . Antoni~ J~les 1-'larlicl stn•et., l'orlsmoutl1. :ll (41) 1~rthur Pratte, 9 Spring, Newmarket. 1 I 8 ([i7) \Vind8or Charlo8 JJalcl1cl- ;lrcot, Portsmouth. G!J ( 2G) l•'ran_k ,w~n Veroneau, dcr, JI am pton 1ra11s. 3 2 ( S •1) William Henry Knowles, . " I I I I !J (7G) Willis llerhert Ca:;8 :;trcet, PortSlllOII t11. 10 (78) Lewis ltay Clifford, Westville. G iVIcDonougll street. 7 2 (3 •I) Halph Auslin �lEITERS fRO~\ 307 Engineers Regiment. July 12, 1918. OVERSEAS 10, : LAWYERSEWAll Interesting Lines From J. R. Waldron and Dr. W. F. 1Sewall. Dear Father: It may cheer you up a bit to know that I am .safe'1y over here, have been on the Front for some weeks now·. Have seen part of the show as far up as ''No Man's Land" and am safe and sound stlll. This is ..., great cause for which we are fightin',''and we are he, } no~e too s_o~ 'L'he fact tha:t we are jrn1e and 111 1apidiy increasing num- """"'''·""'·•••-,. bers gives us the assurance lllat soon we will have men enous-h to wind up the war, and straighten out the Hun ,,.,,,,_ .. ,,-,,N menace, and come home again. 'l'he ,_,.,.,.-.,,,..,,, •.,,, censor rules of course prevent w,·tting muc"J ne,ws, but let me ' te•ll you the Americans have taken hold here and are doing things. '.rhey get along well •w ith the l"reneh people and are no cowards. I have stood a't a point bebveen the flre of both \ines and heard ' the shells singing ove1· head just to get used to the sound, Arter a few mome,nts one doesn't mind them in the least, and the experiencfl is worth while. A history of this war is 1,-C'ing to be worth while. I trust you are stiii improving. I've seen my family for •hours only in the last year. The following extract Is from a letter written to Arthur E. Sewall of this city by his law partner, Jeremy R. Waldron, now serving with the American Expe ditlonary •F orces in France. Mr. -S ewall is also in receipt of another letter from his brother, Dr. Millard · F. Sewall, a graduate of rortllmouth high school, who has the ranl, of major and is in charge of a base hospital in J!'rance. Since the letter was written his father, a prominent resident .of Yori{, has been summoned by death's call. "Dear Gene-You know that the life we lead at home is going to be much .... ~?v~~"' tg ,an __ ;r , ,.. ·• ' ·;. ,::::-,.-;. •;:r~,IJ;,-UA~D more appreciated by us all when we return. L\ttie thlngR which formerly I have a M;~or'; C-~,m~lsslon· ~OIT!El; we considered nece,isltles of life will in the mail or in bhe se h'enceforth •be counted great pleai,u'res have arrived two month and appreciated as such. I have just been in Paris as you will know by the time you get this and ate at the well known rendezvous which Andy and I ,io often spoke of. On my return I met An'd rew's brother Harry. Probably you remember meeting him in Portsmouth with Andrew. We reuned at som/ length. .Jt is ~mighty good to someone you !mow now and then. Paul Hurlburt and I were in the same town two weel{s but never happened to meet. But that is the fortunes of war. It seems mighty strange but Am ericans are thiclwr Llian l~renchmen here tJn you will not be surpried. Things ar c looking very prosperous with the wa.r at this time and I am hoping that they will continue so My only hope is that I can acc9unt for at least one German before It is over. Ynu Jcnow I wish to keep my promise with Harry PcyHcr and carry out his auggestion. now I have met up with one '.rom Nason, a former Portsmouth resident whom the t1oys will remember If you do not. He is a corldng good fellow and we have had a mighty fine time playing around together. Each evening we meet and talk it all over. You know one of the chief sports over here is deciding the war. !eat a hundred peace tribunals; each t..-"~,•:·-:·:!:.:i.'.,1,.:. one settling it a <liffercnt way but each ~""'''°"''"~ ' favorable to the Allies and Democracy. "Well, Old Scout, take care of youraelf and remember me to all the friends Your partner, "JER·RY." "Sgt. J. n. Waldron, Military Specialist fo., U. S. A. P. 0. 727, France. �·w. 11Ll LAUNCH THREE f,r qm a., IJal,e ~qr oakum , to I nch 1· .s.'.• }!\alns -~Jl~ .~ln~a.llt,ei)r,~\p_t' ~}1.o v.~. a ,r~st!lV~·U.!; sll.~~}n,,~ Jo;~pi,~h, S?ljS, offlc~•·~r~1a1,~g, i~tr~f\~.;.~roR)uJ,: m~nt_ltl -.to,t.t,J ~~!~~n\z!i:if ~l;g)i,_,, boµ., cl 1 pouse,·1compre,sscir~hQuse.·\vhcire air' i~ tt'i~{J1)i'. : 1 SHIPS ON TH[ fOURTH . • running [urnishedth,roµ fodi{e '3 o°Q'tl1.e;'1a~d ·r~ot of air .g hout ·a1idYt'i;'e -<-;~.·_·-_' ~'._.·· , ' 1 !. 1 1 .tci all of th~ ship{ pa.ln\.\ shop · g~:ard house and · hospital. · :. •·' · · 1' ' ·• .,, , ~ . . j 1 l l F \'or1:imouth will co mt. i,1 lo her own <"I'll! Mlil11-.i yards ano 1;1lt;dieu;· c11,r,~~ The plant represents au 1nves Lment lifUlll on tile l•'ourlh of J nly us it, full y tho possibililies of applying· ot $700,000 today and has. 11 ,vcekl.l' 111111ilrnll<ll11~ 1·lty wl1on 111 the )llant mo<IOJ'll methods t,o constrnctioi1 on puy roll of $90,000. There 'are i-5~~ Of tho Shattuck comp11ny al Ne11lng- a l11rge ncale. Convinced hlmsolr, he OOO,OOO feet ot . lumlJCr ~lored ' ln t'JI,! ton threP !l ,!iOO ton sli ipc, will IJe net out lo interest·othors and his en-. )O.l'll ut 1>reseut. George ·s. He~Ji'i1 :J J.11mrh e1l, IJreal< l11i; all r<'cordH along t11uslasm IJ11cked !Jy the lntormatlop who ranks . h!gl,1. a~ , o.n . englne~1.' and th o Alla11lt<' coast hy I:rn11chlng three he hat.I go.therm!, was caught !Jy oth- has had wide experlonce lu .the om1 ohips In one t.lo.y from the same yard. ers, so that the organlzallon ot the. P,l oy o_r. J. G . \\'.~ ~tt, ~ Co. il5 the g~uThe plant al Newin gto n Is the J rg- comJiany was accomplished with only ernl manager ot tbe plant and° .Evc r1 11 ost wooden ship building plant In rcuR01w.!Jle difficulty. ett :\TcDade of ,Seqttle, Is, the sppe1 .., "~1 11· >".~ tti·o IJ<i.,Ir. · · or hulls. · ·• · ·, •· , ·· , · the country, 0.1111 e·1.,l1t , SI' rnttuck, o. successful contrac- lntendent 1 ill". , h11ilt thcr<'. In tho ftiliii·c It I•g tor, wau quick to see tho p~ssl!Jllitles The Shattuck ,yard ., recenlly ·.e stabplanned Lo launch a ship a montil . or a plant equippell with lalJor-savlng llshcd n, world's repprd for. fram\ng a :\lore than 6,000 persons, lncl11d- fevlcea, which could build ships Fe_rris Jype _!Jhlp, co,mplet!ng th~ jolJ !ng GovQrnor Keyes and hi g h officials 9ulckly In lltls .time o.r great need. for In 70 workln,g hours. ;rJ1e be!lt pro_rd .ln e .nation, will' I.le al ~ewington llew shipping to counte rbalance the vious reco or seve·!l rd dJlYS was heir! t th Thursday to see t\1e Chibiabos, doslrncllon by the U-boats,, and next by a Pacific coaS ya ' . '.fw~ . fa,sle~· 1 rd e - 1ilton and the lloy II ~ Ueattle, took hold with ;\fr. Jackson to assem- framing reco s have beep mad4:li In 1 th the three ships have IJeen uamcll, hie what has developed ioto the larg~ the south and west but these record;i. laun chect. The plans for the Juu~1ch- est wooden shipbuilding organization were r,or tlrtl Hough and' laminated ing have been completed and every- on the Atlantl~ ~oa~t. It ma.y -b e said types pf ships .. ,:rhe Hough type l,1a.1:1 thlug has been done to c·,ti·ry t • th th ere are now more only six pieces of wood In · a frun1e 011 in pass 1ng. at the momentous event in o: mannPr al- than 2,!J00I men en_1 ployetl In · lb~" Iwhile the . type has 16, ., ·The t ., Ferrls t 1 together filling. am Ina eu YP• Is. eve.n · sirppler to Shattuck yards and that .this num• ., build than the Hough type. : ,1t will be a casa oi .;c ~lin .; around Iler will be nearly doulJled within a early in the mm·nlng, us tho l1111nch- few months, to keep puce with the orlng musl be al tloo,1 tl~c. which ders now In hand antl lh~se comh1~. i\lr. Jackson and :\Ir·. Shattuck were means that the first hoat will go Into Insistentth11,t the yards should ,be In the w11ler ut 8 o'clock, the serond a half or three-quarters or an hour lu- New Han;pshlre -~11d ' 1ook ed ' over· all : th_e coast: Th~;~ te,r, oncl the third will follow after the avallal>le ~pot!i'.~li)ng 0 attention was broug1t(Jo ,.,Nl)wlngton samo Interval or lime. and the selection n{a'll~ 1',.JJ.i:e.po.rnt~o,1\S ,, The ~ponsors ror the shlpR will I.lo ;Vlli;s Althea Shulluck or ;\lanchester were ·11ustled _t9 geti ~t~t!~d .f.'!n' .3:¢t,,'\~ ship huilding: The"Ern~rgency 'I \ I Fleet: .. f.or the Chiblabos, :\!rs. James Lawcorporation became lnter\lstE:{ an4 u:}t rence for the :\[ilton and 1llss Holen uiouglt the ·· corpp.ralio~ 'clliiiheu·:tl:i~ • . . , ,! BPaltle for tho Roy IL Ilcatlle, named plant located ·either on .tile S9up1 . J:-' !pr · he,r father, who is the assistant or. llle q~lf ,c~as~s." .~hen •. ~~ 'w.anuger or the Emergency Fleet cor- J:i,ntic Hamps)1i,re "(~S. ~elect,e ~,.. t~e c?rpur,a~ p9rat1on. The guests present, in ~tldltlon to Governor Keyes and b.~. tlon , g11.-vl! 11.i~ _a ·,c;o11tra,ct ~,o 'l,>P, lld sliif(, .will lncludo Admiral Clifford J. woo,den shl)ls ,o! ._3,500 _ l?l}~ eru:h, •. , r The con11truotlon .. 9t.Jhe t plunt Qe~ ~ouch.,Col. G. C. Patterson, cornman1 ,l!~t' ot ~he .' .rorts o.pout Portsmouth. gn; 10.st Aug~st and' the n1sf k~l . wai laid Nov .' 1, less · tf1an llireo . ~i'ti;t\\a· Ca11I. C. D. ~larsh or llie United art~r the construction of ' tlie' plant !-Hates crn!Rer North Carolina and begun. Transportation ,:dlfflculile·s offl cNs or 0Lhe1· war vessols I; the 1 heltl up the worlt until ·:-.1arch, ~slnbe h:u-bor. when It has been · pushed '· .raJ1i111y~ , ' 11 • ,, The idea C\I' reviving Rhlp IJuiltllng 'l'hore nre 12 shipways equipped with, In :-.IC\\' llnmps hlrn WUR l'llnC('IVC<I by overhcu.Li cu.Ille way'ii which hau,11e' llolJert Jackson of Concord, who I~ the largest timbers ; I "with ease ,., a'nu • the vi ce president or ' t11e com1>any~ thero arc throe and one-half xn\leB. of ' ' t· Th lit WUH in April, l !J 17, and four rallroull track In the y:14·tl, a mill y;l(I\ months later L. JI . Shattuck Inc. had C~fo.city t~' turn '_o°h't ' 3Q,O,J00 :• l)e_t _Q~! IJecn organized and work was under ,l1mber-.ivery 24 h~W,,.a .,1,~.r e· way on the coustrnction or the I.Ilg, chine shop, store 1,ouse !or_-an lhh\!;, ya rds. ~Ir ..Jackson looked over sev- he as 0 M I mh �. re owne and Peppe o emain in Hands of the Owners. Question'-A Qne surprise follows another. week the government sent out word that the Hotels Champernowne and Pe'ppel'l•ell at Klttet•Y' Point would shortly· be taken over by tlio lahor i:l.epartmen t !01: housing. or navy ya1·d i work'men. Too'ay the owners of the re,s pective ' hoteis, Hon. Homce 1\Tltchell and L. E. Farr, were notlfledi that the housing co mm'iss1on ha·d decidied, that the hotel's' would not be rc<1ulre-cl owing to a change in policy at ,Vashing- . . ' Secretary Balt'er .1ot .t1{it°'C11hrh:her cf Commence has ',qrganlz &f ·~ . con1:; :mlttee on Ren't ,Profiteering · for this city, at the requ~st tlie Bureau or or· 0 l<t,:i~uJli;,;.:-l,•Q.'.'1,'{ ..> . Industrial and Transporta.. . H ousing ,., Uon of:,~he~filepartm,ent, of Labor, The commlt~ee Is composed of Mayor S. I T. Ladd, .Asst. Civil Engineer A. E. \ 1ogg, 'u .. S. N., . Harry• L. '.Hartford, C. JP. Downto·n , George Ringchrist, M. tL . Ilullii.rd , P : A., Piiei'ps; ·Arthur . E.' 'For the past two weeks the propl'ie tors or both house,s, have been puzzl ed ~,:.-.~.,;..;;,;,;.;~..;:;;.;.~_;,.;..;;;;.;..;.;;.;.,;,:..:;.;..;,.....;.,,...,.--:::--:---ll ~ as to ju st wlH:t•t wa,; to happen and t•he absence or clit·ect which they, sought from \Vashington was a serlou~ hand1cap to the bus'ln e<sls. Now that the matter ls fl1mlly stralg<htened ouit th e management w1;1 th eir orlg'lna l plans for t•he �1ew seas protected . b.y new ;stand3:rd~,: and more i·secure~tha _i . i her ~red~cessors -w ho,h&ve saiie_d ·from~th.~~e' shores:jn)tne;in~Ti fears 'that are ~ast. ·• ':• .. ,. · ',,:/.,.\ · --~~-;,., ..,, ·. · / :· ·:-.'. 1 • • ': .} • , 1"'1 .. "May .'she ai~o ' r_~ pr_~~ent · ~\iev/ P&rtsrn'outh' '~ th.'.m;\}Jtfply.. :ng p,e ace· activities -in ·a. seapo_r.t of -u~~urpassed"•qu~lity_., _, ..-. ~~, "M~y she eve?) r_epr~s_e!1t a wonderful sta~e w~t~·!,l, w.o~~e~ul.l past looking hopefully.to :a gre3:t'shai;:e in ,the.sure wospe.r,!ty· o:½ \ .--------the future. ·· · · · · · ·· · •. . I· _-:- .~. _: . · ) • .· -;., • ,-~ . , · : .· ~ ' ''.Bearing th~ ,flag"s '. of. ~11,:-ou_r 3:llie~ .ma~ s!le• r.epr~~~~t ,. ~, ipirit of ~nternational 4,nde1;stardrng which,.will;. mean.happm~s-~ Navy to the large -and small nation -a_s well. . · . ' . .' / _ . · , '. 1 · ",May the '.worthy, builAers of th~s-ship, loya~· in w,a~, .h~. equa.h, ly successful in p_eace, A~d :- ~?-Y the bles~ings of Almi~hty ·Go ,, be with· her and guide · us all as nqw she obeys the workman 1s . The most important feature or Portsmouth's Four~h of ·command to 'go.' " ', : ·. ..; · · . · ·.- • · · • · · .. July celebration .'Was the launching of the 8800 ion freighter . Wh.en the word :was passed that the tide w~s r~g~~' 9-e:n Portsmouth from the Atlantic Corporation shipyard which J 3 ral Manager Raynes gave the word and at his ~ignal the big or more persons . who .3hip began to move ·and 'Mrs.' Hislop swu~g t~e, spyer. en.cased) 1was witnessed by, a crowd of 8000 swarmed the shipyard and lined the Portsmouth and Kittery bottle of champagne 'al}d as it suck over the bow· of the !}hi~ :u.ridge its entire length; as well as the Kit!ery shore .. There Ishe christened it the Portsmouth,. ·, The ship rapidly gai~ed werealso a large numbe_r of motor boat parties ?n the riv_er. speed and to the cheers of the,thousa~ds of spectators an~ the The1:e.was ~ot a· h1tch to mar the. proceed1~gs and it was whistles of. the river-.bqats ,~hd ·the P_!ant she sl~d :,.:, gr~,c~fµllr, one oi the prettie~t and most successful launchings ever held into th'e waters of the Pisc~JaquH. · · , .. . ..~ • : on the river. · · . The ship was moving· ;i.t ·great. sp~ed _w.h~p s_ha. stn~ck ~he .. Th~ big craft started down the ways at 6.52 p. m. and hei water, but the snubbin·g lines·begari'to ch~ck her along .with th~ sp19~s9r ~W;l$ 1 Mrs., Christina Hislop, wife of Mayor Hislop an_d drag anthor and as the.linel> broke.and snubbed her-~he ~w~ng ' on :the launching stand were Gov. John H. Bartlett - and hi: up stream and the tugs were q.uickly·:alongside. .The entire af,. I starr,;-in~luding his newly appointed_ Adju_ta~~.:Geperal, Franl- fair was timed to a minute, the ship only r3:n as f~r as deJJigI}at-: . J. Abbott of Manchester, Rear Admiral C. J ......~i'rsch, U. S. N. ed, she started with the p~lling of .a rope which bro)ce the uud staff 'from the navy yard, Col. F. A. Duck, U • S. A., com- . keel block and gracefully rode tl,le waters 'Vith all .flags s~~pmander of the Portsmouth Artillery district- and . staff, Mayo 1 ping in the· breeze. Once ·clear'. of her cradle . and launc_h ing 1 .uislop and members of the city. council, General Manage1 trappings the tugs towed her ,around 'to a positiop _at the dock.Raynes of the Atlantic Corporation and. other members of_t};l< ing pier: . · :· ' .. . . ; . . .. L ~. • : official family. " , . At t'he conclusion of the·launching th~ spqn~o\ with _tlle of·. Prior to th~ launching Mayor Hislop introduced Governo, ficers Jof the company a1,1d ui·e invited · guests, ·some··two· n~n . . John H. Bartlett who presented the ship with a handsome a~c dred, enjoyed a buffet lunch ·consisting of chicken_,san,<jwichesj costly silver platter, the gift of the city. . iobster salad olives frozen pudding, cake, fruit punch. ,,i . ·. ·. Governor John H. Bartlett p_resented the gift in · thesr ·· The Po;tsmouth is the third 8800 ton steel vessel ·· to b ~ords: t · ,. · l~unched at' this yard a~d was named · Portsmouth"in•,r.~CO'g~i_1: · ''.Deeply appreciating the ' invitation . of His . Honor the tion of the good work of 'this· city in the Fourth Lib~rty Loan Mayor, to pres~nt this beautiful ~hristening gift to the 'Ports when the city . secured 9'8 p~r cent of its population." The snip ·mouth' at this ·. moment ,before she takes her, firsrthril! ~f l.ife was named by the Liberty Loa_n· committ_ee who also _a q~~ saip along her keel,' I venture only a . wo~·d of good luck to he1 time was named by: the Lib~_rty Bond committee ,who a!so at . and to the great 'ship o~ state' which she typifies. ' · the same time selected the spo_nso:r. .-· . ' .. . c. • , • 1_ New Hampshire is justly proud of her contrib~tions tc Governor •Bartlett's pa,rty · at the launching consii;;t~d , of the sea. That this newest offering is to commerce instead o'. Mrs. Bartlett, Adjutant-General F_rank J: Al>b_ott,'•.l\{~jo_!:!ana_ war gives us renewed joy and exaltation. :Mrs. Robert M. Johnston~ Major an~ Mrs. Ivory ·· N . .. ~Eaton_, "Bearing this gift she goes into a new world surrounded ' b) · Major ~nd Mrs. William ' J,._. Cater, . Major Burp.ee, C~U:n~~-~lor ., . ,,1,~_,,JrJJ~;t"'' ', Windsor N. · Goodnow -artd' Couhcilloi:.'Atthur ·G: Whittemore. ~~~.,t0 ~~-;•~0S:,v~.i,~, :t-~~~\~,.;,; 1 They were entertained for 'lunch at 'Hams·, e~jo~ing onei_ of his ......,,,..,....-1 lobster dinners. ,:, "' · ' ~ .FOR STEAMER PORTSMOUTH 6ov Bartlett and Staff, Mayor and City Officials, , · · Promii1eut aud Army Officers Witness -•:· Launching Of Big Steel Freighter . I> 1 I q �Portsmouth's gift to ,Uncle Sam ycstc1·<lay on the one hundredtli nml forty-Sl'Cotl(} unniVCl'/!lll'Y ol' hill hulcpcmleu'ce took the fot'lll nl th,~·ee, mighty 8:S00-ton wooden mci•chant ships from the big yard ot' the L. }J, Shuttuck, Inc., 11ml they wc1·e 1•eceivecl in his behalf by the 1•h•e1• Pisd1taqua with a · kiss.or the wate1·11 from the broad Atlantic ocean before II c1·0,nl of loya(Amerlcnn citizens who tm·netl out ao.ooo sti·oug ·, to witness the ceremony: ::fh'., ~The launchlng.::'.....the rurst to take place on the shores of this fa. mous river ror many years-went off without a hitch and established a , world record of which the Shattuck officials and workmen may well feel proud-that or puttlng Into the water tllree ships In the short time of 108 ~lnutes. 'l'he weather was perfect and the task or sending_ the mighty ships overboard was car.rled out without a hitch the thousands , ·•.bt people \\'110 _lined ·the banks of the river on both side~ wishing them " God-sp~ed wlt11 a mighty shout' anci the waving of flags, amid t.he , screams o( automobile horns · and l!teamer • whistles and the noise· of · . everything that goes to make the celel,rallon of the Fourth of July . ·c omplete, · ;• ·~-The-first · ship Into the water was_J.-he Chiblai,os, named after a :· Character In Longfellow's "Hiawatha,''. a name sel.ected by :11.rn. \Vllsou, _t; t_lie,;wlfo .of the P11esident. It w~s christened hy Miss Alther Shattuck, , ,_daughter •or;J:: Shattuck, the president or the shipyartl. company, and ,. ' lti took the water at 8.40 a. m. · ... _..,.,Tlie,.second over \vas the Roy IT. Beattie, namod by Mr. Putman of ,, Milt1:>n ·for·Roy H.' Beattie, the assistant manager of the wooden division j\ ott,he,·e,lllergency fleet. This was a Red Cross na_metl. ship, Mr, Putman hav/ng?een' the highest bidde~ at. the . last Hed Cross drive. It was -~ ,christened by ~lss Helen Beattie of Fall River, a daughter of Roy IT. Beattle; who was also present in the lauuching stand. Th is took the water at 9.2i·. ' ·., ,,., : · · The last .of the ships was the Millon, named iu honor of the town ' or:;:vrpton, ::\'fass., an·d christened· by :\llrs. Jamm; Lnwreuc:e, Jr. This was :· ;n~~~d by-the Red _.?ro,s s for the town .haviug the lnrgest perP.enta~e of _-,s ubscrlP,tlQns aver its quota In the mef'ropolita11 nost.011 rli~lric:t. iu tho 1 rec~n~ Reel Cro~s drl~~- ·._ Mrs. Lawrnuce, 011e or lhe moHl"li.c live 01, the 1 ,1 ~ ,;d: qross worker~;• waS" chosen ·to christen the ship and sh e wai.,accom•·., J?~nied on the .l aunching stand • by a large party of Milton r1slden ts T,hht ship was l~unehed at l'0.03, in the fastest tim~ of any of the three: R J. · It se,med ~s tl1~ugh nearly every man or·p'telmlnence In the state attended the ·launching. More · than this, hundreds ; of ·' people who have never exerted t'herriselves to attend any SJ)~ctacular ev'ent found their • I , , •' \ • waJ· to .Newington; yet In spite of the mile long string of ·automobiles' the . ' necessarily rigid regulations attendant upon entering a ya.rd where ships were being built for the United States government; the giving of a breakfast to more than 2,GOO invited guestsj , ancl the very early hour of the l1111nchlng, . ner.l'ssltato1l i,y the tlcle', tho ovout was 1>1·011/!;hl to BIICCOllHfUl conclm1ion, Portsmouth ltseir wa:,, crowded to overflowinp'; although arrangements had been made to care for as many as possible of the incoming guests and sightseers, many were compelled to snutclt their brief rest 1111iler the canopy of their automobiles. For the last month every energy of nearly 3,000 men had/been directed towarcl the completion of the t.hree boats for the launching. The task was no mean one. The ships are of 3,500 tons each; 285 feet,five inches from stem to stern. In building them the Newington yarcl i,roke tho wooden Hhlp record by planking a boat in 15 clays. The launching was witnessed by a representative ,g athering. Governor Keres was there, Adjutant General Howard and, the other members of the governor's stuff who occupied conspicuous places upon the platform from ,which the boats wero launche(l. Federal li'oo1l Administrator Tlunlley N. Spaulding was also there, seeing the· three boats go Into the water. Later in the day he had a conference with Mrs. Mary I. Wood, chairman of the Woman's committee of the rood administration at the Hotel Rockingham, when , they considered various food problems. In the afternoon he attended a pageant on the hospital 1 · grounds which incl11ded in Its personnel reJ)rei;e11tativos or all tho allied 11atio11:;. Before <laylig-ht the people began hr.rtdl11i; for tlw Hhlpyard:s, lhn thrrw11111<' stretch lrntweu11 l'ort:m1011th a111I ~ewington i,eing lined with pedestrians while on the freshly oiled roads· roads-to most people present it �Suddenly there wo.s o. creaking or Limbers o.nd the giant hull was seen to move on the ways, gathering moment It slld gracefully down Into the channel with a mighty splash, two tugs towing it out of ~he way of the other boats to a safe. anchoi;age. A mighty cheer went up, and the officers of the company were seized by their friends who congratl1lutod them 11 pon tho success of their l11 ital ef- The launching party for the Roy H. Beattie included Miss Helen Beat~ tie, sponsor; :\'lr. and Mrs. ,Roy H. Deattie, Mr. and Mrs.' Edward A. Bardol, Mr. and Mrs. George H. War• ing, Miss Janice Waring, Miss :Vlargaret Waring, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Borden, Jr., Mr. and :11rs. Bernard W. T_rarrord, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Mac~r~gor, Miss Clare MacGregor, Gen, aild Mrs. Edgar R. Champlin, 'ort. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hollis, Allen HolThe launching or the other two lis, Jr., and Franklin Hollis. boats, wliich followed at intervals or The launching party for the Milforty minutes, was a repetition o! ton included: Mrs. James Lawrence, this performa11ce. 'l'hen the ship yard Jr., sponsor; James La~•rence, Jr., chor·us sang "The Star Spangled l\!iss Dor.otll)" _Lawrence, Mr. and M_rs. Ban nor." ·Richard Lawrence, , . Jacob Turner, Then the guests either filed into :\laurice JP. Duffey, }1r. and :\-!rs. tho <:ttl<'ror's 11avilion or went lo the .Tames :vtltcholl, Gen. Elbort Wheelhuge rnar(111oe Lent crectml ontsldr er, Capt. and Mrs. W. L. Jllll, Lieut. the yo.rd where lireak[ast wns served Com. and Mrs. L. JI. Palmer, :\'lr. and to 111oro than a t11011sa111l people. :\1rs. Ueorge A. Fulr!Ju11ks, :\Ir. a11(l After the launching the Ports:,lrs. George A. Dorr, :.[r. and }I rs. mouth visitors seemed reluctant to Hobert P . .Johnston, James :,IcGerry, out Injury. leave, and the dispersal from the yard :lfr. and :\lrs. Aretas D. Carpenter, The three steamships are of the occupied very nearly two hours . .the Misses Carpenter, }Ir. and. :\lrs. standard I?erris type adopted by tho While many returned to their homos J\rancis E. Drake, Mayor and Mrs.; emergency fleet for wooden ships, not hundreds of others either attended 1;add, :llr. and '.\.lrs. E. G. Leach. ;Mr$. over beautiful, bnl good cargo car- · the patriotic exercises 011 the hospiDexter, Gen. and Mrs. Ilarl'y II. Dudr·iers. 'l.'her are 2 81. G feet overall, tal grounds or turned their automoley, :\[rs. F. S. Hight, the . 4G.3 feet beam and 2G feet depth of biles toward the seacoast and form!light and James D. Wallace. hold antl draw, when loaded, 18 feet ed picnic parties along the beach of waler. They have a, dead weight from New Castle to Rye Beach an<1 capacity of 3 5 0 0 tons. 'l'hey were oven beyond. The conditions of · Jaunche(l without their enJ?:lnos, and weather, the light but these wlll be lilted in Portland. Each se:i breeze. and holiday freedom, the will be equipped with triple expanusual activities combined to make sion marine engines designed to give New Hampshire's observance o[ the a speed or 10 or more knots o.n hour. fi'ourth memorable in its ann;tls. The keels of the three ships were The laun1thing 'pFt~' ,In the case of aid about the same tune in :DecemLhe ·chibiabo~ included: Miss Althea contlitions interLouise Shattuck, sponsor; Gov. and e1 ell greatly with the arrival of ma, }fl'R. Tlonry W. Keyes, Admiral C. J. 1P1 tul. 'l ilo .\I llto11 waH rrnmed In lh'l Uo11sh, Admiral J.'B. '.\!unlock, Brig . .~orhl'M record Limo o[ 7ll ho11rM. Gen. C. W. Howard, Col. G. C. Pat'!'here lll'll 110\V live 111uro ol' Lhlll typo terson, Captain :\tcDougall of the o[ ships ail l'rtLllll'tl up In this ynrd North Carolina, Capt. H. H. Christy and more launchings arc exJ)ect.ed in of the San Diego. Mrs. Frank W. RolA11g11sl. The yard C:IIIJ)lOYS at ))resent lins. :\1r. and Mrs . .John D. Jameson, a force of 2\JOO m<'n, which ho.cl to be Clarence E. Carr, }Ir. and Mrs. Louis recruited and organied as wooden H. Shattuck, Mrs. Louise Sumner, shi11lrnildtng IHHl boon so 011t of dale Naval Constructor· and Mrs. Adams, that thCl'l' were few HlJll!lOl1e1l shiJ)~Ir. and Mrs. James Lawrence, Jr., b11i11ier!I available. :\lr. and Mrs. Robert Jackson: Mis:. The lofty SUJ)CrSll'IICtllres Of \he Sarah Jackson, l\Iiss Hope Jackson, ships towered above three plati'onm :\1:rs. David R. Francis, Mr. and Mrs. ~G loet high. gaily decorated with th< Roy II. Beattie, 11.iss Helen Beattie, national f'0lors on whi<"h Htood thei1 :\tr. and 11rs. E. H. Charlton, :Mr. and I Ri(l!'Cl\l'C spOIIROJ'S. IL will IJP :t mat :'llrs. Frederick A. Jones, :\liss Lillian li>r or l11tercst In Ll1<'H0 prohi!Jllio11 .Tonos, Mr. anti ;\[rs. George G. Shetltl. ,lays in NP11· llan1p!>hlr<' to k11ow thnt :\Tiss Virginia Shedd, :'llr. and :\Irs. th<' tra11!llo11 of sallor-llll'II was ho11· George S. Hewins, the ?llisses Hew~ or«'d an1l a bottle of rcnl wine wa~ ins. Mr. and Mrs. Perry H. Dow, Mrs. s111ashed over each prow cxJ)lodi11g Ida M. Trow, George C. Shl!,ttuck, with u vehemence that left 110 <.1011 bl John F. Vaughan, ?l<lr. and Mrs. Reuns lo its real character. ben Green, Mr. and Mrs. William At s.:10 o'<'lnck p,u11p,s or hraw11y Green,' l\lrs. James R. Jackson, Miss workm •11 IJ<'!,!;all \rnocldng away the E:)lzubelh Jaclcson, ·.uiss Rachel ~hores 0.11d spurs underneath the ChiJackson, Rev. -and Mrs. Lucius H . biliahos which occ11pietl the cm1tral Thayer, Lieut. Com. Thomas }Iott position of the thrc>e ships. The Osborne, ·Arthur A. Sharpe, Walter crowd which occ11pled every vn11tage Clark, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Raynes, point within the yard sur;>;ed forward Judge and ;\lrs. Oliver W. spilled on Rockingham county roads-a cons tan Uy increasing string of automobiles bearing the num!Jers of curs of all over New E:ngl11 nd and north Allan Lie states made their way towunl the shipyard. On the prows of the three ships, in !resh coals of paint, lead gray above and black below the water line were huge signs !Jearing the names Chihlabos, Iloy II. Beattie and }lilton. The new niled Slates guard assisted the regular shipyard force In directing the crowds in and adjace11t to the yartl. Across the Eliot shore, over a half mile distance, were 5000 persons with about GOO automobiles parked on the Green. Acre grounds, the noted peuce convention place. On thll river Wl!rP 1lll LypoH or river steamers and b0tLLs, each crowded lo Its capacity. Ono row !Jonl was overturned by the wash from the Uoattio, but the occupants were rescued with- '-------....,..~--:"I'~-........_,....,.,..,.,. �fRANGE ,-UONOR ROLL :../ ii ! 'I . J, ' ·, . ~AM.ES -' ~~,,L; BE ~DDE°,_~s NEW s OF ARRIVAL nEAC~~s , 1 w;,..ri.:c H' IT-SF.ND IN ,Al)Dl'l'IONS AND CCin~:~:J'CTONS - TO 1 , , • .... , • r. IIIS'l'OHJAN. .:'.? iP. H~ flA.F..Tl,l<~'fT;· LOCA.J.i WA ,. !: ,.:,: ,j : . .·:.'l_r ' 1 . ' ' • ·~- •_.;'v'/' -' :-:-....,,.------------.,.! ·, • • ' f-'-::---,,. • 1'.>9rtsmouth _Patrick .T. Grady. . · Ph!llp B. Groen . ';O!· '-' ie ~10\'1:" J.:,,:liovoll hyi. J\,f.r,'li ,John H, .•L · t· •Pl 1111 · J G •If' I l P . 1 f n, ~·•rf~•":.i, Portsmouth Mk~o•·.IJ\11, to, be •E<l.ga.'r R. Grover . !1°4 fo11owlug list •Ofi . ,/,,' ;' •• . 1 ., '.!. . .,, ,·, ., •• 1 ••• , _;~~iJiy~f~ .:~ ;:~nc~, o.ne ~( 'i:,;o possi- ~~1 ►,e/ng, iriJt,a ly, ..,~'( · ,, .. , .. .. .. ... J('. ._.: , \ • •· ,..,, .~,,, · · . 'fh.~a list, th~ first to be printed, ·,...,... ~11 be anxiously watched, !or ,th e .itoYB are now and wlli continue to ho t)iir some time where tne ttghtlng ls Jlirce. One o! the boys whose name ii,)pears' in ·the ' list, Lieut. · Frank ]looma, has been k!lled In action. •·,.c•As ' the news conthrnes to come to Portsmouth o! ' our boys · reaching 'i'rance The Times wlll add their •ames to the list. The casualtfes will ihjo be recorded. · Famllies and relattves or boys who gone a.cross should send In all Jaiormatlon to The Times or the city 'lllltorlan, Mrs. Bartlett. (a;e ·;, ,''i.iJ.»h G. Adam■. ,. ts,. !'!:!lips B. Baager. · · · ,ma.li,h. W. Badger, '·Lt , •.. R o b er t .J . B a 1Jar d . ~~mp B. Bennett. · ,O.l!ton Berry. .":· :Jd)'·ard .p_ Bickford. .· -it.t:'·;Frank , E. Booma. ; Qharliis E , Brackett. ~,· · , , i11.erman W. Bunker. 1 : '.'.li/1,rpld ,E .· Bu.rke. ',1Bh~rman, F. Burke. ·,' ~)·nnlcll~i, ' Tl:. Duller. ~p1:p 1•Edwln M'. camp iol!. ' Rn.lJ)h C. CampUeu. C~rl "W_: Han scom . / .,·;,: · ·I!'~Y' N, Hatt . 0 J!qward C. Hersey . ,•,Sergt. : corp·, Hugh C. !~Ill. Cla!'cnce h . Hoitt. '. Rall)h E. Hoitt. . Wllllam .J. Hollan rl. Ser~t. Edward C. Holl ati11 . Follie · .Tankouskl. O~car.:'H : Johnson . ,1 iol111 Kell eher. L\. Francis F. T< cillogg. Henry W. Kenn ocly. -Sergt. Hezekiah P. Lang. °Jiimes' C. Lawles11. Galvin W. Lear. I' Charles W. Lewis. 'Pnnl H. Lewis. , J-Jf/.fold -~. Little. George W . ' Lonerga.:-. Percy ,A. Lowd . J:ames B. · Mahoney. F.re'd L: Martin . ·Corp . .Tohn II. ,McCarthy . .. !lere:t. P aul B. McCarlhy . 2nd Lt: Ralph 0. ~IcCarthy. E'e~~~=- ·•f•. Uc!saac. ' , Chari es E. H . Mlle...'. John R. Miller: John .T. Moran. ,lobn· .T. Moran. C?rnellus D. Murphy. .Rolnhd P. Olis. ·oscar . T. Olsen. · Lt. :' Edward · ·,:;)iy G. Caswell. a. Parlrer. · W"llllam I-I. Parlcs. · :·11:lh-Ie :v-i. Caswell. ;•,Peter Petronnl. : .'. Corneitu's :mu gen e Correy. " Sydney R. Pi ckl es. ;.~ma~•-lil ~. Colllns. :,Orman R. P a ul. ~ .llbur. 0-:_Cornish: ·rerley A. Quimby. C:111ttopher M·. Conlon. J 'o seph F. Quinn, J. Conn.o rs. · 'i'homns J. Quinn. •'·Arthur H. Craig, Jr. Geqrge I-1. Roberta ·'1 Jo~ace W." Craig. -Le9n T,. Rob erts. '_1-Iafrison A. DeCourcy. ~!eut.·'.!'heodore D. ',,chm!dt. '\pulllp B·., Dennett. ' .... .•·-- . . •. __ -' Sµmner F, "Dennett. ,.\· Abgustus E. ~plnney. ':·porp·. Rt>.lph E ..•Dowdoll. ,·" S~·\·g t. Josep h A. Su ssman. · Dennis · Driscoll. Brigadier-G en. H'arry Taylor. 1 <')t:-iAs E. Dunton . Frank Vin clqn erra. . . '..;eo~~e R . Durard. Sergt . .Jer emy : IL Wall\ro,•. IJ!"I'"' "·I . Dttrard. 'James Y. WatL .· ·.· ···:i::.'., ' iluotd L. DuttoL · ·• - · Alf red E . Wh ; ien . ' ''·' John D. Wilkin son . J:Jalley ,van,· Ness Emery, (ranch First Lieut. James Knox Wilson . >'rvfoe. .' I ' ' Harry H erb ert ·wortman ',1\1 th J~ Fianlgan. . ,; 1 Donald\,•. Yeaton. · . R1bl!lnson . A,, Fogg, Naval avlntor. ' ,Harold' ,G.e:rdnor.•'· ... )J'rib'de.rlek Goorling. Charles ; Gouse: ' . . !6hn· r: Ur -- n-............ �s,~rvice Flag1 Four Local Boys Raised at ·t ,, Selected For Methodist Church Plattsburg Camp ·o A service flag of twr.nty-two stars raised• at the l•'irnt i\lcthu1linl <:hnrC'h 011 Snnllay evr11i11g a11tl the was largely attentletl. Hollin Simpson 'J'11ltle. the llastur, was in char;!c rrntl th re was a service especially for the tied ic'.1tlon of tl1c flag. The address was mn1lc by L:elll. r.ommantlcr Thomas :\loll Osllornc, I. S. N. ll. F., of tlu• :slnl'I prison, :111!1 it was a 11atriolic a111I slirri 11 µ; address on the pnrl that this rou ntry is 1,laying in this µrr:ll wo1·J:I wnr. The ling was the gift or the forwn I'll cl:iss and WflS Jll'CSen led by ILH 11resillrnt, ('hrster Cioutih. The p1·ogra111: Orgnu · l'relude. l nvoc•ntio11. Hcspo11se, solo, :\1rs. (lporge E. Jlymn, Rattle llymn o[ thf> was lie. nesponsive rcn11tne;. Anthem, Move Forw:ud, 11nle chorus Anlhl'III, The lloys of the l. S. A. Dedication of the 'lC·l'l'i<'P. llng, ~!ale chorus llymn, Amerir:i. Atltl ress, Thomas 11 oft L!c11te11a11t C'ommnn,ler, H.F. !lym11, The Star Spangle<l Danner. l1enc1l lct!on. Our Holl of llonor. Cn1~tai n Clarence P. Bodwell, army. Licute11nnl Roy K. Mndi, navy. •Lie11tP11a11t Harry Hilton, civil 1?;i11eer. U. S. N. Ensign Philip Onlton, nn1·y. Sergeant Eclwarcl A. ,vecks, Walter Dryant, army. Horace Cannon. army. 1,:,lwnrd Ccderlor, navy. Sn11111rr nrnnrlt, nrmy. Ja111es Uililspy, nrmy. Georj,\'e C1!lhcrt, army. lloln111l I~. c:rrhcr, 1 11nvy. Frederick Harmon, navy. lloy Hnrmon, army. Elmer L. Howard, nnvy. Osrar .Toltnson, army. Cly1le G. flo\Jin~on, army. Orin Skillings, n:\Vy, Slllney C'. Smith, navy. Otis .James Vantine, navy. Y CO\\'OIIICll, ?vlae L. · warren, first to enter ice in this stale. Esther Carpen tcr. C'npl. Kernan, in charge o[ mlliNcw llampshin: yestcnlay notifie1l [our Portsmouth stntle11ts that they hat! been selected as part or the college's quota of lG lo go to the Plattsburg training camp July 18. The men selected are Theodore R. Butler, William Shultlcswort.h, John Shilla\Jcr atHl Arthnr F. Davis. Lawrence Currier was chosen as an alternate. With the exception of Shillaber, all a r c prominent athletes at the school. Arter the course of training they will be assigned lo the serve officers' school �poratlon. , . ! \ A · special meeting , of .the City l\lnror to Bl'prcsent :City. ~ouncil was held this morning In reOn motion of Coun cilma n RnyncH ~pon~e to a. ~lograin frofu the Navy tho mn.yor was nppointecl to r onr n)apartment to cohsidef a, housing B<'nl the city's Int.cres t at n confer,.roposltion. involving an expon c.! lture once in ,vashin gton and given power f two million '<lollars'. to ap'J)oint, addi tio na l me mbers of his When Ma~or Ladd called the meet- committe11. ng to order there were present A li<:ense fee o r ; 5 0 for :'1ain's ~ou~cilman Raynes, Gray, Weelcs, circus whi ch exhibi ts her e today was .Caula, Hickey and Humphreys. 11;grecd lll)Oll. ' The. .mayor called on City Solicitor City Soli citor :\1itchell mad e a remtchell as to the' legality of con1truot1ng houses on the Almshouse 11 ort on th e ])e liti on of the r esid ents Held, the government to furnish 8 0 % of th e low er par t of ~~ta l c st reet to 1 :i.nd a private corpor ation 20 % o[ th e be pl acc cl in t he sp rinkli ng distri ct, to th e effect t hat all of the a bu tto r i:l money needed on constru ction . Resolution Relating to the llulllllng. he g iv,en notice to ap pear a t a hea rin g t o be held oi1 T hu rsday , J.uno. 2 7 . of Houses. . Coun cilman \V oeks marl c a m olio11 lf."!<1o,",.i;~.-..; Resolved, by the City Coun cil or instru ctin g th o Doa rd of Pu bil e "'·,;i:t.·~i:.,;,,_<:.;J~'.'.( •he City of Portsmouth, N. H . assemWorks to In ves ti ga te the bull <l lni;nf .i.ed, as follows: That in the event t,.at the United a hou se over t ho Bicl owalk nt 3tates Naval Department shall assist foot of Cabot st reet. _:n the building of houses by a corAdjourned. 9oratlon to be formed and organized to lease the land known as the Almshouse Field of the City of Port&mouth and said proposed conioratlon shall erect one hundred ' houses or more on said ~Id, by loaning to said 'prop_oscd~ corporation an amount equal to 8 0 % Of the total capital invested said capital ' to be computed by an. appraisal of the said Almshouse 1fleld at a valu,e .1 0! $60,000 and.. the building- of- ,Y'll.ter -an sewei' system-by sa,id city ~t $30,000 as a- part the· 2·0 % to be raised by the proposed corporation. Then the City of Portsmouth will lease to the said proposed corporation the said field at a reasonable rental for tho term of 1 O years or until 3 years after the close of the fresent war with a clause in said lease providing that said city will at any• time during the term of said lease sell and convey the whole or any part of said field for the said sum of $60,000 or proportionate part thereof for any part· of said field to the said proposed corporation or to such person or persons as such corporation shall elect or appoint. The City of Portsmouth further agrees in the event of the -acceptance of th e 3:bove proposition that it will build and construct suitable water and sewer system at an expense not to exceed tho said sum of $30 ,000 on said field, and further provided that one of the officers of the said city shall be by virtue of· his office one of £he ,directors of, said proposed cor- of �i vale George E. G · year overseas, a.rrive me in this <;ilJY Sa.iurday. oxcellont health antl his m , arc oxtentllng him bef}t wlsl ceit n. (Jackson M:. Hoyt, mstorlan) , Capt. Simms. T, Hoyt,' Fort Hum, phrey, Virginia. EllJridg:e Knox. Doston City Hos! l pltal. Walter Picke;-lng, \Varron Pickering, Dakota. Lieut. Willis Hadley Hoyt. ~ Phineas Piper Coleman, Camp WENTY-TWO WEN[HASA MEMBERS IN SERVICE J\-IS.l"\1'6 t .• I Owing lo tho war the Wenehasa bors, most o[ whorr1 nave attended ' ' Club has decided to omit its third various colioges y1nce graduating ' ' from Portsmo_ul.,11 High. The club annual outing this summer. Last has a service flag containing twentyyear the club anud its lacly friends mct and dined at tho Uotol Went- two stars. worth, New •Castle, and the vrevious Those in the service Include First year the afCair wa:i held at the Hotel Lieut. Phillips B. Badger, A. E. F.; Ash worth, llam11ton Beach. Harold B. Wendell inspector, ordThc \Venehaaa Club wa8 [orm oJ nance deµ:utmcnt; ' Corporal .Paul !\lay :J, llJ13, and hut [or _the war Conover, 9th Company, C. A. C.; wouhl hnve been quite a social or<ler . .Sherman P. Newton, cadet M. 1.- 'r. ', . ___:..,;_. , .. . 'i Tho olllrcrs tho lirnt year year: aviation school; YP-oman Philip H. -i;'hat the federal 'go"'.e,~nm,11nt plam 1 hlllp IL R:rndnrsou, president; Sanderson, U. S. N. R. F.; to expend over _;60\0,QQ. ?n ~e,yicon lla:,l:\otl, vice pro:;ldont; Frank J. Massey, IJ. S. N. It. struction w'ork a.t the L. H:- Shattucl.. B. Wend0ll,• secretary and I Charles E. Brackett, National army; ' - • • • I • ,•, ship yard at ,Newington was thll inSherman P. Newton, treasurer. _'.idol Lemuel Pope. 3d, West Point formation ' re~ently givl)n by speakThe cluo 11umb(Jrs thirty-six wem- Mllltary Academy; Theo!!_ore It. Dut. ~r .to the . workme~ ,. ·at' , the pln.nt. tern, Arthur F. Davis, Jack ShillaThese new building ··operations will ber, Lawrence Currier, Paul Bailey, Platts reserve onlcE1rs training corps; start a.t, once 'an_d ·• the mnjo,rity, wUl Walter E. Mulholland, Waldo Phinbe completed ' before extremely , col~ ney, midshipmen U. S. Na val Acadweather. -, , 1· Barracks 'will be erected for the u'. emy, ·Coxswain Clayton F. Mugrldge, Earl H. Bruce, U. •,.,,.•ii~••:;<:I s. ·N. R. F ✓; Herbert Harrington, ...·~==-J"' S. troops who are now doing guartl; duty at the yard. , These wi!l' cost Reserve Militia; $20,000. $17,000 . will be expended Paterson, army aviation; Dewey for ·a sewerage system and th . balGra ham, Thomas Craig, .Shirley B. ance wili°go [or ·other ' imp,roveii:{ents. __ .,,.,,~~.,.,•,c.J Simpson, U. S. N. R. F. All of the remaining mom bers are The speaker also informed the• men different branches o[ that there is now enough work ahead to keep the Newington 1 plant operating from ~hr~e to five years w:ith th& prospects v~ry bright that ,a,M11:i,onal work. will be secured to mal{:e ; the yard pe)'mnnont. He stated ; that, troin· GOO to '10'0,o extra emp~oyl)s" could b!3. plnc(ld in the yard l\t tbe_ pr,esent ·ume. . Shajtu~·~<,. -Shi' ,, p·pfa., , 0 a i �MOW .·ouR CITY LOOKS lN.lYES Of STRANGER ' I Bo.,ton NewspaJ)er Man ·Finds Much.o Interest ia War-Time· Rush ot Old To-wn tion, has more than tered over the grass, clay and blue .,,2~·-~ 1 ,.:-.,. ledges of the high ground adjoining the works. Two or three miles farther up the river .the Newington shipyard of the L. H. Shattuck Company employs perhaps 2600 or 2700. Add to these the enlistee] men-soldiers ~•.il,·•1>~'>~ and sailors from _camps and barracks and calling battleships-and you will see why the merchants, restaurant l~eepers and landlords Lalk of "money in the air." Tliis count ul rortoHte!.!th's new 1"'·,,, ·,~.,,_ .•,_ If ·a man thinks he knows Ports- safely keep his latchkey In. the door, mouth because he spen\ a pleasant If he preferred, or ask the exi)ressweek there a summer or two ago, he man to lE:Jave the change on the.front !,s deceiving himself. He knows Ports- porch, I swung out of the thinning mout,h as men who sailed out of the crowd on the sidewalk and steppccl Gold'en Gate, in ·18 4 5 knew the .San inside to see how [ar I could proceed Francisco ot 1849. 1f you grant that unhalted. I was well to the rear bethe m ain thing in a community is not fore the owner came from an inner brick or timber, but the' spirit of the room to greet me. He had been restplace, the Portsmouth of today is a ing. Business? Nothing like it. He different city from the . Portsmouth had had to turn work ayrny. Money of last year. Not that this old set- J was in the air, and Portsmouth "a1 tlement on the Plscataqua, or . as , her prime!" Gov. Winthrop used to call It, the "M:oney In the air" tells foe story . Passcataquack, ever was a dead or Of course that Is nothing w'holly riew dying town. It could always flt out for Poi-tsmouth. In the days of the privateers on three days' notice. On- old sea trade, money flowed like Iy a dozen years ago It tucked 50 west Indian molasses, if not like tons of dynamite into a single charge Medford and Boston rum. These cost• In a single ledge, just to give Its 7 0- ly· 1 three-story, 14-wlndow-front foot sell. channel mor~ width. 'l'homas houses, built of the best in design Bailey Aldrich, to be sure, liked to and materlal , were never paid for speak of Portsmouth as a town ot with earnings by seine or scythe or the past. Jle used to muse aloud lapstone .. But in those earlie.r dayE about the ghosts of her prosperity. the money was in few handl?, It was He went so far as to call her the in- a time of -merchant princes. Today teresting widow of a once lively com- the·· common people, the mechanics, merce. And In these later days "art tlie carpenters, the painters, th\! laphotographs" and magazine stories borers, even the boys and girls, have have carried the fame of her ancient more money than they used to dream mansions, her mouldered wharves, of. This new war-time wealth In her murmuring gardens of mignon- Portsmouth is evenly distributed, and ette,' larkspur and hollyhock. as far most of it is on the go. Last summer the city had an • estias her taut square-riggers ever carmated population of about 12,000. ried her cabin · boys and ca1)talns. All Today the guesses run to 20,000. The' thes'e picturesque antiquities remain, people are too busy to lrnep count of well cherished . But today, from Newaccessions. And the newcomers are castle bridge to'Gosllng road, the visit or s In Portsmouth meet a new spir· ' not enter ing by the cradle route. and a new expectancy. For Ports- They are men and women, all earntb, all in one, is a colonial sea-· ing wages I enpugh to draw and hold 0 I 1e . oti population does not Include over 2000 men In the naval 11rlson on Scavey's 1 Island. The great stone bulllllng there Is now flanked with emergency IPd ,.,;;.:w~ shelters ancl special \\'Orie shops. Dut ~~~~~-~,•~'tfii-1.".;:~•,i''i,:;,;~' the to,vnspeoplP Include these poor fellows in their sympathies, if not in fj/~;~:l~~,r-:,,~J;"\?.~r,.. their business dealings. Of this numerous community, Th0mud :'11ott Osborne is mayor and · big brother. Portsmouth, across the swirling river likes to hear his men cheering the three-baggers at the sunset games of baseball. A man who worked some months in the prison after Lieut.Comdr. Osborne came, summed it all up in this way: "Osborne's with the prisoners, and the prisoners arc witli him. He believes that Jr iL man has half a will to make goo<! he should have a whole chance." But where do all the Incoming thousands of new workmen, not to mention their wives and children, llncl roocl and shelter? Portsmouth alono cannot and [eccl them. They come In by crowded trolley cars from the York villages. They fill special tr;ins from Dover and Rochester, even from Newburyport, Haverhi1! and Lowell. \1any come and go in private automobiles and wide jitney trucks. The trolley service is not too goocl. Over in Kittery, if you ask •how the ire running, you get the reply, "On the half-hour, 15 minutes late, barring breakdowns." And the special He inadequate. The board of commerce in Manchester is now trying to urange with the Iloston & Maino [or · i service that will allow several h11111lred •men to l<'ave for Newington ancl r- ort11mouth overy mor;1ing an<l return every night . ,vhen the workmen's village on At.antic Heights is done It will arcord 1ight long dormitories and 300 cottages built nearly all. of brick. Across ·.he river in Kittery the government ;s taking for the workmen, or 'has al~eady taken, two summer hotels, the Pepperell. and the Champernowne. l'he h'u ndrecls ot'roomers in these two buildings will get as fin~ air and out- ~..:.ca•·~•~"'·· 'ook as any millionaire colonists :<irt: in. industrial strong/10ld behind them. the ~ar lines, and a town thp.t has About 4600 persons are on the pay st'ruck gold on Main street, says a roll at the navy yard across the chans'taff cor respondent of the Boston nel. The Atlantic Works, on the Her ald .,<.. \ south bank of the river, above the old Late · on Saturday mght I t.ooked I toll bridge, employs no ono knows l'nto a jeweller's shop brightly light- just how many-perhaps 2000, with ed on the central square and saw no more needed and arriving every week. one behind any counter: Knowing Merely to build these men a housing Por tsmouth to have been the kind ol settlement-fr om the plans of the Boston architects, Kilham & Hopkins along the coast. -the "N. E. C." as Portsmouth calls. Of course the crowding the National Engineering Corpora- · 1roblems. For instance: A rew hundred feet from the Atlantic Works ~ �mg house, Jong, tall, fla roo[eci. la.Les bacl~ to the building of the pa)er mill, now made over and enlarg•d in the shipyard. On the first floor hi~ boarding house has kilchcn and ,llning room, panlries and a slore. The next Lhrec floors hold about G0 men, one or t~o in a room. In the basement, sloping [rom open windows ·trc two large piles o[ rubbish. Over them wait splintery joists and floor lrnarcls. Tho ligh Uy built Rlrucluro has ouly one staircase, openly bulll of varnished pine. There ls no fire escape, nor access to ll\e roof. One of the lodgers..:...an arrival from Deland, Fla.-and the proprietor himself, an earnest Greek, agreed with me that chance of escape in case o( fllre left something to be wished. Tho Greek said that he and his partner wore Intending to put a fire escape at one end of the building. Until both ends are equipped, the- Portsmouth fire• department ought lo order emergency safeguards and empty the upper stories of their lodgers. •In the closely-built parts of Portsmouth, ordinary rooms are hard to find. They cost Croll\ $6 to $8 a week. b.i!n'.;~~S were not priced by supply and demand. For a ma.a and his wHe, indignant at the rents pr~vaillng. had taken an eight-room house and rented all tho space they could spare, al $4 a double ro01p. A common sight ls tho doorsleti Labloau o[ a young man a barely opened door; the man is always carrying a suit case; sometimes he holds a baby, while his wife does the talking. An ordinary workman expects to tlaY for room and board together al a.bout $10 a week. By crowding he may pay a ilollar or lwo less; in seeking comfort, he must pay much more. There are many small lunchrooms in , ...,,w,¥-"ii(.;a! town, managed usually by Greeks. At "IIam's"-one or the best known restaurants north of tho l\Ierrlmack - the 11:·icc:i arc adnllll.odly on It high i;ealc: ~leaks Crom $3 down, broiled "live:;," $1.60; lobster slow, ~l; wailt'rs Cow, but goocl-nnlurcd., Al lhc llocking-lrnm care I saw a noncombn lanl pay 21) r,rnts for a small hal<r(l polalo. without bulLer, as :t SU bslllulo ilom !'1 �Six Limited .Service Men i ~-1~- 1~1 ·Are. Called The •local war board has issueU 'a ' call for six men from the limited service , clas·s who will ~ntrain July 3 0 The men called are as follows: Andrew Russell Perkins, Lane, HamI,Jton. Winfield Scott Clifford, :\'fain st., Newton. ' John Harry Perkins, 390 Richards "v~nue, Por~smouth. . Benjamin Harvey Taylor, Newton. Louis JoseI,Jh Pintal, 3G7 Moody street, Lowell, Mass. Ernest M. Ward, r ti 3 street, Portsmouth. The board was notifl'.ed ing th~t the follo~vi'ng persons have l)een taken from the Emergency Fleet list at the L. H. Shattuck ship. yard: I ' Everett '\V . .Staples, Harold A. Trefethen, Ralph Coleman. Fr:ink H. Tuxbury, Ralph vVallace :vr_orrlson, Leonard Smith, Horace P. Seymour, -clobert ::-,,,:, Bruce, Charles S. Benjamin, ·CharJ.,es Gouse, Raphael Riendeau, Charles George Ewen. , ' • en i eave ~or"Camp Oeven Six draftees who were the local war boiu-d lert hero :f. 4 5 o'clock for Camp where they will train lor tional army. The men were escort-.,,".·.•~•·•,.· ed to the Boston and Maine railroad station by Sheriff Ceylon Spinney of tlie local board. Those leav,iug were Ernest L. Potter, East Kingston. George Moulton, North Hampton. George E. Cawell, Newmarket. ' Wallace S. Jackson, Portsmouth. llichard A. Clay, Rocldngham . ,Pacifico nathistelll, Biddeford. This wHI be the last of the old cl:1As 1, and beginning· In August tho men of the 19,18 registrants will ·bo The class of 1918 men are being examined by the board physician, Dr. G. E. Pender, at the rate of twenty per day and the medical ad' J:c;oty board are in session every 11non to take the cases referred to th cmfrom the board physician Li1nited Service Meo W1H Leave Next IWonday ~ . :5, WAR PERSONAL~. -,·.\"\li - ' Omer J. Comeau, 72 Atkinson st. attached to the 9th Co., C. A. C. now at Fort -Constitution, was made a , sergeant on Aug. 1. John Joseph Connors, 271 Hanover st., Naval Reservi'st, is at tile Training Camp .at Pelham Bay, N. Y. -.: Chaplain Curtis Hoyt Dickins Is at tl~e Philadelphia Navy yard. . Peter Petron!, formerly empJoyeu at Whit~house barber shop, is now with · co. ~, 309th Infantry, American Expedftionary Force in France. On Monday next ten r,re in the limited service class will leave here for Syracuse, N. Y. 'l'his i~ Urn second rail for the limilccl ::ervicc m ,) n- :tncl lhe me n who will go are as foJJows: Jeremiah J. Lynes, Portsmo11tl1. Walter A. Bagder, Portsnionth. F1~aucis Gray, J•ort~111outl1. I<ennicth T. Mc1nnis, l'orlsmo11tl1 Napoleon Merchaull, George E. Odiorn e, Jr., Dennis Carey, Portsmouth. Daniel Cn JJahah c, l'ort;;mon t11. Lyman T. MacDonall1, Portsmonll1. Arthur Muchmore, Portsmouth. Mr. Muchmore was lndu·c ted one of !lis turn, havin~ . volunteer r-,-. The board has a call for Ang. ,G [or Fort Slocum and the three men who will go are: George A. McPheters, Portsmouth; Oscnr C. nowJey, East Kingston, anu William Q. .. Rouse, Portsmouth. The latter ha s the ma~ine �SJRATHAM'S ~ .-. •.. 'i.r.:· I , •.- ROLL Of HONOR ,\lHS. RlCIIArtD M. SCA~DION,' Historlun. So many people 11avc as ked for the, aud resGes or variou3 men from hero, who aro in the service that we are printing a 11:it of Stratham men who are in the Sl) rvlce with their present addresses: Pvt. Wallace Odell, , ;\llsc. Quartermasters Co., Unit 2, American Ex. Forces. Pk IIarolcl P. Oclell, ~foauquarters Co. 10th l•'l"l<l Art. Ani e r1~ai1 Ex. Forces. Lewis Odell, Thatcher's Island, ,: no ckpqrt, Mass, I P1•t. H.alph :U:. Cowen, Co. A, 23rd lnfa11try, A11erlcaO: l!:x, Forces. Pvt. Slifrley "\V. Gowen, ~irtl A~ro Squadron, Lincoln, England. Pvt. Ph!llip W. laowen, 18th Co ., lu4th Depot DrlgaclE Camp Meade, Mel. Sgt, Harry E. West, llatte ry D, GGth Artillery, American Ex. Forces. / Pvt. Joseph Parks, Battery G. 51st Artillery, American Ex. Forces. Pvt. Ji're d D. Severance, . .14th Engineers (Railway), Carn Aclj. General, Washington, D. C. Ame rican Ex. Forces. 1 Edward W. Tuttle, Cox., U. S. S. Remlick, Care or New York Postmaster George M. Stickney, U, S, S, Matsonia, Caro or New York Postmaster: Corp, Robert C. Piper, Uattery B, 21st Field Artillery, American Ex. Forces.• Pvt, Leon P. Scammon, Oen. Hospital, .No. 12, Dillmore, N, C. · Corp, Harold Syphar::, !Jth Co .. U. S. c.· A. C. New Castlo, N. H. Pvt. Alclen Syph ers, 9th Co ., U. S. C. A. C, ___,.. _ are ·or New York Postmaster. •rt. P'-ercy n. I&rraoee, Battery F, 65th Field Artillery. American Ex. Forces, Freclerick S. Deals; U. S. Suhmarme Cilaatar l'i,1. 13, Care or New Yoi:k Postmaste'r; Pvt. Sllirley Godfrey, -· _.,·•: 7th Dal, 2Gtb Co., Depot ,Briga< Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass. Pvt. Lauris Godfrey, ( Co. · F, No. 84, 101st U. S. Eng. American Ex- Forces. Wagoner Lewis L. Lane, Battery A, G6th Artll!e.ry, li'ort Adams. Newport, R. I. Pvt. Carl D. Stockbridge, Trnck Co. D, 2ncl Corps, Park, American Ex. Forces. Pvt. Leonard H!Jl, ' Battery B, GGth Art!llery. Pvt. Vernon C. Boncl, ' 103rcl U. S. Infantry (Mecllcul). 1 : 1 American Ex. Forces. · 1 Pvt. Burton C. Caswell, Battery D, 103rd Regiment, ' A rtlllery, ,\ merlcan Ex. Forces. • l'vL. Edwin II. Scammon·, \ Co. D, 67th In fantry, B<Jaumout, Texas. · Pvt. IIorncc Craig, Hultcry A. :l03rd ITr.avy Artillery, ., American Ex'.' Forcef!. . ' I' r • Corp. Thomas Smith, Battery A, 303rd TTE1nvy Artlller/ American Ex. Forcos. 1 lJa,rold Caverly, ' .. : ,1 'l' ho.tcher's Island,· llockport, Mass. Pvt. Norman Edmunds, 26th Division, 101st U. S. Engineers American Elx. Forces. Arthur Edmunds, Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass. Nettle Edmunds, Nurse, Ba~e Hospital, No. 3, American ~x. Forces. f'vt. Warre..1 P. ~1>rlon, !24th. Machine Gun . .(Simeon A. Sha.w, .Historian.) Blake, Harold Russell Blake, Percival M. Brown, Abbott Brown, .Albert Acldison Brown, Percy Badger Church, Kingsley Dearborn. Dalton, Mlllarcl D . . DeLancy, Clyde P. Duubrnck, Er'n est Howard Fogg, Stanley Clarence Gallagher, Harry W, • llarland, Victor J. Hawkins. Leon H. · 1-Iobbs, Edwin Howard Johnson, Raymond A. Lamprey, James Mun~o~ Lamprey, Theoclore S. .',amprey,' Wllliam Hale Linclsey, Rupert '\V. ,Marston, Eugene E. Marston, Kenn e th Horks, Norton, Myron Jowell 1 Raclno, Wallace Paul Rockwell, Ernest H. Smart, Harry L. ' Smith, Ear! J, Stenger, Charles Hovey · - RYF,. (Dlake H. Rand. Historian) Brown, Arthur Lawrence BrO)YU , Charle3 R. Brown, .Turnes ·webster Brown, William Davidson, Philip D. n~:i.ke, Pe.rcy G. Elwell, John Russell Foss, Herllcrt 0 . FoRs, Ray Herbert G urre lt, ,vallace 11. Jenness, Forres t J.. ,T11n11 ess, I-Ie rl.Jert J. Johnson, Burleigh · Kelchuer. ,Harry; R. Le~r. Calvin Warren Morton, Rollo A, · Philbrick George Oliver Rand, Seth Edwin' Rand,• Wallace Elroy Remick, Albert• w.·Remlck, Austin F. Varrell, Ernest Milton w~·nott, Garlancl Francis GREENLAND. (Wllllam A. Odell, Hlstorlnn) Archibald, Clycle W. A rcltlbald, J oaep,h , Bar..ry, James Otis Bennett, Albe'rt W. Bennett, · Ev,erett Vf. Berry, ,Tames C. · Clare, Wendell P. Crowell, Alonzo N. Howard, William T. LPary, George E. Sheay, Barrie H. Wilbur, -Merlln H. · Woods, John A. �Then the Topeka crew was transEach night the ferred ,to various ships oof the flgh ting we_nt (l.own ,to the ho.r'JX>1· mouth and fleet, and Portsmouth was lett with def:cd the Germans--wlth two revolvonly the pat•rol boats and crews to ers and a Very pistol. _, represent the section. Commander The Reservists a,board the Topeka, Atwater was also detailed elsewhere at the yard, were glad to see the Alearly in Augn•st, and l!.t. (J. (l.) batros~ arrive in rortsmouth, ofor Brown, who had been Section Com0the"9' had been taken -down the harbor mander at Portland, Ma·lne, was asin the Penn.cook. thirty· at a time, •to signed to Portsmouth as Section Com 1• •bob up and down in the ground swell mander. -q.C.f~-Qunboat Shoal-to stand watches Lt. Arey was put -and haul the anchor in the morning, charge of the patrol squadron- here :1_ind. were feeding the fishes with until Lt. Brown arrived. mon·or.onous regularity. The latter at once established a An Intimate Narrative Con- _-_ ·tN·ot more than .four weeks- after this barracl<s for reserve patrol crews at first patrol l>oat went on duty, anoth1 cernii;ig Sixth Section Now the yard, and also a Seotlon iSuf\lllX er little ci-aft--the "Orea," slipped up Office-, where the rese-rves could buy a Thing of the Past. to the .navy yard, and collapsed. Iler their ou tfl ts. The section expande'd grate bill's had beE>n burned out on so r::1~1·ldly dul'lng r..t. Brown's regime (By Ensign C. W. Bigelow.) h:or run up from lJoston, and she wns that 1t became too big for the Navy :(everal weeks overhaullng at PortsTh,, Portsmo uth sect·lon was born ::ard to take 'c are o!, as the Yard lttinder the bar elnlster. Lllte Topsy- J\'IOU[,b. before: taltfng ·her place on ~~:r w::is growing more and more conIt j\lst happened. And this • is the patrol. 'JC3ted. Still another b=t, the "F.stclla," ar!> oiy of 1ts brief but checkered caIt was decided in March, 1918, to rived, and the "Endlon," from Portn:er . move the sectlon-bal'racks, boots and land, was sent to the ya.rd for re!lt.At the outset of the war, the suball, down to Kittery 1Cove, using the tlng. A dispute :Hose over the latter dlvlsl-0n o! the various naval districts Hotel Park.flleld as headquarters, anld Jnto ,;;ections had not been entirely ~!I. ~9 whether the state or Navy dewhe1l the authorities at Washington worked 0 ut, and Boston and Portland par,tment was to pay for her refit, but disapproved of this p~n, the section this was amicably settled-the Navy wi:,re ,the two New England cities Imfound 1t,self crowded tn a very small mediately c-hosen as patrol boat cen- paid, , place in the yard, with no hope of ters, while the other places on the Capta.ln Peck of the Topeka, at the obtaining room to expand furthe1·. ii"uggestlon of Lt. Ghent, who was coast north of Provincetown, wer.e At this date, th&e were iseaman se,nio~. pat•ol officer, chose crews for 1eft temporarily to shift !or •themloolrnu'ts stationed ae several of the several of these patrol boats, and a selves. outlying lighthouses and coast guard He·re at Portsmouth we grasped ,the regu1ar system oif i·oto.tlng -the boa ts stations of the section, and these refaithful old tus· Penacook, and sent on dut:.;, was decided upon. ported by telephone ,to the Section Another patrol boat was sent hert her down to the •harbor entrance evHeadquarters Jn the yard, the moveIn May, the "Venture," from Boston, ery night, whHe one of our fast and ments c,f every vessel in sight night ~.tii,uious thirty-five foot speed boats · and she wals in shape to at o·m:e' take and day. 'l'he keep e rs ln charge of her turn on patrol. She like the .circled the .Navy Yard Island at regthese lighthouses and stations gave A \batross, 'had a.· Boston, crew aboard. • Uli\'I' Intervals from sundown to suntho young re~e1·vPs invahmhle trainToo many thanlcs ca.nnot be given ,µp-~anned lly n. clvlllo.n crew from Ing In sl.;nul!lng uml dl'II_I with smu.11 to the people of Portsmouth, anll par, th~,boat shop. boa,ts:-and It wns the plan to send ticularly, to the IIefren.gers, to the · ,C,ipta,ln Howard, then commandant newly enrolled -men, aftet· a prelimin1 ''or.. the yard, was far .from sntisele\l, Barrett-Wendells, and the 'I'arbeUs fo-r ary pC"-l'lod of training, at thc barracl,s, their .girts of warm clothing n.nd the-ir with this makeshift patrol, and asl,ed before placing them aboard patrol. hospitality to these ,tyro ,seamen, for some re,gular patrol boa,ts to be to th ese stations, as the final step many of whom were away from home stationed at ,the y11rd boats. !'<one, hownver, were.,,o.vailable, and for the first time in their lives. Such The Doston and f'rovince.town 1-indnesses are not easily oforgotten. none could be ,promised for two trol b oats had b een covering much of fl'he sixth sJiip to be adde!1, to the months. th e sam e area in their tours of duty , patrol fleet was the "Alert," a -,tl'im .\l."·,,nt!me, there was q Naval Reand wh e n it was se en that th e- Ports little craft eighty-two feet long, and . ;r1·1. c·. cw Ir, Boston whose boat had mouth S ection would n e ver be able to as a reward for being the Clrst on the ~P~Jl ,-~Jcctetd as being too small for grow larg er, and might scene, the crew <Yf ,the Albatross with tc\:ve work, and their comandlng ofhave to va•c a,te the yard, It was deterone or two acldHions, was transferred ficer had v,lslons of himself and his mined to have the Provlnce1own to her and she was made the squadme/ being marooned at <the Ma~leboats talce over the area which they head Training, with meagre chances ron flagship. I and the Bos ton boats had been covLt. Ghent was detached from the of getting afloat. By a happy ering together-letting the Boston panavy yard in the latter part of May. thought, he telegraphed to Captain trol extend as far N o rth ns the Esles Due to his efforts the patrol fleet was Howard, asklni; I! his boat and crew of Shoals and the Portland Section dignified as the sixth section patrolcould. \ be used at !Portsmouth. as fait· South as t110 J.sle~, abso,·hlna the first official recognl tion of rorts•·•come at once, you wlll be immedibetwee n- them both the Portsmouth mou th as the Sixth section of the ately assigned here .on active duty" patrol and patrol fleet. was -the answer-and a week later, 1 First Naval district. Lt. Bro wn was -deta c hed and EnHis successor was Commander Atthe "Albatross" and her huge crew of sign Bige low, his Aid e, was appointed water, ,a.od Lt. Arey was- detailed as six • sava,ge hut sea-slclt enthusiasts S ection CO'mmander to close up the Aide to the Commander. dropped ancho:- off the yard. Section. Two weeks Inter the Sixth Meantime the patrol had been holdThe system of paying reserves who Section was officillllY closecl. Ing up and examini; o.11 boats enterwere afloat! had not .b een perfected Many or the oMlcers formerly atIng and Je-a.vlng the harbor~includlng !~ April 1~·17, to which ofact any tachecl to the Section are ·erving some Inoffensive li.l,shermen, who promember of the original Albatross crew with honor and g.allantry across the tested loudly but without avail. 'J'wo wLll bear loud and probably profane big p o nd, and m a ny-perha1>s fiftysmugglers we-re ca~tured by the pawitness. The h11nd to mouth existof th e r ese-rv es who wer e enrolled or t•rol, but no German submarines. ls"tertoee these boys led rfor the first station ed at Pol't'smouth have obl!'he seasickness had wo1;n off by few weel~s at Portsmouth, in a damp tained commi s sions throui;h this time, and the crews felt that they and on-soaked boat, where mildew ence obtained here, out tho.ugh in th e were cond~ctin,g themselves lil~e old would' ~orm on clothes le!t in the lnte,·P~_ts or efficiency the S ection was not Joclters for a day or two, most of salts, an opiplon which was ev e ntually d C"stlned to be discontlnuPd e fellows sea sick, and cal!Lng on shared, how e ve•r, by the regular not on e of us, office rs or enlisted men , , a. who were here a.t its inception, help just a Ii ttle sigh of rei;ret the Old Section ls no REMINIS.GENGES OP-PORTSMOUTH '.\''tOAST PATROL 0 �Tho l'o,·tsmouth reserves ho.d · the rii;ht stuff, too, and one J'ittle fortyfoot boat gave the Ii~ to its favorite song, "U-bont isn't meant <for U, U-boat ls11 't ,meant for me, lletcha-life that if I see a Hun I'm going to let that U - boat be!" by charging nn Americ:rn U-bonl which It couldn't identify. and tryinr; lo ram it! \Veil, enoug:1 is enoughthe story ts over. I TEN'MEN' LEAVE TODAY ·f OR ,oA T.. 'MOUTH COLLEGE 1 Ten young men will leave here this morning for Dartmouth coll-ege for special training for the national arm)'. The ten men r<'porteu at tho Local Do~u:cl at three o'clock on \ Vednesday nfternoon for their instructions from the lJoard. 'With two exceptions they are fl'om the new l 918 classification .and nrnclically all have been tnduc.ted out o[ the'ir turn aCLh Ir own ,·equc.>sl. 'l'he men will leave on the 8.4G this morning for I-Ianover and will nut In at lea s t two mouths at Dartmouth before uqing se nt lo som e cantonement or across the wat er to France. The men anu their call numbers are: 5. Kenneth Rnymond Knowles, So. Seabroolc 486. Ralp.h C. Clark, Portsmouth. 1 t07, Phillip \V. Tucker, Portsmouth. !l. \Villis lI. Little, Portsmouth. l l. Amu,·osC' 8. i\lclhnls, Pot·tsmouth. Hl. Asa. 11am, Portsmouth. no. Albert E. Quinn, Portsmouth. 126. florclon 1•'. Merrick, l'lalstow. 1 108. Harold C. Swe-etser, Por~smouth 131. James E. Colpil, Portsmouth. Tho Local Board have received a call for six limited service men to en train on August 30 fo1· Camp Upton, Yaphank, N. Y. There are 100 called ro,· the slate and aoo·o· OR K 1 1 THESE'C As a result of tho good work Home Service J)e~artment · o! ithe Portsmouth ,Chavter O~tld C1·oss, a n· other young s~ilor who was conlfl'lled at the naval hospital wit!'- tubercu losis has been released lo hJs: 1µu'ents and he Is now on his . way tb Arizona, "'here tlH' re ts every h<lprs that hf will once more bP wrll. As a rcsuLt or n recent visit to the hospital by Mrn. Lilrian Ham, asslst flnt at the Organized Charities who loo!, after the acll ve work of the Chairman Sise of the Red Cross, Mrs. Ham at the requC'st of. the lad wrote his parenLs i11 Pascaugola, Miss., tel.I· ing them or the condition o! the boy ancl what was be:ing done he1;e !or 'him. '.l'ho •lnd~ father immediately acknowl edged the Jette,· 1.Jy coming on to this city and v,isltocl his son at tho hospi tal. Through the Red Cross ·he made treatment for t,his scourge and arter a few days the application ed and the lad discharged. er was extrl'mely grateful Cross for their interest in the matter as he said ,that he woulJ not probably to 'have saved Lhe IJle lmmediat<'ly left for climate tho getting back Th'is branch of the Red in thi.s city is constantly increa sing and there is seldom a da.y but w'hat some very worthy case comes up. A few days ago a young woman called at the Orgo.nlzed Charities and stated that her ·husband was a prisoner at the Naval Prison. •She 'has j ust lost her first chlld nad had come on to see r.•:·•;'1-l.:•...-.J•s·,,,_ 1 h er husband , who 's ofCenso was t ha t """'"'·"'•:~•"'·~~!'1'/,,·•~:;l 'he had remained overtime so that he -.~i;,:frit',:F-~:,jcould be with his w'ife when she was slck. Her allotments and she was almost was taken caro of by the Red Cross and Jt shortly after developed t.hnt M1i;,;:...;,-::: s'ho wns lll with sympton The Hed Cross in was communicated with and ,promptly stated that they would for the girl in a. sanita.rium if would come back to New York: agreed to and tho Red Cross sa,v tha.t she was given the proper transporta• ,_,.,..,,".•:,·~ 1\~~:~~:;;~:iilt of the Travel• �'i 'iJtANTI£ HEIGHTS-WILL BE AN IDEAL VILLAGE ( ' ~Government Housing Plan at- Freeman's Point Showing Re·. markable. Progress---PerJ11anent and Comfortable Houses Provided a?6' ,s .J! -a. :magic hand had suddenly . trans- d'ori'nei:Cfrom old England to the rolling fields of the Piscataqua, one of i•ts ;Prettiest and best Ja,id out villages, it · ,would 11ot he much , mol'e wondel'ful tthan what the United State., Emel'igenoy li'Jeet Hoihslng Depu,l'tme,nt IHI.VP accompllshPd at l•'reem ::w's l'olnt, to house the thousand s or employens of ithe .Atlantic Corpornlion. ship buildi1A; ,company. Here- ' In the short space of a littl e 'over a _month has arisen a village of . !hous.eii, .. not ~hacks or mako shir.t tLf·falrs, ..but solldly built and · well cte18lgned. ·.permanent homes, built of l •orlck, with every appe-arance of l1;tst- , ing as .many centuries as some of the' old En·gllsh villages . from which the r·twould be on permanent ·lines, for idea, has been taken. , once t:he.y had Joolrnd over the magniUnlike however the English village dicent prospects of this rapidly grow1the hous~ at Freeman's Point are of ing plant, they had but one i·dea in ,the most modern structure, with heat, , view,-and th'at was that wa,r or no electric lights and modern bath, while •war, this ,plant was being built for all instead of the narrow streets will be 1 •times to forever hold a place in the ship building industries of •the Unithe broad modern stl'cet, so that out.1,;ide of the general app.ea1'ance as a ted States. ,whole the mod ern hou s ing village of Right at hand on -the ship worlcers beal's no relation to Plscatnqu11. river was an Jde:il site f or a village, high and ro1J.ing country the sleepy old town·s 'of England. W-hen the Emergency Fleet or the. (\Vllb a picturesquo outl~olc that could United States Shipping Board houshut a,1,1 ('OlllPllllll l' llt lo any tlWC'lll'I' ing , experts decided that to succosswithin its l>Ol'lkl'. f•'Ul'lllnat e fu t· thi~ lfully carry on the great worlc of build city lite Govrl'n mPnt <>xpcl'ts sc,le.ctril ~ng .cargo ships at the .Atlan-lic Corafil'm of architects, Kilham and IIop,p oratlon, it would be ve-ry necessary hncl -to furnish homes for the wodcm en, they rlghtfu1ly decided that if the!#.,_.,....,.,..._ _ _,,_~----.,.-~,---~~ government was going into the matter �abilily lo lldrn advantage of evl'ry bll houses have three rooms on each o! natural-scenery and who conlln11al- floor. En.ch house wli! be./ furnished ' 1y kepl in mind the h'islo1·y ancl colon- with a range, screens and shades by ial gio1·ies of Urn cily or which thiR the government, the occupan.t to furvillage- was lo become n. part. vVith n!f>h tho remainder of;their furniture. this nlways in mind L111•y went back Thero ts no gas, it beiug impossilo the old gngllsh slylc or village ble to hA.ve that furnished with the houses, smnll but n.tt1·actlve in depre~ent equipment of the local p)an.l. sign, and inlo this t!H•y have rollowPtl ·In tho double houses arrangements as far as possible the colonial !inC', of the city, many of the houses hav- ha\'e been madc so tha,t some of them \ .n , t.. _,... ,,...., lntn nnf\s hl'\nQo lH · r(' ing r€production on. :L smalle1· sen.Ir • I ll ! 11 • t lJ 111 '.\ II i11'11 11:11 • ll\•11-.,., I,\ , ,. _ of some of the best of the co Ionia I 11\fl\"lll~ .1 b1 ·1,·l,,·•I Ill doo1·ways. \\II"'" 1 d< t• 1·.1 :· l· 11( ;ti\\' ,•xra h1~•· At ,the very beginning they hacl l. 11111:, their men go over every bit or th<! 'l' li •· · :11 • l1 1t ·1 I •• lt.1\·" 1i 1d i11 1111111,,I 1lw ground and carefully fence !n nil 1\ •· •1q 11,~ .. r , .. ,, 11 1.,,111h tH , , ... ,.1 r. 1111d trees, piclurcsquo ledges, clumps or 11: 1\· .. p111\i,\t•d lt11ll :-. 1• ~ ~H tliut 1t \\ill bushes and In !act all of the naturnl t I. , J1 • • :- :-.1l d •• to1 1' 1• 1• li t 1;1rd1-rs a n d beaullC's or the ground that could bC' 1 1111 · 1" 1lw 11· h y d11:11g- ;i\\'11.\' \\Ill • :l11• possibly prcservl'Cl lo add lo tho Ona! i.:,, , , ,· 1 1•· , , ·, 11 1 11r 1., nu:~ 11·11111i:, .. lay out of the completed picture. This· l :.i ,· !1 11f tlll •q11 -1·t, ,II" r11 r f~ r, ,, t being accomplished lhey next laid thc :.J •· \\ 1: 1i , 1 11r·,, 11 1111 ,t :-. ,• 1 lt.11 :, r ,, vll!agc out $0 t!Hl.t evcl'y house would ,. i · 111 11 1... , • • \ \ f,:,•ti "1 !1 Ji,, 111 : 1d11 11 11.. get the maximum amount of sun and l 11 \ \Ill air, keepinge !n mincl nll of th£' l !me 11, \ \ 1 , I l' : • 1 1• .,f t· 1 11 : 1111 l 11' , i\,1111 • ll:t, tho completed picture, and stri\'inh !n 1 1 d1 • p 1 1 1111:: t.:;1 1.i , 11-~!1 ,tl e,vcry ,vay to break the monotony of ~11 .. iwn;,: .. in ., -. 11 ,. ! ,,. 11, 1 :-- :il l"-I H·d tlw so many houses erecletl on a unite ,. 1 11 ., 1 ,, 1 it, ,1. 11, . , ~:• u 11 r t i ll 111111 , , • 1 plan. • i' •'i" 1 1 1 11 t 1111 "l \\ 11 1 11 The space above the wharf on the height overlooking the rlver, has been held open, and in all probabl!ity thols will be used for more •houses for officials and employers who want to put more money Into their homes. In this way the buildlng ,cheme has been left open for enla,rgements so that a hundred or more houses could be eas!iy erected. Plans are •being drawn for a school house, and w!1lie these a.re not 'completeu as yet they are being worked out by ~he a.rchiotect.s and the bu!idlng committee of the school department of this city, who will have the Ona! acceptance of the plans. '.!.'he pi:eseu t plans call for a schoo'l house to lake care of at Do.st 300 children- !n till' elementary grades. 'l'he approach to this ward, which it will probably be, is from Cutts street and this is an entir ely new lay out. From the junction ~II road forty feet wide is being laid ou to a. point above the .A!t1anllc plan ,JI .j p .1:1,?:1·:.:: 1, ,I li d 1·. 1,·li }i , 111:-1•anct to the entrance of the village This was accompli s hed by varrini:; 11 ,1 11 I 111,1 \ I . I l\ t ' )1,-.; ·Thi~ will crosi, the railroad track on the, designs o( the buildings. '\Vith the Thf' stree ts arc a.II named aflor an overhead bridge-, so that the railgambr<'l roo(, they have mixed !n ,·h \ps that havo bPC'n built at Ports- rond crossing danger will be eliminthe pilchc,l roo( and with tho brick mouth, such as Kea rsarge, Ranger, alr tl e11tirely. h~uscs a. (ew frame hous<'s to break S,11·ator,-a, Porpoise, Crescent etc. The Ka.tionnl Engineering Company up the sameness. T-his with tho difTho streets will al! be ta.rvia. top. under the direction of its vice-Pres.; Ccrent ele,·ations o( the houses has \\'Oil graded o.nd a.t the present timP , l\fr. Barrows, have made a. rema.rkasucccss(ully brolcen up tho "built to l'ho sewer pipes and water ma.ins are bie record in thc conslrucllo11 of this Ol'der" effect that is so prevalent in bC'ing l, id, a special eight inch water great housing proposHion. '!'hey have al! o! such building schemes. '.!.'ho v!lthe cornet· of n. force or upwa.nls of two thousand .lngo will hnvo nono of tho xct n.p- pipe hl'!ng laid from mPn ant! they are worlcin,g pract!cally 11cnrnnco of tho mill town constru1·- J)ennl'tt slrc-.c t to the plant as the oltl ail of th~ t!mP, as long as daylight six inuh main wa.s not consldered Llon, w!lh hu11urNls of houses lM11ll!asl5 and Su11days with the result large enough. The wires are all be- c111!y a.like nnd monotonous to a. pain~ that the progress being made is asful oxtr'eme. · ,ini; laid In underground conduits. !11 achlition to the houses there- arc toi1ishing. '.!.'hey have al! of the sup'rhe present order is for three huneight dormllor_ies, for the single men. plies needed, the Emergency Fleet dred houses, and a.t the present lime These are all l1nishe-d and a.re now purchasing a.ll or the materials, ium.-· 115 arc well unil e~·ay ancl one b being occupied, the wo1·kmen !Jaying ber, brick, c€menl, etc, and shipping 1 Ill' :t s,trcct,. has a ir<'n tly llccn tu $3 per week for theit· room. Ther;e it to the plant in great quanllt!es, In ovcr, as b<'ing l'l acly fl'1· tho fam builuings arc laid out at the e11d nea1· regards lo this there has been some 'l'hc conlracl for creeling- the ho est the plant and racing ,the village. criticisms over the fact that brick They a.re 30 by 120 feet and two stor- 1rns shipped from Troy, N. Y., but it int: cornµany and th ey rtl'<' makln ies high and are very attractive look- is known that these bl'icl,s are landed woncl<'rful rcconl, a n<l ron fiden lly ing, the outside finish of stucco. They on the- job, freight and other expenses hnY<' c nlire village comp have none or the barracks appearance paid chea.pel' than any of the brick wr-ath ":- . that would he expected, but are pleas- yards in this secllon would Lid. The 'i'hPl'P :tl'l' t hi ~t." si~<' S or ltuUH('S ant homes for the men. '.rhese build- Emel'gcncy Fleet is seekin•g to erect room!!, fi\·e and six rooms. In the ings each of which will house forty the village at the cheapest possible n1·st named tho rooms a.re all goocl men, each man having a single room. price consistent with good work a.n<l :-il:.:e, or rather a comfortable size and On each floor there are three shower mateda'. and with this in view based on the needs and usual desire baths, nncl one tub with the lavatories shopping all over the country tor of tho workingman. There arc single an,l toilet s , and there is also a lounge materials at the best price. 'l'he governme•nt inspector in charge :wd uou!.tlc hou ses but the double or ,smoking room where the men ca.n houses are so co11st1·uctecl, with their congregate for social life. The dor- of the work is A. C. Schenhoff, who and will be has been on other housing proposi::;eparate c11tranc~::; and the fire anu milorics arc furnished :,,ou11t1 proof wall::; between them that maintained by the i;ov(lrnment under tio11s and he states .that at no governthwy aro f11r bc~lL·r than the mrnn! the cl!rcct!on of tho Atlantic Heally ment plant or ship yard 'hns tho work been us well done as here. 'l'he dormldouble house !tka. leach houso hits a compa11y. 'l ho plans at present provide lh:i.t tories are more attractive o.nd better flnc cellar, tho fou11dat!on of rock Ja!tl in cCl\lCIIL a11Ll ll'llh :t ('Ulll' rotc •lhC' 'hollH<'s may be pu1·chnscd by the bullt o.nd the houses are fat• more pre - ..,_...,.~.....,,,.,•r but this tentious and attractive than at l!oor. They arc high ,;tutldcd a.nd well workmen on Installments, there is a furnace, has not dcOnite·Iy been worked .out as housing plan Yentilatcd. llcre country, house a.nd yet. to the the size varying The architects have a plan for layThe accompanying cut is but a laundry tubs. On the first floot· there it is a hall, al both ,tho front and rear Ing out a community cenle,r and with tion of one of the streets entrance. A large well-lightetl kitchen this in view they have not allowed loolt when finished. and a parlor or living room, size 11 the beautiful pine grove overlookin-g 1-2xl6 feet. On the second floor arc two bedroom. and n bath room . One the river, to the south of the wharf has an alcove so to be molested. It is the p1·esent plan o( tho bedrooms that it may be divided into two smal- to make a considerable fill adjacent ler rooms. Over this floor under the ,to the wharf for a base ball and genroo! ls a Ja.rge storage room . The five era! play grounds, room houses contain three rooms on will be preserved as a recreation !'he gr -ound floor kitchen, dining room ground. A modern pier wi~h possibly 11 nd l!vin • room wh!io the six room 11 �SEVENT'EEN MEN . WAR PERSONALS . . _ ... _ ft- -10-11 ' Oscar T. Olsen, who ·lrns gone ·(crossi is with Ambulance Corps 314, •Jrganlzatlon 304, Sanitary Train ln 79th divlsiOn, A. E. F. He enlisted trom Holyoke, Mass. right alter we entered the war 'and •was sent to Fort 3locum,· from there he went . to Fort Oglethorpe ·and then to Camp :vread•1. When in town he makes his home with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. G. Marshall. Loukos Coussoule of 39A Danl-:il street ls with the 1st Co., C. A. C., Fort Howard, Maryland. Hugh Liljehult oe 92 Cns1:1 street i1:1 attached · to ·the Portsmouth yard. ., 1 Pern· L. Eaton of 5 6 8 Islington ,treet Is with the 39th Co., 10th Bat. Depot ' Brigade, Camp Devens. James Otis Berry' of Greenland !s .r wer across fighting the Huns. John J. Moran, 6 Jewell court is ' ln F1rance, Fred L. Martin, 4 4 4 :;:>Jeasant street s In France. Orman R. Paul, OG Chestnut street •·s· ln France. , Patrick J. Crncly, 4C7 ·h ·cet has gone acros9. Oscar ·r. Olsen, 303 :vllller avenue., 1 .Fo'1fc·,ui,·0EVE'NS Aq, 2j- lZ Fobr men ,were sent from the local ,var ,Board on Tuesday, one, Jame& Edward Butler, was sent to Hampshire college to fill a vacancy caused· by the rejection of and three more were sent Devens to fill vacancies. They we're, Arthur 1Pratte, Newmar· ltet, •1\Ianson li'owler, 1S0. Seabroolc, and George E. Smart of Portsmuth. The following men have been called for August, 28 for Camp Dcven·s. \Vl,th the •first three exce11llons they from the 1918 class. Themen their .order numbers are: 1593 Ray C. Brackett, Portsmouth. 1496 Hany J. Cronin, J"lor,tsmouth. 1651 Robert I. McCartney, Kingston 97 Bennett A. Decoste, Pol'lsmo,u th , · Volunteer. 43 Ernest IBlanchette, >Newmarket. 44 Clarence W. Warner, Newton Jct. 48 Ovlde A. Levesque, Portsmouth. Nonis Trefethen, Portsmouth, Paul J. •Bailey, P ,ortsmouth. 56 Harvey S. li'ogg, Seabroolc 57 Ed•ward J. Marcotte, Newmarket. '59 Edward S. Jones, Portsmouth. 60 J.oe CrLmo, .Portsmouth. 6t Philflp E. ·Seavey, Portsmouth. 66 A1;thur G. Pandells, .:Portsmouth. Patric!, L. Bu tier, Portsmouth. Arthur J. Lefer, Portsmouth. Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Klrvan, Port1>mouth, have two son-s and two 7 . daughters In the sc-rvice. 3 1Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Hersey, '.Portsmouth, have- three sons In the service.• , Mr. and Mrs. Henry Timmons.Ports mouh, have three sons In the service. Mr. Jacob' M. Durard, 'Portsmouth, •has three brothers in the service. Leave for . k, .1.~\ Camp Devens ,i Sixteen dr:iftces lefl this Devens, Ayer, MllHH., e11ter lite National army. Thn men were aceomp:rni1i1l lo the rnllrood station by siierif[ Spinney o[ lhe loPhilill HrarHord Seavey o[ this cily was In command and Harry James Cronin sPcond In command. The o'ther mGmhm·s of the party were: Jlay C. llrarkell, Portsmouth. Hobert Irving_ Mcr.arlnGy, Bennett Arlh nr Decoste, J~rnest Dlanchette, Newmarket. Clarence William \\Tarner, Newton Junction. Ovidc Albert T.eves(lue, Norris 'l'ret[elhcn, Hye. Paul Joseph · Bailey, Portsmouth. Ilarvey Stephen Fogg, SC'allrook. Joseph Marcelle, Newl~dwar<l Sumner JoneR, Porll:11111. _Arthur George Pandeles, month. Pa'trlck Leo Duller, Portsmonlh. Antonio Jules Lefebre, Newmar- ket. Joe Crimo, the seventeenth man , ...., ... , 1 , .• ·:.1 of the draft, entrainer! from Portland, whore he was employo<l. Chase, Seabrook·. Rowell, Newton. 330-Norman Horrocks, Ports238-Gay N. mouth. 396-Oscar B: Steward, 1135-Carroil W. PorlR111011lh. I _2013-J,nmes J. Hickey, mouth. The following limited service men\ Two additional men were calleil Jett at 8.45 this morning for Camp for Camp Devens to leave .Sept. 2. Upton, N. _Y., to train for the na- They ·are: 1494, William A. SlickThe men and their or- ney, Hampton, a1~d 203!.i, Coggiano, Portsmouth. LlMITED SERVICE MEN LEAVE FOR (y\9ic up ~O\?j Al,1 UPTON l �w.~,1 . l,PPOl~J 1BO ARD -TO / ' SERVICE FOR . RGULATELABOR·SUPPL THESE MEN ~-..-r .. The following men from Division 1 of Rockingham county havo been selected for training .for limited service in the army and will lcnve on Sept. 5 for Camp Upton: Edward Ames Drown, Portsmouth. James Mccann, Portsmouth. Frederick Gregory Smith~ Portsmouth. Arthnr J. Trotlier, Newmarkel. Josiah \V. Varney, •ewmarkot. Charles , lf. ·Wal kor, L'ort1m10uth. Charles Augus\us Ortla, Porlsmouth. Ralph Douglass Marshall, SeaMarvin Fisher Young, IIampto'n. Samuel Slacy Whidden, Portsmouth. Hermon R. Eaton, Seabrook . John \Valter Stevens Chase, Seabrook'. Donald R. l\IcDougall, Portsmouth. ·wallace Joseph Ayer, Stratham. ,Charles Alllert S1>llkor, Portsmouth. James Valentino Smith, Greenland. Herbert Knight Doll.Jy, Portsmo1,1th, '' c'•IIIJ' Ralph R. Drackctt, Greenland. Austin Wallace Drown, Portsmoup1. Jlarol,1 Pag-o Nuson, Kingston. lluroltl LCl!oy Vow, l'ortHlllOULh. Thurman Allen Priest, NowmarChester Arthur Dock, Ports- Sidney Harrison Estabrook, Kimi.Jail, ton. Volney C. Dallgcr, Portsmouth . ,,,,.,_.___,,..t _ At n roprcscnlalivo gathering or gavo government's aims ' and cmployon; and cmployocs or thl'> d•..r in the matlcr. and Yicinity !Jeld at the l'vrt.,mouth Doth ho and ,Mr. Sawyer polntec\ Theatre last evening State Direr:t.or out Lile great need of some rcgulaof Lal!or Enos Sawyer or Franklin liou o~ the labor supply between · ui[announced the appointment o[ the fcrent communities and e1•en states, followitlg Portsmouth Community to prevci1t the flocking of labor from Doan!: Dr. J. IL Neal, representing one place to :mother at the I.Jld ol the United States Employwent Ser- higher wages. Mr. O'Connell pointvice; Col. IL C. Taylor of the Uale cd out as a concrete example of the Sho1r' Co., representing the employers, nature of tho work, by relating what and George A. Cate of the navy yar,l was done at a conference at Boston r,~presenting the workmen. 011 Tuesday. T!Jere has been a Upon tbeso men will fall tho task great shortage of (umbermen in ll1c o[ regulating the labor supply In the SJ)l'UCe ca111p in the northern part or . • I Portsmouth tllstrict, which includeu this sLnto, where the spruco Is 1.Jelni: all or_ the towns m1 far as Sea l!rook, made ready for tho hydroplanes !or ~,i;;,,:-.::1.:.,lc"J Newington. Greenland, l{Jye, tho the navy. An application was madL J lamp tons, New Castle and Strat- to Massachuset~s for unskilled la1 ham, so that the war work will not bor and It was refused on tile ground )Jc deprived of needed workers, while th~ they needed It over there. At tho non-csscnlial industries have la- the confereuco the government rep1 1.Jor in plenty. rcscntatlves showecl that It was This organization ls in lino with more essential that tho spruce should the government plan of organizing be secured and as a· result a large the labor of every part of the number of men will be released from United States for the United Slates :\1assachusetts for this work. Employment Service. It ls conComing nearer to home, the Atsiderccl by the government the next !antic Corporation wants_ 1000 unmost important mat'ter to t·he actual skilled laborers for the shipyard and miljtary 11rogram, for upon this or- housing work. gani.r.ation of the workmen will in u fut;ed in Ma:;sach usetts ~real measure depend the success o.' have put the ma.~ter up to the UniteJ he :;oldicrs who aro lighting thi;; States J!;mploymcnt Service and it •reat hatile of Jil.Jcrty. v;ill bo adjusted. .\t the meeting Mayor Ladd pro, :\Ir. Sawyer announced , that itl cd 0. 111! cx1n·cs:,;cd his warmest av• p~rmanent employment office wil' prov.ii o( the cnlirc program. An bo opened in this city, that it other :;]leaker ,vas T. J•Jd ward Cua - I.Jc in charge , of Richard Hingham of Munchcstor, uud Slato who will I.Jo · trans[orred Director ]!]nos Sawyer, \vho out- Dover office. Tho local community lined tho government plan. They I board 1vill organize with Dr. ' Neal ll'. li.'ii~:.'.Z'illi'C:~ were followed by l•'!old Organizer I cha lrman and they will begin worl, Daniel T. O'Connell of Boston, who ::i.t once. I I i I �ASSIGNED 1TO DUTYtWlfH THE · WAR BOARD -- i'll ~ The local War Board today received a call for. six men to entrain :or New Hampshire College at Durham on Sept. 19. T·he men are wanted as 'blacksmiths, carpenters, con~rete worke-rs, electricians, 33,se en~ine men, mach,n;!;l?S nnd truck driv·erii. Volunteers' ror t:1,.se p_osltlons will be received up to Sept. l O. The board· today issued a call for two men who will serve as clerks for the local Qboard. The men are Ernest Carleton Mooney of 3 4 Highlanrl street, l"urtsmouth, ana Arthur Furber Brown of Kingston. They will leave here tor Camp Dcven'!I on Saturday, Sept. 7, and after receiving" their clothing and necessary trainIng wlll take •up their duties at the office of t,he local boa;rd. TWENTY-SIX MEN OFF 'FOR CAMP UPTON ◄ , I This morning twenty-six limited John Walter Stevens Chase, Seaservice men left on the 8.45 train brook. for Camp Upton, New York. The James L. Fields, Hampton. men were In charge of TI.nssell D. Wallace Joseph Ayer, Stratham. Badger, lead er, with Charles If. Charles Alhert 8J)ilker, PortsWalker of this city and •rhurman A. mouth. Priest of Newmarket as assistants. Jnmes Vnlmitine Rmith, Greenland . 1 The new arm bands were used for Herbert Knight Dolby, Portsthe first tim e. They are of kh:i.kl month. with the letters "U. S. . A." while \ Ralph cleR. Brackett, Greenlnncl . PortsAustin Wallace Drown, the leaders have bands with "S. P." standing for special police, on month. lfaroln Page NnRon, Kln~ston. Under , the new regulal101rn Haroltl Lertoy now, Portsmouth. the leaders are rondo special miliThurman Allen Priest. Newmarket. tary police while In charge or tho Dock, Po rtaboard to tho ' Chesterr Ar~hu mouth. camp. Sidney Harrison Estabrook, New'l'here was qufte' a good sizer! crowd of friends and realtives at tho lon. William Russell Kimball, Newton. depot to •bid . them good-bye. Volney C. Iladger, Portsmouth. Included in the party were , two r1ll,ll;s ot br~thers, Frederick Gregory h ........---,,.,.....-~--...-------.., a11d J:imos. Valentine Smith, an<l Russoll..D. -Alld. Volney C. Ilatlger. The list or ,draftees was i;s fol1dws: ''Edward Ames Brown, Portsmout!1. Russell D. Badger, Portsmoutl1. Frederick Gregory Smith, Ports- I I Arthur J . Trottier, Newmarket. Josiah W. '!arney, Newmarket. 'Charles H. Walker. Charles -Augustus Ortla, mouth. Ralph Dougl dss Mn.rsh nJI, Marvin Fisher Young, Hampton. Stacy Whidclen, �. FD -------SIP .Arrangements have ·been nuul e t,y Wages are good; shower bath inH. Drann, representing th o 'Nat- stalled; single lleds provided-all for ional Engineering , Co .• and Federal $ l .:iO Pill' week, and Nardini is furDirector Everett W. Lord or the n~shing good meals at the ra.te or . . 3.ic for breakfast and supper and Massachusetts U. S. Employment, 40c for dinner, wi 1th the privilege of•""',,._._.,, Service, f~r the recruiting or at least\ paying ~ess if a,ppetite dictates. 600 unslolled laborers Lo work on• It is tho '])urpose of the National ,houses at Por,tsmouth. \ Engineering •Co., which· has charge 'l'he number µromiH<'ll IJy Director , or the general construction work at Lord was the minimum, and if pos-1 -the Atlantic yard and several others sil>le one thousand men will be re- in New Engl~ud, to •provide ,three cruited to 1irovitle housrng or .the hundred ,h uuses with modern con.:: men working at the Atlanllc ~hip- veniences, imm ediately, • for · th~ .building corporation. , wor,kers who wil go to the shipyard'. 4 'l'he recruiting willr he I.lone It was the purpose to 11rovide fifty through the four offices of .the u. s. of these houses ,by Au g. luth, but ];:m11loyment Service in Boston, an<l labor conditions made this imtiossiH Lhero arC' ll\(')I in ew illllll))Hh irl\ 'h lr.. With the 11nders,landingr...,".'"~ n. desirlous of ~ssisling in this va.Lriutic reached between Mr. Urann and Diwork they should get in Vouch im- rector Lord or the MasachuseLts 1!1mmediaLely with the nearest U. s. cm- pJoymcnt Service, this will be possiploymenL office in their vicinity. At presen,t , men working at the ,A,t,!antic cor-poralion are living in tents and these must be provided for hefore the cold weather sets in. .Otherwise, work essential to the conduct or the wa.r mus,t be held u1/ until the spring. 1\1~. Brann says tha.t new •barracks to accommodate four hundred men are already ready for the men who wil\ work on this ble. The importance o[ tlus wo:·k ean •better be understood when cd ,that two or three men would be required to do one man's these houses :\"e not ready for thE men when cold weather sets 111 . Mayor Ladd Is co:,?JJCraLing 11eo.rti!Y with Mr. Drann and State Director J~nos K. s~wyer and National Field Organizer Daniel T. O'Connell, �PORTSMOUTH EN-ANSWER \ Port::::nouth did her· duty yester- working on this for several days and the rooming house district as •,1 t.cn nearly 6000 men between last week and the first of this week a:; the congested district about the .. (; ;ca of 18 and 46 years dn-1 made a business of It al the Shattuck north end and the registers there had ,· Uncle Sam's call. and Atlantic shipyards, whlle the their hands full the entire day, They ;,, single accident or unusual' men from the navy yard were taken practlcaly doubled their registration :· .ppened throughout the day, 1 care of at the office of the local o( 1 !J 17 and the other wards all went •-J.n without doubt stepped in '_board in this city. over. In all of the wards there was ,, lace at the elbOJY of the regThey rather figured that they had veJ'y ' little delay_ ,strE with feeling in 'iiis heart that the work cleared ·,up but they were The navy yard workmen were althe 11. ty he was performing was one rail ly swamped on Thursday, some lowed two hours time off ln differof which he was proud. In every men being as far away as California, ent relays and the men at the shipcase a \ sincere effort was made to so that it will be. weeks before their piu :; plants w.ere allowed the necesassist the registrars to make rapid cards get to them'. The b~ard had , ar y tim e off. progress , In the, work of registration the a ssistance in addition to the l ~ is to be expected that there arc thus ke~plng no one in line waiting clerk, of l'ive ladies and ~hey worked son:e who failecl to register and who any con slde_rable length of time. steadily and it was well along to nine ,,.-ilJ come around tomorrow, · They Somo of Portsmouth's most promi- o'cloclc when the last were disposed ~re the type who woultl be late, anynent L11siness and professional men of. 'l'horo were men from all 1iarts wny atHl nothing will be !lone to them reglst ered, a great majority of them of the country, antl in adit!on some pro , i<llng they have any kind or an ·b eing well within ·the age limit. men from steamers and fishing ves- exc'I.Jse. The local board No. 1 estimated sels in port. A small estimate of the · 1 hrough the last 11.•ght that the registration ha.cl number of cards Issued du.ring the mini Bousch the commandant of gone .,.t least a half over the esti- clay in this office a}one is 900. the navy yard, the naval band gave mato ' :or this ' district. The estimate The board have received / from out "two excellent concerts on Pleasant rwas !.: 737 and the board's estimate of the city, th·e cards of 36 men who ,tl't·•' t afternoon and evening. This !ast .right based ~n what meagre re- claim this city as their home and 19 ie::c, .lent band made a great hit with iturn: they had receivetl and upon for the various towns in the district. the lar~e crowd that enjoyed the evt-he < 1: ls for extra registration cards, ln 11.ddltion to this work the board eni1 ·g concert especially. 'Will ·Jc about 4000. have been called upon for extra sup'i '.1e local board wish to have the II was rather expected that this plies from nil parts of the district. mm, who were late sending in their ,city v ould exceed the estimate macl~ Prn cticnll:v every ward in this city cnr .· s lo their home cities and towns o! 01 , and a. third over the fir~t ri,c;- i rn1 nut of cnr<ls and ha<l to call for unC ir:,;tan<l that there will be more 1 tstr:-. ion and It will probably• go con- ::n ·nxtrn Jot and nt one time there ,or •s R clclay before they get their slden.ble over that. ' H::·•, nn iclo11lific(l.tion carclH Jcrf'l!ntil rr,1:· -n e*nls, and for them not to i-;et Practically none of tl}e chief re~- ti. :,1;:-ipl y arrived on the evening train 'wo:···ied and not to bother the local 1sterr. of the local w::t.rds, had made fro1 :1 Concord, brought clown per- ·~n;, 1-cl, who cannot help them at all. their report last night, • they haying sow.illy by Adjutant General How- 'Th• :r cards will 'ltlltil this noon to complete It, for anl, who accompanied by Governor r:--....,.._ _...,,.,....,.,_.,..._.,.,...,...._ _ _ __ _ i I J I ithero Is a considerable number o[ r<r.:v r.s made n tour or some of the questions to be _answered npon the 'cltios, arrivin~ hero 'J'ltnrs!lay evcnreport. The figures nvallnble were: in~. 'l'hey visited the war board ant! Wnrd 1, 721; Ward 2, 6Hi; Warrl 3, r,on, ri or the wnrdR. 262; War-d 4, ~88; ward ; 6, 210; a\ Tiley re11~rtccl that thero hn!l been total of 191.6. · cnlJ·1 for extra supplies from many of 1 In addition to this number of reg- ,the boards through the state . and !strants In the wards, the local board tho11ght that the state would go way lb.ave taken care of between four and ove•· its estimate by the provost marfive thousand absentees, possibly the shal general's office. largest nun;iber (qr any one board in Ill this city ward one ·h ad the larlhis state. The)'•'boarcf'- have · been1 goh regist~ation, it is I �t Men . rg ' •' 7r .• -J •' ·:--SfflP.._; Al.. ' S...o/~I I~- 1q12 Called I I Eight goncral service mllu left l11is morning for Durham on the 8.45 Lrain whore they wlll/ tnlco n course of special training for the National arm.v. The draftees included Mark Frederick O'Brien, 113 1-2 Bartlett street, Portsmouth. Otis Raymond Garland, Hampton. WIiliam Everett Mercer, 161 Thronton street, Portsmouth. Harold Emerson Noyes, Hampton. Edward S. Lamie, Newnelds. -Merlin Walker Noyes, 920 Middle road, Portsmouth. 'Frank William Veroncau, Westfield. , Oral Allen Page, n. F. D. No. 1, ·NEWINCT Tiu~ . 3,?00 ton wooden cargo Ammonnosuc was launched at -the yard , of the L. IL · Shattuck Inc. ·at Newington this afternoon. • The vessel ls th,e fifth one to b~ !aunchcd at rthis Yard this summer. It is named •for .one qt :New · l;[ain'f shires rivers. " ',.· , . , .... •:,~ ' ,, . Mrs; Jackson, ·wif1 Of RolJert Jackson, vice president ' of the · corporation, acted all sponsor. - .. ilble to _' secure the services of any ,;,.;...;:..;...:..;;;:.~.:;,.....,:~.:..:.:.....i~"1;..:.:,;;.~~£~..;.,41ther nurse. Miss 'Elizabeth Murphy, .he other Red Crpss' nurse, is ill in · ied with influenia ' a.nd ' Dr. \ A. L. 'tone, also attached to the local santary organization has been stricken vitJ< thi malady. The health depart'1.~nt is crippled and makes an appeal ·or help. It is understood that a number of Portsmouth women have taken special training for home nursing. If this Nurses, trained, experienced, grad- •s true, there is now a golden opporuate or otherwise, are urgently need• ~unl ty for some or all of them to vol~d at once at the Emergency Influen- mteer their services i{nmcdiately and m Hospital opened Monday . by the 1ssist the health authorities in carIealth Department to care fo.r per- lng for ·these unfortunate cases that ;ons suffering from grippe or inf!uen- must be given medical ang nursing ;a and who 11ave no suitable place in ttention . .Let them show their met.vhich they could be cared for. There 1 ,by offering their services now . are a large number in Portsmouth. rained or graduate nurses are not who have come here to work- in the necessary. Anyone who ·can take orcare of the sick can help, Miss iavy yard and in the ship yards. dinary Rowell will • be able to rcmain on du\,lany are lodged in rooming or board- ty until Wednesday: morning 1 but it ing houses and when they are taken will be necessary to relieve her at sick they have absolutely: no one to that time. care for them. Housing conditions In addition to nursing care, generhere are lamentable. Many of the al house workers are needed, to ook :asos of influenza have occurred [or the patients and to do general imong these men and the hospital cleaning work about the hospital Invas opened in 9rder that the best cluding care of the laundry. A janiiossible care could be given them. tor is also needed. Fancy sala,ries can These men form part of our large not be Pl!rid and should not _be lool~~d ndustrial army that is so vital in the [or In such an emergency. Some may •Inning of this war. Portsmouth object to serving In a hospital caring hould be proud to extend itself to [or influenza cases but if a Red Cross are for these men when they are nurse can give this service anyone aken sick, and yet until this emere- else should be glad of the opportuniency hospital was opened they had ty. Influenza and pneumonia are ·o place to go. much less dangiirous than many other The hospital will care [or about 20 diseases and Red Cross nurs~s do not 1ases and more can be taken care of hesitate to go any,vhere. f necessary. The patients will be exIt is hoped that this appeal for help ,ected to pay actual expenses and re- will reach those who have proclaimain their own physician but no one ed their desire to "do their bit" and -vill be turned OU t. help win this war. They are needed. In order to care for these patients No better opportunity will offer itself it the hospital, nurses will be needed in Portsmouth. 1,nd the demand for nurses has been Applications or, requests for infor'.:1eavy. Miss Nora Rowell, ' a Red mation should' go to Dr. Paul Preble Cross public health _ nurse on duty of the U. S. PubUc Health Service at , .._..,,.-.J•N~1:,1o,:;u here, volunteered to stay at the hos- the -Cltyi Hall, telephone number :iltnl Monclay night ns It was impos- R38-W. eeded �it's thrlll!ng to hear lhe ' JOYS l cscr!bo that drive-The Drive! I shall be glnd to hear that yon are having my letters'. I've half a mind to cable. I've a lot of letters to write for those boys who died-to their mothers.'.__the hardest task yet. many, but some of them were such fine lads: and as one or my jobs ls to report to Paris the weekly conrlit!on of the very sir:k, I get lo know , The following letter from Miss They have loaned us the littlo them ,pretty well. 1 Huldah Saller, who is now. dolng sohool for our · canteen. · It has Just as I fancied, everything thal I ' Red Cross work in France, will be shower baths for the •boys, .and a ever has come my way looks small read with Interest by ,her many hnl1. We have writing , roo~ _of to me now in comparison. But J , clays and "cinema" at night •and wish I could pull a boat load 1 friends in this vicinity·' \ • , clgaretteB, chocolates, chewing gum, holperB :o tile French si1or(,;;. Amcl'icm1 Hell Cross. ' etc·., as Jong as they last to ,buy at The tinge of autumn is In the (Croix Rouge Amer!calne.) 1:ommlssary prices. I am going to here. It already, 11rcsage3 lhe French .Sept. 1, 1918. tell you that there is inuch ·b itter- winter though 'so!:10 days it has Base Hospital. ness ago.inst ·the "Y" • over the been tearfully hot. The heat ,va£ Dear Ruth 41 and Father:- , .harges, \ but every feilow every- so harcl on the poor gassed boy~ This ls my th!rcl Runday here. where -can't say onougll for tho untl ror tho 1mc11mo11la paltoulK, too. Our hospital has .g rown from some- alvatlon Army. There ls one grand W'e"vc had an awful dose of ppnni~l · thing over five· hundred ,patients to glorification of it. I have my apart"flueo." nearly sl;_teen and promises to mcnt over_.the cant~en and "WoOrleans ls tremendously interestdouble the size an-q,more, I've seen an's Bureau in the cloak room. ing, but no time yet lo explore. l the wdunded eome In over. five hun- rho chaplain has another · c/oal, put· in very long days, but one jusl dred at a time-fine splendid fel- room; the captain, Red Cross, ancan't get so tired because one get!· lows-and/l've seen all but , a few other, and a "toute a fait" French so much more than they give out or of them steadily Improve .• The sur- couple out of a geure picture "conit, and every patient gery ls _wonderful; the relief rrom cierges" us all. It's all tremendoustlni gas :is equally marvelous, but ly ·interesting, all bjlt the 'everlast- gr:.terul for ll>e least done for him--you can't imagine lhe pluck and grit ot them is worlh ing reports that have to be made how intensely J1 uman, entirely flne crossing many seas or going through and sent to Paris, and none can in most eases all these lads arc, anything to see and to feel, and in read my writing. Th~lrl at the and I just wish I had full kit2 with this work I come· to know many of cable desk in the "Paste' ~<positively everything possible for their comthem well, hear their experlence3 refused to take another unless typefort to give every one ot the whole and their description or things, In written. One of my jobs ls · cabling l GOO, and all tho writing paper ant! the drive· and out. The first oves for the patients; another Is cashing cigarettes they could ever want and that arrived were those that came checks and money orders. Capt. a mountain oC Lowney'R chorolates. out of the fight going on when we Merrill, my C. 0. (Red Cross comI never dreamed anyone could conlanded. Our own New England mantling officer) said they woultl sume so many chocolates or chew so boys, many ot them, and many from soon , see in Paris I rieeded a typemuch gum. My clothes reel{ or -all over everywhere. One ot the writer. You do quickly learn to use neeman's ,pe11sln and as for loolh ,pleasantest things to me Is that initials over here, and learn the brushes-<licl you know, did yon with the majority I can speak ot ".S. 0. S.," the "A. s. A.," the "M. clream, how doponclent the Ameritheir home states-aometimes home P.", the• "G. l\'f.", that used ~ to be can Is on a loolh hrush. H's the with them, having been Greek or worse. I now know that first thing ho asks for coming in, there. It makes. me very glad to "S. 0. S." isn't an emergency meshaving slung away every earlhly have been so up and down the coun- sage in foreign military affairs, •b ut possession in Belleair Wood, and try. , . "Service of Supplies," and "M. P." the sigh of satisfaction when , yon 1 , Just now as you know things are, isn't a member of Parliament ,b ut have begged, implored, toted and quiet. along the American front. We "Military Police." When I had an fin-ally handed It lo him is enough i:re gathering ourselves In the lull, interview in Paris with someone in to pay ror all the bother. Give him and I hope I'll hav'e the beginning the provost marshal's office and he tooth brush and paste, chocolates, of' the hang or the work ,before we directed me to hunt up the "A. P. tlgareltes and lho Satnrciay F.vonfill up again. They promise help M." on arriving at Orleans at once, ing Post and a clean berl, and not a from Paris, ,but just now there is I went away wondering what he was protest until he wants to write ;but• three of us, including the saying so glibly and missed my inhome, then it's "sister, oh, sister, ·chaplaln, to represent the Red structions so had to have, them all have you any writing paper?" Cross h-0re, and the men need every- over again. I tell you, you cernow paper is scarce beyond dreamthlng imo.gl{\able.. I~~ - ~s an utter tainly do acquire a heap of informing and It's with drearl I go near impossibility to keep l11em in wri~- atlon in a short while over here. the wards. I tell you mothers can Ing paper. A soldier ' t_rom; DorIt you should send this on to be woll he 1iro11Cl of their fii;hting sons. chester has .been dele~tod -t help read and it reaches Alice .Eldredge, One day last week suddenly me, to my everlasting gratitude. tell her I've met and talked with real American military band apAnd I've foun a room, really a lots of 101st boys and today met a peared and a gorgeous one. You !mite,:A.lled flo,<>r, -bed and table, sergeant of Battery C who knows should have seen the •pajama parade. plenty ot chairs and running water Rex but I've not located Rex himAll those that, could get out on their In what· really is a, kitchenette. self yet. Lieut. Flanagan's regifeet filled windows and halls and Such luxury, but no earthly place ITHlnt was In the melee but haven't one chap told me afterwards he just to,.· put my duds save in the trunk. yet. but couldn't endure his burned feet in Shall hope for some boxes ,~ out of , the canteen.' •. JROM "OVER ·THERE" . ' - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - �j nI the fmo, burwnm L11· I do so often.._ think how you, Fathband played he was right on the er, would love the big things being floor dancing. Dp · you know it did done here and in such a big way. lho whole hospilai so much good ll e, er you could see the American t~1ey've all beon getting well faslor machinery, lhe miles and miles and smce. miles of yards and slo)·ehouses of Some French girls help out in tho docks, cranes and Yankee g~ins offices. I happened along in one as along tlle way- And all right in the band was playing "Dixie." One tho midst , of French landscapes, of the lieutenants was beating time French cottages and French slow and singing', joy all over his face moving eternity doing life. 'l'he the words to a pretty little Frencl; Frc;ich do •Jove the American solmaid. It me!l,nt absolulely nothing diers, there is no doubt about thal to her-such a mys ti fled expression.. They talk of lillle else. No wonIt was posilively funny. der, for every American .boy is the '!'hey have been having movies most genial sp cimen. I never down in the hall tonight. I don't realized what a good-hoarled, smilexactly know what the serial picing nation it is. Every-- last ture was, ,but suddenly there was a smiles the kindly jolly smile of yell 'and a howl with "Oh again happy youlh and it begins to he no roll it bacl{ again." I Jo~ked I wonder that the French -New York sky scrapers from a ha.vo articles in them about ,boat sailing down the bay. A ,boy can teeth-and U nothing else told me today tat if he got as far as pr-ay for loath :brushes. New York Harbor he was1 going etc., etc., overboard when he saw th~ Statue Faithfully, of Liberty and climb up and hug (Signed) Huldah. her. P. S. Perhnps I should have exI could go on and on and If plniucd in the beginning ·or my lcl-~•'"h;<·»·"... can on)y store up the half to lell ter thal I came over oxp~ctlng to you. The head nurse is charming, go into can teen work, but have been such a pleasure to know, and to my shifted over in the Home Communigreat comfort I find all the nurses cation Service as a "searcher" or here such a fiile lot. As I have to "visitor," which moans being atbe a great deal with them, and tached to a hospital, in this case a "mess" with theiµ it's a great comhase hospital, to search ,for lhe hurt fort. .~nd missing-tho men who have Father you can have this copied l_!~nppear_ed, either as prisoners or to send about if you like. I've n .a.clion, not reporte,d dead. Denevllr .found time to write about the <idcs I am Lo write lettor13 for those intensely interesting trip over, the who can't, to l!:Y and sup11ly their first days in Paris so impressive, needs of Red Cross comforts-to and especially being there at just keep track and report serious cai::e:i, that time when it was so wildly ·exto "report worricA" and try :ind reciting !or all Americans. Did I loll ll,ove lhem, lhal Is, not honri1;g fro;n you the first I heard aloud. It came home-mostly it is allotments not in whispers first, w:!.S hearing Mrs. ,being paid or mail delayed. In W. K. Vanderbilt, and she is a very fact, it's being just generally useful handsome, charming woman-as apparently, But I like it and only, she stood on lho stairs above me at wish there were about six of tho Red Cross hcadquarlers-to , a Red Cross gen Lloman "They just stead of just took their guns and turned on them, ,.........,._.,._,.._.....,r-,,-,-,..,.......,,,__.,..._.,....,..,_,,.,..l It; juRl chased the1u-just think of it." The Lone of the voice told me the whole story and the ·am bu lance driver who took us ah to tho Profeclurc and went dead asleep while wailing, saitl he had been b;tuging tho wounded in all night for three nights till he couitl not sec. lights to drive by, you know, and he just plain couldn't navigate at the last. ~1y lwo girls worked in the hospital three uighls, they wouldn't let me go, worse luck, with my "Spanish lluo" when it seemed as if tho yarrls wore not large enough for tho litters nntl they say every clrnp joked unless ho was scions. And then it was 1 wonderfully lovely down on the Driltany coast, wi!cro I got pcrfeclly well, and saw all that part o[ l~rance In the sunny summer Limo that we knew in foggy winter. �4-Minute Talks ·'i) .. ,. . Portsmouth, the c·ity whe1·e w1• llvl', aTI(J In whleh we enrn our llv-lng has not )•et t·t•uchcd its quota t'ol' the 4th Libe,•ty Lonn, und but a short time 1·emal11.s in wltielt to redNim onr i>l('(Jge, wl'lieh, though unlVl'itte11 und perluq1.s even 1111voke<1 direrUy, Is neverth<'ll•ss bin1lh1:,:· u11011 us, u11<I is to this cll'ct·t: thut we hu<·k 1111 0111· hors 11ho 111·c ov1•1· there with CVl't·y 1lollu1· nskc,l for; und we nwy ho Slll't! thut 0111· <'01111tJ·,y ls not usking· for• <lol1111•s not needed, ,11·, us Sct•rctm·y .\11•.-\1100 s .1111 ol' this loau, not 11h·c111ly spc11t Jn p11l't f1w Hl'111s HIid 1111111ltlo11s or wur ueeded hy onl' soltlic•,-s. 'l' ltey fig-ht directly with the unus 1111<1 wc•apons ol' wur; we cun only llght Jn<llrectly, with 0111• money, hut wh1•11 tho hoys 1·01111• hurk, run we look -them Ju tho race 111111 Jct them suy, 111· cv1m thluk, thut we ,~c1·1i l>;ss willing· to spe111l ou,• floll,11·-; than they th<'lr lh·es '? Jt:,•,•r.1· lj;IOO 4th T,ihe,•ty Bond you l111~' will dothtl u sol<lit•,·, p1·ovi1ic flv" l'illt•s, pily • f1w fot•ty-th·e luuuJ ;p·c•1u11les, ot· fu1·11ish :111 ai·my hos11ltai witl1 0110 hunrh-ecl nn,1 l'orty-five hot wnter• hug-s. Buying· 11 $1000 hnnll is the snnrn n:i flu•nishiug .,h: eas es of opel'Hting- l11 s t1 ·1mH·11ts, pr·m i<liug pistols ro,· , an !lntir-e eomp :u1y , oi· huyha~ un equi1lpcl1 mo101· lcllch c 11. l'cucc uauy he In sight und we ho11c it is, hut it is 110 tim<• to sl1wke11 our• efforts, 11ny 111111·e th1111 it would h<• right m· 1·0111111011 s1•11se t'or a n111ner, the g·oal hl'lng- In sight, to let 1:p 111 hi~ stl'iflt•, 11 \'il'i o us 1111CI 1111fttir opponent in his rear. Ir .vou have hou~ht, sr111·<'h Jn111· 1•c,11 sf'1P11r1• HIit] )'11111· pot'k<'tl1ook m11I see ii' tl1e 1·es11l1 may not he tip t JCJII <·11 11 IHI.\' u g uin; if you lll1v1• not hou _g·ht, huy lllHl lmy ffllit'kly. �f AIR f' O OD PRICES. l•or · ~Vee~ Commencing, Octob~t·15l. -t4e.: 0--\;) ·\'·~ •., ·.J,' . - - - - - -· .•.::, > .~:~ ,.: •.~ t; <: . ,. . ,· . ·.···' . . ' ' '.'• '\ '.. : ' ... '.! ' The t»Uowing or-·. cousidercd flih- and reasonable 111·J,·es for tho cJJra·ck .. ~·eek Ill! dctc1·rui.J1~ by tlao 1•ortlimouth l'rlc.- lutcr1ll'"ti11g,_ComwJtte~- i.;nd-.'i: .~thorlt)· of tht; l<~ood Atl'IWiulst.rutor. The prices that the consumer sho~la pay aevenas, m µ~rt, uu ,the ser., rice rendered by the retailer. In tho column unde1· "Consu11;1er" the firut ., rice given opposite a commodity Is the fair price at a "Cash and Carry'' Hore where the retailer does not del!V'er goods or extend credit. The second price given is the fair price at a storet hat del!vers goods and extends credit. Consum2rs are asked to report to· the Local Food Administrator a~y raso In wh!ch a retailer charges a hlghel' price than those here quoted. -Tha .on~umer should bring In or send In the sale slip covering the transaction. Retallers Par. Comiumer should pa;; Jread flour ..•.•••......•....•• 1.50 ,p er 24 ½ -lb. sacll.. 1.58 to 1.7; Pastry flour .•...............•.. 1.40 per 24 ½ lb s~ck Pure r1e f!our .. ,, ...• : .•..••...• 1.80 per 24 ½ lb saclt .. 87 lv"hite corn flour . . • . . • • . • • . . • . . • .ti¾, per lb · .06 to Granulated cornmeal .... , .•.. , . . .05 ½ per lb . 07 to Oatmeal and r'oUed oats • • . . . . . . . • .056 per lb Barley flou.r ...... . ; . ·. •..•..••••• .04 1h •per •l b. tilce flour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . .11 ½ lb Edible starcll ...... ·.••...• ,,, •.•. O~ por 11ki;l3ulk rice, ·mue Rose g1·ade ... ; ; . . . 10¾. per lb Grnnulated sugar, bulk • • . . . • . . . . • .09 ½ lb Pea Ilea.us, dried ................ . 12 % per lb .32 to '~ard, .bulk . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . • • . • • • .28 per 11> .27'to Lard substitutes in bulk . . . . . . • • . . .24 ½ per lb Lard substitutes in tin . . . . • . . . . . . .29 11er lb :13 to Evaporated . milk. tall can . . . . . . . . . 1.25 per can .1 l! to Condensed milk, 14 oz can .. , •..... 1Ci5 to .16 can . . 1 :l to Geeded ral:,lnR, I b pkg ..... : . . . . . .12 % pkg. · .1.2 .to . ,Jorn syrup, l½· lb can .....•...... 113 per can ,45 ,to .. , Potatoes ....· ..•...••.•••• ·.••••. l. 7 5 per bushel .:ia to Oleomargarine, (better grade) . . . . . :io per Hi ... . 33hi ':-lo Full cream cheeseI • • •·• •··• •·. •·•· • • •,.··. · 32. per rn= · · ••• • ·;1;5· .•. . ,.;•.:. 11am, best grade, sliced .•.. .·:., .. ' .39 per lb :GO ',Da1:on; l>ci; t grade •. ·. ;\ ..... : . . • • .4 7 per lb l'omatoes, standard No. 3, can . . ... -. ·. . . 20 5-6:r~rean :1 36 DRAfTEES GO' TO fORT CONSTIIUTIO • 837-Willlam Elvin Ward, mouth, merchant. 12A-Flurry Joseph Cronin, Porl~· mouth. ,. · 13A-John Francis Cronin, Portt• · mouth. 26A-Robert Pike, . P,ortsmoutl·, shoemaker. 43A~Frank Joseph Bennett, Newmarket, laborer. . · 49A-EarJ Caswoll Amazeen, Portsmouth, machlrtists helper. 57 A-H;en.r y Joseph Ross, llOOU : 'rurcottc .' ma_rket, weaver. 17!:i- Fred Phllomc11 7 5-Wllbur John Clark, F a ll River, mill operattive. Ports- b.ookkeeper . .. , 623-Walter H. Spain, , 75A-Sherburne Simes Wendell, mouth,. machinist's helper. Cloqgh, Portsmouth, ma.chlnlst. 744-George Atwood 77-Leon .,E;lroy Thompson, Portsmouth, auto uncl gas engine ,. • I • mputh . fnrmor. · · · This morning thirty-six draftees reported :1t the Local W.ar Board office and later marched to Fort Constitution t.o take their place with the New Hampshire quota who will all report at thi s stat.ion. The call for the state was [;60 m en and for this district 37 ;1wn. Sin ce the call was Issued one man, Adlor Joseph Gravelle of Newrn n kc t d! ed f.rom the Influenza. Th e [ollowlng Is the li st of tho . young , men who reported this fore- : ,, 81-John, Edward Mowe, , Ports.;· inouth, ~eam~t~r: ..·,,i: .. ; ·:: 8 3~Fr.~nll:/ ~ili.lei :;·Per.kins: Sea.,;· brook, carpenter; /,::: .. . ' i 84B-Osc~r,, ·.;·· J;e~vltt . Garland; ,, ~ .. . . ' ,' . ► 'l!ampto~;• f.a,r mer, " - . 1 ', : • • • , , . 8 5A--'J'am;es· Ed ward .White, .Ports'-• ..,, ; 'I\ · -,' ' :., mouth, cha.u ~eur. ·, . , ·.. , ·• • · · ·1, .. ' 9 l~He.< l(9t' y\'.tiii'e,l;\g!}~;. °' 'Bilsi;on,ii Newmarket, , engine oiler:' , ' :• ', 92.....:.c11nton·· :!i~~d· -.~~i~g~b~ry; · Portsmoµ_th, ,. ele<;frlc, ~ar~conduc.tor.•;, . 95_:_Romeo ; Lemleux;-, Netmark~t} . mill o~~;ai-.ive~ ~ ·:____ ·,_ ''·.:...:,n·'.',;~ .1 :, · .102-William Bruneau, Newmarket, mill oper'.3-Uve. ·107-Earl Clyde Fuller, mouth, genera1 .,help~~- : ' . ' ' · 110-Tlromas Francis Portsmouth, cha.Inman. 112-Ca1l:xte: · ~alllai'geon, market, chauffeur. 117-Arthur · , Frankl!n fortsmouth, cler]j:. 123-A.sa Harry Parker, farmer . 130-John Jog, O'Leary, mouth•, expressman. · .:· 13G-Howard :tvtanson · Portsmouth, machinist. 148•-0sc~r Zotlq~e Fecteau,'Westvllle, stock ,c·l erk. · 149-Albert Furl>er Snow, . market, carpenter. , . 16 5-Frank Garqner Ro.ndaH, S.o. Seabrook ; £WOemaker. . ' ...-· · 167.......:,Tohn .Joseph Hassett, Portsmouth, chauffeur. 168-Ernest Prescott · Bragdon, Woburn, Mas$, ste'nog,a.pher . 1 G9-Frederlck Va\entine thews, Portsmouth, . farmer . 176-Fred Si,nltp., ; Portsmouth, �nn.AiFTT•:F.S onmm1m ~ SEPVICE T O n.'\Bl)I •: ~. "(l,[5'S .,-\tg The foll ow in g youn g m e n who reg. ls t e red prev iou s t o Se pt , 1 2 ror t h e National arm y w ill be se nt t o u·arden Cit.y, L . I. , o n N ov. 12 by t he lo r,a l w a r boa rd an d a r e for ge n e r a l se rvi ce: • Henry Butl e r Hal ey, N e wmarlcet . Cha un cey Ba r ton, N or th Ha m pt o n . R a lp\J l l . Pa r ker Kin gston . E d win · S t acy Wa lton , Sea brook . ' Pa tric k J. Rea rd on , P or ts mou t h . R ol a nd Bartl ett Ba ttl es ,. N<lwton. Ch a rl es W il bur Gr ay, Por ts rnou tl1. Jo h n Patr ick Ha foy, P o rt!rn10ut}1. .T ac o b W es ley W it h e r ell, Plai s to w FLAG\Ylill ··-"°'~70 STARS 1 · A sp r v ice ro r r_aJ ly t.he tkdieation o[ flag~ or the ,\ llktl nat!a rrs -t oo k ,place at the ~o r th Con ~r <.>gational {'hu,ch o:i 811n<l ay rn•HnAt lhA S:lllll' ti lll O ,1 :;(\fVil'll !'la;; cont2. ini 11 1s :;e 1P11t y :1t:1r,1 was di fiTl'1erc was a. lar;.;c atte njl- """'"'''·'•-·>•••.• a. n ee, the rong r eg:i.lion in clu di n g a clo le;;at ion fro m Htor er Post, No. 1, tr'J1ilt,.'.•Bf..;.·:;,_~;,;; c:. A. It., as W<' ll -as m a 11 y of,flc•P r:i 111111 ()ll li sted Jl l(:ll 1' 1·0 111 ,tho l' o l' lA lll0 ll I ll Eilli~t~'.•:,,..':::,!¼ n avy ya1'd. 'l'hr• sPrvlrcs wen' cha r ge o[ th e 11astor, Rl!V. J,. Tlw)e r , D. D. : an<! were or a n im pr,,ssivn d1a r a('l.er, llir: l'O II J.; l'f')!;ation If you waate coal, some one La I< i11 i:; part in t,lio . r P~p1111 ~H,s. On 1111' else will have to do without. -,, ,rvi ~e Uag a r e I hrf'C gol<I titars for Save anthracite. Lir1iten::nt Fr:u1k nooma w·ho was kl11N1 t11 action In l•'r r· 11cc, 11\ss J·:vGeneral I nfluenza'a forces dec>l. 11 P c! 1i f', n Rerl Cro.;s 11ur~e. who feated the anthracite coal miners • WHH killetl in a run .tway acrldent ,:1 in their battle for big production. Save what anthracite you have. Fo,·t O!? lr>thorpe. na., and Cl1 r i::;Lonl1 i- r f, m art, .lr., U. S. N. Tl. F., who The more wood you burn, the difrl from the infl ue n za . Thr. leas coal you need. Saw wood r ol" is ,u; l'C' ll ow:5: and aave anthracite. * !<'rank Uuom:L, Vido r G. Jlu,-s, ~ 'P.ohort .I. l\oy d, Hr!l't1 l l. l\n y h.;[1111, l•!a rl 11. Urure. Th cod1l('f· IL rl:lll:-1', Omer G. Camenu, tohn C'lnir, 'fhom;1,; \\'. ('-ai•;, ·willia111 (.'r:iii;, Ecl;ar r:. rross1na11, llJlph ('. l)ic:1«-'Y, I lnr11l tl 11 . 1111.: ton, l•)c!•warrl t'. Ew e n , Ro')i110011 A. J~ui;g, \\'a r reu I,. !<' ri zzP !l, !•'o r rP,;t I'. G0<Hre)", Phi l ip n. C:rte n , ~ l•; d1s,1r It. L: rol'el', J11sti11 l l. l!:1 1•\fonl, ,\Ian Jla r vey, \Yl ll inm 1,:. J le r h<'r, ~ -"'- ~tp\\~- Arthur 1• . llers •,y , .T r ., Jfowarcl . Almost wi thout exception <l o me.,rlc • llcnw.v, !Ta r ol rl '\\'. ll c nwy, Joh 11 water Is provided in the cit ies of th e f lott, Jr ., C'a rl I). Jli ll , W il li am . east by pumping plants whi ch t,u :-n Hi ll, C'a rrol W. ll odi;kins , ,,,COJll, '., · ' , .ll. Ki n gsbu r , 8:unu <~I 11. l,i 11 gti h11 ry, ~ ,,.;;,:,,.~_,,,,, ';rhere!ore, any of the hundred ways -Octave H. Lu.toll ·ell •:, I IUl'Oitl ,\ . Lit- U-~,,.,,-... ,,._,,.;. ; \1' ·w'hh:b we habitually antl commonly '. wasi.e water Is a direct waste or conl. tle fi elll, llora cr- W. Lot lcl i n, ('harl es so· !ar as cold water Is coucerued, S. '.',,lcDa n iel , li r:· nlc .T . Mas~eY. J,' rc d ' t11ls ts a "l'ery small waste indeed, but V. :\.l att hCl\;S, ,\•r t hur \V. ,.,.,.~.:..~;;;,..: lt ,!s a much more serious matter where \ 111-r hemon', E,lwanl G. , Parkor, hot · water Is ' concerned, the United .States I!'uel Administration points out. '' l~1·ely11 !' I'll i<', .lames J. . l'<'l ri c, S itlA leaky tap on a hot water pipe will 11 y It. l'i•·ldes , L<'t11111' 1 l' l'lll', wa11te several gall ons o! wa ter-aud !◄' r a n k S. Jt,1.yne:<, (' ly<I<' l: . l tub l nso n , several pounds o! coal-In an hour. l'hi! i p 1 1. S:i11U"l"~IIJI, \[i11ot It. S,h ;, w.:. SEE THAT ALL YOUR WATER Hol:l 111I I' . Sh;tlV, .. ('lt r isl1.1plll' l" :-\ 111 11 1' 1, PIPES AND FAUCETS ARID Wl'rli,J!'. , 11:il'Old ('. :-,\wt•l'l h t! I' , l, 11t• i llH OUT -LEA.KS. , A little careful supervision lo t.!Je Tl,ayPr, ('har l<•s II. W:i lkrr, ll aru l<I kitchen will often cut In bal! the \\'a l l<Pr, tsnH·l 11. \\' ;u, hh11n1, quantity o! . hot water used, with an $11 111 11cl S. \\'hillll<•n, J•:d::;ar 11' . \\' ootl , obvious saving In coal. l1 a1[1h T . \\'ood, La11·:·PJ1CC 11. \\' ri p;hl. I.l'kewlse, mnny of us nre spend• Don::tl cl 1•'. Y eaton, l:. :'l lcll'ill Cla r k, thrl!ts when we get Into a bathtub .J oh n r-1. Cotto n , Ir vin ~ \V, Doo ll tt l r . 't t~d use two or three times ns mu ch waler a11 necessary :tor a perfectly .J11:;t111 D. l•' ;·p n ,.h , :-;t;in l1•y T . 1:ll lu'~'. \V . ' I i;)l' Vl')', l' li iii 11 \\" . J".;.i'.•it'·'..•~~·•,,1;-~,,~ '. good bath, · Don't let the water run after you C. W esley S milh, lla rulll bave enough In the tub for a bath. ******************** ** COALOGRAMS. * * * * *. * * * ******************** HOT WATER - - SO. MUCH COAL ~:·\THROWN OUTDOOR , C'c., . • •· ~ �~Joy ·R~igtlS in Portsm·o·Uth , , . cd Pcrtsmoulh was wild yesterday. It was mad with excitement and good natur:. reveh-y ... · . 1 ,· '.' · . All day long "grown-ups" and "little ones" ;.,;,. taced the streets in one grand joy celebration. : . t~.veryhody was happy and everything went. Thousands of people crowded the down town.. streets .s inging, cheering and rejoicing with every conceiv9.b1e instrqment for noise-making and ' ' ' -t!lee. . It was the greatest celebration of any ·event ·,,.· . Lhat ever happened in Pori:smouth. Joy was un·: •:> restrained and the crowd ,~as so happy ~.n d good . ~ ..... · natm:;d th,a t the polic~ had little me-re to do than I · , on a ,:::mnday. . . . . I The cclcbrat,jon of the sig·ning of the armis- 1 · L·icc was, so far as Portsmouth is concerned, a · .sai:c and sane celebration, with.a splendjclly conducted civilian and military parade arranged at the shortest notice, but c~frriecl out wjthout hitch :· :.nd with the greatest enthusia~m imagjnable. Po,' iic:e estimates are to the effect that during the c1mc ofthc parad~ _p f soldien; and sailors and ci. ibant\ there were 15,000 people in Potrsrnouth . .r\ ny \VH.V, there was enoug·h noise, bustl~ and en·. ciJusias1n to do credit to tlfe con1binecl efforts of , ' . c;:vjee that numbe1:·.. .,...,,,.,,.,.~,..,.· · · At.staled in .yesterday's TilvIES Portsn16uth, ;' ,. _ , began to celebrate at cbylight ye8terday and it · ·;1 kept it up until -long after bed tin1e last night. ?eople cheered, automobiles honk.:.honked, whistles screamed, bands played and the crowd of pe,J.estria_ns ~hat thronged every street just we1~.t n1ad ·w1th Joy. · .~. .--,---.. ,r -:·-: - : ---·- ~--:-- . · The crowning glory of the day was the big pacade in the afternoon. Ji'ully 7,000 people march~,c1 to the sfrains of 1nusie froi;n 111any bands, the_ )i_n e qf n1a1·ch stretching out over two 1niles. · The a1-r[mgcrnents for the parade were 1nade il~ a fev/·hom-:..; and reflect gl'eat C1'cclit upon l\1ay-. :>r L~~dcl w_ho as_sun1ed chai·ge. · . , ., . , .' . The · thousands of 111en a:t -work at the ship- . yards an'd '. on the n_a vy y·a rd tl1rew. -clown -the.fr · , tools arid came· into the city fron1 all directioris. :- . The mayor!s co111mittee. \Vas made up as follows: ' �H. B. Tilton of the· .Mol'ley Button Co., C. 1 • .....,.,..,,.,,,...... Dowtrion ·of the. Atlantic Corporation, Col H . C. T'aylor of the Ga1e•Shoe factory, M. L. Bullard of the ·Shattuck Shipyard, F . M. Sise. R. C. Margeson, ' Albe1t Hilsop, Fred A. Gray, F. A . Belden, ·E., C.-'Matthews, r ., R. L. Costello, Frank W. Handall, R::1.phael Paola, L. W. Ewald, Rev. L. H. Thayer: .~ .. .J. 'Kirkpatl'ick, George l\'1. Thompson of the U.· S. Shipping Board, C. A. Dodge of the }(ational Engineering· Co., Chief Engineer VV. F. 1Noods, F.· W. Hartford, Ilarry 'I'rafton,• E. L. Patten;on, J. A. Dorthwick, iVf. ·JG. Bailey 'Of the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Ha.l'tforcl was cho~~en marshal pf lhe parade. To get a pc:u·c1,c1 G 1ined up and in their prope1' {)laces in the short tin1e avaibble was some task, but the1~e was no . delay ,1nd Ly noon everything was under way. From CoL Buttrick, U. S. M. C., a battalion of Marines· with their bancl" was sec:u1~d. Rear Admiral Bouch with his usual lib<:rality tc'ndcred the naval band, the con1n1ancling officer of the Fo1~t sent up their milita1·y band, ;~ncl so it went on. The navy yard was quickly in touch and the workmen's organization -promised a big crowd over and they kept their work, v. ith them came the yeogirls 'and the female ern]Jioye_s. The Morley Button Con1pany turned out :--dl of their· force, 'the Atlantic arid the Shattu'c k c:bipyaids responded by marshaling their work!lten: office force and all, and with the Atlantic nand. · .. The marshal had as his chief aide lVIajor C. B. Hoyt, and as aides, Dr. E. B. Eastman, Eugene M.cCue .. Mrs. McCue, Russell Mccu·e, Secretary G-o~nell of the K. C., J. vV .• ewell and Morris Hl~rd and lVIiss-~C◊-rinne Pars·onsyocle at the head of the yeogirls . ./4.idecl vvith the committee, they ~~oon had the line ·.fo1:med and shortly after 2 1 0 clock the gl'eatest parade this city had ever seen swung. into l inc bel1inc1 a platoon of police uncle!' cc mmnnd of De Juty DucJ.~<~1·. There ,va ~ l'ernarknbly little confusion and as the procession swung into .line the different division took their places until it extended nearly t,vo n1iles in length, and il was variously estimated that there.were 700.0 veople in line, and there v,ras a crowd of at least .twenty thousand people along· the line of march, the crowd on the main streets being all that the 1,1olice could Lanelle. The line o f march was lengthy, but the proeession n1ove acllong at a clip ~et by the Marines that did not permit and ·c1rao-ging. The line of march was f1 om Pleasant street to Congress, to Cass, to M;iclc: le, to Richards avenue, to South, to Pleasant to ~)tatc, to_NI-icldle, to Bridge, to Deer, "''" ·Q,.,.,1c;·, 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - -- -- -- - - - - - �to VDughan, to Congre~s, to . easant, w ere ·1c parade disbanded and this V:,~th the 1nini~1u1ni:'.Qf eonfusion.· ~ · · · 'i ·,., \: There \vere seven divisions ·n1ade up as :fo'l·lows: · · · First Divisibn-l\1arshal and staff; platoon··· of 1JOlice; lVIadne Band; battalion of Unit~d States· l\1arincs; color bearers with 1·l1e Flags of the .A:1·Jied Nations; Mayor S. T. Ladd 'a nd n1embers of .the city' council; State Guard; United War W 01;]~ Comn1ittee; Naval Band: navy ·yard workmen-~"'"·''~"'··· 1 and female operators. · · . Third Division- Women, teachers, etc.; .public l7ealth auto with Red Cro~s nurses. , · ....'. Fourth Division-Atlantic- Band; Atlantic ~fiicers and workmen,• and National Engine.ering officers and workn1en. , Fifth Division-U. S. An,ny Band; Shattuck·Nt,,·.•:~~,\9~,l':,-"' ~hipyard officers and workmen. · Sixth Division,-Morley Button Dr:um Corps; , l'r1orlcy Button Con1pany employes; Gale Shoe Co1npany employes. · · ,::~---~·"·"'~"" '•'\I.~ Seventh Division:-School children. , .. Eighth Division-Autos and trucks with decorations. In the evening there was a second spontaneous outbui-st of what will probably surpass anythin0· that Portsn1outh has ever witnessed. . . .,.............,,,.,~ Two bands gave a continuous conc.ert 'pio·g-ram from 7 to 9 (o'clock, the Naval band fro:i:n the band stand, and the Atlantic from t.he side\\ alk in front of the First National Bank. They alternated in their selections and they rendered ·a very fine Goncert program, which was thoroughly enjoyed by the big crowd. •/ · At 8 o'clock the whistles al;)Out the city opcn2cl up ·f or a fe wminutes as a pdrting saluation·. bf a day that has been such an eventful one. · I 1 1 �COLORS.ARE PRESENTED TO: . ,v. . FRANK E. BOOMA POST '·~ hi•.,,, , AI FIRST ANNUAL BALL 'ifiov.~ Bartlett, 6i1est of Honor, Makes Presentation Speech i_.' .• t ' · • \ I \ ~_Over One Thous~nd People In Attendance :vrqre than a thousand persons browded Freeinan's hall last evening to1· tl1e first ahnual concert and !Jnll pf Frank E. Booma 'Post, :No. 6', .Am- orJcan LegiOn. The 1big Oallde \/ 'hall was decoi:ate'd · with American · flags, . -~•~ -~ '· flags ' of. all natlcins 'and red, . white ·{· I 'i ~· a~d_ blue bun't11;1g.' The _occnslon ·wci'~ _h~f!O_r,ed·•~ ~irpresenc-e ot ·0ov. and ., .•. Mrs, Joim H. Bartte,tt and Mayo'r and •· · • Mt's) Albert IIislop and a dlsllngul»h ~ led company, o·f army nnd', navy oft'!: "' clals. · · · · ··· · . ,' .\ilarden's orchestra,' furnished liii1~ ~i<(duri_ng ·the· everitn·g; and a pl~a~lng concert program was rendered· from . eight ,untll -nlne o'clock. A11 , th·e' governor · and "piirty entered the hall, escorted , ,by s'allors' and'1 sOldlers, ·,the assemblage , O:rose ·· and the orches'tra played •· "Ha_n ·· to the' -Chief." It was a _.very,prelty,.scene .. . , -: . , ·· .Jn \ the i:eception ' party . with ' Governor ·and i\Irs·:, Bartlett were ,Mayor i .1nd Mrs: H _l_s,io·p·, Captain ·a.net Mrs .. L. _ H. Adams, ·:vrr . . and Mrs. N . . '11. 1. Denne, )Tr. ant ·:,Im ..Ju 111 '-· ,ates. :vrr. and ~.1rs. C. 1,•. S hlllab er, :vrr anti Mrs. John Emery, Dr. and ·:vrrs. E. C. Blaisdell and :\frs. Ul:111ch e Dencham. A very pretty fenlure of the e\'enln r; was tile pre£entntion of a :;t:tnd of :-Jatlonal Colon; to tile poi1t, the cll't of :\IJ'S, I. ILl. fllnlz, n, Bi::tm· of I.l ent. Iloornn, for whom tile post h; nam ed . Tho m en.l><• r s nr thn ]JOSI lilied up in company fu1·111al1011 wilh t::omlllalllie r \Valdl'<lll at the he.1<1. Th e co lor:; w<•rn e::i.nicd by- u. ri:tilor, esco r te: tl by two lllt;11tlH•rs of the pu~t. Tli e prcnc11t:Ltlon speecil W:1S maL!e by Uov. Bartl ett, wllo wa:; esc:ortetl 1'1·0111 ills :cicat to the cenlc>1· or tile hall. Uuv. U:i.rtlelt JJ1itl hig;h tribute to the valcu r ,o( Lieut. nooma, who lost llis lll' e in 1,·,·a11t·c, ancl :ulnwnh;hccl l11t• member,; of ·the Legio11 lo n•nuin a:-i loyal to the flag as did this man who ,rave 11p hir; 'Peace'' might rul" tlie wo:·lll. Comr:1a11der Waltlro11 :i.r.ceJJLPd llie 1:--..g in bc>hall' of tl1u memlwrs or the l'ost. Th e 01·che!lf.ra I hC!I pbyetl lh<' "Sttt r Spang led B:w1?e1·." D:wr.i11,~ waB then talrn11 up and thci Ieng progra111 l<u1it t lte large gath;:i rni g prt'sent until one o'C'lotk. Tile progr:1111: ,. 1. One Slc>p · 2. Waltz a. ]?ox 'rrot <Step Waltz Fox Trot 0?1e Ste p Fox Trot Waltz Intermi sslon-30 :\1inules. One ,S tep J<' ox •rrot Waltz One .Stop Fox Trot W:iltz One Slo p · Fox Trot •Waltz The officers of the ,lane<' wcrc: .Tommy ll. vValclron , l'ost mancl er ; Etlwartl .T. ,:'s!<!villc. Post Commande r; Arthur L. ·McCaffr ey, Adjutant; Charles IT. Walker, li'innnce Officer; Lym:rn i)facDona lcl , · 11 istorian; C. Waldo Pickett, Chaplain. J•'loor l)irer.to r -nani c l S. O'Tirien. Assista11 t l<' loor l llrcctor-l~cl ward A. Weeks, .Jr . Aicle:;- C, \Valdo Pi(:kcll, William -~~-'·=·"'·~~•IT. ·Cu ll e n, William .r. 1l lolland, Uharles H. Walker, .l ohn .T. Shillaber, T-larrJ .T. Uronin, ll e nry P. Wea~:.-:1~?~:!':}:J_tver. Harold .Sweetser, navi1l Wltite, George A. Tredick, Char les Gouse, 1 Perley- D. H ersey, Bennet A. DcCoste, Lyman F. MacDonald:.;..·___ ,,-,;,~~.;.,;.;,;,•. 0 •011 0 ~....,..,.=="' �fAIR ·fOOD PRICES ·For the Week Commencing Nov. 19, 1918. I LJ.BltARY 10~ DIR,. TO\~'l.,Jt: 'I;-0·1 l!l 'GTVl.;N TO ·P,(,J'Jlil,10 LIDHARY. '?1,'Z-2. ;g:_ • -, - , ', ' . T .• I . It i~ understood that · the valua.b'le modicu.l !ibNl.r-Y. : owµed by the Jo.te D·r. Fred 'S. Towle . will • be ,pre2e11 ted l the Portsmouth public iibrary. SuN, ~ ;\!ollecti~n. of ~edloa.l b_ooks wi'll bE a :decil}ed,Iy v'.'/~1abl~ , ac.<Jnisitio.J! , t,~. the library. · 'l'ho t111lo\\'i11g a"". co11l:llllc1·c!l fail- 1111!l 11·easouuble pri.,cs fot• tJ1e curren\. • llck us dclc1·111J11,v,, hy tho l'o1·tsmoulh l'rico l.nt.c11ll·cUng Gol.llJlllttoo, under ..:ithol'ity or tlrn Food A1,.'n!li11istrator. Tho prices that the consumer should pay· depends, In part, on tli,e ser1ice rendered by the retailer. In the column undei· "Consumer" the first ;rico given opposite a commodity is the fair price at a "Cash and Carry" • ,tore where the retailer does not deliver goods or extend ci·edit. The secon<l price given is the fair price at a storet hat delivers goods and extends credit. Consumors are asked to report to the Local Food Administrator any ·.•ase in ll'h!ch a retailer charges a higher price than those here quoted. The . ,1 nsumer should bring in or send in the sale slip covering the transaction. notailers Pay, Cornrnmer should pay .Jrc:.ul flour . . . . . . . . . . . . , ...•... 1.G2 1101' 24 lj~ lh sack Pastry nour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.42 per 24 ½ lb sack The Hoston Transcript on l'11rc rye flour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06G per lb. had an interesting count of the record of 1;111~0 corn llour .....•..... .• . . • . U5G per lh 26th Division, which has done :;rauulaled cornq1oa.l . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 ½ per lb wonderful worlc in France. It is of Oal111oal and rolled oats ... . . . • . . . . 045G per lh special interest )1ere as the diivGion lla.rloy llour . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • . • . 05G per lb. .07 to contained the New E111gland troops, '!:{ice flour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 ½ lb including . the New Hampshire former 1'1rJiblo s tarch . . . . . . . . . . . . . •... . • . O:J per pkg National Guard, and there are many flnlk ri ce, lJ!uo ltosc gra.do . . . . . . . . 11% 11orlb ....."""-'"'''local ,boys with llmt Division in the 103d regiment. First Lieut. Phillip Granuialod sugar, bulk .. ....•... , .O:J ½ lb Griffin is an officer of ·the 1,03d regiPea. boan s, dried .. .. ,. .... , . . . . . . .12G per lb. ment, which has ,been in some of the 'Jard, bulk ...... ... . . . . . . . . . • . . . 28 per lb most important engagements, at ChaLard subslilutes !11 bulk . . . . . . . . . . . 24 ½ per lb teau 'T hierry, St. Mihiel, the Meuse Lard s ubi;lilutes in tiu .. . . . ... , . . .29 per lb river and the Chemen des Dames l~vapora.lcd milk. la.II can . . . . . . . . . 125 per can lo .145 Lieut. Griffin has recent1y l'o111\onsod milk, 14 oi can ... .' .... . 16 per can been promoted to personnel officer of Hcwclcrl r :1.isi11~. lh pkg. Hi Oil . . . . . . . J :i l_)'ll' pkg. the 103d regiment and ~ttached to the ,::orn syrup, l½ lb ca.11 ... •.- . '. . . . . . . 113 per can ?olatoes .. ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 6 8 JJer lrnshel Oleomargarine, (better grade) . . . . . 32 pe.r lb rull rroam l'hecse . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a2 per lb 11am. IJ,;,<1L i:;rarlc, sliced . . . . . . . . . . . 3'i to .38 per lb Haco n. hP1,I grnrle .... ..... .. •.. . . 526 lo .[i4u per lb Tuu1nlu L•fl , t:la11dunl Nu. uz ·rt tt TROOP.S · ·HAVE FINE RECORD t!e. left Monday a rteru·-- H [or l•'ortrcss ~I nu roe, Va .. .to attend I.he olliccrn· traillill~· ~chqo]. . .\llllllli\ Lite number were \Vallacc Ak e rman nncl ('harlrs Perkins or L11i:,; c it y, former I la1Ht1::liiro, .101111 'JJur g in •1\ Nov. I G: l'v•t. Archio R i\forrill, Frankliu. eported Nov. 1 G. Pvt. John Sweeney, Purlsmo11U1, reported Nov. 12. l'vt. l'hiJi,p .I. \Vehher, Ln11castPr, reportr1\ Nov. 11. l'vt. l~lmer C. Dnranl, Porl~month . r eported Nov. 11 . Pvt. Arm:i.nd Bergeron, Derry, portPd Nov. 10. Natle, Keene, re.,1orir,(l �re11tlered in ,;1, .·.;ri 11~ 111, .11111,.. ,11" .. an;d In a<lHition all or the 11rartccl men were ,given ·help anrl aclvico • aho.ut 1 their allowanro nnrl im;uranrc. 'lhe ChrlHtmas hox for Ilic hoys overseas al~o ca.mo nn!ler lhiR (•0111mitlro ns well as many other actjvltiPs in r·onnec·Uon ,w ith t'ho soldiPrs ancl sailorR. 'l'·he work ot' this rommitlce has been or t-hc ut.most importanc·o. · Tho report. of .\frs. L. JI. 'J'h,1 ~ er, who was chairman of the Reil Cross d1ti kitchen during the 'epidemic and nuder whoso ablo management I work, of Organization During Recent Epidemic 'c·o...,1·1es 111 for l\:Iuch Praise-Old Board of Oiiicers is,Re-elected. Afl, I),1-_- ,ii y~ J.; - · . . \VHS t such g, greal irnrcess, is given in il.llO llf:lr .rolumn. treasurer or t·he Tl1tj kltchen report. offund, tlH' clle!J Mr. W. J. Cater, i;how~ thuL $3174.0·l was recelv ecl· in co!ributlons that $1281·.81 wns D td ont for mu- The annual meeti1:g of Lh~ f'u nu-\ 11 ri,;lcrs, 9 2 mufilets and · 11- a1'ga- 1 torials used in the kitchen, wilh mouth Chapter of the Rll'd Cross w.is hans from the knitting department; some small outstan ing accounts. held on 'f,hursday . .afternoon at the\ 814 pairs pajamas, 795 _surgical l t wair v.otccl tlu{I, the ,IJalaneP or Council chamber at City Ha~l, with ohirts, 17 0 convalescent- robes', 3 3 this fund he made separntc emerChairman ··H. C, Taylor ...:prealdlng:-jI bed · ja•ckets, 600 refugee gnrments, gency !uncl a111l 1101 become a part - reports· of the various . depart-\ 2 24 ·p!ll~w cases, 250 towels, 281 of the regular runJs, which may be men,ts ware ·mad<": showing a wide flannel socks, 500 navy kits, 80 prop- called •upon for such emergency t .P'e range of act!vl:tyJiy the Chapter du.,·- erty •bags from t·he sewing , . depart- may arise. in-g the year, pos~ibly' the most .active ment; , 1500 trench packets,- 1000 year su'ch an organlzri.tion ,w ill ever pads, 112~ ' packages of •gauze dresshave to- face ag~i!l, in•gs, and 3100 •bandages of , various The three ..prl'nclr>al. adlvltles 0 r lclnds from the surgical department. th~ Oha:pter du~lng the year have "Thm·e .\vero also :;evcral hnnclrecl 'been tl\roug,h the Work Room, Hie miscellaneous · articles► such ns layHome service committee, · which has ettes, hot water bag _.covers, -comfort ch~rge d.t the work -for the families pillows, wash cloths, etc. ot the: ~nllst~d m~n, ancl In .this "We :have given a complete knitthere •has been a far g,eator amount tod ouHlt to 54' dr.a-rtees,, 26 ·helmets of -work than cou~d ,b e disclosed In to Capt. , Dodwell's ,company , at a ,r8'port, for t;he rea·s on t!liat the. work Springfield;• )'[ass., and a :box . to is of a per~o,nal nature, in the -·~v,1,y• France containing' a'n 011l'flt for nine of assistance ' pending tho arrtval of Portsmouth ·boys.'· · · A vote of thanks was also t~nclered :Hrs. L. TT. Thayer and the women and others who assisted •h er in the Reel Cr~ss c11et kitchen. 'f-he same executive committee was re~e~ectecl ancl 1a1: it H\lhf\ertnent meetln•g It 'organized ,wilh :\l r. I I. C. •ru.y\or •chairman, :vrrs. Wallis D. wnncer secretary• and ::vrr: George B. J.orcl treasurer. ' The other members of the committee a.re .\I.rs. .:\labe l S. Locke, :.lessrs. li"reil :'-1. Si~P, .J Of\C'ph P. Conner, 1.-:. ~:nrt i~ :'-lat thews :11111 R. D. 11cnono11gl1. allowances, ·pers~nal _wdvice .and a '''Not>hin•g has !been given out to Uei1ort of 1ho Herl C1·oss nh•t l,:itdwn gl!neral 1'rlend1y •h elp to all t:hose draftees -0r indivldtmis· since :i-ra'y · When the alarming character or who~e hu_sbandf.. or main · supports 1st., .i.'c cording to o;rders receiver\ the recent el\ldemic hccame manifest are fn ~he· service.' And the , thlrd from headquarters.. the local Rec\ Crm;s , ,without waitin~ a<:Uvitr has •be"en the conservation/\· "At t•ha time of the epidemic, the ror instr•uctions from Washington, work .a nd oth~r t-hi;1g-s. that have bee!j'. Portsmout,h Ohaptet· : furnished the at once nndertook to meet the most brought i:rnder the Rea Cross. The following artleles · to the Emergency obvious need, the snpJJlY or snilable 1 Red Cross diet kitchen is also anoti11er Hospitals, ,the tlistrlct nurse ,and food for ln11ivldnals ancl · l'amilie~ thing that the organization may •w ell the Red Cross nurses: 50 cotton ,bed stricken with !nflnenza. be ptoud .,of. . : shirts, 30 heaV'Y ,becl shirts, , r.a pairi; The plan wn.H fi;-st ~n;..::.;estrcl ,1n J h e' ~epojt of: _Tteaslirer G_e orge D. \ of p'ajamas, •lZf a_pro~1s, 10 •hea<'I the ~1orning oi F'riclay, Ocloher 4th, Lord shows ·a members-hip of 4800 lnj· dresses for nurses, 60 'J)aper baclrnd and eleven families were irnpp\ied this_, dt·Y with about five •l lundrecl 'Pads, 108 small pads, 3 laundry bags, on the arternoon o[ that day. 011 mdre in tl1e'_lbrancheR, and that there j io wash cloths, 2 . rolls 1 absorbent the -fol\owiup; tlay the numher rose !\9.S ,bo'en, ex).len1lecl • durinp; the •paHt rollon, 2100 gn111.o mnf\lrn, 1fi~· p1ici11- to ·lhlrty-!;ix, :mil rt rnpi,1 inrrr:rne year ior supplies ·tor the ·work ·rooms monia jackets, 3 ,pairs bed socks, !l brongh t the nu 111 lHH' or rn m Ill<'½ $8,984, and as all supplies were hot ,w ater bag covers. served per cla·f to eighty-t'onr ,withbought at -cost price; including the "'\Vo have worl<ed two days a week in the first weelc 'fhe numb er stayed woo1, etc., it gives some idea of the on surgical dressings ancl one day a in that region for some time ancl ""-··.-=•"'·'a amount; of ,worlc turned out. weelc ,on sewing, almost contin 11011 Hly gradually [ell to a point where it 'f•he following is the report of from Novom ber l!l l 7, to Sept. '.ll'i, seemed -possible to c lose th e kil c:hen, Mrs: ~ ·n·bel S. Locke, the c hairman when we closed on ac count of th e whi ch. ,111111 been in operation for five of •t:he Work room committee, which epirlemic, and a great . clral of lhe wrPks anti 'l\\'O clnys. 'l'hr lolal nnm1 ~l!O\VS, t'b,e, great amount or work yea1· we had the rooms open two r,·- ber o l' famili es 8erve1l 1lnring; that •turne'd out -by the ladles of the work enings a!'so. time was two hundr ed ~nil se ven - i-,,·,, ·-"~,t.,.-",.;, room 111 "Ilespect[ully su,bmillecl, teen. In a cl,litlon large cinanliti es 1 the past year. · :\!rs:· l\faliel S. Locke's Report. ":\.1ABEL S. LOCKE, or food were sent on order ror pat' "1;hls report .ls for the year be"Chairman ·workroom Committee." ienls in lhe two emergency hospital ~ ginning -Nbv. 13, 1!.117, when we The re110rt o[ the name Ser,,ice a11d in the hos pital at .\Uanli r shipped , o,ur. f!rst ,box tq Boston a111l committee of which :'-lrs. Freel .\I. Heights. lL is est imnted thal in all 1 to; Nov. 13, 1918; W'hen we shipped Slso is chairman, and :urs. E. A. Hnll tho Diet Kitchen feel bet ween elcvel' our las.t box ·to Boston. assistant chairman, shows that clnr- and twelve ·hundred r,eople, some of "In the' year we have shipped 108 lng the year 205 families ,were ,given them ·for a prriml of werlrn. The boices: ·111 all, containing the follow-, assistance, some cases money was largest number or ind\drluals serve,! "l)g: 1 1008 sweaters, 3508 -pairs , of \ loaned until 1a.l lowances were · re- in one clay •was about four h11n!l1<•1l _ __ _ __ . , _ . . , ~ . . . . ,..........-i;,...i.i,o.i.L~~ 2 1 7 •~el~!!, 483 · ,pnirs of , colvoo, In all cases asslslnnrc ,wns 'an,\ fifty. Thirty-six_rn~e~ w<•re in I I �The 'folloi,\•ing artlcles of roou wore K!tt<'r.v un,l l•;llol, SC'\"Cll ;11 , ·cw Colito tho provlsiond distributed 'from the ktt~hen, a large on tile llo, Newin~lou, ltye, Hamplon nn<l bought, large donations we.re rec,~ived oart of lhem being 'PremlTOll 1 · · ·· Seabrook, lhe reDJ1ainder holn~ 111 the of fresh eggs, groceries o~ m_any spot: Broth of t11ree ltinds, grue f or four city or l'orlsmonlh. lcln<ls, mlllc, •home cooked •f ood In When lho lcltchen was opGn<'<I Lhr great quantity and of great variety, kinds, soup -0f six kinds, locnl physicians nnll I he l'ublic Liberal donations of provisions were j nice, g.rape juice, grape lemonade, ill'allh l>!'parlmeut were nolil'ie<I ond •ent •from Kitlery, and bol1~ t:he Kit- malled milk, cocoa, eggnog, junkets were aHkerl lo report caSC!l wh !ch tery and Eliot Red Cross Chapters rnd custards in largEl varle~y, baked lhey wished lo harn cared ~(n·. 'lhi. · nade generous contributions of ipples and pears, fruit and wine jel•waH ,ctono rvery ,<lay by man~· of the money. T•h ey ia.lso sent a daily con- !!es, home cannell •goods; jellied physldans. Inslruf'lions wcr<' :;en- tingent of helpe.rs, as it was thought chicken, ,b eer ~nd\eggs, •fish chowder ctally gil'en as lo lh kin,l ol' rc,od wiser to turn both m?ney , and s.er- and mutton stew}, roast chicken, required and members ' OL• lhe family vice Iulo lhe Porlsmoulh kilch~n. creamed foods including <Jhicken, po• of the lYalienl, oflen bro•,1g\1l ·i1t wrl~- rn.ther tJhan lo organize on a large tatoes, celery, eggs and carrots, meat loaf, baked .-potatoes, s_and,wiches,, te,1 prescriptions ,for ,f,,oc\: J~v<:r? ,cale in Kittery. case t.hus reported· waR .'olloweil llP Owing to lh(l 1·act tl1at •all serv!cn~ bread, cake, browned crac k ers, co t , service and therefor!' tage. cheese, fros,h . qggs, m Ilk nn d n;.r il assurance was giv•!n that. hl1lp ,as volunlar-· w:1s no lon,gcr needed. Application ,lcked oonllnui!y a1~d that the work rrult. . wa:1 often made in perso·1 Ly friends •vas cmergeu(·y work and was nece!',. In addition to this general menu, of lhoso slricken, and i1:1l~ )ho111! mes- mrily dono itl top iweecl ·during lll' some special meals were provided 11s sages \\ere frequenlly· re"·-, 1vcd frolll i'lrst. Lwo Wl'liks, 110 romploto IIHI. WJ.l:l ordernd 'b f physicians ,:i.ud nurs,es·, neighbors o.nd friends gil Ing lnfor- kopl of ~ionors a~cl clonalions, asldf! A Cler Lho first ,clay practically. all 111allon as lo places \'vhe10 [oo,I 1v:iR [rom gifls in cash, and no aclrnowl- food wu~ boxed in quo.r~ and pint uet!dell. Frequenl inve11ti';ation wus edgement ls lhereforo 11ossiule o.sld<1 carlons and labelleLl This taslc kept made in all . ca~e::; in orlle:· lhal the from this general one. l'rnbably the several people busy. Local dealers, work might be intelli~enlly done an<I ~reale~l assel lo tho work was t.he ;o1tlrlbuted cartons or sold them at lhat lhe rood sent might br- suffich'nt fact that :\liss Dorolhy J!:mcrso.n was cost :.\{~re Lhan lcn Lhou~and imch and or a suilable charncler. In this secured to !Jako charge Q[ lhe kitcll- were used. Distribution or Lile food part o·C the work :\I rs. Hull -or the '.' I\, Her services were •generously was made possible \.Jy generoui, ofRod Cross lJome Servi~e ·,vo,; i:: 1·al11- r;ive,n •by t-110 Urban Director of Urn rers of motor'service. ~'!any ,different able. She often disroverert othe.i Home Exteusion Bureau of ~ew <'ars ,were In use at different limes, heel\S besides food, ~l\(J :::i:; :.:. '.J'.c · lo IJampshiro College. :.\[iss F.merson rncl several d.riv.ers made 'the dislri·a!l vise and· •help. 100k •up the -work wilh splendid en- ,rnllon of rood a regular part of lheir A careful record was :kept o[ eac 11 t·husiasm . Under her a large band Jally p1·ograru, · ·' cai;e, tho number or people ill, the of •volunteer helpers was organized. :\<Ian>" words of appreciation have kind or •food prescribed and the Jften twenty-five working at one 'li•eu spoken by those to whom the amo1111l sent each clay. Liquid rood timo. Tho women or the city were ,ervlce of the kitchen was ~r,ost help~ was sent for lhose very, ill; convales- most generous in their service, many ' ,ul In lime a'r sore need. We 11as::; cent food .-uitab le lo various stages of them •giving •pi•aclically lheir en- rn these words of thanks · to those for lhose recoveriu•g from lho Lilsea8e tire time for ,weeks. Olhers ca.mo in ro r whom \.hey -were meant": Tn the and ordina.ry roocl for those bur- for such lime as they could spare ~enerous glveTs or money and supdcuc,J with lhe care of lhe siclc and rrom their work. The •yeowomen plies, including various· organizations, [or children unable to care [or them- and girls from some or the depart- hotels and merchants, citizens of all sol\'ee. wen!. slores and Camp Firn Girls classe.s, and even children; to tho3e · · i\lany cases were reporlod ,by the came in at night to wash dishes anll women who al home or In ll\e kltch·1111hllc Ii alllt Dcparlmont iand hy clean. There was absolutely no paid en gladly gave their:. services, often 1•l1e llislrlcl nurses, and tho Public service ill' lho kllchen. All dny long .,t great. 11ersonal inconvenience; to Health nurses .came every cln.y [or ono or t.wo •people we_re squeezing the motor drivers w,ho served on all su11plics. On the Olher I.and the oranges, for orange juice was more days of the week and in all weathKilchu1 reported to t'" Public in demand than any one article. All ors; to the newspapers whose co-operHeallh Department cases wl!ere nurs- da)~ long coo½:lng of many kinds was ation was always willing and very Ing or medical care was needed, and being done on the two slaves, in helpful; lo all who in any wa.)' served prompt ni;slslancc was always given. I.heir stoves, in lh<'ll' o,,ens, and in t)1ls Pnterprlse. Tho co-operation on the •part or the the CirclesK ·~ookers. At ,lhc end or Thn actual need was undoubtedly Pub)ic Health Department was greal- 1 hree weeks ~f.iss Emerson' was called not entirely met, for th,1 reason thaJ: l)• appreciated, ,and. was invalua.ble to olher work, and :\liss Alice Grif- some people ·[~lt lhat the service had to lhe work or the Diel Kitchen. fin look charge of the Kitchen for in It a •hint o[ charily whioll 'they The Norlh Church Parish Jloui;e ll week, giving a,ble service. One were naturally unwilling to accept.' wtts given ror tho underlaking, aud room was reserved •for cold storage) In some cases undoubletll)' further LI.Jere for t wclve hours n, day 011 S~I'- .J.nd tho. wln<lowo :wero kept. oponl '\Orl'ICO [J'Olll t110 Kitchen WU.fl , uee11 tlnys in the woek Lhe 11rcpnrllon night o.ncl day. 'L'he wen.tiler,· how_l cllned whlle lho convale8COnl ' was ttnd dlstribulion of rood went 011. evor ,.,,o.s nol f;ufficie11llY cold · to\ sill! unable to propare pro11er food Tho equipment wlt,lt oue Ja.r~e gaH r1:111der lhis, arrungcment entir~ly sat- and were In great need oC It., This stove at once proved inadeo uatc, ls factory, and the Rockingham holel fell ling was of course due to a misand t.he J<.}leclric Lighl :i.nll Powe1 allowe<l lhe kitthen the use of llt: understanding.' The Red Cross could Company inslalled an eleclrir; stov•~ cold. slorage. This generous arrange not go into the. food· business, but for which they geuerouslr sup 11i,:itl ment was vital lo lho su~cess of th-81 furnished a channel through ,which 1 tho oleclriclty. In response t.:i c. c11.ll work. At night uncl In l:he morning !!he community at l(l time of emergonCor fireless cooke.rs a large mw,ber boys [rom lhe lligh school and ot.her cy could serve ilselt in a s11lrit of were loaned. 'l'hese were of upP.cla: 1gave their services In carrying food neighboruess and y!'t quil'3 impervaluo In reparlng rood for morniP.f' back and forth. Frequent reference eonally. The Diel Kitchen w~s Teal11 dlstribulion An outfit of lcellle~ war wa~ made by those receiving rood lo ly one .wdy in which Portsmouth was bought for Lhe Red Cross, and when the qualit)' of lhe · (looking. Tj10 righting for its life. 1hhi proved inadequate, the call ready ex1Jlanation was that t~e 'best We all •hope that such service •w,m' which wen.i out for 'such equipmont housewives and cooks of the city never again ·be·needed in Por-tsmout'h. mot an immediate nncl generous rt.If, howev~r, the occasion ·should 1,,,-,.,..,,,~_,..~:,n"-----...,.,,..,.,,-,;._,...i arise, t.he Red Cross equipment is here q\)01151';_. _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - -- �.LL ONOR Ro ~~'°'.:~'\,~t,~":'il:"'""~~~~~,~ •• ~'l'l',.._l-..al,__..--.------,--- .TO ATTEN'D HOUSlriG CONFERENCE OF ''AbftBIDDLE ST ·- Lyman l\lacdonald, 30~th Guard and Jrlrc Co,, l'hlla<lclphla . . Lieut. W. G. l\Ia1·tln, U. S. Aviation ■ 1 BA'PTIST CHURCH 1 ) 1 Mr. E. G. Balcer, secretl..ry of the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, will attend a conference at Boston today on the housing situation. Thi. conferen ce is called by the Federal authorities and from it is expectc that some definite p!ans will be mn.d .about the housing about ship yard. and naval stations now that the armistice h!16 been declared. -- School, Hampton, Va. Helen Newton, Yeowoman, Yard, Portsmouth. Charles A. O'Hara, Chier Commlssnry Steward, U. R S. Leonidai;. 1 Enslgn Philip Oulton, New York. IIownTCl T. rn.ine, J•'ort Con8tll11tlon. Frank Paterson, New Ca!:!tlc. Frnnk W. Plummer, Camp Dl'ven11. Norman E. Rand, Yeoman, Co!:!l Jn- Pcetor';; office, l1ath, Mc. Leon L. Roberts. Co. E, 315th Am. At the ~liddle Street Daplist Church Sunday evening the service wa~ o( more 'than ordinary interest and ln recognltlon ot those from this par!Gh who by their efforts helped to mal,e the peace possible. Three gold slam 'rain . ::ihlrley Simpson, Tindio School, Harhad been placed on the service flag and twenty names added to the Honor Roll •ard Colle~c. Earl Smart, S. A. T. C., N. H. College of the church, making 52 names In all; some are members of this church, othHarold Shaw, Radio ers were formerly in the Sunday school, Navy Yard, _Portsmouth . slill othern are connected with the Henry S0uvielle, Chief parish through family ties. The peace we all thanlt God for is due to these Arms, U. S. S. Martha Wa s hington . .T. Be.rt Sterling, U. S. Coast Guard young men and thousands of otheru who went uut, lea\•ing Lhose they loved Portsmouth, N. 11. behind. Leon 1'hompson. Fort The three gold stars wore to the Nl,w l'n,itle. rncmory of C1111taln Frederick , S. · Capltlln Jo'reu S. Towle, ~I . H. C., tllrtl 'l'owle, U. S. A., Percy H. Balley, and nt Colonla, N. J., Oct. JO, 1918. Corporal Hugh C. Hill., the word havLieut. G. A. Tredlck, 1\1. Il. C., ing come on Sunday that the latter Devens. young ma.n had been killed In action. Garland Tu cker, Yeoman, Th e pastor, Rev. William P. Stan Y>trd, Portsmouth. ley, announced the dea~h of Corpora Jose ph P. Whidd e n, 153 d Depot Br! Hlll and paid a well deserved trlbut gade, Camp Dix, N. J. to his memory. Lieut. J . IC Wilson, The following ls the list of names School, A. E. F. to be placed on the Honor Roll: Palmer R. Wi,;e, Yeoman, ..Wallace Al,e1·man, Forlres., Monroe, Yard, Portsmouth. Va. Lieut. J. Brandon Vvrlght, American Hope Al<erman, yeowoman, Navy Air Service, A. E . F. ' Yaxd, Portsmouth. Harvard Young, 6lh Co., Q. 111. C., J-larl Amazeen, Fort Constitution, Fort Constitution. N e w Caslle. Carleton Badger, S. A. College. Percy II. Bailey, Co. B, 147th Infan1 try, A. K F. Died October, 1918. Austin Durrett, S. A. 'l'. C., N. II. College Ca11taln W. F. Becker, U. S. M. C., Somewhere in France. Philip Bennett, Co. B. :102 Infantry. Walter R. Ca.rkin, Somewhere .,.~, __ ,,,ucc~:. ,,, 1 Wrante, A . U~. L1'; Hansom Ca.,ltµn,v~amp Devens. Ja:mes E. Colprlt, 208th Aero Squadron, Pittsburg, ra. Lieut. George W. 45Lh Artillery, A. E. F. _\.rthur ·H. Craig, Jr., Co. D, Am. Train, A. E. r.. Arthur F. Davis, 9th Co., 1' ort ;;litution . .1ohn E. Davis, Aero Squadron, Diel<, Dallas, Texa,,. Charles W . deRochemont, S. A. T. C., N. II. College. Charles Dunton, Co. D, 101 s t nee r s , A. E. F., New York. Li eu t. C. Colg-n.Le Fi,ih, Rich \\';1co, T e xa;; . Fred Folsom, Yeoman, Navy Portsmouth. rrretl Hall, U. S. S. Panama. Hu g h Hill, Co. K, 359th Infantry, j· E. F. Li eu t. Willis H. Hoyt, Personnel Office, Camp Sherman, Ohio. George H. Jones, U. S . S. Raleigh. Paul H. Lewis, Co. A, 14th Engineers. Harold J. Little, Co. B, 302d In!a.ntry. William H. LI ttle, Fortress Monroe, Va.. Geo1,ge A. McPheters, Camp Taylor, Kentucky. Ensign Ralph Macdonald, U. S. S. Florida. �Officials Enthusiastic Sver Little Town or A.tlantic lleights-U. S. nlake the Standard of Portsmouth the Minimum Standard. .'yR ·•C (, l .· ,!.: federal action. Yet in fifteen mou the barriers of ancient custom, the obstacles of entrenched prejuclice , the dimcullies or undertaking 1111~.ccus,1-omctl have been overcome., The 111iulic, lhc al1111inlt1Lrntlon. ;111<!, ·~ finally, the Congress hn.vc boon ctlu-- The Unitecl States Government has been doing many things that it never did before. It is doing some things cx·lrcmely well, In a special bulletin just issued by the Amer• I h ican Civic As:.ociation the vital standards set by t e new War Suburbs and War Cities are commented upon ·with calctl, and ;160 1 000,000 hn,ve a~p1·011riated." No Alleys in One Suburb. The · Bulletin, whicb is writteu l>y Andrew Wright Crawford, or Plliladel11hia, the recently appbinlcd Fielrl Secret:1ry or the Association, comments on the \Vilmington much enthusiasm. urb: The rciiort point :, out t!wt "lly a11-'mcut, ancl especially o( th e environ"The whole area is plauuccl . .:, · " Fl/ 000 0011 for housi11;;. mcnt or their childlwo d ; so mauy counnunity, with a- school, a J)laylllOJllJ,lllll., ·, ·' • • r · 1 such a con • · the Feder.ti Government. ha:, :1ccc11L· mon am1 women iv~ 11 , , , • - gronncl, 'a community builcllng; with 1 eel the rc~ponsihility for setting the llnccl area aud move Ill su~h. uls Lit,\~ setback r.eslrictions, insuring staudarcl for tho Jiving conditions of housiug i~ a chief clclcrnunmg factot Ya:r9s or gardens; with, incleed, curethe working people of the Unitecl in their lives. _ _ • _ fu~ attention to all the ameni~ics. The Sta.te&. -Whatpver1 it docs, wl.l.eUlCI' "Proper_ hou~iug mcludcs '.tot on architectural aJ)pearance or entire good, incliffere11t, or had, will be ac- ly fresh air wiLllm Ut0 house but blocks has been appreciatecl. 'I'her.c ceptod us good enough by real estate fro:;h air wi thO ut thO homio. You are no alleys . unless No U g Iy Boar d F ences. operators and by Urn musr, of the peo- c,.1 u uol hopo for tho former . J>le The towns it con:-Lrncl:; will he yon huvo th0 lattor. Yon c,rni•ot have "A very excellent provision of ~nuurin;; importance, uoL only for tho latter in. cities unlmis ,~ou con- Yorksl{lp Village, and ·one• thnl wo I their jnhnhit~nts, ·but ror the citizcus aciotuily 1n·ovid? for it. lho. op~J'. ask each member of the Americ:rn o[ the Unilccl States gencrnlly." 011nces or Ll.10 city, a~o to th ~ city ' 18 Civic Association to get adoptod iu u wholo what tho windows or th his town or city-not merely to try The Best of Them. hou:;o aro Lo tho ho1wo as <! ~vhul_c ." to get it ado1)ted, but to succoecl,-i5 .-\s exn nqilcs of 1he best or Lhc 'l'llo As1:1c;,ciation dra.w ::J itu illuS\ra that back and side yardo shall h!},VC Lown r, , thu Bullclill .. reJH"OUllCCS the lions _not only from 1he America II only wire 6r iron fencci,. Board 11 1a11H or the new sn lrnrb or Ports- towns l.Joing b\1i1L hut r~·uiu Lllo Low;is fences produce-(1) a fire risk, afmouth. N. JI. called ALlnnlic-Hcighls; alroudy built \Jy .l!Jni;laud for rnuiii- fol'di.ng iiasy lines of commu.Qication ,or , the new sul.Jurb of \Vi!mi11gton, lion workorn at \\'olllmll. :Wu~J,wtl, for fir.e; {2) a disease rlslc, atrorclµig Del.: of Yorkship Vill:q;e, a commu- ttn< 'reL1w, Scollantl. As to Llus th e opportunities for accu·tnulatlon of Ul).• nity [or shi11builders locatecl between re11ort says in IHHL: detocted filth, or ,lt least ot un~eCamden and Gloucester, N. J.; ancl Humanity Considered. · moved flltl1; (3) a he~t condei1s.c1:, of llilton. a Lown built for the New"When tl:c wur broke out, wiLliin a e .. use they pr(\vent the ~.h'culatiou port News Dry Dock Co. week, actual battle was raging bar_c- of air;· (4) a11 uglfficatio11 rlsk,-an .'\ mo11:.:; thl' vital sta 11!.lal'(ls ly nvc hours away from Lo n t1on it-lugliflcatlou certairity-becaU._se they 1,cl b)· tho Go,·l'rn111c11L aml quotsol[. With this terrible 11earncss o[ deny opportunity fo1· fto, er_:a,.ud . ctl hy the .\111c1·ica11 ('i\'ic 1\s~othe comb:it, with tho more terrible plant growllt and inv1tc squalor. 0~1 dalio11 oC which ,I. llorace :Ilelaci: or pr c p.1 r~ Lio::. il w::w nccccsary the other hand, iron. fence~ iu•e (1) t•':11·la11d, or lfani sb 111·~, Lo.; P1·cs• for 1;nghrncl Lo huil(I up its_ war ma- :ibviously; n~t a 111'.c risk; '{2)° they i1h•n1, is om· at l'o1·tsmouth, ~. chine. not merely the men 111 th e ac- repel dieease, bec;auso they ·expose JI. whc1·c thl•t·c urc to he onlr _Luu! 11ervic.:is. :in: 1:: ancl navy, bu~ filth to , publlcit1y, the deadly nutill'll ho11s1·:-i to 1hu tH't. :u:1·e. 111 Lho whrJlc industrial i;ccon,l line of dole of filth; (3) they offor no O1>this 11u· l111lll'li11 :-mrs the Go\'• <lc[en:-o fnrme<l hy llllll•ilious 1ilants ,tacle1:1 tot air currents; (4) thoy In1•r11111l'lll ur Chll L'nlt,•d S!a11·s anti other w:ir-ti111n intl118trics. H cv- vile flower aud ha.ck yard gardcuf: er h.i rraclrn were 1o Im allnwctl, tliat ( 5) they spur competition in cleanliw:n; l he ti me to creel them. Scot- uess neatqess, and attractiveness." Stagnant-Air Catch Basins lan<l <lit! crnrl one ~roll p al G rci na, ' f 5 ff f Sympathy or . u ercra rom Abolishe d . hill then :1b<11Hloncd their [llrlhcr the Gridiron. lnstcatl or the. misPr:ihlc little co11 ~1rnctioll :in1I has built lhc :;llhAs to one rectangular plan Stale~. :,,paces that qui ckly hcconwlurb Hhown hy the illustralio11s. BulleLiu says: prevalent throui-;hout the United "llecrc;ttion-crcalion anew of "\Ve reJ)rodnce this scheme, :,talcs, simccs that quickly !Jccomc bodily vigor and s11irilnal dclermin- because ,we lilto ils right angles, gloomy catch-ln1 s ins for rnbhi:1h ancl ation-is provided for amply in just because il is po:;sil.Jlo•lhat there arc 1 sLagnanL air, I.he Fccleral Govcrn- recognilion o[ its value. Pnrks, play- 3 ituations whore reclangularity is ''""'"·•~·cioc•,-,, mcnt has J)rovillc<l for a minimum i;rounds, :illolmcnL gardens, all arc predetermined by neighboring street distance o( lli [eel bclweun ho1n1es here. llumanitr has \Jc?n con:;iil- systems wllh which it is necessary lo or tho cuds of ucighboriui; groups of crcd." , linl, up. Generally tltis necessary rcchouscs. · ) The report says: __ tangularity exists only in the ipinll The roporL says: "llo11sl11g 111cans1 America's Great Advance. of the engineer. 1 the entire environmcuL of thc occu-! "Let. it be s:iill al once th at 1_11 ·t "If there must be a gri<liron, in punt and lhe occupant's fa.mily. Mcn 1year .:ual a quarter we in th e U~uled which case ,·.-e have that deep and women arc lo such a great ex- States have nm.de an extraorclrnary pathy for yon that comes from tent the tH·oduct or their environ- advance in th i3 mailer. We had no iar suffering,' observe how in I �a\Jove plan the plotting of. the Individual houses cle\·erly tends to conccal the disease. The predominance of single houses and double houses is good. So is the plotting of building~ to end the-vistas of the main street. The river front ls rightly made a l>ark." .· Human! "The wisdom with which towns are in some cases being con:;t1:i.icted is 's!iown by 'what may appear to be a m !nor . deta!l, but which indicates an elasticity of mind that, 1.:,c.-.,...,,.,0-,r twenty years ago, was uulmown to No Bunk..Houses_fo·r Uncle Sam. il:_Unicipal civil engineers.' An outAs to a pamphlet on 'Housfng is- i' cropping of rock Is located just along' sued by the Departme1H of Labor, Ji the ro:idway of a street in the Ports' tho Amei-ica.n Civic Association says: I:}otilll subu;b:· _Every city eng'lneor "In this pamphlet the Unitocl, lh the United States would for'merStates government outlaws tho lnm1,' ly· ha're blasted the rock to provitlo :1ousc and sets its face against lene- spn.co .tor· the sldewnlk. T.he town ; ments; we wish it had o_u tlawed them· ,. Ja usr;i.Jn ohai;[e ~':llllli ·u1e i,1.w:.loo. rt is to be noted that board . ,wa J, a vay from the face ot the rock, I fences will not be accepted, but ,·ca ~Yi~~ he walli: up over. the bacl.. lll'W,,,-..it:irt'ili 1 hedges or' opon metal fences will -be; fo!~ rt) thereby 1>reserving a ve1•y ,hat allotment gardens are to be pro- 01,:irm'in,i(.{1,lt or· natural 1Jceuory," '(idod; the rour yard do11th is to be ·It is 110 · wand.pr thnt the report not l1J:;s than t!i'c height or the bnilll• concludes with tile stntemcnt: inr;, t111tl in 110 case lc8s thnn 20 reel-; · ''It will tllul! b6 seen U1a~ t.ho 1t!to minimum cllutance between the ' UullocJ !:ltntei) Is Iurnltth!ng tho backs of houses is to be 50 feet, front good, the bad, and tI{e indlf!:eryards or set hacl:s are desirable where cnt as precedents. Ettt nlto;;ctll!)ractic,1ble; 1n•ivies and outdoor waor the cause of a h:ittcr Amerter cio::;ets will not be accepted; eY• ica is being advanced mcro tl::in cry room shall have _at least one win we could haYe hoped fnr in a dow opening directly to tho outer generation; without · the wa1·. air; every h;lthrnom shall have a win• The adoplion or adequate town dow of not less tlnrn G sqnare feet in plans, the 11asslng of tlrn grid• area 011cni11g directly to the outer iron, with Its i'lgitllty, the insist• once upon side yanis- and back yards of r.dcquate size, the creaExpet·ts Actu .. ::, Employed. tion of one agency composed or The A::;sociation notes: engineer, architect and town"In all of this development one , I 11lanner, all these are advances. profoundly important element Is tho It is ' the duty of every publicngoncy through which these result:; spirited citizen of America to · arc being secnred-frnmely, througl! sec to it l hal his city 1loes not ,he employment of an architect, enget a result one whit less good gineer, and Lown planner for eacl1 than Portsmouth is securing. ]ob, who arc compelled to evolve a Lot ns mn Im the ntandard of unified plan, Evi;iry city and town Pnrt:m1011Lh tho minimum 11land• ,111ght to ado11t this scheme iJ\ princiuni, anti let us admit no maxi• 11;il. The architect should not come I I· I "fl cl' or before tho · engineer; th c ...._;;~:.:;.:,,..,...,...,.,,..,....=,..,.,,;-:-,~~.r;T?-,--;.(!n-;:.;{{~"";f;~~ town planner should not precede or "Iii follow the engineer or architect. They should all work tocgther; and that is what the Government is now I com poll! ng them to do." Street Tree Plnnting Scheme for Y orkship Village. "The strnet tree 11lanting scheme for a Rcction o[ Yorkship Village i,; 1 11resented as a type. '!'he Government is here csta\Jlishing Lhe precedent or recognizing t11;1.t trees arc as much a fundamental part of the 1,l.rect aB lbo acwcr or the pavement -not merely something to be added aflerwanl, if yon get around to It." �The lir:; L all-slccl n1ercltaut I.Jc lau11chc<.1 in this sLaLe will lake Lhc waler at Lile Atlantic Ciorvoration, PorLsmouLh, next week. '1'hc vessel, which will take il.s placo in tl>IIH, which is the Hlandal'(.lizod size of all shit>s being built al the yards. The name o[ Lhe shi[l Jias not a1111ou 11ccd yeL. son has beeu naming the new merchanL ships and one. will be taken from her li st al the christening. 'l'he exacL dale or the launching will be given oul later. '~'he Atlantic Coropratio11, which is one. or' the largest shipi.Juilding concerns iu New I~ngland. has ic on tract s for vessels that will keep Lile rorce busy for Lhe uext five yearn. '!'he company has made arrangcnieulu to gi1•e e111ploy111ent to rctu rned i;old icrs and i s . co1111Ji11,-: the labor marlu: L [or worl, men iu all ------------------------------------- - - - �PORTS~IOUTH LE.ADS ALL NEW ENGLAND IN FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN oi1vE ·WINNIN6 'PRIZE' OF NAMING SHIP Portsmouth is on top again. In, fact she is "over the top." the recent Fourth Liberty Loan drive Portsmouth stood the highest, (population considered) of any city, , In town 01· village in New England. This good news reached Frederick M. Sise, the local chajrman of the drive, this morning. · Portsmouth has every reason to feel proud of this , great honor, and to Mr. Sise a great deal of credit due for. · putting the city over/ . Portsmouth now will have the ·privilege of naming · one of' ~he' many ~hips-'lhat rr.ay be launched on the coast , in the near future. This was one of the "prizes" held out o induce communities to exceea their quota. A . . d that Mr. Sise: will arrange in some • ( ... I j o\ ·~ • .,r ...# • "" • THREE LOCAL ROYS IN LIST OF WOUNDED The 11/lllll'S nr 1111·,,,. hoys :1111w:ir in 10'1:1y's ,•as11al1y list n" wo1111drd, tlr;.:rrp n 11dc>1 p1•111 inrd 'l'hr~• :1rr: ( 'h:11·)(lS J1:11:•J'l1t! l(t)J{t.•1·:--, ll<'l');ll'('PI. ,Jol111 'I'. C'u111irll~•. :,l SUBMARINE LAUNCHED ON SATURDAY From the Franklin Ship House in the Presence of a Large Crowd of Spetcators. . , . , , , . , , , . , _ . . , , •• 0 Subma rin e S-:: whic:h reru~nd leave l•he wa.rs 011 Tne~da•y Ja~t was success[ully launched 011 Saturday -,a'fternoon from the l~ranklin ship house. I As the s1.1 Lima rine start eel ~I rs. WI 1Jiam L. l fill, Lhes ponwr, brolu~ a lrnlllo of chaq1pagnl on lltn how, christening it the S-:1. 'I hP 'bl;; cr:1r1 made a very Pf ell y pict II re ns she went OIIL or H1o' l~rnnklin ship yard lo the cheers of Ll1e .t,hon:·mntls or spectators anti workmen and the shrieks or river boat wliisllcs. She struck the w,aler with a i:;JJlash Lila l sent a wave to the Killcry shore and 1,·ent well 0111 into the rirer 'befo re her snubbing lines finally chei·krrl her ani1 lhu yard tug- ran alo11;;sicln and made fast. The S-3 i s a credit Lo then avy yard workmen. She is 800 tons displaccmnnt a1.1cl one of the largest .\merican su 1.Jmarines1 ·yet bu ill. When launched the 1iu bmarine was praclirall>: ready ,for trial, her batteri es anrl engines In place and ,with only a few I hings t, be done at her clock before sl!e will be sent out on 'her trial. In fuel , ~he is the nearest Lo completion ''f :t(ly _submarine erer !auuclterl in this country. She has. ,hcen In the !i:i nds of the bullcl ers fot· l 7 1111J11t.hs, a ve1·y credlla,ble Lime co11sitl<!ri11;\' the size uf theb oat and the [Juality or �SUCCESSFUL \itl. LAUNCH N6 AI NEWINGTON City o f Newton T::i.kcs \-Valer at Yard of L. H. Sha lt udc Co. on Saturday. Thu ('il,r or :'\c11·Lo11, Llic :;l.!•a111l'r oi" :l.~00 1011:; to ·I>-! 101:, w:•s ,:uccr~.;fully !nunchcd SRI ,1 1,L,y nrtPrnuo11. Thr !<po 11,;or of th :r:, rt 1,·as ~I i~i-; .\i.1 ,·jori<' :S.-khols 01 \\';-f· 1 :S.-1•·.,·ton. 11 ho broke :1 holllc oi .;::i111pn;;nr on her how as she be;;an lo slit!o do\\ II ( hr\ 11 :l) f>. The la1111<·l d11!.;' p:irty from :-.:ewto11 . .\J,i,,:;., in wl101:e !10J1or t.he :ship \\'at' n;, :nr:d. in l' illdt'tl ~lnyor l~dwi11 0. rLi!d,;, ~ .. n:itor Thomas \\'cston . .Jr .. Hr;1-1• sc,: '·1I i ,·c llr-nia rd ' Forh nal 1 ,\rtlll:r \\'. llolli,;. rnprc1:c11ti11g tlw 1·it~· ur :,.: .. ,,·ton; .\Jr. :rntl .\Im. llurton .\lkn, .lliss Lu..:· 1;, 1 :1li11;.\' lhr. llefl Cro:-;s; ~Ir. nncl ~. \ rs 11. .I .. 'i:; l10\s, .\li:;s .\larjo:·:c~ .\"irhuh .\tr. an,! .\lrs. llarry ·. \lalthe,rn, .\Ir. ·•nil .\Ir:•. \ 'c rn1111 I:. Sl'nlt. ,\Ir. anti )l",·. C.h.trll•f; J•:. Kr~i~CY. William J:cr1 1·r,,, Jolin ('. IJrimhlclon. 0:1 t:1 r, s l:111<1 \\'ilh the out-ol'-t.own ~11< .'::•; ll'<'r<' ~l:111a;:r•r Ut•or~e 1,;, llcwi11,; and 11·ik. c:. ('. Hhr;rld . .\Ir. n11cl .\Ir• ·. .'.I. I,. 111111;,rd, Cn1i'1ai11 I.. H. .\,l:i111 H. I'. S. :-.:., ('0111111:111rlr•r It. .J. 1:0.11I. r. s. ;-; .. ('un11u.111l.lr.r ll. \\' . 11,ll(•n, I '. s. :-.: .. and others. �, . __\q\ . it fnnny how a thing 11kt' that wltt get in and you can't (]nit.e ncconnt for it-save in thi~ case T do reel - ~IS B'RIM' ·,;FUEL· O'F NE,WS • ~:~:o~:ji~~wlt he is gone. He;;\:e;~;\~:~;e;I~~~ and his goocl worl< will he sorely missed. 1 I~.:'\ , ----;~;;~::--:---:----:--~--------~ And another good friend-Dr. uavThe Times today printfl. 1,:.other ln the hut. A. R, C. chaplain and crly-has gone. Poor Mrs. G.---lnteresting letter from Y11s;,. Hnldah ,Jne of the girls who came over with Could anyone have more Saller, who has been "Over There" me has been put in the hut as direct-lments! Poor Rmilie-she certainly for some time. Miss Salter is a ress. She is the Texas girl anctl has suffered. One or our workers clever writer, as readers of the 'l'lmes proves !\ wonder. The place just here has los_t a sister and, juf,t -a clay will remember from her prevlons Jet- radlt\te!l good cheer and homines~ .1 or so ag?, word rame of a mol)ierters printed in these columns, ancl She had to be. t'ra srerred from "civil bolh gon'c of inOuenza. nut the ·sacl 11 what she has to s:iy make~ the hest affairs" to do it. You see "we arc\ ~est thing r_ have run on was a boy of reading. ;nllltary nfl'alrs," · . m our hospital-a medical corr,s orMy dear Ruth and 1 Fatl:er: We had the most wonderful Thai:l:~·- I clcrly. 'Such a splendid fellow. !Te T certainly have hacl tr'!a"is and 4lvlng dance for"tlle enl!steu men- has not ha<l word In months. trli:>ulatlons trying to write ctnrlng the first they have had. Ry special wirecl for him and just the other clay 1 the past month .. As near as l ,can dispensatron, the 1111 rses were, al- e had a letter from his flnnce that make out from my cllary, it is thll lowea to go so those. boys for one~· she had •been very Ill with pneumonia last of Oct0.ber since 1 have written all had a chance to dance-'all who ---;-nearly died. During that time, her a line to anybody-thosP- were the coulcl, /l'hey cut In 011 encores an,l father and mother both went and his ,days that the convoys came in thicl< It was a wild whirl. y think r count- own father ancl mother weren't <'X-.i.nd fast. 1\ly con!cna and myself ed seven or eight' different men danc- pected to Jive. Can you fancy that were on the jump constantiy and Ing with me on one round of the hall boy? I hurried to him as soon P.3 I heaps to do cven·where. J.'d just and this happened nearly every heard-he just clung to me and tried see daylight way a1rnad;-and there, dance The music was wonderful lo tell me. Being a strong chap, he ·bang, would come another new job. provided by the soldiers.· themselves: helrl himself but yon conld see : had planned to write you all about The hall (chapel Teally) was liter- heart was breaking. ,t on my vacation which came due ally hung with mistletoe ancl iia1 just wish T ,could write of all the !lbout Nov. 13th 'but, as Jn ck would pered with big <'hrysanthemums- big hnman things that we come on have It, after l started out I ,could the French have certainly gone into in this work and then there are all not go where I wanted to-'-said place chrysanthemum culture and they are ~orts of little comedies a small place in the Pyren'nees being ndicu\ously ehcap. I it all, such a lot of ~Josed to the American E. F., so I Tl1e colonel had a wonderful din-• chaffe and banter. 1 -,.,ent to, Tours to try to straighten ner ror the boys:_loacls of turlrny, I But I mnst get out some affairs here. 1 managed to vegetables anrl pies. we had pies all I ters, real important ones, th .use up three days there. · At the end day In the canteen ancl Stella and I ,weeks th to or that time, my bag was hopeless.)' h.acl a French rllnner with cham- : o er ings. tost and after a flying trip after It, 1 pagne 011 top of It nil. Thero was a l Jnst thlR-two weeks ngo · today, retu-rned home to my own fireside big mass in the cathedral for Ameri- i'I we spent In Dlois. '!'he two glrlH who warmth, which began to seem· the cans and it was gorgeous. In the came over with me that l liked came nicest possible place in all cold meantime, we were rushing about to' here to vi8it and we went on to !<~ranee. Things and experiences start a hut in one of the 'i>arrack 5 Tours together. 1 was fagged and J,opp,ned on \l»l t<lp whlch wHl Jn· the ,;ve,, The m,.alty ,amt>• glad lo go_ on n>, ,,acaUon then. llnl terest Father__:._.and, just as soon as J of tho main hos\lital Is over thcro' first we did a. few chateanx. ll is <>ln, I w<nl to gel ll w,;tt,n fo, pass- and J',e b"n confining mY wo,k 10 '""'' Jnh these ,1ny, w;u, n pern,;t · <ng along to th• ,,i.n ds. th, 1esoen ls ,; n e, ov. 1. l\', " " ' U me yon lake a ,,.; n, a """ n' And you will want to hear what just have the hut ready [or a rea.l marshnl to s iin y/J11 in i•nrl out of' when the arm is- opening ancl I'll tell yo\; ahout that. every town and importanl. P.'s wi, I. certainly some nnt, in the meantime, r am going rerl brai;s~rcls on lo sec yon clo it :u ~rand affair-really very thr!lling; to cable to take the. place of the lrl- some 1yp1ca\ly boarr!ec! gateway-,;o .. i; Paris of course, but I've been ;em I've · not written for you will be i·Hy, very Frenc-h' 1f you sli<lP- lty th 1 ehokey to the brim to tell you about anxious. The awful conditions at e :II. P. anrl actunlly make it and hope it ,all won't effervesce home must have n_carly nnncrvccl train, it11 may nrril·r not more than and pop •before I get it on paper and everybody. I don't know when 1 fonr ho rn lnl e-yon have to ltc prrout of •my system. . was more sohY to hear about any- parecl !'or anything. Anyway, after We were growing, still growing, thing than about Dr. Tow)e. Beside l1 gra nd rlan_ce in Tours (nn<l Tours to huge degrees when peace came·. always admiring him greatly and . no,,· is onp. 1 Jam of American onirialV:,Then I was a way -they cJosecl th rce reeling so comfortnble to have him. clom l · t 1ts t hi' headqu:u-ters of tLe ho3pltals and evacuated nearly I\ ne~r yon all, he was somehow Jinked IA:llt'l'i_c:11l 01.·~ . l•'. anr\ t'llll of S. 0. :,. thousand men-many to go straight In •my mind with (S,•n·ct't' • , my ·com·111g OVOl.. ''LI 1l ll I Supplies) . .. " l'on·t•s 1i~h1in~ home-what they call D Class ca\;es T~e Sunday he c11me' ont, he tnllterl . ic a c of I ours, which -unfit for ,uty, and some of them about,mY work over here ln such a 81sts mainly or tlinnNs. clnnce!l, are pretty unfit, too-poor \ads, bnt way ttiat he has ·been constantly in champa)sne, etr.-rathcr Pari s ian on n\J so awfully happy with the thought mind during 'man;v phases of the ac-1 a. ~mall scale ancl oh, so very, yery of "Home for Christmas." !lvltieP.. I ;ather felt without quitf1 cliltcrrnt trom the olrl cl,tys-nncl I Since then, we arc busy gathering knowing wh{' that I was a hit r1:1spon- lnu:te>cl up 37 bis rue Sehasto;wl 'Jp the threads to close up. \Vith the slble t:> him .fol' the way 1 did Is 't Veiy much the same the more clcrndden Jct-down has come to ns ' • n gant and ticly nnd occupied · by . a 8 tup Red ,Cross force. Captain has a c:,,.v..1~~~::.,•.1 who was most lnterestcrl to sputter necretary and· there are more worlrnrs me all ove1•.French-everyYou see l've one seemed to need my poor assistanee, so I garble and mess it 'anrl ! I "'°" '°"' ~ I ---- - - - �But a bit or lllois-we took a lJion o so 1ope you are well-'.1'is 1 early train (oh, the JJid;;in French of will reach you alJ011t° Clrrlstn~a~. 'all soldierdom-)) but it didn't arrive on things going well. l hope it will lie lin1e. \Ve ,vanted to go to Chntn- a. happy Christn1aR for you. ' 1.Jord in the P. . 'rhcre is a perfectly •As l read this over, I am gbod trolley to Chambord now. but before my fire eating slices of a yard all the American occupation of Tour- of/bread and eating it with tea, J)ll.l•~ aine has not succeeded. in hurrying <le foie gras, cream cheese. and g~nthese people-they only throw Ull erous blackberry jam from the comtheir hands In hopeless despair and m issary. l have wonderful oak calmly turn it over to the' poor be- wooq that 1 bougi1t.. l'.o 4 i5 fran '3 a nighted Ya!l.ks and let them mudple domi somethiug, n.ll plied wl.,..., r. along as best they can-anu let me. square measure by German prtsor,er8, tell you in spot~ it ls one grand mud- and, in tho chair across, ls my grnnn die. But it, is. all so humorous (now wooly French blanket in which J the tragedy of the war is stopped). sleep, all heating A lbrowu covthat it is killingly funny. '\Vall, we eretl jug -of \1ot never made ,Charnbord. ,ve had to warm in front of the lire. have lunch and, as luck would have you I was Jiving in an Abbe's nous0 IJIJ),'.'.;,-_,;~,-,.;,/;,.-.,,:oi it, the Hotel de France still has beau- right next to the cathedral, witi1 111t:riil. ~~-...·•t.::.ii-=~'ki::,.:;,coup good rood. It is still "men- niece and himself and they are ador, -..-· aged" by the French but' is a Y. M. -C, able to me-do the 1)icest thin,;;:; t.nd A. qfllcers' clu!J. Can you picture wait on• me from 7.30 petit dej-:.'unc,: oodles of convalescent and "waiting to hot water bottle in the bel1 for orders" A_Q.1erican uniforms sun- night. Talk about war conditions, . ning -themselves iJt the ·big window~ was homesick on my leaYe. A Y. :--1 ,..,,.,.~-,,,, of that dear little toute affalt French C. A. hotel was a barn beside i' hotel. The park, the hilly streets, don't know !\ow long I shall stnr bu th~ chateau, even the silver and for a while yet till trnnsferred France shops are a.bout the same- the men all leave here. 'Miss tf.Jfff::· and khaki everywhere-just every- flnger 1 my boss, at Tours, has p_c1~~' where, and a big American band or work to do. The demobt)izHlo playing below the ,c11ateaux walls,. makes great demands. Love to you all, ri~h t under the Catherine de Medici's '·HULDAH old poison cup!Joards-led around with twenty-five convalescent dough. !Joys by a distinctly i;choo lteachory Y. L.....,__...,..,....,.,..,..,,.,.,--:~-.--=-:~tlll"".'9!'~.~.i"~i.t1~.tt J\1. C. A. maid, telling u~ tho tale~ of the only' Royal days. It seemed to me that the fireplaces were more l'esplendent than of old. A very like oid man stayed with us, who so tiently of old told us the stories an( for once made me want to under• stand l<'rench in tho old dnyR. Bu I "Catherine had some grand dugout" and who would have thought guy" would fall for thatfrom that balcony on high r.ame the strains -of "Who's Dixie," "Lonk.];.o ,,. TJ'ail " llll you bent it- Can you reel how l felt Beautiful old Blois Americanized. Hod, Cross, Y. l\l. C. A., Y. W. l\lilitnry signs in plain American everywhere. And it's nicel,v done, too-so rospcctrully done. 'l'hc Amcricnnlzalion is so much than at Tours and marine guards 1,1uck!11g every trnmc corner to watch if you are 0. K. ' Amboisc> 11·c. visilccl next day and it is just the same-save that one wing is used or has been used as it J• rench Red Cross hospital-Red Cross flagg liy ol'er the 11 uguenot b::d - u]). 13nt, speaking o[ flags-if you ever had seen the quickness with Orleans got up her flags after whistles began to blow-some or <'Ur 1.Joys were ,ietailed lo ring the cath~dral bells. l3ut it's not go-it's going to be in the Qlller story. Yery late now and I've beaul Jll\l things to be done tomorrow. �J,O.LAU1NCH ; .:flR'ST SHIP i'\\?~~,s~TURDAY The first ship built ait the Atlantic shipyard will be launch ed on Saturday afternoon at 1.30 at high water. The big 8000-ton cargo carrier, one of llle fabrlca~d ships, is now ,re~dy for her maiden dip into the waters of the l:'iscataq'un! river . and she ls 'well along toward ~completlon. Her hull is practlcaJly,1·a.n r doiie, and a good part ot !her rii'achlnerY bas !Dready been Installed,~ arid '·the ' rest • Is r<.>ady so rt hat -th'e 'ship a.rter •', J>e)ng la.unchetl will not Ibo long \u! fore ' lt; ls 1\nlehecl aml really :for sra-}:,~s1fo'•'1s c~tlrriated to be 80 per finished.' , . · Thfli,. coreft,•:1;nf h:l.VI' macJ''; CXC('pl\on• nlly_:goop.,• t!me• on. thlR' ship and they h;!-VO ;_qt}1ers •we11,'.along, ~o thnt there -wm·•be!°fr'e quent ·launchings. · She will ibe l\amed'. ~he'• Klsnop. ~e-nt• i _'FHE PORTsMUOTH ii&ilM.:D, 1U~e;;Clt~ :i~ eautiful TC 'T Ill m Portsmout E Bird's-Eye View of Atlantic Heights. The m ost perfect ho11sinA' project many of 011r people 1·cnlizt' whnl hns propo8ition was p11l tlwo11gh on 1 from an engineering and atchiteclural he>en done al tho J\llnntic, aml wh:tl a] sC'lwdnlc time hy ll " >l:1li<rn,l1 l•:ngl . . . . ncc1·ing Co. nn<lcr th<' (lircc·tio:i of poln! of view put through hy the.Gov- 1 gre·tt aRHCt this will J)l'OVC to our ('llY \'il'C l'l'!'Si (l!'nt l~fll'l'O\\',; :l!Hl ('hlcf F.n~ n t Is at Atlantic Heights, Ports- In the years to come? g-lrH'<'l" \\'. c.. Holwrt~. who has hl'on mouth')' thus spoke a rcprcsentnlin· 1 Jn r,n!Pr thnt tho~sc who ha\'<' n \'<'r 1he Jor:11 ,lil'l•ctlng lw:,d. 'l'hC' propMlor .the u R. Shipping J~oarcl. Yi,dtc,1 ~Ill: "new _c ity," WC' to(lny p1·1•- \1_io11 h:1s g-,llH' through with a snnp nnd 1 Is nlao suhstanllalt'tl hy llrr. 1 st'nl IL h11·d,; eyC' \ "11'\V or lhf' S('tl11'1T1('lll. .Jl11T1J) lhnl ha s \\'tln t hr J)l':ti,;(' o( CVC'l'Y Th e fact various engineering so<:ietics. .111>11· 1.\nul h c r ppint to rcmcmlH•1· i>< that the I (lepartnwnl r,r the C:ovl'rnm cnt sr1'1'1Cc. I �NOTABLE·GATHERING. SEE MISS RAYNES CHRISTEN , . 1~ · BIG· STEEL CARGO sum • < C In the presence of Gov. John H. Bartlett, members of the 'llew Hampshire -Senate and House as 'Yell as IJ1any. disting~ish• d "pe1·sons from Boston and vicinity, i~cludi.~g Pr~~ide~t ArU~u~ Sharp ot the Atlantic Corporation, Assistant .Treasurer Thomas M. Cox, Vi:e President L. A. Osborne \,f the· W estinghouse.M~nufacturing Company, Walter L. Clark,' of New York, the 8000- 11',.l<c-,:'~!kc~)~--i ton steel cargo carrying steamship Kisnop was launched , F1·eeman's Point ·a:t 2.02 o'clock this afternoon. The launching was witnessed by a ·crowt:l of seve~al tho~-: sand persons who li~ed the shore at Freeman's Point. The P~r·td~· < ' mouth bridge and the Kittery shore were'also well lined with l: spectators. At the given time Miss• Elizabeth Stillnan Raynes, dau gh~ I ··er of General Manager Harry C. Raynes of Boston, brok~ a bottle of champagne on the bow of · the big c~aft which gracJ·ully slid do~n the ways into the waters of th~ Piscataqu~ riv~J. . 0 As the •lJi.!!." rrnft slid rlown lhe ways a shont.. or applause went un from the onlool:ers. as it marked :. new era in _New ~{amp~hire shlpbulldin:;, the Klsnop being -tho first steel ship t.o be built and launched from the :-.:ew Hampshire shore. In connection·· itl may be- s0;id that five olhor steel ship.;. arc now ln ,proCOfll:1 or con1;lrucllon and the kccl1; for flve olhers will ,be laid as soon as J)OSl:!ible. The ln.unchl11g wn.s Ju charge of Sidney Lermond foreman shipwright o[ tho Texas ste~mship yard at Bath, 1le., a man _ o( wide experience and without, mishap . An interested spectator wns Grm eral l\tn,na~er George n. Dralrn of I he> Te,-1s slcnrnsh I ti yard, who whilr h e was hc>re was l\11° g11 esL or William 1~. lligµ;ins, one of the foremen nl. the Allanllc CorporaUou. Amon g those who came down f1om Concord to .witness the launchin g were St>na."lors Tufts o[ l~xeter, Hor:in or :\lanch!'sl er, Keyser of Haverhill, n-nm sdeJl o r Dover, j\fa.rvin <-' :\"ew Castle and t he sergeant-at-arms ' or lhe Senate, William Knox of ::\fa<lburr. Among the r~presentatives were t,:u~ene 1~1bhey, John W -heeler, Clnr- c11co :\I. Woocl\Jury ct l.lnnchoster, JameR 1~. Phllpott. or ,nolllnsrord a.n,l ·william N. Jlogers or ~ian:,' or the representatives were a·ccompaniect "by theit· ladies. ·; On th eir arrival here they ' ;w,e,, met by n. •citizens committee h·ea~ie,cl by ~fayor Albert Hislop, consisting or f<'red •::\I. .Sise, Louis Ewald, E. II. Baker, 1R. Cly-de ::\fargeson ancl escorled to busses ancl n11tomobilc,1 which bore -n ,pl:i.carcl "The Mayor ol' Portsmouth , . Welcomes the Members or the Legis_Jature." -G-ov. ,John H. Uartletl nnd Senalor Oliver n. :\InrYin also bestowed :i.JJ poss ible -a.ttention upon the visiti1'ig states man. At J 2.30 -a. special train o( eiglH parlor cars -b1·ought down from •D ost.ou_President •S har•p and his guests. Tlte special trnlu with tho Boston guesls returned at 3.:10 o'clock. Following ~he launching the in vited guests were ' served a lunob. :b the Atlantic Corporation -and ~h lauu·~hiug of the first steel ship built in New Hampshire will go down as an -eJ?OClt in Jocal ·, history. , i\lau.v of the out-or-town visitors cxpressed great s urprise at the mag nilnde pf the ,p laut of the ·Atlautie Cor-poraljon and marveled at the ideal site for suc h a big enterpris~. To those of our citizens who have . stoully maintained fro\n l!JO lJrs · that tho •J)U))Or mill plnnt. :LL man's .l:'oiuL would some day come into ltse own It wns ·extremely pl{clnslug iliat IL is now l>~lug used to cou~truct steel ~hif1s lo maintaiu,' Ille prestige of tile early _<lays when the wooden s hips •buill ou the Piscntaqur1. river we re lo be found in all parts of the world. lL is to be hoped thit more lauuchiugs will follow n<>ar 1'11 l u r r. �NOTES -OF THE LAUNCHING Kisnop, the First Steel Ship Built in New Hampshire, · . Takes the Water ln Fine ·stvle. ., J'1·csont11,1,ious , Evryone connected with the .'\ ti antic Corporat:oP. from General :\Ian<1~•·r T?;,i :.t·d 1l01\"11 lo t!w w::nl!: hJ~was highly el11trll on Satur(~a_1 OYi!:' t:1'! ~ucceDsful .titm<'hin~ o' the !'.i!!nop, the first steel cargo carrying s:.eamshlp built on ~ew Hampshire soil. , All who witnessed the launch111 6 were of one opinion, that it was YCry successful and reflected much <: .~dit upon those who were directly J-, ·charge of the big sh.ip going over- ·J,cirM?, ,· · 's the Klsnop entered lhe water i. ;:;tra.inerl nnd tugged at the •ha w-1 in Ordc1·. Previous to the launching, Uoneral ~rauagcr Raynes was presentecl with a huge loving cnp ancl ;\fiss Haynes i largo •bonqnet of red roses, by tho em ployes o( the company. Sidney Lernard, ·the master shipwright of Lhe Texas steamship yard, w~o ha•cl charge o[ the launching wn~ not forgotten, being presented w_ith a co!itly gold watch by the workmon e1~11loyed in t~e construction of the •1hip. ;\fr. Lormand and a· crew of . en picked men from the Dath, :\lo., ya.rel had been · at Freeman's Point for ten days making the necc~sary preparations ror the lnnnchin;;-. Tho buildings In the yard nucl Lho slaud where the gne!,tS wituessod the rhrlt!lenlng wnro gaJly, tlC'<'Ol'lltocl' 111 Lhe .1rntional colors and the shl11 was be<leckecl in all its pennants. 'l'he shipya:·cl ban,1 enliven.eel the sce ne tiy play:ing stir1·foi. airs. , ' t-:stahlli<hctl ~cw Heco1·d. I ,. ••, until they pa-ted with the report 'i\ J a rifle shot. 'l'he sl~ip rlrif.tcrl r·,,stream with the incom111g lido or tile. Piscntaqua river, and it was i'nar~d. sho would gronncl on the mud bahlts opposite the ynrd. Dut the tugs Penacook and :\[onomac took 'her In tow and brought her safely to the dock. / ' . , An IndlMl Name. '(rhe bl~ s'hlp was nam~d by 11 : 5 : I The ·entire progra1'.1 or t11r laun~h)\ 1ls?n, v.lfe of the pres1de1~t. Kl~ in~ wns under the direct snpervision nop 1s an Indian name, meanmg B1 .• of Harry C. Tlnynos. the p;onrral manPond. The Iauncl1ing of this big steel _l11'<'1' or tho ,\tlantic corporation. JI,, ,i..,.,,_..,,,i.'11 ship marks a, now era in New Hamp-I is the man who is rpspunsihlo. for s,hire sl1ip building. ,vhile it was th(' · the New JJ,nnpshirc yard making two fi,·st steel. ship built at Fre.,man·~ ne\\' Tecords-a . world's reconl for .'Point, it ·was not the first sl,ip as the cRtabHshnlen·t of a shipyard, and l1ore 4.0 years ago was located Fer- a record in shiph nilcling in conslrnt:l· : J\!1.ld's ship ,•anl "•here many wooden ltig- t.he Ki~nop. The ~ronnrl for the ,..,"iessels ·were constructecl. 'rho Atlan- shliiynnl wa1:; hrnlccn 1088 than:,. yc•ti:· .' tlo ,Corporation has ·fo ur other ships n~o, 011 l•'cb. '.! 2 , 191 R. The Jrerl ror · i~ process oC conslructiqn nncl Gen- tho Kl s noi> ,,·,is Jaicl lcsH lh:t11 sr1•en . eral :'\fan ager Raynes slates that work months a.c;o on ;\lay '.! 3 . 1 (I 1 s. • on ship' No. 2 will bo rushed with When tho Kisnop· took the water ·t,he l1opos of launching her in twelve 011 Saliml:.tr· it wax \iic,rc thau so per 0 I month she iH e:,pcr.tctl lo .c;o Into com~ m,isslou, leaving lhc yard under her own ~tr1m, which will mean anothrr record for fabricnlr.cl ships from to sailiug. \rc1·0 G,·cntlr Sm·11rh,cll. Tho official New Tlnmpshlro party arrl ve<I In this /it.y nt IO_o'clock and l\J<'Y wrrc met nt lhe clopQl. by :\layor !Ji slo11, Governor John TT. Ilartlott a n1l a rornmittcc or ritizcns. Autos 'llHI moto1· ychielc~. bcar.ing signs, "Tile mayor of PortEmoulh welcomes tho mP-mbrrs or the lei;:islaturc," were boa rtlccl and the Yif;ilo•·s wrrc lnken for n short trip 1brough the city nncl then to the navy yard. At the later placp the party was escortrtl through the naval }lrison by• i,ieut. Commander Thomas ~1iitl Osborne, ancl tho working or Lhe ;\Tutual Wei: fare lca;:;uc '":-is r ,· plainccl ,1.nd wil· ncssod. Governor ll,nllott actecl a. personal guide to tho big party. i\'hen the part~ arrived at tho .\tlant.ic corporation thrv wcro greatly snrprisocl :it thc trnni;[ormatlon that hacl IH,lrnn place at T1'rreman's Point tl11rl11~ tho pnst yciir. Whrrc nn abnntlonotl paper mill hntl oner :itootl, was now an euonnons in<lustry, of a hustling and thriving nature. buildings recently constructed were i1oticccl and many others u11tler process of construction. Spc<'iul Guc~ts. ,\mong tho logish•tivc party ,a nd Hperial guests we:·<• .111\lgc Altlrll'h or tho U. S. suprelll<' t·onrt, Councilor John G. ·welplcy, Senators 0. U. l\Tarrin, J . .\. Tul'ts. F'. :-S. Keyser, Guy TI. llubbarcl, C. :\f. ,,·ooc1bury, B. T. llartlett, rt. 11. llorun nntl .\. T. Rams<lcll; Olin ,Tl. Chase, .John A. ,\ luchling, l". :Ill, .Suillv:111, l•'irc Clliel's Charles T•'rcnc·h or J\lanr.:hcslnr and (ircnn of ronconl, :,ntl nu111enms represc11 tat.l\·~~Th<' r<'cord 'hrcnking ·s pl'ed of c·onstrnrtlng the Klsnop is crl'tllft•d to I C1'1lt cn111p:1•tt·d. with ('111'ill<'H, •h01•l•Jl'S, tho thrce'forcme11, :\lillcr, ,\lurphy ,lJJ ;\llldrum. known as the three husllin.c; ~J's. 'l'hu Al!anlk i·orporali011 om11lo1s 2,GOO men, and S11pcrinle111lcnt. or •Supplies Joe l'owor, formo;·Jy or l\1anchcster, stalmi that. tl1~ir capacity will be 1,000 ,in a rew 1110ul11:;. ]'leased \VIU1 '!'heir '1'1·ip. ?II cm l.Jcrs o( tho slate lc;;i:;lalurc w.ho , isi-tocl this c ity to witness tile launching ,,·cn1 grPnt ly plca~ccl ,, itlt the trip and the entcrtaintllent arforclod tl1em whill' )lerc. During their ontire stay Gov. nartloll and 7\Iayor Hislop wCTe in close attcnclanco and loft notJ ·, in.c; un<lono for their comfort ancl •hcforo tlto I.rain pnllocl nnl or tho st.ullon lalo ,:,;11.t11rd:1y art1•1· 11oon, sovernl or Lho visiting slatesmen were outspoken in words of praise for both tho 111ayor anti chief executive or tltc sta..::.tc"'-.'----- �MEETING HELD TO ~~v, ~ : ~ : ' ,:::,!::t:=~~. :~:t:~· u :: I \ .Attorney ·wright of the firm of _ \ [ {~: ~ : : ~ ?: : ; ~ ~!: : : ; ~ : ; : CONSIDER SCHOOL CONTRACT 1 not come with any ohve branch. He th~t the ~tlantic Corporat1on had a Just grievance against Lho city, and openly accused tho city of bad faiLh in the matter of tax assessment. He said that the city council has I co~sidered ":'I Between the City and tho U. S. Ei mel'g·ency 11 leet at Atlantic He~ghts. -}-ON"' . n- ''\ \ A meeting was held Thursday af- ciLy coun cil received the •project anti voted as it had voted other corporaternoon at the pro\Jale court room lo agreed lo rurnl s h the street worlc, a lions, an exemption of taxes for .ten conEider lhe present contract be- sewers, waler and also the school. ,tears, in full for three _years, 2;; per tl':cen the city and lhc l. S. !~merlie Hai!l the Allanlic Heights wns ,cent for three years, 50 per cont ir:c.ncy Fleet which the finan c ing t111:• •r onHiclm·ec\ t.oclay the hc>st built anti :three more and 75 the. last ye!Lr, • It AtlJnlir HPighls l,Pally ('ompany. rnoHl complt~le,l of all thn l_1onslng ·was •in the agreement on such · pro1)l\l:: r or llislop slat<'tl t.hnt thPro W<'l'l1 projccLs or lhc goverunwnL ancl iL erty .hitherto not exempt. He said s r, 1r1 ?. 1.hing~ t.hat tlw ·<· ity wo111ll'liltf' w:is a community lhal wonld ho a there was a question as to the interto c lianr;<> and hC' hacl i•allPrl t lrn mPPI- creel it to the city . Jn rei:;anls l.o lite pre la ti on or this but they were willIn:; so lhal lhE'rf' ('011ld hp a frPe diR- s<'houl hou ~e they had estimated that Ing to pass this, but the agreement <:11' ion :lllcl Hu that thP. reprP sPn ra-1 thcrp won 1,1 be hcl ween three · and was that the old p~·operty was not t~ til'~; of lhe,l•:mH).\C'IH'Y J.'le<'I c·o11l1l ro 11 r · hundred chilc\rcn ancl thal tl be · taxed at more than it had been l.r i.eard. sc·hool house to take care or' that taxed th e year before. They wel· ·1 :10 first sprak<'r was i\lr. Aaron, 1111 m.1JCr was ncc,csi;ary. They had dum[ounded 1 lo find •that they had t l (I represenlatll'e of the 1,;111er 1:oncy met with the IJoard or tnslrucl!on, hoeu assessed at $800,000 whcras Fl,-ot, and the heac\ of all housing plans had been agreed upon, tho the .assosHed valuation in 1917 was fl J jccts. i\lr. Aaron made one or fo11ndation started, \Jut now word but $129,000. He could not see how th,, most able talks on the s11hject of comes from the i\Iayor that they lhe properl)' could so Increase tb, housing proposition ancl it s rcl:i- would like lo Jiolcl it up. Ile gave value in the [cw months they had tlon to Portsmo11 th I hat h:H; PVP.t' orders to that rffect. and Haid that he had il up to April 1, 19 l 8, when the il.1 crn hP:J.r!I in this ciLY. !lo Hhnwcd was wflliui; to tel the school houstJI assessment was made. Ho snfcl thnl .a 11illingness lo mc<'l the city half- res t for the time until it was proven they felt that they were not lre:1tcd w::y anc\ at the i;amr tillle waulc<l to wh et her their estimate or that of the fairly and lhat the city had ar,tPd iu n :serve to the government its rights mayor was right. If it came to p4ss bad faith or rather the assessors' dein the muller and to assure the l1011s- that by spring they were right and partment. They had not 1>aid it and ir.g project fair treatment at the there were that number or scholarti would, of -course, .allow the court to h:1:1<ls of the city. He said that th<'ro then they would ask the city to ,pro- ~d~ it: _11r. Wright was ver " ·ere complaints against the city, ville the school. 'l'he present · tem- biunt in his arraignment of the city. complaints made hy l he ITI('ll ron- ,porary school was all right [or a Mayor Hislop called upon Mr. JH, l<'d with th e housini:; proj,•cl anti s mall num.her of scl1olars \Jut they Boy_nton of 'the ·S il king 1<1.1np Coml.1v the tPn:inls at th e lleii.:hls th:il would re[use to assume the responsi- mission to answer Mr. \\"right and 1.licy were· uol bein~ treated r:iirly uility of having the upver floors used he explained tlle·NewHam1>shh·e l~w l,y tire ci1y. llo rearl an alJ!;lract ::s it ,,·us \Ju t a temporary office build- that no property ·once e~erl!.11t from. from a letter Ju8t recei vccl to the 01- Ing. taxes could be given .another ex• feel that their coal cost them a c\ollar The question of the cily paylllg emption.. 1-Hi said that the asses o s a ton more at I he lleigh l. an<I I he>rP hack the money adva.nced by the gov- -m:-tel!in goo nit 1 or he llUt~hase was an Increase in LhP prier of ihoir C'rnmenl lo do lhe work agreed upo 11 price of the property would have ~. grocerleH. llo sn id lhal tho rrnople hy the city in l\l'o years' lime, waR a bearing on the ta)!. valuation and tliey living at. tho Jleii;hlll had tho illl)ll'f'S- lllllllCI' lhal cou ld onsily be takon WOl'O _jusLified In -mnlng the Jlgures sion that they \Yore not n part or t'are or. J le was JlOrfectly willing lo what they thought were fnlr. I-Io Portsmouth or onLitlccl lo tho iiUmO · aclvan<·e it lo ten yen rs, which ~vonln' also ex[llained lhat since l t117 an rlghts as othE'r ciliz\ns. Ile briefly not ·be a 1;anlshi11 011 lhe citY. Tho old exemptio11 on some of lho sketched tho l1istory or tho housing payment · of the taxes toward the erty had ,run out. ])rojoct and sai,\ th:i.t it hacl hoen \ debL was 110 mo1·e than fair, and hel J\lr. Aaron said lhat he was i-cwlo11sly c·onRi,lorPd 111:il,lt1~ tlw said U1al the government woulcl be tlent Ll111L they , would come t'o Home l lnlgh LH il gnl'l\l'lllll!'Jll. rl':-lNV!ll!Ou, 'willing that lhe prope r ly pay Its full agreement and thal Lhc•y WOt'O willwhkli, oC ,·011r:=1P. wo111,1 hn fl'"'' from 1Hharc of the city expense, but only, ing to waive lhc school house fol' tho t:n.1'>1 :1111I frPn from any r11lf>B 01• iaws ' ili; share. Because it was a govern- 111roseul, givo a. ten ~ears' extension I h:it Portsrno11t h cnnlcl rnnlw, hut it menl pro))oHllio.11 was no reason .whyrnd allow-_~rnt_ a porlton of lhc ta~es was d,, cir\C'1l LhaL ill_ waH betlC'r lu ii 8ho11ld he taxed more than oth<'l' on the He1.,hts be turned to the city ma Ice il a part or Lhc ·<:il.y nncl to Jtave properly o[ a lilrn nature about the lo defray the municipal expenses 1if il ahHorbPcl hy th~ city like auy cil.Y. Tlrny simply wanled fair play. that section. ·· · 01her !lC'l'lion. !Io sai,I that when lfo said L11al in r<'l~ar<ls lo lhe AlMr. George \v. M-cCarLhy, a mem' the ho11 ),;i 111-: proj<'cl wm; 1,ronv;ht 11µ lanlic Corporation lhut w:tH :111,>thcr lJer or lite school ·bonrcl, talkecl as a this cily was on<' of a great m:iny, ill maLter, hnl he was ~really surprised memlrnr or lhe Boarcl on the school , rac·t far more than <on1'I he cared for lo lind lhal it had bc>et1 n,lvertised 11ro11osition ancl said that lhe Board I with thc' isovc•rnmcnl a)lpropriation for a tax sale, ancl whnt was worse felt t.hal il Hhoulcl ho rcleasccl r1\om 'or $70,tJ00.IJ00, auc\ Lhe ;.;ranlinii of the idle gossip that had started th:i.ll llie ·primes lo erect :i. f;Clloo l Oil the lho proposition lo 11tis rily waH cine because or lhis advertised sale that )llant. He iu a ;.;rl!at m<'as11rc lo tho lilwral anti lhc shipyard was to be discontinued I . ! tile �IJ, juRt nH satlRfactory if the erected a school 1iouse outside of the 1 Heights and Lha,t the childre11 o[ LhR.t section would not be required to wnllt ,any Carther to school than other children. Mr. Aaron said that all they wanted was the same treatment that otl~er school children got, but if it whs erected outside or the Heights' they could ,not advance the 'City any money It must he on the• Heights if '""'''"'"'""" .. tho money was Lo ,be advanced. ~~·ffl,:..,-A.J,~f',}1.11 Mr. Ji'. A. Delden spoke on the icleu of llullding a school on the outside t!.-•~11!-,~.:,,,,:. aucl . :Mayor Ilislap said that they ~-~;.\i,,..?.:•:..;,.i;~ would be willing to he released from_.,.,.-,.,,,,,::....:-,, . .-.,,,;,:::;r,,:,,:1the school allowance, and · tr' t11'e .b~~;.i~Y.,M erowth rtemanded that the city would build one big !;Choo! .building fc:.~~~~113ain that section of the city that would take In the Frnnklln and 11art of the Spaulding district. t:·;~i,,•-.i,·v;;..£< Chairman Sise or the Donrcl Trade said that it was the opinion of the ·business men that the mallet· be r;r,~.t,ii~trlfli.;i~-1 left with the Mayor to re.ach some"'·~·.....,,~.~ amicable agreement with Mr. Aaron and also with the .ub,ntic Corporat;on. Dy this time Mr. Wright had become more gracious and said that~';t.it,,~ he had experienced a -change or mintl ,while listening to the city's stde oi the case and he, was. confident that"'.,~,,-,. ._..., the city would be fair in regards to the corporation and ,promised to do all he could to make·some agreement settle the rn~tter by- agreem~nt_ ,..,.,,_.,,."'•, ... ·.,• .•. �WLl BE DEMOBILI . I O,t Snnli.iy aCternoon. Feb. 23, a con1munit), sing ancl liemobiliza.tion or service flag stars will be held in , :,1e Colonial .thealre under the aus-1 pi.'<•s of the \Var Camp Community: 1 I .\layor Hislop will !)reside and the\ will be as followi;: 1 - - S_inging of "America." - Invocation, Rev. AHrecl Goodin•~ - Ten minutes of Community Sing- ! :11g, Jed ,by AJfred Hallam of Bos-! ton, :\1ass., community-song leader. j - •Ten-minute address, Governor j .Johrl H Ba.rtletl , . . I ,,.-Ten-minute address, Serg. John I Leary, ,Co. A, 1st l~ngineers. · l fi.--Ten minutes of community si{1g:·1,;!ralll 1 · Ing. 7 .--Processionai, "Unfurling Flag." Two overseas men unfurl ,tho flag and slart ,proces~ion, led 1by ,cho,us director and [ollowed by flags of allied nations •a nd all uniformed men in the au<lience making tour of aisles and retJrning to their •places. 8.-Service flag unfurled. will ilJe a -community .flag, upon which •will .be a star representing caoh man •discharged from service lo tJhe ,present time. !l. -Demo'bilization of service ,ua·g i;lars for men w,ho have been mus10recl out. (Of soldier and sailor, onQ holding lhe service flag and the other the Stars and Stripes, Blanding ,by front or platform; members of Girl's Division, '\\Tar Caypp ,Community S~rvice, s'ta11ding on the floor lmmed!atel,YI 1below platform. As nnme of dlschnrged clipped, and the young women pii a silver or gold \Jar across starsilver for the men who remained in lhis country, gold [or those who ,had seen overseas service. As the nJrne or the man is read, Ill' will ac',·ance to the front of_ tbeplatf-0rm an.I recive the recognition or the ,:1Hlience. (hl l~irteen seconds of silent tribute to the men who h'-1.Ve fallen. Prior to the period ~f silence, gold stars exhibited s•hould ;be pointed out. As each star is crossed by a chevron ,t•he name· or ~he man represented 1by that slar and chevron should •be read. ,, 0.-,Singing of "Home Sweet Home" anct "Star 'Spangled Danner." 1• �RIDGE BILL PASSES MAINE HOUSE ' ,,, •1 • G.-'l'ho lt[lJ)roprll{ittery-Po1-Ls- -'LOCAL ·BOYS:·· JU'ST BACK FR'Otll FRANCE SERGT. GEORGE A. WENDELL. !<'ranee with lhe U. S. Engineers. Scl'geant George A. Wendell is Urn ;;on of lhe late Geor;:,;e A. antl FlorencPG. Wendell of this city, and a formc1· employe of lhc Portsmouth Herald office. At lhe lime lhe war l>rolrn oul he enlisted in the Coast Artille1·y and i:; a member of lhe 9th Co. .John H. Jloyl is a Hon or ,:\Jr. aml :\fr,; . . 1·:11;..:cne I loyl o[ .ll'i'l'l'l'SOll HI reel Among the Holdicrs who lanueL1 in Doslon from ovcr,;cas on the troopship Veuic, Fl'iday, were Charles ,v. Ge1·rish, George A. Wenclell, John S. Hoyt and Charles B. Pearson, well !mown Portsmouth boys. 'J'hey were sent lo Camp Devens, .t,.yer, Mass., where they will 1·ecelve lh~ir disclu1,rgc and soon expect lo n1Tive at their homes ln 'this citY. Corporal Charles Wnclsworlh Genisl,1 I JOHN S. HOYT. and ha:-i 1,<'l\11 sl•rvin~- o,·er::;cas cn1·ly In the war. , C'hul'lc,; U. I 'ear:;011 is tile son oC :\11·. and ~lrs . l•' r ccman l'carson of :\lcll'CY st reel and is rn yca1·:; of age. served "·it h th e ~th Co., C . •\. C., in l•rnnc· c fc,r some rnunths. Before go- I in;; into tile ,-;crvil-c he was emptoi'cd un tl1c 11:1\'Y yard. lli~ i-01111.;-L·r li•·othj ct·, CORP. C. W. GERRISH. Fn..!Llrrit'l'\ l'ct,r:-:on, I or ½Ct:illM" hh 111·uthe1· \ tTuwd ur is the son of '.\1rs. C. C. Ueni:;h or Sagamore avenue and has been scrYing with the American forces in Fnln<:c. Ilo enlisted in lhc Jt,;l Co., N. 11. l'. J\. lhe Ulh co mpany. J leof Se1·geanl llenry J•;. who has been went lo 1:os- Lun Th11nHhl)' Ul1ll ,;a\\" tile , ·c,lic ' duckl'd. ll11L while Ill' had tl1<• iJl<.:":rnrt• in 1l1e gr~at :-:uJdit•rs 011 ~-hip\,uard, hl' WU$ \ ~1_n'.1hlc ltJ l',lLCh hi :-- l"YL' and t•~ll' IHl hint L!-!1C welc.:OlllC 1_:_e lio:,et.l LO gh·t·~ �VALUABLE WORK DONE BY LOCAL WAR SERViCE ..... CO MMUNIIY --CAMr eport of li'inanccs. RECEIPTS. W. C. C. S . . . . . • . . . . . . . $2,000.00 Ca[clcrla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779.63 ~11scbllaueous .......... . l.iJXPENSES INCURRED. ( lncomplcle.) ,.... - - ... i'im~·i.:n»Uo 8cn·lce Clul,. Worlrnr- ........ $GU.OU Rout . . . . . . . . . . 18.0U l,ighl . . . . . . . . . . ·,. 2A9 3.88 Tolepho11c G. 10 ----■I ,}lrugazine~ Tho llltll'llng or the boaru uf tli- . . - - - - ' - - - --.:\H<JNU. I ~I u~lclans ....... , 15.50 reclorn or wm; lhe hclcl \\'ar in Sen·ice Cummun22.68 ily Camp lhc Paul Junes !toast Veal with ,dressing .. .... 25c Coal .......... . lfouse \Vetlncsclay at 4 o'clock.' Dr. 1'0.-J< Chops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25c Uoughnuls. co[Hanscom, ex-secretary, gavu an in- l<'rie<l Sweet ,Polalocs .. : ....... lOc [cc, mllk, etc. 17.90 torcstlnp; atlclress in which ho gave I-Ia!4hC'd Drown Potatoes ....... lllc ro:1so11H !'or lit(• l'Onllnuanco lho ll1u11 1t11d 011P 1,;gi-: ......... .. . 2Uc 1'01•t1,1 moutl1 Ho1·vlco t:hth, worl< !tore. .\Ir:,;. ,J. W. 13arrctl told ll'um and 'l'wo J~gp;s .......... :Hie Workers .. ..... $2G6.tiU or I.he 11•orl, carrlccl on IJy the sorvico Two Wried 1•1i-:p;s .............. Uic llunnlng OXJJCnscs, cl11h :ii :-Jew Ca:,llo, and olher rcporlH l)oughnnls .11111 Ulll\OHO .... 2 for ~,c rCJ.1,[cloria, $G:l8.IJy lhe Uirls' Division and J'rincipal Chocolate l•'rosle<l Caito ........ Ge 50; 1Gcnoral Gray o[ tho Jligh school committee Club, $21.36 .. 659.81.i on alhlolic!l for tho Girls' Division Apple Sauce ..............•... fil' rolfoTl"co. Snow P11<l<ling .... . .... .... .. oc ~l u s I c: Dau ces or J\Iiss l<'raures Brnol~s read lhc reporl or lhc Porlsuioulh Service Club as follows: Al Dr. Il anscom'1:1 sugi;oslic,n, •ha1·e prc[Ja.rc<l an outline or t'he ,work .il the• l'orlsmoulh Service ClulJ •;rum l•'clJruary 15th lo i\larch lulh incl usirn: A pplc Pie • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Ul" [lluclJcrrr Pie ............ .. . lUc Coca.nut Custard l'io .......... lllc Cuslar<l Pie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lOc Mince Pie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10c lee Cream ....... '. .......... lOc l'ie anrl lee Crea.Ill ............ Hie Coffee ..... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6c $172.til; Sings $1,4.UO ....... 186.51 '· Special <lances, 1l<'e1Jruary 22, and ,March :l .. 228.76 8m·vlco {.;lul> .Exec. om. ;\]ilk . .... ...... .. .......· .... ;;c Postage , . . . . . . . . 3.UU ·J3esides lho excculil c commllloo, 3.GO lhcro arc three sulJ-commillcos. Equlpmont ••...• Committee 011 <1~;1tos--iin1. Danloll, i\lrs. \V'Ulker, i\lrs. Noyes. Office. "l!JG.UU Committee on admisslon-;\1rs. SalariO!l 1 '4.00 Shaw, ,Mrs. oycs, ;\1rs. Daniell, Mrs. Papers .......•. 26,.0U £tent ••••...... Hull and t.liss Brooks. 1.26 ;\.!rs. Walker ha1:1 had c11liro charge Light ...•• _. ·/· .• or making arranp;omcnl:.;' [or Ure carc- T!Jlc11huno ..... . 12.00 Supplies ....... , 3G.:l9 lcrlll, ', On l?olJrual'Y 2211d a dance was glven at lhe armory lo lhc 111011 on board Girls' Work .... :JU. 70 lhe few ships lhon stationed at the Navy Yard. 'lt was eslimatctl that UomolJiliza,tlou o[ IJolwecn 500 and 600 were present. i\11unicl11al .Sqr•Ou ;\larch 3rd a dance •wa:i glv'cn vicc l•'lag. u2.GU al Vhc armory lo the men on IJoal'd !?lag ( City) ..... lhc ,So!flh Vakolu. Tlicrc \•· ere nboul Priu ling, postage, 4 song I ea <le r, limp Lhe 11d111issio11 tickets J:;suetl to 00 present. elc . . . . . . . . . . . 12G.78 l ligh school girh; arc Jlmilecl to Fril have made t110 outiine or lho clay ;u1cl ~alurclay evcnini-:s, ancl lo •work as concise as possllJlc, •!Jul wish the ships tln11ces. :,,;inuly-0110 lollont lo add a wort! o[ grato[•ul apprecia11 C'l't• son L lo i-:i rli; ll'ho ticlclo11 1 allcu(], lion o[ lho work <lone since li'ebruar)' Tola! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,98!;.;;U 1Hld11;.: I h1•111 to scud tholt· 11a111oii an rl lsl IJy Dr. nnd Mrs. ll~nscom. Dr. Tolu.l actual IJELYIIIOlltB m11de, ~2.1·orr,.rt •a1lclruHH<'il lo l11t• w. c:. c:. H. 11:tni;com has IJoon lntorcslo<l and 41Hi.2U. olTil'<' if Lhoy tarccl lo havo Lhrilr lie- helpful In all dolails at tho Sorvlco Perhaps a sta.lomcnt of the . lnlfp(s n•110w(•tl. J\lw11l Lwu-lhlrdH or ClulJ and lrnpl conslantly In touch voHlllWlll or Porlirn10ulh 111 ·war 1 (hl'H<' l<'lll'rti ·havo !Jr,cm anHll"ere(l. wilh, tho 111011, 1Jolng present nearly Ca11111 Community 8orvlco •will !Jo lnII iH also nC inlerl'sl Lhal tho cll'.h e1·cry evening. lorcsling. has f11rni s hC'tl fre<', hot,WCl'II l•'clJn;ary )lrs. Hanscom has given a greal •l'orlsmuul11 co11lrl1Juletl nothing I :ii h a111l ~larC'h I ;,th, lo onllnll'il lll''ll 1iart o[ her time not only lo lhc work toward lhc work during the . 1 !J 17 anti yeowo11tc11, 31100 shoots or wril- al the Service ·Club but In rvisillng drive, conscquenlly lhe amouut suui1r;.; 11:11wr. Lhc men at t•hc Na.val Hospital anti scribe<l in rNovewlJer l!J 18 roproseul!! :l. Tlw 11crno1111ol of tho cafl'luria singing and playing for them on Sunlite en lire In vestment made IJy, llie ro11Hisls of a clircclor, u cook aud a day. Last ·S unday •1'1rs. Hanscom led hcl1n•r. Lhc community singing. taking the 1. Tho )Jllr[JOSO u[ tho clulJ is lo providu for enllslcd mon .radii lie:; for rnalli11i;·, IITilini;-, galltCH, daH ·cs; on S1111d,L)' afternoons, COIIIIIIUlllly singini;; anti Suntlay ei·eulngs in011 [ol'111al 'lllerlainmC'nls . 2. Tho 11erso1111ol o[ tho club consli;ls of lho executive commlllco. Ali.o lh11ro arc rout hostesses 011 duly ovo1·y cl1ty front four lo tmrlor IJllII ro;·o lllll o'clock. A j1t11llor hi Ollipluyccl to care for the IJuiltllng, anti a uoy Lo cht•ck the coats 'lllld hats and ui.tke himsC'H generally useful. J>urinµ; the monl•h menlionou, 2 2 5 G 111e11 and I ~:IG girls allcndcd tho cluh. lteccnlly the llsl o[ girls inritr.cl lo thr. scn-iec club was rcl'lscd, anti 30G new UckelB issued. At this Th .. 1·al'dorla serv1•cl I !HiO nwul:;. ThP 111calH am o[ oxccllcul quality, and lhc 111p1111s arc varlocl. agl' meal served a111ou11ts fair i;a111 Ille men II Is lhc .- plaoe or the usual ·w. C. C. S. !caller [rom Boston. :M isi:; Winnifred Ilod•g<lon read [olloll'ing report or finances: �Bosldos this spec!::.! 1•:0rk enty-tiwo ofocr lollors co11aoct0<l with regula,: offl<:41 routine wore written. "'·'~.\i'i<)';.,,~s::,,.:; Ono hundred and twenty-four lcttorR and notices conrrctc1l with 'the new work _or Hie Girls' Division, ,..,,,,,_J,:.•.··· 'boon sent out. :•rhe number of ticli:ets an~i cnve\' 'l'o tl11s 01i1co come tl!e club dlrnctopes. wrltton [or the two dances dur'Total expenditures of ,v. ing .this month was 8 00 each. Soveu- ors, and any other workers •who wish 1 . iC. C. S. -Feb. 1918loen ,hundred ,wore sent ln •plank to to purchase any kind or equipment Iarch 16°, 1919 ..... $20,633.71 • I the ships, to be fll_led iu as t,he men for tho two clubs, and no matter how Spent ,butside or Ports" receive t1hem. small an amount of money involved .._ 936.18 mouth ........... . The llst of glrls who have invita- l'here must bo an order written In tlons to the :Service Club has r!jceut- rluplicate, or, if potlr cash is used, n ly •been revised. JTI!gh ty•-slx: lotlors receipt written and entry made in the !n" Portsmouth as we~e soul out to those 1 -w_hom . tho petty ,cash book. a roturn for tho Invest,Dnrln,g a month t hero nro mnny commlttoo thought might not caro to . !nent of W. c. C. S. have tholr names conllnue 011 tho Interviews (some of which cnll ror ._ proportion ......... $2,277.5li:I2 list. As fn,vorablo ro1>lies comb In nn nnrnzlni; a111ount or tact), •with Showing a 7.00G (t1llu1) "tum ovor." now llckots_•a rc . Issued , to \;ho glrh1, 'strangers, with momborH or tho co1111 ~ "Ml!is ,.Marlon Miller made t he - roland the number th'us far issued Is 111lttee, with girls who want llckets 11,,.,.'<•.•·:i.-~,,~,c"Jl'l.t,"->,::..,Jl:~.;>;r:Jo,! to,vln_g, ,ra{l6rt o( the office. ·work: 30G. Thoi,e Jhave boon ,filled in In anrl have to •bo rorusod, ll'lth 110oplo ' Hc1,01·t of the. Office "'01·k. one han·u-wrltlng, a.nu the names or \\',ho want us lo do Lhat l\n•!)OSSlblo , Fow--pr,c;pl~ ho.V~ anr !poi o_f tho the v~uchors for each girl 'written thln;;--fincl rooms for light honso,yolume of clerical worlc that 1s nee- on tho •h'ac,k of tho ticket. Tho •l<coplng at a 1110<1·era le price, or to Jt,;;,;,,t;,,t-~!.Y.:i~1' o,ssary In .connection with this ser- no.mos 9f all the girls arc kopt in a I find some particular nmn on one o~ vice. ::Perhaps the following facts card catalog which shows .in addi- , tho 8'hlps •ll'hO has been recommend may give you some Idea of it. tion, the address, arid tho names o[ i od to them •bY a friend or theirs ; or Dail)" reports have to be . n1acie to the'•people who ·ha,v e given references \ ·110rhaps at [Ive o'clock lo find : tho :New York office, a carbon copy place fur a sailor who would liko 11 for lhe girls. of each sent to the district super;;o oi1l to sujl))er that evening; al ~ix . . •On February 23rd a Demobilizavisor In •Boston, and 0110 •kept here 1 tion Service was !held In the Coloniu I I !Jcsides these items already menon file, In the case of reports ror the Theatre, in honor of t•he Portsmouth lloncd lhoro is an extensive l'iliug (:Iris' ,DI vision copies are sent to ·men already discharged· from ser- 1 systo111 to keep in order, ancl a scrapthree others, making a total of l!l5 vice. \ .M'ayor lflslop presided. 'l'ho \ book or ne11·s1rnper cllppingH tu he reports ,ha1idle<l for the month. 'l'ho program consisted of Community 1kept u,1)-lo-dato. ~ame applies to weekly reports, and Singing led ·b)" .Alfred ·Hallam, 'v\l. C. \ .\II \'he~o lhiugs aud many t-tio total for tho month is t,wonty- C. S. song lead or or Jfoston; 1111 a<l- I with endless telephone call,; .a'rm;ii by the Governor, re~ponse by , swcr, keep ll~o office l'orco · Menus for the Cafeteria are writ- :Sergeant Leary, a.n overseas man; •pusy. 1 t~n' 11i1 duplicate every •day oxce11t procesi,ionn\ o[ serylco 111011 In the -Hqw1·t or Ne\\' Cast l1• Ht•1·,·h'c ' ptrs. J, w. llal'l'l'll, ,Sunday, making a tolnl of fifty, for au<llence, led by the flags of tho .\ 1- I , J hal'C 1bce11 ' \'CfJUC3toll tu ,rntrn1!t. ,\ the month. , · , lied Nations; unfurling of the Munl- : report of tho work al tho New Castle ,IJlullotlns nro sont out each woolc, 1<· 1pa 1 •S orv i.,..,.,o l°'I • ag; •realII r·g o r tlio i Service ·Club ror thn 111011th 0111l ini.; giving a list or Sunday services at all names o [ ti1ose roprosen l ocI h y ti ~ .:-10.rch 15th. the ,churches. Several, l!undrocl, of stars . . ,As the names ,were roar!, those ,were printed a.t once, but ,t .young · women f rom ti· 1c . a·1r Is'· l)lv'i The conpnltteo in chll'gC of ~-pace left at tbo bottom ror strncial slon pinned , ,11· ~- •1·o~e 11h acrqss the stars, service clu'·u arc Dr · I-Ta11sco111 · ' • notices which arc flllcd in each chevrons. A silent tribute of fit'loon Boylston, Mrs ..John SmiU1, ~Trs. \V. weelc This necessitates callln" many l. llaywood and ~Im . .I. W. llarrott. "' tiocondH wns palcl to . thoHo w'hose people 0:1 tl1e telephone, •the arran;.;- stars have turned lo gold. 'J.,he pro- '\ 1 Ib have I hncl ti onliro or1· tho ,,· char;;c t· ti 1 ing t-h e information obtained, In con- gram ended with sin;;lng or the Sla,· cu , unl or 10 urrce 1011open o [rum0 auovo co1nmltteo. It Is !l'olal i,ubi;crlbed Porl!ijllOU th for the Yarlo1.1s war work or-_ ganlzatlons ....... . $25,BBL40 W. C. C. S. Proportion j • 2,277.5633 8.80% ............ Whenever •B\ICcial dances aro glvcu', llckets :have· to be o r <leror\, _al 13 o refreshments; ,a rrangements m:,dc for music anJI ror tho uso or tho arhlory·; 'for an officei·al71le door; aii<l •for decoraling, otc. ' ., I all 0 ' 7 • I J else but arresting form; a trip to Spangled l:lan'.1er. :'11r. Dimiclc•s to have them multi. . i 5.:JO to !l.30 11. m. each day. ~, C C S ff' ' d t ,F or a s11ocial mass meet111g like I \Vo have 011tortai11ed !-18:\ men <lurgrap I10 d ; a ,v. . . . .sea I a ti1xe o this much work has to •be done m • t 110 , Ing t I10 mont J1, w 111· 1e som e cvcnmi.;s · each at t 1e ' t op; an d f 111::1 11 Y 10 l11 s- · • there arc not more tan fil'lecu who I h trl•butlon of them by Winfield, , tho office. !l' e Hln_gle task of gelling sltty ror nny length of liuw, at olh' t tho names of tho dlsc\mrgoll meJI ancl messenger oy, w110 t a Ims ti 1cm o . 'or limo~ there arc nrty. At the prosb the NaY)" Yard, tho Forts, the Y. M. writln•g lultors of mvltatlou to Uimu, 1ont limo thorn arc ,auoul llOO men at A S le Cl bs antl lo each or ·and to tho next of kin or thoHe whu , thiH poHt. '!'hey l,av(: •hcon <lischari;O u • C ·. ·, ·pserv Two hundred and fifty of died In service, wa1:1 nu 1;nmll 0110. ' Ingar cw each woolc over Hi11<·11 ,!11n'l'h I I tl d . l IO ll 8 r•· Slll . tl\e t1/ese have. been r~on11meogrwphed !ulll re_ an and lllllC r t. sent It ti out this t .,month. ,were sent to these" uar)'. Owin•• to the sc,trcity or girls in ay families, also lo all tho ministers · of :-.low Castle, ,., . •F orty-01g h 1I brnv a onsid od . .,unc1o.v we ,i:-o una!Jln to have a t d e -an ,.,. cl- the city and outlying tllstrlcls; to [ra- llanco ear:h night as -they lin her!! in eon Sprov d mner ', ave erago OL I wo •' ord ea t1 ternal 1 . , l110 schoolti. to town, ·hnt we have l I.tll (; ing 011 \\I c(1ti 1ve af un ay. fill orga111zallons, nvta.ton 1r.oo ormi;aro o ou, 1 111 r 1 I 1·1111·•11 I traced In rod lnlc officials al the Navy Yanl and l•'urts, nosl ay n i; 1 o l!HC 1 woo 1 1111 1 ... IalsoI directions uni! thoy t't!rl:d 11 lY havea v,iry• ns, 011 antl lo ttll who were conneclolL with a ma•p of the streets; and the ma11 , Juyahle time. There arr ahnnt lhirly then pasted on t)10 back of the invl- th ~ _\\I. C. C. ·S. ' •Much tolophonin;; ;;lrl:; whu come do wn a:; a rnle, an<I talion card. This .work calls for was necessary; a nd arnrni;oments ror tho 11u1111Jer or bo p prcticnL averages the use of the hall, the music, lhe 7 mucti ·telephoning, as tho1· rnumbor f or ti 18 program an d ti10 ma · k:i.Our Sundays have pro1·u11 1101,u·mr G of ' Pans 1• )1'l!}lng hostesses 1s not, I t arge.by to0 11c- Ing of the service [lag took much owin~ to our so.-ving cortoe a11d 1 cal iosl ng css wee . 1c, to- tlm; p r 11 't we ear lcatl y 11. 10tiifell. o ow • and t•hought. 1''uur hundred I doughnuts during the evening. \\le . 10110 ' ti t th hplod t)"ie :l)rQgrams were ·printed, .anrl fitly -pos- have an average attendance o[ [Hty, ·b o ' tt Huro . were made and plaeed In 1•ann11~ . tl ' 1a de Ifmen ti accu di l we ters and alw,ayH a few girls come in, who rnv to a find ons, out an ,why, _and 1ey then c1 noo.poll- arts of •}he olt-r• and at the Na,·y help to make tho time pas~ ploasantItry 1 _.gtze to the disappointed one. , ,Ya rd • ~.1,.~::.P:.,-,..,=""""..,..:;7~;~7/.';~~--:--".':"'~--='f"'l,ot c �\Vo have Jiad vory liltlo in lho wo.y of cnlertalnmenl lhls lasl month outi;ldo of lhl11, bul lhc boys soem lo enI Joy I ho evenings pia) Ing cards, and other game11, wrltlug lellors, and 11111111,!lng thom1;olvc1J :ui [hoy c:ui unLll ():JU, whon lhoy ulll'•JY!; seen\ Bur~prlscd and sorry Lo rinll IL ls Lime lo go home. v\'e harn tried lo 111ake lhu homelike und uu :·1l<:l.ivu, nud lo IJo ,; who ha.vo boon In Lho arllly for i; u1110 monl hs or yearn 1L11d i-;oldo111 ;;ol homo, ll means u wbole lol lo lmvo u place cf lhaL l<inrl to ~o lo. Ai! n rule, hoys •ire dif[orcnl, 1111d a111mrcnlly unappreciative, \Jul I know frnm lho many lotlors I have rccelvcd [rom lhe )Joys who were here, untl a :·e now ln ,!•'ranee, or, who havo lien discharged and gonQ to their homeu, lhal while lher said lilllo abo11l IL at. tho Limo Lho clu\J 111uHt. Jtal'e a11uealcd lo Lhem strongly, or they wouldn't lrnublc lo wrilc mo ••Her hclr1g away some wcukH or monlhs, and •loll 1110 how nn,ch iL mca.nl Lo lhcm. It moans a lot lo the rcg11 lam, :ilso. One [cllow in particular, who used lo drink lm1Jly, Lold 111e th.at ii \\' ltH not lllU't he craved liquor f,() lllUC1l, bul. hoh atl 110 placo lo ho, and tbc oply people who made Lho. bop; 1wolcome woro tho lJarlcrndcrR, 1111<1. it' \\'a ~ quite ,a natural lhi11i; I.hat , they shoultl hang o.roun1l bar-roonn;, wher 0 it •wall al ways wi\l'lll, and they wore treated like hunrnn hcl11c;H. Tho 111011 ,Lrn vory HenHlllvo, an<l lhl11lc IL VOl'JI 1111J1rnl tlml hot'allH(l ()110 <F lwp i,;olcllor11 ~o llll' town, gql. l11toxlcato1l and lll;tl<o U scoue, peoµlo i;hould cond0lllll lholll all. ."1nolher (c\low told 1110 ho h~d noL \Jeon In a home i;incc he ,ioinc1\ Lhc 1 ar111y four yeari; a:::n a11d he wan afruili' to come i11 t.hc hall al fin, 1.; folL oul o[ IJ]acc. Now he co111es iu nearl.1 · uv,ory 11\;;hl aml seonw a very dlffcront follow. l was lalki11i; 11 il a yo1111.: mau qullo rccoulb who had 1Jec11 awa y · from t IJ is vosl ror 111ontlrn an1l told 1110 how i,;ur11!'isO(l ho was, when ho rctur11e1l, Lo st•c Urn chan;;e lu l;Olllll or tho Ill 'II, and ho [ell ll wai; wholly due Io I ht• l'al'l l11al lhoy had a pl0,l8tllll vlacu In which to Rl)OUd lholr 1qmrc liint', a11d ll 1:ha11co lo lllOlll. I h11 l'l~hl lllnd or poop lo, l lhl11k tho 1H•o11\e of Ncwl'antle fool Lh1tl the clnlJ ii; w111r.thlng lh•al IHIR 1011g lJel'll ncrdcd. They hitvo nol l1a 11 an opportunity lJcforo to m •ol lhc ho,n;, lllld rrallp get lo kl\0W tl10111, anu 1 fllll S Ul'O 1he ronllll I« ll 11!111 1' our, untl ll rnnch more f1lf'111lly fE'rlin~ c xlnls bf'tweE'n lh'I "-01 1\IE>rs and lhe .people than e l' er before. AUNCHING AT NEWINGTON THIS NOON UNDERS CRAFI HE · . I In the presence of a fair sized crowd of s1>ectators another 3 5 0 0 cargo wooden carrying ship was launched at the L. H. Shattuck shipyard at ewington shortly before 1 o'clock this a[ternoon. Mrs. Hewins, wire o[ General Manager George S. Hewins was, lhe sponsor and the craft was christened the .Sylvanus. Following the launching ' the official party was enlertained at lunch .-by General Manager and Mrs. Hewins. Typical Hun Raider· Ties Up at Steamboat Wharf ~~ This Morning ')- oR-. The German submarine flying the American flag with tered Gerr,nan flag underneath came up the river sl1ortly after 11 o'clock , · );'. ·· • this morning under her own steam and was docked o.t Steamboat wharf oft' Market -street by the. na,h yard \f "Ng . Penacook. Afler the ,big unuer- · .. · .,1 ii .' •. ~ JJ. .' :;ea craft' was docked s'he was visltea by' Chairman Sise 'and other members . • - • ~;:-·. -f • the.' ~iherly-Lo:in-eommtttn.· Tho 11cxt launchlug , at tho Allautic 'l'ho U-lll . 13 226 feet ln lengt11 Corporalii,n w!Jl tal<e 11laco on Salu~nd draws 15 feet of wo.ler and 4s ,tla.Y,, ~f..l!l-1:11\!0..!~• -~\.:;~{ _3~ ..:!hon tile He~ypical Ger1no.n undersea craft. The OU(l steel ship lJUIJt , Oil lhe Piscal.a• lUll Is palnt~d grey and the side, of nua· river will .be 11ut overboard. Tlie the, .co,ning 'tower is ica~outtaged . new· cra[l will uo christened tho n~.l'lle undersea -craft, ,caries two dtQll.' boosic aiid -·tho launching will t~ie guns, one forward an<l the other on 'place at high water about 2.40 the aft deck. The Interior of li1: : .o'cloclc · 'l'li'o beaull[ul sl,;ht altonrl•· big craft· resembles a machine shop '. ini; lho Jaunchl11g of the Kisuop · hl\l with its many valves and pipes. 'not been rorgollcn and no doubt .a When submerged• the craft ,Is 11roI 1 large cro\~d ' or speclatorn will w)tpolled by electricity• •but when on I .ness this launching. ·. '-1 ,.. ,, . , the surface her motor power is ~ur~~~:;,;;;;..,.;;;.;.:;;r.i'!~~:!!'!P'l"'l~~tll~f:r.ij?;J nlshed by gasoline. The captured su bmarlne is sent here ' to stil)rni'ate· t."?.ir'l'!l!!l_li:..w:5Y.,l;,;''~-~1 interest in the Victory Loan and be open to the public from 1.30 this afternoon and no doubt many "fill avail tllemselves of tlie OJ,'>POrtunity .to see a reo.1 German su'bmarine. The ·pleasing fact, however, remains l)1at the crntl la m11,nnod ·by a Yankee crew and "Old Glory" proudly floats from hor mo.lnmast. 1' LAUNCH(N6 ·Al A11J\NTIC1 :· 'RD NEXT S!'JURD !'\~ ) l ,, ·· I I 0 · · a 0 will SHIP LAUNCHED AI PHILADELPHIA -TODA¥. .\ li. H. lle:ilroyur launched at Isla1ids, he"·led- a rsmall · sklrmlshllrg .,:·••x.,•..,. .• C:ra1111m ship y;ird, l'hilalielphia, this party agal,nst •~1.oro bandits and Cl\t" morn in;;, w.i ,; named in honor of the lie thieves with [ive ·IJluc jackets ii,nd late J~nsign C. Emerson llovey or this a -· f ,hil/ppjl)(), ipterr>,<:Ier. H~-~-\~a:;;. cily. surprised , by a band of thirty ,~Ioros A laq;c party of rel a.lives aud who had . .been ~ying' in ambush. ·SevfriendH or the ynun:; officer look 1,a ,·t en ·Moros ,were kille,d and tho o~hqrs iu tho christening , ceremony, The put · to tlig~t . . ,Ensign_.. Bovc_y ·t. wai:; : ~pousor was ,\lrn. Au~lin l(autz o[ mortall,Y \voundod ~nd died after u Ull:, city and - Washington, sh;tcr- o[ _fie.rce ·. combat. , .Hls .. last words•·w~r• FnHlgn ,1 covey , ~-In; · 1 ouise L I lov- an encoura~emefit to his f!)llO-\VelrB., 11 "· · ' • · · ., · · 'l'l1e six survivor:i of lus liar Y a 9y, his mother, wa:; also presc11t. roccivod congressional mcda)s for '.'. Ensign Hover had many,fricnds ,ih brnve action. The guide : al lhaL this city,' Ile was born here and limo . wa:; the on!)· Phili11pi110 ,,· wl'~, . educated , },n our. JJJ.!~li<; _Rchoo_ls. JTo h,Jd t,cbn · uius· honorccl. · · graduated from lhc N!Lval Academy , Hovey was the aulhor of a •1,ook, in 1007. ln ScptcmbP.:• 19.l 1, w.f1ile 1 "'l'ho wa~ch Ofllc<.·r's. Manual" whlcll , In actlvo sorvlco In tho l'hlll11pl110 boon throul-(h many odll]oll!l, i h·a~ __;__ _.,w.~-~~~'{:~~~~~~ �COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO SELECT WAR ME~~ORIAL AUNCHING · ON RIVE ~ irst Occurrence ' . of Kind on Piscataqua for a·Hali C~ntury For thf; first. time i1~ a half century or more the Piscataqua river was the scene of a donhle launching Lhis afternoon, a wooden ship being launched from the L. H. Shattuck yard at Newington and the second of ~he steel ships from the Atlantic yard at Frc•::!man's Point. ·weather conditions werfl all that couhl hr, tlEdrC'tl :rncl a largP. crowil of q,ectator:; witnessecl Lhe lannchi11g .!t Freeman's Point, not only from the yard itself, hnt lined the Portsmouth t.n<I Kltlery h!'ltlgf:. Ar.tong the intP.rest.e<l spectato' rs at both lannr.hings was Governor .John H. Bartlett a11d a party or [rientlH. The launching at Newington tool1 place at 3.20, the 3fi00-ton wootlP.n cargo carrying sLeamer going over1,oarrl wiLhont. n miRhnp. 2or was Mrn. F. A. Jon es craft was chrislf'IIP.<l the \Vinnipe. The launching at. t.lle Allanlic yal'll The matter or a suiLable memorial for-tbe men from this city who tool1 11art in the great world war has been taken u11 •by the city council and Mayor Hislop has appointed a committee consisting of Counci lm en Beane, Matthews antl Jltunphreys ro look into the matter antl make .a r,eport at the next meeting, They will at that time 11resent to the council 11lnnFt nntl recommen1lations for memorial and JlOHsibly a site. 'l'ht• s11ot which ts favored is the mound on Haymark et Square .. This Is centr,a lly local ell n111I nnC' of Lhe most traveled parts of Lhe city and 11 hro111.e tablet contnl11i11g th1' 11ames of all those who ,rnrve1I, wllh special distinction ror thmrn paid the g r eat price, woulll be appropri~ ·VETERANS OF WORLD WAR TO FORM ALE6ION POST A meeting of -the local veterans 01 the world's war will be held • this evening at the oflice of City Solicito1 .Jeremy R. ·waldron to select delegates to attend a state meeti11g to be held at ~lanchester on Sund3y to outline the work of the Legion or World \Var Veterans. 'l'he meeting will also a11point a committee to discuss the formation or a local , .post or all' of the ex-service men of Lhls city and · vlc nity . 11a•""":,..;i.,Y.1.,='•• 'l'here...ar.e. a great _me.11y loca) Jllen already discharged from the service ancl a large post could ,be organized In this c·ity, which would take in the war. wltll essed by many ofl1cials of the company, t'1e sponsor being Mr~. F. A. ::;harpe of Boston, wife of the Prc-sident of the compn~ Y- As tTie big craft began to move down tile ~vays she broke a bottle of champaign and christenel\ her the Babooslc. The launching was in charge of Master Shipwright Harry Janson, who -recently came here from the Newarkl,1/'..J~lli~.?-i•.·. Submarine Boat Company, and went off without a hitch. As the big ship struck the water she was greeted with the shrlll whistles of lhe river craft and the cheers of those assembled to witness the launching. It was a notable occasion for the ship builders ot the Illscataqua river and wlll be pleasantly r eme mberetl by those who were fortunate enough to witness the double launching. �STEAMSHIP 1 1 LAUNCHED AT FORM POST ~•OF AMERICAN J• ·~.\'NEWINGTON WAR VETERANS Christened the Yustan 2 ·' Miss Virginia Shedd The :!~00-ton Frrris type steamship Yuslau was snccessfnl]) launched al the Shal•l·uck sh ipyur<.l a1 Newington on ,\l011<.lay after11oon, thlB •beiug, the LwelHh craft la11nd1etl rr_om the yard. It was shortly after. 4 o'clock whe11 tho ,big iihip lefl I.he wars. 'l'hc s.ponsor was VJ1;iinl:L Shc<.lcl •daughter or Civil I~nginerr and it 1·s. G. C. Shecld ol the Shatlu·rlc Company, and tll ' young lady broke the tra<.li Uonal ,bottle of champagne on the bow of th shl·p as sh(c: .st1rnlcd dow11 the ways. It wus ideal weather and a ))el'fe1it Jnunchlug. 'l'lierc ar·c three more ships to l;c• launched before the first of Aug1!st, makin,g 1 !i out of the 18 shiJJS contracteu for, which will be linishcu and the others will be · allowed {o remain on the ways in their pleted state for the time lt•:u;L_ Thn 1ncmi1Ns or tho la1111rlil11;; party i11cl11clc•tl: · -'1r;;. Jlovey Slayton, .vll'fl. Edwin f(c,nncdy, .\1iss Catherine · Coaker, :.!rs. L. 11. Shattuck, ,Vlrs. S1111111cr, i\lrs. Fr:mces Jlartly, i\lrs. Ur. l'erry, ?.lis,; Sampsou .\lajor Ullll Mrs. Frank J<uox, .\'Ir. u;,<.l John H. Muehll111{ or Mnnche;;tcr, Dr. Sibley G. Morrill a11<.l llogcr l\lorrlll of Con,corcl, Dr. anci , Mrs. .SausHPr, l'ortsmouth, Mr. ·~11cl Mn;. l1011ry llrow11, llichar<.l Brow11, Mrs. Kean and M lsH l~lore11co Kea11, Ural t lehoro, Vl. l,IEUT. FTIANK BOOMA Will Be Named in Honor of Lieut. Frank Booma, .Killed in France • A Post o.r the American Legion of th~ World• war was formed in. , this _city last evening M a meeting· heltl · at the Elks' Home. Th!lre were iiu men present who saw service in the war nncl .It waH vol.eel to adopt 1 ihe name ·of Frank lloo111a Post , of the American Legion, in honor of the first Portsmouth ;boy 'killed in the war. Lieutenant Booma was ,kille<.l in one of the earlier engagemel}ts of the American aromy. A icharter wiU ,be aslte<.l' for and f,'.,;~'.!1-iif, ~his will be keprt open for a time so 1.~~:l_{~T that all of the men who took ,part In tho war may become charter melllllers. 'l',he following- ollicen were elected who· will lie ratified after the charter is secure<.!: Post Commander-:-Sergt. R. \V~ldron. Vice Collllll!IIHlor-Lleut. r. Neville. Post Adjutant-Sergt. HcCaffery. Finance Oflicer-Private ff. Walker. Historian-Private Lym'.'-n )onald. Chaplain-Private Waldo Pickett The t[ollowing committees wer~ ,pµointed: On ·by-laws, Cor,p. Mark W. Anthony, Sergit. E. A. Weeks, Jr. Lieut. Bailey V. N. Emery, Privat~ Nelson 'l'. \Vright an<.! Robert Bruce; on hall, Sergt. Arthur L. Hersey, Privates Harry E. Perki11s and Sherbu'rne Wendell. The next meeting will June lG. �LAUNCHING ATSHAITIJCK YARD TODAY The thirteenth wooden steamship Sha1l,tuck s•hip ,yarcl at 'Newington was sucessrully launched shortly be rore 1 o'clock In the presene or a large crowd of spectators Including ,Cover.nor John H. Barl'lett, members of •the N e w Hampshire Bar Association and th·e New Hampshire ·weekly P•ubli s'hers ,assolca1lion. Tho craft was christened maka ,and• her sponsor was ,Mrs. Mary I. Woo,! or this city. --~------· �HO:\'OH ROI.I,. (Continued fro1;1 page 3.) r,:. 81':tl'PY, 1 Li Orchanl !:I. ('l'11flo l'ollege for lnstrucllun in t':trpcntry.) Hohinson, Clyde Oilmau, wife, 2 J 1, South sl. (Camp Deven s. ) J{egan, Cornelius .Josep1' ?.:i D:111 IC'l sl., IJrolher John Tte ,..J·1 How al. (Camp Devens'.) ., · • 8tevcni:, \1aHuiugI'.. fatl1u1. <;Jiarles A. Steve!ls, 84 \\'a ~h i11gtu1, '-'t. (ll. 8. A. :J3cl 1111'. Machine U1111 Co., Caual ~one, Panama.) Sussman, J o~eph A., (3 the>r, I l:ur.1 Su ss man, 72 Islington st. Sauds, Simon rr., wife, 1::1;~, Sou1:1 ~I. (~'l llJ)l'rintcndenl. Cu:tsl GHard.) Smith, Arthur L. (Lie>HI.) wif,:. •I I Wlllir1l st. (27th Arlillery, Wat ertown, Mass.) Small, Oro, lsliug-ln 11 sl., famiJ, moved to Bath, i\le>. (!Jlh C:o. <:. ,,; ('. 8prlnglielll.) Sabins, i\lar(in, wife, 4!J Plcl.nrinr sl. (ll. s. >I. II. 8. 8. AlltlPrlo11.) Schmidt, Theodore JJ. (l,icut.) au11t, \lrs. Thomas :\1orr::;ey . Sheafe st. (1st L·lenl. 3!Jth J11fa1,tn Ca1111i Gree11.) · Stevens, William IL (Ll<'ut.) w'.fl' GS lligh st. (ll. :,. ~I. C'. 1 tilh Co :;th !leg. IT. B. \!urines.) Spinll<'Y. Augustus F ., rathu1 l~11gcne 11. Spinney, 3:il Hanover st ( :latlery I•~- Ji'ort t\lcl<inlc_v . ) Sosvellle, Ilenry, wife, 82 Au s( i1 st. (l. S. N . Chief \las te r at Arm r. l J. S. S. Martha Washington (transport.) 8l.1•a1·11n, Oi!H )'., wlfe,7:t Atkl11 :; 011 :t. ( ll. S. :--.) Smart, Christophe>r 'I'.: father, lhrlst 8111:irt, 70 Monn!. Vernon st. ·>lava I lle se nc.) Spinney, I~morson S., fnther, .\1·iert 8. Spinney, 41 !l Richards ave>. ( Na v,ll llcsefve.) 8chlt'.~el, [i'red, wife>, ;;:~ Saller st. \ll. 8. >I. \I. 8. S. l'a1lural1.) Saurman, Charle>s D., wife, :11~ ~Ian over st. ( ll. S. N. Chief Master 1l Arms, ll. S. 8. Sonthen. Schiot, Peter L., wile, ii8G Broao 3t. (U. S. N.) Schmidt, Alfre<l , A., wife, 1 l1 Wa't!'r st. ( lJ. S. N. M11sirla11, Naval :Jand, l'orl smouth >la vy Yard.) SumartJis, l'cle>r, !12 Vnug'han st., mother, I<ate SmartJis, ?.lltylenc Greece (l'. S. A. rump Dix). Sweeney, l~1lward, wife, 429 Rich ards ave. (U. S. N.) Marvin, 1 .Mulberry st. (t:. S. N. Musician Naval Dand, Port::;moulh Navy Yard.) Woo<!, E1lg;u1· Forrest, father, l•'re (! L. Wood, 204 WIIJird st. ( l~11lf3tcl! April 30, ] 918, Naval Reserve. War<l, William E., father, 'rhomas A. Ward, 20G Lafayette !load (Naval Reserve.) · Wortman, Harry llerlJert, father, . . . . . . . . . . Wortman, l~lwyn lloc.d, ( l . S. A. C. A. C. Fort 8tark.) ' Watt, .James Y., father, .John Walt, 1 8 Tanner Alley ( U. S. Camp Devens.) Spanalas, Pan!, 1 ,;7 Congress s~ .. brother, John Sp:rnalas, Polan,' ((!an1p D1ive11s.) Troy, John .J., uunl, Mrs. Micha,, , O'Connor, 37 Islington st. (9li. Co. C. A. C. Springfield.) Thompson, Walter D., 4:; Rogers :L, family mover! to Drookly11, N. Y. Timmon s, Thomas .J., father 1lcnry Timmons, 18H McD011011 6 h ~~: (.Naval Reserve, Machinist Nava! \ vialion.) Timmons, .John P., fathPr, Henry l'immons, 1 8G McDonough st. (, ·av:tl Resel'Ve.) F. Garland, rat:,er. Tucker, Charles F. Tucker, Broad st. ( ·aval .!. 'Winn, Harold Irving, wife, 4G Cridge st. (Enlisted May 17, 1918, U.S. N.) Wilkinson, John Daniel, wife, 101 \Vlblrd st. (Camp Devens.) Yeatori, Donald Ferguson, father. Hi:u:iry B. Yilaton, 240 Ml<l<lle sc. ' ( Camp Devens.) .' Zangari, Frank, Wife, 8.Q _")lussE:ll st. (B.and.,Master, Naval Band; Porfs:' Navy Yard.) I Reserve.) Tingley, llarry, wife, Chestnut st (LJ.S .N .) Trneman, l~rnesL, father, Thomas li'. Trueman, 74G Mlddlo road (Nav·l! fleserve.) Ti111111ons, Patrick .T., father, :\lichael Timmons, 274 Lincoln ave. Naval llese rve.) Trerlick, George A. (Lieut.) wire. ·1•1 ll11111phrPyH Ht. (ll. ':orpii, C:a1111> Gordon.) Vinclquerro, Frank, father, Luigi 1 Vinc!querra, 221 Daniel sl. ( l)attery b~. !ith Fi e ld Artillery, A. E. F.) Vecchio, Costawzo, 214 ' Market sl. , father, Vitoria Vecchio, Cozerla. IU!ly (Camp Devens.) Walker, Wallis D. ( Lieut.) I 16 ?.lirlclJc 1::t. (l•'orl Ililey.) _:..,..;_ ...(,,,:,~~ ___ ___ WePks. Eclward A. (.SergL. 2 :: 2 Deer sl. ( !Jth Co. C. Rpringlield.J Wendell, George A. Jones ave. (!Jth Co. Jlcl<l.) Wc.l,urlo11, Waller, faL:H'r, Wahurlon, 1 I 91 lH\jn gl.0 11 st. ('o. C. A. l!. 8pri11glield. Waldron, Jeremy rr., mollter, Mrs. \V:iltlron, 11.i ( Co. A. I 4 lh l•:111'.lll,•e r ~ It l•'.) Whn !Pu, /1l fre>il 1•1., mol her, \Vli:llen, .Jal'l;:,n11 i:t. (\'11. A. J•; 11g-lnccr!1 It. H. ,A. I•:. l~.) Wa s hburn, l s rael II. (Cupl . ) nroud st. ( l l . s. IL A.) Wilson, .J. I<. (L:,,nt.J wife, \Vlblrd st. :;3 Wright, .I. llran,1011, Lather, .Tniu, II. Wri g ht, 8:.it,;a1:1ore> · llo:Hl \AVia l:on Schou! at ~)a!lan, TPxas.) \\lc:tVl' I', l!enr.v I'., l';L1l11•r, IV. Wc:1vcr, 1 li 8 ('1tlJC>t RI. flescrvc.) W riv,h t, La Wl' C II C'C B., :.\!rs. Marion IJ. \Vright, :i24 llroa,: Shntzman, Nathan, wife, 41 nrew.ll. ( lJ . .s. N. A:;siHUllll l'ay111a.;ter, ster sl. (I. S. N. ?.11lslclun, :--aval l'o:'lla11d, :\le.) Uand, .Portsmouth , avy Yard.) Wood. Halpll 'I' .. fatl1Pr, F'rcd L. Sullivan, Samuel, wife, 29 MornWoocl, 20•t Wihi:·c1 st. (Nuval l~eing st. ( ll. S. A. C . A. C. I~ort Con3erve.) stitution. While, John P., ,·1ife, Small, Percy, 4 Elm Conrl, broth(C. A. C. Fort Stark.) ers an1l 3lslers, lsleslloro, Me. (-lJ. S. Wlt:d1le11, .Tospplt A. Camp Deve11s.) Nellie V. \Vhld,len , Harr: Sussman, Saul, father, . l S. A. r.:111111 ,Dix.) 'lussman. 4~,!l Islington st. ( ;-.. . !. l----r;;:~:;:;::r~r'!~6:5"':~:---':~":::t1~~ f 'nJJ,, !.'r for instr11clio;1. • �PORTSMOUTH AWARDED WAR' ,. KEUC FOR GOOD WORK .. Will Receive a 6erman·fiun In 'Recognition of Her Re= . sponse to the .Last Liberty Loan In recognition of tho good worlc do~e in this city In the last Liberty Loan Portsrnotith is one of tho . four! . . Now England . cll1~s that _w ill _rocc.lvb one of . the Captured Qermnn guna ns a trophy, · This announcement ,vas mado yeatoi;day. whon tho Fcdornl Uesoi-ve .bail.le. stated that tho guns were. r~ady,_ r9r· shipment. Other cl.ties t11at -wi11 ·receive sini'ilar guns are Waterbury, Conn., Quincy, Mass., and Dillerica Mass. Chairman ~isa'of tiie Liborly Loan committee received word last wcell that PortFm<¾th · was leading in the raco for one of the gu~s. but that tho liguros given by tho 1rot1eml rtesorve 1Ja11k of the number of subscriber:; was so great they would liko to veriry, them. •rhc ncsorvo bank gave the city over 10,000 subscribers, with an accredited populalion or Joss than .l 1,000. Clwlrmnn Rise lnl'ormocl the board thul tho city's nearer 16,000 now. I 'fhis ing iFm· C'amfl novf'n~. Four more draftees left this morntng to join the N:±tiona I army al Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass. They were accompanied to the Boston and Maine railroad station by Sherilff eylon Spinney o[ tho loca j board. The men are Andrnw Michelchook , Sonren Ajenlan, Mike neulH' n or Portsmouth and Walter Pickering or Newlni.:ton. Tho loc·al board has lss11c1l a ca ll to Haymo111l Eaton Currier , of l•~a st Kingston a1111 Thomas William Charles of lua ve July the main platform were the officers an1l their families, the erno r's staff, the officers and raml lies from the Shattuclc Yard, the Atlantic Ship Yard many from this city. The launching was under the personal direction of Industrial :\tanager Atlams, nsslstecl by a corps or assistants ancl onre the word was given the wo1lgm1 weru q11lclcly tlrlv n and tho ship rai sed off the Without anything to mar the pro- Constructor L. S. Adams, U. S. N., blocks. At the word the last keel the industrial manager of the yard. block was quickly sawed away and gro.m the submarine 0-1 was success- tnd she christened • the boat with Am- as the sh ip began to move :vrrs. Adth fully launched at · the Portsmou .erlcan champagne, the bottle being ams broke the bottle ago.inst the enclosed in handsomely engraved steel bow or the ship naming it 0-1, nn.vy yard yesterday afternoon. The launching was from the old mesh silver casing, the names of the Chaplain Roundtree having prevlotissponsor, boat and date being en- Jy aslrnd blessing. Franklin ship honse, made famous by graved on the casing. As the ship started the ~aval Band the several of the old type or woodMrs. Adams wore a hand some suit played the 8tar Spangled Banner. en vessels of the navy, and was witof white jersey cloth embroidered At the ('Onclnsion of the launchnessed by· a distinguished assembly with navy blue and a blue picture hat ing :\I rs .. \llam s' was presentr,l with of people Including Governor ll enry She carried a hapdsome bouq uot of a hanclsome ~o ld wrist watch, the \V. Keyes and his personal staff, naAmer Ican neau ty roses. gll'I of thll workmen or \he navy yarcl val and army omcers, to;;ethor with On tho-•Jann chlng Htancl with Mm. In the Navy Varel lm1irov e mc nt So their wives and families. The navy Adams and :\>tr. Adams wore: Gov- ciety. ;ard bridge and the Kittery s hore In ernor H. "\V. Keyes of New HampThe 0-1 is a sea-going submarine the Immediate vicinity of the Frankshire, Rear Admiral C. J. Bouch, l . JI and she is praclically completed, and also thronged with spectators. S. N., lhe yard commandant and '.\1rs. should be in commission within a The submarine, which ls the sec- Bouch, Captain W. R. Rush, l . S. N., , month. Previous to the la1;1~ching Rear ond undersea crat't to be built nt tho of the Boston yanl, rhief of industry local yard, slid gracefully clown tho of this naval district, :\1rs. Davill ll. Admiral an,! :\Trs. Bouch tend ered t\ ways at 1.42 o'cloclc and was greet- Franchi, wife or ll. 8. Amb:i~;a,lor ln11c·hco11 lo Gov. n1HI :\Trs. Kcyos, ed bYi the whistles of the river <;raft David n. Francis, to Jtm;::;ia, Col. U. Captain "\V. R. Jlush, l' . S._N., lnclu5an!l Ute J10arty cheers of the large \V. Patterson. U. S. A., commanding trial :\1anager and }Trs. L. S. Adams, thr'o ng · of spectators. officer of the Portsmouth artillery ('ol. G. W. Patterson, U. S. A., a~d , /The craft ran well out into the district and ~liss Patterson, )'[rs. Nor- \!i ss Patterson. Following the launching :\fr. and streiun ' before her snubbing lines man Kirk, wife of Captain Kirk, the 'checked her· so that the yard tugs commanding on'lcer of the 0-1, Com- \Trs. Adams entertained npwards or eople .i!(i'ula·-?un-arcmg.slde~ - - mandor and :\frs. Almy and Cornman- SUBMARINE 0-1 ., :· · .(. lAUNGH[D Al YARD The sponsor or tbe 0-1 was Mrs. i;d;;e;..r;.a:.:n:,:d:,.,;:\1,:r:..:s:;·-';.;'!v;.y~m-::':-an'.'.i-.-::-:-:::~~r~....l c.;·Isabelle Adams, wife or Naval �STORY Of fAMOUS ·YES· posing presence, ·but he had a keen 1,c.,...-:•••·•• and, active mind and gooO. judgment regarding business ventures .. 'Mr. J ones had many• of them besides brewing. I _ Samuel I-Ianscom's younger son I John F. · Hanscom and learned 'bis trade in, his uncle \Villiaru's s 1 pyard, near Frankfort. When a young man he engaged in the government employ and rose lo be government naval constructor. He Is now (1911) 69 years old,_ and although on the retired list, the government has kept him employed In supervising this, that and the other business connected with the navy r-tl-1a_t_w_a_s_o_n_B ___a_d_g_e_r_'s_I_s,.la_n_d..,-o-p_p_o-d yards. Ile goes from one yard ·to site Portsmouth. He bought this another; at present he is located at place in 1780, and set u)l business the Norfolk yard. ,Villiam Hanscom had two for himself, arranging his shi)lyard at• the foot of the hill here, where he who were remarkably able and found a suitable cove for the pur- ed in ship building. They won na. 1I plenty o [ d eep wa t er tional fame during the , Civil war )lose, wit right up to the shore. He was then as naval constructors. Their . names about thirty-three; he knew how to were ,Villiam L., who was born In plan and build a \s 11ip, from kee 1 to 1812, and died in 1881; and Isiaal1, top-mast. Also he knew how to who was born in ,1815 and died ln boss workmen. The Revolu_tionary l 880. They learned the ship car war was tl;en near its close; bus!- µenter rtade with their father. They ness was beginnini;,'to improve;, the made a specialty of coostrucling tide ·or prosperity was setting in; plans [or other yards, as well as for young Hanscom kept his eye on the their own. 'William L.' became emtide and took it at the proper time; ployed at the Portsmouth navy yard it c:vried him on to fortune. . H Is and was boss of the construction of shi)ls found a ready sale at a good the wooden dock that was in -there for more than half a profit. John Ilnnscom hn<I two sons who,.,_.,.1t....,w..a..s-completed In 1862. were the equal of their father . in the ship building busine8s, William,l.~,:la',-<t>'oo#il born in 1783, and Samuel, born in 18 04. Their father gave them good, JHactiral ed uc,l!ltion, especially· in regard to ship building. They learned the trade at his yard supplemented that knowledge· making a specialty of planning the construction, in frame and finish. They became experts in making plans for fast sailing ships, Thb elder son had a ship yard on the bank above here, In the vici nity of F r nnkrot. 'l'he younger son, Samuel, staid with his father and in herlled ' the Greon Aero yard, and carried on the work here until his death in 1859. Ho built clipper ships, one of which was the historic Nightingale. Snmuel had two sons V(ho became noted; one as lhe clerk and right hand man of Frank Jones, mouth's famous brewer and millionalre. IIis name was Justin V. Hanscom. Ile ,was an expert accountant, as well as good husiness manager. It was said of him, and was no · doubt true, that he knew more about Mr . .Tones' buslnes,s than Jones did; anyhow, he kept his employer posted in regard to the drift of business and advised him what to do and what lo let alone. Mr. Hanscom was small and not of an im- SEL BUill Al ELIO l Clipper Ship Nightin,gaJe Built By Samue Hanscom, \Vas·One ot Finest Ship Atloa The launching of three ships at the Newington shipyard 011 the Fourth of July \1·ns made note or far and near as a great event, but it was new only to the present generation; former generations here were fanliliar with shipbuilding on both shores of ll1e Piscataqua, but those ships of the Fourth were the first lo be launched from the Newington shore. Defore that many had been built on the l~liot shore, and above JJover Point on the Dover Neck shore, "'.here, for more than a hundred and fifty years, s)1ip builrli11g was extensively carried on in several shipyards. It is a matter of record that a frigate for the Tiritish navy was built heforo . 1 GiiO !11 a ·yard, in a ·cove, above Isaac L. L11cas's urick yard. Tit!!, cove is n Hhort <listnnce helow where the Cocheco river empties into the Newichwannock at Thompson's Point. There were shipyards at several coves on the Tliot shore, but the most f;tmous of these was in the cove at the foot of the hill on which the Green Acre hotel stands; where the historic rl(.tJler ship NighUngale was built IJy Samuel Hanscom in 1 8.iO; she was the fastest sailing merchant ship that has any record. N,o I ham Co lo!list \Illstorical Soci. ely heicl its field day al Green Acre in .Tune, 1911. At that meeting .lohn Scalos read a paper which Is given below. He ohtained his facts · from 11Prsons then living, who wittH'ssecl the launching of tho Nlghlingale, so the story may IJe r lied on ~ - :orrnct, 11otwilhsta1Hli11g the ...,.. Jpedlas, and some other pnbll.·ions. state that the ship was built at Portsmouth. Mr. Scales gave a sketch of the Ilanscom [am;!y, following which Is the story of the wonderful Nightingale: 'l'h~ H11ns(·o111 8hj (J B n ildc1:.. The llanscoms, who succeeded the Hammonds, have a great record a~ ship builders, and their shipyard was at the foot of the hill on which Creen Acre stands. John Hanscom w'as born in the Eliot section of old Kittery in 1648. .He learned his trade as ship carpenter in the yard �MEMORIAL Al "I FOR FALLEN TABLETS WAR HEROES SOLDIER MEMORIAL Ap-1'\ Chairmnn Norman H. Dean of the special committee on the Soldiers' Memorial has ' awarded the contract for the bronze tablets and the railing about the mound al Haymarket square to Heaton and Co., of Nashua. The firm agrees to furnish the tablets and set them up five weeks aCler the list of names are given them . Tho commilloe ifl very nnxiom1 to secure the names of every man who entered the service from this city. They will Jeep the list open, as long as possible and wishthat the relatives or friends of the men, or the men themselves would see that the committee gets a corerct slip with their name and service on il. It is very important• that every name should be secured for once c:u1t there will he no way of corecllng or acld ing a name so they must he all in before the !isl fs closed. L- PortsmouthPlains Improve= ment Association Will Dedicate Tablet On August 10 · The Portsmouth Plains Imprbvemont Association will place a lironze 11wmorial lahlet, properly inscribed, on the large boulder at the Plains anrl twenty four maple trees recently set out are to be dedicated to the memory of these brave men, each to he lellei:ed with the dead hero•~ ....-"''""'~••·. name. The name of Miss li:velyn Pet rlo, of 1.hl:, city, who wm1 l<lllucl whiil serving as an army nurse is also in • scribed on the tablet and a tree dedicated to her memory. The dedicatory exercises ana u,t· veiling of the tablet will take place Sunday afternoon, Aug. 10, at 3.30 o'clock . The program which is being arranged will include nddresses by prominent speakers and a band is· to furnish music for the occasion. IL is hoped al arge part of our citizens will he present to assist in honoring the memory of Portsmouth's brave boys who died in the cause of right'l'heir names are as folJ\rlh u r •r. Patch, U. S. N ., H ugh Conway Hill, U. S. A.; George R. Durand, U. S. M. C.; Sydney Pickles, U. S. A. ; Chesler nroclc, U. S. A.; Michael Lynch , V, S. N.; Lieut. F r ank Boo ma, U. S. A. ; Lieut. Edward Mack, :U· S. A.; Carl Pearson, U. s. t:>ii~;,,!fito•""~:.::.-'::f.ir~s: A.; Christopher Smart, U. S. N.; John Tanko, U. S. A.; Captain Frederick S. Towle, U. S. Medical Corps ; Captain Francis Scolt, U. S. A. ; Lieut. Paul C. Denenlt, U. S. Medical Corps; John P. Hoyt, U.S. A.; Lieut. 11.;,,.•,,.c........,, Frank H. Grant, U. S. A. ; Floyd Dar- .-~..-"'.,:'·il',.,,.;._":.~·~::,~;-N...,,...,.i, ker, U. S. M. C.; Lieut. Theodore Schmidt, U. S. A.; John J. Connor, U. s, A. ; Armedio Triori, U. S. A . ; Eugene Fay Halt, U. S. A.; Stephen Henry Taylor, aCnnclian Army; Hnr- ••.., •..,,, ·"''"·· old II. Dutton, U. S. A.; Harold M. ..._,,..,....,.,,.J, Cur rier, U. S. ;;;A;;.·--.....,....,- �LONG usr Of NAMES FOR HAniARKET SQ., ~1Eri10RIAL TABLETS- The Tim cs has sec u rct;l-::a:--;:c:o-;:11;-:11-:;11--=c~u:-,.~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;.._ __,,_. .11::r:1:111m:c::=:~~ list of the Portsmoullt men a nd Bickford, Henry W. women who cnlisled anti Raw ser-' Blaisdell, Harry Wallace \ vice dnring th e great world war, Bock, Chester Arthur There are nearly 700 names in Lhe , Bodwell, Clarence Porter list. Bolton, Edward F. These nam ()s arc Lo ht' JJlacccl 011 Bonin, Jos. Raymond the memo rial tnblels Lo he er!'cle<l in Booma,' Frank EvereLL Haymarket sq uarn aull :is il is very Borden, Philip Pearce imporl:rnl lhal lhe !isl lie COIT<'CI. Boss, Geo. Victor 'J'he Times suggc:;Ls t Ital au,v reader Bowe, Andrew Palrick Jr. nolicing an e rror in the spc llin/~ or Bowe, Wm. Fitzgerald the omission of anamc, not.i[,v at once Boyd, Howard Leslie cilhcr Norman JJ. Ue: 1110 , ch:iirn1;1n Boyd, Robert John ot Lite com111 ittec, ur J\l rn ..J ultn IL Boyer, Chas. Allen Uarllotl, chair111:u1. DrackeLL, Chas. Edwin '!'ho list follows: Brackett, Guy Herman Brackett; ltay C. Brooke, '\Vm. Henry Broomfield, Herbert Arthur Brown, Austin Wallace Adams, David Ji'orl>es Brown, Edward Ames Adams, Jtalph Geo. Brown, Harold Hubley Ajemia11, Sonrc·n Brown, Howard Manson Akerman, 1 lope Bruce, Earl Harrington Akerman, '\Vallacc 81whlon Bruce·, Robert Merritt Amazcen, Ji;arl Caswell Bryan, Harry '\Vm. Anania, Pietro Bullard, Harry E. Anderson, Oscar P. S. Bunker, Frank R. Anlhony, Mark '\Valker Bunker, Herman W. Antonio, Cipolla Burch, Chas. H. "-'l..~'.r•'i't,-- -I. 1/ I I I· I Burke, Harold E. Burke, Sherman Frederick , Burns, Michael Jos. llaclger, Carllon Bnrlrigh Butler, Franklin Mllsworlh Jl:ulg-cr, Philip Broolrn Butler, Jas. Edward Burlg-er, H.aiph '\Ves ley Butler, Patrick Leo ll:tdger, H.nssell Di11m11orc Butler, Theodore H.utledge Badger, Una · 11:tdgt•r, Volney Coleman lladg"cr, '\Vallcr Arno](l ll:tiloy, Geo. Edwin ll:t i Icy, Pall I JOS. Caggiano, Antonio Jlallanl, ltol>ert Jeremiah Gall, Richard T. !larker, Jl'loyd Campbe-ll, Edwin Murray llo11Telt, ClarcncP. Austin Campbell, H.alph Clayton Barrett, Daniel F. Canham, Alvah Burnham Cannon, Geo. John Jlarnliu, Chas. '\Voods Carey, Dennis Jos. lla(es, '\\Im. Arthur Carkin, Waller ~eno Hauer, Albert Poler Carlton, Ransom Smith Heaurc•ganl, Edwar<l Jos. Carr, .Arthnr Eugene Jlpr,l;c r, '\V 111 . Cash, John Leabon llcckcr, '\V111. l•'rcderick Caswell, Earle Walter ller>ker, Ellen i\'1:Lric Caswell, H.ay Geo. llcclrnr, l~l i,;ie Lonisc Cavaretta, Guiseppa J10!111011l, Jos. Champagne, Leopold Ben11ett, Philip Brooks Chase, Jos. Patrick B ·rry, Cliflon Chick, Chas. W. Bony, llalph Grant Christenson, Christian Thos. Bell on, Ma( thew Thornton Claim, John llirkfonl R<lwar<l P Clancy, John Francis Clark, Ge-o. Melvin Clark, H.alph Clarence Clough, Goo. Atwood Clongh, Harold Carter Clulton, Philip D. Coffey, Jos. Frederick Coffey, Cornelius Eugene Cogswell, Jas. Kelsey Cohen, Abraham Lewis Collins, Camilla 1\1. A. B. C. ol Ins, I 10s. •'rnest Colplt, Jns. Elwin Corneau, Omer Jos. Co11!011, Chas. Stephc-n Conlon, Chesler Luwrenoe Conlon, Christopher Michael, Connelly, John T. Connelly, Robert Francis J. · Connolly, John Jos. Conor, John Patrick Connors, John Jos. Connors, John Jos. Connors, Patrick Jos. Connors, Timothy oJs. Connors, Wm. Michael. Conover, Paul ·stephen Conway, Patrick Cooney, Edward J. Coram, Geo. William Cornish, Frank Lewis Jr. Cornish, '\Vilbur Gorden Cotton, John Melville Coughlin, Catherine F. Coughlin, Patrick Augustine Coussoule, Loukos Cox, Chas. Lewis Craig, Arthur Henry Jr. Craig, Horace Willey Craig, Thos. Jeffers Craig, Wm. Crnlgln, Franlt G. Crlmo, Joe Cronin, Flurry Jos. Cronin, Dr. Harry Jas. Cronin, Wm. Fracl11 Crowley, Daniel John Crowley, Helen T. Crowley, Jeremiah Golden .Cullen, Wm. •Henry Cullinan, John Francis. Currier, Frederick Slyvester Currier Lawrence Olis D. Daley, Eugene Francis Damm, Geo. Damm, Martin Davis, Arthur Franklin Davis, John Edgar DaV(sOn, Geo. Richard Day, Ernest Lee Decatur, Storer G. Decosta, Bennett Arthur DeCourcy, Harrison Arthur Dennett, Paul Carroll Dennett, Philip Boyd Dennett, Sumner Frank Denny, Robert John deRochemont, Chas. Wallace Dickey, Ralph Cooper ' Dickins, Curti11 Hoyt DiFilippo, Jos. Geo. Dodge, Arthur Howard Dolan, John Dolby, Herbert Knight Donahue, Jeremiah Jos. Donnell, '\Varren Clifton Donnc•lly, Michael Patrick Donnelly, Thos. Francis Donovan, Paul Jas. Doolittle, Dorothy Aldrich Doolittle, Irvin Warren. Dore; John Knight Dow, Harold Leroy Dow, John Henderson Dow, Lawrence Taylor Dowd, John Francis Dowd, Oliver Henry Dowdell, Ralph E. Downey, John Henry Downing, Benj. Franklin Downing, Jas. Thompson Downing, Lawrence Elliott �Downs, .Horace Stacy Dreller, Louis Drew ,. Harry Russell Driscoll, Dennis Jos. Dunn, Henry Linwood , Dunn, Robert r.... Dunton, Chas. E. Durard, Elmer Cleveland Durard, Geo. Robert Durard, Jacob Madox Dutton, Harold Laforest E. Early, Martin Eastner, Ralph Thos. Easton, Perry Lyman Eldridge, John Albert Ellory Emery,-Bailey Van Ness Emrick, Robert L. ( Contlnue•d 'fomorrow.) AND -MAYOR WILLSPE ~fomorial Tablet Will Be Un= veiled At Plains Sunday / 1u-1: ;.. l•j The Portsmouth Plai11s ment Assol'iation, Lite first organir.ation or the <'ily to honor Lite sol1li<>r dna<I ol' I Ito wnrlcl war, wl 11 11 n vol I 11 lll Ull!Ol'l,11 ta'hlct al I it(' l'lai11;; ~llll· clay a flernoon, Lite exerci;;us Lo bei,:in at :l.30 o'clock. This is an iclcal spot. situale1l in the center of Lill' city limits an<! conneclecl with Lit<' military. history or J'ortsrnoulh for many i:;e11eraLions. Tier, Lite 'boys wltowenttolherro11tin 1812 received LhC'lr ·e arly training-; again in Lite sLrn g gle or 'Gl-'6:i Lite boys in blue were seen 011 para<le and Lacli('s on the same grounds and when Lho grnat worlcl war came Lhe spot was again usell 'by solcliers. The program as arranged is as follows: Ponsmouth City fland 'remarks. i\Ir. K P. Sherburne, Chaplain Rountree under clirection · or Mr. Hat Mayor 11 l,bert Tlislo1 Portsmouth Cit~ Han< Address, Gov. John lT. llarllel Un veiling or markers by rel a Lives and frion<ls or <leceasecl an<l la hlct by •Miss Doris Pearson. When L11e flag is being raii;ecl an<l when at hal!-tnasl moment or sL lent prayer will ,bo observed 'by all ancl as it reaches the masthead all will join in singing "'l'he 8tar 8pan~le1l Hanner." llemarks by pastor~ or tho churches. Presentation or memorial to the city. Acceptance 11Jy tlte m,i.vor. a Singing,. "A1norica" . .. 8enenJction, • Chaplain -Rountree • The p1·ocessio11 will be formed promptly at 2.30 at MaJiket Sq uare "\IHI · will immediately Lake up . the liue·i,or nrnrch to the PJ;;,il;s. l 1t is h:i\.tnt:si.iy desired by ·th<iI commjtiee in l .,,1,., . • ' '\< '<'.l/tti:iN_f_ h{iht;'; all ,,or~alli-'(aHt)IIS '' -:Vhic:h 1'llticj1it(lc oa rti !'iP\lting i,n U10 , pxerCis'ow 1vill turn oul.: as larµ; e a clel egalion'i,las :ifo~~ll> lo. :'-' 'l'ran~po1•ta.lit>n to ·110'.;'city wilr be \1ro,,~rnact'fo'ri\ the I" ,.. ··:r.h/"1i.i11 . ..,~ :4t :- ._:':;.i~i-~{ 1./ ~.- .{:"> ;; ~ �·,ve say here is of passing moment, hut what these men did, -their •deeds, nreserved civilization: it/lelf, .-· and can ;1cvor perish f;·om t11e .,... ine111ory ,.. of mc1n; nay, oven morn, they shall ln:;rcaso in im11ortanco as timo shall 1sivo ns clearer . vision of present-day history. · . · ··.. \ "A part of these . boys actually sleep under the sacred soil of France, some in othei· places, but in our hallowed memory of them, in a vaguo but in~piring way wo shall foe!, :is we 1mss this spot, that it belongs to them, and that here is the imAn epoch in PorLsmouth'~ .history was the dedication at mortal shrine bearing their' stars of the Plains on Sunday of a monument to her 24 young men gold and their names _of love, and who paid the supreme sacrifice in the world \Var. Here are the . that here their s11irits lie or dwell, names of our young heroes: · hero their valor shines and here THE DEAD. Lheir influence shall radiate forever, Private John J. Connors, U. S. A. •1s an inspiration to the future lads who follow with the same old flag. Lieut. Fran l<: H • G rant, U · S · A · "'vVe have a trnst, we who live and John Pan co, U • S. A. ,. loll ow on in the procession of the livAr1nedio Priori, U. S. A. -~~~1\ ing, to keep these historic 'Plains' ,: •,, Lieut. Paul C. Dennett U. S. :Medical Corps. ':f .1oat, clean and attractive, as be~··~ Private George R. Durand, U.S. M. C. comes the place where our boys are f !; Corp. Hugh Conway Hill, U. S. A. ,o be remembered. These are, more· •i. Michael Lynch, U. S. N. wer,, scenes where other history of Capt. Francis Scott, U .- S. A. oar lier days appeals :to ,us, · scones , Corp. John P. White, U.S. A. wlicre! our fathers• .> and · mothers' blood was pill by the savage encCorp. Harold H. DutLon, U. S. A. ·\ mies of Lhior unprnloctotl homos. Captain :Frederick S. Towle, U. S. Med . J. was' hero Lhal they first vrncllco(l Private Carl Peterson, U. S. A. nalional defense, and, as the primi. Lieut. Frank Booma, U. S. A. live warriors of colonial history they Private Sydney Pickles, U. S. A. were drilled to fight. How fitting it Private Arthur T. Patch, U. S. N. ~, is therefore that this gra1iite boulder Private Eugene Fay Hatt, U. S. A. should at last be erected here, · that Pri-vate Floyd Barker, U. S. M. C. these ml.mes should be perpetuatecl Lieut. Theodore Schmidt, U. S. A. !1ere, and that this park should, again · · and forever, be kept green to exemPrivate Christopher Smart, U.S. N. plify Lho rightful keeping of the , · -~ Privat~: Harold Currier, U. S. A. :nemory of the brave deeds to be here .._ •·.·Pr.i vate Chester Brock, U. S. A. -1 ssociu.tod. ';-;<'--::-.•Lieut. Edward Mack, .U. S . .A,. --, "God bless these fallen boys, may ' Privat~. Stephen Henry Taylor; Canadian Army. •· we ·never forget them. lVI.ay we never forget the sacrifice, nor the cost COllll) cte(' :J.11( a 1 WI JOlll lll On a , bpau.tiful bronze tablet· of the · thing which they saved. May :-;i11ginr.; "'l'ho Star Spangled Dan- onr Jovo [or tho flag be greater bemonntcll 011 ; ,1; hugo houl<lor may bo ltc111a.rlrn by · pastors, l'U:t(l I hi:, !IHI or fallllll h(H'0()8. t:ause they diet! for it. May we- hate It is the first, or one o[ the first, l>resentation of ME!morial, the mob more and stand by the govEdward P. Sherburne grnnite monn111e11ts erected iu this ernment firmer. May we not allow ltespo1rne of Acceptance, state since tho w:ir. another war to come to make other / Mayor Albert Hislop The lllOll 111nc11l w~·] creeled by the graves like these because wo are 11 1 t, Portsmouth l Iai11s l111provemo11t At:- Jinging, .A1nerica." narrow or bigoted, because we arc ilcnodict.ion, • Chaplain Roundtree sociation in which Prof. l~llward P. t'orgottul and careless, remembering Prol. Sherburne's address gavo Shorlrnrno is a 111oving spirit, n !:. hat these boys went to \var feeling though ably assisto<l hy every resi- some interesting bits of history rela- ·' :.hat wars were to be ended by their do11t of tho Plains, l\1ayor IIislo11 and tive to the spot )vhere the· memorial sacrifices. other:;. i:-; placcll. J lo Mid that more than a "May they resl in poaco, ant! scoro of Porlsmouth men gathered The formal program follows: flc1g for which Lhey tlicd forever Seloctio11, Portsmouth City Band under an elm tree on the identical ·,vave, o'er tho land of the free and :;1.1ot in 177 6 and marched from Oponlng remarks, L110 home of the braev." ~dward P. Sherburne there to Bunker Hill, that under this Mayor Hislop gave an address co11Prayer, Chaplain Roundtree elm President ·wa-shington was regratulating the association for its Singing, ceived when ho visited this city wonderfu l work, eulogizing the solUnder direction of Mr. Ratcliffe 170!), and, tile speaker added, it ,liers aud sailors and promising his Adtlross Hon. Albert llislop comes preeminently the place for m; ,mt.iring efforts in serving the living Portsmouth City Band to mark the sacrifice of the 2 4 new " 1.ud honoring the dead. . ,.~Governor John H. Dartle-tt lloroes. Governor Bartlett said ilr part: of Markers, "We never cease to get inspiration By Nearest llclativos from Abraham Lincoln. 'l'oday ther 1 Unveiling of Tablet, By l\Iiss Doris Pearson comes to us with imperative pro· As tho flag comes to half-mast, it will priety his inspired words delivered be held for a moment of silent 011 the battlefield of Gettysburg after 1>rn :11or; tho raising wi II I.ii en GRANIIEBOULDER WITH BRONZE MARKER .UNVEILED ·SUNDAY BEFOREVASICROWD, i �MRS. HOWARD SPONSOR FOR . UNDERSEA BOAT LAUNCHED °'°'.',.~-~~-AT NAVY YARD TODAY . . 1 ~' ,~ f _ _ :z:;:::::z: - - ·- • In ithe ;presence of a large con- and Industrial ,:\fana.g er Adams, ithe course of people, including,Admiral navy yard workmen were dismissed at CJ. Bousch, L. M-clloue, secretary to' 2.30 o'clock in season lo w·ilness the Assistant . Secretary of l'he Na,vy launching and were also given lho reRoosevelt. Gov. John IT. Bartlett o[ mainder of ti11 0 day of[. 'l'ho mow New HampsMre anti members or his craft is 231 feel in length and nbout council, t.lhe submarine S-4 was sue- 22 feet deep. For su rfa ce sailing cessfully Jiaunohed at 2.50 o'clock this Dresel engines arc used and for suba!ternoon. merged t;·avel ele-clricity•. Room ls T•his was tJhe first launching from avallall lo fo r 12 lorpedocs, each l 7 l,he new submarine shed,, ancl owing icC't long-. 'l'hc delnils of l'ho launchto Its open construction all 11rcut-nl l111; wcro ably canlcll out under the had an excellent opportunity to sec direcllon or llutl,uslrlal lhe undersea crart sli<lo into the water. The sponsor was :\frs. Howard, wife ot Commander H. ,s. lloward, U. S. N., .and at tlhe given signal she broke 'a ' bo'ttle of champagne on tho bow or t'b.o craft. As the •big criart st11u·ck the water she ·was gr eeted wrnh II, round -oT cheers.. from the farge cro\vd o! spectators. Througih the t'hougihtfulness of Admiral Boulch i,.;.;;==~-------:----:-~~--· ft.,:'!.-'~nlllll!!" �kind,s of . t:hing-s absolutely nocessayr qf ,greaJti he lip was the well known, na_t·,' The thet11'y that anything made bJ• to •t ho' na,'V'Y, tlrnre -were only · 20·00 ural ap:titud•e of -the Yankee, ,w1herethe goH>rnmenit: ,would be -costly, e·m ployes. T:his number 'hacl, been able ever 1h e is· fO'un.cJ:, to clo an1·,thing rewould_--take more time t,h,a,11 it oug·h t, to 11:ieet the -si,mple requirements of q•uired. So -the men learned .r,apidlf. , and / would be of inferior quality, JP·e ace ti,Jnes·, ·and that was all, Somo,C!as,ses ,s tud-led s·hip-fittin,g, rivet~ilq,!1g •with many: oLhcrs, •has been ·how tho Jl'umbe,r •lm-rl iLo bo !11-croaHccl, ting, d:r illin,g, chl,pping and caul1king, . t)F.·ap,[iod hy the ovc1tls of :tho- war- a.nd ·as ,a, lllatler O'f I.a-cl just bo[oro electri-c weldiu,g, ,a,c etylene· ,,., welcllng, ';,t · least as Iar as t 1ho navy yanl at .-the a.rmisttce was sig11ecl t:here -were ,co.p,p ors,miths an.a other trades. , T,he P,oi:1lsmouth is -c on,c ernorL !Such is the 57 00 employ-as. Of tho 20 0 0 who wore •a verage age of members of 1t.he dassei;,,proud claim of Vhis fmuous old gov- Teady in April of 1917,'just _six were was 215· an.cJ,.the ages ' variedfrom 15 ~1·0:ment yard•. Auel H1e record of the mkilled shipfitters! An•d, t'here wore to to 70. 'or tarn members' 48 •were col~. 1 :ntr•d sin-c c Aioril, 1 !J:l 7, is- em1p,h,a tic in be 13 ,s ubmarines to b•uild, 'besides ~,g e -m~n, ,a,nd nine 'Were illiterates. lts : testimony. en-cl-less repair ,work on shi1ps alrcJ,cly 'l'he -course was ,for thre·e monit'hs and , ·'Ir1 U1e monLhs since -that ,d'n to the in •c ommission. -Of t,he 4 OOO employes merrnbe.r,s, were a.cJ,mitte-d at any time, ·aru lms \Jeen a\Jl~ to m,a1ke large re- no\V in the y,ar,cJ, _several hundred arc A total enrolment w,as reached , of .-d~":-tion in 1\ 1hc ,price of manufacture ex:pert -s htp-fitters. Desld,cs, 11110 yard 1296. T•he sohool dosed: on March' l~, '<>l ._. various arll clo~, oven lo a. point was ,Jimlte,cl In t'ho wu.go:i it might 191!) -tioemed :hli'l1erto Im.possible !Jy ·IJoth •)Pay,, an-ii had, to contend' wgainst ·highTo relieve ,men from -certain kinds i;overnment ,and private ·plants. 'It llas er . w,a,ges in ·p,rivate ·plants•. At the of labor and ',a llow :t:hem to do ' things incrc-asecl procl1uction on a :rnalc_ that 1hei,giht of our ac:tlvlty in Ure wu.r 1000 that wor,o of immediate ,great impor-, no onQ tlre,i111od o-f, aml that u.ga.i ns't: moi·o men -co•uld oaslly .have been -tance, women to -ihe number of,,1000 atlvior,s e •C.:Ollll.il:ions. ll 1has in many, used, to ,g ood ,a.d vanta,ge. \vero om1p,Joyod, and did1,·vallent ·ser·~wt11t In most ,cnscH, boon nhlo Lo -c om,,llnd to 1•:llncnhl it-s Wo1·!011cm. vice In Lho I1n1 • ,., h ior forms, o.f 1procluc})lole work bol'o.ro ,~ho cc,11Lrac.:t lime ,In t11,~ ,s econcl· pJ.a,co, tho equipment ilon In ,worl< especially ,well fitted [o,;· '•had expired. And- 1perha111s Lhe most in ·buildings and ,ways -wu.s quite in- won;en. Tho p,J,:rn is to -continue 'ith eir lm,portant ,point-fit; 'lHi:s not -allowed ·adequ-nite ·for tho work that •was to em,ployancnt, . though not in such '8:. tiho _•11nal!Ly of Lhc ouLput to become be :. done. Tlwug,h ,a lu.rge o!'der had way as lo interefre at all"'with t:he ln 1i111y wa·y ill'ferior. · ,come. for submarines, onl'Y• itwo ways employment of men. Ono of t!he wo/ ~?roof of tho llUality is well seen In .,, · · man ,claims the ,c:h-,m,pionshi,p of the •U'io choosing of this y,ard by tho ,gov-- existed. The maC'hlne sho1p, Uh0 In- world· for woman riveVl·e rs, since s·he 'ornmen t .a,s t'he designer of many f,u- -d,ustrf.al buildin-g ; tho •hospital, · the ma-de ,,t.1 10 remarkable roco.rd of pla:::: 11-uro sub-marincs~no sllgih-t compli- ,priso_n-many of tho llulld,lngs could ing 264 rivets 11,, irwlt 'by 3-16_tl1s in m()lll. A·lMed: proof Is seen in the re- not u.fforcl1 tllH\.Ce ,for wlrnt was .requir- two hours. · · quest th-a t tho 1:U::ngllsh government ro- ea. Dut since workmen ,c annot stanr ~iently mado for .full ,plu.ns o-f the ·mo'In the tlrird ,pJ.ace, t1he making of in the rain ai1'd the .snow and be ,hu.p1to_r boats -constr-ucted: t'hrough the s-ubmarinos was a new kind of -work, PY new build•ili.gs were -i -equirerl. The \\'ar u-l 1[•!10 y·ard. , u.nd -work of ,c onsidera;ble delicacy, su~ of $450,000 · has boon s<pent in An IUxpcrimcntal Yat·cl Now. w,hich ,requires great ,c are -and expert new -c ons,tru,c tion. T-hc m\lchine shop T-hlu ,11irrl', together •with those at knowled,ge, work in wh-1-c h tho whole w.a,s d-oubled in size, the ind,ustrial 1 P.rook .yn, Nof;fo!k u.nct 'New ·Orleans, boat m.a,y be ,hu.mpered lly sllg.h't, lack building was liPied one story, and a. is kr:own ,as ·an ox111eriment.aJ yard, of •lrno•wlecl,g e on the p-a rt of a J'ew new -wi11-g was -ad-d-ed.; sever~ storeiu. / lhe sonso l-hat the -rnanuf-a1cturing workmen. T:he su·bmarine is not Hie iwuses ,were built · eu.ch of -s ix of .w'ork is· conllu,c tod in-dcpenclently of al-3irn1 clock of the navy, but l'at-her which ·Juul 1'5:oo-o feet of floor ' space; .- ,he -ml!Mnry, imthorllles and u-nder t•ho 'Wrist watdh, ' a new s11,wm1\l \;•ullding was orocte~, tho cunlrol or Lho 'i11'lh1,sL1.rnL clop:1,rl'l'o ovoncome these obstacles was a and- a new receiving and shippin,g inont, •wii'h an lncluslrlal ma.nager at tas-k of no ·s ligh't df!mands. And room; vhe -c a,paclt~, of the restaunant iLs hou.d. T:ho Vhoory unclor whiclh prom:vt measures were il:aken. All ,t:he I w, ,s trobeJ.d, with , a : moving ,Picture, 1 the ox11orlmont Is being tried' is -t'haJt available workmen · were •hired from hall added,; ,a1 new -p ump. house _ and the -collocllon of all the •different -man- w,heuever they could- come-. ,B ut they, new hot water ,heaters ,ve:re made; ·u(acturlng- •<lt11>:1rlments into one, un- -were ncit en-ou.gih. So in April, 1018, 1::ho ca~rncity for ,c ompressed air was dor a buHlnmrn ,hcru(I, iLo \Jo c.:onductod · tL lr,a,d cs school wa-s r;tu.rted, t.he lisrl doubled,; for t,,1re· increased num.ber purely ,as tt ,g ood buslnmrn, will be of its kind, in ,a ny of the , yards, of marine bar.n1Jcks to ,accomoqate .'bettor . 1t1h-a11 .to burd,en t•ho military tho.ugh ,co,p ied in ol,hc:rs at on-cc. 'l'hc 550 men were built; for the 'h os.w Jal heu.d•s wlt.h- such questions So far the obij ec,t •of this sc'h ool _w as to ,tr.:i,.in -cor.ps J. 7 new 'buildings -were Ta,d~; ]Jlan seas to meet with hi-g'h favor. · employes. For t<hls purpose it ' was lire number of iprisoner,s wt t'he ·nav,a,l Ilot•h U10 -c ommandant of the ya ;·d, c1ivi-dec1 into three cJ.u.sses men with prison was so greatly increase~ tha_t Rear Admiral ,c, J. Bou&h, and the in- no provlous trainin,g or knewledeg; barracks and- iness -haiis-fo?!ioo men ·dustrial -mana.ger, C,a,pt. L. S. Adams men •witih knowledge 'of one ~ind· of were erected, which later were fo.rced Of 0.the •consit:ruction cor.ps, ,are cnthu- me0hani·c al work ·but •with desire . to· to house 1000, and ,t.hen bu.rnacks for sl~atfo over the results obtained in enter· a• d·iffe,rent kind; and men a-1- 500 more were added. 1::.1eanwhile, the Por~sn10ut1t·: re-ad,y, ,s omewhat accustomed t9 the ,water ,consu-mption, was so .g reatly iu·-<obs~a,c lcs ' to ' any suc-ccss In the work bu1t: eager to ln,o,w_ more. creased, tha.t the• _g overam'rllt had , to "y•a!'d ·wore numerous when t-ho war T;he members of -the ·-schpol were lend $150,000 to tihe K1ttory \li,ll.ter began. lt scorned almost Impossible d ;·awn mostly ;from within a ra.cJ'ius d'istr!Clt for botto.r facll!Uea. houae ·· to tlo anytihh1g even to a-p:proximn'le of 75 miles o·f iPortsmout,h, many of the lncreasect number or workmen .(:tie -demands Uta!I: wore sure lo come. them country lads and men. Ances·- three .hotel,~ at ·K ittery tPoln_t ,. were 111, '(,he fl:rst pla,ce,. the ,working force tors of many, :b,ltd sailed, the seas in leased two o~ ·w.hlah :havij, now been w-u.a entirely, -inu.•doq-u,a.te. ·•ro carry old- .cJ,ays, but :there was ~o · in:~erited ' · 'out the enormous •clemiands for all salt -tang in t!helr make-u,p. '.W hat was 0 ) •ro �q van up. 11 \ for foro be very stroug. 'l'ho .rlbff uro citizen of Now England ts pro, 11 0 marines, .tour ltllw Ways 11\rero con- 1)1noocl nbout 18 Inches wpnrt, and Its record. The spirit. 'of t·he omployeF struct!ld, sll t1hat six keels coulcl be aM 10 l11oheii deo].). Fo1· surf.aco sail- is shown :by1 the offering to go to t.he lai°cl, down at one •time, and• a mile of Ing' Olesel art~h10~ are llSGd ,a.nd for 'relief of Halifax, when t•he awful disrailroad ,~rack was laid, with such a submerged travel, electria~l'Y, Huotu aster occurred, and to work tihere for scardty of •hetp that ,prisoners,.had to fs ·ava!lable for 12 tor,pedoe9, each 17 noVhing. A sign which reads "The do the pick and shovel work. feet long. One hundred and twenty Amerlcrn People Want Ship~, Not Never n Day Bchln!l. storage batteries are placed• in eaC'h ·Excuses," is significant. !Ships began to arrive for nltcl'n- boat, and these batteries are huge ,r.~~-:-::-"'.""=""!!0...,.....--...----,.,,_,.._ _,..1, tlons and repairs. ln nil, excluding fellowR, about four feet high. Since the small yard -cr:1f t, 1'2 2 ves~els were hostllilllM ·wero declared, u submatreated, during t,~1e wo.r. rnmc at them rine iilt!ng,-out- 1.Jn.9!n hal! I.Jeen mndo, ""'·"'·'-a from the Padfic •wntot·s. 'l ,hree i;hiNs to which t,ho boat.d;i are UJwiitl nClor of workmen were necessary to get their launching. t,he work d•o ne In time. ln no single · ,Ort one side of the yard is ~-Jse was the work of repJ iring a day Ccrhiltil 1:Juhmarine U-140, which is behind the promised time, and In saicl ltl httvO sllfll! the Fire Island s~veral cases it was before the' elate 1,ightship. This wa!! 61Hl or ~h(J nsual set. The q,ualit)1 was high, loo : The which the GermJns, •with th{!lt' •111!\Jal Montana's ma,cMnery wia,s overhauled colossal stupidity, kept back aftol' early in 1('he •war, after wihlch she sail- promising to give it up. ed! 50,000 miles In severe •war work, round In •a German h3!'bor, .and wJlen she cgme back ,again pracmany others, and towed across tically no work was necessary on her _I\ mer:Ca. 1•~ wns 11 cl!stlnctly ma.chlnery, none on tlfe Important bo:tt thall thuHe bcl11g l.Jttllt In the ,parts. Tran51Ports ;Jiad to be manufacya r d, rnther or tho cruiser ty•po. In tured from sMps of other kinds. One its 1>reso11t diM111anttod con·dltlon it 'bo11,t was fitted with tempornr)' bu.nks - gives sllg1hl fcu!lrtg of tn10 Outil tnlt tor 2000 men, bunks l'hat . would l ns nrrogJnco or oLhcr <lay,a Before the war this y,:tr(1 -had been mnke, so 1thcy say, a sleeping car feel used. to :1 lnr,g o extent to supply manlike the open .prairie for space. This ,work ham,pered the main ufa,cturcd materials for the navy in thing of the yard's business. Just begeneral. The difference in amount fore the war began a large ord.ir was of prod•uctlon under war conditions received, and since t•he declaration and before ls worth noting. tih!s work has su'I)erseded all other For' example, the electric machine shop had, In 1916, an avera,g c uttlh!ngs. The first oric to be ccfmplctod riut of $5700 each monl'h', ,with 128 the L-8, w:hlch was bnllt. ,'.lt lcs3 c·m.ploycs. In July, August ancl Se11than the contract price, and 'Ins been tember of 1918, with an Increase of in 'Service for more than a year. Then only five ,and hvo-tenths the number ln Jul}\ 1918, t•he 0-1 was launched, of omtp!oyes, Lho output was $110, and left the yard In December, one 395 ·or 19 •limes t,h,:i.t of 1916! The month a:heacl of ,contract time. The ast one 1t'O be finished1 was the S-3, brais roundrr, in 1915, ,h ad an aver aunched J.'.1.st December. Of tho reggc oul•put of 23,574 pounds a month, maining 1 O contracted ror six a re but In July, August and 1Septembcr now on the •ways, and one of these ls of 1918, t'ho output was 316,!>98 to he launched on Aug, 27. pounds, more than 13 times as much, 'fho lnd4strlal manager told thb with only, seven times as many cm~ov~rnment,thitt 18 months..>vduld be poyoes. The boat shop Increased Its """''"'."'-'"'''•;ii11;,~r·•!"1r,,, .. ,.....,,..~•,r necessary for construction afe'er the proc:•uctlon of 3 5-fo<Yt and· 4 o:toot mo~tructurnl material had !11.rr!ved. I( be-· tor boats ·by five times from l!l16 to e;an to come in J•unc, 1917, and by 1918, and when the armistice Soptember 98 per cent h-Hl arrlvod sighed• w,as -turning out boats V:ven under ~·d,vorso con<IH\ons, then, timeo ns fast with only 2.4 times as the r,tomlscs havo been fulfilled. mnny omploycs. At thwt t!mo two cv,1,oropver, t:hc s,pocd of construction NY three d,:ty,s slid Into the water. hns been greater than t.hat previously These boats are of the yard's own ;;hqwn by private yards, though the designing and arc the ones that ]!]ngde~!i;n for the S-boats was [or new land has asked tho ;ilans of for study. and larger 11!;•'.ls than any before, and T,hey are admired for their ·high 1·!1crc[ore eallccl for great readjustspeed, strength ,:incl seaworthiness ment. Tho S-1 and S-2, built in priOf the manufactured articles themyat~ y,rd arc not yet ready, for their sel ves , fn 1917, 1000 rigging blocks trials, though the S-3 had hers in ,,_ n1onth wa~ tho average; in Auust June and has been in active service or Ia18, 18600 were made. In JO sln~e,d:hon. months of l !l 18 wa tcrbrcakers, hold drln•k ing 'Water on !:•hl•ps, were,._.. ,.,_,:-,,,:c:l.\;;4,,__~·:-:1!.z:F.-,:;,,fe Solfl<' Jmprcsslvo Flg-urcs. made to the number of 7480; G!l30 -~ rter tbe launching on Lhe coming camp chairs were turned out; 16,200 Aug. 2'1, others will follow at , ~!'(camp stools; 37,880 ditty boxes ancl week Intervals, and• the four not yet 80,850 bread and. roasting pns. !11any laid clown on the ,,,ays are fabricated of these were made. b)· the women ~"'-',.;1<,,.,)Joc''tf•l· and reacl<y for 1c,rection as fast as t·he omployes T·hcso figures 1givc an idea ways are cle:>rcd. ,Contract plans were of what tho yn'rd can clo' w.!len it realprepared In ,vash!ngton, but all ally sets its teeth terations h1we been planned In Portsmouth, and plans for fu1ture submaR·urh a :·ccord would• be im[lo~,lble rines are 011 the lines here ,worked wllhout ,:he best of spirit among the out. In January, 1917, there were. just cmploycs That is exactly what one rour draftsmen In the yard. Now finds Old Admlnal Farrag,ut of dauntthere are ten times as manr, b-u t not less memory, who died in the commore than half as many, as are used mandant's house Jong since, would for the same amount of work in bo justly •[lroud of the yard, wore In• many other y,ards. 'fhc ' submarines able to look In on it. Certainly every are 231 feeJt in JengLh and .about 22 feet deep. on· every square Inch of surface, at 200 feet below the surface of the water, the pressure Is - - - 88 ,pounds-. Co2structlon must, there- was 0 , I �SHIPYARD Of THE ATLANTIC CORPORATION. / By C. E. DOWNTON. The Atlantic Corporation, Portsmouth, · N. H., 'Yas organized in December, 1917, for the purpose of building steel cargo ships for the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. Ten vessels of the Robert Dollar type were allotted under a contract that called for the complete fabrication,construction and equipment of the ships ready to receive crew and cargo. · , The yard, which was secured through purchase of the plant of the Colonial Paper Company, consists of 125 acres of ln.nd located at Freeman's Point, one mile northwest of the city.""-~"-.. ,..,, of Portsmouth on the bank~ of the Piscataqua River, a district made famous through the shipbuilding achievements of our first admiral, John Paul Jones, who personally supervised the construction of many nav·a1 vessels used in our -country's early struggles for independence. Among them were the AmE}rica and Ranger, which rank with the best of our early battleships. Furthermore, the latter was the first ship to hoist the "Stars and Stripes''. to its masthead . . : Famous Ships Built at Portsmouth. . Later history records the building of the Kearsarge, -Ad-: rniral Farragut's flagship, and many noted clipper ships of the kind comprising- our early merchant marine in the days when America proudly ranked among the foremost nations of the earth in commerce bearers. · '. In earlier days, Portsmouth was a rival of.Salem .and other New England coast cities in their quest for. trade, arid many landmarks remain of days when the toilets of the seas made up the greater portion of our substantial population along the Atlantic coast. Under these circumstances it was but natural for Portsmouth aeain to come to -the fore when sh,ipbuilding as. sumed such important proportions in the attempt of the "great · generals of industry" to meet the war emergency. . . Shops and Office Buildings. . . The permanent structures used for manufacturing purposes ·at the yard are of substantial mill construction well located and easily adapted to the requirements· of shipbuilding. The bhildings under roof contain approximately 483,000 square feet of floor space, 413,000 square feet 9f which •is now heir~ utilized, and plans have been formulated requiring additions to· the ·n rnchine shop and foundries. . The location of the main office building interfered with the piacement of shipways Nas. 4 ana. . 5, necessitating its removal intact to a position two hundreq yards west and directly in .front of the maufacturing buildings.-· · · 'l'he yard has five ship ways,- each capableof accommodat- .., ... ,. ,-.,,..-,,. ing a vessel 450 feet in length, but which can be extended -to take a 600-foot ship ! The shipways consist of central keel • blocks resting on piling, while the launching ways are laid on concrete blocks and piling. ,,- _,. ·.' The gantry ways, used for serving materials of construction, rest on piling and are each equipped with two electric boom revolving tower cranes. Brownhoist & Browning locomotive cranes are used in handling the materials in the yard. A transfer table at the end of the ways permits the shifting of the gantry cranes from one way to another. The excavation for the ways was begun in Febr""ary, 1018, and the first keel was laid Oll May 23, 1918. The river in front of the ways has an average width of 500 :,ards and a depth at mean low tide of from sixty to seventyfive feet. The banks drop .off abruptly at the end of the launching ways to a depth of over thirty-five feet. The river empties into the Atlantic ocean two miles east of the plant and the depth of water throughout this distance ranges from forty-sev- 1.,;y,,;r••,, ...,_,,. en to one hundred feet. �Plate Shop. , .. The ship shed, which covers an area of 141,000 square ·-····"""'''·• feet, contains the plate and angle furnaces, bending slabs, hy'. d~aulic.presses, hammers, forges, shears, planers, bending roUs, _punches,..-1-oggling 1>resses, etc. ·-rrhere is also· ample space for nhe assembling of frames, brackets, smokestacks, spars, masts, small bulkheads, shaft stool, etc. . . ·· . - . The plate racks for storing incoming materials are located :it the west side qf the ship shed. · Four rows of racks are arranged to receive plates on edge. The cars are run in on spurs· .from the Boston & Maine railroad, each spur serving two rows of racks. The plates are brought into the ship shed on cars to the layfag out tables, .from which point they move,in the proper sequence of operations, progressing toward the east side. Tw'o OV<'rhead Nrothern Engineering electric traveling cranes of ten tons capacity, a smal_l locomotive crane, numerous jib cranes fastened to the building columns, several electric trucks ·and platformtrucks are used in handling the material within the ship shed, three sides of which, in addition to a -port;i~n o~ the roof are of glass, thus giving full use of natural 1llummation. (..T'.ft;.;_,;:•,"[~.,.,.ifl" 'A standard gage track enters the southwest corner of the ~,,.~;.;,-,,i,',~ ship shed and passes through the building to the seautheast ; corner for the delivery of materials to the hulls, spur tracks I radiating to each ship gantry way and outfitting dock. Larger bulkheads, shaft tunnels and fantails are assembled in the yard near the ship ways. Fabricated material , in small allotments can be stored at the head of the ways. with' 1 The machine shop is particularly..-well equipped cranes and machine tools suited to the manufacture of mediumsizeci marine engines. Triple-expansion engines of 2,800 horsep()we1· are to be used in the present vessels. ✓ ! , Power Plant. All machine tools and other equipment are either electricall)• or. pneumatically operated, the power being generated in a central power plant of 1,060 kilowatts capacity made up of the following machines: One 500-kilowatt, 600- · volt, 3-phase alternating current Curtis g-enerating set. \ . One 400-kilowatt, 220-volt direct current General Electric , gp1:erator,-Corliss engine-driven. · I . One 100-kilowatt, 220-volt, direct current Sturtevant vcr- 1 tical Pngine-driven. · · One f\0-kilowatt, 600-volt, 3-phase alternating current gen- I e~ator direct connected to Sturtevant high-speed horizontal en-_I gmP. I 'The turbine is supplied with the necessary condensing ap- •, paratus. . The boiler house is equipped with four 500-horsepower I Babcock & Wilcox boilers, fired with Rielly i;tockcrs; also mQd- 1 ern fuel and ash-handling apparatus. ! The ground floor of building No. 2 '-ontains the general \ stores, electrical department, pneumatic tool room; second I floor, the joiner shop, riggers' loft, division of mold loft, anc! ::. \ restaurant with a seating capacity of 400, and the third floor contains the ship stores, engine and hull drafting rooms, blue , printing and main mold loft with a free area of 29,000 square feet. 'l'i:C1··".'~•1,2.e1 I ,•••.,. •.,_,,.,,,.. 01 Training of · Workmen. Special attention has been given to educatbnal de 1,elopment; training of unskilled men for riveters, chippers and caulkers, holders-on, heaters, etc., following the plan used by the 1 Westinghouse companies through the use of skilled mechanics as instructors, Many of these men have had the advantage afforded by the training centre established through the efforts of the training- . department of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. 1 , Skiiled and unskilled men are sent through the training department by the employment department, assignments . of .skilled men being made to the various departments after they have been tried, out by the training department. The unskilled men are kept under instruction for · a sufficient time to enable theni to do the work of the particular craft for which they have been engaged, re-classification being made according to the I schedule laid. down by the Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board. �Classes in Blue Print Reading, Ship Terms and Symbols, Shop Problems, Mold Lo.ft Practice, Mechanical Drawing and Lectures, treating with subjects associated with scientific management are being organizdd and will be carried on throughout the coming winter. .' ' A special Engineering ·apprenticeship course, to include ! actual ship construction and Marine Engineering Practices for Technical Colleg e Graduates has been plp.nned and men .~re now being recruited for the course. . ·, · , _ •,d• ' The schedule covers a period of 36 weeks of -intensive training and affords an excellent opportunity for young engineers to become familiar with the technics of modern steel ship constru"tion, :-ind the development of inherent executive qualities that are in such demand throughout the ·industrial world. Attention has been given to promote the best interestd of the workers, and any venture that tends to improve their ;~ontentment is encouraged. There is a branch bank for the con_. venicnce of the workmen, the Employees' Referenc·eeommitte,! antl a ·sug-gestion system. Housing F aciliti.es. The ho 11:,ing facilities of Portsmouth soon proved inadequate, a condition that as~urned VPry serious aspecta until the Emergency :fleet Corporat:on undertook the development of a _ hqusing plan in an adjacent property of approximately . 60 acres, known as Atlantic Heights, where eight dormitories were erected, each containing forty-eight single rooms furnished complete. The buildings are steam heated and electrically lighted, screened windows, three showers and a tub . bath on each floor, lavatories and a large living and writing room, and, in addition to the above, two hundred and seventy-six hous0s were erected. varying in size from four to six rooms, containing every mo.dcrn improvement. These houses are of the be's t building construction. The vessels b-eing built are of the Robert Dollar type of 8,800 tons capadty, 42'1 feet in length, 54 feet beam and I 24 feet depth. The first 8hip, the Kisnop, was launched 70 percent complete on .Tanua.ry 18, 1919, eight months from the laying of the keel. This vessel was outfitted at the mooring dock at the south i-ection of f:he yard, is now in commission, and is on her way to Europe with her first cargo. 'l'he second Yer--;el, the Babboosic, was lii.unched l\.fay 3, 19HI and was turned over to its new owners on September 18tp, 1!)19, The third vessel launched was the Portsmouth, named in honor of this historic city, that went over the top in every war service campaign, and Victory Loan Drive. The launching day was a notable one and was coincident with the anniversary of our Country's Independence. The people of Portsmouth turned out in numbers' to witness so import~ ant an event in its already interesting history, and the day will be long remembered with satisfaction by those who have the real interest of the city in mind, and realize the -importance of the establishment and successful operation of the first steel shipbuilding industry in the state of New Hampshire. ' Let us all put forth our efforts toward the encouragement of our industries that mean so muc·h to the welfare of this bea~tifully located city. 1 '1 1.,0":\ I, .S H l1'YAIU> 'O'l'B~ . l t will boo r lnt oroo t to l' orts moutu 1~,H11 that t he s toel fre ig hter "Ba.!Joo1ic," r e co11t1~· bullt at tho At1n ntir 3h iµyar d, is t o s ail tihortl y for Booton to ent er t he se rvice of the I\ tl nn tic Tran3po r t L in~ to Loudon. sl1e will sai l fr om Doston a l.Jo u t Seµt. 24 . 1 Ca pta in P atterso n is com mandin ~ the "Ne wton " l.J u ilt a t the Sha.Li.i;;:k ya nl SO lll O li me s in ce. Sit o will carry 3 !, o ror rt\ its, it l3 :;aid . Th o ."Wasavr;a" will be used as a :;t alio n oi l f:h i p and is s oon to sail !':?',]i';,_';l'J' for th e Azore:;. ~.\'\-(4'{q .., Tl1r "\Voyaca" sa ils ·in a s ho rt't.iln e ro r 11:nr; !a ll(I 011 he r maid e n trip. S he l!l 0110 or t ho n11 e2t s hips turned out by th o Slmt lu ck co rporation. �ORD-ANDtAD~· DUNSANY VISIT PRISON With Booth rarkington They Witness Performance of "Fame and the Poet" 4:,t;1':f;j~'/lt·~1;;)t';~f'lcl'~ ~ Lord and Lady Dnnsany's party arriv ed in Portsmouth this forenoon nnd proceeded to the navy yard where they are to be entertained by Lieutenant-Commander Osborne, who is to give a Teception in their honor, following which the prisoners at the naval prison will present "Fame and the Poet," bi, Lord Dunsany, .\ccornpanying Lord Dunsany Is the 1101!'1! plnywright and atnhor, Booth Tarkin gton. The distinguished guests will Ie:ivc J:itc this afternoon for Boston, where Lord Dirnsany will deliver an address .1 t the Copley-P laza this evening. �'PUBLIC 'L'i'BR·llRY HAS ~ -,\NY ADVA'PffAtiE. sislers or brothers and •bring them to the library. These little foll<s enjoy pictu,res and (Miss !Fernald would he pleased i•f there was a mo,re hearty response to the appeal for bright -picLures for the children's department. 'A childrens' story telling course is given by 'Miss Edith Brew~tcr each winter, this having ,been provided 1.he library by Lhe Civic 'Associalion for six years more. Miss !Brewster has six story hour8 and aflcr the course Is comploLed she kindly repeats 1 Lhc slory Lhc 1 children like best. 'l'he library has a 1 radioptlcon to be used in LraYel talks "" ...... to the children. 'l'he library buys a' good number of books each year, there being a call !or the new books, while some of the ol1f :i:,cf< get worn out nnd 1 o! course, a. LC\\' am lost. The 11ummcr visitor !)RR the use of the libr11ry while sojourning in · this city by depositing $1.25 and upon leaving a doll11r Is re~urned as the card ls given back to the ahrarian. Visitors take out a 'goocl numben, of books as with one story, a person Is a11o,wed to take out several other books. Strangers are much interested :n 'the history o_f Portsmouth and books caped a most costly ani:) ~er/ous acrl'la tive lo .our old town are In demand ~q,ecially during the summer months. fhc. idea that only• light reading Is popc1Ja1 during the summer is not ,1lways l'Ue as many people do heavier l'Glld lng while on their vacation, ,vho could ,ol give the time lo study when bus11y ,mploycd, and books of ccl'llcaUoilal v.i.l~1-,.arc called for not a little during the uirnner vacation. 4- few books are p1·esented to \he librarian lJ:/ peopl.? 'caving the city after their summer vac.i tion .· but since the war the ,lib1·ary haR had few volumes given, ow!ng to 'he need of \J')oks for men in the ser1l'icc. A boo,c, ".Practical Shipbuilding," by Holmes was ,given by a ship rard worker a short lime ago, he havi;g cor.cluded his duties at the Atian.:c Corporalion. As the book had bee:, 'lCIJJful to him he gave it to the library ' ~oping others lnterestedi h) shipbuild.ng would appreciate its valu ._ The 1 price of the book was thirty "flOllar3 1nc1 the gift was_ much apprccl~t1:d. The library is one of tho first plUCl'II the stranger finds who comes here for ~n,plo~•ment and has few acquaintances ~otne upon 'g,:i'ing away hnve cxpresscll '.o the lib1:arlan the!, app1re.ciatloa ..'or it!: privileges while in· this clty, and i:i 3l•\ era! cases have asked lo 'bo allowec! to keep_ their cards as romin'dcrs of Lhelr stay hero and tho courtesy and the obllgln-g dlspostions of thoso in :t,nrgc Is often favorably commented UJ)0n. The beauty of the public .rarce has attracted the attention of 1.rchitects and artists from various parts of the country; it has bc•m ll-~'il,~!l>L'ii .,kelched many times ancl: snap sh9t:i 1.rc ta.ken of it almost daily dui-lng llw :;ummcr when the woodbine which partially covers the building gives ll - PO kTSMOUTH PUt ·L IC LI BRA RY While Portsmouth people much apPreciate 1he public library an.I make the most of its advantages there are ;tli) some people in this vicinity who 1ardly rcallze the opportunity it offers tnd what It means to the community. Mr. Gist, ,who gave such a splendid ecturc at tho 1Chauta:iqua gathering•'ridny afternoon, referred to the great Ldvantages of n library in any town or .illy, although hllvin,g been hero so ;hort a lime had not. seen that Portsnoulh had one of which it was proud. 2he following sketch of the public Ii>rary and some {acts about it will inerest readers of lhe Herald. The iPortsmouth IPubiic library was '. esigned 'by that celebrated architect, :harlt's Bulfinch, who design ed the Iassachusclts State House. and it wa s reeled In 180a for an academy. lt waE ,ed as sueh until 1668 w11en it became public school. In 1881 it was re1odelled and became the home of the ublic library. In the year 1861) Hon. 'Frank Jones, 1en l)Iayor Of the dty, ga\·e one year's lary ($600), lhc money •to :be availa'. e fo1· a public llbrnry. when the citi:ens should raiso -$5,000. :ror tho sam e purpose. r.rhe library was open('(l Jan l, 1881, but hnd no sultablo Ornilding.ln fay '1S81 the library was acceptc-cl by he city, which provided a permanent ome ln the acad emy, after rcmodelin;. t in 18%, al nn C'XJ)Cnsc of $S,000. Thl' ·lty nnnu itlly appropriaLM a sum O'f noncy for tho nf'rcssary running c,xi:m~es.Thl' l:1lc •Hobert E.lll c h serve,! 1'1 ~ •r--i""!"'r-Y• J ~JI..!..., ~ss spare time for many to read and ·ewer books were given out. !Summer ,isitors were less, the high cost o! lving and the war strain being a -: ·ountalble for this in a good measure ,nd visitors to the library did no: qua] that of pre-war times. Yet there vc-re many who did come and much ·ijoy!'d tho privilege, espocially new·omers to the city whose homo wa s mly a room in a hotel or lodging house' is a pince where even the stro.n;;er ,n c;ijoy the reading room where th~ :i.Lest magazines a.re on the t:i.bles fo:· ll lo r ad •who wish the opportunity. \lany 1'ortsmouth people enjoy tho ·cading room where the latest thing in , 0111111 magazines is found on the talles soon after it Is ,published. '.rhc_ library is open each wee!< )day tnd evening, when boolcs a:·!' i;iven •ut and returned. On 'Sur.day afterwons 'from November to April from three lo ,five it fs open as a reading room only. The busy season in the Ii•J rary is from early November to thE 'nd 0 ,r 'March. !About 500 books a.re aken out on Saturdays at that time. Now is the dull time, only about 300 ':>eing now ,g iven out on 1saturday, the big library day of tho wcelc l'J.'he teaching staff of the local ichools find the public library a great help as its ·books are sent lo the schools or the dlf(ercnt gradC's reguil trly for dass work, so111cli111C'~ ?.00 being out at a lime at the s chools, and . ! I lh<'HC arc chnngc1l WCl'kiy. Tr a chcrs 11H well as l)lll>ils us e the lilJ:·ary rcn Llln,: s librarian after Lhc 11\Jrary was ac!ptcd, hold ing that position many room often. ears. Children, alone, take o ut ab out 20,,l \[iss Hannah G ...!Fernald is li:J)rarian, 000 library books a year, An upper position she has ably !filled there for room is fitted up for the children ancl ho past 11 years. I-for assistants ar~ little folks from the age of •five years ~Iiss l~mtna Youug an,1 :\llss H e len up come ancl l'njoy it. A librarl:t11 is in hompson. chargl'. 'l'hc hooks a re on the opr,11 s hclvl's and the child has the priv 1ll'l'ho library conlalns about 23,000 ri.::o of lookini; al the bo ok he 11 !shes, 10oks and up to two years ago lhe cir- which ls moro satisfac-lory than eiloos·ulntion had nearly ctoubleJ since t:\1i s s Ing it 'by name only. ,T here arc also at'erna !d first took up her duties. Dur- lr::ictivc picture books whir.h the litllo n,g •tho war wit!1 the varlous industries folks may lool< over while in the buildnd many women taking up business in,g. ISomo of the older children have to lfc or engaged ln war work there waa a,.:.;~;_::~~.::.;~:.:;,.::.;~:;_;~~.:;:,;..:,::,;;:,..::;~.~efj,~!;:•t':,'~~~;:t.-)t:;~~,: . �OffIClAl HONORROLL .Of POR SMOUTH BOYS Hatt, George B. (296 South st.) The following list is the result or Faulkner, Roland S. O,fyrlle ave.) my work, as war historian for PortsFish, Charles C. (mother, :\frs. O. mouth. I am publishing this in order to invite corrections, atlcliliom, or .\. l'eterson, J \Vibircl st.) erasures. This is stJpposetl Lo be, l•'ulla111, Peter A. (brother, Hi<·hwhen perfectecl, the official record at arcl l<'ullam, 537 Islington st.) Concord. lt is snpposecl to contain Craig, llorae;e W. (father, Arthur the names ol' all the boys in Lhe serII. Craig Sr. 889 South st.) vice or t11e l'nitecl States who claim l'ampllell, l~clwin II. (mother, :'-lrs. Pot tsmouth as their home, anrl only R. A .. \nclerson, GO Sherburne ave.) frnrh, together with their father or Campbell, 11alph C. (mother '.llrn. 11e111 est relative ancl thPir a.cl dresses. n.. A. Anclcrnon, liO Sherlrnrne ave.) l'ortsmoutl1 people should rcacl this Jimison, Leon JD. ( ~(j Vanghan ~t.) over carefully ancl if they notice any Cronin, William l~. ( Chap<'l st.) mistakes, they would do service to JI arm on, George L. ( fitther, Simon their country ancl to the boys hy P. Harmon, 44 Humphreys st.) comnnicating to me such mistakes. Johnson, 1-Jverelt 11. (301 llanover There is no other official list than st.) thi:-i onn I am tryil)g to prepare. Tlonahuc•, .lercmlah .l. ~40 ThornPleai:n uclclress me as below: ton st. (aunt, .\lrs. John He;;:: n, now :\!rs . .John JI. Dartlett, st.) l 9 :\!icldle St. Regan, La wren cc V. ( father, Tim1·:ir,srnout11, ="· H. othy Regan, 230 Thornton st.) War I[ istorian for Portsmouth. Donel!, Warren C. (77 Hanover J\ilamR, Ralph G. (mother, :\1rs. st.) :\Turcia l. A dams, 21 9 :\la rcy st.) Orarly, Patrick J. ( 4 G7 Islington Leach, Arlhur C. (105 Burkitt st.) st.) .(Lieut.) Walker, Wallis D. (wife, Posey, Gilbert n. (104 ( Onl!;rllHS 1 l G :\ri<.ldle st.) st.) Vinciguerra, Frank ( rather, Luigi Troy, John .T. (aunt, :\!rs. \lirhncl Vine;iguerra, 221 Daniel st.) .T. O'Connor, 237 Is lington st.) Stevens, :\fanning P. (father Chas. Holmes, J~clward r. (wife, 490 IsJ\. Stevens, 84 Washington st.) lington 51.) ( l,ie11t.) .\lcCarthy, Ralph G. (Capt.) noel well, Clarenre T. ( w i l'P (father, James A. \lcCarthy, 274 \fil4 8 Orch an! st.) ler ave.) \forrill, Harris \V. (wii'o, \lnrry :'11<:C'rtrthy, .Tames A. (father, st.) .fames A . .\lcCarthy, 274 :\liller ave.) (Lieut.) Coram, Geor~c \Y. ( wil'r, Parker, Erlwurcl G. (father, Hora.re \Voodworth nve.) D. J';trlrnr, :18:.1 llnlon st.) (Lieut.) S111ilh, Arthur I,, ( wife, llallarcl, Tloherl J. (wife, 25 Lal'ny4 1 Wibinl st.) cU 'l roar!.) (('apt.) LoC'hl in, Horace \V. ( wifr Woods, Peter J. (92 Cass st.) 2~9 Cass st.) Katz, Simon .T. (father, Sam Katz. Slickles, A hrn m ( cl ischarged.) J 5!l Hill st.) \\1ecks, Eclwarcl ,\. (wire, 232 Deer :\fc:\rastcr, Daniel /\. (wife, GO st.) nrewstcr st.) . Arthur (Scrgt.) :\fcCaft'ery, L. Latoui·elle, Ortave n. (114 ~faple( wife, 1 G nrcwster st.) woocl ave.) Gardner, Leslie IT. (wif<>, :\fa.pie• Doss, George Victor (father, Geo. woocl ave.) Vfloss, 79G )1iddle st.) Comeau, Omer J. (mother, \[rs. 1 Paul, Orman Jl, ( wife, 9 6 Chcltn nt A1111ic> Comeau, 72 Akinson st.) 'st.) -----... ~-~ Cragin, Frank a. (discharged.) S\lSii~n n , joscph A. (rather,\ (Co r p. ) Wcn<lell , George A. (wife ~ ~ t_,,.on"-'!s~t..J.....---1 Jones ave,) ·: ~ FarTll"!ltl,,...'Re-u-bon' ·· {l 4--7 Thompson, Walte r st,) '· atii,i;~lan, )'! osetl ( 4!l 1)11 •iel '\ IToward 1 Willinm P. (sister, James P. Griffin, 4 O1 :\1iller ave.) Dennett, Sumner F. (father, J;rank S. Dennett, 1210 Islingto n st.) 29th A. E. F. A lonzo :--1. (135 c le lei', .John J. (futhcr, IT11g1, Kelleher, 111 Washington st.) Small, Ora, Islington st. Pearson, Charles B. (father, Frank Pearson, l G8 :\Tarcy st.) Quimbr, Perley ..\. ( sister, \Trs . Ernest Dassett, 281 .\frDono11gh st.) Gillespie, (father, Jacob Dura.rd, George B. (156 ;t.) Roberts, George H. (GO Sherburne we. sister, :\frs. Inman, :\filo, \le. Latanzio, Angelo, 74 Deer st. (mother Ami Lattanzio, ltqly.) Vecelio, Costanzo, 214 \farket st (father, Vitoria Vecelio., Cozerta Italy.) Poulis, George, 159 Congress 'brother, Pc>ter Poulis, Pyrgos, Greece.) (Lieut.) Stevens, William IT. (wife i8 High st.) U. S. :\f. C. (Lieut.) Wilson, J. K. Wibird st.) (Capt.) Hoyt, F. Rolan cl (mother :11:rs. gmily S. IT.oyt, 7 Northwest st.) lT. S. .\l. C. (Lieut.) Rice, Arthur TT. 180 ,\I Idelle• fl . ) r. S. :\1. C. Chase, Jo:;eph 0. ( father, Chase, 3 2 Partridge st.) Connors, Timothy. · Rearrlon, Daniel P. (:I 77 ;t.) :\lcDoualcl, John n. (Pinc (Sergt.) .\Iason, William State st.) ll. S. \[. C. Dates, William ( 154 st.) D11Jlard, llarry E:. (father, llarry .\l. n n liar cl, (i 1 Water st.) Fletcher, Charles A. ( father, John I~. Ji'letchcr, 4 Ii 5 :\Taplewoocl ave.) carpenter, Hcnt to Da lln8, 'l'Pxas . C:11llinan, .John Ii'. (fathcr, ,John Cullinan, 1 r.2 Stark st.) Daley, Eugene (father, .\llchacl Oaley, 55 Raynes ave.) (J,;nsi/.\n) c:Mth, naJph .\I. Washin!!,lon st.) \I arvin, William B. (l'alher, \\ ' i I limn I~. :\larvin, 152 .\liclcllc st.) . Prazier, Alexander (l'ather, Ci'razier, 315 H:icharcls ave.) Trueman, l~rnest ( father, Tl1C1111a ~ I~. 'l'rueman, 746 .\licldle ruacl.J Joseph I'. Kel ley, fttther , .\li c·ltal' l Kelley, !GO Cass st.) ', JJall, I•recle·ri ck 11. (l'ath<•r, l,01ii s ]£all.) \ l~ogg, no1.Ji1rnon .\ . (l'alh•·r , C:t •or: ;P T: 11obinson, llf, Hi<"h:1rd s av<•.) n. en~ sM Kit~rcclge, Lcrn_, I•'. :\liclrlle st. J (Ia I h1•··, llanSC'0lll, ('arl II'. Dwight llans<·o111, ~:: (wifl', Bacl~er, 1>hilip s. road . ) Griffin, Philip .1. (l'al11,•1·, Griffin, 5fi~ State sL.) �Sm::t:.....SJu:.i-st1lphor (.father, ,Chris Harvey, Wilhnr G. (;lJ l'irkPring 'Smart, "7 0 .\[ount Vernon st.) 1 st.) Cooney, Ed 1yafd y- ~ filth er, RichBoyll, Rohert .r. ( wife. 3:l!l Lin- urel A. Cooney, 4~ Cass st.) •, coln ave.) Leavitt, Arnol l E. (mother, 'Mrs. \\'right, Lawrence II. ( 11101 her, ' Annie :VI. Leavit~ 1 Hanover 11t.) 1 \\'right, !i24 llroad · Timmons, ~ P., l.\IcDonough st.) llarry J.,, (wife, 74~ .\liclCrowley, Jer .mlall Q, (wife, 1~5 Wash in!jtOn st.) Bolton, J~cl\rnrcl I~. ( 4 !) JI ill sl.) Eldridge, Job~E. (7 West st,) Cavurcttn G11ise1111a ( f.!i ll11ssell Connors, Jose~. ' , st.) Connors. Jerome, Dowel, John l~. (l"alhC'r, .l111i11 ll. Weaver, Henry P. (lGS Cabot st.) Dowel, G Ke11 t st.) Weaver,: Charlei; ~. ( 168 Cabot st.) Howe, :--.!ewe!! 0. (l'alher, :-lc•w"ll Ca ll, Richard T, (mother, K. HOl\"e, 192 Li11coln a\'e.) Margaret Call, 320 loutb st.) Craig, Thomas .J. ( rather, Craig, r; OO Urnrul st. l Garvin, .James I<'. (f, Haili:; co11rt.) :lfooner. :lllchaeJ .l. (800 lsli11gln11 11t.) Timmons , l'nlri<'k .T. (~7 11 nve.) Charles W. ( I 511 a;; No hie, Rohcrt A. ( mothPr, flehecca Clark , !i21 :llarkt>I sl.) Onlto11, Philip D. ( fall1<•r, Clt•orgf' F. Ou Iton, G5 Kent sl.) .\Iugridge, Clayton W. Denjamin .T. :11111?,riclge, 4:ll st.) Bruce, Earl II. (304 Pleasant st.) Garant, Arlhm ( 1(;,, Dnnicl sl.) White, Wilson A. ( I 80 :-lcwrasllr :II asscy. Frank .J. \. :IIasscy, 7 2 8 Stale ~t.) Spinney, Emerson S. (fali1cr, ldbert S. SpinneY, 419 nicharels ave.) Tharingtou, James C. (Summer st.) Gibson, Frederick A. ,:ugh Gibson, !!1 - Fliwyn· U\'C.) · Wooel, Ralph 'f. (father, Freel ·woocl, 204 "\Yibin! st.) • . .. 1 Patch, Arthur T. South .\Jill st. Died Dec. 29, 1917, :slewport :-lava! Hospitnl. Lowd, Perry A. ( rather, ( '. Lowd) ('amn Uol'(Jon. Atlanta, Ga. To lhe Public: The following list or n.11111!R gil·pn me as prohahly men !11 the service [rom Porl8111011th, I ha\"c hecn unable to verify. ThC' public will be cloing \ proper sef\"icc if they will nssisl 111() on any of these names. :II rn ..J 01111 11. B:1 rll<'II. Banr, .lamps ('. Blll'll8, :llirhael I~. Jlarlncll, l•'rnnris F'. Lemke, Arthur n. :llorosole. Joseph. (Sergt.) :\Janning Raymond. Sanborn, Arthur. Stickney, ~lauric•C' ~I. Schmidt, ThcotlnrC' ll, Cartier, \\'. L. (' Ilowarcl, Charl<'s. O'Brien, ·wmia111 Tl. :\fason, Herbert .T. :lfason, Herbert .T. Goold, Donglns T. Connors, Timothy. Pendexter, Daniel. �won, wit I I 1Pm ram<' thP)'Pog-i 1:i;;--;11(l the r,•m:tl(' (•fllJlluyPH. Tf1(> ~lnr!P\' f :111ton Co111ra11y llll'llC(l Olll all O[ lh<'it· for('C', lhe Allanlir. a11d• lltP Shaltttc·k Rh,pyal'(IH l'l'HPOllflNl •hy mars haling lhf'il' wnrt, 1111·11, r,ffirP fnri•f' :tll(l :ill, ,11141 wllh lltP .\11 ::nlie balld, 'l'ltt· ('ity l,:tnd 1 I I OVER PEACE NEW / / ✓ '/ _, ,,.. ,, , ,,:/, ,/ .. . Big Parade and Demonstration Over Signing of Armistice---City Enjoys a General Holiday wa:s Ht:t:lll"t'd and llli11gs IJl"g-au to hurn. Major Il:irlfol'(f us marshal had as Iii,; cltlC'I' ai!lo 1\lujnt· ( :. ti. I loyt, a11!1 nr. l1J. I{. r~a :-1lrnan, l!iug-eno Mc( 'tll'. ' M t' >l, J\l!•C'1.u', H11ss('[ ML'\ .;,L', 8ccretury 'Gosnell of lite K. l'., J. \V. Newell and Morris JJur!l, and :\Tiss Corinne Pa1·sons rode at the head of the yeOlgirl,s. Aided wilh the committee, they soon had the line formed and shortly a[ler ~ · o'clocl, the greatest parade this city hnd rvl'r s<' en swung i11to line- ·lle'hind a platoon, or police unclPr commanrl of ])c,puty Duclcer. 1'hrrf' w:rn t·rmnrlrnhly lllllP Ponfu~lon nrnl ::is the- prnPrssio11 .sw1111c:- inlo lillP the tlifferrnl 1livh,iuns tnok their plat:L'" unUl it exle nd eu nearly two miles in n:-J aidcx, -:--;-;---:;-;;-:;--;;----c;-;:-::-;-:--:-:-:--'.:-:------:-:-:---,--------------------' len gth, ancl, it w::is variously csti mate1l Nov. 11, 1918, \ "ictory !lit)', will gu clown In tho glorlo11s hi<SI ory of lltis city as one or the most evenll'ul 111 its long annals of great events. A Llay h th w en , e people of this city celehrate,l in a most wonderful manner the closing of the wo1'ld's g1·eatest war ancl the declara,,tion of what will be the peace of the ,world, for we hare centuries to c~me. From Ghm·tly ,before six o'cloclc Mondaf morning, 1vhen with a wilcl 011t burst of bells and whistles the people were awakenC"cl to the 1g-reat news that u\e armistice hacl bern signe,l, to late ~ ••,.,.;·-.. •Inst night, they gave vent lo their <>Xpression, of joy over ~he viPtory nr the iu,,, . ,,.,,.,,,, fbl";~\,\!=>,,:;.iAllled governments in this g1·eal fight for ifreedom. 'l'he city simply went ~;.:~lbi,,;O:t.il wild over the news and it was one con tlnuous holiday ,with a general su,;pension of ,business and everylbody out to .,__ celebrn.te t'he gre(!t event with the hi,g,,,,~E"\1!11gest parade ever held in this city. The great news first reacheclJ this city 1'ram the Assoclatecl Press and wa>1 received .by the ,Chronicle at 3 o'clock' ...,,;,~:,,..•.-.iMonday morning, or just ttm minutes after 1!he State Department made the 'first announcement in Washintgton. In ten minutes this gre'at news organizationc had ,flashed over the entire country the news of the signing of the armistice. The Chronicle ~oon after notified Mayor Samuel 'T. Ladd of the news and he al once arranged for the opening of the demonstration at six o'cloclc, when the watchmen at all of the plants opened 11p thclt· stenm whiGties, after Chier ,voo1l.~ ltncl giv<'n fl. preliminary alnrm nn the lire whistle. '!'he bel19 then loulc 11p tllC" Phoru;; arnl • 1n a short time thC" peoplC" IVf'l"e out on tlrn streets nrnl lll"• f'Xll'!l edition uf the •C'h ronlrle •WflR (Juic:ldy ,, n11,gllt ror lho confirm:ttlon of the 1wws. So late WOR l'iw l1l'WR gil'Cll 011t lhnl l~e first Boston J)UIH'l'R 10 t'<'::tC'h this -~-..~ ......_ ... ,_. dty dicl not hnve lhe new!-< of the signing of the armi>1tlce, lt11l latrr in tho day the outside •pnper,, g-nt out ,;peeial editions with the same dlspa.lchcs that t•he Chronicle •Jave to the Portsmouth pu(blic seven hours e'arller In the uay. Morning Celebration. The celebration 1v'hlch started as soon as the people could gel into their clothes and out on the street continued through the entire forenoon. It tool< the _fonm of impromptu parades and there ·portant" hanglngH In which the that there were from GOOO to (iOOO peo"Kaiser" 'hacl tho most prominent pie in line, and there was o crowd of at th 11 t 11lace. <The school c'hlldren p::iraLlet.l lcaS twenty ousa <.l people along lhe h nnd all schodls were elo;ed at noon. line of march, t' e crowd onthe streets being all that the 'The largest parade was lhat\of lhe handle. men at the Atlantic shipyard', who formed anrl with their excellent band The Oine of march was lengthy, ll)ut th leading, marched about the city and at e ,p rocession moved along at a cllp th the J.?ederal building were addresc-ecl by set lby e Marines that did not tpermit Mayor Ladd and Mr. Downton. Later ,and drag,ging. The line of m ·arch was st the plant along wilh the Shattuck plant from :Pleasant reet to tCongress, to where there was a rlomonstration on Cass, to Mid'dle, to RicharclH aver.ue, th the part of the workmen, closed fur to Sou ' to Pleasant, to Sl:Lle, to i\fi1lthe day. The Navy Yard men also dle, to Ilridige, to Deer, lo Vaughan, to held! a demonstration at the yard and Congress, to Pleasant, where the Jllln nd th th the yarcl was closed at noon for the raue dislJa cled a is wi the minday. All of the business ,places closed imum of confusion. I There· were seven divisions their doors.a ncl at noon there were only a few oren ancl these were en- as follows: t gaged in selling fla1gs and imvlements, ! FirS Division~Marshal and staff; 1 such as hornlcl, ete., by which the platoon of police; :-. arine •nand; hntyoung people, and some old• could show talion of United Slates J\fnrincs; color hearet'l'I with the l~lngs or llw Allied their patriotic enthusiasm. NationR; Mnyor s. '!'. L:lll(l :1ntl· llll'lllAt 9 o'c!locl, c\layor Ladd calle,l a th meeting at his office al city hail aml hers of e city council; ~late nnat·Ll; the following .citi1/.en's committee was llnilpi] •W or vVorlc C'ommlltPr; N:1val rd 11 formed lo arrange and cany out lite . Tlnncl; n:i.vy ya worl<mL' nnu female, parade which was schedukd at ·> opC'l'alors. 1 r o'cloclc ' i\1ajor I•'. \V.. Hartford was rrhi cl Division-Women, eachers, 11 h l'l10>1en marnlial or the )larade; l\fayor etc. ; public he::ill :rntn wiih Hrd C1· »,; 11111 S. 1'1'. L~1dLI presi1ling; ll. 11. 'l'ilton uf ·scs. the Morley Button Co., •C. K Downton FoHrlh Division-- Att:1,itic nan,1; .'\toC ttw .\ tlantic Curpornlion, Col. 1 r. l'. lanti,c officers aHrl' worlmwn, a111l National Engineering officers an·d workT;,ylor of the Gale Shoe factory, M. L. IDLt'llard of t'he Shattucl, Shipyanl, men. th F. '.\f. Sise, n. C. i\fargcGon, Al'bert Fif Division-U. S. Army Band; llistor, F'red A. Gray, F. A. Belden, 1,:. men. C. Matthews, .11·., R L Costello, Fran!, [Shattuck s'hipyard officers ancl workth \V nanclall, Ra:p'hael !Paola, 1,. vV. .Six Division-Morley Hutton Drnm Corps; Morley Dutton Compan_y C'llt·· 1,:waltl, HL·v. L. I I. Thayc1·, H .. r. Kirkpatricl,, Ueorge .\1. Thompson or the ptoycs; Gale Shoe Company c-mplnyc-s. l I. S. 8hipping Hou rel, l'. /\. Doclge uf SevenVh Divilclion-Sehool childrPn · r I Eighth Division>-Autos ::ind tr11c-1,~ t 110 National gn,c;-ineering· Co., Chict' with decorations. Engineer W. F. \Voods, R. D. :\!cDonough, Harry Trafton, E. L. Patterson, / Evening Celebration. .T. A. Borthwick, M. c:. Bailey of lhe There were Vhousanc1's of people Y. M. ('. A. a.bout the city during the even in g, the 'I'o gel a parn,lc lined up ::ind in their streets about the cent r of the city proper 11laces in the short time avail - being jammed with a goou nat11re,I. n,ble was some task, hut there was nn fun-loving· crowd ::in!l lhL'Y m::i1le llll' delay and by noon everything was un- most of the ce'lebralion. cler wuy. l•'rnm Co l. Buttrick, lf. S. 1 Two •hands gave n c·onlinuou,; eonM. •C'., a battalion or l\lai'ines with their cert program from 7 lo n o'clock, the hand was secured. Hear .'\dmiral N:i.val I.Janel from lite ·band sl:rnu, and Houch with 'hi,; 11s11al lilJernlity tL•n- the Allunlic from lhc sidewalk in front clered the naval hnnd, the commanding of tho J.'irst National Hanle They alorrtce1· of the- l•'tl J'l st>nt up t11ci1· mili- te .nalecl In their selections ancl thC")' tary 'harnl, :11111 ><n it wc-nt on. 'l'ltr rencleret~ a very ,tine conc·C'rt p1·n!,;"1··1m navy ynrcl was quicl,ly in touch anti Which was lho1·onghly enjuycd 11·~; \h~ the workmen's organization promised n. big- crowcl. hi ,c rowd over nncl they l,ept thei1· At 8 o'clock the whistles about the city opened up for a few minutes :.1,s a 1pa1ting salutation of a clay that 1,ns heen such nn even~r,11 u." · _ I I �This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NlSO 239.48-1992 (pennanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts m 1998 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918-1920, 1932-1949 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="http://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbook 1918-19 V.2 Subject The topic of the resource Scrapbooks Portsmouth (N.H.) World War I Description An account of the resource A scrapbook of news articles from the Portsmouth Herald and other papers, 1918-1919. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library (N.H.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1919 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i11079691 https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/053bda7f80fbb2e2f65d33fe8d537ec9.PDF e597217d08b83537f9d2c0382a5fdd04 PDF Text Text �SEAWARDS, WILLIAM WILLIAMS SHILLABER, (LIEUT) JOHN J. STARNS, OTIS P. STEWART, (SARGE) W.J. STRATHAM-WW-SERVICEMEN SUSSMAN, (PRIV) JOSEPH A. SUSSMAN, JOSEPH TACCELTA, VINCENT TAYLOR, STEPHAN HENRY (OBIT) THAYER, LUCIUS E., JR. TIMMINS, JOHN P. TOBEY, JOHN IVORY (OBIT) TOBEY, LESTER HERBERT TOWLE, (CAPT) FRED S., M.D. (OBIT) TREDICK, (LIEUT) GEORGE ANDREW TROY, (CORP) JOHN J. TRUEMAN, (SARGE) AUSTIN H. TUCKER,THEODORELAWRENCE WALDRON, (PRIV) JEREMY WALDRON, JEREMY R. WALKER, (MAJ) WALLIS D. WALLINGFORD, HENRY WARD, ERNEST MELVIN WASHBURN, (CAPT) I.H. WEAVER, HENRY P. WEBBER, (LIEUT) PHILIP F. WENDELL, (SARGE) GEORGE A. WENTWORTH, CLAUDE ELLSWORTH WEYMER, SEWARD M. WILLIAMS, (LIEUT) CHARLES S. WILSON, (CAPT) JAMES KNOX WOODS, PETER PAUL WRIGHT, (LIEUT) J. BRANDON WYATT, (PRIV) JAMESY. YOUNG, OSMER M. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1919 87 1919 87 1919 88 1919 88 1919 11 1919 98 1919 86 1919 88 1919 89 1919 92 1919 91 1919 89 1919 91 1919 89-90 1919 90 1919 91 1919 90 1919 91 1919 101 1919 92 1919 92 1919 92 1919 92 1919 93 1919 94 1919 92 1919 93 1919 93 1919 94 1919 94 1919 95 1919 95 1919 96 1919 96 1919 97 �MCINNIS, (CORP) KENNETH F. MCINNIS, AMBROSE S. MCISAAC, HECTOR A. MCMASTER, (CORP) DANIEL A. MCPHETERS, GEORGE A. MILES, (PRIV) EMERSON MILLER, JOHN R. MONEYPENNY, (SARGE) E.J. MOONEY, MICHAEL J. MORAN, JOHN J. NEAL, (CAPT) CECIL (OBIT) NEVILLE, (SARGE) EDWARD J. NEVILLE, MARK A. NEW CASTLE-WW-SERVICEMEN NEWINGTON-WW-SERVICEMEN NORCROSS, (SARGE) RUSSELL J. NORCROSS, PAUL EDGAR J. (OBIT) O'BRIEN, DANIEL SCOTT O'BRIEN, JAMES E. O'BRIEN, WILLIAM H. OSGOOD, (PRIV) JASON L. OUL TON, (LIEUT) PHILIP PALMER, (LIEUT) JOHN PHILIP PARKER, (LIEUT) EDWARD GOOKIN PARKS, WILLIAM H. PATCH, ARTHUR T. PAUL, ORMAN R. PEARSON, CARL A. (OBIT) PERKINS, (PRIV) MARVIN E. PHILLIPS, (CAPT) ALBERT J. PINKHAM, RICHARD A. PLAISTED, GUY EDGAR PORTSMOUTH SERVICE CLUB PORTSMOUTH-WW-DEATHS PORTSMOUTH-WW-MEM. TABLET PORTSMOUTH-WW-SERVICEMEN QUINN, JOSEPH RAND, SETH E. RAND, WALLACE E. (OBIT) RAYNES, (LIEUT) FRANKLIN S. REARDON, DANIEL P. RILEY, (CORP) MARK ROBERTS, LEON LESTER ROBERTSON, (SARGE) JACK ROBINSON, (LT COM) ERNEST F. ROBINSON, (PRIV) CLYDE ROGERS, CHARLES E. ROWE, (SARGE) LESLIE R. ROWE, ADDISON C. ROWE, EDWARD L. ROWE, GILMAN S. RYE-WW-SERVICEMEN SAWYER, (CORP) EZRA W. SCHMIDT, (LIEUT) THEODORE (OBIT) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 74 74 100 75 75 76 76 77 76 76 77 78 78 11 11 78 78 78 79 79 79 79 80 80 80 81 81-82 82 82-83 83 83 83 5 3 6,9 10-11 83 84 84-5, 101 85 85 86 86 86 102 100 102 87 84 85 56 11 87 87 �HEFFINGER, CHARLES HERSEY, (SARGE) ARTHUR L., JR. HERSEY, ARTHUR HERSEY, HOWARD C. HERSEY, PERLEY D. HICKS, EDWARD C. HILL, (CORP) HUGH HILL (OBIT) HILL, (LIEUT) CARL DANA HILL, CYRUS HODGES (PRIVATE) HODGES, (CAPT.) WILLIAM C. HODGES, C.B. HOITT, (SARGE) CLARENCE H. HOITT, ERNEST RALPH HOLLAND, WILLIAM J. HOLMES, (SARGE) EDWARD C. HOYT, (LIEUT) WILLIS HADLEY HOYT, (MAJ) F. ROLAND HOYT, JOHNS. HUTCHINS, HOWARD P. HUTCHINS, MINARD S. JOHNSTON, (DR.) CHARLES E. JONES, (PRIV) FRED S. KARIE, CORNELIUS J. KELLEHER, (PRIV) JOHN J. KEYS, (CAPT) DOUGLAS L. KINGBURY, SAMUEL H. KIRVAN, GEORGE W . KIRVAN, JULIA M. KIRVAN, MARYL. KIRVAN, RICHARD A. KITTERY-WW-SERVICEMEN KITTREDGE, (DR.) P.J. LADD, (PRIV) GEORGE EDWARD LANG, (SARGE) H.P. LATOURELLE, BENJAMIN LEACH (PRIVATE) LEE, MILLEDGE LESSOR, (SARGE) WALTER LITTLE, HAROLD LITTLEFIELD, HARO LD ALIS ON LONERGAN, (PRIV) ALBERT LONERGAN, GEORGE W. LOWD, PERCY A. MACDONALD, JOHN D. MACDONALD, RALPH MAHONEY, (CORP) JAMES B. MANNING, R.J. MARDEN, (CORP) FRED H. MASON, JOHN A. MCCARTHY, (LIEUT) JAMES A. MCCARTHY, (SARGE) PAUL B. MCCARTHY, JOHN B. MCCARTHY, JOHN H. MCCARTY, (LIEUT) RALPH G. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 56 57 57 57-58 58,99 59 60-61 59 61 14 61 61 62-63 62-63 64-65 64-65 66-67 66 66 67 67 68 68 69 69-70 70 71 71 71 71 71 12 71 72 72 72 14 72 72 72 72 73 73 72 74 74 75 75 75 76 74 73,99 73 99 74 �DICKEY, (LIEUT) RALPH COOPER DIFILIPPO, JOSEPH G. DIXON, HARRY W. DONNELL, WARREN CLIFTON DOUGLAS, (PRIV) ROSCOE A. DOW, JOHN H. DOWDELL, (CORP) RALPH E. DOWDELL, (SARGE) RALPH E. DOWN, HORACE STACEY DOWNING, (SARGE) LAWRENCE E. DOWNING, BENJAMIN F. DRELLER, LOUIS DREW, HARRY R. DRISCOLL, (PRIV) DENNIS DUARD,GEORGEROBERT DURARO, ELMER CLEVELAND DURARD, JACOB MADOX DURARD, LUTON DUTTON, (CORP) HAROLD C. (OBIT) ELDRIDGE, JACK EVERINGHAM, CARL DEWITT FAULKNER,ROLANDSTANNARD FERNALD, TREVELYN E. FERNALD, VIVION A. FETTER, LEWIS E. FISH, C. COLGATE FLANAGAN,ARTHURJAMES FOSS, (PRIV) RAY H. FOSTER.DOROTHY FREEMAN, FRANK R. GARDNER, (SARGE) LESLIE H. GARRETT, (LIEUT) WALLACE H. GERNIN, (SARGE) HENRY E. GERRISH (CORP) CHARLES W. GIBSON, FRED A . GILBERT, GEORGE E. GILLESPIE, JAMES GODFREY, FORREST PIKE GOODING, FREDERICK GOODWIN, EARL GOODWIN, LEONE. GORMAN, (CORP) ARTHUR GORMAN, (PRIV) ARTHUR GRANT, ARTHUR R. GRAY, (LIEUT) S. AUBREY GRIFFIN, (LIEUT) PHILLIP GROVER, EDGAR R. HAMPTON-WW-SERVICEMEN HANGHEY, CHARLES HANSCOM,KARL HARMON, GEORGE L. HARTNETT, FRANCIS HATT, (PRIV) FAY EUGENE (OBIT) HATT, (PRIV) GEORGE HAUGHEY, CHARLES 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 39 39 · 39 39 44-45 40 103 40 41 41 41 41 42 42 42 42 42 42 43 46 46 47 47 47 47 48 47 48 49 49 50 50 50-51 50 51 51 51 51 51 52 52 52 100 52 52 53 53 11 54 54 54 54 54 55 56 �ARCHIBALD, (LIEUT) CLYDE W. BADGER, (LIEUT) PHILIP 8. BADGER,D.CHESTER BADGER, RALPH BADGER,UNA BADGER, VOLNEY C. BALLARD, (CAPT) ROBERT J. BARKER, (SARGE) FLOYD (DEATH) BARRETT, DANIEL BATSON, (SARGE) WALLACE E. BELL, (LIEUT) ERNEST L. BENNETT, PHILIP BERRY, (PRIV) CLIFFORD BERRY, RALPH G. BETTON, MATTHEW BOOMA, (LIEUT) FRANK (OBIT) BOSS, VICTOR BRACKETT, (LIEIUT) GUY BROWN, CHARLES RAND BROWN, JAMES WEBSTER BURKE, (PRIV) SHERMAN F. BURKE, HAROLD E. BUTLER, (CORP) FRANKLIN E. CAMPBELL, RALPH CANNON, GEORGE J. CAREY, DENNIS J. CARKIN, (PRIV) WALTER R. CARSON (PRIV) CHARLES W. CASH, (LIEUT) JOHN L. CHICK, CHARLES W. CLOUGH, HAROLD P .. COFFEY, CORNELIUS E. COFFEY, JOSEPH F. COGSWELL, (LIEUT) FRANCIS COLLINS, (SARGE) THOMAS ERNEST COMEAU, (SARGE) OMER J. CONNELLY, (PRIV) JOHN CONNORS, JOHN (OBIT) CONWAY (PRIVATE) CONWAY, (PRIV) PATRICK CORAN, (LIEUT) GEORGE W. CORNISH, WILBUR G. CRONIN, (SARGE) WILLIAM F. CROWLEY, (PRIV) DANIEL J. CROWLEY, JEREMIAH CULLEN, (PRIV) WILLIAM H. CULLINAN, (CADET) JOHN FRANCIS CURRIER, FREDERICK CURRIER, HAROLD N. (DEATH) CURRIER, LAWRENCE DAWSON, GEORGE RICHARD DECATUR, (LIEUT) STEPHEN DECOURCY, HARRISON A. DENNETT, (LIEUT) PAUL C. (DEATH) DEVOE,GEORGE 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 1919 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 16 17 20 18 18 18 18 19-20 21 21 21 21 22 22 23 25 25 25 25 26 26 26 27 29 29 30 30 31 31 32 14 33 33 27 33 34 34 35 35 35 35 35 37 37 37 37 39 ���IN MEMORIAf\11 Portsmouth Men Who Died in the ~ Worl War. ~ \ :,\·\ \ lluraii'd, Ueorgu ll., lJ. S. Uuclc, Chester Arthur, TJ. 8 . Army. Corp!!, :!4th Co1r.p:rny, l<'irst Died at Camp Upton, N. Y., alrnnl placement nattalion. Killed in acOct. 1, 1918 . Jlarmony t:roV<' (S. tion ,J1111c 1~. 1918, age 21. "Pl·oh- fi'•,•1,1,.11:~ W.). :i.iily the first nHlll from Portsmouth • Lynch, J\lich:tel, l'. 8. Navy, lJ. S. to d ic In action." S. "0kl:i.hom:i ." JJi<•<l nt nv:i.l hosl•'iorl, Amedio, U.S. Army, privat ·. ..,,.,"·"'·~·•1 pita], Brooklyll, N. Y., .lan. 23 , , illed i11 action. Age 31. Casualty :..·,,,1:.~c...,,,.., 1919, ago 49. 81. l\lary'i; (S. \V.). Ii I priuletl Jan. 18, 1919. i\laclc, Edward J ., (LiPlllPna11t ), LI. J [alt, J<'ay Eugene, U. S. Army . S. Army. Dietl :it PolytP.chnic llospil'lllc>cl in action, Nov. 1918. Age tal, Now York, !q•IJ. 18 . l!)l!I . Cn.1'Ji Uuirnally list printed D e ~ vary (Flo.st). Poarso11, Carl A., 11. S. Army. A I 1118. member of 12th llivi :c;in11, ('o. A, 11111, lluJ{h Conway, U. S. Army, Mlli1;.iry police. Jlic><l al Ca mJ) Dev- l',1. 1~. :l!i!llh lnfantr y, A. E. I•'. Pns, Mass., SP11t. i2, 1!118, ag,• 2fi. I illcrl in act ion at San l\lihi e l, Sc11t. Jl:1r111ony Grove (South), Stone. ll, 1918. Age 2G. JJurictl in the Petrie, Evelyn Oli11sJ, If. S. A 1nc>l'i!'a ll CP!l1Ctery' Com Ill ll llC· of Army, Nurno's CorJ)!l. Ar.cidPntally llilcay 8ur Trey, Mcurthe et Moselle, J,illetl at F'ort 0gleLhnrp , U1•orgi:1. f•'rn nr<'. May 26, 1918, age 2!). Ilnrmony l'i<'ldC'S, SiclnC'y n ., u. s. Army. Grove (East). Pri1·:11c, 1 8111 lnfantry . Kille<! 111 acS1hart, Christopher, 1'. S. Navy. lio11 Ucl. 8, l!ll8. Battle of ArUicd at Bnmlcin lsland 'rr:1inin,; Sla- gon11P. Dm1ton~ Mans .. ,,HPp),., 11),. , I !11&,, Taylor. 8trphC'n JIPnry, Cn.n:l<li:tn ·.. .'•t :··t}!>ti•;t11rii .~i..~A&~flt ,r:oit•li.' Ar111y, X711l J\lonlrnal C:r,rnadicr 1 1::r.,r)l!•:'.~-:. <J11 :ird~. l\illc<l in :tel.ion Or.I. " ;1<.Jii~i•<iiik'.:',:: , ,,JF" "".'~ ...tij• t", /i ..., i/1,, ',, ~ .-; l!Jl >:. '1'.~-Jtl~~l'.·.:1r '' ~Ji J>iNl of \\.'011111ls '-.1 Vr •an<'<' . <'l'l'~ ,if, ,tt'f}~ ....t,~, 2 .\•. ·: . •. n1111011, llarolcl L. (Corporal), 1 u.:.;t . . ). ~, . ·\~•r\'c:·' {,<~\·, .~ , ..·1•/1 -:1 ,:-,, ..... S. Army, :12Gt.h rtegiment, 82nd lli'l'o~~-le, li'ie<l\;/icl~ . H. I (t;apl ai:i, .\le'()·. visio11, A. E. F. Dietl Nov. 23, 1918, ic:11 Corps). U. 8. An11y, 1\c•c idcnt ugn :!8, at American Red Cross Milially killed rLt Army 11:t H" J fospllal l:ny lTo sp ital No. 10, from wouncls No. :.:, Colonla, rtahw:i y. N. J ., Oct rcC'c>iv,..d in the battle of Argonne l 0, 1918, age !i4. ~l:J!rJlllOl'C (S . W.) l1 01'1'K1, 0r.t. 22, 1918. Whit6, Johll I' . (l.i1 ·11IPll:Jlll ), t: I !: 111 iclt, TJl(!oclore n. ( l.ic11tc11s. Anuy. llin<l llt ('11111p IJix, N. ,). l;, 11 !·k I), ll. H. Al'!11y. Uraclll'ctr· \Vpst about 1\larch 1:1, J~l!J. llal'IIIO! I, I f'oi11l 1\fillla1·y Acaclemy, J !ll G. lsl Grove (N. E.). 1 r ""I< .ia nl, Uo. i\f. 39tl1 l11Canlry. 1CJU1•1·y l'oiul C't•rn«'tf'1•r. 111i,•d of wo111HIK Ht?pt. 7, l!ll8. CasPalch, Arthur 'I'., li. 8 . Navy, l ' 11 :• llv list prinlecl .Jan. 1r,, 1919. S. S. Dalli more . "'I he fir st l'orls I ~.,·,111, !•'ra 11ris Arl11111· (Captain). ,.,.._.,..,.-,,.,:.Jmonlh young man lo di<' In th<• U. ~ , I I !;, Ar111y, :.IU7th Infantr y. Woun<lservice In th e war." DiPcl at Navu Pd in :iction anti clied the i;a111e day, Ilospllal, Newport, It. I., ll"<'. !l!J ~:, 11. t l, l!l18. Camrnlty lir;t prinll!J17, age 23. ThP F'irnl r,•mr-:ory l ·d ()('I, lG , l!JIR. H e had hecn in Kittery Point, J\lalue. 1111• 1·,•g;11iar army for ~011 10 y<'ars a11d '.\11<-hl~un ( '(' Jlll'f(•t·y. i: 1 I\ Sl'l'ViC(· Oil 1he l\ l!'xican bor<ler. Grant, Frank H. N., (Lieutenant), 1Ji1•1l of IJii.1·asr in fi'1 •:1nc•f'. Army, Dl r• d at f•'urt. Apache, ill'lllll'II, Paul c:, (Lic11le1:anl Arizona, Oct. 14, 1918, age 32. llur- l\l•·•liC'a l C'or1rn), U. H. Ar111y, Sr·r·•·•"";~,,..,...,.:.:,ietl at Richland, l\li<'hi~a11. v,·:1111. 211d l\all;ilion, 7:.lh Arlilli•ry, Hy<• ('1•111<'tt•1·.r. c. \ . ('. llif'cl o( dh•:i,;c at Base 'fucker, Philip\\/ ., (Corporal), ti. 1111 pita) l\" G!i, ucar l\ri;r;l, l;,rancC', . s. Army, llh•d al Ca111p J•] u Stifl, Vir- (, ,I JG, 1 !I I ii, rtJ{e 2Ci. ginia, F£:h. 9, 191 !J, :JF,P 2 4. Central ll:1ntl . \\ .111:tC() Fllro,\, \l, 8. Army, ce111elory, Hye, N. 11. J' riv:1 I<' , I ~Iii llallwa,v F,11glnecrs. Hilletl in J\rlio11 in F1·111u·11. 11,, w:rn in 1110 !,attic or ChatPau I.larker, Floyd, (Hcrge;111t), U. fl. 'l'li1L•rry. IJicd of disease Nov. 7, Marino Corps. J<ille<I in ar.tlon. 1fl18, af{C i1. Casually list printed Casually list print e d O c t. 20, 1H 18. JJPc. J !J, J !I I 8, Rye, N. II., man. l:looma, !<'ra nk A, (Lic11tc11anl), 1 S'l'0lUDfl POST, G. A. H. U. 8. Army, l!il sl l•'ie ltl Artillory.1 Portsmouth, N. JT. Kill e d in uclion .July 11 , 1918, aJ~P'1r ....._,._ _.~ --~"':'7--.~- ~~--lt',~,:, """.-.,~r,,," ~/li.(~"~fl~•i1•n {.. .:a:.w~.t{,~,:11~!,1·?~\{i·~~-~~~--~•: 1, · • '. u. s. I 24. Connorn, John .l<, RC'JJh, ll .. An11v, 101 Ht. it <'gi111u1I, !l6ll1 llivi sion: A. K T•'. Kill,•d in acticrn llcl. 29, 1918, age !l•l. Jloi :: 0Plleau, nort hC'asl ot' Vt?r;,;d.;,;11.;.n~.--....,.....,_..--:~!"f.· �'~~ ~· ~ ';~~ ., ,' ~~ V ,. ~ : ',' lt. :. •\ . \ 0 l~'\I Ji~'# .,)_¼\~~\ Red Circle on map shows location of the Portsmouth Service Club for enlisted men. 0w•n rlrtil!I from - 10 rr. m. to 10 p. 111,., week days r fn ro p. ,n. /) r11u·i11!J c,·cry cul'11i11!J l' .rcept Snndn,y . ('f//i•/ 1•1 i11 011e11 Ji·nm, :; fo 'l. :,:1111<1,111 11i!Jhf suppers ,jO cents, from, 5 to 7 . • 'i11JJi11!! Sunday afternoon. 811.nd(l!JS )\ 'ewsf)npers, nir1,5;rizinrs, {moles, 5!,1 m,es, writing tables, stationery. r11 n , I• 'S OIJSE. �THE PORTSMOUTH "fhe •City of Portsmoutr is to erect a Memorial women who the World War, Every citizen is asked mittee to see that no name is omitted. -servea.·in LONG LISI OF NAMES FOR HAYMARKET SQ., ' MEMORIAL TABLETS . e imes has secured a complete 1 of· the Portsmouth men and 1 wom·en who enllste·d and saw ser~ice during the great . world war. There are nearly 700 names in th!) Beeker, Ellen Marie Beeker, Elsie Louise Belmont, Jos. Bennett, Philip Brook, Berry, Clifton Berry, Ralph Grant. Betton, Matthew Thornton , Bickford, Edward P. Bickford, Henry W. Blaisdell, Harry ,vallace Bock, Chester Arthur Bodwell, Clarence Porter Dolton, Eldward F. Bo_nln, Jos. Raymond ·Booma, Frank Everett B·orden, Philip Pearce Boss, Geo. Victor Bowe, Andrew Patrick Jr. Bowe, Wm. Fitzgerald Boyd, Howard Leslie Boyd, Robert John Boyer, Uhas. All en Brackett, Chas. Edwin , Brackett, Guy Herman B.\·ackett, nay C . Brooke, Wm. Henry Broomfield, Herbert Arthur Brown, Austin ,vallace Brown, Edward Ames Brown, Harold Hubley Brown, Iloward Manson Bruce, El!,rl Harrington Bruce, Robert Merritt Bryan, Harry Wm. ,Bull!).rd, Harry E. Bunker, Frank R. Bunker, Herman W. Burch, Chas. H. Burke, Harold E. Burke, Sllerman Frederick • Burno, 111 chael Jos. Butler, Franklin Ellsworth B.utler, Jas. Edward Butler, Patrl<;k Loo Butler, Theodore Rutledge rust -·11st. . ·· These names aro to be placed on ·the memorial tablets to be erected In :aaymarket square and as it Is very 1 important that the list be correct, The Times suggests that any reader 'noticing an error in tho spP.lling or iee omission of anamo, notify a~ once :tilther Norman H • .Beane., cha1rmap 'Of the committee, or Mrs. John H. : Bartlett, chairman. · The list follows: .J A. .Adams, David Forbes .Adams, Ralph Geo, .Ajemian, Sour&n Akermani Hope .Akerman, Wallace Sheldon .Amazeen, Earl Caswell , . Anania, Pietro , Anderson, Oscar P. S. Anthony, Mark Walker .. ':Antonio, Cipolla . '.,.:1 }' '- ' . 'B• ' · Baliger, Carlton Butlelgh ;. ,Badger, Philip Brooks . Bao,ger, Ralp~ Wesley ,,; .· 'Bacl.J;er, Russell Dinsmore 1 Badp;er, ,Una . Badger, ~Volney ,Coleman . , Badger,· Walter Arnold ' 1 Ballr,Y, qeo. Edwin BaiJl,lt, Paul Jos. '1 Ball\i.rd, Robert Jeremiah• ,_'•' Barker, Floyd · ' - ' Barxlett, Clarence Austin · ' · Barrett, Daniel F. .- .. 'Barn,tio, C,has. Woods Bates, Wm. Arthur , Bau~r. Albert Poter • Beaurc•gard, Edward Jos. Becter, Wm. .l3ecJ·er, Wm. :g C. !.- ,t .. Caggiano,. Antonio •, ..:. call, Richard T. Campbell, Edwin Murray Campbell, Ral h Cla Canham, Alvah Burnham . Cannon, Geo. John Carey, Dennis Jos. Carkin, . Walter Reno ' Carlton, Ransom S mith Carr, Arthur Jllugene • Cash, John Leabon Caswell, Earle 'IValter Caswell, Ray Geo. Cavaretta, Guis eppa Champagne, Leopold Chase, 'Jos. Patrick Chick, Chas. W. Christenson, Christian Thos. Claim, John Clancy, John Francis Clark. Geo . Melvin Clark, Ralph Clarence Clough, Geo. Atwood Clnngh, Harold Carter Clnlton, Philip D . Coffey, Jos. Frederick Coffey, Cornelius Eugene Cogswell, Jas. Kelsey Cohen, Abraham Lowis Collins, Camilla l\I. Collins, Thos. E!'ncs t Colpit, Jas. Elwin Comeau, Omer Jos. Conlon, Cha s. SI eph,;m Conlon, Chesler Lawl' once Conlon, Christopher l\1i chaol Connelly, John 'r. Connelly, H.ohert Francis J. Connolly, John Jos . Conor, John Patrick Connors, John Jos. Connors, John Jos. Connors, Patrick Jos. Connors, Timothy Jos . 'Connors, Wm. Micllael. Conover, Paul Stephen Conway, Patrick Cooney, Edward J. Coram, Goo. William Cornish, Frank Lowis Jr. Cornish, Wilbur Gorden Cotton, John Me lville Coughlin, Catherine F. Coughlin, Patrick Augustine Coussoule, Loukos ---- �• the 700 Portsmouth meri:and ___- f- , h .. a mem er' b 0 ·t_ ·e·-·· corrito consider th0mselves tablet 111 honor t· ,' I • 2d WWW;;:JJ4,WWS4 Cox, Chas. Lewis Craig, Arthur Henry Jr. Craig, Horace Willey Craig, Thos. Jeffers Craig, Wm. Craigin, Frank G. Crlmo, Joe Cronin, Flurry Jos. Cronin, Dr. Hnrry Jas. Cronin, Wm. Franci::; Crowley, Daniel ,John Crowley, Ilcl en T. Crowley, Jeremiah Golden Cu-lien, Wm. llcury Cullinan, John l•'rancls. Currier, }i'reclerick By! vesler Currier L[,wrence ous D. Daley, Eugene l"rancls Damm, Geo. ·Damm, Marlin Davls,--Arthu1· F'rankiin Davis , John 1'ldr;ar Dawson, Geo . Richard nay, Ernest Lee Decatur, Storer G. DeCo~Ln, Bonnell Art hur n eCo urcy, HarriRon Arthur Donnell, Paul Ca rr oll Donnc·LL, Philip Boyd Dennett, Sumner Frank Denny, Robe.rt John dcRochomont, Chas. \Vallace Dickey, Ralph t'oopcr Dickins, Curlis l loyt DiFili11110, Jos. Geo. Dodge, Arthur 1 Lowa rd Dolan, John llolb.\' , JlorhcrL l<.nir,ht Donahue, JcroJlliah Jos. Donnrll, Warren Clifton Donnelly, Michael Patrick Donaelly, Thoa. i"rancis lJoHovan, Paul ,fas. Doolillle, Doroll:y Aldrich DooliLLlo, Irvin Warren. Dore, John Knight Dow, Harold Le ro y llow, .John llonrlon;on Dow, Lawrence Taylor Dowe\, . John Franch; Dowd, Oliver Horll'Y Dowdell, Ralph EL Downey , John lfenrv · Downini:;, Denj. lt'ra;klin Downinr,, .J as. Thn111 p~on Downing, Lawrcnee J~lliott Downs, Horace Slaey Droller, Louis Drew Harry H ur;r,oll Driscoll, Dennis Jos . llunn, Henry Linwood Dunn. Rohort r.. J l lJun:on , Chas. !~ . Durard, Elmer ('lcvelaud Duranl, G eo . Robert Durard, J aco b Jllallox Dull on, Harold T,aforest I ,.__...,-,Li0-!>cJ - - --.....,,.,...~)t E. Early, Martin EaRlnor, H;ilph ' Thoo. Easton, Perry Lyman Eldridge, John Albert Ellory Emory, Bailey Van Ness Emrick, Hobert L. F. Falvey , .T nhn Henry Falvo, JaR. Far:rntos, GPO. Faulkner, Ro land Stannard Feeney, OwPn Jos. Fernald, Ti evelyn E. F'Puerhan, Herman Ji'1nr; lelo11 . Ca therine Constance Fingleton, .los. P. Fing leton , 1,onis Jas. Fink, BP11 j:unin Fiori, An1 e rte 0. li'iRh, Ch ,n ~. Co lgate Flanigan, Arthur Jas. Flanigan, Chas. Jones Fletcher, Chas. A. Fletcher, Ralph Dr. Fl ux, Paul Albert Edward Ji'or;i;, Robinson Annable Folsom, Ji'r<'<l Jas . Foster, Dorothy French, Justin Dimick Frizzell, Sylvester G. Frizzell, Warron L. F11 Ila m, .:-as . Aur;11sti1,e Fullam, Pclr.r Augustine Fullam, P ol<'r Raymond Fullc-r, E;.irl Clycle Gray, Geo. Odilon Gra.y, Stephen Aubrey Gray, Willard Morris, Jr. Groen, Philip Burleigh Greenway, Wm. Samuel Gnier, John Pue Grenier, Eugene Gricin, P. J. GriITin, Frederick A. Griffin, Philip J . . Grover, Chas. Crover, E(lgar Roy Guiney, Waller Daniel H.· Hacker, Arthur F. W. M. Haley, John Jos. llalo y, Wilbur Jas. Hall, Ephraim Sanders Hall, Frederick Harrison H am, Asa lfancl, Chas. Abram Hand, Win. Munroe Hanscom, Dwight Harmon, Frederick Edward · Ha.rn\ou; Geo. Leroy· I-forvey, Fra1ik Lewis Hartnett, Francis F. ll a rvey, .Jos. Adrien Harvey, Wilbur Clough Hassett, John Jos. Hall, Fay Eugene Halt, Geo. Burton Hcfl'cnger, Chas: Wm. Heisse], Geo. Ruppert J-Ienncssey, Wm. Albert Ilonson, John Jos. H ersey, Arthur Lorin& llers<:y, Harold Wallace Hersey, Howard Clifton Hersey, Perley David Gammon, .Tohn Hett, .John Jr. Gar:1111, Arthur Robert Hickey, Jas. Jos. C:irrlnor, Jhrnld Hickey, John Wiltred . Gnrilner, f, cHlie Hayes Hicks, Edward Chambers C:er111an, Arthur H!ll, Carl Dana Gonish, Chas. Wadsworth Hill, Cyril 1Jean Gori h, Iln lph Maynard Hill, 'Ethel Seavey Gihh~, ItalJ>h V. . Hill; Hugh Conway Gil)('au, Gr.o. w. Hill, v;rm. Lowell Gih1<on, J<'rmlcricLc Aloxan,l r Hilton, HfllTY LeGrand UiJIJ,-,rL, Crawford J. Hodgdon, Philip Winslow Gillrnrt, G<'o. Wm. Hodgk,ins, Carroll Wm. Cilr!', li're,lc·t·icl, Alston Hogan, Lucy A. . Cillcey, Slanley Tracey Hoitt, Ernest Ilalph G i II i~p ic, ,J:1fl. J acolJ Hoitt, Mae Gndfrny, l•'ot-rc8t Pike Holland, Jas. Ilalph Goncling, Frederic HoMand, Wm. John Goo<ling, Wallor Holmes, Edward Carl Gorinan, Arthur Horrocks, Gay Noland' Gorman, I ,ucie Frances Howard, Wm. Henry Go use, Chas. Howard, Wm. Paul C o use, Jas. Jacob Howe, Newell Orsamus Gove, Geo. Ray Iloyl, Frederick Roland Grady, T'atrlck Jos. Hoyt, John Stanwood Grant, l ' r: :ulc Herbert N. Hubbard, H erhP, rt Arthur Gray, t\l f n-;-d Everett Hudson, Loon JiJ dward ' - - - - - -- -"l'!~~ -IL-.!H!!l[ID~to~n~.~ Tlotl w us Fletcher "'ri"'"Ji'!'.\--=~-..,.J,. G. �JP.Cobs, Kingsley Jacobs, Louis . Jankouski, Felix Jenkins, B. F. Jenkins, Folsom F. Johnson, Oscar Harlan Johns ton, Chas. 1'Jdward Jones, Edward Sumner Jone5, Fred Sullivan Jones, Geo. Ell:~er K. Kane, Cornelius John Kane, Thoe. Katz, Simon Jack Keefe, Ellen Veronica Kelleher, John Jos. Kelley, Dennis John Kelley, Jos. Patrick • Kelley, Patrick John Kellogg, Fr11.ncis Fellows Kennedy, Henry ,vn1. Kennedy, John Jos. King, ChRS. Henry King, Frederic1~ (jr;e,, Kir,~sbury, ,Clinton lt,wcl KlngaburY, Samuel lleury Kirkp11.trick, John !3. Kirvan, Goo. Wm. B. Kirvan, Julia. !{Irvan ,Richard Augustus Kittredge, Leroy 1',rancis Kittredge, Patrick Jas . Knott, Geo. Knox, John Thos. Krook, Jos. Kuhn, Poter Vroman '\ L. Labelle, Frank Lambertine, Guido Lang, llozeklah Perry Lalourello, Octavo Denjamln Lattanzio, Angolo Le:i.vitt, Arnoltl E .. Lee, Milledge Parker Lewis, Chas. Wesley Lewis, Paul II. Liljehult, Hugh Limkey, .las. Edward Lincoln, Frank Burnham Little, Harold John Little, Jas. Little, Willis Herbert Littlefield, Jas . Samuel Lochlin, Horace Wm. Locke, Isaac Wm. Lonergan, Albert Jos. Lonergan, Geo. Wm. Long, Philip Raphael Lothrop, Cummings Lincoln Jr. Lowd, Percy Arthur Lugareoi, •rerzo Lyne::i; Jeremiah Jos. M. MacDonald, Lyman Francis MacDonald,' Ralph Everett MacDonald, Roy Albert Maclnnls, John Daniel MacWIIJlams, Anna·F. MacWilliams, Isabella Agnes MacWilliams, Sarah E. t ward J. Madill, Jtoy Kenneth Mahoney, Jas. Dernard Malloy, l•'rancls Christopher Mann, ,vm. Loalto Jr. Manning, Raymond Stephen J\Tarriotl, Percival Geo. Marshall, Fred vValdo Marston, Harold Alexander Marlin , Miclrn.ol Stephen Marvin, Wm. Bent Mason, John Arthur Mason Wm. G. Massey, Frank Jones Matass·1un, Moses Matthews, Frc-dorlclc Valentine J\layes, Froderick Thos. l\Iazzarella, Nicholas McCaffery, Arthur Llnnehan McCaffcry, Frederick Jos. McCann, John Henry McCarthy, Jas. Ambrose Jr. McCarthy, John H. l\lcCarlhy, Paul Burleigh McCarthy, Ralph G. McDaniol, Asa Stanley McDermott, Harry Jos. McDonald, Dan McDonald, John Douglas McDonough, John Leo Mclnnis, Ambrose Sylvester Mclnnis, Konneth Francis . Mcisaac, Hector A. l\lcl'en.:ie, Chas. Leon McMaster, Daniel Angus McMullen, Andrew Jas. J\lcPhoters, Geo. Allen McWilliams, Jos. Martin Meehan, Michael Dominick Mt:rcer, Wm. Everett Miles, Chas. Emerson H. Miller, John Robert Mlteslrn, John 1 Moneypenny, Edward Jos. Mooney, Ernosl Car)eton Mooney, Michael John Moran, John Jos. Morosole, Jos . Morrill, Hai rls W. ·l\Iorriss, DonJamin Harvey Morrissey, Wm. Patrick I\Iowo, John Edward Muchmore, Arthur Warren Mugridge, Clayton Franklin MU\'llhY, Cornelius Daniel Murphy, Cornelius Patridge N. Neal, Cecil Maurice Nelson, Howard Earl Neville, .Edward Jos. Neville, Mark Anthony Nawton, Holen C. Newton, Sherman Preble Ni'Wchick, Philip Noble·, Robert Austin Nolan, Franlc A. Norton, Clarence Sumner Nosoworthy, Jas. Howard Noyes, Merlin ·walker o. ' Angus John Da!liel Scott Jns. Edward John Andrew Katherine T. J\l,irk Frederick O' Dric•u, \\'111. Jlcnry Ocl1orne, <:co. Eben, Jr. O'llnrr.i, <'ha:; . August us 0 r,eefe, l"lorence C. O"Le~ry, Dennis Peler 0 I enry, John Jos . O'Le,1ry, ~l ichael Francis ()'Leary, Owen ?II. OJiver, Edward Poole Olse-!1, Oscar Theodore Ur Lia, Chaf1. Au11;ust us Oultou, Philip IJ. P. Palmer, John rhili11 Palmer, '!'hos. Jlowar<l l'andolos, Arthur Goo. r'arp1 olto, Louis l'ar:tH, ll:isil Parker, Cha~. Alhorl Parker, J,;(lwarcl Gookin Parks, Wm. Henry Parsons, Chas. S. Patch, Arthur 'focl<l l'alch, llonry 1\lhcrt l'atorson, !•'rank l•Mwanl 1',111I, Konnolh Jull HOll l'aul, Orman llomiclc J';tll,',O, l'olc·r A. Pea r.➔ on, ('arl ,\ I [red l'carso n , ('ha8. Brown Pcirro, 'J'OllHl8('0 l'cn!lcxtcr, Daniel JaH. l'erkins, C'has. UiadBlone l'orkins, Jessie ,v. Perkins, John llarry J'crry, La wronce ilcrnarcl l'r '<•i::nn, !•'rank Pc•t ric~, 1,; ~,c tyn P .t lir, J.iH. Lyford l'c·l roni, !''.'tor l'evc:i r, L:: wrentc E. J1 hi11 1: ••Y, ,\llison Waltlo l'il'kctl, C'has. ,valdo l'ickir,(l, Syclnoy lleginaltl Pike, Hohert l'ilgrim, l•'rank A. l'inkham, Richard Allen Plaisted, Guy gcigar l'lnmcr, !•'rank \Varr cn l'ost, Evan l\1erritt f'oulls, ('has. l'oulis, Geo. Prall, Goo. llonry Prall, Joanette Proctor, Fred Grant, Jr. Pnrrier, \Vm . Jlaymond Pyoubbe, Mauko Q. Quill, Jas. q,, i mhy, rorloy /\lzo Quinn, ,\lb0rt Edward Quinn, .loB. Quinn, Thos. Jefferson Quirlc, 1'MmuJ1d l•'rancis Q11irl,, Jamco Jos. (Jnirk, .John Ignatius R. Jlammor, H a rry Jtanrl, l•' Joycl Jas Rand, Normnr �ltaync~·, Franklin Shaw ll..ogan . Cornolius_ Jos. Ilearti,111, Daniel Patrick Hegan, John Jos. Regan, Lawrence Vincent !lice, Arthur H. Ricklers, !<'rank Chas. Ilindeau, Apolllnai1:o J. Illnti, Irving Everett. Robor•.s, Geo. H. Iloberls, Leon Leslor Robinson, Clyde Gilman Rogers, Chas. Eug ne Ross, Goo. Edward Rouse. \Vm. G. Rutland, Mary Agn!'r-: (Scully) Ryan, Ethyl Marie s. Sabins, l\larlin Sarnartjis, Poter Sanderson, Philil> Hadley Sandford, Ethel Regina Sands, Simon Ilay Santoswosso, Savorio Sargent, Harold Cha5e Sarolto, Edward L. Saurman, Chas. D. Schiot, Peter Lawrence Schlegel, Frederick Schmidt, J\ lfred Al wien Schmitlt, Theodore Denm ontl Schnigle, \Vm. ll!'n ry Scott, I•'r:,ncis Artl1 u r Scully, W111. Shaw, llarold Herlwrt Shaw, J\linot Russell Shaw, Hay Fred Shillaber, John .Ja s . Shuttleworth, Wm. l~d wartl Shutzman, Nathan fiherman Simpson, Shirley Drownrield Sise, John Small, Ira Small, Percy Smart, Christopher Smart, J•:arl Thompr. •n Smart, Geo. Eldr c1••·.•• Smith, Arthur Leu 11 Smith , Chas. \Vesl r"· Smith, Narl Smith, gtlilh Smith, Frederick G1 Pg u1y Smith, Jas. Valenli11 c Sosvoi lie, Henry Soucie, Geo. J • Spain, Jlarry EloyRi us IL. Spain, \Valfer l[rnry SpanalaR, Paul Spilker, Cl1a:1. Albert Spillane, i\laurice ,las. Spinney, Augustus Francis Spinney, P.mernon fi11m11Pr Srote, 1•1rl ward L. Sterns, OliR Percival StevenA, Manning riper Stevens, Wm. H. Stickles, Abram V. Stott, Geo. Phillip Stuart, i.\Ialcolm Dnngl as;s Stulb. /1 lfred Engp,,e Sulliv n 11 . Daniel J os. Sullil ;,n. !<'red Sulliv11 n, Jos. D. Sulliv::l.Jl. Samuel P air ir 1 SuR:-;ma11, 811sR111an, Sussman, Swee ney, Sweeney, Sweetser, Jos. Abraham Lazarus Saul Edward John Harold Caswell T. Taft, Philip Henry Tanco, John Tawbe, Loui s \Vm. Taylor, Harr y Taylor, Mah lot, 1; irkbride Taylor , Sl<•Jlh P11 ll<'nry Tim rington, .J as. Olis Th a yer, L11l'i11s ~:llsworth 'l'homar., C'J1:1s. J~dward 'l'homvson, I ,"n n Elroy 'l'ho111 11so n. \\· a lter D. Thompson, \ illiford Napoleon Ti 111 mons, J•' rn ucis Jos. Ti111111011s, J r,1111 Pa.trick Ti 1·, li1 011 S, P:1 I rick' J . Tin, illO llS, 'l'llo,; . James 'l'i ni:;ler, l1 C' 11 ry Harrison Tingle r , H arry Towle, ·F rC'd r•ric k Seal rs Ton e r, John Waller i\l. Tr <'< lir k , G co. Andrew Tro.v , John .Ins. Trt1r ·n1an, A11slin Howard TnH•man, J•Jrnest Franklin 'l'nl f'll lilll , Jl ;i rold Jos. Tu ,.l«• r, J.<'n, ,1 C:arland 'l'udcr•r, Mark V. Vcr·rhio, Cu: la rozo Vern, rrloes, Nic holas Vln ci querra, J<'rank w. \V;,l 1 rnn, ,J ,.,r my Jliclt :1rd vV;il krr. ( ' h ;•~. Howard W all«·r, l<'lovrl Jlalph 'vVu llirJr, \V ;ill is JJunlap Warl111l'lon, \Valtor "'111. WHrrl, Ernest Melvin W:inl. Wm. l~lvin \V:tr rr n, Ma,) Leslie \Va •· hhurn, Israel H. Wa •t .fas. Y. \\/C' aYc r, C'h:rn. Loon \Vf' :tVC'1-, llcury Payne \Vcrrl, Mnrvin \\lr- Pks, Edwarcl A. Jr. Well s , Thos. J. \V cnrln ll, J<JI Aa A. Wr- 11,l, dl, Geo. Almas \V r:11dr ,II, Justin Hungerford W<·1:<ip JJ, SJ1crburno Simes WP11 1worth, l'crloy Mansflcl<l Wt I l;ik e, Ilaymou<l Blair \V<." '' Pl1, Harn Id \Ve£1o n, Ra lp'1 \Yr •· m"re, l r •r hert Van Cott WeymP r, Sc· 1";.rd Matthias ,v1tal1 •11, AJr:·,,c1 E. Wh1 Ide n, .!(I~. P. \Vl iinden, 8:1muol Stacy \Vh itr, C. W. Whi t<', Davi d Wh ili,, E<lwa "rl Clark \Vhi ;c, Jas . l•Mward ,vJH Lc, .Tolrn Patrick White, Wil~nn A. Widger, Benj ;, min Augustus Wilkinson, .lc,h u Daniel Wili<o11, Carl Carty· Wilson, Jauies Knox \ . Winn, llarold Irving ·-· Wood, , ' has . Frederick \Voocl. gc1gar Forrest Wood, Harold Barnett Wood, Ralph Thompson Woods, Peter Paul ' \, Woods, William Edward Woods, 'vVm . Orin Wortman, Harry Herber t Wright, John Brandon Wright, Lawrence B. �'Dawson, qeorge R. Da,i> Ernest L. Dennett, Dr. Paul C. Ae th1J news continues to corue to · DeCourcy, Harrison A. l'urtsmouth or our uoys reaching Dennett, Philip B. DoJl,nelt, Sumner F. !'.rMce, Tho Times wiil adct their 1Joniiell, Warren C. :&&Illes to the list. The i:asuame~ will Dow, Corp. Lawrence 'r. ·~lso be recorded. Dow, John H. Families anu rel a LI vcs or boJ s who u,w1dell, Corp. ltalpll 1.,;. !lave gone across should son u lu all l;ownlng, Benja~in F. lnlormatlon to Mrs. Bartlett. Downing, Sergl. Lawrcuce E. Adams. Davie! 11'. Downs, Horace S. .A.dams, Ralph . G. Driscoll, Dennis J . llatlger, Lieut. Phillps 8.1 Dunlon, Charles E. ~ e r , Ralph W. Uurard, Elmer C. ,Ua1lard, Lieut,, Robert J . ••ourard, Ueo1·i;e 1L. llarrett, Daniel F. Dutlon, Harold r.,, ·~onne,tl, Philip B. Emery, Ualley Van Ness, Berry, Clifton. Army). :Bicktord, Edward P. Faulkner, Gorp. Roland 8. tP,oorua, Lieut. Frank' E. Flanigan, Arthur J. BrO(;>mfiold, Herbert A. Uarduer. Seret. Baroid. Bunker, li'ra.nk R . Ganluer. Leslie H. ~unker, H,:,rmau W. Gerrish, Sergl. llenr.v I~ (Ca.uaQlan Harold E. Gerrish, Co rp. Charlc3 W . Greer, Robert W. Sherman F. (Canadian Gilbert, George W. Ulll esple, Corp. James. Butler, Franklin :K Uoolliug, J<'retlcrlc . Brackett, Corp. Oharlos E. Gorw an, Con.1. Arlhur . Campbell, Corp. ' Edwin M, tHJUt<C. Ch!irln~. Campbell, Ralph C. Grad;, Palr!ek J . Carr, Arthur E. Green, Philip B. Caswell, Earle W. \ Griffin, Lleul. Phll!p J. Caswell, Ray o. Grover. Edgar H. Coffey, Cornelius E. Hanscom." Carl W. Clancy, John F. Hatt, T•'ay E. Comeau, Sergt. Omer i. Horsey, Harold W. Coffey, Joseph 1''. Horsey, Howard C. Conlon, Christopher M . Hersey, Perley D. Collins, Sergt. Thoruas E. HlckPy, John w. C_oram, Lieut. George w. Hi . cits 1:!Jtlward C. Connolly, John J. Hill, Co rp . Cyril D. Con way, Pa.trick. Jilli , Curµ. Hugh C. Carkln, Walter it. lloill, 8ergt. Clarence n. Connor, John C. Hollt. Ernest It. Connors, John J. Hoyt. John )-;. Cornish, Frank L. Holland, William J . Cornish, Wilbur G. Holmes, Sergl. Edward C, ·•J ;alg, Arthur H. Jr. Hudson, Leon E. ~raig, ,Horace W. Jankousk!, i•'elix. Cronin, Sergt. Wllliam F. Johnson, Oaca r H. . Kelleher, John J, Kellogg, Lieut. Francia F. Kennedy, Henry W. l<ing, l,i11gsu11r), Samuel ll. Lang, 8crgt. 1lezcklah P. La\\'less, .Ja11Jel) C. Lear, Calvin W. Lewis, Capt. Charles W. Lillie, Harold J. l,onergan, Alberl J. Lonergan, George W. l,owd, Perry A. ~lahonl)Y, Jamon l!, l\1.i rt In, Fred 1.,, lcCarth r , l'orp. John H l\lcCarlhY, Sergt. Paul 'u. l\lcCarthy, Ralph 0. l\lcDonough, .John L. l\Ii:l::iaac, ll uclo r /\. t\kM,ai;tcr, Corp. 1Janlel A. i.llleu, C. l~mcrGon . l\Illler, Johu Il. J\Ioran, John J. l\lorrhmey, '\Villi;im P . l\l urJJhY, C11rnoli110 IJ. O' n rien, .James I~. Olsen, Oscar T. Pa rknr, 1.lru t. l~rl wal d (l !'ark::, William ll. Paul, Ornw11 Tt. ro:1 rno11, Charlns U. Pelron n i, Peter. Pickleti, Sycl11ey lt. tluimh y, l'crley A. qnl1111, Joseph I•' . Q11in11, 'l'hollHIS ,I. nanrl, l•'loyrl .r. H•l~(lll, l,aWl'CIICO ',,', H.obcrl H, George 11. noberlH, 1.110n !,. Jlo1Ji11son, Clyde U. !il'lln,;,!t, l.l nnl. 'l'hP111lo10 t>. *Suoll, t'apt. l•'raud:1 /\. 8p i1111 oy, ,\ug11Hl\lS f•' . Snllivan, Serp,l. Samuel l'. Sullivan J lurriol, Rell t:ro:;:; 8ussmun, Sergt. .Jose1ih /\. Thompson, Sergt. Waller lJ. Taylor, llrig. Gen. llarry, Vlne11uerra, Frank. WarlJnrl.on, C1,rp. '\Vall<'r W. Wnlclron, Sergt. .Jorerny It. '\Valker, Capt. Wallia D. '\Vatt, .James Y. \Vcndull, Scrgt. Goorge A. ·whalcn, Alfred E. Wilkinson, J::-~:n D. \Vlhmu, Llent. Ja1.a,.,o i\. ,,•/.,r: uian, Htur)' ii. ,•;ril\hl. l,icut. .lohn U. YPal 11n, Donald F. t-Kiliod ln ;icllo11, •-l)fC{I frolll WOUllll S, �(Blake II H:tll(I. lllRt0rJ~U) Edwin MMrlll nrrry. Browu, Arthur l,:iwreuce Hrnwu, Charles R. Browu, Jamcu Wcl.,s t<Jr , ~Jrowu, Wllllaru Davidson, l'ltlllp I). _r .. ·ake, l'C'rt'V U !Elwell, ,John llll f'l<'e ll 1''osR, llerll,..rl n Wos~, R,1y 1Jnrhr11 Uarrelt. Walla.1•03 H . Jenness, l'' orres t L. Jenness. llf'riH'1 I L . Johusuu, f'lurlfll,;h Kelchnur. 1i;1rr.v II . Lear, Calvln W;ineu Morton, Rollo A. Philbrick, C: e on;e Oli ver Rand, Seth ~ri"·l11 Rand. Wal! a ro EJ, ov Remick, Alh c t t l\l. Remkk. Au stin F', Varrell. Etn<>E: t Milfop W:;notl, Garlllnd F Ii!!\' 1~ Fh!llp Wlllatd 'l u c k" t Norrls Trcfrl l"' " "\Yilla!'rl H lJrn 1,_e , Thurntou "\V" "·"·" ,l"! t !! ~, a. Ernest l' . 1•: nf••fl Jess e M . \V:i I It <'' ~lu.11nl11i:; II l'hilhl'l ~ k . C~arloR W l':r rsn1•~ LE. I'h!lj p f;i111n ;-; ftp rtq.-<S, !lenri \ l,I F 'l B:.it'n r., Sergt. Ph!n r-.l!; P!t •l " '"'cl t!!! '~!.! . Et.! r·arrl D,... ·•·n,• ' } ! ~1!:! '!L <::'apt. 8!r,,r. s I !l ol' I . 1.,!eut 1,· 11H , 11 ~,11 ~,- ,..r~1 tr·· 1hr!•~ :: ..,. \ rf ,!nl c p,! nu Oll ,Of HONOR }t H3 . JlJt.a{A.RU !\I. SC,l.l\lMON, His torian. \\'·dl rt c ri Odell. lJ:rrul1l P. Odell. J ,nwls Odoll. 11:o lph E . Gowen. Sl1irlPy W. Goweu . l'li : \ip W. Uowcu. 11:•rry K West. .J .. •: rpb J'arks. Fr,.,[ H. :-;everance. J~> l w:ird W. Tuttle. M. Slickll" ' · ll111><:lrL G. P!;x::. LP• J II P. Scammon . CP rp . llaruld :.;~ ph"l ·1. ,\ lol r•n Ry vhorn. l•' w:igi: .John JC lJt11·1. J'r,r,·y B. Lurral>cnv J,'rPfl!'l·ick S. IJeali: . S lri rh'Y Clod(rey. (l•' Pl'JW L :> a ris Goclfroy, \V:i goncr Lewi s f. . 1 ,: 1110 . c·., r1 D. Sloe le I.Jriu ;;•·. i,,·on ard II 111. \' ,. rno11 r . nonrl. lturl,m C: . Cas1,oil. 1,; ,1 •· i11 Jr . 8 ca111nw 1, J l11r;1co Crnig-. ('n rp. Thoma l" '11 1itl1. 11:r rnld Cuverl _v . Nr , r11ra.11 1~<1111111·, l:I. Arlh11r F.:dmuodn. vVuliaco P;r,111 Racine. Stonley Clarouce lfogg. Andrew J. Roberts. Rupert W. Llndsoy. Percy Badger Brown. Charles Hovey Stonge!'. All.Jort i\dclfson Brown. , Harold Rusi;ell Blak.e. ~ ,.. _. l I 't Clydu P. DoLancer. Victor J. Garland. Raymond A Johnson. 'I'heodore S Lamprey. Eugene E. Marston. gmesl Howa1•d Dunbrack. James Munroe Lampr3y, William Hale l.Jaruprey. Kingsley 1Jear1Jor~ C;nur::.::.. ;\1yrou Jowell Norton. . Kenneth Hawks Marston. Harry Llewellyn Smart. ~dwlu Howard 1-:lobl.Js. George Harold Batchelder. William Elmer Stickney. Marvin l•'. Young. Kenneth c. Buker. Hurold Emerson Noyes. Otis Raymond Garland. Osear L. Garland. Lestou Holmes. • i\lyron lllake. Harol!.L M. Keene, Auy further informatio,1 regartlin:: 111r I.Jo.vs 111 servlee will tie gratefolly ·ecelved !Jy tlio historian. S, ALBERT SHAW. T CASTLE J\lEN lN SJ,;R\'lCK Oliver B. Marvin, Rlstorla.u.) Peter Alnas. Wallace E . Batson. Helf'll Boybton. AC,ra ham Bul!~'r!!. Ross Campbell. Charles W. Carson. Ira L. Cochran. Verne Free. Chauncey Hackett. John W. Johnson. Frederick King. llarry R . LaRose. Cenri::o Henry Manson, Jr. Tlt<• 111:1i; Morris. William Nagayra, .l oh II \V. "f'rldhau.1. C:norge D. Itlcker. l'hilllp Rand. c:corgo P. H.ol.Jlusou. George A. Simpson. l<'rancis Smith. Ed ward C. Sta:rr. 8elden 1!"'. Wells. Henry Wllk!nso.u. Chester A. Wllllarus. Ck&rlu Edward Young. Osmer M._ Young. �Louis E. Nlcot, (Justtn Henry · Sllaw, Hist lw.) Frank J'!olan. , Curtis Alleu. Wallace Patch. Lewis ::qAndersou. Orman Remick Pa u I, ( GD?Ulled Ralph R: Balrnr. Portsmouth). Holantl G. Bedell. Charles E. Perry. Frederick Bllliugs. l!:llswortlt k Pinkham Carl Boyer. Charles W. Prince. Russell A. Dra.c lrntt, ArL11ur J . l'runlt. Ueorgo W. Brown. Uuy A. Place. \Vllliam H. Brown, Jr , Violet 8. Pruett, (uursc). William H. Brown. Shaw F. Raynes, (enlisted Calvin Hayoa Citbb. Portsmouth). Charles Cobb. GharlcR E. i1ullolph . Joseph William Cutts. !;loytl Hug~t lpcker: John Coston. · 1Cdwan1 :t?,. Rollr. Ralph E. Dennett. Ezra Sawyer. No1:man u. Dunbar. George ii. SerHl":n:'l. Roscoe 'Cliio. William 1 W. ,'3eawttrrl. Edqar E. Emory. Newton R. Sp1u11ey, (21nolled Forro~t ' Bartlett Emery. Lewiston, Mc.) Samuel Estes . . trfo11k M. S111il11. Harry T. Flsller. Hobert II. Stanley. John Flanagan. Jtalpll W. 'Slcrllng. Henry Fletcher. Carroll TJ. Sterlin~. J. Maurice J<'letcher. Frank Sullivau. W.illard M. l.l'Jetcner. George E. Terry. Melissa F. Fletcher (n u,so ). Waller IJ. Thom11son. George W. Godfr.cy. Renfrew 'A, 'l'hompsou. Elmer A. Gerry. ,lohn 1. Tobey. Harry L. Gooow\u. Theodore H. J . '!'obey. Ralph E. Gunnl5on. Theodore 'l'ucker. Alonzo Graham Hearne. Hollt'Y Walllng[orc . Gay N. ·11orroc1cb \eorollcll 111 l!:rnes t M. Ward. Portsm:>uth J. ' Jawmi \Vellner. Daniel Amos Hunter. ( •) Pllllip J. Wellher. Ralph Alden Hu lch i us. Charles S. Wlllla!!l~ . .Emost James. Horace U. Willla111G. Benjamin Lentz. Harnltl A. Wilson. Ray' C. Littlefield. H.ol.Jerl Harry ·,vitllan . S\:geni, A. Lewis. George S. Woon . John A. Mace. Samuel B. Wood, Jr. Duncan Stewart McIntire. \Villiam Wurm . Frederick llub:crlleld Mardor In action in l•'rance . Guy D. Mitchell ( *) Died ?·0111 wuirnd8 Carl A. Ueyers. · Herbert A . Yerkes . Chester E. Moulton. i~ ��I PEN SKF.TCHES AND PICTURES. Pl'ivatcs Leach, lio(lg-c:, anti Conway formerly on duty at the marine bar racl<s at the navy yard. They are now on the U. S. S. ,Montan:i. and are doing their bit on the sea and have had numerous startling experiences since �Lieut. ,~ 1~·de \\'arr<'n 1\ rchihaltl, 8. il\1. ' ., was horn i11 .Tune 17 th, l S!IG, nn1l is llll' s1111 nf •:lll r. (L lld Mrs. Alt•X. Arehih•tld or (lrPPlllanol. llo \HIS ,,uu1•atcd Ill til l' p11hl11· ,;l' hO l)l~ or Newlni:;tnn :ind f'ort •· uwuth, gra,1111) CLYDE VAFlREM B/\LD. l!ll 1. I I r \\.ls 1:r:1<11 ·1• •,l from N e w 11 a 1nµ JShln• l'oll !:!;l' ill 1'11 I in th(' Elr 1 •tr ie l~ng-i111'c·rin1 .. cn1tl".'" 1•;111islPtl In th<• llnil<',1 St;it,•s .\I:" ,i Jun (' ft , Ul\R, rPl'••iviHJ.!" hi~ ,•,11"1ni!-:~inn l\S 2 th! Lirull'll :111 1 ~\,•pl. l !ll\ t h1• 1171 h �A cable was received yesterday trom Lieut. Philip B. Badger, U. S. A., son of ex-Mayor D. W . Badger, from Coblentz, Germany, stating that ·he is on his way to the states. Lieut. •Badger has been In France for the past year with headquarters at Chalindray, acting in the capacity of as11is.tant provo marshal general. He was lately asslgnd to the First Army Corps regulars and detached to ·Cobl!c!ntz, his last ,l'lort of duty, .\.,\°\ DANIEL BARRETT. ON A. JlRlf,}F FURLOUGH. Ralph Badger, eld~st ~on . of exM_ayor and Mrs. Daniel ·W. ·Badger, ·arrived hei;~ from .New '. yo;k on' a ·GO-hour .furlough., hav1µg ,arrlvec'! In .N'ew York fr6m overseas. Whe'n , the w-ar broke out ' he ' wasj in Cafffornla a.ntl he enlisted• and w.etlt over's.eal!' in• the 91st,regiment. ·. He wifl go to l'i£!~.M18 eall!orhia to be·· mustered .. ~uti, of ,the 0 ~ '=t l,:·l•"\ ·, Daniel L!a1T~lt is the son of Lite: late Daniel and illllen Uan·ett. li e was l>o1,n in ,Lhis cit)' I•'PIJ. 1a, J89ti. lie enlisted in tlic 301st infantl'y and in France" ' --,- HONOR FArtiILY, The family of Wm. H. ranks lfigh· in its war contribution. having thre!=l sons, Volney.· C. Badger, Walter A. Badger and Russell Badger, and one daughter, Una Daclger, · a yeowoman. D .. Chester Badger, another son, ls in the draft ·regl~t~tion.,,on Sept. 12, . ':u .1 .11- 1-!t'~ .. .. The Mehan News, a weekly li c: hed in France lly the ordinan('e t ,·nops al Atelier-rle-M ehan-,;11-Yeore li:is the followin g to say allout Cap~ tn. in Rober,l J. Uallard of Lafayette road, this city. "The present electrical division began in a very olrncnre way on Nov. H, 1918. On that date a gronp of r,ix oHlnance men took ovPr the telt!phone exchange from the :!8th l~_ngineers. llowever, with the rapi1lly growing demands ,the divi s ion quicl;Jy ln ~reai;ed so that on I•'ch, 8, I !I I !I, I ho telephone was rom•hincd witl1 1 powr>r antl li ghting under the a·ble s 11penisio11 or Captain l1ol1ert .I. llall:ird," Captain llullard is the ia111 of ~Ir. and ?.1rs. \Villam Ballard or and has been in �Sergeant '\Vallnce Edm n of lllr·. and Mr1<. F.lm ew Cai.lie, is a me111be1· ero Squad. Jl, . l'ntrrec1 WALLACE E. BATSON IN · been at F11rl Sloe-um, N. Y., ~·,, 1 Antonio, ancl \\-argo, Tex, ~. ::-.:o,·th Carolina, Lanr,·lc•.v l!'ielcli Va., a ncl i the air service in J~ranr·C'. Sc>rgl"nnt Bat.so,: is a );oung excellent charactc·ritsiics and is popular with al! his acf\U::tin.tanC'l's. He was born in East Candia in H!l:;_ He attende>d tl1e schools or ,Ne w Castle anc1 the l'ol'tsmnuth high school. For two ;-en.rn he \I as employetl by the r:eneral 1,;1ectric Company of Ly,nn, J\Iass., Jc:n·ing to €nter the service. SI IU'HISM l',\RT\'. Sc•r;:1•a11l l•'loycl t:arkPr, l!. 8. 1\l. C., \\'ho was reportecl killed i11 action in Sunday's paprni, ,n1s serving his cscond enlistment. Ile was a native or the south an<I wa:- attached to the l\larine Guard at thC' Portsmouth navy yard up to a YC'ar ago, when be was transf Prr<'d to \\'ashington. Wl11lc here he rcsidecl with his family of a wife and rhil<I at 114 .lcffrrson 1:1treet. Sergeant Barker 1,;1<i here about two monthR ago with ~ prisoner that he brought from \Va ~hington and consequently coulci not l1ave bC'Pll In li'rance any lnngth of tin11• . \Vallrw,, K Bu tson, who served as sergeant with the 499th aero squidron OVPrseas and 4'returned home aftrr being discharged from the servi(·P, was given a surprise party at the home of his parents, Mr. and :\frs. S. 1,; Jmer Batson or New Castle, 'thur~clay evening. Miss Marion Tarlton, Miss Ruth l\larvm and l\1rs . .James Sylvester with Mr. and Mrs. liaison arranged the affair and l\lr, 1!;1tson was eomvletely surprised but greet ti his friends in I a gracious n1a1111Pr. Games, m usil· and daneing !Jeside a few olcl-fashio1wcl reels which were entered into wi1 h spirit and gusto by all l)l'l'S('nl. made the time all loo quickly. Refreshments of ice crram, and punch were Rerved. As a mark of friendship a lPalher bill Cold was presented to Mr. Batson from the guests, I he prespntation hring rpade !Jy Miss Ruth Marvin to which Mr. Batson I h.i n kfn lly replied . Those present W<'rc Mr. and Mr~. Charles Ilowl'l, Mr~ . .Tames Rylvest"r, Misses Marion Tarlton, Ruth Marvin, Alice Ryan, Ethel Ryan, Hazel Rlcker,~v=...,.,-~-· Marguerltr Merrill, Mildr(> ri Yeaton, Mrs. ClaudP. Gilliam, William Gup~ till, James Sylvester, Charles Rever, �PORTSMOUTH ROY HA.S CLOSE CALL IN FRANCE. ~•,\·f<-- , let ler received by !\Ir. and Mrs. .._,,. ,,.~• .,,. Libbey 11. Bennett trom their i;on 0 Philip n 1rnett, who I wft11 tl1e , ·n~ Hu ,,. ~ '\.rtl ' n ' l nC' "st'dc~ ·,Kl • t wa:; recntely knocked · down by a sltt;ll, ln;L esra11cd with only slight injury as l l\el'e ~dere five oLheri; ahead of him ih the walce of the p•~(~~ l3hcll and its power was · when it r eached Mm. His many friends will o.t his narrow escnpe rrom a seriom; :\L1llhn1 'I'. I: •llull W!l-: 1Jt,rll ill Po, t,,lllulllh 0,·t. ~Ll. I !)0 llllU i~ a de· s,: 1 1111Jnt of :\l.llll,c•w Thnnl.lon, .si!\llt•r till' l)pc\arali1111 ol J111klH 'tHIL·1,,·P !','-om • ·," ll.1111p shir<'. llc was t•<lu,·a1i l!'<l al th<' \\ hippie and local hii;h I st·hools ancl ,·111\sle<l ill the navy J\prll 1 ol j 2, l!IUU and has ~erved continuously MATTHEW T. BETTON, t'hat l mt·. In July )~17· It<• 11us app,>lnl• d a p:ty <•!erk 11 hill• 11 11 duty u.t th!' l'o rt:-111uuth na1·y yanl ancl has :iC'l"VP< l Ov< rsf•as sinct-' 0arlv in 1tll8 ll" also 11·<·,trs th e :\il:,xica11· ca mp,, ig ,; h:id;.;<'. J: vth of hi~ i;1andfath1•,·s s• l'· vrd in the Ci1·il \Var, 1\--F- ,,,_, s1m ;\LOBB OF EUltOl•ti: ~·~'i Clifford Berry or the 103rd F. A.' Perley Quimb y· o[ the 101st En1 and g\nters of the 26th Division <lid not t~t,;;~. r: return lo this country with the Di · vision, \Jut volunteered to remaiu wltlt th'! army of occupation for six months. 'l'hoy aro !Jul11 rortsmou th boys and were transfe.rred to , tho military po1lce. They have 'beon over there for over a ;y ear .ind desirctl i.o see wore of Europe before they . returnee~ homo. Private li[ford Berry, U. S. A., returned yesterday from the battle· ficdlsl of Franco on th U. S. S. Santa Clara ariving in New York. He arrived home this mornig after his dis· charge at Camp Devens. Private Berry has seen much active service during his twc11ty-two months across ~oas. Ile wears a wound stripe lmV· ing been gassed at Verdun. He took aclivo parti n the l)attles of St. ll'lil1iel and Chateau Thearry. �Lieut. l~oo a Firs Local 1 an to Be Killed .n Acti 'i' Porlim1n11th wn1' shocked morn i 11 g lo 1Pa rn or the death Fran r<' o[ Li1•11 t. Frank who 11 :ts kill0d in action the fi<'l'Ce li .. hli11:{ Oil the Marn,· front. Th e sad llC'\\"S wa~ received moth r. r at ll0r 1101110 on l'l e as:inl slr<'<'f. LIPnl l'oo na i!; the first Forl "lll(\lllh ho:, Ill die in aclion 1l11rlng war. ThC' 1lir:pat1 Ii •licl not stnl0 how or 1]r·1I I, where Li<'11f. llonm~ met hi only slal i11 ° ":;r11n1 'l'iif' rC in Vran,,. · but ii i--; saf<' to ,,,,_v hr p;avC' hii; iir, fighlin •· hra1·• ''" for lhC' rn11nlr_1 ,,:· which 11° \\"'·' •:n prou,1. LiP11 ' llo1l11 , wns onr. or I hr h<'·sl or all thn 1111•11 that l'nrt s mo11L11 li:1:: sent iHIO l hi·i >! !"Pat ~tr11,::gle; f:,•Jfmadr>, a llnr,l w11rl;Pr, hnnrsl, a :,111111 fellow all(l a grr:1, lovrr of l, is honlf\ and thnl ,,,. gave hi s lifr ro, his ronntn· hrinp;s honor aud hn1P to his nanw. Li C'11l. Hoomn was horn in Porl.~monl h a111l 1111 Int. he l1111C' nf his, ning across to 1·1ance hi fl c11lirC' lif r was sp,. nl in !Iii'-' vlel11ily. II•· :ilLentle,I the p11hlic· srhoolfl, :.:rarl1,·:l1ng from 1'. 11. S. _ He g; rntl11 at.c,' fr.Pm nurh n,n r11 1leg,, with honors anrl for a work,..,1 for lhn <;!las l'irrc· 0 f"n111 pany, hPing; a valued empln~<·. At the first call to arms ,,,, rrnccessf11ll_v 1i:1,s1•1l the exami11·1,i11n fo r aclmi ssio n to 11,,. Plallsh11 ·· tr·,ining C:llllJ) an1l al"lp r Lhe 11 11;,l month s co11r~" "radualell , i;h commission of 1 "econ(] li 1 nl•'nanl. Ile was :,11111111: thns<' "· 1,·i \\Cr, sent to Fr:111c<' in the early 1:1·~rs or AmNic-a' s lirst C'nlrance in 1110 Intlie an<l si111·n thrn r <'pn rl '' 1,li1·~"''l tha.t h P w:1~ 111C'Plin~ ,vith gn'tlf ~:111:cess. lie w:1~ \";ii. II thP I., 1 • I Fi,.]11 A rlillf'l' Y. ]l p is snf\'i•."1i hy hi ,; fon r sisters. LiC'lll. Hr,01n, ,·:as killrrl .1111? 1 tih in thr n,,,.,.<' 1, .. ,,t i11 1.: aro•: ,J L 1 •~vo11t wlll'11 I hi' Frrn<'h a11 d '•11r 1 ,1·- 1 11 trooi°• ~ first hM\:111 the acti" 1 lli al II,~ r(• :-rnJl.011 in driving tho ,•,,r1,,·11,s hack BELL TOLD OF ·LIEUT. BOOMA'S DEATH Nl'w Hamp ~h ire College, Durnam, N. H., l\lay 15.-Lle11tenn11t Ernest L. Bell or the 15 6th regiment of thellain how Division addressrcl the st,udenls al convoca.tion hero yesterday. Lieutenant Dell is a me111hcr of the class o[ 1918 and served with distinction on the· western front. cil,•d for bravery and has been recorn 111r.11cled for the Distin,::uished SerHe was 0110 or the mo::,t prominent students at Nr>w Hampshire College-· in his day where he was for four years a member of the [ootball team. /, ll i, ,.omes or a family of fighters, his fa tiler being now a 111ajor in the med ka l corps and his younger brother il; :, captain and still in France. Li<'ulenanl Dell told tho sto,ries of som" ot his experiences and was allle lo give an account ,of the death of Lie11Le11unt Frank Boo mu of Portsmouth, another N<' W: Hampshire man, one of Lhe sevc•ral killed i11 action. .,,..,-,....-,c, ."''"!'""...,.,..,.......___-...-...,-..-,.,-.:;-- r,,., ,.:,, _: •( STEill,L l~W QUAL,11·ms. Lieut. Frank nooma, U. s. A., first Portsmouth man to make thr supreme sacrillce In the battle world rrneclom, cllsting11lRhed him selt in athletics nt Portsmouth Hlgl school and at New Ham11shlre Stat, Collegr. He captained the ' 19:\l High school elev1m of the seapor' ...,..'3111!>!'••:: rit.y that won the N"ew I{ampshlr· stale championship; which· title wa: captured · in a p;a me with Manchester High, and this defeat for Manchesler was one of the two setback, Granite State teafn: in seven yPars ot coaching Fred M. ~rice. Booma was for his sterling qualities \o[ anrlheart and his coura!{e 'or schoo 11thletic day~ was personified battlefleld.-Mancheste; 1o· ;,.,.J./8 �Oh! TRIBUTES 10,,-M[MOR Of LIEUT. BOO The death of Lieutenant Fr::.nk Jlooma, who was kllleo on July 11 'I Ir.In t 11e fl erce fi1g h _ ng aronnr ,, "rci-en. , f j T ar d eno s, liaa, cause, l u111versa 1 g,r 1e among th<J friends o;' I.ho young man __ !n this city, Lleu·tenant Booma was selt made in every respect. He was born in tllis dty and up to the time of his going ,1cross to Franco· to take part in the ,•,orld's great struggle his entire life was spent in- this city and vicinity. While at tho High school no Pll[lil J•;x-:1-fayor Harry n. Yealon palt tho following tribute to l'orts1no11th' !i rst mar~yr: tire li[c he entered upon his n ew duti es and hecame a lieutenant. ,\nx! ions lo tlo ull lhal he could ft11· his • 1 conntrv he was one of the tlrsl Lu vol· unteer for overseas clnty ant! 11·0 helieve the fi1rst oclcer f'rnm thi s eily to go l•'r:111 ce. lie WilH asBi,;;11:d lo tho [amens Itainhow Division aJ11! was in the thickest or th o acllon. ;.o Lie11tona1\t Dooma was L11 0 first. from this city, to give hi s litu up on l~re,n ch S(Ji l for his country. Dnt those who knew him feel thut ho tlid so with the loyalty to con11try and homo thut has al ways characterize,) his ontiro life. I The following tribute from F'r:i.nk E. Leavitt shows the sterling wortl1 of the yonn·g man: l I FRANK 1100:\L\. 'l'he 1ut1ne of 011e, who, now that ho hus . go11e will ttlwa.ys stantl in by momo,·.v {ts ho stood in Ji fe, as one or I he vc1·y 11 lghcst types or .•oun~ 1nanhoo<l. Dl,ll'illg ill~· nine y1·1n•i,; that. r knew him. four o( them ns a close l'l'ien,l an1l companion of , my hoys llf1tl four of them as rny LilllJ'.1.'. l<'IU~J{. n.sslstant in husinC's!':, T 1·a11w to ield Arllllery Officer J•'rom Portslrnow him as he' really was. He Killed in Action. moved a111ong 111en wHh the utmost simplicity, doing his tlaily was more 1101rnlar than Frank Booma. work natm·ally, and quietly in a He took a deep interest ill athletics JIHlllllCI' that COIJIJlUUHlo<l ( he l'C• and excelled in both basket ball and spect of' all. I cannot 1·ecall tha~ foot ball. After leaying school he enT ever saw him 1111g1·y or 1na11ir1•st tered the -e mploy of the Sila~ Pierce j il'l'itation Ot' tcntJH't', .\ Iwars g, ·11Company -and after three years of j ial, chccl'ful and gh'lnµ; 1'111•ei·, ,thrift and economy llad saved enough <'\'Cl' 1·eally to sec the good in to carry out h)s ambitions. With this ol hC':"s an,1 ·l',. !': •11:,• reit<ly to o,•p r•view he entered New Hampshi1'e collc.ok their l'a:dt.<;, his was a :r:1lege to take the prescribed course'. turo (hut al1t·adc1l nil wilh Then camo Amerlcn.'s entrance Into \\'item ho 1·111n~ in 1•1111tac(. :•!lll the great war and without heriil.ation c:111scd thos,~ of 11 ::: wl:o kn l' 1,· J1r. Boom:i. made appli_c:i.tio n for the ! him host to Jovo him. first officers' training camp at Platts- ·1 T am t.h aak.rul that he liv c <l; .burg. With the same energy and T 1•111 deeply gl'icvcrl tltat, l,c hntl I .push that hacl characterlzoll his en- glad! tlwt a cause. l•'HA N K K r,1,;, \ \ ' l'J"f. :\II•. Ycaton's 'l'd hute. 811 1'111• su(•h 1"1·1111k wus 1n·ac( i<'ally II llll'lll• b<••· of rny family I'm• live yc111·s. He wo1·ked all tho time he was altcmling the P0t·ts111011lh High st'l,ool, being a sclt-matle man in 1w(•r·y rcsp<'et. ,\ ftct• ,·ompll'llng hi1:1 educatlou at the llil,\h sl'l111ol lrn wus about .to !he l111ivc1·sit)' ol' l'<'unsylvania whcll he lu11I nu nttnc•k of a.1>ru~1ullt'lt.ls, which 1•h1111g-od hi~ 11lans. .\rlt't' hl>i l'C• l'ovory he went to wm·k fot• the Silas Pierce t•o111pany and \\ot'k• (•tl his way up r,·0111 11 nwniul position to ussislm1t. lo )It•. l,1'11\'• Ht. A fte1· being ont ol' sd1ool for thr·ee yc1u·s he 1klc1·n1i111•<1 to 1·ar1·y nut his plans ol' i;ccul'ing· 1t <·ollcg-<l l'<lul'ation. H<l e111·ollc,l at :-i'ew Hampshii·e colll'gn 1t11tl t·ompletcd one yciu· of' the <·<1111·s1•. lie was p1·e1rn1·i11g to l1·ansfrr· to lla,·I month when I he " ·ar· l11·oke out. In kecpin;_!; with Id,, lll!tkt•• up he hccmne imhut• rl with the wm· spirit and went to thn CT1·st t 1·aiaing c::mp at, Plat lsliu!'g, g1•1,cluati11g as s,,1·011tl Ji cut t•naut. l•'r·1t11k Booma was lwlov,•tl l1y 1111 \\'ho knew hitn. lie \I' ll~ nlwa rs 1·ca1ly and willi11g to 1!0 a gooil t111·11 I'm· all)' Oll(', llis IIIC!ll• 111·,r will he ch,·1·isht•1l l'ol' 111a11y ,1·,·111·s by those \\'hO kllC\\' hhn' l,<'sl 11111! 1ul111il'(•tl his manly qualit i<'S, TT ,\HHY B. YR\'l'OV. ---- ,ND MARl{ER FO · GRAVE OF LIEUT. BOOMA '" i,e 45th Rainbc,w Di\i:;lon o! which tl.e late Frank E. Booma was a membt-r, always sends a lirbute to his grave on Memorial Day. In the past years, tJ ,c custom has been to send a wreath, \vbch is placed on tlle r(;:;Ling place ot 0,L man for whom the lucal American l ,t lion post was named. This year a. Dh!1-lon St.anda.rd was sen t to Mayor 11'. W. Hartford to be placed on the gn,\e by the division. This is made of metal. One one ~ide is lettered "47th · division," Lieut. Frank E. Booma, 151st Field Artlllery" On the other side ot the standard were the names of the battles in which the Rainbow Division · participated,'' st. Mlchacl, Meuse, Argonne, Champagne, Mar11e, Deffensive Sector, Aisne Marne." This is a permanent marker and wa. placed on the �n \·ictor Bo~s, I'. S. ~-, dlticharxPcl from sor \'i~e :rnd homP ycslenlay. Jlp vol11n1ii; sP1Ti<'o.c; in .Juno l!ll7 and n sL:itionr<l most of Lhe time tho nrookln1 .'· ·• · of two well known young men of Rye. Charles r..a nd Brown, son of 1''.l:r. an d 11\Irs. George W. Brown enlisted in the Aviation Co1'ps Boston <in ii\ March 10,1918. Re was sent to TexJo'ield Ca.mp and later Portsmouth Boy Made I· utcnan f -,.---/\ 11 ol1,c•1· l 'orl 1111n1lh ho) aw;Lnlecl a co111n1i,-;sio11 in of the Unitnd Hl~LPS in the Guy llracketl. •;m 1 of Mr. ancl :\lrs. Herman /j. , Bral'kPtl of f;ou th ~lrcet, who was rnac!P ~ :-;pcond li Putonanl at the- close or I lip offic·Prs· Lrnining :;choo l nL Cn 11111 De, eni;. Lieut. llracketl ~nul11 ;1l0d from l'•>rLsmoulh High schoo l wil11 the das s of l 904 and for sevcra I years has calcd in Massac· I;.;•u;.s;:.,·e;.t:.;t;;,;s.;.._ ______, CHARL!cS RAND BROWN lrn nsfPrerd to the Wilbut· school in Da ~·Lon, Ohio, for work on ma chi ne i;uns. .At ol si.· week:< he p,1 "sed lh e o,"Cnw·:is sen· i ce ::ut<l wcnl Lo France where he Is now ilt th e Ordnance Armament ~chool as inslntctor on He is Lwen1.y - six LIi e Aviation Corps In Boston March 10,1918. Age 28 yeurn. He was se nt Hockwell J!'i!'icl . .San �Shct,,!han 1~. Bur1"~ wa11 bor11 in 'N ew Ca!!llt>, Juno 17, 1880. He cnllsted In the ~4lh Canadian V, n, C.• ov. 1016, having previously 6erved In the U. S. regula r army. Ile was sent directly across to Frnnce and !ought in the ,battle o! Viney Ridge in April 1917 Harold E. ,Burke was born In New CasUe, Dec. 4, '91. He enlisted In the ._,.,.,_,'°'_ 121st Canadian Fore~try Company In Ja11Uary l!n7 and at the present time ls ln Scotland, !Before enllsllng while a me.mbe1· o! the crew of a salt steamer bound for Spain. The ';i1ip wa11 torpedoed by lhc German•s oft tho coast of rortui;al. 1ro1·tunatcly all the men · were saved hy taking to tho boats and rowing to ,....,.,,.,,,,,__ ., shore. On the return trip the , ship was again torpedoed 1n •the English Channel and this time all were saved but the Captain, who was unable lo get off ,In tithe. Upon hie return the youpg man en• listed a! Montreal. Since he has been doing service in England, iireland, SH ERM AN F. BUR KE 1>,>ien 1t was captured by the Cana:1:ans. iHe al so fought in the battle of Hill 70 and Passchendalle. At the present time he ls with the 57th 1SlgGfll N,......,;;_-,......~~"",,.,i::..-=...""........- - -- HAROLD E. BURKE Scotland and Wales. Both of ,the young ~!~. and Mrs. George Patridge street. Their relatives have not heard from them for som e weeks but believe 'both to be sate, Sh erma n :Burke• havini; beenaway from ¼he front line ,trenche'S time. for some little ;~:;;,i~1i ---- Private Sh e rman F. Burke or city r e turn ed I hom e from Fran ce Monclay, arriving in Portland on the lrn1rnporl Olympia. l'rivale llurke enli s ted in th e Cann.cllan 1 !J 1 6 n.n cl has the Ins t year s in ]~ranee and Ilol g ium and has see n much activ e service. H e i,; the son of Mr. and Mrs. 'Ge orge T . Burke of 7!l p t Id 5t arr go reet. "3°~ , 12 . \ �FRANKLI N E . BU TLE R <.'orporal Franl{lin E. J:11!1 <'1· his home on Cabot str<'<'l In this city. ~Ie was born in Columbu~, Ohio, on May 12, 1888. 1He is a D, 301st Engineers �ell, who has been serv S. Eng-ine<'rs oversea at his home in this cir~·. released f.-om the sernc,.,. T. Cannon of :l Libert~ e TJ. 8. S. San f?rnnci [lCOME · Priva~e ,valter Reno C ved hume from F~·ance, afte1· soo rvlco overseas. Private Ca1,kln o son of 11\fr. oall'd· Mr-s. Frank E. Ca n of •Woodbury avenue. He enli.s>t ·PRIVATE WALTER R.'CARKIN vith\he l;t C~, N. · H., C. A . .C., and :v~d at FQrt. Constitution, . New .:astle, .receiving an honorable ; dis.::harge. In Ju'1y 1917 ·.!Je again, en•liS'ted and served wit hthe Ninth .Comipany, t C. A. C. al J.~orl ' Con~llrtulion, Springfield, MasH. Camp .Merritt, N. 'J., later · sa l·ied for DENNIS J. CAHEY. was graduated from the local high school In 1911 . .:He was employed as file clerk a tthe navy ~ :1 rd and after several attempts to enh .,t wn~ accPpted and sent to the caIT'p al s ;.-acuse, N. Y. Ile was transfer, t'd t n ,\storia, L. I., whrre he now is , t ati nnr <l. He rc~icl"~ with his mother, :\l•·s. Norah "'ade or 271 ( ' ou1·t street. �Charles \Vlnfleld Chlclc ls the eltlel!t son o! l\fr. and l\Irs. Caleb \V. <.:hick o! 165 Market street. He is se1·\·lng In the navy, a.t present a drlll instrul'lor at Bumkin Jsland training station, llosLon, l\IaS'S. He enlisted in t,hc navy as an appren.ll<:e seaman and wall JffO moted to first class machinists' mate In two years' time. Ile was hu1101,rhly 11ischa1 ged in 1911 arlcr compl1•ting his first enllstmcnt ai;, n chi f petty officer at Pensacola, Fla. lie was t,orn In Kltte-1')', l\Ie., Nov. 13, 1880. At the completion or his first enlistment he returned home ancl served as a rnolor~ 1 1 011 ,t he l'ol'lsmouth Elcclrlc rnud but at the outllreal< or the war he soon 1·c -cnll ·tcd again. He w.,s stationcu at Private Charles ,v. Carson Jett New Castle for overseas In September .wJth Unit 8, American, Re1,1acement Division, C. A. C. with the Army of Occupation In France: He, .was ,b orn 1n ::\Iy.stlc, Conn., 1111 1895 and enlisted at Fort Sl-0cum, N. Y. He served at Fort Constitution before sailiJ1g for months and then transferretl 1to IJumkin Island where he is at the vresent The !athl'r or young Chick is an l'lllployce of the navy yard, havini; ucrn a sheet metal w-0rkc1· there for the past 20 years. The son married ::\Iiss Lorella K Ande1·son of Bat,h, ·:'l lt!.,!lnd he an,! his wife al'e now rcsiclini; at Hull, ~rass. He later inltends to Hettie on ;1 farm in KillP1·y or Rye afte1· service in the navy is complet d. ---., �f•nlist e,! in tlw 11.t\Y nl th<' local mt\ ~· a rcl.;\Iarc-h ~~.1!lt5asa qhlp wright :,11.t was f'.l' lll tu l'ol'l s t11"nth, Vn., 0 ,, Iu 1v on th<' I I .. , .i. l•r,uii.li1t, a six til ' ' trnin i 11 g 1·:tti11 p; liito t,l "Wilbur G. Cornish was employLd at the t,ludebaker plant in Detroit, Mich. he entered into the service. He ·1 , ,, WILBUR G. CORNISH memb Pr of the sailed on for Fm 11r 1\ His wol'I~ is espcclally dangerous bul he Jlkes it and Is 'lU~ H ' ROLD P. CLOUGH. -'l'COntl ,· l·•,;s c:1rp <' t1l C' r . 011 Oc-t. ~!, l:115 hi' wa•; trn n~ f!' t't'Cd, lo t i,. l' S. Patu, , •·t . At !11,. li me .. r th e- i\lP .· ' can troui• I<' this s !i i p wa ., cloinp; du ly lher-0 and he was al Ho 011 lh <' l'ntu",,-c,t,•:~~c2!!1 cet when it wn,; al llnyti al th •• time of the diHturhanC() ill 1916. O t AJ)ril ~!l, 1n1s he sail 0 cl 01 1 the l'aluxr c>l for ovenct:as. Ile manicd Tia1T '' llillll'lll \. n wr-11 known lo c:al u r•:: ,n i ' :1 1111 voc·:1l!st :rnll his wife aml l'.Y O , ·lti i1lr 1' 1t :tl'l' llvln~ i l fl t ( 'ii,\ to do his \Jest in the cause of democracy. He is the so>1 of Mrs. Eva C,rnlsh. of llanover street and always he went to Detroit. �, Cornelius E. Cofft'y, son or Mrs. Elea : nor and the late .John Cuff Y, has been l 1n France fo1· morr lh:•n a Yt•a r. lie I!~ l J' with the G8th ~~ ·1 (' A _:::5_:_ __·~--- • on meas on Nov. 26, 1917, has recent!\ ~rrived nt his home in this l1 a ving or r n discharged f,· ,1 111 the \ •j4• I•. tr en l P1"('(1 the service Oc t. 4, 1917 nn,l servP,1 at Comp D e vens, Ayer, •Mass., o.nd from there was transfer - JOSEPH F. COFFEY. CO R E LI US E. COF F E Y Standard Cuag-r- np, ratin.~ nattalion. lie wns in the hoi-pil'll som(' tim ·>, hav Ing 1.Jc·en gassrd i11 f.\lay. ll t' writer,( home often and sJy• h<• has not yet seen any Port~mou • 11 oovs "Over There." He wns h,.,., In this city and ,· rmp !oyed her<', :11111 !at<' r went to New ouryport to work. TJ a vi11 1~ been d ra ft- I ed he went t o Camp lJ-,ven~; was listed in the service sometime before war was declared. He, is in the int'h Company, C. A. C., serving as a cook. Ile exp ec ts soon Lo see service In 0 there less th a t, I wa s sent to New , v·,,e l' s wh e n he ,-~rv a nd then sail u for Frsncl'. fl c is " yPar. of age and has a wife and child living in II .I , CO RN ELIUS E. COFF E Y rctl to ,Camp :!\Ierrilt. N. J . and sailed for overst'as with l.'l1e 504th :Engineers, Co. D. H e was tater transferred to the 63rd T. C., n. T. C Corps. He was gassed not long after going across and w,1~ three months in a ho s pital for treatmenL After recovering he went bn,·lt to duty as fireman . I le was <lischargetl from Camp De vens :May 24. Ile is the son of l\Irs ._ l~! l'a nor and the late John Coffey of ra.mily llvc �0N0iEfFOR Sergeant Thomas Ernest Collins Is a member of Co. C, 52nd Engineering Corps- and is with the Ajnerican Expeditionary •l •'orces "somewhere In France," having been early In the war. Sergeant Collins Is the son ~r,l\1rs. Mary and the . late Thomas Collins of this city and n well known • young m~" . o>lHIS HEROIS -- Lt. Corn. Francis H. Cogs=. well Receiyes French legi9n of Honor Lieut. Comdr. Francis Cogswell, U. S. N., son of the late Rear Admiral James •K. Cogswell, U. S. N., of t111~ city, was one of the naval officers who was today honored 'by being pre3ented with the French Legion or Honor by the ·French ambassador. The ceremony took place on the U. 8. Pennsylvania lying at anchor at New York. ,L ieutenant -Commander Cogs--~~•-, well received this dlstintlnguishetl honor, which was also accorded to Admiral Mayor, in recognition cif tnum~~lli?" factJhat he saved 78 survivors of the !'rench <:rulser Dupetlt 'fhuaro, wh1chlll!lli--• was torpedoed and sunk. This distinguished honor coming to a son of Pol'tsmbuth I'S certainly pleasing all_hls friends. THOMAS E. COLLINS. He iearned the trade of a boiler maker on the navy yard and was employed the•re for some time and later at the Charlestown navy yard. At the time of his enlistment ·he held the position of cleric at the National Hotel. �0~. ER J. CO Ml::AU . He h::ts h,·,·n on ,111ty at Camp 11t•vc11s :111d ,,;1,1·iugli<'l<.l, u1:u expl'Cls I PORTSMOUTH BOY CAPTURES HUN '1 4 -i.~ OFFICE John Connelly After Battles About o Emb:wk for Home. :'Ill's. 'Wi lliam Lear)' street u( ,L few days a!rn r ecci \'Cd a Jette,· from J1Cr llrolhe1·, Privat,, John Cun\\'ilh "· ll, H7th l:1- The lt:lll'L" wati dated lh1.·. :;o ;J11d i11 \ it wus enc.;lo.;ed a .. 11le1·e 01· ;1 Pru ..<an Guard 01fice r' f¼ uni for m !11 ,t ·h•~ :111 11 another --:1.._\hli~r r;1 p: urt 1l 1 Wodcl s. P, ivu.tc · · ,Con11 elly , rce!Yi.d ;i slight wound J:,st iScpletn!,e, at J:>eaJ :\fan's 11•!1 and was ill a. !tr, , '.thl for n s hort Umf', burJelt he \',~ · ••x•rc mcly ro1·tu11:1t" to · i;"t off' L;O ,,a;;11:,-, He \\'rites 1ll:1t · ltls company h.,s rccei\·rcl ~ail for the s:at <>~ ,11 Jan. ~~ mucl1 plcas~d �PORTSMOUTH BOY KILLED-INACTION Official Letter to Father Announces Death of John J. -::1-,5" Connors. .Joh11 Connors of this. city, sou ol l\tr. and ;\[rs. Patrick J, Connors ui 7 9 Rrldge street, a mem bcr or -the ramou 101st reglmen't In the 26lh dh·Mon h1 omclally declared rnlr.s'ng in 'action: This ln!ormulion : euched his parents on :Monday night in a telegram· from the war 1Te11art11wnl. John Connors joined llfe IJ,,t .\ pr!l and has been in ni11ce Pnrly sp1·lng and has tal;cn part In ait of the battles that the 101 st :·c~ lmcnl has been cngagcrl in :11111 means all or the Important en,agemcnls tho..!, the Amerlcmi arm)' ~a:, h::d anything' to do wilh. I le 1,a<l gone through without IJclng 1-.·oun<le<l and It wa8 a great shock to ',is 1rnrenl~ to ver.eive word that he l.:is uec11 mi~sln:~ slnc·e ;'{ov. 1. In 1111 prol .. billty he IH by time bacl, with hi. regiment, n:lsf;lng In action means taken prisoner, and all American . pr!Koners nave by this time been released. 11. is Jjl1cly that notice will be received ,i1ortly that he has been _returned, 1 hat Is, un'te1:s wounded and In some German hospital. .:ii, •\ John J. Connor_;;, another of Pott:;mouth's ;ions, ha.s mado t!-io sreat sacl'ifico In the 'line or duty,', a 1,,ttN· 11r-· i-iYing Tuesday from llis company 1:ommanderj cle':11,lnl:' ~ o-ve1:y U!!C[ ~taln.t:9' •Of his 1'atti. ·. John J. Connors was · born In t!lls city Aug. 3, 1894, an'<l was itho el<lest son of JI.Ir. and l!r~. Patl'lck J. Connors o! Urldgo st1'eet. He at:cnd d tho parochial schoqJ 'in this city and later he attended school in Cha:·!t· ·town, 1,Ia~s., and was a graduate of the Charlesto.\vn High school, c!:.ts:; of 1912. Ile attended tllo Suffollc Law school !or two years. For thrco l ,-ars ho held a position with the Unitc•d Trust Company in Boston. The family moved back lo Portsmouth in April, 1917, and the youn;; I man accepted a position as :t clcrl, at ,he Portsmouth navy yard. Ile felt tho call or his country and wa s anx:ous to do 'his part in tho great war for righteousness and, giving up his position he went 'to Boston and en' 1sted on Aug, 3n. 1917 , in 1h 111J1 ·l.11w :;-un comp:iny, 101st Infantry, nn,l I l'came a member of the famous 2Gth Division and sailed Sept. 7 from Hoboken, N. J., for J!'rance. ,Ho was in train.Ing · overs (!,!l_, u_piil.:r,'Dl),. p, J~J8 1 wh n' h(-s cotrlpaliy",l'i>ii?i' 'f~eo ·o.ctlofl. · He was in all the big battil's until ho I I made the gr,eat sacrifice, having been killed on Oct. 29 , 1918 · to~Nher served to !ntcnsiry lh:H fe!Clin·g; and 1 had gl'Ol','ll lo I)\'•• 1!1•·m, l ;::rie\'e o\·er his d1:,1t,1 \\ 1th yc,u aml oft'rr you all my sympath~- nu,l c·,nso'.atlon, Your 801:.J:OW in<ll'l·<I j t;Teat anti yout· lo ·s ll'l'<:J)amhh• ,IJut ill the m'dst of that so1T011,· you ha\'o the COllbOlalion of knowing th,lt your ~on wns :i. h, 1·0 or whom you may well bo pi-out!. Ho ,1·os 0110 ,,r tho rnol!t•!:llth ful soldiers lit my oompany, always rea,ly and wlllln,; to put up with nn)' hanlships an,l saet•ifkc, 111 th" fulfilln1C'P.t or hl,i dUt)', nn,l I Clllll<I always rel)' upon 1hlm to tlO hl•1 rnll duty, In an}· crlsls. It was at 11oi,i J:c llieu northl'a~t V<:rtlun, that ho was call<·<! uron pay thr qa~t full mi:a,;urc or dt,·ollon to his country ancl to lay down his life for the flag. ·we were taking a difficult position and It was whllo advancing that he was strick,m down. I know how lnacl quate any words of mlno ron bo tO lc~s~n lour i;rlef unu sorrow but it i,1 a <'<lllsolallon to fet,I that the world today can thank him and others like him for the ,peace that has come to us. His life has not been in vain; his sacrifice has helped to mal10 th<: worl'cl a better place to livo in, and his countr)' realizes and recognizes tho debt it owes to him and to you. °Afost sincerely yours, DAVlll .T. Blt1('Kf,BY. '!'ho youn,; mun 111,1s d,•votl'II to hl>i country's causo and In all his letters homo to hi8 par<"nls hr ma<le not ono cornplninl or hardtihlJlll, hut fOlt proud he was able to fight in tho, ~rl'Ut cu use. s a young man nt th!.' Charlestown High school he wa ,; a i1Putc11ant In tht• compan)' or school l'aclets, Qnd won an 1to 11or mP1la 1 ror ~fflcl<'ncy ~n drill- ' tni;, while Jhnt 1iam(\ y<·ar thl' s choo l wo11 the• hon or flag competition with the High st•hools of t:oston, at un rxhli>itlon given in )l<'cltunles building. He was an amhit1ous younr: man, n. de1·otecl on an'd 1h1·othc1·, 11opular with his 1;luss mate.;, Ccllow wo1·kers.., and friends antl much regret will bo !cit for his death. ., r ' -:,, '>-, 0 The !in:t news t)le family had th.tt nnythlni; lwul hefallen the young- tnau was on Dec. 9, when u tcl l"~ram fl'on, 1ho wat· department st att:cl th at ht> had bC'en missing in action sinco Xuv. l. Another telegram on Dec. 16 ~ta tcd that he had been "wou nd ed severely" on Nov. 1, andl the: last mc:sago ma·de tho family havo hope that the •·11u11;; sohiic1· 1111;,;ht still bo Jivi11•i-;. ~"'"".~"'.!:.....;i-=~==i=iF=:===..:i,rhe, l:tst faint hOpo that ' tho y(lllll!; ,11mn wa.~ allv<; was sh~tl lcr d Tuesday 111·hen o. letter was rect!lveu by his father from the commander or the lt-,:~.z·e:. .-ll'.:i.~F'company to which tho young man belonged nnd told o! tho latter';; Jeath. It wns as follows: Jnnuary 11, l~i9. Dl'llr ~Tr. Connors-An command<'r of the company to \\ hl<·h your son belonged, I feel it a cluty and an o'bllgatlon which I n.we ho1h to him and to you to exrress my sreat sorrow at his loss anrl to extend my dl"l•pe .; l sympathy to you Jn your bereavemc•nt. I can realize somelhln,g or you,· feeling us I had grown to •look u11011 the m en of my company as memhrl's of a !urge ram:ly; evC'rythlni-;- th.it afa?lY one of them was of intl'rst to me and livinig- a 11r of <1:.i ngt'I' a �of the brs: known Portsmouth now serviH~ with the American army He is the son of tl:c late ii ; ~,,,__ '<ijj L. Company, Doston. local 9th Company. t--: @. ~.'. :iii 1 I l ,.,.. :..•.. •,.·.• -1•~..N:fztr••e SE RGEAN T WILLIAM Timothy V and ::\Iary Cron'ln. For several y .u ·;.; hr. travel ed the country with the Ha, num and BailC'y and oll,er largo c,ircuses. \Vhile connected with t i r•~e sho\\'s he acted in many ..-~-~..,,c....~ positions, from :ulvance ageHt to trans portation ni;tHlt ,· and was consiclrrcd a mo~t valu:1 b,,, man In the handllng or the Ia rge trains movI ng rrom coast to coast. He ,-<ti at present attached lo the 30:lrd l•'i·''rl ArtiI-ll'1'y supply company ni: :l l1. s .been in FrancP about a month. JJc •is a pop11lar member or the Portsmouth Loa -; " of Biles. I 0 Ilcgl1t1<'nlal Supply S<'rh,,ant "Bill" 11 ho was tlisrhargcll from th" service at Camp IJcvrns a werk ago, is to takP up hi~ oil.I vocation in the....,,......•·~,,.. cil'l'US I.J11si111-ss. J le was the first man to lw dra ft!'d from the city J>ortsmoul h, !P::1.l'ing here •ScJ)t. Cronin, LIEUT. GEORGE W. CORAM. Lieut. Coram has b<'rn in lhc sc,·vicc 15 yearn and cxpPrts la Lrr to a id In the fight for dctnocracy "Over ,1 I!' • 1 • 'l ant.l ) ,tini; ' I (h1.1ghte1, t 1917. r«·"-1 t'2-· 1 JI is knowlcd i:;P of transJ)ortation g.1thercd from experiences with variwon him an early pro- I le lca1•cs tomorrow to join Jlubinson Show whith is showing in PeHn~ylvania at the present limo and ho will I.Jc assistant treasurer of the --------------------------------------------- - �Crowley, a popular local young man I~ the son ot Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ct·owley or 40 Dovl'r street. and --~· now serving in the National Army. HP was born In Portsmouth, April 25, 1900 andi enlisted on Aug. 26, 1916; called (or 11.ctive service Aug. 28, 1917. At the time- he was called he was employed o.t the 1orloy Button Manufacturing Co. He \Inf! among tho soldier Inds who Jett Portsmouth recently see service overseas he- Private Daniel J. Crowley arrived on Friday, having received his discharge at Camp Devens. Private Crowley served with the 64Artillery going overseas in September and he saw active service on the other side. He is the son of l\lr. and :\1rs. Daniel Dover warm grtielin1,; from hlH great many friends hl!l'I', 11 c is in t•Xce1lent health and stales that t!n•y had a rough voyage home but it woulu e.:-!·•~,Al!ll!l-11'':• tal,e more than heavy seas lo dampen their pleasure or getting home again. He was born in this clly April 26, ._-.;,,•/~liol!!r.-'<· 1900. Ho enlisted on Aug. ~li, Jnlu and was called !or acli vc service Aug. ~0, 19-17. At the time he was called ho was employed at the l\.IrJrle)' nuttor, factory. • Jerem!ah Ct'O\\ ley, brother of Daniel Crowley enlisted In tile Naval l\ ~$e rve Force In ]\[arch and hus bcl'n sta t1oned at Quincy, Mass. JEREMIAH CROWLEY Portsmouth Pt'b. 2~, 1895 and be Corl' entering the servlcu held a. position as a clerk at the Portsmouth navy ya.rd . �PORTSMOUTH BOY IS "r.•---~-~AT Blfi fRENCH CAMP /1. ictler rncoiv<'d frn111 1'1 ll'aLe Cullen 1101•.• !;rrving with 0- ('011111a11y, l 16Lh Engillt'Ol'i:l SlllLOH that al the da Le or wri ling the loller, Oct. 2 7, Im had hcPn in J•'ra n<·c two weeks an<I ha<I moved inLo one of Lile largesL camps, which WH!I sairl to be the best i11 Ji'rance, havi111,; heen a big J•'rench military school before lhe war. He said lhal Lhe barracks were very pleasant ,111d everything was being done for the men. 11.L tho time or writing he expected lo he sent up nenrer the front Hl n ny lime. FHEDERICI CURRIER 1"rrderick Curric-r C'nlistecl in nn1·y in June lOJS ;;.nd wa·s stationed at llle !':a.val nasn ·~t Hing-ham; \\·aS mntl<' 1;1111 11oinler Au:;ust l 'i. Released from ·I<' 11,ivy ,J:>n. 6,tnIn. Ilr, now LAWRENCE CURRIER L: 11 rC'nce Currier enlisted June 101 ·, 111 tho .Kava! Aviation ~crvice and became a student flyer of the Aviation the entl of the w:i.r he was given an indofinite furlough home and is now empt. ye-cl by the Atlantic Corpo.ra-tion, thi s Ca<J.,t John l<"rn11<·1,; rullinan of 102 Slark slrrrt of the avialio11 section, has been pro111ot<'d to he a second lioul<'nant iI! tile signal rorps of that section. Li nt. Cullinan el}- lisl<'d in Drrrmhrr or 1:1 st year al I3oslon and ,pass,•<! special C'Olll'S!'S Ill training at Conn<'ll and Columbia Hrlin1rsities. lle i~ a t:?;radnalc of P. If. 8., class or I !I I 2, a11d al lh<' 1111,!I of hlH C!!!l"'''l<'l'l 1'.''.\2 nt ;\;rw Hn11111shlr<' N. CUllRIER. Jl:11·01<1 ·.'. <'•, ric··. 1'.'h'1 r:nv!I his in th0 gr at , Jt::;.•-·, \;.'.lo.: :L ,,·1'!l known J,,, ..11 ,·ouni; man ,,11 l rm1.Jn,·P1l f111· a l>y lite l'ort~lll••llllt E ' , 1 •·lc l~:til11"1, ]:1t~r loa'.ving l,l ,l('!'r:,t :l jl0Hili0II 11 it h tho ,Yheeli·i·; 1,1 • l.u ·lti1rn Comp:•11_·,r o~ S -;..uth 1 lnn . 1 lt~ 011lisl(\<l ,J;in, 7, 1!)18 In ti·, \irrclt,,nt \lari1w 1 1 ; 1 :ind w,•s ;,Hsi::nrcl tn dutr on the U. S, ~- )ti.:J"! 1·d 1 ~-, IV' 1,ill,:.~ ~1"\"f•r:11 trips l<, l•'r::i.ncc n.n-.l r · ·1rn. JI,, \\'as late: \\'1 ~, •en �George Richard Daws, n joineu th e nati onal .. rmr at Port! •11•1, •i\le., .Jnn. 1918. \Vh en he left rJlis rity he wn s employed as a mail car, 1•·r nt the l••· ca l poRt, rt'it'e. He 1s 110w ov<'rsen~ with the I lenuquarters \ 'o mpany, 72d Arti llery, C. A, C., Am1•rican Rxpeui- - ·--· -·-.- .- - ------ Lieut. Stephen Decatur: ll. S. N., so11 of Mr. and lllrs. Steph e n IJert,tur of Kit te1·.v Poi11 t, former ii· eily, is n 11avigatio11 otric:,;r troopship Mount Verno!I, tloclwtl at l!os1 un yesterday_ Sto r er, Iii•; hrol11n, i s an aide 011 J\d1JJ1i·a1 Omar' s sla/T. Tllis is a 1·;1s,. two Portsmouth boys lla vc GEORGE R. DAWSON He is 28 Ytift. rR is al 11~ Cass HARRISON A. DE COURCY. GEORGE R. D/\ WSO N <'I'S Cc,·11pa11y, 7~1111 .\rl ii]P1· ,·, has tu tr-iy n 1-rh· e<l 1101111·. a 11d hi s po,;i li on al th e }01·a ! po-;' l{afri s on A. 'de Co urcy Is the son ·o r the late Mr: and )1rs. Wm. Henry de Courcy of this city. In Portsmouth Dec. 6, 1895, and was eel ucated In the public schools here; gracl uatlng from the High school with the class of 1914. After graduating hi' taught school at Colch es t e r, Conn, uhtil March, 1918, wllen lie entered lite service. On May 11, 1918, he went to I<',ance w ith 'his com1>nny, the 11th Machine Gun Battalion, and ls still In !<~ranee, r e<'P rttlr taking part In the famous battle of Chaleau Thierry. �SACRIFICED HIS LIFE TO HELP SHIPMATES IN THE EPIDEMIC Letter to Parents of Lieut. Paul C. Dennett Recounts Particulars of His Death. \ 'l'he snd ucws or the cloo.th : Lieutono.nt l'nnl Carl Dennett, L. S. ! N .. wns rece!vrtl by his parents, l\lr. and , Irs. Frnnk r. Oen nett br 1\1 iddlc> street last e1•enin1{. J.,leut. Dennett sailed from Cam11 .•1. alJout Oct. 4th aud WQl'd was rect•ived by his parents that he hlLd nrri vod sn.fely In France. Since then no word whatsoever has been received and it is thought that he contracted Influenza on his way over as the camp had a number of sailed. deRlh occurred Oct. 18th. Lieut. Dennett was twenty-six · years old July 13th or this year. He wus a graduate o[ the Portsmouth High school nnd Tu Cts school and for the ,IRst [our years had been practicing medicine in Roston. About two years ago he married i\Ilss Jacquelyn Scott or Boston. Lieut. Denuett volunteered services a. yea~ ago last September, but was not called until J\1ay or this year. Previous td his going across ho 11•,1s in training camps at Angus1::i, Gn .nnd Savannah and became a rucmlJer of· the '·Wild Cat" Regiment which was ti1e crack regiment ; >r the South. i Lien't. Dennett wns a splendid example o~ young manhood and had a fine J'uture nhen.<I or him. on his wife and parent s, eoming al thill 'ume or Camp )lontolr, Dase Section ."-:o. l, cFrance. Janu al'y 14, 1919. deal' 11-Ir. Dennl'tt: You,. Jeltt'l' of Dec. 27th just cclvE'tl and I can as.'mro ,you I s-rea.t!y surpl'llsed to know that you 1-wd 1 ot beon informed oC Paul's de1tth (':Ll'liCl' than J)PCPrn lic 1· ~:lnl. The Doctor w1u; taken sick the Cl'Cn!ng we left Camp Merdtt, New Jersey, but fought against going to bed until we w re out at !!ea one <.lay. He wn.s in tho ship's hospital- I-i1· nbout ,four days with ,1 Jronchiai-p111:umonla, and came fo1• duty oJiout October tenth., -On October •fourtci!nU1, lhe day before we arriveu at our J'ort oC debatkation ('Brest, l•'l'ancc) D.1ctor Dennett went back tl> tho h-ospital ·with an attacl< s!m!lal' lo the one from •which he lmd just recovcrC<l. A'l the-re were only fin~ or· s!x ph)·s!!:lans aboard ship, all or them were working cxcqitlonally ,hard both day nls-ht. "'e had an eJ,idemic or innucnza on boan.l and Paul, although not stroni; afte1· reco1·e1·tns- from 11!s first attack, tried to do· h!s ,ihare to help all other~ who w ere .;!ck, anu I believe thal ihfa wa.s tho cause o! his rri11pso·. The day wt.> acbarlced ui.' Brest, I'aul 'lrns taken to the lBase Hot1-pltai at that Port, and l was with him until he departed tor the ho~pilu!. llo did not seem to think his case a serious one and neither did r. I wa,;, 1,rcatly shockc-<l a fi,w ~s::1ry· pu~·s1,tl away. I intcn·dcd to write to you imml'iliatcJy wilh refc,·rncc lo his ,i.-u.th , bul was Informed that the ccns •r8!l!JJ 1·c • guJal!on;; fo,.-ba<le anyone fn>m dolni; so unle,<;s th ey knew that the friends r relative8 of the de<:eascd had ,been -,..,,.., ......, •I'ka.~e oc-rt•µt my i;;r<'atcr1t syll ,~a.,:ir:)r·:-;-:.;;t; fo,· yu u !11 you1· lJ<'l'C,l\'CJIWllt, lrusl lni; tho t 1 mar sumo t! ,,y lhe pleasure of mel'llni; ) "U U, nmldn, ·t pos,;,!ble for me to i;o more into deal! with l'LfCl'l'll~l· to 0111' trip untl son's cll'ath. Yvurs 1·<•ry truly, Capt. Jolin J , 'l\lahc,·, Atljutmn, 2ntl. ~;attalion, 75th Artlllc:·Y, C .•\. U'run :, ::II. D C' lll\Ctt, 6~2 l)[ltld!e ·trePL, Portsmouth, N. U. �Harry Dixon of So:.ith Ellot,1\le, of \\'allace E. Dixon of that town n listed at Portland, Me., July, 24, 1017 Ile was sent to Syracuse, N, Y,, and trained there and was one of 1.1- plckeq comps ny to give exhrbitlons In hand j grenade throwit~g at the Ne,v York Cl~J,;\' :11,\111,; 1,11•:l·'l'F. ·.\ ~'I'. 1 ,son l'1>1'ls111011U1 .\11111 In :'\011-l•'lyi11g- .\\·i• 11lion SN·tlon or .\1•111,·. ,\111ong- tho appointments announrd hy lhn \Var l>rp:irft11C'11t yestrrday wns that of llalph ('ooprr Dickr.r 0r thh; < ity, who 11.is made a first liru- 1""" n t of the a I iatio11 sPc·lion of th".l ~lg-11111 rosorvo (11011-fl.rin~). Evrrett J. Gra 1cs of l,xr tcr Orde:·ly Geo'rge Devoe', who made J,i,, home with his sistrr, )lrs . .Joseph T i1 i hodcau, in Sou th J,;Jiot, rnlistNI i11 C:0111pany F, 103d Infantry, Jn l11nr, J !Jl 7. After lr;iining, first In ,\ ugusta, then in a )faflsachusotts c·:1mp, ho went lo France in October, about a year ago, Ile ha:; hccn in th'e 110111 lrcnchos, but at present is In 'hf' Supply ('o . of the l 03d. A plcl 11ro srnt h o111,. rccrntly show11 him lo i11• in vnr,v good health. Bororo on1 rel for a r,,ar ¥ HARRY W. DIXON ··----- ---- - ·. ------- ... ... i;ta to fair. He has done guard duty at .Krwa rk, N. J., Bush terminal, and was at one time at Camp .:1-:[erritt and Camp Upton, L. I. 11 June of th!~ y ar he was promotrtl to company Sailed for overseas duty. In m mber of the 76th e 3U~ru, Field Artillery. to Camp Devens, JOSEPlI G. Di 1<'ll.l P 1'0. Joseph G. lli l~ilip po Ir :wrv lng his second enlistru eut on the l'. S. S. San Francisco '3.ncl has bPc•n in European waters since la~l i\lay. lf e was born in ,vilmini:-;lo11 , Ucl:,\\'aro and In l•'cbruary last m nrriecl \liss Agnes ::11. Hersey of thi s city. 11 .. i~ 1•·r II known In this city ancl qui'" popular with his a~so<' iates, who :·ay tl1al Joo can be rlCJlCllclecl UJ)Oll to do his bit. WARREN C. DONNELL :\fo1<il., and later snlloo for "Somewht>re in l•'rancl'." He ha~ recently arrived overseas ::intl writes home to relatives that ha Is well and enjoying his ex- �Foster and was born In th formerly, employed at the I yard. lsti:-d In the Coast Artillery • HEARS'FR 'DOWDELL JOHN H. DOW 1916. He has done service evens, Keene, N. IH., a old. He has, since been tran o Bntt~ry "B" 73rd, .A.rtlllc " . - Ralph E. Dowdell w erseas the past two yo merican Expedition arrived home and is arty greetin fr s_uperlntendent W. E. Dow~ell 0 tho Por.tsmouth street railway, iuicl vife have-returned from Camp Meirltt N. J., where tb,ey went to set< their son, Ra:lph E. J?ow-dell, w~w has recently returned (rom overseas. They report him as ,being In excellent health. and w~ll plea.sed over beIng home again. He ex.p·ects to :eceive his discharge •from the service this week. Gov. John II. Dartlett has , received the following letter from Sergt. Ralph K Dowdell: Dear Governor John:-lt has been a long tln'ie since_' I wrote you but things are not the same since the war ended. You see, I have been leading the lire . of a casual unassigned which, to an enlisted man, ls about the worst thing that could happen. Without organization, without funds and wondering where I was going next, nearly had me crazy. However it ls an ill-wind that blows nobody good, as the saying goes, and at last I have struck a place where [ will stick. I have been a bit fortunate here, with Base 120, having an 01iportunity thru~t upon me whereby 1 could make good and I succeeded. Therefore, an 11.ppolntfent of sergeant first class came my wuy ,\IHI l am In charge or the rcgistmr's olllce, wh lch is the nerves of the hospital. ,vo , keep all ,records of yationts, both ' those who depart and those who are patients. It ls lnterestin:,:- \!Jtt ver} painstaking work. l•'rom the m1clclle of November till tltree clays ago I received no from home, being sent from camp to eamp and mail never catching up. You can understand how anxious I have been concerning tho folks ancl though 1 have sent several cable~rame Jetting Dad and mother know I was all right, I received nothing in return and the Influenza epidemic had me going. . i think I tolcl you that . my birth day last November would always tv me be a memorable ev ent for (hl' news of your election and that of tho Kaiser's abdication came that clay. I have often, at night day-dreamed or the election and tiie campaign leading up to it and wished that I "had be&n tlH}re to help However, you did not need me, as r su Its showed. Other~ evidently did their part so emphatic was the result. •rhe boys are all anxious to get home but I am afraid it will he a long time• before all ar e relieved. I saw Bill Holland Lite other day (Dennie Hollancl's so11) ancl Chris Conlon. They ar e amon g the rew Portsmouth boys that I havu seen and needless to say the re1111io11 was We are now s itunt d rt rew mileQ outside or th e city of Tours. 1 a~ able to visit the c• ity any time I wish nnd li_re Is no t s o hard a fter all. T.he food _i s 1ilenliful in t his di s trict, not only m the hospita l, but with French civilians as well. This makes life more easy as one can. lrny an .omelette etc., to break the monotony of army food, Well, l mu s t cease. Give gards to all and iook for about July or Au g ust. Yours as eve r, RALPH. �HoraC'e ~tace~: Downs 1~ a member ot the Na linnaJ Arm• aiul 110 w serv · in~ "scr.1<. ·.·;h€rc in l~~ran. '' be; ng i; B.1ttcry 1,·, 301,t Fie\d Ar .. llery. Af,er a \·,cci(s trainln 6 at For t Cr,to n upon hi. ,:-oir.,:- into t h e ser v!ce he v:as to Camp BENJAMIN r. DOW NING m nde bug-ler in tll" -Ith l'o .. C. He ls now seeing- •,rn·i"E' Both brothe1·s are "• 11 1rnull'n H . STACEY DOWN S. ;\I::tss., anrl later s1•11t ,;\.!'1 •:·as. 11 <? !S the son of i\l 1·. nn J Mr~. Orr11 llow11s of So u th .,1 ·11 street. Ue.forc, c-11l ◄ 't'i11g- tht3 s~r v i1·p cmp:or r <I hy tlir> Scotl Grain do t heir bit for ti· Pir country. Both below the· ,lrn ft ae•', the younger he was Reception to -Ensign.·DrellfI E nsign Louis Dre1lar, U. ·S. N. was tendered a fi t ting reception on Wed nesday evening by t'he new local branch of the •J ewish Welfar~ League on Wednesday ev~nlng, Ensign Drcllar, •· who is Mr. an d Mrs. Abrah am Drehar of Dennett street, fa a . graduate of t11e l'urtsm ou th High school and New Ha mps hire College. He was · commissioned •~s an e·nsign on Mond ay an d reported for duty this morn ing. !'he m ee ting · 1ast e~enlng was held ' ln the syna gogue on . slate street ,'a n d there w·as a: large number of the Jewis h r esi dents present to tlle young , man. • · The president, Mrs. Samuel hen, preside d and in behalf of the board presented Ensign Drellar with a handsome navy kit. Remarks were made by Rev. Harry Lieber.: son , Messrs. Louis Shaperio, David G. :C rovlch , Harry Sussma'n, Mr. Yasuopp, H. Goldman, Joseph Miss Dorn Cohen and others. They a ll charged him to full duty and som <c> charged him not to come back until he had captured '!lie Kaiser, or least done his bit to wi n th.is great war for justi ce a, his race: Tho mooting clvaod ,w ith the singing o f tho "S tar Spangled Bannor Jewish ,National anthem. LAWREN C E E . being but 18 ypv•··. yc•l thrir deter- mination to do i•, the great t!wi:· pa•·t fi ght for demol'r,1cy w,l~ mnrk,.d . SPrgc:int I.,a,,·,·~n,•,,. J<:. 1), 1 •· 1l11g- wa.~ b orn in this ~ily .J ,1 ne !I, l ,- ,~ - He JlstPd fq11·i] 1:i, ln17 , ill t111• •• \\' t ll· I llllllP s hl reNutional'C1I1n 1,i'!. II(• 1•.1•; 111111!! a oftl1<'!lli1<'" t ' A .C. a1Hl i ➔ tHHV dvi1, 1 <l11 ~· �Four Brothers Fig ting For Uncle Sam ~- .--":) The Durnn1 family or this city had :h1·ce m cmht'rs of its household in the \',':lr with Cern1any and the young life of one was cut shon in the performance or duty to his <'ountry. Th e yo ung est of the thn•c brothers In the service, Geo.~.i l( c,hen Durard, was killed In action on Jun<' Ll, 1018 "somewhere Four brothers, all c::alming :'irechanic street, Portsmouth ·as ·tbelr home, are now serving In the government service. They are: Jacob Mad ox Dnrard, J>orn • April 11, 1885, enlisted l~eb. 8, 1917., calle<l April 7, 1917, Naval lleserve, l!, S. S. Chester. U. S. Naval Forces, J~uropean waters, ( wife, 15 :\fcchanlc Sl.) HARRY R. DR,EiW. avenue, He entered the service April 26, 1918 and was sent to Camp Dix, ~· J. for training. On Oct. 28 the com,pany of which ;tie ls a member was sent to Old Bridge, N. J. for duty, Luton Duran! in the Army. Elmer Cleveland Uurard, May 22, 1892, drafted ~ra.v 25, (sister-In-law, :\Irs. .la<'ob IJurard, 15 Mechanic st.) George Robert Dnrard, born Sept. 10, 1896, enlistetl July 15, 1917, Marine Corps 134th Co., ll. S. Marines, A. E. F., (sister-in-law, Mrs. Jacob :\L Dnrard, 15 :\lecha11i c st.) DRISCOLL HOME AFTER. J ACOEl M. OURARD J.'rn11<·L·," His brother, Elmer C. Durard, was ,lraftcd May 2G and lH' ('U me a 111crnher of the National Army on duly al Ayer, :lfass. He late1 ELEVEN MONTHS ABROAD Private Donnis _, Driscoll landed in this country from France at Newport News, Va., May 27, was discharged yesterday from the service at Camp Devens and arrived home late yesterday afternoon. He r:f:J!:'%.·a,-QlkJI saw <:!even months of active service in France. Uc served in tho 80th Division, the famous "Blue Ridge" which was composed moHtlY of mountain·eers . Previous to his entering into the service he was in the employ of thelate 1'r. l!'. S. Towle. Ile is the son of Mi's. Patrick ,Driscoll of , McDonou~h street. I\- \ ~ . Company, ELMER C. DURARD. for France wilh the 30-llh The tlwec hrot\c1·s made lhcil Duranl on l\Ie- w A telegra ashington 11s city- was een rece !mer C. ly woun 1, ,:1t'. 11i; in the :! Ith nl•w,; I• 1>,1 , l<J lhP family hy whom l!L· I~ 1.. v1111:I; mou1·11c(l. 'l'hc <'a1111• 11,; a 11<·< other t ll'O IJJ'Ullll'l's .i r:! now overseas. .l·1coh :\l. l>urard <·nllsled in the Naval Reserve Force Feb. 17, 1017 and w:is cnllc:ll lo active duty April 7 of that yea1·. IIe was for m erly employed as a rigg<'r at Llw Portsmouth navy yard. I le is nuw on the U. S. S. Chesl<'r in ::r~ , \\';lli<' ll. s . .,: ,l'i .. cs. Tho �-12., 18 . TTON IS SAFE.AG ·w ord Received That Mis:1ing Man Has Again Rejo~ncd ·· His Regiment. co rru:iral Harold -C. 1)11 ttou city, wn,:, wa:s reported .-1 s mlHsing in France since Oct. · 13, ht1 9 re joi11e1l :-its regiment and the oJTieial nolilication o[ his retu rn was rec rJ ivecl here on Wednesday a rternoon from the \V3r department. Tuesday ~Irs. Dutton rollowiug ,t i.legram fron1 the "·ar department: "Regret ' to• inlorm ~-o u that your hm;tmnd, Corporal Harold Dutton; wai, reported miss ing in ac tio n on Oct.. 13. \\'e will a(h ·isc furth er in case of his being reported." This was taken to iHlli ca te that fie had ben ta:ken vrison e r il1 ::t<'lion, and . this ,wa~ confirmed on \\" cu ne~day j 'when word was r ecei,·ed that he hall' been -r eleased from _th e German pri ~-: 011 camp and r et urn ed to his rc;,:i - 1 This Is good n o1rn to 11 01 0111 ;· 1 his family, but the great friends In this city. . ' . .· . DIES 0. ·WOUN SIN F . Official Notice ·of His Death on November;, 23 Received :Frorri the War,. Departinent. . .......?'..: . not l;et word . . ) .\. telegram n ,..::eived here on :'lion- w 1,v they uid of some da.i evening. ~ouyeyed the >'ad intel- ·sort froni Oct. 13 to · the -· present Ji;.:;ence that Corvo ral Ha ,·old L. Dul- tim e. but the belief ls that ··he wa11 t.uu of thii; city had died in l~ranc e on wound·e d ancJ taken ·p rlsonet °and wa.s. 23 , from wounds rec.e ived prouably founcl i~ a German ,priso~ in action. The _tele grn·m 1rns as fol- hospital afreJ· , the armil'i't!ce lows: ... -" . signed. ,. ·'.\l!r . .J ulius L. Dutton, 308 , Br,oad , Corporal Dutto~, ·~ ~taduate ?f°~he St., Portsm outh, N. l I.: · 1 Cuivernity of .Pennsyiv-anla, ,was one '"Coq,oral,_ Ha.rold L. Dutton, ih-1 or the ,bes t ltn'own young ,men. of, ~his ;fantry. prevlously r eported mis~lng I city. He •at the .beglnnil).'g of the war. fll: a c,t~o11c· s,1~:c_e ,~c;Jobe( -i;J. n'ow .re- offefe.d, hi~ ~ervic_e·-~nd spughf an !l.p--; ·1portecl die4 Nov.: 23 from wo unds· r.e- : ,pointnient· to the Plattsburg cam:p, actlo-ii._:_ . • hut waa 'r ejected ,- He qrnn sought to "I:'. c. H .\llRI~. ~m into the naval r eserves-, bt.itwas '.'A.dj utarit Uenernl." :.ISO rejecteh on ~-CCO\l;lt Of ,eyesighl. , Corp-or.i.l :.t i u ttoa was ii ·men1lier : of . L;it e r -:; he was drrafted -~i;1q\ ~e nt.',,_ to the 325th r egiment of .the 82 d- ili~l~ Camp ·Deven ,; where· ·,b e :was s~b.t; sion and. he received his wounds du r- ! home !for the same reasoµ, ; but w1t-p, ing the_battl~ of Mte Argonne ,forest./ the, 6han ge -in the r_ule~ ·h~. w:as "ac}l ls· faril.llY have 110 t receiY ed a lett er, cei;,ted the second t-1me ·and i,ent to ·•. frob1 h-i~ since .O.ctober 1. ,and only Ca.irtp Dix and shor;pY' .a·f~er · wen:t last week word· was receirod tl;a L ·h e overseas t o . J,; ugland, -~v here he_ was mi ss ing in acuo_11. This , was fol- Lrah'.~d. a~id, t_h~n ;w,e nt_tq :pan~e and lowed the nex t dar by a telegram soo n after :" as throVl.n i~to act~on th a t he ·was· restored to his re"i• I a}ong the, ~ieu~e and In the ,grea:t Ar0 m e nt. · .No <let-ails as to the nature of \ gonne forest."' , . ., l1J ;; wo un ds have been ,r eceived and I , H e was , the son of the late I:lenry . ·. ' ·fia,m !l y are at loss to und er stand H. 1l II tton a:n·d •' w:as 29 ,years. old. H~, I I I r-•- -r' , .__,.. _, . ~1-- ... - --·~- ~ was a member of: St. Andrews Lodge,' No. 56, /\.. -F, and!_A. · the Port,s- :vr.: mouth Country club and the Warwic a ~ife; hi11 '.b.ro~her. �,. WIFEELS TO GO OVER T T IS TOLD IN INTERESflN6· LETTER TO' _ .A. KYOUNG FROM HIS NEPHEWi ~ Lillie IJunchcs or men everywhere. We rushed, tho ,first line trench with theb aynet, and I ·want to oar,. , there is one thing the German soldi r can't sl:and, and that iH Dough I.Joy with a IJayonct. \\"c !!helled them ' so heavy_ ther coultl not 01 1 ~::n J~t~! ss~t~~l s;;;:l.\dvi~~,,!ou~nlnto -such a sight. never dreamed thue~tll~~ ;~:1;~~\~\~Lw,~:~ ,. .. a there could ,be so many horses an!l steady stream. We all knew tlrnt men. We had started on our march coming. It did not take lon g to 1 something was going to .happen soon. to the fr'Jn: line. Tile mud WlH hear "Kamrad" cries from ,,·cry- i The day ofore we were to go Into half way to one's knEles but th,,t where and with their hands in tho ' what meant tho last ~hargo for somt did not matter, we· were going to gll O air we p11Hhod them ha('k or 11:. ror of us. The Colonel o! our regiment "Fritz" tho surprise or his !He. J\s some one else to t-ake cart of, an<I 011 raL'l<' arour,<1 an,1 plck1::d the ntCI". wo neared tho •front line the flar.Js we went. We took the :-iecontl 11 ho were to loutl the way nnd I was ,rrom man's land would lclntl or trench alJout the same way-IL sure 110 oHC: who wn'! call.o,l: ~hey sewed a lit- li;;-ht up tho road once in a while atHI made us feel good to push those GerIle red rlbllon on o:.ir slecvr. so every you coulcl see tho men a1:1 lhlcli ah mans to the rear with Lhe bayonot'11·e would kno"' Ne were the bo~•;; iflles in slni;-le mo slowly moving u;,. they were sun, scared, some !Joys, 1 •,.J,O would lead t'n,:; way for our bat- Artillery and supplies almost !Jlocl<ed should U1inlc alloul sixteen. some old lailon. Vl'o felt pretty proud that· the road. As we marchetl IJy the ur- men, some officers, I.Jul they all wenl , tlay as we walked around and knew I Lillerr boys .said good luclt to ~ 0 •1. the same way •for the y kne11· we that we were going to lead an atl-1 we are ,I.Jack of you and if you hold meant business, and I thin k they Yance on a certain hill where forty\ lhat 11111 thirty minutes until we ,·nn were glarl Lo be taken prlsom•r.-;. thousand brave French boys foll In i mov,e up our guns we wlll do the rc~t. ·we then took tho thirtl trenci1 -thlrl)• minutes some t:hree years bo-1 "Fritz" was sending over a ~,),,. wn wnrc on lop of the hlll al last, fore. Tho Ger~ans had said the hill shells ibut little did ,h e dream w!,at Lhc nc•:t thl11·;1 "Ills to hold Lh,H hill would no,·or ·!Jo talten but he didn't was comlug soon. We reached onr until the "rlil cry coultl come up, but kuow that when the "American rront lln at a little after twelve ' we did just lhe !lame. !Tere ls w'1lrJ Doughboy" as they call us, started o'clock, :hey ,w ore full or mud anti 1 want to sar the horse is surr :-s out that hill wultl ,[all. We all wrote water but ·we yldn't care, we were •I.Jig 11, 1_,ero as any 0110 eh;e iu ~his ·home that wfterruoon and as I sat to wait there tlll <lay light. At one war, for ·1 -~11 ud no sooner got ou .there. and looked o'ver the rest of o'clock without a moment warning the to11 or that 11111, Lhen the tihe ,boys I wondered -who would 'b e the air s~emed .to leave our face ,we: Jory lrnJ1.1 ~'> ;no,,o. Those 1 able to wrlte home agaln. Of eour130, wti caught our breatii as tho'u santls horse·; r ·•::1e(I l"1 eatl jumping we all wanted to but we knew for of our guns s_poke at once and IJe:;an hole:; ao,I ,lltl'l1<''', and with mact •in,i some It was the last. I think we all hurllng tons and tons of lead !nl'> gun und ar:.i!h ry sholing at thr, v1 had a strange feeling-I know [ the German line. Our barrage ,l'aS all ~he time, they lca)lcd up Lhut hU: ditl, but each one was anxious to on. It was not lol!g ·before we c;a w wlll1 their drlvP.r!' nnd gunners who -have It over with. In the afternoon explosions and ,tires sprlnglJ)g up Ile- were strlppe_d tn thew aist •ror we •began to get read),. We were only hind the German lines. "Fritz" t~ied had worked those guns since one to carry our rain coat, a. ·can o! •bully Lo answer baclc but In one hour ,lur o'clock without a stop, ancl before 1beer. and two packages of bard tack, g!,JnS •uad ,. the horses coulcl ,h o unhitched were sllencf\d every ,battery, as shelling the countr)' in !"rout of us three hundred and thirty rounds ot a 'German prisoner told us the next so could go on, It sure was gootl ammunition, rHle, bayonet, eanteen morning. It was one con'tlnued roar work. .\11 that day we pushed on of water and first aid .p~ket. We did all night long and we stood there lairing prisonerl:I. Thal nli;hl we not knov.· that 'tor three nights and waiting .for daylight. Then came tllal dug in to wait for daylight liut them four days it was we would have to zero hour as it Is called, the last houl' t before wo go over the top. '\Ve wi:iro was no reB or Hloev. cold and wet, I think most every ,me The next 111orn in:; at tla•ylii;h l wo As t.be artemoon went Jn, we went was glad we were going to mo·ve out were i;ol11g ·again. The next nlghl ver to the Y. M. C. ,A. .and got a or those trenehos ever if It d!d m~a:1 found us so ,rar 11dvanced our kitchen ake of chocolate• to take with us death for some. How I should 1rnvc could 11ol get lo us so wu atn crackl . there Is qny thlnglha.t the- soll iuw I would • dier boys like it is chocolate). Dark liked to have a \!up or good hot cof- on; anti ·lrnlly uecf. ree t11-.it morning, but that was out or llkctl lo have lwci :;0111uth!n;; hot to eame at last and It rained worse than the question. drink hut no one !mew when that ever. We had orde,rs to be ready to ll'Ullltl ,!Jc. Ve l11ul thu Uur111all'i:l on At five mlnutei; before six our liarmove at any moment so there we Jay th .. 1·1111 ,;o nuxt day wo pu~hed on, on our rain coats In an 9ld French rage lifted their fire and our ma- ,,11<1 that ni;;hl <tu;; h1 0110 to11 of 11. building no one knows ~tow old, but chine guns opened UJl for rive min- hill to wait fol' rolluf aH ,,~ worn it kept the rain out so tbat helped utes ~•hlclt ,was the:; lgnal for us to 1110,; I alt 111 and wch all 11othl111, ll'l't ~o over at six o'clock. It was a great, lo ,. ,11 a11cl "at •r w,rn m<,:-.l i;ono. \Ve omc. Our thoughts, I think of all of us. but terrib)e slgllL, those big tanks did 1101 ,tarn to tlriuk walPr "·o round et'e Of home, seemed like there was ~rushing everything in front of thom. "' ' i i ,,·a K 111•1nl al I p11l •m11r,1I. Mr. JI. L. Young of this cl.~y has";,_ rrienclshiii among us like tile.re no~-~ received the rollowing interesting er was befor. At tn o'elock the orletter from his nephew in which ht tolls or his trip "over the top:" der came to fall out. It was so dark For two clays we were billeted ln and ralng very harcl but we were all D. little French village near the [ront glad to start. The street and roads lino. lt rained night and day but were ero,vded with men ancl cannon I i;: ~;:;Y ~~l I I we all �!or IL 111i:;hl'a r1><;t-ho"· ir,hd I\A ·•·:-- n'. We weut b ·1tik ll lillJp ll"a,,· to;, lilt!~ ■-..·· -.-~_..,, v:11a~e 1ve had l9.keu !11 rbe l!IPr11iug. a,:d J1cre !~ wl!era ! l'.1 a1!t tu -~ · a · ·ord fot· lhe Sa•vntlon ,\rmy ·wo:;c licrc In a lfltle old b11lldiu~. one side Jelng bl<1,111 UJJ every minute. W'?!l a ':i:dvntfon \rmy woman who had l•1t. / cllocolau • :or the hpys--lt was then tll'o-thlt•( y a. 111., au,1 we were so wet She s~ootl in the door an-1 onr of i..s i11 our c·1,p~ as we went bi·. I think It •1 a:; the grea test thing, so hot and uii-e, t11c first hot thing we had slncr \I' started the drive, U: put !'n· life in 11s.- We lll .11 droppod back to a little wood and dropJled Our our clothe ~ ll'ere torn, but we kuow we had don r a good work. Of course tliore -was lots Q[ our friends g o ne, ·but war i« ll"ar, so we tri ed to be ,bra,·c and 1.hccnful. Next day our kitr.h,·n caught up ll'ith us and we gut 0111e " a rn1 food, a11d that 1d " ht back to tho front II'<' we11t and from then 011 till I 11as wounded on tho night or Oclnhcr '.!d, was much the same as I ha,·c tried to describe . We never "<:trr•atcd and .i.m glncl I <·:in sa,1· I 11':IH in one o• the grbtcHt drives or Iii<' ll"ar. I 011 ly want no,r to get wrl I so I ran ~o back 11nd io i11 my compan). Pi•t ate llOSCOE ,\. DOl .flL ,\~ '-:. Co. B, 354 th lnfantrL .\morlcn11 podltio11:iry Purees . F'.rnnco, Oc(olJpr 2S, 1!118. �Jack Eldridge is the son o! Mellmore Eldridge and his home Is at 65 West street, this city, At the beginning or the war he was employed •by a Boston contracting !lrm, and later wa11 ai.algned work at Camp Devens, Ayer, 1\Ia~s., when this camp was belni; conctructed. He enl111ted In the Naval Reserves la11t fo'ebt·urary at the local navy yard as a first class shlp!lt~er, and wa~ ,m duty the1·e, for the next two months. He was then tran ► 'err ed to Bar Harbor, Me., where he 1s at present. Jo.ck ·1s a popular Portsmouth boy JACK ELDRIDGE and the verses written ,by him for the .Herald show the patriotic spirit typical of our American boys. "They are as follows: The Good Old U, S .Navy I'm in the U. S . .Navy, To do my little bit, Llko :;1e rest of the sailor boys With plenty of courage and grit. We're And And a. The proud ·to protect Old Glory, the rights of the :U. S, A., large price tor this trouble Kaiser has got to pay. We're going to meet that Get'man fleet Out on the open sea, And__ win this awful struggle, ·1ror our rights for Democracr. Our. ships are of the best, And our men cannot be beat, So hero. we -s,o right up the· Kiel canal With our good old Atlantic !leet. ro: We'll clenr the gun deck action And open up the oldl "ten-Inch guns, And use the Old Kaiser a target With the rest of his ~rother H_uns. tor _.\nd arter we've completed this task, ',V~'II s:::11 back across the sea, 'l'o dt nr ohl America, 'l'he land of the Brnvc and So here's good luck to every sailor boy In the U. S. Navy today, And may he return home unhurt, A!ter this awful fray. Sep~. 12, 191.'l. ENS1b~ EYEH1NmL-n1 1lu;\rn. En s ir;n (:arl DeWitt l•:veringham wa£ recen lly enterlaiucd ;;.L the horne of ltis pareuts, Mr. a1ul Mrs, J. I~. l•]vrJringham, 77 Court ~t reet. J•,r.s ign Evering.ham recencu 111s con:mlssion as assi3tant p:..) master, :. S. N. 11. F., in Octoher, 1 !lJ 7, grn,111atlng from tlte naval 1,ay omcera school, w;ashington, D. ('., the fol1,·w:n~ February. He made three 1,;p3 to l•'runcc on the transJJort \Viii r:,m ina and for (l!f• last 1,1oni li~ !,as IH~<'ll r·ta tio,1 e d at :,1 1°111•:nl,lf' lia~f' Ill Key \\'c,;t l•'la. ln !, a rl'!1, I :l I 8 he r.•;,:; lllll'r·rir.ll Ill :-lcw Yori~ lo 1\ii!J~ Marjorie 1.:..lre .,[ l'rovitl1m1'(1, It, I. whom ill' r:,et whNJ a !: t11dr.nt :•t. Hrow11 tlni•, :?!':ill:, frnni 1'.'liil·h i11:,litlll ion . .-au,.at, d will, lht• cla:,:: or ·1:;, 'l'l1r>y a'1'0 1inw rn<'ivi11t con,r,Ltulations O!l Lhc !Jir:h of awn 'l'ue:-;day, April ii. nerore entering the service Mr. Everingham was associated with the riaverh.ill Coal Supply Company. Ile has returned to his former position with that company and he anrl Mrs. tpveringham and young so n will make their home in Haverhill, Mass. The new arrival has lleen named DeWitt Everingham, Jr. �is UH· , son of Thomas ,V. and A rabolla ~ru,·by Faulkner, born in Portsmouth. N. H. Sept. 5, 1892. He attended the public schools here until he was twelve years o( age wh~n the family moved j to Hartford, Conn., and where he completed his education, graduating 'fro m th!' high SC'hOOI in that <'ilY, : .Eight years ago he came to Portsmouth to r<'side with his uncle ancl aunt, Mr. attd :\frs. Charles 1"aullrner. The young man was ro,· a number or years employed in the local freight office as billing clerk 'awl later entered the employ of C:. Fred Drew as bookkeeper at the bottling establishment on Bow street until he entered the service 111 Septemh<'r 1917. He went i11t0 training al Camp De\·ens, Ayer, ;\lass., and was assigned to Battery ,\. 303d Heavy Field Artillery and nppoinlecl Corporal Rhortly after. Ho W<'llt ov<'rneas In July 1918 and is now some,vhtl're in F'rance, J\cting Instrument Sergeant of the same company which is part or the Depot Brlgad<' of the 76th Division. A lelte1· rr<"eivcd (n,m him 011 Tues- Trevelyn E. Fernald and brother, Vivion A. Fernald are two ,well !mown Eliot young men who are in \\'ho last ye.ar took the ~ruergency Fleet training school course at M. I. T. iu Boston and since then has been at the navy yard, has received a commission as ensign and is tlers. ~-lo-~ TREVELYN E. FERNALD vicf' of Uncle 'Sam. Tliry are the sons ur ~Ir. ancl Mrs. Edwin H. J<'<•rnald c>C Soul h 1,;liot and wrrcLorn' and bro11;;lit up In that town. llnth were rorrn<•t·ly employed by ,Charl wick & TrPfPthen in this ,city. · Trev<'lyn E. Fernald enlislC'<l in the Coast Artillery in March 1:91fi and Scpt. 15, 1918 sailed fut· l 1.,ra11ce. Sl'I vice ROLAND $. FAULKNER. of last ,, <'CI, sL, trs he l · in good health and having t line time. The letter was writtPn 011 Oct. 24 and tells VIVION A. FERNALD 111· wa, ~,, it Lo Camp De\'<'11,·, Ayer, .\l·1ss., ~lay ZX, rn,118 an(l ,.~tied Cor '"' ,.~,.,t~ duty on July ~- JI<> is now , ... ' lt I ht· Engineers an<l writ s hutne hn t he and his brother are well and a, ,, enjoying their experiencPs in the n 1n1y. llot h :-: re no ·~v "so1newhcre ARTHUR J, FLANAGAN. Camp Mills, Long Island, and atta'Ched to Co. B, •315 Ammunition Train. He sailed for England on Jµly 4th, and a!ter a short training, was sent to Fran<:e as wagoner. �FISHALIEUt IIAVIATION . ,CORPS . A tel egram was rec lvcd torlay from Texas• by Mrs. 0. H. f'elcrse11 of Wlblrd street, statjng tf1at her C. Colgn.te Fish, had •. received commiss ion as li~utenant in the atlon Corps. Lieut. Fish 0 G. COLGATE. FISH. C. Colgate Fl3h. was born In New Yotk city Nov. 20, 1896 and Is tho son o! Mrs. 0. A. Peterson, 1 Wlblru street. · Ho Is a graduate of the Salem H~gJl school class of 1913. 1-r'o soon afterward took a position with the Rockingham Light & Powe, Co., and was drafted Sept. 2.0, 1917, just one year apo today. · After one month at Camp Devens he was ma.de a sergeant and in Janu·ary of this year was transferred to the Aviation Corps _and ordered to Cornell University, School "of Aeronautics from wltich s,chool he was graduated March 1 and· ordoroci to Dallas1 · Tex. : , He is now flying a~ Waco, ,T ~x., ·"Rlchfl.'eld," where he will receive hill LIEUT. COLGATE FISH. service Sept, 20, 1917, and was transferred to Dallas, Tex., March 1st of thl,s year, where he has been flying ever since. The news of his commission will be gladly received by his friends In this city. While not a native of e has lived here about He Is the first young ortsmouth to receive n the Aviation Corps. PTivate J.'lay H. Fo~,~. son of 'i\Irs. Herman Tre.rethen o! nye, arrived In Boston, on the troopship Vedic on Friday. Private Foss le!l home for l~orl "McKinley, Me., Dec. 23, 1017. On 'March 22, 1918 'he sailed with the 54th Coast Arllllerv for France. �Mis,: Dorothy Fo:,t<'I", R. N., a rl.Lught er ol PortRmouth, and a m<'mher of the Secom.I Harvard Surgical Unit, is now serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Expeditionary Force, France, and her rc>cc>nl letters from the 22nd Dr! tlsh General Jl ospital, somewh<" n on the seashore F'ra111·<', "Passed by Field Censor 1560" (ind malled at "Army Post Office, Station 3," give some interesting details o't her experience in this hospital, when• she Is on <luty in the operating lhc>at1·,,. She writ<'·:":llo. L of the C'Oll\'OY8 Q( pat iPnls a rrivc> at nir,-ht, :i 1111 il ;,. inlc>rr ,: f ing- to sec th e ))oor bo) " wh"n they ,::c>t in." "\Ye have it1vrl'tcrl in a frw plants now, and have IIH' tn in a small garden out8iclc our opC'rn ting- room. YPsterday was very wnrm . :incl it seemed vPry sprlngliiH'. \Ve tn11k a 10,·ely walk ove1 lhC' 'cliff,;, \Valki11g j3 ou r chief oec11<luly. I he 'Tnrn111ic•s· bro11g-ht down H JI vc bomll (J'Olll I h<' ( J' ('Jl(' ]l('~ I h othtlay hy wny .. r ,-;nt tV<'trir-forl 11m1.leit wH ~; di~C'n\ ,. 1-p1 l in lln1p and senl the ha,-,<'. Tlr "~· :t II SC'<'m imuvcnir crn:-.y. 011!' man tn lrl m e the olh C' r clay F r ank n. Ji'reeman is the son or 1\lrs. 1':lizahelh and ti1e Jato .Jeremiah Jo'rPc· man of Cape Ned cl lei<, 1\£:i inc. He e11li~Led on .Tuly 30, 1018, In t:11' Nava.I Hrs rr vo as ca'.'JJC'l~ter's ma: c arid was ~Pn t to Charln~ton , S. C., n rd la t<.1· l1·an,fprred to tit" 11aval air station a\ ·.vncro ho is now :ocnt- 0 ing it, or rn.thC't' P('('ll l'Yillg- fnz· half an hour. f a s k e tl hi n, wlrnt ll,r•y fnuncl ,ancl lwlnt r- ls all(] a h:iyoncl for sou,·<,nirs.' "Montlay \\'<' ••111 •r,, 1 I'd on a ntnn fifty years, whu h:td hPC'II wounc! Pcl anc.l ;,ol a piece of >•hr:i fHtl'i, rath, •r shrap nel bullet ,rn hi ;.;- as thi s (rnuncl and about onc-thlrcl of an in c h in diameter) which went in his car and along the ~lrnll just und<'r th<' tis~ne~. cam•ing only a s11perfiri'l I half irH·h wonl<l ha,·" Ji114\ ~ 111)\'flllll'! "ThP palicnti; :ill \\'1''11' hri:;ht hill " flnn11Pl •11ltn-:1. s: hir l "i' h n t111·11-11vrr collar at ti a ilri ;.:ltl n· I tic-in nil lll'iti:sh hu :-: pitals. TlH'f:r• c·ostume~i most pir·t urc ~que. 'J' h<' l•oy~ from ;:,;o lo Eng-l,11nl, or "l!li~hli<'," as c_all iti <'t' to convalP~:c-0 11! c:111111, and al th lntt ,• t· thl'y do sn 1111 w,11 1,, and, aft lr<' y arc well I IH',\' an • ,. nt Crom 111att n•:,::"s nntl hrd ,·, 1111til linatly t1ir,_v r:111 1 .. 11 11p in :r biankC'I on<'<' mnr!', :11111 t h<'rt ·11 is 11p "Vrida ~· I l1Pr"' w :i~; :i ,-1·ry c-ntrrtainf'OU<'Pl'f gi VC'll i II oJH" of l lH" ho~pi - ing- tat~ for ('011\'nlNH'f'IIIS :111cl lhC' H . ;\. ~l (', f:prc-lnl im·il:iti"n. II \\' !I'< :i ]<1\'<'l .,· hotrl, ,dtic-h i ~ 11 1 r .. ,. urr;r<>r·, an I 11u1· 1 P~. pl.1cn in Thi ~ 1 111 ·I P:''lCI" hP :1 v , 1·y t i m l':0 .' ' -, • p n p1llar 1 ·,.._, - '\ 11 FRANK R. F11EEMAN t•cl. He was born L,'1 D ec. 10, ai tf' nded the Yori< Beacn gtammar s<'hool\ and later a ttcnded th e Torl< Jligh school. llPOJt concludrnghi~ studies til'"re, i1-' 1;,nlc employment at tl1C' navy Ycll'il ll'h" :·P he w,1rlrnJ lhe time of his enlistment. -----~.,._~,-- �CORPOR,\L Cll.\.11LES \. ,il.:3iY ORTII GEllR!Sll. SERGT. LESLIE H, GARDNER and· has seen duty at Keene, N . H., and SpringfieM., Mass., with the 9th Co., c. A. c. He i& now over 8'6a,S, He ilas a. wife a.nd three chilldren No. 33 Maplewood AvenJle Corporal CharleJ Waclswortil Ge;·i·;I: b; the son ot :\!rs. ('J.arl:•H '' G~rr i iJh or ~o .. an SagunH,r,\ ?..v0.:n:r·111i is :;erving with Urn A111e:·i~:l'l 1,;,q, ·•cliUonHy Forcp in Fra1 ,c· •. TL "::t3. mr.mher ol' he T•'irst Co:;1pa111. :--. If. C . . \ .. aftcrw'lrch Ilic :"ilnth 1 u111pany ancl saw scrviri, with hir co111 :1, ny in <loin ~ proteni\ 1•:orl, In 11,c northern purl or .:p1•: lla111p ~nd '\.t Sp!"ingf i c\1<1, ~ra~iS. !I was for a time r.tationed at F'o ri Co1:.::til uli on. l! e has a brother Gcrgca:1t Henry Gerrish, ~-,1>0 in thr ti0rl'ice in Franco. l - Lieut. Wallace H. Garret ho has been stationed at nton, N. Y., for about six s been l)romQted to 1st SERGEAN'l' HENRY 1~. GERRISH. 1 Sergeant H nry E. C:er rl:;h, son of Mrs. Charlea C. Gerrish of No. 39 Sagamore avenue, is attached lo' Co. , To', Glh United Stales J~ngi neers and j was one o f four men who enlis ted i'rom the engineering department of t!1c HHtford Steam Boiler Inspec1 \ lion and In s urance Co. without waiting for th e draft. Ile was first stallcnecl II t Washington Barracks, but wa:i !!en l to F ran ee lrwt und ht1R be .u In ucllvo service ever since. Prior lo Je:ivin g this city Scr,geant Gerrish tlid some newspaper ' wo,k and was an <,xcello nt photog rapher. It would not be s urprising that on h Is return after tho victory 1 1 won he would hav e a collection of in teresting views. I B'ACK 'HOME WITHl ,~v'f"FINE ·RECORD Sergt. Henry Gerrish who but recently returned from 1' ranee, ls v!s!t!ng • his mother Mrs. Isa.belle Gerrish on Sagamore avenue. Sergt. Gerrish. was with the Third Division of Regular Army In the ~hlrd Army and he was ln France from Dec. 1917 to May 14, 1919, and at the tlme.· of his discharge he was with the army of occupation at Coblenz, Germany. His discharge paper shows a •fine fecord for service, having been with the AW!trallans and English at Amlensi¼.nd In F'landers, and later transferred to the Marne, and .,sa,w service with the Third •Regulars at Chatcau Thierry, In the Champagne, at St. /. Mlhlel, and when the armlstfce was signed he was In the ~rgonnl). He escaped without wounds and since December has been at Coblenze with the Army of occupation. His regjmen l Is stlll In Gerny and he was detached as a. cu �SERfiEANT HENRY Z'fiERRISU . HOME ✓• ~ FRO~I OVE SEA.S S0rgeant Henry Gerri :;h, 11. ~- A., returned home la i; t evening, ,:·.·••·""'"-'.. l\litchell F'lold, Long I~land, which station he w:1:: recently discharged from tho scrvJce, after h;iving scrv<'d eighteen months with the Gth Regiment of Urn ~nl Division of l.'.Jnglncorn . He w,•::i homo by hh wife. Sorgt. Gerrish has had - probably one of tho most vario<l careers ;ind •=-e11=c,,,~.,., oxporionces or any young man that lcrt here for the batlle[ields o[ F'rnnoe. Ho le[t the States Nov. 19, l!ll 7, and was soon on the fighting [ront. Ho was in th!' Somme sector off<'nsivc March Sth to June 8th with the British aucl J\ ustralia n~. __,.,,,_,,J.-..•J and from July 15 to July 18 was in the Champagne-Marne defensive battle. Ile took pnrt in tho Chaloa11-Thicrry hnttlo of .Juno and July which laslcd over sovt'll week~, ancl the Alsne-Marno of[onsivc clrive. llc was at lho fronl linr during tho biggest battle of tho war at St. Mihiel, Sopt. 12 to 16. and later on the Meusc-Arp;onno offrnslve o[ Sept. 26 lo Nov. 11. A[ter tho armistice wns sip;1w1! his regiment was ordered into <lrrmanv and during the winter was stationo~I in Coblenz with tho army 11f occupa- James Gille8[)ie, who was a ber of the Fir.st Company, N. H. C. A., afterwards 1the Ninth Company, 1nd who has been overseas .with ~ho American forces, arrived home last wening. Gillespie is In fine healtl1 J.ncl was given a hearty greeting by his friends. G:EOHGE E. GILBERT. George Ji.:. Gilbert, son of )1r. and Mrs. George Vv. Gilbert or :\lannlng but once wounde-d, that l>oiug a RllHJ.11 shra1mcl wound in tho loft halld. Ho sai.lod direct from Germany and says lrn i:a; mighty glad to he alive. After a hrid rest he will tako up his former position with tho lla1lfonl Steam Boiler and Insurance Co., of Jlartfonl, Conn . Mr. and Mrs. GerriRh arc :it present visiting his mother, lllrs . Jsabollc Gerrish o[ Sagamore avenue. street, Is one or the boys "over there." George was em.-plor c d hy The Times Publishing Co. (or a. 1111mbe · of years and at the t1111c or liis enlistment, May lG, 19l8, W,lS OJH' rntlng a llnotypu ma.chino. With ab11ut 400 other draftees 110 was sent to Durham college_. [or ~ course of instruction in engineering. Late in tho summer he was sent to Camp I! umphreys in Virginia, anrl from there was ort!Prcd to F'rnncc, ,vherc hr arrived ,aboni ten days a o. Uc is in tho enginocrin~ division. JAMES GILLESPIE Corporal James Gi11espie en-listed in the 9th Company, C. A. C. on April 4, 1n1s. lf<' has done duty at Kecnl'. N. IL, Camp Devens, Ayer. Mass. and at ::;priugflcld, :'11ass. for Uncle Sam "somewhere 1 I J. S. , ·,q·.1 ill lh c A ro pla ne Unit a tul \\.. Is in U 1 i t 1 ni •r r1 S tu tes lone_~ en <H1 ~,h to t ·il,;,\ ',:u.,· 11 1~ })·• f o r e I• ·n:; seu1 lo \\.Jl'<i d y ...;l:i,_, d, l rrla n<.l. \'. '1urc lt i? w i t h ot!i 1· 1· • js al prC'sent a ~ti• mblin g t" ·1{'1·0 11 1a n rs. I ir wa~ h,,1· 11 1n Grecnlnnr1 but pas sr,1 n u»:t pf ilis Ii [<' in thi s .-ity wh eri' 1i~ , •,irP. s•, •ral ~is l Prs un,1 ,1 hro l h1· P.,c,illC-'. ( 1 1 his ~~evf'ntr.·enth l1'rU 1cJ ~:r iu, ... , ,,.·t ld t·i lu1,.n t h e tra tl <' p 1· n 1J n~1t lJ11"<!"r at th<' l' l'l·ts mouth 11·11·y y~r11 wl ;,•!1 J:P r·+ nqil 0 l rtl :t n<l a 1+1;· t ji!'l' ' Pr 'lf~ 1• <·nlis'! d. ll P suce<1 !-isf11l1\· JH1~s d 1.<-e1,-,!d'ln th·• • · 11ni11 a:i1111s a t th e n ~•\·,11 sla ' ; 1 ,11 at I, n;~han. :\!ass., a<, fir s t t' hlSti c-:1r Pt'" ' , r·~ n 1·· l • r, .,. l' o1·t: ,,, ·t h JT nm 1(1 t" h i m ,1·• '•: 1,~ hi s l1lf >L1 t ll' ' n1 1 y l\(ll[I i n t t Jc• h w it II t'," • ,n h is ho m e t o w n \\·hil t' Gooding, ornrscas, id expected :lie Santa llosa which is cxiiected to a.rrirn in Boston a!Jout Satur-lay. Mr. and .\!rs. Goodin;; by lu1·1ta:,icm or tho i;o1·ernor, will 'visit tho do~k and lra.n~port immediately upon its ar·ri val and go down the harl>:>r In the usual welcome. ~ ........ ,~ �The abovo cuts are those of two well lrnown Eliot young men who are serving Uncle Sam overseas. LMn l'l. Good1win enlisted In th1l last April, was St·nt to Camp Florlda, ond then to • ·ews. He left for overseas I ,10 t navy Ylce . ~,'\...;ia::·•i""'·• Earl Gooowl11 oC Eliot, of Leon Goodwin, ' ca, entering th e service ~ Ie l!t .nineteen years .o f I brother Arthur ·R. Grant was the foundry at the navy yard, but the outbreak of the war he enlisted in tpe Naval Re serve I•'orce and served on the U. 'S. S. rropcka at this navy yard and latet· was assigned duty 1 1------4--------1 ARTHUR R. GRAN, Bumkln ,Island, Hull, -1\Iass., and Boston. He later was transferred to the regular navy and Is now on a sub_marlne chaser in English wa'ters. ·when In this city he made his home with his aunt, Mrs. Artliut· N, Point at No. 1 •l\Iu Iberry street. Arthur Go1,man ls the son of 1Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Gorman of 347 Maplewood avenue and ls seeing service l'll France with the U, IS. army. He ARTHUR GORMAN. I born in Dover, Aug.~ 26, 18·95, but five years later the family came to Portsmouth. :He is a graduate of the Portsmouth H!,g h School, class o•f 1913. Before entering the serv,ice he held a position with the National Mechanics & Traders Ba'llk. He ls a mE=ber of Co. K, l04th Infantry, and left Ca,mp Devens, Ayer, Mass., for overseas vice early July. • C'-, • CORP. GORMAN HO~ffi. ~ ) \' ' \ , Corporal Artlrnr Uorman of Maplewoo_d avenue who has. been over seas a . lit-tie over a year arrived at Newporl News yeslerday. While in the serivce he was connected with the Classife<l Camp at St. Aican, France. He leaevs today for Camp Devens where he will receive his discharge. �~JL~Y ,·b ,.!'11.-nms GOO,. 'I, Pu·t..m1.outh Iloy is · Promote(} Set'<>11d LIC'utenant. S, Aubrey Gray was one or the first New Hamps hire boys to ansyrnr tho call to colors, enlisting on April 16, 1917, and was assigned to the 105th C. A. C. at Fort Tot tan, N, Y. r~nter he w as transferred to the 8th l!"'leld ArtlllPry ut l•'ort l::lill OklahoWhill' there· he was on mentioned 3everal times for the goo<! order on his "run." When the se!Pcted men was sent as a drill sergeant to Camr, wa.s. detached from his rPgirnent and a drill 1,ergr•an t to Cam]' Lat e r he went to Camp C., and thp tirnt of tht~ year join ed his r eginwut at Camp Wheeler, Ga. On June 1 he wa~ transferred M f!rst serg-eant to th1 1G5th · Depot 1 Brigade at Camp McArthur, Texas, and wl,ile there was recommended for the central Field Artillery training school and re,.,ort ed to Cami> Zachary Taylor, Ky., whPre he receiv ed his commission. Mr. Gray. is wnll know11 in Manchester where he was with the A. A. FurititurP C'o. for five yearH. Hf' iH a gradual<' of the Portsmouth schools and is we ll lik e,! hy both .-\IWl\'MS FIW~l onm~rn.\8. 0r,>\· '1-'S' • l t\ l ~ Li e ut. Phillip Grirtin, 1'. S. A., lta,: ll'rived in New York from Fran t P, \'ltP1'e he ha s !tad two yr>ars' service. : r<' was with <he 10:Jd regiment of t l1e famous 27th division. Ile remained in France a ncl at tended one ,r the I<'rench universilie~ [or s ix ·nonths and before hp ,.. 1mc home was p;iven opportunity I o 'nur Franc~ and Italy. He will recciYc his clischa 1·g some time in the 111•ar future. -!is bro the r, Sergt. 1-'re<i L: rilfin, who was at Camp l'ike for ll<'arly two years, has ·been di schar ged and has joined hi s parents on State street. J<Jclgar R. Crover, ,ion of ilfr. anrl Mrs. Chwrles El. Grover of South street is serving o,·ersea~ in the J~r-~t Ga11 Heglmont, First ·Battalion (H eadQuarte1·s. He \\'<'tt I across J:tsL Jun,. He turned nml en list ee! aud was ,:ent C:D GA R R. GROVER . l•'ort Slocum. N'. Y., then Ir, I r1·1H·l,c•s and was wounde,t and g-a~sed on, .\T:uoh 9 at Vimy Ridge and two f h i,; cousins in Eng-land were wound ed in the .same trench the yea r before. 1fo was at Chateau-ThiC'rr;v and in tho J,alllc of Arg on ne and tasted the privalions of war, having littto ~tecp for days and very Iii tic lo c-a.t. He now wean, Lwo set-Yice stripes, a wound stripe, a big lelte-1· A, and a mechanics chf>vron and thero is a pos ~ihililY of :i D . ::-. l\l. if tho m en re• lceivo·li for l11<'ir brnn•ry there. Pl'ivalt' G1·ovcr \\HS born in this city ancl iH 33 years o( n!s ('. ,no has 1b een em- LilP Co11 s 1lli,lat('d Coal Com- l<>ral :,11tl �KARL HANSCOM REPORTED DEA.D, IS VERY MUCH .!LIVE Friends or Karl N. Hanscom, HO il Mi·. a nd Mrs. C. Dwight fl,rnscom can Army in l~rn11ce, will be pleased lo learn that he died from wounds sustained in battle is incorrect. A letter received by his wire un d r clat e or Nov. 2:{,_states that Ile Is all right come homo sh<ll'I ly. GETS DISOHA'RGE. Oeorge L. Harmon who was discharged last week from Camp Devens where he served as sergent In the finance and accounting oll'ice for the last nineteen months Is passing a few days with his parents In this city, He goes back lo Camp Devens to resume bis old position Tor other month, but as a clvllan. the present tim e lhoy arc discharging 1000 soldfors a day. \b-f\ . mas Hanghey of Ma ood avenue and was born Oct. 2 1S87. He was employed as a mc;;scngcr at the \Vestern Union Telegraph Office and later learned telegraphy and trans FRANCIS J. HARTNETT. Prnncls J. Hartnett Is the son Mrs. ,Margaret and the late "\Vllliarn Ha1·tnett. He enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserves ·In Ft•bruary, 1917 and was called to active duty the twelth now doing duty CHARLES HANGHEY ferred to the office In •D oston telegrn ph operator. He enllstcu service as a radio operator and lirst was on duty at Bar Harbor, ,J\fo. Later �Privato 'l<'ay Eugene 1 ,,tt !S another of tho l'ohsmouth you1w men wh,i l,a. ma cle the ..supreme :;J crifice and ro1 years lo come l'orlsmuuth folk wil• hand down from generation to generation to stories oC lh<' bravrrv and heroism of local boys in th.-· great world and the sacrifices they ma ,te for freedom and democracy. 1'he picture shows ,.him in nav•al uni Corm, he hllvlng prevlou~ly servPd on a collier. ,rhe news that Private Hatt had been klljelj In nrtlon in France in November, was recrived on Tuesday afternoon oC this week in a telegram Dl'ar Sister E\'a: lteceivcd yc,,Ji' lcltcr date d Aug. 5 yeste1·day and "as g-lad tu hear from you. l Just ca me back from the tront line. We went over th<• tnp. ,\·" werC' under shell ti •·" at all ti111r-s. \\'e am uul for rest for a few da., s 1,r•fore wr go back again. l would me to g(j (ntu detail more, but am not all.,wed to do ~o. I suppose you know more ahuut the IJ<':JN' question then we do o\·rr here by the pap<'rs, as we don't ~el any F'ay !!alt or this .clly now. J am ii: ,,o pes snpreme sacrifice for his country, ~o,Jld lie with }OU by Christmas. lt ls l,illed in action ~ln certainly a ll'l'I iblo thing, this war, '.'lovemher. This sari thr- most brut;i I th Irig that e\'{'r was. nPws wns received hcrP. on 'I'uesd:ir I llnve had tt,e !':q,cl'icuce of my aftrrnoo11 when his sls:P1', l\lr~. \Vil -' 1 r.xlst(•nce, w .. have seen awful sights liam Varney o!' l\rid :.;e strrPI, 1·r but hope soon i l wlll be over. 1 ,•eil·rd ,l tclcgr:1111 fr01,1 1hf' l suppose yuu think that you don't • war dc- I ,>artmrnl nt "'nshlnt111n. hear from me as often as you ought l' rivatc llnlt \'Clll rrom U1b1 cit:. but our tlmP i, limited more than your~ .. and the, e are sometimrs 3 or 4 in a sprcinl <Ira. ft call for C'amp Di. wrC'k 8 at a time that we doll'l havo a11d he w:i .-; not there vPry Joni;, a <'hRrH'P o write. Write a lettrr evct)l, whP n he was se nt acros. to Frnnrrwerk and the news, don't wait for me' in a rrpJnrrmcnt unit an,! he haii to write as I will every chanre I get. hrC'n in net ive scrvi<'r for some tlmt·. I It !onl<s ba r! 111 see thr rci;t or boys ! Ir IPU\'<'H a fat lrnr In [.jy('J'JllOI','. I r;<'lttng so mueh mall frnm home anrl 1.-.-,; 1s and one !liHLPr 1in Lhis l'ily :111,I l no1 any and i( you wi~h you could jll brother, l'rlvalc George llnll, 01 numhC'r them as (J, ,2, :I) so that, it (' ~ 1,:p Tlr1·rns. (?::y llatt h:iol livr-cl woulrl let me. know it l yave lust one. J am runn1ni.; into lot~ or rare Gerl,c :·1• for some yc.ars and was man sou,•Pnirs now :,.ll(\ which l would Alll!'l'i('!l 11 !ikP tn s<'rHI ,·ou hut do not have a cha11,·e, 1.Ju am in hopes to do so soon. We arC' not allowed to send ,inythlng lit.:r"'lMr-- ---..---,.-• 1 ov<•r 7 I ~ ihs. , 'uuvenlrs, tor C'xample, helm< ts, napl,in rings, clock,;, table cent"r piece,;. Some oC the villages FAY EUGENE HATT. and rlug outs taken by Germans in the early 1mrt of the war whloh were refrom the °\Var Departmrnt at WashLakrn hy u,; now are certainly the •pie- ' ington, D. C., and r(•r-Pivr,l by his sislure of luxury. The dug outs arc large ter, Mrs. '\Villlam Varney. 113 Bridge with all mocl<'rn (mprovem!'nts with street with whom the y1-<llng - • 11111,n elcl'lric lights and baths. You see t,h c mado his home. l'ri\·ale llatt bccan~e C:<'nnans hav" maintalneil this part a member or the .Katlonal Army in ~Int'<' early in the war. 'rh chateaus April and was sent to C.1mp Dix, N. J. arn nH»,t elaborate, heavy tapestry, In about two weclcs ht' was s•·nt ovl'rlhC' t,c•~t or Curnlturo and r,·t?rythlltl{. SN~B. \\'r• are now running In open warPri\·atc Halt wa ~ the ·son t, f .James far<'. no tren<'hes, ar~d very little cover. A. Hall of Livermore l•'alls. llis mothI si 1 pposc 1 don't have to tell you, 1 er died five years ago. He was 1.Jorn to(l:iv i~ my birthday. l didu't reallzc· In l~ra neon la. this state "t; years abo unt il I a,;l,<'<l what dale it was. I fer! and passed his boyhood there. He has (,ii, h· well under tho situation I am made his home In l'orts moulh since 111. hut nm g-oing lo pull through and he was 16 years o( "l!C :• ncl Co,· some sf'<' ~ou soon. limo be(orn hC enlf'l'"<l hr <service he C:<'n . Pernhing says "11 ra \'I'll, •Hell was employed as a d i-iver for the Amo"i·lfohoken hy Christmas." I hope he f'rlcan l~xpress. i\ ttlwugh :~ young is I i1;ht. \\'rlt sister this will be all man ,ot quiet ta IC!> he ha<I many (or th is [im <' so will r losl) with love friends and was held in high est r l·m allll lds~<'s and best oC luclc (rum your by all and the n <' W8 oC hi1, death was luv lnr; hroth<'r, h<'ard with much 1·C'grP t h~• his acFAY T~. HATT. gualutanc<'s. •l ie died on tho Field of ~- Love to the Jdddics and Honor and his memory \\ill Jong he revered. Slnrc going :11·ru><s hi ~ siste r , !rs. Varney has wrill''n him many 1<'ll<'rs, but evldPnlly he did not receive l h<'m, She received several l< tters from the young soldier o ncl thr last one tu be r~celved I I HATT -~',ffli~'t' ...1111 DC'vcns for about 14 months, being a m<'mbrr of the 4th Company, 1st Batta. lion. Devot Brigade. He was driver for ·wood Drothers for some years, giving up his position to go Into the s<'rvlc . �homas Haughy or :\fapl 1837. He- wa s employed 11 ~ a mes se nger at the ·w~ste-rn Unlon 'J',,Jeg1-aph Of• .:.,..., .•~,-•• wood avenue and was Lorn Oct. 24, , CHARLES HAU GHEY ,,11 and Jate-r lea rned te>l eg1•nphy an ,l transferred to the office in Ro::i ton as a telegrnph operator. lle enlisted In tho service as a nHlio operatti1· first was on duly at Hllr Harllor, TO ATTEND OFFICERS' TRAINING SCHOOL Charles Heffenger and Gilman S. R()we, on Duty at Ft. Constitution, Will Try For Commission. Charles Ue1fenger , · son of Dr. anq :Mrs. Arthur C. Heffet1ge<i· of th,ls clty, a.nd Cilman S. ·Rowe or Ken~ngton , brother or County Treas\lrcr Stewa1·t E. Rowe, are among the numbc:i.· cho• sen fr om Fo1•t Constitution, Neiw Caslle, to enter the officer 1s training school at Fortress ,Munroe, Va., and they 1eave this week !or the south . . Charles Heffenge1· 'Was a fo1·mer 'Ha.rva,rd student and at the . time or 1,h1,1 Mexlfra!} tr<>4'1./!e ~aw Sle!"V'i<;e on - ' t he border. •Sorne time· slnce he en ll wtod as a. prl'l'ale ,ln, the Coa~'t Artlllery- at l•'ort Con!!tltutlon. From Lhl· beglnnlng of th.e }Var the young, man has shown a splendlcl spirit or patriot 1°m and anxious lo enter th o service. His rnan.y friends arc pleased to hear he -i s to attend the office r s.' training 9Chool ind feel sure he will altaln success. Glim.an S. Rowe was the first ma1 to enll t from K e n,-,ington. Both ' his ra~ E'r and• grandfather fought for lhe!i· country andt he Is imbu ed W'lth the same patrli>tle spil'i t. He ·! ms-•been on duty at Ji'ort some time. 0 -'\. �- - - - --- ~ - l•'R-0.\''r, Hersey, !;on of M: I i~~rsey, arrivetJ hoJU morning from Fort Hamilton, . Y., 1yhere he was :..lijscl1arged- yestenlay. He came b:u·k on the U, S. _S. .Aigai meunon, a converted Germau liner'; sailing from ·Brest. Young Hersey was ,!rafted Dec: 22, 1917, and went to l•'rance March 22, 1918, with the ,; 1st heavy artillery, He was at the· front six months and one day and ,,·t...,,~.uwas one of lhe gun crew that died l he big n. 7 guns. He saw the heaviest fighting in the Al'go1111e fol'est where the Sl. 'M ihlel ,.-....-.,.,,, drivP took pla<'e. The battl~ started the day after· peace was d~clared and raged for three days, rcjsulting In <hiving the Germans out or' Thillr: -court, a dl;itrict J1eld for four years by the enemy. He is in. the best of ARTHUR L. HERSE Y, Sergeant Arthur L. He,·sey, Jr. i.; one of the few remainin g members or the Ninth Company, for mcirly the First Company, N. JT. C'. A. , at Forl 1<'f,,.:.r3)'1'ol~_1·,constitution, . the others having been Sergeant Hersey i~; lhe son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Hersey or Iran- years of service in the New Hampshire State Gunrd. Si11ce b!'illg lllllfltered into the Uuiled Slat<'fl service Sergeant Hersey saw service with his company in doing · protective work in the northe.r n part of New TTamp:c;hlre incl at SprlngfiPlrl, Mas~. ITn has taken his ov1•rscas exam in al.Ion and expe~ts to ·be across before 1011.:. He is married null has sevl'!'al children. Sergeant H ersey has two brothers and a brother-in-In w who are at present in tho service of their c(!p.ntry 1 which ra11 be consfdcrC'•l a spll'ndid record for, one fan1ily. TIADOT.,D \V. HERSEY. Harcld W. Hi rsey, son of Mr. ~lrn. Arthur L. Tlersey of otrP,,t, io l h<> :, 011ngesl of three 1Jrolhers who ar<' se rving In the National Army. fl,, : 1,li • l<'d In Bonton and was assign<'ll lo the 8th Company, C. A. al. l~ort na11lrn, \Vlnlhl'0JI, .\1a 2s. , prior to hP i1q•; given overuean ser,IIe :il :;o h.i:; a - brother-in-la.v who 12 serv i 11 g h ii; second in tho U. 8. ,\/:ivy . ,...,,__!'T!:- I HOW ARD C. H~RSEY. j Among the' early drafteeo from this city was Howard · C. Hersey,. son of, Mr. and Mrs.· Arthu1· L. Hersey ofJ Hanover street. He was sent to Fort Williams: Portland harbor, whElre he received his training prior to being 1 sent overseas. After a zho_rt time ho was sent overseas and Is now In France with Battery B, 51st C. A. C. j H.:. has two brothers and a brother-inare in the United States I �· F'ort McKinley, Portland, l\ , 1917, for overseas March e arrived in England April 2 France." Private Hersey ls \he son or Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hersey o! Hanover stteet His home ls at 3 Manning street where his wife. Mrs. Stella M. Hersey re;ldes. He has two br.othe1,s and a brother-in-law in the service. Before enlisting in t,he army he was employed by Dr. W. D. Inglis and later with the Portsmouth Brewing .Company. PERLEY D. Ill~HSEY. One of the most popular boys "ovr:· there" ls Perley D. Il crsey, son or Mr. and ;\1:rs. Francis IT. Hersey. P<'rley went away early this summer and after pass ing a number or month s at training camps ,in tlli:, rountry was sent across. He h.a s a score or friei;ids at home who wish him kinds of luck in his fig!1t with Hun. Mr. Hcr3ey ls a member or Damon lodge, K. of P., 0!5good Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., the Ji'. C. D. club and wns a fo;-mer member of the board of (lrc Pilginocrs and at one time c.1,ptain Col. Sise Engine Company, No. 1. l �L Ott to War l icks Giv~n ·Fare ~ell at ~ople's Church IIIO_ RUSS Tho Ynung i\lcn's Lieut. C'nrl llill writes from .::,jlJeria . R11 ssia, to his n~oth~r ih Eliot a most inlr1·psting letter, ns follows: A 111erirn11 li::xped itionary Forces. Vladivostok, Russia. All!\USl \.;, 1n1s. ~l01l1er:-At last I'm almost wht r •• I've 1Jee11 wanting to be ror a Ion :; time, a place where there's chan ,·e to play the big game., dlcln'I ~"I n rhance to write before lea Ying: ~lnnila ,onr orders cnme in a rn ,:1 and we had to get out in "a dn r . rt wnf' a move we'd half · pert r•d bu L there werer 1!,_0 tho l'r.trl Rtrcct l'<'Cjli C'H .Sunday s<' hool ga,·p a f:irc,well ecptlon lo J~dwarcl C. Hicks , first colored r"gislranl ,·ailed frorn this city In thp selrclivr. dr;i rt who left !or ('amp l>rvcns this morning. Thero was a large ~atlr ndance and ,,,, I It uslasti<· · remark~ werr W. D. BlanlcR, teacher of the c\ass, prPsented hi111 with a Hol,llrr's comfort kit as a token from class :1·11! H. B. Burto11, supPri nl t• 1ul ent of lhe school, a Hililr :is a lnl:e, in a few well chosen wonb sured hi ·· friends that it w1s lo give his sen· l<·eE Refresh llH'll lS \\'Cl't party adjourned at l.IECT r• \RL D.\~ :\ HU,L. (' ,, rl n. llill is one of the Portsmoul h !:or~ that lrnve maclo good in the Kt•rvir-<• of Uncle Sam. He was _born Nov. 28, 18!J2, the so n of Mrs. JI.I. ,\. llil! ancl tho late Charles 0. Jlili or this city. He graduated from Portsmonl h High school in l!JlO l_\ntl from Nor' wirh llnivcrnity at 'Northfield, Vt. In 1914 with honors. Ile P.ntered tho Philippine Constabulary forces as 2nd 1 I Au1;11st of thh, ye:i.r when he was com. I Au "ll~t of this city when he was comnJ issio nrcl ai'I i,lout. in .t he U.S. Army a11tl :illac•horl lo tho :: I Rt nor.:. which 1, w:n: :,hortly n(le rward ordorc<l lo Sl1 I,r,;·i,1 for duty_ T ;, ,., Irir;l ,., onl received from in :C:eptrmbrr. when he was ,_____.....,...._ ....,,,,,_.,.;,i LIEU'f. CARL D. HI .L ON HIS WAY HO~IE I .lr11lenant Carl D. 11111, U. S. A., II' the JJast three :u1<1 a hall'. ye:,, s has been with tlw American l~Xfll'rlitionary Force in tne Phillll• pinp·; and Siberin is 011 11 is way ho111r. A tel egram wn8 ,·u•r,iv<'cl to• day IJy his hrolher llalph Jl . JI ill s:iyi11g that he lrnd urrivr,rl in San l•'ra1Jl'isco nnd was leavi11g today for his t1ip across the continent to l'ol' l!,\IIOUth . LiPntcmant Hill gr:ul11alell from Norwi<·h Military llniversity at Norlhl'ielcl, Vt., rind :;liorlly arterwanls was commissioned a lienlc-n• ant in the regular army a1Hl was as• Hig1wll to duty in the PhiliJll)ine:i. A hearty welcomP ., waits the yu1111g sol<lit'I' from his 111,ll~_Y friPllllS OU hill wl11, r .llf-.\lllll)lA~~ .. i,t V>r , that .l had sort of g-i,-'r·n 1111 lH,p · lc:tving thl' islai\cl~. ()11 Aw;a~ 3 howeYer. \\'t' lo:iclcd O;l the LI -11' •" iort Sher111:l11, wcut abo:1rc1 tl,at ::fernoo n, pulled outt i11to the \J:1y r,nd ·ail"rl e:t1·•· . J' the 14th . It wr.s ., •rf'hl trip, jnst the r<' ;!;i me11L al:oa:·d rncl a [ew wome,, g-oing back lo the tale~. ,\'ent to :S-agaski to Jea,·e the >11~~Pngers for I he States and then \'1:itliYo:.llock. D,on't k no\\' just how to describe the place. 11.'s like th" Sta1r-s in 't·!im'ate, thn.t i~, U1e seasons arE> the same, e\'ery~hi11;,, urounrl IH'rE' i grec~ ana r11c,gt>cl 11C,w in thll summer; .thci dit-U11c:1.~:•-·c1,..:· the' winter !~ golnp; whn!P lot col<ler thnn Is 1l1111 8-30 '18. llad lo flreak ol'f, mother, but am con ti nuingtoday. \Yc've been .....,-('.,,,r.v.". r11~i11'd to death . Just two companies ll!ff.cal&":,. hrre. cloini.; all guard duty. go on 1 rvrry third clay as O. D. and so get l•'irst LieulPnant Carl D. Hil'I, U. s. 111y hands fnll orten. 1 h::tcl comA., arrin•d !Jome yeslel'()ay from Sima11cl of lhe r·o111pany U\1 till yPslc·•. bt'ria \'ifl Sa11 l•'ranci~c-o. where ht' ha~ clay. The com pany commander was b0t'11 slallnn P, J the lasl nine months sick ::111d went to , the base ho3l)ilal, : \\'ilh the ~Isl infantry. Ills regiment J,.,:,ving me in chargu. 1 sure cnjo::r-Q \\' .t~ the flrsl lri enter Siberia and hh e:\"!)P ri t' nce~ ha\'C! been varied. Ile wa• it. I'll be .:!.larl II hen I get a runj !rll':&l<'tl at \'latlivostoek. 'Prc-\'ln11s lo c·om pany or my own. l1 c•i11;:; Ol'lll'rC'rl lo Siberia he !lid co11- i I can'l HPCl1l to write.. , vor:v well,, sla1J ulary (July in the Phillppint'~ for l hough ts a re rnunin;\· r>verywl:0rc ,· ll11·l'o years. This is his first visit to nnd l can'! concentrate on this l.:!tlh,• Unltccl }-;talc,; jn (our yl'arn. t •r. I'll writ_c again soon and tell '=', I you more nbo11t it. We're here guarcllng- the haHe, that Is my co:11~ pa11y and onr nthC'r. 'l'hc reHt or the 1egimr11t are in garrison up in the hills not rnr l'rom here. · C?.11't ~ell: whether ,.,., ,. 11 i!." O1rl or not bnt I Hllre. hOJlC' W C' rlo 111O\'C'. Recruits are I C'Xpected lic•,•p so, >11 t.o Ill! 11p our' companies :111cl to form a hattal!on. T've I.wr11 I1p town twice, IJoth times . in the e1·1 i11111". The real . I • ,aoout two mil": awr.y, up I I >~;;;-;;===----::~- I �..., "I . r :s Hl6ll TRIBUTE TO . orsc rig-s, ono in th<' sh..1.rts 1 ,, woodr.n c:1,IJnr stl<-kin:~ ti})< ck. Lhc otl~cr Tlor~c a sort People ncvor come on t J 1 Ill night, sta.- Oil( 'l'h<'y staJ'l ing 1 I llll} 11·h1•r<' till ahout nigh 1. All sorts of money here, thnt varioli<1., need a hi;.; sack to rarr;cloll:1 r's worth of Tl. nsslan money .. 'n s.lrnr, !\II 11.ipc.r, I cg·ilinlnp; with k,opex, 1-10 or a C<'nt up t:> a ru·~1r 10c. Som!' or the mo1:cy Is th<' sam· ·!zc as a po;;tnge slamp, other :;ro.1 ~::t~r~n big cerli!lt-ales ,size ot II ell pion,, Rich country, but not mines, ril'h soil and e1·erylliiL lying aro1:n it. Aulo1·11, lying arouut., sorts of property loose, no one to claim bile:;, still in the craies, ors r.ntl everything )Cd th al ha d lie here bot:11 C I he H er ,. 'CORPOR.4L UU6tt HIil J y Mi. c. ---- : I I'S. 11,Lytl 11 \\'oocl h;-.; a I< tier from Chaplain ;\[. man, r., of tho 3;,!Jth Inrantr~- A. 1,;, J•'., <'xpressing- the symp,.llhy 'oi' the· otlii-ns ancl men or that rornpaH.", gil'ns the l11form;1lio11 lhat ('orp. IIIJI was ltillc<I al SL. ,\lil1icl 011 Sept, D, 1918, and that he i~ hnrie,1 la lhHI .eecto:-. Another letter from Lieut. IC. PJerce, · Q. M. C., Is even more clcfi11fle In saying hr Is IJ11ried in ti1c American <"emctcry, Dilccy-sur-Trey, sellc, France. A third lctl.l•r I lie: Nalional l lcaclq uarL"TH L KILLED An ol'flclal telegram w ,rn Run1lay, . 'ov. ~-1, lly ;\J rs. \Vou1l or <.\ll111l ,-,t1·P1-t, l11f11rmln:: h••r lhal her 11rphPW, Corp. JI 11>:h C. Jllll. K C'o., 3!i!tth Infantry, action Srpl. Ii. L\.11·p. 11111 wa~ I.lorn Jn Kennebunl,, ~[P., ,July ~1;, 1890, nnll after obtainin;; his ellucution came to Portsmouth anll wa;; cmployell for a lime by A. I~. Hanf.I. ln Ja1111a1·.1•, IOI I, he cnlistC'll In the J\ty Ilea I' :\I I'S , \\' 0011 : , Yo11 of the will have rct'.<' ivccl· d1•ath crt. in ac,tion Jlug-11 ('. your Ifill, autl J r.1·0 l:erc. J~ngli ,h llllCI l•'rt·n~11, Inte1estlng to meet th •u1. _\\'c an re:1• _1ldails th:it we l1arc re1·1•i1·1•t1 I/"· ,the only ones who do JJOt clrccs u11 All we wear'is 0. D. and tiler all gc, around with clunking sp11rs, and belts. Look mllit ry, all Give my IO\'C' to all. I'll as soon as possible. ""ith 10,:e, of11<·1a!IY fro111 a lllCJJllH•r of L111· Sillllt• <'CJlllp:111.1•, lhitt )Oil will val11c: (111·111. l'SJHlCiall.r ;1 :; lhi;-; ('Ollll'i:cle H:I,\"::. ''C'orJJ. 11111 11a1; Olll' or fhp lirst :atl1:inrs l:1 Ilic ('Olll)l:\11.\', 1111111,vs l!:1.",1'1' LO ;.;o 011 patrol or any tlan;,nro11s n1i.; sion." know tl1at C.\ llL. y·ou write ,:.;.:;...:.:.:.:,;;;.;;;;....__..,...,IIIIM!ll':"-'"'."rl.;~;iwhc11 i[ YOU have IIOL hac} (!11• Ilill was going- over t!Je lofl assau It at 81. ,\I ic·h it•I. l'illage or l•'<·y-cu-J la)l• . 011 Sept. J 2th a lll:t('hinc• ;.;1111 l\'Olllld of the head killed him insl1111(ly an(! he was 1J11ric1I liy his r:ont• raclcs. With the clccpcst sympat11y ror your trouulc, I am, very siucercly CORPORAL HUGH C. HILL. ------ - - --- .1 · or lid, Yl' Hl', 11·.th lhc Ja11u:u ing- of carpcnlt!r':-; lllitlt, ::ti l'la:-;s . .\p1·il 21.i lw ,,, .11t to <'anip l>ix a:-; a <lraflet...1, ha, ing· voluntt-e1·pt( lo ~o a 1 1011;;- whil e l1cfut)! he 11'011111 have l.!cc11 caJled. J ll• went oversea:-, :1 t'ew weeks laler an() ..-\ug:11:-;t Id.; was lasl lei t!'r tlatPtl w1·iltcn ~t1111Pwllere I le wa~ an aellvP 111cmber or thP Young l\le11's Guild or t!,at parish and Pver an aclive nwmh er or the Young PPople's Societ~·- 11 e things anfl ll'as Olll' you11g- people ot' lilt· parish and there lle was at one umc presif11•11L was g-Pnui11t• :-:<11Tow in th<' ,·ongrega- tion c,n S111ulay ,,·hti11 it was announced that word lwll J11st ,-ome that h•en 1<:11r1l Ill Jkforc J1p <•11t1•n·d 1:11' ar111v olht•rs, \\'ii,· ;;:1·en ,1 fill'C\\'Cil, .·u pper hy ll11• ~-01111,; punJJle c,r the j ~liu,lle 81rcet J:apl ,~L 1, 11·1~1, a111l in a lcltl'r Lo th1• pastor. H •· v. \l'illiam P. !iC\'('l';I} Htanlcy, nul Inn~ :-;i1 ,·,,, hf: 1·cferl'Cd to that pleasa11t gull,._, Ill!;. So anxious was !..- to enl!'r the army at the compldion v( his l !'1· m in the navy lhat h e, n>lu11ll'crccl to go In pl,1ee of a you11g llliln who was 111. While he wa · at ramp Dix, Hcv. l\Ir, !:Hanley, wh,1 \1--t~ a trip, stopped· over to grl'('l sc,·crn I or the loc;o I soldiers a pl!-asant cull with the �,1 re<•,· ,a rgo from the 1w \.. •t·a m " :t nwmher ot 11 Ill April, h:1vl11~ Y•JIUI C. □. HODGES :\ l ar i ne yard. HUGH C. HI L L t CCl'C'tl for duty l.JC'fol'C' !,ring l'a)l,,,l ill th o c1 rnf t. Af ter a f ew wcrl:s' trai11l n ~ a t Ca m p Dix hl' Wl'lll O\'('rfH'as. h' \'Ing been m auc a Corporal in th,• 11t<•:111- Cy r u" llill, t hi' 1st :\fa i n<' II 1". A . aftl'1· training al \' 1rious or~nniz·1lio11 \\'a~ 1·hn1I;.:, Pioneer lnfe1111ry and aflC'r nwn• \\'nd;-\\·ort h, H. wort! having ~ ~...._....._ ......_..__..==-so ·:,;:;:;.;,;,:-<:::, C A PT. W. L. HODGES. Cap ta in V>'illin m 1, [lodges , a the 141st <'omp:1ny CYRUS HI LL his arrival 011 i·.,111. H e was maclP c•o,·poral \·,it i1i11 from t he timr of his urn' h<•r',; promntion to that rnnk. Tho. t wo l ounJ.{ nv'\n 1nadrh orno In th is r-lty with th<'11· :,uni, . 1.-,, llay,l C' n \\'oocl of Cn hot !<tr<•f'l "ncl ., , ,. arnnni; the youn,: l"""l'·" and JJOl)U !fl r wl th ::t 11 th<'i1· a!SSOC'i:1 tr·s. �Two more Portsmouth boys, E. Ralph Hoitt and ~argent Clarence H. Hoitt, is a well known bandsma n . As Hoitt are among those who have been a young boy he played in a local banJ infantry called from this city for overseas mili an d later joined the 117th band of Chattanooga Tennessee. r'I u ta r~· service.· Ralph Hoitt formerly emploYed in served several years in the service i,1 E. RALPH HOITT CLARENCE H. HOITT Kerwin's ,Shoe store joined the New Hamp9h1re National Guards under the command O'f..._ Captain Bodwell in Cuba and also put in a year on the March 1917. ~hen war was declared! M ex ican 'borde r. He was mustered out between the United States a'lld Ger- 1 of the fe-deral service in the summl'l' many he and eight other Port&noulh of 1 1916, but was recallcct tp _a ctlv<> boys volun,teered, to 1!111 vacancies In a duty in ,Ma rch J918. •l i e sailed for :r.1assachusett11 cO'ffipany, who were France on May 18th, 1918. slated to go overseas. He is now so m e They are sons of l\fr. and Mrs . H arwhere in France w1i th Battery D, 103d rlson 0. Hoitt and, are very, well Regiment of Field .Artillery. I S:CRG . CLAREN CE H. HOITT. lit• i:; nm,· at a\\';,_liting hi.-; reh•~t:-:C'. 8,·n~Pa nt llo;tt was a well know n lo..:a I h:i 11.I . ntan. l lc l1tter jninecl the 117th Infantry Baml at Chattanoog-a, Tenn. JJe :,;1:r\'..: l seYera l rear:; in Cul,a and :i !so :t ;,·::r on th e :\1exican J ! .; was mustered out of the Cell,•r:,I ,:,•1'\'i,·,, in 1!1c ,rnmnwr or 1916 :ind recalled to adi1·c ,luty in :\larch, 191 ~- If ,. ,;al lee! ro1· Frnnce i\fay 18, Ills hrotlw1·, E. n::ilph Hoitt, is 1:att<>ry I>, 103d neg!-: �Ser;:-eant Clarence II. lloill, son of Mr. and ~lrs. llan-l HtJ n U. of Jli.;J1 street, has n·,·ruliy re> 11rnC'<l from oversea~, Jantlin ::· al Charl es ton, SERG. CLARENCE H. HOITT. II <• iH nnw al a.,Ynitin g- his rc:lP ,'l FP . Sergean t lloitl w ,1,; a 1,·c•ll kno wu local li:111d::1man. lk lat"r .il d11t•tl lh 117th lnf:intry Hand al l'halla11006a, Tenn. Ill' served Hl' \'Pral y<'nrs CulJa and a}Ff} a, ~·<•:11· 011 !hr .\l• ·xiC'an bonier. I le was 111 11/SterC' d out o[ th e f erlc>ra l "•'!Tice in th <' ~11mm<'r n[ 191G anti r c, .. ,llrd Lo acti,·r cl11t,· in .\lan ·h, 1918. 111• sailed for F1·:i11 •·r• .\1:iy LS, 1918. l!i-; brollwr. I·~. lblpl1 Iloill, i,, JJallc>ry I 1. J1J3tl Rcgi- turl:,r. l! r- 1•· 1-.; Uct' n r-:"rYing- i11 JPr:.1.n c2 willl U.1ll r1 ~- D, J O:lnl r"K1nw11'. , l•'. A. li e J,11111 I tlw :--:cw :tam(l•hirn :--:aI ion a I t: 11:1 r l, uudcr t hi' <'P111111and o( l'apt ·1 i11 J:ndwt• II [n .\hrch 11117.\Vhcn wa 1• w.,s d• ••·larctl i.Jctw,·c u lhc United ~lalC',; a11<1 U e rrna11y he aud eight 11ll1cr Joc.:.it I.Joys volunt t•e re(I to Jill \d.<.:anPi cs in a Jtas ~a<"husetts ,i.1ny tha l was ,;olng o vPrsca::1. Christopher Conlon, son o( ,. \fr. and ll~ .J. Conlon o[ ,nlJl nl street, ;, rrh·"tl r,·om ovcrncus today on the 1'! uni:;-olia, l,cing a m emhrr or the 21;u, 1Jivi8ion. His 1, r11 lhcr, Chal'lcs Con• Jon, Ir f t for D o.s,0 11 \Vcd11 csua~ 110011 10 sec him on his arrival. ,\! rs. Nrnest Ral))h Hoitt, U. S. A., son of lllr. nnrl Mrs. Harrison 0. Hoitt of lli,;h st l'<'et nrrived in noston yesterday from overseas on the Mongolia. Uh;irlcs Conlon was in Boston yesI crday to greet his brother Christopher Conlon, a memhcr oC the 26th Division, who arri1·Nl from on f h<' Mongolia. �:!HOLLAND ·J ..TELLS HIS . EXPE IENCES The following Interesting was rece·ntly received by J\'lr. Frederick . Holland from his brother, William · J. Holland, who is in France with Battery D, 103d Fiolrl Artillery, On this front there were a couple or good scraps and while they lasted there was something doing. . You probably have read_ or the Larchprey and Xinay affair. \Veil brother, our doughboys were lined up against a famous division or Prussian guards 1 an they were a dirty bunch, but 1 they got an awful boating. The 26th Oiled them full of good old Yankee 1 lead and while the hattle lasted we worked like tigers, many a doughboy being out of ammunition and grcnudef! planted 'his list Into their faces. This scrap lasted 48 hours, hut It is ~aid while it lasted It was the flerc- · cut rought so far In the whole war. ,, After staying on this front tor 80 days, firing occasionally, 0111· division went to a rest camp down near Dljlon, _a place called Voulames, staying; only two weeks, when ordered to Chateau-Thierry, when it took part in the battle of the Marne, being the second one on this !rout, holding tho pivot position and road to Paris. I was not with them here, •being serit to a hospital in May, but know the history frdm the fellows who were. After making a big hole in the Hindenburg line the Division was re-. lieved and sent to the Saint Michie! front where it took part in the big , scrap liberating many towns ·and people from the Huns. We were located in a place Dam Martin, all knocked to pieces, but that could not be helped now, sleeping out in "pup" tents lite was merry, for it was not cold, no fires or lights at night. Aeroplares of tho enemy came over every night, tr_ying to locate us, but were out of luck, being relieved by the 7 7th Div. After a Jong time on this front we hiked to Verdun, a distance of 45 miles, ta.king a day . and a night, whore we were till the war ende-d on Nov. 11th, on the musical hour··, 11 bells. I'll neve1· forget · it either, some celebration that night, fire~. works galore. The Huns next day hrought American prh1011ers In trade for Bull Durham. They made many trades with the doughboys. A few days · later they retreated and we left the front, but we lost a lot of men in· the scraps we had. ' I'll write you many more stories latev on, and in closing ho1>e to hear, from you soon. The Tlme2 can have this Jetter if you wish. Your loving brother, Pont Vallau, Soutbe. Franco, l•'eb. 1. ;, Dear Brother: WILLIAM J. HOLLAND. . 1 ,vui' tell you my trip from NewOne of the first · of the Portsmouth port News. Leaving there we 1>roboys to go overseas was William J. cec-ded to St. Nazaire, landing Dec. 6, Holland, the eldest son of .Mr. and 1917 and staying there five days 0 We Mrs. D. J. Holland of Cass striet. left for our training quarters at "Bill" Holland, as he is ,best Gue1-re, Western !<~ranee, where I was known, received his education in the two Christmases ago. After going public -schools in this city and when through three we€:ks of hard training qnite young became a member of tha we ·boarded a train, horses, gun and First Company, jN. H. C. A. He had cassions · also for the Oberin des served on the stat.a guard for three I I)a1110s front, arriving the first week years when the -c ompany was mus- - 1in ,Febrnary, 1918, detrained at Soistered fnto the United Slates service. 1sons, well marked by e11e:my aviators, He went with the company · to the · a· beautiful city; passing through we northern New Hampshire wh.e n it pro,c eeded _to the front at night, for was assigned to protective work in in the day time we would have been tha.t section. After returning to Fort targets for the enemy planef! and Constitution he volunteered for acthis place had been born bed for a tive service and was sent to the Boxlong time most every night. ford camp to 'train In heavy artillery . · Proceeding on our way we made f! work later ·b eing sent to Newpo.rt I halt eight miles from the front at ,i 'New:. H~ went overseas the latter place callod Bucey de Long, where I • • • part of iN'ovember; 1917 '. arrivrng 1D we found a few barracks well &mFrance in December, 1917. Re is atouflaged and a place to keep tached to the field .artillery branch of horses. The· next night we hauled ti1e 103d regiment. In a letter reriur iuns up to the front and cently recei;ed by his pare1its . he them in· .action. 'The next" day fired." a few ·rounds at the Huns states that he has· left the hospital where he had been under treatment ,we · had some 'fine · targets. One was for blood poisoning ancl had rejoined \ a barn . full of soldiers aud another was· an observation post of tho enchis command. It is to be presumed 111y. · - We hit them both, the barn was that he is now in the Jiidst of where knocked for a foul, believe me, a some of the most severe fi~hting is g6od start. we· lived in a cave when ld.kirlg place, but those . w?o know not ·on the guns and it was nice and "Bill" .f eel that , he can be depended warm in there, 60 feet underground, to give · a good account . of himself. being with the- French. ,There was some bunch · quartered in there; we had good times, too. We stayed on this front for two months, moving to Premier· Lp Chateau where we 'hiked to .' the Lone Sc-ctor. I remember WILLIAM J. HOLLAND . . when I hiked t'hroug·h Lone, a beautiful city; I thought I was in Boslon as;·,.,_~~,.._ . on my way to a ball game, but nothing· like that happened. We proceeded on and stopped , in a little French town for rest thre-e days, later arriving at the front and relieving tho First division doughboys rcllev- ' , I I , ' �~ J. JI• ' tre<'t and h:ul for thn•c yea, l "11i ted St:it• ·s setvi,·~ 11 .. 11, 11l w llh ll ll' eon1pi1.n.r tu north• , ~ ,-w ll a ll lJt 'd 1·P whe11 It <.lit.I gu iu ·.t ,, •,· 11 t 11 ,q """"'' 11 \flt>r 1e l11r11l111• 1, I , 'l l (' 1111°lll 11 tln 11 . eo p1· "pw ny W!\S anw-; t, rt·tl :n•n t hl' l'l\ "1. 1\tt, 111• \ u ti 1l1 •11l d cus serv lct: nnJ wa ~ 4• f !)t' l J\t~ I' 1t Lu ca n1p :t l 1:oxford, '.\la'f~.• ant.I lat :•r to . ' e,:po rl 1 :..:ew i-. nnJ th r n t o l 'ra n 'l'. ll r- 1~ ,1t 1aclwd t o the ,fi<' l<l ·1r1 ill• 1 ,. 1, n ,11rh o f t hC' r i,·, 10:;r tl r t" g- i tn t•11 t. 11 p i 11"1·1' 1H rC' 1 t ill' In s t ! d l l'r fr < : •1 hi,.1 , .• 1 O r t. 17. 'J'he ll' ll e r wa s s h 11 1 I h t ~t., l " d l llllt h e was w e ll. 1\ s h r• i s -.il h th<' ~Gth Divi s ion thn t h as ,. 111 1, ·11 <'Is f ,>r WI LLl/\',1 J. HOLLAND 'l'! ,c• Y" ""t;" sol <l i<' r o,· ·r, ••ns si n r" ::,.;o,·. 20, 1Ul7 a 11:l is al· ta ,: 1,,1 l o tl>r • Jn3rd regimen t. !•'. A. 26 L,o J>h·is io n. Ill s two hrolh C'ls , Fr eel 1::il ph :in, 111 Do s l o n t oday Lo _ C. Holmes. He was a member ot the, First Company, N. H. C. A. for th,ec •nllstmeots and wao Inter transferred o the 101st U. S. Engineers of Bosin :::.nd went across In September. 9 17, arriving there In October of lle sr~mc year. In the 1,,uer List received ·;,1 by his wife ho was ' !l !::t Cnnp, soll'tc 1111les __,,~lilll inen, but his co1::ipan:,r w:J.R ' In thP hlckest of the 'b'dttle of Jul, 18 auc. !) · \\'illian1 J. Holland, •: 011 11'. and Mrs. D. J. Holland of <'aHS street, who ha!l been overseaR ~i11 c·11 November, 1!117, arrived In noHton yesterday on l110 l\1onp;olla. lliR hrotht>r~, and flalph aucl wlll!OU! �JOHN S. HOYT gene s. ancl Annalt L. Hoyt, Ho was emµloyed at the brass shop at the navy yard when h e went into the service as a volunteer, enllstlng in t}1e 9th Company, C. A. C. on Oct. 20, 1917 and Is now "somewhere lo France," a postal having been received by his relatives recently saying he had arrived safely overseas. I MAJOR F. ROLAND HOYT. Major F. Roland Hoyt, U. S. ~I. C ~ a son 1 or the late A. · C. lluyt anrl Mrs. Hoyt or Northwest stn• •t , thl·. ·lty . He graduated from lhc l'orl3 nouth High scl:ooJ in th<! clusn c• 1899 with honors aflcr whit:h lie wu~ connected with the John Si~e 111 :;. Co. fo r a number or years. Tle was a1, pointed to 2nd Lieutenant In the .\1a,·ine Coql from the Army a11d Navy Preparatory school or "\Va s hington, O. C., Jan. G, 1909 and oi·dered lo Port Royal, S. C. April 25, 1910 Ju, was ordered to the, Marine Barrack ;; at this yard. July 21, 1911 he wa, given his first »ca duly on tile Lou isiana. Since then he has Eec n much active foreign service, being a m ember of several expeditionary forces in wutiiern waters. Ile was a member of the Nicaraguan, Panama and ~rexican expeditionary ,'for ces, and was $latloned on the battles hip ;,;<ew Hampshire while that ship was ii 'Tera Cruz harbo;· at the lime of th, \1exican trouble. He was again orlered to Portsmouth Jan. 9, 191,, md stationed at the Naval l'rlson He Is now stationed In flalllan waers, being ordered there two years go next month. His latest address in Hayti ioca, Dominica Republic. He 29, 1915 and LIEUT. WILLIS HADLEY HOYT. Lieutenant Willis Hadley Hoyt i~ lhe son of ~Ir. and :\Ir~. Jackson 11. lloyt ol' Newington. lle gruduatell from tl1e Webster grnmmnr school nt Cambridge, l\lass. in 1909 ni:id the nindge Technic:.il school In 191:l anc! from New Hampshire College 111 1916, being president of his class, also a member of Alpha Zeta and Theta Cll i fraternities. He was drafted Oct. 3, 1917 and went to Camp Deven,, 1Jass. where he was later a graduat1, of tho third offi cers' training camp On Juue U, 1 !J 18 he was commissioned at Atlanta, Georgia, and a: present iH In c·o111ma11cl of C'ompan) C, 14th Replace ment Datalllon . a! Camp Pike, ArkansaH. This batall!o!l Is a separate organization known as tho non-commissioned officers' school ror colored army to turn out commlsslonell ofr!cers for oversea!'. service as rapidly as possible. Lieut Hoyt married ~Liss :\label Young. daughter of i\lr. and Mrs. A. Leon Young of this city. At the time of his entering the service he was supervisor or agriculture at North Attleboro, Mass., having accepted the position the previous April. His family consi»ts or a wife and a son, Willis Hadley. lloyt, Jr. ~~---~it.: �H o ward I' . Hutc hins (•111ist c cl in th e Na vy K o v. J!I, J. ~1 7 a nd i s a l-tn C'l1 cd on 1 lJ s "' H ari·i sl> ur" H e h; 1s b ee n I I l!a,1: y :,I l"S, a M inard S . Hu tchi n s was I.Jorn Ju'Iy »G, 1~06 a·t Og u nquit, Me . Ile was e m ploy ed at the navy yard in the - ,):I 11<· w:1, I'(: :tlll'I t"a iuhri<l~t"". in .1\1 1··~., ant i i 1 111:) :Jl ~c•11 •1 1 th0 l ':1t1l- T t'l'llllll" 1 ln-itli..:1.! in 1n1·1 :1:i\l 1'ru11l ~1 ,,· J lan . p11 l't' (.'ull, t·i• j11 l'.llli, h1·i11•; p re;-;1cl(•11t l!i11dg-l' it' liis i·ln ,~; : :II··,, :1 1111•11 11,vr n l' ;\ l ph a ' I '!ti 1'11IPl"llil11":, li t .), ,·auip J>t•v._ !:tll•:· a 11 s, l.\l7 tt!1t l ~: ,•~ \,h<tP 11r i;r:1tl11.1I• I. th'nl 1rai11i11::.: (';llllp. (I n .J111lP _ J 'Ii Ii, , '1•• •,\ •o.; t'flllltlllS- ,•:.iU l ll'll at .·\ lh111t i. ,: ur1•,i:1 •11H i at p r<'- i~ in t·t JJ~I! t11tl i,' \, i111p 111y t ' . JHh 1: .. pln,·1111•111 1:·itttln11 :ii <'amp t•:J~t·. \rlt:t1i!'-i•1 .. 'l',11.; 11.' • ion is ,a:·1,11 1~11 ,;11 ns ,·,l 11lfi1•1 : . ·('}1()1)) ·"'l'lll 4 :1in1i11~ HOil l'O lll ll1i. -..•1 I 111 tn l11rn f nlfi1•l'1'S 1r ..;la~ s, rvit''' . r:q· di:; :1r-; p11~.--il110 . I Ji, \'t. l l n::t ,, 1 ,. ,t d ~l i .;s !\f ali0l \"nun~ . ,l:t\:1"'!1t• I Lt·(1n Ynun·~ 1 his l\nt ri •;qH'l'\'iXUt' .\ ltlPhoro, th ur ~lt· ~J.1 ... 1' ;•1111 !\ 11'8 . .1\ , lhi'.~ ( ' i \ \ . " t ~ • of .,;:;ri1•u\t l , ·1 ,,~ si x li m l' 11 <' w as form e rly cm - a t th r navy y;, r/1 fire engln P Th ey ar<' tlH' so ns o f Mrs . H . nf l( tl l !' l' Y, ::Me.' I 11 n·i11 · , H OWA RD P. H UTCHINS Ht f't' 1' ·Jnus ,\ ,ril. 1 MINARD S. ,HUTCHINS n \' Cr- ll'\l pl a nt before enlisting. He navy May 6, 1918 tion c cl at Fairhaven, Mas s ., on S. No. 11. His wife resides Eliot. �,Private Fred . S. Jones ls a member the National Army and on µut•y at Ca..mp Jackson, 1S. C. He ' Is the son of or - ,; --·· Dr. C. E. Johnson, former physitlnn and now in the corp.; of the National Army, is on a fu.r_lo n.,lt 1rom Chicamauga, Camp he has been attached into the service. The , doctor statca tirnt thc,·e arc G5,000 , · more coming this week. They are all connected with the me_d ical cor[ls for training pur:poses and are all white. lt will be remembered that duril}g the Spnnlsh-Amcii c·'l n war when Chicamauga was-the hea.dquarters fcJ the army that an epidemic of typhoid .. different, for there are no case$ at all, fcir with the proper drainage; irrigation, etc., combined with inoculation, .have d one ·away with the mosquito to such an extent that there is a bounty on them . . The influenza whi ch ls so prevalent in New England, arrived at the camp prevjous to its visit here, and ibeen fairly well stamped out. The doctor appears ·to <be in 1 0 FRED s. JONES ~l!ou o~ street and before going Into the service was a moving picture operator, acting in this capacity at _the P_c:> rts- J{\'\ Dr. ,Johnston Prmn'inent Locul Physklnn, \Vnltiug for Conun.lssion. Dr. Charles E. Johnston, for n number o! . years chairman ot the locai board of health, and one of the city's most prominent physicians. has volunteered fo.r service in the United St'o.toH ' Army, • The doctor some time ago out his questlonaire, as was required of every , i1hyslcian, and he has also passed the physical examiuation. The doctor has asked for immedihe is now awaiting his OGLE'l'HOilPE . . : Dr. Charles E. Johnston,', who was i·ece.n tly commissioned :1 lli;u(en:1.nt 1,: the 'M edical Reser'v e CorJl8 hn.s l'·e eeived · orders to report at Fort Ogle 2~: u.1 13-l'lP �l"rivat<' !\ell ·l•<'t' \Vrltes to His )Ioth. et· i\hout What He js Oning. The rollowing letter from John J, l<:ellehPr. an old C, A. C. buy, now in Franc', is of Interest: Somewfiere in France. May 1 7, 1 !J 1 8. Bear l\folhPr-Recoive,1 your let• tNs anrl I am so glad you write so ol'lc11, for It maeks one [eel good to ~ct lrltrrs from homo. We a re all well an1l still at the fronl am! do not know how much longer. Wr. lia vo heen horo [or somo time. \Vo a :·, having vory good This is just like a summer's day: makes one feel they would like "J0'· C'Olt'NELll: S J. L \. ·1,:. Corn r llus J. l(anc, a Wl·ll kno wn Porls111 ,111 lh boy, ;;3 doing id ., bit for Uncle f am with roop \ r·a n1lry :i.t Forl l•:•h an Allen, Vl. famili a rl ) called , is th e :rn , of )Irs. )lary I•', anll lh<' late 1);1 :li P I Kane, an,! ha s ma.de his home i n this city practi<- ;illy all th e limo r i11 1·u boyhood. I I,• Jrarn <' •I lh<' trad e of a hakcr an l \\' as em1,lo ycd for a numhcr of years ' 1) ,\rthnr B. Freeman. l l'ior to goin g in to the ftcrdco he was <>mployed on the Port:;n,outh navy yard. He le[t here in May with the drartees for Camp Dix, N. J., and after cclvin" his training wa11 trans[erred with ono other Portsmo1 th boy t.:: Cam11 Ftha.n Alle n. At 11 rc •~ent he is assiµ;n< ·•l to the !Jakery, where lee la pnni11 g a valuahle man. In u kller tu a fri<'1Hl ·" :;tat <':; that he Iii«•~ arm:, Ji[o very 1,111ch, lint is anxio11 , to be sPnt over · an 1 take conllicl I lmt is now JOHN J. KELLEHER is a membPr 103rd Regiment and is .J. Kel! Pher - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- -- - - g reen. We do have somo pretty hi rrls over here. T,1ere is one that l!; OOS ('() - CO; WC do not like him. .i11st camo frolll ma.SH, went to Holy ( 'on1111nnion. Th e chaplain o[ tho 1 o:id F. A. Is with us [or a while. He i f: vc-ry 11ir·<'; you might have seen hi s o;imr, in the paper, [or wln1.t he tlirl ovc·r h<•re ho is going to get a rros,; or war. '\Veil, I hear some of th~ hPYS aro anxious to get over hPre. They will !l.'nd it d!ffcreut than \\hat they think it is. Give my love 10 all tho boys that arc le[t over there anrl I[ you see any of the 9th Co., C' . A . C., tell thorn all or the Co. boys i-;entls best regards. since we came over here; some pretty big fights and there is a. whole lot I co11ld write you, but I will wait till I get back home. vJ--1,.~ \ b With love to all at home, from Priv. JOH J. KELLEHER. Batt D, 103d Reg. Field Artillery, A. E. F. 'J •~•;Jit,W"~" �.:Mr. and ?.Irs. ',Vashington street .have this week re-ce,ived a Jetter from overseas, wdtten by )their son, John J,. Ke1lehe.r, who Is in a base hospital "somewhere In France." The young man writes lhal he was recently in a big battle an lost nll his equipment, eveh to a r)ng on his finger. He, tells of some exciting experiences at tlie .front but , wail glad, h ' wa,s there to do his part in '5' O Ve, ~;QNE \'\\~ Cnpt. Douglas L. Keys Got's to l<l'ancc to Take Important Posi- · _ _ _ _ _ _ ai JOHN J. KELLl:.rlERthe flgh t for democracy. The young man is but 20 years oltl I I' I t .and at the time of enlistment, wa.s em- I ploylld as a shipfltter on the navy I yard. He enlisted in the Coast Artil- I Jory and was on d-uty in Keene, this I state for a month andJ after that at · Fort Constitution, New Castle. He was later transferred >to Batte1;y D, 103rd regime,nt, was on d·uty at Boxford, i Mass., and then two months at Norfolk, Va: He sai_led for overseas on 'Nov. 13 of last year. I has recently been received Douglas L. Keys, that Capt. now on h_is way to !<"'ranee charge of the I u bricatl011 department of tlle Allied Aeroplane -fields. Mrs. Keys, formerly Marlon Ph.ilbric•k,, and youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William I. Philbrick, Is ' now at Rye ·beach, where, with her three children, she has been paHs!ng the summer at her old home. ·ca pl. Keys, who before he en tered the service last February wa~ dhfef engineer with the Texaco Co., and stationed at Norfolk, Va., is also . rated as chief engineer marine service, having formerly been with the Panama Steamship Co., in that capacity. Being an expert at engines and oils, he was , called on by the govern- ' ment to take charge of the lubrication division at Kelley field, Texas, then ·promoted to the supervisio,n or aviation fields throughout the United : States, and now has received his commission as captain and gone \:t'lp:oad on very ;fm')lortan t work . Not , yet thirty years of age, Capt. Keyt has certainly attained his present •posilion through his own a·bility and , the ·falthflll manner in which he ,J1as pcrJ;ormed all duties assigned to him. Mrs. , Keys and her sister, Mrs. F. . '\Vhitaker expect to return to New �' Tl1e peo,ple here like the Y,anks vcrr much and .pclicve mo they ,were certainly very happy 1wl1e11 t-he arm, ' ltico was s igned. I suppose the people I.Jack home ;were Yrry ha'pM' to. Well Cad I ,1·ill dose for this time hoping to see yo~ soon. 111y regards to all the fello n, at the club ancl keep a lal'g'c ~hare ror your~ self. From your 9lcl friend, SA:\L PviYal<' Samuel H. Kingsburr, .\mcrican Expeditionary l~orcc, .. LL S Y F' iNCE F'r;in cc. 8anlllel T'I. r,ingsh111·y \\'l'ILl'R the Ie1trr fro111 Fr-~nre: Sf. ,raisri>nt , F'rnnce . SA.\J liEL 11. KlNGSHU[l Y. Samupl Henry Kingsh11ry is son o( ~lr. anrl .lrs ..Jol111 G. l{ingshury of ('0111111rrcia1 st;•C'nl :i.nrl w:ts 1.Jorn Jan. 29th, 1895. lie was educated in public schools and th,: l'ortsmouth lligh school. J\ftrr lca\'ing school hr entered the employ of the '.\1arclcn !-;tuclicrn n nd t!t,•rp the i>hot ograph IJtrniness. 11 c th~ scr\·ic·e this summer, l>Pin;.;r_lerect to {;amp Upton. N. Y .• from tltC'rc . to lloclwsl<'r · fJe · sailcd t'or !•'ranee Otl. fitl1 : a1\d a· P<?Slal was rC'r·civrd hcrr ) Pi;t,, rrJ,ir :;tali111~ that hf' ltarl arrivr•,t safely ;~e,~•~·tl lie went with photo·i;ccNo. 1n whlrh is ('OllllHJ ~"C[ units o( 1750 nw11. KIN6SBUR\' ME FRO~l FRANCE Rn111n .. 1'u. l(ing-:,b11ry arrivNl home from !"ranee last rvcninr,. lie eatC'red the sc-rvlce last summr1· und was ordered to (':1111p llpton, N. Y .. ho hC'can1e att;ichrrl to photo scc:tion No. 1:J :111d sajlecl for Vr;.,ncc Ocl. 6. His s rct.or was conn, ·terl with the aviation corps ,,nrl h:111 jt1Hf hccn or-. dered to move to tho frnnf when th" armistice was· signer!. Ho was rort11m1.te in nol touching at Brest In his hom11wa rd trip, as the U. S. S. Kroonland irn iled frC1111 .::;L Nazaire. Sam looks the picture ,r and ha:, g-ained considernli'e in the Rorvice or which h•· Rpeaks in tho highC'st or terms. Ii · ~ . Ile will immediately 1·r '. n1111" hi ,, 17 .Tan11· 11-y 1 IJ, l 919. lk ,1r l•'rir 11 rl : -.Tu .,! a few linrs to !rt y1J11 kno\\' that I am Rtill living:111rl hare not 1'01·goll1·11 .,·011. stationed in f hr small 1.J11t vf'l'y quaint lo\\'11 of Saint ~lo.isccnt. thi c; lnll'n al'trr rlnrking at La Hrvrf' and have I.Jeen l1Pre ever since. Saint i\1aisce nt is qni lC' a distance froni the front and from all indications \\'ill never g-et there . \Ve aro pef'tcd to l"n "" f or f he good old I 1 . S. A. mo st : 111) da y :rnd alt-hough ,I like Fran r· p :ti! ri,gh t l "dill certainly :111i.io11H to !!Cl b~. tl lo Portsmouth a 11tl ::I'<' 111y _dear full , ,i and fric11lls. Th<' barracks here -are fine and the r,,11, 1 is very ;;oocl. The only bud r, :itnrc · •hprc is !iiri n1u1I. . l'p ,to thrcr il:iyR :i l( o It rninP<l r,1r thr•·•! \\'Peks : lPn.d ., ;111l1 thr 11111d :,round the c·:111111 j:; n, .._ ,rl1· UJJ to th1• lops or shoes. It is ·tho most friendly 111u<l l ever sa\~, it cert:iinl·r sticks ll'itl1 \IS '\\'hl'II 'll'e stcp'ln il. As I said Olif:;irlc of the 111i.1CI l l,,. ,·amp iR fine . We i: a,A a pretty g<,11rl \' .\ I. t'. J\. in the r- a111p 1\\'ihich gh cs 11 s a movie s how ne arly every night. Altho11g•h the J)ictu res a re kind, of old "''" enjoy Uhen1 \'<'r.1· mn c h . 'l'liC' Y' gave ea ch of us frl lq-.,·s a Xrn:tR box containing tll'o ,,ack a 's'CS of cil\'arcttes, lwo 1.Jars or ,•11ocolale, one p,1cka,ge of gun, an rl one p:icka•ge o r ~moking toba c· co. \\' e area blo to get plrn ty P ! ci;.;ar!'tlos allll cigar~ at the co111111 b sarr here at vPry s mnll ~·ost, .l.Ju t m a t< hes aro vcn· ~,•a1·cc ,htre. The gr:u,s is green 'here and we go around 1·.- it hnut overr·o1ts when it is not mining. The \1· ro.ther 1has been very good for •the last t-hree days and we pln:, ,·cl baseball last \\',0 d1w s day , ('an you imagine ,p: rrpn gra !'< s and baseball in .Ja11nary · over herP. whil,., at home il i s ,·er.,· cold ,a nd lhCT ·,grn11nd 11rohalol .1 ,. o,·•• rod.witll s11q11·. \ \' ,•111 1111 a ten 111ilf" 'hik" Tuesday :ind IJcli",·e me 1 wa s som<' lalll t'. \\'c ha,.,, 1.Jc;pn having it prdly eas>· hc ·,, for 1hel a 8t six \\' PPlrn anrl limn 1,0 on,t on lite firsl i1il.c• for about four mouth and doing 1::11 ste11r; ,pe r mi:1ut n ror ten 111llcs i t naturally 111:itle tl1e 11·,hu ic bunch or us pretty• stiff Ilut '"' \\'Ct1t out .a nd I.Ja :;, hall Four.Kirvail Children··, Now In The Service Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Klryan of this city have !our children now In the service . . So _far as , The Times knows this. is· the record ·for any one family in this part of tho state, and_ Portsmouth as well ns .Mr. and :\1rs.Kirvan, have every reason to feei proud of them. 1.'he -two .boys, George W. lllchard A. are serving on S. North Carolina. The daughters, Julia M. and Mary L. on RECEIVES I ms COll-11\fiSSION. :n.'1.5~V'.\ \'b City Physician P. J. Kittredge h_as 1 cceivcd hls corp.mission as first lieunant in the Medical Reserve Co bas not yet been �Mrs. James 111•.'Kenzie of 1 stre-ct, received a letter a few days a,go from lh r bl-other, Sergt. H. P.1 Lnn,:;-, Co. n, 18th Engineers. He' stated that his regime;n t was .In art em'barkat:on ~amp waiting for orden' to land i--1 New York where he wil~ get released from the army· and will! ·••--•·,.,,_ return to this city to visit his sister ........~:,;.oiil llul'l)ld Allson J,ltll!'flcld, son ot 1"1mcr J. l•'. Ullll Helen Llt.llefleld or [;57 Slate strc~t, was •1>01·1~ In Ogunquit, :.\fo., and dame tolhis city when he was six Y"" 1·s of age , Ile graclua.ted from the l'ortsmouth Iligh School in.-,..;,.,,...,,., the class or 19 H and after a course o.f st11,ly at the Salem Commrrciai Colll- ,,, , ,111 rt:tl the employ of rl,e Little li ,·, d Lurni)c1· Company. In S!'ptcm he1· 1!J 17 he went l'rivatu l,a.tld w.iH :l L y<•a rs ol u;.;e~!l,:li,;~.lll < ;," r1111nl.. nt 8 t.! 1wicc as tln inspet·-l<H and a. uative or WcHt. Schuyler 1,a ls , a1 a i surv Pyor of 1umhe r for the U. S 'N. Y. I le had resillml in .\1a11 1• IJr':; t:-;,, , pping l\ourcl at the, Shattuck shi cr J°O yuarH an<l was a i;haurrn11r lJy ;a .I at Newinr.-ton wh,•re he remained oecupaliun. J:cHidm; his pan111t,1. h1• 1111LII July 11th, 1~18. lie then cnroJ.iecl Is survived by three HiHte r H, ~1r~. ,\r-1.'-'!liil!~.:?I for sea service In tho U, tel. :.\larine bnt11l!h of the navy, thur llarriH, ~lrH. June l•'rascr ol tl1is <·il.y tlll'll ~1rH. l•'rntl .Tohn:;011 of I. 1111. 1\JasH., and ouc urolhcr, Ari hur Ltflitl u[ Lhh: ;·il)'. 111, 23~/8' (korgo 1,;t1\\'11r<l J,11d1I. J>rivalc peorgo J<.:dwartl J,alill I.lie coJst artille:·y corps tliCd l'ortsmou th, vneumonia, Thuri;<iay night. J,au<f. the Hon _o[ ~1r. a11cl Ch;ir!ei; II. Laci<! ot: ;;::4 street, l el'L :\1anellester with the dra[t ----- ------- ------ Benjamin Latou1·elle, son of l\lr. antl Mrs. Octave J. Latourelle or l\Iapleavenue, enlisted in the navy SERGT. H. P. LANG before rclurnlng west again whcro lie has mado bis homo for seven years., Ha was ~~ployed on the railroad! as, a foreman and was among tbe first that went across laS't April wiLh the from California. HAROLD A. LITTLEFIELD a fe,w we eks' training on the U. S. S. i\lcad~, took up his clulies on a U. S. Army 'l'ra n8port at pr ~sen t eni;age<l BENJAMIN LATOURELLE January 10, 1917 and is now a class baker on the U. S. S. Mississippi. Before entering the service he had been to sea on se,vera\ trips on barges and was also formerly employed as a baker at '.Freeman's Bakerys on Vaughan street. PRESENT WREN fiER~lAN FLEET SURRENDERED \ :11.illedge Lee who h:is s.:!rve<t on i.he hattleshlp 'rexns, which was part <>f 1he /Ame ri can iH11i,adron, whicl, wus ten months with 1hA ;.\l':LTirl flr:1•1 In Bnglnnd, is on :i ten days' lea\'{) of nbsen~e whirh he iw passing with his parent s, l\fr. und , [rs .. lames l.cc i\Tarcy ' street. ·Y<rnn g Lee , h::.s . h<ien in the senir.e fo11r yr:11•,; ::inct 0;1 no,-v rates a8 roxs,vnin. lie ,v:1s pres~.,,.,..,.. . """'- e nt when 1he GPrman imperial fleet was surrencterecl ,llld he · '"~s on thf\ T exn~ when she wa~ 11srrt wilh olher A1t1eric:i.n b:i.llleshi11s :is a de,;oy 10 try :i.nd clr:i.w out the Germ:w • flrrt, ho wPve r, 1llrt not work . ..__,.,,..II:' he !l I s ·L 1Ji viHion, has been cd rrom the service a111l (I Lo his lwn1c in this city,~ G. Zike and llerna rrl :l'kMnh geant \ alter Lessor of the 26 ·on, who has just returned fr eas, passed last night in t'l ith q1is ,brother ·wmiam Less ing_ to ca.mp Devens, �one1~an Me ·oned i o Gal antry \mong the list of lll"IJ of the Ill Ith Infnnl r.r, uow in F'raru;e, to he 11,,,ntlo ued i11 ordnrs f<1r gal!antn ;i11d especially 111eritorio11:1 i;enice in n,·t ion againnt enemy, April 2 to J t. Is that of f>ri vale GPorge W. Lon"rc;an ot lhlfl city. Private Loueri.;au is tlie i;on of ti,,. Patrick n. Lo11ori:;a11 or l!Jl Stark Geo;·ge ,v. LonC'rgan, the first Ports mouth hoy to ho 1nr-ntioncrl for 'b rav•' ry 011 !he Jirench ,l,:1t1 :, 'i<'l<.l , is a 1,rivato in Utt> 104th U. :, . tnt'a11try and the sn11 or ·;1.1,·. and l',I r -< ergan ut' Starlc · strc~t years olc1 la~t April. Al thL, 'time of enl i ,nwnt he was em1>luye·u \· i th the C:<-neru I J•' l cctt·lc Company " '. Lynn, Ma .; . . He fo1111crly was empl o_H' tl by Arlhur l)C'd<•s. He was l'dul':1t •·d in tl11• l0('1] p1 1 bllc school« :11111 Inter at••·11,1<: ,1 the Plymoullt Business school lfo enlisted In !l\Iay, lfr I 7 in the old Sixth :\1assachusetts r<'c; i m<'nt and, arrived overseas in OctolH•r of last year going across as cleric hr thP Signal the drive (1 ·om Apl'il 2 to the ~I rPl't au<.! ll' llH 0110 o[ 1hp fl:rst lll CII cily lo enlist aud be sent will be a '/. home together. Ye~terday I witnessed the funeral of an- avlat'or who was kllled in actlon. You don't !wow how good it makes me feel to hear that everybody at home is w~ll. When I g,lt the mail the fln,t I open is the le t ter from home. \ Vo hu.vc as yo u know, a priest with us, .fo'athC'1' Duval, a K. of C. chaplain. Ile is fe:il"less. He was decoratedr by the Frrnch government for brayery. My arm ls entirely better now. Tt was burned they say by some gas, f must have stuck my arm on something th e Germans Iefl behind. That was quite a celebration about our vlctor·y and I can say I was there tu see tho Germans retre'l.t. I only wi sh you could ·se,e th r thousands of priso1wl's that come stroll ing In. 1 h <'a,· from .John Cronln, and also had a letter from Jc,hnny Moran who Is "Over here." .nPmembPr me to m·other chil rlrrn and write often too. loving son, GEORG<E W. LO:>lE:RGAN, Headquarters Company, 104th Infantry, A . E. F'. · The pictures in today's Chronicle are of Paul B. ancL .Tohn, H, McCarthy, sun s or the late John H. and Margaret A. :\IcCarthy, two well known and pop11l:J.r local young m ,en who are in 1•'1 anL'C' doing theil' part in the wn r for tl emu<'l'acy. They atTived in FrancE' eu1 ly In :S.ovembcr 1917. At tile time of tltP:1· , nlistmcnt they were students at C1r-orgetown U niversity in D. ,C , Th ey are m embers lodge of Elks and have GEORGE W. LONER GAN ALBERT Private Alh l' rt Lon ng-an of Rtate sll' cct whn sen·,.,1 \\'ith Da t t<'ry B, fi6th .i\rlillc-ry A. J;, I•'., has- reseYell 111 ·, nl lts Vilh of this year h1·avery and meritorious w<>rk. !Ile, was ·c slwrt time ago reported ''miss,ing in nctinn" 'but was Ialrr Iocatr·il in a liosp il ctl in France. 1 l i s partnts receiv<'rl a telegram fr om the " ' nr Departm"nt In Washing-tnn. last weEJk that h<' was Located A 11tl on Saturday thp, · 1 f"Ceived a letter from their son dat,,,l Rcpt. 3 an!l wri t tr>n "somewhere in 1•'n nce." The, following is a copy o( his ll'tlClr: iSomowh <' re In France Scpl. 3, 1918. D<':ir li'ather:A f<'w lines to Jet ~-,1u know that I am \\!' II and hO()O CV!'rybody at hOlll l' is th" s ,me. Last nig-ht was quite colt! ,I.Jut l nda~· is a conli1,11ntlon o r th e good \,·rn t h<'r we ha v" been having. ·No ◄ l Q uht you rearl a lot about the Alli<' s th ese days. 'l'hP Germans are getting their medicine now and in a year I thit,k il \\' i ll b ,· a.JI over and we �01:01,:mm i,OC'I 'Lieut. Ralph G. i\lcCorty, A., Is home on leave for a rcw days from Camp Dix. N ..J. Ire lea,·es the latter part of t11e week for (;amp \Yileeler, i\lacon, Ga.. where ho Is duty willl tile 90th 010 , ::!,() - I<.; APl'OINTIW a~ \2- Sl<'.of'O~ H J\.\T. James A. McCarthy, Jr., son !\fr. and Mrs. James A. McCarU1y ·or Miller avenue, has 1.Jopn appointed a secon1l lieutenant in [he army. Ho has been at the officers' training camp at Fort O~lothorpe, Ga., and was commissioner! June 1. Ho is now attached to tho J ~,th companr, 2d in fantry. rc:ilarement regiment, at Camp Clo.-don, Ga. He enlisted with the 1st coml!any, C. A. C. , now tho ninth company, and hold tlrn ,AMBROSE S. MclNNIS was called as a chauffeur Aur;. 11, going to Dartmouth College for months training. Ile later wa,:; sent tu the Motor Ti-an,;p"o rtation Co. at Fortress ?\Ionroe, Va., where he 1·emaine,I until he was discharged Dec. 12, 191 8. SAILOR BOY WRITES () •.J HOME Tho mn ny f1 le111I:; or Ensign :\1p.-:donalcl, l". S. N. will !Jc pleased hear or his trn vol!; abroad . The rollowlng lctlcr I'. S. S. Florida. Euro1>()an Waters. July 21, 1918. I f:u pposn by now f rom me by cablci;r:i.m and tho ca rd from tho ofCice at New York. I am safely landed and have reached my t November and on a transport, h good number on of i\fr. and l\lr voyngo over was very pleasant, only one !Jar! day. We were quite a long while getting here owing -:,=--,.- ;;;;.-.- ,: ·~ It seems queer to be so far away from home and ,re realize it, because mail is so lo.a g coming. I have been very fortunate as I had a few days' furlough ln wh ich to travel around. I visited quite a good deal of England, Scotland and Ireland. Scotland l3 a deal of suffering. I am unable to tell you just where I am o~ what work we are doing. We get very littl e night In this part of the world; the sun sets about 10 or 10.30 at night and is light again about 2 a. m. Really you can r ead i:. JOHN D. MACDONALD KE•NNETH F. Mi;INNIS Airter two months' training he wall transforrcd to !•'Ire G u111;d Co. 30U a I Philadelphia, Pa., where he remain.cu until' his discharge March ·21, 1 nn. He wat; promoted to the rank of Corporal ln· lh,e Quartermasters Corps. Ruclericlc 'Macdonalrl, of Pine and was born in this city S ept. 7, 1893. He attended the parochial school and Iat<'r secu1·ed employment at the j\forle-y Button Factory. He played with the- lmsc liull 1ll'Ulll Ill till' Hun,;('( Lt•ague. 'l'he paren·ts of the young 11111 n 1·ecelvC'd a letter from hlm thl~ we!'), which stated he wns well 111111 hull It ls al.Jont like our 7 o'clock at ho:i1e. One can certainly see how Engla nJ feels the war while traveling around There a r e many in mourning and a great many wounded soldiers. The gir ls are doing evcr,y kind of work, and it is HO hard lo got anything to eat there Is 1:0 butter or sugar to be had. I am at sea 110w, but I cannot tell whe r e, but the work Ing Is marvelous. I will close now, hoping ro1i are well and that I w111 soon an<1; send me all or th e n ews. Your lovin g son , �Flcl(l Signal nattalion ; ; new "Homr whc>ri- In ,France." I lo wn1, hn,.n " <'l'Pg11ish, :No,·a Scot,a, \l rc'1 l ~ 1 ,,,11 H.e 1 ,ls employed hr t ht' S, \\' Eng-,w 11! Tckphonc and Teleg-r1 "·1 company .n c-ity for a:nnt ,, y '.tr nnd n hnlf CC'rtPORAL f'nrpnral .lamrs .n. 1'1ahonry is a m<'llllH•:· of 1:,,acry D, 103rd Field Ar~ llllPt'Y anrt has hern ,J,,ini:; service for r•'n1nc·1· fo1· sometime. R. J. MANNING Pa. JTn rnliste~ i11 tho army on April 14, Bl I:> . l"ort Slocum, N. Y. He has b (.'fl stati-oned a.t e.:1ch ..of the forts at New Cast!" nnd Is a mi.>mhcr of the 10th Company, C. A. C. He ls now on d.ity at the new rc-sorvatl-011 at Kew Castle. He marrird }.I!ss rffozel Patch, a sister of the late Arthur T : Patch. T!lhi ?norni11µ- thr~c nH 11. CPorg- ·, A. :llcl'l:clcr:; of l'orls•1101111t, ()~(•rtr Corporal Fred II. llla nlcn, a w, 11 known and popular young man or Kittery Point, is anotht'r young man from this vicinity, whose heroism In the wa1· has given him special and he was cltC'd for bravPry in May. In the battle of th MDrue he went over the top and [r,st a 11 •his equip Inter wrote home telllng something or his , tt•rriblr' C. llowlt•\ ur l•:w ·I l,i11g :·J o11 :it,d \\'ii lia111 .). lluusc- of l'11 rts111011 1I, l••f: for FO!'I Slocum \\ hf'l'f' I II",\' \\ ill 111111l• ;•. go a roursc of lrai11ing in Jl1e :'\ati,,11al Army. Yrslenlay Jr-11 1lr:iftr"'!< 11 l10 arr i11 thr limited scrl'lcr- lcfl N. )r. (:por~" :'.l :· l'het Pr~ . who 11,1., charged fro 11 the sen·i"e 1:1,1 :11 Camp Taylor. Ln11iin·ill1 •·~ .• and \\'ho ha" heen homr o,·c-r f"Hi.·tnrn•· rPl11rne<1 tocl:i.y to thP :\IPll'O.'E' llih h :il'hool. I le has hreu rl' lirl'ecl of hi~ :1th!Ptlc 1l11tlPH at th<• '. 111:-i FRED H. MARD EN (imi- Corpornl 1<!,.rden enlisted at Alliston J11ne 2, 1917, in C. Co., 101st I•'il'ld Hrtttalion, Signal Corps a.nd wc-11 t overseas ·t yc-,1 r ago last 'i,plemhrr. He is th~ ~nn of Ca.plain and •Mrs. Fred II . .\larrtcn of Kittery l'oint a.nd was born anrl brought up In that y!Jlage. Graduating from Traip Acadl'my, Kittery, in 1912, he later ac ceptr•,l a position with the Edison Elect ri r Light Company and its t>mploy for five years. Corporal Marden has many in th 's city and vicinity who are grea ti~· pleased t9' hear of his success and bravery in th e fight for demo- cracy . �1\Hller, a popular local young ,man, Is the son or a\Irs. ·u~an Mlller of ,139 Cass street and ls se1·vlng In the National Army "some\\ 1c1·e ln France." He was born In Scotland SeJJl. 1892. He is a member of Damon John J. Moran was called lnto service D ec. 21, 1917 und salled fol' some where In France lust ::\1arch. Before golng Into the servieo he was employ ed by the l\Iorlcy Uutton Ma.nufactur- --- JOHN J. JOHN R. MILLER ot P. and· Osgood Lodge, I. 0. 0. F, and or Kearsarge Engine Company 'No. 3. Before entering the service he wa,s employed as a plumber at \V. E. Paul's store on •Marlcet street. H e Is a m ember of Co. B. 302d Infantry and K. ,J ~ 1{, as he ls •uetter {nown, was a Jllli>Ula1· player In t t e 3UIISCL LN1gue, pla y}ng on Lhe ,Morley Button shOJJ team. lle Is now overseas wllh Battery B, 51st .\rlillery, C. A. C. fut' oversea~• :;er- cal roung man, a member o! the Amerlcan txpedltlonary forces overseas. where he has been for some t1me, Mi~hael J. l\Ioon y was born ,\ pril 2, 1881. He was fornwrly cmJ~loyed lJY the Morley l\1anufac,turing Company. Afte,· war was dc.clare,1 he was one of the first local men to volun(ec1· hi· servlces and enlisted in th• navy as seaman gunner in .fpril 1917, having . ;: \~•"•_ ''""' , .J ,~t'., •. ( · .;/ ·_·. ,,;::;.., .-'•..- ./' .1 t EMERSON MILES sPrvlng as a private with the Rr-g. Eng. Co. D. Ile ls the son of ~.rrs. Lucy· l\flle-s of 11 unkl11g street. nc that he ts well and lntercs~lr.g En:, :·,on .II iles, son or ~I rs. I ,uc . .\lil u• or I 7 11 nnkin:,; srrrct. h,\S lJt:Oll in 1•·1a11 ,· t: 111 er a Yt' ar.' 111o~t of the or l hi' I 11 1~· ~{t~~:.in1,:nt ol 1.;ngince1·s. lie lias n• t·,• 111!y lwen tran~t'crre,l MICHAEL J. MOONEY. on Oct. caHed to the colors He is now first class gunners· mate and is on a munition trantipo1·t. He has made sc:vera.l trips a.:ross �The following is a eopy of the Jetter ·"nt to the young man's fftther, by ofltePn; of his regiment :.ind received r e1,en, !r: , .· Jlr1s . 3rd Datt 9th [nfantry . A. El. 1''. Franc,, n 111 Oct. 1 I .f(li,n P. C. Neal, 7 ,'., lmei· Street, ,\·a tertown, . Mass lh': r ~ir:•Permit me to extentl my sincere ~ym palhy In the cvcnt of the denth on the 1° ,eld of iionor, of yonr son Lieuten·111t Ralph Neal. Sincere in purpose, I l'lyai to duty, a most conscientious and efficient Officer, Lieut. NeaJ [<'ii · in actinn like a tru<' Aoldier/ He was nne of the ablest officers in the Reg-ii mPnl and 'was recogni:r,ed by both offi1 t·,,r~ ancl men as a leader and a ma11 of firm prlncipl<'s. Lieut. N<'al w·ts :i. Jl"rsonaJ fricTJd as ,,.,. bol h had son, ,· lhini; Iii common, be l I s \. so11 n( D1·. ,J1>11, 1 fl .... eal now :-::: 1tinn"d nt .l ·1ck~un,i1lc, ha~ hrPn p,.,.11, ,t, ti lo t 11c> r 1 nk of Jll?llll,I, l'. ;',~I.(', 1,1(1 IJr •r ' ' ":• i I t'aptai11. Ile <·t oll'l'Pcl as ~l s<' Cond LiPUl in l.,atl!C', but ,1·n: as rn•nl ., rt:i l>I, •i nd ha •; 111a<1 ~ , a pid promotion up 1o c•bul(I be eX!H•cte<l :ll ·: lrn., ;i i ,. I his present g rr,,lc which d::utes France. Lt,, ~I in,•,. irnt•:. 11 iii I , 'June 19. · ,J. ~ llf'lln,\' 11 hu~:iau,1 . l.i, I' ~I 0 I 'is C'l' · 11L__ ,c: . .I. _\lonL') ~Oll'I IIJall _\' rr1 11 11d . h as he wa~ ., t alio;1<•<l U lltl l 111JCr {)I ,rd IOI' . LIEUT. Mou , ,·p1•11u,v \\'Pill Ille! 1.1- \\'/1~ ('0" ! :AL IS KILLED IN ACTIO i."' ,:ion, ; \V s Well Kr own Here and \ Iii,\ 11 •·t. 1roueypcn1u-•.v m:1n, •ti .\Ii , ac.sed M ny Summers at Ne Castle. gri111 ol' thi:; cit.v 111 r, ·c .' p:, rs ·. :\111neypen11y' i~ l'l'sidi1 sist1 r, _J -~ •• \. L. ":rt l'o The news nf tlw death oC Hn i ph T. Nl'u l, U.S.A., \\ l, o was killt•d in :iction a t Hlanc i.\[nncle H i d,::-<', Ort. 3, was 111 arc! with m11ch sonow h_y his many friends in "ew Castle wlH're hP pas,· ,'n mo s t of. hi s summers 011<1 \\'lw r c h" numerous relatives. Lieut. Neat ,, a s t1fe son or John C. N al. a nati\·ro 11f , ' ··w C;,stl<', and for y1•ars " r<-'sid< ,i t ,1f M:itl .i pan, l\T-ass. LiPUl. Neal v « s :i gradu:itL• ,.f J\mlwrst CollegP an<l ,•0lunt,•~n•u fvr serVi<:C' to his country. Ile was sl'nt lo an c,tf'!c:ers' tl'ninln..; sthoot ,1t amp Upton, N. Y., an<l Jast • lay was sent oV<'r s<:as as corpr» a I o( IL Co. :rnsth Tiegiment. .He lat,.,. \\'UH made sergeant anrl in July rCCl'iv,-,1 hi1: <·ommi :,sin11 ·,s " li•·utPn :11,1 and 1,·:is :isslgnrcl l" c .. !:111 Hegiment, ln(:i11try. Ill' saw s,,m .. ~•pvcrc figh ti I1r:j 11 J1'· ·• 1 net\ writing ,,,is 1, homr that he h;icl brcn " <•,·t•r the toP" and h:1,l not h a rt 11is , 't> thes off for from r,,ur to ~i' ,v,.P k ~ :-- nrl thPn only l.J wash them in a hrook. Lieut. Neal \\'as killed in nclion Oct. ., u111le,· shell fire and huri<-'<l where he ft•II. His father rP<' " ived a letter from th Captain of his company and a noth<',· from the l\Ia,iu,· t:cnera I comm~ncling his clivi,;inn. ,;l\' ing details of his 11\' nth. The young lll: t ll \\':J ;; !ill • d wi t :1 a ln1<' patriotic 8Jl i • i l and ~lll,uugh PX - II I "mptrct from tl, .. <lraft he left nothing 1t1 ,1lrr until 11" could wear !he uniform of n soldier a,:d he was i:;-iven , ,,J,..cied overseas sron•,rp_ lit-fore• h<' Pnlpn•d th•' :,rmy In a let t,·,· to his father he \\'rote: "1 can't • t:, ncl it Dad, to sPe tl1 <' boys going 1 :111<1 I at home. I :11 111 llOl yellow and ,,·ill not hp a sla ,·k r l'." Iii~ Cather and , ,. lnlivrs aro greatly ,,a,JrlcnNl hy th<' y1111ng 1nan's dealh. Jle was 011ro of exr>mplary habits and ~,·eme<l dPslinPd to a ful11re of mu"h p ,·,,mlsc. lip and h io fa l"r \\'<'I"<' morP like "chum , " than f ·ilh< r anrl s:on a nd that ll1ro latter is 111•ver <o rdu . n, lrnt h!s remains in « rull 1 • grnve in the , nil or !•'ranee has hl'ought g1·r•:i.t i;ril'f . : n Ills )o\'ing pa1·,, nt. I I lie I 1ns l I ; iui, graduat es oC the sam~ college. I~ 1,·:is my privilege to have such an ,,fflcer n member of my company, and i speak for th<' officers and men of the IMilnr~,-,;;~ cnmpany when I say his Joss is most l< t·e nly felt hut we shall cherish his memory-his example will inspire others to achieve lhe de ·ired result, the complclr• defoal of the enemy. Again in I he n~ me of the- ("ompany ~ nd the officers of I he Re,;im<'nt I extend my heartfelt sympathy, (Signed) JAMES H. DAY. · ,Capt. 9th Jnf. Cmdg. �.SER6T. NORCROSS HOME Leave:; Parents Who Res ide ir. 1 h's Ctty, Also Two B1·o thcrs in the Service. - - - Ar -I 'JI,, Sergi. nusscll J. Norcross, son of i\fr . and l\Jrs. I. A. Norcross of 288 Hanover street, has returned from overseas, huv;ng served fifteen mon_ths with l he A. m. F. in France. r fp JS •njoying a trip through the ·while :\lo11ntai11s and vistiing relat f~PH ancl friends in Hardwick, Vt., l11 s rormer home. T pon his return, he will resume hi,; ,IuticH as hookkeeper with .\loore & Preston ('oaf Company :\lanchcstrr, '. IL l'rivatt, l•'.lli.:::u· J. :-.iorcn,.,s, EDWARD J. NEVILLE Sergeant Edward J. Neville son o! Mr. an~ Mrs. ratrlck Neville of Rockingham street. He was born In this city and was graduated !ram the Portsmouth high school, class o! 19.14. He enlisted in the New -Hampshire State 'h-1ilitla tn July 1916. He is now with the Coast Artillery Co mp any at Fort Stark, N_ew Castle. ::s;orcross, sui,cr:11t1•1ul 'Ill or the llhlop ::;tables ill lilis dli, <lieu ma tran::;port IJ0111HI for l·':·anc:,•. l!e was a m·emller or 13attery U, 7:lrd \riillc:·y, anu was empiO)L.~l in :\la11·hc stc:·. Ile l eft lhal eity l,,t-i ill Sep e1,:1Jer . lo c11tPr the »e1·dce, ailed for 01·,~rncas d11ty. cnz,\ brol«• 011t among till· troops anrl .here were 11 u 111erou,; dvaLhs. J'r ivatc Xorcross wa,; !Jorn in llani wick, Vt.; Feb. 13, and praclicall~ ,·, cl•,l11 1!1at town ,all hi,; life up to [our yeur,; ago. !le was c1uploy<•<l ., 1·e as 111l't1L cutter for I he B. ll . ~ore C.Jlllj)fln,V al the time Of ClltCr1!1, tile ,;crrice. llis parent,; mo1·ecJ. ro:u ~la11 C'hestcr lo l'orts1,?oullL lusl la1111ary and all who made: the youll'; nan's al·c1uai,1lancc in this city were ·11ornlJl .1 impre,;scd wiih hi111. tie mil cx,:e!lcn t cha ractcrisUc::; ancJ was ~,·oil O'I :.-1c•11, l>a11l\'I 0·1:rlt-11, wa~ horn In .J unc 3, I S~-1. He was ed uthc l'aro,.hi.,I antl JTigl, :lllLl prc·vi1111,; to his or ldt.; JllObt pop11lar ·' uu11g l11C!I in :;ocial r-irclc.; an,l had a host ol l'rie11ds "ho will hear or with 11111,·1 1 regret. Beside:; his parents he is survil·ed lJy two brothers, Russell .'\orr.ros,, scn·lng in the [I, S. army in !?ran c:,·. an<i Orio ::s;orC'ross, 11 ho i,; scn·in~ clltly on lhc t· 8. •)!W MARK A. NEVILLE. Rocl(lngham street. He was IJor~ in this cllY, and ls a graduate of the Portsmouth high school, class of 1917. Be enlisted 111 the. navy Oct. •l, 1918 , 111111'!-r,.W~•· o.nd Is now at the Naval R~hnol at New llam pshire College, l>urhum. II ,• has a bro,lher ul~o In the servlcP, s,•rgeant Edwa,·d J. Neville, it nwmber -"' the C. A. C. and sL.'ltiOll d :tt l•'llrl N, w C,tstle, ::1111\ 11,iw ··8<11111·- I mt• 11 l 11avy yar<l. 111 J>c,•,-n,ber of last year lie t•11liste,L in the . 'a val Hcst1·vcs as ilr:;l cla.;s m:1chi11i~l·8 mato ancl was 1·all1 ,I r.,,. a<:lll'o d11ly Api-11 f., !Dl~.Al pn•:,o'll t ho I~ loc;a I t·,L �Private Jason Lane Osgood, U. ~ IM. C., was born in Lee, N. II. Enlisted In .Boston, Mass., N·o,·. 4, 1916. j JAMES E. O'BRIEN now with the Ninth 1 ft this city not long he expe<;ts to see overseas service the nea/ futur e. 'William II. O'Brien and O'D1,ien are two more brothers and local young men who are serving in the Nation al Army. They arc sons of .Mrs. WILLIAM H. O'BRIEN Carrie A. Harvey of Hanove1· street. "'William II. O'Brien enlisted In the service In 1917 and ls now with the 3<>3 rtl Ileavy Field Artillery stationed at the Portsmouth navy yaTtl from Jan. 1, 19-17 to April 20, 1917. Transferred to Portland, l\Ie., remain in::; there until March 6, 19!S, nnll then returned to l ortsmouth. lle lert here Aui:;ust 20. His wife and baby !la ugh - �~.;;..;;:.,.',!.~PARKS HAS John Philip Palmer of this city, now stationed at Camp Meade, Md., on Nov. 1 received a commission aii aiptain. Cmpt. Palmer is a ,g raduat'e of P. H. ~-. '09 and of Dartmouth f: College, He . is a brother of Chie_! / eoman Thomas H. Palmer. . -. .\t:Hl\'h:ll 11m. LIEUT EDWARD GbOKIN PAR;KE"R Lieutenant Edward Gookin Parkel' is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace B. Parker and was born Sept. 28, 1889. He graduated from the Portsr,,~uth High school in the class of 1907 ' and from New Hampshire co1lege in 1911. He took a post graduate course at Cornell in 1_9 12 and became a successful research chemist. He enlisted in the a'viation servico in August, 1917 and was instructe1 in-ground work at the Mh. 'l'., being later assigned to the air school at Foggia, Italy. He was commissione•J a lieutenant Mqy 18, 1918. First Lle\Jtenanl li:dward Park er son Of ~fr. and :'lfrs. HorJce ~ark c r or Union street arrived' al his home 'in this city yesterday, after l1 months' service abroad, and i~ ceiv,ing · warm g,lletlngs · from many t'riencls. . Lieutenant Parker Is i11 the aviation service ancl has been on duty in England and in Italy. afte r ar ough passage ome for a t'ew days' nce, after which eh stcampatGa across aud is leave of abwill return · r r \Vllliam IT. Parks, who anived home on the :Mongoila, i8 a mem1Jer of the 26th Division and has been overseas FRACTURE OF SK LL Had Just Returned to Camp Devens From Home in f\,:1. v'\Jhis City -i A Y-J~ll, A JJl'il 2 2- .Nille 1ior:;ons, eight or the1H solcliers, wern :;ovore ly injured early today when tho automobile in which thor wore riding crashed through lhe ralllni-; nt tho fi:Rst Main street bridge bore and plunged down a11 em ban kmen t. '!'he injured were tal<en to the l.JaHe hospital in jitneyH co111m1l11decrcd and of)eratecl, 1.Jy l'atrolmcn G. S. Hibbard and .Jamel:! l'eronl. The screan1s of the injured men aroused several newspaper who hurried to the :;cene of the accident, and with Dr. L on IJ . Sullll•an £ave first aid. The men were then r emoved to the One is 011 the danger Among the list or injured were: J>rivate Williams l'arks, U flattery, l 03rd Flelcl Artillery, No. I ~3 Jeffer8on street, Port smouth. N. I I., posor the skull; on t)n- WILLIAM .-H. PARKS -- ---,---aboU't a yeut' 8er,·i<'e when is the son of P~L'kS of thiJ and a half, enlisting fo1 but 18 years of age. Il e ?.Ir. and :\Irs. George L.,c,,·~~..,-.fl• cit}'. �1:1.tf' hnm~ in th!s city honor~. T he fun C'ral services wore cun,luct ,•tl by Chapin.in ltoundtree, U. S. ·. A large GIiie American flag was pl::u·,•d """ r I he <"askPt anJ bea utifu l lloral ll'lbulPs , ave e\'idencc o r the lovP n1•d estt•cn 1 11f re:atives, f1·ien <ki the fln,t Pol'lsclie In lil<' U . S. I I ls t!Path was caused by m eningitis anti he pa8sed away on D ec. ~9, J !tl7 tll lh c Naval Hospital at Newport, K I., ot the age or 23 years. Arthur '1'. Patch \HI~ lh(' son of J\lrs . .Emma 'Patch or South J\lill ><t reet. Ii i~ genial nal11re anrl kindly }!Part m:i.Lle •h im lik('(l lty all hi s a8SOciates. ll e was 1l01'11 in Kilt('ry Point, :.\le.,' but ·o m e YNlrs lal<'l' ~h<' family moved to this clly. After h e left school hf' \\·as e mployed by a local exprC':-s c0mpany, but soon after wn r was dt•clared h e became anxious lo c·nl<'r thC' :,;c-rvi,·<' and on July 9, lll 17 en li!<lcrl ,, t ',li e e o! his country i e was born in Kltter e son elf 0. Sumner wn . His" education and assor.:-iatl.'H. 11 ,., is 1,•11,.h-rl~· rwiu1·ncd In the hCJlm(' cln·ic•, yet hi8 nwlhe1· with tearstainrcl eye~ looks lovin1:ly at h er bo :.-·s pir·t uro in h<'r home and i;, proud lo lll'inl< h" wn.s brave and true to hi ,s ,•n11ntry'8 ting-, 'J'I"' fol!nwing lin<'s arr tal,en from a J)llflll c•nlllletl, ··.rhe Unselfish i.\Iother's Ans\\·e,·," and wr>rP. wri,t l e'n •by Dr ..Jnm Ps D. Hur,-hes, \\'hose own so n wns killr•,l fli.;-h:in<:- fo,· !•'ranee some tin , ·' :t 1;0. Th c-y <'XJ,)ress the feeling of the nrnlhrr or t 11i~ Portsmouth sailor larl who llie::J (nr lite fl a,g: _"God's trst of manhood ls, l know Nut 'will he rclul'll'?' 1..>i1t 'did he go'/' ll'is pnrt unsrlf,8hly to do My 11<':trt c~n frr'. xultant pride T hal f111· 1t11111;1nity h died. \ 71fy r<':tl ,·nn c-an n<''."<'1· die; And I sha 11 kC('[> remembrance I I forC'\'t'r 11•:'t'p \\'ithin 111 ~· lll':trl 1if m:: truP sn n, B t•(',\ [IS(' of ll'illlllJ>hS that lie \\'On Hos:rnn:rn I ·,viii sing- for him E'en tlt •lllg h my pyes with tea r s d im. " ARTHUR T. PATCH Portsmouth naV)' yard in the navy ro,· four yearR. Ile was n.s si s n ed to dut y as a flreman on U. S. S. Jlaltimore. H aving- I.Jeen awny from homl' som e time n.ft<'t' his rnlistment, was anticlpatin~ a Curlour;lt and a visit to his m other o,•er Thanlrngiving, b ut on 'ov. 22 he was taken ill and his condition soon h"came se1'ious. All t hro ugh his illn('SR h<' was a patient 3uffere r . He died n,-c. 2!J, 1917. D eCorc his 'illn ess he ing s0011 to sr> al'I i ve ropran w:l l <'rn, h<'i ngRplrlt 'Of patrloliRlll, Intl lea th c-:1m<' ht Corp hi,; \\'i.sh izecl, h<' ans\H'recl his c·nunlry's c-all n.nd his couragt' and t11•yo:i 11 n to duly in the ,gTeat en us macl <' h im a hero. A physiC'ian of the Naval IIospitnl stare at NC'\\'port saitl to the sailor lad's clcvol!'d motlt c·r, who hurri <' d to Newport when she- I nC-1\' hr-r ~1111 wns lil,"Your boy Is as PlllC'h of :t h<'ro as if he clie,l on the lo·, ttl<'!leld. Il r gave uns elfif.h, cil'nsPcrat·nn lo J\mPrica." Th e yuung m 'tn was ,burird from his - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - I ORMAN R. PAUL nati~ pla.co and he ls a graduate of Traipe Academy, ~Jass or 1910. He married ~n 1s Marlon H. Martin of this city,- since whLc'l time he has made his home hero. J\fr P!l.nl waJ employed, at Clark's !Branch as a clerk, prior to his entering the service. October 6, 19'17 he went to Camp Devens, where he remained until . the following • July, ~hen h·e wenf ·ove.rSe'::J.S with the, 76th Dlvl~iol'!.,_Ho is with t he �ORMAN PAUL _WRITES Of ~ ·5 ·, fiERMANY Is Now With Army of Occupation and Finds Germany Beautiful to Look at. Orman Paul, U. S. A., with the Am· erlcan Army of Occupation now ln 'Germany, hQ.S written the following letter to Mr. Kane of Dennett street. Treves, Germany, We are living in a Cerman, Army Garrison and It is the finest lhin'g of its kind _I ever saw. The barracks arn bl 1g stone buildings divided into rooms hu·ge enough for eight men-. Has e1ectric lights, heal, white tile baths and every modern conYcnience. The German Army ,was well tal<en care of and no wonder it was the fighting machine that it proved to be. German money is very low now. •B efore the wa1· a marl< was 2ac in ,\meric:an money and a,. franc (li'.r.) 19c. But now .f or 100 fr we get 145 ma.rl,s. \Ve get paid in French money and the people hero will accept it but only allow tn •' sam l' va Jut• for a franc as a murk so it is worth while to exchange our money at the banlrn. i>rea1·1y a month sinco I had :iny mail and as letlers from home aro tho most welcome t 'h ings we ,get it isn't any too pleasant. '\VJ1en. mail docs come there should be a lot o.f it. As ever, o:rnrA!:\". New address ,Co. ,r:, General IIdqlt'S. ::.Iii. ,Police a}u_ A. l'. o. no, A. E. Looks as If we .were scheduled to eat our Christmas dinner in the land of the enemy, came here a ,veek ago today as part or the 3rd Army of Occupation. Germany Is a very beautiful country, that is what little 1 have seen or it. Treves, or Trie1.-, the pe,·man, name, is_ a fine up-to-date city. It 9-Jmost ?~\q \'b makes ' you homc-siclc to walk the Carl A. Pearson, a rnern\Jer streets, ev1Jrything lool,s Ho hom<>llke. company, ,M!lltary Police at Cam I was down town last ,Sunday· and it looks ,just llko Boston at th-is tlmo or Devens, died from pneumonia r• year. All the -store-s a1·e deco1·ated, big suiting from the inf1uenza. Hi.. ·show ,windows trimmed " "ith oCh1istmother and sisters were with him mas trees, jewelry windows full of when he died, having been notified o[ gift suggestions, nnd- · tho streets his. serious illness. He was 25 years crowded. It r·e ally seems impossible old and was a native of this city. Ile for a country tha.t. has been at ,1·:1 r was in Boston working when the r eg!or four years. This pince Is so mue!l istrations were made and wa!f sent to dif(er-ent , from any places I saw In Framce e.n.<1 •lt ce1·tal11ly shows the Ger Camp Devens with a draft from that mans to boa rwro ' :iin,hllious :111<1 In• city. Besides his mother, Mrs. Henry dust.rial raco or people. Desbrow, he is su rvived by four sisThe.re seems to be no reeling ters, Mrs. William Carlton, ;vrrs ., Eva ward the Amei-icans ns you would exKindler, Mrs. Samuel ·white.house, •pect of a conquere-d country. In fact I rather tholnk most of the ,people warmly welcome the Yankees and are thank fut toward them for en.ding the war. A-s one lady said, "The Kaiser n~ver ,got me anything." , 'To get hero we had a three day ride in fr-eight cars, side door pullmans as they are zpore commonly called. It ,was a roug.h way to travel put . a flne trip and a · tri.p bhM· wlll cost tlrousands of dollars when tourists are a 1Jowed to visit the ' battlefields. ·we went through the Verdun, lb<attl-erfleld and It Is nothing but a waste desolate stretch. ,In the city itself there is not one sin,gle house left, nothing but :1 -pllo of stone and plaster. Going r...-·'~illlA,•it!II", through th:e battlefield as far as you can seo H is a networlc 10.f trenches, barbed wire and shell hole!'. Thero aro llttle ,bu1Ting grounds cverywhet'<'-, where proba'bly hundreds of French .... _..,,_·•=·,,.-. are burled in one place. At a small toovn of 14ndrj:1court )outh of Ve,<lun and beside ·the last fort In tho V-ehlun defenses there Is a. place about 100 feet square and covered with crosses. They tell us that 100,-00-0 men are burled · t 11 0 LET'.1.'Elt noy Po r 1smou · ti I 1 ' "\Vr·Hes Ft·om ·• "Over 'i'hc1·e" to H'iH :\fotl1e1·. The following letter from Private }farvln E. Perkins, who is now In France, will be read with Interest: ' Dear Mother:\Ve have got In a camp now to stay, I gu!)ss; I hope so, anywa)' . It Is _a small ,town or" about 200 pe?i>le, I ~uess. We drink onl; w!he over !t?re: th.e, ~ater Is not good; we ·1tuv~ to lioll It ail be.for~ drink It. ~ . _Tlill I!ame, ot ,th~ town is· ;\ubiere. :It is . In tqe:southl!rn part of Frande·. , , We.do·.ve\'y llttle 'drllllng. We a.re ,ClJlanin'g up .lbe , tciwn; it Is very dir'ty._ There 11,te only women and .old 'men here. ·,, • , Glri,s d_o E1yefYlhlng !1ere, work. on eit'glne1;1, on the, •• section I drive autos ' 1 .• ·1 nd everything. . · · .' -' ' 1' ~. We are right {n the town with the lvlllans mixed right In with · them. They are good people. We are a long , way from the fighting line. · Well, I guess I will stop now and el! It this goes through. · · 91ve my· love to · every-body, Your Loving Son, . ) Pvt. Marvin E. Perkins / \ ) ' Dat. A, 303<1, H.F. A. 'we 0 J ·t �Marvin E. Perkins is the son o[ l\lrs Edith G. Perkins and th<' late George E. Perkins or .North HamJ)ton. Ue 1•11S<"pt. 21, 1017 und was sent to Camp Devens, Ayrr, ,\lnss. After being there nearly tl'n months lie was sent overseas ancl ls "snmewhere-ln 1rra11cC'," arrlvlnr; lh"rc alJOUL the first or Aui:;ust. In a letter to his mothPr soon arter his arrival ovcrlc!Cas he \\',Iles In part as tollows: "\Ve arriv<'ll in :imp laHl night. Tl ls a rest camp In Engla11,l, a lar~e one but bi<; as Camp Devens. J you but little a!Jout it, owing Captain Albert J. Phillips, U. s. l\I. C., a well kno\\'n local young man, w:i.s born In llrookli11C', .l\lass., Dec. 31, 1893 and tho sun uf ~lary 1\1, Phillip~. J Ju 11·:is e,lu1·:1 tetl •in th~ pub lie schools or Nr-w,ngtun ::inil l'urt•·mouth high ~t·l11,ul. I IP unlisl•·tl in LhE- nlletl !Hates .11 11rlnp L'orps Nuv, l!l, 1912, a11ll wa•; appoi1d!'tl n Corpurnl In l\larei1, 1~1:i; <:uunery SC'ri:;l'ant April ., ~- ry'(GIVEN A SERnCE JUT. - . Employes 11t ,v. E. Paul's J:ememl>c1· .\ssociate Who H11s Ei.Jistc(l in 1\ ,1 \'al. ltcscn·es. flicharil A. Pinkham, i;cn of oxConncilman and M.rs. E. Oscar Pinkhalll, who recently enlisted in the Naval Hornrv<'s and will shortly go to J fingham, ;\1ass. for training, iras ;:;ivcn a 11lcasanL surprise by !tis fel;low workmen al Lho shop o[ Vo/. E. Paul JasL evenin;:;, uoln;::; pro:<>ptcq. with a. costly Hcrvicc kit. Young Pinkham, who is not yot i•t tl~o tlraft age, had a desire Lo be or service to his country and has en!lsled as a oLcamULtcr anll oxpncts al tho completion or his training at Jllni;ham to be sent Lo Charlotte, S. C., who~c ho will be cmplcyccl on ao oplano work. The ,bes t wishes o[ a largo circ:o o! friends will accompany the lt REPORTS MARVIN E. PERKINS censorship. ,ve· get g-oocl fon,1 e ven bellet· lha n we cli<l on the On the trip over we saw su1bmarin"~ but they did not stand any show with us. We lcavl' here for anolh<'t' place ;n a few days. We had a ptlra<le Y!'Hl<'rday anil after ll was over th<' c:-it:,, Hervcd us a lunch or hi·<'acl, cake and cof(ee-. The lunch concl11,lc1l we viHilr<l an art gallery and enJorNl scci ng th< paintings. Now molh<'r, I hopo y011 will f<'C lhl' way 1 <10 about my h!'i11g- o\'Prlcl<'aS I du not mind it al all ancl l am a!HO seeing som<' o! the country." J. U.S. M. C. ALBERT Pt·i'ILLIPS, ,;-'.II, I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _....:.;·'c..·__ • _.;_•_., ·• - :•......'- ·~ Marine G11nnPr :March, i917; Sec Lieutenant :\Cay, 1917; First Lieutenant June, 1917 and Captain in .July 011.d C> ·Rlclrn.rd A. Pinlcham, son of M;·. and :Mrs. E. Oscar , Pinkham, who eµllsted on the 1 7p1 'of June in , ti~·c Naval, Reserve as ·• a. second cla~s shipfltte~, .l~tt.' thjs -, mor~lng for Hln;:; ham, Mass. He • ls just recovering from a. very severe attack or pneumonia which has confined him to h)s 0 1917. Ho took part in the following <'XPeclilions: / Guantanamo J\ay, Cuha from Feh. 1913 to June l!)l :1, then hPing tra nsrerrP<l to l'hilacleiphia, remaining there until Jan. 3, 1914 when he was ordered for duly to Culcbra, Porto iRlco, Pensacola, N<'w Orleans and Tampico, ;\(<'xi<'o. lie participated In the occufrom April 22, then r el urni11g lo ln Augu~t 1n1G he ,,·as ordered llayli, cloi11g- informalio1~ S,111 Domingo until July lranRfcrrNl lo ,vaishington, D. C., returning to Philadelphia in September. He r mained there until F!'bruary 1918 \\'h!'n hr \\':IS transferred to Norroll,. Y 1.; from then• to C.:al\·eston, '!'Pxas, th<'n to Pon i{,iyal, Sunth Carolina. Afr,,,. tl1rPP n1011ll1s hi¼ was t1·ans• ~] -. \<3 GINIA. Guy Edgar Plaisted of Cass street, left on Thursday morning for Camp Lee, Virginia. He with 31 o1.hers was selected for tralnng camps Virginia, some going to Fort )Ionroe and Camp Meade. Harold Felker, of RocheRter, nephew of Amon BPnfieln, Is one of the number to go to Camp LPe. These boys were both stnnents of N. H. col~ge, and joined tbe S. A. F. C. ll,'.o, \ .1., 11 h,.11 lie ll:ft 1111· li'rn111·~ o. C:1pLti11 of ~la,·l1ill(' Gun IJ,tllu!IOII Co. ('apl:tin Phillips WUH lllC>~l a111hitiou~ frlllll :1 boy ~llll d!'lermlnC'tl lo mak" go°'l :111tl his sluillous hahl:s .IOSF.1'11 Ql'l'.'<'1 IIK\lW li'RQ\1. I s..--:-. . ~ Mr. 11.nll ~fr!I. William Qtilnn hav1• ot• n• ·PivC'Cl 'w(.1•1l1 from thc•ir so11, .lnsPph, who iR Fr:111cc thal he is safe since the ar_111istice was signccl. lie has not 1Jer11 \lNl ru from [or t Wf'i ve weeks and cx\Jlttins this by stating that he was in thP Argonne [ort'st campaign and had no chance lo g'el out. He •?orted that he was well ancl �Corp. Seth E. Rand Writes to Mother From France. , 'rhe following letter from Corp. Seth E, Rand, a former Rye boy, now overseas, will be of interest to Tlmo':l F,rance, Aug. 12, '18, Dear Mother:- ~ :.V-J-/1 Ii' ;r'his is a fine . warm afternoon and it is Sunday; I think It Is the 2Jb, 'but am not sure: don't know as it makes ia.ny dlfl'.erence as lon.g as I h,a,yen't anything to 'do-,hat's the main thing. It sure is some day and we are way back of the lines. The divisidn ls back on a rest and believe me, ~hey need it. The supply train has about tbe same amount of work to ..d~ to feed them, for the different outfl.t?are scattered all around with ~his-_town but the infantry, artillery and the horses sure do need a .~st for one artillery man told ' me yesterday that he only had tho har·ness off his horse three hours in eight qays; :!.or time and aga:in they moved 1,-<;:,.:,.,~~.11 -~ heir guns and by the time they 1had ._,'R'..~-•,11 ·them into ,position the Germ~ns r would be out of range. They sure did make some speed out of the Chateau Thierry district and I guess no one ik ashamed to say' they are in any part of the twenty-sixth division. Some of the company got permls/ ·~ion ·to 'go to Paris· ju~t - befo_re we moved this time. I forgot to say we }lave just pulled in from: a three days ' trip over· the road, and say, one can eat some- dust in three days on these roads in convoy. I don't know how many trucks we had, but they extended as far as we could see either way. 1 guess we were near the center, but before it came my turn to ,go to gay Paree we had to move, but they say those who did not go before are goIng 1:o get a chance soon and a lonr :er time, too, for those that went on: ly had ·rorty-~lght hours. If they 1•don't hurry up and give me. mine I will have been in the army a year without a pass from the company or any kind and it will only be a littl e while be[ore I have two servi ce stripes, then , they say I can go hom'.l as soon as I like after this is finished in the right way. If you could see some or the thlng:i I have seen you wouldn't want mo or any other real American home until it is finished right. One thing, of Chateau Thierry. Last October we were thero once and it was as nice a town as I have seen in France, but now after the Germans have held it and the Americans have retaken it is on e grand wreck, for there isn't hardly a house that hasn't from one to a dozen shell holes. I would like to drive through Berlin in an American truck In the same. condition. An American railway runs into this town and I am going to be fool enough to walk down and see an American engine. Please· give my love to everyone with lots for yourself, from Corporal SE'fII RAND, Iii~------------.. . ---~-_. I , ___ Pi-ivalCl Wallace E. Rand Suc·c.umbs to Bronchial Pneumonia. ' 1 J\I r. Ulld Jllrn. Jod cdiah lta11tl u[ J.tyc hare receiv ed tho sad ,i11tdli';;e uce that llloir sun, l'rivale Wallace g_ Rand bad died or bronchial pncuinonla somewhere In )~ra nee on Nov. 1., llo e11listocl with tile 11th Hail'w uy J!,'nglnoors Unit anti went across wllh r tbo l'lrst 25,000 wlclio saw acthio sorvico in I"ran ce . u. yo,ir ago ]mil .July and \\'UH Sl,llt Lo Salem, ·this stulc, for <111t)', tl11!11 to N{)w York rro:u where he sa iled 011 t110 Adriatic for J1'ran uo. 011 Oul. ;; ho last wrote ·home anti lie tul<l of !1i H work, wh'ich was on LIIC light 1·a ilway, carryln;; munilion i; to tilo i'iri11 g iiues. · He told lww thiH ll'0l'k 11·as 1Jono al nfght, with ;tirpla'n e:-; overl1oad to ;;uartl them 11·hi lc th1:, ;.:ot to 1ho rr'ottt:. Ile llpokc. or the ·h iflloric: baltl(} Chale.a u Thierry a11rl of heing <1iorc at the lime. ' The fataer o[ l'rintlc i1and h:id a :'Jotter from •h is ,chum i11 1:onl •a11x, Franco, written 011 Xov. to, 11 l1i<'h sai,d that Wallace \\'as ill 11 ith pneua hospital in l~ ranc:c, but although wonk at that tim e he cxijJQe.led ·he would• recover. I le aI,,,, ~it! bit; nurso, ll'l!o 11as a S;ilv::thn 'Army woman, of ;tbo11l :l3 year~ ol age, was YCl'Y kine! to him. 1-;vitl1:11I 1' the frlou1l of younl-\ lt,llHI \i:111 t,, ... ;, called el sew here ancl though 11,, 11·.;:; Improving when he last saw hi111, ,,1though the youn~ Aoldicr hacl JH1 s,w rl -on th:-~ days before his chu111',; 1,- 1- J'ril·ate l{a11!1 11 m; liorn i11 1:ye and \\'ilH :l I years old OIi ,July I ol' this year. I It: atte11dorl the pulilic· schoo !H Ill' H) t• :me! 11 .i s a st ucll·11l at the l'ol'ls111oulh high s'c hool rearH. I re later was in Lile i\Ir, fo'ullor of rtye Bench nucl 11·.a s alHo e111ployecl as brakeman on tho 1:u,1!0 11 & .\Iainc railroad. was a yu1111 .e.:; 111an of fi111, charncteris1ic·H, illl II pri 1;h I, hc1111c•-lu1'ill -~ .)'01111~ lllall, with ;1 ht:;1rl r11ll of ld,1d 1u,1;:; a11rl all ll'hu l,ne11 l1i111 11ill n lllt:lllhor his plc:a,ia11t, kindly dispoailiun 11 hil'!1 111ad e rriu11ds for hi 111 t!l'ory ". hero. li e is S\l l'l'il·e!l I,y hi,; J):Jl'(,11(s, 111'0 ~isters, LouisP a111l lsl1•a11or ,a11cl a yo11ng l1rotl11,r, 'l'hOlllilS , all or It\(). of Addison C. 1:owc, uf lclio t, Me., son l\f,·. ancl l\[rs. Jo'J'l·d !:owe of that town, l•lllt•t·~•d t110 :-5l' rvi<·( • nn Hept. 19,· 1111<1 was s<'lll tn <',tmp Devens, Ayer, ,\ la ss, li e w;1s a8 .•l~ 11ecl to cluty ill the s uppl y dt·parllll!'lll of the lJt'tl\'Y J,'icld Artillery ancl was s<>nt overseas IYl7, of ADDISON C. in Ju'ly. J; erore entering the service, he was in the <>mp'oy ol Justin Brooks of South Eliot. He is ~O years of age nnd a lways rcsicl c· ,l in Eliot. ~:,:_=::;;;;;;:~~~.:J �PRIVATE RAND DIED IN F,RENCH HOSPITAL Daniel P. Reardon, enlisted In t . e navy in January, 1918. He Is now serv Ing on a large transpt;>rt as a gunner's Pneumonia Ends Life of Rye :-\·\~ Boy on Nov. 7. A telegram trom tho ,var Departm ent received by Jedediah Rand of Ryo •last evening- broug-ht the sad essago that his son, l'rivate " 'allaco I~. Rand hail dlt•,l or l.Jronchial pneum onia. on .Nov. 7, somewhere in Francl!. 'Ihc news came as a cn1shing blow to the famil y, who wore ho11ing In tho not far distant future to have the young soldier with them at home again. •Wallace E. Rand enlisted with the 14th Railway IEn,ginrPrs went arross will\ the first 25,000 who saw act! ve servic!' in l•'ranC'e. He enlisted a year ago last .July and was sent to Salem, this sl:1le, fo1· duty, then to New York from where he sa.iled on tho Adriatic for France. On Oct. 5 ho last wrote home and he told of his work, whiPh was on the light railway, carrying- munitions to the firIng lines. Ho told how thi s work was done at night, with airplanes overhead to guard them while they got to the fl-on t. He spoi,e of th<?' historic battle of Chateau Thierr y and of being there at the time. 'rhc rather of l'rivate Rand had a Jetter from his chum in Bordeaux, li'rance, written on Nov. 10, which said that 'Wallace was iii with pn eumonia in a hospital in li'rance,but although we11k at that lime he expected he would recover. Ile a iRo said his nurse, who was a Salvation Army wo• man, of about 35 years of age, was very kind to him. Evidently the friend of young Rand had been called else..:.. -,.,,,,"''"" where and thought he was im1>roving when he last sa\\' him. although the young soldie1· had nnsse<l on three days before' his chum's Jetter written. Private Rand was born \\'U:! ·21 years old on July 4 or this yp,ar. lie attencl ('d th<' pul.Jlic schoo'R or ,Rye and was a stud('n t at the Ports mouth high school for thrPP yPars.'ITo T.IP.l'f'. F'llA:\!KL!:S: 8. TT .\Y.'J•::; . l'.::w klin s. Raync!l l)ll ,i~t..,cl in 1!1117 in Company B, 2nd n glmPnt, N. II . N. G., wliich <·•Jm•"111_, rtflr rwards 11 rn me tho First ,, : , ,'. II.(' .. \. C' . l·le was uotad1eJ in 1 !lull and made ballallon , ~ c . , I 1a,ajor ol the Arlill0 ry corps, l1irh .,,fil·<• lir> llll d until ]~15, when hP was tllschareecl at his own 1c·l{11Pnt. Tlr> wa IJorn In York, \fr>., iii L 81!, l!;P so n of :\lrs. nay11•·~ n 1w of '\a li sb u1y, :\lass, ::111d LiP,111 DANIEL P. REARDON ,rn11: 0 lhf' !alt> Fr:u1cis Hain s. For llJJ wa :·d!'\ (J[ 2C: 1en ) e:11 S he \\ us Ill thC' !'Ill ploy 11f t hp l'orlHlllOlllh sl r1·(•I raill uaci a'; a 111otonnan, ('O IHinc·tor a111I lin Psrnan. Last fall he ol>lai11r>1! an :1ppoi11l111!•nl to l'iatlsb11r~ and 11':tH a111011;; th,• hi1;h ra11ki11g 111c,11 to !'PC• ir:• :i ,·onpn ig:o ion .is ii c11tPna11I. JJ0 has Hin!'e been slali01wd at ramp Or>\'ens, :\lass. Ile was r ('Pnlly m::u riPCi to .\tim, ~1:.lry of :\fr. and .\[rs. Fi;e1l later was in the <'mploy of Mr. Fuller of Rye Beach in Boston and was also employed as brnl:<>ma II nn tht) Cn;iton e Maine 1'aih·oad. man of fine charactel'islics, an upright, home-loving- young man, with a heart full of kin,lncss and nil who knew him will remember his pleasant. kindly disposillon whi<-h m:i.de frienrl s Edward L. nowP, Younger son of and Mrs. Fred_ Rowe, of _:::uot, Me., I Mt·. J entered the service at the same, time that his brothe1·, Addison C. Rowe, became a 'member of the nation~! army. I le is 23 years old an always lived In his own town. Ile was formerly em- , EDWARD L. ROWE ployed by George D. Boulter -0f tPry and 1~r. Smart of this city. Upon going to Camp Devens he was a:;signed to duty with the He-avy Field Artillery. After going -to l~mnce ho was tmnsfened to the 11th Englnei>rs. Ile writes home that he is well anJ. hanpy, admires the country and ls having some great experiences. He j:.; surl'i\Cd hy his p. rents, (\\'0 sisters, Louise and 1,,;it·anor u11t.l a young brother, Thomas, ail of Rye. The many acquaintances of tho young man both in H,ve and this city will Je-arn o!, Iii" de~ th wlth regret - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - mate. He ls the son of Mi's. Catherine Reardon of 39•7 Bartlett s treet, th.ls city. Before he entered the service he was e~Ioyed at the Morley 1Bu tton - - - �,~. . -. -- . ·- ., .. . .-- . . . I ., ;:eoRtSMOUT;H·--., iMiA R'IINE A -SERGEANT TANI( SJ';HV!CE. Sergt. Jack Robertson, U. 3. A., of the . Tank Serv!ce, ls passing a short furlough with his pare11ts, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Rober-tson, Jr. , at th~lr camp af the · Country Club. Sergt. Robertson 'bas been stationed at Gettysburg which is the -training camp of the Tank Service, which is a branch of the service that has been created since the success or · the Driti3h -'.ank3. Young Robertson l~as been in the service since last winter had _r apid . ' ·.' ~r~~oFF1c1:AtLY .· oEA·D",11:11,011:v·E'S .AtlVE 1 1:::...,-,;,_ ;. ' .. ., •• '< ·d· t ' ' . , ... '· :,.i;:• ,•::{:[' , -';·· ~ ·:•, . • . ' . "'.\~ r p:·iMat-k-RiQ,ey;"'U :- .s-.--:M: -,c.; ,a;f - ., wa ·s iframed ' ,i n bhe ,doorway. Hig _fa.t?r 1,,bei1t-~e-p~rt:ifo··i;ri,ic\a:i,h,', ,a.'ead ' .:in • tlier,' ~ CO'IllStrirnt:ion, ct:oreman at the "l° '"• ·,, "•, ' . <' ; ; . . ··~ , l ,.. . . . t ; . • ,, • !:f~H.;c,? ;!v.f:k,~<l;,_i~,toi ~is; ~~r,._e~ a~ . P,>.Ye'l~, ·ca:mp, ' \':L~ -f irst :,to recognize it was• ., · ,on_ I -T_h ur, ljcl-ay: Ri!.eiy'_ was pre- his s-o.n, a'ltve and, well. Toge,ther th,e y •Q/i_l , • \ •. LOUJs° to~·g,ofrij;-. ,to· iF'.rarioe;- attached, to qarried· :Mrs. Riley to ,h1:1· room. "J,oy 0 ti'i~·. 'P6fismouhi: \ Mariif~ .,.,B~1,ro,ck,s. 'd-0es •not -ld'11" -a ,n d• - in a short time ,!vfrs •_!,' ,• • ;-; . " •• _., • ,•_· .• ,. -~.. : I • ,, \ ' .}'.\@1<eTI;. d~ajl~~}v:exf :rp.~d~,. t,o . -g ,uard 1~i1ey: ;was a bJ,e to ~·ealize her g~·eat }4:~ : 4-,}~/l~i:c ;:CaiJJ.~es, . '11:e. :was .:;:in it'he .~a:ppiness. ~. ,1IQ,¥~ •; ;a;~stgp~_d,~. ~ll<l:l'd1_, _ the . iRre . 'Thie :-two ·bu.by ne,phews climDNl 1·11· 1!3~on -- 1$,f;:aJi9,n.,.,µ{e,,,wru;;,,1we~~,-~,!1C\\~n t_o_ --t~''i' _~lajj,"'Of _,the,h· new ·fo und, uncle ;t/9'tia!!h:,'t1:J,e\RY:!lo . .I>e9pJ·e, _--·:.a:1,ru ~Y(hile. 1n ,and .1h1e ,-,unfolded. ·his ,s tory aofter fi1•s t ~~"i~f•k¢-pt, up,.a .p-b,i·te~no:n<le!'l•Cl;l, wL_t'rt.. !~ming A!iat 11B had :be.e n reportccl 4:~,tjij!l)a'.li:l ,{finl~Y•\>On _, '\y-JJo_, 'r,;c,e ived ";, (l dead •Aug_ ( 21:, 19-18, ,when. :u WI-egTam l~tJei(1from hii;n., ab91,1 _t .a·., inonlh _ a~o. foo,m /1'1,faj_ Oen. <:eo1·go :B..1rnelt trn-H • is re.membove(l,. ;!)y , the , officer-s an.d nounced Lhat !he hatl been. killetl ·in ·, at ,the· y:fr& When;Jrn \arrived at action. A 1.1oq1i'iem ma,ss, •\V'a1s ·cele•b rat.ed '~ine,' :Mrs. Ma._ 1;k iH.jrre:y,' the:-,moth.• 'and {:.gold , st'a1· repla,ced ·o n.e ·oi t11e_ tei}\ in· l a : ,fa,j,n,t as'. ,£tr ,son!:s• d',onn. .four ,blue staTs ,o n ,the se1·vice flag. .,-r·, ;'i.~ J ; . \;• '• , ) , \, , , •· , • , , :ur. .t "We i;ct trcsh mill, nearly every 'rhe pe0J)IC even try to give it to us. I Thy are farmers and a far Huperlor : class to the others we hav e m et. I got (]uite a rcw letters yeslenlay, three of yours among- them. The f<'llowH asked me how I expectecl the mail 1\'oUlcl ,;11 around if I triecl tn take th em all. l . average about 15 a week. l g·nt a v1·1·y fine letter from cavtain Wilso11. 1 know where he is and possibl.v '[ m ay get lo see him. Arthur Flannagan still ·with us and he ce1·lainly luoks line. l used to see hhn every night !Jut not so often now. Saw our artillery lay down a banage a few nights ago. lt · was some ;,;ight. I am . going uut ;;0 1110 ·day and sec how much damai;e l11cy die! . lt was pitch dark and rai1lin,; hard when several o fus felldws wen l 1 out. I was all dressed up; l1ad on my ! overcoat,· steel helmet and lc al he1· • gloves, so I was plenty warm and did not get wel. '\Ve play dominoes quile 11 ' Jot in the evenin.g. l Jost my razor a111l I have the cutest misplac ed cyeiJrnw '1 . · Leon L este,· !Roberts enlisted In this :Cf'.ty last Aprii and left on 1Ma¥ 7_fo1; l'ufts .College 1'.or special training whete; he remained until J u ne 30, ,He i;Vas then sent 'to .6amp Mills, -Long Island and att_ached to 90· Dlvlsloµ . .Co. E , 316 Ammunition Train and sailed for pverseas on J u ly 4th, He was Q.2,W1 in ¥ork', ·,Maine, " a.nd _ls 22 years .-of age. )'ras made his home ,· here In Ports~iou t h ,f or .14 _. year s With his siste~ .Mrs. Iter'bert E. Seavey -0f 115 Orchard iltre~t. 'He · . attended the Whipple 1~chool and is a graduate of the high _school, class ·o f 1915 and . of New 'Hampshire ",College, class '1917, taking .~ ~wo years' electrical engjnel)ring course. He is an active member ,o f the Middle ,street' 1Baptis,t' ,c hurch and has h osts of frie_nds·, bein'g'a,favorite with 'both old an<l young. During his high s·chool · and college day,s he was em~ Ji!oyed: 'by John Pa·rsons as clerk in 'his store. At. <the time ·o-f his enlistment he was · employed as electrician at the· Rockingham Light and Power -, Co. Affer .his . arrival in <France he was stationed f_or -nearly .3 months in th\l ,sputhe;n va;rt, near B~rdeaux_and has written many interesting letters home ,·,describing . the various _places he ha·s visited. . 1 :~.·'l.,n a Jetter· dated Oct. 20 he ivrites ' in,!,part: ' ' i;_I am in the no~thern ·, part of 1 France now. 10ur company is in a I small town some. miles from the front. 'lt is a typical ,old p·lace like I used to ~8\l plc_tu res of \n my geography. It is ' S.unday and they are all dre-s sed up II~ .lllei ns ilks· ets. 11>fost of the ,people wear 'w-0oden -s-h oes at ,their work. 'T he 's bhool is exceedingly odd to me. The schoo').master is a big 'Frem::hman. He c6rne-s o u t on · the s•teps and just lool,s 'a r ou nd •a nd the chilqren line up !'\..ear the · d,oor. T he ,s choolmaster starts 'dpwn :tbe line a n d they all show t!lel'r lia,n ds. I! any one has u nclean hands or dirt; on ·h is clothing he has to go -o ut tg the town_ pum p f.nd . wash it. off. 1The a te · n looks at the head or o: the line and- they all turn around march in; takin•g off their wooden shoes when they reach the door and carry them in their hands . It sure caused a laugh the ,f irst time we saw it you ever sa~v. "\Ve goL lite Bot:>lo11 • Globe containing the ,worlu series to~ day. ,Needless to say they lmve been very popular. You can mal,o up lilflt . Ij Cl1rb::il'UH1,.::; lJoX of I wlu.1 Lever yuu pleas? aftet· you put in some el!oeolateH. silould wol'l'Y, -make it a surprise. 1 ''£hings al'C 11 going along line uvcr here. ·T ho war condilion8 arc hdlet· than ever. I still think IL will be over by Christmas. I expect to be home In · Q,i;)ou~ a year perhaps gooner. ·we le.ft • • I • on the glorious 4th, perhaps we will come back on the fou,·th. "Just got another book from. the , M. C. A. I hnve read a whole lot of them since 1 came over. Some of them LEON L. ROB ERT S I had read before. I manai;e to get eno ugh lo eat alright, leave t11at lo me. "I am up one flight in an old cha- ' . That is about ail I spent my pay for te'au. It is some ,p lace. It has :fine olrl · ·. sin ce I came ac1·oss. Speaking of Hoochimneys with fire places, lar,g e rooms l 1 ver. The English have him bet1t 40 etc, and tomorrow we are going out to j j ways, but since we struck l<'rance why get some wood _and then we will be · : it h ies !Jeen different. 'vVe gel plenty of able to have a fire most of .the- lime. i white bread and hot bis cuits nea l'ly have ou1· rolling kilchcns with us 'e very 1n orn ing, I h~:ve !Jec n out and the night we •c ame in we hall hot thrnugh the woods. l t sure is .fine coffee, bread and beans about midj when it doesn't rain .' One thing ' I have night. -i got a pass so started out to noted a,nd that is the beautiful sunsee a -f ew towns. I ran across severn ! · I sets. They are wonderfu I. T have quite interesting points. I got a good fe e cl, a few more Jetlers to write so I will a few postals and a large mar, or ciose fo1· this time. Love to ,tll i•'rance which I am ·goin,g ,to put UJ)Oll LEON. the wall of my Billett. We are about 8 k. m. to the nearest railroad and thero are two towns about -~ k. m. on either side. 'l'he nearest Y . .M. iC. A. is about 8 k. m. away. I was in a French restam·ant; got some steak, potatoes, with large order or some ldnd of all 'for 4 ft>ancs. We a �Sergeant Leslie R. Rowe, who is serving with the Headquarte rs 4th Division Regulars, American J,;xpeclillonary Force, France, Is till' son of \Vatter ,v. Rowe or Eliot, ~le. Ile wn~ born In Ellot Mey 5, 1 96. and was gra.dualed from th e Eliot h•igh school ln 1913 as president of the class. He SION. John J. Shl11aber, son ' ot Mr. . Charles F. Shlllaber o[ High, lanu street, ,eceived his commission as second lieutenant in the U. S. Infantry · today at ,Plattsburg, . N. Y. Jack, · as 'he 'is better •k nown, has been at the officers' train In g; school since -last July with a num.ber of other boys from Por ts mouth. I He will arrive • home tQIDorrow ' to i; lo -;/.::•. ,:, .. . > . :{rt ..;;:=.:\ . ·-: ~;;~:~~'.'.iii :;: was born in Kittery April 9, 1895, and is the son of Daniel 0. and, the tale EHen S. Seawards. He was educated, in the public schools or Kittery and the Ply mouth Business School of Portsmouth, Lieut. Theodore D. Schmidt Re'c eived Decoration for Bnivery. Word wn!I r eceived ll~re ye~rerday by Mrs. 1<athe1'lne :\forrl ~~ e>y of Shea[e ijtreet that her so n, Lieutenant Theodore D. ,Schmidt, T'. S. A. . had cl leu In Ji'runce on _Se pt. 7 from 1Yo11nds r eceived in action. Schmidt, who was a young man .of jm a rked abi lity, was born In ~ew York 23 years ago. His boyhood was rassed in this city where he at'. tended the /Parochia l sfhool. He graduated from -Po1~tsmo11th and St. Anslem's College at ·Manchester: Soon a [ter he went •to West Point from which he gradu ated as u lir t lic11teI1ant lu August, l'!ll G. lle ,,:t~ a~aignecl to the 39th Inf:rntrr and sent to Cam p Greene. CharlotteYille, N. C. He weBt overseas France ill April, 1 !.llS. The last letter received from him by his mother was on .Tuly ::o and he stated be had been In the thickest of ' the fight ing and his company hau won honors and he hnd received det-orntions for braYet'). · . nesideg his mother he Is survived by--.!:_wo ·brothers, Ger~ld ~Iorrissey of this city. ! LESLIE R. ROWE was a graduate of the Dovcr Hu~inc-ss CoHege a yeat· later. l~or some timebefore he nlisted he was in the emplo)' of Uncle Sam al the Custom House, Montreal, Canada. l re writei; home interesting 1etters aho11t his experiences in France and is i;l:Hl lo be serving with the colors overseas. WILLIAM SEAWARDS. CORPORAL EZRA W. SAWYER Among the sol<lins who ani\·cd in Doston trom oven;cas Friday on the troo p shit) Vedic was Corporal Ezra \Villiam Sawyct· or Kiltf'ry l'oinl, is now a,t ,Camp l>Pv<'nis, Ayer, 1:llas~ .. where he will 1-f'<'<'iVl' hi~ dischari::c. -Corporal ,Sa•wyer hns been, scn·ing with the Americ:,n fot'C<'s in I•'rance. Ho enilst!}(l in ~he 1,;,t CQmpany, N .1J [. C. A. C., afterward the nth Company. He is the son of ~trn. C. E. ''::twyer of Kittery Point, :\1 e. After compleling his education he accepted a position with the 'Electric Co. in Portsmouth, and taler with the New England Te1ephone Co. In the fall of l!n6 he jQined the :!'~a. val llospilab Corps in Concord, N. IL, aR cook, and was senl lo Deroin~. New 1Mc xico. He remainell there untH the following April, then returned to Con C'0rd and entered the employment of th Telephone Co. of that cilf. On ,Sep t. 27, Inl7 he enlislcll in the I navy as cook, was sent lo the trainIng station o.t ,Co mmonwealth Pier, 1 Boston, Mass., and a(ler completing the course was assigned• lo duty on the U. S. Cruiser Orga 1·elle. In April 1918 he received a rating-; was transferred , ordered to !•'ranee, now somewhere in European whol - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- ----- �,Se1•geant ·w. J. Stewart was em'Ployea,· in the department of supplies at the navy yard, having '6ompleted his first enlistment In the 1\Iarine .>Corps, wh('re he was on duty at the )Marine Barracks at this navy yard, A year ago last August •he re-enlisted ill the 'service In the New Hampshire Field Artillery and is now with the 0 OTIS P. STEARNS ------ -...;..---·----·-· caue·d to active d,uty April 7, :1917 and ls now chief water tender on the U. S. Nebraska. He was formerly employed as a;pipe fttteor at the _Morley Builin f~ory. His home ls at 73 At kinson street, this city,\ ,s. SERGT. W. J. STEWART Brigade (Headquarters detachment in the 5-1s,t Field Artillery, 26th -Division, A. E. F. Sergeant Stewart was a member of the Marine Ouardl on the U. 1S. S. Memphis at the -time that ship was unk at Hayti. He was then transferred to shore duty at Hayti and remained there until the completion of 1is_ nl[stment. He was born at Colum bus, Ohio, and is but 22 years of age. 'He 1s a hrother of Sergeant Robert age, was one of the draftees who went with the second quota from this city. Ile was In training- al Dartmouth College and later was assig11ed duty in the National Army at Camp Devens, Ayer, :\fass., and tater at C:imp Gordon, Ga. He has been In l~rance since last A11rll. Ire l,i a graduate of the Portsmouth high school and also studied a year at the Lowell •.rextile School where he won honors for excellence in chemistry. He later entered New Hampshire College from whi 1·1 institution he was graduated in Bl 7, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. ·while a: the l'ocal high school he became a member of the school foot balL team and also the basket ball. At NL·w Hampshire College he was on Lile freshman foot ball ,team. 'l'he following is an extra N from a letter ho w1·oto "Somewhere in France" on Aug, 14 an<l received by his 1H1rrnts In this city on !;;aturJay : De:11· 1''olks: According to nn Indian prophet In our regiment ,tho war is suppo~ecl to be over today ,but J am afi-aiJ it will he good for a y<'ar and a llalf more. We lmvc been bellind tho lines for about a week now drilling an<l we expect to leave he1·e soon. 'l'Jrn weather has been very good here but I orten I wish I were b:tcl, homo to enjoy the •snmc wea then· the1·e. "Three er us took a walk over to a saw our first uirpiane tig-hl. Two Get·mans came over the city an<l Immediately nil the a11ti-;1ircrart guns 01/ene<l !Ire on tlH•,Jll u11d it luokcJ us If they \\'Onld 1Jri11;; ti,cm <lu11·11 , as the shots were bn· aking- pre.tty close to thvm. '!'hen all at o·nce the g-ame stopped ancl two l•'1·ench ph111,•s c:1me cu-t of tht> sky ancl WPnt art 01· thr,m. They would Jivn u.nd th,11 up c•n up with their machine guns and finally they sent one German down in flames. All the F1·ench people were out in the streets walchir.g it an<l th e y wern ae,lig,htecl \Vhl'n the li''renclnnan gol him. i,-,-·,,,.-·•"•:, •·r have been passing- some of my time roaming around lhc country but there is not much excitcmtnt as we always g·et bill e ted in a small town and the big towns are not like ours at ail. They have no moving pictures or entertainments of any kind and t,he Americans furnish all the excitement. "\Ve had a band concert the other night nnd s<omc Ameril'an moving plctul'()s wri ttcn in ,l•'re-ncll. 1 t was pretty 111/il,.-~,,,:-,,': good fun tryini; to 1·ead lhe l~rench an<l then sec the meaning illustrnted on th() sc1een. Love to all, "JOB." AVIA'J'ION COHP~. JOSEPH SUSSMAN. The above cut is that of Joseph Sussman, son of Harry Sussman, and one of the popular Portsmouth boys who is in the ,;,truggle for Democracy Vincent Taccetta, eldest son or Mr. and Mrs. Croce 'l'ar,cetta of School ~, rcet, !ms joine,I I ho aviation corps. Heh as been employed for some time with Wentworth and Stewart of Hanover strec-t and he enlisted with the here last week recruiting for the air ground flying circus when they were service.. He left !'.al urday for Port.land with the reccuiling outfit. au1l v,ill go from then to Minc-ola~\..$· �PRO MINENT PORTS MOUTH PHYSICIAN BU RNS TO DEATH PORTSMOUTH, N II, Oct 11-Capt Fred S. •.rowlc. U. R. A. , who was burned to death nt Colonln, N J, early ycstercln.y, had lived In this city nearly 25 years prior to entering the Rervlcc about two months ago. lie was born In AD SUPRE~t~ SAC IfICE fOj ~t HSCOUNLY f"" llenry Tuylor, scn·lng in ii1:i11c·" 11ilh the 87th .\lonLrcnl (Jrcnaclir •r t:uards, has 111;,clc th, supreme sacrillc·p_ nc·c1•rcling- lo a tlisp.ilch rc::itl'phcn CAl''l' ~'RED S. 'l'OWl,N, U. S. A. Boston, 55 yea.rs a go, and was grnduatPd from .Columbia J\INllcnl College in 1R~3. I le served as city JJhysician, chalnnan of the Board of I real th, Surgeon General on lhe stare o! Gov Gcor,;-o A. Ramsdell In 1897-n9, and wa,s a member 0r Gov John l\lcLean'R c,rn,wll. Ho was a 32d clel'(rN• ~rn~nn n mernher of the IC o[ I'., Od,1 l•'cllow,s F,lks nnd SnnR o! the A111~1 lean nevoiullon paHt prcRldcnt o! lhc \\":i ,wick Cluh nnci other ,socin l organir.atlunx. lle married ~\~~s 11 ~f;;,t_ha Perry o! lloHton , who sur1 , L E TTER F HOi\l VJ\ l''.l'. '.l'O WI, F:. " \~\ '\'\-'_1__ A letter receil•cd from Captain S. T o w.e, ll. S. M . C.. , states is n ow In charg;c of the re- n. n rnstr uc tlon work of the wounded t! Hl iers a t the big United Stales gen - fl'U l hospital No. 3, al Rahway, N. The name o[ tho hospi tal Is the r·ol onla an1l it IH ono o( tho I rPmcn- ,T. c' 011s hl'1 hmq1ltals that Llw govcrn·m Pn t has ·~ ullt for tho car e 11[ tho wounded t hat arc bci11~ brou;::ht back from Ji",.ancc and It now lty or 1 GOO patlcn ts. J'PC , •n~t n11·tinn \\"1 l I: 11f I: C' \\'onnclc,(l B11lllit•1 1 ; ::l th,' Iii•· l'nil1•il ~t:il ••: •~·•11~ <'l'!il h11~• 11it:,l ' :,i. :: .. tt I: du1.1\", • ' . . I. 'l'hl' n 1'111<' nf ll\C' 1t,1,·pi1·il i~ i!"/ 1 '"l"ni:, :1nrl :t i, 1111,· ,,r tit,• tn•1,{ 11il,lll!-; hig- h,vpitnl:: th ,I tl1P ! 111\, r1111H•nl h;1'> I,11 ilt fnr lhP r· tr<' i,f l lH• WOIUIHh-ol l h \ t rtl'(' \H'lll~ hr1,11ghl h;1l'k fr1nn 1·1"tt1C'P a ,·:1p,1<•ity u[ The rl•co11 s1 r1H ' l11<• higg-r•:-.l di\' i •i•1ns 11f llu• 1\11'.'-pilal anti l' pl·ti11 T1111 Ii• is i11 r·h:·: .. ,. or this lL has. ;1 1 ; its n;;Jllf" 1n1plies, thP l"<'l 'olll~tn1C'l io11 111' I IH' wou111lcl1 ~ol- hringing- hnc-k lh•' 11sc- of arm or l"g or the u:-:c of artific-i II li111h>'. 'l'hcrr• is a or wor!, a11d the hours arc long fron1 5.:111 in Lhc 1norning un- til well into l111• ni ·.'hi 1,111 Captain Tow!,. \\Tiles th:il he is 1·pry muc·h inte1·esl<'d h!'allh. •·t•l n•cl I rn111 Ottawa hy his wt i'f', Lol1i<' .II. Taylor. or :;r, i'l!arl slrect, ij 1:1li11;.; Lhal 11<! 1138 killctl in ucliO!l 'Jc:1 . I~ . t•ri1·alt• Tarlor, who born i11 (',11h11ncar, :--. F .. Junt• I xx,;_ f'nli:-:l<'d 11•iLh I he British Ca111tli:111:-:. :-;ov. l li, 1!)17. goi11g back lo his 11;1lil·p ,;11il 10 offer his st.:rvlcrs '11 111,, c·ans,• of liberty. l11 Fr:111L't' h" lws hcc11 O'IC «r lltr• IIICJ8t uan;;cruus lill('S "oi-k. as ind aicl man. in thP front !in•· ln•11rhr•s. 11 he•" the' first-alder~ sac ri.ii·n lht·ir all, 11n,H111PU. lo rcs- (· 11 :, li1l'lr c·t11nra1lc,;. 1'1 il·atc Ta)·lor wa,; 11"e ll 1<11own in i, 11 111. wlH•re ht' lms lil·ctl ror ihc p;ist six 11•:1r:-:, and 11as :J s1wr-dr11n1nl''l" "i:h lhp Saln,.ion army. On n111i:i~ lo L~· nn lie was ,, ilh lhc•. C,t•111•ral I,;Ieclric .,.,i l:11,..- with lhc l"nit.ccl · in<'I' C'o. uf 1: 'l'lffl)'. from wl11•rt• 111• 1•11iisl,.,I. 11<' for1111•rll llv<'cl 1 0 :!-=111P11l Ii. when' hf' (':llltl' , .... F111111cil:111cl at l111• u;;c or t 8. :incl · ',·,, in l,01, Pit. I 111 11·:is pl:int or th1• ~lorlc·,· 1 John Ivory Tobey of Kittery wa•~ born in Kittery Jan. J;G, 1897 , is 'hn son of Charles ,V. 'and :\lrs. Addle Tobey. and a formel' "newsie" of l I,(' ,l I, was loducat d in the , 11,>llt' ,, l1<JOb; of Ki ltt'l"Y and the p;y,, .. ,u th i)c..,in1·,., ~chool in Portsm-iuth. (Oo,, ,l C..l\ .:, boy PP ,,,,tml'lit ar.d acc.cµlcd a position on the 11'1.l'Y yard with a higher salary. I 11 March, 1917 he cnli,sted in U. S. N. IL wilh the rating o[ a quarlerma~ter, • 1,;,.,1 c:aqs and the following Septemr ,v·1~ 1 t,t lo t11 l;. S. T •·:-,ln:rr.; ug r !, 11 ,1 1:1lr,1~,1 if1 l :,l:u1d. Hu .. l ,, 1·11:.,·tin l ~h ~-l• al>out eigl l "'1 (·'1l•111 • l,., t'., t1, tf 'l ~l'll~ t , ilc: • 'a ·.:ll 'l'r· i'uin l1i ~ ·,1111pl lilt• • I p.t... :-..4tii.; th"'' ·xu.m11 a.,, o; ed to uuty on the tlS bclln in, , 1 .. 1111 +rll ~ t'.\.lt:t Ol \ 1j.:ll \\ llll 1 t l',,. l !i' TIP\ 'iOlH r,.: t \ ,, t·al Ya11l .. 1 1. t•l 1,~onc • • .. ~ nd ~.,•111 • of ll~ht. 1 H ,luc) l. ]J, { , -,l,,. It , e fl\11;;llt \11 al.iout , Vl"'· i 111 ,Ii~ ·,,un:ry 8itt1, tl:u i'u11Jin • 1 t" l'l';rrlm.,, aut! thi- ,. or hi:; earl:, i::,. ·o up lh<.:ir iives on t!l() A th ,t 1 11 11 1 , maternal side he is a Inca:. , 1•11cl 111t o( Richal'd \Varren, 'who: ,,, ;, ,h Maynowe r and num , o, , .-al Joseph vVarren of Bun11.1, <'lie or h:,,; anc,·stor~ d:1•1l-,ilter oC ,,:, Indian chief. I I•• i,; ,1 ,, ,'.r<'~tt-grandson of the 1atf " .v '.\" , le ~h or Dover, N. H., :who l ~ons in the Civil War. paternal s.de he is desc~nd 'd m t'1 Tobey's, who settled on Cape Cod in !Glfi and with the r.amous house of Seven Kitchens. ?[oung 'l'obe,y( has recently seen exciting service and 11·an a stripe. He is a young man of ex cellent character, and a m ember of the 1 Y. M. C. A . His only sister, Ma,1on, is in the yeomanry at the Portsm:tuth �• owe -e s !Lieut. George Andrew Tredlcl<, U. well known local young man was born In New Castle, ·March 31, 1889, and Is the son of .Tulia A. and the late John Locke Tredicl<. He was educated In the public schools of New Castle and Portsmouth, graduating trom the local high school, class of 1907 . He was graduated from the University ot Vermont College or .Medicine In 1913, was at the German Hospital, New York city, from 1913 to 1914 St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, Conn., from 1914 lo 1915. HP. practised medl- ,S. A., a Commission in ~ ~Medical Corps '°' - Dr. Fred S. Towle ·fias accepted a commissio11 as captain }n the United States Army Reserve :M:edlcal Corps, and is now on waiting orders. Dr. Towle some three weeks ago I ffered his service in the medical corps to the government and he toolc at that time the required examination. On Monday evening he recefved a notice trom the Surgeon General that he has been accepted and oITering him a commission in the medical reserve corps with the rank of Captain. That same night. a telegram was received stating that .he he.d been granted a commission and he prqmptly wired back his accept11-nce. In all probability he will be given so~e time in which to clear up ' his practice in this c!ty and surrounding country be!ore he ls called. Dr. Towle has oeen acuve ,n all of the war activities since the war started. He ls the local member. 0f the state medical public safety committee, the Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board or the Local War Board and the Medical mcmbelof .the executive committee of the Portsmouth ChaIJter of the Red Cross. ·His leaving the city for service w!lhthe army will. be a distinct loss to the community, but he will malce most creditable representative of the city in the medical co'rps. a Auetin JJow, rd Trueman w:is born at Portsmouth Dec:. 3\1, 1 ~9~, the son of ·i\fr. and i\Ir·<. Rtnnton ;\[, 'J',•uemsn or 7CS llfiuule Ho:icl, ihi,1 ,·ity. He w:i~ g1·3d111teu from the Purtsmouth high school In 1 !ll~. Sho1 t ly ti l'te1· graduation he accl•JJl<'1l a position nl the office of the l"ranl, .f,rnes' 1:rewing Com pany, whieh posiliup hC In te1· resigned :111,1 Pn tered th<' on';ce of the i'ortsrnu•J l It Dre,·1ini; Compan}\ as shipping clerk, and held that position until the AUSTIN GEORGE A. cine In Jersey .City, N. J ., up to the lime of receiving his commission in the U. S. tl\Iedlcal Cor,ps September W, 1917. He was called lo active duly on April 14, 1917 and ord~red lo the Medical Officers' Training · eam11 a.l Camp Greenleaf, Chickamauga. Pn1·k, Ga. After six weeks In training Lieut. Tredlck was ordered lo Motor Ambulance Worlc in Hospital and Sanitary Train Division !or six weel,s, then to Genera.I :1:1ospl ta! No. 14 for ct u ty, a II these units In Chickamauga Park, Ga. On Oct. 20 he was ordered to the nase Hospital, Camp Devens, Ayer, C\Iass .. where he Is now located. Lieut. Tredick was most ambitious fl'om a boy and determined to mal<e good, and his studious habits and his interest In and close attention to his profession has already won for him success. He at one time was a popular player of the Sunset L ea gue and has hosts or friends who are glad to near of his success. He married Miss l\Iarion llarinon, an estimable young woman, the daughter of ':\fr. and l\lrs. Simon Harmon of this cU.Y,:,.·.,....-..........'!:'ff'~~-'""':'~ H . TRUEMAN. close of the I.Jr wcry ;\fay l, 1918 . Ill e cnlist<'tl in the U. 18. Army .Tun e 7, 1!118, and was sl·nt to .l•'url Slocum, N. Y. and wa~ transfe1Tt•d to Camp Jackson, So. Carolina, ahout June 15, J9JS; was promoted lo 'urpo1·lLl July 30, J 918, and on Aui;ust 4, 19918, was transferred to amp ,:\ l caul', ,;\1<l. He was promol<•u lo ::;erg-cant, Aug. 26, l ~ 1 S, anti assii;nc1l to 111',lllq uarters Co. :llsl Field .\1·tillcry, where he now is training for ove1·s1•:.1s 1l11ty. Sergeant 'l'n1Prna11 ls a me111he1· of New Hampshitc' Lu,lge 17, I. 0. 0. I•'. l'o rlstn,Jlllh Athlclie Cluh. --,;~~~- �ra l John J. Trny C'nllslc Hampshlre National (:1 15, 1910. Previous lo 1 .lolln '!'l'oy, U. S. , \., who ldl here wilh lhc Ulh Company, C. A. C., ancl who was repodccl as ha\·ing- diccl lhrc<' 111 111!hY '1/F> ,;,, :din, nnd hn~ :,rrlycd i 11 • 1 P\ Y,Jrl;, Ilo ltns bc~n i11 l1~t·:u1'C(' fu1· !sP\'C-11 rnonlhs :111-l the new.-. t·hat lH' i·; ali '<' n 11,l well will lw learned with mu,·h .p!rns11rl' 1,y many frlcncls . 'f't, .. , ,,1:1ti,·• • t1f 'l'roy ,vcirc,i o,·crjoye•t.l wh1'11 ll1f.'Y H't·0iVf•d a. wirf' fn.11u N \\' Y11rk .,f his arri\·:1I ns ii. was lhc J11·;il 11<·1\•; r,11111 him fo1• sC'\'Pral months. THEODORE L. TUCKER JO H N J. T ROY. of Government street, was born at l;i,Q u th Berwick, Me., Nov. 11, 1895 and is- nowi "somewhere in France. Before sailing, for oversea duly he was at the training camp at Fort rreole, Portland, l\Ie., for about two months. He .sailed for France -0n Jan. ~9. 1918, and is in the Headquarters Co., 65th Artillery, C. A. C. Bef ore going' into the servlce he was, employyard, having been ther e callecl in the servico in April, was employed by Anclrc-w 0. Ho ts now with tho ·1nth on duly al lho Castle. anrl Mrs. Charles 1'. Tobry or Killer~• Point, cnlislcd at Kc1111cht111l, June to, On Aug. 15, 1918, hf' was send to t he Wentworth In s lit11ll', noslo11, Mass., where he took a three months' JOHN J. T ROY. ' John ,P. q'immops is the son of H enry I. Timmons of 186 'Ma-Donoughll:','"--Wlli:r:,~ street and one of three brothers to 'be In the service. He is on duty on t he U. S. S. Southcry, being rated a s a ,< '111i,11r;il ,J.,hn .f, 'l'r.oy C'llli~l<'tl in L111• :-;<'w ·ll :1 1111,~hir<' ;-s;auon:il Cu:uds -on Ol'l l~ 1910. l'reyious to hC'ing C'allrrl i;t sen·ice- in Apl'il, 10l7, he \I as c rnployecl hy Andrew 0. C'aswell. with l'he- ,'/inlh Compan)', I u/C' LESTER H. T O BE Y cou r se tn electricity. On. Oct. he was transferred to Camp Johnston. Jacksonvill<" , Florida. A(l<'r training lhere he was lransfcrrerl lo Gt·aves Rcglslcralion, Secli<>n No. :11 fi, Quar - JOHN P. TIMMONS cla~s yeoman. He was a p opular mc>mbcr of the Portsmouth H igh school, class of '16, and later attend ed -rn.i,;,......:· the Plymouth Dusiness school. �Lieut. Philip l•'urrlngton was born ,i\lurch 2-l, 1876, Harpswell, :\Ie., the son of Captain and Mrs. Thomas \\"ebber. "\Vhen RETUR 'S FR()l\,l !FRANCE, '3\.- 'i.'l.·\°\ Major Wallis D. Walker, M. who has been overseas with mbdlcal corJ)s since early in the war, b-as arrived in New York. He was promot'01i while in F.rence and he came home In -command of a. medical unit and as soon as •they are dis,changed he will .return to bis home in th is cl"ll:it~y·~_....., Portsmouth man, Lucius Thayer, Jr., has sailed from :New York for Constantinople with a large .part,, o( r elief workers uncle!' the direction or the Armenian cornruittee for relief in the 'near east. •'M:r. Thayer sailed on the steamship "Pensacola" •witb a number of former army oi'tl'.'e1·9 aµcl Ci1listoll ,,en, including aviators, who s~rving with tlhe colors, desire take part in the r<>ronstruction pro;:;ram whicb the American com111ittec for relief in the near east in carrying out in Western Asia among 4,000,000 su:l'l'erinr; Armenians, Syrians, Persians and Jews. · Shortly before the Pensacola sailed )fr. Thayer stated that he had volunteered ·his services because· he wished an· opportunity to help the people of the near Ea!it aurl to gain a b·ett.er understanding of their p;·obT•he f"e11s3cola !J a rormer. Rtimburg-Americau ijuer anc1 is now beIng used to C!!.ITY r°ilict- to the , victims of Prussian policy in the near ast. Her car.go this trip contains trucksJ ambulances, tractors, 'barrows, 15 completely equipped hospital tin Its, of 10 0 beds each, 4 5 tons o( r:ihoes, 3,760 calls of condensed .lllilk aucl many other commodities, all intended for the su,fl'erers. State headquarters for the mo)li~n-Syrian drive reports tered returns ·with an· increase numbor of towns over the top. Final return"il"{or the Hampshire district wlll n,ot be available before this afternoon· at the earliest. .'ew The above cut is that of Hcmy "\Val !lngford or Kittery, who is a member of the National Army and be!ore going ove1·scas in July was at Camp Devens, .Ayor, ,Mu,ss. He Is now ":;ome where in l~rance." Before going into the service he was mployed al the Boston and Maine round house. Ile made his home with his uncle, S. Augustus .Jackson of Kittery an(l Is a respected by all 1•1..f'EOT. PHILIP F. WEBBER. young man, ht• was a ftsh!'rman later gave il up to t.1•comi: a llreman, a,1,1 evPntual!y, :ill ( ll!{ill('<'l". In S•·JJl1•ml1t•r, 1!1118 he ,·ame- lo Kiltrry to he eni;i11cl'r or the steamer, Allee Howard. In :\l:irch, 1917, he enrolle<\ in the :>:a va I Hc~en·c as an F.nS!KI\ ,IJeing amoni,: the first to l'nrnll. () Aprli fi, 1!117 h<' was call,•u to duty 11 al tho 1'0°rl:-11111uth navy yar<I, later being transfcrp .l lo JJumkin Island, Doston Harbor. Fr, >m there he was stationed al Prov in<'e lu,, 11, .:\lt1ss., on the U. S. S, Arcady. While there he was promoted tn a junior lieutenant and at prcst•nt he ls slatlonetl on the U. S. S . East l'famplon. ERNEST MELVIN WARD. Ernest Melvin \1/ard w:rn born in Eastport, ~e., ~1arclt 20, 1887 and removed to Kittery with his paren tG where he resided until l 904, when he removed to Portsmouth. He en listed in tho N. H. State Guards in 1904 and remained in this service years. He ls now at Syracuse, N. Y., 'Training Camp. His father is a vetc-, nu or the Civil War. ,lel'OfllY. \Vu.ltlJ-Oll Umne, I • Sergeant Jeremy R. Waldron, , who went overseas with the American Engineers, has been' discharged from the service and arrived here this morniug. Jere is loQk!ng f\ne and evidently army life agreed with him. He' was given a hearty greeting by his:. many frien~~I ; Av ·}· EARL WEBBER. there until )e left for overseas I le is a m<'m 1<:1· ,if the :!OJ Hl b'teld Artillery, Supp, Cu111pa11y. He was form crly cmploye,1 at the EIC'l"lrical Shop at th<' na ,·y )',tr•l an,1 m:t<lc his horn<' in Kilter)', :\I ,., ,,ht•re his wife re- �son of the late George A. an<l Florence G. Wenclell of this .dty. He wa ~ 1sofif' In England 2.1 years a go and at the age of two years his parents came to this cou11try, llc at ten lc<l th e ,:;-rummar an<l high sc hoo l,; of th is cit~' ancl late1· ac ce pt ed a p os ili on at t he l' orts,.,.=,µ:~,... ,.1 mouth Herald office . .II t th e time the 1 war 'I.Jrolte out hP ,i ll in r cl ti,,. Co'.' st Artlllcry nnd was sllt1lfJf 1tn L' s ince m rtLl a ser}:c::nt. ll c is a m e :n ln• ,· or tho .' ' i I CLAUDE E. WENTWORTH. GEORGE A. WENDELL. C<>mp;iny an,1 rxp ccls soon to do sc1Tice overseas. The young- man's friends in the Herald ,,ffic" and else whcre wish for him HUC' CCSS in tho fight 'and a safe rcturn hom e. .\UHl\'ES ·Captain I. H. \\'nshl>urn, U. S. i., quartermaster's department, and i\Ji~. " 7ashburn arrived home yeslcrcldy from ·washington Crom which place he received his discharge.· Captflin \Vashburu enterc(l the service Ja"'/lt. ?\fay and was ordered to tlie supP~r. depot at .Jcffcr~o1Hillc. Jnd., and wil~' ~ later transferred lo Loni ~rlllc, K{, in· chnr.~e or a su ,;_d<'POl. 'rho l~t fe1\: months he has hce11 in ,rashln~'tori on special dut.,·. , 'aptuiu \\·a~\1bt;i-11 r csumed his duties as assist;n·( postmaster toclnr. 1 0 Chief Pharmacist's Mate Bllsworth ·wentworth, U. S. born in Dover, l\fay 24, 1894, of Mr. and Mrs. George H. worth. Ilis parents moved to thi:i city when he was only four years ol i and his eclucation was acquired in the public schools of this city. He is al present ;ttached lo the 11 • S. S. Southery, having arrived he, o rc ce11tly from France and has some interesting stories to tell In regard ~o co11clitions there. 1Ir. ,ven tworth has been in navy seven years and since the began has been stationed In Queeustown, Ireland; Paris and Lecrolsic, France. He told about the refugcc3 coming to Paris from Amiens during th e big fi.ght there and said tbp:·o would be families of a mother and several children with absolutely nol11lng with them but what they worn. And these were not all of the poorrr classes. but women of intelligence who hail bC'E'll harcl hit by the fortu1w:: of war. ;\Ir. '\Vcntw·o rth speaks ahoi:l the good work the Red Cross is <loing for these refugees, attending to their wants and speeding them on their way. "'fhe people over hcrr' wan I lo realize that we are in l11c war.'' said ~11·. \Ventwo,th, "and do something to help along." He said that J~nglan1l is suITering from lack of foo1l and that France is on restricted rntio11 s an,!, just as all men have s:-i.i<l who have come from thNc," :\Tr . \Ventworth said m nst hack tho boys up over there or I I �WEAVER IS ~-~~-\~ COMMENDED FORBRAVERY By aaptain of the U. S. S. Lake Borgne Sunk O(f Coast of Fra nce. ' 'l'hil following copy or a lPlt<•r o r ,ms been rece!ve,J hy Mr. Weaver, falher or the young man entionecl In the lPLLer. Henry P. \Veav e r; now rated as chief boatswaii;i's male, joi11 <rl the navy whPn it Jook1)d as though this going Lo ge t into tlH' war, and he has heen promot eel er a! Urnes. I. •S. :-Java] Dase, 1!:11;.;lancl. ''To whom it ay c• oncern: "Henry l'. "' e aver, ('. II .. I., l'. N. served 11 llCl<•r Ill(' Oil I Ill' ll. 8. S. Ldke r:orgne rro111 Rept. 2., 11118, to Oct. 21, l!ll8, on whi ch clale \he 0 '.. IEU T. C HA R LE S S. I., ,.l. \V i:liams \\'as hum in K ittery ~. 1871 :ind is the su,1 or Captain C. \\'illia m s, a 1etit·,J light .,~cpcr wh o passed twenty-seven years in f.llthru1 s,·rvice at 1: ,on Island Light, a br.1·1·c11 roe!, ahuut ten miles ore the :.\,aine share. T · .,, \V i'l:.1ms attc•ncl Pd th e \✓ 1L:.1m , , ,ii' " ' 11 l ''' J~ "During that tim e he was in char;.;e of the cl e ck farer> ancl cli s J)lHYl / a thorough knowJ,.cl ge or r\Pck wnrk , taking care or all routin e clpc·J, worn i n a capab le manne r ctntl prr>8 <> 1·vi,1g a good stn.te or rliH-~iplinc a11,011;.; th" cr ew uncl o r hiH (·l1:1rgP. "At the time o!' the ;ii 1ki11 1-\ ut' tit, · l'. IS. G. Lal:e tlorgne Ju, cli,:playrcl coolness and courage i,, tlw pr rrorn ,_ :rnce of his duti es, ge llin g the cr rw n.wny safely ancl then reporting on the forecastle whei· c> he got on l t l!rec Jines to a tr:iwl c r before LhP ~h: J, 31111k, in an effort to to\' her into ~hoal water. li e was th e la!; l man off he ship, with the exception of my S'Clf, having volnnteerrcl to stand by until the last. 'I nnheR italing-!y reromnwncl man tor fnrthPr aclvancPnw11t ill ·np; For h snre ly cl ese rves i,. ··(Signed) "Lt. Comdr. U.S. 1 • TI. I J., -~•-\'- 11( -'>••-!JiJ...d aUoa.d •• .:,.i:r.6 s.:nooner, .. \ bh1e F'. ~!orris fJ'!owed the ,s-2 a for al,o ut five • ,i ., t tile ag<' or t1·,-:11ty - ont: j ,, !I, :: 111,1 , I l.1., t,. ·. . ...', .. :10 llldi11 l ·• .1 .. '1...: u L:;.;h~ l, la;1.l. I l e agai n Col- a for ahoul six years • ac,:• Plt·d a c:111 at the wea l navy cl, v;h:n• he rem:1inct1 for nin-e 1 1 .. ne .f .;ig11< 1 d from •·l idHl 1110\IHl }iJ.s fan1 o( a 11 il'c and two chil, ,\, " I .Sl a· s. the l: 1 st four of ,•:l1ich h e w a!-:: _11 t to tl•e sh:m,;ng anc1 re-!•.-i\·:n,• •1 I ! k. JJ, rn;:.;tc,J :.\Ia1·ch ~~. l!ll7 on th e U 1 ,; . : l '.. F. at the Pol't ~mOUlh yan' rank of C'nsi;.n. !Jp has com [Olli' ships al I (Ill J 11 ly la,,191£ 1·,as advancrct to lhe r1111k or Lieutenant and• appointed Division Commanl c r in S,1uadron D, Division 3, and is 11 011' in co mm an d o f Scout Cruiser 268 L ieut. vVill iams is a man whosJ character is above question and on e of Kittery's prnmising yound -~~~~,- at Camp Devens . fo u r y e ars in the n avy, his lime ])iring last November. He took discharge and was later drafted to the a r my. M, ~- \..:;'6;._.-,,---,--,--,.\l' �Captain James Knox "Wilson, U, S. A. received his commission as captain on July 28 as a reward !or "gallantry in action." Captain ,vuson was born r.,-,;;am"f;.~•·· in Middlesboro, Ky., April 7, 1882, was commissioned second lieutenant June 2, 1917, in this city; was commissioned flrnt lieutennnt on the battlefield, Jan. 12, 1918. He wa11 on duty with the First Division Moto1· Supply Train Amerii!'an Exprrlitiono.ry Forces h~vin~ been in ac-tive sen·ice on the elcl of battle i;lncc Nov. 3, 1917. Re- l>eter Paul 'Woods ig a: member of the 9th Regiment andl IA:ssl&ta-nt lnr;tructor at tlie Naval ,Training Station Newport, R., I., and is the son of'Mr. and• Mr&. Pele1· J. ·wood& of 92 Cass ' PETER PAUL WOODS. cen tly he has been transferred Heavy Artlliery. Captain \Vilson cnlislccl in the U. s. Army al Midtllc-sboro, Ky., Nov. 14, 1903 and is now in his fiCtrrnth year in the army. He wa~ formerly lnslruc tor of military tactics for the New Hampshire National Guat·d. He is and favorably known in this where hill family reside. At lime of cn•listment he at the ii\Iol'ley Button tcu-y. He nlisted in the Naval s;-<'rve Forc<' and later was transferred to the regular navy and wa·s made Assi~tnnt- lnstructor over a crew o,f ,men. 11 c xpects to see duty overseas soon. �rnd we can pass for Frenchmen ::tl:nost anywhere. This country seems far behind ours things, except in the buildthey surely do Private .J ames Y. \Vall I!:! the son of .:\1r. and l\lrs. John ·watt or Tanner street. Ile left fot· Camp Devens-, ..., 1uartered neat· ::t very ve have made ::t visit ~an nt·ver imagine how hig and grand t Is. They :u-e mostly C::ttholics in his country and they have surely :pc-nt some money to huil,l churche;i .hroughout France for every c·ity starling point. Just imagine me sitling here in the big 'I.Jarrael<s room writing to you with my suitcase as a des!, ::llld one ca1ttlle 1or Iii.ht. It is all we have for li:.;-ht !1ere, and l.JP!icve nH', we do not wast<' :hem. It does not se<'m the cu,;tom of .he French to have bathrooms or )lumblng of any kind. Even in the Jiggest hotel In town they have no Jath rooms or running watf'r. At in.ervals :ilong the strC'cts there an' w:1.er faucets to which people come n.nrl ;et thL'lr water in big pitchers. In JAMES V. WATT Jur harracks wo have running water, 1s the "Americans," as the French mu us, ,sure do moderni:rn this coun:llass., on l\[ay Vi. On July 8 he sall~d try wherevi,r they Jand. 'l'he ohl V. '. overseas and is now "somewhet·c A. Is some country, and I feel 111,e whooping in grand style very time 1 see the U. S. A. printed on anything. 1,1.,,..,.---,,....._,___________ ,-~i,:--,...,,..,1 .1. Lieut. John •B randon Wright Is the son. o.t Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wright of this city. lle was 'born In 'Portsmouth and was educated In the P!)rtsmouth schools and graduated !rom T-llton Seminary. He enlisted In the Aviation Section of the Army in December 1917, and received instruction at the MS,&S.!chusetts Institute of Technology and at Cornell University, after which he wa8 transferred to Kelley Fle'ld at San Antonio, Texas, and to Camp Dick, Dayton, Ohio. He was commlsstoned Second Lieutenant Juno 26, 1918, .iHe was ordered to France tor extended field service early In September 1.918, and ls now undergoing advanced training at a training camp near Tours, France. He writes entertalnly of the country there, and find the French people very cordial toward the "Amerieans" as they ca\\ them. The following ls an extract letter written to his mother: Dear Mother:/ I have ·b~n going to write you for a. week but somehow I could not seem to find the lime until now. It has been rnch- g·ood · weathei: most 1of the time ,nd I have been doing a lot of wa.lk\n g arotmd the. couhtry here. I am feel :ng fin e with the exception or a. :-;light cold I caught. on the train ro,· r am t a new station now ·somewhere near Bordeaux, so get out your map a.nd ·maglne me anywhere within a con1lder11-bie distance of lhat city. ·some teflnlte 1nformalion is it not? I am still with Harrie and have been since w~ first met at Brest and we ue sleeping in adjoining bunl<s at this camp. Did I tell you about meeting Harrie? He went to Tilton with me,. 1nd It sure does seem good to have an 1ld friend like him with me here. At •>resent I am waiting for my orders '.o go to a training camp and then the ·eal work will 'b~g!n. You can see we have changed stations, since my last • letter and the ~ountry ls much prettier •here. I am iee!ng a- good lot of France and am earning to tallc French very well, hanks to my two years at old Tilton. 3:arrie · also has studied French a lot Cheer up, it will not l.Je long before we will all I.Jc home as thPY sure hav lhe 1:oche on the run now and hu will whine more yet before this is over. President Wilson Is the great man In this country and the Ft·ench thin\, he Is wonderful. 'l'he •l•'r ench people sure dQ. film the Americ::tns. I played a game of baseball yesterday afternoon (first base) and had a '"'~"'""''""" lot or run and a good work out as I used lo once. We h::tve a foot ball here too and usually l<eep it go! ng all over the lot. It is pretty cold here and too cold fo1· baseball-more Iilrn our Noremem·ber mail goes through a lot of handling 1.Jeforc it gets to the U. S. and do not wony whPn you do not hear from nie. ".'.'lo news is good news," remember. I am surely glad I am here In this country iu;,,:,.c5115,11,;,.,.j)-~".! and not a "stay at home." I must close and dig Into betl, :is \ ·e seC'm to need ~f sleep here. Your loving son, �llsted u t the' Charlcs·low n navy yard in :\farch , IV17 and served on the U . ,S. S. Seattle in th<' naval air scrvlcC'. He Is now sta lion<'d at Key ,vest,1"ia. cln~,i bon.ts.wain's 1nate OSMER M. YOUNG on II l>oat, which accompanies h\'dl'Ophnes. li e had t hC' honor of bcl111~ """ the sailors chos(•n to be In <l<'n~ntl Per8'hlng's parade In Paris. Ile was born jn, Seymour, this staite on Doc. 17. 18% and was l'clucalcd al lla,·erhill Academy and has been e mpl oyed -0r by the Dupont Powder Co mpany, �~ J ':!"T> I T\lQ !oUowlng letter ,from Private . A. ·sussmal).,· Co. 327th In!., A. 1 , . F., Is ·of local Interest: Dear ~fo~~r_ . t~ ' I juat received your welcome letter dattd_ J11ti/ f~ from home n11d I cerlalrtly was gh.11 to g@t 1uit1 111ipeclo.llt 'ptllttirt:"'f wli.f Mrr)" " -to n; your hea.r ihd.t j()\l:Wiia iiOk~:t\[Eir 'fO'l{re~ turned rr'imi ilfew Ybt)t, hu1 t am glad you are te~llng better. 11nd 1 hope you wlll continue to enjoy good health u~tll \ ret~rn. ,~hlo~1) h_ope won't be very lc;,µg · . , ~ • There ou~ht' to be a lot of letter11 coming to ytm from me all 1 wrote between two and three tlme11 everr week while l ~"'.as In Enalo.nd · and · _sent one fr~m ~y_ery place we· atopped at In F.rance. We had quite· a. ride thrQugh France 'a nd enjoy~d the country we ~ent-'ihrough but there Is nothing her'e to compare with in· the states. · , . 'W~ .,·rode r·abOut 20Q :ihnes1, .iii''''I0: ) , !rel&'b.t • car; ' they crowded thirty'th.reti ot us t'n' a· car w·hic~h 'only had' room tor a·bout 16, btit we 'got along the best. we .could and' had a good time. ' The, iast · part p! the, trip we made · In , tlllr<f class coa,cll,.e~•-.:.. which were a little b~tt~r. · , · . · We are · llln:Iose· to-tM- fI'bht · and kear the guns booml~g night and ' d~y' and from 1what a rlot ot the boys say they would rat~er: b~ in· the" trenches &1 •they claim 'It is a lot safer there. But whateve.r It 'is I knovl I am due !pr it eoo~, ,but ' never ~~r-rr about me. What kind of 'a school is Saul in up to ·. :Qurh~m a~d ~as lie_enlisted in the iJ.imr, l waa 'eo.rry to hear that he ha!!. bro'.k~~ar'o!),es· ani•I hope he wni &et wen ' pretty soon. ·r, send him a letter_In a couple'ot days. That was a fine· Annie wrote and. l ~!sh, c~uld w;lte one as good as tbe "Little Retl~11ead." ~ I will have ~to ·w;1t8 .i.o . her ~h~ wni be mad i ' • wtll ietter ·i a~· v.,lth me, 'r .I• •• l • 1 wrote Blll Mates a letter .Quite a while ago .and, ', he .ought to have received it by thi,11 •time. ·• There isn't .i hi~~ -In_ tlle : "l;oi(il ~pu:,c~ul.d :se~d to ·m• as ,l'f.e. ~all'.t pfmy .. ,a:. s!ngl~ . extra thlpg an~ ·1 ,wHLliave tq llirow a lot ot -persona,l things away. The poetoffice departm:ent .' is not fully org~~lzed :yet and there is a feelin~ or uncl)rtainty ot -,, ., sending · valuables through· th~. mail, • The. weather is p.retty warm here n.o w a~d· we will probably anothJr month of it. . , t - Hav_ ~ you been · receiving my mall regular? It. you get a chance try and ·send me · the local paper. • Love to a11. · JOE. \ ~ fur the First Army Corps until we were callctl U\l to go and reln!orce the ~Glh Division at Charpentry.' Al>out a week httcr we took our own position up In the Argonne, north of \"arcnnes anu it was at Hill 180 near }'leville that 1 ;;ol gassed. :;ccu enough t1 ntl gone enough hardships Lo last me a lifeti m and Lite q uickcr I get home the happier [ wi 11 be. This is the l>est town we have Ileen billeted in and Says He Has Seen and Gone Lhc French pco1>le are very 1 good to us. They invite us in their houses to Through Hardships Enough warm ournelvm; anti appreciate what to Last a Life Time. we have done l'o r !•'ranee. They do Nol'. 24, 1 !Jl8. 111any little acts or kintlncss [or us as Clw mplcttc, Tlautc-8aonc. we :;omclimcs arc not al>le to \Je!p l•'rance. ourselves. Dear J•'ather:-'l' hiH iH lle>1ig11:1tc<i Now tllal I an1 hack [l'Olll l he ho:ia:; l~alhcr's Victory Day anu cvcrypital we hear all kinth; or rumors, ouo i:; SUJ)[lOSCU LO ,nite home, anti llul nolllin;; clcll11l10 aboul going ror thi s occasion the rules of censor- 1 ho:nc. Th e !Jc:st I hope for is arounu l'cl.Jrnary or .llareh. \\"e probably will s hip are lifted a little and I can tell where I have been si nee we crossed li,;rc Lo ;;o np 011 Lile line anc\ do Lhe [)Olld. Also tuuay WC had a IIIC· ,~uarci duty fur :tl11>11t :;ix weeks and morial service for our comrades who lhl!?l we t..:all CXIH.!cl to g-o hOlH C . '!'here fell on the field of I.Jatlle in our last is talk ahout 11:-; getting new style · drive, this was quite au affair as the u11iror111s and we will be a differnnt · whole regiment and 1.Ja11u turned out , looking iol of :-;o ldicrs than any in the anti our general spoke to us . \ stales. I have jus t got I.Jack from the hosl have rec •i\Cd a iut or mail from pital the outfit auu il is filled U[l j home and I hope lhcy will QC p-::i tient wilh a lol or new mcu and there arc : a little while anti r will, havo a let- 1 very few or l he old 111011 left. A lot \ le r t'or Anuic , :-:ia1n111ic, Ethel, Leo, ,,-,,,.:•;i;•::-.i> 1 a!·e sti ll in the ho:;pital rceovcring :-:ianl, 1110Lhcr :r11cl .\1111t ltosic. I will from wonntls. The ho,;i>iLal that I :;c1 1>aicl in a couple of weeks and if I w.is in iH situated al .\ll crc y, near do11't ;;ct a pa:;s I will send Ch alo ns aud it was prelly good con- SOIIIC SOIIVCIJirs. I ca11·1 send . any s id er ing the (act that it was in oper- German 011cs home \,ccause a II I have ' h1;;ic);j/c;;,:,., ation only about two 1;10nths. When got is a pistol and that is getting to ' WC i~Ol over we lauded at l.,ivcrJ)OOI, he a I.Jurden rur rue to carry around. : England and took a train to Jtom- There arc so1nc nice silk things Lho.t ' :;cy where we got quaranlineci for I will he able lo send. two months, we were fourteen days Will Leu aud 8au i uc· discharged crossing the 11ond and only hatl al1011l riglrl away. I expect Saul will hut two <lays' rough weather. l<'rom Ilom- have my doubts ubout Leo. Lo Sou tha Ill plon and LOO k Love lo ail. ,, channel boat Lo Le lla.vre, France. JOSEPH SUS81\IAN. \Ve made th e trip !Jy night anti we Co. D, 327 Infantry. had fast s11b111ari11c chascrn guarding us ail the way. We hiked a\Joul fh·c ,-.~~...,....'"T"'.....,,.,.,._-:-:-:-:;,:-;;:~-,..--..,.....,.J; miles to the .\m eric:111 Hc:;t Camp INTERESTING LEITER FR-OM JOE SUSSMAN tr we took a lr:>in au<i caught n11 with our Divi sio n al Lucey in the Toul They hall already mon ths' training and w,is National Army division in trcnclicH, g-oing in on the Jnly ;} and hav e bec u practically in lhe lines all the time llJl to Nov. 11. 'fhe 'foul secto r was very quiet , nnd. ns T look back on it now it was Just rlay com po.retl to the light u11 in , the Argonne Corcst. \Vo Look part in 1 e Saint :\lihiel sallenl tlrive anu our division \YaS very lu cky in l>eiug on tho pivot of tile swing at Pont-aMous::;on. From this place we wcl'e only auont 20 mile:; from the Ger- I it any day l'rorn one or Lile hills near us. \-\'c held our own here and one regiment made a daylight attack. From h~ro ye went up in the woods near Rarecourt and laitl in reserve I �,ra.ul JJ . anJ .f,)hn ,II. •:-.: ccar lhy rccen t Iv a,-ri ved fro111 m·c1·st':1 s .nn the Susq;te!,nnn:t, nd are al C,1•11p 1:\1 01-rH l N, ,I., wailin1' to he 11' ·ch.11"1'P<l from lhe service. 1n a lctlc1· rN'ci\ •'cl in this Pcrfey D. Hersey, son or l\Ir. and ,\Irs. F. H. Hersey o! Lincoln avenue, Is serving with Battery C, 77th Field Artillery now with the 4th army occupation located in Germany Z ettlng n , Germany, 1 Jan. 16th, •19'19 John, II, :i\tcCarthy is now an ordnance sergeant of the Corps of which he is a member and Paul B. 11\,fcCarthy has been, promoted to Class. The follo11·i11g ls an extract from a letter writte n, in Fran<:e on Oct, 15, by Scri;ea nt Paul B. McCarthy and' recent ly r <'C<' ivecl !Jy his cousin,, Mrs. John J. ,H·mart or 15 Manning Place, this of Just a few lines, dear, know that I am all J·lght. This is a cold rainy day. Not much sunshine Jn Germany, Give me old U. S. A. every time. I sent some money home, so you keep it 'for me until I get back. I Cit)1: "My d ear Cousin,: "I have been so busy. lately that to havo time to write a letter was a real luxury, l•'in; t or all I had my, seven d'a.rs tea vc a.nd• spent them al the St. 1;,.falo Leave Area on the north coast of Dritlany, and which includes the towns of Ht. Malo, St. ,Scrvaln,, Dinard a ntl l'a rn mPr>, a II won-clerful• summer it 11":l >< :t plc; our lieve, we think, a, tn wn holr>I sure r e,1I just full of summer pcnwas a real one, and be<'njoyed ourselves. Just bed to on<: e more sleep in, th<' fil' ~t for n. no-calls to ans\ver; come autl go when you ple:tse! I'll sny eY t· n r hcuyh ,,·\~ :.tL·e E....i:u;ers , ll, at ta ~ sry,, 11 d .1n:; ~1• ~ nt th 0 t',"'- ,·v· ;:;1re th · be~t ser\ p yo111· 1-nPal:.; ; PAUL 0. r.1cCARTHY. -------------------cit:; yr •s lr:-l, ~ Y hy 1·t'~~tll"d'~. P au1 \\'r: 1l 0 that 1hcy \'.(' !',' ,both 1·:ell '1111 r;-lacl to I)~ :1 t h 11 1n r on ct' ng-:1i11. lit' \\T<il•· alRo Urnl h .· .h ..rl I ti "::; lll t'l \\" ill!,1n1 l'11!l1•:1 Jo'r ,:!:ce '.Ille\ that the Jal - i sli :1 •,, j ni11i11·g th is n1:in s r1rn1y . \Ye 111 :1 ~.• 11·uIt1I •rou.:; ~;i dt' trip:-i, ,, lii,·h ~r 0 n,11.\lll l{•cl hy the \ ..\[. l'. A , a111l rhis c,1·,..:;111i~:1tin u. surl•I), d,ese rvrs a lnrge. !\lll"lllll of pnt, S(' for the splr11ditl way in ,, ,iiiC'h il asRi~.tR u s l,oys.. Un our way bacl, w ,i stoppetl in J 'ari!i, the first time r h:iv<> b een• there, an<l "-~ ce.-tainly njoyetl all th e s!ghts TJ,c, c·ily al n!,;ht is pitch d~rl, on ac cou nl of air raid~. uul il is still lh<' gay city you ·hea r so mu c h about. T,,· 0 da;·3 aflf'I' 1 was bark who can1" in h n' (or an, ex 3 m !nation• f o r th e highest n on-co mmis s io ned rank in ou1· Corps but brother J<>hn. He surely lonke<l finl', a n,l pas sed 0. K., and is 1Hll ',' one of (111• high nt11king n o n,- t•Om111i,-;,-;io11e<1 officers of the Army. He lik<'s hi,; n ew station r eal w ell a.nd should• be going up for a Commiss ion soon. Ile o ut - ran!,s me by one grade, !Jcing- an Ordnance S e rgeant. \\' e ll , t'h e German Pea ce Nole w a s sure a joke. Pr es id e nt ,vilso n certainly answerC"d them direct fr om the sho11itlP 1· hut o ur opinion is that it is a qhorl war f ro nl! 111()\V on, nncl ,v c lhinl, that peace will he- with u s by Jnn. 1st, 1Qln. f l,,pi1,;.; lo h ea r from ynu a ll ~nn1,, :tlld \\"ilh LhP i,('Q( of wishes l"!'lllP1nh1·n11cP~ to nil. J:J l 1'l Lt r ,·, 1.; 11 . f•,'.cCARTHY t·nJ oyi11g ti n· · :-;np s· tll,' 111\f\ L·nn , llJ f' •ul ll. r•1., .J:1!111 -11 1,~r.nH•1 •d 1,.rlr•'.'"if.:~ ~t 1lot1\11 ~1-,1'11t hy 1n11 . Attil " il1 .· ~ ,-Ill J\ i-; II l ll ·.-.;: l ':\': ll C. Ti1c•y ,,c: 1 j,.:l.;1' ,: l~!I~~ ant of ( ,·:e1 1 -; in t·'.·: "'• thc'<i' ( ~1 1V trnhing l n11, 1'. f'\"f'l' 1 PERLEY D. HERSEY. don't know when that will bb, will be some time. •Ye do not need much money ov~r here, so I will send home all that <:an, then I will have it when I get home. I see In the Portsmouth Herald a IOt of th e boys pictures who went away and they look familiar. I am sending you a cut of the Ar•I was on. I was in the 4th Division. Believe me mother, 1t was some 'flght. I will tell you all about it some day. You have heard or the Meuse river. Well, I went over that river. It is very lonesome here j us t All 'the boys will be glad to get to the old U. S. A. I se1i t ;,.It-s, broo,: a post card from G c1·many, J hope that ..sl:le. . wi.JI get it alright I have not received my Christma,; box yet, I think· that it got lost all 1·ight. I ,,·oulu have liked lo have got the candy that was in• it. ,vo· do not get much here. l\Iy two pals are waiting for the good lime the)' are go!ng to have in old Portsmouth. IThat ia all they Lalk about. Sb we will have to give Jt t{} them all right .. Tell J3raiuard to tell Jim Hogan to get, that· pen and ink of .his busy. I have wl'itlen lo him three or four times but get no a.nswor, so ' J will not w.rile any morn until I hea.1· n-om him. I have just got a. German pipe, so I wlll have a iood . ~moke before I go to , about 8 o'clock e,·cry night. Then u ;J ,.._,."'."'!'...,,'1!-""1:F"'l!-:.IPM I ag-ai11 al G a. m. " 'e ll, clrar, there ts not much more !'Cw.; to 1 'I yoa. J hope lhal this loller will l:nrl you an tl all th e rest we il :inLl lmp111·. i\"ow don't , ·01-ry about PIP. 1 wlll co m e hom e lo you all some dny, and then we will have one big lime. Gin• my rc.;ard s lo all that as!, lo y ou all I I �TM following Jetter received from !Hector this city who ts now with the American Army of O<:cupatlon • In Germany: Neuenahr, Jan. 14, 1:nn Dear Sister Euphen!a: Your welcome Jetter at hand and I wo~ more than pleased to hear from you. I am baclc again with my division in Germany and this town where we are ts very pretty, a !amous,511mmer resort. There are hot springs here and 1t ls surely fine 'bathing. We 'have the use o! them once a ,wee!,. r.rhts 1s a very pretty <:ountrY, vei·y much like the ~talcs. The weather I.; ,quite warm here, no winter at a1l. 1 e.m going to send you some postal -cards or Germany ,q uite soon. The ;PORTSMOUTH OYS IN FRANCE I I l•'J:0:\1 Ll~l•"l' 'l'O HH;tl'l'-l•' it·st l't·i\·atc ( 'lr1h• Hohin,.,011; 'J'hit·tl l'l"in11i· At·thul' (]01•111an . · HECTOR A. MclSAAC people are very klnd to us. OC course they have to behave themselv es whllc we are here. They most all can spe::1.lc some Engli!lh. I vi sited a Dutch d en Wit yesterday and had a to ot:1 filled. He used m e ve1·y kind, but it 1,eem,; Gtrango to be among these pe◊ple so soon after giving th em a whipping: I have not received your Christmas box yet, but I thin!, it will show up soon. You asked me \'.'hen 1 thought I would be home. lt Is very hard to say when we wlTI·sail•fo1: home but when -pea-ce i& !'lli;ned, we 'will be looking for "· start. "\Yell, dear slste1·, this !t.J nil J will say for this time. Good bye from youi· brother HEC'r-0-r-t A. ,:\Ie~SAA,C. .\ pl easa nt reunio11 ~ook pla<"e in r .. r1ne,I and •lr~aniz1•d :'1 ('amp 1)!•1·r'ronce rece111Jy when l'rivalc l'lyt!P ,·ns. Il e ,·0111plot!'d his 1rai11i11i; at one Hol.Jinson. for111erly a I •lier carri1•1· or 111,~ lr:iining ('a111;n; lwhind lhc connected wilh the Ponsmonth pm;t-l liw•:; i1; Franl'c a111l oltice walked a clistanr.e of I~ mill's\ h:.:l 1101 l1<'e11 ,;i.;nt'u from Jarriollc lo Clrntca111ie11s II ht•n·:I ,-,,,nit! have hl'l'll 011 he 111et Corporal Arthnr Gorman, a11-jLv.o tl:ay,; la11·r. other Port::;mo11tl1 hoy a111l s1ic11t a .\Ir. ltohi11so11 11':is 111arri1·d 1·!lrY cnjoyaiJic arternu:i11. 1Si,!ll. ~ti. J !117 10 .lli~s 11<-:llri<:c• During his vi,;i't he also 111cl Or-j'lil'ld, cld,•.;I da11!,\ilt,·r 1,r :'111·. an<! :'llrs. .na n Paul, another l'orlsmo11lh hoy.: ·•n·cl Ol,lficld or l•'riclll: ~Jr;.!et :wd 10 One can picl11rc that mcetini:: or l 1\li:: 1111'011 wa,-; horn q11 i':111•. ~!I, 1!11::i he local boy,, t:1011:;,u11L; or 1,1111!, , 1l .. 1n;h,t,r Lilli.111 Lois. ro111 home anti friends, :ind what joy , w, 1lw lil I IP ~I i,-;s i,; :1 nxio11sly :Lwa ii - I ,:;w"".'3~~--:,,i:i!~ hrought to the111 us they ex1·h:111~;1•,l 111:t ilH' n:tnrn or her daddy, '!llliniscences a,-; to whut had 11.iplie•::, :i 1:1t'lnher or St . . \11drcll'':; '! nod si nc e Jnavin;; holllc and lo-.rt•<I ncs. 11.,11!;;•·. ,:n. ~di ..\. \\'hilc there· ~lcHsrs. l~obi:1 ,;011 and I•'. 8: .\ ..\I. .lrtl·ur t:n1·11wn, son or .llr. ~!rs. ll . 11. c:orlll:tll ,;r ::-17 anti ,1 1:tplc:- j ·.. :orman 11osc1l for :t picl11n' wh i•·h ·HHI a~1•11n1•, wa:; llor:1 in llo1·1•r, ~ht· 'l'illtl'S i s pri~ilc;;t)d to l'('j)l'Ocllln• • ,\1q..;. :tli. IX!l;i, J'in, years i:tll'r IIH· 'rinltc llohin ~o n is now ,;t:itinnt)tl at t':irnily lllOVl!d to l'orl s:11011th. lie a;.t. .'.'Jazairc a ntl i,; a cl<'rl< in I li e lc11clc,cl I he p11hli1· st·hool,; h1·ri•, ;.;ra1l11atin1.; r, 0111 l'ortHlllOlll h !Ji1.;h in 1uartenna::;te r's <lcpartmcnt. The following arc sl;ctchcts or th" 1 ~I::. il• rorc l'.lllering I ht• hl'l'Vi<:t • he I h,• :\:1I ional .'wo Porlsmonth hoys in lht) pklnn·· !11•!cl a po:;it io11 11 ti h ('iyclc 011111.111 ltohin:rnn \\::i,-; l>nrn iu Dover Oct. i::. lS)l•I. th,• so1 1 or lllr. ancl J\ln;. l•'rctlericl, :\. llohi1, so11. \\'hen young lhC t'a111ily 11101·,•d 1, ,\lc·l'il:ini, .., I ,1, Tr:1d1•r,; 1::111 1,. 1111• 111l>i,r or 1·0 . i,, ::11-!1h 111r:,111r y :inti 1.. r1 ('a111p l>l'v1•11;7 'rur ov,•rsc•,rs ,-.irly ill .1111 _, 1·.i1h th1• 7tilh J)i11,;1•:1. In Lhls city, rcsidin;.; 011 Solllh :;tn·1·t. I ii- !-'r:111c1 '"' •1.1, i11·11111oJit:d 111 ,1111111r:il. attended the 1111htic school>; here at:d 1:,·sidl's l1is p:ir1•111·,. <'or,,. (:111 was · gradual1.HI l'rolll l'orl,;mo11l h ;11:,n h:1., '.'111• sisl('r, Lti<•.,. a yi,o,1·1:, 1 H!glt school in 1912. l•'rorn then Hit- ,111 al 111<' :\al',il ll11 spi1;11. :incl : 1 t!f enteri11g the service last '.\lay he! :1roth<'r 1:i1-.rarcl, 11ho is 1·taL•h1y1•d 01· was emp\oyctl at the postolticc and I iw 11,1 v ~- :,art! .. was regarded us a very eOicient 1:lcrk '.\11. <:or111a11 is also a 1nc111l1cr or an<l canie1·. St. ,\utlrew·:; Lotli;e, , 'o. ;;c;, .\. !•'. & l\lr. lloblrn;on wen\ across with Lhe \. ~l. as well as I he l'ort smo ut h 7Glh DiviRion in July, which wa,; 'I. (' .. \ �PRIV. WALDRON DELEG IE IO SI.LOUIS t ,........ ., - - - - Seuside-..Coµncil, Jr. 0. 'U. A. M. Ro'noY Member Who Lost Life in France. Cu Sunday afternoon .; 111 prei;~ i I' <' :,1<' ·norial SC'rvi ('es were he,";i · iitti'i°C' i',, gregational church, ltyP, 11 •rnory of l'rivate \Vallact' I~. llan<I, 1 ~ die cl in Franeo 011 :-Jov. i, tltP s , vices bcin;J; u11der the auspices , ol ~casidc Council, :-;o, 20, .Jr. 0. 1·. A. , l., oC which dccC'asetl was·a pupular me.:nber. nev. J. W. Flaim, 11astor church opened the service pr:i.yer :i.ncl Alvah I,. Caswell, COllll · ~llor or the .lunior Order of American Mechanics, read the Scripture . after which a voc,11 selection waH reu <1e1 cd by the church choir. , nev. Mr. Flagg in his memorial a1ld rcss upoke or the great cau Ho in which the youn~ man ro11i!;h.t and ha1t made the supreme' sn<rifice. l'rivutl' Rand was a young man of fine char acteristics, upright and home Jovin f! and the pastor spol,C' o·r his liu <· 1,1aoly quallliC's a111I the sorrow hi · 1; Jath caused his family nru1 friend s. A prayqer followed the arldr ess anti 11,0 choir ~sa.ui:- on a11rropriat<1 sC'lcr 1, Thr <.'Onp.r1,g:.L1ion rc:n n i:i r <l s1 :11i. l h1g while tho pare nts nu1l rclatil'c, o l the young soldier pasi;ccl ou :. lowed b~ the lodge i11 a body. Private "'allacr. E. Rantl enlist<'c. wit h th\ 14th nai11;•ny l~ngineers· l nit a~~ went across . with t·h c lir s 1 2:';,000j;)'l'hO .saw a <'tlve sPrv\cc in Franci?,: Ile e nli f' ted a year ago la sl .July al)d was sent to Salem, tili f· state, 'for duty, then to New York , from 'Xl~ere he 'sail eel on th!> Adria titfor France. In l1tttfo~t;lef!!)l'S 'home he told o l the great battle or Chateau Thierry and o! his experiences there. Private Rand was the son or :\Ir. and Mrs. Jedediah Rand and was born i'u ' nye· 21 years ago the Fount : of July of last year. He attended th " public sc)1ools of Hye and was wel l known a.nd popular in his home toWJ~ He was a student al. the Port_s mouth High school for three -years. Later he entered the employ of Mr. Fult.~r of Rye Beach in Boston and he was also at on(l 'tilne em ployed as a brak"the Boston and :\Iainc r :til- Twelve from This SJate to Attend American legio~ Convention l'rolimln;1ry plans ror the pcrm;rneut organization of a New Jia.m)lshirc branch of the Am ricau Legion, compoRed Of ex-service men of the \\'ol'ld ,var, 11 as dhrnusscd at a :;;talc meeting of the "vC'ls" at the l'leasar.t street armorr in •ManC'hcster yestenlay and 12 de legates and four al1ernates were c!cctcd to represent the ~tate at the national caucus or the Legion at St. Louis, .\lo., ,i\iay 8, 9 and 10. 1 he clC'legates 1ilcctecl at Ute stale C'au,c us ~re 1\l:i,ior l•'rank .T. Abbott, l\lajor Frank l(nox o[ l\Tanchcstcr; Pvt. Jm·E, ,valdron o[ Portirn1onth, ll. I Ucscheuis of Jaffrey, C. Fred Mayer c;· Laconia, Sergt. Jlerve L'IIeureux, Lt. •Elliot Carter o[ !Nashua. and Sergt. William J. Murphy. Four delegates at large will accompany the delegates to 'St. •L ouis. They aro Col. George V. Fiske of Manchester, ~foch. John Santos of Mancheste r l''ll'tll/i..W,:uw•;~ 1'1·t. Arthur 'J'rnfant or Nashua Seri::t. William J. llogan of chester. The alternates are Sergt. i\f atLhcw .T. ~fa honey of 1'1anchcster, ~:~::.:~:, ~1artin .J. Kidder of East Jaffrey, Ser gt. llarry A in scow o[ Nnsh ua and Scrgt. George Wingate or i\Ianchcster. Although I.Jut about hal[ drecl veterans altcmled the ence yesterday, enthusiasm in the movement was evidenced by those present, •who roted to act as a committee in furthering the foundation or the state branch. With the return of the dC'lcgatcs, who arc expe<"ted to leave today for the national caucus, a state wide meeting will bC' called to take active steps in the [ormation of the L<'::;lon in all localities in the state where sufficient ex-ser vice men reside, to warrant such. The delegates to the caucus will be [inanced hy the state fund o[ the soldiers' and sailors' weHarc com mil tee. lt. is estimated that the expenses or each dolci;atc will approximate $100. The con fcrcncc opened at o'clock with i\lcij. Jl'rank J . Ahbott a ~t~ng as teml)or;i I')' chairman. Afto,· a \Jrief outline of 1 h<' rrin ciplr. 'lf the f,"r:ion, Major .\ 1iuott was r er.ued ~<'rl lo ,crvc as ten;r,0rar-1 chairman nr:d L;E'ut. Richard 1,L t) lJowc! wa:;; eJo··lc,1 tcml)orary 1ie \ •Jt;,ry. A comniittPe, consisting or L r. r.01. ,villlam H. Sulll\•an, ::\1aj. F •·a.nl< Knox '\IHI Lieut. Tohmas ,Cheney, was elected to 1bring in the names of delega te·, and alternates to the national caucu1:1 a.t •st. iLouis. a.mi �Lieut. Comm:rndcr Ernest l•'. Rob-/ command of the U. 8. 8. Suppy Ship t'nson, a well 1-:nown New Casllc youn;:: and Colit·1· ":-Jno." lie ,milt' d for 1E uman was born in New Castle May Gth, 1·opcun waters in September 19l7 and 1889.,He is the son of I~abins "\V. and has been doing aeti\·e duty in the war Annie L . Robinson of New !Castle. 1n zone fol' the past fifte"n months . 1 .September 1906 he enteretl the 1!\las-sa- Lieut. CommantlC'r Tiohi11sun holds an Trn_inlng School, unlimit<'tl l\faste1··s license in .1'\::.ivl~:1Enterprise," gradunllng th ore l11 lion antl is, _ono c,C the you1q;f'st ill I h,· 19Q8, ranking third In his class. Tllo He1·,•i,•f' to l1olil ,Iii,; llccn s i,. In l~lG he m:ll'ri c.! l\Ils ~ Carrie J.1• 1na.n vr G ,·eenyill, ·, ,r.f. ·11., :J tc:u·h,·1 iri Nr\,· 1t\1.•; tP · 'f'l11 · , th1•ii l111l11r-' 1n ( i) t·(•l)\'illc•, .N, 11 ·. L'li:11·h..•:-:; I•~- Hogt•1·s uC <::11 ·d11Pt· strr·el 1 lhis city, \\' :l!-1 iltlr11 al \Vu ll:tslon, YI., un,l is ~~ years of age. li p is the so11 of the la-le :\fr. and l\Irs. Albert K Rogers. Last April he entered the service and has heen in France for some time, serving with Co. n, 3:!5lh 11.egiment. 'riH' yonnt-; man waH in the Jasl of the lighting before the armistice and was wounded in - - - - ------··-· .. COMMANDER ROBINSON. ro.llowirrg year ho ente1·{'(l the <:overn 1 men t service as Quartermaster on l he U. S. S. Collier and ,supply ship "Caeser" A year later he was made '.rh inl Otficer on the U. S. S. Hannibal antl later assigned to the U. S. S. Sterling. In 1913 he was transferred to the U. S. S. Sllpply ship ".Justi_n" on the .Pacific Coast as Second Of-fice1·, rem aining there for a. year, when he ret u rr_ed to the Atlantic coast and \\'::tS assigned to th e U. ·S. S. Cyclops, the •s hir, that the Navy Deparlme11l rep orted as lost about a year ago . •In J n nuary 1916 he was made ,First Officer on the U. S. ,S. :Sterling and sent to the l\Iedite1Tancan, where tht' Y w :c' re l<ept for several montlrn. The ~te1·ling was th e relief ship carrying supplies to the Jews In Assyl'ia. In 1917 Lieut. Comd1·. Robinson was transferred to the U. ,S. S. Hospital tShip "Solace," for three months an<l in April of LhP same year was transferred 1 to lhe Cyclops He wa,g First Officer on the ,Cyc lor,s when thal ship went as one of lho convoy for the :first of ou1· t1·oops to be sent lo I•'ranc,' . \Vhen war \\:lS declarerl ho received his commission as Lieutenant. Tn August 1917 he was rriade Lieut. C6mmnndc1· I CHARLES E. ROGERS battle of A1·gonne, 200 of his ment going inlo the •fight · and returned the men having litllc slN· p for several <lays. I 'riva le Hogt'r,; is now jn l•'rance, where he has been since Oct. 16, recovering from his \\'OtnHls, a lelle1· having been received from him a f<'w days ag-o by his brother, Charles K Hogcrs of this city. 1'ri va to Hoge rs passed life in Yermonl, bul claims l'ortsmouth as his home and hns bc•011 <'111ployed her<' at tlie ~rotor ~l :1rl. Al th,' tilllO vf his ('11ii:slllll'lll lll' h~lil a 11u~ilio11 :ls an all!'!HlallL :d th!' }l()HJ)ilal �blankets. You'd neve.r real ze ow can and that America came to e•.\ ~ ;oft and comfortable the ground is this part or the world from destrucuntil thoroughly tired .• tion before it was too late. You ;ie,:i. It was while building tne roa:', ~!.:it I came over here before our army Wd.S I had my first taste of trencr. fever in reality. mobilized, and, as days .vhich sent me to a hospital and awa'y lengthenod ·l~to weeks and weeks'rn'.rom my unit for the remainder of ~o months I saw the effort Uiat was : he war. l believe It has been con- being made to put America on, tl.iP. ~luslvely prov<>n that the trench fev- rooting 'with these m!litt.stiP. Euru'Jr germ is carried by "chal1,1" and pean countries and though never fal.he Good Lord knows that I was tering in confidence there were timNl' lous 1y as a cookoo when I reached I became impatlen't at time itsell, but The following letter has been re- ,he casualty clearing station. now t~at America ha_s ceivell by Col. John Jr. BarllPtl from At the base hospital they told me of herself I feel Jl'ke Corp. ll:i lph E. Dow1lcll, formerly 0•1 .hat I would not be flt for, service fo_r highest mountain and 11.cclaimin;; to the staff of 'J'hc 'l'lmPs: ~everal months t9 come. After awhile clvllization tl)at "I am an · AEez:lc<.1n, ·i.rrangements were made effectlni my born •and bred." _It has IJeen 'some time since l last transfer to permanent dnty with a Whoa! 'Th~t•s a. ~rP•.t wrote, but I will not ol"ftor exc11s<>s for IJas_e hospital, name{J Harva.rd ~hap to , talk down at the there arP times that 1 am the laziest Umt, No. 5 1'1ase I I ~ , U. S. A., not? But never mind, I have of lazr. However, many things have 1nd for the relll.alndlll' of tbe war I doubts as to staying here forever. happene(l in the last few months and will have no~r; to dodge bat 'something seems to tell me that I'm I will try to put each event in it:i bombs and pound a type.writer. loo adventurous to ke·p idle .n°iid::::,_ JJroper place In this leltPr. If my I like here. It gives me a ch-ce darn those chats, any,vay'..'fr it \~:isn'.t memory Is conect tlrn laHt leltPr (·on- Io brush up my 1rl'$1cl, 11.nd to sl·udy for them I woul,dn't be here. · · tulnetl an accouht or 011r retreat lhe civilian paipulaMon or the counWith best pf luclc to yo~, and .•,,,,,,,._.,, when the enemy broke through. It try. Rea.lly the,, are very tl111r1oustra- rest, I will close, as ever, took a few clays to ussemhle the vari- Live. So woudel'luM.y confident of the Your friend, ' ous detachments 0.1111 thnn I l<>arnnJ outcome and so petjllleverine- in their , RALPH. :iorrow. J'IJ nevar forg·et the Fourth Ralph E. Dowdell, 1G4383: what "camouflage" mc>ant. Now my experience with camou- of July or the Fourtee~ or July as No . 6 (Harvard ·unit) U. S. A. Base flage was extensive. Strangely I was long as I !he. 'Pb.ey d ~ d everyHospital, not given a paint brush or evi!n a. c11.n 1.hing, their sorrow aRu aH, to help No. 13 General Hospital B. E. F. or paint. At the same time, however, us make our lndepenctence Day- a ftUC- July 23, 1918. I hold the honor, and of course the cess and with their wonderful conr-1--...,........,...,....,...__~,:o,,,"!!l"-,,'.""ir.t':::'l':'!'!:"!ll:P':'. remainder of the reglmPnt assisted tesy insisted that we He their slightly, of c~mouflaglng most or on their ".Tour de Fete." Northern France, single handed. ".\l;' No. I'll never ·forget the Fourwork was with a pick anti shovel and teenth of July, nineteen hundred and I> rsonally I . 1;1ovell s<>v<>ral large eighteen. Where I am there was a hills, filled up several vo.lley~, built parade and all the Allies participated. several hills and excavateu several It was then that the news of 'eneral valleys. If an enem)" airman ever Foch's wonderful and decisive viecame over the ground after I got tory was made public and the Amer!'. hrough he certainly thought his cans, having proved themselve~ ~ompass had gone awry for thf' Janel worthy comrades of their allies, were clld not resemble Its former contour the idols of the occasion. in any way, shape or manner. :'Jothing was too good for the AmWhen the regiment assembled and erlcan soldier. I was standing on a lo see if we corner when the parade passed antl were ,whole, an order came, and a the regiment of Americans, just out hurry order at that, to move at once of the trenches, were showe.red with :o - -and dig trenches. Did we ( flowers. ·what cheering! "Vive l' Am1 ,llg! I say yes. For the lirnt time in erique" and "Saviours de France." my lite I envied the four-foot five Yes, they call ns the Saviors .nn,n. Ile clitlnt' have to dig half so France now. Jeep a'!! the rest of us b<>fore he was The <>xcltement was so intense that rnt of danger. We were on a very I became a partirlpant in a very peuusy front and shells were clroppin;; culiar incident. As · the :rncomfortably close. Part of the cli 6 - passed a beautiful French girl stand1\'ing was thr.ough woods and shells ing beside me, in deep mourning, eshave a peculiar sound when tea.ring cortetl by an el.lerly man, evidently through t~~es. \Ve were the whole 10r ~rnnclfalher, suddenly threv,, month or April on the tre nches and olh arms around my neck and lcissed then moved again to - - - , RIJout me 0 11 lioth cheeks. Iler eyes w~rc we had to literally- tunnel ridges filled with tears and I swallowed har 1 ,tarted. building a railroad . Not being three limE's to k eep the tears <.1110\ved over a two t>Cr cent. grade coming and then said, "Yierci, we had to Jltera_ll)" tunneled ridges aruis, rnerci bea11eoup ." Then and. when night-time came needless Ing around to hide your agita7 but the lion you would have muttered as I }•·_.•l-~...---..,...--1!7-"----------'1 dill: "Thank God lam an American ." Ye~, thank God, I A~l an Ameri- orp. Dowdell Writ~s to Col. Bartl~tt Ill �This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO 239.48-1992 (pennanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts m 1998 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1919 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i11079708 https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/9d6e657314d605acffb3ccb5bbbcdd04.PDF ab474bb6813656c027d5c67c873d5642 PDF Text Text �INDEX. CABLE STATION, RYE BEACH P. 89 NEWSPAPERS . .:.HERALD OF G0SPEL LIBERTY CENTRAL FIRE STATION P.39, 42 NORTH CHURCH.-HISTORY P 50--81 CHURCHES P. 70 NORTH CHURCH.-SmTDAY SCHOOL CONSTITUTION (FRIGATE ) p. 81-82 PEACE WEEK P.44 FOSTER;J. H. HOUSE SEPT. 5, 1~07 PEPPERRELL; SIR WILLIAM FARRAGUT, DAVID p • 37-38 PISCATAQUA PIONEERS GLEBE LANDS P. 71 PORTER, FITZ JOHN GOODING, REV. ALFRED PORTSHOUTH, FAREWELL ADDRESS P P.6 P,54-56 P.7 P, 45 p. 92-95 ( STATUE) P.35 P.44 E WLAND 85-86. PORTm.~OUTH P. 8-12 FLAG P,38, 43 HACKETT HOUSE PORTSMOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY P 17-34 p, 36 HENDERSON'S POINT ST. JOHN'S LODGE P 38, 43 JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION LANGDON HOUSE JOHN PAUL JONES HOUSE P 8-12 .8.EAVEY, HELEN P 23-25, 27-28, 3I KITTERY, MAINE p, 46-47 LAFAYETTE ROAD P,41 LAFAYETTE'S COADH SARATOGA ( SLOOP OF WAR ) P 13 P,13 SLA Vli::RY IN PORTSMOUTH p. 73 TREATY OF PORTSHOUTH P. 5 WARD PARK P,48 p, LORD HOUSE P .14 ', 13 SEE JOHN PAUL JONES HOUSE r 1 t. E -~ 41 WENTWORTH HOUSE (HUNKING) LANGDON MANSION 'l 6 J\ p 49 .... I ..••. ·3 ���After hr icf ·, ponses by the '.11ssian 1 nnd .Jn1,n 111>sP P11voys, the 11lenipolen• liaries d•qi:Hle1l 111 antomobiles fnr the hotel 1\'"11Lwo rLh, NewcasLle, where they wer f' ,JuarLered d111'ing- their s lay in this city. NeKt <lay, August 2!1, Lile first confpronce bt"tweC'n Lhe envoys was held. the s11ssi1111s wttro Ll11rn cont i1111e1i, with ol'rn s ional intPrrnis~ions o[ a ,lay ot· two, until Aug11sL ~!I. when an a1~reement as to peace terms was renched. At :J.47, on September '>, the treaty of peacP was sig11rd !Jy tho envoys 111 thf' co11f!'rE nee rnom in the gennal st:ireh ouse, a salnte Sbeing /ired f1 om the guns just outside imr.nerliately afler the las t signatnre was all, xrd . 'l'he ronference roo111 1 in whieh peace was madn and L!,o t1•paty signed, is Ll1e large room on lite south, s ide of the j second lloor, to the left on enteri!,g from the centre stairway. The three r ooms to thP wHst of thti conference room were assig-11('1! to the 11se o[ the Jtussian envoys and their s11ittrn of :attaches ancl secrel:iriPS ; hut nsed alnwst exdn~ively 1.,y holl, ~he er.voys alld tl, e ir assistants when not e11gagP;l with U1 <1 .Japanese in the <'tJ11fe rence rronm. The room on the cenLrr slairway wr~ 11sed ;is a joint .. rec·e1,tion room; and the three, new of11ces Lo tli•• 1·ast ,,r l11i ~ room were alluLLed [or the use or t!1,, Japanese, althoug!J, as in the ra~e ,1f lire Russi:111s, thti easter11111nsL or cor11c•r room was used almost exclus1Tely hy both tlB Japanese The empires n[ ltn ss in n111l .Japan be011\'nys and th Pi r a~sis tants, ;vh en not in (· .. 1,r,,re11c·e ",ti, ti n l~nssians. ing at war, anrl l:avi11 1: 1•n 11 s o11Ll'd tn apTlw <·•nferen•., f-llilo ex tendrd east and point 11leni polenLiarirs Lo mrP l in thr west a 11cl wa ~ pr,.,· tirally in Lh P centre of lJ nito<l Slatrs ln arranl!o a pr:11·,• , lhr the room . J<' ive ch? irs were 1,lacecl on president se l,•clerl, with Llto ap1 r, ·,•al of each s ide and one at either Pnd . The chair s at the ends were never nser!. The those co1111Lrirs, the w•nmal sLorr-ltnu~r, .fa nanese sat on Lite south si,le of the li11ildi11g Kr;, in tho 11av.v yard nt l',,rls · tahlP Baron Knm11rain thecenur, with mouth as the i;lar·e for tl!r rm1fen!llf'f'. J\lini~ter 'l'akahira on his ~ight Llie other At that lime .. July l!lll\ LIii' g-PnPral three chairs bPi11:r orcupied l1y sflcretaries. On the 11, •rlh side of the table sat s tor ekeepP.r had j11 st started Lo 111ovf' tho Hussians, l\fr. Witte ;in the ce1~tE'r, into the IJnil•lina. All wnrk n[ moving Ppposite Earnn Komnra, 1 iLh Jlar?n was stoppPd, an<\ th11 lt11ildi11g was pre HosPn nn his ]Pf! , the otl1er three clta,rs pared, 11111ler di rerLion of rrprern11taJ.,eing ,1rc11pip1\ hr l{ussian S<'('[etaries. ThP rnti re nort.1 1"· eRt part of the ~ecLives of tho stale do1,arLmenL, for n sPs oncl Jlcu,r was 11 ~1Jcl as a <lining roon,, o [ the conference. Throo a<' ditio11n I whero Jnnch was served e~ery day and omces were add ed " n tho snutheasL occasin11all.Y at protracted sessions, din1•ori1er nf the . 1•1·<· 1111 11,,or, l hr• tie1·. ;--,,. Sf1SSillll nf the ('i•llff'ronro ovor l:1~ti'd 1,, I .. ,:,1 j p 111. 11101'11anic:s working d:i:{ a11d 11i1;IIL. T '111 fl'"i.in:,s gone rally h~gan abou L 1U !'rival<• loiloL rooms '"Ore pla1 ·1•d in 11,' ar a. i11., sn 111rf i111es oven "arl,er. A reces,, ly all the nli'1:os. . wa~ Lnl.,•11 lielwaEn l a11d ~ p. m. j! 011 A11g11st8, Jr11:; , Lhf' e111roys, w1Ll '1':1e s:•ace in the 11nrtheast and second lheir su1Lt's, arrived at LIH' yard ,,11 LII(' Oool' was nsed as a kitchen, wher~ cheffi "MayilnwPr" arul "lhlphi11_·• n11d 11_oro from lintel \Vcntvw rth prepa red the rnceive,l at a spnr:ially hurll. la nd111 /.!, foo<l. rl llcoraLP,d with [)1111ti11g, lty Lim (,l/111 The slnrage hins r, f the space just ontnianrlant and Lhll princi1i:il nlli<' l'rs nf tltr si1le L111 o nthw es t ,, flice on the llr,t yard nml 11scorLP1l Lto Liu• (!Pllf'r~I RL<,r" floor ,1 .1~ 11sed for the wines anr'!. liquors, 1lons11. TltPre a rn1·01•l1n11 was Irr lei aucl anrl 011l,;r\e this spar,, a sentry was kept breakfast ~11 1";e1I. <iny nwl night. Adjoining sh ·, lving was 11111110.tiaLely [1111 111\i ng at two , '1·l11r.k 11 st•rl l, .1 the stalri :lt>parlmenL for storing the p1t,uip :1 lcrnli:1rn·s PnLPrP«l nuv,moslalio11Pr,Y, elr. Thfl space n l the northhilPs and were es<•nrlPd t" Ll11· 111:u11 gal.I' east rornn of tho Jirs t ll nor was t!sed o f the 11a1·y yard hy lhe _rr :_:iri ne _gm1rd, for slePping quarLPrs fnr th'. sergea~1t's rro111 wlwre tltry wrr<• ,lnven rap1clly lo g 11 :1r1l nf n,ari11E1s rp1artrred 111 Lhfl l.>111ltlLl,1s r:ity . 1ng d11ri11~ lhA (•onfPrRnre. 'l ll(ci re were At tlir Nnbl11's islan d en d ,,f thr l'.o_n~ · thrPn s P11LriE1s 1111 tho cn1Ls 1de of the monlh l,ridl!e was drn\\'11 11 11 a pmv1s1011 lH:ildi1111 :1L all Li111es. al rngi11rnnt co11sisli11g of :,110 111011 o[ tho The J11wer_va11IL was nfsignecl N1,w ll:Ht1J,.-.hirA '-ia~·;,1rnl g 11 11:! 1 111111<-r ron1111a11d o[ U1,I. l•: cl1111111 ti 'lPLII Y, :!11ol Infantry, who ai:trd as rsr-11rt ~o Lhr disLin,:;11i s he1l visiLnrs nn Lhe,r way Lhrongh the city to meet Litt' g,,vernnr of this cmnmonwea!Llt. The procession movA•l 11 11 :t>Ja•·krt, Congrefi s , Middln tn SLaL1· street~ ~o L!1(• cou nty r.ourt housr.. 'l'h n11 ~a•111s of people line,! the sidewalks _of tho streets through whi<·h the pr11PP ss 11111 passr<l.. At the ('01:irt hon sP, in tho s11pr.r1nr court rnom, UoY . .Jo hn JIL!'l,ane ,1t1lcomed the visitors to Lhr ~Vile 1Jf )few Hampshire. PO IlTBl\f OUT l l s. . , 1 "TREATY OF •;ORT r\MOU ~'HH \Vas Signml at mo Navy Yarrl Se11t. 5, '19 05 Endetl Long War Between nus. sia and Japan Brief History of the Doings of the Peace Envoys Durinp; Their Stay in This Cily I .Tapanrsfl , and the ~Pconrl slnl'y vault to thtt,J:11:.sia;1s, b11L WHre ntJvc,1• n,ed. Hoth I sides c:arriP.d LltPir ,loenme11Ls bnck nnrl . fnnl1 1bily lrnlw<'en Lhfl lintel WerilworLI, nL Nf'\\'Ca~llll, and th o navy yarr!. f1' ir11prn11f saf11s prnvid111l in the nllices wern alsn nllvtlr 11se1l, 'l'hn rncm at tlw soulhwest cornor cf lhfl fi,· ~L lloor ;was Jitte<l np as a ,;nh le nllicP, n11<1 opP.rators o f the Wl'slf'rn 1111io11 an<l Postal telegraph were on rlnty there d11ring tlw sflss ions. 'l'ho 1111voys nnd the members of their snitl's were l.Jro11ght from the Wentworth hoLel daily in sLParu lannches or automobiles, nr.r:ording- lo choicfl, Five mirlship1111•11 were spec ially detailed fr om Lhn haLLIAship s:p1a<lro11, cruising along Lite roast, for tlio Jlllrpose ~of handling tloo~e la111whe,3. Wlti!e at the yard, thesfl ynnng gentlemen were ']Uarter:ed in lln11se C, then vacant on ac"onnt oi dP.tach11lflnt of thr equipment oflicer. "·"·""'""-·,,. No rPpresentaLi ve~ of the pres~ were allowPd in the llllilcling or Lhe yanl during thn Lime tho envoys Ytere at Ports mo11Lh. , Whiln tl,e confe ren ce lasted all r.ivil emplny<'P.S o[ the yard were reqnired to have wl'itten passes signe(! by the he&d of tho ,:eimrtment for which Lh<iy work,.,!. ); o visitors were allowerl in Lhe yarcl witho11t a special 1,aRs signed by lhP c•orn111n11dant. Besides tho general sl11rekeepor, the only ciJicers admilled f1eely to the conference bnilcling at all Limes were the commandant and ,·a1,Lain of the yard. No employees wAre J.'-.tMJH•f.:;;Ji a<lmittrrl withont a special pass. '.!'her;, we•r ,•mpl,,ysrl regularly i11 tbe build• ing, the learli11~rnan laborer or the general storekee11er's der,artn_ient. three janitors whose wages were paid by the stale de11artment, and a few laborers or the general storekeeper's department. !(very ua1·t o f Lh'l building was inspecLe,l twice a day lJy the general stnrnkeeper, and extreme cleanline~s and order were P.xacted This working force acquitted itsel[ splenrlilily. The fumitnre of the rooms was leased by the state clep~rtment fr o m a Washi11gtor. furniture rlealer, and after tlie cc11ference it was put on 1,ale as it stood; Ii t·st ccme, first served Most every article that was used in the con ference room proper was sold arnl about h:1 If the uLluirs. That not sol<l was shippe,t ha<'k to Wnsiiington. No article or furniture was left in the builuing. The force c,fthe c:eneral Stocekeeper's ll11parL111ent on the occasion of Lhe use 11[ its main 1>11ildi11g for the memorable pn rpose was as follows:J'av l11spect11r-.r. A. l\lu<ld, U. Navy, c:ene ral Storeketip11r. l'aymaster's Clr1k-,J. . E. Colcord, U. 8. Navy, Chier Ulerk. Chiefs of Sr.clim~-W. I. Ilaywood, F. W. Wilmot, W, LL noodhne. Clerks-KL. Chaney, ,J. W. Leavitt, r;, II. l\LcC:uire .. I . ll. l:icharclson, J\L G Font, A. ,J . .Mel\! 1Ill<Jn, H. L. Kelly, ,I. C McKenncv. A. ~I ·r,ang, A. c;.. Hoo<! \Vin, .J. 1,. Cnrti,, , ,1. r:. WliaiJi,•y, Jt; iL Kirvan, \.\'. /1.. Hall, R T. Allis, .J. E. llatlger. Sper.ia l lllPr.hanif' - ,1. W. narlow. .l'a1dcer- \'i. A. l;arte r. Leadingman-\V. Y. !•'.vans. Lahornrs-L . n. (}e1-rish, S. H. J\lars Lon, V. J[. (}no1lwin, .]. C. Burnham, E A. Chesley, o. B. n,,ss, .J. F. Leavitt, F. . . Spencer, C. A. (}ray, W. U. Gooden, Patrick DnfTy, Andrew Peter, Reuben Worster. I �FIRST RELIGIOUS PAPER Had One In 1808, First on Record. Dr. L~uis F. Henson, a most carefnl, painstaking and accnrate llistorical student anrl the learling authority on homaology in this country, has none a useful service to the history or journalism and to the his torical repn ·,e or Philadelpl1in by marshaling in the last number of tho ,Journal of the Presbyteria11 IJistorical Society the eviden r e ;vhich J!Oes to establish the claim or John Wellwo:id Scott, buried in t!,e Pine Street Presbyterian church yard, to the founder of the first religious j c, 1:rnal ever published. 'l'he Hoston Hecor<ler, whose successor and representative, the Congregationalist, is a mc>st useful, artive anrl v1gorons sheet, has always claimed to be, in 1 JG, the first religi'.Jns r.ew3paper. Scc tt's paper, wh.:.se lirst nnmber appeared Sept. J, 1813, it has been claimed w!!s _.,.•.Y,s-11 1 nc,t a religious newspaper, \>nt a mere periodical pamphte't. Its Hie is in existence and Dr. Benson has no dilliculty in showing it in every fair sense or the word a religious newspaper, Philadelphia may fairly claim to have begun religious journalirn1, or the Herald of Gos11el Liberty. published in Portsmouth, N. II., September, 1 O , no tile survives, and Dr. Ilens,11 refrains i:,:,.,:·,.,.,!I;, from the c:mclnsioa reached by less careful students ·tbat it was a mere k'n'!!'c",JUi'.organ or a religious entr.usiast, a 11ropaganda for ltiR views, though for this -P.·e1,,·-~ evidence exists. , , Tbe lirst number or the ITeral<l of Gospel Liberty appeared, Sept. 1 l 07, at Essex, Mass., the ollices being soon after moved to l'ortsmouih. It measured only abcnt !l inches wide by JO or 1-2 inches long (this including the margia ) and of fonr pages. The Herald ~~,P...-0 ~, was published evP.rv l!'riday for many years in Portsm0t,th; at one dollar per year, half o[ this s11 ui being in advance and the balance at tho end n[ the year, or ninety cents if paid in advan co ; and "conntry produce :a: the market price in the town" was received from those who were indebted for paper or books. The noterl Elder Elias Smith was the orignator anrl erlitor o[ the Jlsral1l and who orga,iized the Christion church in this town on ,lanua!'y l, 180:l . .Nearly every page of the early numbers of the paper fairly bristle<! with theological, discussion-a clecisiveness of laneuage and an am rmai.ion of beliefs which wonld do credit to John Calvin anrl Jonathan Edwards themselves. Before ' Elder Smith's death he ebaaged his theolo)?ical views several times. He was ordained to the Baptist ministry and at ooe time was a Universalist, rireaching from that pulpit for almost ten years, aml a[L.:irwar1ls renrmnced those vi6ws.· Ile wrote a book entitled "The Life, Conversion, Proa.:hing, Travels and Sufferings of ]Was Smith," and poblisbed the rnme. It contained aLont 400 dnoclecimo 1iages, -.u,,_.._,;,,.··,.,._..,.._., and in it he gave a general view of th~ doctrines he once embraced and considered "thP, misrepresentations of his en emies, particularly that or David Benerlick in his Listory or the Baptists." or their conduct toward J1im. of the mobs and turmoils he had etdured; with a general account ot the people and preachers who camsl.. out with him , cal!ed lChristiaos. Tho book created something of a sensation in the theolcgical world. The elrler was an exceedingly controversial man and the copies of the papers before us show on nearly every J)age 't hat he could deal sledge-hammer blows at his opponents whenever J1e thought tit to do so. The llerald o[ Gospel Liberty: is :iblished aa in the est. J �Ba,, Goncert This Mrnimr 011011ed Cel6i11 ation B'sho11 Potter Will U1rrnll f l-' e at Ghrist Chur il S1rnrls on ihe River anil nl Mmket Square Tomorrow A i:.pirit w ith :1. plt•:11l in!~ , n i1••· Jl;11.h ho \ Pl'l'd, 1111 so 11111,i!, Al.111111. 1111• 111'"-t. of 1111111.111 111", · . 'l'n hr,•a1lln ~.,,r I ill IP " •'~, 'l'o g-P11Prn 11nn!-I a~ t l11•~ I. , J111hil1111g' g,H,d ~1id l'I. A11.ll'IIIJ!h 4•:11:h 0111• ll:1s 111r11<•d dtnl P:1.1, Sh(' .· 111;.!'c l i1 to t111•111 1 ill. t)nt' :, I I 1•r :1.not h<'t'~ hr-a Ir ir,; 101wliPd 1 " i i II 1•1·ho ol IH' r ,•11i1•1• , 811P 1,11,,,,s 111111 w1tn1• ~ ... , ·~ in l11•a,, 11. .F11 :-. L \\t'• ' P, and I lw11 1 pjn1, ·1•. \\'hr IIP4'd ir c•o:,..t. 1111' 11, ,. ~ 1.J 1111•11 ·: w·11y (':llllllll \\:ti l:1n• t'••:, ,. ,. ·.1 \\' li;1f 11•,n\111i,111~ ,,unit! 1'1 '!<1111, From l11•t•'1i11t!' ,ui1 '1' ol 1'1 ·:11·1• ·: 'l'ht> "'word and ,::111t Iii ,u ty \ :•, 111\\, TIii llt'lt11t'I 11s1•li•s-. '. ,,.: ln:o;ll'a.tl \\ti'd kt'"P 11•1 •111!il1• -.:.011'••. J ord1it'd.-1 nl rlt~111,. 'l'J11• lilrn,d I h:ll. 1·0111- .i° i11 I \11 ir, "111~ \\ :1-. 11111 t ht 'f' fo r ., , ·a11 ..,1•. 1 'l'n Kl i11111l:1 tn I llf'ir 1111'1"/ 1; , 11 t · 1t1, '1'11, at ry out f :m1·~ 1.,,,, :-- . "l'i..i ,, 11ly IHI\\" l\\lt 1111111 ~ 111! \1'11'" :,,. :t ·1• ai1~1•lii sa11:,.:- 111 ll, ·;,,·1·11, · 11 J'1 ·a coo11P:-trlh,J~ood ,,1111111111 •11 / ' \\ II~· t:.1.111u1~ l't•a1·1• h 1 •~i,•·11 rP ➔ I'\ "ii lt II 111:111, :111d 111:111 ;1111111 'LO !-.O h11lt11P his li11• p1 •:1, 1• ,Vith lhoug-111~ 111 11111 h:\11 111 'I I 11 111• \\Ollltl KIii i11k I 1'11111 n.,, 1, ,1 .. . Awl 1•.1_ hi~ ~out·: n •1:11 -- d 111 • l)I ha111m11i1•s ·i:11l1li11 11 : ''l'i1I ii llt·c·11111e•:-,; a -.._y111 111n 'l'o 11·.o 1\ir1111;~l111111 :, '1 . 11111 · . PP:H'I', I 111• l111\' l'l"il1" I II 1· ' '1 ' 11:LI, l111•:L 1llwi a )I+ 1, I 1"!11111 i1•t11'1'1 till 1 ht• 11 1 I 111 1· ; 11 'a.I,;,, II)' th1• ~la.d ,. 11. 111 ,; l111•p:il Ill . Aul Iii! 1111' 11 11111Si1 · !-- \\1 · 11"1 ILi' l,lf•f'ze, And rill~!>; ll't1JI :ill 1111• 11'1'• ·. • Jl1•1 hnl~ 1 · i.1111i,r,·• And I ill 0 ;111 111111 tat 1,,n:: 11 1 :h\ •l. t~, Aud rtwl-.s tllr-ir s il1•1lf' t' l11P; 1 11 'l'11 J'•:wr, 11rol1111g- 1•• Thi~ delaye<l the bancl 'eoncert on l\larkt'L sq11aro !Jy t.be aval banrl whirh 0 was s<"h ·d11le1l to ~t.art at !J,:Jo, an,l it was an Ji.,11r lat.Pr l>eforn the musicians Look spats in the band stand. In t.he 111ea11li111" ih" s11n hail 1rnt fn appoaran<'e, l111l only for a few mirrntes. 'l'hi ~ 1flflrnoon from i.::I) to ii o'!'lock J•:mer., ~ military hantl or Dover will g;,e a , ,1111•9rt on the square, anrl this e"e11i11•_ from 7 t ,, n o'<'lock thn Naval band ,,ill \Jo 11.-.a,cl again. The principai 1wPnt oft.he tlay will be t!1e obsenr.iion f t.ho sig 11ing o[ the TrPal~• of l'nrtsmo11th, whi"li will ue nel,I at firn o'clock at the Christ. churrh. The sprvire will lw a (luplkat.e 0£ t.he Te Tloum sung by th Hussian tpriest a[Ler the signi11g of the Treaty, with t.lrn () \'.Cf' ptiol' t.ha L tlu, 1':11glisli 'l'<' J)rum will he ,,m;;. The lrnnrlsomo brass cPmmornlive tahlot. will 1,p unveiled ,,t, t.he hegi11ni11g or the i;rrvices by Bi ~h''l' l'olt.er o[ New York, t.he learlin:• l•' pisconal bishop ort.his ,·01111try !lishop J'oltor will also deliver the l'tia~e sm 111011. Atlrni~sion is 0nly by lick et. Tlus 1•1·eni11g at !-\ o'cloek on para,lo, a r!lprorl11r ion in Moving Pic• t11res will he give11 ,,r t. 1111 grancl procession welC'r•mi11g tho Pnvoys of thP two countries 011 their mi,sinn of l'Pi.ce. I\ t two o'clock tomol'rnw aftf'rPOO!~ thf'rP " ·ii! bo held on Market square, bir·yd" races, running rnees, threelegged ra1·0 and sa1,k races. There will be t.wn rnr•Ps i-1 e;ich eYenl, one for hoys 11mk1· s1'\Lne11 yf'rtrs of ago ·u11l tho other f,,r 111P11. t;uilal.Jlf prizt>,: will ht• award<'d ii e:wh (ll'ent. Fnll'ifls i,hnnld he left with \V. J•'. ,·. C. Jo:. \\"ocds. The rari,s will all \Jo rn11 aro11nct:the sr11;are honnr!Pd hy Co11g-n•ss, l\lidrlle, St:,L<1 and l'lnn~a11l strf'ol. 'io cltrtrCP to e11Lrr. Tli1·,,. will al l.l,11 s:i111w I i1110 bea banrl C'011c•Prt "11 ihfl sq11arfl h1 the 1 orth Jlerwir-1 lt:in<l and an exliil,it.ion on the high"''" j;, feel :ibove t.h11 ground. 011 lit <' ri vC'r lltfll'e will be S'.lilin,r, 111otor :,11•! rowin,!' ra!'es for all classr•s o[ boats. ~11 itahl11 prizt1s will be g!ven, :rnrl all ·1<·1>1; wiil ho under the rlil'"f'tion of ill<' tt•g;iLt.a r•,1111mittre of the J'ortsrr1011t.h ) ,H•ht cl111J with whom eulriPS can UH rnadP. ()n ·.1l •1nLn ·l(t,11 11HHll1 lhrre will bfla gra111' :, 11l.011, .. hiln p:iradu p:1rti .. ip 1l<"I Ill h:,· t>l('J' I Ill :i11l,111110\.iilPS. TII( par:1111 • •, ill slart from tho l'iains 'Ii lwn o'cln!'k :1111I rnovo down Jllidrlle slr••<'t lo l'!<'rt~:,nt slrPPL to St.at!' street l, : thti l'lai11s. Thti ,•P!Phr:iiinn "ill close Sunday with l'earf' r.erl'i!'l'S al all t.he rhurchPs. A ~l:t!:.1li11~ :1 i 111y HO\\ \\"" 111•,., I 'l'o l;1k1 l'f•:tCt~ hs 1..111 1 l1;111ol 11, · 'I lf":1d , Au ll loll11\\ l11•r \\' h1 1 n •· ,,, 'jo 111•:11·1 ily fllll l.111d f•111lil1•111 l1P a And lrL I llf'ir 1. . • (ll \\ hiln \\'ii.II t--l1ll' nl t•.q\d , To \\'il\l' \\ ii h l\n'Pr to lt" J~r:-11·1• I 1 1, 1 l' \ l'f _\ 1 l,1111 1.!lif , ._11 1d hr•it~llt, 1', rlsmnnth's ihrr.1· d:iy co11111H•mnratinn o[ Lill' r;'gnrnr, o[ U, "Tn:1ly r,f l'nrls111 "lit, w!111·'1 sign<'rl at ihe navy yard Sflpi. ~,, and t.hus endo,l tli!l lnni.r n11d b11t1H!Pn llnssia and .J:111:in. The IJ11ard of trade haYe bee11 aclive in 1,r inging thi s rPld.rat.im1 aunut., anrl fro111 now nnt.il Saturclny thnm will be plenty or am11.,Pment for r,vnryho•l}, The !oral merchants harn mnrle a loirl {or 011 t of town : cusl .. 11\f•rs hy o1Te rin 1~ S['8l'ial in,lu('enlflnt.s in thPir line. 'rhe wf'at.her this morning "as not jnst whnt the pen1,ls of l'nrlrmonth wo1;Jcl liked Lo have h:111 for Urn opening clay of tha celPIJrat.ion, b11t 1101Jody kic1eed and all ma<le reilcly t.n enjoy t.hr [un. A very heavy fng t'll'feln:,ed t.lin city ihis morning al\(1 rain fell np in t e n , �Ohio, Correspondent Writes Some lnterestlni Facts ou Subject. Eoaon P O R'l 'S \1O1 I'll T l~IE8-T!Jrough the couri.esy of nn nlil fr ieud in M1ioP; I have before me several co pies of Tm:: Turns. containing vari ous articles trom ynnr corresp<indents relating tn tl1 t1 lraclitional "iJelen Seavey'· Quilliug J'arty ancl, the origin n f th e f:bg of tl,ti Ranger. I nm aslcerl by my fa ir r nrre spcnclent, i{ I have, in my memory, any tradition relating to Paul .J ones aa,l his famous ship, tits Hanger, :rn<l parLi r nlnrly o f CTelen Seavey, and if so, t o au l Wl'l' through your columns. h,v P a dim rer.oll ertinn o[ beari111~. in my hcyhoocl days, tlte name of llelt111 Seavey mentic,r,etl in connection "ith some important event, hnt I nm 11 ul ~ure. Traditions however, or P:1111 ,Jones, the batthls he fought, the origin of the olcl, or rather the new ilal? or the Range~ are prominent in my memory. The crew of tl:e Hanger wer m 0slly from Horwi r k and Killery, a1:d the SUI• vivors o[ tl1e various batLles tol,I their stories at 1wighborly ~atheri11~s, in taverns and village groceri es nncl npnn mee ting house ~teps, long l.>"elieire Lhe history o[ our conntry was wtiltirc. Ona of tl:e crew or the Hanger was Thomas llammst, or Kittery, n l.Jrolh~r of my paternal great grandmother. He was captured and <:onfined-toge tbar with others of the crt<w-in Old :Mill Prison. (twas seventy-eight years ago, while sitting upon my grandfather's knee, be told me stories of Pan! Jones and the Ranger anti incirlents in his bcy bood life connected therewith: "l have o[ten seen Pan! Jones" - said tny. grandfather, "and I have been on boar:l the Ranger. When I was fourteen years old," continued my f:l'lndfather, "I walked from my gra11d[uLl1el''s old place at Spruce Creek to Portsmouth to see the ]fanger sail onto[ port It was the day [aJarn__ Seavt1r presented the llag of the Ha:iger to Captain ,Tones. It was made from the nit! silk dresses of her daughter-and was white and blue:' •. , So far as my memory holds good, it was Seaver who madtl and presenter! the flag . It may have been Seavey, an,t Uelen, Ellyn or Ellen-the n!\me~ wtlre synonymous in olden times-Sea vey, may have been the identical Madam Seaver, or her danghter-in-law. 'l'he fact that tho genealogy of Ilelen Seavel cannot be trace:!, considering the changes wronght by time, in the names of persons and places, is not eville111' e that she did not exist, or, as is clninie<l, ~ myt:t, _ W':! feel assnr6cl tlmt . the Hanger, wJ1en she sailed ont of Portsmonth hurb9r, Nov. 1, 17i7; 'c'i r'riecl a· flag at her mast-head. That it was new, l :6for your nnmerous readers to Sarah Orne Jewett's charming reference to it In the "Tory Lover" pages 200, 207, Tllat gifted author always keeps history straight, J, !I[. ..t\,ccompanying the above c:nnmunicaiion is the followiog letter from tne author: D1un Mn. F.nrTon:-I have written hastily and perbars, without proper care as my friend requested all immediate return of the pa111::rs. • My a1 tic le is 11 11 ,re in answer to queries o[ my friend, than any wish to appear !Je!ore the public. I am in sight c:f my 85th mile5tcne. 1 _n fact, the oldest of South Berwick' s native born men, with one exreplinn I ''rnill(Jerl the ox,en" on the 1'l'ara,ie" now market square, while my falhet.' sought a custome r for ihe lo:id n[ cnr<l wood for sale, fnnr years l>efnre the author o[ the "01<1 Town by the Sea" was born. I_ have b9en tempte,l many times to write up my reminiscences of persons and !)laces in ci<l "Ponchmnth" of 75 years ago. It was 77 years ago last winter, I rail away fr:>m the old farm, i;esnlve<l to "pick rol'ks" no more. all(i sTtippo,1 with the Nnble Brothers of Nollie Jslan<I as cool~ npoll a "11illk ste rn scho,,1,er.': bonll<l 111 the spring for Salvar!or. Did yon ever know and !eel tlie ll!Jrsuasive elo,lueuce of a motl1ers t.aars ? J, M, �Of The Existence Of Helen Seavey Of Portsmouth 'l'he follow·lng has Ileen sent to The Chronicle for 1rn1Jllcallon. As the genealogist o[ the Seavey !family, I am, ,extremely anxious to obtain Information re~arding a woman named Helen• -S eavey, who ls said to 01a ve Jived In Portsmouth or vicinity dnrlngi the Revolullonary War. After many months or the most cnrciul and devoted' research, r havP ]Jeen c1ulte unable to discover n11y trace or ~1er, s::we In an lnterest.11vg historical romance 1Jy Augustus C. Duell, "Pa11l ,Jones, Founder or tho Am e rican Navy." l nm nwaro that her ll!lll1e or Beti;ey lH'Cll coupled wi.th that Hoss us a maker o[ the "first" Am· erlcnn nag, !Jut ·1f she never e,tisted save in the brain or the ingenious Duell, why shou!,'ll she be permitted to enjoy such d 7~tinction? H she over really did ,•xlsl, why cannot I linve her to nllcrn the 11111-.l'S ol' her fnmlly's genealogy? I wish to offer a reward o[ twenty-five -dollars for 1rnsitlve proof t:ba.L Helen Seavey was livinig In 'Portsmouth during the Revolution; ifor the names '>[ her j1arents and h11s ·t1antl and the dnt,% of lier birth, marri 1ge rmd death. A. 13. HALL. •I ' 1r.n1TOH (IJ,' '1'111,: 'l'IMJ,:H •-"l)llflrist" Ila~ n,;lwd i11 T111,: '1'1M1,:s or ,111110 tri, ,I II ly I'.! n111l A 111:11sL Li, Who was 1lelPn SPavPy '.' As "tho trnlli, the whnlo truth, and, nothing IJ11t the truth" as to every eveut or, or cnnnecled wilh our war for I ndc,pendence, lllllSt ner.essaril;r be desired I.Jy every · 1 8011 ofltlu, American Hevolnti,,11," I ask _yon to ki11tlly print for 1 ·<~11<•1·ist'.," informatio11, anrl fm· l!UTrn<:Lio11 1r 1:dstaken, Lho following replie, tn a silllilar question cut from re,·ent n111111..iers of the Boslon 'l'ransript. S. A.H. l'ortsmo11tti, N. 11. Augnst l!J, l!JOi. (ilH•I. The name of Helen was not used ly tll& !'arly families or ew llnmpshire and ~lai11e ,Jnri11g ~he tin1e 111n11ti11r.etl hy .l. l<'. I havo r.xa!llinetl ~o 111a11.v vital rernr Is nr lr,wns of these States that 1 have authority for Lllis statement. Nn Holen Seavey is to I.Je found in I ortsmo11th rr Jlye IJefore tho 11i 1111lP.e11( h nenLn ry. Parsons i II the "II istory of Ilye" gives two El lens, lmth i11cmrert. The li1·st was l<:Iinor 8eavey, whn ,narri<,d llavid Blake and lhe ~!'con,l is Lhe kind <,f mistake that makes one wornler. The eldest child e,f ,Jonatlian (I) Seavey was Comfort, and ~he marrie<I ,lo11athan Ta5kor. The "11 istory of Hyo" snys Uomfort married lmen Tasker, who is indexed as Ellen Seavey. A. T. JT. (Notes and Qnerie5, Hoston Transcript, Angust :1, 1!!07.) (i IHI. 1. fn tho question nf the exislen,!e of 11 nlen Seavey, tho n1ytltical yo11111! hrirlo, who is the hurol110 of llnull's:story nr l'a11l ,lo11es·s l'ortsmonth lllade llag or 1777 (vol. I, )l:tges 21-1 r,;) arnl in s11111,nrt nf the statement of A, 'l'. 11., Ang. '! . 1!l07, th:,t ''the name of IIPIPn was not used hy the early families of 'ew Unnq,shirt, anrl Maine cluring the Li111A mPntioned 1.Jy .J, J?. (17G0-17!i:i)" iL 1~ i11ttiresli111{ ln 11ote that t1Pither the '·\\'011tworth (: enen logy," Hos to 11, 1878, the "U11tls «:e11ealogy, 11 Albany, N. Y., JX!I.! (both C<,11Laini1tl{ rna11y l'ortsmouth, N. l I,, names,) nor the "Spalcling J\Iem:irinl," Ghieagr.,, 1H!l7, (a sta11::lard New Jcngla.,<I ge.,eal<,gy) shnw anyone bearini.: those family names born in America hPfore tho year 1RUO to ha v!l bei,n calle<l ''llelen." IL may be sl:ttPd that tho name of "IIPlen" cannot I.Je found prior to 1800 in the rnconls of the IJirths, marriagPs and deaths in llyn:(the anrestral home of the Seavey~). 1 tiwingt.011 or Newrastle, N, 11., towns adjoining 1'ortsmo:1th, extemively pri11ted in the "New Uam)lshirs t:enealogical Recor<]," vols. 1 to 4 incl11~h·e. Nor does the 11a111e appear in tho baptismal rerc>rcls of the orth church, l'nrtsmouLh, up to 1721 (nil yet p~inte,I), p11lilished in vols. :) a11d 4 of tl10 satlle lllagai.i11e. ·It is espt•cially notflwnrthy that neither "A l:<'<"•rd .. r Births, l\larriages nn•I l)naLlts in l'<ll'lst11Ulll.h, . II., frnm 17Uli to 17•1~" (, ,.,,,. l•:ni.:la111I lli~t.oriual and 'le1walagi,lal lt,:gis:.er, volumes 2:1 to 27 inclusive,) nur the rrcent pamphlet, "l'orls :nouih and Newcastle, N. II., Cemetery Insc:riptiuns : 'Abstracts from srme two thousarn\ of tho oldest tornbslnnns, hy Arthur IL. Locke, l'ortsm1.11Lh: Privately printe<I, 11107," con tained a si11i::le "llelen" and it is, therefore, a fair 1lecl11rtion that no girl born i11 or near Portsmouth, N. JI., before the Am<Jri,!an ltevolution was so named. ThiHap ,lical.ion or mvdnncritici~m to lluell's story of J'aul Jones s or smonl.h tlag shows the anachronistic 11a11111 or Its heroine to linve l!eon 1m• happily chosen by the novelisl.-historian for or her birth' \narriage '' In May' 1777," or rlenth , absolutely no trac~ mn ho found - and the oLher flag makers named by Hnell arc eqnally u11hisLorical for no evidence is obtain ahle that "Car:iline Chandler," "Au- · g11sLn Peirce" or ''DoroLhy Hall (niece of l•:lljah llall, soconrl lienteuant of the Jfa11ge1·. ") evor exRisle<I, the city and church records d Portsmouth, N. Jf., havin,:! beeu 1111successf11lly search11d ; 11or is there any evidence iu those records. or i11 the records 0f Raynham, Mass,, Lieutenant JWjah Ilall·s birthplace, or in t!1e ·'Hall's Uenealcgy," that he had a 111ece Dorothy Ilall · and the lifLh llag maker, ".lllary Laugtlon," ~lated by Buell to have bern in l'ortsmcuth in JR77 and in l'hila<lelphia in 1781, can J1ardly be claimed to be identiral with !>lary Ann La11gdon. niece of C:overnor ,lol111tLangdo11 (who ha<l no daughter Mary), and da11ghter o[ his brotlrnr, Wn0dbury La11g<iun, meml.Jer of the Continental Congress in 17i!l, 1780 and li81 ("~ew lJan:psbire Manual," Concord, . ll, 18111, page 170), although she seems th~ only possible choice-for, born in 1712 ("r.lary Ar.11, chllrl of Capt. Woodbury lllHl Snrnh L::ng<ion" was "bapti7ed April 12, 1772"-NorLh Church Records, rity copy, Jiage 20·1); she wiis but Jive ,.- ~~l'..i:slt-,'/-~t,~Ai 1 years of age in 1777 I Won Id tbat this most interesting myth were Lme ! J. 1<', nos Ion �__ . , ·-- AS TO HELEN SEAVEY Scales· Writes In Answer to "J, Interesting Historical Em1·ou OF ro1tTSMOU'l'I[ notice in your issue of lllonday evening an article c,n "Ilelen Seavey," of hlsM7.'' ::.':!.r.,11 to:ic fame in Portsmouth. It evidently is a reply to an article which I recently had published in tho "Chronicle," in re· gard to that most estimable 11e~.sona?~; J, .L 1 judge this to be so as very kindly sent a D)arked e c~py of your paper to me tlu~ ~~1orn!11g, 1 will not repeat my "Cbromcle article beret· any who are interested can tefer to tb~t paper and read it, "J, l!'," do~s n:.it in any way answer my _argument Ill that paper. Wl;at he says 1s a rehllsh of what had been said before I wrote a .- •· r-.••-,·~ word on this subject, . . In brief my argument 1s tlus: Ther_e was a John Paul Jones; he waij an ~lhcerin the American navy at _the beginning of and during the American Hevo• Jution · a war ship was bu'.lt at. rortsmouti{; Jones 5ailed 011 that s!up, and rortsmcuth and Dover men sailed and foughtjwith him in Hrilislt waters; _that ship had a flag; the stars and stripes; one of the lirst flags that was made; t!Jat tlag was made in rortsmcuth, where the ship was built; a cornnany of Portsmouth women made it; 1be' furnished the material, as we.l 111 the fingers and thread, wherewith to make it· there is no tradition of wl ere they g~t the material except that one of the company, recently marri~d, cut '. p h '~ wed:i'ng dress and gave 1t to ma. eca · tain i:arts of the flag; it l1as alwayh· bee 1 s&id that her name was lielen Se.;vey, whether 01· not tliat was tho patnu.,c brirle's name J can not 1105i tive!y assert, but for want c,f pl'Oo{ that her name was anything €lse I must insist Lhat she continue to bo called "Helen Seavey -" Whenever "J; ]'." or any o{ the learned critics will prom pr.siti~ely that tl_ie bride's uame was 1iumeth1n 6 t,lse, I will be p(eased to rea<l all(! pass judgment 011 ;i:,,,,,.:.-.i"'ll.,,11 the evidence they 111ay present. I take it for granted that "J. 1"." ad• mits there was a l'a11I ,Jones who hall a ship ar:d a flag that were made in Ports mouth ; also that l'orts111011th men made the ship and l'ort~mu11Lh w1J11_u,n m~de the flag ; to deny these facts 1,; e11u1v~Jent to deuyin~ well es~abh~hod facts 111 history. Docs "J, 1"." den~ '.' The women who made that llag hat! names; the mon who built the ship hall names; can you give thei~ 11ames '.' lf the w~man's na111e. who ~ave the dro~s. wab not llelen Seavey, what was it·.> Bucause y0i,I can11ot Jim! her ,1a111e 011 a11y written record does not pr0ve she nev~r existed. '!'hero, were many women 1n Portsmauth then whose names are not 011 any writlen tecord, • Jon . SC,U,E Dover, N . U, August ~O. 100,. Good Reason to Believe that She Once Lived MR. SCALF.S PRESENTS Cl.EAR ANO LOGICAL ARGU~lENT 'ro· tlie ]~dilor O[ The Herald:-: clip\pe<l lhe following from yon•· pa,per today: "Wl10ther 1Hiclen Seavey C\'<'r liv_tJd or not, it. Is loo ,had lo Pn;oii lh: pret1y story· of lhe flag ma<lc frnm lhe s1!l,<?n gowns of the girls or Portsrr.ut1lh. t<, wlllch the fair Helen wns• sai,!: lo have contributed :h.er wedding cl res,. The historians mlg•irt, al least, h:i ve left us one of the romantic tales wi:h which history has 'been emi>e,i:shed. It Is something however, to Jrnow 1:hat Helen Seavey· has• heen im· 1nortaHzed an-cl: ,she wllJ, 1111<1011hll·1lly he permitted to take •h·c,, plae J in 1hr: annals of even Ls that never ha P· 11en'ed along ,~ith Helen o[ Troy :ind the oth-er heroines ot' history wh:~h isn'l true." ,p have read with lnlere:;t in yonr J)aper and, oth<•rR llllH·h ll111l has hee1: pn\Jll:,hc<I 011 th!~ question ol' 11 hcl11er or not lhel'e ever was s,1.,1 1 person as Helen Seavey in Portsmouth ,it the beginning or the Revolutionary war r.n the A'llanlie oce:1:1. ;s,nw r have no personal lnle1•cst It: this question' bu l I do like lo S!,C COlll· mon, sense and common fl: ~•rn ,s manifested: In discussing historical questions. l am not ·going to try lo prove •positively that the historic· Jlelen· Seavey Is not ;t myl.h, lint wi.J simply present a row aiignmenl,; in a 11egatlve ,,vay for your Portsmouth er! lies to consider. 1'. John Paul Jones was tn l'orls111onth in !117'/'G or 1'777; :perhaps !Jot h r<>ars. Nobody <lisputes lhat. 2. A w:arshiJl was buil-L for ,JIU'llll Paul Jou•es in Portsmouth and, Jones was t11ere <luring some 111art or the lime the shi1> was bei1~~ h11ilt. No'IJody dis·putes 11:hat. Docs· 1u1}1h()(ly <lls,1111l.c •tho lra<lillon lilrnt. he wa1:1 !In• men8ely 11op11lur wllh •llll• pnlrlotlc young Jadi·c s ot' Porsmoulh '/ John Paul Jones ,sailed 1,hlp clown the Plscataqua across the Atlautlc anrl rlid service In flghlh1g the enemy •l. Thal sh,i'JJ had a !lag, the Stars nncl Stripes; 'lho ,!lrst lln~ of 11-s 1dncl that ever floated over Drllish ,waters. No'liody disputes that,, ;; . 'Nobody ha-s ever d lspu tcd• !Jhe r-laLm thal lit() Ila~ \YllS mado In rortsmonth, ·while the ship wus ·b'C· lng \Jullt an1l .Jones told the makers how 'l'o make it. Jr 1;01110 quid nunc or a critic th.Inks. the !lag w'lls made somcw,herc else will he pl1l' as<' prove whrrc? I,. T'hC lradlllo11 ••IH l'hal l'orls111onlh womeu 111alic it; Is t1IN0 any ' l'l'ilic fool cuuugh to daim tlhat •party of men mad•c It? 7. Nobody can now tell names of 'the ladies who 1mide nag, so fa1· as 1 have bce11 nhle l<•arn ,from the rlisc1rnslo111:1 I.hat hnvc b::011 Jrnhlls,hcd', cxr.epl thuL the name ul' one wu1:1 !Jelen S1:avcy. n yo1111g marricii lady, •whn gave her <'lcganl silk werlding dress for a 1parl or the nag. O', cou rsc, h •ff name before •marriage was Tlclen "Somebo<lyelsc", and -because the Seavey ,ge1mal1oglsls have not found i. Helen Seavey th•e y declare there was no Il<'i<'n Somel.Jodyelse hcforc ~he wa1:1 ·mar• rie1l. Wonderf11l wisdom. 8. No11\ Mr. liA!ll.or, in pe rm It me lo rerna rlt that • 1 E.e avey is a hi!o~orical myt.h, those <Jt•her Portsmouth women arc jusl as : mu c h \myths. Vvc!llcn ·:nyt~1s never made tla,g ror Paul ..!ones or nny• hody else. rr111•1·Pl'on'. no- ting wa!.\ ,lllHlie In ,l'i)l'li;111outh; P1utl• .JOlll'A nev'I" h1HI lL Ila~ Hill! hls11;:-y that ('011· nccls him with Portsrncull1 is all R. myth. Until Lhe critics ·prove positively that some oth<'r patriotic bride or Portsmoul 1h· ruruis'hr.1I a ~ilk <lrrss ror th<' nag. 1 elal111 Lhaf., 'hy 111•i;atlvc rC'asonlni;. it 11111st stand as a hislori<'al facl( not. a myth) lhat lhet•<" was a llelen S<'nvoey and thal she did all that. tracllt ion bays 1ihll ti hi. If the woman's name was nol ,J11l'lc11 Sc1wey, what :was' il? .TO !TN S'C,A•I~rns. ff., Auhust. 1:l. 1:Hl7. a ----·~r.--'1~' �THE PORTSMOUTH FLAG Of Paul Jones Dlicussed By Admiral fester The· story of 'Paul Jones's "Portsmouth made flag", printed In Ducll's "Paul Jones", New York, lflOl, Jias been · challenged by a writer In the Boston Transcript of July 1, 1905, who declares "that Mr. Buell had no authority whatever for his story that historians would counlcnaucc" . It may be noted that the bronze tablet "In memory of the Continental sloop or war Ranger", placed by the Paul Jones Club, Sons of Lhe Aemrlcan Revoluti on of Portsmouth, at the ferry landin g, Badger's Island, in September last, mal,es no mention o[ this flag ; Col . .Buell, in his !![clime, having ·neglected to prove, or even to properly de[cnd his statements iu this matter, when they were called in question. But it would seem easy to 11l"OYe from the original :authority used by Col. Buell, or by some other contemporary evidence, wheVher Paul Jones did, or did not, make the speech-at a meeting of the "people of Portsmouth", at the "Town Hall", in "the evening" of "Thursday, Nov. 20, 1781", a "Day · of Thanksgiving in New· Hampshirc"-culogizing ]iis Portsmouth made flag; which Is attributed lo him by Col. Duell; -and which was arccpted as true by the 11rcsent wrll<•r In an .nrl le-IP 011 1h<' "Portsmouth ldag" In The Chronicle or April 27, 1905 ;-or at least lo show conclusively whether such nw e tlng was held or not. The article referrer] Lo from "Notes and Queries" of the Boston Transcript of July 1, 1905, Is given belowtogether with a "Query" from lhe .same paper of December 23, 1no;;, seeking informallon in this matlcr. Answer. 1524. As supplementary lo lite arlfcle printed In yonr answrr'l lo Notes and Queries May 1 ~. 1:J()j, in reference to lhe Paul Jones fla.s <,[ the Ranger, alleged lo hav~ been ''made by the girls o[ Portsmoulh, N. H., from slices of their hcsl si!Ic gowns"-which claim professes lo be .;urhentlcated, very largely, from extra<'ls drawn from Buell's "LiC<:: of Puul Jones," it will without doub;, b9 'l! some interest to your rc~dors to know just how much •tall h ~Ir . Buell himself, as recently as the year 1',01, hatl In the story. The writer hereof J,as for 111a11y yt:ars been collecting from every available source reliable in'Corr.mtion !,1 rega.rd to the creation and i11tro· duclion of the national standard of beautiful "S•.ar That a suitable flag, a stauclud for the new ship of R&nger, a regnlar "ship's colors" eould be constructed ln cverv detail as :t shonld be. o[ correct design and proporl ions, and of sufficient sbie, from cl:e scanty amount o[ such <!clicate r.,aterial as Indicated, and untlcc the pE cu liar circumstances Sl'~mcd to me extremely Allll for a flag made as rcpre-scuteu, to 1,2., e remained as alleged, w;tl1 the lmpallent, pcrsislc11t and intrepid P«ul Jones, through all his varitd ai.d most remarkable r-a [eer, from its dis;1!ay at I he celebration on bo:ir,l the Hariger at Porlsm :J11th. N. I!., on the [0ur lh of July, 1777, to its 11oing uown to the bollom o[ tha North Sea with the hulk. of lhc Bo:1 IlOm!"'.t:! ltichard o 1 the t wen ly-[ou r:.n of Sc,J' c1:~tcr, 1'/7!) (two years an'.l three seemed so incomprehensible and impossible, that I -wrol e a note of inquiry to Mr. Buell, sLallng that I expect rel to visit 'Portsmouth, and wish1•<l lo be informed where the pa· pCl'S and journal of Elijah Hall were tu I.Jc founcl, lhat I might al firsL hand ol.Jlaln a l.Jet!<'l' un<l e rslanuing or the genesis of so singular a story. I also ~skccl him in my noto a quest ion in ret?;ard Lo an arllcle wh(('h he hat! written some lime previously_ in regard Lo the "Stafford flag", another flag o( puz,:ling mystery, also rlaimcd lo be the Paul Jones flag or the Ranger and of the Bon Homme Ri chard, a claim ~vhicb, by the way, is repl e te wlllt most remarkable co nfusions, although, U1rough an evident misapprehension or a ,·c•rlain letter clalmcu to give It a11U1r•nlicity, unwillingly a<lmltted In some r111artcrs. I had previously called upon Buell lo question him other poiuls in his book, shown hl111 a photograph that I hacl taken or two pages of the original minutes, the manusc ript journal or Congress, to show that f he Resolution o[ June 11, 1777, establishing the Flag o[ the thirteen 11nlled Slates, anrl the resolution giving John Paul Jones the command o[ 1hr Ranger, were entirely separate and distinct, and not joined togelher, as his boolc, with a hon! all olhrr works on lhe life o·r Paul Jones, claimed them to be. A ug11slus C. Buell served as a soldi er in the Army of :.':~ Potomac, and received the it.Ille of colonel before he was twenty years old. With a fairly liberal education, •h e became a very bright newspaper writer, and he was the author or several books In addition to his "Life of Paul Jones". He also studied civil engineering, and entered into the employ of the Cramp Sbipbullcling Company, subsequently :a cling as secretary to Mr. Charles H. Cramp, to whom he dediC:Rted his "Life of Paul Jones." Mr. Buell claimed to have been a desc~ndant OD one of the officers of the crew of the Bon Homme Richard, and therefore It IS not very surpri~!ng that be toolc an enthusiastic pride in complling a history of · his idol, ithe great sea captain, ·and even to. throw an ecstatic halo o·f romance around some of the incidents related. . It · ls ex-tremely unfortunate, howeyer, that thus the real facti, In ·some Instances havo been much obscured; there are various errors, ·wherein he had evidently bee~ misled, one of ,which is pointed out by _Rev. Edward Everett Hale In The O'utloolc cf( June 24, which mar' his otherwise excellent, painstaking work. As Mr. Buell died on May 23, 1904, it wiJ.l not seem a:miss In this nection, to give for publication answer to my Inquiries, of which following ls a literal <,opy of his let',ter-the original r retain;· '.!'he Wllllam · Cramp a.nd Sons Ship and Englhe 'Building Company.; Office Beach and Ball streets~, Pblladelphia, Oct. 4, 1901. My Dear 'Mr, Canby--1I have tecelved your Jetter of the first instant. I have been intending to ca,J.1 upon' you ever since you· did . me the hono: to vls!L me at my house, but have n(!t as yet found time. ,. The only copy that I have of arllcle prl~ted in The T,imes cernlng the Stafford flag l& In my scrap book. But I have the dat~ or the paper and will write to the Times office and !fl possible obtain another copy. ' With regard to .the papers of Elijah Hall, I have gone over nil my original notes-that ls, all that I ha,v e f:laved of them-and I cannot find anything to lndlcal~ exactly'. ~vhere 'bis (these?) could now be found. In fact, all that I eve r saw of them his journal and two letters written by him, all in This was fif.teen years ago-in 1886. They were then in the possession of a descendant of his--an elderly maiden lady named Sherburne, who, as well as I can remember, resided In Dover, N. H. · As to the making the flag for the Ranger, Hall only referred to it in a single sentence. The deba.lled story was told to me by Miss Sherbui;n,e orally as a family tradition. My impression is that Miss Sherburne ,was a granddaughter of Dorothy Hall, E1i jah's daughter (niece?) who ls me~ lloned 1n :the footnote . · The tfact is that when compiling the matter for my history I 'n ever had any · Idea of being made a defendant in the premises, or being called upon to prove anything by proffer of original documents. · tudee'd, •I was not at that lime eure t'bat I would ever publi sh it. As a result I was careless about pre·e videncc. ,vas 0 �For this reason about all I C1J.n do nowi is to say those whO take suftl.c!(mt Interest in my statements to read them must accept them as authority as far as I am ,concerned without "going behind th& returns." I am well aware that in such a. work as that in which you iare engaged, documentary proof, even to photo· grapll copies or original papers, is desirable, if not essential. In this par1,!cular case I do not see how I ca;n help you in tb11.t dlret:tlon-a situation which, ~t't me assure you, I regret excceclfns:y. Very truly yours, Augustus C. Buell. George Canby, Esq., Philadelphia.. It wfll thus be seen by this letter ··•·"'•"··- that Mr. Buell had no authority whatever for his story that tlstorians would count'enanco. Whatever may have be n the origin of the [a~lly tradition It1 stands to reason ·that if a flag was made by the girls of Portsmouth, Including the five-year-old Mary· Ann Langdon, It could not have been a flag befitting an ensign , for a "man-of-war", but must have been simply a, flag in miniature, made in playful mo,ments, . by ladles, as a souvenir gift "ladles' man", Capt. Paul Jones. G. C. (Boston Transcript, July 1, 1905) . Query Hall ofi Portsmouth, second 11eutenant of the Ranger, sta.tes, as related In Bnell's "Paul Jones", thal: "On Thursday, Nov. 20, 1781, the full significance of Yorktown having become known, -there was a day of Thanlcsglvlng in New, Hamps11!re. In the evening the people of Portsmoulh 'met at the town hall, where Gov. Langdon made a brlet congratulatory address." ,Paul Jones then spoke, in part, as follows: "Let me say that this occasion fills my memory wlt.h a flood of thoughts, every one of which dates from this most, patriotic of cities • • • When I oame here, more ,than ,rour years ago, to tal<e your little Ranger to Europe, I was unknown to you per-sonally; bpt a flag was made for that ship by the dainty hands of Portsmon Uh's daughters, of a pattern new• to the world. "That flag the Thangcr carried across the sea and showed It alike .to our . French friends and Elngl!sh enemies. Our French friends saluted ft with the cannon of their grand fleet. Our English enemies twice lowered their haughty -emblem ;to it. And even now ft is still flying somew,h cre at the ,bottom of lhe Norl'h Sea, over ~ the ba.Ltered wreck of the good old ship that snn\c d!sclalnfng to stril1c H. The story of that flag m!l<'le by the daughters of Portsmout'u has been written in letters d blood anrl flame that can never be rubbed out so Jong as Liberty shall be the watchword o·f brave men and vir,tuous women." {Buell's "Paul Jones", NelV' York, 1901, vol. II., pages 77-78." J. F. (Boston Transcript, Dec. 23, 1905). The story of the "Portsmoutn Flag" has been so often told or lat e In newspaper and magazine, pictured and painted-that It ls clearly the duty of Portsmouth historical writers to defend If true, or to disclaim false, this most interesting fact fable! JOSEPH ])X}STER. (5019). Is there any conlai:iporan.eous evidence-or any evlden,ce at alt prin.ted prior to 1901-to show that Paul Jones 'actually made the following speech a:t ,.Portsmouth, N. · H., Nov. 20, 1781., first printed, so far as knowii to the writer, In Euell's "Paul Jones", vol. IL, pages 77-78, whlc'h wor)c-sfnce the publlca_tlon of Colonel Euell's lett.er or O<:t. 4, 1901, In this department, July 1, 1!!06 (Ans\ver 1524), declaring "that wlhen compiling the matter for my ,history I never had any idea; ot • • • being called upon to prove anything by proffer of origin-al documents • * •tor this reason • • • t.'bose who take sufficient In· terest In my statements to read th~J!l. must accept them as authority, _so far as I am cortce_rned with~ut •going beihlnd the retvrns• ' "-oan \ 1bardly be ,conslqeredl_J,o'" ]lave a~_Y' s~~dlrtg as h!storfcal evlde'rice'? ' "· · Paul ·JonJi;J s~eech ·1s 'thie sole authority /etn¥,'n:ig"; ~?'~,t~~•~fory of the "Por~mouth ;Fag'.1-:Suell1s · ,sta.te•ments that ·tb'e flat' was ma.de by certain 'port.smouth. glhs. (vol. I., ,pages lM4-245) · (w}lo 'unfortunl),tely seem never to have. been born), on the authority of 'a.; ramu~' tr~dltlon told by . "an ·elderly ma.Iden lady" (Letter of Ocf.· '4'_ 190'1); whos'e 'existence no tra<:e ca.n be found-and 11olsted on the Ranger by·Paul Jones, July 4, 1777 (vol. I., pages 244-24-5), ,when Paul Jones states• in h1S own ,word-s that he did. not make a "more early appearance" In P-0-rtsmouth tJban ·July 12, '1777 (New England Historical Register, vol. 48, page 461)-belng clearly untenable: · or: �NEW HAMPSHIRE DAY '"' "''1' 1 ~ ,,, ,.1 Will Be Celebrated Scpl. 5 at James- town. Now Han1[1shiro day will I.Ju colub1·alod Sept. j at thu Jamostow11 ex[IPsition, A rei,Iica u[ the famous old La11~<lu11 111;111siun at l'ortsmuuth lias 1Joc11 co1rntructcd at the exposition, lo scr1·0 a~ tlio stale i.Ju'ltling. Tl1u Langtlt•n 111a11sin11 was built in 1781 by (;ov. Langdon and has remained in lhe I,angdr,11 faniily sint·o, l,rJi11g 011'11ed al llii~ ti1110 hy Wnuclliury La11gtlt'n of New Yt>rk, who 111akos it !Jis summe r home. l:ov. Lanir,lon was lhe lirst United Slates se1 1atm· from New llarup~liire and the tirst Jiresitlent JJl'U le,npore u[ tl1e United States senate :r.1a11y anecdotes of his caval'ity as a statesman and bravery as a 50ldior have been re('allcd, among tl1em tl1e exprd iti on to 1-'urt;William atHI .l\[ary, in wl1ich Gov. Landon, Gou. Sulli1·an aucl others brought: away gun poll"del' that two vears later was u5ed at the battle of i3unker liill. T!Je :New llampsl1ire ()olo11ial Dames have contributed a valuaule eollcction of o;tl pottery anti colonial furniture a11rl a handsome travelling case of solid rnahcgany, lilied with cut glass glasses a11d bottles wl1ich were ow tHd IJy Col. Cilley before the ]{evolution, ln Lili~ cullucti on is :rn oxquis ito miniature of Bl'!g.Gen. J<;nocl.J l'oor of Revolutilrnary·famJ; also some rare old laces, fans, manu~cri pts ao;i prints . .'I riE:ce of Lhe wed cling dress of the wite-of (.,ov, 'l'lustan Coss n is incl11,Jed, The Sloop Of War, Saratoga, Stricken · From the Naval Llst.-Built at the Portsmouth Navy Yean Ago, 'l'he noted olcl slonp-of-war, Saratoga which was bui!L at tbe Pcrtsmont!J navy yar,l in 1812, sloop rigged an,! then c~rry ing twenty guns, was on Saturday stncken from the naval list and nrdern,l to be P:-cc-••···'"'" s old. She is 14i Ji fe et lon:r .. of :JG feet 1 inch beam, and ~,as a d1splacement of ] 02;"; tons, Tlui Snratngn ~.-as named a:tor the flij!htoen g,111 slnop-11[ war, ·Saralogn, wl11ch served gnll:~n tly i1_1 _t he war with Great Brilam, lhe Ol'lg111al Saratoga sailor! from I'hilaclelphia in October, l'iSO, in comn1a1Hl of C~9l, James Young, and several hunclrecl miles · out from Delaware Hay ca11L11red three Hritlsh sailing vessels. The Saratoga put crews alloard and started baek to port, On the way she mot the British seventy-four gun ship Intrepid. The Saratoga was force,! to abandon her prizes and they were retaken by the British man-of-war. The Sarat_oga, however, escaped, !Jnt foundered 111 a beavy p.ale the i10xt day. Thb first dnty of U1e new Saratoga In l842 shortly after her lann r.hing at 'the Navy Yard was off the African coast, where she was the tlar, ship of a Jleet of three ships under c~mman<I or Capt, Mathew Gal. braith Perry, which was engage<! in suppressing the slave trade, ln the Mexkan war lhe Saratoga served in the blockading fleet on the eastern coast of Mexil'o. She then was sent io lhe Orient. where in 18!'i:t she joiuecl the lleot of Cornruoctore Perry antl went to ,Japari to deliver a letter from the President of the Ullited Slates lo the l~mperor of · Japan inviting that: country to enter into c~mmerce and friendly intercourse with the United States. She af,llin returned to Japan iu 18ti4. when th~ treaty of amity aml commerce , was sip:ned, In the civil wn~ the Saratoga was C"rnisi11g off the A fnran <'Oast, For many years she has been out of conuniss.ion at l'hiladelpbin, _; = ; : ; ; �LA'NGDON MANSION Scene of Brilliant Social Event Yesterday Miss Helen M. Elwyn and\ William N. Kremer Wedded Ceremony Witnessed by Relatives Many Present at Nolabl0 Rc:cep- ·tion Which Followed - At the historic and beautiful nor Langdon mansion on Pleas ,nt slrP.et, the summ11r home of Hon, and lllrs. Wooclbnry Lang1lon o[ New York, there occurred yesterdny afternoon a nuptial event of unusual interest and brilliancy, when Miss Helen 1\Iary Elwyn, second daughter cf the Rev. and Mrs. Alfred Langd:m 'EhvJn of Philadelphia, was unii;ed in m2rrlage to Mr. William Nevin Kr/mer of New York, the president of the German-American Fire Insurance Company, The colonial home was in brirlal array in honor or the event, the clec0rntions being in ctarge of Florist H. E. Hannaford. Jt·was a yellow aud white weddine: and the color scheme wa1 carried out in the' adornings, which were prin• cipally in these colors, the bright, golden blossoms oi rudbeckia, exquis ite white phlox and hydrangeas being arranged most effectively about the rooms and in large jardinieres placed on.stands, while quautities of · rare American Beauty roses enhanced the decorative effect. The ceremony occurred at three o'clock in the s1)acious !ibrary, a bower of ral01s being arranged in a corner of the · room. The bridal party entered as the Naval orchestra rendered the evsr beautiful ·•!fridal Chorus" from "Lohengril'I." • The bridesmaids were Miss Frances Wendell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Gordon Wendell of New York, niece of the bride, and Miss Marion Butler of PhlladelP,hla. They wore white 1in6erle gowns over yellow silk anrl white leghorn bats with' yellow plumes. Their bouqnets we1111 of candy tuft and mignonette, tied with yellow ribbons aml each wore the brirle's gift, a gold heartshaped locket set with pearls. The bride was escorted by her father, who later gave her ,in marriage. Iler wedding gown was a rich oreatic,n of cream: emb1·oidered lace, en train, macte ' ·:1~ess..st_yle. She wore a hat of ore:!m lane trimmP.d with plumes and carried a woite kid-covered prayer book. Edward G. Milligan o( New York, secretary of the Phoenix ]'ire Insurance Company of Hartford, Ce :m., acted as best man. Both groom and best man wore boutonnieres of white carnations and aspara~us fern. ev. enry •. ovey, rector of 'St .John's J<;piscopal Church, performel the impressi ve service, which was witnessed by only the relatives and a few oe•u frieorls of the contracting parties; at its conclusion the orchestra renderect Me:itlelssohn's Wedding ~larch. Following the nuptials a brilliant rec:eptioo was held notil five o'clock, tl:i~ being given the newly-wl.'dded couple b:, Don. and Mrs. Woodbury Langdon, the latter being the ;brid e's sister. · The 11;rents of the bride ·and Afr. and Mrs. Langdon also assisted in receiving. The reception was very informal and tpere were uo ushers. Mrs. Elwyn was attired in l>lack silk with lace trimmings. Mrs. Langdon wore a rich gown u( light ~rey material. Ao elaborate wecl<ling repast was served, for which Evans of Boston catertd. The 1dining room hacl arlcrnings o[ smilax and !tichmond an1l American Beauty roses, a large moaml o[ these beautifnl blo~somE a1: n :Empress canily tuft being arranged in the centre of the table. Throughout ti.a receiving hours tile Naval orol.Jestra rend ere::1 choice selections, which ad<led to the pleasures c,f the affair, · Mr. and Mrs. Kremer left last evening on their wedding trip to California and will be gone abont six weeks. Upon their retnrn thoy will take np their• residence in New Yo rk. The going-away gown was o[ brown cash more, tailor mad<l, worn over a waist of same shade, with trimmings uf ecru lace ; hat t.f brown straw with ostrich tips and ribbon of same shade. At departure each gnest received a dainty box of wedding calce, tied with white satin ribbon. 'I :1e bridal gi[ts were magnificent ancl oflgreat variety. a ri cher collection has probably never before been see n in this city. The rereption was one o[ the most 11legant affairs that has tak on plare in l'ortsmo uLh for somo Lim e, and lnt·al society of thi s and other cities was wtill represented, wh:Je its celebration at the l.Jeautifnl mansion, bnilt more thr.n a century ago and aronncl which centers a wealth of associations, gave it an arlrl e d charm. grandson of TI:m. J oho has or late maclfl his m:i.n ~io n. The nuptial event was a quiet :iffair anti conline<l Lo the i'l1mecliatt' fa111i ly, bnt Lim ensuing rere11tir.n fur wLich very many inviLations were s1.111t out was one of the most magnilil•ent f11ndicns held in Portsmonlh sinre that 111emornb le presitlential rer1,11lion 1789. From half after three o'dork lo sun down th111·e was an inponring :rnd ont t:ning of finely a1Taye11 g uests rrnm nflar anrl. far and whi,·h ~111bra(',;cl every 11rof ess1011 an1l walk in ur.,. The enttJrlain n,enL uy Jl on. aml lll rs. Woodlinry Lang,lon , ll:e present owners 11f tho graud ~nl'est1?l home, and Mrs. Lanr,don he1n1! a 1.1ster o f the hrirlt, wa,. on a rnnnificenl sra le and as · nnlimilt-d as the family we&llh, P1esitlenL Wa r; hingtoo said in the diary or his notahlti vi s itation lo l'•Hts111011Lh lliaL he dined ·•and tlranlc l·a ·,·1ith a large cin:li," at Uli~ c:overnor Lanr:don 111an sion, anrl whi<·h ho •·esteemecl the HnesL in the lo ,vn." 'l'he [lrest,ge of tl1e ancestral home has eve1· inca h1:tn nminlained l.iy deseeo<lanLs of Lhe grnml ol<I govemor. who was, too, the prnsident or the first lfn ilecl Sla tes senate, and thereforn e111po1~ererl hy_ Llrn Uu1~sL1t11Linn Lo 111 ,t only notary L11e fir,L pr1•s11lent of A meri, ·a of his el ctinn hnL also lo adminisLPr lhP on lh of ,,1Ji1•0 to the 11alil\n's ex1•,·1:liv11. J.0111~ li ve thti di stlnl-(11i:d1<itl an,l htmeJl reut house of Lan~dons. An Extraordinarily Brljllant Event At The Langdon Homestead. Not since November 2, 17 !l, when Presiclent Ueorge Washington was the guest of <iovernor John Langdon at his elegant mansion en Pleasant street has _ that h isiorio reside nee probably contained such a distingmsbecl company an1l bad more elegance therein Lhan on We,lnesday art1irnoon, SepLember ,1 1907, one hmidred and eightee11 yea!'~ later. The occasion which brought LJ,is notal1le assemblage tntret.he1 was tho plighLing of troth between !II is s llelen Mary Elwyn, thircl :;:ctangh 1.el' o[ Hev. and Mrs. Alfred Lang<lon Elwin ~t ~hilad~lpbia and this c ity, and Ml'. Wlfham ~evio Eremer o[ ew York Oily. Rev. Mr. :M:lwyn Is a great �PURCHASE BY T E HISTORICAL SOCIET Hon. Woodbury Langdon Makes Possible Purchase of Paul Jones Property From Granite State Ins. Co. ---------- An in1porl:111l real c•,;tal<' t,·a11H:lC'tlon lil:-;torleal h11lhllng Ol'C'UITCll :\londay whc•n the l'urlHinOlllh 0 11 e lhal will be a munily. Uislorical Society 1n1rchased lho big lt wil\ be necessary to raise about squarf' at lhc cornC'1· u( HtaLC aIHl Mid- $10,000 or more to pay for the property dlc str!'el from th c:ran!t<' f'ilatc l•'irc• anu place ll In proper rcpn.lt·. The Solnsuran e 'o. The SociPly already ciety hopes to arouse public Interest own<'<! the (amous l'aul .Jones house among our .citizens to make the fu • situ a led on that site ancl (or some ture a success. Subscriptions wiU be lime has been in negotiation with received by the officers. Presid<'nl Calvin Pai-.e for the pu1·It is the idea lo have assembled in rhase o( the entire prnpc,1·ty which wa:-1 the ,property all valuable and lmportan't C'onsummated Monday. lt will he good historical articles in order to preserve 11ews lo our c-itizens to know that this II them to future generations. propC'rty Is Lo be preserv cl for this I be the wish of every cillzcn to conpurposC', \ tribute In somo small way to the sucThr pun·hasC' w:1:-1 ma,lf' possihlr c•rss of the Society. 'l'hl' present omthrough \Ill' grneroslly oC lion. \Voo11- ccrs arc: l'rnsldenl, H<'v. Alfred Good1 bury Langdon, W\10 has taken a deep J lng-; treasurer, G. Ralph Laighton; Interest in the Historical Society. secretary F. w. Hartford. Through his contrihulion of $10,000 It will be · possible lo erect a magand another contribution o( $5,000. the nificent stone building on lbis propproperty was secured. ll is the inlcn- orly as a monument lo the "Men who lion o[ the Society lo erect a suitable fought and won" the World's War. I I �'l'hat the citizens or our historic old town should do their part to contribute in 11om• way to the success of the Portsmouth Historical Society ls a. !act we a.ll ahould realize. 'l'he purchase l1y the Society this week or the bli:S((Uara at the corner of State and Middle atreet from the Granite State Insurance Company, makes possible some splendid undertakings in the future If contributions are rorthcomlng. It ls the latentlon of the society to erect a suitable historical building upen the site and one that will be a cred~t to our old town, which is flllecI -witll ldatoric issocla.tlo.ns. • Now this project should appeal to not only our present residents but many or the sons and daughters of Portsmouth residing elsewhere, that the plans of the Society may be carried out. It Is necessary to have a lari;e membership to ·begin with before great things can be accomplished, and local people are asked to show their Interest, become members that the Society may grow In numbers and in strength. The annual membership fee Is $2; u. contributing member, $25; a life mem'ber, $50; ber, $100. The people of tlie city were well pleased by the news that the Portsmouth Historical Society h_as purchased the Qroperty on which stands the famous John Paul Jones house, which it already owned, and that it plans to erect a suitable historical building. There are few cities the size of Portsmouth so rich in historical features, and it is 1 well that the most should be made ofthese priceless possessions. ' �Portsmouth, N. 11., Saturday, August 30, 1919. Portsmouth's Opportunity and Duty. NO INTENTION OF TEARING DOWN PAUL JONES HOUSE The prospecl of lhe erection of a commodious and hand some historical Our St.ate street neighbor Is misln. l f I buildingf iu l11is cily, which will also serve as da formed rcp;arding the int.enllons of the memona O l 1e men O Porlsmoulh and vicinity wl10 serve l'nrlsmoulh Historical Sociot.y. The in lhe world w:u, is exceedingly bright, and il is a prospect that nne main object of this Society Is to should be highly pleasing to every resident. prc,;ervo tho Paul Jones The 'l I iriea of removing it has Hou:;c. never been 1 1e purchase by l 1e Porlsmoulh Historical Society of the mentioned. The members wish t o have large lot al the corner nf c:.tale and Middle streets, wilh this ,:;;:11a.tr:..•°"',i the11dbuilding remain ex&.ctly where It objecl in view, was made known lo the public some days ago r.ta s. lhrougl1 lhe news columns of this paper, and welcome news it was. Since lhen the plans of the sociely for properly developing lhe properly have alsn \Jeen oullined, and il is certain that lhe plans will meel wilh general approval. It is designed to erect a suitable building to be used for historical purposes and also to stand as a memori'rl lo lhe local heroec- of the great war for human freedom. Nothing could be more appropriate, and the project should kindle the enthusiasm of every member of the Historical Society and every citizen of Portsmouth. As has been lold in our news columns, lhe purchase of this properly was made possible by lhe generosity :-wd pul11ic spiril ""'"'""'··· r.rh.! transfer of the property at 'the of Hon. \.Vood hury Langdon, who l!as conlribuled $10,000 corner of Middlo and Stato street on toward lhe accnmplishmenl of the desired cmi. I3ut l11ere will . whi~h is situated the historic Paul be uecd of $10,000 more, nnct !his tl1i> pi:>c,p'.e of the cily will Jones ,nouse, was made on Tuesday to the Portsmouth Historical Society by be asked to raise by popular subscriplion. its fr,-mcr ownc1·s, the Granite State That this sum will te promptly forth coming there is no l nsu, a1,cc Company. reason lo doubl, nolwilhsL111ding lhe heavy drafls lhal were made upon all cla•;scs during the period of the ~var. The development wili he of large and laslin g- benefit lo lhe rily, and no cilizen should neglect the opportunity lo have al lea st a small share in a work which will retlect credil upon lhe community and acid suhsLmtially toils historic interest. There are f cw cilic of this "'ize <;() rich in historic obj eds 3.nd associations, :-md these are a valuable asset lo Porlsmoulh. To the people living here lh ~sc lhings become familiar, but in su h a case it will ntlt do In allow familiarity lo breed conten pl. lt mu t n t be f or~~o llen lhal hisloric:il obj eels and. places are of great inlcresl lo strangers, so many 6f whom visil lhi ; city and viLinily every year, and lli:tl !he money and effort expended in tkvclopin_!, and prop,~rly maini:tininO' such at~raclions constitute an cxcellenl inveslmcnt, viewed solely frnm lhe malerial slandpoinL But there are some lhinr;s higher and beller lhan mere maleri::tl p:ain:, aid ll1c ~c wmc from a li ve anLl /~rneral inlercsl in lhe history am\ lradilinns of any rnmmunily, which should· ;q peal lo old and younn- :,like and lead lo Lllliled effort lo make the most of wh:1l h:?s been lnnded down from the past. The past of Portsnwulh, remolc and recent, is sorndhing in which all of ils citizens ma y lake justifiable pride, and il seems entirely safe lo assume that they will rise promptly and cheerfully to the occasion, the orporl~!nily and the duly by which lhey ;ue· confronted in connection wilh this most appropriate and praiseworthy enterprise. PROPERTY ,TRANSFERRED The f\·,rl smouth I-lisforical Sociel v is engaged in a most o.l clknl work and should have the st.1pport of every m~n and woman in the cily. And let it be :-emembered that the best way lo support lhe society is to join it if you have not already 1Ju1h' Sl•. . . , �THE PQRTSM.OU,1'.H TORICAL SOCIETY. . 'J')lr, Port~moutli • lllst,wiro] .·80qiPiy is ~n grga:nizn.tlon thn t !'YCl'y . ,.\tizl'n of Portsmouth·should Join'. It's n.lm ls to ;rel'crve th~.- h:storic lnl<'l'C'~ls o( Portsmouth. T)'l e Papi Jon es house is but an IPCident in Its scope of saying for future g-enerations. The offic<'l'9 . base just been ai;su,·ed of .a p<',rmanent fund of $12,500.00 from Ollt' SOU!'t;-t', :HtlllY. 1.iusin~s nien hnve Joined · and It lH )vipc\1 that. eve ry c'.tizen wlll nt · le;\st dean active HISTORICAL SOCIETY IO MAKE PLANS The Erection of a Fire Proof Building One of the Needs. At a meeting of the Portsmouth toricaJ Society he'ld on :\Ion Jay afternoon the matter of builcling n fire proof building adjoining Jones house was discussed. Arrangements will be made .for a plan ,of the proposed building at an JOUN PAGL JONE'S IlOU:SI~ The January meeting of the Chambc:· 'ue Xight" n11tl a prominent s·pcal,cr will lei! of the great advantage tu a cu111:11unity to haYe a p1·oper building devoted to history eic. 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I 1 \\'!licit h,.. !'t•l·1thl th<• work 1 ,,.: ,.,,,,..'.,,1 ~;p~·it·t~ tn :in~· 11;1, 1~,• 11•,11 1t:1s 1,, Pll dtllH' :i11Cl o( thf' gr0al ·:ilh'tl 011 ;\l:t~n1· llh;lop \\ 11n :,J1 1 ,k<• "'"~" of hi,-;toric·al m,1lC'l"ial in lltis <'it;· •l'~"(ly 1H1 th,· 111.lltnr. \'"hi<"ll ,·ould 1lu• l'Ollrctpcl. :\11·. 1; ll:1l:1h 1.li~ill•>II l1·,•:1s111·1•1· 1.. 11 Tlrn;·r-r ll. I). i;pol<C' 1),-idh,· ilis1oric· 1l ~HH·i<'1~ tnll\1•d 011 th· fi- 1 \ \ · of IIH' 11,.,.,1 of s11c·h a !-iOC-i<•lY ancl al1• of lhP :..•.r,-:1t 11,-,,,1 tha.l 111,rlsrnouth 1an<"ial •~iilP 11! lilt- 111:11t,·r. llP ~1111\, .. nr 1 iH· 1111r, 1, 1s" 11f 111,, .lnhn 1 :1111 .11111, •· hi!'-illlr~ on1· c,f tll(• rinPsl :\n1l 1110:;l i111n11sP :1ud "'' 11 \, 1·~ :.,,1 11·d lo 11.• 1 1111,· le n•sli11 1.!, i1t IIH• t·n1111t1·,·, :-:hould ht' !i,1.111 ··11~ 1111· 1111:- wril\f II :11111 sn:.~.!f'Slt•d th: 1t lilf' rcn· n1 C' l' ep<':1l,.-1· 111i.c:hl ,u•ll t:1kl' IIJI lhf' wn1·I, 'Ji:---;to1·it,tl 11rl n,,,. 1~· ,,._, 1-:.1,.: .11· ·1t.in1itt 1 ,,f c\11t11~,, 11.1::al·•r ,r :1 \·1•r ., l"I" .:,.1\1> ,,. l Pn~stin~ i:1il\ on \hi' \\'orJ.: or tit,• 1 ·,~:•u1 - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - - - - l ,,1 ,i,! ~11 t 111l'i11 .!. h• i . .-so\\<'11;..:i[t.-d l odo ltnhinson pn·~itl••cl at thP pinnn lhP st1p,JH•1·. ��1 ve 10 1,e<' this purpose, at l~st ,in part fulfi 'INl , anrl that in n. few years we r-; lrnll h e al1!l' to point with satisfact !011 "n(I p1·i,le to what the Portsmouth llistorir:1t Society has accomplished. l t sP<'ms to me, alRo, that a society lil,e this :;hould not only seel, to collect within the four walls p!. a building valuable m e morabilia of the J)a t, ThP follow in g- i~ lh<' ncld1 'N<S of l( r,\', n gl'<'!ll th in,:: lo he a.ble tn ~ay wh at hut thnt it should dO what It can to <!ondinJ~ 1n1 11,,\ l 1 11rl ~ 1nn11l!i 1,vc po."ses!-1 now nol on ly buil<l i 11 At--\ co 11 pn'><<•rvc• those ancient landmarl<SJlic;;torii ·: •I ~1H •i<•ty lil'forP lllf• < 'l1 :111 il11•1 · tJ inin g- ohJccts or hist .. ,·i c intPre!>l, !ii<<' bu i!dlngs, tree , waterways and the of ('onH1H•l'f'" on \\'P•lnP:.;iJ 1., 1-,•r,11i11". th1• /\th<'n:ieum nnd ~l. .lohn's, but on ,!il< e-which -have long given dlstlnc- / rli.~ :1ddl'fH~.; 111 r111 1 \\i i ~ :i s f11Jl11\\'\: acl11a I society cslab !i;;IH'tl for lh pu1·r 11:,v <' ht•('Jl :1"'1,,,d ., •~\'f''.\( fll 1:1\' J)O S<' of collecllng an!l preserving surh lion to a town 1i1rn ours ,but which with thl' g rowing powei· ot commer tlllll' s h~ 1wr~:n11s 1t1:11i.i111: t!il'ir lir:-:1 uhj1•1•'., 111 a buil1lini~ acquired n~ :, C'ia!ism, arc \'l'l'Y apt to dlS'appcn.r . \' l,s; t tu Por1:-·n1nuli1 i( wP h:t<l a l1i...;- hom e ror such a collPl'lion 1 anll a,1can hardly overei,timate the value to tori c·11 Socidy ht>re-a \'l'l'Y n'll11ral mil ah!y adapted to its needs, hl'in;:: J urt.smo11Lh of retaining that whi<!h is que s ti on. since l'11r·sn1<n1th is fa·,,ous ilr-cl[ onr of t he mos! intercslint,; ol,l v<'JH'ra hie, that wh ic h distinguishes it for its 1,:slnric:il ;11\Pl'l'Sl., a111l :,tlr,11·- h ou sr~ in 1•orlsmoulh, archit0cturL from most other American towns. \Vo! lionH, fur lllr prr.·H'l'vation ni1tl Jll tin- rnrc-!y cxrcll nt, beautifully ~~:tuate<l, can look hack and see how much it t enan cc of \\'hkil 11nP \\'Olllcl Lhinl, th,1t 11 n,l h ..,toric:1 !ly assncia tell, ho\\'e\·1'1' hn s !O''L l hrough indifference to these .011 01g-a11i.1.alit,n 11111:--t haYe ht.•PI\ t •~- s,ighll)·, \\':lh thf\ grrat nav:il hl'rO of uniquf' po~,;:,,ssions. Near ly one hunl:t\.J!i ~h•'d }Oil<• :t""· \'isi(nr~ !lll\·e 101,];t·rl the American Revolution. \\' hat J)lacl' dr01l y1··1r~ ago Po1·tsmouth began to tl<',t ro) .,.,me of its most interesting h'stnri,·:ti lamlmal'lrn. ln J83G the olll St:11!' li nn:«' \\·hich,~too,l in the.middle 11!' :\l:1• l'•'t Square, built in 1758-the sL·r·ne of sn ma 11y sli rring evertts, fro.m '. w!HlSC' h:tlrony the D c-clara lion Of In!ll'])l'1Hl<'11L'C' w:1is rea d to the people in 177 Ii n 11 1 th Proclamation <>f Peace 1 wil!) {i1·1'at •Britai n in 1783, and wherr \\' as:)lngto n ,fas formally 0:1 his v'. sit to Portsmouth thi s <-urious and in'.teresting was removed piece m eal in ordet'· tu give m o re space for traffic. In the .satl')e year, 18 :\G, the Oid North ,Church, built in 171 2, llwt imposing .st.ructure with its thrPe tiers of .Jeaded windows, its clOubll' g~tlleries, its graceful :spire, was rernollellc:d so that il quite Jo.st 'its distinctive characteristics and in 18~.J. was pulle d dO\\·n to make room for the pt·l'sent ch11rch . 1 have often th.o ught that 1f ,P t•rls m o ulh still possessed theGe t\\'n c{u,1!nl and plclures4ue buildings It woulll he the· Nor embe rg of ,America. lt was this same spirit of indiffer ence to olrl things that caused the ex, tensive r ena n:iing of streets ln 1838, At P~UL JONES HOUSE n. mePl;ng or lhe ":>lectmen on Dec. 1U coulcl l)p mOI'(' Htiilable :is lhP h on:;;-or of that year no le~.; t ha n 27 changN1 asto11islwl1 UJI"" hl'i11,; lolrl lhat a lli •lol'ic:il society, :ind in acquiring \\' ere made, many of these affecting the we- pn ssPor-r,l nn su~h ore;anlz:,lioll. lt it \\' E' have sav d it fore ver from the most important streets of the town , '\\",lR a~, if lllf•Y ha 1 IJt•Pll to1.-1 in 1\ t1Jn11s wrPlcf1 •l fal~ which hns hefallen more and ohlite,ral!ng a host of h,stor :c a, lh 'll [hl':l' \\:ts 110 sc·ulplurc gallrry l i1an one o( ou1· fine old h9use!·. ll rrr :i"sori:ilions. T o tal·c hut :t .s·ngle ln,.,.,, h <•t>t' In lhC' c-o ur >'" of ti111 c' l() 1:,,t in FlorP11<'P nn ,~oll<'<'l iPn 11•· Hlan<'C', how murh thnl wa'> slgnlfl•:in: c,:,r•~- 111;•,..tt•1~. 1 li:l\'t' tri1'1l tn II'·- 101:<'lh<'1·:, 1nnst p,tcrr•.slln;.: :1 1<l vuln:1- 1 in llw hlsto,·y of !'(1rtsmo1uti1, wa . «Pll 1111 \i!t1\\ 11~· p\pl:iinint:" tn ,-i•·it,ii·s l,J1\ 1•nllf'l'Li1111 or fur11\turt\ porlr:,ils, 8WE'Pl fill[ of ,;ight whell l'ilt anrl tl1l' :1 1 11' 11·tio11s 11 f 1~l. ,John'..; will, ils hool;,s, t1neunH 1 1\l:{, chlnn an 1 t-.?l\·r-t· :Jaffrt'.'y isll'eels \\'C'r<' c•h:1r.;;P,l lo Co'.:l'l :1'1c:1,:q tnnt, its V!11 1·c::11· l\ihl<•. :anti ;is connr,·lC't! with th histu1·y a11cr l11•' ><lr£'cl. The 11a11w .p;a 1,rnu;;hl tu mind w o111l< rft:i ,. ,111m11ni.,11 <,i}\· 1•1·, t1 11 • gift nf JJC'OplC' or •l'ortsmoulh'~ Jong and sig- I llw stirring l1:1ys of lhe ,;tru;;g '. i.! for .,11,1 I i,:,v<' .. ,.1 .. 1uird lo 1111•11 1 a 11 :til'ant p:,st. H thi1, soriely hall hC'C'l1 (rcC'dom, whl'n a grateful town nam~d invil:ttinn ln \i,sil th,• .\Ill- Pslab!i.,hc•d fifty ye>a r :; :,1:0 \\'hnl:, \ast onP or ils pl"incipal highways after the no\\' •11\ I ln i11~pl'1't it~ ro\\" of p11r- t1·eaSlll'C' 0( this !'Ol't \\'f' ,:ho11]1] :real Commoner, the powerful frienJ hns hr"n trail • t, \· ~~!n1lu ·t iH tht• \'P:t1l:11g rw1n1. pnMPs~, a lrl'asure which anu d efende r of the colon ies In the 1 it,:; ('X•1 · 1:si1P 11111d1•l in i,•ory 11' :: .«rn l lerp(l fa1· :, 11,1 \\"iclP l10cn use t ltl'rt'.' \ Brill.sh Pa)·liamPnt, .Jaffrey street, l •'rf'\nl':1 -; I i~u:1 . hip, its <"OllPf'li 111 on \.·a~ 110 or.i;-ani1.:1tion in \\·ho~c can· It com m e m orated one of tho most in th r \\'111, of th<' st:til'\\':IY of tlH' \\'O!'k- c•oul,l be left. \\' r ha\'c ·Jost muc-h hy fluentin l families of Colonin.l Portsing nHHl "}!-,; n r olc l 1'ol'LHn1n11l11 xliip,..;, i ls h<'ing la (C'-bll l hcllel' la lq lha n n \'Cl', mouth who ~e mem'ber.s served the !Pro rar e l),\o'.,~, prints and lt•llci·H in the li- 'J'h!1< old town still contains innumcrvine~ in impo1·tant offices and who~ brary room uµstairs. 1 have frll that ~ hi~ preci ous objecls, many of which nam e is conspicuous in all the chil'f these ;t11J Jlhr,· l,uildings In l 'orlis- will be ieft in t11 e car~ or a Society affairs or th ei r time. mout h uid in a dr;.;ree (\'Ifill lhP pur- whose ex.press purpose i9 to collecl lien:•. then, w ere t,\·o pose' of a !Iisloric:11 Society. Still it i,1 11nd preserve such th ings. Wilhout ben ,eresting names, rich In I ~----..--..,......,-,,....-........,-..--r:t"~...; eomln~ too venerable, I hope I sh al! to t 1ST IC LSOCI TY •w; iI �PAUL JON ES ramili:11· th1·oug-h thr 11.'i'l'-'t' 1 of 111:t11:,1 yP:11'.--1. '1'11\ .V 'ro111 ll!p or li:1!1,l~ 111• 1111:l l'\ll'l'l'i:J Ii \'I'. ,\ I ;!1111i11g- it 11:ls ; ,•c·11111pl1sllvd l'l'I')' 1 brhu;;rh t to m!nd 1•,Tl :1 l pPOP·'.C a 11 I J(I'''" l de.eds. Wa« it no1 11 :n:st.,ke w cl ,·c:1nl name of on~ or t!H· instltnlions or :;overmment '? Tt ~l'em ..; tu m~ ~o. 1 trus~ tqat in our Ony ~11C':1 n t·ila ng<• wn11l!l an int work ,un·hust· uf th<· l\1111 .J1111t H>rtant pil·<.·P of .ls :1ltrn<·liV<' ground .. thus s.1vi11L~ f1,r- evcr, this valual.Jlt• :111,J h:st11ri,· 1·sl:l' 'rum being de\'OtL•c] lo ,•omnwreia! ptll'!>O~e-s. 11 lt<1lievt' that a g1·0~q und ~-;i;..;1ificant fi,•lcl of usc,fuln!'s:; lil·'-1 npc-n before this Socic-ly of which 1 will take full udv:llltttgl-. not lw J)!lR!ilhlP. Y••t w1' 111n~1 lw pe1·p,-11b11r v!g-li:llll Jho11! th•·· .. 111.111,' .•1. \\' · :t11 know 1111\\ 1•·<•f'111:y :-.onlP 111' 1\111 hPf•t <ilrl 11011.~.• ...· 11.1 , ... 1', I ll nliw d !1 1\ 1 HPV. I.. IT. 'l'ltay(•1· I•. I>, :-.pol-.t· )1rh•:· upo11 v.rhat C•\'ll d:1y~ :-i111111• Di' ,111r ll!:-1 I.Orie streets }i,:vt• \:ikly f;tl!<•:1. 'I'll<' i11- ly of th1•.nl•t•d <JI' x111·ll a so\·it•l~' ;11111 ;11 10 of tho ;;real 11<,1•d that l'orlsmoulh terlor of the Jaffrl'y hou..;e ha•; b<,c·n 1lstory one of tlw tin, st and ;nost innurchased for rt•mnva l hy the l)osto:1 crc'slinb in th<' c·o11ntrr, shoul,1 !llus<'um -Of l•'in<• Art·< :rn.l th<' \\'pn'•:ritt<.•11 a1ul s11~•~P:--lt d lhnl llh• l'i1ru1t·r worth -GanJnp,- holl~<· hy th<' ~1 ·,t,-up,1,peal-<'!' might w,•11 lal,<' 11p tliP work ~Ja n .Art Uuseum fu,- ·a similar purvl1i('\1 lu• is su \\TII .,:iflC'd lo du pose, and although we lllay ret·I that , Ir. llohin,-;011 pn•sidP<l a I t Ill• these arch1tectu1·,11 trc: • .;un-.J will 1,,) Jurin':,: lh<' Slljl])l'l'. 1 Mr. Do w's Address. on and New Yol'I< lhnn they \\''lu:cl lH' in Portsmouth, .,-.;till \\~i' rPgn\t I to 8",~ :111·. I 'r<•si1h·nt :111<1 (;pnllemc-n pur town 1n~i11~ . t , L,rnou, hilt:,," :t frienll in Hosl<ln :1skt~tl till' to <:on1,· t,·hlrlf nrP ~o L·•·:Lt :1n :1trr:1,.-1·n11, ~111,l :o l'ol'lsmontl1 an,l ,-;p(•nk 1111 thy wo1·k \,·" l'Nll!7.P t:1:it 11·11:·s.~ \\'c' :111 110 ,1•1-lt' th<' I liHIOl'i(·al HoCif'ly I tl11111ght · 1 \1i1nf,st :1iln111 1t l'11r~:--.1H11;ith w'l1 g1l 1.11 vas c·omin;.; down tu th<' I!i.1ol'll'al 1-;oloolng u11e hy 0111• its 1111iqt1, 1·!1.,rn1; ,•i!'ly i1s1•lf 10 llis1·11ss wn.y;; :11111 1ncans ,Hnrt son1H'l' n1· l:ltf•I'' will ln• ,-:1:111:--;P,l ,>f doing this thing OI' that lhin~. 1,ut tu ,;i,P,LI, !,don• a ( 'h:unl11•1· 111' < 'oinnw1·,·,· fron1 on~" or ,ii~ 11111:-il int,~r<'sling town~ -that is u 1,lca~11rt' I havc lll'\'<'l' h:111 )n America to a ro:11111011p!a<'<' Ji1tlt• hefon• and thc- prop,,sition hl•c·omC's a sPaport . .-\nd it is just little cliffcrC'nt, 1>111 I (':llll\Ol h<•lp hv1hat an Pnerget!c 11 isli •ve lh:tt many of you :u·,· intt•rc~lL·d rnny accompl:dh a vc1·y in the welfa,·C' of your historic·al soIm portant p!ece or work. lt l'Hn sprt>n,1 <'ioly. I learn lh:il it has ncquil·cd :: among us u gre:1 tcr ,knowlc>dge or th<' VC'l'Y inlC'restin:;- h11iltling, l>nt thllH f.11• history ot• our to\\'n, a ~rea te1· respPel it h :rn hardly stc•pp,•cl out of it:; swadtor lt9 time hnnoreJ I rad i tions, and a dling clolhC's. It is up lo you and till' reaJ .. fl'Pction f ,r thP anei<•nt thin•:;s other citizf'ns 10 Hl<'Jl fol'war<l arnl th.at make l'o1·tsmoulh the most <lcma.k a s11ret•ss of this as you seem to !lghtful Of nit N1rly Am<'l'iran ln,wn~. llav<• 1nad<' a HlH'Cl'~s or your org-an}1ore thnn th'"· ,rneh a 1801•\rly C'an izrttion. 'fhc- ll i. tol'ical Sol'i1•ly is ,,r exert a grc:1l an,1 who]Psonw influ,,111'.' 1<1va11t:i ," lo you In Portsmouth. !or the pr<'servnllon or 11ml which is I think perhaps one reason beautiful and o!d-for t·he rei::cue or it 1 I �, --n here is sHtnn-I l~··t: voya'~l1'! T'H• IJoy "Jst to th!' hi~ ril ynf '.\'ew Ynrl< onc o[ his ~l'hoo l bool:« that onr al~rae:ionc;, :•Pd \', hC'11 :t <·ntn:nnilY lr1s0s an ::1ttr:1<•lifl11, if only an .l~erP ,·:a 1 such a man aR Paul .Jones, isto1 :C'::il on,,, rn11 h:1,·,, Jo~t somP- f r01' 1"r 10 T i111:i~inr i1 much thoug-ht o( in l'ortsn11111th until N11tti11r; :l('(Jllired ii :111d -""•""''-""' :;ta.rt('(l to :i<ln'rlis,• il. It i:s not lhP only houi<c l'ort,amonth has Jo"'l. I :1111 lol<I thPr!' i>< :t pn ~sih ility, in fn<'l I believe il is :1 f:u·t. th:it th" t'ity or Boston has comc ,Jown :11111 ::irquir<',1 old honRPR. 'l':1 I,<' t 111• cit~ ll h <'n1nl1:1~iz1 11 1:-:: "lit hol'.' 111,tny of the boys in town :maw ti.at l'a11l .Joni's is aRsor·iated will! l'ort,m1outh': Thal is lh<' thing , •·:it I h" llisloriral Soricty :shonl<l en1•1111rns:<'. Th<' f I is.t01·i,•:Ll i--oril'ty i>< ~olll! In :11l v('r ti K<' your rity. \\'lwn you ha\.,, " fri,•tHl 1·omP from ahro:id and h<' 1,· hf'r0 fo1· :i fl:1 y 01· two ynu nrr' ·.:;ning· to sJ,o,·,· hin1 :ihcnll thP town. nncl -.-011 :11·<• ~oit1'..:' to l:11\P hint to thC'SC' n flt l'l'I'.\' 1hin;.:,,, t hP 1•h11r<'h<'!S. lihr:tl'IC'!> 11111~·pu1nx. Tl1os<' nrt' th<' thin~R ·11:11 prDllll)I<' r11ltnn 1 • You arP •go lu;::111tl citiz<'ns and org:111i•• tlinn~. 11:1 ' ,•111i,J ha""b:eU thn"-;f\ n tt r:H•I inn~ :1 n,l t lio\1~- " t:,I,, ,11111· fri,•1111 to th!' l'anl .lonrs ':on:-·,· :111tl 1'1·1·1 \'Pl'Y \ISl"l' lh:tt its ,·00111 will t,,, fillP<l with intP1'PKtlrl.~ · n<1s 11[ p, Jpl<' ,., \lP tc, ;~•1lpr,L th(:\ i;pencl mont'Y in S:il<'m Rimf)ly hN·:Ull'(' :ltlraction" f'Xl"t thCl'I', 'The of ti " Sl'\.(';) gablt•s, lht• nofer 10 · 111hlhh in Konu• Corm nn :111mwl ,· .. pro1·1 ,J,,yotc•il to hi,,tr,riral collN·lion,:. The• 11 isl nril':l I S(u'it'ly iH g-oi n~..:' Io hr :hrOlll\h it,· 11111ni,·ip:1Jit~. l,1•• 1t.rn11.~•• 11011:-.t• ;111d fc,r nl ,1,.:·:-. 111,• rr,1111 Yon w:,nl :1 n· :ill 111•01>1<' :1 11ro:1tl to ('0!111' 111,, ~:nn<' '11> 111 f1·0111 thing- in l\:>1·l~n1011ll1. n{ ('f'11lly J l!a<l n.·c•n~itlll In g,n 0\'Pr ll<wion t1E'\', fq,:1p<1r 1 '. frn1n 17~'.l fq 17r.n anti I h:1v!' ,,,.., II ,·1r 11 •I; \\·ilh IIH' illlJl(ll"I.IHC't' -~i\"1'11 Ill l 1 nrl · n1011lh :11 th :1 1 lllll". I :11.1 tit l1"ld1 11 111 l,110'.\' 111,1I 111,, I ';t 111 ,l1111t•· 111111 •• I .. l,,·i11·· !'--!l\'t'II. lli:11 ii i, 111 )11• hl:1111• 11 l!Oll)P Pi° _\IHII' fli...,!n ri1• ii F1lt'i•'l.\. l,tll ., 011 h:1\" :1 lid or ol:l"i' IHJ11 ..;'.';: .... , l1 l\"f' :1 ~:1tJ1111llid ho11'-'C'- in I !tP J .•tdd hou ·1. 1h" I. ,n!{d,,n ho11:w, IIH• \V:inw, · 111>1\H(' :ind 111:111\' thP 10 lljl r:n ii , houhl 1,,. :,'Olll' llHl8rIIn1s ('OllH~ rnnrP int.> :,-0111· to\\'n ,;tl':il yonr j('wcl!> l.11 \\'.' th·1t whil(• 1 , i•:1 ,·p t':te1nriC'.~~ 111 c1 :..;:r:,I 1 ... to l)n!lrl yr·n· ln1s1111):-:s !'-'idf'. :-.ti.I 1h:1· i~ not r\·0r~·:11111 J>'.> )T11 tl1i11'... \"Olli' 'rt•P tn-.,·11 . Yn11 '.~0111"1 11,11 li11:.: I,• d1dl:11·n \\ j ,/ :11• Ji11 ~i lll'~S ,·011 ,·n•trlurl },l'l'P • 1111• lt)\\'11 tn,'i• :•c,1 1,l, ,, :111.t 1 Ii-• 1111• II I \\'llf•l"f• ll1i11I, of 1,, ., t I I 1•1' 11: lu\\11 11q1~\ 11.1\1' it, c•\1111·,·il1·s. il•t p11 11 'l'l!I' 1n;111 \\ 11 1 dn1·~, 110! jl:,.i p11hli1· lit,1 11·,. l111tk In lnol; l:i ll!(' i·· p:1~1 tlw 1'11l11r1• 1l ,H•t.·1no11l l1 ll:1~: Yo11r l,oy g·fH'H to n ,1 In 1•1111~ IH 1"1:t \\'p )ll'dfif l1\ 11111' 1:1tl :1 1:Pr:\· rirh 11;1 I. sc·huol n11rl 1,·a,·11:; 'thonl l!H' South. lh<' \\'pr,I, :rwl IIH• rist> and fall of t!·P 1:,,1n·1n l·:rnpir11. Ilnw 1n1H·h 1lcwi, 11 1 • 1;1 111w ,,r !.ii-- own 111 1 :'Olllf'~ 111 ·' OIi Ill' th:1t. \ \'h, l't• (lo yo11 µ.<'t it? Y1111 i~, I it fnnn wL:tl ,·n11r f;1:ih·1· and "LIil ll':1llt1•r loltl yo11. \Vh}' i:< it 11111 imp n·t:1111 lo l,110\\' th :1t yo11r !'n•:1l-~n'.tl-"•·:inlf.11111•r wa~ :1 ,•:11+1,lin :·:iil:11 l'l'•,111 1•111·1!'-:n1111ill1 HP:1 •o 111<' ~I ,llll'lT:111, .111 hP .J111ilt :1 1111" li,111~• \\'h y ril11tlld lt• f'll \,no\\' lh<'ir Tw0nl~·-fiyp 01· I.:-1 1,1 hnll~<' 1p·1 · ;·aluc. hl!I lt1tl.t.\ :11H'' 1!·1v" ~PI I I'"' I•: :ind th.11 wlii1·i1 is :still \llll yolll' <'liil- 101·~ dicl l\1'li·.t l,r,.,11 \\·011ld of ·~<'l _t no<1 ii. Y,111 :1n• cl,.alin~ wilh jt'\\'t•1; 1101 :1 1ii,·1•1• ,.r ("lll l:1s:-:., In !-q11•:1ki11•.:. <'f 111,, l,1111 .... ,. \\'hi1·II i~; now tnnn<'\' fpr 11 hy t hi• 11 iHt(ll i(-:, I 1-,oril't Y, 1 if il \\ HIid n ,l t," of int0n.•:;;t ·o llt:it hoy of y11111·« that '\\'h<'n l':,11I O\\'IH'U ,\'oncJP~ ,JonC't. \',';)H }H'l'(' nttin.~ onl th<' nn.1H~ f'r, !u• ad V<'rlisrtl for "·r n t lrnH·n s 0 a nH'll • o t•,,nH· :, 111 1 t'nli~t ,,11 l1h; ship fo,. an nl- ,hjt,c·ts for hi111 to sc 11'. lit<' You rcn' g·oin~· 111P:t11f{ of your h:tvin~ :tn hii--dori- \·al l'nrt~n,outh. Yo11 axe goi11~ lo ltn-lp, you arr ~oing- tn ha,•p pri<lr• in ii. .\ IJ. n1·C'r E11rop<' you fin<l thP fC'rlince; : hal il is worth whilC' to prClS!'l'V<.' lhest' : hi n-:" of the J,:lsl for the henC'fit of hi' future. You must help in Portsmouth to do much the same thing ond I think you wltl find a 111Pasure and a joy in tloing- it. C,f t'ourn<', the success or any or.,.::tnizalion clOC'S nol depend wholly on ,111nC'y. ~1 r,npy is a r;-rc:it medium for ;rra.,:nr; llw wllcPle< !Jut It means dls nt <'l'C'RtP,l worl, on the p::trt of one, ·,vo or thrC'r or more individuals, ::t.nd • rnr.1 n" \\ ork j11~t ::ti! it means work :i tl:is org·1:1iz:itio11. A!':<'t• fl'l)m th!' Jlllhlic actldt!Pl'. thP ociul· >i<l•• of the His.orical Society 1 ·l: oulol not hc Jo,;t ~i·:ht of. ~::>in: to 11:1,·t' rnPC"tingH during lbe year ::hN<' paprrn will he 1·C'ad relating tr1 ·01·t.• 111outh-f'ortsmoulh o( the post. ·,,rt nl'J't,h 111":1, nncl Yery liltcly then• 1· .il he 1:.:ht 1·; frt'~hn1 nUi and th,• ,<li " , r your family w:il w:int to !!(' :· l' ·1 I :- t 1 , is n, 'J~-·.t :- .~re 0blc. Pfi~• ... , p~t u, ! , 1, ·· urc :-; r tr?)' l:"lkc a la:--,q:cr ,; lll ; 1 , .. !,.i,·pt:, I hn l lite L:h11mber or ·\.': •• 1.: •1·,c- .,1i~;ht n L intrudu.:·c, :incl l!:(· iis~or cal Soclety ml~ht p~rsuadc · me •,pC'al,c r to come and. under their auspices, you might heat some grcnt �spE1aker. some l0cturer that ml•2,h t · no IIU:!=•..,IIEIMC:,,S:,.,._ ...._,..,,.,_ _ _ _ _....,,ll:Di.UIIW7!PP,a:n,-..,-----""""-m=:>=,_,.....,....,_,.,,.,.. come fa.rthn east than Boston. . '.Perhaps ·you may have some famil legacy, some family poss_ession tha haa •b een handeq down to you. Yot I mb.y not ha'Ve a child to ,h and it to The Historical Society is your n:1tura reslduary legatee. As the accum11la lions or tho Historical Ro<'iPI y gro•,1 'thEiy arJ going 1n incrNlRP In val11A. · "'rhe Historical SnciP1Y_ \R not ol~•:,yi going he· a wno kn honsP. l fN• aali c! ns? Porlsrnoulh shoulli have all such in silre you will sec n n1·0 proot buildfa~ the r His:ci ric:i.l Society-the Paul ' where the preciou s collectio11s will be 1';,ept ani;l the Jones House will an !·lou se . , acl!~inistration hou tie wltl{ a ty•pe roor.1 J usl sec you then dis-play of furnltm·e. ,. , ' I want to say orH:! reaxurt .wltY I 11;1, 1 ;!ny of following of Society. great pleasure in C'omlng here ls because r ·' have .· harl apcestors livins', in REV. ;\LFlc.ED GOODING, ·' this to'wn and I am proud of PortsG. RALPH LAIGHTON, Tre:isurer. moil tti: In the ear:y days James TrueF. W. HAgTFORD, Secretary. wo'rthy ~ame ovd i1ere and settled 1 just across the river, where he was n 1 ,~,.,...J'fi.Jlil.,,,,,_ tn\.rler, and afterwards became it merchn.nt in 16~5. Hi~ bonefS lie in NPWrirnncllancl. His d:111ghter murri<'tl \h~ T-lim . .Tohn n11m:rn or J•:xet<'r. :a.nrl yoro lmnw wlmt the -nnrne o( Clil111r1n rnNrn, in' the , stat<' or , N,,w 1T:unp~l1ire. , M) ..,, .. ,,.,.,r.,..,,, ·,.~1eestor, Henry ])ow, of North Hatfff\· , , foi,, wa..<: marshu·I of this d!strict. Latei ri1Y greatt-great-g,;anclfather, Samuel 1·appiµ.n, taught school _and died here So, gentlemen, I am proud of my ancest~rs, /J.S those an.cc:istors of mli1e <llcj I thdr ''tllt toward,; helping to b.ullcl ui: New: Hampshire. They . were assocln.· ,_. 1-, ted \.:1th your ancestors and · we al'. · wa~t ' to worl< together fo'r the common good. whether thr::ugh tile Chamber ~f - Commerce or the JJistorica 1 Have You Something · in Your f-fome of Hi~torical Value. to Portsmouth? Somelhing lh:i.t should be preserved for future g·enm;tteri;tl [om~ or the Jones ,., to be vvhal the have and communictle with ofllcers the President 3,WiH You Join With Others In.Helping to Preserve the History of Portsmouth? If you are willing send your name to any of the following officers of the So i0ty. ":rt:ie memh~1T1'. 1ip o.f: lh-£, 1'orl8monttl1 H!S'torioal Society at prrnenL, is ninclc up or t')'le f.o\low'ing·. g,.. 01·y ci ti:c ~n is rus'ked to ' join . . _1Ii9rr~rn.ry-J,, 'J'ern.ple\"C'.7 Coolic~ge, Horac:e l\forr'lson, D. Jo'. I Bnrl11w1t'I<, \Vooc\l'.1ury ,n.ngrl'ot;, Gco!·g·e n. Chn.cl- ! wlcll<. , 'Li f e-:--M~ _..fte.,, Ki ;11-tm 11. Goo~df"fi.!f~ l.U .C \US 1'hay~r, G . Ralph f;~}g}'{i):{n, :f.~hn I<. t3a1tes, F. W. Hartfor~ '' ·c\i1:vin Page, Gpstave Pe•yse r, bn,;~;w. i~eyse•r, '8u&c'l.n J. · Borthwlc1< Mary. ·E. B'orthwicl<, James A. Bort~wic1,: F. W. 'Lycls<tCJ'/1. ' ''· cop,,'tr)l:mting,-,Admiral J. B. Mn1·dock; M'iss· E·. A.' Cot!ton, Mabel Si~e Cood'in-&·, Eust:•s L. :)"-Tor,kins, Frances E. · W·e•n'deUI, France's C. "\Vend·e ll, Charles F. Shillabcr. A.ctive-'.Elizrube·£h Elwyn Lnngclc·:i, He)en J-:T.' J.,a.t~!,c)'on, Jnhn ii. C'on1eli11s, J-Iel~ Pe1arson, F. E. H:<ii;ty, vVoootmnn Prnt1t, Hoiaoe M .. Wig·gin. Chal"les' H. natcj1ellle'r, J.lru·1·y .I. l.•'rcc.;i111a•,1, Frederlpl" pardr-er, Jl, L. Costello, E. ·H .. P,aJrnr, Louis ,\Vin-clon Ewald, E4•i\lh ,'\V.e1bster Ewa)d, John n. Par- rron!'l. · I , PORTSMOUTH ':HISTORICAL··SOCIETY ' Ycu Know Wh;1.t It Stands for. Become a Member of It. _ P.rcsic!cnt-Rcv. Alfre,I Gooding. Vice Pr~siclcnts-Hon. 1Nooc!bu,·y Lanodon, D. F. 801·thwick. Trcasurer-G. Ralrh L&ighton. fecretary-F. W. Hartford. Trustccs-Hnn . Woodbury Langdon, J. Templeman Coolidge, Prof. 8,a rrett Wenclcll;· -Rev, L. H. Thayer, D. D., Miss Martha S. Kimb~l1, John I<. Bates, Ho>1 . .loh>1 W. Em.,,.v, Hor,ice Mo,·rison, Rear Admiral ,,, ,l, ·., ,B:,. Murclock, U.S. N., Geor,ge B. Chadwi ck. LIFE AND ACTIVE. \ CONTRIBUTJNG. HONORARY. · ]~li"zai.lelh E. Langdon 11i~:s 1-.::. A. ·Co tton .J. T<' n1pll~lu11 Coolidge IJ<.-lC'n N, La·n gclon :\[:t\101 :-;is<· UoorlingHorac• p .\lorrison .JQ\11'\ 1\. l'lll'tH'lius 1,;11•:11101· Cl\/i!tlin;;· l:l:1i11s ' .\cl11til':tl ,J. It. ~lu1·docl, llelen l·'e,cn;on Ji,' ' E. H::,,~ly George W. Pr::itt _ I-Jorace T\f. '\Vig·g·in , Charles Il. Batcheld,•1· , _J-T;, ,.,·y .r. F'l'N' lTH\11 ' J~i:·ct.lc1·ick Gardner '··n, h Costello 1, J'.J. T-T. f'!ak<'I' ,Jroui~ Vl, "Ji~\-Vald 1 ' Ec!itll i~T. Ewalcl ·· '',rc\iin G . P,n~ons ~- l\. Taxi,; .1. \V. Ncll't'II ]1~. 8. l)owtl ~ ,.M',,.~·w Sim, "i1 . ,,; 'Oil ,fil,TI·. .l u n k tt1 ~ ·' ac·o rge \V. Raynes l'l 1,;11,;tacl' t ,. l l\/pki11 s ·1,·-1·anc,,;; 1:, \\lc-nrl1 ·II ~l:1 rll1a :-i. I, i mlntl I All'rctl t:oocli111;" Frnncc•s r;. \iV (•n\ll'll C'harl c8 1,:. Slli!tJhvr <:. Luc·iu:j JJ. Tllayc1· rt11l11ll L:1i g hton John i':. 1::11 c•s I•'. \V'. llurlfor ◄ l J). V. Uu1·Lll wiek • ,. iVoorlllllry l,tl!lg"don . C:tl\'in 11:i g<· 1 G11sta,·r\ l <'rtie r Annie \V. l'ey~c1· Su~:w .1, 1:ol'lllwick Mary !•:. Dorlllwi c l, .Jam e~.\. 1:,1rll 1wick c:,.•0 1·.:..;·<> I:. l•'. w. < 'hadwi c·I( Ly(blon . .. : . �· Through tho courtesy o( tho CominandO.nt o( tho navy ~-::.::d tho Portsmouth Naval Bancl will roll(lcr music on the lawn o( tho Pa11l Jon<'s II011so on Middle street 'l'hursday art!'rnoon when tho formal opcninp; of th!' historic house will talrn pl:i.<·c from three to flvo o'!'lock. Th <' l 'n1·t,rnt011 llt Jlisstorlcal Soci<'tY has now a ,;plcnrlid collection o( Colonial times In lltis historic hou se and pcopl<' will avail u,c-m selves o( isit Home of the Portsmouth Historical ociety t View Treasures on xhibition and Inspect Building o. The formal oIJening o-C -t1,e Paul 1/o,)J~iles o( vi\id shades, b':l.cilc1ors' but_ Lons, larl,s:pur, ca.rna.tiO'Os, IJOn.d lilies I Jones House took 'Pln.ce Thu i,sday :,.flr•rn.oon from thrc-o !Jo i:ive o'clock :1,111l cl.11.-ini.; t'hal li1111• ,sc,·c-1~tl h111,<l r!'<l , j:si tors C,l,ltlO lo \°iC'W th!' old m;tllSil.Jll :111<l llt r l rc•:i!<Ut'<'f' collc-cl<"<l Ar~• ,t'h<' l'1li-l<'ill011llt ll i«lu.-ir·:t l ,'rx•i{'l):, w'hiclt n o w is- in 110;:se:·;ion of l1111 rh r-:l'u liful o lrl 110111 :i•. 'J"lt r 1-on1t1<;"\\"C'J"C nil tht'(),IVl1 opc-n nm<l m:i<l r> :1rl<lilio11:rll)• n,L1 1·:1c-.Llvc- wilt.ii th e ir and o'{Eer va_rietics or blklisS-OIIUS1 ,vMc~l" WCl'O Jo·vcly lo behold. On the )Mvnl the Na.val Band ren dored a dolight(ul rnru.s,ica,l (l)rogr am, its sorvice.s t,ein•g given throtu:i;h the oourtesy of lhe Com:mhndn.nt o! lhe n:i,vy y:u·d, ;1nd thrnngs ou.t of doors, a.s well as in dool"S, listened wilAl a,'P(Pre0ialion lo th e music. AH o.f the of.fic-et's of l>r: u1lif11I :ind arran'gru 11 11 v rt..<:<c,11 ancl l]iistorica,l Slocietly were there 11:nd tho flo:l';cr holrlers willt exq11i.~ite t:us,tc. ,1i sitous we1ie shown n\bO'llt the hoU'se 'J'hc flfflV C l wr-.rc g-1·c-n,l cl11!llcrs of WCl'<l r c.11, and vic1wcd I.ls mh.n'Y :nte,rcslln;g re!los. �Eve!rY cme wrus· en.tlhustla.sllc a,nd .•he zrum-ibersh.i$> list o! the society, whl.ch ls nJready large, is s-ure to inc=se =·- ,,...,:.,_,~,, ste.!!;dt~The v.i:s'.itore were mucth plen.sed to '.vi~v the m'any wonder'full'y n.ttrn.c.U:ve a.rtldes olf Mstorlc irul:.erest and could ,ha;rdfy relll,lize $Ulch n. vn.lu.."Uble collecitron bad !been sec'lired since .the m~,nsioill was resrtlored by the Portsnrou th Historical SOICiety. , .As the g'ue.sta entered Uirough ga!tewtl.Y leading lnlto the garden, whldh .Wais a,!Jways 'been n. beauty :.pot In th"' cente!I' of thet(Yw,n, Lhoy gazed with adtmira.tliOn on. the fine old 11all and Its broad st.a.ir<way, whloh gave the house a.n 1m!Pret3Sion or gren.t dl@nllby and lbelwulty, wl'tih ils larlge wlndoiw on the ~ btoad s,'talr at one side or stood a Grandlfathel"B ,cJ,o01c 'built a h-w1dlred nlnd fi!fy yehra ago. N~,r the entrance door Is hunlg n. !rruntcd siteel engrn.,•i1:g o;f J c~:'ll. l':t~ll Jcnc:s f,c,r ,,1ll0m tbe, 1101.!ISO is nn.med. O.ne O'f the ol(ll Um-0 cl1airs in tihe hi:tll WM m\'l.dO l:ly John On.ins l<n 1728 an<l has 1been in t110 Brc<wsiter ra:nrlyl or tJhis ci1ty conti'!luous.ly. In the race(Ptlon rooon at t:hc left n.s one cnbers the house one secs various ru:rn:lsblngs hl:wing va:11!.ety n.nd ch::rnm, Including antique chairs n.'Tld m:ilhogl;nY tnlblc-s or ln-tcr<:1StlnlS' poln:t!s ,o[ di.Ureren~e. One old: chair 1.s sn,id to hn.ve boon the fa.'VOritie ono oil'. REYV. Dr. {\>1 S€U)ll'l Bu~Klm1n!ister, pn.stor of the ortl1 Co,ngregn.tio11aQ chlU.Ith of this -ci,QY rro.m 1'779 to 18<12. This wn.s given the ch11.1t<ch •IJy MilSiS Fannte Bowles and hus 1Jeen llc1-ctofore 1c~t n.t the rectory. dn one tn,ble a11e s,evcrn.l ancient Bibles, one halvi'r!.g the date of 1666, w11ile res·ti1n~ on n.nother l~11ble is a model fl,; n,a!rlc 1'.11:1.ry Anntuh, whidh ship was •i it oom:nm,n<l of Caplaln Dilling-:; or this cit.y rund )v'as the flrst Amei-ica-n s.hl':P to 91-il u!J') tJ1e rh1er • eine .. A qulailllt mirror !be.tween ,the f ,r o·n t wrn1lctws•and olher fiu'rnl.slhin-lsd give add- rf or. ed charm t,q the roOl11l. In the room uP(Po:.ite one view$ other 11ilch exrum[}les or pfoccs of the o1den tlme. The Bi;blical tile,s of Uhe firepillt:e in old lllue n.ml. whiite wt once n.tt11alet the eye of tfhe \9ver of the amLlque and. are exltlreaneyl in,teresting. In tihls room js an old secretary, u. fine dLstPlny of rare china w'hiich d-a.tl'S oock to 1810, pewter a'lld glass ware; a collecllon o! Paisley shmvls; n. l>n.hy's, O'lll!it of ea.rly itlme, and va,rlous relics 'l\I r DOIW' \\'Ill SI :L Wi n.n i n1g t'.he okl Lime nocldnghn.m Ch;{}). In Sc,pl -m!he r' 1SG6 a series, of games between ,tlhc Roc\ki:1,g hnun nnd Keant;argo clu.!J.,; of Cor.cord wt1s !l'ln.Yccl, tthe Hoc.k•ingh:nn tea,m winn·i,ng and a. l,anquet wns tendered hoth lc:nns. A 11icl.m·c or the pioncel' 1Ja.:;~1>ttll team is also c;l111w11. O•nl}' t11·0 or il!,, •mlahn!hcn·,~ are now living. A c"<rnlineut:Ll suil among the relics In a11oth~I' 0n.se "~1s m:i<lo hy Lho moth'e r or t•he late J:1me.1 l r. Dow and wo1·n hy him ht tht' 11arndc on .Inly .J, 1851. Tlli'S cnrn\l:llly or 1l•)YS (~11le,l "Conlil'('nll:11•" wt,~ ill <:0111,:n:i 1111 or 'l',1\)111:t.~ llail y Ahlril'Ut, l'nrlst11011th's l:ilo g-:fl1. ,d wrill•r, .\ lt11t:.:c old lime ,,··ondt• n 1..-~wle, 8ti ycru-.; ohl; :L ln·a,,-,,; l,clllc :i1HIJ •nnster frocn the Jafrrny ma·nsion, small L'l.ir lnmks o! q uai,1 l cl. ·sign :11·,0 a l.">U •>H exMhition in thC' s:unc room. Tn the upp!'r hall is th<' large h·,th tub , hew01 out or n. soliu rna.hog:iny!og ancl us <l hy the houscholJ. in Revolutionary times. A fine collection of han{l ma<lc lace of 7:; yenTs ago is also seen in a rooo in the up;per Judi. 'l.'he, olu style fou,r po~l IJecl,.;,Leatt in a front chamber hn.m g with frbi:gtd dimities o.s of o!den dlllys anti other furnishing:, to correspond must /be seen to be a.P!Peci;llted. The John Pwul J'o•nes house was built a'bl()ut 1730 a)y Ca1ptklin PtJl'Cell, ,t We'll lm'Ol\vn merc'lfant ancl after his ,Ji:ath his widow kept it als a boanlin;; \1•u 11,;e for ,many year:;. AJmong- her g-ue:;.ts \\~ls C'.Jptain John Paul J-011es, who oo-.:mled th-ere w'hHe he w1as, su:rie1·inllending th·e bulilcliln,g of the "AJmerica;' at Badg,cr's Island in 1779. 'l.''he house was na-xt OWllled by Hon. John Lttngl(lon, und fr'01ru ll'is fon.m,ily It came 1nt-o possossion or thC' Ja~o ~.muel J .ionl, tin,l lHUJSt(."U (1'0Jn. Lll-o po:,i,;c,1sio11 ol' 11ii.::i lll!:Jtcenda n ls -on Jy a. fe--v- yci;.tr.s tll!,10. r1 he Porlsmoulh Ilistorical Society h'n,s recen,Ully a:cqu:ircd the al'tml().ti'Ve p110perLy· at Lho orncr of Slht.e a nli llli.cldle street;; tuld already a ve,·y important collc!cf.io1t of furniture, rr,orlrails, lboolrn, UOClU/lllent\., o( ld:,;llorieal value ba,ve be n q,roug,h L Log·et11lor in Ufa; fine old h'o\1.se. 'l'he society. asks the iuterest and co-ope1ttlio11 of the I>'ll!Jlic in tlhi's C'nte1qJll•i.:;e and hor>es to vJCquiro a l arge mcmUJership Jic;t. l'ortbmoulih has J011·g been faarrous for ats h'i'st.orica'l i'ntercsts nncl >tt4ractions, has long possesl:;cd h'tlil1ling-:; l'ike the Al ho. no.eun1 n.nd 8L John'g, Chlu<rch, con,lhini'llg- onln.ny o:t)Jects oi bistlo.ri'c vti.lue 1ml it Is only 1,e ·enctly Lha.t n. c;oclcot); has lb<'en est,Whlished for ll1e pu11J)Os-e o! colleicldng ancl J>res nwug sll\clh objects in n. l jui lcllng or i,11,;i ow,n. n o.used iit one o! the mo',it lntcrcstini; or tho Colonial mansions, it pluns '.to get toe-ether in It.he course of lime a. valuwl>lc colllectlon. connlelCltccr rwi't'h the history ai1d the peOIJ)le or Po'l'tsmoutlh,s lonig >tnd sig,ni:ricant past. of h~torlc value. Tile house boo.sta of the oldest piamo in the coun,try, bulllt in London in 1765 and bere one cll-n also see the first attempt at o.ri;an 'building, this 11n.'V'in;; been. tlhe worlc of Daniel C. BarUeLt of Concord In 1799. A he:u1tiful m:i.ho~my clodlc over 150 yelU'S old t.s cne Olf tlhe wtJtrttoti.o'llS' of a ren.r room. 1J·eire Is also a rm1:ple cles!:c Olf ol'd tl.rne de,siign, an old F1rn.nklin stove used 1n the Ill:tven mansi~n on Pleasant stre"t n.nd otheT antique furntshlngs. There are m.a.ny rellas i,n glln\S.s ctlses in .seve1tll1 o! the rooms', one Olf w.hich Is the rosewood bnse\lja,11 ba.t presented to the h~re James H. Dow 04f 'I.his ci•~Y by F.mnU<' Jin Pl.er'Ce, 1>realdlent or tm, Unit eel States and su.italb]y 1nscrlbed on a sll- ..,.,••..,,,,.,,.... I ~l'ha l'ortSllll'OU Uh IIlstorical 60cle.1Jy w\ill a lso &e<ik to l,jfYl·e-..1d a,mon,g tJI a &:Too.ter knowledge or t.he hlSttory or Crur town,,~ gcrat1;r l't:. pcct for ltsi lime honored lrnd, tilOn and a real aliecUon for lhe ancient ,Uhlngs that mal<e l'orls-m'uulh one of Wie rno.st <lelightJfu•J 01 t:arly A111L rk.1,i towns. The 0£t'icc1 · oC the l'ort.::,moutll llJis'to1'ie>tl Soci •liy 111 c: · P'.·c ·idcnl-ltcv. APJrecl Goodilig. V1eo l'rcsa\cn I s,-,lfon. \V-ood'!Jur-y Langdon, l ,,nicl 1•'. Bol'lhwi<'lc. 'l'rt•a,,,mrur lt,lll1h J,:.tli;•htion :-; 'l',l'C.l;i ry I•'. \\', J l artronl. . n. J\ll ]'oll,nnuulh lo,•crs of the l,c·:1ailt1. ful and hi,iluric :in• 111·out1 tl,at the o\<l ,uan:;iO'll ha,;, hcv11 l'ully re:;lore,l and the home or the l'<,ru..·mouth l fistollcul ~<X:'iety "·Ill l,c a m.useum of ever. 111 lcre-sling a" oc,., t·ion 6 • 'llJ1c house ho open week days ll:iJly from llOW 111,til Oc.tolJe,· itnd al1·t•ady m \i.ny or the srnnJmer guc;;ts at l11e hotels in lhi:, vlcinltJy as well as slmn[,;ers, in to\\n for a s11.ort time iave visil,;>d lhe oltl mansion to vle1w I.:; ollection or rare historic Interest. a_~ wrn Tho l'aul ,lt1lll'. !IOI coloetio n or :, 11 l lq ues h!c;lo1·ic ,•,iluc Is n,;it<' �PAUL.JONES HOUSE TO OPEN ON'IHURSDAY ,\rnong tho pictures In th<' house Is original, showing ,vashlngton goin;.: over Trenton bridge, New York, o n his way to tho Yvhlle House to take tho oath of office as presld<'nl of tho United Stal<'S, this showing tho wom<'n u1Hl children throwing garl:i.nds of f\ow<'rn In his path. Another 1>1t·turc t~ Rare Treat Awaits Public a' New Home of Portsmouth Historical Society. The formnl opC'nln~ of the historic Paul JonNl J louse on 1\l it\<ll<' street, ch<' homo or th<' l'Clrt ,smouth lli s torlc:i.l .:,OC'i<'tY, will 1· ,kc pl'1l'I' 'l'hun,day n.flernoon from lhrco lo live o"rlock. The ·r. nnbcrs of th <' soci<'ty will be present '.,, receive visitors.The public will hn.vc ·. rn.ro trcn.t to Yicw this restored man rich In historic memories. The nn.val h<1nd will furnish music. This colon ia 1 man11ion has been complC'IC'ly res ton ,1 by tho l'ort:,;mouth [Iistorical Soci<'tY :, nd thr people of mrty well be •, ur old historic town proud of It, while visitors from nenr Ltlcl fnr arc coming <lrtilY to view the , le coloni:tl homo and Its beauti(ul 1L' l: lshings mul t'<'I in; o( olllrn lim<'s, ts ·.. , cady tlwro iH a wondrrful col'.e,;t ion there. The W[lli p:tpC'rs of the mrtnsion arc t'l')ll'P !lH" Ir r of llHlH(' llRC'll in colonl:d Jays an,1 ar<' rnoosl C'fft•cli \'C', '!'her<' lri ~o much In th<' hou se for the \'isilor to ser llml he hardly know:s \\here lo llC'gin It i:, rtll RO inlf'l'P:;ling. Among llHI arlicle,i on 1•xhihilion are many vn lu<•,1 h,•ir 1011111s. 'l'h<'l'fl iH thC' oltlcist piano In th,' ,·1>1 i;ilr), l,uill l11 London in l7\l!i, and :1\so :t 1nlnt~lt1rP organ, , ho\\'ing- lhc fin,t attempt at organ 1,uildlng, this hrtving !H'l'n llw work of r.i111icl C. Harll <'t l of Conconl in 17~9. ,\ mong lhe many other .•hnwn rtro l11<• (ollo\\·i11g-: A 1 iano fr n nt the Longf<'llt>\\' home in Porthrnd, Mc. , a b<>:tUliful m,thog,_ny grand(alh <'r's C'lock and a maple n(•Hk ov<'r Jr,O yC'ars olrl; nn,olrl Franlclin RlO\'(' Utk II from thr llrt\'Pl\ mrtn:;icn on Pl<'f\!S:\lll Hll'C<'l, torn down years ngo. There is n. beauli Cul collrclion o( family chinn of the Salter f,,mily which lht<'S back to 1810 DIHO i,ilver nn ,I gL1HS \\'IU'C' o( the eelA .-111ll'< l lo11 of P:tlslt•y shawls nttrn, 1~ lh<' lov<•r o( lh•• 1Jpa11Uf11I anrl In thf" :,:1111<' ,·as<' iH:, eollt•ctlon of l:tt'<'S <lalt••I h:t<'lt lo 1:;11 1 111111 :t set of babil',;" garm<'nlH of fine Jinpn and hnnd work made a crnlury rtgo. Th<'r<' n.1 o hC'autiful mahogany tablf'f! n nd chairs c,r olll timCI design. In th<· upper hrtll is on<' i11tPrC'slinf~ n'lle, rC'stored, an old mahogany ln lh hL•Wn out of :soli<l ma hog[lny nn,1 us, •d hy tll<' hou,-;, •hohl wh<•n lllf' 111 1nsio11 \" as built. (>11•• of th" 11p111•1· enat11l)('r,-. has 1111 old f,1shlunC'd fout· post \JNlstcn<l hung with ol<l style dimities [ltlfl fmnishlng,i of the room cor0 and Sonos ,.;ho\\'R thr rC'tttrn of the Uaughi,·rs of l'orlsmou lh in 185~. and "nollwr o( the first mayor of 1'orls111oulh, Alm"r Greenleaf and wife. On the walls may also be seen the Sir \\'llliam P<>pJ)PITCll and the Gerris h family r onlR of arms. ThcrP is also an '1.llracliYe ~am plc·t· dated l 324. Amoni:; the hooks shown is a fmnily Bible o[ lh date l GGG. One uC lite nuu,y \':tlu.-d possc•s,..ions in one e:i!'c !H :t ,·os<' wood bas<' b[lll 1ml JH"<',·C' nl<'<I lo JanH•,1 U .Dow o( this t lty hy l'1·rs i<.l•'nt of lh<" IJnllccl !'lnlC3 l•'1·anklln l'ierce. 1\Jr. Dow was one of the plon ct. r \Jail players of lhls ~<'ction ,~nd a nlC'mbet· oe the once f,,mous Ho •kingham Base Hall Club of lhi'! cily. In ScptC'mbcr 18GG a serl<'s of games between tho noekingh1.m and 1-::earsnrgc Clubs of Concord was pJ:i.yed. A banquet was tendered bolh te:i.ms al Concord. The Rockin1;ham won the SC'ries of games [lnd Mr. Do\\', J)ilchcr of tho team and alternalNI as centre field, scored more points any player and for his suC'ccss prP scn led tho trophy. Ono cannot gl\'O a fair icl<'n. of tho many 1n·lcclcss heirlooms in the house for they must be seen to be appreeiale·l. but the Jove r of antiques and th e tC'auti[u l coukl pass an afternoon at thr historic house viewing or studying lhcso treasures and feel that the limo was well spent and he had somelhini; v;orth while lo remember. The l'aul Jones house Is open to the pt..blic on wcC'k days from 10.30 a . m. t. r,.:11) p 111. On Salnnlayos It closrs nt r, p. m. The admission prlcP is VC'ry ~n :a II for lhe opporlunlly it gives to go through this colonia l house ::rnd look f)\'C' l" \hC' bC'[llltifnl collction DAHLIA DISPLAY ATTRACTS MANY An exhibition ·of dahlias Is being displayed at the Portsmouth Historical Society on Middle street this week which ls well worth anybody's time to Inspect. The display Is distributed all over the house so that one has a chance to view the rooms at tho same> lime and with the splcndid:y colored flowers they show off' to most ndvant!. age. The dl11play will be on exhibition Today a ll day1 and S[lturday. The regular fee for ::tdmlsslon to the house Is charged to those not members Displays from Mrs. J. W. Pierce, Mrs. Henry C. Knight of Eliot, Mrs. Arthur IIrtrriman, Mrs. W. D. Grace Walker of Kittery. R J. noyd attracted ThC' e1xhibitlon of dahlias and glad·oli now being displayed at the' His. ori<'al Society on Middle street Is at< trncling much attention . Some of · the disl)i[LYS not mentioned In yesterday's Herald were those of Miss Mary Sheldon n.n<l Mrs. Frotl McNeil which were both very beautiful. Mrs. H. M. ·walker of Kittery Depot has a most varied collection of gladioll seen outsl~e ~l tho fairs. •Every color .and shauc can be foun·u in the different groupl. Mrs. Henry' C. Knight's display of dahlias s indeed a treat and should be seen to be apprecl[lted. In fact the whole C'Xhibition is one .that everybody should attend thn.t loves flowers. T,"lC exhlbitlon wlll rem[l!n open tomorrow, The annual ... meeting of Historical Soplety will be held in tlw .Tolin raul Jonrs house, Thursd[LY :.i flernoon, Sept. 30, 1920 at three ,\n rxhihilion of J) ,Lhllrt!S will hC' held t th<' J'orlsmoulh l lislorie:1 i h11il11i11;.: Thur!<,lrtY actC'rnoon . It ls well 11·01 ·th s<'<'lng- n11d lovc•rs of t1ow<'1's will ·1 1i111l a �:HISIORICAL ._,. ,. ~--,f ·-· ('SOCIETY :ff OLDS ·MEET-I~lG ~ ~,Ii· . I , . ~ ·t .·: ,. • \ (~ .'i{,,• .r I.I ',( ~ ,- If .,_ •}!,'~. ~- t f'i':. ..,,. l•tf : 1 • ------.,., -- r';~) rhe) ):'or,tsmoulh 'Historic~! Socie·ty lfeld annual meeting on Thurs:qay afternoon lrf the John Patil Jones a{ ' use, with a good attendance. .: ';)Reports or , the treasurer 11,nd se~"l',etary were •i:ead and plans !or the ~winter were'. dlscus.sed, , resulting In ~,,,..',:N',·M•'.~~A;a,ppofntme1!t of a committee, ·con•1~stlng of Rev. • Altred -Gooding a11d / ~tessrs G. ·Rs.lph Lalgton aI_1d D. l•'. ~P,rthwjck, who will" take up the matter or a winter _program and sub'n11t ·a report ·at a Jn.ter meeting. ; l The past season· has been an un\l?ual!y success·rul one, over 1500 ~ll!ltors ihavlng· registered at the 'J1.o'i.1se. ...,.,, TJ:ie membership, jncluding honorary , and contributing members, now Jn'uinbers one hundred and thirty. ,;;; :The · !ollowlng officers were reel&:ted: · . , { ', President, Rev. Al!red Gooding. '". Vlce ·Presldents: . Hon. v::>odbury ¢,a'.n gdon, D. F. Borth'wi_ck, : ·.• -~-;~reasurer: G. R:a!ph Lalghton. Secretary, ·F . W. Hartford ;, •.Trlliltees: Messrs. Woodbury ):.. ~p.gdon, J. Templeman Coolidge, )•rp~. ·B arrett Wendell, Rev. L. H. ,'I'ha.yer, D: I;>., John K. Bates, John JW.'. Emery, Horace Morrison, Rear ;Admiral J. B. Murdocl\:, U. S. N. , George . B .. Ch11,dwlck, Miss Martha S. Kimball· and the cominanda,nt or the !Portsmouth navy yard, ex-officio. its j .. f' '1 ·f ORT'SiNHJU'lH :HlST'ORl'CAL S'OC~ 'ELEC'TS OfFIICE.R'S 1 Th e annual meelln,.;, of lhe T'orlsmouth ITifitorical Society was held at the Ilisto1·iea.l building on Thursday at 3 p. m. President r.ev. Alfr!'1l GoodIng prcsi!l cd . 'l'he report of the mem- • to be growin;; and the c:usloclian, l\ l rs. Charles ·~. r:eny's report :;howetl m a ny hund1·cds of visilo1·s. The: matter of 1,reservin ;; the Liberty 11ole anU lccep!ng tha.t historic subject alive was discussed. The 1bulldlng· is now the principal show place in lho city. Th o elccllon or officers w as as io ws: President, Rev. Alfred Gooding ; vice 1)residents, ·Eon. ,voorl bu 1·y Lan,:;•don, D. 1~. Borthwick; lreasurlc'r, G. Ralph La.ighton; secretary, F. W . Hartford ; trustees, Rev. Alfred Gooding, Hon. Woodbury Langdon, D. F. Borthwick, G. Ralph Laighton, J. Templeton ·cooliclge, Prof. Danett Wend ell, Rev. L. II. Thayer, ,Miss Martha S. Klmiba ll, R ear Admiral J. if3 . •M urtha Com- �- - - - - - T,he John Paul Jones House 'Sta lo StrC'<'I. now thr:- home of 1 'orlsmouth 11 i:;lot ical Soci<'ly, i,; tr:1t'tin:;, llw atlf'tliion of mnny or summer <;olnny, a,; \\'I'll as many a11to- HISTORICAL SOCIETY ELEClS Offl~ERS ;11ohilixlH w,ho arP pn:;~ing U1ro\1~h the C'dy. Jl"n' all huvC' a ra,·e ln•:ol lo rnan~ion n11tl it" vif'\V this 1"f' f;to 1• ..... d trr-·1sui·c~ riel1 in historic mcmnri<"~. This Colonial house ,was •built HOmC' lime prc\"iou:-; to llH' Ilevoluli'on, but lhr C'X:JCI chi" is nol known. It \\"a!< C'r<'ClC'll hy ( 'a pl:tin P11rC'ell, a mer• chant. onr of whosf' se,·en {laughlern marrie<l i\1:ijnr Gardin<'r, an<l another JOHN PAU L JONE S HOUSE. Captain Tho1r.as Manning. After Captain T'urcrll's cleath his 11i1lo·11 J,npt a IJonnling hollHC' •lH' I"<' r,nu John Paul .Jones ll11• yC'ar 17,!I, whil, he was, s 11pl'rinleniling- the liuil<ling 'l'hC' hot1 ''(' :iflerw:i rd wa~ 1Jw111•,1 hy •I inn, ,John L:u1g-don and from hii-; family It w:u, pu1Thast'1I by the 1:tlc Samuel l,ord and occupied by the latter·:; flunily ma11.1· y,,ani. P6rtsmrrn lit is f.amo11H for its ,h i>iloriC'a I inlercsl>- ancl all r aclio ns and lllC' Portsmouth l li>;lorkal :C:oC'iel y, housC"d in onC' of l hC' 1110:;l interesting of the Colonial man,.lons of ou1· olrl town. is allracling- the nt trnlion of man;•. Vi,;ito r s view wilh ln lC' r\'Rl tile ,·al uahl ,·ollN·lion of (111·11 i t11 rf', porlr:i it:;, hool,s, llo<;umen ls ancl cllina conned\'d •wilh lhc hi:;tory am! the p<•o11le of J'orlsmoulh's long atJd signiflc::t11l past. The Porl~moulh Jlislorical ic;ociely OP<'llC'cl lh<• l'aul .Joni's House a little moro than a y ar :1,"10 ;111(] ii will ht' 0111•11 to LhP puhiic fo1· :t small nu mission fee each :;ummer. Thi s ><Paso n their :ire 1nany ll"W 1rras11n•s :111<1 value,! hC'iriooms and Lhr relit':; llwrC' nJ"(' cn•n morr• lhan last year. The visitor lu:.rdly knows where lo i,r,g-in lit!' ,·ollPclion is so inlerl'slini:;. '.fhc wall pap('rs of lh<• 1ri:1nsinn ;1rr rr-pt·oclurtions of thOSf' 11~H"'<l in Colonial L!rncs and n1ost C'ITl't>livP. Th<' likrr •o r :1nliqtlf'!-i l'o11lcl pass st•,•pr;,.11 hours viewing the <'OIIC'l'iion of !'<'lies >-hnwn and f r•<' l lhr li1111' W<'li HJH'nl. This >-NtsOn ;;-la~s CO\'ered tablrs h:t\ 1' hl'l'll ad,lcd in llllC or lh,• rnoms whi<'h 111:tlces il lllOl'C allr:tctive. <>11f' la,h lC" f'nnl:ti11s ,·l' r;· old c11ps :111<1 "" '"' £' rs of nrnny ldlllh; another is fiilC"d with h<'auliful f'Olo11i:1l pl:illcrs :tnd :111ollH·1· with plates. the piecei-; In the cnllcctlon h!'i11;:;- frnm JOO to ~r,o y,•arn old. In 0111' or thl' front lowe1· rooms is a l ;ti1 lP S<'l will, ll11• ~:tiler f:imily \'hin:t 11·1til'h <l:tll'S b:tC'k lo 1810 antl is very hPaulifnl. ThC" rC'C'"Plion rnom do1\•n slain; rrm:i.ins as last ~-ear and contains ,lw:tuliftt l ma,hn.c:a ny lahlc" :111d cimirs of old clC'sig-n. A l1C'auliful o 1~ mahog-any ,::r:1n,H:1llH'r' :-s <'ioc·lc :-st:tnrls 011 lltP hall ,-;tai1111·a)'. lip slairn in lh<' south w est chamhc,r iH :,, displ:i.,- n( ol<l C'rnbroilli•ry, colonial g-owns, pctisley shaw ls, whi<'h allr:i.1· 1 the• l nvc,rn or th<' l11•aut if11l: :, t,,o a ""t of lu'hy c-lothc,; mndc of fill(' li11rn and d:1I ing ha('k lo 1~011. ]11 Oil of lhl' rrnnl llJlJll'r l'hambC'rn l:-< :111 olcl ra:shionp,J four -po><lecl hrdslPa1) hung with olcl ,;lyl<' dimiliC's ancl l,h<' r ernaindrr or the furnil11rp in this room c·o1T<'SfH1111lH. Jn :111olhcr ,·oom a labk fillC'd with old documC' n 1:-s is :imrrn-; thr lr<'asurr•:; lllC'r<• whi<'h nllrarl lhC" eY", among lhesC' bcin.gi a Jl!l Jl('r >-ignC'd hy ~ir Will i:i.m I '!'ppe1-r!'ll in 172~ Hll(l a volnme on "The Lif<' a.nil ('h:t1·a,·trr nf <'hrvali<'r .John 1';1ul .Jones," which was puhlishc<l in 18~:;. A n•:q· rnorn up ,:1:,irs ltas hel'n rC'slorcrl ,since last summer rtllll in this is a. vc,ry old four- posl<'cl 111:i hog :wy lic•llslracl :u1cl oll1cr suitable furnishing:;. 'l'hc l'a11l JonNi Jlons<' i•s "Jl"l1 to 111'• puhli<' on WC'!'k <1:iy:-< :ind for a smn.11 adniission tlw \"iHilor 111·1y ~''" llti,; la.rg-.- ancl hea11tiful coll<'clion of antiques. Amo n g tho "(' who ha,·r \"isil <' d lhc hott HI' this Wl'<'k arc I)C'Ople from C:1l i(ornia, -Chil"ai;o, 111.. \\'aslti11glt>n, ll. C .. l'ltil::ih>lphia, l ':i., an,1 N1•w Yori< othC'I'~ frnm lhc Nl'w !•;11 g l:,11d HlalC'~ . 'I'he nnnual meeting mouth Ilistorical ,Society was held at tho John Paul Jones house on State strl'rt this forenoon at ten-t\l r ty 0·1·int'l<. nr:u· Aclmlt·al .Joseph Foster, U. :-;_ N., r<'tit'ecl, presit1ing. 1'hf' 1·£'corcl~ of lhf' last meeting wer e rPad and a pprOYNl a ncl the rt"J)ort o f tlw lrl'am11·c 1· w:i .s r £':tcl and approved by c:. Halph Laighton, treasurer of the 'l'lw alinual el<'f'lion oe officers a nd lrnslC'('" took pl::i,·e :rn follows: l'r<'si<l<' nl- i,C'v .•\ lfred Gooding. , ·i!'P lll'<'.0 iclcn ls-Hon. Woodbu r y L~ 11;.:<lon :inil Da niC"l l•'. Borthwicl,. S1•crl't:1ry-F. 11'. JTartror<l. 'l'n·:, 'lll'l'l'-<1 . Ha?ph LaightO Jl. . 1:, ,·. Lueiu ,s H. Thay r llliss llrar11,, 8. 1,imh:iil. J oh ~ K .• Bales, !Ion. .lnhn \\'. l~m, •r:.- . TJ orace llfot·rl~on, l!,•,11· .\d111it·,1l ,I . B. ll111rcl .'lf' k. LT. S . N .. 1::1lpil :\!:,:,-, Ge-orn:C' 13. Chadwick and LIH• t•nmr:: .. 11,hnt of th<' nav:, yard, ex'1'1,,· ,r: :1ttr- 1· of h1Jqdi11 ·~- \\';JS diH<'ll'-tRPll th,• offk'('l'£:. 0 -- - - - 1:,·ar .•.r11ntraJ .Jo~t>ph ~=-.. g;1 VP an httf'l'C'Stinrr hisof llH' l'ort,,«Tioalh Chronic!\' and l',q·ts11111,1t!1 · 1111 <':,i,r<'"!!C'cl l'C'1,;l'Cl that li•>I h tlisconlinuNl. 1"1';· l"t'lirPcl. �I oof Portsmo th ciety fte . elected at Session This ~ r ing I The annual meeting of •tho Ports- and measuring 100 feet on \\ hat is mouth Historical Society was held now Middle street, and 106 feet on a. this moming at the Historical build· 'New Street' lately lai,1 ou~now Ing, with the president. Rev. .Al!red Str1te Street. On )lay '.!9t'.1 of the 11ext Gooding presiding. Interesting plans year, l'/56, ls a. deed of an adjoinini;,' or the .future were uiscu~.,;e<l and va.• \Jot GO reet dn 'lhc mithllc noad.' SO r,:.-.:-.;t>iiaiioUs business matters transr1eted . feet on :::. •.:-::ew \\'aY of '.!O foot wrnc' Th e or!lcers were re-e1cted as fol - h<,.uyccn thls Jot and Janel of Charles lows: T'readwcll (now the Culler pl:icc),"-ancl .Prsldent, r..ev . .Alfretl Gooding. its ea:::t lino n,nning- to the northeast Vive presldents, D. F , Do1·t1w;!cl,, corner of lho first purchase. 'l'hc lhlnl Mi·s. Wood~ury l..,angaon. purchase wn:. Au;;. '.!~, 171, :11~t1 was a Treasurer, G. l)al11h L:iighton. trianr;ular strip, ten feet on '.\ti,ldle Secretary, F. W. Hartford. Street. ncxl north of the Jll'C';jo11,; \llll'· Trustees, Rev . .Alfrc.1 Goodinlf. '.\!rs. chases, running easterly on tho ':-Sew Woodbury L :mgdon, D. F. Bort11wre1c, nond' SO feet tQ iL poln' '.:it ye ><orthG. nalph Lalghl~,t, r,, ' · Hartford, J. el'ly En<l or Sai,1 Pnrcclls Sta.hie." Templeton Coolidge, Ralph May, }h's . \Vhethe r lho 'New Roat!,' (now Porter L 11 . ..,.taycr, Mrs. F . B. Potter, '.\Irs. Street) had been moved between l'i5S Ba1•rett \Yendell,. IIcraco Morrison, and 1701, or \\'hcthet· the tli, tanco to Miss Martha S. K lm".iall, John W. Em• Porter Street was ten feet great• c.:,·, near Admiral J, l ~. :r..rurdocl,, et· th an first mcasure1l, nnJ George B. Chtdilck. Capt. D. E. Dis• new deed considercll rnle appeal's to be the ~:tme ns in 17 ~1 . :is prohal,ly tlue to the cncdon of t he hou ~o th ,,t must then ha\" ranked as one or the most l!11po,;ing resillence:i of tho town. lt Is possible he l)cg,111 to l,uil,1 rl ~hort time prior to 1ecch·• in.; the s~con,1 ,lee(], but nftc1· an agrccnwnl to pun:hasc, 1.Jnt lijS i~ .11>1n·oxi111a l, ly col'rect, a11<l as nenr as wo can tlelermino uf erection oC tho house. \\' ho was Gregory Purcell? in PorlRmouth a; early a 1 jj~, \\'hen ho is taxc,l, an<l was then called 'C,11>· t,1iu,' undoul,lcdly masll'r o! a Jlkrcha11t vessel. C:111t. J\Ilchacl l'nrc, 11, who livetl here 17:;g to 1769, is tho only other Pu1·ee:Jl on om· early rccur,ls, n n,1 as he n.rnie.1 !IHI twin sons '.\lichad antl Crc1;ury it is natural to ., s11111e him eJO!,cly 1ela led. In 1772 Capt. G,·cgory w,1s Presitlent of tho • J1;11·itablc Jri,h Soeietr,' which is evi<lencc oC his nationality. In 17j9 he mart ic,I S:.irr1h \\'entworlh, <laughlet· oC '.\InJur Jolm \)'entworlh, Jutli;o -.1f l'roha lc nn<l o! the Court of Common Pk.tH, and 1.Jrolher of Covernot· Denning "'cnlwonh. Abunt this limo C,111t. PU!'Cell l'• lireJ from the sea and OP · cncll n. !ilo1·0 in his new n! shh.:11cc . Here he Ji ·c,1 um! Ocll,oeri, l7iu, \\hen h~ dh:<1, leaving his \\ ife Sar.ill ,,ml eight clli!,11·cn 8Urviviug ,dill., llis \\·ill gi\'• hi,; 11ro11crly to hi; wife to ll S\J fol' I he ~II !lllUl't "llll ulu,·a ( ion or Iii;-; children. ,\s appear,; 1,el 11w, he must h,l\'C kit llUll1Cl'O IS un1i:1l,J !,ills fut· llis , i,luw to strug-itle i-;ith, .,nd that rn. y C:X}Jlain \\"hY she O!)cllbl 1,o,1rclin1, house. mul;:c~. comm:inclant of navy yanl, ex sary to cure llle vHiclo. does not ap11cal'. on Mi<ltllo Street, ,vhich u,ltl~ u11 to T ills history ls part of a sketch pre• 170 feet, wns re,luce<l by tj1c widening pared by Rev . .Alfred Gooding. of Stale St., some lime prior to 1 iS7, ··' Tho early history of the home or and the lot now measu:·es HO rt. Samthe Historical Society, known as tho uel Lonl addcll to the pro11erly, to 1 John Paul Jones Hou~e is interesting. mal,o its present r1rca., in 1~:,7, when "The Jot on which tills house stands,'' he purchased oC Thomas J . Coburn a.\ writes Charles H. Ba.tchelder, "was Jot measuring ~3 feet on Pm·ler :-5t. in 1714 part o! a thirty acre pasture and G1 feet on State Street. \ belonging to John Hunking, o! Ports "It hns been said that the Pu ·cell \lllOutb, styled mariner. On Sc9tember house was built in 173•), but that <lato 4th o! that year Hunking mortgaged is cnoneous. on the 11lan of tho Jafthe pastu~e, and a.pparenlly all his trey estate at the t!n:o o! the division other real estate, to George J affrey abol'e, in 17:i5, the Jot ls marl,ctl as .tor' £480.5.9. with an agreement that 'Englif<h Gl'ass Land.' rrol.Jably tho unklng and h is wl!o ,should 1·etaln l Hunking orchanl h,ul ,11s:\]J!leare< · t. 'I'l IC possession dur,ing their lives. The I division mal:e:s no reference to any mortgage de.scribes the pasture as ad· builtlings. As we have seen, C,tpt. jacent to 'the h ighway leading (o the Gr gory Purcell, who built the Plaines' and 'the high waye that Leads hou~e. cll<l not purchase tho Jaml to Islington or a place Ca.llecl th e , until lj:;7 aml i7~S. nnd h::111 cvi1lcnllY Creek.' .Apparently tho mortgage was 1.Jullt prior to J'iGI, ,vhen his slat,lo b never redeemed, !01· after Jartr_ey's \lmcnlionell . un turnltig ol the J'ul'Ls death, when. his cstat~ wa~ divided mou'th tax Jb ts, now preserved al the among his children, in 1,_55, his dau~h- City Hall, ,vc fiml Ca11t. Purcell's town ter Ann, who had married ,Capt. ::,;:a- tr1x in 17:iG to be £ 5. In 1757 it was thanlel Pierce, r eceived !i.s part of her ;CG.10. Jn 17:,s and li59, .Cl •!. Jn 17GO share 'Mrs. Hun!dng's Orchard so to l"iG3 it w as' .S:19 each year. lien called,' which was bounded by th e arc two not:C'e:J.blc lncrer1ses, in u:,~ two highways ancl the Glebe land. anJ 17GO. The latter lncr(!a:-e is n11 "Soon a!ter this, the' Peirces began )Jan. nlly in lite sr1uc pro11orlion th,t se1!1ng o!! their inher\tnnce. There a1111cni·.,; in nunferous othet· indivi,lua aro on record three deeds from them cases, so I infet· that it Is due to a to Gregory Purcell. The first ls dat- change in the tax rate, antl not to an ed Nov. 14, 1757, and ronveys a lot or increase in the amount oC Capt. Purcell's propcrt)', and we thcreforo ha vc left the increase in 175S, where th e "Tho.1 I ~1 ·\·ulutiqn;.1 ry \\'"ar \\":l!-S no w in 1n·oi,rc•, ~. :iu,1 Itel'» was· 11nd 11111l 1u lly lhl' g(·nteel an,1 fa ~hiunal , le ph,•.:i ,.,f r,•:-,idl 'Jh••! f 11r 8l r;i ngcrs sujod rni llh Jn om· mid t. 'J'hc L,v,•rn,i \\ere palrunizc,1 lty tn111sit'1n,; rather than by l tho c 111:1!,.in:.;- 1norc <~xtc111l ,. ,1 Su at ;\J.1<lat11 Purcell's John Jones ,t.,ye <l \Yhilo in l'ort ~m11ulh nu·ng- ,,ut tho Hangct ifl 1717, anU a:;ain \':hilc supet·vising Lho lrnililin~ u( the .\llll l'!ca in 17St ,11111 1,s~. :is i: ~latc,1 llll Lhc llron zo lal,tc:t 11I.1c,·,l on the hou ~c t,y the Helen Se:1\'l'Y Quilting P 1rti·. in 1~13. "D ut kt us cunlinuc \'. ith tl;c histo1·y of the hOLl>'C, \\"hich h:i I hee11 left to the disposal of widow Sarah t'm·ccll . l 1 . larch, 17S3 ~h:e sr 1,1 il for :i con. i,lcr.1li1)n oC 10l10 puuu,ls, '1 n,. ful m c,11cy,' lo \\"oo,lbury Lnnf;,lon, E :-, fl., l1·,1di11g· llh.. l'<"hant of J,0 1 h·-rn,,11tll acli\"C Jt:1t1•;ut of lite ltCVldt1l i,11 1, 1, Ill· 1,ct· of 111,, C'onlin~uta l Cou;rcss, nnd fot· a. , !tort lime ju s lico uf tlie ~·upcriot· cou rt or Ju,lieatnrc. Jl i,; eYiilent '.\fr. Lan;.;,lon lli,1 not gd all he paid il>I', aq rn 1 iS7 Yarions crc.Jitol'•' or <'.q,I. l'11r, ~II, \rho h.ul w.1ll<"1 l 1·1th llllll"h 11,1ticnt:C since hb ,k., tl,, lll'O· ccetle,1 to sue hi,; estate antl kvy \!XC • cutio1 s on tho 11roprly tho \\hlow had ~~1,1. The est;.,,) of 1-I,irl, 1Iu11king \\ (lll\\'1Jl'Lh Sll(•,1 on a ]Jill of ,;ood:=i buu!,Ll l,d,nc De:cernber, li~7. :\!Ill , •o• vember, 17GS. Jacob Sher1fo , apt. James Stillson :incl Jonnthnn " 'arnc r hall other bills or long standing, Dr. Hall Jaclrnon collccte<l for medical se rvi~es lo tho family from l ,Gl to l'i 7G. EhzalJ< th \Vallingfortl h:i.<1 a. note dated In 1772 fm· £ 111.11.S. �l1ave come Into its present Importance. "Te should never have been able t o purchase this wholo property '!\'hen the •)pporlunity came to do so, or at any rule to maintain It In Its present at tractive consldlllon, or to establlsh l!:e society upon a firm fluancla l basis . "IIavlng- thus secured a permanent home, the Society procecdc<l to put It into good condition for lt:1 vurposes ancl opened It to the public tor the first ttme In the summer or 1no. the genero~ity or Jntcresteu the house, even In Its first season, was filled with an attractive ulsplay o! old furniture, china, ,locumenls, clothing, pictures ancl many other raro and interesting objects Identified with the early llfo o! the town. In the ensuing five year~ many changes have occurred, of course. :Much that was here at fir:it has been w llhdra wn, but has much has been, ad,leu, so that we have been constantly fitting up now di~11Iny rooms for our tre::isurcs, and ____...............=~-----~--"-'-----.1,lthls yenr ,ve li:i.\·o turned the upper story of the ell Into this rather spacious room where we are meeting to day and which we are sure cnn be put to lmtiortant uses. From year to year we havo had not only many new loans lrnt many vnlua\Jlo gifts-so that the interior or the ho tso h:;s become moro an\l more attractive, or.cl has been l:>..vi:.hly admirc<l and praised by tile thousands o! people rrom nll pa.rt s o! llio country who have v!slted it , in thrso recent summers . As ror the ex _ __ _ _-1,1tcrior, I am sure you will agree that H 1wocrBslon cn•1st·111 1 ly pouring Uu·oug-h Jios b')Cll tiroperly maintainer] and ImTh o ne\\' t.xh;l1iti()ll l"OO!ll in fhJ ell or the Lown c:111 ( ill to 1,utlc·r this de- Jll'O VC<l (tllu thnt It ls a perpetual dc l':tul Jones Jlou so was pg1tt(ul ltou~o with Its ~upct h trees !:ght to look upon . For my part I the Portsmouth 11:storlc:il nm! !ls 1Jrllll:111t lnwn, .1rirl lo \Jc aware never go by this corner without admir ing our wcll - pnlnted and attro,ctive l-i-"Cl'l!>i:£:, Sociely nt 11 o"cloek this morning with Lhat he is entitled lo visit It. "Jn owning this attractiYo vluce we 1,ouse, our carerully trimmed lawn s a largo number of intere~tccl people In own the fir~t an<l great c~~enlial oC an,1 brilliant flO\Yer !Jeds' and the A very inleresling n<ld1·rs~ ,ms i::iven an hist(), lr•al society-far more Im- mngn!flccnt maples that tower over all, by Hrv. Alfred Gooding, l'l'esi,lcn t of pnrtan t than n ny concei\·n hie con ten ls anu I feel perpetually gra tc!ul to those the soclell·, who said in p:11 t: or the hour-c-for It is Ilse IC an extraenterprising and public-spirited and "1 may :ts well \Jegln this Jillie ac- orc1i11ary hislorical tren sm·e-n. buildllbcral-hamled persons who estabcount of the beginning :illll 111·ogress ing nr ·hltcctnrnlly of great interest Jlshed this society and :icqulred for its oC tho PMtsmouth Jlinto,i,•al 80,·i<'IY nn,1 rnc1·JI, ll ''r:1:1ps thl'I li<' s l <'x:-11111 11•• uses thl,i wontl rful l)lnco which might wllh tho \1Cll-wor11 n•flpr tion that IC i11 l'nrts111o11th or tho ;;:1111hrrl-rnof,,d otherwlo.e Jiave suffcretl the fate that tho ~ociely ha,1 be<>n establishctl JOO h1111~r nn,1 h lsto1·lc:i lly as~nciatcd not so often befalls Beauty \\'hen It comes or even 60 :,-enni :,go It ,,nnld now be only with the famous nt1mlr2l l·y into contact with a ruthless Commerthe own~r oC a very large ,·11 ll c·ctlon oC who•c nnn10 It Is now commonly clalism. I appreciate also the devoted interesting and ynluahlc r,lijecls more lrnown lrnt n lso with 11ole<l Portscare which has been bestowed upon or le~-~ conncctctl "·ith J'oi·tsmoath. mouth famlllf's \\ ho h :nro lived lhrre. this property by our curator, l>frs . This I [ouse of ours lnstcnd of <'ontain- 111 possessing this !lelli;hlful ])ropcrty Berry, to whose immaculate tnste and ing a few things of it.q 011 n-;;ifls or we have, n<; J li:H·<' sal cl, our Jirst great unerring sense o( onlerliness we cer gencral"s frientls-:tnd a ,..re:it m:iny ncr,1 as an hi,t,,rie:il society satisfied. ta.inly owe a Ycry great deal or the things lonne<l tn us by th~ir eonsi<l . ratC' Snppose lh ,tt II c ha<l :i much more excharm of the place. owners but snhJ<'<'t at nn:,· time tn t<:n °ivo a11<l \':iluahlo collection o! "ls it not remarlcablc that we have withtlrawal, "'()\lie\ be :t rrpoFitory or 1,ookF, ):licturr> ~, c'hina, manuscl"l11ts and hcen able to maintain :ind !mpro\'e this historic treasures actual!:: thr> prop- the like thnn \Ye now J1avo \Jut no J prnperty oC ours without making any erty o! the soeir>ty. Thi s \1·oulcl he a . uitable 111:ic" to keep them In-some very urgent nppeal to the general pubmuch more saliFfactory st:itr> t'( things tn()tkrn \Juiltl inc:. perhaps, wltlt no lie'! lt was 1rnrchasctl in tho first than that wl~i~h now exists. 1 ao not traditions :-incl ns~ociallon attached to 11 1ace by the subsc riptions o! a few <iulto like to think what tr1iH house ti, ,ve can src :1t once how hop~less,:;enerous pcrsons-:lfr. Langdon and woulcl Joo!, lift• ir evcrythin:; in it not ly ~iluatc<l \\O should be. I would ·1 olhers-nntl it ha11 \Jecn m:ti~talncd ln beloni;lng to tho so ,1cty should he r:tlhet· ha vo this house with hardly part hy the income of an ~tfowment willttlrawn. a» might J><'rfe <' tl:,· w<·II anything 111 It lhan almost nny amount and Jn 1mrt by a,lmlsslori fees to the There is nothin~ qui lo so oC hlslo1·1<":il ohJed,i bronght to:-:rthcr house :intl annual membership fees or sall~factory :is actual ownership. I in :tit un!ntrregllng an,l unsuitable t 11·o dollars cnch. Sinice 10~0 some think we ought to do all we <'an to ]Jcr- \Jull\llng. w·e have an l<knl place for GOOO yi sitors have paid in about $1400 :;uade lenders to become givers. our purpo~e. All \1·0 have to do Is to and membership !ees , clul'ing that •·Let us, however, at thl~ 110 ,,lt, re- n·:ilt--no rnalt<>r how long-for It to be perlo,1 have amounted lo ~10:iO . ,vo member foi· our encouragement jnst Oiled with the manifold tre::i~nres have a<1millcd more than 500 people how much we tlo aclually ol\'n." Jn the whlc:h belonl' here uncl which wlll ~("!lOol pu11ils free and during the Tet· ,,,.nten:u-y celebration last_ year we first ])lace, \\'e Ol\'n tL very heautl ful sooner or Int , ,. be here. .. It seems lilting to speak a. worct of ~hargecl no admission f e to visitors . and ,·aluable piece of rc::il cst~le-this "'Ve believe that more and more house and Jap,' sltuntccl 111 the vc1·y remembrnnr, , C the liberal frlentl an,l people 1Yill visit the house as It beheart o! the town where ll ca n 1 ~ seen bcne(:1.cto1· o the society-the late comes increasingly well known. Vl'e anu o<lmlred by thousands of ]lassers- ·wooclbury J .. ng<lon-wlthout whose should welcome n. large increase in our Its location ls a \\On<ler(ul Influence nn,I i;i fls it Is not too much to _ say_th:.1t never ............;,_ _ _J'-_ ...,_, r •1r society would membership list. I have o!tcn heard people, when sollrite<l to joln tho His torical Society, say, '"'hat should we i get from It?' tll)d I am obl!g d t~ admit Tl ·• executions ""'n..c.;., took nil of the garden, nncl part of tho kitchen and cellar of th e ltonse itself. "The property at this t imc \Yas occu11icd by Henry Shcrh11111e Langdon, son of the above ,v, 11)(1bury, and !:ti ,, "'ootlbury Lang-uon, whose gcncrw · t .v n idC't1 the Historical Society so materially in acquiring and prescrvin •~ thi~ former family homcslcatl. In l 7% his f,1 thc1· dcc,lcd to lf,,nry Shcrhn•·nc L ,mg,lon what ha,l survivc,1 the onslaught or the creditors, :ind tlurin,· the next ten 01· t\\'clve yenrs the son h11ught up the execution levi es. April, 1810, \I hen he sol<l Io his young. er lJroth cr, .J ol11t Lanr:t1 .. 11, .Jr. The !alter was living in the houf'" in J S2 1, "·hen he com·cyed it to Ids 1.rol h<'rsln-la w, Henry and Ai r allll<'r J,cu1cl. John Fl r. rrott, t11cn'rc ,·0n t· 1'nitc<l States Scnator, ,vas th<' oce11J):tnt in I I I �great social or parties or dinners or entertainments such as other societies offer. What we do get, however,. is the satls!actlon o! helping to maintain In this old town one ot Its most beautiful and historic houses in. all Its original splendor, al! a place 'whero we mny bring together and keep for the perpetual joy o! succeeding ge:ieratlons the h·easures which have been transmitted to from n. dlst!ngulsl1ed past. Is not such a satls!actlon ,~·th - tho membership tee? It seems to me so. I cannot Imagine getting more trom tho annual expenditure of $2 than one gets from tho refiecllon that through bis membership In this society he 111 doIng something ot real and last:1.r; value !or the publlc good. �"'rvlcc of d c tlic'alion. of the flag the band 1,laycd lho "Slar PORTER SIAIUE DEDICATED 14 YEARS :--:pangl cl J~n 11n('r." 'J'hP 1\Cayor accepl'·•l lhe c:rntod\· or th e ,· talue from the Dodicated Fou,-tccn Ycar3 A □ o Tod ay C .•\. R. ancl i 1 ,·:as decoralerl by the S tore r llelll"f Corps. 'The dedicatory II r;n ~c;:~e~- ~~:~~,t~~t ~- , AlJlJ I ~,:;~~ordc~~:;;~ il to lhe m,' mory of tho ~o!Llic1·s who f,,ur;hl for the Union in d efence of the 1 fl :ir,-, a111l who thro11 1;h his fine soldier1-, qualili<-ci nnd in-: t,·<' 1·y, attained the Fourl<>en y Nu·s ar,o today on 1hr nn 1·,11 ,k of r,lnjor Ge1ll'rnl in the Un!tetl 1 nlv,,rn,u ·y of the h:itll ,. ol' l\ht,·, ,,-n ~:rn l\'!< ,\1111y . Hill, the CQllt'slrlan ... tJtll e (ti the llll'lll 11'\vcn l'.1 1·k 19 OIH' or the ory of l\lajor c,•neral Fitz .J ohn l'or- s pot s of our eitr no,1 ;,,..,·er tcr <'rectC'll In Jl aven J'a l"I,, at a cos! or $:10,000 was app r opria tt•ly tle•licat- moro plctiu•psque th n n now et!. Tho mili tary an<l p a t,·iolic ~oc i<>- \ l1·,,t>s, shn11J,; and flower s ; !ls Wl'll kept t.lB'!i!lil:;."'~ p:utici 1mted , m n r C'hlnr, from lho l aw ns with the frrsh shado of i;reeR I I POIHEH STATUE llw l 1 • K Naval 13an,J fun118hing mu ,s ic. 'l'lw r,,,·nmonr o! t1N1lcation b<'gan with a p1·,1ypr by Rl'Y. (:t'Ol'g(' 1·1. LPl:;hlo11 p:ixlot" or lhr. Unh·c> r sali8l C'ht11·ch al thal Lim,.._ Th" slatll<' w:i:s llll\" C' ih •1 l h~· \ li,:s llnro thy [{.• .\ dam s a11d a fl Pl' 11.,, rn 111111i 11 PP lunt <'d OYl'r lh<' c u sto<ly of th n statue to tho lllayo1· who th<n turn <''1 <n·c- r so n oti,·,·:Ll1le in lhe l':u·Iy Rumme r a nd vl:<ilorn lo the park :, re man~• daily. JllCJthc•rs t.:l,P lht•ir sPwing nn<l with l11Pi1· litll r 0ll<'S Ofl('l1 )):tR'.i nn nCl<'rno on In l!H' p:1rk. .\l noon time lh<' pa,:spr-h~· ort,,11 Sl'C'S : 1 ~;roup of rlf'rlrn ,, 11 jnyin·~ t h<'ir lu n<'h 11:i,lp1· llH' s h r,clP nf the Ir<' ' '"· The p:11·1 · I,.; kl't>t In fine [ '01t,;111n 11t h may well be �·, setts Con tracting Company. cofferdam, It was a day long to be remembered the largest ever constructed, to hold in Portsmouth and the cily was back a trc.ad of waler for thirty-live lhronged with visilors from near and feet, this struclure costing about the far who came to witness the great ex- same amount aG the machine'l·y. Atploslon when by the throwing of a ler lhe blast the dredging was comswitch the electric current was sent menccd and the removal of Henderthrough fifty tons of dynamite and son's Point has made the river about lifted 70,000 tons or 45,000 yards of ~00 feet wicle at its narrm.vest ;oint, rock . l\Iiss Edith l"ostc1·, daughter of and ~5 feet cl,,, p at low ,·.-atc 1•• The ::lupt. 0. ,\. l<'osl1~1· who wns in ch:n;.:c ,·ontr:ict 111·icc fu1· u,c work \\'a:; $7-IU,of the work, th1·ew Lile switch which 000. hlcw up the I'olnt. '!'lie ,lay of the 1·xplo:-ilon wa:-i !lite a ver Fifty Tons ,of Dynamite 'l'he work of removing Henclcn;on',; holltlay in Portsmouth and all buslWas Used and People Came Polnt was one of great cliff)culty. 'l'hc ness ceased at noon and every train contractors broke ground in August ancl electric car brought throngs of From Miles Around .to See 1902 and for three yenrs the work was people into the city to wltnc•s!J the "' "Her Go Up." carried on night and day. During that gre:i t sight. Tile :;hores all along the time over 500,000 tons of rock wc1·e water front wt·rn packed with Jieop le Thursday wa;i tihe 15th anniyerea r y bl:isted anu removetl, nearly all oC it long l.>eforn tlw time of the explosion of t he blowin g up of Hende•·son's below high water mark. To carry on anu the !;;pecta.cle of the blowing up of Point at the end of Seavey's Island In the work the company establlshed a the Point will long remain In the mem l-Iarbor, by 'the Massachu machinery plant at an estimated cost 1ory of those who wilnessed it. -ENDERSON'S POINT 'BLOWUP' 1·5YEARS AfiD _'t~ .:£-l?~\;;?;.;}.':~:~"::.,;-+:- ·i~-~-,~; ,: •.. : .--::\;ii}\!) The big hole at Heridei-son's Point before the explosion. The outer rim of solid rock, filled . ~ith dynamite, was ~lown up. The job was a complete success. I ' ' �AD Ma FAR AG~ DIED AT 'fi YY ARD 50 YEARS A·GO 1 t Arlmiral D8\"id (;J:rnr-oe F:in-ngul,, Tho lifi• of Admiral Farrn.g-ul was lliC' \\·hole na- · an Pvf •11t ful onP. lh"" wns born n0ar lion 111our11ed, dil'd :cl the lo •al 11 :i,·y Knoxvi!IP, l~asl T<'nnessee in_ 1801. His ~-an!, al the r<'si(l1•nc.- of c 'ommodl'l"<' fa.thp1• was a c-antlry, major Ill the arA. M. J •r-nnock fifl ,· Yl':tr:-< ago today my II l the• lime a ncl hi,i mother was Ill 011(' tillll', durin g hlH c: hilclhood, com Admiral Farragut arrin•d In thi s I><•llt•<l l•t d1·fl't1d her house ugal11:;l city on July fifth or thal y'e"r, feeling 111araudi11i:; ln<li1111s. Young- F:u-r,Lgut that the sea br('eze,s "ould he ben<:li• f'nterecl lhC' naval servicC' at the age, clal to ht,; h ea lth and \\':ts the gu••~t or or uinc YC'ars and recelvC'd a miclshipCommorlore PE'Ttno,·k "llh \\'hom h, man's commission in 1810. llo µaniciwas related by ma rriai~r. p:i ll'd i11 lh<' famouH action b<'lwl'en na\a.l h c· ro, for whuuL At first he eXJlP t'ii>nt•t.ld I C'h:1ng-e fot· thP 1i~ss('x and lwo l!Jnglish ship~, lhc the Lclll'r, !Jul llH' l'Oltlillll'lll('(• of th(• excessivP w:um wc•allit'r pi·o;i tr:tl <'<l him und brought alarm to hiH imnw'1iate relatives nncl the lhotrnnncls of counlr~•men whom llC' had sPrvl'cl and who hoped lhal his lif<' 11 ,tg-!Jl havP l'hoelJt• and Cheruh, in thP harbor of Valparai s o. HP ros<' lhroug-h lhr• <li(fl'renl gr:u!,•s, was comrnissionc•cl lit•ule11anL in 1H25 and was cuplain c•imm,u•tl;n~ the- U. 8 . S. Brooklyn :Lt lhe Norfolk n:i vy yanl in 18(i0. 11<' wns al Norfolk a,v:Liling- ortl<·rs wlwn lh<' rl'b<'llion ,·0111mPnr0<1 and nP,rrowly e:, - :1, been svar(1 d n1:1ny yea 1·:-; lon~~PI'. His cl<'a th c:i us;('(l a ,a•nsP or :Llmo~t personn.l losR nil on•r liw count,·:.-. 1-'or C:t Pl'd in1 11rison111Pnl by tlc•11:11:ting for 60 yenn; he hatl Sl'l"V('(l his ('Ollntry ill lhC' Nori Ii. with his (a1ril;• th,; c1>LY beits n:tvy and his brilliaut dl'<•<b; during fore lht• nav;· ynr,l w:u; burnt•d. the Civil w:ir ,ihowed hilll to hP, not Ilis w:tr rPconl iH well known. Tnkonly the first officr·r in lhf' AmC'rican ing command of liH' \\'Psle1·n <:ulf navy, hul on<' of Cilr V<'r.,· lirst n:v,:11 hlorl<:ulil•g 8(JU:tdro,,, th,• ca.plu1·r of capt:ii11R or lh<' world. ll is modPsty the ro,·tH at ll1<' month of the J\,Ii,-;;1i,;was only equalll'cl hy hi s Hkill ;11111 bra,· Rippi ancl lh<' cilr or PW Orleans folel'y nlHl his gr<'aln<'RS \\";JR of lhC' trUC' IOW Pd, on April 2G, ·18G2. Ile was protype. Jip was a gcnl!Pmnn ns; wt'II :ts n moted lo H<'ar Admiral the same ,mm hero . All lhos(' q11;ilitl,·s with whic·h mC'r. At lh0 su1-r,•nder of Vicksh11rg pO!'lH ,qui 1·0111ru1<•ers i11vPM ll1<•i1· 11:1\·:1! and l'orl Huclson was active In lhe hel'OPS RPl'm to he in hilll clrv0lopC'cl to Mississippi commn ncl. His entrance or the hl ghPst degree. The his;torr of the !\Tollll<' eay was the crowning act of nation contains no nobl>'r n :Hne tlrnn his arduous and patriotic se1·vi <'C. _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___. \\'h en hC' was promotNl to Aclmlrnl, n, this cruise Fanagut cverywh C' r<' received with respect courtei-;_y. The crowneq J:>eads and tilled nobility of Ew·ope even doing honor lo this noble American naval officer. The funeral of the late naval hero wns held from St. John's Church and was most impresRive and this edifice wns fill<'<I lo overflowing· on this oc cas ion. ThPre were more than a lhou ~nnd men march ed in the funeral pro cession by actual co,unt and bu~slness wnR RllRJH'11clcd while th(' funN·ttl procession p:u,scd on Its route and many public and priva~e bupdings and residences were . arrayed , . in black white draplngs. The church had pie decorn tions of black and white and the alta1· and chancel were profusely decoratc,l with floral(~ mplems in appropriate clC'signs, tributes of respect lo the mt·mory of lhe n_oble patriot. The Episcopal burial service was read }:ly the rector of .thll- church, and Rev. Dr. Montgomery 'o( New York, pastor of lhe- d,'ccased. It was a 1-r{ilitary fune ral ancl the church service was followed lJY 1\ la~o11ic serv ice~ .. ll<'v. IJr. Montgonwry in his eulogy of the dc,cease,l said in part: _, "'I'he gloriou~ old Admirnl is dead 3nd tlle news or his bereavement ha:s nash'.!J to eve17 heart in the continent and the nn.tion wePps -to,l:J.y over one not m01" hono1·e•I than -he was beloved. [;oJ(licrs and suitors, ministers of Goll, llifluential and prominent citi zens nncl civic llorlies come today to pay triliulP to on<' who wrrs as much clislingulshC'll for h!R purity of character as for hi°s greatness in war. One of lhe greatest points in 'Admiral Farragut's character was his compliance with lhal b autiru l law which regulated Grecinn · n.rchileclurc, his obedience and lrusl in the laws or God. It would be hn.rd to find within the range or human experien ce a m an of greater impersonation of trulh than this de~ ceased hero." A handsome bronze labl"t in mem / 01·y of the· grea.t naval h ero ;Vi.LS -~n..::._ veiled al the ~mvy yanl - on Aug. 26, t D08 on the how,e or lhe Commandant where Admiral Farragut tli•~cl. The late Admiral George Dewey 1 l l. S. N., had the honor or unvC'illng the l>thlet. TlH' ('t' l'C'tnon,· waR ,vlln P:-:sccl by n l:trge thro111;, l~C'IU(li~g : ill l he Invited guests wNe the relatives or Admiral r,';trragut, retired naval and army of!lce1·s citizens of Portsmouth and Kit - lc;-~: A tlclegallon 'i:~'om Storer Post, No. 1, G. A. R., was :i!HO prl'sent. The c-x<'rciRPR werP i,Jmµ le [L11tl up<'ned with n 1>r:trr1-' by Ch:qllali;t fo'rnnlc Thomp: 80ll, U. S. N. The address was given by Hon. Frank '\V. H:,i.clcell, former ass;lslant secretary or ·the n:wy. Admiral l)pwey pull ed aside.- the flag which eoverccl the meniorial, ancl which was the last !lag thal ~clmiral Farragut FARRAGUT TABLET AT THE NAVY YARD · eve r used it having b,,en on the old clP!ighl"<l n:tllon C'lHlon,cd __l_h_e_a_o_li_o_n......,,. i sh ip 1.'alla poosa whe1~ he made his last lhal of ,\flmiral 1-'arrng-ul, who pass<'d of thC' 1•,·pHid<'fll ancl Cong-ress. I sea voyage. As the tablet was uncovnC'arly GO yearn of 111 " Ii(.- in th <' '"' 1·1 n th<' s11111m!'r of 18G7 Arlmi1·al Parj l'rcd the naval band played lhe "Star vice or his country. 'l'h<' r<'conls of his r:ir,ut II a~ or<lerecl lo the Spangled Banner", .1 nd as the laS t I. notes or the nation a l hymn clieu away dced,a are wrltlPn on lil<' nnl,IPsl p.,;rrs thC' l~11ropC'a11 sq11:ulron. He 1 \\':ts llllltll"nl'li from 1:rool<lyn. N . Y., In lh<' : Lhe Admiral's salute' of 17 guns roared 0 11 'mr---,.---,;,1>_<'_.;,1__••-·-..,.......,...,..,...,.....,..,....~1•'r:ll1klln in l Sf,7 :111<1 rC'turnetl Unilrcl Sl:itc-s In the f:1l1 of l8G8. nnr- . I 0 �T P nat n w ever revere the m emory o! the grancl old hero, w ho!le name w:i.s Inseparable from the gallant achievement'{ b! our navy; ·who I stoocl high above all other leaders in that. branch o! public service; who clun g to his countr'y's fhtg, and by nor ble example !nc!teu others to continue In the path of duty. His life history l\nd fame Is well known :{nd his noble a9d honore.d 111re h'l'9 best eulogy. His lite has been well worth emulating, teaeh!ng selt res1foct, honor, Integrity, lncprruptiblllty and devotion to duty, .w h ich none can '!ri.11 to prol\t by and whlch carries a nation's gratitude. I I 'l HACKETT .HOUSE BOUGHT BY ST. ,JOHN'S LODGE 1.nd to entertain visiting masons. The Tin.ckelt House Is known as one of the new home Is nat th 'lf the most ben.utlful residences In our th e junction of e Mlclclle Strcl't a cl nye Hench C'lc>ctrlc car lines at wha t:lty and is located in the very best is the very ,,., 11 ter or th, popula.tion of .-, .."!!t-!l'\fl!nA<C,JIEII. on.rt of our r sidenlial section and our rC'sill cnti:il secllon mn.king the sit- The Masonic Building Committee of when the plans of the fraternity n.re St. John's Lqdge A. F. & A. M. of thlH c:>omplC'ted o.nd the building opcmed for use every tln.y In the ycnr the ernft city purchased on Thursth.Y the pro- wlll have one of tho mo~t l>\•nullful hom s in New F:ngln.nd and will be n. perty at the corher o! Middle Street shrine for visiting masons. and Miller Ave., known as the Wallace The Masons of Portsmouth are forHackett Residence, o.ncl will proceed to tunate ancl to be congratulated in tho re~ovate and furnish the same as a success of the committee in obtaining ho1,11e !or the masons o! this city and plc>dgN, for Atoe!,, which en:,blecl them vicinity. to purchnsc the very bcAt piece of r<':tl The Masons of Portsmouth have for eiitn.tc in the city for their ncNlS at tlw many years been meeting and working very ren.sonn.hle pri<'c of $18,500. which with Inadequate quarters In which to price also in<'ludes some of the furenjoy the society o! It's members dally _, u:tlion ancl conclitlons ideal for the purpose intC'nclecl ancl success for l:irgPr ancl more tnnuc>ntl:il ;iocin.l life rm· !lli:i l:iq:c• :incl f:l,;t ~:rowlni; l11Htltutlon Is assured. 'rlw ;in.le> of stock to the masons which i;uarnnteed this purchase will be continued n.mong the craft throu;;hout this vicinity n.n<l Inter a lnrgc nncl bcn.ut!!ul lodge room will be I :1(l1lc,l to the pr sC'nt structure on the , l\l!!le1· .\ V<'., side o! property, plans havinJ{ alrC':icly been completed and 1:qiprovt•d for same. Residence of Hon. Wallace Hackett, at corner of Middle street and Miller avenue, purchased by St. John's Lodge of Masons, for a "home." �:-:-Photo i ,,... .. ·: bi, ~e~ei·,1\ iPortsm'OU~A1',s, new cc'lllml fire stn.- :rnd has alrcad)' n.tlr:i/cLctl wide allcn- ·. imny .meetln',5s. 'Dh&- woril<-shop. 'Will lion, erodted on the s,itc of the old'., lion. ll~Lnlly a. d:i.y 1mssos 1H~t some be n. model of dts, khili, o..nd will be I Court J.,Iouse on• ('01.1,rt sl1 ct, 1::, frn;t / n~1-;soru NJtn'<:1.~ to look the ~>uilding cqu;IIPII)cd to "Jrouse , t'h:0·:ia,rge'.Slt _1>lec~ nenring- completion, ~ind It ls extp·e cuid over. Only a few dfay9 U'A"O n. dele-g-a- or 01P1Pam't'uls 1.n. .the dl!IY. ·• -' · that the building will ,be rc:Ltly tt,o oreu-1 lion of cllly 'fatn1crs ;from an Ohio town Sild 'J)ioces oC a.rn,.aratus ·, win lbe J),Y Jn about a mon Lh. were here to in's,pcot it. housed in ,tlhe building, o.nd ,a.JI the The flrmnen are ,planning- lo c1cxJ.il'<Xl tc j The bwilding I.a uw-to-drute Jn every other fire htou.ses, with the ex!ce:ptl~ the Amlldlng with a .inon sLC' r celcil>ra'- 1 rr11pcct. It lrnls every ,m 'Odcm con- o! 1Jho one 'On Bartlett -S'tr<ee,t, w.ill •be Hon, wlh~o'h, 1( present nr1<::rngernen\ls, yenicnce, and: is e.q•uipped ~vith au tho c1·ispooe<l or by the ci-t,y . .. 4n en~lne are- carried 'Out, will include n. parade l a test a'.Jl!plian'Ces. There are showers will lbe irtore<l at Ba.I'tllet/t street ·for I and dam 1bake. , for Lhe rmcn, and an up-to-date kl!Loh- protec't'l= to .tnrn.t ISOOtion 'O'! ,the' o!ty. Tho building lia one o'C tlrn fl neat or <'n, besides, the lO'Unglng rooms, slee,p~ Portsmouth has eivery reason to· feel lt1> kin/cl. l11. 1Lhiis s<)ction of ing rooms {l.nd ;prlva,te 1'ooma for ,c011t- proua of ifs new fl,'0 stallion. ��LA c.. L A AR 1... Mr. Thomas • Ward Gives Land Lafayette_ chool For the Ward Park '--City Council Accepts the Gift At n sprcinl meeting of the- ?lfa>·or • bill for goocls clnmagecl in o.n<l Council held on l\londny C'YPning, ;,y the backing up of a sewer, :\Ir. Thomas A. \Vnrcl of Lnf:tyette was refPtTl'll to the committee on claims. A disputed pole location on ronu, presentrcl to the city the trin.ngl<' :\[illc-r a,·C'nu<', was refC'rrecl to the com pirce or lnn cl running from i\lilhll<' mittee 011 Street Lights with roncl to thC' LnfarrttC' school with thr rrnd thr snme committee took rc-strlclion that it be used fnr pnrl;: pur romdclerat!on the pc-t!tion tor pose!! and Lie alwnrs maintn.in<',l hr on Hiclges court. the cilr for n. pnrk. ThP lancl is a ,·a 1Georg, AndC'rson was licC'n>H'd lo run nahl e acldltion to thC' city's hnlclin~« in a pool room 011 P<'n hnllow ><t rrrl. that SC'ctio11, \I hi<•h ln cluclinh tit" LafThe am<'ndmC'nt to thC' cit;• onlinanayette ,school builcli11g ancl lot :1 ncl thc- ces liter nsing thC' snlariC'S< of the asVi'n rc1 play g-rournl, alS<O the g-ift Qf l\l r. i,Js; ant ehiC'f's of the fire departmen vVard to tho city. The new park will to $150 n year, was rend for the seco ncl be- known as \\'ard's park ancl thC' time anll J>ass<'cl, on motion of CounBtrect running through it in tl1P r,..ar nf cilman ox. the Lnf:-iyrcttr ~chooi, \Yard ,itrc<'t. l\lr. J\ resolution hy Councilman \Varrl i~ very m11ch h1lPrC's;tc-cl in this van proviclrcl for lhl' trnnsfC'r from co ,section of th<' C'il y nncl hi>< gifts of lingent funcl s ir.ooo. $2000 lo br·lclgc. such valunhlr la11cl w:rn aC'knowlNlg-<'cl ancl $4000 to :t!<plw ll, w:is pas1<ecl. by lhf' i\fnynr ;incl ouncil h .1· n rr«ol11l\[:1.1·or lliHlnp :1ppol11tC'd llan-y t!on lntroclucrd lty Co1111cllrn:rn l~:1 ,.t- l'ry><<'r to tl1c> noanl of Trustees of the man offering n. votP of thanks to l\i r. l'uhl ir Library ln plaeo of Hon. \VaJ\ Varel for hi s; finr gift. lacC' I racket!, reslg-nC'd. ompany prescntccl a Acl.iournccl to the call of the chair. ,v r.i 0~ ·1\1. DF •'M US !'~ ~ '~lo Y Ha.mpton. Bcarh.-Mo'<t of the sum- stage conchc11 in NClw Engln.ncl, a curl rlcle nnd span, making thP round trip mer visitors to lhr bc-ach an,1 cs;p<'cial- from Port,.mouth to BoS<ton . In five. / ly thosC' who come by n.utn, 1·iclr ov<'r days. OvC'r Lhi11 road nl,;o came L11.faythc town proper where tl1r1· S<lrikn the ellc nnrl lttler PrP:siclc-nt llfonroe, main hig-hwny from Hoston to l'ort- tltrlr wny lo vl:sit l 'ort ,-moulh . land . Along this rocul g::i.ilop<'d Paul lC one clrivc>!< town.rel 11:\mpton Falls nevero on the night of D• ·re mber l 3, ovrr tho famou11 11.nd historic "cause1774, bringing to Portsmouth the mes- way" ho comes to tho quiet village of aago of the •ommitteQ or ~afety at Hampton Falls which l,i most 1mtisfythc, Doaton, which rc!lulted In 1he S<'izlni: inv. 1o ono who lo,·es or tho m!lltnry atores nt Fur \Villlnm fcngl:tncl C'ommunlty.H T.a[:iy<'tfCI coul(l a.nu Me.ry 111 Po,·t~moulh harbor- uril ·• ngn.l11 throu~h It~ quint slrC'ets povr dor D.nd ball which m "st oppor- ho would flncl !iltlr> c·hnngo. tunely wupplementecl the SC'nnty H'or<'s Al the northwC'st corner cl.'. the viior tho Americans at Bunker !Till. nv<'r hge g-r<•cn i,1 tho Mcsh<'ch \\'care house this ron.d came Gc-nrrnl \I i,;hin,:ton, much c•n)arr:1•cl but olltc' n•i~o the r:crnf' whllo making hi s trlumph :il tour of 'ls whc•n \\'a~hington, w l1ll e tho o.rmy tho statc-s, 011corted throu~h Nrw wa~ at Camhriclg(•. ~Jl nt three nirrhls Hamp11h ire hy Governor Sul lirn n :uHl In consultatl:m with the ]lrcsiden•. of !our troop11 oC llght hor~es . OvC'r lid~ tho committco or !;(l.!PtJ. South or the road wn.s driven one of t hn eat li~•·t -~Qun.rr, on tho rlght ls tho low coun- try store, ,..-ith its gr<:en shutters and its inviting jn.ck knife scarred bench just within the door. And here come the countr:,• people to trade and ex chn.ngo gossip; people who might just stepped out of ~I iss Jcwett's stories') not th~ sophlstie::i.ted kind v,ho have summer boarders. Acro2sl tho way is 11. rP::il inn '. tho "Wellswood,"' whirh wo.s un:lt ln 1808, o.nd which kind ProvluenC'c anu Intelligent own~ ers have substantio.lly unn.ltered .. ,It stands on the "ite or the "Geo rge,;'. .. a famous colonln.l hostelry. It hn..q a history of lls own, too, for It h::i.s en t er talneu many distinguished guests with was used as an Improvised court room in which Daniel Webster made a n eloqu ent pka. Just south of the Inn, lawns, Is Elmfic-hl, tho Clove mansion where Whittler , the poPt died. Vlhlttier's love !or Hampton was great, and he never failed, after tho year 1860 to make an annual p!lg!-imagc to It, even lf his stay was very brief. It was so fitting that he should spend his last summer thore, In the beautiful olrl house, with his dearest friends around him, within sight, o.lmost within sound of the sea. In · the garden on the south erly slope below the house Is a magnificent elm, with a rustic se::i.t o.t ltfl foot. It wn.s here thl1 long n.ftC'rnoons, until the Aunsot streamed through the gaps In the trees across the marsh<"s to the darkening sen.. Tho room In which he died, with the precious relics of his occupancy, is sacredly kept o.s he left It. Tho quiet town ' seems still to feel tho �, NEW FIRE STATION ON COURT S"t-REET WHICH WILL BE OCCUPIED NEXT MONTH ne'IV Portsmouth Ce-ntrol Fire coat-1<oom, nssemlbly ha]! nnd con~pan)' lion, w'h!ch . t· Sta'tlon, on Oou'l't street, I'& f ltst nenr- mee mg l'<l'Omis. _ . lng .com[)letlon, and It !!ll cxipc<e:Le,1 Uhat Th.o r u·o1111:; are 9plen,l1tl!y ltrran gC'd, the dedicatJon will talce p:tlce allYout :wHh not a bit or room wa ,:;-te;<.I . Th e th. e first of OctO'b-er. 'The carpentera j entire fl oor i s being l ,1id in hartl ,•,"oo cl. n,OW . laying hard-1woo<1 flOOT's O'll I The floor i•s finished i11 a IJ1"ow nisl1 the BelCOnd sttory, whicl1, when com- . mission, and is in h,:u,mony with th e I pelted, finishes the wO?d-worlc. There' rest of t~1e ,l.miluing. l c'Ould easily sup•port i1'1'cTnto.,,' h 1bloc!lc Its slunlincs::i is alJ)r,:irr•nl :,1,-J ono flni l: <lc,;,c1: ntl:; to cellar There is a drh" vay leading tn from the middle rcnr, in- wil1ich all old ap paralu s r:11r be whcelecl in /\!Hl s·torcd . remalnJs, however, considerab le pDUlmlb- J The °KVbomtori~s are of th e very !a l- ln one <' 11<1 of th e has<'ment a bowl!ng Ing t~ •b e done. A Hera.Id ~n-, ac- 1P:9L desi,g•n, wiUh a la q;n slrowcr h:i t:1 a.ll cy \\"ill lie inst:allecl.' T ,hc alleys, th oom)pwlied by ~hief , voods a,id . e, ~djo_: 1_1ing";., 'l'h-e , ltitch.·cn is '.• ,;~i;ici<:,'.s- Lwo in nu/1~her, lucve been p111'ch'a sed :ire De(partment Comm1tl eo visited .ifra11, \\1th L\\O l.a1ge 9\\1ng d oc 1s by the firemen Ll1c,n rn clvcs , a nd inthe 'big c entra11 station vhis morning, J 1ea1Cling in.Lo the asscm1bly l1rLII, which curr d 110 e~e'l1se on Lhe part o[ the and ihe W1as miu,dh suiipr!sed at the I o[ CO'Ul1Sfi will be used as a. lmnquel I, city. 'l'hcy "ill be sel up later. In the mJaJgnitn.Jde cxf tJhe interior, especially i room, wJ1 c n !Jhe occasi·oo doma.nd,;. The: cen:er o( the 'baseinenc nre t wo tiers on ,the seicond floor, w'here the •sleepi11g i Jcjt'ch en is i-n t11e cen t_er ot' th o buil<l i ng, ~ or ho e 1,..wks built on incline to drain and neereation quarters ot the perma. - and Lo grve added light a. l a rg e sky- the ho s!'. 'llhe hose i s pa,ssed rrom the ~ent men are situated. ll1ght f11um, ai)()V,O ,h as J,cpn I,111!L 111: !ilrP,•1 t'hroui;-h :\ Slll:11 1 0Jlf'lling in the The groulnd floor Is given over to 1.1\n'otlh er JS loc..'1.tc d at th e o th er ., nd o[ :rronl or the buil'cling, and !aid out on the aplpamtu:9; a repair 1-<mm an1d bat- \ th e floor. \1the me-ks lo drain and dry. ety· roomls. The roJ:)'3.ir room is a fange I Back o,f the kilc.'hcn, fnch1 ;; the N ot hing has been overlo0l-<•cl as to I work-lshf\>P, Jru whicb a'!ly pioce of ap- pond ~9 a la.11,ge coat room, whieh \\·ill !he liremen's com,fort, ::incl qu!clk plaratus can 'be inspected, rep,aired., ho found. mo'st n seir.1111 on big ]1:1 rtics, 1 mC':i 11-S of fi g'h•ting- fire lliHl c 1· llto mo&t pialn'teid, or.oth er w'o11, d'Onc. · '11h () OJ•- cntertain111cnts and 111 cctin;;s . 'l'llc :1.x- ' 11p-h1-<l:llc• 111l' IIJ 01l;;. 'l'IJrcc 1,!lff!n•i ; piO s-lbe e-0rner ISi !Partitioned off into n. 1se1rtbly hall is locuL0d in tho midd l e 1:olt'.", !,y which tho firemen "·ct to the • , I h ba.ttery · r:ooon and fire ap'paratus room. 1o~ the ,floor, a.n,l ruUJ s north antl so n th, ,-1·ou•,1rl floor i11',mrcs the loss or no T.he ba!tter!els, etc., for Ll1is s-.ectir,n und ~n 'be a.d:1pted for many pur- ti1110. I I I winl be m'O'Vetl from the Hanover street ])Oses. It can easily seat th e whole fire sta'tlO'll shortl'y. dcpartmC'nt m et111ll1er:;"i1 i•r, an,1 c:011lcl •R ea.dh!o·g the h·ea.d of th~ stairs on :J.OCl.lllllnO<.kLf.0 200 dance,t witho 11L '111)' lhe' seoond floor, one ·enters a long crowd! ni;·. 'Dhe li gh:ting a.rnmge11ne11't or porr'ldor running tlJC whole Jen:gth of th e ha!,! is sple n <.1id. ~e---&i-nnmt.--.Ais you ·-pa•ss- do\HJ •• tho , , ,H th.e .extreme end a re th e C'Cl)lha:Jll, tfhere is the engineer's ofllce and J)Dny m,ee ting rooms, two in nu,1J1bc,-, ten sleepi~g rooms on the right f:uc - conne'Clc(l°hy two large doors. Ing tbe str~et, and on t:he left 'nre the In the b:iseme>nt one h as a. cl1:1ncc :!a.bora:torit-s shower kitohen, to of the founda- }l:i.n ;• fire c1iifrfs frnm the lai-gei· <'i·li"S' in Nmv 1-:ngl:u1<l l,:iv c a lrea tly Yil' IH"!l the laf e~t nclllilion '[O [he l 'o1·t~11noulh d<>,p::irtment, ::incl have , been 011l>1poken in • th eir a,lmii·ation ot '. tho ,;la lion. 1 It is con"sid er ed i ccnf1:al fire station in New EngJand , with the possihle exception of the s1alion racen'tly bui lt in New Ded,Cord. �s The J\fasonic Home, the form <'r lT:tck<'lt rC'Rldc •n<·<·, on ~I iclclle f<l r ec t, Is J ancl the I:, le Ch:ules \V. Pick<'ring, a r<'::Hling and social room. and w(•tl-knoll'n m t• ml> c 1· or th a t onl.-1·. lo U<' o prn Thurs. rv(•ning for lh<' Yisil-1 The fronl r oo m on the op 1ositr s id e ini; Shrincrs anrl thplt• ladle~ , an d the of the h all will bo u se d as a reading fi . h' a.ml louni;ing room. This is furni shed th c furnishings arc (in the IJt•own ton es , fumed oalc in misllllS mg- tou chrs Lo bcini; mado today by l\Iari;cson Broth- , sion style being u se d. The ovcrhn.ngC'rn , who hall lh<' conl rn.ct to furni sh ings at th<' " ·indow n r e of brown ve io11r. o·n the wall or the room is a As one enl<'rs the Horne. he is im- framed 11ortrui t of Chanulcr M. Hay, ! o rd, secretary of St. John 's Lodg-e for pressed ,with th C' appt'arance of l h <' a 'lllrtl'tC'r of a. CC' nlury. Th e ln.rg-C' <linb eautiful, spaC'iou,; h:ill. This Is filtc,t ing- room in thC' r C'a1· of thi 11 ro om is up with oa l{ furnilurC', nntl it is later furnished. in on.le The la ri;e kit chen ni s lt ctl suitably will1 card chairs, etc. The large billiard room back of this chamber ls one of ' the attractive rooms of the Home. Thu billia.rd table therein was recently presented to the Home by Hon. Woodbury Langdon , in m e mory of his greatgrandfather, the late Hon. \Voodbury L ani;don, who was a member of .SL John's Lodge. One of the rea r upper roo ms m a kes a pleasant room for the sccrC'lary of the lodge, and this ls fitted up with oak furnishings. In this ---------- .,• Ii-I. ~ , .~ 'rr:.. ... 1o.. ' l __ ;t~· ~.., . t'• •' . . . . ~ . ~ ' . · . • -~: • ' . -r.41 - I,, ) ~ ,...:.•JS.~ ~T "1'• · #"_-.,,.r~•~:'r7 ../ ~ ..• 1-~· . ,·, I• ' .. ,-- ---,<., .... -~~ ;;-: ~ , -. ;:/::. •\· l&' l ~~ x,irt • !- -: A. T HE NEW HOM Ii:: OF ST. JOH N'S LOD GE, NO. 1, A. F. & M. r-onr.<;l'ly the 1-l;i~ke~t H ouse, at tlrn corner of Middle Str!"e t and Miller Ave., as it wi ll lo ok wiien the proposed addition is made. th<' i11L<'nlio11 Lo Ii:"<' · ,t pian•, :tl l1111 furlh <'r enrl .\ 1·,, 111·0,l 11C'lion ,.r a coIonia! clock st :11Hh ~l onC' Pncl Tho rc ccii lio n 1-0 ,,, 11 on thr> le-ft, as iH lh<' SI. .lnh11'11 room. whi c h iH fu rn iRhf'tl in blur n.n<l i;o lcl. Th e chairs arc o,·en;tum•1l lapest1·;•, a nd the wi nclo\\'S h:t\'C bluo ovrrhangings to th e l:icc rlraperlt•s. A large Saxony ru g is on lhC' flo o r, and in lhC' cente r or the r oom a. han<lsomc mahogany tnbl C'. 0,1 tlw \\·a.lls o( th,, 1·00111 hang h anclsomt'IY .(nmc<l oi l porlralls of the Jato Benjamin , v<'h,-;tp1·, past 1mas1p r of fll. .1 01111·s L oil,;,-. a nd ils . tTcasure~· 1tor n' quu1·t~r or a century, a,H l bull;~r·s 1:anU-y arotiltC'll up wilh \ " '-' •0 r;· c on,· •· 111C'11ce. A low er room on 11w ~lill<•r a,·<'nuc sick has h C'e n filled 1 11111 for n. w1·iti11g ro om, and to be u sed ro r co111111ill <'c meC' ling!l. OnC' or tlw la ri;c front rooms on (be !l<'C'Ond oor ls lo be u sed U!l a lacliC's' room . 'T' lt!:s Im" bf'<'ll fitted up with ivory wick!' r furni tu r <' an\l an attrac li ve vanity <lrcs!wr. '!'h e colorings are l1lu0 ~nd golll. Th e room over the m:1 in h:1 II ;,.. to hr u sC'<l ::u; a writing , room, nn,l is fumis h e<l with a double writing dc:,I{ of fum ed oak and tabl es nncl c h:, it·s lo correspond. '!'he large 1fnm t room . ·on the west s ide ls the l is an Ol'l1,unenlal case filled mcrous r e lics of the lodge. room is over the kitchen, and has been ti t d Th · ·r e p a inted and the cell 1ng n e. e third s tory of the house contains four rooms, w}:!ich will not be used at pres cnl. The view from all the windows is 'attractive, and the house Is modern in eve ry r espect, and. the Masons · ma, well be proud of the fine Home. ' Mr. and Mrs. Harold c. Sfllll,rt, or Manning Pince, who have been visiting relatives In Beverly, 1,ave r_e turned home . I �FIND INTERESTING PACKAGE OF PAPERS fftt..i;., ~l(_AT GREEN HO iVhlle making extensive alteratlo the residence o~ Mlg.!!lo street workmen discover( an lnterestlng''--~ge of pape placed there by th or~al owner the house, the Jato Josep11 I - I ~ 1~m ter, at the time It was built In 1853 In the paclrnge ' was a stateme1 telllng that the lot was purchased , EJ. S. Rundlett Mnrch 31, 1853 that the plaN! of the house drawn by George Snell of Boet April sixth or that Y<'!lr. Tho contm fo r building was given James Mos and John T. French on May 16, 18 ''to be completed by Nov. 1, 1853." T paper was signed by Mr. Foster a ntatcd that tho' pn.clrn.ge wn.s p1ac above the entrance· doo,· of on August 16, 1853. It ah10 contain 11. copy dr the Portsmouth Chronl and the Portsmouth Journal of same date, June 25, 1853;_ the Ro ingham Messenger of June 20, 1 and the Lowell Daily Journal Courier of June 24, 1853. There also advertlsl12g booklets of Mr. ter and visiting cards of Mr. and F oster. M r . Foster was one of the old business m en of this city, and kept store at 5 Market street. He s books, stationery and room papc The family resided In the house Middle street for many years later was purchased by SOMETHING ABOUT , ,P<;)RTSMOUTH, ENG. Portlilmouth, Engl.and, after I\Vllicl. -thlS' city i111 ,named, ds tile ,prlnolva nava l' s~n'tion of Grenlc BrJ!tain. It i: sl.tua.tcil on t'he Islla,n'd of I'orts·o.'t 6l miles south~vest Olt' London, 1.,y ':.Wil Poi'lslnouth i:s me-n!Woned in t'he Sa..x= ' C_h ronicl,e as• e:Xl9tlng in 501. appears to haive ttilrnn tl1c- p'lacc 0 1 Port.chester, whJch as l'orLus llfo£T!Ut had been selected by the Romans fo; _a na.".al station, but bccru:1110 unf'i t fo : that purpose ,In cons•equence or UH sltllrig' or the har:bor. Du.nl•,1g tl1e, rclg-n of Ar.,fre(l n. flet• of nine shi1Pb- fittt•ll at the 1>0-dt, tlefeate<.l! the :Ctllles, who had long in festedl the cooSlt; and !mmedhleliy before the Conq\1e-st1 a large, fleet wa: fllted 1_011:t tJ1ere lo ,inicrcca1b the Norther n armamen,t. • . About 1266 Henry III assemr.>led a'.: army here for the invasion of France. In 1377 Pprtsanou<lh. was a1t1adkcd b, the French who suicJcCICdc,d in 1Jurn1n~ a, part of thel town,. 'l'hls di1,astN· a'Pr>ears lo have s.hown t h e ncceissii'ty ot forli rying th:) plact a n ti the works corn:menced 'by Ed>YP.rd TV were m•uch imiP1'<>ved and extended du ring ,the s1U.C:Ceeding reigns. The town wa.s, tak.en hY tihe Par1iamentarla119 h1 16-1~. '!'he !loyal (;l'o1·i;• bnt'Llesh1p In 1702 l1eelcd oye,1- and sank In l'or!sinoulh harb'OT, drowning nearty one• t•hou,so.nd persO'fls. Portsmouth has no iml[.)Orlan,t munuHct11res exce!P:t lhof-l'(l ctrnnec,ted w!lt.h Its naval <'!5'ita~~l'i1~hhne,ntis. ~t\s t rndt• 0 • sl:a!J a nd fo r eign Is o.f considerable extent. The 1JC<st st'.re.e,t in ror-t.snnoujth 111 U1e High str.e€t w!1ich tl!ivictels, the town into n :wly cqui:tl part.s, and c'o ntains Lhe princupaL shops, hotels, and places o,C ous1neJ.-;,s,. 'l'he town or Goss•port on, -the Orox>si'te side of tlw 11\..'tr;'bor entrance ls connetelod wilh Ports,1mouLh lly :L ~loaLin,<; IJ1·itl<ge fe1·qy. 1So1~~h1 sea. Catsl le with ills :u lja:·,en t ea,rl1U1V'Ot'l<.s, t'he haiCteries or tlH' C'os,p ort side a:ndl the ci.rm1lar forts in 'llhr rola.d'sl-ead comhnttn1cle.d, t11c cn!t rrm1ee tc PorUsmou th lm.nlJ'or. �He' ' lnarrled COL. WILLIAM PEPPERREll'S :PLACE IN HISTORY Prof. Frisbee, 1 wenly Years Ago, First Does Him Credit. , };.-Pror. Tvory Fr:u1ldin FrlshN• r,f Collrg-C'. in 1900. wrnlC' a sl,rlch or Col. vVilli:un PC'JJPl'rrC'll. that is un-Oot;lltcdly the •best bri<'f slal<•menl 01· summary of th<' lifC' o( thc- founclC'r of the ·Pcppcrrell famiJ~· i11 A merlca t11at has ever 1been publlshC'd. ·· · O~lglnally thr s l< elch wns In parl n11 o.,ldress be.fore llw P<'PPetTC'll A ssoclri tlon at its assC'mbly ln 1R98. To this, h~wever. he added Cor puhlication, certain · ·Incidents relating parti-cularly to Col. •PC'!)J)C'rrell's aclvC'nl to KittC'ry. "Thus," Prof. l•'rishC'C' says, "whllr giving to the descendants o( Col. "\Vl!llam l'epperrell renewed interC'Rt, it : will arouse tn others, it ls he\ieve<l, a fuller apprec iation of 011<• or the unif!UP characters or our colonial history; al1ll in view oC the projection or his lnJ;Juen~J. through his own clN' tls, arnl thosd.o\ his son, Sir Willinm, will lns~1ire a d<'epC'r reverence for th<' nam<' of Pepperr<'ll, which, in our arly history, stands second only lo that or Washington." · Prof. Frisbee's. articlr \\"ft!! C'ntitlC'<l "The Jlero or Our l f!'rnic A g!'," an<i )V~~ dc,liealecl to lhC' l Ion. J~uge11<' Hall <1tl1d the IT on- Willln m Pl!'rce Fry<', ihen the senators from Maine, whose lives: · as •Pro f. Frisbee sugr;-c"~ls, "repr!'se11 t the nobility of the founders o[ tho slate." In ,printecl form lhe article is n. lJ0oklcl of twenty pag<>s or text ancl 11lustratlons. It Is very forlunato that this 'Work came lo the hancls oC sueh :i. scholarly and liberal man as Prof. Ile Is o. nat ivc of Kittery J'olnt, a membe1· of lh<' Association, n nd a dPscendant from on<' of the l'ep11<'1-rell Jines. Ile ls a high-grade man, has bQC'11 persistent ll1 C'ducallonal work in tM:aine, and It will l>C' admitted thal ),i ~~~icle on the eldrr P!'p))errell has il'J3 i)~lit of literary mC'rif. from any ~ ·r. aWoint. It ls very C'nthuslastlc, but also v ry just. It Is to 'b e wished that this article and others of :t similar characl<'r might 111 more thoroughly ,circulaled, especially In the schoo ls, and in thr homes in Kittery, ancl not he restricted ~Xl'J.~tAY 0 \p lhc Interests of th!' l'C'P))<'rrcll ABR0Ci:ttion. It Is 0, VC'ry valuabl addition to the history of Kittery. .Prof. Frisbee ta.kes up in o. connected way, the romantic setlJPmPnt of the elder Pepperrell first at Smith's Isles (tbc Isles of tShoa.lR), and then on ·thl! mainland at Kittery I oint, where "11:~fos 1 ,Margery Bray, and thus puts 'together the facts which show the importance of lh<' services of the real founder of the Pepperrell fortuno and Influence, without which or <:oursc the younger, Sir "W111iam, could hardly ha\'O aecompllshecl so much. 'sorvices were, as 1 'rof. Frisbee it:eels, renl achieY!'ments. "Th<'S<' achievemC'nts,"' it ls demonstrated, "ln which the Ider l'C'Jlp<'rrell ha.cl such a pa.rt, opened the way for the C'slahll~hmrnt or American Uberty on this contin!'nt. They l<ept conslnnlly in tho fi<'l<l 11. horly or trnln e cl nn,l 11ldllf11I 111c•n. 'l'h<'Y i,:nve those norlh <'rn soldi<'rn confidence In their cwn -ability to dat·<' def!'nd their rights, so lbat the fall of Louisburg, the Dunkirk or Am<'rica, was the beginning of a llclal wave that at Quebec swept the po;,·e r of the ·French from this land, an ,] at Yortkown planled on this soil the inalienable rights of men forever. "Thus the principles of Pepperrell'. which in hi s town ancl slate were <'Stahli1<hC'rl as a ,fact, Jong l.lerorc the puritan r·oloni s dreamC'd o( them, became the conf}U<'ring principles in foumllng our government. The men of KitlP1'y, again and again, had fought for thesC' rights in <k>-fending thrlr fir!'SidC's. Again :incl a.gain in public assPmbl .v they had decreed that thC'Y would defC'nd th m in behalf of the colonies with their lives, if need be, :renrs bl'rorc a rnul'll<et had been fired at Lexington, or ever lhe hand of Jefforson with a Jl<'ll of diamond had f\Vrilten them In our constitution. policy, so It has been a vital factor in polity, so it has bC'en a vital factor in our mental and spirltunl progress. He wrote_no chronicle' of events, but, in thf' defencf' of his town ancl state, he wa_<; r11·<' tmring th<' 1baltle-ground on whiC'h the n:ttlo11, in the accornplishJTI<'nt or his principles, should malct1 hli;tory. Uc hampprecl his tim<'S with no thc:ologlcal lr!'al ise, or r eligious persecu tionl'l, for his life ,was not of creeds or dogmas, but rose above the hlgh!'ial spiritual life of his times Into tho clear blur clh<'r or lhC' twentieth C'<'ntury. In no n1C'diae,·al hallucination <lid he ultompt any lit rature, but through his efforts in eslabllshing the American idea or rights of men, he sl ruck the keynotC' this conlinenl." Till' i'P()Jl('ITC'II~ n •pn'f:<• ntat11·e ispot of Em pin· on th!'SC' ~hores for a considerable- period; n n<l they also repreis nt e d and put info prnctlcc at the ,::1m!' linw th<' J\111C'rlcan !,leas of free(:,>111, which wen• fH'e from lhc diseracC'[ul fanaticism of th<' Ma.ssa.chus<'l I:; olony, :11111 thC'rdorc the Kltt!'rY i11ll11 <'nC'<' 'hcra mc the ultimate AmeriC' P n i<lC''tl. Prof. Frisbee makes lnterc f;l Ing U1<' part or the eld<'r Peppe1-rel1. It Is intercsllng because it il!I obviously trnP. Cnl '\\'ill in 111 l'C'pperrell was :\ won!lr1· or Iii:-; tim<'s, llul not so 111·0111inC'llll.v n1P11lionNl as his illuslrl0118 sou, t hP I3aro11rl. Kitlery history needs to "" enlarg!'d to do its men justice, 1111<1 rrtuch of prolit might ,b<' r1uotC'd from the Jillie booklet by Prof. Ji'rish£>e. .fl S'l'IN JTENHY SHAW. Kllt!'ry, :\I,., s,,p(('tllbcr, 1920. tune of "Guide Me 0 G1-cat Jehovah.) <Yns or Po1'ls,mouth, ,n oble ldnsmen, Oomo you lback at !,'l:e.mory's ca.11, Com you b:;tck ancl live among us, •. 'l'ncad again ,the ancllstral hall. Como true pa'triols ancl.' toilers, Com from. bank and plain, and Como wHh pomp and , acclama;tion, An<l ibe welcomed a.s or yl:lrc, Cull n11<l Atkinson and Wrntworth Jhil WI' lcatl!'1·s In the llne; :-;;-0 our o·.•111 immo1·tal vVhipp!e July"s declaralion sign . what so11nds of jubilaLlon As one rides !through King grand, 'Tis groat "\\"ai- hini;,lon, our t'hidt:dn , Nohlrsl, for rnorrt •n f enµ· Jan,l. Seo tho "nation's guesl" approaching On the crowded, flower-strewn way, Lafayette, lll11strlo11s patriot, This, h1tle-ed, is fe~,l:Li 'day. \\'illi a m Lallcl, far-famed <lisclple, Of llrn !llastC'r's will you preach-' Gri<'vc you now al our slow progress? Still WC' stri\·e your goal to reach. Ij Br('wstl' r in your "J"!.ambles"' tc)l or \ Ganl11C'1·. L:u1grlo11, ,Jones anrl Hall. i Kimball, Shilla.ber, ,\ ldrich, Laighlon. 1FiC'lcls and Foss clellg-ht us all. I 'l.'ell, oh, 'tell in song- u nd slor)' or the glory of our town, J3rolhens, sisters, ch'i ldrcn sing it, All her g'°ry and renown. �I ITRACIED EAIIENIIO or poems published In 'l'h<' Cl\ronlcle In rthe !Portsmouth Song con-fest 'at r:icted wide ,~tt('ntlon. Th(' · contes~ts- have r('celvcd many letters fN.m outside th(' city. IJN(' one re~elved by Miss Lyn:i: Dear Miss Lynn: '· Your song poem, with oli1ers I 11; _the :Portsmouth Chronicle and the ' reading: brought many fond memorl :; I to ml/:., 1 . I am eighty-one years old, wns bp rn :i:i: ~ittery. My father was Coptain of tbe snip Portsmouth, an1l died on the '.'.Martha.". , The Martha was the only v~sl)el tha,~ ever sailed for {.;al i Corn la. lt was named for my mo t h('!'. I w<'nt to sea ,on this craft when ~<'ven y('!l.l'fl /jl O1,d. • POPULATION Of THE TOWNS IN COUNTY . by the I r Boi!Jng g , thn.t I ·s ha,pp 652 685 780 652 4G3 746 5,3 2 38.J 1, 2 76 4,G04 r,19 39-l 670 1,251 Tampton F a lls . . 4 3 .133 Kingston . . . . . . . . 859 Londonderry 1,303 72 8 470 627 3,1 81 872 677 Rn 1,:IGS ..... 13,GG9 1,050 1 ,196 2,318 280 1,537 230 Ga7 759 993 818 517 917 5,123 413 l ,(i.J9 4, 97 'I 6h~ 957 1,057 861 li 15 1 ,l li2 3,r. 83 11 ,2\itl 1,203 1 ,01-1 2,117 3 0 l,-l25 279 602 I 1 ' 1·:ll 1 ir ,lli f 1- 1111· 11 :11~1t t lll' Y lh·n~. : 1 nun1 - i·1'1 ll Ii ••!'(' Ir() 'l ,l pl,t1"l' ( ··1 l'.tl!!t 1 1 .1 • I, · llt• tl r l}(\l.\i,!,· { I I•, 1: •j; ("i11llq111 1 110\\ lll ' 0 1 :ll't l U ltlilvs i"l' ll ld 1, i1u~ : t ll" 1>.,r l )1rl, , , ~hi'\' t ltt, · I',.,:, I t i. 1111·:1 ,r tl, : l1· ,J ;! \'ill: 1~~• :~n , 11 ·'"• t·:i r:,- Co:11'!, ~11111 .-\ ll'X·t 11 !t ~~'~-•:>I,·~ 1 o[ I it ; ,;l : 1 1'. w ~H 11; hill,: I, Ill )) 1i, . 11n tl~- · 11 1' 1 11<111 , of :-..1 1l\•1·y, :,,, lt ~11' l11\\!l '-1 d • le I• I It' ,, 'I ii, 1,13~ 1,408 581 d I,' in \\'I! tl ;1!10llt t' \\ r d h:•- lli --17. I j lf' I ll :1 /It'\ t• J' ('111\11 1 11 ,ll lll ' ,., 1 1,. ,1 1 ' i.; n Jt:::.;. ,,f t'. " i i •11t 1l.l \' l gi\ : ',, n : tll 1i .1 t ,·;Li ·l, ,11 i·r,. 1r tht• ten n of KJdl'l'.', i 11 \ l t l Cl' I.~ 52-l 8l2 , L•ll'l J <!t! ~•.; ,· 1 2,XtJ2 !I~ I tla, ~. i • 1 I 1 ,:n I. T ' t i td' 1111• i I 4 ,922 3!10 l ll<· l,)l';d1ty '" ••r I• I 1:11 II ,·, I o ri~il• : .,y t ha t L ,1111l l.it ; ... , 11t·r;1 ~- lli1•0 1·y hi 111:tl "11 <''1 1111 \."lll1 1tl r:,. I Iii" pa •; i1l lt1 Hf : . (' . 'l~ I ~11, J111 d I' 6-l 7 Pt' •i ·, "·''' 1.. ·,·1 1 tll \\',I' t11 607 823 1,209 560 11 :., .j9fi 575 796 1\,215 552 417 1 ,015 1,G33 62.J 503 296 3,348 1:. ~I "-" i1 1,(i.j 1 H9 78 3 1,059 607 ] ,17 3 .\J,i"i l 1:-i, 1:,:! t :incl NI !Y l<ITT E l1'/ :1 622 !Hi2 ull :111 arlil:11• f1·0 1n •I I • r.Lld 1 ·11111 · The population of towns In Ho<'l,lngham county is giv e n out !Jy the C(' n s us bur('ll ll ns follows: 1900' ?.flnor civil division 1no 1910 Hock!ngham county .. ,. .. 62,198 5~., 88 51,118 4 I~ 4 -10 Atkin:;on . . . . . . . . 413 ......... in qtt.J1t' 10 IJ · 1.-,. JAMES B. TilEFETIIEN \ \"t' I \. \·• 111 • \\·n rlcl \\ .: •,~;: I~, f• ,···i, • t< , il 1:• ci 11 1 r>· 111 >·1,111· e !- Derry Leads, With Running Second and ' Newmarket Third. . '!'I,Y early ll!e was spent in Kilter,•. '.!;here was no church at the Foresid('. V'{~ went to meel!ng at Kittery Point. a'he Foreside church was built when I was ver;v small. Elll<-r :!\[ark Fernald s:li~d when I was thirteen years olt;l. Then we moved to Portsmouth. My sct\ool teacher was Geor.1e N. Pane.I joln).d the Christian church, Eld('r Holmes was pastor. I remember the old T~mple-then a hou £e of· wors hip. .Tames Rugg and I w ere boy s together. ql:lang~s !}ave come to m(', hut I h:i.ve Jc~pt 11_1 _touch with dca1· old Port s m,outh,: I enjoy all of th e> 1,o <'m!1. My heBt wishes for old Portsrr:ou:h lly th<' Sit.IL and , tQ you. " 't>l"'T, 11 <' ,,·,· .. \pr i l I ii I t l ,,k,•s vc ,·y lt i;dy to 1, 110w l•\'l• r ) t hin .:.;· . 0111· Ii.ts ii c o1 i1i·r on 1;110 ,, lt•t lgl' ,, it h 1n1!i1·, t!J\\ 1r d I 11111' : 11Hl l'llarity r~,i· ,dl 111i11, ( II 1, 1 r ht 11 . . . t ~t It 1d .in .· n1111 ,1d\', t 111 ·111pl'; 1r for llH· ,·d ! Iii,• 111 111(', i H l t l1t·d ;1 11d .(t•j'•1~:-; t,r ,'ii~ l li ing 111 .,nr 1l1.1i1 hi1 l1 h• r t) l ' 1.:i l t 1•r;1:;, t ll\'~' :tl'l' 111 1111 1·-:, l11 l tJ I,!' i IJ\ I' ': 1 It i 11 •1 • 1•111· 1111! ll' ,q ,1:1 : 'J,,, ,'l !l 1· ; 11d I IH)rt tlli. '1' 1·,111 tti•i l ,lt.i, a 11d , ~a1hjc-ct. n1,t, • i'i" . d1•t I I lt llfl <'1· \ ~p ~·. l 'u 1:;11Jll l> a il y 1:1 1 ~•. h•d l't>t'1·1; tl1\ 1 l I l "> t'h he :llli n:.~ ., net !.!l . �ori;~i n of the· name of l,illf'ry i ;; .1.-l,110·.,·1<'cl •('1 it lo cont ,in :i11<•.,;C'cl information lh:LL wh.s m:i <ll' l>y the u.rticlc-1< publbhc ·cl l'orl,-;mouli1 lfrra!,l a 11,1 r'hroniclc i11 l~LU; ancl l11<• aulho1·, or 1)1".) Hllicle Ill Po sto11 lll'J'Jitl f1 1111, fl,(' hru111t Ir ;11 f1 1 Ir- · ill l1 In llw \)p:,t ,., ii; •1w•' .n I 11• ht.• li:td, lh ,11 Ill•· 1111111· nf t,itl, 1·y 1•:11111· a\'(:ortlillf lil~ 1 ,11111• II:1u1• ,,1 \ 1111 I\ 'llf' r 1.;11(" 111 1111• l11w11 111 I 111·_ \\' 11 11 1 r1,.11.u i•:11i-;l.11ul. 'I'll<' :1rlki<' i11 till' l l<·1';11tl \\·:1~ 1h:1•Tr l 0'1 ,,1;,•pi11•,.•; front 'it<• l'.0 :<1011 'l'r 111•:c'l'ipl i11 1!11:, II \\'ill :,~l'l1 ill~ be n r, r;•~:,,·y fot· ,1 1i,11P to rPir:11 lhat Kittery in thr t,,-··n of l-,:11~" 111· \\"hl'l'" ll ;1:qw;11·;.; 'l ll •~,, 11 r1Li1H1.: st•\t•r·1l ,r \'itt1•r~ .:. u P(l. :11uI 11,1111,·d i11 r·;,an1pcrnow11 " deed~. rr·111•r:-- wa~· :- ::t,.,· Vitt.r.ry ·,· hQ cJ.ird of · 1,etd, ffl !Ell I, !::tJLlea1 l'-1 1 l1l1J I ltl\"h'' ill 10~~. 'I 11,q,. ,, .. \\,;,·,. :tJ)J)t',ll'S in llw N,,w J1:1n1 p,-;hlrr· (',iu.L n'(•on1:i. Thrn •\\·: 1 s n 1 1, :• I' lia< I ll unking- l'f l'11rls111outll. , .. 1,111\\' ,Johll Jluni<in g, who .111:IITi l'tl ,:, ~nl•II o( 1:11st1111. form• rl·, nf i'Prl>• - 1•r to ''.'l,1r- ~,,ry \'illr-rr or 1.:ing-~: \\ :1rd in lll · County of l)p,·011 in Liu• ;: in· lmll l~ngtu1t1:· :u•: llil" will r1 1th:: ,a 11;~1. l)~1.1·ti11gton uh·•> L~ nu! ·, town: ht• hq:..1:-;p 11a1n,. o[ t!H• l' , un1H•1·uo\\'11t• fa1nil.,, th :1 t 1:~. ' ." 0 J ~.tl ! tJC!'l11n I h.'\'Oll, I \'( I I.ti:, l (' . OPE' BR'lDG I 1 '!'hf' air lo cl:8 haVl' h1•r •11 insta11Prl 011 the \.Jig flonli111,;• :iir <·t"lll rrssor ;., anchon•<l :llong-si<1r 11f th" (·nh-:.Hnn, an<l [rant now on t 1H' wnrl.; will i, .. ,Ion<' untlf'r :ilr prf'ss11rf'. This is spl<'11- nO\\' • a sh rt tim•· th,e- worl< nf pnnrin:., 1•011<'l'<•fp will lir st:u·tp(l on 111'" plror ifsP:~. f1•11,, ,vo1·1c 011 thr ol hPr 1•;1 is· n11 in~ Jlll~hf',1 along at IIH' r:iilr••;!d 11h:irf. and a~ ~oon :is huill 111' :lll<l su11l; to a cqffi,:lrnt tkplh il wi11 loct1lion and llH' work 111' :t111··1orin:., it '"" thi, hotl•lll> wi11 he• ,-;t:irt• cl. .-;~·•·sc-nl ratr o( prog1·C'~s ior,. wi11 hr ahP:il1 or th•• s1•h1•d11le. �C. P. W<>ndell of Rye is tho own- c Ia t e 1·t. as a r.nr los ily. er or tho old-time eoach Uirtt Cov. tua.lly material i:nongh i11 -ono ,,r its Brdwn has promised· :\'larshal Foch a wheels lo build tL moclern trollinl': ride in if he YiSite •this state. Coun- gig, such as are used ,u pon regular cillor Hislop ls btts:, wlth ,arrang~ tracks. The seat is deep ancl wide meuts for the visit of the genera.I to enough (or three full grown persons, this state. Tho following clescriplion with sufCiciont space in fronl a11cl of the coach, whic ,appeared in The between' the liltle stool-like seal ror Times In the early seventies is or in- the driver lo stretch lhe longest legs . terest at this time: Il has a hu11chy, squally, homely A~ ANCIBNT CAilRL\GE look now,-the same lumberin-g onlA ra,re spe~lmen or o~d time car- lines a century- ago, howQvor, bei11g ;riage bu1lding was. hailed in ,tront or lho ad iralion ot all beholders, inoi!r office on Monday while on its somuch thal many ,a covetous gla11ce way to the Ne-W Hamphsire State Ag. has been cast toward il, and• lho ricultural Fair at .1,Tanchester. It wa s sound ils lumbering wheels has an old chaise which was bullt In awakened feelings or envy against England, proballly t.:!1ort1"y after th~ the 'fortunate possessor. Jmleocl it :\CCE}Sslon or the 1-{ovse of Brunswick was l110 only vohiclo lhal could lie to the throne. W~ether the notorious found suitable to convey about tho Georges or '>11c:q royalty ever occu- town thal groat and good man, the pied its spacious f!eat is no' known, I :l,farquis def..,afayette, during his fabut its history commences with· its mous tour through this country. But Importation to this countrv for the as kingdoms tremble ancl fall, and as comfort , and convenience · of the thrones moulder and decay, so even French Consul, in 17 5•). lt was the uosfulnoss ancl beauty or this subsequently purchased by the late tim"e honored relic of barbarism ( in Col. W!lllam Gardner, a banker· ancl the art of carriage-making, at lca!';l) commiRsion merch ant who resided al has passed away; ana the irreverc>nt the corner ot Garclnor and Mechanic beholder ca1111ol conceal a smile as hn streets, and who was rated among looks ll])Oll il, oven while rcimomhorthe first men of tl1e Lown in point o r ing its ,a ntiquity and its famous hisbusiness enterprise and knowledge or tory. It should properly havo gono mal'itlme lndustires He amassed to the Centennial, where il would quite a fortune, which enabled him doubtless take lhe first prize among to Indulge in the the- uncommon American antiquities and Revolulionluxury 'of ca carriage, with a •colored ary relics. serv,ant for a driver. And the ehaise The chaise is now the properly of referred to was the carriage. To at- Mr. John S. Wendell of tj1ls city, to tempt a description of this · unjque whom it was "bequeathed by the secand groteS'que concern Is Impossible. oncl wife of Col. Gardner, an aunt of One must see It In odrer to appre- :.\fr. Wendell. or �'l'hi,; t;thkl, FOUND UNDER THE TABLET pul mad!.' h~· 1110 .\llt••h(•ll :\,l fr;. ('O. or nos 1011, ~IHI \\·,,~l,ingt<rn ,J,11t\1'"i ON BUltOIN ~ '!'his tnblcl $~0.1111. Thr talil,·t h, ·1r th'" fullowin!-! Thi:-: \11111 ,. \\:i ,w1.•upi 1 ·d 1,y tlunl,in~ \\••J'l\\11rih, ,' zt-·lln11s patriot ~1ttd lutiOII. II• · "·:is ,·i111rni:111 of lllf' 1'omniit 11·1• 11f .... , f,·t., n o:>1:t In ~il.;nat11rc~s .t th" 1.. 1tlrl1n<>; St. l.uUi!-: il;1l'ri~1, pfr'i<·ii'lll r1•!n111I of lh<' Atnt•ri<'an H.c•vo- '!'hf' hi~tnrit· tnb!Pt n•n10\•,.,l I.:,> frnm \\''1~ :\1 ll<l!!<', 1-:~11 .. who a !HO Jlll t \IJ) '" ul<'ls h,•rl'tnfot ,.. On" cm 11 unkiw.: SL. 0111• on Court 81., :1nrl one \'nughan :..;1. .\11 thf' t;1iol<•ts Wl·re 1 l,r 1,ut h~••k th1, :1'.: G!l It\!' huihl- ,1-:~ 1.lf • h·1 .. hr••·n n'- mn,Jr l!'tl. l'nd r thr t,ihlrl gl\·i11~ thr folln\\'i11~ :ir1•1u111t nf the lllC'C'till~ o( l hr s ('\\' J l:i Ill I'"" ir Snns o( th<' 1lP\'Ollio 11 ,JIii)' H n. IS!lS-JRnll in(•ln•lin~ th!' !'lt·rtion nC ofCi,•<•r". ,\ note fl-0111 S<'('l'el:tl')' J. l,011 !,; llnniH and 0111' o( lilt' f,111\0lll" litt J i,c,nlrn I[()\\' to., H<'.1c·h '1JHI 1,<':t\l ' J'nr t~ni0111ll. liy ,\n- thr en,·l'IOIH'. Office r, of the Mew H am pshire Society Sons of the! Revoll'tion, J uly 8, 1898, July 3, 1399 Prr!-.idc nt. It"\'. ll<·111 Ye~·. J'ort ~11,, 11th. ·v ie J'r1• itl••nt. Trc:,~u:·p 1•, l,ifl.\11. ~..::r-•,l1t·'1 t'. S. N .. l'ort-111n11tb . Ch'1plnin :t1Hl t: P~i ,i1·~1·. L.1n~·(10 11 l•:l\\'\rt lli~tol'i:11,, 1:,,,· ..\lf,·NI l'nr1~111,)ii1h. 1·,·111k l ~11'~t 11l' Conconl. 1:0:ud of :\Lann:-i;l'rs, S:imu<>I l'h:li r m:1.n: \\"in~at<' \'P!llOII, ,\l:11·1·11:, :'II ( 'ol}i,·, ,i;.·,,.;,.::<IIM ll ll l'(l. Url•·,;:t '"·' 10 i lH• , : 111· , 1 nrv, ((Pill') E. ll<.I\·• .'. 'l'l!<llll'I' ;\lar\'in, 1:,-,·. ,\ lfrPd L. l.ll\)'11 ~i.(l])hl'll 1 )p(•:1 t 11\". 1: l ~. ~'- ;-..; . Sons of the Revolution, in the State of New H ;impshire. Organized June 17th, 1393 Mernbcrsh,p. Total 2-1. HM·. IJP11 r)· 1-:1111•1···P11 11 , -,.i·. Lirul. RtC'plwn ll-·r:tl\11', I'. """~":!-"""'•' :-,. :\., Stimpson 1:1·,.1•11, :\lan•11s :\lor1,,11 ('ollis. llt•nrr ,.\u;~ustu·'l Y1•!1tnn. \\'i11g:11c• ~t•\\·hall lls!t•,· ..Johll \\'illialll !'arsons, dtJll lclw)'n. '\\'illialll 1:11,ritl~• · P1·ir1·(', l'ortsnt0t:ll1: .\i<'~-•••ol ,. 11:in,ill<\Jl 1 'a mpl1<•ll. .l;1m<·~ .\I il11n1· ('011, .)o~C'ph llowl:wd ('oit, .11·., \\ llli.11n ('or111·1l11s l'rar. V1·:111I, Viu:.: n,· Jlnl\\ n. l'on<'ord; .,.,,.,..• ,,."'., Langdon grown Pn1~son~. Hy r·. N. It; Thomas Eclwanl !-'•.t1,,r 1hwaitr. i'\,•11·. Yori;; Thoma~ Oli,·rr 11:11·\·in, B('\•f'J'l.,·, '"=·r"'"'" )fafi~.; 'l'hornas 1-:. u. ),1·1r,·i11, ).;"orth Loni,; 1:r:i11 <·h , :\ . . !.; IL1tTY Clllt:.'~·. ,\r1hu1· .\l.1rs111n t11 l h1• .1~-..;1•1·i:1 1 i,111 ! 1·--:t ot' I ;;1;, whtl'l in dli>«·Jh 1,rn:n; ,.,1 ,,t. th" ri,I; ,,f tlH•ir llv,•s til<' ;1Prl for111114•'> to oppo!--C tht.• ho~111·,,.,, Pliing~ ur th•' 1:rttish fl<•N~ annk·~ .1~:-~i1 ~-1 llu· l 'niled �RTH CHU <;t·l':u•wd :; nl y tilt tllht •n;hip anll 111 th,! pr,·;i ••llf n1vt'l·•~;.11·v 11111 tlt :11 tlw l11 ·~ tdr. 11 ,.1ri JI,· 1old t.,1· ,ti,, l'il.!--'.rirrH1 I,,. rrt!.t~• 1111 • 1'11111r,•, :111 ur lht1 ~.:: t' \\hli 1:.l.i,l thP lullfUL1tiClT1 th,• f•ll~T1rll 1·lt11n ·h . 'l 1 ht• SJdlil ol t ltr• Pll;~ri1,1q 11:1 ...; ,·haLl\:l• •J"i ?. ,•,\ l hi ~; t '111 1: ~rq •, :tl lu11:tl 1·hu1 ,·h, h 1• tld, l l,:1 l '" t 111• l'lll lll'I' it I\ ill ,: I ill 111• iug· 011 n, •w lift•. "'rht• onlt·r P[ ,,,·pnln~ :-;l'rvi<·t· W:tH as follow:-;: l"rt•lud, •, U1·~nn and 'l '·• llo, :\IPd<Hlll' ;..1. ?11..l ,Jf ' BEGA ,. Parishoners Ha e Met ·in ·F ur Different Houses of Wor.ship Since the Forn1ation of Church in Portsmouth sence or an organization of 250 years, whose charter members had died moro than 200 'years ago; that il was :L soclety tha l ha<l not <liNl when di,1 ilH m embei·s but lived 11.ntl conlinucd lo do cffici<'nl work year o.ft<'t· yf.':u·. IT brought greetings or the Nnlional Coun cil and his church ancl said that he, as moclcrato1·, spukc for 6000 Con- .\ ·,i . \ ml,ro~lo l11tro,lt1C'IOry ~ t•nl, ll< 'l':; l 'l1oi1· .\11tlH1111, Pl'nis<\ tlH• Lonl. .. lt :1111lPµ:ncr J~t.1 tipo11 .s ive Hcad i 11glfy111n, • ' o. 421 l'ray<·1· Tlw T..,n1·~ l'1·:1y,•r r111 uni ~1111l 01Tt·1·tv ry, Urg"n awl ',·,·l l o A,ldn·H.S, Pcv. \Villi rt lll 1,:, t: .i r1 011 ,n D. I f ~• rn 11, Tune ;;G Pr" y,•r :111'1 llt•11<•,lil'lio:1 1't'\':s llt1tlt ·, Organ :ind 0 <' t: lln , ]tf' .'PH - ¢; Jor1~ l l ....... . . . • • - • • · · · · · Jo'rid ;:1· <•1·pnin:.:,, :-.Jui·. I\, a 1·,·1•1·1>tlon 11 ill 1,,, ·1,,•l,l i11 tltr• l'h:q..,J f1·11n1 7. ~tl to 10 0'1·1,wl,: \\'ill1 a11pr1,pri:11,• to I .\ L t 11• 11111:-d,• :tddr,•:-1 :-a•~ :1nt1 ! JI' 01·1·.1 s i1111 . , ·li11r, ·l1 :; t•r·vii-1 · S11n,L1y n,C'1 ·11- in;..:. :,,, ,· . :!tJ, t ll , 1,:1:-c lo1· will !.! i\'1• "'f"l1, • ~!, H ' \ ' ,,!' :t H.1·l igi1Jt1 s J>• n10, · 1.11· y T>11rl11g :l ,\\U :tlld OJl( •-l!; 1lr ( l'lit llri , ·s. " l>i ·<·. :! . ·1 p;1 ~ 1•;1111 will ht· g i,·r•n :,11<1 i1u• •1' Jll'l thl 11~· Fr it!. 1\' , -, ·0 ni11 :,:-, "Th,, ~;,iriL or in thP c·l1Hl'\ ~l ~1 rvi,: <•'' 1 ,•pi,wd ,·s Crom th,, hi:;tory o r tlH' :--.:01·th Chut·<·h. The Four Mcetina Houses of the First Prelude, Festival Ortertorie • Lefeburo Wely Call to Worship Doxology: The Lord's Prayer Responsive Reading, No. 43, "Zion and h e r Brotherhood" ........ Gloria Hymn, No. 336 Pi·aye_r, Response orrertot·y, M.edltat!on . . . . . . . • • Salter Children's Sermon· Anthem, "The Lord ls !My_§,lght and My Salv•atlon" ... ~ ....... .'. Parker of tho Living Service of Admission _Hymn; 'Tuno 339 B e nedlelion, 1 'Organ Postlude, Allegro from Sonata in C ...........-.......... Volckm ar ·The , Communion S ervi ce. Hymn No. 348. At the evening service, Rev. " ' illia m E. Barton, D. D ., of Chicago, Ill., moderator of the National Council of Congre-g-atlonal Churches, gav,c a n ad drem, on .'.'The Pllgrim Sptrlt an d the Forward Look.I, He. opened his addres!> tha; ~n11 stood ~everentl ill , ..n on nPw lifP. J IP urp;r•<l tllfl <·ong-rfl'1' :\t i,HI 11ut to l1•t lid~ c·1•IPh1 ,1li11n l11• ANN VER The opening service in commemoration of the two hundred and fiftieth annlvers-ary of the formation of the North Congregational church, the first Church of Christ of Portsmouth, took pince on Sunday morntng, Rev. Lucius ,JI. Thayer, the pas tor of the church for the past thirty-one years, was ln charfie and preached an appropriato and, inspiring sermon on tl_1e theme, "The Church of Uie Living God." There was a very large attendance a1 theservice.'The order w as as fol- ~n ·atl.v :s trength :iincc its Jll'tlt•th annivt•rsary <• ight y,:-ar:3 n,;u -i1Hl of its havin~ tak- Parish and Chur ch Th<: North C'hUlTh und p:irislt wol'shlpp< ·d in rour difi, •r, 111 l111ihl1ng·s . Thi' tit·:; I buiil\ ing \\':ts I ht• c ha1wl on l'I Pa sa11l <'hurch. stn •t•l 11 11 :11· ThP Ht'' (·o1hl till' l111i\·,•r s:tlist w:1 s th t• n1 (•1 •Ling house llf.':ll' tlH' ~Olllh lllill ht·id;;,•. '1'111 tl!ird \\':ls the llll'<•f' d c· .'k<•1· lll'.'t' Un;, house un the pitr,Hlt', on the site of lllis t IH' fourth church b11illli11g-, tlPt.li C..LL('d Nuv. 1, 18,j5, 'I'h e p r; ri>ih h:ts t'recll'd l \\'O \\' 8 ~ NORTH CHURCH gregalional ch urehcH. lic to Ill lha t such an anni\·l•1·sary occasion aH this Is of great value and gi\>es tho church so much inHpira.lion for the future. Ile spolrn 'or his own church having- ings fol' its Sunday school: the brick \'es try 011 l~lf'('I st rP<-t ill 1 SI'/, ma in I ) l'.'ith 1:1 .. l:irg-i, ('llllll'lhullon of <:01'('1'· not· Lungtlon; and LIil' <·hu1H·I on ~. ll •l • ell<' r,t1·,•l'l, in 1870, the lot bc·ing g iver: by l\lir;u l\lary C. Tiog rn. It nlr;o cll rc-ct<'ll th <' '.\lif::; ion Clwp,·1 ut the Crf'ek in 18'.J IJ . ll has h ·td llu·,•e p.tl'HOnage,, u nt• \.h \\ ! it h it r<· L~t l?Hi 011 ~t .1lt . . ;"; 1 r«'t"t. 1;,•::id,•:; th c• 1, II?' hou ,ws 0t' \\' o rshlp LhL·l"l" Wl'l'C' :-WVl'l':t I Sl pn 1•;.1 Lions .t rul l1 i l'iHionH from •th e North Churl'h . ln t 106, t h r (:rPt-. nland par is hion('rs lorn1- ~ll :1 ll"W pari sh, ,lixnii ~:-;ion h1•i11g ,1c<:01 111 l of th<' long ,l i,,- �:t :l 1H.~e ( a11g1•r \C I\( I J l 1·01n ,Lll:-i while 1rav !'li11g' th e mil <'s to :in<\ from thn r•ort,s111011th nw<'ling IH>t ts<'. I 11 l,~5 ;i. mr!' ling- hous<' w:rn huill al th< Plains :i.ntl HlO0ll for~ .: ~•(';t )',S 1 ·h•·n ii pari.-h lw11·,1,.q 1,1(,wn 1\011 n { t n<I till c: •me 11nlt!'1l again II ith th•• North Church. 'l'h !'11 in 1,r,7. lh<' lnd <'JH• lld<'nl Cung-r!'!(fl Lio11a l Suci<•l.v l'.':ts [Pr11i<'tl , and umh' r thf' pa r,torat<',-; of ,f-;a11111cl Drown an,1 .l os,•ph \\' a l ton, \\'On•: 1:p • ·wd In thl'il' huilcliP~ on th<' Hi(I' (\[ L/1 »J'C8Cn t 1111Pa rl:t ll linu, d tn wor n=p i11 tl11" oh.l n, rf'tinr: huu ... whil•• 111 • 111; 1j,,rl11· 1·Pt:i. ln,,, t 1l1e 1, r ~tnd 1f-111nV• 11 1l11 1 <"h11r,•h r P~ ~11111 tlir 1,!:"lf' 10 thf' llP\V ,11 .-•r•t .Ji ~ h11ll tlH·1t1•-:, 1lVP:{ 1•:111,111 1, 'f', :~,n "F·~ , t 11r 'l'lif" 111:ti11 \\' hii'h p :1 1-iH h ,,..... '" 1•n1:1!, d '" lltfl h•'llf~fil or tllf\ glfh1 1 1· 1 d: .111.t 1111• ln\\Jl ln'.\:P ·~ . F:n:1\ly t11t• (!, 11 •I ii .\~s{•Jlll•b· or tl11' ProvhH'<" ot' ~, ,,w I l:1m11sh:n' :id.it1<11~P<l the glebr I· to th< · :-Snrth ·1in11 11111 :1l i h P.1rb.l1 . · ·111 1 \\,1; 1.,,, .... , :,;._'!'cl r~tl io11, 01· r:, l h<•r c-olon i t 11<' mot lwr , ::ction. oc,·t1tT<'d Crom :o •},iurch i n 1s:.!:~ . \\ lir •il : rnnl<'<l t1im11is,· :1I and n1C•n11H•rs w ror1 1\\'d b, th th<' . ·ort'.1 : nd ~ .,11 111 \ V<'l"'' town 1.-a1i, ; .. ..., :ircl <'<11illrcl lo 11 11, town ta,C'H In 1; 1,: i ~ n 11•" :i rt·01•l1·tl at th• 1ullt1ing \\'hic h thr~ o f l'ka!~a n t a nil Li vpr1nor•' un ti l J831i , wlwn ti1< •y ag.1i11 with th•' ohl \'ht1rl'h. Th<' 111 0,,t s,•riou H clil'i"ion 11·n,· llw in.it <.'Ill' in 1711. ,vlu'n thPrt• wa~ a ,c• p:1ra. ti on into two pari8hC~, ont• co:1- inui:-g to wornhip in liH• old m, Plin;.; al llH' :.;outh mill hritlgl' 1111LI! lwv lJuilt the nf'lv m<'Ptin;: hou.-•· <''LI ,(\· tllf' "So11th 'o:1;;rc•;:a'tioP:tl Chur,·h' n 173l, pl ;t<' illg' it Oil ;\ll'<'ling- 11 0 11 ~• Jlll Oil I ll(' ~ill' or tlH' )'1'!'>• ·•[ :.;0:111, •an.1 l"U\.llll. Tht•y rt•n1a i1ic •tl t iu·1 t' UHii n:~ I, OIi tllP cnn 1p\.-t!Pll <:f lhP ~1nll< 'nl t.1rlan ,·IP11Th "" SI ti•· ~,r,•<'I. T ~1:• lir.,l hou~,. 111' wur 1t:p 11 1'ui·t..; J()USP ~ood 111 .. r thP ai1o ul ltl:SS. 1· \ 'n\·.-Pr~ .. 1li!·t 1·htir1·i; ...,:ir lh• · s,tc• of 1)\V ~('f'llj)it'd real th,• :1 of .... ,. 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" HI' I ,., I' , l ,1., ,· tlln l •P\\ 1'011\'': · Pl 'J'C'lO :11n·:. ,;:Lll,d 1 ·lyi11e, Ht 11 \\'l'l"f' •:l(] th• • tlf 1• :11·s,~i 1 :1;~<' hot1 :•H' on Pl :.tsant r1111ni1!~ to th <' , vc·~t Rjd..,• to ird. ll is s:dd ~lovc-8 [or h<>:1ti n g th•' WfJ' P fin~l plll :n in 1}\:!~. c >· 1, , of t'1,' n1ost di :-- \J11~uhd11 d 1ni n~il •r · or th,. oltl Nori. ii nr .J.-;, ph · ,u,·l . ., ·n~ 1•1· ,, · ·•·ii t lt" ,, ... ,·i'ih for :J:~ y 0,11~ . ,,/!H·1 '1, ..:', 1, nt \ \ 1: llin0to1 vi~itpd P ort:-:~ , 1-;,L in 1-:-.. 11 hr ~tt,..n, 1,-t1 ~'. •rY!C't' on ·11 Hl.:\· ;1~,:'rn,h,n nt 1hi·· ell11r4•h ..Johi1 1•. ~111 .l ll\1''-, \\':l:.; ~,1:-:0" fl' ('(!ll<'lll !\tl('l\fl 11' w:111,, Ii" \\'nq ~t1p<•ri11tc• 1Hlin~ th1• 11tlldi11;; of ,\iP fl'i~:tlP ".\ttH'ril',L" ~•.,.••• I .t ,,.n .. 1 ·i1·11 l"!l c .,.,-ti :' ;,-.- Qc·:""rncr Cr:-.:::~1 ..t ,n .i ... . ..... . - . - i 'i:~ .... ·o .. er, t f.:;r "}c-:.:rai ::~:~"r-: 1n • :1 n ... ·tin~ 1' 0 11:-:,• anti Htnall ~q uart~ :<1<,·•·H lillt·d ,·,ith lil'l' <'Oal-;; 11'<'1'<' r:it·- mini~l<·r. He\' ,108hun. ?>Iood,'Y cam<> to rorls noulh in 1G58, 11 hilc the now rn <'c ling .,ouse was being ercctNl. He 41reachccl 1 , .... 1 ., t·li:1111 ' 1 1 Thf' lir~t nH•~•t inr..:- hou~t"' on ,u1·n1• tl 10 tlw • round. Th<' : r s t mini ,., tl'r i11 lht' c·h·1pr l tC\' . Hi ·h1r<l Uih~on. I I<' nffi\'iatt !l in \ugu s1. H,~8 an,1 cn11ti 11 111•d unt il 1r.10. J::un <·s J'ar\; r•r calllf' aClf•rwarU a11cl ir ra.<'ll'·<l ror thr,•e ~ ,•:tr~. JI <' \\':t 8 sue · •cc-tl<•cl hy J ames 1:rown in 1fiiil. Jle, lkr , 11·. rarlcer, w:i.~ no t n n ordained I :1 \\ •:: ,, rt1:uly r ,r tH·<~upanc·y \t 1(\111~ 1111• 11ro:11ifll'lll J)('W ; , ..,, (: ,, 11 .,r:it \\' llllant \\'hippi e- , n · • 11•·1· uf tlw l><'c-larnliun o f ln ,lrp e n1,,i:. ,.; <:o vp rn o r .Jo\111 Lang,lon; a11<l [). t ir•l \\.!'hsl<' l' \\'hn ,~1'1'\'<'d as ward n n I Sl!i anrl 1SIG. Fot· ov<'r a C'!'ntury I·• r, • 11·rr<' 110 mra ns of lwal in::;- thi s J1<'1'. ' lr. ;\J oocli•y ,tJJd hi s hritl<' It•·· an hott s<'kN• ping in \Ii<• •a r ~ona~c in 11160 antl it w~iH O<'C"'upiPcl ftrr h is <l<'nlh in tr.n? hy th<' ,wcond nini~t<·r. H<'V NalhaniPl ltOAf>l'~, unit (ktn,,<'l', 1701 11·Jwn it took fin' a11,l .. 11\\1' 1!11 1 '111n·II and h111lt in 1,,r,~ t w:, s 1·', :1 1\~l'd ;1~·.. ti11 into :i <1wt•lli1t1t llll!H' f11r the u:u,1 ::: . • • I' , : 11• il1 tin11· t}l'.ll ,( 111,. K,.,r~ rgp ll ous<' l ot , tl11•n lo Jt0ll,1 :tlld 111<•11 r·, t to thi ~ t'lit1rc·l1. 11·:1 ., :11 \\'f'1'f' :ll li,•ld c,n wh!t·h .. r· ,.,. noll' t 11,, home of ~I t'H . Fre,1 :-,, \ ·11pd, II. TlH" rrmainin;; 12 3.cri"~ corn,,..11,,,.,1 al l11<• northra~t Pornrr of this this pp • a n·d lo hn ,.,, IH •·n \1 Pd fn1· hap,.l n•H 1 wh"n llH' n11·,•ti11•~ h1H1!4t' 1 ..:, .. 1·H1·11 1~; 111!( l'l'\'1•1..:." In Ji!Jl thi:--11101 ":1i; 1 ·,,1i1 11,· t II, • w: 1nli •nH at pull w 1111 1io11 lo ohl:i111 :1 1n1 •: 11l:-4 for 1,u!ld : •'l , , If:-.. 111inlxlt·l". · : , 1\·i1 11T.\' Al fir.•·t th" lnlildin~ w,, · 1 th!' ;:rant or th" <:l"li" l.1n1ls !)-lO a ...; :-1. "p:11'~0111:.;,,, hou:--:<• ,;·ith illlJ) JH ·ll th<'l'l•I0 u nit<'(l." Th "ll :ill :t') f,11· ., it ii Tlt't t1·-,·i1:hl 11 1 11 -c'h. ,c Ho11tll mill cl:1111 w 11 gl1111· 01• p;1r~ot1:lgf'. '! 'h l't''f" 111.ii..:,· I•: . .\II' '\ 11 11"1•·· 111 1 g1,111d,lau;..,h~•-r oi Ht ·.. ~·.111111t· u 1g,ion, th C' [01.ath p:inur of I hnd fn1· ,1\'l'I • !1011•. 4 f, :1111:i!n1 1 ils TIH• c·nrtH•r or t\11• n,i tistcr·s fi<'l<l 111·•i1lionPt1 rpf,,1·~ tn ~hP localily on 1• :1kh th! . nrth , 'h\ir<'h RtanclH and 111 1 r :IIIH· l' 11pic:11,· •·rn11t o ( llv• g-10hr,,11,h i.; nj' illl<'l'P:<t. 011 th<> ~~•h of ,\!.,~·. 11: 10, 0111:,· 17 ~- ... ,rs afl<>1· th<> n rst '"I t1,•m1•11 t. J,', .. , 11,·i~ \\.illiamR, th!' fin,t :ppo i11 l<>,l Uo1·<'rno1· of lhc- Colony, ·' 1th llill<'(H'll of II" )'l'illl'ip:i.1 inlnhi··u1t:-: of th, lo-,\·Pr J1 n1 l t1f Pa~-w;1 t:v1u:1. >:l ri'i ll, ,, or~hippjng in th11ir tll'\V hrk 1\ lO\! th ,,:,~ l'\'l ·l' t· d ;1grc,,.i 1l1 at r,; 1c h p ;1riHh \':,1'--: •·hnuld !-;llppnrt \l' 'I, J;1t 11.r•t•l\llt, I 11••'1:.; 1• ii'' 111 inist1..•r·H ~1:1 l••<l JllPl' t - ThP p1·r--:0n1 hf\11~;('1. ,,r ,vo1 ·:-:hip ."·.,s I .JiC',1t1•,l :,,11·. I, 1,:::i :,n,1 al thr i;,tl1!<' : lh.' J{t•v. L >· 1n :1n \\."lliting· wa:-; instal• r·•i :,~ th<' p::•,tol' of th<' ch urrh. 'l'h•· l('t ' ll lT<'ll('(' ot llH' S(' l\1 ic·P n (('rtll i., I or th''-'" inc·id<'lll~ ,. ,. 1/ �S OBY Uf NORTH , : fARISK GOES BACK ~NEARL¥ 300 YEAR ·~~ _ · ~~-.....----'-----..;..,-£:··.r1,::.~J ~ ~.:r! t·••" :· Coll)~emoration of 2~0th Anniversary Bring_s , tQ : Light_; Portsmouth Happeni~g~.~ .~t the' Past .. Services in commemoration of the It was a lane in those days and it was annivers~ry of ·the North Par-I ne~rly filled by th e old state hou se, lBh _(Congregational) church which which was build upon a ledge of commenced Sunday in_ the beautiful I rocks occupying the center of th A Hpuse· of Worship' own.eel b'y the So~ pre's ent square. The street was very c{ety on L\;Iarket Square in tho heart na rrow a nd on a ccount of a led ge 110 of Portsrµouth's business center, and carriage could pass between tho state w_)1ose spire raised high above has honso and the projecting porch or lhn P:oclaimad to our peqple for a. gen- north meetiug house. 111 l 71! u 1:1omo e~tlon th~t the "Lord is There:: o r the ledge was removed m a king a need more than ·a .. passing . mention. street way on the south as well as Two ·h undred e.nd fifty years covers th e north side or the state house. The nearly the entire history of Ports- state •house was removed fr •m the mouth since its settlement !11 •1·623, square in 1836, se?en hunclreC: ~ollara a,nd t-h.e history of tli-e society is in having been su•bscribed by citizc •os for real~ty the history of Strawberry the purpose. The name of "The ParBank' and of' Portsmouth. In the early ado" was first, given to th e wide uays the chUt'ch a,nd , the to,vn were space in front of the post ofll ce, th on one an·d the' same ·•an'll ·: lrt looking· at th e corner •. of 1JJaniel and l'enhalback over records one finds · that t.he low s'treets, but with the remo\al selectmen were as .much, If 'ii'ot or tho old slate hou so tho num e Wh~ I irore,- c O l f m l l ' l T I ! ~ IIJ)pneu 1:0 ine-,i,1 uare In trou~ or cl,d · Worship, than they were with the at- North church. falTs of the village . . To ·recite the Four different buildings havu been hi!;tory o! the North! Parish wou1d be used ror places of worship by the ·an Impossible, task, and the writer North paris h since its inception, covat this time renews facts which have ering a period o[ two hundred ancl .a.xjpeared 'ln Historical sketches print- seventy-three years. The first was a -ed'.• ln the pa.st. ·-· :. · · log cabi n on Pleasant street near the · 'Previous to the ' bull-ding of , the present Universalist church, lhe sec. 1fli--st, O+ -North · Congregational m'eet- ond n ear the "crotch or. th e road s" •lng b.Quse on .the corner:. or Congress at the Soutj1 mill rlain ; t•he - third on l~~· ],'\le11,!lan.t streefs," where tho 1ircs- the corner of ,Pl easant and Qongress •(nJJ. cll'ur.cb.:!nD.w s~antfs;ln 1_71'2, wor.: sti·eets on th~ · site of the preseu I s.n!J>. wa~ Jield in the ~1neetl.ftg'Ji.buse church or worship. Two buildin gs . a tht> S.o~t:ll.,M/U darn, . whlcll -ll-t that· have been· ereeted by th e parish for Um~ was about in the center., of the its Sun day school. 'rhe first was a th%icly popufated pa-l't-of th'e tow11. In brick vestry on Fleet 'str eet In llil ,. a record book . pre'se rved '. · b,: the It is still standing, on the west side _chm;ch, begun • bY, ':. _Rev: . Jo3hua of the str eet n ear State st r eet, and i,; :IIoody., In 1671, there 1s written on u sed as a. dwellin g. Gov. La.ngdon Jlllrke. 54 memor_anrtnm by Rev. T~zra ro11t1·ilrntecl l:l!'l-:ely .to w;irel its conSt!les, while' ii,. pastor of tho churc.h strnctio n. Tho prusrnl ,~h:qll'I 011 'in. 1777,' in which )le writesi "There. :llidcll e i;trcet al the corner of Por:1s ' an, .inst~ument : in being whic1i ~:.1 ter street was !Juilt in 1 870, the lot -,h~Y~ . secu ,whi ch ,giveii. th~ founda- bei n g glv~n tho c:hurch by :11iss :lfar y ,tlon . of the parlsJ1 .iabout '.1.640 and c. Rogers, who Jived on Congrl'ss .slg.n_ep ,b·y: mQst or the inha!Jitants of 2tr cot, n ear the North church. The frawberr.Y Bank."•. • :lli Hsi on chapel on Uarllctt street was :; Th_e re 'Yas .. np,,_:~-ra.rket Square In_ built in 1 890 . ,17.12 · w,hen: tl)e ,North) Parish erected 1t was in A ngt1 s l, 1 Gfi 7, th~t the ,iJs :.meeting .house , at·_the corn~r of towu empowered the selectmen to .f.leasant street and Coi:igress street. P 2.GO~h. I a ,1 build a meel ing- house, ancJ thi s was [orly feet sqirnr!', with twelve windows and tl,n•c doors. JI was situatccl on the ·hil l h low the clam at the South bridge. When tirdt built it did 11ot have pr,1·s. The first c!t urch bell in .\!cw Ham])s hire wai, hu11g in the low brlf ry or this ch urch in 1G64. TirY . .Joshua :lfoody was lhe first, 111inislP1·, h1•1,:inning h is ])aslontlc In l fi:iS. ,\f'lrr I w1•lrn }'Pars .\ fr . .\loocl y had 1-:all1c>rPcl a c·ongrr.1-::1 t ion so large that it conlcl not gr>t in tho meeting hol1.;e anel t hoh stc•ps were taken rm· tl,e fornrnl ion or a ch !lrc· h . . '.t a f"CllC'r:tl town ,llll'Ctin;; hclcl Sept. 24, l 7 I I, it was rolccl that a m cling hon sc be built aucl that the sa m e be e rr c·tccl on th e C'Ornc r or lit e mini s te rs fic>lel, a11cl thal iL be the ~lalc,l mcrti111~ house or t hp town. :--:early on e- ha Ir of the <'On;;rcg-ation <I CC'llll'(] t-lu: loc·:tlil~· too far llOrlh ancl a ((ll:t!TC'I t'ullOWC'cl. \\' hen tlrn hou sr w:i:: c•o111;il<-1e·el Jt c,v . '.'-:llthnnlcl 110;'.rrs wm; orclc1 Ct1 Io 11rPae·h ~1t lhc 1,cw bnilcli11 .~ whilr th(' Jllinorily C'Olllit1t1<' el to worshi11 at lhc> olel mct'ling housP. ThP q11arrcl las tc·,l ror years. 'l'ho~r AOin .:.: to lho new church were call et! I ho );orth llill'ish a ncl · those rcmain ing at lhc olcl , the South paris h .. 'rh<' mnin queiilion at issne hetwco11 lhP two {'h11rcl1C·s nl this lime wai:: whir·h ]),11'i8h was C'lltillrcl to the hr11. c,lils or lltc, ,:1,•l11• la11cl:-; :tltcl the• IOWll laxl's 'file ,·011lrnvc>1·sy w:11> 1:arrlecl f ltor11,;lt th1• 1·011rts c,f t lrP time ancl artC'r Joni; 1lc>liltrralio11 lhP <:Jebe lanel s wf'r<' linally awarclNI to the .:\'orth 11arieh, b ,:I that hoth the '.'-:orth :incl South parishes wer,, town par=~hos nn,1 :1:: •:;, It wc1·r <!qnally cnl.Jctl lo th e ~nw11 tn ,:es. The decision wns unsati sfacto ry ancl I h e dislribution or tax es bci11~ a bone or contr>nlion il wa s in J 71 G :1Arreel that <':tt·lt 11a1·islr sho11lel support its own minislrr, nn,1 l111ir <' th e maftcr since rr ~l erl. This is otrly one or lht' many rliff<T<'lll'rs th,, l aro!;e in the r,nly clays or 1h" 11aris h. In 170G 1hr c:rccnl:rncl parishio11ers formecl a JIC'\\' parish , beca11sr {lf the Jon g- eli~ta11C'C' and th e clnngC'r from 1hr l11 elitrn ~ while trave ling to anrl from the meetln; house. 11' 172:i a meeti11.; hou se wa,; crer.tecl at th e Plains a11d stoocl for I WC' 1dy-th r ee y;;a r s when it wa s blown clown during a se vere sto rm . .-\t lhis time th pari s h aga in came nnilccl ,rilh the . ·orth church. In J 757 tl1P Tnelcpcnclc>J1l C'o11grcgationn I sorir>I, "::ts forJ11Nl anu they worsil':iperl i n !h e ir bt:ileling on the• s ite ot' thC' ])resent Uni~:irian cha pel un Slife st rert for :.,i:dy-fivr· year~. f II 1 ;:; \ S for tr "yOlllll); men" WC'l'l' gra11lc>d eli sm iss ion from lht~ mother c:!tnr.- h and · t11Ly C'sl:d,lishcel a 11arlsh in th e ir new brick huilr1ing which they lt:::d e r ectr:1 :it tll 0 C'orncr c-1' Plr.3s:wt nnd Li\·r 111:rrc slrnets. ln 1 s::r. they :i~ain uni ~c, : 11·ilh t l.1· :-.:orth iari sh. The Glrb r lanel s a!JO\'C wPr<' 1-:ranlecl to the town in :\fay, 1/l40, b y l•'r:rncis \\'i lli ams, the tint. nppointecl g-01·ernor or the colony �lion or t ea Lo this country from Eng'rho following poem written by "L. rith ninrtccn o[ the prin<:ipal inhabiland ancl lo prevent it being landect n. 'l'." in' 1905 is printed for the bene tants of the lower pa:·. of Pa~cac:1in Porl <: moulh. In 17Gl the church fit of the people of. today: Q ua [or the ad van 'Plllf'll t "of t 11r was c-nlarp;ecl by ad<ling Lhirteen 'rRE OLD NORTH SPIRE. •~,ll-;c~"~.i.aglory o[ c:od and for t!: ~ 1111rposc or ferl. lo lllCI wrst sitlr. which gave the lordly spire raised lligh above the mini~ter". The grant consisted or steeple a pla<'c-. In 180G the interior The marts and homes ,of Ports-. nboul lift~· acres of lanrl anti c-oYere 1 was rnrni~hecl with a fine clock, ,a mouth town, 1he Jll'O])Prly 110·1· :;:tn:1'Pcl between brass chandcli r, wi~h three 1·ows well the trust to · thee Congress street n.nrl lh<' South pou<l o[ candle slicks. the walls and ceilqueathed ' and l'leaimnt street and ('hcstuut ing liulc-cl with an indigo blue wash TTPr ancient name ,and iatr . tre'el. Th rec acres or t,hc gm nl were the seats 11ainlr<l green and 'the pulpit nown. at that time eucloscd for a r•orn lie1!l dPcoratPd wilh s11lcndlcl crimson silk c,n ''which was a par:;onage with a draprrirs. Tu 18::1 the hou!;e was re .. nder sp iro viewed. [rom afar cha'pcl thereto attached. mo<lelecl al au r:q1rhse o[ $:i,800 and Ar-ross the marshes, gold and red, In 17D l I ais land was ~old b1· the• [urn iHhP<l with a. single tier of winTo toilers or the lfilcld and flood wardens ·a1 1·11blic auction 1n 0°htain dows, th rrr 011 <'a<'h side of the Speak or God's wage, the heaven' a me:,n~ for 1 :1' din~ the parsonn~,• c·h11rch insl<'a<I or sevrnlcrn. ly bread. ' ho11s0 on Pl<'aRanl [SI'('('(, 11011' ownP<I In 118G·l lhc- old mrrling 1ho use I ,and occu11i d br thr hrirs or lh" was ]llllled down and there are peosunlit spire, a beacon glad, Jato K ft \\'cn<lell. '!'hr rrmaini111~ pl alive today who will tell you of To men home coming 'fro~ the sea, "~~ca,;f.'.1Ut fwelvea<'t'C'!1 <'Ollltllf'11Cf'<l flt thr• 1 the great crowd lh•al assembled ;\lay voyag rs upon life's main· 11orlh<•asl cornPr or lhP rhnrr'1 anti about the T'aracle to walch them pull :lfake good land fall guided running lo the west sidr or f hr presthe stcrplc clown. 'l'he work waR clone ent KNtr~arp,e l1011se lot. tl11•nc-e to ther. under the Sll]lel'l·ision o( A. TC ,v. 1\ the •South po11Ll, thc-nc<' to l'leas:rnt Drering, llto rigger, who hatl climb0 sturdy spire holding secure.-·! •treet. In 1 70~ ,at :t public town eel Lo 'Lbe lop :1.nd placed :,, rope . Thine upward way through storms meeting il was ordne<l "lo br laid arou111; ~he spire. The posts al Lhe and night \. out into houre lots for 11eopliug the belfry wPrC' then cut nearly orr and Poi11 l earth's bewildered, taint - antl town and thr.l the a<lntntagPs which one encl of Lhe rope was run down lorn, aris fhcrrby be for the henrfit of the ~lark et $;I rrcl. where many willing The path that gains the mini•tr,r," 1r!-ervinp;:,, portion ror a \ h:tn<lS aRSiHtl'tl in pulling the steeple •h eight. . I mcelinp; •itonse, court hons<', nlnrnto thr ;:.ro11ncl . The steeple rell •dirccl1housc n.n<l ,,;iryin~ pla< e . '!'hr. rPSI ly acrns:; )larkcl Squ:1.re, the vane watchful s[lire with rude alarm :W,1~ <liviclr,\ into hOll • t! ]OlH and 11':t!'almoRl rrachinp; the front of the AthAnd cvr[ew serving homely need, ('< ;:rrr 111:1 J,, iPr !l 'l!t . r1r~ at 1 ·1·0111 enaenm. Wakett our • minds, summon our spvcn to l\l'(rr1: sl1i;lin~~ :t yPar. fi'o:· 'T'he 11rescnt brick ehurch I 111:tl'I,\" Yf''1 ·;: th,, l'C'lll, 11"1{' C<;)lr!'tecl soul rrectc<l in the following year at a To choose the aife tho.l's ·life •,,;;:;'>.!;?.--..d• sr:,.!"-.·,hat 1·e!!.ul:1riy lt11t in 1 ·; :;f; nwn:, cost of ~::o,ooo, a most rrmarkab1e ! ! Gt~ 011' 0 j !1·1111 l\','l'llly to tliirt~ deed. I ' fip:11rr wh<'n nnr ronsiclcrs the CO!!t of 1·. ·ar~ rrul :11HI ,1rt, r a <on1pl'r,rni<t• 1 l,uil<lin~ lod:t)'. \\ hile the buil1ling all paid up. was in procrR<; of eonstrnclion it was •Christian spire unreared in faith The Jirsl meclinJ:!" housr to be fonu<l that tltr hase of the tower pro.Justice and mercy by thy care· rrc-clccl upon this sitr 11·as built in jccl r1l 1,eyond the 1=;trcet linr ancl the Till brotlierhood •and true 1olk-[rlt1 1 714. It was sr,·cn t,r re-rt long and l'lty eonv<'Yf'<l by '<leecl Lo the 'ortli Our city name, 'The Lord is there.' 1 three storirs high with two (~allrrirs. Parish a strip of land four feet. by ~,,('-!111!1:'!l'!"'one above the other. It hacl thrrr Lwcnty-tour rcr<. 'T'he 11ew or~·r,n an<l t irrs of windows :in<l wall noclonlil thr lilf'tllOl'ial win<lOWR \\'C'l'(' arlilrcl in Ii rst "Th 1·r-<• I >•wl< r-1·' • to iir• 1111 i It in l RDO :11111 Lhr ' iron renc·e smTn11 nc1in~ _,,.,.,..... "''~ ·'"'';....,,,,.,., ·1his Nilllltry. Th<• J)lllJ)il oc11•11pir1l th•• the churrh was n. glfl from 1hr latcmi<l<lle or the westr1·11 siclr. anrl was .Toh11 8. nancl in memory or Slll'JllOlllll<•c\ h,1" a 1:tl'l'.f' <;Ol)l)(]inJ; wifr. ho111·cl. ln 17~0 :t 111'111·.v w:,s atlcl,•,l '!'he bell ill l he CllltrCh stcc11lo wa!< '9t:ISl-,:r'~I and ill 17:lO a spirP I :;o t'Prl hi;.;h hon~hl in 1,1;4, It weighs n.bonl was built. lll 17::!l a clo<'k waf> pl:1cSOO po1111clR. In ,1 SG'.1 I ho hell was f'd In thr beHrr, Uw 11rP~c-nl or sr,1•' rou111l to he rracked. lL w;s recast -al nal gentlemen of Ute town. Among a. fu1111clry in 'l'ro1·, .. Y., the city the prom i nelll men of t 1,c ti me wh payin~ !!i rn:~_<;1 of the- expense. 11·ere pew holders in t'1i~ "Thrcr One or tho most di8linguished t) ckcr" wrre Gen. \\'illiam 1\\'hipministers 10 serve the church wns the i ple, Rign 1· o[ the clrch1ration or 111Rei·. JosPph Duckminister, who waB c\rprn1lell<'f' from l hr Sla tr or :._cw its pastor for thirty-three y~ars. \ ltam11shirr, Unv .. lohn Langdon ,a111l When l'rcsiclrnl ,vashington visited tlanirl \\'rhstrr, t hr famou s ln wyrr. Portl'mouth in 17S9 he attended serv;l!O Rcn·<'d as w:ir<l<'ll in the yc:u vicr al this <·l1Urch, dressed "In a ISlfi. 'l'<111·n mr<'li11p;,; wrrr hrlcl in blacl. ,·c\hcl suit." .John Paul Jones u;i~~,,.;,;_: this meetiu~ housr uutil 1,1;2 whcu \\'as a mPmhrr o[ Dr. ·Buckministei•s thr parish voled 110I to permit fur•·110,·k" havinp; n.tlendecl Lhis church ther public use of t lie builcliug-. !\l whi\1• in Pnrlsmo11tlt superinlcnditH?: the next lowu mectiu:.: the cloors or thr lrnildi11µ; or tho 1iian-of-wa 1· the c•hurrh were- Jn,•l;c•{I hul thry were fo1·cecl open a llll the bu~inr,;~ of the <ln.r ·was tran,;:irtcd. 'T'here was 110 mean,; of heat1n1~ thC' hnilcling iu lhose early day<; smn.11 square tin sloYP<; fillecl with live coal~ \\'Cl'(' carried. In 1 ,62 Lh<· wardrns votccl that "whosoe1·c•1 Jea\'CS auy stOl'C!'I :,l llie houioe shnll pa~• n. li'ue or shilliugs." Sto1·ps (or hcali1i.g till' church were first pul in about 1828. In l 82i an organ was bought $80\l. :llanr public mrctings were ,.. ,_..,,.r.·•held iu this chur.ch clurinp; the ex00 citing times or the Ue1·olulion, the most important br;n~ the 'T'ea T'arty meeting at wliich time :,, prolP!<l was ma<l againsl l'urlhcr im11orta- l i l 0 �&-hooj"-;;~ 80 lnrgC' a HC(l](' lctl lO I hr C'stah li Hhml'nt of SC'! arrttC' schools fni <'nch Parish, ourn bt>!ng tra111<f,·tT1· 1 t, lh<' gallcri<'H of th<' old Nor1h Ch11;,:h Deacon Tappan died In J8~1. J!i:' 81ICCC'8S0t' Sf'l•ms lO haV(' hC'Pn ~Ir. :'1'.)1, othy Ji'nrrar, fl lawy<1r or some <li'.-iti.1 ~'Lion. I !is sLay with U!< 11·.1g i.hort for in 1822 'Henry .Jnclrnon hall c:hnrg<'; h< wns P:tll<'d "fl vr·1·y rffici<'nt nucl 11sd·tl man." !lr• W:J!l also a 1l.1y :,..:-houl '"·" ,1<'r n nc] :\Ir. Chari<'>< W. nrr•w s l<'r \\'-1i :tmong his p11n,ils In 1817, and g-il·<'~ proof in his ''R:tmblps Ahout 1'01·1"• mouth" of good 1rai11in;.;- In English fl nd in 11 islo1·y, 'l'hr> school lh<'n numberC'tl ahout 150 h11l lh<' /\llC'ntlanl'(' IIVPr:i,;; c•tl only !CIO l\11·. llornrP •:\lorH• and :\Ir. r.,org-, , I~ ,\rl:tm!S n r<' m<'tll ion d ns S111wrin1 1 JI. <1,, nts :ilHH11 this p•·riod hut II'•' oJtl) know of 1h em lhnt th<' ln1l<•r w:i s :ifl ••rw:i 1·rl,; pn :i (or of' 1hp churr.h n 1 wi c l,, :\le. 1\f!Pr a whil<>, th<' Sr·l10ol was th<' 1:rirk VPRt1·y on f•'I C'l stt'<'<'l :,n,l "w<'nt fllong- nho111 1lw Rnm<' for :t 1111111 hr-r of y<'a 1·s." l\lr. E. \Vlwl'hvt·ighl was S11p1• 1·inu •n• <lc•nt frr,m 1826 to 18~8. an,l from ;; lPlt<'r of his, ,wriltc•n in n.~o I, wt\ h:tVt' most ot' our info1·mntion nho11L 1h,'8i Par!y years. Ile says: "'1'he great rcv1vnl of 18~7 'CllllSC'Cl a mnrkC'cl illC'J'l"(lS~ In th<' S11nctny school and 1hp :itlf•ntlance rapidly in crt>n~w,l. ~lnrc than !lOO schol:1 rs C'l'O\\'tlC'tl I hi" vrslr)' . Th rr \\'l'l"I' PlP·\'Pll ll':l('h(•1·~ :II I l1011g-h 1h:1l lilll\' , \\llll , I ho11;.;-hl fill a11d ,;,•1·io11,;, 11·,•1·, not prol'Pssorn of 1·r•lig·io11 ~111tl ,lid 1101 •·I 1r·rish i I.~ hop(', n,1 ri Ilg' I h j,; l'r'V i l':t 1. nr JlhJHt l1 \:tC:la(•1 ·s lltl•Xt• •:n:iintnin<•tl, :11hl si:-d P ll I on 'lh•, ·anll• tilt... P.\ 11lll }d :1J'.\' il rHl whol<\ 1i\•1• x . pit1llh <·nnl : , •t·ll :tt't,·i- this P<'J'iod, 1 1lu.· H<'honl \\ .1 ~l flt,ttl'- i " l,inr,- an,1 app:rrPntl) ll ~C'i'nl io n d P1; 1· "-'' "· ThP 'l.'f"!"t\"'.' hPr:.' :\f1:: . , I inf;!, \\"1 · l'r i1, t ,·,·, ·~. lilH~. .\l111 ·h li111, \ \\.1 ~; ~q ,.•111 diB 1 11.,., 111•~ \ , · f '. 111 .. , 1 L n.' 11 • t 10n )H,.-'1; :i or ll f> f·d, l.1111 Ill• . ti1t1 n,ur I I H ,d :! , ill in 1,1 . , ~, ,~ 1' 111• , 1 it ·B t li, t llll P \\I'\,. f' , llt I '11_, b ;llti •nlu ,n \ \ :1. · ~ l\· 1• 11 L1 dil'l•C' t S f'riptur,"I in tn1C"'ti o11 n r•13n \\'hi r h I co11J,l \\i sh mi ~hl l,P /:P lH, .,lly r,·• vi\',' (l 31Hl !ldnp1P11 . 'T'h,1 ~r 11nrt ion~ or' 111 0 1fl,l>l,· wl,irh :,JP fnl11,fn11Y r o m 111i1 !Pd, :1I',· 9r,1,-1n1n l,1 •; 1' · \\' t' l'f' C' l:1 ~·. :, ili<•rl .1Pr nrdine In I il(l-lr ;..)ge ~,~: f':1r a n pn:-:!~iJ,l,. :- -111,l no i:cl10! ;1r:: :, ~ f l'fll'l1,".\ ll)h,·r, \Yfll'P o,·rir f".i i \:tPl"ll r,·:i 1\--= or :l g"(\, ·r1ir- n11111l1fl1' of f•l:I~ \:,'.;,-•: : fllll'ing 111y f"onn0 PI inn ,,, it 11 lhl' :-wh11 rd, \':11·ir1 cl l'ro111 :.!~ to :10, :l\', 1 1':1g:i11;-~ :1liol11 '!'his 1·los,·:-: 0111· i111'n1·111:1tinn t"ron, r,u11,r111 <•1tJ11·<:l1 wo1·1;,,,.. In 18f,-t, J1.l'\'. I s 1·:tPI ~v. P11111 :1111 , t'i' ~ ,"'Jlltng lti ~ 111 Pn1ol'i• 1 ~ of 1 h t,•u• P:11'1y •'111.)'A, \\TOl<'l aR foll,,w,,: '·'T' hP ,.,.:,.! :,mong 111<' <'hll1lrP11 l'n1· ,·nn111111111,., 11, :nr-1nn1·r l:11·1~, 1 po1·1inn:-: \'\:J!.; \'1 l l'.\' 1•xlr:1"rdi11ary, :111111•:d ,.,.,.,lil,1< •, '.!00 , •11111 111· :,Oil vn,;,•s 11:i,- a •·ommon 11·r•Pldy ,,rrnn nf 1lt.- l1rigl111•sl 1 5 SJJNDAY SCHOOL ~1818-1921. 1 • :, (By F~!lnces, A. Mathes) the year 1812, a grent flre SWP[lt 4own State &1.reet, !lncl among 1he 1:;ullcHngs rlPstroyPd, . wns 8 r•·hool It was rebtillt . lhe nf''- I \' Par ,and 11til\ BPrve/1 1hP 'flllhlic !lH rhP :~.1.lvatlon Anmy hPad!]uarlPi·s. , 'T'he flrs( teacher 1hero· wn s A 1110s 'l'o.p pan. 'rhti'. select,men were anxi,J'I~ to,keep Mr, •Tappan in the town, 90 • · ventui:ed to advise him to ma.rr.v and' even went . 80 far as to St!G'gest thn, ,ie take e.s a. ·bride, the sister of the tar<' Dr. Buckrninstor. Mr. Tn:ppan, no,hjng Joatih to :take t'M.s ~xcellen,t adv,ce really did marry Miss Eliza Buel<•minster a.nd thi 8 connection natn r,tlly ga\'o hlm a. strong intt'rC'st in clw oh\Hch, so Jt doos not sr>em str:ing-,, to lrar n that ln,1:81&, plans wPre made foi· a.Sunday school and that hP 3 ihP flmt superintendPnt. :Rev. IRraPl W. •P 11 tnam, fpastoi· •ilnc<' 1~ 1:;) , had b:-ongh t up thP TIPP(! of such ;a cchool 1n hi's Fast J.my Rermon ; 11 A11rll, ·18J8, and he contrihntPrl. much wn r.t..1rt0rl thP Sunrlnr s<'l1ool in .T1~1'f1.>t·:--in11 T!nll. This wns ov<'1· tlw Hriclc Mai-Im~. h11ilr hy IIH' t own in HOU, on tl!P :;it0 r f lll :• prP~H•111. Nr•w UampshirP Na1h,nn1 Dt~nk. Snme nt' UR remPn1t;Pr ,,vhP n LhP l•n~·er floor ,vas f1ttcd '\Vith stalls for a market, larg'P rloors opening al th,, sides for their accommodation. F.n- trance to 1hP Hnll \Yas macle hY. a 7;;rl r· door at 1hP fr,mt nnrl n wincllng ,-1:dr at 'pithc~ end, open inp into ::m f'XCC'llPnl room 1'01· many public gnHwrings, s rH:h as town meetingi! and <'Ven chm·eh I fp!rs. 1\Ty onl)' remembrnn c P of it Is •associatecl with a strong, a,gt·,•P:i hlc• odo,: of S[Jl'UCP t~ePs, as T rlimhNI 111C' worn, \Yinclln,s stnirs for my fir•·I ,, pPriPnrP or. n pnriRh fPsl!Yily. ,nr>ncbn Tappan';, nr>w R11nrtay _, ,.,no , : hnrl nn 11nPxprrto,l popnlnrily. 11 ,.,·,1!. O[)Pn In all fl1P <'hilrl1·0n of thP town nncl' morP 1lrn11 4r,o crowrt,,,1 11,,., h:1:1 . A list or lhP first tParhPrR incl11rl,•!< 1,,p following nn,mPs: from lhP T•;pi«ropnl ch11rch, l\fi;as 1~far y Tiic<', ;\fiss Ro.1ltlr vV!.1.1'11 !"1', :11111 ~ll~s F'rnnC'<'s .\lkins .. n: from thP So111h Prnisli, ;\Jrs .. t nlln 1::dl nnd Mis>< Mary Brnw11; from th" r,,,r1l · 1I':J.rlsh, Miss ·lcli7.a i>C'I h \Va 11<<'1\ :. , I'S Amo!'! Tnppan and Miss Eli¼a 'l'nr1,:,n · s'l. niece of tllC' •Supcrinlenclenl. to Its t1.nn..1~._.;;.;;..;,~-="'.""'Jl"';':I!'!"'~~"! 11._.;T~h;.;e:_d:;.:.;if.:.fi;;,c:.;u:.;l.:.ti:.;e,;;s...,.;-~===-,-..;..,.;; nr lhp, l'liilrlrt' ll :111d ,.. Olli(• \\ 0 1· 111 (tll lfl 800 unrl 01w to 1000. ,\ hoy l,y 111" 11nmi' of Fl<'irl~. I. ll1inl<, dirt ii. lL •SC'f'TnS proh,'lh l e lhat lhi ~ hoy W~S none oth<'r than the fanvius publi~hC'r nf Bos 1011, ·Mr. Jam C's T. f•'i1•lds, who s]lC'nt his C':tr ly y C'a1·s horC' nntl woultl have be<'n nt the rig·ht agl' to l)(l in th<' Sundn.y school nL thnt lim<'. ~lnny of 1ho lllgh school ;;-iris aml ho)'H have road from their Libi-a1·y, on<' or more or 1he novels or Scott, which w c·r<' give n hy ;\fr. f.'ielc'ls lo th<' High ><C'hool of 1856, whPn lhPY WPnj inlo •huil<llng, now thr Cily J lull. �lay ." chrJnl h"r-nmr> so lnrgf' that th<' 111 iclt Vf'r1lr)· with ii" nar-ow bt>nrhc~. it!'! rows of R<"at~ rising- each :t liltl' 1ii~hcr thnn the ncxt in front, ils la,·!, ,,f s11m:hinc. :-tn<I yr-1 irs store of snr-rc·I ";,;ociatinn. \\'ll~ lr>f, , for lhc !;n.ll('l'i••s 11f thf' pr<'s<'nt rhurch. :><o mnlt<'1· how mnny chilclrrn r-amr to the ~clton!. S1 v<•n!< lrnew e,·er•)' one aml wc C"nnnnt for~<'l his bri~ht mannfr, his ,,; ,,n ial sam!le his truly rL' ligio1is spirit. nil nf which al'ff'ctc,1 w," Ij tc•nclrint, ~xcC'ni :in f'Xf\l'Cil·•.P an1011g ih<' t·fa\' lf'hl'r~, hy rf\pOrLing in writin.~. Pnclt hi!< or hl'r own pl:111 anil cour,:•• of in- ; ~tructlon of lhP clASRPs. Th,,;" pap<'rs, so.me of th<'m Jmrtlcularly hy ,;om" of th(' young l:11lif"R, WPrl"' ,·,•ry lntPl'P~t - \'n I ,in hi 11 <'l <' lr•l'I 'l'hP). ,r,·. 11:i fl1ti. :lJ11f 011°111 QI ill tn h, f1<11n1_l 1 !1, ri• ., ..\ft,,. th II ·d1,,l li(ii, 1 I J, .. ,\ i1 Of .I. \ 11l111 ~1 :qq,, ,: 11 :1 ·1~ '-\1q 11 •rl l1· 1,,,,rl, Ill lt111 11n:l1ing i•{ hlli \\·ll or liln1 ln l84~. ~Ir . . loh11 S1nv,,,.,.. """ jn yn11n 1" in nn,t t!1f' 1l:1n~1•r of !':tlsf' unJps;,: thf' ·b onl1~. :l'- \\'<'II :-t'- tf' □ C'lting tf';1chin~~ t 11 ,, lhf' tc:tchf'rn :1rP s11p,-.1·vl""•l pt·op<'rlv hy thr ('ht11'1•l1. :11Hl 1 ,•pr·n:1<·11 r:tlhP!' thP C'l1111·<·it fo1 · 11, ..,10r1 in,•-: 1Iii• , i11111111·1n11t hr:inr l1 of ,1,,-. \\·nrlc ,\1 th•· •:11t:rll r11111·1• h n1r-"ti11 •... i! w:, ~ d,•1 1dP.I In 11~1\'1• th<' .\flpPnl pr·1111 •d, 1n s1•11il :1 1•11p\ t11 :1C'II n1Pn1hP1 ', :1 tHl In l1 •:11 •la( l'~ lltf' lO l"l'C"ilf' inl1 •11tlt1nl: 11! ;11 1lt.,, lh1•p,, 1•1 •:"H 111s witl1 .\Ir. ~,a ,·i-·r~. ,.IJ(llll,I I, ,, \ 'i, ,. 1•,·p:i,:, 'll.. wn~ nh~1•11I. in ~•• l"\'f' ,1111• 1•~111111•· \\'f\1<• 111 f'I,, · r<H ·1 1i11n. r1• ll,u I lt..•l"P.:;ti n e to ,, I in 18ft1 1t·i1Pn 11., n1.1 11, ..,il' I II l}l1 •l :1~ 11,,. Jpff hnR lh, n S11p, ri1,1, ,1d,-111 1•1' •:i··:i 11t 11 I 1 ·,\ 11f I -d, ., Ir. llnr:H',' \\'Pl, ~., ,.,._ :11111 \\ l1 iJ ,, Iii harl :-thlllt~ in sn1111' din-,·1, .. 11 •· . 111 ,., tni11ly failP,1 tn g1·:l~·p Ill, Iii 1 111 i11l·iJ)lf' s nf ~"'tin.~ i11 10111·11 11 it 1, ,·ltild1·, •11 llf' l\' n!'l gl':1\'P :111,J slift' i11 111 :111111•1· t.111 we g-i\• ,'"'I. ld1:1 t·n clit fol' e,dlf·<'li11 l11 lctl<·ni IV<' h:1n• quol<'<l .1ho1°<', ,.,... n ii \\'P mu ,; t J'f'pr·o:ll' h hin1 for 1, -:1\'ill'~ n, Ira<'(' of his (lWIJ li•lll' ill lit<• !-Whoo!. Al n S11nd:t\ Sch<Jol 1·n11• Prt :1ho111 1 ~ 1 ,I• \ ' p~lr~·. \\' f\ 1 , n•- mcnrhf'I' thnt th1•rf' w :1:s a ,·11mp,.1iti1111 In lintlings JnhtP \'('l' ~ P~ till thP x11hjf'l'I of 1'(\lllllC'l':t-llL'l' l'X:,rh (•\f'J'). chll,l ha<I al lf'ast onc v rsf' :111cl thO!<<' t'ho;,1'11 by the pastor'" <1n11,d1t<'rS< 1,·<•r,• tlw nnlv Jn ;,; th:il c:111'lNl n srnil<', '!'l11 •11 11·p <'n!'h r Cf'i\·NI fl'Ol11 ~1,·, l... \\'. ltogc:·s (';1\IF-.C" intC'n!·rly in11•1'P~tt,,ct in th r of i't'tnp r:1ncP , a p1·t•tt.\' C:lnl print('(! in l:l\'cn<il'l', :1 !s-:<'l'ij>llll'(' \'pJ • •• •II it h :t pi<'t 111'('- "nrl '.\fi ll•' i•,11l :1 l:,) !'-- 11;111t1•tl1 111~ sr,11! nflPr Th<'f', 0 Cod ." Th"'" ' \\'Pl'I th<· flr><l f•f i ll<'h cnrrls fnr us, n11,t thr>)· 1nig-hl now :1p p":-11· 1·:1tll 01· prin1i1h·,, 11111 tltf')' )::0\'(' ""' :t l'!'nl thrill ,, f plr>nsur•· lhPn, antl Jl"1·h~1ns 1•\'1'1 \\':till , l\\"11 fal1l1f11I \\11 l'lu11·ri Jllll !~ t l)p ~~i\'f'll tlH' c•1,-.d11 ,,r fn 1111,·\i tU'. llt:11 Scllon1. tr \\ :1i 1h ,• 11 111 Id i11, 'n1·t lPdg·p'8 \\'(•: 1v i11g 1·1111111 i 11 1 l:, r1·.11· •it· llH' fir!'-'I IH11t ~H• lit, \\,111illi111 ·.,· \\111111·. Ill 1\71:, ii \\:1 ~: l1:111 ·•f1• rn ·d, 11 :, 111 : •111 :··~dn 11 of lhP 1·i t) 1 :111I1t11nl11·:1 l1n11 ~•1\, 111 Hin<'"· in 1ilri1 :ncmorr. '.\Ir. l~zra .\. St,'V<'ns r-:t nw ne1,. t :, 11,l R<'rve<l :ilJout tcn ycnr1<, 11u1il hc l<•t't in ~~ 1,:1ldi11! ~ ~1•hnol- th,· l1 :1•: i1,~~ c1111•·1·,,,, 11 il :-1 t1l1l , 11I.,r- ,,.,.,._ 111 l ','lil, lh ,• <'h:q,,·1 011 l!:tl'lklt ~rn'f'l ,,..,,. h11ill h_•: 0111· f'lllll'c'h l)<'O[)I<' and Lh,. ~rhno l w:-i~ c:, rriNl nn th"r until In20 ::IL1·. John ,;_ nan,!. '.\II'. C . '.\I TrcuiC'l< , :111· . . lo ~cph Wn in. '.\Ir. \Villinm '.\11 <!rloc-lc '.\Ir. 1-; r . '.\fat!h<'\\'''· Sr., ,,nn '.llr. D. F'. Tinl'I h wi<'l<, h" ,·c in t 11rn :1,r<111nP<l thc <·a,·,,. ,11i;l ,1,.. ~.. ,-,.,. l h<• rlrn11l;s of tllll' church hotly, for lh'ii· f::r.ithfut labors . •'.\!any \\'0111<'11 h~\·<' nitlf'<l in thf' l<'llChlH'l"ha ► •8 :\[ i:.t~; 1.: 7,7.jo Tripp Jcncl~ thc n•,~1r<l f,,r Ions.; ""n·icc. In (HI!' n1\·n ~ch•>-., 1, ;\IJ', f!<'1tlH•u Kiinhnll ss11r-PcNlccl Mr ~te-vens In l8fin. nnrJ ~·••r\Ptl 11~ \\'1'11 :111tl ('01l!•WiP11lio11sly 11n- 1il IS','~. wl11•11 l1t• lf'fl tlH\'11. 11tc pl,.:is:rnr tl1JJ \' of ;c hool ill thr• II<' h:111 C'h:ip,\l. 111•\\ }lit P·XC'fd}f•Jlt Ri JIJ!.,!i,,l•, l<"rlr>s! For th<' fll'!Sl illllf>, WP hnd ar Tn·fnnt f 'Js•;s, wlt:•·h Ju ,:111 111 th<' room 114,w 11•;• -1 l !11 •11 1 ln 1 (1Jil\ 1i111, , 1, li\ 11 . ._ _ \lnlrh<•\\~t' I 11.\111 I ::11ttl lit<' v••r ·, ,., ''J\:s tlir • h :trt p:intc:l :ifl('J' !hf" \Y:lfl'l"•lllOOk ~·. 11 ·, .ln:-;Ppll 1,1 r ll'. : ii i1·~; 0 Lhi~ titn(' in 1hr, ltl'i<•k l'.i.-1 I, 111' I"" l1:I1!.{li •d1 N,,n I 1 nurc11 111 i sl \\'1•: 1\"1 I -;, :111,I l':''Jlhf•I' 111 11, 1 d ,,!' ·,11111• 1 ' 111 ·1 1 i:111 ·1 11,lp. i 'l'n 1l111 1 H• 11!,··1·,. I~: •· 111 ·, •, \\", 1 1111 ii' 1 fn11:1 I 111 \\,, ... 11H•111,11·~· I \\ l ii·fP h:111. ill lit,· ltull tnrn down , lhP f 1t11d la rr,1 \lr,, th<' ~unrl,,· :''rhnnl ·,,·, J', 1,0111 hr lol Ht rh!' 'l'e-mp!P, :i f111P It 111 ,11 1h1• (n.-m 111 an nmphilhl'nlrP, •·t. ,n,lin II,, rt on tl11 J)l'P- "'•· nt 1 ·d,• of ll1ri f'1H I 1111.\d It rl'li, ·; 111 ·1 ·R1•\p f't'tll 11f 11; j', ll1Pll1l11 ,. \I . ~: I 11111 ·1 P.:1d •~P r ~~cli11ol 4 \ hi11clt Thi' < ,, ., 1, \11• •1,n 11 ,~r·hr1 ,I w.1·1 1,r • 1,,., .. ·•,; I "-i1:!1 , 1>111 111,· ,:1·u111• l,·111 it1 "!1 • 1 11, •r•·d 1,_, .\1, ~..•: ~~11·:1!1 1~:11 11 ;11 . 11,,t,'11 :·u n,1 1~ 1,,n ,111111 1 r::iJ-11 t 1,1 ,~ 1 nL '_l'.J 1,11 rf', ',1 1 il fh;,rf) i s no llll1 9 i1"' llll\\ \lr. T, 11nl11H .. 1w1·•·.n11; diJ ~" r , r I li, li,:1 ly ,·,~n-·r, ,,·,--11 1,11,· , .i11il,f 11I -1.int ..... tl,r ti nil n f 1111 i, f 1 1•. f, j t Ii 1n,1 inn,, tl11•· 1 :Jt~fl (1) 111, 11, \\'Oil id L, lt:tlio11 'ilil11lll11 ~ ,,,. 111·;1,· I 11, tn 1,n1mr,rri 11 .. in If Ch(HH' ll N1•w siw·i11~ !1011l;q for the YOllll):;f'l' f'PO}l}(' \\l'J'(' p11ltli slt 0d al n.bont 1 ':i!I. ,\« f:11· :r« w,· <":111 l'Ptn<'mh01·, our rirqt onP wri o. r-all,•d •·' I' ll<' Su11d:t\' School 11, II." •\Ir. lsr:11·! ts imhall nch111r: 1 ,· llorol 1111 hr.y• in •:11), 110,\ II1i·· J1 ut,l1i"' I.ib1·a 1·\111 ,., ,·l1 ,•11! s 1J1 P1•1· tr:dn,•.J in 1h0 old ""nsh1<1 11 1-•.J ~ 111 ~i1u~· ~\,.·hon 1c.i ; l1P 11ndflr- tc, 1;1h,,. tl1t' 1•1'1 1'1' of th <' ~1111r- 1 i11l"111lt1111 11P l't '( 0 llit1 1!--f' 11.iw ~;t;1 1,d . :1 l :, r pr- 1 rnnr11 ll1 11, 0 111 ~ lh, n ,1:11c., r,nd 11 ,, ..1 _, \\(•]1 f"1il,·1l \\ •' 1, .\,l 1,, c i11,. 11 1111,"' l tl1 P 1,n ,y, •1 1\11 <lcicr11111i, <I lhnl 111 " t':1",1n 1·. f:r,1•. lh1f11..; \\... l 'l:1r1'4"', ~hn111tl IH• 111,, ~,1p.•1· 1110111h ~0111(' , 11h,l,-1·1 ,,,. ,., ('ll!ltl'lh11t,• =11 \HIS "hf•11 on \ 'f'l'~f'~ ' lHl~ic•. t 1 1t,r·r• fl 1 I lll'll c11 1ld1 t 1, 1n :1 ppnin I :1 r·nn1 - :--i:ttisf:1<•1inn , t!l111' whcn Sun<lny school concf'1·ts tlo111·ishcil :111,l \\'<' wl'rr nil <'XJ)ecl<'<l in tn.Ji. 111it11•1• In d1·:1w 1111:, pl:-in \l'hi,•h i;l1n11ld gi\'(' Thi~ "-:1,~ tC'nC'h<•rs anct !-:<'liol:1r~ alil<~. charg<•. An a ppNll from th<' officer,; a.nrl lPnchers or th<' Sc 11ool for 1111,n• :1t1cntio11 h,l(• IH'"" 11•1•,.nll)' t111111tl. Hlg11c1I h)' 1\11·. S•.~ \•crs and ·'.\lr . . I ~- ll;inlly, 1 : for th<' tf' :t<'IH•r•,. Th<')" cmph:i<si?.1' tlw ! i1np1lrtnnr" of I lh<' Scrlpt11r"" n. te~cher it li<'n, ~1:1~.· in 18:,1: ''I r!'cnll • nothing pec11llnr whllc I S11pPrin- ,i, . . d, l'f',:11 I • II 11•1, .i a11d • j I,\ II II'' It• 1\\', 1111 nr J,i", •~;("\n f KinI l10qf\ 111 Th4• clr, 11:1r1111, n1, wrrt"' givr-n l>) l11P .Juvcnite Snricty en w called the Hoge r s ~1 i<i,;ion ~- ire le). for the nP\\ h11llcti11~. Jn thnl On;! c·l:iss werf' lhe twc :11loptccl claught1•1·s of our pnistor, Th'V Cl,.01•gp •~T. Acl:111, \. : , n~ well as on{\- \YC'l' l<nown to 11« :-,o.; ~Tisa,. Edith 'I'hachcr l 1 r!n1·1r\· 111 1870, tinder Mr. K.imball, we ha( n11r Or,;t S11rnlny Schol Christmas fes• tivnt. 1'hc 1)1·oir,ram Jncludcs four o I ' ' " Jll'f'l I\' ('hrl~t mns hymns for tl\l r·: ,ll<lr, .1, ,,o mP of which we st!ll h<'at in ill<' srhooJ a1 that sea,'iOll, nnd a1 ·111lhr,.11, which ::·night hnvP be<'n i:11'mr 1,,. th<' ,·J111 i1·. Thcrf' \\':t!'I n prn)'f'r, '1'1·ih!1lc nf 'Pr:ii s ,, lo .TPRIIR, by a cl:-tf: .. :· ;-:11·1~. a s;cl of C'hrisalmn,,;. que-~t!on :•111I :,w·\\'rorn /,.viclPn:lr prppnrNl (o t!JP 1w,·:1~i1 ,n) n •111:1rlc'-I, prr,~Pnt:1tlon r .. ·r,,. :111-<1 !:isl ,.,. :Ill. soc in l convrrR:1 l :,1 11. 111 ,~, I, Jltf' rh11rcli r<'r-ordi:1 hn\'P on, ,Ji,·,;,• r.·,\· vn1f"'c- nn ~11nrlny !;Choe •1·1101· .,rrr., , , ,,,1 tor a Eoarc ,. , 1,,ri ,, IPJ''l for lt~ Ccll'<', and the! 1,rir,r;r,•1! <i11ty ""'' m " to have bf'en tl , r~n,ii,latP for RupPrintPn 'i'l,:11 \'r>,1,· '\Ir I~imball was re , .11111 11 ~.t . .J :n1rl ,,Jr-r,f'd nt the annus 1 }1 11r, ~11 n1riP1 in" Tliifl (tU~tom "'as o ·;il n.-1 ,1ur1 I ion ~nd thP r-hurch has con ;,,,nr;J 1,~ mP,hn,1 of an annual elr>ctioi f.11• th;, of1irc. in l :?, '\ii· . .Tnhn H . Hutchins.on wa < hn~P n 111 ,:i irCPP<l llfr. K!.mball, ani ,. ii h :i f<'\\' nh~r>rr<'P~. \I hen he tried t, , , .<11:11. Jt,, hP!rl I hc nfii<'r> to thP <'ncJ• o· l,i,. ••:i1·1hly sc1·,·ir0. llc wa~ nl<'rl fo, ,.,,,,. 111<'t 11n,h,, r·cnrl)' to Jissten to sug •<·sli11 11,, wntc·ltl'11l nR to ndapto.tlon o! 1,•nchcr f II t hP C'l:rns, hoi:>]li tn1b]e to Pven pupil, n nrl heloYed ~)Y all. rn 1, 81, 111 I'. ('_ l'.\f. 'I'rPdick Sf'l'VPd i'o· nnc y,,nr h111 lcfl town nermnnently I: I ~Rt. 111 t SR:t :111rl I. 84, Dr. ,lOllPS wa ~11111·1 i11l1•11d1•nt. nn holh oeca.slo11i: \Ir. il111< ·h in,io11 wn,i rclurnecl lo offlr ,1111 :1l't<',' th:ll .<-XP<'rience, ho ovidcnll ,::i<I~ up his mind that he was inteouL'< t 1 (ollo\\' that path of duty. Since th~ t:111 • \l'e hav<' hn,L n. series of shor L•'rms or officP; Mr. John IC Bates fo1 o n<' yt>ar: :-1r. Charles W. Ilt·ewsle for two or lhr<"e, then Mr. l\lat th('w,;, , 1·., for a longer lime. ln 1 nos. the new Parish house wa., dc<i irn tcrl n nrl ga v'c opportunity ro <•nln ,·g-pm(•nl or thf' .\;Choo!. Thl' Infan C'lassR hau. become tho Kindergarten nnd hnrl joined witoh tho Primary grad< n\so. .\ Junior depnrt-,-n!'nt has heei .11 l<l1•d :inu !-'L'<'ntl. to he th" largf'st J1 :•siion M tllf' school. .\ spf'cinl <l!'pnrt 111c11t ha~ lwcn in op!'rntion fo1· a fe\\ , l':l. rs , fur th(' Ch inPSC'. in,,.rcHtin~ cnurnf'R of Rtndy nrc pro r,, ,·idPtl. in gl':tclPs to suil nil ag-C's; th, Lil>rn ry is conr.tnn'ttr nllrling the lat, hoolrn; th" i:;chool contrib utC\<r to man: ,nt 011r ll<'nominnlional cnlln for bencvolcnrP :11HI for nlOI'<' l hn 11 ~-0 yN\l'fl hn, >:" !ll a l 'hriHl:na,; hox t0 !-<Orne flOUlhcn !,:C• l100!, T!lO!<l or t hr> Lin~e to tho Ian;, gra:lrct sl'l10ol :it ~-lal'l,intosh, Cu. \1t'. I 'r•:rnk L ":t •:it t 11·::r.H SupNinu.:n <l '· 11t for a1Jou1 thr<'<' year,; nml s:10rt ~tny with l'H \\:1::s only due to hi, <i < p::r.rt111·c from thf' city. ~1:-. \\'ni ter .Tames rillf'd fcrm. with thc nhlf' nm,istance of )fr .John '.llcPhrc. ;\;n\\' wc h:tvf' '.\Ir. fs· Curlis '.\1at• t ht"ll'e<, ., ,·.. ll n<I to him \\'f' s•hould gi l'( u ,r Jlhlst ::r.rli\'(' and ht':trlfelt SU J)J)Ol'l ~() lhnt Olli' Jll'P. l'nl welfare shall bC' only a plC'clg!' of 0111· future aclvnnccmcnt. \\-<' hri,·0 ·h<'<' n truly fortun:itc h:l\'I' \\'ith (I!-< rm· 311 )'l':ll'f-1, lll<' C'Onst:1111 ,-,_1 111pn1hy :111<1 eoo1wr,1tlon or our <l<'\'1,11•.J p:tslot· :-in<l his wife. \\'<" ni•pllll">,,_,,::all!I· i 1r:1ly /.:l':ttl'f11 J 10 ~Ir. ancl t'.\lr!<. Thnyer f,,,. :i;: lh<"i1· ar-tive niu. in organizfni; Htlm11tnting lntprest ln 0 �,BJ:ble st.mly, In '?haring bunlPn~. givin:r us their (rlentlf1hip :,R well a!/ .-, · 1.in·tlring pa,1~ton1l service. .\lany of m •11lve 'lu1o;yn nn orh;,r pa ~1nr, !lnrl WP unite ·he·a1.:tlly lh !hat,1, H hoth 1)Vi1•. an.fl 1Mrs. ''l'ha\'<•r I\>,· a 11 tbl:y bOV<' ]E'(),, t}S, ",NCI tr,il liilrl great tot· t11<'>l1LI mn.y the.I' l1 .l\'P lhie \';, .. all, io ;::,£?r_d 4 pCJcnQ)v:ln~ ~hat ll1e Sunday sciiool of this anci;:>nt chm·ch recog- - , ,hlzes their labor;:, o nd 1vi ,, lir.·,i i'O\' them :.J; fun'• measure Pr~ac'her of old 'my lie.art from jol ced in.all my or joy, ,e ,,,n a~ tlie said; "I ·11 i1i ,he\cl _not joy; for rn:,- heart. lnhnr." ........,...,,_..~~ ~ b B k Ch rh ' ln this church a tea party Str;i:_.£r;J'. ,, :!,n • , "t,>q . was held at which tlie Inhabitan t.~ 1>roher r"was celebrated this weelc an ,;-,;~, tested ag,aJ!nst the further importa tion anniversnry of the establishment of · • · or tea Into Portsmouth harbor, nncl one of the oldest religious societies in steps were taken to prevent any landI mg of tea. , If a landing had been atthc, United .States, known now as th e f: North Congregational Church of. Ports- I. , ' tempted, -the inhabitants would have mouth. Visitors to that city will recall 1t R, just as likel:,; pressed up as Indl>tnt ·It , ns tho ed1tlce tliat st a n cls ln th e and dumped the tea Into th o harl,or as 01 ccnt1'0 square of the city with an • 'i. "j tllil the patriots of Bostun. t ;tlo1,go tremely tall spire which mal<t;s it th e ' , \Vas hingtan and John l'aul Jones wormost congpicuous building in town. The ' sh~pped occasionally at the church, and organization of this chut·c1• was In . lG-l-0 , at one service the record•s show that when •~most of the inhabitants . of . ·washlngton' was dressed ''in a lil aclc vel. Strawberry Bank" signed the . orlgmal ,.• vet suit." charter, this l,eing only 20 years after the 1anclinP at PlymJuth Rock. Wonderful Sunday School ,In the early days the New Hampshire State House stooll near the church and ' the church and t:he Stale House wcrr, the centres or New Hampshire activity Tn.pJ')<an was its teach e r more tl"rn 100 when Porti.mouth was the politlcrcl ancl · yea-r.s a,g'lJ, a.ncl th e m c tho,I by wh 1<:t, religious capita!. 'l'he selectmen ra11 - Iris services were aceured might comboth church and tCYWn and more of mend u,-etf to the eccl eslastic,s (If L·he their time was occupieu in conducting present day. A.mos came to Portsthe church than In running the civil mouth to tea <:h l'n tho puhlic schools. at'falrs. A great fire destroyeu t11e scl10<>rhouse, Originally the meeting house was 40 among other Jnulclings, in 1818, 1111<1 tl>e feet square with 12 windows and three doors. 'Chere were no pews.· A be ll . ' teacher ,vas n1inded to get out of t cnvn . was hung in the beHry m 1664, mote •rhe selectmen did not want to lose his than 100 years before the revolutionary ,.,~ . teaching, and they acco1'ClingJy war. It is said that In 1706 the clepreda- ,;,;,. gestecl that the schoolmaster settle tions of the Indians that were com• down in Portsmouth and ge t married. milted on churchgoers lee! to the orThis being well received l>Y th e latter, ganization of a new church at Greentho b oard or selectmen µ!eked out a land. In 1725 another chure'h was built bride, lr1 tl , e p erson of the mil1ister's at Portsmouth Plains, which was worsister, v;hom tho teacher n1arrlerl, and shipped tn f-Or 23 years ' until one day a thro ugh the bride he was lit'Oug-ht into high wind 'blew it to pieces and it close touch with the church ccnd b enot rebuilt. • came head teacher of the Suncln.y school. The school mot on the pr es ut site Thirty . Years' Back Rent o! the New Hampshire Na\!ion rd Bank In 1640 the Governor grnn te,1 ruicl there were 400 pupils. 'l'he~u pupils "glebe Jancls" to be used "for the gltlry learned Scripture by heart. 1t was not of Goel and the purpose of th~ minisuncom1non for each One to conunit to ter," consisting of 50 acres of land now memory several hundred vernes each situated in 1110 centre oC PorL<>mouLh. week. James T. Field. l<tte r a Boston Part of this Jana was subsequently sold publishe., held the record for feats of and part was . leased as house lots, the memory, when as a .pupil he committed leases being for 999 years at from 7 Lo to memory 1000 v e rses in a single les15 shillings a year. At first the rent s son, whJch he reeled off on Sunday ·to were collected when clue, 'b ut after a the dismay of duller cllll1lrnn wl,o could while many of the . lessees were 20 to 30 ·;. only learn 400 or 600. vV'h,o.t_ a oontrast •, years In, arrears on their rent. In 1788 to present methods, wh en a pnpl! who the church authorities went around and ca:n mmnorize two v ersse o! a. Sund.ay collected up to elate. In th9se days a school ditty Is reE,'3.rcl ed as conferrjn.g man could be 30 years in arrears on his a Lren1endous favor on the cause · of r6nt wtlhout being the nh.i ect <if "" religious eduoatlon? much criticism as one would now who hol.ds out his landlord for 30 days, ,,"~ I" on First Three-Decker Church In 1714 a new church wrui bu,i']t the first three-decker in the Unltt'd States. It had cine ga.llery rubove another :a nd tltree tiers of windows. The church was the "last word" In eooles!11JStioal architecture. It had an Immense pulpit, a sounding board, a belc fry, a spire 150 · feet t•a ll and a clock In ,the belfry. There were pews for the worshiP1Pers · to sit in instead of sta·nc!lng U\p. Gen. Wllllia.m Whipple, signer of the D~C'lar,atton of Incl epenclence, w~s a pewholc!er, and John Langdon, first president of the United Slittes Sonute, w~s another. Later Daniel ·.,. Webster was on.e o·l the church war- I • dens .. Town meel'l•ngs took place In the chureh. • 111 1762 the pari,ih voted to have no more town meetings or elections conducted in the building, and at the neJ(t meetling d,ate . th!' d,oors were Joclrn<l. Citizens fo1·cell the loci<'\ on,! t~•e meeting was held In church as usua:l. 'I'liere was no stea,rn heat in those days, and each worshipper carried his own stove. In 1762 the church wardens voted "that whosover leaves his stove In the meetlpg · house aha.ll pay a . tlne of 20 shillinj,;s." Many have heard or the Boston @i~~k;· -~ ~ . .. !.r-· '; ~?··, \\<:;)._ \ ~~~~)_j) '• c\:. ' ' . "' �Young?" Music ,va:; furnished by a ehorus choir and violin the musical program being In charge of Alex Bllbruck, orga.nh;t of the church. Delow is a. porllon of the historical adclress given by U10 pastor: i I Dr. Thayer ave Historical AddrP.ss The Story of a Religious Democracy During T wo and One Half Centuries , J II these i;rcat clays when the affairs J of the whole roun<l world are before u~. when lht' i;n~~t m en of the nallons an· gathert'd for our : when we may watch the p lay of the µl'illl:iplcs of liberty and democracy on tht• l,road lieltl or u tola.l vol!llcal " '1 1 rltl, il way seem a slrnnr;o thing tor us lo turn bttclc through centuries lo consider the happenings on an obscure countryside, to commune with a group of men of small reputation and to w,tlch a. confllct in soma pretty rop ublkH who,;c future wa:; as uncertain as lhl'11· inner purpose wat; 11cw. Yet a :,mall muller ma.y IJe prophetic of g-rea.l thing:,;, a.nd, while we may not live in 01· by tho past, \Ve do live becam; of the pasL It ls becomdng that we v neratc -tho gre-J.t a.nu good who IHL\,'(' J)rl'CCCded UH. \Vo inherit not only their a.chiovemenls but also their hopes. From lh 'm we may draw ,ln~piralion for greater days with w'ider iH Sll<'S than lhcy co uld know . . ln any caso yellow documents pen- ! nerl by men of like passions with our - \ scl\·c•t1 take 011 a deep human Interest, 1 fo,· the atl venture of tlfe Is one. Even lou~ lists of nan1es engage our inter-, est. l\lany generations like ourselves: have been seol<ers after God, have had lo t•:<plorn L!ie wond er of life and mt>ililntl' on the mystery of death. They ha \'l' had their joys antl t!O LTOWS, their hup '" a.nil. f Pa.rs, their triumph:! .J,nd defea.U;, tlwir aspirations ~nd fa.llures, thrir sins :rntJ. repentances. All these iik,. oursel\'es rest iu the mercy of him from whom all lhe generatlo'i1s com forth. Backgrounds The settlement of tho n·;:ion :rnd the gathering 1 ConnfcHon ith North Church Anniversary at Morning s~1 v_ice organized religious life of tho lower Phwala.q ua, ,vas a. VE.'rY minor, epiLJocle in that fnr civi l and religious in England came lo a ~reer of Cromwell and the Common wealth in the seventeenth century,and which late,· 1·cs ultetl in tho Revolution and tho Civil War in America. It is a i ,itruggle In which many anotbl'r than the Anglo Saxon people has had a part. It sLill mightily disturbs the nations of lhC' l'Orth. No m:in today may deter mine Its limits, forc> sl'e tho rC'sultlng changes or declare Its goal. The strug i;le has been :tltended by much Injustice aml by tho pathetic sufl'.crinss of friend and foe. It has made old and CONGREGA- dear loyalties impo,isiule to regretful REV. LUCIUS H. THAYER, D. D., P ASTO R OF NORTH but clotermlncd men. It has , TIONAL CHURCH FOR PAST 31 YEARS. marl<ocl by abuses, by reactions and by fa,ilurt's, but it Is an Inevitable conflicl, and through its successes outworn forms of social control have dlsap - \ ,\ l the lllOl'llill'~ tiCJ'\'iCC the paHtor, ServlcPS al lh<· 1\111 th c·ongT1' gnlionJ>Pa1·c<l a.nu mankind · has Inherited , Rev. l..,ucinti l l. 'l hayer, 1). D .. clellvcral Church on Sun,t.,y w.-n• In commor11 and more of that freedom which l'<I an hlstorlc.11 ad<lrt•s,i pn•parc><l for memoration of tll'• two llundn•rl and becomes the sons of God. 'l'he conflict tho two huntln•cl ;<nd Jlfllcth annl\·cr liflioth : 11nlversar.1• of Lh" fonuation Is fo r cC'd by a great urge at the heart u( ~J)Pl.'i,1.l sa ry of the for111 :1 I 'on of tho ehurch. At !11<' c,·,·nlng s<'n·ir·" Rev. Arthur E. ,... _______""""r,""-:Jr'·-'"!IJ;-"...,ffl.",..,llRlt'l'!~~a:-· of Olf'lllin Holl, l'h.O., ~• rdarY of lhc 'oclal -~-------1 :--:t'rvit:t' Con1n1i~; ;,,11 1 gu.vc an ~uh.lrcsi:s .Sociely �vealed llselt in the pt·lnclple of democracy. It has challenged eccleslasWcal control and polltlcal organization with large suceess and now. demand& r c cognltio~ In the Important field of Industry. The spirit of democracy fa Implicit In the gospel of Jesus. The power or dt>mocracy Is latent In lhc witness of the l::iplrlt with our 11plrlt>1 that wo arc the children of God. The Import of democracy Js 'In the call " on of man 'stanq upon thy feet and I. will ;ipcak with thee ." With thee and not wllh another. With thel.'-not wllh Klng,i and Ecclesiastics-but with tho Ind!· vldual, responsible soul. The Jmmedlato background of Interest for qur present purpose Is a closely relatoq serles of events: the coming of the 'M aytlow er, the great Puritan migration to Massachusetls Bay and tho rise and power or the Independc11 t>1 In_ :jni,g(and. ,The •first made It evident that the democratic principle was not only etrectlve for o. church polity but was atile to atrord an adt>quate' political form, first for the ,P lymouth plantation and later for states and natlon>1. The 'Puritan migration rE:sulted In the Bay Colony, a political group strong and competent enough to give the new pof!ty • It~ opportunity In church and state. The Commonwealth In England, d·estlo~d to ll~erallzc but 11ot _s upplant tlw 1110011-rohy, al'forclt'<l ·tor the L~me bfllng {lecurllY tor the llltle rcpulJllc,i lrl N1nv.. EJ1galnµ to establish lhemselye!I, and ~ncouraged the J\rassachuset~s 'flay Cojony to a nnex the Plscall\.qua. 11etUcmon ts. . The beglqnlngs of our story can tupy µnqerstood only In the light tieso ev~nts, !or we are intere sted the OJlleri;ence and successful cstabllshflle11 t pt a. democ:-atlc church, in surroundings where the first settlers were largo Church of England . folk, ·hosp Inbred sympathies were with e old regime. These people naturally, d µot without some just cause, rented tj10 coming ot the Puritans and cir con trot ot al'fairs, and utter th e estorjj.pon 6t the monarchy in En'gland In 16&0 there developed a sharp "c!onfllct between the rcpresentat1ve>1 of the English Church and the newly ;rttthored llssen ting body. It was not with this Immediate coast LS wltn Plymouth and ·Ma~sachusetls Bay wl)c,re tho body of the settlers verc i,ipirltulll auvcnturers for whom •~nglarifl 11,t that time afforded no room. rho •first settlers in lhls region wern ,\.dvcMprcrs b4t they "came not here m ac;count of their r e ligion but lo ,fish tnd tracle." They were individuals like he J;JOtons, fishmongers from London, >r tljo ''Advcnturen;" of tho Lnconln ~omp~11Y under Captain Waller Neale, ·vho In toqk posses~lon or David Cl11>mpsop:11 settlement lJcgun at •Little ·.rnrpor In 16_23. Ve have the names of 'orty ·or these Auven turcrs. 'l'en were 'actors, tho responsible agents or the !Omp11,ny, Tho others are ,;poken of as :ervants. ,Vlth other like ones they 10pc4 to Improve their own clrcum1tances but their ,lnaln efCort was Lo levejop valuable domains and r e mun·ratlvo trade for gen llemen pro1lrlcors who might visit their estates now · Lnd tl1<m, but whose homes were to lJ< n the o)J land. Events proveu what i~~o e rvtng cl:i.:~. S,rt.lUCh could IIOL )ll(•(•I · if-i' of u. aew cotmtry, o r bo!(J thul-ti" uwn• in any conflict In :, urch lilltl stalti wilh lielllers imhul·<l Ith lhe spirit of fre ·m,•n u.ntl cllerbh·1 g u. slrong l'cllglou:; purpo,w. Puritan and Churchman. The confllcl wl 1lch arose in du,, ti111L' vatl uut a tran>1fl'rc11ce to New l•!11grnd of thu ~lruggle, In 11ea1·ly all Its 'lail, lltell ra:;Jng In Old E1tgla11Ll.l 1'or '11s reason lhl::i t•plsollc in New Jc11g1nd hl~tory l:i t111l4uc. lt was a. hot ontentlon . bet,ycen Purilan a11L1 !hurchm an. There wa:; maHifesL the atred between Roundheutl and Ho:,:al;t. H was a civil and religious dls:;en • Ion 1~ccompanied by trials and riots. •s well ns some amusing lneldenls. At lover, Rev. Ifo.nHercl li:1lolly,; cxcom111nlcaletl Hev. ' L'homa:; Larkha111, a ,'l llf!Hlhlze r With the Clturcltlllen, a11<1 Ir. Larl<h am Jmockctl off l\1 r. Kn olly'» at, whereat .Mr. Knolly:; and Captain lncferhjlj flew to arms u.ud marched •ut with u. BilJle on u. halberd fo1· an n sign, Mr. I<:nollys being armed with ·. pistol. '1c rill'rn LI· It would be tediou s lo relate how the .any land patents were related to th, .dvantage and a settled government .1 lspute ; anrl how rlf:Rlrf' for pf'r.~onal c~tcred Into th.: Cu11trovo1,ry .1.:: ~l ca.used unexpected allgnrncnt of forces. The Bay Colony naturally desired to havo control of the Piscntaqua. settlements, that the inhabitants might be wha she counted "honest men." Captain Thomas ,viggin served well the Puritan cnuse lJoth at home and abroad, and -strong Puritan peopl e moved into th e reg-ion from England and from the :-.rassachusetts Colony. Rev. llu;;h Pct,:,rs, after a visit to :--Jew liamp:;hlrt• In ] ti •I l n•pol'LL•d to GO\'l'I'· nor "\Vintllrop that the Pi ·cn taqua people "nre ripe for our gov<'rnmcnt. 'l'll cy groan fer g"O\Trnmcnt and gosp('l a.II over that side of the country. .\las, poor blc1•tli11:; soul s!" The "poor ul<'1•tling ,io uls" In th eir pelllion stated that thf.'v "dcsir('d some help from th(' Jurisdiction of i,\fas,iachusL'llH •Bay, wh,•reby they may be onlen'd aecordln!; to God, both in church anu commo1111·<•:tl, and for :tvoldlng of insufferable di.,orde1·s whereby Cod hath Ileen much dishono1·C<l amoag them." The principle of democracy had clnlmecl New England for Itself. No help for the Church or England adhel'cnts was available from England. The new JJollly was lo prevail in church and state. On OctolJPr 9, 1611, all l!1e south Piscataqua pl,1ntaliom; \\'Pre united With l\las~ach\lHl'ltS anti St> l'C• malncd u11lll erected Into a Hoyal 111·0vlnce by King Charles In 1679. The Situation in 1641 Thu s , In 16~1, tho IOW<'t' l'iscataqua. communllles Including StrawlJL•1T:,: Dank un<l cr wenl a eomplclo civil anLl religious transformation. 'l'he Pu1·itan party ca.mo Into pos:;ession and, ut1LlC'1· tho tiy:;tem of tho Bay Colony wht•n· only freemen voled, they perpeluatctl their powel~ o one will maintain that full justlcr was done all intere~ls, 1,ul the future was wllh those for ceful Puritans who look th e situation In .hand, laid such foundations and uuilt so well llml In good time Portsmouth 0 came on1• H' mponanl c l e.r in tho Colonies. That there wcrn oth er ·'poo r lJkcding souls" at ::;tr:Lwberry L1ank at this time, Is 111a<le cf('ar from a petition to the King In 166;;, after noralty rl'lurnell to pu,1·er. Such sai,1, ·' fivt• 01· six of the rltcheMt men or this p:u·ish rnlul, sw.tled ,wt! ordered all offlct•s hoth civil and rnllila ry Ill th eir pll',~surc," and these "ha ,·e kept us umler hard servilud • and denyecl us in our publlque meeting lit' common 1,ray(•rs, ~:acra1nents, antl (11_,·pnt bur- i,11 of the cli::td." l have n·clt(•<I tlll':;, matt,•rs somewhat fully lJecau.·e tht'y r,•la lc to th e most lnterestl11g and unl1111e feature of Lho ea rl y hi:;to1·y or this settlement, i ncl arc especially :;lgnilicant for the history of tlti,; lturch, makms it evl<lPnt why till' l•'lr:it Cllt11·•·h of Christ in l'ot·tslllouth I,; IL l 'ungn·i;allonul Church, a,; Wl•II a~ Wit} l,)11,•t•n's Chap 1 now ::;t. John's, d,tling 1,:,,·k to 17.~~. ",1s ont• of Lill' <·a1·llt·sl ur tile New C:nglantl Episcopal Church"><. Four oq;aniZl'll •·omn111:i1t IC:; in New H:unpshlrc .,t this period: , Hampton, to which an orga:llzccl Purl·,tn Cl1L11·c:l had llligl'ate,1 from Ly11n :n l6J8, UIHi<'r -::5tl'ph<•n ll,tchiler who had ··,;uf;'t•rcd much al thL• hands of thu Bishops" in England; Exeter with a ch urc h of Pu1·ltan folk from the llny fo1·mf.'d hy ,Joltn \Vlu•t'lwrlght In 1638; Don•r wh('l'l' J lans,•nl l,nollys' church wus organlzetl in lhc ,;anH• year; and llH• n•glon to ill' 1»unNl l'urt,m1outh In -G&a. This ·omprlscd "Tho !.lank," Great Island OJ' Nl'W ,ltiUt.', llf'ach o,·.nye, with lhe ;;n•att•r part G1·ee11 laml and Nt•w!11gto11. The Firs t Worship Two Mas~achusetls (:01·., rnors m rL'co1·tl as ('Olllpl,Li11i11g of lit' di,ipusillon of "lhos,· uf l'ascataquack." .\lluwl11g (01· all pn·jur!i,·,·, it remains true that ~on1c of tlh'tiC ::H.• lllt~r1::1 were 1s Jillie Purlt:u11(;al i:1 lla•:r ul•havior ,1s they we1·e in theft· church :;ympahil'S. But th •y 11·1•r • 1tt1l 11 ltl10ul tlcl111i tl' n•liglous i11 l,•1·,•s t. I 'r,11· !,;Ion fur 1·01·ship had hecu ma,!e al the Bank ·C'rlalnly as a rly :ts 16~8. '!'here was a ~ma ll chapel with par:;una;;t• he-·-"" 1 • • lachcd, probably built or lo~::i. It stood . .. -~ .... :-:·c-~;-.t Unlve r salfst Church and appar ntly faced toward the marsh land. In 1635 t hC'rc were a vail:tlJlc "for Rcllglous Use: 1 Great :Cihle, J~ ~L·rvico books, l ]lCWlC'I' flagon, 1 conm1unlon CU() and cover of sllvt·r, ~ fine table cloths and ~ napkins." 111 llti:, ·hapcl an<l "·Ith these turnish!n i;s H1:v. Richard j Oibson, a Church of !C:ngland minister, off iciated from 1G38 to l\u1 L'mbe r JG •IO. I 'J'ha t tllf•rc had nut 111·1•11 n·,;11lar puJ,. lie wor:;hip al an earli,·r d.ile seems \ probable in view of the l"<' ·on! of Gov<'l'llOr \'.'lnlh1·up, nrntl1• in Ft·bruary J ua~. t!Jat ";,;omc i:;-,•11 tlemen at th e < l'as<:ataquack) rlvi,r',; rnuulh h au lalPlY ~!•L \JI) coutn1un JP\l}'l! r." Th <• union with tho 11,,y Colony !Jrousht this Lo an <•ntl. The l'11rltan party ;;:tinC'd the a;,;C('lltlane:,-. ~Ir. was ;,;ummorll'd hl'fun· Lile Boston, L>ut hifl<-l' hl' wa:-; a :ilranger, upon his submission ;,nd .Lgrccmcnt to !ca ve the countrY, he was dl:;chargcd without fine or imprisonmt•nt. (To be Co,ninu •d) -""'!T"'.:11'.ro''H �, 11d OF .OBSER ,.,_,_ .,,, /t'l (; -r. , (l'u11li11ued frulll YPHL1·nla.1·) The Origin of the Parish The ConslilUlion of our Parish n.>sts llpon an interesting document dated ~tay ~G. 1640. This d<'cd was signed by wenty m<'n lnclucllng tht' tht'n govt'rnor. In part the dct'cl reacls ag follows: ''WIH'r<'as divC'rS & RUlHlry of the Jnhnbitant .. n( thr low ,,r P.nrl nf l'n,:s cn.t'l 11uack whosC' Nn mrs arr lH'l'l' under written, of their fref & Ynlunta r y mind <!OOd will~ & aRsC'nts without con ,t r !'lnt c,r compulRlon of nny mnnn<'r of ;,erson or prrson s, ha,. .., gr:tnt('(l, 1:lv1•n ,~ contrlhut!'d, divf'r~ &. seYrr:tl gu m ~ of monry town.ril th!' building, r,rnr tng & fo\tnding of :o l'arsona g,, lll>USI' vlth n C'h:1ppell thrr.,to 11nit1•rl :t>' <11Ro , XC'<l ,· :~ivfln to ~aicl P nr;-;onu~<'. ~O\\' he 11:tJd Tnh:ibirntlls :1forl'sayrl hy th"lr ·ommon :HR!'llt & 1'0ll~f'nt tnwnrcl thr·urthPt :111<'<' :tn rl :lll\':1nr·,·m<'nt of thC' 10nor & ,'.lory or f:ocl, cln!' gi1·<'. grant. tlil'll(' & S!'tl (l\'('I' unto ThCllll!I" \VLll'orcl & l1r11r~· ,!-!h rrhurn<', Church \\'arc:\'n>' or thi:s Pn rlsh tn 1l11•m and hrlr :sne1·C'sso1·s all th!' snlrl l'nrsnnagP ('hnpprll. CnrntlC'ltl, (::11·tlnn :leh" L.11•<1 " ·ith ,11 . . .~Jll'lli:"11,,nc·r~. vlth :ill n111· Right. 'l'ltl • . ln i"l'"Sl and o th 1 ' :-::1,vrl Pn1i ~f"!-I to rrin1;,nr•. endun• ~ cbn t I 11111• in JJ P1·prt11it i1• for EvC'r, Io he t:sr nf tlw :t fnr r~ tl l'a I ish, And hat th<' ~tl Ch1tt'l'h \\":11·dr11H, th<'ir :ucc+'t-:Ror.-; nncJ f"lthPr or thP n1 wc-h :Jt''-' ,·pa rly lo lw chosrn h.v lh" ,:d Parishonf'I'~. h" <lf'C"mC'cJ & :;J rljudg-Nl only H ;--i 'feoffN'H in tt·tt st tn thr tlHf' un cl he• 1oofr or thP ,;rl ra Ii ·h. "Antl rornsmiwh :1~ ,, ,, ~d l'ari~hlonr-rs hnl'" fo11nrlr-1l l<· h11ilt th<' s1I Pn.rson11~P I 1011 •.u \ , 'h'.1p1,, wl h th,• Appurt('ll:lll ('!'S /I I I 'l l'il' (}\\'11 )ll'O])C'I' Cost & Ch:u·g<'S & h:tl't' m:uJ,, C'h'>Y!l" of l\1r. Ricll:lrd Gihoson to b<' tlw fir st Parso n of thP Hcl P arnonage. sor llk"wlse whrnsoev1'1' the- sd ·P :irsonag" h:i,pp!'n to br voy<l 1,~· ll<'ath of yr. lnr-umhrnl or hi!! t!Jll'' agrf'Pd upon rxpired. that thrn th r, P,1 ro11ag" p1·!',sently ll.· ~omp1ation nr 1hr, p:ir~nn to b<- ,·r~tl'tl & remn nc- in th!' pow!'r & F:ll"ct ion o r the s,! l \11·i,:hionrrs. or I hr~rPn t<'I' part of t'nr•m fn1·r,""I', • •" A I Important .. 1,111 ·p in this d.-,,,1 ;. ·he (lllP 1 : 1u l l'~;1d~ ...~~ ,p likfl\\";"iP \\ h"n<Oe,·rr thP .,d parsonarlg" hnpprn to bf' ·;oyd h:V llf·ath of Y" l111•11 mlwnt, or hi~ •i mc- agreed lll 011 O'XJ)itrd, tltnt thf•I' the Patron:i;;e p1rs1•ntly :, nd Nomyn:t:ion or n· parson tn lw ,-,,~tecl ,v. r :•. rnnn.- In tlrn pow\'r & (,;1,, ·lio n u( theid Parishioners or ll11• gr,•atPr part of them forcvl'r."' '\Vht•ll1er 01· nu t the expectation or th<' sii;nen; was that llw illCIIIIIUt'lll should alwa~ s ht• or tilt· Ch11r,·h flf 1•;n~la11U lJ(Th:t}Pi 111) onn 1·:t l) :<a.y, Ca.rcrul argu1111•11 ts li:t v,, 1.,,,,.11 mat.l e 011 uul11 sldPs. Ti111" has m ade ;uult ,L del'islun uf 11u h11purtancP. Th e lc111ui.:ratie 111Plhrnl 11( tll,• Ph•c·liun of . he JHLl'>w n t,y tl11 • l"'oplo•, a11,J by :, naJ ur ily volt•, wa~ 1101 tlH· c·us tu111 of ' l11, l•;~la l.J lh;hed ('lt111"11 llf thus•' Ll,ty· '>llt this provisiu11 .. r u .. , d t••••l " ·a~ or 1111111' alt' JJl·a.cll• ·;tl lmpur"'"'''• ,,s It allowed lite l'l1a11i;c J11 th1.. l'l'li1!it•IJ~ sc11litnt'llt in the Sl'tt!Ctttt'nl lo <'l'lll" to ,,,q,rC'sslun In an tkdcrly way. J turi11,; the sevL•nlce11th t::entury tow11 a11d pariHh, were practically otH'. ll may ut' added lha.t the origin of the 1mr i~lt. ill llll' tlr,•d of 1640, il.CCOUl1t ~ fur lit" fa('t tll.i t the ")llni,itry l•'lcld" in l'ol'l~mouth was called' the Oll'hc and that thr m ,•mhers or the standing com1nl1tce or this parish are called "\\'ardPns," a thing probably unknown In non-l!:pis1·op,~I Churches PXcept in this r<'gion. The Oays Between Th t• 11wjo1 ;,,. or the voter,s now ucing No11con!'orrnists invited Mr. Ju.mes Parkr-r or ,veymouth to serve them.lie had hrC'n a <lr]l uty of the public court, " Corlly man anrl :t ~chol:u·, hut not an. orclainc-d minl~tcr. "Hy ndvlcc of cl!vl'l'S nf thP m:1gl g1 r;1trs anrl C'ldrrR or :'-h s~a chu:s, t 1" hr- a c,·c•ptcd the call," anct taught thl' p eop le for some three ;vc-ar~. 0oYernor \Vinthrop r c-p01·ts on thi,; miniRt 1·r ;1,; follow s: "lt pl ea"'C'c1 God to gini ;;1 e:tl su• ·<•p:-:~ 1n hi.~ l(lhOI"!--, '-10 ;n.; abOUl r,,r1y of ilH•1t1, wh r,n•of I ht' mo,;t had be,•n , ,~ · prutc, IH'. : 1nd :--o n1 n ()f t lH'lll rrut't•:,;!:'••cl ~•J11·mir~ to t lw wa:v of our Church•'"· \\'101,, tCl th<' 111:igi;;tratc-s :incl C'ltlen: 'l('l" IO\\'h'<l.,:i111! thr ><lnfu l cou,·se th e,~· h:trl lived in :ind bC'wu!llnc: the saml', nnd hlr ~si n ;r <:ocl fOt' ,•:,f ling th l' m out of it. a n<I f'a l"ll"~l ly <1" .-{ j ring ll-:.1 t i,f r. P :irk r mt ~ht ,._,,,Un :11nonf; thPnl." lJn - h:ipplly lh<' C'lironlclt'r had to a<ld, "l\lo~ t of th t> m fell back again in e mbrac in~ lhi,s prPsc-nt worlrl ."' The town records ,;how 1:,a1 re:1glou8 st•rvicPs ,·ontinucd. a11d 1:1 \\'t' n•,ul that ".\L u pui,l1,p1 ·~ m e:et lni; hl'ld lh,, "'"''"11th or ,\prll Lil•' inhal,!lH.11 to; Utl S'<'IICJ'a lly a.eknowll-tlge that l11cy a1·1• "illi11i,; t h;tt ~\1r. Brown , ~huuJd eo11tinut~ their n1inh:;ll•r as he h:u; 1,,., 11 if ht' lJH 80 pi ca.sea :· This l\11· ,l:ollll'S ilt'U\\'Jl ' \'HS an IIIOl'd,ti11t•tl tlt.l I fn11n N1•wb11r.,·. h e \\'.ts 11l rusc•tl tu ,1 > cept this ur~<'nt in\'itati1Jn hut ·:-nrnin rcl only anot hrr YNtr, ,;c-1·ving -•· cl C'n t ly from ,r,r,.i., to 16~6. The Coming of Joshua Moorley Octolw1· 7, 1fif,6, '·J t i~ :, greed 'lJlO'.! th at ll <' lll'~• Shrrh11rnr- is to g·op In 'hC' \V•.,~t\v:1rrl in hr·h :1l f nf th" ,vhnlr co,,·~, In :."'f k :11HI 1n irup1irP for nn :lh1<" 1 ntl ~11 fi,•iPn1 niin i~t1't· .. 1h r 10\,·n p:,:,i in~ hiri, r'nr lli s p1in~ ... Twn 'lppro,·Nt 01 •• 1 n •f11m<1 1111• pn ~:l1i1111, h111 tliP <111<' .4 .. \\ '.IS •• ,.,,,, 11, d "i11, r-.u,·1·1·~~ in I hf' <•fl ,~ inr. nr .lo., h11n .\ JooclPy in 165n. u,, \\'nH :, nwn P111in1111ly ,fitterl to J:.iy ])CJ'manent foun1la t ion,i and to guide the c11• 11 .ind rPlig-inu~ life nf thl• new cu111mu11lt y. . . 1~ ~ r'lc'l ' · 1'1::, .... rJ.'lua.~ l u! 11, 1 ~ ii' tltro tnla I list r,[ ~•·.1du,tl"• of tl'l n 1ru Cnl!e;;e whC're h" l.,r•cn111c :1 fn!l01• •ind :.;ludlell th rolusi·. 11 ,, t,, •i;a11 hi '> ministry i11 the new huu:;r t ltat had l.,1•f'11 fl.U thortl11• town i11 l6G7. l~ig-hlY: "L'< . ·111Jscril.J1·tl fur hi,; supr1urt, inhaU;ta11L:.; o( tht• region tri- uutary· t,, t!w nank may havP afforded him a par:~h or some three hur1dn•d 'flw con1111u11ity 1·1•s11011tl<-d lo hi~ mlnlRtrnllom,, t·rowllin~ the m eC'tlng J,ouse :rnd nr,·c•.;si1ati ng larger a.ccommodatio11s,. 'l'lw ,·hapc-1 with the 1n:- f.ot• ~Ir, :',lloodcy·;; uso and brought M:trttvt Coll In~. o.. bride or' twenty-o.1e: the claui::hter or "o. good man-the d~acon ot th" chu1'ch" Jn Cutnbridge. ·she \\'SJS the- tirnt or a goollly line of 'mlnl~tc-rs' wtv<-s Who8e SC'rvtc;e, hall been 0ullt Into this C'hurch. On :'-1:in·h :,, lfi60 the town had form:111:; vot"rl to ~Nlll' i\H. ).foouey with· th, ·m •'in thr , mlnlstrr, bul he w:is not installCl'd 1101· was a church formed until 1 R71 wh<'n hr hail ministered· for t\\'l'II"<' yr-a1·s. .\.s we have ehurche!! had rxi,;te<l In •the netghbor!nr: Rc-tllC'menls (or thlrty-th1·ee years. Tlw c·onr,reg:it Inn In Portsmouth ha:d crowdC'1l thrir lluiltllng. But no reason Is gil·en anywhnre to sallsfy our curlos,ty or to answer the quesllonlag 1h·1t thro dPln y in forming a ~hurch nu.tu1·:t"II~• nw:okPnS. Jn the preamble lo ~J 1·. Mootl£•Y 'H narratl<>'fl' there· Is the sla tt·menl tlw l the serious en~eavors or both 1 lie pa8to1· • nd o! sev9ral Inha hil ,mts ha.d been so ·much In vain th at only the Lord might · lay the foundation of ·an houoe · for himself, \111 we do 11ot know to what <'""' i\11·. ~1oodey referred: The situa tion argues a careful leader wilh a high idC'al for church membershlp,and the years of wnltlng must have guar:111tecd Lhe quality of the foulldatlon tlta t '1\'aS la id. The Gathering of the Church of Christ 0 In Portsmouth. The • first record book of the church hears Lhr. Inscription, "A Book ConJ tclnlng Ye Account of the Go.thiTlng and Carrying on Ye Church of ChrL t In Porlsmouth, Anne : 1671." ' •Mrf': Monrley'!! narrative of· that ga't lie1=1ng holrls thP place of honor, and Is In bis clear handwriting. at ls a notable document. Copieg of IL have been printed n no distributed for this occasion, that 1·c-ading il ~•ou may l.,e impressed by, the serious Import or the account, -and jucl~P Clf th<! orderly r:1shlon with \\'hlch th(' grcnl dcty' \\'(lS (Ltl])l'Oacl1ed ,, nd the long- dcsir a occasion l'ed. Messengers or the churches' came :rom Ipswich, Rowley and , Hampton; .ind also from Cambridge "uecause·the p,Lstor belonged t'o that church,''. having jolnC'd.lt In hi,l 'colll:gcr' days. 'Gov-' ern or Leverett of .Massachusetts came al~o. A Jari;o body" or the inhabitants; ~hen estimated tu ~1uvJ been six hund'"d, In the morning listened to a. sermon by .Mr. Jlloodcy out o! Ii:zektel l~::15. 111 the a.rtel'lluun. those w,•rc lo l.,e bi,giuners 111 the •11:ulP rO:"l:t tiun ur their · Chri~tla.n ext11•rie11cc, those who had been members ur othcr churcl{es µresenting their lot• lt•rs as well, and these all being ap• proved hy ll,e messengers or the churchl'S they · "Itnbodleu into' a t hurch t,y an expllclle covenant." ~-;;:lli~..li'.<I ''Then lite pastor was ordained after llw u11a111mous vole of the -church for the choice of hlm, antl liberty given to ,Lil the congregtttlon to object If they had aught to say, He was ordained 1Jy several of the elden;, '(at the desire of tlw church) )lr. Oobbett giving hlm · his charge and l\11·. •Yhcelwright the> right hand or rellowship." rnrhen foe l)U.HL01· ordained Sam. Haines, Dea.con, with lmpo8ltlon of hand and p1·0.yer. A p s:tlm was sung, and the Congreg,ttion dismissed by the pastor with a. prayer and bleH~!ng." �Such was the ordering or a.n oc-' t,ai1lon whose influences l1ave con·UnUed until ' this day and have· extended Unto the ends o(the earth; whose ln.fluences we may hope are to move on th'rougb other •centuries and fully revea,1 their import In another sphere of llre. "Th.e -Church...Covenu.nt chat those wbo first itnbodled did on 'yt Day publlc'W '& solemnly enter lnt11" Is also J.)Ut Into ' yobr hands. Becau:;c of simp\lcltY, Its freedom from dogma and ·tts religious value It would not be out of place in the church life or to-· aiy. . Mr, l\Ioodey'!:! choice ot' 11. text on . that llay 1·e~· nls something of the quality of ·t11e ri-ian, or nis civic lntl!rest and of his a,pprechtllon of !l\e true tunctlon · a church. The text reads, "Th,e, nam'.e the city from that day shall be, -Tll'e ~ortl ls tl)crc." The church organized that day was not meant to b'c o.n en·d I i~• lts;lf. Its put:po':;c was to , • serve, and to enable the community to i:eceive and ·, to rejoice 1n tho presence and power ·of th~ Goll , of rig!; leousnco~. o{ jEstice,_ or p_urit}' ,auu of pe,u:e. , Il fa,_ ev.ide11t,. !llllt tl!I:; na.rrl,l,ti_ye was written some time ,a.fter the !)vent Itself, •~or Mr. l\l<iouey failed o name tlw du.y Of_,the, II!Ollth. A :;pace for the date was Jett which of course he 1i1t~nde<l tor ,IUI in - later, Is bette~ to comm em . orat,e · ~vents than to observe days, and for o~t purpose_ in this two hundred and ,fiftieth year It hus been convenfe'n~ to- ch~O§<'. ~u;: ow; season,, but '"" sharp rh<' genc-rn I rPgrc-t th:i.t 'a fl~tt or ' ~!,lei{ ·, me'rPl;'t . hnR.. he~n 10~1 hey011cl rc-coVC'ry, ,:!\fr. AllomA, whosr: (· .<'.areful wol'k,.nl wa.ys crcat1'~ ronfiflrnr, clC'(?frleR lh~t tho rlatr m11s1 hnv<' hrrn .Tu(v 21 01· -22, ]Wl'.IH'nt sty!t: ot ot or It SECOND SUNDAY OF OBSERVANCE - Nflllil~~·~.: (Continued from Yesterday) "'k_ HE NAMES OF THE M YT FIR{T IMBODIED." The nine men who related their r,'llgious experience and m,ul <' tlwir vow s in the presence of the peonlP were all men of standing. Rix of thl'm ,were o! the most important men in t i1e community and their n a m es occnr con stantly in thP early provincial r,.r.or<L;. It, must be added thn.t ro11r of th elll ,figure among the ",five or six rltc-lw:,;t men, of this parish who rnlr.,l an,1 ewaled" th!ngA at their pleas m·e ,rntl were complained of to th<' Kin;:: hy the Church of England party. John and Richard Cutt we re mPrchants, sons of a Welsh member of Cromwell's Parllament. Johii be<'am<' '.Presiclent of tne .Province. Rlchn rel was the richest m a n In New Hampshire. ,Both don1tted money to the new 1 collego at Cambridg e, whil e .lohn left one hundred pounds for a free schoo· in •Portsmouth. Mr. .To,rn Fletch er was a physicla n, and la t!'r bee-am<> dea con of the church'. Samul'! 1Ialn efl , UH' first deacon, had his hou se on Oreot Ba.y, He was for ma!1y ::car., ono of the selectmen. Hf' had a nn r row ,:•s<',.!h' from shipwreck when h ' came from England. A 131blc> whir.h hf' l'P~ <'H"<l from the sea was shown n: th,, l',I' " hundredth anni\· <'rsn.ry. \YMr.i1 J1ra!1ch of the family now hold s it is not yet •k nown, but we hope to obtain it to be held hy the <":iurn)l. C'apt:i in F.li~ ~ :,,t11e1Tian and :\lr. f:irhn nl :,In rein hoth held frequent and important oWees in the prov'lnre, the Jarte" ))ecominr: Chief Justice of the Snpr·emP Court. Captain John Pcntleton whom• nttm e appears as n. large /n nrl-hoWer, latnr fought in the Jrv'linn' War .I lrn T•td> l'r was n. mnn of su:) stan llal property and among th<' earl~· pnt!tionern of lln.slmchusett,i. In addili<'•l LO he!ng men of a f(Ju cn(\C and Je11,\PrPhip, Llwy appear LO have he i n men or pai·sonal integrity who were resp erted an,] tru.s tecl by tho community flt lrirge. The , central tigu~e , in •the goroup was the minister , himself, ,Tmihtm ".\l ooci<'), n m'ii.n of such natlYe ablllt)· :incl so11nd tra.lning as to enable him to gather a group of such strong m en as the ,i:i,\ieleus•, oJ.,-;the ,new .church. Churchman and Puritan-The Final Conflict. For eleven yec: r s the ·Puritan ent erprise prospereci unhampered by serious opposition, but in l 682 i hecann' evident that a struggle was .Jmminent and that ,M r. :1-[oodcy woulcl hn\'e neecl ail his forc e of character, as he w:: s de'st!ned to bear the brunt of this In st 'j conflict in th e Piscataqua region between the spirit of the old regim e and that spirit or Democracy that w as rampant Jn all the New England communiti es . •<\fter the Ti estoratlo n of th!' :Monarchy in England, th e Church or tngland party In Portsmouth, in 166n, followed their petition of complaint Iof :t~olnst the lorn! Non,.onformi ~t leaders with another petlt Ion pmylng that they might be frPed from the jurisdiction or }.Jas;l!achm;crts, they m,ty be ;;oved t,y Ia,yes of F.nglanrl and e njoy thP use or the !'acrnmts wch they ha,·e hl'e n too deprive<! of." 'l'hls was s lgn crl hy thl' consid e rable number of per.,0m;, \\'h en in 167i th f' rP ~f'cmed clanger that t!1ls petition grantPd ''the fear or loselng the long enjoyed and still desired B neflt of yr,, Massac hus e ttx Oovernm"nt" !eel to the ~ending of u co11ntr r IJ"litlon Cr1tm th) f0ur Ji1lle rl'p11hll c~ . Portsmouth . F.xete1·, DoYrr anrl Hampton. The Portsmouth petition t rs lities that un ,ler th e jt!l'i.,,lirLion <tl' ;'\las~ach11 sc ttc have hel'n <Inly eneonragecl ro Jeacl quiet ancl peoc-enhle li\' es In oil ;.:odl! u t>,;:; .~- honeHt)·, \\'r :11·e m(•n \'L clc:-;ir<' tn ft 1 ar y e L oni . '" Kl ng ,'( .1o t ~o meclrll,• 11·itll them l t a rl' go!I, n Ph,1n;!'e, n~ wPll l:nowin~ what cnnfus ior :,, clln r:tr tlon .· ancl T);1 magl' Ch:'i n-.: ·s ~o ..,·crn m PPl~ i) l' arf-' no· unusual n.trt:n<1P<I ll'ith." tfa,\ Kin-,; CharicF been a blf' to foresee thf' tuturtand to rPalize thf' full mean in g of th~ leav en th e n nr work ln all tlw little !'\ew r:n3"ian1l r l! nubll<' s lw might well ha.,· e hu·ilrttc,1 t'' <lPny thi ::: pH!tlon :.111<1 1.Cl g-ranr th<' flr~t. t\:-; it wa~, ~ew Hnmp hlr" wn~ 1·111 off from th1• Purltan pro,·lncr ol' ,\Iassac hu sctt,, and 0 wns t•re<'tecl a~ a. s,.pnrrttc ~ov,• 1·11mcnt in H:7: 1 • T!ir f'fl y(':1rH l:ilt•1· E llwartl CranjjeJfl arrivecl in Portsrnouth with his nppol ntment as Lieutenant (;oycrnor and Commanrlrr-ln-Chi f' f of Province. TherP is abundnnt mnterial in old chrf)nicles for thP story of th!' .sen~iotH bet,•, cen Cranlleltl ::IIoocley an d the final • • l the outcome that the prison ecl and practically banis hed from the province. Since Mr. Adams r Pview~d and set forth this m n.te rl a l In 1871 valuabl e provincial papers Cranfi Pld's 1;e11ort8,' h:i.ve become av:illablC' through copl ·s mad e from the originals ln the 'London Archives. From reading them one lnfer;i that the preJudlcl's and purp oses which th e Go\'e'rnor hro11ght wi t h him WC're much C'hn.ngl'd n.t fir s t. He appeared to be fair minded and desirous of getting' on with th e s ltu nlion. H e found small rnwns wltosC' people had been lmpoverl,;hed hy the, Inrllan Wars, n.nrl mur.h mi s r ep resented. Hut shortly his Ion ~ time clevol!on to Royalty and Episcopacy, and th e df'termlnatlon of the lea,lPrS or the province ro 110113"ht to do with s u c h things comp1i\lc•11 !tltn to :111 <'Xln•m.- po~l tlon . Tlw le tt e rs to thf' home a.nthoritiPs throw much light upon thP temp er nnd co:1- ""'"-o<,·•·•-• dltlons or life in Pm·t~mouth at that lime, and a re signifi cant for the life :lf this rhnrch in it>< ·!lr,; t clPrarlcs. Cr:tn t1 C'l d \Va~~ \1,:,:,tt ~n ougll to recog~ nize th<' seriousness of the movemen t wjth whlrh h e was str uggling, :ind !ts J utrom P if It was not "nippcrl In the tiull; " bnt he was n<,t wise Pnoug-h to lrnow that no powf'r on f'arth :l<'fea.t this thing, whi<'h �:,ad hec-n rr"atly '1'-".' :,vat<'cl hy thn minister, hut i, is ,,, C' J>O!'~!l,lr that ~hC' governor',:; trca 1 nenr. <'f ~,loo<ley w:1,f' mnre irr111 1 •r~onal n.nd 10. s arbltr:;ry thnn it ha· r-.nrn'!timcs apprarerl to he. 1;\finistr• r,s ,,·c-1·c- the rno,st tln.nr,-rrou q cln.ss in tll'' provincr. ::.rr. ~,oocl ey wn~ the mos: L zr•alo11s of them ti\. Jt w:rn n,.,t stranr:" that 'ranfle!<l, ,_,,......,...,.,..,, \\'ho hc-Ji,.vNl that rnr•u ro111,1 he inti:nicla!.!'<l, sho11lr\ ha,·" m:ulc- a ~hlnln~ example or :1-1 r. _\loo•lcy. '.rhc tlcrnancl :nacll' upon Mr. )loocl"Y that he should ,dmll;l~ll'r the ('()!lllllUniflll il!'COrdln~ tn rllll:tl ar11l pt•r ·1,11,: t·•>1111111rrd11i: was hul :i parlirul:1 r in><lance n( principle tha.l Craufi<'l•l hl'ld and or th" ,;cneral method n( J',"cc,\nre that rc-cornml•n,ll',l. Cranflc-lcl ha(l issu"rl a c:encral ordrr aclmiuistl'rin:; ttH .,,,,,"-"·~·<•~• Lord' s; • upper in surh form a;; Zorth in thr •Book of Common Prayer, ann q uorerl the ln.ws of lhl' n•alm rcquirln~ this, :I-Ir. !,Jnnd<'Y when inrl!C't~<l p'.<':t•lc-rl tlla.t rhP stalUt" rcquir·<1 Episcopal or<.!imtlitm \\'hir:1 he hnrl not rrcel,·ccl nn<l that il att:ichecl " scn•r" prn::\.lt}· for ,•,·c-ry of(c-nsc-. H<' hold\~- nrl1led, ho11·c-v••r, "that theHl' .s tatut es di<! not rxl••n,1 to th<' phntn- tnission.' 1r,, ,v!)~ ('01)\'l<'tf d 011 rhn r~ " n( n.dminiqtPring Lh, .. ~'1.rra- rrtc-nts c-nntr:i.n· to Llr•• ritf'S an<l ceremoni<'s nf Liv• Chur,'h oi 1°:n,::lanll :1 nrl ~entenretl 10 impri.comn"nt for six months without hall. .\flrr nn lmprlRVaul-!'han at th" how,P. of Cape. ~tilr•m:m at <:rr-;u J. In.nil. :lfr. 7'{1,nrl'Y w:,~ rclPa~rrl. In ;\fay, Jr,Rt. with :in inJunr1 llon to prrach no rnnr" in till' pr,,yinc<'. ll rc-rl'ln'ri 1.11<1 ac,•r pl•••I :i I'll Ii t11 :u·1 af! temporary eollf'a.~UI' tn Lh" pasto1 of the First Chun•h in nm:1,,11. The details of the trial an<\ imprisonmf"nt :i.rf' or .,-rcn r interc~t ancl arr by )lr . . \darns. l ,, ntllr" nn onr !':,• ti-n.rt from :ltr. )J oorll'y'. nwn state- , :i;.1'1!''.,;-,;,;1,:,1 ment: 11 1:l'ems tii:tr \\'altf'r nar"foot , fnr r-On\·:rtiOil , l\\'t'I .· un,lrr 4!0nstrnint. ·,1 ,.;,,.,, .1r. :1-Ioo,ley, Gr"f\nf" rt:'IH~l' l(\d '\.ltd tna<lf' :t1'\~nnwled,:r1n•· n t to tl1" pr,~111r 11 hn fr"t'IY r,,,. ga,YI" him. \~ob"Y w ,., f'Xromrnunical,.d oul n( IJ.unpton • 'h11rd1 for :i common drunl:ar,t :inrl rlir•d ,.x,·oair,1nniratc-,:1.n1l 11 waH thrn\Yfl into 1 hnl0 11 Par hi~ h<lltt=''· :or f•?:tr nf an n rr".<1 n( hi" ca.rra,,". trmper ll'hCl'"f'f. h ' •li• ,1. ( 'nfiin W,l 0 takf'n h~ th<' J n1li'l11• anrl hl~ hn11,-r ;1.n!l mill~ hurnl, him ·c-H nnL "!:tin hnl tl!"mis~,.,I. Thr I ,nl'l g-il·" him rrpen l~n<''\ though nn ~ "n nf it h'1 ,·c nppc-arrd. r~alm ~:Ir. ''l'h<' Lore\ hath ma<IP himHe lf lrno1111, ] f,.. hn Ltv PX('f'll · tecl ju<li::m<'nt. 'rhr ll'irkNl I" s11:irt•1\ In 'the- wnrk of hi~ o, ·•1 hari,l!'.' ·• Tt is rri,ornP<l thnl "C:oorl \fr1·. )T:lr in no!. n hlr• lo 1i 1·<' ahn-." llJ\ pastorates argues a ,self-respecti ng body or parishioners with leadership of comprehension and poV,:er. On May 3, 1609, Nathaniel was ordalnecl over a church consisting of twenty males ~nd fitly-nine f·emales. He was to have the use of' th£ parsonagP and the Giebe besides orie hunrlrPd pound'! a year. Ha was u...zui_llve of Ipswich and. graduate o! Harvard College In 1687, · being for youngest son or' Its President, Rev. .Tohn Rogers. It Is claimed that he wa~ a descendant ot John' Ro11:Pr1> "'hr~· mur-h nngr~r r"~("ntmcnt. ~1lCen Mary burned a.t Smithfield, In n,1 rlni:: th<'i<" · yen r<\ lhP Portsmouth ,1,ny rase he · w/\>1 called "the ~oou :l\'J.1 l~h11rrh \crpl up thrlr prlrntr mc<'tlni::s Ttogrrn," which lntllcnlce ;iol only the 1111,l (11, ,~ :1.1111 h·,vln!\' 110r.10 i;upply J)ll'tY or h!s martyr ancestor, but also pr<':< rhln,:: h<'ld I ng-C'ther. l\lr. :'v.l oocley that he approved hlmself ' in the homely vis!·rrl. t:irm nfl< n. Their cor:-eRponancl intimate relntionsh lJ)S 'of daily'lfte t;r:,r~ rf'Y e:tls hi~ affectionate reRarcl. ll<' had need of all goodness to pla) hi ll'illin~'l'<'P<: co spn•c them nnd their !1is part well, for It was during hi~ rrt•' ,1r,1 rtc-,-ln• 1hat h<' should ml," up pa!'tcirn.ce lhat "itn u r1llli.ppy \.division" hi m'nl" ry wi•h tllC'm. I' wonlrl ap:1 rose which was attended with shar); P"'"" L11 or th" tl"ln:: wa~ clue to a difrontrovl'rsy and strong feeling, an(· fC'I'''llf'" of nrin ion n R to which r!'sultecl In the formation of "th< for "n\ling- a rounc!l. ln H92 hnYingSouth Church a.rid Parish. 'l'he new me eting house, whose location was the n~ h" rl,..~irf'ld h,... -nt,1r-,,..cl tn Port~c:i use of the trouble, was· built on this mn11th. 011t\v;1tr~L"~ rhr-~,.. "·rrf\ tryin.t; spot , th" northeast corner of the · Glebe cln.y,; for th" p1 rl!'h rn whlrh )Ir. nncl hrro )Ir. Rogers conducted wori\lnrnlc-y re.urnr1I n n,\ thPY had neNl ship for the flr'st time· on the second or n minii<try of <'Omforc and · cheer. Sunclay In .Tanuar)·, · 1714. i\s ,to te·call 'I'll" l"'oplc- w.-rr l,m·,u,sed an1' Catlgue<I the two hundred and eight' ye7tra of t>y continue.I changes rtncl imposltlonf. 11;or:shlp here with the confession, ason tho pare or the Bngll,sh ,::overnmf'nl iiiratlon nnd self-dedicatHm of succesancl it~ rrpreia,.nt~ ttve~. Th,.ro wa" n lso _,I\·<' ;:{enerntions of' men and ' women condnurd though c\esultory warfare likP unto ourselves, we are sfrange!y wllh th<' In•li,ins with frequent rnlcl s nio,·c,l anrl lrnov; that we stand on an•l occnr:ion:11 ma~'lacreR. 'inly ground . . )Ir. )too<i"Y clird on .I uly 4, 1697 In ' 1ll'. Rogers rliccl in 1723 navlng serhis «lxty-flfth year, in noston, where ·,cd the church tor twenty-four years . fnr tn"•lical air\. His burIn lhr ch11rc-h rel'ords we read: "HE' th" nrann.ry was a most excellent :1-llnister; anC: r:rounrl. iii~ ;\Iinisstry, as well as that of thal ()11" hun11rN1 anrl e·ix ~- pPrsons Jolnho!~~ ;\I:ln of God, his Predecessor, pr] th" clrnr,'il during Mr. Moodey's .,·a~ <'minPntly owned and 'blessed o~ p:u•tor:tl••. l)r, numhrre<l "some hundthP 1neat Head of the Church." Trad!- , rr••l,; mor" than four thouRand serlion ndcls, "that he had a very agree1'nn11•." /\ mnn;:,; his Inst worclR, express:i:hlo mnnncr of prearhlni:: an<l wa::i l:1,:: his ,spt'<'i:tl 1\Pslrl', wrre "The JlCr• very e!egnn l In person 11.r.rl de:iortlife of the 1nc-n t." He was buried at the expense r-h11rchrs anrl the ,lyin;:,; power of godor the parish nr the Point of Gra,·es. lin""" in t!v•m, T hf"~('Prh you to. look Descrndn.nts of one or his nine chllcl·ifl"'' that." Dr. Cotton MathPr in his ren hrtVe erecterl to his memory f,111.,ral c•:tld, ·'Th" churrh ln Port~sni n hie tablet on the wall of mn11t11 (a p:i,·t of the country _ <"hnrrh Oj)JlOSltC' to the pulpit'. m11rh owM it.'I li[l' to him!) cries ln che spring or summer or 1725 c,hur,•h Rettled ncv. Jabez ,Fitch '.1.'l'l !,· rf':t1IY 1n rry out, thPir third pastor. ,Uo was one 6f the' •:rn·, 1 111:" th" ~ra; who ran heal nin1• c-hildren of Re,', James Flt.ch of Norwi<'h, Connecticut. Upon hi s gradof the Eighteenth Cen1ht1on trom llarYard College In 1694 tury hr was elected a Fellow of the cor1111,··ng 1\w 18th century thifl church poration and became a tutor. He h~cl .,·:i,· 1'il'~t "Ith a, rcmarlmble ministry . been pastor of •the ancient church ' of F1111r !•:1otor:rH'" <'"''", the period from Ipswich for some twenty-one years 11:!il\ r" 181~. Hor;er><, Fitch, I.n.ngclon and had married into the well known .,11°\ nncl:mlnoL"r "'"re all notalli" men; Appleton family. He Jett Ipswich • on ,..,·r11 in ri r~n l11ry ,·,hen Ne,v England account or J1~adcquate support ' •.•r, ,.,, l11•r rholr<' ~on;; to th<' mlnl,stry cnmf' to Portsmouth for a i;alnry of of thr- ('hriHI inn C'hurc-h. They were or one hundred and· thirty pouncls and th" hrsL "oloninl stock and recelvNl "the- c-on lribu lion of strani;ers." · '.hi' h!'st c-<lucatlon that their tiny a[·J\Ir. 'Pilch ",t,ns disllngulshea for His (ori11•1l. All werl' rnc-11 of learning and lirc-rnry acquirements." He had a tasto chnrartc-r. Langdon was nn able publifor historic111 rosearch and collected risl. Hnrkmin"ter atltled to tnlcnt and man r facts for which Dr. •Belknap lr:d II ini:: nn li vr charm n.nd brilllan y glvl's credit In his History of New easily the most ell"II:i.mpshire. )fr. Fitch, l\owevcr, Jett tlngul><hNl and no rec-ords of his own past orate. He tlrn t hn.s HerYC'd did' l"nve' an acc-ount of an appalling HUCf'f'SRiOll of men uftorded Sta)llllty, C'plclcrnlc th/tt raged in l'i~5 ciirrylng ,JlgnilY nnd worth to the life of the f ei hty-onr chilclrPn ten churrh nncl parish. Such a series of Century, .\ ILi1n11~,1 Cr/1 nftel1l Jpft Portsmouth In 11\,'~1 )Ir. Moodey continued In 'the r,rrvir" or the T"lrnt Church of Boston for eii;ht year,;. H" drew to h\mseH thP admlrati'on of th<' Boston cl!?rgy as a Rcholnr :wd theologian. Ile was eleclecl to the> presillrnry of Harva.rcl Col- \ !Pg!' blll dc-cli11r<l th~ clrct101L ,vrinc in 1,oston h" rxhibitc-d both ·snnity nnrl rourage In r"slsring the \\'ltchcraf t delusion nncl b.v pln.nnln,:: the rescu<' of "a. 0 0 ''"!'I' M'l"',i;.~~:; �r,ears bl age. iHe also published two l\!!rmons !~tended to lea.d people to a· rellgJous ,improvement ·of thls-vlsltntfon. ~~ dJed N~vem ber 22, 1746 after a;' ministry 'of t\V'en'ry-two ·~•eat~. The ifi)swlch Chronlcler says: ''HIR mlnd strohg" and rl<.'hly · st<5red with Hiarnlng,' Hls' 11Jnrt 'was swayed oy 1~e~~vofenlt_ S:rti!ctlons and "' eminently s:u-rotM'led by tlie' Sph'lt 'of ,Grace." I-t!s trarial'· {vas ~i.tt the Point of ~th'at-es,. where he was "decently Interred' ati Darlsh charge,'' the "underbearers·• !beh1g paid sev~n pounds ten shllllng!I,: The ,Parish votes · on ·No,;.e·mhe;· !iXu~ lt\·e c\'f .JnteresU •·voted; th!H Mr:Flt,'h oe> · hurled' at fhe charge of'' thll; parl';,il ·' That .tl\e" parish ra1se' two· ·l'lurid'rfl<l pounds i.o ·de-fray the charges of the ru·n eril. ' :· Thii.f the1·1noney raised for shlngilng the eetlng house be paid Mrs. Fitch II) order to carry on the funeral." On November sixth 1745 the parish Invited· Mr.• Samuel ·L angdon tO assist Mr: "Fl°tch on account of his feebleness. Mr. '· I:.an'gclon 'was 'the · schoolmaster. He had just returned !rom the r.:ouls·burg·E_!q'i'e'dlt!on; having served as chO:p lain of a -regiment' which · was present at "the· cap'turll' of the town by Sir Wllllam Pepperell:' He was to continue his g~ammar school "In ease of the parish In ·'respect · to the salary to be paid him'' as )ong as Mr. Fitch remained In t>t'!lce. Mr. ' Langdon was to preach" once every othl!r Sabbath and as much :oftener as will consist with your en re of snJd- school, your ability and agreement with Mr. Fitch."· Mr. Langdon w9 <i a jtatlve of · Boston, born In 1723 Ji'nd graduated from Harvard . Col!C'ge in· 1740:·removlng soon after to Portsmouth. He was ordained f'ourth pastor of this church February 4, 1747, when the church consisted of one hundred and, sixty-four members·; fortyeight males and one hundred and sixteen females. Tlie ordination . dinn e r post the parish forty-eight pounds, eleven shlllfogs and fl.vo . ·pence.' maintained a strong . inlntstty tw:emy-elght years, ,In the company of strong men, during the• events of the ]i'rench and Ind,lo.n VVars, o.nd the period of agitation o.nd tumult when Uie spirit of clemocr·a cy was girding Itself for further adventure In the fast apuroaohfng Revolution. He was the oi.1t;,poken champion of tl)e cause of tho Colonies. He was regarded as the most ?mlnent member of the Piscataqua Asiocla0tlon of µilnlsters. Extensive know! Jdge,· hospltailty, patriotism and pi ety (re mentioned as his · outstanding !hara6terlstlcs. He wo.s the first ' Doc.or of Divinity In N e w •Hampshire, :his cie~ree haying been bestowed upm him J)y the University of Aberdeen. ' Under the date of August 4th, 1774, ,amuel Pennallow the long-time cleric ,f'· tl;i.e . church -ivrifos:. i,wf;ereas . tfie ,Pastor of this Church a:'nd Congregation has received o.n un- . ~x'pected cal\ Ip the Providence of God :rom the rt.ond 'and Revel CorporatiOjl \ncf. Overse~rs· · of Harvard College, in Cambridge, to talc~ 'the i-mportant of;ice 1of Pre'sldlng over that very · Spect!i:ble .Seminary of Learning" • ,,,!is, 0 to thP serloi1s Conslderatfon, juclgm en t l.nd Conscience of the R eve r end Doctor Langdon for _ the clete rinin a tlon of his duty therein." Dr. Langdon accepted th~ olTl<!o pro ved to be not a pleasant orle for him and he r esigned i11 17S0, o.rter serving six years. year he was inslallecl B'Alls, 1Yhere he died !'lovembcr 29, .797 , H!s "gra,·e is- in th:u town, llllC n lttln~ tribute to his m emory is n. tabet which stands by that of l\fr. Rogers. During nenrly 1h 2 \\'hol e acti v,, 1wrod of t h(' Tt 1Jv olution,:·, y 1\'ill' llli., ~hurc h was . w ithou t n. settlf'd Jl[Js°ror. But from. April 6, 1777 to .Jun o 7. 1778, the elrnreh was serv ed by Hev. Eu:1 StllC's, D. :b .. as acting pa s tor. Hf' w:rn a m a n of great intellectual and theological bread th and one · of the most r emarkab le men of h is perlocl. Liis year was a period or" sllmnlatlon nn,1 delight to this church n.nd co mmun lt:;, up o n both of which he left a l:1.::nlng !mpresslo n. His di a ry in three yolum c,.. pu blls h ed by Yale Unlver,1 lty, 18 n. rriln e of information on ever.v possibl e subject. One hundred and twenty pag Ps lte given lo the year in thl~ city, an'\I ftom It one may almost rf'producc rht• Portsmo uth of the dny and pcoplC' ii. Busy with thf' affairs of l h" n~ l!on :, :111 ?Very department of IParn r rl l11q11ir,•, hr found tlm.-, and lut<'rent to t·c•,·:ew l.nd preilc n·r lh<' r>arl,· hi story of thl' church. The rrport!-l of his dlnnl'r:, n :Hl conferences with m en of na tlona l rc-puta.tion and infl u ence' testify to thP importn.nec or .Portsmouth in th.1t d:1)', Th e c-ongreg:1 tlon ~.-us ncrou:1INl <'n,: of the la rgest in Ne,,· Englantl. "1'IH't c a re two hun dred a nd eighty hc•lo·y, one hundred and t\\'<'nty In th<' fir~t ;allery nnc1 on e hunrlr l'rl in the xecon d ;n.llery-4vn l11rncl r C'cl not six hunrlrf'd " Dr. Still'S, who ,vns [In in rC'n~,r pn L· riot, h:t<l hP Pn rlrl\·Pn his old pari ~h , when taken hy th <:i 8rlti ~h. 'l'h r 'P,wt••mon!l1 Church eng:i.gPd his S<'tTlrPs J'o,· a Y<'ar, and tl1 en gnve him n rail ro sf't • tic permanently. I n thf' m f'a ntim <' YaJ,, Collc>ge h 1i'r1 elr.c•ted him to it~ Pre,· i'aency. iJ-Ic \Ya3 mD l~lfe:;tly n.ttractecl L\' 'tho Port~mo11th ot that day, nnd !J~• the cord iality nnd unanimity cir Ow p eople. Il e took months to dec-Jclc thL' qu estion , and aslct'd o.dvice of n.11 proml ne:i t pi:-ople In fom· !IIO tes. Th,-. advlr<' was t'or n rrc>:,rlng- th" pi·Ps! d eney. 'l' hc- !,use Pon,, inoti t h Pntry i:, J 778. -- 1 fl" l'? ol o r llh ,•rn tPd Negro :\Iri.:i, ...~rw:lori, n hollr nP-l. 30. ,s nttl erl n:1 mr arr.-t1r,. 11nrl m,·s,,!f lny and seven ch!lrl1·c:1 ssnt ot1t Jn t\\'0 ·,,:1t·(iages fcir 1','° f·•1· H:t".'<'n & r p:11,1 :11! m,1 d ehrs _ln' J'or:1<:-no & Jwd :some man,•) ,left. Th e Congrcg:t ha v;ng- bePn ,·c ry lib eral to m r 8: my family ."' "'T'hrough ?he goocl huncl of our Co rl ." n ftf'r l'lrven clays tr:t:el h e nrr!v~cl ·wJthoul ~ny acclcle11t.'" Y,1!!' h 'ld g·ainecl tlir· greatest I'resirlf'nt of h er enrly p e1· i,1cl, ancl tho North Church had lo:st r.ollegP for th n serond timr-: �_ _,,...,__..,..-.,_,_ _,,....l"r"_~""°.,....". ~- --- --- ---~...,.,.,,._,_,..,,....- UNDAY. RVANCE :;.;,c:,y? ., ... ,, ' /.}.-_,.,~., Conlinu,•c\) . l#,.ftN tho <.I ism i1<~a.l of nr. La ngol on ltb e church had YOtC'cl lo ><•'l 'II"' n " oa.y of Fu.stin~ and Pn1)'P1· (or ctir rthe choic-r- o( :inoth<'r minlAlPr, invJtt' l hf' ( 'ongn•g:1 t in11 to join Ro)emnitiP~ nf I hi' II:,~-- or I hP 1'3Uccr1;Mul 011 t,•01111· nf I his ,wr;1sl11n, ,whi ch wns duly r,l,s<' rvr•rl. tllf•r!' <':tll lbe no •<1ul'gtlon fnr w,, llnd tllf' ,·lrnn•h llln SeptC'mber !lR_, 17 i8 1·oti11g '·L11 ,ll ~hey ·were satis;fir,l "ith t hi' Prn.:on. lAbil itiPs and Docto inf' of i\lr . ,]O~f'ph i~ 11,>w ,;rr":l C'hin;.; ,w ith \Hi." A un rini111ut1 s 1•;111 w:1~; gi\· 1•11. lln accr-pllng he \\TOL('. - '·Yun will , consider my youlli an(l in<'xp!'ri<'llf'C oand viPw my preaching- and m~· pruc-t!cn wl I h an <'YP of ran<lor a11ll ,P11<\Prncsf-l. " ;\lr. Buck111i11sl"r u.-1' of a houii<' and garrlen, the 1., ,, ping or ,t hors<': t\\enty•fi,·e corda i.r wo•l<I a,;nuall,·, bnd "lhP free cbnll·ihutlo ns. " When prPaching O.lil a can • rlhl.1\(' h'.' h11rl r\·f)~~Nl the rlv;,r on,! , •·r•ini,: to s-uppl_v ·' ro1· Dr. Ste,·ens nf h :I tl'ry f'o i11t. \<' h'o ~Y;J.s itHllsposPd . T"·o r<'arn later Dr. Buc-kminster m arriPtl Dr. ~. f'V?trn' dn u;;htC'r. She lie1:,tnll' the rnothe1· of Joseph Sten•ns 1 •:uckmi11sll'1·. llw brilliant minister or thP Untttll' Htrc!'l Church of Bost.on, whOH(' i11terr:-;t in thCJ 'l!'W lh!'ology he1·:t1l11' :t sollr<'P of n•i;rl't a11d Horrow t :J ti,,• f,llhl'r. Tllr!!f' year,; afll•r his llr,;t "if,• ·; deal lo lot' 111arril'd ll11• uaughll•r 11r J(, •v, J :,0:11· I ,y111a11 of York. ~hu di, d 111 J~o,, :u1t1 lale lu life I >r. 1ltwk111i11 s Lt•1· 111:11·,·i,•cl tt,e , II lduw ur l'•JI. l·:liplo:•IPt l,,tdd in wlou,;c hu1111· hu li,t·cl i,i,i 1:u-<l 1111111lh~. "hii·l1 ha:; 1111\Y ! .-ull\f' Ju IH' '""""" :u; lite Hucluninsl, •r 111111:-;t'. 11·111•11t•n·r tin· fanolly drclc l; r11J, .. 11 a11 ,•xtn·mc sensibility suu- :t, of llH· dcl'J)l'Sl ;;ril•f. which . al t'.1~1~~ Ifollowt•d by mental dr.,preH:;0011. I ht~ sanw scnsilJilitr made him a pastor of quicl< srmp·tthies which had ready ex prl'ssiun. \\' !' r,:-at1 of him that "his pr! ,·at ·' ,, ncl pro ~f',;Hional I i[c were ful I of t:, .. nw.;t u:irPsC'n·etl ,·rl( sacrllice a 11d O\' r•rf:owing l'ha1 ·ity:" "And his cath ulil- d:spositio11 1,rot:un·d him the e~ 1, 1•111 nf l'hri::l la 11~ of all ucnomintt- w:Is ortl:ti11t•<l u1i11i:.;try of ~r('al disli1wn1J11 land a 11:.i.:.;torate . ,.,r 11• •rl, Jliil·1·. f•1111· years th<tl appear· : lu i1av, · l, 1 ·• •11 11 lll•ou t rfo. w. • ,o ~t•pl1 a, \\ ;Js ,~111•J\111i11•~IPI' b orn Ocl. a. nr,~. t!Jl' s1111 l•f 1: ,•v. J o;;cph 1311,:ku1i11s1 .. , ,,r 1:1111:i :id. ,\I" s s . (Hp was g-raduall'd :it Y:tl•· CPllt•i.;,• in 1 770, elPetec.1 as a sc!1ul.1 1 un l lJP (B l'rkcl<•y l•'?u•Hlat ion, ., 111\ L, 1,,,. 11 :ts :, tu tu ,· al lho colll'J;•• fn,· ro11r )'f'ars. l k e arl'd ror lhl' coll1•g-1• surruu11di11g-s s o th;i.L one i · surprist•(I that hp rt•· fu ;:pcJ lhc setllon11•11t with lht• ~ ~ CUIIU Ch11 rcl1 of flartford whicl1 "'"" :;,., 11r-r-sis t1•11Llr pressed 111io :, him. Ill' som!'tin tt•8 i11dulµ-(•tl H l1•11.~i11g- r,11· 1111' 1·l;.1~Si <· shaclc·s hP h:1d t·IH1 s 1•11 l•J l<-:t\'t' 1'01· rth1 • activt" 1ni11is1 r., . :111d t111 ~ :1ct•ou 1~ o f hi~ 1011g d('l:tyl'd \ , , ii lo lti~ .\1111,L .M att•r has i11 it :i th, .. li ght or npp111 · 111ni1ir~, i>J"C'!itlll '8es,;cll a llH• <lay . :\11· fenilf• 1u11l'il ur •,:othos in of l\i('l~111·i'\n1 J~lf·r i111:1 .c: i11· .ti nn ,pi gorouH intf'llt•t~l. I, .. h:1 , L ·1 , po:-:- :11lf\ ~ <,111111;1ntl- nnrl :i hri i li:111 :.. ,._,·f •. I Ii~: ,·oice :1v~u, of 11111, s ua I 111, •lnrl 1· :o 11<1 p1111·1-r. I ,:-; .l o wc-st ton!'H cnulil 111• c\isti11c1lr ,11,:inl i n the r~mot<'~r 1·01 u ,• ri< n[ t hP 1·:1 st, ol d, donblr-g:olll'J i• ·• I 1111•1'1i11,: hn11,,•. J-l C' could 1nkP Pith 1t1· '"" 1 in 1111• si11,:;ng, an(! th!' J)lll ' I' 1.,.. 11 Iii;,• 11111··~ nf hi>< jn g- n1iPn "Ooi cC' t•oulcl :1hv:iys ht• di:-:ti11g11i~lH •d in 1hl1 fu11 ,·hoir. 11 i:-; ;1 pp1•;1 l':1 Ill'(' 111 t flu pulptl w:1s digniti• ·d :111,1 .t !l':1,·t'ful. lll,l lllh•r ill J11·1 ,I • 11i11\• fl 1d :1 II!:-. 111•- ,CUJiat· p:othn>< 111:,r . ill11111i111•d his countenance and trr•mhled in the earn estncs~ or hi~ Voin'." Jt Wns Dr. 'B11!'kml11stl'r'~ ruil' 11<'1 ,·r to Incur a cl<'ht. l Ir pnHtt•11tly arranged to han• hi,. ~:ol a ry pa1cl on ,,ueh a ba!-\h; ns to a,·oi<1 th"' PrT1h:1rn1;-1:-:n 1nn 1.H due< to tlw t'l11,·111:11 Ii:;~ 1•11i.1" of enrt·c-ner. H•• \.\·11 ~ to 1•p,•1 •i\'P "streh ;i ~urn or monr•y :is will "" ::,1ffi<·i Ill to p11r'lrns!' thrN• h11ndn•d l,11,shpl!< nf lncll:111 ao,·n. a11r\ four 1hn11:::111cl r•ig-111 hundred po111Hls W!'igh 1 nf frf'~h IH1 f'f, ,1t thr• cu,·1Pnl m:or\,PI p,-J,,,, :,~ lt m,,y Ii<' s!'tllf'rl 111 th<' m n1111t nf n ,•111hp1• u111•11s(' tn hnvr p,Htn<I•, wit 11 !Jr. I :uck1nin:'iLCl' tu experieucl'.S 1 jt•t ' il'd :tho llfl.h pastol' o[ lh•· 1·!1111..-h, .i.lll. :7, '17 7~. whcu " al l 11:,,: ,·1111d11,·t,.,l wilh ,grewt fl (!('llCY :JJI\I ·e:1111<1 .,,..,,.,·." Tl,11 •; b cga.11 -:--"P..,,,rl"~~-:--~:""."""":,T"';~!':"!~~~r,:j1ff"""""?.,~,11 ;1 01trney or 1ea t , t !on:-.." I h;J \'l"' in 111y ))Oti~l' H~iOll I co,::Jt t,ool, of six leaves. ltepl i1•11ptain .John Howl,~ . The tirst entry is Jun,, c. 1, I~ at l'orlsmouth. Thf' ,-:ig11ifif':1nt •·ntry is .June ll. "Paid fol' :i coffin nt J:ennini;ton. fiv!' dollan,;" "for fiigg-ing " gr:,,·(' , one dollar anrl a h ,If." llc<m h.l' item this llltlC' book ••·!Is hnw th!' w,•11 IOl'C'd pnstor left his j p ,1ri~h h,.hind l 11•:1l1li 1·(•:1llr :111rl "·,·111 whilr- nut tn seeking (lie\ at ,1 •n:ill 1·ou11lr)' 1 1n<Hd. ~: inn ilrn i11 l:;outhe1·n V.-r. 1>1·. 1~~11.. l,1nin s t C' 1· had brcn in n 11f rl,.liilil.1' and mental ckprc•s r,,:I0": in;!, H ~f'\'f'l"C llllH"S~. 'J'hr, ?.1s1 :--unrl,,~· in :\l:1.1· he observed lin• ~·:11-r:0111(•11t u( lhl' Lorri's l:;upp<'r wi<11 his pr•opl•· fl11 Turs<la,· he startNI "i1 i1 :\Ir~. l!u1 I,n1insIcr and t"·o 1nc1n• l'hureh for Sara tog,, J 1,, li:orl mPdic:ol auend:ince 1· 111 • , ;: 1· 1I l: :· ;J ~ , i(" 1,111·1, 'l' he {~' l ll t· 1111,• ;il t ilf • li:i.lt-! ,·iilagt' nf .llC'{\d~· J.1,1 ·1111c;h . •\1'tt•1· :1 11ight of :severe ill11, · ~ whi<-h he i<Jll'lll moslly prayer, h•· , iitl to his wife .. ,\Jr son Jo,;eph is dt:i<I." She 1hough1. he had l.Jeen dream !:i·e su ,,ht• ,·r•plit•rl, "No, h e was well a r, ,_,. d:,y,; :-<lo1cl·: we shall see hlm ·, h•·n we r1•111rn ... "I !rnvc not sl!'pt or l11T., of th; , flrPamed," he said; "he i:s <.lead." An~ The ) oung· nd11isl 1'r o~ hud died ti\ Ho--=ton lht• ti\'Pritng of June !I; 0.1Hl on t lii :-t \"•a~J 't1·u1•. 1:1:itll<' Strf'd Church .J till<' lO his father followed hlrri .. The I,u1·t,.1 :ot J1rnningtnn, Vermont. w,,~ wh,.rr th<' 11:1sto1· of 1h" pl:1< '" conduc-• 1,,rt 'thr s<'n iv<' on J unc I l. /\ Hen·icc "'"" h<'ld in Ponsmouth 011 .Tune 10, :, I l<'IHlr-d hy :, con:.:;i·rg:ttion that flllN) Thr fun<'ral sermon was prruehl'd \Jy Hl'v. Nathan Parkp1• t·f 'hP ,;oulh Church. from .\cti; 20:24. ,\ llJ)Oll lit(' g r:1\'(' fll ll!'nningt01\ ;., 11·~ thlH inscrlption:··1n IJ\Prnor.,· of R e,·. .foRf'J)h Buel< f 1,1i11stPr, n. Jl .. pa.,t(11· o! 11 church i n . 'r•w llampshh·!'. ,yho in ti1is ,·iclnity, whllr une .\rtuns Gl. 11<' was a fervPnt and 1·u1ed ChriRli,1,n, an eloquent and evan;:1·llca l prea<'hl·r, a faithful and Incle- . faliga.ble pa~tor, an affectlon_ate s011. hroth<'r, hu.~hand, father n.nd t frfl'nd. Hls bereaved people havo erected ·-thi,a; mPmorlal of his eminent worth and of thclr tend!'r and respectful gri ef. o lffcr honored, ever · dear! adieu l luw many tender names aro lost In yuu! I\ ~--,p safe, O tomb! lhy precious, i:;acrcd trust, Till life c.llvi11e awalco Ills c.!11:;t." ~;ulJll'Ulll'_\ J ll"U!;~, 0. I lr. G11l'i° 111l11 sl1•r will UIJ I\ :d i ,-:pan• tlw b -l;l'CIIIS LU ,await ,,ic.lc lit e Lal.Jil'lll oI llu 6 l•1·:; anll dua. ,. . ... )J. The Story of the Meeting Houses , The spots of earth and the ' bu!ldh'igs where men have sought to come;'int~ ft'llowshlp with God 'havo ulways beet11 dear and sacred places. ·T he expcrlens· ces of deeply moved '·minds and h9arts ,rnd the human fellowllhlp enjoyed !11 wurk u nu worship engender such -val -: uc-tl ui;sociations that· tlrn materia) form b!'comes an· objocl-not only of ,·cnc ratioa bu l of love. The place of {i_rayer a.n<l ·the l:IJ)ire pointing hf'avcnward, -In the mid~t of th<' hollse,; and marts of the cttt, are .:-on~t:rn t witnesses to lhal which gives ,, II lifo and effort dl~nl~y and wort~:; \\'Ith ~uch, f!'!'llngs 1he succeedl~g ge n era lions have held the meetln~. housC' nf their days; and such lnfluen•., e<'s have <'manatcd from these places nf wor,shlp Co.- more than two and oneh:olf centuries. The life of a chtir~h in many wn..,· ~ i~ c-onclllioned by Its ~uild• 1 ing-, a11rl so <•!fJ.<ely is thP one. Identified , "1th the olhf'r that some phases of a c'illll'ch 's ~Lory seem · to inhere In th<' ~tory nf l1s mPCl_i~[JlQ_U.!_P~- --~·. .._ Until J7G3 the town meetings ,~-ere . hC'l<l 111 the mPell ng houi;e of the old c'hu.-ch. Tlie previous year the parish voted •·that hereafter no public town 1m,eling for trnnsactlng 'the civil af~ fail·s and Business nf Lhe Town• bo pnmltwr1 to 1>i-- . !(ept nnd hold ip the :6t·di11.;· H111.,~.r,:" Ti1c-~ •cite as a rea,,un for this action that "warm de• l.,a tes a.,ul conte ntions arlo;e," and such 'Passions forriented a,i; a.re very un<ullablc for such a place;" and besides "the tlamage done to the . Pews, se3:ts rnd other parts of the House," !~ spol,en or. 1 n spited of tl1is tl)e· next tow n meeting ";us calletl for the North ;\J eettng House. A moderator was el"'1. ea on t hr st<>PA. a vote ,was .·taken to '>1·ea l, <lown the door and the business: ,·:1" tn.111Au elect as usuu l. Two other -.·oles found. of an eu1·l!er <late, reflect· · he cu,.toms of the times, and a grow Ing r<';;Hrd ro.- lhe ~anctuury. One ls to Lhc Pff,,ct that the courts 'should no lon;; rr I.Jc hPlll in the meeting , hou11e, and :·he other. dated April 8, 1729, 1·caas "That every person who sufre1·s· hii:; tlog· to, co me to church on Sabbath Oar:; slw ll JlaY J.o the Sl'Xton two'shil,' Jing.-; f.11· eve1·.v; :rneh ofl'cnce, and If :111 v JJ"•·~ou 1·ertise to JHJ y the :c1amc his do; m ;i 1· I.Jc kil-lei:)." · J n 16.:, 7 t he.:\chapel ti 1Hl parsonage :1ouse" t h!!n c'..llfe<l tho mr>eting hou,;e, sta11 dl1 1g on ll1<' high grou11d this sid~ of the Unl vci'.sa'ltst Church. probably huilt of log» und facing, towat'ds the• 111u.n1h land, }Y4S evidently outg,rown_ Al t1mt lillH! ?the town by '(Ole _cm· ,.uwe1·l•tl lite :c1ll~'t't111cn to builu a new �'lmielll\g 1tou::1~. 'l'lio. arlicliis of ai;ree•, !n1ent arc ' ~d1W' pxp~lclt ,u plld·:: ,i~g ,of a moe_ti1'\g , \wuse· a.1id_ r_c palrnif( y'e old iiieetlng. lwuse .:p1d •· to_.. :finlsh '"i~'. and 1itt It up for\1. · r,v,ic11ing '·110use for •,91.tr i1inlst~i:-'.' , .:,r;tie _met:ting house w_as· '• ue forty feet square, sixteen feet lilg\1, ~vltfi' "a."·flat : Ruf!." I_t not ·q'iilli.' w'itHoiit- altrere:-,,:.,s of opinion, ror the General Cou,·~ of Massachu.;i:ilrs··Jn --response to · " :;>etltion ordered J.·,commisslon.._ ,of ··t111:~., to hear uoth ~ides · a11d to decide · •:.1-s they .sha!T Jil'dge" best ctmd'uclng tn -·~iie ·peace and {t,elfu.re "of the ' town." ,(;}rP.at -lsl~nd,• "r Castle, was a · seltl"p-\.ent · of ~uch d6'mpa.r-J.l!ve· tmp'ort'aric"' : -'l:t '.thl_s ' fame, wo·•get ligl\t /OU tht,'·''Si tuatio_i1 . .frorri ar~r_~pl;:_to a' petition or_N-e!"'··•~a!tle~ ~82 for 'a •sep'ai·ate ministry. ·Among f:ithei- irf:;i,temerits is th·e simple declarq ·tton. "the mbeting Ho(1se . was .sett • •Jiere ',tis· prlric'ipnlly for the conven•!etice of Gt• .Island, anCi we never ·llear( : , 'itd llope never .shall of any being los : ·1~. attempting • to come to meeting: · ;I'l1~ latter clauae referring to the clairr, li:hat health, .' if •not life, •was hazardc(; . }µ' comlns· ,to. 'meeting. T.he ,commissior:, 'decided · ,to ' locate the building .fat trom tl;e f!'rst tne(!ting house and_ awa,; f;cim the' Glebe · land. The ,spot choser V'1t1.g back of·"the present fountalt; ,,l\,1ler~ ,South :ancl ·Marcy St!'eet · divide:· 1[1\ Ap·1•J1;: •1'6'6'1, the town empowcrcc 1 . ' ;J;i1c selectm~l} to repair and •finish th~: !i)eet!ng house• . to 11)uild galleries, an(. ~6' -'hang, the 'bell ,- ,other inter-esUn!f 'fonvenierices were addeil. John Pick 1'.) r1n~. 'in l61l8; ~bul!L' a way ··over · hii_ at'. _south Creek, for foot passen-, ~'.~p,. it\ going ,tu..,a1,1d . fl'om., meeling:.Jr,. '-J:662 ;a 'town meeting "ordered that'. . :dage .be'' made ,to punish such as sleep', 'take· tobacco on the· Lord's day oui -~ the meeting, in the time of· the pub~ •l!c -exercise." If was •voteil · .that one ,con,ill,ll~1: ·• fo1· •1i:ecelvii1g ·tilt; ,\Joun q,:. Oj . !flve'-•15oµnd"! fo'r ,cilling a ,wol~ ~ltoult ·i;~ the uailing c~ th o · ,,.-o!f's i1cacl tr .bile mcetlng ·house . .Jn 1669 the towtl (granted to '.'M.r: ; f(vyei'. · ,u10 towne', • f.tght ot twentle foote square land be) ftween \ the ' path and . Mr. Corning\ 1 "fre~ee '. nee~e the meetlng·-iiouse ' to set\ ~\~it: J'house' u.nd l,eep wood In• foi: ti • ,'<j-fCOtnmodate himself and family Ir. •~irite~1 L!me when he comes to mee( 1 ,J1g." Mr. ,Fryer was •from New ·Caspe , tnd ,this action was an act of me\'p, C:~tnc\! ·there was no 1fire allowed In lil€ ·'.~~et'!ng 'house m~Lll -l~ng after th~t \i;ijy;~and an · afternoon service was ' t~ •f'ollow the long morning service. Thi~ -~asi. on'e ; of _the ,sabba-day· Hous~s,': or: "Noon· ·Houses," not ·,unco_mmo11 jn ~the '.!early day 'where famll!es ard tfriends . ,,warmed · '•themselves ': • •be{o11e •,nee-tlrig o.nd spent their time .uctween ~rii·v-!ce~' i1L comfort, ·eating 'their itui'fh; ·~:tis6u&sing • t.hf) · se11mon and' exchanging -~l~e hews . of· the day : It is evident tha( [~citing tlrti1 •rne'eti~g- house · ' at the J~outh :e,11d 's6~,ed the ,ieeds for· anotpei:i 1on€rov..ersy, ':!~ ' came early in ·the nex :, ~\)nttiry and \\fa~ Lined ·tb divide th~ '.~ Jiurch , and ,.cfeate· lits ting· enmities: 0.1; :p as / Q.~ en th~ C!!,Se under similar conJiltlons '- ip m_~ y· other places since. -In ~e~tem.~:er., J1'11 i_t was ~•oted lri genero.j ,tov.in -: meeting to· build' a : new ·mc·et)pg \;ip'use .on tile « corner ·Of the. minlsters 1; ~~c_lcl ij'.nq tiul,f, t1i1s i be the stat~d m~ct -(' .lng · house ·of,,.t11e to,Vn. •!1'1'10 · vote·· stood . ':tor··~e· ili was . liiew a'.it9 . ! •Ml)'l ,or ,,.. 0 ~es to .forty-five, arid a committee' was . apµointcci "to cany oi1 ye .at'of uullditrg said hom;i,." We are gii.Oic1·ed at this time · ori the corner ul' lhe Mini,;ler s' ·l<'ield. •'l'ime has jm;Li .. Ted the location. 'rhe •trend of popul,.; tlon was norlh · and west. 'rhe south ·md offered 1;0 suitable place ro.- a civic .md business center, even the ,lucaliO!t iow ulllized as Haven Pai·k, cousiller- r ~d a~ a co mprnmi~e loca.Lion, would ·1a:vc mcaut cramped cou<lilions fur ·• ;rowing- comm unity. lly this time New :!a!:;l\C had been gra.nt:ed hc1· ow11 1ni11:stry, so that what had been a decilive com;itlcration lialf " cent ury he- ·· :ure 110 long-or lteld . .Al tl1t: compl!!\ iu11 :ir t11J ltous<- the church vuLed .Jan. 'I, 171-1 ''llmt Nall1a1iiel ltoger s . llliJ1i stc• 1· Jf u,: :s ,: ltllr<'ll, s,,oulu eOlllC Lu ll11, :11,\.\· 11 e·c li11g lluuse creeled ~.Ls ye Bank u11 ' e 11exl :::;au\Jath seve11ni1,sht, '· a 11Ll ·>rcaclr lhL•rc•, at1Ll cunllnue preaching tl1'cre as formerly at ye old m eeli11i,; liou,; e and perform ll.ll other which a.ppl•L·Lain tu his i:u11elivn.'' IL was not :;trange that the inhuuitants at the south end :;houlcl havo opposed tho change. ' !'h ey held a. Lown me eting, which w,cs ,.tlt't1(1Prl with cli~ -ir<lPr anrl t11mul t anrl rl0clnrNl di,sml\•Nl hy thP j1rnliP-Pii p1·Psf•n1, nn,l nr- ·ra,;- 0 it~ votf'R W<'.rf' <lf'<•lHl'f'd illr•gnl. Uut 1inrl1 -r the lPn.,lPr!Shi r of 1.hd ,!C'rwnr,1 donghty John .Pickering a. votp ,va :, irn ..ssl'll "lhnl thn ol<l i1H•(•ll11g 11011~,, shall continu e the town mbeUng· hou se for ever; and when · out oC repair, so that it can not be conveniently repairtu build a new one un the plaee." Bul · forevet is 'a long lime · ·amJ 110 ctl 3 tro nge:1t re 2.!1 ·n1ay Bl?.. y the C'JU !'~f ot f\vent•.; . ln J?:;l .1. Jlt:: 1.v buj 1~i in;;; ior tJ·,·; South C'lrn r,' h w~.s h1...' .t o n th ~ pin•• h!Jlocl, · wh ere the Scoullt \Varel 1: 0u111 now stands and whlc,h /M r. l'iel, eri11g· himself gave io th€. parisit. Le:;i; L11,u1 a c,mtury laler thitt 1mrl,;l, huilt it s ' fine new church 01~ .;. J)Orlion uf old Mlnlstcl'S' ¥ield. ;rho ·controversy -was referred to Legislature and May 11., 171'1 thu Cuu11 ~II and General As::;cmuly ur ;'\kw Hampshire passed thi ~ ,·ute: "'l'hu.L the ::;aid Mr. TiogerS be ·cslabliHlll'd llt lJ minisLcr of the said 'l'own, and 1,u c:mtlrmed in the poss e::;s lon ol' tl11• ·Glc!be Laild or -Parsonage la:,d s a<;· ::ording to the agreement of the town." Provision was made by ll,e same act tor the .su11port by the town of a ml~lst Pr ·a t "fhe other Meeting House J.t the Mill Damm." At this mePtlng house R ev. John Em e rson waH insta 1!cd a:, minister of the remon:,;t.ran L pC'o •rlP , bul the town authorities refusccJ to pn.y his salary. After much controven:y, some atTesL:-; and lega.l pro ceedings a vva.Y ,Vas 01)ened b.V a wi :.H~ Act of Ute Provincial As se mbl y wherl'• hy llH, rate payers might give In thl'it' names for the support of the ministry of eilt1cr church. This resulted in th·.J Jraclieal fu1·ma tion of a second pari:;h. L'ow n a11d pal'ish <;case<l to l>c ldenlieal .,ml thu s lite F'ir:;l or North Pari:;J, utd tile ~oull1 .Paritih ca m e in Lu \Jc Ing. l'hcru wus room fut· twu ehun.: hc,; a11d .h e division has \Jeen lu lh e at.lvant,Lg-e ,f t11u religiou,; life of P0rL::;moutl1, ,ut we coulu \~it;h that il had be e n er1.'cLe<l in a happier . way, for it LOuk .earl·y a i; unera t·! on Lo rnstorc harmon y a the community. Two hundrnd ' and their names 0 m ee ting hou :-;e, and un,lred and lW('lllY-HCVCll for the 1ceting hou se. ThC' rates Wl're :;till ,ssessecl uud er tlte authorit y of the tale and commilteLI to the constable ·o r collection. ti;ach yca1· ll1 c legai •.lrm was care full y written ouL ariHh record~. "\ ou are i1 erc by < re- ,uircd iu ,Hi ,; Majc!:lly's 11aml' to col•ic t from each person mentioned In .h c:..;c two li:::Hs a11ncxC'd to thi~ ,var - rant the sum carried off ai;ainst Ills ir her name." In 1760 Cll•ment :\larch gTeed with llunkln g harl cs Trcaclwell ancl Jolin ~l1erlrnrnc •;ho were tile lurgl'Hl tax pHycr:;, a,; 1,•I I n:s lhe wanlenx or th e p.irish, to o!lPcL 1he nues for Lhe ,·011,;idc- 1·allo~ t "Onl' h11ndr c,1 a11rl I hi r l Y 'I'hat su tnP Id tf'nor.' 1 yp;1 r noti c e \VU.S ivcn that: "the war ckn,; will m ee t L th e hous e nf .\Jr. Ze elrnri ,L11 Foss. 111holder in Portsmo111lr. 011 the sec1Hl !\lonclay in No1·c ml>c1·, December l!Hl ,Ja11uary, al five o'clock in th e af.en10on. to whom any per:;on aggriev- •· ··Ll may apply for ec1.He as th e law di,·ects." ·One may hop e that their grievLnces were with th e rates · and not ,LgainsL th e mini s ter. -It ls au intcre;;t.ng fact that untll 1747 tho rate pay21·s of the Nol'lh P,u·l,;h are ca refully !!sled as "South of 'l'hc iuuuccul t:a u: a · l' r tl11· dlvi:,i1111 ll f the "11urch wa:,; a sul.Jstan Li ,LI 1,uiltl · \ng seventy fe el long, thn ·e storie~ gll, wilh two gallerit•:::; u11e above lit ~ her and with U1rce ro\'i 8 ul' w i11UO\Y r hich gave it lhe nauli cal Lille of \th e i1ree-deckcr." A l>elfrey w a :,; a dtleu 1720 and in 17j0 the sJ> ire, one hun·cd . ancl ti fly feet higll and long a .Jurce of pnde was ad<l ctl. 'l'his uc,cmc 'the li'omc ot' the tuwn cloclf In 174n. In 1761 an add iti on or thirtnc11 [P.el was made on the W!'Sl si<le which ;ave the steeple a phLce "lik>' a man's ·1ose being on one side of hi s face." Foot stoves wc•1·e u scll in c hur ch. wllo grew a bou t the uuiltling in l 7ti~ ·whosoever lea ,·es any stoves i11 th e; 11 eeling-ltouse shu 11 pay or .wenty shilling::;,'' l823 tha,l the vanncU by IL w<1s rn eet.ing- ::;LOVl!:::i . 'Jig godly tiddle" ..'\l\ WU ~ not huu~c Ul; Lave viol, "..,,_ l>ongill in t8:J.1 tllcJ in 18~7 an or,g-a11 r·osting eight lll ndrcd dollars tool; it,; pl,1 t:c•. In Lil ( j_ay or the m£~e ting- hou ::; e at the ~.till 'an1, an1011;..:; o th r-r pru,·J ~:i u11 :~ rvr ~•·ct1.L- :1g, the back beat wa,; lc•rt "(01· young 'l\Ople aLout fourtel'n YL'ill'ti of :-t.ge 111,1a1-;-ie<l," wlueh J s u s pect ac,:ounts '.J I' Ille <; UsLu11 1 oiJserv,•d ·:11un;l1<•,; u11til L11i>:; d tL.1·. i11 1\ ,i l'\l r boy,; 111tl,•1· lllal ;q;<', tl11•r <ll'I' Ill '': ;iL 111 1111' tt l' ll' ti a lly e:.:; anti ll1e g-irb-; Ju tli u wu- n un '8 allyl\8," I H in /jl)J' l' Y lu l'l'iale l\\al ill! J'l\Con.1~ .show l11at llll'Jl ilatl lo lJ<) ·11gage <l for llll· sum ur twenty s ltilI11g:-; antl lll)W ilnl:-; p1 ·r ., ·p;u· "for ?.o ook a fte1· t:1 c tlcmea11u1· o:· 1:1c boys · 11 n1e(:l! n g." l ·1 the .. t:1,·t•r-c!Pc·k0r" al 1 lal l\ 1' pr,riud IH 'l'-5 0:1~ \\'Pre• appu intctl ,o l<L'~i> in ;,:·uud urdl'I' L!t ·.' I)())' :< 1111d lhC' :ulurcd p eoJ)le 11'110 oecupiccl the uppe1: ' ;·al!ery. 'l'hc rnain fluo1· and in lime the lower gallery wcrn clivicll'd off into . �pew::; o f various shape,; and ::;IZl'S aull ~ven b alcony pcwu, ·e:·,, huug- oul f rom Lhc lOWl' J" g'il llcry. 111 iitl\l' then• WCI'(' Lhr t-e p orclll's 1 fur t•nlraJJCl' !Jul tnaln enlra.n l' • was 011 the l'h•as;111t SL a11U Ul> the broad lslt• lo lht• gn•at pulpit Ur. BUt·l,111i11 ,;le1· U~t'd 1,, w;dl, "<lt•cl1t •d 111 Ills .111•1 Iii , hi::; ,l Pt•p e 1n hrCJifl< rt-<I \\ai:-:t. housP n l~o t nok nn :111 :, ir " T hi' \\':111~ and ct·ilin::~ " ·it h inclig-o hlt1t> \\":l.~h. ,,pf'\-l" P paint (• <l µ,r,•r·n . at1d th ,. high pulpit clN·oratrtl with clrap('1i,~. ,-;pl., ntl irl :1n'1 on,. "'thought th :1t ~olom1111·.• t<•mplr mlr.;hl look as 'we'll but h :i<l no lrl••,1 th:tt it co u ill look bC'ltC'1·." Hui ,_.,.,.11 ~11,·h splendor like llH• fr:1m,• 1h,,1 h••l•l it mu gt fa ll Into dec:i.,·. 111 ll1·. l'trlnam·s tim<' the ff'!'lin r, t, 1 t•w 1h,11 thr• oltl moet ing hou~" ·was out .,f ,L, 1,·. Thi~ feeling \\" H!I 1l1"cirlPnl;, lwlp1•d h., 1 ill' 11Par nei ghborhood or 1hr ~l'l"n(11tl new Pdificc or 1h,. ~0111 ·, f' ., l'!.,h. 01'. Putn a m in rf'signing hrnk1• ~;il"'ne•• ;_i nrl urged tho n<'c!'s~i L)' of a ,11,r,•n·n t J.iu!lding. Hi!! Ru ccrssur ,·a m,. with thf' e xpe c tation of ~urh " ,·ii:111;;". t11n a II had to bo contC'nt with ''" l'"lllOrlrl:n~. or the old structun' in 1~;:7_ "'" h.r,·" related how th<.' :intl-:·d:"·"r~ ;1git:itlo?1 <lclared the comin;i. of ,11:,- hou,,,. :n whi h w e wol'shi p Loria-. h•11 ,11 l:i:<1 un what w.i~ a \\'f'li-1·r,11nnlwr:·d rhy for t he gaLhC'l'('(i cornn11111ity \\ho v:itllCR~f"ct H, thf' olcl f:'p~1-•'. :-:1 ) In:,~ ;1~1 oi)- Ject of p1·id<' , "'"~ Ltitl in 1,,,. rl:i ~i. 1~ 1,i rvid!'nt th.r t th!' li11 :111-·i 11;: of th-' l' llll'l'p rl:w or ;r 111'\\' 111,•f'ling hO\IS(' l'allC'd for a ,1 .. ,·01 io11 :ind s:11-rilkr• th.it was a t est o: loyally. nu1 tiw,·<' "'"'"' , ::;elf -denyi ng 1·pspon,e f1·um 1hose who could give rn111·h and thO Sl' who ('Ollltl give little. ll i,-; righ LO 1·,•call lt1•tf' till' 11 a m es of Lilt' public-spit ill'tl C\ll llllli tfr c who loan e d cl'cdit and ea1Ti1•tl th ~ worl< tu COlll JJlt•tlOJl. 'J' ll'·.1 an· ll l'llr\' {P-· Ladd. l' t'tt•r J t't1 n e,;.-;, J 0l111 1,; nuwl·~on, '\V.a~hln,::-to n \Vill iarns , .John N. ~{audy, '\Vlt!ia.m Stearn,; aml Ju11atha\1 :pcarborn, Nat lm11 1". ~1:~t h •s, t;,, 0 rg- , .. ~., ....,... ~V. Penc.!~::tlcr. ln :~!lo u11tlc-1· thr di . ~-ectlon or WIili!:! fl. Jl.l y1• r·:; the pulp it ra8 JllOV l'li hoIn:1n rn ovPs intt~n•s1. I hro:i ;:h Ill\ 11 II coals n,nd gold-lacC'd l'OillS ~,11 ,1,,,1 111' the aisles of th!' ml'C-lin:; hou~r; whil•• chariots . a nd Jh·l'ri1-<l f•Hrt 1111•11 tl11• rloor." Th , iut,..r:or or the sea.ts The Lay Folk Tho Chronicle:; o( 1.; lngs history of til e nalion, and a narra.tJve r ci;ardiui; rnluistcn; is nul the s tory or " church. 'I'h~n: arc ohvious 1·easons for th o prlmit !,·t· ·'hi storical ni e tlfocl. and t11e character and ability or the leader m a rk s hl,i period for bettt!r or worRl'. Y e t thr' ,11tyln~ ''Lik e pai;tor. likC' prople" hu R " double sig-nUlcance and thl' r!'actlon of the parish upon a mlni ~trr <io,·s mu c- h to mould fushion him. Thi' eontro l !n ,~ dcmo1·1·ati•' 1.h111·,·!1 i~ ,·1•,strtl In th •J hty peopll•, :rnrl ult:m:ttrl:, they ha,·c their wa~. 'J'hry alw:iys <il'L('rmine the conlitlun .s of l'hun,h life and "re re,;pon- , •ihlt.• 1f tlwy choo~r "nd tol••rate inef:,,c-:1\· •· 1<·:Hl!'rR. Thi> rPnl lift' of the ·.'h llt'l':l, \\'ilh all it~ tr·11r It was o! his Lim<' 111:i t '''l'he elegance aud spi, 11tlor country was reprodal· t•tl in of tho n ew. Cocked hat" h~aded can es, ci ly, which i;1·ound-a nll In wlll rh inht.•re llU llS ot a ln t'lllOralJI(' past. furwanJ. a 11!'\V or;;a11 111 - tlt.a.lled aud uthl'r cxtcti,;ive improv1• J'\1ents niadc 011 the i11lc•rl11 1·. 111 l !I IJ thr lllClllOl·lal fcnco was Cl'l'f'f('U by .John S. Hand. Thi:; a 111l lilt' other l; u·;,;,• <'X· JJCJltllturcs m adf.' 011 t11r1•1• .,,1 :,<'r oc(•aRlonH mak e il ('\.'ldent that this JH'UJ)lf' has gladly acce1>tctl the duty and wlvlleg-o or m aintaining- 111 ;,;uoli 1·o11tliti o11 Lhll! building, whit'i1 holds ,, plat.a• 'U!aL,<\l'JJJne_liun In th" :H'11 rt of t 1, .. IHI \\ Omr•n Of RUCCCSSiVe ,:1n11,11ir111s. TlH• RIOry of ,1 rhurch is tlw slory or lh"ir m:i trrial ,•!Torts a nd .1chi1•vPlll"lltH. 1lw!r moral nn<l s;plrit tw l :-:trugol••:-.. thf'!r $t1CC('H:-i('S fa!lt1l""~ . thf"!r .~int·y :,,,d tl1pit· ~han1-.,, It i~ impo~· il,lr> tn rrco \•f'r and forth that ~tor)· in sha ll h<' 11ntn1r> 10 th<' C:ir-t of our ..:hurl'h iiC<' :inrl un,\·orrhy of nul' t'hristl;r n fr,llowship if \\'C' do not rlh hnnnr :i: t hi" 1inw 10 t h 0 r>om mon ·1111! o 11., 11nkno\\'n ,<ol<li<'l'!< of th<' cro:-;:-1 whn 14:nnd in 1Jl, r1t11k:-c o( ~iii~ 1 •·i1un·h, \\ ho fn11;.:l11 AOorl tiAhl. ,,•hu .i krpl lh" fn I: h. itl';tr1 0<1 pC'01'1r ,vlio ;ire glad ,,. s:iirl unto Lhl'm. " l. f'l 11 ;; go In to t h ~ hOUSC' of thr Lol'<I;" th 0 lllll'l'QUil~tl ~c-rvicP o( tho~e who 1na inta in its org:rnlzrd tire anrl cl1rri!<h it,i fPllowship of work nncl pray<'r; th<' lf';lclC'rBhip r,f :ho;·p lhil1 rit'lf'llllillf• itH policy and di!'(•(•! i 1 < "ff:il , ,,. 1h<'s<• th in;;;; mal:c thl' "Xi~i.Ynt· ~ of t:l'' t~h11rch po~~lh 1<'. As I tlH· 1·P1 ·nnl, ihi:-t ,·lntrch IHJR never \\'ant pd for ~-1 r0n~~ ,n,...n upon whon1 !"l';1<l Fh<' 1·011irl ,:,,prnrl :<i111·~ thr Pight men •tood 1111 \\'ith ,Jo shu a )[ oo<l<'Y In t 6il. .\ s 1 ha, Ii:-:~ oi t• hnf'll th,. :Jl,lf'\ to <1L1('on:1tl', COtHH rnct th" forty-onC" n1en i!l I ila t off I e. It l s :, 1von1t.,· 11 ~1. 111 1hl' ;111n;1I>< of our city h:l\ (• :<t'l'I ('d on f\n<ls n1u11y of lhf'ir na1ne:-; anion ,; thoH· ;1(·tin• and (•fficiC'nt in the life or lh<' l'Oll\111 11111lY. T:H•rr i~ !'Viclrnce of (\\'() Lyprq Olll' illllHtr,LlCd in .lob H 1trrl s agai11sl whose' 11arnC' l>r. l'utn am wrote "a m.1:1 of e1nincnl p iety,'' ancl one like Ju tlg-c \\'il:ia m P,Lrkl•r. a tlisllngulst\ed p:.ihlil'isl of lll'. Buclonln,;tcr's d a l"• LPL us call tht• n:tlllCS o f Samu('! ll al11rs, Jol ll t Vll'tch<•1· a nd Samuel K ra is vr Lill' !ir,;l pcrfod; of 1'o1JlttH Langtlun, Thonm, J'p er ee, fath er and ,;011 , anll Samuel ~herlJurne of LhL• "arty Plghlt•t•nth c!'nl ury; i'L'llh,Ll lu\\', li[ty-tl1n•c yearn ,;!erk a >: \~l'll as tlea<'Oll, who died ht 1810; ,\ lllO,-; 'l'app,,11. Te:tr·h1•1·. and 'l'lmothy l•'atTar ; of U:,vhl Llh)Jry and Danf L'l l, nlght; or Joshu.~ Brooks, I, uowlton and Charles Robi nso n , fro111 LhC' ca r lt•r pa1·L of the nin ett'cnth CC llturr. of J-,dwn. rd P. J,imba11, for thlrtyniu years deacon, and John . nand for forty-two Y<'<trs <,lcaco11, fro m th e last period uf our hi::;tory. And having n,Lllll'd thl'lll lrt us add "men no t , 1 ,r1,, prr["Cl, !Jul foll<h(,jrt1; ,Lftcr th at thL'Y might apprl'hcnd tha t for which :, ltiu l hf'Y "er<' ,tpprehcnded." l names In churchand parish lists . they· ·correspond ·in many Instances wHo·. the me'p .. , w;ho \\'C t'e doing the strong and llllCful. "40rk 'or' t h e communJ!y. Among.,tl"IE:IP In tho .eighteen th _century w e re, 'the Wlb!fd Brothers, Ri chard and -Thomas, botll grnduates of ~iarmrd.' 'l'hom;tS be~ queathed money to Harvai-"d and to Moore' s C harity ,School later to' bl'come Dartmouth Collegb. He also left mone yto tho churc)~. for>· m'a)d~g the two silver tanlcard~"..,whlcl\.,, bc~r- ;lils na m e. Other na m e~ are, •J.\'I a~k •Hunking ,,· c ntwor t11, '\Voodbury Langdon,, John Langdon, and w 'i'r nam Whippie, lhe la11t two nallona l ,flgu'reii and t~o mo st prominent m en, of th eir period-In thi s cily; Bliphalet L a dd ·and Samuel H ale ; and Da ni el . ·webster, whose n a m e is fou nd as. a ~'\Va rden ...2!...._t'.110parlsh, the YNtr before• h!J""m(f'(le1:l to Bu:;to11. ·l • . • - , Th ete was '1 iort'b.l!ll6ll th! th : 1Jasl pi.lrt of the eig hteenth :century ::. group of physicians much !ntereste..l 1in Lhc advance ment or their profe_f s ion an d willing se rvants of Lhe peo])i<'. Prominent among them ,~ere Dr. Danit'! Rogers, Dr. Hall Jackson, Dr. Josh a_Brack et t , or whom the annalist writes "Phlln.n thropy r egulated every n1ovrmrnt o( his sou l," and Dr. Ammf H11har:1ah Cutter. the long time (l'iend ,infl ,·ounsellor of Dr. Buckminster. Il is pl<'asant to 1·eca ll that th ese .use.tui rrwn W<'l"<' co nn rcted with this church. On<· heeomf';; in l<'t·csted in th e list of 11:11111'.< of th<'st> J,iy-foltc, who,....made up t hi' ,•:t rl)• chu r ch an d parish. _Sl)me of lht• names have tlisaJJl)eared from this co mmunity, m a11.v , remain. Among thl'lll arc Akcrn1, tn, l!lckford, °Colto11, 1" •rqa Id. l•' url) c r, . Lc::u·: .\lard en, •.Mudh11101·(•. Odiorne. ::;l'il ,·e}·, S_h11labcr, Treadwell, T~d,er, \.Ycc lrn, \.Yiggin, \\'hill'. Tirn vrry names of our roads and su·,•ct:s- remind us· of the ·churc h 1,t•opll,l, ·o( the 1011g ago :-.Alldns ori. Brew~tc,1·. Dennett, Hill, Langtlon, .\J iller, 'Parrott. 1-logPr~. •·u ltPr, Sher1Ju1·11r, Vangh,tn,, \V111ltPr. Went• worth . Whitl!lC'n. \.Yihircl. 1f wP nrr to tal<P <Sl'riptu re ror! a ha<':1gro11nrl for our •Hlo ry of lwr, h unrlrr<l nncl fift~• yrars. lctl us rrl'ali thr~ words; or l'nul 'to tlw J,;pe1,;iar1s: "Built upon the foundation of the Apostles Prophets, Chri;t Je;ms himself bf;)ing- the chie f co rn e r s tone" Aposue\, and prophets or the lqi}g ag o-yei;-liut IJuilt al:;p_on :q>os\lc~ antl, proph •Ls iii ttt'' i:I later n,r-ulled ~luHrtg lny, wlH)HP n a-n1es we <.1111I wlw,;e fnuudallrin ~·, !ie,·) ~'.:!'!.J!1:i~•c,tl c:~n Jrho L! new day and al m1_;1ch c ost disclose'ri som!'thin g of the democratic principll' that was implicit In the Gospel of (.;hl'i t Jesus a nd made it avalla!Jle for civil nnd religious liberty, men whose worl< was prophetic of what was to follow. The voice of these men comes •o UH ove r the Intervening years: "In alth w e all dl<'d not baving r eceived 'he promises, but having seen and ~rcetcd them from afar, since God thad :omC'lhlni.; better for you In the twen: ieth centary, that apart from you vo s hould not •:be made perfect." Let us r-ecall also those other ~vords: "1:!ullde<l together into a habitation ot od in the Spirit;" a fellowship of life �,·esent in each soul ;n lhe fellowship, ,vea:ing his purposes for his new <lay r trccdom, brotherhood and peace. So bu!\t together we shall ·be able to .i.rry out on our part the great com1!ssrnn of our firs~ n:ilnister: "The life r the churches and the power of god:nciss that ii;' Jn lhem, 1 beseech ~·ou · ,ok after that." So ·built together In the spirit •of . , hri~t· 'We shall be a'b le to realize in ;ome' measure •Moodey's desire 1orts:pouth and .make prophetic hh ,ext of long ago, "The name of lhe cit) if~; that day .sha!J be tl\fl . Lord .here:'. �en•nt was not without whfch • engendp1wl i:;trcing feellng and Ifft "m i.O•ks on· this communlty'ti ·! :Jlfe-; that wero evJ{lent' f6r ·-~any• decaW!s.1 •tn the final readjustment a nunto'er b~ tho· members of th·e · South- ·, Church' came lo the North hureb, a.nd :a. lai·'ge bod~· •or strong men of. Stne 'p:trish," whose loss was not easy 'to Uear, "trans-. ·rerrcd their Interest and supp'oit 'to tho· Hou th Parish.' Dr. ParR:er had an;n tlr;tC'tl\'f' personality and a ' br11i1an1: min.cl. llncler his Jpaclershlp with. Pn~ lnr~f'rl l"PHOUl"('e!l anrl dPVPloplng pow: er the ~outh "Pn.rlsh rPcovered Hself. A few years: lat Pr it built Its ' ,fln'e stone · eh urrh . quite> ovcr>1hndowlrig t'he bl<l North lllC'!'tlng hou sl>. •and.With decld-. Nl pr<'~lige moved on Into lhe century. It wa,o; a clifflcull situation that tll<), old ·orlh Church fnced. ,Forced to come the militant. defenders of ,,.thot Faith once dcllverc>d lo ·tht'l saints" in' a wny and to a degree they would rt6t have c hosen. ll,e church stoutly defended its position. [n good-tempered wbrds but with (ull decision 1t refusetl to concur with' the vole of lhe pai·fs'h to ca.II a man whoso preaching, they said, "was not adapted to arouso-the conscience or lo impress- the heart." Rev. William Jrnks or Bath, falne, Was called twice. The -council at 'Bal11·, which <ll'cided the matter recommended him lo accept . a 'p 'roreliSOfghlp I al -Bowdoin College, bul in view of "the ' wide breaches that God has been' pkased to make in the churches !n that vicinity" (I. c. iPortsmouth) &izn~pathizl'd wlth th<' "ancient and 1 -re -· 1 $p<'ct:thlC' 'Society" seeking Mr. Jenks be-: large Congreg tion and Fine ~usica~ Program ~t r h hurch on Sunda At the 1\'orlh chur, h on Sun l:i.y 1 1· 1ich was lo result in tho Unitarian morning tho pastor, ltcv. Lucius JI. i Denomination, hn.tl gained such proThaycr, gn vo lho conclusion of tho portions In Eastern New En,::lanu that historical discourse 011 lh«' North Con- ch ur ches and parishes wore IJclng _dlsgrcgatlonal church tho first part ot ruplctl :u1d tho weaker party disposwhich was gl\'en on Hu1Hln.y, No\'. 20. scssl'd or their old church homes. Tho Although I hC wcalhl'r W:tH stormy :,. unhapp~• anrl ofl!'n bill~r conflict, atlargo numhrr of chur<'h memh rs antl lcntlecl by law-suilH and cslrangcparishio1H'rs W<'re prr,sc nl at the S<'r- mcnts, worked out its natural results. I vicf". Jn tht• <'VP11i111 .. ·1 spt•i•i:il 1nusic:1 I L,011;-;- ,·IH!l"i'.:}lp,l anin10Hitie:-; n n1nincd Lo service was giVl'II l,~ a d1orm1 choir I tlislu1·h cum111unil y life; and lho asnnd largo orchestra 1111,1,,r the dlroe-1 sum11tion JJy one party or su11crioi· cullion of Al<'x Bilbruck, the church or- lure a 11<1 by tho other of superior piety ganis t aml choii· dlrr<·lor. cngcn,1,,n,c1 ln each a type of pharlsaTh c second part of tho hlstor it;;ll n,l- ism 110:11 wus no•IIIH•t· beautiful nor dress glv('n by lho p ,tH lor follows: helpful. History may not be rewritten, The First of the N inctecnth Century- ancl perhaps lhe separation was i11cviTho Unitarian Controversy lahle, hut W<' ,-011lrl wiRh that liberal At lhn l1~10 of ] 'r. D~1ckmine<l<'r·:-; ,trnl co11sen·ulin, might havr remained 1 death the c1rcumsla11ces 111 tho N .w u11!lcr 011e roof c1·<'rywh~rc, as, indeecl, F.nglantl l'hurchrs :u; well as tho loca l l!H'Y lllcl In som(' pl:icc:,. ll might have condition» were mH·h as lo make it been lo their mutual allvanlago. Cerlncvllablo lhal thr s<'llling or his sue- lalnl)• lhe so-call!'rl Orthodox disclosed . ..un.-~'•J cessor would bo allC'nclcd with dis- :~ n eed of lho lib, ,ral fellowship; and scnsions and result in a rcu.JignmC'nt or wo venture to think that lhe people forces Jn Lho two "Id parlshc:, of who ehnoso lho Uni l:t rlan name woultl Portsmouth. His dl':ith m:orlcod tho full have 11rolilcd by something- that Is at closo of an epoch of unbroken well- the heurL of lho r eligious life of the old IJcing in the North Parish , culminat- churclH's. Ing, during- his J>nsloralr, In a period If lh<' separation was to come or unu>,u:i I prosperll~· anti brilliuncy Portsmouth, lhe siluallou was such as In the ~oulh Parish J>r. Haven's pas- to m::tl<" lhe experience less unhappy loral1' of lift.1·-fou1· ,.,,,.,._ P11dl111; in than i11 ::ome placrs. There wero two his e11fc•r•lilPllll'll l. \\':o ,. ;, l 1<'lld1•il b~· a CongTC'gu I lonal churches. I'robably Dr. lllt•a»ur • o( l'nf1,,•1>t,•1ncnl :rnd dis- lla1·,.11':; llH•ology h,ul pn,pared lhe ,u.,,.H''-~ t;uurugc1111•nl ill lill' p,tri;;J1. The onlln - ~_ o uth Church for lhc :;ct~ling ill Hl08 at loll of l(Pv. Ti111ol lty .\ llc•n in 17~9, of Nal11,111 l'arkl•t·, a lil>erul ill llwolollH co!IC'a;.:nl', llid nnt r!'li.-,·«' 111al ten,, gy, who would hold lhal church for and hl• w:o:-; diHmis:-;<'<i hy l'Olll tt'il six lhc 111•w lllovrt11P11t. Tho death or Dr. Yl'ars lat,·r on the grou,,,[ or lhl· i11- l3ucl<min,·ll•r r;al'e the opporlunlly lo rtlJilily of 1hr JJ:trlsh lo ;-il"I• itlm atle- I the North hurch lo IH'CO lll" lhr supquale ,:;uppo1·t, l,ul q111lc ,1:-; lllllt:h for porl!'rs of ,:;o-callcd Orlhouoxy. This the rf'U.H UII that his rloclt·inal \'iCWS I was wha l happened; were not grateful lo I he parish. Th o llh:• r:li Mr. l srnel Putnam of Dan;vers was call<'d by a unanimous vole of the church. the socif'ly concurring by a vole of tliirty-0110 lo·''seven'. ' At ' the council thirty-srven parishioners', entered u r emonstrance, but· after a lohg and patient hearJng the council voted lo proce<'d and '.\fr. Putnam wl1.3l• or'clalnecl si xth pastor · of the church•. on Man'h 1,i. lSlj, H r- was born at Danvers in li8u and \\'as a graduate of Dnrtmouth College In the clai!s.' of'l:89U:1 1 While n student of law in Salem the ordination and commissioning of the first Mi ss ionaries of the Amer·i can Boarrl led him Lo reconsider his pla~s, nncl as " result he e ntered Andover Theological Seminary. or a different typ from his prrclecesso1· and lacking th<' 1,rlllht.n t qu~ liliM of 11 r . Parker,' D r • 111 ,, llll 11a 0 U cump('( ("1t p 0 rson;tlily. u warm-hearted, morally courag<'ous man. H ti had th<? pen of a ready writer nnd in the Jong oorrespondence with Dr. P arkrr which remains in our "rchi\'!'~. anrl In which he defends his wlthdrnw,ll of fCIIO\rnhlp from the p.i~tor of th!' ·i::-:outh Chm·ch, he dis~ pl,ty~ " fin,• -·hri:Hia n temper. Dr. P11tn,rn1 h11d no oth~1· a mbition than tc be a truC' Pvang1-lical minister and the faithful ,,hephenl of_h!s flock. He wa'3 WP! I ,Hla ple<l t.o the worlc tn ha.nd . It wus to h<' :on !ntl'nsive rellglous w>ork, the huilding- up of the church itself. anrt the 01·g.1ntzation :or all -awakeHea ,,_.,,._,..,,,..,_,_ ehurch life in new lines of effort. '!'he congregation,:; grew' and the church membership Increased. In the twenty year,:; of hi ,; pa.s(orate "i.hnfe hi.uidi'ed. and one were udded to Lhe church. 'l'hcre wa,; a wembership of n!netyfou1· when he \\"as ordained. He left lhc t:hurch a. well organized ·bOdl' of •T-""''-"'"" two hlrndred u.nd ten memb er;i. A powrrful rel'IVlll of r~Jig!on last- �Ing more t h an a ) c-.ir added on e hundred member~ to the <'lrnrch In 1828,i,nd i:'eHulted In the forma ti on or the Pleasan t Street CongrC>gall onal Church Which finally was housed In what Is now a brick block just beyond Haven P ark. 'l'he records ~peal< of this plan as the great subject which abHorbs all other conslderu.tlon s, ttnd which much pl a n was out. Ten ml'n t~nd .thirty wom en were detached on Sept. 16, 18/lS, after each male m ember nad , handed In a list to be deHlgau.ted , for the new church. The plan was carried out with great enthu siasm and no little sacrifice both or money and or valu ed associations. The Intention was to buy th<> old Sou th Mectli;ig;!JO)JS.e,,.bul, It. could only be bought on the agre'em e n t that the church ,~ould -ti~itlc 'a ll!lster who wou!d ··rellowshlp Dr. Par),e1·, and this the · n·ew' ·chu1i.:h refused to do. Whil e the e1nrerprl sc• wa~ entel·M Into with ucl'\·.·Rral e1·, _there ca11 be no doubf< hut evu.ngellca.l ~ea.I · oult;iln wisdom. n'd C!],l)ed rorlh devotion and sacr!tlcc nJ;1ecesso1·!1)·. Three ministers serve·! tof · sho;"t period·!!. C hangln'g clrcumJtancc~. removaJ3· fr~in t'o wn and \'>9 cuhfary r"evcnies led' to the 'a\:ia ndon·me'ri t of the en t erp rlse. The reunion however was accomplished only after. long clelays. much tedious correspon• :1cnce .ind two co un cl:s which advised tgU:ln 6t givi11g up the fi eld. July l, 1836 tbr(y-nlnc 'persons ,brought thel1· leters from the Pleasant i ·t. Church "and tbus It ceasNl to be. Dr. Putnam dls; 0\r<'red thii.t hfs r esignation was neccs :11J,ry lo bring the churches tognther, -tNl ·so the reunion was finally brought tbou, by the sacrifice of a devotecl and iriectlonate pa~t01· ro·r· · 'whom ·· the 'forth Cirnrch assuted 'the dismissing :ouncll it had only high regard, affecion and e:steem. He was dl.·mlssed :\-larch l ~. 183:i. l{e soon sel'tled with .be Ffrst ·Clrnrch in i\Jlddleboro, ')1as!I., ,here he• died :\,111,y 3, 1868 oifler thirty ·ea.rK of ,;ervlc<'. Hli; letters show lh f.L~ eavln_g _Portsmou th wn~ a great so•··ow to him nn<l h'e hnd frankly sald,'I would like to s pend the residue •1of :ri)t'llfe ·with you and that rriy own du st night have- mingled wlt11 the dust oi · h·ose ·olhcr,i who 'have tolleo for your •vcrlttsting good." The ·Ch urch resolved that the loss of heir pastor w,is •·evidence of the dls>lea::;ure. dr the • Hea'Venly Fattier igalnst us and that we will individual. ob serve· between the hours of · eight 1nd nine o'clo clt next Sabbath morn:ng, ·a season of secr et "'h umlllt\tlon and rayer to God on- account of His hastlsement. NI iddle of . the .Nineteenth Ce!'tury .A:ttir two men ha d declined to settle 1ere the Church called Rev. Edwin :!!)It wh(>, had preached · a fe'w months Lt the Pleallant 1St. Church and was :herefore sornewJ1at known to tbe peo1le. He was ,spoken ot as from Chii.rles .on, s. -Hls-' accepta nce ' of the -call: 1ated at Newburyport; stalee that he 1'ae that day forwarded his reslgna1.\otl .'to the· \Southern "'Board ot M!s1IOnl:I, He was Installed seventh pastor lf the Church on 0ct. 2.' 183 . . , His ac0 c: :eptance Is "In consequence of the as;urance Uy many Individuals that 1ew edifice ot some kind will be ercc.ed :·1 but we Ond him two years later .vith good heart delivering a d!scoun;e tt the r eopening and dedication or the modeled meeting-house. il\1r. Holt wa~ ,orn In New London, Conn., April 17, t805. H<' was graduated from Columbia Collego In 18~1 and studied medicine '>efo re taking up theology. ,. Jlo had 1een !l pastor In. t,lacon, a~. ll r wns ,Joqu cnl. •:c•artH~St and · HUCf< sHfnl Ill 1ltllcli1 :-: \IP 11w : rhurch ITl!.~llbt:r~hlp. 1-cldiu olic hun4n~d a,1() d.,1ty d111·ng hi ~ mlnistJ·~• of six yea.rs, eightyIve of whom ca m e a,; a r esult of tt rc,1\·ttl In 1840. ,li e wa,s dismissed on :\larch :J , 184~. having been callatl to· n 0 resbyter!an Church In New Yot·I; City. Later he wn~ Dr. Roble's pre• leces,101· In (.;reenhtnd. 'Jl e removed le [nd!ana ancl di eel at Evansv!lle In tJm · ;tale J nne :J6. l 854 u t the age or forty • nine yent H. In ,;pile of }Jr. Holt",; apparnnt suc;;ess. his ministry was a time of unhappy differences in the C hurch, tlue primat·!ly to his strong pro-slnvery view,,;, and his autocratic temper. He wa~ the son or a rich New York merchant, brought up In the belief that slavery was the }Jalladium or uatlonal strength. 'l'he · antl-l:llavery agitation was abroad and while the old antl staid members remained liltle disturbed. th younget· meti. caught t he spirit of the new day and spoke and acted wllh all (he ardor of a n e wly aroused conviction. Mr. Hoit spoke against, then prayed against an<l pre:-checl against lhem . He likened this ardent g1·oup tc Kerah a nd his company who were· swn llowecl up In an earthquake. H e called them a m!:sguided few untl said he would light 't hem as long as he had a drop of blood in his Ycins. H e compared part of his m embers lo a. cook In the galley and him sel f tci a captain or h. ship. '\Vh ereat they inq11h·ed '":\lust no m ember on po.In or excommunica tion have an opinion of his own'! 1,. the minister of n professedly ProteHtant l'Ongrcga~lon in New Jo:ng!anc! supreme ahcl Infallible"/ ' If these things are so, then It was for nought that John Rogers expired amid the perse cutlng fires or ,Smithfield and th e Pil grim Fathers crossed the Allant!c In vain." That the young men retaliated and said things • about the mlnist 1· wns or co urse true. The result was the smlpcnsion of ' some or this and the excommunication of others, evidence that Lim minister was in control. ln later and better clays thei,e pe r sun s wcr re stored lo mcmuership lhtre are WllUJHIS that tllko Ion;; heal. IL 1•,,t" thl• m inister him :,<If In lll'Xt p..i.slor,LlC 1•hu was lu fl'l' I t Ill' we ight or pro-slavc•ry upi111011. Hi, ",ts Rufus \V. Clarke, of a Ne -. bury port family, une uf l1 vc brothers who went l11tu the ministry. He left a busincs:; position In New York to study for the mini stry. He was graduated from Yale College In 1838 and studied at Yale Divlnltr School. After preaching a year In '\Vn.shlngton he was !n sta.llecl over this church Nov. 16, 1842. One of hi>< wnrm admirers writes of him durln•• the Portsmouth days: •·He was not ~ scholar or 'a ,Viele reader but ho entered Into his labors with genuine en thusiasm. Ho loved work and could say ti n'd do things with cheerful :'l.lacrlty and good sense. He had a vein o! quiet humor that otlt!n turned bane Into blessing, and a strung, rlcll earnt•sl Yoice which added ,1eight to hls publi<' spe!'ch" H,J sen(·d t!:!'ec lar~c-r ·:· ~:rc~ ~3 :!.tt ... !t··tv!·· , ! )~! f~1nputh.11 ncl 4 1 -n,J .1:;., ,1.u;l:.n o; ..•..muro·• ,_.i~.()t, circulated books. '"He 1n1,; a rnan or auillly ttllU LIOqUc·lll'l' with Cll'ar. C,ll nest ,md forcible SL le." li e di ,J at Na11tueket in 188ti. '.\Ir. and ~Jrs. Clari, c-n<lea1:ecl tl1<'msc• l\'hl to their chun;:lt nnrl did mu ·h lO cit \'l'IOp the HOCl,1.1 life of th parlHh . i' Ol'ltitnOULh, was th eir tlrst home·; th ·r their children w,-re born, and th! ~ pa rlsh they re;;ardecl with warm at(cctlon. one hunclr cl 1tncl lltLcen were admitted to th church during :\II'. Clark's nine years. Th e whole numlJ «'1' at the close of his mini stry wa s Lhr,·<' hundred 1L1H1 forty-live. 'fhe pro-s1,,very were growing n•stll',' anti the norllll'rn conscienrt' wa.::; often hyper-sensitive. That was probably tlw reason why when Mr. Clari, un 8un<iay morning with much heal c.Lll d in question some l3!blical intcrpt·ct .. tion ju::;tlfylng ~lav<'rY, that '"sev<'rnl prominent parishioners ~hoolt llwir lt,•ads at the Indiscreet boldn<'HS of their mlnlster, ttnd the canvassing fo1· the new meNin:; house cnme to ,t sL, nd-stlll." But the new :\laverick Church in Boston was Just then lool<i11g furn popular preach.,,. and ::\Jr. Clari< was ab! the ,;!tu at Ion for his people and gain l:1 rg<'r opportunity fur hlmselr. �ME MOR·l L 1 1 ·01SCOURS (Continued from YP'>lerdny 1 The Period of Short P:idorates 'J'ho forty years from lRGl , to 1891 may well be <'ailed the perio<l or shon pastorates for ~cv<'n mP11 oN•upiP<l th" pulpit within that time: whereas f,,r .t he first one hundr d and eighty yen 1·:i only eight wen were ~cttled ov er the church. WhilP the pr:-r~ono Ii ties of these seven men were such in ever:,· case as to ltopre!'S thcm"elY<'R upon n. sensitive parish life, yc l or all but two jt ls true that their- major r!'cord was written elsewhere. It i" then neither JlOIISlble nor desirable to attempt iun story. The ,first of thPsc Sf'VPn wa', Rev. Henry D. Moore who came after n.n jnterval of two years, wM• installed .August 17, 1853 ancl remainecl two years. He was an off-shoot from 1\Jethodism and Jfocw nothing oC Congregational methoclR, hut "h<' IY:l!' handsome, graceful, (luer. t, a natural oqi.tor, with a gentle resen·r- of mnnncr which Rtimuln.tecl i-m 10~11~·." His charming pl!rsonallly 1111 11 lltPrary taste captured the parl " h, and the project of ,the new church wn ml,C'n np with new interest an<l carr!ed to n !'uceessful conclusion in thP Prrcr ton of the building in which we nre a~iscmbled. ,But the m::i 11 wliose roming h:td stimulated th<' Pnt c-rp rl sc was never to oc cupy its p11lpi•. 'l'hr :,en ·lrr•fl nrtrr the rn\111r; of t lw 01,1 church had been hPld in ' the 'l',. inp!C', an a rnple ~>Uilding th::i t stood 011 thC' :,Ile or '.\In:'<lc Hall. Bcforl' tlw c:wrl'h was, comJ>lr>ted It appeared th:tt ;\tr. l\foorP c-ould not live on his ~::i. lar~-. and r. fler a. season of re,:\°rPt an~ cti~npr,oin•mP11t he accepted :>" call o J'or,ln.111.l. "I'ho pleasant tnsl; or rlcrllca ting th<' ·,,ew church hulld ing fr>!\ to ftPY. L;-rnan ;'\Vhltin;;. He prraC'hcd the dedicatory sermon on tl11• after-noon of Nov. 1, 1sr,r., and in u,,.. cvenini,; was installed t <'nth po.stor of. 1he churc~. H<> had bN•n a studC'nt a Amhrrnt ~ollego and was a graduate of Andoverbemlnary. Ile posses~ (•(\ n. Yi\ld person~Jity and had Incisive power as a, preacher. . An impulsiv <' nature led him to disclose his 1wr~onal moods and f<'eling s in puhlic utt<•rance. ll<> gave himself with enthusin s m to thC' revival exper!enc('s or 1858 anrl r,.c,.l\.·C'rl rort~·two mcmbl'rR into 11,, !'11urch. H•~ serveil in I ine churt'h"s after lea,·in~ Portsmouth in 1859. Ile returned and preached Lile sermon in 1~05. al the Anniversary of t)lc D•~clic:1lion of th~ Church. Hr- died thr followin~ )la.y nt East C.harlemont, .\Ins~. , whC'rc he held o. pastorate. n.gC' o! Pi~hly-nine. Rev. ·w111iam L. 'Gn~ P r1<'rvccl thr cht1rch as cle,·enth pa <;to r n.t th " opening of the Civil \Var . comin!', Ocl. 17, 18G0. He . was an accompllsh ••rl and ~cholariy man, a graduate of llan·ar~. who had done gi;-adnn LC' work In this countrv nnd abroad . been trained and ordained as a tarlan minister. which caused the elder and more rigid of his congregation 10 be <suspicious of his uttera nce. His assiduous ministry to tho Roldlers in trn!nin,; ,nt Ports mouth impaired hlR h<'::ilth nnd he left January 24, 1863. nc-v. C::corge '.\I. Adams was installed t welrth paRtor of the . church on June ~. 1863. He was a graduate of Bowdoin College and Babgor !Seminary. HP dicl n·:o -ycnrs post graduati: work In Gcrm::rny, followed by two years at /\ndrl\·rr. Ill' wni, 11. s cholar, a man of d"!'ll f<>f'lln;; hut omward!y resµrveil nncl s h;· of m~ n11cr. He was accord~l the title given .\fr. nogers a century ancl n. hnli: earlier, and was called "thr flood '.\.Ir. Adams.',' He was Int ere;;tC'd in tilC' church b cnevolence9 nnd did a much needed •.vorl, In build- . ing up aml stabilizing the religiour; life of the church . There were two per iods nf d ep rrilgious Interest, one being in connection with the preaching of the liJ\·an;:::;e li'>~ I--Ienry F . Durant 'l',vo , hundrc<l and sc·vC' nteen members were· j addE'll to th e- drnrch rolls during Mr. Adn m ~· n i ur :·('a rs. J t waR during h!H paslnr;1,tf", in 1870, thut the !'!,npr>l 11·:t~ h11i1L Mrs. who , "ai; nr t.h~ J)1u1:L f::un!ly of rortlapd, was vPry activC' in the parish and re,·ivrr, th<' Ito~er;s ,'.\lii<sion Band. ~Ir. Arlam Jr-rl thC' !'hur!'h in a harmoninn,1 aNI ~ll <'!' l'S!<f lll !'C'IC'hr:tt!on or the, : two hundn•rlth o unl\·C'rl'ary, an(l pr eached thr? lli ,o; torical Discourse. ImmNllately following this occasion Mr. Ad:tms resig-ned greatly to the surprise of his prople. _\.n unwise remarl;: har.l . l~d a s-:~1tiv~~ure ~ to take a step for which there was no sufficient reai,on. The rc•solulions lhn.t attended t~c unwilling acce1itn.nce of the re lgnation reveal the feeling of the people in the face or what wns a ren.l calamity. :\Ir. Adams served the church :tt IIolllston Mass., for sixteen years and gavC' tho Historical Discourse at their one hundred n.nc\ flflleth anniversary. He ministered to this parish for seven n,onrh-; in thro su mm<'r of 1890. HP rlletl at Newton in 1906 in his eightyHeeo ml year. 1l<' preached the Sunday beforro his de:tlh anrl kept his youthful spirit to the las t. A flr>r a.cling as suppl;- for one year. Rel'. ·w. Carlos :\1artyn wn.s installecl as pastor, ::-so,·. 12, 187~. He had bet>n a Ja.wyC"r, but s tudied al TJnlon Seminary and was ordained in .St. Louis In 1869 . Hi> wn.s a brilliant man with tht• qualitli>s of an orator, preaching usually on to11icR or the day. He rrslgnC'<1 M:ty •I, 1876, to ac-cept a call to the 34th StrC'et neformC"d Church, )l('w York Cilv. HP dlrcl nt .Noroton , Conn., In 1907, whPr!' he was Pastor F.meritus. ne,·. James "·· Hubbell, a grad uatC' or Yale Co!legp and of Andover Seminnry. served the church as acting pnstor from :\larch 11, 1877 to )Iay 'l. 1879. He rendrred cl!stinl't servicc- by ()llhll~hing a directory of the cht1rch and parish, ancl by inaugurating the weC'ltly offerln,:r syste m for benevolences. 'l'his Jatti:-r sen·icP was of great vnl11P, :rn it inr~ea!'l~d the of[erings Jarp;e ly and pr!'pnrcd the peopl thP aC'ceptani-e ot' thP method~ of the 0 '.rhe pastorate of Rev. :\loGlnlr>y began November He was a gradual\!, of Washington < Jefferson C_ollege.· He st4died ~aw al}d, began its practice In Iowa. A decision· to enter the Christian ministry took lllm to Andover Seminary where he, wai, graduated in 18ri9. · Por,tsmoutbi w::rn his !lfth pa!'!torate. He ·was a man. of line presence ancl an able speaker.' His pastor;_tc . was tho longest itince Dr. P11tnnm'!'!. He wa'I dlSf\llssed July 23, 1ssn. Tho clpslng words .o! his Ja.~t. sermon were ~hPse: "I eonunend un-~ to you Jesus · Christ, in his life and b~ 1 his power U1e Savior of _all . human souls." He served afterwards at Emporia, Kan~as; Sh,erwsbury, Ma_ss., hn!a Ylsta, Call!orhla, . where he. Th~ Prcner.t Pastorate Tli'r-.. present· palltotate oe~a-n emb.rr ;!, 1890. 'l'he . rest<_>red cqurch building was rlcqicated Noyembpr 30,1 :i.r.d the ' p~stor ~1•as ordn!ned and in,tall cd J\l-11u11ry 2S, 18~1. '1.'he 'storr'.of ou r wort,, togcth!!:- , for, Jwei:ty-flve ,·cars wns told In detail, and the ad, dress JlUblishNl, In connection Wl~IY the anniyers:i.~y occasion a1equa't~lY., .-,l)~pn·C'!l In 191ii. The Intervening six' _years, coverlng- such ::i. m'~morabk period, ma~· bo re viewed in due time'. [n them we flllVO com~ 1nto closer ~re~ In tionA with the denominational llfC' and 'work and have made .a. worthy, redJ)Onse 10 the "optfortunitie.s ,aftorded . u" hy largely Increased 'o't'ferlngs, )'µclud!ng some si:>ven thouJ3,D.nd dollars ·subscrlb<:'d to the Pilgril'I} Me.morial F.und.1 We have gained valuable exper)ence In Christian service as .,ve ministered to mC'n in the army nnd naYY, and re~pondC"d to tho continuous· calls of ~ .vorld sufrC'ring (\csp,eraJely soul 'a.nq '10t!y. nur!ng the ~pide,nlc In the .fa! 1r 1ns.' we wcr·e able to r ender a uni~ •ni- rtml m11rh nC'ede-d . !>crvlce to this slrii-ken °c~m~uni t~: by ~penln°g a d!et ·iitchPn at thP parish house and by :Ji. ::,onprrc t ive effort supph•ing .:1-hE' var"INv oC food n er-dcd. , · ··, .. '£h e fig\lT<"<; tr-!! u's th().t our parish lis t is long('r and the number of cliilf ren arnj!~hlc .. !or, Ol/; .~hristia.1'. flllf-; turr. ;i:r<'i> t,er than It has beitn. '),'i1e mernbrr~hip 9f the church . ~a.s stea.,da,- ,increa~,rd. Rev('n )lundred and ,sp ~Y, persons .i1'17ye joined the. cpurch i?J-5he. lhirt~· -on,e YE'lll'S. But the Pt:0P()r VIC'\\' nnd Ynluatlon of a,11 the.se years t_ogrthC'r belongs to· a gencratioh that shall Follow u~.' . , ,, .-.. . , The Daughters of , fhe Old C.hureh The close rr:-lat!onshlp between ,the North ttnd ,South Churches Jii evident :'rom our ~Lory. They nre rooted Jn ~ :ommon beginning and experlllnce and i'cclesia. tlcnlly are sister chui;-ches fi'onr othe rs in lhe old Piscataqua re.:i:ion may be ·looked ui/on as daughters of the <'hurch o.t th!' Banlc. The inha• bita.ntR of Newcastle or Great' J:sland formed an important part of the ear!Y. church and, n!! we have noted, ln!lulocation of the first meet- ~o ::1 0 0 /C- 0 0 �ate· mlnlstry on account of dlst_ance frQm the meeting house was arswe~e!;l .ih ·1,.6..82 bt MSer~lng their, reimonJlU))l• lty· for Mr. Moo~ey's salary, telllng thehl that tf\!l · Snb~n.th _will 'b e pro~ :al\'1:d whethe.:· n~arer or fjrther," that .to ,,?,void ~alll~g · ·into he_?.then)s~ ,;Masters of families". were to lea~ a_n~, Instruct those ,under !heir . ,care; ~h_!!- • It ."lmp'ossible all in scattered townr iiv~ eq~{l-,llY ·. con_venl_e nt to tqe Meet-· Ing House; some. ;must undergo rp.orr tha~ qthers and we 'never heard, or, :1~e $hf;ll o.?. a.ny being !~st at;eµ_ipting \o coine t? meeting._ -New~n,:;;tle Ch u,rcn In the Y.~ar-b_oolc <:!fl tef · (rom tha.t: . year. 1682, bµt ~o , mlnlste1 W.All 1emplOY.f:~ until 1703._ O.u.r t!.r13t deaco~ Jived, in Greenland, and untll. i 7f>,5 ,:~he J)\hapltn.nts,, mer., wop,ien and chll(\r\lr;i, )Va!l_cej:l t9 ~hµrcjl, .,. !l-!X· ?t, tlghf mllfs. _ q_n J~ne , '\ oi: that ;v;lar .;1 · :.vas. voted: That In _conslderatfon. o· ·heir numbers' th'e distance they had ; o ," tra,;el'. and ' the dangers to be ,en:· :::ciuntered in their at,ter:ida1;ce . upor l'.lUbllc worship, the. inhabitants o·, 3:reenland be permitted to enjoy rhelt ?~o ..re~µlar . lns~ltuted means1 9f gra,cr. :1.nd· that ,one, hundr~ pounds be .pale, yeltrly ·out o( the. town stock ll;S theh proportion for the -support of . t_h€ lri'l'nistry 'during their maintenance •oi :i.n able minister among them aii!1 : nc l~ng~r. ln July 1006 the church ~a.e fqtmed with .-twenty-nine members_. 1 , ~wlnt<ton qcdp.ined Its flr&t mln\sin 171Jl, the ·year that ,the 'South '.,::~ui:~h 'in11ta)l_el1 Its lflr:,i~ JJ?:Btor. , ~r; 't7~4 the .Jnha.bl~~nts o( · 1Sanpf _Be!l,cl; deijlred: tp .'J:i~come a separ11-te parish ziiad!i al?ll,t!:_~tion therefQJ ,tq . ~h ;}enern;I ·4,p,<it;r'{lbly. T,qe _t9.wn ,1pLf.orts mQuth ,, ~E\l'em>on vpted: .. J11at~ th·' ki,:ayer qf,1~<1;11dy~Be_a!)l'\ is hlg~l;," U!) .r~a~o.tia,~le,'.' a)'ld r,pmo,nstrat~~ -~ga!i:i.st t~e ;.vetl.t!on . ;•~a that ,there rna,: ,q~. nc f~rt~·~J'. ,£,~rta.pl~g . pr . , divjdll'g . !~e tqw:n, wl\ljh' is ,9;1p~f)-dY re_~uc,e d~!o V~fY _ ¾~<>~ limit~ -~:I:. "t!ew c_a,stl~, Green1la.nd and· Newingto,n." Nevertheless (ii!!-,'.church ·.11: Rye , wns 1 ~rganlzed in 17~61 a.n,d accordJng tQ tlje_ ptrqn,lcl.er the• prQ~perlty of · that town dates fri:im the, Ume when · "th ~y erected n -:~otise .of publlc ,w.orsh!p, . forme~ the _;li'ii[cJ;i a.'p _~ had ; the ministry and or~ -l.I,{?Jl-n?~~./>f. ~ho. G~sr>_«il: settl~cl .~mo?)_s ~em., . . l'.t / :· 1 -' ;'· · ••;.,·••' ., , ',',, ,.,· '.,Ej~v,eral persol).s, at the Plains ,b,ullt o :ne·e_pp.g, house an,d ·had preaching , fo1 twh ~ara: In 1727 the North , Paris1' ',lta'iea_:' ti free a.ri'd · • ,exonerate . them :re,rp. any -t~x. ·or charge ~oiard f'IUP• 1i.or.t' o!.• ·tl)e -Gof!pel . mlnlst~y." Tqe: ;eiitloned to' b~ ~ade s,eparate PF·.,r ,._ -~ •• I WP·J}U.t .. .refu.se!1, ~his , o_rganlza-tilon · came . to an ~nd and the peoplt fieftlrne.~.: fo' lh,e, :1-:{~rth __ Parlsh·: ·,'Yher. ~l;lfllr ufo.ce of W'1>rS~_!P ~Jew dow,n . Jr. 1'148. I~ 1757 .1,ome members of thE North anp Sout\l ,Ch_u ~cnes formed an ln<i:ependent Congregational ,1Soclety. we· l1iJ.V,e.· tound .a _long document nd(lre!ised, bY 'Dr.. Langd!)n to his dissenters: .:f!ll, expostulates w.lth them , and s~elts tl) answer ,!heir charges "th:i.t w& h:i.ye. not practised agreea,ble to th,_e _ C~brldge •Platform ·of Chui;ch Dlscf-·\ "t' \\,•. ' • • pll~ 11-11~ that :we.,hq.:"."e not pef,e nded .t11p· do<rtrlne:re ,tho,-,NllW ,En~l_!lnd' _Con.or .fo.ltp..''. , "_I')lei,e , Jils11enters 'purcha,~ed th~ o1'<\' meeting . ho1;1,se.. of, Dtir}rn.m, brought lt fo Portsmouth anc1 -Je 6~~e ~ei- t¥.lP. ,v~r~ Je~.n, a ,ract1ca ~- egan wit t C' grC'n.t m1Sl't lt up and w9rshipped n part ol :ra1:lon from Ireland near the middle 1vhn.t lit now• th? ·'~?~th qhurch chapel ,r the last centur);, n nd whi c h ha!! The, had a rigid church life witt, :ontinued untll Jt ls the i;tronge>st and 'som·e cust~ms·, oi. the early church nost eYldent r e ligious hocly in the city. 'Two m~·n earn~st.. hut not trained for \.11 these ha\' C' concllt!onecl nncl inrt.he m/nls,t~y, _ ~erY~<l, a~ pas_t?r~. _Dr lu cnced the developm ent of this Buckm'!nster and John Langdon some·hurch in !l efln ltC' way.• .•\ II of thei;e times at.i:l.lnded · th~ir meet ings, ~ncl 1ave definitely fe lt the Influence of the the l:ttt<'r paid ·11. •considerable part of :emoC'rocy th a t wn :-; in the Puritan t<1r. "\-Valton;s salary. After his death hurC'h. \,·c salute rhc,m n.ll.' c:'l lay all (hose rPmainlng became nfClllatPd wllh uilrl well upon Jh ~ civlc fo 1111d n.tlons the Baptist -Soclet~·. l .. • .. :1e fath ~r s laid. '.r im!' which . discloses · , .•. ·. 0th. e r , Religious Bodies 1 11 Yalnes ancl sof!Pns all nrspc:ritl~s. ,:N'o othern among the numerous reas mad e old time s tru gg les and dls11glou3 bo dies or ~ha,_city ha;v~ 1 any di'.)nslon s of no P)'t?:-<e nt m omC'nL. l\fay. 1 rcc;'t connection ,vith the olcl church. reli :;ious_ l<'tpPl',", _freer\ from I iieolo·;1ihh11gh 'many 'of their m.'emberH lcal rancor ancl ecC'lesiaslical pr tcncould trac e their ancestry lo church ion, enable us, churcllC'H of t' V<'r.,· narni;,, and pn rish li HtS 01' the e::trly days. In o clwPIJ logethC'r in n spl rit or comi1p2 t~ ? ~urtt~ri~~, care of "llw relwn sio n nnct good witl. :\lay 1·. e all, Soclety for the Propagation of the • ce ker3 nHer noel. nou rish th n hen.rt GOsPel t'' che :Chu'rf,h-, or Engt1nd int~~nct soul or this clt.1· whe,·r, WC' cl WC'IJ, ests WC're revived .. 1.'here was a consids W C "keep th l' 11 111, .,. ,,r 1i11• 1 eriillie body of' people here to whom :1e hnnrl of JH-arc." tl~Is 1if8 ,vn.~ Jrateful. The ~uritan l'l'o hP pelif)le wete ileveJoping~ 11 ·~etter tem~~r\, of mlt}d and heart. The enterprise· developed .Info a chul'ch with strength .inti nrN<llg-1', the ontcom!\ belng- tho -two Eplscopa.l Chur·c hes of the city. J\n l~er.e~t!ng_ir:~~tu.rn.'.~?L:r~l\glou§:;llft'p ;JL the end of the elghti:enth century wai ·the • rise of tho · s~cts. The~ · did mucl to ·refresh nn·l rcn-e~v the life . bf.' th people a,~d ,fo~nd_f'_re~dy · cc,ipstllucnt-1· But t)lls movemen_t _ caure.d not QflY distress but often suffering to the ,ministry of, the es~abllshed church of Ne~v .Englnncl. and a,ousecl dissensions a~d • stirred probl,ems only relieved by the ·Tolerat!on Act of 1819. ·Portsmouth offC'rNl a fertile :field for new seed. bnlversallsts were establlshecl here as ~ii_rly 11.s · 1780, ~nhabiting a great m eet\ng house In 1808, and Dr. Buclcmins:er carried 0?l a vigorous cllscusslon ,Jith Hosea Ballou for which there ,~oulcl be l!ttle need ln this da.y. In 1803 that · i:mlqi:;e · and forceful apostle, Elias Smlth, enduring persecution and 1.lcled by a politlc;l sltua,llon, fotrnclNl q1~ Christian Church which hccamc the mother of other churches In thls vicinity. He gn•atly rl!slurhecl ~ciuanimlty of the pastors and people o' r th e old churches "as by his ,rude, I ~pmmnndlng, and_ . attrn.ctive powers i,e_ drew ,Into his newly gatrl'recl !loci, !arge numbers from both Congreg-allonai societies." · ' Thp Methodists were established in 1808 bql J find no cv/den ce that they .were "disturbers of the peace" as was alleged against them in other localities. In 1828 the Baptists, who had long had s·yrnpathizers in these parts, b1.1ilt rhelr 'church, ' and recently the "Free ~rmers" who were ,fina.lly estnbllslwd her<' in 1851 1~lth the Baptist Church. · ,'. The ·A dvent / Chu r ch was organized in J!l,nuary J 859 and has become ,\trcingl y estai>llshe~. . The .People's ' hurch (colorNl) haR become a sep rate organlz:uion. 'I'he Christian iclence Chi.1rch da·tes from 191~. The ,\alvation Army has te/ltifled in fi:ont f the old m C'e tlng hou se tor many 'earis. A rebuilc H ebrew Synagogue t . pens its doort to a large constituency.=•""-'"'"""-_;::, ,'he mo'.'t evident change Is the gro.wth~,-ll:,o.;;+.l>.'.:.:~' ,r ,.the -Roman Catholic Church, whkh ,;ncl~r 0 �ahlllings. In 1762 the rcnm.l13 n.mountec t~ ninety pounds. The col)~~lq_n. . or: ,, rentals was not car efully attend~d to.• A committee appointed in 1'789 ported the full amount dlle on leases for hp.cit rent~. and what sum,B would hC' rccclvcd ln full for lhc un-'. 1 rxpircd tc-rm of th!' lcascs. ]Uany of 1 the tcnnnts scttl<'d ~n full in 1792, incluc,ing Rn.mud P enhallo.w wl:lP hclu th p lonsc to !Qt number Qno, .,ot. w hich 'YC' haY <' ~pokcn, l1'9,.J.1·nn11n.ot_ion ,bet_ni;-, (Contlnt1C'd from Y cstc riln • ) The deed- of 1640 conveyed to the duly c-ndorned op 1.he lease. :Mr.' "Church "·nr<lens of this parish" and C hurch and P:1rish nrC'wstcr rrI)qt·t.R-•lhnt• rn '3.8£ · SC'ttle--· he-Ir succe:e;sors "fifllc ncrc s of Glebr .nenti; . w1•rp ffUlcle ngn.in fQr.-r cf!t, b ut Like :ill the olll ~cw acres or it wa~ <' hurchrs the pn.rl,;h h:,<: h <'<'II an im '.10 had n c-vcr . lc:i,rned ttint qutt,cliilm ·'thus to 1,0 taken, that is to say, y< ):>Ort.ant an~ inlep;ra I p:1 rt oC this rrliIced ~. h[].rl bcqp. gi\•c n to a n y. . ·, (1111 le-nth pnrl of yC' frr s h mar~h !yin gious ·body, AL Cir~, till' pn.r issh ;inrl th<' T app<'nd ;~n . cxtract ffQ.ql a iot tPT at th" l11•a1l n( Strawhrrry nn.n1<1 t own were ic\!'Jltl<-:il ;111,l (t\l ,·ntei:: l)ll vrlltrn rrom Portsmou th , .. -.1-fov. 3, 'rf'f'l,e, :' IHI lhn.L hl'ip:; mrctC"d nnc~ church matter,:, \\'PrP mn 1lr> In town t 761, hy .101,n Shc-1.·pu~ne to his. b ro t h e r houndect rn take .:he rcmalnclc.'r of the 2neetlng. L n.ter thP rn tc pn.yN° were who was ,1< tationcµ lf! 'Enl,l!l,nd,: Th,e th irr y - rl:;ht ncrcs n ex t adjoining lo clivlded bet we-en th" . · ort h & Routh n.tter v;:1>1 rnrrlccl by young 1e snicl m n.rsh .'' The s .ill extant name c hurches at each m·tn's eho\r,'. :i n cl .ror:,Ltt. :i. bro hPr-in-la\\", late out ot "Th C' l'rcpl," enahlCH Uf< to lo cnlc LhC two parishC'S wa,:, th<' rc-•: 1111.. \\'IH•n ·ot! q;c, who is t:t.ldn~ ~ tour- of Ens · mar~h lnncl au<l Is lingrnn Streei wn,. a-n tes ceased to hf' :, R«csr,,,cl rl'H I 1·01,rncL Th<' IetlC'r refers to n claim, !or' a pen cd up 1.hroui-:h t he paRtttrC' ln.nd Jrcted by the civil "uthor!t ;· thf" pnrlsh h e C11r•:1c put ,rorwarcl by the recently' ,vhi<'h f'Xt,•ndcd towa.rrl Lhc po\nlc, rp;n.ni,za.lion r e m :1inl'1l n nd \\'US ln ,rgnn!,:c<l Er:><copai church: hou~ i>. 'l' lt:s \\'Mt . renli'd . untll 169~ ",\~ th<' Cht;rc h o! rJnr;land In this t ime duly incorporate•l. For n lnnp; 11erwh en it w~ ~ rlividcd flnrl thr l~'lfles fm ro,,·n n.r<' slirrlni; up mischief u•,,-~.1-•.'II• !locl both in . the old :111!1 nrw (•hun•h ninf' h111"rlr<'d and 11inct)·-ni11c y Pars. Puildlngs p e ws W<'rf' •·olrl :1 nrl own,.,1 i;a \n"t OUl' Pnri ~h , rrlatlng to th<' ~ohl. _\ pl:u, of t h" pa.rrdin::; out is ontrlght, and the ,:,unporr "I° \,·or •: hip :Jeb<' J,~nrl al'cl ha,·lng employee! ,till c,;tn.nt. '!'he proceeds ,VC're used to oramo from taxes ais,s1•,s,;erl n rhc.0 <' :a.pt. :--rn.v!n who went with the mas b11iJ.1 " p,i.r~onn;::-<' fnr )1r. f!C1g- cn,, It pews. Gradually tho pew,; came lnln •'Irct to ;;"t a,lvlcc the;cn.bout U:ncl 1 bcin~ t!J,, h()URC llfl\\' 11umhcrc11, llS on , In:; onc ot the \Yar clcns o! said .Par '1.ho-possc."sion of the pariRh hy glf~ or PI Nl!':> ": StrC'<'t. Th<' more valun.hle sh, and so good an 011por tunity p r e •, othl'nvl,;r. Tn Ill<' m c·1 nlimc th <' c 11 r.pnrcC'l nf 1:-t!'cl wns the twcl,·c acres lo m of t:1.':C'r1 :1.\\Ll rc:1t,tl!1 prcvn \lr«l. 111 ·enllni:;- nnd the nearer (who a ls o b e• tn~ whl'n rhr !',·rry mf'mhrr r-n•1,·•l'lS upon whkh nn importnnt pa.rt of the' ng on<' of our Parish) _ .I could not cit,· is nnw hllilt. lL formed a rcctan· fnr pa ri~h support nn ,.. ,.11 n:- [or ,rHa!l with myse!f to . he ~!IC"nt In th!'• ~l;, th<' nortr. slrlC' <'xtcnding up Con~ hene\'ole nccs ,,•a,:, heg-1111 , " b111l!re~ wn•, tffalr, and th erefore hnve taken the ~r"''!' St rf'C'T h"yClnrl th Kearsa rgc, nrlop tPr1 tn COYl'r n.ll tlV' '."' .Kp " n F"S <, ~'rc<'d om to lnclose you a. copy of the! nrirl th" <'n.n sir\c c,clcnlling nown church 11nrl parish. Th!« inclurlf·rl LIV' }rant ,,·ith ';\lr.. Parkcr'.s rem arks , Pl c:isanr. StrC'et co the Univrrsnli11l vhlch I aslced the fa.your of yQu r get· «ur11or1 or th«' Su nd:t_\' School. n~ wrll tho ministers' ng the r.cst advice upon that in case' :l<; of t hr ;;c r vicr« rinrl of th<' 1111-k•'<'P thrcr ;,rr<'S of rorn ln.nd C'JH:loscd Jn • ro nnc c1.ccl wi h th<' rhn n<'l rinrl pct ri;;h ;he, Church brln:;s an action agt m pn l\"il •l""· 'f:at \\'<' may !moll' how to procred. O ur ':n u ~_H'. 'rhr-~C" h:1 ,1 fl') :1 !i)n~ 1in11' ,l<'.\ · ·· ,11,-.a rn°,,.ln~ th<' t\\·C'ntirth of' 1,e nd ccl 11110n unerr l·lin \'l,lun1:1 ry cn11rarish have allwn:rs bet'n In Posses .\pril. 1,,15 It ,,as ,·otrd: " Lhat th <' tlon (its 120 yrars since the Grant) of \rluution><, ais nnth;n ~ wns n,·:1ilnhle mini •,,r -:' ficlrl rnm mnnly g-i\•('n for the he pr!'mlscs · 1.hc- Churcq o! Eni;lan, fot· 1.h"11· 11 <:,' from p,•,; rrntn l'I. The l) ',I' ('If th<' mini~n·y hi' h~· C'Onscnt of 1P,·<' r wn.!'. 'l'h<'rc Is ,more than .. fort: \\'nnl<'n :, or the- p:ni: h lo:!\ \tr. Jtn ·;1--:<' r>< c,u1· 1u·c~<nt ml n l:.ter, rm,ui!dinf".H on pnrt or th~ ln.nd whicl had coul1·ol uf lhe 111t'l' li11g ltom:c a n 1rn, P,I fnr !toll s•' lol!'t for propllng the iny a :-•rn.rly ,rmt ~o t)'lc i'£'(l.rish therchnYe he<''I r rspon"ihl<' for th" mini.•• rn w11, thn.t th<' a, l\·n n t:i_gr ,,· h ari~e~ ter's ,;rt lr•n· and th r "x111•n«cR cC11111r rr'or. .h<' rcl>; 11<' to th<' hc-nc!lt nf th!' minP. S. ,vh~ t ca~h · mny be ,vnnted t1 •'d with ,,, ,-yir.<'R in thr• •·lrnrrh h11ilol· ~try, rr~rrvin~ n cnnYF"ni ~nco for a, )a.y !nr the ndvlc e <wch L prn.y Jl1,II.Y b• rnr~t.ing hflJJS", court hou se, Alms 'rom the bC'st l')anns) on tne lns!QSEicl ' [n lSl r; t he- • ·ort11 Ch11 rch C0r11or:i.:1rn 1s", ,le Jinring l 'hll:f'." F![ty-ono lots \fr. :,,Jof(att has promised me to supwn.« (nrmf'd :,ntl hotels thr ,·hapcl l11ly n11mh<'rcil w<'r<' lain out, firty by ily y on with wch J presume won't b• pn.r: 11 hOllHI ' , hr' parsnnr,g-l', th<' <'ig-h t)· fc<'t. ~fl mnn could ha.vc more nor<' thR.n· ;our or ,five Guineas." poor fun<I, ancl any runrl,; lhnt h n ·.-,, t ha n one Int u.nd airrced w huild on it :\[r. !'\her hurnc, writing a!ter hNH1 d""i;:natcd ,,, r t h e· ··Xnrtlt 11"ithi11 threr y1•:1re. 'fhesc lots were· ~ e ,·in's return. i,ays regrirdl n g Church." !'<'Heit Ii I mony Ji,i« l'~.l,;trd not ><olrl hut 1"" sed in g-ood olcl F.ngOlrhr nfl:nir ".\s nothing transpir e h!'t,,·c"n thr two ,•1,q10,--1 tion« a1ul nt'· ll«h f:t<; h!C111 fnr l'in<' hundrrri a.nd nin 'rom )fr. ::-.<>vln relntive lhC'reto, I pr e ten L11c- "1 m <' m <'n ~rn·r. on hnlh botl i"" ~-·-11lnr. ycn r ~. .\ p'\ clmqc of thP or!• 1umc h e mrt with poor encourage· In 1911 the charter was changed, mak· :rin:d lc-a~cs arr in our possess ion. Lot n nt." As we find nothing further It Ing nil l't\l:,mbcrs of th<' church . ov r r n11mbcr nnc. j11Rt ha<-lt Clf this church , , ny records it s<'erps probnblc th:it t h 1 twenty-cine years nt' n.~" m••rnhcr~ or ,n,· lrnsed tn 1:ichnrd " 'ihl rd in l70il. na t ter was dropped. the. corporation. ThP ye!lnw('(l l<'n.sc, after r cc onlin~ the The Era of Org a niz ation s As to mapy phU..""~ of our !ifP th"l"' nt"i gi n of the g-lcbe · Janel, grants to has been iittle rea,son to tll«tingul••h Tn thct ·tr:;- lng rmrs that followed l :it:hn rel \\"ibird lot numh c-rcd one "for 'tM·o lution ,·<'Ilg-ion had not flourlshe< betwecn church ancl p1.ri ~h . •h<' t'11ll «prtC(' :1 nrl term of nin e huml· nil these years thf'r<' h n.s IJ<•en hrarLY 1nd th e onll oC the century W(l.S mn.rk r 11 :i.11<1 ninNy-ninC' y earn to bo fulir roopC'ration In all ma.t<'rlal affair,;, nnrl cd by l<'thn.rg-)·, indi!tercncc and clc'nla, cnmplcawd arnl f"nrlcd," for which h (• much fcllOW'lhip In th{' morr> SJ)i rlltl .tl g n rly in lhe nineteenth century t ,,·a~ to pa~· ''.\'rarlr, each year nnd evfea.rnrcs of the chur<'h life. 11n.ny P''"· marl<<'il ch:1.1:gr- took place. 'J' he church f' r:: )·cn r, fift'Pn ~hi illnp;,;'' which was ])IC IHl,V <' h r-011 of Lh <' I n )C or the (.!, , I a\\' n!~c1wcl with n. neiv sense of re• .o l)[' R[1[1liPfl lO t hC' URO of the parish. lurln.n of whom it \\'H" isnid, " CI lo ,·,,,h ~p on~ibi lity for spreading· the gospe· ... ,. · ,he enr\ ancl cxpir:i.tier. of tlw our nation nnd hitns<'lf built us our 1t home and In lnnds afar. Home an(' a(orc~:-tid 1.rr10" he "8hnll f\ll~NlY ::tncl synai;oguc." Many ~uch persons in the (O r t' ign mL."s~onary · soclptles wero or ;lcn.ccaiJlY ~u:-rc-ntlrr up r!H' premises etghtcrnth c~ntury took whnt ,,·1.s ~rtn lzcd n.nrl thf'RC' offered 1.0 th• ~n t!1<' church \\'arrlcnH of thr ,:,a.hl 11 tno\\·n a,; the "Half way Co,·i::nant," a .' hurche>< new objects o! Interest a n , par:~~ 1 for the timt" h<'in~. , custom th:i t pr!'vn liNl rlown to the ~allNI out nl'\\' local organlzatlcms. O n• 'l',,r· othPr !<''1.'l<'S arc of Ill,!' tenor. 111 coming or Dr. Pn tuam . 1l n.llowe n men ')f Lh" cnrliest of these was the J u 17~~ thl' parish ,·ores to hrttcr mnln• \'eni!C1 ,soclet}· whose prlma ry obj ct' t11 i1 Its righrn :i.ml securC' rents on th r wa ., the rrlucatlon ot heathen youtb.J Glcbc land lots, n cco rclin:; to the In,\•as orga1cizcd in 1817. Children t.ron tent of tho ori ginal document. In 1,33 otih'r rhurchcs a.t first a.ttendod. 1 it \'O tes to haYc n. collector for th f' ed ucnled Cine hen.then youth bc-:i.rln· rPnlR. In 173:; thr ,· ote Is to eject nn .,· LhC' nr'1me of N(l.than Pu.rker, pn.stor o :n 11r~•·c<:<;lon 1-.·ithou:. iC'a.RCR. Jn 175~ RS lhC' ~outh Ghurrh, as well it i« nnt"il u,, t the rents f,;i:n thr ( :lrh1• i~ sixt)'•J1inc__pound<:, 1.wel\·" of upright Jl(e to have a definite, formal rela Uonshi11 with the church. Oci-rtslonally wr nncl a case lilce thai of .lohn 1:anr.sdon who moved on to full membership, hut th e- tendency wns for tieoplc to rcmnin satisfied with the l);trt!:tl step. Thi s custom i n part ac••ouul,: for lht' r clallY fil Y smaller m9111 h<-rshlp of th e church ,,·hl c h marl,cd ' h" e-1;:hl'.'"n lh crntury. T he Glebe La nd. : 'M .IAL ·01 ·o R 0 0 �he11.r!ng the namo of Israel Putnam pastor of the Not"th church. Later thl1 .vn.s called the .:111 to Society. In the ·.var it worked for soldi,er' aid. It :1elped build the chapel. For a perlot it ,1:as. a girls' sewing soi:iety. In time it took tho name of the Rog<>rs :\Ilsslon Circ;lo ,;ind once mo1·c of!ercd tt Qpth oor!l, and girls an opportunity fo, ins_iru!)t!On In -mi ssions. for hclpfu ·ser,vlco ;i.~ homo and abroad, a.nd for social life under tho care. pf th~ chunch. It is the oldest soct_ety of its !!:,ln.4 in tho land, and .has, a memtiershlp of somQ one hundred and twenty. "\,~ompn's socletll)s followe.d after. A b:canch of tho Femalo pnlon, to ..afd hpmc missions formed ln),820 and the Ladles' Foreign )ifle!,lona:ry Society about the• ~a.me ~~~.bot!i- qqrj~:; Dr. J?utnft.m's,i,stnt: '1;)113 S~i!-IT,l~n•s Friend •Soclct) unaer tne Jeadership, of ::,nss , 'l\Iar) )lpgers was formed In 1837 and !tr ;!mely and gracloua ministratlonB g<tv, to,,tlje,N~r.tr Church one of ltf\ 'moq1 dcvot~q su!lllorters, :Charles E. Myers, whi:i lighted tjle iflrst Christmas ireo In this city. In 1s.j5 a new social I splrl t developed among tho younger group. ;i,:h11•.wJlg fo1· t!lP education of mlnhiters for tho fronper work gave a nn.me ,and :qbJept to, this group, organized :i.s .' I'he E<J.uca.t!on , 'Society. Afternoon meetjngs, , with suppers to which tho y9upg 'men co.mt, m:i.dc lt popular. It <Jontlnued unt!l ♦875 when it clos_cd ltH cxisti;r.cc. n.fLqr the dc::t th of.:Ellz:: 1;'born.psan,.ita !e;id!!'g officer. l'hc Box G:~4ti_, or:;:inv.~l i:n 1S6-I for the purposeof helping- secure :i. new chapel, deser,·e.i to have Its namo recorcletl ln 11!::;tor:, for Its effectl\'c sprvleo. In 1903 in view of tho pr·esslng need for i1. ·n;ylsh 1,housp tl'\e na.me and met)1od r'cvl\·ed, and c_o,ntinued to sorvc 1 un~!l 19\6, Ions ,after thQ_: new pujldlng appeared, 'l'he Inasmuch Circle of Ki~,;•s ·Da4ghters, m9thefc~ . · !n en.rJ~- da.ys ,by thn.t devoted ' woman, )lra': · Ryder, , ·as a. notable foa.ture of huroh Ill'?) for so~thll:ty_ yeius, up ;_;q20,, .A Mat~l-~!3pc.lataoJ1,! ~Isle ed from 1834 to 1854 which seems to ~a,:e met q~arter~;y , fnQ 'Y!1,lc~_'p rovld· e\l .books he}Pf,t,tl . for tra:~n!~g ~/>.uni; P;OO,Pie, ,.. . 1 : .•. ; , At present t:le '\Vqmen's Guild conduo~. the .•socf~i llt~ ..Of.,tl!,e P!!-t;!sh and unifies _all f?r;anc~es o~ ~th\\ .,~omen's l\'Qr\I:, b!!-:;lng 11~t ,9.nly th~ tor~.¼"~ ancl home missionary Interests in ltE! ca.re, hut also the Mothers' Club, organized In 1_-9 ii_,br, )1~-~·/f!Ji'lfer ;.r,t_he CJt:\_ sq;i,r. Service League, and the Rcconstn1c.t,~n Unit, the last .. ·lwo groups m ectln,$' In the evenlng. , . . ..... A Young People's Society wa~ tormed In 1881). Later, tor one brlet P!!rlocl lt exlstef a:. a ChrlAtian . Endeavor .Sqclety. It continues as .ihe one ~rne.· ..d'lJim' for the ~presslon .'O f . the worship i!_cryice, and social life of ..the yotJng peopJ~. Since the, .fall • of .189~ a. ~ei:;t's , ,;\ul;>; bca·rlng .the name of ,. QflO of tlw 01)4tch:s_ grcatdo.ymcn; Jphn La.ngdpfl, _has .met monthly. during the . winter season. It ls ll.. parish cl.Ub fqr.. t11e pro,iiipt~n of hcl1u'ul feUow~hip, tho con sldor_at!Qll qt su.bj~cti.. , o~_,gen!)J:ttl ilh .te.rest, ancl, for fosterl!lg tiill ,things .tpe.t per.lain tD gopd . citizenship. mm-= .,y:1.s Defore eighteen hundred the church work had been carried Qn by preaching, pa.storl).l vlsftatlcrn, ,the catechiz·tng of children fr.om ,house to h ouse, and . with tlw weekly l~C'ture in the afternoon. 'V\-'ltll the reyi\•al of inte r?st Ip .th e churche;i therp followed the ;raclual e~ta.blishment of :1. socl:.d :neo~lJlfi' or p:·n.ycr nnd . conference-, :nlle:rl rhr "nm ·e r m<'<>Ung." In J•\ 'b U:try l ~in. ,iL '':l.H \'Otr,cl "lhat Olli' ,om· on .\lonclay C'vcnlng or evc1·y 1 ·,~c-k h<' ohservcd h;· this c ilurc h in he V<'Htr)'. n:1 a s !l.~on or praycr." 1n -Tovember of the An.me . ycnr iL was ·oted "tha.t the th!nl Monuay evening n the month, only, thero 'be held n. '!eet!ng of tho church for prayrr, a11d hat othcr )Ionday <"Venings the brc-then holcl a meeting In the inhC'1' Ye.·t1·y or prn.yer and for transacting bu~i.ess." In 18~7 ,1·" rP::td of qunrt e r!y rayer meetlngH. In 1330 : the praye r ,1ec-tl ng com mi ttee recommencled the 2cond nncl __ third Fridays, ··notwichLand! ng wo have now as m any mect.1gs as we can a.Uend. It wi!I take .or.sldcr:1.hlo time n.nd require somr· ~tic s<'lf denial.'' ln l833 th<' prayer nrctlngs of Tucs<hy W<'rc- discon lin1ed, and every )fondn.y evening was o bo use-cl. '.L'he first for the ,)fon thl} ~oncert for Mis sions;' th<' srcond for ho •Sunday_ School; the thlrd n. pra..yr1· l\Cetlng; and ·th<> fourth n, m€'ctln;; or. l]o hrcthrC'n for buAlnr~11. Th Nrn not!')< •how that the prayer m ectlng was not 'aslly established, V.'o infer th '.Lt hy ·he midd l-0 of th~ cC'ntury it w:rn An institution. In tho pastorate or :\Ir. \fcKinley the second serv icC' on Sunlay was usually a pr:wer mrrting- in '.he chapel. " Mrs . .Amos Tappa'n, Dr. nurkmin~- . ter's slstrr, in 1803 lga.thcrecl • th~ , co\'~ Jred children at her house every l:>un. :'lny afternoon for r ellg-ions Jnstriu-t ion, It was In 1·callt.l' S11n<lay S c• hool :incl !ontlnucd ror sc,·er:i.l yC'ars. f t ncl<'r nr. 'utnam who was mu ,·h >ea.con 'l'n.rrmn ns S11;, ~rintC'ncl f'i1 J, :->ent>d n. (Jr.ion Snhharh S ~ho ul in ef/er~on r la!! in l SlS. Thi s w.~s n mong·1e c-ar!irst In thC' countr y, .\t n liLllC' t tcr p<'r!od ench ch ore h ~hool of its own ancl )Ir. 1':Lppnn ransf<>rrc-d his school to the g-allc-r:v of he North Church. Tn lime it mo,·,,fi 1n to the Yestry, from which plac,• it tppe:.tled, n.s it hn.s often done sin<'<'. 'or bolter (Juartcrs and for a larg-C'r ptc r C'st on the- J)nrt or the- church. •T h" fLttc- r p:i,rr of the appt>a.l is signllic:n nt ,f the fn.rt that tho •Sund:i.~- School not rccognlzecl n.t first ns an intC'· pnrt · of Lhc l!Cc o( the chu1·0h. Vestry and Chapel It !s c1·ldeni that th e n<'w spirit n!1d hC' new methods· which wcr,, <1c,·,,1or.1g in t!w 1•eJ!gious life ot' the c·h11rchc-s ·ould ncNl som Ptl dn~: olltcr ll1nn t,H' ·Id, tim<' mrctinrr house .. fod ced thi., c11· spirit is a rt·sllc~;< ,-ipir!t Lhnt will e contern only with th.· r<':'i1w:.1cnt, r the Inttc r .r,a;· JHLr, ~:1. hou1;c . .b :i ·rst rc~ponse, 1,·it h ll,e grncr,rns aicl f John L:wgdon, :i. b1·lck \"f'&tr.1· 11':H edlc;ttcd in HJ7 on l•'lc•et ,'tn:<:l, he- ncn.rc:1l n.voil:tlilc loi·alion ..u e 111·1r ts 1842 lhr C'r.,in:wcl qua.rtcr,; \\'Cl'<• :i ;onstant sourc!' or di~ ,·ntisfactlon . .\r,<;r much :,gitation, mn.ny Jlsa.ppolntmcnts, . tho ~lft .;..._;,.;..;..;.;;.;., __ Hary nogcrs of a ~11!tal1ll 1,H 0?1 :\I !<Ille Str<'ct cnnlilf'rl th,• c·h:1r,'h to rc-nl . ':t.tt its hop0 in lhf' r-iln~1r•! <,f L311 0 <10- ,licatc,i' Wi th Li11• ": )t)<• th,,L iL:s por.aess ion n~ ;,y un!tr th, hca1·1:; or It., mcmbl•r;;, nncl r•ulb1 Lil ,· m more firmlv in th~ :.\lascc,r'~ C:1 U8P." 'l'ht' report ~f :lfarcellwi Dnrforll !'or LlH' comm!tteC', tho rc:sc,!11t!r,ns nnd the' \Vardcn's adcl1·Pss nrc , o full of congra.tulalio11 ancl Ccll •it::ttl on that It i~ evident that ~ho l"ommon ef(ort nn<l sa.crilice invol,·c-d in H<'<'Uringthe· building united al! h<'nn,; in onr. Jn 190G the inaclcqunt" bullcllng n.t iho rc-:J.1· of the <'impel wa~ Lorn clown n.ncl u. parish hou~c co1·,,ri,1 ..:· :t!J Lhe on1il;'lile Janel 1•: :is h11il1. u,·, ,;ifL of :'.Jrn. ~Ianhn. .I. Lv1•.ci or :1~.11110 11,.d,ini; p 08 • ., !hlo tho u11rl rnal.:n;.:. Thu huilrllni,:, while sc-1·Ying wrl! th1• the Chllr<'lt, i~,; n:1·0acl,\ f11 r-in! c: :l\\"<1:'il vllildrC'll 11·ho :;.llhu· ~,,Jf the !oc:, Lion ol' mo,it desir:Ll,lc, bnL th,, chnn:ll hui111ingYious <1i s;H1\":t!ll:igc.•s lifl' of bY th" in c,11 :-S·111rl,1.v. lLLil(·., .. h 11 :ldin;; ... j: 1h1 dL L:tn,·,• frn 111 in ·,rd 1·<'s Slll'h oh:h u "'H' n!,J ·' 1111 · .i li,1d pr1"~. 1.l l\•.<H',,alon or ·'' n, ~ ,,r : " ,;Jr!,-,, ,,i.-;lJ th::t 1:p• �Ti,11 r: , orga1· i:,,•<I m ls><lon :i ry soclellc-s of t1,•110111l11atlon w:t" $4i3.00. 111 190(1 ,rn~ $~,8~.oo. Br 1918 a la.rgl' r YI• m e thod of th c,·,.ry m ,:, m\J er canva,ti cnalll cd Ue< to rt'111il tu th •• orga,11izr d n1i ssl o n;1ry .,11111 1 1 \\ 01·1, $~ IOU.0 0. ii ntl ,;i ll C't' lhrn W!' h,L\'\' t,,r.,,11 an atl\':L11<·<·tl ::;t,·11 and• 111 <Continue l from 't •·~t•·nl;i_,·) Benevol e nce s Th e first e ,•id('l1l'l' ,,r t Ill' S1oirlt 1:e n evolen e 111 1lw "hun·ll is 11l,· c·o,·d or' RUCce,;RIV(• gifts tl11r i11;.: l i(lll lo the n <> ,v roll<'g·,, nt l':1111l,1lck•·. \\"hir'h wo.~ to IJ<' f111 ·th1•1 · r,• 111e •111l11•rc•d 111 Lh<· lleXt C1'!1l111',\', In Ill" lilit (';Cll~f' o( ,vhee lo ck'i; I ntl inn s ,•11001 .1 t l.1•1':111011. pn,s,•1n,•<l in <:hurch a ncl an off, •r in;; nt:ul,•. 11ex t yl'ar R e \', Elf•:1::• r \\'llt'•·ln,·l,. lh.' lt, viisltl'CI th<' t•l111r ch , "Ith t:, ,·. )Ir. Occum, hi,; I ndian ,·011,·<'1·1, :111<1 ., n offeri ng of tw<'nty-O,·" 1,,.u11cl•. -.•\·,•11 t ecn shilli n ;l'fi o..ncl ~ixp1-111·1• "''"' ma<I to h el p on th e ra.us .. \l'llit·h .. ,·,•ntuat<•cl j11 D a rllllOlllh Colli';.:• •. Till" c·:ill .,( lhP '))iOn N• r t•ollrgo hn lS \ "'! '1 1 h,•:, rd :I 11<\ l\l'S(\\':ll'd, 111 ~(n off ering ,\"'as 171;:1 111:id t' 0 tho lal 9 l'a la n1ilu11 ,; !Ir,• i11 1:11,tu11; :u ,tl a :;)111l lar cullt•,' I il•ll " " " """' " L, 17 '.li' fur l 'hil,ad~l ph l:i. :,: llf• rl11:;· I IPlll ~courf;'c uC ) l' ilu \\ f,,, 1·1·. 1u ll 1:1 °iL \\a:-. ,·1111·d ··111:11 1IJ,, 1111111l':,· collt•1·l(.•d ill ~(•1tt•1·:rl r:1~:.; :111d lh.i ut, 1-:Iv)u,;;s 1t1• t't'St r,·,:d j11 :-.l11t·l~ fu1· tll111 •. , •ttt d c11arita1Jlr us, •~. 1l1t• 1· u1i111tii.11•1 .. 11f lit (; •·h11rl'i1 lu tli ··t1il1111,, ii ill lit" p:t1·· l{lh as ll"C"~~lly n1i;·ltl 1n111i,,•" Th is f).tncl "tor piou s nn1l clwrilahlt• U H,;" 111111 its, tlistrllnllio11 1·rm a lr11 ,I :1 most Importan t f <-:t1111'1'1 of f'l111n•h lift', IH•h1gform:11l y rf'J,ortNl 011 P:\l'h .1 t':l r In ,1 ... t:1i l l,y D 1•:icnn lf :11l :ind tlwn li)' I>• ,. c,o n l' cl';1;11lo w o,·t.•1· :1 Ion:~ JH·riorl. mo<lt•"t •·p•J<H· fu111!" l11•tll'r 1·,tlli·fl :11l111i11lst,.n•1I :i r..:. h~· p;1..-.tcn· i!lld thun:h , ·nn1111ittPf', l'(' llH1i11 :-;1." .. ..,,·idP11 t·<· of thi~ r-·1 rlr ,·uston1. \\' ilh th •• ""·•k•·Hl11;.: ;inti th" ,.,.,, of ,11·~n1·iY.:ttio11, of "·hl1·l1 "" h:1\'f' i-cp<•l,,•11. t hl• IH·tH•,·uh·nc·••:-: uf 1 ht• ,·h 11 n·h iu ,,...r,;.-.'>····.1 ,•rt;.~Hst;d in ,·nl\1111(' n111l s,·0111• :--:.prc-iill 1•;,lJ,; still ,·, ,,; ;11111s 1•. 1,111 ihroui;-h , l ht> n11•d lu11 1 or 1111· tlllfc ·11111 ""'l1•tlc1; :111,I 1111' i-i1111d:iy Sl'het,'1, :1.• ,.., ,11 ll ~•·l f. ,·1111 t rihu lOI'>< ,n•n• n•gularly rn acl<· l<l the ln·reu,sing ""rl; ni tlll' df'•1om l11atinn in iel,<ls nt hornr :111tl :ihr(>:,d 1>11,..,., lo ,;o•lf'lit•:~. c-o;:l'<.'tion~ :Lt nu, 1,lhl~ <·O11c.·t>rt~, ,,,.,J " uul th<' 1,:u-;~i11g- l'\f 111 c1• :1 rnonlh 1•0 11 11 d,ut\nu hox,-.:,; ol,jt •r •l:,· , fnr par:it-11l:1r 1,·en' m Ptho!l;: u ~"'I to r·1 ,,. l'}H'st' \n•t'(' ~llpp1t•1111•11tt•d h. · th" :qJ• o f <·ol if'<•t<,rs for t ht• l:11·,,;,.r 1hJ Cl'ls or miHHi011:1 n· i11 tPl'l':H. 11· 1wn in "t)1't• ·\\~E"~IZ°J\' ~,rf0rh1g· ,\·as f'!4l:th· >Olll ttnc-11 t ,~k78 :ls h c-d lL :.: 1·1•;i t Hll'P r,11·\\:ird "'" " takPII. ·,ut t h n r,,:-;ultH wc-r<• HOt g- 1\"f'l l <·Htlrc·I). 10 {lw l'f' g' lllar tlf'nOrnln:i t IOllil I wo,·k.111 Slavery and Intemperance , . he~\' .111 tl :ilorn,,cl. l>11rlt1 /t all Ila• ll c•J~:oo th1:1 chur<.:lt and i~ari~h hu,· · (1011 !' th~i°r part In foundln! a.1al ~u,st:Linl11;.: the numerous c.ha.rltable tn"titutlo n s I hat h:t,· _e takt n their ' pla ·e "" an lnlP;.rral pare of onr city•~ life. Woman's Place in the Church confusion and hf'rP;:y has sur eir n1·rlY<'d. \Jut it h:ts not hrought that di,;astPr unon tllrchurch n-hich J)r . L:i ngrlun c-,· tcl t•nt l.'· fPlt wonl,1 folio\\. Thi>< <'hurc-h ,·.11;: org'sniZf'tl br fnt 'll a.ton,•. Th i~ f:t<·t ni.Ly l,:1\·e hcen f<U~• ,,,·pr frontier haH mov e<l u1·rl,•r. ' ill.' th11.t lhe church r ,iisc•cl lll'HH'Y :1:1.J ;:.iv•• the' i;erv iceis of Dr. Lan;.:f\011 for ,sv 1111' week,i of mi ,;ionarr \\'Orl, 111 tl11• 11<" " ,sc tU mcnls oC Ne\\' lt:1111pshin•. 1n April 1760. l11 n•,;pu tlti<• tu :.,11 aµJJt'a l from the go,·,. ,·no r. t ht· d1111Th t·ulll-ct.ed lt•n h1111 d1·,•<l :11Hl , ix 1y-fuur :111!i\1'0r<'cl 1·0g ul:1rl .,· ~·cu.rs, n1a11y· C'O.tii·:-t !'-1uce for v:nl'l\ :11n<,11~ t h,; On<'itt:1 l111 tian~. It i-< :ii. o 1·rL1tr<l ·':'~t,N-}, 1!1/·1{,;~1.. fter ,P url~mout h In th e elghlC'enth, Ct.'n-, tllr~· h:HI a 19 l'g(' Ria,·e j)Ol)U lat lon ,fol-' 1. northern city . Th ey numbcre(1 one hu11dred an!l c-ighly;se.ven Jn 1767.'rh e~• Wl•re g(•n,•1·:1 lly kindly trc:.1.te<l. ,Some of l 11 th,• l11l<'n•,sl111;.; ,Jocument o! 1,ir,7 i11 "hl<-h IJ1 . L,u1;;dun answers a. group of dis s1• 11t111g- mc·m\Jt•t·~. he clinches ?llO :i·rg111lll' ll t h.v ;:,1yln,r, "~uy, it will !ollO\\' lh:1. \\'11111 "11 mu.v !':-..hon a1~d ,t ea.cl1 in l'irnl'C:1,. fo r t11cy may be a:; able a.nd for\\··• r f\ to 8JH'a k as th e :ll c11. and mu :,, t h lnl, lhl•llls<f'ln •s a,; mu ch c·alled to It ,;o th:, l snch a 11otiu 11 a s that l each; clln·ctly lo Qua kl•rlsm. and all ma1111 ~r 0 .__.._,....,"." l!l~O ral,,.·d "" "''' $tiOUU.fJIIU. ,,1un: tha 11 auo '' '.'llli ;1111101·•· h,1vi11~ a p,1rl i11 'thi:i J~ar .. tk11:.11 · \\tll"I\. Tlll :1 dlw:1 1101 i11t•lut..h, llH.' :::1:, .. r i11di\ Iu.u.ol 111,·111IJ<'n; or th<· 1'1111n·h I 11 111all.\ \\ ol'I liy uli.il'l'ls. ur l /1" l :tt :· 1• 1111.1\ s t1f tl11• girl~ 111 :1tll' tlin,t·l l.\ ti11·,,11 :~ li 1111· \\' 111111·11':-1 Ol'ha11i1.:Lliu11~ · In - :.. A'iti>o ut 1.Jllextlonlng ,ind hesitation' .,·omu.11 o\Jtalned full' recognition and ·lg h t>.1 In the Puritan church with Its d(•morcutlc poflty, .But while the prln·i1>ll• of tlt·mocracy reollzeq Ilse-Ir :;lo\\ly in h,·r cas,, in the Christian fellow·• -hip it 1>< ll\ll't..'!ll tJT'..;:_ 1-Q~ - lb ..........,cuo..a ·hm·c:b anLlclpated the recognition of l<'Ulll:11i·x ('Q U!< I ,;ta,tug in the poHtlca,1 iO <'X!• r clr:~ f,,r rn :iny ;;-t•11,·rationH. Uut t'ro lll 1ht• 1irnt d rl':ld l·I! unt!I lllf• Jll' • ''l'III tlnw wo111,•11 havr• composer! from C\\'n-thlnl H t,l lht·N• f<>nrths of the mem ·w r slilp of th<' c·hu rch. Undoubtedly hP \\"1un,•11 ha V<• ♦ ''X<•rc-b,·d au influcnct• 'n 1•,·1•1:, p,•rlod. l,ut lh<+· ll:llllf-S :lll· ()P:11· t1111.,· In thl'sf" n11•mh 1- r shi11 lists 1111til :ll'l•·r LIit' l'ighlt·Pnth cc n l ur:v. Th,• •·li:u1g-,•x that cu nu.. ..3rly l'. (111'( ,,,,11 huntlrc-d. not rm\.,· g.l\·e 1m rl11nlt r to wnm,•n. liul mad e 1t I ,v to t·hun·I, JJlCl'Ullbtt a.11d i-,;:1!11,· d lit" ri~ht to , ,u l t• 111':--:-· ;:;, \ ·t · \\ :1 : 11 1 \ \, 1 1 111 t':1 111 1 ·1·1·11·: !;1~~111•;11 111:111,•r:-., TJ1t., .i rll,•lt •:1 •f 1·l11i1·,·l1 , ·11r1 .,ira I l011 rl·~ I rid•·tl :11, ·111l11 •r:"' lllp t ,, 111 :1lc~ lllt' llllJ L' r x over I \\C ritr•l'III'. 111 I Ul 1 lhi>.1 \\a:; l'h :1 111,;t'd ~u a~ I u l:iclu<.lc al l m l' llllJ cr:,; or th1• ,-Jrnrd1 or I llilL :i;;.:c and Lwo "um,:,n ..... ,... ud<.ll'd lo ll11• Standing Commtt·•·<•. .\ t pr •,;c,11 l llw women make up h, Ii ~l oq;anlzrtl uud trongesl work i1•:: force 111 the ch urch. are ca.llC'ct u1i u11 ltJr " ;,rc·at , ·u1· Ict.-· or service an<.I ·I" ., 1. fr, t•!y ,111d lo edifica ti on Jn all rn ,, · tl11g~ "-" the t..H·hc-t1 to the Important famfll~s. S~mJ if them \\'C're, well kno'l\,l characters wflll u distinction of their own. '!'hi:{ ,' J'OlllJ ur J)l•Ople WPre II. feature ln the life of th e North Church and they OCJ ..:u11it'<l tlu, upp er gallery o( the m'eet- :n;;-hou .·e on Sumhiy. In the record::; J C bm·Iuls tlwir 11a.rnes .ire freqp1!1tl. .\ t lin;t tl1•·.v h a.Ve fu.m'lly ·na.inc11. , '.\ m•;; ro se1-Yunt of Col. ,Vcntworth." 'S;- 11·:a. " sc ,·vant. of Maclam13 ,' \Vlblrd" Nnu. :J negro lo 1v·11u:.1.m Bre·,vster.'.' Lu.t ,•r they tuke t!J.e name~ of the famliies wh"rt: tilf',v Rcn·cd. us " 'uff Whip pie.'' 180111 c or 1hc m owned the coven·- · ant and \\'E'l'P i.uµiizc(I. us ''Y lolet anci no ci d ld l'h arn.oh so n of J.lo:;ton.'' Nol :i fow \\'('rt! admlttctl to . ·cun commuhio·,i in 177~. o,•nolct. .No,vpoi·t,'" as ,dre 'or tho maq tl,ut pr. ~ ;_ilos r.-c-cd o~ \c:.1.v,: ,In;;; l'ortamoqth .. ~111 . names o( people 'lf col or a r e printecl bv th,:,mi;PlVf>B fr, the membership list -Ot · 1828!· ~-0ur.· ~I lltllll \\ \:· I '\ • l I l .. tr.:.• ~t/ u,,n,,~ l11c!11u. ln;; E.;th~r \Vhlppl~ :-.tullncaux · ~-110 died al a i;rl'ltt age In 1SG8. an<l l<'rt :t f.n:ull hequei;t to tho church. Dul'in::- thP Jlp\•olutlon most or the :31a ,·.,~· ,nirP i;ln•n \heir freedom' by their ma,.:ers . . \ t the thnP or the cap General "'nipple 11og1·0 t!i:it tht\\' IH •C" ulll (;' la rs ety t'f.•• fur he socio I :u1d c har!tablr Lei h·ll it•.; \Yhich d \'Cloµcd so r a plu.l .·. ThP.'' \J r.ca m,:, i Patl(•rn in organlz!'<I ., ur·l1 , l!'ach1•r:.; in Suntla.i· School. anti ,, l'I'(' lool<cd tu fur r ai.,i11g runu i; n ut •111ly fu r Chrl :-; lian :,;e n icl' t,ut fur u, ,, 'llll'Jllll'l of the luca.l chun.: h life. ,\II lili:; g-,,\·c lh ·11 1 .L right tu 111urc th:w ,1 1Jil1•11l i11flu•·11,· ... Th e pi-i\'al11 111t •<•tl11e,::-· •f "til,· l,n•thn·11" for 111· l.\ ,•.r a 11d hu .d- 'd•,,J · 11[ artisan,i<, but for th~ most were house-servo.nti at- · PrilH'P, lo "hum h e H 1 !'(•.·~:lr,,· 'P"""'' 1,1(' \\'<'r l' µa1·t th e.-· lw 1·,1 !1,:,11 l11to ,,ctron l ho1ie will h c h :l\'t' YOlll'Rt'l ! like :l. man i::o u1·af{!' an !l fight br,tVely for your "o untn•.'' f'rinc ~ r ep il c d. "Sir. I huYe 111) i1Hl UCt' lll E'nl to llght, I.Jut If ( had my lilil•rty I "·ou lcl endca.vor to defend I~ lo tht- lat•t drop of blood." 'l'he Gent·ral tl11•n ::;aid ''Prln ce, you s hall ba.\'e .,·ou 1· own n1 a n.'' 'l'h .,re I~ no e\·J<.lence ·thu.t the ~lave holding of Lhc t'a.rllcr day!! lnOuenced (he· :-It tiutlon when ui'o anU-sla•;, ery agilaltun arose In the. nlncteent.h ccn, IUl'J'. 'l'hu <;ll'cumstanccs horo were 1It LJ,, tl 1r,'c r e 11l Crom lho!:le In other 11ol·ll 1n11 seaports, ,1-hcro tho uiiual lJIIU\111 l or O.IH\llty waii rcl11fo1·cccl by ·•J1tsitlcr;1 llon" u( linauci,LI ad,·ant:.Lga. I :11, \\ hl'n lhc younger men lite ':ur,ll Church lJ c<.:a.mo al'OU8Cd b) ,1 In L U1"r <'ailed "the cnormlly of till' . 11 of ~lavc 1-i-," the ::;lluallou wus ng: ra ,·at(•d \Jy · th e ·fact that the compc·,·11 L and i.lclcr111li1c<.I mlullllcr hu.tl ivcd in thu l:iuulll Ull(J hall or ;.1 ro- :,;laH'ry sympathies. Tho ,,:,rs)· In tho church, o.s we hu.vc rcla.l• au, led to · the su.~ pcnslon a.nd excom• nunicatlon of some re::;torcd. members whc: iLater we haV'( ~---!:""!'l..,1..1_1c_ pcrfcr.id utterance 01 �slaved tailed to·• 1nrtuenc;e the Anti-slavery •p!rlt o( t1omc lea.ding men and dlt :oQI their arclo~ regarding erecting , Je1, builtling. Thi! story here Is 110: :eyy cl!ffcrent from what It Is s11owr o be In the reyOfdll of the PJ:;<),Ltaqm As11ocl,ttlon o{;:'lllplsters, There wu s , · ~low awal,enins. ot the ClnlHt,!un con1 ··c;il'!},{)" ,;u,,\.rPluc·tnnce nbout t:i.klng'--"',.,.,,,_,.. ieanltll ~land.. Bµi. 1,1 the encl the vision of tht' ~~n 'l\:'1':L }\.ho/e<l ~t ~he eld(•rs. thll excommunicated . were t;esto;cud a1)d i.he. church with almost .10· fo&J of !ts COllBlltuency . took 11 >,il'li.ce'''t~niong the fOl'bes tl~IX't brought '.i.bo)Jttth .. cmnnclpatlon of tlif\ slave. ~ J 11 ~78!1 lhe Pl~CH 1·a11un. A8HOChLtlOl .\ltnr~tcr,;_ .ue.cl~n,d 1,Jrnphu1icMI·. .md tmanlmc;u;;Jy . that 1l "'as "the! ~uty from the rega.i-d they owe to boti ~htJ empora.l and ternal lnterest:s o the11· .'teJlow-cre,itures, to .do. everything ill. tl1elr power to pu't a stop t• the '°sroiving evll of Intemperance' anci agreed to make i;io ,l'urthcr use o' splrlt\\0US llquot·s themse!Yes. By thll ·aclio.n Jhe)I', .undoubtedly disclose tht 2;11·0-n'ing feeling In the churclies. In the · ~orlh Church al thls _period men an'd women were being disciplined for over Jnd1;1l?°e!We. Tliey affirm -of one man tha.t his .action,; c1'eated n. publrc scandal. 'THlt It wn~ publlcl)I' and notor!Qusly kno\\:n thut with. hjm drlnlt w~i a trnde ra.thet· than .an art, ancl tha1 1'tlui p/1n1te . confession of 61ie act di,; nrn mai.o the pla.istc1· u~ large us th1 ~p,re.'' ln ·July 18~{ cyid~ntly hi' 0011• ' l'.C,CLIOl\ With u .general awa.lrnnlni;, ll :~cbu.te v.·as hc!cl on the subject or ln'temperm1ce a.nd ' 1\ was rcsoJ\·ccl: "that ~very person who s!iipl apply for mcm ibersh!p to th1s church, shall be reqµested to sign the. tem1~erance, µJcdg£ pi;omislng to alJijlaln from tl)e ~~e h.nc traffic of .2nlc11t,SJ>lr1ts:·• Later It wai 'vo~e/1 •~. P:CSCllt . thb,' pl~dg'!) to every tncmb~r', or tl:\e church for th cl 1· sig-natui-e. ·-r'11~ ·pal'ish w·:i.s tlh·idNl Into <IIB· trlc s an<l c:inva8sers were apµull1tcd .who were to report to the chur'ch In <letall. 'l'h1·re pa.pers an• extant con,l'\(n!lig one ·11u1ld,re<l• m'tcl AHtr-thrce -~ lgn1:1-tures. The action rnuirt h11ve c,i'ited for f::i.!t.h aml counigl'. l n,m to1<1 by one who ' recaiJ~ 'it peroionnlly, th::i.t only a 'tew yen.rs lat et·. there we1·e four hrin cllstllleries In the city, aJHl the ~,·h:i.rves plied. .hig11 with molasses and other ba.rrels Indicated how an n11preclal.lle amount, or v;ealth was being accuinulatetl locally. A la:ter .perlotl with !hreo. brcweric,; ti.lid slro11g lh<:11 tll roc,Ung Hrclr uffulrs, lllUUC I l !Wt (!'J.>J) to 1ria~lif.aln aad 111::ilrn cfiecl!vo tcm• pcr::mcc sentiment, ,Yhcn 0110 n :cttlls ,bo situation or thl:L:1' YC,ll'!l fl!;o: with tho extent of thll remu.11u1·atlvo wholu.mlc tru.fl'.lc ,(!.l\U :.01110 011~ l1_unurutl a.:1c1 l11lr\,' 1)1:l.Cl)S tl!Nll .tli~ ll ,city uf lL JJl"OhilJJ.llo1~ ;i(uto, OIL~\ . l>J «JllfLZt·u .aL th e "<-ll:l.1'1gc,. 1u1u .. ,r. ()11Jc,r:; at Lhu t·vi.Jr•ul. loial acquleseu~e of this commuu!ty to the new , order or things. ('I'o be Conllnuccl ot , . ;/ . . ,' Gl¥EN AT ORT · CHURCH TONIGH • r-"~t~•rr . ,.. '\, \J' .- ~ ------ ------ -Wording in "The Spirit of Ser;ice'' Taken ·in Part From Original Documents .-\ t the )1ortl1 Co11gre 0 ation:il 1•: PISOtH: 'l'Hltt•:I•} church t)lis evening will be '[>resent- Scene 1- lll•]VOLll'l'lO.'\'AllY ed a pageant "The Spirit. of SerDecem'ber 1 G, 17 7 4. The Tea Part~ ,,1ce" in connection with the 250th at the Xorth Ch•1rch. anniversary of the fonncling of the -177'7 pariqh. The pageant, will bo inter- Scene rr_:_Patrioti c Service or preted by epiflocles in t-he history of Langdon anct Laymen of the church. Church. · Th~ program will b~ ns follows: ,r 11"ic. Violin an-,J Orl{:),.nr',t.'" Organ-"Unfol<l Ye Portals." Prologue. The Spirit or Service. ,. Tho S11irir o[ Pa.triolif:lm Response. 'l.'enor Solo. as air! to Service. 1023 . J 7o:. Rf'JSOIH,; fl)l"lt l<WlSODE O:\'g .<\rriv'al of Settlers, David Thomp- llymu. Scene I-:.\lissio na1\· work Cor .. son and otlhcrs. .\[yles Stanclislb ancl followern reFrontier of .'\'cw I!umpshin:. Rc. v. Sannwl Lang<lorf. ceive aid from lllo se tL!ers. '1'he Spirit of IQenerosity p!e1lges: I X:.!O ·JJC•r faith ' to Service. Scrne IT- 'l\'ork ol' womcm andi flolo. "'i'irn Earth is the Lord's." \. llren in ea·rly .\li ssio11!-\. 1070 Beginning of Jho Hogcrs :.\fission Ef'lSOUR 1'\\'0 Circle. R<'rne 1-John Cutt• anu James I'cnClean1' or H1·otllc-r-lovo •awakes. clleton lwo Jeauin~ settlers . Coody \Valforcl accuse-cl or witch-, :\fusle. ":llill(' l~Y<' S I lavo Soc11 ,t,hr · ,G Jory of tlto Com in!{ of tho. Lord". cr:ik 1071 1\'ar Votera ns ftci·d Cross II-The Foundini; 1[11111 \\Torkcrs. Church. ' 1:-cmc-mbran ccs. . . Joshi a '[oocley • • t e. r , ant1 :IIus1c. ancl. Vwl111. . 1 ., , mm1s Fl d Ori;an .. eight signers of fbe Church ' an e~·s. ·. . Cove nt The ~p int of TI1ght _ap11ears. ,..'?..; th]. LJ~:t\~~~:f ~~f Gove r~~r Leverett .a.nd :.\ragis'l'Hl~ YEARR 1 trates. :.\finlsters and dclegat<::s fr-om Solo. Hymn snng at Orel i11a1 !Oil' a\\11 1nstall·n lion or llnv. I~11ci11s 'IL ·Cambridge Jlowley, Ipswich and I 'l'ha) Pr, Jan . ?.R, 1S!l l. Hampton. ! 'J'he Spirit or the C'hur<'h pays The Spirit of Lhe Love of CO'cl, \ l.l·ihutn to lhn minh,try of. nr. .outgrowth of this Founding or , 'rha.yer. the Church, ap))roaohos Service. H.vmn. Tuno 339. ''Thu Church ol 'l'ho Spiril ol' \\ orl/1~\\'ido nrot,hc-r1God" 110011 e11torn. , 1 (Sung. by the congregation standing) · (N~Uous rc!tehe(l, hy !.he ,s r.rvlcc bf t111s churrh rcprcsent c-d by 0ags) 1 Hl 72 Tl 1~ S . "t presents 11_10 grow ti I o f Sce ne ' III-Customs of t:lie Times. ._111ri 'l'ything ,:\!en :.\11SH1?_ns n.nd recognizes the wo1·k Cage and Stocks :\fr,;. 1 hayrr. Foot Stoves 'l'he Spirit or Servicn passes on lt('.r Sleeping in COti!rch "Lig·l!t of 0:1ristianily'.' to tih<' Tobacco n~e<t on tho TJol'cl's •Day Hope or the f<'utnn•. Discipline .of Ohlluren Song of the {:1til<l1·nn. Help given to Harvard College. :\-lusic. · Organ an1l1 Violin. �. ~< CHURCH .·PAGEA. (Conlinued from Page One} 1,;PJLOG UJ~ Sph·H- of S(•rvin·. . . Hope nf Ji'uture lose not l11c Ilcfrain-"Althou g h tarr)· Ion~ Livo in yo11r ra.ifit for ii. will s urely (lOffiP. ,, TffB SPIHIT OF Sl<~HYICJ~. Arrangml hy l•Mit It ·u. Brewster and Gertrud "' Luce, AL'LF.GOltICA I, OilA H.A(''J'l•mS Spirit of Service, •It 11th i\. S,•.1 bolt. Spirit or Generosity, Aroos uenncyan. Spirit of Love 6f rGor\,, Ethel \\". Kenn ey. Spirit or •P.afrlotism, i\Iarie G. brick. Spirit Clmtm of Brot11cr Lov'.), JTary - Murray. S,pirit or •llighl, JI PIP11· Ji'. ,\(]ams. Snirit o[ \Vorl<l•- wicle Ilrolhcrhood, Blii.ncho I. Pii-l1P r. Spirit. or fhe Ch11rch, ~l11riol Lance. nm To Tl lC. \I, OH All A CTI~ Lt& Episo·c le H-India 11K : Victor G. Boss, Charles ,'1. {J1,1y, .111·., .T11li11s i\1. Dutton, Uiclm,an P. i\J-ar~eson, Arthur \V. i\luchemor<>, 'William Han {lall, John 'G. Sweetse r. Daniel 'llhom11son, 1~ugp11e E. Lami-oti.. Settlersl Charles K Abbott, Walter It. Harvey, Charlr>,; A. Tolman, "Wade Y. 1,V-hePi<'I'. Myles Standish, l. II. Wasl1lrnrn. Followers: Jam f'.:-J .\. !Jorth wick, Frank D. 'Ilnll<'I', P r. rcival C. Sicles, Tiicllarcl S. \\l'f',<I on . Boy, C:rorge :.lcf,P1111 a. Episode II-RC\'. .los hna l\Too cl<'Y, L11cl11fl H. '1'ha.1c•1·.. fohn Cut.l, ll. Clycl<i .\lm·geson. •ltil'harcl Cutt, F:dwar,l P. Shcrl.J11•rnr>. gnas Slilcmau, 'William ('raig. lti<'hard :\[ar. tyn, ,vnliam JI. Slayton. Samuel Haill"B, D. l<'. Horth-wi ck. J'amcs Pendl e ton, Ral1r.h .Junkins. .John Fletcher, Ecl,ward ('. \1alt:hews. Joh11 TueJ,,e r, \\'illiam 8. M.acJ.rlock. Governor Leveret t, Oh1a rlf'8 W. -Gray. !\1a~islratC'fl: Harry n. YPafon. Simon H, S:rnds, GPO!' (;() 'I'. \\' igg-!11. Minisfl'l'i:t.1 Delcg-at es : J. 1°:d1;,H' Bor. cle11, Arthur F. JTowanl. Dr. E. ~l{enf, .Joseph \l'fl•<l'dO<'IL Goody Wa.lforcl, ~l•l'H. ,\11n in L . llc>rry.. Scene 'JII-Nalhan J•'ryor, .\lhion ,v. \Ya ·ren. Jan A Fryor. . lildred Morr is on. 'l'ything111P.11, ltolwr t J. \ Iloyd .• Cl1a1'les II. Kimh~ll. .. Women: .\h·s. William Craig .\!ri;. I. JI. "1,\'ashuurn, :\Tr!l. C. W. '.llcllauiel. Children: J can Bick [onl, \Villi:tm C. "'al-ton, .J,r. , .To'lin Vcnnn•rd. Ji[Cll, Fou11dCl'A or thn Church. I!lpisoclo 11[-Cilizens, l•'. W. Hartford, Arthur •ll. D1111can, Allen C. dcRoc:hemont, I lorace ,v. Loclclin, 'Joseph P. ':\far.J e n, Charles A. Peabody, Hemry F. Sll'erwood. British Soldiers: :Hillard \V. Gardner, , .Tol111 Langclon, E . .Jr. Legislature: A. D. Roster, John Goodall, S. G. 1.IcClintock, John G . Parsons, J. Edwar.d Pickering, Jr>rcm·v R. Wa.Jdlron. l\lc,1sc ngcr-Paul M. Harve•y . HJpisorle lV-Rev. Samuel Langdon. G<'or~c P. Smallcon. Messenger •Uo\· Samuel 'l'axis. Two Women, cr:"1;•0 R. Brown, Helen C. Harvey. Two Laymen, 1(;1-a rence Towne, Rn.lph 'l'. Wood1. C'hild, :vfary Berry. Indians, Ilich,mru1 P. ;\Iargeson, .Julius .\L -Dutton. Scene JI-,R ev. Lsrael Putnam, John 11. :wcPheo. Two 1,1,1 omen, Mrs . Thomas D. Noyes, Mrs. Robert J. Hoyd. CMldren, !Priscilla Boyn ton, J~ Jt hcr .Johnson, Virginia Kent, ('omitance 'l'aylor, Norma Wheeler, .Tosepl1 Berry, Ed woin ·noynton, H.oF,er Kent, (Jialm , Trefethen. EpiKocle V-Civil 'war, Joseph Doolittle, William JI. Smith, Henry S. J'aul, William JI. Lovell. World lVar, Clarence Clifford, Robinsou A. Fogg, Clyde G. Robinson, Ellsworth Thayer, 'Donald T. Yeaton. RP<) Cross Nu.rse, '.\lrs. Marion l'rlrie Dutton. Y. ,v. C. A. Worker. Kn f Irnrine 1,:, Deane. Bearers of Fl11g,s , Woocllmry ,\·dams, Clnrk, TllC'odorc Lamson, Kennard . Palfre y, lb,• Sn.1HlS, llaclger Sherlmrnc. . .\HJSIC The musical setting a,rrangecl by .\Ir . .J 01111 Hermann Loud. · Holoisls-Susan E. Borthwick, :Mrs. Ethel Seavey Hill, :\1.rs . .l~loiso Wbit· tier Paul, 1-:rnest P. Bilbruck,. Jolin ;\1. :\li tchell. Organ--'~larioit ::\1:clntire. ViolinC. :\Iclntirc. GfuN~RAL CO.\T!\llTTEE Gertrude Luce Dcrt11a M..Bennett S11san E. Borthwick i.!JdiU1 G. B:rewstcr, i\Trs. :rieaLrice H. MaLthews, :\.Irs. Olad,ys C. ·warren. CO.\l~lTl'TE'E ON COSTlnrES MrR. Chal'ICK ,v. IGrn.y, 1\1.rs. Annie L. Bcny, i\Irs. E. L. Chancy, l\lrR. Thomas J~lanit1;a,n, i\lrs. 1\. JJ. J•'ostN, :'11 rx. l l<'rbe 1t L. Taylor, :\1 rs . .l. lt. ,valdron. TJ1e ll.r.itish uniform used in the pageant was capture<d: from an ~fficer during t:he Revolutionary War. It js loaned br :\J iss Ellen 1,Veel<s of C reenland. ' co~rn lTTKr-: ON IDECOllATIONS ~l rs. William <:. ,vallu11, Susan IT. .\lathes, Ada C. Reynold s, Jean .S. •· ~.... ,.~.,,,., Butler, Kathryn Hildebrand, Ruth rJ. Junkins, Arclene K. Lance, Eleanor Pi l erin . �·. T ' URCH 1 ' ' ' church es bega11 to harde11 tllelr doctrinal se rntim en ts into creeds and conresGion s. This temper of mind was very evident In the North ·Ch urch. 'In Dr. Pu tn am' cones-. pondence with Dr. Parker, and especially in Dr. Putnam's far e well ser mon, there is full evidence or a rigid doctrinal position and au extr eme orthodoxy. The clrnrch manua ls of this period contain e la bora t e cr eeds with abundant scripture refere11t·P>1 followl11g the dllternt statement:;. Th e church bu ilt itself up in this period or doctr ina l (nsi..itence, a ud m atle n full demantl fo r ;l!Ond11ct as well as for be li ef, uut we may •be glad that In time a mo re catholic tem,per developed a11tl that th ere has been a return ·to . the genius of early :congregationalism, when the emphasis is on Christian purpose and a growing religious experience, anti wl1en the creed is one of brevity and slm1>llcity and is reiegated to its proper place. HISTORY TALK n .-s ome Important points we have , fhtv'e}ed far from th e ea rli er <IHYl:l There. are, trnm4:nious Interesting ip_. o~; ' thinklng . we shall n ot be beentries in the, records revealing the 1,;l!dered : if 1n· some ease3 we tlnd cµstoms pf an earller day and the .Jfreoent thought sympathetic . with orflei:ing of. the intern~! life of. the : ~h,oiie.,:w~om ' ~µr . fathers, sought to church. , . . · i-w:tm from , I.he error or their ways. ' , '!.l\ug; 18, 17.18; "At a churoh meet- iJlill.~h · generation seeks to . exp res8, ing ljl.'w'.tully warned it wns unani- , ih .t1i,i:\llght · of its .owii day and o~ ,mous1y. voted that we_give oqr con- •·i 8\' o;wn., ex,perlence, ;great and perse~t Jo' the reading o! lite Holy ~anent' thiths • which ' no' generation ~ctlp,ture in the ·public worship, 1~aii fully '·,c ofupreliei1d :.s Our · bHHithat is a ehapter jn he forenoon nl!ss.,.is•not to accep t th'e creeds of and ·a. chapter In the afternoon se r- l,j.he past_i':bu:tJo respect , them as the ,vice." .1 . , ·• ·.IJ'tfoi-t of ,riien , of -th~ ·spirit seek iug ' J[!IY -7, '184·8·, 'The reauing of rho fo•,..relate tbemseiJves to the God of scrtptures in public as part of di vine ,nll;tr,utq and to the truth of all bese11vico, with a· short prayer preceerJ - ~ng. ;· · ·1ng ·was mentioned ·and agreed to. " ;. Congregal!ono.llsm is in its nature ,,, •l n n17-50, it 'Was voted ,"that the an I ejlrly tradition .creeclless, in .that pastol', . a-t his -dlsc_~etion; may use It · ba se 8 fe !fowship on life and not DI'. ,Watts' .Psalms •proceeding th tl on do ct rinal belier . IBut lt has of ' sacrament . artd his Psalms and necessity recorded Its th eological Hymns at the sacrament." views ·111 creeds , and sometimes, in '!n , 17:60 it was voted that Ju. spite of 1ts ' genius, . demanded a!lsC1nf •W atts' version -of: the ·Psalms be . re- to these cr eeds. In general the doccefved and used hi 'this congregati on, trinal position of this church ha~ ~ud _the -0hureh w~s wllling that LI < accortled with -the general position Watt's: hY,mrls In general be ocoaHion- of the New England churches of the i :if"u~ea ln' thls _church. ,But 1t tcr,k s ame ,period. Hs mini sters during •(~Ur 1me~lnis • and nine months to the eighteenth century were ]earned *~mpJis'h the chang~ frorri t_he New men .but no one or them developed }Engfahd,:.;verst?.n ..~t _th~ ...Psalms _to a sci10 0'l of theology. '!'hey wern tli~b<5t ))r. Watts ·as "the' more use- open-minded men. The Nort~ flll ·and .. edifying.'\ ' ·-· Church welcomed t•:> W; pulpit ,',,_,Th.e~e,)tems do more than tell us Whitefield, .both In 1741 anti 111 ~~2,ut detai~~ ot ·-the early, worsh!'p. 1770 . Tl1e covenant of 1671 and '!f'#ey :ll'!l, tnterest!ilg as · making evi- one adopted in 17'46 were religiouo d~)lt 'at ,the very period when·,the bf- 1 an d emp hnsize fellowship and c0n1!ce .9f the ministry was mosf highly duct rs.tiler than theology. A cont .'$p~ctea ·a)ld . the" · ministers were fess ion of faith . was ~vritten out in ·.sf.rqp~ ,i>.e_rsonailtles; ,that then the J 77 4 "to be conse nted to by all such 1 .~~llii~.t~tra•tl.on ot ,the affalr.s Of the as claim the christlan ,privilege", bnt ! '. (~1?,,shiJ.> '!lls }~ lt13 o,w n •, hands, and it was added '•If any perso n shouJq t~e ;p~o.ced.ure _-W,ffS democra-tlc and for · any ,particular reason , scrnplc n~t •a tocratlc. ·The numerous cases the foregoing confession he may of- i o(c1i.urch dj~clpllne at .·, ~his same fer any other which he may think I -pertqd 1,):lake it ' clear not only that more agreeable to the :Gospel, . the '.'lli>Jrlt?.8:~,. t,teasp~f.)".as ,!l,_eld. ·· i_n , church having the r!'ght -to c1u es tion , J!i~'!l ..,~s.s~ls, _but : afst that thli him upon what he offers and judge , . tfill an·d ward ot the church was whether thoy can receive It ns snt is-tti.e ·'fl\lly.: · verY, ractory." earlY.i: a. comm:Jttef was · lpstltuted As late as 1790 a committee of ind .·ch'.bsert aim'ually ".to assist the the Plscato.qua Association, of which. •pttse6r b'y, their' ''<!oun·sel at 1111· times. committee .Dr. ,Buckm!nster was d 3l tl!_ .lilm ~l_l ~ uch af- member, r eport ed: "that the pro•.!~,f/s .!ls :,11,re ,~.e ~dfq•~ for the good of fes sion whicl.1 th~· ch urches have a ·thk': C~U!,'Qh,,.,an'1 ,tliese ·to 'be account- right to d e mand IS not an assent to il:iw· to ' the church ror their man- any human ereed , . confession, o r '.ageri\,.iint:"· .:· : ,. .. ; ' ( , stqnmary of Christ/an doctrin es, but. ' · ·,,,f'r·· .', · •• · a general profession or faith tn It ... , .,.1 '., • ··t '' ~trinnl ,..., ' •' I :' '.\ '\i!t~rf Is ,~O!f~lde~p..bl~ ~'aterial in Ch rist, repentence for sin and hope ;~litffio.ns," I~ , ~e.c_orqs .a nd, In ..contro- of the mercy of 'God throu gh Him, -z:..Y. emai Mr.,r.e .P~nden.'!!3 . ·t11at allows· expressed either In words or in wril.\11',·AA,:ubd_!lrst9:I!d _sqm·ethl!')g of the Ing." 1B ut the Unitarian controversy doc'fr.1nii.! p6sJt109~, held _by the brou~ht chn.nges. By · the ilt,tri!rent · ,rpln!1~~!s· , a11.~ by the necessities of the time:!> men -cljurch at ilifferenl periods. n'o.t , be surifr!sed to ' find I ' The ·Lny Control 0 I 'I ,,tp.~•·t.~e )~rl~s .of :a~!J:.~<:> :~~age ~,~A~-: I 'l'l111t•s of •H elli.:;lous :\w11k<'Hin~ lt is clear from the> rerords that Portsmouth and the ·N orth Church have not misse d any of those seasons of general revival interest · that have visited the New l~ng land churche.; from time to time. 'l'hrough those visitations the religi ous IHe ·o r the church has been refreshed a nd the member!;hiµ built up. LJ11ring the period of the so-called Un,nt H.evlval Whitefield . visllecl the city three times. The clly was grea tly stirred a ud lhe i11terest coutt nu ed for three years. It ii, 111 r cpo rtln on th is• experience -that Rev. s\1r. Shurtleff, of the •South Church, Urn characterized the _people of •Ports mou lh uf lhal J)CJ'(Od: "They ho.vc I think, ,been remo.rl<ed by stranger for their Politeness l11 Dress an d ,Be havior; hav e -been thought to go be~ yond most others in equal circumstances, It' no t to exceed them se lves , in· their sumptuous and elegant livin g and Things of like Nature; and while they have been justly in Rqpute for their generous a nd h! sp ltable -Disposition a nd ror mauy social virtues, IDi'ven;ions of• various kinds have been mu ch In fashion, an d the vices that h ave been u sual in seaport an d trading places hae been common and prevalent amo ng us." The res ul,t of ,the r evival was a n alteration for the better, 'M r . .Shurtleff 3ays , aud the evidence ,seems unmistakable as ·he affirms tho.t ".Some that were manirestly of o. narrow, ,ellflsh ancl worldly s pirit, and seefned unwilling to part with anything' o! wh at they possesse·d ·to any ood and char ito.lJ!e use whatsoever, tpp ear now to have th eir Heart~ rnch ' eularged. Many ' that have 1ealt dishon es tly have not only ckn owledged ,the 'W rongs they have lon e, but ha ve mad e Restitution f9r :hem ." vVe have no snc h specH\c ·ecords of other times, but in the 1astorates of ,Dr. •P utnam, Mr. Holl, \fr . Clark, l\tr. Whiting and Mr1 c\dams, th e church ·had ma1·ked r&' •ival experiences usually In co mmon' vith the country at large. ln :1894, rnion reviv a l lle t:vices, largely atcended, wer e held in the city, 'bu't in ·ecent decades we have depended 1pon the m e thod or 'Christian nurure ,to secure !Chri stian deci sion and .o build up ,the churc h. ,l le ligion I'ast 11ml P1·<'sent Jt ~l!l b~ _rii,btly observed _t_1t_a._t·... si.i........'--".1:iiii~....:...:..a.::..:.w.:,;,;; �011,· long review we have ·sJ]oken o! 11isters and o; )aymen, of meeting houses and of organizations, but not explicitly of ·that whirh should be central in. the life of the church-of religion ltseH. fBu,t •the life o'r Goel in the soul of man is an elusive thi11g·; ·sud ,pious moolls and s1>iritual exercises are difficnll to rt>cover on t or the past ancl it)• prop~rly Pvaluate in the light of the .prPsenl. \\ P shall not try to disrovPr :111d !;,•t forth -the spc>cial qualHio!I and t:11:nactrrfs-tics of the life or the Spirit as it existed in the Chrfstinn group In tl1e differen,t periods of the past two hnndrecl and nfty years. Some of the reliilous ox,perlenrPs or the fathers would doubtlef,, SP<'m unreal and meaningless ,ta us, !10111<' of them partial and some of t hrm mis ta ken; but they prese1-ve:\ au<l handpd on tho great Chri!ltia11 tradition, a nd havP made ft 11ossihlo for 11s to malt(' evident the mind of ('hrb,t in thE' circ11mstnnces or· our own day which de£perately needs the practical application of the ·Gospel of Jesus, in order th:1t clvilintion may be saved. It is usel<'~f. to inquire whether the fath<'l'3 wore more truly religfo11s than W<' nrr. 1Helig• ion, as they largely ex pPrirncr it, tr not the religion for our dny. Onr~ must be a belief in and a devotion to the illeali;;m of .l es11::1, and n sus tained and sacrificial plfort to make that idealism real anil vftay in all human relationships. lt i~ uot their type_of religious .expPriPllCf' bnt their duti[µI spirit that WE' sh011IJ inherit from faithful men anrl womeu or the p.as,t. "Therefore, Jet us a !Ro, soring we aro compassed :diout with so great a r-Joud of witne3ses, lay :rnide every weight and tho sin that cloth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is !!Pl l)efore looking unto Jesus, the perfecter of 011r faith." 111 0 ---------------¥-1 ~/ . "The Spirit of Serv_ice" iven in Co,1nection of 2 0th A i1i arsary Celeb.-ation "The Spirit of Service," t:hc pageant faith to Sci·vice. of the two hundred and fiftieth anni-1 Solo, "Tho Enrlh is the ~ord's.'" 'Pn;ary celebration at the North 1670 Episode Two Church, was given Friday evening in Scene 1. John Cutt and James Pendlothr> chu1·ch before an audience which ton, two leading settlers. ftll«cr•c~ l'l'Y iscat in the edifice. It was Goo,ly V'falford accused of witchcraft. a nota'l>le presentation and given under 1671 ( 1Ito ,g cncr:tl direction of •Miss Edith Scene, II. 'Dhe Foundidg of tho Church.· c;, Hr<'wstPr and Miss ~rlrudo Luce, Joshua Moodey, minister, and eight \\ ho arranged Ll1e program. Rehearsigners of the Church Covenant. f<als for th e same have been going on Governor Leverett and Magistrates. fo11 some weeks and there were 150 per- Ministers and delegates from Camsons in the 1mgeant. The co-operation bridge, Rowley, Ipswich of tho members of the North CongrcHampton. galional l:IOC'icty in working- for tho Tho Spirit of the Love of God, success of the affair was 1111arked and I growth of this Founding of the 1vlisscs Brewster and Luce received I Church, approaches Service. nothinis but words of •praise after the Hymn, Tune 339. "The Church of God" pageant, for their rubility and untiring· Sung by congregation standing efforts in arranging the affair. I 1672 Tho pulpit p\atfonn 'bad ,b een en- Scene ll!. Custom:; of the Times. langcd for the presentation of the Tyt'hing Men, Cage and St~ks, Foot pageant and ,with its settingis, of _green- I Stoves, Sle<'p~ng _in Oh~C!,t,_ ery and electrical effects made a fitting 'bacco used orr Hill or .cs Day, 'background for the Yarious scenes. cipline 6f Children, Help given Tho participants acted well theirHarvard. College. parts and n.l! wore costumes appro- Music. Prgan and Violin. prlato for tho times in which the dlfEpisode Three· fl' rcnt scenc,s of the ,pageant were laid. Scene 1. Revolutionary Days. DecemThe costuming was elaborate and one bor 16, 1774. The Tea Party of the features of the pageant. the North Church. '.rhe following was the order of tho 1TT7 program an(] tho participants in the Scene II. Patriotic Se1·vlce of pa~t':1nl: \ Langdon and laymen of I 11 lt•rprl'lctl by •episodes from the church. 1li:; tory of th o North Church. Tho Mus ic. Violin and Organ. wording is lakcn in part from origin- The Spirit of Patr!ollsm al tlocum l• n ls. aid to Service. Or•;,~n. "llnfo.l(\ Ye Portals." 1765 Episode Four l" ,·" 11,guc. 'l'hr •Spirit of Service Hymn. · • l, c:- pons c. '1'1' 1101· 'flolo. Scene 1. Missionary work 'for 1G23 Epiosde One 1"rontiet· of N<"W Hampshire ,\ rrh·al or S~tll cn:!, Davitl Thompson I Hcv. Samuel La.ngdon. anll olh c1~;. I 1820 :ll ilcs SL:i.11<1 ish anu followers " id from tho settlers. T,1c HJJlrit of Generosity I io- I I �rc-n in early Missions. Beg!m1lng of lhe Rogers Ml'Ss!on Circle Gleam o[ Brolhcr-love awa;ces. Episode Five Musto. ":II!no Eyes Have Seen Glory of bhe Coming of lhe Lord'' War Veterans, Red Cross Nurse w·orkers. Violin. "Christ Flanders." 'rhe SpJrit of Right appears. Episode Six. The Last Thirty Years Solo. Hymn sung at Ordination ,nstallat!on of Rev. Lucius Thayer, Jan. 28, 1891. The Spirit of the Church pays tribute to tho ministry of Dr. Thayer. Th!l Sp1 lt of World-Wide Brother1 hoop cniers. (Nations reached b) thQ service of this churoh repre6e11ted by flags.) The Spirit presents the ,growth 1 Mlsslon'3 p.nd recognizes the wort of Mrs. Thayer. The ,Spirit of Service passes on "Light of Christianity." to the Hop, ot the Future. Song of the ChlldrenEpilogue · •Spirit of Service. Hope of lose not the .vision. · Retrain:"Althoug,h the vl .. lon tarry long Live In your tu.Ith for It will surely come," Allegorical Characters Sp!l'lt of Service, Ruth A. Seyboll. Spirit of Generoslly,Aroos Benneyan · Spirit of Love of God, Ethel "•· Kenney. Spirit of Palrlotlsm, Marie C. ' brick. Spirit Gleam of Brother Love, Murray, ,Spirit 'of Right. Helen F. Adams. Spirit of vVorld-w!de Brotherhood I. Fisher. of the Chur'Ch, Muriel Lance Historical Characters . Epi~ocle 1. Ind!;;.ns: V!clbr 0. Bo~~ Cha;leJi wr. Gray, Jr., Juliu s M. Dul ton, Richman P. Margeson, Arlhur Muolimore, \Vl!llam Randall, John a Sweetser. ( Daniel Thompson, Eugene E. Lam- ot ,, ,v son. , Settlers: Charles E. Abbolt, Walte1 R. &arvey, Charles A. Tolman, Wade Y~heeler. Mylcll Standish, I. H. Washburn. Followers, Jam es A. Borthwick, Frank D. Butler, Percival C. Sides, Rlchiird S. Weston. BOY, George McKenna. Episode II. Rev. Joshua Moodey, Lu1:!us ff, ThaY,er. John Cult,• R. Clyde Margeson. , , Richard Cutt, Edward P. Sner)>urne. Ell~~ St!lemo.n, W!11lo.m C~a!_g Rlohard Martyn, W!ll!am H. Slayter Samuel Haines, D. F. Bortnwlc!{. James Pendleton, Ralph Junkins. John Fletcher, Edward C. Matthew, John Tucker, Wlll!am E. Maddock. Governor Leverett, Chas. vV. Gray 1.fiitliitrates: Harry B. Yeaton, .Simon R, Sands, George T. Wiggin. M!nh;ler!al Delegates: J, Edgar Borden, Arthur F. Howard, Dr. E. S. Kent Joseph Ma.ti.dock. Goody I\Valford,, Mrs. 'Annie L.Berry. Scetto III, ~alhaµ!el Fryar, Albion W. V{arren, · Jane l''ryor, Mlldrecl Morrison. Tyth!ngmen, Robert J. Boyd, Charle, .f{. Kimbal\. Wo111en: l\l r,u. · .•; iil!am Craig, Mn I. H. Wai;hl.n11·n, Mi-s. C. ,v. tl\1cDanlel Ch!l<lren: ,J can ,Bicktorcl, ,v1111am Walton, Jr., John Yennard. , Men, Fountl<'rs or •the Church. Bpli;ode 111. ('ltl:i;ens, l•'. W. i!Iarlfon.1 . Arl!1u1· B. Duncan, Allen C. deHoch monl, Horace ,v. Locklin, Joseph Marden, Charles A. Peabody, [i', Shc1 woocl. 'Brlllllh Soldiers: Millard \V. ncr, Sherman Thayer. John Langdon, Ji:. Curtis :.'lfalthe11 ,i, Jr. Legh;laturc: A. D. 'l)'oster, John N. Goodall, S. G. McCl'!ntock, John U. Pnrsona, J. Edward Pickering, Jeremy R. Waldron. ME>tisenger, Paul M. Harvey Ephlodo JV. Rev. tSamucl Langdon, George J>, Smallcon. Messenger Boy, ,Samu I Taxis. Two ,vomcn, Crace R. Drown, J.Jelen C. !Itu·ve~•. 'I'wo [,aymcu, C!arcnco Ralph T. Wood. Child, Mary Berry. Jm.ll:ws. Hkhman l'. l\largc::;on, l!us l\L Dulton. 8t:t'l\l' IJ. !tcv. Jsrnel l'utnam, John IL l\lt:.l.'hee. . ' Two Women, Mrs. Thomas D. Noyes, l\Irs. Robert J. Boyd. Children. Prlscllla Boynton, Esthe1· Johnson, V!rg!n!a Kent. Constance Taylor, Norma ,vheeler, jose'ph Edwin Boynton, nogcr Kent. 'l'refctht•n. ' l!:plsot.lc Y. Civil ,var. Jm;c 1>h Lluolllllc, \\'llllu111 IL 1S111ilh, ll •~nQ· !'alll, \Vllll:1111 ll. l ,CJVPIL \\"u1·l<I \\'ar, < 'lan •1rcu Clifford, lto\J in,;011 A. l 1'ogg-, Cly<lc LL ]lol.>illtiOII, Ell:;\\'Ul'lh 'l'hayer, Donaltl '1'. Y ca to 11. Heel Cross Nurse, Mrs. Marlon Petri, Dutton. Y. W. C. A. ·work er, Kathel'i11u Dea ne. l Dearers ur !"lags, ,vood\.,ury Adams, Ju :; tl11 Clark, 'J.'hcotlcrc I.:um;u n, Kc1111unl i•alfrcy, Hay ::iu11Ll8, :;hcrhunw. Jll 118ic- 'l'lic 111u ,; ieu.l ,;ctlini; cu \Jy Jol111 Hcrmann Lout!. , -!:;olo!sls, Susan E. Borthwick, Mr><. \ Elh"e l Seavey H!ll, Mrs. Eloise ,vhitt!er Paul, Ernest P. · B!lbruck, John M. :\litchcll. \1 0r?an, narJoµ ~,i:cint:re. Violin, H-'· ".Six hundn~ year.a a,go, Chaucer, h ·, is 11 rologue lo the Cant rbury Talef ·mmortalized the parish .minister o IH t:mc. Of all lhe nine anti twl'nt, ')il;;rlms that travel ed, th at Apr! "l:ornlng, from the Tc.bard Inn 11 :oulhwarlc clown to Canterbury, 'th• •oly, blissful martyr for tho seek non , an.cl sympatheticall poet as this 'goo, nan of religion.' "l\Iany of the characters in the· Pro og11e, lllce lh c Friar and the Uood 'Vll'Jf, 1f Bath, han• 'become antiquated. w, 111d nobody like them In the world o today-they arc slr.ange ancl obi;olet,, 1en1onagcs. But Chauccr',s varlsl ,ril'sl ls still :unong us-we l1now hl.rr vl'll-tlw good man or rcli:; h,n, rich In '1o ly thoughl aml work, ea~•·•· to !n•tru cl his 1mri:;hlom•rs In till' truth of he Gospel and to glv o( hl,i :;ubstanc< o the poor, vi,;itlng the near and the 11:;tont alik<', In sickness a11Ll misforunc-, h:m,;pJ[ a 11oblc cxamplt• in worC ml deed, making it lti.s buosincss le ' raw 1,eople lo hcav,'n, l aching the 'od l'ine of Jc:;n:; Chrl:;t but fln;l fol • ,.,wing it hims lf. llow f,uni\iar to u: II is this noble and \ouchi11g tlgur, 111' I ht' •!Mtrh;h ,n4nl;;Lc r. 111..,,11 \hj:':;a:i !,•I: Pnlurlcs he has nol changc1l. Olive· 1oldsmlth descrihed hi111 in 'The ne ;C'rlPd Vlllnge' no lc.'ss ht:1.ulifully thus ~h:w<·<' r diu in \he l'nilog-ue•. " •'A man he was to all the eountry dear, / Anti passit~g ril'h with fort) pouudti a year: nemole from town s he ran 11is godly ract•, Nor c'<•1· hacl ·hanged nor wished to chang-e his place. Unpracticed h<' to (a.me or .-eek for power, BY doctrines fashioned to the vary1ng hour For other aims hi s h ea rt had learned to prl:i;c•M ore' 1;R llh•d lo raise the wrclche<l) ' . than to ris~. llis 'hom;e was \mown lo all the len G. McIntire. General Committee--0-ertrude Luce-, '3crthrt M. Ben:-irtt, ,S urn.n b,. TSorth.vicl,, Edith G. Brewster, Mrs. Bealrice H:. Ma llhL' WS, l\Irs.~Gladys C. VhHrcn. Committee on C:harles ,v. Gray, M;s. Annie L. Berri•, vrrs. E. L. Ohaney, •111rs: <'lanagan. Mrs. A . D. Fosler, -Ierbert L. Taylor, ,Mrs. J, R. ,valdron The Drilish uniform u!ied in ageanl was cJ.plurcd from :rn office, during th e Revolutionary War. ·l l oanecl by Miss Ellen ,veek s of Green· Committee on Decoratiomi-111r£ IV1111am C. \Vallon, Susa11 IL Math es \<.l,L G. Heynold,i, Jean S. ,athryn Hildebrand, Rulh L. Junkins \nlene Jo,'.. Lance, Eleanor Pickering. , Herman U. Crompton had chaq;c o: he electrical effects. Miss Muriel Lance, who took the al egol'ical character o( the Spirit of th• hurch, gave the tribute to the pasto1 lcv. Lucius IL Thayer, as follows: ----•c..-•, "' , ngrant train, Tle chid thcir ,wand<'t'ing,; but relit!V d their 1min. The long remcmbered bcg·gar was l1is guc,;t, Whose beard, descending, swept his aged •brea,st. The ruincd sp •ndlhl'ift, now no long l' Jll'Olld, Clu.i,mc,1 ltlndrcd there anu ha.cl hi::; claim,; allowetl. !'leased with his 1i;ue,;t, the goocl nian learned lo glow Anu quite rori;ul their vice:; ill their woe. 'art'l css their merit,; or tilcir faulLs tu ~can His plly gave e'er charily began. llL•,;ide the 1bctl where p:u·ting life wa:i laiu Anu ,;orrow, guilt :mu pain, 1Jy turns d!::;maycd, 'rl!I) reverend t:hUlll!liOll :;loo<]. Al his contrpl l>L'o tmll' am! augui,;h net! the ::;lrugglini; soul. ·omfort ca.me clown, tho trembling wretch lo rai sc, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. .\t church with .mecl\ and unaffected grnce HI,; looks adorned the venerable place; Truth from 11i;s lips prevallecl In double i;wuy, And fools, who came to sco!'f, remained lo pray. �worlds and led t he way. But in his cluly 1>ro111pl al every call Ho wa lchcd and wept. he pra~ cd and fPll fo1• all.' "l·es, !he J•arish J11inislcr ·emote d,LYS has noI cll:u1:;l'd. uno11g us sllll. J lc -is lu u,; ll'hal he \Vas to lhl' conlempor.arics or Chaucer tnd of Goldsmith-the teacher. h<'lper, •xamplcr ancl friend-lo ·whom we turn, and nol in vain, in our days of calam ity ancl dlsl1·ess. "\Ve may not have a. pocl to celcbral<' his dcrds or love and TlletTY, ·bul lhry will forever II Ye in lhe hca rls of lho><" ll'hum he ha,; l1t•Cricndl·d an ti hC'lped." Tllo n 11<:~nric:i 1 ·11:1 r q•l e1· 11r ~!piri L ·,f \\'oi-ld-\Vid,• 'U1·uth,•rlin•11! 11:i ~ t:ili•·n by lll lss I 'lanchc I. l•'isl>P1· and in referring lo the work o~ \\un1t•11 and children 1:1 the church slie paid lriuutc lo Mrs. Thayer as .follow,;: "ln this church lhc \\Oman',; worl, ,tnd lhal of children, ton. has bcc11 most wonderfully led by h<•1·, !he pa,slor·s JJers i,; the lead,,rshiµ of heart and brain >tllune<l to ·· rvi• '"· and :t miud quiek to discern all h<'lp(ul rnl11lslries o ntl speak ils s~·,n pal hie,;. 8hc 1Jn,,i cv r G"IVen lo c,u~h :i11d all inspinLtion and slnmglh lo 'earry on' from church and home lo stale and 11alion's / CHURCH "S IRIT Succ~ssful Presentation Given Last. Evening Before· Audience that Completely Filled the Church . The :"\orlh !Congregational Church\ A dramatic scene opened, .Episode was packed to the doors on Friday 'Three, featuring the , famous· Tea b1·ening when the histol'ical church 'J':nly at ,the Nor~,h Church:, . . · Jml','eanL, "'l'he Rpirit oi: !Service," in· '!'lie well k11ow11, ·,wor·d~ ot'G~'I:_, ;'Tqhn <·onJH'lC't ion wllh the -celebration of Ln11gdo11, who 1l'Ml impersonatetl by thn 2~tlth nunivt"r~ary o( the found- :\Ir. 1,J: Curlis Ma.tthewri, Jr., giving_ ing o( the church, w~8 presented. 11is pletlge to the cause or right and The pageant was arranged by Hhrrty, fcalu]'(•d , the drama.tic clieod." 1\Iiss rndilh U. Brewster antl :Miss m:tx in Scene 11, when th<!''!)atl·iolic 'T he r>ai;-eanl ·will ·he r1>pcaled on 8unGertrude Lurr, and showed the re- service was enacted. 1ay afl, ·,noon al~ ocltwlt al lht• •·hurc!l s11 It or 111 uch st ucly. The episodes . \ ,t the close of th is ep;sode were carefully worked out and -the S.pirit of Palriot.k:;m, impersonated 11rincipnl historic events featured in I hy l\Iiss Marie G. .Philbrick,· apa way to gi1•e the most effect with 1 poared as aid lo !Service, taking her the Je:ist :imount of detail, so tha,t I pl:i.ce next to Generosity. , the action was not retarded and the 1•1 pisode .J?ou r was devoted to the 1 mi,;sionary •pltaso of the church worl,, 11ageant was not unduly Jong. 1 ThP musical i!;ling arranged by f, l:nling in 1 ,,.:;_ Herc a1ipear_ed ,.~..~-,1',,.~.1 :\fr. John ~lp1•nrnnn Loud, the well TICI'. Sumnrl .1,:ing,lon, imp~rsonf!::: .!mown organist :incl compos<'r, vtas eel by iVJr. Crorge P. ISma llcon, actn./,,;t rffeclive and intensified the ivr in missionary work on the fron!-lJlirit of ,thr orcasion. tiei· of New ,J·!ampshire at lhat ti!1ie. •A plnttorm had been built out Jn Scene H, tho ,period o[ 1820, was over the front pews and covered depicted the early misEion work, the with canvass· :incl it was here that I he ginning of' the Rogers Missio 1.1 Cirthe acl ion Look place. Back of this ; r-le with the children m::iii4_g a were massed evergreen trees. About ' plc~sing picture in their quaint cost he lrees were grouped the allegori- tum es. cal characters. The ,S pirit ot SerThen ca.me t11e ,Spirit •Gleam · or vice was im])ersonMed by ·i\iiss ,Ruth nrother ,L ove, witli Miss -Mary MurA. Seybolt, who matle an effective ray taking her place with tl1e symsymbolic YPllow, and !Jolie grou11 at the altar. pagrant with Urn proEpisode 'Five brought nearer lo;?;ne. home the war 1ieriods of our history, ' J•!pisode One featured the arrival and was most • impressive. Civil of the srttle_rs, lll\ing'.1.1g in lhe lu- War veterans, Josupil S. tLlttle S. ,!Ian -:uul )1 Jies slanu1...;IL an 1 llis Doolittle, 'William H. S1nith, Heury Xol) :lllt<'J'S. Al lhe :end of ll1e l'l1iSOclc s. Paul and "William H. Lovell, !he Spiril o[ Gcnero ~ity. impc>rson- marched clown the ais le and for~ed a te<I hy .\I iss A roof\ ,13 e nneya n, ap- I a ,~roup at the ·left of the ,platform, "-,.,.,,,.,..,.•• neared ancl, plrtlgi11g her f:tilh, tool, wi:'11e on the r,ight were staged 'the hC'l' plricr al thr right of S erl'i cc . \Vorlcl ,var ROldiers and workers. l•:pisodc 'l'll'o wa s in thrcP secnes While the organ and vlol!n played nntl covered th e period from 1li70 to "Christ in \Flanders," i?virs . Marion 11• oilowin p; thr nevol11li-in. the Petrie Dutton ad,va11ced to the Mefon11tlin1,?." of the churrh, with Rev. morial tab let rrcently plaood on tho L. J[. Th:iyrr. ll. U., iml 1<'rH011.tling east wall of the church and hung on tl1r Ulev. Joshua 'Mooclt"Y. n 11 <L th~ it a spray of .red roses. '.Flags of tho---•.c.....,_ fnrmalitiPs pcrtai11i11g to . the sip;n- allies were carried by Woodbury ,-.,.,..,._...• ini::; or \hr <'hnt·rh covm1:i.nt, the Adams, Justin C lark, Th~odore-Larn'::;pirif of Lovr or c:o<l, impcrsonale:J son, Kennard Palfrey, Ray Sands, 1,y .~Iifis 1,:t11el W. Kenney, g-l idod Badger Sherburne. Clarence Clifonto the ~cene a11d took her place at ford, ,Robinson A. ;Fogg, Clyde G. the left o[ -Service . Rollinson, ·Ellsworth Thayer Donald T. Yeaton represented World War votera~. 00 �The SpJr,it of ,R,ight, impe1'sonated by .Miss Helen F. ·Adams, th~n caµic to join the group surroundmg .~er~M. ' Enisode Six compris~d the_ las t ~hjrt,, •yea o -£Up~ e~~ure-It ~ • Here the ' plrlt of the ·Chu roh,, impersonMc:l by ,:,,uss' )1udel Lo:ucr, paid au eloqueut tribute to the ·ministry of Dr. Thayer.. . The .$pifit. 6 f :;world~Wido ~ro~l:l erhood, im·personate:cl by Miss lmanche I. Fisher, then enter~d _an~ presented the growth of_ M1:s1on.1 and gave 'w arm recogni~1on of ~h.e ,splendid work. of .Mrs. Tb.ayer m or~ ganizil}g this line of fierv1c?. · Th<1n tho ,Spirit of service, J1old, iug alof,t her• torch, stooped ,to , her. sisters and passed on to the Ilo~e of the ·Future her ''Light of qhrir;tianity." • 1Cltildren's voices !n so!lg .. were_ heard at the .. rear. o! tl1~ building and.. the ILttle toik of the churc~ .,._~.,,.,_.. ·marched down the aisle and onto .the platform singing, the '. 'Song of. t)1e 'Children;" coll!pm1cd by Miss Susan E. Borthwick. . . The' S.pirit or · .service , recite,'! the epiJoaue giving the ilope of t11e future a;d ~arn-\ng a•ga·inst l~si\1 ,; the vision of 'Christianity and L1ght. fuoh credit is dno to the varioup committees for the exce!J'ent manucl' . which tj1e •pai;eaut was arranged ind taged. The costumes were an s elaborate and ap.propr Ia,t e. · Everyone entered into the s11irit ?f" ,th~ occasiop, thete was , no ,stl'ivrn., fo1 dramatic effect, l;)ut the. whol_e_ . ·~ marked ,by a simplicit.y and imp1~., ·veness fitting for the ,purpose . ol s1 tl1o ·pageant and the P1ace i·u wlucl i.t was 'prese d. WALL DESIGN' REAR .-NORTH CHURCH PULPIT Meaning of Figure and What the Different Points Stand For. In connection w1t!1 ~!IC C<>lebra Uo n or I.he !2fi0t.h cole'b ration of the anniversa ry of the North -Ch11rrh 'rh f Times 1irinls herewith an ex1Ylanation •Of design IOn -the wall in the rear of tl1 e pulpit of Lha,t ch 111·cl1. So far as we have been able 1.o learn a description of ,. -this design h as never 'before ,been printed, anci there are. few members of the pn.ris il today, if lln:V. who COllid tell w11u i the gure represents :- This is one OJ the most im,l)'ortant . ,pape rs to I.JP made public during this anniversar y celebration. The ex;planation of th , desi·g n ls as follows: 1st, 'l'ho whole figure an ·Anchor. 1 2d, That 'Anchor called "~oril' Church, Portsmouth." 3d, The parts of ,the 'Anchor whicl· are necessary for the belief of th e Church. ,1, The Cross. 2, Twa emblems ot.._Eternity. ,011• lhe small ring representing Ete rni 1J past and future so far as tim e concerned. The other 'large ring r epresc nti11 ; on!y ithe 1!;,ternl,ty of the futur e . . 3, The -Star of 1Bethlehem, whi l'I occupies th e centre of the sma l. ring, as our Saviour alone.can lie placed in Eternity ,past and future; and he is the Pivot. 4, The word Pastors which with the star 9ccu,pies the inner circle and thereby also j 8 included within th L ou,ter circle because IQUr firt,t Pasto1 and Shepherd on whom our churcl, is founded is -the Star of Bethlehenand the Pastors who occu'l)y th r .Etern.ffy of the future so far as particular church is concerned placed in the outer circle which in eludes all who have lef t us, as th e: have 'Passed into eternity ,lo thi church. 5, The radii, encircling each tor, al'l point ito a1Hl , centre in star or which they all hope to come one, thereby r epresenting onen ess of the church . . 5th, The 'Anchor Js pointed ward~Heavenward-as we all to · have our Anchor in Hea-von not on 'Earth. Gith, The !C ross reaches highest •point in the church ceilin g. ther eby representing the posHion of' our Saviour in ; Heave n on ' th G Throne. 7lh, The point o[ the A11 l' hor is the C ross . That is what fast ens us to H eaven-the rloor by whi c:h we en te r- and that cror;s is t11e highest point in •Haven. 8th, The wreath which han gs on fho cross re1ll'esen ts the wreath of v-ir.tory ohtained therehy hy 1111 who 110111 ll1er0.Lo. Ulh, The HhaCI of the Anchor whirh the chnrch now han gs is on earlh •lit e lowest point o( th e Anchor. H is out,s ide of gler nit y but bordering thereon anu Uie ,C hurch be ing tltn prcscrnL is Olllsit!t: oi' 11iiy bnt ,IJ0r1lr!ri11g th p,·0011 j o in ed ,Lheret.o and, ihl'011gh thPir pr rsc>11t pnsto,· whose• 11a111c• is in thr ~haf-1, holcl on lo tlw whol e Anc hor, the Star, the ,cro ss aurl l•: 1f'rn:1I lifP. . 10th , Th 0. whol e> rl t>~ i;.>, 11 i;; the> un.fLy of the !Church with t:hri st , Lite tia me thro11gi1out etern it r, pa~a and future, a ll th e parts 11ec•1 •ssary an~ ,·et all making on n complc,l1, Anc hor tlrmly anchored in .Hav<>n, lite ce ntre object or Ete rnity beini; the Slar of Bethl eh e m and also lho ltigh,•i; L obj ect hPin g- the C ro ss. 'l'ho i11 sc1•iptiori:; in as follow s : "::--lorllt Church, l'ort.im outh, l'o und r, cl Jn•ly l 9th, l C.71." · J>astorr: -Moody, 116•7,l to l G:Jn; 16n!J to L7,23; 1Fit ch , 172:i to 17'16; Lo.ngclon, 117,47 •to 1774; Stil CH, 1777 10 1778; ,Duckmin ster, 1779 to 181,2; Pntnnm, I S1Li tu 1s :1 ;;; ,Holt, 183G to 1s,H; Clarie, 1842 Lo 1s;;1 ; Moore, ,1g,;;3 1to 1 85.i; 1855 to ,18 5!1; Gage, 1860 1-;.;.;.;::.:;;;:.;...,:. J SG3 to J 87 I. 1 �REPEAT PAliEA -TAT NORTH CHURCH Two I rescnlalions Given ~uuday Before Capacity Audiences. Thi'.' p:i,::-C':int g-1\·<'n Fri1l:i~· <'Y<'nin,::ln '('(' \ebm lion o r lh" 2:,0 I II :urn i ,·,.rsn ry of tl1c .:-Sorth Chu1·<'h '"ls r [)P:l!C>d Sun,ta r :i ft r11oon "I I h ,,,·<'1 r JH'\I" In thl' ,•hurrh f,I\N l :11111 r.llu'l'n 1m:ihl,• to fr:l iii :uln, jc~~inn. .'\'t fn11r n hour for I hi' npr•n inr: of 1111• . ~or\;, , \ i,·r, 1111• •·ln~1-'f\ :11• .,.,,.-c...,..·,,. 1 h,., ~d1lr'-w:1 lk \\ill! p<•Opl<' :111'(in11~ ,._ •.,,..,.,_,..J>ag1·:,nl :11Hl it \\·:'t~ r111nuun<•1 d th 1l 1hC" p:i;.:-,·a nt would l>C' rc1H•:11,·,I. -~~•"'· .\s th e- ,, , ·,•niug- s..,n·ic• ,ll hr· <·h un·h was not lO ,,.. h C'ltl , ow i11c:: to th• JWL' - SPl\lallon of thl' 11ngt'ant 111 th<• :oft<'r- a cco11d prrst<nlntion on ~un,J:1'.· P\"('11 in,::- a.t S('\"C'll o'rlorlc Th•• ('hild1..:n \\ h1> 11art!ci1>all·<I in lh•• p :n:<·:int w1·r,• Sf'I'- f.Js~;;-';;{,~.;:'_ YCll a lltn <' h at tlw :--orlh ch:1J1el a L th o closo or tho Kftcuioo~ p n.,enl:tlion, that thry llll ~IIL JJU ~.,,·c•ral !'llll"'titut<'!-' in <'haract<'rs ..-,,-.,.,,.,. th had to ht· m,,rlc· in llll' , 1·p11in,::, O\\"ing lo so m" h<•ln;.: un al> I,. tn tlic• 1·1•. ~1 l~s 111• '.11 urirl L:1111·1· as "Sp•l"i of th<' Church" as th<' J;li 'r•1· l'l'l urnc-cl \<J I :,,;; ton ,,n l he ('Y(•nlnf:' train. Halph \\"nnil , 11h;;lil11l "<l for Ul:tl'<'ll<'<' Townr, ' h Id,~ I '. 1 :,·1•11 ., . l <' l' for \\':1llr•1· ll an·ry ;11 111 \\"illi:1m IL Sl ayton fm• lt nlph ·wood . The n,in,p~ o[ E:1t11anl Slwrh111•np n ( :1ppt•.1rf•tl chnrch .'t'PIH's nn,l th:il of in llr.. 1.. 1111 :-;, omillC'll from lhf' pri11ir•1 \ pr11c:r:1111. !l,,. I l olll><t<'1· l':1 l'l'iP.t I l11• .. ,,111r;; :11111 k;tict';~.'':~ \/"' l! ol,i11 '011 ('!)tit' th<' r h1 1rl'\1 surc·r,,s o: thr p·1c:Pn 1 1t ro· ,l nil p:,,:pP(•t.iU011 R< 'lll :tllon lion in a :111 1 1 at f':1cl1 ))1"{ - it hatl tlw 11·11lil·i1l<-tl :tll<'ll· :tlllli<'ll('l', I t 11·:1!-' pn•,-;(•1\tl'd m oRt ,li"°niflcd 111:,n nf'l' :1.11<1 nil or lilt' or thl' ('l't'llill:.: \ll'<''"'l'llt:I lion the- p,1:;tor, Re,·. Lll(·iu ~ 11. Thn y,·r, !<l noel anwn~ llw lltll<' <'hil<lr<'ll ,:r<>1q1<'rl 11pn11 (ht' pl:alfor111 :111<1 pro11n1111,·"d 1h1• l11•1wdir - 9 SCALE FROM PLANS, AIL autiful Reproduction of Original, Made by L William F. Spicer. ln the Doston Sunday Globe or it was pos~ible to :nake it. ll :nvo1ve l Dece mber 11 was an illus trated arti- 1,h_e hunting up ,of thu <' l'igina.l •pla.11:1 cle regarding Col. William F. Sp.ic~ that \\' ere mad,~ hy a famom, ship deer's mod el or "Old Jronsid'e3" . • \Ve s igner . .Tos_hua }IumphrcJs , in the re-print the article below, as Col. ,18th cec tury; ~llc . stu::ir• cf thP.s,~ Spicer has ·bee n closely identified l>lans ill connection ·with tfl1e stiu-dy of with Portsmouth and Kilttlry in the l1ip ltsetlC as it has been restoryears past and as it is an interest- ed; th•~ reduction of the plo.ns to lug description of th e 111.odell of an scale by means of th o .pimtog1•a.ph; ancient shll) whose ·history is inter- the study of 'the .. l·ious 'changes that woven with th i>.t of •Jur own city. were made Jn her i·Jggrng -a nd. ment, and finally 'th~ working out ot 'l'he article follows .• a ll these 'plans ic1tl derails in• such Hy ,\ . ,) , 1'JUL1'0 'f 111an1ir•r that lhe mode1 wou ld The ·uni led Statcil l< r1~.. ~e c onsti - ally sail--,l, th.ln,g very ,few tntion - "Olcl Irousid'es''- may rot'in model~ ca,n do. t•he wn lers a-t th e Navy Yar d in , , . . . · Charlestown and, dis',ll>J>Car, but it is 'l lus ls His Scconil :H~u~l. t doubtft1I if Uie beautif1~l model o( In point Of fact, _thi . 1s .hi_ •~cond the r:tmous old w1ar ship which Lieut. rm~del of l lle Cons~itutrnn wlllch C'o1. Col. William F. Spii.cer 1_1as ma<le, Spicer ll'as m_ade. •'l he ~rst was largeand w\iich is ·housed in the 71fa ri11 e 1~ an exp~nmen,, winch proved to Jlu~num In LhP Old• Stall· Hot1 se, wi ll !11m _,h_ow 11:llc lie kuew about the ac. pe rish f0r centuries, except }hrougll tuallties _o r ~1l~ P --conslruction a.nu some accident. aroused in h1111#lhe dete1:mnlation to Curiously enough it lbad a narrow m~ke a. model c~mplce !11 ~,·er,; ,-descape from just such .a fate in the tail a~id fro?1 wJuch a. ~u,11-~ized Conrecent lire in the ,Qldl Stale Housr, st ibution might be :imlt, if n-eces1 ju. t.after it had bel:fn completed and ElJl'Y. As n'.1 _officer in the United put in place In th r> museum . ln 1'.nct, SLates :\:anne Cor.ps he Uiad i:jerved on some o[ t,he ri :;gin~ was slightly in- such fngutes and 11.ad more._ than a jured in tl11.1t fire. But that was ull, ca 9 t1:i.l know~ed$e of s_uch ships; but and that has be1,n re1rni:•ed, so that when ,he came to amke a mod~\ _h-e now the model is in ~horou,sh "ship- fouu d th ere was ,a _lot more to sh~ps than he 1iad ever dreamed of. So , llke shape" once more. a :'11:ariz{e, ,he .determined to mi:l.ster Destruction or lhe moll. cl wo 1ltl lhe probl em, no matter w1hat it cost. have bPen a great loi;£ . r,, r thrrn And he did. , I . probably never was a i;lti 1 ,' , mod ril • made with so much o!J care and thol'1Most of the miniature square ;igoughn eRs as t11Jis . So perf~ct i!! th•J gers one l;ees were made by seamen hull and so elabOrately ma.do th e from obse rvation and memory and sa.lls and rigging that t>hls miniature a re as a, rt1l(' "appro:x.lmn.te:-" There is hag actually b~cr. sa.lJed, in the ocea n a very good mddel of H10 Constituand p,tt Uirough some or the man- Uon in tfl e Peabody. 11iuseum a.t. Saeuv .. rs t_tha'. the galla11t commanders !em, made by a_ man-o'-warsman, wh ·-Hull, Bainbridge .and Ste wart-· se rved und er Hull in the old -frigate. put th~ old Con'>titutHm through is thoroughly w~ll-ritged, ·but thero wbc•n rhe reugh~ ,i.nd \\'On : oir, 10 of the n.ro some " out~" about tho ).lull. Very. i:-,rratef:l "!in~!.;.fll1p 11:1.vul ba.ltles in few -com1>let<' models or copies· are h\~l(,ry~ .. the bnlll ~ th,·1t ht.~c c.i1- .ever made from the original plans. deared her to nil Ameticans. One resull t of Col. Spicer's stucl;J, )11\klug Jt, a J,nl,01• or I.on-. n nd res~nrch ,bas '!Jeen to sho\y that Th e making or tJh is motlel by Lien l. some errors have been mac.le in {.he Col. Sµlcer or t> h e :\I a.rlne Corpi; is '·restoration" of the Constitution by not only a good deal ot an ar.hievo- the 'Bnrc>au of Conat,ruction nnd RP 111ent, !mt it Is a g.ood ueal of a pnir uf the :"-1avy Department. mance. for it is thr; Expression of his ~ludo 075 lilocks for Rig~ing. regard and .love for the famous old The m•lkfo g of an exact miniature when he came to make model lt e model of the hul l ol such 1,t ship as the ii Is doubtful it it ever could >have Uonstitution~per!.ect in 1111·e, •Sheer" been done as it wns,--studied and a nd ,proportion-ls a ratb.er ..fine ilnil'lhf'tl wlih such patience and skill. problem; bnt tihe real test of patJence The making of th-is .model, perfect nn d skill comes tn the rlgglh/;!':·• :r11en in every detail, was a lteroulean task. one stops to cqnsider that 57r, ,bloc.k~ It took rrom 1912 !o" 1.9 2 O to do the of all s.lzPs, through which the 1·opes work. It first Involved much study 11ni;s, had lo 'be made in perfect ml11nnd research 'for Col. Spicer was d~- tuture"for this model, one gets some termlnt>d that the model sh\luld br i;mall iclea of what the ri ging alone ns nearly perfect-and to scale--J1o This includ<:!s 219 sjp le :,9 I IH ro- a:rma.- �double blocks, eight treblEl ·bowline or lhe Constitution was 31 fJ suy nothmg pf shoe-eyes. feet Jong. Some or the cable , ropes he.J_rts, cleats ..and cal. were- six or eig,lit inches In diameter blocks. J and some of t•l le olocks were several ·es, the .amount or work neceSoSary fi:iet tall , s h eaved with lignumvltae. in tltiing out one of these frigates J The ge nfu.3 · or the des ign ers ;l i11d was enormous. It was necessary to \lullders or tlH.~-~ fl-lgates-ancl-Gf U1e 1make 28!!~ hitch es in the r:ltl!nes , ~".\li:tre rigge rs ge nerally-flor ralcu~used in tlns model- a job so delicate laling st1·ess and stra.Jn and, weig•ht and tedlous 011 th e acale of dime11- on masts :i nd hull ,under all weather i;lons that only a lac rnak,e r ,could, c6ndltlnns w,1s equal to that of the fl'PPreclate Its full signlflcance. 1uest bridge engin eers of todu:!s. In ' F.or th~ 'benefit of the · landlub-ber falct,Jb is S'a te to sa'y t,h,1,t the .fountlalt might be wel1l to s t-1te "th-:i.t the 1·uons of stn, c1:urd1 'engiin eering we,-e "ratlines" are the s teps of the rope laid down 'by the old ship buiid e l'S o f ladders on bo Ides of the masts. u. -c entury or more ago. The. uprights, 01· s.i'll es of thesi; ladr;·:,p wo•r~-:'r rf ull thh; k~owled ge der a.Te the &h.rou!ls and,., each rat- and genius uf. th e -0ld bull,J t rs and line is mn.de fast by a s el'z ing around designers came more and m<'ro to Col. the -outer shrouds a n,µ 'b.r a clove Spicer as 11e.stud1e d th e origin a l plan s .hitch. around the interm edi,Jte of the Constitut'ion, and as He progshroutls. Sailorm en know the whole ressed wHh !his work on th e 'l110qe l. ladder system of eae.h mast as· ,the It was a good! deal of on edu cation in shrouds of that 1).articular mast- a n.ew ~orld of lrn-0wledge to him. Jt running fr~m deck rail ,to cross, became moTe and Jli-Ore fascinating , tree5. ' . and gin •e him a new in s.lg-ht into th e Commenting on t11,;s parl:,c-ular ·ohar(l.ct~r a nd aolibe r of the me n }Vi10 pbase of the work , ·c-01. Spicer said: built sMps alon g the Atlanti c sea''H anybody s·hou~cl ever ~uggest my h'Jarct anr1 s.:i lled tlie ~even seas 100 mall;ing another mo del, the tas,k alo1~e yea.rs ago. , of 'Ntling down' would •:prevent any' Col. Spicc1· J~xcc-ptionally "Handy." undue entih:usiasm on my ')jart." lt wou!J be pos2ibl e ·to say a good Read Founc:!ntion or Am<'l'ic:m Xay'y deal about Col. Sp'ice r {ver'J •he not lt •ls only when one sees so , comJ an exc\')ptionally mod est ·man. The plete a mocl~l as Col. Spicer""'ha.s ll_llld~ men of ·the ::-.r:ninP, Co1,p11 "ne ver -witlb; s11,ils ~t-tliat one can get ,ui bJ.ow their own horn s ". 'P.hat ls lra c1eai; id'ea o( the beaut.ri of these oHI clltlonal. 'rh er,are also " handy" in the :fu';!gates wh,lcll were designed l:ly Josh true s ense of knowing hpw\ · to see ua iHumphTeys. He desig ned four . of th e~r ho nds and turn th e msen·,-~. to them whioh were bh e r eal found,1tion tile doin g Q[ mos t anytblng. That is f the American 1 av:y-tlie ~res!- typical " Yankee. " dent, the Constitution, th e ConstelJa. If Col. Spice r •hadn ·t ue el'. i:l:,::option and the Uruited Sta les. His oh- ·tionally "handy" he rn,11,1:1 { ha ve ject was to make a fri ga te a trWc made t h is beautiful mortl'l o[ th o Conlji._r.ger ind f!l,ster th a n tJhe fl'ige.te s of l,tituiion. Ju a c'asual wa 1• il e toi<l th e England and France-big and pown writer som e t!Jin g of 11i,s tt·c:u hlc;; :111 C. f'lll enou~h to domiM,te those trig;:\tP joys "while engage d in th e tas k. -ind rust enough to a void tho llue o "I was out on the •Ch in eH r t..ation battle ships, if necessary. ' rnme 1 2 or 14 yc,J rs ago, ·• i;n id Col. In this p,~rnose thE!y were succ"v SpiC(W, w hen t.h e id ea oo :u,.!> tn 1110 to ful. Their V{0rk in he' w:i,r wJt11 Trip make a m ode l of t'he ,C ons Li t u tic 1: , for all and AJgjers astonished •the nava I lovl)d the old •t'l'igate a n I had seen men of Europe, but their work i'n the her w hen he aay; .at KHle r:1\, all war of 1812 amazed even the peoplt boarded up ns a receiving shJp or a Of the United" States. Tliese 1rigiates traip~ng ship. I got h old of h~r plans S!:)titled ~or all time the :plaice _of \1ht and made what l thio,ught was ,1. pre t nited States as a 111),va•J .power. ty good mod el -a ~ iling mo 1e1. But And these f'.igates carried ~ enor it was done in a ·1 1~p-hazard sort of 1 m,ous quantity of .sail. On the Con - way. stitutlon for Instance, there were sev " 'I la id it away a nd •had almos t foren sails on the mizzenmast inc·J udine gotten it wJ1 e n I Jearne dl tJha t t he a. "ring-tail"-an extension of the frigi1,t e Con s titution red bee n transJ spa~l,er sail. T·h ere were five square ferred from ,1Porls mou t.h, N. TT .. sails on tl1e' maimpi1,it and flve on the Navy Ya rd to Boston an cl that she foremas.\. TherE\ 'W1?re five' sbysalls on had been 'restored'. So , the first the tori;mast. ,and .six stun.sa,ils -On V)1f chance I 11ad ' 1 werft o-ver to. the' n1adnIT1ast. There -wer'e three jibs !l.J(<'J Char~es town NavrYjlrd to. see h e r , other ernergenc~1 sails, to say. ~ot11!n1? and in stantly t ,became a \\la r e of the of duplicate sails to be set after a ,faet ' that I ~1~ mag e a mimber of battle. m!st,1kes in my mode l. ~ot I ha t t he 11111,st 100 Feet T,.;i1, Constitution w\'lS coml))le tel:r .r ostorccl . e masts were exceptiona11Iy y an.y means. She w~s nol. op. t,hes'\J frigates. The 111ainm:a st was "Hut I realized (rom wha t ~ -qou l d over- 1 o·o feet. And> all <>f the masts ee that I had made some g,Jar111g e rwere d-O'llb1e-sta,yed, .so in case, one rors in the 111111. ·w ,hen I saw her a t ~t~y was irhot awa:y.t1i e other would ('01:tsmouth she wa s boarded 11p-f1er •lib-Il,tlle maf:lt ih!ll,t ,suppo1'te-c1,..s,u.o · '!H- ~•·M · not• vis ible to any grr ~ t ·cl,oud of canv,1S. 'nbere WM a ·veritalJle loxWnt. . . '( rest or stays i,.rouncr the jlbboom. , . "Tu111blo· Hom " or the, SWcs. The quantity of rope a;nd -corda1,e "The first thing that cau,ght my cy r used ,1-n pie rigging o( these frigates when I saw the hull compl ete we re was ~!so amazing. ~he fore ~ 1·oyal )1e decided flar e outwards t he: I I 1 pow, bulwarks lllHI Lhf' Jl l"Oll O UJH'P <I 'tumbl e. hom e' of her sill<'!,. 'rh o iin r~ W!'.'l'C mu ch ·mor e gr.ace l' 11 I an <! heu util ulf than I had _an y i<J ,. L o f 'l'h L· rc was a rra ce [ul ' rnn• 111 n!Pr he r qu a r te rs. 'rh en t here wer,, 1;1e :rn ci .. n t tops o f hc1· 11ower 111a.- 1,i anrl 111<' J ri ple-hOl'll C<l t op-m a, I r r d::~-, l'l'f'~l, ah o11l wlli t h I had Hui lrn ow n, a nti m11 11 y ollll' r roa tnr c,~. " I th r-11 a11d th erf' tl e LCl'lltill f' (! t,o lll llkl! I L ll f-lV m oll e l .ai1t1 thi s ti me a trn ,• 011 e. H e r ,hull and masf s wc l'c r evea l Pd to nm ill ·a ll th e ir uea nt y and cli g 11 i1 , a n rl I t' n li y rr ali 7.<'ll 1r l1 n t n uot c.l, I ,!1ad ll i':HII' of thal fi rn t 111 01hl." ('ol. Sp ice r ha <! SOI IIP. <l irf,ic111ly ill g('[ tin g a p er f<'ct pi e1'r> or woo<l fur t ht> h ul l. li e fin a lly ro11 11 t1. two p Pr i' tll' l p ieces of ~I exic,1 n m:d1ogany, rou r i11 c,heH Hlf ll lll'P :Ill(] ~II in<:IH•K long. T hese whe n ~I nu1! t og,•tl ier ·mu cl r j 11~1 th <.' lo.~ t,h aL was n ecessary r,ir the 111111. '!'he ll, \\' 0l'kin g fl' 0 lll t ho )Jl :111 ,1 and t he fill ip lt sbll'. ,he was :.ihl<' t o W0l'lf o nt ti ll~ ln11f~d> s ca le in nn al,solnte per fecl man nP1·. 'J' he mod I is 39 :{ - I ,in chrs Jon~:. 'nhe or igi na l ('on s tlt ntion is ~1;; rN,1 "t h r c i11 ch ns Jo ng -on tt1e r:li i and ! •!.,, Oil IIH k c I, w ith a g1111 1]Pck 17 I ft C'I 1 1 1-2 i nc hPS long l, t-( W<'f'll Jll' l' f)f'lllll cnl a rs anrl 1111 e\l rem e rn nl11L'1 l bron cl th or J!i f'e t s ix iilr,1 1P S. A ll fll'O l) Ol" li O II S W C I C lll aLI<• to ('0 11 f0l'lll lo th e IP11g (,h ,l c<: i<lP 1] 0 11 , 'l' hc• rlgg-in g ir; as rnn ch i11 r:1111 f.0 ;· 1{1 if)· o f eca le a:oi poss ilJ l . Or con r:m th e ti ny block ~ hntl to he m,!,: ln i:u,,;e e11 11 11 ~:h lo hol d togc•lher, a rm t he r oi:es ·o r fis h lin e- ('hi H(\SP g' f:l '{S !in f' , wl1ir·I! ,Joes n ' t ·hr ink -a r e as 11ea1· s<:a lc s ize as st reng th wouicl 11e n,1it. T l,P pl ank ij1 g li11 eH 011 th o clC',f' k WP!'<"' elch . e el' fllH fill e d wilh whi te lcacl . Th ,. ca ps ta n is m:i cle f rom a pi rc,• of o:. l-: nsl'c.t in th e origin a l Co ns Lit 11!io11 a n ti h a ncll ecJ ~!ow n in Lh e Sp it·r> r fu111ii . s in ce 18:l!J. ~JH' ( id 'J'c,o] s H:ul to He, :\In!lP. Spec ial t oo ls ha cl lo i.Je m n<l e to dr, t11 e fin e cl N nil work in til e h ull n11 1l rar e hacl t o hr taken t/1111 1;1c, 11 111f Pri a ls n,:e,I ror g un s, IH>,L tH, e t ,:., wo ni d not o ver we ig ht th e 111111 :11111 nn•rn111 h er rron\ sailin g. So th o g 1111 s a r,' ma<lc or wood , ancl th e mas ts al'<"' ;io co nstrn.c l e(l th a t th ey work 011 l ,1 11 ri ght. , t<' p by ste p an<l ui! Ly hit thi :; m od e l wa s IJ 11ilt, with the g-r~ ti ,:1 ca r e ,i n evel'y cletai I. '!' he r,:; i I pi a 11 was ns ca re ritll r st uil ie,J as l hP h 11l 1 a n,! e ve ry 1-mil is m:i d u to ·1-w: i! P. o r ;, s ilk mat erial lh:ll will J,i-:,; t. '1' 111) 111111 bf(\C]n ar c so S(' r e weu in si de I.hat th e) sh onlcl 11 evc•r f'O lll e a pa rt. T ho h:1lch es, 1rnmps, ·<':I JHltan and nil ot hPr 11f'.:. essar y deta il s are m arle with lhP 1110s ! pe rfec t sc n!-e of ~tii ity , 111<1 or nw·chani s m . 'rhc port ,l 1,0l es or Lh e i:; nu <1 ck a nd quarte r deck a r pl a.c e tl ,as o ri g inall y deslgn ecl, e ve n to th e uridl e p <Ht :i a t th e JJ ow. 'r he •c aLi11 , with s ix win liow s art an,J ll1ree -0 11 Pa ch s icl <', :irP o.i; ar! gn:.11 :,· <l o:.: ig ned. T !1cr e w:i •, 11 11 quar! Pr cl cck on t,he~e fri ga tes . (' 0111 ma n<l er Hnll used .n tc mpor,iry quar te r deck wh e n h e sai led t he Co m;t ifu t ion , uut fo r th e be tte r wor!,i n;.;- o f til e shi p in ha. ttle it w.as d <'ri<le,J to ha ve no s upers tl'QCt ur e on teh deck . ' TJ1e offi cens'· qu a rt e r s abaft the mn..,,.. ·n_m _ ·a...s_t., . _ _ _ __ �· There i~ a1! ;unusual spaC!' bc111•c•Pn ihe foremast nn<l the 111ainrnaHl. Thi. was to permit of-greal<>r frcrdom of movement 011 the sp,ir cleC'k anrl to M!~i&;!J,!r~.. accommodate the big h11lch bet we<>n tl1C1He masts, where uonts were kept when sailing. This hatch wns an important [actor .i n t;he worl<in:?: of thP 1 frigate clurlug a fi g!1t. 01·i~i11al ]1ut lCt')"t\14. Guns. The Constitution can, d LI :• nns22 on the soar de.ck ant\ ·1 L on the gun deck. There .has hl'CII ~,,111<>' di~pu\e l'.l,bout the exact numh<•r of gnns she carried, bnt Col. f;piCPI' has adher d lo bhe original' plan . ~hro car'l'icd no gnns alo(t. Tho !lecl<8 in ti1c mo<l Pl ,1rr srrn~cl in rabbits along t,he Hi<lPH. aR wPII aH the lhwartshiJJ piecrs or h<>.:1111!-, and arc set in while !earl along llw -si<lcs IH\i~'l;r-,_,:,;i;~r.: and ,secure(! by small bl'IHS nails ancl then ca11ll1cd wilh cclton all(] cr•mPnt. The d cks. llke ihe hnll, wPr<' r.cored witlt a poiJ1led instrnnwnt to i,;il· the a.pJtearancc or plankinJ?:. The 111iz1.enmast, as in all frigates, is a single stick anll the fore and main arc built up masts, held togethP.r by •hemp wooldlng, lltt('h -,~ were in use before the cl,11,!-{or iron l1t1.i11gs . Tlfo fore ancl main lowPr 11\:tsls in tho model arc of sprncr. as arc t hr topmasl9. 'l'hr royal nrnsts. jihbr,o m, /lyin~ jibboom, tho tupgnllanl y:u-cls. rnyal _yanls_ ,.,;.ysail yarcl>1 arc all or North C'hi11,.1, 'bamboo- t-hr toughrst kind. The 1lower !)'ards ,,HI' liltell,. with tru ssl'S , truss •p 11d,111ts. tackles, etc., such as were ·in use h<>fore iron Ii ttilngs WP re introduced .i 11 to the nny . I 'l'ake ii :ill in all, i l is a w,,·Hlcrful 1 model, a vf'l'itable th-ing of l•Pa n\y. lls workmanship would rertainlv please ---coul1l hr> but see it - ih<> ll1~t great designer of, t;he Pnit<'d ~ltatPs , 'avy -Jos,hua Humphr~ys. For it Is ,111 :ilmost 1ierfect .repLica in 111i11irtlure of the greatest fighllng\ship in the navy or more i.h.,i.n 100 yC':ns ago. Under lsaac null thr con~Lilntit>n defeate!T the (fof'l'l'iPre; n nclcr Bainbridge s·:10 reatecl lhr J::iva. off tl1e coast of llrazil, ancl nnclcr Stew1nt-grandfaU1<•r of ptewart Parnell she fou,:.hi ca'Pture<l in oneroalt.ie ;the l' .1"1ne ancl Levant, on Feb, 211, 1815. 't'.his was 11er last battle.· •Col. Spicer sn.i,s th:i t' C'. '1 yron Clark, a nosto11 marine ,ll'tiHt, paints pictures o[ the olcl friptc C'onstilnLion with n gre-1tcr cl• •;!r•'" or accur-kl'll."'i··~!r•'' ac:9' than •.inY other arl ist ho known, �Seated in back row,)eft t o ri!:]ht, wa\j"~~u~cilme!1 Matthews, Front row, Counc ilmen -a t-lar!)e ?ay ne, Phi l~ rook, Dcwdcll. Seated on the side, Ci ty Solicitor Dale, Auditor Wri ght, City Messenger StandinQ, Mayor Hartford. City Cl er I< Clark seated .;:t the ri~ht of th? May ath of Co0icilman Beane ~nd the other by the resigna tion of Coun 'Iman V/11it!em orc. Lewis. or. Two Brown , L.....,...----- -=!l'F"===~ �ADDRESS Of REV. Alf RED fiOODINfi Farewell Sermon on His Retirement AftP.r 40 Y ear3 ii! the Miuislry. The follo •.,·ing Js tho fa rf'well mon preached by Rev. Alfred Uoo<ling. who recently r e!i1g111.:'1 hi s p:u,torate nfter thlrl y -scv!'n y<'rirs a,; p:1stor ol the Unllarinn Church of this city. "Thou sh:i.ll remcml,cr ;ill the w:J.) which the Lord thy Gotl lctl l]1ee lhesl forty year~."- Deut. S, 2. Although this Is Christmas Sunday an<l one would natur:tlly speak uporthc theme or the cla~·. l s hall vcn tun lhis morning to llmll our c e lrbratlon the rl'flecl!ons upon my mll1islrr ~\lpp0SC', :t lilting ,a11'j1•1·l fo r tlil~ ~l'I'· vice. Nut I hat thiH should b<' 1·:tll••d 1 f:trewcll ,;Prmon, bei;ause on say: farewell only when one> IH going away an<l that I llffi not inteneling lo donot even to travel. UlysHC'e< s:t~·H In th• ''I e•nnnol res words o( Tc-nnyson, from truv<'I." )!y disposition diff,.rs i1 this rt'spect as in olh('l'S from that o· Homer's famous hero . I like 1s, n a mea urr. proof against tho change lhal tak place in Its occupants. Thi. afCcclion for a place remains whei other objects of arrcclion have passc , aw:ty. And so I am glad that the Cales d , nol comp •i me, In retiring from m field or lahor, to retire also Crom th , town or my af[cctlons-for that wouh Involve a terrible wr nch of the heart I am sure that I should I.Jc ncithc: contc>nle«l nor useful anywhere clsE c-spc-cially in n. largr city. Afler all llH•re !,; 110 pl;1 ,·r of 1·e• s i1le11cr quite s, ~:tliHfaclory as a snw II town-noL Loe 1,mall, but :iboul lll,e this-been.us, lh<'l'U one is perpetua lly main lain inf .inti strrngllwning on<'',; friclH\ly rela· lions with oLhrr p(•opic, alway·s knowi how t l11•y arc> and whaL lw" luq,penec to thl'lll a 11(1 whaL they arc doing 01 i11lcmli11g lo do. l'crhaJHl thci;e arc 'no. ,·rry l:i r;:-t' ma lll'n; to bu -;y one's sel with, ft lHl ycL th •y Corm Lhc theme o lhm;<' wun,lrrfui sloric.· hy .lane Au,; trn, of whom 'l'Pnnyson salll "She wa· a gr al artiH~. equal In her smal ~phC>re to Rhakesp an•." lt Is ofte n said lha t small towns an pe1·Crcl hot-beds or gossip and smal ta lit anel otht'r Corms of minor evil. , re,·t'nL wrllc•r <lc ch11·pd that if. acconl Ing to th old saying, "God made th• country an <l man mndc lh<' Lown," th, dl'VII musL ha VP ma,lc lh. lltllc COUil· try town. J\ul that bright t•plgram h hardly based upon truth. l venture t<. say lhal In a Lown small enough f01 ,•,·1•rybo!ly lo )mow, or lo know of. C\'erybody else, lher' ,l1110ll11l o[ cfflclenL kin!lnC!;S Pc-lghborliness, very Jillie of that b!Lter povcrLy and ncecl which go undisco,·rrf'd and unrclicvecl in large cities .\ gr<'n l ell-al of human misery exist, all(] incr<'asrs because il iH unlrnow1 lo kine! hearts, il is conceale<l in th, vasL willcrncss o( som great centre o, population. but in Lhc small town comc-s lo light and lincls immediate re • !ic-L ''J'hrrc i.; a rl'al satisfaction i1 Ii,·ing wlwn· povl'rly, ignor:wcc an« want arc Pol too f!rt'al lo l.Jl' 1liscoverct ,lllll h<-ip cd. llow l'fficicnt all charil.t· lllc lnsUtuliun,; in ,;u.:h tt place can t,e how adequate th schools, where no , the- humblest chlltl is [01·gollcn or lg11orC'cl . 'l'her may l.>e evil in- the Hmal country Lown, dul' lo _its smallness, !Ju· 011 the whole- U,c privileges of II(• l h«'l'l' n.ro grC':1 t <'r than i Is wnul!I rather•· says John .\llH'<' in hi~ ''C()n fc:--sion:; of I \oyhou<l"--"1 fur it. immensely attached not only to per· sons bul to lhlngs-s lr<'C'ts, buildings gardens, famllia1· vi C'ws , thr lomed landsra;ir. 1f I should move from olcl Portsmouth Into a morler1 town rep! Le wllh lhr lalC'Ht improvements, I shoul<l miss Lhc plN1.snnt ol< uncomfortable charncterisllcs of th, place which I have kno\\'n so long. j s hould miss the Irregular nncl pictures· qucs paths of flagstone In.ill down ii colonln.l limes. although one can wall artlflci:tl pavement o( concr, tr. 1 should miss th• h lgh fcneC'H, all hough onr en n sec th, lawns and g-il.l'dens llllll'h 111orc sa lls • factorily wh<'rt:' tiler<' is 011ly, c urbing or nlil. 1 should 111i~s 8imbby ol<I huil<lini:rs , altho111~h. fron the point of view of comforL and new· ness, th y contrast v e ry unf:tvorabi i with the immaculalf• hahilal ions in t modt'rn town. Thi s aLlachmt'nl lo ohjc-cls se ms le me almost :t co11dllin sill<' 1111::t the long ministry. \Vithout would -soon (incl some v ry g1·ea •·i.'&"'!~i,t lC'mpla tlon l'l mov e on ia ,.,,a1·ch o fresh lic-111>1 antl p:is111n•s nrw. 'oni;re · gatlom1 chuni;t·. A g1•111'1:tlioo st•I',; th• disappearance from a pal'ish list o many lnflivicluals and rve1t whoir (am• .. peoplP there uro strong rc•nsons lo induce one lo wilhdrnw nflrr tlH'R<' serious changes that comr with l hr Ciigh of years. Bul the stahiiily of things I: wonderful. Familiar facrs disappear one congregation insensibly merge: into another, but th<' olrl place o[ wor :1hlp, built upon rock and ouL of rock "'hoevcr rl1 1hf'r hl~ rcru ,' tllh " r t..• rl in ~lH' h a lh:1n tn h 1 ' f·1r,1n11s p\:tf'f' lt•' t cilit>:.>.'' i..LJHl he rcg1·cl.-; tint he canno t say with l'lutarch "1 11,·,· in a lilli<' town and J rhooHc lo liv!' there lest' it should be(·um•· ~m:tlkr''-a scntiml nt which l for on<' am <lellghte<l to share with the Jlcl Gre"lc l ,•01i,~i,lf'r myselr fortunate, t hercfun•, to havr liv e d a grral while In l'ort ·11outh and to be looking 0 forward ,o s0111 1' more of il-noL very dif(ercnt rrom what I ha vc hi lhcrto busied my;el( with, (or 1 have been doing a great nany things which I shall continue tc Jo- ,hings connected wiLh lhe cduca• •ionc, 1. intcl!Pcltrn.l n.r.cl social life of ___________ _____ ;...._ in and devoted attention more than All the business of life which l 1a.ve l:.ll<en ur, I shall ·an·y on, excepting, I suppose, preachng. That, however, makes 'a great !lft:erence, !or or course preaching IE he chief funclion of a minister. I have tiways llkeu preaching. I suppo·sc l mte1·e<l the ministry becausl) I thought · was fl tted for that part of Its duties. ?erhaps I have become rather old:ashloned In all lhcso years. My 1<lea ,bout preaching dates from an earlier 1crlocl an<l may ,seem rather lnad~1ualc In lhrs«:l c'layR when, to quote a ine in not quite the st:nse which the ,oet intended, "the individual withers .ml the world ls more and more." l .ave always felt that preaching should .avo to <lo mainly with 7.he problems r personal life and character, eve1,rny duties and needs, the perplexities,. esponsibllitlcs, temptations and con• olallons which arc common to us all 11ther than with great 'Public quesions, political, social and scientific. ,\'01·flsworth 11alcl that tho poet should ;Ing 'Of truth, of grandeur, beauty, love. and hope, \.nd melancholy fear subdued ,b y faith, )( blessed consolations in distress, )f moral strength and Intellectual power, )f Joy in widest commonalty apread." It see ms to me that these fine lines lcscrlh<' very well whht the preacher hould attempt, and so l have gener.lly spoken upon the themes of the 10ral and religious life of the irldl vl.ual. At th e same time •I have. not In, .n lionally avoided the great questions f the clay. I counted up recently the ,umber of sermons dealing dlreoll:y 11th the war which I preached from he date of America's entrance Into he conflict to tho end of it and found hat they numbered no less than thirty. I have tried lo ma.intaln the dignity f Lhc pulpit, not condescending to trl·ial or unworthy themes or to a light reaLment of tho important quesllon3 f life, allhough I have, sought to void too gre'.l.~ profundity reaLment an<l to mainlain r thought :i.n<l expression. 'lay say alHo that I have 1ore and• more tho virtue of brevity 1 prc:tchlng. 1 have tried' lo cultivate ,hat Henry Van Dyke calls "the art f !raving of(," believing that In our imr ft'W persons In a congregation re "Pt lo listen wllh prol\t Jonger· ha.n twenty or twenty-five minutes,. .ncl lhat if one cannot say something rnrlh hearing In Lhat time, he could ,arclly <lo it Jn a, longer period. I find that in my preachlng I have ren ccinslantly coming back to the ubjrcl of cheerfulness, emphasizing .s importance ann the need o! culti·ating It. In my list of sermons I l\nd his plrm;ant theme constantly recuring-Cor instance, "Choc1·ful Views r:Jf Iuman Nalure"-•~rho Duty of Mak_,g Life· Cheerful"-"Optimlsm ancl •essimism" an<l others of a similar l1aractcr. I like, to preach upon this ubjecl an<l I Imagine that most pcole like to listen Lo sermons In which he bright side of life and. of human ature ls held up to view and tho chief mpha.sis is laid upon the good which 1an has tlono and ls capable of doing �'.es ancl capnclllel:!, I sympatl:ilze with .n old classmate o! Dr. Johnson's who ,nee 8tdd to him, accol'CUng to veil, "You are a philosopher, oJrnson. I hn.ve Lrlecl too In my lime o be o. phlloi;opher; but I don't know ,ow, cheerfulness was o.lwo.ys break ng 1n." As o. matter o! course my pro,i,.~slon deals wllh a great many ot the ad ll,!ld gloomy events o! l!!o. All the .1.ore reason IL seems to me, why a 1lnlste r should clo all he can to d!sover. and point out whateve r eontrl11tes to human happiness and joyhe cheerful elements in human erlence. How about tho substance of m y ermons-my religiou s doctrines-In 1l this long time? Strange enough,the )nger I live the less 1 seem ·to' ha.ve :> say about them. I can write out my ·reed today In fcwc1· wonls than J ·ould when I first began to preacl~ hough not perha1>s so briefly as Dr. :Iolmes clld ln tho Autocrat of the ;reakfast T able, when he said "I have ~ creed-none better and none shorter. t ls told In two worcls-the first two ,f the Pater Noster.'' Uut !! I cannot ·).1>ress my whole creed In the simple .Jhra.$e "Our Father"-lncluslve hough that phrase undoubted ly ls, 1 an yet state my belle! v ery concisely. . am satisfied to believe In God as the fopreme Being In whom and by whom ,ve exlst~the Heavenly (Father, whose ~hildren• we are and whose nature ls ove and goodness. I hold the humanl:arlan view ot Jesus, as the highest .ype o! humanity, the wisest of re!l,;lous teachers, ou1· great exemplar ind leader. I believe In the Unltarla.n·~ .>ptlml!:1tlc view or ma.n as not fallen .JUI:' imperfect-as Involv ed In a process not o! decay but ot growth-as constan tly progressin;:;- from lower to higher thlrigs. I believe ln the Bible not as a supernatural r evelation, not as a !lawless and errorless boo){ dlcta.t!)d by the Holy ,Spirit to amanuenses-but as · tho literature of a remarkable people who posHcssed a genius for ethics and rcllglon that has expressed Itself In -these various writings eollected together ln our Bible .1.nd forming a. treasury o! wisdom and truth, the lll,e o! wlllcb exists nowhere clse, and- upon -which mankind wlll never cease to draw for md help. In this simple religion I find suJ't'.1:lent comfort lj,nd support. If lt has 1ot solved all the problems which perplex us mortals, it has at least Its reason able and consoling theory about them, Its cheerful faith, which nobody has yet dlsprovc<l and which will 1 ervc t o live b·y until God has revealed Lo us something m ore adequate,some '.arge r st:,tement of his truth, which .vm aerve us better. It Is often said that most people as :hey grow older, especi:J.lly if they Ive a long time In the same place,grow nore conservative In -their religious )pinions-more dogmatic. Who 1ot rceal! preachers who in the early 1ears of their I min istry the most thorough going radicalism md delighted In setting forth to their :ie(l.rers the last utterance of destrucdve crltlolsm, but who have slowly ?eceded from this early position, have become year by year more conservative of -the old and. more distrustful o! the new, and who are no,x ranlced among the staunch defend ers of tradition and rituali s m and everything el:.ie which they once despised. '!'hey be!ong to th:i.t class of -thinkers whom Dr. Holmes so aptly characterized ,vhen he said "A mellowing rigorist is 1. mu ch pleasa nter object to contcmpla.Le than a Lightening liberal, ns u cold day warming up to th!rty-tw degrees Fahrenheit ls much more 1grceable than a warm one chilling !own to the same temperature." IL has not been my expe1.'ience to be a. -t!;:;-htenlng liberal. The longer J live the more contented I am with liH' • plain, brief, reasonable, fl exible crcecl o! L!bC'ral!sm. The longer I live the less Inclined am I to dogmat!ze upon things which are objects not M knowledge but of faith. Not that In essen tlals I believe less than I once :lid, not that I have lost anything of Importance. I am thankful for that when I sec among my friends in the ralth some who have been losers, who no longer m aintain their -0ld conli,lence In the divine order, who no ·pnger chcrl13h -the happy bollc!s which ,nee meant much to them. I do nol l:>lame them for this diminished faith o!ten clue to so me overwhelming per~ sonul calamity, but I am sorry ro1 them. I wish lhn.t they could feel with Tennyson that ''This' gross, hard -seeming world ts our mis-shaping vision or Powers Behind th(l world, that make griefs our gains." Th ey have lost a support at the very '. Imo when they mo8t neecle<l it-l!H .; upport of tho8e cheerful and reason1blc beliefs which I am sure arc a<le~uate for us, if anything be a<lequate not only In days of prosperity but in Says or advt'c·slty. H c!!;;lon ought to Et' our help in tim e of trouble, and J 1m more than ever convinced that thC' ilmp!cst and freest of all religiou, ,alths ls wholly competent to bring to .ts believers I he strength \vhich at any lime they �l'ictures(Jue," 1002, in the rnenlion of the fouuding of ~ho city, we have been given such il111111inallng ( ! ) formation :i 8 t•h iR: "Tho shallop .JonaLhun, •from JH,rl or 1'I.vmouth, ,b ringR our pioueer, _ _ _ _ __. thn hardy Scotchman, David •r110111pJiqfo1·i<':tl t'n11tt·ovP1·s.r son, an,l lPn advent uro11s spirits or lC Htm·r. whom llhc nnmPH or nin •hav<' l111,l011hl C'1lly th<1 IIIO!<I illil'l'l'8li1t)~ ('011\C 1lo\\'11 lo \IH." (sio). r.edion of th<' Suutlny m'WRJJ:qwrn. lo'l'hC' hook ifl ('Onf11si11g :11111 coutmc:dl.1•,' wns th :i l ]lnrt or the !10:,1011 tli<'lnl-Y a1•·n rPi;~nling Capl11in John Sun,I~) Herold, hl1vi11 ~ lhe Co111·onl. .\laHOll. "II w:i.s 1101 1111Lil 1'G30, when N. H . IP.tler ]ly Jlon. lloharJ l'ilb- .\lason t\JlllC," on may· re:.ul on one h ur: 1 • relali!1~ entirely to the issue par;o, ,'llll on the next, "Cap..u.: n .\taral s<'d by tho f'irst ~atiunal n:inli or ~011 nov,•r s:1w hiR pla11tatlo11 hero." Portrrn10•11lh nislorical <·,liendur for !':Pither did UorgeR ,,,.Pr romo here, l !122, and ilH unf'xpeclerl ·rel'eren re to but somrone :i,l111or,t rvrry · year ., re''!lome f\s)1mongers ,rro1,1 Englnn<l, the . pea ts the 111 iRtake. • llillon brolhrrs," etr., whr.•, "l\'he11 I 'l'hcrr iri 1;ood authority apparenlly th ey found Thompson all fleltlod I\i!1:1t 'l'hompson went to Boston har(roall Y in Hye) navi i:;ated aro1!nd. hur in 1C'.'4. in whicl! cuse his "es cxplored up the river, 1.1nd finally r«- : ::,ill:shNi ,1,0~rlr:uarters" was or even tahlishe,l themselves al what i fl 11ow jfl•o:·ter duration than as mentioned 1 ll1l! :m 's' J>o!nt in Dovp1•, this bri:1g hY :\fr. Pillsbun•. tho s~rnncl sett?ement iI: ):pw Jl:111111.,rr. Pill sb ury suggests u1at •• no 1!'1il e • 11,orP q11estions hr raised, for Lhrrn is P;,rtsmouth set>-ms to llavr been glory enourh lo go aronnd," :tnd that rathe r unfortunate otherwise in lli:s "'"' get together to have a. glorious ,·r l<>bralion in 1923. Th<i dale of the spect , because, in such an inlere$!r recent book as the srlrndidly ii- Gorges-:\lason grant ,3ppears to have lic•cn August 1 (1, 1G22, iancl nol I'\ 'llber ,1:1 statr,I in tho book I I - - - - - - - - - -- -- ----- - �SOME INTERESTING FIGURES O. THE CITY . JINANCES--STUDY THEM • Year. 1905 1906' 1907. 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 19i5 1916· 1917 Assessed Valuation. ... •.. .. ..•.... $9,317,574.00 . . ; . , . . . . . • . . . . 9,248,273.00 , . ••• ; . . . . • . . . . 9,025,635.00 •.•. . . . . . . . . . . . 9,012,125.00 ... . ... . . . .•... , 9,034,103.0P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,134,859.00 • . . . . . • . . . . . . . • 9,3'95.387.00 .• .•...... •. •. . 10,057,008.00 ·, ... . . ... . . . . . 10,724,232.00 , . • • . . . . . . . . . . • . 10,910,035.00 , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,038,232.00 .. . , • . . . . • . . . . • 11,092,624.00 , ...... . .. ..• , .. 11,083,824.00 Tax Levy. $2G2,711.54 2G5,977.02 230,156.27 211,872.08 212.491.70 206,648.48 212,G0l27 2.Jl,135.75 245.2-83.45 246,835.lfi 255,955.11 258,525.43 259,321.13 i!i~ ::::::::::::::: i!·.~.:~:~~ti~ 1'920 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,552;923.00 Rate. $28.00 27.f>O 25.!,0 2:!.50 23.50 22.GO 2-2.GO 24.00 22.GO 22.Gll 22.60 2.2.SO 22. 80 22. S0 27.00 28.00 :~}m:~! 486,248.30 iS•Cl·IOOL EXPENSillS. A ssc-sscd value. I '.. $54,799.!)7::' $10,724,'232.00 10,9] 0,035.00 67,06~.201.,,.. 11,038,.232.00 61,768 '.9G ftt, 66,113 .5°8 .,. l 1;092,624.00 11,083,8 24.00 76,316:70 ;i· 12,534,202.00 79,731.82 .· 14 ,466, 1'18.00 lOG,785°.86'~ 16,552,923.00 i:t5,060.76 RECEIPT S 1918 T ax levies .... .... .... .. . . . . $305,0J 0.SS ,State taxe& •.' • . .--:-. ·,... . . . . . .. 30,%G.~O L tcen se.s ... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · 3,374.34 S chool Income . ... . ... . '... . .. 4,823.75 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,485.59 , ' . Total current · recefots .. .. $354,646.76 ; I 5.96 6.79 6.36 7.38 8.15 1919 $427,043.03 B30 $525 ,09G.·l 6 32,26 l .~5 33,520.!i~ 2,R2-l.!)5 3,176.80 G,015.18 27,04 -1.49 ., .., ,,, B om:Is anq notes Issued Expt:'nSN} pN $1000 o f value 6.11 6.23 6.60 -~ 4,2 37 .80 34.147.73 $496,530.80 ·1s,ooo.oo $599,837.17 100,000.00 $570,530. 0 $699,827.47 E XPJDN DIT URES. D ,ibt- ' . , .!;i_(a) -In tcres t . .. ... • . ....... i2.2, 237 .10 (b) Si nk in g F un d ... . •.... 40,700.00 (c) N otes and bonds . .... . . n.000.00 S ch ool s .. . . . . .. ... .. . . ... .. . . , 79,731.82 T a ices..!..state· Tax : .... , . .. . . . 23,008.00 . Co u nty T ax :. ; . . .. .. ... .. . '29,869.72 6,649.58 · Disc ounts . . , .... .. .. . . . . .. . 611.15 A.bat ements . . ....• . .... .. . . Atla n tic H eigh ts Add . . ..•... .' $24,636.Gn ~2.000.00 106,785.96 65,010.00 38,3 22 .'96 9,312.86 9,124 .2 6 12,568.50 - - -- To tal curr ent e:-,;penslls .. ... $43"5,403.70 F ranklin •S chool •.. ...•.. • , ·. . F ire Station . , . . ... •• . . .. .. . .• Pav ing . . . ,' ..• , • • .... , . . ... . . • E q ulµm ent , . , • , .. , .. • , , •. • , . , $31i,81U4 9,000.00· 22,000.00 135,060. 76 57 551.00 3s'.a22.Mf 11,599.H 2,04ti.99 12656.56· $492 ,675.09 3,2,929.81 7,672..11 $577,616.01 45,277.8-1 74,054 .73 46,334 .0 0 10,Hi8.83 $533,277 .01 $752,341.41 FUNDED DEBT .l..... .. ... ..... .............. ... . W a t er School .. . ...... ............ . . ... ....... .. ..... . Funding a n d R efuh<llng . . .. .. . . ... . .. : . . ... . .. . S~re_et Paving ........ .. .... •,: . ... . ..... .. . . .. . . S e w e r ..•... . ......... : . .. . •· .... . ,........ .. .. .. . Fir e Station . .• .... ....•..... . . .. . . ...... ... .... la'lli~--, ~ • I • $398,000.00 217,000.00 247,000.00 ' 156,000.00 28,000.00 50,000.00 $1,096,000.0•l ,16,000.00 • FloaUng D e bt , ( :3rldge_approach ) . . . .., ... . .... . . ' I D e duct- I ,, lri~~~~~~\ . ,I • $1,112,000.ou / 4~: i-923·::::::: :.:::::::::::::::::: S in k ing Funds· ( n ot Including -f unds for waler · •bo n d s or H igh ,School 4s, 1923) .. ...... .. ... . of ass es sed v a l ue 1920, $16,552,923.00.. .. . . . ~ Jan. $398,000.00 100,000.00 139 ,42 4.37 $474,675.u3 $496,587.69 1, 1921 , B ~rrowlng capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,012.0J $7 ,000.00 Note, lssu~d since Jan. 1, 1921, reducing ,borrowing · • • ·· (:apaclty to $150QO,OO, _ ,__ • . ,.,.1,1 if'."IWiJEJ)fA[fjilia �.. ·, . lYHElrt ·~!Ii . 111 --.- - .-1·\hy ' Ph•1•t1·ir:1! t·,: , rC'conl Lhr resis The Rye Beach cable .st;111011 wh1 c 1 :111e!' or t111•. ru1T1·111.,. llwrc·h.,· <l••n ot:1. ' . f!clally closed last ' w eC'k , I~ b !' 11 ('VC'd ll lmos; t ('X:t~lly I IH' !01·:t l:0 ' 11 or I '1 be the r es u)t o( llll g,'.l\llll hdll'l:•· n · trou lJI I'. J\I Pl'l":<'nl thf'I'(' :II'·~ ,,c-,·0r. reat .Britain and th e \\ (~l1• 111 t 1 11lllll ' · '\ l>rr:iks in litP 1: ,·,- ,·:i!Jlr :i ncl on!' ~l'e!egraph Company. ()(';]\((! hnlf \\' ll'. l11l\\'(('II LhiH pl:t The station has n.ltPn,:itl'lY IJ1 •l'J I ln 1. 1 ,llhP l t~ l,· ~ 0 ~ f{t1n: 1i:; . . \ r·th l<' slC'nn the hands of llw Dl•·pt•L \' 11i11•rl ·~t ,1t,·., ,, ,. ha •: w i1hi11 1!11• pn r;l i·••:1 1· t'<'Jl:1\t'• Cablo, Comµany, th l· l'ni l<'d :·Hal,' >1 \ ,1 l•1·,:1k within th ll lrH':lli, :;. Government anci ~inc"' l:t«I . l.tr •·'.1 t iH' : Th e· original nw:111~ of rC'cei ,·::,,: British Empire. l•'or t:w p:tsl f1•,1 yearn mC'ss:1~C'S ov r ilw lt ye <':1\.J!e \\':rn by n ,Ll,c Western Uulon .ba; lr:, ~<'tl' 1:.,, c.1- tiny '"'l'lll<', l\ill:S 111 1hr r·rnt1·P ot' n·1 ble on short-tc-rm l·~:ts; ,•:; :i11\\ " " " ' it c•x t n·mc• ly ,wnsiti\'l' g:11,·anomrl<'l' coll. i s und ers loocl thal 1•; ng l:i11d r Pf .1s;<'s to . . .·itt,"c'·i,<'<l to t· 1r c· ul:1r 1n 11Tnr ,, nssum e thC' rc-~pons1l)1hty or~ 1,,'t'1Hll~ JH' <111 rroflP<'l<'tl ;1l i·i~ ilt :111.!~IP~ lo th (> the cable In rC'pn.ir 011 th i« .·i(I<' or th P ll<'<'cll• ·, molion .\ light y,:1~ foct1.1• •1l Allan tic. 011 t Ii,• miiT01·. I 11,. rc-flc ·<·t ion of "hi ch , The Rye Ilea ch cable • ,;\:1 1ion ls sit• wa·s; t h r 1111· 11 ll!"' " ,l ~,· 1!<'. 'l' i11• cl• flc• ·ualed sev,en mil es f1,om l'ol'tsmouth lio1·r, of ligh t 111w11 th r s.<>:t!r. ca:t'l'.'ll and ls one of the points of i:1tcrP s;t th ~L· hY tlw 1·:ic-ili:1lin! s r,f th <' 11<·:•cl !P a• it membe rs, of the s umnw r colo ny In th i" :itt r:i C't<'cl :111 .\ 1'1'\Wl!r,l 11) the rl<'.:-vic!nlt y m ake every, effort to SIPP. 'l'hl' trie cunent~ ''"nt throu:,.h 11'1• gcth·:u1'C,tblc Is 3100 miles in ll' ngth :incl •mPtPrlc-:1,·h rc •pr, .. ,c• nl a l1·1 tc-r and touches at Bn.llinskelligs 1::1 y, Ir<' ., for hus 111,• si~11:1is \\ <' l'C rc•,·Q rd" d. It~ ' Con linen ta.I terminal and alHo al Thi s sy,;tr·m was !alt'r supp! ,ntr d Jlalifax, N, S. The cabl e was laid in by a submari111• 1·<'l:1y enahli:1,: the ~i~1 874, but th o 'first yeiu· " ·as ~pent In . nnls to be r rl'orc!Nl by ,io·1111l as well making repe:1lerl ( N;ts Of ilH C'ffiCil•nc:y · n" on lapc>. Th r• local f':t hlc• is an'd ll was nol until 8ept. l :i, 1876, t hat ,1np! c- x r <l, that is mc-ssa gc., an• it.he ' cable was open Pel for n·an~tnif-:.:ion H"lll rf'c-,•i\·('d si 1n11lt :1 111'o u sly. of 'messages betwP en l\mrri ca 11nd Eu-. l >min,:; th~ " 'orl<l \\' a r, hu nd r eds of robe. The lines of thr ;\ ni.,:lo-Ameri c-an 111 ,,s.,a;._~,; ,.,· Prl' s<'nl to l~urope from cdmpany had nlreacly hC' <' 11 in u;;c , (_oi; \1<'1'<'. On ~ alurcl :1\'. J\ ti g. 8, 19.14 , tho soqie lime, b e twee n the old ~orl1 am ity c ,;t.tlion es lablishcll a r c•co rd fo :th new~ tr:t1t .; rui::-·~du11 ~;c 1·,·1c~;cn<lin:; mes:;agTh e landin g of the, shore- end of lite Ps which a:~ " n•;;at"d a total o( 30,000 '. cable at'R~•P B'ach by th c OlrPc l U . S. \\'Ol'llR. , Onble Company " ' as a gr!'at eve nt ancl Th •' statii:11 holti,: L11 n record cro\Vcl\j, from a ll over <Ne w 1'nglantl rapid tra 11 ~ 11 i:•:s ion alongwith th'} ;wlherc,d ht•re lo watch the proceRR. Ho ,:ton and ! lall f:1 x ul'Ci ccs. l n Novem. Nr:il'l~' a scor<' or OIH'l'alors \\'(' \'(' hC'l', !!I I~ . n(\l'r lhC' ll.1n·. 1rcl - Yale fool ,;ent here from Mnglnncl, th·e or whom 1,al l g a:n l', Jlr. Ch:nJ,,., \V. l~liol, p1· r. t}.1'<' 11,·i ng tod n~·. Th e lnl'II whq C'rtm e 8 idC'i:t - r m ,·1·i111.: or ll urvar<l, sent :l hen• i" •thc fir:<~ tlcla c h i11 !• nt incluclcd ' ,·:i.!Jlc, mp,:•:•.:\<' lo fl'i • 11(1 ~ i11 1J c1·lin G. U . \Vard , now gc-n~r nl 1na n:,g-er and ,t:1 ·•o uncin~ •'!" l' l': u:t or tiH 1 clas~it.= vico pre·Rld c-~1 t o~ th e Con11ner<'lal Ca- 1rco: l>:1 ii "' _.,,1111 1, 1·. 'l'lw ,·.thlPe 1·um was . l)le Company; Tr:\fCi c ~1;,nagf'r Clap- 1.•,r: ri, 0 111 , • ., . 11111hr:,11gh t ,1c ltyl' s:a11c-r1011 or th e ~n me COlll'C'l'll; '"'· .J. ;:,• .I. ·LL ~, ., !II. :incl ',\ ', Ila rc•c civ,•cl :tl 'F'r:t sl'I' and hi,; hrolh (•r, ,John Frager. \ 1:"r",1 :1. (r, 1, ,i .,n :i!'tl'l' !l.O~. A!I tiwn, i.; .J er ry ,"hn.w, pl:i .l ,c, \Yllmot , Smith, !, d: i'.' ,• r cliH'" ,1:' l!v,• i1onl's h(•lwc~• n Do s - · ,l!rown, ~tathPRO n. Quinn, ~t<'w:1.rt, \ . 0 !; :1:Hl Jh•r ;i n t:nu •, tht• 111( •"'\~agf' 'took l\lin su\d , T oOVl'Y, Pal111 C"'r, Nora rl ancl \ tp pr\rx . 111 ,~, ;, to i,f'c:o:uh~. f::rudh•y, So m an,· o( tlw,;p rn C' n l:tl<' r l\ Sup,. I' . \ \ '. bl'c,,mc superintendents lh al llw Hyl' ·i ur;:; ,• pf th<' a)t ' st:,lion, Ben ch Rtalion beca m e kn o wn as "Lhl' :prn,:in;: hi-: t'm<' :si n ce b 0i11g retln•tl Scho ol (or Superintendents." One of ,t:,L mc:n1 :, ,, 11 ppm:i on in ;:;athrring the th ~se original ope\·ato rn, Jo h 11 Fra><er,1 ·,,c:r.rds :,nl ,sh ip pin;:; them , logNhc- r who. hec,amc :111 assls t nnL supPrlnlcn- 1 it\! 1:11 . •·ll ,r:,• r . tt> ;,:t•w Yori-. :\Ir. <lent, ls po s lnw slc- r al H ye B cac- h. .tiPh n•; ,., ,I 111t'l'C' l111111 \Vi lh th e laying of lh C' <'H bl e, til e ca- 1•!rg r :1ph •:i •·,· it' p, :17 ble station. 11 two and a half slo r)· >11ri 1,;; hi·· , nPnc•c·tbn s tru ctu r e , was b n ill, Th i,; b uildin g h EI.H :r,11,h and, 1hlt• >1<'l'ViC"' hi' h:iH sern all wllh s lood t h e severe N <' W England lw cl1an<!<·, frnm an opc>rator silting weather (or n<'nrly a half c<'nlury nncl ' " :t cbrlu·n •ol roo m, 1'NLcl l11g th e Rig today ls in th e best of c-ondilion . On :als frolll :i ~po l of ll ghl while another the lo w~r floor th ~ o((ic('S and l!' le- ,peni tor \\'l''1le down the message as graphic Instruments were lo caled. Th e spe ll ecl, lo the present aulomalic sys,~ppcr flpo i:.c o_n lah~ed a lihra r y El.lid a l- tt• m wh rre thl' ~lgnals com<' out printso fil<'s of cvc-r,· m essagr «c nt. In th e- t•<l on a tapf'. H e was several tlm s baseme nt wcrC' thr cells :1 nrl hallNi<'>' commended for hi s s kill in localing which m ade communicati n11 with otl 11 •1· [nulls and breaks In lhc cable. point s pos ·lbl<' . T h () ca\.Jle \\''1>' laid I))' n1<•a11s of a drum on thP cab le :;tt-,1m<'r. Sho11·,1 the cab lC' he ,1amaged th r re n r c ,11 1hc lo cal s<. ,: io,1. "!li1· 11 • • • • • 1 . \ 0 ":,rn I �• I I I I I ~~7 /~/? �1, 111 ~111~ •· 11~· <·'11nl!' to 1nf'. ~u1·p.r se'd: :1 " llC'k (l\1mh whE'n T '·•1 ,.;1 . . luhn',; C'ltlll'C'h. I (•,,11'.d ·.:,,t h1·lp ~\a1Hli11~ ,•·1 I )111.J,,,d :1t it. 1,·,,1h , l,l'l ln,::.!· ll:1., Ill\' 1:J\'d,~ 111,· 111 • • pp11rtunil~ h<' J{a , ·t' ,n._.. ll .0 , l111n ·h; :t. 1•:1111·c-h \\~hich " J•:111er~o11) (I;) l:a,lph \\ 11\ 'fhP- ttwo ,v<•eh:s h1 ~ Oil!' picun·e~HL\IC 1 ~11iu.l hi!-;l11r(c city 111 l 11r1~n1•>t1Lh •has been the lllOSL ,Jelic;hllttl altll )' li(e. 111 ir~d tllf• 11111:-;1 ~acrPd lh' ·: 1·1111t in t•11·:. 'l'l·co 1':llt• ; lip pdeel~s.s .. 1•,, , , ,11:1'11 ,I i n th:11 !'l111rcl1, sh011l<l 11 1Irntt•t lt·d .1 :.=..li 1-.;t :i !'l.\' fon11 of <l •\- t1,ic·ti1111 T\11' .\ :l l't' t! rn,,·i nµlllO l 'f' , -: , 11· 1h11', 1l1 1 r,· !--;11· r~<1 :1~ t1:1('h ciay p:: ··~<..;. I "i 1d •l'Nltl of thfl •e\\~ "vi 11 e~.1:· • fl ! l, 'v--. h11t hH <1 g-·,,•pn up nH h ope1 1' .,\.~:tis, I :ts tr:tln, C'!L)- l,y , C"lll, u·r:i· 11:1~ ,.pd I lt:i\l' opp(J:--lt" thP tht<Ht~h th,• <>lil nnllt'!•d th:• d1•1HH re- :1114l soJ,·C'(l thnt 1 \\'(lltl•l ~on1••t imC', ,.,teal :111 I I h:t,; al- of :-:,•,·ins:- n11'•· , ,~ar:-; nppealP.d ltJ 1111' :1s •Hlf• or lhP h n,l111:i ,,,., of tl11• 1t i~1111s or .\111E'rir;1. l.i .•tl!• d : d I drl':1:11 .• ,~ .. ,,., 1, 1'1> :1 hy l i,:g" ll1 trHill 11 •1., \(1 Or Slll}I 111 hen-•, tnousand ht• t·a usf' or ho\\· th.:ar lo th:• h":11't ,,r e\'ery th": .\ ,11ll'l'IC'.1n '" ,, ,·,,11r h:sto ::,• plaC'1•,;. H !i;·h t herf'. 1111h!en1:~hed only uy tl,e nH«·t; of tim·• (that rna h e,; them dcc1 :· .. 1· ) nre 11w hi<tt>rie rel i c~ of the d,),; :J nd 'fl<'Ol•lf' h1 "'hi\'11 :, nd h)' \\' horn tlH' glorio11 • hi~l»r,v of ,,·lt o :11~,t •l rti ~h l>< ~ni-1~ n~'.'--Oci ;1lion:-c, r al- · .. r l'oJ1t~ 1110u lll. 1,n'('w· l h t' ~to,, t hf'rt• w111lld l11• a I'll :,• 'illl:l;::'!' lo this' th:11 " ·,111 '.l <'1'1111;;1• nny In th•• l1,~l>J1·y of n1.,11ldnrl . Tii.011.;arnl-i , ··•~it. h (' l'P 1'a ·h ~ P;1 r ).011 t.rll 11H'. h\1t (1..-h·p h· i ilt• : 1:-- tl1~·n.· :11(' t1•n~ or thn11~:111 cl~ who \\"Olllcl h•n-• :111(1 lht- th,· ,11~-< of rrnrn<liYf• I h:n·r tl\• •11 in thp II\!> w ~ !'l,:-i 'I <·L•11H' 11,<•t 1ne stir to Ill~ p1 ·o plt • of POl't:-11110111;, 11ta1 1h,,, .. --,•li,·>< of tl11• ht>gi n - nl11<.: of .\tnPriean hi-.:111 1 " ' lll •• ,no~t ;i..;.., .. No 1 )it•ll c,111 pci!---hPH~i~1:1t •( • II,~ g'"l"!'illt' I" :111d !Jlftl'I' ill-ll':1<'1 : ,-, 11·:-t ori<- ;i• ....nvi:1l 011~ lh:in }',ir(HlllOUlh. .\ ntl hop., fn1· t111' ~.·kt• 11f Pr,ir1~ fo, · th" s;d,? nr .\111 . ;i 1·:1, 11110 ,.,k,, nr :: 11 1r11P - hloo,lr11 A.m)'flll \l 1 11 pl't•~ l' l'\f' :tl'I (h('~·•· h\1 :l,1'"1:!.!~; an tl ~,1:ll k th1•n1 fin that he \'-or~l, 1,pf-r a'I tht> ;1\1:, r d lihc1·1y wll. :1n· n.lna 1•'t' \-]HI\\' 1i1Plll ·w ithout :1sldn~•\'011 1•.111•101 t 11r11 h i,: •• ,\1l thoul s4'e>111rth'ns:- d l'r-l'tly 1•<m11rc1<"ll w"th • I'' :1 nf 111 1 1' 1~: 1tin n:~ h !s Lory . i'.11 'l· \Y I ' ·,•.; 1•11 ,. 1:,·t•d ·,, 'l'P tl11 ' .. lh·p..; h1H'II )1!'1'4 1 ~\ll'l' 1 1111Hl!'Cl I\IHl t>y h H·t.'ll<'S. tlH·\ :11 (' ('01111111111 pl . .lCP. 1 lw.,·r- h:1'1 11u•11 :1"'k 1111• wll\· I 11all!"-\<'cl Flit .. ~ ('•' Ill> :--1 Pl t.ll' lH\Y'<' ,tr-l\"t'(I d ir t :ind d r., nl :1 ti,~1 of 1· - tnr i( ' h•lll"P 1111•. c:1 nn1•I S"<'f' "h v any xl' On1'1 :,.1•, q~1·•.,.ti1,n n1••. If 1 \\'H.4 :1 1'f•t.lll,•11t rrr l 1 11rt s 111011.th . I wn1il(l ~(;111cl n 11 :-·11111P :-=tt 'PPl , 11111Pr .,.,,,! po11r thP -,; r:1n 4l :11, c1 g-1111 ifH-.: hi..:t• , of n11r f'll~ int • hotll pt1 r~ c·uuld ""'''! ~nr,l tn!'o tl ·H Y r"ru• oiJ iH' cir ◄ •nq ·~ ~lranc:-er 1 lrnow they wou lll. 1(•flfl-in · timc3 i l11 connection days "11€'11 hard~• pioneer.; la)'i ll;_: l ne fou ndalion [or thiH Am eric·an institution. And llw relies . why J ha.led ~o l 'n'sl'n ·r thnt l~ !11stc• ic mPmoI·ies. J t ,., ~vorth mor•· o l ',ll t , 111011lh more 111 . \ merlcan-. tlw lln csl lcrnplP mllllc,is or \\'E'Cl lth l'all bll'i ld. H<' Ullt•il' ul· an:h ll ,, _ . Jin• \\'ill 11 µ,·1•1 1·1•ePln? th<' llasti11g ad1n i, at ion nor tlw endearment as >t.h i,; fn11l nf l111· first pilgd111ag·c ol ,1,il er- l ZP hlslnry, f l cll'!!';tn lh,11 1\·a,; i,,enl 1o th,, n•\.;:d nn 1H!-I of that II a p '.tt' • In th<' (•ln11·ch out ,~.,t coimt.n· towards ~lslorlc i;pole. T,h<' 1lem.a.n,a1 fq,r , th e a n tiqu,e a nd• r a re if; ,gi·ea.1.. J\n1dJ ll,t is g•:"O,V'in gi. P e rha-p~ 1,1 011r it i>1 sit:mullalE'd lff a. r e>ijewed lo ~'e' of , )"f' , T J, .. li;q1\-i-<111:1 • f,i,i{":1, 1i •dii':i1.f1·'1',enti- \\-1wt a. wonderful ,•il)' lhb1 i~. H iRllll'Y t(l ·,!" til t of lht ••;,rly s,•tt\t1ne11u5 :1x~oc·a.tiunr; nl Port!-;lltut1th and' xu::·ronucli 11 g- d1 u•:l~l. :\°f"\'e1; '1 ,·:um• fH'r~on'alb into e,· nt:t<'l. •~hE:'!-'t-' :p,sot•i;t tion\.; d tl I lt t u:in tu \VH~ first \\Tilt(·n. I t;-, 1:,, ,•p th::it if ,,,·tir~· ,\ 1n<'rlca11 .\ I r hop~ wHs St.at<'s . Hundt·cd i;, of -othet· ;; t r ll.Yl'S'61;8' ln ) ou r midst a:-P doing t'he same Lhi 11.; . Do you lrno.w \, na.t t hat · \V'l;J,J tlo? H wrn S'la.I't the fe-et or <th~ PCO IJlc' to w h om• the cards a r e . sent, itch i ng· to traYel an d h'u.V'el t QIW".11rds l'ort.smotttli•. Ettch year t11-e a.r my of history love rs wi 11 in c,:·ea.se will reap the beil'eflt . 1 h ave sa.l tl •l ·w ore oul a p'alr or shoe>1 l.ravel'in g a round .11ere. Tih~us~ a.nd s of othe r s ,Vim do lthe same.They not only w ear sh oes, ibu t 1 ire!< coming: ;here, a,nd. .'.l!te,1 · herP. l · d o ,n ot !,,n o w . who,£ !>Lin111l11 IP<I t he g rN1.t >Ren,llme~lt , o.r , v1111 Lry amd \\,o t·shlp o,U, that re 0 lll'; n.J,➔ us of Its early h i!,;' loo·y. Perhaps it i,; tilu.i. l l1ope so a ny,wa,y . Ul•iiCvP me; Po r lSll~O{i.[11· llae won - ~.:·,; ·w ,;pot on the conllncnt'voE<181!S'• • e~. l_L 'has hi~to1,lc assoc:a.tioi1s '11<> one c:a11 take :l\\"ay. Jt depen ds upo n IJ1e re.;idcnui oC Port>:1mouth wheth e ~ tltel' remain :11~ her -most vital a~~e t. "iuu wilJ. tl11t1 me here fl'eque,ntiy tlclv111~ Into the pu~L I ~1hat.l come un<til I h:lVe B-t,t'ri e, :}l"Y bit o( ) OU!" r a .re iii::;ltric he~;u,ty. And I ishall te-!V oth - · · "h'J, ·,J,,-o, wu!1l1 come. ,.\Ir. T•:1111-rs nn, ,1·.!111 h ail,• 1fr, Ill ;,,11 ,t~ n ~pr••1l:rr and pnblieity 1n:nt I ha,.,. w, ,:·n 011 l. onP 1>a Ir of ,hoe~ ,, 1rnN·I r d wil h 1he r:i.tlon al Libera l wall<ing nro1md here and feel i l i111i ,\l\i :1 11<'e. D11rLng hi!'< Rt~,- h ere he' 'has 1cst inve31rnrnt I e v e-1· ,n 1ad·e . No bo,v 1,i:111> 111:1111· f ri t> 111l~ i•t i~ safe tt-0 01· g-ir}, 01· 111n 11 01· woman, can, rend' o( s,: , _\' t li:1 l 110 y i:,ltot· fo r rco;i-R hni; hll\\ t h ,• itlc of l';,11I ll<'1·e r<' without taldm~ r•l 111• an,l gainetl. su.ch Jrnowl~dge -0! ,,ff h:s lrnt to olu ,l•'ort C\onslitu lio11. 1'1 sLo,I"ic Pm,u;mout!h, as Ile ln .s,U:ch a iJ.n,J ,;l.anu in a.,V'a al the spot " rherc He ~rn.s fo llowed news hal ;,i~pitTtl jo111·1w)' entlied. " "h!l 0 •in various '!}J.rls ' oi .. t'h-e l':111I nc,·,,r,· :i11<1 hi>1 1·idc ·have pass ed ·nto :i 1·C' 11l111·y nml a 1111I!' or hi.<tc,r.1 . ~~;i..-.,,.--;....,....,...,., b· hoon,~al ._,, f ltls charger n,rc h eanl lod:1 ,\ i 11 .,r, ) ,·orner or t hc- wor!,t. \\,hen' lhi; \\'<'I'll !'reed om iH I P~])E'C1 eel. LY. ~lid, I >o ro11 h..1 1uw \\ 1hu t J wou l,1 ITik1.• t 1 .:r4•·: I wh,li l 'it.1·,·e _h.. Jand ,·nuld 111 • ·11 1' '~f1 \ f' tl :1 -· :1 plH~·g-rn1Pv l n lthrl'f\ . 'l'h/! P~ rth « 'ol"lts lhl\.l 1inve With ·toud tht' n1n,~t'S or tinH· an<l 1 ,,~eartho~· arc, mon11?1H·ni_. l'1ovltlen!ialh· preserved. •o lht• <l••lPPll1inatlo n (111(1 e:lJ'll CSt n e>-~ •f :!11• l1andf11I or pat11!~,i,;; who w ·<r" s:-l•td lo def, 11,I thPir rig'h lS' \ltltl', lh·• r igh l:-i , or •lhl'ir child·;·en• w : th th dl' 1 Ttw ~1n :, a1nPu·111 makt's, his an- n,·.,~- 1111.al pil1?Ti111:ti;-r to 111l ·ecca. An1t,1;can" ~1wul<1 lwve th:il ,i.~land as th<' l\l ccc·a of 1'heil· pili;-i-image . ' • \ nd lh,•s,• hid hllllll''. Thi') :11·1• t i,•d to ,1 11,• hP:wl>< .,r llS nll h .,· the II HJ11(',, ,,r thos<' 11 ho 11 1• ••1• • IJ'.,;; tory. Tlw J:1<•k hou.~e '\"~ lrn·i lt in llH• 1l:1n, wn~ ['l,•11\y or mat<'rial :i111l ti11w . f t will la~1 lor C'PnludP~ y!'l in if pt nprrlr r:1 rP/1 !or. It i'< worth mor , lo )·0111· c,il.1· lh;,11 a <1 <•7.f'n pala<'E';;. ThPrP J~ 11n ll «P fo1· mp lo nwntlo11 thr \\ 'O.n<l'f{· f11I holll(':,; air:. l>n ' ldhll\'S. 1111• 1111~111·pa>-s•• d :tl'('l\.tt,·,·t111P or th<> or 1h<• rloo,·s :ind fir<'1Jla1·e~. the ,·,•11t11ry okl wallpapr,·s. rare indt>ecl'. , 11 !111•1<• know lhc-m nil. rn'h:i.p:; yo11 do pliZP lh<'lll (1Jlll\\" lld~)· ) :l>< I lh<'.v a:c• ro11r~ to J>J'C' ~~e·rve. uo. l ha1·e p:11tl 111)' tribute tc, the low who has h,•cn enlt•l'))l'ibillg (' IIOUg"h t,, )111lJ.:i h po -; 1,tl van!;; or ,tlll';;e J):a1·C'!-<. I Jtan• ,-,en-t cards tv 'my i11 ,·~111-ioll~ s('"-·liun:i of th P �PlONEERS TO ME~T ' · · . . · Hf:RE ON AUG. ' _ _..;__ ,. I ._. . ~ ·The annuai , meeting and field clay of the Pjscataqua Pioneers will be h elll in Portsmouth, Thursday: Au'g. 10. 'l'h( meeting will be hel'd to ·celebrate th< 300th anniversary of the granting of the charter ,of the Province of :Malri< to. Sir F erdlndo . Georges ~nd Captain John Mason by the Plymouth Compu11y. Ma,y'oi:, Ha,rtford will deliver the ado.ris~ of-, we lcoI)'lc and President Chjlrles .'.l'. L ibby. of Portland, Me., WIJJ res pond. • ' , At roon a shore dinner will be served a. the .Kearsarge hot el. The afternoon will ·be devoted to vlsllfng thehistorica l points of interest In the ollt city of Portsmouth: IONEERS HOLD EETING\ TODA Celebrate ~nniversary 6rant to fiorges .and Mason. 'fhe annuni meeting of the Pi scataqua Pioneers is being held in this · city today at the Rockingham county court house on State street, with a large attendance. Today Is the 300th anniversary of the. patent granted to Gorges and Mason, Aug. 10 1622. The pr~sldent o~ the society, Charles Thornton Libby of Portland, gave a most interesting address in re:;ponse to tlle remarks of the Mayor, wllo •welcome(J. the members of the society to Por'tsmouth. At' the business meeting the, following officern were elected: PreS'ideRt, t"tl1nn ,'-! Jl?r1·i.a1gte,n, PIO~EE ✓---- -. '-'he a'n,nual meeting and field day of ·the •Pl-scataqua .Bloneers wlll ib-e h~1d Thursday, !Augus t 10, 1922. The buslneBs meetlll!g wlll !be held at tJh-e Rookingham County Court Romie, state street, at 10.30 o'clock istandard time, wb.ere t!b.e reports will ,be received, offu:':lr•s elected, ne-w mem·b ers admitted end all other !business t-ransactech · · · The Province of IM•a !pe grant was given to •&for Ferdlnado 'Gorges -rund Ca~tain John !Mason by'ithe ,Plymout11 q:_qm.pany, ,Au,g ust .•1 0, 11'622 (10 ; tS.) , 1,tfd th is meetin:g will •be held on -tJhls date to celelbrate the 3001:Ji ;mniver3ary elf that event .. Address by iHon. Shl1,w of Kittery, 'Maine-. ;The. afternoon_ will •be ~_ devoted to itg•ht-seeing. Trlps to Odiorne's ·Poin• w1liere the firsh. ",Great i:House" IS~ood and -other placeii of historic,i,l ~uterest cari oo DJl}de ~w attt-0s In parbiea a:t a ·small erpense, and memlbers ,-y.ill ha-ye an opportunity to ' visit -the Portsmouth Historical Society !Building (tho John Panl Ifou:se), the M-offaty Pi,dd. House, 1\,Dnket IStreet,.and _the !t1omas Bailey Al<lJrich House. . The Spclety sdliicits ,hi·.:itori~al and genealofgical w-0rks and manuscripts, old deeds,. etc., :which .siho·uld 'be ,sent to. Alexander Dennett,, Our.at'or. l~fors. Jb u.i;, IO a Ida I . berLs, !Colora Spr!n(g.s, Col.; !Mrs. lJucy Varney, Mt. IP·au~, JM•i,n·n. ; Jrumas :\V Lock,e, J ~~ck,s'O n vme, (Ji'Ja.; M1,s. :S,3:ra :M. IL. illa~ey, ISou,t·h L-Oo, N. II ·., Flrahlk He1·v·ey IP1ct1tin•giell, ILoo Angel os, !Cal.; IMr.s. D e borah ,E . W. CaTr, iS'oriani.011, 'P a.; Pro.f ISyilvester Bururbam, 1Ne111btH,'lJOJ-!tl, IMlass. ; 11011. Cha1n~~i11g 'Folsom, INewniar,kc'l , IN. IL; 'Mrs. Allxblie 'G. B . 'Gl"iffiill, INc:w:m.a.1'ket, N JI. ; 'MiiS'i:l ,EJlizal!JeCh p. Pope, tS ome1isw:ort'h, • . N. 111.; /Mrs. ·Cla,ria A. •p. D1i1 1n, tBeufonl, /Mass. ; TuaJp'h 1s·. Btintle \',, 'Bosto\1. •Ma!!IL; IDdlga.1· ·A. ,JJelii;hiton , ISomel\S'W'Ol~th, 0 N. III. · 1 Sec reta.1•y, kin s, iN. H . 'J'rer s u,11e;• an,d .C u~·,a tor, A.lexa'r; 1.sr Den11 0tt, Killery, ,Me. .• Diredttor-~'lts_r;t l;! ~~~on~ -~!1 l6us, IN. If. ; IA1exander D(Mllett, Kl ttery/ :M1c,; Jo'lun ~es, Dove r, N. 11.; .,,,,,~_,,•.. "··'•11!-';., Joseph 'Fos-:er, Portsm:ou,th, N. ·Ju'lltJ.n H. S-i1ruw KiHtery, iMe......_ _ J/1''!,-.J~v,~•;,•-i: �A Pi NEE OBSE9V . -0th ANNI. E -S to" An111al :Meet, g. a Field ··Day.· . ,, •I Held ,a a I 1 Th~ annual meet.;n~ and fic 1d tl:IY of cll'lY o! rlscal.aqua Pioneers, It i::iv;: · • . . m e pleasure to return thanks fo1 t le ~he· Plscataqua ~~ lon l'Pr!I 1/1 ll<'lng held_.: w elcom o so kindly accorclecl us by th o ~n this city today at the nocklngham··.ma.yor of Slrl!wberry Bank. H Sir Fer' c0u{ity Court House and on the thrPI' dlnando, at some momentof his 'long hundredth a.nnlvj!rsary o! the Province life of sll'Uggle and disappointment, ,of Maine grant given to Ferdlna.ndo could hav looked forward and seen Georges and CapL • John Masqn by th0 the llonor,,hle Ferdinando clolng hl,i Plymouth Company on Aug. 10, 16 22. I part In a thP<'!'•hunclr,•~lh onn'.~•n·~o.ry The Plscataqua Plone<'ril ls an or- ; as mayor of this fine clay, ,11s r'l.ce ganlzatlon of aboijt 125 mrmbers from I must have brightened · ·,,'ilh the happy • all parts of the country. lt _was or- I thought that his labor.; :1:~d nr.t bct-n ganlzed in this city In 1905 and It~ In vain. . Jrnrposc Is to gather all matters of his- I Portsmouth has alw.iys been an lntorcla lnteres,t along tho Plsca.t.3.~ua, teresting place to visit ver since the on both sides of the river. The Hociety ! newcomer.·. at Little Hart,or fin;: 1ound . solicits historical and genealogical , tho strQ.wberrles up the .-1 ;er, aml fo:\vorks and man~!jcrlpl. whose forefathers, Jlvl,\g on O'le or .About ,i;cventy. membt-rs are In Ht· 1another of the branche·, t-f :hi.; r:v~r, tend~!)CC' at , t..h,e,' gathc,rlng. which had tp comr to "the Bani;''. In order to opened at ten-thlr.ly o'clock, I.ht- J)resl- 11rnow tlH'Y wPre living, _once , den ti . Charles ' Thornton Llbbry -Of often, dt Is doubly pleasant. . l ortiancl, :I[\'.," ptesltllng. I • n lr:l.s been ,said that the natent ot The adtlrt-ss or welcome was given tho Provlnco of Maine, Aug. 1~. 1622, by l,,ay,,r F. \V. Ilnr tforcl. lgnntlng all betwe<'n tho Merrimac .\[a:, or Hartford aftt•r giving lhe ;.and the K nnebcc, w:,s of mlnor cons·~Vl sl tors n. most · conllal ,,·l'lcome to quence because nothing was clone unPort.smou th , complimented• th m high- ~. de'r it. Rather mo..y ,ve regard it a& Jy on th<' work. their 01·i;anizatlon Is tho ' fouml.llion, both in legal opcr:uip;i do in g a11ll tho mark ed Interest shown an<l In actual carryin;rs on, <-f all ~hat by all th o members and how It would Ca11tain Mason' boun ,l themselves unalso tend to instill tr\1e 'Amrrll'n.nlsm dc-r a .C 100 p!'nalty lo srltle one colony into tht- minds o·f the coming g •nern.- wllh a. competenl guard and at least tlon. ]t, , Wl'lcomed all to. old Ports- ten familles within lhreo ye'lrs. _. ,ve mouth, lht- gateway to historical New must believe they did It. The.>' two England, th e scene of so much arly w<'rl' emc-lcnt colonlzrrs o{ N<'W En~' 11lHlory. Al tho clp!!O or hi~ remarkH lantl. 'L'ht>y l'l(tU:llHl<'rrtl both their ,),\·n ,l\fayor llnrtrnnr' r ~ct-l\'dl !warty ap- wraith and tho wraith of other , ".lut JJi a11 se. ,. . thc-y achleyrd. 1Iavl11g agre<'d :•1 •et · The president, Mr, Libbey, re spontl - 11<' ten famlllcH, thry di(! It. lie,.:i NJ.J ed as follow s: the- !ouncllng of this state,. a,ml ,9! • ltesponse bY . the ·p1:c-~lrle111 of th e :\Jaine this !il•lc o fthc Kennebc-.:.. . i:. society, Charier Thorn ton Libby, of It_ Is true th 1l the Plymouth <,om' Portland: In behalf of I us: pany In l622 deeded th.i-S we ~ow are to Georges and M4:s~n and in 1633 deeded Jt to Mr. Davi,; '1'ho111son, and 111 1U!l9 deeded It t,c. Capt. Mason, and, In 1631 deeded Ct •., tho Laconia Company, a11d . In , 16:J, gave a 999 years' ease o! It Sir Jo)l• \Vollaston, all covering the same la 11 But in dealing with these old pate.!lt -.ve mltst bear three things con~ta.nt In mind, or we shall trip our·selves up For one thing, the corporation callrt "the Council establlshE.'d ·at Plymoutl• In the County or Devon for the plant Ing and ordering or Ne,'i England, was only anothC'r nn.me for Sir Ferd! nanclo Georg~s and Capt. Joh? ~Iasor Second, when Sir• Ferdinando . an Capt. Mason gavo det'ds of parts o· their land: they did It in the _11arnll ~ the corporation. Third, 'the deeas the• gave were really only options, con';Lllloned o.n ma.king actual settlements ,vhen the conditions wero ·not• ·per• formed, tho lands reverted to Georg-c· and l\la.i;on. 'vVollaston'-s deed back . to ~a1>L ,,r-,ra sor1 openly explains the lease! "whicl salq Indenture wa~ made unto the ;al John Wollaston by and ' with tile ~cop scri t of'lhe said Captain• J9~n · Mason.' Ins toad of Capt.· Ma.aon • giving. th lea.so himself, -ho gave It in thll i,,i'mc or , the Colmcll. . The 'grant • to . ~fa~;>n ln 1629 Is explained by the_Jaw,trs oJ Mr. Mason's gra.ridson, /.'being a - di• ,·lslon or' the lands formerly grant•!. unto Sir Ferdinando Georgrs and •!oil, !\fa.son!' lnstead ol' Sir Ferdinand< and Capt. .Mason giving deeds ~o ea.:l, other to divide their lands, they Issue( new grants to thems elves In the n:un of the Council. Mr. David Thomson, the first pl,antr, of Ne-.~ Ham pshlre, was not what th • historian Hubbard said he was, ·• th, age nt of Georges and Mason." Nor dh he rocelve a eonfilctlng grant of land already granted to them, His deed, al though In the name o! the . Counci l \\"as really from th em. Some h!stor !ans hn.ve failed to understand how h • received a grant of 6000. a.crea alr,,a<l: g-rantec1 to ' them,' or why he. dlcl no 1· hold It afterwards. Tj}ese two qi..e-s lions answer '!:tch other iC vermlttd l ,10 so. Sir Ft-nlln:i.ndo Gco!"g•~s Capt. John Mason In el\'.ac~ dP.cd ed t• :\lr. David Thomson Rix lhou sa n , :icres o! the best o.f their lnn<l,i 011 con dlttons whlrh he ful\Nl to !~Jill.I, O.ll• s o the lands revrrt~d to them. As the pa.tent to :\fr. 'L'hom so n l· lost, we cannot know e·<a.<:llv ,whn t th , coritlltlons' they put Into It wer.e, bu 1. we· may be sur·e that t!1oy covl'recl th, underta.~lng for wh·lch they th·c-l!}selve r we re under bond, lo settle In, th h ,wilderness n. sufJlcient guard and te: f:i.mllles. •. v.re. have from :i'.fr,. s.1m·J•: .\'laverlck, who came to Mo.q.,,i,,;\1:,. •r! , In 1624, ,some yea.rs before the r.ost,1 . colony st-arted th'e Year Ohe of ::--;e,• England, as they reclrnneu It, 11.1·d \" h• soon married· Mr: Thol\1£Jll :l · youn: a gra.phJe .iccci..nt or w!:iat •,.111. 0 0 �· and Ides of Shoals lt hln 2 11;1yle~ or th ~ ffiOll th Strawberry Bank where are (amilles, and a minister and a mee~l •;. ~use, and · to the meeting -~ous,es o.1 U.over and Exeter m0$t C?t the pe.,·,l i,. 11~ort. This Stra,wbrry Ba.l)k h:! p'II' o(;S,000 acres gr.i,n~ed by ·paten~ n lJ·im the year· 1$20 or · 1621 to .Mr, ' J;)nv ll Thomson, who, wHh the asslstanc:3 o. Mr. Nicholas 'sheny111,' Mr.. Leo"larc Pomery and Mr. Abraham Colme".' o' Plymouth,,.,nrerc1mnt;i, went over .wilt 1,; considerable ·company crt ser-·anu ai:td curt a1trong · antl large hou ,e, "n• closed ~,v<lth a large a nil high n ,.11· ;a.do and -mounted gullns, and beln1 Stored' ex'tra.ordt'na1'1ly' wltli shot· a.nc ammunition, was a terror to the Ind.lan·s I who at that time were lnsultln; ~ver the ,poor, weak and unfurnl shec' planters o! Plymouth. This' house anc fort h~ built '11. polnt ,-Of land at l h! yery· entrance -o! ·P1scataq1:1a river and \{av.Ing . ¥1'anted . oy t)atent all the • · lands. bor'derlng on thla !-and to the mi ddle o! the .river, he took , possP._-sior. ~f an lsra"~a.••,:c·oinfnonly' ca.lied lh< Great Island, andJ fo; Jhll ,p.Q~!l<l.s OI thJ3 }And he went up the ri_ver to c po!n~~cal)'ed .filo9dy Point, ai:id · by th•_ seaside aoout four mil e-ii, He also haa power <>f government 1vfthlri' h !'~ OW'. ':Jounds. Notwjthstand!ng .a ll th .s, a, :s a.tA- t):)is day ln th<! power and at lh, 1ispO$EI-I ot Mll,ssachusclts." ' . So here wo ~eo wlla.t method Sir Fer dinando and Oil,1>t.t Mason took to ful • :m their bon.d to th.a. Council. '.1'4r ThPftlSOn,,!\. ~Ult\lred and travel~ i_en tleina.n 'whom Ir Ferd inando h!'\d em ·. ployed.' In 'difficult negotlat)ons wltl h!gh . offl~lal~ was to ,d o 1-t for thein and tor. th1H i!ll'VIU!t to hav~ 6,000 acre on ·one ,side, ~ ftho r.lvor, 'fo get th nece·s ~rjl\ ~ariltal,. p_e contriiflte,l II ill thl:ee Piymouth moi;oJ;iah.t.i, tc, 1 µn l h p!aj,ta.tlcm .. flv-e y~rs, ' and th.en tur: over to them thr~ii-fourtha ti! th e Improved land and thrO@·fourths •JC t 1r profits, After three yea.TS ertort, hi 1>/1.W flt t-0 remov·e to Massachu3ctt, Bn.y, wtwr~ he could have all 111s Improved l1m!lfl "'"(\ !ill of his pr~fit:1 Whether ht lillW!ld 1111 the t~n ft',tn'llt , within -thre& ·yttar.3 !rom Aygµst g, l.6n, -or w.hether Otor!l'llil fl.TJ-d 11:4, 11 ha.4 to come for:,vard 1t~ ~nl~h ~ho ; 4 ~•.; we do .not ki;ioi.y, · Let u11 rerot1rnbcr. th:i.l W<' know wry llttle a.bout this c1P.r~ period . v.•h,!r: the rovlnce ot Maine aovor~IJ M,\~na_ 11ncl f!W' Ji~psblre both. Exc<'p ~ :'i1'r. bomspJ} an~ the E.iltons, an,: Jl.efh.:i)l's fr, .AJrib ose 'qi,.b )Jlns, we ll:,i,:i"not 'one 10.me .to o.ssoclo.to with ti1l;3 period. ~he ar~!v~1 <if the Wmwlck; wlt •'l ou1 vr~tte11 .. hi.story begins, w,1,s ll;>t ~.ntil he sumrrier of 1630. -• 'l'heY" h-:i.ve in Boston, no: In 1~3 Jr,i;a· ,,ustody, a sheet of }la'pe'r · writt'en or , )0 th sides, a separate uo~-1111cnt Jther' side, and both certified by Ellslu }ookc clerk ef courts. On one side it : L cop;.. ot" t.hi ' i{ive'n tory of the Laconia: ~ompany go9ds, July, l635, attested b! ,Ir. Chamberlal1, secr~tary ,<of lhi· •>rovince In 1683-, when ~he co.,se or Mti• on versus W aldrQn was tried, anc his Is · of unques tionable. genuinen ess On the other side Is the list of p eo -:ie "sent by· John •Mascl'n, Esquire,' ,-!~ding up, '"Eight Danes, T'wentY · on ~WO ·"yvomen." It this list was offe r ec n -court in 1683, It was rejected af 4pu~!o'us. 'Bollh from external and ln ernal evidence, It seems a. fraudulen • >roductlon. Probably it was made up '. o use in th e s uit against Humphre: ;pencer In 1704, a,s there !!l a checl 1 ,ark In th e margin opposite Thoma· Jpencer's n·ame, and Elisha Cooke wn not app ointed clerk ·· of courts until ,10'2. 'l'he list omits names of ,so m, ,ho we know were sent over by 0:\pl l[ason, as Thom as Crockett; and ine r ts names · of young m en ,\l'ho wen h!ldren or unborn at Lhe time o 'apt. Mason'!;\ <lea th·, as the t w, ·oun ger Ch:..dbournes, · 'fhom:i\H Fer 111.ld •• Jeremy , Walford ;; and · 1nclullc he ~ames ,of 'm bh who ·,\'e krro;v WCI'( 1ot sent over , by, him ; as William Sea ·ey/ w)'lo, came• on 'a fishing trip to th• sles of Shonls, John Syrnoncls, sen ver · by' Trcilawny to Richmond's Is • 1nd, F rR.ncte' Norton . ancl •.1~.ampso 1 '·,ane, w)'lo · caine after the Captain' ·;~th,. and .-0 thel'S. T!1 e name printer , s Henry Baldwin Is nol that name Ii · •he Boston; list; evidently Clerk Co' ' •ould not r ffid it; but from hi:, )ntl~a tlon -0f the writing, I judge It wn.s 0,1; · rne No He nry Odiorn e Is known 1' 1ave been here, which Is true of oth e 1ames In the li st, which m ay ha\'• ,een invent ed at the same time as th• Nheelwrlght deed, In the desperat~ re· Jive t'o p11otect the community fron he loss -0f thelr homes, with variou, •ames Inse rted that might help dif· ~rent ones 'to ~!aim their land~ a: iescendant-s of Captain Masoris ,. se-r·ants. Thomas Crockett's descen ants were living on the Kittery Hide •JU t us they clalmecl no lands ' on th, "ortsmouth side, there was lhus nt )caslon to lnclpdo his nam e. So" our cert!l.ln lrnowleclgc after the ·.rrlval of the ·warwl ck is n~ne toe ·ull, ye t luminous wh e n comparec vlth the unwritten , period preceding dthou gn the I s les of Shoal~ and th< ?lsca.taqun. kere the principal ports Ir -.~w Englan d In that pe riod. If the lettlem ent had been abandoned , Gov, rnor Bradford would s urely hav e re•orcled the fact. . On the contrary, .-, i 1, ' 628, Piscataq ua contributep as mu·ct ,s Plymouth· to the epensc of banish ng Morton, ,'.\v110 was ,s c ll'. ng firearm o the Indians. ·Th er e must have b1 •r>1 .1any peopl e here, besides hunclr,;cls 0 1 ranslen ts her-e an<1 at Lhe Shoals; · bu ve ask ·,n vain who th ey ,vere. · If Mr. Gibbi ns came over mrly, he vent ·back, ai· he came on the \Var• ,Jck. Hubpard says the Hlltons wcr, ;ere, 'that they came with 'fhomso1; Iu lJbard, who certaJnly was m! stnl(cl n part, sC'cm s to h~vc got.ton, his · in'orm:i.llon from;:roung ·\V!H!ar'n 'Hilto n , boy not sl y'ears ' oi'rt '\'h<'n M r. 'rhom i ,on ca m e ove r . Jn ·y_oung Hilton.' s pe !tlon to the ' General Court ii\ th• •ea r 16ti0, to confirm !-ands given hi, ·•ath.e r and liiinself by th e Inclia'n s, he ·alil: • "vVhereas ·y~ur petitioner's • father Vllllam ,Hilton, came ov,er into New ,} ngland ab out the year · Anno · Dom. 621, and youi: petltlon e ~ came about ,ne year and a half afler, and in ,1 it tie time following sellled -Ourselves •pon the River of Pischatag with M r . ;dward H!l~on, .vho were the :ngllsh planter s there." This r oad's as th ough Mr.. Huubard ccepted Hilton's story, and Inserting >avlcl Thomson, printed It. ;\Jr. Hubarcl, who was the minister at Ipswich. ·n.s a fPw years yo:rngC'l' than \Villlam rnton, Jr., who was baptized at \\'It• on chu~ch •in 'Norwich, Cheshire, un e 22, 1617. Hllton'H two wives beJngcd to prominent families or New · Jury and Charlestown. Mr. 'Hu bbard nu st have been well acquainted with ioth · famllle~. \Ylll!am Hilton, Jr., 1•a~ a ~hlp -mn RtC'r, ll ncl h.111 hart :l 10olf of maps or chart:i prlnlell lJefore Vlr. Hubbard got u11 th e mat) or New ~ng lu ncl for his history or King . h!lip's \Yar. About PlymoµLh, as veil as tho Plsc:i.t2.qu.1, 11r. Hubbard icems to . hav e gcttcn information '1•om Hilton . He :;a:,.-; , 1\ h:il !'lo one •J:.;e dui,~, tlt;1l lite l1r:,l \'Ulllplalnl tgalnsl M i·. Lyford, who was brought >V e r by ;\1r. \Vln slow In 1624 to be nlni stcr at Plymouth, was over baplz,ng a child -Of l\lr. Hilton's, although' 1ot a m emb er of their church. Hubrnrd's History shows familiar J;nowi·dge of the Hilton, as accurate as a littl e boy might rem<'mber and hings to a friend. . Certainly Willln.m JT!llon cJ:cl not ·ome O\'<'l' with Th om~o n. He cn.m >Jymouth in lG~l. nnLl wa:i tlwre with 1ls family in 1G24. It seem.~ clouulful vhcthcr Edward Hilton did, a lth o ugh ·•·o m April 9, 1621, when he ca me out if his apprenticoshlp In the Flshmon~ers Company of London, until 1628, vhe n he contributed to keep firearms ,way from the Indians, wo havens yet 10 knowledge of his movements. But here is contemporary evldepco ,ome llrlstol merchants joined 1!m to settle his colony, and a yo ung 'e llow just out o! his '· apprent!ccsh:p nust be aJiowed sufficient time ' in, vhich to ·perfect such important co,n~... ,eetlo n s'. even if a!rled by Sir Fer~ll•a11clo. If Edward· Hilton was one· of Vlr. 'l'homson'-s fir.st com1>nny, It seem's hat h e must have gone back. · At any rate; If hC'ro early in 1624, he: vas with Thomson at Littl e Harbor, rnd had not yet made his settlement 1p the· river. Capt. Chri~topher Lev1 ·tt jn j~28 printed a book on his voyige pr 1623-4. II stopped n. month .vith l\f1•. Thom son at Little H a rbor Nh!le there h e "discovered" the Pls,ataq 11 :1. , rive r, and ·an lndlnn wll'> n me down the riv e r tol,1 him lh{lt 11';> he rlv !'r wn.s much good land. In this eason o! t e rc en tenary good cheer, ·ve !I wish to work our believers overImo if necessary to k<'<'P everybJdy ::t)) py, but we must IH• l''lUlppecl with •cllcvers as . big as bushel baskets'· to ,el!eve that that Indian told Capt. ,evel: that th ere w ere goocl la nds up :1e rive r without telling him also thal h~re were Englishmen living on them, e there had been such. So in 1922 we can all join in cele. ,rati,ng th~ 300th ann iversary of th e .ranting o !the charter und e r which Tew Hampshire and ;\1a!ne were col nizcd; a nd n ext year we can a ll join '1 celebrating the founding or New Iampshi re;· and at lat er periods, as · p may lea rn the facts, dif(c1·ent lo,lli tics can celebrate, in a series of ercel'lt~ntarles, all In our turn, and �Treasurer and l(•nnctt. Vic" Prrslcl<'n ~ ;\f,,r_R_.-----,,---JI llclrs Kltter,·, M~. · Ar lnglon, Fitchburg, c\fa.ss.; i\lrs. J\ nnll' llake ':ivicKinney, ColumhuH, O.; Jl.lisH da C. Roberts, Colorado :ol.; _J\Irs. Lpcy Gordon \'n rncy, St. >au!, l\Ilnn.; Hon. James \\' . Locke, racksonvllle, Fla.; l\1rs. Sar.i.h l\T. L. Ialcy, South Lee N. II.; li'rank Jler·ey l'~ltin:.;rll, Lo's Angeles, ·11.; ;\Im. )eborah K "\V. Carr, Scrn.nton, Penn.; '">rof. Sylvc~tcr Burnham, ,ort, Mass.; llon. Channing FolHOm, \l'ewmarkrt, N. II.; l\-ll'H. Abbie C . B . F.~JI&'•..-~..,.,,,-,. 1riffin, Newmarket, N. 11 . ; )11s~ Wznbeth P. Pop , Somrrsworth, N. l[ass.; R. S. Barllett, nos Lon, l\lass.; i.; l\Irs. Clar:1. A. p,' Blinn, Bedford. 1,]at•::.-1"' Jdgar Lei ghton , Som rsworth , N. Directors-Albert IL Lamson, Ins, N. H.; Aleander Dcnnrtt, ery, Mc.; John Scales, Dovl'r, N. ·os<'Ilh Fost1•r, Portsmouth, N. ·ustln H. Shaw, Kittery, Mc. Arter all had parlal,en . of an rxcele nt -shore dinner at the Kcar~.1 rge Iou~e· the pH rty vlsll<'<l 11lacrs of hlsorl<'al lntC'r<·st in l'orlsmouth a.nd •lclnity, Including the Thomns lhlley '-lcltl<;):l House, J\Ioffat-Ladu J loUH<', \. hlinlleum ~ nd ·~ number mado a trip .o Odlornr' Point, wlwre The f.ollowing ,vere among 11resent "Charh\s T. Libb!.'Y, Alben H. L:i'mson \layo1· 1~. "\V. Hartford. Charles F. WltltOl1ouse, Mrs. K l'hH't', R. H. ·Place, ;\!rs. ;\I. P. George, John L.,,(;;>,ec"lltii.: ::,ca.l~s. Ellen D. Roussel<', J . N. Dlxon. "··•··-~.., .\lrs. C. Folsom, l\lrR. W. Smith, Miss .I Jen .Pollard, E. E. Dorr, lc1:i Roberts, ·v1ary, Rob er ls, Charles E. lloblnson, A.llre•·H.'Ricc, George ·w. Seavey, l\Irs. HL•len ·11eafc, E. P. Pope, Miss A Oixo'n Ramsburg, SylvC'ster Burnham Allee l\I. )!eyers, E. Boadeen Annie :\I. S. ] otleen, Mxs. Bl· lcn K. Bodel'n, l\1lrlam L. Hobbs, l\lrs. EllltL H . )Tobbs, Mr. and Mrs. w· nae, <L c. Chase, �1 _Whet·e were Camps Long and Hayvard located during the Spanish-A~the Eastern \Vharf locat- , . . me"· rri~yoi· -ti1::1.t 1•· S<ci'Vetl · ~ou1~. J:t~"'n1s r1.11d ,y.11~t · ~r.ears '! \ •\V.~at· ye,u\ Po1:tsmouth. w ,ts t·esen,t.Ja· •l~.Y a ·baseball team In C-:ew ;Eng!and Jeag--ue? \\: hcte was , fh<)_" 'fir~t · enclo~eci bascb_n ll pai·)<: · located? Vl!ia,t (lay did ,the Hentlen;on's Point_ ·.exploi;;ion take place? \VltM Port1;mot;th mnn ran th e lo~omotlv~ of- tho first through . tt·aln the fortsmouth ancl Dover •a.iJroiid .. "\VJ1tire was the former ;.ch.90°\ ·•1ocat.ed? ~ :f ' ... 'iVh;H _gov.en1ment has control of the lcl ai·senal on South street?. I .,. ,.,•Yh'ere, _,i•;3s .the K':arsarge mlll loand wh,e n tlicl It burn? . ~ Ho"o/ l9n~ nr;o~ (11d the Police carry ·a.ttan ·canes? ,; >Vhat.,-housc · on Mi\lclle street a .c an~ ..so long that it was ,0k~:- . -'¼h::u.in~c!A:lwelli:i,g?- -~ _;'.V1Jat ·was . the present freight house ,f t~rn,,Boston and. ·Maine r:1il rnad on ')e~:' ~.!feet t form,erly us ed for. · •··.-\J\;'h~e was ,the fir's t, electric JiNht 0 >lant"l9.ca.t.ed iit ''this ~ity? . ' '\\'he,r_~: wai; _uie , soap manufactul'lnd 1Iant .of -':-· ·•.r,i :Walker & -Son Jocatecl? .,_ \Vhi,t\ :was'• the mi.me of .th~ firilt ,tea.m_; f!re engine of the . fire· clcpa.rt~ " ene?:r, · ·. ., ·w;i1ere. on 1\IArkct ,. Square or near \farket Square was the first' telephone )Xcho.nge located·/ · ., long a.go ·:1vere the ' electric tfoet . lights ·: shut on ·moonlight lghts? o ~ •., "-" ,:,ro,v . off .J\v:- 1ii:Wl1e ·e was ~he first Sa1'vatio11 ny bari::acl(s lo;cated·· on Daniel sfreet-? _1\he:ri. · were._ oxe\ used for movJng reigl).t · at the n8;;vY Yarcl ;rnd by the , rank .Jones Brewing Co. ,· ' \¥l1at date did Portsmouth-e..lebrate he last , return of. sons· and ' daugh•~)·S? ~ .J. • , . • ·when· did · the Ea.stern ' rnilroad :in , 1ounce _the ,1.1.r!·ival and d cparlure of ---~---::-~==~ •'.de;;t l~;~)o~;{ ig !Jell? . •.• cit~: by ' the" rin . :, · ', cl -~he-· cou~c)) pr~p ·o.ss_,;,t4_11 •:~orthJ,nit · µo eet~'. and ..,. wlfa.t .. kill "}} 'f ;. . - ;_ I ' "\:Vhcre on Hill strnet was the fonner ,ash and l.Jlind fadory located'? \-Vhat w"as the fonnei· name of PorOn what ponu in Portsmouth ice boa.ting indul gctl In cluril;g , ninter? Vl' h e re on Islingt on street was ~ormer Jar vis Drolhers stocking :ory located i \Vhat section of the city was fornert~, known iui l'udtllo Uock '! \Vh:i.t yeat· did Poi·tsmouth have )o!ice force s , two 11olice stations :wo city marsh;tls? \Vho w,w the· Po,·LHmouth man ictecl as President of the Coi1eord and ?ortsmouth railt·o,ut for many .yt'ars'? · v\lherc is Boiling Hock in th e Pi scat tuaq river? 'vVhere was the former .heatre loctLtetl? How many ship hous n,; w er e one<: ocatecl at the navy yard'/ \Vhe1·e off Middl e street have .nutn y >f the large circuses exhibit ed in the ,asl? 1Vhat wooden ship . of th e nav y ar: ive tl here with yello,v fever an.cl was sunk in the lower harbor to ex l erninate the germs? Wh ere was the former Ooocl,·ich locatetl 011 Maplewood IUC? >Vh crc on Slate :;trcct \\·as a :acto1·y loca ted'/ ·what sLJrc on Market :;trcct wac; mce known as the 0~ CC'nts :;tore? \Vhat building on Daniel street was ,. :onnerly LL church cilapel? , vVho wa:; tho man who built so nany ships at l"reeman's Point? I1 ,iVhe1·e in the harbor is [slancl? I .. V-:ho is the Po1·tsmouth man. who' 1 · inv~nted water bicycles th at were ,, ieen .on the r[ver for many years? What was the form er name of l\Iar~Y street'? \Vhat S<!ctlon of Portf;mouth Jl1C time lu1own a8 ff\Vidows' Itow '?" On what · street was the Broken 3ank locate d? ·wlJo m:ttle the gif t of what is Joo<lwin l 'a.rk, to t ho city'! v\' ho is lhe Port,;mouth man •,: was formerly assistant I ' ._ .big · 1'))11<:).r:c. ka · tirn ° not'.ed mari~e offi~er wl1:o 1--esid ed in. the 'ct'well'ing where the county coul't house now stands? \\'ha t was the name of a coal dealer ,who did business and owned a vo-cket on \,Yater streot? 1\\-hcre _is Hadley's Brook, [1, onc e fnm ,o u·s . swim.mii ng pool for •boys? 'Nhat fisJ1 ri11111 was formerly located in the ht1'i·lfl1ing owned hy the l'ortsmouth, Dover and Yorlc Street railway 011 Ceres· slreet? Ji',,om w lm b building on D ,tniel street Wl'·re tho- Civil \.\'h aL ex.pres comp;mles hesl,1cs the ,\nwric:in onco hacl offices g-i-,•s•,; sfroe!. '/ \Vl1at a r e the names or t wn T'crLsrno11th's fnrnous l1a,selJtill f'lu'IJ:,;? \\'I\,- wns I Ile last I 'ul'ls,111011Lii lilt\ n \\'ho 1·~ t n for f;'O\"ei·11u1· on tho de:noc!·td ic ti c ke t '? 1\'ho owne, l th<' stock in ;;· ' ract"r~· once locatf'd on Union street J\lWd le slre'et? ' \Vh at l u g boat did tmYin;;· on Pi l<'a ta qua river fc;r rna ny yc:t rs w«s tlcslroyP<l by fire? 1:Vhcro on; Bo-w street was t), c- ' \'ie-w }-lou se locate,1? ( \\'llut ::-.e·a. ca:ptuin •On whal. islantl in lit<' lrn1il>n,· was lhe pest house fol'lncrly lo e:<.te,l? • \Vho ,v:1s· . ? . ,_;·'_,,.,,',., '',,,,.....,.,""..'i.· r:-i1n011s irQn !J1r!d'1'.·l, lor.,.te{l? 1Vl10 was fo<'rman of En~·ine 3 w!,011 lll;.1 t c•ng-in0 nn rl c o ~l,p:iny ,,·as sf'nl to h<'lp out in the lJi~· l:o~l.nn frrp? \\'h<:,r0 on ltichan1s avenue w:u, llw J):1.vkl.~on t;lnu~htc 1· house'? \\' ho "·a~ vVoodbury Locke where on Plcf't street did he do ··vvh0re "·as the stone ya.rL1 of & Call lo cated? Wlwre wn.s Echo lodge lo ca.lrod ,wd ,vn.:.:; it? '.VhH t orc1t·1· \Vho w,1:-; lh0 1l'it('lH 1· in 1 ~il. revl K(~ltoul wl1l1 lH •lo11g·t,t1 tlH : Cn.11ot. lo one of the loc ,11 ntilit:u·y eo n1p:1nies and ,vii•> tlrill<.•d Iii!:- :-;ellolart; n1ost cvc1·y Ll(1y 111 1nllit..t l'Y \\'Ork'? tho Epi,;cop,tl mi11isLf'r lTI('!l)]J('r or lil(' fl1·c w,1.,s \\"118 ,.,. ro,· • ' tho 1 uil·d e1· whu lh·c,l i11 l11i,; cit)' furs ,,~-cnll ye·::1rs 1)1·io r t'o lib, dcu .t l1? \\'h 1?1to '\\·:,s tl1e Eautern Fnn. ~·(~ Co. "\\'110 • <!('! 1\ l aplc.,voocl onco al lhe navy ynrrl, ·b11ilt? wl10 \'vhen wa,s Gang',,·al Ledge rcmovell trmn the river? .Who was the Portsmouth •ball player to handle a -curve ball? :\:Vh'o ~vere · the Skidmore Guards? 'Wher(l we1--e . t-he cricket games playd on Islington street? _1:Vhere was the I'ortsanouth Tcrhple loca•ted? ·- 'What Portsmouth military company and a . fl'ute and .' cl)-um 'barid took on D\'cnue hntl the Irish rtag (!yin;; :\la r c h 17 !'or many yc ;;rs. · \Vh at wns the ,i-ame or the h a nking frl1ll which tlid lJ<: s·iJl(>SS in t.he in:: no,v occn;pictl h)· ('l1·;1rlC'::; .l. -, ,·oocl On l'l e:1sunL ~lrect? _...., \·Jwre WHS the old f'loatin-g- clry ,lncl : �\\11al church on Pleasant strcet'W':ls clcslruyed by (Ire and how tnan)' houses took fire at the same time? \\'ho (h e city clerl, who refused to p -rform marriage during his tl'rm oe office? "\\'hero wns tht' machine shop Cri tch lcr amt \\-h::illoy localed? \\'h,tt Jodr- c 11 0 w occupies the building rorm e 1ly known as Hotel l\ler- th e pnrh. '! ,Vhat was lh<' method u sC' d in gt,·in;,; a fir<> alarm b fore the fire alarm t r lC' J"raph was ad o \lled ,by th e ci t y? Who was lhC' first mayor of th e c it y "nrl what y ear was he el ec le!l? \\.hC're a,·e lC'n rN,en·oi rs Ioca l C' <l which can h<' 11s rl for fir<' p11rposp s'! 1Vhat year ., ,as the !ale Fran!, J<, n C's elecl('(l m::iyor? ,Vh r 1·e \\':l S th!' f'n1lli\·C'1' oil C'Sl:ili llshnH •nt llw:1l<'tl n 11 l ' Pnl1:1llow s tn •PI '!, ·\\'h <•l'<' on 1 ~,nv sl1·(.•t·L "aH t iH' ,,·as ftff - and \\'}1 a t .\\.ho is lh ,vaH lh C" ir "-::i,. t,u s in Ps: ; .' ,,·11 w man in u, ,, i:;rrnth l•:n ,1 sM·r1·al li,·t's i:1 \\'lien c,n tl !,.. ri,•N formel' l'<':trl s1:·1•c l fr r 11t cli ,l 1::1 :1::.,l <-l i. tn· h hold ba1>ti s ms ·: , \\·hat m :t Y<H" <lill so mu!'11 fi g ltli ";; to wia abd11t the estauli•· •, menl of ll H' leC'll'iC :ti' lin c->;? \\' ho \\:t :-; th <' po,itm:1 s 1< •1· :tppoi11t1 il ,·ho tliNl hdurc he took tll <' oallt u [ \',"i t ll 11 : ·?u· r~ n h c 1,11, , i·L.:,l 1: .. 11 ~:,· ~·ea r s :-.·~ road station . \\'hat years did ,tho JJOlico stop people from smoking on tho st'.·cels n sundar n n,l who was cl11 c C ol P 0 • Hee a.t the tinl<'? Ihe North Entl tl'welling as tho "'l'obogg3.n '!" \\'hero was the soap Caclory located on McDo~wu g h i,,treel? \\' ho was'! Samuel \\·. narr ll and what ruilroatl position Ll id he oc cupy? C:1n you t l' ll ,,"here \hl' 1'0Jl1) " ·;1lk "as locale d at the S o uth End'/ \\"hat Yl':t r ,•:as the so-c-:, ll <' d "I \ump" l 1 :nd of alckrmen clecletl? \\"hero is 'ults' co,·<', a ra,·oritc , ,,·i1n1nin ,-.r pool for hoys'! ,, lt:t,t i(l(':tl t·unlr:tl'IOr ('l<'l'I( 1 lh<' Roc:king·ham county court hou ~o on 8lat11 slre<'t'.' \\"lt<'i·o w.,s th!' tlni;- storP , ,r l':<1wi, rJ. KiP\h:t 11 & Co. loc:cle•L on M:crket strePl '/ ()n what 1,(llitlnr was lh('I sailors nntl 0 8 ,,;,liers' mu, , ument tleLlicate<l in C..:o t1wln ]'ark? \\' het di,1 Lieut. Cr<'<'I~·. the Arctic e.·plorcr n ,·c 011 the )talne .·itlc or u~c Pi!"'<':t tar111::i. l'iYcr? , \\"ho w::is S!"rg<>ant Callagher nnLl ,·.-ltC'rC ,,.-,, i; iH' locatcil for the nnny? "\\'hnt <':tlllP~ip:n , company carried ti,.., "lllon,ly Shirl?" \\"hat r·{'dion of the wa er-front wa~ r 0 ,.merly known os th<' Spl'ing Markr.l? officer'! ('Ollltnamletl by Capttt illH t·an and Urew for many years? \\"ho was James \V. Emery where tlicl he reside on :M:aplewood .\.Ye'! \Vhal polili<':1 I organization clld the 1)<•1-ry '(:uanl,i :tfflllate with o.nd o.11:10 1he 'inchllr Cadets'/ \\'Ital Po1·lsmouth t h ·c office,· of the during the batlle of Rantiago? \\'ltt•n' ,li•l the ,;tea.mer 1·1111 to and who ,-.·<'1·c the owners? \\' lll'rc "· e re li t" former Coni;rmis an•l :'II 1•chanics llalls loca.tctl? i \\'h:tt was the former mtme qf Lln .icn ,;lreet, and where was \\'harf localed? \Vho " ·as lhc first presiLle:1t p, A. c. and whcre on Congress 8 ti-eet was; the club qua,rters loca.ted? \\llmt <1epal'l111ent of tbe city form1·1·ly OCl'Upictl Urn pul.Jlic l'UU1llH'! I \\' ho was BLlw-ard Collin what position did he ho\Ll? \\' ho was th lirst m:mag-er or the George\\' , Atinslrong care al the rail- 1 ol:c ·~ \Vlt:t t fire <'nnrnan:; paratl , d for s·.;vrrnl years in blue shirt~, v.-lt)lo nil o~!:ers tu:-netl out in red? What poliUral campaign compan·ies from this city ~ton<'d. an illumlnate·d ricl·? \\'ho wn<: Edwal'cl C. 'wh'a l was his husitH'Ss•'! \\'hero 011 now street was tho ersitl Hou s e? \\"hn w l' l'<' lhe ~rascot noat 111C'111h<'r,. :int1 w11ab organization lhC'Y r('pl e s rn t '! ·what w :is the );'cwlon nsc,iue? \Yhat 111e'mlbel's of the former Gr::i,nit ~l:tl<' l\:i,·p\,:,ll club are still living in !hill ell~'! , \\"'here lho ronnrr JJt·ison shi:> Soulh<>ry !OP:tl l' tl herore she cmno lo l'orlsn1011th nasy yard'! \\'ho w :u; the local mem.hrr of lhP lrgi s latnrp who 1111t 11,> the fi;.hl lo fill in l'urJ,ll n Doc k? 0 w :,,. llrnn· llarlow anrl \Yhnl f::t nirnts h a nd 11 id hp le:i t1? \\'h o wn s .\h1·:1hnm Kay a iHI h:11111 <lid hC' l<-:1(1 ftlr m:inr ye::ir,. ? \\"h:t l m..t{o r hl' Si(l :>s lhC' lat(' \\'il tinm H. ~i s e, ~<'l ,·r <l four t e rms as th cih ·s rhi e r <>X<'C'llth·e ? \\'h::i t srel ion nf tl1e e i l~· w a s know, .'\nn slreets. m<'r l;tbor:1tnn· lot'al<'tl? \\·h ,t l body rC men W<'l"<' k n own :1 ·: thr ll <'t·mll 1·l11h :11Hl wh<•l'I' did tl,c•,· congTt•~~all' Cot· tnany yc a n , ':' ',\' lw rn ,·. :1 : thC' little mo r r \o cal<·<I on J,;lingl..i:t s: t,·P e t \dH'l"C' t h l'I oldfashioned 11op beer a nd ca ndy wa~; sold for y<':t ,.,., ? \\"IH•t'C' 011 I 'l<' asanl sl1·rr t \\':1 '·' llw Glob<' Gr0<' <' r Y l'om\lany lcll'a l<'ll '! \\"hero w :, s th e pnhlic h:\l h lt 11 1tS(' and tho a q ual'ium locntt•1I? \\"lt!'t'e on :\larltcl strc<' l w:1s th • firm of g, n . ~i s e an•l ('ornpnnr lo ca.t<•(l on!r ,vo1nnn \\'h~ re o:-i lslinir:on strc<'t wPs t)le of \\'i lll~rn Hu_cl<lr c:: & Son ,,n.'s it h n~';' \\" l! ,\ll' \\' ;JS f u:· 111 t !h· 1' l !: .it k h tt.·:•tl'd ! \\ !1 :1l ;.: 1·u c t r ~. 1t:· 111H o n 1lh· I :l! n j 1.· ~!n l ~· t•t•,1 ll u i~ • .. in· th l' , lu l h i n"· '-t 1n" h l I·'. \ \. l ,~ l:",l 1,n , ~ , \ t \ ill .-. l'o. '! \\'il ll w :,:· th l' ,, , . i; n ·1 ~ ~ a ti o n:11 l~l ov l.:; , 11 ,h· Ii' , .._,~·~(':-i") n ,, ~- lh <• l h i<l !·'1 ' l,, w,, '.' I;, ·.•. l::tl 11:• ll \I I • , · Ii ,, lll:1 !_t•i!(• .i }: \.•:..._; ',' ncl t.! r Y.h:1t l)n ~; ~\t,•• 1t v::t!: l ~h! 1, ofli< e .t 1, d l' l1:, .. o:. : i\1 !l"o (" . tl'~t: .. ! '! ,\Vh C' h ) on <.\ ,11 ;,;:t>:-::-. :,tr ( l. h '~1•: fil'ln nf n,, th 1· \':.: \ 1 ~ 1111 ·•.:~h!l!ll !tw. ~ and wh :t l. l1u sl !1t.'!--! > \\ ,-1·\..· ~!:er \ :1 ;,\.~ ll in'/ \\ i1.il lirl' 1' · 1~;1 , c· l 1•,. 1,·,1p :1:~y n:-... ·:: t .. l .111 ;•n t~e r::, rl i, t Pll~ th l • I d ~~ fi ! l' in L~•-~ 11 .' \ '.' lii< ·i: I ol l ; l t°L !•·,,: \\"1 •.; ()1\4' \\'lml J'orl:smou th on;a n i~u.llou con1\ udcd picnics for m::.i.ny year::i o.t I'inldtnm's Grove, Dover Point'! \Vhen uicl J'orl:,moulh polici:? 1•,·1•11Hnt lt;1 ,c twu u,:,;;;i.Jl..t.lll ,_ :tll n\\' •. cl \ ,,l!'\ l1J II ! tlH \ \'11 ! l h , . ;tl I 1ac ·l ·!; l 1, p ru1· i .. ! I l 1l ' l : 11 .. l l I ~~· i :·; o1 ll l ... 1;1 \ il lll:(·,, .1:•.t.t'i ! . ~ : 1 i':: :~)U! l : I ~ d St ,,. 1:: :l l; L:1.«'h· II l' lllh , :1·,• I , l·o '" ' ·' l11 l~fe r.1:1n ,. hu ,u~~· i_,;v-- ~~~ 1· f~H· ~n 1n o c: 111, ·: \ 'h t!·c \. •1 \ -. t•·--i :1 •1 ~- t• l't· l ,v:.:~ fin .1 t, !' s,, , vrl L \\f' f h r r i..~ <1..,. '? \ °)10 \\' ~ :\ t }h, o :· _; ;: 1::\1 own e r l' f 1 1,i !II ,,. , ,\.p pr•~·:. : :,, 1 h r ~· •t1 ~<1 ·• 1t \': L > h; t !· • u::l ~;.t Ji , 11;.•; Lea ch e(l r,·: ho !· Pl'\',"'d sP Ina I' Y yr:• r tl.<1 ,\·:111':c~· c..t• Ltni c;.~t ll ·1 no,·rr ~trC1.: t'.' \\' h::tl IOl':<1 1,;-:~,•n·z .. ll o n v •: :h i vo m :;. or•. 1', n!i .. l l lov: ::;~rc-~--t. -.,•n!=i ttnl r d ft>r its w n rl : tn 1~1 in-.:t 1l l pci1 fn 1rn:.t n t'<!l '! I ,\ , \· hat lit:i Jt~· n g l)ani (•1 ,.·1 :'llarshn I'~ llJHl who were the last men to ~<' I'\'<' in that position? \\'hf'l'<' on Daniel street was J)OHloffh-1• UllC<' loeatc<,l ?· \\'ho wns the famous musical rector that ":\llkado,',' "Pinafore" antl �·al! was the nanre I ot the .'hoitel ·a,1. '·ew;caSitle n<JW. QWned and.' oc'c'ulpied 'l)y ,the u. s. army? camps on •8 eaY e-y's · lsl::tnd •· s 'p a n is.'!1 , \··a r~ •\V1hat 1>01:itioal 1>arty hall: a(' Ht1.'bbards in· tlhe foI'lnel" ! p,rura1le5i? bad, t 0 the :sel'\'lc e ~ Lh e n arvy a-s co m;m ar. d i;·.1t o f the na,·y ya r.d during t h e, Spa n is h w a r'? O n ,w ha t po1: d o•f th e c[ ty w ere ho rse races fo nn e rly he1cl d·uring \ ' . pYhab res'idenb of Chrii&tian _ Sho~e ,va.s-:once kndwn as a li~'h;t•ruing dnll wl th a gun? . :..'.Wb:o wals 1the flrBt . ca,vtain of the rifen,gine compaa1y on Bart.Jett street? ,What rwell ·'l{nown man coinm'anded ~ •1opa1 {!om([)'a.DY Qf Hea'VY :ArtJi.JJery? . ~~e're_on Russell \S'.treet. was the :U.n10'l1. ·House locatled? . . ~ ~-.\Vherei" on the rivm· !ronl were fhe SIC:liooners 'M nry · E. Eltlit·edge :i.n.d. i'1.nni1\ F. ·con lo; hmn·che<l'?' . ;'.Wlwre wn11 the Conicord and T'o1,t~ro.'ilroatl ;, 1·ocomot:ive; • ,, thousie Jo- rurt:ist ·- i"'"hn.t -· . co,rnty lnm:tl Ps c, f the slate pri ,: Qn ·: 11 r, w m ,1ny_ of lhP. t,•n 1·,•,,:r• n ·olr r1 t h.-• i:l ty tl.l'A 0.<,nnect~d rn ,dn ,, nn,t wl ,i,: l1 lt~ :; r h t- l'.l r1; .- : t c11- wlnte.r '/ \\Yh al w ns th e name o r Lh 6 c1-o g n t th-9 m a rin e ha n ac \;s th a t r ece i vcc1 <l 1nilil a r~· b uri.a l a.n d was c r ecli,t e d witlh s aY- . \\"h<• wc• r f\ til e c: q,tai11 s of th e s t Pa m.J a tnf' x ~u n1p :-in 11 u 11d t h <' l' isca t:t(tlla.'! ' \\'hat \; in cl o(" l, 11 ;),Jin ;; l · 1ti\' t• r xa \i :-. t l'liurc h ·: " ' hat w ·a H the or i;;·inal rw 111,· <11' \\'hu , vas .l:1n1t' S \V . <:111)1iwl11 wl, a l il11si1H, ~s wa.H h e so•1011 ;; .. n1,::t;;Nl ir. o n Co n;;rt.~~s Htr <•Pt, \\'lwl w,, ~r hound trai n o v <·r Llw llo ~t o n & ;\fain e railrn:lfl r un ni ng- 1hro u~h w e(• l.;. ·wh a t prize fig·hts took pl a ce a-t I s les c ·f Shoa.19 and on Le.:i..ch's fs,l and'! ,vhc re on Corl1'w a ll [;.n d V a ug·h,rn streets ·w ere t~ie wood y a rd s lo:a tccl? \Vho t -w.as \lhe nrum,e cit' t·he wo odburning locomotive that cl id the sh iH - n. of- m-eda,l U · l'l'hl <' 1'8 \\'11:i t l'orl li!III Olllh m a n ·w ns 'l<n0\\'~1 Co 1· y earn I a s :i c ha1~~1p ion ,,..,·oo cl -c·h opp e r'! 1 ,vhHt :.1cr.i clt>nt t oo'k ,Pl:1 ce nt nnrll c l t s tl-cE.'I. c,•o s s lng· when o n e m a n w as kfl\ N i o. ntl fo ur o-th e r s ons Injured •? ,vha t c 1:-vil war ve teT.an h as a s aYLn g several liYe s in l>niidi'!lg rt·orm!erly i.,tood· on the corner oJ' Islington and )J~ewster s,vroets? , : · Who wbs Joh-ni A. Ca.ss'idy an<l •w'hat protfession dicl he follow? . '.,Wba.t .- telegrqiph co!lilpany occUJPied r0001 in the 1~:1r o,f t11e <lr:ug store WiiMam D. Gruce? . Wllat ,vet~ran o•f 1.he Civil ·war n.nd ot honor man wal!l watclhman a.t the gcwernment fCTry lland·\ng on Dam,iel streeb for many· ye<ars,? · What ,l)osition. cl'.id! the ·1a.te ·A:a,ron. Youn1g _ocdu:p(y at the 'cus,t'o m 110nse? n1.1 yor:1 11,t'<' f! l r t· rn :-; ·: in g· on<' or mo1·0 lives ? ;~~ut'h ~~? .. '\Vh a t l'o1 ·t Lmout•h · man was ca11ed ~; 0111(' tiln l' o.l!'i d a ys wa.;-; ttH~ "l!OHl k n o wn ll' :L! n ? " ,vilen, on Da,u iL·l stl't' ('l · w,1:-1 - S t p,· p n,; ha l\el' )' lo ra t <> u '! \V hal ca n1p,1i g. 11 co 1n fH1 n y w ;ls k n o "·n as ! ht: (' o nti ne ntc.tl ~? \\'h o w :1s thn l'u 1·t s u1,011 Lh n w t! ·who h t- 1<.l l lW po ~llion 0 1 [) 111'1.: h :t ~ing; ag·(•l1t fot· lhP Ho s ton & ;\ Ltin c 1·:1il ro :1d 1'9 :· :-: orrl<' Y<'a r s ? \Y ilo w~ s 111,, ni:rn ' ron:w r·tNl with UH' l 'lH·1:-. n1ou ; h ~LH ·h i111• l' o 1n)J.1 n y w ho 1 Eo m a ny ,·e.a r s, '/ " ' ha t m ed Lc al n.1.::i n o•r. D:ia.ni sh virth wns o,n c'e Joca Led on Comgre'!.!, s trcP•l '! \Vhat wa s the forn n er !--i. :\f. B. as - p;tt c• n l L'~'> p:\ n d i n g 1·.-•anH' t' Leyden belong \\' Jt 0rv -. Vlho ls Jo'hn Samuel Whidden and w:h at county position did he ,former!)' \,old? r . . . \Vhere on, Congress .,str.eet wa,; t11e ,}Vood,bine Jocate.d·? • · ·what ty,pe otf fire flgh1ting a,p ,p:i..mlu•s was the Governor·· Lans•don No. 5 and Atlantic No. Q; and · in ,,~ha,t s~'Ctions the,,city were the machines located? \vh~t ~voden: ·s hip th made ' Y1tsto1,· fQ1'tth'e An-nerican navy WU>!' 'built ;:It uie Poi-t-smoulth mwy yard in DO days,'? f'Vh'O.t sootion of the city was once Cl).lled V{hl te Cha'pcl '? '•"vna'.t ship sert ·a crew ,of sai-lors t o assist the fir emen ·at _the r..ocl,ingh a rn hotel fire · •',At what fire at ,the ,vest Eml were .tho Ne:w!l.}u.r')iport !firemen c:.dlcd on .for assistance? _· ~Vhat newsJp,i.'p er ,w as once ·prh: tcd · in the Freeman's Bloc/I,? . was Finley n. DLLttc,rliclu nncl vi:Jrnt city 1p<H1itlon cli rl •h e occu:py'? ,vf1a.t fbuild'ing ··stoctl on tho old "ooden bridge on °1\laQ)l c:wood a,l\·enue and ,the mouth of the .North ?11.'ill pond? '. . ~ '. On ,wh_!,ch sl(1c, gqing 'cliOwn ri,•er, is Pl}•Jl-a;nd·-Jbe,-d~mn Point? ' ,vho at 0 thP J\) rm,-. r l•~ ll P r y 'fwb.:L i n ~: h u si tH'ss on l' )i1n i l' l st r ee t C' Ond u,•t f' d b y Frerl ..\ . (:!'a y ? " ' h ,tt Ullclf' !'gl'Ollllll c.; un .s trlll'lion on l )c 01· st r (•t.• t c· :11:st- tl s o 11111,·h ag itation tor y c:1r~ ~tn d wh at r :tu sr·d th e :-i:-tl11 t? r of is Uri ll L'o rnp :1 n y n tH \' ln (' a lhl ·1 \V haL t h r<' P m ,>n t: () mp o~<'d a lirm !lo- E (lit o r - ln til e ·'\Vhat do y ou !'oi-t :-.1noulh c olurnu·· t h e 1.;on l\':Js asl<t•1l "·h ,1 L L_,·p ~ or· fire nh o ut lhe .(;:ov. l,~q1 ~'<1Vl1, :,.;o. ;; , and , \Ll ,rnlic G, ,1.11<.) in wh,,-L s,•c'tions . o( - lh P c itr w,, re tlw .m :n :illn q; lo <·,l t t•ll . 'flit-· f~ov . L:1n .~ 1lt1n ,vn ~ fie:-;l ln ca t l? (l 0 11 C ourt :-;t 1·t' Pl in th e hou ,:; ..~ n o w oeC lll)i c (l h y J1~n g·i11t' 2, anJ n un1het \Ya!i :1 . In the advt·nl or st ea m fir <' ' th<! hancl tulJ,; were .g 1·a ch.u1. lly dl ~ po ;;, •.J ing :1p p Hr\1tu s wa:-; o t' . Th e 8aga111or e 5, 1whi c.: h w :ts i o C-ell N l on Sln le ,n n •P_L in th e the en!,o r sl 1·C'e t sc hool, ,w e ti o n a s junk. 'l'il e n tl1P S ta t!' No. 1 1ht•n loca t N l Sll'P e t tool( Ill e pl,1CC of :'\ O. a t'or :I ~hor t tim e. and whC' n it d bi,l\i p e .J r< ·.l( ( \y)l ,,t lwc am e. of il 1. d o n o t L1.!\.lo _ ·c ov. L an g-don \\' HS 0 10 \ "l 'l.l ~tr; t·e Rti·en t ancl n1im11e1·Pcl 5. Ar lnn1ic 6 W:18 lo cn.t N l on . ,:trnc t opposite tli e rP s icl <'nc·e ll'i :-;.c·ata<pta . No. sl rePL _-wns sol• ctto 1-:erwi.<'I< arnl th e All:tnti c pla ~· e \ Of ;\o. •-l nP:11•, tlH) clc•1,ol. hn11 se occup iPd by the A.tlnntte Stnte s t r€'H Is now occ upied ,i s dl\~ll ihg- rn ·. u· the hntton f3etory . . OLD FlRl,;'\fA.:'>i. ' \\' Ila l fa111uus e,11.. 11 1<· ~ w t· rt. 1 pl;.1 ~·l·U f1H' 1n ·tn .v yc•: u ·s un lhl~ ,g 1·oun ,l s now OC• ('llJ'il'Ll IJ)' (he ~)OJ'lO')' .\II~. Co."! �.... J. I 2. \\'l1<·rc• on l'leasant street " ·a~ the (:!uh(' f:ro("'l')' <'ompun.r l ocal<•<!? Thr lirH 1,uilclin;::· sonlh of till' Norlh l'h111·eh 011 l'lt•asanl >stl'('Cl. forme1·Jy known as lh<' (;J~be huildjn:;. I:;_ \\'Im l s<'a captain on ~la.plewoocl !.a,1 tlw lrixh tla:; tl,ving· o n F. Larrabck), a fonner resident th5.s ,· city, no\\' o( Coron,i, C:difornia, muk~s interesting· rcplie~ t'O s~Y'l'r·al a: . the c1ucstions "\\'hat Do AIJou t I'ort!l,,nou Lh '!" You Know A llh•)~tgh 1,e ha~ 0.W!'ll Oil tho "·e~,t for 3'6"\'E.•ral ) ' \'Ill'~, i I. C:\,n• be s\1i<.l ,.J1e h~1s the huunt~ o,f his l.>0)'.hood :c1t-ill i~i mind, a ml with· a De'.,\- <•;X- ~ l;O:\St 011 \Vho canl'ed on an c-xt r•n:sh·p h111<i- ne."S on one o{ tlw K•' w ('as,Lle Islands'? ,~·11.0 was the pnri,ril't •w <>f the whol<'>snl-c bhl<et'Y 011 L,i nrl<:n st;l'(•r.t at Lho 1.hiie or th<' t 'rnli:•llo"' ,~, rPf.'l t1r<· ? '''ho, 1winr tn 'thr t 'h·il \\':11·. !wpt :\, pop11lar ct1th1g l11111H1, at l:-ipring- ('our l. :! 1. \YhPr" is "'hl'i-c w:rn 1tho ~ :1;:-:11111m·(• ,Iii!? "\\'hero wa.~ th~ spool f:actu1;· "! \\'here "·res the ~"\lg.1,: norc llou.,;o a.ud it! ~vliat p'ar 11·:•iS i'r hurnnl? ~ :1nlf'fl. ,I i.J.Jlr • s l l'P•·t ,,rr h:l\'t' rn;1nr uf 1h1 1 lnl'.~ '' c•ir,·11 s ,•s •·~lilh111•d 111 the- p:1sl '! In lhr• J,11 ·;;<· fh•ld 011 lh1• 6, ';\'!w, ·r 1101·th ~ idr- _itr :~L wt ·sl n f ( ':t :-.~ st l'f'Pl. i: '\\'1l ;.1t tu~ lJo:if d icl to\,·i11;..:· nn lhP PixC'aU.Hp1:t river (or 111auy >t.• :11·:-1 :1n<l wai; <IPstroy('cl ·lJ.r flr., ·: 8. llow loe<tlf'tl :11 111a.11y ~hip ("!ant ltat,· ni:tn. ,,·,•n• Olll'f" hut1:--Ps tht> na,·y > :tl'l1 '? Thrf•C'. n. ' \\'h at \\':IS tit<· 11:1111<' ur lh(' io,rnk• in .c:- firm whil'h clid l>u >< i111•ss in l111! l,t1i1c1in •.;- 110\\· 01·cupi••d lo)· l'lwrlr~ .I. \Voocl on l'kas:inl ,- t, ·pel '! 'l'ht' :-;el\· I fampshir(' llanlc ·10. \\'lwre is the J,;,o ;; [l•rn \\'h:ll'( Ju: c·:Uct1 '? At Ko1Jlc's l s lH 11d. l'l. \\"ho O\\'nod th" slo l'kin,: faclorr L'nion :sln' l'l. 11c:u;;11·<'el? Thuni,r,; Kt•nnNI.\'. cord ·for ~ · man\Y years? · · · · · • · \\'!h:.t Jha.kery iorvl~;anornr ~lreet. wq,s J'ahn,011s l'or lhro\v1~ hrc'l.:Hl a.i1cl fb~l.n~·7·, " 'here wa'.s ihe 1;,e1•m1.lt1 rt~n(t(~r y.u.rd Joca'te<l on :Marlcet ,sl!'eol? 'Where did (he StPa,m:~'f). J ·ohn Brodk.s • l and here und w .h.er,o d~\l she 1 ru.n '? ,vh at 1la.rruous admira\ of llhe Ci\·i wa,r <li.ed at !the l"lortlsmO'Ut/11° louilin~ rto1·k ' ' : ' - ' ., WhaJt political ,P:trty; stinp.~r1ta.d; a rmnprui.gn com,pany l<now,n _, ~, th "l'lhalru1,,"? ·where W'll-S the former !}t!Q.J.e '. lbo. frucbory locti. ted,? ,vmt ,two Portsmouth •woonen we noted rfPr their lo<-1111g j(mrn,eiy.s on foot. Who ,veJs _lt!he former pho,Logra,ph~1 on Congress street, noted for his ' tin type wor'k? . / \V.hat t:1-1Pe or a · boat ti,,. in railroad l'ort !-! 1no111.h ,·,,:.,·x·: for 2'n an ~ lion . \\' . II. llnl'kclt. :.,'. :;, \Vh ;.11 lhe w c1s n1<'thod 11sl· <l in dine? Ii•·•· ,. 11:a~ ya,1·~? rh " t ,,ct,, () as l'.-csident of llw l'oncorcl anti w:Lsi tho O c•r:1n 11:ou so anu. in \\'hat ,·e'tr was it ilJ<urnrtl'/ ;rho followin::- qu<'~lit111s :ire a11s,..,,.r1·cl1 .hy ~Ir. L;,u·rabre: 1ninnlP tl1r• gf'·rrns? conductor . and. en:g.fa,eev 10n tho ·passen,ger train 'btltween, this ciltJy· -and· Con- l'i 1·:1l :1q11:1 ri\· ,, 1·'! Off thl' Eliot shunt :!:!. \\ .. ho w:is tile Purtsn1outh n1Jn ,Yhct·e sidP , > or S Plllh Fou11li r)· ? ~. '\Yhat ll s h firm \\'a s forn1('r]y c·:itrd in lhl' ·llllilcli11~ o"· n<'d by tlw l'ol'lsmoutl1, D o ,·<·r :rnd Yori, Strl'l't railw:1,· on Ccre,; Sll' l'<'l? r.antltrll & ('as\\·r•I!. 5_ · \\· 1i:1l wooden ,ship or lht' na,·y HI"· 1·iypd h<'l'l' \Yilh yc•ll"II' fryr1· :i111l 1Ya>1 lllP lower l1 :11·l1ur t l, l'Xl(•1·~ the 1prl :incl \\'atT"ll (now 1'01·lc1·) slrcelH. ·: (). \Yh:<t " "' ' lion of lh,e city "·a,s :·(lrllH'rl ~· kl\U\\ 11 :ts f'udd\l: l)ol'I\ '! nt't w r rn ,Y:1 tl3r and .J effersCJn st rec ts. ""Ja•1 ·0 \\':IS th,, o l·, 1 I01>"·"':ilk :inti for w ·lmt w:r.~ i1. use,! in JSGl '! · · ' "\\'h ero ,..,,.,,,,, th•o J la~letn n Iron (':t,;L wh<'rC J!•. \Vhf\1'(• ·was tht· f'Prt~n1oulh 'l'l't11 i,lr !o,·al••d '! .\ t the ('Ol'nl'l' ,,( Clw~l • i\Ia.rltc1.? Cr •pf'l])p;rf, l~:.o. · 2. · ,vh nt express , ·omp:rnir·s hcsidcs the Amrri<"an onC'e h:1 1! offic-rs on C~n~1-cks strPf'l'! . ,l:icl,son & Co., l•'r•)C & l.'d., 'l'rafton·is ExJ>l'<• ss. 3. \\rh rn• wns thP for111,•r <:oprl r i<·h l:lnni:•r,· lPC'alecl on ~l'tplc\\·ootl avrnu~? .T11s t acros~ th e 1))1·id;:;·r-, on slrPPl ,n oc:k,~1gham . 1 <,iue.slion· No. 31. - ~ t rrs- I~. Phi li Jr!'ol,: 1 & ~on. 1 ' \\ :trd llillon. propl'idor. Iii. \\'hal )'l' :ll' •\\· a,; the lttl!' F,-~n,, .ln111'~ el<•t'trd niayo1•'! JSGS-186~. 17. \Vl11•1·,· was till' funrwr l!, ·:1rt llol1·I lm:al('tl'! l'un1er o( Hus• !-,:1 •il ;.incl Yau~han :-:tn·<"ts. I ~- "\\"h('l'l' \HI S the fornit·t· l•"l'anldin t i, ,•a t re lo c :1 lPcl '/ In t lw second story ol the cast l'IILI or lht' old l•ranl<lin 1:1c·{'J, . d:ul'ing I Al>ll('l' I Siing-ton , . . QucsUon No. ~2- ., viiliann · A. ,l'.ierc;e._ fu~· , P<t r:-;? 8Pc ond h11 ilcl in~ wt•xl o( · ·~ 1: ,,,,,.:·st c 1· str,•..t, o;, tlw nor·th si<lc, Ed- yea.rs? 1. "'hn w:rn th!' fir s t nrnyoi· of thr rity and whnt :\'f,ar ,,-n,; he "lP<'lt•d'? Ques1tion No. 9. Uo1m,l Ban~<. ·~, , iU. 8. ·~. Dl~'l1l9uth. ("HhiP11Nl pop !,('pr anti r :ind.r \\'l\S ,;old b~· 1111·. Larra bcP: · Quc's tion. No. 5, i11g·ton :-:tn•t: l. lj. \Yh C'l'(' \\'HH ,vho WCl',e rn,e 1J)•1·op1·k'lOl'fl oif thr hottlinr:;· c~tt1l,lis1!1'111ent at tl1• ! \\'est Eud antl "·here wnrs irt lo cwt1cd? \\'h o was tJi.c hc-alth oi~Ci~ er fo1"11wny rshal ~01101\\'('ll\;;' coo·1-eK',tions: CaJ>tain fa e lor.r IOC'tllcd? ln the building-. no\\' ·o,·1·11pi p,l !J;· lite l'lymouth 1:usineHs S<'l100I. and onr on the cornl'r or \\'ash· • 111r. Ltinalbee al-,o -':<l'lltls in a fe:w more q1i<t.-1lions in thi s- N11•e ,w fitich \\·ill rcquf.re the ,mt>rnor.,· o'f ~ome of th:e old Omers {o an&'woer·. 1 'fh., fol!o,\'in,g qu C' stions are s1.1r;- 111:1 many eyarn '/ 17 for celltrs Eld~-etlge. . , No,'le--T•h e, Herald wrllc'r mtuke;,; :\to:-.t•.~. J .f. \\'l11'l'C' on Stat(' st n ' l'l was a . sh<>(' . ceptiOllll he ~s COl'l'{'C(. \Vh'O \\' a.~ pt'0"11\Jsl ll1e Chi: \\'a.r'/ :ir·,·h the gilfl "\\'iho made the ~ift no~,· cfood~"1in Panik, t.o the city? Ma.r- a 1, c:il·in;: " firr ala r m he-fore lhc ;tl;tl'ln l"l";;n.1ph "-a~ ndopt('d tiy tlw <·it ~· ·! ('onlinuou s rin~inn· ' or church ;111d sr·hc,o1 llf'IIH. and s,...,.C"n bltu'\lS or Whal nJ'.>lelcl focal b:oxer was 21:hietli: d'irC'ctJor for a wfhiLe i':1 lthe ,early ili:.y.~ f"rno11 x. swimmin.:.:: pnol l'or !Joys7 Ii th,· 11a s l11n· "'""l or 1111• oltl \\'uodi.>111· of the P. A. C.? · . i ,v1m.t 1brn.noh or m ,('('h)an\cs •were en l g-ai;ed in the firtil s-tmul,e 01t the Fr2.rn' Jon,es Ilre-w3nJg Co.? ·.. ' Wilrnro on !sling-ton s'trcte. WflS th p.-rc,e,c1-y storo o{ 'Nilllo:m ·· .AJ.tJOn ,~ 111;1 tudo11. R=? ::~. Whal "·ax I lie furm, ·r J'n1 ·tpt· strr-~t? ,Yarrcn ~trect. :!(;_ \Vho is Lile l'orts111uuth 111;1n " ·h:, .w:is forn1<.•J'l~· a~~ist:tnl sP c n •t:•r~· nl , ; ,., n:l\'} '! Fr,1nk \\' . llacl,rtl. ::,. \\',herl) on l~lin•;:;,ton street ,.,. ,, ,, \\'hk> was Jo1m · 0. Ayers a.ml· position d'id ho fill . ror many years: Who "'1'1S Frel?'1llo.n R. PevP.rly whl'.\l position . did hC' fill a~ .. th,e, -B L de'])ot an<l later · 'in the p,ol_Lc.e ,dtj :•d<·:1n1 whls!IP~. n•pt•atr• rl. ~.f. WIH•re is I lacllt•y·s t:ro,,1,. a <.il1•" ro:nnt•r .Jar,·i-~ Druther~ s1tuckh1g· ,,,r•1o>ry Jo('a t e ,l '!. .\t its interception "it 1i C'r(•rk I O;Jd. _ I ' • I•• ! 1 ::.:. \\"l.i :t l 1·ur t }~u u u t1. i1Hlir :.: 1•~f• ~~!\' t llP ,, 1>,in,· a.nu • :i. ' "T• f7nrt.e, anti drum h~i,d ,tool1 l'orts- a ,prliz,, ot Phil'ad('Jnithia'!. The m• t uth LiJ,ht 1\rtillcn·. ~ '¢ . , . '! .•, •J wlij Jinr'tment ·? "'ha:t firr.1 .now ·ocicup'ies b'1Je · fomn !-Laro ,of Ay,eTs & ·rnck.e on l\I.ark i ~:n·rel? On whnll holid.ay was :inid Sail-0i·S'~ mO'!l.umient Coocllwin Pa.1,k? , vVhrut · hbuse· Tu;!l1rgton st.neat Lh1e SC'e'.ne of m:in,y sod'1al gatherln~ 1•· or hig·h r::m ldng 'Jl(l,Val ofi[,loe1<s? an ,vp ~,. " 'hu war,• t Im 11Hl n wJ10 hu~ l:t. :io many shi1·•" :1\l Fn,c111tln'~ ~'oir.t·: GE-brg-o Js'crna.ld. :Jo . "\Yho is tho Port s mouth man ·who 'i n'\·ente.d. ,wa tc)• bi'c ycl'es t11a.l "·c1·e spcn on the rh•c,r for many y~tLn;'? 1>:"',cl to some stcr-m fire tn,g·:•;1~ attvchmen,t "·as in the 0ou11t for so lon!g'? t • How ,rr,la.11JY :1nea.1,s ago did 'tlie ·1ast ,b urial tia1ke plac,e :itni the · Point I of Urc,11. era.vet;; -cemetery ~l. \\'h:1 l \\':tS the l\l1.\ll<' or ,ka.l<n' who diU bu~ln.,~,:: and own<>d a coal pf.\t~l,et m .. \\'ater street'? ,bJ.kl't'. ~~. Ft't'!ll ,,'ha:l bu\lltling on slrN!t were ,t lie Ci\'il JSOl.tlie,1·,1 nntiill:'Ted \n? [n tht, olll . fe,:lerul1l>\lilll- ,rar i>11C:· at the col'~lCJ' o{ l'rrshAllow. 3~. On whr , slreet was vhe ===.:.......;;fl\~[;:'..;. ' rl<r t ~·trcct. ,Vh~1l suit against the -c:t:y i·P.ilat~• �was lawyer who tt~'iired in ,cric-ket,iio ~tlch In hi s youngc-r days:/ 2. 1 "\Vho was th e loca l lawyc,r who figured ln the Huit a;i-ainst the noston ·and Maine Railroad for bloclcing traffic on :th e Vn.ughan slreet cro,rnihg'! 3. ·who · was t:io first Superintcn• of lhe Portsmouth Street Hall4. Who com11rlned tho board ,of police commisslonPrs? 5. W~o was the late 1',athanicl ·a.nd:- what !)0:3ition a• did he OC " was Utl' last c it:; publi c house localecl '/ l; '\Vhat mean,; or transportation to , )"ork IJPu.ch ancl Yor!c Harbor was used before ll1e r:1ilroad to Uwsc poin ts was built? , 8. Who W!tS the first iti-U:>ft;l~i;ic\s _ ent ' of th e c ity fi1•e alarm? 9. '\1/hat loc:~l ne,v~papcr was con~ trolled and edited by the ln.te w·m. 0. ,SiaPs and J oscph R. Curtis'! 10. \Vho made up the ,:,tar bn.ttery or the Portsmouth biu;e l:mll team In New England :t;.,eag·uc'/ · 11, ·vVh6 ·-im~i the propri&tbr• of ll:p.p J~'ifah tol:y o'ndi· locate d · off ,I -Ian~ock str~et'? l'.l. ·what sculptor des ii;11 e:l the John Porter mo'n um e nt · in Park? , 1~. '\Vho was the New Hampshire Congre!Jsman who ma<le such a fight ln ·Wash.ington against the removal of the cild Constitution from Portsmoutl: ,1avy yard to Charlestown? 14. ·,vh~ ~vas the well known not1lh man who offe1·ed the city $35,·00 fo1· a 11ublic . library and later wit It !rew the ~.:un~? , !G. V.' ho wus the last 1f the city almshouse and farm? 16. '\Vhat t\'\O transports of the oro u ght . tho Spanish prisoners Santiago t o Seavey's Island? • I · Some interesting reader of Chronicle who is not as n ear tJi'o. c~ntury mark as he wants us to beliOVJ<l, takes the opportunity to tell the . reid,. ers "what he knows about I'or·l~moi.th" and at the same time requests th e Chronicle to r e ply to sQme of i the questions not clear to his millll in' ,o cal, hlstory. l'.l.~he Chronicle •wili try ancl 1 ,et ,him i:,ight with the required ans wers and a few corrections and at the ;~e' 't ime ~ake a reque~t . ~f · . / tr!buto~ ' O~l, other,1 who may qceide ( to - 1•eply lO ' _th,;,;e quelniorn,, ll1i.t ll~ey (.confi(l~ . their • ·cori_·esponllc1:ce to- ·· .!lido of the· pn.11er. , QueHtlon ·No. 2-"\Vlllhtm H. ;\[oi:a.n. , Qtietition , No. 6-Comcr Eow j;t, or church on l'lea~n.nt st,·et't wa 8 dc8t1·oyetl by fi1·e, and l10\V 1n :..t11.v house:; too!, fire at lhe same time? Ans. 'J'he Uni\'cn,alist church. 120 hous!'s took fire. 2. \\'h o w:lS th!' city ('(('l'k w ho r e fu.sc•cl to 1,cr·fonn rn:t 1-ri a gcH fl uring- hj~ t erm of ort'ice'/ Ans. \Villinm ::\lo::i re. :3. \Vh c1·e was the Macliin(• ~hnp o( Crileltey n.nc.1 \Vhall ey hh'a l<·<l '! Ans. On Hanove r 8l., next lo i\lu,dgTOC<!rh' storp near Bricl~;c ~It . 4. \Vh:tt ,lod ge occupies th e build · a,; Hote l !\[c,rO. 1,,11;,;, ·,· f.i. \Vli o ·,vi\s 1-~llwanl C. ~til'l\lli'Y nntl what was hi!~ llt1 ~•dn1•s~:? think h e w as :t 111·ofe:-;s ional 8(:11 li(LC'l'I · G. '\\'.lH:> rc on l \ow SL "'""' lh,• 1:iv<'l' housf', ,\ns. ,\ t l11P j:1111 :t i,rn nC ('l ·l·C':-; :ind l)t 1 11h~1llow ~; ts., n1 ·; 11· the 1'1-ny In n,li ng-. 7. l ,ion'l l 'O l1l('ntl,i't' th,, tHlll"ll',; or t lio l\(as c:ol l!1Kd. Clt11>, hill th, ·y l'l'JJ• ,·pscnted th e 1'. A. C. s. \\"hat was (h(' for-rnC'l' lHUn e of NPll'lOn A\'c'/ Ans. ru,l(l!(' Dock. v. '\\"hat m<'mhcrs ot' lho for111C'r Gra nite Slate Base Hall Club are sti ll !i\'in ;,; in thi:; city? Ans. '\Vill lHLY C lo · r>a~JS this up to you for the a n swer. Jo. '\Vh ere was thP forn,(•1: . prl :.;on ,;hip Southcry locat<'d 1)('[0 1o <>ho .::1mc to Portsmouth nnvy yarcl'!You 1 will ha,·•· to answ<'r thn.t oirn loo. 11. \\'ho w :,s tlw local ntl•mla' r of the lei;i,-;lature whn 1rnt up lh e fight to fill Pullcllc Dock? l'l caric ans\\'er for I H e nry Ua1·lo\'f nncl ll'hat hand did h e Jea,l fo1· man y v«:a.rs? . .,.\ 11 !-:. Il e ,,·:ts a tnuHl cia.n a1H·t lhc l'ortsmoulh lla n ,l. 13. \Vho was /\ bn,rn Kay an,1 wh:i l famouR !J:u,,1. <li<l h e IPn•l for'! ,\ns. Il e ,vas lhC' Ie:tcl Pr of th(• t~Pa r sarge F'lttll' nnrl Drum B:,n,1. 1-1. 'i\' l1 f\t. ~ff\;-or Jip,; i(ks tlH· ic-d 1 (. !3i:;, ,• :.;l' i' \"L".l 4. lt I 1,1 ~"> <>n rC' more th e C'h1·11ni,·I" ,f. wilh a f<'IV n101·c .l '!' plie,-; ""\\'hat do you h: now ,\ !Hrn t mouth'!" 1l o w t•vt•1·, h {• hHH put of tho ans\\'f'rs up Io t lw pa p er n.n<l .r. \\"C al'C pl eas,·d tu h e i8 ,vrun~;. 1. \\'It o \I·« ,-; J-:'111':t n l J>. Coffin and ._ w hat p osil io11 <l i<l ltu hold'! .Ans. lie 11·a:; a ~laster l':ti11t,·r a11d l1<•lcl u( ~ll urifC 1,0.;i tiun Hu ck in gh:un u( Coun ty. .... \\"l10 w,Is til e lirs t nlanagf'r or ih,· (;(•01·;;-,• \ \' .. \1 ·m stro 11 g- Caf,, al Ill " 1·:t ilroad ~; l at.!1 n '! .\11 s. ('h :1r lt•s ll:1111. "· \\"hat .,·,·ar,; Llid th, · p1Jlicc s lop f1·0 1n :-·111uking- Pn lll(' sLrc ,,t s 0 11 11( ' \lJ)l<~ !~•111 da~' :•nd \\ ho w:1 :-; l'\111·( o( l'uii ,·i..· ,ll Lill' linll• '! \\ ' h: tt dwC'llin;-; in tll0 north ei" l ·I. di s ti·kt ,, ·:is ·t· .\n s. ,L•.:111 as k. 110 , ·: 11 t lt 0 "'l't,lJO f~- I l !li1tl\ it w;1 :, a l1uU :.'.i (' Hu •;,: <'11 " 11·,,,, l. '\\'I H•r l' \\''1!l th <· soap fa c t\/ry ,~a lt•d on ~lcJ>u11ou ~.d1 :-; Lr et- l'! All8. co·~ ~tl·ecl n .;:,.:t Lo Portsn1oulh Shoe · l>ui lding and \\'.t.3 r e mod c l< ·d li.,r 1·00 111 d\\' Cllin g a11d 11011::--c. \\· ho II a,; 8:.Llllll <' I "\\' . ,·.-llal railrnad pu:;i tion c.lid h e G. :t11d e 11p y? .\ns. Jl ~ wa!-i ::, tali on :.tgcnt til e Conco rd 1·ailroa<l. ,. \\ ' h:tl y1•;1 r 1hc w:1!-i "I : ump " l;u:.l I'll or :\ ld f't'llll'll S. "\\"h•'rc i K (; 11 It ·s Cu-.·", :t Hw in1111i11g- pw,1 fo1· l n.J:·s·! An;~. ur .,, 011 Lili:-; :-5 i{I\> IL is F' 1·1· t •111:1 1i':,; \l'<•:,t<·rl .v :;ide u( I>u ,·c r 1·.iileua,: l )l'L\\'l'C ll J1'1·cL' lllan',; I 'uinL :cnd l~l.i ncl. Q11c:;tio11 :--:u. :!- \\.illi:tlll K. Hill. Q ue:-;lion ?\o. :: -- Uuri11 g- the t c cn1 c:lic( of l'oli c·c• f>t'l'>"Sl' I ', Qu<'~;Uon 1\"u. ·! - J>nuldu ileclH' I' tlle railroatl t~.- u~~:-- i 11,:.; :i nd .\l;lt'!~<•l. ~tn.•ct. C~1wsti1111 l':u . 7-- \ ·1•a r,; L>[ 1SS9- 1Sl)0 , c;r 1 ·c~ n :-;ln·cL bt•t \\"Pe n d11ri11;; :idrni 11i~l1·ation o f ;\Jt1yor F.dJ-' :, y. :l~i wi...;li wnnl<l :1 ll~WPI'. 1r.. \\'h:it sf', •tion nJ' 111'· l'iil' 'Rno,v n :u-t ../\JJlhony , Aubl n·n a111l • Sts'! An ~:. '\Vh :LI. i s 110w Hh:11:trtl :.; ;i, •c•. :is J\uliu1·a St. I clnn'L othern. 11: I c"!; t ·:~; 1o ll: " !i:1<•!.;all j ::n:nv, IJ o•.·t,1 1 11 1 ,,r I'.\ ,·l\'t• 1·,; l•-.1J<1\\' lli<• </Ll l·S~ hi ·~-·-· .\i ► 1J:._ll 1•01·1 ( llTVl'.l ;;~·. 1·:1 :1:; 1!11• I. Jw: ; tr: •1-.1 id '1\\''.".'1'1' :1,,.°'· 1 :1 ,• \\" ' ,,.,\, ~'-•1l gf' . ' I· .. 1 '1;1 .-:v h:111 p:11 l: l-. ,1·:1t1·d '! \\ ' lrn ~ clirl d : t,\ 111<• I 11,, !'\,;Ill t• ·; ; ,:1):- !011 Jd,H·t•? il:t t ,'. ••; 1 I' i 't.:i'\ :,;J1l<: U Lil · n ·:-aq~:;•,l l,.t- :1 l:.l':t htl l tt·: un •> · ·"•''-" \',' I 'tir: uf !l1v in I( ·1~~~1 , ·: !•~;I , !.111,i \\ i t:· I \\';L i 1111 .11.. tl H' tli fi1 ·:-,t : ~c r t. 1 nIout'1 r11:1t1 i i 11·11u;~i 1 .11 ,d l >u \'c.•1· .,, :·1 ·'.11,l,: lo L':1:1·d '! G. No. 11 -Geo rg-c TI. '\V~llacc QtJestion No. 14-Ilon. Hol'lon D. \'\'alker. . o ·u~Htion No. 1 G-Anthony - -street \Yll.3 from 37 Middle to Islington, Ann · foHnr.:ton to North ::\!ill ~~t. r,-om l 7 ' :M iddle ll w ,rn ll 1<· l:c:-, l l)uilcli11g- uu HeVonough CF:ro:J Qucsllo1i No. ·8-Wal11-11:e /\Ye. Quiikuon Noi -~-'.r-e,·.:!:,i' 11owc . R!ch~rd Wa.lden. . Question •No. - 10-Norfolk n nd ltilll l'i g ht wl1c1·,, J)lll \ \' hut \\'E :> Lill • pn ·;-a·n l !.. f'll.W e r tl H' 1'0:ilon :l!I l i\i;tilt" l'ililj.'.:J,ld 1, 11 J >cl·l· :;u·,•el !\~1·11:,·d~· u s,·~ 1 f c,r '.> 7. \\ "J111·., \\.t.~ l id.' :i n ;t , ,;..t!1L h)c ~• t lcl i ll l;J;,; C'il .\''! ~; . \\~ll( •r1• nn i',L 1r i;1 ! ,\i :~ rl•. t ·I !,-.",, 11 l , 1 r,· . ,•;, p!Jo1H' 1•: :, •!1 ;11 1:: 1 • 1,i. ·;, I t•t\ :•. , ', i:r •,·,· .' 11, .. l 1r.;I !tw ti •.·d 11 11 w:1·: l, :;r:·:1 • 1. :-; ~-= ,p1 :11·\.: I Ii :· �ll. \'..h<\"H \","("I',·',,~ I ' :: \ ,\" 'l }'(\ 00 _\ Jll P l'i\':I It it"': t • ,: \: ' 1 : , ',11'l;"' ~'i'· 111 \\ :\ 1• '.' 1 ~- ' \' lH' l'\' ()1\ l lill . 1 n• 1 •: ·,. 'I'{ \.l 1 (<':·in<•1· s:,~l1 :111, t hlind r 1t·lory l1w:1lf•1l ! For th e brnefil of our nmny readChrnnicle mnk<'s bhc followl'ng r t' pli ,; to son·1·al question,; eoncernin~ Porlsmoulh lhn.l h a v e 1·ecenlly h<'l•ll prinl('(\ undc- r th e ahOV<' h<'ading, 1, \\' h al two Portsmouth mc-n act< d as condu ctor :in<l cnglnPc-r on the 1 :·s• f'ng<' t' tra in bC'lw ee n lhi s clly and i ' •>IH!onl [or no n1 n.ny years? 2. \Yhat bakery on ll:tnovE- 1' street ,.. ais f:, mous f o r brown bread and l) '':lll~:? ~- l J lll ,.c;\ inn ;"~'l. :2-.1111, (:u, . ,·, :1 --~, , (._·:, ,;ti1• 11 :~ -111 :· .. ,,. '· tl, .,· ,:, l ,,,,,. ,l II! ··ll', I. ')'I\',. ,:,• ,. \' ,lrtl '! !11 <.}lit'' l !1, 11 .,11 !I i \Ji• 1: ,' i":•,, '. i l 1 Ill r., \\'hat p olitical pn,l'(y !HIJ)J)Ol'Le<l :t campaig n comp:1.ny J,11 0\\ n a>< tho ' Phal anx?" ''" ,. ~- \Vh >" r<' wws t!1e fo1·mer flclc,le box '.,ctory loc-n l <'cl? i, \\. h a l t\\'O l'ort ,,moulh wome1\ '. d't'f' 11 0 1,,, t for lht i1· long- Jour11r-ys on .I .:11! 'I 1 II• I'' _t, foot '! 8. \\'ho was the (01·me~· photogra• ! iwr n Conc;rc-iss sln•el holed for his : :n typP work? 9. ·w hrrl ln>e of n. hoa l wa!' lhc Un- I hnn<I in " \Vh:1l Dn You Kn nw \ hot!t f'n1·t.--. n1o uth" ;.11Hl r r pli<•s with 011P P"\l't'Ption to th t- :•H.'\ 1-r:11 q11,•sti1H1s of('. F. T,:inalH'<' nf l'c•1 ·0110, I ':11iforni :1 , :1 fn;-ITI"l' l'<'>S id ,•11l or lhis ,·it~·J\lr, Jnn•'s aclmit,i that h<' <ln c-4 1•c1l 1< a O\V ,vl\ O wn~ h <'al t 11 nfl"icrr :°'o t, >11·,.:. !i r(l d ~p:.p·t 1n,-.nt \\' h <' I'<' w :1~ the l"P r'lnh.l lumll<'l' loc~tell on ;\larkel R!l'<'<'l? \\'hal famous admiral of the iv; l \\'al' diP<I al th<' l'orl i< m o uth )UL\ y a. t.n 1c<•s tl inc-'! 10. \\'hat nolecl local boxt·r · wn.o 1•ihl<'lie <lin•<· l0r fo1· a whil e in lhc , !rl,v d:1ys nf tlw I', ,\, C.? I\ ha t hl'lllll'h 1l pf 11H'l' h !Uli C'S 0 p••rha!>S ~•HnC' olht•t· r r-a c.ler (•an t <' ll u-; \\'ho I H' \\'a .~. t hf"' 1,i opri('tor:~ (Jf Uh' lH>llling- <':s la l, li•:hmr II t :i t lw \\l's:l 11 1Hl nnd ,, her0 \\·ar-; ii 101':\tt•d'' .\n~.-P (•asC' nncl c'onn o r on Cahot St . \ Vho w as l'ro-.·n·•l l\l:t1·~l 1 :1II <lt:t l. \\"hn \\"(\ r(' J, 3. llonu·\' '\\'ho e:trrlrd c11 hllsinf':•~l <n1 (H11~ of th, New C':,~~i1c' i:-:- lan Lls'!, ,\11 s.-Jlarcli ui-: a11<1 l>on.n•' l•'is h Co. -1, \\' ho \\':\<; !hr pn>prir lo" Clf 11 :n whol0::.alt 1 h,th.Pr_\" flll Lhc li1110 l , in ll,•n ~·tn· •·I :ii tllC' 1'P nL:tlh 1 w ~·t. nn•'! p-~ ns.-Th r na 111<' ,vn s I >orr. 5. \\'ho prior l o th" Ci,·i l \\':ii· l:<-r t a popula r< :L ti u" i1011 :·,, al Hprin;\ M ar1':rL? J\n s-. J. Ciltnan 1tand. 6, \\'lw1· c• wa\; 1he• 11 l,l r opr• \\':t !!, 31'0 ro,· \\'h :tl \\':lS it usr,1 in ,xr I'! .,\ 11~.-0n lh <' ~horC' r,r l11t• Ro11 h Pt, 111 u,acl n~ n, harr:tcl; c, I,,· tl>" ~,i,\ :-;_ 11. !:>'ginwnL 8. \\'h <•1·" ,,·a~ th<' l J;1~c·ll•·n ir ,., fo•11Hlr y? , ns,-Un i\fc·Pn•1'l1wh SI. !J . ,v11 ,~r11 ..,a~ th P ~ : ,· ~- ,111 01 • q•:1 ! :\11s.-O n l\ll'llo n on,~ lt SL. f1111t of('., . 1-\ \\"lHT<' w:i . : - P11• sp,,o l f • "I ntf ? 1t:i y nrs :-. i1 ip _,·n 1· I. \Yh f'rc ,,·as Ut " :--:a~.!..t t11 un• ho 1:· ,... :'l.iHl in \\·lr1 t:,'tl:ir wa !""; il IJUl'll"d '! --Locatf"tl nt F'rost P·.>int on :no r o l'n•, ·k lll11·n <'•l .l 111w 13 l~7L l:?. ,1-·h,·n• was th <' <.> eP:i n hP11i~e ·1n'l ilt \\h tl ~-0•t r w a.°' it 1,urn<'ll'? ,\11-; r,J,tt or ,l April '.!l, 1S7:l. ,_., ., 1,., , 11J::ig1·d in I ht• tlrnl slrlko al tho i ra,d<. Jo1H'~ Urcwin~· ,o·! 12. \Vlwre 011 lsllnglon street was LJ,,, cru<·t•ry Rlore of \Villian1 Alton & :., ) l l '! 1 :;, ,. h: t \\'ho was J ohn 0. Ayers and position did he fill for many \ ~ar!-\? · 1 I, \\' ho was FrePman H. Pc-verl~ ,rn<l whal pos ition tlitl hC' fill al lhe J3. t'.: ~I. cl,•pol n ncl hler in the poli ce de• 27 . 'Wh o did lhe lug L eyd e n b elo n g tu and y;h&'e was s h e Et a.tion ed ? , Qu,·slion No. 1-\Villlam Lltlleflel cl a .l George A. La,,, ~~l~i:i .. i~ll .1·~0. 2-\V~l.::.h.'.s.2.Ha.~ _r Y Question No. 3.-C>n sit e n ow occup ied by Consol!d:l.tion Coo,l C6. -· Question N o . 4- Ldm!ta l Farratut. Que stion o~ 5-Democratlc p ar\Y, Question No. G-Hrnr or oulh Machine Company. Question No. 7-Hanscom Sister s. Question No. 8- DavHs :arotbers. Question No. 9-T ~ boat-:-T Q u esticn o . 10-Timotlw · ·Cro11ilt . Quc-!-lion l 1·--Coot~er:;. Question No. 12-In building ecup'ed by 'l'hos. Loue-hlln:. ·; Que!'!tlon No. 13-\Vell kfiown , man• lger of J\luslc Ha 11. _,. Question No. l4-Forn1P1' ·. ass!gl:inc . hlef of J,ollce nnLl ba~r,age master ut le pot. Qu es tl,m No. l&-\\'oolworth'tl r, , O cen l store. . Qu estio n No. lG ~Tuly Fourth. Question No. 17- 0 lll Gov. Oooclwln 1ouse, corn<'r Is lington and 1 , treell' . Qu c-slion NLl, 18- Knibbs Y al\'e Co. QuC'st;on No. l ~-Camp Lonslamp ll :1 nranl. l,lu<-::tiun No. ~0-.\dmira't Carpene 1·. QUf'HliOll Ko. : 1--Norlh Mill Pon d. Qu<'sli,,n 1..;u. 2~- "PC' r c:Y," an Irish ,c-1 l!'r. ~u •,ilion Ko. 23- Dav id \ Vrigh t. Que stio n No, 2~ - Alfred Goodwin . Q.ut'stion No. 25-Tho Libt!rty. Question No. 2G- St. Mary's Bene ·oh•ll L ,\ S><Oci:ilion. Question No. 27'--U. s. ' Navy pa rlnH\nl '! Jr,, \\·h:1.t firm now occ upi C'H lh form<'r Alon, of Ayc•rs & L oc kt> on illal'l11•l slret'l'! 11i. On wh a t holid ay was thr Sold·C' rH a1Hl S:tilorn' rnonurnC'nl d ccl icalecl in <:ooclw;n Park'? 17. \\'hal t1011sc on Islington street was 1111' scene of many social g:ithC'rings of high rankin g nnval officers? 1 R, What s uit agaim;t the city r e in.ti,.,. to HOm" slNt m fir e e ngine alt:,chmcnl was in Lho courl for so long? (9, \Yhat w!'re lhe nam es of lh<' two r'.l mps on Sc-av ey's island during ~h<' Hpanish \\·:11·? 20. \Vh al J'orlsmoulh m::in wn.,i -·alll-d h ack lo th e servico of thr navy .i·i commanclanl of lhe navy yard dur'pg IIH' Spalll><h war? 21. On what pond o( lh C' city were LhC' lwrn<' racrs ~ormerly he-Id , d(!ring ,.hP w\ nl tr? name of th<' ~~\\'hnl w::i>< the Ing at llw m nrino h:trracl,s that re.., iVf•tl n, military burial and was cre•lilNl with saving o n e or more lives? 2J, \\'hat l'o ru-;mouth m::in was :i; o\\'11 fur years as :c c hnmpion wood •!1<1pprr? ~ 1, \\' h at ('i, ii war n•lc•r:lll has a 1•,•f'onl for sa,·i ng scver:tl li\·es in the rh·pr '! 2a. \Vh a t , .. , is t hf\ namo of the l,urning loco moti ve that dill lh<' , t. lfllng nn tlH• olrl Concord 1·ailro:ul , 1· 110<1 ci<•<•ts 26. HO n1a ny yC'a.r~ '! \\'hnt lhe former S. l\l. B. as- 1--ocia ll, ,n? \\'ho ,,·, ls lmgg-agc, m:uflC'r for so many years the J~:u,tern Ha il ro,ul dcpol? \\' ho \\'as t h e- flrsl man lo drive pair of horst's on steamer I>carbor n? \\'hal hydrnnl \'.'<LS firsl USC'd for fil'<' Jllll'J)OH<''l '! 'Whal conlracting fi ·m ·, ereckd ><l::ilc armory on Parrott ayenuc? · \\'ho was E . A. Ferguson a!1cl what po,,;ition dlcl , hc hold for many yC'a.rs? \\'ho was the original owners of lhe Franklin block? \\' hat strrot ,\·ns tilo rrn,·er lora lC'd on? \ \'hnl cluh C'Xlslcd for many al th<' \\'c-~l l~ll\l and \\'ho \\'ll>l pt·t•sirlrnt "! \\'hat J'ort ,nnoulh mrtn ><mrlling ~nits and cologne r<'a.rs '? \\'hal Portsmouth man was known as N e w Ilarnps hire·s war i;-ovcrnor? \\'hal Is the dif(erenco in lens-th of th e Porlsmoulh navy yard clry clock and lho Charl es town navy yard dry clock? Whal South End i;-irl saved Ufrec lives in lh e river? On whn.t st r eet was l he IIouso DIH,Z('S loca l!'ll? I lo\\' man y reti r c<l Hear Ad m iralfl the nn.,·y make thoi t· homo In l h ls city? �The Hernld has been requested answer th e follo wi ng question· relative to .'.)Vhat do you P 1orts mouth," published a l\gO. 1. "\\'ho was station agent and t'lcn baggage m:1s tcr for so ml• n) years nl th e EnHl<'r~ Hailro:ld An~able and ,,,."ll,..,.,.c:.., Hol>erts. • I 2. "\\'ho ,nlS the first man lo drivo pa!r of horses o n steame1· Ans.-George Fernald. 3. \\' hat hydrant was first purposes? .Ans.-Corner lsllngton Sts. \Vhat contracting firm erected the ;;tale armory , on I anott avenue? -Sacco and Wood. ~ 5.· "\Vho was R A. Fergu,,on •~h :it po~lti~~ did he hold yea.rs? Ans.~Railroad man man of round house. . 6. \Vho was the origin a l ownrr or the Franklin block ? Ans.-Alfred Slavers. 7. "\Vhat street was the Haven school locat <'d on? Ans.-Hi;;h str eet. 8. \\'hat club existed ror many years al the \\'es t Encl a nd who was president'/ Ans. -Ke ystonc Club, "\Vil~- \Vhat Poi;:ismouth man producc u smelllng salts and cologne for many -•-,v-' '"" years? Ans.-Anclrew P. Pre~ton. 10. What Portsmouth m;rn known as New Hampshire's war governor? Ans.- lchabocl Goodwin, ) 11. )Vhat is the differenc,uln Ie ng-th of the Portsmouth navy yard clry dock navy yard dry 739 ft. dock? Ans.-Boston mouth 750 feet. 12. W.hat South Encl girl lives In the rive r ? Ans.-Mrs. ,_,.. , 13. On what street was the Hou se or Blazes located '! Ans.-Hanover St. 14. How many r eti r ed R ear Admir,:,,,o,.<;·~,c,11u3.ls o! th e navy m:tkc th e ir home lhlH city? Ami .-lh·l:1110, doclt and _ _ _ _.,, wa,; Lhe wumalll who threw the clcclr:ic :s witch and cm1s.c<l t.ho ex11losion of dynamite that bl-e,w up ll <-JL. d E'·ri·on'i; P1..,•at'! \\'ha t nayy yard sleanrnr cun'.~d n:LYT ya rd workmen to uncL lfrorn I 'ortsmouth for rna.ny years ;i n<l II ho ,·.:,,, her c:11, ta tn'! " ·amt well !mown 1•1t" ·ha1ii,· v ,1• (cn"Cman ..,r the T'ort s 111 011t!I ~1< .s· l•• 11,· tl1aL ,~c..nnnn• ny'~1 ,l1•J ~.:v; 1 kn-o,~~n !a'!-c r,•t. MH.;..it•lj ·x hcl<~ .l:ield da.)'s on 1'.icrce !,;land? \\71at sl'Ore on Congre,;s ;;treel wa s -as tho "l 1~cl Po t'!" "\\ihcro w Hs the .sLoro u•r '-<· Sultiv :.i..n & Co. -l pc:d.cd.? 1\'lte1<o :O.n J)a,n id H1.1--coL an•l l\l.irl'.('I f:qua.rn w,w Ullo s tor 1; of Uull u r .I: \\"ho -int.a Ucorge IU ce m 1u 11~1:1t w.i,, his bu:;~ncss? 1V11at b,·o ,men 11:id the joh or 1;g111. in,;· the oily gas ligh't.s o n the s t1·,u,,t ~ ror mw.ny years un<l II ho put the L 0·l1tti "\V'hero in thl.s d ty was Lhe Jlfage<· Vumace Coon1)MlY unce lucate<l '! "\\"hat kind: o( a hu,ildini; wa,:; fom1r e1·1'y on the s-ite or tJ10 itotor Ma1t on tlro co1,i1er of l'orl'cr and Fleet. st1"ecls'! '\\"h-erc was the old ::S~1,mc11',; Home aocated? "\\7Jl'o kas tlh'e de-nli~'t wlro conduc/lc-0 y'C{:Lrs? W11o was Him.m B. Lonr ~c1n<l o! rail1•oa~ woTl{ did fc,r ana.n~· y~1'5? "\Vhat scctlion ,oC Deer / sll'('()t tunneled for d. bi•i; ~wie r ·: "\\'31at circus s11ow1!ng in this cilty, had: a, riot on the i;ro1mds, and w1her:: <l.id the p,er.(onwance ta'ke pl>LW? ,"\\"hat secret 01'tlllr o<rga11•ized for po. "~J purposes ,vas ex.posed lby :.i. J,o. 111,LJlY cal 111ews-p~·? "\Vbat a101tel ::lid the late Frank Ililto11 18. Who wns C:<'nrg-r f:kc• nnd whnl hlR IH1'lill(' RR'! ,\11s.-Dal.cr nt corner 111;:;h ::u1,1 J.autl !;;ts. . 1 ~ - \\.ha t two mrn had liw joh of hg-hling th<' city ga3 lit;hts on the st1·c<'1s f o r many years an,\ who put thc. lights oµr ,•ach m<H'11 in1n Ans. -::S:lmuel " " hlH.' I' and \\':Illam Gardne1·. l\"flH ZO. '\Vho w :tn lh<' well 1:nown local la.wr<•r wh o fig-un• (I i11 th e i;ame of <.:rick c• t so mu1•h in his young •r days'/ A11 s.-SamtH·l \\". 1.; 111 ,,ry . l. \\"ho i:-; th<' old<'Sl ('lCrg-ymun In ,oinl o( H<'tTicc in the city·/ An:<.-l(,•v \ i frcd C: ood i ni;. \\'hc•1·,, in this city was g<'e Furnace Company once Airn.-On Cha1·leH 1-lt. 3. "\Vhal kind of :.i. building wa:-; or th o Moto,· on the corner or Portc1· a 11tl FJ,,et s treets? Ans.-Slone liv ery :.i lable. 01<1 Seamen·::; 1. "\VhC're was the State Ht., llomo localed'! An ,;.-O 11 near "\Yater. G. \Vho was th e d en ti;;l II ho conduclC'd hi s bm;iness on \\' in l<'r :;trcct for so many y<'ars'! Ans.-D1·. "\\'hit<'. Ii. \\"ho wa,; ltintlll IL l,ol'(I :ind what kind of railroad work di,! 111• follow for many years'! J\11,i.-ltaih·o:1<1 1pan; liek cl and freight ag-e11t. 7. \\' IHLL S<'C tio11 of J)ct't' :;t ,·c•,·L ,u1 ,; tu1111elccl for a big- poi11t '()'{ scrv1i,ce in tll:C c~ty'! ·day~'! Ans.-V,illiam 1\'. Carm:i:i. I 1: ,vhnL w ell k110\\·11 secret socleti<'s hcltl llt'h.l days 011 Pi,·rcc Jsluncl ·1 .\11,;.- "· or l'. anti 1•01·('!-l[<:r:;. l:i. \\"hat :;lure 011 Cun:;1·es:; street 11 as lrnown for yeari. as the "Eel Pot'!" Ans.-T!Jnt of Geo. JI. Abbott. 16. ,v11ere wa!J I he ,;tore o( c. Sulliv:i n & Co., luea led? ,\11s.-Corncr Cuw and L'<'nhallow St,i. 17. \\"hf'l'l' on l/,111i('} >!ll"l.!C'l lllld ~J:i.-l<1•t :,;qll:tr(• \11(!-1 tiJ, , ,i[ore or llut11 ·1· & L,•ig hlo11 lo,·a l<'•i "! .\ ns.-\Vht'I'• • howling :dlt•y is-COl"ll\!1" 0CCUJ)il'd L,y Brnj . on,,•n. :-iC \\' l•1· '! J\nH.- Hcc- lion l><'twc,·n l>c pot Avr., anu lligh ::;L. 8. "\\"h:.i.l circus ,;howin,; in lhi,; city a riot on lhc grounds, and wht>ro ditl th e p<'rformancc take place'! Ans. •-0' B1·ien Brns. un g1·0111Hl::1 off l\1iclcl lu :,;l. 9. "\\'hat secret orclor organizetl (01· politi ca l purpoHcs waH cxpo:;cd by n . ~l. IVho 11·as thl, lo c·a l l:L\YY<'r who lt g un•d in llH' ,wil ag-:i insl Lil<• flo,;ton :'.1HI :Haine ltailro:L<l for blol'ld11g- traflte 011 the \"au,~ha 11 ..-1:·cl't ,\J~l~;-Ja8, \\r. J: 1}1( •1')", -·· \Vho was lh <' li1·st :-; 11 i><•i·in l C'ncl,•nt of th e l'ort,;mouLh ::il!·e,:,t naiiway'! Ans.-A1·thur .l[. Howard. ~3. -~·110 CO il! priHC'll Ii i<' 01·iginal boanl of polie<• co111missio 1wr;;·? An:; Will.ia m 11. :-;i :;<', ,Jvh11 le. IJimi<.:k, i"n, C. Se)·moui·. 24. "\\' ho was th " l:i tc iVinn and what position Cllpy'! An ,;.- 11:tllro:t<l ,·oncl uetor. 2J. "\\' here w as the hath hous e localed'! An s.- On lllechanic St., font or C::tl<•s SL. ~ti. \\' hut nw;1"" of I r:i n :; p1,r t1di o n to York 1:,,al'h :i nti York ll, 1rl.Jor was u sed heforo th e i·a ih·o:i,l lo tho:,c point~ "·u.::; JJuilt ·r coac hes. 1 27. \Vho \Vlllj lhc Iii·:;[ ~llJ)!'rint<'tHl('1:l of t,hc c-ily 11ro alarm'! Ans.-1\'ilbar I. Trafton. ~8. \VhaL lo ca l nrwspupcr was con 1:·ollc·cl an,! Nl itt'<l by th e !ale \Vm. 0. 1-lulc:; and .ros,•ph IL l'<•n 11y l'os l. :!~. \Vho ma d,• llp lh<! star hatlcry lh l' l'o1·tsmouth !Jas ' hall t eam in the lo,·a l ll t:'W:•q>a p e r? Ans.-J\n1crican J•1·u :\T'0,v lcl'.lin· As:;u.-J'enn.r f"o:,t. 10. \\' !mt hotels cl i<l tlw l:i Lt· 1•· r ;1111, :Lill\ 11 i I Lon tnanagc for ::;cv_cral year:,;'! 1\ n ::;. -T he Hock ingham an<l 1\'cnlwo!"lh. 11. "\Vho was lhc woman who tl11·rv.' th e rlcctric switch anc1 ,·:LUsl·tl tllC' e xplosion of dynamite tlmt ulcw up ll e 11dernon's Point? An s .-M iss J~ditl1 12. 1\'hal river steamer curried na vy ya rll worlrn1yn to and [rom J'o1·Lt1mouth for many yt•ars and who was her captain? Ans.-Stcamer i\Jy,;li ·, liJn g lancl Lcag-uc '! .:\ n~.-,\'iJli!l Ki I lri,l g-c. :io. \\'ho WHH lh<l propri,·t Ill' or l!tl' :i:•111,· f;1.-Lo1·y OIH·r.• hwal<•<I ufr JJancock :s lrc•:l"! 1\1rn .- C .1Tlls L. IJhnvn. . :l t · \l"h:tt HClllplor d!'sig 11 ,,,r I he Fitz .1 0 1111 1-'orter 11,011unu.- 11t in IIa,·,, n l';u ·I, "! .\11 s .-·.\l1·. 1..:,,1 1.. y u( New Yu,·:, C'ily. :;~. \Vho w:i s tl1<• ;\;Pw lht•11p:;hirc ~'ongT!',;s111:1 11 "ho m :1tll' irn.-!1 :t fli;hl in \\' a,; hin ,Y lon against the removal <•r th <' old Con~lit11lic111 from J' o1· tsmouth n:,vy yard to Cliru·IC'stown '! Ans.-Cy:·us 1\, Sulloway. �:1~. \\'ho \\':1 ~ the W\'11 known Por·tR- .. mout h man "ho off<'n·•I th<' cily $:l5, 000 for :l public lihrary :rn<l taler with lh<' :s:1me? Arn;.- .l. Albert \\'alkthe ?a ,:t suprrinten(l<'nt or the <'ity alrni<hou,;c• :11111 farm? -,John Sh;11111on. :1.1, \\"ho \\':18 :~:,. \\'hal t •,VO lr:tll~l)ttf"l!-{ 1)1 ·.. tp..:;bl llH• Spa11i~h (nJ111 prh·'.Pllf"l·s ! ,, 1:u1tl '! Am;.-- ~- \Viti ,nC' ari-i 1. ,vho was the man that organlicd several musical iiocielles and sang in ~very church In the city? 2. Who was the grocer , who sold :wo-cent pieces of tobacco and where was his store located? 3. '\Vho was ,villiam H. Noyes and vhat position did he hold .,at U~e navy 1 'P '\\'h:tt w,t:, th t' n:tture of an :iccid,·nl in th<' rnilrna1\ yanl :uHI what "1 rl:1 l<' did 1 -=: it 1.H'<"U r wlH·n on, · "t1:1 n I.Iiie,I :.,n,, 1:: c,tl1t•r:-; i njur 1 •,1·? .An :--;.- T':i,;,;('ni.;,·r t r:tin c 1a ·ht'd i11f.,l ,:hiC t i11;; <'11;:i11l', .\lay ::, 1903 . 11). \\'ho \\a:< llw owth' t' in L!1t· h, ;·!,or \\"ho l1:1d iL )'j.!f'Pl't l or th· • -C li:u ·h'>< 1 1:iy. :ard '! 4. \Vhal was the name of lhe steam in the service at I 1 11. lJ ~•.\ u1 111 ·l1 1·11n)to:a '-- IH, 111 1 c,tu•1, :tl u~, 1u:n11 ., di,: ll•n ,~, ,v Lh P <>Ill 11 11 :..it 11114 dr~ tl1, · 11;1 \',\' snn \,hJ < ·, ;1.=-t 1,1L- j1111l;';' ,\11H ,·-UI ' hUIH~n•d l11ou!::\111I .i,,11:t r:;. 1•1· \ V'110 wa,<i I !orate ~: . 1 lat c h a1111 wh ,v110 was tho se-c<,,iol h :i se ni :111 ('Ol'l~llllllllh N'cw F.nt:l:111<1 lr:ir,-11c \\'ho W:tR s11cl1 a g-ood athlete? \Vho w:,.<; the mt'nil •<' r oC the g1·cstdY•o party who as c,omrnission-cr? ,vhnt hii:- slrret ro"' or<'llrtNl :it ti _..~:J;.c,2-.iji('Orner of j\(i<l<IIE' :ind t'ong1e.s" i<tr('('I, ,,·11:1 t "rll known It:, 1111 oflki:11 w: :unoni; thr flrsl ridL'l'' ' " r the "ld-l':1sl ionecl, high anti 1011· w h<'t'l IJ lcy<'lt' ? ,Vhc,1 did the fir st "team 1irc •n gine nrrh·o in thi s cilr? "·ha,t was thr natu, ,. of an :ic-rid('n in the 1-n.ilrnad ya•·cl :11•cl 11'irnt rl:ite di it occur wh~n one m:in wns k:llecl mi 13 others Injured? ,vho was tho O\\'nc1· ,, f :i.n island i :i rcc~ir(I or fh· ""'"'''U J low t11'11 r h 1111)11,.~· 111"'1lt $'JH""IHI on thP n 1 ,! <lot•I,: :it th" n:1\'y y:inl sold for punk ·t II fl •i:i t ,111:- hic·h 11a,; !:de :mid r,11· 1. ,v110 \\'ll.B Alfred .,·hat wa8 his busln ss? 2. Who followed the profession of axidcrmisl (01· so many years'? 3. '\\'!ml organization conducted tho lvely clanclng- parli cs In the South .Vo.rt! ruom RO many years'/ 4, '\\' hat year was the Nl'W CastJ., ,ridge incorporated'! 5. \\' ho was the first preisident h<' Conc-onl anti Portsmouth railro:ul? G. 11 . Whc-r<• \\':t!I \\'oodbury St.? b. ~;Im street? r. Lyme street loca led? 7. '\\'ho was one of the firnt women tn h:in<llr tht' work of lhc c-c11tral lc-lephonl' cx ·lm11f;C In this city'! s. How \\'l're the former street li r: hts tlesi;::-nate<l? n. \\'hat other articles of wear did th e Portflmout '.1 Hos iery ComJiallY :na11uf<1.c ture bes ides hosiery? JO. \\' ho w :111 the Pol'lsmouth man '1 now11 ,t,. :t 1~rcal w:tlkcr up to his last lays? J J. \\'hat wC'II known engineer re,iid,·d on Cahol stret't :111<l ran 11. loco111otj\'C bt'lween Port,;mouth a.nd J.los- l6,·/' s~ t n1;.(J1Y ~'(:,~ts'!'· Qll<'StiOIIS .. ,,·11:i.t llo You K.tOI\' Portsmoulh publishr·d (lll Satnnlar: L \\'ho was the tn1111 <'ril•r for ,:r, man~· ~·<'an,? Ans.-./, 1lll II 11:in:H'Pm. ·~. \\"ho \\aft thl!' ~f•:an11 wh 1> ranr; the t.:ni\' t'rsali i<t chun h h< ·I' fot 11.,, 1·ly a h a][ t't'ntm-y '? .\11s.-. Josiah If. ,\clams. 3. '\\'ho \\'a~ !1 01·:,r • S. fl :rt, ·•1 what office (j i<l h e P1:1 n:u..: '· '! 1'clei;raplH•1·, l\lnnagr•r \\'1 •su•r,1 l 'n ion T <' l. Co. 4. ,,·110 \\'llS t:w Sl'\'O lltl 1,:lS(·m:1 n of thr l'orlsmoulh l\', · w 1-~11,..:hnd l<•a ,\ ns.- lt11tld1•rhn 111. ri. \\' ho 11:is gregsivc pa rly "hu ~ ,'l"\'i d :, !; 1101,c.:i <~ommix~:i<>rl"r? An:;.- Hp<•1-r ,· H l 10Ck<'. G. '\' hat hi;s str<•cl 1·ow :tt th e cor1tl'l' or i\l i1\rl1P a 11,i st n 'Pl:-; '! .1\ 11·~.-l ll•tri<H'I" l ti,· :1, ,J lican c:11n11:iign c-01111•:1 11iP:..:. i. \'hal \\'l'll kno1111 li:1 tk 11as amon;.: the first ri,J1•r:, uf tllf' old(a::< hioned high an(l low \\'lwt•l hic-y11 ll:t :<'"It. .t ~ • • • 1 " 1• J z. \\' ho was one oC the first men ll'<'W lagf'r beer in thl8 city and ll'hn l lirew<'rY? D. \\'ho wa,; Josiah H. lllorrlson ,.111cl wh:i t position did ho hold so man): y!'arn'/ H. '\Vho was the forme1· policeman ,·ommonly known as Joe Ben? 15. \\'ho was Enoch Jones and 11 hat po:,illon did h_ e hold in the flrn tl partment? 16. ,vtmt year was tho iloslon am! ;l !:tin <· llcp ,,t built? 17. '\\ hcri- was the firm Uriah 1\1:d ~ rl<'ll & :-;on locatt•tl? 18. Who owned the yacht \\'illiam and what was r;he u sed Editor: •l 'crmit mo to correot your answer to ""'ho "'tiJ9 tho Luwn cri'Cr for ~o n1a.1iy y<'a1~'?" H I l"f'm=bcr co1·rccl\y, Lhe it.own crier was Jolm H'.. ,\. ·hat owned an oyster bed B,ty'? 6. '\\'here was Lile "Old .!om<'" loc-a.tc:d? 7. ,,·110 was John S. vas hi,,, business? S. \\·ho ,ras the rai\roa.tl engineer .v ho was known as a fa.st boxei•"/ 9. '\\' hat Commandant of tho navy ;11.r<l 01·t1cn•d the yard IJantl lo · report .n Sun,lay 11.nd march around the yard luring the week days? l 0. '\Yho was the toll he Porlsmouth a11u Kittery bridge !01' ;o many yca.1·H? ll. '\\'ho conducted a gl'ocery busi1ess in the store now occupied by .:oodm:in Bros, on l\larkct St.? I 2. \\1 hat was the origin.ti name AnH\\'e rR , ([Ul'slion:-i Fritla~··s J Ic raltl, 1. "·ho was A !free\ N. ll'hat was his business'? ·i:111-choir director. ~- '\\' ho followed thC' profrssion '. of ':1~i1ll'l'llli,;t rm- so lll:tllY Yl'lll'S'? Ans.Ioseph Turner·. :I. '\\'h :tL organization •h ·e l:v cl:i.ncing . panics \l 'a nl room so many years? ' A11s.\ uslln Lincoln Asso. 4. '\\' Ila t yC'ar ,vas tho Now· Ca1:1t1b >ricli;e in corpora tt'd '! ,\ ns.-ll>2t. · , :i. "'ho was the rlrsl · prcsiilcnt Lhc Conc-ord and l'orlsmouth railroad? \JIS.-Alfrc tl w. ll avc n. G. a. \Vhl're v::ts Vv 00lllJury strccl? \n ::<.- l•' oot Dennett to <:::rcf'l, Sl. b. Eim street? .\ns.-~3 Va.ug:han o North l\lilJ Brid1~c. c. Lyme streN '? Ans.-From op10Rile ' foot Cttbot to j\!cDo,ough St. 7. '\Vho was one of tho first women o hnndle th e ,,·orl< or the ccntrnl lelc>lwne (•xch:rn::r.e in thi s c-ity? Ans,\11-s. \\'allar,, .Junkin:,; (neo :'lfn.nent). X. JJ ow \\'t'l'l' the fonnt'r street ga>< igltls cl<'sign:i.tc cl'! Ans. -By number,i. !\. ',\·1t ·1 L o'.lwr :u·ticlc.s of \\'e:111· did 111• I 'nrt s mou th l lo,sicry Co!llp,tn.1· 11:1 ,n:f:lcturc IJe:c:i(les hos iery? Ans.0 ...:!J jrts und· dnL\\.('l'!i. 111. \\'lto ,Yas tho Portsmouth aH .a g't't'rtL ~vall<«;r up to •:ist tllly~'! J\ns.- .James Parrolt·. 11. \\'h:i.t wPII known, engineer re• ,id(•d on Cai1ol stre t and ran a locoh i'tll'•·rn Portsmo~tl1 and J;():;·011 so 111:tny year,;'/ Ans.-Cliarle,; H. 1<110\, n 11. \\'ho was (•ne 0f lhe firfll ITll'II and �lnd what position did he ho\(l 'so many years .? Ans.-Brewci·, Supt. 'Fran!: Jone~ Brewery. :; 14. Who \vas the former polic<'!1l;u1 :ommonly Jcnown as Joe l3C'n '/ ,\ns.roseph B. ·white. 15. , '\Vho was EJ1:ocl1 .lo11t'::i an<l \vhat position clltl It hold in the !:re ,lepartr:i~nt? Ans.-llostier, l)rive1· In .'I re· dept. . 16 1 What yea,r, wa,: the Uo,;ton uml .\fain~ depot bµilt'/ ,\ ns.-lSUS. :· 17. ')¥hen~ ,vns •tlw ftrn1 ,U riah lllai,; dell & ,Son locnlccl'/ Ans.-.Marl,et HL. '18.''\Vho' _OW!I C~I th e yaciJL \\'i!l i::rn 1-I. Ru11sell aml wha.l was ,;Jrn m scd 11. Drown e. JCisld11i; 0 L:,,.,,:,.,...:c."'"'"''•~ . The following arn the anr;wC>rs questions printed, in ,the Chronic! ~1ay 2. , 1. "Who was the man that ·organ! F>everal musi cal soeic•tles and mrn~ ..,.ei-y church in the rlty? .\ ns.-n,_.. 13. Goodall. 2. Who· was the grocer 'I ,two- cent pieces or tobacco was his store locn.tc·cl '/ .\ nii.-<.:eo1 11 lummer,. cor. Fleet ancl Congr,•,:H 3. '\Vho 'was '\Vill!am H. Noycti t1 whaCposlt!on cl,icl h e hold at tho m yard? Ans.-Carpenter, clvili:in cc structor. 4. 'What was the name nro engine so long in the servlc.i tho n:\VY r □ t'll? Ans.-Thc Union. r:.' ·'\\'ho wn~ th<' T'ortsmonth 11 that o,vnccl an oystPr .becl Day? An~.- Frank ·,v. TiiC'f•. · il. '\YhPre wnl' tho "Olcl Tlom<'" JocotNI '/ J\1t::.-na11lc•I ~;1. 71~\Vho W!lS .foh11 s. T1·C'at ancl \\' was his buslne3s? An;,.-Ex-l\fa a:i.cl marble cle:tl<'r., . 8. '\Vho was the r:Lilroall cngin who was known as a fusl boxC'r'! 1\ -Charles '\Vaterm '.tn. 9. '\Vhal Comm,rnclant yard 01:cler<'cl lhr ynnl band lo r <' P on Sunrlay ancl man·h flt'OUJHl !11<' y; during l h<' W<'<·k <1:1 ys '! .\ 11 !< . Admiral Ul<'lrnl'U. 10. "Who wns !110 toll llll' Portsmouth :in,l KitlP1'Y hridg-<' so mnny y n r :1? ,\11,1. ll:rnl1•l !\Ir· tlrq. l 1. '\Yho <'Olldtt ~I ,,,J a. ;:::ror-C'ry 1>11 nc:ii1 In tlH' :store' 110w oc·,•ttpil'cl Goor'!man 111·0:1. on l\ l:11·1; ,•t St'! , \ 11. Donn!s: ·J. Lynd,. 12. '\Vhat wrts the criginal nam Parrott Ave? Ans-1\far;;lm.1.I lto,td. buslne!!s was conduclc1I for a while on the Goodrich properly, Maplewood Ave., lhal was used Connerly as a tan yard? 2. '\Vhat arc the names of the two hotels for which a n. & M., loconiou vo were named after? 3. '\\'hat was the la,st big court case heard in the ol<I court house formC>rly locatNl on Court streC'l '/ 4. \\Iha L firm constructed tho t,ig Deer street se\,;er an<I where docs it start and end? 5. '\Vho was the first manager and tl'lc•phonc <·xr:hangc wh<'n it wus t•s tablishod in Che olcl city i>uilcling. \Vho was tho Hn-:t nHisnt•ngC'r ho y'! B. Jir,;L city 7. \\'hat ~team fire ~'ngin<' w;~:; th<' Lo throw w<1.tl'1· on a lire in this and "hen? \Vho was lhe man who wore earha<l chaq;-e or conla:;euus 8. '\·\'lHtL ~tcam lir<' 1·11 g i11<' company (rom this city assii;tc<l the Dover department tlu1·ing the tirn or Lh e i\1 ,t 80nic TPn1plc'? ~- ,v1tut proniin<'nt g1·a11il :i1·mr nm,1 ;ictecl as chic ( mt11·slnl of Dmnol'rnlic Lorc·h!i~hl p:1 racl cs during- SO\'Cra l canl l'ings and had cl1,,q;c .,f <·J11t,,i;u:, 1~ Jiseascs ·t Ans.-.Jttck ~a1n p 1;ell. 8. \\'ha t steam tire c11~i1,-, <:<,mp,rny from this el Ly ,rnsh;Lctl lill· I lu\'('l' de, 1u 1·trn t: nl dul'ilt;; the tire u.: tht• ; 011 ic Tcnlj_)lU '! • \ :t ::; .-8ag. '11:Jl" L' ;ino 1. u. '''hat l)l'Olni111 Ill h!'anti ,;f1l1~ ,Lctec.l a:,; <.;hit·! 11i:,L:, l1u.l i ll·1duc1 ,Llh.' UL 1.oi·chlighl }HLl ..ttlL·s during- ,-.·1 Vl' i:ul (' ~.un ,;.dg-11s 't ,\ ns.-..\1 ajtH' J)a v id JO. \Vhat U r ch. for111c1· ...he P0rt.srnouli1 ,cv.·ra l ytiars't J\11 ;,;, - \.;hurl·.•; l'. 0·-rr.; 11. \V'1,,L Sl'a c;q,1.lill n·,,, ; .. ,[ 011 li, e ,:01 n or or Hoel, a,111 lsli n F ,,,11 ·or 1n any years'! .:\11:::;. - C: 1, ,1. t,;uui:!k- !onl. 1~. \\'ho ,,as l1 •1 • ltn,L ,·.,1'1.\l of the P . A. C? Am1.-l~rc,J l••. lI:tsty. 13. \ Vha t are the uauH•:,- ,,t I \,1 0 flf .. he lac;t wooden sl.ip,; l.rnilt ,,t t i,c ol<l ~,'etnuhl Point? Hhip yar(l .A ns.-An1d\· al F. l•' r,!C mhn'~ ~\lary ConlUH, 1~. \\'ho ,ledi<::>lui ll1 <.: tatit,•t u.l llw 11:1 ,·y 1 anl in m1 ·mo1·y nC .\.dmin.1.I • 1 a1Thgut·r .i\n:;.-Atllnira1 IJC•wc~. . p:1 ignx'! JO . '\Vlml form<'r 11;:i.1·01· ~hoe Lil<' l'orts111011 L!1 Ji. \Vlml f-;(% captain n•H!lllld 011 lhl· (!01'1\er Q( Hoel< and J,;lingt,rn Sll'l'cL,; \\'I,., wa s the ti1 :s l ,:11pe1111tc11dc11t ,;,·hul,l,i in thi8 ,·,. t_, ·: \\ IH•r e u.i :\l.11dt '\\ 11111I :1\l 111h• w•~~ :1 111·,•\\, ·r y hil·al l,1 ;111d "!.11 1·:,t.1'1,li,;hvd tho plant'! for nu.t ny yPar:5 ·t l:!. '\Vho WHS \\'Jiu was the ftrnl 111·esillt'tl l or I~. '\\'hn L arc lht> names of t ,,·o of wooden ships bnilL at Che uld Fct·nald ship yard al F1·cc:n.a11'u l'oint? 14. '\Vho dcclil'atcll the tablet at Lh<' uf Admin.11 in me11101·y l 1,·ing 111 Lh is oil.\. nn th e (ldo,h·ich J1l'Ol)Pt·t y, firm conslruclt•d !he bi 6 Deer street sewer a\1(1 wh-,re doPs it start ancl end? Ans.-Shannoh:tn J ,ro,; of Portland. Begins on :;a,·t l<·tl St ancl ends foot of Deer St. 5. Who ,vas th e fir s t n1:t.1, ..1g,·e operator of th e pnhllc tel<' 1,l 11H• <' l'Xchango wlwn it was P:,t:ibii,: h,,,l olcl t.:iLY building'/ Who \\'a ., first nt CS8Cllg'('l' hoy"! f'fpif<'t'. Cho.1J. 11. K<•l1ot>. u. '\\'hut :;tca111 t11·e <-111;-in c. w,u; thr ti1·,it to th1 ·ow watc•r on a tire ,:i thi.; ,, hu t•11n d•uclL•d u h:!C k husincs~ fur ~o ntan~ yea1 s·t \\"IH> ,va~ furun; ,11 4,( 1:•.•:~·! nc Fuur wlw11 tlt c hu sl, 1·t•1•l "'" " i1,111lcd ily Iii <' ol' that <.·urnp:.n ., '! \\'11:,L ll :1 ,.\ ):•rd l'lllfl'U.\t Ii.id or Lh c \\.TCcl,in;.;· :1v r, -ie11 u11 lite 1;u!ilun 111011 ~la inc fol' ~o 1111;111_\ \\ '11:t L lilt ~h , t'sK w.i :-; .\1t·h1h;,ld ,, . bplc\\OOll ,\ \' C' . , til.,t wa:; U'lt'll form1'1·Jy as a tan yunl? Ar,:-;.-i~ottli:1g establishment. . 2. '\Vh:tt nrc th e n::mes of tl,c L\\·o hotl•ls fu1· which a J:. & 111. loc:o:nolivc ,,·r-n• nanH•,1 :1ftf•r"! . ; \11s. - l to<'l< h1 ;fllarn 1111(1 \Ventworth. 3. '\Vh.tt was th<' last big court ca~c heard in the oltl court ho u•;e fvn11,•1 ·ly Court street'/ ,\ 11:1.--l'alm•.• 1 1· 1 ;11 l~:,j{•lll:..!lh·e 1 1.'. \:. P.oplie::; to the t'ollo\\'ii,:; qn,•stion:-; printed previou;;Jy on l\Tay G. 1. '\\'hat lrn :; in c•s;i w:,•; cor:cl 11ctNl for L11c fu1•111t r ,,t" tht S. J'. l' . .. \. hl,u ti n·. !ilLl r·o\\·iloy 1 'r; '! \\"hu i:,; Ill e !°l)l'llH'r i..,r·!, drh C!", ~till ~ t·ur:-;·: 1.·1111111u·lt.'d ~11111, 11, \\. II I:\. nj,1111i1t- l 'lit·l•\ vi· , ( ' lta1"h..1 s \\'. (:el'ri sl 1, \ \ ll!.1.1111 i•: v111 i.1111 <:rct•n, I.e:1·ee n .~ C'o ...J ui1n \\· . .\!uses, ('. .\I) ers & Co.'! \\'h:1L w e ll lmOl\\ll clia.ra<'ler did t1<lclli11g- for housl purtie,s '! '\\'1hat dal<' w.1:j th e 1: ock ing·h a111 llnusu csta1,li::,llccl ;rnd whu were Lil<' 11 :·1,p r io loi-.::,~·t \\"hat w;,s 111,• IUt Iii 111 1,r 11 l ' III'; \\ ' !1~11 1111 1· 11. 11111- I 'C ') :s,•r ,, :; l,anh. w.;1s lu, ·:llP d pf 111 '.' ,,11 J\lc11 l,1 ·1 s tr~ct at llac c11ir.11tc·e uC Co111111erciql aliCy'! ,v ..:; \\'here on ('0>;1gTC'ss stn·ct th l' ,,auml,<':ig ('iolhi11 g· ('o.: lol'at<·d'! \\'ho 11':t :s ( 'h;, 1lt·s \\'C';1111,•ll, c ,e.,n;1• 1, I �Anr:"·ers t0 11 1c c111r ~ uc,?10 JIJ i 11 tt:d on i (I~--. :--r1,y 1,J l. , Y t1n " :n; I l1"' Iii ··I of !-wllools , in U1i s t'it~•'! r1 i. \ \''.)f'l'<' on ;q-1 pl"\,·ne1l ~q·r•:nH' w: ts hn •\\ , •r y toeat••d ;111d ,, li11 1•)-; t .. t!Jli--1 h 1 ,.l th ,· 1,l·u 1t ·., ,\ 11.-.- ! 11•hlri ~ h :•1.1..1! ,C'l·ly ·t .. !fl ,l ~t \\. hfJ tJ. , 1 t.i \\'~t:; (•l tl 1r• S f i\'P P <~. \. ~.\ !tn d1 , .c• ... , tl in .. I (.'O\1."bfly Ii~~'! .-\ Jl. i ~~ ·I. \\~llu 1>1•11.\",·, i:11• J \\ ' ht' ll did l' o1·lsmouth h,L\'C 1wo , ~c• p ,11·,1t c police <kpartnwnls a,nrl who I w,•;; tiH' official h ca cl,; of the sanw'! "\Vh:i ~ (orm c r Hoston and Ma i1w offi cia l ,,·a.R once ·a m cn1h e r of Port ~mouth "\Va t<'r Ccmmisi;ion<'rs? "\\'h:tl NC'\\' \'ol'k firm \Juilt tho llry ,to c k a,t lh t• nan· v anl? "\Vho \\'HS t',.., former ci ty clcrl, ll'ho r!'ru~ctl to nffi('i:i le a:, .I u,;tice u( 1•ca...:c :1 l 11ta rrir1oe cc .-c1non iL·s ·t 11 1·h:l.i 11•;_ j : .,!ll'l" l 111<• ror:111 •1' ha:.·k li\'ing in tl1i8 c·1t.' ·, \ \·:10 1t HJ ! rlri\'t'I', 1•1 · :Hlth'lf•il ;\ ha c k hu !--:illt'sH ror :--.o t nnny \ n s.-8:untH' I n: 1 lcl11•ld 1 1 r. !'l. \ ',' hn w:,<-; f(1rrn :1· n n( c•a r :;? ) \\'hQ 11':is lh 0 ll'lli l tl :1 l r 1· th :11 (''1 1llht' l111si1Jl'S!S in th !' huiluing- <111c·l ,•1l !•'o ur whr•n liH• hosp n."· l \ 1:a:, IJ_; tll'' n1 1·n of t11.1l l n nq ·1n _v·1 ,\ 11.~. c"' ha.rlt\s l r. F'oot<1 , .J.1 1nf'H 7'.lcC'arl11~·G, "\\' hnt navy ~ant r1•1p:,>.1't' h,ul n, ·t·11 I, k d Ii~ I:n:1r d1n :1 n S.: No rton"! In "h:i t ,1,·11~ store was the JJ. & < 1, T r•I< ;.: raph nffic!' localed? \\'hat ('nn,p:iny in th0 fit·c ,lepal'l>< hirts \\'hen o n <.'h: 1rr.t• of I h f' \\T('<'ki11 :~ x , 1·\·j,•1• 11:i ntdP'! no:-.1011 S.: I IJ,, lll:lll t Ii:, I hP]d I hf' JIU il io11 nr ;!; 1s 111:1l,, 1 r nt lhf' 11 :t\"~· yard'! \\'li:11 ;.:rcH'"r.1· eom pan_,. ditl husinf' s~ ·"' l oll'; in tilt' r:lt'hc lrniltling- on Plcas:1 111 ~I l'f'f t :' 1\fl\\' i\ l :1 in <- for i~o 111:,n\ \\']111 ,\ ns.- -.J nl1:1 IL l'.11 .,,,_ hu·;i11t'•1:'-; '\··1; t P"Jl!P ·l"d h.v .\ rchi!,ald & !'. luli P!l , \\', I !. J: 1vh1nni1, · c- njarP.i11 C !1t•c,·<'r. \\ .i ll i i:.1 1 , !1:t.rl ,,s \ \'. <: f' n i• ·li. I -:pJ ,r;i itn r:r c t•11, 1,(•vc0 11 Cn ... Joti 11 \\'. I\ 111:-;0:1 . (.'. I·~. \1 y0 r s t..:. C0. '! 4\.n:--:.- t 'lothin~ :ind f111··,. ,v :1-1l ''° w,•ll k11n 1-. 8, \\' Int 'l <'ii: 1·:1-- t, •r dicl pa 1·t i0~:·.• .1\ 11 s.- ltou ::, ,J11hn C:inlilf• t·. !l. \\ "],:1( ,1.,t,• ,·.:, •; lhC' I : .,~J-:in, ll.,:n ll:idl< •,1· S:, L'o, JO, \ \'lt:ll \la s th,• r o1·m, •1 f i f'll l' Y , ... , ' :1• 1" ,t_'. l't ' • :<•i. 3:1 ·( " i:il :- 1 I' :1 d ittll'l'll:11 ,.. .. ,.m ·a ., l1H•;d 1 1 i\J· 1r- f II vt .tl LlH• t• nlt"'l lll '•' n1 t·:i:~1 ,, • .. r - :tllC'_,·"! N;1lio 11 :1l .\11:-;, T1··1dt•P '. I:!. 111 • ,,·t1<T f' on Ct ~:tu:i• '.-:0:1·~ \t •~.- ln II. wa :--1 ?.J:"tl'·fl'? 1:t,1•· 1= . l'h:1r1,•; llu lchi11sP11 .\ l<11Tu ,,·"! .\ n ~..;.- \\'1..' ll :111d l oralinn on I'lC'asant on 11:111i1•! :-:trf'<•t w~re :-:i~n:ilt-: clii-qd:t\('il l>y the g"O\'( l"llllll II ( f"11r :,-:1•\"('l':I J ,\ P;l 1·~•_t \\ '11,.n• \\'as ti!!' l 'o1·tsmouth 1:11, t':o<·t111·) lnr•ntp d '/ \\"l ·1lhr-1· \\'!1.11 l -.11 0,.11 wh nr :111d ;!l so 011 otl!!'r :<JIP(' ia l O<'<'~s;ion~? \\ lt:il fil'ln ll >!' d OX('ll so man y yC':11·~ fnr ll1P 11\0\ ill.!.!. nr frPi .~hl cars? ,. 111 n• c, . l'f'\"t'llllC''! :-.! 1·, ,r-1 \\'f'rp lialloons !-.P ill 11p 11!~1""~;•; •1011 1i11~: ~,;1liot1:1l 1 '1.\\'hn :1•01·g-p \\ ho 11':ts 1111• 1:n:slon & :'l lninP conclu,·tnr \\'ho clN·JinC'tl lo c ngag-p in any S1111cl.r.1· l\'Ol'k fnr tlw ra ilroarl '! \\'h<i ll'il:< 11,,, fol'lll<'t' ll'ee wanlen for of I 'orts:mout h? \\ h:tl r,111111')' :<IH'l'iff of no,·l;i11ghal1l ,·011111 ,1 , lo1·alc"I in this c-it)·, a"l<'cl as 1•t)l'1'f'i.:.)Hl1Hh•11t 1'01 · nnr,:;ln11 papc-rs? \\'IJ:ot hu,-i11t'>ss \la s lh<' firm o f 1•·1 .. t.,.•ilf' I' & 'Tanton c•nen.~·,, c.r in? \\'t,n ,,-as I he Inst I 'ort;smou th m:111 "ho IH•lrl I hr po,-ition or collf'cto 1· n[ 1.:1 1 !111(•,I\, \\' J~ .1 I l 1:n 1k 11 . n·,11H' \\':JS , 1::1s 1 h" f11r111Pr "\Vho was u9Cd LO clrive a ll!orsc Lhat was ion tho Ci vil "\Var, on t'he streets or t'hls city, "\Vh o was lhe fa:mous musician wl10 used to put on the s'everal local ope,ra.s wd a,!s.o ted 'the on,ce Music Hall arch-e5-lt)r;i, ? "\\,11 c.1'C i' the Hanm H.ouse, m'o,v ed rr.otm l hie pre'Sle'nlt site or Ha vcn Park, niOW ]'OOOltP.<l ? "\\,chere was the headquarters Jid ba11k watch locaJled? W'ho wt1,s mayor "ivhen lhe electric 1'o ad cha,r•t1o r was .accf'ptccl by the ci,ty? 'iVhre1·e clitl Abnor Grcc:1leaf, our firs't rna_,--or, li,·c? "\\110 rang the Old South he ll on July 4 !'or 0YClr 4 O years, and lhe u~1ive11;;'alist Chu1·c 1i 1,e11 for OY'er i-0 ~-oa1·s~ "\Vhe.rc on :r.(}w s,trrt•t ,v-::is pe,rft}mnwtli(;in!',; oni::c made? •1·,1- an(] "\\'ho w ·::l':,; P~ '(''RidNlil' oC the P'olrls·• mouth Brew•hig Co, for many years? "\V'h'.a.L fimn occupied t11e building ·,ow occu,picd 'I.Jy Cha1·Jcs "\V, Hain a~ n, rr.sta:ui'a nit? r "\\'110 w'c1<c- the o\\incrs l'o rlt>s:mo"ulh Coal C'o, '/ ' "\Vl1'a,l huf;li'n'c. ;;; in Lhis ci ly emp:oyed sc\·e,·a l Ge1,11'ans for many years? 'i\'lial fir<'man rode on tho scat 1-:111,~nc 4 \\"hen tha't <'nginc and c1~,,11·pu·c- c:ill"tl to the. Lrnn fir~. and were 1110,·ctl h~- ::-. s11ccia l 'train oYcr l1l~ 8 osto n & M,a i ne? "\Vlml W<'l.!S -th<- busi,nes'S of the fim1 o•f i\f. 1~, Il u1chins,o n & Co, an cl n·as I he bu~: n ess Joca,lecl? "\\',hbsc s1i ~ &Lo1-e "·a,i in I.he IJuilding- at the c:Oit•h1cr <'f High Sll r ()('t a,nd ~l al'kclL Squa.rc>, w 111'ro lh!' .\r r,cha nii\:s & Tr'a dcrs· Rank Jn -n·l v t't hu.ildin1g w as Lite hc>:u~ l ocn,lt>d? "\Vil:, t ~hip·s Cl'CIV fr om Ym, t rl id :<11c.h g-allant the flrc nan10 '\\'haJI 1)\t si n es;s (1 i[] :t fo1•mcr dhief th,.. formc1· name o! ror- pos ite lho K<m.r:s;wge HouSJC? E,twani D. Coft'\n an,l wh.:.i t was :liS bu~in1 •:-;!-. '! ,~-h.,t p:i1·t lit (• ,·it_,- lir,, app:rrat11s was lo, ·HtC' d 011 SL:rt (• stn•L·t 11!':tr the f 'a bol st rt'C'l S\'h ool '! "\\'h:r l pl:r1•e \\'a s th<' lirnt !11•1 (1 J11 I 'nrt ~·1 11(1l1 th·: \\'ho \1,1,; Tl01·atio 'l'rl'ft•Li1<•11 ,,r wh :1t w:I s hi.1 hu:--:i rH•~-"? \\' h;it 11':IS ill<' l\lll11l1<' 1' or Litt• ro:111 l oeo,notivc 111,i l 1\l •nt i11t o rin,1· front th!' OP"" cl!11,· of l'ort1-<111outli :lll!l l,itt,·r.1· loridgt•'! C:111 you 1!' 11 wli 11 t!Jf, t n-o hrkh h11lldi11g-s 011" on l':ilo"I :<IJP ('I :111cl th<' lllhN' ,>11 l.11111 1• 11 :-,1·,,, 1, oll'Jll'ol h,· the c: ~l3 .... o. ar<1 U!-io'~ for '! "\\' ho was llH• this city f Ol'lll <'l' \\· l111 S, 1'. C, ,\ . \\~O re Lile cow - w :t s the (• 1<1 1Io11s!' 11 (llllC lo('i.1-' •·ti Ull I l :, 11 · , j s t n •4'1 '! "\\hat u r, i,·r1· or th " IHH1 ~1 · lo1 ·a,tt•d \\ IH•rc nu·.,- s tand :, 011 ~La le . . (' 0 er polico co'nduct on Cong-res:;, sot1re-0t, op- 1 'W"''l'l•'l!<!~ �nohl'rt o. l)Plll>f'll of lhis t'ity has been 11ppointed storel«:t•per at tlw tlhilill,-ry of \\'illi :1.rn \\"a1"<l & Co. • 'J'h<' $ r-c•nlrnni:11 • • :inni\·er,.,11·y of lhil binlr of' ll o·a•.1 l!11 llnu " '·"' ob:sl'1,·t:tl at the I Jnl,·1•1·:•l:dl~t l'hu1·,•t, nu ~~1111<1:ty, ll<'v. O . \\'. l :i !·lrnr·l1 pr,0 al'l,r•tl frnrn Lh l t-;\t '·The 1ntin1or y or tht~ ju s t J:1 )d1•s:•wd." '('}14• d1:·H 'fllll'.··al, \\'~I~ , ·t-t·y ln'i'i/,, ,',rld"tlh s1· l101tl cltiltl:--;L•;tlt•i""I j11 thP g-allt·1·h·s :1nll in 1110 Hillgi11g-. • • Mr, Daniel ,l\lason Is to put up steam planing, sawing and turning mill 1mmedla,tely on •the space hither.to occupied by ill:f r, Daniel !I-I. Spinney a11 a wood rard, having' purchased the ground fu1· t.h ,Lt purpose. 'Wo wlHh ' • • Four young- b;tsc b a ll lsts \\·ere captu,:ed by the police on Sun(ht.Y, a1 Peirce's fkl(l ju»t as tl'l-ey were commencing a "fri endly g'a me" and locked up. TJie JJ:.Lr,ty nmpberccl six but two escaped. One of th e captured on s ran into tL pond nearby but was ,:;u1Tounclcd by an officer and obliged to yielcl 1imself a prisoner. '.rh e captives w er£ 1·eleased' after a few hours conline- • • • * * Lai~hlon nrothPl"S, tlH• f'lllf·l'pl'isi11:: propl"i"tc,i•s of lh1• :\11pl,.1lt11·,, l ldll ~H· .tt 11,e Sho,ds, :trP irnr,1,-,li:tt..ly lo luy • • • • tPlk1'gl',lJ1h tt1ll! e 1· >1. the 1,om11lin' liille·1·,; or l11t• nns:y (lf't>p" hctwN•n I hc•lt· isl,1 n,1 honw "n,1 lltll mai11l,t1Hl. '!'hi s will ltc :t g1·C'al 1·011,·l'nil'llC'e to tl11•i1· hosl ol' patron,: :t11cl will furnish one 1norP a llr:H·lion lo th<> many who wish lo t'njoy sum111c,· 1,y the sPasitle, yt'l who must remain with in C>asy communication with their plact's of hnsincxs. he a)ayer of aslics only ancl ,thinks such a record for •tho 21st of !lfay will do Vil'e know or no .olhc1· locality in this vicinity where Hye Is ove_r 11. foot high • * •·~== 1_,1 • • • • Jt is said nothing \\·ill delay complelion or ·the Do\'er and Portsmouth Tlailrond in 1872 is.houl<l ,the le,g;!slature pa,;;s :the bill a1to,1·!11g Dover and Portsmouth ,to guarantee the nteresl on its construction whioh w111 e :prnpo;;ecl at ,the session next month T ,he thermometer mflrkctl 102 In t.he Memorial '(]ay. .. . navy yar·d µ,resentc\l ;1 • 11110 •ll•JH'ar- ._.,,.,,.,,,.""' a.nee llfcmorlal day. 'l'h~ wc1·c not ordered· Lo para(]e as was S'Cllonally m:!!'l'l'~iftlit·. ,supposed, ·but w .hen Major Le\\'is announced to ,them that they were invited to tal,e ,pfrt in •t he ceremonies, but none were obliged ·Lo 'S'O, e\'ery man volunteered, a. faut alllco creditable to Ohern 11.nd •tho officcr::i whQ. au cfClciernt corps to • • • • The Rockinglmm house comes ofC today anu ::icvera.l hundred editors and public men from abroad have accepted ,tho Jnvltatlon ,to irytervlew Its owner and lL!l landlords. Collation at 2 o'clock ,IJ. l•' 1·:-L1y lhc ~Jsl. (>II ~ <:uotl\\'ill $1.~:1~, llutr . \l'illiu111 JI. I. llacl«.:\I ~1.1~;,. \'ul. .Jo ,,l1 11a \\'. ~l,11~. \\"1ll1a111 II. :-:lrad.lor,i ~l,IJI! . • * • ln BP n rd uf \ lilt 1·111t• n e,·ening, tht• lJtd-; ur l11t · ,·;1ri11us l•alll,s \\'l'l'C r,•c:1·h·t.' d. and w, r ,1 as fullnw:-;: J,atio11:tl .\lt•t hanh•s :111d 'l'r,ul1•1'H •1 •pt•I' t'l' lll fur d,•pu ~·its, ~1 l'\' J· c1·11\ !11:11\8 , ,J'>'t>w ll :r11q,shil'c 5 lJc•1· cent for posila,, 51-~ per ,·e11t t o r lt•:111!4. llo,·kin;;-ham 4 1-1 p er cent rur tl,•posits, I l-4 per c ,·11t 1'1>1· tl:til)· l,alanee. • • • Th o c:on't nor hn s appoi11lc·c1 fi:-.'h con11nisHioner~ "'\ \ "i llinn1 F'. Fryt\ nnd Ed\\'arcl \l'a tldn s of l'o1·ts111n11L11, lhe co111i11isKi011 of Ille old ho:tnl h avi1~g l·X~dn·d . 0,1 or :JC('Ollllt 111,, ~(• \ "('l' f" tho young·e 1· .r,•rin l' /lS of the Oc·<-;1n Tlou se nt l !yc, th e c-o :tclt line frorn EX'l?lc r lo H ,1·p 1;,,:,e·h ,1nrl !ho st>'l\111\'I' !'ro111 J: ,rc' l !t'lll'h lo tl11• hl, •s nt' !-il1,,.1l s will not lie put on i'hi>< St'ason. • * * * :\In;. 11 :inil'l 1:,•1l'hvr Slowe family n1·e at lla1111,t o11 Tlcach. ~Lo\\'c is lite :\111thor ur " I C':i.1,i,1." (: It is rC'porl,•<1 that Captain J\lhl'rt Hand of this cily has purchasNI tho slemn tug Clar·,i llatPnt:\11 for $J000. • > • 'l'hc•, dirrclor,; of th<• Pm·I l,tncl, Sa<'O and Portsmouth Hailroa,1 ;it a meeting in J(iltt ry on Tht1rs,l ,1y cxecutt>cl thP 1<-,1sc or that 1·011<1 to th!' l•>1sl<'1·11 Hail road ng'l'<'l':1hly lo I ht• HtOl'klrohl cr;; vote ,tt th ir l:tst mc·eling. * ,., * :) L 'o. 5',; l1o)',1 lw, ,, a,ppoinlet1 a e· .. rn111ittec to art in e:011,inrwlion wilh olltc't' l'(!!llll1illl'C'S 011 lilt' s11 l ,j,•,· l or the Firellll'111.'-i I\l11"K lt•r. I .. 1\I I t·rs :a 1·p l1eing 1<·- c,•i\·C'tl fro111 011 1 11[ 10,v11 com1,anlcs tlc·sir·ing 10 1:tl< l ' p:rrl in the muster. .. ~ '!'it(' C'llt~ll'I l,;r ntl h:r by Ili c ~-·ity tn J.,:"i\"(' :111 ('\('tli11g-·~ ('Olll 'C l't to11101To\\' C>n ll a)1,1:1rl,I'[ !-i,111:tre. 'I Two pulh11~ n cars on llw Hailroa,1 r0:whe<I this city R:1tunlay morning- ro,· th<' first litn<'. Th e t1·ain made hut a hrit•f ,slop ancl kt·pl on to • • • • 'l'he (:Ompany of Marines . Among· t111· Jll'l'Mlll,;, tirms and t:0 1'poralions In l'111·ts111•0111h \\''ho pa)· :, 1 ax ur $1,0oo ancl 111 ~,,·a nl::1 al'e th t• full owin,r: l, ca1·,;ar;.;c• ~I ills ~4800 , ~la, I, Jones $~.7'.l~. 1:i,·h,11·tl .Jenness $1,li::.7. <:a;, ('urn)1:111.,· $1,:lst, 1. ,- <:u,·, lc·h.11> 111 • .,."1.e stonl <·ru shc.•1· . "bustc•d" on '1":. .ly. Jt gol ti 1·ock th:il \\':lS too hara to C'h<'w in its mouth, :1 n1l Lhc gavo \\ay. ·'sulHn, r;.;hint• 'Char,les Jllain Esq., has ,t rour-acr, lot . of win tcr rye on the Ocean Hoall loading Crom Lafayette road to •th, Gr~enland Depot from which ha: brous;ht u,; spe<:lmcns measuring fou1 feet and three inches. 'l'he Janel wa, last year rcclaime<l from pasture, J: 01lgh and clry and had not been cultivated.for flrty years. 1111·. llfuin put on • '.rh c following u1;e rC'prC'senlalives lo tho L(•glslatu1·0 frn)o this disll'ict: \Varel On{', Horton D. \Va 11,ct·, .John Jr. 1ru'lch i nso11, Joh:1 1'••1111<'1·, cc,01·ge \V. l'enclt·Xlt' l'. n,,puhlit'll ll, \\'a1·1l 'l'\\'O, l•'m111•i s \V. l l.r111 , Clt:il'lt •s IJ . };itlt s, John ll. Fi:q;g, \\'llliam H. I [.-c,,t1Lt, RepulJlicun. \\'ard '!'hree, \Villiam S. \\Till ey, Augustus \\'altlen, lJemocrats. hl!TJ1 luck as wc 'Clo to every one \\' h0. increases tlhc business or tho city. Darnu111·~ Bi:.;· ~huw \\ ill l:ichanls :l\\'lllll' Nn.\':rl Consln11•Lo1· 'l'homns has h •·t' n cl 1• t,11·h1·1I from tlw Nc,rl'o!I, 11:tvy y:1r1l :tnd onl<'t't 'd In !h is :--il.ltion , in pl:l<'l' o( N:rval Const 1·11 clo1· .lnhn \\'. Hashy, · clC'tnehctl ,ind ortle1·1•tl lo llw N,:val Consln!l'to,· Samu ,·! G . P ouk has h<'Pll d ,•l;1!'ltc•, I from the noston navy ya l',1 :rntl rlcred lo r<•porl lo ll1t' ,·hit· f ,,r I ltt' 1,11l'('UU of con::1tnwtio11 for duty. * • :), * Tho work or n•mo,lrilinglhc Franl:lin house and thl' lJlock on cornet· or ,l\larl,Pl sL1·pe'l an,1 lllarl<l'l Square is JH'Ogrc•,;sing- s l<':rtlilr; llw workmen on th e la lier hav e lrnoC'ked a big- hole in llw face of the, lJt1iltli11:; and the s~onc- .ancl i1·on counlP·nanc:P of th e Frc..1 nklin Hous e is about half put in place. Tlw fine stores al thl• l•ranklin will command a goocl rental wh!'l1 linis;1 e.l , 110 doubt, the stantl IJt,ing a fi1·st rate 011<: for busin ss. Ita~i-lwll - Two t•d ton1t,n·o,v ;1t to I ' .. tins, ~a111P~1 ;1 r p fl1<~ fWf'Cll the ~'li1 i(.'~i or ~ uuth i! 1..'l' \\'il' k anct lhc :>;ewr11t:11·l,el l'l111> in the mol'ning-, :intl 0110 h!'l,,c,·11 tlw :'llinic 9 ancl the .\thll'l1r;, tlli s l'il.,· in lhc artr r·- or �,st0amPr ApJ)IPdorc marle .~ trip lo Nt>11·buryl)ort ancl 1·pt urn . Tho farr 1.00. ,\l 111t't' li ni,: of J•J.~cataqua :i ,0l'b1 t ion >lhP ·hoi-- f'\H for following lhP Pn:-.ui11g- ye;ir: l•.,rnnk .1 11 1><':-: , 1111stPC'H, ll a,·cn l.J. ~eolt, of $:;oo wa~ approprhttNl city fa.them lo 1hC' Fir!'men's :\lustf'r from tho e<•nlin;::enl fund. • •·rank \\·. ~lillt•1·, J• r. iJl l arl, V. \\' c nt\' Orl 11. r.1·, Charll'::i 11. 11:iycs. rn•asur!',·, '. n. ,\Ja s on. ~,.,.,.,,,a It! J . Jlornce Kent l•:s q .. li:ts a<'C'PptP<l :, ,>osition 011 lhl" NorthPrn Paeifi<· lt:lil ro:HI an<I has rf'sig nNI tl1<• nlTic!' o ::Jty llla1· shal of l'o1 ·ts mo11lh lo t:ike •ffect at once. Assi8ta11t .\larshal 'J'hom;.1s 1-;1!t11istle and l' X-\.'ity Marsha :•'rank 1:. ,J ohnson :, r<' "" ndiclalf's fo ; Th<• :dd(•r111P11 :ll'C'. l, * "' • Thl' firsl m:111 11 ho :l8CC'11<l r1l \\'ashing-ton (lid HO ill 1612. 'J'hC' a<li,•s who di<l .·o wc•1·0 tho Jllsscs \uslin of thi1< city in 1821. • • '" * "'· Lc,,.J«•s, ;;. Ill. !':rlli<' Lock,. i.9 to .1·0L HI '''''"""' r•,,rk, llan•rll ill , :lla,is. nr ,:mo. tll Th11,·....-rl:1y fnr H Plll'H(' J,~aHl I'll l.:'1)". 1",llllli(•. \\'hilc lltountain lloitlld 1\lt-<: il'll ;u 1 :in· 1•11 (C'rctl for the · 130:u·,1 :t t I he 11<•11· ( :osporl housl' n ~tar lslan<l, Isles of Shoal " , i,-; hill U~ • • • ( :1•t , D Wt-•y h a x i.Jl'C'H u rd111 ·,•tl tn Hosto1 nnvy .1·ar<l. Lieut. Cnmmn1Hlini; "·· l, Johnson haR been d<'l ·1chl'ol frn 111 Po1·t, n,o ulh na1· y ya1·d Hnd onl, ·r• ·d to \\' or• • • :\ I :11-ri:1l~f"'I' and dp•,,·1·1t,,•<1 the old 1na.11slo11 at J.iltlC' Har :,n,· ,llld other local itit•s or thi~ • • • Portsmouth l,i 1c,okin •~ up nnd ma~· strr-pt railn,a(l,antl pn0um :1 tic• t lllil" <'Al)l't •/-l~J(' !➔ in tlntC". ·\\·( :1:1,·c, 11 0w nn Ow l On1nil111s Ll11t1, , vi l - l!am l'lalstt•tl h,t1·i11g- pu t 011 his handRomc- '111d <' t111 V<•nicn l 1·0,·l'r!'tl ba 1·g-1 (we !Jeli!'1·r that',; ,tJ11 • nam e• for it) ·· J1'avo ri 1c" lo run t:t.vC'r y h:,lf hour tll11·. ing lho C\ l"ni 11 ~ <·0111nH •1H.:i11g- at 7 o'<'lock from :llarkrl ~quare throug-h lsli11gto11. lit i<lrllc and <'as:; s lrcc ts :tile! i1ack to tl1(' ~;quarc. Fan: 10 <'<'llll;. H u1Tah £01· prug-re" s ! 0 • =ii • • Tho fin,t ,;uhs;c ri h •r to lhf' fund fo1· forwarding- th e p1·opost•d S<•11· 1•~11g-·a ncl !<i n mp11 ·s :llus;t<T In this <· ii ·" \\'as J am!'!! M. LtH'i,I' of I 6 1:01\' S ll',' <' l. .. . (:. JL. .J c•n1u•s8 an11ot111<'<'s ~n «' P·'n air COllCPl'l llf'ar his Tl'lll}H 1 1·, 11u•,\ s :ilon11 :1 t ,l~•r- J: eae h 011 Tht11·s<1:1.1· 1•1·('11in,; h~ Harlow':; full hallfl. .\l 1 ,)t'III!':' -< luC'11ds to Im,,. .~lmll,ir 1· n11t·1•rt~ al ;hort 111 l<'n·:i Is l l11·011.,;l1n11 t I hn ,,,.,. so11 UHi 11·ill f11n1lsh tho vl •·i (urs altr:tC'tPtl :Jy the fill!' lllll~ic with all th,• l<-C' " l'Pa n 1, ~oc la WtLlC'1' :111d 011.t\\ : t .h c•y choo~<' Io ea 11 for liu L !:iero·.~ a g-u11d cha n eC' for '}Vening-·:; cu l<' rtai11mr11 t . .. . A COnlrart for RUJ)pli t•s to 1·artl h as :,wanl, ·• I to t llf• ·· i: w;I 1:i llil'tl l'h l' 1l l'iJ1 ;1n d 0 p :1rloJ· e:l t'H :uul ti1 0 •· ua ,1gor.' ' th r- :1 r. , •c>1n1nocl;1tio n 11"' f nr h , ., · ·1.·f"n rd i ; • \V r-n lwn,·t h's l'11ll1t1a11 ll1•w ;l11 :rlll l11• pi;l! 't•d 011 l111 • J>:as t l' rn : li ln ,;ul. T ll<·.1· 1\i !I p i-o li:ihl y be !P,11 lil y • The YOUllg' la<lleH of our hii;h s c hool en joy('1l a rich ln' al on Tuc,stlay J :1mcs T. l•'il'lds l•:11q .. m:tolP a 1·isil t, lho school nn<l r f' ad to th, •111 an llll · PUbll ~IH'cl 110,•111 by L1111;::f1·lluw whic-1 1 lhe porl ha cl wrlltC'n .s lnl'f' his ,·l~IL to our 'Cit~· this summe,·. It 11as 11 t l1IC'cl "Goven1or 1111 1n• 'l'n·n ( ',nu111:111d1 · r • i11 t· rt•:1s i11 g . 0 ll:.1" <1f 11 :~ un .; w :1." fi r 0ll from ~:1 ' h t 11 :i1·y .1 ·:1 1·t1 I•:: 1,• r ) o n \\' pdn c~ ti:i y in h on or ,, f : '1, :11·I·h ;1I o f C'o111n1oll o rt> \\ ',iii.11 11 l :, y:,nl d :<, t'l 1i,• f n f J:11n•:111 o[ : ~q 11lp1 11, ·n1 : 1i1 d l ~1-c· 1·1 1!1ii;g-. \ \ "p J, ,.trn l11· •i:--: til t• ;.:,Hl·~l nf 1_·0 :11n1 :1nd l' r t h :1t You 111:. midsl ot a furious snowsultry weather of Satu·:day, June 4, gi1·es t)uite a co~1trast. • • • • flea! estate con l'l'yances in Rockingham County f o r th e week ending June 1: l'o11tsmouth, Frank W. Miller to Sarah T. Pickering la nd Lincoln avenue for $f)'00; Edwnrd A. Boq\ge to llla:·y S. Hilton land and buildings on ~tu le stre-ct for $1;650. Frank G. \Ventworth to Cy rus L. Brown Jand and IJull,lings on Summer slreet for $3,-000. = • • • • At a meelln'g of the PisC'ataqua Fair Asi.ociation Monday even ing, the following omccrs w-c1·e chose n fo·: ilhe ensu ·ng- year. President, Frank Jones; tru~t C'es , Haven L. S olt, Fran!( \V. lllill C' r, Dr. ~I:trk l•'. " 'rnlw o rlh; 'secrcl:1 ·:y, C' hari rs JJ. Jlnyl's; C. D. l\Iason. • • • • • • • ~ T l. f• ~~<·: 1 \ i••\•; " :1r, ·r•·,\ 1y h,1•11u i \ \ ", di1 , -~: t1 ar ·1: I l -11 1.;r• d c-:-;t,- u t·l io n h_v ~\ i .1 h o11t tir P t, n :P r 11i 11 !.... o'c•l o, ;.;_ l l H• ll :1111 cs ,,· c•r· • di !-s<'o,·0 1·r- d UH • S+' l "\" ,l' Jl....; uf 'lid ;J .·\ 11 , 1 r ,l 111.1 1,,,·;•t : li ;~l t . '"•nl d, , 111··,1:.11, .. • • • • wr·d d ing- :i t l ii" l' t•!,,,' id <• 11 ._. r11· .\!1 ·. O li s ~f :tnl Pn . f{y r• I:,,;; i•il . ' 1'11 , .. ·d . 1 \' t •Vt• ll i11 1 !·. '" t·. :t 11 tl :~ 11 ·. :\ 11 il d PL\ j• z .\ I \ •1 pf l !n~·tn n 1" ,.( in •I lilt<1· fr ir ri d ....; :i n d i h o 11 ,;1 1d ,t o l !. lr :4 wor t h .-: l'11 1~, . J•·f': t•~ l i n g, W< ·r 1• lh P tt1u :--it • n Hlt•t · o[ :\I yi r;: i ~ S I ~ . 1·.- 1 i's ' tla• . t'\ ''-' lli P !;· . • • • • 'J1 h • ~,n th .1111 1 :-'. outh . till p n 111l no pn w :H ''t o f al 1.1 t in;;. 1~ i ( l, ,· st lo w:iil lllltil th ,• t·h o lr-ra r•,\n , ~~ . 11n t; I 1H:r e i tb-a• n f.; i 11frt •ll' d W i l h sj ·kn nss 11P ~ ('OllH ' cl i s P :1:,.. ,, \'; i sr•J.\· 1. ll .:t' hn•,· d ing- tl 1• 111: 1 :1, I' lo <•;1 Jit i 1·s, i!l 11· \11d ,,r III P ti d 1•:,.;';' 'I'll" <• ii y ha •, 111, p o ,·' I' In ;1h:1tc• 1111 i~: lllC' l'C..: :111<1 t !i P n1I.,· 1 S lon•r l~11va111p1nent CT. A. R. are to haYC' a plc:1ic al Kittery Point 0,1 Thurstlay. Sleamcr ,\ppl c,lorc will <'0111·ey the p a·:Ly clown the rh·C'r, and Hal'io':\r's Quadrille Iland will furnish mu,-ic. 'rickets for adults Children ha:r price. • :1 11(1 Ill ,· 111i:1 pr iv il P.~r •s :dlowin ~ :t ·r p:• ll ~w The ligl!lning on Tuesday CYC' ning sln1C'k a Hlone of S1l'1·era l, tons welght llC':11· the ntilrnau crns·ing 111 T,ittrry, a111 smashed il in hundreds of piece SJ. 11 ,,w wou Id i l work to engage that knul or ft st on<' crushe: l o prepare le, ial for 011:· strrC'll.9? oicl. :-:, 111 ,·1 ... 1-!,r()\\' wur st• \\ il !i tl lf' !-.P • • • • '.:', Ja rri t'll in lhi9 city a t th e Unitarian Ch111·ch !Jy HeY. Jamf!s DeN'ormandie, Ceri;,hun F. 1Ielche r and Jlllss Abob ie Ir. \'rnnard, daughter of the late Andr,•w D. Yenna r-<l, a II or l'o:tsmouth . f11 ·p t •Xlirt 0 1J j . .; 1J p t• :.; u Jid::1 I ,, it: 111 u l l< ·r :1 n <'omm .1n<l<'r Ceo1·ge Ba tcheld-cr hr,•n un:inimously chosen s1t'pe r intende?1t of the Eastern R ail".-oacl. ill !,11t 1,y :1 p: t l" l i l1 P lll 8 p•(' ~- tin11 111 111• d 11 1· itl < di s Lill• n1ust 'I of JJl't• \ · t ·1 1t io11 * • .~pring chickens gluuted th e market Sat11rcla~·. and prices came do11n from 35 to ~O ernl,; P<'r pound. Illuebe-:ries ~old fu;· S cents 1Je1· quart. • a •,,J , Xt, Pditr , 11 ~~ wa y o( CHI P • Sa,mucJ JI. Goodall, Esq., tlw beautiful and appropriale decorallons of lhf' No rth Ch urch for lhe bicon l<' nnla i cele!Jrall.ion, imu w as the ch , r engineer in carr~·:ng them out. " 'p h e~1nl but one opinion ex1J~essed by llw 111:in)· wh o 111rntioned them, which was thal lhc-.,·l' were in pcrCect taste and ket>pi ng with the chu r ch and just ri µht as 1lo the quantity-neither too mt:{'h nor t oo little. • • • .'\ man in this city nanted chi Id re11 Bben<'zer o nd Flora. spoke or t h e m as "E.IJ" • • • • The hoat Emerald, wl1ich haR up for r epai~s during the pasl two weeks, i !'! aga:n runnin g- her reg-ula r trip;; lo the Navy Yard. Sho hal'I li<'C'll pain1lert nncl nt rn ished and put in thon,11;;:h order s-e n e:a lly. For beauty :,net ('O':JYC'nl(' JlCC this little slf',llllCr is not C.XCl' ilf'cl , and many vl3_ ;lor~ to lilt• )·ard nn1.l1 lhcm se ll·e8 of its C'omfort~. affording th em as it rloe,. an extra in<lucemC'n.t to visit our wnrk- ._,..,..,._,.,.c. sho;i ac:-oss lht> -~il·cr. �:Mr. John Mortin. fell down the .stone st,ePs or l\l r. James Nort0'11's st'orc near S'prlng Market on Sunday, struck the back or hl's head on 'n.cuTbstone and cut a Yery 1a·. ge gash !n his cranium. The wound is n. serious one. \ The ... . A'ppled ore Hou se, had 5l()j() guests on and · was crowded to o,·ernow!ng. Those l\rriYing hy the la~t boat wc.·c compelled to lodge In the parlors and hullio. The hom,p acco111mod1tl!on11 ure for ne:i.."t Renson b,\' six coltag-cs 0,1 th e • • • • Another Navr Yard D i~c ha·: ge-011 Monday, Jo11epl1 H. Gardfner, foreman painter, and 1\rr. ntchmond, foreman pattern maker, with a number or WO':k-1'\ffi - in steam engineering slorc were dlscl1arged, in accordance with orders Crom the Secrl'tan• or the 'avy. All the fo1·emen nncl quartennen in lht• same depa·: tmrn t are recl11c1•d to fir,.t class worl<n1en, llfoHlC'r MachinlHt .\ tbert nix be ing- pull !n charge or all branches or the cl epu rt111c,1t. ,v. • • • • H.e,'. George M. ,\da1m1, of thC' Congregat !onal Church, on Sunday. declined · tCI recall his resignat !on, and P'.-eached his fa re well sermon, to the rrgret of the parish. for Europe on Thursday. ~~~~-~""'."':-:',.' .'1 ·om the Navy Yanl \\' l·d, 1e,iLlay in honor of the a1.,-iv:1 ! of ..:om 111od o 1·c H y 11old ,;, C..:hld of 1;u·c·au of E :1 uiprnc-:1t :Lnll HccruiLing. \\'(> ll'n1·n that the CommoLlol'C is the ;uC'st or Comman<lel' Young-. • • • • 'l'lh! SC'.1 View lfOU!'<(' n l Hrc 1an·oll'ly (•~<·:ttlf',l ,lC'stn1<·tio11 1,y Jin• \\'l•dllt'sll.t,\' n1urni11g. AL :tlH>lll ,'eluck ltll' 11..tnlP!i Wf:t'l• <li~l.!O\'t.'l'l'tl he s,•rva11ts' apa1·tm,•nts, hut hv tl<l or a th·<' extingnl:-.h,-i,ululu"d ,1 ithout rna t,•ria I l'l' a h;,nl light. * ill * • • , \ 1·c:1-r(';·po111l1•11 I of I hi' 1'01·1 ! 11 d :us s1.1t,•s that H<'p1·,•s•11atil·,, !,y11,•l1 ,r th,• lHt )laiuC' lliHtl'il't s<'•·un·tl 1111• '(•mo,·a! or C:l'n. )I. I•'. \\ 1'1111,0l'lh or !, ilu·1·y [111111 llw posi:ion or :--;1,,,-,, ';,•1•1wr for !!111·,,;1u of Yanls :111,l !loc·k s ,1 tlh' n:1,·r y;11·,1. H1"1·, ·11t <1,,,· .. 111p mPnls, Intl ica t(• th.t t t hl' c:,,nr· 1·.t1 h.1H 0 ,ulwin<lc.•<l his anLagonist. • • • l'oli~e C'om·t, Thu1·sd;1y.~ nurrord, ltHl~t•. \\'i lliam Lnrki11, c·o!o1·('<], c-allPd l <il1n Colt•t11an, :1 gondo l,l C':1pl.1i11, oul ,r ,hi,; name :mcl John J.1icl his l1t•:11l qwn with :t rap t• ':-; l'nfl. L:1rki11's :-;or<• !w:1<1 cost oleman $15 .. ~0. l'athc•rinC' Ilawlry thC' '("l't\(•,~h Q\', l or Stl',l\\'h Pt Ty 1:.1nk Wt Ill ·111 OIIC' of lw1· O\\'ls "\\ f 1lnes<lay 11ight. 'lhl• h1·:t\\'IP<l :11111 tumu!t1•cl lo 1111 of 31) ,lays in 1·eclio n in n<lLlilion to a tine 1n<l ret lwr lungs are not .,, a b grimed exnm]llc of 0 0 • • • • Pc•1·s ona1 - l·. S. Senatrir ,~in a11cl I!on. ThomaH J,. Tullor:,, CD!ingtun Wl ·t·e in town F'ric1;.1y , :\fr. Cra~i11 w,L,.. c-losPtr,l with Collec·to1· 1:;1i!1y 11 lhc Custom llousc :11,d •>11111wtlon• I 'tinnock at the n.1 vy y;1 nl. The• St•1L1 tu1· is in ~ood spirits ancl pn•<licl:-; lt0i,11hli,-.111 triumphs i11 th l• f-ill l'l1·,·tio11s, ;;i milnl' to lho:;c or Xort11'l'aroli11a t1·1uJ ot C'nglnes will take J>lac•c on \V!hircl 01· Hn.wtl1orn ~t 1·,•etH, tho •to be obt.a!nccl from thC' !l'e J)Ond ot .Mr . . imon Marston 011 South l'Ond. It will pl'obably be necessary tank on \Vlb!l'd strC'cl. • • • • )fanr! cd In thll:i city 1\11g. Hl•v. Canon \\'11l>1h the br!ll •'s fath1•r, Eugeno ;\\'ntson r . S. N., Paymaster , 'H·phen H an<! .I 1·., :1.1111 )J iss Susan Lennox Jo'. \\',Itson. 0 • • • A Lllspatch from ll O\'('I' to thP 1 OH· lll'lalcl s:,y.; :, .,tr<>n!-:· ftocl!ni; l:1 ·, pl"inging- up 1h, r, • n;..:aln:, L th" pro10.s<·d buihling- or the L'onsmout h :in,1 )O\'l'l' Halh ·ond, aml :t m:is,; meetingof the r·ltlze11s w!ll soon h<.' cnllcu to 1li,s,•ounlPll;llH'.:! tit(• l\l'Oj(·('l. 0 • • • Th e \\'Ork uf ,,taking- ou t the land fol' the n ew 1,uilcl(ngs of 1hc gaslcrn Haill'o1ul has commcncecl at Ha.lc's Point. Some 800 porch ol' stone nnd 1,500,000 ht·!cks "re• to he 11,wcl !n cons t ruc:ling ;in c•ng-inC' how,,·, sheds rte. 'l'h<•1·e a1·e to be a.ccommo<lalions ror ]3 cnginc,,;, A large llll'll•l:tl>IC' Is UlHO to be bu!ll . .i\lr. Cute or Peabody, .\faRH., I!; the constructor. • • • • HasC' Ball.-'l'he n ew K('arsal'gC' club playcd :L not Vl•ry brilliant ~ame with :L nine mutlc· up from Hr<· ! !L•ach \'18! tol'~, \\'eLlne,-clay arternoon, ne-ar a. JI. J nnC!lH' sa loon and WCI' tl ! en.l ed by a score of 35 to 20. The Kcarsarge·s r:i II lh t!r :l<'Ol'I' up tu 1 011 the t hirtl inning, thC,bC'ach n1n c• thc•n l1avinf 11, irnl the fo1 ·mf'r 1,lay1•t.l much bt!llcr to11·n1·'1H th e clos< • or the• • • • • lt i8 sni<l that a new frii;atc built at this N:t\':tl ·:ci tation !nvolv!n~ th • C'mp!oy m cnt of an aL1d!tlo n a l force ru! hundred men for a year or �WHAT DO YOU ~ NO\V·--1 fi30UT PDRTSMO• TH? l k \\'!: :t i whi:;1 1<' "" :t plan L :1 l l he W<'SL "ts sn urnl , ,J :it ;;:::n :111,l G:,30 a. , I'll:! n1. for _s-on1e n1a11:.- Yl'nr~;? "\\'ho w:is ('h;,, !1•s \\·. :1':n1·1 on, '1 n rl ,1·hal cily po'-1ilin11 0:11 Iw hold'! \\'h:1t lhrrc I:1ili<'s slill residi ng in sl'l1001 t eachers ii~ the i-whool on I lanov e: i- St.'? \\ hi•rr did thp fp1•n11~r ( 1 tl l1COJ"<.1 n.. n. h:1,·p ils IL•11111l11,;•I iu tli:,:r c·il~ '! l 'ntfp 1• what <"11.Pf P11ginr0r "~:,s J.;n< rg,1111::cd at th!' "\\'t•st \\'il;1 t fr,rllH'r 111r-1111I r•1 · of l11p p11l1cc lnc·:il lmnd r,,1·(•(\ ,·.~,~ a <l1·u111'1•1Pr in :t fur 111anr y(\:tr!--:'.' \\.Ila \\':ts th(' j;,,-,1, nni• I 111:1[ lin•cl ,·t1<·,•t, ancl pror,,ss:un clicl Iw fo lln\\'? \\'11:1t othet· \\'hr1 ·" was th <' fin;t \\'hi1;lle or the :tin, m tPl<·~rnph ".1·1;t<'m Iocatrcl? '\VI10 11':ts. ~,mu!'! \V.- Jlnwkc:,; antl \\'h:tl .,posilio 11 'dill h <' hold? ,vh,,t 11:11·)· ':l!Nl :tl or Honor man 11:1(1 ch:tl'!;C or the IHl\'Y .vn.nl ferry 1:i11<1i11;, :u -tlw foot or n:inicl sll'l'C'l n,· f"l)I' 111:ll\r ~'t':ll's'! \\'hrr<• \\':t8 !hr • hi~ licltl <1:ty of thr Ord1•r of l•'drC',-l<'l':-: lwl,l in thi,; city? \\'hn l ·su 1Ti\·or o( th!' c-1·ew of 1hr , lei h:1tlll'~ llip ).l:iin c•. sunk in lJ;1vana llari,01· rc·sitks in this cit.,·? \\ 'hp1·,, un Ya11gha11 strC'l't \\':ts the liusilll'~.s·or 1:a1,1;· Ne\\'mnn locatNl'! \\'ho 11·,• rp the two 'lo<'al men wlrn 011cc ·c-o,1(]ul'l<'ll a barber shop in rooms o,·.-,r Col<.•111an'H c.lrug sto1·L•'! \\'!1:it. c-ounl.v 1>'1 !,ling- oner ,;lnorl nL J::L•11glo11 n.ncl J1rowstc:1· '\\'h:t t \\ "" I})(' forn1C'l' 11:llll(' or lhr Jll'('S('ll l hook anc1 ,J :tt.hlcl' fire truck \ V. .J. 8a111pso11 '! \fh"rP ,.,··1s lh" :'lla.p·r!' Fu:·n:ics Co. !0C' ct[p. \ in this ril.·'! '\\'ho \\':tS the lock milh locatell on 1:0\\' slt'('('[ in the l.rnildin;..; 110\\' OCCU· 11iPd hr C:Porgf' n. ('hnllwic·k'! \\'1 10 was the• fir•:! :1•1<1 ""!~· \\'0111\tn pnli!'(' oflic,•1· :tJ11'<d11t,•ll by tho police con1 n1i~... s iOllfll'8? \\'hn "·n.r, nt poiPtr,1 pn!"l•n:isl('r nnd di!'.l h, fore lw eo>1l•l hko I.Ire oath or ofli,·r? p;1froln1:1n ll"Hl''I" 1hr pnlicP c111nn1:s- s'on \\'h••n first 01·1:··111i7.f'cl tl1::t rC'l'11srd lo i:n c,n th!' jail'/ \\'h:,( fil'('ll1[111 , 11 lh n n,-,,ilnn :\f:1 inP Y."a!=; kno,vn :1~ :1 f:lRl 1HlXPr? \\ 11 :iL 1lalC' \\':,s ti,<' lfn:·,rrs:i!ir,I. ('h,,• h r,71 f'lp~ l: •anl s:t,,,,,t l>111nr•tl? \Y:1:it plnrr, 1,,.... i,f,,q lhC' aor I:., "n 1 th<' 11·l>:i \Y:lf: th(';'(' :i1v·d?inr ·r .,,. <' ('":1 1 JHH•l,Pl lccnt0t.l th:,t wnr (1r--Rtrnyr-,1 In· fire''/ 1. ·1rat wni'! thr fi,·sl 1i:i. ,-y sl•in or ·011 h11iltl to ent0r lhC' l'ort~mouth r r:i rhnr '! 1 \Yhrrr on i\rn,·kr•t !':qnnrc wlrn t he l!'l01)ho11n 11·h:1I """ 1111• nanH• or lh<' fund put in thl' h:i 1Hls of the City or l'ortsmouth rn ,· Sl'll i11_g out ll'C'l'S :tlld othC'n1·i:,;e li<•,111ti(., ing nichanh; Ave'! \\'hr, "'""' the first ,-;upel'inlc11dt•11l of l'orlsm llllh J,;ll'cil'ic Hail\\'ay'! (ltt' \\·h:, t pol'rr nffi1·r1· ' "\\'hat .J 11»lice of the 111·c·si<lcd in the case of 1,:u·Lmc•11 L., in lhis city'! \\'hal hote l -\,·a s localed on Russell I •:treet ii\ the IJUil{lini; 110\V OCCllpied as :,. cl 11'ell in;:;-'! \\'li:11 proprr,ty on .Jackson street ls <li\'itlc,1 by the ward l and 5 ward li11rR '! , \:ch:1 ngc one<' Jo - \\'ho "''"' thr 011·11c•1· or th<• ie<' t,oat wintc·rs on the North \\'hat l'l'''<' ITOil' \\':ls built hy lhr I :o,-ton :111<1 ~l:tilll' raih·u:id aud lo thC' city hC'causc {'1111 Id uol !J<· ust•<I for locomo- the .v 1n(-let (>Y~l'Y ye:-tr? \Vho w:is Hoh?rt Acl:ims, :ind !lrm w.as hP connected with on ove:· st reel? vVhat member or thl' c:ty council at to h[n·e the city b:u:Id h1·ictge :icrob'S the l\'ol'lh i\lill l'rom the foot or Cabot '11 trel't? ~ 11,))ted \\·hat milroart man p!a~·ec1 a corne t n·,1<1 was 10:iill'r or lh(' once Kittery t 'n:·net lfa IHI? _,\ Vhat ".<' I l - l;ri·o~-11-·r- - <'' ,-t"'i7.-.-r -11-1•n-a de n n nffe1· to thr ,·it~· or Pl 1,rc,1 .:or a" J)<uhllc lilir:ll'y, whil'h was lalci· ·- wilhclraw,n . • 1,wln;g- lo a ,·ow between tlw :1lclerm~ •nct common counc1I ov('1· til e . nn.mini; ; nf' th(' proposec1 Ilhrn:·)·? In whn.t drug ,sto,·e. of tl1(' <''t~· \\'a~ I 'ir• office. tl1e & T~legrn rh 'n111.1mny loc'a le<l? or n. \\'ho W'as C'apt:, b o. Dre"·· stcainers was he master Pisc-ak1.nua? \\'hnt :;au.th end ton sl-c:.i,ncr;i l and at eac h day? \\'ho wa,. the big- man n.111011,g t ~1e 1•ro111otc:s o[ tho Portsmou th Daseball Club i n lhc N<'w Bnglan,1 T~ag,ue? • \\' ho or Iii<' old-lime hnek dl'lve!'S i~ 1;til1 livii):,· in lids oily? \\.h!'re wa!< lhe firnt Elks c-" ted? \\'hat h:i 11 110\V OCC"ltpiecl g:ou~ body was oncl\ used ing- pnrlic-s in the huslne11s llw rit)'? • \ \'!mt lirm composed o,' three l ocai State s,t:ec t? �NUMBEROF ·1: : PATROLMEN · i · SINCE 1883 Will you kindly ·Inform mo many poll-ce -the ci-ty had sln'c e 1883? R. C. 'MELVIN. 'I\he record .shows tLhe •f oi'lowlng slnr.e 'that date •to Lhe 'time ,when 1tJhe dcparl• ment was placed under a and up to 19111. 1883-Total 8 Chier or Police-Thomas Erutwlslle. Asst Marsha'ls~Fronklln Cole, Joseph 'B. White. Watchmen and !Police-John Turner, Char.Jes P. ·Abbott, James F. !Shannon, Albert 1-V. Parsons, Michael ..E. Long. 1889-Total 12 City Mwrsihal....:JcffcrS(!n tC • .Ro'Ye. Asst . .Marsha1s-Danlel 1 Fred H. Akerm an. Captain Watcll~Ozeo J. Hob-bs. vVwtchmen and IPollcc--R. D. ,Smart, Robert A. Stott, Jamc,i Kehoe, Danl<'I J. Lyn'Ch, Ml-chacl 'Hurley, Cornelius· Rcai;an, 189~Total 13 City Marshal-Charles H. Joy 1, Ass't.-<Benjamin cF. Ca'I1dncr. ,Seri;t.-John Fnlvey. Captaln-0. l\I. Jcl)lson. Roundman-Geori;e' H. Ca'rllon. 1-Vwtchmcn-D. ,v. Faulkner, Her• man H. Clarie, Charles 0. Johnson, Woodbury ,Shannon, Fred Thomas Quinn, George Michael Hurley. 1891-Total 13 C!'ty Mnrshul-.Jeffcrson C. Rowo Asst. Mar.· hal-B. F. Gardner IPol!ce-Danlcl Casey, John P. '.ril>· bet ts. Captaln-Ozeo J. Hobbs. Watchmcn~harles H. •Foote, n~llus Reas-a.n;, ComeJ,i-uJ .Qul,11ry,. , ;r,n,mf':-i Kehoe, Daniel J. Lyn!ch, 'Mlchai:1 l-Iur1ey, Richard D. tSmart, Dennis Murphy. 1892-Total 13 Cl,ty iMarshal-Thomas Entwlstlo. Asst. .? ,,Jan;hal- T!ehacl Uurley, Captain-F. E. M~rdcn. ,Police off!cers-'Henhy B. Holbrook, Michael Kelly, 'Wllliam H . .Seymour, vV!klla.m II. Anlderson, Lamont Illlton, James F. Shannon, George E. Robinson, James A. McCa ffery, Charles Quinn, George II. Duclcer. 1804-Total 15 Cfty Marshal-Jefrerson C. 1Ro.we Asst. Marsh'a l-Danlel Casey. Captain-John •S. "\Vcndell Police-John P. '£lbbeltl:!, Hurl~y. Night Wn,tch~hl!-l'les H. Oorncllus Rca;;an, Cornelius Quinn, J;'nies Kehoe, De.nljjl J .Lyncl:l, Michael Ke'lley, James Quinn, Dennis Murphy, Richard D. ,S,mart, Sheldon B. Luvcy. Chief~homas Entwistle. Asslstant-Mlchai!l Hurley. Cap'tain-F. E. II. M1urden. Police-M!ohacl Kelley, vV. H. Seymour, "\Vllllam II. Anderson, George IL Carlton, Geori;c, .II. Ducker, James l!~. !1:.i.nnon, Jrurrll's lL 111 afle,ry, Georgi, E . Robinson, Ohar1es Quinn, Thomas J. But'ke, l• •rank II. "\Vc!<l. 1905-Total 16 hlef-Thomas ,E nLw:sll e. A:;slsta nt-Mlcha c l Hurley ,Captaln-F. F,. JT. Marden J>olice-Michael K Kell ey, vVllllam Jr. Seymour, "\Villiam 11. Anderson, r.eorge H. Carlton, Geoq;c 11. Duclce1·, \V . H. Appleton, James ·1•'. 8 hannon, James· A. McCaftery, Gcoq;e E. Robin• st'n, Char1es Quinn, 'l'homas J. l3urke, ·w11bur B. Shaw, l~rank 11. "\Vc::;t. l!lOS-14 men 1015-15 men �This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NlSO 239.48-1992 (pennanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts m 1998 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. 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Assembly house f) 41 23 He serve, Ge rge Atkinson h uAe 25 4eserve, Nathaniel Be 11 ta.vern 21 offatt~Ladd house Boyd, George ~ Boyd-Raynes house Brattle organ LI~ 71 New Cci.stle Li~ht 1:?iO 17 Pepperrell, Sir 108 185-6 Cheney, Russell Claggett, .. oul ton, J onn.than, Hc=1 moton 130 Bellamy, John H. yseman Convict Phip 73 Pepperrell APAocietion 92 Pickering , Th mas 60 1~ 85-87 104 76 Fort Constitution 55-8 Frost family 111 55 119 Paul Revere's Ride Portsmouth nev-rc:pa:rers Portsmouth nlai.ns m. 120 Portsmouth pr i va.teers st O:fice Jackson, Dr. Hall 92 Portsmouth Jaffrey houPe 13 Portsmouth Achoo lP Jerry's Potnt 93 Port smoutl} st reetR Jewett house, Bervick Jones, J0hn Paul 9&ortAmouth Tea Party 75 Portsmouth Thec1trei:: 123-5 Langdon, Samue 1 74 133 :,1 51 Liberty pole 82-3 Leighton, Os ca r 101 Li vi. us horn::e Lord house 15 ffic. t\,V\,oc.¼.~t(lUt\ <a\ 5~ 80 1?2 114-5 70 Ra1ei rrh, ship 67 Roosevelt's visit 1~~ 2 Salter, Titus Sewall's Bridrre 29 53 89 Prince Geor~e, s h ip Revolut1on8TY Port srn0uth Lear house 77 110-1 Portsmouth Javv Yard Langdon, John 78 106-7 Frost garrison aster illicim QueP.n's Chanel French Fleet, 1782 Harr is, 64 t::i mn Act State P.r,use York �Steuben , Baron von 79 Rtondley'P tavern R6 Starwbery Ranke 1- 3 8 t ur rr i. ~ , R . C. \'nc.a.\:c.t~ \ I'\. ~or"'<.SvY\OU~ 115 Toscan, Jean Joseph M8ri.e 68 Warner h0use ~6 so 10~ 127-8 ~ashington elm, Jr. Hi~h 105 ~aehington ' s visit 11~ 121 Uni tciri.an 6hurch 116-117 ;'.fentw0rth, Benning 27 Nentwl"lrth, John 4-6- 7 63 ~entwnrth, Joshua 23 mentwnrth-Gardner house 65 1 "!'entworth-VRugh2n house 5 York , } e . 90- 1 Yori<, Jie . - Sevrc1ll' s Bridge 103 131 ���•• ~~'-- Al\ t,Y 0 LD TOW rt lloto1n, H . . u 1,,1,,111, 100 , BANKE, Tt\ C HA. VAUC.MAf1 AM 11,'fl)l. C. Du nhtlt ll 11,C., IIUNOlr 1T ~,o �ABOUT OLD STRA WBERY BA KE IL is said Lhat Lhe first visitors to our shores were Martin Pring and a band of English voyagers, who sailed into the Piscalaqua in 1603, in two ships, the "Speedwell" and the "Discoverer." They came in search of sa.ssafrass, a ure for small pox. In 1614 John Smith sailed along the coast of New England and passed The hies of Shoals, which he gave Lhe name of "Smylh's Iles" on the map he made upon his return to England. In the year 1622, John Mason and Ferdinando Gorges were granted Lhe land which is now Maine and ew Hampshire. The year following, 1623, Mason sent out a company of men called the "Laconia ompany" Lo found a colony on the Piscalaqua. Ocliorne's Point was th place they settled. A manor hou-;1• and fort w1•rc built nncl Lhe company eng-ni;ed in fishing. This selllemcnL was called Lhc "l'annaway." In the summer of 162:3, Captain Miles Standish came to Lhe "Pannaway" to buy provisions for t.he Plymouth colony. In 1631 Lhe "Great House" was built al trawbery Banke, so called because of Lhe wild berries which grew on Lhe river bank. This settlement was often spoken of as the Bank. Ilumphrey Chadbourne built the "Great House" in the vicinity of what is now the junction of Court and Marcy slrecls. There were garrison houses built at Strawbcry I3ankc, Lhcir dales arc unknown, but Brewsl •r speaks of them in The Rambles. They were along Ll11' water front, one at the end of State street, another near the l\IolfaL-Ladd house, and a third in the vicinity of Deer street. In 1640 fifty acres were set aside for the "Minister's Field" or the Glebe Land as it was commonly called. A large part of it was at the head of Strawbcry Banke Creek, while the remainder wa · in the center o[ the Lown, to be exact, it included the land bounded by Pl asant street, State street, Chestnut street, and Congress street. Years later, in the early 1800's this land was leased out for 999 years. The name of Strawbery Banke was chanl!"ed to Portsmouth in 1663, when the inhabitants petitioned the General Court of Massachusetts for definite boundary lines and a new name. There arc many more things Lo be told about Portsmouth, but we can't tell them all at once, so wnlch for Lhe n1•xL Bca<"on. - The Map Makers, D. M. V. and H. C.R. - �BANKt.. �AROU D ABOUT OLD PORTS IOUTH Since very early times the settlement beyond (Islington Creek) now the North Mill Pond, was known as North Port.smouth. Quite commonly it was called "Christian Shore" because of the early baptisms which took place there. The oldest house still standing in Port.smouth is the Jackson house, built at "The Shore" in 1664, by Richard Jackson. This house has been rest.ored and is open t.o \.he public. It is n most inter sting type of vcry early American urchitcclure. Richard Jackson built his house for comfort, not for beauty. Ile had no time for beautifying his home, there was RO much to be done; the forests had to be cleared, lhe land had to be t.illed. At that t.ime a great nut.ion was in the building. The Jackson house is tw,) stories high on the south, overlooking the Pond, while at the north it is protected by the long, slant roof, which slopes gracefullv down to meet lhe hillock, against which the house is built. John Cutt was given permission to build a corn and saw mill at the North Pond in 165!), providing that he would grind corn for the town whenever needed. In later years Peter Livius had a mill on the North Pond. The settlement along the shores of this Pond wa flourishing and was called "Islington" at one time, hence the name, Islington Creek. At lhe south end of the town we have t.he South Mill Pond. This lovely body of wate1· was, in bygone years, much larger, and more beautiful than it is at the present time. In 1658 John Pickering wa: granted the right to build a mill and dam at the entrance of this pond. In ret.urn for this privilege he was t.o build a bridge and keep it in repair for church goers. Just beyond his mill on a little hill, at the junction of Soubh and Marcy Streets, a meeting liouse was built that same year, 1658. This early church, at the South Mill Dam, was two 'itories high, and had a belfry in which hung the first bell in New Hampshire. There were no pew: in this church. The windows had diamond shaped panes, but no shutters. Just outside was the cage, a place of confinement for those who used tobacco, or slept during me ting. On lop of the cage was the st.ocks, in which early offenders were made to sit for disturbing the peace. There is much more to be told about Old Portsmouth, so watch for next month's Beacon. D. M.V. �.6 -~4~.- Al l bl OLD TOl~ll tOtOl"T H .me . HA. l5ANIK~ \'l,u,nAN AMD tt.\lJ~,' P\/ fthtl' (Gf1 I H,flf, 100 , t, n,C. QUl'l9\CIT I �PUDDLE DOCK AND THE FIRST WENTWORTH HOUSE. In olden days Puddle Dock wias a beautiful pond, smaller in size than the other ponds about town. This small pond with its rolling green banks extended up in to town as far as Pleasant Street. Many of the houses on its shores are gone and quite forgotten. One of these old dwellings which is gone, but not quite forgotten, was the WentworthVaughan house. It was built in 1670 by Samuel Wentworth. The town gave him license to "entertain strangers ,a nd sell brewe beare," which indicates that he kept a tavern, one of the earliest in Portsmouth. This house was destined to be the home of g-overnors o[ the Province o( New Hampshire. Jl •re was born John, son of Samuel Wentworth, who became Lt. Governor of New Hampshire. His commission was signed by Joseph Addison, whose "Spectator" was the riage of England as well as her colonies. Addison was then Secretary of State. In this house was born a full fledged governor, none other than Benning Wentworth. In after years the house was owned by the Vaughans, descendants vf Governor George Vaughan, a predecessor of Governor \Ventworth as chief magistrate of the state. The Wentworth house couldn't compare with the statelier mansions that we1·e built in Portsmouth in later years, but it was an excellent example of the early type of .architecture. It was a two story and a half affair, and like the Jackson house was of a rugged nature, built to endure the hard winters. The staircase iand the unper rooms were panelled and wainscotted. There was · a single chimn;ey, which measured 10 x 13 feet at its base, a substantial chimney with many fireplaces. In 1!)26 the old house was taken down and sent to New York where it is the property of the Metropolitan Art Museum. And so the old gives place to the new, old Puddle Dock has been filled in, and Newton Avenue has its being-the old Wentworth house has moved on with the tide of events, and a modern dwelling has been built on that site. There were other Wentworth houses, each with a story or its very own, and the houses of the Langrlons, the Lears, the Warners, the Jafferys, llw Pierces and many others, all o[ which we shall write about in the next numbers or The Beacon. D. M. V. ��PORTSMOUTH PLAI S AND THE SAGAMORE The PorLsmoulh Plains play ::111 important part in lhe history of our ol<l city. Since very early times there has been a settlement there. In 1G96 it was Lhe scene of a (rightful massncre. The story of that massacre will be Lold later. There were numerous houses at Lhe Plains, including a garrison. Thomas Westbrook kept a Lavern there in 171G. That tavern had several names. At one time it was known as "King George's T.avern," al a later date it went by the name of "The Globe Tavern," and it was commonly called "The Plains Tavern." The old Lavern stood for 187 years and was finally torn clown. The road to The Plains was in days of yore, via Islington Street, up Spinney Road, and westward, midway between what is now Middle Road and Islington Road. The King's Highway, which was the road from Portsmouth to Boston lay over The Plains, through The Great Sw.amp (the low lands · near the Portsmouth-Greenland town line) to Greenland, North Hampton, and Hampton Falls. This was the route Washington used on his visit to Portsmouth in 1789. There used to be great feslivities at The Plains in the pre-Revolutionary War days. It was the customary thing for all the wealthy merchants and traders of Portsmouth to keep slaves. The colored people held annual elections at the Plains, and elected a king, a deputy and a sheriff. These occasions were very jovial affairs and were always followed by a parade. To the South and East of the Plains lies the Sagamore Creek. The name, Sagamore, is said to have been the name of an Indian chieftain who once rc!'\idcd on the woody shores. The early settlers called it Wilch Creek. On Lhe shores o( this river lived Benjamin Lear ... the hermit. His house was on the southern shore. Here he lived alone for years and years in his mean little hovel. Lear had money, but he preferred to live alone, and deny himself the comforts of life. Once a year he would come to town to trade. He always spoke of the town as "The Bank," a term probably used by his parents I.JeCore him; it, was probably a shortened form of "Strawberry Banke." Lear made his own clothes of sacking, and carried on all the work about his place, which consisted of caring for his live stock, and making his own cheese and bread. Watch (or the next Beacon. D. M. V. �-• ~gf_-- AM 6f OLD TOWN H Tt1CHA. II OtOT"T ¥A U4 MAM AMO t1U,Ht C. OU"llll' , o ,,, 1i:.1u, 100, e~ Qvl'lttflf n., 15ANK!t �INDIAN DIFFICULTIES IN EARLY PORTSMOUTH The early elLlers o.r Portsmouth and the nearby seLLlcments, often known as The Piscataqua SeLLI ments, had many hardships to contend with, the most terrifying of these was the Indian attacks. On the other side of the Atlantic, England and France were engaged in war; the echoes of lhe war were heard in this country. The F1·ench and Incliam; wen' allied ag-ainst lhe Eng-lish selllerf;. Th1' ·onflil'L wa~ known as King- William's War. In 1G8!), Dover, an outpost of th Piscalaqua Settlements, was practically wiped out. IL was lhe seene of a most brutal massacre. Oyster River, (now Durham) suffered an attack in 1G94, and it is believed that a number of the attacking party came down the Piscataqua, and made a landing at the Pulpil Farm . That was the home of Madame Ursuln. Cult, widow of lhe late John Cutt, first president of New Hampshire. Madame ult and her maid were engaged in housework, when the girl s pied the Reel Men stC'aling up from the shore. Three men who w re at work in the field and Madame Cult were killed. The girl escaped in a boat and brought the starlling news to Porlsmouth. Two years later a band of Indians, ·aid to have crossed ove1· from the Nubble, at York, to Rye Beach, left lheir canoes on the sandy shore and made their way across The Great Swamp to The Plains. The settlers were awakened to find their houses and barns in flames. The women and children set out for the garrison house, whil'h was located a bit to ihe north o[ the red sehool ho use, now slunding at The P lains. They were ovcrlake11 enrnute by the Indians. Fourteen people were killed and many injured. Mrs. Mary Brewster was scalped and left lo die. This brave woman survived and became the mother of four sons . The alarm spread to Portsmouth, ancl Captain Shackford and his military company were sent out. They pursued Lhe Indians and rescued the pl'isoners, al the summit oC a hill in RyC', which i:c; known as llreak(ast Hill, because the India11s were nt breakfast when they were overtaken . The I ndians W<'l'e last geen sailing away in their bark canoes in the direction of The Isles of Shoal . D.M. V. �..... ~ .. . .~;,-:\' - ,. ... • . ~ t .EE::.::=. ..:;:;--- , , . .,,,.,..- ~ ~ -;;- .- ~/. ~~= .~-" {~~::::~~~· ·, ' { ---~ •;ff;.~~ ...:.:::-.· ~~- , •r. /IN~~.,,,- ·=· - ~ •..z - . u ' '-$- /; ~~ ~·fl , ~ t=::~ ~ ~ ~.'J"'1 1' • ""U•UII h ,\ , 1 OLDE- __ . .. ~ Mfllll ...,1- ST BANKc �NORTH E After nineLy years or so of hardships and Lrying times, the eal'ly settlers of Portsmouth began to Lhi11k of finC'I' houses, and churches a11d places o( highC'r learning. In lG!)!) lhe Lown voted lo contribuLe 60 pounds to Harvard College, and promised to pay the same sum annually. In 1711 it, was voted to build a new meeting housC'. The place SC'lected for il was The Glebe Land or MiniRlC'r\; FiC'ld, situated in thC' v(•ry eentC'r of llH' Lown. This 111PeLi11µ; hnust• was dt•sl im•d Lo ht• !'all!'d 'l'lu• Nori It ( :1111n·h. 'l'ht•n• Wt'I'!' pl'oplt• al lht• south 1•11tl ol' t ht• low11 who prpfp1-rt•d lo go on allt>1uli11gl'hurd1 i11 the carli<·r building at the South .Mill Dam, while• the p<•oplc• of t.he 11orLh <'IHI ol' the Lown wc•r(' dl'lighlc<l lo aLlend lhc servi..:t•s at, Lhc new church. The result of Lhis was Lhe divi:-.ion of the parish into what was called The orLh Pari h and lhC' South. The first minister of the new church was Rev. athaniel Rogers, Ron of President Rogers of llarV.t l'Cl. Olll' o[ I he finest, old houses still standing in l'orlslllllttth is lhc \\'arnt•r House•. ll was built, in 1718 b.v Captain Illar l'haedris, a wealthy trader in Jurs, merchant, and member of the 1 ing's ouncil. Captain MacPhaedris im1JOrlcd the yellow brick, and fireplal'e lile, a. well as [urnishinf.!'s from Holland. Ile built Lhii; house for his bride, Sarah Wentworth, daughber of Go-.•. John Wentworth. Their daughter marriccl Jonathan W arncr, hence the name. Benjamin l•'ranklin w,rn once a guest in this house, and during- his stay crecLed Lhe lightening rnd on the western encl o( the builcling. It was probably the first i11 N . IL LafayeLLe also visited here, and it, is said spilled wine on the carpel! About 75 years ago ot· more some lovely painLings were uncovered on tlw staircase wall. They covered an area of 400 feet, and were hidden under several layers of wall paper. One of Lhem is of some Indians, probably i;oilje of aptain l\facPhaedris' friends in the fu1· trnde; whi le anoLher was of a biblical nature, i;howinµ; J\hraham offering up Ji;:rnc·. No one will evel' k11ow lhc or1µ;111 of' Llwse paintings, or how long lhey were there hidden under the wall COVC'ring. There will be more stories of old houses and people in the next Beacon. D. M. V. �Cl EE "S CHAPEL A D THE JAFFERY UO SE The first Episcopal church in Portsmouth was on Pleasant Stre t, on Lh site or the Samuel Langdon house which is now the resid nee of Rev. "William , a!Tord Jones. This early house of worship was built in lli38 and was used for many years. In 1732 Lhe ~m·icly liuill a J11orc pr Lenlious chur ·hon Lhe g-rassy slope of SLrawbl•ny 1fank and named it Queen's Chapel in honor o[ Queen aroline, who bestowed rieh gifls upon lh • parish, in ·luding a silver communion service bearing th• royal arms, Lwo mahogany arm chairs, prayer books, and a copy of Lhe Vinegar Bible. This Bible acquired ils peculiar Litle from the facl that Lhe word vineyard was misprinted VINEGAR in the parable of the vineyanl. nly a £ew copies were struck off befon· th error was di cov red, and Lhis copy is supposed to be 011e of Lill' two whieh were se11t to America. Th\' ltev. Arlhur Browne was installed as rector of this church in 173G al a salary of I 00 pounds sterling. For seventy year Queen's Cltapel was attendcd by Lhe royal JTovernors and secretaries of the Province of N. IL-among them were the Wcnt·wo1 ths and Atkin ·ons. In this church occurred one of Lhe most talk d of weddings i11 colonial PortslllOUth, when , ir John Wentworth, last o[ the royal governors, was wed to Frances Deering Atkinson, just. Len days afler the death or her husband. In 18tG lire deslroy\'cl historic Queen's hapel. Fortun:1t <' I\' Qm•e11 Caroline's irifls were saved from th,• f\;11nl•s," aiul niay hl• :<l'l'll lo this 11.ly hy lhoiw who visil St. ,Joh11's Church. The corner slon • of lhc pn•s<•nl was laid on SL. John's Day, Jun• 24th, 1807, by the members or Uw l\lasonic J.odg-e. · The mellow-toned bell which haniss i11 Lhc belfry was liroughl from Louisburg in 1715 by Sir William Pepperell. It. was somewhat damaged at the tim' o( t,he lir , so was sent to Boston to be recast by the famous Paul Rev re, who made it almost as good as new. In St. John's churchyard may be seen the (;ov<'rnor's tomb, in which th<• remains of Bennin ~ Wt•nlworlh and his noble family repose. Aldricl, says in The Ol<l Town by the 'ca "One can scarcely sel fool down in St. John's churchyard without stepping on a governor." 'l'hcrc sloocl al th hea<l of Lind n Street at on Li111e, almost in Lhe shadow o[ Ouecn's Chap 1, an F. HAPEL A D THE JAFFERY HO Q EE ' continued from back of map aristocratic old mansion known as the Jaffcry hou c. It was a two story and a half dormer windowed affair with a climbing vine over t,he front door. Georszc Jaffery 2nd, Treasurer of the Province, bu It t.his house about 1730. At his death the house went lo his son, George JalTery 3rd. This third Georg bceame an ardent loyalist when the Revolution broke out, having been a stoul support r of Lhe king while !illini:-; the omec of Treasurer which had been handed down lo him from his father. The house lalcr fell Lo his nephew, George Jaffery ,J efferies of Hnslon, on condition that the" nephew come to Portsmouth lo live in Lhe old house, and abandon the name of Jefferies. A few years ago the house was torn down, but a room of this fine old mansion has been pre,ervcd and can be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts in Bo ton, where it has been restored and furnished as magnificently as it was in the days of Geo1·ge Jaffcry, gentleman and Tory. 51' , JOIIN'S < 11\JRCII �~is~es _•("f.,t•!l? .t ~¾~. ,, o•• \', ' \~ mto a ~- ~appt? /- ~efu fear ,Pf1/1 CCJ ' /JlA lf/J ~..!.~---.. xi~ . .NA,<Utrt!EL> -· - @ Avo,o -~F.f!:!':c,. totETt!P.V In after years Jones told the makers of the little silk tlag that he couldn't take it off the ship that was sinking, so it was allowed to go down with the men who had lived and di ed defending it. The Ranger returned to Portsmouth Oct. 16, 1778, in command of Thomas Simpson, who had served as First Lieutenant under Jones. As the Revolution advanced the Ranger saw more service, and was captured by the British at Charleston, N. C., and added to the British Navy. She was renamed the "Halifax," and taken to · England. She · was last heard of as being sold at Plymouth for 650 pounds (about $3,200). Watch for the next Beacon. D. M. V. Why not Portsmouth a copy at Shop. Also give a copy of the Historical Map of to your friends for Christmas? $2.00 Montgomery's and McCarthy's ' Flower Hoyt and Dow's. 60 /11// l / ~- -~- �JOHN PA L JONES' HOUSE AND THE ItANGER On Lhe corner of Slale and Middle SLreels slands an aLLracLivc ~ambrel roofed house, the home of The Portsmouth lJ istorical Soci •Ly. It has other names Loo, among Lhem are: The Lord House, and The John Paul Jones' House. Some LinH' previous Lo Lhc Revolulion a pro:,perous merchant, aplain Purcell, built this house. Various dales have b •en given, so ii is only safe Lo say Lhal some Lime between 1730 and 1758 this fine old house was erected. In 1777 Caplain Purcell's widow conducted a boarding house here, and among her many distinguished guests we find the young John Paul Jones. On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress Resolved: Thai Lhe nag of Lhe United StateR be thirle<'n slripes; allernale red and white; thaL Lhe union be Lhirlcen Rlars, whiLP 011 a blue field, r •prc~enlin~ a consLcllaLiun. IL a lso R('solv •d: Thal John l'aul Jones be appoinled to command the Ranger. Paul Jones is crediiecl to have said, "The nag and I are twins, born the same hom·." At Portsmouth, LhP Ranger wa5 waiting for Jones, having been launched at the Continenlal shipyard at Badger's Island (Then known as Langdon's Island) . She was built by Cap-· Lain Tobais Lear, under the direction of Col. Joh n Langtlo11, Lhcn Cunli11c11Lal Agt•nL. For some Lime Jones was busy fitting ouL his ship wilh supplies and a cr<'w. From Portsmouth and th~ su1-rou1aling- rommunilics o( Kiltery, Eliot am! Lhc Berwicks, he recruited a gallant, high spirited group of men, born to the sea and their fathers before them. The Ranger sailed out of Portsmouth harbor, November 1, 1777, bound for Brest, France, with the dispatches of Burgoyne's surrender. Flynig in the salt breeze was Jones' twin, the new American flag. A gay silk affair it was, made by the young ladies of Portsmouth, from pieces of their mothers' wedding gowns. It was made at Helen Seavey's quilting par\,\·. so the story goes. The Ranger was the first ship tc fly the American flag, and the Portsmouth-made flag received a salute from the French Fleet, just oIT the coast of France, the first recognition the American navy had had from a foreign country. When Jone» was transferred to the Bon Homme Richard he took the little nag with him. The Bon Homme Richard was sunk in a Nav-al batlle off the coast of England. (continued on Page 60) ln ufiet· years Jones told Lhe makers of the lilllc silk Jlag that he couldn't Lake iL off the ship that was sinking, so it was allowed to go down wilh the men who had lived and died defonding it. The Ranger 1:eiurned to Portsmouth OcL. l G, 1778, in command of Thomas Simpson, who had served as First Lieutenant under Jones. As the Revolution advanced Lhe Rang-er saw more service, and was captured b)' the Brili~h ai ltarleslon, N. C., anrl added Lo Lite British Navy. She was renamed the "Halifax," and taken to England . She was last heard of as being sold al Plymouth for G50 pounds (about $3,200). Watch for the next Beacon. D . M. V . Why not Portsmouth a copy at Shop. Also give a copy of the Historical Map of to your friends for Christmas? $2.00 Montgomery's and McCarthy's Flower Hoyt and Dow's. GO �THE BOYD-RA YNES HOU E Situated on the corner of Raynes and Maplewood Avenues, just this side of the North Mill Pond, is found the Boyd-Raynes House; a long gambrel roofed house with a long intriguing story. The house was built in 1740 by Col. Nathaniel Meserve, owner of the J\Ieserve hipyard, which was situated in the rear of the house. Meserve built many ships here, the most famou perhaps was the America, which he built for the Royal Navy. A model of the America can be seen at the Athenaeum. Col. Meserve had command of the New Hampshh-e forces in the C1·own Point Expedition in 1756. Two years later he set out with the 2nd Louisburg· Expedition and died of the small J)OX while thus engaged. His house passed into the hands of Peter Livius, an Englishman who later became a staunch Tory. Mrs. Livius was the <l11ught<'r of ,John Tuflon Mnson, one of the original g-rn11Lt•<•R of llH' Rtnlt•R of l\111i11e and New llampRhire. Livius later builL himself u grand mansion and the Meserve house was sold lo Col. John Boyd, who made <'XLf'nRiV<' repnir!'I and C'nlarged it. Boyd had a mag11ilicent garden and well kept grounds which were enclosed by a white fence, on the posts of which were carved Grenadier's heads. The townspeople called the place "The While Village" because white paint was an expensive article in those days. The story o[ Boyd's wealth is worth r telling. When Boyd was a young man he was employed in Myrick's Ropewalks (situated near the present railrnad station). Myrick was getting to be an old man and had acquired quite a handsome fortune which he hoped to build himself a fine house with . The cellar of the house had been dug, when it became necessary for Myrick to go to London on business. After his departure from here nothing more was ever heard of him, rumor had it that he was lost at sea which may or may not have been the case. It was not long after that Myrick's foreman, Boyd, became surpdsingly wealthy, almost over night so Lo speak. It may be that Boyd knew of the gold wh ich Myrick wns said to hnve hidden in the cellar of the house he was building when he so suddenly stepped out of the scene, at any rate it was the popular theory, and would seem lo be a correct one. The Boyd house was then owned by th Raynes family, who re-established the ship yard and built many famous vessels, among them was the ·websler of 1,727 tons which was built in J 853 . �.'lll WILLIAJ\I l'hPl'EllllELL. C'J\l'TOH OF LOUISBlllt(; The' year 17,15 l'ouncl l~ngbnd :rncl her eoloni<'s involve,! in anolher war wilh lilt' French and Iucli:rn , . The French werr in possession of Louis\Jurg, lh most powerful slronghold in America, situal cl at the mouth of the St. Lawrence. From this mighty forlress the French would swoop down upon lh~ New England fishing vessels and make way with lhe crews and cargoes. New England was in din• '1i.;t ('CSS, and made preparalion fo1· an cxpcdilion lo lay 1<1Pge lo Louisburg. Jn t h1· summt•r of I 7•l!i the 1•w Hampshire forces sai l ·1I from Porls111oulh harbor. William Pcpperrcll of Killrry was lo have commatHI of lhe enlire land -forces of lhe expedition, a :s isl(•d hy William Vaughan ot' Porlsmoulh. , 1ew Ilampshire sent one regim nt and an armed sloop, ma1m<'d hy a crew of hardy Yankee farmers and fisherm n. Arriving al Louisburg the g-reat fortress was talwn one night by a gallant \Jand of 1\Iaim• mt•n und<'r tlw h•ad1,rship of Vm1gha11. 'l'he 1wxt mo1·ning lh1• c•11ti1·" l'o1·,·t•>< or I It<' C:tpl' llrl'lon l~XIH'dilion Wl'l'l' in po:-s~:p:-s:-sio11 ol' Loui :-shuq~, llw <:ihrnllnr oi' i\11H•ri,·a. l•'or this ltrilli:111l vidor~· h.ing (;<'orgt• 111ad<• Col. 111•11pcrn•ll a knight, the first Yankee lo rcct'ivc sul'l1 an honor. When Peppt•nell went lo Englall(I the following· ,•ca r he was r<•,·rived bv the Loni Ma,•or nf Lond011, who prescnlecl him ,viLh a lwaulii'11t' silvN ,.t•n·ice. The Lord l\layor presented him lo thP king, who hrslowcd magnificent gifls upon him [or hif' g-allantry at Louisburg. Sir William Pl•ppl•l'l'Cll was born al lhr hlrs of 8honls in Hi!Hi. lk was lhr son of William Prppe1·1·t•ll :rnd l\1arg-t•ry Rrny. His l'alh,•r was t•nga1~r,( in fishing and trading ancl became quill' prospcrou.,, and built the fine old mansion benring his naml', slill standing in lhe village at KilLery PoinL. Youn11: William Peppenell was l,roughl up in his faLht•r's bm:i1wss and \Jcnune a successful merehant, he was ol'!Pn ealled "The Pi~rataway Trader." • omC'li111es he had as many as 200 ships at sea at om' lime. I [c- married Mary llirsl, daughter of a wealthy Boston m •rchanL. The' Pt•pp t•J'l't• lls livt•d afll'r lh1• :-slyll' of the landed gentry ol' Old England. Sir William had a magnificent honsr fill cl with rit:h paintings, tapestries, :incl coslly plale. Ile krpl a ('OUC'h and si.· whit<• horses, and iL was said he t•otild ride all day in his roach and still be on his own lanrl:--. .-. . .. i\lORE OF sm WILLIA I PEl'PERRELL .· ~fr William. Pepperrell_ was considered by far the 11c hest ma11 111 lhe Th1rt en Colonies. Accounls show lhat he was worth 250,000 pounds Sterling or nearly a _million dollars. His fortune was m1ade Lhrough h!s extensive lrnde wiLh all countries of the w~rlcl. 1I1s property included all the land from the P1scataqua lo lhe Saco rivers and was called Pepper_rellsboro. Besides his splendid coach and six wlul~ hors~s he kept a barge on the river, manned by s ix Afncan slaves ~ho wore scarlet livery. In lho~c days slavery was 111 vogue in the Norlh as well as 111 Lhe Sou lh. A1_1drew Peppenell, a son of Sir William and heir ~o h)s falher's gre_at estale, died when a young man 111 his early twenties. This was a great \Jlow to the grand old s~ld_ier, Sir William. This properly wa1' al~ l~f~ lo W1ll1am Peppe~Tell Sparhawk, a grand on, p1 ?v.1d111g lhat he drop 111s surname and become jusl W1lliam Pl'ppcnell. An inleresling teller follows, qu~Lecl from n~-!'~vsler's Rambks, 2n<l Series. ll was wl'lllrn by _W1ll1alll Pt•ppc1'l'C'll lo hi s London mer(·hanL orill·l'lng. :i lrou,;sca_u for his daughter, Eliza\Jclh, who 11rnn·1cd NaLha111cl Sparhawk in June, J 742. Piscalaqua in New England. Oclobe1· 14lh, 1741 Francis Wilks Esq; Sir; Your favors of ye lGlh l\lay an~ 24.lh June last, I_ received by Captain Prince, for which :im much obliged Lo you. lnclosed you have a receipt for 4G ps. of gold, weighing twenty oz . which will be delivered to you, I hope, by Capt. Rob :rt Noble, of ye s hip America, which please lo receive and er. t~ my account with; and send me by ye first opporlumly, for this place or Boston, Silk lo make ~ woman's full suit of clolhes, the ground Lo be white paduroy and flowered with all sorls of coul rs suitable for a young woman . . . another !lf while watered Taby and Gold Lace for trimming 1l: Twelve yards of Green Paduroy; thirteen yards of lace for a woman's head dress, 2 inches wide, as ca_n be bought for 13s per yard; a handsome fan, w1Lh lcalht•r mounting, as good as can \Jc boughl for a\JouL 20 shillings ; 2 pairs of silk shoes and cloggs a size uiggcr lhan ye shoe. Your servant lo command. William Peppenell Watch for the next Beacon. D. M. V. �27 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH THE OLD BELL TAVER In the year 1743 was erected on King Street (now Congress) on the site of the new ·woolworth builuing, an inn called "The Bell Tavern." .lt was built by a prosperous merchant, one Paul March by name. The tavern was kept by John Greenleaf ,vho hung out his sign, The Bell, painted in blue. In the years just previous to the Revolution this hostelry became famous as the hanging out place for the Portsmouth Patriots, while a rival inn, The Earl of Halifax, became the r endezvous for the Tories. Brewster says in the Rambles that over the punch !Jowl at the Bell Tavern many patriotic plans were laid. It is easy to imagine the young and cager patriots such as Tom Pickering, John Langdon and John Sullivan (not to mention many, many others whose names have become dimmed in the shuITTe of years, but whose patriotic deeds were just as shining as those whose names have not yet become erased) burning the midnight oil and devising the daring schemes by which the American Colonies might throw off the Yoke which was becoming almost unbearable. Reports say that the Bell Tavern "vas not a lovely piece of architectual workmanship, in fact it was said to be most commonplace anu very plain, but it served its purpose and was considered a first class hotel for many years. It had guests of great fame as well as its rival "The Earl of Halifax," including the Marquis de Chasielleux, who boarded here while the French Fleet lay in our harbour in 1782. The scs!iions o( the Probate Conrt were lwld for many seasons in The Bell Tavern. What a stirring atmosphere there must have been about this old-time tavern! In 1852 it ceased being a public house and was destroyed in 18G7 by fire. THE TITUS SALTER HOUSE AT THE SOUTH MILL DAJ\1 Just below the South Mill Dam on Salter Street stands a fine old yello':V house with a gambrel roof, a relic of the bygone clays. This house was built by Titus Salter, a well-to-do merchant (all Portsmouth merchants seemed to be well-to-do in those glowing days) for his bride in 1745. How lucky were the lovely brides in those days to have had all those fine mansions erected for them. The good mistresses of these fine old homes have long since passed on to their Eternal rest, but their dwellings have stayed on all these years for us to admire and love, and to make Portsmouth one of the most beautiful old towns in the world. There were extensive grounds ]aid out about the Salter house; m the rear were wharves which were busy places in those days. Just across the street is a miniature gambrel roof house which Capt. Salter built for his slaves. It was not uncommon for wealthy Northerners to hold slaves in the days before the Revolution. During the war Capt. Salter played a patriotic role. He had command of a company of men stationed on Washington Island (now Pierce) at a fort called Fort Washington, whose breastworks can be plainly seen even today. In 1779 Capt. Salter was given command of a Privateer, the Hampden, which the State bought from John Langdon, a ship builder and merchant, and fitted out for the patriot cause. With his ship fiLted out and armed with Portsmouth patriots Capt. Salter joined forces with other New England privateers to resist the British who were forever attacking our seaport towns. �27 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH THE A SEi\IBLY HOUSE To the casual passerby who goes up and down Vaughan Street, there is nothing romantic or thrilling about two very onlinary looking houses which are situated on either side of the entrance lo Railt.'c ourt. Ah! but these twin houses are relics of a brilliant past.. Onr.e they were one hou e, the grand anrl glorious Assembly House, the cent.e1· of amusement in the early clays when Portsmouth was the oloninl Capil:il o[ Lhi s Prov ii,cl', The Assembly House was built by Michael Whidden in 1750. Whidden was th builder o[ many of the fine old mansions in the Deer Street section, among them being the l\Ies rv -W bster House and the Peter Livius House, now a part !Jf the Boston and Maine station, once one of the show places of Portsmouth. The Assemblv House was elabornlely proportioned, there were three great parlors, a kitchen and a hall which ran straight through the house on the first floor. A large room sixty by thirty feet occupied the front of the econd floo1·, and this was the Assembly Room. In this r oom, with its sh inin g dune floor and gilded mouldings gay dancing parties were held; which were attende<l by the Royal Governors ancl all the members of the King's ouncil, to say nothing of all the we>althy merchants of Portl!mouth and their ladies. One of the most f •~Liv<• scene>s <•ver enacte>d here was the great ball given to George Washington whe>n he visited hcrl'. In his diary ·washing-ton wrote: " It wa!; one or Lhe Ii nest balls I've ever alte>ndcd." The Portsmouth Assemblies were most exclu ·ivc, they were supportctl by subscriplion . . 5.00 was the fee for eight dances during the winte1· }·.cason and one grand b2ll held on \\'ashington's birthday. In later years plays anti mus icales were given at the A. sembly llouse, in fact, dances were held here until 1 20 when Franklin Hall was buill. Wentworth-Johnson Hou e In the neighborhood of the Asrembly House is the W ntworth,Johnson House, at No. 121 Hanover Street. Col. Joshua Wentworth was the grandson of Lt.-Gov. John \V entworth, and was a staunch patriot during the Revolution . He received his title because or his commission in the 1st . II. Regiment in 1776. Ile built this house in 1770, and laid out a beautiful gar<I n in front. Durin~ the war Co l. \Vcntw orth wns Com111i~s.1rv and Navy Agent. Ile was ahai ;1 member or the New ll:impshire Senate in 1785, and was for several years Representative to ongr egs. The original paper on th~ park,\· of this house remained her-? until 1887 when it was removed . The Rev. Tobias Miller resided here after the W cntworths moved to a n w hous<' on Middle Street, built where the Larkin house now sta•1ds. Rev. Mr. 1\Iiller published the ".New Hampshire Repository and Observer," the first of the religic,m; weeklies published in the UP!tetl States in 1 2 . Later Mr. Miller became a partner of ;\lr. . \Y. BrewRter in publishing the Portsmouth Journal, 1825-34. "OLDE TRA~ BERY BA KE" A !\lap of Portsmouth, N. II. Old Town by the Sea An /111 Dorothy l ' a1t11han and JI . G. l,,uidldt The vogue today is an old print above the fireplace or on the sidewalls. This "Olde l\Iappe" may be had in a twenty-four by thirty-six inch Rize and two-color effect while a limited edition is available. Two clo11ars the copy at lhe better shops or through The B aeon Publishing Compan)' eventy-eight ongrc s Street, Portsmouth, New 1Ia111p hire. �27 TUE no OURABLE THEODORE ATKI SON AND Ill HOUSE to be used for bread for the poor ]low few of us as we pass down o( t.h parish, and this cu stom is ourt Slre •l, realize Lhal on t.hc kept up lo this very day. His son vacant Jots directly opposite the and wife having died years before Thomai- Bailey Aldrich Memorial him, Atkinson left his property to once slood one of the finest hous s a relative in Dover by the name of in Lhe whole Province of New George King, who was Lo take Hampshire? In Lhis house resided the name or Atkinson when he bethe Honourable Theodore Alkinson, came heir to this g1·ea cstaL . who owned about one-fiflh of Lhc There is an interesling story told Province. He was born in w about Theodore Atkinson's silver astlc in 16U7 and was Lhe son of plaller or waiter as it wa called. Theodore Alkinson, Senior. The On \,his wailer Mr. Atkinson kept a ynt1111!:<'I' A Lkinson wai- a p;rndual l'<'\"otd of many of hiR f1·iends. In o( I larvanl, a colonl'l in lli\' First those days there wcr' no 11 wspaRegiment, Sheriff and Secretary of pers so he carved the names of 48 the Province. He filled many pub- of his friends upon th wailer. lic ollic s and filled them well. In Some of the names are as folthe year 1764 he was sent as a del- lows: egate to lhe Congress at Albany. 1. Benjamin Plummer, May 8, In 173•1 or thereabouts he buill hi fine house and patterned it after 2. 1740-24. John Rindge, Nov. 6, 1740--45. the style of William Pepperrell's at hrislopher Rymes, April 3, Kittery 1 oint. It. was a magnifi- 3. 1741--41. cent. dw<'lling i-ilualed on lhe cornt•1· of At.kinRon and ourl SLrN•ts, •I. Shadrick Walton, Oct. 3, 1741 [acing lhe soulh and m•crlooking - 3. Puddle Uock. There were spacious 5. ,Joshua Pierce, Feb. 7, 1742trouncls laid out in Cronl, occupy72 . ing lhe spac, now used by The Earl The complete list will be found of Halifax TaYern and The Aldrich in Lhe Rambles by Brewster, SecMemorial. Theodore Atkinson was a man om\ Series. o( gr<'at weallh ancl influence . llc had all th luxuries of his Lim . 'l'lwrc waR more silver in his lHmsc OLDE TH ~ 1IlERY Lhan i11 any olhc>r in Llw l'n1vince. IL look the servants two clays Lo BA KE" polish it, when there was to b a l a1> o( Porl mouth, 1 • • U. n dinn •r party, and tl1C'rC wer<' often Old Tow n by the Sea dinnc1· parties, for Mi·s. Atkinson was Hannah Went.worth, (sister to llu D01·ollt1J l' aut1ltan and JI. G. lltmdLctt Lhe Royal Governor) and Theodore The vogue today is an old print Atkinson, :lnl, was married Lo above the fireplace or on the sideFrances Deering \Vent.worth, the walls. This "Olde l\Iappe" may be had in Governor's niece . The Lown of Atkinson was named a twenty-four by thirty-six inch size and two-color effect while a for the Secrclary of the Province limiled edit.ion is available. since he owned great tracts of land Two dollars Lhe copy at the better in LhaL vicinity. When Theodore shops 01· lhrough The Deacon Pub1ishing ompany, evenly-eight Atkinson died in 177<:J, he left a Conitrc>ss Street Portsmouth, New legat·y lo • L. John's Church of :r 1,000, Lhl' in~ome of whkh WI\S llamp>-hir . ... . �27 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH By Dorothy M. Vaughan GOVERNOR WENTWORTH HOUSE "H was a pleasant mansion an abode I\ ear and yet hidden from the great high road Sequestered among trees, a noble pile Baronial and colonial in its style. Doors opening into darkness unawares Mysterious passages, and flights of stairs." So sang- the American poet, JIC'nryWadsworlh Lo11gl'ellow about 1 he Governor Wentworth mansion, in his famous poem "Lady Wentworth" in the "Talcs of the Wayside Inn ." Down at the fool oI Litile Harbor Road hidden away from the pa sing throng, the grand old ,veniworth mansion stands in all its glory and basks in the mellowed memories of yesterday. ln 17[>0, Benning- \VC'ntworlh, then g<•V<•rnor of (hi!; Royal l'rovi11<·<• of N(•w llamp:-dtire, lrnilt this magnifirent home for himself and family. He wa the son of Lt.-Governor John Wentworth, and grandson of Samuel Wentworth, the first of the name in Portsmouth. Benning ,ventworth's grandfather built and re$idcd in the old WentworthVaughan house which slood, until recently, on Manning Streel. That was lhe oldest house within the tily limits, having U<'l'll ('r<•cled in 1G70. In 175!) lhc old governor found himself a lonely widower, in his rambling mansion oI 51 rooms and rellars large enough Lo quarter a troop of :30 horses in limes of dangC'r. This house is famous for (he Counci l Chamber, in which many meetings of great importance lo the Slate and Nation were held. J u,;L off lhc Council ChambC'r arc 11mall rooms for cards and billiards, where members of the King's Counc·il oflen lingered for games after the affairs of State had been attended Lo. Many gay parlies were held at lhis fine old house, aliended by all lhe first families of Portsmouth. Every fall lhere was a hunt held at Sagamore, before whidt and ailer which the Govt'l'IHJr always entcrlained the huntsmcn in the most royal manner. On Lhe occasion of the Governor's sixtieth birthday a most elaborate dinner party was given. As the dinner progressed the Governor announced that his birthday was to be his wedding clay as well. There was great excitement in the hall ancl LhC' guests were very much f~ Urpris<•d to lc•arn Lhal Lhr bride was Lo lie Jillie Marlha llillon, a pretty liitle servant in the GoYernor's household. The Rev. Arthur Browne, rector of Queen's Chapel, was a bit reluctant about performing the ceremony, but the Governor became quite enraged and commanded the rector Lo go on with the nuptials, and so, pretty Martha Hilton, who had been made fun of by Mistress Stavers for going barefool about lhe lown, uccame Lady \Venlworlh o.f the Hall. She made the Governor a good wife, and gave him two children, who died in early childhood. When Benning Wentworlh died his widow married Colonel Michael Wentworth, retired from the British arn1y. They had one chi ld , Martha Wentworth. The colonel was very cxlravagant and reek] ss. He squandered all of his own money and most of his wife's and when he came to die he said "I have had my cake and eaten it." Ancl so ends the romantic story of Lady Wentworth. The Wentworth mansion has long since passed out of Lhc Wenlworlh family, and is not opened lo the public. �27 - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HISTORIC PORTSl\IOUTH ----- By Dorothy M. Vaughan TIIE l'ETElt LIVIUS HO Down on Deer Street, in the rear of the Boston and Maine Depot, E,tand s th e Livius hou e, a blackened memory of the days gone by, This house was built by l\Iichael Whidden, and was the pride of Portsmouth in the 1750's. The house was well built and surrounded by fine grounds and gardens. It was pa in led white, and was called "The While llouse" because white paint was a luxury in those days, in fact, many houses weren't painted at all. In 1763 there arrived in Portsmouth, Peter Livius and his wife, the former Miss Ann Mason, a Portsmouth belle who had been sent iibrnad lo be edul'atc•cl nncl h:HI met tht• pro~perous J\lr. Livius nnd had marl'ird him. Mr. Livius was born in Lisbon, l'orlugal, in 17:l!). lle was very well educated and very wellto-do . When he an-ived from England he had his coach with him, also an extra pnir of wheels in case the first pair wore out and he would find difficulty in replacing them in this new country. He resided at first in the Boyd-Raynes house at the North Mill Pond, and while there he petitioned the town for the right to dam up the pond and l;uild a mill there. The town granted this request and Mr. Livius in return built a bridge over the pond which was to be used by the townspeople. Later on he removed to the ,vhidden house on Deer :street, where he lived in great style with three slaves lo wait upon him. Anyone who could live in a painted house, keep servants and own a country estate on Lake Winnepernukee was considered a great man in those days, and Mr. Livius filled all these requirements. Governor Wentworlh and many other in·omi11eni l'ortsmoulh men owned country hou ~es at Lake Winnepesaukee. l'l'tcr Livius was also a member oI the Ki11g-'s Council and .Justice ol' the Court of ' 0111111 0 11 l'lca ~. ll a r,pears that he and the Governor E were not on the friendliest of terms, and when Mr. Livius was not reappointed to this latter office, he be·came very much enraged and set out to make trouble for the Governor, who was already having all the trouble he needed. (This was just on the eve of the Revolution .) Mr. Livius weni lo England and made known the fact that Governor Wentworth's Council was made up oI his own family for the most 'p a,rt. The Governor · was advised to dissolve this Council and form a new one, which he did and which wa·s made up entirely of members of his wife's family. Livius ti·ied in every way to be reappointed to his former position o( Justice but fate st•emcd lo be ngainst him, for he wns tinnily sent lo Quebec nnd made Chief J usliC'c of the Courts there. In the meantime his family had been residing in Portsmouth. In 1776 they were granted safe passage to Quebec, in return for the release of Henry Dearborn, a New Hampshire man who had been taken prisoner at the siege of Quebec. Mr. Levius returned to England in after years and died there at the age of 69. "OLDE STRAWBERY BANKE" A l\Iap of Porlsmouth, N . H . Old Town by the Sea An lly Dorothy Vat1uhan and II. G. Rundlell The vogue today is an old print above the fireplace or on the sidewalls. This "Olde Mappe" may be had in a twenty-four by thirty-six inch size and two-color effect while a limited edition is available. Two dollars the copy at the better shops or through The Beacon PubI i!\h i ng- Company, Seventy-Pig-ht Congress Sirccl, Porls mouih New Hampshire. ' �27 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH By Dorothy M. Vaughan THE REV. SA lUEL LANGDON HO SE a member of the New Hampshire One of the loveliest houses in Convention which was called in Portsmouth is the Rev. Samuel Concord in 1788 to ratify the FedLangdon house, the yellow gambrel eral Constitution. On the twentyroofed house just north of the Uni- first or June this assembly voted to ve1·salist Church. It is now the accept the national constitution, a parsonage of the South (Unita1·ian) most important act in the history Church, and is occupied by the Rev . o{ our slnte and country, because William Snlford JoncR. eight of the United States of AmerSamuel Langdon w;is born in Bos- ica had already ratified this instruton, January 11, 1723, and gradu- ment of government and the sancated from Harvard in 1740. Ailer tion of only one more state was his graduation he came to Ports- necessary and New Hampshire bemouth where he taught the gram- came that state, due to the untiring mar school and tudied theology efforts of men like Rev. Samuel in his spare time. He became as- Langdon, President John Langdon sistant pastor of the North hurch and General John Sullivan. and in 1745 went on the Louisburg Expedition as chaplain of the New Hampshire troops. Upon his return from the war he was made "OLDE STRAWBERY pastor of the church and built his BANKE" house on Pleasant Street. In 1638 the first Episcopal Church and parsonage occupied this site. In 1762 A Map of Portsmouth, N. H. An the Reverend Mr. Langdon received Old Town by the Sea a degree of D. D. from the University of Aberdeen, and in the year 1734, thirty-four years after his B11 Doroth11 Vauohan and H. G. Rundlett graduation from Harvard he was made president or that college. On The vogue today is an old print the eve or the Baltle of Bunker Hill h o!Tcre<l a prnyer for the as- above the fireplnce or on the sidesembled American army on Cam- walls. bridge Common. Mr. Langdon's This "Olde Mappe" may be had in ardent patriotism during the war a twenty-four by thirty-six inch made it necessary for him to re- size and two-color effect while a sign from the presidency in 1780, limited edit.ion is available. because his actions were obnoxious Two dollars the copy at the better to the many Tory siudents who were attending the college. From shops or through The Beacon Pub17 1-1797 he wa pastor of the lishing Company, Seventy-eight Congress Street, Portsmouth, New church at Hampton Falls, . H. Reverend Samuel Langdon was Hampshire. �27 HISTORIC PORTS IOUTH By Dorothy M. Vaughan THE OLD STATE HOUSE LO\\ nspeople and entertained at In 1758, the General Assembly, athesumptuous banquet. Governor which was Lhen the governing body John Wentworth soon manied his of the Royal Provinc e of cw cousin, l\lrs. Frances Atkinson just Hampshire, passed a bill for the ten days a(ter her husband (Theoerection of a Stale House. A com- dore Atkinson, J1·.) had pas.eel mittee o( Daniel "\Varn r, Henr~• away. The Governor and l\Irs. Sherburne and Clement lllarch were Wentworth went to live in the fine appointed by th Assembly to at- old mansion still standing on Pleastend to lhe building of Lliis edifice . ant Slreet and occupied by the Th<' rcRult wa!'\ lhat a Lwo-slory and ll hair \\'U(ldl'll lH1ildi11~ \VII~ \\'enlworlh Jlom<'. 111 177G lh Declaration oC Ind built on Lhc ledge of rol'.k, 1lir ,dly in front of the orth hurch. The pcndence was read from the balbuilding was 30 by 80 (eel, having cony of the Council Chamber to t.he one large 1·00111 on the ground floor, townspeople, by Sh riff John Parkand three rooms on the second, with er, and in the year 17 9, when several small rooms on the third, Washington visited Portsmouth, on or top floor, which were used for his tour of the northern state , the lobbies. On the second floor the old State House was the scene of rooms were divided in this manner; great festivities . President Washthe easterly room was the Council ington was met at the State line ,h:unhC'r, a vC'ry large and altrnc- by Prcsidrnl Sullivan, Senators tive room, wilh a balcony ov<'rlook- John Langdon and Paine Wingate, ing the square, or "Parade;" the Col. Parker, Marshal of this State middle room ·wns occupied by the and other important officers, and Jlou .·e of Representative!-, and the escorted by several troops of miliwesterly room was used for the tia lo Portsmouth, where he was conducted to the St.ate House. He Courts of Common Law . addressed the people from the balThe old Slate Hou se was the cony and was then escorted to his sc ne o( many stirring and palri- lodgings at Col. Brewster's tavern oti<' affairR. Up to the time of ils (which stood on the cornet· of Court ('l'l'clion all the affairs of Stale had and Pleasant Streets, where the been trnn!'\act<'d in lhe famous Elks' Home now st.ands). Council 'hambl•r in the home of Governor Benning Wentworth at . When ew Hampshire ratified t.he Lillie Harbor. om,t.itulion of the United States in 17 8, there was a great. celebration In 1767, the new governor, John held in town, and in the evening Wentworth, 11cph •w of Benning the State House was ablaze with \Vt•nlworlh, anin' d in this town li~hls, and nin<' candles gleamed at'll'I' \'l':trs ol' l'tlu,alion in Lon- in each window to siis11i[y New don lo· lake up his 1ww dulil'!'\ as Hampshire's being the ninlh st.ale ehie( magistrate of this province. to join the Union. Ile• had landPd in 'hal'leslon, South Carolina, and had journeyed north Many years aft r, in 1836 to be in a mos l r oyal mann r, as wa bexact, the old St.ate House was refi lt.ing to a Royal Governor in those moved by the order of the selectdays. Ile was met outside of Ports- men. A small port.ion is still standmouth by a military cavalcade and ing on Court Street, the wooden escorted to the State House, where hous just b~low Atkinson Street, the inhabitants· and officers of the on the north side of the street. King's Council were waiting to welDorothy M. a:ughan. come him . He was introduced to �23 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH By Dorothy M. Vaughan PORTSMOUTH IN THE 1750'8 For why repeat the name o( every guest?" The years 1750-1850 might be In England a very festive spirit .iu:- lly termed PORTSMOUTH'S GOLDEN AGE. Those years were prevailed and life revolved m·ound mos t certainly the most historic, the Court of King George II and picturesque i1nd cv1entful in the Queen Caroline, .and Portsmouth his lory of our town. More than was a miniature London and life rea hun<lrcd years had passed since volved about the Royal Governor the first settlers had come to our and the King's Council. shores and had settled at the mouth In those days Portsmouth was of Sagamore Creek: The pioneer not only a social center, but a lityears were over, and the Indian erary one as well. One of the printroubles were all a thing of the cipal institutions was Major Hale's pm;t. The i11habila11Ls of Ports- Latin Grammar School. The Major mouth (had they but known it) was; a Harvard graduate, and had were laying the foundations of a commanded a company of New grand old city. Comfortable homes Hampshire men at the siege of had been built, schools and church- Louisburg in 1745. His school was es were establi !-hcd, and ship situated on State Street, where the building and trading were carried Salvation Army Home is now loon extensively here. The Ports- cated, and here all the sons of the mouth merchants were becoming best families in town were sent to wealthy princes of the mercantile be prepared for college; and it is trade. ~aid that all of Major Hale's boys C reat furlu11cH Wl'l't' nni:1s;;cd, were admiltcd to lhc schools of elegant man~ions were ercdc1l and hig-hcr education to which they ril'hly J'urnishcd as the rcsull o[ were sc11t. In 1750 a group of Coreig11 trade. Our merchants ex- , prominent men banded together porled lumber, fi sh and livestock and formed a Social Library, and aiul imported rum, sugar, m<?lasses imported about 1000 books from and coffee . . . Lo sny nothmg of London. This collection was despices, silks and curios from the i;troyed in the great fire of 1813. A en1h, of the eiwth. A II the young hay market wilh scales for weighmen of Portsmouth followed the ing hay was established in 1755 on ~ca a s their sires had done bc[orc the outskirts of the town (as it them; and now and then a well-to- was then termed), and so Haydo merchant would take a young Market Square got its name. man into his counting office to learn The year 1756 saw the opening the trade, which was considered a of the first printing establishment great opportunity for any young in this town. Daniel Fowle owned man in those days. the first press in New Hampshire Portsmouth was one of the and on the 7th of October of that wealthi est and aristocratic of all year he published the first copy of the early colonial capitals. Gov- the New Hampshire Gazette, which ernor llenning Wentworth was a is still being printed in this city rich man and lived in great style and which is considered the very in hi s handsome mansion at Little oldest newspaper in America. And Harbor. He entertained all the so we find that as early as 1750 first families, whose names were Portsmouth was a town of great mentioned in Longfellow's Lady possibilities which was destined to Wentworth .. . . become famous in the years to .. II<.• hnd invit.t••I nil his friend~ nn<l )lC<"rScome in which an old form of 'l'lu."I l'cppcrrC'IIR, the Lnn~don s nnd the LC'nri:. , government was torn down and a Tlw 8J,nrhawkR, the Pt.•nha llo w;; and the new one established. rrNt.; �- -- · -- ---------- -23- - -- - - - - - -- - HISTORIC PORT MOUTH By Dorothy 1\1. Vaughan IESEilVE, THE IIIPBUILDER r athaniel Meserve was the son His wife died in 1747 and he marof 'lemenl l\leserve, J1·. He was ried widow Mary Jackson for his born in Portsmouth in 1705. The second wife. Two years later, in 1749, Colonel family later 1·emoved to ewington. Nathaniel and his falh r were car- Meserve was enga~ed Lo build for p nLers or "joyners" as the old rec- the Royal ]'T::.·,7 a man-of-war carord s show. Nathaniel married l\Iiss ryinC!.' fnrty-fo ~c guns. This ship .Jane Libbey of Portsmouth, wherP was named lhe "America," and was he setliec.l down and engaged ii' launched in May of the same year. ,.hipbuilding. He became a master Lt ,~as ·ons idered the finest trigat,1 IJt1ihk1·, nnd i;oon owner of II large in the J~nglish avy. In 1755 the ~hipyurd situatt•d on the North 1"re11 ·h and English l,ec:amc enl\lill Poml. Having become wealthy gaged in another war, known as he built a fme houi;e near the ship- thr Sev n Years War in Europe. aturally the colonies were drawn yanl, whi1'11 is still standing on l{nyncs Avenue, and which is more into thi s conl<'st, and the English often referred to as the Boyd- deported the French from Arcadia us ing many ships from Meserve's ltayncs house. In 17<! 1 when the English and shipyard for their deportation. French were fighting for a foot- Colonel Mc erve commanded a New hold in 'anada, Governor Benning Hampshire regiment in the Crown Wt•nlworlh commissioned athanicl Point Expedition, and in 1758 he l\kserl'e (the shipbuilder) to re- t·ommand <'d a crew of one liundred cruit troop~ for the expedition. and eight excellent ship carpenl\leserve was made a licutenanl- iet·s on the second Seigc of Louisl'Olonel in the New Hampshire burg, under the leadership of Genforces which were commanded by eral Amherst. An extract from William Pepperrcll. The New Amherst's diary is as follows: Hampshire troops were transported "Col. Mes!>crvey and most ..,f his lo Louisburg in ships from Me- carpenters are ill with the small serve's shipyard. Colonel Meserve pox." This was dated June 23, and his able er w of ship carpen- 1758. Colonel Meserve and his son t ers dicl i;plenclid work al Louisburg ooth dird of that disease on June consLrncling bridges, breastworks the 28th, and most of the carpent rs bcsidE'S, When the news of his and barracks for the English forces death reached Portsmouth the whole (for the American colonists were f. till a 1iart of the mother country Lown assumed an attitude of in lho:;c clays) . Following the fall mourning; all festivities were set of Louis burg Meserve returned to aside and the bells were tolled . . . Port~mnulh and Lo his shipbuilding. T'ortsmouth mourned for its dead. COLONEL NATll.\ NIEL A SPLENDID XMAS GIFT! "OLDE STRAJJ7IlERY HA 1F E'' A PICTURE MAP OF HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH, N. II. /Jy Doroth11 Vauolian and Jfarold G. llundlctt This "Olrle Ma7Jpe," in two-color effect, may be had in a twenty-four by thirty-six inch size On Sale al Monlgom ry's, 21 Pleasant Slreel, or Dorothy Vaughan, 390 Slale Street PlU E TWO DOLL HS �23 HI TORIC PORTSMOUTH By Dorothy M. Vaughan THE EAllL OF Il LIFAX TAVERN One of the most interesting old inns of Portsmouth was the old "Earl of Halifax" tavern which stood on Stale Street, just west of the Sandford House and nearly' o_pposile Washington Street. Over 1Ls door hung: . "Thr portrnit of the F,~rl _or l!al 1fa~ 111 s,·arleL l'OaL a11d 1a•nw1g ol flax. J\11 la\'Cl'llS had their si"'11s i11 U1ose days :rn,1 this was the sign of J\1asler John Slavers' hostelry. In April J7Gl 1\lr. Slavers' brother, Barlholome~v, advertised that "a stage chair with two good horse:; will be ready to start from Mr. 'tavers', innholder, at the Sign of the Earl of Halifax, to operate between Portsmouth and Boston once a week. IL was ('Ontrivcd Lo l'arry fou1· passengers UC'sides the driver and the fare wa · Lo be Lhirle n f. hillings and s ixpence sterling per person." The establishment of this stage line was of great importance since it was the very first in thC' thirteen colonies north of Boston. From the fit·st it was successful and was much used by the well-to-do merchants who wh;hed to transact business in Newburyport, Salem and Boston. It was not long after that Bartholomew Stavers advertised that "a stage chaise will run, except in bad weather through the winter. The fare was $3 .00." This r, Lage chaise was able Lo carry five pernons inst ad or four. This arrnng menL proved to be just as ,~uccessful as the first and the res ult was that "The Portsmouth 1"lving Stage" was soon in vogue, wl;ich carried six persons (inside) and left the Sign of The Earl of Halifax every Tuesday morning. It was from the doorway of this tavern that Mistress Slavers hailed the barefooted l\Iartha Hilton a· :she passed by in the street : "Oh larlha Hilton! Fie! how dare you go About the town half-dressed and looking so!" To which the young lady replied that she would some day ride in her own coach, and it was not .;;o many years after that she became the bride of Governor Wenlwortl1. In lhe meantime John Slavers became prosperous enough to ihink of a new lnvern, nnd in 1'i7() he moved lo a new hotel on the corner of Court and Atkinson Streets, where he hung out his well-known r,ign. The new tavern became very popular with Lhe Tories who gathered nightly to drink to the king. While the tavern was becoming more popular day by day, landlord !.avers was becoming extremely unpopular with the Portsmouth palriots. One day a mob gathered at the inn and started Lo chop down the sign. Mr. Slavers, taking a liberal supply of gold with him, hastened to leave the scene. Leaving his stable on a small black mare he rode for his very li[e, being hotly pursued by the enraged patriots. He escaped to Gr enland, where he stayed for some time in hiding. Finally he took the oath of allegiance and was allowed to return to town and to his badly ,necked tavern. To zhow how patriotic he had become he changed the name of his t~ve1·n Lo "The William Pitt." Pitt bemg a vc1·y loyal friend lo the colonies. Many honorable and distinguished ,g-uests were entertained by Master ... la\·ers, among them were: George Washington, Elbridge Gerry, Joh_n Hancock Lafayette and Louts Phillipp; (afterwards King of France) and his brothers. The lavern is still standing at the corner of Court and At.kinson Streets and is in a ralher sad slale of repair, but alt.hough ils t!mbe1·s rot and fall away its memories are very much alive. �23 IIISTOIUC PORT!'.Sl\f OUTH By Dorothy M. Vaughan .'IIH. GEORGE l\lE ERVl~. STAl\lP l\1A TER In the year 1765 the English parliament passed an act known as lhc Stamp Acl, which imposed a duly on all documents, parchment and papt•r used by I.he American colonies. All unstamped paper was considerrd null and void. Mr. G orgc l\kscrvr, a Portsmouth merchant, who happrncd to be in England al lhe lime was appointed Slulllp l\lusl!'r for thiH l'rovincr. l•:urlr in S(•ptemhcr Mr. l\kscrvc arrived in Bosto n. omc of hi:friends met him al the ship and advised him lo resign his commiss ion before stepp ing foot on American soil. The newly appointed Stamp Mast.er r ealiz d only loo wrll that. if he valued his health and hnppiness I.hat this was Lhe thing lo do, and forfeited his commi i-:s ion then and lhcrc. The American colonies were not. al all pleased with the Stamp Act, or it!; insti gators, or King George for lhal mntlcr. When the people of Portsmouth heard that Mr. Me~crv had bcrn appointed to enforce the act in this town, they were in an uproar. Tlwy hacl lParnrd of his arrival in Boston, but the 1·cporl had omillrcl the fact. thal he had rrsigncd his unwelcome commi ssion. l'a trio lie dcmonslrnlions were now in order. Effigies of Mr. l\1rserve, Lord Dute (a member of Parliament who had favored the act tremendously) and the devil were hung in lhe hay market (now ]lay Market Square) and in the <'Vening paraded through town and burnt. When Meserve arrived in town h was met by a mob, and the poor man wa s obliged to resign all over again, just to pacify them. The day that had been set for the Stamp Act to go into effect was NovemU<'r 1, l 7li5. On October 30th the Ports mouth Gazette appeared with a black border, signifying mourning, and the editor had inserted a note to lhe people explaining that because he would not submit to the unjus t tax he could not publish his paper any long r. November the first, the ill-fated day, was issued in by the tolling of the church bells. The flags were all at half mast, and !!igns of mourning were very evident. J n the a(lernoon a funeral procession moved from the Parade to I.he cemetery, the spirit of Liberty was being carried to the grave. Just as the coffm was about to be lowered, an idea was circulated that. Liberty was not dead, but very much alive, and so . . . the Stamp Act was buried instead, and the day of mourning was over. Some months later when Mr. Mesc rve's official commission was sent to Portsmouth it caused a great commotion in town. Another mob gathered al Mr. Meserve's house (still standing on the northeast corner of Vaughan Street, at the ,iunction of School) and demanded the commission. Mr. Meserve sent for lhe Chief Juslice of the Province for 11rotcct.ion, and finally look oalh before the people that he would have nothing to do with the commission or the St.amp Act. This pleased the populace, and they took the commission and marched through town with it, arriving at last at the swing bridge where a flag wat raised bearing this inscription "Liberty, Property, and No St.amp." Mr. Meserve's commission was later returned to England, from whence it came. And now you may think this was all there was to the Stamp Act in Portsmouth, but there was more . . . and it will be told in next month's Beacon. �23 HI TOIUC PORTS1\10 UTII Ily Dorothy M. Vaughan · THE REPEAL OF THE STA1'1P ACT The Slamp Acl which had been Lccause of a windmill which Mr. so slr nuously objected lo by the John Pray erected there in 1700.) When the festivities of this great American olonics, New Hampshire included, was repealed by the Brit- day had worn off the Lown selllcd i h Parliament in March 1766. It down once more lo its regular rouhad been in effect, as it w re, for tine . . . ship building and trade. The cw England Colonies had the JlllSt five month:. Governor Tknning WC'nlworlh had n•c·C'ivcd 1·an il'<l on trade continuously wilh dit:palt'h(•s rro111 (;t•n<'r:tl Conway, Llw \Vc•sl l1ulics in spil<' of lhe (net one ol' his 1\111jt•sly's JJl'indpal Sc·.:- lh:tl Lhis had bt• •n forbidden by the rL•Laril•s or Slalt• prm·laiming the Navigation acls of J?aO, which g-lad tidings. Th<• ll<'WS was re- slalNI lhat. t.he colonisls should ceived in l'orlsmoulh on April L,Jlh, lrade wilh Eng-land alone. Uut and a day was immediately set England was some distance away aside ror c lebraling the event. and the We. t Indies were comclcbralions wprc quite lhe proper paratively near and ofTered luxthing in l'orl!-m1oulh in the eigh- uries such as coffee, :ugar, spice, lcl'nlh l't'nlury and a good account. , um and molasses. The New Engot' lhi,- 011(• has lwrn hamil'd down land traders sent down ships laden lo us in Adam's Annals. Thal at·- "ilh masts, spars, lumber and fish and brought back rich cargoes . . . <:uunl is son,cwhal as rollows: AL lhc first sig-ns of dawn on and incid nlally made their fortunes. The royal governors ap!\lay lhe 2~nd, lhc day set aparl, Lhe church bells began to ring and parenlly kept their eyes closed to lhis l1acle and enjoyed the pleasures conlinued lo ring throughout Lh day. Thr rising sun was greeted which were derived from it. About t.his time our friend, Mr. with a discharge of cannon . II, Meserve, the cx-Slamp Mast.er, promisC'd Lo be a gala day, and it was. Ilalieries were set up at va- feeling that he had been misused rious points about town; one was at by his friends and especially the LibN·ly Bridgl' and was dedicated Sons of Lib rty (who were becomlo his l\lajc Ly; another was on ing active as early as 1766) petihmch Hill (the rise of ground on tioned the General Assembly for 1·edr ss of his wrongs. He pointed ('haprl S~·eei where St. John's 'hmch is) and Lhal one was in oul thal he had been "shamefully honour or l\Ir. Pill; while a third and scandously insulted" because was on llw Lown wharf. The ships he had been appoint cl Lo distr ibute in lhc• harhor wor(' Lhcir colors, nml f'.l.:unps in t.his eolony. Jlis pclilion shops anti houses in lhc tu,\ 11 wc•rc was rC'ad and referred lo a comalso decoral •d. At noon, by order mittee made up of bolh houses, of lhc governor, a royal salute was which reported "t.hat "t.hey find no fired from aslle William and Mary damage don to the body or estate in honor of t.he king. In the after- of Mr. Meserve," and the case was noon lhcrP was a parade and in the dismissed. This was rather a blow evening fireworks . . . to say noth- to l\Ir. Meserve, bul he recovered ing of a bonfire on Windmill hill! from it and later became Collector o( this Port. Just before the Rev(Windmill hill as it. was called for years is none olh<'r than lhc one on olution he removed to Boston where talc Street near the Whipple no doubt he found conditions more chool, and it rec ived ils name favorable. �23 lll TOJUC PORT .. MOUTH lly Dorolhy M. Yaughan TllE LA T ROYAL GO ERNOR JOIIi WE 'TWORTII n Augusl ll, l 7<iG, his majcsly rival in this colony he was met at Gcorg-c lll , commissioned John Lhe slate line by members of Lhe W •nlworlh lo succ cd his unclc>, King's ouncil and a committee of Bl•1111ing, as governor of Lhc> royal Lhe Gc>neral Assembly. AL the h ad provint·c of i l'W Hampshire in cw or King's slreet (Islington) the England. This was Lhe last royal militia met him and he was escommission issued lo a governor of corted to the Stale House. His commis:-ion was publicly read by Lhe Lhis Late. High Sh riff, and the governor and Benning Wentworth had served members of he ouncil were sworn his l·ing and counlry well and was into ofTice. A public dinner folnow getling on in yc>ars and affairs lowed, and John WcnLworth was of slate hung heavily upon him, al- w komcd honw l,y hi· fdemL, and though he would m•v •r admil il. rt>lalivcs. There being th) Pro vince R pot ls were reaching his majcs- House in Portsmouth, th<.. new govLy'1-< t•ars l hat things Wl'l'C' nol going was installed in a \'Cry lovely so ,,·,•II in t•w llanl\ishirc and he l'l'llOI' il'll that something musl be done. mansion thal had jusl been l·uilL, lhe Assembly iiad hiled for At the Limo handsome ,John Went- which liim. The house was the Mark worth, son of Ilenning's brolher Wcntworlh mansion, slill standing Mark, was rc•siding in London, a('lon Plcasanl :stn•C'l, and known Lo in;.:- as ai:<•111 for th" provin<·<•. II<• all of u:; as Tlw Wenlworlh ]lom<'. h:td graduated from I larvanl i.. 1·rnsr. lhe i-ln• L from lhe hou:-c l'ir,r,, in th<' s:lllw <"l:t:ss as .John \\':t>' t lw govt•rnnr':; !<Lahlrs whl'l'I' /\d:1111s ol' i\1:issarhnsdls. W1•11twurt h had made many good fril•nds were housed his 1G Lhoroughbrcd in England including Lhc> Marquis horse:-, some of which he had brought from England, and other. of Rockingham, Duke of Graflon which had bern gifl Lo him in the and the Earls of 'tralford and Hillsborough. When il becanw Southern states. exl to his horses known Lhat Lhc ki11g meant Lo ap- he prized his carriages, of which point a new magislralc .for cw there were many, ranging from a coach to a two whe led !Iampshin:.•, Lhcse noblemen were magnificent anxious Lo sec thc>ir young fri nd wlkey, which he had made Lo order Philadelphia. It was beautifully havt• the oflicc and it was through in mad<' and painled with the Wentthl•ir efforls that he received Lhc apoinlment. John Wenlworlh worth crest. In September th General Asdidn't forget Lhe kindne. ses of these me.n and upon his arrival in ew f:embly voled to pay the governor Hampshire he laid out com1Lies in 700 pounds yearly and his hour.c thc> slate and namc>d them after rrnt. Ile received 400 pounds yearly as Surveyor of the V.'oods and Lhc>se fril'nds in England. l,ing Grorg<• was particularly hi:- other revenue brought him in :-Limalcd lo have Ul' 11 plt•,u;ed with Wcnlworlh and be- an amounl pounds sterling or about SG,slowed anolh r ofTir \tpon him; 1,200 000 . . . a princely su m for 17G7. that of Surveyor of the King's B autiful furnishings wc>re :-enl up Wood~ (this commission gave him from Boston, and hangings all(I juri~·.dil'lion of all thr forests of Llw Lnlire lhirleen colonies.) Wenl- wall papers were imporlctl from overnor Wentworlh was worlh arrived in South aroli11a London. ,•nd l'amc north, visiting em·h col- used Lo greal style and ceremony ony and was royally welcomed and introduced the latest fashions whrrcvcr he slopped. pon his ar- inlo the capitol o( ew Hampshire. �- - - 23 ----------------Ill TOlU C l'ORTSl\'lOUTII By Dorothy l\L Vaughan T H E <:ov1m:-io1t'S no 1A CE died and Theodore Atkinson ha<l Long before John We11two1·th wooed and won the changeable went Lo England he had uclmired lady who was just seventeen . The his lo,·ely cousin, Frances Deering young Atkinsons made their home Wen I.worth, daughter of a weall.hy at the fme old Atkinson mansion on Boston ml'rchant, who was a fi·<',ourl StrcC't. (It stood just, about q111•nl \'i~ilor in l'ortsmoulh al UI(' upposit1• whc•n• the Aldrich Mc•home 11r h1•r u1wll- al 1.illk llarmorinl is today.) Aft •r a few hor. l!c1111i11g- \VcnlworLh and his years young Theodore was upwifl' <•11l1•1·l:1ined l;wi~hly, all(I point,•d 8<•rrl'I ar)', Lht• ofiit'e his art1•1· the rashiu11 ot' ni:•1-ri1· l•~11i~- fathl'r had held for years befon• la11tl. J,:ycry fall there was thc :111- him. When John Wentworth renua\ dN'r hunt, which was atturned to ew Hampshire, he came tcmll-d by all the gentry of Porls- as UH' newly appointed v;overnor, 1\lOUlh and vitinilv. Sir \Villiam and lived on l'leasanl, Street not, Pl'ppe!Tcll and his lady from so far away from the Alkinsons. arrui,s the harbor wN·c often prl'S- Ile was a frequent guest. at th ir l'nt al llw 111e1-r~•-m:1king. Thl' home, isornetimes he came t.o dishu11l wa,; always followed by a hall t•ui;s affairs o( slate and then at the governor's mansion. l\1i,;:, again it was just a friendly call Fram:,:,; wa~ ,·cry much sought aftupon his cousin Theodore, who wa:c; er by all the young bucks of Pot· s- dying of tuberculosis, and his wife mouth, het· mo L ardent admirers Frances, who had grown lovelier being her three cousins, nanwly: in the seven years . .John, the governor's son who died On October 28, 1769, t,he S erewhile yet n young man; Theoclon! Lary died in his thirty-third year, Atkinson, Jr., son of the SecrP.tary leaving an attractive widow and of the Province; and John, whose no childr n. lle was buried from father was Mark Hunking Went- Queen's Chapel three days later. worth ( the governor's brother) The governor had proclaimed a day who was destined to succcl'd his of mourning; minute guns were uncle as next governor of cw fired :from Castle \Villiam and and Mary, and the shipping in the harllamp:hirc. Frant·es Deering Wentworth be- bor displayed signs o[ mourning. sides being a very charming young Rev. Arthur Browne conducted th' m i~s (she has been said to have funeral service, and Theodore Atht'l'n 011<• of the most beautiful kinson was laicl al rest in lhe famwonw11 in A 111crin1) was most tt•111ily tomb. J ui;t ten days •l;qisell pt•ramenlal an<l stubborn . Sh<' between the funeral and the go,·p\ayNl rel'klessly with lhe hcarls crnor's wedding. The At,kinson oC her cousins. Sometimes sh carriage <lashed up lo Queen's thought it was John, son of Ben- Chapel with Frances Atkinson ning, lhat she loved; and t,h n beautifully gowned in while salin ag-ain she was sure it, was the and spangled slippers. Only a litothl'r ,John; und at, times Theodore tle more than a week had passed was the favored one. Mark's son, since she had buried her husband, Joh11, was intelligent and hand- and today she was to become the some and recently graduated from governor's bride! The v;overnor, llarvard. France~ rather fancied richly clad in a while silk t'oal :incl him, but when the business o[ velvet. breeches waited al lhe Ag nt for the colony Look him to chapel for his bride, and Rev. ArEngland she had been undcddrd thur Browne performed the cereand he had gone without her. Dur- mony. ing his absence the other John had �23 --------------------- lll TOlUC PORT lOUTH By Dorothy 1\1. Vaughan GEt 1 • J01 ATll N l\ lO ULTO OF IIAl\UYfO TOWN careful ever after when he made Over in llampton many years a small grant of land! ago when Benning- \Vt•nlworlh was But now there is another slory gon•i-nor of lhi1- slate to be exact, lo tell of General Moulton, and thcl'I' lived a tllnn by lhe name of that was about Lhe way he sol d .)011:1t!1;111 i\tnullnn. li e wal< an old hii; soul Lo Lhr devil. Ile becam l11d1a11 liKhll'l" and l':lllll' ha!'I, frn11 so pros \H'l'OU >: that lw llllill a lwauI Ill' l•'rl'lll'h and l 11di:u1 w:u·s 1·ovt•n•d lil'ul mansion for him st' lr in J 7G!1 with Klory a\Hl lht• rank of g<•ncral. which was called Hampton Hou se, lh· wa~ a \'<'l'Y shn•w,\ and gre<'dY and is standing loday in a perfrd m:1n as\\"(' :-hnll :-;0011 l<!'l', he• wa11L1·d slalc of preservation, on the right po\'"t'l" :1ml mont•y more Lhan a g-ood hnnd side of lhe Lafay tte Road 11.11:H' e\·idt•nlly. 1ll- mannged lo just this side of Hampton marshes. m·quin• rich<'!; . . . bul not l•nough One night as Moulton was siLling lo , :,Lisfv him . . . and lll' di,! ac- heforr hi s open fire Lhc devil apqu · 1·,• s,;,nt• \Hl\\'t'\', hut :das ! ht• jl<',Hecl I.Jet'on' him and offered him ,·01dcl l'(l\11111:llld 011\v \Ill' ill \\ ill or all the gold hr could wish Jor if he hi:i \ownSIH'"Pl"- c·l11,· of his 111n!'l w1,ud st'II hi s l-\ou l and all his parlit·ul:ir rrit•1uls and no11il'S was l'hances of entering hca\·en. l\1oullknning Wcnlworlh of l'ortsLon agreed and the devil promised moulh, and one clay Ge11l'ral l\IoulL bring him a boot full of gold lon havinir an axe lo grind drove every night. 'ow the general had l \·er lo Lilli• Harbor a fotlccl ox tricked the governor so he enterwi1i(·h he had b~en nourishing tained no fears about double c1•oi;slellllrrly until it weighell over 1100 i11g satan, so he had the yi!lage pouml:s. Thi1- gr<'nl ox he had clec- C'Obbler make an enormous boot l>ralcd after Lht• oh! Roman custom and satan came manv times and wilh ctnisv l'hnins ancl ribhon1- and filled it, but this was· not enough war. meai'1L ror a gifl lo Bennin~ for the Yankee Faust, as he i~ \Venlworlh. Thr governor was 1·allcd in the booki; of l'W EnglamL ., , k. g-ctlinrr old and a bit chihlish nnd legends, so he cut oul lhe soul 'of wai; pc1·fcclly cl lighted with the the boot, and salan poured bushel;: rarrifidal ox; in fact he was i;o and bushels of coins into the boot plcasC'd lhnl he olfC'recl l\ioulton and couldn't seem to fill il . . . anything his heart de1-ired . This and finally he discovered the tricl, wai; the chancr lhe gencr,11 harl and Lhnt night he look away all hl•t•n hopinK for, so h<' said very the golcl he had evt•r given General no1H·h:rnlly \\ml lw would11't think J\loullon and never olll't' l'.lllll' bat·k. of laking anything unlt•i-;s it wa .; Jonathan Moullon used lo wander a small portion or land up in the about his house night after night mountains. This !'eemed !<t1l'11 a looking for hi s gold and when he :small requt•st that the go\' ,rno r died people claimed lhal he came granted it immediately; and disback and looked for il . . . . and t'O\'Crt'd lo his amazement lhal the for years Hampton house was .· mall grant he had given Lo hi s called The Haunted IIouse and nofriend consisted of l!l,.122 acres of body dared live in it, but apparrNlilt• land iu the While Mounlains ently ils 1n·esenl owners aren'l in the vil'inity of J\,loullonhoro. afraid of Jonathan l\Ioullon'l< al urally th, governor was dumghost, for they have restored ii and founclcd lo think that l\loullon made it into one of the show should play such a trick upon an 1•laces of Hamplon . old friend, and very likely he was �23 HISTORIC PORTS IOUTII By Dorothy 1\1. Vaughan TOBI.\ LEAR OF PORTS 10 TH Portsmouth is so rich in spots of graduation became private secrehistoric interest that it is hard lo tary to Washington and also a tusay just which is the most. Ilow- tor to the adopted children or ihe ever, in this year of Hl32, when the household. For sixteen years, unnation is observing the bicenten- ti l the President's death, he was 11i11l Yl'llr of th<' hirlh nf Geor~<' wilh Lil<' family. He was married \\111:-;hi11~lu11, il hla11d:, lo n•asoll Lhrct• tin1t•s, lir~l to Miss Mary that, Uw birlhplacc or 'J'ohias Lear, Long of Portsmouth; his sccontl privale s<'n<•lary lo Lhc f"lrsl T'rt'si- bride was Mrs. Frances Custis denl, will be visill•tl by all palriolie Washington, and at her death he Americans passint; through Porls- married Frances Dahbridge llenley, rnouih. This fine old house is l\lartha ,vashinglon's niece. When Washington came to Portsnestled away at Lhe south end on the corner of llunking and Me- mouth in 1789 on his presidential drnnic Streets (just around Lhe cor- tour or the states, he was accomnm· from the W cniworlh-Garclner panied by his two secreLaries, Tohouse). It is not known just when bias Lear and William Jackson, lht• house was buill, but Tobias who rode inlo Lown in the presiLear the 5th, who was destined lo dentia l coach, while Lhe Father or become a national figure, was born his Country rnde upon ·his favorite hete in 17GO. Capt. Tobias Lear white horse. During his stay in the President paid a was a ship builder of some note, and Portsmouth a cousin of John Langdon, Porls- visit to Mrs. Lear, his secretary's moulh patriot, and afterwards mother, al her home on Hunking Governor of New Hampshire. He Sire t, and was entertained in Lhe marriecl on December 2!), 1767, Miss southwest parlor. Here he was inMary Stillman of Portsmouth and troduced to the members of the by this marriage there were two Lear and Storer families, and he children, Tobias (ulh) and Mnry, held the l ittle Storer baby on hi<; who became Mrs. Samuel Storer. lap and said he hoped he would be Capt. Lear was employed by John a better man than his namesake. Langclon, Continental A~ent, to The Storer baby had been namecl superintend the building of the George Washington Storer, and sloop of wa1· Ranger, which was later became Admiral Storer. After the death of Washington, builL on Langdon'g Island (Badgt'r'!I). He also huilt lhC' privalc•ly Tobias Lear received an appointarnl<'d ship Portsmouth, and thr ment as Consul al St. · Domingo, and in 1804 another Lo be 'onsul J\ merica of seve11ty-four g-uns. l, l 781 he diecl and was buried in the at Tripoli. Ile died on October 10, 1816, aged 66, . and was buried in Poinl of Graves emeterv. Tobias Lear, his son. ·was edu- the Congressional Cemetery in cated al Cambridge and upon his Washington, D. C. "OLDE STUAWBEUY BA KE" A 1lI TOlllC PI T RE l\lAP OF PORT lO TH, N. IL By Dorothy Vaughan and U. G. Rundl e tt The Yogue today is an old print limited edition is avai lable. T h se desired maps may be obabove the fireplace or on the sidetained at H . P. Montgomery's l\Iu)Valls. This "Olde l\1appe" may be had in sic and Art tore, 21 Pleasant St., a. twenty-four by thirty-six inch or through Miss Dorothy Vaughan, size and two-color effect while a 390 State L, Portsmouth, N. H. �23 Ill 'TOIUC POUT IOUTII By Dorothy l\I. Vaughan THAT LOYALIST, PETER LIVIlJS "Mr. Livius was a gentleman of foreign descent., liberal education ancl handsonH' Iorlune," is the description Adam's Annals gives u( Pet.er Livius, the Loyalist. Peter Livius w:rn born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 17:l!l; his [at.her was a Prussian and his mother was o[ lri Rh cl<'scenl. I[(' at.tended schools and roll<'ge in England, and while there became acquainted with and married l\liss Anna Elizabeth l\lason, daughter o( John Tuflon Mason of Portsmouth, who was living th re al Lhe Lime. When l\Ir. Livius and his bride arrivrd in the ,·011111 i:il <·:qiil nl t lwy ('l'(•alPd quill' a sli1· hy bri11~i11g wil h l.h('lll 011 Ll11• :same ship a very bcauliful coach, and an exlra pair of wheels. The reason for lhe second pair o[ wheels was brcause J\Jr. Livius had never been lo New England before and was und er I.he impression that. the place was still inhabited with Indians who probably couldn't mak him another pair of wheels in case lhe firnt pair wore out. l\fr. and Mrs. Livius arrived here in 1762 and look up residrnce in a fine house on Deer tr et, which had been built about. t n years before by Michael Whidden. This house was called the "While House" because it was painted white, and while paint was vrry scarce in I.hose days. It had braut.iful gardens with walks made of colored pebbles brought from some forei,tn shore. (The Livius house is still standing on its original site on Deer Street, now a part of I.he Boston and Maine depot. It is anything but lhe lovely house it was in 1775.) Pet.er Livius was a member of the king's council and hie[ Justice of the ourt of ommon Pleas under Governor Benning \Ventworlh but when John Wentworth became governor he removed Mr. Livius from the office of Chief Justice which made I.he gentleman very angry, and he determined lo cause the governor's downfall. Ile made a specia l trip lo England and laid hi~ ('Olllplainl before Lhe Loni ~ of Trndt•, 11nd ht•l':tll~(• of llii!I he received the name of "Livius the troublemaker." Strange as it may seem, he very nearly succreded in cauc;ing John Wentworth lo be removed from office, but the governor had a very staunch friend in the Marquis of Rockingham and I.hereby was able to keep his offices of Governor of New Hampshire and Surveyor of the King's Woods unlil I.he Revolution broke out. The Lords of Trade gave Livius an office o( Chief Justice of Canada and he left England and look up his residence in Quebec. His family joined him afterwards and his Lown house, and country estate on Lake Winn pesaukee were confiscated along with property of olher prominent Tories in the State of New Hampshire. "01,DE STRAWBERY BA . 1l. A l1ISTOIU 'l'ICT tm i\1/\1' OF l'Olt'I' By Dorothy \' au~h:m and II. G. ltundlelt 'l'lw vol-(\IC today is an old prinl limite<I rclilion is availablr. Tht•se desired maps may be obahovc the fireplace or on Lhe sidetained al II. P. Monlgom ry's Mu,,·nlls. This "Oldr 1appe" may be had in sic and Art Store, 21 Pleasant St., a Lw1•11ly-four by thirty-Rix inch or through 1\liss Dorothy Vaughan, size and two-color effect. while a 390 Slate SL., Portsmouth, . ll. • �23 HISTORIC PORTS:(VIOUTH By Dorothy M. Vaughan PORTSM OUTH TEA PA RTY Probably the most famous tea party in history was the one held in Boston, but there were other ; tea pal~ies, in fact almost every ,; sea-port' Cdwn had some sort of a demonstration when the East India Company landed some tea in their midst, subject to tax! In 1773, on December 1G to be exact, a town mecLing was held in the North Church in this town to decide what was to be done about the tax on tea. lt was rcsol ved; that the measures of the .British ministry were unjust; that every public spirited freeman should oppose this act; that in case any tea was brought io this port it should not be landed or sold; that anyone helping, directly or indirectly to import this tea should be cons idered an enemy; and fina ll y that the proceedings of this meeting should be published and sent to every town in the province. On the first day of July, 1774, the Portsmouth Gazette published the following information . "On June 25th arrived here, Captain , Brown in a mast ship, in eight weeks from London, and unluckily for this town there were on board twenty-seven chests of that pernicious, destructive, commodity called TEA, which for a long time has and still keeps t he whole con tinent in a ferment. " These chests of tea were consigned to a Portsmouth merchant by the name of Edward Parr y, who resided in a fine old mans ion whit:h stood ·o n Pleasant Street, about where Haven Park is. (Th is old house was moved away and may be seen today on Parrott Avenue next we;;t of the Veteran's Hall.) Before the freemen of the town wer e aware of the fact that the tea hacl been landed and stored in the Custom House (then the old stone store wh ich was torn down about a year ag-o, situated on the lower rncl or Market Street) . As soon as the news got around the town a meeting of the Sons of Liberty and pati:iois was h eld and a comm ittee selected to call upon Mr. Parry and persuade him to have nothing to do with the tea. In the meantime t h ree mariners tried to excite the mob and get ihem to break into the Custom Office and destroy ihe Leu; f'oriunate ly, two mo111bers or ihc King's Council, Mr. Jonathan Warner and Mr. Rindge, appeared on the scene and managed to quel l the r iot. As soo n as word reached ihe governor's ears h e sent ihe high sheriff out to put an end to the affair . Mr. Pa rry had no choice in the mailer and agreed Lo reship the Lea Lo Ha lifax, and a guard of twenty-five men was appointed to watch t he tea until ;t was s h ipped away. The phrase about "going to Hal ifax" is thought to have originated right here in Po1·tsmouth at the time of the tea party. In September of the same year the ship, Fox, commanded by Zachariah Norman arrived in this port with thirty chests of bohca tea for Mr. Parry. This caused a . great commotion in town and that nig ht a mob of angry townspeop le surrounded Parry's house and broke in his windows. 'l'he poor man was frightened about out of his wits and sent word to the governor asking for help and protection. Before t he governor's aid arrived a group of level hcaclcd pat.riots managed Lo put down t he riot and the very nexL day Mr. Parry publicly declared that he would have nothing- to do w ith ihc tea and Capt. Norman or the l?ox was obliged to reship it at his own expense. So we can safel y say that Portsmouth had the pat r ioLic spirit even though there were no Indians al the tea parLy, and uftp1· v.11, the Boston Indians were only some or t he Sons or Liberty dressed up. �23 III TOHIC PORTSMOUTH By Dorothy M. Vaughan PAUL REVERE'S JUDE TO PORTSJ\IOU'I'II ,v1wncvcr lV \vt 1 I' <' W< 1 wt• think o( Paul nn alw:1ys sun lo con1 1 t1t"\'L hitn with LhaL ridt• Lo Cont·orcl and Lexington on April J!l, '7!i, and LhaL's ahouL as far as we ever g-d. l'aul Revere was a silversmith who resided in Boston; l::c:.ides bei111; a fine silversm ith he was an expt•rt horseman and an a1·dl'nL palriol, so lhaL in Lhr dark day ~ hd11rc• l hi' .ltc• volulio n he was often employt•d by Lhe Boston Committee o( Safely Lo carry their important dis1ialches . The famous ride which Long(cllow has immortalized was only one of probably n hundred which he made in behalf or his counLry; oflcn he was seen on lhc old Boston Post Road hradccl for Philadelphia and Lhc ConlincnLal Congrcf'S. hncl prohibited the imporlation of 111u11it.ion~ and firc•a1·111:-; in Lhe An1crka11 colonic:-;, and lhaL two troops of English so ldiers were enroute to command t he Castle, as F,ort William and Mary was commonly called in those days. The Portsmouth Committee of Safety was sum moned and disen;;sed ways and mean s of removing the gunpowder from the fort at Newcastle. This committee was composed of prominent patriots such as Capt. John Langdon, John and Thomas Pickering, John Sherburne and others. In the late evening of the same clay Tom Pickering, a daring young patriot. called on his friend John Langdon and s uggested I.hat I.he two of lhem go t.o the fort and t.ake a friendly In Lhe bleak LwilighL of Deccm- drink with Capt. Cochran and whe n c-r 1:J, 177'1 (four monLhs before lhey came away bring off the arm . . Lhc baLLle of Lexington, and Re- These Lwo yuungb loods liked noth,,~rc's midnight ride) he rode into ing better than an adventure like PorlsmouLh post haste. He came lhis and th two were perfectly by · L11e way of North llamplon, capab le of laking the fort, which Greenland, over the Great Swamp, was commanded by Capt. Cochran (the lowland just cast of Lhe Ken- · and five men, but Langdon saw narcl farm) Lhrnugh JslingLon Street ihe folly of it and persuaded Picka11d c.lr t•w rein al the 1·csic.lence of ering I.hat there was safety in Samuc•I Culls, a member of Lhe numbers; the governor might be f ortsmouth Committee of Safety . able to hang two for sacking the l\1 r. ulls resided on 1\larket Castle, but he would be powerless SiiccL ju ·L south of the Moffatt when it came to punishing a mob. Ladcl house, near the north corner of And so th ese two worked far in to llano·ver Street. The dispatches the night laying plans for takini: P:::ul Revere brought \Yere from the King's powder, but that is l\lr. William Cooper of Boston another story and will be told in stali ng that the king in co uncil the next "Beacon." �23 JHSTORIC PORTSMOUTIT By Dorothy M. Vaughan THE SACKING OF FORT WILLIAM AND MARY December 14, 1774, the day following Paul nevcre's ride to Portsmouth was ush :!rcd in by the beating or drum,; in Lhe streets calling lhl! patriots to arms. By noon about ~00 hacl assembled in front or Lhe sLa Le house 011 the parade. As soon as Governor Vv ntworlh ]ward what was taking place he scn L the chief justice out to read the riot acl, which he did most eloquently and made it perfectly plain that Lnis atta<:k against Lhe crown was n:,Lhing- short or rebellion and would b :• pu11i shecl al'eordil\1~ly. 'J'he p:1l1·iots gavo ear lo th e ju~tice'.; words, but went cheerfully on healing· their drums ancl p laying th~it· fii'cs appat"ently unafraid or what lhe punishment of tyranny might be. The guiding spirits or the Portsmouth pall'iots w re John L:rn gdc n and Thomas Pickering. They seL out in gundalows (a type oi' sailing crafL much u sed on the Piscalaqua in the olcl days. lt has been defined by Mr. Albee who ,wote "New Castle historic and picturesque" as 'the humble sister of the s loop and the first, but aristocratic cousin lo the skow.') On the way to the Castle, as Lhe fort was then called the patriots were joined by a hundred or more minute men from New Castle an<l Rye. Captain Cochran, the commander of the Castle had received word from the governor that the patriots were on their way, so he prepared fol' the attack as well as he could with lfr; five men. At lhrt' ~ o'clock Lhe [orL wm; hef: :•L on all sides. Coclwan ordered three four pound ers to be fired a11d 0the1· small arms, and before any more action could be taken the captain and his five men wer'e prisoners. It was Thomas Pickering's privilege to ask the captain to surrender his sword, which he did most ga11anlly, buL Pickering returned it saying that "a genileman should retain his side arms.'' As soon as Pil'kNing's back was turned the captain made a pass aL him with the sword, but the young patriot was much too quick for him and took iL away Jrom him and puL him under guard. The patriots gave three rousing hu i,1,an, nnrl haul c>d dow11 the kini,;'s colours, Lhen they brnlrn opt•11 Llw powder magaiine and carried off l 00 bane ls of powder which Lhcy look ba('k to town in Lhcir gundalows. This was the first action upon the part of the colonies against the c1·own . The New Hampshire patriots didn't make thi s attack just for the fun of it. To them it was a vital matter, since England had passed an act prohibiting- the importation o[ munitions inLo the colonies, and very I itlle had been rnanu factm·ed in this country because Lhe mother country expected her colonies to import everything they needed from England. So the Sons of Liberty were only acting in sclfdefence. To be sure they needn't have taken all of the 400 men lo capture the powder, when Pickering and Langdon could have 1·emoved it all by themselves (but they would have surely hung for it) and New Hampshire ne eded those menand i11 the years that followed Lht'Y proved lo be patriots of' fi11l'sL typl'. The tH'Xl day ,John Sullivan f'rolll Durham came lo Lown wilh anolher group of minute men and made a second attack on the Cas llc but that is another story. �23 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH Dy Dorothy M. Vaughan TIIE SECO D ATTACK ON I• ORT WILLIA!\I AND MARY On the fi(Leenth oI December, 177,J, the day afLer John Langdon, Thomas Pickering and the Portsmouth palriol!'S had hauled clown Lhe king's co lours and carried oIT hii; pnwd<•r, .John Sullivan of Durh:1111 arriv1·d i11 Low n wilh ,Josia h Barllell oJ Kingston and a goodly m11nhL•1· or minul<! men. Langdon had srnt [or his friend Sullivan as soon as he had heard of the dispatclw!> Paul Revere had brought from Doslon, but Sullivan had been <l<'l:iyc•d a day rrcruiting his men. llow<'V<'l', lH• n1ust havr believed in Lit <' old saying-, "Dell1•r lalr Lh::w never," [or he appeared on Lhe scene pre pared lo finish up the job that had been started the day before. Go,·crnor Wentworth ordered Major A Lkinson Lo have hi s oflicers parade lhe streets to the beat of drnm and recruit men Lo reinforce the handful of men at the fort. The soldi er parndetl all day and beat their drums all lo no avail for the peopl<' of' Portsmouth had olhcr interesls thal day. John Sullivan and a commillee w<'nl befon• L111• Governor and his cou11<:i l and a:-;ked it' it were true that ships were bring sent wilh marinl's lo r ein l"orce lhe fort and were told by the governor Lhal Lhere was no 1.rulh lo Lhe sto ry. John Wentworth also told them if lhe king's powder was restored he would Jmrdon Lhe offenders. After lhis Lhe palriols rC'Lircd lo Lhe Bell Tavern whi<.:h stood on corner oJ: Fleet and Congress Streets, where the Woolworth store now stands. At Len o'clock that evening the patriots, headed by Sullivan, embarked in gundalows for the fort. 'l'hc following is Sullivan's own accou11L: "I went clown with a large number oJ: men and in the night (December 15) went in person with the gundalows, took possession of the fort, brought away the remainder of Lhe powder, small arms, bayonets, anti carlouch boxes together wilh cannon and ordinance stores; I was out all night (very cold) and returned to Portsmouth the next clay. The gundalows with stores were brought to Durham after several days spent in cutting ice; the Durham river being. frozen over ; the cannon and supplies were deposited in places of safety." The patriots who took part in lhat midnight expedition nearly perished from exposure to the biting winds and snow and from wading (barefooted) in the icy waters of lhe Piscataqua. They dared not wrar Lhcir s hoes in the guntlalows for J:car of igniting their priceless cargo. Patriotism ran high that night, for American freedom was being born and the curtain was rising on the first scene of the greatest show in the history of ou r country, the American revolution . �23 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH By Dorothy M. Vaughan TITE DISPOSAL OF THE KING'S POWDER John Sullivan of Durham with This reporl was so startling that a group o( minute men of that Governor Wentworth dispatched a place, with the aid of John Lang- message to his good friend, Generdon, Thomas Pickering and a al Gage in Boslon, telling him LhuL picked group of Portsmouth men the whole town was up in arms, made the second attack on Castle and that he needed reinforcements William and Mary during the night for the fort. Things were not nearof Dccembc1· ihc fiflecnih, seven- ly as dark as he pi ·Lured them, teen seventy-four, nn<l brought off for the palriols wanled only to rethe cannon, and carried ii up the move lhe 11owcler from the f'ort river lo Porlsmoulh in the clear, (lll'<:uuse they fell Lhnl they were cold dawn of the sixleenih. Just i;oing lo need ii) and asicle from before sun-up Nalhaniel Folsom that Lhey bore no malice loward and twenty-five minule men from the royal governor or King Gcol'ge General Folsom and his men Exeler rode inlo Lown, in response to the call to arms which had been stayed in town all that day and sent out the day before. They pul guarded the powder until it was up at Stoodley's Tavern, which was all shipped up river to places of in the building now occupied by safety. One Samuel Ilall of Portsthe Portsmouth Electric Shop on mouth had charge of ihe transporDaniel Street. Major Stoodley tation of that powder. A certain served his guests as well as he portion oI the ammunition was put could at that early hour, and won- ashore on a small island in ihe dered what in the world brought Piscataqua known as Frank's Fort, them there. Gideon Lamson oI near Green Acre in Eliot, Maine, Exeter, one of the twenty-five where it was buried until it was horsemen who breakfasted at needed some four months later at Stoodley's that morning, tells us the Battle of Bunker Hill. Several in his own words just what hap- clays were spent in culting ice in lhe Durham river, but the slo ut pened. "We rode inlo Portsmoulh after hearted pall'iots were nol to be daybreak and stopped at Major slopped by a river blocked with Stoodley's Inn. We had coffee ice, and they finally slorecl Lheir about sun rise, Major Stoodley precious cargo under the minister's looked queer upon such guests wilh pulpit, in lhe meeting house at guns and bayonets. Colonel Hack- Dmham where it remained unlil ii ett, with about fifly or sixty on was carlecl overland in John Dcfoot soon after eight o'clock merritl's ox-earl, jusl in lhe ni ·le stopped at the haymarket and of time for lhe bat.Lle J'oughl al waitc-d for information from Gen- Bunker 11 ill. eral Folsom . .. Al nine o'clotk On the st'Vl'nLt•c•nt h th<· Hrilh;h 'oloncl Langdon came inlo Slood- Hloo p Canecau arrived ill Lhc harley's and acquainled General Fol- bor in rc:;pollse lo Lhe governor':; som and company of the success message, ·and lwo days lalcr lhc of Lhe enterprise . . . that General frigate Scarborough dropped anSullivan was lhen passing up th chor off N w Caslle and took off river wilh the loaded boats o( all the cannon Lhc patriots had powder and cannon." been unable to remove. Langdon The town of PorLsmoulh was all and Sullivan lost their commissions astir when they saw the men from in the army for being mixed up in Exeter in the market place. Word the fracas, but lhey were soon to was sent to lhe governor lhat one r eceive offi<"e!'\ ill the new Co nlithousand men were on Lheir way t1<·nlal army, and so 1•1uls lit<' story from Exeter and the inland towns. of' U1e capture of' lhe king':; fort. �-- 16 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH By Dorothy 1\1. Vaughan ELECTION DAY AT THE PORTSMOUTH PLAINS The census of Lhe year 1767 showed that in Portsmouth there were 124 male and G3 female slaves. In those days African bomlage wns quite as fashionabl' in Lhe Norlh as il was in Lhe Soulh. All Lhe first families o( Porlsmoulh kepl s laves and provided them with comforlable quarlers and allowed them much freedom and many privileges. For instance the colored folk were in the habil of holding Lhcir own elections each year and choosing Lhcir own officers. 1':lecLion day Lhere was a gala day, il was un o(·caHion wh<>n Lht• who!!' town tunH•d oul Lo st•e Lhc doings and make merry. On J~lerlion day Lhere was a parade whid1 began al Markel Square and marched Lo Lhe Plain:;, iL was led by the ruling Monarch, King Ne1·0 (a slave of Col. William Brewster) and his viceroy, Willie Clarkson (Lhc slave boy of Col. Pierse Long) who were followed by the Shcrilf and his deputy, and then came the aristo('rats among whom we find Cyrus Bruce, (Gov. Langdon's manservant) Prince and Cuffee Whipple (Gen. Whipple's African boys) Pharaoh Rogers, Romeo Rindge, Peter ,varner, Cipio Hubbard, Calo Newmarch and many others. yrus Bruce was a Jersey negro and one of Lhe most dislinguished negroes of the province. "There could scarcely be found in Portsmoulh, not ex1·epLing Col. Langdon himsd(, one who dressed more e leganlly or exhibited a more genilemanly appt•arancc" arc the words Mr. Hrewslcr uses Lo dt•scribe Cyrm;. For slrecl wear he had a hlal'k broarklolh nml, satin small elollH's, silk slockings, hul'k_lt•d i:hoes and was always wearing several heavy gold watch chains and fobs. He set Lhe style for what Lhe well dressed A(rican should wear, and who was heller able Lo do so? Cyrus Lravelled near and far with his master, to Concord Lo Lhe Legislature, and to Philadelphia and New York to attend the Continental Congress. Col. Langdon travelled sometimes in his coach and often on horseback, and was always accompanied by his good man Cyrus, who made a striking appearance astride his horse clad in leather breeches, high bools, starched and ruffied linen, a cocked hal and the neve1· Lo be forgotten watch chains! yrus is buried in _the North cemetery just a short d1sLancc from his master. Uc was a grand old man, and he served a great American . l'rin('e Whipple was the son of an African prince, hence Lhe name. Ile and Cuffee, his brother, were brought up in the household of General William Whipple, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Prince's name appears on General Whipple's Staff roll for the Saratoga campaign in 1777. On the morning Lhe General was preparing to start he noticed that Prince was very downcast and asked. him why he felt so glum, and the boy replied "You are going to fight for your freedom, sir, but I have nothing to fight for." The General smiled at him and said "Behave like a man, and do your duly, and from this hour you shall be :(ree," and so Prince and his master set out to join Stark and his northern brigade and defeated General Baum and his Hessians at Bennington and a(tenvards Burgoyne at Lhe battle of Saratoga, the turning point of the American 1·evolution, and we must nol forget that Col. John Langdon financed Lhc New Hamps hire troops al the baLLlc o[ Benning-ton, and was there in person, an·ompanied by Cyrus. And just Lo prove that there really was a King in I orlsmouth I quote the following from the Portsmouth Gazelle for April 2, 17 G. DIED On Monday last, At Colonel Brewster's, Nero, Lhe late King of the Africans in this town, �16 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH By Dorothy M. Vaughan THAT DARE DEVIL PATRIOT-CAPTAIN THOMAS PICKERING The man-of-war Scarbol'Ough put up a pretty poor fight and made whieh had been scnL to Portsmouth for l he Scarborough ns fast as they by General Gage in Del'ember, l'ould. They had no way of telling1774, right afLer the fracas aL how many men were behind that l<'orL William and Mary, linl-(CI' ·cl pile o( boanls and had 110 inLt•nlio11 on thrnug-h Lhe s pring· 1tnd su111- of being· l'apl ured so l ill' y abanmer of 1775. It was anchored off doned lhe boaL in the vicinity o( New Castle and Captain Barclay Pickering's mill at the South Mill amused himscH by seizing any dam. Tom Pickering took command of fishing boats or provision vessels that came within his range. This the abandoned boat, hitched two tormcnlccl the people of Pol'ls- pair of horses to it and drove 1t moulh and enraged Lhc Sons of thl'Ough lhe principal streets o[ Liberty, especially one fear less the town much Lo the delight of young patriot, Thomas Pickering, the people who hailed the bold who declared when he heard that charioteer as he passed in a cloud a ship had been taken which was of dust. V/hen he had worn the destined for Portsmouth wiLh a rich bottom out of the barge he drove cargo aboard, that it was time to the town pound where he locked something was done; and when it up for safe keeping. As he drove Pickering made up his . mind to <lo past his sister's house, the good woman cried out to him "Tom, a thing it was as good as done. One day he rnshed into his you'll hang for this," but Pickering brother-in-law's shop on Long didn't hang for any of his patriotic ·wharf and demanded a mtrnkeL and services, death came to him while ammunition. Mr. Drown produced he was commanding the American his flint Jock from under his bed privateer, Hampden, a New Hampand handed it to Pickering with the shire ship of 22 guns. His ship had remark lhat he should like Lo know been engaged in a battle with a what was up. Pickering replied British Indiaman of 34 guns. It that he intended to do a little seiz- happened on the 10th of Ma1·ch, ing on his own account just to see 1779, and Commande1· Pickering h ow Lhe DriLish I ikcd it. It was in wa~ jusL abonl lo board the enemy his mind lo take Lhe Scarborough',; when he was s hot down, and died provision boat when it came up [/) shortly from the result of his town f'or supplies. As he rushed womub. The English sh ip went lo out of the shop he met Samuel the bolLom and the Hampden was Hutchings, another patriot, who an- badly damaged, but made its way nexed himself to see the fun, and to Portsmouth where it arrived to be of use if he could. Together on May 7, 1779. The Hampden was they proceeded to Union Wharf afterwards sold at auction, lo John Langdon, one of Pickering's closest (sometimes called Shaw's Wharf) which was situated near the Point friends, who no doubt purchased it of' Graves where they hitl behind a f'or lh<' sake of Auld Lang Sync. pile of boards until the boat came These are only a few of lhe painto sight; then Pickering stepped triotic deeds of Portsmouth patriforward and fired upon it. Hutch- ots during the War of the Revoluings handed him cartridges as :fast tion, but it goes to show thaL the as he needed them, which was often right sp irit prevailed, and it was because Pickering's fire was rapid that spirit more than anything else and ski llful. The occupants of the that won onr forefathers theiL· libbarge were so surprised LhaL they erty and right lo pursue happiness. �16 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH Dy Dorothy M. Vaughan THAUE AND 'l'RAl>EHS IN PORTSi\JOUTII IN 1775 When we iurn back ihc pages of Poris mouih history io ihe years o[ the Revolulion we find siaril ing tal es of the patriotism of certain well-known citizens, but aside from these l'cw well-known stories we know vrry litllc• of tht• every day lil't• in thi:-; old st•aporl Lown oi' oun,. And yet our forefathers lived and took aclivc part in the everyday life of the town and perhaps one of the most intcresling ways o[ seeing what life was like in those days is Lo read the news items and advertisements in the N. H. Gazette for the year 1775. In this way we discover how our great great grandfathers carried on their busines:-- and ju:--t where our great gn•at. grandmothers purchased their groceries and calicos. Some of the prominent tradesmen of the clay were: Joshua \Vent.worth, Samuci Hill, Richard Wibird Pcnhallow, Jacob Sheafe, Jr., ~aLhanicl Sparhawk, John Moore, 'l'hom:u, l\larlin, Bt•n.iami11 Aust.in, John Greenleaf anti Neil M'Inlyre. They adverlized weekly in Lhc Gazelle and their wares offered for sale and their methods of advertising them arc shown by the items which follow giving a very good idea of ihe quaint way business was carr ied on in the em·ly days. Apparently the merchants had competition even in those bygone days for they ofTcrcd the public all sorts of novelties and not.ions s uch as, "frying pans, tar brnshes, deck nails, Malaga wine, paper hanging-s, and anchors" all in the same paragraph! If your grandmother was in the market for a "J appan waitet·" or a ch ina tea set, or perhaps a pistol 01· a silk hat for your grandfather she would patronize Mr. Thomas Marlin who advcrtized as -follows: 'l'llOl\1/\S 1\11\lt'l'lN - "J•~ng-li,-:h piece good s, si lks, halts etc. A varicl y of hardware such as, Brass keltles, locks, hindges, Jappan wailers, Iron pots and kettles, Joiners and carpenters tools, swords, pistols etc. Some groceries, China, earthern and glass ware." If grandmother needed groceries 8he probably traded with Benjamin A uistin, whose advert.iiscmc11t read like lhi:--: BENJAMIN AUSTIN. Shop on Spring Hill -"A complete assortment of hardware g-oods, containi11g too many articles to be particulariz'd ... also molasses, sugar, West India and N. E. rum, coffee, alspicc, and rice, chocolate, cotton and sheeps wool, all sorts of sp ice, mustard, Poland starch, raisens cLe. 11 When the family needed an hour glass, a fish hook or a pound of loaf s ugar Mr. Richard Wibird Penhallow's warehouse on Long ·wharf was the place where such things could be found. His ships unloaded righ t there at the wharf and were always filled and overflowing with all sorls of fascinating arlicles from foreign climes. I Li s s hop must have been the original spec ially shop l'or he carried every thing imaginable! RICHARD WIBIRD PENIIALLOW-"IIas for sale at Lhc warehouse on Long Wharf (lately occupied by Mr. Jacob Shcafe jun.) the following articles, cheap fol' rash. Rus s ia duC'k, deck nails, Englis h a11d German st.eel, loaf suga r, sheet hing nails, s heet lead, frying pans, pewter, check lin ens, blan kets . cover! ids, ro le brimstone, barr iron, sewing and netting twine, cod hooks, tar brushes, timeglasses, together with many other articles." And these are just a few of the most unusual items in the press of Portsmo uth, there arc dozens of olht•rs worthy of mention, hut space does not permit. AL another time we will quote some more from the . II. Gazette. �15 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH By Dorothy M. Vaughan .i\lARY SPARIIAWK, THE LOYALIST LADY At Kittery Point just across the river lived Lhe Sparhawk family. Nathaniel Sparhawk married Elizabeth Pcppcrr •11, only daughter of Sir William Pcpperrell, "the Piscataway trader," also one of Lh richest men in Lhe Lhirleen colonic ·. The Sparhawks raised a family of "Seven children, the youngest being Mary. Their oldest son, William Pl•ppcrl'cll Sparhawk, ht•t·aml' the hl i1· lo his grn11dl'al11cr's !{l'Cal c:;lalc and his Lille when he became Lwenlyone years o[ age, bul Lhcre was a clause in Lhc will which provided that the grandson should drop his surname and become William Pepperrell 2nd, which of course he did. The Sparhawks were wealthy and lived in great style in the Sparhawk mansion, which is standing today just beyond the church at Kittery Point, and entertained mo's t lavishly all Lhe loyalists in this vicinity. In fact their home was quite a Tory rendez-vous during the Revolution. IL was quile natural that they 'should be loyalists, .for wasn't Mrs. Sparhawk's illustrious father knighted by lhc king! and it was only natural too, that the family should not be at all popular with the patriots of that town or Portsmouth. The Sparhawks oCLen entertained at dinner the officers of his Majc'sly's ships which lay at anchor in our harbor during lhe year 1775. Perhaps one of the greatest attractions at the home of Nathaniel Sparhawk, was his very lovely daughter, Mary. Tradition tells us that the winning smile of that young lady was the only thing that saved Portsmouth from being reduced to a'shes in the late fall of 1775. It seems that Capt. Mowatt 0 of the British ship Canceaux dropped an hor off Kittery Point, one evening in October, 1775, and went, secrelly ashore to pay his respects to the charming Mary Sparhawk, and take a glas's of sherry with her falh r. H e had been sent to Portsmouth lo burn the Lown becaus of Lhe patriotic u111·1s111gs whil'h W('l'(' 01·1·111Ti11i; 1·011:-;lanll.v. llul, alas, thl' !{nllanL young oflicl'r l'or!{ol his duly when he looked inlo Lh, 'Y<'s ol' Lhe fair young lady, who pleaded so charmingly with him lo spare the town, and her friends who lived Lherein, and he sailed away the next morning and on Lhe 16th o[ October laid waste Lo Falmouth (now Portland). And now il would seem quite fitLing and proper Lo end Lhe story by saying that Capt. Mowatt came back and married Mary Sparhawk. Perhaps he came back, who knows? but he did not marry her, for Doctor Charles Jarvis of Boston was also f'ascinalcd by her c:harms and finally persuaded her lo become his wife. After her husband's death Mary parhawk Jarvis came back to Kittery Point and spent the remaincler of hc1· clays where she had spent a happy childhood. During Lhc Revolution, h •r brother William Pcpperrell, 2nd, fled Lo England wherl' he died, and th , l'ep!)l'IT(•ll:Sparhawk properly was confiscated by the government and sold at auction. 'l'he martsion of the first Sir William Pepperrell was purchased by Capt. Samuel Smallcorn, and so the Pepperrell name became extinct and we are left with just traditions and memories, among Lhem being the Lrndilion o( Mary Sparhawk Lhc loyalist lady. �15 III TORIC PORT l\lOUTH lly Dorothy J\l. Vaughan DOWNFALL OF T II E ltOYAL GOVERN lENT IN mr ll Ai\l P81lmE When lhc General ourl ronvencd in J\la,v, 17'7.J, the palriolic clerncnl immt•dialt•ly appointed a '0111111itlN• of Safelv. ;;i111ilar lo Lill' comrnillt•t•s in the r'1eig-hboring- colonit•;; . This clisplcaiwcl (;ovt•rnor .John Wt•nlworlh ;;o 1n111·h that 111• :td,io11r111•cl lhl' i\,;,-,•nthl~· and lal<'r cli;;solvl'll il. J\I r. JI unldng- Wt•nlwnrlh, t·hairman of Lht• m•w romrnillt•e and also um·ll• or lhc gov•nwr, prornplly asked lhe members of Lhe new com mill •c to meel al his hou;;e which slood oppo's ile Lhe Slalc !louse (.iw;L west of the North hurch-and is standing Loday marked with a bronze tablet). The commillt•e elected Lwo delegates to lhc Isl Provinrial ong-rcs~ lo be held al Exeter on July ::!lsl. The l'ro,·incial Congress chose John, ullh·an and alhaniel Folsom lo n•prcsenl ew Hampshire al the Con linen la I Congress and also voted "lo secure and perpeluale their Rights, Lib rlics and Privileg s, and lo rC'slon• that Peace, Harmony and mulual onlidcnce, which one' happily suhsi·s tcd hclwccn the Parent Counlrv and her colonies." This was cw Hampshire's declaration of independence, the first action taken by any of the colonies lo sel up a stale government. The 2nd Provincial ongress 01>ened at Exeter, January 25, 1775, a few weeks after the capture or the gunpowder al Fort William and Mary. John Langdon of Portsmouth and John ~ullivan of Durham, the Tingleaders in the gunpowder fracas were chosen to attend the 2nd Continental Congress al Philadelphia. In the meantim Governor Wenlworlh feeling that the odds wcr, against him tried to strengthen his position by granting three new Lowns, Plymouth, Lyme and Orford, in that way making room in Lhe General Court. for some new mt•mbct's who would nol be unfrit•ndh• toward him I The · General ou1·l met on lhe filh of J\lay, 1775, aflc1· s •veral delays, and i11:;lead of considering ll11• affairs or slalt• !ht• topit· of disn1ssio11 a111011g- lht• patriots was Ll1al of Lhc new n1t•111bPrs; one o( whom was Col. John l•'enlon, a personal friend of t.he governor. On t.he 13th a committee repo1'led Lo the governor that the General Court felt. that Lhe new members were not enlillcd to sit in the Assembly since there ·were many other older towns that were not yet entitled to representatives. That same day Colonel l~enlon wh•J had laken his scat. "by virlue of lhe King's or Governor's writ, but without the consent of the Assembly" called at the Governor's mansion (The Mark ·wentworth Home on Pleasant Street). It was soon discovered that the place was surrounded by a mob of angry patriots who had set up a field pie<'e and w re clem:rnding that. ,oloncl Fenlon appem·. The Governo1· spoke lo the people ( many of them his friends :md relatives) but it was to no avail, they wanted Fenton and when he didn't appear they fired a cannon ball right into lhe parlo1·, and to this day it can be seen quite plainly in the mantlcpiece. l•'enlon gave himself up an<l Lhe governor and his family fled to 1• ort William and l\lary and later went lo England. Y ars later John Wentworth was knighted an<l came back as governor of Nova Scotia. Fenten was taken to Exet.er and kept in jail for some monlhs "supported like a gentleman at the expense of the colony, ' and finally made his escape, too, and the Royal government of New Hampshire was at an end. �6 HISTORIC PORT f OUTII By Dorothy M. Vau g han .\PT,\ I l\IOFF.\T'S HOUSE O. apt. John loffat c~me t~ Porlsmoulh in comnu\llll ol one o[ lh • King's masl-ships (a ship whm;e cargo was pine masts cul from the ,•w l•:11g-la11d forl'\lls 1111d hhipped lo Eng-lam! Lo he m,cd in lhe Royal a vy). He was born in Herlforclshire, England, in 1G!l2 and scllled in Po1·lsmouth soon aftc1· his marriage, in 1723, lo l\liss Catherine uLL daughter of Robert Cull of Kittery, l\1ai11 . In 17G:l he became one or lhe mosl prosperous m rchanls of the Lown, evidence of his wealth was shown in the magnific •nt mansion-house he built that vi;ar fo 1· h is son, Sam uel, wj10 was soon to be married. This was th first three-story house to be built in this vicinity. It was copied after apt. l\1offat's father's home in Hertfordshire, the parlor mantel with il'l; delicate carving was brought from the old home in England, and it is said lo have been carv •d by Grinling Gibbons. Samuel Moffat maried in 17G-1, l\liss Sarah alhel'ine Mason, an hei1·ess lo the Mason estate. Her father was Col. ,T ohn Mason, fifth in des('e nt from .John Ma::;on, original grantl'e of t he royal provi nce ')( New lfatnJ)shit·e. Col. Mason commanded lhe marines at Senegal, Africa, wh n it was l'nplnrecl from the French in 1758, and his portion of the plunder was the magnificent baptismal font, which his daughters Anne and Sarah presented to Queen's Chapel. (The font may be seen today at St. John's Episcopal church.) Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Moffat lived in this house until 17 when ~r. Moffat failed in business and had ~ leavo the coun- l\l.\ RKET TREET try b cause of the v ry s t l'ict debt01· htwH then in vog-u • hnlh hl•n• and in l•:11g-land. J le went lo lhe \Vest fndi,•s and l' ngag-,,d in till' 1·1111',•1• tr.111,• al th,• llnll'h sl'lth•menl at Demarara. .-\fler his dcpartut·e his cslale was offered for sale and his fathe1· boughl the house and went there to live with his daughter 'atherinc, and amuel's family. Samuel l\foffat's wife and eld,,sl daughtc1· joined him in l 7G9, but his youngest daughter, Mary, was left with her grandfather becau se she was loo young to make l hc jo u rney. Calhe r in • Moffat married her co usin, 'apl. William Whipple, who b came General \ Vhipple, and was one of the signers of the Declarntion of Independence. The General and his wife mad lh •ir home h re with old a1>t. Moffat, who died in this house in 178G. The house then bec·ame the property of Rob •rt fo[fat, amucl's son, ancl after that it was the home of Dr. Nathani •I llaven who married Mary l\loff.1t (Robert's younger ister who had made her ho111u in Portsmouth with he r grandfather) . IL fina ll y de sce nded to their daughter Maria who was lhe wif of Al xander Laclcl, and that i.· how it ,·ante lo b • known as the l\loffat-1..add house. The fine old hot'se chestnut tree in the i.ide yard was set out by General Whipple, ,,-ho took great pride in the estate. That and th• old !ind n tree at the WcntworthGardnel' house arc about the old •st trees in the city. "OLDE STRA WBE RY Il AN l(E" A Ma i, of P orts mouth, N. H. A11 Old T own by th e Sea B11 Dorothy Vauol,an and If. G. lluNdlctt The v4irue todny is an olU pri a t above the fireplace or on the eM'lewall~. This ··QJdc Mn • t\e" mny be hnd in n twcnty•Cour by thirty•:i ix inch ~ii. color cfft!Cl wl\ile u limilc<l Nlilion is avnilnblc. Two t.lollau th~ copy uL lhc bclt~r :,hoLl~ or thri.>t h Tht.." Uuuco n Publi:,·hin~ Seventy-chrht. Conitrcss Slre,:t, Portsmouth, New Hump::shirc. anti two'om1m111, �21 III TORIC PORTSl\IOUTH By Dorothy M. Vaughan TllE l\lA.JOll WlLLIA l ARDNER no SE The \\' enlworlh - Gardner house Titcomb, so the blankets were forwhich was the hom<' of J\lajor Wil- warded to the army and 1\1.ajor Gardner fell i;ure Lhal the governliam Gardner is lol'aled on M •- ment would reimburse him when chanic , trccl. IL ,,·as built by il could; but lhe government was Iadalll i\lark Hunking W cntwo 1·lh loo impoverished after the strugaboul 17fi0 for her son Thomas who gle for American independence and re!--id<•d Lhl•r<' until l7GH. In 17:12 tlw h1111 s,• w:1:,; :,;old lo J\lajor c:ard- was 111•vl'r ahlC' Lo rl'pay him so this ht•11t•volt•11l patriot fuu11d himsl'lf 1w1·, an ,•1ni11t•nl palriol, who lu·ld in slraig-hl n cl circumstances at llw olli<·1• of Colllmis,-;ary during- Lil(' l h<' l'lns<• of lhe war. It,,, 111111 i1111. Jh-lll'r dav s w1•n• in slon• for \\'illialll (:artl111·r was l,or11 in J\lajor Ganlr;c•r for in 17tl!J he was l'orl ;;nHHtlh in liGI. lit• wa:,; t•d1\C'alt•d in llw mr1Ta11lil<' business, elecled Trca:rnrcr of lh Slate or cw Hamps hire, and a year later ns \\'l'l'l' all the likely y1nmg- llll'll of lltl' linH', in lhc 1·nu11lin~ roolllS upon the a1h·ice of lhe SC'nale (and or l'ol. .Joshua \\'cnlworlh, whos" hi s old friend John Langdon was lht•n prPi;idt•nl of lhal hody) lhe 1•tli1·,.., ,1·,•n• on l Ill' l'Ol'IH'I' of pl'l•:- idt•11l appoinl<'d him 'ommis\ 'aug-han and lla110,·1•r Slrl'l'ls. ~io ncr ol' Loans for Utt' UniLc•d L:1l<•1·. yo1111~ (:ard111•r ht'<':tl\ll' a clerk in the counli11g hou s<' of ,John Stales in lhe Stale of ew llampshire . The• last ofiice he held until Lan~<lnn. a Yery inllm·ntial palriol and prospt'rou: mcn·hant who be- his dealh in 1833. II ii- hou se wa s boughl and re l':tlll<' a good and kind friend lo stored some years ago by J\1r. \ValWilli am t:ardner. During lhe war uLling, and il is now owned Gardn cr was appointed Deputy lacc hy thr Iclropolitan Mu:-cum of Clnlhtt•r, lo pur!'hase dolhing for cw York, and is open Lo the publllll Continental Army. William Gardner was an •xc·elll•nt acrount- lic during the summe r months . anl. an<l performed hi:- many duties wilh Jll'omptness anti fidelil:,,. Thniughoul lhc war Ill' was mon• to than gt•n rous with his financial support; lhe slory is told of his b11yi11g the blnnkel-; for Wa s hing ton's army which is as follows: and Otll' da\' an ordPr rallle for a l:11·~•• q11a;ility of hla11kPI«. 1a,ior l:artlm•r t'uu11d lh:tl lht•n• w,•n• nom• ln be had in L'orL~nHwlh so ht• joUl'llP~•c•d O\'C'r Lo e\\·bt11·yporl You can save lheir cost in fue l "h1•n• IH• found a merl'ha11l IJ\· llw in one sc•ason. nanH' of TiLcoml> had c•nough Lo l'h one us for prices fill the bill; bul 'l'ilC"omb was a skl•plit·al man and wh1•11 hl• fot11Hl llwy ,1·1•r1• for tlw annv ht' lwsilalt•d :-;a~·in~ LhaL ht• 1·otild11'l lrusl Lil<' g-o,·ernmt•nl :iny lon~er. This altilud1• inl'l'IISe!I the J\lajor who \\':l~ :-;ut·h a :slat11tl'h nalriol hi111sclf, ;;o he offcred lo buy Lhem on "Everything Lo Build Anything" hi s 1wr:onal account ir' the man \\'as willing lo lrusL him. This Ports mouth, . II. was entirely salisfaclory Lo J\lr. 'Gime Order .... STORM SASH STORM DOORS .i1Iff>/kld P1~'W.IIHBER@ �THE BEACON 21 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH Ily Dorothy 1\1 . Va ug ha n STOO DLEY'S 'l'AVE HN On the nol'l.h side of Daniels Street, just east of Penhallow, stands a gambrclled roof house (now occupied by The Portsmouth Electric Shop) which was once the most fashionable tavern in town. The stages from Boston to Falmouth stopped here. and the passengers were made welcome by the host, Col. James Stoodley. The tavern was built somcl.ime aflcr 1761, when I.he old tavern was destroyed by fire. 'l'he new hotel became the 1·endezvous for the patriots during- the Revolution. It . was here that Col. Folsom and twenty-five Minute Men from !Bxel.er asf.cmblcd on I.he cold morning- of lleeember 1v, 1774. '!'hey had come down to Lake part in taking Lhc powder from the Kinl-{'s l•'ort at New Castlt•, hut the l'nrl.s111oul11 palriol:; Jcaring- tlial a delay would prnve Jatal to the cause had taken the munitions from the fort the nig-ht before. The upper story with its Lutheran windows was all one large arched hall used for Masonic purposes and for dancing assemblies. It is said that John Adams and his charming wife once attended a dancing party hei-e. These dancing assemblies were most formal; one was not admitted to the ball room unless properly attired. There is a story that once a very prominent officer was denied entrance because he was attired in pantaloons! The music was usually furnished hy Col. Michael Wenlworlh, second husbaml or Lady Martha Wentworlh, who played most excellently on the vio lin, and was ol"len m·<·mnpanied by a tambourine. The strains of his fiddle were heard many a time in the wee small hours of the dawn. Col. \Ventworth always wore a red coat, an emhroidered vest and slllall clothes and was quile the Beau Brnmmel of the town. Col. Stoodley's duug-htcr Elizabeth married the Hon. Elijah Hall, a wealthy merchant. and a naval hero. Elijah Hall was born in 1742 at Raynham, Mass, and came to Portsmouth as a young man to engage in ship building. Ile became a successful merchant here and shipped as a lieutenant on board Lhe ship Ranger, under Capt. John Paul Jones, when she sailed from Lhis port on her maiden voyag-e, November 1, 1777. Lt. Hall was with the Ranger during her engagement with the ship "Drake" off the coast of Englaud, and was given command of he1· a[Ler the encounter. Ile came back lo Portsmouth on the Rang-er, which was commanded L,y Thomas Simpso11 of Lhis Lown who had been I st lieutenant under Capt. Jones. apt. Simpson and LL. Ilall, were 011 tli(• lla11g-t•r wl1l'n she was Lal ('II hy Lhc British i11 the harhour of Charleston, S. C., on May 12, 1780. After the wa1· Elijah Hall 1·eturned to Portsmouth and engaged in Lhe mercantile business and amassed quite a fortune, making his home in ihe Stoodley Tavern, (opposite the Customs !lo use on Daniels Street), which his wife had inherited from her father, and he resided here until his death in 1830. He Jost ihree sons in the War of 1812, one of them being a, midshipman on the privateer, .. ,vasp." A tablet has been erected to his memory in St. John's Church which reads as follows: l II memory o( the llon. Elijah Hall who died ,Ja11. ~~. A. U. 18:IO aged 8,1 years. An office1· or the Rang·er under Capt. J. Pau l Jones; A merchant,; a Representative, Senalor ancl Councillor or Lhe Slale; ns navul ollicer, memuer of the church, anrl in his other relutions, hl' sustained the chaructc1· of 11 1'11t1·ioL and an uprignt man. �THE BEACON 21 HI TORIC PORTSMOUTH Ily Dorothy M. Vaughan THE FRIGATE RALEIGII If you have ever read the bronze tablet on the wC'st end of th<' PorlsmCJu th llistorical Society, you will realize that: On Ri11dg-P's Wh:u·f, Ports mouth l\l ay ~I, 177<i Six w,•c•ks hl'furc 'l'hl• Vc•l'laration of J 1ulc•pc•1Hl<'nce 'l'h1•n• wn,; lau11l'h<'d The• Co11tim•11lal Prig-ate Raleigh The J<'in,t Amcric:a11 l\1an-of-War Duill on lhc Piscataqua KC'cl laid l\Jarch 21, 1776. On ll1<' J :!th of December 1775, lhl' Conti1w11tal Cong-ress ordered 11w buildi11g- or thirll'c'11 i, hips of war; 011c• lo be built in <'nch of the thirteen colonies. The . II. ship was named the Ral igh, and was Oil<' of the first to reach. completion. John Langdon, then a meml>t•r· of ong-ress was appointed to sec to the building of the . H. ship. The keel of the Raleigh was laid at Rindge'i:- Wharf, (near the Consolidation Coal Co.) March 21, 1776, ancl in just sixty days the vc•ssc•I was lau11ched. She was a 32 gun frig-ate, and was eventually equipp ,tf with 12 pounders. J\lcss rs. Hackett, Hill and Paul wc•n• the• masll'r l>uilders and were u11cler the pe1·sona l direction of Mr. Thomas Thompson. Tlw onlinental Congress resolved on June 6, 1776, "That Thomas Thompson be appointed aptain of the frigate built in New Hampshire," so Mr. Thompson was one of the first commissioned naval ollicer .. apt. Thompson built in 1784 the fine old mansion on Pleasant Street, just south of the Governor Langdon house, and resided here until his death in 1809. In eighteen days after his appointment Capt. Thompson began enlisting hi crew, which was made up of sturdy senn1c11 of this locality; among the first was Thomas J\1an11ing, who became the master of the new ship Raleigh. It was almost impossible to obtain equipment and armament for this manof-war, so that it was not until August, 1777 that she was ready for the sea. She was then assig-ned to the import.ant task of going to France to procure munitions for the Patriot army. The second week of August she sailed from this port, accompanied by The Alfred. They took a number of prizes on the way over, one of them being the ancy, one of a British convoy bound for the West Indies. In February 1778 the two vessels set sail for America loaded with military stores. The Alfred fell in with some British warships and was captured, but the Raleigh continued with her precious cargo and an-iv d safely. The Raleigh was later commanded by Capt. John Barry, and while under his command she was captured by two British frigates, the Unicorn of 28 guns, and the Experiment of 50 guns. Capt. Barry ran her ashore on Wooden Ball Island, off the coast of Maine, and got his men ashore as best he could. The Briti sh commande1· floated her off at high tide and from then on she was a part of the British navy. �THE BEACON 21 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH By Dorothy 1\1. Vaughan l\lonsic ur .Jean .lo ·c ph illaric Tost:an, Co nsul from Frant:c One of lhll most d1arn1ing- houses in all New llamµshirn is the 'l'oscan bungalow at Greenland. It stands opposite the railroad stalion at an aristocratic distance back from the road w'hich was called the King's Highway in the olden days. This grand old place was built by the F1·cnch Consu l to New Hampshire, Monsieur Jean Joseph l\Iarie Toscan, about 1800 and was called a bungalow, no doubt the first of its kind in New Hampshire. Monsieur Toscan came to Portsmouth somelime before 1782 and boanled wilh Mrs. Purcell on 'late slreet, where the Chevalier John Paul Jones was a lso a boarder. rt has been said that the ailraciive naval hero sci the hearts or all the Portsmouth maids aflutter, but Monsieur Toscan was young and handsome, too, and he soon won the hand of one of the loveliest ladies of the town, l\liss Elizabeth Parrott. The mal'l'iagc of Monsieur Toscan and Miss L'arroU was no doubt one of the events of the time. Because of his fortunate marriage, and his consular office this gentleman was deslined to become one o( the dignitaries of New Hampshire. Ile was one of the party that met President Washington at the state line in 1789, and was mentioned in all accounts as "the Ilonourable Consul of France." He was also of the party that accompanied the President down the harbor on that famous fishing trip, which has been de cribed as follows: "On l\londay morning the PTesident of the United States (accompanied by President Sullivan, the lion. John Langdon, the MaTshal of this distl'ict, the Consul of France and his two secretaries) took an excursion dow11 the harbour. The bnrge which contained the President was rowed by seamen dressed in white frocks, having for its coxswain Capt. Hop- Icy Yeaio11 o[ this town . 'L'hc l>ar~c which contained the Consul of France and the President's secretaries was rowed by seamen dressed in round blue jackets, with hats decorated with blue ribbons and waveTs." And because he was one of the distinguished genLlemen 01 the town he was very likely one of the favoTed ones who dined at the Hon. John Langdon's on Pleasant street, when the Langdons entertained the PTesident and his party at dinner. Mr. Langdon was the first president of the U niied Slates Senate, and was the one who informed Washington or his election, and thercl'ol'C was one or the most intimate friends o( the Father of Our Country. Monsieur Toscan and his family resided in the bungalow al G recnland and it was lhere that he died in 1805 due to injuTies Teceived from a fall from a tree on the premises. The following not ice or his death appeared in lhc New Hampshire Gazelle, l\fay 21, 1805. "DIED. Al Greenland, John J. Toscan, Esq., former ly onsnl from France. IIis funeral will proceed from his late dwelling tomorrow at 4 o'clock P. M. where friends and relatives of the deceased are requested to attend." This funeTal was attended by all the civil and military officers of Portsmouth, nrnl all the French gentlemen anti dignitaries in this Province, who escorted their friend on his last joumey lo the family burying ground on the Toscan estate; and today if one is interested enough to wander out to that small burial plot, under the sighing pines, he may sec the last resting place of the French Consul which is marked by a small stone: JOUN .TOSF.l 'll MA RH. TOSCA N, son or Gcorg-e a11d HypoliLie Amai, born at Veniayon, l•'rance, 1752. Died May 18, 1805. �THE BEACON 21 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH Ily Dorothy l\l. Vaughan 1 ew Hampshire in Lhe Revolution It is inlercsling to nolc lhat Nc'w Tl:1111pshin' was ihr only col011v whil'h 11:is 11ol i11,·:11kd durini{ ihe Hevoluli(>n; and ycL this gal1:rnt lilllr l'olnn,· of ours did ils p:irt. nohly in lh:il grPal co11!1icL. A rt'C<'nl l'slin1al\' shows L11aL IG.710 or our men and hoys served <luring Lhc war which must have incluclcd all Lhose ol' mililary age in Lhe sLaLt'. At 011c Lime seven Leen r gimcnls represenled New Hampshire in Lhe fiehl; ahouL one hal( or I hr nll•n al Lhe nat Lil' or Bunker llill wpru New Tlampshit·c men srrving- under Slark. It is a well k11ow11 fact that John Simpson of Deerfield fired the firsL shot in ihat hislori · battle. The patriots who w •re huddled behind the breastworks on Breed's Hill had never been lrnined in the mililary arts, l,ut they wl't'e perfectly capable of handling ihc muskets thaL had lH•c•11 Lhr11st. int.o thPir willing hands. W orcl had been pas~ud along the line not to shoot unlil the word was given; but our friend Simpson, who had been feverishly peering over the parapet, fired when he saw Lhe British march onto l he field in their gorgeous red a11d gold uni[orn1s . Porlsmouth sent ouL three of lier sons who distinguished themselves in the Continental Army, William Vvhipplc, Pierce Long-, and John Langdon. William Whipple, one of the sig-ners of the Declaration, was commissioned Brigadier General in the New Hampshire militia and ommandccl his men, who were mostly Porlsmouth patriots, in the battles o( SLillwater and Saratoga. This brip:ade Look part in the Rhode Island Campaign which was staged by General Sullivan. Colonel Pierce Long's regiment was composed of local men anrl was stationed at the forls in the harbor, of which there were Lhrt'e: FL. Wnshi11g'l.on on l'ein·(• bda11d; 1"L. Sullivan 011 Scavcy's lsl:tnd, and li't. onstitution al New Casllu. This rrgime11L was ordered to rein force Lhe Continental troops al Ft. 'l'iconderoga, and finally joined all the other New Hampshire troops at Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga. Col. John Langdon, also a native of Portsmouth, commanded a group of merchants and ship-builders known as "Langdon's llldupendcnt Company" and they marched to Bennington to assist Stark and were present, too, at the battle of Saratoga, which has gone down in history as the turning point in the American Revolution. Some of the names O!l the roll of Langdon's Independent Company are very well known, and arc as follows: Lt. Nicholas Gilman; ,Ta111cs llill, c11sig·11; Mn.ior James Hackett; Capt. Samuel Gilman; Capt. Samuel Shackford; Capt. Peter Drown; Lt. Asa Folsom; Henry Sherburne, esq.; Samuel Storer, esq., and eighteen others. In 1778 Langdon summoned his company, equipped them as cavalry (al his own expense) a11d they rode to join Gen. Sullivan in Rhode Island and took an active part in the campaign. Upon the sea, as well as upon the land, New Hampshire took a prominent part in the drama we call the American Revolution. Portsmouth built and manned the Frigate Raleigh, the Man-of-war Rang-er, and ot~t-fitted over one hundred privateers-but the history of the privateers of Portsmouth is a long and thrilling tale, and deserves a place of its own in the annals of New Hampshire's part in the Revolution. �THE BEACON 21 HISTORIC PORTSMOU'l'H By Dorothy 1\1. Vaughan Tlm CAPTURE OF ms MAJESTY'S S1£IP PRINCE GEORr.B During lhe night o( October 2, 1775, Lhe Brilish supply ship, Prince George, t·o111111a11<led IJy Ca11l. Richan.I Emmes, came inlo the lower harbor. The vessel ha<l left Bristol, England, on July the llllh and was bound for Boslon wilh supplies fot· General Gage's army. Among other things stored in lhc hold were l ,8!J2 barr ls of flour, a priceless arlielc since there was not a single barrel to be had in the whole state of New Hampshire. As soon as the news of the arrival of this ship became known, Lt. Thomas Pickering and a picked crew were sent down to take possession of her. Capt. Emmes told Pickering lhat he had become confused and thinking that · he was nearing his destination got into our harbor by mislake. Pickering and his men took possession of the ship and brought it up to Portsmouth where lhey unbent the sails and began unloading the precious cargo. A committee composed of P . Long, S. Sherburne and G. Wentworth was appointed to sec that the ship and cargo were properly taken care of. Messages were sent at once to Washington who was organizing the Continental Army at Cambridge, telling him of the capture of the supply ship, and asking permission to keep about 600 barrels of the flour for use of the inhabitants of the town, and the soldiers at the forts, who were nee<ling it desperately. This was gTalify ing news lo the Comman<lerin-chief, who gave the local committee permission to keep what flour was necessary, and suggested that the remainder be sent by water to Salem, and from there sent over land to Cambridge. It was necessary to do this since the British were occupying Boston at the time. The New Hampshire Committee of Saft>I.V hail n lmn,1 in lhc affair, and George King, Esq., of Porls- moulh, was appoinled lo dispose o( lhe ship and cargo . Ile was also "ol'<il•l'ed Lo deliver Lo Sa111ucl C:11LL,; o[ lhc loca l Co111 111illL•e o[ ~afcLy 100 barl'els of !lour, al s uch Limes and in such qnanlities as he may need it to supply lhe soldi ers at the Balleries in lhc harbor." The Judge of the Court Marilime of New Hampshire selUetl lhc ca se, and lhe vesse l and nppu1·lenances v:tlucd at uOO pounds was laken over by the state of New Hampshire. The sundry stores, rigging, etc., were sold at public auclion N ovember 20, 1776, by Joshua Brackett, Judge of the Maritime Court, for the sum of $1,275.00 to the owners of the Privaleer McClary. The hull of the Prince George was later sunk in the "Crooked Lane" river to prevent lhe enemy sh ips from getting up to Porlsmouth. On an old map of Kittery "Crooked Lane River" is shown, and it would seem to be what we now call the Back Channel, that litlle arm of the Piscataqua which flows in back of the Navy Yard making it an island. Our poor frie11tl, Capt. Emmes was apparenlly kept a prisoner here in Portsmouth until December 7, 1775, when the Committee received a message from General Washington which read as follows: "Richai·d Emmes, a prisoner at Portsmouth, having expressed a strong wish to go to his family and friends in the West Indies, in a schooner which is about to go there, you will h pl c>asl' d to grnnt him a permil for lhal purpose, u11lcss lhere be any objeclio11s against it which I am not apprised of. I am, Gcnllemen, Your II'ble Scrv't G. WASHINGTON 'fhere seems to be no rec•,rcl showing that Capt. F.mmes wa3 allowed lo sail on thal schooner. hut it is more than prnba1.Jl0 lhat he was allow<'tl lo J!:O to his f'amily and J"ri1·111l s in Ll1e Wt•sL fo1lit!S. �TIIJi: DEACON 17 llIS'l'ORIC PORTSMOUTH lly Dorothy l\l. Va ugha n l\IYSTEIUO S AFFAIHS OF COL. GEORGE BOYD, ESQ. In the old days the property just west oi the K. of C. J tome was known as the Pock J aslun•. and was ow11cd by Olll' Mr. Myril'k, a11 E11glish111an who wai,; said lo be a man oi some wcallh. Mr. l\lyrick had every inlcnlion oi making a show place of his property for he laid out elaborate grounds which extended down to the shores oi the North l\Iill Pond, and even went so far as lo start lhe cellar of his house. About this Lime it became necessary for him lo make a trip to England, and being unable lo get 1rnssage on a vessel goi11g direct, he engaged one on a ship going to Jamaica and it was thought that he made the trip in that roundabout way; however, he was never seen or heard of again. It was never known whether he ever got lo E11glnnd or 1101; 1111!. ii was bt•licvcd that he had every inl<•nlio11 of returning to Portsmouth and continuing the work on his mansion, and it was the general opinion that he left most of his worldly wealth in the cellar of his house. A few years later, one Mr. George Boyd, a foreman in the ropeworks, suddenly came into some money; no one knew how or when. He retired from the ropeworks and purchased the Peter Livius estate (now known as the Boyd-Raynes) at the North Mill bridge. Mr. Boyd improved this property and it was considered one of the finest estates in the town, its garden extended south as iar as the present B. and M. Railroad Station. About this time there was a Mr. James McDonough residing in the town, who kept :111 English goods store on Markrl slrerl in the vicinity oi llow slrt•cl. 11 e was a prosperous men:hanl, highly respect.able, nll(l wns helrolhr<l lo the youngt•st da11ghlt'r nf J\lr . .James Sheaie also oi this town. 'l'he <lay of the wedding hnd been set for the firnl of .Tu11r, 17CiR, n11d the town:,- people were taking a great interest in the coming event. The day nrrivcd, UH' hour had struck; lhe 11·1•ddi11g guests had arrived, even lite n1inisler. Mr. Jacob Sheafe's mansion ( which was on Stale street on Lhe sile oi the Rockingham County Court House) was ablaze with lights; the table was agleam with choice plaLe and glassware ... everything was ready, but the bridegroom tarried. The minutes went by and the hours, and he still failed to appear. Mr. James McDonough was never seen again or heard of from that clay to this, and the lovely young bride apparently died of a broken heart for the following inscription is found on Jacob Sheafe's tomb in King's Chapel Burying ground in Boston: "Margaret Sheafe, daughter of Jacob Shc•afe of Portsmouth, N. II. Dietl Sept. 1, l 7G8, ag-e<l 23 years." Jt is aid that all Mr. McDonough's worldly goods, excepting the silver, which became the property of the Sheafe family, passed into the hands of Col. George Boyd, thus making him the richest man in Lown! His tax rates doubled from a', pounds sterling, to 67 pounds during the year. And that was another thing which puzzled the people of Portsmouth, but it was something which was never fully understood. Just previous to the Revolution l\1r. Boyd departed for England, probably because he didn't care to take sides in the conflict. He was away a n~mber of years but his family remained here during his absence. In August, 1787, he decided to return to his native city and embarked from London, bringing with him an elegant coach and an English coac-hman . . . not Lo mention a vf.ry c•laboral{' tontbslone for himself! :\io doubt he expected to live for many years and ride about in his (Conlimwd on Png-e :l ) fine London coach, but fate interfered and on October 6, 1787, just two days before putting into the I'ort of Portsmouth, Mr. George Boyd was stricken and died, and it is interesting to note that one of the finest tombstones in the North cemetery is that of Col. George Boyd, and it is marked with the following lines: "George Boyd, Esq., merchant of this town, who after an absence of many years embarked at London, for this, his native town, in August, 1787, but to lhe great grief of his wife and children, he departed this life on Gth of October, 1787, a. 54, two days before making this port." �THE BEACON 17 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH THE By Dorothy M. Vaughan HISTORICAL PORTSMOUTH Dr. Hall Jackson-Pioneer of Small Pox in New England (Continued from Page 17) Down on the N . E. corner of Court and Washington Streets stands an old looking, brown house which was once the home of D1·. Hall Jackson, one of the most skilful doctors and distinguished° surgeons in all New England. He was born in Hampton, Nov. 11, 1739, the son of Dr. Clement anrl Sarah (Leavitt) Jackson. The family moved to Port,smonth in 17,JO and the father pn1cticed his profession here for many years. Hall Jackson began his studies in medicine with his father, who taught him all that he could and then sent him to London to finish his course. In London he attended lectures at the g!'eat hospitals and studied with the gl'eat physicians of the day. Upon his return to Portsmouth Dr. Hall Jackson opened an apothecary shop and began practicing his profession, becoming so successful as a doctor that he gave up the shop in due time. During the Small Pox epidemic in Boston in the year 176 11, Dr. Hall Jackson was summoned to that city for consultation and remained there until the disease had been checked, meanwhile becoming an expert in inoculations and in caring for the dreaded disease. When he came back to Portsmouth he interested hi s friends Dr. Ammi Cutter and Dr. Joshua Brackett in establishing a hospital for treating Small Pox. This isolation hospital was at Shapley's Is- land, and it became the vogue for people to go to the island and have inoculations, and stay for several weeks during the summer months. Shapley's Island soon became quite a summer resort! Dr. Jack son was married in 1765 to Mrs. Molly Dalling-Wentwo1th, daughter of apl. Sam uel Dalli11g o[ this town, and they probably took up their r<'sid<•rn·t> at I.lint Lime at t.lH• hnnse 011 Cou rl Street corneL' o[ Washington. ln 1773 the doctor eonLracted the Small Pox, and although he was able to handle the case himself it left him in such a weakened condition that he never fully recovered from it. anrl Arcepted Masons of N. II. at the time o( his death, which o:curred Sept. 28, 1797, due Lo an accident in which he was thrown from his caniage causing sueh sPverc iniPrnal injuries that he never recovered. He is buried in the North cemete1·y, and his stone is engraved with the following- inscription which seems quite fitting for one• so w!"ll lll'lovl'd 11,; lh. lfnll Jackson. "To heal disease, Lo calm the widow's sigh, And wipe the tear from poverty's swollen eye; Was thine! but ah! that skill on others shown, When ihe Revolution broke ouL Dr. Jackson enlisted and was stationed al New Castle where he had command of a company of Field Artillery until November 5, 1775, when the Provincial Convention voted its thanks to him and commissioned him Chief Surgeon of the N. II. troops in the Continental Army . Dming the winter of 1175 he was with the army at \Vinter Hill where he cared for the American and British wounded. In 1.776 Col. Pierse Long's regiment, o-f which Dr. Jackson was surgeon, was ordered to Ticonderoga io reinforce Llw Anwrican t r oops there. Dr. Jackson was a member or the Mass. Medical Society, and in 1793 Harvard conferred the degree of Doctor o:f Medicine upon him. He was the Grand Master o:f the Free (Continued on Page 39) Tho' life to them, could not preserve thy own, Yet still thou liv'st in grate.Cul breast, And works like thine enthrone thee with the blest." �----------------------------------- -------------------------- -,-....... THE 17 BEACON HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH By Dorothy l\l. Vaughan THE JUNG' ATTOR EY, J\lR. WYSEl\lA About 17fi8 there arrived in town a gentleman whose oflicial tillt> wa'- 'l'hl' King's /\tlornry. Ile was tlOlll' olht•r lhan l\lr. \Vy seman 'lag-gl'll, son of Wysl'llHlll 'lagg-ell, Sr., a weallhy English barJ'islcr of Brislul, England. Ho was born in Bristol in 1721 and spenl his boyhood on his father's country l'Statl', called nroad Oaks. II<' wa~ g-ivr•n a v1•ry lint• t•th11·ation and took up the study of law which was his father's wish. At llw agt• of 27 he wcnl lo tht> l sland of Antigua in lhe West l ndil'S where h, began practicing law and where he became a great favorite with lhe inhabitants. In a few vC'ars he was made Secretary o( th'e I sland of Anligua, an ollict· he held for C'ighl or nin <' yl'ars. During- his stay on liH' island ht• bl'camC' acquainted with a very rich man by the name o( John ,v C'C'ks, who ·camp lo dl'pend upon Wyseman lag-gl'll as he woultl upon a son and in his will he rem<'mb:-1·ed the younger man with a handso111<' annuitv of r,o 1111111ul s sl<•rling- pt•r ~•t•ar ·as long m, IH' lived. l\l r. ,lag-g-ctl's arrival in town eaust•d a great lo-do amo11g- th e mothC'rs of marriageable daughter . On of the most charming ladi es of th<' Lown was Miss LC'tlice l\l itchl'II, daughter of Dr. Milchell, who resided on South street. Miss Mitchell's mother was of tht• opinion lhal Mr. 'laggetl would be a fine husband for her daughter. but Miss Lettice had ideas of her own . . . besides she was already betrothed to Mr. Nathaniel Warner, a brother of the lion. Jonathan. Mr. Warner's father had built a fine house for a wedding present fo1· the young couple (the Buckminster house on lhc corner of Bridge and I slington streets ) and il was expected CLAGGETT that the wedding was to take place as soon as Mr. Warner relunied from England, where he had gone on a trip for his heal~h. As il happened Mr. Nathaniel ,varner was gone a long lime, and Mr. Claggett and l\irs. Mitchell were anxious for Mi s Lettice to become l\Irs. Wyseman Claggett and lhe result was that the young lady soon found hcn,<'lf married lo thl'. J(ing 's Attorney. The Claggell!; first lived in the Harl house ( which is still standing on lhe S. W. corner of Daniel street at the corner of PenhalJow), but later went lo live in the house which stood just east of tlw Culler house on Congress strP<'l (which was torn down to make room for the Montgomery Ward slort>). ,I uslice 'lag-gclt was a very stern appearing man, but had the reputation of being quite witty. One day a friend congratulated him upon his marriage "I hear you have married a fortune," said the friend. " ot a fortune" answer<'d Mr. Claggell, "liul a fortune's daughter .. misfortune." .1 ustice Jaggrll was a tall man, with a stern countenance, piercing black eyes, and was given to great profanity, which made his appearance terrible to evil-doers. He had a court-room fitted up in his house where he tried all offenses committed against thr crown, anrl he oflcn wenl oul o( his way to find cases and try them, with the result that the word "Claggetted" came into use, which meant 'lo be prosecuted. In 1781 Justice Claggett was made Solicitor General of the state, and about that time moved to Litchfield, N. II., where he had purchased a large country estate. Those who kn ew Wyseman Claggett found him to be nw~t gen rous and kind hearted, in spite of his forbidding appear,-~~~P'~T"''!'!"'"":"~r'!'!l"'!':'~,..~~.,...,~~~ance in the court-room. His married life was most unhappy for Mrs. Claggett could never forget the man she had loved as a girl. Mr. Clag-gt•tt died in Litchfield in 178•1, and Lill his dying- dny wore his whilt• wig, and his three corncn•d hal trimmed wilh gold lace, never forgetting thal he had once been Lhe King's most faithful attorney. �HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH Ily Dorothy 1\1. Vaughan GOVER OR JOH LA GDO 'S One of the later and perhaps best of the eighteenth c nlury house:; standing today, and in •xcellcnt slate of preservatio11, is the Gov. John Langdon hou eon Pleasant streel. Set back at an aristocratic distance from the busy street and flanked on either side by bric-le guard houses, it is a very real picture of the days before yesterday. This house was built in 1784 by Capt. John Langdon who was probably the richest m rchant in Portsmouth at that time. In her memoirs of her father, Mrs. Eliza Buckminsler Lee s1waks of this house, which was built during her childhood, as resembling "a palace in El Dorado, overlaid with precious metal," and she pictures for us the lovely lady of the house (Mrs. Langdon) who tripped gracefully down the walk to h r chariot whi h waited for her driven by liveried servants. Many celebr ities have been entertained in this historic mansion, among them being the Marquis de Chastelleux. who was very much impressed with the house and its people. From his diary we Quote, "After dinner we went to drink t. a with Mr. Langdon. He is a handsome man of noble courage; he has been a member of Congress and is now one of the first people of the country; his house is elegant and well furnished. Mrs. Langdon, his wife, is young, fair and tolerably handsome." President Washington took tea here several t.imcs and on one occasion 1 SlO was guest of honor at a dinner given by l\fr. and l\lr.. Lnnitdon for their friends who wished lo greet the President. His opinion, too, is worthy of mention and the following lines arc from his diary dated November 3, 178!): "There are some good houses ( among wliith Col. Langdon's may be considered the first) ." Louis Philippe, afterwards King of France, also enjoyed the hospitality of the Langdons, and many years after, when an American woman was presented to him at court. he asked if the pleasant home of Gov. Langdon was still standi ng. .T olm Langel on was the son of John and Mary (Hall) Lan,gdon. He was a descendant of Capt. Tobias Langdon, and Gov. Dudley of Massachusetts was an ancestor on his mother's side. He was educated in the mercantil business and became a prosperous merchant. When the Revolution broke out he lost no t.ime in taking sides with the popular party, the Sons of Liberty, and he and Thomas Pickering were the leaders of the party that sacked Fort William and Mary on the night of December 14, 1774, and these two also accompanied John Sullivan when he made the second attack on the fort the following night. John Langdon was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1775, but missed the privilege of signing the Declaration because he had returned to Portsmouth to sup ervise the building of the frigate Raleigh·. Ue acted as (Continued on Page 2!)) agent. for the building of the Ranger, who e master builder was Capt. Tobia Lear. In 177(; Capt. Langdon contributed a ll his re11dy money, his family plale, and 70 hog-s}l('ads of 'T'ohaito Rum lo finante Stark's 1·11mpaign ag-ainst Burg-oyu •. l\l 1·. Lang-don wa:,; :;1•veral tilllC!> P1·1•sidl•nt of lhl• stall', ancl liv,• tinH•s g-uv<•rnor, l11·sid,•s having- ll11• g-rL·al honor or bl'ingthe lin;t Pl'l•sidcnt of the . S. Sc•nate, and in that eapa('it,y was the one who oflkially not iliecl Washington of his election as first l'n•sirlent of these lJnit •d !'Hates. ,John Langdon was otH' of 0111· grC'alPst patriots, and on1• or his ·ont,•niporaries ha· said or him ''Lung-don, leader of the Democrats. was perhaps the most perfect gl•nlleman in the state, digni/1ccl, yet tasv of deportment . . . with a native gTace which won the good will and respect of all who opposed him." -~~!•i(:i; �THE BEACON 17 HI TORIC PORT MOUTH By Do roth y l\l. Vau gha n LE CII EVAL!Ell J O H l' A L J O ES 011e of the most picluresqu • from foreign governments. The fig-un•s i11 the history of Port.;J\larine ommittee made him commouth was that gentleman who mander of the new seventy-fourbecame a g-reat naval hero, who gun ship America which was being wa!; awarded the Order of J\lilitary built here in Portsmouth. The J\lerit by Louis XVI, appointed Portsmouth Gazette announced Rear Admiral of lhe Ru!<s ian avy, that "Last Friday a!Lernoon arand made a knig-ht of Sainte Anne rived in this town, Le hevalier by lhl• f,;mpn•ss Calhl'I i1w. II<' John Paul Jones, from Philadelwas that 111:111 or dcsli11y, ,foh11 1':1111 phia" which noUficd all Lhc lowns,Jo11l's. Il l• t·ann• h<'l'l' liri-\l, in lllay, people that their old fri •ml had 1777, to co111111a1ul the Fn•nl·h ship t·o111e back lo them. L'A111philril1• . l it- fn1111d upon his ll was qu ile a 1.J low ln the liUle a rriva l at Lhis po r l that thl• l\larine co111111ander l,o find lhai his ship Commiilel• (our early Navy Dewas still on the stocks and ihere parl111e11i) had nel{lecled lo inform was months of work yet, Lo be done the French l 0111n1andl'I' that his on her. The keel had been laid in ship had bec11 charlerl'd, or Urni he J\lay 1777, on the same day the was Lo be r<'placl'd l.Jy ,Jones; the Ranger had been launched, and on n•sull lll'ing- lhal, ,lunPs rl'lired lo lhe very same 1.Jlocks. Money for lloi-\[011 lo a wail furl h1·r urdt•rs 1-\IIPJllies and wages was adly from lhe CommiLlee. 011 ,June H, lacking-, but Jones was authorized 1777 'ong-re:~ resolved "that the by ol. John Langdon, the Naval m•w flag should have thirteen alter- Agent, to continue work in the nale red a11d while slripes and t,hirname of Congress, giving his perLeen stars 011 a blue field, and sec- sonal security for it. British ships ondly that John Paul Jones _hould o/T the coast made several attempts romni:ind lhe Hang-er." apl. Jone: lo sel fire to, and in other ways made his home wilh th, widow destroy the America, so that, it was Purcell, who kept a fashionable nece sary to place a night guard 1.Joardinl!: hous<' on lhe corner of on the great ship. Jones was Stale a nd J\I idd le SLreeis. ( Ports- o(te n seen taking h is turn al, guard mouth llistorical Sot'ieiy.) He duty and it was generally known made many friends here and was that he paid t he guardsmen out o[ a ra,niliar fig-u re ;;een upon om· his own pocl et. He had two old street;; elt'g-anlly l'lad in a :;<•arlet six-pounders mounted at th lower waislcoai and knee breeches, someencl of the lsland (Badger's, lh n Un,es carrying a red umbrella! called Langdon's) for he meant to .Jont'i-\ " ·as a small man, having take every precaution to keep the l't'l{lllar ft>alun•:; and :;parkling- d:1rk Briti!,h from har111i11g lh' ship . eyl'H; iL has hl•cn said lhal llii-\ li er ligurc head was of his own tkwor!<L faull was his \'anily . The sign, and represented lhe goddess lla11ger sailed for Franc in o- of Liberty crowned with laurel s, vembl'r 1777, carrying- the new having a blue buckler wilh thirA111erican flag with her, and it was Leen silver stars on her lefi arm. this l'orismoulh-made flag that, re·when the America was 11early ccived the first ofTicia l 1·ecog11it,ion, finished, •i n September 1782, onby a foreign power, when the gress resolved to give this ship l,o Rang r reached the coast of France to replace the Mag11 ifique, France. which had been struck by lightning Jn lWl Le Chevalier John Paul in Boston Harbor. The little cap.Tom•s arrived i11 America crowned lai11 wa very much hurt hy this wilh lite laurel· o( many naval vie- de ·ision of Cong-res Jo1· he had tories and covered with decoraiions hoped for great things when the America was f111ished. However he stayed on lo see her launche<l and handed her over to Le 'hcvalier dr J\l arlig-ne, after which he bade adieu to his many fril•111ls in Porlsmouth and departed for l'hiladelphia never to relurn lo this port a~ain. 0 �THE llEACON 21 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH By Dorothy M . Vaughan WHEN TIIE FHE1 Cll FLEET CAME TO POW!' '~IOUTII Mar(Juis Lat'ayelle anti the 1nrDuring the summer of 1782 the Frenl'h l•'leeL arrived in Hn:;Lon; iL quis de Chaslclleux. Lafayt•Lle ('Omposed three ships o[ eighty slopped al l\la;;Lcr Slavt'r's 11111 al guns, eight ships o[ sevenly-fonr the sig-11 of \Villia111 l'itl, w11ile gnm;, om: :-hip ol' !'orly g1111:,;, two C:l111stt•ll1•11x 111ad1· !,is h1·:idq11a1'11•r:,; t·aL'l'ying- thi1'Ly-Lwo guns und 011c uL 'ol. Ht·cwsler's 'l'uvcrn. Col. cuLLe1· besides Lh1·ee recently taken John Langdon gave a dinner in prizes. It was thought that 10,- honor of lhe Marquis de 'hastell000 Frenchmen a bil too many for eux at which were present ll1e folBoston, so five of the vessels ca1·- lowing genilemen: M. de Bire, 111. rying 2,000 men were dispatched de Mortegues, M. de Siber, M. de to I ortsmouth. In the early fall Jlizeures and Count Vaudreuil, these ships dro11pcd anchor in our commanding otlil'ers of Lhe French harbor and were here Cor about vessels. These genllemen were althree months, commanded by Count ·o entertained by Col. Wentworth, Louis Philippe de Rigaud Vaud- anti drank lea wilh Madame Whip reuil. This nobleman had been ple, widow of Col. Jose ph Whipple, present at the surrender of YorkLhe late Collector of Customs for town in command of a division of the port of Portsmouth. On the omte de Grasse's Fleet. In after last evening of Chastellcux's visit years he was one of the faithful Count Vaudreuil gave a little dinsubjects who protected the royal ner for him at his lodgings, so that family against Lhe mob at the Verthe l\far(Juis went away carrying i;ailles Palal'e during Lhe 1ii1.d1L or with him most plca:-a11L mcmuries October 6-G, 178!). or the hospitality of Portsmouth. It was customary in the old days The1·e is another incident conas it is today for the townspeople nected with the visit of the Prench to entertain the officers and men Fleet which has been handed down of the visiting ships. About the to us shrouded in the deepest mysmiddle of October a banquet was tery, and that is the affair of the given at the Assembly House bv duel fought by the French ofnrcrs ord •r of the C:enernl Court f'or the i11 the South l't'mclery. JL happened ount Vaudreuil, al which the that one day one of the townsp •ople President of the state presided. was passing the burying ground About a week later a ball was giv- when he noticed that a h:1rge conen for the members of the Fleet taining severnl men in white uni which was a brilliant affair. The forms l\boul lo land in the c·emeGazette mentioned that "a cold tery; being· a bit curious he stood collation was provided, which was by to see what it was all aboul. Ile neat and elegant (although not was asked Lo join them a,1d soon coslly) plenty was marked with discovered llial he was Lo witness propriety and economy, ihe band a duel. It was o[ short duration of music b •longing to the troops and one of the genllemen was fatally wounded and carried away gave a most pleasing cast to the by his fellowmen in the barge. Our whole entertainment." This was probably the best Lhe town could friend who had been a witness was afford for the Revolution was given a gold piece and went his scarcely over and Portsmouth was way never knowing what it was all about, nor shall we cv r be any not the wealthy town it had been the wiser. The whole story is neara decade before. While lhe Fleet ly forgollen and only a few ev r lay in our harbor a number of disthink as they pass the South cemetinguished Frenchmen came here tery that it was the scene of' a to visit their fl'iencls and fellow cine! while the Vrrnl'h Fled la.v in ofliten; among- them being the our hal'bor in 1782. �HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH lly Dorothy M. Vaughan 1N THE DAYS OF THE PRIVATEERS Privateering during the Revolu- three were the most successful of all tion was one of the great sports as New Hampshire privateers, while well as a most lucrative means of the Hampden was the ill-fated ship livelihood. ll was one o( the greal- lhat was captured IJy the English cst gambles ever, fortunes wcl'C <luring the Penobscot Expedition. made and lost by investments in The advertisements which apthese privately owned vessels of peared in the New Hampshire Gawar. These privateers preyed up- zette for gentlemen seamen and on the enemy and often intercepted marines were most amusing and British transports loaded with food in a few words convey a good deal stuffs and munitions enroute to the of local color. One of these was as British army at Boston. The prizes follows:' "BRIGANTINE SWEEPas they were called were sold by STAKES. In 10 days will sail on the judge of the Maritime Court a six weeks' cruize . . . any seamen a11d the pl'occed!'l went to the own- and marines inclined to enter on ers of lhe pl'ivaleel', Ol' in case lhe ' Board said brig, by applying at the stale owned shares in the ship, two- Rendez-vous on Spring Hill, will thirds went to the colony and the find Encouragement equal to their other third to the remaining shal'e- wishes from Timothy Mountford, holders. It has been estimated Commander." It is amazing to note that American privateers took six that Washington's army at its best hundred pl'izes valued at eighteen numbered no more than eleven thousand, wl1ile the Revolutionary million dollnrn during the war. In Mal'ch, 177G, Congress issued Let- privateers were manned IJy eighty ters of Marque, authorizing all thousand men and boys. It was no public and private cruisers to take wonder that recruits for the navy any armed or unarmed vessels fly- were scarce for the government ing the British colors. Three was poor and could pay only eight months later New Hampshire dollars a month and one could avpassed an .act "to encourage Lhc erage from ihirly to sixty dollars fixing out of armed vessels to de- on a privateer. The stol'y of Amfend the coast of America, and to erican privateers is a fascinating cruize on the enemies of the United one, filled with pages of great darColonies, also to erect a court to ing and hazardous escape. The 7!J2 try and condemn all ships and oth- privately armed men of war used er vessels." A Maritime Court in the Revolution, manned by 80,consisting of one judge, who was 000 men, carrying 13,000 guns capnone other than Col. Langdon, was tured ships and cargoes valued at established at Portsmouth io try $18,000,000. The American loss by all cases of capture. New Hamp- wreck or capture was twenty-four shire furnished over one hundred vessels, while the English Jost one privateers at this time, among hundred and twenty-two. It cannot them being: The Enterprise, Capt. be doubted that it was these hardy Daniel Jackson; The Bellona, Capt. New England privateel'smen who T. Manning; The Sweepstakes, finally broke the back of England's Cnpt. Timothy Mo1111Lford; Tho naval power, a1ul if. they hacl been llnmpclen, Capt,. 'l'honws Picker- assembled under one head instead ing; The General Sullivan, Capt. of working alone they might have Dailing; The Genel'al Millin, Capt. ·wiped the English olT the seven Daniel McNeil and the McClary, seas and given America the nn-,ch Capt. Robert Parker. The last des ired title of Mistress of the Sea~. �THE BEACON 23 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH By Dorothy M. Vaughan EARLY rm TING IN POR.TSMOUTII On October 7th, 1756, the first newspaper ever printed in the Province of New Hampshire was placed in the hands of the people (a copy of this early paper may be seen at the Athenaeum). IL was called "The New Hampshire Gazelle and Historical Chronicle" and bore the royal arms, while its motto was "My country's good shall be my gain." The editor was one Daniel Fowle who came here from Boston where he had been engaged in printing and where he had recently served a jail sentence having been suspected of publishing a pamphlet criticising the laws and lawmakers of Massachusetts. He was at first assisted by Mr. Samuel Hall of Boston, afterwards a printer and book seller in that town; by his nephew, Robert Fowle, who in late1· years established his own printing office in Exeter; by Mr. Benjamin Dearborn and Mr. John Melcher both of this town; while these men all helped to edit and publish the paper Mr. Fowle continued to be the proprietor of the establishment until his death in 1787. His most able assistant throughout the years was his colored man P1·imus, familiarly known as "Prime," a full blooded African, very illiterate but a reliable and expert pressman. Mr. Brewster in his Rambles speaks of visiting Mr. Fowle's office, which was on the corner of Pleasant and Howard Streets, and seeing the odd shnp d press which turned out from 50-100 papers pct· hour. He recollects, too, that Mr. Fowle himself supervised the printing while 1 Prime, his shining black face wreathed in smiles, inked the type with two sheep-skin balls. Mr. Fowle was a highly respectable gcnllcmun, benevolent and com·teous, confining himself to his own private walk in life and never entering ·into politics. Governor Benning Wentworth had great ' respect for him and appointed him Justice of the Peace. The issue of the Gazette for June 16, 1787, appeared with a black border and paid a glowing tribute to its late editor who was "a wa1·m advocate for the liberties of the press and the rights of mankind . . . . in him society feels the loss of a useful member, his acquaintances a steady friend .... As in life he was greatly respected, so in death he is greatly lamented. 'An honest n'lan is the noblest work of God.' " There were various other newspapers published in Portsmouth after l\fr. Fowle's press became active and some of them are as follows: U. S. Oracle of the Duy, 1793; Republican Ledger, 17!)9; Portsmouth Mercury and Weekly Advertiser, 1765; New Hampshire Mercury, 1780; New Hampshire Spy, 1798 and Federal Observer, 1798. All of these papet·s had their day, some of them of short duration, but the New Hampshire Gazette, the first paper in New Hampshire is being published today. �'I' I l I•: ll E A CO N 21 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH By Doroth y M. Vaug han WlLE THE BAHO, 011 u cold fro:csly morning-, Decc•nihc•r J, 1777, Lu he l'Xal'l, the J•'rrm·h bark l•rank aniv(•tl in l 1 url,;n10ulh, after a slunny pussagr of lifly-five days (rnm J\tarseilk•,;. During Lhe voyage Lhc•re had bee n several fir es in the forcca,;ll • in which was ,;lo r cd 1,700 po und s of po\\'d c r, and lhc crew h ad mu t ini ed niore lhan one . 1\board Lhis gun-boal was a l'russi:in 11oble111an and his sc•nelary, 1111111• ut.ht•r lh:in 1:aron l•'rl•dt>1·irk William ,\u guslu,; lh·nt·y Ferdinand von Steuben, who was on his way lo join Lhe 'onli11e11lal Army al ·va11;,y Forge. The baron was bol'll in Prussia in 17:lll, his father lu•ing a l'aplain in UH• l'ru si;ian ar 111 v. 1\ s a c hild l•'redt•rick Lrave ll cli cxlc nsivc ly with hi s Callier, and w:is wiLh hin1 for su im• linH• in Lhe Cri111ca . Hi s education was received at lh e co ll ege o[ Ncisse, a J es uit school. ll c served wiLh hi -; falh r al the scigc of Prngur> at the age of fourteen. In later years h<' beea111e Aide-de-camp, lo the King- of Prussia and Grand l\larshal of' I he Court of P l'i11cr ll ohc•nzolk•rn- Jl cchingen. !•'or all Lheso scn·ices he received large sums of money a nd was able Lo n•lirc lo hi s country eslale where h was livi ng peacefully when his friend, ount SL. Grrmain, th e French l\li11i s ltir o[ vVar, inLer cs Lctl him in I Ill' A 111c•rica11 caus<'. ' l'hl• l•'n•n<'h Mi ni sLl•i· rrali ze1l 11011· poorly org-anizl·cl and i111povl'rislwd t lw st rugg-ling- A llll'ril-a n anuv was and [t•IL lhal thl• baron's serv.ices were needed. The baron be<'amc acquainted with the Am<•rican envoys in Paris, Dr. Franklin and Silas Dea n e, but they were in no position to offer him any larg-P sums for scrv ic·<'s rrnd e recl ,\l\lE TO PORTSJ\IO TH so he retur n ed lo Germany. In a short li111e, however, 'ount Germain se n t h im dh;palche:-; offering him suilal.,lc n•m1111eraLion for bis services and telling him of the French gun-boat, which was sailing sho rtly for America. The baron set out at once, firs t sec uring the se rvices of an inlerp1·eter for he had not yet co nquered Urn English lang uage. His secretary was one l\l. Paul Duponsca u, aflcrwards a famous Am erican philologist and l:iwyer. One da y during- lhe trip l\l. Duponseau Jaitl a wage r with the baron that he would dare to kiss the first American girl that he met when he got, ashore. Tradition tells us that, the uct was actua lly made and whaL's more won l.,y lhe gay young Frenchman. There was an nlhu siastic represen tation of town speop le out to we lcome Lhe baron wh e n Lh o Bark !•'rank mi chored j II l'orls mouth. Th ey had heard of hi s military experiences and were wild with excitem ent to ha ve Lhc h ero of many wars embark at their very door. There must have been added excitement when the debonair M. Dupons<'all stepped up lo the first fair maidell he meL, whose name has not come clown to us, and asked h er if he might kiss her! The young maiden being very patriotic and 1·omanLic as were a ll of our Revolutionary great-grandmothers, g ranted lhe favor and M . Duponseau collected ,hi s wager .fro111 the baron . "1<'01· a few days LIH•y stayed in PorLi:; 1111H1th, jus t whl'rn or Cor how lollg-, we do not know, and Lhl'11 I hl' baron and his secretary departed for Valley Forge where the baron became a g r eat favorite with hi s adopted co untrym e n and ha s come down in history as one ·of America's Revolu Lionary heroes. �THE BEACON 21 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH By Dorothy M. Vaughan THEA;RICAL ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE EARLY DAYS . In the late spring of 1762 some actors from New York came to this town and interested some of the more prosperous merchants and inn-keepers in having a play-house here. On the third of June these interested parties petitioned Governor Benning Wentworth for a theater. The petition read as f!)llows: "Your petitioners being informed that said actors act no obscene or immoral play, bul such as tend to the improvement of the mind, pray your Excellency not to discou1·age, but rather forward ~he same." There were forty-five signatures attached, among the11: being: Nathaniel Warner, Pie1·ce Long, Monsieur Beinburg, Josl1ua Brackett, George Meserve, Theodore Atkinson, Jr., Joshua Wentworth, John Stavers and iDr: Hall 'Jackson. But. there was immediate opposition to this idea of a play-house put up by the more serious minded citizens of the town, who realized that the townspeople were already overburdened with taxes. (This was just before the Revolution, mind you, and England was taxing her colonies to the utmost.) The result was that Governor Wentworth was presented with a sec6nd petition which read, "It would bring on many burdens and difficulties in addition to those we have so lately suffered for want of the necessities of life, and carry off the little remaining silver and gold there is in town . . . when people make such difficulti~s in paying the common and ordmary taxes and charges of government." This was signed by five selectmen, namely John Langdon, A. Clarkson, John Dennett, William Knight, Samuel Penhallow and one hundred and seventy townspeople. It is needless to say that the matter of a theater was laid on the table at that time. However it was not many years after that the theater came to Portsmouth and it has been here ever since. The' Gazette for November 6, 1772 made the following announcement. THIS EVENING AT THE ACADEMY ROOM IN PITT STREET (Court street) PORTSMOUTH. The entertainment will be as fol-. lows; 1. A prologue. 2. 'l'hc Politicians, or What next? 3. Comic dance called Irish Lilt 4. Pantomimical entertainment in Grotesque Characters called The Escape of Harloquin Turned Doctor. The doors to be opened at 5 o'clock to begin punctually at 6. Tickets 2 and 3 Pistareens each to be had at the Printing Office,, Mr. Morgan and other usual places. N. B. No other exhibitions till Wednesday night." By the year 1819 we had real drama here, in five acts to be exact. The Gazette advertised Diamond's celebrated play in 5 acts called "The Foundling of the Forest." -Between the acts there were to ,be songs, "duetts" and the play was to be followed by the much aclmired musical farce in two acts "Of Age Tomorrow." These were only two of the many programs pi·esented in Portsmouth many years ago. �THE BEACON 21 HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH By Dorothy M. Vaughan THE McCLINTOCKS: A FAMILY OF PATRIOTS In the early 1700's a band of sailed out of Portsmouth on the Scotch-Irish came to Boston te Privateer General Sullivan, one of settle. Among them was one Wil- the largest privately armed vesliam McClintock, a poor but re- sels, commanded by Capt. Manspectabl Scotch farmer, who set- ning. Nathaniel McClintock held a tled on the Mystic River, removing commission of Capt. of the Marines after a time to Lon<lon<lerry, N. H., on board the General Sullivan and where he died leaving two sons an<l saw active service. He was killed a daughter. llis son Samuel was in action on board the ship of war educated at Princeton for the Raleigh. The fourth son, John, began his ministry and received a call to preach before lhe Congregational seafaring life at sixteen. He was Society in Greenland. Ile was so on four privateers, among them bewell liked lhut he wa~ offered a ing lhe 20 gun "Alexander," letsalary of $300 a year and 11 ~,nail ter of n:iarque, commanded' 1,y but fertile farm lo live upon. The Capt. Thomas Simpson, who later Rev. l\IcClintock soon married commanded the Ranger. The AlexMiss Mary l\lontgomery of Ports- ander sailed from Portsmouth with mouth who was also of Scotch a crew of local men and boys and descent, and they were the parents took many prizes. While aboard of fifteen children. At the out- this vessel John McClintock was break of the Revolution Rev. Sam- advanced to Prize master and conuel l\lcClintock offered his services ducted a prize to the West Indies. and was made chaplain of the New He became Mate, Prize master and Hampshire forces; he was present lieutenant before the age o.f twenat Bunker Hill and is shown in ty, and continued to follow the sea Trunbull's famous painting of the after the war had drawn to a close. He became a successful merchant Death of General Warren. Four of his sons took an active part in and trader and lived on State Street in the hou e at the corner the war, Capt. John being the only ea! one of the four who survived the of Fleet Street, called the Block. During Harrison's, Tyler's, conflict. William enlisted in the Continental army and was with the Taylor's, Fillmore's, and Pierce's N. ll. troops who were wilh Wash- administrations he held the honington at the Battle of Trenton, orable office of Naval Agent for and was kill d during this engage- the Port of Portsmouth. Ile died ment; Samuel was a midshipman at the advanced age of 95, on on bonrd the Frigate Rolla; after• November 13, 1855, and was wanls was made a lieutenant on a buried from the Stone Church privateer which was lost at sea; which was filled to the doors with and Nathaniel, a third son was also his many friends who came to pay present at the Battle of Trenton, and for his services w,as made a ' their last respects to a grand old Brigade Major. He afterwards man! �Under the_ direction of Rev. James H. Brennan, per~anent rector, plans have been completed for the new Church of the Immaculate Conception. The present church, erected In 1872, is being torn down and wlll be· replaced by a new building located torty feet rurther back from the street. Construction wlll be started as soon as the existing church as been removed. Matthew Sullivan of Boston is arch11cct for the work. · The new church will be Gothic ~ character. The inside dlmens!cns will be 60 by 122 feet. The s~atlng capacity, including choir, will be about 900. There wlll be a narthex or vestibule along the front of the building, Over this will be the choir gallery, reache~ by two staircases from the nave. The nave will be 26 feet wide and 48 feet high, separated from the aisles by arcades of seven ·bays each, lighted by tracery topped window openings in outer walls o[ aisles. The memorial stained glass windows from the old church will be used again In the new building, The columns of the arcades capped at the clerestory line by life sl~ winged angels, forming supports for main ribs In celling vault of nave. The nave vault starts 30 feet above the :tl.oor at the clerestory line and is penetrated by pointed arches where win• dows occur in clerestory over area.des between nave and aisles. The aisles will have ribbed and groined vaults with ribs starting' from corbels !ran\• Ing the stations of the cross. Confe,sslo~als will be In recesses, two near sanctuary and two at narthex end of building. . Walls and ceilings are to,.be finished in California stucco plaster. The ornament, columns and ribs will be French gray ,plain surfaces Mexican tan, and the apse a still deeper tone, The floor construction will be chiefly concrete slabs covered with linoleum. · The fill• ished woodwork wm be oak, The altars will be oarved :fl'om whlte Italian marble in symbollo design. The altar rails, steps and plat!o1·1111 will also be whlte marble, The modelling Will · be done by An• drew RreseUy, successor to l, Kirohmaier, and a memb~r of the fl1•m of wm. P.. Roos & of Oambrldge, Mass, The exte1iol' of thq buildlnir will· ba New Hamp~hire re4 brio~ with 111.dla.na. limestone trim am\ slate root. Th8 small wlndOWIS be aluminu~ the buttresses and simple cusplngs over heads of windows. Walsh Brothers of Cambridge, Mass., are contractors for the work, which will be completed before the end of the year. ANNIVERSARY Of · - fl YINfi Of. · LIBERTY rtAu I l Undoubtedly· ,the first , Liberty Flag flown in the Aniel'icau Colonies was from the standard erected on New Hampshire soil, bearing_ the motto"Liberty, Prnperty and No Stamp"over nine years before the Revolution, to be exact Jan. 9, 1766. Tha.t stand~ ard from then on received t he name of the Liberty Pole. The Sons of Liberty of Portsmouth knew full well that eternal vigilance price or co., wm . ';fhe faq11,df ~ll ~ ,!pter8$tlng. 'In the ce.n.tral dlYisio~ tiieiit wiU be three entrances with archlvolts and pointed arches. Above these a.re mullions and columns extending upward to a traceried cornice. In the gable is a veslcashaped Wll),dOW. At the apex of the roof, sixty :feet above the street, the building will be smmonnted by a gilded copper cross. The upper portion of the apsidal end of. the- nave Is treated In much the same manner as tho front. Along the sides· of the building the Interior columns are recalled in the exte1ior design by :flanking buttresses and the arcades by the tracery top windows. The clerestory is of similar design with . shallow ·fiOVERNOR NAMES LOCAL COMM. The Governor and Council at the meeting on Fricta.y appointed a committee of three members, as authorized in the last session of the general court, to investigate. the cost and feasibility or establishing a state park in and about the Liberty Pole on Marcy street. 'l'lle ,commission named consists of Philip H. fhndersoo1, chairman; Arthur I. Harriman and Miss Martha S. Kimball. This commission is to report at the 1935 srssion of lhe Le islalure. l d09r-1J COPP8~ thus actually put the government of the United 8tates of North America Into operation June 21, 1788. New \ Hampshire's historical shrines are 1 classed as one of the greatest assets i the Granite State possrsses. Other states are awake to pub1iciLr. Why not l:fI~';J~zrf."J~;J~t= give New Hampshire the publicity she r justly deserves and at the s1me time . show our respect for the patriots who 1 g·ave theiT al! for liberty. · Arthur I. Harriman. liberty; they de;nai1ded'. stamp master his commission, a. grant from King George III. They 'pierceq that unsavory document with a sword: later , the commission was wrapped il1 the Liberty Flag and forwarded to ' the British Parliament, which proved to be the prime factor that brought a.bout ttie repeal of the 'Stamp / ct . Tomorrow is the 168th anniversary of that historical event and it seems appropriate that d,te observance should be manifested.by the state of New Hampshire by its · people and school observance. New Hampshire has a flag day ·of its ow.n! Why not observe this memorable event? · And ag·ain, New Hampshire, accol'd!ng to the pl'ovislon of lhe Con-. stltution of the Unitea Slates, being the n!.nth to ratif the Constitution; 1 �"At 6 o'clock salutes of 13 guns were fired from the fort at Liberty Bridge and at Church Hlll, Llberl,y Pole 4 and Liberty Bridge came into prominence again in the celebration that followed the ratification of the Constitution by the state of New Hampshire. No Stamp Flag First Waved "Eight states, some of them by a' small majority, had given their assent From Historic Spot Jan. 9, to the Constitution. The ninth only 1766 was necessary to its rnllficatlon. At this crisis, therefore, all eyes were Tod~y martui the 1G7th anniversary directed to New Hampshire, as the of an !mportant event that assisted in state upon whose decision the fate of mouldmg the destiny of our nation the Constlt,1tlon seemed in a great Here in Portsmouth there came int~ measure to depend. Its assent on the being a shrine which from an hist-orione hand would settle the question in cal standpoint cannot be equalled lhe its favor; !ls dlssent on the other, in length and breadth of our countrythe divided slalc of public opinion, Liberty Pole and Llberiy Bridge. might crcalc o. popular impulse Here on Jan. 9, 1766, nine years beagainst it." fore the Revoluti~n, the first No And on June 21, 1780, New HampStamp flag raised in lhc Amcl'lcan shire, according to the provisions of colonies waved from ihe masihcad of the Constitullon, being the ninth to the first Liberty Pole, some demonratify, put the government of the strations having been held prior to the Unll,cd states of North America into one we here chronicle. When the operation. stamp. master's commission arrived, The first Liberty Pole, becoming unthose m1bued with the spirit of llbcrsafe, was replaced, and on Monday, iy, well knowing lhat "eternal vlgiJuly 5, 1824, o. second was dedicated, lan?e was lh price of liberty", a deleresting on the identical spot where gation of patriots, including Thomas the first for 58 years had flown the Manning, George Gains and brother flags and emblems of freedom. The "Sons of Liberty" were seen in new mast was 85 feet high; on its top Vaughan street on the steps of the o. large liberty cap, surrounded by 13 stamp master's house. Meserve wns balls. Above this, supported by an Slllllmoned Lo the door, where he subIron spike five feet in length, perched mitted to the administration of an on a globe o. noble eaglo, traversing oaih by Wyscmnn Clar,ett . thnt with the wind, while 18 feet above the would not directly OL' indirectly bridge, on the pole wns a shield, intempt io exccuic ihe o!flce. scribed there these words In gold! commission was taken from him the "Erected July 3, 1824, procession moved clown vau~lrnn in Commemoration· of street, ·.i p King street (now Congress) ; July 4, 1776, that Declared there the commission was placed on Our Emancipation From Lhe point of a sword nncl h ailed by the Tyrnnny and Gave Us shouts of Uic "eons of Liberty."· The Prlvllegcs of '~he procrssion moved to Swing Freemen" lmdge on Water str~ct, where they The second pole was removed erected a liberty stanchrcl, bearing 1899, and to preserve the exact the motto, "Liberty, Property and no where the original restod drilled into Stomp." Here ihe master of a ship, the solid ledge a hole to receive a rod under onth, swore that on his arrival and stepped thereon the present pole in England he would deliver the comof Oregon pine, 110 feet high, surmission, pierced with ihe sword mounted by the original cap, globe, wrapped in a flng on which was in~ eagle and the original shield of 1824, scribed in lnrge lcUcrs-"Libcrty, of heroic size, made of wood, weighing Property and no Stamp." It o.rrived 85 poJnds, and a masterpiece ln every In Parliament just as a strong effort sense of the word . was being made to repenl lhe stamp On Sept. 9, 1907, this shield was tax and was instrumental In bringing stripped from the pole and siolen, and about its repeal. Herc, again, on the on Oct. 23, 1907, found floating in the repeal of the stamp tax and the day waters of the river nearby. Having appointed for its celebration, May 22, been painted and reglldod it was 1·01766, from n. battery of 21 guns erected near LibcrLy Ilriclge, dccllcnLcd to His Majesty, a discharge of cannon snlulcd the rising sun . Mnny patriots who assisted in the capture of powder and anns at Fart William and Mary rallied around that standard, staging another demonstration six months before the captured powder made ihe Battle of Bunker Hill possible, many of lhe same patriots participating in thnt battle, April 28, 1783, the day appointed for the proclamation of peace with Great Brltnin and acknowledgment of the of the United States. LIBERTY POL stored on May 9, 1908, to its former position, where above this shrine for 108 years in silent trlbut It has told its _patriotic story, of those who gave th~u· all and endowed us with the pnceless. privileges· of freedom. In 1913 ~ bronze tablet was placed thereon, with this inscription: "Liberty Property And No Stamp . Near this Spot, Then Swing Bridge, But Thenceforward Called Liberty Bridge, On January 9th, 1766, Nine Years Before the Revolution The Sons of .Liberty . of Portsmouth, N .. H., Placed ihe First . No Siamp Flag . Raised in The Amel'ioau Colonies Swing Bridge Built 1731, Waterway filled 1899 The Liberty Pole Association 1913" This shrine ls in our keeping, preserved and cherished by us and delivered to the coining· generation in as good or better condition than when it was iutrusted ln~o otu· keeping. A. I. Harriman, References: New Hampshire ·Gazette, 1766. 1824. . . Adams' Annals, 1825 .· · Brewster's Rambles, 1859. Praises on Tombs, 1832. �!(NOW YOUR Ov\7 N ST ATE m PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY OUSING the Portsmouth Public Iii rary is a building for which drawings were made by Charles Bulfinch, one of the most famous of early American architects. Erected in 1809 for the Portsmouth · academy, it became a public school· in 1868 and so continued until 1896. In the la_tter year il was taken over for library purposes. The ivy covered brick buildinR with white trimings, at the spot where Middl e, ConRress and Islin gton streets come together, is one of the most beautiful of tile many fine old structures in Porlsmoul11. �" 'What we crave leave further offer · 1s; to · assure ,your Majesties o! our ardent prayers 1to the -Almigh ty King of Kings, that He wm be pleas'd to 8ave his anointed by theSaving Strength of his Right Hand, and that after yoJr Majesty shall have changed your Earthly Diadem for a. heavenly crown, and that after his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, shall have received a never fading Crown in the Realms o! Bliss, the new born Prince may in' a Regular Succession long weare that Ct·own which now !lourisbs on your Majesties' Roy-, · a1 ·head.' · · "The 'new born Prince' became in 1760 King George III. "Now the prayer of that address was ■ indeed the prayer· of the King's New Hampshire . subjects. whether Anglican or Congregationalist. It was such a , prayer as. George Washington, ~ged 1 1 six, was ie!\rning in Virginia, at his mother's knee 'and In an Anglican church. · It was such a prayer as was 1 offered from. the lofty pulpits of our I austere and chilly Congregational , meeting-houses. In the raised ·wau 1 pew of Queen's Chapel, under a On Nov. 1, li3!1, the bell in Queen's Hon. Elwin R.- Page, judge advocanopy emblazoned with .theroyal Chapel joyfully called the people of cate of the Superior court, was the arms, screened in with red plush Ut1:1 p:irish Lo wornhip in that building speaker of the day, Judge Page is an curtains, seated in Queen Caroline's with the Presidcnt of tho United authority 011 George Washingl;ou's chairs, the royal Governor and his State· , George WRshington, who two visit in this state, being the author of secretary, each Sunday heard SJCh a da •., b.!1ore had arrived from New- a recent book, "George WashingLon in prayer for many years to come. bl!i·qiort, on :i. i.rip that broJght Jilin New Hampshire. " He said, in parL, "Fifty years passed. That prayer in' •) ;ill of lhe 13 states . On Sunday, as follows: ' ceased to be heard even in Quee1i•s Oc . :JO, 1932, , i:hin two days of being "The plaee and the occasion speak Chapel, more reluctant than most to cs 1.:Lly 143 ~-e .. rs after the service of contrast and change. Two hun- omit it. And then came fl, new which Lile first Pre!!illent of the United dred· years ago· Portsmouth was · th~ prayer, .i.fter an interim during which u·_..,,.,... , .... s t,tc3 aLlencied,, ihe same Lunenberg heart of a province entirely loyal. In there was no king for whom men be ll, \\'hich callee Washington to wor- common with all of New England, incared to pray, the prayer for ,the New President of the United States. ship, Sllllllll011~d several hWldred deed with all of the colonies, Porl.,111oull1 rcs.:denis Lo St. John's Hampshire felt herself truly of, if not "And the President himself, and his , Ciiurcll lo jo 'n in a service of praise in, Old England . . ' humble and Portsmouth-born secre"When, in 1732, your pansh erecl,ed tary, sat in Queen Caroline's chairs, aml lhanksgi\'ing for the life and named under the estwhl.le royal canopy, and I work of Geor~e Washington, and also a chapel on this spot, it Que1?n bowed while the rector prayed !or th~ n s.! , vice in commemoration of Lhc QJcen's Chapel lL1 honor or 2o~u, nnnlvc1 •r.ry of the erecLlon of Caroline, who 1graclously guve ccrtaln Presidnt. Here was a scene to Queen's Chap:-1 on the site of the pres- furniture for tho building which you to pious wonder. still prize_. Bu~ tt,\ls nnming wns no ent Sl. J ohn's Church. "Something fundamental had hapThe SCl'\' iCe had been heralded mere bid for ·oyal favor, nor was the pened to this province, and the rest o! th roughou t th is vidniLy and many feeling it expressed an indication that the colonies, In the 57 years since ha signified their intention to attend. the Church of England folk were more Queen's Clu!pel was erected In - New Due Lo the large number expected, Joyr.l than the Separatist.s, who formed only delegates from local organiza- the bulk of the provi~1cial populaUon . Hanipshire, and George Washington g&.ve his faint birth-cry in Virginia. tions, and not the entiJ:e membership, Six years later there was born a new The change transcended , anythjng prince, grandson of George II. and received in\'ilaLiolls, The delegates wcrn scnlccl in the rci,crvccl portion of c~rollne. The Joy of the province lq that men could conceive il'l 1732. It concepth~ auclilorium and the galleries were the birth of an helt: to the throne wa~ transcended the momentary tion of any oL the many great tl1ro11·n open t-0 the public. Thl'se by no means confined to Episcopaland w,1r filled by the time the service be-· ians, and the democratic House, no who had shared in watching shaping the change. It transcended g:1 11. the chu~ h being filled to capac- less than the aristocratic Council, haseven Washington, who, however, contened to congratulate the sovereign. il,y, ceived its meaning more realistically The processlon, headed by the In their address to the King, they and prophetically than any other actor ncolvles enLercd Ute church, L11c choir said: in the drama. The prayers for George sing.ing ' the processiona l, "An" 'This great occasion of our Ad- III. had been answered, not in accordcient of Days." Rev. Maxwell dress, is a great occasion for our joy, ance with the prayers, but in accordGanter, rector of s t . Jolln's ChJrch, and our joy is great in proportion to ance with the · destiny o! peoples as welcomed the worshippers, saying tllaL the occasion; !or lt is not our remote~ rnled by tlia.t Providence whom Washthe gathering was made up of 1>eopic ness from the Brittish Throne that can ington rightly reverenced ' as the from different classes of society, with ness from the British throne that can 'Great Disposer o! Events.' . different beliefs, but that; they were abate l\n Iota of· our allegiance, nor ''In answer to the prayers, God had all gathered for one common purpose, the vast ocean that; separates us from made use, as he customarily does, of to thank God for George Wnshiugtou our Sovereign that can quench or cool human instruments, both in England and Lhe th ing.'1 that he stood for . our affection to Him. 11nd America, and chief o! those in"Nol slucc th• Will' have I seen such " 'If it be our misfortune to be a str JmenLs was George Washington. a gathering a11 this," he said . "Then thousand leagues distant from your And yet note how modestly and rever, were were united in a commOLl pur- Majesty, it ls our happiness that we ently the President sat . in Queen pose. Today we are united in a com- can boast; o! as true a (New England) Caroline's chair in the chapel named mon purpose, t hanking God at this loyalty as that of the most faithful for the grandmother of the repudiated service of praise." Britons, and that we have as warm We see the drama of oontrast~~;;!~~!:!!,!~:.;..-----.--~~"1 hearts and as willing hands ready for King. and possibly unduly exaggerate. vour Majesties service as the loyalest ''Nobody has told us how the Presi~! vour British subjects.. dent comported himself on that occa- AT ST •r$ary ~t~ a is · ·,fffi I Elli ~t~·m- n of a~ e · Observe :ras �slon. He was never ,a self-ana ys , so John's Lodge, be has not dramatized, or even re- No. 1, A. P. & A. M.; St. Andrew·s counted, his feelings on that Sunday Lodge No, 56, A. F. & A. M.; Wash143 years ago. He was not self ington · Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; conscious enough to examine his re- New Hampshire Lodge, r. 0. O. F.; actions, much less .to think • that New England Order o! Protection, others could be Interested in his men- Parthenon Chapter, Order or Ahepa; tal processes. That one of the rea- Paul Jones Club, Piscataqua Council, sons for saying that he sat ~odestly Daughtel'8 of Pocahontas; Piscataqpa in the Queen's chair and found no ex- Pioneer, Strawberry Bank Orange, hlllratlon therein, no cause for dram- ~o:v.s of Pericles, Star Lodge o! Odd atizing himself as we are dramatizing Ladles, Spanish War Veterans, Storer him. He enjoyed the advantages of Relief Corps, Grand Army of the Reliving In a matter-of-fact age unbe- public, Women's City CL1b, devlled by psychosts. Aston Harris Camp, Sons of Union "But that is not to say that the Veterans; Young Woman's Christian matter-of-fact Washington was laclc- Ascociation, Order o! Eastern Star, ing In spiriual qualities. Above nil h Kiwanis CI11b, Rotary Club, and S011s '?S ever conscious of an over-ruli of Veterans Auxil iary , Providence. Writing to Mrs. Was! ington as he started to ta11e con mand of the Continental Army, he expressed at once depreciation of his own powers and confidence in 'that J:.>rovldence which has heretofore preserved and been bountiful to me.' A few months later he wrot{l to Joseph Reed: 'I have scarcely emerged from one difficulty before I have plunged into another. How it will end, God In his goodness will direct. I am thankful for his protection 'to ' this time .1 The Declaration o! Independenee wRS to him . •a. fresh incentive to'. eve-ry of- · •..., ' __,u : • _. fleer and Soldier to act with Fidelity and · Courage as knowing that now the peace and safety of ,his Cmmtry depends (under God) solely on the success of our arms.• Here was a man, great of the great, who humbly believed. that he was acting for ar..( under an over-ruling Deity. ~ 1 "It was a simple religion-Georg Washington's-one of honest exertlo and well doing as unto God, wit ~a.Ith that human striving of this sor would unfailingly be blessed by , th Great Disposer of Events, to whon would belong all the praise. Thi was the faith that animated Georg~ Washington equally in a long, desperate war and-In glorious victory; in th heavy labor of civil _ admlnistratlo whther vlciO\ISlY attacked, ' or· crowne with the. laurels of popular praise; ! the quiet round of dally tasks at Mo).lDt Vernon and the contacts of considerate gentleman with his f et '! lows, high or low. It animated th words he ,whispered with hls dyln •breath: 'I am not afraid to go.' " . , , Among the special guests were ti". following: Mayor F. W. Hartford a1 mem~~ of 'the, City Co.incll 1 Dqa~d -1 Instruction, Rear Admiral '•.' .' . ~ Kempf!, U. S. N., commandant of th Portsmouth Navy Yard, and his ,sta.f and party; and representatives ·of the 'Ancient Order of Rlberians, Assembly of Rainbow Girls, Boy Scouts, sea Scouts, Chamber of Commerce, Clan MacKlnnon, Order of Scottish Clans; Colonial Dames, Companlom of the Forest, Council of Jewish Women, Crystal Temple, Pythian Sisters; Damon Lodge, K. of P.; Th\ughters of the American Revolution, Portsmouth Chapter, Order o! DeMolay; Portsmouth Lodge o! Elks, Fannie A. Gardiner Rebekah Lodge, Girl Scouts, Graf!ort Club, Veterans o! Foreign Wars, Women's Christian Temperance Union, Union Rebekah Lodge, Osgood Lodge, I. 0. 0. P.; Frank E. Booma. P01;t, A. L,; Order of Hadassah, Order is �n ·•- emory n Ad ·r· ~ orge c~ e ey, U. SIi ~1 edicated Before Chu1rc~m ·Dignitar·es nd· ·g~ a ai O·lficials ij In Llie presence of Rt. Rev. John 'l'. The memorial was covered by the D allri.;, Bishop of the Episcopal Dio- Union Jack, while wreaths and · cuL of New llampzhire, :mcl other no- flowers were massed in front. Charles t'.llJle.,, the Remey Memorial at historic Mason Remey, son of Rear Admiral .'3L. John's Church wn~ 11nveiled anu Remey, unveil~d the tablet, and BL-shOp d cdica,ed Sunday n.ltcrncon. This Dallas conducted the service-&Ldedloa. memoria l is in memory of Re!tr tion. At the conclusion of the' service Adtnll'Jl Grorge Collier Remey, for in the rear of the church, the possesH'.>lll.:? li me the oldest ofiicer in the u. I sion returned to the sanctuary where s. Navy. Hc ' also helcl important 9om- 1the Bishop gave the benediction, m rncts in four wan:, The memorial was . made iu Italy The dcciic:ttion service was h eld at ::; and the general style is similar to o'clock with a large numbe1· of parish- those mural monuments that are seen ioners and several from other parishe'\ in the Renaissance cathedral.s of Eu~ attendlnt!. The vested choir sang under rope and England. the direction of Ernest P. Bilbruck: and The portrait of the memorial Wa!j re nd er<! d appropriate music. Rev. done by Guido Calori of the National M ·JXwcll Ganter and Lieut. Comdr. w. Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. He S. Williams, Chaplain at the Navy also did the btlst in marble •of Rear Yard, assisled in th e service. Admiral Remey that has l>een - placed Bishop Dallas gave a short, but mos~ in the Naval Academy at Annapolis. errective talk on "Remembrance," He The marble work on the monument itbegan by telling of a Memorial In Eng- self was done by Sollazzini, and Lul and. a granite monument, upon which aldi of Florence. The dark marble U1erc arc c11grnvcd but threo words, came from neat· Genoa and the yellow "'l'l1 Glorious Dcnd"and how that mon- Iro111 Slcmm while the l>lack waG um nt wns deeply n11d reverent.ly re- quarried in Belgium. spected. "Men coming down that side The inscription 'on the monument o( the street take off their hats as reads as follows: they pass, and men coming down thl;:; "To the glory of God, in loviug aoct slde of t.he st reet do the same. To the afiecUonate Memory of Rear Admiral <lllll.~ of the British empire men tak<! George · Collier Remey, U, S. Navy, ofr t heh· lmls to do honor to the 1841-l!l28. memory of those hei oic <le:i.d who gave "He fought for the Union i,i.1 the their llvcs for the British empire." . Civil war. He commanded the Naval "It is good to remember the dea rl. · Bas~• at Key West in the war between said the speaker, "and H is good to re . ' the United States a nd Spain a nd was member the Glorious dead." He said Commander-in-Chief of the Nava:t that within a few weeks -,,·e would be Forces during- the insurrection in the remembering lhe dead of the last war. Philippine Islands and the Boxer War not in sadness, ,bu t wit.h sincei·e gra- _in China. On tours of duty as Captain tltude fol' their deeds. and commandant of the Porti.moutl1 Following the lalk oi Bishop Dallas .. Navy Yard, he and his family were the possession, including the acolyte:, 1 members of St. John's Church, where clergy, members of the Remey family, ' this monument to assist in 1>err,etuat' _!l,ear _Ad.miral_Clarence S. he1l}_E_f!, ing his memory is now placed in the Lieut. Comdr, L. S. Stewart, n.ide to name of his wife by one of their sons the Commandant, a nd other high na- in the year of our Lord 1932." ~ val officials, ma\·ched to the rear of, Rear Admiral George Collid, the church, and there the unveiling' Remey, U. S. N., will . be remembered was held in the north vesUbule. by many in this vicinity as he WAS In •1•·•··•·~•·"" command of the Portsmouth Navy Yard in 1896-1898, 1898-1900. " c,e,. I was born in Burlington, Iowa, Aug. 10; 1841, the second son of William Butler Remey and Eliza Smith Howland Remey, He entered the United States Naval Academy at A.nnopalls 111 1855 and was graduated as one of the five honor men of the class of 1859. He married Mary Josephine , Mason, daughter of Chief Justice Charles Mason of Iowa, and Angelica Gear Moson, on July 8, 1873. On June 9, 1859, he was appointed midshipman and .promoted th.rough grades to rear adml1·al Nov, 22, 1898, He was retired Aug. 10, . 1903. He served on the U, ' S. S. Hart.ford, East India squadron, 1859-61, and saw Civil War service on the U. S. S . Marblehead, in the North and So .1Lh Atlantic blockading squadron, 1862-63 ! participated in the siege of Yorktown; engagement with Confederates . at White · House Landing, Pamunky River, June 29, 1862; engagements · with batteries on Sullivan's Island, S. C.: engagement of Battery Wagner Aug. 17, 1863; commanded naval battery on Morris Isiand, Aug. 23 to Sept. 8, 1863; bombardments of Forts - Sumner___ and Gregg; · commanded a . division :yf boats In night attack on Fort Sumter, Sept. 8, 1863, and was taken prisoner, , spent thirteen months in Columbia jail and Libby Prison, and was exchanged as a prisoner of war Nov, 15, ·1864. He served on the U. -8. S. Mohongo, 1865-67; at the Naval Academy, 1867-69; on the U) ' s. s, Sabine 1869-70; on an e>g>edltlon to Tuhuautapec, 1870-71; at the U. s. Naval Observatory at Washington, D. · C. , 1871-72; on the U. S. s. Worcester, 1872-73; in the Bureau of Yards and Docks, 1874-76. He commanded the U. S. S. Enterprise, 1877- , 78; W8;J torpedo instructor at : the U, S. War College at Newpo]it, R. r.. 1 1878; on duty in the Bureau of Yards · and Docks, 1~79-81; was attached to 1 the U. S. S. flagship Lancaster 1 1881-83; stationed at the navy yard' 1 Washington, 1884-86; captain of •th~ navy yard at Norfolk, Va., 1886-89; ,commanded the U. S. S. Charleton, ,1889-92; captain of the Portsmo.1th N. H., l)avy yard, 1892-95; membe; Naval Examining and Reti,ing .Board 1895-96; commanded the Portsmouth N. H., navy yard, 1896-98; 1898-1900; commanded the Naval ;ease, • Key West, Fla., 1898, during war with Spain, and was commander-In-chief jof the As iatic Squadron 1900-1902 during the Philippine Insurreciio~ and the Boxer War In China. In 1902 he was appointed chairman o! the Llg(1Lhouse Board, which post he held until his retirement in 1903. Rear Adm lral Remey was the oldest officer of the navy and the ranking officer' l'etired. Arter his retirement Admiral and 1 Mrs. Remey passed their winters in ' Washington, D. C., · and their summers at Newport, R. I. He passed away Feb. 10, 1928. I I �o s o f-\,,1••'1/ e era uilding ruct re Is Attra tiv sediment. In 1892, however, the City o! Portsmouth took over'• ihe Portsmouth Aqueduct Company ai{d put 1n a pres- 1 sure system, 'at •the same time raising 1 the cost o! supplying the building , from $50 per year to $100. The next' improvement was in lighting. In 1883, the newly , formed Ports- , mouth Electric , Light ,• Company contracted to light the public building · with electricity for $300 per year: Two . arc lights and ' twenty-four twenty 1 watt lights were Installed, the gas for\ the rf)malncjer of the building being pa.id for out of the, $300,1TI1e next year , they raised the price to $400 and the-' Portsmouth Gas Company whose pre- 1 , vious bills h1l(i ranged . from $3p0 ,to I ~750, underbid them. The Treasury Department accepted the lower bid but upon recoBSiderat.'on allotted the contract to the electric light company. In 1890, the Portsmouth Gas Company having bought out the electric company, contracted to furnish gas and electricity for $520 and later at 20 cents per kilowatt, the company to replace all broken and burnt out bulbs. In 1890, the streets of Portsmouth were lighted by electricity and in 1900 the gaslight posts at the corners of the FEDERAL BUILDING - ---,----,-..-~ government lot were removed. By I.his were released by the court, one being time the entire building was lighted (By George A. Nelson) used by the Pension Agent and the ' by electricity. . The federal building in Porl:rncL,~h, other by the Internal Revenue, both \ While these changes were going on, commonly known as the Post O!Ilce coming into existence or prominence there were as many changes in the Building was authorized by an act of as a result of the Civil war. occupants of the building. The InterCongress p~ssed August 18, 1856, and In 18 Go, the building was lighted by nal Revenue Service was assigned one completed m 185:l at a cost of $160,- gas the cost being $200 per year of room in 1860. another in 1878 formerly 486. Built of Concord, New Hampshire. , which $l 75 was expended on the post cccupied by the Pension Agent and a granite, it is considered by many U1e office. water wns furnished by the third in 1898 n.!ter a struggle with the most beautiful modern building in Portsmouth Aqueduct company at a court who had assigned the room to southern New Hampshire. The exter- cost of $30 per year; the water bcin:;: the clerk of courts. The World War i?r of .the building _bas changed but piped into the basement and pumped again increased the work of the lnterlltlle since construction; the en~rnnces from there by a hand pump into w.nks nal Revenue Service making it neceson I.he northern and southern sides ns in the attic. Con! was used for heat- sary to use the entire front hall of I.he well as one of the three on the eastern Ing. Each room had a stove ·or a grate ::eccnd floor and to seek temporary •lll<-r..,·.:::••sicle have been eliminated, the two in one of the eight chimneys. It 1s easy 'use of the court room which had not large elm trees thnl. shaded the front to imagine the care these stoves re- been used by the Federal Court for of t1_1c building have been cut down, quired and this work together with scvcrnl years. In l!l28, they were asthe 1ro_n fence bas been re~ov_ed, the the filling of the water tanks, and the signed the entire third floor and in /~\r:.~,It.•,·,:iJI brick sidewalk around the bu1!dmg has cleaning of u1 e entil·e building was moving to their new quarters forced given way to concrete and ornamental assigned to one janitor who received the Installation of an elevator which street lights have been placed on the $400 per year. had been fi.rst advocated in 1902. The front cor?ers cf the govem~ent lot. The heating wasn't entirely satisfae- United States Coast Guard now occuTh_e Interior has changed cons1~crably. t.ory and many complaints were regis- py the space on the second floor left onglnnlly there were two staircases. tered over chilly offices. on February vacant. one on the norlheriy . side and U1e l0, 1871 , Uie Collector of Customs, who So _In 1932 t.:-e Federal Building is other on tl~~ southerly side, the former was cu~~o:li:m of the building, wrote oc~up1ed_ In this _ manner; . the postb Ing p;ut1t1onetl from the lobby by a to the s:::r:)..ary or the Treasury' ask- o!Ilce slill occupies the , entire gro~nd ; wal~ and the latter from t~e _lobby by Ing for ~ portable furnace to heat \O~or,_ the headquarters for the F1:st \ a. wu·e screen. In 18'.75, the s,arrs on tbi watei- stating that the water pipes District, U. S. Coast Guard the entire \southerly side lcadmg t.o the second and tanks were frozen and could not front of the second story, t,he U. S. floor were removed, I.he pince thus va- b d In 1875 two connected fur- Customs Service three rooms on the cated being later occupied by the ~~=e w·ere installed furnishing steam ., ba~k side of the second story, the Post money rdrr departm~nt of the post- bent lo all parts of the building thus ' office Inspector one room of the second ·••~t.tr.r.~lr,1,;-Jv,,..;JOmce. At the same time, n door was doing away with the stoves and gra.tes, 1story nnd the U. S. Clvll Service the cut through the wall so thnt access to Tw t , mp was remn.lnlng room of this floor while the . . . h f t 1 . ht o years 1a er, a s,eam pu al . the rema_mm& f11~ t. o a rs m1~ added to the e ul ment replacing the U:· S. Intern RA:venue Service occube h:icl without going out of the build- h a.n d pump m . qsenPeling wavcr ' ,A f ro m the pies the entire third floor. Ing. basement to the attic. 1 The first occupanls ~! the builcli_n g 1n 1883, the water problem became were the postofilce usmg the entire acute. Tbe custodian sought authority ground floor, the custom house occu- to drive wells in the cellar of the pying three rooms on the front of t.be building so that they ~ould have their se~ond story and the federal court (own supply of water. The Department usmg the rcmain~Ct' . of the secon_d permitted N. W. Green of 3 Pinckney , floor and the entire Uurd floor. 10 th1 s street, Bosl-0n, Mass., to drive the connection, It mny be of Interest lo wells. Six were driven, each striking a. note l.11:i.t the fc~eral court room w~s ledge of rock at a depth of twenty-five rented for a period of six months _m feet, only one of th,e !jlx struck water 1866 to the local lodge of Masons while sufficient to ''meet the needs of the their building wns being completed. building ,and unfortunately that · one ' Later two rooms on the seoond floor was In a bed of quicksand making It impossible to pump ' water free from 1 I I �1"10 .Portsmouth. and York --~,;o-l{ .~ 'J'y • By CARL GREENLEAF BEEDE · I T IS easy to pass through the . city of Portsmouth In New Hampshire and learn little more than that; It is another .. of those New England seaports that evidently· was prosperous a good many years ago and appears to .have kept moderately active ever since, with.! out conspicuous development. All this may be true, and possibly to a few visitors all they care to know. I am sure even those few could be easily won to quick Interest in its evidences of a vigorous leadership during colonial, Revolutionary and early Federal years. These evidences are soon found by the interested person, who will not be long in seeking the old-time residence streets where the Wendell, the Wentworth and other notaQle homes stand and, in , their less impressive settings, the Wentworth-Gardner, the Warner, the Jackson,t the Benning Wentworth houses. Each of these offers its own peculiar delights architecturally, as they cover over a century from the building or the Jackson house, which dates 1GG4. But thev are more significant than as structUL:es to many persons, who people them with their inmates and who recall the ' importance of the achievements 'associated with the names. Some of -these homes have been acquired by semi-public organizations, after scores of years of neglect, and may be entered at little or no charge. Others have remained In the same family from ~e first, admitting the public only on rare stated occasions. To the Shop on the . Old Dock As one of these was found to be ·closed during a recent midday visit, •we headed our car for , the near-by dock section, where ships moored long ago. Now most of the piles, even, have disappeared, the few that stand supporting flimsy planks and boards and serving only the humblest uses. A friend 'had told us that about here 'fas the sort of an antique shop that was common 20 years ago, but now is all but never seen, w}1ere more k1nds of things than would be thought possible could be found. The owner's name,.. had been forgotten, but soon we s!hv a few pieces of' colored glass and old china in the dusty window or a tiny, weatherbeaten building. The .place was locked, a few words and an arrow directing visitors down a lane toward the water. This we followed, by low, leaning ,sheds of mixed heights and roof angles, one closed by a paintless, eight paneled door that once doubtless faced the street in an old-time home of some pretensions. After a few rods more a wide-open door was seen, in a three-story building th.at bad sometime been a shipper's w;i.rehouse, then holding, no doubt, goods that had come from -more-distant ports than we know exist. Outside there were abundant proofs that our report had been well based, for much outmoded shipping gear was 'J)iled about-,-cha!ns, great steelyards,-statues from 1the estate -of a once wealthy citizen, a drinking fou ntain that stodd In a town square in the time of horses flower urns thought very beautiful on lawns , in· the 1880's; a flreback that may have come from France, bore the date 1651 and weigh~d some hundreds of pounds. · Wrought Iron Hlnges, Locks, Door llandles Within was a strange medley that yet was more orderly than might seem possible. Most of the' household hardware of a century or two ago app'eared on doors-hinges, handles and latches, locks. Here. neatly hung in groups were scores of pairs of long hinges for doors ,,f the heavier sort and hundreds of pairs of the H and L type, in differ~nt sizes, Handmade iron locks an mch or two larger each way than :i post card were arranged by the dozen with a goodly number of the still earlier kind that carried th.:: .iron parts in a bloclc of oak as much as a foot In length. Handle!> and latches were in a variety that well displayed the skill and ta.:;te that was once common to the man of forge, hammer and anvil. But all these were a small- part of the things that filled floor, walls, shelves, ceiling-some furniture tha:; was very good and other indifferent quantities of glassware and china of the same ratings, articles of metal and of wood that ranged from common to choice. A few pewter porringers looked worth but little as they were piled on a shelf wit,h Victorian Inkstands, but almost $100 would be :ieeded to acquire them, l was surpnsed , to learn. Something should in courtesy be bought, and was, my own r:hoice being a long-handled waffle iron having an unusually. deep and desirable design cut in its faces, fortunately priced much lower than was expected. One hopes that Mr. Stewart and, his shop in the old warehouse on the ·almost forsaken dock will long remain, to hold for those whose fondness so inclines assurance that trim town stores and · olde shoppes have not wholly displaced the winning • simplicity of curiosity shop and junk dealer. , York, America's First City Only a few minutes' ride from Portsmouth is the town of York in ~aine. Once it was an incorpor~ted city-the first in America-but that distln1,tion lasted only 11 years Back of the change are the maneu-yr~·ings of the Puritans and Angli,<;t.ns for control of aujolnlng tracts along this desirable coast, King Charles · I granted large areas of present Maine and New HampshirP. to Mason and Gorges, who had magniflcen~ plans for founding an aristocratic colony that •was to become also an ecclesiastic center with _a bishop and his assistants. The, plan went so far as the charterln"' of the little settlement as the City -of ~orgeana, with mayor and other offic1als. This status continued fer H years, when the Boston Puritan~. through the favor of Cromwell ,md by purchase. were able to include , all presr.nt Maine in their Massachusetts Bay jurisdiction. Then Gorgeana lost Its city charter and became the town o{ · York it.~ founder's dre~ of. transplanted dignity and church establishment vanishing forever. _T he next year after, ·and to conform with the laws of the dominantirs~""""'=·-= colony, a prison was built such as -:i;J.~a,,...,.,..,, ..,... 'l>.!'.:~~'"'t,...,,.,.,,,,,.,..,_•._._ e~ery county was required . to provide. It was also to be the residence York Gaol I(ept Bright of _ the sherifI of the province of Maine, resulting in an outward apJf/it l,, 1745 Embroidery pearance that was more like a usual dwelling, although the stone wall of Sprc/al to The ChrC•llan Sc!e11co Mo11Hr,r the cells is exposed on one. side. So YORK, Maine, Feb. 27-Up the it stands today as it did then, except steep and narrow stairs at York for an extension that' was made Gaol one finds chambers decoraled about GO years later. For over 200 years it served its original purpose, with curtains that Mary Bullman, when it became disused. By that wife of a surgeon who went from time_summ_er. visitors began to freYork with the troops to the siegequent York's harbor· village, to oc- of Louisburg, is said to h'ave made. cupy. some of its old l,omes and !,') , The curtains, dating from 1745 , learn of -its picturesque past. There arc many well-known names among nre still in excellent condition, of them . crewel embroidery on hand-woven William Dean Howells. it is said, linen. Some of the best items in th e suggested that the old jail be pur- collections housed at the old jail are chased for its own value and as a books, manuscripts and coats of mu~_um, It is · believed to be the arms; among them, copies of the ~ldest public buildirig. of the Eng- Bragdon coat of arms and the lish colonies in America, aside from Gorges coat of arms, the last done one ..or two meetinghouses. Over by Raymond Gorges, a descendant 40 years ago this purchase was of the brother of Sir Fernando. made, its dwelling portion now being furnished in part in a homelike manner, othe1· rooms exhibit- r,'srn:-~:..,-;,,, 111[!' much English and Oriental chma, many books and documents of general as well as · local importance, costumes and domestic equipment of the eighteenth century, With such an early activity t.·t'.1~~;.".'!?.'~"<fi in socking loans and gifts from the vicinity, success followed thnt would have. been . quite impossible 20 years••"":.-,,·•"'''-..: later; · · The cooperation of citizens and : summer residents has been complete and the resulting exhibits are. of' _a .ra~·e number and quality. It 1s grat1fymg that this long-time place ·of confinement for community offenders should be so transformed into · a •-treasure house i·evca!ing somewhat of the history and manners of life of the townspeople during their earlier centuries. • �ie whole province of Maine, but now a museum of co onza re 1 residence of the sheriff. The four cells, two on each floor, are bac / the stone portion o/ the side wazi he sheriff is furnished in the manner o/ 1680, with gate-leg table, • A cupboard Jwlds blue Staffordshire ware /of 1iearly a century later . �Capt. John W. Pruett Is Reelected As President The annual meeting of the Pepperell Assoolo.tlon, the members o! which a.re descendants of Col. William Pepperell, was held at the Po.rk!ield Hotel at Kittery Point yesterday with a good attendance, Various matters o! business . were to.ken up ab the morning session and at 1 o'clook o. fine shore dinner was se1·ved by the hotel mo.no.gemerit. Following the dinner a program of mu11lc by O. Houghton Richardson, baritone, and the Misses Helen and Marlon_McIntire, vlollnist and pianist, was given and thelr contribution to th,e ,m eeting was greatly appreciated. This is the foarth successive year that" this trio ho.a entertained at the meetings or ttle Pepperell Assooio.tion, Mr. Richardson sang "Althea (Bid Me to .Live);' for Miss Eliza Blunt., now in her 93rd year . . Miss Blunt !was peolally appreciative or Mr . Richardson's .excellent rendit ion of the song. He o.fso sang "Sing Me the Songs o't Yestergay," "Oould My Songs With But ,Blrds Be Vying," "The House by the Side of the Road" and "Forgotten." Miss. Helen McIntire played he f llowlng violin solos, "Adm·-: atlon," "Tu · a , Wild Rose:" "Quietude" and "Roses o! Plcardy. '! The following officers were elected for tho coming year 1 President, Capt. John w. Pruett, Kittery Point. Vice Presidents. Prof. John R Brooks, Potsdam, N. Y.; Rev. Ralph Lowe, Augusta, Me.; Mrs. Lillian Norris, Portsmouth; William Linwood Fernald, Ellot; Mrs. Henry I. Durgin South Eliot. ' Secretary and Treasurer, M ·s. Agnes Rogers, South Berwick, Chaplain, M1•11, . Olara. Portsmouth, · Historian, Mbs . . Maude Portsmouth Auditor, Miss .. Winnifred • Fernald Eliot. . ... ' Necrologlst, Miss Annie Vinton, Eliot • Ancestrlll, committee, Miss Elizabeth Bllrtlett, Mrs. Lillian Fernald Henry I. Durgin, all o! Eliot. ' Reunion committee, Mrs. Annie Ro.ntlall, Kittery Point; Mrs. Frank L. Loomis, York Comer; and Mrs. Bea.trice Scarborough, Portsmouth. The following paper by Miss Eliza S. Blunt, was read by John Frost a iiirect descendant of Col, W!lllo.m Pepperell, of Frost Garrison in Ellot: · ·"Perhaps members o!. the Pepperell Association present will permit me to read a narrative or a Portsmouth Privateer, ·as it refers to the habitat of tp.e Pepperells, there being a greatgrandson of . Col. William Pepperell, George Frost, serving aboard her at the time o! her disappearance, as steward. He was a son of Gen. John Frost; the Revolutionary hero and an cle o! John Frost LL.D. or Philo.de!- ea~ phia, the prominent historian and an,,.~,_-~.-. uncle of mine several removed. "Privateering at this time was at its height and our first war wlth England had come to an eni:l but a few years .,,,. ;,,-..·r,,;1: previous leaving us wlth a small but steadily growing navy chief among li-~iJli,•~.:;; which were the privateers. ~,.,,1\l~'f'S}'r,l}►Jt~l:~~*~-~;;';' "Tho following history of the Privateer 'Portsmouth' was related to me by Miss Eliza Blunt of Brooklyn, New York, ll descendant or Rev. John Blunt and the Frosts and Pepperells. 'Permit for the Privateer, was granted at tht: Custom House and dated Nov. b'rlil•:,,':~t.,;,-l', 7th, 1814. In default of any more pertinent maUer for this association 1 there was a Privateer named "Th~ -~'."'.t,r'd'"',,';'a,-:!\I,,,...,'.< PorLsmonth" which sailed from Ports-mouth, N. H. in November, 1814, and•··•·-·.•;,,,...,.,,... met with various successes. About two months later it was known to be on Its homeward journey, She never reached Portsmouth, and whether she found- ;1 ered or was captured by Algerians wa never known. Capt. John Slnclalr, Jr., of Salem, Mass.. was the Commo.ndet·. My mother was his young daughter, who was about seven years old and was the nanator of the exper!enco which took ·place in January, It was at the home of ·her parents In Salem, Mass., on a very ·stormy night. The older people were · very anxious, but she was a happy •little child and had not corrected •her -early lmpre~slon, that the BrlL!sh were to be oalled 'Breeches' in her mind -as queer nondescripts, advancing on a clothesline, which excited her , • curiosity, so she would escape from her · nurse's hands often to run into the street to see tr the British were coming thinking they •-~:.r-,c~~.:t<,"f'~"1" 2 must be merry-go-rounds. During this stormy evening when . she was sitting beside her mother, there was ll terrlflc crash in one of the uppel' 1·ooms. Upon Investigating it nothing oould be found out of place. Every one retlred at the usual time. In the middle of the night she was awakened by a shriek from her mother with whom she was sleeping. When some of the family oame to the room, her mother said 'She · had felt a cold, wet hand upon her forehead' and she exclaimed, 'My husband Is lost thls night.'" �Cranfield's bidding. It was here that The Story of "Jcrre's Point!' Vaughan wrote "hls Diary of Current Edi Lor o[ The llernld: Events and sent them to Weare In In re[erence to the legend regarding England where they the Jafirey House and Jerre's Point as a 11rotest against CranJield. This (or Fort) at New Castle, the following Ja1Irey house came into possession of a.re the facts:Joseph Frost, and was extensively reThomas Walford was one ol the paired by him in 1812. It was the type "'" "'""Y" first settlers in Boston and was forced called "Mansion House," a. large twoout with others on account of lhelr story house set facing the East, with religious views. He settled originally the largest elm ln New England dion the Great Island side of Little Harrectly in front (1870). This house bor in 1634. He also possessed other came into the possession of the last lands on Great Island, and at SagaJohn Amazeen in New Castle, and he more Creek. His residence at first was rebuilt lt on the same spot, but facing on the present site of the Albee-Niiesnorth,-the splendid residence now ocFloyd House. At this time he was one cupied by his daughter. o! the wardens of the Church on It Is an lnleresling fact that the Pickering's Neck, near the Old Gun first_ John Amazeen (John the Greek) House in Portsmouth. In 1649, he gave married the widow of Jere Walford, to his son Jeremiah Walford nil his Sr., an<l occupied the Wnlford Eslnte land on Great Island (New Castle). In at Jere's Point for many years. He was the old records his name ls spelled imprisonrcl with Moo<ly and Vaughan Jcr~. Jcrrem!, and Jeremiah. ln 165\l, in the Jafirey house, which wns later the town granted Jeremiah Walford 20 owned by a descendant of the same acres "nere his house." This Included name. Olher facts are of Interest in lhe Point nnd the pres nt Estnte of this conneclion. Willlam F. Hite, dec'd., and other land At the time of this Ja!Irey, lhc 4th, adjoining westerly. Jeremiah <Ii d ln the State owned n. Slate llouse, nnd 1660 leaving a widow and four chilthere is no record l-0 show the Goverdren, one n son also named Jeremiah. nor and Council met Ju This son marri cl and Jived on the eshouse ofilcially at lhls lime. This tate until his death. His widow marGeorge Jaffrey was n Tory and was ried John Arnazeen, the original "John sent back in the country with others the Greek", and he was appointed lo be kept under observation during guarclian of young Jere. the Revolution. It is doubtful if be George JafTrey became interested in ever lived nt New Castle. He owned n the property through U1e assignment palatial residence in Portsmouth. Our of a mortgage note held by John Town Records show the taxes were Rindge. Jafirey finally came into pospaid by tho tenant, Jacob Waldron. session 111 1769. Albee and other anArter the revolution he petitioned the nalists before him have written about Stale for damages, declaring that on the Council Chamber as the place account of the use of the Point for where the Governor and Council met defences his tenant die\ not cut the and visitors were shown into a small usual amount of ]my, etc. This Jaffrey ·1 room on the first floor and you were was the last of his direct family. hushed with awe at the possibillty of The foregoing facls were gathered !\llCh I\ thhlfI, nnd you were told thnt from wills, wrlls, deeds and town the name Jcrre's Point (or Fort) wn records, I\ corruption of the name Jc!Trcy's. -~'"'"""'"-··' The originator or U1e story mntlc n . mistake In his dales. During Cranfield's Administration, . the Old Province Records rcnd-"the Governor and Council met l\t th house of George Jaflrey." This was In 1683, 8G years before George Jnfirey, lhc 4th. came Into possrsslon of the hou~e nt Jerre's Point. The Jlrst George JafTrey bought a house and l..._!~-J~,:;;.,;.;.;.::::..-fil...i~~ about two acres on lhe North Corner or the Island. His neighbor on the \ northwest was James Pendleton, nnd on lhe east Sam Wentworth (father of about all of our New Hampshire Wcntworths). On the arrival of Cmnfleld, nfler his appointment as Lt. The following article by A. I. HarriGovernor, he bought the Sam Wentman is of considerable interest: worth house then locnted in what At various times the names of some Inter was known 11s the "Town Field," of o.1r streets have undergone a few about 300 feet from the George Jaffrey changes by vote of the town, selectmen house. As the result or a suit with and city fsthers. We read about court Jaffrey, Crnnfield dispossessed Jafirey street as commencing at the Parade and freed his slave, taking possession and ending at Broad street, Buck or tho house nnd using It ns a gaol street, State and Pleasant streets, or nml olTlclal mceling 11lace, llllll It Is JaCCrcy street, Feller Lane and Maudthe house where Moody antl Va111:hnn line street. To many it may seem imwere heh.I so Jong with Mr. and Mrs. possible to connect surrow1dlngs which Slileman nnd others w 10 refused to do appear to be a trifle out or joint. Congress street was King street and Islington street. Market Square was, and to many has remained, the "Parade." Pleasant street was Court s&reet from Parade to State street. I I I I IN PO T State street was Broad Buck street. Court street was Jaffrey street and Pitts street. • Porter street was Fetter Lane, Pond Lane and Wan-en street. Richards avenue was Joshua street and Auburn street. Union street was Anthony street . Austin street was Rundlet street . -Summer street was Massey street and Akerman street. Cornwall street was Creek street . Woodbury avenue was Creek street to the Newington line. Gardner street was Ann street . Langdon street was An_n street, also Rock street. Cabot street was Lyme street from Islington street to MeDonoJgh street. Rock street was Bartlett street . Hill street was Spring strnet and Adams st"reet. Hanover street was Cross street from Bridge street to Market street . ' Fleet street vas Mason street from Hanover and Congress streel.s. , Vaugh:m street was Cross street and Short street from Green street to Raynes shipyard. Maplewood avenue was Vaughan street, &~rt stre~t. Ehn street, North street, Prison street, Mill street and North road. Green street was Bachelder street and Bachelor's Lane. Wall street was Langdon alley. Market street was Fore street Bow street to Rindges wharf . Daniels street was Graffort's Lane. Chestnut street was Prison Lane. Penhallow street was Ark street from Daniels to Sbate street. Chapel street was Rosemary street from Daniels to State strete. Charles street was Puddle Lano , Liberty street was Horse Lane. Hancock street was Dock Lane, Richmond street was Cold Lane . Manning street was Wentworth and Peirce l.llne. Mechanic street was street. Franklin street was cotter's Lane. Marcy street was Water street, also Partridge street lo New Castle bridge . Splnney's road was White's road , Banfield road was Rebellion road . Ocean road was Sodom road. We trust this will be a bit of assistaance In navigating the streets of ol<f Portsmouth . , �I ·AT Historic Mansion Is Scene Colorful Costume Party f ture. I ts walls are eighteen inches thick and in Its construction over six thousand pounds was spent, an elaborate sum for those early days. It is said five years were consumed in completing the work of building, and It was finished in 1723. Benjamin Franklin Is said to have visited Portsmouth on two occasions and the first was soon nrter the perfection of the lightning rod. Captain Archibald MacPheadris Is said to have commissioneci Franklin to come to Portsmouth and place lightning rods on his new mansion on Daniel street. It is said the wiring was shipped on a coasting vessel and Franklin came here to superintend the work. The lightning rod is still on the southwest corner of the house and ls probably the first one used In Hew Hampshire. The rooms are unusually high studded, three being very beautifully panelled; beautiful Dutch tiles decorate the fireplace; over the doorway and in the cupola are fine examples of old bulls-eye glass. During his visit to Portsmouth, Lafayette was ente!t nined at this house. The spacious and beautiful hall runs the length of the house and the entrance · doors are massive. The staircase is broad, as In many of the old mansions. The frescoes on the hall are from the -hands oC an unknown artist. Some of them were accidentally discovered about a ha!! century ago, having been covered by four layers of paper. Governor Phipps may be seen, life size, on a white horse ; a lady at a spinning wheel; scenes from some continental city and R. scriptural r epresentation of Abraham ofieril1g up Isaac. The huge elk antlers, given Captain MacPheadris by the Indians, still hang in the front hall near the entrance door. The warner House Association was recently organ1zed ar..:i purChtised the house for the benefit of the public as a monument of the early architecture, Ufe and history of Portsmouth, a:-id as a repository for furniture and other objects typefying the life and mar.ners of the people o! the early days of America. The house was opened to the public early in July and each week clay many tourists and visitors !n om· city as well as local residents visit it. Joseph E. Chandler of Boston, eminent architect in appreciation Clf the Warner House writes: "It would be dll'Ilcult to name In the North, another house of such outstanding merit ns the MacPheadrls-Warner House, viewed as an architectural background for picturing the political and social life of the early Eigh teenth Century in one of our most important early maratime towns. It has fortunately been preserved to us thus far by the recent occupants who extended to our day the fortun ate social atmosphere L-:.,~;~~~~)'k: which still persists in its walls." Fiske Kimball, director of the Pennsylvania Museum of Art, wri tes of the Warner House : "The great house built by Captain MacPheadris of Portsmouth, so long occupied by his descendants, the Warner Family, is one of the rarest survivals of the fine mansions erected In New England In the first quarter of the Eighteenth Century. Its superb panelling is today practically unique as an example of the work of that Not for 150 or more years has the Jans, Amerlcan Indians, and Salvas interior of the historic Warner House/ doreans, each dressed in the costume seen such a distinguished gathering of their native land. Mrs. Edward as was present yesterday at the. For- Savage Crocker, wife of the charge elgn Costume party held for the d' ffaires at the American Legation benefit of the fund for t he restoration ln Stockholm, Sweden, has collected of the famous old house. All had the dolls ln her travels ln various been drawn to the distinguished parts of the world and generously mansion by a common purpose, to aid loaned the valuable group for the in the restoration of the old brick costume party. Mrs. Crocker also house, a remnant of the glory of co- loaned a great many of the costumes Ionlal days, displayed yesterday, having collected The main attraction was the par- the greater part of them, and it was ade of authentic costumes "from the largely through her interest that t he Arctic to the South Seas", the cos- exhibition of foreign costumes was tumes being loaned for the occasion. made possible. They were beautiful ln every way- and Colonial days were well recalled as each costume appeared the na- and the ancient "ruanslon was again tlonal hymn or characteristic music alive with fes tivities for which it unof the country ln which that partlcu- doubtedly was famous 200 years ago. Jar costume originated was played by The visitors found much of interest members of the Boston Symphony ln viewing the historic colonial house, Orchestra a realistic touch thus be- even in the very back where In the ing prod~ced. old-time kitchen is a huge Dutch The wearers of the various cos- oven room with great open fireplace tumes came down the broad stairway and oven. and walked into the room to the right The Warner House was purchased at the foot of the stairs, turned and by the Warner House Association from crossed the hall to the room on the the estate of the late Thomas N. other side, then returned up the Penhallow for $10,000, raised princistalrway. This gave all present an pally .through the,, efforts of Mrs. opportunity to see the native dress of Barrett Wendell of this city and various foreign countries. Boston, who is president of the assoRaln was threatening, but it soon elation. Th~ house Is now open each cleared up and following a brief inter- week day this summer, and Mrs. Fred mission, during which Miss Evelyn E. Drake, ~he hostess, Is kept busy Willlam.ir of the Farragut House or- showing visitors through the 1 mansion chestTa r,endered a soprano solo, the and giving them Its history and pointentire parade was. repeated, this time ing out its charms. the · wearers displaying the costumes Portsmouth is justly proud to have ln the garden, where a large number the old Warner House kept as one of or people had assembled. the show houses of our old seaport Following the , costume parade tea city, it being the oldest brick building "'as served ln the garden, the tables in the town, built In 1718 at a great being placed ur.der the beautiful old expense by Captain Archibald Mactrees, ' Pheadrls, a rich merchant, who occuAn opportunity to cast a ballot for pied the house. He came here from the favorite presidential candidate Scotland and was chief promoter of v;-as afforded a.t a voting booth, and the Iron Works at Dover, the first esHerbert Hoover received an over- tablishment of its kind in America. In wht!mir.g majority, with a total vote 1772 he was a member of the King's of 207. Council. He married Sarah WentThe results of the preferential presi- worth, one of the children of Lieutendential vote was as follows: ant Governor John Wentworth, and · F!-><>ver-207. his daughter Mary married Hon. Ritchie-94. . Jonathan Warne::- in 1754, who was a member of His Majesty's Council unRoosevel!r-73. til tht Revolution. Mr. Warner resided Disgusted-34: here until his death, in 1812, when, Thomas-5. dying childless, the house passed into Baker-5. the possession of hls • great-nephew, Smith-5. Colonel John N. Sherburne. Young-t. The brick and other material used On. the second floor of the house in Its construction was brought from was 'an exhibition of over l25 foreign Holland and the original bill of lading dolls, each dressed ln eharacterl~lc is still in existence. It was the outcostume, some in groups, arranged as standing house of its time In Portsfor a foik dance, and other standing mouth. Now, after more than 200 alone. There were s~cial groups of years, it ls one of the finest examples Laplanders, Swiss, Italla_ns, Hungar- of Psrrlv 'F.i O'hf PPl'1th ("'pnh 1;.,,_ Q.t-...(_'ll,•d t ,,,-J.i:1.iilo.i~.;:i;,il;o;...:.ll;.:,i!.;..,,e,:;..;.~..r..;..... ...,;...,-.;1,.=;1.<., ~;,,,ll,i.- -------"""''"""-.... �JIISTORIC WARNER HOUSE period. Its preservation for the future Is most earnestly wished, and the efforts of the Warner House Association wlll commend themselves to the support or every Jover of early America." PltOGRAIUME The Arctic to the South Seas Lap Girl; costume loaned by Mrs. Edward Crocker and worn by Miss Margo Wyeth; from Kiruna, Sweden, \ on the border of the Arctic Circle. Lap Man; loaned by Stephen Klyce and worn by Richard Scott; from Kiruna, Sweden. Swedish Girl; loaned by ward Crocker and worn by Miss Josephine Rice; from Stockholm. Swedish Child; loaned by Miss Llspenarcl Seabury Crocker and worn by herself· from Delacarlla, Sweden. Finnish Child; loaned by Miss Lispenard Seabury Crocker nnd worn by 1Miss Cynthi:i. Fletcher; from Helsingfors, Finland. Swedish Girl; loaned by Mrs. Edward Crocker and worn by Miss Gall Scott· from Delacarlia, Sweden. Sw;dish Girl; loaned by Manning Emery, and worn by Miss Alice Kempf!. Swedish •Man; loaned by Mrs. Edwnrd Crocker ::uid worn by Arthur Rice; from Stockholm. Polish Girl; loaned by Mrs. Edward Crocker and worn by Miss Joanna Neilson; from Warsaw, Poland. Polish Man; loaned by Mrs. Edward Crncker and worn by Barry Cann; from Lowicz, Poland. . Polish Woman; loaned by Mrs. William Howells, and worn by Miss Virglnin Cann; from Lowicz, Poland. IIuugarian Girl; loaned by M_rs. Edward Crocker and worn by Miss Elizabeti1 warren; from Mezo-kovesd, Hungary. Hungarian Man; loaned by Edward Crocker and worn by Klyce; from Mczo-kovesd, Hungary. Hungarian Girl; loaned by Mrs. E_dward Crocker and worn by Miss Frances Wright. Hungarian Girl; loaned by Mrs. Edward crocker and worn by Miss Mary Cushman. Roman Girl; loaned by Mrs. Edward Crocker and worn by Miss Eleanor , Gooding; from Rome. Roman Girl; loaned by Mrs. Edward Crocker and worn by Miss Marie Gooding; from Rome. Croatian Girl; loaned by Mrs. Edward Crocker and worn by Mrs. John Livermore; from Zagreb, Jugoslavia. Croatian Man; loaned by Mrs. Edwa1·d Crncker and worn by Henry Cadwalader; from Zagreb. · Turkish Girl; loaned by Mrs. Edward Crocker and worn by Mrs. Stephen Decatur; from Istanbul. Turkish Girl; loaned hy Mrs. Fergus Reid, Junior, and worn by Mrs. James Millar; from Istanbul. Albanian Woman; loaned by Mrs. Edward Crocker nnd worn by Miss Mary Fuller; from Tirnna. Albanian Woman; loaned by Mrs. Fergus Reid, Junior ancl wo1·n by Miss Yolande de Manduit; from Tirana. Haw:i.llan Girl; loaned by Mrs. William Howells and worn by Miss Harriet Anderson; from Hawaii. Hawaiirm Girl; loa1,ed by Mrs. William Howells, ancl worn by Miss Lillian Neilson; from Hawaii. Salvadorean Girl; loaned by Mrs. Edward Crocker and worn by Miss Anne SLurgis; from Salvador. Tchuantepec Girl; loaned by Mrs. Wllliam Howells nnd worn by Miss Madeleine Erhard; from the Isthmus of Tehuautepcc. l\Iexican Charrn Man; loaned and worn by William Howells. Mc:xican Poblana Woman; loaned by Mrs. William Howells and worn by Miss Ruth Horton. Sioux Womt\n; loaned by Mrs. Wllllam Howells and worn by Miss Anne Cadwalader. Sioux Woman i loaned by M:s. Edward Croclter and worn by Miss Bertha von Moucllzlsker. Crow Indian Medicine Man· lC1ancd by Mrs. William Howells ar,d worn by Mrs. John Livermore. - - - · Sioux Man; loaned by Mrs. Edward Crocker and worn by Robert Breckinridge. · The patronesses and patrons were: Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller, Mrs. Cadwalader, ' Mrs. Elihu Chauncey, Mrs. W. Endicott Dexter, Samuel Hooper Hooper, Mrs. Sidney Keith, Mrs. Carl Mead, Mrs. Huntley Spaulding, Mrs. Harold Rickard, Mrs. Leonard Wheeler, Mrs. Russell Alger, Mrs. Eben Doolittle, Miss Elizabeth Bliss, 1 Anna Cutler, Mrs. Arthur Heflenger Mrs. Saunders Lewis, Mrs. Charles R Sargent, Mrs. Lansing Ray, Mrs. Fergus Reid, Jr., Mrs. Andrew Murray Williams, Mrs. T. Willing Balch, Mrs. George L. DeB!ois, Mrs. George, Cog.l : gill, Mrs. David Greenough, Mrs. Harl ry Hungerford, Mrs. James R. May,1 \ Mrs. Edward Robinson, Mrs. George H. Warren, Mrs. Clinton F. Whittet more, Mrs. G. Lewis Sargent. The entertainment committee was: Chairman, Mrs. Wallis Walker; Mrs. William N. Kremer, Mrs. John Mead Howells, Miss Frances Brooks, Mrs. John G. M. Stone, Mrs. Arthur D. Hill, Mrs. Wllliam M. Seabury, Mrs. Henry L. Green, Miss McLean, Mrs. Edward Savage Crocker. Mrs. Henry L. Green was chairman of the tea committee and was assisted by Mrs. William M. · Cremer, Mrs. Miles White, Mrs. Seth Low Pierrepont, Mrs. Arthur D. Hill, Mrs. Ramsey, Mrs. R. C. Sturgis, Mrs. Henry I. Durgin, Mrs. Helen. iLowell, Mrs. Jessie ·S. Crockett, Mrs. \Frederick H. Magoun, Miss Rosamond •Thaxter, Miss Eleanor P. Sawtelle and Miss Phyllls R. Gray. Mrs. Richman S. Margeson was chairman o! the candy and ice cream 1committee and was assisted by Mrs. Charles M. Dale, Miss Helen Souter and Mrs. JoseJ:!h P. Marden. The officers o! the Warner House Association are: Mrs. Barrett Wendell, Chairman Mrs. Henry L. Green, Vice Chair- l Mrs. Mary I. Wood, Sub-Chairman· Miss Frances E. Brooks, Secretary. E. Curtis Matthews, Treasurer. Board of Governors--The Officers and Mrs. John M. Howells, Rev. William Safford Jones, Mrs. William N. Kremer, Miss Elizabeth Perkins, Mrs. Henry G. Vaughan, Mrs. Wallis D. Walker, Mrs. M!les White. Additional Charter members of the 1 Corporation-D. F. Borthwic~, Miss Pauline B. Bradford, Mrs. John T. Coolidge, Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller, Mrs. John Fremont Hill, Mrs. Thomas 0, Marvin, Mrs. Seth Low Pierrepont, Mrs. John G. M. Stone, Miss Susan J. Wentworth, Advisory Committee-W. 8. Appleton, Joseph E. Chandler, John Templeton Coolidge, W!lliam 0. Endicott, , Rev. Allred Gooding, Hon. F. W. Hartford, John M. Howells, Thomas IH. Simes, Arthur B. Wendell, Gov. John G. Winant. , �OPEN HISTORIC ~ WARNER HOUSE The Warner House on street opened to the public for season Sunday, with Mrs. (Mlllet) Drake as hostess. The official opening o! the wlll not take place until Friday afternoon, July 22, wh.en an entertainment will be presented and, i! pleasant, tea will be served in the garden. This beautiful old colonial mansion, bJilt in 17i8 by Capt. Archibald Macpheadris, wealthy merchant ·and king's councilor, was recently purchased by the warner House Association, which was organized to i;urchase and preserve the house for the benem of the public as a monument o! the early architecture, ll!e and history · of Portsmouth. It also will be a repository for furniture and other objects typifying the life and manners of the people in the early days o! A_merica. Portsmouth ls justly proud to have another of its. beautl!ul colonial houses kept for such a purpose and many people of this city and vicinity, SJmmer guests at .t he hotels, and strangers in the city will avail. themselves o! the opportunity from time to time to visit this house. On the southwestern corner o! the building the passerby may soe the old lightning rod, Installed In 1762 under the personal supervision or Benjamin Franklin, and was the first used in New Hampshire. Mrs .. Barrett Wendell ls chairman o! the i o!ficers o! the Warne1· House Assoclat1011. During her absence abt<>adl Mrs. Henry L. Green, vice clialrman, is acting as chairman. Mrs. Wallis D. Walker ls chairman or the entertainment program to be presented on the of!lclal opening day, and Mrs. Green ls chairman of the afternoon tea, :,ro OPEN HOUSE TO THE PUBLIC A news Item o! interest to New Engl1m<1 summer colonies relates to two l10use located, one in South Berwick, Met., and the other in 5almon Falls, N. H. To speak of these places as being In sep rate states suggests the posslblllty o! great distances between them, but matter of fact the towns are on the two sides o! the Plscataqua RlTer aud In each are old houses o! sui,remct architectural and sentimental interest to visitors from other parts or the country. On Thursday, July the Ht.h, these houses will be opened to thct J)ubllc until and including Thurs<ltty, July 21st. Snrnh Orne Jowett's mansion house in South Berwick will be furnished with the :finest furniture that can be borrowed by the Committee in charge and the house will be thrown open to the public, the profits of the admissions to be applied to the l.rnprovement or the house and (tt0Und11. Included with the grounds is th djolnlng Theodore Eastmnn Community House, which like the Jewett Mansion, ls the property of the Society for the Preservation of New Engl1tnd Antiquities. This property was bequeathed Lo the Society by ihe late Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman with an endowment o! $20,000. This has not yet been received from the estate and the hick or It complicates the committee in the administration o! the r,roperty and ls one of the prime c11use back of this Loan Exhibition and the need o! raising money, Rt.Ill rurlher to help the cause Mrs. F1·ode1·lck a. Blodgett, who ls chairman o! the JeweU House Committee, and one of tho Trustees of the P1·eservo.tlon Society, has agreed to throw open to the publlo, during this same week, her nationally known Paul Wentworth Mansion, situated about a quarter or a mile away from the Jewett Mansion on the New Hampshire side of the river. A separate admission charge wlll be made hoce and all or the receipts during that week will be applied to the Jewett fund. This generous action on Mra. Bl~dgett's part will be particularly appreciated when 1 It ls bome in mind that the Wentworth Mansion ls of the early 18th century, whereas the Jewett Mansion Is of the lo.te 18th conL111·y. 'l'hab means that oaoh house will havo a type of furniture differing radically nnd wholly !rom the other, and the two together wm provide tho visiting public with a. wonderful opportunity to see the entire soope of 18th century furniture at its best. Loan Exhibitions o! this kind are becoming a better appreciated and more widely advertised means or entertalnln!J our summer visitors, showing them what New England at its best oan accomplish and even in this off year, when many westerners wlll be detained at home =·•"''""'"' against their will, we may be certain that there will be visitors in such large numbers that the Jewett House 1 fund should gain appreclablf as a result::..._ _ _ __...__....,..,,,....,...----=---':" �Tu...tl le' 3 '1,J h ~eople Te ach Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt· of New j ;1'he Herald sent advance informaYorlc received nn entllusinsLic welcome !' a Lion of the coming of the governor lo New H::unpslliro yrsLerday in this to the hotels nnd former Governor c!Ly, at New Castle and all along the 1H~nL1ey N. Spaulding of New Hamproule to Hamp Lon Beach. ·It · was a shire and former Governor Alvan T. sincere trillule Lo a ctistlnguislted Fuller or Massachusetls . Governor American. 1 Roosevelt informed the Mayor that 011 The tour or Governor Roosevolt and his return he would make social calls his sous of Lhe New England coasL on ex-Govs. Spaulding and Fuller. was concluded shortly before 6 o'clock On his way .to the beach he stopped Saturday nighL ,vr1en tho yawl, Myth in. front. of the s_ummer r~sidencc of II., dropped anchor at Little Harbor Di• Harvey Cushmg at L1tlle Boar's of! the Hole! Wentworth. Head and his litLle granddaughLer, As soon as the craft dropped anchor Sara Delano Roosevelt, daughter of in the harbor the first one to step James. and BeLsy Cushing Roosevelt, aboard was Mayor F. w. HarLford held L1ghLly Lo his finger during his and they passed nearly half an hour st ay. talking over plans for the governor's Itooscv~lt at Porlsmouth rccepLion here. To Lho Mayor GovOne of the largest crowds ever Lo cmor Roosevelt communlcaLed the galhe1· in this clLy filled Market information that he did 1iot go Lo thE' SqJare, extending down Pleasant to navy yard, as it was Sunday and the State street, pushing out from the yard was closed, but promised h9 sidewalks to complet~ly fill all avallwoJld later go there. He said that he able space, with the exception of a looked forward to the Mayor's return narrow lane kept clear on Pleasant to New Castle to ride with him to street leading to the square by the loMarket Squaro for the reception. cal police. The crowd began Lo gathThe governor then chatted with er at noon, although Governor RooseRobert Jackson, national committee- veiL was not scheduled to arrive until man and secretary or the recent two o'clock. At 1 o'clock the crowd DemocraLlc National Convention, and had reached large proportions, waitwas then greeted by Proprietor Beck- Ing patiently for the arrival of the with of Hotel Wentworth. In step- 1governor. The Veterans or Foreign Wars ping aboard the Myth Mt·. Beckwith said: "Governor, there Ls the Hotel Bnnd, directed by Roland Hinkley, Wentworth, which ls yours during gave an excellent concert to entertaht your stay, for you and your friends." the huge crowd during its wait an Before leaving the Wentworth the the selections of this musical organigovernor registered and greeted the ze,tion were much appreciated. It seemed that almost every resihundreds of guests there. · On registering he said: "If you will look back dent of Portsmouth was included in to the year 1919 you will find my sig- the tlu·ong, which was made up of men, women, young people and nature on the register." During the trip to Portsmouth the children. Many were present from Mayor pointed ouL the development at Kittery, Exeter, Greenland, New Casthe South Playgrounds, wlllch ls a tle, Rye, and other surrounding towns. commendable piece of work, and the All were aware that Governor Roosegovernor was very enthusiastic over velt would not deliver a long political the beauty of that secLlon and tl1e address In which he would state his splriL In which It was prcpa1'cd. He views upon the problems ·o fthe day; was mJch Interested In vlewlng the they simply wanted to see the man Governor Wentworth mansion and hlmscH. At 2. 20 p. m., the official party the Thomas Balley Aldrich House which was seen from the head or th~ came Into ·view, proceeding 'JP Pleasstreet in a brief stop, as well as the ant street. The way through handsome · buildings In and about Haymarket Square and Middle street. I II I I crowd was cleared by an advance guard of four State Hlghy.,ay police officers on motorcycles. The cars moved slowly through the cheering crowd to the center of the square. A rush immediately started toward this point from Ple,asant street'. where the crowd sun·ounded the bandstand. The voices of the speakers carrled well and the great majority were able to hear the well-chosen words of Mayor HarLford as he introduc~ Governor Roosevelt and the short address delivered by Roosevelt in an Informal and friendly manner. DJring his welcome to , Governor Roosevelt to th.is historic city Mayor F. W. Hartford said: "My friends this is .one of the greatest days in th; history of Portsmouth. A great many distinguished Americans have spoken to Portsmouth people from this square. About half a mile from where we stand was launched on May 10, 1777, the ship Ranger, commanded by Capt. John Paul Jones, · which brought the first salute to our national emblem in foreign waters. "In this historic square, Gen. John Sullivan a.nd his patriots marched forth with the powder from Fort wn~ !lam and Mary to Bunlcer Hill that wmt that battle for tho freedom or America. "On this very spot on the first president of the United States was received, and later Lafayette was greeted here. From that time on many Presidents have §topped here aud greeted our citizens. "We have with us today another distinguished American, the governor of the Empire State, New York. He has been a great governor of a great state and has not only dlstingulfihed himself by his conduct M govern'Jr, but has been nominated by a party for the presidency of United St tes. Mayor Hartford said in closing: "This great crowd is here for one purpose, to do honor to a distinguished Amerlcan and to hear a word from him.'' ' "Governor Roosevelt has . been traveling over no new territory, for he ls famlllar with the entire coast of New England, from New York to Maine. When he arrived yesterday he sailed along w1t.ll he found that small but safe harbor, Little H:i.rbor, of! Hotel Wentworth, where ht:1 spent the night. When he saw the harbor he said, 'Boys, here's wher1;1 we spend the 'night.' The place where he stayed was \\'!thin a few feet or the Governor Wentworth mans ion, another building of great historic value. ,._.,"'..,,.,.,.,. Here he ls, our friends and a gri>at friend of the Port.smo ,,th and Kittery navy yard, and it Is with extreme pleasure that I · present to you Gov. Franklin Delano Roosevelt or the Empire State of New _York." In acknowledging the welcome Governor Roosevelt said, "My frlcnda, Mayor Hartford, it has been many years that I have been coming here. I well remember my first trip, 31 years ago, along this co11at, when I wont for a cruise In the first boat I ever owued. How well I 1·emember tryln~ to pass 'Pull-and-be-Dammed Point' after dark. I know every rock and mud-lint in this harbor. Later, In 1913, I .became mo1:e intimately ac uaintect with Portsmout.It and �Kittery through my oonnectlon with the Navy -Department. Dm'ing my eight years in WRshington I came here often in the interests of the navy yard. It was on one- of those t-rips that I beoame acqc1tlinted with Mayor Hartrord, whom I have learnell to respect and admire. · "Later, in 1020, Rft.or I left Lite Navy Department to run for the vice presl·denoy, most unsuoce.s.s~ully, I was presented with ·a gold watch by the em~ ployes of the navy yard. I oarl'ied thab watch fol! severnl years, until I began wearing my father's watch. I turned the watoh which was presented to me here over to my son James, and he Is wearing it here today. So you oan see I have very olose associations with Portsmouth. "Since this is Sunday we will not bring pollt!os into this gathering. I have been very pleased to renew my aoqualntance here and wish ·I oould stay longer, but I oannot. I am very grateful for your reception here and I assure you that I shall come back again." Riding in the oar with Governor Roosevelt was James Roosevelb and Mayor Hartford . . In the head car was Dr. S. T. Ll\dd, ohalrman of the committee on arrangements, Rev. Maxwell Ganter and D1·. Samuel P. Griffin, cha.irman of the Democratic City Committee. Directly following the governor's car came one carrying ·anklln D. Roosevelt, J1j. , Mrs. James Roosevelt and Mr. and Mrs. George Briggs. In a fourth car rode Mary and Ba~bara Cushing, sisters of Mrs. James Roosevelt, and John Robert Delano of New York. Following this came a long of cars carrying members of the local committee; prominent visitors and newspaperment. All the way from the Wentworth Hotel through Portsmouth and along the boulevard into Hampton the road was kept remarkably clea1· of trn!flo congestion and it was due to the excellent work of the state police of three states and local omoers. The Ma.ssach.isetts State Police loaned Lieut. T. H. Mitchell and Sergts . M. W. Joyce and John Horgan and 25 selected patrolmen. The New Harr,,shlre State Police had Officers James Brown of Epping, Fred 0lark of Lebanon,. Wilfred Arsenault of Keene and Roger Milton of Antrim. Motorcycle Officers Herbert Winn, Clifton Hildreth and Lloyd Magraw Pl\trolled local streets and furnished an escort as far as the Rye line for the official party, along with the other troopers. Maine. State Patrolman Ernest Hassen of Kittery was also on duty and escorted the group to the Rye line. The Tr!p to Hampton Headed by three New Hampshire State patrolmen, two local n\Jtorcycle o!ftcers and two Massachusetts state troopers, the official party left Market square ana. proceeded down Congress street, Down Miller avenue into Sagamore avenue the party passed with the sirens of the state ti-oops clearing the way,. Cars were parked on both sides of the highway and everYWhere cheers greeted ·the governor and his party. The entourage followed the boulevard past Wallls Sands and the other beachs of Rye, All along the route were thousands of residents and summer visitors, who crowded on their lawns or waved . from their porches overlooking the sea: · At the Beach . club at Rye a large g1·oup or summer residents had gathered and a cheer went up as the offtclal party passed. At the Drake House a trlbut'e was paid the governor and his party for as the delegation passed a salute of three guns was fired from a miniature cannon. The group passed on by the Farragut and Little Boar's Head where the member~ of the summer ~lony gathered on their front porohes to greet the New York governor. From there on the party passed cottage afte1· cottage with the summer visitors · porches or sitting ()U the breakwater on the ocean side, everyone cheering ns the Empire State's governor waved in return to their greetings. on At Hampton . Beach a wide section of the sti-eet neat· the Chambet· of Commerce building was cleared and the 40 or mcire car in the party were parked Lhere. The governor went directly to Lhe speaker's stand, with his sons and the other guests. on re urnmg 1ome secretary to Washington, who had reason to regret his choice. the yo,~ng man possessed endearing Tob:as Lrar Earned His Salary culture • business capacity ,.· (From The Manchester Union) , q t 1al·1tles . • • The first President of the United and fidelity. . States had a single secretary; Frank~ntil W:ashington's death Lear reJin D. Roosevelt has three each with I ma.med hi.s constant c~mpanlon and . an assistant . Tobias Lear of Ports- . was rewarded with a Jib~ral l~gacy. mouth, N. H .• who held the post un-1 Tradition says that Washington s last der George Washington, was paid $200 words were addressed to him. . a yea,; the present salary is eqml to It is fitting to note here that, while that of a senator. · · J Tobias Lear received scant notice in · There, in few words, is the story of I moot encyclopedias, he was ,a, statesthe onormous Increase, during a cen- 1man of no mean ability. As consul tury and a llllf, o! ihe official nnd ," genernl at Santo Domingo (1002-1804) .social tasks which tax an occupant he showed marked t.act und€r trying the White Home. j conditions. In the same post at AlWhile undo,,btcdly the members of · giers, in 1805, he concluded peace the -pretent.ious secretaTial sta:ff <.! terms with TrlpoU which were aptoday have plenty of wor;, to do, there prove<l by the United St.ates governis not the slightest doubt that Tobias ment • . Lear fully earned his modest stipend. Lear died Oct. 11, 1816, and was Not only was he privat~ and military deservedly honored with burial -in · the secretary, but he tutored Washington's Congressional cemetery at Washlngadopt€d chlldren, was his clerk at ton, among many noted American legMt . Vernon, and attended to many of lslators and diplomats. His habits the more important domestic details were exemplary; he was a true paof that large estate. No extra emolu- triot, -and he never deigned to use for ments were open to him either such ulterior purposes his adva.niages as ts the $50,000 a year plum which ls . the closest confidant for many years ,,mderstood to come to one of the 1of the F'Mher of His Country . 'R.oo.sevelt secretaries for radio broadiasts in his of! hours. - bcar._,_w::is born Sept. 19, :762, and named for hls father, n well-to-do Port:;mouth, shipmaster, who sent him t:n·cu"h Hro:vard. After his graclu~ Uon he tra,>elcd imd stndlecl in Eu - EDITOR.UL COMMENT I I or: �"O Lord our Governor, whose glory is in all the world; We commend this nation to thy merciful care, that bei1~g g4ided by thy Providence, we may dwell secure in thy peace. Grant to Thy President or the United St.ates, and to all in authority, wisdom and strength to know and to do thy will. Fill them with the love of truth and righteousness; and make t i ~ eve1· mindful of their calling to serve this people in thy fear; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigncth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. "O God of unchangeable power and eternal light, look favoraL~• on t11y whole church, tha't wonderful and sacred mystery; and by the tranquil operaUon or lhy perpetual providence carry out the work of man's salvation, and let the whole world feel and see that Lhinss which were cast down are being raised up, and things which had grown old are being made new, and all things are returning lo perfection through him from whom they took _ __.. their origin, even Jesus Christ To•01m em ra s.io1n I■ ,J li1um 1s Churcl m The pro essiott move U(.) M.tl l<~~ Lord Amen O ver 100 member5 or the Nc'N H m11• "Almighty God, we make our earnest Colonial Dame3 or slrco:t to BJ.v . trrct and directly to St. .l\mcdco. met in Lill~ city Lollay In com- ,Jolin·. church. wllrre t.lt s rvicu w11,;1 pruyec that thou wilt kerp the United Prayers were oIIcrcct !Jy Rev. States in thy holy protecllon; that thou mcmornt.lon of ·lhe 200th annivcrs:uy t1ctd. or the birth or George WashJngton, Maxwell Ganter, reel.or of St. Jo\m'~ wilt incline the hearts of the citizens with an Impressive service at St. John's church and the s nnon was preache t to cultivale a spirit of subordination cl1tlrch as an outstandlng feature of uy Rt. Rev. John Thomson DalL5, and obedience to government; to enbishop or New H mp:,hlrc. tcrtain a brotherly afiection and Jove tho day, At u, Otlenlng of the cllurcl1 ser · for one another and for their fellow Tho progrnm opened at 10 o'clock thlB morning with a business meeting at vie n.cv. Maxwell Gantrr. the rector, citizens of the United States at large, Aud finally that thou wilt most gratho famous Moffatt-Ladd House on ;;atd: "Good people, we are III t t,og thcr clously be pleased lo dispose us all to M rket slrcet. At the btdness meetLug annual reports of o~ficer were read lo commemomle th Two Hundredth do justice, to Jove mercy and to demean g,nd approved and the election or offl- Anniversary of the blt h ot Gcor"C ourscll'es with that charity, humility c t'B for the coming year was carried w . hington and tl1c On Hundred and and pacific temper of mind, whirh were Fort.y-Tturd Anniversary o[ ltl.!J In- tlie characterislics or the Divine Auout, the following being elected: ei·estdent, Mrs. William H. Schofield auguration as First President of the lhor of our blessed religion, and witho{ Peterborough; honorary p;·esiclent. United stales of America, and 1,0 give out an humble imitation of whose Mr,1 G >rJJ, D. Towno or M·rnchcs- thanks to Almighty God for the life example In these things we can nevei· and service of 50 great and good a hop~ lo be a happy nation. Grant our tcr; vicu 11rc~ldcnt.,, Mr!l. Frank Str ctcr or Concord, Miss mtwll th 0 man, who in the Providence of·God was suµplication. we beseech thee. through Sawyer or Dover. Mr.;. L. Melvllte raised up in the time of great·emcr- Jesus Christ. our Lnrd. Amen. "O God, whose Name is excellent in French or Munchcst;cr, Mrs Joiu1 0 gcncy to help crcale this naLion. Let M . Git'ssncr or Littleton: honorary vlc us thank God for his good example and all the earth, and whose glory is above We bless thee for the prcsldent. Mrs. James R. May or l"ort..<;- for the civic and religious virtue for lhe heavens: mouth; recording secretary, IV[r:i. J. which he Is esteemed by all genera- great things thou hast done and art doinr: for Lile cllilclrcn of men. We Fro.nktm Roll\nson or Mo.nch ster: cor- lions." Following the singing of Te Deum pra!•·:: and magnify thy holy ~nmc ro, r s1>011din~ secretary, Mrn. J. Wm. low Peirce or P rtsmouth: t1·c,1.sur r, Mr.i. Laud:unus by lhe choir, and the saying all U:y ~cr,.mt, ,d10 l!a,e fini..,httl their Wl11titro11 E. Fiske or E,c tcr; registrar, o[ the Apostle's Creed, Rev. Maxwell cour::e Ill thy ln1Lh and fear. and especially for thy servant George washMr:. Charle., C. G ·s of Dover: htstnn- Ganter gave the following prayer: an, Mm. Cltarl •, B. Mannln" or M. n"Almighly God, who has given us this ington ·we give thee hearty thanks chestcr: g nealogi t, Mlss Sus:111 Wood- ~ood laud for our heritage; We humbly for raising him up a leader and comman or Dover; auditor. Aluertu. '1'. beseech thee that we may always prove mander o[ the people; for bestowing ·upDudley or E·,ceter; boJrd or m n'lgers, ourselves a people mindful of thy fa- on him the spirit of wisdom and unMrs. Winthrn(> E. Fiske or £,ceLcr; Mrs. vour and glad to clo thy will. Bless our derstanding; for enabling him to serve Harold W. Brown or Dover; Mr:,. Wil- land with honorable industry, sound the people of lhis land with incorli::un H. Bcasom or Na Ima; Mrs. RolJ- lcarning, and pure manners. Save ruptiblc integrity and forgetfulness of rt .J. Gnncs or Concord; Mls., Don us from violence, discord and con- self And we carncslly pray that, his N. Stl ulding or Peterborou~h. fusion; from pride and arrogancy, and pure example, at. the beginning of our F'oll,>wini:: the IJusiness meC::\lt>; u pro• from every evil way. Defend our Jib- national life, may not be forgotten. cc,,slon o[ member and invltcu gu st,; erlies and fashion into one united but may be more faith[ully followed in fcnm:d o.t the MoITutt-Lndd house nd people the multitudes brnugilt hither the Liays lo come. We beseech thee to proc •cdcd to St. John's chut'ch, wh re out of many kindreds and tongues. look graciously upon us, thy humble Lile memorial s rvice wo..~ held. 'TI1 , Imbue with the spirit of wisclom those servants, and in thy mercy vouchsafr ll':l.dC \'Ill', head d by the u. s. tfaV'\l lo whom in thy Na.me we enlrnst the to accept our unworthy prayers and Brnd anli the colors of the Colonl l authority of government, that there praises; for the sake of our only Mco., m ..,. Cilt'l'icct by Jonatho.n Sawyer may be justice and peace at home, 11ncl diat.or and Advocate, Jesus Christ Olli' :it LI Swpht'll D::c:ilur, Jr .. or KtlL•:ry that, through obedience or thy law, Lord Amen. · Poict -and Anclrew Breese or Manchel• we may show forth U1y praise among "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, tcr. Mas.;. Next came Mayor F W. Har~- the nations of the earth. In the time and the love of God, and the fellowford, followed by the mcmuer11 nm! of prosperity, flll our heai-t.s with ship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all ornelal guci ts. Al in tho proce.,slon thankfulness, and in the day of lrouble. were Lieut. Comdr. W. C. Wade, U. S. suffer not our trust in thee to fail; ali N .. and Lieut. Comdr. L. S. Stewart, U. which we ask through Jesus Christ S. N Lord. Amen. shko Society of �Bishop Dallas spoke in part as lows: "There Is no need on our part, or on the part of the various organizations represented here to rehearse the character and greatness and dignity, and I !'fl!lY say granderu·, of the first President of the United States. Nor do we churchmen need to recall his churchmanshlp. We are all proud of it and recognize thoroughly · how much he represented of all that h good and true. We are happy to say, in spit of all biolog(sts of the present day have brought out abot1t George Washington; that he did a great good to men and, in spite of the trifling details which they have unearthed, as we look over his writings and teachings we still find so · fine and so good, and I may say, so' beautiful a character . "Our gathering on this hill and on this bank brings us face to face and into the days gone by. This edifice and the old house to which we shall soon repair, the very streets we shall walk, and one old ho..1se after another, are relics of the days gone by and bring us in contact with men and women who have passed on and the things they did, their homes and their aspirations and ideals. We can almost touch yesterday, the yesterday of so long ago. It gives me, as a mere man, a sense or unworthiness as I sit in this old chair In which he sat . As we look at the old organ in the balcony, the baptismal font and the old silver service-we can hardly touch a thing in this old church, or this olcl town, without a sense of awe and reverence as we realize what we are touching. "This nation was bullded on a firm foundation, and all these things usher us into something more vital as we realize the problems which were faced by the founders of It. It is built on something which has made It the greatest nation on earth and the envy of the world. We stand aghast as we realize the conditions under which the people-lived in this coun- try 150 or more years ago. at the ~ miracles God has wroughtmiracles that brought about this great co..1ntry with such idealism and we appreciate that they. were fostered here and how much of it was due lo the strengtlt and courage of the first President of the United States." Bishop Dallas slated that through all this history and the development of the country there was ·one thing which caused Washington and his followers to carry on. He said, "Our future history depended on a subtle thing, a thing we can't see-a quality of spirit." He went on to say that, in spite of the tremendous difficulties encountered by George Washington he still carried on with a quality of spirit which made the country what it is today. He said it was not alone his mental and physical qualities which made him great, b..1t that his "quality of spirit' gave him power to endure and carry on and suffer." The speaker mentioned the difficulties of a president of that day as compared to those of the present, anrl brought out that they were far harder to face in his day and that a man needed a quality of spirit to cany on through the problems which eventually resulted in the foruiation of a nation and 1>roved to be a successful experiment in government. In speaking Lo the women present, Bishop Dallas said, "The women from whom you are descended faced the same problems you face today, but in those days the problems "·ere of such a natt1re that they ind.iced the women· to throw away their qualities of leadership, but their quality of spirit held them up and made them carry on." He said, "with your present spirit of truth you are saving so:nilthing of the beautiful out of the heart of the eternal which makes life worth living. Men destroy themselves and others but what is good and true and beautiful in the women keep men from clegenerating and makes them good and true and beautlf,1!." He mentioned the new ,experience of women in taking an interest in public life and told of the great future in store for them by their p:irticipa tion. Bishop Dallas concluded by saying. "If George Washington was here he would say some word that would caus us to turn anct foster and enhance that quality of spirit we call religion and prayer. He would open o.ir eyes and the word or Goel and his ever-watc_h ful eye over the nation would have us cany on, and he will reign eternal. He would start a n ew crusade to save the soul of a coun. try." Dr. Wallis D. Walker, Stephen D. Klyce and William M. Howells acted. as ushers at the church. The choir, under the direction of , Ernest P. Bilbruck, took part in th e I service and added greaL!y Lo Hs effectiveness. The procession Jed by Mayor 1!'. W. Hartford, . lowed by Chief Justice Robert Peaslee, Colonel Dudley, Capt. A. C. Robnett, U. S. N., Chapl::>.in R. S. Miller, Commander Stewart, Commandr Wade, Mrs. James Anrlers of Connccllcut, national president of the Colonial Dames; Mrs. Wllllam Srhofield, president of the New Hampshire Society of Colonial Dames, Rev. Alfred Gooding, ·and national . and state officers of the Colonial Dames. On the ret..1rn from the church the procession was headed by Mayor Hartford. Gov. John G. Winant, ·colonel Dudley and Chief Justice Peaslee. · The following organizations were represnted: Order of the Cincinnati, D. A. R., Colonial Wars, G. A. R., Storer Relief Corps, Sons of the American Revolution Auxiliary, John Paul Jones Club, Helen Seavey Quilting Party, Spanish War Veterans Veterans of Foreign Wars, Americ~n Legion, America11 Legion Auxiliary, Sons of Union Veterans and Piscataqua Ploni;ers. Following the service at tne churci1 a buffet luncheon for members and guests was held at the Moffatt-Ladd house, which was . followed by an inspection of .t he l,1ous,e .and gf\rden. An exhibition of rare printed cottons of American historic subjects · . from the collection of Agnes J. I-Tolden of New York was exhibited in one of the rooms of the mansion. At 2. 30 there was a meeting of the board of managers, at which time various committees and officers were appointed. A~ 3 o'clock Mrs. John P. Anders. national ·president of the Colonial Dames of America, greeted the members and guests, and Miss Fanny Washington, a direct descendant of George Washington, gave a talk entitle "George Washington by a Washington." At 4 o'clock a private view of objects of historic interest at St. John's Church was the privilege of the society. It was just 125 years ago today that the cornerstone of St. John's Ch,n·ch was la id by the Grand Lodge of Masons in the presence of John Langdon and his aids. St. John's is the · oldest church now standing in Portsmouth nncl with ils hisLoric associations is known far and wide. Thousands of tourists visit the church each summer and :i.t services on Sunday Lherc · a1·c mnny s111nmer guests from this vicinity, George Washington, then President of the United States, attended Queen's Chapel, on the site of which St, John's Church norv stands, · on Nov. 1, 1789, while visiting in Portsmouth. He ·occupied tl~e old governor's pew, which was furnished with red plush cushions and with a heavy wooden canopy over it bearing the royal arms. Tl.le two chairs given. by Queen Caroline were in · this place of 1101101·. Washington was accompanied by the president of the state, Gen~ e~·al Sullivan, and his secretary, Tobias Lear, a Portsmouth man. �His intellect is keen and he is in a gets his years when talking to him, happy and contented frame of mind as he keeps up his interest in life and always. His memory ls remarkable is a delightful conversationalist. He and he has no end of Interesting reads without glasses and his hearing stories to tell of llls early life at the ls good. Shoals and the people he has met. Although in his 93rd year he drove He rarely has rheumatism. Blessed a car daily at Camden, S. C .,, but with a good constitution, the greater there are not tho traffic problems part of his life has been passed out or there are here. He built a playOscar Laighlon, Active and doors and mJch of that time ou the ground near uie hotel for children Well, Receives Congratuand fiUed it up with a merry-go- 1 sea, the fresh air and sunshine doubtedly doing much to keep Wm round, swln~s. seesaws, sandplLs and lations on Annivcn;ary strong. He Is the most friendly or other diversions for l.he little folks. men and loves folks and, even at the n proved a good aLtrnctlon. ogo of 93, sees gladness In Ilfe. His Wil.h Lil same opl.lmisLic spirit a· in His book, "Ninety Years at the n.ail contains letters from former p,l t year . and with Lhe sprightlmess Shoals", published some time ago, ls Shoals guests In different parts o[ one many years younger, Oscar sun eagerly read, being delightfJllY 1 the country and he receives many Laighl.on loday i · ouserving hi 93rd entertaining Lo young and old alike. I letters from young people he meets birl.hday anniversary at SLar Island, Oscar Laighton is the last one of the at the Shoals. His penmanship is reIsles or Shoals. The event is a har PY once well known Laighton family at markable and he has a gift of humor one for "Uncle Oscar", as he is fathe Isles of Shoals and his book tells nnd writes most interesting letters mlllarly known l.o his fricncts. and th something of hls 90 years aL tho isfrom Lime to time to friends. guesLs at Lile island make the occMlon lands. Not until the age of 16 did he That he may continue in good each ye,1r one long to be remembred. see a horse for the first time, when health is the wish of his many friends, A party or over 275 Unitarians arrived he came Lo tho mainland. who extend congratulations on his this week at Lhe Oceanic Hotel and Hill father, Hon. Thomas B. Lalghanniversary, and In these The Herald many o[ them are well known to Uncle ton, was once the editor o! the New joins. Oscar, who is given a banquet each Hampshire Gazette. His sister was 'Tis sa id, and we believe 'tis \.rue year and whose bilthday celebration is the famous and distinguished writer That we so often find ' made a meny event. of verse, Celia Thaxter. Hon. ThomOld age is noL long lengLh uncl Oscar p:1ssed the winler at as B. Latghlon, a very brilliant man, But just a stale of mind. was born in Portsmouth in 1804. He was a leading merchant here and held So, in spite of all the birthdays, positions of trust. He ran for govOt· what the calendar may say, ernor of New Hampshire, but being The friends of Uncle Oscar feel defeated by methods he felt to be un- 1 He is 93 years young today. !air, sold out his business in th.is city and secured the position of lightkeepMay coming years stilt' bring him er at White Island. He felt l~e ne\'ilr \ And keep him hale and hearLy, wished lo return to Portsmouth And friends may help him celebrate again, although but 35 years of ago. His hundredlh birthday party. He remained at the Shoals until his 1 death and was buried on Appledore Island. I At the time the Lalghton sailed from Portsmouth for the Shoals Oscar was but a three-n10nths-old baby. At that time his father was in po ·session of Appledore and Sn1Jttynose Islands and carried on a fishing buslness and a small boarding house. For weeks on those sLorm-swept isles in winter there was no communication with the mainland. At one time Oscar and his brother, the late Cedric Laighton, owned all the Shoals but White Island, and some of the best known people of the country were Hohkirlc 11111, South Carolina, b1tt a gucst.s nL the Shoals hotels, finding a 1cw Wl'l'l,s , ,~o Ile wcnl. lo I.he Si1oal', never-ending charm in vlsiUng the l, l):J.SS his [)3r<l 1;\lllllllCI'. llc was. 110\. ' rocky isles. Some of the noted arta llLLlc proud that he could make Lllc \ LriP l Slar Island alone in his motor- 1 ists of the country found inspiration and atmosphere here for their paintbo.il. "Tltc TwillghL", for he loves lite sea a11d from a young boy has enjoyed ings. A few years ago Oscar Laighton ~hoi\lin•~ . During the summer he lat,c, 1 ca1uo Lo PorlsmouLh t.o llvo between p:1rl11·: n1tl In his boat.. 111 :1ki11 1 mnnv Ute seasons when he was not at the \ tri11s a cl ay to Durk I sla nd. Lwo 11111_-; Shoals or in the South. Not until fro111 1\pplrdore , Lo see l.lL. g11ll5, Lhen did he reel he would ever care to \ wilrrr Lllou~ands o[ \.hem con~re"atc. live away from Lhe sea. He resides ln ·1 1\ loa[ of brc::id is carried alon~ to a colonial home on Franklin street feed Lh g.,lls and lhcy arc so us<Xl t for a few months each year. Next Uncle O cor's boat \.hey have little rca r. Il. is most interesting Lo watch winter he plans to remain in Portsthe baby r,ulls along the shore or Duck ' moulh, but time will nol. hang heavy Island. It is said about 5000 of t he . on his hands, as he is so active for gulls were banded and they fly \ his age. He has a workshop and grcaL distance . One was reported finds plenty to inLerest him there. and is being urged by his friends to have been found on the coast do some wriLing for publication. Africa some time ago. The young people a\. the Shoals very friendly with Uncle Oscar and , reel he Is one of them, as his un[aillng good 11:itul'e and kindly charactl'islics make him a likeable frlend. He has the heart of youth and one for- �UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE O tHE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH Jnly 7, . Ma~or F. W. Harlford, Chairman, General Committee, •: · ·. · r·.r Unemployment Commillee of Oi~ City- 1o~ Porl ·moutll, ~ Portsmouth , '. H. . ' · ' · · ·1 Dear Mayor Ha~lforcl: ,. · ~··we are submitting herewith U1e final teporl of UneIJ]_P.loyment Commi tee of the Cil,y of Port mouth. ' 1•·' !.)Ve"feel that the uccess of the undertaing was due · in• a large measure to your early understanding of the sit .. uation and your whole-hearted cooperation with the various eub committee Sinrerelv your , ,., 11·,, ,· • • J•' ;]JE, RY ,B. TJLTO . 11• Chairman, Executive C • ' FRA K \ . RA DALL Chairman, Finance CommiLl e •OREL A. DEXTER Treas1!rer ORMA E. RAND 1 • Auditor H. CU .l ' TO TAYLOR Chairman, Planning Boord EDWARD JI. DREW Investigator 4 ~ • ' ' I I ''l I, ) I I i \. I UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH FINAL REPORT-JULY 11, 1932 TREASURER'S REPORT Total contt-ibulion received . . . ~M ,237.03 Total payrolls .............. :211, l:; .Ci7 Total p_o toge and printing .. ,. . 7 .36 1 ; Tolal regisl1·aLion ............. ·...... . .. . Married men and ingle men ith dependent. 3111 Single men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1'10 Residents less than one -year in Portsmouth. . 21 With dependenls lh1s Ji . t repre enls 1770 p ople wil.h no mem1s of liveliho od other Lhnn 11ncmploymc11L r Ii f. The men wer employ <I i11 hi fls f Lhre dnys ach and were guaranl ti lhr da . ' w rk r l-\'ar<llcss· r wealher condition .. Preference wn . ti l rmin d hy llie numb r r drpendentc.,.Men ilh 2, 3 or Ii. in famil , receiv d 3 dn s w c:, ouL of every J 2. Men wilh 5 or O in lhe family r rei ed 3 011L or e ery !l. Men '\: ilh 7 or 8 in the fomily re civ d 3 oul of every 6. Men with O or more in the fnmily rec i, •d 6 uny. work out of every I). The single men receiv ,l work infr qu ntly nnd t.hc11 only when lheir need wa pre~. ing nncl wh n lh~ fund , Ill h-1nd warranlcd 1heir employment. The 10tal average nrni11g. rcreiv<'d du1·1ng 111 enlire period wert' Single men ... . ... .... . ..... ..... ·> $ 20.70 M('ll wilh 2 lo -'l ill family . . . . • . . . . . . . f\!1.\)2 Men wilh 5 or 6 in family . . . . . . . . . . . . I co.:l '• Men with 7 or 8 in family . . . . . • . . . . . . 1:M.2~Men wilh O or mo,·c i11 family . . . . . . . . . JG urn 'rotal numhet· or working days . . . . . . . . 127 Tolnl 1111mher f man-hours .......... ,.~.:317 • , ·· · Total expenditure 2/i ,237.03 Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00.00 OREL A. DEXTER, Tr a ·urer Approved: Norman E. Rand, Auditor. THE STORY OF THE COMMITTEE ORGANJZATJO Plans for unemployment relief in Port moul,h were started in !ale eplember, Hl31, when Mayor Hartford, recognizing the magnitude <?f the wor~ ah:ead, alled together . representatives of the various orga111zat1on of the city, and from Lhe . e enrly meetings there was rleveloped in Ocl~ber the orgnnizalion known ns the Unemplo)•rne11t Comm1Ltee Of The City Of Portsmonlh. Thi . ommittee imm dialely organized as follows: .Executive Commillee Finance Commill , Tr tH,urer, Auditor, Planning Boa1·d ar{d Investigator. PLA OF PROCEDURE The general plan of the commille ca11 d for the development of a definil projecl, the rai i!)g of neces ary funds the di bur emenl of uch funds rn the form of wages, the regi~Lra.lion of lhe cily' . un mpl y d and t11e investigatiol) of each applic:rnt by Lrnin d work 1·.. THE After PROJECT due con id ration, the Planning Board d cided upon the improvement of the South Mill Pond and adjacent park and playgrounds as the mo t fea ibl undel'laking, and a definite working agreement wa mad whereby lhe city would furnish all materia~, equipment ~nd sup rv1Si(!n, - leaving uch funds as were rai . ed by the Finan c e Committee to be spent for wage . only. In accordance with lhi plan, the work began ov. 7, :1.931, and continued 11nlil the Jasl of May, :I !)32. WOMEN'S SUB COMMITTEE A splendid pi 'e of work was done by lhe ·w rne11·:.1 Sub Commillee in laking over and handling tlll mpl ym nL relief for women work rs. Jieactqnarler · of !he ron1miLLce were e labli hed al lhe Y. W. . A., , lal .'I. i O women r "'i . lerecl, and of !Iii. nurnll 1 worh wa found f r Jli2, 33 in p rman nL po. ii ions. Sine no Jn11d nr reqnil'C<I fo1· L.hi · •v o1·h., iL is slj]] carriNl 11. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Committee r 'l'h ily r Porl. moulh i Je ply gral ful for the pl udiu co- pe1·ation ll_1e comnrnnily in gcn~ral _ :1ml, while iL w uld e impo~. 11Jle to a 'ld10,vleclg 111 livHl11ally ,. ry exarnpl, f ll1i. nalure, Lhe CommHlee Lhoroughly ::tJ pr cial the il valuab le assi:lanre of Lit• ~Iayor and llrn B ard of Public \ ork ., lhe Lime _givc11 f1· .cly !Jy. ?\Ir .•John W. Durg:n in . urveying and laymg out the proJ cl, aud lh iHlC1' ·L and help of r..Ir. Edward , ryboll. 'J'hc g,·ntil.ude or Ilic- Con,millcc go s al lo 111 l1 ninil:y v cll'nr' J\s:o ·ial.io11 fur ih ~plc11d1d c:o-11p1;r,1l.,011 in connedion wilh lite iuv ' . Ligation of. pplicn11l~ f ,. wo1·k, lo th Chamb r of Commerce fo1· l11rning v 'I ils cnlil'e J'acililie and handling lh • detail: of lh c work ll1 r •.uy making po. ibl lhe di lrnr 111 nl f Lhe II u' y r.iis t.l • al a co t of lightly ver lhr e-lenth of one µerr nl, lo Ll1c Herald ~u))li hing Company for giving ,·ol,11n111 · ,f it.;; ... p:we for publ1c1ly and r pot·L, to tile Sclh l anu 'l'1n11-po1lolion Company and lh Badger-H.and ·umpan. f I I r:irk.- foz• haul mg lonm, nnd to the Colonial nncl Areatlin Tl1cal 1e. for Lhc 11:e f th ir re . pc li\'c ::;lagc. r r Ille l't:111-111i11ult• . peak er . . And finally lh . i11rer . L lh:1111, · of Ill Cn111111illc is xlenclccl .lo lh . e 11nde1· lalHling <'iliz ,,.., r ,· 1 rl<•,m ulh who onlrdrnl ti f lhc:i,· f1111d lo mak, l11i 11 111 ,,nn jo l> 11 ·ible. , 'i~nr,I. 'l'h II lll]llO,'ll)CJll Jll•: '.\11Y B. TILTO (;hnirman, l•,.·c1•1 iti,t' C 1,1111ille c P n.,1~! \\. n.\N l)! LL 1:hai1•111;rn, Fi11a11<:1' C,11,1 11 1ill<·c• II. (:Ll 1 ' I'()~ TAYLOB f!hairman, Plnnnin1, Donr,J K 11. onr~w I 11,· -.l ignl 1· �Daug e sOf e o ution Honor Builder .In A Fi_ st Pile Bridge tYork Yesl,orday was a day of deep slgnl~ ance was by Joseph P, B1·agdon, ohah'~ flea.nee at York as lt marked the dedl• man o! the board of selootmeu. Mrs. Wllllam Smith Shaw of Portcatiou of a memorial tablet in honor or the memory of Major Samuel Sew- land, past vloe presldent from Maine or Lhe National Daughters, led the >l..J'..r.L•cR" all, builder of the first pile bridge ou the American contlnent--Sewall's pledge of allegiance to the Flag, prayer and benediction were oIIered by the bl'ldge at York. Awo.y bo.ck in 1761, Major Sewall de- Rev. W. H. Mllllnger, pasLor of the Fit•sb Parish CongregaLloual clmrch, signed Lho structure and oversaw its and Taps were sounded by CharloUe "-~•~rJ'I.~ building aud then, as fast as good news Hooper, another Oil'l Scout bugler. ,.,,,,,,_ .•,,.~,.spread in those days, the story of his The commitLee on al'l'angements !or "'"'""""'·"""" work went fat• and wlde. t,he unveiling consisted of Mrs. Fred Boston became interested and soon Major Sewall was the reclplent of a. E. Frisbee, Mrs. Allan A. Paul and Miss cordial invltallon to come over there Katherine E. Marshall. Business sessions of the ,l(lit~clh.dl and build some more plle brldge . That were held yesterday at the First Par.......,, , •• ,.., seems to have been about the only 0 isli Congregational church, wlllch wa$ recognltion he received In his day-a built in 1774, and about 160 members bld t,o bulld more bridges-but yesterof the order we1•e In attendance, cllapday honor was paid him by the Daughlers represented being Benapeag of ters of American Revolution of the San[ord, Elizabeth Wadsworth of PortstaLe of Maine, when they dedlcated the land, Fort Halifax of Winslow, Minute memoria l tablet on a boulder at one Men of Malden, Mass., Berks Co1mty of end of his first bridge. Reading, Pem1., Col. Dummer Sewall of The ceremonial, the principal event Bat.h, Eunice Farnsworth or Skowheo[ the annual field clay of the Daugh~an, Rebecca Emery of Biddeford, c.--:,,•·••s_. lers, was conducted in the presence Koussinoo of Augusta, Mary Dilof about 500 persons, including the replingham of Auburn, Esther resenlatlves of 20 D. A. R. chapter:; in of Orono, Margaret Goff Moore different states, and it opened with the or Madison, Topsham-Brunswick assembly call by Girl Scout Bugler Chapte1·, Old Newbury o[ NewburyElizabeth McDonald. The address of port., Mass., Gen. Knox of Thomaston, «~.,,~-_,,,,,,.., welcome was given by Mrs. Lester M. Abigail Whilma11 of Norway, .l\lll\l'lSGrnnclon, Lhe re~ nL of Olcl York cogl{lll of Dlxfiel(l. Rnngcr o[ PorLsCllnpler , Lho hostess orga11l1.a\.lo11. mouLh, Colonlo.t Dnughlers or FnrmGreellngs were given hy Mrs. Florence ingi,on and Molly Slark o[ Rochester. Wnugh Da11fol'lh o[ Skowhegan, Sl.!ll8 In the mornlng vlsits were pald 1,o the Regent, and an lllslorlco.l essay, "Sew, old Frost homestead and the Frost alrs Bridge," wa · read by Raymond garrisons, one of them, erected in King Philhrlek, winner o[ a. local essay conWilliam's war, and Lhen the old gaol 1rsl. at York was visited. Tlle ncldress wa · glven by the Rev. At 11.30 the Past SLate Regents' D. R. Kennedy, Jr., of Sherneld, Conn., Association held a meeting in the g:~~-..a:ir••'''" who look the place of Representative church, wlth Mrs. Susan Youland of Carroll L. Beedy, detained in Wash!ngBiddeford presiding. Others in at,t,end1,;,,~lr'f;J~,t::i-.,a by ton, '•11Cl then lhe toblet, was w1veiled ance were Mrs. C. W. Sleele of Farmll1e Misses Jean and Marietta Sewington, Miss Maude Merrick of Waterall, flflh generation descendants of Joville, Mrs. B. G. W. Cushman or Auseph Sewall, brother of Samuel. burn, ancl Mrs. William Smith Sllo.w Wrealhs were placed at, the boulder of Portland. Letlers or regret were 1·-:by Thomas Scw,,ll Emery, four years ceived from Mrs. Blaine S. Viles of old, also a clesccndnnl of the fifth genAugusla, Mrs. VicLor L. warrei1 o[ Doerallon from Joseph Srwall. The lahleL ver-Foxcro[~ and Mr . Evie Robinson ol wo.s pt'esent-ed formally \.o the Lown of NorLh Anson. York by M\5. D:\llforlh and t,he acce1JL- ��- RECOMMENDATIONS '.\Ir. Arthur Brisbane, the distinguished editor, in a full-page l'ditorial, whil'h was reproduced in ten leading daily papers throughout lhc piled ~lales, wrole: "When you sludy ilwse SC('nl'S of cruelly and atrocious tor-lure, when you rcali7.c that they have disappeared forever from this earth, ex ·cpl in isolal d savage corners of the world, where men revert to ani111alism, and when you realize that these sccnPs of crnelly, brutal a.- t l11•y ar<', W<'rt' :is nolliinl-( l'Olllpan•d wilh what pr<'cc•dcd lh<•111, you l'l•,ilizc thal lire worhl du 'S advance. " * * * 11, shows what g0Yern111cnt did lo th<' poor, the ignorant, llH' lwlplcHR-making· lht'lll infinilcly worse Lh:t11 lhcy were al first, vcn though they w r the worst of criminals. "' * * But don't forget that the long drawn-out torture· of hunger, anxiety and overwork, to which millions of mothers and fathers and children are subjected is as brutal as the hrutalitics of a prison ship in the long run, and as disgraceful to the human race." - - -- in Portsntouth At Isles of Shoales Dock Plenty 0£ Free Parking Space Visit the Ancient, Famous and Infamous Dr. Frank 'ranc, lhc brilliant editorial wrilcr, said : ""' * * II ere you sec pm1i1d1111cnt raised to its highest power, The record of lhc cruc lti rs hrrc practised by Lite English people is so frightful that no one can be blamed for not believing it; the truth is more incredible than lhc wild st, f1ciion. It is impossible io believe lhc story, yet it, is perfectly authentic. * * * "Out, of the past this g·host sails tu us. Us rusty iron manacles an• all loo ta11g·ihlc. lls hid1•ous cPlls our fret may explore. lls appnlli111{ record, hooks and ducumc11ls Wl' can sec with our own eyes." Chicago Trih111w, June :! rd , s aid: "One of thr biggc::;l Ji fly-cents worth of value we ever got for our money was a visit lo Lhe Convict Ship at the Stale Street Dock. H's like turninl!; back lhr dock, and afler you sec the way men and women were herded on ihc ship, taken for a voyage of thousands of miles, the paths they made in the hanl leak deck, the whipping post, the airless du11g·co1is, the branding iron and the leaden tipped cat o' nine tail :; as punishment for people who had stolen perhaps a piece of pie, one gets the idea-humanity is getting on." SEE THE CONVICT SHIP NOW When She Leaves She Will Never Return Convict Ship At Isles of Shoales Dock Oldest and Most Historic Ship Afloat 'Plenty 0£ Free Pa1·king Space Open 10 A. M. to 11 P. M. Daily ovv i Por s1nouth �A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CONVICT SHIP ''SUCCESS" Which Is Now Open For Public Inspection W EALTHY Americans spend millions annually in Europe visiting old prison castles and th •ir dungeons. Today, a car (are bringa you to the a11chorage or the most notorious floating prison the world has ver known. Built al Moulmein, In nrili s h India, a c nlnry ago, the olcl Convict Ship "Success" is by many years the oldest. ship afloat today, and is the only remaining s urvivor or Australia"s prison shil)S . "Ocean Hells" they were called, and well did they cl serve the name. Massively built throughout of solid Burmese leak, a wood that for resistance to decay has no equal in the world, lhe "Succ ss" wa• launched as an armed East India merchantman with brass guns bristling from her sides and filled handsomely for the reception aboard of princes, nabobs and the w allhy traders or the Orient Her tonnage Is 689, and she Is 135 fe t long, with 30 fool b •::u11. TI r solid sides are 2 feet 6 inches thick at the bilg ', and her keelson is a solid L•uk baulk of tremendous Lhickn ss, with sister lee !sons Jillie I ss massiv . Brok n only by an occasional conllict with a pirate craft, the "Success" bad an honor d life until she was us d by the governme nt of Australla to confine lbe unfortunate wretches who at that lime were s nlenc d to from seven years to the term of natural !Ire for ot'l'.enses lhat would now hn co11shll•n'd trivial and 11 •lly, warrnnllng at most but a small fine. The "Success" is today unchanged after all lbe years, nothing being omitted bnt her human freight and their sutrering from the cruelties and barbarities p rp trated upon them. Cells, strong and gloomy, w re conslrucl d on the 'tween and lower decks, and in these w re confined th unfortunal s who experienced to the full the punishment cons quent upon crime. The lower d ck was devot d to the worst type ot convicts, and only prisoners of the better class were confin d in the 'lwe u <I ck cells. "Refractory" prisoners 1were immured throughout the long clays and nights in dungeons in the dark depths ot the lower cleck anti w re never allowed ashore on any 'Pretext. Their only exercise and opportunity ot enjoying a breath of fresh air was r stricted to one hour in twenty-four, when th y were march ed from st m to st rn upon tbs upper deck. As they paced the d ck during this hour ot comparal Ive relaxation It was no uncommon event tor the prisoners to make hold dashea tor freedom or death. Th y scn.rcely xpect d to get beyond the cordon of buoys, but they w re reduced to such a state or d •spNallon that they preferred a watery grave to the treatment receiv d aboard tbla "ocean hell." Wb n a "rushl'r" was overtak n in such an all mpt, be was Invariably punished by having a ll<'avy hall of iron, weighing 72 pounds, attached to his belt by a chain. One or these "punishment balls" le still preserv('(l aboard the "Succ<'ss." T.l'g chains ar1• ahoard varying from 7 ponncls to tiG 11ou111l s in w •ight. The corner cells on either side or the lower deck are the <Ir aded "Black Holes," in which prisoners were punished by solitary confinement lasting from on lo one huncl red days. These small and taper- Ing torture chambers measure only two reN •lght lnch<'s across. The cloors fit as tight as valvPs and c•Jo1w with a "11wi s h," exl hulin~ all air except what can filter thron:;h th(' 11 •rforal •11 Iron plate which waa placed over the bars above the door, In ord1•r to maim the hol11 n• dark ancl oppressive as flOSsl!Jle . /1. stout iron rini; 111 rast1•nf'd ahnut knee high in the shelvi11g back or Lhe Cl'll Ullll lhrnugh this rini; tho right hand or the priso ner was 11assccl, and th1•n handcuffed 10 the left wrist. Ile was thus pr •v1•nlecl from standing UJll"ighL or lying down, and was obliged to stoop or lean against the shelving sic!P of the vessel as it rolled to ancl fro on the r st! ss wal rs or the bay. Starved, beat n and abused as they were, the wotHil'r is that so many of even those unfortunates were a.hie to <'ndurp p11ni s hment aii th<'Y 0 did. Constant a1111licallon or the "cat," im11l"iso1111wnl in lh1° "hlal'I, hole" and oth •r pnni,ihnwuts Wl'l"l! till' lnslr11ml'11t11 rl'lie1l upon ror producing a r form. AUSTRALIANS DEMAND INVESTIGATION In 1857 the disclosures that had hct'n macl or the brutal and Inhuman treatnwnl nwt('(J onL to 11risoncrs <·rc·alt•d a licn•t, 011tcry In /\11Htr:tlla, :1111011111111!-( al1111t>1I to r1•v11lt ngalm<t th,• (:ovn11111, 11I atlll res11llc1l In thl' nhando111111•11t u[ thu h11lk Hy11l, 111. i•'n r Hn111,, yl ,Ir ■ lat r the "Succ ss" was usNI as a wom e n's 11riso11, llwn sill' het·ame succ ssively a reformatory ship and amm11nilio11 st un•, n11cl Jall'r all the prison hulks were ore! rE'tl to he sold on the express co1Hlltlon that th y were to be brokt•n up, aiul their associations Jost to tile recollection or th p ople of A11stralia. By a C'icrical error, howev er, that condition did not app ar upon the terms o[ salP or Lhe "Sncel'ss." Hence she remains the only Briliah con,ict ship afloat on the seven seas. In 1885 th e old ship was Sl"lllll1•(! and ."Ullk in Sycln1•y harhor. Sh remain .d uncl r wat r for fivp yPars an1J was t hl'n raist•<I to be exhibited. Jlpr visitors have 1111111he rp1J ovPr !l0,000.000 1wople. 0 0 CROSSED ATLANTIC UNDER OWN SAILS In 1912 she attempted what was 1wrha11s tht• !-(r,.at1·st r, •at i11 all her remarkable care r -to mal!l' the pass;!;.;,• :t<"ross tin• Allanllc under her own sail, unaccompanil'd hy a 111 ~ or s tPam<'r. Thi• ,;hiflllillg world was ai;hast wht>n thP vuya~l' was prnj1·1·t1•,l. lm1wssih lc, ,;aid every man who 1•v1•r i;ail,•11 th<• ,;pa11 in ,; hip:.., that this ,· .. 11l11ry ;incl a q11artl'r old hulk coultl hrav1• th,• H(lri11~ h11rri,·a11l'H of th,• J\ll:111tlc ocean. But a gallant crew o[ adv nturuus souls hoisted sail and too!I her onl or Glasson Dock, near tlw port of l.iYl'rJH>Ol, 011 the Y<'rY <lay that the ill-fated "Titanic" left the porl or 'oulhampton. l•'or !Hi days she batll <I hravely, her staunch old hull <lt•l"ying thl' nashi11i; ~alea und mo1111tainom1 :;pas, aml at l<•nt•lh madt• port in llostt111 ll :1rht1r with u crew worn 011I a111J hair ;-;tarvl'tl, h11I l,r:11·,•ly tri11111pha11t Your opportunity to visit her is now, for when she sails from here ahe wilt never return. �Monument and Marker Presented to Junior High by D. A. R. "As regent, of Ranger Daughters of the American Revolution, it gives me great pleasJre present to you, in the name of the Chapter, this tre~ and its marker "May I present. the certificate to you, Mr. Beal, and may it be placed on the wall in your office." · With the presentation of the tree nnd the marker, Mrs. Green also -gave a certlflcnle to Raymon~ · ·1. Beal, henclmnsler or the Junior High School, certifying that the cutting wn.s an nctunl slip from the Washington elm at Gambrid e. Lnighton Carter, in accepting the A cutting from the Washington elm gifts on behalt of the student body, tree at Cambridge. M=-• under said that he felt assuncl that the which George Washington took com- body he represented appreciated the mand of the Continental Army on gifts and would cherish and preserve July 4, 1775, 1n.5 planted with due thrm through nil time. He expressed ceremony on Uw, lawn of the Junior tho appreciation o! the student bo1ly High School yesterday •It.emoon to the members o! the D. A. ~- for and a monumen~ and marker, their co"lslderation. presented b:, Ra.nger Chapter, Mrs. Olive G. Cha!!ee rendered as D. A. R., was given the !Chool at the a soprano solo, "Tree ", by Joyce Kilsame time. • Tbe interesting e:xercl5es mer. were conducted in the presence of the This was followed by an pupils of the school. members of address by Rev. William Safford Ranger Chapter, and others. Jones. Mr. Jones gave a det!l.lled acThe program opened with selections count of the visit of Geor!le Washingby lhe Junlor JJlgh School band, un- ton to this city on Oct. 31. 17&9. He der the dlrcction of Ernest P. Bil- told of the yjsit in story form, as if brnck. Following the ope~ num- the school chlldren and the &J>eaker ber the entire @'l'OUP joined in the had been on tbe trip with Washingsinging of the "star Spangled B:l.n- ~n. He told of Washington coming ner", a!Ler ,vhich the entire gathering from ~ewburyport to Salisbury on a pledged allegiance to the flag an<I ferey a.nd traced the cavalcade gave the flag salute. through Hampton Falls, Hampton. Boger and Nancy Shattuck, dill- North Hampton, Greenland and into dren of Dr. M. J. Boger-Shattuck, PortsmoJth via the Plains. He told who come from a l<>ng line of patriots, of his fishing trip here and of the runong them being Prudence Wriibt, many evmts arranged ;n honoLQ! hi! who 11SSisted 1n defending Uie bridge coming. at Concord, un~elled the monument. During the exercises ~ long ivy They were dressed in colonial rotl- -:shoot which came from Mt. Vernon, tume. The &tone is -0! an U D ~ Washington's home, w,as presented type, having been brought kom Wal- and this will be planted-.atla.ter lis Sands, being a gray r-«k 5t,rlped date. with white quarts. A small tatkt The patriotic ceremon; was conbears the lnscriptioll: cluded with the singing of ".Ameriea''"ln Memory of led by Mrs. Inez Mclntire. ' George washington Dr. M. I. Boger-Shattuck acted as 1'132-1799 cha.innan at the meeting. This Tree is Planted by ~ Cb&Jr The ProgJ:am wa.s a.s rono~: ter, Daughters or the .American Selection._ JUnior High school Revolution on the Blttntennlal star Spangled Banner of ·H is Birth Salute to i~ Fl.ag, ' 1S32" Unveiling or tablet by lklger Mrs. Helen C. Green. r~n\ of Nancy Shattuck Ranger Chapter, presented the t.ree Presentation of tree by 'Ml's. Henry and the monument, i.pealting as folL. Gr«n, regent Ratlier Chapter A1:ceptantt, Lalghton carter lows: "The American nee Association ~Trees, Mrs.. Oliv. G. Chaffee has called upon the nation to pla-nt Historical addres8, trees this yenr in memory of George Rev. William Washington, as living mcmo1lals to Planting o! the ivy SiQgillg, .America, • l1lm. "It I~ said that. more tha.n ten million trees will have been planted by the end of this year. This small elm, a 'cutting' from \he Washington elm at Cambridge, under which Genera.I Washington toolt comma.ml or ibe :;.il!Jlr~'<~1~i'~~ Conilnental Army on July 3, 1775, will be membered with these memorial I.recs. "It is our hope that you will tenderly care for it, love and honor it and in years to come when we, the givers, have passed on, you may come here with your children and tell them tbe star of our 'Washington elm.• a I ��T A B~:c~R~G~~~:~.~a~ HE smiling friendliness of ·Four or fiv1:: miles above PortsJune days w1der the open sky mouth lhc river expands Into the is not easily resisted at any Great Bay allowing approach by time. It becomes even dilflcult if water from the ocean to many miles someone reminds us for perhaps the of _the inland shor_e which almost . h t cnt1rcly surrounds 1t. These waterseventh time that we 1cally oug ~ _0 ways were of prime importance to see crrlaln places of an unusual soi t settlers in a pathless country, often Jn southern Maine. That Is not so I without horse or ox. Ten townships fnr away as it may sound, for al- extend their bounds to focus at the though the Slate of New Hampshire natural water thoro1:1ghfares here, docs intervene, its coast extent is I and.seem to be rc~chmg for eve_n a only 20 miles or so. small access to this fre but prize_d . lramc way. One of these towns 1s The town of Eliot ls not far mla nd Eliot Maine on the east bank of and we can follow rather near the the Piscalaqua while the rest are sea most of ·the way, but its tidal in New Hampshire and west of the fingers and arms reach far into the river. laud and thcil, creeks and almost A top at Green Acre endless marshes are as much of the It was an out-of-the-way hilltop ocean border as we arc likely to in Eliot that we sought, with clear sec. If there are arms of salt water directions that took 'us to lhe tiny for the twenty-six miles of the nearest vlllage. There guidance was straight-line Newburyport Turnpike needed and soon found al a comto shun or cross, there seem even forlable home which happened to more arms of the land for it to cut be the one-time center of the faor mount-arms bulging with mus- mow; Green Acre. Here in summer cir ns their slerp sides slrrtch cast- mouths for orcr :rn years notable crly lu long ridges. 'J'liis motor people met Lo dlse; uss world unity speedway shoots nearly straight norUi .across them, with sharp dips and kindred topics. Beginning in :rnd rlscs that make the whole seem 1894, the roster of its lecturers carthe probable inspiration for the ries many names well known in scenic railways of amusement parks. America and Europe !or their .,acJlomcs a ml Docks of J\lercb.i,ul Livi ties for world peace. Here we were . !tippers told how to reach the •Frost Farm In Newburyport long liners of ~anison houses, for it then seemed that two and not one of them were dlgnified mansions, bui!L '1y early - - ~shipmaslcrs, arc passed. And then the s I o be , seen after almost 200 waler front, now deserted but once ye~~~re are numerous structmes crowded with tall-ma ste d, square- that have been classed as these are, rigged ships that had felt the wi nds but most of them have more the look of tropical, far southern, and orien- of extremely strong dwellings than tal oceans. Now it is deserted save of places of community refuge and by the freighters which tie up at defense during Indian hostilities. the dingy piers to leave coal or lum- The manner of building is most bcr or suchlike bulky masses. simple, smoothly hewn logs being This is at the wide mouth of the laid one above another and held at the corners by notching. · Merrin1ac River, which we cross to The main highways of today have come into a level and fertile country left some once important spots well and soon to New Hampshire. Here aside from their tarvia routes, and it the shore is lined almost continu- was not surprising that a few miles ously with cottages set back from of dusty road lay between'us and the gently sloping beaches of sand or hilltop where the little wooden forts pebbles, with a few low headlands stood, elevations being usually breaking the stretch. Mass amuse- chosen as the ~ites for these buildmcnt mars a (cw congested centers, ings. Broad and fertile fields, houses but ror the most part a doUcd line a nd farm buildings that announce prosperity in their extent and conor cottages looks out to Lh e cast on dition- these are not commonly the open ocean and to the west on associated with 1Jlockhouses and acres of wild grnss, on farming coun- stockades of 200 years ago. try or on stretches of woodland. , Here they must be, for two of the At Portsmouth, crossing the bridge most sturdy houses that the settlers over Uie Plscntariua River takes us knew how to build of wood are in into Maine. Both sides of this stream daily use. One of them, about 12 feet and along its tributaries people square, is used for a workshop; the other, about 30 by 50 feet, shelters from England settled very early. 'l'he motorcars and farm gear. Both tides run many miles up the river seem sound, strong and rigid in courses, giving easy access by water every timber, likely to endure for at to the inviting farming lands just least as many generations as they at hand. Only three years after the have already. Pilgrims settled at Plymouth, other First Appearance Not Significant pt11·tics came here and remained at This alleviating assurance should Portsmouth and at Dover Point a perhaps outweigh the first regret at few miles above. Some of the build- reaching them. Both arc so trimly ings thal we were Lo see during the clapboarded, shingled and coated day were to be sharp reminders of with white paint, that no one who the conditions they met during the saw only the outside would guess first 150 years and of the firm menlal i their original p1;1rpose. This is the and physical fiber that must have : best k~~~ of thrifty preservat10~ of b e11 11 eeded to master their tasks · th e ougma.l and has been. wis~ly c • · 1 h mtenor with men and nat11r1:?. I untouched. Within, the cleanly weathered pine timbers, eigh t inches thick and 12 to 16 incher deep, show plainly, th~ir sides hewn smoother than would seem possible to do, the joints tight without filling. Domestic uses · and times of peace are indicated by the general appearances, for there are doors at ground level and windows in the gable ends. The windows and possibly the doors were doubtless placed at later dates, after the need f:,r refuges had passed. When first built, outside light entered only through slots cut in the timbers, close to the ceiling line. These openings are about 1 1/2 Inches by 2 feet long and let in some aii· as well. Lower down, al shoulder height, are smaller openings which are square at the outer end and four times as wide within-the portholes for the muskets of the inmates. The upper floor or the larger garrison house overhangs the walls three feet or so. Hinged or pivoted planks are provided in this projecting space, allowing water to be poured down on fires that might be set against the walls. These convinc~g details are ~he sparks that set aflame the smouldering attention, bringing to mind the heroic drnma-sometimes tragedy-Ju which the first few genernlions of while men in America were actors. The stories that have come to us by tongue or type acquire new force when we sec and touch the very things those actors used and perhaps fashioned . Right here is the ~tage set for the grimmest of all their scenes. It has been changed so little t11at we fancy we would not be much surprised to have whole families, · from the six or eight homes within a half-mile radius, rush for this retreat carrying muskets, food and suc1:1, small valuables as they can, hopmg that the rumors of an approaching Indian assault may prove untrue and that homes will still be st:mdlng when they return to them. It is a sudden transporting to another world of thoughts _and occupations, to step from a motorcar into relics of the past holding such contrast to the present as to make them seem to belong in the far-away ages. For that matter the mere fact that the buildings are· 200 years old is sufficient to give them importance and some distinction. Still more impressive is a Inter thought-that such defenses as these needed to be constructed more than a century after the first settlements in that region. It ls a thought which may give added regard and admiration for those forbears who for one generation after another, for more than 125 years, faced conditions of this primitlye ~ort even though they settled w1thm a few miles of large towns. It was not until 1760 ·that the opposition of the Indians ceased and the little neighborhood forts could be adapted. as these have been. to shelters for hay racks, lumber sleds and the yea1;'s supply of firewood. �ORGAN BUILDING IS DISCUSSED BY AMERICAN GUILD by ~. Brattle's will to the Brattle Street Church and if the pa1:lshoners there did not accept it, "providing a suitable, sober organist within a year's time" it was to be given to King's Chapel. If King's Chapel failed ot the requirements also, the organ was to go to Harvard College. If Harvard College resisted it, the organ would travel back to the custody o! !',1r, Brattle's nephew Wil.G'reat Advanc~s Are otecl liam. The Brattle Street Church voted Si.nee Importation of the that it respected· the donor and his gift but did not care to employ the Brattle Instrument organ In public worship. The officers o! King's Chapel were not so squeamish. They accepted the Mr. Wll11am H. Barnes, organist ot gift and empowered the church the First ~aptist Church at Evans- wardens to engage Mr. Edward Enton, Ill., brought out In his talk on stone of London, England, at £30 a "Console Standardization" today In year, as organist. In 1756 the organ was sold to St. Boston at tbe eleventh annual convention ot the American Guild ot Paul's In Newburyport and In 1836 Organists that organ music and it was purchased by a Dr. Burroughs building has come a long way since for $400 and given to St. John's tho now famous Brattle orgo.n. The Cho.pc] In Portsmouth, N. H., where Brattle organ was Imported from It now Is. England In 1708 or 1709 by Mr. , It has no tracr of the maker's Thomas Brattle, a citizen or Boston name, but .tands eight feet and who was a musician, and, having two inches high, flve feet wide, two none of the prejudices of the times feet, seven Inches deep anrl the sides o.gainst musical · instruments, are paneled and the front decothought the Brattle Street Church rated with 17 gilded wooden pipes. in Boston ought to be thlnlting about It has no foot pedal keys and has having some music with its services. but one bank of 51 keys on the Mr. Brattle was not a)lle to con- keyboard manual, from CC to D, vert the communtcy Immediately to but the windchest Is bored · for 49 pipes, the CC sharp and the D his liberal Idea and for a time he being stationary. had to keep the Instrument In his In addition t.o the technical disown home where on May 29, 1711, the Rev. Joseph Green saw it and cussions today there were recitals at remarked In his diary for that day, Emmanuel Church in Newbury "I was at Mr. Thomas Brattle's, Street and Trinity Church In Copley heard ye organ and sc.w strange Square by Mr. Robert Cato ot Christ Church, Phlladelphla, .and Mr. Hugh things through a microscope." In May, 1713, the organ was left Porter of the Second Presbyterian Church, New York <:::ity. Late this afternoon Mr. Marlon Hutchinson or Central Lutheran Churcli, Minneapolis, will give a recital In King's Chapel, accompanied by the men's choir of the church and this evening, In the Second Church In Newton, Mr. Ralph Kinder, organist and choirmaster of Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, will play, Mr. William Lester Bates will sing the recently written "Magnificat" by Mr. Frank L. Sealy, warden of the guild and also the 1932 prize anthem by Mr. Mark Dickey of Cambridge. I 0 •York Engla,nd, h, 1709 or 1710 and D set u~ in the home of Thomas Brattle, ' who imported It. This organ was In King's Chapel, Boston. Great prejuThe old Brattle organ, built in 1713, dlce then existed against the use of the first broJght t-0 Amerlca an.ct musical instruments in religioo1s serwhlch is the property of St. Johns vices and was called "the ungodly parish and in past years used In St. chest of whistles" by the Puritans. It John's chapel, has lately been recon- was, however, set up and there used ditioncd by Robert B. Buxton of until 175 6. La ler It was sold to St. this citr and will be play~d by him Paul's Church, Newburyport, Mhss., nt the service at St. Johns on Sun- remaining there unlil 1836. It wns day at 10.45 n. m., this being the then sold for $'1 50 to Rev. Dr. Charles 111•J,:,1t:M·.11,• first time It has ever been played for Burroughs rector or St. John's a service In the church. A large Church, ;nd placed in st. John's number of local people are expected to chapel, where it remained for a long be present. time. In December, 1901, It was The Brattle organ had been In con- taken a.part and sent to Boston t-0 be stant use in St. John's chapel for exhibited at the historical musical years until In later years It had bee,n Instrument show which opened Ja.n. moved to the gallery or . St. Johns ll, 1902 , in Hortlco1ltural Hall, under Church. the auspices of Chickering Bros. Before being returned to Its original place l.n st. J1,hn's chapel the organ was put in thorough repair, that beIng a stipulation because of its loan. �« . .:."all·.,,... WILL REOPEN WA _E The Wamer House Acsociation, Jnc., F-,•,:;•·,...-,.,,,1,·.,,-..,. held a committee meeting on Wednesday lo make plans for the openin~ of the hou~r t.o lhr public soon nrtcr July 1. The oprning dale will be a not.able one and latrr be nouncul. Another m etmg will held nexl week lo plan on the furnishings. as the house is to be restored and will contain many antique r.,rnishings. Mrs. Marion Miller Drake, wife vf Dr. Freel E. Drake, will be the hostess . ,, ...... ,••-".,·';'.").:,:cP•,,f·'t·:.:·.il"< As a v:sil l-0 the Warnn be of durational value lo thildrcn the committee 1s them lhe opportunity to vi it Tu ~sday morning from 11 o'clock, coming in groups of Len or I 11·clve, with a teacher or under some one's supervisio11. Tl e Warner m:insion l~ tile oldest. brick buildinp: in Portsmouth nnd ls located on the northerly corner of Daniels nnd Chapel .strrl'ls nncl was crcct.cd about. 1710. The bricks and (lther materials used in the construction of lhe house were brought from Bolland. The lightning rod on the west side was put up in 1762 by Benjamin Franl·Jin, and was probably lhc first erect.eel in New Hampshire. Some years ngo n Jiltle house occ,1pied the northwest corner of Chapel and Sheafe streets :rncl original stood near the Warner House. The house was built by Capt: Archibald Macpheadris, weallhy merchant and king's councilor, and was originally intended to be the outstanding r,1c=:r~...---= house in Porlsmout,h and still is aft.er more lh:rn 200 ye:ns one of lhe finc~l rx:m1plcs or e:wly 10lh cenlury architecture. Its wrills are 18 inches thick and in ils construction was spent 6000 pounds. nn nmazing sum for a house in a colonial town of but a few thousand inhabilnnts. Five yrnrs wrrr l'1111s11mrcl l11 tompletlnrthc wol'k of b,11lding nnd Jt, was finished in J723. During his visit in Portsmouth L:ifaycttc 'l\':ls entertained in this home. The officers of the Warner House Association are: Mrs. Barrett Wendell, ch2irman. Mrs. Henry L. Green, vice Mary I. Wood, sub-chairm:in. Miss Frances E. Brooks, secretary . E. Curlis Matthews, treasurer. ,,~"••·r.t,,•~)•~ �press ve xercises y este Ill f\e n on At Grou1ds · Another of Portsmouth's many historic sites ,vas suitably marked yesterday when a tablet designating the site of the first public school in this city was unveiled at impressive exerc'tses participated in by members or the Bmi.rd of Instruction, alumni of the Haven school, pupils at that school and many interested residents of the South End section of the city. The tablet was erected through the efforts of a committee froh1 the alumnl of the school and appropriately marks the spot where in 1709 the first public school in New Hampshire was erected. _ The exercises were conducted in an iexcellent manner and . reflected great credit on those in charge, As the Portsmouth High school band played a military air the pupils filed out or the school and took their positions behind the monument, · .' Rev. Wllfiam Safford Jones, a member of the Board of Instruction, gave the invocation after which Major William H. White, one of the oldest alumni of the school and a , very interested worked in its welfare, unveiled the tablet. Major White stated that a committee, believing that such an historic spot should be marked for future generations, had made preparations for its erection and the monument which it was his privilege to unveil, wa:; the culmination of their efforts. Oharles C. Prescott, Jr., son of Charles s. and Violet Brackett Prescott, and the fifth generation of the Brackett family to attend the Haven school, presented the tablet to the Board of Instruction. Master Prescott said: ' Supt. Moore! In behalf of the Alumni and Parent-Teache'r Association of the Haven school, I have the honor of presenting this memorial tablet to you, the superintendent of schools: Will you present this gift to the B.oard o! Instruction for · the city of Portsmouth? ave S same. Our task now, no less than then, ls to prepare boys and glrls as best we know to meet the responsibilities confronting them with the lng years. "The Board of Instruction accepts ' this memorial as a striking evidence of your continued faith in this great work the schools are undertaking to do. May we be worthy of the trust, and by united effort of home and school in our turn merit a similar approval from those who may follow us in another 200 years. · Mayor F. W. Harlfor<l wns next introduced ns the oralo1· of the day. Mayol' lJnrtforct said: "I nm r-lncl to see such interest. manlf st here on this occasion by the residents of this section of Portsm?ulh. This is a historic occasion, my friends, and I want to congratulate the committee which had the foresight to make the necessary preparations lo mark this spot by lhe erection or this tablet. "Portsmouth is not antidated by any city or town in New Hampshire and, I doubt, if any in New England had a public school prior to the very school erected on this historic ground. That is something to remember. The leadership that Portsmouth took in the history of this country is marked by the many great events which meant so much to our own America, and the opening and conduct of this school had a direct bearing on it. What would America amount to if it were not for the birth of our school system? "Had it not been for the patriotic instinct of a woman of our city back in 1700 who was interested ln the education of our :vouth we would n t be here loday. It was Bridget Graffort, widow of Thomas Graffort, who in 1700 presented the land here for the erection of a school building, and in 1708 the selectmen and town officials voted that, a school be built here. It was the generosity of this Portsmouth woman that made the school possible. As we go along in the history of this event we see that Captain Pickering, one of the forerunners of a family whose name stands out as one of the most prominent ln this stands !or progress and patriotism, was chairman of the building committee. "In the records of this school may,..•..,,,.,.,,,..:,T.. be found the names of many prominent citizens of high 6tanding and character, .and with a will t-o do in leadership. You should feel proud in your hearts to know that here were educated some of the finest mEn and women this city ever produced-who made their mark in the history of this city and also In the history of New England. "I want to congratulate you, and especially this young man-who comes down from five generations of Bracketts-he shows a great foundation ci work and teaching of ability. "It was a :,Jleasure for me in my official capacity to make possible an •··✓'"•·?.a:.,"".·'= "We hope that the possession of this tablet, markil1g the site of the first school to be erected in Portsmouth, will afford the city and its present and future citizens as much pleasure and satisfaction as the Alumni and ;E>aront• Teacher Asscoiation have enjoyed in making the gift possible. "We hope that it will always remain a symbol of: Loyalty to the memory ot those who gave us our first schools; pride in our oivlo improvement, and cooperation of parents, teachers and pupils past and present of the Haven school, Superintendent of Schools Harry L. Moore accepted the tablet for the city as follows: "Mr, chairman, Oharles Prescott, and friends of the Haven school: You alum• ni and members or the Parent-Teacher Rssociatlon are to be bighly commended for the time, labor and funds in procuring this beautiful tablet a.s a permanent marker on this historic spot. The Board of Instruction welcomes its erection on the property of the city and pldeges to you their earnest attention to its care and preservation. "Here the Portsmouth schools began, and I can almost imagine the sturdy and far-seeing pioneers with us here this afternoon looking upon this gathering with smiles o! approval and satisfaction, knowing that their early struggles, after the passing o! more than two centuries, are being thus remembered and honored. "The building of a. schoolhouse is always an event o! peculiar interest, but particularly was it so in early ti.mes when the undertaking meant quite a new and untried adventure. Children had to be trained somehow to read, to write and to figure, that they might later ri~e to the simple responsibilities of their new found freedom. So It was in 709 and so it is today. Centuries have passed, yet the problem remains the""'···""'·,,,•.• �Noto 2023. iFROS'.l'. In Bta.ckpole's addition to this fine old building, and felicitations which you express on the "Old Kltten' and Her Fs.m\llce," page 413 I want to pay you people a compll- recovery of my health, are peculiarly ct seq. ma.Y be re11d a.n accoun t ot the Froats ot that town , bcglnnlng their rec4J'.•'.r.'.?.iD'~,.'l.1 ment l:>Y saying that I had the heartgrateful to me; and I earnestly pray ord with n.n alleged B'ible account which irst support o( everyone in this section that the great Ruler of the_ Universe St.a.cl<l)OIO prints with evldont mental resin bringing it about. You &houlct be may smile upon your honest exertions ervation as to Its genulnene!s. proud of this beautiful historic site here, and reward yo11r well doings Thie record gives John .Frost and Anna. and its surroundings. It has a Jong with future happiness.'" Hamden, his wl!e, born 1:,58 and 1665, rehistory with it. Men were mustered The record of the authorization of spectively, nes.r Caer Bran (a mountain) In Cornwall, as the first known ot this •'1-,?.•;!JSJl•i"?~~<tlinto service here. We have nothing to the erection of the flrst public school ra.m l!Y. It glvc3 th&lr marrlago as lo regret. We should feel the same in- building In the City of Portsmouth 1;;8'2 and the birth or Nicholas (the em!· terest as the men who went to •nr was as follows: grant) ns Apr.U :?u In Tiverton, Devonshire. from here-that spint- which has made Bridget Grafiort, widow of Thomas All the 'other children ate therein stated .,,,...~,.,,,,.·• 1 11 mark on the history of our country Gl'a!Iorl, gave lot of land for first a~ born In •r1vertpn and tho marriage ot Nlchola/1 lo Bertha Cadwalla. (Ca.<lwallaand which will ever stand ut. Public School house in 1700. der?), "from Tavistock,'' in Janua.t"Y, 1630, "As chairman of the school bonrd, 1 No further record respecting add·s to the vcrslmllltude ot this record In want to say that Portsmouth accepts school until 1708, when votes directing the 131blc, Then toliows the ·births of tho this gift ~·ou have so gmerously -lven, of the First Public school in Portschildren ot Nicholas a.nd Bertha, ' 'In and I promise that the city wlll see to mouth. At a general towne meeting Tiverton," the- names corresponding to the known lssuo of Nicholas by his v.'1.fe it that it 1s kept In its present tate held the fifth day of April 1708. (namo not on record In Kittery), •but tl,e and shall be handed on for generaVoted, that the Selectmen took care da.lo"' In no 'WllY fit Into the several state1Ions to come. lt has ~en given In a to build the s·chool howse upon land ments made by his children In ° later yea.rs fine plrit an(,\ I tru t that there will Mrs. Bridget Grafiord gave the towne, when making depositions, or from their be more such occasions, EO t,hat In for a school howse. l)bltuary records or cemetery lnscrlpttons. time every historic spot In this city Voted, that Selectmen tack care to Where ls the orlglnal o! this Bible recwill be marked with n E,uitable monu- build Schoolhowse in convenent place, ord? In so Car as• tho parish records of Tivermcnt. I challenge at this time RnY city on South side of Milldam, Dec. 23, ton are concernPd neither the birth nor in New England to equal the number 17-08. marriage ot Nicholas nor tho 'baptism of of historic spots marked ss th y (l.Te , Selectmen ordered his chlldr~n a.re to l>o Cound In them a.nd in this city. \ Capt. John Pickering tack care this tact Is ofteroo as negative evidence " we want to prese\·vo the names nnd and agre with Left. Pears, or any oththat tho Bible record Is open to gra.vc doubt as to Its gonulneness. C. E. B . ::\1. rccorcls o! those GO<\-fea.rlng pwple r person, for rectlng and building a who came here In 1603 nnd later Scoolhowsc on south Side of Milldam. ad pled a to'l\'ll con~tllul on. lt, was I Sci. how~e Lo be of ye dimenUon ye such ttn lmpor ant wwn t,bat durlna I1former Scleclmen, agreed with ye sd. \ Pears, for, and to be furnished, as In George washlngton's vlslt here he stated that he hoped the wnr would lheirc sd. agreement speslfyed in all not affect our commerce. we can respect and to be paid soe much ns carry on In that same spirlt and can said fcrmer agreement spesietti (tWrtake our place 1n tho front line with ty pounds) whear or beside ye money any oLher town 01• city in t.hls great in sd. Pears hand, and ye remainder land of ow-s.'' of ye ne:{t year towen rate and ye 1 said hows~ be finished at or before the ''In Ws address delivered here on fifteenth day of April next insueing Oct. 31, 1789 in reply to the speech of the date above said. welcome delivered by Judge Pickering, It thus app~ars that the Old South Washington said: scool-how3e in front of the site of the " 'I am forcibly impressed with your Haven school house was the first friendly welcome to the metropolis of Public school house ordered to be New Hampshire, and have a grnte!ul built. heart !or your kind aud flaitering , The nation:il flag w:i.s in a prominent congratulations on my elcciion to the p~sition near the tablet and before the Presidency o! these Uni!,ed states. I conclusion of the ceremony the school fear t.11e fond parUallty o! my coun- pupils pledged their allegiance to the trymen has too highly appreciated my nag, after which the entire group joined in the singing of the "Star Spangled past exertions, and formed too sanguine anticipations of my future ser- Banner.'' vices. If the former have been suc- I Milla1d A. Knight, president oI tlle cessful, much of the success should be nav<'n School P:irmt-Teachcr As~oci:ia.scribed to those who labored with me tion act~d :is chairman of the meeting in the common cause-and the glory I in a' very efficient manner. o! the event should be given to tho \ Ernci,t Emrry was chairman oi the great disposer o! events. If an t111re- t:iblet committee nnd Waller mltting attention to the duties of my was in ch:u-ge of the finances. office, and the zeal of an honest heart en the committee were Supt. .Harry L. can promote the public good, my fel- l\lc-0re. Miss Mary E. DeGro!>S, Mrs. low citizens, may be assured that these ,Wnlter s. Wood!>, M.rs. Barney Freedwill not be wanting in my present mr.n. Mrs. Benjamin Singer, 1rs. Harstation. I claim no particular merit, old Preble, Chnuncey S.odgdon, Miss gentlemen, for the preservaUon of l(ary Conlon, MHlard A. Knight , Mrs. your town from he devastation of the Charles s. P.rescott and Cedric Woods. enemy. I am happy, i! by any event of i Much of the success of the affair ~as 'the war, your property has been pre- dn to the untiring eIT.Jrls oi MisS Mary served from that destruction which DeGross, principal or the Haven school. , fell but too heavily on your neighbors; and I sincerely condole with you for · the loss which you have sustained in •itfl'.i:·•1<i'Ji"!,;~.-~••:.,,.~-~1.1 navigation nnd commerce out I trust that industry and economy, lhoso '. fruitful ancl nc"vcr-!aillng sources o! 1private and publlc opulence, will, under our present system of government restore you to your former flourishing state. The interest which you take in my personal happiness, and the kind �IS Much of Interest to Be Seen Aboard the Famous "Success" On the two lower decks ar the cells, A trip through the old yellow h rows of them, and each cell has Its which cross d the Atlantic Ocean unde; own story from the lips of the guide. her own sail In nlnty-six days, seems On the 'tween deck ar the prison chato tum back the clock to the Middle pel nnd the prison hospital-mer ly Ages. Here, in their original state, a1·e larger cells into which t1 prisoners preserved the cells and dungeons in were taken for their physical and which men and women were confined, . plrltunl Ills. Also on this deck is the 1hc nslrumcnts u, ed t.o torlur them Tiger's Den, wl1cre th most ferocious nnd the official records of their crimes of prisoners were herdecl to "fight It trio.ls and suff£Tlngs. ' out among themselve ." Visitors are first directed in t.o the On the lowest deck, used for solitary 11lcers Quarters beneath the high uarter deck. Here are old handcuffs, ' confinement •prisoners are th Infamous black holes. lJ1 ther airless, lightock , key and cor s of priceless orig, less, tiny, slope-sided cublclee, the most nnl document relative to the trial d portation and confinement of famous I refractory prisoners wer ch lned to The old convict ship "Success" arrived here about 6. 30 o'cloclt yestcrday afternoon, having been towed :from Boston by the tug M. Mitchell Davis . Mayor F. W. Hartford, and members -of the city government of Portsmouth 'Visited the Isles of Shoals Dock this afternoon to formally declare the famous old convict ship "Success,'" open to the public of New Hampshire. The noted old vessel Is making a limited visit to Portsmouth. It ls the first time and probably the only time, she will b~ seen in this state, although she has prisoners. Here, too are autographs of ' a ringbolt, unable to sit down or stand kings and Queen Victoria f England, up. The deep groves in \.he floor show etchltigs nnd rare woodcuts sl1owing the 'where the men attempt d to brace their treatment of prisoners In the olden ,Leet against the rolling of \.he ve~sel. days, and ancient muskets and weapons The majority of those confined here of assault. for Jong periods came out blind, insane . On the main deck, Immediately out- or dead. side the Of[lcers Quarters, vlsitors are Even the condemned cells, further 1 shown the original leg Irons used along the same deck, m which those aboard the Convict Ship. These leg cntcnccd to be hang d were confined irons vary in weight from 7 to 58 pounds. for a few hours prior t.o t11eir execution 1 Some are attached to heavy punish- at the yardarm wcr J ss fenred than ment balls which refractory prisoners the Black Hol s. were forced to drag around the deck l&~~"'"r-"'!""'.,_,_,,.,.,~~~-:~~~~ during their exercise period of one hour ,.-.,,.c-:,__,.,,•...,,.,. been In American waters for twenty each day. years, and has been visited by some 20 _ The original pumps of the vessel, still 000,000 persons in the United- States. ' used to keep her free from water and Jhe old vessel ls now en route to the utilized with remarkable success durWorld's Fair in Chicago, It was origin- ing her memorable trip acoss the Atally planned to take her direct from lantlc, may be seen' a few feet away. Boston to Chicago, but al:. the request The original mainmast, of solid Burmof the Portsmouth Chamber of com- eseteak-perhaps the most valuable stick merce, her course was diverted to New 1n the world-still stands, even though Rampshle's only seaport. President E. it is scarred with the indentation of a Curtis Matthews of the Chamber of pirate's cannon ball way back in 1800. Commerce was at the dock to greet the The giant ringed stone which stands ship on its arrival yesterday. amidships is a part of the third chapLast remnant of the vast fleet of ter in the history of the •success,' when proud East India merchant vessels she was converted Into a floating jail i,......,~:,:~.--,,·;;l,;~ __.,.,.,.,,. which carried rare spices, silks, and in- and anchored permanently ln HobSon's cense from the decadent east to Eur- Bay about half a mile off-shore from ope, the old Convict Ship ls also the where now stands the city of Melsole remaining relic of the grim fleet bourne, Australia. Convicts were sent of hellships which bore 167,000 men, ashore daily to work 1n the stone quarwomen and children to torture In the rles and the stone became a "silent Antipodes. She ls the oldest and prob- guard" over them as they were chained ably the most Interesting ship afloat. to lt by a running chain through their ' Today a museum graphically mus- leg irons. Many of the public buildings tratlng by actual original exhibits Its in Australia today are monuments to tale of man's inhumanity to man, Jn convict labor~ her 140th ear, the old vessel is fulThe massive shot-marked armor, fasHlling the last years of her llf educat- hioned and worn by Ned Kelley, the mg mankind to greater gentleness t.o Australia bushranger prototype of mankind. Jesse James in Australia, hangs a bit ,~,~>!!';.,..ii!!". 0 1 The famous vessel was built In ,th for'ard. Kelley though pro ected by his ~~-' ~fl;l<• ~•-·'J'. shadow of the Moulmein pagoda, British armor, was shot through the arms nnd ,m:r~'/:j~~,,~:,;~~;~~-Burma, a spot that was later to be iamed by the opening line of Kipling's •·Mandalay". The British East India company one of the greatest colonizmg organizations the world has ever known, built the ••success" for their wn use and when she was launched 1n 1790, the teak-built full rigged vessel was the pride of their fleet which ran from Calcutta, India to London, England. Now, the "Success" has been fitted legs and captured, later.. to be hanged. Tl:)e o1d original flogging frame and triangle to which hundreds of unfortunate were manacled, and the cat o' nine ta\ls used to flog them, as well as the "coffin bath" into which they were dipped in brine, occupy their parts of the main deck. The fore hatchway 0 _, ___ ._0 ,._:l'Nli','''-'Jr.~. where a primitive elevator was used to raise t11e shackled prisoners t.o the upper deck, and the ancient windlass, st.ill in working order, are compelling ex- with hundreds of electric lights which hibits. enable visitors to see and examine \ Rel_ics of the Middle Ages, torture inher many exhibits by night or day, for struments used in continental bastlles, 11he is open every day, from 10 a. m., a door from Newgai Prison, London to 11 p. m. Expert lecturers and guides and, on the quarterdeck, the famous with marked civility and Intelligence, Iron Malden of medieval history, are conduct visitors through the three other fascinating sights before going decks of the !;hip, explaining the many below. ints of interest at length. �................,.,.Band Played as Washington Fished; Sean1en in While Frocks llis Escort Special to Tire Cl,ristlan Science Monitor }';t.i·Jfli~i AUGUSTA, Me.-As a preslden- their musical powers. Of those two tial fisherman, George Washington fish taken, Washington drew one did not rate nearly ns high as his from the water. Zebulon Willey who twentieU1 century successors, Mr. was fishing in \,he vicinity-finding Coolidge and Mr. Hoover. And it's them tolling in vain, had hooked a no wonder. He went fishing with a cod, and coming along side handed ..,;.;;1?...,,~,..,."11 band! his line to the President, who drew · The fishing trip took place in the up the prize. This was a good pull Plscataque. River between New for Zebulon, for the President gave Hampshire and Maine, when the him a. silver dollar-and the story first President was n:aklng an om- was a. golden one !or him ever cial visit through New England in after." 1789. The story or the rather unsuccessful venture has been brought to light by Mrs. Marion Cobb Fuller 'lil!~~.:d'!,iil of I.he research department of the Maine State Library. Part of it is from the diary of Washingl.on himself. Under dale of Nov. 2, 1789, he w11ot,e: "In my way to 'the mouth of the IIm·bour, I sl.opped at a place called Kll,\,ery, in \,he Province of Maine, the river Piscataqua. being the boundary between New Hampshire n11tl It. From hence I went by the~.,...,........ old For\, Cformrrly bull\, while under lho English govemment) on an Island which is at the entrance of the harbour. and where the Light House stands. As we passed this Fort we were salul.ed by 13 guns. Ha.Ying Lines, we proceeded to the Fishing banks a JILtle without the Harbour, and fished for Cod; but it not being n. proper time of tide we only caught two, with w'ch, about 1 o'clock, we returned to Town." The rest of the story is told in Brewster's Rambles of Portsmouth: "When on Monday, the President went on an excursion down the harbor, his barge was rowed by seamen dressed in whil.e frocks. They were accompanied by another barge containing the amateur band, who gave occasional displays of �S-48 When in Dry Dock ~at Local Navy Yard. Submarine S-48, in command of Lieut. Commander S. ·E. Bra-y, 'rari·on th~ rocks· at Jeffries Point, near·Fort Stark, while trying to make Portsmouth Harbor in a blinding snow storm, about 7.30 01_1 Thursday night. _T he S. 0. S. calls of the sub _were quickly picked up by the navy yard wireless station, and _the actirig commandant of the yard, Captain C. T. O,vens was notified. Captain Owens at once got in touch ·with the Portsmouth Harbor Coast Guard Station and Captain Hand , _a nd a ~rew of six men put off in search of the submarine . .►. _1 C\ ..~ ;, The. lifesavers. had. considerable trouble locating the disabled boat, ow• · , i_ng to the storm and the first, report . that she was aground on the re~f . at Whalesback light, The tugs, James Wooley, from the navy yard, · and the M. Mitchell Davis were called and put off to the lower harbor, They were unable to get near the S-4!! and could do nothing but s.tand by ex pecting that the wind might dim in ish and the Coast Guard crew could get a line to the submarine, with a chance of the tucs hauling her off. Thr, stprm raged on and .the Coast Guar·ds found it im. possible to do any more than the tugs. The . s. o. s. calls from the subma • rine, "we want help, rush," continued to come into the navy yard. wireless station until about midnight, then grew weaker and finally were heard no Al>out that time E : Curtis l\Intthcws, Jr., ,who was aboard the tug M. Mitchell Davis, beg:in a night's · work that woqld be a credit to any JT1an. He called out the Coast Guard at \Va111s Sands station with the breeches apparatus: after arranging ·..·1t:1 Superlntendent Dore of the Board or Pub• llc \Vories and the town or Rye to send out their tractors and cleat: Lhe roads of snow for the Const Gunrcls. Al>out th.) New Castle shore wlt'1 the ho pes of getting a line to the sul>mnrlne. 'l'wo men on lite shore, \\'ho luul 1Jcen watching tho sul>rr.arino, left th eir posts to a ss is t the Co:'lst Guanls In getting the rigging on the shore. They were gone from their post a llttle over l0 minutes and on their ·retnrn could not sce,the lights of ,e submarine. Investl~a ting as well as th ey couhl they d~citl ctl that the. incoming tide . . - ----:.,~...-'f and wind had swept the submarine from the rocks and that she h::id driit eel from the entrance of the breakwater • to Little Harbor: This proved . true as she was later p1ck~cl up by a searchlight from Fort Starlc and · located, padly · ·l>m e··g-etl, on what , known as Frost Point . S. S . 0. S. signals made with t\ flashli$'ht by one of the ., crew cou ld be recogpizcd coming from tho pcrl:::copo. ' Tho Coo.st Cuarcl cre1 .. 1 wcro l>otlt on land as tho submarine left the ledges outside the l>rcakwate1· and / were just al>out ready to fire a line f1•om the shor e when she cldftecl into. Little Harl>or and ran on the mud. At D.30 o'clocl, t~1c ,:ombinecl Coas t Guard crews wore al>le to get to Lhe submn/ rlnc In dories and small power boats "· •and rescue the men, who were founcl in compartment. Somo of them I I �Sands sLalion In .;ctlln:; his nppnrntus lo tho sc ne or the wr ck could harJly ho clupli~atcll by any !Jody or men In th:1.t branch oC t ho scrYlcc . JI is good judgment in taking two horses alon:; wilh the IJI~ rl,:;;lng Lhal fo!loWCll Lho' Hnow 11low was what succccLlcd in lamlin:; them :it .·ew c.,sllc. \\'hen 1 they rcachc<l tho "\\"cntworlh roa<l liritlgo 'upt . Dore •or tho Board oC I'u\Jlic "\Yorks woulll Lal e no chances 1 tractor aci-oss 1.lri<l:;o :.Lnd tho men ::rn J the l wo horses managed to push and tlra:; the apparatus Lhc 1' m:1lmler or the way. J;olh men nml animals woro nearly -xh:H"stc<l when thcy rcachcu ~cw 1 t:astle �OBSERVES I0TH ·ANNIVERSARY OF PASTORATE Rev. William Safford I Jones, has atta.ined his tenth anniversary ns minister of' the South Church (Unitarian), had as• the theme of his sermon on Sunday morning, "A ,Ten Years' Ministry 1n Portsmouth." A large congregation was present and his sermon was of unusual Interest. Rev. Mr. Jones preached his ilrst sermon at the South Church on Sunday, May 7, 1922, Rev. Alfred Gooding, the retiring minister, assisting in the service. His subject at that time was: "The Fellowship of the Spirit." For nearly seventeen years Jones was minister Qlf Channing morial Church at Newport, R. I. resigned in March, 1922, to accept the cr..ll to this city, much to the regret of the Newport parish . Since c:imln~ ltEV. WJ\'I. SAFFORD JONES here Mr. Jones has held the high regard of his pa.rlsh as par.tor and frJend, and hns not only bl'rvcd church faithfully, but has been asset to the community. He has done much good and lt is hoped ;vill remain here for many years / come. On the communion table yesterday were beautiful Talisman roses. Mr. Jones· chose his text from C~rinthians, second chapter, fourth and fifth verses : "And my speech and my preaching were not In persuasive words of wisdom, but In demonstration of the Spirit and of power; that your faith should 11ot stand in the wisdom of men, b.it in the power oi God." He said in part: ''In the history of a parish covers two hundred and eighteen years ten years may not bulk very large on the horizon, and yet ten years have their place, 1heir sigJJlficance, in the unfolding of 11. church's life. Ten yea.rs ls one-eighth of an individual life of the scriptural length of fourscore. And in the life of the community and of the larger world a decade brings great and momentous changes. That is why we pause today nJ'ter ten years of church work together and review the past. We shall find them to be years of mingled loss and snin, of mingled b1mshlnc nnct shadow. But from 11. conslderntlon of them we shall be able to draw needed lessons of hope and eourage and faith for the future. Our looking backward appreciatively and reverently will enable us to look forward with ·,mconquerable trust and zeal. Contemplation or past achievements and victories will not dishe!\rten us, but spur us on to greater triumphs of the spirit. At the fire which has ,burned steadily on this altar from the beginling we shall rekindle c,ur torches of faith and the flame of devotion will once 'mo~e leap high within our hearts. We shall receive a fresh baptism of the Spirit. We snall 'become eager to make the next ten years more fruitful and more significant than the past ten years. A new vision of the latent strength of our religious faith and of the' possibilities for untold good locked up within it will burst upon us. Henceforth we shall walk and work brimful 1 "This is a parish 'Yhich cherishes the old New England tradition of a long and stable ministry. The fact that I am only the ninth minister in this ch..irch since 1714 proves that. Jt is interesting to recall the 1engthy ministries in ou.r parish. The first four of my predecessors were of the 11.ncient undivided Congregational fellowship, the second four of the Unitarian communion; but we have an unbroken ecclesiastical history, we have preserved our corporate identity. From the beginning until now we have had the same legal name, the South Parish in Portsmouth. Before the division into North nnd S011{ h churches In the early eighteenth cen. Lury there was one parish. the First Church of Christ in Portsmouth. Although Unitarian In our theology and fellowship for more than a century, we hnve always been Congregational in o.ir church government. This was the South Church when it was Congregational, this is the South Church ow that it is Un itarian. All of our nine ministers have served the South Church, whatever its ecclesi?stical label. This has freed us from objectionabalc sectarianism. We are n Free ClU'lstian Church. 1 �search literature, art and politics, mmisters , :· ur Jirst minister, RcL ! Christian in its adhesion to nJJ the Parish, except Rev . Job 1er son, who w11s settled ov<'l' the parish jupliftin g and inspiring traditions, third minister. who ,v:1s a Yale grad' for seventeen years, 1715-1732, hntl rites, and ethical standards of the iate. have been educat d wholly or in 1:- en minister of the acljoining New 1 !historic faith of Christendom . My part at Harvard. Cnstle church. He die-cl soon after mo Lto has been, 'Prove ·aJJ things, hold "On the first Sunday of May, 1922, the .raising of our second edifice, the fast that which is good.' 1 became your minister . I came from Old South MeeLing House . Our sec"2. I have tried to arouse in yoJ n parish. the Channing Memorinl ond minister. Rev. Willinm Shurtleff, a deep loyalty to our religious body. Church in Newport, R. I., in which curiously enough , h ad been in s.1cTo me a religious communion is not a I had been h:ippily setll d for nearly ces.sion lo Mr. Emerson nt New Casnarrow and petty sect, but a great S£ ·enteen years, Jong enough to be1 tic, and after tw nty years there came l11ousehold of faith , with common come dean of the cler!!y of the cit,y, (hop es and purpos~s and beliefs. We to succeed him here. His ministry an it was with a good many h earlcovered fourteen yenrs, 1733-1747. Our ought to love om· spiritual fellowship wrcnches that I gave up my work third minister, Rev. Job Strong, a as we love our flag, because of what · there and turned "IVith hope and enyoung man of great promise, died sud1it stands for. thu:-iasm to this new field. I must d nly in off~ce nfter two :ears. His "3 . I have work.,d for Christian c.onfess that I came also w!lh a good unity, nnd every year I have noted the dntes were 1749-1751. His is the only c i,rnl r trcpidntion. 1l w:is not sure brief minbtry in the 1ecords of the closer approach to each other o! tlrnt, I could measure up to your pulSouth Parish, nnd through no fault o! 1churches that differ widely in theolpit standards, which have always been •ogy and ritual. In 1ten years nearly liis own he lowered he avernge hi!.!h and se\'ere. I had misgiv h1gs in 1all the barriers in this lrnglh of the ministry in his church. community r garcl lo my abili ty to wrestle satis- which separate like-minded But our fourth minister, Rev. Samuel souls factorily with the Sunday school prob- have come down. Haven. D . D ., raised the :werage by lem and other questions of parish ad1emaining in the parish from 1752 to "4. I have had always before me ministrntion. Thus, as the Apostle the vision or our ch.uch as a faithful 1806,-54 years as a physician of both \ Pa.ii says to the Corinthians, I was ~ouls and bodies, for he had studied community-servant, with a world- 1 ,th you in fear and in much trcmb- outlook. Out or all proportion to meclici-ne as well ns throlO!!.", in order lini:r. But _-ou were tmcl ha\'e bee n their numbers our people are active to practice (.'rntis nmon~ U1e poor of w1,rn1<'1 J1111. pal irnl :rncl .-yinralhrtiC' scrvnnls of civic righteousness. Like llH' town. Orntor. ))t>c•t. 1111trlot, he nncl npp1eci:ili\e, and allhough I clu the master of the art of wns n man of light :wd leading. Dr. living the 1 11:ot fla tter m yrelf that I have real- church is in the midst of the llnven·s colleague for six yen rs, 1799:2r<l in any rich measure the id ::als 1605, Rev. Timothy Alclen. docs not world as the servant of humanity. which you set for me and wi1ich I set All the round world is our fig.,re in the regular 1ine . domain, for my~elf. I do feel that at Jea5t we and our religions must show the fruits "Re,·. No.than Parker. D . D., the June prescnHl the unity of lhc fifth minister, served us from 1808elf the spirit. The fields white unto tlmrch's ~p:ri• in the bond or p!'ac~ harvest are here and now and every- i-<' 1833. 25 years. Under him. friend o! William Ellery Channing. the parish and have done gomething together swu ng into the Liberal movement !n for the development of the spiritual theology :.nd joined with other Conlife of the church we Jove and I gr galional pa1 ishes in the formation and or the community we lo'l"e of 1h Americnn Unitarian Association serve . in 1825. Under him this st ne church "And when I think, 11s 1' often do, of wns built in 1324-1826. Re,·. Andrew the tremendous changes within t11e Preston Peabody, D . D ., the sixlh church Itself, our losses seem almost mirlisler, after 27 years of · fruitful appalling, certainly irreparable. Of work here. 1833-1860, went (.o Harvard lhc five men on the Board or War:;~ Plummer Pro!cs~or of Chrislian dens, for example, when I cnme, three Morals nnd Preacher to the Univerare gone, Gustave Peyser, Freel L. sity. Thc>re he> was a devoted pastor Wood, and Warren N. Davis . Charles to -the students for 33 year . Our W. Gray was then our devoted choirse,·enth minister. Re,· . Jr mes De master. Only last year he entered Normanclie. D . D .. after an inspiring into Ufe eternal. ' ~crvice hrre for 21 years, 1862-1883. "In these ten yeru·s it has been my vent to the First Church in Roxprivilege to have some po.rt in various bury 1nss .. where he had a brilliant community movements for good govministry of over forty yrars. I was ernment and the awakening or the orclaincd l>y hi m and Dr. Thomas civic consciousness and better educaGreenwood P abody, Dr . Andrew tion, to serve on the School Board and I Preston P€3l>ociy's successor at Har- 1 the Family Welfare board and various nrd, in that. !me old church in Roxcommittees for the good of church i\ ur. . I was drawn to the ministry and state. I regard it all as a part l:,~- Dr . D e Normandic's preaching and or my ministry. Icxnmplr. Our ri1•ht ll rnini.,lrr, my Im"If you should ask me what ln nll I1nrdiall! predt'cessor. RC'\'. Alfred these years had been the ideals or my 1Gooding, came to the pnri~h in 1884, ministry, I should answer that there '\:i rter n short . rttlement in Brunswick. \ arc four ideals toward the realization Me. lifter 37 ye:irn 'of n minisfry of which I have ever worked. ~hich stood for hip.h !deals of preach"I. I have always striven to make ing and the pnstoral office as well as this a Free Christian Church. Ic,r communitr sen ice. he became our iin its willingness to receive the J,onorcd mimster cmerilus nearly \ truth constantly breaking forth e;even yc·ars :igo. In point of servic~ God's word in physical he· i.tancls next to Dr. Havrn. I i ! I ! I' I. I ,1:rt7.o1v-,:••-~ ��HISTORY SHOWS SIX BIG 'RIDES' OF PAUL REVERE Philadelphia Trip Included ju Journe s of Boston Patriot Agai n Goes to :Phlladclphl~ In October bf the same year he again was sent to Philadelphia to obtain news from the Continental Congress for the Provincial Congress. Paul Revere's next ride was probably one of his most im11ortant. Jn De.:e1nber, 1774, the King's Council prohibited the exportation o! gun powder, arms and military stores to America. The colonists at the time were importing practically a11 their arms and ammunition, few places manufacturing these here. Upon information of the Council's action, the Boston committee of Safety sent Revere to Port.smouth, N. H., to inform the committee there of the action and give them time · to seize the stores in Fort William and Mary at Newcastle before troops could be sent to reenforce the small gan-ison. Two separate expeditions seized all the power, small arms, bayonets, ordnance stores. Some of the powder went Lo Bunker Hill and some to Winter Hill. Had any cnsuaHies occurred at this t,ime, Fort William and Mary probably would have bceri noted as the scene of the beginning of the American Rcvolutlog, and, the date would have been Dec. 14, 1774, instead of the following April. Although practically everyone knows or Revere's April l8U1 dash to Lexington, few persons realize that the patriot made a previous trip to the historic towt} on April 16 to confer with John Hancock and Samuel Adams. This was his 1 last journey before the famous midni ht rld Colorful romance woven by Longfellow about Paul Revere's April dash to Lexington 157 years ago has lent the event such brilliancy thnl generations of readers lmvc Jost sight of six other important journeys the hard-riding patriot made In the service of his country. Only musty volumes of history 1elalc these stories, which deal wlt11 prominent events In American colonlnl life. Almost n year nnd a half before Revere rode to Lex\ngton Lo warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the British expedition on its way to capture them, he set out on his first important ride. A chief actor in the Boston Tea Party, he had been chosen by the Boston Committee of Correspondence to carry the news of the destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor, Dec. 16, 1773, to New York. He started from Boston Dec. 17 and ar rived in New York on Dec. 21. Called P rot est Meetin g When news reached Boston on May 10, 1774, that King George lll had signed the Boston Port Bill ordering the closing of the port. the citizens lmmecllately called a to~vn L;,.;,.;11';~:!'.;,.; meeting in protest. .1 Paul Revere was chosen to carry i,..:t,M.i.,it>; to New York and' Philadc)phln. the report o[ the meeting and an appeal by Samuel· Adams, the Moderator, asking every colony to support Bos- " ton In its fight against the act. Revere started on May 14. and ar rived in Philadelphia on May 20. He returned in the latter part of the month with responses from thC ~ ..,.,,.c=• di!Icrcnt colonies in suppo1·t o[ Boston. This is ascertained in a Jette1· to lhe Essex Gazette dated May ti~~:i~t~~ 31. 177'1. Four months 1ater U1e patriot again mounted his horse to serve his comrades, being chosen on Sept. 11 by Joseph Wl\rrcn to carry copies of the Sufiolk Resolves to thC Massachusetts delegates In the Continental .,-. ··-··""'~'"' c ongress at Phlladelpl1ia. Revere reached the Congress on Sept. 17. These resolves, drawn up at an adjourned meeting !n Milton of several Sufiolk county towns and districts, vl,rtually placed Massactiusetts in an a~tltude o! rebellion. Revere brought the Continental :,;,:~;:;il;~~t Congrcss'11 enthusiastic indorsemcnt of the Massachusetts net bacl, to Boston. Th~ .Listener· I T is a. matter [or wonder that the Stalo o( New Hampshire has so little creult In the early history or our country. Seeking to correct that condition, the Exeter N ws Letter polnls out that Portsmo1.1th is onl;; g1ie year .....~-.,.-.•.1 ... younger thnn r1ymo4th, and HeV11P1J ...,·,....,,•."' yenrs older t1111.n Boston. That city w:.i.s settled in the ye11r 1623 1 w)len Davi.I Thompson, n Soot, setlled 11.t 0/liorne's Point, at t11e mouth of the Pliicataqua ...,.,.,,,,.."..., River. 'l'he city 11c1 now Jocp.ted three miles from the ,;ea on ~he northW!!~t~:vffl\-h',!-1 bank ot that river. lt Wll!l ttie 110.pital of New llumnshfre up to the Jlevplutlon, and jt began 1:1hlp))p1lcjh11, u.t JI. very early date, In 163! the Cp1rncll at PlYtn• 04th granted the 11Ja.ce ~s a. town11)llp anti called it Plscataqua, and It and its neli;hbnrhood well JIJ4~trate the Pn:ic13ss of naming places jn New J~nglanq, '!'he 11eoplo who p11me here IP thll ear)Y days 1\lcl not lilrn l 11c\lu.11 nam~s. 'l'J1ey J)re 1,,1•ruit to h1tt•h oi,tn Lhum Nnl!Jlsl1 n11mc-o VCl"Y 111uch al l'Ullrlom, !'hlllU.lll.([\Jll. wu-i I he ~ei;l name ll could have Jiad, and the.,...._,,._,,, .• llrst 011e that followed it was Str;i,.v, berry Bank, whl h m11y )10.ve bee11 u.p, prupriate, and which was al any rate natural. Il wa.':! not 1111tll 1655 t hat the Oen• era! Coµ1·t ot Massachusetts Ba.y lncor- r.n""'·•·" porated and called It Portsrnouth, after the Engliah town . And Po rtsmou th it has been ever sjnce. .A. very cpmrn onplace name but an extremely pleasant town. So was, and Is, Newbu ryport, no1; fq.r away at the mq)Jth o! ttl~ ;!lieniJllMk. + + + All around Portamoulh or w)1a.t might )lave peen Piscataq11a, the ~ew f[a,mpshtre people began LQ reveal their tal@n~ [or bestowing new n;imes. A part ot Portsmouth was quioll:IY set off and ,:-a.l}ed New Castle, H.ft13r nnother EJnglillh town. Another wns i,ot off and oaHed Qrcent11-ncl -11fler Arctic u1•ee11 Iam1, Qr i1111t /J.Her jl.s gre n fle\ds7 Another part waa a14lf.ed fly . Hampton anrl Yor)c sprq.ng up, In lhe meanlime, New f{1unpahlr!l 11nd MainQ had such Ind)o.n names, gladly rejected by the inh11bitants, as (:pbo;,seecontee, Nesowadnehunl{, Mooselµlcma• gun tic, A l)olja.ckamegul!, T.Jmbazoplceus, CJwmquasabamtlcook, and ~J:>olja.c}{arme• gassic. They hacl sense enough to stick lo Merrimack, Androscoggin, llloosllauke, AmmonooRuc: but it seemed as If l ho lncli.im; had nothing to do except to 11ronounq• L11e narn l! of their place1:1, 'l'hese lncJin.n nnmes are now being I estored ns the names of summer camps. As it is, New Hampshire a.nd Jaine have a rath r larger proportion of ln!liAn names than any other States. �D\ shire courts, In the purchase or tho Portsmouth Ac:ulemy from Its propri l etors by tne city, under tbe lcnso and I subleaso menllone,1-:iilll its use for 'tbo Public Library solely. How can ono write o! the Portsmouth PulJlic Libl'ary, once the Portsmouth Academy, as your cont, ibulors have done, without mention or '.\faster E,litot· o! The Herald: William C. lfanis, Ports.mouth's JongIn telling the story ot the Ports-1 time anu famous teacher, first o! a mouth Publlc Liluary mention should public school •Jnder the old Court be made o! the part taken by Storer I IIouso on Court street( now the :'l[e- i&&Jll!i>.-•~..:::.t·,y Post, Grand Army ot tho Republic, In morinl hajl on Parrott :ivenue) anJ e~hthllshlng it. This story Is rclateu lrlter o! his privrlte school fot· bOYi'I In In "Tho , oldler's • [emorlal" p:i.11er, the academy? 'llo was tho father ol vol. 1, No. 6, prin_tecl_ by Storer Post 'Thomas Aston, nobert an<l J. Lou!-; 1\{ny 30, 1891, almost 30 years ago-- Hanis, all veterans o! the "'ar (or Lhc as !ollows: · ·· • Preservation o! Lile Union, and mom~ "Mcmo~ial Hall hers of Stol-<?1' Post, for the ?orme1· of "Storer Post Is now cnga:;e1l in 11h whom the Portsmouth Sons of Yctcrcl'rort to establish a :Memorial hall In ans C11mp ls named. Portsmouth, In which shall be collected William C. Hnrl"ls dled' l\'h lle teachhlstorlcnl mcmemtoes of our genera- Ing in his schoolmom on the lower t lon nncl Its struggles, as well as o! nil floor on the we~tern side o! lho acadthe generations which, have preccclcJ emy, on . 'ov. ~2. iS53, agf!d c!, jusl 11 ~. that lessons oC pntriotism nntl love over 71 yen.rs ago, a sall ~hod< lo h!~ o! homo :incl country may thus ho puplla then [)resent, o( whom rcw p-~taui;ht to our chlldt·cn and ' clill<lt'cn's 8ldo the uncll'rsigned r"mnin. . Tr children for many years to come. ' If11rrls was follower) as lcach~ r ,:, f till "For th1'l purpd~" the Portsmouth acacl,:,my hy Israel P. Klrnlt:1.II, alone .Acarlcmy has been lc:1.sctl ,hy th Post :\n<l nflCl'\\"(lnJs with Alfred . 1. 1 Ioyt. fo1· 1:; years, w!Lh ltho [Jrivilcgo or \\'hen • fr. Tlal'rls Iir:pt a 1,dvat~ 0:,,..-,,.,,..,,_ 1mrchase at the ncl o! that pcrlou at scl1ool for 1,oys In the academy, a prln. low price. and tho lower floor h:1.s vale tchool for girls was t-r11t for rnmP hce11 suble·asetl for the snmo timP- Lo years, between 1840 :\nJ 1s:,o, on the,_,.,..,._,.-:,,~ the city for ,the Public Library, whil<! low er nool' 011 the c:1.nlcrn •l<lo 1,y '.\II ~~ t1i'e upper hall will be arranged as a ElizalJ th Parl,hurst 'spal,lii:g, 1'.>03J\l cmorlal hall, and for use as ::i. PMt 1873, daughter or Lym ;.i n St,.il,J.:1\;, ,,1. 100m dutlng tire life o: the GranJ D .. or Porlnnoulh nnJ _ '(:\V Yor,, cilY. LV ......,..,.,,..,:. Army. It is the hope :ll\cl intention or 1775-1821, originator or the American tho Post that tho lrnilclln g, \"('Ith its Ii- Phurm::icopoci:i, an,J his wlf~. Ellzabrary ::iccommodatlons :ind its collcc- beth Cout's, 17~9-1838, cl:1.ui;lltcr • of lion of wnr and historical rcli s, will, Pclcr Coues or Portsmouth . li~G-1313. in (\IC timl', become tho lll'OJl rty o( '1 JOSEPH r,·o~Tcr.. tl.<J city, r. a ln:;ting memorial oC the Historian Stm·cr Post, G . .\. r.. citizens or Porstmouth ,,ho s.ived Jan. ~s. 19~~;;rcat rchel- Y I "In ordct· to make Lile rC'11alr!'l necessary to placo the Publlc Library in this most np11rop\·lato . locality, in unl!'lon with the unanimous sentiment or tho people, and whet·e Its usefulness will be increased ono lmndrcdfol].-nnd to t:~ up a. :Memorial hall, ,vhlch equally 1ncets the approval of our cllizensStorer Post l)as already raised among n few comrade~ n subscription or sev - ' er:ll hunclrecl clollars, which will be largely Increased; and In order to ac complish the~e objects without delay confidently a1111eals lo the i;eneroslly Cthe citizens or Portsmouth !or aid in filtlnS' up for the use or the people what, at no distant clay w:Lh th~Ir help, will become the people's (Th e Soldier's Memorial, lSnl.) A chan~e In t11e city government and tho rerusal o! the lncom lni;- city ::nit hor!ties to carry out tl\e suble:ise ma.de by their 1H·ct1eccssors resulted, arte_r a decision by tho Ne"IV'·· 'II:tm11- �under the British governmen on an island which is at the entrance of the harbor and where the lighthouse stands: As we passed this fort we were saluted by 13 guns. Having l!nes, we proceeded to the fishing banks, a little without the harbor, ai1d There are many stories fished for cod-but it not being a Gbrge Washington which have been proper time of time, w:\l only got two, told over and over again, but the with which about 10 o'clock we Unitarian News Letter publishes turned to town.' story by Charles R. Joy on "George 'This, however, is ' a fish tale told by Washington! Shoaler." It reads as the fisherman himself, Let us see follows! what other witnesses narrate in the "There is no evidence that George records o! the times. It seems that Washington ever set foot on the Isles the barge in which Pre~ent Washof Shoals, and so to call him a Shoalington sat was rowed by seamen er may be to strain the truth a bit. dressed in white frocks, They were 'I'hor-0 la, however, cxccllcnL precedent accompanied by anot!Joi• bcirge confor such an appela.tiou. we coll capt. tainlng an amateur band, which gave John Smith a Shoaler and there ia occasional displays of musical pyronot the slightest evidence that Capt. teclmlcs. Perhaps it was this band John Smith ever set foot upon the that frightened the fish away or perIsles of Shoals. It ls true that there • haps, as Washington explains it, it used to be a legend on Appledore that was the state of the tide. Of the two the cairn of rocks standing on the fish taken, Washington himself drew highest point of the island, where the one from the water, 'l'hls was not Coast Guard station now rises was d..ie, however, either to the presidenbJllt by Capt. John SmiLh, but there tlal skill or pl'esidential luck, Those cannot- be any truth in the old legend. in charge of the arrangements had I am sure that Capt. John Smith had provided against such a contingency, bettet· things to do than to land on . a fisherman in a boat nearby had a such a barren spot and erect a cairn cod hooked on the end of his line and of rocks. George Washington's claim seeiltg that the President had no luck, to the honor of being called a Shoaler he drew alongside, drew him in, It rests 011 exactly tho same basis was a shiny twelve-pounder, which Capt. John Smith's claim to gave a few gasps and expired, while honor, .Bothmen navigated the adthe band played 'Hail to the Ohief,• jacent waLers, Capt. John Smith on a .. ; The man who thus saved the situation voyage of discoverey, Gen. George was Zebulon Willey. The President Washington •on a fishing trip. gave him a silver dollar, and we are "The story of George Washington's Lold that the story itself was a golden assoclaLiou wiUi tho Isles of Shoals is one for him ever aHenvards. It is a little known. Indeed, my reputation pity that the cod itself had not . a for voracity suffered greatly at the name to be remembered, for that, one Shoals reunion last winLor, when I supposes wns the most exalted cod on ventured to Lell of Washington's fishrec?rd, despite the exception that o.11 ing tri1,. It was immediately apresidents of Massachusetts would praised as just another fish story, make f~r the_ cod which presides over differing from other tales of this sort the deliberations of the General only in being slightly taller than most Court of that state. Certainly the yet I vouch for its veracity, incredu~ 12-pounder which Washington drew in lous readers notwithstanding . on that Monday in November should "Here is the evidence, Washington have b_een stuffed, mounted -and was inaugurated President in April placed m our Shoals museum. "A SHOALE at the personal invitation of General Washington, , Captain ·Blunt stepped on · the ' boat and was the ·nevigator. ' "Inasmuch as_ Capt. John Blunt, the 111l1,n who 1piloted _y.rashingto!l acro3S the ·Delaware River, was also a frequent voyager in waters adjacent)o the Isles of Shoals, I - .suppose should- also be !)ailed a Shoaler·." · · - he a 0 He aUenclcd soon after itt No~ York the first session of Cougross, which closed Sept. 29, A few days later, aUended by two private secrota ri es and his servont, he lef,t New York City for a toJrof Connecticut, Massachusctts and New Hampshire. In nino <111ys he rcnchecl BosLon nnd in seven more dnys arrived lu Porl.amouU1, which wns the tennlnatio11 of his tour in tho Ea.st. "At ihis point in the journey oo~ co.11-red the incident which will be of interest to Shoalers. It was thus described in Washington's private dlary under the date Monday, Nov, 2, 1789: 'Havlng made preparations for it, about 8 JJ, m., nttendcd by the Pres!dent, Mr, Langdon and some other gentlemen, I went in a boat to visit the harbor of Portsmouth. On my way to the mouth of the harbor, I stopped at a place called Kittery in the province of Maine, the river Piscataqua being the boundary between New Hampshire ,and it. From hence I went by the old fo!"t (formerly built 1789. Special Features Servic£ S~•~day . w::::~n~c:~~.!e;1is~~~gm~1:~t~~n~;• thes~~:~= bor and the Isles of Shoals, the boats r eturned to shore. Tl1ey landed at Lillie Harbor and from there proceeded to the residence of Col. Michael Wentworth, who gave a magnlficent reception at the old governor's mnnsion. lt wns then at u10 height of iLs glory, .. From there they re-turned to town by carriage, 'On the wny from tho boat landi.n;; to Colonel Wentworth's residence iL is interesting to know that they passed the residence of Capt. John Blunt, and probably met him. ,C aptain Blunt had been for some years coasting between PortsmO'Uth and Philadelphia and was well acquainLed with both the Piscataua and Delaware rivers. ·· According <to the Blunt family tradition; when Washlqgton was about to Cl'OSS the Delaware, he perceived the danger from floating ' ice aiid -said, •is there . anyone here· who ' is well . quainted with the river?' · Someone said, 'Here is Captain Blunt, , who . ls ·· 1th the navigation ,• And so, At the North OongregaL!onal church on Sunday recognition was taken . during the service of the first annivei·sa1 y of the death of Rev. Lueiu~. H, '£hayer, D. D., for many years beloved pastor of the church, During his sermon, Rev. Arthur Acy Rouner touched upon the fact that a year had passed since the passing of Dr. Thayer and the congregation sang "The Love of · 0:od is Es~ tabllshed", one of the hymns composed by Dr. Thayer. Copies of Dorothy Thayer Greene's beautiful · poem, "Harvest" written in memorr of he1· father, were distributed to the members of the congregation, The poem is as follows: He will not walk in garden paths again, Concerned about the ways of wind and rain; Frail flowers and fruitful miss his care; Whose spirit found such munion there. I r In At North Church-On J will not move with'. grace, Amidst the need of home place, Where nurture of the dormant dreams - · of youth ·' Brought forth in fullness, · ·and truth, And yet where roses bloom · spring, Where counUess souls grow remembering, There w!ll he come, eternally _set free To · reap the fruits of iminortality, �Da~l~l Antrobus has coine for\'{ard witl:i. an offer that shouid mean . much to those of the unemployed who will take advantage of it. Mr. Antrobus has a large tract of land on Ocean road in Greenland and will allow the' use of part of this land for gardens for the une?!l9loy.ed...Qf this land a section 500 feet long and aboii~-J:W~feet •dsep_.WM used two years ago to raise com for the canning factory at Greenland and Mr. Antrobus will allow the use of this .for the gardens; and If the demand is la!ge enough, he will let ~he ga~deners use the entire field . . The 10:nd ls only five minutes walk from the Greenland depot and is in excellent condltlon for the raising of vegetables. Big Un-~erseas Crc,ft, BuilJ AtrH,r~I~~, Porismouth Navy ·Yard, ·Goes Into Service Promptly' at 10 o'olook this morning• The Dolphin is tho fl.rsb submarine the tr. s. subm'a riue Dolphin was in/;vhich eleotrto welding has been extensively used in the oonstmctlon of , plaoed i~ commission, the order ofli- the pressure hull. The design and cially transferring the latest of the oonstructton of this strength hull, undersea boats to the United States upon which the safety of the subNavy being read by Lieut, John marine, when submerged, depends prlB. Griggs, the order coming from marlly, has been thoroughly tested Lieut. Comdr, R. s. Stewart, aide to here In half-size models to pressures the commandant. fat• above those at the tesh depth to With the Union Jack floating from which the -Dolphin will be submerged the bow and the American flag flying p1:ior to her official trials this autumn. astern, a sma.11 pennant was hoisted The armament of the Dolphin conas the Navy Yard band played the sists of six 28-inch submerged tor1 "Star Spangled Banner". as the offi- pedo tubes a,1d of one four-inch gun, • cars stood at salute and the crew at mounted on deck In a so-called wetattention; The crew was lined up on mount, .that is, a mount which is not the forward deolc as the_ order was injured by being submerged when the read. , . submarine dives. · The submarine Dolphin is the sevThe Dolphin has about the enth of the nine fleet submarines orl- same speed as the previous submarines glnally authorized In the naval build- and a very long radius of action. Ing program of Aug. 29, 1916. ApproLieut. John B, Griggs now com1 priatlons for her actual construction mands the Dolphin. He has been The move · to provlde gai-de~ faclll- 111!:f'it)\.:~were not, however, made by Congress in •submarine work for the past 12 ties for the unemployed L~. r{ell u nder until March 2, 1929. This submarine years and ls regarded by navy officials way and plans are being formulate~ was originally named V-7, and as such as one of the most efiiolont in this to make •it a success. Land for thtS , was ordered to bl/ built at the Ports- line. He was appointed to the U. S. purpose for the unemployed who demouth Navy Yard on Feb. 1, 1930_. Naval Academy from North Carolina sire to· take this me ns of adding to The Dolphin is of a dlffcrenL. typo and was a membor of the cll\ss of 1919 their food supply has been offered by from previous fleet submarines, and is but graduated in 1918 duo to the war. David Antrobus, Dr. A. B. Sher~ considerably smaller than the Nar- He served overseas at Queenstown bume, Dr .E . C. Blais;_iell B,hd Paul whal and Nautilus, which immediately during the World war. . Badger. 'tt\ 0-..\ J_. preceded her. The Dolphin Is 319 feet The other officers are1 Lieut. R. E. 1 ½ inches long · overall, aa compared Blue, executive and navigation offiwith a length overall of 341 feet 6 ceq Lieut. E. E. Roth, chiof engineer; inches for the Narwlml and Nautilus. Lieut. o. L. Blo.okwell, assistant enTho stundurd ctisplo.oement, the <lls- r;lneer; Lieut. (j. g.) Carl Johnson, placement which Is charged against commissary Rnd communication omtho t.onnRge of snhma1·lnes allowed to cer and Lieut. w. v. o·n.e,;nn, g1m11er~' tho United SLaLes l>y the London Na- officer. val Treaty of 1930, is ·1,540 tons, as Upon her completion, which will be ' compared with 2,730 · tons for the later in the summer, the Dolphin will larger submarines. The Dolphin has a have her sea trials and then her shake brea1t\l, of 27 feet, 10 inches, and a down cruise, after which she will join draft at standard displo.cement of 13 the 12th division, formerly the 20th feet 1 incb. Her submerged displace- naval division and will be based , I . ment wlll l>e 221_5 tons. the Pacific coast. ORE LAND IS OFFERED FOR. GARDEN USE ,-.:!. ,. :,, MANY ACCEPT GARDEN PLOT OPPORTUNITY. The work of the committee to promote · the' use of garden· plots by the unemployed has been highly successful and the amount of applicants has reacheq the resour·ces of the com~ittee. As the result of J-h.e cooperation ·between the members of the pommit-· te~' and those ·desirii1g the gardens there will b·e at least 125 of these plots in use where the unemployed will raise vegetables which · wlll do much toward alleviatlng r thelr food ,\proble?l} next winter. • ' I I �PAPER OF INTEREST AND HISTORICAL VALUE This date occurred during the session of congress, the academic year at the United States Naval Academy, and the convention of the Daughters of the IAme{ican Revolution in Washing\on. The secreta1y of the Navy, Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte, issued the invitations. The admirable arrangements at R.: ' the u. s. Naval Academy were made It was with a sense1 of great pride by Rear-Atlmiral Sands, U. S. Navy, nnd apprecia~ion that,' UIJder tlate.. of Superintendent. Nov. 28, 1905, : I received a' Jetter from Invitations were ~ent to the PresiGeorge A. Wood, our late. !amen~ SC\:- dent; · the ambassador and embassy of retary, advising that with others/I had France; Uie principal officers of the been unanimously elected as a qelegate Government, legislative, executive, and by the Paul Jones club, s. A. R. 1p! juc\icial; the Navy; the Army; governPortsmouth, N. H., to attend the exer- ors of states; the militia; patriotic socises to be held at Annapolis, Mary- ciel:!es, and distinguished men and ]and, April 24, 1006, n.t the lntel'JJ>eht, women of America. ~! the remains .of John Paul Jone,s. Oards o! admission were malled, as It was my privilege to attend this acceptances were received, by the Secmemarnble event, of which it is record- retary of the Navy. ed that none other in our history ·was The day was clear and cool. The ~resev~r attended with such pomp and cir- ldential train arrived a.t Annapolis at cumstance of glory, magnificence, ai1d 12:45 p. 111. :A national salute-was fired patriotic fervor. from the U. S. S. Hartford, the fam~us , Compatriot w. L. Hill, u. s. N., was old flagship o! Farragut at Ne~_ Or- I leans and Mobile Bay also ,present !lS a delegate frol)'l __The While tpe President a1:d his party Paul Jones Club. ' . , I are being entertained at a ' luncheon at We were prouq of the fact _t 1a~ Gen- the Superintendent's house: let u~ take era1 Horace Por~r; vlho, at his !O' n eX- a look at the arrangement. o! the 'armpense, with' unllagging deten)li at'.on I or . ~, __ _ and devotiHn, undertook ~nd I arn1:d In the r;,.r southeastern end \sere arthrough to success \\ ba't was tl~clared ranged in amphitheater· style 350 seats by many to pe a. / l}Ppeless ~!¥st in !or the Baltimore Oratorio Society, l!Rili.'1<111&, searching for and discovering , the re- while immediately in front of. them mains of Jphn P~'1l Jones, was _a ~ J:ion;. where arranged 100 seats Jor the Maorary mem~er of the Pa~! Jo9e!i Club, rine Band.•Next on the North eastern and a Past Pres~~ent General of "'!'he side was ! the reservation ,. for the National Society' yf the ' Sons! 9! U~e Daughters' or the American Rev'o!ution, American Revolution. while the .center of _the vast ha,ll was It is well to recall here, that on Mon- reserved ior dignitaries, with · the r~ day morning July 24, 1905 the body of maining sp;ice assigned tQ various orAmerica's greatest naval hero was ganizations and guests. ,· ' . , ' · trnnsfcred from the Brooklyn to the The casket containing the body of Naval Academy on tile naval tug_ Sta~- Admiral John Paul Jones was p~aced 1n dish, amid the booming of guns fired m the armory early In the forenoon .o! the . his honor by the American and French 24 th. It rested upon trestles in front I men-of-war, and placed in the tempo~- o! the speakers stand, under a _' guard ary vault that had been erected fon this composed oi petty olflcers of the navies purpose. ' o! France and the United St.ates. The crrrmonlcs at the NavnH r\c11d~ The casket w:1s drnped with the e111y werc' purcly of a. naval chnracter, Union Jack, and upon it Jay a wreath !..¥~• ..,·crt.•f'i'A n<:1ther Prcsiden~ Roosevelt nor G?v~ of laurel,•a spray of' palm, ·and •the gold IIP':''•'!,11,:>r'•'~~.., ernor Wakefield, of Marylancl, bemg mounted sword presented ,by LOuls :XVI present. ' ,,_. · o! France to the conqueror of • the It was said lo be a most so!em1f and Serapis. The armory and speakers' impressive spectacle; a beautiful • ce1:e- stand were decorated with the colors many that has now gon~ aown ~o his- of France and the' United states of tory as one of the most 1~press1ve di'- America. ' monstrations of international honors Facing the stand and c::sket were ever paid to a naval hero Admiral George Dewey, U. S. Navy; The 24th of April, 1906, was c_hose~1 Rear Admiral caml,)ion, commanding for the commemorat1ve exerc1~es the French squadron; Rear Admirals honor of John Paul Jones, by rres~- Charles H. Davis and Robert B. Bradd nt Roosevelt bccnl.lse it was the r.,n m- ford, u. a. Navy, commanding United versary of Jone's fained cap!ure o,f _th e states squadrons. Behind these flag ofBritish ship or war Drake, off C:i.rrick- n cers were seated their aids, the visitfcrgus, in 1778. lng of!cers of France, and the heads o_t-.,..ffi.M The following lnteresling PlliJ)er ·· on the commemo~·ative se1·vlces at the 9t11•!... lal of the re"'alns of John Paul Jones at Annapolis, ·Md., April 26, 1906, was read at a recent meetlug of Ranger Chapter, D. A. R. by HE:nry Durgin. president of~the Paul .Jones club, D. A. I J m �epartments of the ·Academf,, ':Pl~,,apt· · dlence was · ·represeptative the P trloti.;;rrt and 'traditions -of th~ation. the, President, wlth:;the:,speakers or, th~ d11y, e$<;or~ed by the Seo_retary of the Na:yy ahd tlJe Superintendent,~entered .tne a at 2 ~4 p. n1.,, and mounted tM 5peaker's stahd. · l Tl'\e · auaience I rose and· _;emainea tandin hile •the Oratorio . Society sang the\ Star-Spangled Banner. sile~ci that followed the singing was brokeJ?,· by the clear,\ itjci$ive voice of :aon. Charles J. Bonapax;_~e, ~cretary of · the Navy. presenting th,e r,resident. The President spoke rod thli;ty minutes and was frequently interrupted by applause. I would like to quote from tha stir- I ring speech, but time forbids. Every speaker was introduced by the Secretary of the Navy and each received close llttention and . warm ap- j proval. ,' r • ,. ( , I ' The official programme was. executed .~~~~~ithout Vl\riation l\S follows: , Following the , Presid~nt's address, The Mn.rscmaL--e, Oratorio Society; Addl-ess, The French Ambassador < J. J. Jusserand) :· Around about · "I:hY ·starry Throne, (Handel), Oratorio Society; Address, General Horace Porter; Maryland My Maryland, Oratorio Society; Address, Gov. Edwin Warfield of Maryland; How Sleep the Brave, Oratorio Society. • At the conclusion of the speeches the body was taken by the body bearers (selected petty officers from the Frnech and American squadrons) and preceded by two battallions of midshipmen in regular order and the band playing a dir~e, was borne to .Bancroft Hall. The chaplain concluded the ceremony with a brief prayer. I quote from the speech of General Porter; "Worn out with the fatigues of arduous serrice, at the untimely age of 45, alone in a forei gn land, he surrendered t-0 dellth, the only foe to when he ever Jowered his colors. "Dy some strange and unaccomunltble fatality he was covered immediately with the mantle of forgetfulness. "In all the annals of history there is another case in which death has c11used the memory of so conspicuous a man to drop at once from· the height ot prominence to the depth of oblivion. ''He had been counted as one of the rnrest contributions to earth's contingent ot ml\Ster spirits. , "He enjoyed the unique distinction of being the first to hoist the presen form of our flag upon an Americn man.of-'l\1ar, the !lrst to receive a sa • lute to It from a foreign power, the first to raise it upon a hostile war ship of superior strength captured in battle, and under his command that banner was never once dethroned from its proud supremacy. "He is the only commander In history who ever landed an American force upon a European coast. Congress complimented him by a resolution, voted him a medal to commemorate his greatest victory, and awarded him the privilege of the floor of both Houses; he received a similar favor from the Constitutional Convention;, the people of this and other lands organized public demonstrations ot mory. 'we not n s honor; ance n g e h m, . France, to whom• we owe a lasting · Louis XVI presented him with a gold- ' debt of gratitude, contl'lbuted their e!- mounted sword, Denmark pensioned ' forts to this task in the presence of the • him, Catherine of Russia created him members of the American embassy and an admiral, conferred upon him imperthe consulate and the highest officials ial decorations, and loaded him with of the municipality of Paris. marks of distinction . "The identification was rendered easy ''If he had lived a little longer, he and was established with absolute cerwould in all probabillty have been tainty by reason of the authentic busts nameci admiral of France. The rugged and medals obtainable !or making the sailor had compelled the recognition of comparative measuremen~. the abundgenius; the Scottish peasant boy had ance of accurate informaUon in existbroken down the barriers o! caste. ence descriptive of the dead, and the '·ln life he was perhaps the most excellent state o! preservation of the con'spicuou's personage on two continbody, du to the alcohol, which _enabled ents, nnd yet the moment he was placed the scientists to perform an autopsy beneatll. · the ground some strange fate that verified in every particular the seemed' to decree that he was to be disease of which It was known the subsnatched from history and relegated to ject had died. fiction. "Twelve American or French persons "No Inscription was engraved upon took part In the identl!lcation, and afhis· coffin, no statue was erected to ter six days pas eel ln the application his honor, no ship was given his name, of every conceivable test, their affirmano public building was called after tive verdict was pos!l~ve and unamlnhim ous and was formally certified to un"It required :six years of research to der the official seals o! their respective !ind the npartment In which he had departmen ts, as may be seen from their llved In Paris and held hts brilliant reports flied with tho government, both snlons, ,which were attended by the Jn Washington and Paris. foremost celebrities of the period, and "All that ls mortal of the conqueror as long a time to discover his unmarkof the Serapis lies in yonder coffin. He ed and forgotten grave. bore the standard o! his country !or "When finally his exact place of bur- , the first time to France; he returned lal had been definitely located by auwith draped upon his bier. That generthentic documents and other positive ous land, our traditional friend and evidence, the ground exhibited so reformer ally. now sends a squadron of pulsive an appearance. that the aspect her noble war ships to unite In doing was pa~nful beyond eJqlresslon. honor• to the· memory of an ilJustrious "There was presented the spectacle brother sailor. of a hero who had once been the idol "When Cong1 ess adopted the present of the ;American people )ying !or more 1 form of the American !lag, It embodied than a century, Jlke an obscure out-, in the same resolution the appointment cast, ln an abandoned cemetery which' of Capt. John Paul Jones to command had been covered later _by a dump pil~ the ship Rarrger. Wh en he received the to a height of 15 feet, where dogs and news, history attribute to hlm this rehorses had been buried; and the soil mark: 'The flag and I are twins; born was soaked with polluted waters from the same hour, from the same womb undrained laundries. I of destiny, we cannot be parted in life "As busy feet tramped over the or In death.' Alas, they were parte~ ground, the spirit of the hero who Jay dmlng a hundred and thirteen years, beneat.~ ,might well have been moved but. happily, they are now reunlte-11 I to cry, , in the words of the mot lo on "It was deemed well to bring back his fldt flag, not in defiance,' but ln his body, In the belief thnt It wn.1!1 1 suppllcatlon then, 'Don't trend on me.' bring bai:k his memory. Tlme ha•; "No :American citizen, upon 1=ontemplatlng on the spot those painful circumstances, could have shrunk from an attempt to secure for his remains a nfo;·e deserving sepulcher. ' u\Vhcn the body was ~>illumed, it was fortun ately found perfectly preserved, with all the flesh intact, in consequence ol having been buried in a leaden coffin filled with alcohol-the usual method of embalming in those days. "Therl! w:-re only five leaden coffins in the · enti;e cemetery, four of which were identifid as thos of strangers. "While the features of the body in the fifth coffln was easily recognizable when compared with the accurate busts , ..........,.-::•.:·~,,-:,},•~;,,,. and medals of Paul Jones. While his initials were found upon the linen and the identity was convincing from the first, yet it was deemed prudent, on account of the importance of the subject, to submit the body to a thorough scientific examination by the most competent. experts in the profession or anthropology, In order that the proofs might be authoritatively establlshed and officially placed on record. "The most eminent scientists of �a clc1u r light \\pon his ncLs; distance has brnught him into the proper rocus to bE. viewed. "His honored remains will be laid to rest in this historic spot in a mausoleum bemtlng l1is fame, but his true sepulcher will be the hearts o! his countrymen. "Generations yet to come will pause to read the inscription on his tqmb, and its mute eloquence will plead for equal sacrifice should war again threaten the nation's life. "He was a lesson to his contemporaries;· he will ever be an inspiration to his successors, for example teaches more than precept and patterns are beller followed thl\n rules. "He was taken all too soon from the Jiving here to join the other living, commonly ca\led the dead. "When he pass d U1c porlals of eternity, earth mourned our hero less. we shall not meet him till he stand forth to answer to his name nt roll call when the great of earth are summoned on the morning of the last great reveille. Till thrn, farewell, noblest of all spirits, bravest of all hearts. .--.~~f;J't'i.. ..,~· · "The simplicity of tbe rugged s11ilor was mlogled with the heroic grandeur of your nature. Wherever blows fell thickest, your crest was in their midst. "The stol"'/ of your life rises to the sublimity of an epic. Untitled knight of the blue waters, •wrathful Achilles of the ocean,' conqueror of the conquerors of the sea, the recollection o! your deeds will never cease to t)Jrill !.-en with th splendor of events and r,~:,.;;oo\~-:.-11:;; 1,,spire them with the ..majesty or •~-.r.,,..,,.,,., achievement. You honored the generation in which you lived, and future nges will be illumined by the brightness of your Wollaston Glee Chili Wins Trophy special to TIie Cl1rlatlan Science Mo111tor PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May 16The wollaston Glee Club of Quincy, Mass., won the Ciov. John G. Wlnaut trophy at the seventh annual cont~st of the New England Federation of Men's Glee Clubs held here last Saturday afternoon. Mr. Donald Tower Gammons is the conductor of t.10 club, which also won first place i 1 group 3, for which it was awarded a handsome placque. .a,..:..,c.,,,_,._,, The winning club lo Group 2 was the Mendelssohn Male Chorus of Waterbury, Conn., Mr. G. Loring Burwell conductor, and first honors In Group l went to the Plymouth (Mass.) Men'.s Glee Club, Mr. Richard B. Drown conductor. •Fifteen clubs representing Maine, New Hampshire, I Massnchusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, entered the cqntcst, which wns judged by Dr. Archibald\ T . Davison of Harvard, Prof. Leo Rich Lewis of Tufts and Mr. Francis Findlay of the New England Conservatory of Music. The usual evening concert by the combined clubs (more than 500 voices) was conducted by Dr. Wal ter Henry Hall of New York City. The assisting artist was Mrs. Elizabeth Travis Behnke, pianist. · Russell Chcn:iy, an artist well · known in Portsmouth, has been exhibiting a comprehensive collection of his best work at the Montross Gallery, 78:i Fifth avenue, New York, N. Y., duri11g the past ttlllo weeks. Many of these paintings are local views, including "Portsmouth,'' "Tbe Cove," "RiverMorning," "Spruce Creek," "Piscataqua Lane," "Bolt Hill Road " "Frisbee's Wba:f," "Cove ·In 'winter," "Strawberry Bank," "Braveboat HnrbOr Road," "Llttlefleld's Corner,' etc. Mr. Cheney has been working at Kittery and Portsmouth fer the past year and this exhibition is the product of his work. Mr. Cheney , has again been invited to exhibit at the Art Institute exhibition !n Chicago during the Century of Prcgress Exposition next summer. This Is an honor only extended to artists worthy o! tlle tUst.lnction. �AJ;~Y BUILT DERRIC -EAVE ON L iG TRI . Photo by Portsmouth Herald Staff Photographer ~ea~la.ne wreck mg derrick, YSD-8, constructed at Portsmomh N:n; Y~rd ~avm~ yard for Cora Solo, Panama Cannl Zone, in tow of t,ig Juk~ oJ 'the'. ,ew York J'ayy Yard. ' · Russell Cheney Mr. Gayton Whitmore, now proprietor of the Grace Horne Galleries, is presenting works by Mr. Russel Cheney for the first time in Boston. Although the painter may be associated with the textile industry, and with artistic forbears who dwelt in Boston, he stands very well on his own RS a painter. His is one of the more interesting debuts of the season, Jn this city. In general aspect the pictures show concentration . upon .. design which ls derived from the contours of objects brought into conjunction. The artist never loses the feeling for the unit; he coordinates his materials and thinks simultaneously o! the part and its relation to the whole. In his. desire to escape the domination or naturalism, the modern artist has resorted ,to the . underscored pattern. It 1s refreshing to say the least. ' on n u mr, .o 11s re,res men ls the color. Mr. Cheney uses pigment so that it deepens the atmos•• phere, enriches the poetic mood and hei~htens the significance of design. The colors are not br;ght, or eccentric; they nrc intclllr~ently applier\. A snow scene. a landscape, a. stilllife can be made more energetic by the, appropriate. handlmg of lhe resources. ., , , New England contributes most of , the subjects for Mr. Cheney's handling. The fisheries, the counkyside ' \ are revealed in sensitive portrayal. , The painter does not give way to too , sentimental, too .quaint depiction. One really feels a penetrating jnsight. When he paints flowers and still-life arrangements, he touches them off with lighter brush, for he ', seems moved to capture a brilliant trans!tor effect. D. A. �early history. John Paul Jones was a visitor there when the sloop Ranger was fitting out in the Plscataqua. Tho Marquis de Lafayette was entertained there. On, the western end of the house Is one of the first lightening roads ever set up. The work was done by n6ne other than Benjamin Franklin: . inventor, publisher and Minister to the brilliant Court of St. Cloud. Deeds to Hi Lorie Property · A number of years ago, when wall paper In the hall was being peeled off ' in layers, a series of mural Pas Into Hands paintings by an unknown artist we1r ' A sociation found. The discovery was mad<; by a J!Ltle girl who was watching the Spccla1 to The Chrlstlo.11 Science Monitor workmen, and suddenly noticed the PORTSMOUTH, N. H. , March 26-. picture of a horse's hoof appearing This historic New Engla11d scapol't's In a rent in the wall paper. What famous Warner House has just been the workmen unveiled was a lifepurchased by the warner House As- size portrait of Governor l;'hlpps sociation, which has been formed to mounted on a white charger. Other preserve the residence "for the bene- murals were uncovered which disfit of the public as a monument ot closed landscapes and Biblical , the early architecture" and a symbol scenes. While touring New England In of the life and history of old Ports1 1824, Lafayette went as far east mouth. With the passing of the deed from from Boston as Portsmouth. He trathe estate of Thomas N. Penhallow veled by carriage and at Hampton to the association headed by Mrs. Falls. two miles out from his desBarrett Wendell of Boston, this tination, a reception committee legacy of Portsmouth's early archi- waited to escort the- French nobletectural grandeur will be restored man. As the procession passed WallHill, a salute was fired In his and maintained as a common heri- birds He spoke in Franklin Hall tage of a people whose pioneering honor. ancestors founded a new culture and then went to the Warner Mantypified in this resplendent relic, sion. A banquet was tendered to him sturdy as it ls simple, enduring as there at which the reception comit is beautiful. mittee provided special linen in Few houses in America are be- honor of the Marquis obtained after lieved to hold a. greater variety ot a special excursion to Boston. A rl)llc historic associations th~n the three- of this weaving craftsmanship ls story, gambrel roof mansion which now In the Portsmouth Historical stands at the corner of Chapel and Daniel Streets. Dating back to 1718, Society. Lay!nyette arrived In Portsmouth it was the first brick house In the tlme to participate In the opentown. Capt. Archibald Macphcadris In sent all the way to Holland for the ing o! a bridge joining the town bricks that went into his new house. with Kittery, Maine. It Is .related Each brick co.me in a separate that the French General was driven wrapping of straw, the first ever to the bridge in a coach and four. shipped to this country by the After inspecting the structure thr Dutch. The original bill of lading General was driven across. The on this building cargo ls still In ex- driver, trying to impress upon the istence. The walls of the house are national gu~st the speed at which the river could now be crossed, 18 inches thick. Captain Macphcadrls spent £6000 whipped up the horses. As the coach ln , its construction. The wealthy crossed tile draw, the Marquis captain, merchant and King's Coun- bounced out of his seat. A spectator cilor wanted the most outstanding 'observed, however, that the General house In town. Five years were spent "seemed to regard this abrupt jolt in building it. The captain took pos- as merely an Incident of the nusession in 1723. He married Sarah merous attentions showered upon Wentworth, one of Gov. John Went- him and graciously took oft his hat, worth's 16 children. Their daughter, bowing 'r ight and left to the people Mary. married Col. Jonathan War- on either hand." The visitor left by ner, from whom the house takes its coach at midnight and at 7 o'clock the following morning, he was back present :mme. Great -names figure largely In its In Boston. WARNER HOUSE AT PORTSMOUTH TO BE-PRESERVED ;r �J?urcha ed fr m J? nhal ow ]E tate by W rner House . sociatiollll ' Thd warner House. one of the most famous of thL{ clty'a long llne of historic houses, was purchar.ed thl'> morning by the Warner House Assocla.tlon from the ·estate of the lJ.t Thomas N . Penhallow for $10,000. raised princlpa.lly through th tTorts of Mrs. Barrett Wendell of thid city o.nd Bosfon, president of the a. soc! t1on. The money for the purchase or tho house, which will be restored ud opened to the public was r L5ed. thrnugh subicrlptlon, m Inly from descen ~ts of ld Portsmouth f mill s. Th house is of be utifut coustruction throughout and the bnck.1 used in lts erection were brought by boat from Holland, each wrappecl separately ln straw. On the westerly side of the house is a. l1ghtnlng ·rod erected by Benjatnin Franklin, nd Li one of the fir t lightning rods to he plac:etl any house m the country 'Throughout the different. room.~ re minutely carved panel:; nd the wide front door open on • J. wide hallway with large square room.; on .either slde, o.s was th popular sl;yle of flo1>r plan t th time the hou w • erected . It was buUt in 1718-1'723 by Captain Macphear.lrls and ii; :;plend1d ex11mplc of gambr . l roof .d holl!r, w1Ui f, lsc ends The l ndlng 011 tilt! -,t.:mwu.y 1H p rtl ularly be utiful 0.11,1 a fine ul)per 110.uwa.v opens ou four large rooms and a. smaller one. There ure lso several rooms on. the third oor with__ a 11 ,r • row winding s~!l.trWl\Y, 't'hcre ,n·1! :llvc aornl.er windows on tho Ullrd 1101>r fron~ and back. In U10 very l>u.ck of Uic house fa ahuge Dutch oven room w1t.t1 great open flreplac und oven. The sale was announced this mornIng J:>y E. CurtL3 Matthew:i, treasurer of the association. The fine worlc or Mrs, Wendell and her 11ssociate.1 in raising the money to purcha.se this historic building of old Portsmouth .in order that future generation: might enjoy it, L1 to IJe ,highly commended. �Photo of historic document o,med by Clifton Hildreth. of l;;.nd, signed by ington·.; signatm·P is affixed r.t the V:i.., capital cf the Confede!'acy, MaGeorge W?shington as ha1ing been ]bottom. The entire document, with jor Hildreth was· in the forefrc,nt _of the exception of three other signatures the Union troops as they entered tne isurveyecl by him, Is a prl 7 ed possession nt the bottom, i::; in Washington's own city victoriously. Major Hildl·eth, of A. locnl nwn. Of almost' equal in- handwriting. A photographic repro- ; with a few companions, was :llnong terest is the amaz.lng story of how it duction of this historic document is to the first to enter the state ho.ise came into the hnn<ls of his family. be seen with this article. j there. They discovered the office of This valuable docuu, 0 nt is of especial Clifton Hildreth . .a member of this !Jefferson Davls, president of the Confaterest this month, in which is cele- city's police department, is the own- federacy, and, as soldiers were enbrated the 200rh anniversary of er of this important document. The I gaged in looting throughout the city, George Washington's birth. story of how It came into the possP.s- he took from the walls of the office When George Washingt-on was 18 slon of his fnmily is as follows: j two docwnents. One of the yeA.rs of age he surveyed a piece of Among t,he gallant men who offered 1menLs is that which is now in land, 272 ncrcs in nrra, for George their Jives that the Union might be Ipossession of his grand-nephew. Hyatt, by- right of a warrant from the preserved and fou ght during the Civil j The other document Major Hll.rll'eth Propri tor's office, and drew ·.ip n War, was Charles Flayer Pond Hi!- \presented to the Smithsonian Ir,stidocument attesting its IJoundaries. A dreth, great-uncle o! the present own- tute. · The state of Virginia later carefully drawn mnp Is nlso included er of the docwn ent. Charles Hildreth brought suit to recover them, but the this document, fixing the situatioH held the rank of major in the 40th court ruled that they wer>? spoils of of the land in question and its dimen- Massachusetts Infantry. When at war, as Virginia at that time was not 11.ions. The deed is still clear nnd last the Union forces, under Gen. V. 1a part of the Union and had !oreasily read, despite its age, nd Wash- s . Grant, took the city oi Richmond, felted her right to them. ,n I �LEFT SOME FINE Som lo:,t their hats ,/n th~,. high, wind and 1a few their blankets, ,vhich· they · had twrapped around thl!mselyes rather tllum to ' take the dme to dress: , ·, Tile saving of the ,lightho,1,1se ,QY, U1e soldiers brought joy to Timothy , Uplmm)who had been appointed Collector of Customs In 1816 on the death of Colonel Whipple. In . a congratulatory letter to Captain Whiting, in command A late resident of KltlerY. Point, of the soldiers at the fort, he concludJohn Haley Bellamy, who dieti in 1914, Fort Ppint Beacon Has ed "Few opportunities are presented left behind many specimens o! woodin times of peace for brilliant achieve· Guided Mariners For carving which will perpeuate his memments, but services so frequent ,and ' ory down through the years. His proOver 150 Years . various as voluntarily rendered by the! ducts are increasing in popularity and officers and ooldlers of thll fort and in value as time goes by. Mr. Bellamy's By !EORGE A. NE~SON their readiness on all occasions Is fully chief claim to fame is based upon his On Fo1t :Point in Newcastle, N. H., .. nppreciated by the public and ls acremarkably fine carvings of wooden there has heen a lighthouse for over knowledged with pleasure by one who eagles and of ship figureheads. A life .:,:i~ri-:"l:w:,,,.:.'>t one hundr1d and fifty years. In 1771, size wooden eagle of his handiwork has no greater pride than In the recolGovernor Wentworth succeeded in havwa-s recently placed on exhibition at lection Ulat he was once a soldier." ing a }ighlhouse erected at this spot the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, a With this letter, he enclosed $20, which was the seventh built in the weJ.l..deserved tribute to tho work of eight of which, he suggested, so to· SerUnited s1'tes and remained the one an exceptionally fine l:ra[tsman In geant Chicker!ngwither in cash or Its farthermos north for twenty years. this almost forgotten arl. equiv11lent in clothing and the re• It was of ood and stood 78 feet high. It is believed that all of the immalnder to be used to buy wine with In 1791, t e lighthouse was ceded by portant vessels built at the Portsmouth which the soldiers could drink the the state r New Hampshire to thi> Navy Yard <luring tho Civil War perhealth of the · President. · It might be United s tes government and placed iod bore carvings by Bellamy, includinferred that the co'l)ec~or was generunder the .superintendency of Colonel ing figureheads which were placed at ous to a fault but · the recm;ds reveal the bows of all ships of any importJoseph · ~lpple, - then Collector of that he sought and obtained relmance m those days, and e, gles o.nd Customs. The keeper at U1at time was bm·sement from the government. other carvings over the doors leading Titus sait4r o! Portsmouth who ~ad In 1877, this lighthouse was replaced to the various quarters or the ships. won early ( recognition in the Revoluby the one now standing. The presMany of these ships later became tion by ca'Jjturlng the British ship ent Newcastle lighthouse is 52 feet famous in tho history of this nation. Prince GeQrge with 1892 barrels of high ·and has a fixed light of 7400 The entrances to government buildflour for the British army in America. candlepower. ings in those days were similarly decoIn 1804, Benjamin C. Gilman of Exerated with Bellamy eagles. ter, completed a new lighthouse on the John Bellamy was born at Kittery the site of the old one, the laiter bePoint, April 16, 1836, the eldest son n!g sold. The new Newcastle lighthouse of Charles G. Bellamy whoso home '\'!RS 85 feet high or 90 feet above sea was the old Pepperell Mansion, After level, It had fixed light, lighted with attending the local schools, he went eleven lamps aQd reflecto'rs. . With to New Hampton Institute, New }!amp the new light, arose a cry by the keepton, N. H. This wa-s one or the best er lor an increase in pay. His compenknown schools of its kind at the time, sation was $200 a year and •it was exnumbering among its graduates hunpected that he would be able to supdreds of famous New Englanders. port his family by rasi!ng his own From there he went t-0 the Bostoh vegetables,· keeping pigs and poultry Navy Yard, working through the variand by fishing. Unfortunately the garous stages up to master wood carver. rison o! the fort ndjacent pilfered his During tho Civil Wnr ho returned Lo crops nnd live stock, no convenient his birthplace and was employed in fishing grounds could be found, so the the same capacity at Lhe Portsmouth keeper' · appealed tb •tlle Collector · of Navy Yard. Customs to provide him with· a high Mr, Bellamy took his discharge board fence or an Increase In pay. H-:: as a "First Class Carver'' from the got the fence. government service on Juno 19, 1897. He continued his work of cnrvlng as a The night or February 1, 1826, was a:-: hobby, however, and on the second extremely cold' one, the thennomete:· floor of a little shed situated hnJrreglstc:ring 15 degrees below zero and way between the shorn and the old the wind blowing n gale from ,t he Pepperell house he tumed out many northwest.' Between 9 and 10 o'clock in extroardinarlly fine pieces. One or his the evening, the keeper, ittempting to E~u.•.~:i-;,J:/i;;1~ eagles is now fixed over the door of enter the lighthouse !o1.md the buildthe garage of John M. Howells at Kiting filled with smoke. The . soldiers at trey Point. This specimen is believed the fort, except the guard, were, in _bed, t'.~,,~.ll;&"H,r'1 to be the largest which he produced, but dn the alarm being sounded, were having a wil1g-spread of at least sixsoori on the scene. After a vigorous feet, and is painted black. Many of his fight, .the fire was bro\lght under con~ eagles show the head and one wing trol ·~ust as it threateneo ,to ·envelope of the bird in an arrangement of arthe :whole building. ''. . "'' ·' rows and a banner bearing a Latin T~e . particular hero '\Va,s ,. Sergeant motto, or the words, "Don't Give Up Chickering who, at considerable risk:, The Ship." reacl;led the platform unde1• the , light John Bellamy's masterpieces, chisand at the seat of the fire, and from ~-,·r.e.:.~i,,:•(:; elled an'1 cut with great care from that : strategic poslti?11' ' fo~t ' ' the blocks or wood, are now eagerly flames until he was force'd to ' quit by ¥";11~U'l<-:t, sought by those who hnvc n keen inthe 'smoke after most of h'ui clothing terest in old-Lime ships, tho go.Hant had ·,been burned ffQm ' his° bcid:i, Ma'n y square riggers nnd wooden men-ofof tl\_e soldiers were frost-bitten ·or ' suf-' war. He carved himsel! a niche in the fered', other ways, ;')rpil1 ..'. exposure. hall of fame by giving to the world a type of art which is now no more. LIGHTHOUSE AT ~ NEWCASTLE WAS 7TH BUILT IN U.S. 1 a in SPECIMENS OF WOOD CARV!i G �nat ter Of Recons1 me ion Of Sewall's Bridge At York Taken Up Compared to the automatic P e d vers of today this was crude. and slow, though it was regarded as a highly clever contrnption In those -days. Ten years atter the completion of the bridge the Legislature or • rassachusct.t , of which Iaine was then a district was obliged t-0 come to its a.ssizt, ance, which _it did by establishing a . new rnte of tolls. Tll<'~e rntes, probnbly regarded ns excessively high at the time, were: En.ch footman, 2-3 of n. penny. man and horse, 2 pence; two-wheel chaise, chairs or sleigh and horse, with traveler, 4 pence; four-wheeled carriage, including passengers, 4 pence; all horse klne or neat caUle, 2-6 penny; sheep or swine, 4 pence a dozen and in proportion for greater or lesser number. It was further provided that those rates should be in eflect only between 5 a. m. and 9 p. m. each day, 1rnd that tmvel over the bridge should be free at all other hours. If at any time the toll gatherer should leave the bridge during the hours when tolls could be collected he much leave the gate open 60 that all could pass free while he was away, under penalty of a fine of 20 shillings. on the Lord's Day the bridge was free to all persons going to or returning from i·eliglous services. It was also free to inhabitants or the town or York going to or from public meetings of the town or parish; whlle post riders, onstnbl s, ta.x collectors and all town or parish officials had free use of the bridge when on official business. There was no charge made to shipping for the opening o! the draw t-0 permit Its passage. A public hearing "lVag held yest ,·day a!Lcrnoon in the York Town· Hill by the War Department on the rcr.onstruction or Sewall's brlllge in that town, the ?ldest pile bridge in Amerlea. Capt. R. C. Hunter of the Army En:;nneers Co ps presided and decision was reserved. The plans call !or a steel it1 ucturc to replace the present one, but the new bridge is t.o resemble as nearly as possible the e>riginA.l plans dra~-n ln 1761 by Maj. Sswmel Sew1<ll. Last !alJ the bridge was I.he object of n. bitter fight, when It was propo~cd to bulld a modern structure which would entirely remove Rll trace of the historic landmark. The contro1,ersy "·as even taken to President Roosevelt by the Society for the Prrservatlon or New England Antlquitlrs.. Boston got lt.s iden for the fin,t bridge ov r the Charles River from York. such is the claim of many authorities and there are many substantiating facL There is no question as to the old Sewall brid {f) over the York River be- 1 ing the firsi of its t:1,--pe In the world. It was conceived, designed and bu!lt by M:aj. Samuel Sewall of York and attrnctcd the n.ttemlon of builders everywhere. A a re: ult of the erection of the bridge which was completed In 1761, Maj. Sewall was called to Boston to design and build a bridge t-0 Chari stown. This Sewall bridge, a pile draw bridge, st!Jl stands and is in dally u~. Last Summer the local D. A. R. chapter dedicated a bronze tabl t to the mrmory of ilic builder ln a small pnrk , at the easterly enlrnncc of the brldire. Construction methods were crude a century and a. hali ago. Then it required nearly lhr.ee ycnrs to build the bridge. A writer of those days tells of the ingrnlous plan worked out by Maj. Scv.all to expedite the work. Arter tellIng how the river bottom wa~ surve:ved by probing and the location of each pile marked, be says: •'TI1e method of construction was t.he erection of a whole section, on bent, At one time. This contained four piles or the proper length, this being capped by the cap, wen· i.ecured. "T"nis being done on the rher bnnk, at the sUll of tide, it was floated to its place and set upright. A large and lengthy oak log being fastened by the top on lnnd, the butt was rai. cd by tackle to a height of . 15 or more feet and by sttiking off the latch lock the tackle was released and the log fell with much ! irce on the cap over ench pile, and in time the section was driven t.o t.lle proper position." 1---m--"""'~-~---.""Pl'~.,..- �In recognl on o thclr Mrvlces, George II knighted both men, and, bestowing colonel's commissions upon them, ordered each to raise a regiment of royal Infantry. •rhough the new units were to be 1·ecrulted In the Colonles, they were placed on the regulnr Brlllsh Army list as the 50th and 51st Foot. As !men the lallel', c.ommanded by Pepperell, has the distinction or being the only "Amerl,an regulars " ever fo11ncl under BritiRh rule to be led by a Colonlal-born officer, , The new regiments w ere orderecl to c.nllst 1000 m ~n each, though nelthet· ever reached Vits authorized , strength. Bach was divided lnto 10 companies, of which one was to be grenadiers and A curious1y wrought pi Pce of bras!.\ one li gh t lnfantry. was found · In New llnmpshlre reThe uniform was or British scarlet, ra ced with ' white, In slriklng cont1·asl cently thal 11ppears to be a 11nlque to the d.ark blue worn by the Provinrelic from Ne'w England'11 pre-Revocial levies. The line companles and ll[;hl inf A ntry wore the laced cocl<cd lutionary military h!slory. It lg the hat, but the grenadlel's were equipped ruard o( an old-lime grenadier's with the tall slllT milre cap. The side-arm sword, heavy, elaboratt?lY [;renadiers also carried, ln addition lo lhe flintlock musket and bayonet. a <lecorated and nmde by hand in the short side-arm sword for cut-andthru st fighlin[;', and it ls the guard of\ The upper knob, or pommel, bears one of these that has now come to the roynl crown on hn!h Rl1lt>s. The llgh. t,;horl, l1q;lorlo11K Jlblor ,\' knuckle gunrrl. sturdy nn!l R(Jlllll'<', Al that time IL was customary has three branches In an ,1nnsti:II pattern. Ono hrnn<'h joins nncl 11uprefer to a regiment by _name-hence the 51st Is always "Pcp- 1 rerell's," Each colonel had considerable latitude ln the way he chose to WORN BY PEP~ERELL'S GRENADIER Sword Guard Found in New Ham'I)shire Unique Relic of Forgotten Regiment l The Pepperrell rcunlly ancl lt8 clc!lcenrlants are nccura.tely and fully placed In the followlng I ll r: Dear Nomacl-llfy nltC'nlion been call d lo a notice l>y Nomad, in the 'l.'ranscript oC 10th Inst., concerning the recent m c,• tlni; ol' th o clescC'11<l11nl>< or tho Pepperrell family at Ill 1·y . l'artlcul::1.1·: :,• as t o the d s<'C'n<la nti-; !Iv• Ing today . 'l'hC' i;rcute1· parl , r the memh n;hlp or tho Pc1>tWJTCII ,\>iSU· elation is composed or the <l e:;c,,mlants or , cncral Sir '\Vllflarn Pep· perrell's brothers and sisters; the obj ct belng lo perpotuat,, lht> family r ecords from the time of tlw 11rst Willinm, and hi s wife, J\larg-ery Bray, to the present. Their dc:;ccnd:mts nre VCl'Y lllllllCrOUS, :tnt.l tit•atl 'l" d over th o ll nil<'u :::it:Ll<'S, 'l'hc descendants oC , lt· '\\'illiam a1· all lhrougfi th marriag' of his ,lau;;h· l r F.lil\:lbf'lh, who m:11Ti<'<i Colon\'! Nath:tn\t' l Hparhuwlc, wlwsu 11u1·trait by coplL'Y hall gs ill the I ;us ton l\l LI· seum of Fin Arts. Their son '\VilJiam Inherited th• title, n•muving to England at Lh time of lhc ll •volu · ' n1al'lc the uniforms and accoulretnent:; of his men, and v~ry often used his own family coat-of-arms along with such national emblems as the rown, I rose, lion and uni corn and Hanovel'lan horse. ln Pepperell's ase, since he had no ancient crest, he appears to have contented hlmselC with a modest set or Initials. The history or the twin regiments p1·oved to be short and inglorious. They did garrison duty at toulsbourg from '\ 1746 to 1749. Discipline was slaclc, sanitary conditions frightful, and drunkenness prevalent. When the fortress was handed bat'k to France the troops were disbanded, but were rai&ed again In 175·1 when war threatened once more. In the Summer of 1755 they marched to Albany and "jumped off" Into the wilderness, from which many ' of them never 1·eturncd. They built fortifications at Oswego, on Lake Ontario, and spent a miserable Winter there, 71eglocted by the authorities. In August, 17~6, Montcalm strnrlc suddenly, nncl uflor a )1rlcf bomb1nclment the white flag was holsled. Some 1,orts a thick brass shell gnarrl, had been killed In action, some were across whjch praces In bold relle[ n murdered by the Indians, and many more died of disease. rr1t11s at a single white horse-insignia of the Hano• stroke the 50th and 51st Foot were verfan Kings of England. Beneath removed from the rolls of His Majesthe .horse Is a scroll or cartouche ty's Army, Though the writer has made many with the Initials "Sr W. P." and the Inquiries, It does not appear lha t anIssue numher of the w apon, "No. other such relic of elther Shirley's or Pepperell's regiments Is In Pxlslence, ,33.'' The fragment of blade, abo ut and It ls felt that thls qualnl blt o! 18 Inches long, that Is filled loosely colonlal brass ls Indeed unique. to the guard, Is not the original grenadier cutlass, but Is from a com- 1 1 I ~L!l--.-..,....--------...---...,..---' Ii-'=.-~•·•' missioned ,...rt~ .......... 1r.;;.;.<'l!ar•<1; officer's sword of the same period. On , British Army List This sword gue.rd, as the monogram shows, la undoubtedly e. veteran or the Ill-rated 51st Reglment of Fool, raised In the Colonies In 1746 and 1754 by·s1r W!lll11.m Poppercll. Every· schooiboy knows the story of the New England expedltlon to Loolsbourg In 1745, and the marvelous cap· lure of that "Dunlllrk of America." The. pla.n was concelved by Wllllam Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts, and was carrled out by \>Villia.m Pepperell, a merch11.nt-oolonel of mllltla from Kittery. J, Uon, us he \\'HH a. 11ronou11<•t.-.tl ·rory, and all Ills hrothers a111L sist.·1·,; hut onc. Th c•xc·,•Jlliun was i\lary, th<' wif<' or 1)1•. ( 1 1\llrlt •=-' .lar\ll :-{ lll' l~usloll, :1 11 mln ,nL phy Hh-111 11 .. r 11,:11 ,·tty, 11 1111 u.sso•lalctl v,,ry dos.-ly with th,• w,·11 knc,wn stal<•><lll<'ll oC that ndnity. 8he It was who sa,·c-cl l 'ort:s1111111th from being burned hy th Hrillsh, by her fascinations , and th<'y went down to points in Maino for d vastatlon elsewhere. '\Vh n ll cr hrothcrs, Including .Nathaniel, Jr., went to Eng, land, the latfor left a daughl r with her, numetl for her aunt, who dicl not accompany her father t 1.;11:;land. She afl<'rwarcl manlc•d onsul '\\. 11liam Jarvis, American consul to Li,:;bon, In 1808, only C'hild of ]Jr. lmrl0s Jarvis, by his first m:u-rlagc, and left two rlau gltl ,n; al 1i,,1· Ntrly <lea.th, both of whom married, and tl well known desc nclant of one is tho late -Hon. Everett Pepperrcll '\Vhcelc1· of cw Yorlt, lawyer, statesman and lltterateur. Ther are 2•10 living descendants ot Ir William sc-al lPt cl from tho Atlantic to th Pacific coast, hut, none In th names you quote, which are of tho fcmalo Jin s or th e J1rst Wllllam. The s cond Sir '\.Villlam , who went to England, has a lai·go number of dcscC' ndnnts there, of whom one w:ts the lat, !.sdwanl '\Valford, n.ncl another the pn•,:;cnt Sir Arch<lnlc J'aln1t•r . 'l'h,•.1· lo:,v,, ll lnrhO n11m1Jcr or tho v11!11ai>I<·>< or ,'Ir \VII· !lam, but portraits, :;liver, (11nrllu1·0 and other a1·licle>1 aro o,,:1wcl hy tho Amerlcan descendants. As the old st living clescC'ndnnl of General ir \\'illiam P., L111·ough his great -granJduughte1·, !11ary P. 8. Jarvia, who marrlecl Hon. Hampden Cutts, I am t:ikln;; the lib rty of making thcs<' nddilion,:; to your notes on tho occasion. c. n. �Sketch of Gov.• John Lanf,ddon I have 7 0 hogsheads or rum that shall !Jc sold for the most it will bringL!rnse arc at the service of Lhe state. Il we irncceed in de[ending our freeI dom and homes I may be remunerntocl; I[ we do not, tho properly will be The Boston GlolJe yesterday in ils u: no value to me. Our old . friend New J~11i;lat1d llcrucs of tho Land and 8Lark may be entrusted with the con!-:ea hat..! tho [ollowing sketch of Jollfl cluct or our troops, and the progress Langdon who was !Jorn in this cily in of Durgoync will be checked." J741 and clled hero in 1819: At once n brigade was raised, and · John Langdon began his business G ncra1 Starlc wo,n the battle of Ben11fo in U10 office of a merchant, later ninglon. Soon afterwar d -Langdon wont lo sea as supercargo, and then I was a volunteer in the army that captook charge of a ship o[ his own. llo turod Burgoyn . In 17713 ho fought v, as busy as a merchant when the in a bo.ttl against tho English Revolutionary War broke out, and Rhode Islancl, and he continued a~ that time was a represenlative lo I the army till tho war closed. t!Jo general court. Later h was gov1ernor of ln December, 1774, Portsmouth Hampshire. After one year in office heard that an ardor had t,oon given he was sent lo the United States Senby the King prohibiting the exporla- ate and when the votes for the first lion or gunpowder to America. John President of the United Stales wore Langtlon made one o( tho party who counted ho was President pro tern of seized the garrison at Fort William lha.t body. In 1805 and 1810 be was uud l\lary and carried of[ 100 t,arrols again governor or of gunpowder, lti cannon, a store or~"l""~--""""""""""...,,mi!l'!:'='~~.,-,:ip:;ll"l!IJfd'l!i~ small arms and various other military stores. Ile was sou t as n dcle- f-;.;.:;,.;._q,,.;~r-.:,,;~ gate to Congress in 1775, and the next year commanded a company o[ vnlunteors in Vermont and Rhode Is1t,nd. In 1776 Langdon was made Continental ag nt [or tho na,•y, and under bis direction and inspection the Raleigh, lhe Ranger, the Am rica and the .Porlsmoulh were built. His next i:11portaut work was to raise an ind pendent company and to command it . with th rank o[ colonel. In 177 7 h€ was elected Speaker of the New 1-lampshlro Assembly. Al that time lhorc was excitement nlionl tho raising or truu1l8 lo re11ol a1, Invasion. Langdon made a romarkalJlo speech that aroused the Assembly lo wild enthusiasm. He said: t,."~hlr~-t: "I have $.3000 in hard money. I wlll plcclgo my plate for $3000 more; �l\.;,t:. _ i} , oL"2 nnmm,.s. I! such a bridge were protected and never overstrained, It Whenever -that In terestlng relic, would be haTd to set a limit to its the old · toll bridge, has to · be sub- duration. . 1'he timber . used was •mitted ! to the inspectloti ,6f 1 ·' ~x . 's oun'd and weill '' chosen alid in thr 'peils•· one' res~lt Is n fresi1' a1)pre~j ' construction 'o f 'the 1 bridge ·there wab aUon -of ' tl1e slcllJ that went to its ·a con's idernble surplu's I of strength construction. Bridge · building was for the reason that 'the early buildno't an exact science In ' those days, ers ·worked on what In our cheese'., The mlithematicai analysis "" of •; arln'g ' days ·would seem ' a'll extrav!li seralns and stresses was fltr -from :gan t factor '' ·of safeyt. The ch lef complet, and builders bad • to , make 'enemy of these bridges is the decay the best ·· of very · rough · approxim:i, 'of the wood1; only those have lastei'. Hons. Under those .. conditions · to 'well which ,vere o! the covered type , build a ·,good bridge Implied a native "and few have been uniformly lcept 1a1ent- ln the builder, and · the more 'in good repair so as to protect thr ·s tud.y•1is ,.: g-iven ·fo the ·design · of these timbers from rain. But if the wood old •brldgeii''· the •' greater is the admir- •Is fairly soutir! the great strength ation -felt for the sk111 anrl resource: ·and r es ilience given by the ingenlom fulness o! tl1e early American engi- 'combination of the arch , and · th.e. neers. ·truss may , make even " a decrepit The big ·wooden bridge is,- In - fact, looking bridge far stronger than it 1. distinctively American achieve- looks; this is one of the reasons Wooden •bridges, to be sure, why so many or th ese' old bridges have •been built In most courrtrles, ltnvo Ilng~rotl on . for cle<:a<les nrter 1111<] ev'en '• In primitive lands daring -~,elng J?;lv on np ·by the doctors, No'thlngiF •have been done, but · as a hody wonlrl (]ream of tmilding _such rule •· with the development of clvil- it hrlclge nrtcr the need for that ,lzation , 1 .w ood·e n . construction · ha\. ty_pe had passed, bnt ~he modern engiven way tb '· masonry,< '• In ,Ameri~a'. gineer ought by nil means to take however; •'brl£}ges , equal to · those-· of occa11lon to study· the specimens Europe'.·'were •needed while the · po1>u- ~hat are •Jrrt; ··~t~ey rirc •~m9ng ~he . lation ' 'Was· still ·spa:rse.- Stone con- most creditable achlevemer:ts of A~stru-ction was too ~low, laborioui' erlcan • englncerlng ...'.!!..Sprlngtleld and costly, but th~re was abundanc1;: Rdpublica'n, ' ' ,. · • of· Umb·er and the ~ .. n:,-:a was thr best"'. all-round • mechanic In the .world,1-- bold, resourceful, inventive. In the 18th ·century he began the elabora1ion of the ' timber · bridge and ma;y . of his constructions ,so strong and well designed into the age -'of see the return masonry. Th~re bas been some controversy ~-s to the earliest use o! timber for a long-span bridge, but the credit I~ usually given to Col. William P. Riddle, who In 17 9 2 'Com pl etecl Amoskeag brlclge ·oyer the Merrlmaci river' at Manchester, N.' H., with si:x, 92 "•;root "spans :--"' In ·thc " same Col. Enoch 'Hale completed famous Bellows Falls ]fridge ove1 the Connecticut with two 184-foot svans; a'· monu·rr{ental labor that required ;. seven years. But 'o f the . old bu!lders of •New · England the most celebrated was perhaps Timothy :Palmer, o! Newburyport, whose· masterpiece was the Piscataqua bridge,seven miles above Portsmouth ,N. H., with an arch of 244-f60t chord. This is probably the' record, though: 'tiler~ were some flne ' bridges ,over'. the Hudson, the Moha,vk, and ·,.,p1P· Delaware, and 'our own · century-old ·bridge, though nob exceJJtional was of . unusually fine ~--\ ).J.\-,~ 0 ·•· - �I rctary a.nd 'l.'rea.surer huilding, and lhcy were thanked fo1· Associntlon of ,vool the ' couras-e and tenacity of their :;er- ,nev. Judson P. ;\ta.rvin, ;\[inist er of 1 Yice at lhi:; l<eY-ll0int or tho confla.lhc First Parish In Annl1:1quan1, :\lass.; ;.;ralion. 'l.'h01nas 0. :\1arvln, Secretary , of the Colonel :llarvln as :\layor supen·lsecl Home :\larket Club, o! lloston ; Harry 1 the plans for the memorable "Return G. :\Carvin, Manas-er o( the H obltirlt .,f the Sons of Portsmouth" on July 4, Jnn, Camden, '. C.; R'!V, Regina.Id K. 1 1Si3, when on behalf or the city ho Marvin, :\llnlsler of Cruce Church, ";clcomed sev ral lhousantl home-i;omFranldin. :llass., who l1as b1ccn in Lho l 111c:" sons hc:1decl by Jacob ~Vendcll. scrvico or the Y. ~1. C. A. in Franco, '- Colouel Thomas Elllsou Ullvcr Mar.l;,lllC!-1 T. J•'idtl.H, ·rhomas Balll'Y Allland C.:ha.rles n. Mo.rvln of lhe Ullca,:)n, form 1· :.\layur of l'ort~mouth, llll'd 1·i,•h and 1:. I'. Shillabor. Anolhet· evonl \\"illowvalc Ult'nchery Company, ~cw un \'i'cdne::itl:IY, April 9. at lhe homo nl his ntlminislr:itlon was the builtlYorlc Jlis nt'llh WM ll\'O Jlon. , v1111a.n1 or his 1lnt1:c;htei·, Dr. Oracc 1:\larvin, 81 ing of the 'Portsmouth & Do,·cr Rall- E. i\lardn, x-)layor of Portsmouth, :llnpl st1•ept, Hoxhury, Mass. lle wus roatl. \\'ilh Lile :\l:i.yor o[ !)over he anti ·ta.le ~enator Oliver U. :.\larvin In his eighly-s cont\ yea1· and had been wheeled the first earlh and drove the of New Caslle. In failing hen.Ill\ since lasl August. first sp!l,c:; in the con· lruclion or the Throui;houl his life Colonel Colonel :ltarvin was horn December had had a strong love for the :;ea. line. l S, 1837, on )tan·in's lsland, l'orlsAfler his sen·ice as :\layor, Colonel Tau~hl in boyhood hy his fJ.lhcr and n~outh Harbor. tho old r son or Cap:\Ia.n·ln comrnandetl lhe rorlsmoulh Captain Oliver to "hand, reef and tain ,villiam )1arvin, a merchant en,\ rllllery, whose history ran buclt to sleer" as lhc Jaus of hiH race had al .;ngctl in lhe H:inlt aml Labra.tlot· fish1775, reorganizing lhls inlo a smart ways been l:w:;hl by the older men, <•ries and Southern canylni; trade. ln field batle't·y which represented ew he was expcrl in all that pert.nlncd to, thfs calling nptain l\larvin had suc1I:1.1npshlre in the Nalioual military shipping and the fisheries. il•'ro m his ·eedcd his uncle, h~tpla.in Thom~Ui encampment at the Centennial hxposi sixth lo his cighlielh year he had ,sa.11 Ellison Oliver or New caiillc, the son lion of 1876, in Philadelphia. This or a. soldi r o( the ne,·olulion. 'aptaln corps, made 11µ in part of veteran sold, Uli\·cr In hi,; youlh ]HHl been a. very lers antl sailors of the lvll "\Var, and stl(•ccsis(ul shipmasl r ancl hatl r •tired uniformetl in scarlet and blue, was gifrom the isca to t·artT on the fished s, vc,n a posl of honor in the inauguraIn whll'.h l'o1·tsmou\h :1ntl New 'aslle llon C'eremonit'>' al Concord nn,l C1lscw,•re ndln• ror 111111·1' lha11 lwu ,•<•nlurwh!'l'l'. At lhal lime Porlsrnoulh susil's, {l'0lll the tin;l Eni;llsh sctLlelll<'lllS tained four military organizalionsin N w lln.m]Jshirc to tho years afler the light ballery, a company of hea,·y ou1· l'ldl \\'ar. Older people of Pol"ls• or seacoast arlillery, n troop or cavalmnulh and \"icinity remember when ry and a com11any of infantry, all ntho trn.tlo still nourished aloni; the rolled In the National Guai·d. Colonel !,!lore o( the l'iscalaqua between Cap:\ltlrvin relinquished his ni·Lillcry comt., n O11\·cr's large house In the upper mand lo scn·e on the starr of Governor µart or Ne\\ Castle and lh bridges l'erson C. Chcncy or :-Sew Hampshire. al :llan•in's Jsla11d. with the !:preadin:; Subs quenllY Colonel :\lar\'in prachnlrns in the !ieicls antl lhe vessels fll· Usctl law in I orlsmoulh, in association tins- out for sea 01· discharging al lhe with the well-remembered firm of what-Yes. Frink & Batchelder. For many years Colonel :\Carvin ::u; a Ind was educathe wns the preHitl nl and for a long t'll al the oltl t'Ol lsmouth Academy untime also the ,;late J)rosecullni; a.gent der 1:lia:;ter Jlarri,i, and then entered or the ;sew Hampshire Society for the the business uf his falh r and grealPre\'!'nllon of Cruelty lo Animals. He 11ncle. 8ubsequcntly, in as1:1oci.1lion wn!:I zealously devoted lo this cause, , ·ith his brolht',r, ,v1111am ';\larvin J ,... and was instrumental nol only in the and the late James P. Uartlell, he cs(urthe1·in~ or lci;islution for the pretnblishe<l the firm of :\1,u·,·ln Urolhers vention of cruelly, J,ul In the aclual _cn & IJarllcll. ,·;hieh for 11111ny years conforcemcnl of these laws in all sections ,1uctcd on l:ow ~!reel, l'oi·tsmoulh,the of New Hamptthire. manufacture of mNllcln:i 1 ,·oil ll\'C'I' Colonel Man·in wa1:1 a 3Zd degree oil,; after procc,isc:. disclosed hy long :11ason, a pnsl master of old St.John',; <'XiJt'l'it•nc1• In the lishin;.:- i11tl11Klry. Lodge or l'ort:rn1oµlh, and affiliated l'Qloncl '.\lar\'ln in 1 ol 111:,ni •ll ;\flss wllh De \\'Ill Clinton 'ommantlcry, ,\Ill]\' :II. Lippitt . ,si,<lCl' ,,r '.\Ir" . . lam• Knight:; Templar. For half a century J.ip11ltt Palle1·son, tho wife of the- Ht•v. hr and m rnbers or his 'family were .\. J. l'nlterson. lhen th ;\Jinisler of alleudanls al lhe Unlvcrsallsl the l:niver,<alisl parish in l'orl:;nioulh. in Portsmouth, of which for a < 'olonel ·:-.ran·i11 in J 6:J took u1, his Lime he was a w,u·tlcn. residence on Stalc slre l, l'ort:.mouth, ln 1 96 Colonel :\<tarvln married which was llll' family h(llll • unlil a(sC't·ond wife :11 ls:; Eleano1· !Jlshop or l 1'r l he ucalh uf :II rs. :\tnrvln 111 I ·o. New York, and {or most of lhe lime AH tL mcmher of l11t' Uoaru of ,\lderresidPll in New Yorlt or vicinity unlit mt•n, <.'olon I t\1:ii·vln he-came i\layor of the cteath o( his wife on Long lsland 1·orlsrnoulh on th death of Hon. Horin I no,. Si nee then ColonPl :IIarvln ton D, '\','allter in 1S,2, and was elechad p,is:<etl tile winters in Uoston aml 1,•d :\Jayor for lh ytia1· l 7:,. ,vhen the ,;111nlnern in l'o1·lsmoulh-hnvin;; l 'oslon wa.· on lh · oulbrcalt u( the always a Kiron:; arcection (01· his narrl'at lllPlllO\'.,blt• fire of );ov m1Jc1· 9, tive t,,wn. Hince l!IOR his ,rnmrner home cttlle,l 011 the neishb ring New I :ni:;-laml cilics for IH•lp to rhcck the family homesl ad on :-1arvin's Island, llam<'S, ;\lnyor :llan·in l'CSJ)Ollcled ill nol far from the r sitlence o( his bro' ·rson with lilt' lh,-n ll(!W n.nd 1,owe1·ther, \\"illiam ~larvi'n. Esq., on the l lll steam til'r l'n~lne Kearsarg-c and :L Captain Uli\' r homestead in :Sew Casc·ompan)' uC forty men, who were hurlie. ried b'y spcci,11 l rain to Do:;lun and 'olnnel :\larvin had six sons and one \ daughtor of hi" first mn.rr!age. The slaLioned on "'a,;hin;:;ton ttlre t al the I cad of :\! ilk slreel, where the)" rough t tlaui;hler IH Ur. Crace )larvln, who has the fire unlit it wus f(eclually slopped I made her home with her aunt, lllra ..J. The particular duly of lhc Purlsmoulh L. I'u.llcrson, in Roxbury, :llass., and llrcmen ,nu1 lo protect the old 8outh 1 tho ~onH aro \Vinlhrop L , l\larvin, 8ec,'.\lec,tlni; JJuuso nncl the •rrnnscripl ;EX-MAY 0R THOMAS ·E. 0. ·MARVINDEAD ,~n. I �PORTSMOUTH, N. H, "Nutter House," on Court street, charmingly described In "The Story o[ a Bad Boy" and In which the youthCul days and many or the vacations and holidays of Thomas Bailey Aldrich were spent, Is opened to summer visitors from about June 20 to eptember ~5. The house was former])' owned and -0ccupled by Thomas Darling Balley, grandfather of Thomas Balley Aldrich and the "Grandfather Nutter" of the story, the name Nutter being the maiden nam o( Aldrich's grandmother and borrowed for use In the hook to shlcl<I from publicity the mcmhct'!! or thll r:imlly thllll llvlrt~ in the old house. To ~Ive the reader a llicture or the house as it appeared In the days oC young Tom Bailey o! the story menlloned, and as It loolcs today lo the pilgrim visiting Portsmouth, no better words can be ,;elected than tho,;c Crom hapt r V. of the book. "The ·~tter house has been in our family nearly 100 years and is an honor to the hullcler, supposing durabllitv to b the merit. Such timber ;_nd such workmanship do not often come together In houses built nowadays. the wall paper left nothini; to be desired in that line. On a ,;ray back ground were small bunches of leaves, unlike any that ever ,;rew In the world; and on every other bunch perched a. yellow bird, pitted with crimson spots. That no such bird over existed <lid not detract rrom my admlrallon of each' one. There were two hundred and slxty-el,;ht of these birds In all, not countlnp; those split In two where the wall paper was badly joined." After enumerating the various articles of furnltur , the boy names with enthusiasm the books on the two shelves over the bed. In the r storatlon of the room the books have been put back upon the shelves, the many colored quilt Is still upon the bed. Even Tom Balley himself would see no dlf(erence between his room of today and the retreat o( his boyhood. The wall paper presented the greatest problem to those who arranged the room as it was in the old time, tor In these days of modern wall coverings or more artistic I( not more strilclng design, no paper to coincide with the memory of those who knew that described by Tom Bailey could be found. Jn tact even the manufacturers fell short In their reproductions, but at length lhe pattern was designed on t11e proper colored baclcground nnd the bird!< were painted in by l\Trl!. Thomas Bailey Aldrich and her son. A vortlon of the wall paper has been left unpainted that It may be completed graphs, most of them aulo1',rn.phcd and letters from men of note in many countries. The names or fnllhcw Arnol<l, Ollv r Wenck!\ Uoll11es, Wllllu.m Cullen Hrya11t, Ha\ph Wnlclo 1.;mcrson, ·wnlt \ hlt- "Imagine a low-studded structure, with a wide hall running through the ml<ldle. At your right ns yon enter slflnlis fl, tflll, blll('\C mahog:\n)' clock On cnch slcl oC lhc hall arc doors opening Into larg room~. walni;colell u ml rich In wnncl 1·:tt·vin,;s about the manllepleces an<l cornices. The walls are covered with pictured paper repr sentlng landscapes and sea views. There are neither grates nor stoves in thesr quaint chambers, but splendid open chimney places, with room enou,;h for the corpulent bacl<log to turn over comfortably on the polishe<l andirons. A wide staircase leads from the hall to tho :;econd story, which is arranged much like llw nrst. Over this Is the garret." The two lar,;e elms which shaded the house when Tom Bailey was :L boy have disappeared, but the old ,;arden at the rear of the house sttll has ::t. place for ev ry flower mer.I Ion cl In Mr. Alclrirh':; pocmR. Al 1h i;ld • of lite ~anl •n ls to hp H••<•11 a nreproof bullcllni; erected by members of the family, In which the· large collection or pictures, manuscripts, books and other articles of Interest relatln,; to or treasur <l by the poet are nrran,;ed. Among thesP is the table upon which "The Story of a Bad Boy" was written, with a. r cord in Aldrich's handwriting pasted on the Inside or the drawer. Glas:, cases and shelves contain many thlni;s of historical interest, curios from the Orient, and first editions, ancl on the walls ::ts framed photo- by the grnnclson of the room's early occupant. On the baclc of a ch:t it· hangs the coat made by Tom Bailey'H mother as a part 'lf a uniform for the company of sold! ,. boys which fl,;urecl in the play or Tom and his chums. Twenty-five or lhes regimentals nre saicl to have l11•cn lite fl'ull,i uC tho nwlltet·'s hu sy fln,;ers. In the other room,i mlnuildetalls htlV been faithfully c:nrlcd out under the direction of ~11·s. Aldrich, and the old furniture is In Its accustomed place. In t lllng of her first visit to th house, she recently said that the whole lnlel'lor an(l style of the nualnt New England house was so different from that of her own New Yorlc home that It made a lasting Impression upon her. She was charmed with the low-ceiled rooms, with their big fireplaces, the great four-poster beds and the other turnlture so typical of New England towns of similar dale, hut quite different from the black walnut and the upholstered furniture then in vo,;ue In New York and the highceiled, furnace-heated rooms of her childhood experience. 'L'hese Cln;L Jmprcsslons she tn•vrr forgot, and when the cily of Portsmouth, In 1907, announced its intention to purchase the "Nutter House," which had been out of the family for 40 years, as a memorial to 'l'hom,ts B;1.1ley Aldrich, with other memhcr,; of the family sh volunteered to reinstall the original furnlshin,;s anli arran:;-e them. A fund of $10,000 was tp:ln, Lnn,~r<•lln \\', T, •nny:,;on , Hrown- Jng, J"eals, Shelley, wlnburnc, \Vnl son, Leigh Hunt and Edwin Booth hold prominent places. 'l'hc Interior of the house, however, in no way r fleets the atmosphere oC a museum. It is decidedly a house that has been lived In and, to th~ casual obsm·ver, ml,;ht be occuplecl at the present time, with the members of the family out tor a [ew moments. Not only have the 01·lglnal articles of furniture been r slo1·otl to the rooms, but many small personal belon,;lngs to the drawer of the dressers, the sideboard :incl the closets. To lovers of the. "Bad Roy" Lhf' lilllc room of which he spcnlts so lovlnr:ly In lnllln1: or hi,; ntTlvnl at lhu "Nt1ll •1· Jllltl>I<'" aflo,· :t jlllll'lll'~' from N w Orleans, IH the cenl<·r 01 lnt<'resl. "Nolhln,:;- among- my 11ew s1n-ronn<llng-s, 11 he said, "gave 1n r11urc- ;mtlsfuctlon th:i.n th l'nl y sle pin,:; apartment that had b en prepared for mys If. It was the ha II room over the front door. 1 hncl ncv ,. hefore had a chamber all to mys 1(. nnd this one was n. marvel of 11,entncss and comfort. rrctty chlnl7. curtains hung at the window and a patch quill of more colors titan were In Joseph's coat covered th e llttl lrncltle bed. The 11a ttern or soon raised hy public suhsc1·i11tlon, the house w::ts pu1·ch1u; cl :tnll l\frs. Aldrich be,;an her task . In a compara Lively short time the kltch n In which "Kitty olllns" held ::;way was lll'l'tltli;cd, with the orli;lnal Kitty as dl1·ect01·-ln-char,;e. Tn the parlor that Tom nnilc-y said was n1H•11t>d u11ly on ~Jll•,·ful oc•1·;1Hlon!'i .1 • and Lh:ll smelled i;trong-ly or t·t•nlPr lahlt', lite. family portraits k l'll i;11anl ovet· the piano. 'l'ho sitting room, In which the family group gathered after supper, while "Grandfather Nutter" read the local newspaper, the chambers, each with Its touches charact rlstic oc tho Individual who inhabited It, the !Jlue chintz room, always kept closed except wh e n company was expected, a.i'Corcl a pidure of the hom life in a New Eni;land town of more than half a century ago, rarely If eve,· surpassed In any of the old-tlm houH s that have heen pres rved . Since the barn in which the real theatre of the story ,ms held has cll app ared, the liberty has be n talccn of installing this reatu,· in tho attic so loved hy Tom Bailey for rn Iny d:ty read in,;. "Nutter 'lTou;;c" was :tlw:tts th<' symb,1I oC home lo Thomas 1::lilcy A ill rich . Here his arly yeat·s of fun nncl frolic were spent. And he-re in late,· years, as a. series oC vlvlll r,oyhooll memol'ies, these exp l'i ncos were wl'iltcn down for other children In "Th<- Hto,·y of n. nacl Hoy.''-F rom till' l'111'lstnouth (N. Ii.) Dally ('hronlcle. �This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSl/NlSO 239.48-1992 (pennanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts m 1998 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. 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GladyR p 82 City chart er pp 51-52 Dover, N. H. p 93 Dover Pt. brid ge p p 56- 5 7 Dover Point brid ge See Li ttle Bay Bri dge Eastman, Dr. Eugene B. p 42 Foss, Sam Walter p 17 Fort William and Mary p 80 Franklin City p 43 Greeley reception p 91 Hampton, N. H.- Churches p 31 Henderson's Point p 83 Historical tablets in Por t 8mouth p 1 8- 22 Jewett house.- So. Berwick p 98- 89, 95 John Smith monument a t Shoals. p ~O Kearsar ge ( ship ) p 5~ Kittery, Me.- Name p 2- 3 Kittery, Me.- Dennett f am ily p 76 Knox, Susan Ricker p 55 Lady Pepperrell hou ,=, e p 36 Lafayette School p 15 Laighton,. Oscar p 81. n6- 8 7 Langdon park p 77 Liberty pole p 77 Little Bay Bridge p p 34-35; 38 ; 43 Live~more house p 82 Louisburg bell p 12 Mast ships p 13 Mo~rison, Robert p 54 Paul Revere's ride to Portsmouth p 36 ;75 Perkins house at Ogunquit p 83 · Pi ecataqua Bridge pp 34-35; 43-44 Piscataqua River in the Ci vil war p 40 Piscataqua tavern p 43 Portsmouth.- 1933 " pp 5 8-59; 62-68 Portsmouth. - Churches· Immaculate Conception pp 68-69 Methodist pp 48-50 st. John' Sunday school pp 5- 6 Portemo 'tb High School ~ 16 '""~"7"_._, ? rt mouth ~spit.111 pp 60-81 Port mouth Libr ry p 79 Portsmouth settlement 1n 1623 p 93 Robert~, Edmund p 41 Rye harbor p 23 Scar borough ( ship ) pp 44-45 Sewall's Bridge p 33; 39 Stage chair p 37 Staver's Inn p 37 Thayer, Rev. Lucius pp 70-73: 74 Tucke monument at the Shoa ls pp 24- 29 Tucker, Fred C. p 78 .JJ. - &. S. CH.cha lo_t p 47 Warner house pp 7; 11; 37 Wentworth hpuse.- So. Berwick pp 88-89; 96 V 1entworth-Gardner hous e p 35 <ot5' Nentworth portraits. p 11 \ lI .. �• I �I The present owner and occupant : Vi.tt;ry -of lGng;ton Vacy in the pa-;:: ,t;he ancient Kittery •C ourt is Mr. , ish of ,Brixham. This was a lease for ' ,j Archibald Leslie Hine-Haycock, wntl PrObablc Eu~lisb Origin, on the •their lives . •This family name of Vi,t the disti.nguished Cha.mpernowne Champerhowne ' Prope~ty. tery is now -considered in connection I [family stiN . exists, and is ~till _ill' with the origin of the .name of KitIt is ve:y Jikely that .the. Ol'igin of ,possession and occupancy of its h.tstery, as will 1a'ter appear. Lhe name ol l{jt;tery. .ha11 been estab,'()ric Dartingbon Hall, 'l'o t.ne.s, South In 1583 the •same Robert Cary lL hed. T,hat the .ntl,IDe hat! come fron evon. Mr. Hine..,Haycock and the leased the "Mouthe ,Parke, Jtigher E.1iland was -0! . <t,0urse v~i;y wel t!J.a.nrpernownes are very much inKin,gswear,'' to John Upton. This ' kncwn. But even Mr. ~~!\-ckp-0'le, a. · arested in thLs res·earch 1 and their '! ease de.ed mentions -Sir George ,Cary late ;is la03, had not loc~t~d tbc ssistal)• ce is of the finest kind. 1 of Olovelly a11d John .Fell of "I'otne.s, English name as _fully as. one would 0aptain Ji'rancis Champernowne who figure in later papers. have wished. '~s ·e asily the most distinguishe;J In 1588 ,t here is art agreemen-t . In l.hat extremely va.luable work nd the mxist a·ri-stocratic of K.itCary, E~q., Md 1 "b<?t1i_ee!;__ ~f'~r~ m Captain Francis Cha.mpernowne. y'-s first settlers. He has been : John Fell, Surgeon, in consideration by Dr. Ch~rlcs_ Wesle~- Tuttl~ printed J;>v. Mr .. Baxter _"one of the of eight score pounds," to convey or ()U in 1-S,801 (',':~Ii;S-borica-1, Pap~rs," unders ·of Pas'Ca· ·q ua." , ;ms ,mothlea·se "alJ those messunges, lands &c _pago 110), Mr. A~J:?ert Harmon c, Bri-dget, was •a sister to' the. emisituate in Bcxwha.ge in psh. of DrixH oyt, the pain~t:.king and ,scholarly ent Sir Ferdin.ando Gorg-es' ,first ham, now in occupation of John cd1tor adds a footnote to the subwife, Mary, and these women were FinclJmore; also all · closes of land ject or' Kittery, and says: WM Hle nam.e , he dnuP-hters of Sir Thomas .Ful'\Vni-: pro.ha·'}ly given• to it by Chamknown ,b y OOJTle of Mouthe Parkes, ford of Fulford. Captain Fi;-ancis was by estimation thirty acres, in the ·pernownc or by Alexander ·Shapth!! favorite and trusted nephew of p,adsh of Brixham, and oocupation leigh." Mr. Hoyt a1s~ - quotes a ,MS. Gorges. ' ,h;ttcr o.f Mr. T. Lids•tone, of Darto.f J.ohn Upton. .Ailso one messuage Arthur. Champernowne, father of , mouth Engln,nd, concerning Kittery & p.arcel of land- known 1by the name Captain francis, was born in 1580, Court,' on Kittery Point,.. in "the . anof the Castell (castle) grounds, by and d:ed •between 1652 and 1657. He estimation eight acres, in occupation cient ~own oi Kin.gswear, (County was .ownj!r and ,part o,wner of many of John Bowhage. Also two ~esof Devon , on the ea~tern bank at vessels of DaTtm.outh (opposite .auages & three gardens si,tun.ted in 'the mouth of the river Dart. ''.The lGngswear) and among these vessels bend of the l'iver at . Kittery Court Kin~swear in occupation of William were the' Chudle.i,gh, Saint Nichol-as, Vittery. Also .messuage & one garf.orms ,a 1>:oint called Kittery, .Point." _M-:try, Bridget, and the Benediction, Of this more is now know,n. den ' in Kingswear adjoini111g the a nd in the last .named he was a part Churchyard in occupation of John Mr. Stackpole per.forlljfd a v~ry 'Owner with AJlexander Shapleigh o.f Bar.rtlett," ,.and two other p"arce!s. J'!):>od senice in d~sposi11g of the s:Uy 'l'otnes. This paper is signed by George fictions that had accumulated about As early as 1622 Arthur ·Cha.mCary.. , :the name. He readily found · thit all pernowne had com.rnission from ihe T.he l'ease or possession of Kingsthe c11rront .t ales and legends a,nd Council for New England permitting wear prope1 ties by the Champer~uesses about the word belonged is vessel, the Chudleigh, to trade now:nes appears to begin in 1591. "to the realm of imagination." ("Old and fi sh in the waters of New EngKittery," page 139.) . Regarding t~e Miss C. Eaizabeth •Cham1>ernow.ne, land. There is no reco1·d of Arthur persons for whom the place . was said who has c-areiully made tihe extracts Champernowne ever coming io Amfrom the papers, in a note says, "the to have been n11med, he _ could "Jlnd •rica. It ,is understood that Captain Castle lands appear to ' have been 1110 evjden·ce that any such . pe~sons Oh~mpernowne first came here in held on a leaso for seventy years ~ver iiv~d." Of course ·they never from about i5Dl." t he Benedictiop. .But the Chudleig:h lived. "Kitty,. Ray~' and ~h9'.se other kvas proha,hly here in the sprin g of T,his year (33rd Q. Eliz.) there is "nishorical" personages , must take 1623. Dr. Tuttle sug.gests tha t the an agreement "Between John Fell of 11 their pla,ces ,vitli: the famou s Chudleigh ",m ay have had the for. Totnes, .Surgeon, . & Gawert ·'Humpty, Dumpty." g-otten ~distinction of bearing to the pernowne of Dartmgton. In cons1d-1 Mr. ,S~ackp.ole suggests tha,t "H Pascataqua some ,of the fathers of era,tion of £21 -to John Fell by Gawen is cei·tain that Alex•a.nder Shapleigh, that early settl·emen-t, begun at this Ch:ampernowne, in the na.me of :i. 1 ;vho puilh the first' house at Klttery ffyne, do-th devise to Gawen Clulrh- 1 time." Certai1;1ay this is the nearest 1 Point> about. 1635, came from a place pernowne all that one close of land nf , any information we have about ~a,lled Kittery Point ,in Kings·this ear,Jy settle.merit. called th~ Castell Gr.ounds, occupa~ .vear( e), near Dartmo-uth, England, tion of Jhhn Bowhage, & also all amd ,without doubt he gave <the name The "name of Kittery appears for that CoaM ( ? ) and aU those old l,to th!l tipot where he ·b uilt Kiititery •the first time, so :far as · one can walls known by the name of the old _ Point wa~ eo ca.Ned .before the name I learn, Jn a -mortgage deed, dated Castell of Kingswear, reserving to Kittery was given to the to'wnshi:p, December 20, 1635, ~overing .one of John Fell & his heirs Hberty to dig , in iall -probability." (•B ut Dr. Tuttle the Kingswear properties, and which quarries on ithe cliff and ingress :for • ,ays Sbapleigh w.:i.s ·of To.tnes or istate Arthur Champemownc .am:! taking stones &c. for the term of Dartmouth.) . , ' is son -and heir . Henry, seem to three scoi-e ,& ten years.'' • Alexander ,.~ hs.pleigh was tlie faave jointly held'. In 1606, (3rd James I) there is a tl\er of Ni?holas •Slta~f!igh, :'a; ' large Mis•s C. E1i~abe'th iChampex:now.ne, lease "between John Fell and Chris.: landowner m Kittery; an9 otner parts of the present ' fam·iJy of Totnes, ten Bow4en, now the wife of Francis ?:f M·:i,ine, a prominent sh1p-bui)der, thr.ough, !\fr. Hine'-Hnycock of the Bowden, . & ' Edward V1tt.ery and a.nd exercised .much ·irufltience." ,NichKittery , Court, has f.cn,warded to l Marie Vittery, her .' children," ·b y ~-1a.s .Shapleigh "emigrated to Maine Hon. Justin H. ,Shaw 10f IUttery, ex\Vhich these three came in possession pr.obably sometime . previous to tracts !from nineteen deeds covering of two messuages, two gardens and 1640." Alexander S·hap\eigli ' (<the fa. the various Ki,ngswear '-estates, dat"one little ·piece of lanci" lately in .oc-. ·ther)· ''was -p-emna.nently settled in .ing ' from 'the -second year of -the cupation,_' of William Vittery, for her Ki.ttery- as early as 1640." ("HistorJreign <>'f Edward VI ( 1549) _to 1654. life. ' kal '.Papers," '.page ·112; , n5>te 3.Y ,. Six small deeds, the earlier ones, In a deed of lease made in 1610, The JlMle ol Afexarid~r •Shapleigh are stated to ,be in La.tin. Judge which document is said to be in ba<l does n.ot 'appe.a.r in any of the deeds Shaw ,has copied thes.e extracts for condition across the middle, appears o:t the ,J<;itte_ry property in .K.ingsuse in a new history of KiLlery. "Richard, Champernowne of Modw;ear, but stnangely enough, a Nich.A!s early as the twenty~seeond bury, in the County of Devon o'1as ,Sha.~eigh a.p~rs as an o,wner year of, the reign of Queen ElizaKnight." One can only get the fragalmMt a centul'Y . af.ter :the setltle1heth ·(1580) •R obert Oary of Clovelly ments of the details in this paper-' mmt of <the American Kittery. 'l'he seems to have leased an -estate in most applicable of the information Kingswe•ar to William Vittery and n.u•v at hand is that the ,English Kit. ar,g-er Vittfil}'._ chiLd.ren of. John tery estate was a<;tually in ,t he possession of the G,ham_pernownes dur' n,g- the ,settlement of our Ki,ttery. j of I I a C~-1 I �font "whereas, the s.d. Sir Richard specified in th.1s last deed. There is a ory, a h;,i"se ~utsid~ my ga.t,es;-i. C~ampemownci is now possessed for rfu~ther deed of 1640 between the I still .called ·by that name. · "The. point off garden wall has chvers years yet to come 1same parties, apparently, . which in one cantell commonly ~alled ;oi seems to convey "two-thirds of the alw~ys been known · as Kittery Point, Godmyrocke, & sometimes called by :::iessuage, &c," but the paper is in :;ind the oldest residents here tell me the nam~ of the old Castell' of Kingsuch bad condition that no complete that they hav1/never known it as any~w:car &i; and huildings, orchards, copy could be made. thing else.'' · • closes of lands, commonly called .th(; Deeds made in 16:JS and 165-• se,;m Mr. Hine-Haycock ~ays that he ha~ / ~stell Ja,,ds & gardens and othe:· i"to descr,ibe s imik.r properties. The 1 been told the word "Kaye" as used, , . to the said castell bet·papers o[ 1638 are a good deal dam- means a shipyard, and it is assumed loi;iging &~ . . . . Johrl \(;ged. "John Follett of Kingswear, that the American synonym is Fell sometime of Totnes, Chyi-urgiori, /,iooper," is mentioned. This family "quay," which we pronounce as "ke", ~nto Gawen Champer11owne of Dartname will hear further investigation. and which · with us ' also . means a mgton . . . . the sd. Si'· _The deed of July 20, 1654, is by AmiRichard Champcrnow(le Clf Darti..nl!' , as Champernownc and Gawen Cham- wharf or landing place, especially a ton doth devise, transfer & se1l un~J pemown o (brothor!i of 'Francis) to walled wharf. The reasons for supposing that Arthur Champernowne of Dartin . their nephew, Arthur Champernowne Kittery may have been •a - corruption ton · • • . a.11 the Castel II (son of Henry). 1 It is impossible, of course, to conlands etc . . . ancl all my whol te or a confusion of the family name of )ect these prop2rtie!l very much con- Vittery, are very convincing. ' First, esta~ ,for a ter~ of years." / Leases m:1de rn 1611 and 1612 menecutively. Miss Champernowne sug- the name seems 'to have originated t;on first "a messuar,-e pallace & herb •ests that "perhaps Mr. Hine-Hay-I on this Kingswear property. That is, g:1n.lcn," aacl "a messuage & one gar1;ock may be able to say upon com-I the documentary evidence exists of a,!"ln pea1· the · i:hurchyard." A deed of parison of the deeds at Kittery the n~n}e 1a11pearing ' there ii1 lllS5, l 61~ c::mveys "all that one messuage whetJ,er others of the properties or 55 years after , the Vittery family & te'.1em;i_nt, one Pallace & Herbgarmentioned are comprised in the Kit- was named in the deeds of .the Kings• den m h.mgswear, formerly in occutery Lands." She also suggests that wear properties. No _other English pation of John Pen;to now in occu"ptrhaps Arthur Champernowne origin .o f the name has ever , beei1 . ' oc• Wm. Hawley." raired money on ·Ms Kingswear prop· suggested. The Vittery family a.p- · 1pat ion The mortgage deed or lease of Delerty in order to settle his ~on Fran- parently lived for a long _ time on cember 20, 1635, in which the natne ,ci s in America, as this transactio11 som~ part of these later Champer:. of1 Kittery fir.st appears, and which as 'rn1s lhe year before Francis left for nowne properties. .- The name ap· · far as known, perhaps, is the oldest ishe New World." pears in the .. English deed;12 . yr.arii I writing in this respect in existence I A deed made May 8th, 1723, menbefu, !:\.the incorporation of our Kit~s a long and comr,Jicated document'. 1 tioned in a letter of Mr. Jline-HayMiss Champernowne says it has two cock t o Judge Shaw, na mes "Sussa: tery. 'l~e English Kittery has been named long-, enough to bc·· ••commonly cuts or mutilations through it. It ' ,v:.!r Shai,lc.igh, ., <iS :.tt,on,\'!y l o N. · is ·, ''between William Bogan of Gat- '\ Shapleigh," who, for ten pounds, sold called Kitte~•.tt '• rt 11ad so J:>ecome a'• combe & Andrew Langdon of Clifton t o John Fov;nes, "All that site or ruin name·, and dlstinciivo ,en,ui~ t~ €'"1 Dartmouth merchant of the one part of an ancient messuage dwelling recognized. ln fact, .its· 01;1gfo seems & ,Arthur Champernowne and Henry house or Kaye, commonly called Kit- to be explained in, this phrase, "com•' Champernowne hi~ son ancl heir.'' tery, bounded on West by River and 1nonl:1-· called Klttei'y." It- is • more. It "Witnesseth that, whereas the Harbour of Dartmouth, No1th and probaple,· as it y.,itl al5pear, l that the sd. Sir Arthur Champerno,vne and South by land of John Fownes." This confusion may have arisen over the first, rather than in John Upton of Lupton, Robert Sav"N. Shapleigh". is described in a par- w~-itteri V{0 ·d ~ry of Willinge, Henry Champeragraph of the same letter as "Nicho- some slip of pi.-onounciatioh. · (the. ~am.tis of Klttery' ·and Vittery, nowne, ~ogether wii~1 _ John Upton, ! las Shapleigh,"' of Kittery, in tht> Robert Savery of . W1llrnge, by their County of York, in the Province of t\s written in --the ·usual Ehglish hand1 d~ed bearing date of the date I Massachi;setts Bay, New England." are almost .identical, for in this te• h\\reof, for and in consideration of spect the nht of the capital letter K Ilut this was a hundred years afteithe sum of £1118 to them the sd. Arthe settlement in our Kitter·y. H~ ~s huide' precistily th!l 'way . the thur Champernowne & Henry Cham· appears to have been absent by hav- hand makes the full capital letter V. pernowne by the sd. Wm. Bogan for ing Sussanuh Shapleigh act for hirr. '.fhe finishing strokes of K are invllri& towards the payment of the 'debt , as attorney. So that the Nicholaf !ibly separated from the , first forhl\l.· of Arthur ,' Ch.::mpernowne & · Honry Shapleigh of this deed may have beer Hon o,! the letter, ,or the V:1ffuape beChampernowne, ancl of the · sum of confused with some other of.· that ginnll1g.- N1fo1efous exanip\es •of t,h1s 1 20 p. to each of them the scl., 'John fam<ily of an · earlier date, or he may !!lmifatity have beon preserved fQ Upton &. Robert Savery by the sd; !have been a later Shapleigh of th~ ¢omparlson in the consider:i.tion of Wm. Boga,.n for and towards the• said I same first name. prob!\bi}it~. . · . . _ debt (the W!!Ole !;1.11,u,; of money beif,lg ' The former owners prior to 1717 ·\this Anott\er example of the variation, a great and valuable consideration) mentioned in the deeds belonging tt in names has ' already beeh seell ih und the same therebY, fomi.ally ac• Mr. Hine-Haycock, are named in hi~ connectton with tM ~istory of t.bis knowledged," etc. letter as "Cha.nwernowr,e, Agonor, same Muse or estate, at\tl in .fact in "Have ·granted, · alienated &c unto . Barnes (spelled "Barnos"), Thomas 11 tho same Wm, Bogan or A1idrew Ailwyn, Mary 'Marson, widow, lega- the same deed, where the · :tfatnes" Langdon & ~o the heirs of Wm. Botee ar•d devi·see of will of T. Ailwyn, 1-Iou!Se . deiiendecl. fol: its name \lpbn the fhl'nllY name spelled "Bnrncls." gan for ever, All that messuai~c &c ; :mrl Thomas Allwyn; nephew of T commonly called by the name of God· I Ailwyn of Stepney, county of M,iddle• Here is a\so ahoihet' evid~nce thnt~ the name of the house depended upon myrocl~e1 otherwise GodmatockE1, 1 sex." . 1 Qtherw1se the 0ld CastNl of l{,ing; September 28, 1717, H. Marson & the family Mme, nntl: fUtthei• • consweai•," and various other parcels. T. Ailwyn sold to John Fownes of ftrtfts the conelu!liol'I thl\t :tdttery ~✓118 "A_nd also all that messauge te~eNetbway, Brixham, Devon, "All that it fth!t atld originally V1ttecy 1 and ment Pallace & Kaye commolHy ~essuage or dwelling house common- froltl tl\e Vlt~rt fim11y. · called Kitte1·y, with their ai1d every Anoihet itni.ibttafit · ptf)b~biht!•: to ; 1y -calle~ Ki:tery House, or Barner of their appurtenances situated in 1 House, m Kmgsweal'," · considered was the disposition of Kingsweat," etc. The ,Champernownes t' the Champernownes to giv'3 the Dev_In his letter to Judge Sha.w, Mr had until 1640 in which to pay off onshire names to their New World H1_ne-Hayco~k says: "I purchaser the n\ortgt1ge according to the terms properties. In the grant of "five , this ~ous_e m 1911, and have alwayP . .:. :J \ been anxious to find out its past his• hundred acres. more or !ess," by tory.,._ ~eyon<l the title deeds, howGorges to A1thur Champernowne, eVITT';'T"ll:!.Yi!71Ut-y\:L - .m-udt ~ -.r o1 ~nd referring- to the island property, Previious to 1717, so I am toW, ther, 1t was provided that it was to be were no such things as deeds in thr called Dartington, "do11btless in hontransf~r of hou se property. Thir ·I or of his native parish in Devonhouse 1s supposed to have been :, shire.'' The other · tract, of about mona stery at one time, and the Pri- "five hundred acJ·es of r.11.nrsh land, my I at same. j be �on the northeas~ side of Bra'poaJ barbor," was to be called Goumyrocke, the name that has appeared in the deeds hereinbefore quoted. Chauncey's creek was given tbe name of Champernowne's creek. The nam_e should not have been changed, and it should again be given its original nv.me. This is the sentiment one finds in lCittery. Captain Francis had a name for eac~ of his two residences, the upper and lower hfluses, the first named being where the residence· of Mr. John Thaxter now stands, on Cutts-Dartington; the lower house being on the property of the lllte Theodore Keen of Kitt2ry Poin1:, both places being among the beautiful spots along the ocean front. Not only is. it likely/ that the Champernownes gave us the name o'f Kittery, but Dr. Tuttle also credits Captain Fr.ancis Champerno ne with 7hn"\'Ttlg giwa \, ·.:owH -.,1 cn:t:In-o.l'I in New Hampshire its name. He , says: "While his father, as we have seen, was the proprietbr of a largct .t ract of land on the east side of the mouth ,of the Pascataqua, which Fro.ncis probably was authorized to look after, he select~d for his pl'irtci_pal reiidence at this time a tract of land lying in a .picturesque. region on the southerly side of the Great bay 1nd east of the Winnicut river, within the pre$ent town. of· Greenland, then a part of Strawberry · Bank, now Portsmouth, in New Hampshir~. This I farm, comprising about 400 ..,".\Cres; he- purchased 'of .Robert ·Saltonstall and others, owners of a portion of the "Squamscott P~trnt," SO· called. This estate he immediately improved by building a dwelling house and other . structures thereon. · rhe farm {vas· then usually called .Greenl81'd, and this name was communicated to a portion of-the town in which it la.y. Again, we have the same process tbat likely took plac~ in Kittery, when a. portion named Kittery Point became Kittery late,· when a · name was found for the township. · Mr. }loyt's editorial explanation on this subject of the Greenland farm is that' "Greenland as , the name of a hamlet or of a parish WflS not unknown in England. There was anciently a cove or dock in the harbor of Dartmouth called 'Greenland .dock.' -The mime must have been familiar to Champernowne from. his boyhood days, and h_e it was undoubtedly who bestowed t:he name on his ~vm at t~e 9reat b!!:Y, Th~~~me' appears for tbe first time,on the recordi; of Ports111outh under the date of July 10, 1665, ana it came at length to be applied to. tJie eastern ' part' of Portsmouth; a.nd when that part -was 2rected into a township it retained, 1s it still retains, the name bestowed Champernowne.'' It- is, extraordinary that ' these ,olrl , eds, should have been preserved, to have to conie to light at this date, between 350 1 and 400 ' years after their '.l'lakin$, to· give up this lntert>sting \nformati,.;,i. about the name of the 1ldest town in Maine; and -to Mr. Hine~Haycock and to Miss Cliampernowne, the historian owes a great t eh+~ ~~~ 7i::>o.&\ 1cn.u-v-v-~ ~ . q. l ,q, \.o �--- -----, HISTORICAL ADDRESS ·t"Our chapel occupies part of the the _school in the· past. We also have "The year 1932 is one of celebra- si e,,wh re once stood the residence copies of lesson books that were in tions and annivenmries in Sl. John's of l ~10111as Pacer, Sheriff of the use nearly 100 years ago. Parish. One hundred and twenty- Prov111c~ previous t, 0 the Revol t · "A chronological record of the five years ago the cornerstone of the It1 wa~ 111 this hom;e that l~~~~­ church school has been prepared present church was laid. Two hun- \~ ~shmglon was boarded durin hi~ showing the enrollments each year dre<l years ago Queen's Chapel ,vas v1~'.t, to Portsmouth in 1788. g and other facts that have been poserected, being the second church of ~L John's Church School ,vas or·- sible to secure. the ..John's. hun- ga111ze(1 112 years ago, in the• vear "The school seems to have reachdred parish years of agoStSt. John'sOne Chapel 1820 • allcl ,rn~ lhe first chi:1rch ed its height in size from 1880 to was erected. school formed m the diocese of N 1883. During this time the enrollDuring the autumn and winter of Ha 1 I · - ew ment was 306, the largest it has ever nd 1831-32 St. John's Char)el was built E< :1 PS lire, achurch is the school second oldest ◄ P(SCopal in the been .. The school had been steadily on State Street by the parishioners U111led Slates. growmg from 1862, during the pasJ . Fisher Sheafe donating the land'. The designs were selected by the "ql:riS! Church, Doston, more torates of Dr. Thomas F . Davies, Rector, Rev. Charles Burroughs. familiar!)'. 1;nown as the Old North R~v. Rufus W. Clark and Dr. J. F. The chapel was built lo :iccommo- 9hurch 01 1 aul Revere fam<', organ- Rmgham, up to this time. "During the period from J880 to date the Sunday School, Bible izcd a St1llclay school in 181G and is th Classes, and the rector's lectures. It th e oldcS t school in New England 1883 the Rev. Charles Holbrook was opened and dedicated on Sept. at has continued to the pre;ent rector of the church, was superin~ d tendenl. He was untiring in his ef13, 1832 by Bishop Griswold, Bishop day, t aJ1 probably in the United for~s with the young people of the of the Eastern Diocese. This event is S ales. recorded in the diocesan reports as "In Portsmouth two Sunday parish. In 1877 he established a follows: schc~ols ,';'ere organized simultan- home for destitute children which "A small chapel belonging lo St. eously. I he South Parish organized was nourished by the parish and Jolrn's Church, erccle(l bv the a Sunday school in its chapel on later became the Chase Home for munificC'nce of the parishioners and Wentworth Street in 1818. A Sun- Childrc~. The Portsmouth Hospital some otlwr benefactors, on a val ua- day school was also formed in that was a direct outgrowth of the misble central lot of land presented by year in the Brick Vestry of the fionary chapter of St ..John's Parish J. Fisher Sheafe, Esq., for the pur- N orlh Parish on Fleet St. It was begun _by Mr. Ho!brook. Mr. Hovey: pose of public lecture· ancl scrip- later held in .Jefierson Hall and in- becommg rector m 1883 carried on tural classes. was completed last eluded the children of the city with- and finished the work b;gun by Mr. Holbrook. September, and on the 13th of that out respect to denominations. "In 1927 the school was reorrranmonth was opened by suitable reli"These schools were not, strictly gious services by Uw Ht. Rev. nishop speaking, the first organized in iz d and has continued to the preGriswold, who a!Ho preached an ap- Porl~;111oulh. Mrs. Amos Tappan, sent time with the adm inistration as propriate digcourse for the occasion. sister of Rev. Dr. Buckminsler, col- begun at that time. The present enWhat rendered the day p culiarly lectecl the numerous negro children rollment is 260, and while it mav interesting was that it was the com- in town at her house every Sunday not be possible in the present times mcmoration of the 100th anniver- and gaYe them religious instruction. to attain the size of 1880, we can try gary of the erection of Quc<'n's This was continued for several to make our school as effectual as Chapel. Prayers were read by the years and was probably lhe first possible, perhaps exceeding the past in other ways. Rev. G. W. Doane, now Bishop of Sunday school in New England. "It is well for us who cherish the ew Jersey, and a centennial ser"Rev. Dr. Burroughs organized a mon preached by the rector. The church school in 1820 for his parish, past of our glorious parish, surRev. Drs. Eaton and Morse, the lat- being our prescnL church school. rounded as we are with evidences of ter rector of SL Paul's Church When organized, New Hampshire it~ accomplishments, to preserve its Newburyport, and Mr. L. M. Purdy had not been made a separate dio- hlStory and traditions; and yet we wcre present and aided in the servi- cese, and the parishes were few and should not think only of these ce •. The chapel seemed a 11roper and scattered. There were but seven things, but strive to push on to beautiful 9ffering to be presented on church centers, and now there are greater and better things, making our work of the present of lasting that day to the Divine Preserver of 63. the Church for the last century. "There is not much that can be va Iue to the generations to come. "l would like to close with a quoSuch a monum nl declared in some- said about the history of a church thing more exprcssi,·e than words: school. J ls ac'tivities are so much the tation from Charles Carroll Hall's 'Hitherto hath lhe Lord hc>lped us.' same from year to year that there history of St. John's Parish: "When originally built the scats is litlle variation oYer a period of " 'If you wish to see my monu faced the cnlrn11cc, and the pulpit lime. YeL who docs not cherish the ment, look about you; so reads the was bclw<'<'n lhe two doors of the memories of their church school visitor to St. Paul's, London, as he vc•slibul<'. In 1870 an <'nla rg-enw11l clay:-i, and llir Christmas Fcslivals stands in that vast cathedral, and on the south end was added, congisl- and l'icnics '! A8 Aldrich stales in sees around him on all sides the eviing- of a chancel and~·t1coves for a his 'Story of a Bad Boy' : 'l like the dences of Sir Christopher Wren its library, and lhe scats were made to sabbath-school; there are bright designer and builder. To that s~me face the opposite direction, tov,•anls young faces there, at all e\'ents.' The great architect is due our church of the chancel. The interior was also parish record:; contain ver.v little in- Sl. John's, for among the minor redecorated with painted frescoes formai_ion regarding the church works of Wren is the old parish an<l mottos. During lhrse altera- school, probably because il has al- church of Chelsea, England, of tions the church school met in the wa.vs been so much a part of the which St. John's is said to be an galleries of the church, lhe superin- parish life. The diocesan reports exact reproduction. tcndent standing in fronL of the or- co11::1in !!P.nPral statistics rach vear " 'The interior, thus copied from gan. In 1915 the chapel was disman- and it is from this source that we Wren's church at Chelsea, has been tied and the buildin" fitted for a l have been able to sup1)ly what universally admired for its fine parish house. ..,, - ~~ \ records we were lacking. Some of proportions and architectural exactthe record books of the school have been preserved, and are quite inter- ness. Its galleries, with supporting es ting to examine, showing met hods Doric pillars, and their Ionic col\ of administration and activities of umns u holding the roof, give a dig- I �nity to its appearance of w nc there remain today but few equall good examples. The graceful lines of the chancel, wherein the Creed, Lord's Prayer, and Ten Commandments are lettered upon panels beneath an arched cntablature, upborne on pillars with carved Corinthian capitals, are of admirable design and command the approval of the most critical observer. It is indeed a dignified ecclesiastical structure, both within and without, and we of the present generation, whose privilege it is to worship therein, may well apply to it the words, which with great appropriateness may be said to represent St. John's today, as 'Our Holy and beautiful house, wherein our fathers praised Thee.' " ~~~~ ~-~~~~~ ~ . \<:t3";). a.aked .Aug. 16, G. W. Haven " author "of wha.t seems to be the fir~t American translation from the prose writings of Heinrich Heine. It bears the tit!~, 'Letters AuxJllary to the History or Pohte Literature In Germany. Translated from the /!e;;na~. by' . G. . W. Haven,' Boston, l!XSO, G, W. Haven" wa.s doubtle1u1 George Wa.111s Haven of Portsmouth, N. H., .A. B., Dartmouth 1828 A. M. Hon. H&rve.rd 1889 (Harvard Quin: auennlal Catalogue, 1005), -who wa11 twentY• elght yea.rs ot e.ge In 1836, the year In which this book was published, and of whom 'l find the following account: George W. Haven (Admitted Federal Fire Society, Portsmouth, N. H., 1846), son 1 of John Haven (F. F: S.;17 !l), Graduated at Dartmouth College 1838' [lS!!S-see above. J. F.) He attorward11 stud1ed In Gcrme.nY, where he met the ta.n1oua poot Goethe, to whom he had letters o! Introduction, and other German literary men. His knowledge of German and ita.lle.n literature was extensive. He we.a also well read In the science ot political economy. He we.s tor forty yea.rs a. Director of the Rockingham Bank. He delivered lectures In Portsmouth on Dante, on political economy, and on be.11klng. Mr. Haven resided In the house on Islington street, erected by his father In 1709, which we.s demolished (a hundred years after Its erection) to -make room tor tM new High School Building, which now occupies Its site. IJe died there August 9, 1805 aged eighty-seven years. (Federal Fire Society of Portsmouth, N. E:,t Organized March <l, 17, O. P11bJlshed oy the Society, 100:i, pages 63-66.) May I add that on the house No. 32 Craven street, Strand, Che.ring Cross, London, e. few doors trom No. 36, where Franklin resided from 1757 to 176'2, e.nd the greater 1111.rt of the Ume from 17M to 17715, the two periods of his stay In London, a.s related In Notes a.nd Queries, June 18, 1014 (No. 832), there ls a. ta.blet pla.ced by the London County Council, with the following lnscrlpt1cn; ['1\Wo la.urel bl'&Mohe• orosaed.J G-13. 1. R. E. T. 191:i, ''who was Mr. c. L. C'. Kl!l:t.'llRIOH REINE German Poet a.nd I!loaa.ylst (1700-1866) Lived Here 1827 a•~c....Jl~-=--=~---- _,L_F, �------- \NO.~\'""\ 7 e., -\-\o u. Se.- HERE DWELT- A- COLONIAL ARISTOCRAT l tended to suggest a .costly wood. On the boards of the pine floor which abutts this section, there 1s an unworn the floor and which is bordered by · many small holes made by tacks that have held the edges of carpets that came only so far. Clearly the sharply defined unworn floor space was covered by a large piece of furniture which' cxtended In height to the beginning of the white paint near the ceiling. Mrs. Wendell tells me that they know just what this piece of fumlture was; they have a ploture of It and that it is still in the i1ossesi.on of a branch of the family. It is a mahogany sccretary-bookoose of what might be called early Chippendale or mld-Georgl"-n type. If that should sometime find itself again in the precise place in which it stood before for a oentury and I\ half an additional dramatic and antiquarian Interest would be attached to this old dining room of Capt. Archil:lald Macpheadris, King's Counsellor and merchant-shipmaster. - -----...,...,.....,_,,., __ _ · By OARL GREENLEAF BEEDE A Most Extraordinary Discovery inother flno dwelling o! Ne* EngA' fe ture whioh will give antlquarl\d colonial days has been announced lahs the utmosb surprise and d•illght IJ having Its doors open for the public. •is found in the dining 1·oom ancl the ow, anyone who cares to do so may chamber above it--flrebacks still neatly nter and become familiar with the bricked Into the fireplaces, .as they moot ouse that sheltered one of the most have been for many generations, for prominent families of the community one is dated 1765. These heavy iron ot PorLsmouth ,N. H., 200 years ago. ca,sUngs bear deslgn.s whlo hare wholly 'l'hls 1s the 14-room Warner House, 1·e- urtlike In their motives and are plocently acquired by the Warner House tured above on this page. Very, very !Association, Mrs. Barrett Wendell, a rarely, ln New England, are such things rrsldent of the city, being a chief In- to be found in shops where one might stlgator of the movement. Charter expeot them to be • . Apparently they members of the corporation Include w~re seldom, if ever, bullt into flre.. people who are either residents of Ne,v pl~es in these states after about 1'170 Ji.ampshire or who spend their summerll arid it 1s likely many which' surv1veC11 there. · " through a century or so after tha~ This house does not take its name may have disappeared as sorap iron. from Captain Macpheadris, who ~tarted J Both of· these have recently come to it 1n 1718 and finished It In five years, J light through removing the bricks although a fair recognition of this which inclosed the fireplace opening. prosperous Scotch merchant and King's They show indications of much use, Counsellor should, it seems, be attach- so tnat the details of the sharpl ~d to It. The captain's wife was Gov. formed patterlll! are In part l_ost. Still John Wentworth's daughter Sarah. enqtlgh is left to reveal one of then Col. Jonathan Warner, also a member as tbe work of an experience~ de.~ign'o! the King's Counsel, married the only er, with 110 little skill of the sculptural 'd aughter, Mary Macpheadris, inherited sort, as one may see in the low relief •the home of her parents and left it in of Gencrn I Wolfe and In the vigorous his name. profile or an Indian's head, Architect's View in Another Column Portraits Return to Former Pla.ces ' The size and character of this WarnIn other old houses we have seen br House and the date of its construe- even several rooms which appear to 'tlon make It one of the most import- have been unchanged from the first. ant examples of enrly eighteenth cen- Here thnt aspect prevails. More tha11 tury New England domestic archltec- that, four portraits which hung on ture. lt is so conspicuously outstanding these walls before the ·Revolution, and In this· respect that I have asked Mr. constantly uritll a few years ago, are Philip Dana Orcutt, chairman of the now hanging there again, having bee:11 house committee, for the Society for either given or loaned to the Society the Prnsenvatlon of New England An- by Warner descendant.,. Their aristotlquitics, Lo comment on ils details. His craUo pose, rlchnci;.q of costume and views will be found in another· column. our knowledge of the men and women · My own Impressions of it come of no whom they picture, give a peculiar sentechnical knowledge of its stylistic mer- satlon that the old rooms are about to its, or its harmony throughout as he- become re-peopled with the pre-Revlonglng to a certain definite period. olutlonary elegant dames and digni:What gave me pleasuro in a greater tarles who once were really there. This dcgreee than any house of its decade is another most happy outcome and which I h,we visited was the unchang- surprising-that family portraits of tho ed origin,'\! condition of the building, eighteenth century should be seen as inside and out, and the presence of a they were originally on the walls of a considerable number of objects which dwelling which Is semi-public property. were there when Capt. Archibald Mac- Herc are five of them, four bearing the pJwadris and his wifr, Snrah, presided inscription: "J. Blackburn Plnxlt 1761." over the home, which Is believed to There are also a few pieces or the have been the finest in '\II New Eng- Warner family furniture and somo sllland at that time. verware from other generous descenNow,' the walls which we sec arc the dants. Some of these are mehtioned in same as then, broken into simple and the d scrlption attached to the pictures austere panels, although thcil' painted here. color has been changed many times Pl r.ln~ of 11 Bookcaso lR Deflnrd since then. The brass latch locks th at In tho dining room Is found highly were put on the doors more th an 200 Interesting evidence of the form and ' ' :years ago arc still there, operating per- character of the pieoe of furniture fectly. Nowhere In the house was a which stood galnst one wall. Many later substitute found, al th ough some coats of paint cover the wall's upper were of Iron and a few obscure doors portion, down three feet or so from the had common wrought iron handles a nd high celling. Below, the ninEl paneling thumb-latches of the era, usual tor Is t It 11 !sh I t 'cheaper homes. • coa ed w h ye ow -brown pa n I which ls faded and dried with ago, but Other original hardware, such a:; th e lt still shows efforts at decoration in~-and-L hinges on all the doors, temain throughout, as do the butterfly hlnges ..of the .~hutters anct some oloset doora. _ · · f I I I ~ ~ ~ ' n . \\g;n.c& & -s~ \~~~ ~~~~ 'd.~. ~W->-4.U 'lY\ ~ -------- �ES Pilgrimage Sponsored by Portsmouth Garden Club Pro es Success Today under the sponsorship O'f the Por~mouth Garden Olub six of the noted historical houses of Portsmouth were opened to the ·public a.nd wore visited by a large number of interested people, many coming from the summer oolonies a•t Ogunquit, Kennebunk, York Harbor. York Beach, New Wentworth mansion, the home of Mrs. James R. May, the Boardman house, now the home of Hon. and Mrs. William E. Marvin, the J. Winslow Pelroe ma.nsion, <the Unitarian Ohurch parsonage and the John Paul Jones House. One or the finest of the old houses View ot Haymarket Square Showing Peirce Mansion Visited During Pil- grimage Today. Castle, Eliot, Kittery Point, the Rye in this section is the Gov. Benning beaches and Hampton, as well as a .,Wentworth mansion. Situated at Litlarge number from the North Shore ' tie Harbor, the building ls yery ploresorts at Gloucester, Magnolia and 'turesque, and with a little imaginaManchester by the Sea, tn Massachu-1 tlon one can plct.ire tht romantic setts, and from many other places. A marriage under that roof of Benning large n.imber of local people also !Wentworth, one time governor of the made th~ trip. Pl'Ovlnce of New Hampshire, and 1 That they found much to interest Martha Hilton. them goes without saying and the en-1 The house and garden of Mrs. tire da..; was one of much enjoyment. J•ames R. May, at 364 Middle street, The houses were open from 10 .30 this ·!s another specimsn of the fine old morning 'until 5.30 this afternoon 11nd those visited were the Gov. Benning �The parsonage of the Unitarian Church, the home of Re\·. ar.d Mrs. William Safford Jones, w::.s bdlt in 1749. The occupants of tru.s house • delight in having visitm-s to inspect tb.e lieaut.Hul house and earden. The John Paul Jones a:ouse, the home 0£ the Portsmouth Uistorical 1Society, is the only house ln the gro,1p · open t;<> the publl.c at all times during houses 1n this clty. The building the summer, was also o:.. the list of was erected in 1806 and today was the open houses in the pllgrlmage today. first time the public has hacl an .op- This house at.tracts maur JV~itors portunlty to visit it. TLe garden was during the summer, but like theman an outstanding attractl011. v;ho lived in the shadoW of a noted The Boardman House, t.he home of . monument and never got around to Hon. and Mrs. William E. Marvin, climbing lt, there are mnn.· Portswas also open. This attractive house mouth resll1.ents who just haven't got was built in 1800 by Langley, a.nd the around to -_,isiti'lg the house. Here noted architect, Bullfinch, wh9 de- John P:!ul Jones •i?ed d.:..ing the time signed the Portsmouth Public Library, the Ranger was being built a.t Bad.t he state Ho.1se in Boston and the ger's Jsla.nd. . s. capitol, is credited with deAll the aoove mentione<! houses ,signing this mansion. were on the itinerary and from 10. 30 The Peirce House .on Haymarket to 5.30 the mansions were inspected by JOHN PAUL JONES nousE Headquarters of Portsmouth Historical Society. Sc;iuare is r.lways a delight to those lmany. During the morning ra.ln kept who love the old-time archit-ect:..re. many nway, but in the aftemcnn the The fanlight ovel' the front door at- numbers increased. tracts the attention of ma.ny who are The proceeds are to be used toward passing through the city and the op- \ the fund for the creation of an oldportunity to view the interior o! this time garden at the John Paul Jones historic mansion was most welcome. house. l \ - ------ �., I . I l\lso in Portsmouth, and but a short distance from the Warner House, ls the Wentworth-Gardner House, built 1n 1760, or a ge.Qeration later. This mansion is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, which has turned it over to the care of the Society for the Preservation or New England Antlqultlcs. Closed for some years, this fine building is now open to the public and may well be visited by all who see the earlier home here more fully described. The Wentworth family was perhaps the one most prominent in pre-Revolutionary New Hampshire and this Is the most pretiln1ous of several old homes to which the name is attached. Picture And Articles Used Through C~urtcsy of. Christian Science Monitor. �. , AN EARLr· GEORGIAN uousE ·t, ~y- PHILLIP DANA ORCUTI' Thi! Warner House in Portsmouth, N. H., offers to architects, antiquarians and 'that growing body or Americans who turn to the earlier, purer period of building for inspiration in the development of their own homes, a comparntively unspoiled example of both the architecture and the decoration of that period. An unusual number of documents having ·to do with its construotton and furnishing are preserv1:id. The :tiouse was built by Capt. Archl• bald Macpheadris, a SOotchman in i'116. It w~s remodeled twice, about 1780 and placed in the room about 1760. The dlf,. ficulty or moving it had preserved th~ section from the many coats of pain11 which now cover the rest of the room, Tradition told or a secret cupboard near the fireplace. The cupboard was located by measurements, but the pro·~ per method of opening it was not dis• covered. However, it" was possible to ,out into it from behind and to force it open. The •legendary jewels were •not there but-more interesting and valu:. able-a section of plastered ce1llng, d.e:corated wlt-h paint. This 1B tho second case known 1n New England of a deo;1850. 1 orated plaster oe1ll11g, but celllngs, by .. :According to tradition, the brick their very prominence, tend to bo more came !ro~n Holland, the loss at sea ot done over than anything else in I' one ship load delaying the building. house. These bricks are large but thin and Four fireplaces have been opened, In are l~id in a bond of five or six c~urses three of which were found iron flr.i• of stretches, alternating with a single backs, one or them dated 1769. Theso course or headers. The walls are 18 were probably cast' in the iron work.I inches thick and extend into the eel- established by Macpheadris, although Jar, :forming their own foundation, after his death. These iron works were stone foundations not being used here- the first 1n New Hampshire; -and of abouts at this time. The plastering, the ·earliest in the country. where it occurs ori the inside or outStill the Old Window Glass sLd~ walls, is directly on the brick nnd ' Two pairs of the original sashes re•• is in , splendict condition. It was appar- main, with heavy mullions. They arc, entl~ made from ground lime rock, glazed with crown glass. As the other -with charcoal as · a binder. sashes are glazed with crown glaSJJ Tp.e bill of one Jno. Drew, dated wherever it survives, it seems probablet 1716,' itemizes the work. Plastering was that the old glass was reset in the new 12s. a yard and paint-was three;-wh1le frame.:;. · • a "Cupllow with Ornaments" cost £30. Dummy doors have been used te> Thi;; cupula was glazed with 103 small good advantage in establishing the, English bulls eyes, or which one sur- proportion or the paneling. Three vives. The roof still lacks its balustr"ade rooms and the hall are completely parts or which were recently rescued paneled, as are the chimney sides of from a cellar vault. the other rooms on the second floor, The latch on the front door was de- An unusual feature, is the narrow cor:. signed with 110 thumb piece, but so rldor on the north wall or the second that the entire plate may be· pushed floor, probably used for cupboards. up from the bottom, thereby raising The mouldings around the firplacelJ, the latch bar. wherever original, leave space for threet Murals Preserved on nail Walls rows of tiles above the fireplace. Onet The walls o! the hall are finely pan- of these is complete with tiles; one elect in pine which was stained to slm- other has a single row o! tiles topped ulate walnut, then used In English by a marbleized panel; 1n the other/I homes. Over the doors leading from the the tiles are missing. hall to the dining room and to the Space does not permit going with parlor are flat panels. we are not sure i::reater detail into the features o! tha of the purpose of these, but on similar house or or propounding the many panels Jn at least one other known questions which time, care, and pahouse there arc murals. Here, support- t1ence alone can solve. Suffice to say ed by hand-made spikes, hang a huge that sharp ~~es and keen minds among pair of caribou horns, traditionally 1 e- the many v1S1tors this summer will find 911ed to have been given to Mac-\here a rich field for discovery. pheadrls by tlul Indians when he This house is one or the most inter• bought the land from them. The back csttng or its period, and a distinguis,hed door,, showing evidence of later , exa1_nple of generous and far-sighted changes, admiLs a carpet of light. Incluevement and preservation by tM Tho stairs, rising with an "easy Warner House Association. tread," are flanked with murals, flVidently telling a story the key to which Joseph E. Chandler of Boston, emin• is yet to be found. on each side of the ent architect in appreclatlon of thl) arched window stands an heroic figure, Warner House writes: "It would be dtf• traditionally portraying Indians with flcult to name in the North, anothar whom Macpheadris engaged tn the fur house of such outstanding mel'it as thl) trade. Over the window is painted an MacPhcadris-Warner Ho11.~e, viewed a.it East Indian canopy. Then follows a an architectural background for piali!e-size figure on horseback, said to turing the political and 60Cial life of be Governor Phipps, but distinctly the early Eighteenth Century in one of open to question as his portrait. our mist important early maritiml) In tho dining room the paneling towns. It ha.s fortunately been pre•• which runs from the floor to the cell- \ served to us thus far by the recent 00• i.ng was originally marbleized. This was I cupants who extended to our day the revealed by the absence of a large I fortunate social atmosphere which stlll iece of furniture which had been Jpersists in its walls." �\..ou, s'out'\ ~iE.. \ \ Lo1rishurg Again to. Hear Peal Of Bell It Lost 188 Y~ars Ago Radio to Carry Notes of Old Bell Captured by Si~ William Pepp.erell at Siege of 174.S and Installed · in Portsmouth, N. H., Church r BV a Stat! Writer of T h e Ch.•htlnn .~rir.nce Monitor __ 1 PORTSMOUTH, N. H., July 29Illstorical Possessions A bell w!ll toll in the belfry of hisThe bell, however, is only one of torlc St. John's Church here to- .the many valuable historical posnight and its peal will be heard for I sessions owned by the church of St. the first time in almost 200 years in 'I John. Queen Caroline, consort of I the town of Louisburg, Nova Scotia, '.Klpg ?eorge II, and for wl1om the where it was captured and brought ! Queen s _ Chanel was named, pre- l back to Portsmouth by Sir William sented the church with the "vinegar" Pepperell during a siege against the Bible, published in 1717 by John defia~t French fortress in 1745. Basket of Oxford, the king's printer. Radio will carry the vibrant notes A mistake was made in the guide line of the old bell throughout all 11-t the head of ope page in the gosCanada in remembrance of and for pels. Forty_c;:opies were printed before the future friendship of Canada and the mistake was noticed. Only four, the United States. The bell-ringing however, are believed to be existing is being sponsored by the Annapolis now. . Rbyal Historical Association in Queen Caroline also presented a 1 Annapolis Royal, Noya Scotia and pair of chairs to the church, one o! the Associates of :Port Royal iii the Which is believed to be the one tfnlted States. The program is one Washington 09cupied when he , in a series of good will broadcasts stopped there to worship. The church t called the Old Acadia Hour. also owns .wha.t is sa\d to be the first The Louisburg bell, as it has been and . oldest organ in the United known sin~ !ts confiscation by Sir States. It was originally th11 property illiam; is perhaps one of the most of Mr. Thotnas l3rattle, who immous bells in the United States. por~d it from Iiondon in 1713 •. AcI hanks high among the cobweb:, cordmg to the "annals of Kmg's in a church which owns one of the Chapel," where lt was in use until four known "vinegar" Bibles in the 1756, the Brattle organ _"is the first country. In this Bible, the "Para- organ that ever pealed to the glory ble of the Vinegar" was printed in- of God in this country," stead "of the Vineyard." The bell The case ls new, but the old wind also has the distinction of havlnG' chest and most. of the pipes of the been heard by George Washington original organ remain, and some of who attended "Queen Chapel •~ ~ the notes still retain sweet tones. It previous church building of ' the is now being tuned and will be parish, in 1789, just after his inau- played for the first time, in more ·guration.• , than 30 year\,, on A,ug. 1~. While the historic organ has reDug from the Rwns mained silent, the old Louisburg bell . A fire in 1806 destroyed the high above it continues to toll its chapel. The bell was dug from the summons on every service day. ruins but' the heat of the fire had What memories coulcl be ·awakened, cracked the precious I possession of it. often has been said, if only the the church. It was not. to be tones of the faithful bell could be doomed, however, for the congre- interpreted. And what tales its ga.tlon decided to send the bell to ponderous tongue could tell of ·those Boston, where It was recast by Paul days and nigl,lts at Louisburg of the Revere. ' assaults, overwnelming defeats and Returned to Portsmouth, it was finally the victory by the ;English stored until the new bulld!ng, the colonists. present church, was bu!lt in 1807. When the tower was ready, the bell was.hoisted like a patriotic banner to its top. Here, for many years, it rang its tone 'of summons to rich and poor, on sad and gay occasions. But the constant clanging of the tongue soon told on the brazen ~ \ ~ ~q. ,q_3'l sides of the historic Louisburg relic. In 1896, it became so worn and cracked that its ringing was hushed for a season while the old metal was again taken to Bostort and recast by the Blake Bell Company, successors to the Paul Revere Company that did the same work 90 years before. During this recasting, a record of facts was inscribed on the side of the bell and the following, verse: ANCIENT BELL RINfiS ON RAOIO Pealing from ~t. John's church her~ or Old Louisburg, car~ 1ied 1rom that place by Sir William Pepperell when he evacuated it in 1749 was heard for the first time by th~ People of the Maritime Provinces Saturday night. Between 7 and 8 o'clo,::k its tones were broadcast over the J.ocal station. The occasion was "Louisburg Night ,. under the ausplcet of the Associates ~! the Ancient Habitation of Annapolis R'.-'yal, of wh!dh Mrs, Frederick A. R1chard~on of Cambridge is secretary a~d the idea is , to promote mor~ fnendly relat.!ons between the peoples of t~e United States, Canada and the British Empire. l the -ancient bell ft UNv.o~ s.~tc.. From St. John"s steeple I call the poople ·On holy days To prayer and praise. Another quotation on the bell was orlgu1ally inscribed on the "12 o'clock" bell tJl,ke11 from a Paris oburch during the French Revolution. Its use at St. John's is appropriate because the ,famous Louisburg l:lell ls believed to have been originally ca,5t in rrance. I I' �at Portsmouth, Can any correspondent add to the following gleanings on th is .subject, stating, It possible, what year these ships first came to the Plscataqua, e.nd how many yearly, or how o!ten, with, It possible, the nam es and tonnage or same; and generally give any Information as to the kind, size and numbers of trees reserved !or His Majesty's use by the "Surveyor Generals o! the ·woods thro'out North America.," who appear trom 1731, at least, to have been usually the lieutenant governors or governors ot New Hampshire? Were masts and ship timber sent from other ports to England for the use or the · RoyaJ navy, or were such articles exported commercially trom Portsmouth or other Colonial ports? 17G2-"Portsmouth. Friday last [June 4, 176:!J H_ts Majesty King George the Third enter'd the 25th year of his Age; on which joyful occasion His Excellency, our Governor [Benning Wentworth. Governor, 17411767), gave an elegant entertainment to the :Members o! His Majesty's Council and the Honorable House ot Representatives, and a Number or other Genllemen. at his seat ln this Town, where his Majesty's and other , Loyal Healths were drunk. At 12 o'eloclc the Guns at Fort \.Vlllla,m and Mary [now Fort Constitution], and on board the Man o! War and Mast Ships In this har-. bour were discharged." (The New Hampshire Gazette, Friday, June 11, 1762.) "Portsmouth. Last Sunday [July 25, t762) sailed from this Port with a fair ,vtnd, His Majesty's ship Launceston, or 40 Guns, Capt. Afillck. ror Great Britain, having under his Convoy the three :Mast Ships, viz: the Captains Darling. Hugget. • and Mallard, with 12 sail beside, all bound to Europe." (Tim New Hampshire Gazette, Friday, July 30, 1762,) This wns during the "French and Indian War" (1754-1703), and •,captain Afflick," w)lo "In 17r.9 wns promoted to the Launceston, n IHth rate, of forty guns In which he appears to have continued durln the r1Jmalndei: of the war," became rLf!•wwnrcln Sir E,Jmnnd Afileclc, rear ndmlral, R. N., a~d member of Parliament. (Charnock's "Illggraphla Navalls," London, 1798, vol. vi., .pages 200-214.) The New Hampshire Gazette of July 30, 11G!!, also states that th<•r!! "cleaMd outwn.rds" at the "Cu11tom House, Plscataqua," during the week ending July 20, 170'.!-the "ship st. Georgp, Rol)ert :'-falla.rd, for London"; the "ship Esse,c, John · Huggct, for London": and the "ship Plat?). Dealer, Samuel Npldred, for London." These- were doubtless the three "mast ships" retorred to above. No other "ships" cleared for Great Brit, aln, and no one of the vessel,i clearing for other parts was In charge of a Captain ''Darling." . The "ship St. George. Robert 1Tallard, from Portsmouth," and the "ship Essex, John Huggett, from Plymouth, had "entered Inwards'' at the "C ustom House, Piscataqua,'' during the week Pndlrg June 4, 170~ • . as stated In "t h o Now Hampshire Gazette" of that Clo.to, but no mention or the nrrlval or tho "ship !'lain Dealer'' htts been round. · ":Mast ships" must have come to the Plscataqua. River bPfore 1700: tor-"Se,·Pral mast roads were lni!l out at an early day tin ancient Dover, N. II.) from the Bellam)', Cochecho, Lamprey, Oyster anct Salmon Falls rivers, for the conveyance or timber sulta'ble !or masts and other shipping purposes, especially for the Royal n1wy, to be sent down the river to Portsmouth. Mention Is ma.de In 1r,07 of masts sent his majesty trom the lands or Robert Mason two years ~Jeforc. (N. JI. Prov. Pa'J)ers, 17: 510)" and "Tho Great :'11ast Path Is mentioned the 17th, 12mo., 1117:!, "\\'hen fifty acres were laid out to Peter • Coffin 'on ye ·north side of ye great mast path going Into ye, swamp.'" ('.rhompson's "f,andmarks In Ancient Dover, N. H.," Durham, N. H., 1802, page (Of>OO.) ".Mast Ships" •N". H., In Colonial days. 140.) 'Phrce ' mast coves" and creek" on tho Maine side of the Pi qua. River, which were so deslgnat ago, are referred to In .Stackpo 's "Old Kittery and Her Families," Lewiston, Maine, 1003, page 110: .one of the coves 'being mentioned in a deed ~1f 76 and the creek In a deed or 1703. "1704, Nov. 27." The "arr. val or mast ships In Plscataqua River Ne.," Is the subject of o, letter, dat.ed..,(Doston," from "J. Dudley to Mrs. Popple" (Joseph Dudley, governor, 1702-1716). "Colonial Papers, lloard ot Trade, New England." ("New Hampshire, State Papers. A List of Documents In the Public Record Office In London, F,ngland, relating to the Province of New Hampshire," Manchester, N. H,, 18!l3, vol. xxlll., page 303,) "1710. Tho country sustained a. severe lo.ss this year In the death or Colonel Winthrop Hilton. Ile ·was engaged In procuring masts, and w1th seventeen men went about fourteen miles Into the woods to secure some trees he bad felled for that purpose. The Indians la)· In ambush, and attacked him In an unguarded moment. They killed Hilton and two of his men at the llrst fire. and took two prisoners, the rest fled precipitately. The next day an hµ ndrcd men went' In pursuit of the enemy, but did not overtake them. Th ey found the mangled bodies of their slaughtered friends and decent!)' 1nten-ed them." (Adams's "Annnls of Portsmouth," Portsmouth, , N. H., 18'..!:i, pages 125-126.) "1731. June 24th. David Dunbar, a native of Ireland, was appointed Lieutenant Governor [Lieutenant Governor, 1731-1741) o! the province [of New Hamp.~hlre) and Surveyor General or the Woods. . . . His salary as Surveyor General or the woods was two hundred pounds sterling, and the perquisites J1earJy one hundred pounds, which were divided· between him . and his deputies." (Ditto, page., 150-lG0.) "lH~. Dunbar had retained his ofllce ot surveyor of the woods till this time. but Thomlinson [John Thomlinson, a merchant o! Portsmouth-"Annals" page 160) desirous or obtaining the office for Governor \.Ventworth [Denning Wentworth, governor, 1741liG7), prevailed upon him to resign, upon 1 payln" him two thousand poun<ls sterling. H.c thei: applied to the Government and procured the appointment Cor Wentworth.' The• salary waH eight hundred pounds sterling, out of which he was to support four deputies. He was obliged to relinquish his claim upon the Spanish court." (A claim tor fifty 01· sixty thousand dollars worth of oalt timber s upplied the Spanish Go\!ernment before his appointment as go,ernor. See "Annals," pages 173-174.J (Ditto, page 176.) "1744. The ship o! war Astrea a.ocldentally took fire on the 17th day of 1 January and was entire!)· consumed. The Astrea . • . was riding at anchor In the Pool. . . The Pool Is a broad sheet o{ deep, still water situated between the upper end or Great Island [New Castle] and the tov.'Tl [of Portsmouth), on the southerJyl side ot the · river, with good ancboringground. The largest ship• can lie there In safety, and the mast ships were usually stntloucd there to t\l,ke In their cargoes.'' (Dlt lo, pttgc l7i>,) ' . . · "l7Gll. • Mr. : Johry Wentworth recolvCil his commls~lon~ as governor o! New Hnmp. shire [governor, 176T-1773) and as surveyor of the woods In North America, on the 11th ot August." (Ditto, page 2f9.) "1771. Mast Contract. This to Inform such persons as are desirous of contracting ror white pine masts, yards and bowsprits, white oak knees, or standards, white oak pipe, hogshead and barrel staves, w1t11 heading, lath.wood, ash oak rafters, etc., to apply to me or Capt. Thomas Drown at Portsmouth.-Edward Parry, Agent for the Mast Contract, Portsmouth, N. IL, Aug. ll1. 1771.'' .(Advertisement. The New Hampshire Gazette. _,,_ ug. 30,.JJJl..) • "1737. In the exe'cutlon of the office ot Surveyor General, Dunbar [see above] had excited a strong prejudice again.st him 'In the minds of the people. They rega,rded the trees which grew on their land as their own property, notwithstanding. they were reserved tor the use or tlle Royal Navy; and they felled and conveyed them to the· mills. Dunbar seized the !Umber, and In several Instances riots ensued and the Surveyo.r was obliged to desist." (Adams's Annals, page 105,) "1707. To be sold by public auction, at Falmouth In Casco Bay, on Wednesday next, being Oct. 2,-st [1767) several masts, and · one bowsprit, which mast and bovl'sprlt were seized by the Surveyor General' o! His Majesty's Woods, and condemne<l In the Court o! Vice Admiralty, as forfeited to His Majesty's use.'' (Advertisement. The New Hampshire G;azette and Historical Chronicle, •Friday, Oct. 16, 1767, Portsmouth. Printed by Daniel and Robert Fowl~, near :the State House, In the street leading to, the Ferry.) "1769. One -tree suitable for His :Majesty's use was found· Jan ..7, 1760, by the deputy surveyor of the woods ,growing on the.farm of "Dl-ir S-pauldlng-," o~ -Corn1sh, N. H., my great xrandta~her, as shown by the ·followIng certificate, the original of which l,s no.w be!ore me. Col. Dyer Spalding, as th~ name lc. now written, was •born In Plain- ' field, Conn., Nov, 14, 1732, a soldier In the French and Indian wars; he was one of the threE) first settlers of Cornl9h, N. H., In J7G6. He was an offi<ier ln the Revolutionary war, and died at Cornish April 27 1814, aged 82." (Seo ''Th" Spalding Memorial," Chicago, 1897, pagos 108-118.) "Cornish, January 7th li69. "At the request ot Dier Spaulding or Cor• nlsh \n the Province or New Hampshire 1: have Viewed. til<;l White pine Timber stand· Ing & growin~ on said Spau1dlrig's land l yi ng ln ·Cornish.' West ot the Common Road & 'Between sa.td Road & Connecticut Rive~ and also the Tlmber standin g on th<l L1md about lo <lr 20 Rods Ee.st of said Road on said Lot & I find none suitable for his Majestys Use ex<iept one Tree-standing West ot said Roadper Dan'! Jones, Dopy Surveyor or ye Woods• To his Excellency John Wentworth, Esq., Surveyor General of his Majesty's Woods ·rhro'out North America.'' �s upJe.me/2ourt _at , _Much Interest to Local P~ople A rlecisi-on has just been handed "1865, :wd fivo sons. The eldest son, .down in · the Supreme court in Con- :\1ark IL, <lieu January 11, J !l 02, leavcord which is of considerable interest ing one son, Charles_E., who died in 1912; the third son, J. Langdon, died to all residents of Portsmouth. The May 15, 1897, leaving one son, the plaintiff, Charles C. Wentworth of plaintiff. The other three sons of Roanoke, Va., a son of tbe late J. the testator died before Mark H. Langdon Wentworth and a grandson without issue. Charles E. and the of the late Ebenezer Wentworth of plaintiff were both living at the death this city, claimecl the right of pos- of the testator, Charles K being the. 1 session of portraits of Governor Ben- . elder. . ning Wentwor th, of, Lieutenant GovThe portraits in question were poser.nor, John Wentworth and of the sessed by Mark H. during his Jife-0rmer•s·--sun. - ·.-· time, and on his death by Charlr.a E. These portraits formerly belongE}cl ·,.who -before his death pl:i.ccd them in to Ebenezer Wentworth and are dis- the actual -custody of hi s sister, :\1iss Susan J. Wentworth of this city, the posed ·or~iii his will as follows: "I give all my family pictures, ex- defendant, where they have since . rec;epting that of my father, before dis- mained. The cleclslon was to the effect that posed of, to.the eldest of my !lpns who may be II vlng at the deceai,e of the plaintiff ls entitled to the po sesmy wife and tnyself, to have and to sion of the 1>ortraits but takes them hold the same In trust to preserve In the language of the will, "in trust, and to be tranoferred at his death, to to preserve and to tran sfer them at my next eldest son then alive and so his death." It was also datec1 in the on in rE;gular succession acco.rding to decision: i,eniority, thr,ough all my sons; · and "The will also provided in express tl!en to the oldest grandson then and explicit terms that the 1yirtraits alive_; and at his death, to the next shall not be removed from this state. eldest, and so on through all the It is argued that the plaintiff can viograndsons, and continuing that mode late this provision with impualty, beof descent forever." cause the will pr-0vldes no forfeiture There Is a codicil to the will which of his interest if he does so. The Is as folJ.ows: plaintiff cites In his brief several "Whereas I have given my family cases In support of this proposition; portraits to my children in succes- bnt In this jurisdiction they have no sion, I now annex to tbe bequest of application. my said ·f amily portraits the condi"The question of the removal -0f ton that they shall not In any event the portroits Is not bcl'ore the court be carried out of ttie city · of Ports- in this action, but should occasion remouth ·or suc~ town a!! the holder q11lre, upon proper proceed ings, the may to,: the time being occupy In the court could rmake such orclers as · state of ~ew Hampshire for the pur- would effectuate the Intention of the pose of being convey~d" out of the testator that they should not be restate of New HampshJfe. moved from this state. The case has ".My object being ahd my will that been ·argue<l and decldecl upon the said portraits shall /orever remain theory of a private trust. Whether with.in the limits his state." Eb- the trust will not be fade public is Wentwo h die u'gust 13, a question -which has not been preHe left wid•OW, , ~o died in sented ,or considered." I ! l \'~~'~ ' ) \..C , \ \ • \ ~ 14 �OPENING DAY OF THE ~s- ' 1115 N[\V£S' LOCAL·SCHOOL 'file La[ayetlc sche e !, ro;·tsmouth's The Jocks on the- doors--;o1ithe cfii"ss llC\\'est school building, opened this rooms are arranged so lhat no pupil morning, with l\Iiss Jc~·, ic M . ~aniel can I.Jc lo cked into a room, but they can all I.Jc unlo cked and opened from as principal. There w::os no fo;·mal l11 0 i11si clc, but not from the outsiuc opening, When the s ~l\olans arrived wil hont the llJ'ope,r key. In the wardthey [ound cYeryt :~ing in ,readin ess rote room arrangament pu1iils can -and under tlie tlirection o[ Lile teach- leave,: he clas3 room ,by the wardrobe ers soon [ound their 11\aces and the room door, I.Jut cannot 1 enter that 13tudie-s commenced. way, and if a pupil desires Lo enter Pupils up •t o t'i1e nrih gra_d e aro in a school room for any ·1rnrp0He he er ii.ho ,z;:hool, and ,the teachers arc as 8ho 11111•. t do_ through the class roor:1 follows: l\1is z, Jes£ie McDaniel, acting doc.r. . jprincipal; l\iiss Jessica Fogg, 5'th •A safety device in case.-·of fire i~ gr:.!de; Mi3s Katherine -Conlon, 5th inchde:d ir\ a smoke dooiin thelow:gra:dc; Miss l~ll en N0wton, 4th grade; er cor ridor which ,c loses. when, it.he Miss- Agnes Connor, 3rd ~ra-cle; Miss 1n·incipal •presses a button .if it 1$ deMadeline Toner·, 2nd g,radc; Miss Em- -sired :to close up ,the -lower portion ma Foss, 1st grade. of the stru~ture and pi:_ev~nt the fillThe building L an eight-room ing or t-he Test of the structure with school with two largo main entrances on lhc front. The Colonial desJgn Ther.c are two separate and dis<:arried out in its archi-Lecture nm.I<' -tln•c t •h,3ating plants i11 •,t1he ):)uilding, it a fine appearing building from an · an•d In mil-d weather one- of ·th~rn ,vill artistic •point of view and the loca- be sumcient for the heating of the entlon w-as ideal in settin,g fort:h the tire building, and the other plant can architectural features •to ithe best ad- be -cliscontinue•d. vantage. The building faces a large This is a departure from formeT lot of Janel lhnt will ,be devoted to methods, where:the .heat1ng of half of •p layground .pu-rposes containing an the structure ds done by one plant an'd area, includin;; the school Jot of 90,- the other half by the other ,plant, 000 square feet. making it necessary to operate two The building is locnte·d on Lafay- ~1eating plants whether the ·tem1Je,raetto road and Ilic playg1·oun•d site is lure Is mild or ,c old. 'OH L:i.fuyeLtl' roacl aucl South road The win•:low,s !11 "the class rooms and a new street is to be built, run- a re high studded .and extend to the ning from South roa·d to be called c·ciling . at lhe to,p of the .r.ooms, pr ' ) Monroe st reet, 'a O that eventually the viding every bit of light possible, and si-te or the structur e will be on three i he lower ·silb are placed .high enough thoroughfares. The entire cost of so tha:t a •pu,pi! ,c annot .see 't'hfough tho la,rge lot of Janel an·J the build- t!1e \';indows while sea:ted at a desk, ing was ~37 ,:i00. T)ie contract [or an cl th us the eyes, of a ·pupil •a re ·not til e buillling was ;i,wardcu at a cos t o[ :, t t-act ed by 1anyrth ing outside, and $26,000 cxclnsil·c o[ the archile1ct's i he rP is not•hing that can diver•t the fe es :ind lhc land. The buildii1g mi r d of the pu,pil. com pleted nn,l ready to cnte;- , not inThe cc ntractors who erected cluding the furni t ure, cost $28,000. .the building .are • Loru & The cl,c,'3 room s in the !Juilding arc J' e rhins o 't Der wick, , Me., a trille smaller 1lha11 those usually Archi:e•c t Clarence D. Hoyt exeon r tructell ill i:ch ools in this njty, plainc :! eve ry ti iug in 'Cletail to the ·being 21 1.Jy 2 7 feet, but there is suf- visi•tors ancl told the city officials ficl c11t room l'or t-lH' r Pg ulation 11u·m- that he cou ld d111i1ica~ 'the buildin,g her or .lcsli s ancl ch:iirn. The school in llavcrhill, if it 11".::s des'ired. In ad\\ Ill be occ upie-d ouly IJy the cle- ditiou ,to Che ·c l::.i:s rooms tlrere is a lllCP.tary gr.::clcs [rorn one to six. A .princi11a l'1 1:o om, r. q1ccial study room fea·ture o[ lh'.l c-011s-c1· nclion is t1hc and teac'.iers' roo•m. fact t11at there arc five separal" Over -the two mrtin entrances are I means of exit l'rom c,:rh ck·:::c:· room , large coloni 1! windows D£ wide as .t he four i'ro111 ·lhc 100111 ilsclf, 011 c at •doors. A,n a1Jn111la:··c c of . sun and each corner, ancl ouc through the light en'ters cve r,v ro c:n of the stTucwardrobc that joins. _ _·-nre. �HSD ~ o r\s \(V\ D u-l-h. \ \\\q,~ ~c.noo\ Nwnber .of Pupils Was 61 'When Boys and Girls Schools Com- bined rin 1873 '?~'-&""M-OU.➔ ~ T~M.e.-S. s~pt. 18- l 'II~, Willis W. French, Frank lt. ea), Tho girls hlgh school and b ;·~ Mark E. Noble, Frank W. Pray, Edhigh school, for many years separate win ,n. Rundlett and Charles F'.- Shiland distinct institutions of lea.rnin;;, laber. were consolidated in Sept em lier, 18 7 3 , This fourth class was tl10 · firsl -forty-one years ago. graduating class after lho two scho'ois As a matter of some Interest anrl united. by request the following list of atIt will be noted by the above lisL tendants at that time is given, and a that the consolidated school began careful review of the record wlll rewith G7 pupils, 21 girls and 46 boys. call to 9ur older readers many faNow, 41 years later, the prepondermiliar names,. a majority or whom are living, although the members are ance o[ sexes is just tlw reverse. widely scattered. Only a very fe·w still remain in .Portsm outh . , FIRST CLASS. The girls In the first class were as follows: Florence G . .Andrews, Ida Blals<lell, Mary Canty, Carrie J. Craigg, Flora B. Dow, Georgie F'. Drake, Lizzie D. Flagg, Etta. Flanders, Emma K. Furbish, T~lla G. Gattlner, Annie G. Garrett, ~ellie Ham. Lizzie 1\1. Moran, Mary C. Moore, Carrie R. Pray, Elva A. Prior, Susie H. Shaclcley, Ida F. Tllton, Ida M. Yarrell, Lizzie Yarrell, Nellie L. Whitcomb. The boys were: William H. Badger, Nathaniel A. Burley, Herman Emery, Samuel ,v. Foss, . Willi-am b. Grace, Arthur E. Gage, Lyman W. GrifCin, Charles S. Haines, George R. Laighton, James A. McGill, John Morrison, Edward A. Murphy, Fred Owen, ]TI. Scott Owen, Samuel Peyser, Good win .E. Philbrick George W. Philbrick, John W. Pray, William T. Rand, Samuel S. Seaman, Ira. A. Stevens, Fred P. Wilson. The, second class of boys included: Alb1:1rt H. Baker, William N. nonetlict, John N. Greenough, Edwaru IJ. Hall, Samson J. Slaney, Albert L. &trlnger, George E. Tillou and Geo. H. Wallace. The third class com prised: Charles S. Au~tin, Wallace E. Bartlett, J. ,,varren l)_avis, Edwin W. Emery,1 Charles E. Giddings, Oliver TT. Ham, Wallace S. Holbrook, Harry S. Holmes. Caleb N. Lord and Fraplc H. Thompson. In the fourth clasi.;_"'.;.;.·.;.e;1;..;·e;.;:_ ~ ~ - I .,. �DEDICA ALTER:r.oss ·Memory of rormer Portsmouth IYlan is Honored at His Birtfiplace in Candia ---------- A memorial monument to Salll his deathbed. Walter l•'oss, New England's •poet o[ !'resident Hoseley announce<l that the common people, who was a rcsi- the five "books of poems of l<'oss had been laid in the cr_ypl beneath 1,he tlent <if this city for a number or monument, together with tho story years and a graduate of Portsmouth o[ his life, a history of the Candia high school, was unveiled opposite club, and other historical and biohis birthplace in Candia yesterday in graphical •data. the presence of upward of :iOO of hi~ The exercises were followed by a old [riencl~ aud atlmirers of hifl poet- diaaer at the First Church, at which ry [rom all J>arts of the country. more tJ1an 500 were 'present. In kecpin,g with his character the A meeting of lite Candia cluh was exercises were simple. Col. George held in the church in the afternoon, Iloseley, ,11resident of the Candia at which Edwiu Day Sibley of Somcluh of Boston, through whose efforts crvi lle, Mass., read ,several of the lhe 1ue111orlal !Jeca111c a reality, pre- poems of Foss, ,a.nd also selections sided. Ile declarecl that Sam Walter [rom. his own weir ks. , 1 Foss had made t"he name of C:anclia Hon. Gerry Ilazel~on , oLMllwaureaowncd throughout the worl!I, and k •e said:'"Grcat, inspirin,g anti enthat the purity and ' dignity of his during- as are tlie poems of Foss, the life, aurl Lite ins11iralion of hh1 worlrn exam11lc of his own life of hel1>fulwo11ld for ages I.Jring visitors to view ucss to hi§ fellow •men was his greatthe memorial and the hom e In which est ,poem." j1e was born. Jesse \V. Sargent, ex-president . of Hon. Alfrc><l S. Jloe or \Vorct>strr the Candia clu!J, read "IIeUo" and said the influence o[ li'oss would 011- "The Trumpets," and Miss Foss read <lure as long as human nature. Mifm "The House !Jy the Side of the noad." Mary L. Foss, a daughter o[ the poet, Solos were rendered !Jy Miss Moore unveiled the monument, after the and Frederick Moore, and the quartet Sc1•i!Jner qu::t'l-tet had rendered "The san" several selections. Vacant Chair." The memorial is a roctgngular Ilenry Armstrong of Dorrhcster !Jlock hewn from a bowlder of Candia road a 11oem, "The Blrth11lacc of µ;ranite and is five feet long, four feet Foi;s," which IJ!is wife had written high and three rccL •wide. ,It rests on at her honH~ Monday evening, just a foundation four feet below the surbefore lea ving to attend the excrci~- [ace. The inscri11tion on the face of es. the monument consists of the name Luther l•:merson of New York, a of the poet, the !late , of bis birth, boyhood friend of the poet, re:i<I a l•'cb. 26, 1911, and below these the hitherto unpublisheu' .poem of Foss', words: "lle lived in a ' House !Jy th(l entllle<l "Th~ Moon ls Full," ,vrillcn ,Sidfl of Lhe Road ancl Was a Friend on a scrap of pa·pet a short lhile after lo Man." . his gradu~liou· fro1i1 BrO\V~ l niversiA handsome sto ne wall has beeJ ty. J sse W. Sargc,it. of C{india read huilt around ,tl1e lAt and trees ~iii "Tbe Trumpets," written. by Foss on, lJe ., planted around th.c;i sidel(i;__ ,v: • �\'? 1,sTORI. CAL TABLETS -1 1HIS :VICINITY Pt;<'sidont of the Connell o[ :.rnssach usetts He commanded tho colonial forces at the success(ul slego of Louisburg, 17 4 5 and In recognition or hln services waa made a Baronet ancl Gen e ral in t11e British Arm). honors never hefor<' conferred on a Colonist Erected hy the· Prpprrrell Asso ciation 1!)07" Jsl1u of -$hoals-On the cellar wall, ~t Appledore Island, of what \\as the houu, formerly the 110me of lion. William Pepperrell, tafher of Sir Many Interesting Memorials Found In Portsmouth and Neighboring Towns. , William Pepperrell: "The lsh111t1 Home or !Jon. Wm. Popperroll :.Taine llist. Socil'ly 1 !)00" l'ortw1011th- 011 the Liberty pole a L Li bt•r I y bridge at the j II Jl('tiUII of \\'(1tor autl .)farl'y streets: "Lilrnrty, Property and t-:u Sta11111" by tho citizens of Porlsmou111, tlin second by a friend, and the Llt.r<l l)y a sorrowing mother, and all in Portsmouth; for the pleasure and information ot' the members or tl1e o sor·' L'· :',oar this ~pot lies, anp of our summer visitors. then "Swing Bridge" These fHteen adr.itionr.l tahl c1•: IJ11l thencl'fonninl called "l,iberty Bridge" were erected: .pne each by the P<'pon January !)th, t 766 perrell Association, the ~fainP, Hisnine yearn torical Society, tl1c Liberty PolE' .\Hhefore Vho Revolution sociation of Ports mouth, lb' <;r'r-i<'tY I he "Sons of Liberty" of Colonial \Vars in the ~tatr o( :',1•w ol' Portbi11011th, , . 1 I. Hampshire, the ~hline Dau~hter, :11' placed lh'e first "No ,Stamp !•'lag" the American Revolution. t11ro P~ul , , raise cl in Jones Club of . Ports mouth, 8nns I he Am erican colonieF the American Revolution, the Helen Seavey Quilting Party of Portsmouth "$1\ing Bri1lge'' huilt 1731 Watcrwny t'illed 189!) and the Thomas Bailey Aldrich AESOciatlon; five by the New_ 0Bamps111irc The Llhorty Pole Society of the Sons of the RevoluAssociation tion; and two by the United States ] !) J 3" Navy Department. .\11tlilional insc:riptions on lhe.LlbEight arc in Portsmouth; one i11 crty Poll'; Ne,vcastle; one at the Isles of Shoals; On woorlen shield: three in Kittery, ~fe.; and two at' tho "l~recterl .Jnly 4, 1824 Navy Yard. They are arranged in in commemoration o[ \ J Jul,v 4, 177ti, lhal Declare1l the order of the dates of the eve11ts This tablet is placed (')nr Emancipation. From three hundred years later by tho commemorated. Tyrnnny And Gave lls Society or Colonial ,vars 'l'he original Inscriptions are all in The Privileges o[ in tho State. of New HamJ)Hhire ca.11ital letters, tho~1gh otherwi se Freemen." 1914." printed hero, and owing to tho width On metallic plate: :\iany mem,bors of tho Nlnv llamJJ- of newspaper columns are not always "Liberty sl}ire Hjstorical Society will also "lined" as in the originals. Flag Pole cQme to Portsfoouth tomorrow on lli sto1·i<'al lkonze 'J'1Lblets. renewed their way to the Isles of Shoals, July 4, JS!l!l." Klttery-Tn front of tho PepperNow t'aslle-On tho outer wnll of where that society will clcdicato the rell tomh anrl nearly opposite tho olrl imposing granite obelisk recently Peppenell house and the Parkriold Fort Constil11tion, net~r the gale: "ln commemoration •. erected in memory of Rev. Joh•1 hotel, Kittery Point: or the f.i.r~t viclory or tlw Tucke, A. l\'!., minister at Star blan,1, "In commemoration American Re'volution. 1732-i773; and they wlll also be of the The capture, on this site, of present at the dedicaticyi of the Smiti1 courage, wisdom and patriotism Fort ,v11Iiam and 1rary of table~ , 14-15 December, 1774. Col. '\Vllllt~nf- 'Pcpporrrll In admiration of tho gallantry It has seemed well to assemblo born in Devon Ehire, J 64G, of here a recpr.d of. the f9c11I1ty, anrl or died In Kittery, 1734 Capt. John Langdon the inscriptions 011 the other hi,;~ori. and of his son and Sir WIiiiam Pepperrell. Bart.; 01 bronze-tabi~ts 1n'Pqrtsmonth a1,d Maj. · John Sullivan, born in Kittery 1696, vicinity, fifteen in number; an,i'l on leaders of the assault·. died in Kittery J 7 5 9 In memory of the pat.riots the Scldiers' monument, Flt.1, Johll Chief Justice o[ the who captured the fort and Port!')r .Equestrian statue, and Hovey of Common Plea& removed the guns and stores. 1 Memorial Fountain, the flI st ereclocl----""" Erected by the Society or Colonial ,vars In the State of New Hamp ·hire, 1902." Toiµorrow, July 29, 1914, the Sociei.r ui coio11ia1 Wars in · the state of Now Hampshire wlll dedil:at<' 11 bronze tablet at Star Island, Isle:,; oj' Shoals, in comme111orntion of I.he famous Captain John 81111th, tho t'init recorded visitor to these i, l,~11,1;; ju::,t tj1ree centuries ago. The monumonc erected' to his memory In J G4, by Rev. Daniel Austin,' of Portsmouth, half destroyed tiy the passing years, has now been restored by this Society and a brnnze tablet bearing the following inscription, affixed in plar~ of the original marble i1iscription 11·hich has been mi::sing for several years: "Captain John Smith 1579-1631 after proving his valor in Europe. ·and Amei·ica became. Governor of Virginia and Admiral of New' England, while exploring this coa;t in the Sprin,g of 1614 made tho first recorded visit to these Islands, named by him Smith's Isles. 1, • �Erecletl hy the Paul Jones Clu.b Navy Yard_:_1'eace tablet Wltipple of Portsmouth, Porlsmouth_._On lite Peace Conference building Som; or the 1\ merclan Itevolution sc·hoo l, Stale street, near Summe1· Store): 1905." "In this building street: Porlsmo11 lh On lite Lord House at the invitation of "William v\'hi1111le t al the nort hea s l corner of Slate anil Theodore Roosevelt, Soldier and SlatC!;llla.11 1730, I )[ldtllP slrcPts, 11cxt we~l or the RockPresident o[ the Unite·d 113tates, Born, Kittery, i\'le., Janu,try 14, was hE!ld the Died Ports1no11th, N. H., ingham: Peace Con[erence Novemb r 28, 1785. "In this house between the Elected lo Continental Congress JanAdniira\ ( ,John) Paul Jones Envoys of Russia and Japan, uary, 1776 n•sided and He signed the Dr.claralion o[ and at this port fitted ouL the September 5, 1905, at 3.47 P. ir. Independence, Ilanµ;er, 1777 was signed As Driga.ctier General or ::--i. JI. Troo1ls a nil the 'rile Treaty of Portsmouth, he assisted in ncgolialinµ; the terms Anu•ril'a, 1781-2. which end d the war between the two of General Borgoync'R surrP11tler at Empires" Saratoga., N. Y. in 1777. 1•:rPcled bv the llhtorical Memorials. He was .Judge o[ the Snperior ('ourl. Jlelcn SPa\'<'Y Q,;11un~ Party The New llampshirP SoriPlY of the \ Portsmouth-On the .July -\, t!l 1:1." Sons or tlie HPvolul ion 1 monument, Goodwin Park, Ports111011th On tilf• Lear house 11lacecl lhip tahlrl, l 910." 011 tlu• 11orlh Hid<' of flunl<ing slreel, Islington and State streets, near Cabl<lltcry-O11 the Whipp\!' C:arl'irnn (old nu111h('l' 7. 11Pw number 4!l) I.J •- ot str et: house, lung the hon1P of l hP \ale 11. North side: lwePn .\larry and .\lecha.nic streets: J. Philbrick, W\JiJJplP roa1I. .inRl Houth "In honor of the 11len "('o\onel 'l'ohias Lear of Locke's Cove. formerly ,vhipple· ~ of was horn in this house in 1760. Portsmouth Cove, l\ ittery Point: I le " ·aH Ueorge Washington's secrewho gave "General Willia111 \\'hippie tary from 17g3 to 179!!. I heir services on t-he one of the i;it.:nNs or I he W.ashlnglon visited hC're in t 78\:1. land and on the Hea DC'claralion of lnd<'P<'IHl<>nce This tabll'l is placed by the Society in the war which wai-: born in this hon ~: e nf th Sons o[ the Revolution preserved the Union JunP 14th 11:10. o[ lhc Stale' or New Jlamp~hire, o[ the 'States Th is lal.J\cl was placed in 18!)9." this monument is erected 1 !) I:\ J>orli-:111nulh - On lhe old Assembly by grate(nl · cit!ze.ns, 1.Jy ~\alnc l)an~htNs of the 1888." youso on \':u1µ;han slrpet at the sout:1 A111cric,u1 ltevolulion." South side: corner or H.a.itl's court: Portsmouth On lhe I [u11ki11r, "'Vlllla.msburg "Asi;Pmhly Jlouse ,ventworth Hons<', 011 lhc <·orner or 1 Fair Oaks next built In 1750. Church ,utd Coni\rl'ss slre\lls, Savage Station "·ashinglon attended White Oak Swamp west or the ,..;orth churrh: a reception here, l\Ialvern Hill ~O\'. :3, 1789. "Th is house was u,·ru pied I.Jy Ohantilly Ht•moclrllccl in 18:18. llunklng \\IPUI wort 11. South Mountain Thi' :\'cw llampKhirc Society A zpalons patriot and 'Chancellorsville Sons or the Revolution efficient [ricn<l of the Wilderness phlced this ta.b\el American 11e\'ol 11liou. Cold Harbor Ji'cb. 22, 1903." He ,,·as <'halrman or the Petersburg ('ommittec of Saf<'lY lo Portsmoulh-On the oltl "'illiam · Richmond ohl.ain sli;natur<'H to the ·Monitor & Merrimack Pill TuvNn, ,onthwest eorner of 1\~Hudallon '!'PHI or 1771;, New Orleans Court and .\tkinson streets: wherein l'lli:t.Pl\K pro111is l'<l Mobile 'Bay al the risk or l11Pir livC's "The J~arl of Halifax J.Iorris Island· aud fortunes lo oppose the and J:i.mes bland• hoslllo proc·PC'dings of the William Pitt Hole! ..,__ _ ___:F ort· Darling flrltlRh (lppls an,I :trmiPS Port B u'dson _ _ _ _ _..;i erected in 1770. against lhP t'1ailP1\ ('o\011ics. Gen. Lafayette vlsiletl here Red Ri,1 er in 17 2. Fort Donel-on The ,..;~,v 1Ia111 p Hh iro 8ociely o[ .\lso Loui,; Phillippe, w•ho was Peach Troe Croc:k the Sons of thP flpvolulion a ller\\'artls King or l"rance. ~herman 's :\farch lo the _S ea" plac11d this tablet This is the last spot whero Near ba ·e, north. east, south Feb. 22, 1904." Washington personally ,,ei.;t sides: com11limented our State Kittery-At the fc>rry lalllllng of :ttys bu r-g·' through its official the Al111ntlc Shore Railway (electric) 1'. ca rsa.r gc'' Uignltaries in 1789. "Antietam'' Badger's Island: This ta,blet was placed by "P'rederi<'ksburg" the ~ew Hampshire Society _ "In memory of PorlHmouth-O11 the Eque-.:;trian of Sons or the Rev-olutlon, the Continental tloop of war . A. D. l 901." rloluc of ~1ajor General Fil:~ Ranger Portsmouth-On the soutllsicle of J'ortcr, Hamn Parl(, Pleasant launched from this island Court, near Atkinson street, and next East eido: ~lay 1l1. 1777. west or th Earl or Hali[ax and Wil"On this slle ~lulocl (or l•'rancC' :--lovem\Jer 1, 1777, \Yas I.Jorn 1111111 Pitt hotel: John l'aul Jone~. l'aplaiu, Fitz John Porter "'l'hC' ~utter Jiousf' with dbpalchcs of .\ug. 31, 1822 In this ,house Burgoyne's snrrendPr. ·while his father Thomas Bailey Aldrieh Received F bruar.v 11, 1778, Catli . .John Porter, U. S. N. passed the boy,hood that he has made COITJITlfL11ded the Portsmouth N'avy lhe first salutP immortal in prose and verse. lo the Stars and Stripes · ; Yard. Purchased by tile Grad1(.:i.led from \Vest Point, .July, from thP l•'renclt J•'lcet. Thomas Balley A Id rich Association 184 5 .• Captured the Portsmouth, August, 1907." Distl ngu'ished himself and was British sloop of war Drake, Navy Yard-On the Commandant's w01uuded in war with ~1exico April 24, 1778. 1846-184 7. house: lnstl'uctor of Artillery and Cavalry * • West Point 1854-1855 . l>ied in this house Assl. Adjt. Gen. Utah Expedition .\uµ;ust 14, 1870 1857. l>avir! Glasgow Farragut Admiral In the United Stales Navy Ji':iilhful and Fearless. ',? - �2.0 During Civil War To the foregoing list should be added the granite J11,onument erected 18G2 at Odlorne's Point_,}.lye, by the New ~Iai. Gen. U. S. Vol. .July 4, 186·2 Ham·pshire Society o[ ·C olonial Commanded 5th Army Corps. Cashiered Jan . 21st, 1863 Dames. Rye,' N. H.-At Odiorne's Point, The case of Gen. Porter was review- near the ancient well, the site of th e ed by .a, Board of Of!:irei;s a1>i>Olnted old Manor house, and the burying by President Ha.yes ground of the first settlers In Ne w consisting of -Lieut. Gen. J. M. Schofield, HampsMre: 1 Brev. ~1aj. Gen. A. H. Perry, Front: Brev. Maj. Gen. G. W. Getty "Here landed in the Spring of 1623 lfon. Joseph H. Choate, counsel for the first band of Englishmen Gen. Porter plol\eers In the planting of New Tiampshlre The· Board fully exonerated him. consl'cratlng this soil to the Their judgment was approved !Jy servi ce or · General U. S. Grant. God and Liberty" Finally by both Houses of Congres'i:. Base: He was restored to his former "1623-1899" . rank In the: Regular Army Rear: by ''To their perpetual memory President Cleveland. the National Society of the Died at •: \Iorrislown, New Jersey, Colonial Dames of America I :\1ay 21st, 1901." In the State of New Ham'J)shire, dedicated this stone •Sou th.. side: 1 99" Bronze. Bas Relief, For the Smith Monument Commit"Lt. F. ,J. ,Porter wounded at the Aquequet) (Carita Belen)'. Capture of tee, Society O'f Colonial Wars in th e the City of Mexico, September 13th, State of New Hampshire. JOSEPH FOSTER, 1847." • West iside: Pay -Director, U. S. Navy, Retired. Bronze Bas Relief, Portsmouth, N. II., July 27, 1914. "General Porter reconnoitering in Runaw3tY balloon, April 11, 1862." North side: Bronze Bas Relief, "Charg~ at :\falvern Hill, July 1st. 1862. Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter. Brig. Gen. Thos. Francis }1eagher.'' ••Po tsmouth-On- the- .. drinking fountain, Ii<irt11west:" chl-nor Qf-.s .,. and Pleasant Brev. Brig, Gen. U.S. A. June 27, "In memory of Ensign Cll•arles Emerson Hovey United States Navy. ip Portsmouth, Jan. 10, 1885. !Killed in action, PhiUpplne Islands Sept. 24, 1911. Son of Rev. Henry .Emerson and Louise Folsom Hovey." West·&ide: •, "·Ensign Hovey etaduq.ted frQin the U. S. Naval Academy 1907. ordered to the 'Philippines 1910 was commanding an ~xpedltion against outlaw :Moros, when he met his death · His last' words were "Get on the job McGuire'' Gt-unite Monwnent. --- ./ �Both in State of Maine and New Hampshire. The lnsc-ripllon on the Smith tab-let Is as follows: •· 'aptain John Smllh 1579-1631 aClpr proving his valor In Europe and America became Governur or Virginia and Admiral of New England, while exploring this coast In the S~lng or 1614 made the first recorded )"isit to these Islands, named by p him Smith's Isles. (By Joseph Foster, Pal" Director, (Rear Admiral) U. S. Navy Re- This tablet is placed three hundred years later by the oclC'ly of olonlal Wars In the State or NPw Hampshire HISTORICAL MONUMENTs\ Bronze Tablets and Cannon, in Portsmouth and Vicinity. llr<'d .) On Wednesday, July 29, l!ll4, tho commemoration of two historical events took place nt Star Island, N. H., Isles or Shoo.ls, near PortRmouth. First, the dedication of the Imposing granite obl!sk lately erected in memory or Rev. John Tucl{e, A. M., minister at Star Island for more than !orly years, before the Revolution, 1732-1773, by his kinsman, Edward Tuck, or Paris, dedi cated by the New Hampshire Histori cal Society. Second, the dedlc-al!on of n. bronze tablet In honor and rl'membrance of the famous Captain John Smith. the first recorded visitor to these islands, just three centuries ago, by the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Hampshire. The monument erected to his memory In 1864, by Rev. Daniel A.ust!n, of Portsmouth, N. H. , half destroyed by the pai;sing years, has recently been restored by this society, and a bronze tablet nmxed In place of the original marble Inscription w'hlch has b en missing for several years. The steamer Nassau, chartPred by the New Hampshire Historical Society carried th at society :ind Its guests from Portsmouth -to the Isles of Shoals and return. A dinner a.t the Oceanic Hotel. Star Island, was given by the New Hampshire Historical Society to Its members and guests, ahout thre<' hundred In number, with Interesting and scholarly addresses by Rev. Alfred GoodIng of Portsmouth, on Rev. John Tucke and the early history of the Isles of Shoals; and by Justin H. Smith, Esq., of Boston, Governor of the Society of Colonial \Vars In the State or• New Hampshire, on Captain John Smith. The meeting passed a resolution asking the New llnmpshire Hif<torical Society tQ consider, and I! deemed best, to take measures to restore, it practicable. the original name or "Smith's Isles" to the present Isles or Shoals. The Inscription on the Tucke monument Is here given: "Unde rneath are the r mains of the Rev. John Tucke, A. JIL He graduat!'rl at Han-ard College, A, D. 1723, waR ordained here, July 26, 1732, and died late in August, 1773. AET 71. He was affable n ntl polite In his manner, amiable in his cllsposltlon, or great Piel~ and Integrity, < given 'to hosp Itality, , Diligent and fu1lhful In his pastoral offlr1 •. well learned in History and Geography as well as general Self'nce, and -a careful Physician hoth to the Bodies n.nd the Souls of his people. I Erected 1800 In memory o( the Just. The Inscription above Is taken from the sandstone slab placed over the grave of the ltev. John Tucke by Dudley A. Tyng of Newburyport, Mass. In 1914 a kinsman Edwnrcl Tuck renewed In p e r ~ f rm this memorial." .,_,A-IVEIV lnl-1."' The landing or the first settlers of New Hampshire in 1&23,-nlne years after Cuptaln John Smith's visit to the Isles of Shoals-was commemorated in 1899 by the erection cir a granite monument at Odlorne's Point, Rye, N. II., near Portsmouth, l>y the New Hampshire Society of Colonial Dames. The last portion CT! the inscription records however the later result, rather than the primary Intention of the first .settlers. ' Rye, N. H .-At Odiorne·s Point, near the anclen t well, the site of the old fan or house, and the burying ground of the first settlers In New Hampshire: Front: "Here landed In the Spring · or 1623 the f!rRt band or Englishmen pioneers in the planting of New Hampshire consecrating this soil to the service of God and Liberty" Base: "1623-1899" Rear: '"To their perpetual memory the National Society of the Cclonlal Dames of America In the State or New Hampshire dedlcat,::d this stone 1899" It ha seem!'d well to assemble here record or the locality, and or the lnscrlptlo11s on the other historical bronze tnhlete in Portsmouth and vicinity, both in New Hampshire a.nd Maine, sixteen In number; and on the Soldiers' monument, Fitz-John Porter equestrian statue, and Hovey Memorial fountain, the first erected b-Y the citizens of Portsmouth, the second by a. friend, and the third by a sorrowing mother, and all In Portsmouth. These sixteen additional tablets were erected; one each by the Liberty Pole Association of Portsmouth, the Helen SeM·ey Quilting Party of Portsmouth, the Thomas Balley 1Alcl1'1ch Association, the Society or Colonia.l Wars In the State or New Hampshire, t he Maine Historical Society, the Pepperell Association, the Maine Daughters or the American Revolu tion, the Paul Jones Club of Portsmouth. Sona or tl}e American Revolu- , tlon, and the United States Marino Corps; fivo by the New Hampshire Society of the Sons of the Revolution; a.nd two by the United States Navy Depa.rtmPnt. Elgh are n Portsmouth; one In New stlc; one at the Isles or Shoals; three In Kittery, Me.; a.nd three at the Navy Yard. They are arranged by loca.lllles, and In the oi:der of th& • dales of the ovents commemorated. 'l'hc origlmtl Inscriptions o.re all In capita.I letters, though otherwise printed here, and owing to the width of newspaper columns a.re not always 'lined" as In the originals. HISTORICAL BRONZE TABLETS. Portsmouth-On the Liberty pole j at Liberty l>rldge at the junction of Water and Marcy streets : I "Liberty, Property and No Stamp" a , Near this spot then "S\vlng Bridge" but thenceforward called "Liberty Bridge" on Jariuary 9th, 1766 nine years before the Revolution the '"Sons or Liberty" of Portsmouth, N .. H. placed the first '•No S-tam'{l - Fla.g'' ~-·• raised In 'the 'Ame~ican colonies "Swing Bridge" built 1731, Waterway filled 1899 The Liberty Pole Association 1913" Additional Inscriptions on the erty Pole: On wooden shield; "Erected ·JuJy 4, 1824 in commemoration :ot July 4- ,1776, that Dec1ared -Our Ema.ncipa.tlon From Tyranny And Gave Us The Privileges or Freemen.'' On metall!c plate : "Liberty Flag Pole renewed J uly 4, 1899." Portsmouth-On the Whipple school State street, near SumJ:!ler street: "William ,Whipple Soldier ahd Statesman Born, Kittery, 'Me., January U, 1730, Dled ' Portsinouth, N. H;, November 28, 1785. Elected to Continental Cangress Jan uary, 1776 ' He signed • the-Declaration of Independence, ' As Brigadier, Senei>al Of ·N. • H. Troops he assisted In ·--11e·golta"tlng the terms or General. Burgoyne's surrender at •Saratoga, N: Y. in 1777. He was Judge of the Superior Court. The New Hampshirlii... Society of t,ll e Sons of the Revolution ·E placed this tablet, 1910.'' Portsmoulh-On the Hunking Wentworth House, on the corner or Church and Congress streets, next west of the North 'church : "This house was occupied by Hunking Wentworth. • A zealous patriot and efficient· friend of the . American• Revolution. He was chairman- or the Committee. of Safety- .to obtain sign atures to the Association Test or 1776, wherein citizens promised at the risk of their Jives. and fortunes to oppose the hostile proceedings of the . British fleets and armies. against the United Colonies. The New Hamps)llre Society or the Sons or the Revolution placed this tablet l~eb, 22, 1904.'' Portsmouth-On the Lord House at the northeast corner or State and Middle streets, next west of the Rockingham: · "In this house Admiral (John) Paul Jones ·resided and at this port fitted out the Ranger, 1777 and the America., 1781-2. Erected by the Helen Seavey, Quilting Party July 4, 1913." Portsmouth-On the Lear house on the north side of Hµnklng street, (old number 7, new number 49) between Marcy and Mechanic streets: "Colonel Tobias Lear was born in this house In 1760. He was George Washington's secretary from 1783 to 1799. · f Washington visited here in 17$9. This tablet- Is placed by the Society cif the Sons of the Revolution or the State of Xew Hampshire, 1899.'' �Portsmouth-On the old Assembl)· Erected by the Pepperrell Association house on Vaughan street at the south . 1907" corner o! Raltt's court: Kittery-On the Whipple Garrison "Assembly House house long the home of the late H • tJ.ullt in 1750. J Philbrick Whipple road, jost south Washington a t ~ e n d e d . o! Locke's 'cove, formerly Whipple'!! a reception here, . Cove Kittery Point: Nov. 3, 17 . /. '· "General William Whipple Remodelled In .1838. one of the signers of the Tl}e New· Hampshire· Society Declaration of Independence Sons· ot the Revolution · was born In this house placed ~his tablet · June 14th, 1730. Feb. 22, 1901!." This tablet was placed In Portsmouth-::'.On t_he ...old WJ111~ . 1913 Pitt Tavern, ;. s.oul:'ll~sr- corner , . of by the Maine Daughters of the co·urt and ..A.tkkson. sti:eets~. • 4-merlce.n Revolution." ' .•,;The Earl of Halifax :;. ~ Kittery-At the ferry landing . of . , and , the Atlantic Shore Railway (electric) "William Pitt Hotel. "° • ~ ,; Badger's Island: ·· erected in· 1770. · · • "In memory of Sen. Lafayette visited here the Continental sloop of war In 1782. . Ranger Also Louls .Phillippe, who was launched from this Island afterwards Kin~ ·of France. May 10, 1777. This ls tlle last spot where Sailed for l•'rancc November 1, 1777, Washington personally John Paul Jones, Captain. complimented our State with dispatches of through Its official Burgoyne's surrender. Dignitaries In 1789. Received February 14, 1778, This tablet was placed by the first salute the New Hampshire Society to the Stars and Stripes of Sons or the .Revolution, from the French Fleet. A. D. 1901." Captured the British sloop of war Drake, Portsmouth-On the southside o! Court, near Atkinson street, and next April 24, 1778. west o! the Earl ot Halifax and WU~ 11am Pitt hotel: Erected by the Paul Jones , Club of Portsmouth, "The Nutter House In this house Sons of the American Revolution Thomas Balley Aldrich· 1905.'' passed the boyhood that he he.a me.de Navy Yard-On the Commandant's Immortal In prose and verse house: Purchased by the .. • • • Thomas Balley . Aldrich Association Died In this house Portsmouth, August, 1907." August 14, 1870 New Castle-On the outer wall o! David Glasgow Farragut Fort Constitution, near the ge.tei Admiral "In ·ooi;umemora.tlon In the United Stales Navy ot the first victory ot the · Faithful and Fearless. .Am~rlce.n Revolution. • • • • 'l'he capture, on this site, of Navy Yard-On the Marine bar1;:_ .i.:S:,, l<'ort William and Me.ry · racks; to the first Americans killed J;..;.':.:.~""--·_·.:.··....::1.:.4_-1::;6:....;D;;;...;e_c_e_m_b_e_r..;•_1_1_74_.__'...,,,__, 1 1n the Spanish war: "In memory of In admiration of the gallantry; Sergt. Smith, ot and Pvt. Dumphy, Co, D. Capt.,John Langaon and 1st Battalion, U. S. M. C. Maj. John Sullivan, Kllled at leaders of the assaults, Guantanamo, Cuba. In memory of the patriots Jun·e 11, 1898. who captured the fort and removed the guns and stores. Erected by Comrades. . EJrected by the Society- of Colonie.I We.rs Unveiled June 11, 1907 ." In the State o! New Hampshire, Navy Yard-Peace tablet on the 1902.'' Peace Confeqmce building (General Isles of Shoals-On •the cellar wall, Store): at Appiedore Island, State of M_e.lne, "In this builcllng of what was the house, formerly th at the lm·itatlon of home of Hon. William Pepper~!, fa'l'heodore Roosevelt, ther of Sir William Pepper--ell:.....,.I( President of the United States, · ~"The fl.. wn.s held the Island Home Peace Conference between the - - ot Peppe~ .. ----~ 'Hon. Wm. Envoys of Russia and Japan, Me.hie Hist• Society 1900." • and September 5, 1905, at 3.45 P. M. Kittery-In tront of the . Pepper v/as signed rell tomb and rrearly opposite the ol The Treaty of Portsmouth Pepperell house and the . Parkflel which ended the war between the two li~te/, Kltt!lry, l'olnt: · :. .Empires." "In commemore.c::.t::,l~o--.,-. of '· fl... Col. William Pepper._e_lL:.--,._ HISTORICAL MEMORIALS. born .Jn Devonshire, 1m, ~ •/{ Portsmouth-On \.he Soldiers' • died - In _Kittery, 1734' monument, Goodwin Park, between , , and of hlij. son ,, Islington and State streets, near CabSir William P(lPPerrell, . Be.rt., ot street: .born In Kittery. 1696, ,. l North side: died In Kittery 175-9 · · Chief Justice of the "In honor of the 'Men Court ot Common Pleas of Portsmouth . President of the who gave Council of Massachusetts commanded the colonial forces their services ,on the at the successful ,.-. land and on the . sea In •"the war }Vh!Ch • siege of , Louisburg, 1745 , preseh-ed th~-• .Urtlon and lri recognition or h1s services .er - the State,s , • was made. a Baronet and ·· · . this monument ,ll:f ere~tecl. ,Genera.I In the British Army, ' by ~ grateful citizens, , ' 18[!!.'•_:. honors never before conferred on ~ Colonist fJ.e/ • ---·----· South side: • . "Williamsburg Fair Oaks Savage Station White Oalt Swamp Malvern HIil Chantilly South Mountain Chancellorsvllle \Vllderness Cold Harbor Petersburg Richmond Monitor and Merrimack New Orleans Mobile Bay Morris Island James Island Fort Darling Port Hudson Riid River Fort Donelson Peach Tree Creek Sherman's 'March to the Sea" Near base, north, ea.st, south and west sides: "Gettysburg" , .• ~:.• . "Kearsarge" ~ •. •.~ I I ,_. "Antietam" ·,, ""-. "Fredericksburg" Portsmouth-On the Equestrian statue of Major c;::eneral Fitz John Porter, Haven Park, Pleasant street: Ee.st side: "On this site was born Fitz John Porter Aug. 31, 1822 'while his rather Ce.pt. John Porter, U. S. N. commanded the Portsmouth Navy Yard. · Graduated from West Point, July, 1845. Distinguished himself and was wounded In war with Mexico 1846-1847. Instructor of Artillery and Cavalry West Point 1854-1856. Asst. Adjt. Gen. Utah Expedition 1857 . During Civil War Brev. Brig. Gen. U. S. A. June 27, 1862 Maj. Gen. U. S. Vol. July 4, 1862 Commanded 5th Army Corps. Cashiered Jo.n. 21st, 1863. The case of Gen. Porter was reviewed by a Board of Officers appointed by President He.yes consisting or Lieut. Gen. J. M. Schofield, Brev. Maj. Gen. A. H. Terry, Brev. Maj. Gen. G. W. Getty Hon. Joseph H. Choate, counsel for Gen. Porter The Board f1,JIIY exonerated him. Their judgment wo.s approved by General U. S. Grant Finally by both Houses of Congress. He was restored to his . former rank in the Regular Army by President Cleveland. Died at 'l\Iorrlstown, ,New Jersey, May 21st, lQ0l.". Sout/1 slcle: _ Bronze Bas Relief "Lt. F. J. Porter wounded at the Aqueduct (Carita Belen). Capture of the City of Mexico, September 13th, 1847." West side: Bronze Bas Reller, "General Porter reconnoitering In Runaway balloon, April 11, 1862." North slcle: Bronze Bas Relief, "Charge at Malvern Hill, July 1st, 18G2. Maj. Gen. FICz John Porter. Brig. Gen. Thos, Francis :Meagher.'' Portsmouth-On the drinking fountain northwest corner of State and Plea'.sant streets, near the Postofflce: East side: �~ye \\Q.V'bcv- ~~- EARi YDAYS -OF RYE HARBOR "In memory of Ensign Charles Emer~on Hovey Unltecl States Navy. Born In Portsmouth, Jan: 10, 1885, Killed in action, Phlllppine Islands, Sept. 24, 1911. Son of Rev. Henry Emerson and L9uise Folsom Hovey." West side: ''Ensign }Io,•ey graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy 1907 ordered to the Philippines 1910 was commanding · an expedition against outlaw Moros, \vhen he met his death His last words were "Get on the job 'McGuire" Is Arttiicial Inlet Dug Out In lite Year 1792 ....._iII~~1:~.~: f p~£~,tN( ..... - CANNON. To the r!'corcl of historical monumentR o.nd lnh lels should be added an account of four historical cannon,, two at Portsmouth, and two at the Navy Yard. Portsmouth-In front of the AthenTwo Iron aeum, Market Square. cannonf, about f.v.-. rcet long, ea<,:h with tablet 1nscri hed: "Taken from tho British by Commodore Perry at the battle of Lal{(:- Erie Scpl. 10, 1813." Navy Yard- In front of the Co mmandant's office two guns (cannon) with carriages and shields: North side of entrance. On gun. "14 CM. T. R. Astllleros de! Ncrvion-Bilbao-1894 No. 16" On brass plate on gun shield, 1 I "F·rom SpanlRh 'ruiser ']\[aria Teresa.' Taken at th e battle of ~a11tiago July ~nl, 1898. ·weight of gun, 9400 lbs. Weight of c arriage, 5000 lbs." _ _ _ _ __...,j i~~~~· ~ - I ,; , \ qI'-\ out being wholly with small arms on both sides. Dr. John W. Parsoni, with his instruments, bandages, scraped lint, etc., started from his re idence at the Center on horseback; his son, Thomas J. Parsons, and the latter's cousin, Isaac D. Parsons, made a straight run for the harbor on foot, and did not stop running un- , til they reached the salt marsh, where t' • they halted to watch the popping of the muskets from the barge, which was in plain sight. Hw1dreds of people were on the Neck, including some from Portsmouth. The Rye men be· hind the wall were under command of General Thomas Goss, and some of them worked so briskly as to flre away the whole sixteen or eighteen rounds that had been supplled them by the town. It was reported at the time that the coxswain of the barge was shot, but it was never definitely le.arned whether he was killed or n(lt. No one on the American side was harmed, and the coasting schooner later made 1 her escape in tile darkness to Portsmouth har~bo~r~·- - -- - -----'"' The project to improve and enlarge Ryo Harbor brings to mind some of tho early history of this spot and the following contained in Rockingham·s Rambles in the ]):iceter News Letter is of much interest just at this time: The present Rye harbor ls an artifioiat lmrbor and Wll3 dug out about 1702. There was a lot of preliminary work about securing this harbor and lt figured in town meetings quite a bit Finally, a committee of seven was apf;ointed and they were told "To dig out where they think proper." Nathan Closs was the big man at that time . and he'·headed the committee, his fellow members being Simon Jenness, C,optain Joseph Jenness, John Gar 1Int d, John Webster, Reuben Philbl'ick l\ttd Jeremiah Berry. It looks as if 1 the enterprise was one of public spirit, for forty-six men got into the digging, working :f_rom one to slic days each, five of them bringing their oxen, 1md to encourage the others Richard Goss worked fifteen day:, and furnished ten gallons of rum. The harbor served its purpose well. f\ safe harbor was provided for numerous small l)oats engaged in the fisheries and then schooners of thirty and forty tons were built. The:ie little schooners did quite a coastw1se trade and many Rye people got their first sight of Boston by taking p[l.ssage on lhem. It was at Rye Harbor that the first and only invasion of New Hampshire by an armed foe, and this was about twelve years after Rye Harbor was finished. April 5, 1814, the British ships of war Juan and Tenedos were reported oIT this coast, in the vicinity of Salem, Mass., and on May 29 two warships anchored off the Rye shore, on what has ever since been known as Gunboat shoal. The following day, May 30, a barge from one of the men-of-war chased a coasting schooner into Rye harbor, and this brought on a fight which resulted in the barge being driven off. The Rye men were stationed behind a stone wall on Little Neck, and one of them named_ Mowr, a resident of the Neck, hailed the barge ns it entered the harbor, the barge's crew replying with a volley from small arms, which, in turn, was promptly at1swered by the muskets of the men behind the wall. The bell on the meeting house ra11g out the ala,rm, and rumors of the landing of the enemy struck ten-or to the hearts of many of the people, some of whom hastily packed up the most valuable o! their goods !u readiness for flight into the interior. Word was sent t-0 Portsmouth of the supposed invasion, and a company under command of Captain Joshua W. Peirce, started from there for Rye harbor, but were met on the way by a messenger with word that the enemy had been driven off, and there- I l 'Fron1 Spani s h Cruiser · 'Vizcaya' Taken at the battle or Santiago • July 3rd, 1898. Weight of gun 9400 lbs. Weight of carri i,ge 5000 lbs." South sicl~ of cnlrn.nce. On gun, "14 CM. T. R. Astllleros d e! N e rvion-Bilbao-1893 No. 21." On brass plate on gun shield, upon turned back. One of the cannon stationed at the meeting house was started for the harbor at the first alarm, but the horses became balky and the cannon did not 11,rrlve in time to be of any service.'. the figh! t~ough- ~~~ . "cu,.~ c\ ~~c.S2,... ~\ '\'\~~ �J ... . ........ ,. ... ~,..,. .. ~ t,.. -YWl.1'1C. .... ,. ,·-... ,.... .,_...... ,,t<•--· "' . . ....... ,. ,,..... ........................ .... ,,......... ,................. ,. ,., .... ,.. .• · ·,:;; ... : ·... H ,tto :: . . • •~ : , : • •;:.. - .. ,.............. ...................... ''." ll•:.,.~" ,,:••· ,. _.... • < i'.'1Jil:\10RJAL ~1,0X{ .\ ~mNt - ... _ TO .RF~\' . JOHN TPC'lm . �:I.-:,\ es - - - - ---...Z..-=<-~-~~-"---'-.!. E RCISES MAR , ; CATION OF · HANDSOME MO . ENT_· _ l SLES OF ALS: . ·i - 0 ---=to·da~v is a ga l:1 d;iy at I ho lHleR of The prog ram ol' th e l'xcrc!s('s was before Champlain, in- his account Shoa Hf. Th<' q 11:1 i 11 t Iii 1!e is lanrl :i R s follows: :1 voyage along the New Engla1 nestlin° on lh<· 110:;0 111 or 111<' i\tlanti :· Jnvorution, rortst in 1605; spokP of 'Three or fo just n f"'" 11i11,,:: .. rr I hP ,•,1:ist. hnv1• TIPv . Snnlllcl Tlowaro Dana . n. n. rnthcr prominent lslan1ls' off the been, lh<' s1'l' IIP or 111:in y i111porl:111r l'rPsenlalion to lhn New !Tain1ifl hlr,J C'oast of what is now New Hampgathcrll1 r•.1;, !nil 11,dar i~ prolrn!Jly ·11 1., JTt sto ri cal Society of lite lanrl ·upo:i sh.ire. · Capt. John Smith who vlsimo nt r 1·P ntf11l , in ,·P ('np l. .John Smil,1 which the monument Sla 11 <i s, l ed the islands in 1614 and name<l fir st. Rll'J>pPrl upon 111<•111 in lhe spring :\!Jr. Charl~s Albert TTazlol.l, lhem after himself .te'l ls , of the wonor J6l4 . i n hehalr of tho owners of Star lslanrl. <lerful fishing to be ,haµ there. 'He Torla.1• prurni11cnl. peopl e from far f'resenl.alion or the monum e nt to th e is a very bad fisher' says Smith, 'that an<l 11ear !rnv l' pall1l'rr>d to aicl in hn•iNe\\' Hampshire Historical Soriel.y ca nnot kill in one day ·wlth his hook oring llw nw111 nr y of onp \\'ho spPnl :\Tr. Benjamin Ames Kimliall, and, lin e one, two, or three hundred 4 'l::-Yl?f1J"S or hi ::; l i rr> min isl Prin g to LhP ln bPhall' of '.\Tr. Eel w:Hcl Tn r k . cods, and is it not' pretty sport to pull spTi-i-!1ial ··:11111 phy s ir al we lr:iro of ·\<·ceplauce of the trust s, up two pence, six pence and twelve thosr who popul n lr1l lh Psr> isl::1.11d s :lfr. li'rank Sherwin StrePlrr, pence, as fast as you can hale and \\'hPn l11I' Shoals w0 r e thP home or a T'res id e nt or lhe Sucirty. veare a line?' Capt. Leavitt wh'o arthriving 1·01111111111ily with its srlwol :\[Pmorlal address, rived l1ere in the sp ring of 1622 ho11 sPs, l'hurl'h, :11111 sto r es . Tlev. Alfred Coocling. wrote: 'The first place I set my foot To tlw 111e111on· of Jtev. John Turk e The exercises wore fo1 1owed by a upon in New; England was the I sles who 1lf1l 111orP for lhe people o[ the rlinner at tile Oceanic Hotel al whirb of Shoulds, being is'lands in the sea, Shoa ls, lhan ,nny ol11Pr perso·n in Lhoir Wa llace llnck ett o[ this cit.v a cted as about two leagues from the main. I ,..,, ,, 1.,(•'<Hl:1y. w:1! R dC!dfc:1le,1 lhe 11111 ).\• Jnafltmnsler, nn<1 '1 hrntory., ' 18 s pPa lcl'rs were Upon these islands I neither could nirieeii't mon11111e11I under the clirc.e- ::u; follows: see one good timber tree, nor so mu.ch lion o[ lhl' New· .I r:iinp s hire Jlislorical Tho Slate or :-Jew Hamp shire-His -ground as to .make a garden. The society. F.xrellency, Samuel D. li'e llcer. place is found to ,be a good -fishing 1 Th e lslr>s of Shon.ls hnve cilangocl The Stale of l\f::tin o-TTi s Excellen- place for six ships, but more cdnnot. from a fishi111: villagl' to :i rar- rai11e,I CY, William T. Haines. well be there, ,for want of convenient snmmer n•sorl, lllll I hr>n' i~1 still a hit Harvard Co ll ege and Rev. John stage room, as· this year's experience or enrh:rn Ln11'll I. a1>011 t th e m wh il-h Tuck-A. Lawrence Lowell, Pre2i- lrnth proved. The harbor is 'but inwill HP\ Pr ln~c> ils cha rn 1. The 11 11 111 deI)t of Harvard Univer~ity. "- different good. Upon these Island• or inrlu sl r _v is slillPd, bnl th e n eve r! llnrlm o uth College and Edward are no savages·at all.' cPnsf n e; _sn11 11d or lhe> sen mingl e d at 'l'tl<'lc i'ru[. Hom e r Eaton Keyes. "It appears, then, that the Shoals limPs w1111 I t,c• r,r ' l1 w1111<11 ng bell or l~d wa nl 'J'u ck ---'Charlcs Tl. Co rning. were a m nch ; visited and imp9rta,nt th o lit I I<' c:os porl ,·llnrch forms a I ,elle>i·- l~rnest J~ox Ni chols, Pres!- fi s hing statio n before any settlement pleas:rnl 111Plod.r lo Lile many visilorn 11 ,, 11 t or Darlmonlh College. nl all was mrtde upon the main land . a,t thi s popular s pol. l,e lte r - i\mos Tuck French. Nor ditL it long remain a mere fish• Ureal crPciil is cin e th e thi s torirai Allclllional interest was occasion e d Ing station. By the micldie of the • soriely for it:; efforts i11 sec 11ri11g tills li.r lhP ,lrtli rat.ion by the Soci ety of Reventeenth century it haq become !1} "' 111111·1· '11 • •'111 1I •·1Is·ci I O 'I'"1111 oll 1Y S • 11 1• Co lonial \Vars of the State of New 11Prm " nent.ly colon1·zed. ' M"any ,.,,-u bJiva n , und c> r whose, ,lirectio11 lhe monslantial and well ·furnished J10uses 11:unp~hir e o[ a brouze tab let, to the lJncJ been · litii'lt ancl tlie i·esi'dent ' pop-tlmont w~s r·on slrnrl<'d and erected. m<'mory of Ca ptain .John Smith, who u :\Tr. Sullivan 's ra 1n e has sp r ead th() rnacl e th e, first re cord e d visit to the nlalion numbered six hundred. le n r; th an,l hrP:icllh or llw iH!and. lt lslPH of Shoals in ]fil4. "Thero was a meeting house, a was· 111l(]Pr hi f: s11pervisio11 lhnt · lhe The s pP.al<er o[ the day w:is Rev. I co111:t house and a tavern on 'Smutty Sc!na.lP huil<lin g at \V as ltin gl on, U. C. All'ri•cl Cootling of this city , who de- Nose lsland, a bowling alley aud a thll h b1I orif':1 I h11i 1,1 i 11g :1 I Conc:onl, livi•rP d II sc·ho ln rly ancl olorpient ad- hrewery on Hog' Island, now .A~ple1 onP o r ll1e fi11,,,.1 P1l iri r.es in l'hl' co1111- tlr rss dPsc ribin g the history of the clore. Herds of cattle and fl ocks of 1 .try, ancl thr 111:1ssivr <lry ,Jock at the Isl es of Shoals anti the life anrl work ' sheep abounded. SOf\'IE\ of the richloral nav .v ynrll wNe ronstrnclcd. or ltev. John Tucke. est _m en in New England Jived there Otis 'C. ll:1111111011,1 or Co11cor1l h:is :\fr. Cooclin g's address was as f-ol- and le[t large estates valued at .from b ee n most aclivP. in arranging all clc- 1 lo ws: . two hundred pounds to seven huntailR for lhn illlporl:1111. eve11t. clred pounds. It was an important ltl'\'. :Hi· . ..Goo1llnp;•~ .'\1ld1·P.i..11. The ntte111l:1ucl' was vl'ry lnl'!\<', "Amo•ig the early srltlements in center of trade and had its large disfRlr weather :11!,lin~ lo the pl ea s 11 ro .\lll e rk:i I know of but one that has tribnling warehouses. As early as of U1 e Ol'l'as ion . The steamer . assnu \ so ultrrly ili sa ppea red that the only 16~6, say Jenness, 'Thomas Mayhew with n. C'apa,·ily or r,oo: ;'·ns rhnrterPcl 1• lr:icP or it lef t is a little grave yarll. visited :he Shoals for the purpose of to arrommo,lafe the visitors, and left That is the settlement that existed in purcbasmg o lar~e a quantity as the l~les of Shon l1- lnn,ling al the fool llie.c islands. It is s upposed• tha eig hty hogs heatls of provisions at ,· of Deer sl. ;ii I O o',·lntk, r et11r11i,J1 1-\ ·..;,;....,..--,.~~..;, one time and expended one hundred al 4. -~ ~ - - ___..., pounds sterling in impo'rted ruggs and coates.' Curiously enough the I 0 0 �-------~...,.--e,;:-------l 1oals was also a center of foreign news brought over by its ships. Gorges wrotE) to Winthro'p In 1640: 'I cannot send you news from England because the contrariety of winds hath hindered ft from coming from the Isles of Shoals.' How astonl~hlng to think of the .Shoals as the chief source or news from ahroarl. 1t was evidently no comm'on l!ttle f!~hlng place in those remote days. It apparently possessed not only wealth !Jilt reflneipent. We are even tc)ld that on Smutty NoRe there was , '.a seminary of such repute that e~en gent}eme~ from some of the · to"1ns on the sea coast sent their sons there for literary instruction.' :uncle Separate Township. , "Politically the islands shar~d ' tiiie rate of the rleighboring. mainland, i,mlng ,under the rule- of-Ma:ggactiusetts. In 16 61 a petition to tile Massachusetts General Court to be created a separate township was granted. The whole group was to 1be called Aplerloore from the ' i!)evqnshlre fishing vlllagE) of that na111e, In 1079 when New Hampshire was separated from Massachusetts an,! made into a royal ,province, the group of Islands was divided, • the northern half, comprising Hog Island and Smutty Nose being asalgned to :\faine and the southern half including \Star and White Islands becoming a part of New Hampshire. This division caused a remarkable shifting of P9Pulation. Prior to 1679 most .o~ the people had dwelt on Hog Island and Smutty Nose. Probably In order to avoid the burden of Massachusetts taxation the majority of them now moved to Star Island and In 171•6; :t was created a township under the name of Gosport (God's Port). "The religious as well as the political hlst9ry ot the islands followed , that of the mainland. The earliest 'churc.h iµ Portsmouth for Instance, was .Episcopalian. Its minister was the Rev. Richard Gibson who preached there In 1639-1640. We know the site of his church and or the hous'e in which he Jived. He was settled iat the Shoals in 1641, but when ,New Hampshire came under the control of the Massachusetts Bay colony . there was no longer any chance for Eplsco·pa:llanism in this region. The church at Po rtsmouth 'became Puritan and a . Puritan minister, the R!lv. John Brock, was ~ent to the _Sho_als, where he lived from 1650-1662. His contemporaries apparently thought very highly of him. One of them said: 'I scarce ever knew any man so familiar with the· great God as• His dear servant Brock.' Cotton Mather devotes the first chapter . of the fourth book of His Magnalla to an account of the life of Mr. Broclc unthe motto 'Fides in vita.' '.His 1 chief learning' says Mather, 'was his fearful trade taught them such lifegoodn'ess,' and ,h e goes on to describe long lessons of self reliance :J 3 althe character of Brock in the follow- most to obliterate from their mind~ ing quaint terms: 'He was a good the very sense of divine prot~ectio'1 grammarian, chiefly in this·, that he and aid.' Comin~ of Rev. Tucke. still spoke the truth from his heart. "Among such a people there wa., He was a good logician, chiefly in They this, that he presented himself unto need of a capab1e minister . God with a reasonable service. He were noted for their indifference to was a goorl ,a rithmetician, chiefly In 1the Jaw, their insubordination, their this, that he so numbered his da.Y,s;as hostility to taxation and their habits to apply his heart unto wisdom. J{e of gross intemperance. In Hubbard ;s was .a good astronomer, Ghlefly in history ot New England there is 'fl long Jfst or fatal accidents happenthi s, that his convel'sation · was I in ing to ·1n'habitants or the Shoal~ " )Hi Heaven.' Mather then ' ,goes on to ha/J IJecome helplessly lnt.o;drnte,l. give what he calis ·'some few •nema'rk.ahle.i!.'..J.n....tlHl expe1·tence of Mr, Brock The court records contain the n11rne,;; . , of men .who· were convlcte cl or ll•~ing 1VlTt1e~lnistl! . t: irj ·JiollH, the common ,drunkard s, prorane swea;m6st remar)glqle .a,r wplch ls perh~ps ers and the like. John A nclrew:;, for the follo'\\rin%: 'When Mr.>Brock:lived . in stance, In 1666 was convicted ot on the Isle of .Shoales, he broligl;lt the· ' 's wearing, by the bloocl of Christ, people into an . agreement, ·• that,. l)eth at 11e was above the he11ven <i an,1 side the Lord's Days, they would lh e st ars, at which time .the salrl Anspend one day of . every month ~odrews did seem to have rlrnnk e too geather in the worship of our Lord mu ch, and dirl at that tim e call tile.. Jesus Christ. . On a certain day which witn esses doggs, toads a~<I foul by their agreement belonged unto the bird s.' In this community In the ,l'ear exercises of religion, 1b eing arrived, 1732 came the man whose memory the fishermen came to ~Ir. Brock and we ce lebrate here today by the dedi , asked him that they might put by ca.l ion of this monument. · John their 1neeting and· go a-fishing, beTu ck e was born Ang. 23rd, 170·!, nt cause they l;lad 1ost many days by the Hampton, N. H ., where hi s gre.:1.t foulness of the weather. He, seeing grandfath er, emigrating from C:orllh~t without and against his con s~nl s ton , Suffolk, England, settle d ,tbout they resolved upon doing what ,they th e year 1636. Tucke was a gr-HIii · had asked of him, replied 'If you will ate of Harvard College in the class r,f g.o away, I say unto you catch fish ' if 1723 . f[is name stands seventeenth you can! But as for you that will in the li st of rorty-three grnrlnates Larry and worship the Lord Jesus or that year given in the QuinquenChrist this day, I will pray unto Him nial catalogue. 'oown to the year for you that you may take tlsh till 1770 the names or each year's graduyou are weary.' T,hirty men went ates were arranged In the catalogue away from the meeting and five tarnot In the order of scholarship but ried. The · lhlrty which went awa y In th e order of social rank . From from the meeting with all their skill which we may judge that the name could catch but four fishes. The fiv'l of Tn clce stood tolerably high In the which tarried went forth afterwards social order of the time. He 111arrle,l and· they took five hundred. The Mary Dole or Hampton Nov. 24t11, fishermen after this readily attendeJ 1724, and, after declining a Cllll to whatever meetings Mr. Brock apthe church at Chester, was 01·dalnpointed them.' ed Lo the ministry 11t .Star l!;l11nd on "Brock's ministry covered a porth e 26th of Ju'ly, 1732 . The sermon tion of what Mr. Jenness, In his hiswas given by Rev. Jabez Fitch of torica1 sketch of the Isles of Shoals, Portsmouth from the obviously apcalls the golden age of the Islands, propriate text 'I will make yon fi shwhen 'their population was larger ers of men.' :\fr. Tucke spent his life than at arty -0ther point in the East in th e service of the people who liverl ern provinces; trade and comm erce 11 pon these islands, ,his ministry covwere extensive; the fisheries were P.rin g a period of more than forty pursued . with activity; the little har. yea.rs. bor was filled with shallops and pin" n ev. Jed ediah Morse who wrote naces; the neighboring sea was dota 'D escription of the Isles of Shoals' ted with -sails sweeping in and out: whi ch was printerl In the collections the rocks re.sounded with clan1or and or the Massachusetts Historical Sociebustled with business. Everywher ~ ty for the year 1800, salcl of Mr. boisterous hilarity, animal enio~·T11 C' ke : 'Mr. Tucke wns a mnn of an ment, exuberant spirits, cheerl'ul and affabl e and amiable disposition, of varied activity.' 'It was a motley easy and polite mann ers, of humble population' continues Jenness, 'witll and nnal'l'ected piety, or dil!gence and all the reckless and improvident :1'lbfidelity In the service of the mlnialts of sailors and fishermen anrl with try. He was 'given to hospitality anti all their hardihood, courage a n Ll spirit of adventure .......... their --~ . ! �In history and geog- stone,,:::th,mgli--written thirty Y' , ·;3 prl11tlng hy Dr. Jose h W. "\ anen n raphy he was eminently learned, be- ~fter his death, probably ·desc ribes the New England ;Hlsto_rical and Genyond most of his contemporaries. He faith[ully the feeling toward him of ealogical Register of the recor,1s of acted in the double capacity of phy- <those whom he served so long and ,Gosport Church and Town. John slcian of body and of soul. In lmi- well. Tucke flgUTes largely In tlrns•' intt'rtation of his DivinP ~[aster, he went 'He was affable and polite in his estlng documents. Indeed :..1w recabout doing good among all classes of manner, )I. ords begin with his coming to Go'lthe people of his charge, and his la,'Amiable in his dis osition, port and we probably owe t1'1~m to bars were not ln vain in the Lorf --;-Of great piety an,\ integrity, giv- hlA initiative. The vote to ca 11 him Under his nurturing, pastoral care en to hospitality, to the ministry at the Shoals, l11c Is peopleincreased in numbers an 1l 'lllligPnt and l'aithr111 in ·111s paEj• nmo nnt of his salary, the ,:0111 rihnln_ wealth, In knowleclge, piety rind/ torn! offire. ticn of fifty po11nds toward thP. lrnihlrespectablllty. Ft•w parishes in New 'Well le:tl'lll'il in lli Hl0l'Y anrl Oeo• Ing of a parsonage, the gift of!", !10 11,e England at this period gavP a more graphy, as well :is C: e11era l Science, ~ilr and 'a garden spot' and 1rnrn1is• generous support to their minister 'And a careful physic·ian both to Ilion to keep a cow on the i~lm,cl- and , few congregalions were more the bodies and lhe Soni,; or his Peo- tiles~ nre all carerupy recor:led, a,v'. constant and exemplary in their n• pie.' , JalPr on there appears each yea,· the tendanre on pnbllc worship. Snell 1 s "l'o\itrnrss anil ami:lbility, piPty vote' to pay .the mini;t;r's salary in . the account or thr charac·tC'r or ~l\li: and hospitality- the rrprC'RCnlallva •~ en ter' rish. Dr. :\Var~en has prn,:r,i vener::ible man, a111l or the rrnlt.s or or these virturs 11111st have bren an from these records thal the lo:ig a<'hls labors, which I have rcrC'ived ideal minister l'or the community that cepted date of ?>fr. Tucke's_death, re: from many aged and respedablc 11 eo- occu1 1ied thesr ishlll1ls. No clonbl its 1·oriled on the ,old grave stone-Aug. pie w,110 were pPl' ~ona lly arq naint eil det<' rloration anti de!'ay wns long de- 12th, 177 3-ls Incorrect for h-3 with him.' ferrPd hy the prpsenre he!'e and the ~hows that :\lr. Tucke entered u~on inllnen<·P o[ s11rh a mnn a:-1 John thP church book the baptism of lwo 'l'ul'lce. We 1{11011' what happenerl rhildren as of Aug. 15th and that lrn "That tns peopl e appreciatc>d his soon afler his clrath in 1773. Al the probably died late in August, since .a services is shown by their liberal sup- beginnin ,e; of thn American llevol1, • notice •of hi s deat..h appears in tl}e port o[ him. "\Vhen they called him t1011 nwny or the Islanders movrd tC1 Portsmouth Gazette o'r Sept. 3rd. "The pu\Jlication of these interestto their 'm inistry they offered him a thr m:lin \nncl, since it 1vas imppo~,,,1 ~a1ary o[ ope hundred and ten pounds that thr Shoals would be i-pPchlJ,, lng old records was cer,tainly worth per annum, old tenor, and fifty s 11 lij <'cl 1 •> n t tack by t~ngli Rh sh ip1; wh Ile. They perpetuate among; us pounds toward the cost o[ building a So rC'w peoplP we!'e 1efl that. t.h e1' the hi s tory of a curious and picturhouse for himself on a Jot or his own y;er:.' no longe!' ahle to si:pport a esque community which 1,as itseH enchoosing which they nlso presented min:,ter. They rapirlly fe!! ;:.tu 11 tlrely cJirnpprared, but, of which it profanily,, \\OnlLI be a pity to allow these conto him. Some years later thPy in- .iate of heathenism; ir<'!> pre- temporary documents to remain praccreased his salnry by paying the min- drunkenness and woree ister in fish, a qninlal per man, which ,ailed arnr,:: thew: n11'1 l:, the year tlcally buried. With their ,pu,blica., at the current price for fish, amount- 1, 9v tile c...' 1,,€dl111; hnt!se was pui1- tlcn and with the placing of this per· ed to about one hunilred guineas per cd '101..-11 :::n ..i ;i.:erl for [uel. It. ,ms n,nnent monument we have a sumcannum, said to have been one of the fitling ll:::t ll,e ':"o.iety for propa · ient memorial of the people who once, largest salaries paid al that lim e in gating tl:r:> G~:lJE'. a1c,o ng the lnlllan ::i inhabited these Islands and "~. him New England. They also, besideR and othe:,, L1 : lorth .l..merica' sh •u1d who was ordained here to their minhelping to build a parsonugP for him, est a!Jll~il g 1,1La'.cn to the Shoals, in lstry and for nearly half a century desupplied him with wood [or heating the yea•· i ~C.:l, f.:.r i'.e. inhabitants ltad voted himself to their truest well-beit-no insignificnnt matter. ThP min- become .:, ; . ::: .i;a,1 ::.n.v Indians. The ing." Lettel' of Regret. ister who has no r e nt to ])ay anti no ftory of U,if ~c:;'.E.t:;'s Jong, faithful The following letter of regret was fuel to buy is at once relieved of two and r;r.ri · t::1 ·• ~e,aful labors lo re:e~-very important items or household ta:ili::n , El:glvn arid ci·;ilization at forwarded from Frank "\V. Hackett at expense. . o doubt 11r. Tucke lived Go,p01 t cor:5 not belong here but 1s "\Vashin$ton: , :c1 J1 rocing. The nea ~ ,vashlngton, D. C., July 24,1914 j very comfortably on Star lsland. He cu tain for the r~:· 1.f.il r:1io::i.:mary c'lrne to ntis G. Hammond '. Is said to have possessed an admirable library, and abundant leisure ror an ,•nil ,: u. '! e3r1y eerentie<;, when Superintendent, N. H. Historical Society, study must hav p been his in that re- thP old f;cJ;:1 ,s •;:\lage dis8prear~d Concord, N. H. mote parish with its entire fr eedom and U.P ; •! :11! (: _ hu.a1r:e a su1nuer reDear Mr. Hammond: from all outside interests and frc,m f Ort. In an earlier letter you were adPn-Hvi1~., '1;:l;au:;•'s )[enun·y. the thousand and one demanrls 11 pon 'Within tl,e la~t two yea•·-:; two vised how great was my regret that th<> :1ilnlster's lime which he ran esc:111<> only hy going to sen. 'l'o be n0!ew\Jrlhy thi111,.s l.,.ve been done I am to be detained here so as to be mlnlriter :it th<> Shonls had nil the t t-ntllJ, r to preoei", ':l t'1e memory cf deprived of the 11rivilege of attendndv~ntages of bein~ afloat and 111'11'1 the f8ilhf11l minister wLo de1oteu 1i:o ing the Tucke monument exercises at of il $ dlsadvantagPs. On the whole long life to the pEople ·, ho i11liahited the Shoals, on Wednesday next. I trust that the day will be fail,: One is the 11\a cin_g )fr. Tucke's ministry mmit have been these islands. :1. h!!!hly i:ntisfactory onP. For more over his grave of this grailite slH,[t ?ll.d that the attendan~e will be large, It is a pleasure indeed for us of rhnn forty ,·<,,arR he was the guidP and ·by )Ir. Edward Tucke bearilis the ad0 rrte,Hl n• this un11s11al group of prO· n~lra hlP inscription --rllten in tl ~ the Society to testify by our presence !)IP.. Hl!l po I l~h 11·ns <·o-extpn:l •.rr, vt ar I .'00 ror the sto.,' tnl.Jl;!, whlc,h how profound Is the regard in which ' and mos~ Its we hold our fellow-member, with the islands. Everybody turue,l ·1Vas rast bPcomlng i legible. to him bu:i1 in sorrow and in ,-1:.k- worrl of rlisqimlnatins p•·a's~ a1e liberal benefactor, Edward· Tuclc In ne!'s, tor ile was their physician a, now ill no danger of bei;:g , 1rgot.tE;n. his devotion to his native state, to well ns th1.-ir minister. Eviden~!~· he Ti1e I her thing which ha:i been done Dartmouth, and to the New Hamppossessed the respect ancl affec: lo~ latelr, involving the perr,~tu:i.:on of 0hlre Historical Society we see that of all. The "1scrlption upon his t..,'1 .. , )fr. Tu cke' s memory is the rare: ul 1 c- Mr Tuck has exhibited a generous epl~lt, and a most excellent judg• - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - �I solld mass around and over the re- I guide, physi_cia_n, and business advisCT1t.lilj~ to _a point three , feet and six inc~es to _ th~ , surface of the large er, wen,t to sleep in the. midst of those, [0 11r_dati_8n stone u_n der base of mon u- he love.d -th,e. nJost fiJtlng place fo,r' -rncn_t wh\:r.~ lhe Glab of red freestone the man and his memorial \HS_ laid Io n the smooth eqncr'ete sur~ri;. Suii1v11n's Rep~1·t. Face or _the rrypt, with its inscription Mr . .Sullivan visited the Isles or facing the ~as t in almost the same IJO· Shoals _on .Sept. 10 last, and sou.ght siliou over th'~ oir1'· grave. The r.eg- out th.e. grave of Rev. John Tuel~~: ul~1· I oun<)~ ti.on was brqnght to a j The resu Its of his visit are bej,t told pornt two i1:~hes above the slab which in his own words as emborlied In his was thep covered with heavy blocks repor,t to H,pn . B. A. Kimball, which of g:ap),t_e, which insui;es Its safej'y in 11~rt wa:1 ,n s follows: f;om frael11re tlnough the irrimense "l b~d n,>. d,ifflculty in lo<:atin,g the weight of the s 11 jrnr-lncumbent struc- - 1 grave of the Rev . .John 'fncke, having t11re. frequently visited the Island during 01i the entl or· the old , slab was cut my inspection work at the Navy Yard. in small letters the lnit.l al·s "T. M. "Over the grave Is built up a. r!ry B.," which in . all probability were masonry structure about twenty iuchlhose of the ,contra rt or or stone ct\t· es high, or small stones, found·. in ter,. _'Vh? ex~~11lecl . the_ lettip·lng 114 abundance near by. The spaces beyears before tween the stones are filled in with . On thE; f~;e~oo; of _l\fay 2'G, 1914 , j cement mortar, and the whole _tr;,;~ ll)~ grave,• of th~ H!)v .. Joli'n Tncke w'as elled smoothly once, but is a con• r l • openefl and his rem,;tins e~l;u~ed a;d structlon of no stability. o~ to~· ne.r,!!J!~ .~f ~foU1\lf!~TI.~. , , placed in the, casket. The skull and ' of this tomb la~s. a slab or ref! frej:!-, The memorial is of the Pigeon Hill the ,large . bones of t'he b'pr!y were In stone, that prpbably came fro11+ the, granite company's granite of Rocl,- their repose in as good stfi"te of P • • Portland quarries of Conn.ecticut a . . . res . · ,' J;)ort, Mass., and no expense was er_v atJon as mlg\it be efpe.cte(l after material 60 much used for brown spared to make the wqrk a perfect 140 ye~rs, but when moved by hand · stone buildings and other etructures 'mass bP91 as to miteriai 3:n~ ,~,~rk- or trowel there ";as htit llttle s~ib- 1 during the last century. This 1ilab Is •manship, Each of the large_ blocks stanc~ t.o hold the bones int~ct Th six feet and two inches long by two :iits iierfec;.tly, and, put in place ~ith- ex1rnT?,a 1·1011 w_a s maq~· ' · · . e f ee t an d two inches wide and three under the di· out the least accident, under the di- rectlon of .. Mf Sull!van; with the ~nc( a half inches thick. rection of Edgar Knowlton, the st;p- workm,en w,I)o , p~t lt th~ _f~undation "Evidently the ralt1s ·and fogs and erintendent· of the company. of the ne1v memorial, whose name• frosts· of _8 ~ years, through corrosion, The mon-qfilent is 10 feet square are Ch~rles, T. Samuels~n. oica Pete~: partly obliterated the lettering on the at th,e base and 46 feet and six inch- son/ a~d Jol,m T·oppan'" o·f ,Rockp~rt sandstone, which required the resures in height. · ' J,[,9.~s. _ No ot~rr, p~~~on ;VJtne~sed fl)~ facing the top ~f slab and th.e re~utThe inscription contains about 6°00 opel)l~g of the ,Tucke grave or .the re-! ting or the lettering 32 years ago, leHers. and square sunk one quarter i~termenet bene~th th~· ~~w _memo"°One hundrerl and two feet from of an inch in a finely rubbed, smo~th ' nal. · · · · where the Rev. John Tucke lies, besurfa·ce;' and tikes· ttp 13 feet' of the W~~re the Tuc.ke memorial stand~ neath the eandstone slab and n,ea;r o~bi:ilisk for its insertion . . :"a?, practically the" ou°i}, pla'c·e· in the the pathway that leads to ,the Smith , The obelisk is in large blocks, and 1sla.11d where t~t~rmen_ts could be Memorial, is a quarry face granite is dr/:1-Wn .aJte\ the, Egyptian formula made and where are ' !aid possibly tablet from Rockport, Ma~s. It i!} "8stablished as a stap,d ard thousa~ds ' thou_s9.nds of _the former inhabitant• four feet and two Inches high, two 0f years 'ago ... ' . . " . .. ' of_,_ th; _la~ge fi~hi?f , c~~tre'. of Ne;, feet and seven inches wide, and 13 The foundation is of granite blocks Engl_~ryd. Al) , t~\l n1a.E1:1 _of small mossinches thick. It stands on the natur·_fro,i:n, Rockp.ort and suitable ones cov~~ed . b9ulders to be· :seen ..in th~ vial rock surfa~e which was levell~d _up fou,n8 n,e,a;i: the. s_iJet e·~,mpactly laid cinHy we'.e. br_Qu.ght to''. the su~·face· to with cement mortar to re.c eive it. In ln Portland cement lJlOrtar which m,ake t_h~ _g;ave~ !ii' the ~and and rock the rock .surface of slab was lnsertJ_o_CllJ. 2.0 barrels to do the wo~k. It is fou~dation Wfl_El;~ the toilers of the ed a bron_ze tablet two feet and six. laid 90 the solid ledge, and Is 13 rket ls\a\1d fqu11~ , thflf Jas_t ·restl_ng place Inches ,high and one foot and eight I 1 J3Q,ua;11 on . the. ledge an,d . six feet In and w~ere _po~si~\e i:iupie:ous lnte\•. inches wide. The upper part of the ;he1~ht to ,the bottoIQ.'o,f the first b~e. ment~ were . m_ade as . genera tlons lnscriptlon to the death of the Rev ::Abput OI?-,e foot and s~ Inches fr~m passed alon_fi in _tr~ . sa;.ne . grave, ae John Tncke consists ~f abont 120 let~ tbe lower part of the foundation !~ a ls th~ ,cnstorp In m.a~y la.nds to;lay. ters, which are three quarters of an ·qrxp,t, fo_rII).e_d foi: the small ca~lrnt For~.una,t~ly the excavati~g for !hr lnrh In helg.ht, nnrl the remalnrler or which was to _con.~ain what was foJnd ne,;'f,. men1o'rip( was, foi{nd In spot the Inscription consists of over 600 ;of, t,h~. rem~II?-s of the . Re~. J cihn m~de ,so_l,1~ .with b~_u)ders _anll8 ,s and letters of only one half Inch In ·he.l ght, Tucke. The .cry.pt is three feet seven lq tl]e gran!~lc, led~e, a d · only met and the lowe~ J)art of panel Is only 11 ,l!).chee, by two .fee~ fiyeJn<;hes and 1its with the ends of_ two giaves which 16 inch~s from the . ground., or . grass height a):Jpu1t three feet. The casket were ,not disturbed. line, which makes It very difilf!nlt , to ,"".as made in Rockport, Mass., , of Almost 111 _the_, centre .or this loneread the text in such small letters. Jnatcµed, bqards, and ill two feet four sopie sleeping _,a bode _of·· the dead ii "The following Is the inscription -in<:1\~!> by_ one , /e!lt fo)ir inches ~nd ti/IS ,de~e~t , is,la1~·fl. 11'r.~ the remain , ?n the bronze tablet, as near as I .on~. fopt in· he·lght, having a gable iind the m_emorii!I to !he rnltnred Dl coujd make out under the conditions: rq,q f .fl.~lsh, It W._!IS laid In very rich vine who _ii°Ip{os:t 2'00 _ye~:1'-s voiun Underneath CO!)Cret.~ mlxtur~ , consisting of the _tarlly _went.Jntoexile -to · livehislir~ are the remains of the best Atlas. Am_e rican. Forti.and Qemtnt for t!..e good 0°f the' s(n;'p1~· peo,ple whr REV. JOHN 'IUCKE, A. M. and crushed Ropkport granite and ~Me)hjs,_Island ,tl)elr hol)1e and-af He graduated at Harvard .Ro~Jcpo_rt saµJi ,frorp .Cape Ann, Mass. ter 4 0 yea'rsr ;ark both ~s .'splrlt~al College A. D. 1.7 2·~. was ordaln~cl . T.\1e co:mpo!\H!On., WB,l'J rammed. on all here July 2G, 1·732 l:Jc3 of the casket . and" br~ught in and died · A'ug. ·12, 1773 to fancy thal. In Ed ward Tuck are disclosed (,v\l. were hoys together at Exeter acad(;lmY, In 18p6,) certain traits that characterized his early ltinsman, whose . memory we now strive to honor. The Rev. J,ohn 'fucke,. throughout his long llfe _a t the ,Shoals gave of h!mself unsparingly for th£ _good• of hi~ Jleople. The si)llpl(;l _a"nals of h g:Q,~ly. ,m~nl~try -be_canie long ago .an ~fi9uri~g__mo'n~~el_lt_ .the hei:oif ~a:. ture of the man. . Today weI. dci w~·l to dedicate this •• oble shaft, that shall tell anew of • -·· ' .. ,._, 1 the virtues of Parson Tucke. ,Coming g.enerations sha11 lieed this mute witness of the truth that labor unselfishly besto.wed for the m,aterial and splriiliai welfare of one;s fellow-m~~ leaves behind it, a recora' that the world ever d~llg,h ts .to honor. ' Yours truly, FRANK w. HACKETT, 'l 0 I of 1 • 11 j 0 de;~ 0 A<_}~ 72 �~ide in s~veral pi,i;es and of rock I I HP wns affable and JlOlite in his mansurface to correspond w!th iLs rugged ners; surroundings-a part of its surface Amiab)_e in his discipline; finished for inscriptions with large, of great piety and integrity d eply-sun k letters which could be given to hospitality; read in a thousan(j. years !rojll now. I diligent and faithful In his pastoral "The obelislc for.m of monument I omce . could be set up beside the pres~nt well lenrn1=1d In the history and geoggraYe or tomb. raphy "The noclqiort gralJ),t,e is not a ns well aR general SriPnre high priced sto11e, and Is as harrl as nn,1 careful physician the gra nit e In Egyptian obellske. Tl1e . both In the.bodies and the soulR VOBHel fl'l>lll Rockport could land it or his Jll'OJ)le, on the ~111.Jstantlal wharl at :S~a.r 1;.. This lnsrrlpll9n 011 I he slnb or land, and a few men and a ·wlndla.M freestone was placetl over the grave could without 111,1ch; expense roll the of the Hev. John Tucke in 1800 by pieces to the silP. Dudley A. T,vng, colleclor of New"Th P 6elf-sacrlflclng ecclesiastic, buryport. who,spr>nr 40 years of his life on such It Is now renewrd by U::DW ARD an islnn,1 for th e benefit of his hum'l'l]CK on the presentMonument. ble fellow beings, is worthy of a 1 The ,Rev. John 'fucke's pastorate greater memorial than anything now of 40 years covered the golden on the Island. age ,of the Isles of Shoals when "rite dedication of snch a monuthey l1acl a ~renter population ment to the m.:,mory of the Apostle than any other point of the eastof the J.;;les of Shoals would be a earn provinces. Trade, Commemo1 able. event for the State and merce a11d Fisheries were extel).worthy of the presence, not only of ' sive and the islands bustled the ·ew Hampshire Historical Soclewith husiness." tv, but of all histqrlcal societies of 1 "What I would suggest being done 'ew England . . with this late memorial to the devot"Such a work should be put into ed Divine of the lsles of Shoals Is to the hands of a proper architect, hav,end the bronze tablet to some foundry and to get good proof that It in g a llrnte and experience in memorwas destroyed, and the rough slab of ial construction. "The present grave covering • "gra~lte amounts to nothing as to beshould be made of substantial masonIng appropriate or sulflcient to hold ;} bronze.tablet that should pass down ry, as the present cobbled work will or ages, containing an imperishable soon tumble down, and !ts construct!Qn made so that when the present record of a great man of the pasl and ~f his palrlolic relative of lhe prPsent ,sandstone slab crumbles away it will not affect the looke or stabllit y or the l !; I', , "Th ney. John 'l'uclce ltaR now masonry over and around thP grave having the present Inscription dupli~ ;vo rnemorla ls in Star ls land, over cated on th new monument. 100 feet apart, both claiming to be "I do not believe that elthPr Mr. J)ver his remalnG. ,vhat I would sng~est to you Is, that only 0110 monu- or Mrs. Tuck, If they ever should sPe lnent be set up to the mrmory of the the little memorial would be 11leased the )'{ev .. John •rucke, and that It should at such an improvement on ;:over over and entomb the present prpsent llrown stone slab wlllt I. 3 llne \1ab of freestone, which wns a good lettering, which can do as goo,! ser~emorlal in its time, from· Mr. Tyng vice for the next 5 0 years as i l has .,r Thyng 11 :i years ago. And now I done in thP past. And as for any h\nlc Mr. Tnck Rhould go 113 times little bronze panel with Its present '1etler, considering what hr ls . 110\ng lnscrlptlqn and location, it would be -ind has done to keeJ> New Hampshire better to have it nailed on to the old 1nd Its past and future where it be 0 church · than In Its prj!sent lonatlon w,hel''l it could easily be thrown down ion gs In h !story. I "A. gf~I}lte memorial of 1arg7,.dl- b,v some vandal or used for the Ismens1onS7"1)0S$ibly In o bellsk form. land co,ts, to. rub against." Soon after Mr1 B. A . .I~Jmh:ill made his rPport to ~r. Edward Tnck and afterwards vlsitef] him, in Paris where It was decided that Mr. Sullivan ehonicl make the design and super intend !ls constructic;m. 0 f O'lio ~ T~ ~. ~ :i_q_ l<f I~ - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - �.L "1 o~~ .t'('\o .'<\ u..m en i ,o ~ S,\;'\ 0 ~\ $ -ERECT -MEMORIALJO j . ' •1.f CAPT., JOHN ,SMITH \. . Society of Colonial W3rs Honors . Me1mtty of COlonisf Who .Made · ·First iRecorded ·Visit . to Shoals.· .. ·Immediately .after the dedlcatfon ,0".'th~ T,uck me';llorJa,I. caipe ,tlie ."\leclication of the bronze twblet erected by . bh~ Societi Jr Colonial Wars of the ¢ta~~iH ,New Hampshire in h·o nor. o~ Captafn ,John•, Smith. · The .tablet was inscribed as fol- of Dover, deputy govornoi; of the so• ciety anrt president or 'the fJeld day exercises, and was as follows: Dedicatory prayer, :Rev . .Jesse Murtoii Durrell. , Unveiling and presentation of tab'Iet to Soci ety, ., .John Calvin 'fhoTne . "Captain John 'S mith, 1579Acceptance by the •governor ,of t h e So- 1 1631, a:_fter proving his valor ,in ciety and transfer to the owner~ uf ,Star Is,:rnd. · tE nTope and America'became gov~ ' ~--.. ~ ernor of .. Virginia:" and admiral Accept:in cJ, .a s representative of , th~ · ' of Ne~· 'E:°ngland:~:\¥-hile explorowners of tJhe island, Ing tll_is . co'ast In the 'spring of Charles ,A, Hazlett, Portsmouth. I 1614 made the ,first recorded Addres,s, Captain John Smith. ·I visit to th,ese. islands, named by Ju stin Harvey Smith, I .him 1Smith's Isles. This·tablet is Governor of the ·N . · H. •i;lociety. . Placed three 1hundred years latAssem'b ly the annual court consist., . er by the ' Society of the Colonial ing of .John Calvin Thorne of .Con·cor•d, Elisha Rhodes Brown of Do- i t ;w:a.rf in t~e St1,tt'e: qf New Hamp. shire.'' ' · ver·, .Joseph Foster of Pmt~month, j t/ ·, .•Tlie program W!),s· under the . direc;Daniel G!lman of 1Exete1;, .Tu stin I . 'y.•. . Wm ot.Hon, Arthur ·G. Whittemore Harvey Smith of ·Boston, 1 C ,t of •_.,I 1 \ ., , , , ' . _ • .~ . . ,,.,. . trO'tfo.~ .\'\'wl.U (x '\:'l, ' ."-1\\ """,,._....,.,....., ~ ''("r\\ t'n. Is\' es �SOCIETV .REGEi ES RELICS frt OM HAMP:r'ON l maker's name, There have recent ly been depo1:iited shillings for his journey, and that' near t)1e rim with the New Hampshire [-listorical ·he expended the rc3t of the money Hurd. He was evidently ,the silversmith 'of the day, for a tankard with Society 12 sliver l>eakers or commun- wisely and well. ion cups from the old church at He ·paid the sum of 29 pounds, lhis ,stam11 was given by Elijah Dan-, Hampton. Eig,ht of these si!Yer ves- nearly $145, for these eight silver forth to tho church in Dorchester,· ::1els, each weighing about nine and cups, and wilh what wa,s left over 1736 ; a '1>eal<ei·, marked Hurd, given one-hair ounces and holt:ing perhaps he bought four 11ewter dishes, whose IJy William. Clap to the same church a pint, were bought in 171:1, more fate is 1111k11own. The deaco? prob- in 1745 ; and'a taukard, same roaTl<, than two centuries ago. Jlam11ton at ably con:rnlte,I his brethren in the ,g iven by Deacon tiopest!ll Clal_l. to: •-ll'l!!'t-h>', that time was a llourishing seacoast Old North :::ntl Old South Churches the same church in 1748. · to,vn whose churt'h or,:?;anization was in Boston aboul hi5 purchase, for In conclusion· it may be- remarkedf 7 6 years old, while Conc9nl was stiil the •hall mark is the same as on some I that the silver c;ups here mentioned waltln.g for tho first settler lo hew his of their communion silver. At any are but items in the pri;eeless .collec- , cabin out of the 11n1Jroken fore:;t. rate he hclicved in getting things l.ion that is coming under the ,care ot. ' The church of Jlampton, which !Jc- marle in .L\me riClJi, because tbe stamp the New 1Hampshire Histo;i,cal So~~ I gnu with the little settlement of ,vin- s'1ows them to :Je, of early Colonial ty. Under the superintenaen<::\ o! · nacunnet in 1638, was evidently draft. The cup,s are perfectly 1llain, Mr. Hammond, who is inae:f;;.;,igable l'.~p'f•,-1:M'."'Wi'waxing prosperous when ils peo11le tum j ]e r-sha pcd; and the only marke in bi's search ror and discrim'i nating bought th!:, silver. They •had just . on the m arc the stamp of the mak- in his s~lect1on · o f va1ua·bl e an t·1ques got a new minister, Rev, Nathaniel er, the !(,tlers L C. with a crown and modern painting,:;, the building is Gcokin, who cam'.) to them in 1710; abo •, ,, : n,! a horned animal, apparent- fast becoming a museum and art gale.nd they were considering bailding ly ,' 1.0°t. be::r,,', all enclosed in a lery as well as a library. ' :their fourth meeting-house, which, sbie :cL This sl:cmp is found on tho-..------.--,.....,.-~...,.~=~~:""~ however, was not occupietl till 1719. Lom Ill' Lhe c:·:i and near lhe rim. By the way, it is intercr;tin;\ to re- ~c: o·, t 1:e ! -:~tom is engraved member that on e of the c·om111ittr'.! or "Han :•tn Old i':i h 17 J 3." Duc·k's three, who chose ncv, 1 ':1th:rniel book , ;i "OIJ I llte," issued by the Gookin, was Ser,gt, .John Turk, an- Gorha1 > Com pan I in 1888, shows this <:cstor of Edward Tu ck of Paris, who stamp t·• li::Ye lJLra the hall mark'of 'gave the beautiful library to the His- one or ll''.) early American silve,1 rtorical Society. smith s. 1, is rounJ on a 1Jealcer, Pos~lble il 11·as the uPw 111inh;tc,· presentrc' :u 1hc C:ll Sculh, lloston, that set _them thinking :1:1011t their in 1715; on a tank~.d g lveu to the ,communion furniture. \\'e read that same chu:l'h by 8. : 1o:ire , who also in 1712 an inventory showed thac all gave a tank ,rd, p--o:J .:i.: ly a du!1licate, the Hampton church po~sm;,ocl in to "ye first c:rnrc;1," 1717; and on ::i this line were three fla;.;0113, one tan- cup given l>y Eli::s l'arl·:nan to "ye lrnrd and one !Jasin-all of pewter, New Church," date uns]lCCilietl. · also one table cloth anti live napkins. The churcl1 at lla1111,tcn continued · The year previou s Uic church voted lo g row, for in 1744 n~r Lought fou r to tax every cornmuni<'~nt 011e shill- 1'101'0 silver \Jeakers. ! ~ th::.t time f ing to p,ovide for Lord's Supper, \Jut they had been oc·eu11yi· 1 ~ 1:1eir fourth I that was vroba!Jly lo pay [or the meeting house for 2ei le:. 3. This was bread and wine, In 171:J the time a bu ilding of so me p:·ct tns ion-60 'had come to provirJn suitable sil\'Cr. by 40 feet with a heighl o[ 28. Rev. , Accordingly a sul,scription was taken Ward Cotton, w110 came in 173 t, was ;_w tl the sum of 32 poH111ls, · one the minister then being the third of shilling was rai~" tl; and llca::on Dow the name. Two of his predecessor.s was enlrustecl to go to Doston anti were llev. Seaborn and Rev. Jolin expend the mon ey, Cotton. It ls pleasant lo think of the tleaWe llO not •know which deacon con's journey to Boston l wo genern iourneyC'l to noslon to buy the new lions ago, startini; at tlaylJrcal, fro11 ilvcr; . but thc:e i:: recorded that in the waving Hampton marshes, ferr y L7 ·14 the chu r ~h bought four new ing across the Merrimack at New- ta gons (c\'i<ien!ly pewter), for 21 buryport, llallini; al wayside tavern• pouuc13, and four new sjlver 1·1111s for and probably nut reaching his jour- 'i4 po1111tla, 7 sh illings. Evidently lho . uey's end till the next day. " 'e dr 'Jolonial cu~rc;-cy had ,:onsidei'n,bly { nqt •kno w whether he, we!1t Oil horse 1c,Hcci~.~e:l ,;iu::e IJ~:,con Dow's time. back or in one ct' the rare curri(!]C! The nrw cutis were intended lo ma.tell . or "Ehays" of tho period; we do nc '.he old, but they are less graceful in I 1rnow where he "put up" when h< outl11H). Eal''.1 weighs about nine reached Iles ton town; but ·we do oun<·:. ,. AcroEs the botlo'ni if engravknow that the church allowecl 11lm 20 ....__ ~,1 ""nn'illo:1 01'1 Church, 1771," and I l 1 1 . ..,--- __ ~ �That Never ~left a Wave Ship Hulks at Portsmouth Ship-Hulks to Warm · Portsmouth Needy Special to The Christ ian Science .Monitor • PORTSMOUTH, N, H.-Two huge old wooden ship hulks, built for the Government during the World War, and never finished, have been g1ven to this city to be chopped up tor fuel for the unemployed and needy this winter. • A local manufacturer, Mr. George B. Chadwick, had the unfinished ships on his hands when he purchased a large tract of land, formerly a shipyard. Not having any use for the boats himself and not wishing to see them rot away, he offered 1lhem to Mr. Sylvester F. A. Pickering, Mayor of· Portsmouth, for whatever use he could find for them. As a result, Portsmouth citizens in need of wood this winter wlll not have to worry. If conditions are such that families are not able to buy sufficient fuel, Mayor Pickering plans to put a crew of unemployed at work in cutting up the ships. And this, he says, is no easy task. The boats are cpnstructed of hard pine, are more than 50 feet high and about 300 feet loniz. I ... �Sc:.~ o.\\'s ~'( ,J9e.. jSoc~ties ~oin Move _to S?ve I 'First' Pile Drawbridge in · ' { O'i"~~ · u._s. Old Structure at 1ork, Maine, Erected 175 Years Ago by Major Sewall, Condemned Bec.;cmse It ls Inadequate to Stand Strain of 10-Ton Trucks lly Philip Dnna Orrull l\'rittcn for The Chrfstfa11 Science Mo11itor_ _ __ _ Because it is inadequate to - Pile Driving In the 1760's carry the load of 10-ton trucks The method of construction, howdriven at a high rnte of specu, ever, as described contemporaneSewall's Bridge, York Village, Maine, ously, seems quaintly in contrast has been condemned. As this is be- with modern methods. "The piles of Jieved to be the first pile dra.w- posts were of different lengths; the bridge In America, not only the res!- l<'ngLll being determined by probing dents of York but also people from the boll.om of the river or mud with all over the State and many organi- a pointed Iron affixed to a long pole, zations including the Society of and having ascertained the various depths of the mud in a section, a Colonial Wars, the Colonial Dames; whole section, containing four piles the Daughters of the Revolution, or posts. was framed, well braced, the Society for the Preservation of and the cap still fa§tened on. At New England Antiquities, are pro- still tide it was floated to its place, testing the destruction of one more and. by cl.int of labor, set upright historic landmark, too many of and gayed (sic). Large and heavy which have already been thought- oak Jogs, the tops or lighter ends of lessly destroyed. which were secured inland, were Nearly 200 years ago the com- then made use of,. and the butts munity of York, Maine (then in raised by tackles to a proper height; Massachusetts Bay Colony), felt the and by the striking of detents or stir of progress, the urge for speed . latches, the ropes were released, the Therefore, at a parish meeting, logs fell with great force upon the held on Jan. 20, 1742. because of the caps, and by their impetus thi~ sectrouble of ferrying to and from the tion was dri\'en to the depth de•·preaching," it was "Voled that this sired." parish is willing there should be a For many years thereafter this was bridge built across York River, at or the • main road through York. So near where Captain Samuel ,Sewall much or the smrounding scenery is keeps a ferry, and tlrnt, a committee so llLtle changed that it ls not diflibe chosen to take subscriptions for cult to visualize Sir William Pepperthe bullding of the same, and the rcll and his gentle lady from Boston sald committee are directed to pre- in their coach, thundering down the pare materials for to build said hill and across the bridge to receive bridge as soon as may be." But the lhe reward of their popularity. bridge was not built for nearly 20 Some of the Associations It Carries years. York was ever a forward-looking Why Delayed in Building community and drew up its own Perhaps there were too many di- Declaration of Independence three versions. Three years later the sta1- years before the Liberty Bel1 anwart men of York sailed to Louis- nounced that of Thomas Jefferson burg under the banner of Pepper- to the mob in Phlladelphia. When rcll and earned undying fame in Lhe the epic news of Lexington reached capture of thi,; supposedly invincible York the timbers of the bridge, Lh~n stronghold from the French, who only in its second decade, echoed LO were then stirring up the Indians to the footsteps of 40 Continental solattack the ~nglish settlements. Perhaps It was the difficulty of con- diers marching to Boston. These struction, for no bridge longer than men had sf, littlef ~o~ey t~at they t ans resting on a central pier could not a pay o t e feny at Lhe wo sp . . . . next nvcr. One of them asked the ha~ _b_een bu1_lt with the pnm1tlve ferryman if he must pay a tax for fac1l~t1es available and the span what he carried on his back. requ1r~d here was 27.0 feet. Perhaps AnswPred in the negative, he liften subscnpt~?ns were difficult ~o raise. a companion onto his broad shoulAnyway, as soon as may be proved I ders and carried him across. to be the boom year of 1761 when Samuel Sewall, by then a Major, startled the engineering world with a new type of bridge construction, a type which proved so practical that, In an only slightly modified form. bridges arc still being constructed on this model. Major Sewall thus became internationally famous. An early geography book refers to this "modern bridge built In 1761, 270 feet long exclusive o! the wharves at each end, which reach Lo the channel, and 25 feet wide. The bridge stands on 13 piers and was planned and constructed by Major Samuel Sewall, an ingenious mechanic, a native of the town. The model ot Charles river bridge was taken from this and was , built under the superintendence of the same gentleman. It also served as the model of the Beverly and Malden bridges, and has been imitated even In Europe by those ingenious American artists, Messrs. Cox & Thompson." I rn ~ �1· - ~ s ruction Is Similar · Another· pa:r anel between the 1794 and the 1933 · bridge is the , similarity in construction of the two. A &tudy of an old sketch shows the c'lose similarity of the two bridges even to the arch and methods of construction over the ~ntlre structure. 'l'he main difference is in ma. . . ' ·t.erials used, the new bridge being o'f , steel and concrete instead of 1 · in 1874 ··wood. 1 • • The arch of. the new lodge will be '. ~iid Newest Will'B~ Corii- , more than 50 feet from the water, enabling the passage of almost all pleted ·Next .year vessels without lifting a draw. Pro• I ' visions Were made in the bridge so , that if the river traffic ever inBy tt Stttt! Correspondent of creases to such an extent 'to warTIie Cllrlsttan Science Monitor DOVER, POIN,T, N, H.-Three rapt its use a draw can be easily installed. 1 generations bridges! ' • . The new span wlll be 1528 feet be' That w}ll be the unusual :family tween abutme.nts. Like its , pioneer, re<;ord ·of,. spans · erected across Lit- construction wm. qe· difficult and tle Bay of tqe ·Plscataqua River here . hazardous , because of the, depth of . when. the •newest ·structure, costing the river and the fast currents which about $600,00Q and one of the longest go with each passing of the· tides. , bridges In New England, is com· The present structure, which 1 pleted •by July 4, 1934. ► · might be called the "father" of the Bridges have been making history new b;idge a~d "son" of the first ], . at this ,breezy point since the grand- . span, was built in 18 74_ A New . :father · of the one now being con- · structed was built in · 1794. It was Hampshire act authorized the conabout ~ 2200 feet • long, including a struction of a toll bridge for use of small island which it rested upon in "teams, carriages and travellers" , the middle of the stream, From a and to "collect tolls from all persons, sni3<ll rock to the island, a single arch teams and carriages passing thereof 240 feet was thrown over the deep... on." est .and ·most,rapld part of the river, · H~ve Seen Many Changes Robert ,Gi!mor, a wealthy •B altiThe bridge was built at first for ' more .i· "gentleman," writing ,his . and owned by the old Portsmouth "Memorandums Made in a · Tour & ,Dover Railroad. For many years to the Eastern states in 1797," com- . !t was leased to the Eastern Rail- , mente!i upon the structure as "the road ?f New Hampshire. In 1900, only one of the kind in· America it was purchased by the Boston & and a surprizi'.ng work."• Mr; Gilmer Maine. . ·, · made a sketQh of tJ:ie bridge,'includThe two old-timers in the Pis·,ing the tavern on Goat Island, prob- cataqua River bridge family have ably the earliest ever made. . seen much In their day which has ' o·p·ened in Less Than ,Year n:i.acle .• histpry, . Updei· their heavy timbers ' once· ·passed the shipping Plscp.tequa · ))rjdge 'was ,begun 1n that plied between the early salt :i.pril, 1794,· and was so ' far com- water ports of Exeter, Durham, pleted as to be opened for travel Newmarket, Dover, Newington and · Nov.' 25, the same year, with a toll- South· Berwick, 111 Maine. gate at the Durham end. It was 38 In the nineteenth century, these feet , 'wide and had three sections towns' were thriving centers of inwith a draw ,for the passage of dustry. Packet ships, lumber schoonvessels. · e~ and the famous gundelow boats '· The old span was considered a -'flat bottom . "scows" whose masts masterpiece in its time on account of were lowered for passage under 'the the 1difflculty of) its construction bridges-made up the heavy ship ·across· a current of great rapidity traffic ,t hat plowed the swirling waand' for th~ most part 52 feet deep ters of the Piscataqua and Great , at high tide. In March, 1839, in the Bay. autumn ·of 1854, and in , 1855 the , But the age of river shipping here bridge· gave way. The owners could has gone. Heavy trucks will ,rumble •not afford to repair it, and the per- · over the smooth concrete of this tlon left we.& removed not long afternewest member of the Piscataqua ward. ' ' ,.. bridge family carrying what the An unusuaJ parallel exists· between older spans looked down to see on the old bridge and the one now the deck-, of ships below. under construction. As the first bridge opened a highway to Ports~ mouth and :for 50 years greatly contributed to the prosperity of that town, set also the latest structure will operl a new route and aid In the .prosperity of the town-now become a city. When the State authorized funlis :for , another span over Great Bay, it also approved the construction .of a -s~aller bridge at Bellamy Point, · a short distance away. This will enable motorists on U. s. Route 4, traveling to Concord and point,s west, to ~ave· about four and onehalf miles. 'J:'he cut-off will eliminate the city of Dover and connect wit'h the first New -Hampshire Turnpike, which originally\ crossed the old Plscataqua ):lricige .. Tolls 1will be col•lecteq · on the new bridge, a's was ,slone 0~1its predecessws, uµtH !t has · .-pald,1'or _itself: · • "--· ·, .Third Piscataqua Bridge ~in~e l 79~ , Makes;·,. Progress ·seconcfWas"Built of , �Third of the Line Had Wo @ rlrsf Brldi @Pre:s ©8e//tJ Lower left, by a Stall Ar tl:'i t. or THE CHRISTIAN SCU:NCE 'MONITOR. Lower center. R•lph T. Jackson, architect. Lower right, Courtesy ot Capt. Ed ward Hamlin Adams, Durham, N, lI. Oldest antl Newest of Paiscatacrua Jhid!!es Top-OriRlnal s,,an flulh in l 'i''l\ About 6tf, Ml1f".- from llou:r-. N, · H, Top Ccntcr--PrcM·nt ,vooflcn Hriclc;c On:-r J.lt1I0 Jlay. Phratnr1u• Ith rr I built In 1874, nouom C,nttor-ArrhilMt·• Ura""lnc: of New !:>led Bdclge <•,f'r the Phcal~u1ua, l\ow Under Con1truttlon. J.o""er Hi~h1-'\to1lel of a (,uog.-,rf,u.. , a ~ort oC fl:arge With ,Swinging Man 'fhM L111c1l to Pl1 llrJ;ubrly on 1h1, Phtaltu1ua River, �\.4!y 1q,~pe.v-,~\\ °"ouse.. 3 (o ForO-ne Day Only Special to The Christian Science Monitor HE Lady Pepperrell House at Kittery . Point, Maine, was opened to the public for the first time on Wednesday last, for a single day. It was built about l. 76065 by Lady Mary Pepperrell, widow 'of Sir William Pepperrell, the only American-born baronet • o! the colonial period. She was the · daughter of Daniel Hirst, a prominent Boston merchant. Sir William was the uneducated son of a fisherman who· carved a fortune from the wilderness. The son enlarged the fortune of his father, and, by sheer force of character, became 'the outstanding figure of his time and province. Best known as the conquerer of Louisburg in 1745 -that "popular war"-he was also a jurist who ever. tempered justice with understanding and mercy. He lived a. life of example which left a heritage of loyalty and devotion that persists to this day, while his material. wealth was dissipated SOOP after his death. His widow may have found the old mansion (built in 1682) overlarge and too full of memories, although they must have been happy ones. So she built a "modern house near · the church" and also near her only child, the wife of W!lliam Sparhawk. Legend states that the two hol,lses were ~nnected by a secret passage. If so, considering the solid ledge thaL separates her house from the mag-, nlficent Sparhawk house (built in 1742 and containing much of the same detail as the Warner House of 1716), the feat ls one of which some colonial General Goethals might well have been proud. · T ~~s~ 'M~ ~~?.., 1,~3 BY WILLIAM JUSTIN MANN '• Paul Revere'a ride to Portsn,outh Is not \!o t,tmous as his Lcxing'. on rltlc•, but perhaps It Is hard!~• less lmpc,rt• ant, since It meant powder tor Hunker Hill at a crltlcal moment. Probably you Nmember how word came tp Hoston that the l:lrlrfsh a'.lthorlties lu,c! prohll)lted !urther exporLathrn ot i::un powder and other military ~ur,pll~" to Lhe C,>]onles, and how quickly the ::;on,· ot Llbe.rty sent Paul Rever•) tr. nollr~· j the patriots at Po,·tsmouth, 11ni1 to :i,l- I vise the lmmedla.te, seizure oL the sJim .. II ly garrlsonecl • Fort William and M,uv, where thc,re wa·s a ,;-oodly supply or the little black grains. You recall the success of ~he expPdi · tton, the selzu11e of 100 bo rrels of ,; u npowder, Its removal to Durham, whc1·~ It. we s stcred under the pulpit of the church, and its subsequent arr Iva! at Bunker Hill at the moment wh<:n bu: a s!ngle round of ammunition re>natm,d. And now go with me to visit that hlstorlo fort . ·which was the scenri or thn first ,armed !'eaiat~nce by tthe colonic~ to Brltls;, authority, tour :nonthe \le!ore the encounter at Lexlngt on und .Concord. Let us take the democu,tlc jitney at Portsmouth, which f,,nowe a winding road, w~Ut dangerous curves. tut lands us safely at New Castle lt is only a short walk from the r.ent•·e or the . town to Fort William and Mary, now Fort Constitution, but popularly known as •'the old !ort." The · oid tort, as we wlll call It, Is plcture'squ'i,Iy situated at• a pol11t whcrf the Ptscataqua Rlyer empties Its sa.lt waters Inti> the ocean. ' Great masse~ or 1ock extend along the shore , loo1oni,; as if they might have been hurl~d tlwr~ by ' some unusually muscular "Ston,,: lhrowi!lg Devil." For we arl' told t11a.t '.he internal spirits used to p1ay such µrank'1 In lhose pa:·ts, and, Cotto::i Mather e_raveJy relate,i thp occurre11,·,.s. ' Just before we reacl:i • the !ort a r,ulned:, · tower ·of romantic appearanc'l att.racts .,our attention. · ·A legend, quite after the order w.hl<;h tourists in E>urope are· accustomep. to hear, Is connected with this tower, and runs this wise: In the War of 1812 an immediate Mtack by an English fleet was expected. A tower was needed to protect thPbeach and to reinforce the batteries -3( the fort. The structure whose ruins w,i are 'observing was thrown up In a slngl~ nl~ht. It was expected that tt wouli take ' at ieast two nights to complet~ the work, but as tast as the worlm1tn \1ad laid one course of bricks, unse~n hands · laid a second, and ~o the 'work was quickly t\nlshed by the aid of this nwsterlous and al tern ate co-operation. And now we come to the !ort tts~I!. rt has been remodelled, but soine of Lile old walls are still standing, and we are shown the powder magazine, from which that Bunker Hill powder was au gallantly removed by the expedition under command of Major Sullivan and Captain Langdon. A tablet at tl~e ;,rched entrance to the enclobure of t ha fort tells 9t this dramatic event. On my way back from the old tort to the centre ot the. little town ot New Castle, the othei· day, I chanced upo,1 a char ming err:bowered cottage, and was ehown the spot ' in the garde?1 where formerly stood a building in which was passed the first legislation !I] New Hampshire. If you are hunting for the quajnt ,and the unusual, you call find some curious New Castle genealog• tes, where c~rtaln Christian names RJJ· pear with & slngul,,r r~curr~nce, ,gen• tlratton after geheratlon. In one family the sons are always named Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego, ln due ord,,r of birth. 'J'hls makes lt rather confu~tng In attempting to establish the Iden, ttty of a given individual named in some · document. LITTLE WALKS ABOUT BOSTON BY WILLIAM JUSTIN MANN "'l'he Story ot a Dad Boy," by I I Thomas Balley Aldrich, Is a work of art. Portsmouth ts the place o! nil phwc s tn ,\lhlch to read that book, esp ecially If you are going to visit the house ln which that boyhood was passed. You walk down Court str ee t and, not far from the spot wi1 e re the old stag e coaches used to roll up to the doQr of the Stavel'S Inn, you will fln(l what you al'e lool,lng for. You cannot miss it, for on the outside of the house ts a tablet which r e ads: '"l'HE NUTTER HOUSE. "In this house Thomas . Balle:, Aldrich passed the boyhood that he has made immortal in prose and verse." It was to the little fire-proof memo- rial building In the rear that I Hrst iii"i·ected my steps, since It contains a collection of Aldrich manuscripts, and other objects o! much interest. l\1y attention was at once caught by an autograph ode read by l\1r. Aldl'i ch at the unvelllng or the Shaw 1\Ie morial in Boston, May 31, 1897. I Even more interesting '\Vas an auto- graph poem written by Mr. Aldrich for the Longfellow Centenan·. I copi ed from it these lines: '".:i1 e y do not die who leave their thought Im11rint ed on some deathless page. Thenrnelves may pass; the spell they wroug·ht Endures on earth from age to age ," This was the last poem written by Mr. Aldri c h, and a>1 he · was too ill to be 11resent himself on the occasion whi c h called i ( ror·h, It was ' rend at j his.r c quo s f by I'~ofessor Copeland. A !tilte r from Charles Eli ot Norton, to a m e mber of Mr. Aldri c h's famlly, ts on e of the tr easures of this collection. Jn It l\Ir. Norton says: "Will you, meanwhile, kindly givo to him my love, and tell him not to let his Inublllty lo t a kA active part In the c ommemoration of Longfellow on the 29Lh serve to worry him and delay his recover,'. It Is Indee d a great disappolntm~nt that he ts not to read his own beautiful poem at the even-ing meeting," I I �BY WILLIAM JUSTIN MANN BY WILLIAM JUSTIN' MANN That old three-cornered cocked hat In the Warner. House at Portsmouth, and the sword Which ho used to wctLr, rocall the figure of Co lonel Jonathan \Varner, who was a membc)· of th o King'!! Council In the days Just preceding tho rovolt of the colonies. We can sec tho broad-back ed. l ong-skirted brown coat, tho small clothes a nd silk stockings, the silver huckle and cane, just as the author or "HtLmbles About Portsmouth" remembered seeing th e m In his early childhood. Colonel Jonathan \\-arncr, from whom this famous house tal<es its no.me, was one of tho last in Portsmouth to wear those picturesque cocked ha.ts. The · house, however, was not built by him, but hy Captain Archibald Macheadrls, a Scotchman, / I a rich 1nerchunt, and n.l~o a. 1ncrnbcr nl of th e King·s Counci l. lle m:trrlcd daughter -or Govrrnor \V<>ntworlh. You ,c1tn Bou In thiH ho11s,, tomclhb1g unusual. viz., a bill of lacllng ot ,.One drske, one bookcase, one , dressing table, 24 chairs, one box ! ' 1ooklng g lasses;• which were sh ipp ed [ "by th e g·o.ce o[ (;;0<1 in good order and well condltionNl." in tho good s hip Olive Branch, which sailed from Bristol, Eng land, In l\1ay, 1716, said nrtlcles being consigned to Mr. A;·ch. Mach cndri~. The ca11laln of that vessel boro the famous name of Jtobt•rt Browning! So whc-n you lool< al tho l\('n vy rnnhog-any hool<c:tse, ancl I some or thP. othc-r arllcl,'8 n:unrd In that bill of lading, you havo no doubt as t.o their anllquity. Plenso obsE'rve In l h e spacious hall that splci.dlcl h ead and a.nllers of il carlhou. a. gift maclo to Colonel Jl[ach~arlrls, at the time he built this hous<•, by the Indians wi lh whom he used lo trade. Nolie t'1e hancl-madP. nails whjch faslen the mounting- lo the wall, ~howing tha t It must have been put up by 171G, hP.c:tuso such nails ,-/ere n ot In usr artcr that tln.lo. Ancl what a1·e lhoso flgure,i or Indians wo see painte,I on lhe walls or the ha.II way, at tho hc,u\ or the staircase? · Thereby hangs a tale. A good 1 many yc;u·s ago, in the course of repairs on the front entry, It was founcl necessary to rrmoYe the wall paper. A young girl, the sister of the present owner or the house, in poking with her parasol, clisclosrd something tbat look ed like tho hoof of a horse. Success! ve layers of paper had accumulat od , and upon lhelr caref ul removal, several hundrecl squnre feet of lanrlscapes, YlewR of cities , 111blica1 suhjccts and other scenes, "'ere brought Lo view . They are nnw· an c,bject of much curiosity and in t !'rest to those who arc pcrmillC'cl lo see them. !11lss Evelyn Sherburne of 1 Boston Is the present owner of the hou se. Her i;ranclmolher was gJlzu.beth \Varner, who married Nathanlt'l Sherburne. Miss Sherburne Is the last o! the family. l I I 1 Yes, It ls Portsmouth, the. beautiful. No wonder It ho.s been calll'd the "Beauty Spot o! New Hampshire." For restrained and dlgnl!letl Colonial iirchltecture th ere Is no house In tho city superior to that built by Go,rernor John Langdon, the first president or the United States Senate, In 1784. This house was used as a model for the New Hampshire buUcllng at the Jamestown Exposi tion. ~ome of the woocl carving In this houso is of unusual beauty. :i't la the work of Orlnllng Gibbon~. whom Sir John E,·elyn called "the greatest master, both for invrntlon and rarenrss of work, that the world ever had 1rt any age." Evelyn discoverrct Gibbons. and In his famous diary he. t ells of their first meeting: "This da)' I first acquainted his Maj esty with lh al lnc<,mparable young man, Gth!Jon, whom l hnd lately met wllh In :i II nlrnrurr pla!'<' I y ncclclont ns I was wnllclng 11enr n. poor, nollta1·y thatched house in a rteld in our parish near Saye,; Courl. I found him shut In ; but looking throu g h the window t prrcelved hl111 carving that large cartoon or crucifix or Tintoretto." I Glbbon,i was al this lime poor nnrl "nknr.wn, but Evelyn Introduced him :o tho Kin g , who at once found a placo ior him on the l3oard of Public ,vo,·lu. Gibbons executed carYlngs ut \V111t1snr Casllo that made him fa"1'lOUS Thon, Sir Chrlslophor Wren, 'he architect oC Sl. Paul's Cn.thedrtU, became hlR patron. The choir stalls ;n St. 1':1.11l's arc, perhaps, tho most :nmous wort, of Gibbons. Examples of hln ox<1uisite carvings are to be 1ouncl In other churchrs and tho pub'.ic hu !din gs in London. The l\Ielropolllan Art Museum In Now York, has two notable examples of Glbhons' worl<. In the Motrat 1,ouso n.t Portsmoulh, now owned by 1he :Kew Jia.mps'hlro Society of the Colon:al names, Lhcro Is n.lso a mantel which shows some of Gibbons' r.arvln~. Another object of beauty In Portsmou lh Is lho Uulfinci1 doorway In the Public Lihrary. The wholo building wns dcsin1ecl by him. Like all Bulfinch's wnrl<, this doorway hns a ~harrr. anrl ro~trut beauty of which you nev e r tir e. 'l.'hcro are !•eautdul doorways anrl . :ous"" In Portsmouth, of nope to 8l!C'.!;_I,': \a l ~ . Longfellow has Immortalized the tavern In front or which swung the sign of the "Earl or Halifax": "One hundred years ago, and thing more, In Queen Street, Portsmouth, tavern door, Neat as a pin, and blooming as Stood Mistress Stavers In her lows." some- at her a. rose, turbe- It used to be the aristocratic holr.l the town, and It was from tltero that tho first .stage ran regularly from Portsmouth to Boston. Here is the printed announcement, daled April, li61, which Is something of a curiosity: I or I l "For the Encouragement of Trade !rum Portsmouth to Boston A LARGJll S'rAGE CH~IR with two good . horses well equlppc,1, will be ready to start out from Mr. Slavers, inn-holder, at the sign of the Earl of Ilnllfax, In this town, for Boston, to perform once a week; to lodge at 'Ipswich the same night; from thence through Medford to Charlestown ferry; to tarrv at Charlestown till Thurs<.la.y morning, so as to return to this town the next day; to set out again on th~ Monday following; It will be contrived to carry four persons besides th•l driver." Queen street is now St:a.te street, nnd the site of that old Stavers Inn, witil the "Earl of Halifax" sign, now blooms rt,i a pl easant garden adjoining No. 147 State street. This Is the famous inn or the Marlha Hilton episode, which has sometimes been credited to the second Stavers Inn, on Court street. That second hotel has quite a dramatic history. To It was removed the Earl of Halifax sign, and In a back room of the tavern the adherents of the King were wont to assemble. Thoae were the days when trouble was fast brewing, and John Stavers, the proprietor was an Englishman by btru,, and n;turally a Tory In his procllvit!e& The Sons of Liberty waxed wroth concerning these secret sessions In the 'stavers l 1111 • • One morning they commenced Lo cut down the post trom which hung the Earl of Halifax sign . Mr. Sla\'ers' Nef!Cro slave went out with an axe and struck one of the besleg6rs a blow which, while It _ did not 1,lri' him, m ade him Insane for the rest or his life. A furious mob lrnmedlat~Jy gat he red. John Stavers had to nee for his life. and It was with difficulty that the hotel was saved from destruction. Mr. Stavers left the town and r~mained for some I time In seclusion. Finally he returnec1, took 'the oath of allegiance, opened the hotel again and put up a new sign upon which was •ne countenance o! William Pitt, the supportet of the rights o! .the Colonlee. With this new banner the Sta.vars Inn prospered largely. It had as guest8 Lafayette . John Hancock, Louis Philippe nnd other celeb"rl _ U_e_eM._ __ t �r · ..... ·. ACT .,NEW,:BRIDGE ATllfTLE B Y ,. : t I :·Buffalo 1Firm :. To .Bujld· Span. ·:;·:· 1 $24~0.0 0. Added <Because Of N. R.-A. ;, ·T he New Hampshire Bridge ' Com- so or not, the . other · granite would ·mission whic;h comprises ,Gov, Win- serve ·every purpose of the bridge con.'ant,; members of,. the State Executive tractors. The . commission, however, Council and · Highway Co111missioner felt · that New Hampshire should re"·Everett, on Thur~day . awarded the lce!ve the benefit of expenditure of its '•~ntr;act for ·.. the . superstructure of own money, at least; to the extent of Litile ~ay bridge to the ·Lackawanna buying granite, gravel and sand from Steel· Construction Company of Buf-·· producers within the state. All other falo, N. Y., the lowest bidder, · 1 materials will have to come from The price agreed upon was $262,400 els~Where,· -since they ate not obtain"including an additional amount above able in New Hampshire. tl:ie originai bid of about $24,000. This At the meeting of the bridge comconcession" was made to the contractor mission, Governor .Winant announoed because of" stipulation in . the Na- that· a federal grant under the public tional Recovery Act th~t · skilled works ·act has l}een made for the Lit,.; .bridge workers must be paid at the · tle Bay pridge, and this will .amount ·rate of $1.20 an hour, whii:e u_n sk~ed· to 30 per c_e nt of the cost. "Last night" ·•workers will .received not less . than '50 the •governor went on, "I finished · cents an'. hour; .' . : · · · · ·,u.. ~ signing the bonds sold a short time ~- A :~tt;r that has dela:.v.ed . progress, , ag? . an.~ .d~livery was · made today to ~f work on the bridge flnahy .'w~s'dls-- :_tq_~_,;;J;iank\ng . house that purchased ·posed· of _when, the commidsiOIJ- · g~ve. the1!J, Proceeds of _- these bonds will ;the c_ontra~t J'or granite to be psed 1p. C?~nple,~e payment, for the Little Bay :OOnstruction to ·the. John Swenson bndge. . . , Granite· com _ p'any of ·concord. for Mr. Wmant explamed that she con62 000 · :. · ... · · , trac~ for the substructure of the ,t •. :,- · .-, · . · · .· . , . ,· bridge never had been signed, despite . This _will call for !!-PProxnuately 100 the fact; that award was made early parloJ!,dS ' ~f c_rushed stone and Will in the sturimer to the Crandall Engiv~ th~, _S"'.{~nSOI} . company's force gineering and Construction Company e~ploym~nt, for" . a}?out three ~-o~ths,; of . Cambridge;'· Mass. Tha·t no tim~ I\ ,1s ,b~lfeved th.at apq11t 1? ,additional might be· lost, the company was given 'workers will be employed, ,_that the perinission to start work, but .actual crus1:J_ed stone , may be delivered on signing of the contract was delayed time. ..-.r ·u ntil a decision was reached in Effort w~ made : to . secµre the ,Washington on the state's application granlte contract for a firm outside·. the. :for a grant · under the federal. public $fate; ,on the plea that the cost'\vould· works act. Members ,-· of the commisbe ·and· to arguments that' Con.: 'sion and other state officials affixed poi:d ~ranite _was superior t~ _th~,-i>ro:.' ;their signatures _to t~e necessary doauct ·of the ·out~of-state quarries, re- ·cuments 'yesterday ,and thus . compleply ·w~s, made· that, whether, this was :ted all formalities: a l less; l' ~~ w.a.n,~c\. ~~ ~~ . l '\~'o �S<:.wc.\\'s ~v·,d'\ e. AVE ATYOR ID The Soolety fol' Presorvo.Llon of New as a resul !l laugh rose up and rolled England Antlqultlell on Thursday to the Paclflo, made another appeal <> the Maine "Whab/' he asked, ''would have Highway Oommlssioll and the seleo~- happened to that h!storlo frigate, the men 9t York to presen•p the hlst.orl9 Constitution, 1f steel plates now girded Sowall's bridge which ta threatened her sides nnd funnels stretched from with destruction and t-9 be replaced her decks? She would, of oourse, no by a new structure, Oontlnentl\) longe1· be the Const!tutlo11. And unsoldler1 marched ove1· the span A ha1f less a wooden bridge 1·eplaces Sewall's centur, ago. bridge and adheres to the llnes oC the Only a change It\ plauB, said the orlglnal another national · landmark society whose headquarters la in Bo4• shall have been destroyed/' ton can save the span, the first Pllg The old bridge, now u11servlceo.ble, clra'w brld~e built In America. It s~n'a Is 2::.1 feet wide and approxlmateJy 270 tha York l'lver and ltsconstructlon In fee! long, Funds from the state, town 1701 by Major Samuel Sowell startled an(J county, Oroutt said, were at hand the engineering world ot thab era. and to begin the work ot rebuilding . . served as a model for other bridges In The soolet,r., whl~h !If being supi>0r~ dlfferen~ part~ ot the country, ted i.o tqe in.ove}?QDt !Pf a wooden The atate of Maine, sale\ t~e society, bctd~ bf lilstorloa\ organlzatlona in plans to replaoe the ancient bridge Maine sent ~ petition t<> QQverno1· with on$ of oonorete. Brnnn' seve~al week~ agQ pr6testln~ "That/'- ~id Phlllil I>a~1\ ()r9utt, agntnst "it design ~ng type ol Jllodern Bost;on ar9hlteot ~t\d member of both brlctge whloh will obliterate e.11 11ug• th& eootev a11d tM oommltteo, "is I gest ions of the old," ~nd e,sked {9f .. Whj,' hit.M\ened ~V Qon~r4 • A COil• reproduction from Sewall's orlglna~ ore_~ sp l .\eP!.l\9?1j thj ~J:,t9rl~ drawings ln wood. 11 brldllt \'_ oh "arolied th' 1'-ood and The only concessloryi recelve<l 110 far, said Orcutt, are the promi11811 W . erect $, tablet of commemoration .a nd a wooden rallln galong the side, "If the slate of Maine," he said, "wishes to destroy ·almost the only hlstorlo landmark to which t~ can have first claim, it should be suitably entombed In steel without . any a.t.: tempt at camouflage. As for a tablet to oommemora.te it-tablets commemorl"~ the dead; Sew~ll's brld~e, like the Oonstttutlon, should oontlnue to llv&P GA AP y (By Associ<1tcd Press> Boston Sept. 27-Tlle Society !or the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Inc., in a renewed appeal t o P resdent Roosevelt rcr,ording historic Sew•k Me yesterday all's Brdgc a t Y01 , ·• · e5 t:.::d the Citlz ns' conservations sugg • ht 1ie 1p. Corps nug Plans for the construction of a steel and concrct,e bridge are being opposed by the society . nd historic organizations who fo,vor :i, wooden strµcture along the lines of the original bridge, built in 1761 the first pile bridge lu America. Asserting. "we. need your help to ..have. . this histonc bndg~ ro_r the nation, the; society suggested m its letter to the t t 'f tl I ctmcn Chief Executive ha 1 1e se e of York "can be won over," the C. C • . 'd h't ak piles and O. might prov1 c w 1 ~ o , transport the1i1 to the ~1te. The soc1e:y estimated a wooden bndge would co~t $8,500 less lhan one of concrete. 0 yC)~,,. "'e.. �. - \ ,\f'e~ \ Each.boat had Its traditional rival In . ~his . :fleet, . and Its interested group of spectators on the other river hank. Daily races had brought ' uncanny skill l~ fen~lng off, shoving . ahead, quick trailng of oars, and , dev_eloped mighty J ••ip backs and 'muscJe~ to . put weight on ' M_qd~rn days modern .w~;ys. In tfi , e ~ oars. The river_was soon alive with· the five hundred fast moving boats, Coles, wher, i,he knock-off whistle blow lisions were frequent, particularly ebb a ,the Pljl,r,ts~imtp_ . ravy_ ,Yard,; .5,fteen tide days ·off Badger's .Island Point, lmn~ed workmen roll swiftly out of where ali boats would be hugging the the · yard in five hundred motor cars shore to catch the favorable eddies, urged forward by· gesticulating Il'ar~ Some times a d·ozen or rnore boats Ines ~nd Pollcemen, and controlle:1 by would _be drawn Into a muss of bumpshrill traffic blasts, and red and green ing hulls and smashing oars, only to ll~~bs. But when the three tho~\Sand workmen of Civil · wai• times left the · be separated on the tidal swirls as rapid!)'. as they had been thrown together, yar~ at the toU of the knock-off bell From the distance would come the roar they went in five hundred boats, wherof spectators, growing in volume until ries, dories, yawls, ieine boats, and vrhat not,-even · in twelve_. and fourteen · the rivals shot into their slip • and slapped each other on -the backs or oared cutters; ,for ·the Navy Yard is· on :sullenlY. _boated their oars, _- as the case an island ' and -- ; the great Memorial might be'.·, •1 ge across the Pisc;i.taqua did - not _. Gradually major .attention of t he en exist~ _________ :...._,!_ __·~·.......,--· ,, ·, sportily inclined Portsmouth . spectaFive hundred ,l>~ats cr_o5&ing a , river totg' .,centered on two specially built half a mile wide would catch and hold cutters, the "Joe Hooker" and the any eye, and" cause a ,crowd of 'sp~c"Skedaddle." Much money changed tators to . banlc up very quickly. . The hands. Rivalry became intense. The . leisurely :stream ·of -boa ts . in the ~ornmost powerful oarsmen among the yar ing offered nothing -extraordinary in workmen sold their own boats apd t~e way of interest; but the afternoons took thwarts in the favorites. Both saw daily a liberal portion · or·· the I • the 'racers became yachtllke in splenPortsmouth and Newcastle pop:ilace dor of paint and brlghtwork. After collect along the waterfront to witsee-sawing of i.:esults, the "Sk.cd' : ness the IJlOSt . exhlleratlng boating addle'' began to experience bad breaks 'scene to be found in America. Even of luck, and the crew -went into conthe Isles °'f · Sho.als steamer · wouict li'e fe'ren<ie .. _- It was decided to trim the to in order. that the passengers should boat_down a bit by 'the head; ·so an exnot _miss the com~;:ig , rii,ce,. . tra· hand was ·placed in the bow. sure ., When the workmen arrived I at ;. the enough, the "Skedaddle'' seemed to do · yard In the mornings, they moored better. she heid her own in the first t):leir "boats In . dense numbers arocnd stretchi'\ind .as Four Tree Island WR~ -t):l.e landing stages, · or haulec;l thein neared beg-an 'to 'di·op th11 "Joe H%kashore ·aboye the high water . 'm ark·: er" ·astern. This was too much for the Oars; _row locks, gratings and rudders human ballast in the bow. Leaping to ~ere .carefully secured, lest they take his feet and swlngin·g -hls hat above his . wings unto them~elves; !and bow :md head, he began lusty iti1'ee cheers. stern fasts, and fenders · were gotten Two· of tlie three w·er·e given In handout . and , hitched as . only old-timer& some style, but the third ls unvoiced could do such things. These r..·rcauto 'this da'y; for· the' !'Skedaddle" stuck tidns taken, tl:ie workmen answered roll a submerged rook with great force and · -ca-u° an~ felJ t" ori the new steam sloops came to an abrupt 'st-Op, while the 1uii"Kearsarge". .and "Ossipee'', or the mated figure head continued on the ' dqubled ended side wheelers "Sebago" -w• ii.~. ' 'This"'· tr.•hct · tbe . .'~Skeda'ddte·s '. ~ ~. • ...... _. r ·-· , , •• and "Mahaska,'' or the great 74-gun .r~~inLJ:Areer. -A nfW rl,;:al ,rejolcinii: in __s,hip of the "New Hampshire," or per- ' the name of "KuKlux" arose later t o haps the new_ fangled ironclad "Aga- . challenge the triumphant "Joe Hooke•:." menticus." , Nothing remains now · of the l'lsAt ·the first toll of the bell ~n the cataqua boating activity. First ti1e Head House at the end of the working steam ferries,' then the motor cars, day, there wa11 a _,;;tampede for the wathen the new bridge. The daily regatta _terfront. That' for · which the crowds -an·d the rowboat, for that matter.of ·s pectators along "the Portsmouthhas joined the snows of yesteryear:._ , Newcastle shores had assembled was on. -;;'.h ~ wave ' of .running workmen ' broke _at the -shore line, d!yid!ng into groups straini~g to launch the hauled-up boats, and swarms leaping from one moored cr:ift to another to reach 'their, own. Oafs ~nd g~ar were . swiftly unlocked .a?ld shipped; · shouts went tip for b"?lated ·members of the crews; painters an·d .ste~ f_a s~ w~re cast off; boats sho~ '1\-htlad 11,ncFqut. Warm . language was til~ 9!4~t 9.f the day.''It was'ifo place a sensitive soul. r(P1st ,.. 1 • ' of much a ~\ C'¥ l)~t.B 1& r~~~Vf/~; I �l I &~1~0 scrlpe)liact Wl!ltten. thus f&:r he Roberts- hlmse!f had traded , with '.Ii. :r:e- Muscat, a.nd· was greeted by ; the Sul.'.. rq• \ •l.1'cc1 )ilin, n~b- to be :lmpattcn~, as· tan as a friend. The treaty .which ~]! v,Nr very desirous tllat no one they arranged' placed the United ~sl')onltl be omitted'. He remarked that States on an equal footing with the r:moody they, wer~ ,::rea;te:r: in num~:t British In all matt~s pertaining ~ ftl:lruiJ wc,e :,,essem;ecl bJ a:n~ Prince- of· commerce. • 1the ·Emf)irtr. Howe\'e:, he tlif)pet) nis· ' · "On onl:y one point di~ the Sultan 'pe¥.reil' in tr..'e. ink ala.d' »~mmcncecl as insist upoI) '. a cµange; Roberts had , ro,11&w$: J., firsff 1leolt Gosport, m tl'le provided !or the care of American ,Isres o.t s~oalir, bclng :§ar1ihest at. sea, ~amen cast away in the Sultan's E«illlllllllllfllGi R,olb£it'W llifatl Km- }MCr. tr1eFJ, went en wlth the· towns, Gf dominions, with a stipulation th\l't the ~-er.com.,' United States , should reimburse ! the , porlanmt JE»n[i)l~.l'mat1k l'LHs·• I the"Eil'cn~ua<Hy tlile- sc11lbe was wo:,n, 'ruler for the expense incidental to the sfo1m. iim out 11\J.ough Robc1ts liad· se2.rccl'.')1: be- 'seamen's maintenance and return, to • ~~ · l~i3 11st. :Fie· .Intended to name t;helr hom~Iand. ·· ' 'J'hern nr-c mnny Po..t1:111011th }lt:op·te, ;;!ery bow1i in Now Hrunpshfre and "The Sultan woJld not listen to plon cm Jn vrnlou,: ""L"•·1irl:;c:J, who ~lkn .fan l,)aall! 011- ~e· r·est o:f Ul'le- this proposal. He himself would bear hnve been !orgo1,Ll't\ h.Y many A8 ·datrs, 'While this :per-!ePmanee w.as. all the expense, To do otherwi5e, be the years p..11mcll, ·11n!Jl now man:, ,to gcmg on. tbe member6 of Roberts'. said, would 'be contrary to the usage not Jmow th:i.L such 11crsoti,:; e~lstcct. s~ite dMhed· out of, mie cabin in · or- of Arabs, and to the rights of bospiIt fo intcrei;Ung to .rrn,1J · o{ · bl16'.i\' d-· t o· ven!l. tltlel.r laughte11. tality which have ever been practiced forts. Will::ml De I.rt!' ln the Bo:;ton "In. Siam the commissioner w.as among them.' , ._, Glcbe recentJy }mi l the 'foUowlag: ~0rcll::t,]Iy welcomed, and; afte1· a long "The· Portsmo'u th merchant sailed ,"About the 1..l.1ne :new ;mn~l~cl mcl'Jtound or preliminal!Y' visits and' llan- home .In triumph, and in 1835 re-0 ants were bc1:inning 1,o brea1t d'qvm 'qu.ets, w.as' presente1:l' to· tbe- King ab turned to the Orient with the rat1!ied and BangJ-oJ,. treaties·, These he delivered with due ) the bnrrle.tB to Gl\illl'~I). ,il.'\''1e, wern ltn0Ql1i!,'' nt ,lrqmn'd tdool', opJy ' ;,, 'We entered·· 1at length. the vestl- ceremony and was on his way to oµle tfuiough a line of soldiers, ancl Japan to' attempt "to open negotiations to have th ,lr :t,,.noc1w nn:;~cred .' by into t11e preseBce o1 bl.a majesty. with that nation when he died and e11JU\Ol\ flro-, rmof,ht'V New l1!'.n3111.ndeiThere lay pl'ostrate, or .r.athel' on, all wu burled at Macao. Thus the task Jnst.ltuted (llplo11rn1,ic 1·c1auom1 between t.ho Unll,efl f\ln,t.e:i 11,nd the rul- fo11T:: resting on then, knees and el- of opening the ports- of ancient Nipbowir, witff hands· united· and head pon was left to another , 1 New Engen:1 o:t £Ham and 11lf.1sc:i.t bowrd low, nll the pripces and nobil- lander." "T.h.18 mn.n wrui '81 lmunrl Ro,1"it1: o! ity of tTle lnnd; it was an impressing J'ort:;moutn, N. H, •nu·ouch hJs bnt :i.ba.~ing slght , ' clooe 11'.leml, Levi W odbu.1·y, e:t- ~ov- : "D11t Roberts and his. companions enior o! New H:i.rnpHhit•e, and then ,joillrd the others in a. few ceremonial ·cc.retm:1 o:t t.he n :wy, he llacl .Imbows, rt>garding- these as being ordinpressed upon Px,'::lfl<'nt Jackron the ary courtrsies and in no way- ~ncliJmportance .r :-olldifylng l.liro11gh catmg i;ubserviencc , fonna:t ttcat,y We r,ommcxclal poslf,ion In front of the King's dais· were of A.me.rlrmui in Oricut.:i,.l w;i,trrs, Antl laid out gifts which had· been sent to In Marnh, lll3:.l, n:; 1;p rir J em oy of him by Roberts in the previous d<iyth'e Unitrrl St..'11,ei:, :B~•hr11J; saJlt>cl out pilcs of silir, rich .tillgreed silver basof B0:Jlan j \ f\l'IJO\' Jl 1.he United kets, elegant gold watches studded st.ate:; Hhip-oJ'--vm.1· J>p:,cock, on what wit.I\ large pearls.' After answering a wm: tllen :i. !li:;l,j1H'.l.iy 1u)lfCl mi,;:;lon. varlcLy of polile question as to their After :1. pn:UJJ1Jn:iry vl~lt to C1v1l,<m, health, and the h ealth of t.hc PresiF,0bcl't,1 ll)(•Cf.P lif'tl 1.o J ns•w, h u J)JJ)[i to dent of the United States, th9 .InterC'm.l!:e a 1,1·e:d,y w·itl1 .th; ruJeJ'. view ended, · J.n ti,hh: Jic f ll.iJl'II. He could obl.aln "On April 1, 1833, a treaty was 'no tti.rt'r,f, ncrr~,i 1,o f,bal, poLentri.ie ~gped-the fir~t ever made between save on '.hurnlJi:,tmg tc11m.s be wonlrl q1e United S '.ates and an Asiatic not eom:Mlrr. 'J:'lp::, in /;J'.'1ite +1! tl1e country, Fixed customs and port fact 'that he hn.rl i1nJ)rc1;~cd tlle val'icharges· werC' agreed to, and trade, ous rnvr:rys -wJ10m .l1e cllcl meet with which previously had been controlled. hls high sta1.ion ln Arner.lea. 'J'hey exclu~ively by the sovereign, was to be had. inqu.i.!Nt al.Jo11t his 1,ltlr•;; ~ncl, allowed without restriction, , 111.1cling Umt unJn ;.<; .ttc had t. Lles he "Roberts then sailed across the would I.Jc coi,:;iul' l'l'(l ol :imall llnportII).clian Ocean to Muscat, at the enl :incc, 'he pror.cccl nd Lo invent a few, trance to the Persian Gulf. I, Though sng\(estit1g I hn.t on') or the - l;ciibc.s today Muscat is the _capital p! an Inwrite them down. . consequential Arabian depeiidency of 11 'Eclmurnl :S.c • ·1~ : :, n specir 1 envoy it wa.s, a centJry ago, of contr9m the U11ltell SLatcs, amt a CJtl- India, slderal'>le commercial' import~nce. Itsef P.0rt1;mr-111th, in t'he S\.ate oi great ruler, Said ibn S11ltan, pontroUed Nc\111 J'Inmpi;llil'c,' he be:llm. a. domain extending down :mcl In11 Ulen Jtr(,)('rcrlN11' he· wr ! , 'wUh cluding Zanzibar, In A!rlca., Amerl •the coJmles of Rocl,ingham, Stanolld-, can vessels- carried ona busy trade 1n lMcrrima«, l'.ti'm;boro, Grafton, Clbes.tl'lat quarter of the world-dominated• hiir.tt, ~"\Jltlvan :mer Coos,. When he ~t. In fact. - - - ~ - - -- '~·- -~..-J r:i !:l!Nl jt ,there . w.<>J'e Qn~ more, :rn.ai der 0 • zea f " t1 �NEW HAMPSHIRE MEDICAL SOCIETY MISCELLANY RECENT DEATHS N . E. J. OF M. SEPT. 21, 1933 He was a Mason for many years, having taken all the degrees on each road, and in this he always evidenced deep interest. He was married in Portsmouth 011 December 19, 1905, to Annie J. Hill. 'l'he home mu of thii:I couple has 1 •[t nothing to be desired and to those who knew them no further comment ill 11ecessary. Dr. Eastman is survived by his widow, one 1,rother, Charles, a nd one sister, Mrs. L. A. Robeck, of this city. ·w1-::rn1•: LT. P. CLARE. EASTMAN, EUGENE B. - With great regret lt becomes my painful duty to record the sudden death of Eugene B. Eastman, M.D., of Portsmouth, who died on September 6, 1933. 'rl10 cause of death was hypertensive heart disease and chronic nephritis. His education was gained in the University of New Hampshire, Tufts College Medical School, and McG!ll University of Montreal, Canada. His great ability early earned him prominence in his chosen profession and his work was known far and wide by its sterling quality. His friends were l egion, both within and without the profession and people in all walks of li[e were benefited by his contact. A quiet, unassuming man, Dr. Eastman went his daily way and many people in straitened circumstances felt his philanthropy. IIis many deeds of kindness can n ever be emunera.ted, and countless ones will never be known excepting in the hearts of those whom be befriended. No task was too small or too large to receive his undivided attention. The difficult situations that he met and overcom e are too numerous to comment upon. A man among men ever ready to battle for what he believed to be right, a beloved brother to his colleagues whom he always stood ready to help at any time of the day or night, a friend to the weak, a guiding hand to the strong and a beloved counsellor whose advice was sought far and near; his place will never be filled in the hearts of those privileged to love him. He was a member of the New Hampshire Medi· cal Society and the Massachusetts Medical Society. He occupied the position o[ trustee of the New Hampshire State Hospital. 'l'he Portsmouth Hospital early gave him a position on the staff which institution he loyally served for many years. He served as medical referee of Rockingham County for a number of years. �o\ ture. By Nov1.mber 25, 1794, the Piscataqun bridge wns opened to gt'nernl travl'l. It was 2,362 feet long and 38 fet't wide, and was made in ing and repair of the road. This they did by erecting toll gates every iew miles. The tolls rang&a I from one cent to three centi,. Boom for Durham 'As a result of the traffic over the three sect.inns. The first was horizontal, and was built on piles from bridge and along the turnpike DurFox point to Rock island (hardly ham became a busy little town and more lhan a larr;c rock nenr Goat a 1·eal estate boom waa started, island). The second section,' ex- Citizens of Durham, Dover and tending from Rock island to Goat Portsmouth formed a comp~ny and "History repeats itself," and the island, was in the form of an arch. .bought the land near the Durha.m Piscataqua river, as it races restThe third section was horizontal end of the bridge, which they laid les~ly back and forth past Dover like the first and contained the l out in house lots and str\!ets, after point with the tidal changes, must draw. It extended from Goat is- the manner of real estate men, and be remirtded ot the truth of the old land to the Durham shore wher called Franklin City, saying by the cr11nes and piledrivthe toll gate was located. The Only two or three houses were eu at work on the Little 'bay original rost of the bridge was ever built on their designated lots bridge noV'I being built near the $G5,000-about one-tenlh the esti- at Franklin City, for the embargo Boston and Maine toll ibridge. mated cost of the present p~oject. • of 1807 and the c!ecline of shipping For it was about 140 years ago during the war of 1812 burst the Tavern Established that work on the first Piscataqua Goat island contains about two bubble of prosperity and Franklin bridge was started. The old bridge acres of land, nnd on it was lo- City never became a city in fact. was built at a different place in cated a laYern where the traveler One of the houses which had been the river, but it accomplished what might sto p, stable his horses, and built there was moved up the rivthe present project intends to acrefrc ~h himself with food grown er toward Durham village on complish. It connected Portsmouth in the tavern-keeper's own garden. barges and placed on a new site with central New Hampshire by The toll rnriecl from one cent each where it now serves as home for a the shortest possible route-and for sheep and ~wine, to 40 cents member of the University of New thereby hangs· a tole of prosperity for each coach, cl>ariot, phaeton or Hampshire faculty. and sudden decline. The final blow was struck to the other four-wh()c led carriage for 1 Closely connected wilh the erec- passengers and each wagon, cart prosperity of the area around the tion o! the first bridge are the or other carria;-;-e of burden drawn Piscataqua bridge when, in 1841, 11tories ot the first New Hampshire ' the railroad was built from Bosby more thnn two beasts. . turnpike 'and of "Franklin City," ton to Portland. Goods which had The pari-muluel bill does not not the present city by that name, been transported to forlsmouth by mark the first time that the slate for this Franklin City was a dream sea and from there over the turn-, of New Hampshire has sanctioned never quite made real. pike to the interior of the state games of chance. In 180-1 the New Start of Bridge came to 'be hauled from Boston by On December 1s; 1792, a group Hampshire Legislature granted a train, and prosperity 11ped away of enterprising New Hampshire lottery for obtaining $13,000 to re- to other centers on the shiny rails. citizens petitioned the General pair and maintain the Piscataqua Granite Walls Remain Court for the exclu sive privilege bridge. The inducement lo buy The bridge gave way in 1830 and of building a bridge across the tickets in the lottery was a first was repaired, but in 1855, when Piscataqua river from Cedar point prize of $8,000. the ice tore down a section of it, From Coe's crrner in Durham to in Durham to Fox point in NewCeldar point is a three-mile stretch the owners made no attempt at reington (then known as Bloody of dusty road over which once construction. Today, however, the point and Furber's ferry, respecpasi;ed the heaviest stream of traf- granite walls of the abutments retively). They desired to be incorfic in New Hampshire, for it was main to show where the structure porated for the purpose and to be part of the First New Hampshire once stood. a1lowed to reeeive toll to pay for I turnpike, leading :fom Portsmouth The turnpike became merely a their venture. over the l'iscataqua bridge to Con- rough, country road over which a Finally, on June 20, 1793, the pefew vehicles bumped without the titioners were incorporated under cord. The turnpike was completed in hindrance of toll gates, for the toll the title ol "The Proprietors of Piscataqua Bridge." rhe act of 1803 by a group of men who had was· not worth collecting. Durham became sleepy for I a incorporation gave the proprietors been incorporated as the New time, Isaac Hill, journalist and Hampshire Turnpike company. In the power to enact a fine of not governor of New Hampshire from their petition they had pointed out more than 40 shilling!! from any 1837-1839, wrote in his journal afperson who should attempt to tha t lhe road from the Piscataqua ter he had taken a trip along the river to the Merrimack river at evade the toll, and the state do, nated Goat island (situated in the Concord was longer than riced be, turnpike in its lean years: "Of the ancient town of Durham, because of its n:any twists and river at the point where the bridge it was unpleasant to witness as we turns. was to cross to the porject. passed through the village so m'ucli This condition they remedied so In return for these privileges the evi~ence of its former prosperous well that the present road, one of proprietors were required to probusiness contrasted with its pres- · vide a. tlaw in th; bridge for the the strni~htest in the state, follows the original route almost all the ent det1ertion. The shops and' p~sinit of boat.'I, and they were reway, and the distance, which they stores were there closed as i'f 'the quired to complete the bridge withweekday had been the Sabbath. The in 10 years. Andrew Drew, on the estimated at 36 miles, will be registered as almost the same on your attorney's office signs of .:.a friena: Durham aide, And Richard 'Downspeedometer of you drive yo~r au- who had moved to Washington six ing, of Fox point, dona ted land for or eight years ago remain~d Over tomobile -that way. . · the terminal points of the strucThey, too, were empowered to collect toll in return for the .build- I~ECALL THE CONSTRUCTION OF L.B. BRIDGE I �I an open door of a modern. brick \ building intended for ready access I to the best enterprise of the village, as if 'Poor Richard' with his 'quips and cranks' was still upon the spot ready to give advice or draw a writ far a fee, or to tell a story or crack a joke without a fee. '!We knew the name above not to repr11Bent truly; and we · feared :ftt1lther that· this 'outward sign' was but an indication that the closed shutters of the village did not represent the entire vacancy within." :But "history 1·epeats itself/' and the coming of thb nutomobil~ made it necessary·to modernize most of the old ,turnpike a few years ago. Now the remaining three miles of the historic. old road will also be modernized to carry the traffic from Portsmouth over two new bridges·and into,.the interior of the state. . Perhaps the Piscataqua muses on this as it surges ' around ,. the cofferdams erected !01; making the substructure of the Little Bay ·bridge. j I i~1)~ \)11.MJ\O~ ~()VQ • ~O!' . 'iC\~ o~ -~o. Are Gue~ts Of ity At Ban uet Held At •Hotel oc ingham \ An · impressive tribute of good-will hel1> .and the Scarborough was disand . friendship was paid the officers pntche, from Boston because a general by the name of Sullivan had of H;: M, S. Scarborough iast even- taken the powr'ler from Fort William ing by the citizens of Portsmouth and and Mary. Because of this act vicinity, when they were guests at a British wr :·ships were ~ummoned and big banquet at the Rockingham Ho- the Scarborou&h'. was one of them. tel-. Much interest historically surrounds . The dining room was decorated this fact. · i ·' ·' I with the flae-s o·f the United' States "All thro..1gh· the' yeai-s ·since we at\d England and the. atmqsph'ere ' was gained · our in1ependence a 'warm tie one of sincere hospitality on the pa1'L o! friendship has existed between of those present. and they expressed these two great nations; but · in more their pleasure at being able to' wel- recent years we' have learned to 'love· come to this city these men of ·the our comrades from over the •seas more British navy. and more deeply ,as we ' marched The invocation was given )>y Chap- shoulder to shoulder with thert1 in the lain William · Williams of 1he Navy great World War. •It ·ever thet'e were Yard, following the sin$ing of "Am- two nations so closely connected .;hat erica" by the assembled cornpany. their people are , entitled to be called Former Mayor F. W, Hartford brothers it is ,Ji:ngla.nd and America. opened the post-prandialt exercises by 1 We speak theil" ton.:;ue; they . disproposing a toast to·" His , Majesty, covered and set.tled , Ne,., , England. · King George V., of England, while Martin Pring; , who sailed , up the Hon. o . w. Cor.nwallis, b. B, · ' E. , Plscntnqua in 1603 was, the first commander of the Scarborough, re- English settler in these parts 11.nd sponded by proposing , a toast • to since that time we have been carryPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt. Ing on by the blood thnt coursed A welcome in behal'f of . the city was through the veins of these ear:y setextended by Mayor S. F, A. ;Picker- tlers and their spirit, i.ntil we _have ing, ·.vho beg!',n his remarks . by . saying . today one of the greate .t nations in that it was just 300 years ag,o that the world,. and we respect, love and his ancestors landed o.n old _ Straw- admire the men of dear old England, berry Bank, and continuing, Sl'\ld, "It and why shouldn't we? This 13 New is my pleasure and honor. at this tlrri,e Fngland, a.nd this · 1, ·e city o! :"'Jrtsin behalf of th, citizens of Portsmoutl1 mou th, named for the great city of to extend their best wishes to .the; Portsmouth, England, where the govcommander and officers of ~- M;. ;3. ernme.nt has the largest, I believe, Scar_oorough of · t~e ~oyal Navy and 'dockyard in the world. ~ ou know to give them a hearty ;-Velcome to that ever since I learned of this I · Portsmouth." · ,, have been asking why not have the Norman M. Leavitt sang a grpup of I greatest dockyard in America in §Ongs, including "Old 'Ma.n Rivet', Portsmouth, New Hampshire. "Indian Love Call" and '"1:'he 1:ll-S~ "So , long as we have as a natlon Round.:ip ." Mr. Leavitt Is one of the something that .sor.iebody else wants ouj;standing singera of this section we are , ikely to have _trouble a.n1 so ankl, h!s numbers were grei:1tly enjoyed 111 01 st. always be. prepared. last evening. "For many yea,s such, sen, 1 clubs . May'!r Pickering then. presented as the Rotary and Kiwanis !lave former Mayor F. W. Ho.rtford, who spl'ead the gospel or better underacted as toastmaster, n.nd ln his re- , standing of the peoples of the world marks ,Mr. Hartford spoke in part as and their work •s bearing frult, slowly follows: but surely, nd the great nucleus of "This is a delightful occasion as we this mcvement is the clo.se friendship gather here tonight to pay our re- and relations o'f the citizens of Gl:aa spects to our friends from across the Britain and America. I personally se~. We know the history or the jhave found the people of England. people that these gentleme,n represent. hospitable, courteous and obllg!.ng. They have visited at this od seap?rt 1· I say lets start that brotherhood with ·for m~ny years. In fact the first England and .America. we under• white man who ever stepped on this stand each othe,. and when thes~ two soil ~as a~ 1Englishman .. :"his is n?t countries des!:- It there must exist the first time that a Bnt1sh warship ! peace throughout the world forever named Scarborough has visited , this ' and forever. port. The IJ. M. S. Scar]nrough came into Portsmouth , , Ha1·bor in 1775. The governor o( this state . ln coion!al tlmes had occasion to _£~1~ fQr I Ii I �$ I "These are great times that we aro living In and what arrects the peoplo Of England affects the people of this nation, and her troublr. to,,ch th& heartstrings o·r all Am ~rici ns. wo need here in America your friendship n.nd you in England nee•l he friendshlp o! America. That is my m~sage, because here and all about you as you travel in any direction, mile, ten miles or fifty miles, yon wlll be reminded of your own En~land. There are Laconia, Plymouth, Dover, Manchester nnd hundreds of other nanwi taken from your own co1111try l\l\!l given these settlements by our Engllsh settlers. ' "We are proud to lnvr- yo u come tn this city that we :ill lovr. This city 1Y i t l " b th e sea with its rtLminl ness and t•g 1 s or ca backgro ,,nrl. 011d when you 1 go away from here and return to your homes we wa.nt you to c'.lrl'.I' with yoa our best wishes and thr h1owlcdge or the pleasure we have h~d in receivin~ you, and we hope that. s0111e day In the future, v.hcn you wea r wldct' r;~'.f'POV-0 \..1.C\h-- '~ any society sitting in a smcll room and talking, ;,.,!th very Jinlite_d ideas r The toastnaster then thanked the on how to bring abo:it th .,,ace o! members of the orchestra, which was the world. · \composed of Carlos Lanzilli, violinist, "Kl ng ,r-.eorge and President RooseNorman M. Leav1·tt, pianist, e,nd Dr. •velt are 1 rh interested in peace .. I \Kenneth Steady, cellist. The orbelieve tlmt these men with mitions chestra included .in lhe program. sevand millions of subjects and millions eral old English airs and the mJsic and millions of citizens under them J.n added mui:h to the success a! the who~e hands the fate of the nation event. lies are as fully interested, fully as The toastmaster nc·t introduced E. concerned, fully as heartfelt and Curtis Mr.tthews, p:l'sident of the earnest in going to church and ;vor- Chamber of Commerce; R. C. . . shlping God and planning for the Greer, president of the Rotary Club, good or the world ns these societies Albett H. WooHson, vice president of of irresponsirle people who go about lhe Kiwanis Club, nnd Councilor telling people how to run things like Ch arIes E . Carrol - 1, mayor of Lacon Ia. \ 40 Ithe peace of the warl:i . ., The dinner was well prepared 'and ~ o, -•t ,.. .... I R car_ Admiral Kempf! mentioned served , the menu cons1st•~. 111 1:ustralia and New Zealand cup, ce1ery, assor t ed oIives, ._ 1Ibemg .,.oned and o! , isl tlng British regiments Portsmouth scrod, J.illenne potatoes, lJicre, and in closl,ng said, "I can roast prime rib o! beef au jus, mashed simply say that this examplt: of potatoes; Hubba.rd squash, broccoli, ,, friend 5hip and good-will is something hearts o! lettuce with French dressthat ~ ·11 h ing, plum pudding, ora.nge pineapple I n ' '•1 ave more n uence than \ 1mJch that Is put down under anice cream, other name." The hall demi-tass.e. was decorated with Am- 1 strlpes, Captain Cornw11t1s, that yotr may come back hero \•·ith a fleet of English warship.1 on nn rrrand or good-will auct sail into tha deeµe. t harbo1· on the Atlantio coast. We wlll line the banks of the Plscataqu11. to cheer and receive you with open nrms. We \\;ill open wide our gate/I and bid you a hearty 1\'c\cQme." Councilor Charles H. Brackett or Gr,•enland, who reµrc$ cnted · Gov. John G. Winant, who wos unc.ble to be present, was next lntroc\uced and spoke a.s follows: "I extend to you lhe greetlngs of the state of New Hampshire. As the I I 1I The officers of the Scarborough er!can and British nags, .while flowti1cn m · t ro d uced to the assembly, ~rs th• - and candles gra,ced "" "' head.' Those r,res~nt from the ship were table. As a background a mamHon. o. w. Cornwallis, o. B. E., 1 moth Engll.vr nag covered the entire comnui.ncllng officer; Lieut P. H. Ha- wall behind the head table. dow, Lieut. c. p. R. Thomson, Seated at the hea.d table were the L'1ci: t . M . JY• . H un, t Surg. Lieut. W. following: 11.Ia.yor and .-u" ,.,,.__ s ....... " A. J. Guilclman, M. B., Ch. B., '3ub. Pickering, Ho!l. O. W. Cornwallis. o. Lieut . R. A. F. Churchill and Gun- B. E'., former Mayor a.nd Mrs. F. W. ner G. w. Ottaway. Hartford, Rear Admiral ClanmCe S. commanc Pl' Cornwallis rr•ponded Kempf1, U. S. N., commandant- or the to the ~peech of welcome, saying in Portsmouth Navy Yard, and Mrs. prrt: Kempf!, CouncilorCharles · H. "The Scarborough Is a .unit of the Brackett, representing G<>v. John G. American West Indies Squadron o·r Winant. Mrs, Ralph D. Brackett, the British Navy and know to that Lieut. H. Mrs. Hadow, Co~dr. former L- S. ,·ou cxte11d th I 1~ h StewartP.and Stew~~t, When toastmaster basAnglo-Saxons already said we e we .,ome er Mayor and Mrs. D. W. Badger, ~ one people, all o! are the it is a welcome extended to the BritIJ.eut. same blood. we have much the same !sh Navy as a whole. I considc .· (N) 'J. P. R. Thomson, former Mayo:c · , thoughts and much the same ideals myself yery fortJnate that the com- and Mrs. Albert Hislop, Lieut. (El M. and it is natural that we should want nnndcr-in-chief decided my ship H. Hunt, state Senator Charles M. to have our cousins with us. lI was to come here. I think the wel- Dale and Mrs. Dale; Surg. -Lieut. W. ult ls evident that the early settlers come we have been given here is J. F. GJild, M. B., Ch. B., Compo! this country had a. very wann spot somewhat different from the w~lcome troller o! Customs and Mrs. Samuel In their hearts for their mother counthat was given our ancestP.r hip, the T. Ladd, 9 ner G. W. Ottaway, try. Our toastmaster ha.s mentioned Scarborough which came in 1775. The Councilma.n and Mrs. Samuel F. '}ri!that there are names given towns, Scarborough of those days reized a fin, Chaplain and Mrs. William · Wilcltles and states, and even our own fishing fleet off the harbor, · taking Iiams, Cauain and Mrs. S W. state, New Hampshire, w11s named for the fish for its crew. Woodruff; Captain and Mrs. A. A, Hampshire, England. Within 50 mil~ "It is my first visit to the United Robnett, Lieut. Col. a.nd Mrs. J. A. from here there Is even a town that states and ever since I was shown Rossell, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Robbears the name of your vessel, Scarmy program have looked forward to ert E. Sledge, C<runcilor and Mrs. borough. We want you to enjoy your coming here. In England I have a Charles Carroll, Councilman and visit here and I hope that you will, so !muse about three miles outside o! Mrs. James H . Smith, councilman that when you leave us you will want Portsmouth, Hampshire, and it is and Mrs. F. Garland TUcker, Coun.to come again.'' like coming home to come here- now. ciiman Robert Marvin, Councilman The next speaker was Rea.r Admiral "I think, perhaps, I can claim that W!lllam T. Rose, selectmen of Kittery, C. S. Kemp!r, U. S. N., commandant some of my ancestors had a little to Charles Lewis, 0. Sumner Paul and of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, who do \\'ilh the birth of the United states Carroll Sterling, Miss Helen Paul, was Introduced by the t.oasimaster as or America. It was one O'f my an- City Clerk and Mrs. Earl T. Smart, tne o! the most popular commanrcsl ors, I understand, who surrrn- Rear d Admiral DoJglas E. Dismukes dants that this city has had the privc\ered at what was the turning polnt ao Mrs. Dismukes, Mr. anj Mrs. E. !legc of knowing. of o ,r war at Yorktown." Thr Curtis Matthews, Major and Mrs. Rear Admiral Kempff said, urn repBriti '1 c?ptain told o! the unveiling Arthur L. Smith,ndMajor and Mrs. I. resenting the "savy today I desire to of a statue at Yorktown, Va . , . two H. a Councilman Patrick Washburn J. Reardon. s a. 1roug ou t t h e world we years ago, when his father was in- 1_____ h tl ay th t have had many turbulent affairs vited to come lo America to take part I along the line of what '\\e call pac!In the evrnl. flsm. KLng George V. o! England \ "I know \ha t we are goinrr to en1 sent to these shores the d!stlngulsl\ed · joy ur visit here," he cont nuect, "in (!)~. is, Vice Admiral Drax or the Royal Navy, fncl, we nrr enjoying it vnv · much, lwho had the good judgment to send \and we sh:,11 carry away -.;rry pleas1 as his -repres' ·1 tative Capt. Cornwallis ant memories, and I hope 1 hat when o! the H. M. S. Scarborough, "ith we leave we shall le1vl! pleasant his delight!.il officers. I beUP.ve that \memories of our visit .' In rlosing he the King in hl.5 wisdom has done more exprrssed his apptreciatio1 of ,.he to bring about good-will, peace and 1110s1 itality displayed at 1hr Navy understanding than rould be done by I Yard . \"C .• re O I ? o-\Io ~ \\ ~t9 ~ ct~ . 1t'33 �(Photo l>y Ports moulh Herald Staff Photogr;.ip!icr) 1\1. S. SCARBOROUGH �40 f hr .IS• II The Cachalot will have -about the same speed as the previous submarines and a long radius o! action. _Her first commanding officer 1.g Lieut. Commander Merrill Comstock USN. He will have a crew of four om~ cers in addition to himsel! and 39 enlisted men. Upon the care with which these men are selected and trained wlll depend in large meas ure the success of !.'/) this newest addition to the Navy's submarine force. The Cachalot 1s scheduled after she has finished her "shake-down" period to join the Submarine Force of the U. S. Fleet and will probably be based on the Pacific Coast. · The official launching party inThe USS Cach'\lot, the 20\.h sub- present.a lion was made , oilbehaU- of t marine of \.he U. S. Navy \.o be con- the yard employees by CheS er A. eluded ;Rear Admiral and Mrs. C. S. Brownell of the shipfitter's shop. Kempff, Miss Katharine D. Kempff, stnicted in the Portsmouth Navy Prayer was offered by Lieut. Comdr. Miss Eleanor Kempf!, Miss Mary Cli!Yard, slipped from her building ways W. P. Williams, yard chaplain. ton, Rear Admiral and Mrs. H. H. into the riscataquo. river I.his foreAt 11.37 the warning whistle sound- Hough, Commander and Mrs. H. G. noon amid cheers from the military ed. and three minutes ~ater Rear ~d- , Pa.trick, Senator Frederick Hale of and civilian forces and strains of mu- m1ral KcmpfI released the launchmg Maine Congressman Carroll Beedy of sic from \.he yard band. trigger rd d and [ the dlatest thunderseat era~ th Maine,' Cong~essman and Mrs. Wm. N. The launching was perfect in every g_ 1 c grace u 11 Y own e ways O e Rogers of New Hampshire, Mayor and detail and was wi\.nessed by hundreds nvcr . · I . t · ti l . Mrs. S. F. A. Pickering, Ca.pt. and of spectators in the reservation and 1e S tl 11P M ' Capta.in an d Mrs. Tlt\)C sponsor l ttl 111 r 1 C 11'1S I cnmg l rs. E . p . F mney, I many olhers looked on from the Inter- use a JO e O cga c 1 ampagne, ie B. T. Bulmer, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. ! state Memorial bridge and on the ri- fu~ L1,~1, hos lrcn broken on the bow Merrill Comstock, Rear Admiral and ver front. or a. i.1111> in the Portsmouth yard on Mrs. D. E. Dismukes, Mr. and Mrs. , Shortly before 11 o'clock Rear Ad- s~c_h an occasion sil:ice F'.edera.1 prohl- Newell of Bath, Me., Lieut. Col. Hoffmiral Henry H. Hough, commanding b1tion rns adopted m this country, man and Mrs. Hoffman of Fort Mcthe First Naval District and party arA luncheon was served to I.he om- Kinley, Portland, i=.1rs. Beacham of riv ed. He was rPceived with cuslomary cinl 11:irty in the recreation building Portland, Mrs. Wm. H. SChofleld of military honors. following the launching. Andrew Jar- Peterborough. The sponsor, Miss Katharine Duer vis catered. At the luncheon and reception in the KcmpCI, daughter of Rear Admiral The Cachalot is the eighth o[ the recreation hall follow ing the launchnine fleet submarines originally a 11- ing various speakers were introduced thorized in the navo.l building pr ·· to the large number of guests. Rear g_ram of Aug. 29, 1916. The constru - Admiral C. S. Kempff, commandant tlon was or~ered at the Portsmouth pf the Portsmouth Navy Yard acted Navy Yard m March 1931. The keel ' was laid on Oct. , 1. as toastmaster and presented as the 21 193 The Cachalot is of a different typo first speaker U. s. Senator Frederi~k from previous fleet submarines and L~ D. Hale from Maine. Sena.tor Hale said somewhat smaller than the Dolphin that when the Cachalot was complet,ed which immediately preceded her. The a llttle more than half o! the submaCachalot ls 274 feet and 1-1 inch rine quota allowed in the London Nalong ovrrnll as compared with 319 re t val Treaty would have been complet' t 11: inches length overall for the DolHe said that the navy was not yet ] phin. The Standard Displacement, r t up and that people must put dowr. I that which is. ch~rged against the ton- •. ir pacifist pride and work to bulld nage of subma11nes allowed to the ,, navy up to the treaty strength. He United St.ates by the London Na~n.l (.• ed ,that the Portsmouth Navy Yarc Treaty, ls 1130 tons as .compared wil h n attained world-wide recognition ;.s 1540 tons for the Dolphm. The ?ach;,.- the station at which ·the best submaJot has a breadth of 24 feet 9% mchc3. . Electric welding has been used ex- nnes in the world were built. Other tensivcly in the construction of the speakers were Rear Admiral Henry H. Cachalot. All the pressure hull Iromes Hough, commandant of the First Nahave been welded to the pressure hull val District, who had great praise !or on this vc~s,'l instead of being ri\cled the local Navy Yard, Congressman Wilas has been the praclice in o.ll pre- Uam N. Rogers, Mr. Newell, head or vrous submarines. The design ond the Bath Iron Works, Mayor 8. F. A. Sponsor Submarine Caclmlot construclion of the strength hull, Pickering of Portsmouth, Rear Admirand Mrs. C. S. Kempff, and official upon which the safc\.y of the sulJmor-\ al D. E. DL<;n1ukes, fQrmer commandlaunching party were on the platform inc, when submerged, depencts pnmar- ant o! the local yard, commander Met'just after 11 o'clock. Their arrival was ilY, has been thorou!lhly tcstrd in rill J ·"'fflsk I(, who will be the comfollowed by the gift lo the sponsor of half-size models to pressures far above\manding officer of the Cachalot and th e Capt. B. T. Bulmer, head of the In-. a solid silver jewel case In which was those at the test depth to which dustr1a1 department. enclosed a Hamilton wrist watch. The cachalot will be submerged. e aroe I Ga 1 a - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - -- - �30 !;,1eeting will be held at 7. o'clock 1 1Tuesday evening and the sp~aker will be Rev. Donald C. Babcock o! Lhe University o! New Hampshire. _ , Wednesday evening the anmversary 1 ! banqu~t wlll be he~d, b~gi.nning at , Rev. Edwin S. Tasker, : 16 . 15 oclock. I D. D. , minister of the church from 1921 to 1929, will be the ' speaker. Greetings will be given by District Supt. Leroy W. Stringfellow, Mayor . S. F. A. Pickering and former pas- I tors. I I Yit ' p c1ety as rogram Ira~~e~ic~a;v:;e:n~:I:.7.30 '!l"hro gli ·unt·11 j '. I 111 ;lil~s~~~= tories or the various organ!Zlltfnos or the ch.1rch wfll be given, and wfll be , followed by a social hour. Tl1e ffnttl observance wlll be on l Sunday. F :v. Cl;yde E. Wlldma 11, Ph. D., a. professor In the Boston University Theological School will deliver the sermon, ta.ldng !or h!s sub, "The Creative Church." J A h :.i.torical p.:igeant, ,;--ritten by J. True Davis, will conclude the ob:.erva.nee. It will bt pres;n ted at ~ o'clock ' Sunday afternoon r.i,d will show ten outstanding events, 1n the hlstory of the church. ~ ' ~ The committee on t,he ann;versa.ry observance l.s com~sed vr Jar.u:s H. Smith, J. , True Dl vis, George B. Chadwick; Mr . Etta. Knight, Miss, Maude Sanborn i;,nd Mlss Ha:tle Oxford. c · 1 I 'fhe locai Methodist society. is obeerving tills week .as anniversary week, celebrating three ~,J).Illversaries simuitaneou.sly. One hunqred and twenty-five years ago . ' \ the Fh-st Methodist Episcopal society in Ports~ mouth was orga.nized. One hundred and five years ago the first church was dedicated and 20 years ago the present church was dedicated, Opening the anniversa,r y events on S\lllday morning the sermon at .tti.lf communion service was preached J>y Rev. Wlllfam Warren of Manchester minister of the church • before ' the present edifice was b.illt. Mr. Warren came here in 1896 the year of the .arrt val here ctf the late Rev. Charles leV. Brine rector of Chl•lst Episcopal Church :for 37 years. Mr. Warren 1ta.ted that he sent a welcoming letto Rev. Mr. Brine. Jr. Warren was here for fof i: years and his presence last Sunday l>rought pleasure to many of his former parishioners. He gave. an exceptionally fine talk, the subject being "Being a Christian," the theme being based on the story told of the great Italian, Garibaldi, and of how he wooed his wife. Upon their first meeting he sa.id to her 'Thou oughtest to, be mine." His love leaped forth and later they were ma.I.Tied and lived together- foi• many years until death parted them with his . wife dying in his arms . "Thou ou~est to bo mine" is what Jesus sa1d1 to Pa.il. ChrJstla.nity is an essentially simple thing and means the personal relationship to Jesus. "We are not saved 4y opinions," continued Mr. Warren, •~ut we a,r;-;:-ved andbecome Chrlstlans by our personal relations. Opinions may be right a.nd opinions may be wrong, The one thing that can not be wrong is when we hear the call 'Thou oughtest to be mine.• The answer to that is 'Lord I am thine, entirely thine" concluded the speakei:. Special music at t~e morning service was a duet by Mrs. George B. Chaffee 1lnd Mrs. Clarence C. Sanl)orn. They sang the beauti'!ul "T!1~ Lord 1s My Shepherd" by Smart. ~e service concluded with a commuruon servlce, • In the evening Rev. Thomas Whiteside, who succeeded Mr. wanen as pastor, wa.'i, the speaker. Mr. Whiteside was here for three ye,i·s :r:e is now retired and lives at Gilford, Me. ject l I I 1 I REV, PHILIP S. NASON Pastor of Methodist Church He took for his text "Thou Art Pete1· and upon this rock I will b.iild my church and gates of hell shall not prevatl against it." Matthew 16:18. Mr, Whiteside spoke from the standpoint o! the church being l>uilt a.round the personality of Jesus Christ, and nothing can destroy it, as it ls permanent. Special muslo for the service was by Ce Olde Tyme Quartette, composad <'~ Mrs, Henrietta. Norton Mrs. Inez McIntire, James l-f. Smith and J. True r:iv!s. They were dressed in costumes of da.ys of yore and their selections added a, great deal to the service. They sang "Rock o! Ages" and "The Home Light." I The next gathe.iing in connection with the anniversary wlll be the ob·;ervance o! the missionary activity of the church, with the Women's Missionary Societies co-operating. This I I �l'- - l', EU!ODIST ~-'.I'LiCOPAL CHURCll I CHUC 12 N .. et o sm In. Ports- I epicted Interest- RY ne The triple an~1iversary obesrvance audience last evening the t rue greator Lhe Firs~ Methodist Episcopril •ness of the fi ght which has been Ohurch of Portsmouth, which hns : waged down tlu,ough the years by ~een conducted throughout the past couragerms men and women that the :y,reek, came to a close on Suncia.y af- 'church might live and grow in good ternoon with t.he presen tation of an· works . The production was a great unusually fine hMorical pageant, son- !success and much credit is due the unusually fine hi_~torical pageant, con- 1auti1or ~nd also those who took part standmg e\·ents m the history of the in 1ts production. lccal chmch. The pageant - ·1.5 Flor m any years the circuit riders wrH~c n by J. True Davis a.nd pro- o[ MeLhodism traversed this section duccd -.111dcr lhe direction of Rev. of Lile country, preachinci when and Philip S. Nason, pastor of the church. where the opportunity offered. OutIt w1s very finely done, the historical sta,nding among these men were Jesse characters being played in a compe- 1Lee and Francis Asbury. On J uly 19, tent o.nd undcrnLanding manner by 1790, Mr. Lee vi.sited Portsmouth and the more than fifty persons taking pr,-3ched what must have been .a part. This pageant. broueht viviuly :tQ the mind of everyone in the lnrge i,: _.,._.... I pungent: and forceful l!einnon,. !or on his return visit he ·round the -doors ot every public building closed to- him. He, therefore, betook. himself - to the court house step.s, from 'Vhich he dt!llvered an address. . _ I As the ·pageant., o~e.ued two. cp.a.raeters ap~rec;l. one the- Seeke:c. a:J:ter Truth, ~tra.yed by. Ge.orge A. liow' ard, and the oth~ir the Scribe. who imparted the information as t;Q the history of the ch..u:ch, ~layed by J. True Dl.vis. A serolli bearlng the varl0\.13 significant dates In the his~ ory of the .church was- placed U]1)0ll the center of the stage · The first epi5ode shows Jesse- I.ee, , plared by John Parkhurst. deUvering! an - address !rom the: steps of the court house in. l'l90\ thtougp, which the seeds of the Methodist' :faith- a.re ' planted in the hearts. o·~ a. !ew citizens o! Portsmouth. The- second:. episode occurs i.n 1798, when a meeting_ takes place at the home of Mr. and, Mrs:. Samuel Hutchings,· their house having been located near the· comer- ot the present court and. Atkinson streets. Ano~her circuft rider,' Francis Asbury, played 'l:y Walter F. Lane, is present at. the meetmg, and the first Methodist group begl.mc to , work together :for the, good of the cause. The ·parts of :Mr. · and. Mrs-_ Samuel Htttching'l were- taken by Mr. and Mrs. Herman C'. Twombley a.nd their son played the part o! Samuel 1Hutchings, Jr . . I Episode 3 occ1u-s. in 1807'. Ma.11bi.n 1 1Rutter has been appointed' to Portsmouth n.nd Nottingham as the- 1iirst 1Methodist mwister· in this d1stricb and at a meeting-at thehome-E!UO:amuel HutchLngs the- first class or Methodists ls organized. by Geottge Pickering, pl:i,yed: by Jacobi Mil.rslmll. The group then begins· to, seek: a. house of worship. Episode -i shows. a,, quarterly meeting taking- place OJI Oct. 24, 1808. The- ga.therfng v.otes- topurchase the building or the- l!T.ni'versalist Church, then situated on I Vaughan street about where- the lVaughan Street Garage now stands. This was purchased !or the sum of i $1,500. The part of the· presiding elder a.t this meeting was played· l'>y George E. Chaffee. The- group, voted to apply for articles of i.ncorpoi;ation as the FirsC Methodist Society of Portsmouth . J Episode 5 shows the orgauiza.tion. of the first Methodist Sunday school, which took place in 1818 at the- rome : o! Samuel Hutching3. Mr. and !Mrs. •Arthlll' E. Baum and Miss Miriam ·- Schurman had'- eharge off this episode-. A new 1 Episode 6' occurs in 1827. ' brick edifice Is bei.ng erected.on. State street and on May 21 of thab year the cornerstone ls lafd' by the Grand Lodge o! Masons of New Hampshire. James H. Smith was l.n charge of trus episode, which occurred under the pastora,te of. Rev Shipley W. Wilson. The- organization o! the Ladles Aid Society forms the theme o! the 7th episode, taking- place in 1840. Miss Hattie Ox:fm•d, was 1n char: e or this scene, with / several members of the society t2.ld=~l51."...;;::=.:c:...-,------ .l II '1 �The next milestone in the history o! Methodism here- was- the organizing r:Jt the Epworth League, which took place- in 1889. A group of League members p1·esented the eplsode whlch pictured the birth of this- fine yo.ing people's org,3.Dizatton under the d!rectio.n of Philip Riley, president o! the ,. , o J!.t Episode 9 occurs in the- year 1912 A new church Is. being built-, On Gept. 8, 11112, the cornerstone o:t the present. beautifull ed1f!ce ls laid by Rev. Lyle· L-.. Gaither, the same- eomerstone being l.lllecf a.s W&.s in the walls o! the old State- street ChU+Ch. on Aprit 27'. 1913, the -new church is dediea.ted: by Bishop John W. H:w:nmoru:r. Th& r1ile o! the bishop, was r'ryed by R!chard . K. The: fmal scene ot the pagea.nt deals- J . with ·various otller- l.ntere.stingand importani. events. which have- - been wa,ven i.nt.o the file- ot the, church in· l P'ol!tsmoutl:t: ln 18291 the New England Methodist Confe1:ence- met 1n Ulf.! city and· at this- meeting the· New l:Iamp.shire. Conference. was, erganized and much buslne&s; 01 vtt.a.l import- ,ance .came up- ror disc.issian, lnclud_ing the. question o'f sla.very a.n.d o! thesect of the Mlllerites, who were predi.c.ting- that the end of the'1?:orld ·wa.s: about to occur. The meetinir came to a. elooe with group singing-. 'l'he- large- audience left with a, !Wler a.nd! deepe.l!' underBtandl.ngo1 what- the ehurch! mearu to us_a.nd a! the SUDt!iee!. fortitude and strlmig which have built; U, !rem Its huml)le ~ in. the heallts of -a ~w- toudled. wi~ the- divine spark .from tlilcs~ heroic- circuit. lliders o! Methodism. 'li'hat the· l!gp.b of falth thus, born may. continue to, shine with eve.r-brlg',.ter- radiance· the- cib.Jrch of today- may well heed, the lessons of the~The musical pa.rt of the pa,gea,nt was. finely directed by Mrs. George fCha.ffee, a.nd Mrs. € '. Q ', Sanborn. IThe- lighting' eir~ts were in charge of George- Bueltley-. An. a.nniversa,ry hym,.'1, written especlaJly !-0r the triple- a.uruversary ob'se-rva.nce by Jr.. True Da..vis. was an ap- 'pealing, feature of the even!,ng's proThe hymtJ. Is or out.5tandin~ 'merit and ls a fitting tribute to a great occasion. It. is a.!! follows: . (TJne--Glle~a.nd, No. l&, Cburch 1gram. Rymna.ll, Th4 Rezrew; sel!ibe.s ha.ve told us O! mighty, deeds o! old. · Of faith that. mov-ed mountains And wunders marufol<f. This admonition. heeding They passed the deeps. dry shod, "Be. strong a.nd of. good courage. Jehovah is. thy God." ' our fat.hers heard the challenge, ''Go- up-. the land possess.•• They reai;ed their s3.Cred a,ltars, · They too wrought righteousness. 'Their labors here are ended, Their dust lies- 'neath the sod But. faith ls, still triumphant ••Jeho:rah is their God." - - ~-~ ornml;'7;:ervrre-c1re-annl- In·. Bo..~ton Unlvc~ty School or TheCreative Church", · n nd sa.id In part : , '"We are llv!ng In a time which hll3 de11ed the q.iestlon m'lrk. Everything I$ being quest!~d. lncludlng the church. Some of 'he question..; a.pd 1913". Ma.rr-. n vttsary sermon wns given by Rev. Clyde E. W!ldmnn, Ph. D., pr0!essor ~e. ology, who spoke' on "The 1 are friendly, 50me ~ not. When crlllclsm com~ we ma.y dl.scount It M coming from a.n enemy ll.Dd be lhe loser or we may reduce lt to net and f gain thereby. It may mau \13 di.a~ or lt xna,y cause u.e to ral.&e the que· · ;or. a.s to ,rhat our purpose as ' a Chrl8tlan churth ntilly it. "It the church produc~ certain values needed both by llOciety IU'ld the lnd1vldJal, the ,runs or· crlUcum w111 ! be 11pllced, but · It m~t not fall at thl.a point. IruUtuUons aire jl.)(\g~ by their output. '"The chW::ch i5 engaged in J;>roducing moral values. It 1s still a conscience- to, the community. It will helt> make democracy sa!e world by producing citizens jguJded by moral' principles. for the who are It will give. moral guida.Jlce and moral dyna,mic !orce; it W'JJ'. make y,oung a,nd old 1:1ore sensitl ve to the mol'al itlea l. By fostering patience, sincerity, goo<l will, kln~liness, sccln.l responsibility it will Justify itself as. a great asset to all alike. . "In addition the church furnishes social val.ieti. It furnishes. a, place for wors'lip and fellowship where l!le. 1 meet as men enct not as ·..-hi~ or black, rich or poor, but as hum::m beings. It wm work for all o! those great r-oven1e11ts whic)l benefit mankind' and make for the lifting o! all ' life- to higher levels. · "The church also creat~s spiritu al values. It, ministers to, ma.n at the ' in o[.Jiis hiJl'.b.est wwu,.,_ ..,.__ ·- • think'\ the 'I ought", the 'I 1'0,ve'; the \ 'I worship' part of men is that to which the church ministers. I congratulate this <!ht:rch upon such a l ministry fo~ the past 125 years. The , neict 125 will be harder but Yastly more important. Christ, the lord <'! all good life, w!ll be the le>lder . " l �-HEARi G N-CITY- HAR ER BILL MONDAY NIGHT / Measure CaHs For Biennial ·Election Board of Street Commissioners And _A ppraiscrs It Election ·Of City Officia.Is by City Council. The city council shall annuru-. ly on the second "Thursday ol January choose by vlva voce vo-ie <>n roll call by majority v.ote a city clerk, -a chief 'fflgineer of the fl.re -department and ~sslsta.nt engineers, .a city messenger, a city trf'asurer, a collector of tax-es, a city auditor, a city solicitor, an -overseer of the poor, and soch oth<>r omcers not otherwise provided by who are by law or ordinance requir<>d t-0 be chosen. When any vacancy shall -occur In .any of said -offices, it shall be filled by the city council in like manner. Board of Appraisers-Election, Duties and Tenure of Office. TI1ere shall be In said city a board or three apprnisers who shall have all the powers and perform all the duties given to nnd Imposed on assessors of taxes by the Laws of the State. The present laws relating to the board of assessors of taxes shall apply to :;:aid board of appraisers, provided, however, that the salaries of the members of said ,board of appraisers shall be governed by the ordinances of said city fixing ~ - salaries of the members of the board of 11s:;:essors of taxes. The members of said board of appraisers shall be elected biennially by the qua.Jlfied rnters of the city at large, by plurnllty vote, in the ~ e mnnner as councilmen at large are f'lected nnd shall hold office for the two municipal years · next following their election. The members of the board of asses1:ors of taxes shall continue . In ofJlce_ until the first week: day . In January, A hearing ha;-~lled at the City Council chamber on Monday evening next at 7.30 on the bill to cha nge certain sections of the city clrnrter which calls for biennial city election , crentes a board of appraisers to replace the board of assessors of ta:,es, a bonrd of st.reet commissioners t.o ta!;e the place of the board of pubJ ;c works. Under the charter the cit y com,cil would vote for all city offic!nls at one time; TI1e charter bill ,,·hich reads as follows is now in the himdi; of t-he Committee on Judiciary of the Senate. B:ennial Election. The lepl voters of the city of Portsm outh slrnll meet b:ennially on the secon d Tuesday of December for the choice of mayvi", councilmen, members of the board of appraisers, members of the board <>f street commissionrrs ;ind members of the board of educa tion. 'I11e first election under th:s fl mencled charter shall be held on the second Tuesday of December, 1933. For all other purposes 1034. thts amendment to the charter of said Board of Street Commissioners-city shall take efTC'ct on the first week Election, Duties and Tenure of Offi('e. day of January, 1934. The officers There shall be in said city a board of elected on said second Tuesday of Def,t.reet commissioners who shall have cember, 1933, shall take offic~ on said I an the pov.-ers and perfo~ all the dufirst week day of January, 1934. Said I 1-les i;cl\'ell to and Imposed Oh the board election shall be helct and conctucted in of 'public works by Ohapter 240 of t-h e the same manner as now prescribed by ,· Laws of 1909, which said chapter shall law for the annual election. apl>ly to said board of street commisMayor, How Electect. The ma or 21ioners. shall be elected biennially by plurality The members of said board of street vote by the qualified voters of the city cc>inmi!'Sloners shall be elected bienat large, voting in their respective , nla.Jly by the quallfled -voters of the wards and shall hold office for the two. city Rt large, by plurality vote; ln the • municipal years next following his i;ame manner ·a.s councilmen at l~ge election and until his i:uccessor is elec-~ 11.re rlect~d anct shall .hold ofJlce for ted and qualified. · the two municipal years next followCouncilmen, How El<'r ted. The couning their election. . • . · ~ cilmen shall be elected biennially by The members of the board of public plurallty -vote, one from each ward, works shall continue in office until' and four at large, and shall hold office the flrst week day in january, 1934. for the two mun icipal )·ears next folBoard of Education-Election, Dulowing their election, anct until their ties and Tenure of O:f1ice. There shall S\lCcessors are elected and qualified. be in said city a board of education The four at large shall be voted for by comlst!ng of the major ex-offlclo and the voters, voting In th e same manner ·1 twelve other members which board as the mayor ls voted for. ~ ·shall have the powers and perform the Canvass ot Votes by City Council. ~ ~utles now by law vested .In . and !mThe city council shall meet biennially , po~rcl ·on t he boanl of instniction°"of on the Thursday next following the 1 t sald cit y. ' second Tuesday of Decem~r Ior the ) The members of said bostrd of edupurpose of receiving and examining cati,,n Eha ll be elected at the biennial the returns of votes for m a yor, <COunelection h eld on second Tuesday of cllmen at large, members o1 the board December, 1933 by the · quallfied voters of appraisers, board of street oommlsof the C'ity at large, by plurality vote, sloners and board <>f education, and to in 1he same manner as councilmen at take such action thereon as may be relargr :ire elected, six members for a quired by Sections 2, 3 and -4 of Chapterm oI two years and six members ter 51 ot the Public Laws, and alw i;ecfor a t erm of four yeaxs from the fu·st ilons of -said Chapter shall appl:,, to week: day of January, 1934 and bienthe electlon of oouncllmen ~t lrul,re nially thereafter at the regular muniand mem~rs or the board of appraiscipal election six members shall be ers, board of street commissioners andl elected in the. same manner and shall board of edu~tlon. _J hold office for the four municipal years nc>xt f~llowing_ their electio!h.....- ! °The members of the board of instruction shall continue in office until the first week day in January, 1934. Ballots-Preservation. All the ballots cast at a biennial municipal election shall be kept by the city clerk, sealed, for two months, and may be opened l during said two months upon a request 11for a recount by any candidate voted 1J for at the election at which they were • I ca.st, or upon requirement of any court 1 or committee of the city council or at !request of the city council. Municipal Year. The mayor and council shall meet for the purpose of ' taking the oaths of their respective offices at ten o'clock in the forenoon on the first week day of January next \ following their election. The first week 1 day of January of each year shall be the beginning of the municipal year, - Repealing Clause. Sections 6, 9, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of Chapter 212 of the Laws of 1905, Section l of Chapter ..240 of- the Laws of 1909, Sections 1 and '2. of Chapter 266 of the Laws of 1909 and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent wiUr the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. I �HOLD HEARING ON CHANGES . :. IN CHARTER - J\ieasure Providing For Biennial City Elections, Etc., Discu~sed Oonsidertng the ~nitude a! the pwposition to reylse 'the charter of the city ot l;'ortsrnouth and what it. mes.ns to· the taxpayers and c'tlzens in. gener~l there is certainly a lack of interest, , as shown by the number present at· the hearing in the City douncil cha.m~r ,la.st evening betore l:he Po1'tsmouth delegation to the 'state Legisla,t,ire. There are w many '. orga.nizatlon.s here in Portsmouth - witn titles that would indicate '.tnat they are desirotis of' working for the best in c•ty affairs that it was Indeed surprising that there w~ so little interest shown. All present agreed that the biennlal election was to be desired and there was no oppostlon to this. On the ,questions in regard -to the various city .departments and the ways and means of electing members there was a difference of opinion . The meet'nit , was attended by members of. the prpesent city government, past officials. includln~ ·former . Ma.Yors D. W. Badiser, ·F. W. Harb- . fort, Charles M. Dale and Sunuel T. Ladd, and mem1 bers of the Portsmouth delegation. James McNeil, chairman o! the Portsmouth deleg,1tion. presided. Fo'"tner Mayor F. W. · Hartf':ird was the first speaker and endo•·sed most : heartily the proposal to hold biennial , elecbions, for the reason, "That I be- ! lieve that it "'ill save money for the ' taxpayers and other benefits derived from Jt, namely, men elected to office , will be more f.:u.liliar with the office at · the end of one year, so that they should be able to render imoroved service during the following year. No mr.n can go· into office flor oJJe year and understand the workir:gs of a community that ha.s so mmy boards a,s this city has. I think that It we could get this project solely In the ln-1' terest of secur'ng !or the comm,inlty . the best kind o! service with the very sm<1llest exppenditure possible and without. regar1 to policis a.nd with onlv a prooer consideration for the be~t interests o! the oommu.nity in mind ~e could render d)tinct service to our fellow citizens. • "I th'nk practically everyone in the commu~ity understands my position with. r_eference to biennial elections, increased authority for the mayor and some Increased, authority for the counc!L Now as to the value of 'turning out the members of the various b-iai'ds, turn'ng them_ o.1t and reel~o:in~ a complete board in eve?·y case: I am lJ?certai.n to whether that would be · for the J.,OOd a! the community. I t-bink tl::ere ou!!ht t.o bP. some holdover 'on every boar.cl. as nthPr ·t1ian h•ve an Pnt'rely new bo~rd e,;ery ~le:-t.i ~n. N:>w t~~t is on a.~Sl"711')t,01'J t.h~t t,he nrl'S!'nt b'.la.''ClS b" this b~JJ m!JI ,..,n., 111 ,e tn ,,.,,. ~ , · the 'h .e. c.~e a11,, or'.ty ihat t.hey do at th prr•r.,,t time . .e "If they do then there sho:ilcj be· some expzr!enced member, becam;e 2t does not seem that any board, 1;uch r.s Public Wor1a1,· Water Deputment, Assessors, etc., could fmwtion with efficiency to have an entire new \:;c,ard each time." He brought out that the people m.ist wake up to the fact thrut the matter of taxation is all important and . a.nything tha.t could be done by a new charter to bring about a reduction of taxes v.-as indeed wortihy <,f support. 1 Councilman Robert Marvin spoke about the boards, a.s providtd ~n section 6 of the suggested charter change, be!ng elected at each election and suggested that they rotate . He inquired as to what great improv€ment would result in bienriial elections and suggested that the party in o!flce might build, up a p<,werlu1 machine during the two years. Sena,~or Charles M. Dale, who introd ~ced the measure in the St-m,te, stated th1 t the bill can go throu•1.h r both houses o.n the S?me day 1f th€ delegation agrees on it. He added that the .bill was only tentative and the reason why the hearin(! was l'JP)d was to get the op'nion of the p~c,pl£c regarding it. Ex-Mayor D. W. Badger inqu;red i! the blll provided for the elect1un uf a. oomplete new board of assessors i,,t each election, to which St'lnat.or DaJc replied that it did, and Mr . Badger said that he disapnroved of thf,t . Fol'mer Mavor B1dger, then ret.alling some of the hapneninqs of his ad- 1 mlnistra ,lfon. sa.id' that the city was out of date and behind the timt-s in hold•ng annual elections. He. adv·ooated t,h e election as provided in the proposed charter change. Ht I sooke of the }3ck oi power vt-sted in the ma~·or and suggested that th mayor have t, vote in the Boord of Public Works. and also su~gested thai. the mavor be chairman of the Board of Assesso:s. Mayor Picker!n<r a.nnou,nced l,h,t ht' was in favor of b'ennial ele-cti<,ns. Ex-MPyor Samuel . Ladd sa\d he believed the mayor should have more power than the present ch9.rter 11,'ivtz hlm sncl that he believed t,he mayor sho11ld hnve a vote In the Board uf Pu..,l!c wn~!r,~. 0-. L,r]d also sa d he bel'.eved the m.anr s)}oul<l have thtpo.wer, without the confirmation by his city oouncil, of naming his cic.y elerk. He advocated that the Board oi Assessors be elected In rotation and endorsed the biennial t'lection idea. There was q.iite a bit of informrl discussion and it was a.greed tha,t Councilman M!III'Vin ·a.nd s ~n?.tor Dale oonfer and µraw up a charter which would conform with the ldus brought out at the meeting. I I �The USS I< 'lrsngc, built in 90 days during the Civil War and later inade history for the American Navy, was wrecked 40 years ago today on Roncadon Reef in lhe Carribcan Sea. The ship was on her way from Port U. S. S. ci ·•., ;:•r~e 'l~ Whalley, a chief yeoman, Harry Gibbons, a fireman in the euglncrr·s dlvision, Thomas F'inan, a member of the marine guard, and Thomas Stewart, apprentice seaman, later a dri~er in the Portsmouth Fire Depart- she looked in the days of the wo:;dcn Navy. au Prince to Blueficld!i, Nicaragua. She canled the flog of Reur Admiral Oscnr F. Stanton and was in command of Captain 0. F. Heyerman. She had a crew of 200 men which included fo_ur from this city, Jam~'! E. mcnt. 'l'wo others of the ship's company hailed from Kittery. The ship went off her course and grounded about 7 o'clock in the evening. The crew were rescued in the ship's boats. one life was lost. �5 THOMPSON'S ISLAND BEACON - -- - -- - ----Superintendents of The Farm and Trades School ' IV. Robert Morrison By William Alcott, '8-1 world for delinquent boys, thus c!E> aring the field for the Farm School who se aim Morrison aswas always the aid of the n o n-delinqu e nt sumed the position of super- boy. In 1850 the farm wa pl:lccd in intendent of the charge of a man who was destined to beschool in a time come another great superintendent of of crisis. For the school William Appleton Mor e . more than two Mr. Morri son was born in Northyears the school wood, N. H., June 30, 1797, and he Jied had been within the same 10wn, Nov. 23, 1884, in his out a permanent 88th year. He had an academical edusuperintendent, cation, taught school in New Hampshire, and morale had Rohert Morrison 1841-56 s I ow I y, b u t attended medical lectures at l Iarvard steadily, sagged. The president of the College, which would qualify him for board had resigned. Enrollment dropped medical practice, and then he taught off to 41. The panic of 1837 had stoppe d school for ten years more in Portsmouth, building con struction, and the need of N. H., follow e d by five years as superresuming the work to completion was ur- intendent of public instituti o ns of that city In 1841 he was elected to the New gent. Hon. Theodore Lyman ( 1792-1847) Hampshire Legislature, and in that same succeeded to the presidency, and evinced year came to the Farm School. I Ii adgreat energy in the new task. He went to ministration of 15 years wa" th e longe st Portsmouth; N. H., and return e d with in the school history up to that time. In Robert Morrison, who assumed the super1856, when he retired there was universal ,intendency on June 11, 1841. The staff conregret. A group of graduate v isit ed sisted of two matrons, two teachers, a cook Thompson' s Island on hi last d ay a nd and a laundress, a farmer and three aspresented him with a set of valu able sistants, a total of eleven, including the books as a token of the esteem of hi s b o ys, superintendent. Mr. Morrison took hold of and to Mrs. Morrison was presented a the situation with intelligence and ability. gift of flowers. Under his direction the main buildings Mr. Morri son returned to Port smouth were completed. Enrollment became norand again ente red public life, and for the mal. The curriculum was revised. Plans years 1857, 1858, 1859 he erved as mayor were pushed forward for beautifying the of the city. He was now 62 years old, island. The most notable incident of Mr. and he retire d from active life, buying a Morrison's term was the action taken on farm in sight of the spot where he wa s the initilltive of President Lyman, with born, and there he passed the remainder The Ma sonic lodge in the hearty cooperation o f Mr. Morrison, of his life . Northwood was named for him and thus by the Massachu etts Legislature, in eshonors his memory. tablishing the first State school in the .R ob e r t ----- -1.t~ ~ · ~0-U-~ ~ - \'\33 ~~ r ✓ 4 �.5.o._ m,s.s. SUSi\I l ICKSR KNO ._ "My birthpl~ce was PortP 1outh 1 New Hvmpehire. I studied in the Art Schools of Philadelphia a.nd ·,,., York, and tr veled for ~tudy in Europe. Perhaps I am better known for my portraits of youn~ children, altho I have painted many p.:rown-ups us 1 •1 ell. I maintained a studio in New York City for many years, until m: ork took me every winter to the Middle or Far West . Giving up the Tew York studio, accompanied by my mother, I began driving each winter o Ar izona or California, and back to !.aine in the summer. J\n eXJ)erience of painting at Ellis Island, immediately after the war, gave me F'UCh a love for " char cter stuff II that I always longed to see what the even more primitive mind was like- hence the lure of the ~ndian of the South'.- est. I have painted the Hopi, the Apache, the Yaqui, the taricopa ~nd t he Pima races. I neglected to say that my Ellis Island paintings of characterized groups- were Phown at the Huseurn of :ra.tural History in New York during the In ternational Congress of Eugenics, and later hung in the Comrni t -:ee roo 11 at t·1c House of nepresentativee in 1 ash- ington for the considerat ion o·"tllc Co- "'li ttee on I min iGTation and Natural' iktion ~t th~ request of Cha rman Johnson. I have had three Honorable Lentionfl for portraits from the Connecticut Acade,. 1 y, 1927, Sprin gficl r1 Art League, 1927, and the Ogunquit Art Aeflociation, 1931: also the Wor cester prize in the All Uissouri Exhibition 1928. Am a '11erril· er of the Na.tic _ri l Association of ':!omen Painters and Sculp- tors; The Tew York Society of York City: Chic go ainters; The Pen and Brush, all of New lleries , Clociation: Phoenix Art Association: ie-;;,; Haven Paint and Cl~-Y Club: Springfield Art League; Conn. Academy of F'ine ·Arts; North Sl•ore Arts J\sso. · 11d The Qeunquit Art Associati.on. From Literary Digest, Bert. 24, 1932. 11 �Section Of Structure Piles Are Broken 0 Closed To All Tratt· · The old wooden toll bridge between Dover Point and Newington was badly damaged by ice floe.s this morning at about 7.30 a. m. A strong northwest wind working in conjunction with the swift cutTents or the outgoing tide broke off large pieces of ice from the sides along the Piscataqua and swept them down-stream to lodge against the old piles or the bridge. The bridge wa.1 immediately closed to traffic by the toll collector in charge and automobiles detoured over the Eliot bridge cin the road between Dover and Eliot, through Kittery. The pressure O'f tons of ice against the piles had broken off several at a spot half way between the draw and the long span, in about the middle of the bridge. The roadway at that point hRd sunk downward on the up-river side in a dip about four feet deep and about fifteen feet across. The old bridge continued to groan and sway from the great pressure throughout s As ge the morning as lhe tide receded. There is danger that a section may be swept away on an ebb tide tonight or tomorrow unless the strong norlhwest wind subsides. , The river channel below the bridge became cleared of ice on Wednesday, the ice going out of the main channel at Newington this morning to some distance above Fox Point and the illland. The ice along the shores continued to break UJ>, being swept downriver to endanger the bridge. Much of the ice is coming from Broad Cove. The new bridge now under construeUon just above the old bnd1;e sustalned but little daim,i,:e· from the Ice, the only loss being that of some false work around one of the cofferd,tms. The old bridge was bum in 1874 for the old Portsmouth & Dover RaUroad. For many years it was leased to the Eastern Railroad of New Hampshire and In 1900 H was purchased by the Boston & r falne Railrood. I r~~ "'bl.oicl rn~.·~. ,9'?>\.\ �s l V re . Wor meny To a io11s As Soon As was necei:sar.,- to drive at lea.st firtr piles, 1 a in 01·de,· to , upport the weight of holding its owu today a<>alm:tl ~he J' t~e huge ;ue-d;iving machine, it may great pressure or ice floes, ,avrng be necessary to drive a whofo new withstood the added onsiaught of an I row of piles along the up-river side I ebbing tide at midnight, and oHi.cials Io! the bridge. _ ' believed the span would hold up until For a month fears have been felt for repair work could be started. the ancient structure, as rccurre!lt A crew of men who had been sla- tides from the nearby. ocean swept up tioned at the scene to await th'! ou~- the Piscataqua river and loosened the come of the midnight tide were :1er- thick ice in the vicinity of the bridge. milted to leave when it appeared that As the tides receded, heavy cakes of the crisis was past. ' ice were broken off and hurled against A huge mass of Ice, nine miles long, the bridge piling. During the last few three miles wide ancl Lf1ree feet filick, ' days of high tides and thaws the extending O\'er a sect ion of Grrat nay, trouble has been intensified, and may b liberated wllhin Ll'.c next ~cw Thursday night a slight sag began to days and 1t ls feared that 1{ llm Pih~ be discemlble in the middle of the agamst the bridge it will can Y the , bridge. structure away. , Efforts to loosen the big ice pack I The wooden bridge, which sp~n• ~he I by dynamiting were made yesterday • outlet of Great Bay into the Pi.~eata-1 but were of no avail. Construction exqua ri\'er, was closed to trafO.c ~t 7.30 perts were summoned but there was yesLerday morning when Toll taker ! mt1e that could be done at once to J.iau-y deRochemont discovered a deep lessen the strain except an attempt to sag in the middle of the bridge as tncl: break up the ice floe. result of a number of piles !•wing The state has a new bridge already been broken off by I he pressu!" ~l under construction, which runs parallel tons of ice. Mr. deRochemont notL-1 to the old toll bridge and will eventfled w A. Grover of Dover, st~te ually replace it, but this will not be highway division engineer, wh? with II finished until midswnmer. H. c. Archibald and H. C. Richard-, once before. in March 1918, the toll son, Boston and Maine railroaci bridge bridge ga\'C way, nnct :l large section engineers, took steps to ha•·,• the ! of it was swept down the river. It was bridge closed to traffic fol! O\•. 11 a ' l'ebuilt at that time. hml'ied confrrence. Boslon and For a time after the order bl:rlng Mn tne Pile drivrr \l'n, onlPn•cl , 1om traffic from the bridge was issued, Portsmouth and traffic b,•l ' "" 11 pedestrians were allowed to cross it on Por tsmouth and Dover was n•rmlted foot. and a bus company which uses \ia the town of Eliot, - re .. 01· th' Dur- the route inaugurated the prac:ice of ham-Exeter road. ' driving one bus up to one side of the A crew of from th ir!r to f id y bridge and allowing passengers tL• c!·oss Boston & Maine Railroad wcn l. 1~1 'n ls over on foot to the other sirle, •.vherc to hrgin rep~irs on the bar!!; ·,\'l'ak- another bus awaited them. Yesterday r 1rcl structure as soon as µossih '' "nd noon, hO\\'HPr, the State Hig:11ray tic· will conti:,ue operation~ 24 liour-; a rartmcnt ordered ::t ban on fo): trafdn , un ti l the bridge Is again Mic for fie, and officers were stationed at each lrafflc. 1t is expected that tl.i ' ' urk end of the i:tructu re to ward off every v:ill take about two weeks. lt wili be kfnd_of trarn.c. The Dover Point j l I I toll brid,,,3 �-:-------:-- JA~UARY 9 JA...'iUARY l John Corkum of Rye, who broke iail with 10 others, gives hlmseH up in Attleoro, Mass. Local Garden Club holds big me:cting. Annual meeting o! Family Welfare AssoclatJon. JANUARY 10 P. H. S. defeated at Manchester, 39- Flagg Grant 1·etires after 42 years as local i.t.atlon agent Arthur.'Teeson suc«!eeds Mr. Grant. J ;.• JANUARY 2 Dr. S ~. A. Pickering.' inaugurated as mayo;.·. Eart T. Srna1~ 'elected City dterk. · · · J · Lincoln A.ustirl Society. celebrates Brnanclatibii :i;>aY. '' t•' · ·"David R. Smith elected SUJ;)f. 1 of the Board of Public Work!!. '' ; Anna Latham awarded Golden Eaglet highest- Girl Scooi' ·award. • ' · : JA,,,m'ARY ·r :. 28. Dispatches from E1ie, Pa .• state move made by Prescott sisters of this city to set aside will of their brother who died there recently. School Board holds fi!·st meeting of rear. Kiwanis Club holds ladies night. ! ' • Dr. P. H. Greeley· inslalle'tl President of Kiwanis Club. JANUARY 4 P.H. S. defeats Sanford 33-21: · ·'' : Mayor. and City Council and · Ex Mayors entertained by Chief w. Woods a.t Flre Station." - l t I JANUARY 5 JAl UARY 6 Mr and Mrs. John Wright o! Elwyn lioad observed golden wedding -anniversary. . Women·s City Club presents play. JANUAR;Y 7 Alice Champagne becomes bride o! James J. Rush of Forest Hills, Boston. U. S. S. Sirius and U, s. S. Brazos to come here for drydocking during the summer according to an announcement received at the yard. Deldgates from New England attend Y. P. C. U. Get together at Universallst Church. llftord Lowd, prominent business man dies at his home__ on ll,llngton St. , ! · nemploymcnt Bazaar· held l JAJ.WARY 2i ' High tide at beaches does damage. P. H. S . defeats Laconia 21 to 20. Junior Class holds 'prom. ' JANUARY 20 P. H. S. defeats Dover 17- 16. JiL"l'UARX 21 Henry P. Payne dles. L~a JA,Yl'.JARY 28 More 'drunage by high tides. Lieut. Scudder Klyce dies at Winchester, Mass. JANUARY 29 Fjrst Union Ser\'ice of the year held at Universalist Church. Rev. E. H. Macy, former Kittery Pastor and connected with local Y. M. C. A . : t one time, dies In Portland. JANUARY 30 Board ·or Public Works grant permh,sion for construction of a swimlng pool at Peirce Island. JANUARY 31 Thhrs~r--• - - · _,_ "'~• in Kittery. T!arold 0 . Russell heads Post Office clerks. .. Fannie A. G:;:-,!a~r Rebekah Lodge observes Past Grnnd·s }f~ght. Annual meeting of Wentworth Home beld. JANUARY 17 Announcement made of the marriage t>f Gray Baird and Patrica Buckley, 11•hich took place last June. Edwa:rd A. Weeks elected President t>l New England Veteran's Fil'emen League at meeting in Boston. Rebakahs hold district meetjng. JANUARY 18 Mrs. Nora Quirk Meca.f!ery dies al he1· home on Lafayette Road. Haverhill defeats P. H. s. 29-18. Federal agents raid Sun Greenland. in Kit- te~;inro-d Knight heads Unfrersa~ist Men·s• Club. · · · Golden Lmk 'Class or Court St. Church obser\'es' sixth anniversary. JANUARY 12 Firemen called !or grassfire on Bapfleld Road. . Robert Marvin elected Commodore o! Yacht Club. 'Edwin R>ss cf Dover killed in auto accident on Sagamore Ave: .· : JAN ARY i!G [ Kittery Firemen hold minstrel show. City Council elects officials. City Club observes 13th -anniversary. Business Girls Club ..headed b.y Helen Tilton. ELl\lER J. F. LITTLEFIELD Awartled Grand Docoration of Chiv: airy in Odd Fello\11s During 1933 JASUAllY 25 I Taylor Waterhouse observes 88th birthday. District Nursing Assn. holds benefit eard party. ·, . · · Double funeral held. beri: (or the two children kllkd in auto accident in Somerville. JANUARY 13 ., P. H. S. qefcats fx~ter 45 to 11. • JANUARY' 16 · Cl1amber or Commerce, Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs sponsor widely attended Community meeting. · rnffort Club hold charay luncheon I bri~ge. . P. H. S. ddca Sanford 21 to 19. JANUARY 11 1 ' !n JANUARY 23 St. John's Men's' Club present "You Never Can Tell." William W. Caldwell dies at Naval Hospital. JANUARY 2i St. Jobn 1~ Men's Club entertain aeclytes, choir and choir guild. North Church Parish reception ht".ld. h •ving Homisky or !!69 Islington St. nccives "Purple Heart l\fe:inl." Robert Gunnison, oldest Civil War Veteran in Kittery dies. Leland Davis inJured returning from ' a fire when he is struck by apparatus. Lieut. Gov. Wesley Enman of Kiwanis clist.rict vi.;its local club. :FEBRUARY I Fo1mer Mayor P. W. Hartford head Army and Na\'y Associ:1Uo:1. l FEBRUARY 2 j FEBRUARY 3 Arthur 0 . Goodman resigns as Kittery deputy sheriff. Natt R. Hubbard named as his successor. 75 Leglslat:irs visit Hampton to se.e tide damage. , Frank Kt::aton, one of ten prisoners who escaped from Rockingham jail in 1 Nov. gives himeslf up at Exeter. . , Engagement of Oernldlne Connor and ; Chr.~ter Hnrt!orq announced. , DeMolay observes lllh anniv rs,.u y. I Samuel We~lon reaches 93rd birthday · nt home of his son on Willard Ave. P. H S. Defeats Rochester 30 to H. Charles Lewis obserl'es 79th birthday. I FEBRUARY 6 Josep;h Trudeau found murpere(l. Bernard Do,1erty burned to death when lamp Pxploded in his room. Florendo l\Iarconi badly injured in automobile accident on Newburyport Turnpike. Order of Ahepa and Sons of Pericles hold double installation or officers. J. H. Dinnerman installed Pre.-;irlcnt or Temple Israel. �FEBRUARY 6 --i Mrs: "Hannah Blaisdell of York c,IJserves her !14th birthday. Board or Public Works vol€$ to abolish service charge. FEBRUARY 11 New England Mink and Fur Breed'ters· Association meet here. 1"rercury reaches 68 degress. l\.fiss Alice Mlldram given 5u1 prise party on her birthday. Boy Scouls hold FathPrs· and Son~· Bahquet. 1 l FF.BRUARY U Victor F1·i<'1Hl, President of the Unlversallst General Convention speaks at local chttr-::h. Camp Schley, Spanish War veteran observes 35th anniversary of the blowing up or the Battleship Maine. . FEBRUARY 15 Rotary Club observes Ladies' .Night. - Graffort Club presents musicale. P. H. S. defeats Franklin 34-23. Local chapter of Hadassah holds Guest Night. FEBP..UARY 16 Rocl1ester defeated by P. H. S. 35-19. Three yottng men, who escaped from 1rl"Cormatory in South Windham, captured in this clf;J(. :\IARCH 1 Chauucy B. Hoyt, William II. White ?.nd Thomo.s D. Noyes obs~rve their ;1n1111al birthday dinner ceieb.-~tLou. :Prank Pir.kermg buried iu soft pile but escapes unharmed. Lent begins. U. S. Submarine Dolphin the Joc11l Na,•y Yard. lIABCH 2 Annual meeting of Federal clety. l FEBRUARY 17 I Probable cause found and Sidney Thrope l1cld for Grand ,Jury 011 murder charge. General Gr~nd Master ,·i~ ils ]C1cal masons. senior crn~s or P. H. S. present annual play, "Lilly of F1oomsbury." I FEBRUARY 18 M:aurice Carlson or Kittery Point 1 arrowly escapes injury on Isllni;lon street wher, the car which.he was riding struck :, parked car, overt\lrned and burst into f!ames. rEBRUARY 19 I I • Last annual 40 hours devotional period at the .J ld church of th~ Immaculate Conception held. · l~EBRUARY 20 R1':V. MATTHEW CASEY Onlained Durinr; 1933 FEBRUARY !I Mercm-y drops to near 2-ero marll:. Elks l1old Old Timers Night. FEBRUARY 1~ Sidn y Thi-ope arrested in l.>"Jl!l and chai·ged with murder or Trudeiiu in this city on Sunday e,ening. Traip Students present ann11d play. - FEBRUARY 11 Thrope pleads not guilt.v or murder charge. Training School Alumni b ol ds 5th annual reunion. Ten Inches or snow fell dt11 ing the day. I FEBRUARY 1% Several churches In the cil'" ou~en r Young Peoples' Sunday. FEBRUARY l:t· , N. H. Branch o! the Nar ~l Relief Society holds annual meeting- at Navy I Yard. ' Hearing held at Council Chambers on proposed change in City Cl11uter. I Po1·ter Hanscom <1:es al hi~ home on \Vibird Street. l Country Club officers re-elected at annual meeting. • Joseph Sacco of Everett, former resident of this city city passes a\t-ay. FEBRUARY 21 Union R<'bakah Lodge obs J"\'es 62nd · 1111nlversary. FEBRUARY 22 K . of C. present annual play "The Road Back." Announcement made that ·a bill is to be !ntroclured in the Legislature .relat-. Ing to the operation or ' Frank Jones , Brewery. ', P. H . S loses lo Dov~r High. , FEBRUARY 23 Oity Coun ·,l tpgins what wnJ,eYpected to be n short mee.Ung, but which cievelopl'd Int..., a 1 1:imthon of !>allot~. Portsmouth High School selected t ,> compete in state basketbttll· tournament. · , " · "Eliot Firemen prrscnt 'ni.il\sl_ rei show . FEBRUARY 24, City Council recessed ,II,(; 7, o'clock a . m. after 100 baliots !ailed ;'.In the electtion of ;i..City Physician. ,Evening meeting :'imls a hopeless deadlock. Adjo11rnh1cnt comes artf'L' 132nd ballot. Shrine Patrol ronducts dance. FEBRUARY 27 I I Dr. Frederick S. Gray Ch05<'ll Cily Phy~ician on 1:l3rd ballot. ! FEBRUARY 28 i 1\IARCH 3 Portsmouth High basketball team takes part 1n state championship tournament. Damon Lodge, K. or P. observes 62nd anniversary. MARCH 4 City Incinerator destroyed by fire. Portsmouth banks closed by p1·ocla.:. mat!on of the Governor. MARCH 5 Final services held at catholic church. l\l CHG Work started in tearing down olic chruch. Mrs. Annie Marshall attains 93 years of ag~. · · I i\IARCH g First service 9eld at Portsmouth Theatre during construction of new · Catholic cnurch. i\lARCH 10 Ardean Lance becomes brfde o! Joseph F. Mullimeaux o! Woboo, Mass. l\IARCH 11 Several local people in California. earthquake zone reported sa!e. • I Kittery, Eliot and York hold annual I meetings. Announcement made that Snyder Shoe Co'., or" Haverhill is to move to this city. i\IARCH 12 Local Firemen called to Somersworth at severe conflagation in that city. Tear gas bomb used to quiet !our prisoners a.t local jail. ' · i i\lARCH I , Hovey Post, V. F. W,; adopts resolul.1on oppositig Roosevelt •Economy Plan. . l\:£ARCH H· • Announcement made thnt Rye i,each 1 : Coast Guard Statiolll to· close' July 1. I Blake 'Rand eleded 'town clerk of Rye for 46th ~et111. I i~ • I " i\lARf.J;I lf ' I Ten 1<·ttf'r:: awarded t1> Hlgl1 School squad. II Loc<1l prni:Ie attrfld hea:;r:..i; in con1cord o! bill permitting manu!actun and export of beer in l.his ,state. 'I basket :.>l. �·; .,l . \ ·J'•i;;~~l-J;.:· •. ;•~\ t:/. • L., ) ~ \~ :::-· .... ,_ .• ' . ~;~ . . ~ :_ -~~- ,: ... ... -. ........ ~ ~ ; ... • :&;;.... ... ~- ,~.: :~:r~-~::: ;-r- :~: .. ....,.; •_c• • .., ~~--~-~M·,,.~ ~- ~· > : , ;,,' • This r,_ ,r s;,uc.u. e tle.;•.,;n~l UJ ~ ·~· _ µ m r;>:ssug •. rooms for patients, but no wards, two Archtt:i:(Ro'oert Coit ·or Bo's·ton, fa tJ / Th,1 corwtruct.oa will be fir~proof. dt!livery rooms, a nursery, · isolation , -· · room and examination room, · with be 100 feet long, 35 feet deep with a The outer w~l.13 insulated with thtce- Ilt!eded diet kitchens, workrooms, etc., two-story,, 'exbe~ion 1n the rear- for inches of roclc wool and tha ceilings an ~utomatlc elevatoc- and electric sunrooms. The exlietior is to be briclc I of th.(! oorridors and the noise pr . ctumb waiter. \vit~- cast ·~stone •details ,and will re-! ducin:; rooms, sound proofed . 'l'lle / The L. H. Shattuck Co. or Mansem!Jt1a th~ adjoining nurses' home j floors ·are to be covered wiLl1 rubbt1r I chester, who was . awarded the . buildin qe~\~n. It will. b~ conne9tf_d '.'~r:lth or terraz:-.a. and thi, waU1:1 of olH:1 , ing contract, hava started . c.on~tructha ma.tn hospithl building ftv a .. su. 1:>"- .nursery and. delivery suite Llled. ) tiou. Tt/} buildlrig 13 expected to ,be v,ra,y and with the nursei;' hon!e by , There are to be twenty'-fow· aipgie finishecl~y the first" or Janµary,' · · I \'til(l "~,. . .,.,.FIRST BABY BORN _·JOD~Y·IN NEW MATERNITY BLDG Prize· Cup tioes To Young Couple On fireenland Road . ' There is not the leist doubt 't hat many rJaders o( the Herald have 'been waiting ,to read or the first' infant arriv!\l at the new maternity building of the Portsmouth Hospital. · Here's the story: Tlle silver cup,' engraved, and presented •by the doctors of the hospital staff to the parents of the first boru child, will go to Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Ricklefs of 128 Greenland Road. It's a bouncing boy weighing 9 pounds and 11 ounces born at 11.20 this fore.noon. -Mother and baby getting along flnely,·,The mother was formerly Miss NE:llie, Mccarthy of Middle Road, • �ll]) Simple A- R 11!1 • p • csstve ro= ld1mp1 H t • u&h gram ne JIilt 3 ermty Su.fUC Ufe ,1- livery rol)m. There wlll be 25 bedro,)ms in the new maternity home, an cl<•Vi+~r and three diet kitchens. The n w building will be 100 feet long and 31 feet m width. · ·· R.ev. Maxwell Ganter opened the exl'rcis s with a brief prayer after which Mr. Seybolt made his · expla.natory remarks. , A ·aealed ,copper box was set into pJ11ce by Mrs. Florence Knowles, assjsta.nt superintendent of the hospital after mortar had been placed on the supporting stone by Rev. _ MaxweU. 0 ~ nter, George B. Chadwick, D. F. 'Borthwick, Norman E. Rand, Charle.s K Walker, Miss Rosanna O'Donoghue, I l The' corner st.one of a butlding Mrs. Knowles, Dr. T. W. Luce, Dr. a whir,h will mean much to the future L. Taylor and Mr. Seybolt. The corof this cil.y wa.s Jaid with simple but st.one wa.s then lowered into place impressive exercises t 3.30 o'clock with the blessing of Rev. Maxwell yesterday afternoon when the st.one 'Ganter. ' · ~esignating the n w Maternity BuildTh.e followi11g is a list of the artimg connected with the PortsmouLh cl s included 111 I.he .sealed copper box: Hospital was set into place. List Qf nu,r~es on duty at the HosplEdward Seybolt, pre~ident 0 ·f the I ta.I; prescription bl~nks or Dr. F. s. Bo'lrd of Trustees of tlle Porlsmoul.11 Gray, Dr. C. W. Hannaford, Dr. H. I. H:ospital, speaking to the group which Durgin, Dr. ,W. ~- Clare, Dr. L. , R. had gathered to witness the exercises, H~z~a.rd; Dr. C: F. McGill's signature; stilted ,that the new bnllding was be- City of Portsmouth financial data mg built not becau. ':! or limited facili- record; baby footpi;-int blank; letterties for maternity cases in the present had_ f Dr. H. L. Taylor's; Journa1 · of hospital structure I.Jut hecause of the ::-f:.irsmg; ;eport of Portsmouth Hosincrease in the othr>r hospital and I i>ital 1933; bulletin of record librarsurgical co.ses which l\'1v come to the \'.an ; Italian coin; 3-cent stamp; callhospital. • mg c, rds or Miss O'Donnell, . ' Miss Mr. Seybolt ext1lained that the new I Durham, Mrs. Murphy, Miss Scl).~iltz, building would be unique for New lr,.1:!SS Elle~ Hoyt, Miss Elizabeth Ha mpshi re, if not for New England, Swam, . Miss Gertrude Dow, Miss in that every confliv•ment patient Katherine Moulton; 3 copies of Portswould tvwe a private room. There· wilt mouth Herald. Aug. 1, 1934; 1 copy or oe no general ward. E<1ch room has a Bost.on Herald, August 1, 1934; prosprivate lavatory and ls ; insulated 11 ctus of Tr:iining School; µwltation , ag-iinst sound as will IJ_ the ma.iii 'de- to last gradu tion exercise or Train•ing School; Portsmouth Hospital birth certifl.c te; list of mothers and babies in ho:;pital August 1, i934; record rorm'I used for nurses in training; contract.or and architect's names. ! m:r 1 · ' . r �INGS I . , MARCH 16 . Dorothea· Knott ·and Sylvi~ Toe1111e1t-: e~ awarded Golden Eaglet pins at ·annual Girl Scont. rall.v-: . · · · · · '··l'IIARCH l'Z . 'Bodies of Tliomas and Charles Hef~ferman found ln Navy Yatd ·lce pond. ·'.J:he·two aged 9_and 7 had been .missing since Thursday afteroon: St. Patrick"g Day. ·' · ' · ~ f l ." MARCH 1S. , l New Hampshire National Bank open~ed for business after being closed two w ;:::::., I t:b:::?!v;:o:::::~day, attendh1g the Unitarian Church. · !VIARCH 21 Portsmouth delegation in legislature vote for Keefe Repeal Bill. Firemen hold annual bowling banquet. .. l\IARCH 12 Junior Garden League- formed. , l\IARCH 23 Mrs. Nora R: Blcthroade murdered at her home ill Kittery by Joel Thacker. rfbo committed sulclde immediately '2:fter ftring a revolver,·at the Jtittery . · ,1. Prisoners from U. s. s. ; brought to Na.val "Prison. Rlrleigh . APRIL•7 ·• · ,. , Annual gymnastics exhibition held by school, students at Junio1."'High ,School g')'mnasium. APRIL, 8 APRiL 2 . Rev. Frank· Gardner of · Portersville Christian•· Church· from 1901 to ·1~12 Mass. who was pastor of the Couxt St. celebrated· his 40th year· in ·the ministry. Baptist Church presents- •·stabot Meters. I APRIL 20 APRIL 10 Dr. Henry Durgin or Eliot r.bs~r~'Ps 09~r bi.r '. t;day. Old Tom, equine veteran of the Spanish War, dies at Navy Yard, aged · APRIL 11 ,Api:il term of Superior Court opens y' re. APRIL 12 • '. • ~RIL 1 ·, CoUllty officials assume, office. : APRIL 19 Graffort Club presents annu:il play; "Meet the P rince." Storer Relief Cor. observes 4!lth l\11nivc:rsary. ·Anow1cement made o! the wedding of Harold Berg to a Newtown, Conn. girl which occured Jan. 2. Thirty local men seeking jobs in Roosevelt's Woodland army. Rev. Newton Anderson to rnd pa:;torate at Gree11land on June H accordi~ig to an announcement. Sidney Thrope Indicted io-; murd,:r of Joseph Trµdcau in this cit~ Feb. 5, by Grand Jw·y which returns mure than 80 indictments !or th~ Ap. '! Sl!:Ssion. · · Fifteen admiLted to citiz~-1,;t!ip at Superior qourt. ~o· ' DeMolays observe Parents Night. New England Alliance o! the Unitaria n Churches mcet.s with local branch. MARCH 26 James L. Parker dies at J:iis"honie on Middle street. State senators visit, this city as they inspect site. of proposed _bridge ·across Little Bay. _ _ _ ·MARCH 30 Warwick Club - bolwlng league ends with Paul's team the winner. m~rln~s attached to, the Portsmouth Navy Yard k11led in automobu'eaccident. on Newburyport Tm·npike ln Rowley, Mass. ' MARCH 31 Mr. and Mrs. George Downs of Manchester -o.bse.rve- 64th anniver,sa;-:1; . ef /' their weddi~l at the ,PJl1l9 <'f ,,:~f-/I grandda,ug?ite; ly!J.·s. (l"l'l.3. Cole of 149 J:'.orpc;re _Wlil, · ' ' Worlc l:.f't!WJ on excavu~.rr.i for ·u'.!w Cathplic, ch~h. I Leon Wells o! Tex~s picked up unconscious on Hunter . Ave., Kittery. Believed to have been exhausted. Peoples' Baptist . Church observes Youth's Day. . MARCH 28" .r, 'i. ·, "J · Allen C; deRochemont head!, Royal Arab Masons. ' "· · 1 Battery D holds annual inspection-.- , MARCH -29 APRIL 17 Whalesback Lighthouse fog horn has been blowing continuously !or 72 hours. I Charles Berry, !or the past 17 years 'night watchman at the P. 0. ·Builcllng 1 I retires. . Dr. Carlton B. Leighton di es at the home of his brother in law. Dr. T. W. . / Luce. I APRIL 18 j Kiwanis Club holds Inter-club meett' ing and charity show. · 1ng and midnight show. I I II .·.,: ,, . MARCH 24 I APRIL"s Graffort Club presents .:Mother·s Bouquet. of Memories." ' ' ' , . APRIL 6 . , Timothy Reardon dies. on his way tCJ work. . County .Medical Society meet!!, at, hos- I pital-. .. · I Ladies• Auxfliary, · Loyal " ·o rdei: ·or \ Moose ' observe ' 12th ani1il(ei·sary. . ll4rs. ~th \;Vendell ob~e1:ved. her 91st birthday. · . ,;,' . . APRIL"l3 S:uo':"i storm which beg,m la~: •nigh blocked 'roads, broke pples and· wires, lliany homes without l!eat' ·or li~hl~ Many people in 'outlyin,I i~1vn~ \m~b;cl to get to work. , A'lexander Denne tt obs~rves h:.; 30~11 birthday. ·, Davenport Council of· MMon·, ·imtall officers. 1; APftlI, 21 41. Junior Class presents annual play. Ladies' Auxiliary, K. of C., observes' ii guest night. ,i Announcement made that Jam~s ·, F~oosevelt, son of the president, will : spend the summer at Liltle Bo~r·s 1 Head. Sydney Thorp dec!ared sane and \Vill \ gp on trial May 1. • '1 'I I APRIL 24 Ladies' Sodality Society o! Catholic I church present musical review. I . APRIL 25 1 Ur. and Mrs. James Lomas today observe their 53 . anni ve1 sary .or their wedding. J\ll•. and Mrs. Albert C. Lane of Stratba.m. today celebrate the 57 anniversary 1 ot their marriage. Allen C .. deRochement installed High Priest of Washington Royal Arch, Chapter or Masons. Lieut. C,indr. l\lerrill Comstock to , command the submarine Cachalot, now under construction at the local yard; 1 I i I APRIL 14 APRIL 28 : ' storm ce?.sed late Thhrsdny but 'r<iacl•· still blocked in some cases, Many ~ven night ' in cars 'ad · Ogunquit, unable to continue clue td S110\V and· stal\Erl( c:-n·f.. Union Good Friday Setvices heir! at south and Methodist churches · ' . DcMolRys present annua l play "Tl1°' I Yellow Shadow". APRIL 15 ' Announcement made th"lt P o-,• ' t\-(.. flee iobby will (,lose at 11.30 p. m . instead o! being open all night. APRIL lG John A. Cornelius died suddenly' at bis home on Howard sti:eet. ' Churches observe Easter Sunday._. APRIL 29 Prisoners from Parris Island brought to local Naval Prison. Fred Peters, who escaped from Rock. ingha111 jail in Nov. is re-captured in 1. Pennsylvania. i · • • Verna Hall marries Harold Garla:nd_ or Newington. 1 �J J, arlng held at City I-fall by Wnr Orpt. over · constrnction of proposed : briclr,e acrn,~ Little Bay and Bellamy Rl,;e,-. r..~. E. j_~. An1aG~.:1,'ll v\..•--· \'CS utH.n l.UAY 16 ' Portsmouth. Yacht Club opens the season. Fred Patsons- lnju\·ed when automo;,1:e h.!til bicycle he ls ruling. Elizabeth. Marshall installed head ot Rainbow 6lrls. Annual Diocesan con.vention of Epiccopa) ehurches- held in this city. 0'11den, Rule- Circle, Kings' Daughters ob~erve, -Wth anniversary. ". · MA:Y 17 Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Green observe 40th wedding anniversary. . MAY 19 ' John G. Sweetser gets licenst to c-age in wholesale beer business. l\ir. and Mrs. Plummer Smith observe 50th wedding anniversary. · . lUAY 20 ·= Corn~rstone of Catholic Church removed' anct boll opened. V. F. W. holds Budd,, P oppy Day. · FX C:LER'f Ear;lc Sc cut 1933 ,APRIL 30 Daylight Saving Time in effect tociay!. l\fAY 1 Dr. Clar~nce True Wilson, or the Methodist Board of Temperance P rohibition and Public Morals speaks in this city. Mrs. Irving Komisky elected President of local chapter of Hacla~•cah. l\lAY :4 City Cou nril ,·otes to lrase :i irport to Hiram \Ve•1er. Mrs. Winnifred Davis hrads Graffort Club. Mt1!. Addlt V. Do~e,·. elect, d htad of Rf'bekah ASlll' mbly oC N. H. at annual mt,tluir In Gorlrnm . f MAY 4 , · • ~llr Portsmouth young men go to ' Mr.nrhester for examination as ment~ 1 bers of Citizens ConservaUon Corps. ur i " ' l\lAY 5 Rainbow Girls hold annual ball. · ·· Federated Church women of Lhls city ·meets. • H. 1\I. S. Ha7l~v. elected President or °!.'Arts and · Cmfts Cl'lb recently · or' ganiz.ed. , .. , , IAY 6 Theresa. •l!.lcC:uthY and Lieut. Robert Blue united in marrla c:e. J\lAY 7 . ming strike- Sidney Thropi pleads not guilty ais ·his trial !or murder of Joseph Trudeau opens in Superior Court. Gertrude Long- observes 25 years in employee of G1·«11ite St:\te Fire In~. Co. Cyril Jackson well known business man dies following a long illness. l\lAY Z MAY 22 T\Villgfit · League opens season. Work begun yesterday on a new bottling· building- at Eldredge Brewe~·y. Battery D, N. H. ·National Guard called to M:anchester to maintain TIIOlUAS S\'i.VIA TOENNESE~ f;i,· :r. Go 1!~n Ea-:-1:!t Award During 15-:.;3 J\IAY 9 s •11nr:,· Thrope found guilty of firs t cl~P"" murder and sentenced lo hang_ 1 l\fay lfi, )!)34 . I ' • !· MAY 11 Ur. :md Mrs. Horace Gray obse n·e ';;:inl wedding anniversary. R r v. r nd Mrs. P. S. Ne.son Lcnd,, red ' a n ••eption by Methodist Parish , Un iw••<·alist Farish holds annual me~ Ing. l\lA Y 23 , Portsmo_u ;h; ~erc_hants beer an<! wines. selling <011 IUAY 2~ Tmclrc loaded with beer burns LP!ayett~ Read; 0. -of N: H Glee Club and Portsmouth Mare S1ngers, present program· under am;pices 01 P~ T: ~. Eastern Star presents pla.y. l'tlAX 25 K.n!gl1ts- Templars hofd conclave thi city. · Gerard Grif!fn and Francis Millette t·ecPive American Legion medals at Jr. High. D?.ttexy D return, from Manchester st1ik:e, · JA',cal Ho<p!t:.l obS!!rves Na ional nos~ l\LU' 26. i>ital Day. Walt~r J.. Quimby awarded l\lAY 13 H ll.I't. I Pi1ylll:, G:·ay and Sidney C. G1·~q izer DeMolays conduct. May ball. rr.! n 1ed a1,· nniy Lodge. MAY 27 JIIA t,i-.,._ l Announcement made- that local Coast t1:ot her's Day observed in loc ~1 Gmmr Headquarters will be removed to Bostom churches. Il~ha Tolin, plays Theremin at Mo, American Legion. hole~ Poppy Day and District Cenvention. ther,' Dny P:;.rt_ of Jewish Jun.ors. Boy Scouts. lfiv~ out 4000 cards to jay M!iY 15 walkers in Safety Campaign today. Suil."tt Lenrue opens. Hearing held by Portsmouth delegat 1\IAY 2& G. A. R. asid: allied patriotic bodies tl!ln r !2.tlve to ch.·mge in City Chartci·. l\tt-en Memorial 11111·vices at Me thodL t Fan . !e A. f'>2.rdiner- Rebekah Lod ge rehurd~ ob~, r..-es 33rd anniversary. Lo\Y 12 - - - -- - J �. MAY 30 I - . Memorial Day Services held. MAY 31 Margaret Curran I elected president o! K. of C. l\uxiliary. ; :, . >·" , • ,.t :, JU?-IE, 2 · ; 1 • 1 -~ ,",..: · • Girl Scouts , present .. pageant at Peirce Island. •· ~- , JUNE\3 · ,_,,, .t,,., • Margaret hatchelor._becomes. bride o! Lieut. Herbert C. Zitzewitz. · ·.¥ , _ · - Gerald Foss and . GJ)rtrude GIJls~m married at Sa:nborville. . "'- . , .-,~-.,.. Alice Kane and J. 'L: Louther, Jr. o! Mt. Vernon united in magi.age, .•' - JUNE. 4 _ ···:,; , Fred Leary takes brJ.d~it .~ _prchester. Miss Mollie Shapiro marries E,d,ward Wolf of Lowell at .Dorchester, ·,· 1,. ·, JUNE 5 1 - ·,, • , 1 ,. ,I Mrs. William E. Marvin elect.~ct_ president of Garden Club at annual meeting. JUNE 6 , Announcement made that all. telephone girls who marx:Y after July I l are to lose their positions, ' Senior Corps at Junior High objerves Dads' Day. ~ 1 Walter D. Robinson' elected d1·apd Knight of K. of C. ' y·;, - JUNE 8 Dover Rotary Club holds meeting with local club at the Pannaway. • ' , Richard Smart of · Kittery t1te ·s Naval Academy. DeMolays stage rope pull. JUNE 9 Announcement made that H. M. ~: Scarboro.u gh to visit Portsmouth Oct. ,. 2. . Vats .fo1:., Eldredge .•. ,Brewe:ry arrive from Boston. JUNE~ Constance Taylor marries' .Lle.t{t. Johnson at Chr!st Church. • J 1. JUNE 11 Many of the local churches obserJe Children's Day. Firemen hold Memorial Servle. JUNE 13 97th annual- conference of Rockingham County Congregational Christian Churches held at North Church Chapel. James Roosevelt opens summer home at ~lttle Boar's Rea<\, . Mr. and Mrs. Samuel "E. Ricker observes 25th anniversary ·or their wedding. . , . . Canton Center Ladies' Auxiliary observes 12th anniversary. 1 JUNE l~ . 1''ire damages summer home of 'James ' osevelt. ·• • Building and Loan Ass'n. holds anaual meeting. ' Donald Yeaton heads Whipple P. T. A. . ... JUNE 15 ..i, 1- -~ ' .. Eliot High School holds graduation. James Roosevelt to I summer at Rye Beach hiring the Appletree cottage opposite Stoneleigh Manor. · Rotary Club observes Ladies' Night. Thirty-six graduate from Traip Academy. · JUNE 16 Class Day exercises held at High School. Miss Martha Rhodes observes 91st birlihday. JULY 1 Comdr. H. S. Paul of Storer Post ob• M ~thew L. J acques, Jr., and Rose serves 91st birthday. MarcOUfl united' in marriage. Geraldine Conner and Chester Hart'. Beer,J!Old .in K ittery for the first time 1 ford married at .n,oon~today. \ ove ·60,,,ears. . ,· Bunker Famlly reunlpn held at New j Twe11ty-three divorces granted durCastle. ' ,,. . , · . ing April term of Superior Court. 9apt. John 'Dennett :~ies at York. Mr!.. Franklin D. Roosevelt visits son's Emily Do,nnell -fr1arrles ·Haverhill 1 • I summer home ' in Rye. man. , , . 1 JULY 2 c. Ne wton Andrews of Kittery united Class of",.11 3 confirmed at St. Raphael's In marriage to Helen Heeney. by B!shOJ> Joseph "E. McCarthy or PortJUNE 18 land . ..,.. . . M. J. Casey celebrates first masa in ~· JULY 6 this city. 1 Car tracks on Islington St. between Masonic ·Servic~s held' at St, John's 1 Spinney. Road and Albany St. being ohurch. , . covered. '. ~accal:u1~·eate,. Sermon preached by I! , Bids opened for new bridge at Dover Rev. Wi111an Safford Jones. 1 Point. in I . JUNE 19 U. S. Submarine Dolphin makes deep Announcement '·made of wedding or 1 sea tests off Boon Island. Maj. ~oland •Hoyt and Beatrice Smart JULY 10 whlclt occured on Mar. 30. Mary C. Pike 11nct K ennard Smart Companions of the Forest · (Constituunited in marrJage at St. John's church. iJo.n Circle) observes 38th anniversary l' JULY 11 with banquet at the Rockin'g ham Twenty-one children from New York Portsmouth Training School · holds , 1raduation. ' tenement district arrive for two weeks outing. JUNE . 20 Chamber of Commerce meeting with Bicennial convention of Grand CounRot.;;l,rians and Kiwa111ans votes to reoll Companions of the' Forest opens in organize. this city. , . JULY lZ Portsm~mth votes for repeal of the Portsmouth Boy Scouts attending an'.18th amendment by .2474 majoritL _ nual jamboree' at Hampton Beach. l a --· ! JUNE 21 · · I · Railway Mail Clerk.s qt First' Distrlct• ,open annµal meeting in. this city. . ,, Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Little Harbor, on his vacation trip along the •New ,England coast. · · . Romilda Lizio and William Flanagan united in marriage. JULY I , . National Guard to cn<:amp at Rye for 15 days it is ann'punccd. Fourth annual vacation Bible School o! Univcrsallst Church closes. JULY 15 J smc5 Rooseveft's yucht Lizzie M . anchored in Little Harbor for the summer. JULY 16 Joseph Smith, fircm. 11 on Mitchell Davis believed drowned. , JUNE 2Z R. C. L. Greer heads Rotary Oiub .. : Orie hundred forty-four . graduate l from Portsmo'uth High School. JULY 17 JUNE .23 :Eleven truck drivers pay $900 in fines . Sea Scouts open three day jamboree in Municipal Court, for overloaded Ip this city. trucks. . Colonial Dames hold annual meeting. Senior Class ends commencemen t acJULY 18 tivities with Senior Reception. Mr. and Mrs. John Griffin of State · Mr. and Mrs. Fredei:ick W. deRoche; -~ St. observe 50th wedding. anniversary. mont observes·. 29th,, wedding anniver- ' Crandall Engineering Co. of Cam~ry. bridge awarded bid for Little B\\Y JUNE Z'1 . Bridge. r · JULY 20 Knight Templars hold pilgrimage to I the Wentworth. ' Peter M. Gagne, mayor o! Som~tsN. H. Weekly Publishers Assn. meet 1 worth named collector of Internal Revat the Wentworth. 1 enue. JUNE 25 Henry L. Roosevelt, Assistant SecreAlice Stef b~comes bride or William l tary of the Navy visits local yard. lJ, Warburton, Jr. JULY 21 JUNE 26 Allen B. Lewis of Kittery wins Maine U:ni versalist Vacation School opcn5 Trap Shooting championship. -for fourth annual season with nearly .JULY 2Z 1100 attending. Rev. Frank B. Chatterton and Miss 51 gratuated from St. Patrlcks School. Frances Clark married at Uni versa. list .JUNE 28 Church. . : f ·Gladys Joy becomes the bride of ay Caswell of Rye. 1 JUNE 29 Tax rate to be $29. JUNE 30 1 Oscar Leighton observes his 94th birthday. Mrs. Addled V. Dowey newly elected head of the N. H.-Rebekah assem.bly tendered reception. ----- I �Little Jfarb er . AUGUST?. Hannah Blaisdell dies in York, aged JULY 25 94. First annual Garden Cl ub pilgrimage is held with nea rly 400 people visiting :six of Portsmouth's historic houses. , · New Sea Scout troop formed by st. John's Church. . AUGUST 3 JULY 27 Portsmouth Fire Department calle\i 1 Peperell Famlly Assn. holds 37th reI to Dover .to aid in fighting fire which union at Kittery Point. I destroyed city hall. · Ranger Chapter, D. A. R. holds ca.rd ' AUGUST 5 party nt the Wentworth. York nrcm&n hold field day. Dr. Samuel T. Ladd or this city National Gttnrd In Camp aL Rye named Comptroller of Customs at Dos:Scnch. ton by President Roosevr lt. ....Coleman Family Remilon held at I Ncwingtori. ! JULY 28 Navy Relief Garden Party held at I Navy Yard. Annual Ilower show hr ld at Eliot. JULY 31 AUGUST 6 David Fleishman loses life in auto Lollis Schwartz and Miss Sadie accident in Greenland. Freaman of Dover married in Dorf Collecto,· of Internal Revenue John ] ches ter. · • H. Fields honored by ornce force. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lnmonde of Work begun on Little Bay Bridge. I : Madison St. observe their Golden Wedding anniversary. • · AUGUST 1 Capt. James Burke, oldest War vetHerman A. Doolittle a former resleran in the state observes 81st birth- ' ~ent of this city dies at Rye, where h e 1 day, _J arrived for a vacation. Archbishop Athenagoras of Long Is1 land of the Greek Orthodox Church of · North and South America visit'; this ' city. r I j I ii I 1 · AUGUST 7 Newcastlt: holds special town meeting. Piscataqua Council, No. 42 Degree of Pocahontas observes 7th anniversary. I1 Navy Yard workers · begin ·five day week. · AUQUST 8 Re-employment office op~ns in this 'city to register unemployed. AUGUST 9 .' . . Three hundred an,d twenty-ftvo Bh1e Ergles have been issued to thn.t many Pcl'tsmouth m~t·chants. . t J · AUGUST lO i ·Amelia Earhart flies over this city_as guest pllot of B. & M. Alrwa:11, Inc. Frank Rand estate at Greenilinrl ce·-·•~d by fire early this morning, -AUGUST 11 hn W. Emery d\es while a~tending· 1 all game in Boston. flEldredge Brewing Co. starts brewing. AUGUST 12 Lillian G. Woods marries Jarib M. Sanderson of Greenland. John· P. McCaffey united in marriage to JM:ary E. Driscoll. AUGUST 14 Lieut. Gerald Smith wins Southern N_. H. Tennis Tournam~nt at Manchester. I I I . . I J �I, AUGUST 16 I Annual Children's picnic held Rt Wal: us Sands. Il AUGUST 11 • • AUGUST 18 Peter M. Gagne newly appointed Collector o! Internal Revenu~~ assumed his duties. 1 Richard Weston and Josephine '.thaw \ united in marriage. 1 II William J. Cater succeeds late John W. Emery as Vice President and D!recc tor ot Portsmouth Trust and Guarnntee Co. Bert Libby, 16, of Eliot instantly k!lted while cleaning rifle. Jal!les Roosevelt speaks at st. John'~ Men's...QJµb. • _, · · AUGUST 19 .Water Carnival held at Wentworth, ....... · AUGUST 20 Capt-. Harold Hutchins, keeper or Boone Island light miSsing. . , Mr. -and Mrs, Patrick Buckley observe 25th anniv~rsary of their , wedding. AUG~ST 21 · Portsmouth Saving,l!_ Bank comp:~tes 110 years o! service.· · · ' .:t~. Laying of ke-al ot Suhmarlne Pike at the Navy Yard. I AUGUST ZT AUGUST 22 George Hutchins, 18, drowned when sailboat capsized. James Roosevelt ' visits Navy Yard. AUGUST %9 . . :. - - Folsom Family Reunion held at South Parish House. City Club holds card party and mus• icals at Farragut Hotel. Training School for Nurses hold gi.:_acf'! uation. Annual Locke reuµi9n J;,leld at·Rye.; \ ., . AUGUST 24 . . ·charles H. Lewis of Callfi comes J.,ere to celebrate 92nd birthday. Frederick McDonough killed in automobile accident in Dover. · · James. RoQ/levelt gives talk at Rye · Beach.bfub. • -::..~• - ~ ~~AUGUST 2~ annual ment of ale. Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Dyer observed 27th wedding anniversary. James Roosevelt speaks at Community meeting here. Girl Scouts hold tea at Gov. Fuller's residence; Runnymeade", AUGUST 23 Ga'i'dendJlub ,holds SEPTEMBER 12 l Eldred.ge Brewery makes first ship- flower . · AUGUST 30 SEPTElUDER 13 Mr. and ·Mrs. Dennis J, McGrath ohserve go1d'en wedding annlvernry. , Clty Coimc\l votes to purchase survey of city, First steel arrives !or Porpoise-new subma11ne to be built at Navy Yard. AUGUST 31 Goodwin -Family Reunion held in this city. . . 1 \\ • ,• ~EPTEMBER 1 .,, SEPTEMBER H , . Dr. Frederick S. Gray named County Medical Referee and Frank c. Remick, Police Commissioner by Governor and Council. Hous.e to hou_se c_anvass starts .to get 1 consumers to Join NRA. . : . . . SEPTEMBER?. • A~nual horse show at Rye. , !yllss Mary Scannell . of Worcester /OW11S at Jenness Beach. . Amberjack II, yacht In which Pre. ient Roosevelt made his vacation tour, ' Its Memorial . bridge: SEPTEimmn 16 I. G. Griffin concludes duties at Post f ~ Oitlce !ollowiug 40 years service. Ii SEPTEMBER 11 Elks hold 46th annual oullng. SEP'l'ElUBER 5 SEPTEMBER 18 Chester Noel wins tennis tournam::ut at South Playgrounds. , Mayor vetoes resolution calling !or purcha::,e of survey or city. SEfTEMJ;lER 6 Dr. Eugene B. Eastman dies. ! j I ' I Ea;tet Award Last AUGUST %6 Mrs. Melinda. ·Randell· observes 82nd birthday anniversary .. SEPTEMBER 19 Records show that liquor valued at SEPTEMBER 7 \ $194,182 has been seized in this section Winslow White of Hampton, who during the past 7 years. Boats, cars, played in Sunset League here, to jorn etc. brings value to $208,075. Rochester In ternational Leag ue ln i Gwen Scckln~ and Police omcer Nell Spring. Bierce are married. Mass. Weekly Publishers Assn. at lj Patrick J. Mccorry killed in accident Wentworth. ,. '\Ralph Biggar and Forest E. Kno wle~ l on Islington St. SEPTElUBER 21 retire from duty at Post Office. · . , Donald Ross heads local DeMolay SEPTE rnER 8 chapte1·. William E. Winn fatally l,1j ured ·1 he falls from Electric light pole 0L1 SEPTEI\IBElt 23 Mr. nd Mrs. Frank L. Amazcen or Pqrter st. SEPTEMBER 9 1 Ktttery Point observe 60th wedding anKathleen Whitcomb becomes hridr of t ni versary. ,C_hadwlck Connell of . COl!COl'(;i, , SEPTEMBER 24 Brattlo organ at st. John's Church SEPTEMBER 1l played for the first time in mauy years. SEPTEl\lBER 26 Work starts on construction of the remainder oI the · Kittery Catholic ! Orel A. Dexter appointed to vacancy in Granite State Fire Insurance Co. Church. · I cuused by death of John Emery. Schools open with total enrollment I SEPTEl\IBER 27 of 2s·21. · , Frank S. Lester and Mrs. Mabel F'. Kltte_ry and .York votes wet, Eliot dry Dlxon married at out of door wedding. as Maine votes to repeal _18th amendSt;mley Morgan chosen Noble Grand ment'. of New Hampshire Lodge. . , Portsmouth Athletic club 48th anniversary, t ' �, . . SEPTEMBER 28 .purch~sing City_Council passes new resolutio;1 !or of City_Survey. I II, Ainsley DeGross named Noble Grand ' 1 ·, _µrand of Osgood Lodge. ;I ~- -: SEPTEMBER 30 .. Ma,yc,r vetoes new resolution on survey. Eleanor Plckerh1g becomes bride or Cha1:les .. G. Sprague of Boston. :_ .Donal'd K. :ry101itgomery Brookl111e girl. ' i· I :u. : ' :' , - . OCTOBER % , ' . OCTOBER 3 M. s. Scarborougll arrives at Navy Yard for a week'11 stay. [ :Mr. :and Mrs. Charles E. Lewis sorve 54th wedding anniversary. \ ··Lca~ue· of Women Voters open conference in this city. · Major James M. Curti:-y visit, city, speaking at Kiwan is Club. OCTOBER 4 Death . of Mrs. Phyllis Sugden 'occurs in this city. I City host to offi~er, of H: M. s. borough. l OCTOB ~R a Bl'lg. Hemv M. Taylor. Army ornccr dies in KitLry, OCTOBER 6 I'. R.' s. CIG!>S of 1921 holds i I OCTOBER '1 ; F. E. Booma Post Band ·chicago -where it : American Legion Convention. I _ _ _ _ _H_._M_._s_. Scarborough during visit to Portsmouth. OCTOBER 9 H. M. S. Scarborough lrav wee~s visit_,, I OCTOUER 12 Elmer J. F. Littlefield receives Grand \ Decoration of Chivalry at meeting of Odd ·Fellows in Dover. I, OCTOBER 1 OCTOBElt JG 1::. : Allen P. Wiley elected head of Kittery-American Legion. I Government orders that ln the !u: ture liquor seized by · the government · wlll_not be destroyed. I .. .OCTOBER U 1 Contract signed !or new school at Rye Center. OCTOBER 19 Mrs. Martha Hobbs Roberts, oldest resident of Portsmouth dles. Subma.rlne Cachalot la.unched, OCTOBER 20 Miss Laura Baxter, school nurse in Kittery dies in this city. OCTOBER 24 I OCTOBER 31 NOVEMBER 11 Albert H. Woolfson elected President ; of Ki wanis Club. ' \ State awards I slington St. job to Board of Public Works. I Arthur N. Point chosen Strawberry Bank Grange, _Mr. and Mrs, Carl Needham observe Silver Wedding anniversary NOVEMBER 2 . Fire damages Geo. Joy's store. . Star Lodge of Odd Ladies obsei·ve 40th anniversary. · · · NOVEMBER 3 Thomas W. ·. En~/ert · madi, ·E!).gle , Scout at Court of honor. , I Mr. a nd Mrs. Charles E. Grover of South St. observe 50th wedding anni1versary. ! NOVEMBER 4 I Nettie Rowe resigns as pastor o! Pen!tecqstal Assembly. NOVEMBER 5 Coleman Pearson named Junior Councillor or the New Hampshire De· Molay. I Methodist Church observing 125th anniversary. · NOVEMBER 6 / Mr. and Mrs. William H. White ob- 1 serve 50th wedding anniversary. City Council sustains mayor's veto of Portsmouth Survey :i?lau. Mrs. Harold M. Smith again heads N. H. 1'.'cderation of Garden Clubs. OCTOBER 25 Mr. and Mrs. George W. Brown o[ Cable ,Road, Rye observe golden wedding anniversary. OCTOBER 26 Gov. Louis J. Brann attends Kittery N. R. A. Parade. John M. Young dies of injuries rereceived when struck by an a.utomobile. l NOVEMBER 7 Work starls on Islington St. project. I Prof. W. Linwood Chase of B. U. 1 gives lecture at opening of Education 1 week. , Mrs. A. E. Baum heads F'edcraUon Church Women. NOVE!\IBER 8 Rev. Charles Clarke Keith of Brookline speaker at Father ancl Sons' Banquet at Universalist Church. OCTOBER 27 NOVEl\1BER 9 Ke el of Submarine Porpoise laid at Navy_ Yar\!, in connectio1\ with Navy Day exercises. Charles E. Hodgdon rca<.:hes 85th birthday. :':tobcrl Wilson killed in motorcycle crash on South St. City Council authorize~ bond issue for sewer project. , OCTOBER 29 Charles leV. Brine for 31 years pas- \ \t tor of ·Christ- Church dies. NOVEMBER 13 . • Marland D. K·nowles chos.e1{ chairman or Merchants Bureau. · Frederick M. Sise dies at his home \ on Richards Ave. I NOVEMBER 10 158th birthday of the Marine Corps · observed willl colorful party at Navy Yard. NOVEMBER 16 I I . 1- NOVEMBER 18 James W. Perkins, oldest· Dartmouth alumni of Hampton die:i: . · NO;YEMBER 20 , .. NOVEMBER 21 • Announcement made that bill 'or'ef- · ception had been filed .in. the Thrope ca_se. · · ·' · •· . ..-.•, · ,. . 1 , Jefferson C. Rowe observes 91st, birthday. • : Miss Aplla Jordon, ~uth Eliot: 91 years old today. , , .. Albion Oralg and . Arthur Thom.it.I amed co-captains or - 1934 P:-H. a,· 1 ] S:Jotball team. '. ·I I NOVEMBER 22 · 1,Raymond Grasser of this city ordah1~ ' as mlni1;tcr in Laconia . · '· George L . .Perkins, 84 years ·old, Mr. and Mrs. James Harvey observe 52nd wedding anniversary. NOVEMBER 23 Customs Patrolmen seize truck· c;on..· talning 207½ •cases of liquor. NOVEMBER 24 • ,. Mrs. Mary Ann Junkins celebrate.t 101st birthday. • . ' Fifteen tons of government pork ar• rlves !or distribution. 1 NOVEMBER 27 , .I Arthur Muchemore, a former · busf.. ;1 ness man passes away. Ro~ert Marden of Rye rescued in skiff adrift ~ff Wallis ~ands. 1 -~~-,,- �• : . - .N'QVEMBKR~l! ' : ' ': ;. Annollhcement-made· fron1 Washing' ton that ; bids for the P, 0: ~extension wer~ re1ected. _ · .~- ~ j 30 ,'. 'NOVEMBER ' ~ ~ett twins obsei:ye 77th .tjirthda:y. · Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Ho,dgdon ob1 serve 51st wedding anniversal'y. ·, -: '! : r: sU:bmarineDECEMBER Cachalot placed - mission.. f• . ,< - ... . ' _ . . .~ ' in com- , • . ,, DECE.MBER "'2 ; Mr. and . Mrs. . Ge'orge . Boss observo 51st wedding anniversary: . · , :.. ' . '. DECJ;MBEJV3 '·. , Elks" hold Memorial Service. · · ;~ _ . , DECEMBElt 4 · · .~ ,:, Shirli1tLouise Bridle drowi1s 1Ji South. -Mill Porta._.~·' . · .t . ~ DECEMBER 5•: . · . Ward 'Caucuses -. held "with Rob~rt , Marvin ~eceiVing 'the Detiiocratic noin~ inatlon . for mayo1; and · Di·.: S. · F. A. PJckerlng .being renominated. ( - , . DECEMBER -.6 , Supreme Vice ·Regent Mil~on A. Willn,ient v16lts -Alpha Council ' Royal Ar- . DECEMBER 8 . .• ·Mrs. Eleano1:" Lord ,and da ugh tez\ Vir-. . ginia of Rye killed in automobile · acci- · """'"-~"-·'· -: dent in- Somerville, Mass. One of the l.10-foot · Coast Guard j boats to'' be COl~Structed, will be ·bui'Jt- at this yard. ~ l . {'. . · D,E CEMBER 9 · · _ . _ . · · Nl'VY ~ard cl.rafting force to · mak<t, plana for the . four Coast Guard · boata ·to be built:' ', · · • •• _ ., , ~ : . DECEMB_E R 11 ,, §h ·,!cihn's Me1_,1's Club present musl, car·revue, "Tropical Isle.'' · . - DECEMBER· l2 " <, _.~ Robert -'Marvin .as ~ Mayor and six Democratic members of the Council ' elected' in city\ eiection. · , · · ,-_ _ DECEMBER 13 1 -~Cryst!J.l ' Temple observes 26th• mm!◄ ver~ai-y. · , · DECEMBER 15. . Warwick Club "observes 41st/anniversary. . · A, C;•·Wiiley I'.etires after ~2 with Rival Foods Inc. . ' - ' DECEMBER 19 · •' Taylor . Waterhouse dies;. ' -.: ~··: DECEMBER ·20 · •,, Keel' of-submarine Pike 'laid. ' . .. DECEIµBER 21 I . . 'c ol Sise Fire 'co. obserl'.eS '126th niversary,'_, .' : _ ,_ . ' . ,. . , : . DECEMBER 22 Two _tt_i<;k. loads. of · l!!}UOr' V::tlned at, $30,000 seized :PY ; custom - officials. . ;.r · f,:',. ',: , J?ECEM]}EW24 ._: ·· _ ·.. : ; Robert:Quirk celebrates first nrnss in _tllls .city~ ~ r · f.t . , ' )>EC EMBER 26 ·.· . · 'T • . Mr.. ~nd ,Mrs. C,harles B. Mills ·of Kit~1,'Y "'opserve 41st wedding -anniversary. ' ',.~ ,-.»~OEMBER 28 · . Eleanor : Batchelder becomes bi'ide :q., ijur~js_;,B. :si:ee~e:__,Jr,: ·:· . <. • 01 ,1 , }1~• .~e~nie : D· ~~wer 'dleli :at . Wore ~st~1·, wl}ere she .was ; visiting ; her daughter:· .· - '. - · ., :.., 'J '•' \•:~ '.', .. ' DECEMBER .... •• : • .,. .., -~ ' 29 . . ' ~ • . M ·George •l'·E. ,, Frenc.h dies following ~<ii.ft!i't1fas. :··. · ·•· · . _ - ·.' · _ '1.~qwiisy":temperature ~recorded ..·is 33 . below. A.verage·tempe1'.ature between 2i . 2s.betow zero: ,- · ' •.. , aiict Photo by Ports mou th Herald Staff Photographer. .Chu l'ch Qf lh e I minac ulate Conception which ,will be tomorr,;,w. \ ,\.h :i' I- '"31.L_~- - , �eautiful nd Im h re vices mac la e once s•ve ■ • f he 10 Easter Sunday was doubly joyful for ted. by Rev. Thomas W. Cushing, o.sthe parishioners of the Church of \.he slstant rector, he being assisted by Rev. John J. Belluscio as deacon and Immaculate Conception. Rev. Fr. Edward of St. Anselm's Col., The opening of the new church lege, Manchester, as sub deacon. Edbrought out capacity congregations at ward l\IcDonald was master of cere• all services of the day and evening. monies. From early morning till the closing Rev. Fr. Edward delivered the serhour at night, \.housands· of people mon, taking his \.itle from \.he gradual from this city and surrounding ci\.les of \.he mass, "This is the day which visited the new edifice, among them the Lord hath made, let us be glad hundreds not members of . the Catho- and rejoice therein." lie faith who Inspected every part of The music of \.he day was of an im1 the new structure. pressive and beautiful nature. SevenMany of the parishioners had wait- ty-flve .children from the various ed until the opening day \.o visit \.Ile grades of St. Patrick's school sa.ng church and the day will linger long in during the 8 o'c,lock mass. Their seleothelr memory. They gazed on a scene tlons were rendered from the gallery o! beauty, especially the marble altars and also from the floor of the edifice. which were turned Into a veritable The senior choir of 12 voices under floral bower by loving liands· and con- the direction of organist Charles Ham slsted chiefly or the exquisite lily, sang the revised composition of Henry many of them arranged In gold plated Farmer during the high mass and the vases which were gifts to the church. musical vespers of Marzo and WieOne of the Impressive scenes of \.he gand during the solemn espera In days services were the altar boys ap- the evening, pearing at the solemn high mass and The· choir was assisted during the solemn vespers. These boys have been evening service by o. Houghton Richpreparing for many weeks under the ardson. Rev. James H. Brennan was supervision of Rev. John J. Belluscio celebrant of the vespers, assisted by who can take decided · pride in his Rev. Thomas W. Cushing and Rev. accomplishment. They numbered forty John J. Belluscio. and were made up of the following: The opening of the church, comSix torch bearers dressed in Cassocks blued with paschal feast, not only inof white wool serge with cape attach- creased the attendance but brought ed and gold fringe belt; the two the number of communicants to the acolytes, book bearer, thurifer and highest in many years. boat bearer were also in white casThe coming important services to be socks. The remainder of the boys ap- held in the church will be the forty peared in cardinal i-ed cassock,s with hours devotional period and confirmalace surplices This is the first. time tlon for which the dates will shortly there has been a comple\.e cha_nge of be arranged. dress of the boys in \.he history of the The d'.'cticatory ceremonie8 will likechurch. · ly be held during the laltcr part of The solemn high mass w:i.s ?elebra- sr,ring or early summer. Q~~ ~~~' oVJ'l., \~~\ �Unveil Tablet at Church In Memory of Dr. Thayer Ill , :~, ,A OlTf, ~-. ,:.;l. /4 . .· ONA'RY STATE OVlNC • OEEPM .· . tR. Qf JJU~ · 691' ; . ,-, . •. •··· ,. .,.., ·.,/ '·'!-., 'i tl X ce. Love an ., to know and .do th t 10 s~rve ~nd . tQ f, '{-· -Photo by Kingsbury ~ Beautiful marble tablet which ·was· unveiled Sunday morning at -tho North Congregational church at Portsmouth In memory of ¥ev. Dr. Lucius H. Thayer, for 8 years pa s tor of the church and 11, former president of the ~ew Hampshire Congregational conferencll· Special to The Up.Ion'. PORTSMOUTH, April . _ A beau8 tiful marble tablet In memory of Rev. Lucius H. Thayer, D. D., for 88 years pastor of the North Congregational' church here and also 'a Born In Bay State. Rev.inLucius H . Thayer, D ., was born Westfield, Mass.,D.Nov. 28, 1857, ·and received his early educatlon In the schools of that town. In 1876-78 he went to sea as supercargo the Indies. ship "Lucy Wells," In the on East Upon S.returning former president of the New Hamp- he entered Amherst college from spire Congregational conference, was which he was graduated with the dedicated 11-t the· Sunday morning class of 1882 with the degree of A. B. service a~ the local church today. In 1882 and 1883 he was with tlie Rev. Arthur Acy Rouner, pastor of Franklin Foundry and Machine com• the church, conducted ,the service pany of Providence, R. I., and suband the unveiling of the tablet was sequently engaged In teaching and by ,M rs. Dorot~y Thayer Greene of reading law until 1885. In the fall of New Britain, Conn., daughter of Dr. th,e latter year, he entered Yale uniThayer. The dedicatory sermon was versity from which he r eceiv ed the preached by Rev. Charles D. Kep- degree of Bach elor of Divinity in ner, Jr., of Stafford Springs, Conn., 1888. While at Y a le he was Dwight who was assistant pastor of the local Fellow in 1888-1 890. church during the last years of the In the spring of 1890 he was called ministry of Dr. 'Thayer here. to this city but did not come here Rev. Theodore Ainsworth Greene until that fall as be was traveling of the First Congregational church in Europe. Jan . 28, 1891, Dr. Thayer at New Britain, Conn., and a son- was installed a s pastor of the local in-law of the roan whose memory Is church and served 38 years before revered here, delivered tbe dedica- retiring. In 1909 he received the detory prayer whllii benediction was gree of Doctor of Divinity from pronounced by Rev. Robert G. Arm- Dartmouth college, For many years strong, secretary bf the New Hamp- he was a member of the prudential shire Congregational-Christian con• committee of the American Board of ference . Music was by the adult and Commissioners for Foreign Missions young people's choir -under the di• and also served for some years as rectlon of Ernest L: Cook. Leon A, president of the New Hampshire Robinson presided at the organ and Home Missionary society in addition there was a.. large congregat!qn to heading the New Hampshire Con~r;!e::s!:.en~t:,,_ _ _ ,_,_ _..,.._ _ _..,....,..-'I gregational conference. He died suddenly at his summer estate at Dublin,, in September, 1931. �the Great Master workman, and that the results of labor be shared by his children In full measure and on honorable terms.' "After this industrial experience be taught successfully in the grammar. l ~hool In Westfield, to the surprise -0! I hose who had thought that - one ~ quiet would not be able to hold . the children. Then for a few months he read law. But he was not, satisfied and felt the call to the ministry. · "The summer after he graduated from the Yale Divinity Scllool at the head of his class and with a fellowship for fJrther study, the young muuster went Into the home missionary field at Canelo, North Dakota. So successful was-his work- there that by the end of the season a large group of people made a Christian confession and organized a ,church which has lasted ever s,ince. Not only did Dr. Thayer keep up his interest in this church throughout his ilfe, visiting It some years. later and contributing a communion set to its equipment, but through this experience he gained an insight into country church and home m!ssl.onary problems which made him the trnsted advisor -and friend ot · At very impressive exP,rcises at \,ha which it gave him he never rellnmany small churches and their minNorth Congregational Church on sun- quU -:cl . ~'.1ci11s Fowler Thayer, the isters in New Hampshire and throughdny morning the bcautif.Il marble tab- father, n r1v1l engineer, spanned the out the country. · let in memory of the lnL Rev. Lucius Connecticut River with two mighty "Dr. Thayer was never 'one of the Ii. Thayer, D. D., for 3B years p!\Stor brlcli;:r.s, nn'l also became a banker and ·Jltra-modem who think that everyof the church, was uedicated. I worked his GO-acre farm. No wonthing a decade old is outmoded and The service was conducted by Rev. der, thcre;forc, that th~ son developed silly. Although independent in Arthur Acy Rouner, pastor of the that prrc1slon In architectural design though .a nd progressive !n act, he ohurch, and the eclifice was practically m:d~ tha~ familiarity \~Ith financial afknew that 'while we may not live in or lfllled with parishioners and admirers f ir, ,,luch rnobled him years later to by the past we do Jive because •o! tbe of the late Dr. Thayer. Many dis tin.. drn w plans for the improvement o! past.' Gifted with a k.een historic guished people from various parts of your cl'.urch pr?perty and to advice sense, he realized that 'life is but a New England \w•rc present to pay ~oncernmg the mvestment and adminlarger -stage whereon -each generation tribute to the memory of one who was isl ration of church funds. plays its part or well or ill, Iateful 'for so generally h,•loved and admired. '"lo wonder either that he early acages yet to be.' Because O• hlS in'terest· Following th,• opening of the service qulrrc\ that dr'ight in gMdening which\ in history he looked with especial favand the scrip! 1ll'C 1eacling and prnyer culminated In the exquisite flowers or upon a, call which came to in th of consecration. the beautiful tablet nt have so long graced the Dublin 1890 from a committee, of which one 11Vas m1veiled by Mrs. Dorothy Thayer hillside. Wi h his father, who was for member is with us this wornlng, to beGreene of New Britain, Conn., daugh- ma~y years first selectman, young I come minister ·of an old and honored t.er of Mr. Thayer. The tablet was Lucius often went to town meetings, chur<:h In this historic city by - the designed and erected by Mr. Addison th us early bf'"Omlng Interested in civic Piscataqua. of the McGovern Granile company of affairs. "Following a summer · abroad, . while Hartford, . Conn., and is a perfect e.·"In his poem 'Voices', Dr. Thayer the church renovated this sanctuary, o.mple of such memorial art. wrote of an olcl year that 'Revealed in mapng it fit for dignified worship and . Rev. Charles D. Kepner of Stra[[ord pain a purpose kind.' Frequently he Spring, Conn., who was assistant pas- urged upon those in difficulty, pain or , ~hurchly usefulness, the . new minister took up his abode here, pre3.Ched bis tor of the church during the last few sickness that God uses the ebbs as well first sermon In November and was inyea_rs of Dr . Thayer's ministry here, as the !low of the Ude, and that the stalled on the 28th of the following delivered an eloqJeut and Impressive house of grief as well as the house of January. dedication address. joy m::iy b~come a pl:i.ce of brother'\After his marriage on J,1ne 29, 1891.. Mr. Kepner spoke in p1rt as follows: hood• hll brought to Portsmouth tbe former 1 "On the second of November, 43 1-2 "In his own life that which at first Helen Chadwick Rand.. likewise of years ago, tile new minister of thi.s scemecl suffering and Joss proved ai westneld, a graduate of Smith -College church preached his first sermon on lasting benefit to him and to those who and a founder 'Of the first college set~,he text found in II. Corinthians, 6: 1: h~ve benefit led from his ministry. t,emen in America. Gifted with n.re ' We then, ns workers together with SicknP~s made him abandon Amherst 1 executive .i.bility, initiative and devo?od." Twenty-five years later, hav- Collegr temporarily and sent him for 25 tion, she ha.; shared with him continumg become your beloved pastor, he months across the high seas as superously in the1 fruitful task of building sounded the same text as the keynote cnrg-0 of tlie clipper ship Lucy s. this churr.h, with your splendid co-opof the life of the church during the in- Wills. eratlon, into a powerful instrument o! · tervening years. Today his heroic "From contemplation and study he the Kingdom ,of God, spirit, ever present in this community, plµn ged into the rough world of Indus"A minister, well equlpped .splrltuallY calls for the smne text as the explana- try, spending two ye:us with the and intellectually, a people of historic tion of the achievements of thls trinity Franklin Fo ,indry and Machine Combackgrounds and present ambitions; o! worlc and fellowship: You nnd he, pany of Providence, R. I. At work working together with a O<>d who is working together with God. and In thr company boarding house he -creative Love, what glorious possibili"Young LJclus Harrison Thayer, gained an llllderstanding o! industrial ties the unknOwn future ha-s held in born in ~ commodious home of conditions and the life o! the workers store tor you, and how well many of Westfield, Mass., on Nov. 28, 1857, and that social conscience which led had a head start in life over most of his him to write many years later in his less fortunate fellows, but the lead pastoral letter: 'Let us see to it that conditions o! employment comport with the justice and 1·lghteousness of ET f DICAT I YE • press•v erday all! s o eld Yes- ongrega- nal II re I blm I I ! �-these poss1blliiies -ha.ve been realized. ".ru. a preacher Dr. Thayer 'never I orated. He was not 'One-'01'. those -over--! I , powering ,;peakers who seek to ham;ij mer the trJth into sluggish minds Umight of ~I~ and gesture, or to awaken indifferent listeners by start- J · Ung or -dazzling statements. He spoke I quieUy, but with oonvict!on, -obtaining 1)0Wer not through external 1irewor'ks but. through the substance of his ~ching. His supremely lmpt>rtant messages wexe for those who were ready -to listen wlth alert minds. Re did not scare people lnto being good, but. attracted. them through the charm of his expression, . the truth 1 }',').µch he proclaimed and his own 1ri~dly and self-sacrificing spirit. :•Iils- preaching was in line with hls st~te~nent 'that Christian thinking has aba)'ldoned not a few ancient statements of theology, and learned to ex- f press itself 1n terms or the fatherhood 1' of God and the brotherhood of all , God's children.' Helievlni; in God as Father he held that 'every soul is of absolute value' both in this life and In the lile to come.' 'God has not made sons to destroy them,' he has said. 'The supreme effort of Creative Love is not tor the scrap heap.' Dr. 'rh::i.yer has mentioned the case of a devoted father who would not abandon a slnful son and who. from his own yearning for ·-0ne who seemed. lost came to believe .that the- God 'and Father of us all can _not be less forgiving. "Thus he who was veritably the father of this chJrch 'trusted God's love to dra.w out the spiritual possibility in every man, to destroy evil and eventually to recover all souls to Hlm~f.' )'Di'. 'rhayer was preeminently a 'pastor, a shepherd of his people. Among the large number of letters which were · wtitten spontaneously after bis passing, many bore witness the help o! his ministry to individs 1n meeting personal - problems. e of his former church children · te from a neighboring ,state of the sonal loss of a great friend and counsellor. He was the most remarka1>le man whom I have eYer known. I respected, admired and loved him as I ha.ve no other. His study in the old home on State -street in Portsmouth was- always open to me and all my school problems when I was troubled and wearied with the cires of youth, The house was a real house by the side of. the road, as his framed ,motto suggested. One wonders of the thousands who, in distress o! mind and body, have crossed the threshold of that room, and who left I comforted, cheered and reUeved of their burdens by the !a.irness ~d sanity of his advice.' · . "Both in the parsonage and in innumerable homes or· this city he cheered the faint-hearted, spoke firmly to the cowardly and selfish, and ·Jntangled snarls of .J)ersonal, family and community difficulties. Sympathetic understanding loosened and understanding humor cut manJ a gordian knot of human maladjustment. Leaders of church and state, locally and nationally, turned .to him for guidance and inspiration. One of you . who is a.ctlve in service to Individuals and thll by I communit} has written: 'I would Uke to set down here· my ftrm oonvict!on that he was the wisest man whom I have ever known.' "This beloved pastor lifted burdens sometimes by secret material aid• sometimes by faith-bu!lding words: and sometimes, to quote a former act', i ve chureh member, by "that sort of un- I <len;tand!ng which 1s realized without expression.• During recent yea.rs when his \isit... into your homes were of necessity curtailed, he was represented in ma.o,y homes where there were pressing human needs by your· faithful • parish visitor. "One W<mders how one o! Dr. Thayer's sympathetic nature was able to officiate with courage-giving power at over 1059 funerals, many of them of friends whom he had known and loved. In tact, neu the end, this -strain upon his strength and affections was very grave. "Was it tha~ for this act or supreme devotion and stress he found strength from the unseen .One with whom you and he labored during these 38 eventful years? "Six hundred an<l seventy-eight COJples, anticipating the joys of lite together, flocked to qim for churchly benediction, which Le gladly 'gave. But with it he also gave wise counsel for which many were grateful at th~ time and others when they faced the real tests of llfe later on. ''The deluge of mess1ges which after his death poured in from persons of prominence and humble walks of live all over the world testifies to the widespread admiration for the 'graclotl8, modest, strong soul' whom so many greatly loved. In his last sermon to you, Dr. Thayer said of your spiritual· fellowship together: 'For what the spirit of the Eternal has brought together nor time, nor change, nor any other thing can put asunder.' " This was followed by the prayer or dedication by Rev. Theodore Ainsworth Greene of New Britain son-inlaw of Dr. Thayer. ' The prayer was as follows: "O God, who art the strength ot Thy Saints in all ages, and who redeemest the souls of Thy servants; we bless Thy name for all those who have died in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, and who are now at rest from their labors, having received the end of their faith-even the salvation of their souls. · "The memories of years that are passed are all about us here in this old church, Our Father, and they make us exceeding glad in om· hearts that one-whose memory we are gathered here to honor-we were permitted to know and to lo\'e and to call our friend. Even as we dedicate this memorial to him, our hearts are filled with gratitude today for everything that he did and everything that he was to us in this place. as the pastor of this church, as the faithful Shepherd of these sheep, and as the Christian citizen alert and at work in the world. "We would give thanks to Thee Our Father, -for the lnherit:mce and convictions of the New England home ifito which he was born; for all the Godly influences that shaped his early l lj I l years-in school-in college-on his journeys over sea and land; for his dedication of himself to the service of Christ thru the ChUich; tor the high visions of his calling that came to him in, Seminary days, where he 1, formed those life-long habits of study, which made him l!kew;se a man of wisdom and knowledge. "We remember now with {;Tatitude the careful preparation that he gave to his messages from this pulpit; and the patient personal giving of his best to men, women and children In this parish, who have been led by ills minisu·y Into the Christian way or life and built up in faith and hope a."ld love. '·Bcca use all or us gathered here think or him 1\5 indeed a Man of God, we prnhe Thee that his inner life was fed from springs that had the'.r b0\1rccs in the e\·erlasting hills, i,o that we and all men with whom he came in contact must believe that for w; al~o there can be springs or spiritual p()wer in the s~cret place of thy prc:;enc·~ . "We would remember, too, in grati:7 tnde Thy .guidance-made real unto l him-and unto us-thru the long yeara of his pilgrimage. Thoa didst lead him all his days in ways of righteousness and peace, and didst bring blm at lai,1; with a high heart and a wUling spirit thru all the trials and vlcissi1 tudes of his life. "We recall today with thankfulness Our Father, all his quiet, earnest: friendly, modest ways or ser\'iug Thee and his fellowmen; bis loyalty to all who were bound to him by ties of earthly kinship and affection; his love of his family; his devotion to his wife · and their children; his abiding pleasure in standing faithfully by his friends and relatives thru the advancing years and in all the tides oi change 0J1d circumstance. "We are mindful-as we bow here in this church that he served so long and loved so deeply-m1!1dful of his watchful care for all the things of Thy house; mindful likewise of lm unflag-ging zeal in all matters pertaining to the fuller life of th.is city-his interest in the education of its youth, ln the care of its sick and its needyand of that becoming jealousy with which he guarded the fair name o! this city and its history ln the state and the nation. "We pray Thee, 0 God, to sustain and strengthen these his dear onesas they seek here and elsewhere 111 their repective labors to continue loyal to his faith and to cru:ry on as good soldiers of Jesus Cllr!st for his sake. "Be with all of us-we beseech Thee -who have been his friends, and consecrate us here today more fully to our tasks by U1e memory of his devotion and his life. Ralse up-0 Godin this day and generation-more ministers of like devotion t.o Thy church, ns self-empUed and self-spending, as broad in .sympathy, as considerate and 1 kindly in spirit, as stalwart in moral courage, and as industrious in the work assigned to them. · "O make bright again today~ur Father-our memories of this our friend, who has gone home to Thee l I l l I - 'I �and teach us all what lt means to re-1 Joice again ln the remembrance of his witness to the etenial values, and of his allegiance to the Kingdom of God I on eo.rth. "May this memorial be for us today 1 not merely beautiful words chiselled in cold marble and gilded o'er, but rather the visible symbol of his living 'faith, an ever-present reminder (while we Uve) of him who walked iunong us once, the friend of Chrli;t and the friend of all. Looking upon t11is tablet, may we come to unclerslancl that as he walked ,so 1\"e too may walkuntil someday-in Thy gracious providence, '\';e may meet him in the everlasting life. Hear us now-and blei;s us all-as 1n Christ's name imd for His sake we dedicate this symbol of nur friend's life and service, and to Thee be all the glory, 'l\·orld '\',it.hout end. Amen. This WIIS followed by the hymn "The Chnrl'h of God Is Stablished", and the benediction was pronounced by Rev. Hobert G. Armstrong, ~ecretary of the New H<i.mpsh!re CongregationalChristian Conference. 1 ) The Choral Amen by the adult and young ~-eople's choirs, under the dlrec- 1 tion or Ernest L. Cook, and the post. lude by the organist, Leon A. Robinson, ' comcluded the service. I l PLAN '·T 11A. E 'lllRAWl ·Gs OF OLD uo·usES Tho11e who 101,e the old-f'ashloned hulldlnga of PortsmoJtll are hoping that the HL~torio Amerie11,n BulldlngrJ 13unrel' proposed lJy the Department of the Interior goe.~ through. Thia was brought out a!! C W A i}roject and New Hampshire! omes under Dlsttlct No. 1, which also include~ M lne and Vermont. John Howard Stevens of Portland, Me., I! d1strict otflr.'!r and when Interviewed stated th:.t thP. intention waa to mea.;ure thP structure:, and tl1en have pen and ink drawing. made on uniform sheets of paper, alt of which will be filed cventu, .us, with the Congressional Library in Washington, to-gether with photograph.~ of the buildings and t\ list givm~ a short history .oe each 1Jui!dlng. · The t\dvisory commttte,•. of which Prof Eric T. Hudr'l .ston of thi:l University of New HamIJ&htt the only member from this state pprovcs th list of projects and then f.l.1e 0,rchltcct.; and architecturnl d raftsl,trn draw the plans. This W9'1 ~dvonced tlrimarlly as t\ meanz of giving ssistance to the architectural profP,,sion, which has been hard hit hv •:<!sting conditions. With the coming of the depres,lon architects immediately felt the r"sults financially and there ls a great need for those in tho t prol:e3,lon 'finding employment. of appearance these buildings an(l Th men for this work were to .be setheir surrom1dlngs. This is the purcured from the rolls of t he O W A, ten pose ol: the Historic Arnerlcan Buildt.o be put to work from the entire st:-ite Ho vever, before the application coJld ings Survey. '·The hulldings cot.,Uered have been be t ade he order terminating the 0 Vv A worl: was gtveu. An effort is selected for measurmg and photographlug in the approximate order of uow being made to 1"1ave the , states tak~ ver t he H . B. S. (Hi9tol'lcal their historic and architectural imAm••r t,:an 3uilding., Survey). Vcrportance in their district. The record ts made as a form of insurance against 111011t wn, •nable to do .tlus, but loss of data through future destr.iotlon, whPr,lu~r this s.alt! l)r Maine can do so i. i' •r und termined Also there is the and also as a contributiot to the study i;os~abilit,1 t hat th_ .F E. R. . (Fedof ·historic architecture." eni l Emergency R~ltef Admini trat1011) Of course Portsmouth has many hism J 1, Lfl k•• over this project, followlug toric bulldings and undoubtedly each t,h•• r:lo, ing of the C W A on March 29, person asked to make a list of seven of to g1v :iur:h arch1r, cts and archltcctl10 many to be selected would make a tm •1\ tlr3ftsmen as '.Lr in ctual need different list, but there were many things to be considered when Profesr,on••' mployment. Mr. :=;t,,,ven'I : I.at d. - "Portsmoutt;i. sor Huddleston made ' the selections, prohollly has mor example~ of good among them bel~g t~e . . his'torlo and colo11L,1,I '1.rchitccture per acre than BnY architectural importa~ce. otlH'r Joclllty... The list of bulldlugs reeommended for attention in this city am a,q follows: Old Custom!l House, Jart:son House, Puhllc Library, Athenae11m, warner House, St. John's ChULch and Tobi s Lear House. [n addition to th local structures, 1.he Grn John S..illivan House, the To11 n Hall and the Burnh m Hou e In Durham, and th Gilman GJrri,;01\ • nd the Ladd G\lm n House t E'<eter were also recommended. For the entire district there were 218 pi·oject..s. · Should this project be approved and worlc r,t, rted it would be one of the fiMst t,hings for hlstorlo Portsmouth. 'rt1r ex'\ct 111easurements will be forevet prP- ervcd and should anything bn.[tpen that any of the historical buildings were destroyed m- dam::tged tlvi measurements would be on hand !lrnl a duplicate of the ntire building could be constructed, or '.lny room du-. p1ir, ted. ::iecretary Harold Ickes of the Interior, ln speaking o! the importance of tho Ilhl-0rlo Bullding Survey in our !ICh mP. for conservation or national resources sald: "The Historic American n.,lldlngs Survey is important st~p forward in the conservutlon of our national historic resource3. The type o! shelter devised by manldud in every age and clmui,te !I! an expression of the life of the people. In the United States, thll adol.JP. hut, the cliff d•1•ell1ng o! the agricultural Indian, the tepee or the nomad, the log cabin of the pioneer, the cottDge, the farmhouse in the co11ntry, the city dwelllng, each exprr. :;~s eloquently the CJlture and mod" of Ufe o! tho ongin I tenant or owner. "The churches nd mi,sio1 J or the Fr'\nciscan and Jesuits of the South anrl West, the churche of the Russi11 u 111 Alaska, the meeting houses or tll" Puritans in the East ond Middle WI'.' ,i;, tlv~ colleges, h<X'lp1tals, mill&, war,'hm.1.~es, shops and other buildings us, cl in the community 3 ll belong to a cltn r,t.er ot'. the N tion's history. UnfL>rt ,natP,ly, larg pa1 t of ou.r e!lrly A1111•nca11 urchitecture ll:i-J di ·op1lCarad It ,, inevitable thl\t t he majorlt/ of str11dures wlll at some time outlive tlw,r ultimate usefulnes.~. And it 1s a1l•1•1ttedly lmpractlcah'.•• to preserve ~ ll buildings or sites a~sociated with ,,,.nts or incontcsrable '.,istorlo impunance. • r~ ta pos.~ibl>:. howevrr, to record in a o raphic manner and by photo! g1:• •1hy, before it is too l.i. te, the exact an - i3 �Congregational Conference and of th New Hampshire Home M~sslo1 Society. From 1895 until 1929 he served as a member of the Board o! Instruction and was a very valuable member of that body, taking as he did a .great interest in the welfare of the children of the city. , Dr. Thayer resigned as pastor ,of the North church in June, 1928, much to the regret not only of his paristiioners t but of the community at large, after completing 38 years as_ pastor of this church, and doing a vast amount ~ good in many ways. ....:;.---Since retiring Dr. Thayer had pas, sed his time at Newton Center, Mass~ and aL his summer esta.te at Dublm. Besides his wife, who was .Miss Releu C. Rand of Westfield, Nass~ be is survived by one da~ter. Mrs. Helen C. Greene, wife of Rev. 'Theodore Greene of New Britain, Conn.; two sons, Lu- , cius Ellsworth Thayer and Herman R, Thayer, both of Boston; two brothers. William F. Thayer of Somervll1e, Mass. and Charles S. Thayer of Hartfar,cl, Conn., and one sister, Miss Mary 1 Thayer of Westfield, Mass. The funeral will be held at Dublin tomorrow at 12 o'clock <Da_yUght Saving Time.) _ __ _ _ ~o&~ 1~~&• ~ ~"'t. H. THAYER, D. D. No greater shock has come to this Dr. Thayer was a native of Wesf.commun!ty in many years than the field, Mass., where he was born on ad news that .was <flashed over the Nov. 23, 1857, the son of Lucius F. and wires from Dublln, N. H., announcing Martha (Harrison) Thayer. He re-1 the sudden death of Rev. Lucius H. ceived his early education in that-town Thayer, D; D., .- whb: for · 38 years was and then attended .Amherst College, . pastor of the North Congregational gra'duating in 1882 with the degree or Church. He" was here the past week A. B, ~ppare~t~y in , . vigo;?P~ . health . ·and 1 : Fb/ t;,,o · years _he w~s con~ected with participated in the aedicatory exercis- 1the Franklin . Foundry ancl Machine I I es ·of the New Junior H:gh Schoo( whicq was one of· ,hls llfes ambitions and he said in opening his remarks: _"My dream has . come t'!'ue." The .news o! his death Sunday came most unexpe~tedly. In· fact to his Intimates he confided that he had not felt so well · for some time. No one did more good In the communlty than di5l Dr. Thayer. His interest in all matters o! real civic advancement was ever great and during his long service on the Board o! Instruction he accomplished much of last!ng ,good for the schools and the children of this city. He ever extended a helping hand to_those who ·were less fortunate and was loved by hundreds for his generosity and understanding towards all who asked hi.s aid and the great many to ,whom tie.Tgave unsol~ cited assistance. _ __ _ ___ co., at Pr~vidence, R. I., later engaging in teaching and reading ·1aw. In 1885 .he entered the divinity school of Yale University from which he graduated with honors. , 1 · In 1890 Dr. Thayer received a call to the pastorate of the North Congregat1onal Church in this city. He was ordained ~and installed as pastor on Jan. 28, ·1891. This was his only :pastorate. In ·1909 he was awarded the degree of 1 Doctor o! Divinity at Dartmouth Colleg~; / In 1908 Dr, Thayer became a member o! the prudential committee of the American Board of commissiont>rs of Foreign Missions. For a number of years he was chairman of the board, retiring from that office four years ago. He was also active In the work of the' Seaman's Friend Soc\ety of Boston'. -He served for a number of years as president of the New Hampshire ,qi\ �Paul Revere's Portsmouth Ride Eclipsed His Lexington Attempt Page the debunker~. who sniff on Patriots' Day and ~calhln"ly announce that Paul Revere's best riding to Lcxington was donr In the porm of Longfellow, who mistakenly made Revere the hero courier at the expense or his colleague, Dawes, by whom the alarm was the more effectively spread, In actual focl. Paul Revere reallv was nn asset In or ganizing the Revolt1lion, h_,. the aid of brilliant warn-ancl-run riclln<r, accorclini; to Professor Robert Moocly o( Boston University. But it wa,, a dnsh to Portsmouth, N. H., rather than lo Lexinl?lon, in which Revere 11ualiflcd as a courier responsi ble tor big rcwlllf on behalf of the Revolution. This was four months before Lexington. The Boston Commllle{) or Safety, headed by Sam AclnmH, cliseoverecl that a large detachment cC British soldiers wa s to be orclPrecl tn Porl~mouth. There, they would complt?tely garri~on Fort '\Vil!lam and Mary. 1'hi8 Brltlslt ~lrongholll was being hclcl by a ~kelcton i;arrison of five, as a symbol or royal <ltnninion. But the Boston comm!Ltc wns informed that tho garri~on about lo march in would find the fort well proYiclt'cl wilh ammunition, with extra small nrnrn, lo boot. Revere Wa!! clespal!'hecl hy Adams to warn the Porl!!mnuth Committee of Safety to do something. The weather and roads offered prrtty harl going, and the British were gPtting watchful, but Revere made a. fast rltlc under the cir• cumstances. It appears that the Portsmouth Comm!tlee of Saff'ly w:i.~ !n<'linccl lo dc-lil>crate. While they C'ngagecl themselves in Jle,!ibilntinll', tb, l~a.l · 0 ~rui went into action . They swooped down on Fort \\"illlam and Mnry. There were four hi?ollrecl or lht'm, and when they ~~kNl Ca1~laln John Cochran and his garuson of fl\·e to Mlll"l"ender, they got what :hey as!rn<I . The British were tied up. ,tnd !hC'1r colors struck. An arsenal inspec-lion was then conductecl by the Sons o~ J,iiJC'rLy, who delightedly removed mnol~•-sevf'n kC'gs of powder and a pret.ty good supply of small. arms. . But the full re11ult of Revere's ride to Po,·li,;mo_uth, Dec. 4, 1774, was to hang 11re until two months after Lexington '.rhe BoRtnn Committee of Safety ordered the seizurn an,l forliflcatlon of Breed's Hlll in harlC'slown. Plenty of manpower tnrncrl 0111 for lhat Job, and to remain ancl ga1Ti ~"n lh!' breastworks. But there was a pillf11l supply of ammunition. It look!'cl as if clubbed nintlocks and pitchforks woul<l have lo be heavily relied on. Then, nenking- ove1· the sixty miles of roa<l from Durham, N. II., came an ox cart tlrn t put another face on the fortunes of the d!'frnclers of Breecl's Hlll. There wnH a SPCt·et arsenal at Durham, containing- tho munitions captured al Fort \,Villiam nm! lllary. The ox cart had been lonclccl there, and John DemCT• ritt wns ch·i\·ing it to Charlestown. When tJ1inp; Jnnlcecl pretty ineffectual to the Breecl's llill gnrri!!on, the powder brought by John I >emrrritt was served out. In a manner of speaking, Paul Rev.-ire, by his ri,le• lo Portsmouth, helped to make th" "Dalt!<' of Bunker Hill" one of the 111ost vi ctorious defeat.-, In history -a triumphant lest or the military quallLies or lh<' Colonlnl volnntC'ers in a.n op'?n ba.tll<'. r~fhPt· Lhan a skirmish, ,Yith pf. I..ibert~ Brit~h regulars. · l & .L. lL ,,.~ \.,-..,~!,_,...._..,... ""-'-\r , C\.I,, • 1'\ - -~ -I • :,- · ~~OV\ ~ ° ' M A ~ . ~ THEREOF PAU EVE E TO PORT MOUTH A very commendable improvement is the repainting or the interesting signboards that mark the route or Paul Revere's ride. Regaru:ng the rides of Paul Revere the Boston Transcript has the following article. "Page the debunkers who sniff o~ Patriots' Day and scathingly announce that Paul Revere's best riding to Lexington was done In the poem or Longfellow, who mistakenly made Revere the hero courier at the expense o! his colleague, Dawes , bv whom tho alarm was the more effrclively spread, 1 actual fact. "Paul Revere really wns an asset in organizing the Revolution, by the aid of brilliant warn-and-run riding, according to Prof. Robert Moody o! Boston University. But It was a dash to Por tsmouth, N. H., rather than to Lexington, in which Revere qualified as a courier r espon ible for big results on beha!C of the Revolution. This was four months before Lexington. "The Boston Committee of Safety, headed by Sam Adams, discovered that a large detachment or Brtt\Sh soldiers was to be ordered to Portsmouth. There, they would completely ·garrison Fort William and Mary. This British \C\·\~'3~ stronghold was being held by 11, skelf.ton garrison of five, as a symbol o! royal dominion . But the Boston commitlee was infocmeo that the garrison about to march in would find the fort well provided with ammunition, with ex.,tra small arm~. to boot. "Revere was dispatched by Adams to warn the Portsmouth Committee Safety to do something. The we1ther and roads offered pretty bad going, and the Brit! h were getting watchful, but Revere made a fast ride ·.1.nder the circumstances . "It appears th t the Portsmouth Committee of Srifety was inclined lo deliberate. While they engaged themselves in dclibcr, ting, the local Sons of Liberty went into action. Th~:y swooped down on Fort William and Mary. There were four hundred of thrm nnd when they asked Captain John Cochmn ·rnd his garrison of five to s urrender, thPy got what they asked. The Brilish were tied up, and their colors struck, An arsenal inspection was then conducted by the Sons of Liberty, who delightedly removed 9'( kegs of po,--,der and a pretty goon supply o! small arm'l . "But the full result of Rever~•s ride to Portsmouth, Dec. 4, 1774, was to hang fire until two months a"ft 0 ,· Lexington. The Boston Commit"c'? or Safety ordered the seizure and IorUflcation o! Breed's Hill 1n Charle~town. Plenty or manpower turned out fpr that job, and to remain and garrison the breastwork,. But 't here was a pitiful s.,pply of a.mmun'ttion, It looked a., If cluhbed flintlocks and pitchforks woulct have · to be heavily relied on. or "Then, creaking over the sixty miles of road from Durham, N. H., came an ox-cart that put another face on the fortunes of the defenders of Breed's Hill. There was a secret arsenal at Durham, containing. the_· munitions captured at Fort William and Mary. The ox-cart had been loaded then~ and Captain John "Demerritt was driving it to Charlestown. When things looked pretty ineffectual to · the Breed's Hill garrison, the' powder brought by John Demerritt was servci out. "In a manner of speaking, Paul Revere, by his ride to Portsmouth, helped to make the 'Battle of Bunker Hill' one of the most victorious defeats 1n history.:._a triumphant test of the military qualities of the Colonial volunteers In an open battle, rather than skirmish, with British regulars." r~m~ \\JU\,~ l ~ ~ \1.. \ <\':> '-\ �I In 1780 neighbor Fernald found the eight-inch trunk a substantial hitch°lng post whlle he dropped in to discuss the , latest victory of Captain Jones over !' a certain "Berapis". It was a fine goal for hide and seek, . nine inches thick and thirty feet tall, when the children were interrupted II). their play to hear about the surrender of a General Cornwalli.; at some place down In I THE OLD TREE The massive and venerable .elm that stood over the old Dennett farmhouse at Kittery hM been felled. It was 175 years old •. In 1758 John Dennett, 3rd, took the tiny seedling out of his pocket and planted it ten feet from the corner of his home. The stump now stands five feet thick and the felled remains .stretched 60 feet on the ground and'welgbed &even and a half As the · se.w cut laid bare the secret record of this old tree's swelling trunk, the weavillg lines of its annJai rings retrace· history nearly two centJrles. When this giant first shot up its slendei: stem the country was a crown colony under a. new and young king, George. m. ·George Washington was 26 and o!f'on 11, mission to the Ohio country for the colony of Virginia. William Pepperell was just fitting out for his expedition to Louisburg. Ben Franklin had recently demonstrated his famous kite and key experiment. Horatio Nelson was a newborn babe, Marie Antoinette was a. little girl of three, -~a :Mozart was a toddler of two years. nr. -Samuel Johnson's new dictionary had Just come off the press, and be had just written a new book called "Rasselas." Oliver Goldsmith was 30 and had seven years to go before be would produce the "Vicar of Wakefield." Joshua Reynolds was a oong pa1ntet -doing portraits in his studio in Liecester Square. All cloth wa.s still the prodJct of hand labor. Tbe tree's -early growth was concurrent with the $truggle of the British against the Prench of the colonies to the. north. By 1760 the young stalk was the size-oJ.a broom handle, Quebec fell and the French lost Canada forever. It was a two-inch sapling before the war (French and indinn) was over and the British dominant from north to l!Outh. It was rounding up into a small tbree--inch tree when the Stamp Act. was passed, 1765, and had put on two more rings by the time George III. put the troublesome tax on tea. It waas a stur<lY young hitching post four inches tbick and twenty feet high by the .ttma Napoleon Bonaparte first ~w ·the light of day. • When 1t·stood 1;1i inches through the butt, l'l'i3, members o! the fa.m11Y standing in the shade of It.a low bra.nches heard tales of a party of desperate colonists who threw some of His Majesty's tea into Boston Harbor. A graceful seven-inch shaft held a swaying busk of shade over the -Mistress Dennett of that day as she listened to sUmng reports of bloodshed on Bunker Hill, 1775, a.nd later, the same year.of.the bold paper of Mr. Jefferson, and the patriots at Phlladelphla, ~alled the Declaration of Independence. By 17'i7 the lower llmbs were strong and convenient enough to support the yo,mgsters who liked to swing while· the· women knit socks for the poor soldiers- encamped at Valley Forget!.:·. - - - ~ - - - - - ~ - - tons. I Virginia. Seven generations of the Dennett I family lived under this old tree, and the old house, built In 1710, ls still habitable today, trussed up by the original handhewn log walls, whose sturdy design was dictated not by aesthetic taste, but by a healthy respect for the penetrating power of an Indian's arrow and his new found friend, the flintlock. The growth Qf the tree further would be too obvious to relate; rapidly until it reached a thickness of two feet, abo;it the time of Waterloo, 1814, then more slowly until it reached a ripe maturity around the period of the American Civil War, 1864, then a strong elm, three feet thick and standing 55 ' feet. By the beginning of this century its growth had shrunk to the minimum. The demands of the heavy llmbs aloft seemed to be too great for the trunk to supply. The upper portion of the tree lost its youthful defiance of the stift norwesters and took a wavering uncertainty even In the face of trifllng breezes. This was the unmistakable sign of weakness and dissolution and the trunk was felled to prevent !ts destruction by the very elements that brought It into sturdy existence. I . RALPH E. DENNET!', 3 Armory Way, Kittery, Me. April 14. p~~ -\\-a.n.~J... ~ \.~-,~~I.le U e., V'\ V'\ ~~ \ \-n ~ V e. e.. ~ry' :rn e.. �_\.c.~g ~?Y"\ 'i' LANGDON PARK W·.AS DEDICATED /58 YEARS AGO L:rngdon Park, the fir'>t public park in the city or Portsmouth, was dedicated. 58 ~rcat'S ogo tlus week with' suitable cxerci~P~. At that time many younc: trees were planted and in the years that have followed, have pl'ovided inviting silo.de for vlsitors lo this recreation spot In 1867 John Langdon Elwyn ga·ve about five acres of land. lying on t11e soutli · side or the South Mill Pond to trustees for a publlc park, to be laid out at such time they cared 't o do so. Langdon Park Assn, was formed in 1875 and organized in 1876 with Fratik W. Mtner El.'> chairm3n, who was ene1·getic in securing a.nd planting ovh 6-00· trees. I f The dedication d'3,\f of the park was 1 an eventful one m Port~mouth and included a procession :md program of exercises fitting for the occasion. C<\1. William H. Sides aclert o.<; marshal in the procession with the Knights of Pythias, Rebekah Lodge. Kearsarge Mills operatives ond officers accoinpanied by a band. The City Gunds, Capt. Haddock, for 0 ,,r;ort and Harlow's Marine Bnnd h,,,,cted the pn;cess1on w!1ich played for the paraclr to the park. Aftet· the opcninr:: selection by the band Fred W. Miller, chairman of the board, invited Rev. Dr. Alden, pastor of the Middle ·streeL Ba[)tist Church, who eil rnest ly and eloquently invoked th?. divin blessing on the exercises of th cfav. •1111 1 Lhe future of the park, Mr. Mi!IPr Lhen :iunounced that in accord:;incf' with ~he ~per,ial request; of Rev. l\lfred Elwyn that the trustees lu•d decided to chanPJe the 11 111 ftom Elwyn to Lan,1don Park an-rl under t hat name it was dedicated f,o tltP public use forver , nd the A111Pn<::At1 Flag was run 1m the masthead o.nd saluLrr! by the llghc rtlllery it clun ge of Capt. Marvm. whose field piP.ce., w re stationed Oil the hill IIC!ltby, Ex.-Gov. Ichahoj (i,)f)'lwin of New ampshlre and c,·. Dr Doniel 1\.usin in behalf of the trn ·t.ees, planted tree in front of the rePiewing stand a symbol of tl!,~ occasion. The forner Governor t'"ll.ted how he snvt"l the present IJ,'1' l.1[ul gt,)lllldS ill l!l:N fron becoming the I0r-ition of [Ill ·1rnuse111ent hoU," 011d prophesird. ~s 11 lso did Mr. A 1st m that a brid~•. 1I which has long heen hoped for w011!cl ba built acro<;S tile S'>uth Ponrl. Rev, James DeN•}rnwndie, p8sto,· of cfle Unitarian Ch•ll'r,h of this cit v M 1.ltat time, ave th,, dPd1c'1.tory actc'tre~s which was a11 iibl~ one '.ind fitting for the occasion, He snict in pri1t: "One of the first sent,•nce.~ Ill the old Latin reader is the true t11.11>b!l 11dman [)lant3 the trees, a berry of which he will never behold. We hPgin todny a work : whose chief · benefit after generations shall enjoy. We plant for posterity; I under the shade of these trees, our 1. •h ildren's children may rest and be fc\l'Jteful. Hhere 1s something in the <;teady and increasing growth of the forest for so many years, solemn and suggestive. , "There's one w y however, in which p\a.n lug or trees may become usef•tl 111 the lowest meaning, not only' useful b11t bcnefici11l, a means by setting out of s hade trees, nut and fruit trees, whose products shall be free to all. In 0111· parks, along our common highways for mfl.ny a mile, we might have mw.<; of trees growing wlth lmrctly any eost and fruit enough to supply all those who seldom have it abundantly, All literature !,<; full of the part the g- roves and forests have played in c1vililation. Among all trees, perhaps no one ha.<; served better or more freq11e11L purpose in literature or in the li(e of one native to our soil-let the pine find only an· edge of vertical precipice to cling to; it will nevertheless grow straight. It desires nothing but rightness; tall or short, it will be stralght; small or large, it will be round; ,softer than the bodies of I -ANNIVERSARY. OF ;ERECTION 0F 2ND 1 __.: LIBERTY POLE I other trees, though the struggle of life is harder, · I '·Let us rejoice then that we are able Lo have a park. Year by year letus do what we can to make it more 1 and more attractive as year by year. the silent force of nature carries · on the work we begin today. Let us bear in kindly nH'mory, him through whose pntriolic ancrstors and love for nature, and for preserving from traffic and ctestruction her growths, we have recril·rrl. lhi\ gift. Let us pay our tributr to tho5e who, with enthusiasm, energy and generosity, have made this clay's dedication -so successful, Here may Loilers find rest; meditators reverence; children a place for sport; youth for itll sentiment; age for ils reneclions. and may_ Almighty God gr~nL that the trees we plant today still be fresh when we have all faded when llle century comes around ma; shelter men and women better than w~ are, anrl see brighter days for our loved f ,,. t her land." Manr local people planted trers and Ille park dedicaLion day was · a memo1 able one. SHIELD ~~rks Independence Day this year the 110th anniversary of the . erection of the second •L iberty Pole, replacing the original which for 58 . yeati had flown the flags and emblems of freedom, 85 feet in height, on its top a large liberty cap surrounded by • 13r balls; above thl.s supported by an iron spike five feet · in length,, perched on a gl9pe; noble eagle traversµ1g with €he wlud. While 18 feet above the Liberty Brldge, on the pole ,that' day Was placed· the Liberty Shield, with'essed, by the ·fa.st thinning ranks ·of Revolutionary Patriots. : · . . , . _ , The shield after pne huriored and ten years reflects .the masterpiece of a craftsman. · ' · · ·· , · ~ 0 a .,___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _l"-_ A, �' OIL PAINTING IS PRESENTED TO LOCAL LODGE . At the Masonic Temple on Sunday afternoon a beautuul oil portrait of the late Fred Cotton Tucker, late treasurer· or st. John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & _A. M., of this city, was unveiled in the. presence of several hundred Masons, friends and prominent citizens of Portsmouth. . The portrait was the work of Harry M. B. Harlow and given by a group of Ma.sonic friends of this city and vicinity in recognition of Mr. Tucker's able work for the lodge in the purchase and erection of the new Masonic Temple and the deep friendship felt for him by the lodge members. The exercises. were ~st interesting. Words of welcome were extended to those presellt by Wor. Master Harold A. Marston. Rev. Harold W. Curtis, · pastor of the Middle Street · Baptist used during these numbers. A violin solo, "Berceaase", from "Joyclin", by Godard, followed, rendered by David Kushious. The presenta~ion of the portrait was II made by William B. Randall, who for many yea.rs has held the office of secretary of St. John's Lodge, a close 1 friend and associate of Mr. Tucker in the building of the Masonic Tem- i pie. Mr. Randall paid an excellent · tribute to Mr. Tucker, referring to his fine qualities of mind and heart, h is career as a Maso1;1 and his interest and painstaking work in overseeing the building and erection of the Masonic Temple; also in his charitable work, which he carried on in this city for I many years. . , The portrait was unveiled by Francis P. Tucker, son of the deceased, and accepted by Wor. Master Ha.told A. Marston in behalf of St. John"s Lodge. The solo, "One Fleeting Hour" was then sung by Ernest L. Cook, with violin accompaniment by David Kushious. "The Old Refrain", by Fritz _ Kreisler, was rendered on the violin by · Mr. Kushlous, and the benediction was pronounced by Rev. William Safford Jones, minister of the South Church (Unitarian) and a close friend of Mr. Tucker. The portrait will be h;.mg in the Masonic Home p1rlor, where other oil portraits are hung, having been given by friends to St. John's Lodge in memory of Benjamin F. Webster, Charles G. Pickering, Chandler Hayford and John Christie, all past masters of t111t lodge. The late Fred C. Tucker was one of the best known members of St. John's Lodge and had been an active worker for its interests. His fine qualities and brotherly spirit made liim held in admiration by his fellow lodge members and others of the Masonic fraternity. From 1916 to the time of his death he was tre1surer of St. John's Lod~e and had complete charge of the finances and the purchase of the social quarters and the erection of the Temple, He was worshipful master of st. John's Lodge In 1907 and 1908 and representative to the Grand Lodge in 1909, 1910 and 1911. He was chairman of the M3Sonic Relief Association and looked after Its charity work for many yelrs. Mr. Tucker was also active In Masonry. He was a past high priest of I I I By H. M. S. Harlow Painting of Portrait of the Late Fred C. Tucker · Church, gave the invocation, followed by a beautiful tenor solo, "The Hand of You," by Garrie Jacobs Bond, rendered I by Ernest L. Cook. Leon A. Robinson, organist of St. John's Lodge, rendered several appropriate organ selections, and special lighting effects were Washington Royal Arch Chapter, No. _3, and past thrice illustrious master of Davenport Gouncil, No. 5, Royal and Select Masters, also holding ;nembership in DeWitt Clinton Commandcry, Knights Templar, and the Ineffable Grand Lodge of Perfection, Grand Princes of Jerusalem, New Hampshire Chapter, Rose Croix and New Hampshire Consistory, 32nd degree, and· also Bektash Temple, Mystic Shrine. A large delegation was present at the exercises from the Portsmouth postoffice, where Mr. Tucker was superintendent of mails, as well as representatives from all branches of Masonry In which Mr. Tucker held membership. • \. �JUNE 30, 19q Burden, Philip I lofer and Mrs. Bella C. Landauer. The prints, which are a very attractive feature of the exhibition, are rro111 the rollntion o[ J\lrs. Landauer. The exhibi tion fro111 the opening day has attr:1rtcd a large 1111111lx:r o[ interested visitors. A. EowARO 1:.wnJN's latest volume of essays, "Derby Days and Other Adventures," will be publishtd Scpte111bi.:r 1st hy Little, Brown & Company. /\ facsimile reproduction, the exact size or the original, of a hithc:rto unpublishc:d no1clctte, "A Lea( From an Unopened Volume," in the manuscript of Charlotte Bronte, will accompany the new volume. Newton's new volume will contain sixteen essays, four sportive, six literary and six personal adventures while traveling. Mm,IBERS OF the outstanding book publishing clubs of the country have bern recrntly exchanging hooks so that the mrnihcrs or c:ach club could find opportunity to huy books from the lists of other clubs. This group has included the Grolier Club of New York; the Club of Odd Volumes, Boston; the Caxton Club, Chicago; the Carteret Book Club, Newark; the Book Club o( Texas, Dallas; and the Book Club o( California, San Francisco. Through this exchange of buying privileges collectors have been enabled to own examples o( finely printed editions produced in various parts of the country, and the wider distribution has proved of fin:incial benefit to the clubs themselves. GEORGE L. I L11rn1NG has wrillen for the Q11artcrly Nc11Js-Letter of the Boo!( C/11b of Califomia some notes 011 "The Origin o( California's First Printing Press." His findings agree with those o( Edward C. Kemble writing in the Sacramento Union in 1858 that Boston, not Mexico City, supplied the press and type. y;N SO!.IE ow NU~l8ERS of the Ncrv Jlampshire Gazette printed in Portsmouth in the later years o( the eighteenth century we find details o( a rental library o( those days as conducted by one Samuel Larkin. Mr. Larkin asked his subscribers to pay $2 a quarter, for which thL"y could take out two books at a time. Non subscribers were required to pay 4e a week for magazines or pamphlets, 8c a week for each duodecimo volume o( the size of a common testament or under, 12½c a week for each octavo volume, and 1Ge a week for each quarto volume. The announcement went on to stale: "Any book lost, abused, leaves (olded, written upon, or torn, must be paid for, and if it belong- to a set the whole must be taken and paid for, or reasonable compensation made. "Any person taking a book on loan and who may afterwards purchase or lose it must not only pay the price o( the book but the loan o( it up to the time of payment. "It shall be the endeavor of the proprietor to keep all such books as are interesting or entertaining and such as shall best suit the taste o( his readers. "To the assortment he now has, additions are daily being made and every new publication o( merit shall be procured as early as possible, and while he pledges himself that no exertions shall be wanting on his part to make his Library an agreeable repast to the lovers o( Literature, he flatters himself he shall meet with suitable encouragement to enable him to continue and increase it, with advantage to himself and satisfaction to his customers." Apparently the technique o( developing the rental library was much the same in the eighteenth century as it is now. From the same newspaper we learn that Mr. Larkin priced his imported books in shillings and pence and American books in dollars. John Melcher, the printer and editor of the Nerv Hampshire Gazette, was also a bookseller, and in one o( the advertisements in the paper he announced that he would exchange with other booksellers books which he printed, in sheets, unbound, for other books, a method of distribution and building stock similar to that which grew up in the very earliest days of printing. That the same bookseller was not averse to taking on side lines is indicated by the following advertisement taken from the Nerv Hampshire Gazette of March 24, 1795: ADVENTURERS ATTEND! $10,000 the prize /\ few tickets and quarters in the second class Harvard College lottery may be had at Samuel Larkin's Bookstore Market Street where the prizes may be had on demand Books and stationery as usual �··MAR ER CASTLE I:. ., Y. i • l I at rom:· Fort William· :'i-i ·.~la·ced 4t Fo.Qt ~ .~~-ii.~er,tr PoJe :. 4 'Members of the Sons of the Reva- \ lution ofi N~w York state, I now dedicate t.h!sl stone fl'om the Revolu)ionary I battleflel'if of. 'b~storiq F'ort Constitu- 1 tlon, New Hampshlre, to be a patriotic memo1i,al the Liberty Pole erected by you here in the City Hall park of 'the City or' New York. The effective services · of those New Hampsh ire patriots who won the first battle o! the Revolution should be forev er enshrined In the hearts of all loyal Americans. Let us honor their bravery ancl valiant service, and give thanhs !or the herltage,they have left to us. Let us be' ·•prepared to effectively follow their example." · • l Ooncqrd,,. ?u'ilr '. ,l,5,-,-Col. , Arthur M. Etly:ard!: Af Cpnt~opk, . a memb,er. Cl/the soctety of the Sons o! the Ameri_can 1'1-eivo~l).tlpn, 11nd na,iped _by ~ov. John g. :'o/lnap);,_ '1?1ursdar in City Ha11 Pllct.k, ff~..\'{ Yo~lj: City, r.epi;esen.ted Nl?w H ~ps~l~e ,tn F}ag Day_ex.ercises under he,, ~P,ices ~f . the ;Natiop;il society, 8. A. R. . For e-deral years the ooc.iety an- 1 nually !,.as dedicated a· battle marker '! from one of the 13 original states .and thfs iear gave honor ,to New Hampshire: ~e marker was placed at the foot of-jthe :IJberty pole, erected when the British evacuated the ground in 1783, Dedicated yesterday was. a stone taken from Fort William and Mary, inow Fort Constitution, at New Castle, \ \where occun:cd the first overt action \ .,against- Great Britain at the beginning of the American Revolution. In his speech yesterday, Colonel .Edwards said·: "This dedication ston~ j came from the field or the first bat- 1 tle:fleld of the American Revolution, :Fort Co,nst!tution, N. H.; where on a 1 :!og~ night; Dec. 14, 1774, four .months and five days before the battle o:! Lexington, a party of New Hampshire men under John Sullivan, later major general, and Jop.n Langdon, ·1a.ter- president of the United S~ates Senate, ,under President Washlngton, ' attacked the . British garrison at this place. After considerable firing · on both sides the British surrendered. Some o! the .Powder and guns were used latelt,at Bunker Hill, where Neiv HamP,Shire trooP5, my own patriot ancestors included, . ,dld the lion's 'share ot the fighting and saved the American army !rom ruin. In fact Granite State men did as much or lilOre to win the American Revolution as those of any other colony. "The reason for tl)is premier attack and victory was that Paul Re:vere of. Boston. sent information that Great Britain had forbidden the expartat1<>fl_- to ,America o! war material and thi+t ,~udden hostilities might happen,1 NH': ?ampshlre declared .her 1ndependen'ce of Great Britain t,y a state co~ti~Vf;ion six months be!ore the Con inental Congress in Philadelphla. t<'t lared'"our national indepen: dence., _ ___·_._,_ _ __ __ ,....,..___ I .. I • / �OSCAR LAG ,_ JS 95 T Beloved local nlan Observes Anniversary At Star Island An optimlst as of old and wiLh a heart filled wHh love for his fellowmen, "Uncle Oscar" LaighLon, one of the best known and loved men in this vicinity, today at1.ai11r<1 his 95th birthday anniversary at IloLcl Oceanic, Star Island, Isles of Shoals. The event will be well celrbrated at that resort this evening by lhe summer guests. About 200 are expcctrct for the week end, some of whom arc coming for Uncle Oscar's blrLhday. Among these will be Herbert Millrr of Winchester, Mass., who has the same birthday date as ,Uncle Oscar and who has celebrated I osc~u LAIGUTON tho event with him at the Shoals for ten years. · Ninety-five yl'nrs at the Shoals is a long time, but o~c 1r Laighton was but three months olr:l when, in October, 1839, his father, Hon. Thomas B. Lalghton, with his family. sailed out or Portsmouth harbor lo take up their abode at the Shoals, having secured the position or Jlghlkrrper at White Island. While everything had previously pointed to a distinguished C:\reer for Tl1omas B. Laighton, and he became a candldate for governor or the state, he was • defeated by what he considered ·.infair , methods. He immediately sold out his business In lhls city, gave up hu. interest in J>Olitlcs and went io the 1 Shoals, not again selling foot on the m!linland for some years. Oscar L:iighlon's boyhood was a happy one al the Shoals and like others of the family he found a strange charm about the picturesque islands, with the ever-present sound of the sea on every side and swept by every win_d that blew. His pl 1ymates were his sister, Celia, who became the famou~ and dlstlnguished writer or v~rse, ana his brother, Cedric. Their father l looked after their education and they Slumber- Song had unusual opportunity 'for' nature study. Not ·.intll 10 years of age did Let all thy troubles of today Oscar ever ~"e a horse and that was on r.1 In velvet darkness fade away, his fir. t visit to the mainland. II o, tired friend, as fades"the Ilght "Uncle Oscar" never tir<'s of talking Within this ·quiet-room tonight; or the islands and his retentive memory Sad thoughts, that border on despair, make,; him a most entertaining con- Will vanish in thy evening pr~yer, versationalist. He remembers, the With vain regrets that sometimes rise great gale in which the steamer Port- 1 To steal sweet slumber ~rom our eyes. land went down. Among his very early Extlng..1lsh with thy light all !ear; • · recollec;tions Is hearing his father tell Angels or friendliness are near o! a storm In 1839, when the brig Po- To guard thee, till the radiant d_awn cahontas. homeward bound from Spain, The night's dark curtain has withwas lost with all her cre.w. The family I drawn. . . at White Island was startled by the And the resplendent sun again heavy booming of guns. As the sound Is shining In thy window pane. r:rew ararer they saw the heavlly rolling hull of the large vessel driving by For 19 years Oscar Laighton passed lo destruction, toward the coast. , his winters at Hobkirk Inn, Camden, S. Oscar Laighton established a homq o. Last winter was the first- he ·ever in PorL~moulh several years ago and J passed in Portsmouth and was the the fine old house or colonial style coldest he ever remembered. He also where he resides, at 37 Franklin street, was saddened by the death of his was an early residence of Hon. John housekeeper, Miss Ella F. Adams, who Laighton, second mayor of Portsmouth had been associated with the Lalghton and for nnny years navy agent. Here family for 45 years. She was househis son, that much beloved poet, Al- keeper at Hotel Oceanio for a long brrL Lair{hl.on, was born Jan. 8, 1029. time and is much missed- this season. Thr roums of the house arc spacious The recent death of Mrs, Abby Johnand Lhe living room is most inviting son, a cousin, and associated with the will! its o!d-lime fireplace and books La!ghton family since childhood, also and picture· abound, showing the re- brought sadness. fined tastes of the occupant. In coDespite his years Mr. Lalghton, operation with his brother, Mr. Laigh- who has a good constitution, is in very ton wns engaged in the hotel business good health. He has no rheumatism at 1hr Shoals for many years, when and seems as active and alert as in past guests ramc there from ail parts of years. He ls as enthusiastic about his the countr.v, and he made friends with motorboat as in ' the past and takes I many dlsLinguished people_- . To his guests at the. hotel out daily to Duck visitors It will point 9ut pamtmgs from Island to ,see· the gulls, as thou&a,nds of the br .1sh of noted artists who came lo them congregate there, The youni the Shonts, a framed photogrnph of his people !eel he' is one of them, ~s h!-5 unlate gifted sister, Celia Thaxter, an- failing good nat..rre and his tales of other of his brother, Cedric, who died the Islands makes him a jolly comI in 1899, and a la.rge framed photograph panlon. . or the Unitarian Laymen's League That hls good health may contmue t.aken on the Hole! Oceanic piazza at , and his birthday celebration be a joyStar Island several years ago, In which ous one 1s the wish of his many friends : he is in the center on. the insistence or and 111 this the Herald Jo..1_"1.8 _ · __ the group. The old hotel clock at Appledore 65 years ago hangs on the wall of his liv-' ing room, another cherished possession, and kreplng as good time as of yore. Mr. Laighlon reads without glasses and his penmanship for one of his age i!I some-thing remarkable. He Is stlll inleresl<'d in astronomy, a study in which his father excelled. He has just finished reading the "History or the world", by Wells. Among his favorite books are'those of Joseph C. Lincoln. Mr. Laighton's book, "Ninety Ye1rs at the Shoals", written some years ago, ls still In demand as a gift book, and I1 [rw visitors at Star Island fall to carry \ home one as a souvenir. The tale or hi~ life at t.he· islands is written in a J way that int.crests young and old. Some I or Mrs. Thaxter's poems and others or his own are contained In the volume, which breathes a spirit o! happlnr.;s, written by one o! 90 years y,rho walks in the sunshine. But Mr. Lalghlon ha8 published other books previous to his latest volume, "Ninety Years at the Shoals", "Songs From Appledore" and "Songs and Sonnets" being little gems. one of his best verses was written only a year ago, entlLled "Slumber song," and is well worthy of a place In/ every room o! the hotel at Star Island. It ls ·· follows: t �enes Of Old ·rortsmmJth Are DeCJicted • I Exploration ln the Library of Congress. She is a member of many professional i:;ocictles, including the New York Society of Artists and the New York Water Color Club, being a former treasurer and long a member of the board of control of this sociey, the North Shore Artists Associatio·n of Glo.,cester, M1ss., and many others. She has been awarded many pr,zes and received honorable mention in many ·ihibits. She has an exhibition ln the Corcoran cademy, the Pennsylvania Academy, ~rcoks Museum· in Memphis, and other museums, and has had invlt.ations to exhibit in Buenos Aires and Rio de Jnneiro. She has a one-artist exhibit :on at the MacBeth G1llery ln New York City, Doll & Richards, Boston, and elsewhere. Among the works that are publicly owned ls one in this city, at the Portsmouth Public Library, entitled, ''Portsmouth From New Castle." Others publicly owned are ''Mt. Pelee m Eruption·•. at the Amer;can Museum of Nat.1ral History; "Old Days" at the George Washington Univnsity; "On a Southern ·Plantation", at Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga., and "In Paramanbo", a lithograph at the Library of Congress in Washingon. Many priv.1te collectors ha\'e some of her works. Iler studio is ·n New York City and her work- ls handled by the McBeth Gallery New York, Crown & Lowndes of NejV York, and Doll & Richards of Boston. Quite recently Mrs. Branigan completed some very important mural paintings in a large mansion in New Jersey. Before she began the murals she painted the objec~s on canvas. The .,nvas used came from the same contrn as those used for the spaces designed !or Radio City. The first mural on the left of the door as one enters the Dismukes residence is picturesque Bow street, showng the old warehouses with a sailing vessel in the background. In this picture is shown a dray cart drawn by two horses and the drayman on the cart. Climbing the hill is the Invariable sea1man which one immediately asso1elates with old Portsmouth as he rushes back to his ship. Around the corner 'of the room is a _painting of St. John's ChJrch, showing Chapel street and the rectory. Two ladies are shown ' taming from the church, also some women in a smart looking carriage. Following the two ladies on the sidewalk is a slave boy. \ Comln"' down the hill is shown the 1 warner House and this section also ~hows a picture of Peirce Island, while a small panel shows an ndjaceiit marsh. The fine o!d houses at the foot of State street are shown and \'ery picturesque is the unusual balustnde, the handsome lro11 balcony with a lyre design. There is a picture of the house itself, the attractive old Livermore house, with all its historic atmospi1ere. This painting shows the house as it originally stood on t.11e opposite side of I :,; m~ Murals at Livenpore H:: Portsmouth had during an entire began a study of various d"signs in oryear a famous artist as a resident, and der to obtain accuracy for the paintyet very few people knew her. The ings. artist was Mrs Gladys Branigan, who This week she finished one of the Iat one time resided 1n the historic Liv- . finest bits of painting ln this city. Iermore ' House on Livermore \ The walls of one of the upstairs chamstreet, now ,occupied by Rear bers in the Livermore house has now a ~dmlral and' Mrs. Douglas Dismukes. series o! murals by this noted artist. When Mrs. Branigan and her h.is- Mrs. Branigan studied at the Corband, Robert Alan Branigan, wen I coran Arts School, the National Acadknown patent attorney, ·came here to emy o! Design and the Arts Studio reside Mr. Branigan was in falling League o! New York and has traveled health and since then has passed ' and studied ' abroad. She studied away. · mural painting under Kennison Co,c 4 Mrs. Branigan became very much in- and George Maynard. The latter terested 1n Portsmouth and its history, Iartist did the Pavilion of Travel and ao much so that' she wished to paint j several of its hLstorla scenes. So she I I I I of �\\,eV'\ c\e,l('S0Y"\ the street. In front of the house Is a horse and carriage In whlch sits a ~entleman of old Portsmouth and lhrre people a.re shown in the foreground . Across what is now Haven Park can be seen the shed and fence of the Jacob Wendell estate: The final pa1ntin is or the MoffatLadd House, now known as the home of the Colonial Dames. This is in keeping with the other m,irals, all of which are done in ..imber, ochre and sienna. Not only a noted artist, Mrs. Branigan is also an accomplished Jingu:st and holds several university degrees. One of her paintings which won fat·or in the North Shore exhibition vr:a!'t' reproduced In a B05ton newspaper recently. The old Livermore house in itself is worth commenting on. At one time, accordin to Brewster·s Rambles, this faced Pleasant street, being the only \ house on the right side of Lirermore street. It is believed this house was built· by Matthew Livermore, an attorney -at-law, who was appointed attorney general of the pro\·ince and ad: vacate for the king in the Courts or Admiralty. t Here Srnrnel Livermore Jived during 1a part of the administration of Gov. !John Wentworth. He was a relatives of Matthew, but came to Portsmouth about 1758 and was appointed by John Wentworth king's aLtorney for New Hampshire. It w,.s to this house in 1758 that there cime a lad of 17 years, roughly dressed, who asked for a job. The lad was John Sullivan, whose daring is wen known, and who, as Maj. Gen. Sullivan Jed the PortsmoJth patriots to Fort William and Mary, seized the gunpowd<'r and hid it in Durham. from where it was later taken to Charlestown to be used In the battle of Bunker run. It was in I.his house that Sulllvnn went to work In Mr, Llvennore·s kitchen. Fmding him an Intelligent lad. the latter encouraged him to study and gave him the privilege of using his library and through this study he became' an attorney and later district judge. The house is of a type familiar in this city, and yet so f,1scinat:11g, of the colonial architecture, with high studd<'d !rooms, and broad stairs easy to ascen <' 1 all .of which tend to give it an especial appeal to those interested in the l colonial period. 1 ---~--- HISTO C ORK HUSELEG It is .~omeLime11 a sudden, magnificent view that causes peop1e to be'\ come attached to a place for li!e, and the Old Perkins Place, situated in York on the "Hair-Pin" curve of the Shore Road about two miles south of Ogunquit, commands such a view. I It might have been utility rather · than beauty, however, that prompted Jacob Perkins in 1708 to build a logcabin near the site of thEt present house, but he Ioundl1is spot was situated among a dangerous l.ribe of Abenakl Indians, and his cabin was '.,1urned Lo the ground. Jacob then built nnother cabin in 1714 which met the same fate. He departed in haste, and proba bly had little Intent.ion of returninlj, but Ogunq'.lit exE:rted its spell upon him, and in 1720 he returned once more, well-equipped, and started the house as it stands today, thereby becoming Ogunquit's first permanent visitor. Jacob's son conl.inued work on the house and Jacob's son's son, the ' most legendary Jedediah, added the second story in 1790. By this tlme the family was firmly settled ncre, and what Indians there were gave little trouble to Jedec'tah Perkins, who' l weighed 360 pounds and ·became famous by uprooting a small tree during a fi ght with a wild-cat in a moment of weakness; I.he "small'' tree was later used as a fence-post! Strange tale~ have become associated wiLh the Old Perkins Place. There wns the hermit, Johnny Canstrop of Norway, who lived In ti.le side or a nearby hill, and was allowed I to slee p in the spacious barn dw·ing 1 storms. It was here that Johnny Cantrop fell heir t-0 a fortune, and died abroad soon a fLer deserting his primitive life. Herc, too, in 1842 the Bar- I quP "hndore" crashed upon the rocks, I passengers and crPw perishing in the violence of thC' ;lorm. Ev<' nls tnkr tlv•ir course, but the , house it.se lf ho.s remained unchanged I .since 1790. I -r~~VY'~ ~m~~ ~ 'l'\ \9~~ 1 S ?oi V"I.\- POINT BLOWN UP ·. · 29, YEARS AGO i - - 0..Q._ •\-"?>~ S unday was the 29th ·anniversary of U:ie blowing up of Henderson's Point ae the end or Seavey's island In Ports: mouth: harbor by the -~.Massachusetts ConLract!ng Co., the greates~ engineering enterprise or the kmd ever known fo thls country at that time. rt was ·a day lo~g t.o be remimbered in Portsmouth and - the · . clt.y was thronged with visitors f~m near and far who came to witness the great explosion when ;·bY the throwing p! a switch the , .electr-lo . current sent through fifty , ton;,___of dynamite and \ifted 'Z0,000 tot\3 .or 48,000 . yards of roclc. Mis.~, Eplth rost~r'. ·: df!iu~ter o! ,SUP.t . 0 .. -A .. Foster, . :w,ho ,,w!l-8 tn chart{e of the work, threw th~ switch which blew ·up the i>&tnt. ,, . The work . of removilig Henderson's Point was one or gn1at difficulty., ·T ~e contractors · ~roke ground in; ..August 1902 and for three year., tl:J.e ·work WRfl carried. on night and day. Du.ring ·that time · over 600,000 'tons - of . rock· were blasted and removed nearly all of it below high water mark. To' car!. ry on the work the company establlsllecl machinery plant at .. estimat<•<i cost or $100,000, and also built a ooere"i·dam, . the· largest · ever , , cpnstructed .·to hold baclc a tr~ad 9! ,· water for 35 feet, this structure costing about the same .amount as the machinery. After the blast,' the -dJ:edging wa11 commenced and the remo'l(al of Henderson's Point has" mad•J the river about 400 feet wide it3 narrowest polx;tt and 35 :feet deep at low wa•• ter. Tbe. contract prlce :for tp.e work. wa..q ·$'l49,000. · , . The , day .of the. ex,Pl~ion Wits. lilce a holiday in Portsmouth and all bus!: nes.~ ceased 11,t poon : and every train ' and eleetrto car brought throngs o! people into. the city ' to witness the great ,stght, The shgi-es ~11 alo~g the waterfront ·were ' packed ·,vlth people long !Jetore the time o! ~he explo3ion and the spec;tacle of the blowing up of the Point _will long r<'main in the memory of ·those who witnessed it. an, - at �MAINE FACTS Maine has hundreds o[ equally bcaut iful islands, on which people of moderate wealth can live in more nohle seclusion than dukes and earls, and still get right over hy motor-hoat in ten minutes to any wassail on the mainland. The hard thing about getting to l\1aine by motor is that you must first pass through Portsmouth, New l fampshire. I[ any Vogue reader is weak about antiques, or likely to swoon when exposed to many of th<' finest in America, I would recommend her to take the plane. Even then, she might see the "captain's walks" on top of the glorious old hous,·s in Portsmouth or Paul Revere's hell in Saint .]ohn's' Church belfry, or the lightningro<l persuually desig:11t•d hy B,•njurnin Franklin on the Warner house- and if o, she might jump overboard with only her bumber hoot [or a parachute. And I hope she would land safely in the lovely old garden of the l\fofTattLadcl house and ee the wood-carvings by Crinling Cihhons, inside. There is one house 1ly the water in Portsmouth, which is full of priceless antiques and has the original ancestor of every other lilac-bush in America blooming in ils dooryard, and the last 0 surviving "pinkie," a primitive Nt!w England fishing vessel, moored to its private (Continued on page 106) wharf. l [ by the grace of God, any Vogue reader can s,·c the heartstopping furniture in this honsc- lrut I shall not identify it. It would be a disservice to the genial gentleman who lives there, and lives more aristocratically than any one eh.e l ever knew, to bring a horde o[ antique-lovers to his house. Perhaps it is better not to mention Portsmouth too much. Guidebooks, no doubt, describe it as the seat of a aval S1a1ion. Be content with that, or you may never get through to Maine. New England's cooking cen1res around seafood, whwe lord is the lob ter. 1y aunt lived to an immense age without tastinµ; 1his delicacy, calling it a scavenger. "Then hy the ml'rcy of Allah, so am I." I sai,I, when fir ·t thonght old enou µ; h to gorge anrl guzzle at the Newport Clambake Club, one o( this earth ', authentic paradises. A clambake will give you a new conception, not only 11[ lohsters and clams, bnl of corn. A fine olcl Newport drink. with which to wash it clown, is heer and champagne, mixcl'-";""""" THE ATTRACT 0 OF PO TSMOUTH 1 a is\ In recent issue of "Vogue" there an article entitled a "Toast t-0 New f ,England", written by Harford Powell . I In speaking of New Hlmpshlre he · makes the following reference to Port~mo.1th: "The hard thing about getting to ' Maine by motor is that you must .first i pass through Portsmouth, New Hampshire, I.f any Vogue reader is weak about antiques, or likely to swoon when exposed to many of the finest in America, I would recommend her to take the plane. Even then, she might see the "captain's walks" on top of the glorious old houses in Portsmouth, or Paul Revere's bell in Saint John's Church belfry, or the llghtnlngrod personally designed by Benjamin Franklin on ·the Warner House-and i! so, she might jump overboard wlth only her bumbershoot for a p1rach.1te. And I hope !lhe would land safely in the lovely old garden o!. the Moffatt' Ladd House and pee the wood carving~ by Grinllng Gibbons inside. There is one house by the water in Portsmouth which ls full of ;priceless antiques and llas 'the original- ancestor of every other lUac bush in America,. b!ooming in lts dooryard, and the last t;urviv1J113 "pinkie", a primitive New England fishing vessel; moored to its private 1 wharf. If by the grace of God, any Vogue reader can see the heart-stop~ plng furniture 1n this how;e-but I shall not ldentt!y it. !t would be a ~service to the genial gentleman lives there, and lives more aristocmtlcally than any one else I ever l:new, to bring a horde of antique lon,rs to his house. Perhaps it li; better mot t-0 n;iention ,P9rtsmouth ,too muc-h J GuJdepo9k~, no. po.ibt, describe lt as jt.e seat of · a naval station, '.Bf! contc\1t with that, or you may 11eveJ i::et t llrniirh t.o Maine ." ' l i';ho ~~m~ *~c\ ~ ~ '6 , \'2> u. �THE WENTWORTH -GARDNER MANS ION IS NOW OPEN ~-1· ,· "r..,;• t· . . \ . 7 -•- WEN'f\'VORTll-GIU'DNER HOUSE The historic Wcntwort.h-Gardner House ls now open for the season and in this connection the Boston Transcript recently had Lhe following Interesting rticle by William Germain Dooley: "With the summer season under way mcnt among muse•nn authorities mout.h.' seems t.o have turned against the tear" 'Major Gardner was brought up !n ing apart. of these fine o!c.i houses un- mercantile pursuits. His bJsiness Jpss Lheir destr,1ction seems imminent. educaLion was obtained in the countAL any raLe the Wentworth Gardner ing room of Colonel Joshua Wentworth. house is fairly intact and has been At some period of the Revolution he placed under the watchful stewardship was an acting commissary, and furof the Society for the Preservation of nished the army with supplies. New England Antiquities, the Metro" 'In a dark hour of the Revolution the famous Wentworth Gardner· Ho..ise politan Mu;;eum evidently realizing there was a lack of blankets and a i:e111 Portsmouth, New Hompshire, will be Lh·tL there is no better agency for the qulsition from the head commissary officially opened to Lite public on Wed- management of these early New Eng- was made for them. There were none nesday, June 20. The old port of land heritages. then in Portsmouth, but Major GardPortsmouth ls notably a town of fine "The English books on architecture ner went to Newburyport to make a old houses, dating back to and before were well known in Portsmouth during purchase for the government. The Revolutionary times, Lhe most elabor- 1the last decades of the 18th century, merchant was desirous to sell, but said ate and lavish probably · being Lhe for the thriving commerce which was he, 'the government ls already so much Governor Langdon mansion, but none , carried on brought the latest things in debt to me, that if the Revolution is o[ them surpass the Wentworth Gard- 1 from London on each ship. There was not carried on I am a rJined man. I ner house in the excellence of its archi- no lack o[ fairly prosperous and ap- cannot trust the government any tectural exterior and interior. Though Ipreciative merchants who secured the further.' He said, 'If Major Gardner it is usually accessible during the, win- services o[ very capable architect- will take them on his own personal note ter and spring for anyone especially J builders, and in consequence one finds he can have them.' It was for a large interested who takes the trouble to' a good deal of refinement on a less amount, but the stoc_k was taken up on make a preliminary appointment, the preLentlous scale than in the home Major Gardner"s account and the army Lhree monLhs beginning wiLh July Icountry. Though the Wentworth supplied. When Major Gardner apwltness the greatest number of vlsi- 1 Gardner house ls b.iilt of a modest size, plied to the government in ·a fter years tors. ft is exccuLed Uu~oughout .on a grand for his pay he found the Treasury "It W!ls built in 1760 for Thomas scale. The proportions of the whole bankrupt and himself a heavy sufferer H..inklng W ntworth. but a[ter a very I arr excellent, and the relations of the '. for his patriotic services. His sacrifices tew years It passed 111Lo Lhc posscs.~lon l inlrrlor cornices, mouldings, over- , for his- country led Wnshlngton aftero[ Major Wllllam Gard1,cr, splrlLL'cl mantels, and other decoraLive feaLures waards to appoint him commissioner of patriot and Revolutionary hero, who arc well worked out and pleasingly ar- '\ loans for this section.' -occupied it until 1833. For some time ranged. Especially noLable ls the Mrs. J. Winslow Peirce is chairman after the house was neglected, and it Lreatment in the hall, which has a o! the committee for the Wentworth fell into compara llvely evil times, splendid staircase and an unusually; Gardner House, and, though it has though fortunately no damage was I high balustrade. The general effect of , been adequately furnished with condone to its fine interior. H was pur-j the good proportions of the rooms ls to'. temporary pieces, each summer ;;ees chased only a [ew years ago by the give an effect of _spaciousness and new additions and acquisitions, either Metropolitan Museum of Art in New stateliness . :, · \ on loan or as direct gifts, and very . York, in preparation for the opehing of\ "Concerning the ~-·Major Gard\ner I often there · ls a special exhibition of the American Wing in that institution, who was second OW);le.r of the house, some kind. Few antiquarians visit but plans for Its dL~memberment were -there is a very enlightening anecdote PortsmoJth without stopping at this . 1deferred, and now the tide of sentl- from Brewster·s 'Rambles About Ports- fine old mansion." I I I I I �-1 :s~ w "5,us:- p,v.,,y, T(., l •1 ~ It may well be said that these qualities find embodiment in the venerable-and venerated-"Uocle Oscar" L!iightoo, wboee 95tb.birtbday wae celebrated on June 30 et the Hotel Oceanic on Star !eland, Ielee of Shoals. '£be following article · concerning Mr. Laigbtoll was taken from an ieeue of the Exeter News-Letter of last February: No one will dispute the fact that Oscar Laigbtoo le Old Rockingbam'e best beloved eon. Alter a hie of more than ninety years at the Isles of tiboale, "Uncle Oscar" is this winter living quietly at hie home in Portsmouth, where he woe · born in J ulv, 1839. 1 Oscar's lather, 1:1.on. Thomae B. Lai~h.ton, woe born in Portemoutb in 1804. When be reached manhood, , everything pointed to a distinguished career. l:ie had influential and distinguished friends; hie eloquence ae a speaker was unusual, and hie ability in other directions was marked. Be was the close fr1eud of Franklin Pierce, Levi Woodbury, and other New Hampshire leaders, and be tlecame a candidate for governor of the state. By eome method, which he always considered unfair, be was defeat• ed,and immediately sold out hie bue1neee in Portsmouth, secured the position of light-keeper at the Isles of Shoals, and put ten miles of ocean between himself and the world of politics, r_egrettiog that the Shoals were not farther off. It was seven years before Thomae B. Laigbtoo again set foot on the main land. Oscar Luii:bton woe three months old when early in October, 1839, Thomae U. Leighton and hie family sailed out of Portsmouth bound for the Shoals. The islands extend northeast and south weRt, a distance of four miles. They are nine • in number: Duck, Appledore, Malaga, Smuttyooee and Cedar io Maine, while Star, Wbite, Seaveye and Londoners belong to New Hampshire, the state line running bet ween Star and Cedar Islands. Mr. Lat11;bton owned A ppledore, Smuttyooee, Malaga and Cedar Islands outright., · Oscar Laightoo had a. happy boyhood at the Shoals. Hie playmates were bis sister, Celiu, who was older, and hie you~er brother, Cedric. Their lather attended to their educatiou, and their outdoor life-was in every w,ay enjoyabJe. When sixteen, Oscar bad a great delire to go to Portsmouth, and against hie lather's advice he made the trip. Be saw hie first horse, which nearly frightened him to death. He ea w trees as high ae the lighthouse, and so many strange tbioge that it made him home-sick and ·be sought hie boat and started for botRe. Another episode in Oscar's life waR when bis sister, Celia, married Levi Lincoln Thaxter, when she was but seventeen, but there were no regrets for all were in love with Mr. Thaxter. When their first bt1by was born it was the first birth on the islands in a hundred years. Hie Rieter'e literary career tbeo began and Oscar never - wearies in recounting her achievements. Oscar Laigbton'e life was spent in c.o operating with others of his family io operating the great Appledore Hotel. Hie friends are legion and few have had personal friendships with so many dis. · tlriguiebed people. A peaceful, but sue. cessful and busy life, fell to Oacar Laigbton, the last of a most distinguished f~mily of hotelkeepere. From another issue of the News Letter come these paragraphs. Viewed today almost on outpost of civilization, our beautiful Isles of ShoRls were really the startiug.point of modern civilization in America. 13efore the first settlers came to ew T:lampsbire end even before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth ia Massachusetts there existed a big fishing colony at Appledore. its first settlers coming from Appledore io Devon-' shire, England, attracted by the profu. sion of fieb in Shoals waters. Cod fi~h were so plentiful that they swept by in shoals. Settlements flourished on Appledore, Smutty Nose and Star Island nod a thousand souls peopled the islands at one period. The drying of the fish occupied many of the people, and six ships plied between the iRlaods and poin with cargoes of dried cod. '1'1,e fishermen prospered and among their Ii rat public enterprises were n church nod court, followed by an academy, claimed to be the first in New England, mouy of whose pupils came from the mainland. As late as one hundred yea1·s ago IJl11e fish and mackerel abounded about the islands and often as many us three hnudred vessels might be counted nt one time, engaged in mackerel fishing. 1 The halcyon days of the Shoals were : in those years when the two great hotels, the Appledore on t!:Je island of the same name and the Oceanfc on Star Telund, were attracting summer guests from nearly every st11te in the Union. J,;uch of the hotels bad a steamer that ()lied between the islands and tbe muioluod. When 'the Appledore boat was nearing the islands the captain would blow the whistle once for every ten pa@s~ngere that be was briogi!!g, Olten be would Round ten blasts for one hundred poseengera, which would remind ull within bearing of the saying of a local wag lhot when ten blasts were beard , tile Luigh tons would ran and put an extra bucket of water in the chowder. ~ .LI>~ ..) ~-~ ~~ ~NVV='· ~ \'l, \C\'3L\ "Uncle Oscar" Is Honored by the Unit~rians l Pageant Portrays His 95 Years at the Isles of Shoals By Jessie E. DonaJrne (Special Correspondence ot the Trana<:rlpt) Ieles o! Shon.ls, N. n., ,Tuly 17-Each summer during the eon!el'ence season at tho Shon.le one event, or more, on tho program portl"ays something In the long a.nd varied 11tory oC this group ot ,lsland11. Inspired by the nlnety.l!(t]l ulrthda.y oC "Uncle" Oscar La.lghton, wh\ch occurred June ao, the General A111ance ot Unlt11.rle.n Women presented a. pai,eant last evening, entitled "Ninety.five Years 11.t Uie Shoals." The pageant was concel~d 11,nd Its text was written by Mrs. John R. , WIJ!lam11 of Rochester, N. Y. Rev, Lau. rence R. Plan]c ot Omah a read the story and various people here for tnls week en• acted the scenes, T-he a.u(11ence 11ang together at the close of each 11cene a descriptive verse which, with the other verses, made up a rhymed biography of these years, The scenes began with the a.rrlval of Thom113 B. Lalghton wlt h his fa.m!ly, ln 1839, to become l<i-eper ot Vvhlte Iela.nd Light. 011ca.r La.lghton WILi! an ln!11.nt ot three months and hie sister, Celilt., 11.tterward Mrs. Cella Th1Utter, was four yea.rs old. Next was shown the Appledore Hotel veranda with Mrs. Thaxter surrounded by her dl11Ungul11hed friends, among whom were Harriet Beecher Stowe, Whittler, Lowell, Hawthorne Franklin Pierce, Wllllam Morris H1,1nt and Henry Ward Beeche~n tnquent• ere of the Shoals. 'I'he thlr4 scene depleted Oscar La.!gh• ton at sixteen years, being greeted by hlfl mother on hie return from h\s first trip to the f!lalnland. The young Oscar wu portrayed by Thaxter Spencer ot New, ton Center, Ma.aa, .A. special scene showed Whittler reading Uncle Oscar's 1early pootry, .Another hotel veranda ecene In 1890, like that or the ec.rller day, showed elegant costumes or the pe, rind. In this group with Cella Thaxter were several Shoals lovers among her frlendst Sarah Orne Jewett, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Julian Hawthorne whose death has occurred within a !eV.: days, and Jamee Whitcomb Riley Other scenes showed Thomas H. Elliott °appeal• Ing to Uncle Oscar to arrange tor what proved to be the first of an unbroken lie• rle11 ot thirty.eight annual Unltarl11.n j Shoals conferences._ . Uncle Oscar In Person Uncle Oscar appeared 1n person ln two scenes: with a group of hls friends o! many yea.re at the conferences, embarking with him !or a ea!! among these lsl~de, and In a final scene wh,ch' showed a birthday table with an enormous cak(l blazing with candles which Uncle Oscar the central figure. among Alliance leaders here nt the present time, was cutting. The crowning touch ot the evening was the spontaneous comment ot Uncle Oscar as he emerged from behln4 the curtains to 11tep down Into tho audience room With hand characteristically uplifted, thl~ nonog~narlan hero of the pageant moct• estly said: "You've ma.de eomethl1111' beautiful out of nothing," Rev. Laurance R. Plank ot Omah11. who 111 le~turl!Jg thls week on "Infinite Hort, zons discussed "Realms of Light" to• lday, IJJu11tratlni;- hill talk from the field of physics. He described two types ot churches: those whlch gather together l ~1"' people With Intuitive fMultles, -an,, those which emphaslzo "good worker11." These clMses he deecrlbe<l I:n e. word a11: poets or organlzere. / "People are coming to reaJlr:e,•• he 1a.!d, �csc.o..v at the ea.me world has both poets and organh:ers-t.he extrovert" and introverts ~ ot one. world. This tact has not been discovered through sclenco :,,JonP, !01· the my11tlo found It by gotni:- directly to tho core ot reality. Civilization account11 for the fact that ,- large part o! the peopla have been extroverted. "It 111 not necessary to call people 11.Wl).Y from the Jl!e or the senses. Either they clo11e their eyes or thev are trapped Into 81,lperHolalty which never permit.a them to understand God. This wae the trouble with tho Dsrlc Ai;-rs. tt Is a pathetic thing about humnn nature that It I~ alway11 running from ono extreme to another Instead oC sta.ncllng 11tl1J and 1·ea.chln~ out to1· what I~ thHe within its l"fll.Sll, May Reach the Trulh in Both Ways "One need not cho<.'se hrtwoen the two differing ways or r<'a.,hing truth but one may use both. 1'h r rye,i look 11.nd the ea.rs !lstlln, thn body is organized as a tine animal and these ohJer.tive eJe. menti, 11,I'e a part oC man's divine inh~rltance. Jesus nov<'L' would have made hlmsel! felt M Ile cl!d H Ito had not lived lnl!mately with people, absorbing trom them a11 we!) as giving to them." Mr. Plan!< stressed again ancl again tho need ot giving up the dualistic Idea ct the mind and body, "Ono shou ld reverence both," he sa!cl. People can make a. church service ser.ulaL' or R. walk In the wood sacred. Many min!~trrs sec\•• larize their profession and many spirit• ual!zo It. "Physics ls the study nf the 11at11ro of lite and ls Recular only h~cnuso people mnko It so. It acel,s to unravel the com• "Uncle Osca1·" Laighton plicatlons with which man has obscured blmeel!. Many are fascinated with tho world and are absorl,ed hy It but kn'lw nothing ot the tldee within themsclv~s. The rosmlc sense reveals beauty within onesel!. ''No dead matter and no division are to be found In the un!verRe. Only man's lmaglna.:ton makes him think he is made of two parts-light and darl<, good and bad. Modern physics ls vcrl!ying a.nctem Intuitions. Man must ef'n~e the mystic pow r again. This doe~ not mean oth er• worhlllncss but that this world is th'3 garment ot God. "All are hut dlft:ercnt manl!estattons In one oC the same life force. Mod3rn physics has a. tendency to rega.r,l the entire universe, both tho mat~rhl and the radiation fart ot It, as furme of wn"~ motion. /i. the center is tho !ndlvlslhle unit, U1e poeltlve proton, AlJ011t It re.rolvo great numbers of eloctron!c particles and out of this com o tho d!t'forcnce in everything In the universe. "Physics Is revealing th, t there l11 one vital element-the cle<'t,·o-mngnetlcand that out ot that everything proceeds. It teaches the electro-m,i;nctlc theory ot the composition of ll!c. From the standpoint -ot matter mnn an,ount11 to little, but tram the etandpo!nt o! s piritu• al potentlalltles he Is important. This 1~ eseenttally electro-magnetic force. Sound anl\ light differ only because of dll'Cerent vJbratlon lengths tor all that man touches _or aees II vibration.~_ __ \. 0..\0,.V'\"\Q 1'Ali ll!e Is hou nd up In un\ty. There !• r,,o dark or lf•;h t but the d!f!erence be• tween th('m Is clue to the abs1;ince ot .inc. wave length. ' "There ls but one llfe force. All the i:xperlen co th nt man has had rind wlll have Is made 1111 n! different wave lengths. Man can chau f;o the gear under which he functi ons as he can that o! his automob!le. "We ~'"' ~11rround people with love. understa.lllUng a nd lnsplrallon that ma.Ke them glow. '\Vo can expose ourtio'ves t o the teachings ot the poets and nrophet6 and to modern 11clence and !\nd our Ont:· nese." To tuu atrate humility In llll 11erlei, ot bric! morning 11ermons at chapel th!11 morning, nev. ·w11ton El. Cross rselected Ani;ela ot F'ollgno who began as unprom• !sing ma.tcrlal out of which to make a. saint. Over a long period Qt eel! train• ing, she came to a pro!ound splr!tu1! urnlcrstnncl!ng and waH a great spirltunl J influence In her ,lay. Mr. Cross sl,etchcd her early ll!o In luxurious surroundings and referred to her as, at that time, >!'lH· indulA'ent, vn.cll!nt!ng and Insincere. "'flP· fore the 11udden 1011s or her husband and children," he 11a!d, "she had begun to hav<> yearnings !or tho consolnt!ons ancl Inspirati ons or religious ll!e 110 thnt after her family ties were severed she devoted herself to that lite. At the age o! fifty she had become a spiritual genius around whom had gathered a devotccl band of disciples Who were In turn to influence the oge In which they l!ved. ' "Tho beginning i.nd end ot true wls· dom wns to Know God am\ ono$el! In i Angcla'll cst!m:'.ltlon-n. !mowing that b<' · gan t!rst ot nll with humility. In h rr book, 'Divine Consolatlons,' she drew al· tentlon to Christ as an example o! trul? humility. "St. Franchi of A1111!11I also saw In hu• m!l!ty thr~ tounrlatlon rtono of all graces and spiritual living. The building or hlm~elf throus-h humll!ty found !ts fruition wh rn th e peaeant urge(\ him to be . 'as good as all neople think thee to bo because many have ta.Ith In thee.' "The average man looks upon hum\111 Y al!I wcalmess. He believes that l! "" would have material success \'le must a.: sert himself, pernaps at the expen~e , I others. He m\lst think well of blmRrl, and must Impress others. J3ut the saints teach that the wisest and best man 1·1 to be bumbled be!ore the lowest ot his hrother11. This <loes not mean that h n should belleve or try to show that he Js no higher than t.hey. "No mnn 11hould disown the good worlt God has done In him. John }tuskln 11ald the flrst te11t oC -. truly grea.t mall ls })ts humility-not doubt o! his power or 1 hesitation In 11p~a.lt!ng his opinions, out n r!i;ht under:-itnnd!ng of the relation or what h~ can (lo nnd say and what the rel'lt of tho worltl does and says The saints 11.t limes round It dlCflcult to Uv o with them selves n,nd stuod aside to watch them selve11 go by, a. method which stand:. at the b<'glnn!n!\' c,f a process ot spiritual bull ding for tli " more abundant life." I I l I �Third Loan Exhibition. · • · . -------- Old-time Needlework Wallpapers and Other Valued Objects, ' At Wentworth Mansion and Jewett Memorial. "Redeem the misspent time that's past Live each Duy ns it were thy last And of thy Talents take great care Fer thy last day thyself prepare Live mindful of death" .. Cootiouing frnm Monday of this week through August 9th, tbe oow widelyknown Wentworth Mansion Museum, situated in Salmon Falls, once more affords a unequalled opportunity . to become e~queinted witb some of the • , J ._ - - - --)they ruage frcim early in the 17th century to late in the 10th century, nod the subjects are many. There are landscapes, with churches and houses; a representation of epoleon reviewing bis arwy; a lull-rigged ship; portraits; memorial pictures; cbrooolo11:ies of th e reigning kirigs of France; maps; family reco rd s: poems; nod nu merous other desigos,l'l'bere nre a fire screen, a lamp screen, a hand screen-used to protect the lace from tbe bent nod 'glart! of fire or lamp-a ad book co-Vere. And all are wrought out in minute ii.od eluborate detail, nod with absolute precision. And these works of art baye been secured from England, France, Germnoy, Holland, Italy, Austria, Buognry,Spuio, Portugal, India, and China,' 88 well as from this country. Not the least interesting feature 01 th e samplers is their inscriptions, oil done with the needle-sometimes a poem of · considerable length, often n bit o f w1s- lti point of time, , I ~frs. Frederick --;--;odgett of Weet Newton. Mass., u.'nd her most interesting nod worth-while project, tbe preservatioo of the old \\ eotwortb Mansion-the "great house" built in 1701 by Col, Paul Wentworth, as ll fitting, home for his bride-are aow too well -kuown to need further introduction at this time. Each yebr Mrs. Blod~ett adds to the verY. interesting historic furnishings of the Wentworth Mansion some important acquisitions, nod this year 01.1 re-visiting the house one's attention is quickly arrested by on original "bamboo Windeor bench" of delicate construction, the t en legs connected b;y stretchers running its lull leogth ,' [nnd across at fr eq uent intervals. The curving is very graceful, and the spindles supporting the back nre formed to represent bamboo, which gives the bench its name, ult bough it is really rnnue of pine. lt is supposed to have beeu rn ude ubout the middle of the 1 tb century or o litlle earlier, its type of constructioo end decoration being io lavor nt tbut time.!IAloog tbe seat Mrs, Blodgett hue placed a: piece of beautiful old cliin1ze, w.hicb ll\lri0-01Jizr" oerf2~tly with the soft to6ea' o1 the pine wood. Mrs. n1~dm.:ft. ·,dio is a trustee of the u- r Soc" y .r"'r ·the .Preservation of ew 1 r'' 1 Englund Antiquities, holders of the arab Orne Jewett property in South Berwick, is tlie chairman of the committee in charge of the Sarah Orne Jewett Memorial. There n different exhibit is being held during the same period of July !) to A ugust !) , w b'1c b.,s set fort b.m our S out b . Berwick column. objects or great interest which have come down to us from long-ego days. The Rev. Glenn Tilley Morse of West Newbury, Mnss., bes devoted a vast amount of time end effort and very large sums of money to the work of preserving the arts of the past for future generath tions, and be bas come to be e most widely-known collector in the world. Among hie accumulations of rare and valuable articles are be foriaa, for in-f stance, examples of every known type O dom applicable co these times, no less lb S ilhouette-nod there are 7, 000 si OU· tbuo to earlier days. The lines at the 01 ettes in his collection-and exampleR beginning 01 this article are taken frc!m P ractically.. every known type of snmpler. S one of them, nod on the fire screen ore He hes loaned to Mrs. Frederick • these words: "Too much pleasure is a Blodgett for tbis period a large number danger to virtue." of samplers and needlework pictures, , 6 11 t· 1 bead bags was also :>. which give a little 'd I ea o f tb e gree ta·iv er.doebco , ec IOU M O b d 1 Joane y "1r. orse. aity of bis collection of this sort of ao · It will be remembered that lest year's work end be persoually arranged this _ ' t t· • d s to the .-spec·1al exhibit at the Weotwortb_Meoexhibit, devoting wo en ire ey wc,rk. To give 80 a_dequate idea of what sion was from his collection of silhouettes, wax portraits, and snnff boxes. they are like is ,utterly impossible. One This year there is also a choice though must see and study them curefull,v, to smaller showing , of silhouettes nod wax realize what marvellous and beautiful portrait@, among the former beio,g some specimens of needlework they ere-in- of tbe work of John Dempsey, 1781-18-U volving myriads of stitches so tiny and nod of Edouart. 80 accurately set that oftentimes only n Out we are not yet through with what close view reveals the fact that they are this historic old house bus acquired just other than lovely prints. And when one for these weeks, for we find, also, u large learns that cbe average age of the lair collection of Benoiogtoo Puriao Ware, maidens who accomplished such seem- interest in which is now being revived. ingly impossible feats waR from eleven to It includes some very delicately-formed, thirteen years, and that some of, them gr·arelul specimens. A butter dit1b done were 00 more than four or six years of io pink, the only one extnot, aside fr~m age, it fairly takes one's breath. tbe one in the Boston Museum of Frne An enumeration of these samplers Art@; a pitcher bearing a representntion would prove too lengthy' but there nre of the "Death Scene of the Duke of Welseen samplers illustrative of t~e art of lington·" a smaller one showing '·George , h ., weaving with the needle, orda~n,og: sa~- Washington's Farewell to his Mot er; plers done io silks, in wools, 10 a co~_b1- and the Boots of the Duke of Wellington natioo of painting und needlework, with are Jmong tbe notable pieces. Tbis colpen and ink, in bends, in feathers; on a lection is .loaned by Mrs. Clark of West Townsen.d, Mass. variety of textures, nod on cardboard. And finally, there is the Lo westoft Dione; Set owned and u·sed by William Plumer 1 Governor of New Ba'mpshire io 1812, a ow the pr?perty of Mrs. Will C I Hildreth of York Beach. s·~ ~ 1~ ,~ ~~ I \~ . ,(\ ~ '-\, �Hall \'Vcntworth Mansion �_I ION R FF • 'AG • Aid.; p_ A. SUrgeon R. Ashbcicli;e, Surgeon.; Asst. Paymaster Cmpenter Quartermaster's Corps o! ioneers, Ensign Ross-; Inl:mt:y Battalion, Lt. R. P. Rogers, Commanding. ) t Company, Lieut. Kimball, Com. 2d Company, Lieut. Collins, Com. 3d Company, Lieut. Downs. Com. ,th Company, Cadet Ledbetter, Com. !Jth Company, Lieut. Paine, Com, li~h Company, Lieut Peters, Com. •1th Compa.ny-. Lieut. Noel, Com. 8th Company, E'nsign Wall, Com. !)th Company, Ensign Newton, Com_ 10th Company,, Lieut. Reynolds, Com. J~rtlllery Battalion-Lieut. T. T. Wood, C~man!!!Jg. 1st. Platoon, Lieut. Wainwright, Com. 2d Platoon, Lieut. ~wyer, Com. 3d Platoon, Lieut. Wright, .Com. Belknap Rifles, Laconia. Strafford Guards, Dover. J Rollins Rifles, Concor.d. One Of Largest Naval Parades 1 ver Held In Thi~• Section eature Of Celebration SECOND DIVISION Caleb N. Lord, ,Marshal; George N. Sanderson, Aid. Portsmouth. Cavalry, · John S. Perry. Capt. Ca.triages containing Secretary of Navy; Officers of the Navy Survivors of Greeley Arcti-c Expedition. Officers of Greeley Relief Expedition. Governor o!. New Hampshire and staff. l Portsmouth Citv Government and In• vited Guests. '£HIRD DI.VISION ) Capt. E. D. Coffin, Marshal; Michael ! Crowley. Aid. I Salem. Brass Band ' DeWitt Clinton Commandery, K. T., A. P. Preston, E. C. Carter's Band (Boston) Newburyport. ColllII}andery, K. T., J. C. KlmbaJI!, Acting Commander. The following military, andcivil\ Fifty :,ears ago today the city of. bodies were in the line of march: Portsmouth tendered a. :ceceptlom ta City Marshal mounted. / then Lieut. A. W. Greeley• and the surPlatoon of Police vivors o! Lady Franklin Arctre Expedl.•C hief Ma.Irshal, Eldridge G. Pierce. tion. George. E.. Hodgdon., Cbief c,11 SIi.ta.ff It was· one of the events- which made H. Hamilton Perkins, Ald'. history !"or the old citJ" a.net the celeJohn Hatch, Ald. bration included one or- the largest C.. IDwight, Rundlett,, Aldi naval parades evei:- seen in ·this secC: W. Tracy, ,Ald!. tion of the coun~. · FIRST DIVISION. . This was made pcssi!'Jle through the . Calvin. N. Hayes. Marshal! efforts of the late: William H. Chand- M. D. Moore and Willard Spinney, aid. le: of •Concor:dl. tf;e &."'Cret~ry, of Nav.y,. Sc.iuth Berwick Band. wbo 1nsfsted wil.enl :aum:v:.Iarge cities; Naval ID1v,ision,, of the country, we11ei fighting to. do, Comdr~ N, H. Farquhar:. €ommanding. honor to, Greeleyr and! hfs. men... that" he: 1J.eutant, R. 'li'. Jasper, Adjutant. would send the fleet of n&'vit ship~ to Lieutant A. a. Dillingham, Asst. do. I l FOUR1:H DIVISION Portsmou:th and no othei:. por:t, in the I \ Capt. James E. Ford, Marshal; H. W. JLieutant P. C. Cresap, Aid. country. ' · · !Oxford, E. D. Wood, A. S . Gerrish, Aids. Ensign A. E. Culver. Aid. The Baston. steooners runnfug here at , Portsmouth Comet Band. Ensign Bl. S'. Knapp, Aid. the time b~1t thousands o! people. P; A . ..Surgeon Murray, Sw:geon. I Storer Post, No. 1, G. A. R., S. V. C. to Portsmoutl'l' and all passenger trains. Naval Cadets-Ensign W. F. Fullam, ' Besselievre. of the r:afiroad! were crowded· with Sawyer Post. No. 17., Dover, N. H., B. Commanding. people coming from all directions. F. Rackley. 1st Co. Naval Cadets, Cadet Taursey, Parker Post, No. 99, Kittery, Me., CharI:ocidentany- tl'Ie pickpockets did' noit Commanding. forget tfhe occasion and1 cfespite burr-• 2d Co,. Naval Cadets, Cadet McKay I les Chickering. dreds of l'oerul special p-olice, Bostoil' , Camp. H. L. Richards. C€>mmandlng. poliee- a.mF d'e1lectives the- ci:ook:r reapedl 3d (Jo. Navar Cadets, Cadet Jaynes, Portsmouth Light Artillery, Col. T. E. a harvest. YJeut'. 6'reeley, reviewed1 the> Marvin, Commander. Commanding. FIFTH DIVISION bitr parade- from a large- grands1:and1 Marines-Lieut. Col. J . L. Broome, ComHerman Me,nson, Marshal, Henry Wenerected an Marltet. Square: manding. Tlle processfoll' formed' on Congress dell, Charles H. Hayes, Aids. 1st Company, Capt. Pope, Com. Por tsmouth Fire Department. street at" U a·. m. Divlsfons r and' 2' 2d' Company, ,Capt Young, Com. fprmed oh the· south' sicfe-. of ,Congress Chief Engineer, Willard. Sears; Assist3d' Company 1st Lieut. GoodrelI, Com. ant Engineers, Geo. P. Philbrick, street.. righ1! resting; on. Pleasant st. 4th Company, 1st Lieut. Gullick, Com• Herbert A. Marden, Wm. H. Deverson, Divisiorrs 3; 4' ltIId' 5 on the north sfcfe!Ith Company, 1st Lieut. Reid, Com. Clerk Jas. L Parker. of Congress st. facing- dfvisions 1: and' 6th Company, 1st Lieut. Bates, Com. 2, rigp.t. resting on Middle street. Naval Apprentices-Lieut. E.W. Remey, ,Col. Sise, C. F. E. Co., No. 2; John D. Randall, foreman. The camages with the sw:vivars and Commandlng. Kearsarge s. F. E. Ca. No. 3., Willa.rel invited. guests w,ere escorted by the 1st Company, Lieut Coinly, Com. J. Sampson, foreman. I Cavalry on Danfels street. 2d Company, Lieut. Heinler, Com. Moses H. Goodrich, S. F. E. Co., .No. 4. '. The procession. marched.. from Con3d Company, Ensign Sears, Com. Chas. H. Foote, foreman. gress Street, to, Pleasant to, State. Mid4th •Company, Ensign Constant, Com. dle, dowm Ca11111l, 1!0l PleasanJt. down bth Company, Lieut Nicholson, Com. Hook & Ladder. Garibaldi No. 1, Geo. W Greell, foreman. f Pleasant to Water. up Watei: to; State, 6th Company, Lieut. Hodsson, Com. Middle, Cass,. Islington,, Congress to, 7th Company Ensign Blish, Com. Marlcet Square-, where- the- Carri.ages. 8th Company, Ensign Markwell, Com. deltvered tile guests at. the- grand! seancr Naval Brigade. nea,r th'3 Noi:th churcl'i., a.nd th~ proU. S. S . Tennessee Band. cessfon ~ revfewed. by,~the. ~d!titin- Lieut. Comdr. B. P. Lamberton, Com. ~ , ' ' \°',1~ guished guests, a.rut dismissed. Lleut. C. E. Calahan,. Adjt.; -Lieut. R. JI. McLear, Aid.; Naval Cadet Roger I I I ~~~~ -\\.oi.~~ . • �Find of 'Pirate Gold' at Hampton Beach. - Starts Diggers Swarming to Scene [Specinl Dis1rntch to The Uernlrq HAMPTON BEACH, Aug. 3-Pirate fancied fortune slip through his hands. gold! The words flew around this He told a (cw clo.se fr!ei:ids, and be{ore town tonight and at once numerous long the treasure hunt was ·on. residents were combing a section of the Recovered were a few pieces or old north end or the beach wlth rakes, Engi!sh mon<'y. A s!lver piece dnted hoes, and hands, all In fervent search 1779, with the effigy of a woman, and of a fabulous fortune believed bw·ied a gold sovereign were found by Blair. here nearly 150 years ago. Whatever the frantic diggers found was The gold rush started when Daniel not disclosed to inlcrested observers. Blair of Exclcr. engineer of the stenm According to trnct!Llon, a pirate ship shovel which ls 11ouging out a ditch came here !ale in the 18th century. The to receive the granite blocks whlch wlll ship sank on the beach, and some of form a 1.--eakwater for craft anchored the crew helped to transport a fortune in Lhe harbor, noticed the gleam of in ·coin ashore, and burled it. Some metal today as the huge bucket of his of the trea.sme remained behind, and mach•~- brought up tons of earth from one of the crew was killed when he a depth of 25 feet, and dumped it asldc. tried to steal part of it. More than 40 Blair. true to the tradition of his year;; ago, the skeleton of a man, beprofession, remained at hls post. He .lieved to have been a sailor on the wa.s able to gather a few of the "pieces pirate ship, was dug up here during exof eight," but was abllged to see a eavatlon work. �rway an aca e o e arner house on Daniel ,street, l'ortsmouth. r. Center left the municipal building and opera h _ouse in the busy city of Ro rt street, Portsmouth . . The lower picture i~ tha t of Pranklin square in Dov ,_,,:,.-,,..,-~-='"""""",.,.,.,,_.,,--,_ _____;.,.._ -,--.....,.,.---.......,~- - - - - ~ ~~ '\\~c&&. ~~~ W,L.~ ~ - -- --~ - - -- - -- ~ ......,--_,._. �• ONE OF THE FINEST HARBORS IN WORLD CITY OF DOVER SETTLED IN 1623 Portsmouth, Rich in History, Is Busy Community Trading Ce~ter for More. Than 50,000 People Portsmouth, the oldest community in New Hampshire, has much to offer the stranger within !ls gates. It 1s a city with a. distinct background. Its early history is Interwoven, wan> and woo!, with the history of the country. The serenity or years and experience is In its shaded streets. its beautiful old doorways, its colonial and early 19th century staircases and facades, many of them widely copied. · Perhaps its greatest charm lies In the fad that here the oldest and the newest are combined In alluring proportions, [or a stmcture of modern progress has been reared upon the solid foundations of an enviable and worthwhile past. In Portsmouth it is not only what the visitor sees, but what he feels as wen-n ittmosphere or things long established, going back even to the very beginnings or the country. Settled in 1623, three years after the Pilgrims had landed nt Plymouth. 1 Strawberry Bank, as It was orl1dnally kno\\'n, was first an important fishing village, and later one of the country's most flourishing ports. I~ was In 1653 1 by petition or !ls Inhabitants that Its name was chanired to Portsmouth. Its situation Is Ideal. three miles Crom the mouth of the PiscataQua river. It Is on the direct route, both rail and motor, from Boston to Porlland and resorts In Maine. and Boston and the eastern side of the W'hite Mountains Its locntlon, therefore, mnkes it the gateway to these northern vacation lands. It Is. ns well. the summer ca.pl- 1 tai or the long line of seashore resorts extending from Ogunquit on the north 1 lo Hampton Beach on the south. And this has undoubtedly had Its eflect upon the m .dern business establishments which would hardly be antlcipa ted in a city or Its size. Portsmouth has one o! the finest harbors In the world with 80 feet or water and strong tides which, while they in no way interfere with navigation. make it a. port which is never frozen. 1 The civic council and chamber of commerce Issues a. little booklet, "Points 1 of Historic Interest," a mere glance at which will prove to the visitor that a casual sightseeing tour of the usual type will in no way serve the purpose In every direction are most intriguing trips by motor or motor boat. The mountains are less than l 00 miles distant, Winnlpesaukee and the New Hampshire lake region less than 50. Beach resorts 1u-J close by, both to the north and the south. A beautiful ride carries the visitor along the Piscataqua to quaint old New Castle, three miles awa.y with Its winding, narrow streets. !ts houses flush to these streets, so llke those of \ an English fishing village. Thus with o. combino.tion o! the old and the new Portsmouth offers infinite variety lo the summer tourist. · Her charm bids him linger and know the peace of quiet streets, the lure of some marvelous old doorway, the tinklings or a. church bell. recast by Paul Revere himself. She offers the calm, the poise, the perspective which come only with Jong and honorable years, and the sane judgment of all the stirTing thlng,s crowded into those years. Dover. N. H. has been a. cltv '79 years, dating from March, 1855. The town began to be settled 1n May, 1623, at Dover Point. antedating any other settlement in New Hampshire by 10 vears. During the succeeding centuries its centre of business has been on the Co<:hcco river. the present manufacturing centre of the city. It is the countv seat of Strafford county, and has been since the county was organized in 1773. It now has 14.000 inhabitants and ls the business centre of 50.l)00 people by way of railroad and bus. The railroad Is the Boston and Maine. between Boston and Portland. It 1s the eastern gateway to the White Mountains, has a property valuation of $19,000.000, has over 100 miles of streets and sidewalks which are well payed. There are over 30 factories where 75 lnduslrial products are made. Including cotton sheetinir. woolen goods. iron castings, pr!nling presses, leather belting and shoes. There are seven churches. a well-endowed children's home, a. well-endowed home for the aged, a pubilc library with over 55.000 volumes, six banks. four first class ho tels, historical buildings, 12 modern school buildings, three moving picture theatres. and a wide awake chamb{)r of commerce. with offices near the railroad station and the centre of the city, where convenient rest rooms arc maintained. with toilet facilities. and whNe tourists can gain information on nearlv any subject. These rooms are in cha1ge of Secretarv James F . Dennis. Dover had the finest opera house In lhe state, which was destroyed by fire in August, 1933, and which ls .now being replaced by an even finer municipal building. I t has two compl_etely equipped hospitals, the Wentworth Hospital, municipally controlled, with class A ratIng and equipped for 75 patients, and the Hayes Hospital. Local electric power and gas are supplled by the Twin State Gas a.nd Electric Company which has adequate equipment to supply three cities and numerous towns of southeastern New Hampshire with electric power and also has extensive Interests in the northern part of the state. The municipal water supply is of excellent quality and is considered adequate for a population of 25,000 people. It maintains about 26 miles of distributing mains and supplies about 90 per cent. of the population. Among other educational, charitable nnd social organizations are the Woodman Institute, which contains many relics of an historical nature; the Neighborhood House, where children of foreign parentage nrc given training In American citizenship; the Rotary and Klw.i,nis Clubs, the Bellamy Club, and the Cocheco Country Club . Dover has an active Red Cross, a visiting nurse association with three competent nurses on duly at all times. It has beautiful residences and up-todate stores and citizens who are both cordial and friendly. I • �• .' . s .LS ON WALLS 0 ·HISTORIC . HOUSE ' ~cenes ·of OJd ," PortsmQ¥th Are De~icted By (;fo~"~.· ~'."."'~--~ Exploration in the Library of Congress . She ls a member of many professional societies, including the New York Society of Artists and the New York Water Color Club, being a. former 'treasurer and Jon g a member of the board of control of this sociey, the North Shore Artists Asso::iation of GloJcester, M1ss., and many others. She has been a warded many prizes and received honorable mention in many exhibits , She has an exhibition in the Corcoran Academy, the Pennsylva nia Academy, Brooks Museum in. Memphi s, and other museums, and has h ad invitations to exhibit in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro . She has a one-artist exhibiLion at the MacBeth G.:1llery in New York City, Doll & Richards, Boston, and elsewhere. Among the works that are publicly owned is one in this city, at 1he Porlsmouth Public Library, entitled, "Portsmouth From. New Cf\.8tle," Others publicly owned are "Mt , Pelee m Eruption", at the American Musemn vf Nat-iral History; "Old Days" at the George Washington Universit,y; ''On a Southern Plan tation", at Wesleyan Cullege, Macon, Ga., and "In Pararual ibo", a Jilhograph at the Library of Congress in Washingon . Many priv.1 I e collectors have some of her works. Her studio is In. New York fll.y and her work ls hanclJed by the McBeth of New; York, Crown & Lowndes of New York, and Doll & IRichards o! Boston. 1 Quite recently Mrs, Branigan coml, pleted sori:e very impor~ant. mural 1 f paintings m a large mansion m New Jersey. • , , ' Before she began the murals she painted the objects. on canvas, The canvas used came from the same concern as those used !or the spaces designed for Radio City. The !irst mural on the left of the door as one enters the Dismukes residence is picturesque Bow st.reet, showing the old warehouses with a sailing vessel In the background. In this pic1.ure is shown a dray cart drawn by two horses and the drayman on the cart. Climbing the hill is the invariable seaman which one immediately associates with old Portsmouth as he rushes back to his ship, Around I.he corner ·of the room Is a pain ting of St, John's Ch.irch, showing Chapel street and the rectory . Two ladies are shown coming from the church, also some women in a smart looking carriage , Following the two ladies on I.he sidewalk is a slave boy, Coming down the hill is shown 'the \Varn<'r House an d this section also shows a pi.i:ture of. Peirce Islancl, while a small panel shows an adjacent marsh, The fine old houses at the foot of State street are shown and very picturesque is the unusual balustr:ide, the handsome iron balcony with a lyre de~ign, \ There is a picture of the house itseU,, the aLtract.ive old Livermore house, wilh all its historic atmosphere, I This painting shows the house as it 1c,rig:nally stood_ on the opposite sid~ of { IGallery Ii Livermo:·e H:.: '" pu:utect by Mrs. G h1tJyj had during an entire began a study or various d~signs in or. a famous artist all ir resident, and der to obtain accu~acy for tho paint, ~ ·very few people knew her. The ings. artist was Mrs Gladys Branigan, who Thls week she finished one o! the at one time resided in the historic Liv- . finest bits of painting in this city. ermore House on Livermore \ The walls of one of the upstairs chamstreet, now occupie.d by Rear bers in the Livermore house has now a Admil·al and Mrs. Douglas Dismukes. j se rles of murals by this noted artist. When Mrs. Branigan and her hJsMrs. Branigan studied at the COr1 band, Robert Alan Branigan, well coran Arts School, the National AcadI known patent attorney, came here to I emy of Design and the Arts Studio reside Mr. Branigan was in falling ILeague o! New York and has traveled health and since then has passed ' and studied abroad, She studied away. mural painting under Kennison Cox Mrs. Branigan became very much in- and George Maynard. The latter terested in Portsmouth and its history) artist did the Pavl!lon of Travel and • " so much so t~t, she wished to paint I seYerat of its h.\'storlc scenes. So she I I , �s C>. the street. In front of tl1e house is a horse and canlage in which sits a gentleman of old Portsmouth and three people- a.re shown in the rore~round. Across \1i!ha.t i5 now Havm Park can be seen the shed and fence. of the Jacob WencfelI estate. \ Tbe final p11intin is of the l1!lffatLadd House, now known as the home_of the Co!.onfa~ Dames. This is in keeping with the other m.,rals, all o! which are done in .imber, ochre and sienna. . Not only a noted artist, Mrs. Bra 1~1gan. is also an accomplished linguist and hold5 several unh·ersity degrEes . One of I1er paintings ·;,,hich won ravor in the No~th Shore exhibition was reproduced in a Boston ne\\-spaper recently. . The old: Livermore house in itself is worth commenting on . At one tim~, accotdin to Brewster·s Rambles-, this faced Pleasant street, being the only house on the right side of LiYermore street. It is believed this house was built by Matt.hew Livermore, an atttorney-at-law, who was appointed attorney general of the pro\'ince and advocate for the lting in the Courts of Adlnira?ty. . I Here Simuel Livermo:·e livedi dunng , a part of the administration of G_ov • iJohn Wentworth. He '1."3.S a. relatives ~ of Matthew, but came to Portsmouth about 1758 and was appointed by John New \ Wentworth king's attorney for Hampshire. It w,.s to this house in 1758 that there \1c1me a lad of 17 years, roughly dressed', who asked for a job. The lad was John \ Sullivan whose daring is well known, and wh~. as !\1a.j. Gen. Sullivan l~d the Portsmo.ith patriots to Fort W1lllam and Mary, sei7<'d the gunpowder and hid it in Durhrim. from where it was later taken to Charlestown to be used In the battle of Bunker Hill. . It was in this house that Sulhvan went to work in Mr. L!nrmore's kitchen. Flnrung him an intelligent lad, the latter encouraged l1im to study and gave him the pri\'ilP!!e o! using his library, and through this study h~ ~e·came ~n attorney and l'\ter d1stiict judge. ., . The house is of a type farniilar in this city, and yet so fa~::inat:ng, of the 1 colonial architecture. with high stuc.ded rooms, and broad st:iirs Pa~y to a,<;ce~d, all of which tend to ~i\·e it an especial appeal to those in tercst ed in the coloniaI period. I ~~) ~fff}~ rr: ,!), \1, f ,: 1 . - - -: -;;.:~~~":.~ ~::v.-~•:,.. - ~---, ---, . Sarah Orne Jewett Memorial Built 1774, South Berwick, Maine Open to the Public-week days only-July 9th to Sept. 9th , T IIE SAllAII ORNE JEWETT MEMORIAL, in tbe center of the village of South Berwick, Maine, is only a short distance from the entworth Mansion. I In this fine, substantial dwelling, Sarah Orne Jewett, the I authoress, was born and spent much of her life. The house, together with the adjoining house, now used as a Community Center, was received in 1930 by the Society for the Preservation of New Engla11d Antiquities, as a bequest 1 from Dr. Theodore J . Eastman. The Jewett House was I built in the spring of 1774, by John Haggins or Higgins, as we might now spell the name, and tradition records that " the construction of the woodwork in the hall, both upper and lower, required the time of two men for one hundred days. This finish in the h:.dl,-thc wainscotting, cornices, etc., was not paintc,l until the year 1838 and by that time h:id become a rich dark brown color, almost mahogany. This entrance hall, which runs from front to back, is one of the most distinguished features of the house. All the rooms have fine panelling alld preserve that air of dignified prosperity charactel'islic of lalc 18th century houses . The wallpaper in one of the front chambers is printed in squares and represents an elaborate flowered design in faded crimson velvl't flock. This paper, originally inI tended for the rcsi,kncc of the Governor of one of the Fre11cl1 West India islands, was taken from a French vessel captured by an American privateer. It was brought into Salem and there bought by Captain Jewett. The house is furnished i11 part hy a loan collection and a local commillcc is in charge. ·w I I I Sarah Orne Jewett wrote of the country between her home and the sea and concerning the types of country people she knew so well. He1· "Country of the Pointed Firs" is the finest description of life in northern New England to be found in American literature. �The Old Wentworth l\lcmsio,i Built 1701. A private 111useu111. Salmon Falls, New Jlcimpsliirl' Open to the Public-week days only-July 9th to Sept. 9th T HE WENTWORTH MANSTON was huill hy Colonel Paul Wenlworlh, gramhun of Rlc;lcr William ·wentworth who was born in 1617. He was ~n,l one of the ,1 tne time. one of his business properties was a which the leviathans of America's primeval ~ were cut into huge boards. The choicest of these ,,.me boards were used fot· the bcantifnl unpainted paneling of the old :Ma11sion. In one ehamber the hro::ul, heavy boards are thick enough to allow for paneli11g on bolh siues, three pan els deep; th ese same i,oanls wilh ~ their two faces serving in two rooms. 'l'l1e staircase has charm, with a11 ('Sprl'ially grarr.fnl curve of the baluslratlc. The carvcc\ wooclwork is distinctive. A secret lloor in the kilcl1en floor Ieacls to a small d ·tached · sub cellar, where Lhc family sought refuge in Indian all:1rks. 'l'hc-se <"cllars were ro111111011 enough in the early days, but th ere urc few old houses wl1ere they are now to Le fournl. The old house wilh its exceptionally brge chimney and massive oak Learns is slill stro11g and stunly . It stands high, looking over Ll1e country, but a very diITere11t co1111lry from that of l11e <lays of the wcalLhy aristocrat Colo11d l'anl a11ll of the Indians whom Elizabe th Wentworth fought with masculine courage. She is the only ,1·01111111 known lo have bee11 captured tl1ree Limes by lhc Indians :incl 0 taken to Canada . �",e may p;et thr ·mfh this \' orld, but 'twill be very slow, If e listen to Rll that 1A Rnid "a we go; e'll be worried Ano fretted qnd kept 1n a stew, For medrlleeome ton~1cs must hnve romPth1ns to doFor people 111 tRlk you know. 1 If 1uiet nd modest you'll ha.VP. lt presumed Thnt your hurr1bln po~\. t ton 1n only n.f"r:nmP.d , You' re a. wolf 1n Rhr.r-?p • R cloth 1ne·, or el e you' re n. fool; But don't get Axc1ted, keeo pcrfrctly co0lFor people wil~ tnlk you know. If reneroua nd noble, they'll vent out their eploen, You 1 11 hear eornc 1o\1d hlntA th11t you're F1elfleh -.nd mefln, If upright or honAat ·-nd fo.1r as the dp.y, They' 11 cnll you ri rogue in :-l Gly !men.king wny - For people will tnlk you know. / 1,na then if you pho1 thn lnA.nt, .b:1lonesE1 of h~nrt., Or " Fil ight tnclinr-it ion to tak0 ,y our own p~rt, They' 11 cnll you Rn 11 pE1t·~rt, concr1 t.ed ~ nn v in; Hut keep Atrn.le-ht nl1eAd, lion' t ntop to exi-ln 1nFor peoplP. will t'"l lk you kno,.,. If thrcRdbnre your co.,t,or 01,1 f•1~h\.oned your hnt, c,,orneone, of courA~, · n 1 t"lr" cl . .r•0. of th~t • And hint very ntronf :ly thnt you cnn 't pn.y your v,ny; But don't gnt excltp,rJ, v,hntev~r tlrny e.2..yFor people 111 tn.llt you kno ;. y If you dreAR in thA f~Ahion , For they'll cr1t1c1A , t 1en , You're 11h ~a of your rnenna, But mind your o¥Yn bun1nP-A , don't th1nk to OAC po , 1.n ,., <liffernnt rhnpe; ,. •' or your tailor'fl \lnpnicl.; U1ern • n nourht to ~...,e !=!'11d- Wor people will tnlk yrnt know. If R fellow rn1t chnnce to convPrrP ~1th A glrl, tnllt, -,n<l t. h r1r rcrrnd ·•l unfurl; They'll cc111v1H' A your ·mnta or trill< of your mcnns, ' hd aecl •\re you' re eng Bgcd to n chlt 1n hc-r tP.ensFor people will tnlk you kno. Hovi thf1 c;or r1pn ··:11 l They 1 11 t'llk f ne hefo re you, but then nt yrn1r b ' Clt Of venom Anrl Al.,nder there's nevPr R lackHov kind ri.nd poll te ln ·1 ll t 1 ,,,t, t 1v~y say! But blttfr ri R e-nll w},en you'r?. out of the WA.yFor people 111 tnlk you %now . 'fhe boot 1. ·ay to do 1~ to d;) n A you plenAe, F'or your mtn<'i, 1 f' _10 n h'l1rn on0. · ilJ t1v:!n e "I t 1<1~00; o:r courAe you ;ill "'f'et with nl l ~ort~ of Abnee , But don't th 1.nl{ to ... t,op t.helTl, 1 t \!'! not nny urieFor people ,111 t~1~ you know. h I - - - - - - -- - -- - -- - - �This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO 239.48-1992 (permanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts w 1998 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918-1920, 1932-1949 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="http://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i11079733 https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/f2158e5525b1f8016f150f569715efa1.PDF bfbde70d286a18892069b1d3dd257523 PDF Text Text �INDEX TO SCRAP BOOK NO; 7. Aldrich, T. B. Jones Brewery, Fire 1934 P· 110 1 Aldrich house 80 Kittery, Scenic Highway 52 Athenaeum 81 Knox, Susan Ricker 92 Bailey, Thomae ( artist) 85 Laighton, Uncle Oacar p 54, 77-79, Boyd, George 85 Lafayette, Gen. 17 Candlemas, St. Johns. 44 Lear, Tobias ( house) 47 ChaTter, City Cheney, Russell Court St. 21-27 29 1935 106 New Castle. - Webster House 72 N. Eastern R. R.-Freight house Wharf 93 36 Federal Fire Society 91 Ft. Constitution 57 Fowle, Daniel ( Printer) 11 Franklin City 11 6 135-37. Frost garrison 86 Gen. Sullivan Bridge, p.11-16,46-50 Girl Scouts 81-82 Gooding, Rev. Alfred 18-20 Hamilton House, So. Berwick 81-82 aampton.- Sea wall 32 Home for Aged Women 113 Jackson house ( pictm·e) 132 Jacona( Power ship) Jones, John Paul 121-22 p. 49, 83 H. - Garden Festival, 15=.l35 N. H.- Register Osborne, Clayton 8 Franklin shiphouse 9 Navy Day, 1934 9 43-44 Drydocks 101 Huller, Maude 119-20 Dennett, Alexander 87-90 Moody, Edward C. p. 74, 104-5 Coast Guard Cutter, HudBon II 28 Moffat-Ladd House City Gevernment, 1936 II 114 Liberty Pole PP· 7, 35,92 Churches.- Immaculate Conception II Liberty Park 45 111 pp 59-71 55 128 (J • Parkfield, Hotel 93 Poole, Grace Harrison 112 Portsmouth, 1934 !37-40 Portsmouth, 1935 123-27 Portsmouth Garden Club 53 Portsmouth Ships ·p. 30,47, 113 Potter, Dr. Frederick ( house) 50 Pratt, Daniel 47 Ports. Training School 73 Quint, Wilder 111 St. John's Lodge, Uasons p.51, 101-2 Shapleigh 1 s Island 56 Society of Colonial Wars 100 Spaxhawk mansion 29-30 �Stoneleigh College 80 Strathem Hill 31 Stream line train 48 Street names 45 Taverns-Ea.rl of 117-118 Halifax Thaxter, Celia, p2-5, 77-79 97-99, 133-34 Thayer, Helen R. 100 Tugboat, Mitchell Dav i s 92 U. s. U. S. lJe,vy Yard.-Dry- Customs House dock U. s. S. Porpois~ 101 44 94 Vennard family 49 Wagner murder 81 ~albach, Col. J.B. 84 Wentworth, John R. 103 ~e nt worth Hom~ 45 Winchester Farm 31 York.- Scenic Highw0.y 48 York- Sewall's Bridge 42-43 �atises-t ' '~.' ' ' '. s-<: -' ore . .,.. " ;-- ·oama 'eto · ones' ·sreWer /. f. ' In a statement tonight. he sald that the fire will not Interfere Jn any way wlth contemplated plans of sta1·tlng op• eratlons in the gr.eat brewery, as the malthouse was a separate build•ing,,and none or the main structure of the plant was affected. The plant had been controlled by an English corporation u ntil It was taken over In 1929 by the Boston group. The big plant occupies 16 acres n.nd_ has ,floor space of 400,000 square feet. . Frank Jones. founder of the company, never Insured any or tho hulld!ngs, so .. ' tod~y•s loss Is a, total_ one to Ufo •own• ers. · The plant's watchman, at the 'tlme or d_iscove1·y of the fire was on the, opp·o_;. site side of the main building, wo,klng , at his nutomoblle. He later told , the police and the owners that he did not seo._ any pernon &bout . ll)e mal(hpus• during the dny, but Mr. nandall be• ll eves that the firebug , took advantage of his temporary absence from that sid' 04 the plant to sneak In and apply th• torch. . · Had the bree ze been stronger, fire.;, mPn said , the damage would have been much greater, for on Cass, Albany; Slate and I:;Jington streets there are many dwelling houses whic h would h av• been in danger ie the fire spread. Firemen said that lt was apparent that the blaze sta,·ted on the second floor, near a cupola, at the southern encl of the building ancl apparently ga'.ne,1 great he_adway within the struc~ 1 tur e ilerorn rt tinnily broke ·thro ugh th& roo1 and wu~ <liscovered by the · cit y workmen. . : •· ·. Allhough Ill e ·])uilning harl nof been used f9r ycar!'i, il wa:; kepl in good con.:. diU011 and no deb.rix !Hit! heen piled i'.1~ I Ill 1I, accordi11g lo l\Ir. nantla,n. ' • !:lome of the authorities arc of the belief that !he l'orlsniouth firebug Is "tha sart1c person who caused the hlg fire rnoro than a wee!, ago In Newburyp or t.; l\Iass., ~o miles _away . ·· . '• , \. ~ :\., ra,~k Jones brewery at Portsmouth w:as swept by flames which threatened th e' en'tirc, The fire will not affect contern'platcd plans of the owners to start operation ~ in the · ; big plant once more. ·.. · · ':"~ . .·.-.-_ .: -..B ~R.E\V'ERY. :\:·s tH .lJGHT SET . .. '· . Toda y' & fire ' _ _.....;._. ' ' ' . .,i,.......,,_o_rt_s_m_o_u_th,..,.._fi ~re_m _ e_n_, aided by depart- . PORTSMOUTH, N. .H., ' ·May , 28 .:._ _· F1'.re·,'· wh,1'ch • t'hrea',.~·ned· an . e'11t1're ,. ~l!t'ioli ' Qf . the •,· cit;Y late , today, ·1 des·t~o'y d'a ' a' !arg·e, . uni';s_ured ·· buildi~. g formerly used i.as the malt ;4ouse _. of the , Frank Jones Brewery, which -be~ • , ·· fore prohibition was t_h e largest ale men ts hastily ·ealled from Kittery, Eliot a nd York, Me.; NewcaStle au d Hampton, N. H., and navy yard workers with their· fire-fighting equipment, battled the fire ,for fiv e hours before it was fina lly brought under control. At !ts h-eight, sparks and embers, blown by the breeze, ·were rained · through the r<lsidential neighborhood of Albany, Cass and State streets, but no damage was caused. lnewipg: pla'nt in..,tlte'"wotld, _::,_~ :. · Other Suspicious Blazes A firebug, ,according to Boardman M. · . Rimdall, dne of the !ncorporators of' Th'e fire followed closely on the heels the -Portsmouth Company, proprietors or several other snsplcious ones. These of the '!die • lirewery, was the ·causll of Included a blaze In the Liberty Bridge the /blaze, which d1d ·pamage estima.ted : Laundry, one · at the garage · of· ex-Gov• at more than ·$75,000 and gave residents ! ernor John H. Barllett, . dPstroyed with a bad scare. ..-, · !a loss at $10,000, and the N'orth Church Darlsh house . 0 . di scove red at 4:40 200 Feet in Length The big malt hou sy was bull t in 1879 at a cost of $76,000, and was about 200 feet in JengLh, with two floors, each 20 feet high. The liuildin g was as high a.a Unusecl- .Malthous.e~· at Portsmouth Is ·oestroy~d \V1th:$_75, 000 Loss--·Flanies·rhte~ten City was o'clock by workmen in ll1e yard of the adjoining municip: I stables. They notified a watchman for the Portsmouth Compa\Jy and he sounded· a fire alarm from the brewery's m,ain building. ·with the arrival of 'Fire Chief William F. Woods, a general alarm was sounded and extra apparatus called from nearby towns and cities. an ordinary four-story structure, and its floors were of concrete. There was much pine used in interior finish- I ing and equipment. ll[r. Ran<la!I, who is president of the St. Croix Luml.Jer Company, told newspapermen upon his a r rival at the fire scene tonight that "there is no doubt but what the fire was set." Inspected Yesterday He sa id lhat h e h a d inspected ye~tcniar, that it \\'ns loc·\c('tl, Hild th1,L lh(•n' wns · nothln~~- in tile slt· t1l 'lur 1! wl,kh t·o1i!d lg-1dlC' rpo 111a ncou.sly. .A fircbui:~ woulcl h:1,·c had to hre:1k hls way in, Il e ;a id. 'I'll.- 11\:l'l.C \\'il~ fpcl lJY t11e tindPr-dry pint: which went i11to the ronstruetio11 of tlic building i11t c rior. building Tho outer wall::; a re of Uri ck, an,l stood late · tonight a mere shell, ' while -firemen 11i,i.yed tons of water on the interior. Pr~sent in corporn tors of the Ports• mouth -Company besides r.Iri Randall are Morris Brans! ein , Bost.on real eslato man; Attorney John " 'ells Farley of Boston and Harold Hinckley, Boston buslnesa man. 111r. · Randall llves . in. Portsmouth. �CELIAT TER, 1835-1935 Judge Justin H~ Shaw Associates The Beloved Poet With Her Times And Work • The one hundrccILlt anniversary o sh" wrote she is imperisal>le. lt was "The building in which June 29, 1935, of the birth of Celia a fort.unnte day for the world that the born is a three-store structure, Thaxter, Post.smouth's beloved poet, Honorable Thomas B. Laighton, dis- two floors a1:>?ve devoted to a warewas first publicly anUcipated in the gustcct with New Hampshire poliUcs house and storage. Its present appearannunl meetln~ oC the Piscataqna n11cl politicians, settled at White Is- ance has little to indicate that it were Ploneers, o! country-wlde membernd lig!JLhouse with his family, ncv- ever occupied as a dwelling house. Ceship, at the Hotel Pepperrell, Kltlery er to return to residence on the Ha Thaxter was the first of three Point, by a scholarly and appreciative mai nland. children, then Oscar and Cedric, the tribute in an address by Judge Jus"This was In October 1839, whE'n youngest. tin Henry Shaw oC Kittery, for many Crlia Thaxter, then Celia Laighton, Her t·ather A Remarkable Man years a director in the Pion~ers, and was a little girl.of !our years, and her ADD CELIA THaxer ...... AeshlM .. a wrlter of consldcrable prominence. brother, Oscar, a baby or about three I "Hon. Thomas B. Laighton, the faThis address, together wlUt a verba- months. Portsmouth, in tim report of the proceedings, pre"We may, with considerable inter- ther, was born at pared by Miss Alice M. Craig, will be est. I think, associate Celia Thaxter 1804, or a family of sea-faring men, printed in full in the annual report with the world into which she were one of whom, Mark Laighton, has of the society. There have been so born in 1835, by reference to the been mentioned by Richard Dana, in many requests for its publication '11so events which were considered of suf- one of the storeis of the sea by that in The Portsmouth Herald and The f\clrnt important for mention as to distinguished author of "Three Years New Hampshire GazeUe, and the an- that year in the chronological annals: I Before the Mast." "Mr. Laighton, who has been com- t.-7.l~~"if+.~,lj.,..._:J niversary being of so much impor1835 An Intere.ting Year I monly reported to have retired 'distance in local interest, and or wider "An<lrcw Jackson was president or gruntled' to the Isles of Shoals in attention in New England, we are the United States, and William 1839, when his daughter was only five glad to present Jud ge Shaw's eloquent B 1dgcr was governor or New Hamp- years old, became the keeper of White and titling commemoration before tho shire, the state in which she was large and representative annual au- b<>rn. On New Year's day of Umt year 1 Island lighthouse, succeeding Joseph appointed to dience. Judge Shaw spoke as follows: the Anti-slavery Societ,y was organ- L' Locke. who was Whalesback Lighthouse, and Locke An 1 ppro11riate Occasion lzrd in Boston, and the national dE'bt succeeding Samuel E. Haskell, "We have thoui:;ht it appropriate, as 011 that date was $37,513, the lowest signed. r a part of the morning period of our pr>int to which it was ever reduced. "It ls very probable that the use of meetiur: this yrnr, to devote a portion 11,.-hnrd Lawrence attemrLcd Lo ns- the word 'disgruntled' in connection of It ill nHumrmornLion of one who s·is~inat e President Jackson 011 Lhe with Mr. Laighton's selection of the figured inlr.reslingly and worthily in thirtieth of that month. on· December Shoals is misleading. As a politician our local history, and in the meratnre lfill1 fl.nd 17th o,;,curred the great fire he had been successful, and was a ot New England of her time, a po~t In lcw Yorlc City, and that month state senator that year from Portswho was ~!so an historian of the ro- l\t~ jor Dade and 116 men were mas- mouth, in the first senatorial dlatrlct, mantic I. les of Sh als, and a lovely sac:, ~d by the Seminole.~ n that Yt!DI' I and defeated by the Hon. John Page woman i11 nil thnl the world rhrr- S •m11"l Colt pntnntcd rrvnl•1lng fire- or Haverhill, for governor. He had ishes. ~ 11 , also been successful as a business "By happy circumstances also, as a "P. T. n:1rnum started thnt year to man and public spirited citizen of convenience to our members this af- tm1 r I h1· mun try with hl!i fnmow 1 clr- Portsmouth, was editor of the New ternoon, in connection with the privl-e11 ·. and the clty or Phll1vl lphh\ WM Hampshire Gazette, and held posilege of visiting the fascinating oldllghl <'d with gns for the Ont limo of tions in the custom house and postSparhawk mansion and its intere~l- surh use. office In Portsmouth. His residence at in"' collection of Colonial funiiturc t Jn·<•e tn<'ll, who bPCfl 111P t ht· 111ost the time of his appointment to the and interior, we sllall be near to nu >r- 11inent mrn of their penod in Shoals was 100 Market street, object thnt figures somewhat in thi l\111crica in literature and religion, houses were then numbered. address, the famous and unique wrrr born the same year, Mark Iii~ Many Intcrrot.s Browning stone, of which so many 'I'w'lin, Bishop Phillips Brooks rmd "He was one or the directors of have doubtless read, hut have n~ver Lyman Abbott. Charles Francis invisited. And ctoubtlrss also many who .l\d•1111s, !he historian, of a. lrimous Porstmouth Whaling Company, have visited the stone were not well f-11111ly of that name, was l>orn that corporated in June 1832 with a capiinformed of its significance. But the r"rr. Elkha Gray, electrician and in- tal stock of $100, 000 and of wWch the Browning stone is only incidental to fc11tor, Hetty Green, Amerlcnn cap- 'Hon. Ichabod Goodwin was the presithe selecting our morning subject. l lnlh;t, ,lohn La, FJ,rgc, painter, dent. He was one of "The memory or Crlla Thaxter in sculptor nnd decorator, Bisho1, Hen- committee of the Portsmouth WorlcPortsmoulh and Kittery is especial- ry Coclm1n Potter, ar familiar ing Men's Reading club, founded In ly sincerr and dcr1>. and abiding. She names of persons who were I.Jorn in 1834, and designed to be "a debating as well as a l"eading club. The is one or the most beloved of our 1835 . membership numbered about 4-0 in American poets. Her benut.iful spirit Iler Birth In Porl~mouth 1839, and funds were raised by ash'\S bl'f'OJllC h1sepnr11ble lrom cveLj "Celia Thaxter was born June 29, tl1l1t[! tlrn lq gnocl In the history or, 1~35, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, sessments not to exceed five dollars tHl thr sr11 t1m~11t.q ,,r. n11cl 111 our Ill the wooden house now numbrrcd a year for each member. In 1839 'the society owned a valuable library, v:11 lhoui:ltt~ or rnattrrs of tltr l!tlr.• 4'1 Danlrls strrrt, on the northerly ,r Shoal~. whrrc shr \ IC!' Jl.~. on Kll- ~1.Je of 1he street, and occupied as a composed of Dobson's Encyclopaedia of 21 vols., Harper's Family Library, t~r:,y lcrrlt-Ory. tore by Mose.~ Nannis, and unde:· the and several other valuable works." 'J he ~h~als Al lier ('hil rl hood trade n nme of "The Canteen." She "In 1839, the year or his departure "Since her day, one may not men- died at her cottage on Appledore Is- to the Shoals; he was a member of and today the school committee of fourteen, of tion a single matter relating to the land, August 26, 1894, island unless it be associated In some within five days of forty years ago. the District No. 1, and a member of way with the thought of Celia Thax- Her mother's maiden name was Eliza tho committee on High schools, the _ __ ....,.,........,....,____...,..,..._,. other two members being Samuel E. ler. In what she llved and in whnt illlam H. Y. Hackett; t,, �and one of a committee to examine while following their n\ar- before before in tho anniversary arthe schools and to report the books ria , it seems that Levi Lin~n ticle nnd tribute to Lucy Larcom in Boston Tra_nscript of March 8, and apparatus necessary to be US'ea:axter and his bride, Cella ThaxtlF;' "Upon his removal to the Shoals, lived on Star Island, lllfcannot read or w:-ite very where Mr. 1924, his house, 100 Market street, was oc- Thaxter was the preacher in the stone much of either of them wichout incupied by Joseph W. Laighton, who church, and they lived In the old par- volving in some happy way ~ mention removed from No. 7 Green street. sonage provided for the minister. Os- or the other." "Oscar Leighton, in his book or Joseph W. Lalghton was a grocer at car Leighton mentions that his sister No. 107 Market street. had said that the days on Star To- "Ninety Years at the Isles or Shoals," . "Handicapped as he was from the land with her husband were the hap- recalls that App\edore Island was, next to Concord In Massac!iusctts. a~ time of his boyhood by an injury piest of her married life. from. accident whil:h required him to Then the Thaxters seemed to !lave a g11therlng 1)1:rne of dl~tmi,:uishcd use a cane all his life until in later moved to Newton, Masii., nnd re- pepole. And I mu,.t justly ndd, worthyears he was obliged to -use a crutch, sided here until in 1880 they re- whlle people. he seems to have been a man with turned to the Shoals and to KitLery l!eha 'l'haxt,cr·~ "American Sal<ln' tho energy and activity of the -average Point, that is, Mr. Thaxter lived a "Mr. Laighlon snys: 'Amotic\' those two men. Kittery Point, Cutts Island, where he whom it w,,s our great privllege to djed in 1884, and after that Celia meet, I recall - The Thaxtcrs In Amerlci\ Hawthorne, Lowell, "The Thaxters are one of the old- Thaxter, who had returned trom an WhiUler, Aldrich, Steadman, Fields, R. B. est families in America: They are European trip with her brother, re- Trowbridge, Beecher, Albee the descendants of Thomas Thaxter mained at Appledore for the following Forbes, James Whitcomb RUty, am! of England, who came over to Hing- ten years, and until her 'death m Dr. Lowe Moson (who wrote the hymns) came often with his wife and ham; Mass., in 1638, and took the 1894. Cella Thaxter's Collected l'ocms splendid sons, Will1~m, If('nry nnd freeman's oath in 1642.. He died February 14, 1654. "In the collected poems of Celia Lowell. J also recall I•'rance3 H. Bm"The first five graduates of HarvRrd Thaxter, gathered into the eighth ne (who named her Little Lord college of the name of Thaxter were edition In 1906 and copyrighted by Fauntleroy for my brother Cedric), the descendants of Thomas Thaxter. her son, Professor Roland Thaxter, of Elizab1.;th Whittier, Sarah O: ne ,TcwThe Thaxters were prominent In Harvard, and known as the Appledore ett, Harriet n sec11,Jl' Sl.owr, Lucy LarMassachusetts Revolutionary history, Edition, and published by Houghton \'orr., m;nlet Perscott Spoff() :i, A:mlr in the affairs of Harvard, In matters Mifflin Company of Boston, there are Fields, Rose Lamb and L:iulse C. of state, and in the French and In- 168 selections, and one poem by her Moulton. Among the famou~ paintEIS who came to Appledo:·e were dian wars. brother, Oscar Lalghton. "Levi Lincoln Thaxter was born . in "Sarah Orne Jewett, who has writ- William Morris Hunt, DeH.. ss, Ross Watertown, Mass., February 1, 1824, ten the preface to 1J1e ectllio11, says Turner, Childll Hassam, J. Appleton the son of Hon. Levi Thaxter, and that 'In this new edition of the col- Browne, Olar :ei:,u,!t.r, G'luga:1g1gl, the grandson of Jonathan Thaxter, a lected writings of Cella Thaxter, V.'arri!n Si.eo.1•o, and many ot.11ern, Revolutionary patriot who served In great care has been taken to keep to all rcmarl:alllJ for l!letr spe,;lal ~tits. e Ai(tlsan C::Orps. "Be Wll.!I a dls- her own arrangement and Lo the cr- DeHass was !am .ns ! :Jr ,:;c; tt1res ot llngulshed scholar and critic. drr in whlr:h the poems Wl!re origin•• a breaking w;, ve ; Ross Turner for his our boats; "In 18:11 he waa mnrrlcd to Cella ally pub,lshed. In this way they · charming skelchcs of Lalghton. At the time or his mar- seem to make something llke a jour- Ch!lde Has~am for magnificent pic, rlage, eight years after his gradua- nal of her da1ly life and thought, tures of the gcr~e; and rockJ at t,pllon from Harvard, he wn.'I 27 ycnrs and to mark the constant1y..,incre11sing pledore; Appleton Brown for eKo! age, and 111s bride was only six- power or observation _which was so qulslte pictures of moonllght on the teen. Tl1e union was a !ortunato one, marked a trait of her character. water. William Morris Hunt '"as for not only was it happy between " "In this, as her eyes grew quick- found · drowned at .t\PPledoic Island. them, but it developed a young wo- er to see the blooming of flowers, and Olaf Brauner Is still doing splendid man into a beautiful womanhood and the flight or birds, the turn or the work at the islands.' into one of a charming circle of her waves as they broke on t.he rocks of "In a lette1· to Whittler, !n Februtimes. Appledore, so the eyes of her spirit ary 1868, Cella Thaxter says: 'I had read more and more clearly the in- a dear, long, lovely letter from Lucy Thaxter A Beaven-Sent Tearher "Oscar Laighton relMes just how the ward significance of things, the mys. Larcom. I do think slltl !s n neavenlives of the Laightons were affected terlous sorrows and joys o! human ly body, a true woman.' "One of my llelpful friends who by the coming to the Islands of Levi life. In the ~arliest of her poems there Lincoln Thaxter. He says, 'We were is much to be found of that st,rangc read this manuscript bef'l,'e it ·we1·e to delighted one day in October when insight and anticipation of •ixperience be re-written for readln~. suggests our sp1endid friend came •again t-o which comes with such gifts of nature that Cella Tl: axtcr':i J5land home wa5 White Island. He wa.s,_Just out of col- 11,nd gifts for writing as hers, but as Ml A1N.rlcan salon, In repre.~•.mt~ tlon lege (that was iu 184 ~11here he had life went on It seemed as If sorrow of thll leading personalities and spirit studied l!ill'.,__Toaxter was a man of were visible to her eyes, n shrouded of her time in America. "The life of Cella Thuxtet· is shown culture and high · attainments, ~th a_ figure walking In the dayllght. 'Here in Sorrow sit' was often t-ruc to the ln her poems, 11er collected letters and rare oharm of manner. We were all fond of _}tlni, and father urged hlni sad vision of her Imagination, yet ~he In her dcscriptlvo books, as one might to stay with us through the _winter. oftenest came hand In hand with expect. They will eurich the world to a forever. It will not ce the purpose of which he consented to do. This was some invisible dancing joy this sketch to take the matter of an .. event of far-reaching importance f,lend's door." comparative literature a:1c\ criticism. to my sister, brother and myself, for Sarah Orne Jewett's Estimate Mr. Thaxter became interested 1n our Her First Book of Poems m "Miss Jewett's estimate of the poet's educatlon. Mother was delighted ~hat work and spirit in this respecc Is so "Her first book or poems was pubher children were having the benefit intimate and just; that one cannot lished in 1872, with the later enlarged of this heaven-sent, school." hope to improve upon her word.3, and edition that I have mentioned. The so they become quotable anct appro- poems were followed by 'Among the The Marriage And Early Years The marriage of'"Levi Lincoln Thax- priate and timely in our own con5id- Isles of Shoals,' prose, in 1873; 'Drift weed,' 1878; 'Poems for Children,' tM and Cella Lalghton took place in eration of her verses. "' south parlor of t:he Appledore "In reading the poems and the life 1883· 'The Cruise or the Mystery, and Hotel before a distinguished . gather- o! Celia Thaxter, one Is almost m- Oth~r Poems,' 1886; and 'An Island ing of :friends and guests of the hotel, voluntarily Impressed with the siml- Garden,' prose, in 1894, the yenr of or Celia the ceremony being performed by the larity of the life and spirit o{ Lucy her deatlt. ·The Letters collected and published Rev. John Weiss, a Unitarian pro- Larcom, another genuine p.iet of the gressive and biographer of Theodore time of Cella Thaxter. Mi.33 Larcom p arker, the widest known of the -was there with Mrs. Thaxter f:lr three Unitarians of his tim~e·~~---~~d~a~y"'."s:O:ll:--1-:0:.r.'SJ::-:'ulc"y"'."'718 6"'."7':,':"a~n_d..,....as_I_h"'."av_o_sa_l_d_., I 1 so 7 �as a pa.inter In watc1· colors, and wns accustomed to Illustrate sepa:ut. copies or her books with flower a11ct marine plrces for those who wishrd them. "Of her funeral, Oscar LaighLon s:iys: 'It wa!! In August, when llrr garden was a perfect cyclone of IJlossoms. Evrry kind of beautiful flower was burled with hrr. and in hrt· parlor William Mason WM playing Beethoven's music that she loved so well. Annie Fields, Rose Lamb, Lucy Dcrby and all my sister's children wero there. As I snw Celia lyin(l' there, the thought came t mr. Lhat surely anyone so gifted &Lid belovF.d r.ould not be lost forever. Dr. Wm. Warren, Childe Hassam, J. Appleton Brown, Cedric and I carrtrd her to the quiet grave with father and mother on Appledore.' "Celia Thaxter's cottage, with its great library, painL!ugs, manusr.irpts and the treasures of her lite-time, was destroyed by the great fire on Applcdore in ScplcmlJcr 1 'Jll, when the Appledore Hotel and seven of the cottai:,es were wiped out, nnr! so much of the \islb!e work or t.hP. Laightons was obliteratrcl in a fe·n liours. Or, ly a few of the p::1iuLng1; fr.Jm the Thaxter cot,t.1.re were rescued. l\lr. 'l'haxlct's l,itn:uy lulluencc "Not mi..cl• Ins ever tJeea sni:l generally E,ho..,t the inllUC'll·J':! of Mr. Thaxter 111 lhe p0clic:i I c!~·1,)I >!)me11t of Ceha 1)'.a,:trr. nut I thin:c we are also indebted t,o lli•n for h r !nspirn.tlon to write; all(! we know particularly that she had Ills n.,s1~lance and his criticism upou her first poem, 'Land locked.' " 'My mot h"r.' Mr. John Thaxter has said, 'in h~nding the poem to my father for his cr!t.!rism, had llU!e expectation of it11 meeting with hls approvo.l, but lv• nt oner recognized its merit, and'placrd it In tho hamis of his friend and relative, Jrunes Russell Lwoell, then editor of the A.tla1~c Monthly, who published it ln the next number of the magazine without waiting to communicate with my moL11er. · " 'Many were lhe discussious w y parents had together in the early days of my mother's literary life, i;ouccrning her poems, n.nd it was to my father's advice and suggesUon nt th:it time, I think, that she owed much or her beauty and finish of diction. " 'I remember very well a discu. sion of several days over a line 111 the poem enlitled 'The Watch of Boon Island.' My fat,her objected at first to the col!oquia!lsm 'ail' in the last line of one vrrsc as marr! ll!l' the general effect. nnct many alternatives were tried; but none seemed to be satlsfacl,ory, so there the words stand to this day: " 'Sailors ~nd landsmen look, and womcn·s eyes, For pity rendy, . carch in vain the night, And wondering neirvhb r unto neighbor cries, 'Now what, think you. can ail Boon Island light?' " The 'l'liaxLl'rs and Drowning "In 'A Guide-Book to Works the Poetic of Robert page 105, lie mentions Thaxter has written of her husband's case. Time has changed all the e admirrilion for Browning's poetry: ters to the same shade as the rest of the stone, so that unless the stone be wet 'Mr. Thaxter's admiration of Brownor the light just right they are very itHfs genius developed in early youth, hard to decipher. In the morning, and h' was already a devoted stL1- however, before the sun gets high, they dent ,r his poetry long before show plainly.' The best statement of Browning·i; 11ame had become familiar the facts as to how Browning came to in th1, country. His enthusiasm was write the epitaph will be found in the som<' 1llini::- bcauLiful, and it grew and last published volume of Browning.' s trcn :; U1cncd with every year of his "The significance of this stone ls lile. T•J his cle1.r mind the poet's that it makes Robert Browning, who mean1111t was always perfectly lntel- was a very great man and a beloved ligihl . nd he had the power of English poet, more of a living reality maki11•~ others 1111clerstnnct without an forever here In Kittery and America. eITort I ho !'lublleLies o[ lhe master's Here in this littl cemetery, in a quiet most mystic utterances.' town, we have this distinction-that we '·Mr. Thaxt"r gave readings from have l.Jeen so happily honored, first with Brownin in Boston which were re- the grave or on who in his life was a ,:mnlr<I ,.<; qul 1.e 1emarko.ble in the student and a follower or the poetic v;ay o[ a ch~ar interpretation. A boul- master, and an example of Browning's dcr ()U th' !.\folne seacoast. mnri{s his thoughts, to one who professed to have grave, •rnd for this monument Brown- understood those tho..ights, the undering wrote the following line., : standing coming as it must come in all "Levi Lincoln T.haxter. Born in such cases, from a sympathetic readmg, from contemplation, from a love of Wal,e1 L0wt\, Massach.usetts, Pel:>rua1·y those ideas and the ideals o! the soul or 1, 1821. Dircl l\fny 31, _1_8_84_._ _ _ __ Robert Browning. Thou, whom these eyes saw nevorl A Unique Memorial Say frlenct.s true Who say my soul, helped onward hy "We do not now know of any other my song, epit'.lph written specially by Robert b'1!.;6t;i, ...., Though :ill unwtt,tlngly, hoa hc•lpcd Browning. Anything just like this thee too? therefore does not exist anywhere else I gnv of but ~ht' Little that I kn.:w: in the world, that we can now say. And How were th gift requited, while to this honor In itself, we have the long added words o! the poet in that subtle Life'11 path I pace, couldst · thou form of expression so full o! the personality or the writer as to be typical of a.,s•1t..:..~,·. makr weakness strong! Heli, me with knowledge-for Life's his attitude and representative o! his thoughts. , Old-Death's New! "And the stone is quite as characterR. B. t.o L. L. T., April 1885. istic of Levi Lincoln Thaxter as the "This poem was first printed Jn epitaph is characteristic of Robert 1 Poet-L 1re for August, 1889, an accur- Browning. 11te copy being furnished for publica"Mr. Thaxter needs no greater tribtion b.v Mrs. Thaxter. ute than to be remembered as one who had an early insight into the lofty The "Browning lone·• meaning of the English master, for it "Thi~ IJoul<ier on l,he Maine seacoa.5t referred 1,o is within the old cemetery ls now regarded perhaps that Browning i..:J,ff;~•,...,· has best interpreted h!msel! in his genopposite the Congregational Church at Kittery Point, close to the stone wall erous reference to Shelley, which is taken to have been an expression of hls on the left of the road as one thereabouts turns to the right to go to the own spiritual aim in poetry: 'I prefer Gcrr!st1 mansion. It is an irregular to look for 'the highest, not simply the """'"'y·''"''.'""· high,' he said. shaped stone not much more than three ~tr. Thaxter And His Wiro feet, ahove Lile ground. One cannot reRd the inscription readily, and it "While Mr. Thaxter was ·quite a little would l>e quite impossible to make out older than his wife, as I have shown, ail the words if one had never seen the dLparity in no way interfered with lhem in print,. John Thaxter stated their happiness. He evidently readily that to wet the stone aids one in deci- recognized the talents of his young phering- the lettering. Close by is the bride from her childhood, and she apgrav of Charles Eli'>t Thaxter, a i,ears to have profited constantly from grandson, th son of Prof. Roland her association with him. Her whole Thaxl<>r of Harvard. There is a beau- life work, so far as one may now see tiful r fercnce to this young man as into it, was based on his help, at least child, in the "Letters of Celia Thaxter", in construction and in expression. We at p,g, 206. probably owe a very great debt to him for many or her inspirations. And The Sclcetion of lhc Slone probah!y also we are indebted to him "Ot the select,ion or this stone for a for the broad spirit that is shown in all monumeut, John Thaxter t.old me: 'I or Mrs. Thaxter's verses and in her don't remember exactly the year the letters. In 1880 he purchased the Cutts stonr was set up, but I think it was in farm on what has long been known as lBll'i. There is nothing especial Lo C..itts lslai1d, and hrre he spent his stat,, o bout its selection. It l~ a beach summers until his death in 1884. bo,,ldcr nnd came from the shore uear A Poetical Tribute To A l'oet Brav Boat Harbor. We had It becausP my father disliked the conven"My own tribute today in verse to t!on<il modern cut stones in common use Cella Thaxter seems most inadequate. for grwestones. The lettering was U she may hear me read it, she will fordon~ hv Mr. Hobbs of South Berwick: give me its imperfections and my llmtIt l~ commonly asserted that the let- tatlons, and accept Its spirit. ten, have worn down so as to be almost lileglble, but such is not exactly the �To CELIA THAXTER (Born June 29, 1835; died Aug. 26, 1894) Lonely loving child; woman pure and fair, Giving simple words their meanings; We in return would fitting thoughts declare: Gratitude for modest heartfelt gleanings. ~ - - - - ' / Free lighthouse child, and island singer clear, Whose every note had charm and hopeful yearning, Singing of earth-love, deepest tones we hear· Now, love and praise we would be returning. , "Because of Thee"-because of s..1ch we sing; That "The Sunrise Never Failed" for you we· know; Because of these, this tribute now we bringFor all those songs of yours, we love you sol • JUSTIN HENRY SHAW . Ship Model Exhibit Plimned PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. 18An interesting exhibition of old ship models wlll be held at the old Warner House on Daniels Street, here next week. Exhibits wlll be chosen from collections of Mr. Templeton Coolldl!'e and Mr. Henry Vaughan. TELLS OF SCOPE OF LIBRARY Miss Hannah Fernald Gives Address Before' Rotary Club Miss Hannah E. Fernald, librarian at the Portsmoath Public Library, · gave the members of the Rotary Club a most informative talk at their weekly meeting at .the Rockingham Hotel thls noon on the scope of the libraary and the great part it plays in the everyday life of Portsmouth. She told of the great increase in the ,use of the library during the serious unemployment period, due to the fact that people were reading books to pass away their leisure time and from which they could learn how to use the knowledge they possessed in gainful work at home. Miss Fernald spoke of Sam Walter Foss, author of "The House By the Side of the Road," himself a librarian, and said that the library should be "a house by the side of the road and a friend to man." She read a list of unusual requests for information which daily come to the library and said that, whatever else a librarian might suffer from, it cer·tainly was not monotony. In this connection she said that people were m..1ch better for having alert and inquisiti~ minds. Webster's Dictionary and the World Almanac, she said, were the two most used books in the library, 11.nd also told of the complete magazine section, with over 50 magazines corning to the ll- ""'··•'v·""' brary every month, all ot which are kept on tile, with a magazine Index which enables people to locate articles in the different periodicals. She spoke of the collection of books on Portsmouth and by Portsmouth authors and of the great collection of mounted pictures. The children's section was mentioned and Miss Fernald said the children take out an average of 20,000 books a year. The fine work of the Girl Scouts in keeping the Wentworth Home and the Home for Affed Women supplied with reading matter last winter was highly praised. She said that 90,000 books were taken out last year and that so far this year the figure is running about 2500 ahead of the same period last year. She spoke of the great demand for non-fiction books during the past year, saying that books on the social sciences, useful arts and history were being taken out In larger number than ever before. She said that the average modem novel was good and mentioned some of the more modern ones which are entertaining as well as instructive, and said that people can read good fiction witho.it bothering wfth trivial things. She concluded her talk by saying that if every book taken from the library gave a little light which we could see Portsmouth would be a bright place, indeed. Miss Fernald ·was h1ti·oducerl B. T11Lcn, chairman for �first Printer In Portsmouth JDdilor's Note:-Whcn lbe read· en, of Community Comment realize th-at Lhe original printing ruacbine of Daniel Fowle was iJbout the same size all(l appearance of au old fashioned book prcsH il can eas ily be imagined the dUlicullies of early printers. Mr. O'Brien has named his book shop al 150 Slate Slreet, Portsmouth, a[ler Daniel Fowle to perpetuate his memory in the minds o[ Porlsrnout h people. The people of Portsmouth are very proud of its old houses and antiquities, and rightly so, but few of them know that this cily can also boast of having had the first printing press in New Hampshire. Daniel li'owle, the first printer, came to Portsmouth a[lcr a period of conflict wit 11 the Massachusetts House of ReprcscntativCf;. Fowle was born in Charleslown in 1715, and served his apprenticeship with '\ printer in Boston. II e commenced business for himself in 1740, and two years later eutcrNl a partnership with G:unalicl nogers. Together they pul,liHhed an <'<lilion n[ tho New Testament (lhc llible was not printed in English in Norlh Americ-a unlil 1788), the I\ merican Magazine, and a uewspapor, the Independent Adverlizor. This partnershill was dissolve-cl in 1750 and Fowle carri<'ll on the bu siness alone. He was early addicted to the cause of liberly, and in 1754 wrote and published a pamphlet called ''The Cub Now Lick'!: or, A New Story of an Old Monster," allacking lhe excise laws. In the same year he was arreslc<I by warrant, signed by the Spcalccr of the H ouse o( Represent at ivcs, on s uspicion of lla,•iug printed a pamphlet, entitled "The Monster of Monsters" by ~'om Thumb, Esq. which severely criticized several mPmbers of t11at body. Ile was ex-am ined before lhe 1Iu11se , and was commillecl lo jail where he remainccl for some Upon his relcnse he wrote and published -a pa1111ihl<'l called, in tho long-wirnl<'rl Cashion o[ the limes, "A Tolal l•,rlip~<' oC Lih<'rly: being a True and 1°:iithful Account o( the Arraignment, & l~xaminalion of Daniel Fowle before the IIonourIIousc of Ilepresentatives of lhe Province of the Mas~achusetts Bay barely on Suspicion of his being concern'd in Printing and Publishing -a Pamphlet, intilled the Monster nf Monsters: Also, his Imprlso nmcn ancl Sufferings in a Stinking Slone Gaol, without lhe Liberty or Pen, Ink or Paper, and not allowed to see hi s near est Friends, nor to \V-ril<' a T.i110 to his Wife: with many olhe r Incidents and Aggravations: which shews it to be Monstrous Treatment, Wrilleu by HimRc lf, Boslnn, 175:i. (See ".Journal of Mass. Hay" for lhis year). His affairs clid not prosper and in .July, 1756, h e removed to Portsmouth, having receiv d enco uragement from - several inlmbilants of lhis lown, anrl set up his printing husiuess in an old house at the corner of Howard and ·washington streets. Ile commenced publishing lhe New Hampshire Gazette and Historical Chronicle, October 7, 1756, and continued, wilh some short interruptions, until his death. In 17G4, h e look his neph ew, Robert Fowle, into partnership, under the 11ame or n:111 iel and Rob ert Fowle. This con11<'ction continued until 1774, when -a difference in political opinions caused their separation. Fowle did Jillie business, except printin g lhe newspaper, the state laws, and a few pamphlets. S~on after his selllement here he was appo inle<l a .J11slice of the r race by Governor Benning Wentworth. Although Fowle was an ardent patriot, some of the more zealous Whigs of Portsmouth thought him loo timid in his denunciations of variouH forms of Brilish tyranny, and in 1764 lhey assisted 'I'homas Furber, who had been one of Fowe·s apprentices, in founding an other weekly paper, the "New llamvshire Mercury and Weekly Advertizer." In 1765, the Stamp Act was passed by Parliament, requiring among other Lhings the use o( stamped paper for lbe printing o[ n ews papers. On October 31, 17G5, lhe New Hampshire Gazette appeared with a black border around it, au emblem of the loss of liberty, and the printer stated that he s hould publish it no longer, as he would not submit to the unjust tax. Altho ugh Fowle h-ad thrown in his lol with the patriots he was called to account for publishing in Jaunary 1776, a long communication [rom Jnnins (Sir Philip Francis), which was intended to influence pnhlic opi nion in favor of adherence to England, and in which the hopeless ness of the cause of the patriots was stro ngly pointed out. In September of the same year, Robert Fowle, a wellknown Tory, who had moved to Exeter, and thore establi s hed another newspaper called the "New-Hampshire Gazette," was arr es ted and conffned for counterfeiting paper currency issued by the new State of New Hampshire. His goods were confiscated, but after the war he returned to Exeter and sought the restoration of his property. Portsmoul4 at that time was a very wealthy town and many of its leading merchants were reactionary Tories. General Sullivan, who In 1775 vras here making preparations (or the defense of the town, 1:·..:.~,,.,.;n-1r,,.: was greatly annoyed by them and wrote to General Washington: "Thal infernal crew of Tories, who have laughed at Congress ........ walk lhe streets with impunity, etc." He was empowe red by Washington to seize every officer of government at Portsmouth who had given proof of un(riendliness towards the cause of the patriots. A character of those days was an old negro, called Old Prime, who was Fowle's assistant. Through long service in bending over the press, he was bent to an angle of ;about forty-five degrees. Brewster, in lhe "Rambles" tells the story of Mrs. Fowle's funeral: 'Prime mourned the loss, of his mistrei.s and called her an old foo1 for dying. At fl\nerals, it was the custom for the negroes of the famiur•~-"1;"",;;;,11 lo W'-tlk at the left hand of eacL white survivor, among the chief mourners. Prime should have gone on the left of his master, Mr. ••~Y.!c.''.c~•;,~-,;-;.'~ Fowle, but h e weI!t oi: the right. His master whispered, "Go the oth- M..-~,"',~~+.:.~11 er side." Prime did not move. His master touched him and whispered again, "Go the other side." This was too much. The old peppery negro spouted out, as loud as he could, "Go tudder side ye sef, ye mean jade." ' Daniel Fowle died in 1787, and was succeeged in business by John Melcher, one of his apprentices. It was said of Fowle by a contemporary, that: "he was a correc t printer and industrious. h e was pacific, agreeable in his manners, liberal in his sentiments, and attached to the c-ause of his country." On the centenary of the first publication of the New Hampshire Gazette October 7, 1856, a public ceI- ._.__,..,.;;,:...,;,~......:~:L...~:fU....,;.,t, ebr-ation was held by the city of gi Port1:1mouth. The streets were dee- I!:= orated, speeches were made by the 1 ading citizens, and Fowle's printing 11ress, said to have once b~longed to Benj. Franklin was drawn throu gh the streets on a float. The press then belonged to the descendants of John Melcher. It passe1d clown through several hands to the late Hon. Frank W. Miller, and later Israel P. Miller attempted negotiations to present it to the New Hampshire Historical Society; but �Wlt.L EXHIBIT PAINTINGS Russell Cheney, nationally known artist, who has adopted Kittery as his permanent home because of his k>ve for this section of the country and the "'"""-' ....,. abundance of subjects !or his work, _,_,..... Tm 1s t.o have about 25 of his pa.intings on exhibition in the Addison Gallery of Art at Phillips Andover Academy, .......,.,., .-..,;~ the showing opening on Saturday and continuing to Oct. 28. The majority of the paintings- which he will show at Andover were painted ' in Portsmouth or Kittery and he has carrlec? lo the canvas. all the brilliance of our New England sun and the charm of locar landscapes. Some or hi& paJ.nUngs a.re bright. with color while others have the sombre effect or liver fog or Ure d'uliness of II gra:r ran &llernoon. To some subjects. he has gNen a very liberal treatment. sacrificing a. bU of detail !or a splash of eo!or wh!Ie others adhere gtncUy to detail and when 'tiewed from a distance p~ent almost the same effect as a coloftd phGt,og:raph with a.n extra clash of realistic retouc.hing. Mr. Cheney is • descendant of Cheney :Bnl6. lilt. manu!a.c.turers. his father and grandfather both having been president.s o! the company. He graduafed fiam Yale University with the Class: oC 1904 where he was a. member o! Ule Arl. SudenW League. Ee was president of the league tn 19ll. ms first. Ne"R" Yorlc s ~ of pafnHngs was in the Babcock G ~ in 1921 and since then exhibited there in 1922, 192!i and 192.7. He exhiblled in the Montross Galleey in New York in 1928. 1930, 1932 and 1934. H~ has paintings. en exhibition now In the Grace Hom Gaillery in Bo.ston. in the Morgan Memorial in Harlfol'd. Conn.. the Newark,. N. J. Arts Mixsemn,. the San Pn.nclsco Pll.lace ot Pine Arts. the One. Man Exhibition in the Portland, Me., Museum, the Provf<f.ence. School of Design. ih~ San Fra.ucfsco Pa.Iace of the Legion o! Honor, the San Diego Museum, the MDseum of. Ne Mexico the San Antonio. Tex. Museum and the Ya.le Arts Muse=I and he also sllowed at the Chicago World's Fil.fr Ia.st. year and has' a:aother pttfntfng at- this Jea.r's fa.fr. He studied m Parls and in Venfce a.nd hM painted many ptet~ fn E'llrope and o! lhe United m many states. ~°"'" ~-· J \ The Art of Russell Cheney By Dorothy Adlow sense of responslbll1ty and an Increased momentum. His painting becomes animate, vigorous. There seems to be some purpose In It. If we wish to characterize Mr. Cheney's most recent work, we may say without pondering at great length that it is inspired by Cezanne and ideas which he engendered. Mr. Cheney has learned to convey more to the canvas per square Inch, to give a full realization to the shape and growth and deterioration of trees, the expansion, the Jumpiness the variations in the terrain, the age and weather-beaten charncter of rustic homes. Getting down to essentials, portraying the ·subject iu, concretely as It is seen and felt by the onlooker, Ignoring non-essentials -these are methods taught by the Important moderns. They are characteristics which cannot be Imitated· each artist must attain them through an evolution of style. Those who know New England will feel ;the win.try chlll, the threatening skies, the loneliness of old roads the tranquil beauty of Mr. Cheney•s'plctures. New England answers subject demands of modernism adequately; no r!oubt we shall see it portrayed a great deal h1 the new brusque 1m• pelling idioms In the next rew y~ars. HE Addison Gallery of Amer• ican Art at Andover, Mass., will present a series of one-man exhibitions by contemporary New England artists who have already gained some distinction. For initial display in the series they are showing oils by Russell Cheney. Dates have been l!sted carefully on the catalogue, so that we mo.} follow the progress of this painter over a period of years. This added information is helpful, for it indicates the direction of progress o! the artist, and the emergence from experimental attempts to a personal ' style. Mr. Cheney Is a mod-' ernist in schooling and temperament, and we may note in his pictures abmpt changes of s;y1e, variations in sentiment, and a gradual self-assertion. Modermsm has offered m11-ny a challenge to the young artist, threatening often to break his convict10n. It has encouragert 11aste and charlatanism. The only painters who have been able to resist its onslau'ghts are those who arc genuinely artists. Russell Cheney shows one canvas painted in 1916. The interest In scenic beauty which persists to the most recent canvases is manifest. But he is contented with little. The color Is limited in range, the forms are flat, the mood sedate. By the end or a decade, he has found himself painting in wider range of color, with .,_....,___...,.i..;....aa;.:.l""'"lillll,,.__...,._..._..,."t, greater emotional conviction and with considerable warmth. The colors are pale and !llusory, the effect is delicate, the atmosphere idyllic. Within a few years a quite momenThe list of paintings by tous If not violent change occurs In his style. Mr. Cheney is emboldened, Cheney, Kittery arlist, which are on replaces flatness with roundness exhibition at the Addison Callery brightens the color, articulates tex- Phillips Andover Academy, ha.s been tures and exhibits throughout a issued and among the 27 paintings the greater joy in painting, a deeper nat1011a1ly known painter has on hibition there are 16 local views, painted in Kittery or Portsmouth. The paintings showing local scenes are I:Iutchlns Corner, Point O'Graves, Chocolate Daisies, Meeting House Square, New Hall'lpshire Barns, Our Woodshed, Beal's Barn and Boat House, Kittery Point, Strawberry Bank, Portsmouth, White Peonies, Se'.l Breeze, River Morning, Tom· Pritleaux, Bolt ' Hlll Road, McLcary's Woods, Bra' Boat Harbor Road. Mr. Cheney's exhibition is the of a series of "one man" exhibitions by contemporary New England arlists who have already attained distinction In their profession. The plantings on exhibition are not limited to current work, but are a. caref.:il selection from stages in the artist's develop- T KITTERY ARTIST HAS EXHIBITION �:FRANKLIN SITE FIRST LOCATED AT DURHAM Original Settlers laid Out City At End Of Pisca" taqua Bride One or two houses were actually built at Franklin but were lMer either torn do wn <Jr moved away. Man'y of the people who now live w'n ere . this city was once \aid o_u t, haye' 11() , idea that lhcy nre, liviJ?ff . oo ,th~ . lqGatio~ or 011c · of the state's greatest ,. "dreams." In history, but, few latc>'r records <'f Franklin City are made. Mention made, however, of the owners nf lots in 1825; nad May 28, 1829. Andrew SimpWn sold 25 Jots. But their decreases in value is shown· by the record or tnx nbatemrnt.s. One cf these in the Durliam records (lf 1821 runs as foJI 0\\·s : "Timothy Pinkham, on land in Frnaklin City, $3.15." The plan of Franklin City became the property of a M,s. Alley wl1o also ownrcl the 1:rnd where the phnntom cily was to have been built by grrs.~ive founders. 11,.:::.:.;;;.:.;:..:.::...:.~:.:.:.:.;;;.;;:.._ _.--:.,,.._..,....,.:-"."-J Sept. 5-Th,~ city of now located miles awny from the sr,,oc, now a p;irt of t11is town, where :t was first )l),·ntcd :ind tor which cl ♦-:; a charter '· '?.S allr.wcd w1der the .i.ct of incorpor-1:1011 pas cd t,y the New E .11r.psh1rP. Le:~.~ ~t,u·e on Dec. 14, 1796. Franklin City was 1:uct ;•:t M tne end of Plscataqm1 bridge m tlas tGWn. Nathaniel •.Jvggswell and· Thoma!< I Pinkham, two or the ,/:l'o't;p· wno ,founded the ,::ty, petit.Jon ~J tl'le New; 1 Hampsire rjcgl~l'lture !or tlle inr.or; poration. 0£ 'f'r::.nklin proi)netary; to I ~continue a tc,dy politic J.lld· .:orpor1 ste by that TJ.ame forevt>r." ' The bill of mcorporation authorizea ' Ebenezer Th.impson oI f),1,l1a.n1; to, call the first, mcetmg or · tnc· 9rnprletors, or, In case o! his J'nilur~,Ebenezer Smith, of the same town. TI,i.s pr0ce-' dlire makes plnln tl)at the early settlers wanted to m'lke sur that their plans were carrled out. Franklin City .vas I J,mclcd by men specially interested in trade and shipping. In the flrsl qnartr.r of the 18th century many vess<'l~ we1e buHt, not only on n,e wnarves m Durnam village, but at Plscntaqun bridn;e. The cmlmrgo and the ~ •ar of 1812 were a great check to this buo;iness. but mention is made of two privnteers built at the bridge by Andrew Simpson of Durham clurlng that war. As a matter of fact. this was the first city to be organized on paper in New Hampshire. The plnn for the streets, etc., was dnnn1 b. Denjnmin Dearborn, a teacher :ind a reputed genius at city planning. Streets were named aftrr such "Nell known people as washin{'ton, Jefferson, Montgomery, Warrl'n. Scammcl, Plans prodded for a tavern on what w:is to b~ linov.-n as Market strrct; a meeting house en Washington blrcet with the State House facin g it; the Court House library were to be built. nearby. GONE-THE OLD HANDTUB MUSTER The New Hampshire State Firemen's Convention held here on Tuesday prompted a writer for the Manchester Union to produce some lines on the old handtub musters which PorLsmouth has figured in for many years. Here is the Queen City editorial comment: Down in PorLsmouth today the New Hampshire State Firemen's a.ssocia• tion holds its 37th annual convention,. There will be a smart parade o! upto-date apparatus, a concert and ball, and other entertainment. Everybody will have a good time, and the round table talk undoubtedly will be pro• ductive of much practical benefit. But there will be something missing- l•l•~~~.,.il.:7!f .."i,i,".;. something that used to be a hearty feature of New Hampshire life 50 or 60 years ago, the old "hand tub" muster. Nothing has taken the place of itand nothing ever will-for Intense rivalry and for picturesqueness,-and for the effect of those brilliant red helmets on small boys. The youngsters vowed to be firemen when they grew up; and after a stirring day, trying valiantly to keep up with all the fun. they went to bed to dream of huge writhing lengths of hose spurting lofty fountains of water and a giant in a shiny slicker of new rubber towering over the scene bellowing "Break 'er down, boys-break 'er dominating figure, of course, was the foreman of the engine crew, '>lll!or.,-,,,;,a111 who urged on the huskies at the pumps with a vociferation (punctua'1i&:'f~!it:~ilted with not a few expressive exple. tlves) from his post on the top of the .,.,....,...-.. ,...,.machine. But the two men who held the nozzle were the mainstay of the 1.",1.k.,:t!J!'•f'••·;-twhole businc-ss; for If it wobbled, it broke the force of the stream into spray and much of the effort of the pumpers was wasted. sometimes vlc.!'llia,11[,>!~,.tory was lost by a few inches. certain of those old tubs won wide renown by the prizes they won. They traveled from one muster to another, and were great drawing cards, crowds coming from near and far to see them "wet the paper" at a distance of 200 feet and more. · The largest of these musters in the history of the state, it Is believecl. was held in Manchester, Sept. 15, 1859. It lasted three days; there were 53 visiting companies in the parade. One by one, the hand kits vanished. Now there are only a few left. But if any o! the old boys who used to "run" with them happen to be in Portsmouth today, stirring recollections apt to come to them. "Break 'er down!" �First Craft,.To·__Be- Assembled And Named, lif !'Dry Dock ,Miss .·- Louise Matthews " I ,. ' Sponsor..· ,: . ... ' \ ·, . . . : t; ' . 'F11AUDE !1UtLfR' \VAiSYORI~ GIRL ' \. Today the U . .s. Qoast Guard cutter 27, 1934. The vessel will be placed in Hudson · was christ ened in the Ports- b>mmission October 29, 1934, and will inouth ·Navy ;{.ard and ' is the first ship leave the yard for final trials on No-of any 'kind to be , assembled ·and vember 1, 1934. named in the dry dock of the station. - The ' principal characteristics of the S,h~r°tly ·.after il.30 , the exercises Hudson are: opened with sel~ctions by the Amer!- · Len~th overall-110 ft. 6 in. · -can Legion t Barid . of this city which Lengt h between perP.endlculars-104 volunteered its services in the absenr~ tt. 0 in. of--'a iegula'.r Navy band. Beam, molded..:.24 ft. o in. The, :flood valves •of the dock l , ere D epth, molded-12 ft. 7 in .. opened ten minutes later when ., ··the Draft, . maximum-About 10 ft. 6 in. sponsor Miss · _Louise · Matthewa, Displacement at a mean dra-rt or 9 daught~r or Mr., and Mrs. E . . Curtis f t. n~ in.-290 tons. Matthews; and launching p~tY<fr>}I;!;;_, .. :sh~t horsepower of sembled on the launching •c'platfonn, ing machinery-WO \vhere t she was presented. with ,,a silv,ei:; :Fun ·power speed-12 kno ts. tea . set, a gift from.- the :<1iyili_an ,• e~ .An unusual method of construction plo~ees : of · the · yard which v.:as pre-: has been employed in building the i,ented- by Frank A. Rhodes a m&- Hudson. The main hull, up to and in- , ~hinist employed in - Buildipg 80. eluding the main deck, · was built in Prr,,yer, ·was then offered by Liimt. E, Lhree sections . on the assembly plat- ; G . .Hangen, Chaplain of the yard. ·. · ·' Jµst ·'at noon when the water reached,> th·e keel . Lieut; Commander T. · F. O';Brien, C.. C., ·gave a,' signal by hand to Captain J. W~ Woodruff, C. C., who through the Commandant; Rear_ Ad~ mlral Chas. P. Sny.der, fnstructed the sponsor , to christen the. ship. · 1 Miss. Matthews ·wore ~ a pretty suit . o! br&wn trlil).liled' with fur and hat . to makh. She. carried ' a bouquet of briercliff roses and used a bottle of ~ld , champagne in naming the ship. , She was accompanied by Mrs: Wll. ilam _ c. Walton Jr., as \ matron or ' honor, ' · - . · · .. :M:iss Matthews was · escorted to the launching. stan·d ·bY Rear Admiral C. P. Snyder. The launching party included besides 'yard 'officials who had charge of th_e .( ship's construction, Constructor E? M. Kent of the Ooast 9u'\i.rd1 Headquarters, Washington, D, C.; Capt, Gaobitt of the 1st District Headquarters, Bostort, and Mrs. Gabbltt; ·capt. Usina o! the same district, and Mrs. Usina. . · . Sponsor for Coast Guard· Cutter .- Tl;le Hudson is one of four sister Hudson shipii; three of which were recently launch~d at • the Charleston, , s. c. form · of the Sh.!pfltter Shop and then yard. ·•):'he contract was allotted to the tra,nsported by crane and flat car to 'Pprtsrnouth Navy Yard on December the keel blocks in the Dry Dock for 8, 1933, for completion in eleven final assembly, The Cutter ls in genmonths: ';['he keel was laid on June eral of riveted construction throughout. .-'t The York Transcript says: sear and yellowed n ewspaper bearing the date of Friday, October J.7, 1879, found its way last week to the off:ce of The Old York 1'ranscript throu gh th e courtesy of E. F. Hobson of York Village. Tucked away in one of its c-olum11s was an enl!ghteuing bit of information concerning Maud Muller, the heroine c,f John Greenleaf Whittier's famous poem. Maud Muller, it appears from this ancient issue of The Union and. Journal, published at Biddeford, was a York girl, a fact not generally known l1ereabouts. "Mr. Whittier's own statement of the origin of his poem 'Maud l\lluller' ls quoted by a correspondent of The Springfield Republican. He was driving with his sister through York, Me., and stopped at a harvest field to in(JUire the: way. "A young· girl raking hay near the stone wall stopped to answer their inciuiries. Whittier noticed as she talked that sh e bashfully raked tile hay around and over her_bare feet, and she Wa& fresh and fair. The little incident left its impression and he wrote out the poem that very evening, "But if I had ha-d any idea," he said, "that the plaguey little thing would h ave been so liked I should have t.aken morn pain,; with it. "To the inquiry as to tho tiLle 'Maud Muiler,' he said is was suggested to him and was not a selection of his own. It came, he said, as the poem ca me. Dut he gives it the short Ger~ man pronunciation as Mueler, tJ-1:; br<,fl(l Yn nkee Muller." A �graves of Vikings, In 1903 Martin Cape Co sty e, Mrs. Warren said that Pring and his company of men· in I.his style was built because of a desire search of sassafras visited Portsmouth, to evade paying· a tax. ' There was a j she said, anct eleven years later Capt. certain tax 01v two-story houses, but ·')1111 Smith visited this section. Pie- this type, where the building was of Lures of the monument at the Isles of two stories in front but in the back Shoals, the monument at Odiorne's sloped to one·story, did not constitute a Point, and early homes were shown. two-story building, so the tax was not She then described the living condi- assessed. Pictures of houses in this . section tions of the early ~ttlers ancl. their experiences with the Indians, and told the shown, included the Jackson house, the stories of Martha. Gerrish and Hannah Weeks house In Greenland, the old Dustin. State House on the Parade, Earl of Fort William and Mary, the old Halifax Tavern, Wentworth-Gardiner Garrison House at Dover, the old fort house, Jacob Wendell ho.1se, Boardat Exeter, .the first sawmill at Dover man house, Gov.· Benning Wentworth built in 1629, and which Is probably th~ mansion, Lang-don ho.1se, John Paul first sawmill in America, and the Grist Jones house and the Peirce mansion. Mill were shown, with a word or two of Mrs. Willis N. Rugg, president of the c·xplanatlon about each. The pictur- Alllance, welcomed the group and incsque covered bridges, which at one troduced the speaker. Following the talk tea was se.ved and time provided the way of crossing the streams of the state, and early a ·social time enjoyed. Mrs. Justin H. churches, including the Newington Shaw and Mrs. William A, Walker church, the old North Church In this poured and were assisted In, serving by city and the stone church at the Isles I.he Misses Anne Hewitt, Mary Carter, of Shoals, were shown. Nancy Badger and Lila Peyser. , All .. • Mrs. Wa11en told of the first organ- were dressed in colonial costumes, ··as izcd government which was established were the speaker and Mrs, Rugg, / n Exeter in 1649, this being ,followed h· Port.smouth, Dovc1"' a11d Hampton, 11t1ese four being known 11s the Little n.rpnblic. She s1>oke of U1e Mason Igrant In this territory and the dlffic.1!Lies which rcsult,cd. In discussing the salt boic type of dwelling, which Inter developed into the j GIVES TALK ·~- 'ON COLONIAL NEW HAMPSHIRE !Yrs. fieorge Warren Speaks Before Unitarian Alliance M rs. George Warren of New Castle was the spe:iker before the Women's Alliance of the Unitarian Church at the . [>ansh hotL~c on Tuesday aft,crnoon. Her subject was "Colonial New Hampshire", and as this was of interest. to others than those belonging to the organlzatlon the meeting was open to anyone wishing to nt,t,cnd. The lecture was illustraten with slides many of them familiai· to tllo•e ' . ' at,te n d mg the lect.nre, as many of the pietures were takei1 . t . . stat~. ' m !us sectwn of Uie In beginning her I t . M. ' . ren s ol·c of ti1 cc .iie rs ::u·P ' e Norsemen wh,, ,•: rid believed to have visited these ,,1111rr s between the years 900 and l00fJ SI . · ic showed n picture of a place In Hn mpton where_ crosses are carved i11to sto ne, which some believe marl< the I �a~-; ~.::. ~ t~ E. ARROLL ~) FREDERIC E. EVERETT, ~ Stale Highway Commissioner ~ CHARLES Honorary Chairmen F. CLYDE KEEFE, Dover OREN V. HENDERSON, Durham ALBERT E. HODGDON, Newington f i; t �LITTLE BAY BRIDGE Engineers & THORNDYKE, Boston, Mass. FAY, SPOFFORD Contractors Foundation: CRANDALL ENGINEERING COMPANY, Cambridge, Mass. Superstructure: LACKAWANNA STEEL CONSTRUCTION Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Eleclrical: .JAMES WILKINSON & Co., Boston, Mass. Sub-Contractors C'onerelc Bridgcdcck and \Valk: F. . CONANT & SON, Newburyport, Mass. Pain ling: BUFFALO S1rnETIN(; AND PAINTIN(; COMPANY, Buffalo, . Y. BB.. LAMY RIVER BRIDGE Engineers & 'l'!JORNDYKE, Boston, Mass. FAY, 8l'OFFOIW General Contractor w AIUUrn 1;1wTJI 1ms l{l)i\llS COM !'ANY, Cambridge, 1\Im;s. Sub-Contractors Piling: RAYMOND CONCRETE PILE COMPANY, New York, N. Y. na~rnle Draw Bridge: LACKAWANNA STEEL CON- STRUCTION Co., Buffalo, N. Y. ~leclrical: .TAMES WILKINSON & Co., Boston, 1\Iass. �General Committee WILLIAM A. CROCKETT, Dover EDWARD D. SMITH, Dover CHARLES H. PETTEE, Durham CHARLES WENTWORTH, Durham J. Guy SMART, Durham Lours C. BEAN, Newington SIMS FRINK, Newington STILLMAN A. PACKARD, Newington 10 :00 A . 1\1., Wednesday, (Standard Time) The sounding of a bugle from the center of the bridge will be the signa l for the representatives of Dover and Durham, escorted by a guard of U. S. Marines, to proceed to the center of the bridge and there meet and exchange greetings with the representative of the Town of Newington, who will approach from the Newington end of the bridge, escorted by the Navy Yard Band. 10 :10 A. 1\1. Cutting the ribbons at the center of the bridge . The Red, by Philip Christopher Keefe, son of F. Clyde Keefe. The White, by Edith Margaret Hodgdon, granddaug-hter of Albert E. Hodgdon. The Blue, by John Henderson Hersey, 1 grandson of 0. V. Henderson. 10:20 A. 1\1. Dedication exercises at North end of bridge . Information Free parking space opposite the railroad tracks at North end of the bridge. No toll will be collected to cross either bridge from 9:00 A . M., Wednesday, September fifth, to 6:00 A . M., Thursday, September sixth. Only those wearing "otricial" or "guest" badges will be admitted lo Lhe bridg-e dul'ing- the exercises. There will be no lraflic across the new bridg-e until afte1· the exercises. On account of lack of space at the bridge, the remainder of the program, including a Military and Civic parade, will take place in Dover al 2:00 P. M. (Standard Time). There will be a baseball game belwt•cn the Hoyal Arcanum and Twin Stal<; teams al 4 o'clock, and hcl ween the Clerks' and I. B. Williams' teams at 5:30 o'clock (Standard Time), at Towle's Field, Dover. There will be a band concert and fireworks in the evening at Towlc-'s Piel<!, off Silvt'I' street, 8:00 I'. l\1. (Standanb Time). There will be band concerts clu1·ing Lhe day by The Fifth U. S. Infanll'y Band, Ft. Williams, Me.; The U. S. Navy Band, Portsmouth; The Pacific Mills Band, of Dover; The Dover Cadet Band, of Dover. DEDICATION EXERCISES CCUNCILOR CHARLES II. BRACKETT, Presiding Chairman BANDS ''INGING OF AMERICA INVOCATION Rev. David P. Hatch, First Parish Church of Dover PRESENTATION OF BRIDGE Charles 1\1. Spofford of Fay, Spofford and Thorndyke ACCEPTANCE OF THE BRIDGE Gov. John G. Winant REMARKS F. Clyde Keefe, Mayor of Dover BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH Oren V. Henderson, Author of Bridge Legislation "STAR SPANGLED BANNER'' The Bands REMARKS Sims Frink, County Commissioner, Rockingham County BENEDICTION Rev. Fred S. Ruschmeyer, Durham [NSPECTION 01~ BRIDGE �crosses the Pistacaqua TEARING DOWN OLD BRIDGE AT DOVER POI I Work Started Today On he Newington End Of Spa ,c , , , residents of both cities, 10,000 WITNESS DOVER TIRIDGE DEDICATION New Span Crosses River to Portsmouth DOVER. N. H., Sept. 5-Residents of Dover, Portsmouth nnd surrounding town$, numbering more than 10,000, were In nttendance this morning at Dover Point to p11rlicfpai,e In lhe dedication ol the new $1,000,000 bridge over the Pi~cataqua river connecting Dover and Portsmouth. Gov. John a. Winant accepted the bridge In behalf of the estate. He was escorted by the Portsmouth Navy Yard band and a detachment of 100 marines. Remarks were also made by Mayor F. C. Keefe of Dover, 0. V. Hender.son of Durham and Albert Hodgdo11 of Newington. members of the committee named by the Governor to arrange the exerci.ses. Following the dedication there was an old home dny celebration at Dover with a three mne parade of 250 floats and seven bands which wns reviewed by Gov. Winant and his staff. The wrecking firm of Merritt, Clinpman and Scott of New York today began the removal of the olcl hl~hwar and railroad bridge between Newington ancl Dover Point which was 1mrchased over a year ago by the Slate of New Hampshire from the Boston and Maine Railroad. The wrecking company submllled two bids last summer; one was to have p,.;,;.;;;,;;;;;;;~;,;.;;.,.;;;;;.;...,;;,,;,,;~----...,.,.-""."" the spa n removed by fall and the other would allow the bidders until June of this year to complete the work. Undrr the last proposal the job will be carried out. Operations were started on the Newington end of the bridge. Forrman of the crew Is Armas Guyon o! Hampton who states that the bridge will be cleared a way before the specified tln,e in the contract. / �FINE NEW STRUCTURE DEDICA T jRESSIVE C NY AT l(A[ION OF N .BRIDG nitaries ·Present As Fine New Structure 'I Opened to Traffic ~ -- -- Under a sky that seemed to have \ Albert E. Hodgdon, chairman of cleated just for the event, a. tiny the selectmen of the town of Newtot iii a. dainty yellow dress ·and ington, with his granddaughter, two young lads dressed in their Edith Margaret Hodgdon, accomSunday pest, splemnly cut three panied by ·a· Marine iuard, apribbons forming a temporal'y bar- proached hte ribbon barrier from rier shortly after 10 o'clock this the Newington. end of the span morning to officially open the Lit- while Mayor F. Clyde Keefe of Dothe Bay bridge at Dover Point as ver with his son, Philip Christopher the first _event on the bridge ded- Keefe, and Represen~Live O. V. ication program which brought Henderson of Durham, with his thousands to the spot and still g,randson, John /Henderson Hermore thousands to Dover to take sey, accompanied by a Marine part in the Dover Old Horne Day guard, approached the barrier from celebration which followed. the Dover end. The bridge itself, rising high Meeting at the ribboned gate, above and. to the west of the old the delegations exchanged grcetstructure, was decked with bunt- ings and then the ribbons were cut, ing and streamers of gaily colored the red by Philip · hristopher flags and even though it is made Keefe, the white 'by Edith Marof granite, cement and steel, garet Hodgdon and the blue by seemed to catch the festive spirit John Henderson Hersey. of the occasion. The two declgations then joined Promptiy at 10 o'clock,"the bug- to marc'h back to the speal·ers' !er from the U. S. Marine gul!rd stand which had been erected on from the Portsmouth Marine bar- th~ Dover end of the bridge apracks, sounded assembly from the proach there to join Gov. John G. center of the structure and then Winant, and members of his coun- �; I Governor , ma n t, m ese c os' L is my duly aml a sig nal h oncomng hours of your three-t c1·m adNavy or hrr nme of Lhc auU1ority vested 1inistration as the chief execut ive ;yard, and other invited guests vnd in me lo accept en behalf of the I of our fair state, as you are leavgpeakers !or l he dedicntion exer- state of New Hampsh ire t h is Little ing the abu s~ and har ds hips tha~ ci ses proper, which were open ed Bay bridge. :Much that the last are a part of t he p enal t y of holdw ith ihe singing- p[ Am<>rirn with speaker h:i~ said I wish to support, ing high office, it must be refre:ihthe mu. ical an·o 111p:.111iment by the inclu,!ing thanks lo hi mself. ing to yo u t o be a mong y our friends . "This hridge represent~ the P ortsn;oulh Na\'y Yard hanrl, which I express to you t he e ternal grati- ,_..~,-,., ..,.,:,,·:,·:"...~,,-'"' t ogether wi l h the detail of 50 dreams o[ men who ha\'c l' :)Ughl luclc of lhese good people and you Marines had brl'n brou~ht to the ?.hm1t it for mr,;-e than a <teca<le. can rest assured that you will alsite by bu~ ~c~ of llw Went-vorlh IL n,, ·.nl• ll!~ \· -~ ,:; of men who ways be welco me h ere." Bus Lin es of lhir Lily n, thnt com- l ::·.c> bl,nr,tl 1·.:th their h:i.ncl~ and Repi:es en tative 0 . V. Hen de:·i:-in it. \\', h11ill :'.l n I in!e wh en work pany's contri bul ic>n to lhe ccbbraof Durham, was then intr6d·· :::i wa :-, I. ti. I. ,, . rc.:~r~· l J ),· ... ; :~tion . anrl rea d a splendid h ist:,ri~al 'l'hP in\'ocn t inn wa~ then gi\'cn menl aidl!d i!l ils ii.!:1.ancinj !:>~ ulsketch of lhe bridgf and its sm:!Jy the Re,·. ll :witl I'. !faltl1, pa•lor limately it is the people of the ronnding territory "·hich w:::; of lh Fir.-' l, . h c· .. 11°· ; "'tt lion - state who made it possible. It is fo]j ,1y;s : al <'hurch, the , l<I< .,L , I· 1 ·h in Do- th eir mon<>y that was spent , an d ,\ r,cr almost eight yc:-.r~ \Cr, following w hkh qouncilo1· it Is t h eir character and credit ]egi~lali,·e struggle fo r a t hat allowed us to get money in Charles IL Brnckelt, who 1•rc si dcd owned bridge ove r these waters as chai r mnn of the Jedicalion ex- t he markel at a lower rate of in- and today to see the culminiation ercises, introduced t..harlcE l\I. t erest thnn wo had dared hope, of l110~e efforts in lh':l fo:·n oC t h is Spofford of the firm of Fny, Spof- 2.81 percent, as 1ow as any state ford and Thorndyke , enginecrs, ever got money for in good or bad magn ificent structure. somehow do es not g ive me t he urge to talk who supervi secl the des ig;n and times. couslruction or the bridge lo its " Sometimes I think we forget bu t rat her to sit in s ilence and completion. Mr. Spofford spoke ali the things that a re necessa ry co ntemplate t he great benefits to be derived not only 'by the people in part as follows: in ~uch a project, the dreams, t he "On behalf or the engine-NS who hard work at rlc~k and in the field of t his r eg ion but by the gene1·al de•igncd anti su11en·iscd the con - and lo mo this bridge is symbolic p ubl ic as w ell .whom I believe will . trnction of hle Lillie Bay Brirlge of things lhal are even more last- be induct ed by reason of this it is now my privilege i.o slate that ing perhaps than this great struc• bridge t o see New Hampshire in it is in my opinion ready for traf- tu r c will be. I could n ot help greater number s than ever before. fic . It is an im110rtant connect- thinking a~ I awoke this morning At each end of this ibr idge, howing link in the great thoroughfare in the gray dawn and hoping that ever, there should be pl aced a sign belween Porlsmoulh and DoYer, the ~un would shine. That rep- on which t h ere is an apology to and Porlsmoulh, lJo\·cr an(l Dur- r esents lhe spirit of America. We our visi tor for the ne<;essity_ of ham, and it is my hop C' that it will ha,·e alwnys hacl the courage lo collecting a toll and tha.~ it will so serve for gencrnlions In come." see the sunshine behind the clouds. become a. free bri~ge when pa.id · , ·, lie then went into some of the And as lhis bridge will carry u s for. The background of this bridge slruclural details or lhc bridge, over lhis strnam in times of slorm pointing out Lhnt it w11s free from as w<'ll as sunshine, it -ivill be a was la.id thre e hunderd eleven yea.rs danger or firC', thnl I hC'r<' was a symbol of our failh to br) icve that ago when there was planted a setclearance nt low li<le of :i3 feet for we shall carry through because w e tlement her e at Dover Point that a widlh of 100 [eel in the enler care for this state which was h as endured to this day and makes """"'--"'•'~ which was .fell alllplc for all navi- builded on lancl lhat God made it one of the oldest settlementai in the state. Here the Hilton, with galion but thal lho last span on goorl anrl which we love." the Newinglon side was so conCouncilor Brackett then intro - a sma11 iband e\tablished their fish slructed that should ocacsion nrise ducecl ~laror F . Clyde Keefe, weirs , brought their famili es and for it, il could easily he i11ade into who ~r re111arks were in part: made homes. n swing span by l he in s tallati on of As t he s ettlement grew "Thi s i~ a happy day for New the turning device and power and Hamp:;hire's oldest municipalily, p ros,p er ed, there went fo1·lh ha1·dy one more pil'r. He pointed out ancl it is my pleasure and privilege pioneers with their families to that more than 2,000 Ions of slcC'l on behalf of Don•r lo welcome yo u. make new settlements a long the ·and 1500 cuhic yards of New This hricl ~c marh the gntcway to str ea ms flowin g int o Little and IIanq1shire r;ranile wenL int,, its the whole easl side of New Hamp- Great Bays . Soon vilta'g ~~ s prang building nnd add ed '•in spite of shire with iis ,·alleys, rivers, hills, u p at the head of tide water of the fact thaL it 9,•as buill at a dif- lakC's anc\ mountains . It i!! a thes-e seve ra l. st rea ms-Dover on ficult time, I am happy lo say that monument to lhc old Donir Point the Cocheco Ri\ler; Durham on t he it was compleled al a cost well be- settler who fought that they Oyster River; Newmarkell on the low the eslimate.'' should not be cul ofi" from the rest Lam pr ey River and E~--te-r on the He pointed out the difiicully en- of lhc SC'lllclllenls. Exeter R iver. Transporta tion ·was countC'red i:1 putting in Lhe piers "The locnlion of Lhe bridge a t by wa ter but as t ime elapsed, peoand paicl a lr ibule to the Crandall this point also typifies lho power pl~ began to go back into·_the counEngineering Company of Camof compromi. e between gentlemen try ~wa y from tide wat er, when bridge, l\la~~ -, whi ch did lhis work . entered inlo, in a spiril of fair fina ll r there came a time conta$t· He also paicl n lri buLc to the field piny and friendly cooperalion and was m ade with settlemen ts up aµd force of the Lackawanna Steel 1 wi. h lo pay a lributc lo lha t leg- (:o wn t he Merr imack River, s~ Conslruclion Co111pa1)y for their islalor, ~cholar and gcnllrma n, roads h ad t.o be la id ou fo connect fine wc•rk during- the exlrl•mely Rcprc 5cntalivc O. V . Ilcnd e,·. on, ::i 11 com munities with tide wat er cold winler wealher. In addition, thi~ num• for his efforts. It was hi:; a ~si st- villages. Dover, one ho spoke c>[ lhc coopcrn.tion re an r e that was im·nluablc. I wish be r , becam e a ci ty and is t oday 011'e cei,·ccl hy his [i"1.1 a~ a whole from al ~o lo extend my appe ~ialic,n to of t he largest and most pros pe1·ous the stale au l hor it" cs at e,·cry His Hon or, Gov~111or John G. Wi - cities in Sou theas t ern N cw Hampturn. Gov. John G. Wi!iant. wa ~ next nant for his work as regard: lhe IJ.::~~-='?l"S'!l'~ ~~;r:r-:'I~~!'::~ location of the bridge at ils pres1~•..~•~:1iiiiJJintroduced Lo arc~pl the b ·it!ge ent site. Let us gi,·e credit where anrl his re111:i·,ks in parl were as crcrlit i: due and take ofi our iats _·c of �A& the fopulation of the· P,ro~ince increased, so also did the commerce on the Piscataqua River and its tributaries·; A g1.·eat traffic also deveJcyped, ,over the, ~oaps le_acling to tha t.ide.:.water towns, so con·s e,•: quently road problems arose. The' first "better roads" demand came !rom the people living on 'the lortg, crooked highway be'tween Concord and Durharn, when in 1791 they' petitio,n ed the·.General Court to lay out a s·h orter' az,d :rri'ore dir~t highway from Durham Falls to ,Concord. A few years later the question began to ·pe asked, "Why the necen,i ty the _loaging._and }:!.~·. loading of goods at the·. Dul.!him wharf? Why not , construct a ,b ridgb across the water and load and unl◊ad at the Portsmouth wharf;?" The result ~as that the General Court passed an act au1thorizing the construction of the Piscataqua :bridg~ from Fox Point in ' Newington to Goat Island and thence to 1t-):eader's N eek in Durham.' Work on the 'bridge began in April, 1794, and was opened for traffic November 25th, of that J-u 5t when thi, agitation for a modern, up,to-dat~ h:ridge started, I_a~ unable to !!11-Y, but my acquamtAmce with the subject began tw~nty years ago la.st June for in the afternoon of the first Sunday I ever ~pent in New Hampshire that Grand Old ·Man of the University, Dean Pettee and his good wife invited Mrs, Hend-erson and I Jo-~e. A_rI8~ J.u ~!lt !.~ti~ ~ar- sioner · made an investigation and reported to the 1929 session that the building of a bridge a cross these waters from Fox Point was feasi·ble, practicable and desirable. At that session, I introduced a bill cnrrying out the provisions of tne commissibner's report:· ... After weeks of delay a henring was held and after more weeks of delny, · I was informed by Governor Tobey that my bill could not proceed any farther, because of the fact that an $8,000,000 bond issue for roads was to be passed and that it was thqught not ad visable to add another million to the state debt. My answer to the Governor was that I guessed the veople of this section, having paid toll to cross privately owned bridges for 120 years and toll to cross by fenies for another hundred could wait and pay longer. riage. Th~ drive ·finally brought us to the top of Atkinson's Hill, From this vantag~ point, we obtained wonderful views of the Pisci.taqua and Bellamy Rivers and Little Bay, while fartha • the south were the waters 9f Great Bay shimmering in the rays of the setting sun and surrounding all were great tracts of woodlan<l. To us from the Great Plains beyond the Missouri River, it was a magnificient sight. I later learned that Daniel Webster in his travels from Portsmouth to Dovei· was accustomed to alight Of coune I ,rns disappointed from his carriage on Atkinson Hill and whether to salve my wounded to gaze at that view and it is said feelings because there was real that he pronounced it the most merit in the bill, I never knew, but bridge WB.!! 2,362 feet long beautit'ul view in New Hampshire. the chairman of the appro11ria~(!m Atkinson's Hill we were tion committee, i\1ilan A. Dickinand 38 f~et wide. Three thousand driv~n to the s}:lores of Little Bay. 'son, preparer! and sent through a tons of oak timber, 2,000 tons of pine timber, 80,000 four-inch The good Dean pointed out an old resolution 11rovicling fo1· the ap planks_, 20 tons of .iron and 8,00-0 lbridge pier and said that a ibridge pointmcnt of a commi ~sion to make tons' of stone were used in its con- used · to cross over to Goat Island further study of the bridge ques- · struction and ' its total c~st was and then to Fox Point, ibut that it tion . My bill ,,;as referred to the we:nt out a few years ago. Later next legislature. $65,947.34. A commission was nppointed and It was considered a masterpiece study of the matter revealed to me that the Dean's "few years ago" after three public hearings and in. its.day, on · a,ccount of the difriimesligntion precult,y ' of its · construction across a meant about sixty years for it was comic!erable abandoned in 1855 after portions pared a report recommending the current of l(reat rapidity, and for · buildi1:g of a new bridge and rethe ·most part fifty-two ieet deep of it were carried away iby ice. From time to time during the ferrecl 'the matter Lo the legislative at high tide. • This b'idge opened a new high- years followin't my first visit to session of l!J31. I again introduced way· to Port~mouth and for sixty- the old pier, one would hear the a bridge bill and from the beginone years · greatly ·contributed to prediction that a new bridge would ning to almost the close of that the pi'osperity. ~f that town, espe- ·be built there some day. There session it became the most sLrencially after th~ opening of the First was talk, also, of freeing the B. uously contested piece of lcgislaNew Hamp;hire turnpike in . 1803. & B. 'bridge-but nothing was done tion in recent times. The bill '.l'he bridge gave way in 1830 and about the matter except 1:o talk passed, however, and became a law. again in 1854;- but ·was repaired by and speculate as to how long the I pass over the next two years except to say it ·became necessary to Messrp. Frink, ot. Newington, who B. & M. , bridge would last. In the ·year 1926, I was elected further investigate the bridge queshad recently ~urohased it for $2,000, The dccreas·e, in value was as a ,repr·e se n t a t·1ve t o th e Genera I tion and by the time the 1933 ses1 in order to get some- sion met, additional legislation was owing to the con'~t.l'-uction of rail- -Court,. and w,ays )nto the , st~ie, _so ,vhen 600. thing definitely started, I intro- necessary, so I was asked to intro.f'ee.~ of bridge on the Newington ' duced;iin the 1927 session a House duce · another bridge bill which be·I., t ','R ,, t ·' t: 'd' came a law authorizing the buildside cl).r~ec! .{:way by ice in ,., .i.a,m ,, eso 1u ion prov1 mg for the ·ap'poihtmen' t of a commission of ing of this ·b ridge and a companion 1855, the 0\\?1'ers <;ould not aJl'ord , ,.,. ' b bridge over the Bellamy river. to repair it,· and tqe portion left .th1·ee mem ers to investigate the I And I for one am glad that the was later re.moved. Thus ended practicability and feasibility of the First· New lfompshire Turn- ·c otistrµcting: a ~bridge o1irer , Little question has been definitely 11nd finally sett] ed. · pjke ,as 11, ,thi:qughway to · Port!\- B.itY at ?f 11~ar t he site of the old 1 mouth. ,• ·t' ,-· ',• ' '' ' .. I fis,-c"taqU'f'i~r.'!dge and . providing Because I was led to believe tht The next ' J:;ri<ige to s·pan thes~ an appropriation of $500 for that it would be more difficult and costwater!$ was- ,buiii, ),y . the - Ports- pur.p6se·. · It passed the House and ly to build a bridge at Dover ,. ,t h.•e;· .:ienate " • due ·lime. Point, l11Y several bills prior to m~utb, and Paver Ra.il,oad, now' :·h,i'~n t ··,.o-..t 1n ,d · tpe 1933 session provided for the the :13, ~ ~-. a&•~ c;t;inpination rail- 0 ne ay the late Senator George road 11,nd hi,ghway pric;lge, and was J. Foster· of· Dover came · and sug- building of a bridge at the locaopened for -t,11ffl<i fel>ruary 1, 1872. \ested·· ; that the resol~-tion ' be tjon of the original Piscataqua It was pµrc~a.s'e 4 by th!) State in l\?n,en~ed by ~triki~g out the ap- bridge, but I want here and now 1933 for $275,000 and after today .);>roprfation and . the commission and for the first and I hope for wi l ease a~ Ii highway bridge. For feature, and simply authorize the the last time, state my true posi~ix;ty: e yel!,tS it has contri)mted , s_· tate ,;;highway.,. commissioners to tion on the location of a bridge across these waters. greatly -till~ c~mvenience of the 1na~!I· the ',investigation and report~~~~~~~~;;.:.,..__,_ u/i.velil'\g }\l?1l~ and to the pros- to the next legislature. This was l:!ilCL•'f-·.~'co vericy \>.f tn;s region. ' 01ie'_, and-;i1i' d~ ' time the .. commis- of was or �The question of location was of minor consideration to me from the 'beginning for I foresaw that there were three propositions of far ,i:!:eater i_!!l~or!,ance that grns~ be sole! to a lcgislalure and the people of the state. The first proposition was that a new bridge was necessary. There were people lhen and I presume there are people now who still maintaia that the old lbridg~ was good enough. That it was foolish to spend one million dollars on a bridge when it would do much more good to spend it on highways. The second was that it could be paid for by tolls. To a people who had freed more than fifty turnpikes or toll roads and numerous loll bridges, the idea of the slate going into the toll bridge business again was repugnant and cbjections were freely expressed not only in the lobbies and on the floors of the House and Senate but in many newspapers. The third was that the shortest and most direct highway from Concord to Portrn1outh must be re stored to the state highway system. So it took several years to sell the idea, but with thi, enactment of my bill in the session of 1931, I knew the fight was won-the three major proposilions were defmitely setLlcd. The first turnpike would be restored and the slate and not a private concern would do the btiil<ling and the collecting and the lolls would evenluuallr pay for the bridge without adding a dollar to lhe stale lax. Rdng a son of lhc "l\tiddle Border," I had no ancestral sentiment as to the location of the bridge, but as a resident of Durham, however, it was my dream almost from that first Sunday in ew Hampshire 1.o see Durham res tored to it old 1.ime position on the shortest and most direct route from Concord to the sea at rortrn1outh-a route 1.hat will e,·cntually become a bouleYar<l, connecting the state capital, the State Universily and the state's great and only harbor. Today, after twenty years, that dream is a reality and I nm pleared to be with you, and rejoice with you over our great. good fortune to haYe thi~ beauU(ul structure and the imprcved higlrways leading to it. At this point Gov. \Yinant re-, tu•·ned to the mirro r '1 one of lhc public arl,!1 ~s sr , tc•n which had been instnllcd for use by the speakers to enable the thron~ to hear all the addresses and said : "This bridge and all of the highway const;·uction is a part of the State Highway system. There are many men who have given their --===-=-=-~--=----=--=--=--=----_-_-_-_-_---- Jives lo this system and ils work. Th ere is one who spent his life in buildinJ?; up the highway system of this di 1· ict, who is not with us today, lJa : nuse death called him and would like to i·equest that we all stnnrl for one minute as a silcnl tr ihu t ~ to the memory of WilJiam A. Grovet·." The moment of silent lrihute was gladly and reverently observed. The final speaker on the program wns County Commissioner Sims Frin,k of Newington, wbo spoke in part as follows: "I am deeply sensible of the duty th-.L falls on me at this time for a few words on behalf of the town of Newington. Unfortunately my gn11rl friend, Repl'esentative 0. V. J1 endcrson and I did not compare notes before coming here ancl th1is some of the things which I am ah011t to ~peak mr,y be a rep etition of part of what he has already so well discussed. "The c>arly history of Newington is closely interwoven with that of Durahm and Do,·er, for each of the~" ~et t lcmcnts claimed a part of what is now our township. The church which is in use in • 'ewington is the oldest Congregational church to be in use by the Congregational assembly in America, erected in 1712. The bell which ha ngs in its tower was made in En.cdand anrl ~enl to N ewi ng lo n, N. H., as a gift of the citizens of Newington, England. But the bell became cracked and had to be re- cast and when it was returned, we of today, :ire proud to find that thr work was done by Paul Revere nnrl Snn, this hcing in 1807. " 1 ewington has the longeF.t water frontr.ge of any town on the Piscat.aqua river, and as such ea r ly became interested in the question of a bridge or bridges. He then spoke of the various bridges that have spanned the stream up to the present structure which was being dedicated, concluding "\\'ilh the advent of motor traffic .'n<l the transport of passengers in h<'avy busses and of freight hy large trucks, the pre~ent new brirlc:P became an absolute necessity." "Newinglnn is, we feel, really the stepping stone between the thriving New Hampshire sea.port of P!'rtsmouth and the busy industrial city of Dover. and t he bridge is ano ther link in our east side highway, and we feel we furnish the gateway to this east side scenic section. We hope that this bridge will increase our traffic immense and thus inc1 ea5e the prosperity of our section." · 'rhe "Star Spangled Ban ne r," played by the Navy Yard Band, and the benediction by the Rev. F reel S. Bu. hmeyer of Durham, pastor o! the D_Ul·ham Co~m~njcy, --~r::-,-,:,,,-_,,.,....,_..,..,,......_ _ church, brought the dedication exercisos to a close, after which all were allowed to inspect the bridge, and immediately thereafter traffic started .coming over it, with the span free of toll for inspection purposes until 6 a. m. tomorrow morning, Thursd11y, September 6th. The dedication exercises, although brief, occupying only a litti e more than an hour, were impressive, and the entire program went oft as arranged without a hitch, and the committee in charge is due much credit for taeir splendid arrangements. The honorary chairmen appointed by Gov. Winant for the dedication were Mayor F. Clyde Keefe for Dover, Representative Oren V. Henderson for N"'.:.\"1'1:116. Durhain a;1d Chairman of the Se. lectmen of Newington Albert E. Hodgdon. They in turn apppinted aids as follows: Dover, Capt. Edward D. Smith, William · Crockett; Newingt.on-County Commissioner Sims Frink and Louis C. Bean; Durham-Dean Charles Pet~e and Charles Wentworth. The Little Bay Bridge Commission is composed of the following ~ ~ s : Gov. John G. Winant; Councilors James c. Ma.cLeod, Ch ar Ies H . B. rac ke tt, Al p h onse R oy, ' · Francis P. Murphy, Charles E. Car• roll, and Frederick E. Everett, State Highway Commissioner. t,,,..,c;"'l''1""ll<l Traffic at the !bridge and dedicatio n exei-cises was handled most efficiently by City Marshal Afidrew McDaniel and a detail of officers fro!J1 the local department, and State Motor Vehicle Insepclor Harold M. Fo~s and State Motor• cycle Officers Levesque, Brown, Damasky, Manning and Gray, �of pay vary according to the work they do ranging from one to three dollars a week. While the transients are taken ca.re of under this wholly federal program New Hampshire still has its own problem of homeless men who have settlements in the state. Should the Fort Constitution shelte1· be ma.de a, permanent camp restora- JTRANSI-oo· CAMP. AT NEW CASTLE An interesting article by Albert S. Baker, prominent Concord newspaperma.n, has been written about the Transient shelter at Fort Constitutlon and is as- follows: Fort Constitution has been captured again. . , - This time, however, .it Ls not ocoupied by rebellious patriot,, but by homeless men, wanderers about the country, men called transients 1n th e f~eral )overnment's program of help for the needy. The old hospital building wi thi n the United States MU!tary Reservation is now a shelter for these fellows. They do some work during the daylight hours a.bout the historic but inactive harbor defenses of old Portsmou th , sleep jn warm, comfortable beds at night; and partake of food furnished by New Hampshire's state relief director and transient bureau director. At'work or at i?1ay these men live in one of the moot historic spots on New Hampshire's short - seacoast. It was a.bout 1630 that the fort was first built. It was ca.lied The Castle, in the early time,· then Fort William and Mary, and, during the Revolution, Fort Hancock. When it was rebuilt In 1808 it received its present name, Port Oonstltution. For years the old fort has -been a melancholy ruin. Revived t.emporarily during the World War ~riod,_ It. had again reverted in occupatlon by a caretaker only, usually an army sergeant \ assigned to the post, when the transients moved In. The old fort was the scene of the first Important aggressive armed. o.ction of the Revolution. Here it was that a group of pa.trio including Major John Sullivan o.nd tlon of the old Fort ConsLitution and nearby Fort Stark would be in order. An idea of the effectiveness of the program ean be gained from the records which show that from Feb. 1 to Aug. 31 inclusive 242,877 days of care have been given ro the transients in New Hampshire. Not only have unattached individuals belm ca.red for but transient famllles as well. The detailed reports indlcate that or the total, 188,136 days o! care were for unattached indivld~ uals while 54,741 days of care were for families. In all 8855 transient individuals, unattached, have been cared for while 3132 individuals, members of fami\les, have been looked after by the translent service. In most of the shelters Reserve officers or the United States Army have been put in charge. so it i.: at Fort. Constitution where the commanding officer, called superint.endent, ls Lt. Phillips R. Hall, 29, or Plymouth, a graduate o! the University of New Hampshire who twice attended active duty training cam~ before being called to duty to supervise the shelter. His asslstant i John E. Wright 27, of Keene, graduate of Keene Normal school and a former labor superlntendent . at the state Industrial school, with additional sen·lce at the Jatlrey ooc camp. Hall w lked into the old hospital building when it was cold and dreary. In less than a month alterations, which he. conceived himself, have changed the place. Now it is warm and cheery in spite of the threat of j Captain John, Langdon, l,nspired by Paul Revere, caused the commander of the fort and his British soldlers to cold winter wind which already are beginning to whine across the....bay. surrender. and made away with gun- 1.,-,r.'T.!~~-~~---:-~~--, ...:......,.-f powder to the extent of some 100 barrels which they secreted at Durh m. Most• of it was later used at Bunker Hill, carted there by oxen, according to history, just 1n sea.3011 to be i;erved 'to the sol<nera. on- the eve of the engagement. It by one o! those curious twists of fate that the new occupation should be directed by Mrs. Abby Langdon Wilder, as state relief director, for Mrs. Wilder traces her ancestry pack to John Langdon of the original occupational · party-the John Langdon who afterward gave his "ha.rd money," silver, a.nd "seventy hogsheads of Tobago rum" to the service of the state~ Stlll later Langdon became the first president or the United states Senate and governor of was New Hampshire, Once at a shelter, baths are provided, clothes· are sterilized, and new clothes issued if ln dire need or loaned 1f their need is not absolute. A medical examination is given. They are permitted to stay at. the shelter up to two weeks. During that time they are offered opportunity to go to a permanent camp, I! they desire, at which in addition to !ood, clothes and lodging they are paid fo, · work. Rates 1,<>,,s•·:-,,.-~1<",,·, ·..o;;JC'll!~"l- DECATUR SPEAKS ON LAFAYETTE AT MANCHE TER fiives Interesting Addr ss At Closing Session Of lit it ~The feature of the program of the New Hampshire Daughten; of the American Revolution at the closing session held in the Hotel O.trpeuter, Manchester, on Wednesdav . wus the talk on Lafayette by Stephen Decatur of Kittery Point. The title of hi.s address was "Lafayette as New Ram[)-· shire Knew Him." '·The only quarrel Lar.iyette dJring his service in the r..evolutionary war was with New Hampshire's own General Sullivan. Mr r;>ecatur dL~closed, but added that the general and LafayeLte, instead of ironing tltelr differences by a duel were able to effoct ~n amicable settlement. During his trip through New Hampshire, Lafayette made ;,top., m Portsnw,1tth, Exeter, Dover, Concoru. New[Jurt and Claremont, he po111telf. out, ,rnd the town committ,eei; wotlceu lurn from 6 a. m. until 12 at night, so eager wrr the groups wh1cl1 1ssPml>lec.l at every crossroad to greet lum, Lafayette's deciswn to enter tit revolution was due, Mr. Decatur sJid, to a urother of the king ot' l!:uglu nd, wl10 IJy prnmolinn of a Frcnl'lt 11ll1,u11,;e w1t.11 the United Sta tcs sought to get even with his brother, Kint; Geor,:e, wlto: mJ.n'inge he disapproved. Wlten Lafoy ett~ returned to France in 18i5, he w prubably the best known ntl most [1-)pulu.t' man in the world, Mr. Decatur uw.,ntarned, and if he had wanted a dtdatorship rn France, he could have had 1t, but he preferred , follow Wasltmgton's example in never wanting ot s~king anything swe throJgh le1pl means. As he spoke, Mr. Decatur ga.v.i many Interesting deLalls about th'} rec~ption Lafayette received vc.1 uou·; i}J.l'ts of the state. �WAS INSTALLED PASTOR FIFTY YEARS AGO Rev. Alfred flooding, Dean Of Portsmouth Clergy Be.. came Pastor Here In 188! Mr. Gooding has served 43 years as a member of the Board of Instruction. He was first chosen in 1886, two years aft er becoming minister here and he served until 1899. Five years later he was again c!1osen a member of the Board and since that time has served continuously. For several years he has bee n chairman of the DeMerritt scholaship committee. He is greatly interested in the city and has been active In many endeavors for the benefit of the city. Always grcaLly interested in this city, he has been prominent in historical organizations. He is President of the Portsmouth Historical Society and at one time was Pesident of the Athenaeum. Dmlng the Tercentenary observance in Hl23 he delivered the historical address which filled Portsmouth Theatre of overflowing. He is also clek or the Army and Navy Association. He was born in Brookline, Mass., and attended Harvard College, graduating from there with an A. B. degree in 1877. Four years lat.er he gradua ted from the Harvard Divinity school with the degree or Bachelor or Sacred Theology. He is the dean o! the Portsmouth clergy and has been greatly interested not only in the church of his own faith but also in the religious welfare of the community. Fifty years ago todr\.l', Rev. Alfred Gooding, past,o r emeritis of the Unitarian Church was installed as pastor of that church. From Oct. 15, 1884 until Dec. 25. 1921, he ministered to the needs of the South Parish as active minister and since that time has been minister emeritis. The Portsmou th Chronicle of Tbursday, Oct. 16, 1884 carried the following story of Mr. Good ing·s installation: "The Unita rian Ch,irch was filled on Wednesda•· · ,'t ·1ing, the 15inst with interested 1 I ,a nt.s in the insta llation of F.c ·red Gooding as pastor of the South Church. The desk, platform, rail baptis m'.\l font, communion table, organ. etc., were beau tifully ornamented with floral devices, such as horse shoe pyramids. lyre, wreaths, cross nnd crown, also tropical plants, shrubs growing In pots, autumn leaves, etc. The whole being arrnngecl wi th exquisite taste, making the most attractive display or its kind we have seen for many years. "'The exercises were as follows: Voluntary and singing or hymns, Cnntagc Damion by the chorus ; Invocation and reading of i;criptur<' by Rev. W, G. R . Mellen of Dover; sermon by Rev. H.F. Hedge, D. D.; anthem, ''.Sing Alleluia Forth," by the choir. Installation prayer by Rev. A. A. Peabody, D. D. with respone by organ and choir. Idght hand of fellowship by Rev. John E. Maude of Exeter; Charge to the people by Rev. James deNormandie; Hymnn by choir and congrega tion. Benediction by the p1stor. "This eve ning . from 1 until 9 o'clock the new pastor will meet his parishioners and members of the congregation · at the Chapel on Court street." The namr s of the committee of the South Pa rish which sent the invitations were as follows: William H. Sise, Joseph Hiller Foster, William W. Cotton, William H. Hackett. Charles H. Mendlum, John W. Parsons, A. C. Hoyt and Wallace Hackett. Tllcsc names are well known to the older generation in this vicinity. Mr. Gooding was the eighth m iniste r of the parish since 1714 and was the second longest in the history of the church, t he longest being that of Dr. Sam .,ei Hav en. who was minislcr for 54 yens. I Rev. Alfred Gooalng passed away th is morning. That news brought sadness to hundreds of homes as it spread about the city. While he has be<'n ill for some time, and it was realized that he would not recover, nevertheless the news of his death was a shock to many. Only last Monday was the anniversary of his installation as pastor or the South church. He came here three yrn.rs after his graduation from the Harvard Divinity School and the rrma ind <'r of his life was spent in the city of his adoption, the city in which he was so much interested, and lo ·ed so well. He was born in Brookline, Mass., May 10, 1856, the son of Josiah and Anna W. Gooding, He attended Harvard c0llege, graduating from there with [,n A. B. degree in 1877, and !or two years studied at the University of Bonn, Germany, In 1881 he graduated from the Harvard Divinity ~chool with the de~ee of Bachelor of sacred Theology. }Us nrst pastorate wn.s in Brunswick, Mc., coming here after two yf'ars in the Unitarian church in that town. On ,Tnne 1, 1887, he wos united in marri:i r e to Miss Mabel Sise. Mrs. Gooding died but a few yea rs ago. Mr. Gooding was the eighth m inister of the parish since 1714 and was the srcond longest in the history of the church , the longes t being th a t of Sn.m ,1C'I Haven, who was minister 54 yc:irs. He was t,he oldest minister i 1 point of SC'rvire ln the city, h avin r;: served 37 y<"ars as active pastor of the South (Un itarian) church, and incc that lime has been minister emeritus. He REV. ALFRED GOODING was installed as minister of the South pa.riSh, Oct. 15, 1884, and on 25, 1921, delivered his farewell sermon. Mr. Gooding served 43 years as a member of the Board of Instruction. Re was first chosen in 1886, two years after becoming minister here and he served until 1899. Five years later he was again c:1clsen a member of the Bo:ud and since that. time has served continuously. For several years he has been chairman o! the DeMerritt scholarship committee. He has been active in many endeavors !or the benefit of the city. Always greatly h1terested in-.this..1:ttx, he has been prominent in historical organizations. He was .pr esident of the Portsmouth Historical Society and for many years was president of the Atheno.eum. During the Tercentenary observance in 1923 he delivered the historical address which filled Portsmouth Theatre to overflowing. · He•was an authority on Portsmouth history and devoted a great deal of his time in studying the early events o! this city. He was clerk o! the Army & Navy Association for a great many years. In 1897 he was elected president of the Society for the Care of the' South Cemetery, and was the first and only president o! that organization. He was president of the Thomas Bailey Aldrich Memorial, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Portsmouth Public Library. He is survived by a son, Frederic, of 'Concord,. Mass., and a daughter, Mlt. Eleanor B.-·-n.wrence of Hubba.rd �. People from all walks -0f life, 1·epresenta.tives of the varied organizations In wh.ich he had a}} a,ctive part, ,members · of the clergy, friends and neighliors gathered in the South (Unitarian) Church :at 11. o'clock this morning to . p,ay their l.l.st : respects to one who ·had fleyoted his .life to the best interests of · .the city'which he Ioved ..They had cort1ei to pay silent tribut.e to . Rev. Alfred. Gooding, who for 50 years served his ·· !church in an untiring manner · and wp.o 'for lral! a century ·had . given ' of himseif in · order · that Portsmouth might be a better ,commm;1ity In which to live. · l\'Iepi.bers ·of the B!)ard of itistruction, of which he was a mem))er for 43 years, attetided the service in a ):Jody. Seated with t!J,em were State Commissioner of Education James R. Pringle of Concord and William Slayton of Waltham, Mass. former superintendant of schools in this city. The clergymen of this city and sm:roundlng. ~owns who, had, tel~ 1 t~e Influence of Mr. Gooding wer~ 1/eated £og'ether and a group of ·teacher~ who had seryed under Mr. Gooding attended; There were also representatives of ,the: Arf.\1Y . and l'favy Association, the Pd.rtsmouth Historical• Society, the Thomas . Bailey Aldrich Memorial, the Portsmouth Athaeneaum and the Portsmouth Public Li))rary in which orga_nizatl~ns b.e had served either - i president or trustee for nearly half !a centJry. · • Rev. William Safford Jones, who succeeded Mr. Gooding as active pastor of the South Church, conducted th~ beautiful service in the historic edifice which had heard Mr. ·Gooding's -voice so many times. Dr. Samuel A. Eliot, minister ·a t the' Arlington Street !Clmrch in Boston, former president of the American Unitarian Association,· de- ,. livered a glowing eulogy in which he had nothing but praises for the man who hap. unostent~tiously served so faithfully atid so widely. '" Leon · A. 1 Iwblnson 1presided.,. at ,the orgal\ dµring the servi,ces. For a gre;i,t many years ' Mr. Robinson .served i\.s . organist in t!:le South Church and thlough long personal as~•oclation with MI". Gooding came to know him as few others did. , Many local stores were closed during :the ,hciars of the service and as a fur..th', mark of respect the offices of ,city Hall were closed from 11 to -11:30 o'clock. . Following ' the - service the '. body was ·borne. £<> Pro);)riito1:'s '. Ceme,tfry. ,where Dr. Eliot and Rev. Mr. Jones conducted the committal service. A profusion of 'fioral ·. tributes gave . mute evidence of the love and resl)ect In wly.oh the de1 ceased was l<' er fled by glimpses of hidden powers and mysterious. forces beyond our ordinary ken. The nearest disciple is frequently tro-ibled by inability to understand his· master. The words of · Jesus·. to Philip, 'Have I been so long time with you~ and dost thou not· know me?' is the sad confession of an unescapabl'e fact of unlversat experience. Pru:adoxlcally enough, the more' we come to know of each other's deeper self the less A service of commemoration for the really know. The nearer we approach late .Rev. Alfred Gooding, the honored to- the brink the more· are we aware of'. mmlster emeritus of the South Parish, the fathomless abyss below. Proximwas held In the South Church Sunday ity does not necessarily mean Illuminamorning. The special music inclucled tion. The light we get may serve only the anthems, "Lovely Are the Messento bring out tne· unexplored darkness. gers," Mendelssohn; "Consider and "The unfathomable mystery of huHear Me," Pflueger; "Souls of the man personality!: The life which we Righeous," Noble, and the organ postare commemorating today, the life o! lude, "Largo" from thn New World our honored minister emeritus, so near Symphony," Dvorak. A large and dear to us. all, may have seemed representative congregation singularly open and clear and easy to present. interpret. It did not seem to be a comThe minister, Rev. William Safford plex nature. There did not appear to Jones, took for the subject· of his serbe room In such a. frank sunny dispomon, "The Mystery of Personality", sition for- insoluble problems and bafand for his text St. John 14:9, "J esus fling mysteries. saith unto him, Have I been so long "And yet, those who knew the life time with you, and dost thou not know best often felt that the better they me, Philip?" knew it the less they knew it. After all Mr. Jones said in part: the secret of the power was not on the "This truth that no teacher is ever surface, as they had imagined. It lay fully -,mderstood by his pupils, that no deeper, so deep that those enrolled as preacher is ever fully understood by his .., friends grew more and more p..1zzled to congregation, Is clearly exemplified in · know what was the explanation of this the relation of Jesus to his disciples. I powe1· and grace·. The charm which Every teacher of Divine truth, no matlured them on never led them into the ter whether he Is teaching religion or sources of its strength. The farther morals or philosophy or science or litthey went the more amazed they beerature or art must strive with this came. ignorance of the deeps of his person- , "We cannot. trace the clear thought. ality and the content of his teaching. · · and deep feeling in such a nature to It matters not how long he may have their hidden sources. The more intibeen with his disciples or followers or mately we came to know the inner life students, how intimate their associaof this friend the harder we found it to tions, how close their comradeship, how discover the springs of his character. frequent their contact, he remains in The closer we approached to the essenhis innermost self unknown to the·m . tial man the farther oU we seemed from There is a gulf between them which the hiding-place of his genius. and pereven the most friendly and daring dissonality.. However vigorously we purciples cannot bridge. There is a sued·,. he eluded· us:.. You and this dear. ' magic circle beyond the circumference friend might be one in many a nobl'e of which not even the most appreciative thought and many a high purpose, enand sympathetic pupil or disciple can tirely col1genial in taste and disposf·pass. Heights there are which the tion:, united in religious feeling and exbravest ·cannot scale, depths there are preE.Sion, harmonious in educational which the profoundest cannot fathom. interest. and philanthropic endeavor, ,A flaming sword drives back all who still yo·-ir inmost. spheres of life might ··v enture beyond bounds and approach be· worlds· apart. You could not help it, too near the · master's inmost self and no· one could have prevented it, the furthest thought and deepest feeling . law of God made it so. There is in . "Usually, however, the penalty of beevery life a margin of mystery which ing a teacher or a leader in this world , cannot be bloltecl out, a line of reserve which cannot. be crossed. 'fs that-yo-ir aims may be only half-un"We ought.then be reverent in our derstood, your motives misconstrued, appreciation of each other's personal:your words misinterpreted', your acts ities. The mystery of person::ility in its misunderstoocl.. Every master, of final form i11, the mystery of the Divine things 'religious: 01· things intellectual, in the human. Jesus cried to Philip, must contend' with this half-knowl"He that hath seen me hath seen the edge, m.ust. flee the pe1il of misappreThe Master reverenced the hension. Plain and. direct. maj! be· his Divinity within himself, and he would teaching. clear and straightforwarcl his have every man -rleeply conscious of message, practical and vital. its issues, that lig·ht which lighteth every yet. $Omeone is, bound to, tur.n and twist coming into the worlcl. We and pervert it. through. sheer ignorance stand in awe of each other's deepest of its profounder meanings... and most hidden life, which no one\ "On. the othett hand,, even those who· knoweth save the F:tther, for in these have a sympathetic .u nderstanding of unexplored 1·ealms. of personality our the teacher's. or leader's. thought and moral and spiritual reserve forces lie purpose are often perplexed:. and' bafand· God dwells. Sympathy and charity lead us to reverence. Without COMMEMORATION SERVICE AT SOUTH CHURCH to �t at profound feeling life is and conceited. With that we rise above pettiness and unch:tritablC'ness and envy and strife into the region of generous emotions and kindling aspirations and commanding ideals. "If we should put into a single phrase the moral imperative which ruled the life of t.his m3n of God, who for half a century served faithfully this ancient church and this ancient community, it would be Emerson's word, 'Revere thyself.' In such a life we have seen self-revei·enw issue in self-re reliance and self-control ::md lrad to a deeper reverC'nce for the Divine mystery of personality .. , The eulogy which was delivered at the funeral services of the hte Rev. Alfred Gooding by Dr. Samuel Elliott of the Arlington Street Church, Boston, was a tribute to one of Portsmouth's best loved citizens, and was as follows: ''I think the gentle so,,1 of him Goes softJy in some garden place, With the old smile time may not dlm Upon his face. "Now that his day of pain ls Ulrough, I love to think he sits at ease, With some old.Yolume that he knew Upon his knees. .. Watching, perhaps, with quiet eyes The white clouds' drifting argosy; Or twilight opening Uower-wlse On l:i.nd and sea. ''Those whom he loved aforellme, still, I doubt not, bear him company; Yes, even laughter yet must thrill Where he may be. ''A thought, a fancy, who may tell? Yet I who ever pray it so, Feel through my grief that all ls well." "Happ:y fs the man that :findeth wisdom and the man that getteth understanding: 1 Her ways arc ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace. ,. "Wisclom,.~xalteth her children, And Jaycih hold of lllcm that seek her, He t.hat ,}oveth her IovctJ1 life; And w)leresovcr she entcreth, the Lord, :wiU bless. They that serve her shall mlnlster to t.he lloly One: And them that love hrr the Lord doth Jove. She maketh them fri<cnd, or God and prophets." I "If it were po~~ible for each and everyone -~f us to utter in some single sentence ,ipe feelings that bound us to this man,, then from our different points of view there 'l'1ould be added to the sllerit. tribute of your presence the fitting wPrds of honor and atfection. From I.hr, va,r:ied fields of PJ he service 1n this town where his leadership was 1<0 uno,lcntatiously helpful and beneficr 1t, from the people of this church 1hnt. be :;rrved so Jong ancl loyally, from t,hc ht mes of this community where J1ls nc:gllborly goodwill was so con::kmt, from the hearts be blessed and the ::re 111's he loved, yes, from the very pm,r,rrs-hy on the sidewalk who could not fail to respond to the friendly s'.1lute or the cheery Invalid sitting on his 01 C'h iu the summer twilight-from all l.hcsc varied sources there w_ould come J11 nll ~lnccril.y t.he real memorial of Alfred Gooding. "Herc was a man who, ln his charactrr in his way of looking at things and 11oi'n~ things, Incarnated the common 1:cncr, t.he public spirit, tJ1e prncLical l<lralh:m or this old town. How his gentle pull lifted us to his own level! JJow his genial humor, with Its true New F.ngl:i.nd flavor, refreshed us! How all our low views of public or private 1l11ty showed their true colors when we touched this sunny, wholesome nature! now unpretentious he was ln his nbumlant goodwill! How wisely he 1liscemed the unconscious needs of the community! "His influence In this changing city IJ1roughout this tumultuous half-century had been so unassertive, that we Jmrdly yet realize how pervasive and penetrating It has been. It has been an Influence dlf!used In your civic and domestic life largely without your knowllng It. How profoundly the long years · ,of faithful service on the school committee hn.ve directed and ·actuated the life of the schools of the city-an un,;een and unfelt authority that has pro:founclly affected the whole set and direction of the Jives of your children ,ll,nd or hundreds of persons who never thought or knP.w about the gentle and persistent power that was working in nncl through the machinery of the ~chool:;! How his assiduous and patient service on . the boards of the library and the Athenaeum has influcnt'ccl-almost controlled-the reading hahits or hundreds of hls fellow citizens -people who never stopped to think '.how those books were chosen and_made Jtvailable ancl how those wheels were 11-ept going for the good of all. How all lovers o! the history and the cherished lls:iOCll\tions of this dear old town rejoiced ln his exceptional_ knowledge and •ympathy-they indeed knew to whose 1·eliable research they were lndebted nnd to whose generous 1eadershlp they coulcl look in all matters that pertained to the preservation of , your hlsto:ric places and to the memory of the oldtime leaders in town and 'church and :school. No native son was ever more loyal to Portsmouth traditions or deJ" ghtcd more in the legendary lore of lhc old · seaport. He was widely read and traveled broadly-but his he1rt and his home were here. Why even beyoml the travail of this mortal life his unoht rusive care extended and your lo·,cly cemetery owes much to his good taste and to his desire tl.at the beloved dead should rest in harmonious and tranquilizing surroundings. "He was a man of fine Intellectual nncl rr,iritual refinement and at the sa,ne time and in the best sense a friendly man of the world-kindly, tolrrant, a loyal friend, a charming crm-- rade. The serious sought his counsel, the merry welcomed his comJ.ng. He both gave and expected ~courtesy and goodwill. Simplicity, sincerity, sympathy, a genial humor, a manly reverence--those _ were the outstanding traits of a distinctive personality. Mind, heart and conscience knew no illdirect or circuitous methods. He never trimmed and be never posed. An alert understanding made him wise in the affairs of this workaday world and a devout heart gave him assurance of tho reality oI the unseen allies. We who were blessed by his friendship are grateful for a life lived so modestly and faithfully, a life of good comradeship, public-spirited activity, broad humanity and simple and sincere Christian faith. ' "In the chapel of Balliol College at Oxford there ls a tablet to a modest scholar much loved ln hls generation but unknown to the world. I remember today what is written there. 'He loved,' the Inscription reads; 'lie lovedl great things and thought little o! himself. Desiring neither fame nor power, he won the devotion of men and was a lasting influence ln their lives, for 'he taught to many the greatness of the world and of man's spirit.' "All hearts grew warmer 1n ence · Of one who, seeking not his own, Gave freely for the Jove of gi-..dng, Nor reaped for self the harvest so:wn.· "0 frleDdl if thought and sense avail not To know thee heneefortb as thou ·art, That all ls well" with thee forever P~l"ll"A~ I trust the lnstincui of my heart. ''Thine be the quiet habitations, Thine ·th& green pastures, blossomsown, And smiles of salnUy recognition As brave and tender a,3 thy own. "Thou comst not from the hush shadow To meet us, but to thee we come. With thee we never can be strangers And where thou art must stilr be �~~remony :· ~arg~ly Att - Large·· Class - ece·ve firmation In Afterno • vice · • �third- edifice, d this city to the honor of God, under the invocation of the Mother of God. What a picture the memory of those days brings before our eyes_! Wil,hin the modest strucLurc erected here some eighly years ago our fat,hers knelt in aclorat.ion and heard, under the humble roof of the first rude church, the only worrls of consolation that grcel,ed lhrm. No wonder that as they knelt, groaning under burdens almost too great to bear, beginning a new life among a cold people, memory brought them back to the little stone church on l,he hillside far away in the distant home of their forcfall1crs; no wonder that as they prayed the tears often fell from eyes well used t,o weeping. That little church, amid scenes harsh and strange, was the one solace of their comfortless lives, the one holy spot that reminded them or home and of heaven, the one holy influence which softened somewhat the bitter pangs of exile. No wonder they loved it and thought their little savings permanence among them. It was an oasis of peace amid a desert land. Through six weary days they toiled; but l hrough all those six weary days tllc.v listened for the music of a bell whicl1 spoke to them, not of tyranny, hut of love; not of toil, but of peace in lhrir Fal,hcr's house. Here t,hey came to kneel at the altar of God and pour out their sorrow-stricken hearts to Him who understands. Her they came to assist at the Sacrifice of Him who knows what suffering is. Here they werr guided, consoled and rhrecLed by lh r- ir Jong list of pastor~;'Fat,hcr McCullion in 1852, Father Canavan in rn.;,,. Father Murphy in 1865, Fat,her Tlvnnas Walsh in 1869, Monsignor O-C',11laglrnn in 1875, Fathf'r Finnigan in l!l0l, right clown througt1 our own li111r with l"aLhcr Edward Walsh from l!l07 to 1915, Father Sullivan from 1915 to l!125, as you yourselves are guided, con~olecl and directed by your humble pastor, alher Brennan and his wor- thy assi tants. Oh, surely today we who gather in this beautiful temple "'·.--.,,,...,:.,c, may see in its resurrection not only a. new triumph of architecture, but clearer still the victory of that power which overcometh the world, our Faith. "Throughout this city, as well as throughout the length and breadth of this Granite State, it is a well-known fact that a new Catholic church__J:l.as, been erected in , Portsmouth, But how mat}¥ there are who fail to distinguish between the building and that organ•ization known throughout the world as the Catholic Church! This J:mllding stands' for something more than a name. It represents an institution that is Catholic not only in name but in reality. The Church that Christ founded was Catholic, that is, it was universal; it was to subsist in all ages, teach all nations, maintain all truth. ✓noes the Holy Roman Catholic ..,c;.;,;h;.u.:.rc~h~d;;;.011r.t;.;h--:i-iis!"'l?l"'I,.t~d:i'ioilie~si':-.,.;;.A.;...;-=--""--::illr. �lustration will suffice to. show in a strong light the just claims or the Catholic Church to the title o! Catholic. Take the Ecumenical Council of ttie Vatican opened in 1869 . and presided over by Pope Pius IX. Of over a thousand bishops then comprising the hierarchy of the Catholic ·church, nearly eight hundred attended the opening session, All parts of the living globe were represented. The bishops assembled from Great Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, Switzerland and .,-~~.,•.,nii'll,.,!.!"''.,;'';.·..;·· from almost every nation and principality in Europe. They met from Canada, the United States, Mexico, South America and from the Islands Of the Atlantic and Pacific. They came from the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates, the cradle of the human rnce, and from the banks of the Jordan, the cradle of Christian\ty. These bishopsbelonged to every form of government, from the republic to the most absolute monarchy, demonstrating conclusively the · truth that the Catholic Church can exist under any form of govern..,_~«~\.•}.1'k1..".illll ment. Their faces were marked by almooll every shade and color that distinguishes the human family. '1\liey spoke every civilized tongue under the sun. Kneeling together in the same great assembly hall, tru.ly could these 'prelates exclaim. in the language of the Apocalypse, ·'Thou hast redeemed us; O Lord, 1n Thy Blood, out of every · -~.,,,,.,..,.,,. tribe and tongue, and people and nation.' /.The history of the world for the past nineteen hundred -years shows no empire, no kingdom, no republic or other human assemblage united for any purpose, that has existed uninterruptedly during the whole of those long- years. Yet 1n every one of thos(! more than nineteen hundred years the Catholic Church has stood forth, exulting in her Dlyine Founder and His unfaillng Presence which, preserved her Intact and protects her from dangers that threatened her from within and from · without. Like a golden bridge, the Church has spanned the centuries from the Upper Rev. James H. Brennan Permanent Rector Chamber in Jerusalem down to our remind us that we are but th added to thy number! Oh, shrines own day, while the torrent of human heirs of their patient efforts. The the saints of God, ,today y~ur glory Is ;i.ffalrs has swept on to its own desowed what .we a.re reaping. The ver increased! Here let the children of a struct!on. Through the maze of years beauties of this majestic temple are sturdy past keep ever green the memshines forth like a golden band the but reminders of our indebtedness to ory of their faithful sll'es! Here · Jne catholicity of the Church. our fathers who labored and who died through the length and breadth of "And now, a new church, calling ithere, an indebtedness which we can nave and transept, from the silent self Catholic, throws its peak toward cancel In only one way, by fidelity to hearls of a prayerful people a.~1d from heaven. The hardy pioneers of Portsall the high princlples or our holy\ the sonorous pipes of the glonous ormouth's earliest days are· now at rest. Faith. I gan, shall arise the same hymn ~r Their ashes repose in the silent grave "Let us never forget the heroism or praise, the same solemn voice of ador yard. The good priests who kept that their lives. Sha.LI we who have become , ation, which over eighty years ago light of faith burning in their souls lie a power in numbers be weaker in wafted through the spaces of that sleeping in their graves, but the work spirit than they were when but a first little church as those God-feanng which they began has gone gloriously pitiable minority? Shall we who have pioneers talked w1~11__~od. onward ever since. Let others boast of learned more of books know less or "To God and His Imm._a_c_u~!a.· L-e-,.M~oththe clty'•s- progress in wealth, of the true wisdom? Shall we, who are to- er this glorious temple Is dedicated. To streets lined with the marts of trade, day rich in comparison to them, show t.hem we offer it with the homage of of the Increased traffic which has ourselves poorer In all that ls mo-it our fidelity and eternal trus~. Accept, marked the passing years; all are worth having? W!LI the sons in their o God, the offering of Thy children. signs of progress In which every son of prosperity do really less for God than Bless and sanctify it. And may t.he Portsmouth heartily rejoices. But to their fathers in their poverty? Ah, Holy Presence rest here forever!" us who value the riches o! the soul their blood ls in our veins and their Following the morning service the above those of material wealth, the faith Is in our hearts! dedicatlon banquet was held at t.he brightest jewel in the 'crown of this "Oh, triumph of the Faith of God, Rockingham Hotel, and a large numfair city ls this truly magnificent temthis is thy day! Oh, Church of Christ, ber werl! present. pie of· the true Faith. Well may it be studding the hillsldes of the world Guest. includ<!d Mayor Rol;art Marsald that the little grain of mustard with towers and spires that bespeak of seed planted here over eighty yea.rs the conflict ·between God and mamago has grown into a noble tree. How mon, today another fortress is planted the hearts o! that little band who on the heights! Oh, altars or the livcame here then to worship must reIng God upon whlch the perpetual joice to see this day! Out of the dead sacrifice is offered, today a new one is past their voices speak to us in silence fr·:~~['.":'~!llj1~:_,:"'"~~"'.'.;'"'.'.?;;i°F:"'S'°:::-:-:il~-.-:t �View of interior nf new Catholic C hurch showlng altar. vin nnd members of the City Council and other prominent citizens and officials. At tho dinner the Bishop and priests dined in the Colonial Dining room. The invited guests dined in the main dining room and after the dinner was served the Bi~hop received the invited guests in the reception room and they were presented by Rev. Ft·. Brennan and to each he had a word of greeting. In the afternoon the Rev. Bishop administered the sacrament of confirmation to a class of 300 including about 25 adults. He was assisted in this service by Rev.· James E. Mccooey of Newmarket, Rev. Francis Happny of Somersworth, and Rev. James J. Rire of Kittery. The sponsors were Frederick Gri!Tin and Miss Gertrude Long. In the solemn Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament the Rev. Bishop was assisted by Rev. Thomas F. Hogan as deacon and Rev. P. J. Kenneally as sub-deacon. The m ic for the aftern was rend ered by ihe regular choir under the direction of Charles Ham or_ganist, and consisted of the followine:: Ecce Sace1:dos . . . . . . . . • Singenberger O Salutaris ..... . ........... Rosewig Tantum Ergo ............... · Rosewig Holy Goel We Praise Thy Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .n.ttter Choir and Congregation Recessional, "Lauda Jerusalem·• The Bishop spoke of the present edifice as the third Catholic church. The first was of wood and this was burned. The church which replaced the woorlen structure, he staled, is what is now known as the old church, and this church, which was Lorn down during the past two years ls now replaced by the present day building. Bishop Peterson spoke of the present church as one of the finest in New England. "This temple." he stated, "is but one of other temples which have . been growing at the ~ame lime, the temple of the Apostle Paul and of the Holy Ghost. These temples erected contained dwellings. You, my children, are just like buildings, being erected to give glory to God and to be a part of God's Holy Spirit." . He spoke of 12 or 14 years ago, when those present lo be confirmed baptized. This he likened to foundations of the church, and since the foundation the b..iilding was being erected upon the foundation. He told of the needs for walls and columns and roof, built sturdy enough to stand through the New England storms, snows and rain. Today, he said, the church was dedicated, and n : w the other temples he had spoken of were to ,be dedicated. The structures had been completed and the temples were to be dedicated. "The time will come very shortly when you w!ll be graduating from grammar school and high school, and you wlll have to fight life's battles for yourself and fight temptation." He then likened the church building, as it will face the elements, to the boys and girls who go out into life and face temptation. �scio, Assistant Rector T e spea !)r broµg the people who had made possible the erection of tlie new church had the con·naei:ice and faith so necessary, 11,n<t stressed the need for the young people to have the same faith ahd williugaes.s to help. ..--· ' · "The temples of your souls, the temples of the Holy Ghost through you. must be made firm and strong, as these .w~ns'· today are strong and firm" he said, in closing. 1 , 1. ,.. 'I · The confirmation class was .a.s fol"'. lows: \ Barbara Jack,0::1, There.n Soucy, Theresa Mirosole, Helen Davis, Barbara< Hoffman, Mary --Kelley, DoroU1y Llijehult, ·Berdette · Liljehult, , Mary Doody, Teresa . D'.>ocl:r, Helen Regan, Marl.e • England, Cecilia Pento, Adeline' Pehto, Virginia · Handlon. Julia Stulb, Margaret O'Keefe, Macy Nugent/ Arline Laderbush, Anne Laderbush, Catherine Joyce, Shirley Sul.Uvan, Jµlia Sullivan,. J,~an S:Illivan, Margaret , fichultz, Loui.<;e M.cGiU, Sheila , McGill, Mary :r.,cMaster, Priscilla _,Alvance, :Mary McCarty, Theresa Regan, Jane Uh!.\kofski, M:iry ,Driscoll, Jeannette Buck!ey, Mary Connorsi • Virginia Griftb, Julia .Heaiy, Mary Sullivan, ·.rirT;mia Wil)lur, Margaret Loughlin, Louise Mardorchio, .. Margaret Betton, Mary Twomey, Rita Shea, Kat!tl..--en Morrissey, Jane Bukata, Mary OBden, Anne Daniels, Nora· Mullen, -Ruth Smith, Yvonne TQoie, ;,l[ary M~nonald, Mary Bauer, Rose· Colliton, I~atllleen Downs, Kathleen Shannon, Mary Simpson, Virginia O'Brien, Catherine Fullam, Barbara Doll, Mary Shin-nick, Mary MacDonald, Catherine Linchey, Louise Harned:,, Giorla Rev. -Thbmas W. Cushing, Assistant Rector Coussoule, Gertrude Bridle, Yll'Ollnl3 Rlchard, Jeannette Marcous, Mar!orl Frazier, Louise Connors, Loui.se :Flynn, Mary Cronin, Lillian Seavey, cattterine Stulb, Frances O'Keefe, :Mary Stevens, Barbara waruer. Mabel Meehan, Veronica Navelski. .Anita Jutras, Mary Burr, Ella Garant, :Mabel Watkins, Pauline 11.fcCfintock. Mary Watkins, Marjorie Ham, Martha Bragdon, Mary Donahue, Jeac1 O'Brien, Irene Boucher, .;;~seIJhine Cocchiaro, Concetta Ferrara. Jennie Casa, Angelina Noto, Doroth;o Mahan, Marguerite Bamberger, Hild~ Moody, Nathalie Gamester, Elizabeth vo-cetla, Pl!yllis Vozella, Mlldred Prank, Alice Kee, Claire. Farrell, Rose cavaliere, Mary Vinciguerra. Isahelle Black, Albina Zamarchi, Ardell Succi, Mary Hazzard, Ellen Robbins, Dorothy Flanagan, Pauline Lund, Marie Simonds, ,Mary Connors, Agnes Stimpson, Virginia Cavalieri, Ruth Hoyne, Mildred Snyder, Rose LaMarca, Mary Capone, Mai·y Macewich, Joseph Grilli, Helen Tzrinski, Helen Rondeau, Barbara Davis, RiLa. Moreau, Rita Boisvert, Mildred Copley, Margarnt Day, Rosetta Hafey, Mary Mulherin, Irene Kirby, Evelyn deochemont, Marion Feeney, Mary Griffin, Helen sumvan; Christina MacDonald, · Helen Perry, Victoria Drobisewsld, Rosemary Shannon, Margaret Chandler, Geraldine Canty, Mary Healey, Mary Connors, Anna McGee, Ellen Buoelis, Olive Thomas, Mary McPhee, Margaret Bean. Ivan Lund, John Sturtevant, Robert Felter, George Dawson, Samuel McMaster, Lawrence Foley, John Keenan, Michael Griffin, David Regan, George Laderbush, John Connors, James Toole, William Monagle, Gerald Rooney, Arthur Raffe1·ty, Charles Sullivan, Thomas Ahern, Griffin, John Krook, Andrew Currier, Omer Comier, William FuJJam, John MacDonaid, Robert l:!ryan, Thomas Connors, George Foley, Robert Sullivan, Jobn Murphy, Stephen Caccialore, James Barrett, Clarence Bailey, Robert Buckley, Andrew Collins, Jerome Hussey, Cornelius Regan, John McCarty, Thomas Walsh, Albert Bauer, Henry Tzrinski, Daniel Lunt, Charles Baker, Herman Blanchette, Bradley Griffin, Thomas Flynn, William Lorenz, Alexander Drobisewski, John Ryan, Harry Elliott, Robert Radler, Armond Richard, Long, Richard Ham, John Geo:-~e Fritz, William Betton , Thomas Cullen, J ames Streeter, Hector Swist~.k. Norman Ingraham, Thomas Kennedy, William McLoughlin, David Regan, James Toole,, Anthony La Casa, William McGirr, Eugene Marcous, Angus Hunkins, Manfrcdo Santosuosso, Edward Lenane, Richard EnLwisLle, Robert Tierney, Robert Hazzard, Robert Boisvert, Halhawa.y', Francis Bean, O'Brien, John MacDonald, Stulb, John McGee, Walter Charles Saurman, William Daniel Regan, William Richard Pennington, , Joseph Marcuri, L:!O Shea, William Fowler, Paul Johnson, Lawrence Marcous, Donald Winn, John O'Connell, James Joyce, �Flahive, William Pennington, John Colliton, John Wholey, Henry Wymer, Geor~e Thomas. George Murray, Angelo Bellaeome, Alphonse Bellacomc, James McDermolt, William Early, John Stokel, Richard Walsh, Richard Morin. James Brunette, John Vinciguerra. Stanley Drobisewskl, John Hasselt. John Hussey, Angelo Valzania, Salvatore Canino, Joseph Fiandaca. John Destefano. Ugo Tosi, William Archie, Robert Hazzard and Albert Bauer. The visiting clergy al the service and banqurL incluclccl: Very Rrv. Jeremiah S. Buckley, Concord, vicar general of diocese; Rt.. Rev. T. G. E. Devoy, Manchester; RL. Rev. Matthew Creamer, Mancheslcr; Rt. Rev. John E. Finen. Manchester; R ev,. Joseph E. Creeden. Dover; Rev. James E. Mccooey. Newmarket; Rev. William J. Cavanaugh, Manchester; R ev. Daniel J. Colter, Exeter; Rev. Homisdas Tetreault. Somersworth; Rev. James E. Whit.c, Manchcst.cr; Rev. Francis T. Hayyny, Somcrswort.h; Rev. P. C. Gamache, Manchester; Rev. Timothy J. Whalen, Charlestown; Rev. William F. ·Pendt:rgast, Rev. Thomas F. Hogan, Rev. P. J. Kenneally, Rev. M. J. Hurley, Rrv. Matthew J. Casey, Rev. James J. Rice. Kittery, Me. Second Church Ded i.;.c=a~te:.:d::....:..in~1:..:8~7~2~-----~ilL:,C:.., NATIVE SONS RT -. TooINl\ PA' SE VICE ' Jf ' service in their home city ordination. I~ was .an occasion which brought much feeling and · joy to the parish• loners, especially the rela~ives of the young priests. The dean of the clergy appearing in the important religious consecration, In the services connected with the dedication of the new Church of the Sun- REV. THOMAS F. HOGAN . lk.-·-· REV. P. J. KENNEALLY day the ceremony carried much local igmficance In the fact that It marked the first time in which native sons have assisted together at any '."as Rev. William ~- Pendergast, 1s rector at Grt,veton Rev. Thomas F. Hogan is ~is~ant· rector at St. Anne's Church, Manchester. Rev. M. J. Hurley is assistant at' ,St' Joseph's Cathedral, Manchester., and Vice Chancellor of the diocese. Rev. P. J. Kenneally is assistant �!\'I. J. ·, HURLEY , .. - r, ~ • I ' I • .\ • l rector ·cf St. John ., the Evangell~t Church· at Concord. I Rev. -Matthew J.6Casey, the last -':)! -the -locl).l young tr\Cn to be ordained, is MSist\mt reci;?r at the Church Our'• ~afi.v. I Q! . ,Per~etu9:( Help,. ¥anch~ster, wh~;i:e, he , acte!i as rec.tor for nearly 1 a 'year dur'i ng the . itlness .and after the death of the pastor, E. J. Kean. : Five of the native sons \\!ere una,J>le to be present. Rev. T~omas Q1;1i~k. connected w~th the ·· C~~holic , Foreign Missions ·in Chim.; nev. Robert· Quirk, · S. B. ,o! p-eorgetowri University, Wl!.!lhlngt;on, D. o.~ :Rev. aohn Dr!scon,- Pl!J/i-Or at I:I:lrrlsv!lle; .Rev, Ed.m!,lpd, Quirk; p_a~~r at Lake!} o! o> and Rev. John F. Leary, O. M. •I. of . ' r Lowell, Mass. · Mllch. interesting tadalng to historill' New Hampshi11e t e.mllies; is; \tllOON.eJ:1ed b:11' tba: 1n.vestig1JI,-. ~ working om project, No.. 1 ~ spomliGI'ed bW the: NeWI HnmJ:v!blrei Eme:E>genc31 Relief A:dtnmiltl:atiOR1 under the: stipervfsion- o! secretary ofi State En.ooh D. Fulfer., 'l'hiit JJIO;iect,. which. begjul on. Januft.1li' l'l!., hall! as: ltiar ob.rjec:t; the indexing- and! cle.ssi1ymrr, ot material consisting ef, names-., dates-,. and! places taken from bo.lllldl amt uwbound town hisoor1es: of, New, Ba.mp,-, s:tme. This mformation1, as it. a1>P1?ars, hll these town, records,, concerns- chi~ lll)' Uhe p~iod! r.i:om, 11750l t:o 1830: .P.s a result!; ot' this; pro!ect theJ:1et is nQw, available in- the secreta:r:v o1 stat.e's office- at. file cabinet), eontaining, the) indexed and cross-indexed Hames ltl.';!!~il,f,.'£!which hav.e: beem e:ittracted' !rom1 these h!.st.ories., t.oge.ther with, all• th1r. al!8.ir- ...........,.,.~. ablru intormation, about. the• re.sidents, oti: the. Granite State- during; it.:!, eal"!y/ hil;t.ory, 0nly twelve; towns: had! been, oomplet.el:,, indexed! out!, o:f, the; eigh~ddt toWDs in New, Hampsbirei who.sei mcor.d.11: have beem keptl, <wd pr.esem.edt, llPl to> tJhe time: the• 1>ro1eot, begjw, Itl, iSl the: work o:C. the- ihvestlgators: orn this· p1'0ject to compiet.e, tl'le indexing ol' alt the\ towns. The majority- of the town tr'1~t.~:: records ba..v.e: not. beem examlnedl as; yet lb obtafu, !Jlfarmation, fol" tile cards: ......:..._,.,.,. S01 far the, work completed! Ur as f-011- , lows:, Number &ti: volumes.. prepared\ tor. tJRing O • • O OO >OoO O , O O • 0 • •• • 0 " " " " •M O , O Number ef' names checked' and edited . . • • • . . • • . • • . • • . • . • • • . . • 336.0 .N'1m1ben· of.' compJetedt Del\'/ cai,d!!; l6(!(JJ 'lme infonna:tiorr ebtainedt Oil\- the) cacd$- per.t'ains, tio the namea- of the· re>-. .sldlmt and th~ oown1inl which. h«1 re>11ide~. Then t'fiere 1Hi mentioned' en- tbe card! the wif~s; Heme, and! the: :muno.; andl .dates of birth ot the children- in. tha: family. Reference is t)Jen made on thei card roi l!htt! volUme- ini whi8A1 a.u,pe~ a h i ~ o!, thm family,. STATE TAKES UP SURVEY While the government has given up the survey of historical buildings of the country, it has been taken up by the state under the direction of Prof. E.T. Huddleston of the University of New Hampshire and his assistant, '!"f-r. Clar le. Mr. Clark was here today and _ interviewed the secretary of the Ports-11:'!,.~~'1'/J.• mouth Hlstor1cal Society. 0 . '\) �POLE Our illustrlollll Langdon, S.illivan and Pickering, Whipple, Bartlett and Thornton, too; Stark, McClary and Minute Men, Paul Jones and the Ranger's crew. er and the glory march side by side, bitterness, sadness and contrition. A mixture of all that · go into the making of a great nation. a great state, or a great industry are here the elements of a fascinating novel, a. New Hampshire novel: Stern old "Peter, the Great," found er of the' mills; Peg, his grandson ~nd heir; Jane Talbot, 11.I'Chitect andt commercial artist; Maxima. Boisvert, 'superlative 1n name and in song- these are some of the characters in the story, and each is in sorhe degree a, product of the mills. The reader cannot but feel the vitality and strength of these builders · and cannot but sympathize and strain every mentirl sinew to be of some slight aid ln their struggle. Justice Marble is wen acquainted with the litigation, which,-,,,..,,.•,,, ... has he.mpered ln every possible legal and illeg.al way progress and advance"' ment no less th~ he 1s· acquainted. with New Hampshire, Its. }µstory and its people. ' He ls thel'e!ore admirab!Y' qualified in every ,sense of the word to tell this tale . '· · "Products of the · Mills" is 1D. fact a. New Hampshire epic and as such the future will record. Now what will we leave when we depart As footprints on the sands of time? One hundred and sixty-nine years Let our loyalty perpetuate to posterity ew Hampshire's National Shrines. ago transpired a11 important event that A. I. HARRIMAN assisted in the moulding of the de•""'V of our Nation-the erection of the first "Liberty Pole'' and there unfurled tne first "Liberty Property and No Stamp'' flag in the Amcric:in Colonies by the Sons of Liberty o! Portsmouth, nine years before the Revolution, Here as•• 1 IN OLD El H(O)USE Rrsiclcnls of Portsmouth will be lnterestcd m t he November number of ''House Beautiful'' which contains a photograph of one of the rnoms of the Barrett Wendell House on Pleasant strr>ct. The photograph is one illustrating an a1-Licle on "Chippendale: Its Return to Fashion" by Hazel Cummin. The rnom. the writer says, "contains what is undoubtedly the finest group of New England Chippendale in the country. The table with its fine arched stretchers, is one of only three known examples and the daybed Is probably uniqµe. The ,entire group belonged to Jacob Wendell who settled in PortsmonLh about 1760. Other photoi::raphs show the Concord Antiquarian House and the American Wing of the MPtropolitan Museum. Portsmouth Plans To Memorialize Its Colonial History lLIBER'fY l'OLE SHIELD sembled the patriots who captured a hundred barrels of powder at Fort William and Mary six months before the battle of Bunker Hill. It was New. Hampshire men and the powder they captured that made that baltlo posslble. There fifteen of General stark's regiment alone gave their all for liberty and over one-third of all the patriots wounded on the battlefield of Bunker Hill wer~ from our own Granite State: Special A 0 IIANC~ OF . E HAMPSHIRE Justice Thomas Littlefield Marble, who has been Associate Justtre of the New Hampshire Supreme court for o,·n a rlecade and whose friends and acquaintances throughout the Granite State are legion, has written an absorbing New Hampshire romance, "Prorluct of the Mills' 1 which has just been published by Bruce Humphries, l\IAY THEIR l\lEl\IOP.Y J,IVE ON . 'Inc., of Boston. It is no exaggeration to state that As we peer out into the f.1ture what the late Winston Churchill did Visions come from days before, in l;lis famous "ConistonN, that saga And the progress we today extol of the railroads of a half century ago, Came from the cornerstone of yore. Justire Marble has done again but The highways we· travel \Vere pathways with even greater power and force. But as the title implies, "Product of Hewn from the forests of time, the Mills" is the song of the paper By patriots' innumerable hardships, and pnlp lndustry, the Industry whose Their harvests now yours and mine. history and drama are one and the Well they knew the price of Li!berty, same as the history of New HampFrom bondage set America free. !;:hire. For New Hampshire and "paper Their determination and fidelity and pulp'• never part; they move Paved the pathway for you and me. along the same thrilling and stirring lines-never t.o be separated even in They gave to us this land wc love these mid-twentieth century days. and the pathfinder to guide it by; To local readers, the town of MerThe Constitution of our United State., lin in which Justice Marble spins the And the flng WC proudly fly. thrc:ids of his tale, will be easily recognizable. The charactert, uaturally They gave to the world o. noble race enough, are figments of the imaginaOf upright, straightforward men, tion, bnt they are typical of all that Who charted the course o! our Ship w~s ~nd all that still is fl•~ and of State 6:·ent in the development of the mills. With Washington at its helm. Powerful figure~, tender figures- rulini:: and commanding, taking orders ul ohevin"' them. But with the POW- . I to The Chri.!tlan, Sclwce Monitor PORTSMOUTH, N. H.-A state park may be established in this town marking the location of the Liberty Pole and Liberty Bridge, historically known as the cradle of New Hampshire liberty and the site of the first "No Stamp Flag" raised In the American Colonies. A measure providing for 1such a park will be presented to the present session of the state lawmakers. A commission named by the last session made a study of the pa1·k posslbilltles. .1 It was 160 years ago that the first "No Stamp Flag" was raised to the top of the flagpole. The repeal of the stamp tax by the British Parliament was celebrated here by the firing of a battery of guns which was erected near so~called Liberty Bridge. The first Liberty Pole was declared unsafe In 1824 and a second pole was erected the same year. For the following 75 years that 85-foot mast, with its liberty cap, surrounded by a ball for each of the 13 original states of the Union, stood. In 1899 it was replaced with a new 110...-:., foot pole 'With the origlnal_,,,....., top. __ �avy Day~Ev~~ts All.IL !Day. ( a) The IUI. s. s. Cuttlefish will II> in IDrydock No. 2. A periscope, such as i in talled on a submarine, will be mounted near the lll .. S. S. !Cuttlefish, so that visitors may view the surroundings as se§ln from ll>eiow the surface of th& water. A !Momsen ILung, such as fts 111sed for escaping from a submarine, and a water-t,ght doo 7 will also be on dlspl .Y in this vicinity.. · (b) !Display of various ~nf nt.ry weapons and Corps equipment_ in fll'ont. of ,ha !Marine IBarracks.. At U :00 a. m.. IFlre IDrlli ·wm lo•d lheid at the ~ce between the tw po,nds., . Diving equipment will il>e on exlhiblti n at. .the entrance to the Dry IDock, and between one and two p .. ·m. an exhib~ ltlon of deep sea diving will ll>e giv n. bU 2~00 I!>• m .. IFootll>ail Game/ !Naw:v Vall'd ws:. St. Pius Club; ILynn, Mass .. IPOOIM'll"S Of 8 ''ll"IEIRIES'll" The extensiH shope or th yard ar~ capable of and cons~ructlon woli'k of all kinds. The Yard is the cente!l""of INavai Submarine Activities and · has been designated a building ' ll\lawy Yard for submarines on the Atlantic Coast. ot.' was purchased an the Navy Yard established in the year 'fl 800:, The i\tallai IHlospital ~a a ll>ed capacity of two hundr_ ed. tCommandant'B IH!ouse (11.iving Quan,oirs), Originally was.. a farmhouse, the home of the 'former owners of the reservation .. Cap\a,ln Usaao IHlull of Constitution fame was the first Commandant to reside therein. Ut was in thl house that Admiral !Farragut died 24 August, 11870.. The !Peace Co'"'nference !Building wa it:omp!eted· during the !Russo-Japanese War and It was lhere that the Peace Treaty was signed in 1!905. Uncidently, the conferences which brought about the treaty of 1,0eace were arranged by the then !President !Roosevelt wl,osE- birthday the Navy has elected to do honor as !Navy ,!Day;, /A Bairge picture of one of the tt:onferences is on display., llrn ft.hlls same lbuilding will ll>e found certain relics of the IU. S.. S. Ml/l\lli\llE blown up in Havana Harbor, 15 februa Y, 11898., The 750 foot dry dock which was completed in 1908 at a cost of more than one million dollars. On one occasion seven submarines were docked at .-the same time. The U. s. S. ClUTTILIEIFIISIHI one f the latest type submarines built by the !Electric· IBoat. Co.~ !New !London~ !Ct.~ in 1934 is in dry dock. She ts 279 feet owerall nd of 1251!) tons displacement. il"he tt:ompiement consists of !5 oHic rs and 45 men. The ll>uiDdlng ways. (On the ways are now being built the U. S. S. IPUIKIE and \U. S. S. IPOIRIPOUSIE whose keel laid last Navy II>ay 1933 and Armistice IDay 'd 933.. il"hey will be launched !n the spring 1935 and 1ready for commissioning n 'fl83S.. The following vessels have ll>eera launched therefll'Om since the completion in 119119:: llJI. s. s. IBARACUDA, It" S ""'~ss p 110~• Oo; ct> a• /AIR UUA'l1>11 .... "" 1"11"\J.D'll" ~ llJI " <l> S, "''ARWHAI t'l»a GI• n llllK <i>o 1• .--:' and l\j. 8 s. IDOB..IPHHN .. The IUI .. s . s. IBOINIITA Wa9 bull~ In « . > the old lFrank.iln Shiphouse. The (U. s. (0. G. IHUll>SON~ ll>um. at this !Navy Yard In 1934 Es moor~!;I fin the lei. lty of ~ertll 2 eiu· IDry ~ock. adly Gutted y Flames Special to The Union, PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 9. -T lie famous Sparh11w1, mansion · nL Killrry Point, built ln 1712 anct g iven hy Sir \\'illlam Pcppc1·cll of Lo11lsb11rg fame lo hi ~ tla11g-hler Eli?.ab clh ,·;hen !-:he n 1:111·ied Colonel r.::\lhanlr-t Sp:u·hr.,·:!:, ,·:;.~ n ,· :• r ely da111a:•<'cl hv tire Jute :·at11nlny nr'~rr,u.111t 111 iL Jl1 •p o[ ltnld1n , , 11 orig-in. 'J'he blaze wa ~ d1 ~l'O\"c1·ed by Horace Mitchell, son bf - Mrs M G Mitchell, the owner, on th~ se~onci floor of the northwesterly corner ot' the mansion. A call was sent to the Kittery Point Fire Department but due to the cold weather the 1\re alarm whlstle became stuck and lt was necessary to call the firemen by telephone, resulting 1n & delay. When the firemen arrived the blaze had gained considerable headway and Chief J. P. Coleman Immediately called aid from the Kittery department. The tine work of the combined departm ents resulted in ~avIng the historic mansion but it wa s two hours befo re the blaze was declared under control. As a precaution firemen remained at the scene throughout the night. There was some water damage to valuable antiques and the original French wall paper on the first and second floors while the roof was also damaged when the flames broke through, The loss Is estimated at upward or $5,000 covered by Insuran ce. FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN KEN EBUNK IS GIVEN TO LIBRARY Kennebunk. Dec. 10.-A book printect m K,mnebuuk 130 year~ ago h a" been do~iateu to the local library by Kenneth L. Robert~, historical novelist and author, who Is a native and re ident of Kennebunk. To the best of Mr. Roberts' knowledge it Is a copy o r t h tl only l>ook evtlr pul.>li~!1ec1 in Kennebunk clurrng it early years, a volume that m11,;t hnve been va lued l.>y sea captains who :sail~d to foreign port.. "Th e Ametiet,n C1Lizens' sure ou1dtl" 1s it:. title anct it 1,; a collection of most important state papers such a.s the Declaratwn of Inclepeudrnce, Artlcle::; of Coni..!dcration and Perpetual Union, the Cun~titutlo u of U1tl Unlttld StattJs, a ll thl) t rea1 1es ot th.., country fo force '1.L th..tL Lime, Mrrc: h,tnt~· and SCllllh!ll'.~ Act.,. llw CCIISll~ tn[ccn Ill l8l)O, etc., el ,: The book was prmte-d by S. Sewall, Kennebunk, Dl:,trict oi Mamtl, MDCCCIV, for Ch,n ie~ Pierce, pro: ..,.,...,.,.-.~~""'.2 pnetor of the Work. On the f\ r:,L fly kaf is the r,Jgn.:iJ,ure of ''Samuel N. L ittle, Atkin~." probably the orig i11al owner. On the second leaf b the uan\e "John Little " Library officials are p leased with the gift. H iB of senlimeni:al nd hi$to ric,1.I val11.! . �PORTSMOUTH SHIP HJ.Gll IN EFFICIENCY What They Think Of The Submarine Cachalot On West Cpast The San Diego. Calif. Union in its issue or Sunday, Nov. 18, had the following on the submarine Cachalot. the latest Portsmouth built shiu which recently arrived on the west coast: • "Smaller in size but greater in efficiency is the navy's new submarine, the USS Cachalot. The Cachalol is a 1200-ton shipabout half the size of the navy's biggest submarines. the Naut!lus and Narwhal. Her crew is only half t.helr size. She carries a three-inch deck gun compared with their six-inch. But when it comes to performance, the Cachalot's crew will stack her Ul} against any ship of the submarine class. Commis~ionecl Dec. 1, l!l33. the Cachalot carries the last word in submarine equipment. S tainless steel and non-corrosive metal abound throughout the Interior. Her engines are of the newest type. Diesel model. She has the last word in safety equipment and emergency escape devices. And so compactly is everything arranged that a sen. e of comparative roominess Is given which is absent in olher submarine~ or her size. The ship w:is built at Portsmouth. N. II., where ail I he V-type su bmarines were built except one. She took her shakedown cruise to the West Indies and Panama and returned to Portsmouth last summer for final fitting out. She left in September and arrived in San Diego to join submarine division 12. Oc t. 17. The ship's complement is five officers and 45 mrn. four of whom are chief petty omccr,. Lt. Comdr. Merrill Comstock ir. th captain. The Cachalot ha, four torpedo tubes forward and two aft. Her galley and officers· pantry are equipped with electric cooking devices and her two ship's cooks and two officers' stewards prepare all meals aboard. The ship made the cruise from Portsmouth to San Diego unac ompnnied by other vessel/I and made only occasional stop, for supplies. The Cachalot is the only submarine with air condilloning equipment which regulates the temperature throughout the ship. Her crew's quarters a're roomy and comfortable, with shower baths, lockers n nd other con vcnlcnccs. There are three compressed air system~ on the ship-000, 200 and 10 pounds. The 200-pound system is for general use, operating various devices. The 600-pound is used only for blow- mg the main ship desires to rise after a dive. The 10-pound system is used for ejecting small q•rnnlitles of water from the tanks for '"trimming"' purpose . Lt. W. i\L Hobby Jr., is executive officer; Lt. M. C. Storu-res is gunnery officer. Lt. (jg! E. C. Buerkle is engineer officer, and Lt. (jg) J. F. Davidson i; in charee of s tio113:• - Kl E Y·POI M D . \ · ic Spar s ·mate ,a~ ageTo ·ui ding $5,00 PA!NTI G SAVED The famous old Sparhawk Mansion at Kittery Point was badly gutted by 1ir of unknown origin late Sat~day c, ernoon. This historic old mansion of the early days of olrl Xlttery was built in 1742 and was given by Sir The original Trumbull painting-of the ·wil liam Pepperrell of Louisburg fame Battle of Bunker Hill was' saveci',from• Lo his daughter, Elizabeth, when she the fire which guU:.ed the historic old married Colonel Nathaniel Sparhawlc. RpArhawk mansion at Kittery Point ·on The blaze was discovered by Horace Saturday. Fortunately that valuable 'J,tchrll, son of Mrs. M. G. Mitchell, old p1lnting was rescued from .the the owner, on the second floor of the names in the n:ck of time, it having northwesterly corner of the mansion, been pulled do= from a wall which J\ call was sent to the Kittery Point !,ad ·begun to smoulder. The original Fire Department but due to the cold wallpa.per In the hall, which is·of ·great ,,. cJ thcr the fire alarm whistle be- value and interest, while hav.ing·· sepcJmc stuck· and it was necessary to arated from the walls, seems to-.be un• ~he call the firemen by tele.2!10ne, resul - clam 1gerl. A large panel . over fireplace in the drawing room wh1c · ing m , delay. Whrn the firemen arrived the ht le bears the n~mes of President· William had goi ned considerable headw y and Howard Taft and Secretary of State Chlee . J. P, Coleman immediately Philander Knox, car\'ed :by the!r own ca11P.r! id 1rom the Kittery dcpart- hand~ d Jriug t.he!.r v:slt to 'the :.Old menf;, Thll fine work of the com- man~on, together with the •date, Oct. bined departments resulted in saving 23, 1913, was not affected by tbe fire. the the hi~toric mansion but it was two ·' Every piec~ of wood ·used In hour.~ brfore the blaze was dP.clared building of the grand old house wa:sunrlrr co nlrol. As a precaution firemen from logs cut up::m the lnnd..of.. Sir ,:.,.,,L;,::.:,.i:;rJ»'!l:::;;,, remained at the scene throughout the William Pcpperrell, taken to England. in Sir wm:am's own ships, made intG nigM. Thrre w~s some water damage to lumber and ·fitted by hand .there, · and valuable antiques and the original brought back in the same ships t,o, be ..,,_,.,.,"""''" upon the sitll it has occupied for I Freurh w~ll paper on the first and crectf'd second floors while the roof was also so many years. Never before in ·. its it .~nffered from flre and. dnmn 1~ed when the !lo.mes broke to this grand ·old thrnur;h. The loss Is estimated at upr{"'l'f'tted. warrl of $5 000 covered by in.quranr" Mo~t of the furniture the building wM saved with the exception of a piano, although much damaged by smoke and water. Among the noted persons who have been 0trrtalned at this old mansion during itii history was President Taft, who was the guest of the late Horace Mitchell, Sr., dw'ing a visit here. FROM FLArJIES AT: SPARHAWK HOUSE in �How the pm-ting Swamscoti;; blessed , • thf5 Jan:~ I , Beneath their ?agamot,e's lifted hand; "The Legeml of Stratham Hill" wa., written by ' the late colonel Ric.hard M. Sca:tnmon, for one o! Stratham's Old Home: Days. It is. ot such out_,_,_ standin1r merit a.nd so appropriate for the timf~ that it was reprinted a few months ago 1n the Exeter News-Letter, and is presented herewith. .And for sw:co'D . give~ wll€n , famine - . pressed 1 .., · '.. , Had ,PT.edged their race should.' ne'ef molest '; 1. ·· ' • Nor man nor child, ,o.( the ,, ,1 helping hand.s those that dwelt within their lands. 'The sun i.!l bright on . height,. The breeze drift,s idly The sort; llght slants, dance W11ere. t.all' pines taper skyward.'' The yeai;s "'.ere ~ny that cmne !J:Dd went) ,· , . . , .. . Er-e the 'border strife its fury .S,Pent.; 'And scarce a hamlf!t but . pore ~he ~ar . \ . CO! savage hate and relentle.slF war. ,But the. pledge. o! the Swarrtscot firm J remained;, · . The ancient, blessing its , power :retaineq~ And from axe or brand of a. foeman's day, rand my ehlldl.9h matu at play; •And in wonder gaud, art_jhe. ~orld we foundr 'nlat seemed with_ sea_and bills_~girt ', ,,.~round'. " The air rich from the. woods below, , The music of summer · wa.ir- droning hand, Vflth . stainless lftand. was slow, as , rifts. Wheelwright's storied ribbon winding down, meadow and dark pine tree. Where silent swamscot seeks the sea. Before us spread Plscataqua's ·vales, The . Bay was flecked w1tll bending sails; The dancing Ughts Rlayed, The forests were dressed in gala parade. the clouds peered That fancy shaped into faces weird; o·er field and wood their. shadows trailed ' As one: by one to the east they sailed; And whence they came and whither they go Was mystery Ja.nd to 't he below~ But through the tramp of the march, Ing- years. Through varied !ruitage o! hopes and fears. Undimmed. as when it first beguiled, The picture lived .1n the heart of each. child. Aad on the bill with the dreamers st.ood . :one wno was aged, \wise and good. ms form was- bent1, his beard · was gr~ i , But J;lis: wOI:ds. out-charmed our wish ~ to J)Ja,Y , I , , And with.. a; wealth p! legend ancL lor~ Ilu:mined a; pa.st, unknown._ before. .. \,. ·' We. heard the talei{.in_ :his ' boihooq , told, , ' -i That:. the: aged then.. had. ord; Ollll Again he spoke., a mystic sage Who saw the future a pictured page. NJ one in prophetic words might limn What· the distant past had told· .to him, "While Stratham run shall guard the Bay, Or a swallow over the Swamscot play, WJlile. the Shoals shall watch horizon dim, ! OD the tide return to the Great. Bay's brim, While. swart crows gather on Hill oaks Or woodland music the night invokes, And lavish nature displayed he» gifts Prom Hampton sands to C0checho O'el' Saddleback's height pages As long as water lilies shall grow In sawmill pond or the pools below, As long as their hues are gold anc. white, Agamen ticus purples in eveniug light, While Bunker Hill shall down, orchard's blossomcrown, While a bird shall nest o'er the King's llighway, . or Winnicut vales in June display Their buttercup wealth and clover gay,- . So long, the Guide o! the red Shall heed the prayer. by the tribesmen said, So long, the Saxon this till, And sow and gather his will; And his wandering sons ters true, Their hearthstone ties shall here renew, And build their homes in the love and truth That faith expands to eternal youth." 1 The Isles still guard the horizon dim; The salt tide laves the Great Bay's brim; , The buttercups bloom in the lands rich, The swallow returns to Mill brook lilies are white and gold, The twilight purples the old, In the Avenue elms The thrushes' songrings,And st,ill the clouds across the blue, Go one by .nne to mystery land ; And year by year our wanderers come When the grass is green tury Oak, Back to the shrines or hood home. They linger beside the Boulder Gate, They throtlg the aisles o! the Temple of Pines, Their feet press up the Juniper Path. All has come as we heard it told In the graybeard's tale o! the gend old. All the tokens of good omen remain To teach the trust that's never in vain; And year by year as the returned, We renew the faith o! our :fathers learned, That all may hope 1oi: seeurest care Beneat,h the shield of a trustful pray- - er. �CHRISTMAS TREE AT THE LIBRARY Left: Showing Archl'rl Cn11slr11c1ion Th:,t Ilcpl'ls Ilnshinii: ~ ''""" ' '' ith Len•t Rt'sislnncc. Rj~hl: Looking Dm11t 1hc llra.-1,, ~hmlin1t Jlonsl's 1hr Brl'nkwnlcr Protr1·ts. New lla111pshirc Acts to Save Beac~es --W1ith Curved Breakwater at Ha1nplon TrPmendous seas that have pounded the New Hampshire coast line 11t Hampton Beach for years, gouging from two to three feet of soil from the shores yearly, now are spending themselves in harmless spray against a concrete seawall, which, when completed, will extend four miles down tht: beach. The project, sponsored jointly by the State and town oC Hampton with . federal loans, is serving a manifold I purpose. Besides the protection the breakwater afTords to cottages :ind property a long the beach. it. is sa ving taxable land bringing revenue to Hampton. New Hampshire has a short stretch of coast line. and means to protect what It has. Thu.~ the Hampton Beach project is hailrd as the first significant step in the State's seashore preservation program. The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association played an important part in promoting the Hampton Beach breakwa tcr project, doing much to expedite its construction and in designing the wall and working out various engineering roblems. The Hampton breakwater is one of tne few of its kind in the United States. Its construction is considered to be virtually "sea-proof." Concrete, re-enforced by steel rods, is used throughout. Granite blocks have been placed for several feet in front of the wall, to keep the soil in place and protect it from the severe "pull" or undertow of the receding waves. Perhaps _the most unusual part of the wall, is its face, which is arched or curved outward. seas of the big~e8t storm~ may lash Rgainst the wall, only to be thrown back again in defeat. This type of seawall construction, is proving by far the most satisfactory a.nd already is nrovinoits worth in saving property and soil at Hampton. . The American Shore and Beach Pre~ervation Association ls working to have similar breakwaters built along sections of the North Shore in Massachusetts, and other coast lines in the United States, where seas ~re doing severe damage to property, ~nd eating away hundreds of feet of soil annually. _.,,...,...,.,.,,..,...,...,._.,..,..,,_! A very fine Christmas tree has been erected in the children's room of the Public Library, and has been decorated by the Girl Scouts of Troop 2 of t his city. All the ornaments and. trimmings were ma/13 by the O~outs at their regular meetings and on last Saturday a committe~ composed -Of Scouts Dorothy Corbin, Jean Fernald, Kathl vn Dow, ' Edith Fern1ld, Virginia. and Carolyn Schurman went t,o -the library and trimmed the tree which has been much admired by the children who have frequented the ll- i;;••,f!N,'!'~,.;; hrary during vacation. All children. a.nd parents who would like to see the tree are cordially invited to visit the Children's room between the hours of 10 a. m. and '7 p. m. In excavating for the new postoffice extension, the contractors unearthed a brick foundation on the Porter street side o! the proposed structure. It is understood that this brick work was part of a hotel or lodging house which once stood on the land known as Porter street and part of that where the Glebe building is located. �PWA Project in New Hampshire Completed Structure 4000 Feet Long Took Seven Months in Building. Special to The Chrldlnn Science Monitor HAMPTON, BEACH, N. H., Dec. 18-Hampton Beach's new sea wall, recer.tly completed as a PWA project of $250,000, breaks th'e force of the waves rather than shattering them by brute strength. A curved seaward face turns the water neatly in the other direction, putting a minimum strain on the waJl and offering maximum retardation. An apron of flve~ton blocks of granite is laid in front of the wall so that the waves cannot undermine the foundation. The sea wall is 4000 feet long, and required seven months to build. A sidewalk as well as a parking space 40 feet wide had been laid the entire length.· · Contractors for this wall, said to be one of the most spectacular PW A jobs in the country, were the Warren Brothers Road Company. P. John MacNaughton was in charge of the project tor the company. �Portsmnuth, N. II., Wednesday, January 16, 1935 The Story Of A Bad Boy CONSIDER CHILD ~11>: \ D~LINQUENCY ~ An interestlng ·meeting of a group Interested 1n child delinquency was held ,at the High School on WednesIs Tom [3ailey a pal of yours? Do you know Phil Adams a.fternoon with practically all of and Pepper Whitcomb, and Binny Wallace, and JacK Harris' da.Y. the workers In child welfare present. :111d Kit_ty ~ollins, and Miss Abigail, ~I)d Charlie Marden, and Supt. H. L. Moore presided and Dean Mr. Gnmshaw, :rnd Fred Langdon, and Sailor Ben, and all French of tho University of New who 1s ma.king a survey of those other interesting folk who lived in "Rivermouth" in Hampsh1re, the .i;tate on delinquent chlldren as the good old days, aml who still live within the covers of that the princlpe.1 speaker. The object of the meeting as outimmortal story -by Thomas Bailey Ahi rich, "The Story of a lined was to coordinate the existent Bad Boy"? All of 0,e boys who went to the "Temple Gramagen~les of this city In the prevention mar School'' in "Rivermoulh" when "Tom Bailey" was a II.'! tar as possible of the grow.ing delin young-ster, how they have parted, and wandered, and married, quency in children. 'l"h.e ·schools, the probation officer; the juvenile and died. "All, all are ione, the ohl familiar faces!" ''It is police, court, the Family Welfare, Federal-~.;:--,l-: ;>,:,'1,tt-:·H' with no ungentle hand," says the ;111lhor, "that I summon relief agency; Red ·Cross and other them back, for a moment, from that Past which has closed wel~are workers -are cooperatlng. . There was · a wide and interesting uron them :ind upon me. I low plea~:mtly they live again in discussion • -as to· what prev:entath!e ' my memory! Happy, magical Past, in whose fairy atmosphere- measures oould be taken 1R child lil!'\~'-»i even Conway, mine ancient foe, sl:inds forth transfi~med, guidance and one of the objectives will be a child guidance clinic, for the with a sort of dreamy glory encircling his bright red hair!" examination of children before they ~~'«!.ltW.: One of Portsmouth's greatest cbirns to fame lies in ils be- are brought into the Juvenile Court. in:v- the boyl1ood home of Thomas B;iiley Aldrich. Portsmouth Chief George. . H.- Ducker who 'Was favored such an examination has been immortalized in Aldrich's most famous work under present, for he said that . tbe, majority of ju1he pseudonym of "Rivermouth." Those beautiful olden venile offenders are $\lb normal. The meeting also . stressed tbe lack times in a 1,eautiful, picturesque old city are presented in this recreational facilities dur.lng the humorous and heart-warming story ~is they really were, seen of winter months In this city, and It was ihrough the eyes of hoyhood. Portsmouth's cham1 has never brought out that there was always an Increase of juvenile offenses during lJeen belier portrayed than in this story by one of her sons. the winter months. They went on That charm has ling-rred on, in many essentials unchanged record in favor of better skating and to the present day. Perhaps the visitors to our city from outcoasting facilities and stressed the side the bounds of New England are the ones who are most great need ot .a community awakening 1n some place !or winter recreatiOll3. able to truly realize and appreciate the charm ·of this old ColThe cbalr wu authorized to. appo1nt. onial seaport cily to the full. Perhaps we who are in close cona:n executive committee of five lllho tact wilh it can see only the surface indications, -of business, will outline a program to be followed. Another matter most favorably conand motor traffic, :md the f:lst-m(wing' affairs of today. Yet sidered was the closer relations ot the Hui isn't the c~sence of Portsmouth; it lies in the treasures of schools lllith tbe bomes, and Supt. New Englarnt character, of New En~land traditions, of New Moore outlined a plan o:f home visi- lf)!i/,il..l">I<~ which looks most promi.slng. ,:;;;;;·, England h0mes, of our wonderful heritage from the past. tations Those present included Supt. Iii These are, after all, unchanging anll stable in an ever-chang;- Moore, Chief Ducker, R. D. McDoning world, pessimistic viewpoints fo the contrary notwith- ough probation officer, Headmasters Sanborn of t~ Senior, and Beal o:f st:mding. the Junior high ~hools, Mrs-, Dorothy Its a ireat story, that which Aldri ·h ;vrote. What ta1e can Bovard, Family Welfare; Mrs. Frank cnrnoare with his y:1rn of happy, adventurous days in old Randall, Red Cross; Mrs. Laura Miss Velma. Hayes, school .,. ,u.£,...-.-· Portsmouth, told in a wav which m;ikes one relive those olden Sumner, nurse; Miss Eleanor Smith; Federal t1,1ys .and ,,•;ilk the stree!s of this old seaport with Tom, and ~ef; E. B. Mariner, Mi~es Margar" ioin in the fun of school-days and vacation-time and of the Ballard, Katherine Brady and CharNig-ht Before the Fourth, :ind of sno yball battles, and boy- lotte Mattb ws, High School staff; Helen ,l)011erty, Junior High; hood love :dl:iirs. and all kinds of delightful escapades. You'lt Mrs. Mrs. Pearl S. Gray and· Mrs. Gladys ::ppreciatc this old city of ours mMr after reading this ab- Warren of the Board of Instruct~on; Miss Eleanor P. Sawtelle, Secretary of sorhin!-( slor"I . YWCA; Miss Vesta Thompson, \'hat a f rne motion 11·1cl ,re could Ile made from "The Slorv the Haven school; Charles Tolman, High nf a B:ul R·ly," ·r capably filmed ri~lit here in this city; amit.1 school. ih~ :tc1ual ,-::-mes in which the story is laid, enacted bv local p"r,nJe :is f;11 :1'> mi:rht be, p:.ssibly with descend1nts of some 0f the mi.·i ,1al characters of the 1100k actually takin'( p:1rt. In . n,''~ resrie cl, l'nrrsnwuth is but little d1anged from tho c uay;rnd it v,.. o.,1 l 1 ot lie di!1tcult to 1c.. rcate the old-tine scenes 11!.',e. V✓ha, 1 , , tcr nahlicity could Pnrl~mouth have than a mofo,., pidnn: nt ihis immortal story to be shown in theatres th, m liont ihe world, thus acquaintln~ countless thousands wiii1 liie ch: rm :-tnl1 the many unirntc attractions of this olct l rn~-tm·.'n nf nurs a~ well as providin:•· uperb entertainment? 0 �Uussell Cheney and Char.es L. Tow,mmtl ln twenty-one oil paintings now on view at Grace Horne galh:rlc:< Russell Cheney demoJTstrates wh, he was selected lasl fall by the Ad disi1n Gallery of American Art at Andover to ~egin their series or contemporary New England oneman shows. In clear, concil;ely a1 1·anged compositions he has pa in ted bis native New England In a con.emporary aspect, from Its Now Hampshire barns (one of his mo~t excellent efforts) to modern lndu~Lrial bulld!ngs. In his reporting on Lhe '!ormer subject, and In such canvases as the "Sewell House" he ~h0W$ a deep debt to Edward Hopper; In -the flat-planed and almost mechanical treatment of the tactorY sites he more than-resembles Charles Sheeler; and in various other pictures, such as the "McLea.ry's Woods.'' "Geologist" and "Buck• port" he Is in a more Independent vein. As a capable draughtsman and a good colorlst, and a "eane" artist whose work Is recognizable to the most hardened conservative, It Is interesting to see just exactly how this average painter has arrived at a choice of subject and a method of treatment which may well become a model for the younger generation of loca\ arLlsts. In Its essentials this type of painting Is no different trom that of two generations ago, aiming Old State House, by Lo put on canvas a more or less exact interpretation of the world From the Current Exhibition by the around them, judging the results by the basic rules of harmony of com•---:=-----Galleries position and balance. These young• The other exhibition a hesame..-,---rr---:----.---::--r1r---:--lir...111ter artiste, wlth Cheney as a handy galleries is the first one-man show ·:• •. .,,,,.,.," example, do the same thing-with by Charles L. P. Townsend. Mr. one marked dltrerence. Townsend Is Instructor at a museum Grace Horne's Gallery In the Intervening years they in Albany, and the two dozen paintRussell Cheney ls solo exhibitor at have· seen the work of the moderns, ings here show his interest In a and have profited by the example of wide variety of subjects, from cir• Grace Horne's Gallery on Stuart clearer pal~tes, more Interesting cus l!fe to the regular seaport wharf Street. This ls the second large exijurface pattern and Jess stereotyped views of the summer art colonies. hibition of v.:orks by him !n this rormulre for composition, a greater All ot them are full of color, nnd region this season, for during the willingness to try new methods, a most or them too much so, with raw summer Mr. Cheney held rorth at broader choice ot subject matter, pigmcmt laid on In almost every including more reaHstlc and prosaic range of tonality. As such, how- Phillips Academy In Andover. The summer exhibition was retmaterials. Then, without becoming ever attractive they may be In a involved In these revolutionary Hingle display, they suffer from be· rospective, and it gave the curious movements they have begun to re- Ing hung In close exhibition. He onlooker an opportunity to estimate turn to their native city and coun- has a good sense of construction Mr. Cheney's work over the stretch try scenes with greatly Improved and a w!llingness to venture into of years in which he has painted. equipment. At this stage It Is too new technique that should bring re- One discerned an evolution from a early to say how far they will go suits. Both ahows close Jan. 19. stilted earlier style to a rounded, and how good a school of painting liberated later achievement. Mr. will result, bu~ at least !_hey a.re not Cheney displayed a kinship with paying their fore-runners tl!e dumodern methods and an insight Into vlVUS compliment Olt copying ilie,r new color theories and design connineteenth century work. solidation. At Grace Horne's Gal-,..,.~'•'"~• 'l'his derivative quality which is so lery we see the latest crop of picbvldent ln Russell Cheney's work tures. From the predominating militates ai;alnst his being a great tendencies we conclude what ls the valnter, but at the same tlmc his c.:onsclous use or other artists' sug"last" word !n the artist's taste in :;;,.•~,.:-,:~~''',,.-' ~estions has' put him well above the mnking a picture. average. Besides his very obvious There are many landscapes, a few n:spect for Hopper and Sheeler, one portraits and some interiors and '--"<Ln see that he has looked with seestill life. The outdoor scenes depict Ing eye on Matisse In such an Inteviews of York and Kittery, Maine, rior composition a~ that of "Lark• and Include cottages, industrial 8pur,'' and yet it docs not resemble buildings, rustic streets. Mr. Cheney the Frenchman in its final result except -for the odd angle of vision always holds the design first, tracand the careful arrangement of the ing outlines of buildings, shapes of furniture to r.:l! out the surface. trees, with a firm, inclusive line. The colors are luminous and telling, Not All Successful though not strongly articulated. In another Interior of a bedThey serve as a means of amplifying r,,_,Jj•:..li"N·--~ room, long and narrow and looking the subject, rather than as embeltoward a small window, one Is read· lishment. \ ily put in mind ot Van G-ogh's oft. In still life Mr. Cheney works !n rtlli..;.i~:~ reproduced painting ct his cell-Ilk~ room at Arles. - He has viewed the broader Idiom, with larger strokes surrealists with amused tolerance, and more summary effect. Cactus and Incorporated some of their symand larkspur and foxglove ripen and ._. ..,,,,.,. •. ·· l>ollsm In "Penitente," a Mexican radiate under his brush. He paints scene with various foreground apflowers with affection for them. He pendages. In all of his painting the emerges from the imprisonment of pigment is sparingly used and made fiat surface, oil, varnish and the to do full work. There are various frame. His subjcctll live. That Is as other subjects of town and country, including the "Old State House," ilgood a compliment as an artist may luatrn.1ed In these pages, but by no wish. means his best errort. �ten 168, making a total of 2,843 puplls average membership for the entire publ!c school system of the city. . Natnrnlly th<" rost per pupil was highest ln the High School, thls being $H5 . 02, ns comp:ired with $78. 77 for the Junior High, $68.27 for the elementary schools and $62.27 for the kindergarten, thus making the total cost per pupil for the past year $76 ._94. Supt.. of Schools Harry L . Moore, as secretary of the Board of Instruction or this city, has presented his annual report upon the conduction of the schools during the flscal year or 1934, wh!ch ended Der. 31. This report gives in detail the cost per pupil o! average membership for the past year, compar:lng this cost with similar expenses of the preceding four years, and analyzes the distribution of the per pupil costs of instruction to show how the city·s money has been expenMd. The cost per pnpll, based on average membership for the past year, was Prof. A. N. French of the University $76.94, an increase of $2.24 over that of of New Hampshire gave the members 1933, which was $74. 70, but much lower o! the Rotary Club a most comprehenthan the per pupil costs for the three sive talk at the weekly meeting f!_t the years Mtedating that. For 1930, the Rockingham Hotel this noon on the fig.ires stood at $81.48 cost per pupil; subject o! "Juvenile Delinquency", a for 1931 it was $01. 62, and for 1932, study o! which ls being made ln New $80.41. Ho.mpshire. He stressed the imThe cost for the past year or $70. 94 portance of coordination of the various per pupil was distributed as follows : agencies which deal with the problem For general control (centrnl office)- of delinquency for a more thorough op$2.38, or 3.09 percent, portunlty o! properly dealing with it. For instruction (teachers, books and He urged a reorganization of the supplles-$60 . 61, or · 78. 70 percent. oourls to Jnsnre juvenile and domestic For operation (j •mitors, fuel and re- •rela.tlom; court.a working together to palrs)-$9.40, or 12 .22 percent. treat the family as a ·.init. He stressed All othe1· expenses (grounds, 1,r ans- the need o! a state supervisor of preportatlon, per capita trui and minor out- vention and parole, thus insuring lays)-$4.55, or 5.91 percent. trained •orkers. Professor French exThe report continues with an analysis pressed the belle! that a state superof the distribuLion of the per pupil cost visor of police would insure the workfor the item of lnst.ruction only for each ing togr ther o:f the var:lous agencies o! the past five years. The amounts created for treatment o! the subject paid out in teachers so.larles figured on and the creation o! a trained group of the basis ot per pupil cost were n..s fol- sk illc'<l nttendants and pol!ce of!!cers lows: 1930, .$60.68; 1931, $62.01; 1932, who woPld deal with juveniles before $61.91; 1933, $57.10; 1934, $57.11. ,they rr:ich court. The amounts paid out in the purchase He stated that there was n bill in the ' of textbooks, figured on·t11e basis of per format.h·e stage which may be prepupil oost, were as follows: 1930, $1.44; senf.cd to this session of the Leglsla1931, $1.02; 1932, $. 72; 1933, $.54; ture, v:hlch contains all the above rec1934, $1.19. ommend,11.lons and pointed out that The !lg.ires on the same basis for pu- 1 the cost o! ~uch unlfied administration plls supplies were as follows: 1930, I LWOuln 1,<' only slightly more expensive, $2 .37; 1931, $1.81; 1932, $1. 51; 1933, but fa r mc,ie effective than the present $1.05; 1934, $1.33 . srt--up. Other expenses of instruction · per ,- He sppl· ,.. of the study which pupil were as followi: 1930, $.86; l93l , been m,uie ln different cities o! $1.04; 1932, $.87 ; 1933, $1.UO; 193 4, ff a 1.C' nm! said that Portsmo.ith II! $.98 . /th lnl in the Jlst, as tar as juvenile deThe total per pupil costs for the Item !Jlnq uPn cy ls concerned. He told of the of instruction only were as !ollows: 1930, , method ~! study In the d!f!erent com$65.35; 1931, $65 .88; 1932, $65.0l; 1933, munl11es and the results gained. The $59.69; 1934, $60 . 61. nerd for roordination of school, police, The per pupil costs und<'r th e Item o! court m1cl clinical dealings with Juth instruct!on, divided by schools for e veniles wns brought out, respective school years ending June 30 Dr. F'rf'derlck s. Gray was chairman for the years 1930 t? 1934, inclusive, for the day and presented the speaker. were as follows: 1n high schools, $85.l5, Visiting Rotarians were Norman Rus$89. 88, $81. 35, $75. 57, $72 · 22 ; in ele- sell and John Swanson of Newburyport mentary schools-$56.65, $54.9 2, 59 · 64 , and A. L. Safford of Read!n Mass. $54. 62, $53 .14. The total cost o! the city's schools for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1934, exeluding evening school, was $218, 748. 19. Of this a.mount $60,142.27 was for the Senior High School, $63.487 .3;i !or Junior High School, $84,657.04 for the elementary ,1;chools and $10,461.54 for k!ndcrgartent. The aveuge membership for the High School :\S 629, tor the Junior High 805, for elementary 2 and for the kindergar- SPEAKS .BEFORE YCLUB Prot French fiives Talk On 'Juveniie Delinquency' * I -LETTERS FROM THE PEOPl~ :'.rrn•1 · 1•1··,:·•r:••1"""'i 1~~·.'1:11Jrr11~1il!iM!!1t.ll!'llillll!!lli OL!') EASTERN mARF Editor of The Herald: ' I \'<:13 somewhat amused in pick:lng up your paper of Jan. 7th and read- HO::'f-l~fl ing !n "R.illroad Notes" :a.bout ·the Eastern wharf being ..swept up river Jy t.:ne h1gh tlcle o! the •preceding J'!lo!lday morning. If it is -J)ermisslb1e I woulrt like to .i;ay .a .few words in 1·01T~ctln" same. "The -Ea.stem-wharf 'l'!l'.s' re;er owned by .the -concord ..& ; Ior.'rPal R. R., .and -:was -:never locate! r. ~ t~: e foot of <M.al'lret -street,,. but ,-;::~ !r~"!~~cl on Noble's ~ d -on ·the ,-,,.ir::wd po!.nt where the 'Standard c ,;1 Co. r..ow h1s ,a wbar!. · ·'Xhe old Th.:;~:!"n v;~.:.rt was ~ e d ;ievc...ral F ·:t::-s . :;o. /'..ml a 6a:n, about 'ille Conoord .& l\Iontre:il statlon being ~tu~ted .a.t the i;ou~h western corner at :;Uie iUn1on -t.~metery-wrong again. T-he ireigl:it house so located, was the property of the old Eastern R. 'R. ~n<t .afterwards became the ,property of .the :B. .& 'M. R. R., the 'building having been demolished years ago. ~•,if!~'$..; The ConCOl'd & Montreal depot. freight house and ~fflces were situated in the -same building now occupied by ui; Boston & Maine R. R., a freight house and office, at tbe too of Bridge facing Deer street. • ' AR. R . .MAN. l'j3S° �Jan. 1 Robert Marvin inaugurated as mayo! Portsmouth. , Peoples Baptist church ohserves 71st celebration of EmanclpatlonProclamatlon. :J:?avld R. Smith re-eleckd superintendent o! Board of P ubllo Works. Jan. 2 , · Portsmouth High bas'.atball t eam 01>en.s season, defeatinrJ Tralp Academy. Edward H. R iley named president of Men's club of St. J ohn's church, Chamber of Commerce directors name committees . Ice ~enaces Dover; Point toll bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund E. Short, Jr., observes golden weddlni::. ·Harold O. Russell named head of post office clerks. Work begun on . the fenc e around L:-~,.-..it:;;:;,.~.c1athletlc field. F~.~~ij~;ijf;j Robert Marvin named .commander of Yacht club. Work now under way for mosquito eradication at Seavey's Creek, Rye, Stephen Decatur dies. George A. Trafton dies Mr. and Mrs . John Wright observe 51st anniversary. , Newcastle ' protests government turning over reservation · to National Guard. Jan.' '1 John p. Metcalf dies at his home on Autumn street; • Jan. 8 .Charles E. Burrill named head of local . lodge of Red Men. Fire damages Jenness house on Middle street. ' .Jan. 9 1 Dr. Luther Gable, noted ' scientist, V this city. . Merchants Bureau of Civic Council sponsor big community meet!.ng at Rockingham. · · Boatswain Frank E. Hunt, · J r., retires iHter; 30 years in the Coast Guard service. Letter Carriers' Association elects Harry H. Foote as i;iresldent . . Old York Chapter, D. A. R. •bserves 20th anniversary. Gov. Wlnant names committee t o investigate proposal t;o establish park at Liberty bridge. · Jan. 115 P. 'W, A. a.pp).'oves Joan and rJrant or $i32,000 tor "ewer project In this city. a.oos'evelt Boys' olul:, opens for the season. Clifton Hildreth resigns as motm-- or . its ' an. Mr, and Mrs. D. F, Borthwick obi,erve. 50th \wedding anniversary. Mrs. Blanche Blake heads Universe.list Social Circle. Jan. 18 Atty. John o. Tobey dies ofter n brief illness. .Yan. !!1 Flagg Grant dies at hl/f home on R ichards avenue. · Jan. 24 Jefferson Rowe presented with 70 year j ewel by Odd Fellows, JJan. 25 Mrs. Margaret Wicher, matrort of Childrens' '.Home dies. Jan. 2'1 Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Kehoe observe 45th wedding annlvernacy, Jan. 28 Robert Stanley rescued from icy waters of the Piscataqua. Rlver at Atlan tic Heights by Rlchllrd Willey and Marshall Chalk. Jefferson Cook of Kittery reoe1vea E gle Palm, high Boy Scout award. lFcb. 1 DeMolays observe 12th o.nniver,,ary lFeb, 2 Strawberry Bauk Grt>nge observes 50th anniversary. An nouncement made in W shiugtou t hat Adm . c. F. Kempf!, commandant at the Navy Yard will t,e transferred to command of B ttle hip Division. Adm. Charles P . Snyder will succeed Adm. Kempff lFeb. : Henry s . Paul, widely known Olvil war veteran, dies at lllB home. Samuel Weston observ 00th birthday. JFeb. IJ Fred Lewis of Kittery killed !n o.ocldent at North Kittery. John Hersey chosen captaitL of l?. H . s. basketball squad, !Feb, '1 Attorney Stewart E. Rowe plead before Supreme court Ju.stloes for new trial for Sidney 'I'l1orp, . lFeb. a Mrs. Mary J. Graham, well ll:nown K lttery olnt resident dies. ll!IJl:lilfl!IIII I !!!:Ill I I l,lil'IIIIIIIIIII IIH\llllilllllllnllllllllllilllllllllll:l!lilllll 11 lFeb, 13 Board or Instruction vote~ contln 1~ Truinlng school. Feb. J.4 • R,l!JJh R~mwald dies at 82 . Feb, IG Louisa Redden awarded Eaglet a~ Girl ocout vourt o! Awarda. Feb, 17 Charles H. Lew ..~. a !ormer residen t In this city, cttes m Call!orn la. Feb, 18 Mr. and Mrs. Herman Brackett observe golden wedalng anniversary. lFeb, 20 One of the worst bllzzarwi in t he memory of tne older inhabitant.~ hits this city. lfeb. 22 P . H. S. loses Lo Dover by a sini::le point m annual holiday game. Porl,smouLh Higll ::iChOOl Alumni Bild Athletic As.sociai.on formed P. H. s . named to taKe part In state basketball tow·nament !~eb. 26 City Council votes against sewer project from P. W, .I\, Feb. 28 P. H. S. aereats .l!;VefeLt High, 20-28. Civic Council sponsors meeting at which relic! wor!c is d escribed. Members of Masonic fraternity on H. M. s. Capetown, which visited this city In 1929, send gilt to St. John's lodge, No. 1, or thi5 city. March .. Fire dumagcs blocK at corner Mnrl<e~ amt Daniels 1;trcet. Local High school squad loses in finals . of baskcLball tournament !or state chumpionship at Durham. March 6 Supreme court denie.5 Thorp trial , March '1 Malcolm McIntire instantly nePr home in Yori,. March Ice menace~ l>ove1· l:'oint toil bnd1;e. !\.larch 11 Rev. Sheate WalKer 01 Concord, as- sumes dutie;; a.~ rector o! Christ lF~b. !Ji Mercury drops to 32 degree.q IJ~low church. George N. Jones, Civil war . an, and old-time fireman, die,'! folAnnouncement made th&.t Capt. lowing a fall. March ll J u.mes E. Sylvester to succeed Capt. Patrick D. Cor coran, old-tlmo Omer J. Comeau in . command of B9.t be1· In South End, dies In Boston hosw ry D . pital where he ha~ been under treatlFeb. n ment for ~ month. March H �111111111111 11111 1 111111111111111111111111111111111111111:1:i,11111,1,m1m11m11111111111;u1,1,1,111111111;1111111;u1ia11111111:1i1111mm11~1111111a.11 ·'' ; • , , , . ' . , ... ; I T 0 3 1 1 1 .nr:r.innmunm 1.nTHI . ' 1 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!lll'.lll:11\!l'lllllllllllll!Ulllllllll'.l'lll\11111111111111111\llllll 11111'1'!1111'11111111111111111111111111:l'l'l'li'l\1·111!~1!1!111111~U1'1·11I l11,1111111 11•1'11l 1;1!1•1 l,l'l'l:11111 1!11111111111111111111L111111~1!1 111111111111111Ulllll1UD Staples head.a Twlllght Aprli 21 Dr. Henry I. Durgin observes 10th birthday. William Dorney, Jr., April 21 Stahle on John H. Bartlett property destroyed by fire. Mr. nd Mrs. Lewis D. Hill obaervtt 35th anniversary of their marriage. e.nd Philip Maj. Smrtlley Butler and James E. May 23 Webber given Ep.gle f\Wllr(li;, Flre at North church parish hoU81} Orman Paul electPd pre.~ldev.t of van Zandt, national commander of . the V. F. W., speak at meetinlJ o! does considerable damage. country club. l!'~oulh Kiwanis club. _ __.. Benjamin F. Tate, well known Ott l'\Inrch ?,'p for. 2:1 l\pril 25 terer, dles follow!ng short illne,111. John Yarwood, tn.x; n~.~esqor l\'Ir snd Mrs . .,amcs Lomas observe years, dies sudd~nly. Mar 2~ 5flth unnivPrs~ry of their W;).itling day. M'\rch ~•t Mr. and Mrs. Charles H, Beolmr obTwo l\mesbury men kill:)d in aulo Miss Mary Miller ,t tnin11 !>3rd. blrthserve golden wedclh:!.i....d.a-J!accident on L::ifayc~te r;)ad. day. : l'\fay 26 . Chauncey Hodgdon heads · Daven1: rch 28 Announcement mad:i of the dlscovery w0.y J~me.~ K. BQrordmnn pinseiJ port Connril, R. & :::. M. of an error in compilation of points 1n April 28 at his home in I<Ht1>ry, il13 N.)W Hampshire Musical Festival, ••'-'""""t.,•• Dartmouth baseball team defeatli giving the highest score to Portsmouth l)hrl'h ~~ Jome~ T. Whlt,mn.n mimed o.sses- New Hampsllire here, 12-6. High School. April 30 sor by city couni:lt to R 1cce6d th0 late I , Capt. and Mrs. Charles W. Thompson Rev Philip S. N;son reappointed John Yarwood. ' die In sea disaster. pastor nt McLl10dist church at annuBl .l\pri• l llby 2'7 confer,,11cp at Manchester, Miss Ethel Fosn rPt.ire~ 9. fter comRev. George J. Volz assumes dutie11 May 2 pleting 30 yeorR in Co ~t Guard. o.nd Mrs. I<t\therine s. Hill elected presl- at Franklin (Me.) Methodist Church, Life Saving ~er lcr May 28 tlent of OraITort club . .l\prn i Blaze destroys big malt May 3 1 Port mouth lvteclirol As6oclatlon • Rev. E s. Tasker, former pastor of Jones Brewing Co, lect C. F. McOllt 11resident at omm0.l Portsmouth Mcthod1st; church retires I -. 1 ·•y :!9 meeting. \ Wallace H. Garrett, Jr. and Dorothy from Cll'live ministry. Phillip;; B. B'ldger lrn!l-dll wonvick May '1 1watson awar ~u ,.m;.; ican Legion club. Rov. Lou.is Ellms of Newington leads medals as being chos:m outstanding AugusttL~ H. 111., hr 40 ~,e~rl! o. boy and girl of 8th grade ·at Ju~r , Portsmouth Ministerial Association. member of Firn dei1~ttmP11~, die.~ sudMay 8 :llgh, denly, New England council of Federated May 31 Church Women opens convention in Navy Yard Employes pay tribute to L. E. Collitt~ ntttn ,,, 1.it••!,•>.t.or of lo: Adm. o. s. Kempff, Commandant on this city. ~ CP.l lodg0 of !\,loose Aaron H. Brackett of Kittery ob- \ eve of his departure • .l\J!l.-in I~ serves 8' nd birthday. I JU;l!:la :nuth wend.-ll oh, "l •!~ OZnd hlrtt\Rev. T. K AmilZeen observe.~ 87th Announcement P1".d1 that Destroyer d:\y annivers<J ,,. ~, lot coming to local yard in July, birthtl~v f\pril f, Mr. ~ud MrR. John E. Amee of Kit- and Crulsei:s f:tlt Lake City and Six: h11nllterl r,rhool children.. ta~ tery Point observe 55th wedding an- Marblehead ln August. port in gymmist.ic exlllbitlon, nlven::~ t:V, Tuftg Co'.lege d'.!feats New HampFrederlclc c~11 o.ppolnt rl. p8trotmfln May 11 shire University in paseball game at in the Police d1>p. r tment, Du,1t cloud which hM been swoep- playgrounds. \1 rng rnstward from ml~dle west, vlslble ft.p,rU 8 June 3 Tablet in memor.v of R<JV, L . I-I. here. Councilman Edward M. Buckley dies Thayer dedlcl:lted at NortJ.1. ohurclt, Mr. o.nd Mts. Horace Gmy ob~erve ::ifter a short illness. l\pril 10 51th wedding anniversary. June ii Jolm E. FellowR, Jr , o,nd Rolullardt Mrs. Catherine Mullen retires as My~ TMk injured when truck: pin.~ them school nurse after e!~ht years, Miss C•l11nclllor o.nd • Mr:;. ChDrlr.lJ Ii. whll6 they wrre worlcln[t on. tt, a,ii it Vrlma Hayes assumes duties of school Brackett ohserve 48th wedrLing onis on a. hydr, 11110 l\oL~t. nur.e. nlversarlr, Aprll 1~ ,,,___.. . City council p~sscs l>udg&t · bltt tol\by 14 June 1 talling $532,853.9'1. Willlam B R,mda.11 elected Qr9-nd Twenty-nine graduate Aprll 14 Master or· p.,oyi>l l\nd Select Masters Acttdf'my, First wedding in Llf'W Catholic or New Hampshlra t session in Con- I June 9 church performed t ,1~ morning when MHR Helen C. :M:;\rston pas.~ed a.way cord~ Miss Mnr3, S11 eenP.V hec&.me the· hride Fnml< E. Brook.1 l.leo,ds N~w I-£!\11,p- following a lingering Ulnes.• ot Jere Lyne;1. T 1t rate announced at $28.40, shlrn Ro{l Arclt Maaon11. I I --- - - I April 1~ Court dlsmi~RP,S injunctlon prevent1!,g • Board of A~~"snors from re-organizing. The floatinij 11ower ship Jac'>na moved to N~ vy Yo.rrl for rep Ira. l\Jull 19 John w. Durgin chosen head of the Harvard clul> of Portsmouth, which was organized at meeting of Harvard lumni. Ml' lff> First sprn of Little phc.d itt posit.ion. 11-by 19 Port.smouth firemen called to Newburyport to o.ssist fighting fir6 whiolt destr•>vs large number o! bulldinglJ, May 20 June :U 1 hr.lclg6 , BJiird of Registrars start canvll.flll of entire city in making _UJ;) ~omplete new votttig llsta, · I Gov. Wina.nt and executive Oouncil commutes Sidney Thorp'11 sentence to . )J!e imprisonment 1ess than two hours before he waa scheduled to hang. �J··ni 16 July 1:S Misa Martha Rhodes observing 92nd birthday. Mary A. Spinney 8Q Balva.tion Army weddiniJ held a.t Methodist Church when Lieut. Frances Pike becomea brlde of Thomas Seaver. July 13 Freeman Butler arraigned ln MunlElles and American Legion hold Flag clpa.t Oourt on oharge of ringing Day exerc!ses with John L. Sullivan of false a.la.rm. Manchester as speaker. Garage belonglnlJ to, Albero Iilslop, JTune 1lJ destroyed.• by fire, Timothy J. Connors named • regular Robert Moulton and Olivet• Boston, patrolman by police commilliao~er11, both of Klttery, ldlled m acoldent on . . ,ane :ag Lafayette Roa.cl. i ~ly 15 Mlah Morrissey and ll'red. Martinea Heads- of Fil'b and Police Departohollen on the all-America Lacrosse men6 of Newpuryport come here and team, Tl:le two a.r, oo-capta.ll:!4, ot tlte que;tion 'Freeman Butler regarding big rJ:r.,0o~f..lilAJ&J!:DJ.,___ _ _ _ ___,ltl t !1 "" Newburypor re, .Vane l'r I June 20 July 18 Rev. A. M. Bradley, D. D., of Kingston Superirltendent of Universallst Chi'.ircJ:ies of New Hampshire, given a tesJmonial banquet by local church. Portsmouth Boy Scouts win honors at Camporee at Hampton Beach, July 19 Capt. John Davidson dies_at home in Newcastle, I hM~ . One hundred fifty-four graduate from July 20 · • P.H. s. ' Eugene W. Hersey of Hunking street .•• ~ct when cnr in which he was riding crashed in.o 1,.,,.,_u car. Ju:y 21 Ralph C. Margeson appointed second Lieutentant in Marine Corps reserves. I Farm buildings of John Macwich on Lafayette Road, destroyed by fire, June 2(l I Masonic bodies observe St, John's Day. Frank Fagan dies at his Miller Ave. 1home. New st. Raphael's Church dedicated. Flfty-four graduate from St. Patrick School, June 25 Mr. and Mrs. F. W, J:leRochemont observe 30th · wedding annlvi;,rsary. J-•Y Z,~ Joseph Amazeeu, veteran died at his home in Newcastle. I I I July 23 • Assistant Secretary of the Navy 'Henry L. Roos~velt, visits navy yard. James P. Kelley elected Junior Vice commander o! N. H. Dept. United Spa.hish War Veti:frans _a t meeting at the We!fs, June 26 Fire damages building on Peirce es• I tate, . · Julf 26 June 28 George A. Howard made Supreme Representative of Royal Arcanum Lodges of Maine, New Hampshlre, and the Maritime Provinces. John Leary: Jr., heads K. of 0, · June 29 New England Council opens two-day session at Wentworth. June 30 Rear Adm, Charles P. Snyder assumes duties as Commandant of local. navy ya.rd. · Oscar Lalghton observes 95th i>lrth• d,ay anniversary, New Hamnshlre Publishers hold conference ll,t the Wentworth. Jut, ?J , Miss Olive Akerman, oldest member of North Church <;lies. Philip J. Irish dies at Wolfeboro. Two persons from Groveland, Mass., killed in crash at Kittery, July 4 Independence Day observed here 1n usual manner, July l'I Concord sal.lll front na,vy July 6 u. f3, Submarine Cachalot make:J dive of 268 feet in trlal test. . July 6 J, MaoDona,ld won annual spring cha.mpionship tournament. at Country Club, .July 18 . Members of Garden Olub of America i • Sheriff Ceylon Spinney brings George st•. Peirre from Philadelphia where he wa:s arrested recently. St. Peirre was one of the 10 prisoners who escaped from local jail, Nov. 20, 1932. William G. Moody, of this city, drowns in Newmarket. Aug. 16 National Guard pay honor to Maj. I. H. Washburn who ls t-0 retire, Aug. 1'1 National Oun1 dsmen visit participate in parade, Aug. 18 107th regiment, National breaks camp after two ing period, Aug. 19 Henry F, McCarthy malie agent of Boston Aug. 20 William Fite, prominent Kittery resident dies. Rev. H. J. Wilson given 1934 pastors' award for distinguished service by Evangelical churches. Aug. 23 Announcement made that state IIquo · store will btl located at 113 Market street. :tug. 29 Adjt. Fred J,ickson ordered transferred; will go to Lawrence, Mas.~. Locke family r,rnnion held at Ry<), c11lember 1 Wllllam A. Grover, state highway en[lineer, dle3 at his home in Dover. Mrs. Abbie W. Ham, oldest 1·e ldent of this city dies at age of 98. Portsmouth State Liquor Store 01">ens. First Day's receipts $2,326. ~e11tember 3 New Rye School opens fot· inspection. Se1itember 4 State Firemen hold convention bere. Se)ltember 5 New bridge ove1· Little Bay dedicated and opened to public. September 10 Aug. 1 New Catholic Church altar/I consecrated by Bishop Peterson. Portsmouth voters In primary bvor Bridges and Jenks; Sulllvuu uud Rogers. e11lembe1· ll? Eru;igu and Mrs. H. Victor DI uond of Salvatt0n Anny al'l'ive here to command local corps. Aug. 2 Earth tremors reported in this section. Andrew M. Gardner, one of oldest residents of this city dies. . Aug. 13 Miss Clara A. Hanscom, daughter ol the late Justin V. Hanscom, passe.:1 away, ISohools opened today with total enrollment of 2800. Cornerstone of new building at hospital laid. Capt. James Burke celebrate$ his 86th birthday. I . July 27 u. s. s. Destroyer Elliot a1Tives harbor for a few days 'Visit. , Aug. 10 Mrs, Mary J. Rackham 91 yea1·s old. Aug. 4 John E. Harmon dies at Portsmouth hospital. Aug. 5 Arthur G. Brewster, a native of this city, died suddenly at hls summer home on Islington street. . Lawrence Tibbetts, noted 'opera singer, on yacht Rhoda, puts into local harbor. September 11 . S 11tember 18 Wilbur Shaw dies afte1· short illness. Clara za ·a ol Kittery oboorves 9l~t birthday. e11lember 20 Oonnoro1 Pilgrim chosen Counc1\01· of DeMolays Se11tember 21 Edgar R. Blanchard, named office of clerk of Municipal Court. September 24 Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Amazeen obBerve 6bt wedding annlve1·s11 1·y, , National Guard in camp at RY"· Se11tember ~ . Aug. 'J Mr and Mrs. C. Alonzo Smith o! • James H. Harmon arrested tu con- Cabot SL., observe 59Lll wedding anui• nection ·with death of hill father, John versary. E. Harmon. Sctilember %9 Officers of U. s. S. Salt Lake City h Colle e opens. tendered testimonial ba~n~u~et~-~~';J;~..1!..Jl;;_.§!:..!l~~~~~~~~-.....'..ll Aug. 6 �October I I Mrs. I. H. Washburn named head of Garden Club. Oetober % New Hampshire League of Women Voters holds fall ses.,;lon in tills city. October 3 Unlta1ians or New Hampshlre meet in this city for annual col.lventlon. October 'I I Joseph R. Baird named Commander or Booma Post, Amerlcau Legion. \ October 5i / Coast Guard Cutter ''Hudson'' chrL~ .. tcued at Nnvy Ynrd exrrci.,cs. October 10 New Hamp8hire Police Clllefs A..'1~ \ soclatlon holds 10th nnnu,i\ me<'tinJ in. thia city. November 11, SI ,awberry Bank Grange elects Heney Du· ,eau e.s master. j Odol>e1·l11 City Council votrs t•) 1 sigus. I I p1.1rd1fl<:f' OctlJhCl' ].'~ Miss Ellen Gammon v·•~~enes 8Btlt anniversary of her IJitth. October 1 tr. \ Two Portland p<'opl!! ~':1ed m aut,:, , accident ou York Road. Octnbr..- U Rev. Alfrerf Gooding l)ll~"-"P"o nWr\jl". Oetnttcr tR Horace P. l\Contgomer;1 rhr;, Odnhe'l'21l Mrs. Taylor Wa\,erht>mr die~. A. C. warnr1, Boy Scout Com111L~sion•• er, awarded f:ilver beaver Dt annual. meeting of D:111\e! Wr 5t1•, C1Juncil B, 1s. A. ·ovembec ti) Pollee Department puts c1 :ii~ing cat !n operation. No~ mber ~Jl .Jefferson C. Rowe, fom1er City M r~ , lul, observes 92nd bl.rt 1d:i 1. Tluee Portsmouth boys, Philip Hodg,. dou, Marshall Trafton trnd Gl'Org11 age made E:igle Scout-11. November tl! Mrs. Nellie Philbrick elected SU•• preme Councilor of Companions of the, · Forest in co1wcntlon at >Juntic City, N.J. s,rc~tl Ocl,.bec 7!Q New Catholic Churclt dedicated :m1t largo clar;s confirmed bJ BLsl1op John Peterson. Ocl.tlber ,:·.; Grand jut v at Exetrr tnings in dlctmeut chargiug Jame, H. Harmou. with manslflnghtcr. OctlJber :u Kings' Daughtrrs or f-l••·'f Ca~tle ob~ serve 40th l\tmiverso.ry. Ocl'lltl'r %1' Charle'I E. Hodgdon o <;')rtes 86tl. anniversary ol hi'I bl.rth, Many peopl,:, vis,t 1favy 'Yard Ott Navy Day. . Eugene Fh:umg:;n1, ll'lho escaped from locl\l jail, captured l\t guu point OD. Nobles Islond. O'<l"m ,-r :1l Richard E. Ha.nuafofd dies at home on Richards Ave. oqember ',I Thieves enter Thompson's storo l\t Atlantic Heights l\nd ste!.ll 500-lb. safe. November G Portsn1onth in ble1ml!ll stnl't~· election glves Democrats Rllght margin. 'o,,embell' "Z Andrew Merkle, veternn railroad en•• gineer, dies. Safe stolen from '11mmps?n·s st<>re, found near Haverhill. MllS~. o ember 8 Trial of James Hllm10n o,i 1'.harge o! manslaughter Ol)l.)lled lu Superior Court, November !JI Hiram B. Merrifield, welt known res~ ident, dies. . Dr. Joseph BoyL~ton \'1ct1.m of bunt~ lug accident iu Berlin. Novem1,cr u:, Jame,'I Arrington observes 90th birth•• day. James Harmon found guilir of man.-, slaughter in Gccond degress nd sen•• tenced to setve 2 to 3 year!' tn prison. ~bet• November 1 \'Veatworth oi,se,-;-es I I ·Grace.· ; Oeo:i:ge, B. 'OJ:mdwlc'k ·::rospitiil. · Novembcr f,i lfrs. Mary Ami Junkin!I. or Kitteq, t 102 yeara old. • Novcmbe;r Zi Albert H. Hill celebrate. dfl,Y a1.,lversary. November mt Mr. and Mrs. Charles o. HodgdOII oh~erve 52nd wedding anniv rsacy. N'lvember :;o Hr. and Mrs. Joseph Philbrick ol>serve go~den wedding anuiversacy. Dcceroher 3 ,Contract of po.st offe•! extension awarded to New Yorlt firm. Operation• to begin tlle flr!lt of the·year. William R. Philbrick, well knowu 1·es\deut of Rye. dies in Boston. December' 6 Storer Relief Corps eleets :Mrl Neille west as president. December G DeMolay Legion of Honor De~ a warded Raymond Bemts December 8 13parho.wk l\'brns\011 in Kittery Point d,,magect by fire. Cl\pt. George H. Morse, Jr., promoted to maJor tn Marine CoTps. December 11 Dein(){]tat.'l win in Municipa1 election. Deecmbrr 12 Knights -of Columbus observe 39'th nnnlversary and Lfldies .AmdJinry 8th 11.nnlversnry. Dceemh:-r 14 Recount for ward counc11man 1n Wf.11'11 ,1 l'esulis In Ue: GoldSmith re', <>lv1 g 349 1md .woods ':149. Dcccmtoer l!i Lewis P. Week~ we111m.own resident \ ••f Kitiery dies. 1 December 17 Worlt started oo post -offiof' ooen~lon. Work lx'gun et·ccting b€llcon tt.'t'J(cir- I Reardon, :!or Board ,,at~ I )n ~·eoount-Of ,w'Ot.es, "m>ec,embm· . ~41 ✓ Mr• .nnd Wrs., J'll.me.s lV ~lili'»itktll' ,ob 0 serve •551ao. .._ddl:ng .annl?1ers~ .Alexnnder ".Bennevt, pmm.l!Be,i't •Z:1t to,y 'm'll.n1 -dies, 'Deoember2V" 0 fu"tt.ong· wind WJ:eclt\s l a ~ , o» .stll:1' Islamd.• · f,40,000 .:loss· wh!ln• ~ding ?16· ~ b ' ~ iitnn ,P.laJlt ,col'J:;q,su,f.eem, ~wlrl&/, •D «:ember· .s:t ., Bask6tb~, team· of 11.§29':tt?, .ff.·S., state 4'!11~;,, Mll:l, · boldl<!reomiu:n•·aa,:s111,-,1,'t8 ol 111, l;i; MwtfOl!d, Olnr..\ .Zl.l.m ·'O! , K'l'tlieIW ·, 'l~U! ·!~ •of ,91; ., APPOINTED TO . VIRGIN ISLANDS Robert Herrick, novelist . of Yorlc Village, has recently been appointed Government Secretary to the Virgin Islands. According to news-magazine Time, Mr. Herrick was sunning himself at Winter Park, Florida, -at the· time he received his appointment from Secretary of the interior Ickes, whereupon he "packed his bag, boarded an amphibian and three days later took the oath ot ' office . 1n the Administration Building · 'in St. Tho- :-ort.. )')ecember l8 iAl.motmccment mude 1,h::i.t ncw~lnr111s1tcy to toca'be -at Freeman's Point. The Philip O,),ry Mfg. Co. of Lockland, Ohio, .to use two btilldlngs o!. .A'tlarlt1c Gypsum O<J. William J. Lin'chcy nHl.PJlOlnted• . mcmbe:r of Police Commission. \ December 19 .evi Ma.rden, G. A. R. weniber, ,dies ln Rye. ,Decembcm- ~ ;1~:,:,e Philbtlc'k: 't1f.l.l?led chle,f ..<JI! ;Ktticry F.lre Department 111llhci the ."va1-cnncy cau~'6d •~ relli(,t retkln ·ot :mamld I '2i:- ,W111inm ' T, ~~(tr.-e"ats ��s.<,•.:,;.,.1-'i,;,J_A R~LIC of COLONIAL America SEWALL'S Bridge Echoed .a Parish meeting held Jan. 20, 1732, ..o•w-w-a:""""'r_mar_"!"k•,-a.•n-.d:--t:-::h""".e'.'71r=-~t1;::-:ps \Vhen -the town gr:p.nted "to such could be seen at low tide. ~rson or persons a& will accept of, In 1873 the whole surface above, and undertake it, liberty, to build t;he piles was rebuilt and in order a bridge at their own cost over to increase the width of the draw York River, somewhere between several of the original oak piles · Col. Harmon's wharf and Capt. were pulled up. On examination it Donnell's point of rocks, above the was found that the eight feet which 1 i ferry, provided there be sufficient perforated and had remained iinj' way left for sloops to pass and re- bedded in the clay bottom one ' pass, and the inhabitants to have hundred and twelve years, were as Mrs. Grace N. Frisbee is the third free libeJ:ty to pass over the same sound as when placed there. contribuLor to the series of arlicles wLthout anything to pay." Minute Men Cross dt'aling with various historic places Francis Raynes entered his disrt was over this famous bridge in ·York with an article on ihe fam- sent against the vote. It was then that the sixty-three minute men, ous Sewall's Bridge. voted: If said bridge shall be built led by Captain Johnson Moulton, These ariiclcs which began in the over said river it shall be by Ca.pt. marched toward Boston April 21st, December 14th issue of the papers Sewall's wharf. Thomas Donnell 1775, fully equipped with arms, amor lhe York Press Company have entered his dissent against the last munition and food, the next mombren received with much interest. vote. ing, ,a fter the news of the battle of "First Parish" and the ''Old Gaol'' This was the beginning of the Lexington reached York-only the were the subjects of the preceding agitations. The committee chosen evening before, the first to enlist articles. · to take the subscriptions, and pre- from Maine. No· doubt man Y Mrs. Frisbee's follows: pare maiterial to build the bridge of the six• thousand who soon folIn the early Colonial days of "as soon as maybe" were, capt. lowed, of which more_ than one York there were no bridges over . Nathaniel Donnell, Samuel Sewall, thousand made the supreme sacriYork River a.nd transportation was j Joseph H~lt, Samuel Bragdon, Jr.; fice in the struggle for independcarricd by the use of ferries o( ; Samuel ~berry and Thoma& Don- ence crossed over this bridge also. nell T~-ey we 1 tlm b This historic structure was 011 which there were- three· one near I · n re a ong e o where Rice's bridge noV: is, known taining subscriptions, but finally marked with a bronze tablet, set in as Tra.fton's Ferry; One just below succeed~d, and the "great bridge" a boulder, taken from the Sewall where Sewall's bridge now is, oper- was built in the interest of the farm, and, placed in the triangle «ted by Thomas Donnell, who lived Parish. Capt. Sewall, Mr. Holit and on the northeast side of the bridge. in a house where Marshall's store Samuel Bragdon lived oti the south The inscrption on the tablet reads: now stands, and one near the site aide of the river, and were very "Sewall's Bridge of the Marshall House then called prominent men in the town at that First Pile Bridge in America ·stage Neck," owned and operated time. Designated and built ,by by Capt. Willi.am Hilton, who was Noted Structure Major Samuel Sewall 1761 granted by the town meeting This bridge was •the most noted -Placed by ,the Maine Daughters 1:be American Revolution and of Th "holden" in 1652, "the use of a fer- struoture in all the country. e ryy twenty-_one years, tp . car:, • first pile draw bridge in America. Old York Chapter" strangers over for twopehce, a.na Exclusive of abuttments on the Major Sewall for swimming over horses or other shore this bridge was two hundred Major :Sewall was captain of the beast, four pence, or one swum over and seventy feet long, twenty-five Main militia of the Commonwealth by strangers themselves, he or his feet wide, resting) upoin th~~n of Massa.ehusetts. ll~ be<:ame Maservant being ready to attend, and piers cons_isting of piles driven into jor Sewall who invented a method one penny for every townsman." the river bed to m?_;-c the whole of sink1ng tJ:le piles of bridges over But the people on the south side structure substantial. deep waiter. of the river were desirous that a The entire enterprise was th e reHe was unmarried and a member bridge be built over the river that sulit of th e inventive genius of of the illustrious Sewall family -they may more easy attend "Divlne M~jor Samuel Sewall a nd ca~sed who gave many emirient and able worship." This was before the old quite a sensation ~ the ar~hitec- men to Maine and to York. He meeting house was taken down and tural world at th e time, makmg_J!J.e ctied July 23rq, 1815, and is buried t11e material suitable used in the idea of building pier bridges very in the old cemeter:r Sout.h Side. popular, and Major Sewall was en- The tombstone, which was restored building of the present First Pargaged to build a similar bridge over by the Old York Ohapter, D. A. R,, ish, and, in the last years of Faththe Charles River between Boston in 1932, bears this Inscription: er Moody's ministry. "Major Samuel Sewall and Charlestown, Massachusebts. Liberty to Build Bridge an Archttect of the first clasS. The York bridge was completed It seems that church and state From whose fabrications great in 1761, 29 years after the first acwere one at that time: and, until benefits have resulted to .society. tion was taken on the project. l\'Iaine became separated from the He was benevolent, hospitable, The bridge was repaired from Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and generous without ostentatime to time. About ,t he year 1849 it and became a sovereign state in tion, and pious without enthuswas almost wholly rebuilt, nearly all 1820. So the first aotion taken in ia.'lm, the original piles were cut off near relation to building a bridge was at }Ie died July 23rd, 1815 agd. 91 years" To TREAD Of MINUTEMEN at �To Build New Bridge In Aug. 1933 at a sped.al town meeting it was decided to build a n ew bridge. The original plans drawn by Major Sewall n early two hundred years ago, wer e used, and -an oth er wooden pile bridge was built as near as possible, like the origina l plans, (which can be seen at ,th e Old J ail Museum ). Therefore, althought reconstructed, it is still "Sewall's Bridge." Pieces of wood and piles from the original bridge have been secured by some o! the people who appreciat e York and its most interesting historical background, ·f or souwnirs, which seems a very h appy and fi,tting tribute to the memory of Major Samuel Sewall, and, The First Pile Bridge of America. timbers laid one upon another, similar March, 1879, was detache and lat- to the method of b.1ilding Jog houses. er ordered to duty aboard the U. S. This was the second building put u1> by reven ue cutter Crawford, at .Kley the Dennett family on the premises . West, Fla. · It is still standing . Since his r etirement from t!he Mr. Dennett was educated in the revenue cutter service, Mr. Dennett Kittery schools and a lso at Eliot AcadAlexander Dennett, of Kittery, had been active in community emy. In 1871 he went t,o Portland to a ffairs. He -was active in school le~m mechanical drawing at the plant one of the most prominent resi- matters and was a member of th e o! the Portland Company and remained dents in the southwestern pa.rt of Wen tworth-Dennett Parent-Teach - there until 1878, when he received an M'.aine died Monday evening at his er .A.ssociation. He was also one appointment as second assistant engiin the United Stat-es Revenue Mahome, Old Armory way. Death of th e directors of the Piscataqua neer rine Service, known now as the Coast came suddenly while he was' sitting Pioneers, a well known historical Gulrcl. He was for a time attached to in his chair and wa.s due to .a heart association of Portsmout h . the office of the consulting engineer in New York City and in March, 1870, attack. He was a native of York and was detached and later ordered lo dnty traced his ancestry back to John aboa rd the u.~s. revenue cutter Crawand Alexander Dennett who came ford a~ Key West, Fla. from England to this country in In the succeeding year~ he sened on various vessels and at stat10ns on the 1660, settling ln Portsmouth. His Alexander Dennett, one of Kittery's Guli of Mexico and Atlanlic Coast . In father, Alexander Dennett, was a most esteemed citizens and one who 1895' he was retired for physical disa deputy collector of customs for the will be especially m issed in the combilil~·. For several years he resided at muni ty, died suddenly at his home Port o1 York. Thomasville, Ga., returning to Kittery Mr. Dennett ;was born April 13, Monday night. Death was due t9 a about 35 years ago to make his home. 1853, and wa.s the youngest of six he art attack while Mr . Dennett was During the World War he was called sitting in h is chair . He was 81 years children of Hon. Alexander Dennett bacl, into service and served with the April 12 . and May Kingsbury (Remick) Den- oldMrlast rank of lieutenant in the patrol office . Dennett was the youngest of a n~tt. He was a grandson .of Hon. family o! six children of Hon. Alexan- at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. He was twice N1arrle'd. His first Mark Dennett, the latter having der Dennett and May Kingsbury (Rem been ·the first representative from ick) De11nett, a nd a grandson of Hon . wife was Miss Eva Paul, da,,ghter of Kittery under t'he new state gov- Mark Dennett, the latter having been Warrington I. and Suah A. E: (Ferthe first representative from Kittery nald) Paul of Kittery. She died more ernment of Maine in 1820. The oththan 30 years ago. His second wife under t he new -~tate government of er children were Ellen Miriam, wati Miss Josephine E. Cox, to whom he Maine in 1820, and was in other reElizabei h, ~ John, Sarah Kingsbury was tmited Aug. 28, 1901. She was the also a prominent and influential and ,,Mary Alice, none of whom ar e spects man. The other children were Ellrn daughter of the lace carpenter Joseph now living. Miriam , Ellzabeth, J ohn, Sarah Kings- E. Cox, U . S. N., and Joamu (Hurd) _He received his education in the bury and Mary Alice. None is now Cox. She died Oct. 4, 1917, after· several week~ illness with typhoid fever. Kittery schools and also at Eliot living . Since his retirement from the reveAcademy. In ·rnn ·h e went to PortMr. Dennett's ancestry in this land to learn mechanical draw'lng country dates bavk to about the ye.J.r nue cutter service. ·Mr. Dennett had been active in nearly all worthwhile at the plant of ,t he Portland com- 1600, when two brothers, John and affairs of the community in . 1:ecent pany and remained there unt il Ale:mnder Dennett. came here and years. without holding political office. 1878 when he received an appoint- settled In Portsmouth . He was born He found time usually to unself:shly asin York and . when about eight ment as second assistant engineer years of age his parents moved sist in ,about every public movement of in the United States Revenue Ma- to the ancestral farm in Kittery, a house any consequence and in whatever carine Service, known now as the th at was built about the yeat· 1'100 by pacity he acted was found to be fn:thcoast guard. He was for a time at- John Dennett, great-grandfather of ful and to be depended upon for the tached to the office of <:0nsulting Hon . Mark ·Dennett, as a garrison right kind of devotion and interest. last most partic.1lar work was engineer in New York City and in house, when the lower story was made th His at o! chairman of t he Histor ical Dennett, Not Kittery Man Dies bullet-proof b walls of hewn hemlock �Largest Circ tlation Oi Boo \ In History Oi UJrary ]leported At ~ mcl)l.ing of the trustees of the ruhlic Library yrsLerda.v tho present libnuirn, Miss Hannah G. Fernald [llld :,lnIT, the Misses Dorothy M. Alexander Denudl commi ttee which was a part or the K ittery Old Home Week org rnization for its celebration in August. 1925. and was the principal compiler or the booklet, ' 'Kittery, Ancient and Modern," a valuable and practical feature of the observnnce. He was also one of the ad visory committee. He was a member of lhe Second Chrislian Church or KiLtery and active in its affairs, having bren one of the church officers. a dpacon. and sometim:s superintendent of the Sunday s~:!!OOl. He was aclivc in sc hool matlrrs and was a nicmber of the Wcntworlh-De nnclt P 1rent-Tcachn Assoc;alion. and was oftrn a speaker and ~vorker in school affair. He was formerly one of the trustees of Traip Acaclcn1y until he requested to be rrlievetl from the position on account of poo1 health and lack of sufficient time lo :ittcncl t 1e mretings of the board. He was one of lhr director~ of the Piscat ,qua Pioncrrs of Pottsmoulh, having been dccLccl a member in Au gust, 1'305. Other members depended t•pon him for much of the executive wcrk and his home had been a head~.,arlt·rs for lhr frequent mcel·ngs and t.hc directors looked to him for his good judgment and a srnse of fitness of things in all their arrangements and ge neral historical work. He Je1ves one son, Lieut . Ralph E. Dennett, U. S. N. He was president of Ute hoard of trustees of the Rice Public Library and a form er trustee of Traip Academy. He had served as treasurer of the Kittery District Nursing Assoc·ation. Funeral services will be held at the Second Christian Church in Kittery at 2 o'clock Thursd 1y afternoo n . Fliend.3 lnviled. In compliance wllh a posthu' mous w~·:ttw request flowers are to be 1 omitted. Vau,f1,1 n, Christine Graham and Frnncr:-., 1\ndcrson we re electrd to serve for nnolher year , Th~ llbrnrinn reporlcd the hrgest circ11kd 1011 of l.,ooks in the history or the lib1:wy. 9-1,777 volumes being issued for home use, a gain of 3,600 over la.st year. This iuciease v.as in children's books 1nd ;iclult non-fiction; fiewer novels 'VP.re IRsued than in 1933. Mounr.-.,1 pidures numbering 3663 were lso c11culat<'d, chiefly for use In the .~chooL,. · Vol1 11Hes numbering 942 were added to th,, libra1y by purchase from invested fund~ and 218 through the pay .collection. Volumes withdrawn as worn out or obsolete numbered 699. No r"cord is kept of the use of re!crenc" books and magazines in ti e huildinr.. but this use is known to be const.n1Uy increasing. · Fifty-sb: periodicals , re subscribed to and eleven fire rnrsc ntl'rl regularly. Thrse are krpt mt th reading room tables for one month and then placed in circulllt!on. 356 JO GET WORK 0 NEWPROJE S toca~ r vblic Library Tc Be Painted On Inside New Hamp1;hire Emergency Relief Aclmin:stmtlon has approved eight new projects which will prevlde employment !or 356 persons. These -projects, employing persons who have been certlfled :!or work by the social eervice division of the ERA, will be located in the following places: Nashua: Art!I1ery Pond· Athletic Field, which wiU give work to 100·, people; lateral sewer project, which willemploy 31 persons, and th·e Loclt Street. E:Xtenslon sewerage S)'tem, wltlch will give employment to 29 persons; Dover: Watel' and- sewer line project. on Bellamy road, wl1!ch win employ 60 men. In Newport, roadside lmprovemcnt1i and class 5 roads projects wm employ 50 persons. Five persorui will be employed in a project in Portsmouth-which win con~ sM of the painting of the inside of he Portsmouth publlc library. One pcr:<on will be adtledl on project No. 1129, surplus. commod1t1es divJsion, Ninety adtlltional- persons wfil be added on the N, H. 'League of." Arts and Crafts project !or its· further de, velopment. __,,........--~~ ____ Som~thlOK About DrycJock R ecords 1kept . by a yard -employee show that' just thirty years ago. today, Jan. 23, 1905, the '150-toot ttone drydock at Portsmouth NavY Yard was officially openect and tested by dock- ~-~-,,~,.;"·..., Ing the naval collier; 'Lebanon, Ullder the able direction of · Naval Co~ructor George H. Rock. · · During these thlriy years a total or 800 vessels have been -successfully docked and undoclted lnctudlng- 2M submarines. Rear Admiral Rock is now retired after having been Chief Constructor, and Chier of the Bureau ot C. & R. Many now on the yard recall the great esteem and resl)eet in which he was held by ~ll · during those years of 1903-06. FEAST OF LIGKTS AT ST. JOHN'S ---y,JI ·.:.;, '>;>~ The "Feast of Lights,"' the annual: beautiful and impressive Candlemas rvice, was held Sunday e.vening at. .30 o'clock at St. John•a: Church and argely attended. The altar was adorned. with · white roses, the tablets ln white w.ere bordered with as_pa.ragus vine and with the many lighted candles the effect was beautiful. Borne of the ChrlstmM decorations were kept in place, giving added beauty. The rector, Rev. Maxwell Ganter. officiated· at the service and Rev. Moorehouse Johnson o! Hopkinton delivered the address, takin~ hls text from the ninth verse of the . fl!th chapter or Song of Solomon: "What. is thy beloved more than another beloved that thou dost charge us?" The surpliced choir -qnder the direction of Choir Master Ernest- P. Bllbruck, rendered a special musical program. Following the sermon the candleswere blessed and passed from one to another and lighted until every person in the church held a lighted candle during the processional of clergy, aco!ytes·and choir, numbering· 35, which was a. !>eautl!ul a.nd impressive. feature. �Street; ..Bachelor's Lane" beca.n1e Gr en Street and "Dock" Street lJecame Hancock Street. Apropos of street names, what has become of Water Street? It seemii regretable that 1n these times of cha11ge that the old nrune.s and land marks . have to be tami:,ered with, particularly when the name connotes nn area Namlnw Poirtsmouth .,tree1s II or part or a locality and is aptly de., scrl pl.ive or lt. Ed\tor Herald:I ICHABOD APPLEJACK. I bave before me a COJlY or "The PorU:JnOuUi, Ftb. 4, Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics" dated Jan. 19, 1839. F'rnm it I OPPOSES CHARTER. CHANGE -bave lea.med 1alat the Selectmen of l]:le Town of Portsmouth, in conformity Editor o! The Herald: with a vote passed at an adjourned Through the medium of your newsmmual town meeting on April 11, 1838, paper I wish to volee my objections -on Dec. 19, 1838 promulgated an order to the passage of "Holl6t) Bill No. W" relative to the names of certain (the bill to amend the city charter and &tree'.s In Portsmouth which may in- pay councilmen a salary of $200 per te:est i;ome of your rea_ders, a3 it dld year) now pending in the legislature. me. Since the year 1850 when the dty o! The name of "'Parade" was discou- Portsmouth was lncorporate<l, '\ICry ,tinned and the n:ime Market Square able wid efficient men have been willadopted. Parcnthe1.lcally, lt seer.as to ing io i.e.rve as aldermen and cou11c·1m~ that th:s is to be regret'.ed because mrn without c01npensal.ion, otlltr than every town and hamle't ln the land has th • prestige clcrived from thell' oifice n square of one name or another but and the privilege o! servwg the the name "Parade" seems indigenous , people of Port mouth. • 'to Portsmouth, and it is 1:;t.ill so-called I b( llcve if the city of Porl.smoul,h cy many. has $1800 to spend without upsc,tl.ing '••Fore" ~treet w:.s _discontinued and the budi;et, it should be used to emI Market S.reet CL,ntmued to Ports- ploy meu m the highway department, -mouth Bridge. "Congress" Street was I whose DJmcs a1e now on our 1cllef ,msrontinurd and Islington Street to llst 8• ·CO"rull~nce at Market Square and conAll.hnui;h I reallze Uiat the tmue to the Crerk near Akerman·s of the councilmen makes dcrna11ds 'l'a"l Yard. "Court" Strttt discontinued upon their Ume, this Is not the time .nnd Pleasant Street to commence at to lncrc...se Lhe burdens of the tax1'.!ta.rket Square aLd contin e to South payen. U ll Brid~e. "'Bn•: 11" Strtet tllscon. I hope that you will sec Jll, to pubtin'!l.ed a!ld Stat-! btreet cont.mued to lish this letter as soon as possible_ as C,1b--:ii; Street. "P~,rt.ridge" Street dlsthere is to be a committee meeting r,;ntimi~ri nncl Wnter Street continue'! to JJ"w Ca~tlt bridge...Pitt & or pnblie hearing on this bill in the J :i~ery" S,reet discontinued and the city hall Friday t:vcnlng of Olis week. G W. PATCH. l ?.m~ Court Strei,t adopted for same. -.r<rskr Lane ~ml Pond Street" dis372 Court St., t:/'\..t\t.inurd :mcl Warren Street adopted Port.smoutb. l,nr Sl\Il'lf'. "Short and Mill" Streets 1J scontinued and Vaughan Street a:i,s S,.,ru Was Rcmoveo by Autl orlty continued to North Mill Bridge. "Prl- Editor Hera.ld:wn'" Street altered to Elm Street. With reference to an ni'tlcJe ap'"Bmemary" Street discontinued and pearing in :i,our column Monday evenChapel Street continued to State lng, I wi!ih to state that the slgn r.t Street. "Ark" Stroot discontinued and the end of the first New Castle bridge Penhallow Street continued to State reading ..Marvin's Island'' was not deBtreet. ''Massey and Akerman" stroyed by the vandalism o! boys. This -Streets discontinued and Summer sign was removed by persons authBtreet adopted tor same. "Mandlln" orized to do w. The s!gn was orlginStn.et became Howard Street; "Josh- ! ally misplaced, as this island is Sh(lpua" Street became Auburn Street; leigh Island and not Marvin's Island. Street became Hanover A RESIDENT OF THE ISLAND. LETTERS F OM THE PEOPLE Jessie. aef.adane Speaks At otiri &lab Meeting Miss Jessie. :MooFa!'lane, .mper-lnten'dent ef .the Mark D~ W.en~ Home 1'.for Ohr-0nlo. Jnivalid!I, ga:ve· a.n inside picture of the. tra.Bqull life enjoyed• by the -43 pa.~12!- at. tbe bome, at the weekl;v meet.mg of the Roau,y. €lub. at the Riocldngham• Hotel· this-noon, Miss MacFarlane has been· at the: head· of Ute · home evei< 8inoe· its inception in 1911· and appreciates the good· work be-mg done there as· each year goes by. She said that t11rough the great: interest of M!ss Sn.san-J. Wentw.ertb-in caring for homeless or helpless -penple the jd'ea for the home-was ..startech and :through her genero.sity the home of Gov. :John H. ·wentworth, the lasls of• the ,1:01'onial gov.ernors of New Hampshire, ! · as turned~v.er tor thill.:good work) and on -:-the 100th anniversar:, of Oo1,1ernor 'Wentworth's bir.thdll.y, Jan. 15, 1912, :the :f1rst' patient was·-admitted~ Mtss 'Ma:cParlane o.itlined- ibe bistocy of the home, w.lth, ~e gra~ual· lnCllease from ~lien patten.ts-. the first Ifl11' to the. present: 49·, Tllrough- the VJ,.. •JtiBdness of Benjamin• 'Webster the 'Newell property, was- purohasecl• and .J:aZed: to. a.flora; a . vie:w. of the South Mill P-0nd -and the beautiful- hospital ,irounds. tater-· the Newell pr&~Y across Pleasant 11treet was a2Jo purchased, the lloUSe rall8d· and· many. tbmgs done to .improve: the view.. . .She told how the-building 13f the an,DeX had been. financed" and• through :endowments how- tl\e home is -flnansoUD«i; through-·tbe generosity. of ctt:zena whtt oontrlute funds, fOOd and eltlthing 18 able to support it1,-el,!. 'Fhe number ot, persons waiting 1er. awni iOllJ 1.6 growing. ·y, aha said; and' ev.ey a.vallabl space is now. u:;ed, in ca.ring for the patients. Bbe pointed -out that persons a.:i!fering with incurable -diBea.ses were admitted, but tba.t thore witlJ.. oon.. tagious .diseases- were sent ,to institutions set asJde 1-er such --0ases. She highly pnised- . Mr.s. E. C. Blabdell, cba.lrma.n of. the house oomm1Ltce, and Dr, c. W. Hanna!ord; president o! Uie board, and the trustees; for their centinued~int.er.est and' eagen:ieu to 0 •", . ; ,.,.,.. and,. serve·. Miss :MacFarlane waa 1nt:Poduced. by Jifrs. ~ who.had· been. presented bl' Dr. BJ.a1sde11l. Ernest L. €oak Wa.'! cJ;lab:m:l.n for the day.• PautC. R&Ny._dfrector ot the Fedeta1 TranSient. Bureau- m- this ,eity, 1111tiat.ed· into t.he club this .noon, with Pll,st Preside9t o. o. Sanbom giving l1im the cl'mge -and- weleommg him to the bodY, m i I I I Mrs. Gla<lys Husty Carroll o! South Berwick is the i;ue~t o! honor at a eception this atternoon at the Uni11ersalfat church vestry. Mrs. Carroll us a well known author, her book •·As the Earth Turns" ranking as the second best seller of the year In which it was published. The reception begr.n at 3 o clock and will last. until 4 �Forge, stationed in Rhode Island, and his last service was his campaign against the Indians of the Six Nations in the Su$queha.nna Valley. Gen. Washington's orders to Gen. sumvan were not merely to overrun the country of tho Indians, but to destroy all villoges, crops, and fruit trees, and leave it uninhabitable. This he effectually did and received the thanks of Washington and the Congress. On account of the impairment of House Unan~mously Passes Bill To Pay Tribute To Memory Of e 1H. ampshire Revolution• ary War Hero ------7,;==:==:===:::==--:----:--:--.....,.....,--_jj his health and the destitution of his Concord, Feb. 1-The million dol• Durham, whrre he resided during his family, he resigned from the army lar span crossing Little Bl\Y will be lik Nov. 30, 1779 and returned to New designated the "General John Sullivan Brilliant. energetic, eloquent, he Hampshire a,nd home. Memorial BridgP," in honor of one of soon achieved success as a. lawyer. He He was not permitted to remain New Hampshire's outstanding Revo- !.'ls•) became actively engaged in long in private life. The state had lutlonary war heroes, if the senMe ))llsin ss and established several mill~ need of his experience and wise counconcurs with thr Honse in the passap, e on the Lamprey river from which he sel, and he served in many important of a. bill honoring the memory of thi~ iwrnmulat.rd considerable wealth . posts during the remaining years of 11oted lawyer ::in<l statesman. A few years passed, and we find h is life. Rep. Orrn V. ''Dad" Henderson o[ him rspousing the cause of the people He died Jan. 23, 1705 at the early Durham who, with Rep. F. C'lyd" agllinst the oppressive measures of age of 51 years, 11 months, and is burKeefe of Dover. :,ponsored the leglR- thr British ministry. His popularity led in the family lot at Durham. latlon which carried an appropriation and influence early marked hm as a of nearly one :.ind a quarLcr million le~der in the impending struggle witll dollars to construct the new highwlly thP mother country. and bridge, yestrrday saw the Hou~e He was a delegate to the Provincial unanimously pfl ss his bill giving the A~sembiy of New Hampshire which bridge an offici<'•l title. met at Exeter in 1774, and was electIt is ex1>ected the Sem,te wlll en- ed 1' deleg~te to the Continental Condorse the House action on the meM- gre~~ which met in Philadelphia. in ure. September of that year. South Eliot Items An old reoonJ book of the first KitAppearing before the Hou e public Soon after his return from tery, Mass •. militia has 'been founcl and improvements committee in favor of Continental Congress, he planned, very interesting information is recordhis measure Mr. Henderson told Ute with Capt. John Langdon, an attack legislators that General Sulllvan'iJ on Fort William and Mary, Dec. 12, ed nbout 1196, wheyi Kittery and this section were a. p1rt of Massachusetts home bordered the tide water of the 1774. Ninety-seven kegs of powder and Mr. and ·Mrs. 'Pprrest Leach will e~.:. Oyster river anr\ "from his wharf he a q•mntlty of small arms were capt.erta1n 20 neighbors rulil friends at journeyed by !Jon t, manned by 1116 ne- t11rr-d and transported in gondolas by whist this week. groes, to Portsmouth via Little Bay Sullivan and his men up the PiscataDr. H. I. Durgin bas given toxoid to and the Piscataqua river." qua river, through Little Bay and up many children since the clinic as "Little Bay Bridge, so-called," Mr. the Oyster river to Durham where it Henderson said, "spans these waters wo, concealed-a. part being hidden held, bringing the total to 232. While and It sems fitting and proper in view under the pulpit of the Meeting House the toxoid was available Dr. Kinghorn was willing that plrellts, :who wished of hls (Oeneral Sullivan's) gi·cat Rer- for ~rvernl days. vlce11 to the stole aml nation as well This ·bold maneuver wa!l explained their children immunized, could do go ltf.=<:·~->1~' as its loco.tion, being 1n close proxl- I~trr by Sullivan who said, "When I and many took advantage or the opmity to his old home and final rest- returned from Congress in 1774 and portunity. ing place, that this magnificent RMV the order of the British king and bridge should benr his name as o. CQuncil prohibiting ~litary stores memorial.'' h•\iug sent to this country, I .took\ The author of the bill B ve the no- ,,. ,rm: clearly perceiving the designs 1 Ions the following interesting facts in ot the British ministry and saw the connection with the life of thi.~ out- l\Pressitr of securing military st,ores." I standing New Hampshire native: This was the first overt act of the\ . A bit o! history 1 gathered wm Gen. John Sullivan Wl\/1 born Feil P r-i, olullnn, four months before tl1c t interest you. Way back, a young man, 17, 1740, in that part of old Dove; i>ll~ll: ~ of Lexington Concord. George B. French, caught the gold now known B~ the city of Somer:,- 1 • u 11van returned to tne Continentfever and sailed on the bark "Ma.rltla" worth. l Cong1ess which met in May, 1775, for California to dig for gold. Atter His father, Moster John Sullivfln fll1.d took advanced ground when he two yea.rs :returned to New- Hampshire and his mothrr. Margery Brown wPr~ • clvocatcd the formation of state govvia the route round cape Horn Irish immigrants, coming to , th!s emments. started a store m New Castle, then ~country in thC' year 172 . The father Nc11 Hampshire, following his sugl8.60 moved to Portsmouth where his 3 education i;P,lio1 s, was the first to organize a was a man o[ cnltnre and venture m a Dry goods *tere. hard belnr, m::i sler ol fivo laugunges, nnti r;tat.e povcrnment by adopting a conwork, bone.st. deallllg, )luHt up the was for many years n schoolmoster , • Ill uL!on In January, 1776, after flM st.ore of today. Na'II/ the '15tb.. an11 Somersworth m~d resided there at the r,lormy clcbates. A complete separani'Vexi;ary will be- eetebrat.ed lRlar<:h time of the birth of his son, John Uon from tl}e mother country seemed· l2U!. It vdll repay you wdl 1o oome.· From his fa ti ,~ -, John received hi,i it.e,it.ahlP, and the qu~tion was ap- 1» Ulc .,PaJ:"· 1 education and 1from his race he· in- proached with great rr\11ctance by,.,.._tf\.:_CIA_ "(~JS .ANNABELLE PAGE. herited the fil'C' in hi~ soul for nctln~t nwny, even in the Continental Conand lhe foren sic abllil,y for which Ile r:irs~. was noted. ,, When one member moved a ~econd As a young ma n, he opplled to the n( dress to the king, John Adams tells u, that: "John Sullivan opposed it in fl strain of wit, eloquence and fluency eminent lawyer, Samuel Livermore of · 1m1.1stw l even !or him, filling with disPortsmouth, for an opportunity to read n .ny tho, e who favored reconciliation." law and doing chores for his living His military service extended over expenses in lhe judge's home. .,, perlm of five ' years. He was in tile He married at the early age of 2Q i-1,,ge ot Boston, battle of Long Island, and shortly thereafter established a battle oi Trent,Qn, Princeton, Germanlaw office and purchased a, home in town. Fprnt the wlntrr at Valley ~n~ �-ALAB."NlA ·WOULD 1 t ...... ·-- Distori~.Bmlding Purchased By Society For Preserva= . tion Of Antiquities The 'nlbias. Lear House bas been purcllasea by William Appleton, ~ 1 of the Soeiet,y for the Preservation er New England Antiquities for Ute socie.t-y. · '1be Society f;or Preservation of New Engtand Antiquities awns the Jackson Bouse at Chrlstian Shore. and the Lear- HOllSe 111lll be preserved for future generations:• The sale was ar:fecle.d ilmrugh Reginald Trafton. The Tobias Lear Bouse is situated on Hunkins street and here Tobias Lear for 16 years secretary- to George Washington, waa born. '\'\,"hen washingt-On came to· this city on. Nov. 3, 1789, he vtsit.ed tha house and called on ll1.s ~ s mother. Sumner Fast Day-New Hampshire Observes Ancient Holiday The Granite State was today absorbed in celebrating its own "Qriv11-te, holiday. ' Fa.st Day, it was called, though most of the trappings of stern Puritan tbl!Ology that gave it birth, had been laid aside. In 1681, the first Fast Day was proclaimed. There had been a hard winter, and Puritan doctrine attributed the woes to "divine displeasure." A holiday was proclaimed, as a sort o! spring Thanksgiving-a day for thanks that the rigorous winter had been survived. Early proclamations were rigid in their demands for prayer and fasting, according to the the_ology then current. Elders and ministers were enjoined to enforce the decrees. The people were asked to "wrestle fervently with the Lord, that He may turn from the fierceness of His anger, and cause His face to spine upon us in all our concerns." Then the ~ollday began to metamorphose. Later, fast d9.y;; were proclaimed to seek relief against Indians, drought and other troubles that beset the colonies. Today the Fast Day took on the more gentle theological tone of the times. "There is today," proclaimed Governor H. Styles Bridges, "as Jll.UCh reason as at any time in our history for expressing penitence, and f~r seeking divine :,race and help." C .c... ~~ :>. '\ ~S- HONOR N. H.· Washington, April 17.-The introduction of a joint resolution in the House this week by Representative Hobbs (D. Ala.) calling for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding o! the town of Prattville, Ala., would not seem to be c,f great interest to New Hampshire. But, as a matter o! fact, New Hampshire Is intimately conn<:cted with the event and had it not been for one former resident of the Granite State there · would have been no Prattville. Ii1 1835 Daniel Pratt of Temple, N. H.; founded the town in Alabama that now bears his name. -Mr. Hobbs' i:esolutlon calls for the appointment of a 12-man commission to prepare and carry out a comprehensive plan for the celebration and he ·specifies that of the 12 persons to be appointed: one is to be the governor of New Hampshire, one a senator from that state, one the congressman from Daniel Pratt's district and one lhe director of the department of archives and history of New Ha111pshire. The sum of $10,000 is aulllorized to carry out the purposes or the resolution. In lhe Introduction to the resolution, Mr. Hobbs lists as reasons for passage o! his measure that "in .1835 the distinguished son of an honored ancestry running back to patriots of the American Revolutioi1, Dnniel Pratt of Temple, N. H., founded the city ·or Prattville, Ala., and dedica~ed the· remainder of his life to the building of industries, homes, scliools and churches and the life and work of this New Hampshire patriot and his descendants have made a lasting impression upon his adopted state." Interesting Ships of Navy Old-timers of the navy like to talk about the old battleships, those fine old vessels of other days ths.t cruised around the world with Fighting Bob Evans in 1908, and when that cruise is mentioned there will be some reservist or retired man "pipe up" with the statemen t that tho Alabama was the "queen of the seas" during those days and that it was the best shop of the "Sweet Sixteen." That famous old ship was built at the William Cramp & Sons shipyards, Philadelphia, in 1896, and was the eighth ship o! tile type (battleslllil) ever built for the navy, and was the fifth named in honor of the state of Alabama. The first was a 74-gun frigate or 2630 tons, built at Portsmouth, N. H . The name was changed later to New Hampshire. The second was a side-wheel steamer purchased in 1861, and served during the Civil War. It carried eight guns and was sold in 1865. The third was a small schooner of 80 tons displacement, canied two guns, purchased in 1863, and name changed to Fox. It was sold after the war. The fourth Alabama was the original frigate, rechristened again from the name of New Hampshire. The fifth was the battleship. It was transferred to the war department Sept. 15, 1921, and used as a target for bombs dropped by planes. It was sunk Sept. 27, 1!121, off Hampton Roads. The sunken hull was sold for junk on March 19, 1!124. The Alabama made the cruise around the world, leaving Hampton Roads, Va., Dec. 16, 1907, and ending the 45,000-mile jaunt at that port on Feb. 22, 1909. It was the fla.gshitl o! Rear Adm. Charles S. Sperry, commander of the fourth battleship division, who relieved Evans of command of the battleship fleet. Capt. T. T. DeW. Veeder was in command of the ship during the cruise, and Lt. Comdr. Thomas P. Magruder executive �!FOUR OVER 90 . TO VIVE ACH Cement Road, 300 Fieet Wide, Is Proposed From 1 State Road o ork Beac Fire Station York, Feb. 8-Confernnce:; •~itlt ~-~t.: highway officials havll hee11 itt pro gress for several weekc; looklng towards the construction of a new cement hii::hway link from the Stat.- ro .d t,) <\ point opposite the York Beach Flr,i Station, According to Harley O. Eiih de cislve conference i~ !n lmmedlah) pro3!)llct, and it is ex1>ecte•l thM [Ii •>robl action will be taken. ConstrucUon of such :l h1,::h11, 1y will be of untold benefit to busineR'J. ·•nd hotel interests in th~~ famorL<J :M•1ine summer resort nd wlll h i· a :,timulo.ting effect on the lll'QJ>erty Qf tha community. York BrJcll lln suffered in recent year through the huild!ng of the cement highway on its pr sent Imes Vlrtually c,1t off from th tr m.>ndou' motor car traffic, the beach C•>tmner~\al interests suffered :>. decllne , ond. it son the basis of r •;i,.lng York Be()ch's .r de that the prop•l6itiott f•>t' tit., t'''" train o! Boston & link wa. laid bi:f()re the state authorities. Great progress already has been made, according to Mr. Ellis. Condemnation proceedings have already been initillted, he said, and the property owners ~long the proposed 1•ight of vay have agrt>ccl to the condemnation of the land for the conslruclion o! the highwRY, \\hich would 1><' very wide. The 11ro1>0sed link wo11ld begin just beyond the curve near the Post Road Inn and would follow a straight line to a point opposite the York Beach Fire Station. A surve,v has revealed that the distance from the State road entrance to t11e fire station is less than a mile, approximatel? 4,-!00 feet. With fargr Federal appropriations for p11hlic "·ork~ coming into Maine, it is expccred that ~ major proportion of 'the exp!?n'ie would be borne by the goren nir•nt. ARE ACTIVE Four- women J.runates of the Mark home on Pleasant street boa. t an aggregate of 366 years. They ure Miss Mary E. B. Miller, who observed her 94th birthday March 27, Illfra. Martha Rhoades, 92, Mtss Emma D. Senter, who will attain her 90tl1 birthday thls coming June, a.nd ►~""",.,.~ Mrn. Annie Gral' who will be 1:12 , on -~"•'•.r•.·..--.:: July 8. ' All four women are natives of Port.~mouth.. MlM Miller ls able to translate languages and· reac!JJ without; ·glasses each day. In addition she 1s an o.rtL:lt and rmlnt.<J pictures. She· a.lsO plays the piano and 1n her younger. days was regarded a.'l a talented musician, MrR. Rhoades does considerable sew~ ing and also l!! an enthuslastlo jlg saw puzzle f n. Mrs. Gray and Mias&..-.-.,,,..,_......, Sent r, while uot so active as the other two women, take a. deep interest tn current evenm. The •group is known to their associates 1n the Wentwodll Hor.no !Ml "The Four Nineties." I-I. Wentworth Cenlnl Rallroarl.'l which will Btop in this c!Ly on night ru.n: from Boston, When the announcement ·p s mad<l 11.45 p. m L<:-""it1,: Port~mQuth th13 ·ankee will stop at Biddeford at 8.48 •land at 8.30 p. m. Connection f?r New that tho new streamline tr!.\in wns to Lraln will Cl)ntlnu" t9 Portl~nd, ar-' D 11 a. m., and then, York will be made with the State ot be operaLed exclusively on the wcsL- riving !l.t 1.10 . m unninq 11011-sliop will reach the North Maine Express -leaving at 9.05 p; m. ern division some public spirited citi- ' The new train • ·1\l go int-0 regular /,, •. , 1,1 LosLon at 10.25 a. m. Continuing on to Boston, the .new zens in Portsmouth got In touch with service on L\pril 1, [l id will travel L2av;.ng tho North station at ncion, train will leave Portland at 8.40 p. m., officials of Lhe Boston & Maine and more than 700 mllc1 e ch week day, the flier will run non-stop to Port- Don•r at 9 24 p. m., with arrival a; presented reasons why th!!, train but will not b':l opernLed on Sundays. I. nd, arriving at 1.50 p. m. Departure the North station at 10)30 P, m. should be operated over th eastern Thll first rcgrrl~r r,rhcdule cut1 nu c[l;tward trom For.land wlll be at 2 On its final trip of the da.y 111 will division, tho short line to Portland. honr ond 10 mlmrt"~ from the prcsrnt , i. m., wltr t l1e train stoppltllJ at Lew• leave the North station at 11 p. •m., The nnnotmcem<'nt wns mntle lo The numlug Limo h•''""'''l'. Boston 1111<1 \ ,ston nL 2 60 p. m.; Winthrop at 3.14;; with stops at Newburn>oi·t, Mass,, and Herald on Tuesd~y thnt the train Bangor and 15 tttt 11lr-~ from the run-\ watrrdllc at 3.52 with anival in Portsmot,th, would h'l operated over tho en stern 11im: tlmo beti• "•'n B, .,t.on • nd Port- Bangor at 5 p. m. I The schedule o! the steam-propelled division each nl~ht with tho excep- 1~ nd. On its Bangor-Bos Lon run, lt will Flying Yankee will remain as -at prestlon of Sunday, leaving Boston at 11 The '·hon11' pnr', · ()f 1,h'l Fly1nc; , leave Bangor Union station at 5.15 p. ent. The name of the ,steam-propelle,d p. m. and arriving in Portsmouth Yankee wm !J" in P11rtlanct. LeavitHJ Im.; watenllle at 6.41 i-• m.; Win- train will, however, be changed to The 12.08 with a stop at Newburyport Poi-tland ~t 8 'JI) :i rn, Flylni; tlu-op '1.17 p. m., with arr1val in Port- Yankee. I �. .,._ OF JOHN PAUL JO E EGACIES PAID LOC LC U CHE Tablet To Be Installed To Mark Location Of For-:' mer Buriel Pl~ce In Paris Of Naval Hero i- ~ St. John'i; ~-hur_c_h-and the N01'Ul church have recently been paid leg_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _1._1l_ ~- , • , 1 acles of $500 each, left them by tha wlll of Miss Vic Loria E. Yennard of Parllj, Feb. 12.-The spot where Louis XVI a gold-hilted sword during this city, who died Sept, 1, 1933 , John Paul Jones lay buried and for- the following year. He also was made Miss Vennard, who lived on a Chevalier of France and awarded V t t ti ! i t.o b 1 f loo h tt go en ere or years s e the Royal Order o! Merit. aug 1a11 s ree , at 1e corner o Deer, marked with a memorial tablet. He returned to Paris to retire In was the last surviving child of Capt. The ceremony, which is t.o take place 1790 and died two years later. His body Mat th ew Bell Vennar<f, an old-time July 4, will be under the auspices of a was burled 1n the Saint Louis cemesea captain of. this city. Capt Vennumber of interested Americans, head- tery for torelgn Protestants. During nard early in life was for a short ed by William M. Clearwater, New the confusion of the following years time engaged in buslnes., in New OrYork attorney, who wish to perpetuate bis burial place was forgotten, but 1n leans, but reli1rne<1 to Portsmouth here the memory o! one of the most 1899 Gen. Horace Porter started a and for a while had a flour and heroic figures in United States naval thorough search for the body. The regrnin store on Bo·w street. Most history. · mains, however, were not discovered of fi1s·· life, ·however, was spent as a His colorful exploits will ):>e linked until 1905, when they were trarisported 'packet inaster and ship master, untll with French history by the marble to Annapolis. he ' retired. He 11 ved many years on tablet, which will recall that 1n 1777 Official ldent!flcatlon of the body State street, . next we.1t the Middle he sailed for France aboard the sloop- was carried out at the Ecole de Street cl-lurch, where his daughter, of-war Ranger with dispatches for the Madecine here. Traces o! the malady Victoria, was boru, jni't sold out them American commissioners and that he which resulted In the death o! the 'to the Parrott family in 1865 and l'ebrought the British sloop-of-war great American naval hero were recnioved to Vaughan street: Drake into Brest l.n 1778. ogn!zed. Measurements of ·the body, Besides Victoria, who was 96 years He aided the French who were just which was remarkably preserved, were of age at he_r death, papt. yennard "beginning a. war with Great Britain found to be identical with those on had other children, Marcellus A., who by this achievement. Jones spent much the bust of Houdon. Even the head died In Sydney, New south Wales, in o! his time. In Paris and received. !rom itself, could be verified. 1875, Malcolm H., who died In New L{:~~'------------::-7--,111.-.!!!a'!!y'!!'!er~s~,":e~g:,::i~co:::n::-r:"".per-=::::;::ho-:::ur:-:::;':"7to:::r~t.l York In 1904, Helen ,vho iived on boys 16 years ol.d and upw.ards, six Vaughan street and died unmarried cents per hour; for one horse: and ca.rt, In 1917, aged 91, and Theresa, who eight cents per hour; for one yoke of married Josiah F. Kimoall o! Lynn, oxen and cart, wheels, or dray or 'but lat_e . in life also lived on plow, ten cents l>(lr hour; "also oneVaughan. street, dying in 1917 at the half pint o! rum for- each person for age ~! 89. O! these, only . Marcellus one full day's work:' Times have and Matthew have left children, the changed; the Town now pajs higher former's now in Australia and the wages for labor on -its highways and latter's in Oklahoma anct other parts the workmen buy their own rum, or of the west. Ora Beccmls 9l New Cl.aile not, as they prefer. Miss Vennard ,was herself a memEditor of Herald: In 1812 there were twenty-seven ber of the North church, but her sisWblle de!ving in.to the &Rlll'IHI af merchants in the town taxed for ter Theresa attended the Episcopal the Town of New C'&ltle cert.aJn ~ stock in trade. The following named church and the legacy to St. John's and ancient records were discawred were a.Isa taxed: Brigs "Vic-was given in herm __ ,;,.,e;.;.;m.;o;.,; ;,.ry.::.;,. ·~--~--' which may prove of interest to s.ome vessels tor:ir" and "Dove:"; also the schooners o! your 1ea:ders. "Favorite", "Prudence", "Flying Fish", For instance, the estimated. expen- ."Fox", ;,Sarah", ~hree Friends'', ditures of the town in J8lll were as 'Sally", 'Abagail", "Young Betsy", follows: State Warrant (Tmr) $.32'..40; ••Lark'' and "Eliza:• County Warrant (Tax) $2<l.7Q,; School On October 2, 1812 fifty-three men Master (salary) $300; wood !or scl\Q<>J between the ages o! sixteen and forty $12; Selectman's. fees anr:l expen.s.e.s-. were mustered !rom New Ca£tle at $20; Tnwn. Clerk's !ees, $.f.00; HfgA,- Greenland Parade at the General way Repairs. $50~ Bull, $4.00; Gom- Muster. There were others ll:sted be- .... -m··,,. •. mlssfon !or Collector ot Ta.x6l tween the stated ages who were not $3();00. required to attend the muster. There were 120 poll tax~ est..lm.ated PHINEAS T. WHITE.. which indicates; that the population New Castle, N. H., April 16, 1935. o! the town We$ prabafllY' approximately the same as today. There. were. also 38 cows in the t.own with a. two yea~ ot age and· 7 y_earling,s. A bill: for board for 19.S. weeks at. $3-.00 per week which 1nchldes. wash-mg,. meruling and maldnc fgar:men.ts o{ a.pparei) tetals $594. to which 1.$ added: Ht.a s- glasses of spirlts per dll.y fc,r 198 weeks a.t 3. ct.s.. per glass,, $124..'l&... De.spite the repeal or proh!IMtlon the writer 1s Rliabl:t infonned that. Uut town na ~ provides sp1r!ta !or tbe- people aided citherwl.se. ln 1813 cap~. Geo. Vennard·· and Capt. Eph, Amazeen. SUrleyors ot Highways, were directed. to- pay for labor, on, highways- as follows· to poll, J of A.: SFR M THE PEOPLE �' Highway Commissioner Everett nformed That Federal Government Will Not Name Bridge After Living Person ·concord, Feb. ·s--G en. John ' Sulll- one of the fi rst men in- New Hamp'.v,a~ died Jan. 23, 1795, few weeks- ; shire actively- to resist 1,he tyrannies a f hi ol G:reat Britnin. He was one of the before the 55th anniversary o s Intrepid New HRmpshlre company, bi:rth. This' ordinnrily would riot be that committed the first overt act or considered news, but it seemed to . be- the Revolution by driving a. royal garcome when ~ig'hway Commission~ i rlson out of Fort William and. Mary er Frederic E. Everett wlis Informed . at Newcastle in December, 1774, and this '. week that he must give nssur- ' during 1.he wnr he was in· active serance that th~ Gen. John Sull1van Me- ·I vice almost constantly, attaining 'the· ' morial bridge across Little Bay ls rank of m3jor general In· the Contin~ named for no living person, before the ental army. fe~eral government will give its a.pHe twice was elected delegate to provar to the name. the contlnentll l Congress, twice was Mr. Everett was able to assure the elected president of New· Hampshire, federal representatives that, nccord- . before the tit!<' governor was ft."ted Ing to the most reliable historians, upon for the cllie! executive of the General Sullivan died nearly 140 state, was a. member of the Electoral years ago. . college that ch ose George Wasllington , The General Court has enacted leg- 1 for ·first President of the United· lsla.tion giving to the recently erected I States; was president of the ConstituLlttle- Bay bridge- the name of one or I tlonal Convention that met at Exeter New Ham))6hll'e's most distinguished to consider the Federal Constitution. i:oldlers, statesmen and jurists,, but j and was the first justice of the Unitthe fact that federal funds h elped in I ed· Sta.tes Coul't for the district of New meeting the cost of the brldge gave Hampshire. Washington a veto that would be ' He received the degrees of master of. exercised If the Legislature had tried arts from HarvRrd nnd doctor of laws to honor someone now llvlng. from Dartmou th, was the first presiSlnce General Sullivan's honorable dent of the Society of the Cinclncareer ended long, long ago, lt is to be natl and was the flrst grand master of assumed that there will be no objec- '. New Hampshire Grand lodge of Matlon to this tribute to him, and sons. Washington may be even more com- I TBouglt he died at a compar3tively plalsant than lt otherwise might have early age, his career was a full one, I been, since General Sull!van, in his , and the New mimpshlre Legislature I da.y, probably was something or a felt that it would be honoring itself "New Dealer." in honoring his memory. Born Feb. 17, 1740, In that part of That the federal government will the colonial town of Dover that now is have an y objection Is regarded 1n the city of Somersworth, Sullivan was New Hampshire as unthinkable. I so ! I I POTTER ·ESTATE. . . . HAS.BEEN SOLD TO AM. OIL CO. Buildings To Be Removed For nlodern Filling Station AU property o! the Potter estate located on Pearl, Islington a.nd Rock streets, has been purchased by the American Oil Company for the erection of a modem filling station. · The residence and large stable will be razed by a Boston wrecking conem. Plans have been completed by Boston architects and construction work will be started as soon as the buildings are cleared off the land. The station will be so located that it can be approached from I three streets and will be the most modern so far erected in the city. · The property, one of the show places on Islington street some years ag9, was originally owned and occupied by ,.. ,,.,.:.,iA''...,,,••.· the late Dr. Frederick E. Potter. It went on the market for sale shortly after the death of Mrs. Potter. During the days of the Doctor the stable contained some of the best livery rigs of the city in wllich the local physician took much pride. The grounds in fQrmer days were always very attractive during ' the �■ 1ng \ 20 ·h An avers ■ Committee Named To Anange For Celebration In June 1 36 --------------- St. John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. , Sherburne, Gen. Henry Dearli;u·i .. 11,1 ' M., for ·the 200th anniversary of the I many other distinguished officer., ue lodge, in New England, has appointed the Continental Army. Gen . ll:"t ll,lll an executive committee to make plans Whipple, a signer of th O:!clan . for the 200th anniversary o! the lodge, I t1on of Indep~ndencc, joined i1c tuJ~ ! which will be observed a year from In 1752, and Maj. Gen. John Sut!1 next month. / vJn of Durham. who seized Lie p:i·,. The first warrant granted St. John's dcr at Fort William and Mar;. 1t Lodge was from London, Eng.. prior. Newcastle, which was used Jatt!r to 1735, but the exact date of its issue I Bunker Hill, became a member m r-,,e,-•..,..,;i.. --' is- unknown, owing to the loss of the 1 1767. Maj. Gen. Sullivan in 1190 fJ~ document. When St. John's Lodge of 1came the first grand ma3tcr of . ' fl Bos.ton, which had jurisdiction over Hampshire• New England, was formed, the breth- 1 It was b~cause of the face thJt /:t. ren of the local lodge petitioned that John's Lodg of Boston was oiJ!ig ~u body for a charter, which was issued i to close It.~ doors during the Re\olu• June 24, 1736. Since then the Ports- l tionary period that the Portsmou h mouth Lodge has had an unlnter-1 loclg-e attained the di3Unction of iJe • rupted existence, to make it the old- Ing the oldest lodge in point of CIJLL • est Masonic lodge in the entire coun- 1 tinuous existence. try in point of continuous existence. The lodge has in a vault in a local bank its records from Jan. 17, 1739. The early_ history of St. John's Lodge is closely identified with the stirring events that took place in this city from the time of its being granted a charter, prior to and during the Revolutionary war. For nearly a quarter of a century the lodge met at the Earl of Halifax Tavern on Court street, and here were initiated Gen. Joseph Cilley, Maj. Winborn Adams, Maj. Andrew McClary, who lost his :;r;·,-1~:,~;;:llfe at the Battle of Bunker Hill; ~...-.,..._,.Lieut. Euljah Hall, w'ho served with Capt, John Paul Jones on the Ranger; Maj. Nathaniel McClintock, Gen. Alexander Scammell, Maj. Edward ! �Project Expected To Be Fir t Lin Scenic Shore Road Of Projected timated the cost of constnwtlng a dam surmounted by a highway, as contemplated under the action -0f the State Legislature in granting permission for damming the river, to be $136,000. The morz costly and more worthyhile dam project, it is believed, can only be made possible through the aid of a Federal appropriation and it is hoped that Federal funds m_ay be granted for th is practical purpose. Selectmen Carroll Sterling, Charles Lewis and O. Sumner Pa.il had already filed a request with the Feder.11 government for the building of the dam .as a Federal project before the highway had been taken over by the state. Another link in the proposed scenic shore route would be created under a bill recently introduced in the state Legislature and on which a hearing will be held shortly, Thts bill proposes a st1te highway along the shore from Portland through Scarboro to Prout's Neck, thence by a bridge to be constructed across a creek, through Pine Point, Old Orchard, Ocean Park, Ferry Beach, and rejoining Route l at Wells. Another plan is for the- state to accept the shore road between York and Ogunquit as an additional link . George C. Lord, councilor from the First District, has worked hard in the interest of this benefit to Kittery and has been instrumental in accomplishing what has already been achieved in the matter. To Mr. B.irnham, t-0 the members of the board of selectmen and to the pnblic-spirlted citizens who have workecl and nre now working to bring this project of a state-controlled scenic highway clam across Spruce Creek to a succe~sful conclusion much credit is also due. It is believed that the ample suppiy of granite blocks at Fort Mcclary Park could be used without cost in the construction of the dam, the only ex- , pcnse being cost of transportation. Work would be provided for the unemployed oi southern Maine, through the Maine P ublic Work s Arlministration. The dam would develop some of the finest s.,mmer property in Maine, within ea..sy travelin g 'distance of Massachusr·tts cities. Provision would andoubt-1 cclly be made for the passage of small The 1:aine Sta'e Highway Commis- · thoroughfire a 1;tale high,Yry, 11n sion Ins voted to lal·r over from th::· agrec·•nrnt hrtwr~n th~ to\\'n and 1h11 town of Kittery lhc llir,hway lrom state pro1·icli11g that the town shall remarch street thro11"l1 Kittery Po:nt to I build thr present highway ti,rnugh KitYork Harbor, imlmling the old Kittery' tery Poin• rillnge to connect w·t11 the I Point bridge. Rrsi'lrnts of Kittery are portion nlr:·ady rebuilt near Tenney's j10ping that with I he aid of F~::J~ral • hill. Thi~ nr" .~late high,Yny route funrls tll:: stat:: will ronstrnct a cbm from K11trry gors through York HarI w:·m:rnntcd by a hji,!h:1·ay to rcphc~ •he bor and Y: 1:-k B:-ach. rc>joining Rout•! ultl Lriclgc in tlr r,·ar fntnre. Th~ re- 1 at C;1p Ned dick. For t,he p nt to be p!~•:mrn t of th e \\'Orn-out b?·idr,c with reron strnC'trtl by the town the sum of a r ·.v structure wrn b~ u:1:irnitl 1bl r · shorUy and it is hoped that the state will sec fit to rrc·~~~ a b~nHLif ii lnl:e by the clammin g of thz l':atrrs or Sprn:e Creek. ln p!n ·c or un sightly iI mud flats at Jow ti:1° woul d be crea ted I in the heart of the town a bo:ly of• w 1Lcr, with ideal environment for I summer cottages nml homrs. j For several years a movement has ·b een underway to hnve the highway throu 6h Kittery P oint taken oYer by the state as th~ first link in a sce nic shoreline highw ay ;,s an alternative route to Highway 1-.'I. The town's SPlectmen hnve be~n r clin:ly Cll!:l:t <s d in working for thi s prc,j ct, suppo -ted by several intcres:~cJ ril i:1ens. A bill inclorsing this idea ol rrrating a st ,te highway sk:rli n:; .this brn uliful co~st has been pn~crl 1·:·:cntly by thr State Legislature . Wi th the cntrnll°' r,f E m·r J. Burnham, well-1:n:,:rn Kitl~r~· alto:- j ney, to the S tnle L"gislnture t!l project of building the cl11m wa.s g;nn' new impeLus an~l nrw hope . /I confrr- I ence with the Sl:-.l~ Jligll1rny C:i:nm:s- S '.al Hpresrnti>thc Elmer J. Barn sion wns held, v:i 11 Selectmen Carroll Imm of I•:il tcry, who introduced in Sterling. Charles L:·wis ;,1Hl o. ~11mn°r I the ;\In!nr LPgi. lature the enabling Paul of Kitter·y 1,rr·, nl, a•; wrll :-., act to p?rmit thr constructio11 of the r es~nLalive Burnh:Pr: an d Geone C. propo,"cl new cl~m nc?·oss Spruce Lord of Wells, co :!'r J!or from t ''" Fir•t Creel: . I n :strict. The nnt, •r of the s•·•.·<;: ta:,- S" l , t t 1 1as 1 fC 1 a, Lie in over the hi;th\·;~v w;-s cl; ,:u-.. ~d ~t ~. 000 nppropr' own · meclin·~ 11 ill be malc:1rcl by the state the. conf2rcn cc an;!: i1rid,'n -il!y. th:: with the rnme ~um. le. is planned to boats through the dam at certain • 11 su bJ~c l O r rnns t rn~.J -~ a l 1ai n to re - begin y;or:, nenr Fricbee Bros.' store at stage5 of the tide. p'acc the old b::;J:,~ was nlso ( 1J.:c;1 un- 1 Kitten Foi'll probably nex t month, The project now lies in the hands of der consideration . .'\:; the rrsult of · ' . . the State Hi ghway Commission, Gov. th Louis J. Brann and the Federal Pubthis CO!t,crence n bill wa,, in' rorll!:~cl in nnd to pro:rrd as far as poss.ble wi the S4 000 ~• ailable this rear, continu- lie Works Administration. th'.! State Legislr. wre by • ~r. Burr.ham ing with r.pproprialions in the t ,rn 1..,_:---~-.'"'.""'-~,:,o,"!"1W.,...._,,..-,~~-.-,J.t,. r,ran ting the 11r:~~, ry pcrnu,,io'l fnr f ll . the rrcction an :! maintennn:c of a clam rears O owmg. Pcross Spruce creel; _ This b'll re- I Now that the state has taken o,·er ceived the a cLiY ~ 1,upJ>ort of !he select- this h il',hwa:, t he n ext step i_n regard to l'l"ll or the to·.rn and a rroup of busi- the Kittery Point structure 1s up to the n c,.s m en. The cfrorts or it~ s1,o nsors Stntc Hir;lm~y Commiss:on . A survey \'/~re successful nnd 1. e bill bc~ame a has been made of the old bridge and its 1 - · • · s ite by ~tate tnginPers and the cost of a,.. ' 'd t' Led en April 24 th~ s ~t,, ffglmay Co:n- rebuilding~·~ a pilr br: ge was e;s 1ma _ m: c>ion voted to :, :ike this Kittery by the eng1wrrs nt. SJG,000. I'hey es Nrw-1 I 0 I I 0 0 0 0 Rcp-1 "' 0 �The flag~ were then accepted by Mrs. Washburn, who responded a, follows: "The Porlsmouth Garden Club accept,.-, with pleasure these flags presented by the Rellci Corps. We are proud lo be intrusled with this Grand Held At Meeting Yesterday Anny flag. We remember wilh gratiInteresting Exercises A tudc and affection those men who gave \\\~ \• ~~ freely of their best years Umt thh flag Afternoon might be llie emblem of a united nation The Portsmouth Garden Club held They made a sacniice fot· t le st ars and that an en5laved race might be its monthly meeting yesterday after- a nd stripes. free. noon at the Woman's City Club and it "It is you, Oh Flag, who has taught "And, when in time this new flag nd was a meeting o! Jnusual Interest, with us, to worship God ~n His own way, a shall take the place of this Grand Army over 50 members in attendance and to rem! nd us th at it was He who gave flag, may our hearts be inspired anew ;.ai;:-""~ guests from the Storer Relief Corps and iHis De_arly Belov~d Son th at we might with love for our native land. And may the Women's City Club. appreciate th e Divme lesson of good- we pay our tribute o! honor to those 11 t~wa rd men. . . The president, Mrs. Israel H. Washmen who are commemorated by our bum, called the meeting to order and . •'It is now my privilege a nd plessure, Memorial bridge, at the entranctl of '"'·'"'..""" ~"Miss Lucie Pray, the secretary, read a m behalf of storer Relief Corps, No· 6, which this flag shall fly. detailed .report of the last meeting. to present to the Portsmou th Ga rd en "It is most appropriate that the ReFive new members were received Into Club, this flag in memory o! storer lief Corp~ and the Garden Club should the club.. Post, No. ~, Grand Army of th e Repub- work together. You seek t-0 teach the An' interesting feature w.1.S the pres- lice, to b~ used at ~he entrance of 1 ~e- love of country by Just such deed, as entation of two flags to the Garden morial bl'l dge. It L'> the eameS t desire thiS here today. We seek to beautlf,1y Club by Storer Relief Corps, one being and wish of the Sons of Veterans au d our homes and highways. Thu.., we a new flag bought with money earned also the adjutant of Storer Post, No. 1, unite the love of country and the love of by members of the Corps, and the other Miss Edith M. Paul, that yo.i accept the land, well knowing that there can being the Grand Army flag, which for the Grand Army Flag of Storer Post. It be no permanent gardens unless there so many years did duty on Daniels was used for years, stretched across is a government that we may rely upon street at the headquarters of Storer Daniels street from the window of to protect us and our interests.' Post. Grand Army Hall, to call their members Ernest s. Colprit of Dove1· then gave The hew flag is to fly over the gJ.rden or make visitors welcome to their meet- an interesting talk on "The Begmning plot at Memorial bridge on days of no ings. Many of you ladies remember of a Garden". especial importance and the Grand this flag. Every thread of it you love, Mrs. Marvin gave a lalk on the work Army flag 'will· be used on days of es- because it was your Father's Flag,-the accompli~hcd so far by the .;ommillce pecial importance, such as Memorial glory they won and their sacrlflce. The in charge or the exhibit of the PorlsDay and the Fourth of July or any other Woman's Relief Corps, too, loves this mouth Garden Club at the comrng day which the committee in charge same old flag. It ls very precious and Garden Fest1\'ai to be held at Rye shall deem especially fitting. we hold it dear to our hearts. Its asso- Beach and Little Boar's Head. Thi· 15 The presentation .was made by Mrs. ciatlon with those dear co.mrades and to feature a colonial doorwa~ w1lh a J.VIabel S. Smith, patriotic instructor of friends who have reached that beauti- garden path leading to it, and which storer Relief Corps, and was as follows: ful twilight at set of sun, we have left, seems to be mo5t appropriate, as Ports''The woman's Relief corps originat- to us, the sweetest of memories. mouth h noted for its beautiful doored on the battlefield. Its first work was '·It is for us to take example, live as ways, and also is known as "The City relief to the soldier, the widow and hi.s they lived: gather up the loose ends and of the Opc1 Door." dependent ones, but of later years it , carry on our work with greater courage The Graffort Ciuh a1 d Women',, City as taken up other work, a part of\ than ever before. We know what Club are to cooperate with the Porlswhich is presenting flags to our schools, those comrades would tel! us to do with mouth Garden Club and under their churches and public lnstit.itions. We the flag. It is fitting and the proper a.ispice:, may be seen ladies dressed in have worked shoulder to shoulder with place for it. This Memorial bridge has the fashion of bygone days walking up these comrades, trylng to assist them been dedicated to our 'heroes of all a path or flagstones with a border garin a greater patriotism and a better wars.' Such fine yo,111g men to answer den on each side and entering lhe hosAmericanism. All that we do, all that the call . Wright avenue (one side of wtahle door or our old seaport towu. we· say, Is not enough to pay the debt of this triangle) was named in memory of ~he door to be used on this occasion ~ grltitude we owe to the brave, gallant Lieut. John Brandon Wright. As a being loaned by Charles Stewart and comrades of the Civil War, who fought young man he had many fine charac- is the old door formerly of the Rice to save this great nation of ours and to teristics , high moral standards and house on I~lington street. This house preserve the Union. Our patriotic in- ideals. The life of Brandon was short. was built br Capt. Robert Rice in the struction is stressed by our work in He lived more in those 26 years thnn yea1· 1812, and will be ren;embered by teaching patriotism, love cf country, some would live in 50. 'We live in many of the older generation of Portslove of the flag, observance of law, not deeds, not in years.' Lieutenant mouth as a very fine example of the only those of to(lay, but those of future Wright won fame as an aviator in the architecture of that period. ✓ generations, to be lc,yal, true, patriotic big aeroplane race from Mineola, N • The next meeting of the club will be Americ:m citizens. This.is our purpose Y., to San Francisco, Calif., in the fall held on the first Monday in June at and our work. In speaking of the flag. of 1919. He was a successful flyer. the home of Mrs. William E. Marvin there is so much to be said that I will "Madam President: You have on Middle street and will be a plant exspeak of it as a Flag of Sacrifice. worked hard to improve and make this change, the members later driving to "Now, follow the men of the Revol..1- triangle a beauty spot with shrnb~ and Rye Beach to view the location of the tionary war, as they followed the flag flowers. What could be added to attract •·01:>en door" and to make final suggesthey made a sacrifice. Ag:i.ln, see the more than to place, for the first t'-:1e, tions for the perfection of this exhibit. 'Boys in Blue' of '61,-'65, as they suf- this dear old flag of the Grand Army fered In prison pen, or on the march, or in the garden-to me a shrine to all in the pup tents,' on th~ field, hungry those comrades. and cold-that the flag might wave "We are now leaving them both with ovei· a united country. The Spanish- you. We feel assured that they have American war boys, as they went to been placed in good care,-the Emblem the Philippines carrying the flag o! of Our Country, th~ flag which has led freedom; see how they su!!ered in the all armies to a glorious victory. The swamps and heat, sacrlflclng for the flag without a slain, when it Is unfurled flag of their beloved land. Our brave to the breeze high in the heavens may boys in khaki, too, as they marched its radiant colors command away to the world war, some to re- from all who gaze •.ipon it." turn home shellshocked and gassed. Storer Relief Corps Presents Flags To Garden Club ------~-=======--~----------I W\ �PREPARES ·BOOK bility to publish a book! Sl'le a mere irl of twenty writing in J1er journal: t am so blue sometimes I !eel as if 'le car of Juggernaut was on my nck, and I get sad brooding- over this icldle of life. My tll'o boys, Karl and olm have grand times playing out f doors and getting dirtier than the ·hole dictionary can express! I 10 my 01Yn washing and oh, for icnce.' But even so, she could write: nrk skies must clear and when the clouds are past, ne Golden Day redeems year.' "Care for a husband much older han herself, and three sons mlght ·en have been con~ldered a full time ob; but to these she added the :riling of poetry, prose, the painting . ~f china and the cwing for and pla.nting of a marvelous garden. Her brother·s book shows how through all the forty years since her death, he has cherished her memory, as he that of their dear mother. "It has been the greatest possible pleasure and privilege to have been able through the material in my pos.<ession to assist him in a slight way in t.he compiling of the new book the ·Heavenly Guest.' It ·ls a fitting compnnion to his 'Ninety Years at the Isles of Shoals' and all who have read that, or better still know the dear man himself, will be eager Uncle Oscar's new book." The reading public not only of New Hampshire but throughout the country will welcome this work of our distinguished citizen, ''The Heavenly Guest" from the writings of his slster, Celia Thlxter. OF POEM OF CELIA THAX R Miss Rosamond Thaxter writing to The Herald sa~·s: "Ninety-six years ngo this month 'Uncle Oscar- Laighton' was born and his little sister Celia was four years old. Now almost a century later that ever loving brother has prepared a delightful little volume of his sl~ter's poems which have never before 't;ren collected into book form. His remarkably keen mind casting about for a way of adding to the intere~i. or Celia Thaxter's Centennial year; hit upc.n the plan of ga.thering any material old or new, about her, into a little book, which would be arnilable this summer. Last fall he mentioned to me on·e poem which he said had been lost. He 1v:is delighted when I was able to show him the manuscript. Why 'The Heavenly Guest' was never includect in any of her collected poems no one knows. From talk of this poem, came the looking over crf an old portfolio containing about a hundred poems, some of which had appeared in p~pers and magazines but not elsewhere. During the past winter in Camden, Mr. Laighton has painstakingly reread, sorted and arranged· these poem~ and added to them articles ,nillcn about l\Irs. Thlxt,er, by '\lfrs. James T, Fields, and other friend.~, sal'ed in an old scrap book. The 11·hole makes a charming olume just published, which will be f great i.nt,erest to all who knew i.\1rs. iaxter or ha\·e joined at any time 1 the life at the I~l~~ of Shoals. •·In these clays of 'depression' and ! ard times, it is a very real inspira- j on to read her simple vivid lines, alays sounding a note or faith anct 1 ,ope. What a wonderful example the ves or brother and sister set. He at I .lH\~-4.!,,._~w.,:.it he ener y and �· STORICAL DAT -·~..---- N. H. fublication Traces State's m-owth Since First ls.sue. In 1772 The edition of 1835 names Abner Greenleaf as the postmaster at Portsmouth. It also mentions several incorporated companies of importance at that time, among them the Portsmouth Whaling Co., Ichabod Goodwin, Agt., Portsmouth Aqueduct Co., Joseph Akerman, Treas.; Portsmouth Pier Co., A. Ladd, Pres, Since the early days the Register has grown in size and scope to a volume of over 350 pages listing not only all .officials, but a complete business directory !or each town and city the state. The publishers' F, Crocker, ls ln Portsmouth. ·week compiling data for edition. For the stuQ.mt. Q~ New Hampshire history, interes~ed In digging out •'\~..,.,.,•_.".,..... !acts for bimSelf, there is perhaps no more prolific source of Information than a. complete file of the New ·•···-"'";.;JJ'-"'1 Hampshire Register. When first published, in 1712, was only one newspaper in the state, the New Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth. The first Register consisted of 16 pages, 3½ :lt 6~~. and gave a ·list of the officers of the Province, the towns in each of the five counties, county officers, military officers, the officers of Dartmouth college, attorneys, ministers, and "The Road to Dartmouth College." It was printed at Portsmouth by D. & R. Fowle, said to be the first printers in New Hampshire. After the first number there was a gap of 14 years, but from 1787 to 1789 , the Register appeared annually and I since 1794 has pot missed a single year : until 1931 and 1933. \ At first the Register contained little besides an almanac and lists of various officials, but as the state grew the I Register expanded and carried more and more Information each year. Many quatnt historical notes are I tucked away In odd spaces as fillers. i The Register for 1831 carries an "append!X" tn which appears a "List ·, of Men of Distinction in New Hamp- ' shire." In the issue of 1835 appears a list of persons who died during 1834- at ' an age of 100 or"over. Among these ' were the- following: "July 4, Antipas Dodge, ·Goffstown, l1l3 years, four months. He .settled in Goffstown ln 1759. He was out in the ·whole of the Fre!lCh and Indian war and part of the Revolutionary war. He was at the Capture of Quebec in 1759." Some of the tables of fees given in the early books are very amustng. In 1815 the following fees were listed: Justice fee for acknowledging a deed, 17c; Clerk of Court for a writ of Subpoena, lOc; Sheriff, for serving a writ, 23c; Justice trial fee, soc. Jurors were paid 42c per day. Postage rates made letter writing very expensive, as single sheet letter . postage was 8c up to 40 'miles, lOc to; 90 miles, 12'hc t.o 150 miles and 25c !or over 500 miles. Letters of two sheets were double rates, and longer letters proportionately hlghe1·. The population of Portsmouth as given for 1810 was 6934. It was by !ar the largest t.own tn the state, the next largest being Gilmanton with 4338. Concord at that time had 2393 inhabitants. I I l I �Regarding Shapieigh, rsland Editor of The Herald: Recently quite a' lot of cli~cussion has been caused by the sign. "Shapleight's Island", placed near the west end of the island known for many years to the present generation as "1farvin's." The lnbit or calling a place ".Jy its one-time owner may be all righ'., fo,· local people, but for our summer Yisitors who may have read some of our history, they look in min for the old names-awl very few now living can give any information. Perhaps a few facts concerning this island woulcl be intrrestin -as it pl •yed an import;int part during the Revolution as a goal for r,risoners taken on land or sea. The island was occupied se\·eral , years before any records were made of transfers; at one time in possession of Reynold Fernald, called Doctor-alias ye old Doctor-later owned by Chris. h1.wson-and then by two merchant.s j in Boston, who sold it to John Clark in j 1674. From that time it \Y:\S called "Clark's Island," occasionally referred to as ''Doctor's Island.·, TI1e Clark : heirs sold to a brother-in-law, Willi,1m I Knoaler (often spelled "Nolar") and for J a time called "Knowles' Isl;ind," up to 11759. In 1764 it c:1me into possession of Nathaniel Aclams. During this period it was called •·c1:1rk·~ or Nolars Island" in deeds and will~. In 1772 it was purcha,ed by Charles Henzell, master of a "fly boat" tb.1ilt lo transport masts for the English navy) which were loaded at the pool on the south side of t.he ~econd bridge. The name of the yes~el wa.s "Pla.ssea" (from a \ ill lge in lnrlia. he scene of ~ British victory). Hrnzell was in Engl land when the tronble began and louncl it impossible , n Pct :;·,\•ay. Hi~ petition to the goYernor ~ml council explains the sitnation and ~c!ds to our limited records of the ronclilions at lha.t time. Petition of Chnrles Henn!! of I'ort - I I I month the Honorable &:nate and of ReprPsentntiH'S in General convenrcl-D~"rmoer 24, 1789. "The petition s!1owt''h-that previous to the late Re\·olution. which restored independence and happiness to America, he had purchi:sed an island lying in the harbor of Piscataqua cont:lining twelve acres. \Yith the buildings therein, consisting o! ? dwelling house and a large three-story warehouse and wharfe . That at the commencement of the war he was in England from whence, a·fter repeated attempts, he round it almost impract:cable to return to this country. He, however, at : length embarked from England with j his effects for Holland r nd France, in which two co,.111tries, under the directions of Doctor Franklin and Commodore G!llon, he spent the irrea test part of four years in rendering service to this country. for which he neither wl~hed 11'Jr e,·er received any pay. "Impatient at length to return to America., he Ar,no Domini 1781, made the attempt by way of the French West Indies, and from thence, with property _....,.~!,l,.lo.-".iWi-unt o, 1500 pounds, he em- I barked on board an Amencan ship for Portsmouth, hut was captured on his \'Cyage by a British m::111-0!-w:ir, stripped of hi.: property and _himself carried a p!·isoner to Ch,ulesto·,m, South Carolir.a, where he remained until an exchange took place, when he was landed .Jn Virginia. in which state and Maryland (confined the greatest part of the time by disorders he contracted during his imprisonment) he co11tinued till the summer of 17J6, when he returned to this state . Having previous to his leaving thi~ country emplo~·ed the Hon . Josht:a Wentworth as his ngent. he, on applying to him for the rents of his land and buildings, was informed that the aforesaid island and wharfe and buildings th reon had been occ,1pied by this state from April. 1775. to April, 1783; that the warchr•use had been used as a barracks !or prisoners and other purposes and the dwelling house for the guards and othe1· troops-and that the stone wall, built at great expense on said island, was taken down and used by the troops for constructing a bridge. He was then and still feels happy in reffecting that any part of his estate had been beneficial to a cause in which he had made great personal sacrifices, and, although his buildings were exceedinly injured while used for the aforesaid purposes nnd were also the whole time taxed for the support of the war; your petitioner would perhaps have nevrr solicited payment therefor had it not been for his great losses, and that others whose pro!)€rty was for 5imilar pJrposes had been since compensated therefore. As, therefore, he presumes the wisdom and ju~tice of this state will not require morr from him than from them, or pl.ice him on a worse footing than , othns of her subjects, he humbly prays Your Honors would cons_idcr his account herewith presented, and give orders for the immediate payment thereof . . "In the present case he is happy in being told that he lies entirely at he mercy o! this honorable court. ''With the warmest attachment your persons-and governm.:nt-he begs leave t-0 subscribe himself "Your Honors very obedient servand and faithful subject "CHARLES HFNZELL.'' P. S. The total amount of the claim was 239 pounds. In settlemrnt , he received at various times a total :imount of 60 po,mds . The bridge mentioned connected with Fort Washington . Hcnzell sold to Reuben Sh,ipley in 1787 . Shapley sold to the New Castle Jlridge Co a. right-of- way in 1821. Sam Tuckerman purchased the island in 1830. From th is time the transfers are too recrnt to be of intere. t. If an:y names are to be .1sed why not include t~. tho•c who took part in our early his• Yours, . I I IVAN L . MELOON. �AND. DEVELOPMENT Interesting Data Concerning Historical Spot The above ls verified by a Deposition by George Walton, a resident for 50 years-aged 70 years-,who once claimed a part of the Fort PoLnt. Taken before Walter Barefoot, Deputy Governor December 18, 1685. "And this deponent doth very well remember ye Fort built by Capt. Mason upon the Great Island in the same place where the fort now stands and that it was strong and substmtially made and furnished with Great Guns of which some were brass." And there are other depositions to the same effect. It was caJled •·william and Mary" on their succeeding to the throne until after the Revolution. The location was often called Fort Point and the Fort as '·The Castle." The old maps call the inner point (where the first lighthouse stood) castle Point. The site was never granted to anyone, but held by the Province !or harbor defi;nce. It was ceded to the United States in 1791. Many changes have been made as the manner of offence and defence has develope'd. At one time there was a battery outside of the original Fort, called the "Prince of W3les Battery," and another called the "Polumbia. Battery." Many eminent engineers have had a hand in planning the changes-Rednap - RochefontainWalbach-. The latter rebuilt the present inner Fort, Including the gateway, in 1808, from that time named Fort Constitution. From that time Walbach continued active for many years, having charge of all coast defences from Eastport to Rhoad Island. In 1814 he built the Martella Power, to protect the Fort from attack on the land side. In 1863, Congress appropriated $250,000 to build the largest Fort on the coast. At that time the circula1· North East end was removed to make room for the new work.. The plan was for a "three decker," one tier of guns over another made of cut g1:anite. The work was commenced in 1863. a11d a':l:.ndoned in 1870. A hurried attempt wrs made to get the Fort in condition for defence under supervision of Colonel SouthofI, at the time of the "Virginus" affair with Spain. All of the structures outside of the old Fort and (By Ivan L. Meloon) The following regarding the origin and development of Fort Constitution Is of much interest: Tpe second volume of Brewster's Rambles, page 143, has the following: "In 1660, the first fort on the present site of Fort Constitution was erected and Richard Cutt was the zz:.:.~,:.,,,'J.11 first in command." Our information is much more complete today than it was one hundred years ago, as we have had access to the English files, which were more orderly and permanent than the Province records. Under date of August 20th, 1633, Mason's agents report. as follows: "And Farther wee Doe Affirme that there was Foure Grete Gunes brought, to Piscataqua which ware gi'len by a Marchant of London for the Defence of the River-and at the same time the Earle- of Warwick, Sir Fernando Gorges, Capt. John Mason and the rest of the patent teies sent ~ 'order to capt. Walter Nele a,nd capt. Thomas Wiggin their agentsand gO'lemors at Piscattaway to make choice of the most convenient place in the sl\ld River to make a Fortefaca'tfon !or the Defence thereof and to Mount those foure Guns given to the place. which, accordingly was by Capt. Walter Nele and Th()ll)Jl,S Wiggin and the Pattentes Servants and a draft was sent to the place that. they made chouce of to the .said Earl and Company and the Draft did contain all the necks of land in the North East side of Grete Island that makes. the Grete Harbour and they gave it the name of Fort Pointrand alloted It sod far bake into the Island about a bow shoot to a grete Rocke whereon was Intended in time to sett the Principall Forte. That the above ls all truth we amrme and fjll.,::.:,;.:.:..,:;:..:.:.;.,_~:-"""-~--;:'.~~--:7 by the desire of Capt. Walter Nele and capt.. Thomas Wiggen we have ordered this wrlghting to ly in our files of Records of there doings therein. In Witness Whereof wee have here- unto sett our hands and Seles at Georgeana, In Province of Maine New England August 20th, 1633. RICHARD VINES HENRY JOCELYN.'' (From Mason Papers.) Georgeana. was the north side of the Piscataqua. The settlement was at the small river that enters the Salmon Falls ruver below the dam at South B . ci tsn.outb Home lndustrics . i•:_ !l1t lc.c:HI br:,nch ol the New H,rn1pslill'1c Ltag11E, ·01 Arts and Crafts reu-1tly ieorgi,nizLd with Miss Helen L._ Souter f.!:- chairm: n. A gift shop '\\Ill _b< :,pomored :.g:.i11 this summer Lilt lll the b:.rn ol t)·e J . ,... I . ' vlllS 01\' Pa-rec e:,t::ne instead of at the YWCA ,.~ lormerly. The shop is lo open 011 ~ J um, ~9th with Mrs. Lester Hard' ·,s ~1 d n1g • 'iop · n prod11ctio11 mana"er. Mrs H,nhng is the daughter of bMr. R. Chp~ton Sturgis of Little Harbor Ro' d. he 1~ :, munber of the coiuicil of I:!o~ton &,cic:ty of Aris and crar:: and I~ \Hll known i,s :t blac-k :rnd white rirti t. She i~ <~peciall_y known <•n both this ~icle of the water and in ~E:l«~d flS :-._ designr·r of book plates. ~he. 11.. exh1b1ts <•f lJcr work in the Pnnt Ro~m c,I lhr Brili.,h Museum. She alS<l JS a clesigntr of patterns for r,efdlepoint. lit will he assisted in the i,hor, b)' Ml~' Htllll Han o1 Portsme 1th. Et :iclu cc,1 ,cluct ing the shop d11ring th€ •. un,mcr the le-c-::.1 council will arrnng_t 1<,1 ext,ibit Jrnm time to time ancl cla~:;eE Jn HHious crafts. Membcu; oi the council be~idrs l:lliss Souter iuc Mn;, o~r.ar W)'r,rnn v,u ehairl<\tlo,. Ml;.;:i Alice l,01u bcCit:hH~-t-ici~urrr J\11ss P.111line lfraclforcl, Miss Elsit Callin, Mrs. W. S Goss, Miss Emm, L. Hawkridge, Mrs. William E. :M :.r,in, Mrs. J. Winslow Pierce, Miss Ek:.nor P . awtellc and Mrs. J. H. Washburn. Miss Hawkridge is chairman ol the production · Mis!- Bradford for the cu1nn1it tee :1ncl Miss p11bliril) Local craftsmen 11 ho wish lo particlp,11 as proclucers of 11 rlicles lo be sold in the shop should notify Mr:. ustn Harding, Miss Jlelc•n L. Souter <,1 Jl,Jiss Emma L. llawkridge at once. Th<- Portsmouth Home lndustries has been organized !or two years and has been most successful under the chairmanship of Harry M. S. Harlow. With the shop localed in the barn of Mrs. J. Winslow Pierce and a most ritLractive display or nrts and crafts Rll made in New Hampshire, the local council is looking forward to a most inleresli11g for the ·ummer. t; · �UNITED STATES NA VY YARD, PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Saturday, 27 October, 1934 NAVY DAY VISITORS' SOUVENIR PASS AND PROGRAM ".11 good Nacy is not o provocative a/war. It is the surest guarantee of peace". CCheodore 'R,oosevelt 27 Oct., 1858 ---- 6 Jan., I 919. I. Visitors are cordially welcome between 10 00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 2. Entrance to Navy Yard by bridge from KiLtery, Maine. A sketch of the Navy Yard showing points of interest is shown on the reverse side of this sheet. 3. Automobiles may be parkeJ in the Navy Yard. by traffic sigus. 4. Information booth al Navy Yard end of bridge. · Guides will be stationed there to accompany visitors. 5. AL various l.)Uildings aud shops guides arc stationed to escort visitors. Of special interest 'v\ ill be Llw 1\r prenlice exhibit in Building #81, Isl floor, and the exhibit of electrical equipment manufactured by this Yard in Building #79. 6. First aid and rest stations are located in Building #2 (near ferry landing), at the Main Gate and in Yard Dispensdfy (next lo Building #86), for ladies and children. 7. No cameras \\·ill be permitted lo be taken within the Navy Yard. Roules to parking spaces indicated SPECIAL NA VY DAY EVENTS All Day. (a) The U.S.S. CACHALOT launched 1<) October 1933, is at Berth #2. A periscope, such a. is installed on a subm;irine, will be mounted near the U. S. S. CACH/\LOT, so that visitors may view the surroundings as sef:'n from below the surface of the water. A Mom~en Lung, such as is used for escaping from a submarine, and a water-tight door, will also be on display in this vicinity. (b) Display of various Infantry weapons alld Marine Corps equipment in front of the Marine Barracks. 2. At I I:UO a.m. fire Drill will be held al the lee House between the two ponds. 3. Diving equipment will be on exhibition at the entrance to the Dry Dock, and between one and two p.m. an exhibition of deep sea diving will be given. 4. At 2:00 p.m. Football Carne, Navy Yard vs St. Pius Club, Lynn, Mass. 5. Between hah-r~ of Football Game, Coast Guard exhibition Life Saving Drill. "There is no more patriotic duty before us as a people than lo keep the Navy adequate lo the needs of this counlr:y 's position". CCheodore 'R,ooselJelt 27 Oct., 1858 ---- 6 Jan., I 919. (Over) �I~--~·-·-··~·-··:~:·::~:::·-·~·~---~---·-1 { (SEE PLAN OF RESERVATION) l l 1. 2. ] t 3. (1) (2) •i l ] { (3) j. r l r j r (4) -l. • l t j t iJ The extensive shops of the yard are capable of repair and construction work of all kinds. , The Yard is the center of Naval Submarine .Activities and has been designated a building Navy Yard for submarines on the Atlantic Coast. 1t was purchased and the Navy Yard established in the year 1800. The Naval Hospital has a bed capacity of two hundred. Indicates the Commandant's Office (Headquarters). lt \\'aS erected in 1867. Indicates the Commandant's House (I:iving Quarters). Originally it was a farmhouse, the home of the former owners of the reservation. Captain Isaac Hull of Constitution fame was the first Commandant to resid e therein. It was in this house that Admiral Farragut died 24 August, 1870. Indicates what is often referred to as the Peace Conference Building. It was compieced during the Russo-Japanese War and it was here that die Peace Treaty ¼'.as signed in 1905. Incidently, the conferences which brought about the treaty of peace were arranged by the then President Roosevelt whose birthday the Navy has elected to do honor as Navy Day. A large picture of one of the conferences is on display. In this same building will be found certain rdics of the U.S.S. MAINE blown up in Havana Harbor, 15 February, 1898. Indicates the 750 foot dry dock which 'which was completd in 1906 at a cost of more than one million dollars. On one occasion seven submarine~ were docked at the same tin\,e .. The U.S.S. CUTTLEFISH one of the latest type submarines built by the Electrit Boat Co., New London, Cc, in 1934 is in dry dock. She is 279 feet overall and of 1250 tons displacement. The complement consists of 5 officers and 45 men. · . , { ,~ , ti j { ] r . 1 . 1 l. • ' l i Indicates the building ways. On the ways are now being built the U.S.S. PIKE and U.S.S. PORPOISE whose keels laid last Navy Day 193 3 and Armistice Day : 1933. They will be launched in the spring of 1935 and r.!ady for commissioning J in 1936. The following vessels have been launched therefrom since the completion t in 1919: u.s.s. BARACUDA, u.s.s. BASS, u.s.s. ARGONAUT, u.s.s._,· NARWHAL and U.S.S. DOLPHIN. The U.S.S. BONITA was built in the old r Franklyn Ship house. ·~ (6) The U.S. C. t G. tug HUDSON, built at this Navy Yard in 1934 is moored in the vicinity of Berth 2 near Dry Dock. . .. .' +.-.......~.---..............~......__.••~... ~...~•• ~....~••©ADMINISTRATION ® sus"MARINC BUILI>IN(ii WAYS. NAVY YARD PORTSMOUTH, N. H .. : t BUILDING. s i ..... ----.., .-....... •• ~ .... ~ ..--.. -·~--..........•+ @ COMMAl'tDANT5 QUARTERS. @ PEACE GONFER.E-NCE &LI>~. @ DRY DOCK.. / l• r (5) 1 · • ti [ C u ��WITCH GARDEN ~OME GA·RDEN J·1·.-·.·: FESTIV.... AL_.•,·:·~· NOTES.· TO.BE SHOWN AT GARDENFETE Ma;,-: ~* Little Boars Head, April 20-New Engla.nd flower and garden enthusiasts are. eagerly looking forward to the New Hampshire G arden clubs' festival which is. being held here June 14, 15, 16 and 17. Many o! the summer people have already come to their summer homes so as to prepare for this gala event and to start their flower gardens, earlier so that t h ey will be in full bloom by June 14. Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson of Little Boars Head, is very busy making plans !or the festival and at her home she has two large bulletin boards on whic.ll she : posted newspaper clippings, maps of Little Boars Head and Rye Beach showing the land which can be best used, lists o! eating places and boarding · places, a map which shows roads leading to some o! the exhibits a.nd Where the)l: will be, but this map will not be. completed until many more exhibits have been added to it, and. other material which shows how !ar the plans have advanced to da te. The "Trading Post" will be one of the- big features and will probably be located at the b1th houses at Rye Beach:This trading post will be where garden materials and garden produce wil be. sold by garden clubs, florists and garden supply companies. One ot the greatest events is the opera ••Af~•, which will be presented by, Fabien Sevitsky Ensemble and directed. by Mr. Sevitsky, wm be presented Sunday. June 16 on the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson, where the. operetta "Cavalera Rusticana:• was: ·presented last year and was a great. success. Alreac!Y' work has. begun on boulevard of leveling the. sides alld cleanlllg up any unsightly places but as warmer weather comes will be put to- work building flower gardens, rock gardens, artificial pools for. fish and aquatic pla.nts, large trees will be- transplanted. and uncountable other things that must be finished before June. One of the exhibits which will combine- history with the flowers is the exhibit. planned by the Franklin Community Garden, a reproduction of the garden of Abigail Webs ter, mother of Daniel Webster and the predominating flower will be the carnation which she loved: has , l il t.le- ~oa·~•s -Hea·d. · ~;-~ Tli.o Beach a11ct ·· r;itLJe · Boiu··i · H,,;td a 4rct en Club ai·e- p!an11ing·, :i, Road~i de Lis ter Stand to pe located OPJ>osilo. th s tate be~utif!cQ,ti.on plot near t l1e Fa -ragut House. Th ey will have two ve y old !!sh hou&es joined togeU1cr; o,yned by Shirle.v Philb rick, ;the ot11er by heirs of lhe P age es La te.> ·, 'fhe1:e w!ll, be objcc;ls o~ 1J11,uLical. ,i n terest and collections Ii-oni tlte tishe1·-· mdn on exhibition . , , ,··. •, 'fhe Sta te ~ ig h way Department lias erec ted a June Garden Festival si~n at lthe corner'' or ·,.;: tianlic Avem;e . 811({ Lafayette road. The · sign is .e1-y-. unique because, being different th1rn mc/st sl~ns, across the lower edge l · a 1 Wil)dow box in which flo,ver seeds 1fave 1 becjn planted.· ' ! ; · ' • • . l'he Rye and North' H11 mplon town' hnr m~rker, wh ich is• ver y ne11 t 11n d at!·a ct1ve, ha s been erec ted on t he St le Highway beautification plo t on th Oceaq Bouleva rd . . 111rs. Arthur L~ Hobso,~. on wl)o:,e es~rte the ~p_era t'Aida" by Verdi is betg presen ted liy Fabien Sev ilzl:y an his Ense mble! late Sunda y a fter no n, June 16, is' bu y. sellin g ti ,1ki!ls to ~he opera wh ic~ is inside l he Fesl! va \ limits. , Ollf .Repr~senfation· of. mo..> \ "Mary am!" H~r. JJ.amti'? When the New· Ha mpshire . F estivn.1 ls opened at Little Boor's Head' in June there .w ill be one exhibition which js sure to attract attention. This will · be a representation ot '.' Mary. and Her Lamb:'' It is planned: to build a miniaturo schoolliouse, like the one In Gl.!lld which ,Sal'al1 J. Hale, author of· tllc famous poem; and for many yeaw edl·· to1· of Godey•s Lady· Book, attendt d ' ln her chlltlhood. Tl.le .town of Newport ls Lhis ·fcature.-Boston P oi;t:--...-,;=.--, New Hampslure Wi tch gardens in this country, perh aps in the world. It 1~ located a t Rock Pool, Li ttleto n. Mrs. Susan Naso.n Colli ns, has collected herbs, trees-, shrubs a nd plants mentioned in old ga rden books, folklore and so ngs th at arc directly co nnected with the practice of witc hcraft-black and wl11te. I t remamed for Mrs. T. Erland Goyette, general cha1rma.n of the New H J mpshire United Ga rde n Clubs festival to be he ld June H- 17 at Little Boar's Head, lo add this ·•Witch Garden" to he r already r emarkable programs of New Hampshire garde n ex hi bits. It is a sort of glorified (or rather Sata ni fied) h erb garden. T he Witc n garde n conlam muc h or interest beside the plants. A pool with a -ducking s tool shows how witch es were tes ted. An old stiil where the olls and essences we re extracted wi ll be worki ng. T he cauldron where the noxious _potions were brewed will he there. In the center of the wheel of fort unate herbs, the Moon DI.t i sta nds to Lell the wi tch when lo mount h er or course, no Witch garden could be co mpl ete withou t the Gingerbread House of Ha nsel and Gretel fame, the home of the ll'icked Witch. Tl1ere a re sLancts, with a l)ig oven 11 ,ide, w:ut1ng. Mr:,. Coll in,, the Wltclt Ill pe r.'S011, will be there Lo tell you witches cured ma dnes~ 01· baldness, ll'arls or the plague. !\Ir~. lfollts We bster of Lexington, Mass., who 1s a rec ognized authority on he11J,, will he , present in the Witch Garden Saturday afternoon, J une 15, to cell of the culture and l'aluc of the ~ plants. '1~1c festival 11·111 be· for mally opened on Friday, June H, by Gov . Bridges. On the· opening day there mil be the Potter's p~~c.tnt with 75 per,on.; taking part, wl11i<! m the af ternoon the girls of SL011ele1gl. Col lege for Wome n he re will give! golf dance.; on lhe spaciou, .:round., of t11e college. S,llurday a llcrnoon J. .:roup al Swe dish dancers from Cc1 le:· Sandwich will prese n t a p rogram. There will also be da ily lect ures and on .Sunday afternoon on the estate of Mr. and Mr,. Ar th ur L. HolhOI of LittJe Boa r's Head the- opera '·Aida" will be to':•.••'<·•6,., prese nted by a cast of mo under the direc tion of Fabien S ev1t,_·k..;;Y_._ _,......,,.,.;, �Attract· • e Program For . . Ga den lub Festival Floral Display With Many Outstanding Features Will Open On June 14 at Rye Beach And Little Boar's Head l (), \ -., _ ---~----==-:~\Jt~·t A most attrac:iH program of 5peclal ARTS AND- CRAFTS featu. es is annoim~ed for the New EXHIBIT AT }!ampsh ire Garden Clubs Festlrnl to RYE BEACH be held at Rye Beacl: and Littl6' / ,/ Boar·s Head June 14. 15, 16 and 17. "I>. 'J June 14. GO\·ernor and Mts. H. The L~ague of 'ew Hampshire Arts Styles Bridge~, accompanied by the anu Cr !ts is to exlllbit the work done party of vlsitlng n::i!ahlc~, wl]J official- by its craftsmen throughout the state ly -open this unlqnt' beaut:flcation nt the Rye Beach Garden Club Fesproj~ct. At 2 p. m. there will be the UvaL This exhibit is to be placed in Potle_r's Pa&ennt in 11hich 75 people tlli! Drake House Barn, which is a fake part; and at 3.30 an informal ,·e.y :ippropriate seUing for talk on "Conserrntion'' by Mrs. Laur- proper <lisplay of llandwork. i -ence Webster of Holderness, N. H., During tlr ~our <lays o! the festival well known through the splendid the Le:igue will hnvc craftsmen, at work she has done at Lhe Lost Rh-er work to demonstra~e the Nature' Camp'. At 4.30 p. n.1. the stu- crafls, 5uch ns woodcarving, basketdents of Stoneleigh College Iwill enter- ry, ircm work, metal work, weaving, tain-g1'1ng folk dances oh the col• 1~c2cl;:1,rrk, and pottery. Sales vol: lege grounds. Also, many the clubs nn;eer~ from • II on~r the state will be a.re planning special features such as on h:ind to ~ell Lnague products and a true Japanese Tea ceremony in the to g ,e info:·mati0n about the variJapanese Garden, witches' bt'ew in the 0,1s cr:irt.~. Witches' Garden, a fortune teller at The Ji:ind-m-ide articles the Hansel ,' and Gretchcl House. At graup rd according lo the various li~,:#.!ff· ·s there will be · a demons,tratlon ot f craft.~. There will be a section in '.flower arranging by Carbone; and, I wh,ch bnskets will be on display, an.beginning· at 10 o·cJock, a dance Rt I other section Ior weavillg, -needle'the Farragut House in hopor or dis- ,ycrk, <lyeing and sninning, a s~c tion t!nguished guests, buffet ., supper ,at f er woodcarving n,d woodwork, o:1e midnight, dancii;ig until /2 in the for m~t.ll and wrought iron articles, morning. June 14, being Flag Da:y, :mrl :i <rc:ion for j('v;eJry set with New the CO!l;\mittee on enterlilinment rs Hamp~:1:re stone~. Artirles from more making 'arrangements for appropriate th:i.1, 4:! sections or the state will obserrn\1ce of this dar. ' m;i,.l;.e up th:s diapl:l.y, and June 115, the second day of the res- "·:11 l·e represented. tival, will also ha1e outstanding It is l'Xpected that this will be one features. A most interesting eYent of t.he finest disp,ays that the League will be the appearance of the Swedish ]H' S cvrr prcsent~d. The Portsmouth r.il,!1.l"iifc.,!:,·:·, dancer.._ from Center Sandwich, at 4 Homr Industries group nnd the p. m. Mo,e than t11·cnty people 1,im Hamµ!or; Falls ll~me Industries group take p art, and it is fascinating to see member~ :ire planning to send many the oxen drin,n in. the gayly colored of ~helr membe:·s lo help make this cart, i:od the d:mc r rs in nathe cos- L::.:.::.::..~~g:,'..r,:.a:,:n~cl,,.;;;:;,;;;,.;~...,,.,~"'P!~~:-'; tumcs.Following the performance, Swedish cotJee nncl cakes 11lll be sened. Mr. Squeir will !:ilk on Arnold Arboretum at 8 p. m. Dancing from 8.30 until 12 p. m. t the Farragu t House will _conclude the activities of the dny. , On Sunday, June 1f: the Swedish i,~oup . will. again be pr{'sented in a different interpret.ation. At :; o·c1oclt the opera "Aida'' by Vercli, will be presen ted by Fabien SeYitzky and h i-~ ensembles with a cast of one hundred and an orchestra of one hundred fifteen. The performanre wil: be staged in the. perfect se~ting ofT red by the beautiful Hob~on estate U Llttle Boar's · Head. Closin~ daJ'., Monday, June 17, .wilJ appropriiltely feature a Bunker Hill Day obserrnncE' :is ll'ell as ieveral ou tstandinll at-t-ractions to be ' no4nc~9 ot ',ater. ' �GARDEN FETE PLANS BEING ·coMPLETED On the Hobson estate, ne1r the field where. the opera, "Aida", is to be given, will be found the Daniel Webster's mother's garden, by the Franklin club, a cottage planting by the Exeter Garden Cl..1b and a General lV[oulton garden by the Hampton Garden Club. The Durh1m Garden Club is exhibiting a model vegetable and nower garden, the Portsmouth Garden Club is b..11lding Its garden exhibit around the "open Little Boar's Head, ,i'\me l-Mrs. A. door" for which Portsmouth is lnterErland. Goyette cf Peterborough, nationally famous, and the Tuton Garctlairman of the Gard.,"'!l Clubs Festival, den Club ls planning to build its exarrived Saturday ::.t Little Boar's hlbit around a rustic Head, where she. will be very busy with utilizing many rock plants • Tbe :festival activities. Mrs. Goyette and Wol!elloro Ga.rden Club will use a garl\llrs. Arthur L. Hobson will work to- den gate a.s its background. All of -gethel" on many o! the projects and these gardens interlocking will make a plans of the New Hampshire Garden beautiful and unique picture on the Cl..1bs Festival. Hobson estate. Plans are fast being completed for Directly opposite the roadside bea..1various activities and exhibits. Gov- ti!ication project, which has been alerrior's day, Friday, June 14, Gov. H. most completed by the State Highway Styles Bridges will officially open the Department, wlll be found the lobster !estivaI. roadside stand which ls being sponThe Farragut. House Casl..,c has been sored by the Little Boar's Head and taken over by the State Department Rye Beach Garden clubs, also the and many interesting fact! about N. H. !armer's wife's pot garden by the Conwill be shown there. Just west o! the cord Garden Club. Farragut House the· Haven Hill Garden The Wilton Garden Club will have on Club ot Rochester will portray a Japan- dis_play a model tool house, u.sing as its ese garden. Ladies in Japanese cos- exhibits pet tools th'l.t have been used tumes will be m and about tt.e garden by the members. The Epping Garden and at intervals throughout the day in- Club has selected the doorway on the formal talks and Japanese tea cere- Abbott Drake property and will make mony will be given. Near the Ca~ino li.Il original and unique garden. The -.x.,c,,,....,.w!ll be found . tba Newport. Garden Club Alton Garden Club will portray a exh1blt. and this will be most interPst- model community proj~ct . Because of ing. It will be a replica of the !o.mou~ Drmman Thompson's fame, the SwanLittle Red School House and Mary wit.!l zey Garden Club is preparing a _miniaher little snow-white Jamb. ture exhi,Jit of the "Old Homestead." one whole ser.tion. of the Hobson Anyone desiring further informawoods will be devoted to the following tlon In regard to the festival may call or . outdoor exhibits: conservation and write l\llrs. Erland Goyette at Little birds, with many interesting- features, 11,,,,B_o,..a...1·..,'s_ H..,.e_a_d-::-:.:::---;-..,.-.....,-:~::::---:--..:-:~such as feeding_ stations, proper setting for bird ho..1ses and methods of attracting birds, all of which will be 11nde-r the d!r~tlorr ot Mrs . L:i.urence Webster .:if Holderness· the State Department of Forestry is assembling and m.irking many of the native trees on a spr>t adjacent to the conservation exhibit, and the-. GlrL. Scouts of America are constructing_ a wild !lowei:. trail which will b~ very educational and: interesting. New Hampshirt Arts and Crafts have been assembling the most attractive handmade articles that are to be found in this state expressly for this event. Many craftsmen, such as weavers: and basketmakers, will be at work in the display room, which ls to be In the studio barn on the Drake estate. The Manchester Institute of Arts and Science will also have on •. ,.,.,... ..,,,. display many o! the fine things which it makes and will be located in the Sawyer clubhouse at Rye Beach. The Manchester Garden Club planning to. landscape the plot of land !ust: south of the entrance to the Country Club. This will be developed by · using- rustle seats, flagstone walks and garden landscaping. On the north side of tne drive the Milford Garden Cl.ih will place a. well planned community planting design, using the replica of the Milford Communlt) House, .,.,.,,,,.._.._., built to scl.le, as: the bacli:ground. The garden club o! Newfields has selected as its location a. plot of ground Just lnsidec this, drive and will develop it, car- 1,,.,;,1~;_;,,;.,,.,.. ~ g out the idea of a natural rock ar<fen. ,.,_.._.,..,~ �The Open Door, featured by thr Ioperation and for the unrestricted use r .:-r,.:;mouth Garden Club :it thr Nrw o! the beautiful selling nncl the lilacs Jlampsh:re Gnrden Clubs festival, was on lhe lawn of their estate. and to Wilconc~ived and executed by Mrs. Wil- Jani Emery of Boston as the consulting liam E. Marvin and Mrs. Grorge B. architect who g:ivr much vnluable adLonl. The unclertaking woulcl not vice; also to the ladies of the Grafforl hnve been possible wltho.,t the coop- nncl City clubs with lhrir colonial coscralion of the club members. t,1mcs, which dlcl so much lo complete The Portsmouth G 1rden Club wishes the picture. to thank Harry LeBaron for the use -The ladies who greeted ,•isitors at the of lhc beautiful Henry H. Ham door; Open Door were as follows: Mayor Marvin, the Board of Street Friday-Mrs. F. ,v. Hartford, Mrs. Commissioners and Supt. Woocls Ior E. C. Matthews and Mrs. John Moonmoving the door; the Chamber of ey. Comm~rce, throu 5 h Mrs. Frank W. s~turday-Mrs. Marjorie Hewitt, Ra.11:lall, !or the trees used in the Mrs. Richard B. Shelton, Mrs. T. B. landscape and Willi1m C. Philbri,::k Sterling, Mrs. E. Stewart Rowe, Mrs. for the ercct:cn of the door and other Arthur F. Lane . carpenter work; George Dyer for the Sunday-Mrs. Be itrice Scarboro"ugh, old brass knocker, which was formerly Mrs. Thomas B. Noyes, Mrs. Edwin ownrd by B. P. Shillaber; Harry "en- Brown, Miss Esther Johnson. clc.!l for the brass latch. Special thanks Monday-Mrs. Florence s,rnu'tl be given Mr. anti Mrs. Il. Clin- Mrs. Samuel Thompson, ton Taylor !or their intcr2st ~ncl co- phine Baker. OM FORM R HAM RESIDE In the program of the Portsmouth exhibit in the Garden Pr~lival program concerning the "Oprn Door·• states that the doorway is from the Capt. Robert Rice Mansion on Islington street. However, the doorway is from the residence of the late Henry H. Ham, well known watchmaker, who · was located on Daniels St. The house was built for his father, Supply Ham, \ at 548 State St. Mr. Ham was born in 1788 ancl died in 1862. The rxact a!!C of the house is not known, but it ls certain that it is more than 125 years old. In 1931 the last heir passed away and in 1933 it was purchased by Mrs. Etta Perry Knight and has been taken down, as it was not ndvisable l-0 repair it under the peculiar conditions which existed. ~~ ~- ~ ~ �pecial_Attras ions At Garden Club ·f estiv ....... 1storical Pageant On Pottery Making - Exhibit . Of Landscaping And Other Even_ts Suonsored By University Of N. H. Extension Service The following ls a summary of Lhc program and a list or the exhibits of :the Garden Fcte which opens Friday ~t Rye Beach and Little Boar's Head: / Outline of Program Friday, June 14 Official opening of the Festival by Governor and Mrs. H. Styles Bridges. American Legion Band. p. m. Luncheon at Farragut House for Lhe Governor and official party. p. m. Flag Day Observance by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Pantorni;nc, "The Helen Seavey QuiltinJ ParLy"authentic costumes worn by actors' ancestors-presented on Farragut House lawn. p. 111 _ The Potter's Pageant-dances and tableau inLcrludrs. J>. 111 _ Professor Henry Clapp of New Hampshire University demonstrating flower arrangements at the Flower Show, Main Exhibit. p. 111 _ Informal talk on 13irds and conservation by Mrs. Luurence Webster given on the 13ird and conservation Exhibit ground, No. 17 on map, p. m. Tea ceremony in the Japanese Tea Garden near Farragut House. p. 111 • Witches' Brew, i;pice cake and gingerbread in Witch Garden on Casino lawn. 6 p. m. Band Concert, American Legion Band, on Farragut House lawn. p. m. Artistic flower anange9 ment by Mr. Blrket Letson of Carbone's, Boston, in the Farragut House casino-admission 35 c. m. to 2 a. 111 • Dance-semi-!orma!, buffet supper lncluded-$3 per couple. Saturday, June 15 11 a. 111 • Flower arrangement by Edward Abbott, Concord, Main Exhibit of Flower Show. p. m. The New Hampshire Fcdci·at1·011 of Mus1·c Clubs' p1·og1·a1n p. m. Herbs and How to Grow Them, by Mrs. Hollis Webster In the Witch's Herb Garden. p. m. Swedish Pageant-May pole dance, folk songs, costumes, Swedish cakes and coffee. p. m. Arnold Arboretum lecture illustrated with painted slides, Farragut House Casino, admlssion 35c. p. m. Dance, Farragut House Ballroom-admission $1.50. Sunday, June 16 3 p. 111 • The Swedish Pageant on Farragut House lawn . p. m. Opera "Aida" by Verdi, Fabien Sevllzky Ensemble, casl of 100, 110-piece orchestra-General admission 50c-Reserved seals $1. ,V(onday, June 17 2 _30 p. 111 _ Lady of Shalolt-prrsenlcd by SLoncleiglt College girls. p. m. Folk dancing by college girls. An historical pageant on the ancient 'of each member of the family through art o! pottery making, a demonstra-1 the season when fresh foods· are tlon o! the new sport of day camping, either unavailable or the cost is proan exhibit on landscaping the New hibltlve. These amounts multiplied by England home, and a display of home- the number in the family, counting canned fruits and vegetables for those under six as a half-consumer, family health-these are among the will give the woman at a glance just special attractions of the State Oar- what her canning requirements are. den Clubs Fes~ival to be held here Canning bulletins and circulars by June 14 to 17. They are sponsored by the Extension Service specialists wlll the University o! New Hampshire Ex- be available for those desiring them. tension Service. The pottery pageant which will be A model Cape Cod cottage is the staged on Friday afternoon, June 14, main feature in the exhibit which will is under the dtrectlon of the rural-reshow the kind o! landscaping that creation specialist of the Extension can be done to improve the appear- Service and will be presented by a ance o! the average New England group of 75 men, women, and chllfarm home, It is being set up by the dren of Rockingham and Strafford division o! ornamental horticulture of ·counties. The history of pottery the Extension Service. through the ages culminating in the The display of canned goods will be present interest in pottery in New the work of the hoine-demonstratlon Hampshire will be shown. The closing and 4-H club departments. It will scene will be a group of modern potrepresent the kinds and amounts -of ters working at their hobby. Some of canned goods for one person for the their .handiwork in the making and non-growing season. some already completed will be The landscaping and canning dis- shown, plays will be located in the casino of The rural-recreation department of aio,_,,..,..;c._,-, the Farragut House. the Extension Service is also working h,· p; 11 :,·anC ,howmg tile llblory or in conjunction with t.he 4-H club defrom pr~-hlstorlc partment in staging the "day-camp1~,lt,•ry mak111i: tmi,·, up to tht· present rcvl\'al or in- Ing" program. Several 4-H Club kit•,t 111 1111s art in New Hnmpshlrc. groups will demonstrate the camping Tltr,·c "day-ca111pl111f' dcmonstrn- activities, taught by the rural-recrealhllh ,1·1ll Ill' 1.:l\'c11 by 'I-II club groups tlon department. This wllJ malrn '·'rro, 11 ,111-roundlng town.,; on June 14, , possible !or hundreds of boys and lj .iucl IG. girls throughout the state to take adTilt• modrl fnrm-homc landscaping vantage of camp life for a day, where di-play Is dono Lo scnlc, using dwnrr it -might be impossible for th em to .,p1•c11111•11~ or tht• tree.~ 111HI shruh~ ll111l know the thrill of It at all, if th ere would he 11,e{! In 11n nclunt lnndscnp- were camps only for longer perlodS, "01·cr11ntl l>y ll1c s111no Friday a group of boys will demon1111" 111·11J,·c• ~.,m;i:o,"J co;Hllllo11s • Dw7u•r -~J>~clmcns or mock strate the activities of an afternoon ,ora11~•·. p11n:t, !1l11c, h11rhcrry und ns- and evening in camp showing among - .....,..r, ,,,n,•tl nnrs will he usctl. ( other things the cooking of supper. In the window hoxes lht! tlowcr:1 Saturday a group of girls will show ,111d tlow<'rtlll: folingc thnt t\rc hcst, the doings of ·a . morning a nd after•.1dapt,·d to th!~ 11~c wlll bo ~hown. noon In camp, ln?luding th e preparaTh,•,c Bowers will be tho same as. tlon of the noon-day lunch. su nd ay 11:o"' suf:~cstcct for nny window-box. morning ':'- group of "ea.rly birds" 4 -H ul.:-Pi.,y, tnclutlln~ pctuni"ns. coleus .. , boys and girls will show early mornGcr111:111 Ir;-. nm.l Pcrlwlnlclo. ing "day-camp" activities, among AhHmf: the sllruhs am.l Cl'crgrccns, which will be the preparation of 11,cd around thl' house will be horl- · breakfast. The aroma of bacon a nd wnt:1I Junlprr. nnd such trees ns eggs ls · at its best over a camp fire, Norn,1y 11111plc and grny htrch. and these youngsters will show what Tlw tlowrr hordrr which will decor- a c11,mp appetite is like. .rte the out.side cdgrs or tho dlsplny The landscaping display was ar11111 contain pansies, ngl'rntum, gl•r- ranged by Henry S. Clapp, extension J11h1111s. ron:ct-111c-not.s. dw11rr mart- specialist in ornamental hortlculturf!; ~old and swc,·t nlyssu111. I the canning display by Daisy Deane Plan~ of tlli: dwnrr plt111ti11g.-1 of Williamson, home · demonstr·at1ont the 1•xhlhlt, 11, well a~ phlll'I for sub- leader, Elizabeth E. •Ellis, nutrit1on 1s , ,tlt1111• plnntllll:s which can he used and Mary L. Sanborn, assistant · state 111 la111brnp1J11- homes. will ht' 11v11il11- club leader; the pottery pageant by lilt' 11L the exl11h1t.. These plt111~ will Ethel M. Worth, extension specialist ~11·,· 11 lht or th• nur.st•ry ,uHI 1111tlvc ln rural recreaUon, assisted iy·cM11~~-f;~•··~r:,;-~--o::~111o1t,·1 nh tlt.tt 111tf;ht. ho \hed ln nr- recreation advisors Mrs. Eva,~. Chase, 1.1111:1 .: for l,rnd.scnp1rn: wot k. Strafford, and Blanche h,m!ord, 1i:,.,;~:11:;··••.-, Th, clhplny or t·a1111etl go<><I~ .,hould Rockingham; and "day-camping pro-~',?\;~~,,.,.,; p1111, 0( g1eat. lnlt·rt•.,t to Lhc house- gram by Miss Worth. 1111·, .: ,inti perh11p1 or 1<n•11ler Interr=~-""':'.:'.:T;'.'.':~m=: t',l, lrn111 a dllfl'n•11t 11n1.:I,•. l-o tho 1111·1 Thh cc,lorf11l dhplay t:lt•,·,•rly urr.11 .;,•ti \\'Ill <ll'IIIOIISLrnl.c j11,t the~ 111 .,1111ts of (r111t., 1111<I \'1•,:ct.1hlt•s the I I ~~~~iiifr tu con t•> ltlkc cllru �given by ,the Fabien·• Sevltzky-· Ensemble or Boston, under the personal direction of Mr., Sevitzky, and it is estimated that an audience of . 3,000 people witnessed this production. There was a symphony orchestra or .,., ..,-.;,,Jlr. 130 musicians and 100 ,people took part in the opera which was a panorama of • color and music of great beauty. The first of the program short concert by Fabien Sevltzky's Young Musicians' orchestra. The first selection followed by Andante Cantabile, by Tschalkowsky, conducted ·by Abraham Bernard, conc;rt-m~ter and second assistant conductor ' of·., the Young Musicla~s orchestra. , The opera, "Aida," was · presented fu English and the cast ,wa,s as follows: , Alda, an Ethiopian sl~ve formerly P~lncess of Ethiopia and 1n , love with Ra.dames •.••••••. ; , , • ; •• , , , , With over 20,000 people wandering The dancers participating 1n the . .... , . . . . . . . . . .. .. . Frances Madden delightedly about the vast Garden folk dances were Carl Schwartz, AX'el Festival and Flower Show of the New Spangberg, John Swanson, Anton Amneria, the daughter of the ,King, mistress of Aida, an'd also loves Hampshire Garden clubs at Little Nelson, Thure Holtnstrom, Carl R:hadames ., .......... , E\fna , Merri~~ Boar's Head and Rye Beach' yester- Stensfrom, Margit ,Ochersr, . Katie day viewing the beautiful and varied Frederickson, Ruth Agren, Ruth .An .. Rhoda.mes, captain of the Egyptians, in love with Alda •.. ;,,: .... ·.....• · exhibits, the third day of the event derson, Ingrid Anderson, Viol!l Carh. ........•... , .. Howard Harrington' proved one of pleasure and great sue- son and Frlaa Nelson. The musicians cess. were Freddie Abberg, accordion play- Amonsaro, the king of Ethiopia, tak• en captive by Rhadames while on People from all parl.s or New Eng- er, and Dorothy Olson, fiddler. the battlefield and fat.her of Aida land and beyond, made this beautiful T~e program in Swedish was as fol.......... ,; .....• , , ,. John Colonna section of the New Hampshire sea- lows. . Ramls, the High Priest o! Isis .... ," coast their headquartersycsterday and Dances . · , •...•. ; . . . . . . . • • • • .Arthur Grenier passed the day taking In the mulll- I Scabott,s Ostg atapoloka The King, father of Amnerla and the king o! Egyptians .... ; .. , : ..... L "Ai~a" Presented y Sevitzky .Ensemble At obso EstateThous nds v·ew imi its I • • , ••........••••• . Jldmo:nd :Boucher MessenEer, brings the startling: neWS' that the Ethiopians are revoitinf .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harry Kerlzinan Priestesses, Priests, Officers. and People, members o! the Fabien SeYHzky EnsembHe. When the curtain went i1p the- mag-· nificent hall vr the King's wasseen. At the back was a great gate through. which were visible the temples and paraces of the town, and beyond these, the pyramids. Two characters were seen in consultation-Ramhis, the high Priest or Isis, and Rad11mes. the young captain o! the guard. Egypt, JI, seems, is once. more at. war with Ethioprai, the: Kfn!l' of which is now threatening Thebe.s and the valley of. lhe Nile. Soon ihe Priest. looking slg~ The beautiful estate or Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson at Little Boar's • nmcantly at Radame.s, declared tfult Head, scene of the presentation or the opera ''Aida" by the Fabien Sevltzky the gOddes.! Isis has already named Ensemble a.s a feature of the Garden Festival yesterday afternoon. 1he soldier who is ·to Iead the Egyp- t.":\',tl'lit•',,l~":t.i:an armies. Dalaansen tude of interesting things to be Ramphis having left the stage, Ra.Vara radmal seen, dames faintly hopes that it may be Skordedauren Everyone was pleased and surhe- who has been chosen, .sees himself prised as before visiting ·the fes~ival Selections on the acco1·dlon in antlcipatibn ·victorious, his return ~,1.A!:;t!.~~ Gustafo Skal few realized the magnitude• of the to Memphis hr triumph and beauttSiwrackra fulckor undertaking and wliat its preparation fu} Alda: WOlll for his own. • Ia.al audiet forska maJ and successful carrying out really Alone, Rhadames expresses in Prasteu.~ lilla kraka meant. l:Jeautlful song his love for the Dances · It was a wonderful tribute to tho Princess Amnerls' slave Aida, who is Viugakers cleverness and artistry or New Hampactually the daughter of Amonasro oxaansin shire women and Mrs. A. Erland l!ing of the tribe al Ethoplans. • Ohalenaspolskan Goyette of Peterborough and her able Rhadames ls interrupted by the arGothlanas Kadrlycr assistants were continuously conTival o! prfe.st.~, the King and AmnerFrykaals polskan gratulated for their work. j~, who is in love with Rhadames, asextensive lawn of ,the estate ' Jn the afternoon at 3 o'clock the orOnMr.theand ~embled to elect the young man RS Mrs, Arthur L. Hobson Swedish Pageant was presented on leader o! Aida. at 5 o'clock oacurred the presentation the Farragut House lawn under ~ho Left a.Ione, Aida, who in a tragic direction of Mr. and Mrs. J. Urb1m of two acts of Verdi's opera. "Alda" eong-, "Return Victorious," shows her Edgl'en o! Boston. conflict of emotions for her !oved Rhadames and her country a:nd fa.th- �TM first scene o.f the second act is laid in the chambers o! the Princess Amnerfs suspectmg Aida- fs In love with Rhadames, Amneris attempt& to J;lersuade her servant to express that :klve by telling her that Rhadames has been killed. At ibis Aida'.i; emotions betrays her and Amnerla tells .Aida that.. she lied and Rhadames llva and they are rivaJ.s in lave. In the final scene Rhadames returns 'U'ictorious and bzing.s witbi him wme slaves, one or which Is Atda's father, but. not. known to his captltes wbo believe he fs merely an Ethiopia~ ea.pf.a.in. The,. King •Ulen promises Rbadames anything he wishes. Munwhile Rhadames looks sadly and lovingly- at the weeping Aida, and Amnerls regards, them ~th jealousl,y. Rhadames reminds the King of hls ~ and asks that the Ethiopian })rsioners may be granted their life an_d fieedom. 'fhe priests. protest against this clemency, and Ramphls warns Rhadames of the _danger or releasing these hardened warriors in whose heazts will be only one tho~ght, that ot vengeance; but Rhadames reJ)lies that their last hope has perished YiUl the death of Amonasro. Ramphis then_ ~..£_mands that at least Aida's father shall be retained as a host.age, and to this compromise the King conzents. In his gratitude to the victor he give,s. fmne~is to Rloaqies, ,declaring that: they sllall · jointly' reign over E'gypt after him~ and Amneris, aside, cties,' "Now, Jet the slave , rob me of mriove· i! shi.- dares." Then the mob ebeer triunu>hantly while Rhadames lament.s that his love for Aida !ar «>D~eighs the throne o! Egypt. The opera' was remarkably well done by ~e- young singers and musicians and the participants and Mr. Sevitzky were given an ovation at the close. Today ls the closing day of the show and the program will be featured by a pageant by girls of Stonelegh College at. the Fan-agut, and foll · dallcing on ·the lawn of th-e sehool. Garden Festival Notes The weatber has bftn. perlect. for the festival. Cloudle$· skies and bi:ight. sunshine-real New Hampshire seash'ore: weather. One shower on Satw:day a!temoon was the onl'y· duB spot d'uring- the entire time. The Fmagut. House made pe11fect headquarters !or the exhibit. Managing Db'ector Ross, ThQfflpson, resident Manager Roy Ta,1'>:r and an the staff' aidd greatly in. the .11uccess o! the entezprlse_ .The .beautiful garden£ on the estate of ex-Gov. Alvan T. Fuller of Massachuse~ was a center o1 attraction. Rare. :flowe.s and plants abound in a WOD(iaful di.splay. The repioduction o! the Plymouth Normal school and it.s garden 111as perfect. Pl:incipal E'rnese L. Sfhet was --pxesent and greeted the visitors. The g~~ia dispia:r oJ! flowers at I the Ab'enaqni ,club house. w.. s a. ·mar- , .veious si~C. Flowers o.t every d'.esmptian greded the eye . on an sides iJ:I. a. profusion o! cole>r. Much historical interesL ls at.tached to the exhibit of the Hamp on Garden clull as It ls a replica of the old General Moulton garden back in 1780. It is planted against llJ ilackground of lilacs and apple trees. The "Garden Gate" whi~h is used as a :h'ontlspiece on the New Hampshire Ga.rden Club.'s. Bulletin is reproduced at a displa:'l by the Wolfe-· boro Garden club, Mrs, Lindsay Damon. president of the club arranged a portion of a New England garden, using an old-fashioned picturesque garden gate a.s the center . ot interest. Days ol Denman Thompson, recalled by a, miniature of the Homestead made famou.s by his oJ New Hampshire ll!e, which , exhibited by the East Swanzey •den elub. were Old play was Gar- The beautification project of Ule state _highway department near the old-time .fish houses, added much to the general beauty. Sarah Hale, who wrote "Mary Had A Little Lamb," was a JJative o! Newport, and In her honor, a reproduction of the !.choolhouse which she attended was reproduced near the ;Farragut Casino by the Newport GarI den club. A Century of Costumes, showing dresses from 1802 on, wa.s of great int.ere.st.. This was shown at the Farby the Somersworth Members o! the various garden clubs had a marvelous exhibition of I needle work, also at the Farragut. I The commercial exhibit of t.rees and shrubs at the Fuller barn was of grea:l interest. l A historical exhibit of great value and of outstanding interest was by the Dover club at the Far- In spite of the thousands of automobiles there was no traffic congestion and the police of Rye and North Hampton and the state motor vehicle department deserve the hear tiest of congratulations for their fine work. Fabien Sevitzky, noted Bc~ton director, whose ensemble presented the opera ''Aida" at the Hobson estate, told a representative of The Portsmouth Herald that 'the performance wa., the best that his group bad ever given and he was delighted with the result. He said that the young musicians would have a vacation until September when rehearsals would be started for the presentation of "Aida" at the Boston Opera House ·during the winter. 'l'he young musicians' orchestra of which Mr. Sevitzky is director, was formed only four. years ago. It is the result of auditions given to more than 600 higll school students on the stage of a Boston theatre. The ablest players were selected by Mr. Sevitz:;.y as members of the orchestra. The vocal ensemble was formed n much the &ame manner a year later. The two groups, called the Fabien Sevitzky Ensemble, have united to give a number of rem~rkable perfromances. Last summer, under Mr. Sevitzky's direction, they gave Masciagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana" on the lawn of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson-the same place that i "Aida'' on Sunday. I The ' Open Door," the Portsmouth Gardtn club exhibit, attracted much · atte1,tion , anct was beautifuly arranged. Mrs. Beatrice Scarborough and Mrs. Beatrice Brown greeted the visitors on Sunday. 1 Two beautiful dee r, a bear, pheasants _and rainbow trout featured the exh1b1t of the New Hampshire Fish 1and Glme Dept., and pleased everyone, especially the youngsters. This exhibit was under the supervision of State Fish and Game Commissioner John -H. ·Finley. This exhibit ls in the Hobson woods. The roadside beauti.flcatlon projects were prepared by State Highway Commission under the supervision of Frederick Gardner. One of the big attractions were the big map o! the state- of New Hampshire, made by the Society for Protection o! New Hamp.5hire Forests. This showed a!1 parts of the state mountain ranges constructed of rocks' all the rivers and lakes, the notche~ and all the state forest reservations. Cities and towns were represented by groups of miniature houses. John H. Foster, state forester, is in the forestry department. Automobiles from every 1New land sta te and many from, . longer distances, were seeri in large numbers each day. The Swedish pageant was colorful and of great interest. The beautiful 1 cos tum es and the ox cart added much to the pic ture. Mr. and Mrs. J. Urban Edgren of Boston , have spent many years in Sweden and brought to the 1 ' festiv al a real Swedish Midsummer Fesllval v;ith folk dances and music. I The concert by the Booma Post, 1 American Legion Band of Ports- , mou th , under the leadership of Dr. Kenneth Steady, wJs greatly enjoyed,,~. ··,,.;,o;,!'1,,,;~ rendermg a very plea.sing and care- I fully selected prog1·am. ' Cameras were in abundance about the grom1ds, many people taking scores of snap-shots in order to have lasting souvenirs of the event. The exhibit of the Manchester stitute of Arts and Sciences and Craft Workers' Guild was of outstanding interest. This was held at the Sawyer club house and consi.sted o! many attractive articles which macle at. the institute, including hand-wrouwit jewelry, silver raised from sheet metal, pewter, copper, hand-tooled and dyed leathers, wood carving, embroidery and weaving, quisite in C?lo:r ·and texture. I �... Another similar exhibit was that o! the New Hampshi-re Arts and Crafts of which Frank H. Staples is director. This was at the studio barn on the Drake House. Craftsmen are at work and many attractive articles were ' made by these artists throughout each day. Girl Scouts under the direction of Portsmouth, constructed a wild flo wer trail or much interest. This is an exhibit of much educational value, each native flower being placed in its proper setting and correctly labeled. Mrs. Harold Smith of The New England Wild Flower Preservation had an interesting exhibit on the Hobson estate, where the Audubon Society of New Hampshire and the Monadnock Garden club o! Peterborough had a complete exhibit of various methods of attracting birds, such as nesting boxes, baths and various feeding devices. Everyone was delighted with the replica of the Mame at MiHord, formerly owned by Squire Solomon K. Livermore of that town and b11ilt in 1842. This was the exhibit of the Milford Gnden club. I The fine concert given by the Concord Choristers, Mrs. An11rLLe Sto<ldard, director, and the Temple choir, under the direction of Harry C. Whit1 temore giver. by the New Hampshire Frc?eration of Music club.~ at the Farragut House on f'aturday ~fter!I noon was greatly enjoyed. One of the most beautif11l c::hibits was the peony display in the bnrn o! H. Russell Sawyer. Hundreds of these beautiful flowers were arrnnl!cd in the mo~t i;triking display. The Rye Be:ich and Little Boar·~ Head Garden club made t11·0 old fish houses a place of beauty ancl here 1 lobster sandwiches were sold. There were also objects of nautical interest and collections of much interest frorri the fishermen. The Boy Scouts and Girl Scoul.5 clid very fine work as guides nnd wne generally helpful in many 1rnys. The natural beauty of the Rye Beach and Little Boar's Head district provided a wonderful setting for :rn event such as the Garden Festival. The fcs tirnl was of suc h magnitude that one cou ~ easily pass an entire day in wandering about the beautiful grounds and inspecting th e multitude of attractive displays. A veritable fairyland of gorgeous color greeted one on all sides. it was an event long to be remembered and probably nerer duplicated. Major A. Erland Goyette. of Peterborough seemed to be _e verywhere and was on the jump all of the time giving a personal touch to the rangements and proved an able ant to the general chairman. On F riday eveni11g Bridges and his stall and their wives went from the festival to the summer residence or Maj. and Mrs. Thomas Hlll or Manchester at Rye Beach tor t;e11 . One of the most unique exhibits was that of 300 snwt boxes, all different, the property of Ethel Verlll of Hamp.. ton Falls, and taken from a collection of 800 said to be the Ja rgest in· the world. The commercial exhibits were or great interest and showed all sorts or trees, shrubs and plants raised by nurserymen in this .section. Many new types of plan ts were on display. Mrs. Goyette's efficient.. .statr, at headquarters at the Farragut House was composed of Mrs. Bertha Woodward and Mrs. Mildred Metcalf of Milford, and Miss Frances Hersey of Peterborough. There were many unugual displays of attractive garden furniture and lawn paraphernalia. There were many rock gardens, with handsome displays o! evergreen and foliage plants. One especially attractive wa.~ formed by the Dover Garden club and attracted much favorable comment. A unique display of pottery was shown by th~ Keene Garden club. A Japanese tea garden was contributed by the Haven Hil1 Garden I club of Rochcstt>r. This was ~rrangecl by .lllrs. M:irjorle Whitney Hall. assisted by the Rochester club members. 1\1:-s. Hall has recently returned from many yrars' residence in Kyoto, J .1pn.n. Many peopk visited th e camp of the Boy Scouts of America, Daniel Webster Council Here are 50 boys living in tents, cooking their meals out-ofdoors in real scout fashion. At the Trncling Post was an interesting display from the Canterbury Shaker~ with Sister Mary A. Wilson as chairman. The Coast Guardsmen aided great-1 ly in keeping things moving efflc!ent- \ ly and their uniforms added a bit of more color to a hi ghly colorful scene. j • --\ The holiclnv toclny brought a great I many Massachusetts people to view \ the pageant. An exhibit that attracted great attention was the paintings of Frank French, noted artist, at the Farragut House. Mr. French is a native of New Hampshire, bo rrr at Loudon Rid ge. He grew to inLernational eminence through his talents and study; his Jove o! r. .... ure's ways and sympathy with life's enfoldments. He excelled in several departments of the fine arts,-namely, wood engraving, water color, pen and ink, oils: both portrait and landscape. As an author he also showed a delightful ability. He won highest · honors at world expositions in America and in foreign lands; was looked upon by artists and publishers alike as one of a very few truly great American arti~ts of his period. IMPORTANCE OF PORTSMOUTH EMPHASIZED The importance o! Portsmouth, a.s measured ·by bot-h past and ·present, was emphasized recently with the erection or three !il)ecial painted highway bulletins calling attention to the- city's historic significance and to its chief points of interest. ' These bulletins, sponsored by United States Rubber Company, a part of a series of 89 which are being constructed in New England for the purpose of boosting this section of the country, along with U. S. Royal I tires. Situated on U. S. Highway No. near North H am pton, -0n the same Highwa y between Oape Neddick and Ogunquit, and on U. S. Highway No .•,,..,,,r,,f,,.·,111,:;: 4 near Dover, the bulletins call attention to the fact that this city, settled in 1623, contains · many old houses rich in historic interest; that· John Paul Jones' sloop of war •'Ranger" was launched here on May 10, 1777; that Tobias Lear was born · here. ln 1760-he was private secretary to General Washington; and that the city·s chief points of interest include the United States Navy Yard, Portsm outh Athenae11.m, Lightning rodWarner House, William Pitt Tavern, Wentworth-Gardner Home, St. John's church, Haymarket Square, John Paul Jones House, and Fort William a.nd �HOUSE Mrs. :laurence W. Collins of Littleton, in her witch costume in front of the Ginger Bread House. In a group old WillO}VS near the Farra.gut House Casino ' as a background enclosed by a. ' rustic .1 birch fence is a. ' witch's garden ' planted wlth herbs, flowers, tree's;' and shrubs mentioned in old herbals, 'b otanies, Black Magic books, paetry, and folklore directly connected ' with' 'witch~ craft. There ls a wealth of material on subject, for even I today; ,oneha.lf b!,t)le population of the wotld be'lleves in witches. This last. year no less than· three women ,were lµlled as witches. Superst!tioh ls ii, tral~ found In practically everyone. Witches were of two ,kinds, black witches, •' who concocted roots and 'herbs', bark and buds, bitter brews t.o cast evil spells upon man and beast, and · even crops anq weather; and w:tiite w!tcl}es, who made healing potions, for, all maladies of mj.nd . and body. One easily pictures a.n -old, bent ~I"llOn,< usually a woman, gathering from field and wood, "simples" to cultivate !n a little garden-patch .. t.o use for •:bi;ews". . 1 • . ,In this witch garden will be , fouQd an old witch, pointed hat, red, heels and. an, with a broom in one hand and a .huge spoon In the ot-l~e11 stirring )1er., brew .. As :;-..1e . stirs the brew · she . can ~ heard muttering:, ,''To .wormwood and rue . ,, A~d nlne drops of midnight clew, , .Pimpernel a,rid poppy seed ¢ure f9r every noisome need." ., Since one resi<:Ient witch is enough for one garden, . it ls surrounded by ''witch repellers." Birch trees guard 'the ' entrance, because no witch can pass a bfrch until she has counted every leaf. A row of buck thorn ·helps to keep · out unwanted witches, and .t)le ju,ice, "cw·es burns and scaldings if made into a salve." A weird stump fence with on~~'?-Y .turnstile does its part with its cross top. Religious symbols break all evil spells. A crooked path bordered by columbine winds round the barberry circle, which promised t.o cure sore eyes to anyone who runs around it three times by the ligllt of the moon: In star-shap- ed bed grows a giant castor bean plant, the oil of which has the same signific;ance as of old, except that it used also to protect from hailstones. In a bed shaped like a horseshoe are planted "siples" beginning with "h" such as hormel, h.orse-radish, horehound, he11rtsease, , and others, each with I its good or baneful quality. Tuqked in other beds are sassafras, hops and mullein, the leaves of the latter if smoked cure consumption and the tall flower stalks soaked in oil, were called "hags' tapers", and were carried by the witches and their imps when they came riding their broom sticks fr<lm far and near to hold their orgies on "Witches Sabbats." In the center of the garden Is a kidney-shaped pool, around which grow clumps of arbutus and maidenhair fern. Fernseed, placed in your &hOf!s, will render you invisible. B11.1e flag is there to cure warts, and star grass, while helping colic drives away sn~i,.es ani flr,as. Trees played an important part in a whch ga1den, and here we see rowan (mountain ash), witch hazel, balm o' Gilead, juniper, elder, and the vinegar trees. The pear tree furnished pears, which the witches turned into mice without tans, for their cats; and of the walnut tree It Is said,"A dog, a woman ancl a walnut tree, The more you beat them, the better they be." Beyond beds of fragrant thyme, mint, coriander and balm, where devil's darning needles and drowsy bees bejewel the air. is a woodsy path, where orchids fo r love charms, gentians for tonic, and bloodroot for wounds, grow in their native $bade, there ·nestles a fascinating little cottage, whose high pointed roof rests on striped peppermint candy sticks and drips sugary frosting. It might well be the very "Ginger-bread House" where Hansel and Gretel pushed the wicked old witch into her own red-hot oven. The floor of the house is made o! gra, estones and the bench in the ""Ginger-bread House" ls from the · wllch jail or Salem, Ma~s. '( or the • • ' • , # ~ a ' • ' ' Headquarters at Farragut Hotel - The Fari-agut Hotel in a setting of beauty and seashore attractiveness ii the headquarters of all the officials of the State Garden Clubs ancl of Governor Bridges and his st afl, It has been a bee-hive since Thursday morning, and about this hotel has revolved all the activities of one of the most successful undertakings for a number of yea,·s. Man:igh1g Director Ross '.rho11111son and lhe manager of the Farragut, Roy ; • Taylor. have 11roved most valuabu,, and coope1·ated with the General Chairman, Mrs. A. Erlaud Goyette In giving the thousand, of visitors a royal welcome The hotel scored a wonderful sue: cess In tl'.e official banquet and the Governors Ball held last evening. Everything was In first class condition about the hotel and last night many visitors from various sections wer~ house guests. �'I'. e ac 1vities yesterday centered for the most part about the Farragut House and former Mayor F, w. Hart• ford acted as master of ceremonies. Music was furnished by the Frank E. Booma Post American Legion Band or Portsmouth and the program was much , . -- enjoyed, as lt was varied and well rendered. . As the audience basked in Lhe salty breezes, the story of pottery from the ' !!~Y!? when primitive man tried to inajse a mud dish Up past the when clay was ploughed from the hillsides and hunks of it kneaded Into plastic masses and placed on the potter's wheel, later to dry on ,boards in lhe sun· was unfolded In a pageant "Reminiscences of Pottery" by - Ev~ M. Chase, with colorful dance interludes. People of Strafford and Rock• lngham counties presented the pageant under the auspices o! the University of New Hampshire Extension Service and Eva: M. Chase and Blanche M. Bumford, county recreational advisors. In late afternoon, following a tea ceremony in the Japanese tea garden, arranged by the Haven Hill Garden ,,...,y,:r...cu:if: club of Rochester of which Mrs. WilRye Beach and Lillle Boar's Head The governor's official party includliam Champlin is president, and prehave ever been famed for their great ed: Major and Mrs. William Cole, Ma.sided over by Mrs. Marjorie Whitney beauLy and that beauty i~ now en- ior and Mrs. Clayton Wallace. Major Hall who recently returned from hanced by a gon!cous dlsplay of rare and Mrs. Basil Atwood and Major and mllly years' residence in Kyoto, guests M1·s. Peirce Hartford. and beautl!ul flowers of a.II sorts. OLher well known people present as went to the Witch garden which was shrubbery, rock gardPm, in fact, guests were Rear Admiral c. p. Sny- a replica of that in Littleton of the presiding "witch," Mrs. Laurence w. everything unites to make a scene or der, U • S. N., commandant o! the Collins. rare benuty and 01,e never equalled in Portsmoutl1 Navy Y11rd, nnd Mrs. Mrs. Goyette brewed herbs lhls section and perhaps not in the en- Snyder; Comdr. J. J. Smith, U. s. steaming cauldron as guests tire country. N •, and Mrs. Smith of the Portsmouth the garden beds, one shaped like a The wonderful bea,1ty of this re- Navy Yard, ex-Gov. Huntley N. serpent and containing ]>epper, dig1markable undertaking can hardly be Spaulding, Major and Mrs. A. Erland lal!s and coxcomb; another, heart described in words. It is so vast and Goyette, Mrs. Lillian Larrabee, vice shaped where grew the tomato (the covers so much ground thnt it Is dH- chairman of the New Hampshire Gat'love apple), the digitalis which in leficult lo present a true picture. The den Clubs, Stale Commissioner of Edugend serves as tonic !or the heart, thousands that yesterday afternoon cation James N. Pringle and Mrs. and the rosemary !or ttmembrance; roamed delightedly through t he mag- Pringle, State Commissioner of Agrland still another plot shaped as a nlflcent summer estates and grounds culture Andrew L. Felke1·, State Highof beautiful homes and the cool, way Commissioner Frederic E. Everett, wheel of fortune and containing the things that are good !or one, such as shaded l'Oads and fields were enthusl- l'tnd Mrs. Everett, Mrs. Roland Spauldsage, garlic and chives. astlc in their praise of the beauty \.h13y ing, Mayor Robert Marvin of PortsSeveral of the plant.a suggested suhad seen and the wonder of it all. mouth, Mrs. William E. Marvin, Fredperstitions, the ro.se bush, the cure The program opened of!lcla11y at crick Gardner, director of l>eautificafor warts, a crescent of poppies 12. 30 o'clock yesterdaJ' afternoon wllh tlon of the State Highway Department, (sleep Inducers), fernseed (placed in a lJncheon at the Fanagut House in former Mayor and r1,rs. F. W. Hartford the shoes for 1nvisibll!ty), the bar- .._,·.·.~•.·~<.·,"~'7.,,'~ honor of Gov. H. St.yles Bridges and of Portsmouth, Geotp Ashworth, combary hedge for <sore eyes,) etc. A his official party. missioner or the Hampton Beach Preducking stool and a moon dial, the Mrs. A. Erland GvycltJ of Peter- cinct Mrs. Thomas Drier, Mrs. latter made of wrought iron by Mrs. borough, general chairman, presided at Rachel Wheat, state regent of the Collins• son, Laurence W. Collins, the luncheon and introduced Governor Daughters of the American Revolution, Dartmouth '32, lent the eerie atmosBridges and gave an address of we!- 1 Mrs. Fred S. Wood, president or the phere to the exterior while in the 1n- ..,.--.·~"'.....~,-~"" ....1.,;."'1t':! come. She was most gracious and en- I Maine Garden Clubs, Mrs. Joseph s. terior of the tlny Hansel and Gretel f',li-.~::i;,,t thusiastic in her word.~ of greeting, and ' Lead, vice chairman of the New Enghouse there were wrought · iron coal closing introduced Governor 1and Council of Garden Clubs, and Mrs. 1 tongs with which the witch llgbted Bridges, who spoke of the lradltlons of I Frances Bates, fonner president of the her pipe, waxen imagis into which New Hampshire and the inspiration Rhode Island Federation of Garden one might stick pins to give pains to the women have given in bcautl!ication Clubs. his enemies, and wood~ bags on work and of th picturesque and won- Gov. Lo•1ls J. Brann or Maine and which bad be{Jll said the witch's inderful setting for this most successful Gov. James M. Curley of Massachucantation. ' . gatherlng. He said thnt an old New Using the lumber from a house Hampshire resident, with whom he had setts had accepted invitallons to atbunt 150 years ago and• the door and been talking recently, told him that all tend, but were unable to do so because ehutters from the house where Danhis life he had judged th.!! quality of o! a big n .llroad meeting they were atiel Webster's aunt lived, the Frankcommunities and people by the kind of tending in Boston, and Mrs. Goyette lin Garden club of which Mn;, Lydia gardens they had and he was seldom read telegrams of regret from them. A. Griffin ls president made a repllwrong in his judgment. He said the A fine luncheon was served, the menu wonderful exhibits of the New Hamp- conslstlng of fruit cup, chowder, ·ca of the little house in which Daniel Webster was born. A replica of the shire garden c1ubs attested to their broiled llve lobster, French fried potaold well curb and a. well 1n success and value. He stntcd that thls toes. p(?aS, tomato salad, ice cream and great :fete would be a great asset to the w....co_f_f_ee_._ _ _ _ _ _ _....,._,,...,.-.,.,::::--:=-t which wooden state of New Hampshire. Al ew amps PJre Garden Clu s ave Outs a ding ·Exhibits Many S cial Fea- tur s On Progra I on �nail was Ulled, and a. 13 star colonial flag floating m t.he breeze Jent atmosphere u Mrs. John Proctor im_perronat.ed AbJgail Webster roaming about the garden wblch ~nta1ned Abigail Webster's !avorlte garden of honeysuckle, old Jrl.s, and old:fashtoned peonies. Some of the flow.ers are direct descendants oI those actually grown °by Mrs. Webster 1n her garden. . Another historic exhibit by the Hampton O,arden club with Katherine Gookin, president, reproduced the garden of General Jonathan Moulton who used to lure trading vessels to the New Hampshire seacoast and whose haunted house was made fatnous by Whittler's poem. The columbine, mullen, canterbury bells and bachelor• buttons came from the oldest gardens 1n the town of Old Hampton to suggest the garden in which Washington was entertained en route to Portsmouth . A ,typical fisherman's garden was reconstructed by the Concord Garden club with Mrs. T. N. Troxell, president. It transformed an old fishing '·c"l!,·,»,,.r, shack over which was strung net into a colorful spot with a stone walk leading to its garden which conslst.ed -0f geraniums and other plants in colored tin cans. Also utilizing a flshhouse, the Keene Garden. division with Mrs. Clinton P. Davis, chairman, presented a display of New Hampshire pottery, some in old molds, half 1i.nished products as well a. completed articles. Penetrating what was a veritable Jungle of underbrush, . trees and swamp, the Manchester Garden club with Mrs. James B. Kemper, president, and Mrs. Clarence K. Underhill 1n charge of operations developed a lovely rustic garden with rocks and a mac.a pool. Into it they placed prac-, ticall;r all the wildflowers now in blossom, daisies, ladysllpper, sheep laurel, Iris, violets, highbush blueberries, not to speak of the speckled willow used to provide charcoal for the manufacture of gunpowder in the Revolution, sta.ghorn sumach, a.• rustic bridge and dam which also Jent charm·. • The Portsmouth Ga!'den club ·carried out the slogan of "The City . of the Open Door" using the . doorway ·of a Colonial mansion which · b?looged to a wealthy sea capt.ai_n and merchant, and leading up to the door with a flower bordered brick walk. Mr~. F. W. Hartford and Mrs. E. Curtis Matthews were In charge yesterday. Wolfeboro Garden club carried out the idea. o! the° picture--;hlch appeared .on the ~aarden ~ate," bulletin of the New Hampshue. Federation of 'Garden club.s, and had a selection of a garden with gravel path flanked with iris- An outdoor living room was fashioned by the Nashua Garden club. At intervals the state Highway ~epartment demonstrated roadside l>eautiflcatlon, under the direction of Frederic E. Everett, commissioner aud the superv1s1on of Frederick GardWith hardy flowers and attracla.nt s of shrubs, the project sb.9W~d wtrnt can be done with un- by Mrs. Ho1lls Webster of Lexington, sightly triangles, circles and cross- Mass. At 4 o'clock a Swedish pageant roads to beautify the l1lghways. will be presented and at 8 o'clock AlCarrying further the idea of beau- bert Leonard Squier, noted camera tification the state exhibits showed a and brush artist, traveler and lecturmodel fllllng station, pleasing archi- er will .~peak at the Ji'arragut House tecturaf!y, landscaped with shrubs casino. There will be a dance at the and rock garden, and having an ar- Farragut Hou.se Ballroom at 8.30 tlstic sign. Before and after pictures o'clock. of landscape developments accomon Sunday the Swedish pageant panied the exhibit. There were also will be presented on the Farragut replicas of a model Cape Cod cot- Hou5e lawn. At 5 o'clock in the aftage w!t.h !ts white exterior, green ternoon the opera Aida by Verdi wm blinds, flower boxes and hedges of be presented by the Fabien Sevitzky flowers, and flagged walk offered. by Eensemble with a cast of 100 and an the Extension Service of the Umver- orchestra of 110 pieces, on the beautisity of New Hampshire, and a cam- ful estate of Arthur L. Hobson. pus corner with a miniature cart Tennvson·s "The Lady of Shalott,'' wheel garden and pool from Plymouth which irns been set to music by WilNormal school. fred Bendall will be presented by the A large pool wa.s const.ructed along Stoneleigh College Glee club at the a running stream by the New Hamp- Farragut House, Monday afternoon. shire Fish and Game department, The two soprano soloists, who have John H. Finley, commissioner, and excellent voices for their part, will be beneath its rustic bridge fish swam. Miss Mary Curtis Burrill of Wellesley, The nearby woods served as habitat Mass., and Miss Ruth Myrtle Johntor wild animals also on exhibition. ston of Attleboro, Mass. The StoneAdjoin!Fig the exhibit, the Forestry leigh College Glee club has been undepartment, John H. Foster, state for- der the able direction of Prof. John ester, arranged attractive walks along Oddy, who has studied under the emwhich properly labelled were pracinent concert pianist, Marci::m ThaJtically all types of kees native to the berg. state. Carrying out the nature idea The members of this cantata are as was a conservation and bird exhibit follows: Sopranos, Lavinia Hum~, m charge of Mrs. Laurence J. Web- Ruth Johnston, Dorothy Jones, Munster of Holderness, and the Monad- el Mason, Martha O'Keefe, Jean Patnock Garden club display, Mrs. Sydterson and Virgir;ia Robert.s; second ney Williams, president. AJ; song sopranos, 1\1:ny Burrill, Jane sa:111pbirds chirped their gay melodies, son, Elea!lor Sh~.mvay and Wilma guest.3 viewed the various habitats of . Woods, and Altos, Josephine Bodine, birds their ba.th, and reeding sta- Beatrice Carmen, Virginia Hareltene tions' and later listened to an inform- ! and Helen Murray. al talk by Mrs. Webster. The nature Quilting Party garden at Lost River which has atFollowing the Governor's luncheon tracted many visitors during recent years was constructed by the Soci~ty lJ1ere was a Flag Day o!J~:ervance by the for the Protection of New Hampshire Daughters of the American Revolution. Helen _se:wey Forests with Phillp W. Ayres, fores- · A pantomime, ''The Quilling Party", at work, was given on ter. the Farragut lawn by nanger Chapter One of Uie major attractions was or Portsmouth aud tile following wnc the kower show notable for Its beauin the ca~t: Mrs. Walles Lal'.\e, rceenl tiful h'is collection from Dr. Robert f Rang_e~ Ghafllei'; ~rs. John &•ybolt, J. Graves of Concord, its attractive vestibule arrangement planned by who took the part of Helen Seavey, Mrs. Charles B. Manning of Man- and is a direct descendant of Mrs. Seachester; the exhibit of a hive or busy vey; Mrs. Henry Green, ex-regent of bees, as well as a rare gird of para- Ranger Chapter; Mrs. Arthur Clark dise plant, pastel Jupin, . colorful and Mrs. Norman Rand. :Mrs. Arthur Wheat gave the greeting peonies, flowering shrubs and Or!ental of the D. A. R. and Jed the salute to poppies. Mrs. Harry Wilcock of ManThe color chester was general chairman; Mrs. the United States flag. bearers were Mrs. Blanchard of Tilton, E. B. st.earns, Manchester, in charge of arrangements, and Mrs. Owen Mrs. L. M. Folsom of Exeter and Mrs. Johnson of Manchester, registration. Swift of New London. The flag used was an authentic Revolutionary flag The assisting committee included: from the forcastle of an old frigate and Mrs. Charles Jackman and Mrs. Benwas kindly loaed to the D. A. R. for jamin Rolfe, Concord; Mrs. George this occasion by the owner, Mrs. AdLord, Mrs. I. L. Meloon, Portsmouth; die N .1te of Dover. The costumes worn Mrs. Robert Redfield, Mrs. Robert in the pantomime are authentic RevoDoe Dover; Mrs. Herbert E. Day, lutionary costumes and have been for Mrs'. Charles Merritt, Exeter; Mrs. many generations In the famllies of the Louise Locke, Newfields; Dr. C. Elizaladies wearing them. beth Rice, WlJton, an~ Mrs. Tur\,_, ner, Milford. The Potter's Pageant Mrs. A. Erland Ooyette -of PeterThe potter's pageant, "Reminiscences borough is general chairman of the of Pottery," by Eva M. Chase, a county festival and to her and her able staff recreation advisor, was presented on great praise 1s due for the wonderful the Farragut lawn, with hundreds o! thoroughness of the planning and the people watching !rom the Farragut wonderful success of the entire event. House porch and from the roadside. This afternoon the New Hampshire This was given under the auspices of Federation of Music clubs presented the University of New Hampshire Exa program at the Farragut House at tension Service and Eva. M. Chase and 2.30 o'clock followed at 3.30 by a talk I �anc e M. Bum!orGoun y recreational advisor3. This· pageant told the beauty, romance nnd history of pottery making In America, starting from the arrival of the early Amerlcan Indian Potters to the old Dover Potters at work and pottery making at the university by some of the students. This pageant was m.ich enjoyed and v.•ill long be remembered by those present, for only much planning and many rehearsall made such a brilliant, successful pageant possible. Those taking part were as follows: Prehistoric woman-Lucille True. Prehistorlc men-Clayton Follansbee, Albert H. Jones. Indian chiefs-Eloi Adams, John Rowe, Leeman Wonnhood. Indian sg·uaws-Lena Adam~, Margaret White, Blanche Wormhood, Zelma Rowe, Winifred Randall, Sadie Avery, Cora E. Carr, Arline Rowe. Indian braves-James Dodge, Raymond Hall, Malcolm White, Albert L. Jones, Jr., Daniel Hoyt, Elmer E. Wiggin, Nelson Bolstridge, Warren Clough. Indian solo dancrr-Helen Antonoplou.s. Greek figures-Helen Newton, Betty Mathes, Margaret Smith, Cathleen Smith. Colonial group: Duet-Louise Dodge, J:mi.s Dodge, Ladies and gentlemen-Jennie DeMerritt, Florence Dodge, Beatrice Gerrish, Evangeline Durgin, Lottie Laton, Alice Rice HilJ, Evelyn Price, Elizabeth Roper, Dorothy Laton, Evelyn Stacy D.irgin. Wlllow paLtern plate: Father-Pauline Stimpson. Lover-Phyllis Wiggin. Maiden-Gladys Bumford Bouldry. Solo dance-Ann Colby. New Hampshire potters-Bertha T. Follansbee, Olive Follansbee, Abbie Hardey, Marion Kimball, Myrtle Healey, William Rudd, Chester D. Marden, Donald Jensen, Bertha M. Follansbee, Jean Follansbee, Vlrginia Follansbee, Norman Follansbee. Dancer-Constance Snow. Wedgewood figure.s-Errtha SteYenson, Florence Moulton, Richard Moulton. Old Dover potters-Helen Munroe, Helen Mccooey, Phyllis Col omy, Emma Lebel. Blanche Labrie. Loretta Vachon, Helen Hill, Oi:car OW (ll. Pott.er Song-Eula Buckley. Trees: Dancers-E. Minnrlla Colby, pupil of Ruth St. Denis; Helen AntPnoplous. Voice-Marjory Branden burgh .• Music: Plano-Marjorie McNeil. Cello-Cassie Haley. Mandolin-Josephine H~~ Violln-DQrotliy Slack Eaton. C-..116---l\1-argaret Davis SO\\ erby. The horses were from the Hooper Rlding Stable and Willard Jenne s. At 3.30 p. m. Prof. Henry Olapp of the University of New Hampshire demonstrated the art of arranging flowers In a most interesting way at the main exhibit of the flower show. An informal talk on birds and conservation was given by Mrs. Laurence J. Webster, a bird enthusiast, on the bird conservation on Chapel road. There was a very interesting tea ceremony in the Japanese Tea Garden near the Farragut Ho.1se at 5 p. m. Witch's brew, .spice cake and gingerbread, which was served In the Witch's Garden, on the Farragut Casino lawn, lasted only a few minutes, because of the many people interested in the herbs and the unique garden. The Frank E. Booma Post Amerlcan Legion Band gave a concert on the Farragut House lawn from 5 until 6 o'clock. Birk et F. Letson of Carbone's, Boston, lectured on artistic !lower an-angement.s in the Casino. The dance held at the Farragut House from 10 p. m. until 2 a. m. was a great success and reached lts climax when Governor and Mrs. H. Styles Bridges, Major and Mrs. William_Cole and Major and Mrs. Basil Atwood made an unexpected appearance ~bout midnight. Jt was believed earlier in t~e evening that the governor and his party would be -,mable to attend. Whe'l the govl'rnor and his party ent~red tlle room thr. on•he~tra, Paul Ross'. Orches1tra, playrd the "Stars and Stripes Forever." Shortly after 'l1idnight. a buffet .supper was· sl'rved. after ·A•t·lch there was dancing 1111til 2 o'clock. The dance was under the general _direction of 1rs. William Champlin of Rochester. Mrs. Frank Harlow ()f Pcterboro and her sJn. Frank P.arlo\\". Jr.' \\·ere gate attendant~. I I II �This shows a vl'ew of Little Boar's Head skirted by the ocean boulevard, and showing the Atlan tic ocean and summer_ homes. LIBRARIANS ARE- -OFFiCERS 'E LECTED ' BY LIBRARIANS .MEETING HERE A district meeting of librarians ls being held in this city today, with 22 members of the association present, the libraries of New Castle, Newington; Stratham, Seabrook, Hampton, North Hampton, Rye, Greenland and Kittery befug represented. · The visiting librarians were welcomed this morning at the Portsmouth Public Library by Miss Emma J. W. Magraw, repr~senting the ·board of trustees of the local library. Miss Hannah Fernald, librarian of the Portsmouth Public Library, acted as chairman of the meeting. A roundtab.le discussion of . library . problems was held, this proving of much interest, and was followed by the inspection of a fine display of new books furnished by a Boston bookshop. Miss Thelma Brackett, librarian of the State Library at Concord, gave· an interesting talk upon the service which the State Library offers to other libraries througho.it ·New Hampshire. . The morning session adjourned for a visit to the historic Portsmouth Athen' aeum, whi6h was organized J~ne 30, 1817. The visitors were niuch interested in inspecting some · of the 1nany valuable books, pamphlets and manuscripts possessed by the Athenaeum. · This afternoon is being taken up -w ith the annual business meeting and election of officers of the association, to be followed by an address by Miss Marion Boothman of Concord, a memb.i:_r of the State 'Library Commission. ~e-"l.,_ ... s0 Miss Hannah Femald; librarian of the Portsmouth Pub\ic Library, was elecLed' as secretary at the . divisional meeting of the New Hampshire Library Association held here yesterday, with Mrs. Margaret S. Noyes of Hampton elected ' as chairman for th~ ensuing year. At the close of the afternoon session the members of the association y;ere' guests of the Aldrich Memo;ial in a highly interesting inspection to.1r of the home or the late Thomas Bailey Aldrich, author of "The Story of a Bad Boy," and other f.imous tales and poems. ' The New Hampshire Library Association is to hold its state-wide meeting ~t Lake Geoqt the coming September. �PORTSMOUTH, N. H., MONDAY, MAY 27, 1935 RY . 0 F Maine And v Hamps 1ire ave The Opportunity To Lead The World In Drydock Fac1lities 1. ., 1L _,\ ~, '1 ,,~.,:, '...·, . . ,, ......a.;' ... '1"' ~ ., ( n 'il.. ..... _<'J4 ' ,.~ 4\ 18) f /' ,, 1\ \ ,, \!~"" l'P,~rctt, PROPO.SfrD 1i 1 PoR TSMOUTr/' S/-IOWI/\IG DRY --➔ ,"✓l! .\ " ~, ' ,,, / 1.4 ·r ,. ,, N r/. LO C 19 TI ON HflRBOR. --- OevEI.0PMl:-NT OF DOCKS ,. T NOTE TUE DEPTH OF OUR IlARBOR FROM TUE ENTRANCE AT AND PEIRCE ISL,\ND. NO POitT IN THE '\'ORLD CAN MATCH IT, nm SEA TO THE NAVY / The Herald hns pointed out for Ve have taken from the offlcial many years the wonder!ul opportunity government charts a plan showing this proposed building of four monof making Portsmou th one of th0 , ster docks, all four 1200 feet long. This great naval bases of the world. It has; "·ould be the only dock that could been given by nature itself a site that hnudle ships of the type of the Norwould even surpn~!; the great naval mnndic and the new Queen Mnry as base at Portsmouth, Englnnd. First it wrll ns ships that our government has possesses the depllt or waler at high bullt or proposes to build. As an illusand low tide to brln~ the greatest traUon the new Normandie has a ships or the world in o its harbor un- length of 1029 feet and 119 foot beam. der their own steam and enter a pro- Out· government contemplates a big posed quartet of dry docks that could I building program and we believe here be built between Peirce Island and is n proposition that both the state of Marvin's Island, with a depth of wa- Maine and the state of New Hampter at the sill of 65 feet. shire should get back of anrl. that I I would place these states in a position to command the, use of this harQ<>r as it should be and can be to serve the whole navy and to care for any ships from any natlon o! the world. It is not a dream and has positive vnlue to the country. It haa been studird by engineers and if our people can obtain government action it would bring about a new Portsmouth and the greatest prosperity that has ever been dreamed of, Every member of the Maine and New Hampshire delegations have been furnished with enlarged plans of the project. �inal Graduation Held At Portsmouth Traini~g School Class Of Eight, Receives Diplomas At Exercises Last Evening-Address Given By Commissioner of Education James N. Pringle The adverse weather conditions les- Alice Mildram, prlpclpal of the Portssened the attendance at the Ports- 1mouth Training School; Hon. James mouth Training School graduation ex-tN. Pringle, state comm~ioner of ecluercises Monday evening at 8 o'clock at cation; Harry L. Moore, superintendthe Junior High School auditorium, ent of the local schools, and Mayor but those who braved the downpour to Robert Marvin, who presented the dibe present were well repaid. The plomas. program was of exceptional Interest The Invocation by Rev . Philip S . ..,,1,_,..,.,,...,. and It was the final graduation o! the Nason, pastor of· the Methodist Church, training school, which has been so was followed by a pleasing selection t-y great a cred·t to this city for the 48 the orchestra. Four of the graduates, years since it was instituted. Misses Sawyer, Boyan, Flan agan and \ To the music of the orchestra, Jed by, Craven, each read her thesis, which was Ernest P. Bilbruck, music supervisor of' most creditable. Miss Boyan gave the local public schools, the eight I hers almost entirely from memory and 1 grad.iates marched in and took seats on\ all received liberal applause. Two well...,'""-"''··"·'the stage. All were attired in dainty rendered selections by the Girl Glee 1r:,;~v ...,,:,,.•_, white gowns and each wore a red rose. Clb gave added interest to the proThe class members and their theses gram. ,_'-""'•···,·" and the program follows: Hon. James N. Pringle, state Rosmerld Boyan,. "The Changing missioner of education, gave the World and the Curriculum." dress of the evening. He referred to Lavinia Irene Craven, "Schools for I the excellent work of the Portsmouth Individuals." Training School, in which he has been Ann Egert, "The Teacher as a Re- deeply interested, having oeen supersearch Worker." intendent of the local schools in years ""'""-' ·'"'""°'''"' Eileen Elizabeth Flanagan, "The Im- past and present when the train:ng portance of Creative Activity.". school first came into existence. He Ruth Alberta Hussey, !'The Right At- said at that time there was a great need tit.ude Toward Conduct." of teachers who were trained to teach; Florence May Rowe, "Discovering Pu- that 300 stu6.ents approximately, who pll Interest." were gra·luates of the Portsmouth Evelyn Katherine Sawyer, "Educat- Training School, had served here and ing for Tomorrow." in other pllces with credit. He paid a Ruth Fem Seesman,. "The Value o.f hiyh compliment to Miss Mildram, Club gave added !pterest to the pro- principal o! the school, for her efficient Music, selected, · Orchestra work and congratulated the graduates Invocation, Rev. Philip S. Nason on the completion o! their work at the Music, selected, Orchestra t : a!nlng ~..::1ool. "Educating for Tomorrow," Supt. Harry L. Moore complimented Evelyn K Sawyer the class on the com.Jlet!on of good "The Changing World and the cur- I work and paid a well-deserved tribute riculum," Rosmerld Boyan to Miss Mildram for her painstaking "The Importance of Creative Activity", efforts as principal of the Portsmouth Eileen E. Flanagan Training School. '!Schools for Individuals," \ Mayor Robert Marvin made L. Irene Craven congrat.i.latory remarks to the Girls Glee Cl.lb and presented the diplomas In behaU ....,.,,... "<'. ,... Hon. James N. Pringle, · of the city. The exerc:ses closed with State Commissioner of Education a selection by the orchestra. Preseptatlon of diplomas, ' . All present were then Invited Into Mayor Robert Marvin the cafeteria, where the gradu1tes held Music, selected, · Orchestra an in.formal reception. Fruit punch Seated on the stage also were Miss and assorted cake were served . j I .... �·. -,~s. Ar 0110 e Chris i~n Ch re n elevaag ur Street-:.·,.•-l,Q~. - . . .~,,:,: The Court Street Christian Church and Mrs. Addle Wilson Hanscom,. with ~Jve the new pastor, Rev. Ivar Selle- James Morrison at the piano. vaag, and his family a recepLion in the There were remarks by Rev. Harold vestry on Tuesday evening. The ves- w. Curtis o! the Middle Street Baptry ,ms prettily dccoraLed with green tlst Church and Rev . Philip S. Nason nd poUcd planLs, including rubber o! the Methodist Ch,irch, followed by pin nls and birds'-ncst ferns and looked n solo by Jack Inglis, with Mrs. Addie vrry aUrncLive. Much credit is due IWilson Hanscom at the piona. Re.he committee in charge. There was a marks were then made by Rev. Arthur l1rgc atLendance. A. Rouncr or the North Congregat!onTIJC' program oprnNl wilh the sing- al Church, Rev E. K. Amazecn, Adjt. ir~ of "Blcst be the Tie That Binds", Victor Dimond or the Salvation Army ll.nd prayer was offered by a. former and Rev. Mrs. Coffin of Kittery Point. astor of the church, Rev. E. K. Ama'rhere was a solo by James Morrison, zPen. l . ~Mayo r H.ollert Mar\'in ex cnoer1 n with Mrs. Hanscom at the piano, and welcome lo the city to the new pastor a solo by Miss Katherine Lorenz o! and Rev. Charles Durgin of the Chris- Newton, followed by remarks by Wesley tian Church at Freedom, president of Powell, pastor of the Christian Church the York and Cumberland Christian at Hampton, also a student at the University of New Hampshire, · Leland ,,,.,.l!·,•!"'',"1:-i,_ E. Brigham o! Newport, a former Portsmouth boy, Rev. Mr. Staples of Kit~ry Point, Rev. J . L. Lorenzo! the '-~·'·"'~,.--... Christian Church o! Newton, Rev. ·H . . Wilson of the Advent Christian Church and Rev . Hans Froysland of , ork Comer. A letter of greeting was read from Rev, Ralph Wllliams of the Christian Church or Hill. Mr. Sellevaag was called upon and responded with a few well chosen words of appreciation. Mrs. Sellevaag was presented with a bouquet of beautiful pink rosebuds by Mrs. Ethel Shaw in behalf of the Court st. Church, and baby Glen Sellevaag was presented with a beautiful nosegay. Rev. William Safford Jones o! the Unitarian Church came in j <1st as the group was breaking up. other engagements preventing his earlier attendance. Those in the receiving line were Mr. REV. IVAR SELLEVAAG and Mrs. Sellevaag and son, Mr. Om1 Conference, gave words or greeting mundson, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hansfrom the conference. Rev. Mr. Elims com, Rev. Hans Froysland and Mrs. of Newington, president or the Minis- o. E. Brigham. Mr. Ommundson ls terial Association of Portsmouth ond the father of Mrs. Sellcvaag and has Vicinity, gave a welcome from tho rom- come here to make his home ~Ith her and her fam!ly. · munily. The committees were as follows: There was a duet by Harry I. C~<;n•ll general committee, Mrs. Ethel Shaw, Mrs. Ralph Hanscom and Miss Louise ��MOUTH , DESCRIBED l Publication Tells Of "What · Portsmouth Offers Industry" The JRn. 4 issue of the American Wool and Colton Reporter has a highly interesting story cntHled "What !'ortsmouth OIIers Industry." ~he article is illustrated with an a,ir view of Portsmouth Harbor and the John Paul Jones House, the home of the Portsmoulh Historical Scciely. " Tl:e opcn_;ng paragraph says: Poi tsmouth 1s famed for its 1>ort, for !ls people and for its portals. Portsmouth Harbor is one of the finest in the world. The l1ospitalily of Portsmouth people has carnrd for their community the Lille, "City of the Open Door." The city i<; also called 'Fair-Portallc-d Portsmouth' because o many of its houses are graced with beaullful Colonial doorway.<;. 'Although Portsmouth Navy Yard employs more than half the wage earners in the ciLy, the city has other important industries. But it is far from the ordinary conception of an industrial community. It has no labor troubles. It has no rows of mean tenements. It is not a city which ha.<; s1>rnng up in mushroom fashion around a kw factories; the mill:.; have been fi ltcd appropriately into a community which was established only a few years after the Pilgrims stepped off Plymouth Rock." Then comes a section concerning the well known hist,orical ba.ckground vf Portsmonlh. Then comes some interesting data concerning the city. its 1·eal estate vnlue, thr excellence of ils school system, Public Library, etc. The location of the ciLy c-omes in for praise. The city is 57 miles from Boston and 54 miles from Portland, Main-~. It is a day's haul by train, truck, or boat from Ne\\· York Cily. Rall faci!lties are supplied by two divisions of the Boston & Maine n.ailroa<l. United States High,,·~ No. 1 p~sses through Portsmouth. Tl1e city's location at the mouth of tile Piscalaqua River gives it one of th e finest harbors in Uv.l world. Just out side the city is a first class airport with a landing field 2,200 feet square. Portsmouth is also the trading center for a considerable area of southeastern New Hampshire. This area has a population of about 50,00<f, which is doubled when the summer reslclcnls of Hampton Beach, Rye, York, and York Harbor, and even as far as Ogunquit, come to Portsmouth fo1· their shopping. To the northwest is Lake Winnipesa.ukee, and just beyond the White Mountains. Portsmouth ls t,lws the gateway to one of the world's finest vac~tion l'egions. Speaking of Portsmouth Harbor the industrial concerns. Moreover, Pol'tsarticle says: mouth is free of labor troubles, and "Portsmouth Harbor is one of the ever has been. The -shaded streets of fin est in lhe \\Corid. It has seven miles Portsmouth with their lovely manof water, ranging in depth from 50 to sions, the hospitable Yankee popula90 feet, Slrong tides do not interfere tion, and the· city's dignified civic and wilh navigalion, but keep the h8.rbor business record· combine to make it [rre from ice the year around." an excellent setting for enterprising Then comes a description of the industrial concerns." Navy Yard, followed by a paragraph :',~~~~~~~.:gi~ on lhe banks, stores, etc., as follows: "Portsmont,h' is proud of its strong banks, and the long period of service they have enjoyed. Portsmouth Savings Bank, the oldest mutual plan savings bank in the Stato and ·a [)ioncer in financing home building, was incorporate<:! in 1823. First National Ba.nk, which holds Charter No. 19 of the nat.ional banks in the country, ,,,as organized only a year later. Three olher bnnks date to 1855, 1871, and 1877. Other business institutions of the city are noteworthy. Tile Rockingham Hole! is famous fot· its food, comfort, and hospitallty, It WM built tn 1870, and contains intact the beauliCul dining room of the Woodbury Langdon House, where washl.ngton was entertained. Another famoU8 hotel is Wentworth-by-the-Sea, where envoys or Russia and Japan were quarLcreci."""cturiug the treaty negotiations In 1905. Portsmouth has · progressive st,orl)s, concentrated within a few blocks. f hey are noted for being wellstocke<l and well-serviced-a necessity 'bccaus~ of the unusual. derliands upon them hy the summer vacation trade." The n.rLlcle speaks of the fine work of the Portsmouth Civic Council and Chamber of Commerce which' it styies 11s "not only a trade organiz3ition, but also an agency which co-ordinates a.nd directs many of the civic activities of the city. S1lct1 Imig of power article slates: •·111 th 1Jsc days when the lo_c ation of mdus~nP~ depends more upon the ava.il::ihiltty of adequate .ilectric power than it tlo~s upon situations a.t waterfalls in rivers. Portsmouth's power resource~ aro important. New Hampshire Go.s and Electric Company o! the New England Gas and Electric Assoclo.tlon, has its main offices in Portsmouth. It operates in Portsmouth and 25 New Hampshire communit1,'~. Thi~ company has excellent foi::i1H1,•q, and .is deeply interested in the d1)vrlo1lment of electric light and power in this region." A paragrapl.l. is devoted to mouth·~ indu~trics anci' the closes El 1> follows: "There i.~ vacant factory space o.vi.lilohll' In Portsmouth and excellent industrial sites upon which to build factories. The best of these sites are j in the northern part of Portsmouth on the Piscataqua River. There the Bost,on & Maine Railroad offers railroad f·1cilitles and .the river is deep enough for larger steamers to dock. Tliere i~ also a considerable amount of vncrrnt factory space along the river, id,~ally situated because or convenient docks and railroad sidings. . "Portsmouth should be attractive to mau11(~cturers. Water, mil, and high\ way f cllities are combined in an unusuJI situation. The surplus of skilled lohor from the Navy Yard should provido a high-class personnel for new . l �''UNCLE OSCAR'' AT 95 BRINGS OUT BOOK OF CEL.IA THAXTER'S POEMS . .,_ . ,..-.. Poetess' Brother Finds Forgotten Ma~uscripts-His Story of Life on The Isles of Shoals Almost a Century Ago I 19~' By LOUIS M. LYONS PORTSMOUTH, June 29-Celia Thaxter, whom children know as as the sweet poet of The Sandpiper and Little Gustava, will be remembered in a centenpial service tomorrow. Her brother, Oscar Laighton, still four years short of his own centennial, is getting his . boat ready to take him out to the memorial service on the little lighthouskeeper's island, where he shared with the poet a Swiss Family Robinson childhood, companion of the sea gull and the storm. Uncle Oscar's merry blue eye and the abiding peace on his face of 95 will bring living testimony at the centennial exercises that their island i'solation bred a sturdy, as well as a poetic spirit. Nails in Glass Bottles Oscar Laighton was making some repairs in the cellar when my knock at his 200-year old door in a narrow street in Portsmouth interrupted him this past week. "Well, brother," he greeted me, in the manner of his old friend '"",,..,-i.,.,a Whittier. "I wish you had· time to visit my shop." We visited together a while · in the little shop, where he keeps his nails in glass bottles, the better to see them· without glasses. It is a modern little shop with lathe and r:-J~•...,.,_drill to turn out all such wood and metal gadgets as a man nee~s for tinkering round a house. Beaten for Governor The re4 heads of clover tumble about the step of the shop, Out the window the June field runs down to the. shore where the seagulls sail in over Uncle Oscar's garden. He feeds them on the garden fence.• He ha9 -.c.;n1.,i1•been feeding the gulls these 90 years. His· garden is coming up fine. It isn't often he has made a garden on the mainl1md. This is only the second Winter of his 95 that he has spent off the island since his father, beaten for Governor of New Hamp• shire in 1838, made a vow never to step foot on the ungrateful shores o/ the United States again. "He was a Democrat,'' chuckles Os• car Laighton. So in 1839 Thomas Laighton stepped out of his prosperous life as a leading citizen of Portsmouth and wrapped himself in insular isolation for the 27 years that remained to him. They were years that •gave a strange up• bringing to the three children who had been born into a comfortable cul• tured Portsmouth home of 100 years ago. Oscar Laighton was a child in arms when his mother, never questioning or complaining at the whim that ended the life she had known, car· ried him ashore on the rocky Isle of Shoals, famed for the bleak deso• . of th ei r appearance, nme · m !les I at 10n off the. New Hampshire coast. The boy was 17 before he ever stood upon the continent of North America. UNCLE OSCAR TODAY t - - - = = : - , - - - , - , - - - - , , , - . . - , - - - - . - - - - ~ - - - - - ~ - -- His brother, Cedric, whose name "It is near 50 years ago Celia wrote was immortalized when the author 'The Heavenly Guest,'" her brother of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" made him recalls. "When she read the verse l the juvenile godfather of her little was so moved by its charm, its hero in velveteens, was born two pathos and sweetness, I found my years after the Laightons moved to eyes wet with tears. I recall my their lighthouse home. sister's delight al my emotional criti• Poem Found After 50 Years cism." Until this year Oscar Laighton has Celia Thaxter was 5 a nd th e Isles spent Winter as wc•ll as Summer on of Shoals were her home until her his islands where the other winter· marriage at 17 to a IIarva r cl class· ing rcs ick11ls 110w arc 10 Coast (iuards, "°m_a_te_a_n_d__ co_u_sin of _J_ a_m_es_R_us_s_cl_l..., three lobster catchers and the light· Lowell joined her poetic fancy to house k eepers who have succeeded the literary circle of the Atlantic to his father 's task of keeping a beacon burning on those dangerous Monthly and made of her island cot· crags. He has Jived these m any years tage through the years .a Summcn now · as the companion of his sister's salon that drew the celebrated names J memory among the hundreds of of New England's golden age of lil• friend s who seek th e peace of the erature. Isles of Shoals each Summer. This Winter Oscar Laighton has The Unitari an and Congregational had the rare experience of bringing societies acquired th e group of is• out at 95 , a little book of his sis• lands from the La ighlons 20 years ter's unpublished poems for her 100th ago as a Summ er r etreat. To th em anniversary. It was an experience all O~car La ighl on has alw ay~ b ee n for the old man of rediscovery when Uncle Oscar, his whimsical humor his sisfer's gra nd daughter brought and his kindly custodianship a living to him a poem he remembered his lie to all with childhood memories sister's writing 50 years ago. It had of the verses they learned in the lain with many ano th er manuscript schoolroom. of hers in a portfolio loaned to her Never Reconciled to Churches friend, Sarah Orne Jewett, returned lriaf;;.t... erm,h.;.,;e~r~d.;;,ea;;,t~h~:.,,-.;,::-,,,_~!"'"-'T""~~ Right up to last Summer he was still running his motor boat, Twilight, that carries 20 on cruises amon �the mnc fil c islands 1hathe knows Ji1llc boys on these ven ures to as a village boy knows the path to Seaveys Island. where the sandpipers lhc swimming hole. His own birth- had their nests. day has Jong been a Summer event "Across the narrow beach we flit, One Jillie sandpiper and I." f'elebrated by a great birthday cake "Sisler told us the mother sandand a gift of $1 for each of his many years. "This Summ£'r 1"11 get $96," piper could talk to her babies," her he anticipates merrily. '"They're the brother recalls, "and it really seemed dearest people \hat ever was." so, for if we came on her family Some of the oldest nf I he "dearest suddenly, she would call to them and people" chuckle in theL· turn as they would instantly drop. they recall that when th('ir project "Once a month mother would go to was first broached lo him, Uncle Os· Pnrtfmoulh to buy cloth. She made , cnr·s cautious rejoinder was. "Who all our clnlhcs. Sometimes sister are these Unitarian s·: Jt won·t do to would go with her and, coming back, introduce any rough clement." would astonish us with fairy tales Churches were no part nf the en• o( trees higher than our lighthouse, vironmenl of the islnnd Laightons. nf horses lhal pulled earls and were Theirs the simple faith of Celia steered with tackle, and of endless rows or houses and 8torrs with great Thaxter's verse: jars o( candy, and locomotives that J "For are ~vc not Gnd's children ~oth, Tho1.1, lllllc sandp1prr, and I? screamed, and people rushing in I. The poet herself was never recon• every direction. My brother and I cilcd to churches. Jlrr own shrine would feel some doubt about all was the gardrn lhnt she lC'ndecl as a thi •. " votary, and when 1his faith or her Lore of the Sea ;11111 Rocks childhood was slrainccl by the carc9 o( later years. il was to the Hindu Thomas Laighton tended 1the light philosophy o( Mohi 11 i that sl1c turned for seven years. Celia Laighton grevJ for the inspir.i[ion o( such lines as "Interior illumination or faith is 1hr lo be 12. Like a little Hiawatha, she li-0•w-e•t!'f"'e"'i•r•p•r•·o..,..e•cl'!1•v""e.,,.p""'ra•c"'!"!"1c""'e"""!t~o-~o~-',~ only wny by which lo discover the learned the lore or the sea and the land Thaxter, who invented spraying rocks, n( \he> birds and flowers, o\. lo control. fungi. Divinity.'' , 1he wi 11c\ and of the ships and of Celia Thaxter's husband, who No Rrhool P.11f rarcnts the sea. And she learned or the lives taught her childish fingers to use a The Laighlnn rhi!clJ•,,11 were initi- of the fishermen's wives al Gosport pen, was the critic also c~ her adult ated into the wild fury of a storm al , as she saw them climb the little years. Levi Thaxter had distinct ~ca in their ~ecoml W111ler al Isles nf chapel hill when storm clouds were literary talent of his own, He was Shoals light, when a fnariul gale brewing, lo pray for 1he absent ones. the first lo introduce the poems of came in the night lo sweep away \ She learned to swim and it became Robert Browning to an American boa ls and bo'al houses. The flock o( I her la ~k to teach her brothers before audience, and he labored with such hC'n~ they had watched to roost the \ 1hey rnuld be trusted out in the eliect in interpreting Browning ovef , cv<'ning before had vanished in the fish-out bo;,t~ alone. here that when he died Browning \ mn-ning ;ind they nev er saw coop or \ She gr<'''' hig C'no11gh to help her wrote :1 verse o[ his own appreciachirk again. A ship was wrecked olT I falhc1· lend the light and became ;i lion lh::il is cut on a rough bowlder faithful hr!rN to fill \he lantern and that marks Thaxter's grave on the 1 their light that night. As the storm lashed al the island keep th<' :?lass and reflector glcmning. Maine shore in an old Kittery il lore away the covered passage Sighing I climbed the lighthouse stair churchyard. IC';iding from light to dwelling so that Celia Thaxter's own resting place CC'lia, looking with childish eyes out j /\nrl ·whit~ the· day dicd ·sweet nnd is on the island of App:~dore, where the window. had suddenly revealed fair her father moved his little flock to her the sight of a great vessel bear• I lit \he lamps again. when she was 12. This is the island ing upon the rocks. Years later she I Her father began her more formal whose beauty of moonlit sea and wrote, of that night"s horror, "The education, but in a verilJ. t9'1Momal flowered garden colors both her Wreck .of the Por;ihon\as." It tells or way. "Falh<'r would read to us on poems and her paintings. the storm and utter isolation it Winter evenings," Oscar Laighton rePidure of Old Applcdore hroughl to those ;it the light: members, "when the whole family "When al last Crom the distant shore would gather in the kitchen round Thom;is Laighton acquired the A Iillle hoilt stoic out, to reach the cozy fire. The kitchen extended larger islands of the Shc.':ils group Our loneliness, and bring once more the whole width or the house-a fine and as he saw the isles becoming a Fresh human thought and speech." big room with deep windows 111 Mecca for literary and artistic folk They had no school except the which mother had blooming plants he turned from lighthouse keeping teachings of fa1her and mother. every Winter. There was a wide fire • to hotel keeping. His sons helped "Father coulrl dn ;inylhing," says place and brick oven. About this time him and carried on after his death. Oscar Laighton. " f grew up to build Cather got one of the very first all· From 9 lo 90 Oscar Laighton was a a house or n boat nnd always lrnd my iron cooking stoves because it was hotel keeper. . . own black smith shop. We fished and I hard to gel wood for the fireplace. A picture o[ the old Appledore shipped mackerel lo Boston. Tho , we were still using flint and steel Hotel, since burned, hangs in his hall islands had been a fishing station. you 1I \ to gel a light." along with the paintings of Celia know, before \he Pilgrims came over. L · 1 o L ' ht "Many people ha,·c said, 'You must Jlrnvcn-Sent School Thaxter. Y noting scar its a1gwide on shows it to aovmg visitor, have been very lonel_v ;il lhc light."' Inlo this idyll o( lighthouse life verandas and the little lagoon that They did n et know that where our c;ime one day a young Harvard lapped the roc!ts below it, ' "That mother dwC'll there w:is ha11pincss grnduale, Levi Lincoln Thaxlrr, held 500 guests and used to. have ;ii.so. No family was ever more lured. like many another visitor, ry 500 , too." united or conlcnlccl. l\Iy brother, the lonely beauty of lhe isl;inds and • • • Cedric, was born there al the light their gaunt history. The lighthouse Down at the boatyard they're busy, when I was two." keeper young slay thepersuaded Winier, and theyThnxter set ur toa but they stop work to attend t o os- 1L,.,. Cow S\\"am to Pasture schoolhouse in the light, where the car Laighton when they catch sight of the white beard and the old man's One of Oscar Laighlon's childhood visitor taught the Laighlon children. walking stick. William E. Hayward, memories was a visit of Richard "Mother was delighted that her building boats at 81, as his father did Henry Dana, who sailed wilh Oscar's children were having the benefit of before him, goes over the "Twilight" Uncle Mark as a companion in the this heaven-s~nt sch?ol. Sister was with Uncle Oscar. famous "Two Years Before the taught lo wnle. straight. across tl~c "Shall we paint her inside, Cap'n?" Mast." "No danger n11 the ship with letter sheet without lu~er. This "Why, yes, if you have time, Cap'n, Mark Lnig!Jton al the wheel." Dana seemed 1mposs1ble to me. yet she I wish you would" says Uncle Oscar. \\Tote. Mark Laighlon·s leather fire soon lcarncrt the lesson. My brother . ' Cedric was just learning his kllcrsli---~~,.._...,.......,---:-:-..,..j,,.-.,.....--..ll: buckets hang now in the hall of Os<'ar Laighton·s house. anrl I had begun lo read a little." The chilclrf'n watched the v('sscls Young 'l'hnxler continued tJ be nlpass their l iglll hcund to far lands, most a member of the Laighton , Every JO days in Summer and per• family until Celia Laighton was 17, haps once a month in Winter pilot whr1i" he 10arried )lcr. Her marriage boats brought 11rws and letters to the inlcrruplcd for some years her lighlhou.se family. · island life. Iler son Roland, born in They kept a cow ;ind, \here being . Newlonvillc, grew up to become ono . no gra7.ing on their island, bossy of the most distinguished o[ botanists, soon lf'arnccl to swim the narrow Farmers c,·erywhere who arc Rpraychannel to one with greener pas• ing at this season for fungus diseases lures. Al low tide the children would follow. Celia, oldrr, c):laperoned the l l I 0 l I .,..,~.... �Thomas aigh n, was born in Portsmo.ith in 1804 and was once the editor of the New Hampshire Gazette. Becoming a disappointed politician, having once run for governor of New Oscar Lalghton was taken ill last Hampshire and defeated by methods ght at the Shoals, the excitement and he considered unfair, he declared that lea.sure of observing his 96th birthday he never again would step foot on the n Sunday apparently having been a mainland. He went to the Shoals and ttle too much for him. Dr. Frederick got possession.,,of Appledore and Smut. Gray wa.s notified and was taken to tyno.se islands, where he carried on a he Shoals at midnight. Mr. Lalghton•~ On Sunday "Uncle Oscar" l.a.lghton, fishing business and small boarding ondltlon Is reported not to be serlo.1s, house and remained there until he as he is famlllarly known far and wide, oweve~, he apparently suffering from and his will attain his 96th birthday anniver- died. At one time Oscar xhaust1on only, and is expected to be sary at the Shoals, where he will pass brother, Cedric Lalghton, owned all the ll right again after a few days of rest. islands but White Island, his 96th summer. Oscar was but a three months old One can hardly associate old age baby when the family left for tlie iswith "Uncle Oscar," as few people are lands and he pas no end of interesting his equal a.t so advanced a.n age. With a keen mind and eyes that see the glad- stories a.bout his life on these wlnd-._,r----.....----~-:----..,....., swept isles and the people he has met. y well own aa e ness in life and a personality that He readily recalls his first visit to the wllh vlsltor11 to each makes him loved by his fellowmen, his mainland and · his adventursoine trip. om various parts of optimism is remarkable. He is looking When 16 years of age he saw a horse for tforward to a. delightful summer at the the first time upon landing in his · · n Shoals, as tn past seasons. Each year whaleboat at a lumber wharf at the the birthday of "Uncle Oscar" is made foot of Daniels street. He was astona special event at Star Island and he Is ished ·at the sight ot the stately elms he saw as he walked up toward the Parade and looked longingly at the sticks of candy In big glass bottles in a. store window. But after reaching Market Square be experienced a. lonely feeling, seeing so many strange sights, and walked back to the Whal'! and his boat, reaching his island home early in the afternoon. "Uncle Oscar" loves the sea and recalls some of his boats with ride. Hls prese~t motorboat, "Twilight," he hM had for twenty years and Lt again running it this summer. · He takes ,parties of young people from Star Is(land to Duck Island, abo.it two miles 1"'way, where 'thousands of gulls congrelgate. ' The youn!t people f~nd it inter\estlng to bring along a. loaf of breed tand feed the gulls. Another powerboat )he owned was the "Wild Duck." Other (boats In which he took pride were the '"Lone ·star" and "Flying Eagle." .After the season closes at Star Istte past he has his boat, The Twlnand "Uncle Oscar" returns to his horn light, which he takes out parti~. AcIon Franklin street, this city. It Is tlve and energetic as ever he ls lookthe honored guest at a banquet ten- \colonlal home and very pleasant. I Ing forward to the coming season and dered hlm at Hotel Oceanic by the !front Is a magnificent elrt1 tree said to especially the International confersummer guests. . lhave been planted when the house was ence which opens at the Shoals the Today Is the anniversary of the birth !built. Within the house books and pielast of August. of his gifted sister, Cella Thaxter, ltures show the refined taste of the ocComing back from the south this whose centenary w1Jl be formally com- lcupant. Hospitality is never lacking spring, he spent some time a.t his memorated at the Shoals this season. land the caller here is always most we!home on Franklin street and the n The past winter Mr. Lalghton was 1come and pleasantly entertained. went to Star Island. at Hobkirk Inn, Camden, S. C., which That the blrthd\l,Y of . "Uncle Oscar" He was born in this city in 1839, and three months later his family rehas been his custom for some years. \may be a happy one and that he may moved to the Isles of Shoals, where his During most of the time he was en- \contlnue in good health is the wish of gaged 1n preparing for the publication lhl.s many friends. father Hon. Thomas B. Lalghton had of "The Heavenly Guest".and other un·1E";:;;;r.-::;;:;i~';J'.".~iii,i:r,CT-~:·\Jsecured a pooltlon as light-keeper at publlshed poems of his poet-sister, White Island light. The success of the literary career Cella Thaxter, and this collection is alof his sister, Cella Thaxter. hM already having a large sale as a gift book and will be widely rea.d, He reads withwa~ • b~n a great joy to Mr. Lalghout glasses, typewrites and his penton, and but a year or so ago, he edited a group of her unpublished, PP· manship 1s remarkable for one of his em.s and had them published. He years. has done some writing himself, and Mentally alert and with a most retentive memo,ry "Uncle Oscar," who is his book "Ninety Years At The Isles _the only one le!t of the well known or Shoals," wrilten seven years ago, is still popular with visitor., there. Lalghton family of the- Shoals,' recalls "Uncle Oscar" has the heart of a vividly events of his childhood. The Laighton family sailed from young man, and he Is the centl)r of Portsmouth for White fsland· 1n Octoan admiring group throughout the Oscar Lalghton is todiay celobrating summer sea.'><ln as his old friends. ber, 1839, Oscar being but three month;S hl8 97th birthday a~ the Isles of of age a.t that time. His father, Hon. and new ones to, come to Star Island Shoal.9, "Uncle Oscar," as he is familiar• to attend the various conferenc~ held ly known, spend,hl.s. summers at the there each ear..·. _ _ _ _ __ .Isles Of Shoa18 ,,a'il'r;I...-, hlis - wlntei'6':"' a.t Hobk:lrk Inn Catttden, 6. C. Co~ PERSONALS OSCAR LAIGHTON 96 YEARS OLD . ON SUNDAY 97YEARSOLD .. �~lllllllilllllil'lll:m11111111:1111n1.1i111111111111.1.1.J1111:11111111m111111il1111111111111~ ~ ~ LETTERS FROM .I - THE PEOPLE - ; ,,:111a11:1,1.1 ,u,11·111 1,111·1111111m1:1·111•1,m:1,lllilllllll!illllfiiillUlll;llllll CONCERNING TJIOJ\-IAS BAILEY ALDRICH HOUSE edicatfllo all An f Pion .lanti1 g Of . P1 n r -Tre Feature xer 1ses ·/' u- The final program of the year of Stoneleigh College t Rye BePch was held today, with the dedication of the new building, Pioneer Hall, being the outstanding feature of the exercises. As it was the first year of the college there· was no graduating class. During the morning a photographic exhibit was shown it1 the new building and the recre:ition room. while the art exhibit was on display in the new bulldiui::. These , exhibits were examined by the visitors, wllo were greatly plased with the work accomplished \_i followed, witli the architect, Joseph Wertz, turning it over to Mr. Currier. The gJ.ee club also sang "Dark Eyes," a Russian gypsy song. Dr. James A. Tufts of Exeter gave the benediction. Following the dedication a "Symphony in Typln(!" was demonstrated. This wn.s in charg . of Mrs. Esther Blackburn and Miss Caroline Chapman, secretarl:J,l instructors. ; At 11.30 all assrmbled on the campus, where the plantlnr: of the_ pioneer trco toolc place, I osamond Rivinius, president o[ the pioneer class, g!),ve a re~.,me Editor of The Herald:-May I take this opportunity of commending the editorial that appeared in your paper under the date of Jan. 16, 1935, concerning the Thom'ls Bailey Aldrich Ho..ise. The Aldrich house has opened for the sc,ason and the people of Portsmouth are again afforded an opportunity to visit this historic spot. The changes in the immediate cality of the "Nutter" house since the times of which "Tom Bailey" wrote have been very few. The old William Pitt Tavern, the Chase house and even the flagstone sidewalk on the opposite side of Court street still remain. AB far ns I can ascertain there has been one house removed (the Underwood house) and one house built (No. 371 Court street) and that is all the change that has come about since Court street and the "Nu.ter house'' provided the background for the "Story of a Bad Boy" (abont 86 years). Next year (1936) is the centennial of the birth of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The people of Portsmouth should be very proud of the !act that he was born here. A Lover of Portsmo..ith. 19:.5 ... -e,,, . . . . . . .. STONELElG U COLLEGE during the yeac of the year and dedicated the tree. At 10.30 o'clock all assembLd in the Each student placed a shovelful of dirt bl..ie room for the final meeLln~ of the at the base of the tree, all having their season of the student body. Tile glee part in its dedication. club of the college sang selections from j President Currier then spoke and "The Lady of Shalot", an! President with the singing of the college song all Richard D. Currier presented Mrs. I went into the dining room, where a Mary I. Wood, one of t,h overnr rs of I lunch wa.~ served, bringing to an end Stonelcigh College, wllo made the fol- , the first closing exercises of the college. lowing awards: Throughout the day the new butldHonor student. Jon s~mpson of ing was inspccte cl bv the visitors. It ls Wo rcester. situated on I he north side of the main Outsctanding college student, n.osa-1 building ancl will bP used for class 1 rooms. mond Rivinius. of Winchester. It is a finely constructed President culor cloc;s, Ltos mond I building of the s:unc type as the Rivinius. manor, wl11!'11 w·1•; formerly the main Presldl'nt of t\1e Frcncl1 Cluh, Eliza- builclin~ of the hotel, and makes for beth Coote of Leonunster. harmony in the arch itectural construeWinner of the priz for th name of I.ion of l11r r_n_ll_e""g_.___,,..-___~....,~ the new building, "Pioneer Hall," Elizabeth cook. Winner of the prlz,c for the best -::ollege song, Elizabeth Cook. · The dedication of the new liulldlng �Alfred, Me., July 3-The county of York has recently been presented with a framed protograph of an attorney whose name ls often on the lips of members of the York Bar Association, despite the fnct that he died nearly 2q years ago. It is the picture of George c. Yeaton of South Berwick and Boston, who won fame for his masterly prosecution of Louis Wawner, the respondent in that most sensational or all murder cases, the so-called smutty Nose case, in 1873, At that time Mr. Yeaton was county attorney and the aonors of his picture are his two nephews, both former prosecuting attorneys of York County, George D. Varney of Berwick and C. Dean Varney of South Berwick. Mr. Yeats was born in South Berwick, studied law when a young man, received a degree ·froi:n Bowdoin College and was -admitted to the York Bar in May, 1862, Thirteen years afterward he was made county att-0rney and attained wides1>rea.d fame for ' his work in convicting Wagner, assisted by Attorney oeneral Harris M. Plaisted, who afterward became governor of Maine. The entire conduct of the case by Mr. Yeaton was a classic .in criminal prosecuUon, from his reading of the riot act to the howling mob about the Town Hall at South Berwick when Wagner was being arraigned, to his ' finally obtaining a verdict of guilty from the jury and a sentence of death by hanging, The trial, which was held at the courthouse at Alfred in the fall or 1873 was replete with sensational circumstances, !or not only was the crime the most atrocious ever committed in York county, but unusual occurances attended every step of the prosecution. Even after Wagner was taken in Boston the evening of the next day after the double murder, the authorities did not know whether he should be arraigned in New Hampshire or in Manie, for It had not then been determined that" the little Island of Smutty Nose, the scene of the crime, belonged to Maine. Wagner was taken first to Portsmouth and then, after several days of controversy as to the ownership ot the Island, he was removed to South Berwick, arraigned .ant! bound over to the grand ·jury. , The murder occurred at midnight of March 5, 187:,, when Wagner rowed from Portsmouth out to smutty Nose, a dstiance of 12 mies, to rob and kill if need be, three defenseless women. He knew that the menfolk who were fishermen, were on the mainland that night baiting their tra.wls and that he would have the island to himself, so he borrowed a rowboat and setout. Arrived there, he found the house unlocked. He entered and witMut utteraning a sound ntmsel!, so Maren on ve , one of the women, said afterward, battered with anything t:1at came to hand Karen Christiansen µntll she was dead and felled Anethe Christiansen with an axe, hacking and beating without mercy. Realizing that there was a third woman who must have escaped somehow he then hunted the isand over to find her, leaving bloody tracks in the snow all along shore. But Maren and the little dog, Rindge, were hiding in the rocks so close to the water that he missed them, Abandoning the hunt, Wagner went, back to the house and with the bodies or his two victims before ·him prepared a meal and ate before starting on · t,he return . journey to Po.rtsmouth. . Back he rowed to the mainland, arriving tticre at sunrise and took a train for Boston as soon as he could get shaved and _dressed, with the reward of his nights work, only $15 in his pocket. The next day he was apprehended and the trial and execution followed. It is said that he went to the gallows protesting hi lnnocense, but he had been identified by Maren Hontvet; who saw him in the moonlight as he struck down her sister-In-law, Anetl:ie, with the axe. soon after the conclusion or the Wagner case, Mr. Yeaton was engaged by the Boston and Maine railroad to act as their attorney in Maine being their first counsel in the state. He then established a home in Boston and lived there for many years, making weekly trips to South Berwick and continuing to practice at the York bar. He fought many a well-know~gal : battle such as the Bar Harbor Water ; Company case, in· which James G. Blaine was Interested as a stockholded. His use or English was so ex1 emplary and his diction so polished that he is often quoted by Maine attorneys even today, and the story o[ his questioning a witness in a certain fiowage case Involving large flooded areas in the northern part of the state Is frequently told in Alfred. I In cross-examining one of the nesses, Mr, Yeaton asked: "And how ' great was the circumstanced area of the inundated surface?" The witnesi. looked black and before Mr. Yeaton could put the question into simpler language the opposition lawyer, the late Benjamin Hamilton, shouted, "He. means the puddle!'' Ott Su1ufay oeeurs the 118th llllliver:;ary of the creation of the Portsmouth Athanaeum as a corporation by an act of the Now Hv.mpshire Legislature. After the destruction of the PortsmouU1 Library by fire there was no institution ot the kind in the town until 1817, when upon June 30 of that year the state legislature created the Athenaeum Corporation. The present building was erected by Jolm Peirce in 1&03 for the , use of the New Hampshire Fire and Marine Insurance Company, which was failed by e war of 1812, and was purchased 1 the Athenaeum in 1817, / (313 The Athenaeum is a repository ot rare and priceless boolcs, manuscripts and relics. It contains material of rare interest dea!lng with the earliest Colonio.l days in New England o.nd also an exceedingly complete reference library, The libro.ry possesses many rare imprints and is especially strong In works of the Georgian period. Historical exhibits of greo.t interest are also to be found there, including ship models, old painting and relics o! foreign lands, pieces of statuary, old weapons, medals and documents. The Portsmouth Athenaeum is a valued landmark of this city's olden days, an hi toric possession which is 7 of surpassing interest and cho.rm. I ~~~~:,::, EFIT TEA FOR GI L SCOUTS Friday, .July 19th will be the date or when Mrs. Henry G. Vaugt1an or South Berwick is opening her beautirul Gt:orgian House and well known garden for Ula Grealer Portsmouth Glrl Scout Council. There will be patronnesses from all the nearby resorts, including Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller and Mrs. Arthur Hobson or Little Boar's He11d, Mrs. H. Cllnlon Taylor I)[ Rye Beach, Mrs. A. Erland Goyelle o( Pclcrl.)()rough, Mrd. Louis L. Grnl!n or Cumbrldgo, Mrs. Philip Snyder or the !'favy Yard, Mrs. John M. Howells, Miss Rosamond Dana Wild or Kittery Point, Mrs. George Coggill and Mrs. Murray ~Nilliams o[ York Harbor, Mrs. Douglas O1:;mukes, Mrs. George B. Lord of Portsmouth, Miss Llewellyn and Mrs. Sargent Wellman who are both members or the National Girl Scout Board, and many others. Tea will ~ served in the beautiful garden which was visited by thti Garden Club or Amtirlca ,.,.,., ...,,.,.....,.,,. last. year. Miss Rosamond ThaxLcr 1s chairman assisted by Mrs. Harold Smith, vice chairman, and the members of the Portsmouth C'.ouncll, a delighttul benefit t.ea, �_ _ _c.. _ ·_,~ r '\ ~ ~ ~~ ~ °' ~_'$...................__...___...._..........., CITY COUNCIL PASSES BUDGET BILL CALLING FOR $613,204.42 TO BE AISED BY TAXATION- NCREAS OF $80,351.55 co riPARATIVE SUMrt'IARV OF YEAR 1934 ;ind YEAR 1935 APPROPRIATION ]934 Tille ./lpprop. Appraisers . ......................... . $ 5.292.80 Elections nnd Juries ............... . 2.200.00 Salaries ............................. . 12.800.00 General .............................. . 4.215.00 Debt ................................. . 67,500.00 Interest . ............................. . 24 ,933.75 Discount on Notes ................... . 6,500.00 Discount on Taxes ..................• 16.000.00 Fire Department .. . ............... . 20.805.00 Fire Alarm ......................... . 1,720.00 Health ............................... . 2.600.00 Munic:pal Court ....................• 2.500.00 Police Department . ... .·. . ............ . 38.428.70 Public Buildings and Places . ...... . 7.826.07 Librarv-Net ........ . ............. . 6.549.00 Highway ............................• 75.859.00 Parlrs ... . .......................... . 4,1170.00 Schools- Gross ............ . ......• 216,137.00 Less School Income .................• 16,387.00 1935 f Approp . 5,200.00 100.00 12,800.00 4,365.00 64.500.00 24,546.25 747 78 JG.000.00 '3.032.80 1,400.(/0 2.600.00 2,500.00 41 ,311.25 7,486.24 6,549.00 l:12,725.00 4,375.00 ~20.562.95 15,100.00 6,866.00 305.00 4,425.95 1,287.00 2!15.461.95 b,712.95 5,800.00 500 .110 :,8.5('().00 0.00 200.00 1.000 00 !i.000.00 :.0000 'IOTAJ, BEFORE STATE AND COUNTY TAX ............... 538,949.32 f,70.!lOl .27 31,951.95 Schcol-Net ......................... . 199,750.00 Poor and Old Age Assistance ..... . Claims . . .. . ......... . .... ... ........ . l\lemorial Day ....... . ............ . 81rcet L:ghts ....................... . Contingent. .... . ..... . .. . ......... . \Veights nnd Measure·, . . .. .. . ...... . 12 700.00 0.00 200CO 2J.000 llO 5,000.(10 SL:ile Tax . ...................... •..• 41 ,912.00 County Tax ........................ . 42 ,391 75 TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS .... . : .. 623.253.()7 5l ,37fi.OO 2,882.55 339.83• 9,463.00 16,511.40 681,179.42 !>7,926.35 90,400.00 67,975 PO n,425.co• BALANCE BY TAXES ........•..... $53.!,853.07 ffl 3,104 .42 L ss Estimated Inc nme ...........• HAMaLTO HOUSE TO BE OPE FOR} GIRL SCOUTS I', Because high tide h<ts alway. pl<tyed 6t1ch a part in the hL tory of Hanulton. IH0..1se at the hcadw1 Lers or St~r~on's Creek in South Berwick, M .. Mrs. !Henry G. Vaughn ha., set the dat of her garden party and op"n hou.,'.l for lFrlday, July 19 from 2 to 6. It was doubtless high tide when in October. 1777, Cnpt. John Pnul Jones vowed rwlLh flood tide to di11c with Col. JonnLhan Hamilton and to pay his res()rcts to his beautiful daughter, Mary. Here on that memorable evenlng come the news of Burgoyne's surrender at Yorktown. "I'll carry the news lo France In thirty dnys!" cried th<' gall~nt young C.<plaln. A11d so h did, tr<tdit!on l<'lls, carrying with him tint h~autiful -flag made by the young wom n of , ortsmouth. The firs t s t·1r,; and t;lripes ever to be accorded salut~ by e. foreign nation. . There nmidst the tree overln11~i11g the river the stately old house has stood 1,ince those olden days. As the years 1·olled by, tall ships no longet· came and went for trade with the West Tndl~s. fl'l1e mansion slowly fell upon evil days a sco All roads and especially Route 103 from Portsmouth will Jead to the beautiful garden of Mrs. Henry G.111:...i..,.:~-~ Vaughan at South :Berwick on Fliday,[i~~~~;~~• the 19th, from 2 to 6. Here the patronnesses are Mrs. Alvan Fuller, Mrs. Arthur Hobson, Mrs. H. CUnton Taylor of Little Boar's Head, Miss R. Sanger, Mrs. Arthur Clark, Miss Elizabeth Perkins, Mrs. George Cogj;lll, Miss Margaret Fletcher, Mrs. ·Leonard Wheeler of York Harbor, 1'.frs. W. E. Dexter, Mrs. Valentine Hollingsworth of ·the North Shore, Mrs. Sargent Wellman of Topsfield, W.ss Deyellyn Parsons of Kennebunkport, Mrs. Reginald Jones of Dover, l\fts. Bowles of Plymouth, Mrs. Charles Morrill of Exeter, Mrs. L. L Green of New Castle, Mrs. G. B. U>rd Mrs. T. O. Marvin of Portsmouth, Mrs. Philip Snyder of the Navy Yard, Mrs. Goyette of, Peterborough and Mrs. J. M. Howells and Miss R. Dana Wild of Kittery Point. Tea will be served by the Portsmouth Girl Scouts for whom the affair is given as a benefit. The Doll House and historical Hamilton House will also be .,,.,,...,-.,,.,__ __ shown. Those acting as hostesses on duty in the different rooms will be: Mrs. W. H. Goodwin, Mrs. G. H · Cogswell,.""'"""'"''·· , Miss R. D. Wild, Mrs. John Sawyer, Mr•. Stephen Decatur, Mrs. Joseph Conner, Mrs. Henry Moore; also in charge w!ll be Miss Josephine Rice of Portsmouth, Miss Frances Wright, Miss Priscilla. Peirce, Reta. Lockwood, Barbara Cagiati, Elizabeth Mead, Victoria Potter, Hope Halsey, Joa~na Neilson, Virginia. Canne and Ga.brille Hurley. The tea. committee a.re all members of the Scout Council, Mrs. J. Griffin, Mrs. F. Rowell, Mrs. R. Junkins, Mrs. w. Dorney, Mrs. R. Ben! and Mrs. N. Rand. The Scouts who will act as waitresses are in charge of Mrs. W. Page and a.re Shirley Blake, Winifred Rand, Dorothy Page, Nancy Badger, Elizabeth Travis, Agnes Caswell, Jane Varrell, Louise Conner, Dorothy Ferry, Blanche Dou! and Grace Doul. The direct route to Hamilton House from Portsmouth is through Eliot, Route 103 ls plainly marked all the >and suffered mJch neglect the hands of impecunious farmers, until it 1899 it was purchased by Mrs. Ty.~on of Boston Mrs. Tyson lived there many ,years and restored it to all its formet· grandeur. Her daughter, Mrs. V1wghn, 'has a delightful garden which l\ns hec?me a mecca for all garden lovcrn, and it was one of the .,;prcial treat., shown to the member~ of he Garden Club of .America duri11 g their vL5it to ·1a.,t summer. : Here on th" 19th of July lovers or old '110usrs and beaulHul gardens may enUoy the special privilege of wandering -at leasure and drinking tea. They will lJe gt•r ~ed ln the house by members of th~ Ltearby summer colonies or York Harbor, Little Boar's Head and Kittery Point, wearing the costumes o! ~olonial ciaJs. The addeci charm of the quislte taste in the selecting of place in it:; present stato ls the 111inia- hobbles and even the plans in ture doll hous , lJullt especially to con- miniature garden are JI\ a scale quite Lain Mrs. Vat glm's unique collection of in ke ping. dolls, furniiurc and t:>1'.; of past, gencrIt has become a tradition for ' ·,ions. Her:! may be see tiny copies o! members of the Girl Scout Council of 1 the best examples of col.1n\11: furniture, Portsmouth to offer to tha ;,•,blic some made to sc le in a minute form and ctellght[ully interesting hous_e each seasent for approval to tile pnx, pccLivc son and those who remembe:· the Lady purchaser who wished to p1ovitlc a Pepperrell Mansion, the John Peirce bride or fond wire with mahogany and ol,her old ho.1.ses at ~ortsmouth worthy of her good houseke~ping. and the ho1J1e of ex-G )Vernor Fµller Mrs. Vaughn, who constantly adds to wlll not be disappointed th13 yr.at. her collection, has shO\\'ll the mo~t ex- �, French·'; People Commemorate Career of John Paul Jones+ 'I,· Courtesy of United States Nava(Academy, and Boston Museum of Fine Arts , . . . , \ Episodes Concerning John Paul Jones, Seafaring Man of Action Left: The Admiral's Portrait by Cecelia •Beaux, Now in U, · S. Naval Academy. Right: Sloop Providence }<rmn a Pain1·,,,g by J 'f I C I idge Jr ,,· F r~m a -'Mo d e1 b Y C , C , D ay1s. ' · U pper I nset: C ongres~10na · I M e d a_l S truck ~ff for Jones in 1787, in Possession of Boston • Museum emp cman oo • of Fine · · · · Arts, Lower Inset: Signal Code m French m Jones's Handwriting. Unv'eilin,g'. ':ceremony . ·in . • honor ·/ Ame~ican R · . . ,.-. . 0 '··- . , evo,. l11:tionary sea hero •marks· . dign " ified interv l • b , a in O • .ser.vance of . ~ride pendi ence Day;· · · ·• ' .. lC\ ~~ Written for The Christian scienc·e Monttor P,ARIS,' July 5-France ·and Ameril)a ·united yesterday in honoring the m~mory of_ Johp: ~aul • Jones, first admiral and founder · of the United States1Navy. , . . . • , In ·a · sl,mple but, sincerely ·i mpressive ceremony in one of the poorer quarters .'of Parj.s, .representatives of the two •jJ,ations unveiled .a bronze tablet ':' :1 the site where the ,gallant cqmmander of ·the 'Bonhomme Richard was laid' at·rest: ' · . . Capt. · ... Toutant ( .Beauregard, United _'"States •·Naval ·· Attache in Paris, 'a"i:i:ci:!Admiral Iiucien Lacaze fori;n~r -F.rench 'Minister ,of ,Marine'. repr~se;ited ,the ' American and French navies . at : tb.e ceremony which was . significantly , Protestant in ;character. . .,. Willfam Clearwater, representative of the Huguenot Society; delivered the principal address, recalling that, "it · was · in a French harbor that John .Paul Jones as captain of the Yankee •sloop Ranger received on Feb. 13, 1778;. the fi~st ~alute ever fired l;>Y a foreign nat10n m recognit!on of the American flag." ' While this simple ·ceremony was taking place in the proletarian outskirts of 'Paris, the !'lace de la Concorde was the scene of another celebrat!on . . Geri. · John J .. Pershing unveiled a bronze plaque on the building, formerly · the · old Hotel de Coislin and now occupied by an American . bank, where the first Franco-American treaty of trade and friendship was signed on Feb. 6, 1778. The .marble tablet which Paris accepts from interested Frenchmen and Americans is designed to perpetuate the memory of one whose colorful career not alone established respect for the -United States naval power, but likewise linked France and America in bonds of friendship. E . . ' pisodes Recalled , Discovery of. John Paul Jones's grave-..ln what was the tiny cemeHuguenot , Sponsorship e fablet was ·erected under the tery ._ for. foreign-born Protestants in . ' ~he . Huguenot Society Paris-after revolution, riot, c;atasican' ~ and a ociate trophe, -the •slow enci;oachment of a reStless city, had passed over it; be- lated recogn !Oil by official America of the service John Paul Jones had rendered his flag; removal of his remains in 1905 to a dignified resting place at Annapolis 113 years after their first interment; growing app~eciation of the ~reat sea captaln s. worth, as tradition brushes up the high spot~ of a long 11st of adventures and achievements. These constitute some of the episodes in a narrative that grows epic as time's perspective brings into focus details of this dramatic career. No fictionizing is needed to vitalize the figure of John Paul Jones. He comes striding through the welter of sea spray, booming cannon and splintering masts, an erect, dominant individual, dressed in a threecornered hat, blue coat with red facings, slashed cuffs, stock collar with lace ruffles-a very smart and dandified figu:·e of . a man-snapping out ~rders m a voice which demands obe_dience, snappmg out repartee w1}ich echoes yet: ., . I wi!l not. have anythmg to do wi.th ships which do not sail fast, for I mtend to go m harm's way." "Have You Struck?" "Do I understand that you have struck?" exults the captain of the Serapis which had battered the Bonhomme Richard to a sinking condition. "No!" re-echoes the, reply, "I have just begun to fight!' John Paul was born July 6, 1747, the son of a gardener in Kirkbean, Scotland, on the shore of the Solway. He early apprenticed himself to the sea, studied assiduously, qualified himself for duty In the mercantiln service, was engaged for a time in the slave trade, but sickening of that. found employment in the West India trade, and in 1773 settled for a time in Virginia, where he added the name "Jones" to the original John Paul. When, in 1775, the Infant navy of the United States was .instituted, John Paul Jones was named the first of the first lieutenants in the service. Stationed on the flagship Alfred, he claimed the distinction of being the first to ra)se the new American flag - an adaptation of the coiled snake and "Don't tread on me" sentiment. He gained his first laurels, however, as commander of the sloop· Providence. With the rank. of captain, he sailed forth to harass the British commercial interests, transport American troops, convoy friendly merchantmen, .md otherwise make t,he young navy felt. Captures Prizes Given command of the and other vessels, . �warded for nis brilliant seamanship by having his seniority in the service set aside. The keenness and efficiency he revealed in his protest attracted the attention of Robert Morris. whose friendship stood the young naval officer in good stead. Jones was chosen to be sent to France t0 take command of a frigate to be snppli~d by the Commissioners of Paris. But on June 14, 1777, we discover him hoisting the new Stars and Stripes on the Portsmouth-built Ranger. On April 10, 1778, he is cruising in British waters. Thereafter we hear of him capturing a brigantine and a London ship off Ireland; deterred from various bold adventures on the Irish coast only by contrary winds and tides; setting flre to a merchantman at Whitehaven and holding the whole town at bay while he makes his escape; making a foray on the Earl of Selkirk's seat near Klrkcudbright and then writing in exceedingly florid terms to Lady Selkirk apologizing for taking my lord"s plate; meeting His Majesty's sloop-of-war Drake that was putting out to capture the Ranger and ending by bringing the Drake as prize of war into the harbor at Brest. Defeats Scrapls Ing John Paul Jo•.1~s are recalled w.ith renewed application: · Tels hom1nrs rnrement fP peuvent pr~• scntcr Et qunnd Ciel Jes donnc, II !nut en Jr prontrr. Especial significa,1ce ls attached to the tar.t that Admiral John Paul Jones has become more than a national hero. Tlmt figure which stalks the qu:uterdeck now belongs to the world. It may have taken a Frenchman to see the man beyond the trappings; to write; "Such men rarely present themseJ\·es, but when heavea sends them, should profit by them"; but the bright flame of John Pai:! Jones' L:>urage is ac::epted ,oday ai: a beacon for many who would pursue their lodestar unafraid. ~,P r----....,....,..,...........,._.,...,.,.,...,."'""!~~~ TRAGEDY;IN THE LIFE OF COLa WALBACH Then follow numerous exploits in the Bon Homme Richard in European waters, ending with the capture of the Sernpls nnd n triumphant return to France, niter having been forc~d to seek sanctuary for his {By [van L. Meloan) prizes in Holland. Col. Wnlh,1c-l1 was a 1ntivc or GerJone, came bnck to Amerlcn In many wh<'n' lH' wns trained and saw 1780, but seven yenrs later returned n111ch sr•1 v14•,· i11 v11rlo11~ branches or to Fr.u1r,c with thr h1l<-ntlon or serving under Louis. lie was mrL, how- the Army . Tli! was nppolnled to a posever, with a proposal to enter the ition in lh·' U. S . Army as a resident service of Catherine of Russia. It was of Pennsylvania. He was put in charge not a very successful enterprise. His or coast defenses in Maine, New talents were not such ns fitted him Hampshire and Massachusetts. In for the Intrigues of the Russian court. After 15 months of bickering he re- 1809 he had about completed the returned again to Paris. His last hope construcUon of the old Fort William renamed constitution. of honorable employment of his and Mary. genius was fixed on an enterprise of when on July 4th, 1809, he had invited ransoming American sailors im- a few friends to dine and witness a prisoned at Algiers; but before the para.de and the firing of a salute, the commission could 1·el).Ch him from same as our present custom. The l>OWAmerica, he had passed on at what _is der was in bags of size .suitable for a now No. 19 Rue de Tournon in Paris. Clasped in his hand was a little six-pound gun. In some manner sparks from the discharge were blown inLo watch, a gift of Duchesse de Charthe ammunition box, exploding Lhe tres, with which he had been wont.to whole o[ the 300 lbs. time his sea battles. John Paul Jones, the gardener's In the Boston Public Library is a so:i, proved his genius by industry; pamphlet called "An Elegiac Ode and his idiosyncrasies though many Funeral Sermon" by Jonathan Plumwere never allowed to affect his mer, a traveling preacher-physician. efficiency as an officer and a patriot. Physlclau and poet, the killed and Though sometimes foppish in dress mortally wounded, are given as he and flamboyant in speech he exknew them. Ephraham P.irkering Esq., pressed the virtues of naturalness or Newington, and three boys, James and generosity. Trefethen and Joseph Mitchell of New A Good Scaman Castlo and one from Kittery named He !s pictured as n good seaman; Paul. also three soldiers Joseph Ala most able officer; 5ag11cious in the bert'I:, Peletlah McOanlels and Theo. application of inean~; something of Whitham. a. poet; remarkable for the quickCol. Walbach's report which has ness and vivacity of his imagination never before been published ls as folwhich led him ·to r,!an nobly; an lows: Fort Constltutlon. July 4th, 1809. accomplished writer-a man found worthy cf the wnrr.1 friendship of• Sir. I havo upon me, however disBenjamin Franklin, who seeking for agreeable, to report to you that by excellence was nevertheless able to some accident at present impossible show compassion toward human lnto account for a sudden explosion took !irmity. place of about 40 or 50 powder cat"tWith the unveiling 01 the tablet in Paris the words of Moliere respect- ridges by which we have lost several lives-at present three known and seven or more wounded. I had it in mind that -every precaution was taken on my part to prevent the ·like before I set down to dine at my house with • some gentlemen of this Island and the officers. . I must now beg of you for the sake or my honor to myself and ~he Publlo that an enquiry may be instituted on my conduct. Mrs. ,Walbach ill also much hurt and much damage 1a done about the garrison. Pardon me for the broken and abrupt report. I am 1n an unexpressible situation and thill, an old soldier hardened to the horrors of war, this scene Is nothing to be compared. 1 beg your order about my request and have the honor to be with pro• found respect, Your very humble an<! obedient servant ' J.B. WALBACH, Capt. To Hon. Wm. Smith, Sec. of War, City of Washiugton. The esteem ,and confidence held by the Secretary of War, ls evident by the following: July 12, 1809. To Capt. Walbach:"Your letter of the 4th inst. giving information of the melan_cho1y accident wh1ch occurred on that day he,.<J hee11 received. lt is incon('eivable that $l1Ch a disaste1· should happen Ott tho r ,\radc without some negl"ct or want ,r due prccautlo1,. At the same time it may have bccu Lhe result oC u'uavold111.Jle accident. The known prudence and experience of Capt. Walbach wlll shield him from the imputation of neglect. The subject of· cuquity will be considered. In the meantlme you will have opportunity lo transmit a particular statement by which It will be ascertained how many wlll have fallen victims to the explosion and what ls the condition of the survivors. · t oo~ratulate you on your escape and hope Mrs. Walbach Is recovered rrom the injury which she has ceived." With respect, WM. SMITH, Sec. o! war. Col. Walbach was a resident of Ne1' Castle for more than twenty years. He was promoted Ior meritorious conduct at the Battle or Chrystlers F1eid in Canada. His son, whom he survived, was appointed to Weat Point from New Hampshire. He owned oonsiderable property in New Castle, about GO acres adjacent lo and including Je.rre'a Point, now Fort Stark, and several acres now owned by the Hotel Wentworth Co. Col. Walbaoh was buried 1n Baltlmot"e. The Parade Ground was in !ront of the present hospital bullding and th~ guests were In a house a short distance ofI toward the south, about 200 rt. �Rockingham's ·Rambles ' Colonel George Boyd was one of Portsmouth's most talked of men in .t he old days. He purchased the mill seat, later the Raynes' mansion and ship-yard, of Peter Livius, somewhere between 1767 and 1770. He enJarged the -h ouse, materially. His garden in front extended to the site of the present- depot, and water bound-e d his premi~s on the east. It was a magnificent seat, such as a nabob might envy, enclosed within a white open fence, and at regular intervals of some forty -0r fifty feet, those handsomely carved towering grenadier's heads were placed on posts, and presented a very unique .· + + + Col. George Boyd was in indigent circumstances in early life, and served as a ·house,boy to Henry Sher-burne a merchant who resided1 near Pier ~harf. His master was ery strict in discipline. One Sunday, finding some fresh fis·h on the .taible, he learned on inquiry that George had caught them in sacred time. The next morning George received a horsewhipping for Sabbath desecration. Not long after, George was one day sent into the storehouse to draw molasses. Af.ter ,t aking out the tap, he stepped to the door to speak with an acquaintance. Forgetting his charge, he did not look back until ,t he floor was pretty weU cover-ed with the sweet carpet! The terror of the whip forbade an effort for an explanation, so he took French leave -0f the town and soon after -became an apprentice in Boston. He came back to Portsmouth when of age, and was foreman of Myrick's Topewalk, which was built north of the line of the 'Present jail premises, extending west from what was then the :garden of Ira Haselton, on Rock ,Street, to ,t he site of :the stable of Ichabod Goodwin. He was successful in business, or fortunate in discovering treasure in the "old cellar," and retired from the ropewalk in early life to commence trading. He was sharp at a bargain, generally paying his workmen in goods at a large advance on cost. His wife was, Jane, a daughter of Joseph Brewster, who in 172'7 owned and occupied as a boarding-house the site of Isaac Waldron's residence on Congress Stre,e t. 'T hey had -five sons and five daughters. ) + + + Boyd made a lot of money and determined upon a trip to England. Submit, his youngest daughter, was born in October, 1774, just before his departure. It was said that the name given to ·h er was intended as his expression of what he regarded the duty of the country. This intimation, however, has been denied, for he made no direct opposition to the Revolution-. He -p reserved a neutrality, that he might Tetain his [ucra-t ive businessbut none of his . enemies could su-b1 rebellion, disloyalty, nor treason against him; neither could the most ardent "minute men" of ,t hose ".times ,that tried men's souls," point out a solitary overt act of his, that betrayed hostility to the country of his birbh and her noble cause. + + + Colonel Boyd did not long personally enjoy his beautiful seat, for it appears that he left for England in an earlY1 part of the Revolution, and -spent but Iittle of the last twelve y•e ars of .h:is life with his family, which remained at the mansion by the mill, or rather at the White Village, as fr-0m their color, ,t he collection of dwellings, store hou ses and barns, was sometimes· called. + + + In August, 1787, ·Col. George Boyd sailed from London for his home, from whlch he had been many years absent. He took with him a handsome coach, and an English coachman named Charles Harrington, who afterwards ibecame the coachman of Woodbury Langdon. HiS' gardener, John Cunningham, he also .sent over from England, at an earlier date. Without probably anticipating its use so soon, ·h e also brought in the sarne ship with his coach an elegant monument (it may be seen in the north buryin1g ground), for •h is grave at s-0me future time, with a place for a marble .tabl-e t on which to have recorded his· final departure. The vessel had a long passage, and did not arrive at our por.t until the eighth of October, two days after his spirit had depa1'.ted. Thus, at ,t he age of fiftyfour y.ears, just reaching the scene of his magnificent mansion and spacious gardens in, season to occupy a tenement six feet by two, on the opposite side of -t he way, and to be covered by the cold ,s tones which had accompani-ed him on ·his voyage. How fleeting the riches and grandeur of earth. 'T ,h ere can now be found S"carcely a trace of the treasures of him who was our Croesus about on hundred and fifty years ago-excepting in that tomb stone! INTERESTING SHIP PAINTINGS ON VIEW HERE Tims,e who have felt the fascination of the cl ipper ships whlch once made Am erican seamanship r espected upon an tbe seas of the world will be interested in viewing paintings of five of the most famous of the clipper ships which are Dow on display at the Piscataqua Savings Bank. They are the work of Thom.as Bailey of Winthrop, Ma ss:, who mu; established DO little reputa. tioD , through his paintings of marine subjects. Mr. Bailey is no tyro in the art of the seJ. no dry-land sailor who pai~ts an ~known subject. He knam thoroughly the sailing ships of the olden days, having run away as a boy to ship on a whaler out of Nantucket and ha.ving spent several years :iboard sailing ships. The cli:pper ships ''Flying Cloud", "Daniel Webster," "Staghound" -" Lightning" are pictured under sail in this series of paintings. f-Our of .th,ese .stately and graceful vessels were built at the famous shlpyal"d of Donald McKay at East Boston, Mass. The ''Flying Cloud," perhaps the most famous clipper of them all, was bJilt in 1853 and made the record time of 22 knots per hOUr. She was later de~ stro_yed by fire in 1874 at St. John 's, N : B. The -~Daniel Webster" was built in 1 1850 and -lost at Caliao, South Am- wa.s erica. On Nov. 9, 1851 , she rescued the passengers and crew of the immigration .i;}1ip "Unicorn", under the comma.nq ot Ca.pt.·· w. H. Howard. The "Staghound" was launched on Dec. 7, 1850, and, incidentally, was the first .ship to be built by Donald McKay. She w.i.s Jost off the Atlantic Coast. The '"Lightning" was built in lBnO. She was eoromanded by Capt. James Nlcholas Forbes and was lost o1f the Cape of Good Hope in 1860. Another painting in the series is I.he "Susquehanna," built by Axthur Sewall at Bath, Me., in 1882. She was a steelhull :;hip and was lost of! the W~t Indies. . f' A painting which for several ye.us ha.5- hung upon the wall of the Piscataqua Bank: 'depicts the "Chocorua", a full-rigged ship which was built B.t Portsm.oJth in 1863 ft.nd was commanded by Capt. Charles D. MatUiews an ancestor of the president of the b;nk, E. Curtis Matthews. ---·~ ...... �DISPLAY OF COLO IAL WARE From July 23 until Aug. 6 the beautiful Wentworth Gardner House in P1Jrt.smouth, bullt in 1760 and now owned by the Metropr,litan Museum, will display early glass an<i china loaned by families or Portsmouth, Kittery and York who have treasured many of the pieces since colonial times -a collection of great disLinction as well as historic interest. Many or the pleces to be shown have played their part ln lives famlllar in American story, and tell not only of ancestral hospitality and good living, but of battle and intri~ue. Tl1e oldest eiahibil is the wormeaten, ironbound oak chest, Htlecl with wine and cordial bottles, which has been in the family of the lender for nine gene1·atious. It originally belonged to Law• rence Southwick, who established the first glass factory in this country in Salem in 1639, and the glas~ ls probably of his own manuraclure. It descended to its present • owner through Lawrence's daughter, who was persecuted· and finally sold as a slave in the West Indles, for her loyalty to the Quaker faith. Her story is told in Whittler's ballad, Cassandra Southwick. The ttu=ee governors or the province of New Hampshire frnm the WentworLh family left behind them china which will be shown-a large blue Canton bowl, a Lowestoft teacaddy belonging to Governor S'.lm Wentworth, and several platc>s and a bowl lert by Benning Wentworth, who governed for twenty-five years, and whose romantic marriage lo the serving maid of the Earl of Ha!ira,c Inn is celebrated ln LongCellow's poem, Lady Wentworth. This bowl was made a special eKhlblt at the Chicago World's fair in 1893. The seiges of Louisburg are recalled in the magnificent set of Lowestoft owned by Sir Edward Hughes, commander of the BriLlsh fleet, as well as in three pieces of glass looled by some unknowq and laket\ lo York. The capture of the first ves,el by the naval forces of the new republic of United States was commemorated by a Chinese Lowestoft bowl, over two feet In diameter. On one side of the bowl is painted a picture of the U. S. Frigate Delaware, flying a proud Stars and Stripes, pursuing the French privateer Le Croyable, in 1799. On the opposite side of the bowl Is a picture of Captain Stephen Decatur, commander of the Dclawnre. Beautlful c,camples of lustre, a set or black Wedgewood, and various sets or colonial doll's china will be shown, including a complete doll's set in Lowestoft. Many fine and unusual pieces or Waterford and SI iegel will be in the exhibit. An unusual flip glass has a clock on the side with the hand pointing to twelve. A sea captain's chest wlll be shown flt.te<i with large and small bottles decorated in gold that must have mitigated the hardships of sea. 0 The Wentworth-Gard:ier House 13 open to the public under the auspices of the Society for the Preservation of New En~land Antiquities, of which Mr. S111nner Appleton, Mr. William Endicott and Mr. Carlton Richmond are committee members. The local committee which offers the e,chlblt consists of Mrs. Winslow Peirce, chairman; Mr. Templeman Coolldge, Mr. Clipson Sturgis, Mr. John Mead Howells, the Honorable Robert Marvin, Mr. Stephen Decatur, Mrs, Barrett Wendell, Mrs. Cal'l Mead, Miss Frances Brooks, Mrs. Arthur Rice, Mrs. Harry Hungerford, Mrs. Lewis Sargent, Mrs. Harold Mathews and Miss Emma IIawkridge. \, ';I: ,,f,., OPEN HISTORIC ' YO K MANSION York, I\Ie., Aug. 1-The Frost garrison and home nt Ellot was opened to the public tod:iy, through the courtesy of Marlin Frost, the 10th generation of the family to occupy the place. The proceeds ivill lir for the benefit of the u~vly r•.:; trblished York Girl Scout Council. There was a tea in connection with the opening 11ml it is expected that the oprning c,f !hr historic garrison, which was the scene of many a struggle beLween the Incli ms and white settlers, will a ttract mnny from the nearby summer colon'es. The Frcsl property of 100 acres wa.~ r,rnnfr cl lo Mnj. Charles Frost in 1660. The fir st. housC' on the 100-acre tract which is ~Lill intnct in the Frost family possPs• ion, was built in 1660. The old Grorgi~n howr, which still stands, was erecter! in l 732. Two ye.1rs later. the small block howsc was b11ill, followed by the Im gc one in 1738. The J::l'!rri.-;on was tiuilt auring King William·, war. The bmlding is in :rn excellent state of preservation with its sides of hewn logs, firmly pinioned together. 1n the home Mr. Frost, the pre.sent ownrr, has carefully removed the papers that covered the walls for many years nml restored the ancient paintc>cl clesi~ns to their first fresh beaul,v. The rooms .ire furnished with rare c•lci Colonial pieces and there is also much ancient silver, pewter and glass. Olhrr things of interest are the coffin table in the hall and the well under ti ,r piazz t, so placed that during the frontier d::ys water might be'drawn with as Ulle f'Xposure Lo the Indians ns pos.•ible. Maj. Cba rlrs Frost, the first of the ten gcnrra lions of the family Lo occupy tbe place, v,n~ himself a victim of the Indians when he was commander-inchief of the militi:1 of the Province of Maine, as it was then known. When Major Frost was appointed head of the mii:turv Iorce.s, the IndJans and French were spreading desolation far and near. Many families abandoned their homes and places such as York, Wells, Portland in Maine and Salmon Palls and Durham in New Hampshire SJ!!ered greatly from the horrors o.! savage warfare. July 4, 1697,i Major Frost, in bls 65th year, fell victim to the merclles.s savage. This was after be had retired when 60 years of age from the military service. He was still in public life, however, by virtue of being appointed a member of the governor's council. Faithful in frequenting public ship, according .to the law and custom of the time, M~jor Frost attendee public worship on the day ment.:oned. On returning home towards evening, •· accompanied by part of his family and some neighbors, they were fired upon by savages who lay In ambush at what is c 1lled Ambush Rock. Some of the party, including two o! his Charles and John Frost., escaped, but Major Frost, with Mrs. John Heard and o-·,•,;r;v,..-,.._,. Dennis Downing, were killed. ~fr. Heard was wounded and tried to put his wlfe on a horse, but she !ell,and begged him to leave her ancl save the children at home. The Indians, according to fl'!;::;,,ll;~,.:;-., history, chased him and shot his horse, which fell under him near the garrison. •c:·,·---"•·"''''' He finally s.1cceeded in reaching the shelter of the garrison and thus caped his pursuers. The night following the burial Mnjor Frost, the Indians open~d grave and took the body to the top of Frost's Hill, where they suspended it on a st1ke, as well rui piercing the body. Early the next morning the Ind!ans were hea.,:d making most hideous noises on the hill and bis son, Charles, on goIng out l;o ascertain tl1e cause dJ.scovered that the body had been dlslnterred. A few men were !u\.$Llly got together and recovend the 'body. A g1lard was kept over the gl'ave unlli a. large n~t atone -was laid upon it, and the Indians, fearing that thi's was a. trap for them, did not attempt to troubfe the grave any more. Traditions says that the stone was brought from York woods some years be!ore en a drag and was· , intended to be used as a doorstep for the old garrison house. Some years after the death of Me.jor Frost the stone was cut into its present shape and lettered by a ,Welshm:1,n from Portsmouth. The inscription 1s as follows: "Here lyeth interred ye body ·of ~aj. Charles Frost, age 65 years. Deceased July ye 4th, 1697." A line is cut aro.:nd the stone and in eacil corner is a clearly chiseled fleur de lis. Mrs. Gilman L. Moulton of York Harbor, commissioner of the York Girl scout Council, heads thf': committee on arrangements. ,vor- �An Architect-Appraises A House J\ N ENORMOUS bulk of material f"\. has been printed about the · dwellings o! former generations, an amount indicative o! the fertility of the subject and the va_ried aspects 'its attractions a~sume according to individual taste. Those tastes often seem slngletrack, with nttention fixed on some one aspect, brlnging for the public's enlightenment the rmphasis of enthusiasms ta5ed very differently. To some the technicalities of architecture appear to be the sole incitement as these abundantly evince the skill, scholarship and individuality of the builder-architects o! the 1700's and early 1800's. In these present days, men whose qualifications a.re indicated by collegiate degrees in the arts are likely to be consulted for the most modest new structure or renovation. in those earlier years no such' .course of study was known, though· there were numerous books available to supplement with design and theory the long and exacting trade- or craft-training of the builder. The Architects View So \.he architect of today \vho studies old dwellings finds in many of them plentiful details significant of the bullders· individuality, as they embodied in wood, brick and stone their personal translations of an art learn~d through both practice and reading. All this, it is true, may seem to belong to the expert's or specialist's attitude, but many of the features they notice become quite obvious once they are called to the layman's attention. And after that the recurrence of the feature elsewhere ls fixed as an added bit of interest for us. So the architectenthusi:i.st who writes lively and informative opinions on an old building, even though they are someT what technical, proVides hints_,,for increased pleasure in this direction. All this Is true of the architectobserver, who sees only a structure designed thus and so, with this detail and that, and having such and such proportions. He tells about what he, as an architect, thinks interesting or Important. Impelled by contrasting Ideas, another gives thought mainly to history, crowds his comments with facts, local and International events of which the place and Its former inmates were scenes and actors. Perhaps the next visitor thinks in term.3 cf social matmers and will dwell on the stages of domestic and community life in which the home was erected and the first generations occupied it. Then, ln time, a poet ma:, J!ngcr about rooms and garden, and after a while "'.ander away to weave mto the fabric of h9,unting ' verse some of the romance. and tragedy the place has witnessed. , . In his brochure, The Moffatt-Ladd House, Philip Dana Orcutt, A. I. A., views a New Hampshire rcsldenl:e of about 1763 from the several angles mentioned, except the last. His profess10n naturally leads to a careful appreciation of the design, in the large and in detail , but his broader concerns lead to a background sketch of local and American rolonial contemporary affairs. Against this picture an outstanding Portsmouth house is · projected along with its builders and early occupants, whose descendahts h ave ever since dwelt there. In Trust for Public Good Now through the generosity of the Ladd famlly, last of these, t he house and gardens have come in trust to the New Hampshire Society of the Colonial Dames of America, and uc oi,en to the public during the summer months. Home of a wealthy merchant ~hip-own er, It was situ!),ted on a bluff above the Piscataqua River, and from ils windows he could watch his craft as they began or ended their voyages to distant ports. '.l'he character of the house is ,·cvealed by the view pictured here of the hall, which Is the finest one In all New England. What Its wall pdper was originally Is not known, but the present ore, found also m the upper hall, Is famous for its origin and remarkable for its excellent condition. It is the "Vue~ d'Italle" printed by Joscpl1 Dofour In Paris between 1815 and 1820. W)thin a slender volume. of less than 50 pages, Mr. Orcutt has compressed much collateral matter th'lt enlivens the subject and gives 1t ,crisply outlined surroundings, physical and reminiscent. Set close to the hi;;hway as was the manner in the English birthplace of its builder, deep gardens extended from t,he rear and still have somewhat of their old form and beauty. But It Is the home within which he makes us most desire to see, for this has been changed little if any in the nearly two centuries of its standing. ����The fire appa1'atus of those olden days consisted of an engine known as a "goose-neck", so called because of the long, goose-neck shaped pipe on top of the gallery, through which water was played on t.hc fire. This was before the Invention of a successful rubber hose, which was introduced in 1811, or of sucLion engines which came Int.o use in 1822. Those "goose-neck" engines were supplied with water by The most ancient :fl.re-:flghtlng ormeans of two lines of people, one line ganization in this country, in the point passing the fill_ed water buckets from of continuous existence, is still nourhand to hand up to the engine and i.'lhing right here in this city. This · is the other line returning the empty the Federal Fire Society of Portsbuckets to be refilled. mouth, N. H., which was organized on When suction fire engines came into March 6, 1789, nearly one houndred use in 1822 they were quickly adopted and forty-seven years ago. Another generally to replace the older type. ancient fire company is also to be With the newer engines equipped with found here. This ·is the Mechanics hose, ~the bucket lines were not necFire Society which was organized in essary and thus the principal reason July, 1811. so far as is known, the for the existence of the fire societies only' other rei:nainlng fire organization was removed. The :flrst suction engine of the many which flourlshed in the was the "Hydraulic" of Providence, R. days of fire buckets and goose-neck · I., which was invented and constructengines of a century ago is the Wored at Philadelphia in 1822. In the year ce.5ter Fire Society, which was organ1852 another revolutionary change In ized- four· years after the Federal Sofire fighting methods came with the ciety, on January 21, 1793. introduction of the steam fire engine. The fire societies were organized for Motorized apparatus made !ts appearthe purpose of safe-guarding the proance in 1903. perty . of members· in particular and For many years the Portsmouth and the public In general. An excerpt from Worcester fire societies have been the rules of the Worcester Fire Society fiocial organizations only. The member_ in "the early days reads as follows: ship of the Federal Fire Society of "The society, upon notice of !Ire, this city is limited Lo twenty-five will take partrcular care of public !_llembers and that of the Worcester buildings when In danger, and pay company to thirty. The Port.smouth the same attention to the property of society has held two meetings a year the widow and famlly o; any deceased without a single· exception since it was member when more in danger than the founded almost 147 years ago. The property of any ·of the members of the membership of these organizations insociety, and wm make use of the same cludes some of the most prominent ciexercertions for the removal, security tizens of these cities. and return thereof as If said deceased member was living. And all persons who from age or infirmity, have withdrawn from the society, shall be entitled to the privllages of membership, except voting, so long as they are provided with suitable bags, buckets and bed-keys and do submit them to · an inspection by the clerk as often as may be deemed necessary. Every person admitted to membership shall be allowed eight weeks to provide himself with buckets, a bed-key and a common screw-driver. Members shall constantly keep together In some place in his dwelling house, convenient to be taken in case of fire, two buckets 'each e~ch containing at least eight quarts; two bags, each one yard and a half long and one yard and a half round with strings at their mouths that they may be drawn up with greatest dis-, Pf',tch, an iron bed-key with a screw driver at one end, and a common screw driver, the buckets and bags to be market and numbered witl1 :flrst letter ot the owners, Christian nam~ and Ihis surname at length. At notice of :flre members shall repair to the· place with buckets, bags, etc., ancl use his best endeavor to remove and secure all its goocl1!," The bags mentioned in the foregoing rules were for the purpose of carrying small articles from burning buildings and the bed-keys were necessary for taking apart the old-fashioned rope bedsteads. PORTSMOUTH HAS MOST ANCIENf .. FIRE SOCIETY Rockingham's Rambles One of Oscar Laighton's reminbcences: Most of our friends of 'the olden <lays had passed ·away since the Appledore House first opened in 1848. Aflcr 1!)00, automobiles began lo be in evidence, which still foi-t,her a<ldc<l to ou1· misfortunes. A young man, named Harry G. Marvin, of unusual -ability, who had been wiUh us many years, was managing the Oceanic for , .._,,r..-,~•··, me, while I remained in charge of .,,=,sp,;;,~ Applcdore. One day Hauy came over to see me about a proposition one of his guests at Star Island had made. The gentleman's name was Thomas J:lliott, and ihe and his wife were staying at bhe Oceanic. Mr. E,Jliot.t was so delighted with the island that he proposed t.o bring a party of Unitarian~ down another ·season, if satisfactory arrangements could be made. + + + Harry told me on what terms they would come, and I saw that he was excited. I told him Chat we must act with caution. "What is a Unitarian? Are they good people? It won't do to introduce any rough element," I replied. Ifany sai<l that he di<l not know just exactly what a Unitarian was, but judging from the- Elliotts, he woul<l say that they were very nice, harmless people. l\Ir. EllioU promi,ed to "fill the Oceanic to the ridge-pole," he said . Everything secmc<l satisfactory, so I tol<I Harry to go ahead and welcome the Unilarians to Star Island. + + + The next season, to my astonishment, Mr. Elliott arrived wilih hundreds of Unitarians, filling the Oceanic and overflowing lo Appledore. They liave been coming every year since, over forty years, I think. They were so much interested in the old stone church that, with the consent of my brother's wife, I gave it to them. 'rhis church was built in the yt'ar 1800, lo replace one of wood, which the Islanders had cut up t.o keep the pot boiling when they were :'hort of firewood, and the present church was built of stone Lo prevent a recurrence or this devastation. The Lower was bhen of wood and was blown down in 1892. I immediately built t.he stone tower now standing. Possession of the chur:-h by tlhc Unitarian~ led lo the \1'1:,h of securing the whole properly, ancl lo my great dcJig,ht, they finally boug~1t Star Island and all the Oceanic properly. -I· + + From the files of the NEWS-LETTER years ago: J. II. Fellows has con ctccl his new shop at Brentwood a w employs nearly forty yom omen. From the files of the NEW :TTER 25 yea1·~ ago: The Exeler a1 1 ton Eledric Com iany buys �What's Going On ·,.).(lln the~~~~ · ~ - Women's City Club USAN RICKER KNOX ls exJ.,.,~"lf,:~1J',:li'-il hibitor at the Women's City Clu.b, 40 Beacon Street. Her contribuUon Is dlsLlngulshed for the special subject matter, namely, the American Indian. Placed in his environment in Arizona, the Indian proves a very picturesque model, mounted against a very scenic background. For a painter it is sumptuous material. He need not force up the palett,e, add any imaginary garnishlngs, for they arc all there awaiting his choice. Susan Knox has portrayed the Pima Indian, a Hopi Chief with feathered headdress, a mother and child, a Yagui constable. In every im,tancc she has dwelt upon racial traits, costume, personal peculiarities, so that there is no doubt just what type of subject the painter has depicted, The warm, rich colors reveo 1' the brilliance of the sun. Such flne material, such an inexhaustible source of design. And in one or two instances she has painted the cactus ve etation. S Native of Portsmouth, Renowned Arti~t, Shows Her Paintings Miss Susan Ricker Knox, a well .known artist and a nnt.lve of Portsmouth, today opened n one-man exhibition at the Women's City Club, Booton. Miss Knox conducts a. summer studio at York Harbor, Me., and does· hel' winter painting in and' about Mesa, A11z. She drive::; hc>r own car back and forth actoss the country, eastwnl'd in thr. ~pring and following the westward snn enC'h nutttmn1 stopping all along the wny to paint. She ls a nationally-known portrait painter but manages t-0 find time for landscapes, flowers and still life as well. This City Club display· ls Miss Knox's first one-man show in Boston since the large one she held nt the Vose Galleries some years ngo although her work has appeared in group exhibitions and 18 to be· found In snmmer shows at Gloucester, Rockport and Ogunquit, Me. It gives a comprehensive Idea of her versat1lity wltl1 its variety of subject matter and treatment. EXHIBIT-OF PA TINGS AT IEIRCE BARN The •final Pxhlbition of the Portsmouth Home Industries ls being held this wPek nt their shop at the Peirce Bnrn. Pnlntings wm be on exhibition until Saturcl1y night when the Home Industries Shop will close, after the first season of a complete building for its displays. It ls expected that a shop will be open during the few weeks· preceding Christmas which will give people an opportunity to purchase gifts rhade in New Hampshire. The exhibition now on display ls of paintings by Russell Cheney of Kittery, who is well kn-Own for his art work. This undoubtedly ls the most lnterest,ing t-0 Portsmouth people of all the exhibitions at the shop during the summer. All of the scenes are what Portsmouth people see as they go about their work and recreation. Among those displayed are paintings of the following: Bolt HllI road, Kittery Point, Chauncey's Creek, Meeting House Hill, Warner House, Wentworth Gardner House, South Mill Bridge, Pepperell Wharf and Ceres street. The painttngs of Warner House, Wentworth Gardner an<l South Mill SENDOFF FOR TUG MITCHELL DAV'IS ' The sturdy little tJgboat, M. Mitchell Davis, for 25 years a well known sight along the shores of Portsmouth Harbor and the Piscataqua River, put out to sea la.st evening bound for a new home port amid a farewell send-off which, if ships really have souls, as sailors claim, must have delighted her. The M. Mitchell Davis has been sold by the Piscataqua River Towing Co. to George W. Sunderlin, Inc., of..,.,. "-"·,..,"' Bridgeport, Conn., and will be put into general towing service there after some repairs are made. As she glided away from her home dock off M<1rket street about 7 o'clock last evening in tow' of the John G. Chandler, her larger and more powerful successor, the Sightseer, her companion for many years at the dock here, sounded a mournrui farewell on her whistle. The Memorial bridge also sounded a long farewell to the little boat which has steamed beneath it so many times, often · tugging big freighters many times its size. The C3rs stopped on the bridge took up the farewell with their horns, many o! the Bridge hr,ve never been displayed motorists knowing that this was the before, and this will give an opportuDavis' final departJre from Portsnity to see these pictures. The paintmouth as her home port. A powerful ing of Killcry Point Is remarkably well horn at Frisbee's dock · at Kittery done and was shown by request in Point also sounded in farewell as. she Chicago. o. hers have been on exhibipassed down river, followed by the tion at the Montrose Gallery in New sounding of the ship's bell of Ben H~ut York and Grace Horne's Gallery at as she came around New Castle. At Boston . :rort Point the bell there rang out a Mr. Cheney who resides at Kittery last farewell. All along the New Castle Point, studied art in New York, Paris shore cars were parked, honking goodand at Ogunquit under Mr. Woodbury. bye ·a nd good luck .. . The · Chocorua, powerful motor laun~h of E. Curtis Matthews, president or the Piscataqua River Towing Co., her .~~\,i:;;l~~'!~,-,,1 former -owners, accompanied the M. Mitchell Davis for some way offshore, bearing Mr. Matthews and a party o{ friends. The Chocorua gave the last salute of Portsmouth to the study little craft as she wended her way to her �J~ TI A LY 0 NNG Built In 188~ - Was Used By · Government for Housing Men During World War 1883 was enlarged, and four cottages were also added to the hotel accommodations. The Pepperrell, under the Llnscotts, has brought back to Kittery a great number of persons and families who, year after year return to the hotel, and the season just clo.sed has been the best of recent years. The Pocahontas, b.illt in 1885 by Samuel Ellery Jennison on Gerrish Js· lo.nd, was torn down after having been abandoned for a number of years. The fourth and lo.rgest of the Kittery Point hotels, also on the waterfront, was erected in 1890 by the late Hon. Horace Mitchen. This was recently purchased by John Mead Howe11s of Kittery Point and torn down, to improve the Howe11s estate- '-'·-------- Fire of susp1c1ous origin early this The hotel was erected in 1887 by morning destroyed the Hotel Parkfield Jesse Frisbee at a cost of $15,000. It at Kittery Point owned by David was a four-story building with about Hui:ovl!',z of 47 Adams Avenue, Everett, 35 rooms. It was operated by the ownMass. er this summer but has been closed The fire was discovered by Daniel since Labor Day. Frisbee at about 3 a. m. Mr. Frisbee During the World War the governwho lives next door to the hotel, ment took over the Parkfleld, also the The old building, for several years glanced from his window and saw Hotel Pe rrell using both for housthe flames s~ooting from the second and ing men who were engaged in ship- unused, which once served as old Eastern third floor dormer windows of the east yard work in. this section. The Park• freight-house of the side of the building. He immediately field ls covered by insurance and the Ra.1lway here, Is being torn down. The building is localed in the local railtelephoned James P. Coleman, chief loss is estimated at about $8000. of the Kittery Point Fire Department · Fire Chief James P. Coleman of Kit- road yards of the Boston & Maine who in turn summoned the Kittery, tery Point stated this morning that he across the tracks from the station' Portsmouth and York departments. will conduct an investigation and for It has been purchased by John Gam~ Upon the arrival of the firemen thr:i that purpose a fire inspector from man of Islington road, this city, and flames had already gained great head- Portland bas been called and is expec- the work ot removing the old strucway and were shooting rapidly up ted to r~ach Kittery Point this fore- ture was begun this morning. Perhaps some of our older residents can through the center of the big old noon. structure. Th~ fire is believed to have On Fdday last a huge swastika was recall the days when this old building started beside the...sb,irs leading to the , mysteriously painted on the sign of was in use by the predecessor to the second floor. It quickly worked up-' the Parkfleld Hotel. Under the Nazi ooston & Maine line. ward along the main stairway, gutting emblem were three letters daubed in the interior, until it burst through the b!ack-B. A. K. roof around the cupola. Mr. Herwltz discounts the incident Exce11ent work upon the part of the as a prank and states that he was firemen and the fact that th planning to erect a new sign next ere was year but little wind, together with an am' . pie water supply aided in confining the The Parkf1eld Hotel was erected ~s fire to the hotel, preventing its spread the third of Kitt~ry Point hotels by the to much valuable ·property located late" Jesse E. Frisbee in 1887, 49 years nearby.-Had there been a strong wind ago. It was on the main highway, the situation would have been serious so.1th of the Hotel Pepperrell, and on a in that area. The firemen worked part of the old Si'r William Pepperrell nearly three hours on the burning estf\te. n derived its name by Mr. structure, using streams from three Frisbee from the fact that the field_be• hyq.rants, and with the Kittery tween the highwa.y and the sea had pumper using salt water from Frls- been used by Sir William as a bee's wharf. park. It started in the east end on th During the more pro.sperous days of first floor and was discovered b; the summer hotel business at. Kittery Daniel Frisbee who resides nearby Point, the house enterto.ined nearly 100 Alarms were sounded in Kitter guests for an entire summer, with Point and Kittery which brought th~ transients taxing its capacity, fire apparatus from both places, also pecially in August of each year. . Engine 1 from Portsmouth. The good It was one of the two hotels taken work of the firemen, also the excellent over by the government in 1918 for the water service saved other valuable housing ~f navy yard employes. property in that section. The firemen The Hotel Pepperrel, the first of its worked nearly three hours on the kind in Kittery and which was estab· burning structure, using three hyd- llshed_in 1872 by the late Edward F. rant streams 11,nd the Kittery pumper Safford, is the only remaining summer on Frisbee's .wharf. No wind prevailed hotel at Kittery Point. This hotel im· at the time under which condition the mediately sprang into popularity, and ffremen were aided some: ~---- �- . ESCR! . ~l\' ~-\~I . ) mmll JRairn-y' Ils Speaker'. W!~etnrig Of Rotary 'Club ll1m,te1rces·th1g Ce1re1'8ontes ·I avy Ya1rd Th1is I~ 01r1,1ng I () 1\, ~ .\5 ,!) - - ~ - -- - - The i;ullmanne Porpoise, Lhe newes~ 1 Porpoi.~ i.<; as follnws : Lieut. Comdr. addition to the undersea.q fighting fleet S. S. Murray, Lieut. A. F, Junker, of Uncle Sam, went into commission Lieut. (j . g.) J . EI. Lewis; Lieut. (j. g,) at the Portsmouth Navy Yan! at 11 D. L. Ma ttie, and Lieut. (j •. g.) E, J , o'clock this morning. A number of MacGregor 3rd. There are 45 men !n yard employees and some civilians the crew of tile submarine. were on hand to see the commission- '. The keel of the Porpoise was laid on tng, Oct. 27 (Navy D y) 1933, and the first Cont(lr /\. W. Brown, Capt. of the rivet In the keel wits driven by a handJ'ard, representing t,l1e Commandant, riveting ,:a n,: composed of some of the turned the vessel over to Lieut. Comdr. officers then on dnty at the Navy S. s. Murray, USN, who ha.~ been as- Yard. Included m that group was signecl to command of the submarine. Stuart Murray, son of the present The American F'lflg w11.s uufurlc-d at comman rlh•r: of!lcc•r of tho submarine, the stern ·-ror 1.11e first tlmc and the who o.ctc-tl as tiglltucss Inspector. · Union Jack wa1; raised at the how as The Porpoise wus launched· on June t.lie orders were received. The com- 20 of this year with Miss Eva Croft of mission pennant was hoisted to the Somersworth as the sponsor. The de'mast in the I conning tower, As this sign of tile Porpoise and lrer sister occurred the crew wa:; lined up on the submarine wa.-,; completed during the deck aud the commanding officer read summer of 1933 ii nd embodied the lathla orders formally placing him in est developments in submarine concommA-ud of the ship. struction The construction of ' this Lieut. Comdr. Stuart S. Murray has submarine was a further development been in the local yard for ahout two I of· the method used for the first time year.~. mm;t of that p~rloif on duty in on the Cachalot. , the [ndustrinl Department. He wa.q . The submarine ls 300 feet long, detached from that duty in July and about 25 feet beam, about 14 feet draft ordel'ecl to t.ake command or the Por- and hns a displacement of ·1aoo tons. poL~e. Comdr. Murray came ht!re on The ship is now about 87% completed May 2 1933, and he and Mm. Murray and following its completion will make for a. time resided at Quarters I at a shake-down cruise test of all of her the Ya.rel, but they now live on Middle equipment in service and upon being street. He was formerly assi~ncd t,0 accepted by the government will take the U. S s. S-14. her place in the submarine force of the the CT. s Fleet. The members 6t the Portsmouth Rotary Club had the pleasure of listening to one of their members tell a.bout his work at the regular meeting of the clubthis noon at the Rocl'tingham Hotel. The speaker was Paul Barry of the Federal Transient Bureau, who told of the bureau and the work being done by it. He told of the opening of the bureaJ In this city on July 3 of last year, and of the camp which ope'ned ·on Sept. 5 of last year. He mentioned the controversy regarding the location of the camp .a'.nd told of the objections . whiFh had .been made to having it 11,t. New 0a.stle. 1' Re said that people could Judge for·theinselve,q 1n regard to the claims, · · Tbe speaker told ot whl',t might possibly tlevelop in' future plans, 'bu~ gave L c,.__,._"· bfa opl.nJ.o n of ' them,. as ;In all ··op1n.lon ' expressed. as a -personal one and not official. •- , . · Mr.Barry told ,of the two,types of :i;~lief cases, Che first; being the ·unf1rtunates who have been forced out ·of jobs and find difficulty in maln~alning' themselves The oti.e1: type, µe stated', , ....~r,,,,: ..;:.: are the social• misfits, and the , speakel' s~id that; regardless depression ; or gbod times there a.re always those who a're constantly a sc;>urce of trouble. They a.re not disposed to work. ·They are willing to work once in a while, ·he siUci, a:p.d added that most <>f the work was cpnfined to motion. ,' .'Jj'he speaker told .of the situation tn• m.:iropean- countries al'1d spoke' of tl:ie! private agencies In this city which a.re carrying on the work, mentfoning s;;eclfically the work which the Family Welfare Association ls doing. · ~ clo~ing he urged that the morale. of the people be kept as high as possible, stressing the importance of this. 'I'he meeting next week -will · be charge of Dr. E. C. Blaisdell.. of �KSB · WANIS CLUB "I preached 1s years ago. The lhevlsts were working under cover, and J remember that shortly afterward Boston & Maine Is not a prontable !nf)Omebody suggested we both ought to stittit!on. I went from one end of the ' l>e locked ·.ip. That ls a true occurrence line to the other for two years and fJf only a few years ago and If you do talked before chambers of commerce ,iot believe we were right at that time and committees of_citizens In an effort 1t ls only necessary to read the head- to save the road. We should have many lines in any newspapers in New York of the biggest and fastest trains that Boston or any small city and they will this line carries coming here, because this dlvision is the shortest and most tell the story. "The chambers of commerce and the picturesque route to Maine, and we Rotary clubs, or the type and size of must have It to serve that Navy Yard. "rt was s11!d that lighters could be the Rotary Club or Boston, have come the to the conclusion that It is time to take used to transport shipments to Former Mayor r-. w. Hartford was :notice and only last Wednesday I went Navy Yard. Do we want to have a railthe speaker at the weekly meetinj of to ~ n to hear a newspaper publish- road end here with lighters to cross the the Kiwanis Club at the Rockingham er whom I have known for some time, river? Would you like to see that? Hotel on Tuesday evening and gave n nlmost from boyhood, who was to de- Would that be progress or would we feel challenglng talk to the members. liver an address on the situation · Jn that we are being sort of dried At the busines.s meeting it was voted Russia, Germany, Italy and some Jther That's the way I ftel about it. · "The Portsmouth Navy Yard either to ho\d, ~he next meeting at Echo Park £ountries. It was a most marvelous Lodge, on the former Frank Jones es- 'talk and brought 800 people to their in your time or in that of the ;ounger tate. Dr. Kenneth Steady spoke of the feet with cheers. He made no reference generation ls bound to be one or the proposed ra.dio program and gave n to. pollti.!s, but did refer to what is go- greatest naval stations in the world. J Boston brief BYDOpsi.s of lt, -as planned. ing on in our own country. My friends, read an editorial today in a President John t... Phelps told of the I could talk to you a solid hour or more paper which said that 'when we get four boys which the Kiwanis Club upon some of the things that are going this harbor dredged, and we have got .sent to camp for two weeks. He then on which wo.1ld cause a chill to run a million dollars to do it, we will have introduced Harry Winebaum, ,who up and down your spinal column and 40 feet of water, so that ships the lare;.ncted as chairman and introduced the the situation will grow worse if yo;1 fail est built or planned, can come up to the 11peaker. Mr. Hartford complimented to take notice of what you must do as navy yard.' Today we can bring ships ·,he Kiwani~s on their work and their good citizens. It is time that someone to the Portsmouth Navy Ya,i-d from the ~fforts in beball of worthwhile matters. brought thts message in all seriousness harbor without any dredging, even If He -spoke in part as follows: to every member connected with or- they draw 65 feet of water, and I can "What I want to emphasize to yo.i ls ganlzaUons of this type throughout produce charts made by the governth ment to prove this. 'jOUr ppvilege as Kiwania.ns to do a real e country. "Those a,_re •ome of the jong list of job as good citizens and carry on for all "So muc:, for the first of what I the fine things that should be a part wish to bring you this evening. The opportunities that we possess here. l! this community. Are you lending next ls: What are we going to do to When J WJ.S ln England I heard /Our band and effort to build a better build a bigger, better and more prl'\.S- much aboJt Portsmouth, England, and eity, and are you expressing your opl.n- perous section In these localities ad- lt.s great docks. We have all that here Ion forcibly on things you like and dis- Jacent to Portsmouth? We all love in the way of opportunity, in the way ~ke in this city?· If you are you are thpse pict.iresque towns. We are pToud of water and in the way of skilled me-.Uving up to the highest ideals of your io be kn9wn as citizens of Portsm mth chanics. 9rg.mization and 1f you are not then, and we .are r,1oud to have ummer "I do not believe it is possible to deto my mind, you do not belong to Ki- visltors at York, Hfl.mpton, Rye, Green- feat the Intentions of an organization ,.,.an!s. _ land, Newington and New Castle. But of this type if the citizens are organ"The future of this city and, in fact, what are we goi ng to do to make them ized and fearless. That is the essenjle futJre of America depends entirely not necessarily bigger, but, bett<ir? D~ tial thing. We have here what Is posupon the qu~llty and courage of mem- we overlook all the false moves and un- sessed by no other port. We are not )>ers of these great organizations fortunate things that happen right going to be n great commercial porlrJhroughout the country. we have nr- under our., eyes? some few years ago, not In these days, but we have a port pved at the point In the United States during my; a.st term of office I under- that can fully serve the navy and ,-,he:re we must go to meet the issue; It took to plant the seeds of ~ ·program that's what we have got· to fight for. ,S very fine to meet once a week and for tlie future in the building of an- You know there will not be, in your ,njoy the singing and companionship othed bridge across the P!sca.taqua Riv- time or mine, any reducing of navies (lf fellow-members, out are we taking er. I wqrked days and traveled a great In th! country or In any other counveriously what is confronting every many miles. I visited Gov. Bridges, try. Preparations will go on to make it ;ommunity in the United states? no former Governor Gardiner of Maine impossible to be attacked, even within 'fOU understand your government, local, and Governor Brann, and I also talked 500 or 1000 miles of the borders. •tate and national? Are we going for- .with Governor W!nant and had his co"I want to call your atiention, briefward or are we slipping? Are the 'o peration.'! had the fullest cooperation ly, to what can be done when a few Jrooks and gangsters getting us by ~the from th~ president of the Boston & people are determined to do their ut)hroat or not? That is what, to my Maine Railroad,, and that work, 1n most to carry out some worthwhile proi)lind, we must get busy on. spite of some dela.ys, has been moving ject. For a r:rent many years I have "We have got to do more thinking forward. To my mind It would be one been Identified with the develo.pm ent )D~ more const.r.ictive work and lf we of the most magnificent accomplish- of this seacoa~t and I had the honor to .Jail to do this -I venture to say that ments that coJld possibly come to our be named chairn11n of the commission within a few years we will lose this city, and is something that must hap- to study Rye Harbor and JreedoDJ in which we take so much pen or the merchants here wlll suffer funds and approval for Its Improvement, and because of dettrminatio,1 we pride, and we will looe the heritage left more and more. us by the Pilgrims and by Martin "Don't feel that construction of an- have arrived at the point where the Pring, who sailed up our river, and of o,ther avenue would curtail business. state In the past two weeks has taken Capt. John Smith. What are we doing What I proposed was to move every options on th is property and will com·.inder:.aking 'o preserve it? Law and order must truck over this bridge. That is some- plete this phase of the take precedence over all-the criminals thing that Is within the power of the within a few days, and, if there ~:e no 'l!llUSt 'be placed in prison and the mtn community and these big trucks should unexpected up.sets, thing~ will begin -,.,ho are trying to tear down Old Glory be taken off Middle street. It would oe happening in the vicinity of Rye Har,nust be overcome. ,, a self-liquidating bridge, the railroad bor. "I remember some few years ago would pay so m.ich per ton and so much ''This will mean much ',,) 11s in hen Hon. A. P. Langtry, then secre- per passenger. It would be a great up- Portsmouth, ns it will mean fr bigge r tary of the stare of Massachusetts, and building move for the Eastern Division and better commJnity. It is a marvelmysel! were speakers in a small town of the Boston & Maine, and unless ou... p:cture that has been drawn and bi this state, we pictured with all the there Is a. new bridge across this river the development will be a wonderful ,-igor and courage that we possessed you will see this city a dead end, and thing. The gov~rnment is interested <ilhat <:ommunism and bolsbevlsm were that is no dream. and when you see the ,>arade grou':I<" of tn our- midst and Communists and bol-, former Mayor Hartford mves Challe!(ging Talk At Meeting At Rockingham . .. �60 acres planned !or the slale militia, the harbor which will, when dredged cover 10 acres, and the Ocean boulcva1,i curve wiped out, with a cut across the mnrslws, you will realize that It Is '!Xcecdingly worthwhile. The 18 miles of seacoa t is so important. ~o valuable. so necessary for the devc!opme~,t of the state of New Hampshire that we must disreg'll.rd the knoc,ccr and the type of individ.ia1 who snys 'it crn't, be done' and 'we don ·t need it.' " Visitors included A. P. Langlry of Walt.ham, Mass., and New Castle. Franz Wngner, J. H. McGorrish and J. H. McGotrish, Jr., of St. Petersburg. Fla .. and Ev'erett lreland of Somerville, cc .' 36,00 Dfsii ,·1rna·ted .IBy IFede1ral Coordli1,. irto1r As Wo1rtlhy O·f ConsiideraUI ·tiio1 ~ J sI ailt1~oad IF1reigfb·t Tr,af•~ ·flit ·,~e,' 1m·te1r \' cir1:..· ' -------- Bflli,lmorc, M:d., 11.ug ..Ui-For pm· .. rc.~idenl,M, Eastman claim/I, tlll11 be• poses of d~t.cr111lnlng tli.e possibilities ing r.he combined t)Opulr1,jon' of fltti.•e11 William Verrill, elcctnrlnn of the New Hampshire !';f.afc Highway Depart, is engaged in mnk.ing changes ln the electrical syrl rm of the J\/Iemori:J.l I.Jridgr. The imprnvernrn1::, designed to make this one of the mr~f. up--to••<faf.e bridrcs of lts k.in<l ln 1he F:1~;1., wiJl lnelucle lights <1n the very f.np of I.he Lowers for the benrfit fll nvil\f,ers nml a new system of t.rn!fic lights on the highway. Twllic o,,rr Lhe briclge will be diret ! rd hy mrr,.n•· of 1cd :me! green signal lights, 1e<l light.~ halLing trn.ff1c while the rntcs a1 c being closed for the raising r the <lrnw ln I.he past rnme mol,oiist.s have ignored the warnings of the briclge tcnc.lcrs and have shot acro..o;s t.he llriclgc bile tbr gates were being closccl. Another improvement is t.hc instnlhtion of n new clcrtricnl system for the removal of ice nnd sleet from the draw lift cables of the bmlge During winter storm it has been necr.SSl\l'Y for the brltlge crew l.o clear the cables of sleet by hand as the drn.w was :;lowly lilted. Under the new system devised by Mr. Verrill a throw of n liwit.ch wJJI •K'nt 450 volts or current through the cnl.Jles, removing the icy <leposlt,~: nncl nllowlng :;wift rn.lslng of the draw duflng even' the worst sleet sLorms. Mr: Verrill plans to hn.ve tl1e work of mo<lernizing the entire electrical tern of the bridec complet.cd ~ome in October. of mil road co()rdination, Jo.seph B. conm1unitles covering miles. E~stman, railroad coordinatol', hM dcsign,1t.cd l'ort,~mout11 a,s a trn.ding ccn\cr for 3G.OOO person,5, tl1ougl1 the population of Portsmouth is• ony· 15,~ 000, It w11.s lP11·ned l1ere today, 1J:11stmn.n .sr.lPct.ed Portsmouth as one of' tile tradiu1: nrca.s in New Hampshire worthy of consideration as rau~ road freight f.ra.ffic centers. In (.he Pot t.~mouth 1'rndlng area arc 1?.,000 rural rc.sldcui:: and 24,000 · 3tili SQll!ll'G In t,he trading area arc 30 l.pdns• trle.5 located on traclcs of one i·aiJ. road, while ln Portsmouth proper 1 indust;rJ.e11 are located pn rallroA.d tracks, Of ,· tbe li,000 cars of n1cr• chandlRe wllh;h moved out of tbl. area in a recent depression year, 1," 000 originated in. Portsmouth. Of 000 cars moving into the area, moved int.o Portsmouth. o•• �August 8, 1935 Alliance has Active Week at Shoals About 250 delegates, as many as the hotel could accommodate, were registered at Star Island for Alliance Weck, July 14- 26. Probably at no time during the summer will there be a more ambitious observance of Celia Thaxter's centenary than that of Tuesday evening, July 16, when an inter:i,retation of her life was presented in tableaux representing her at dilferent periods of her life. These began with Celia as a five-year-old, posed by little Miss Mary Churchill of Lebanon, N. H. Three pictures of her as a young girl and as a young wife and mother were portrayed by her great-granddaughter, Celia Thaxter Hubbard of Cambridge, Mass., and in four others Mrs. Thaxter was represented in different poses by Mrs. J. Jarvis Preble of Newton Highlands, Mass. A large collection of photographic slides representing Celia, the members of her family and scenes from the Shoals, were thrown on a screen, and Miss Frances W. Wood of Detroit, Mich., sang several of Mrs. Thaxter's songs and one by Uncle Os::ar Laighton, Celia's brother. Mrs. John R. Williams of Rochester, N. Y., who wrote the pageant, gave the readings to accompany the tableaux. These readings consisted largely of selections from Mrs. Thaxter's prose and poetic writings. A case of interesting souvenirs of Mrs. Thaxter were loaned by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Roland Thaxter of Cambridge. These included letters and manuscript poems; a letter from Major A. W. Greely with some pressed flowers and moss from the Arctic regions; interesting photographs; bits of needlework; and letters from Whittier, Longfellow and others. Dr. Frederick R. Griffin of Philadelphia, Pa., gave a special thought for each day in a brief sermon at the chapel, and the morning lectures were by Rev. John C. Petrie of Memphis, Tenn., on "The Leadership of Jesus." Dr. Griffin preached Sunday on the text, "Pilate said unto him, What is truth?" The central problem of all thought, he said, is the reality and nature of God. Man can concentrate all his powers on the problem of what is reasonable. He may not arrive at the whole truth but he will be moving in the right way. Before the regular service Rev. Roydon C. Leonard of ·North Easton, Mass., conducted a communion service in the chapel. He dwelt upon the character of Jesus, and especially on his last days, and made some suggestions for strengthening the sinew of the soul which reaches up and finds God. If that thread is severed, he said, life loses its central source of strength and collapses. Sunday evening was devoted to a musicale, with vocal ~umbers by Mrs. Payson Miller, mezzosoprano, of Wayland, Mass., and gr_oups of violin solos by Leonard D. Wood of Arlington, Mass. Success attended the experiment of planning a day's round trip to the Shoals for Monday. About forty Allianrp members from thL• vicinity of Bo8ton arriv<'d in time for the morning lecture, attended two conference meetings on religious education, and left the island by the afternoon boat. Many at the conference who participated in a church-school service of worship which was arrangl'd and <·onducted by Miss Wood returned to their churches with a new vision of what rl'ligious education may mean. Mrs. Forrester Macdonald of Hyde Park, Mass., supplemented the model service by suggestions on the conduct of a church school, showing a large collection of materials to be used. Mr. Petrie's lecture series began with Jesus as the founder of a universal faith. He laid down broad principles, applicable in any time and place. Mr. Petrie pointed out that Jesus did not formulate a code of laws to govern conduct. Morals change, and as the founder of a universal religion he could not formulate a universal approach to the problem of morals. Speaking on "Jesus and the Sinner," he said that Jesus could not help the self-satisfied pprson but he could and did hi?lp the sinnc>r who desired to rise out of the condition he was in. In his fourth lecture, "Art Thou He That Should Come?" Mr. Petrie emphasized that Jesus' answer to this question was <'0ncrete and practical: "Hy their fruits" is the test of true discipleship. Concluding his lectures, he spoke of "Jesus and Paul." An entertaining little play written l>y Mrs. Carol Ilartwe\l of Waltham, Mass., secretary of the General Alliance, was given during a conference period. The play, "A Charge to Keep," represented an Alliance meeting in the home of the president, portrayed by Mrs. Leonard. Other parts were taken by Mr. Leonard; Miss Helen Robertson of Providenc<:>, R. I.; Mrs. Harry E. Newell of Syracuse, N. Y.; Mrs. Charles P. Wellman of Woburn, Mass.; Mrs. John W. Baker of Providence; Mrs. Leslie Plimpton of West Roxbury, Mass.; and Carl B. WetherPII, who made a stirring appP:d for Proctor Academy, of whi<"h he is lwadmaster. The play, which is to encourage THE CHRISTIAN REGISTER INCORPORATED 25 Beacon Street, Booton, MaS8. Published Weekly September-June, inclusive; fortnightly during July and August REGULAR SUBSCRIBERS In U. S. and P""""""lona, $3.00 a year; Canada, $3.60; Foreign, $4.10; Single Copies, 10 ceota. Entered a, ••cond--da11 matter at th• Post Office at Boston, Ma11. Acuptanu for maili11{1 al apotial rau of po1tag• prooidod for in S•ai<m 1108, Act of October 3, 1917, author>Md Jul11 29, 1910. Prinud in U. S, A. Alliance branclws, may he had by applying at Alliance headquartPrs at '.!5 Beacon Stn•<'t, Boston, Mass. A large amount or time was dPvotPd to a panPI disc·1tssion of quPstions arrangl'd by t !11• Co1111nission of Appraisal. 0111• 1•11( irP evening and from one to two hours Pach day were given over to this feature of the week, with Dr. If. Paul Douglass, director of studies for tlw Commission, pr<'sent at the first and last sessions. The panPI was pn•si dPd ov<•r hy Mrs. Arthur G. llobhins of Winchester, Mass., and consist('(! of Mrs. Richard Y. FitzG<•rald of ,Jamai('a l'lain, Mass.; Mm. David Jl. Rog<'r, of llollis, N. Y., president of the New York League of Unitarian Women; Mrs. Ll•onard; Mrs. !laze! Hanson, of Chic·ago, Ill.; Mi.;s Ruth Twiss, of Newton Centre, Mass.; Miss Agnes Costigan, of Montreal, Canada; and Miss Katherine Day of Petrrboro, N. 11. The delegates on the floor manifested kren interest in the discussion, and large numbers attended each day. Such topics were considered as the enumeration of Unitarian religious values, how well they are maintained and how they are individualized; the way in which the Unitarian movement functions in the community and in modern society; the organization and administration of the movement and many others. The strength and weakness of the Ameri('an Unitarian Association were pointed out and certain dc•finitt• suggrstions were made o[ causes whil'l1 Lill' nwmli<•rs f<·lt that tht, As,;oeiation should support. A few among these were founding new churches where they are wanted and needed; struggling small <"hurdws, n<'w or old, where they are useful or needed; greater attl•ntion to religious education, student work, the printed word; assistance to Proctor Academy; financing young ministers and making it financially possible to give young ministers an apprentice period with experienced men; the promotion of social relations. An amusing post-prandial program was given on the night of the closing banquet, with Miss Costigan presiding. Oneminute talks were given on "The Isles of Shoals Forever" by Mrs. Oscar I~. Mertz of Gl'rmantown, Pa., Mrs. GPorgP B. l)Pwson of Milton, Mass., Miss Twiss, J\liss lh-rtlrn Langmaid of Boston, J\lrs. Leonard, Mrs. AlfrPd M. Butler of West Roxbury, Mrs. Thomas G. Rees of .lamaica Plain, Mrs. Evelyn Fairchild of Lexington, Mass., and Mrs. James G. Mason of GC>rmantown. Dr. Charles K Park, ministPr of thP First Church of Boston, gav an inten•sting illustrated lecture on "Clipper Ships" Miss Twiss presidPd at an l~vPning Allian<"e conference at which Evening AlliarH·t• handbooks just from the prl•ss were shown for the first time. These are now on sale and contain much valuable material for Doth evening and afternoon branches. �Charles R. Joy · - - - - - - - - - --.- - HE name of Celia Thaxter shines mosL brightly in the firmament. of Shoals fame. In the four centuries of Shoals hisLory she has been Lhe besL known of Shoalcrs for her wriLings, her friendships and her personaliLy. ln this centenary year we arc rC'miniscrnL and proud. A thumb-nail skcLch of her life will be a suflicienl reminder. She was born in Portsmouth, June 29, 1835. At the age of four she was broughL Lo WhiLe lsland by her father, Jlon. Thomas B. Laighton, Lhenewlighthouse keeper, and her tiny brother, a liLllc bahy of Lhree monLlrn, accompanied her, held in iLs mot lier's arms. That litUe baby was callecl Oscar, and doubtless there was the same smile in his eyes that we sLill see there in his nineLy-sixLh year, when the salt spray came dashing over the weather rail and Lhe greaL sea welcomed him. Two years laLer, in 1839, a broLher, Cedric, was born, and the family was compleLe. In 1847, when Celia was twelve, Oscar eight, and Cedric six, Lhey all moved over Lo Appledore, where the father built a hotel, which was opened the nexL yPar. lL was perhaps a sign of the future LhaL the rirst name on the register of the new hotel was thaL of l{ev ..John Weiss, a ' 1 nilarian minister an<l biograplwr o( Theodore Parker. The hoLel flourished and the young girl grew in winsomeness. AL the age of sixle<>n she was married to Levi Lincoln Thaxter in 1he south parlor of the " J\ pplcdore," the same l\CV. ,John Weiss ofliciaLing. The Thaxters wenL lo live in whaL was called the NorLh Cottage and there a boy was born named Karl, the first chil<l to be horn on Lhe island for a hundred years. · For several years the Thaxters lived in the parsonage of SLar Island, and 1Vlr. ThaxLer preached to the villagers and taughL their children. These, said Celia later, were the happiest years of Lheir married life. She was already writing her poems and becoming well known Lo Lhe literary world. Then about 1860 the ThaxLers moved lo NewLonville, where Mr. Thaxter's father had given him a fine home. Celia did not return to the Shoals for five or six years, but in the spring of 1866 she was called back by her father's illness, and I he whole family was together when he died. From LhaL Lime on Mrs. Thaxter used Lo spend her summers al the Shoals, and someLimes, because of her moLher's failing health, a parL of the winLer also. Then in 187!! the clear moLher died. She had been carried over to PorlsmouLh for medical atLendance, but when she died she was broughL hack lo Appledore to be buried beside her husband, Mrs. Thaxter herself reading the simple service. Mr. Thaxter 1n1ssed on in 1884, and Len yPars laLer Celia died. On a quiet August afternoon she was buried on a bed of sweet bay, the music of Schumann was played, an old friend, .James de Kormandie, the UniLarian minister of PorlsmouLh, spoke a word of tribute, and those who loved her lw:1 ped flow( rs on lier gr:1 v<•. These briefly arc lhe main outlines in Lhe life of 1 that radiant personality whom Uncle Oscar always called "sister." The enduring attachment of his life was for this sisLer, whose memory has grown lovelier through the years, though she was laid to rest more than forty years ago. • ... The sLranger might suppose that barren ledges of rock would never breed poetry, or gentleness, or grace. Strength, and hardihood, and courage, indeed, but hardly beauty and softness and love. Uncle Oscar says that he once had an argument with a carpenter from Rye, N. TT., as to how a door should be hung, and the carpenLer exclaimed: "What do you know, you never saw an apple tree in blowth!" It was true. He had never seen aL that time an apple tree in bloom. Yet other things took the place of that. kind of heauLy. Early in the spring on White Island sister would seek for the first blades of grass as they came shooting up from the thin soil, and take them in the house to marvel at Lhem. "Better than a shop full of toys they were to me," she said. And she was right in her wonder. Said Walt Whitman, "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork of the stars." So on thaL lonely rock sister lived in a wonderful world of light and beauty and happiness. There were no lccLures, operas, concerts, theaters, no music of any kind, no sLreeLs, shops, carriages, postmen, or neighbors, noL even a door-bell. But there was the glory of sea and sky, Lhcrc were singing birds and leaping fish, Lhere were delicate seaweeds, and grass, and a few precious flowers, there were crabs and spiders and grasshoppers, there were the dawn and the sunsets and the sails that passed, at night there were the stars above and below the magic of Lhe light that flung iLs pearls and rubies on Lhe Lide. Out of the loneliness o( that life, beauty and grace were born. The poems that she wrote later and the exquisite prose thaL she penned are a constant rebuke to those who think that beauty can be found only inn•·=.-marble halls and stalely parks and formal gardens. There was, however, someLhing else there besides the wonder of rock and sky and sea. There was the wrath of the storm, when ships were hurled to their destrucLion and death was close aL hand. The second summer the family was on Lhe island the covered way that led to Lhe lighLhouse was carried ofI by the huge seas that battered on their rock, the boathouses were washed away, and the brig Pocahontas staggered past Lo her grave. There was terror there as well as beauty, and that terror made a vivid impress upon sister's impressionable soul. Why should the Father heaven let his children meeL such bitter death? Oh, wherefore? Are we naught to Thee? Like senseless weeds that rise and fall Upon thine awful sea, are we No more then, after all? This was the q ucsLion LhaL Lroubled the mind of the little girl, and Lhere came to her then the only answer thaL has ever come to the age-old problem �of evil. " eace, be still." "Bow thy head and ta e life's rapture and life's will and wait. At last all shall be clear." And sister climbed .the lighthouse tower and lit again the lamps of that glorious clustered flower -ten golden and five red. It was early, you see, that sister came to think of those deeper and darker problems of life. There was a time when she wondered and doubted. Did she believe? What did she believe? She could not keep her faith out of her poems, even while she questioned. Perhaps because she believed with her heart and questioned with her mind. At first she sought the answer in nature itself. How could she have done otherwise? She knew herself always to be a part of the Lord's universe. But this alone did not satisfy. She longed for a closer knowledge, and sought the answer in the wisdom of the ages, in the sacred books of the Orient. By this roundabout way, which so many others have followed, she came back again to the Bible. The New Testament became to her a great solace, but she found the same truth elsewhere, for truth, she said, is one. So life ripened to the end, and because she always shared the riches of her life with all about her, her house became a mecca for the great and the less great who could find their way to her. She interpreted to them the wind and the cloud, and the bird's flight, and the sea's murmur, and the flower's fragrance. Yet she could not improve her childish faith, which she found to contain all the wisdom of the years. Not always to the wise and great is the truth revealed, but to the babes. The landing at White Island is a dangerous one. !tis easy to launch the boat there, for it runs down the long slip out beyond the breakers, but woe to him who fails to get the keel of his boat between the two long stringers when he is landing. In the moonless summer nights Celia used to go down to the slip with a lantern to guide her father's boat past the ragged ledge to that one spot where the landing must be made. It was dark down there by the water's edge as she sat between the stringers, for the beams from the lighthouse passed far overhead, but she had no fears as she waited there, patiently and happily watching for her father's boat to come in. Then at last there would come a sound from out the darkness, the rattling of an oarlock, the creaking of a mast, and voices on the dark sea, and the little girl would call out: "Is that you, father?" To her joy there would come the well-known shout, as the tall white sail was suddenly illumined by the lighthouse ray. The poem written in the later years ends with these lines: I will be patient now, Dear Heavenly Father, waiting here for Thee: I know the darkness holds Thee. Shall I be Afraid, when it is Thou? On Thy eternal shore, In pauses, when life's tide is at its prime, I hear the everlasting rote of Time Beating forevermore. Shall I not then rejoice? Oh, never lost or sad should child of Thine Sit waiting, fearing lest there come no sign, No whisper of Thy voice! The~e may be a higher wisdom than that, but I do not know what it is. In any case it embodies the abiding faith of Mrs. Thaxter's life, and could she add her blessing to the centenary season, I believe it would be in the terms of such a faith as this. �y S. TH Annual 6et=Together Su11= per Of North Church Women's fiuild Held The nnnual Get-To-Gether supp r of the Women's Guild or the NorU1 Ch.irch was held in the Chapel on Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock with an attendance of 224. The supper was in charge or Mrs. Frances M. Kelley assisted by the following commiUee: Mrs. Pearl L. Gray, Mrs. Canic Payne, Mrs. Annie Beaton, Mrs. Etta Page, Mrs. Marion Wright, Mrs. Annie Howard, Mrs. Mnry Lear, Mrs. Pearl Rowe, Mrs. Alice Campbell, Mrs. Myra LitLlefield and Mrs. Sadie H. Cater. The dining room was under the direction of Mrs. Audrey Johnson and was beautiful with autumn foliage, red berries and snow-drops, the decorating being done by Mrs. Alice A. Paul and Mrs .Mabel P. Dorney. The men of the parish acted ns wn iters. The gathering this year was the Guild's tribute to the life of Mrs. Helen R. Thayer, who organized it in 1902 and later in 1920 had the vision to reorgani:r.e, uniting all the women's societies into one, with divisions of Units. There was community singing during the evening and the presentation of the speakers by Mrs. Eqith M. Hayes, the guild president and included Mrs. Laura M. Sumner, who spoke, of her Community work with Mrs. Thayer; Mrs. Julia Rosa Spadoni and Mrs. Mary Taccetta Verna whose mothers cooperated with Mrs. Thayer in establishing the Italian Cl.1b; Mrs. Martha E. Brewster who spoke of Mrs. Thayer in connection with her church work in the state and Mrs. Hannah H. Calder of Springfield, Mass., who knew her wrll In connection with her worldwide interests. The thought of the evening and for the coming year was Fare Forth and through these talks wns woven the Idea of faring forth and carrying on the spirit :ind ideals of one who had been a great spiritual leaders in the life of the North Church. The history of the Santa Lucia Club made possible i:>y Mrs. Thayer as gl,,en by Mrs. Julia Rosa Spadoni was as follows: It Is a great pleas•Jre as well as an honor for me to be here with you this evening t,o extend to you the greetings of the Sanh L11cia Club paying tribute to a woman who made possible thls most outstandin~ organization of our 11,alian community. I think at this time that it would be most worthwhile to bring to all the l.:tdies that arc assembled here, t e have learned to speak the_ language lti~tory of the j.ist mentioned club. One very well, but not being of. t~e self is~ nn easily see nnd understand how type, she did not want to take the ) great, how charitable, how fine and women's time, for she wanted every how lovable the woman was that we minute of their time to be concentr&!:;we gathered here this evening to ted on work that woul1 help them· pay tribute to. I wish time would allow to cite to Tl111s we can go back 23 years, to the you all . here, different instances and; time when Mrs. Thayer wanted to becases and all that Mrs. Thay~r did for come acquainted with the Italian this club. Perhaps at another time I people. Feeling that personahontact will be •allowed to delve Into this subwas the best way to make friend~, she ject more deeply. called upon Miss Mildram of the FarDuring the war the women gave up ragut School and had her tell all the their meeting night sto knit for the II alian children that there was _going boys who were glving their lives to to be a meeting on a certain afternoon try and attain world peace. and wanted their mothers to please Thus, year after year, the make an effort to attend this affair. Lucia Club has been me-etlng, once a Mrs. Thayer, Mrs. Francis Murch Kelyear Mrs. Thomas Noyes gave her esley and others came to the meeting with tate for an o.iting. And so through U1e idea of becoming arquainted with the work of a woman who forgot hera group· of women who had had courself in order to help others, was formed oge enough to leave their beautiful a club that has brought great j0y, a Halian homes, cross the Atlan~lc bit of education, and better acquaintOcean and try their chances of findances between two races, to a great i 1g a 'livelihood in our beloved United many women. I can close by truthfully Slate.s. However, whether the youngsaying that the Italian _women of this ,<;[ers were neligent in telling their city cannot possibly pay a high enough mothers, or \~fhether these women tribute to this outstandt.ng character. wrre afraid of what was awaiting them, Never will Mrs. Thayer be forgotten. they did no~ come to the meeting. Every Italian home speaks her name Perhaps, a great many or us here toand the children continually listen to nio ht would have allowed this first th stories their mothers tell about her. vr;1ture to be the final Jne, but Mrs. Thank you for bestowing upon me Thayer being a pioneer, who would the honor of. being able to talk ~bout a never think of giving •.ip thought of woman whose name and tlle work she l\nother plan. She and her group called ·accomplished during her li!e w!I~ alat the different homes, introduced ways be ·remembered. · . ' U1emselves and explained to the woThe meeting closed with a prayer and men that they wanted to try and start benediction by the pastor, Rev. Ara club with the help uf the Italian women. Thus by being patient the Santa ftt~l!'-'.'il"llllll!"!l"~ffll'!I Lucia Club was formed. Perhaps, some r=--=~..-.ltJ(. i of you wonder why this name; the reason is that Mrs. Thayer always considering the other persons feelings; wanted the women to know that she was not trying to convert them, or have them change their religion-so she named the club after a highly esteemed Saint, who is worshipped by the Italians. ·To be thoughful is a wonAt the .afternoon session of the anIderful thing. Mrs. Thayer wanted th_ese nual business meeting of the Society women to feel at home from the first of Colonial Wars in New Hampshire, minute she knew them. 'held in the Town Hall in New CasIt is really beyond any speaker's tle on Wednesday, officers for the ability to be able to relate how m?ch coming year were elected as follows: A'0Od this club has accomplished. BnefGovernor, Alan Bartlett Shepard, ly, when the women me~ every two East Deny; deputy governor general weeks Miss Prescott was engaged to Leach them how to speak English, they of the national society, Edwin Lorsewed, and had their social hour of raine Edgerly, New York City; deputy singing and refreshments. It is really governor, Lester Wilbur Davis, Hedmost surprising how much the memding; lieutenant governor, William , bers gained at these gatherings. :\','1a11y Plumer Fowler, North Hampton; lor them who did not know a word of secretary-treasurer, Norman Shaw f,he English language, after awhile McKendriek, Exeter; chaplain, Rev. could converse quite fl.iently in the William Northey Jones, Perth Amboy, English tongue, As a matter of fact, N. J.; historian, Harry Burnoy Tasker, the members .could not wait for the Dover; registrar and genealogist, mreting night. Winthrop Edwards Fisk, Exeter; sur' 1 think it i~ quite interesting to note. fe1v Italian words, she of course, could geon, Dr. John Greenleaf Whittier Knowlton, Exeter; chancellor, Robert Marvin, Portsmouth; auditor, Charl_;s Clifton Russell, Exeter. 0.. ·l. · S\ 0 �• ·DEXTER· NAMED . AS MEMBER OF. ·POL1CE .COMM~ DIESINYOR Served As Postmaster And Member Of 6arcelon's Council One of the oldest and best known residents of York, Me., Edward c. Moody, died at his home in York Village on Saturday at the age of 86. Mr. Moody was born in York, a descendant of Rev. samuel Moody, Congtegational minister and chaplain of the Louisburg Expedition in 1745. After the Civil War Edward - C. Moody was for a time chief accountant at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. During the second administration of President Cleveland he served as postmaster of York Village. Mr. Mootly had the distinction ·of attending every session of the state Legislature .in some capacity !or 60 years. Beginning with Gov. Sidney Perham in 1871, he ~ad seen, 24 consecutive Governors take· the oath of office in Augusta. In 1879 Mr. Moody was a member of the Executive Council 1f Gov. Garce·lon during the famous "Count Out" when with two Legislatures sitting, one o! ' the bodies was counted out. Mr. Moody served two terms as 1-\!p.. resentative and in his later. yearl! has · ~pr:; timt:~ · bee~ elected postmaste~ ~ th'.e state Senate. He had Wllitten a histi>ry ·of Yor.k. He ·had: served, as- aeputy sheriff and was. ·a,. trustee of the York Public Library. . • On Aut,. 3, 1870 he married Miss Ju- liet · Marshall, daughter of Nathaniel G. Marshall. She died a yea.i: ago, Mr Moody · leaves two daughters, Mrs. Sally M. Cook. · wife o! Dr. Ed~ ward C. Moody of Yor.k ·Har-bor, and Mrs. Edna M. Neal o! Flushing •. L, l. The funeral will bit held Wednesday afternoon in the First Congregational Church, York Village.- . ST. JOHN'S LODGE MEMBERS FETED ' Portsmouth Masonic Group At the meeting,·of the Governor and Guests of Boston St. Co uncil at Concord yesterday after- 1/,,',\n,•,4 noon former Mayor Orel A. I)exter of ~;-;;,:~·::~~-~ John's Lodge this city W~S nanieci as a member 'of Special to 'l'he Union. BOSTON, Oct. 7.-Upwu rd members of St. J ohn's lodge, A. F.. and A. M., of Portsmouth, N. H., came here this artemoon and were special guests of St. John's lodge of Bos ton, · oldest legally constituted Masonic lod ge in America, at the official visltalion of the latter ' ,.,(,)N. OREL A.· DEXTER· · the 1oc:i.l · -~ll~e ·- ~mmission ° ~~~; :th~ .-.... ~0 ~...,T'·" nomination was confirmed.· , Mr. Dexter who is secretary o! ,the· Granite ' state Fire Insurance CO,, was mayor in ' 1924 and 1925 and ha., been active in comtnunity -work, for a number of years. He ·succeeds on the po'Uce . Masonic temple. Upon the arrival of the visitors they were welcomed by Past District Deputy Grand Master Albert B. Root, who was worshipful maRter of the Boston lodge on the occasion of their visit to the Portsmouth lodge in 1901. Mr. Root, who ls In his 78th year, ame here from Dixfield, Me., where 1e now resides, to attend tho lnterodge meeling. This o fternoon the first part of the fellow craf t degree was exemplified. Afterwards the enlirc group, numhering nearly 300, adjourned to the banquet hall where a bunquct was sen·ed. Worshipful Master Winthrop Nightgale of the loca l lodge presided and the only speake r at the banquet was acting Worshipful Master George B. Ward of the Ports- ..JJ:,;.e· m~\~.h spoke of the close fraternal relationship existing between the two lodges from Feb. 5, 1736, when the New Hampshire brethern sent a letter to Henry Price, then grand master of the Massachusett8 Gral1(j lodge, petitioning that a charter be granted to the Portsmouth lodge which subsequently was issued Jun e 24, 1736. Since th en the Portslsiol\' Hon. - Daniel Bad~~r mouth lodge has hod continued and term.,.•recently ' expired. uninterrupted existen ce and lays claim to being the oldest Masonic lodge In the Un ited States in point of continuous existence. Before returning to the lodge room th ere wos an entertainment program by the S·pringfleld s piritu a l Singers, well known radio arti st~ . At the visitation Right Worshipfu l Arthur A. S · ndheim of Brookline, district dep uty grand master of th e First Massachusetts district, was the in spect,·.-·~:·,,i1 1 Ing omcer. . ·.. " " Following the exemplification of the degree work remarks were made 11 iJ,,. by District Deputy Grand Master : . · ____ · ; I : 1, Sondheim. District Jkpnly <1rnnd , ; ,Mnslc1· William M. Ames of Somers1, The brick building at the cor,ner o!, worth,"'N. H ., represen ting the first New Hampshire Masonic district, Daniels and Penhallow streets owned brought greetings from the New by the James Dow estate. · ·l).as been 1,·••·"'-~··,,0 •Hampshire Grnnd lodge. purchased by Philip Halprin who will t.r'>~lf:~~; take · possession the last of . peQfl!1l\)f'!r after some changes h ave I be~n made in the front and lower floor. The building is known as the old United · st'at~s , ~ustoms House and was the home of ,the, Nonpareil Club and other ..,.,~:,-,.,-:, origanizations for some years. W. OLD BUILDIN. G ·so · LD· TO •)!A'!p'R.•,;.:~ n '' i, •I' .. · s,,., �OLDEST LODGES .MEET TODAY St. Jolm's Oi Portsmouth Visits St. Jolm's Of Boston Upward of 125 members of St. John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M., of this city left for Boston this afternoon to be the guests of St. John's Lodge of Boston on the occasion of the latter's annual visitation. The two lodges, which are the oldP.st Masonic lodges in New England, have exchanged fraternal Yisils for many years at different intervals. June 5, 1901, the local lodge entertained the Massachusetts lodge. There was a qanquet in Freeman's Hall, then called .l;'hilbrick's Hall. At the post-prandial exercises Worshipful Master Albert B. Root of the Boston lodge presented to the local lodge a picture of the original bunch of grapes sign that hung ove1· the door of the "Bunch of Grapes" Tavern In the Hub where the Boston lodge was formed in 1733. Past Master Frcclerick Walkins, who is still living, was worshipf.11 master at the time of the above visit. March 2, 1914, the PorLsmoulh lodge, with the late George I. Googius as worshipful master. vii;i ted the Boston lodge, where the Master Mason degree .was exemplified. June 14, 1916, St. Joh t 's Lodge of Boston again came here and a feature of the evening was the presence ot both grand masters of the grand lodges of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. On that occasion the original letter sent by the Porl.smouth lodge to Henry Price of the Massachu~e tts lodge petitioning for a charter under date of Feb. 5, 1735, was shown to the New Hampshire brethren by Grand Master Melvin M. Johnson of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. It was thi.~ leLLer which resulted in the issuing of the charter June 24, 1736, to the PorLsmouth lodge. Although the Boston lodge was constituted more than two years previously, the PortsmouLh lodge outranks its Boston brethren in the fact that it had continued an uninterr.ipted existence from the time it first met and made Masons under its old Engli.~h "constitution." The lodge has intact in a Portsmouth bank its records dating from Jan. 17, 1739, and can conservativelv Jay claim to being the oldest Masoni~ lodge in point of continuous exislrncr. in the United Stales. For nearly a quarter of a century St. John's Lodge here met at the Earl of Halifax Tavern on Court street and here were initiated Gen. Joseph Cilley, Maj . Winborn Ad.11ns, Maj. Andrew Mcclary, who lost hL~ life at the b~tue of Bunker Hill; Lieut. Elijah Hall, with Ca t. John Paul Jones on the Ranger; Maj. Nathaniel Mcclintock, Gen. Alex- ._._..,.._,,"""· ander Scrammrll, !\I 1j. Edward Sherburne, Gen. Hrnry D arborn and many other distinguisl1cd officers of the ContincnLal Anny. In 1752 Gen. William Whipple, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, became a memhe1· of the Portsmouth lodge, while rn yeor.· afterwards Maj. Gen. John Sullivan who seized the powder which was i,trJred at Fort William and Mary at New Castle before being taken to Boston and used at the Battle of Bunk!'r Hill, became affiliated. Acting Worshipful ~laster George B. Ward will head th~ [(ro,1p of St. John's Lodge members tonight, while District DepuLy Grand Masl<'r William M. Ames of Somersworth will represent the grand master of New Hampshire. The program includes a banquet, exemplification of the Fellowcraft degree and an entc1-Lainmcnt. �WENTWORTH HEIR DIES IN 88TH· YEAR Direct Descendant of Early Settlers Succumbs at Portsmouth Special to The Union. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. Rogers Wentworth, · heir to il.nd estate of the earldom ol Strarfordshlre in England, died here tonight at the e.ge of 87 in the historic Whipple house on Whipple road at Locke's Cove. · With him dies the surname of Wentworth In this part o! ·the country so far as It is directly descended from -the original settlers. A multitude of famous men and women hav _ borne that name, among them royal governors, Republlcan1g9vernors, doctors, lawyers and clergymen. • · •· ' While Mr. Wentworth was authentically qualified to claim his English "" 0 '·"·"'-...,,..~~he~;:,:i e::1:: ~:d;;ace~!fa~!..!ciu!~ of' his home on the bank of the Pis- ~.:~'"'!.!'!■ 0 aataqua river. He was born In Kittery, March 23, 1848, the son of Andrew Pepperell .and Sarah .A:nn- <Jones) - Wentworth. Thus the blood of J:>oth the Pepperell r..- .•..,,.,_,. and the Wentworth families flowea In his veins. At noted old Berwlclc academy he was graduated with honors. On Oct. 9, 1874, he married Alice Blunt Philbrick, who died Dec. 1, 1922. Their only child, Jessie Irene, qted sfx years later, survived by the widower, Charles Franklin :Eticker. who has since then resided with M,r. Wentworth. ,, For 4.0 ye11,rs he worlced at his trade of carpenter and joiner at the Kittery Navy Yard, retiring some time ago. Ali his life he was active in historical research and had considerable reputation as a grower of beautiful flowers. He was a past noble grand of Riverside lodge, I. O. O. F., of Kittery and Was a member of St. Andrew's lodge,• A. F. and t~,;:,i~f~~! A. M. o! Portsmouth. At the time of his death he was honorary vice president of the Austin ParentTeachers• association. To the last he retained an exceedingly lceen mind e.nd an enjoyment for the company of his friends. He ls survived by many nieces and nephews. Services will be at the Whipple mansion Thursday afternoon and he will be burled in the !e.mily tomb. John R. Wentworth John Rogers Wentworth of Kittery died at his home there in the historic Whipple m:msion at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. With him die~e surname of Wentworth as it applies to that famous family which has been identified with Portsmouth and Kittery since colonial times. With him, too, dies the title of Earl of Strafford in England. Mr. Wentworth had wen authenticated rights for claiming this earldom, but he ' made- no efforts toward it and only his intimate friends were acquainted with his abll! ty to possess it. Mr. Wentworth was a brother o! the late Dr. Andrew R. Wentworth, formerly medical director of the United states Navy, and he was also a nephew of the late Dr. Mark Wentworth, onetime political power in southern Maine. John Wentworth was famous !or his his knowledge of local history, his collection of rare relics of the early days, and his beautiful nower gardens at tlle Whipple house. Many of his antiq.1es have been donated to various museums of importance, Mr. Wentworth was born in Kittery March 23, 1848. At famous old Berwick Academy he was graduated with honors and in 1874 he married Alice Blunt Philbrick. She died Dec. 1, 1922, and six ye:irs later thell' only child, Jessie Irene, followed her. Mr. Wentworth was a past noble grand of Riverside Lodge, I. 0. O. F., of Kittery and was a member of St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 56, A. F. &. A. M.. of Portsmouth, since he attained his majority. At the time of his death he was honorary vice president of the Austin Parent-Teacher Association. For more than 4(} years he worked at the lo~al Navy Yard as a carpenter and joiner, retiring several years ago. Up until the past year he was very active and almost to the last his_ mind~malned astonishingly keen. One of his chief delights was remlniscencing with old friends of the days before the trol1 ley. A kindly man, with much of the ancient aristocracy about him, he will be missed by those of the older generation. Surviving him is his son-in-law, Charles Franklin Ricker, and many nieces and nephews. services will be held at the Whipple mansion at 2 p. m. Thursday and and will be private. WILL REQUEST RELOCA ION OF TRANSIENT CAMP Rye, Aug. 10-Relocation of the present transient camp located at Fort Constitution in New Castle will be vacated to Federal a..ithorities by Governor and Council after an spcction by a special committee consisting of Councilors L. Lynn Cutler of Berlin and Burt R. Cooper of Rochester. The report of this special group, recommending transfer of the unit, was rea-0 to the Governor and Council yesterday. Councilors Cutler and Cooper visited the federal '..tnit, following complaints by New Castle officials and property owners, and found protests to the present arrangement justified. Chief objection to the camp was the fact that police protection is inadequate, considering the fact that half a hundred unknown transients are housed at the fort, and the historic site is barred to visitors. Governor Bridges and his councilors will recommend transfer of the camp to another slte, in view of the report brought by the committee. New Castle, it is contended , is a small community with only one police officer. The camp ho..ises many wanderers who are unknown to tne authorities and who make their home, for varying times, at the fort. Some remain for several months, performing the small duties required of them. Because of the designation of Federal property as a transient camp, the publlc is barred from entering the grounds. It is the contention of the Gov~"1or and Council that thls property, with its historical background, should be open to the public. p tfe, ,-i;.U aqro.3> �I. Hanscom; dining room, Mrs. S3rah Brown, with Miss Helen Brown, Helen Dame, Nellie Ingram, Doris Larrabee, Barbara Smith and Mrs. Irvin Hanscom as waitresses; supper, Mrs. Ralph Badger, Mrs. Estella Hanscom, Mrs. J ane Hanscom, Mrs. Joseph Morrill, Large Att ndance And Interesting Program At Mrs. R. · I. Hanscom, Mrs. Ethel Shaw, Mrs. Fannie Burrell, Emma ellow:;hip Service Lowd, Mrs. Radcllf?, Joseph Morrill. The choir sang, "Make Me a Blessing Today," after which the pastor A reunion and fellowship service dismissed the gathering and thus the was held at the Court Stre-et Chrisfirst reunion and fellowship service tian church vestry with a large atwas brought to a close. te:id ·nee. Invitations had been sent The hislory of the church as writout to the members of bhe church and ten and pre.senled by Joseph Philparish and friends and 110 respondbrick was in pa.rt as fo!Jows: e:l, beside a fine group o! children, Elias Smith was a Baptist but he and all enjoyed a bountiful turkey supper. did not like so much form and ceremony in church services. He wanted The vestry was st.rikingly decorated an independent free church to be with Hallowe'en colors 'intermingled called Ohristian and founded on the wi th evergreen, red berries and auteachings of the New Testament. He tumn !~1ves. The tables were decoratcJ!led a meeting on Oct. 12. 1802 and ed with yellow and white chrysanthefound a number of people who famums. The background of solid green vored the idea. On Jan. 1, 1803 they anct autumn leaves upon which a organized in Jefferson haJl which l:u;;-c sign wlt.h the word ''welcome" stood where the bank building now \':~s mounted w:is esp~cially beautiful. stands, wilh 22 members. They grew Th .: decorations wc :e In ch Jrge ot in numbers rapidly and before the end J\f:. nnd Mrs. Or<'n Shaw, O. E. of 1804 nad 150 members. They held Tiri~lnm, Florr nce Gardner Mrs. f:1• l:ev;:ag, and n. I. Ifansco1~. The services in the Court House, and at Lord's Chnpel on Hanover street, and t ~b!cs were ar:·nn;scd in the shape of a hr, e Jette :- "U''. in the ACldemy building now Public Library. "Pr:i '~e God From Whom All REV. IVAR SELLEVAAG In 1807 and 1808 there was the E hslngs Flow" w;,,s sung by all and JJ! a v~r and grace was ofTered by Dea- Philbric1< is one of the standbys. Mr. greatest revival ever known in Portsccn e.r;gltam. ancl Mis. Philbrick celebrated their mouth. It was while holding services J, 11 ring the suppr r ,111 were :iskecl to goldrn wcclclin,r .iu!"t a short time ago. at the Academy thRt he commenced l!i :e their n-1111c :rncl those from outPrnyt>r was olTered by Deacon Shap- publishing the Herald of Gospel Llbsid• or the city gave their r1?sidence. leigh. A quart.e t number followed by erty in 1808, and it was printed by Aft~r the supper the program Mr. and , Tr!'. Oren Shaw, Mrs. Jane Daniel Fowle in the old house that op,• 11ed with a solo by Harry I. Cas- Hanscom anri Rev. Ivar Sellevaag, formerly .stood on the comer o!- Pleaiv.c!l with Mrs. A.ddie Wilson Hanscom with Mrs. Harn,com at the piano; fol- ant and Howard street. aL the piano. Greetings were b,ought lowed by a reading by Mrs. Wllllam Soon after they built a house of by Deacon Hanscom from John H. Fo.ss. worship, later known as the Old A . Hainer, who ,n,s pastor of the Th~ pa, tor, Rev. Mr. Sellevaa,g, ex- Temple on Chestnut • street: where ch " rch from October 1887 to February pressrcl h is appreciation to the mem- Music Hall now stands. What the 18£0; a1so from Rev. Myron Tylor ot bers of the committees who had real name or their orga.nlzatlon was Car;cr.wille. GJ ., a former pastor. worked so untiring to make th.is first . or their rules or by-laws or what hapTh;s was followed by a solo by Stew- reunion and fe!Jowshlp servi~ suoh a pened in the next 18 or 20 years will"""''"'·,·,, ...., art Humphreys. success. ' never be known as the records were n•v. Mr. Gnnlnrr or Potte~sville The committees were as follows: never recovered. Mn ss.. was !,he nrxt speaker and th!~ Invitations nnd programs, Rev. Ivar Our records begin on Dec. 15, 1826, ,rn., enjoyed by all. Mr. and Mrs. Sellevaag, Scott Lake and Deacon R. when Elder Moses Howe with a few Ga1dner met many of their former others, reorganized the church under t,;cncls, as they were here from 1901 the name or the First Baptist church. to 1912. In 1834 a revival started and spread I'ollowing ano~her· solo by Stewart to other churches. A few years later Elder Howe was ca!Jed to another u,n-,.,.,.,.,... Humphreys, Rev. E. K. Amazeen wa.s church. They tried several ministers, the next speaker. Mr. Amazeen was but did not have much success until connected with the ohurch back 1n they called Elder Millard. 1870 but soon left to attend school, He was a man who wanted to see fitting himself for the mini5try at the something doing and he soon had. · age o! 30. He has held pastorates in persuaded them to buy . the brick many of the Christian churches. His church at the corner o! Pleasant and lnst pastorate was at the local 1 Livermore street which was built inF..:"?"V.;,,i;.c.,,.,.,~ church, he resigning and then retirI1829 by a branch of the North. church ing in January, 1928. A1U1ough Mr. and organized as the Pleasant Street Amazeen is retired he is still active Congregational Society. They were nnd supplies various pulplt.s In and never able to make a success of it nrounct Portsmouth. I:ind on Feb. 18, 1839 voted to sell and Ii1 history of the church it will , pay their debts. be M"cn that there are six members The First Baptist Society bought it now that joined the church many for $2250. With only $500 to pay down years ago. they went In debt !or $2000. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Phllbrlck arc On the third Sunday in September, Included ln the list but was omitted 18~9 about two-thirds of the members for the simple reason that he gave the j went down to the new church with history of the church. Mrs. Philbrick·-----...:.:.:~=---===:.:::::::: Elder Millard and the rest remained is unable to be out m 1ch, but Mr. at the Temple and organized another ---.-------.- - - - - - - - -' branch. ~;.;;...---:~~__,,-..,..,...,.............r~ U~ ~OD · rt §t. Chra Chur F I I I I �As soon as they were their new church. they their name changed to the Pleasant Street Christian Society. Under the leadership o! Elder Millard things began to gain up again and we find that many were being oonverited and add1 I ed to the church. It was at this ! church that Mr. Miller the Second : Advent preacher came and preached 'the Immediate second coming of Clµi.st and a great revival spread through the city and hundreds were converted. ·When the time wnich Mr. Miller had set was past and nothing had happened many got discouraged and dropped out, but the Advent people had seen a vision and soon after organized their own church and many of our members became charter members of their church. After a few years our people began to get. discouraged as they were not able to .G;.z-,;;~-Jlil meet their financial obligations and in· 1856 voted to sell the church and pay their debts. They then res,.; __ .,~,.,-,~-• turned to the Old Temple and held 1_;;_-~•"i.,~-.~~ services in the vestry as the audi""···=•"• torium was now a theat..--e. . Aug. 23, 1861 we find this report: In February we removed from the Temple to the Hanover St. chapel. This place is small and not large enough to hold all who would like to come to our meeting. We were in ""'"""',._"" hopes that . before this time we should have had -a house of our own of suitable size and In a good location \ but . as yet the way has not been opened. But the way was opened sooner than they expected, as the Broadhead Methodist brJnch who built this chapel on Court street were ready to sell out. They bought it in 862 for $1200, but a.s It was on leased land had to pay $1200 mo:e for land. After a few minor repairs they moved in August, 1852. The ladies had a mind to work and in a few years they were out of debt and rejoicing in their own home. This building has been enlarged th:ee times. · The following six members are all that I find who joined t.he church from 1864 to 1884: 1870-Albert R. Junkins, Elvin K. ! B. Coleman, Joseph 0. Shaw. 1878-Mrs. Hattl_e Haley. _: During the pastorate of Rev. John A. Goss from 1872 to 1885, 100 members were admitted. During the pastorate of Rev. Frank Gardner from..1901 to 1912, 40 members were admitted.. During the pastorate o! Rev. Percy W. Caswell from 1913 to 1920, 60 were admitted. l I! there ·Is any one man now living who should be given credit for the progress made by this church since 1870, it, 1s -Albert. R. Junkins. He served faithfully for more than 45 yea.rs in all departments of the church and Sunday school. . �I President Theodore Roosevelt, so much o! whose life was devoted to establishing a sound naval policy for the U,nited states of America. It will be remembered that President Roosevelt first achieved a national reputation by writing a naval history of the War of 1812 a work of such merit that it was inco~porated into Clowe's Royal Navy, a moJ;1umental history o! the British Sea Service. Later, as Assistant secretary of the Navy, and finally as President, Roosevelt bent his tremendous energies to impress upon the American people the necessity for an adequate Navy and end~avored through his leadership to realize this ..,:,·-:;,•r~-;.~: ideal. . • hi h October is also the month in w c the American Navy was founded in 1775 by the Continental Congress. E nd Instruct · loca To Int rogrtD er a o Ill I The PortsmouU1 Navy Yard today membrrship attending in a bod~ and was fUled with a great crowd of Navy visiling the yard at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Day vlsitors. With perfect October Among the outstanding points of weather the day was a great success interest were the submarines Porpoise in every particular. From far and near, and Pike built at the yard and nearing from all parts of New Hampshire, completion, the USS S-20, the naval from Maine and from many sccL!o11s prir.on and hospital, the administration of Massachusetts lhe people poured building, the peace conference buildinto the re~ervation, many comin!_! ing; the historic commandi>nt's quarearly and making a day of it in order ters, the big 75d foot dry dock, tile that they might not miss any of thr rnrions shops and thr building ways interesting events and could have t,imc where submarines Plunger and Polto sec all of the shops and various Jack arc being built. There was also an buildings, many of which have deep intcrc~ting display of various infantry historic significance. weapons and Marine Corps equipment From 10 o'clock when visitors we1e and t,he apprentice di.~play exhibit in first admitt,ed all through the day Building Bl ,and !,he exhibit of electrithere was much to interest and in- cal equipment in Building 79 attracted struct them. The Commandant Capt. much attention. There was a fire drill, W. R. Greenlee. his ofiicers, the civi- deep sea diving and other events to Han employes and the enlisted person- keep everyone interested. ncJ did all in their power to make this An nltempt was made to secure the a real Navy Day and all of the visitors assignment of some vessels here but were made to feel ihat they were the chairman received the following hearlily welcome and nothing was left lrlcgram from Secretary Swanson of undone in showing them just what this the Navy: big naval reservation means and what "In reply to your telegram of Oct. is being accomplished here. 22 regret no vessels available for asThere was an information booth at signmrnt to Portsmouth Navy Day ,he navy yard end of the entrance due lo previous assignment of all bridge with courteous' attendants in available vessels." charge and there also were stationed Similar telegrams were received from efficient guides to show visitors about Senator Brown, Congressman Rogers the various places of interest. Guides and other members of the New were also stationed at the various Hampshire delegation. buildings and shops. Navy Day was inaugurated in 1922 The delegation from Portsmouth by the Navy League of the United was led by Former Mayor F. W. Hart- States and its observance is sponsored ford, New Hampshire Chairman for annually by the League. Navy Day, and President F1·ank w. October 27th was selected because Randall of the Chamber of Com- it ls ihc anniversary of the birth of mercc, the o!Ilccrs and directors of .-------;---~--"I!'"----:~~ the chamber and a large part of the Structure At Spring Mark.et Reported In Unsafe ?t Condition. V'-) 0 , - Owing to the dangerous condition of the large wooden building at the Spring · Market, so called, the city, which owns the structure, may find it necessary to take it down. This building was used for some years for offices of the Atlantic Shore Line Railway and later the Portsmouth, Dover and York Street Railway, and as a landing for the first ferry boats connected with these lines between Portsmouth and Badger's Island, It has been suggested that the site on which it is located be filled in and l'At'-~·#.-.r:!.::,1v1.r.,~e.a bulkhead erected so that the city may use it as a landing and for dumping snow into the river which is hauled from the streets during the winter, also for other purposes. OLD BUILDING :OWNED BY CITY BEl'NG TORN DOW ,, The building owned by the city on Ceres street, former terminal of the Portsmouth, Dovet· and York Street :::·,-,.,.,.,·,, •..• R. Uw y, Is b~mg razed by .a cr:ew In charga of Tony Pinto. As soon as the slte is clear th0 building of a sea.wall and olty landing will begin under contract. ' �. Y YARD �sels which are remembered even to the present day. The doors · or· :Appledore House were opened- to• the public on the 15th of June; .. l ~ • by .' OscaxLaighton's !ather, . .Hon. ,Thomas B .. Laighton. The first passenger- boat to the new resort was the • Sprfngblrd, Thurlow, from Newburyport, Oscar Laighton Gives Interesting Facts About Captain which was a fine· sailor. "It was a. Travel Water Between Island And Ports- beautiful sight to · see · the Springbird close hauled on 'the wind;. even with mouth · a shake in her mainsalf, • going fast, ------,=:==:::=7':':'=--:-::==-:-:----'!'-"I""'.,....,.__.. outpointing every vesser·rn Ipswich Oscar Lalghton, grand old man of trafficked with tlns port, brmgmg m Bay." The three p!Iot · boats also the Isles of Shoals, who for more cargoes of macker<'I, bluebacks, por- brought passengers to the islands. than ninety years has been a part of gies, halibut, cod, haddock and other The season of 184ft closed with fair the life among 'these Precious Isles fish which in tho~c days were to be success at Appledore House, with · beex. · ma de wh o set In a silver sea," can tell many in• fou nd Jn abtmd,ance In the waters many f r i en ds h avmg terestlng reminiscences of that !nscln- around the islnnds, making of them promised to return next season. It atlng little realm. Those who have nev- a fishermen's pnrndise. TIU'ee hundred was decided that l'llnning. the Springer read the absorb:ng story of his life vessels would often be seen catchln·g bird to Newburyport was unwise, the entitled, "Ninety Years At The Isles mackerel In the ,·icinity of the ls- voyage was too long and ·the Merriof bhoals," written ns he alone could lands In those cla.1s of Oscar Lalgh- mac River uncertain and, dangerous write it, are missing a really sincere ton's you th , in easterly winds. The next season she and human autobiography, filled with Hon .. Thomas D. Laighton, and la- ran to Portsmouth, ·tM proving a wise anecdotes of llf!l at the Shoals, his- ter his sons, Oscnr and Cedric, owned change, doubling the transient busitory of especial interest to all res!- many of the vess<'ls which plied be- ness... There was no wharf at Appledents of this area, and a fine humor tween Portsmouth and the islands, as dore in those days; the yacht tied up ro.-..-:.J"'.rs•~' and good cheer which has made well as schooners which sailed to at a mooring and passengers were "Uncle Oscf1r" beloved of countless more distant ports. Uncle Oscar tells brought ashore In a large rowboat. visitors to the Islands. many stories of t11ose days of long "In April of 1851, the fiercest northTo tell of Oscar Laighton ·s life at ago when as a boy he watched the east st-0rm In a hundred years swept the Shoals, of h is delightful boyhood many vc ~els that passed White Is- the New England coast. The sea went days when In company with his land Llghthouse, of which his fath- clear across both valleys -of · Applebrother, Cedric, and his sister, Celia, er was then the keeper. "They were dore, making It look like tlU'ee iswho was later to gain enduring fame mostly topsail schooners and square- lands." This was the awful . storm, as the poet, Cella Thaxter, would be riggers," he writes, "with a never-end- when on the 17th of April, Minot's ;ng stream of lumber-laden vessels Ledge Light went down a~d the keepfrom Maine bound south. The build- er was drowned. The Star Islanders lng of the rnilw:icl had 11ot yet lost three boats in this gale, and the quite annihilated the commerce of Becker brothers had ·a struggle to New Hampshire·s seaport. Vessels save their :fishing schooner in Smutloaded with mola~~es imd West In- tynose Dock. the safest harbor at the dian goocls woukl often pass our islands." Light, bound !or Portsmouth, which 'I11e Springbird continu¢d In serat that lime wa~ next to Salem in vice to the Shoals until the year commercial import/Ince. Four ship 1859, when she was lost in a fierce 1 yards were building the finest ships gale from the northwest. She was fast that ever sailed the sea, or caught to her mooring off Appledore when the opalescent splendor of the dawn the chain parted and she came ashore on their white topsails! TlU'ee pilot · near the landing, a total wreck in the 11:,:,cq,.;.;,~•1r•• boats were busy :vith shipping bound I heavy sea. The Laightons were in and out of Portmouth Harbor." troubled about getting another ves1 Mr. Laighlon remembers those sel for their line to Portsmouth, but skilled seamen who competed for finPlly arranged with Henry and the business of piloting the mer- Charles Becker to run their schooner, chant ships into harbor here, Captain which was a good-sized boat. Tuckerman, Captain "Jim" Good"There was a great competition win, ancl Captain Rufus R. Preble, among the Portsmouth pilots, and it and of how they would sail their was very important to have fast boats. small pilot boats R~ far as Cape Ann One of the pilots, Rufus Preble, o.f In order to cut ofI topsail schooners Newcastle, had secured a beautiful from the West Indies bound for yacht named Sibyl. She was a sister Portsmouth Harbor nnd thus tie en- ship to the famous America, both, ...,L.....,_...,.•. ,,,,.,c, OSCAR LAJGHTON gaged as pilot. In the l840's and boats being built by George Stears, but a poor repetition of Mr. L1igh- 1850's big four-masted square-rig- of New York. The Sibyl was a iri.fle ton's own fascin;;tting story n told in gers brought cargoes of molasses and £maller than the America, but had the his book. Of how his father ('Stab- West Indian goods to be disembarked same lines and was a fa.st boat. Her !!shed the famous Appledore House and ·stored in the big warehouses cabin was beautifully 1lnished, with· and o! how the brothers carried on which lined MarJ.:rt street in this fine paintings In the panels. liere the business, later acquiring the port. The town of Gosport on Star was the most magnificent yacht ever Oceanic Hotel, nnd making the Isles Island In the days c!ore 1872 was a seen In our waters. She had a big Jug o! Shoals perhaps the most famous fishing community of about 180 in- foresail and beat them all going to and popular summer resort on the habitan ts, being purchai,ed in thnl windward. The wind dead ahead did Atlantic coast, is also a part. of that : year by a corpomtlon which erected not make much difference to this fascinating story. The spnrkllng hu- the Oceanic Hotel to compete with splendid craft. We finally made armor throughout the book will delight the Lalghton family's Appledore rangements with Captain Preble to every reader. House. Oscar Laighton and his broth- run his new boat on our line from From early times to the present day er, Cedric, later acquired ownership Appledore to Portsmouth. The Sibyl Portsmouth Harbor has had com- of the Oceanic as Vl"elL was the largest and best boat we had municat:on with the Shoals during Among the ships which brought ever had running for us, and Portsthe summer mouths by passenger hundreds of visitors to these beaut!- mouth people liked her, many comvessels plying between the lslands and ful islands ten milrs at sea in the ing out for the sail and to have dinthe mainland. Back to Revolutionary olden days were many fine little ves- ner. Captain Preble was a first-rate war days and many years before that the fishermen o! the Isles of Shoals as By �un sor o a captain's and an engineer's license, ong ago among "t ese the agree- so the Laighton brothers ran the set In a silver sea," live ment with him, spoke o:f the impor- Pinafore themselves. There was no heart of our own Oscar tance of being attentive and courte~ breakwater ta protect th e mooring at at 97 years of age still ous to the passengers, especially to the the Shoals when the Pinafore went man o! ladies. Preble said: 'Yes, I know wo- down. men are natUfallY terrific.' We Among the several vessels thought he must mean easily terr1- succeeded the Appledore fied, but there 1s still a doubt about Shoals service was the Viking, a what he had on his mind." splendid big boat built at WilmingIn the winter of 1862 Oscar Lalgh- ton, Delaware, which ran here for ton noticed a. vessel fishing in Ips- several years. Her bottom was copwich Bay which he liked the looks pered, and as this made her desirable o:t. Her name was Lone Star, Captain for tropical service she was purJohnson. Noticing that · she behaved chased from the Laightons for use in well in all kinds of weather, close running arms to Venezuela, where a hauled on the wind, beating to Ports- rebellion was in progress. She Is remouth in a heavy northeaster or run- ported to be in use to this clay. The ning before it coming out, he induced Viking was succeeded by the Juliet, Captain Johnson to part with her the which served for about ten following spring after the winter fish- here .. ing was over. She proved a great adAllee Howard ran dition to the Laighton fleet, being of Shoals for one season, later bei~J large enough to bring lumber and used as a ferry boat between Portsheavy freight from Portsmouth. She mouth and Badger's Island by the old was most useful for twenty years, be- Portsmouth, Kittery · & Yoi:k Street ing lost in a fearful southeaster. Railway. Other boats which served In the spring· of 1866, sal1 gave way on the Shoals run for a time were to steam.. A passenger steamer called the Florence, and the large Steamer The Pioneer had been built at Haverhill, wnich ran from NewPortsmouth for the Isles of Shoals buryport. For a time there were daily business. This steamboat doubled the trips to the Shoals from Boston, transient business, but she was not a Mass.. very good sea boat. Two years later Many of the seamen of those days the Laightons decided to build their are still recalled by older residents own boat, to be called "The Apple- o! this locality, among them Captain dore." The contract for the hull was William Robinson, who ran the given to a Portsmouth shipbuilder Oceanic and the Viking, and Captain named Townsend, and she was built Albert Rand, who ran the Appledore at Captain Marcy's shipyard at the :tor many years. The present Isles of South End.. The steamer was com- Shoals passenger steamer, the Sightpleted and ready to run In June of the seer, a sturdy craft owned by the Pisfollowing year, and could carry 150 cataqua River Towing Company, sucpeople, making the trip from Ports- ceeded the Viking.. mouth in about an hour. By sailboat During the heyday of the Isles of the trip. was longer, sometimes, with Shoals the Appledore ,House accombead tide and light winds, taking all modated 500 guests and the Oceanic day. With the certainty of the steam- Hotel 300 more. Oscar Laighton coner, people were flocking to the Is- ducted the Appledore House for more lands. "When the steamer was part than fifty years. The Appledore ,,w.~,_._ way over the captain would blow the House and seven cottages were dewhistle once for every ten passengers, stroyed by fire in 1914. The Oceanic so the Laightons' would know how Hotel is now conducted by the Unimany were on the boat before 1She tarian Asi,ociation, which now owns arrived. Old Colonel Balley batched Star Island, and every summer finds up a yarn that If there were ten hundreds of people coming to the blast!! of the whistle we would run Shoals for rest, recreation, and reand put an extra bucket o:t water in ligious conferences. The Unitarian the chowder." Association has made Star Island the About the' year 1873 a boat named only one in all the world devoted en"The Major" came into use on this tirely to religious teaching. Their run. She was pe.rtl..ally destroyed by speakers are the most talented . in fire and wa.s later rebuilt at Phila- the land, - preaching friendship, delphia a.nd renamed the Oceanic. thoughtfulness of others, and charity, The Oceanic was 'followed by the which ls the greatest or all. "Uncle Mary Archer, the .Allee Howard, the Oscar," ns he Is affectionately known Merrconeag, the Mineola, the VI.king to hundreds or his friends, returns and. the Juliet._ each summer to the islan·ds he loves Finding it important to reach so well, being made welcome at Star Portsmouth, after the larger vessels Island and running his motorboat, were baUled up 1n the winter, with Twilight, taking people for trips greater_speed and certain~ ·than was among the different islands of the possible by a ·sail boat, the Leighton's archipelago. secured a small steamer to run to The big topsail schooners, the square town, a new boat about 45 feet long, riggers, the days of the West Indies which proved a good sea boat. She trade, have disappeared, as have alwas named the Pinafore for the new so the days when hundreds of hapopera just performing at the old Bos- py vacationists came to Portsmouth ton Museum. She was purchased in to embark for the Isles of Shoals the early '70s.l The Laightons had during its heyday as a popular sumthe Pinafore for over twenty years, mer resort. Still happy memories of losing her at moorings at the Shoals romantic eras, of billowing sails, or in the terrific ~le in which the never-to-be-forgotten chara'cters who steamer Portland went ,:down with left their mark upon the world, of over two hundred people aboard, not beautiful days and star-lit nights or one saved. Oscar Lalghton bad both man. Father, in making -The Precious Isles on within the Laighton, who reigns as the the Isles o! �As today ls the anniversary of the birth of Thomas Bailey Aldrich the !ollowlng article is very timely: (W. W. Harriman, Ph. B., A. M.) "My loyalty to Portsmouth L5 not to be challenged. So far as my gifts go, I have sung the pr.1ises of the Old Town by ,the Sea. In prose nnd verse I have sung them. Now and then I have veiled Portsmouth in a fictitious name but my affection for her has never bee~ veiled." In such tender words, wrote our own Portsmouth poet, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, In a letter to the president of a Portsmouth reunion of 1883. Thomas Bailey Aldrich, born in "the Old Town by the Sea", Nov. 11, 1836; world famous for his poetry, his prose, and his philosophy; author of that book, "The Story of a Bad Boy," familiar to hundreds of thousands or New Ilam)lshirc Statesmen and Poets "What ls more cheerf.il, now, In the fall of the ye1r than an open wood fire? Do you hear those little •chirps and twitters coming out of that piece or maple ·.mod? Those are the ghost~ or the robins and bluebirds that sang' upon the bough when it was In blossom last Spring." A delightful picture that,-which our poet of Portsmouth has given us. The Early Bird On the other hand, much prose was w:tty ani humorou..~. The theory that "the early oird cntches the worm" used to trouble Aldrich, and his comments on the theory will be read wiU1 satisfying plea.sure and approval bi• this generation of late risers in the morning. · "The intelligent reader, and no ,other is supposable, need not be told that the early worm aphorism ls a waning and not an lncentice. The fate of the worm refutes the pretended ethical teaching of the proverb, which assumes to illustrate the advantage of early rising and does so by showing r.ow extremely dangero.is it is. I have no patience with the worm, and when I rise with the lark, I am always cartful to select a lark that has overslept himself." Politics and Religion But Thomas Bailey Aldrich, poet and wit, also had a mind which analyzed thin~s poliUcal; and In 1892 we find him in deep consideration for en's "Unguarded Gates," a poem of a misanthropic nature; we hear him protesting against America "becoming a cesspool of Europe." And in things theological, we hear him maintaining thnt "a hundred and fl!ty years from now (1892) Americans, if any Americans are left, will find themselves being grllled for believing 1--_ God aftex their own fashions." New Hampshire has had many sons lll.1str!ous in t,he Nation's capital.John Langdon of our own Portsm.)uth, president of the United Senate in Its first session, the m1.n who swore President Washington and Vice President Adams into office; Daniel Webs•,er, placed In the Hall of Fame among "the first of the seven greatest orators of the world"; and Pre~ident Franklin Pierce. But none of her poets, save Thomas Balley Aldrich, have been of international fame. As a poet, Aldrich was in many ways the equal of such Eni::Jish poets as Tennyson and Keats; As a Man a faultless versification, a love of senAlthough Thomas Bailey suous beauty. And as for his dramatic endeared himself to the readers of Ampoctry, there are m'.lny of you who will erlca and Europe through his writings, recall his play, "Judith of Bethulla," it was the man himself that people, who which many of you saw in the Tremont knew him personally, loved. He had a Theatre of Boston. "Judith" was the peculiar ch'.lrm which captivated and most notable enterprise in the field of I held them. On Aldrich's 79th birthday, dramatic poetry that theatregoers had Henry Van Dyke said of him:sccn for more than a decade. "There's ma11y a reader silver songs And cry.~tal stories cheer in loneliness. At the Fire-Place And much of Alclrich's prose was of An :ullst to the very core of you,a dainty, poetical qualit,y. The follow- J\ncl more there is! For while we love your books ing quotation from his "Miss Me'.1itaBecause their subtle skill is part of you; bel's Son" ls especially appropriate at this partlcul ·' r lime of the year. Read We love YOU better, for our friendship looks it as you sit by fire in your fire-place. �The sudden death of Wilder Quint, adopted son of New Hampshire and one of the outstanding alumni of Dartmq_uth, and a leading writer and all-around newspaper man, will be keenly felt in the newspaper profession. 1¥ildcr Quint could say more in a single line and make his point telling and convincing than any editorial writer that it has been the pleasure of The Herald to have knT\iVTI. Portsmouth claimed Wilder Quint as it's own. It's hi&to.ry, it's beauty and it's character were almost a part -of.his being. He was.a lover of Old Strawberry Bank and it's om·ly history. He passed much time here, particulady @'."::ig th~ summers and \Yas a warm defender of our }; a-:::.r Yard. D{gnitied, able and ioyal, he had won a high place in his c~:o.52a work as a newspaper man and had attracted att:n~fo11 far b~yond New England and his writings and op ~--:1lo~1 :1:n·e: been quoted far and wide. Among the write:..:; Wikl :::.: w~s beloved and res ected b all. Wll':DER OIJINT DIES SUDDENLY Wilder Dwight Quint, chief editorial writer of the Boston Post for many ;vears, and who passed a great deal of time in Portsmouth, died suddenly yesterday morning in the Massachusetts Memorial hospital following .a long period of ill health. He was 73 years old. Mr. Quint was widely known, not only for his ablllty · as a · virile wr!Ler of editorials, but also as an essayist and writer of 'fiction.' His best known work was "The Story of Dartmouth," long used as a text book at the institution in · the New Hampshire hills from which he was graduated · with hi°gh honors in 1887. . Mr. Quint was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, Casque and Gauntlet, Dartmouth, Harvard Musical Association and other organizations, The writings of Mr. Quint included "The Story of Dartmouth," essays on music and the drama and co-author of "Miss Petticoats," "On Satan's Mount," "My Lady Laughter," "Letters of a Son to His Self-Made Father," "A Self-Made Man's Wife-Her Letters to Her Son," and "The Golden Greyhound." · Mr. Quint was a lecturer on journalism. He also lectured at times on administration and finance at Dartmouth and at Boston University. Mr. Quint is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Hutchings Quint, a native of Portsmouth; a b~other, the Rev. John H. Quint, D. D., pastor of the First Congregational church of Chelsea; a sister, Miss Katharine Quint of Worcester and a niece, Miss Elizabeth Quint of Chelsea. Burial will be this city on Tuesday. · In addition to his ability as a writer, Mr. Quint was a man ·or high Intellectual caliber ·who had a deep understanding of human nature, a keen sense of humor and an Innate dignity tha~ was never ponderous. ·,· ·~ a'1cecitry was distinguished, dating to the · very begln-~WllkllBIE.....t~~~i;;;,a\Ji:-~.li,!,..,.;..--, v• •·--~ u,~u•iY• H.s father was the Rev. Alonzo Hall Quint, D. D., COMMITTAL chaplain of the Second Massachusetts SERVICE IS Regiment in the Civil war, and his grandfather was at one time Collector HELD HERE r.r..;·...,.,.H of the Port of Portsmouth. Mr. Quint began . newspaper work A committal service for Wilder D, almost immedl!'tely after graduating Quint, chief editorial writer for th(t from Dartmouth. He prepared for Boston Post, was held at the Soutlt Dartmouth at Exeter Academy. cemetery this afternoon at 1.30 o'clock, . It was in July, 1887, that Mr. Quint Mt•, Quint died Saturday in Boston, b~gan his first newspaper work on the olq Boston Advertiser, of . which he was night editor until 1890. He was night editor of the Boston News from 1890 to 1892; literary and telegraph editor nine · years; and managing editor from Dec. 1902 to Nov. 1903 of the Boston Traveler. Since 19091 he had been the leading editorial writer of the Boston Post. .. OLD HOUSE AT NEW CASTLE SOLD In New Castle on the Main Road from Portsmouth, at the corner of the River Road, stands a one-story peaked roof, yellow house on lnnd once owned by John Webster-before 1652. The house wns built al.lout 1709 by Edward Martyn Callas Martin) a ship carpenter. Edward sold to his son, and so on down the line. At one time it was mortgaged to one Sampson Sheafe. In 1766 Wm. Tredick, a relative of Mar.yn, kept a general store 11ear the water, with cordage a11d ship supplies, rum, molasses, etc. In 1795 it came into possession of Foxwell Curtis; he kept a General Slore, and was very acUve in town affairs, being town clerk, selectman, etc., owned several vessels in trade with the West Indies. He died ln 1812 aged 48. His inventory showed assets of 10,000 lbs., a Brig named Dave, a i.chooner also named Dave. He left several sons and a widow, who financed many busl11ess men in New Castle. Originally the house had one large chimntl}' In the center. In 1812 Abi Curtis, the widow, admx .. had another put in on the 11orthwest corner. The clapboards are s~lll held in place by hand-wroughL nails, except where repairs have been made;; some of the window sash are originals, In 1850 several fishing ,;essels "titled out" for the Grand Banks, the scene of .nany tragedies to the fishermen of New Castle. Among the last t-0 give up were two "Pincks'' the Lucy Amelia and the Patriot; these tiny crafts rode out many a hard gale and reLnrnccl their crews safe home. The wharf location cuu be seen nt the shore. There were five houses of the same type in a, row to 11orth on this :;treet, all of which were made into ·'mansion" houses either by rahiing the entire house or the roof, but this one has remained as fh·st bunt. The property has lleen sold and this old landmark will be removed. �GIVES TALK N EDUCATION WEEK In connection with American Education Week the Portsmout,h Rotary Club had as Its speaker t,his noon Supt. ·of Schools 'Harry L. Moore. Mr. Moore began hls 'talk by reading a paragraph on "The School and Democracy", which was printed by National Educational Association, as follows: "The free common school is America's greatest gift to humanity. It bclon!!'s to Lhe heritage of intelllgent and re5ponsible citizenship established by our pioneering forefathers. It is necessary to t.he success of our republic. The school is the sur- ' est guarantee of our person:i.l rights. It is the :b.ilwark of our representative institutions. It helps to awaken ·ambit.ion and to establish character. It emphasizes responsibility to the common good and the geneml welfare. The free school is the expression of a mighty faith." Mr. Moore spoke of the educational system in New Hampshire, st:i.ting that Jt was the work of i\l'o men, former Gov. Jobn H. Bnrtkf,t, and President Ernest M. Hopkins of Dartmouth Oo1lege. "These two were the real men who organized our public school system in New Hampshire," he said. Turning to t.he local Board of Education he stated that It represented no clique, no faction nor any group, and back of the members are the school officials, the superintendent, the princip1ls and teachers. "We have as strong, ns disinterested, as fine and level Board of Education in Portsmouth as there is anywhere in the country," he said. "If anything has happened during the last 10 to 20 years to bring up the level of the ,public schools it ls due to the type of people you re•eleot to your school boarcl." Mr. Moore paid a high tribute to the teaching staff, calling it as efficient as that in any city of this size. T,1rning to the ques tion of membership he said, "It is a Yrry interesting thing to study the membership of tJ-ie Portsmouth schools. It has increased in 10 years 19 percent, while the cit,y's population ha.~ increased five or six percent. Today, or on Nov. 1, we had 49 more pupils than we had en last Nov. 1. Twenty of these pupils are Portsmouth children, coming here wlt.h new families that have moved here as a result of our increa~ed industrial activity, but we have 29 more non-resident children than before. Where do they come from? They come from surrounding towns, which are more and more sending, or wanUng to send, their boys and giirls lo Portsmouth to obtain the benefit of its schools. They arc paying for it. We are not losing one red cent b it" stated Supt.. Moore. The speaker showed a chart showing the Increase in graduates from the. Portsmouth High School since 1906, when the present high school wa:s 'built, and added that there were 177 graduates Inst year, the largest class ever to graduate from that school, •but said there arc 199 in the senior class 'today. He also showed a chart snowing the finances of the school, the cost what every dollar expended was divided into. · On :fonday of next week the Rotary Cl,1b will join with the Kiwanis Club and thr Chamber of Commerce at a meeting anci. the regular Thursday meeting will be eliminated. Mrs. Poole is Dean Of Woman's College l\frs. Grace l\Iorrison Poole, retired president of the General l<'ederatiou of ·w omen's Clubs, was appointed dean of Stoneleigh ColJrge for young- women at Rye Beach, New Hampshire, just before she saileu for Europe on the Sryfhin, Saturday, August 31. i\Tl's. Poolr will visit London, Paris, Der! in and Vienna where she will be the ~uc. t of the leading ,rornen 's clubs. The purpose of 111,,· 1,·ip is to bl'i11g herself up to the rni11ulc on worlu affairs, preparatory to her lecture work at fit onC'lrig-h Col lcgc and elsewhere ll11ri11g the coming season. She will rr111rn to Bo.-ton on October 7 n11d will take up her position as dran of Stonelcigh on October 10. Stoncleigh is a new type of collrµ-e, which wa founded a year ago by Richard D. Currier of Newark, New ,Jersey, who is its president. Its educational program is the result or several years of joint. planning on the part of Mrs. Poole and 'l' . Lawrence Davis, dean of the College of Practical Arts and Letters of Boston Uni nrsi1y. Its curriculum carries out the Cllucalional itlcas and ideals of JI.Irs. Poole and Dean Davis in providing a two-year course of cnltnral studies and occupational 1rnining, orientation courses and occupational guidance under the direction of Fred Smith of the Harvard t niversity School of Edncalion ancl vocational projects dirrcl rc1 hy Dr. Elmer D. West of lt11I la111l.' ()hio. 'l 1 rai11i11g in secret a rial s111lli<:'S is offered every student and thi. training i. helpful in leadin)! to an ewntnal vocation. 111 0 �Navy Dept. Says Phila., Should Look Up Ports= m_outlt History On Subject The Navy Department, through Secretary o[ Navy Claude A. Swanson, ln its 5latcment as .to where the U. s. Naizy st."'.ttcd, may settle the battle between the city or Bererly and town of Marblehead in which t.he two have been engaged in for some time regarding the uirthplace of Uncle Sam's sea fighting force. Both places have kept Congressman A. Platt Andrews of that district busy, who in tum bas kept the department busy on tbe subject. Secretary ,Swanson in a diplomatic way p:>ints out that both are wrong. in a let.ter he informs the Congressman that the first ships or a continental navy were authorized by vote or Congr= in Philadelphia on Oct. 30, 1775, and fitted out there. He also points oot that the depa.rbnent is un~ble. to give a cat.egorlcal answer as to tust where the navy v.,":15 "born." For I.he benefit or the Navy Depart~ent, Secretary of Navy Swanson, Congressman Andrews and the Cl ty or Beverly and Tovm of Marblehead, 11aval records and lus:ory show that .,ortsmonth cannot easily be brushed •sicJ in this controversy regardless ot wha~ history is resurrected to ease the rninds or th~ople or Beverly Md Ma.rblehead. Portsmoutp not only goes back to the Colonial Navy but figured in construction o! ships for the Royal Navy. Between 1775 and 1798 the !allowing were built !or the Colonial Navy: ~!gate Raleigh 22 guru;, Ranger, sloop, 18 guns; Frigate Crescent, 32 guns; Frigate Congress, 38 guns; ship ot line, America, 74 guns; Sloop Portsmouth, 24 guns; Schooner scammel, 14 guns. Going back 245 years ago in Portsmouth, the ships built here !01· the Royal Navy included three frlgates, ihe Falkland in 1690, Bediord in 1696 and America in 1749. These ships cru:rled a. total o! 146 guns. The 1\rst ship for the U. S. Navy wa., the Washington built in 11114. Admiss:on to the Home is restric to ladies who belong In Portsmouth and nearby towns. At present there are t.en such In the Home's family. Miss Mary Greeley has served as matron during the past five years, with very pleasing results. Her staff includes a nurse, a cook and second girl. It is earneoslly hoped that on next Friday the kind-hearted people ln this vicinity will rally to the suppo1t or this worthwhile and very nece51,ary home for elderly women. Portsmo.ith's Home !or Age1 Women, located on Deer street, is entering its 61st year o! service, stm carrying on it:; fine tradition o! making a real home for lts "family", a pleasant plar.e in which to pass the latter years of their lives. Its constant aim 1s to have things as homel!ke as possible an.I without the slightest touch of the !nstltut1onal. On Friday afternoon o! next week the Home Is inviting the public to bring donations to a.id 1n · lts suppott, with vegetables, fruit, groceries, books ar.d other suppl!~s for the use of the Home family being of great assistance in its maintenance. The visitors will be invited to inspect the building and an informal program of music will be presented, with tea being served. The Home :!or Aged Women was founded in September, 1875, by William Loyne, a city missionary here and who fer several years conducted it in his own home at 17 Hill stre•t. On July 7, 1877, the Home was incorporated. For a. great many years lt has occupied the old colonial mansion known as the Je.nness house on Deer street, which was formerly owned and occupied by Peter Jenness a former president of the New Hampshire National Bank. The house was built by Daniel Hart in 1737, according to Brewster's uRambles About Portsmo.ith." During the past !ew years the mansion bas been extensively renovated and today the Home family, has a residence with modern conveniences, attractive furnishings, and a delightfully homelike atmoophere, all blended with the charm of one of this city's most beautiful ol 1 colonial mansions. One of the ladies now residing at the Home has an ac!count book or the first year of its operation, which gives interesting sidelights upon those early times. One of the first recorded contributions toward the Home's support 1.s that o! a. uttle boy then liying in ~cwlngton, who gave !ive cents for this ca.use, undoubtedly a large portion of his total fortune, through the kindness of his boyish heart. Another early contribution was 25 cents from a woman who h1d but little with which to s.ipport herself, yet who also believed tlrmly in the Home's great value to the elderly ladies of this city. Another entry records the gift of two little girls, who sent in all their savings, a total of 21 cents. A man who was unable to ,give any money set aside a portion o! his land annu1lly upon which to rai~e ve etabl for e Home. Dr. Mary L. Barrell Mary L. Barrell, aged '12, for 35 years a pr:i.cticlng physician in worce~ter, Mass., died yesterday at the York Hospital from a broken hip sustained in a fall last December. Dr. Barrell was 1.>•>m in York, m the Barrell mansion, bmit in 1762, and camefronl()l\e of t he oldest fanulle:s in this section./ She was a member of the cla;;s of 1882, the last class t,o, be graduated from Brackett Academy at Greenland Afterwards she attended Gorh1m Normal School before entering and being gract1ated from the Woman's Medical Colege In Philadelphia. In November, 1933, because of fa1lmg 1ealth, she gave up practice anu urned to York. Dr. Barrell was o. nember or the Massachusetts Medlca.l ociety and Uie Worcester County So• 'lety. She is survived by two brothers, Dr. George E . Barrell of Boston and William 0. Barrell, and two si.-;ter., Theodosh\ Barrell and Mrs. Anna Blaisdell 7 of York. �FEASIBILITY OF ~ LOCAL PAR Concord, Dec. 20-Nearly 170 years ago to a day, nine years before the Revclutlonary War, t.he first ''Liberty Property and No St.all'!p" flag in the American colonies wns unfurled at Portsmouth. The feasibility of commemorating this historic event by the possible development of a slate park 111 the Liberty brldg-e area will be Investigated by an advisory committee of the State Pl:mning and Development Commission, according lo a statement issued today by en.pt. Charlrs F. Bowen, director. The personnel of lhe advisory committee which will unclerl::ike this study ls as follows: Richard D. McDonough, Port.smouth, chairman; Edmund A. Tarbell, New Castle; F'red L. Clnrk, city engineer, Nashu1; Hon. Robert Marvin, Porl-smouth; Arthur· I. Harriman, Port.smoulh, and Charles F. Bowen, State Planning and Development Commiss:on. This is not the first iime this project bas been examined. Tile General Court of 1933 a.ithorized t.he govemor and council to appoint a special committee for this purpose. Tl1c commission, composed of Philip Sanderson, Miss Martha S. Kimball and Arthur I. Harriman, all of Portsmouth, filed a report on Mai·ch 6, 1933, recommmding that the Liberty Pole area on Marcy street be developed rrs a state park. It further recommended that any developmC'nt In that connection be undertaken under the supervision of the then phnning board, now the State Planning nnd Development Commission, wlth the assllstancc or Feclrrn l funds, i£ available. The objectives of the new advisory committee lie in the direction of amplifying and refining the work or the special commission. The project would probably involve the condemnation of cert.nin lands and buildings in the vicinity or the Liberty Pole, which has been maintained by public subscription for almost 17 dec 3dcs. LIBERTY KPROJEC Tllr members of the Kiwanis Club at their mreting on Tuesday evening hcaHl a most interesting talk on the plans for Liberty Park in the South End, given b~- Arthur I. Harriman, one of the origiuators of this place.· He told about the resolution introduc·C'ct in lh • Senate of the Stale to invcsl igale t hC' advisability of a state park at Portsmouth. This was on April 18, l!l~3. Hr next turned to the history of Portsmouth and how that part of lhe city wns most influential in the fight for liberty. Telling about the slnmp 1111ster·s commission arriving on Jan. !J, 1766 he gave a description of the parade to Swing Bridge on Water St., where the No Stamp Flag was raisecl. Discussi11r4 the possibility of there heing a slate park in that section, he staled that- now was the time to do the work, as many of the houses could hr p11rcllas<'cl at a low cost. "'1 IIC' LibC'rly Park", he said "we hope will consecrate and perpetuate lhe heroic deeds of the Sons of Liberty who made history for our state four years brfore the Boston Massacre, seven years before the Boston Tea Party and nine years before the Revolution. Herr assembled patriots who assisted in the cnplure of powder and arms and Fort Wiiiliam and Mary, six months befor,:, the Battles of Concord and Lexlngl nu anc! Bunker Hill. It is well to bear iu mind that over oue-Lhird of all the palriols wounded on the baUlefield of Bunker Hill were from our Grnnitc State. "The pai-k and roadway leading to Liberty Park would go a long way towards rclicring traffic congestions at U. S, Route 1, where Route lA now enters, being practically a. new artery to the Memorial Bridge entering at lhe bridge approach, tielng in and l"e• lie1•lng trn ffic congestioi1 front seacoast developments and rerouting much heavy traffic from U. S. Route 1 and lhe proposed development of Pierce Island. The development of Liberty Park would serve a manifold purpose, eradicating some of the unsightly surroundings that now prevail, through which thousands of lovers of the historical bnck~round of our slate annually make their pilgrimage, to appreciate the privlleges with which New Hampshire ls endowed. In the territory in question was located the first house of sizable pro11orlions ill New Hampshire, called "The Great Uo11.;1,., built in 1631. The s!Le o! Gor. John Wentworth's House, the fi1.,t Royal Governor of New Hampshire, the Liberty Pole, Liberty Bridge ai rt Fort-while near at hand there still remnins the house where lived Tobias Lear, General Wash~t6p'~ Private Secretary, for 16 years, Gen. Washington called here on his visit to Portsmouth in 1788, The WentworthGardner House built in 1760 with the old linden tree, the finest in the state the Deacon Samuel .:e~nhallow 'Rous~ On which Gen, 'Jol,ln ~ullivan pleaded his first court case abp,ut 1760)-the Earl of Halifax (or Pitt. 'I:avern) 1770Thomas Bailey Aldrich :t-4emorial- the Warner House 1712-15. and hundreds U-·~lld·~,p! other historical houses a century old and more. ' 1 Edgar Blanchard was chairman of the meeting and introduced the speaker. �Plans·Approyed For Bridge 'At Por'tsmouth, N. H. Special to TIie Christian Science Mollitor PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Dec. 30Relie! of" traffic congestion Into Maine and New Hampshire at this rlew England gateway is provided by a $3,000,000 highway-bridge project which today was approved by the Public Works Administration. It would also remove obstacles to navigation on the Plscataqua River. , Forty-five per cent of the out.Jay would, be provided as an outright grant to t.he Maine-New Hampshire Bridge and Highway Authority, an interstate commission now in the process o! ' formation. The remainder is• in the form of a federal loan to _be repa'i d out of bridge tolls. . 1 I In~erstate. Compact Before the work_ can be undertaken, however, both states must enter Into a legislative compact, explained Mayor Robert Marvin o! Portsmouth, chairman o! the joint State Interim Commission. Their agreement must tl'len receive the approval of Congress. · Engineers of the New Hampshllje State · Highway Department ha,Je estimated that the total cost of the project will be $3,013,454. Of this amount $2,245,454 would be required for the bridge itself;; $577,082 for the New Hampshire by-pass, and $190,000 for the Maine approach. · Tl)e huge bridge, 1644 feet Jong, would pass automobiles for a charge of 5 cents. Local vehicles will be charged half rates. Trucks and busses will be required to pay 25 cents. Pedestrians will not be taxed. The tolls have been placed so low that it is believed motorists will have no reluctance in using the bridge. But at the same time the volume of traffic in the past indicates that revenu·es would redeem the federal loan -within ~O years and provide a perpetual maintenance fupd. Railroad to Use Bridge The Boston & Maine Railroad wlll also make use of the bridge through a lower level prepared for' tracks. The railroad wlll pay an annual rental of $35,000. The railroad's old bridge, built for highway use in 1822 and partially rebuilt for railway traffic 20 years later, wlll be scrapped. �Five Families Reside in the Inn Once Under the Earl of Halifax's Aegis Ghosts Peer In, Some Wearing Cobnial Uniform, Some Are Longfellow's By Martha \Ventwol"th SufJ'l:"en Portsmouth, N. H. UCH of historic interest centers in the inns of Colonial times. The colonist chose his inn' keepers carefully. It was an honored post, ca111ng !or men of substance who could erect large and substantial buildings, and pr a character that insured their being run wlth dignity as well as The first Earl of Halifax Inn in Portsmouth was one or the earliest or .these hostelries. Just why the inn was so named Is not apparent, except that its bullder and first keeper, John Stavers, coming !rom England, probably c.lung to thoughts of his old home. The original Earl of Halifax was Charles Montague, born 1661, dying in 1715; he was chancellor of the exchequer and originated tlle tax on windowswhich it may not be discreet to mention! He was made earl by George I. John Stavers, by trade an Inn-keeper, cam«i, to Portsmouth before 1759 with his brother, Bartholomew, and acquired property. The inn which he erected was located on Queen street, now State, the name or the street having been changed l \ o l . ~ when with a 111,rge gesture we threw all kings and queeM into the di scard. M Ft-om Chafr to Flying Coach Here John seems to have proRpered. We find him In April or 1761 establishing a "Stage Chair" to run between Portsmouth and Boston. One of the ha,ndbllls announcing it remains: "For the encouragement of Trade !rom Portsmouth to Boston A LARGE STAGE CHAIR With two good horses well equipped, will be ready by Monday the 20th Inst. to start out !rom · Mr. Stavers, .f.nn-holder, at the sign or the Earl of Halifax, In this town, !or Boston, to perform once a week; to lodge at Ipswich the same night; !rom thence EARL through Medford to Charlestown ferry; to tarry at Charlestown till Thursday morning so as to return to Chosen by a Tory io Gil·e Luster this town the next day; to set out again the Monday !ollowlng; It will be contrived to carry !our persons beside the driver. -The price will be New One, Three Stories Thirteen Shillings and Six Pence Brothe1· Bartholomew seems to have sterling for each person !rom hence been entrusted with this part of the hotel to Boston and at the same rate or business. conveyance back again." And so on. Thoso must have been proud moments After a month, several Chairs having to John Stavers when ho could stand been run with satisfaction, notice was under his s winging sign or the Earl, who given that now five persons could be wore, says Longfellow, a "scarlet coat carried, Vaulting ambition then o'e1· and periwig or flax"; and watch tho marleaping Itself, we find the enterprising Ye!lous conveyance set forth With much Stavers establishing another and a blowing of horn s and prancing or greater conveyance, a !our or even six- horses, on its perilous Journ ey to Boston horse carriage under date of May, 1763: town. Arounrl 1770 o. new Earl of Halifax wns • "THE PORTSMOUTH FLYING built and thrown open to travellers, the STAGE COACH first one of that name having probably is now finished, which will carry six become Insufficient fo1· the <>nlarge<l hosper11ons Inside; runs with four to six pitality demanded hy the limes. lt was horses; each person to pay 13s. 6d. destroyed l>y tho llro of J 813 ancl an to Boston, and 4s. Gd. to Newbury. apartment building now stands on the Sets out !rom the sign or the Earl or site. '.rhe new inn stood at the corner Halifax, every Tuesday morning beor Court and Alkin:;on streets, can-ying tween 7 a:nd 8 o'clock, goes through the same sign and run by the same hon!~ Ne'wbury~tQ..l3osto11r and wl1l✓ put up !ace. It was of three st01·les with a at Inns on pre ~oad Where gocfd entergambrel root'; the sign swung from a high tainment and.attendance 1tre provided post on the N. E. corner. and huge !or the passengers in the coach. The stables stood In the rear ya.rd. subsc~Jber, master of the stage coach, The Slavers brothe1·s, having come so · 1s to be spoke with from Saturday recently from the mother country, were nlgb,t .td ll,!ont;la.y night, at Mr. John naturally' somewhat in sympathy with /'ltavers', 1n_n hold.er, at the·slgn of the Earl o! H'allta..'\:. hfl_ 'J'ory side, and were reg!l.rded with Bartholomew Stavers" CHARLES ltfONTAGUE o~• llALI>'J.X. to llis New Hampshire Hostelry suspicion when the I r,,volulion.1ry ~pirit awoke in the 11eighborliood. '.rlw gath<>1·ings in the ha,•!, room~ or the inn o[ thl' he-laced ancl bc-1·11rr1e,1 c:ovt•rn11ll'nl offi,·ial:-; W<.'n• l"i•g:11'dt'll liy the ~"ns 11f ,vith ,iralous l'Yl'S Lilicrty. Slavers Talt<•s Flight One day as a ,., mpany or rccn1ils was pax!ling\ th(• h•nch.•r th1·<.-atene(l lu sn1usl1 the windows if anylJody Jooke,l out. No one dlcl. Hut a few clays later a mob g:ithcr,'d nnd an ax ennhl IJ.- h<·anl <'hopping- al till' f11ol o( t ht' Rig-nJ)llsl. 't'hc angry landlortl i;avc an ax lo a l.llack .~lave, c•ommuraling- him first to warn off the inva<le1· a11d to cut him• clown if he cli,l not <ksbt. Not daring lo <lisobcy n or SC'eing any• in lcn lion of stopping the assau It 1111 the post, the slave l>rnught down lhc ax with such force on the heatl o( one i\Ja1·k Noble as rendered him insane for the rest of his life. '.rhe mob, unterriflecl, broke all the windows or the inn, wrought much ,lamage to the property•, and escaped as I.Jest they could. The affrighted slave lmnll'diately disappeared. 8earch was made for him, and he was discovered In a larg-e water lanlc ln the cellar, up to his chin in th o �Slnvern, f(', ring- for hiH life , hri,lled his lltlle hlack mare> n n<l 1·,,ae furio1rnly away, bnrC'bac-k. with two men in JJUr• suit. They hni!Nl him and <':tiled on him to slop. nut the wily John, laking advantage o[ a hen,1 in the road, ~lipped into a barn thnl stoocl open by the road· sicle, whiio his p111·sucrs g-al1oprcl on nheacl. llr founcl rd11gc with one ',Vlllinm Polll<' . who had heC'n supplying- the Ear l of lfallfax with ale; and thC'rc he stayed for two weeks. 1\lenl CIH'~( for Pomler This affair ]lut thr wholf' town in com motion. The Ien<llng citizens, l1eadr<l by one or their number named John Lnng-clon, quiNrd the excited pntrlots, ancl in dur tim!' ::'11r. Slavers was induced to return. Jle foun,1 his hotel greatly <l:tm• ngPd :tlHl :Lil lhc wlnclows hroken. 1,ttl these> wrrr later honrded up. Stav!'r~ was sri1.r<l hr :i. <'0111111 It ti'<' n[ saf<'I y an<l In,li.;-!',l in j:t!I, hul htler look oath o[ nileµ-lanc<' nncl was restored to eonfl,l " n<'e. The old sign was retouchccl ancl maclr to heat· the nam<' or that friend or the coloni~ls, \\'iillam Pill, and many lll"Ct• inr,-l'I o( the distinguished officers or thcR!'volution tool, ]lhce behind th" chrkenrrl winclowR, lit hy c-andl!'lig-ht only. In 1777 cumr, lh<' MaL"quiR cle Laray<'ltC', then j1rnt · twenty-rme, firecl with a ll[elong ])assion fot· liberty, Lo give his ai<l lo the colonie,s. He was followed the next year In' a FrC'nch flC'!'t, which put luto Boston Ilnrbor for repairs. ThC'n• b<'ing mor<' VC'Rseis than could be accommodated at Boston, five were anchored in the PorlHmouth harbor where they remained for three months. During this time there were ovrr two thousand Frenchmen In the strrPls or th<' little town, an<l Revera! of lhe oflkern put up at lhP Earl or Hall• fax . Their uni(orm was while, and lack• Ing the proper powder to r!'fresh Its perfection, it Is related that they improved their appearaucC' !'very morning- ns best lhC'y coul<I ]I~, rolling in a hug-e meal chrHl in lh<' attic. Larayetlr c-nmP to visit his officers, and stayed al the Bari, whrrC' the)' dis• played true l•'1·rnch rnlhu,sinsm in lhf'lr rev!'ls. l•'orty yrars later, his ravE-n hair turne,l to gray, his stPp iplirm with at::<', LafayPltc Lurnccl aslcle from hifl lri• umphnl progress through n grateful country to see onco again the old town of Portsmouth. Came John IIanco<'k, alighting from his coach with vast cllgnity and wearing "the raiment ,,r a gc-ntleman" to put up at the Earl o( Halifax. Eibt'iclge Gerry, Rutledge, ancl other ,signers of the Der• laratlon, found cordial welcome. General Knox, "two ofllcers in size and three in lungs," found hf're a rC'stlng place suilPcl to his necessltiC's. Al the time of thr French Hevolution came three sons of tho Duke or Orleans, Louis Philippe and his two brothers, bowing politely and asking accommodations. But tho Earl o[ Uall[ax was full, and the future King of France put up with Governor Langdon. Last but far from least-It is 1789: Genrral John Sull1van and hls Council arc convened at the Earl. Who comes clown I'ilt street, on fool, but Washington, Presi· dent o[ the new-born Uniter! States, comlnµ- lo the inn to pay his final compliment to thP Stale authorities. Coming closr,· to our own timrs, il wa~ ht the 11::trlnr oC the Jo.::i.rl or Jiallr:1x that Long(eilow wrntc-or nt lrast J>lannrdh!!l poem of "Lad~· ',\°enlworth," one o[ the "Tales of n ',\°;1ys!de Inn.!' Ile shows Dame Stavrrs al her doorw:i.y_ hut·lingclPnuncinlions at a, village i:;lrl. Patty Hilton, ~omlng ,lown the strrt t harerooted and rng-gPcl, carrying h"r pail, <lr!ppini:-, from the· town JJttmp. •'A thin slip or a girl, like n. new moon." Pat(y i\lnrrirs Well Patt~• mC'rC'IY tosses hrr prelty hcarl and says, "No 11111tter, l\Iad:tme; I shall ride one day in my own coach and four." YearR pass. l'a tty Is takC'n into service at the mansion at Little Harbor whei-e (lovf'rnor Ilrnning Wentworth 1~ living In state. He ls a widower and chliclless, and looks with favor on his serving maid, now roundc<l Into beauty. He gives a splendid banquet. Among the guests Is the Reverend Arthur Brown. After all have well feasted the governor signals to an attendant, who disappears. The host explains to hls guest" that he has cailed them together to witness his marriage, ancl bids the nevt>rend Arthur Brown perform the cerPmony. "Thal wc-re a pleasant task, your cellr1t<'Y, but-to whom, I ask?" "To this lady here," replies the governor, pointing to the doorway, whei-e pretty Martha stands blushing, with ,lownrast <'Yes . The clergym11n appears lo hc-sllate, and the angry govC'rnor com• mand" him Crom his office as chief maglstral!' lo perform his cluty. And "Martha is Lady ',Ventworth of the Hall." Her new cl!gnltles seem to have gone lo her hcacl a bit; it ls told tha.t shortly a(lrr her marriage ,ih e dropped het· ring, nnd called a set·vant to pick It up. But tl1<' s('rvanl Hecmed lo 1~ suclcleniy po,ise::.scd of a strange near-sightedness a.ncl could not see the ring until the lady, bending down from her new grandeur, lour-heel It with her finger. 'l'he second Earl o! Halifax ls still standing, bearing on its front a plaque c-ommemorating its glorious history. But it ltas failen upon eviJ clays and is being USC'tl as a tenement house, accommodat• ing five fam111es. Inside, as out, it ls railing Into disrepair. It Is a question wh<'ther it wm yet be preserved by any o[ the org-anizatlons interested In saving lnmlmarks llko this one. Surely spirits haunt its halls, and on, windy nights it creaks or bygone clays. �CITY OFFICIAL No Change In Principal Officers -Considerable Routine Business ransacted The principal business at the meeting park department for 1935 was presentof the city council last evening was' ea. and on motion of Co,mcilman Goldthe election o! dty officials, which smith it was voted that a copy be sent re-1 For city auditor Robert M. Bruce received the votes of all but Councilmen Goldsmith and Atwell, who voted for Remick LaJghton. For city treasurer Charles R. Kimball received the votes of all but Councilmen Durell, Goldsmith and Atwell, who gave their votes to Frank Hunt. For tax oollector Councilman GoldBmlth voted !or Edward Downs and Councilman Atwell for Ralph JJnklns, the others voting for Edmund R. Fay. Dr. Laurence R. Hazzard was e!ected city physician, receiving all the votes with the exception of those of Councilmen Goldsmith and Durell, who vot~d for Dr. G. E. Pender and Dr. C. w. Hannaford, respectively. Dr. Haven T Paul was elected unanimously as l.mpector of meat. In the election of overseer of the poor M.!ss Elizabeth Mooney received the votes o! the five Democratic oouncilmen, whlle Councilmen Durell and Atwell voted for James Pettigrew and Councilman Goldsmith for Frederick Schlegal. For i.uperintendent of burying grounds the votes of Councilmen G;·l!f in, Bldger, Dismukes, Loughlin and T!1Jrston went to James P. Griffin and that of Councilman Durell to Cedric .-.~...J,_,.sulted as follows: each councilman and the matter be -.~.. ••.:a City Clerk-Peter J. Hickey. laid on the table until the next meetCity Messenger-George H. Knowles. 1lng. City Auditor-Robert M. Bruce. I The report of Dr. Haven T. Paul as 1 City Treasurer-Charles R. Kimball. inspector of meat was accepted. Collector of Taxe.s..-Edmund R. Fay. I The quarterly report of the c:ty marCity Physicim, Inspector and Bae- ! shal was accepted. teriologlst--Dr. Lawrence R. Hazzard. j Dr. Laurence R. Hazzard presented Woods, while Councilmen Goldsmith Inspector of Meat--Dr. Haven T. 1his report as city physician, which was and Atwell voted for Herman A. BrackPaul. Iaccepted. Dr. Hazzard brought up the ett. Overseer of Poor-Miss Elizabeth • matter of dumping garbage over the For building inspector the Demo1 Mooney. , bridges. cratic councilmen vottd for Andrew J, auperlntendent of Burying Grounds Councilman Thurston said this was Barrett and the Republicans !or -James P. Griffin. a very serious condition and had ex- Charles Humphreys. lluildlng Inspector-Andrew J. Bar- lsted f-Or a number of years at Atlantic Tl1e election of William F. Wc.ods as rett. Heights and at the bridge over the chief of the Pirc Department was Chief ;Enginee1 · Fire Department-- North Mill Pond and said that · he unanimous, W1lliam F. Woods. thought it should be called to the atFor first assistant engineer the First Asst. Engineer, Fire Depart- 1 tention of the police commission, and Democratic votes went to r:clward ment--Edward A. Weeks._ ' I moved that an official communication five A. Weck.'i, while Counciln en Dnrell Second Asst. Engineer, Fire Depart- j be sent to the commissioners. This was and Gold~mith ,·oted for Herman men-John H. Trefethen. · 1passed. Crompton 1md Councilman Atwell for Supt. of Fl.re Alarms Telegraph and j' Councilman Durell . said that he William Wallace. City Inspector of Wires and Poles- thought that t.he city should commend For second assistant engineer CounArthur M. Patterson. · the city physician for his work. cilman Atwell joined the Democratic Member o! Board of Health for three On motion of Councilman Griffin it councilmen in voting for John H. Tre- • 1 was voted that the claim of the First ,37e1rs-Dr. Haven T. Paul. !cthen, while Councilmen Durell and lnspector o! Plumbing-Charles D. I National Bank of $35 paid on bank Goldsmith voted for William Wallace, Fernald. · stock of E. T. Trefethen be paid. For superintendent of !ire alarm the Member of Board of Examiners for On motion of Co.mcilman Loughlin Deroocmts voted for Arthur M. PatterJ>lumbl.ng-Dr.,. Lawrence R. Hazzard:! the report of the city physician was ac- son and the Republicans !or H.ury Trustee of Trust FJnds for three ' cepted. y~ars-George B. Lord. . I On motion of Councilm1n Durell it Trafton. Dr. Haven T. Paul received all City Solicitor-John L. Mitchell. , was voted that the committee on ~ublic vote., for member of the Board 'The meeting was opened at 8 o'clock, '. lands and buildings be authorized to Health for three years. with Mayor Marvin presiding and the ask for bids for the construction of a For ln5pecior of plumbing five votes iollowlng councilmen present: Griffin,' wharf on Ce1·es street 1nd to report went to Charles D. Fernald, with the Badger, Dismukes, Loughlin, Thurston, back to the oouncil. three Republlcan councilmen voting Durell, Goldsmith and Atwell. Councilman Loughlin moved that the tor Ernest Bogut. The Mayor read a communication mayor be authorized to call for bids on For member of the board of examm:from Hon. Orel A. Dexter, stating that the Deer street sewer construction outera of plumbers, Councilmen Griffin, he wished to resign as a member o! the let, and this was pn.ssed. Dismukes, Loughlin and Thur.ston board of adjustment. On motion of On motion of Councilman Loughlin voted for Dr. Laurence R. Hazzard, Councilman Loughlin this was accept- it was voted that the city reject the ofCouncilman Badger for . Dr. Harold ed. fer to purchase a pole outside City Hall. A communication from David R. Councilman Loughlin reported in Shaw and Councilmen Durell, Goldsmith and Atwell tor Dr. George A. Bmlth in regard to the need of a trac- reference to filling in at the Noble's tor plow 1n order to keep ice from the Island bridge that Supt. Smith ap- Tredlck. George B. LorJ was unanimously streets and another need of a plow to proved of the project and the work had elect~d tru.stee of tru.!.t fum s for thrfe plow sidewalks to , a-eplace the started. years. horses were received. On moThe report of the overseer of the poor For city solicit<>; John L. Mitchell reUon of CoJncilman Durell these was received and accepted. ceived the votes of the Democ1-a.Uc were referred to the finance committee Next in order was the election of city councilmen, while the Republicans for investigation. _ officials. voted for Leo Liberson. . A petition for six joint•pole locatiorus The election of Peter J. H!ckey as city 'The following appointments were on Wilbrd avenue was ·granted on clerk was unanimoJs. annoJnced by the mayor and were apmotion o! CouncIDnan L(lugblln. On the election of city messenger proved: A petition for joint loelj.tion...of ~ven Councilman Griffin, Badger, Dismukes, Sealer of weights and poles <>n Cate street, two ])Oles and one Loughlin and Thurston voted for James R. McNeil. IStub on Bartlett -street, an'd,.one..rtub on George H. Knowles and Councilmen Inspector o! petroleum-William 0. Cate -street -wa.s gz:anted. ... , , •• ,.. ,, Durell, Goldsmith and Atwell for A. J. Flanagan. A -report. of the highway, ''Sewer "and Carmody. I �Inspectors of flour-H. B. Yeaton, J. TrJe Da\'ls, A. E. Freeman, Frank Hersey, Roland Noyes, Bessie M. Varrell, Stephen H. Goodwin. Harbor master-Leland W. Davis. Port warden-Richard I. Walden, E. Curtl.s Matthews. Lot fayer-J'ohn W. Durgin. Keeper of powder magazine-Harry A. Wood. Fence viewers-Harry \V. Peyser, Ray B. Foye and Boardman M. Randall. Board of adjustment-Frank D. Butler, chairman; George B. Lord, \Vllllam L Conlon, Frank E. Pater.rnn and Edg11r A. Blanchard. Weighers--Frank H. Grnee, Walter Al very, Edward · McMulkin. John C. Shaw, Albert Bauer, Herbert W. Pope, William 0 . Fln11~i•;:i11, Harry Dryer, Thomas Crltrh'ey. John Kellenbeck. William Llnchry, Helen Qnlnn, William Parks, Anne E. Scott, Catherine Connell, HaTTey Manary, Horace Haynes, C. E. Osborn, A. Rafferty, S. D. Eastham, M. E. Anderson, Paul C. Badger; Peter Curran. Thomas Harvey, David Quirk, John Ca.,~. Amos Crowford, Paul Johnson, Elenora Regan, John Walsh, Arthur S Tecson. Jeremiah Regan, Bradley L. Moody, C. E. Bat chelder, Orville C. Badger. Measurers of wood-Amos C:awford, William Bridle, W, A. P~rkr. Surveyo:-s of lumb<>r-Elmer J . F . Littlefield, Harold A. Lif.tlrJfrld, Richard Weston. R. M. Fowler, JCl.~eph Soule. C. 'A. Halrnrrnn of the r.rne:-:il Electric Co. addressed the rneetin'!, uescribing a system recom n{'mlcd for the downtown secliou of tlic c;:y mid on motion or Councilman Griffin this was referred to the finance committee to report bact, to the council. l\!r. Halvorson was ln' troduced by J ohn L. Scott. Mayor M:an:in annoJnced the follow. Ing committee appointment: ! .Finance-Grlffln, Loughlin, Dismukes, Baclger, Thmston, Durell. ] Public Buildings and Places-Loughlin, Timrston. Durell. Fire Department-Griffin, Thurston, Durell. Street Light.s--Loughlin, Griffin, Durell. Printing-Thurst-011, Badger, A well. Clalms-Dism tkrs,. Lo11ghlln, Atwell. Electlons--Grlffln, Lc:1ghlin, Durell. Public Library-Thurston, Badger, Goldsmith. B11Js on Second Reading-Griffin, Dism..ikes, Durell. Accounts and Ordinances-Badger, Loughlin, Atwell. Engro&s!ng Bills-Badger, Thurston, I Goldsmith. A supplementnry report on the bond . issue was presented and It was voted ' that the !lnance committee be authorized to pay vouchers. The meeting adjourned at 9.20 o'clock t".> the call of the chair. I �Over New Hampshire iip Jacona in Piscataqua River Houses plant I of ,ufjicient size not only to . supply city of Portsmouth but also other towns throughout the State. B11 a Stat! Corre,pondent of Tlte Chriltlan Science Monitor PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Jan. 8-0n the Piscataqua. River floats a. ship today that can turn night into day for every fourth home in New Hampshire, yet it cannot propel itself. It is the power ship Jacona.. A fairsized electri.c power plant is housed within its steel sides. In its hold, below the surface of the Plscataqua., electricity for the entire city of Portsmouth Is generated. There Is plenty of power to spare, too, for other New Hampshire towns. There is no other. ship in the world like the Jacona. Built by the Shipping Board possibly to carry war materials-the darkest purpose a. ship could serve-now the Jacona furnishes homes with light and factories with power. Not Wanderer · Although a. floating plant that can furnish 'electricity to any town on .the New England seaboard, the Jacona. .Is In no wa.y .a. wandering door-to-door power house. If an emergency .should arise and extra power were suddenly needed at some coastal point, the Jacon could be towed to that place to furnish the necessary kilowatts. But before this is possible a. uniform power system would have to be established to absorb tp.e 20,000 kilowatts which the Jac;ona generates, . That is why the Jacona. has been moored In the Plscataqua. for the past four years, generating power for New Hampshire towns alone. That is why it will be several years before the Jacona again shifts its p9rt. Before she came to Portsmouth, the Jacona was tied up in the Penobscot River at Bucksport, MalnP., for, six months, where she generated power to operate the new Maine Seaboard paper mill. This was her first job. Tied Up at Docks Most of the Jacona's life has been spent tied up at docks. She was built by the Shipping' Board and launched In 1919. The war already ended, the Jacona. found no place in the -postwar lull of business , and she was tied up with other Shipping Board vessels for several years. Finally, she was purchased by the New England Public Service Company and converted at Newport News • into' a floe. ting power plant. All that remains of the old Jacona today is the hull; the decks and the fol'e and a.ft quarters of the captain and crew. Her motors and ro- pe ers ave en so or o metal; ent R. H. Suckefol't praise his craft new oil furnaces, steam turbines ns the best. afloat; anyone seeing I.he and powerful generators have been Jacona in action for a few hours installed. Her great holds built to would appreciate that by no means carry produce of all types, are now has she lost the atmosphere of adlabyrinth o! neat mechanical contrivances that delicately operate to· venture, that. single quality which unites ships of every variety and of produce ;he power of 100 giants. every sea. Unlike the old days when the , Practical Ship Jacona sailed under her own steam and was controlled from the pilot Yet, the Jacona with all Its storyhouse, up for'd, she now is conbook atmosphere, is a practical ship. trolled aft, just over hold No. 5. She has saved the New England Here Is the switchboard room. Public Service Company money. Her Her~ the bperator conti·ols the operating costs are low. She cost to power flow transmitted over the build but two-thirds the amount of a land plant. And when she is sold, wires to village and homes and factory towns. This flow must be co- she can be transported to the buyer ordinated with pQwer generated in at a record low sum for all that is necessary is a tug and stout tow other sections of the state by the cables. Public Service Company of New Before this day comes, however, Hampshire (subsidiary of the New the Jacona will have served its purEngland Public Service Company). pose in New Hampshire. Its load of Going forward, No. 4 hold is filled electric power which it carries may with the two 10,000-kllowatt turlight farm homes even to the footbine generators; great oil fuel hills of the White Mountains. It wlll tanks fill No. 3 hold; in No. 2 are aid the hydroelectric plants through the great oil furnaces and induced the State when lee jams in winter draft blowers; way for'd in hold temporarily throw the power flow No. 1, there ls only a small donkey out of balance. And when it ls sold, boiler. say company executives, electric Over No.'s 4 and 3 holds are the power will be so widely established deck and pilot house built for the throughout New Hampshire that an crew and captain. The old dining salon, that for a short while at least even yearly consumption can be knew the exuberance of slum gul- expected. Then will be the time for lion and a hungry crew three times investing ln a large land power a day is now the headquarters of house. the s~perintendent. His typewriter l:'L--cllcks today arc sounds unfamiliar to a room built to echo the clatter of dishes and the ring of silverware. a The Pilot House O~erhead is the pilot house. Today it' '1ooks down on the bare Jacoqa decks. Its wheel has been shifted to the starboard for the great funnels of the oil furnace now block the visibility dead ahead. In the chest where the capt.a.in once kept his charts, the superintendent now keeps intricate blueprints of the Jacona's plant. The polished brass engine controls are missing; the whistle handle ls missing; the binnacle; like the wheel ls out of place, to the starboard; only the constant vibration of the blast furnaces bring back trace of the few seagoin~ days that the Jacona ever knew. Although she has been transfigured from a ship to a power house, the Jacona has not lost its allurement. Anyone climbing down steel ladders into her hold can watch the process of electrical energy carried on while the waters of the Plscataqua flow quietly by. One can also see the masterful arrangement of turbines, furnaces, fuel tanks and power lines in such small space; can hea1 Superintend- �;i, o l / <' 4.t_,.( \ ~ vr~~f[/r,!. �vents o the JANUARY I • Mayor and New City Cow1cll inaugurated for two-year term. ' Lincoln-Austin Assn. observe anniversary of signing of Emancipation Proclamation. Hugh Montgomery takes bride in Warner. P. H. S. basketball team wins opening game of season. Harold S. Woods chosen Supt. of Street Commissioners. JANUARY 2 Charles NI. Dale named President of the State Senate. Mrs. Cora West installed head of Storer Relief Corps. Dramatic Club organized at Navy Yard. JANUARY 3 Phillips B., Badger assumes duties as doorkeeper. 1n Congress. - Women's City Club ol>serves 15th anniversary. Fish and Game f'Jlub dedicates new club house. JANUARY 4 ' James E. Whalley elected to head of Bektash Temple. . ' East Rockingham Pomona Grange has meeting 1n this city, with a triple instaUation. _ . . Mr. ·and Mrs. George P. Deering of North "Kittery observe Golden Wedding anniversary. · . JANUARY 5 News of the death of John Sauramis, proprietor of John's· Market, received in this city. Mrs. James H. Walker passes away at her home in Kittery Point. On Christmas. eve she and her husband observed their 55th wedding anniverJANUARY '1 Geo, P. Smallcon, named Water Dept. National ban"'ks hold annual meeting, JANUARY 8 Rivermouth Chapter, O. E, S. has installation. Ladies' Auxiliary, Partriarchs Militant iilstall officers. JANUARY 9 Harry Foote chosen president of Letter Carriers' .Association, Branch 161. • Men's Clubs of various churches throughout the city hold get-together supper and meeting at Universalist Church. District Nursing Ass'n holds benefit card party. JANUARY 10 City Council elects officers. Edmund R. Fay chosen collector and Charles R. Kimball treasurer. JANUARY 15 1 Mrs. Blanche C. Point, wife oI Arthur N. Point, dies. JANUARY 16 Girl Scouts hold motherS-dt\ughters meeting. Graffort Club holds annual musicale, Artlss de Volt and harp ensemble furni~hing the program. 1 JANUARY 13 r Dr. Harry Munro, field secretary e International Council of Rellgio eaks at U l F'EBRUARY 7 Portsmouth DeMolays observe anniversary of their chapter. JANUARY 1'f l•EBRUARY 8 Boy Scout Court of Awards held at High School Auditorium. Kittery Grange presents musical comedy "The Isle of Foo Chow." Portsmouth Chapter, Order of DeMolay observes Fathers and Sons night. Hearing held at Councll Chamber on proposal to change City Charter to permit paying of salary to councilmen. FEBRUARY 9 Training School Alumni has banquet at Rockingham. JANUARY 18 F'EBRUARl' 11 Albert R. Hill, former state commander' of the Maine G. A. R., dies in this city. i JANUARY 19 ' Lawrence L. Goldsmith :ierlouslJ' injured in automobile accident on Newburyport turnpike. Mrs. Irma Lindheim speaks local Hadassah group. Red Men install officers. l~EBRUARY 1:; Family Welfare Ass'n has benefit card party. Navy Yard play "Fast Workers" presented by "Cue and Queue" at Navy Yard. Mrs. Gladys Hasty Carroll, wellknown author of South Berwick, guest of honor at tea given at Unlversallst Church. I· 1James JANUARY 20 R. Baird dies suddenly. JANUARY 21 Stolen truck found on Marconi's wharf. Truck was reported ml sing day b~fore from Chelsea garage. JANUARY 22 F'EBRUARY 14 Palmer McC!oskey, Jr., becomes Eagle Scout. McCioskey is in the Philippines and the award WM sent to him there. Rotary Club holds ladies night. Seacoast Regional Meeting held with Gov. Bridges and Gov. Brann as speakers. Gov. Bridges names committee to study Rye Harbor project. Kittery Follies of 1935 presented. Boy Scouts hold Fathers & Sons Banquet. Marshall Chalk presented Lite Saving medal by City of Portsmouth. JANUARY 23 North Church parish reception held. Heavy storm begins. JANUARY 24 Twenty-four hour storm ties u1> traffic and clogs streets. Annual meeting o! the Red 01·oss. JANUARY 25 Zero weather adds to dlscom!ort caused by heavy snow storm. JANUARY 26 News received here or the death in Texas o! Wendell P. Brown, a former principal or Haven School. Young People's OouncU hold<J conference. JANUARY 28 Mercury drops from 3 to 20 ~egree.s below zero about the city. · Abandoned "No School'' signal liOUnded. . JANUARY 30 Kittery holds birthday ball. Maj. George H. Morse tendered testimonial dinner on eve of hL~ departure from Navy Yard. JANUARY 31 Annual meeting Alumni held. of High School takea F'EBRUARY 15 Senior Class pla1r "Here Comes Patricia" presented at Jr. High Auditorium .. FEBRUARY 19 Union Rebekah Lodge observes anniversary. Sixty-fourth anniversary obsenred by Damon Lodge. Willis G. Meloon dies at his home on Wibircl street. FEBRUAitY 20 Graffort Club observes 40th anniversary, Universalists hold annual Parish Gett.ogether. FEBRUAltY 21 Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Spinney :serve :iULh wedding anniversary. Streamline train "Flying Yankee" vlsits city and several thousand make inspection of the Boston and Maine's newest train. l •'EBRUAltY 2?, FEBRUARY 1 Boynton JANUARY 11 Annual ecclesiastical meeting North Church held, C. Edgar Hoyt, well-known railroad man, dies following 11,n emergency operation. F.EBRUAltY G Gilbert & Sullivan opera presented by local talent. GrafforL Club holds mid-winter meeting. bride in FEBRUARY I Samuel Weston oooerves· 96t!l bil'th- day. Testimonial dinner given J. Wallace Lear on his 70th birthday, Frank L. Pryor observes 81st birth• day. FEBRUARY 4 Production starts at local plant of the Carey Mfg. Oo. !11!1!!:'a"!:'!l'~lff Work started today in tearing down old Dover Point Toll Bri e. P. II. S. defeats Dover in game a!. Dover. FEBRUAUY 23 P. H. S. basketball team invited to participate in inter-scholastic tournament, at Durham. Mrs. !•'ranees M. Lewis dies at age of 74. FEBRUAUY 25 American Legion Committee. sponsors FEBRUARY 27 North Church presents "A School o! Ye Olden Days." Safety �ear1n FEilRUARY ?.8 IIIJ\ltCII 16 Sea Scouts hold Parent's Night. Exeter and Portsmouth Roval and Select Masters meet in joint visltn• tion. · Rotary Club observes 12th anniver~ sary. Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Philbrlck of Somerville, Mass., former residents of Rye, celebrate their golden wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Ferguson observe sllver wedding anniversary. A. O. H. has st. Patrick's celebration. Tax Commission meets here with Tax assessors of Rockingham County towns. Dr. Eieanor Tupper of New · York chosen as associate dean of Stonelelgh College. , Daniel O'Leary, well-known ,singer, dies. ' : IllJ\ltCII 17 MARCH I More than 160 attend testimonial dinner Lo P. H. s. basketball team. Camp Fire Girls of North Church have birt.hday hanquet with fathers as special guests. Kiwanis Club sponsors inter-club meeting. Whipple School basketball , team· wl.n.s grade school league championship. · Payson Smith, ~o~issio_n_e r of l Education of Mass., speaks at meeting : of Central Council Parent-Teacher's · Assoclatiou, PortsmouU1 Hi gh ba~ketbnll team defeats St. Joseph's High of Mnnehester in opening round of State Tournament at Durham. Clarence M. Prince of KHtery dies. l\IARCII 2 Portsmouth High defeats West Side in morning game at Durham and wins state championship defeating Claremont. l\I/\RCH:: Mrs. Frank Brooks dies at her home on Pleasant St. John G. Kingsbury. a life-long resident of this city, dies. MARCH 4 College Club holds Mardi Or,.,s at Junior High School. IIIARCII 5 Carveth Wells and Mrs. Wet!l1 speak at Graffort Club. DeMolays observe Devotional Day, l\IARCI-119 IllARCII 20 Announcement made that the Tobias Lear house on Hunkins st. has been sold to William S. Appleton, secretary of the Society for the Preservation of N. E. AnL!qulties. MARCH 21 P. II. S. basketball players entertained by Rotary Club. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Dustin of North Hampton observe golden wedding, Illi RCII 22 ._!?,otary Club holds meeting ot Portsmouth Hospital and members inspect newly erected maternity building, Morgery Redden presented Golden E~glct in Girl Scout ceremony. James E. Whalley honored by Shrin• ers at banquet. Work begun in installing machinery at Diatomite Co. MARCH 8 MARCii 23 MARCH '1 Amelia Earhart stopped here on war to Augusta Lo speak before Malne Ieglslafore. IIIARCII 9 Town meetings held in Kitten· and Eliot. • New Matci•nitr Building at Hospital open to the public. Mr\RCH 11 Richman P. Margeson head~ countl'y club at annual election. . MARCIi 12 "Fast Workers," Navy Yard play, prescntrd in Lilis city. l\lARCII 25 Leigh Bunnell heads Grand Lodge N. E. 0. P. Unitarian League hosts to St. John's Men's Club. MARCIi 26 Norlh Church parish reception held. Do.mon Lodge, K. of P. holds Past Chancellors· Night. Miss Mary Miller observes 94th blrthda~·. Tllc two Portsmouth teams entered in New Hampshire Amateur Basketball Tournament at Manchester defeated in preliminaries. Il:IARCH 13 Cup award to first baby born at new maternity bulldlnir goCll to sou of Mr. ~n4_Mrs. Frant 0, Rlsklefs. . Announcement made that stream 4 11.ne train will be operated over Eastern Division on ·evening run to Portland. w. MARCIi 30 A. Parslow well known painting contractor dies. APRIL I Henry B. Colson, last · member of Storer Post, G. A. R. residing in this city, dies. MARCIi 14 APRIL 2 Portsmouth High defeated hy Westfield, Mass. High in over time period in first round of the New England Interscholastic Bastketball Championsllip. Constitution Circle Companions of the Forest observes 40th anniversary, IIIARCH 15 Senior Corps of Junior High School presents annual entertainment. Dr. Harry Stock speaks before gathering of Church School Workers at North Church Parish House. Women's City Club presents pageant of famous people of Portsmouth. Permanent Men win Firemen's Bowling League. APRIL 11 · ·. • , ·.. ,· Rye Junior Hlgh School pupils present "Love Pirates of Hawail.u · APRIL·l2 ·· Last ·snow storm of the ·season. Miss Martha . Boutwell awarded a scholarship ut. Mozar-teum Academy at Salzburg, Austria. Local DeMolays . observe Night. Junior Class, P. H. s. present annual play "Ladies of the Jury". Mrs. Elizabeth Seavey, Dept. President Ladies' Aux. Patriarchs Mllltant, tendered reception in honor of her election to that office. APRIL 13 Mi~, i\IARCH ?.7 Portsmouth School of Rcllgiou~ Education opens for five week period. Ref. and Mrs. Ivar Sellevagg tendered reception at· Court St. Chuch. Town meetings held in surround!ng N. H. towns. APRIL 10 APRIL 5 Oppo5ition develops in New CasLle over proposition to make in that town a permanent site for National Guard Camp. Annual gymnastic exhibition given by School chlldren. APRIL 6 Mrs. Rull! A. Wendell of South St., observes 9:Jrd •birthday. Al'RIL 8 term of Superior Court 01>ens Nrw Hampshire Girl Scout 1101<1 conference in this city, , Girl Scouts present Fashion Show at Rockingham. 1 I APRIL 14 ' Mrs. Helen R. Thayer, wife of the late Dr. L. H. Thayer, dies at her Newton, Mass., home. APRIL 15 . Rev. David K. Montgomery of West Roxbury, Mass., accepts call to pastorate 'at Morristown, N. J, • Two Portland fliers were rescued at Kittery Point after being forced down off Sea Point. · APRIL l'7 Piscataqua Fish and Game Olub has annual meeting . APRIL 19 Genaro Piccoli, and Leo Gagne, brought to local jail after fatal shooting at Pony Inn, Salem, APRIL 20 Thomas and Robert Brackett rescued when boat capsized in Piscataqua River, APRIL 21 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phillips· of Kittery Point observe golden wedding, APRIL 24 . Gra!fort Olub play "Aren't We All", presented at Masonic Auditorium, APRIL 25 "P1·escnting Polly" K. of o. play given before large audience at K. of 0. Hall. Mr. and Mrs. James Lomas observe 60th wedding anniversary, . Ml'. and Mrs. Cornelus Driscoll observe 45th anniversary of their wedding. _ APRIL 26 , Mr. and Mrs, Daniel Mcivan, of Providence, R. I., narrowly escape death as car overturns near Rice's Bridge. j William Ryan becomes Eagle Scout at •Court of Honor held at Jr. High �APRIL 29 , David R. -Smith µam.ed county rel1ef administrator. MAY 1 - · 1 North Church holds ' May and 1uncheon. . ' 1 Annual meeting - of Graffort .Club held. . . . \-: ;De~~111~-Tra~~!il1~a~e~ fo~.' ~as~ington.' . MAY ·G : Richard B. Shelton resigns as Managin~ .. ~ecretary' of Chamber of. Commerce. to devote his time to literary wor1c:· : , • ·- : ' . .. - . . . \ ·Rev ..Harold S, Hannum chosen President of Ministerial Assn: of Portsmouth ·and"' vicinity.' . _·. ' . . - , ·. '. '. . MAY. 8 \,_ Rev. - E. K. Amazeen ~bserves birthday. · " ,_: Mrs. Benjamin Singe:r;_ named ];'resident oi local council of Jewish Women. JUNE 8 Portsmouth High School ties with Exeter for first place in Tri-County baseball league:-. ,. , JUNE 9 Firemen hold Memorial ·Sunday. JUNE 10 ' . Gagne and Piccoli go on trial murder in Superior Court, JUNE 12 . N. H. Nurses Assn. meets here. John R. Davis held here as suspect :Ip. kidnapping of Concord garage owner ' at Northwood Lake earlier in the day. JUNE 13 Leo Gagne and Genaro Piccoli changed their pleas of not guilty of murder in the first degree, to guilty of second degree murder. From 30 to 40 years in state's prison sentence handed out to Piccoli and 12 to 18 to Gagne, JUNE 14 JUNE 21 Wentworth Hotel opens for the season. City Council passes budget mising $613,204.42 by taxation, an increase of $30,351.5~• over last year. JUNE 28 Stoneleigh College ends first year with dedication of Pioneer Hall. Annual meeting of Colonial Dames held here. , ' Rotary Club holds Ladies' Night. . JUNE 30 Oscar Laighton obser ves 96th anniversary of his birth. Fred tacy, former business man, · dies at his home in Kittery. JULY 2 First half of Sunset League ends with Atlantic· Gypsum team winner. JULY 3 Farragut Playhouse opens. JULY 4 Fourth of July observed here parade and Firemen's Muster. Capt. Chas. S. Drowne, well-known New Castle man, dies. Garden Festival opens at Rye. Senior Class of P. H. S. holds day, . Fortl~th .Annual Conv~ntion of FedJUNE 1G . JULY 5 eration ot: women's .. Clubs : ineets here. Marine Corps Reserve Units arrive Milk control ):>oard meets here. Sunset League opens season. · at Navy Yard for two weeks training JULY 8 School ·Board votes· to revise basis period. Frank w. Peyser of this city passes for !'."ward.'. of :Haven m~dais; . - Opera "Aida" presented by .Sevitbar examination. °< '·.' ._. .. ,... _· MAY 15 · . · zky's Ensemble brings garden festival • Annual meeting of District Nursing ~Fire :damages· Jameson .wh~rf, ·.• · · to a close. Assn. held. ;, ·MAY 1'7· · · ··, · . Baccaiaureate held at South Church. JULY 9 Rainbow Girls · hold _ annual Odd Fellows and Rebekahs hold memClass of 1932 P. H. s. has reunion. dante·f,'-~ -·., :· MAY 19 : orial Sunday for their members. . JULY 10 . JUNE 17 Annual meeting of Portsmouth Jewish : Hadassah • ~resents "H~dasMa.ry I. Wood presented honorary · ings Bank held. sah'' biblical dram.a,-at·· Masonie ·A~dldegree Doctor · of Laws at _U. of N. H. JULY1'1 torium . . C01mnencement. Granite State Fire Insurance Co. obl\IA\.r'. 20 Training School graduation. serves 50th anniversary of organization. .A:nnouncement . niade ·. thi,.t - bronze . JUNE 18 ,. Annual meeting of 'warner House plaq~e will ; be preseh~d -.'o utstandlng _Rye · Harbor ··Bill passed by LegislaAssn. held. atlii~t~:- ot:i>ort~moutfr ;jIIgli ·each·, year ture. Mary Fuller, daughter of by 'Stovie ~,Atilder. . ; ·, . . ... . • . : .. , . JUNE 19 Mass., Governor, ni.akes debut Alber • H ..•. Dra~e, ·-OD,e ··•Of . the - most . Tllt·ee Massachusetts men, after being tress at Farragut Playhouse. prominent citizens OCR.ye;~d\e.,' follow~ adrift in a ·small · dingy, rescued off JULY 19 ;_vfei;ks°"'.ilineiii•._•-, ·-. · · · · · · shore bv R. T. Hendrickson. ~ . . .-----City Council votes bond . JUNE 20 '. MAY 23 $64,000. · )J. s .. Submarine Poi;poise launched. · House of Representative:;; at Concord Horace S. Spinney, life long resident P'.°" H. s. graduation exercises held passes ,bill -providing fo~. pensioning of this city, dies. with 177 receiving diplomas. JULY 23 local police. ; . JUNE 21 MAY24 Eugene Holmstedt dies at a Boston :. Jm1ior. High. School holds class day Shriners hold spring ceremonial. Hospital. . eicercises. · - Girl ·scouts hold Court of Honor. Annual meeting of Plymouth Business _· . . MAY 28 . ' i:;eniors hold reception. Schou°!. Alumni Association held at :-Everett M. Trefethen, well-known Box · 28 Assn. of Boston entertained Foyecliff. fontra~tor, dies. · ; JULY 24 by local Fire Dept. · . : _ JUNE 22 · ·" •J ohn J, Troy of this city and Herman Celia Thaxter Garden . Sea Scout Jamboree being E. -Parker of Rye lose lives when boat the Shoals, overturns at.Dan ·Hole Pond at Cen~er Peirce. Island. JULY 25 Ossipee:, Geo·. E. Ricker . of this city .:·Shoals season open~. Members of Peperrell family hold reJUNE 23 union. saved. · · .•. '· , MAY 30 . . Annual Masonic Service held at St. Ranger Chapter, D. A. · Memorial D~y observed with ·parade John's· Church. party at The .Wentworth. t In · a . playpff_ for Championship . of JULY 26 and ·exercises at cemetery, . ,· MAY 31 Tri-county baseball league, Portsmouth Terrence ·J. Rafferty joins faculty of F~ul' ·· tenerrient house burned on defeats Exeter I-i:igh 5 to ·4 for their University of New Hampshire. second : chainpionship of · th~ year. Coleman family reunion held in NewBartlett• st. , . .:: St. Patrick's School diplomas award- = ington. ·. JUNE 1 People's ·church observes 20th anni- ed'· to 45 members ·of graduating class. JULY 2'1 Portsmout11 · Horse Show sponsored versazy. -. , JUNE 5 JUNE 24 by Woman's City Club, held at Frank . Members of House and Senate Ap· '.Marine Reserves have Jones Estate. pro;priations Committee from· Concord on Peirce Island. JULY 28 JUNE 25 visit Rye •Harbor Development Project. . Word received here of the death in 'Dr. Lewis Perry, headmaster of ExTraip -Aqademy has Class Day; Wr.shington, D. C. of Ernest L. Chaney, .;,.,. eter ·Academy, marries in this city, a former resident of this city. . . ,· ' . ·) JUNE 6' •., · , ~omrii:en'cement ~xe1·cises' ·, h_eld 1 at . JUNE 26 Allen B. Lewis, of Kittery, runner up George A. Howard of this city re-el• Traip Academy, · for championship of Maine Trap si-iootected Grand Regent at 19th annual C:ity Club has annual meeting. ing Contest. is~ssion of Grand Council Royal Arcanf JUNE7 _ JULY 30 Samuel w. Moses, well-known reElks' Summer Frolic opens at Municitired ~usiness man, dies at age of 84. pal Parking Place. ·;Mr•.' and Mrs. Nelson Brown observe JULY 31 silver wedding anniversa ·• ~~ · · · Mrs. Charles E. Hodgdon dies at her home on Woodbury Ave. Advance Guard of 101st Regiment, N. H. N. G. arrives at Rye Beach. - " -- -' . _. , , , , : ,; · ,½ ~: MAY 13 · . " 0 ; 1u:1r::severa1 ', \ \ \ : •• . �Body of Frank Garovich, a member of the Marine Guard at the Marine Barracks, found in river. Garovich had been missing since July 24. AUGUST :: Merrimack Valley Red Men and Pocahontas hold 57th quarterly meeting at Pannaway Club. NaUonal Guard arrive at Rye Beach or iwo week training period. AUGUST 4 "Babe" Dldrlckson and Gene Sa razen l)iay golf at R ye. William T. Entwistle dies. AUGUST 5 Plve National Guardsmen stunned by ilghtnlug in· severe electrical storm at Rye Beach. AUGUST 7 Thomas J. Donovan, well-known Granite Slate Fire Insurance Co. employee, dies. Y. w. C. A. holds Doll Festlml. AUGUST 9 Annual children's picnic held at Wallis Sands with about 1600 attending. AUGUST 13 First fatal accident of the ~ cor in this city, John Pcnlo, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John PcnLo, killed when , run over by truck. AUGUST H Mrs·. Carrie M. Marden, a lifc-loug resident of R.vc, dies at the age o! 75. AUGUST 15 Benjamin M. Hartshorn joins sta[f oI First National Bank. · AUGUST 16 Rev. A. E. Ricker, pastor of the Eliot Congregational Church, dies. AUGUST 19 ,varren H. Allen, of Rye, who has been employed for the past 18 l'Ca1·s by the N. H. Gas and Electric Co. transferred to Cambridge. AUGUST 20 PorLsmouLh Garden Club holds Flower Arrangement Show here. AUGU 'T 21 Ruth Nichols, 11oted flier, visits city, Japanese Bi1ll held at We11t v.·orth Hotel in commemoration o[ the 30th anniversary of .·Jr,ning of Japnne~r Rus• slan Peace Treaty. AUGUST 2'? . Hearing held at city hall lo amend zoning onlinancc. Mrs. Grnce Morri»on Poole to become dean at Stoneleigh Collm; c, it is announced. I AUGUST 2l Annual Water Carnival l•,.Jd at Ry& Beach Club . . I AlfGU 'T 23 George M. McCarthy, one of Port-s• mouth's olclcst business men. dies. Frank L. Wood dies al HampLou 1 Beach. AUGUST 26 Mrs. Melinda Ranclail obserr cs 84.th birthday. Special investigating rol'ltnitl ee of City Council makes repor t hut 110 re. comme11datio11s following probe into various city cl r parLmcnts. ./\UGUST 27 Joseph L. T homson appointed member of Police Dept . AUGUST 211 Locke family holds 45ti1 union at Rye. AUGUST 31 SEPTEI\-U.ER 21 Rye Beach Horse Show is Hooper's Ridirlg School. Approximately 27,175' cars crossed Memorial Bridge during the day. Lobstermen organize at Kittery. Albert ~- .Woolfson chosen Lt. Gov. of New England Kiwanis District. Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Amazeen of Kittery. Ppint observe. 62nd wedding ' anniversary. SEPTE!UBER 3 SEPTE!\I.BER 26 Bucket brigade saves home of Dr. Warren E. Adams, swnmcr l'CS!dent of Little Boar's Head. A total of 363,279 cars "checked" passing over Memorial Bridge during the last 19 days. Annual meetinis of Portsmouth Historical Socie~y held at John PaUl Jones House. Lt. Comdr. J. W. Fowler. U. s. N. given testimonial .banquet. · City Connell orders hearing on re• moval t,f Board of Street Commissioners. · SEPTE!\IBER 1 St. Patrick's School opens. Oliver P. Philbrick announces didacy for Sheriff. 'SEPTE!UBER 5 George W. Smith. oldes t mason in New Hampshire, d\es at Hampton iu his 93rd year. "Tons of Money" presented at Navr Yard by Cue and Queue. SEPTEI\IBER 6 · SEPTE!UBER 2i Adm. C. P. Snyder, Commandant of the Navy Yard, ordered transferred. SEPTEMBER 28 1 ' Fifth Infantry, hiking from Fort Devens to Portland, Me., spends night at Lafayette Airport. · , Tug Mitchell Davia ·sold• by Piscataqua Towing-Co. ' ..... !;! W. S. Call has narrow escape from injury when his truck plunged oll Sagamore bridge. SEPTEMBER 7 New England Young Republican open second conference at Wentworth SEl'TEI\IBER 9 Navr Yard awarded contracts fo, building two submarines. Cost unof. ficlally estimated at m1der 3,000,004 fach. Schools open. ' i SEPTEMBER 29 SEPTEMBER 30 Judge · John Scaminqn retires as Judge of Rockirlgham County Superior Court, having reached age limit. Mr. and Mrs. J. Alfred· Phillips of Eliot observe Golden Wedding. · OCTOBER 1 Richard Dame observes day. OCTOBER 2 H. M. S. Scarborough arrives !or a good will visit. r-,rtsmouth Chapter American Red Cross 'votes to establish First Aid Station here. OCTOBER 3 Mark F. O'Brien named head Booma Post, American: Legion. OCTOBER lt . Catholic Daughters of Ameriea.. form branch ln this cfty. Two more mysterious fires in Kit- I I I I SEP1'El\'IBF.R 16 Y. W. C. A. observes 15th anniver~ sury. Hotel Parkfield at KiUery Poirlt da• s troyed by fire. I tery. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. 13a:rrett observe Silver Wedding Anniversary. OCTOBER';: St. John's· Lodge of Masons visits St. John's of Boston. E. Edward Scarponi appoirlted to the police force, H. M. S. Scarborough leaves • week's vi~it. SEPTEMBER 17 OCTOBER Second s upposed incendiary fire level$ carpenter shop and house at Kit• tery Point. SEPTEl\IBER 19 Townse nd Club organized in thi':I citr. Howard E. Brackett heads PortsI mouth Chapter, Order of DeMolav SEPTEMBER 20 ., Mrs. Susan Wentworth F!'ost dies following brief ·mness. . SEPTEMBER 10 P. A. C. observes 50th anniver11arv Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pryor obse1:;, · 58lh wedding anniversary. Kiwanis Club observes 9th anniver, sary, 1 SEPTE!llBER 12 U. S. S. Pike launched with Miss Jane ~ Snyder as sponsor. · Cleon E. Heald named Senior Vice Commander of Sons of Union Veteran,1 at annual convention of National Or• ganization. SEPTEMBER 14 Maj. Wllliam P. Richards, u, s. M. a marries Miss Elizabeth M. Barbell daughter of Lt. Col. Tom Barber, com, j manclant of the 1w.val prison, is ill , military wedding at the Navy Yard. - ...-!---.;.. •• Samuel Sulllvan, a member of the Pollce Department, dies after several month's illness. City Council authorizes special commit.tee to st.udy report of !!lvcstigaLing committl'c and make recomm~ndations, SEPTE!\IDER ?.l n olancl Grant and Rino.lo Pror ario inst antly killed in motorcycle accillent. SEPl'Ei\IBER 23 Mrs. Eliza A. Marden, oldest resident of Rye, dies. F'ire of m,· lerio:1s origin des troys h o!lle of Lewis l\Ioor,, on Gerrish Is- 8 · Jefferson .Rowe, former city marshal, clles at age o! 92. I OC'l'OBER. 9 "District Meeting of. Odd Fellows held here. · Orel A. Dexter named a member ot the Police Commission. -. I OCTOBER 10 I Mr. and ·Mrs: Harry E. Philbrook observe 35th,annlversary. Two families 'driven out by Kittery Point. I OCTOBER U Fire damages submarL'1e .Pike. Gl.l'l Scouts hdld style show at Rockingham." , · ' OCTOBER 17 Young' 'Democratic Club quet. · 1 OCTOBER 1!> Mr. and Mrs. John w. Hopley observe 25th anniversary~ Coleman Pearson chosen head of state DeMolay. ""':'.'""-......,P.I'.!"".~-?""'!~-~~-~ �OCTOBER ... o Gen. Adolphus W. Greely 91-year-old Arctic·.explorer who. landed here from his. Arcli<; ~xperience, .dies In Washington. · · NOVEMBER25 OCTOBER26 -AnuoUllcem!lnt made that former employees_and heirs of Navy Xard to re:ceive $90,605.80 In back pay. · · ,~ " Day observance held · OCTOBER 23" • OCTOBER30 , Daniel Webster Coupcil Boy . Scouts of-Anierlc~ bolds «nmu,J rp.eeting bere. · · 'ocro~31 . · as John McMann ·ma:.iitger of swimip-mg;PQOl :for.1936. ·' ,, • , .. l.f NOVEMBER 27 NOVEMBER 28 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hodgddn of 1 •. ' NOVEMBER 4 ' DECEMBER 1 Elks hold annual Memorial Service. ' DECEMBER 3 · ' ; , Mr. and Mrs. I. L. -Williams observe 40th wedding ainniversary•. 1 ,, ;, 1 HOVEMBER •s ·· "Julius Caesar" and "The Merchant l Joseph w. Hodgdon, well-known rh\1$ician,1diesv. , ., , , · . ·. · ' 1' : . -· : · ;, .NOVEMBER 6· i Girl Sc~uts hold Father and Daughtcii. ;Banquet, . l c : • , 1 •; , • I ,GI'Jlaf!o~,. Club · opens its 41st -season. , , · ,- i , , NOVEMBER 7 , · .-, . Officers of Bomria., Post, American ~gton, , ~d, Auxiliary .are Installed at j'ol.µt meeting. , , · · . ; - · • i NOVEMBER 8 , All bids for Mit.chell Hospital at Br~tyrood J'e~ected . a~ meeting of County Commissione+s here. , , Federated Ct1,m:h Women bold annual' meet,ipg., ·,. 'I • I i . ~ ~wrso:r,. ,Hoyey Post, V. F. W. iµid Auxiliary install officers. , , . of Venice" presented ::.t Junior High under. auspices of Portsmouth Teachm;' Assn. il Nathalie Gamester fatally ·when auto strikes bicycle she ing. DECEMBER 10 I I · Meeting held to consider the forma- tlon of Business and Professional ' Women's Club In this city, DECEMBER 11 Prof. Noble· C. Bragg addresses joint meeting of Parent-Teacher Assn. DECEMBER 12 John W.. Toner honored by local Elks-. DECEMBER 13 Judge Francis W. Johnston rules that I temporary 1njuct1on of Board of Street I Commissioners to be permanent. High School musical group give concert. NOVEMBER 9 . 1 Wentworth St., Kittery, observe golden wedding. ; Harvey R. Hill dies at his home on Aldrich Road. .1Board of Street Commissioners name 1 NOVEMBER 26 DECEMBER 31 . Oscar Neukom chosen clerk c,f M mIClpal Court. Hearing on temporary injunction r estraining three members of the City Council from sitting ·i n judgement on Street Commissioners, held in Exeter. rho,~ as J. , ~ra~ett, Jr.. instantly killed In accident at Stratham. . 1'' 1 DECEMBER SO Ci!,Y Council hearing on ouster proceedings starts at 8 o'clock ending at 2:10 a. m. <Tues.) when members go into executive session. Fl.remen's ball held for first time in many yea.l's. 11-t Navy Yard. _._ . I I I OCTQBER 28 : ;Arutuat µa~ . Edward H. Adams retires as Associate Justice of the Municipal Court. Nearly 70 candidates out at first call for basketball candidates. Seacoast Regional Development Assn. meets here. jnjured DECEl\IBER 14 was rid- i NOVE.l\lBER 13 Christmas tree in Greenland erected by: the Greenland Grange, stripped of its omamen~ only a few hours after being put in place. · DECEI\IBER 17 Leon West named Chancellor Damon Lodge; K. of P. City council sets Dec. 20 night as date of hearing on ouster proceedings against Board of Street Commissioners. Norman Morse of · Portsniot1t.h and John' Kimball' of Hrunpton arrested ·oq charges or arson In · connection with Kittery fires. Rev. Donald L. Warmouth assumes duties as pastor of Greenland Federated Church. 0 NOVEMBER 10 I Hovey PostJ 1fonors Gold Star Mothers. Fred D. 'Hasty,' a charter member a11d first president of P. A. C. dies. NOVEMBER 12 Hearing - on Cocheco Mills tion held In this city. 1 DECEMBER 18 DECEI\IBER 19 '" ' · ·· NOVEMBER 14 New Hampshire Wpmen's Republican Club has gathering In this city, Civic Orchestra gives concert at Junior High Auditorium. NOVEMBER 17 DECEJ\IBER 20 1 Edward Weeks chosen head of Vet- Mr,·and Mrs. J H. Dinnerman honored at party in. observance of their silver wedding. · · · NOVEMBER 18 eran fuement Assn. Ouster proceedings still in progress at City Council adjourns to Dec. 30. DECEMBER 22 First snow of winter 1 1 ..., ;NOVEMBER 19 · Gates ·wentworth-observes 89th birth·day. Charles F. Shillaber, well-known retired banker, dies. · . • (· DECEI\IBER 24 Councilman Archibald D. McEachern submits resignatl.on as a member of the City Council ·having accepted a position on the Navy Yard. · · • Haverhill Symphony Club presents c.oneert lll"this city with James 'J. Morrison as conducto::-. · Community Christmas carol ~ingini; held. NOVEMBER 22 ' Mr, and 'Mrs. ·JattleS' Harve:{eelebrate 54th ,wedding anniversary. : ' · ,_: . ,.. NOVEl\IBER 23 ' Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole inducted as Dean of Sonele.igh College. NOYEMBER.24 - Mts4 •Mary Ann Junkins celebrates 1 103rd birthday, h:er "' '. ~. Wiµtam E'. Souter dies at bJs home in ·New oasth!. ' .... r -;-• •• DECE.l\lBER 25 Alumni Assn. holds Christmas Ball. DECEMBER 26 Sheriff Ceylon Spinney JeaYes for New Mexico to bring Richard E. Lord back for violations of parole. - · DECEl\IBtiR 27 Harry Ingram and C. Herbert Davis Jose lives as their automobile is struck by train on Barberry Lane. DECEI\IBER 28 Mr. and Mrs. George W. Shapleigh observe 53rd weddin anniversar • �'l\fr. Osborn 1became associated with tJhe Atlantic Gypsum Products Compan~· in 1929, as superintendent of bhe ew York Ci-ty 'Plant, and· took over his -preS<'nt position in PortsmouLh six years ago. A year ago last sumrne1· he went to England as a consultant of construction of the Briti h plaster board gypsum plant. When Lhe United States enteredJ the ·world \Var, 'Mr. Osborn was a membc-t· of Lhe NaLional Guard in Buffalo. He was a,tlached 1to the 106th Field A1,Lillery, 27th Division, stationedJ at Spartensburg, S. C. Going overseas from Newport News, Va., he saw eleven monLhs' service over there, !JO days or " 'hich were spent on the 1\T rnsr-A 11g-onno, St. Mihiel, nnrl the defensive fronLs as a gunner. Ile is a charter member of Hiram Luhman Post. Amrrican Legion, of Oakfield, N. Y., and a member of the Hovey Po, 1, V. J<'. W., of Portsmout;h. i\fr. O~born was married December 7, l!l17, Lo l\li!>s Eunice M. Shultz, of Oakfield, N. Y. They have five childr<'n, one son, a student in PortsmouLh High School, and• four daughLers, who attend! Lhe junior high and grammat· schools. As manager or Lhe ALlanLic Gypsum Producls Com'pany's large manu. facturing plant in PortsmouLh, Clayton E . Osborn occupies a position which entails not only great responsibilit:,,,, lbut requires .an intricate knowledge of the many phases of the gypsum indusLry from mine to market. Yet Mr. Osborn handles his job easily and disposes of the many management problcmS' in the efficient manner of a man long 'trained in' ,h is particular fielrl. Born 40 year!i ap;o in Hutchins, Pa., Lhe son of Byron E. and Netlie Osborn, l\1 r. O>'b orn atlend'ed' school in Cameron, Pa., and Churchville, N. Y., until l!H2, when •h<' began as a water !boy in ,Lhe Oakfic'ld, N . Y., planL of the United Sla'lt'f'> Gypsum Company, ,the fit·,;t and largest gypsum plant in Lhc world. From Lhat job he went into ,the mines, 'became an electrician's hc1'per, mining engineer's helper and 'Lhen broke and operated mine moLors and pumps. Irr 1916, ,h e l'ame on Lop, 1where he •broke on Lhe switching locomotive in the plant yard. '!'hen 1he entered the machini ts' plant, lbecame repairing- and assistant master mechanic, and• for severa1 years had charge of construction and purchai;ing. Mr. o~born's next jdb was thnl of operating superintendcnL, one of ,t,hreC' under Lhe works manager. II e then Look over the du tie: of rnaslct· mechanic, until 1928, at which lime ,he entered ,Lhe employ of the Slate of New York as constru~lion superinLendent of buildings. �·FivtfFamilies Reside in the Inn Once . ..,.. _ ~ •• • ' ' ' I • Under the Earl of Halifax's Aegis Ghosts Peer In, Some Wea'r ing . Cofonial Uniform, S'ome Are Longfellow's · By Martha Wentworth Suffren . M Portsmouth, N. H. UCH of historic inter est c enter s · in .the inns of Colonia l times. . The colonist chose his innkeep ers caref ully·. It was an honored post, calllng fo r m en of substance who could e rect large and substantial bu,ildings,, and of a character that insured their being' run with dignity as. well a s comfort. The· :first Earl . of H a lifa x Inn in Portsmouth was one of the earlies t of these hostelries. Just why the 'mn was so named is not a ppa r ent, except that its builder and first k eep er, John Stavers, coming from England, probably clung to thoughts of his 'old hom e. The original E a.rl of Halifa x was Charles · Montague, born 1661, dying in 171,6; he was chancellor -of the ex ch eque1· and originated the tax on windowswhich it may not b e di s creet to mention! He was made earl by G eorge I. John Stavers, by tra de an inn-lrneper, came to Portsmouth b efore 1759 with his bro'ther, Bartholomew, and ' acquired property. The inn which h e erected was located on Queen street, now State, the name of the street having been changed wnen with ,a large gesture we threw all king_s and quee;ns into the discard. From Chair to Flying Coach Here John ·seems to have pro spered. We find him in April of 17Gl establishing a ,'.'Stage Chair" : to run be~ween Portsmouth and Boston. One of the h a ndb!lls announcing ,it remains: , .: "For the encouragement ·o f Trade ' from Portsmouth tp Boston A LARGE STAGE CHAIR With two good 'horses well equipped, wi\J be ready1 by Monday the 20th inst. to start out from Mr. Stavers, ' "'Inn-holder, au the sign of the Earl of Hallfax, in :this town, for Boston, to perform on'c e a w eek; to lodge at Ips,vich · the .same night; from thence through Medford to Charlestown Ohosen by a Tory to Give Luste1· 'fer;ry,; to · tarry at Charlestown till . Thursday morning so as to return to this town the next day; to s et out New · One , Three Stories again the Monday following; it will Brother Bartholomew seems to have be contrived · to carry four person s been entrusted with thi s part of the hotel beside the driver. -The price wil,l ,b e business. Thirteen Shiliings and Six Pence Those must have been proud mom ents sterling for each persori from hence to. John Stavers wheh h e could s tand to • Boston and at the same rate of under his swirlglng s ign of the Earl, who ·conveyance back again." And so on. wore, says Longfellow , a " scarlet coat .:· After a month, several Chairs having and periwig of fl a x"; and walch t h o rn a 1·, been run with · satisfaction, notice was vellous conveyance set forth wlth mu ch given ,: that now . five persons could be blowing of horns and pra n cing or carried. Vaulting - ambition then . o' e.r hm;ses, on its p erilous journey to Bos ton leaping itself, we find the enterpris ing town. Stavers establishing another and a Around 1770 a n ew E a rl of H a li fax was gr~ater conveyance, a four or even s ix- built and thrown open to traveller s, th e horse car riage under elate of Ma.y, 1763: first one of that n a me having probably "THE PORTSMOUTH 1rLYING become in s uffic ie nt for th e enl a rged h osSTAGE COACH pitality demand ed by the tim es. It w as is now· finished, which will carrY . six destroyed by the fire of 1813 and a n apartm ent buildin g n ow stand s on th e , persons insld~; runs with four to s ix ,· horses; each . ,p erson · to pay 13s . 6d. site. '.rile · n ew inn s tood at th e cor ner of Cou r t and A t kin so n str eets , carry ing ·· to Boston, and 4s. 6d. to Newbury . the sam e •sig n and run by th e sam e boniSets out from the .sign of the Earl or fa ce. It was of three s to ries w ith a · Halifax, every Tuesday . morning begambrel roof; the sign swun g fro m a hig h }r, tw:een / L.£ . Jl.\!.J,,..9:_silocj{~ , goes tqrough :¼,-.:Newql!,rY,,to,\~ -~;iton ,- and wlll p'ut un • .. post on the N. E. corn er , a nd hug~ ' at,inffs _lo1\J:fl1~'.).-0ad·where good en_ter- · stables stood in the r ear y ard. The Stavers brothers, h av in g co m e so tamment 1nd attimdance are proy1ded l ,t or the pa,ssengers In the coac;p, The r' recently from th e mother count r y , w ere naturally s omewhat in sympa th y with . , sul;>scrloer, m!).ster of the ~tage ':oach, 1 , :, is,; to bf , spoke , with from Saturday ·1 the T ory s ide, a nd were r egarded wi th ...,. night ,.to')\1c;n;i,tlay:·night, at ,Mr .. John s uspicion when the r ev olutionary s pirit awoke in the n eighborhood. The g a th er' l3tav~rs'f~tn~1\bll'j ~t; t~~: sigfl· of the in~s in the back rom s of th e inn of the ~ ;Earl 1 o'l',;a:ii,1Hrux,. . . ,.. . , · ... , • . · · ·.. . · Bartholomew Stavers ' e~, 0 .. MONTAGUE to His Now Hampshire Hostelry be-laced · and be -ru ff led G ov e rn ment cia ls w ere regarded w it h jea lous by t h e Sons of L iberty. St.avers 'I'alc {'s J1'1i ght, On e dny :1.s ,c cqrn pan y of rcc ruil.s w as p :t'ssi ng·, tit <! lcacl e1· tl 11·entc n ecl t o s m as h I li e w ind o w s I( anyllo,Jy l uo k etl ,, u l. No on e cli ,l. Jl u t a f ew cl a y s lrtler a m ob gath e r ed a n d a n a x could b e h eard chopp in g at t h e foot o f th e s ig np os t. '.!.' h e an g r y l a nd lord g ave an a x t o a bl ack. s la v e , comman d in g him fir s t t.o warn off t he invader a n d to c ut him cl ow n if h e d id n ot desist. N-0 t d ari n g to di sobe y n or seeing any inte ntio n M slo ppin g t h e assa nlt on Urn p ost, th e slave b1·ou g ht down t h e a x wi th s u ch fo r ce on t he h ead oe on e l\lar k N oble as r endered. him in san e for th e res t of h is life. The mob, u nterrified , brok e a ll lh e windows of th e inn , wr ou g ht mu ch da mag e t o th e pr op er ty, a nd escaped as b es t th ey co uld. Th e a!Tr igh tec1 slave imm ediately disapp ea re d. Search w as ,m a de fo r him, a nd h e was discov er ed in a large wate r t a nk in th e cella r, up to his ch in in th e ,v a t er. S laver s, fea ring fo r hi s li[e, bri dled hi s littl e ])lack mare and r ode furiou s ly ·a way , h a r ebaclc , wi t h t w o m en in purs uit. 'l'h ey hail ed him and calle cl on him to stop , But the wily John, t a king ad- �vantage or a bend In lhe road, slipped inlo a barn that stood open hy Lhe roadside while his pursuC'rs galloped on ahe~d. Ile found refuge with ono ,v11li:im Pottle, who hacl been snpplylng the Earl or IIaliCax with ale; and lhcre he stayed for two wcc>lrn. "That were a pleasant task, your Exccllc>ncy, lrnt-to whom, I ask?" '"ro this lady here," replies tho governor, point Ing to the doorway, where p1·etty ~lartha stands blushing, with downcast <-yes. The clergyman appears to hrsit:1tC', and the angry governor command>< hirn frnm hi!< omce as chief magls1\Ieal Clwst for Powcler trale lo prrfonn his duty. And "Martha This afCalr put the whole lown In com- is Lady "\\"C'nlworth of the Hall." motion. The leacling citizens, i1eaderl by Her n"w ,11,;-nlties seem to have gone one of their 1,umber name<l John Lang- to her h<',ul a hll; It Is told that shortly don quictC'Cl the excited patriot!<, ancl In aflrr her marriage she drnpped 11er ring, clue' timl' 111 1·. Rla\'crs was incln<'C'd to re- n.ncl call<'<! ,i srrvant to pick It up. But turn. Jlr found hi~ hntc>I grC':ttly clam- the servant srcmed to 12!) suddenly posagc>d nncl all the windows broken, but S<',,~C'd of a strange nen.r-sighteclne8s ancl thc>se "C'l'e later hoanle<l up. Staver~ could not see the ring until the lady, \\'as scizccl hy n. t'ommitlcC' or ~afcly ancl hc>nding down from her new grandeur, Jod,:::ed in jail, bul l:1tel' look oath o( allc- touched il with her finger. giance and \\'as restored to confidence. The seconcl Earl of Halifax ls still The old sign was retouched ancl maclc lo stancling, bearing on its front a plaque bear the nn.me of that friencl or the t'ommcmorating its glorious history. But colonists, ,v1111am Pitt, ancl many meet- It 1111.s f:tllcn upon evil days and i:; being ini::-s o( the distlng11lshr<l orrlccrn or the llSNl as <l tt'nr•ment house, accornmodatRrvolution look pince li<'hind the dark- ing flYl' famllles. Inside, as out, It ls en!'d \\'indows, lit hy eancllelight only· railing Juto dl.~repair. It is a q uestlon Jn 1777 came- tlw M1u·c111is de Lararrttc-, whc>lhc>r it will yet be preserve-cl by any then just twcnly-nnl', fired with a ll(e- o( the 01·ganizntions interested in saving long passion fo1· liberty, to give hi1< nit! landmarks like this one. Surely spirits to the colonies. He was followrci th" next haunt Its halls, and on windy nights it yea 1· by a French llc!'t, \\'hich put lnto creaks of bygone days, Boslon Jlarbo1· for repairs. Then, h<'ing f------...,..,.....~17 ll!!;.-~,;.,;l'J~t~{'.~!,'. more Ycssels lhn.n coultl he accommocllited at Boston, five were anchored in the Portsmouth harbor whc-1·e they remained for three months. Duri11i; lhis time the~·e were over two thousand Frenchmen 1n the streets o( the little town, and se,·cral of the oflicern put. up at the Earl of Halifax. Their uniform was white, nnd lacking the 111·opC'r powder to refresh !ls perfection, it is re-lated lhn.t thc>y improved their appearance every morning ns best thCJ' could by rolling in a huge meal chest in the attic. Lafayc-tte came to visit his omcers, and stayed at the Earl, whc>r<:' they <lispiayecl true French c•n I h nsiasm in their revels. Forty years la Pl", his ravc-n hair turne,I to gray, his st")) ipfirm with age, Lafavcttc turned as;ic\P from his triumpl;al progress lhro11gh a grate(ul coun- ----....-.'l"".... try to see once again the old town o! Portsmouth. · Came John Hancock, alighting from his coach with vast dignity and wearing "the raiment of a gentleman" to put up at the Earl of Hall(ax. r,;tbri<lge Gerry, Rutledge, ancl other signers o( the Declaration, found cordial WC'ic'Om!'. Gencrnl Knox, "lwo officers In size ancl three ln lungs," found here a rPstlng place suited to his necessities. Al lhr time of the French Revolution came three sons of tho Duke or Orleans, Louis Philippe and his two brothers, bowini; politely and askIng accommoclations. But the 1,;arl of Halifax was full, :incl the future King- of Frn.nce put 11p wilh Governor T.,ani;don. Last but fn.r from lene<l-il ls 1789: llcnrral John Suillvan nncl his Council are ccnvened at the E:i.rl, •Vho comes clown Pitt street, on foot, hut "'ashin;::ton, Presi• dent of the new-horn United States, coming to the Inn to v:iy his final compliment lo the Slate authorities. Coming closer to 11111· own limPs, it was in the parlor o( the J•;arl o( Jlall(ax that Longfl'llow wrolc-01· at lrasl plannPdhls poem or "Larb· \\'r•nl\\'orth," on!' of lhe "TalP" o( n. "'ayside Inn." lf!' shows Dame Htn\'t'l'H nl h<'r cloon,·:i~·. lrnrlln;;· clenunciatlons at a , illage git·], J 'atty Hilton, C'om!ng <!own lhp street barefooted and raggC'd, c·arrylng- brr pail, dripping, Crom the (O\\'ll l>lllll)). "A thin slip or a girl, like a new nwon." Patty merely losses 1>,-,. p1·etl~' heacl and says, "No matter, l'IL1,1:tnH'; I shall ride one day In my own c·o: r· h nncl four." Yen.rs pass. Patty is tak II into Hcrvlc<> al lhe mansion n t Litt Ir I I a rhor wherr c:ovcrno1· B<'nnlnc: ,v,,11t,,·111th i~ ilvinc: in state>. He is a wl,lllWC'l' HTl(I f'hll,lles", and looks with favor on his ~cn·!n);' maid, now rounded inln hea.11ly. He gives a sp]Pndld banqurt. Amons; the guests Is the IlP\'<·rend Arthur Rrown. After all ha.Ye wcli fraslcd the i::-overnor sign:i.ls to an attenrlant, who clisappcars. The hosl C'Xplains to his );'nests that he has en lle<l them tog-rt her lo witness his marrlag-e, and hills the l"!.Pvcrend Arthur Drown perCorm the �• ' ' Portsmouth, N. H., boasts of one o! New England's oddities, albeit on a srriall scale. On the Winchester farm a !ew miles this side o! the town proper is this cozy Uttle structure, having • all the ear-marks of a playhouse, :·et serving as covering for a favorite pig. It was originally used as a duck-pen, and was built by Edward H. Winchester in days gone by. • No. 342 He was a pioneer in California who came back to Portsmouth to settle, and this pen, made of champagne botees, bottoms out, is the most interesting feature of a good sized farm. �FANCY THIS B • y • • J A C K • • • • • • F R O S T ROOF OF THIS HOUSE TOUCHES THE GROUND snow, and in the summer, the edge of the roof ls only a few inches from the earth. The old timer has much the :-a.me flavor as the House of the Seven Gables in Salem, and is the oldest home in Portsmouth. TOI\IORROW-Two Worcls Tell the Time of Day The artist has hunted constantly for a house whose roof touches the ground, and the answer is the quaint historic Jackson House at Portsmouth, N. H. As can be seen in the sketch, the roof touches tlie It was built in 1664 by Robert Jackson, and 1s situated on Northwest street. -The frame of the house is of oak, and the tunbers for the sills project into the lower rooms. The sloping roof is its dominant feature. in Salisbury �Mrs. Woo war , as chairman of Monday's program, introduced Miss Thaxter, whose talk was as follows: My· grandmother, ~Jelia Thaxter, was born June 30th,, 1835, on Daniel !;!t, Portsmouth, in the touse where the Canteen is now situated. Her father Thomas Laighton, who -a 'few years , before had married Eliza White of Newington, held a ·position of trust in the Portsmouth Custom House. This with tne old post office stood on Daniel St., a large brick building, still to be seen. Thomas Laighton was also editor of the N. H. Gazette, the oldest newspaper in New England, and was a m ember of , the N. H. Legislature. When he ran for Governor. of the State he was defeated by methods, which he considered unfair. He immediately sold out his business of shipping, and ' secured the position of Keeper at White Island Light at the Isles of Shoals. so' iri October, 1839, a pilot boat from Portsmouth took the_ famiy · to their new home. Celia was then four. and her baby brother; Oscar, an infant of three months. Think of the courage of the ~ife and mother who had never before been outside the harbor facing that life of utter desolation and remoteness. . '1 Celia grew up among the rocks with the sea gulls for her onfy visitors ,and a blade of grass growing among the rock,s, a thrllllng object, to study. She often helped with the lamps, or waited by . the s1ip for the return of her father's boatr fearlessly · holding the lantern to _guide him to a safe landing. All these - memories were stamped ·indelibly on her childish brain so that years later her poems told the stories "Watching," ,"The Wreck of the Pocohontas." S,e,c ond Winter The second winter at the Shoals occurred the terrible storm, wnich washed away the ,boat house with all the boats, the hen House and a flocll! of hens and even the covered walk that tea rrom the house to the light, nothmg was left but th e stone dwelling and the light. It may have been in this storm that, as I my ~ncle Oscar tells me, th~ only way his father saved the cow was by taking her into the kitchen. After the storm was over they heard from the mainland of the wreck · of the Pocahontas right at their door. . · The little Celia grew, taught only by her parents, but devouring her father's fine libral;Y, unt11 one summer several young Harvard students seeking rest and health came to the islands. Among them, Livi Lincoln Thaxter of Newtonville, who became much attached .. to the family, next summer, and was persuaded by Mr. Laighton to remain with them for the winter and act as tutor to the three children. Another brother, Cedric, had -been ii dded to the family group. Shortly after this time Mr. Laighton moved his family from the light house on White Island to Hog or Appledore, the largest of the group, where he , began by having a few guests in summer. Little by little the idea · grew of building a small summer hotel to accommodate the ever increasing number of persons who wished · to come. Mr. Thaxter also became interested in the idea and advanced some of the capital necessary for the undertaking. He and his sister moved into one of the cottages early, and in June, 1848, the Appledore House open~d its doors. Mrs. Laighton and Cella did all there was to be done for the 1 guests, and in the winter that followed she helped her mother make and hem all the sheets for the next season anc;i we now have a blanket made from the wool of the sheep raised at the island, spun and woven there. Doubtless it was one of Celia's daily joys to gather drift wood for the home fire and .she was passionately fond of all birds and ,esecially "The Sandpiper." Celia's Marriage In 1849 Celia had a garden, huge in comparison with the minute one beside the light house. Her brothers sold lobsters at six cents a pound to Thaxter's friends, J. R. Lowell, T. W. Higginson and John .Weiss. Celia was but sixteen but had matured early and the little people had blossomed into something more, and one evening watching the sunset said "Good By Sweet Day," then in a burst of confidence told of her engagement to Livi Thaxter. Her father thought her young, but she wouid be seventeen her next •b irthday, · and Mother was willing. They were married in the south parlor of the Appledore House by Mr. Weiss of Newburyport. What a pictur-e they must have made, the really beautiful young girl with the clear brow and the smooth brown hair parted straight down the middle, and the handsome older man with the ruddy golden beard. That summe~ they stayed at the Shoals but in the fall Livi Thaxter carried his bride to Newtonville. Think of the 'change, a home, cares of her own, two babies before she was twenty and a life lived away from the sea. Her longing for it caused her to write her feel: ings in verse. which she showed to < her husband, who considered them good. Without her knowledge he sent them to a friend of his, James T. Fields, then editor of the At- • lantic Monthly. Imagine Celia's urprise when upon opening the -riagazine s he saw her own lines. Land Lockf:j." She must have been about tweny-six a t th e: time and from th en m she beg.an expressing h erself n poetry. It was easy to compos= :bile washing dish es or the thou·':l nd oth 2r household duties. He r ·,rst boy, Karl, born in 1852 at th , ·hoals, was · always somewhat of n invalid and required her con Land care as long as she lived . . John, my father, was born in Tewburyport in 1854 and Roland 1 1858. They spent most of th eir ummers, at the islands and my ·:1ther has often told me of the incident desoribed in ''All's Well." (He was the babe so tenderly watched.) A picture of the family all together on a winter night by the 'fireside is told in this charming poem "Motzart at the Fireside." Small book. Perhaps a chance guest dropped in to hear Mr. Thaxter read Browning. The little boys must be kept quiet and no fidgeting, so the brain of the mother was taxed to think of occupation for pudgy fingers. At last a fine idea was hit upon, the boys should make a. patchwork quilt. I have the result, in good condition now, a quilt for a large double bed made by th 2 three Thaxter boys. Time went on and more and more poems were written. I choose a few at random: "Twilight," "My Garden," "For Thoughts," "The Sunrise Never Failed Us Yet," "B ecause of Thee, Faith." After her father's death hotel was managed by her two brothers, Oscar and Cedric, and each year more and more interesting people came to the Shoals at-tracted by the peace and c11arm and by already delightful groups assembled. John Greenleaf Whittier had been a life long friend and he was often to be found sitting quietly in a corner of the "parlor," which came to be more of a salon in the French sense of the word. Mrs. Thaxter would rise before five in the morning and work in her garden wh ere grew a profusion of all the most glowing flow ers, the seeds of some of these had been planted in egg shells in the house and set out that way to pro tect them. There were always 32 or more va.ses arranged in certain places in the sunny room. For instance on the low bookcase a row · of clear vases filled with the sherly poppies the like of which only bloomed for her. An Island Garden shading from deep pink to delicate yellows . �Dines With Dickens r esponded as Livi was one of the Here amid this mass of lovelifirst. lo read and interpret Brownness she would sit at her painting ing Lo the American Publc. As you desk working steadily on china or may know the only epitaph which book illustrations while the conRobert Browning ever wrote, 1s versation nowed around her, and carved on a rough field stone in &.t certain hours for the sheer dethe cemetery of the Congregational light of playing wonderful mu.sic Church at, Kittery Point. 'To Livi would roll out over the sea-scented Lincoln Thaxter." air. John K. Payne, 0. Bull, John Though whom these eyes saw never Malson and many others made up Say friends true, the musical group and there was Who s:w my soul, helped onward a goodly number of artists too by my song, Wllliam M. Hunt, whose tragl~ Though all unwittingly, has helped death was discovered by Celia herthee, too? self, Ross Turner, Child Hassum I gave but of the little that I knew Ellen Robbins, Waren Shepard How were the gifts requited, while and Julian Hawthawn, came with along · his rather and or course Lowell and Life's path I pace, couldst thou Flelds. Mrs. Fields a life long make weakness strong friend, always corresponded at Help me with knowledge-for Life's length with Celia so later she and oldMiss Rose Lamb edited her letters. Death's new. It was at the home of the Fields Rather recently came to light that Celia had t.he great pleasure among some manuscript in my posof dining with Dickens. Only a session a poem adapted from one favored few were admitted in to of the short stories of Count Tolthe close inner circle at Lhe par- stol. My uncle uses it as the title lor, but to those who went, it made of the new volume of hitherto una life long impression. While the published compiled last year. The summers were so full of people and Heavenly Guest. inleresl, her wint.ers were now more My fat.her and my uncle Roland like the ones in her early youth. a professor first at Yale and the~ Her mot.her, Mrs. Laighton, al- at Harvard were both married in though in failing health, preferred 1887. Celia had great joy in her t,0 sLay at the island with her sons grandchildren, especially Charles and Cella st.ayecl Lo care for her. Eliot for whom she wrote "Appeal" Think of it, weeks and weeks with and she knew and loved his two no word from the other loved ones little sisters-but I regret to say on the mainland. But she kept I arrived too late ever to have \ busy_ ~lways, some\~here, she writes known her. To me, however, she o1 nsmg before light, getting all left a creed and a great inspiration l,er housekeepmg jobs done for the in my best beloved of her day so she would not have to lose Courage. one hour of the short sunshine · from her painting and, writing. Her mother's death was a terrible grief to her, after that she spent many winters in Portsmouih or in the house in Kittery Point, where I now I live, which her husband had bought i for their sons, John and Roland. Part of our present living room was her bed room. "Letters." An old grave yard on our place contains the bones of Capt. Fran1 cis Champernown and of Mary, 1 daughter of Richard Cutts, and wife of Charles Chaney buried here with her infant son, the old stone is easily legible and she wrote these charming lines on reading it. <In a Kittery Grave cai-d.) Meets Browning In her later years a friend made it possible for Celia and her brother, Oscar, to go to Europe. The trip was a joy to her, nit.hough they \,raveled so fast, one wonders they ' really took in any thing, but her lcve of beauty was t,hrilled. She caught the atmosphere of all she says (in Tuscany). It was at the time of her visit to London that , she had tea with Robert Browning He and Levi 'l'baxter had long cor- �smouth Shipho /'1 Century of Pfoturesque Practicality: ·Barn Doors to the Sea; British Copycats; Helly-to-Ilulwark umhlehomes"-a Unique Nautical Remnant That Is Still Vigorous By C. A. Lawrence in the ship houses of America, when not ac or muc 1 uman interest to only the Government yards, but here and there similar structure in tho larger Portsmouth people, and, perhaps, oC sorNE HUNDRED years ago con- o! the a.private rowful retro,mect lo the thh·sty or the shipyards, held buildings struction was begun upon a for the sheltering of partial 01· completed cnl11·c eastern ;,eahonnl, Is that, he ·i(Je th e house and the crnwds, an olcl photobuilding which is now the only ship forms. As a rule, .the merchantm111 tlasses or graph now at the Yard, shows a lin-r,edsurvivor of Its type in the dle1·s cart, or the type now gone, hut then vessels were bu!lt in the open, but GovUnited S:tates, and which will ernment work has always :;eemed to de- very com1.wn, wilh the peddler himselfnever, in all probaJ?tlity, be duplicated, mand seclusion and privacy, £:specially in a man iclentilil·<l as the r doubtable l>'ranlc Jones, lat!'t' millionaire hrcwer here or abroad. The old "Ship House" time o! war. So highly esteemed were the and prominent clli:i:en .of l'ort»,nouth. at the Navy Yard in Portsmouth, N. H., models of numerous American ~hips taken stands as a type o! what was once a In action by Great Britain that they The Practical Sentiment of common form of building in every Gov- were often taken across "home, " hauled the "Tumhle Home" ernment shipbuildin g yard, and which up, and their models, line !or li.Qe: taken The m:1.in sitle wall::; oC this liuildi11;; could once have been seen on both shores off and set down In the doclcyard records. a1·e built with an inwal'd sl:rnt tuwal'cls the top, or. as shipwright::; term il, with or the continent. With the g1·owth or Interest rn ~hip model- a "tumble-home," 'l'his of course •nsures Utterly unique in design, differing making today in America, the Admiralty more soliclily upon the ground, .i11st as sharply from every othe1• form of public are often called upon to [m·nish blue- a man stands the flm1er with his legs bulldln_g , · its very shape is a challenge prints of these same vessels, captu red In spread apart. But may there not have to the eye, and few passengers traveling 1813 or earlier; some of Lhem perhaps heen a Lit of 11raclical sentiment wo1·ke,1 northeast out o! Boston by rail fail to built in ship houses like ~hat at Ports- in, having in min,! the custom or huiklnotice· its queer, sloping walls, or the mouth. i11g our early wuoden warships with lh eil· quaint old belfry which, up to recent The history of the New Hampshire lop side~; canying this same tumbleyears, has sent out Its mellow call for house calls up visions o! much Industry. home slant from belly to bulwarks? At &hlpwrlghts to come to work or "knoclc The facts o! dimensions and enlarge- n.ny rate, the shape seems to hn.vc filled of!" with the declining day. ment, cordially 'furnished by Captain the pul"posu admlrahly. 'l'he house today Briefly described, this structure 1s a Is 300 feet long a ncl orginally \\'as l 31 D. E. Dismukes while commandant o! very plain appearing, almost barn-like feet wiue. Additions have made It even that yard; and by Captain A. Brown, WiLlel', uf!alr, high In the posts, and capped by U.S.N., the present captain o! the yard, a root o! the gambrel type, o! which The rcade1· with a clcllght In facts relating to the work done there, suggests t lae lower slope is much the greater or anrl fli;u1·cs will app1·ecia le the followingpictures o! old-time wielders of the the t1VO slants. list or tho Yesst•ls that fll'sl ~aw the sledge and adze. Perhaps tho last menworld hcl'e. Frum 1838-9, with small 111• Barn Doors to the Sea tioned craft offers the most food for tcn•a J.; of lime between their birth, came 'l'hls long lower root slope is studded thought, f~r there were several divisions tho l'rehle, Congress (frigate), Sal'n.loga with many square windows, set diago- of adze-men, each responsible for some (sloop-of-war), l'ortsmouth (sloop), Saranally. ·when one climbs up to peek ·out glvef\ section o! the ship, and each sec- nac (steam sloop), the l~ranlclin (steam from one o! the several inner galleries, tion requiring the utmost skill of hand. frigate), lllinois (same), !ollowe<I hy the l'ach window becomes surprisingly• big, Men o! this craft might have been seen :'tlarion ancl Entc1·prise-later a. school 'lnd is· seen to contain twenty-eight full at any period of the recent rebuilding ship; the ·Boxer, a brig and the last po.ncs o! glass, with numerous three- of the Constitution at the Charlestown wooden ship from this house; the tug cornered sections around the edges o! yard. This calls to mind that the Boston J'nl.qisco, !11 B!IG -9; ancl following thi s, the s11lmial'lnrs L-8, 8-3, ().J, 8-8, H-ll, :ind 1>,e sash. The house stands upon the location th ere were at ono time a~ least the Honita, a ,rnL,murJne llskt! :as V-3. ,,,JMe of the main sea wall, or whar!, and three of the same type o! ship house, Bcshlcs lhc;se there have hecn the usual it~"' front.can be opened practically from Jong since replaced by buildings o( brick numbc1· oC smaller craft, service vessel,; or varying tonnage bullt for Government :c,p to bottom, by means of the great and stone. work, coa l ha1·ges being perhaps the fo!dlng barn doors that compose its least romantic. 1nlddle section, flanked by smaller service A l\fighty Cheer \Vent Up Masts , •1,re never stepped In the 8hip The Portsmouth house was the de• Houses, 1101· was any rigging clone. It !,; rntr::mces and numerous windows of the c(,mmoner type. The old bel!ry, simple scendant of a smaller one, built In 1820 a <lclighl to cnler ancl explore the dullt}' olcl gall<'ries. '!'he whole interior snwlls In line and worthy of Bulfinch, crowns upon the same site, and It Is probable, pleasantly o:' oakum, tar an«J paint. EaC"h writes Capta.ln Dismukes, that some of roof window 011 tho lowest liet· can ho the !ore end of the ridge pole. The great doors open even down below the timbers of this earlier house were rencheil I,y a short, stout flight of :;lair:,, high tide lev~I. for when one of the fa- embodied In the present one. The U.S. n nd acccsH lo various parts or the ~1·t•a l hollow :;hel l Is made possiblll hy pla11k mous old wood en fighting ships was ready slo~p-o!-war Preble was the first vessel walks and ;;allf,1·i~s. It is a maze of ll'(;• to be launched, the entire height or the built thern, the keel being laid in l 838, me11clous timbers , A rchilcc:turally, the building Is in tln·eo front wall was none too great to give before the structure was completed. 8he It needful space. was launched June 13, 1839, and the parts: 'l'wo comparatively low sheds or A. frame construction forming the galleries, Looking up along the towering front, words such as "lorty" or "huge" come news of the day states that the house nrnl tho arched roof making the c·cnlra l was the largest In tho country, special str11cturn. The 1n·es!'nt roof is of steel, naturally to the lips. The whrJle effect is of something far and away beyond the mention being made of the Jnner gal-- and the i;reat limbc1·s still give evidence ordinary. There ls that about It which Jeries that accommodated a i;reat throng or soundness. It appears that this' famous at once calls up the names o! Deptford, old slruc:t urc will Inst as long as lhct e Rye or Plymouth, and other Old-,yorld o! the public who cnmo to witness the may be a11y uso for It. place& where ships were built, And ship launching. houses would seem to have .'\.!Ways been In 1854 the house was lengthened by needed, for in twelve-hundred-something the sherllt Of Sussex was ordered to en- fifty feet, and ten years from that time large the house at Rye where the king's the frigate Franklin was Jaunchecl, after several years required for her builclin~ galleys W(;:1116 kept. _ · within the house. This launching gave the building Its local name of I•'rnnklln England-Nautical Plagiarists Before the muffled din o! beetle and Ship House. Although the house seems sledge gave way to the rat-tat or the huge, the hull or , the Franl,lin almost riveter, many thousand weignt of heavy entirely filled it in both dimensions. As timber was webbed Jnto the . form and this great vessel slowly emerged from comeliness o! acket sh! or frigate with• the lofty portals, g-atherecl speed and finally plunged into the Portsmouth tide, O ,v. the mightywas cheer that up from thousands not to be went wondered at. L~..:..:.:~~...:.~~:...:i..~.....::.~~~..__.:..;...............:.:....'.:~~~.;;.;......;...u.. -i.i...:a.."'1oll �Source of r1gates and U-Boats <j}o :,.,_ # A ~t;!f- · ':::::...- -: ... :I ]~- ,, ' . . ,l,'--111 :• 1 ·. ._ ....:·:· - , 1 ,I ---- I' -~~-.:~ ~ ..J~ - . .·:. - - -~ ~:-~_ . - •-~,--· . . . ·- ···~=- . ~ ~ -- - -- ·_,;;..--- ·-· ~ .-· ' ~ ,. ~ -,. .,,. - -. -··----- THE WATER T.RaNJ' Of' Tlf.E SHJP.;-HollJE SHOWING THE ENJJ 0/'acfU.BMARINE READYi 0 LAVHGH �.. ' - _.:--::_ . -: ~- ✓- t ONE of the CVR!OVJ ArTJc WiilnowJ �This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NlSO 239.48-1992 (pennanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts m 1998 - - - - - - - - - - - -- - ---- �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918-1920, 1932-1949 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="http://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbook 1934-35 V.7 Subject The topic of the resource Scrapbooks Portsmouth (N.H.) Description An account of the resource A scrapbook of news articles from the Portsmouth Herald and other papers, 1934-1935. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library (N.H.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1935 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i11079745 https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/10650f2b09dd81104715b1dc96bdb6df.PDF 5a003220000dec0fa7df2602be661829 PDF Text Text �- - . �I ' · · - - - - - --, 1 Por~smouth Public Library Aldrich, Thos. B. Mem. 45-47 3,21 Barrell Homestead (York) 79 Portsmouth. Schools 96,97 Board of Education 43 Railway Mail Assoc. Property 113 Boylston, Helen D. 93 Roosevelt, James (Yacht Sewanna) 1,77 Budgets, Portsmouth 42,43 Rye. Library 66 Catholic Dau~hters of America 20 St. John's Church 30,41 Cemetery, Pleasant Dt. 114 St. John's Lodge. Masons 4,49, Civic Orchestra 29 49-63 Cheney, Russell, Exhibit 21 St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Ch. 105,106 Constitution Day 30 Sandown. Old Meeting House 8 D.A.R. 43,76 Scarborough, H.M.S. 15 Exeter Historical Society 44 Seacoast Regional Devel.Assoc. 14 13,14 Flood Relief 24-28 Sise, John. Insurance Co. 2 Flower Show. Hobson Estate 103,104 Gpring Market Fort Constitution 31-36, 44 Foss, Mrs. Sam ', Jal te,r (Obit) 29 Stoneleigh College 39,40,67 Franklin Dhiphouse ~ire 17-20 Street Lights 97 16 Fremont. Old Meeting House. 64 Tarbell, Edmund. Portrait by 90,103 Girl Scouts 93,113 Traffic Court 29,76,80 Greely, Gen. Adolphus (Obit) 6 Warner House 114 Haley Family Reunion 68 Wentworth Home Hampton Falls. Old Houses 22 Whipple, JosephjColl. Customs 90 82 Harvard University 74 York, Me. Old ail 30,69 Historical Records, Search for 23 York County. Tercentenary Isles of Shoals, Conference 87 94,95,107-112,115-119 Jones, John Paul 77 Kittery Historical Society 11,12 Kittery. Tercentenary 48,73,108 Lanier Camp. ~liot 104 Lear, Tobias. Mansion 29,64,70 78,101-103 Livius House 98 Long, Maj. ~dward J 74,76,88 Mitchell Davis (Tugboat) 3 68,90 Moffatt-Ladd House 81,83-86 Murals, Jr. High School Music Festival 91,92 National Election Results 8 National Gypsum Co. 5 New En~land Council. List of 47 Historic Houses N.H. Arts & Crafts Fair 79 N.H. Famous People 65 N.H. Gazette (Newspaper) 94,119 North Hampton. History 44 North Hampton. Breakwater 59 Pepperrell Family Reunion 71 Pike (Submarine) 10 Plunger (Submarine) 6Lt-, 72 Pollack (Submarine) 9,89,90 Portsmouth. City Council Mtg. 21,75 Portsmouth. Historic Houses 71 se e al r;o n·1TJ11:s of h o u s0s Portsmouth Historidal Society 75,81 Portsmouth. History 98 Portsmouth Home Industries 1 1~, 70, 74 Portsmouth Navy Yard 7,99,100,113 �~ ,, Sin.ce half lie kept unch £orated shee . r pen .it as t}ie d<l rte E~perienee has shown tha each book_ is Ut}lited to a : e and _plan,, :(~appropriate ., hums . · · · i .of trip~s earan~~- .a: !Oll o business-. or pr ., a ~ . efer~rtce;·Scrap Bhoks ar hi · ' ., large as- r e .... , Y. �EVEtT YAC l . .. .' ' VES FORT IP . ... _ - . ALO GME. COAST resident -Expected To Board Craft At ulpit · arbor In Few Days T }r •: ROOSEVELT YACHT SE WI\NW\ ----------The 56-foot schooner yacht Sewanna r,c,; •..:;,,.~•~11-or James Roosevelt, eldest son o! the President, wW.ch has- been at 'Little Harbor !or some 'time, .left' early th~ morning for Rockland,1 Me ..-' with · _the ·Presicient•s · three '. sons, James, F'rank"liD, Jr., and John aboard: · She . will anchor 1n the· ·vicinity of : Rockland "until boarded by . Prestdent· Roosevelt, probably next Monday, in .the remote and secluded section o! the Maine ·coast known as Pulpit'G · Harbor, ·Not1th · Haven, ·Me: · -It was learned yest.erday that a gov·ernmen,t destro to th"'er with the presiaential yacht · Potomac, will accompany the Sewanna on its trip up the Main~ coast to Oampobello Ls.land. This wlll permit the President to keep in touch with any urgen1t government business requ!rln°g the attention of the chle! e~ecutlve. President Roosevelt, It is expected, will leave Hydle Park -sometime Sund,ay and wm detrll,in at Rockland, Me., where he will· be taken in a Coast Guard, ~utter 9r t?e Po~omao_ ~ the plae& of embarkation. Oaptaln Colbeth .1.s 32 and from Swan's Island. in Maine, la about 20 mllei from Pulpit Harbor where the President will join the cruise. Captain Colbe't h wlll have a n oppor tunity to make a visit to his home while the · boat is tl1!d up near Rockland awaiting the arrival ot the President. Besldle.s Captain Colbeth the Sewanna also has Joseph Emmerz of Weymou th In its crew. Emmerz is a. naUve or Germany and came to this country in 1929. He 1- a naturalized citizen. During the World war Emmed!-. served in the Germany navY, The Sewa:nna came he re from LiU!e Ha rbor to take on coal, oil, wa te r and ice for a vacation trlp which Presider t Roosevelt and his three sons, James, I Franklin Jr., and-John, will make along the Maine coast. She : first moored a t. the .Isles of Shoals wharf, but with the arr lal of the Steamer Sights-e-er from the Shoals ·in the afternoon cha1igoo her bert,h to . a nearby wharf off Ceres street. Captain Elden Colbath of th e Sewanna, asked the executive officer o! t he Por~smouth Navy Yard, Captain A. w. Brown, for assistance in tuning up the Sewanna's· diesel engine. Mechanics from the. navy yard were S·ent here, including a chief machinist and machinist's mate, second cla&, from the U. 8. S. Porpoise, to overhaul and tune up the Sewanna's power planJt. Canned goods an ol,her provlsloilJI were put aboard nd ev,eryth\ng made ready for the vacation cruise of the Presidi1mt and his sons. ' The Sewanua was bumped by '?fishing boat or the Shol'e Fish Company, navigated by Loula Hayes, wh!li! ' she was moored at the wharf. A dien.tt was made in the Sewanna's bow about four feet a:bove the water-line. The , damage was not serious and any neoessary repalns will be made after the boat arriv.es at Rockland, wher-e she IB due tomorrow. I �Sea ·wan Being llluitt Near Wormer ferry Slip 'I'he committee on public buildings and places of t.he city council has made preparations to raz the large wooden building on Ceres 8treet which has been declared unsafe for some Ume. A 60-!oot sea wall ca.Led on tho · waterfront, running along near tho entrance of tl1e former ferry slip. It will be utilized os a city landing and a place for disp:)sln<( of snow in the river during tho winLcr, 'I'lle araniLe rcm c·,~.. ! ,1 I.Ile former Madison :,it.rcrt reservoir which has been plled up near t.ho entrance 1 of U1e Peirce Island brid3e on Mechanlo st,rcet, wlll be used in construction of t.he sea wall. The old building has been known for years as t.he Spring Market and was occupied ior several years by \,ho fish firm of Randall & Caswell and as a store house. It was renl,ed for quite a, J.)eriod l,o \,he Atlantic Shoro Rallway and \,o the Portsmouth, Dover & York Railway. The upper floor wM used years a~o o.s \,he headquo.rters for campaign companies. Work of laying thD heavy granite blocks of \,he new retaining .wall began on Wedner.clay morning, 'I'he contract for the construction of the retaining wall Is llelcl l>Y the Roy II. Beattie Corporation or Fall Rlv:!r, Mass, 'I'be work of preparing \,he bottom began last Friday, with a clamshell dredge aboard a steam lighter filling in and leveling oil the bottom, On Wedneslliw morning tho lighter crew, using I.ho sLcam derrick aboard the craft, began hoisting big , granite blocks from thD shore to place t.hem In pooltlon as l.hD foundation of th'e wall, This wall Lq to be 8 feet wide at th:i bottom, narrowing to 3 feet wide at the \,op, a t,o\,al hcl1;ht of 9 feet. It will extend for about 60 feet length. The granite blocks are furnishjld by the city from a supply available at Peirce Island. '1110 work is In chargo of George Ouellette of Fall River, Mass. On March l the lighter will temporarily le,\VO the wall construction job l,o proceed t.o \,he old Boston & Maine railroad brid'.re to make some repairs and do fender work on I.hat structure. This work wlll require o.bout two month..q to compleLe, it Is expected, and during Lh!3 period I.he old terr:ylandlng building will be pulled, down In preparation for \,he corppletlon ot the work on the retaining wall. in �TUG MITCHELL. DAVIS SOLO The ~ old tug-boat, M. Mitchell Davis, well known along the. ahorea of Port;sm.outn and vicinity !or twenty-five years, WM sold !oday by the Plsca.t1¥1uil. River' Towing Company to George W. Sunde:lln, Inc., ot Bridgeport, Conn. It Ls with. perhaps ,,,,.~.•~,,,,1\1 a. little of sentlmenral reg:-et.15 that Portsm.suth 11ays good-bye to th)s little stee.m tug which. has Qeen a patt ot Portsmouth HaTbor life for so long. As l!,()()n as the weather becomes 1a vorable tne M. Mitchell .Davis wui lea.ve her home port in tow of the ~obn G. Chandler, her succes.sor, bound for the Cape Cod Can-al, where &he will be picked up by a tug se.nt. by her new owners, The Chand?e~ will pick up the barge Laurence Howard. with a, cargo ot hard coal for the C~olldation Coal Company to, be brought, back to Portsmouth. The M. Mitchell Davis has steamed \'.:i<;.~;lall<.t,.,,~up and down. the Piscataqua. river a.nd. l\l'.Qund Portsmouth Harbor off and o.n for twenty.five years. She, was built in Baltimore, Md.,, and is equipped with a Steeple Compound engine. She has done a great deal o.f good work, handling :,hipping !n th.is Po.rt for- many yea.rs with the utmost reliabllit:r. The. Mitchell Davis was purchased b-y, the late Captain T. Burt HOY,t. o.t Kittery Point, who first brougn~ her to this harbor about twe.nty-five years ag.o. Later the Piscataqua River 'l:owmg Company, purchas.ed her., The Davti. has been known !or years . as one. of the smartest little boats 8,long; tb..i.'. coast. Thi> need of a more pQwerful boat to handle the larger steam freighters which are: now makin~ use of this podt made it necessary for the Pisca.taqua. River Towing Company to dispose of the M. Mitch-ell Davis and, to use the more pQwerful ,John G . Chandler. which this company pureha.sed noli long ago. The Sight~eer. the boat used on the Isles o.f Shoals passenger service during the summer months, has a towing certificate and Is converted for towing service during the- winter months. Captain Swain of Newburyport, her commander, will handle the harbo;,traffic heTe during the, absence of Captain Shirley Holt, of the John G. C.handler. BRAR TRUSTEES ELECT At the recent meeting of the trustees Public Library Mayor Marvin presided and others present were Miss Emma Magraw, Mrs. Maxwell Ganter, Rev. Fr. J. H. Brennan, William Hodgdon, Rev. William S. Jones, E. Curtis Matthews and Orel A. Dexter. · The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: Llbrar:an and secretary, Hannah G. Fernald. Assistants, Dorothy M. VaJghn Christine E. Graham, Frances M. An~ derson. The librarian's report of the year's work was presented, the number of volumes Issued for home use being the largest in the history of the library. The report was as follows: Number of volumes in library . Jan. 1, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,902 Added by purchase •.••.. 911 Added by gift ....... . ..... HO Added by pay collection .••. 229 Added by binding . • . . . . . . 13 of the Portsmouth 1293 Vlorn out or obsolet volumes discarded ....... 1067 No. V<•l nmes !n library Jan. 1 1036 ...•.............. borrow ers registered .. 951 Magazines subscribed to ... 61 Ma~azines presented regularly ........•...... , .. 13 ccccccccccccccccccs 34NFyiufC (po1lb@ . ' 95,636 Volumes Issued for home use: F'iction .......•.. 53,000 Adult non-fiction •. 23,699 Juvenile •......... 18,937 Mo.mted pictures circul ated 2,948. N :)W Circulation, 1935 Fcriodicals and general ..... ,0 3,743 Philosophy and ethics ••••••• . 1 771 Religion and mythology ....... 2 473 Social science .............. 3 2,145 Philology ................. .4 114 Science ....••........ ...... o 93~ Urnful arts ••••••.•••••. •.. 6 2,064 Fine arts , •••••••••.••••••• 7 1,842 Literature •••••.••.••• •. 8 3,07-1 3 :l83 Tr wcl 2,7(15 E!ology 2,461 Histo ry Juvenile F:ction • I I I I I I I If I ♦ I I I. 23,699 18,'l37 63,000 95,636 ..11crease-non-flction ••••.•••.. 533 • ncrease--!lctlon •••••••••••. 2 429 Loss-juvenile ....••..•• . ..••• ,2,103 Total gain in circulation 859. �• o n s o ge o. s Bu - Cenlenn·a1 Meetin Early Members Of Lodg-e Represented· As Degree Is Exemplified At Largely Attended Meeting Saint John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & petitioning for a charter, buy a pi A. M. at a meeting last evening at- of Lignumv.itae to make a punch tended by upwards of 400, observed bowl, but Brother John Salmon mada another red letter day in their bl- a present _pf it to the lodge." Another centennial year program. item was "that the master of the The meeting marked the 200th an- lodge having presented us with 11 niversary ot:, the date, Feb. 5, 1736, large salmon. they determined to when the Portsmouth brethren sent meet at the lodge room this eveninn a l~tter to Henry Price, provincial in form, to sup upon the said sal• grand master, petitioning the Pro- mon." Similar presentations wen vincial grand lodg~ of New England made last night and following tilt for a charter for the Holy Pnd Ex- meeting a salmon salad supper WM quisite lodge of st. John, which doc- served m1der the direction of Past ument is still preserved by the Grand Master Harold . A. Marston. Lodge of M'.\ssachusetts and what is Among the large attendance were believed to be one of the oldest Ma- many du;tinguished membei·s of the sonic document now in existence. craft Crom various grand jurisdicThe lodge room was set up to re- tions. Also a delegation of 35 from semble the room in the house of Deering Lodge of Portland, headed Brother Henry Sl1crburnr where the by Wor. Clifford deSomerville. first meetings of st. John's Loclge The officers of the lodge and tha were held. The room was lighted by early members whom they repremeans of a huge candelabra of three sented last evening are as folloWll: tiers and containing approximately Worshipful Master George B. Ward 75 candles. The candelabra was made as Rinht Worshipful Brough, Seni()r expressively for last night's meetin;:: Warden William F. Tilton as Thomas and is a fine pice of workmanship. Coleman, Junivr Warden Rufus W. The officers all represented the F2rguson as John F. Mills, Treasurer early members of the lodge, the Harry H. Foote as Henry Sherburne, greater part of whom, were signers Secretary Wi1liam B. Randall as Wilof the Price lcll,rr. The first dzgree 1i.~m Grogan, Cho.plain John H. w~ exemplified upon Lwo candidates Yeaton ns JonaLhnn Nailer, Senlor One of the . canrlidaLes represented Deacon Ralph Atwell as John WentDr. Manuel Ocallo, an applicant. who worth, Junior Deacon Wil1iam E. was made a mason many years ago Dennett as William Wentwmth, Marupon recomendation of Gov. Benning shal Harold A. Marston as Thomas Wentworth, one of the New Hamp- Ncwmarch. Senior Steward Slater 0. shire colonial war governors. The Kyle o,s George W. Mitchell, Junior second candidate represented Nathan- Steward Walter R. Harvey a.,; William iel Hurd, who was made a Mason on Canterbury, Organi5t Fred Windle, , condition that he furnish a copper Jr., us John Tufton Mason, Senior plate for summonses and a silver TylP.r Willis F. Pinder as Joseph. seal with the arms of Free Masons Moses, Junior Tyler Chester L. on it. The seal is believed to be the Clough as Nathaniel Fellows. original copy of the seal of Lhe lodge ..-----...,.,..--,., as used today. During the evening there were ancient ritual customs revived and much of the ritual was used previous to 1717 by the Grand Lodge of England. Records or the · 1oclge, which are preserved in a local bank as far back as 1739, reveal some very interesting Items. At one of the early meetings the records state "that Brother John one of the signers of the letter �BIG NORWEGIAN FREIGHTER.PLUTO CHARTERED HERE if GYPSUM PLA National Gypsum Co. Planning Changes And Addi~ tion ere T9 Accomodate Much Larger Bus- The Atlantic Gyp.mm Products Co. has chartered the big Norwegian freighter Pluto for a period of approximately three months to make weekly > / ' ,'/ '"" •• .,., ti1p.s to this city with gyp.sum rock from Chetlcamp, N. s. NogiLialions are under way for chartering another large freighter, In order that two carGypsum Company, with· now located in Clarence Center In goes may make port here each week. headquartera in Buffalo, N. Y., ha1 western New York from which they The Pluto is a 2,400-lon vessel measPurcha.sed the Atlantia O nsum pay a freight rate ot about $4.00 a lll'ing 258 feet, from bow to st.em and Is y., ton Into the New England and the under command of Captain Johnson. Product.a Oompany'.s plant.,, quarries, I shipment of this busines., out ot She made port here with her first cargo depaslta, Inventories and business in I Portsmouth will result In substantial at 8.30 last evening and unloading opa move to enlarge manufacturing savings. . erations are proceeding rapidly. She capacities In thit ea.at to handle their National I& not taking over Atis du e to sail this afLernoon for ChetlrB1Pldly growing buslnes.s. lantio's corporate chanter. It 13 purcamp. She brought 2,200 tons of gypOontract.s have been completed and cha.sing only the assets and not the sum rock on this voyage, th e raw mapurchase rs.tilled by the stockhold- liabilities. These assets will be fully terial for the manufac ture of the naera of each compllilly under which absorbed Into the one concern-Na.tionally famous rockwa ll buildil)g' agreement ,National came Into pos- tlona.l Gypsum Company. board made at the big local plant. / , session of Atlantic's properties SepNational already had nine plant.s, tember 1st. five o! which were acquired through . M. H. Baker, president o! National a merger with the Universal Gypsum Gypswn Company, In taking posses- & Lime Co., one year ago. The lat-Jiar.:.~~~-wa.~..,.iz...:;......,...,.'""".....,_"""I sion of Atlantlc's properties an- ter plant.s were principally In the nounced that there would be · no west where National enjoys a large change In personnel at thel.t' Ports- business. ' II I GYPSUM co NOT us C 11 mouth plant and that Mr. Osborn The acquisition ot Atlantic's three will continue as plant manager with plant.s on the Seaboard a.nd with its the new owners. depos(ts and quarries in Nova Seo;Engineers are now making a study t!a. makes National by far the second of the Port:,smouth operation where/ largest producer in the industry and certain changes and additions a.re I gives them a strong position In the -0ontemplated to accommodate a much eastern market. larger business resulting from com-/ Nat!ona.l's business and profits b!nlng Nat!ona's business in New have been making rapid progress durEngland with that of A'tlantlc's, all Ing the past three years and their for shipment out of the Portsmouth net for the flrSt half or 1936 showed plant. an Increase or 38% over the National's most spondlng period a year ago. I :i.·~\' , \ I 111\'. · a • The special meeting of the stockholders or the Atlantic Gypsum Co. held at the local plant yesterday was to confirm the sale or Lhe company's plant at Atlantic He!ghl.s to tho National Gypstun Company, and not the United States Gypsum Company, stated. �• n ash· . oted Explorer Was Honored n This City On 1 ug. 14, 1884, With Other Survivors Of Arc• 1 he Expedition -r11 .J;1 \\\ •, , lc0 O, ~- ~ 6""" 1 Lieut. Greely ·and his men discovered Oen. Adol!)llllS w. Grrel,v, !lt-year- new land north of Greenland and old Arctic eK!)lorcr who was honored crossed Grinnell land to the Great in this city on Aug. 14, 1884 on his re- Polar Sea. The "eKpedilion failed to turn with the other survivors from the meet the ship Proteus, which was Lady Franklin Arctic Expedition, died crushed in the lee, and Greely and his yesterday at a hospital in Washington, men were forced to retreat to a r~fu\e D.C, at Cape Sabine. ·Two relief expeditions General Greely became ill on OcL. 7 failed to teach the party, 'but a thiJ:d and was removed to a hospital where ,tg1cth Cap~,. WinfieJd Scott· l;lcllley, a heart ailment and artery trouble brought his death. He was a naLive of r-~-= ~ewburyport. ~•. ~o•J Greely led the "f:itth~>t norlh'' ex!)cdlliou of 18Rt frnm whic h ex1>edlLion of 25 men hut ~f'rcn returned, found by the l,hird of a series of relief expn rlilion, afti:-r b~ing marooned four year in the Arctic near latitude 83 degrees, 2! minutes-the then "farthest north." Theil' polar shiI> had been crushed in the ice. The survi\•or~ of the expedition were honored in this city on Aug. 14, 1884, I with the largest narnl parade in the history of the city. The reception was made possible through the efforts of the late William E. Chandler of Concord, then secretary of lhe navy. Following the rf'ceplion General Greely icslded for somf' lime al the navy yard in n cottage 011 Sea vcy's Island. On the cln\· o[ the reception the Bost.on sleamrrs running here brought thousands of people and all passenger trains of thl'! railroad were crowded with people coming from all directions. Gen. Greely, then a lieutenant, viewed the parade from a large grandstand who later became Admiral, found the erected on Market Square. · Born at Newburyport, Mass., March surv ivors at Ca!)e Sabine. Eighteen or 21, 188!, he recei1•ed his education at the Greely party had perished from the Newburyport High School where st.arr~l.ion ::ind cold, while the seven he was graduated in 1860. At the be- sul'l'il'Ors, almost in a moribund condiginning of the Civil War he enlisted tion, were found under the shelter of as a private in a Massachusetts ,·olun- their f!'llle trnt. Greely and his six teer regiment. He served throughout comp:miom h'\d been without food for the conflict, being wounded twice at 42 hours. It was not until 1\'(arch 21 of Antietam and a third time at Fredcricksburg. At the clo~e of the war he year that Congress look formal recheld the rank or brerct-maJor of O/:\llil i•>n of Grecly's 19th-century achif'r·'men and voted him the Convolunteers. After the Civil War Gen. Greely re- gressional Medal or Honor, one of mained in the regular army and was three t-0 get that medal for noncomba- IF.I•··-•"'·'' ti\·e sen·ice. Chal'les A. Lindbergh and commissioned a second lieutenant of Dr. John 0. Skinner, who as a cil'l- i.:,.;w.,;A.•.r»a:;;;. the 36th Iniantry in March 1867. Six Jian ~urgeon was decorated for bravyears later he was promoted to first lieutenant and transfcrrcd lo Ihe Fifth err under fire in Indian wars in 1873, were lh others. Cavalry. It was as Lieut. Greely that he wasr------~'T':~~~~"."":~-~~-:~~/ chosen in 1881 to head the Arctic Exj>edition. The purpose of the slalions was to collect Arctic data that might and discoYering the �SUBMAR ARE AWARDE TO PO TSMOUT hree Others To Be Built B . ·· . Boat. .Co. At Gro • • V ,~ ' ' - ., .~i-1 , O.q,?..G , 3C, Wash1ngton.. Aug, 26.-The Navyi Department annoum:ed today, that two submarines would be constructed at the Portsmouth Navy Yard! and al.so awarded contracts for the construction of two 500-ton torpedo boat destroyers each to the Newport NeWIS Shipbull<l!lng. ancf Dcy<iock Company, Newport News, V~.; the ,Fed-eral Shipbuilding a.nd Dry11:!ock Comparuy, Kearney,. N. J.: and th& Bath Iron Work& Corporation, Bath, Me. Contracts for the construction of three submarines were a.warded to the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Conn. for $2,734,000 each subject to adJustmelJ.~ for changes tn the cost o! direct labor and · material within certain de- finite limitationa. A~lral William H. Standley, Aot- ln!f Secretary of the Navy, said tha.t the Newport News company contra.ot for two warship., was $4,123,000 eaC'h: the Federal company $4,267,000 ea.ch; and the Bath oompany $4,343,150 each. All bid price.s for the destroyers wel"S subject to adjustments for changes itb labor and material costs. Thie Navy Department announcement said that the contract prices, !or the destroyers average about six per oent higher than 1936 price.,, and! that the submarine costis have risen approximately nlna percent. At the same time the niavy a,nnounced that two destroyieors will be constructed at the Boston Navy, Yard; one destroyer ab the Norfolk Navy Yard; and one d&itroy-er at the Charleston Navy Yard. The allocation o! the remaining vessels to be built, two destroyers and ona submarine, will not be made to Illll,VY' j'lards until decLslons ha v•e been reached with regard to the . propos,ed construction o! one battle.ship at an ea.st coast navy ya.rd, and th& construction of ' a. floating dry dock !or Pearl Harbor,,..H .....,, a,..,w~ai_l_. ..,.,,.....,.,,,,,..,,.,,_- �Old Meeting House at Sandown to be 01>ened The famous Old Meeting House at Sandown will be opened for its annual and only services on Sunday, August 11. Because of Lhe inl€rest shown in lhis fine old slruclure, wholly unchanged or despoiled since its con5lruction, 1773-1774, two services will be held, the fir ~t at 10 A. 1\1., and anolher at 2 P. l\I., standard time. The morning service is· largely hi slorical, wilh Lhe principal speaker being Major Otis J. Hammond, dircclor of Lhc New Hampshire Historical Sociely. In lhC' a flernoon Lhe sermon will be dclivt'r<' ti by the Rev. Vaughan Dab ney, dean of lhc Andover-Newlon Theological School. The Rev. William II. Nicholas will read the Scripture. Music at both services by Lhe Weber male quartet of Boston, Clifton Johnson, first tenor; Henry Jack5on, second Lcno11; Franklin Field\5, baritone; William Davison, ba5s. Mrs. Percy F. Benedict, of Melrose, Mass., organist. The Meeting Hou se ihas ithe only pulpit of its lypc in existence. It is thirly feet high, the speaker being seven Len feel from the main floor. 'Ihe old box pews, the deacon's llew, the 5l avc pens and Lhe fine old "Indian doors" are slill intact. ,,,, ..-.,·.",·• Antpl(\ ancl free parking space !or all vi silors. The opening of the Old MectingIlou5e is the principal attraclion of Sandown's "Old Home Day." . ' !P1r i:) Jin 11.i!J 't1. s·-Ev st~ .1rday's ati mt Cariri 0 ~~rj;smout.h .showe<l tlmt it favored ("rhe vobe for st.a.te soo.ator close · in the city, Frederick M. Plckerli:g of Newing0 ., Roooev,elt in y..::,terday's national ton, Democratic, 'lea.ding. Oharle.s M. ,el~tion, giving him a majoritr of 1618. Allen of this city, R,epubilcan, by _the E'oitr ye.us ago Roosevelt was favored narrow margin of three yotes. over Hoover in this clty lry a majority For sheriff, ;Richard T. Call, Demoof ,-,!58. crat, had a lead of 40i votes over There were plen,t.y of .!:plit tickets, Sbne.s Frink, Republican. Ollver W. ,ind Major Fi-anci, P. Murphy received Marvin, Democ.ra,t, · led Stephen M. I\ majority of 540 ov,e-r 11.is D:m~ratlc Wheeler, Republican, for county, so- h,,~.-:~ opponent, Amos N. Bland,l.r1 of Bath. licltor by 629. For county . treasurer, N.;\!ilr:•rl.:lll Senator Charloo M. Dale also carried Albert· D. Holmer; Democrat, had a U1>1t city being tl1e only. other Repub- lead of 101 over Earl R. SbO<ikbrld~e, !lean to do so. Rep1J,blican, while for Register of William N. Rogers, D emocrat, led in Deeos, ·aeorgo H. Guptill, Democrat, t,he city by approximat;Jy 4-50 vote:.➔• led John, W. A. Green, Republican; by m.~ total was 3721 to Brid.ges 3277. In 27 votes. For regi~ter of probat,e, John th~ contest for R eipreseritative to Con- P. Carberry, Dmio.crat, had a margin gr~ss. Alphonse Roy rec eived, a total of 270 over Frank B. Nay, Republlof .3639, while h.is Republican oppon- . can. . 3 nt, .Arthur B Jenks polled 3158 vot~. · The highest man on the ticket for a:on. Charles M. · Dale had·a lead of county commtsioners was Vincent H. tlYT over Ed,rnund Fay, for the govern- Cassidy with 3339, while Irving Marston led the R epublicans with 3247. U1e ·re-electioru of Pre!ldent Franklin district was very - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - - �Draftslllen Do :First Work On Building Ways For nderseas Crall' The keel laying of the submarine Pollack, sister ship to the Plunger, was held at the ap,PO!nted hour this forenoon 11.35 o'clock, and "'.'a.s' witnessed l>Y a number of yard and ship officers, also many of the workmen who will labor on the ship until she is ready for launching. The keel laying crew composed of yard draftsmen completed their work in about 15 minutes in a very systematic manner, The crew was composed of Ole Hanson, inspector; Robert E. Potter and Frank Remick, riveters; Alvin Case, rivet heater; Robert W. Lord, rivet tosser, and Herbert O. Farrington, holder-on. Rear Admiral O. P. Snyder, yard commandant, spoke briefly to the of- ficers and men assembled. His talk was on the past and future record of the yard in submarine construction. He concluded by saying that hoped the yard would be the place for laying of many more keels and that such depended to a great extent ·on the activity of all concerned in this branch of navy work. The American· Legion Band rendered appropriate selections for the occasion concluding with The Star Spangled Banner. , Some sections of the new boat have already been completed by the shipfitting crew in the boiler shop and will be placed and welded together on the ways. From the 't>rogress so far it seems certain the yard will make a record on lhe Pollack. he 1 G �MissJa e 1yder s onsorF01r est U e1r•'s cl sa I I Another product or the Portsmouth !the governor's wife, Congressmen Nayy Yard, the submarine Pike, William N. Rogers and Charles W. glided gently into the waters of the Tobey o! New Hampshire, Congre~man Simon Hamlin of Maine, and their wives, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Douglas E. Dismukes. , No reception or general entertainment was held. A luncheon was given at the Commandant's house at the conclusion of the ceremopy to visiting public officials and cer~(}in yard officers. The Pike is a sister ship to the previously launched USS Porpoise and was authorized under the. ;National Industrial Recovery Act 'in June 1933, The keel' was laid on December 20 of the same year. The Pike is .'.- expected to be completed about May 1, 1936. . The Pike represents "the very latest advances 1n submarine construction. She Is designed for use with tne ficet and is o! the same dimensions as her sister-ship, the Po;rpo!se. Both are longer than their . immediate predeoessors, the Cachalot and Cuttlefish, which were completed 1n 1034, but smaller · than ·the Dolphin, whlch preceded th6 Gaahal~t at th.18 Navy Yard, : 1 MlSS JANE SNYDER The Pllte h8.i ,an: •over-aH• length· or s.,onsor l!Ol feet, a standaird -displacement o1'. PlscaLaqua river from the building 12()0 tons. and a breadth of 24 !eet, ways at 11.50 a. m, today, amid the 11 and 1-16 inches. The method of strains or the Star Spangled Banner sectional assembly, used for the fl.r.1t; played by the American Legion Band time on \he ~achalot\ ;vas followed and the hearty cheers of hundreds of in he·r construction. She will hav(l employes who make up the military about the sani.e speed as· previous sub. and civilian forces of the station. marines and a '~o'ng .radius of action. Mis;; Jane Logan Snyder, daughter Sim wlll carry a three~lnch antio! Rear Admiral and Mrs. Charles P. alrcra!t wet gun' ·1n addition to Snyder, was sponsor. Previous to the torpedo tubes. · ' '' ' launching 1."~ ◄- Snyder wns the reelUpcn' completiotl o( the final work pient of a wrist watch and jewel case at '.tier moorings liere she will make presented by Dudley P. Eubank o! the a "slrnk11i-down" cruise · to test all of outside machine shop on behal! or her · equipment in service and upon the yard workmen. Lieut. E. G. Han- acr.eptnnce by the ' gcJV'ernment wlll gen, chaplain or the yard, o!Iered ofil- ,t~ke her pla,oe · in the submarine c!al prayer. force or the United st tes fle'lt , The launching party beside Lhe A, the USS Pike glided out iuto tho sponsor included the following: Rear waters or the Piscataqua thr John G. Admiral and Mrs. c. P. Snyder, Rear Chandler and the Sightseer steamed Admiral Walter R. Gherardi, com- forward from opposite sides and mandant of first naval district at picked up lines from the sub, bringing Boston and wife, anu Lieut. G. A. her gently to a halt in midstream. Sho Leahy, aide to Admiral Gherardi, Mrs. was then towed to the pier where her G. W. Logan, wife of the late Captain sister sh! , the USS Porpoise, launch•• Logan, USN., Mrs. H. Styles Bridges, Wife of Governor Bridges, Major and Mrs. Basil Atwood who accompanied I . �millar · with my efforts, ., but,' r_!!,thE)r MC trot and owner am going to talk to you' . ~bout·,> the ontj of the Islands at the Isles . Portsmouth Historical Socfety. ,: · : Shoals, for the · c-0n&truction of a , "My success has ; beeri . 'due/ to: ·the fire- proof addition ' to the. b\iildin!' W fact -;tl'l.at when I ~ackle a; 'job it'.. '.iriust saf~guard its ! priceless antique~. ' The go through. This . histotica.l soc)ety late Woodbury Langdon bequea.thed wm'' exist for many' ' years ' after ' you a u,1d to the society for this PUF1 , tor both building_ and maintenpass ··on. and will be of more'. va:tue, to po~.,' my , mind, than any . other · ·spirit anqe, 1!this fund being m th~ form of. whfoJ} •you could .foster.' Those who stotks some of there secuntles tllen have •come to this. nation of ours and 'valheJ at $1450.00 a share. Now the~e have 'n ot successfully· passe¢ through arej v.a.Jued at _near $100 a share m the melting pot constitute :" a .'•' great the' i;ondition of the stock market problem today. We have '· got to' teach durl!ng the past several years, making them what America stands : for, and it impossible to finance the bul:ding there• is no better place·1 d<f· this of ltJ1is needed fireproof addition in than right here in I. Ma.ixi,1(( and New the\ present conditlo~ of the ma,ket , ! .-~t~",(,. .;~;.··: .. _..___ .. !J.ampshire. The p:tce W'3,," :ha~l3 paid onditions, to my mind, a.re . not The ~ttery Historical Society held for' w~t we have 1le~i,:ie/:\"h~ri); I~om goi g b1,ck to those of the days of a:trl~rlsting meet!Iiif last· evening. at the days of .our ear1y,:•set£le~,if:h1s ,: got 192. , ,when we were a.Jl millionaires·. in ~ CQ,mmunlty ~~ · . at Kittery to ~ - impressed '. U,Ifll::. :'.rn.: ~-. (. !!-,lien mi d, ' Now_ we are right down ::to 'Pointl'"l!'lils, new organization ls midd~ . .Amei1c.an .i,d:f\a.ls · tll've gQt to ha~d-pan, speaking . t.he , same hnsteadily, growing 1n meµibershii> and be iittmulated in .. the. sou.is · of ; these gu ge;, having the same fears, .th~ irifl~t It.s neighborly meetings for pth~rs, the ideals. otl tho~f -.wii,o· eame ea e community spll'it. Teach the discussion of• the interesting .old stor- to ,tl]ls couh~ry mii.nf· y~ars: ago '' to exP,ectation of growth, the expectaies and legends of Old' Kittery, for the esiah)i.s,h . th~ ' right; i to freedcim\ and tio~ tha.t everyo_n e :: will , be haP?Y• ,preserva.liion of · important . historical th~. ,fight to ,.,worshf>l as· they sa~ flt. content-ed, and haVe . enough :,o hve ,fu'foriniitlon, and ' foi: the privilege of . :,"To return to the,_'1subject, of the wel~. -~±his . &:'eam or' be::oming mil hearl.ng talks by acknowledged au- :g"ortsmouth Historic.at,- . Societ;,r, _in lioI'a!res is passing, passing a•;ray. I thorities upon historical ~ubjects are July, 1917, I underto.Qk ·to organize lov .to think . of · everyone having proving incre3sing.ly . fascinat!ng to /:,hat society. Efforts ·•4:aa··• p,een n,1ade en igh, .• as ~ny ancestors ,had in years before in this regard, ·:.. but'\., with.out go e, ,,J;>y; . I :want-, the , young·er gener• • );e.!iident.s or· Kittery .and beyond. '' Judge James w. Re~ck, president· success. I secured the ,·~eces~,·z, .i1ig- ati n :,to ;_:have ,,all ,. o!.: t.he udvan-~ages of the society, , acted• ~s chairman of natures, and in 1919 ori/;~nizew' !I-he tha~ ,my ,chilq.ren, ,-, ,have had. Th1t i ,i5 · thtl~-~:t.in.g, ·~ piellM-nt ' . assembly Portsmouth Historical s6bi!!tf v'i~ a whit t,., ,'pist(')rical .-~oclety cun , do, , lt: -room of ·the Community House ·being meeting in the Army . and N'~vy.'';\;'sso- ca1~ · teach the knowledge .which , ~ou, l,lill~ftP,,e~:1 !or the occasion. Horace ciation Building on D3lliels ··s.~{~tj~ I ca1~'t,~et ,.,f!vep iµ ,.011~ coll:!ges, today, Mttchelt;' 't'.he secretary, read a report then being the president of t)i~;tiat- the] kn?_wled~~ -t~ _~ ~ained ~y studyup(}_n,.tQ.e. previous meeting, ·prepared ter society, and still hold that'":_c>,$ce. ingl •out·· o\vn-- l11story, the history of in!~~-~ Mitche11'.s . own inimitable The late Rev. Alfred Gooding "! was the olden _d.,~~ in our _own. commu. ni_:, the ties Stich ,j thmgs a\·e ;not tau~ht ,- m style, which proved very interesting. chosen as the first president ~ ~ e l l ' s ~ports ar.! considered new historical society, with G. 1ialph omtlocal ~ppools. Wlnt 1!)-edi~:.,nf.an one of- the outstanding' attractions of Laighton as treasurer, and mys¥,! . as do this beyter thm~ ,L, ~stonc~1 1 soThe John Pn1l ones cie ? f' It '!would b~ won~erful_l we ~ •:.-p}Cet,ings. He, also reported the secretary. vlsit , of members of the society to House at the corner of Middle 11street cou d :institl in 0llr• Y~tU1~ m7'1 ' a.!:-d ~1 i-9~:Paiµ .Jones House on - Sept. and State street, had been/ pt.1r- yot g ' won\:en an a11preciath1a of the 27 as the guests of the Portsmouth cha.sed by the Granite State Fire' In- day,s, the lives and the ideal, of our surance Company, which pi;6p9~¥4 . to andesto1:s. How m1wh iietter .tJ1i~., t.owp. (~.h@nl;lttt Society. . ' '. . . , the wmi.id l;ie . i ., - '' '.J . Judge • Remick expressed the ap- erect a new office builgfug,;_p_n~l I undertook it;:,as _;;tiy<,J~ to •precia~i~p of the. ·society toward For- site. have in p:tst years mer ~yor F. W. Hartford of Ports- change ti1eir nlin9s,, ahd. ;°i9:)ip.d~j ' ke sev ral properties so that mouth"'!or tlie aid rendered through persona,lly . to •presei:Jll'./~iis '.J\i;s,t6ric bu· ding wreckers would ·remove :ihishis newspaper in publicity in regard tiuilding. I succeeded'· in having · ·the tor\c build,.in,g.s , o! ., th~ early, clays< I to the Society's activities. He then plans of the. insurapce <lpn,pan.y\ held · coukd aid .in . pr~,se~·yi,ng tbem, 'I , per,it\trop.uc~ct'.Mr. Hartford .as the_sec- up, but' the company' was,, ~etenrlined sonhlly pm:chas~~ -,the home' at :Oan'retal'y' of · the Portsmouth'' Hi~torical that the office must be ·built thim. I 1 iel ~ebste{: . o'ther hisloric .struc Society to speak upon the develop- then had "Cappy'• SteWfl'~ buy J;he 1tur s. ·. hen' 'Mai'tin'>t>i-ini s~ile~i \1p ·the ment of the Pqrtsmouth Bociety and buil~ing at public : l\,_qcti9n 1 the~·: ~iv;upon interesting· -historical happen- ing him my •personaJ· check, plus com- Pis ataqua 'r iver aboard the S eed:mgs ih this section. Mr. Hartford mission, ~o triat the co~wan1 . ,-,,rs we! in 1603, ·1 f·itte·1.·y' w~ .1;ere j1.1st obliged ~ deal with me,: /i. \p_e1·sla.91ed the same as it is)~day .•His_visit· here swke' 'hi ~part_ as follows: . . . 1•~udge Remick and members of the them to ta~e, the property' a-cross the wa not coinplimer).tary . to , PortsKittery Historical Society: . I am in- street · instead, where their present mo th apy 1ilorif than it \\'as' to , K~~~ deed very glad to come here · tonight office building no'1 1;tanc.;l.s. · ter be,R~U.Se he,,'c:"_~r1e. Ol~l/.in -~ai~~ lJpen:.;the receipt of an invitation from . I • ,"My next problem -was' the purchase of . assa,p::,µ; ,i.oot., ..an4 his~ory doe~.,not ~udge~.~:ij;emick, a man, .who.n i l ,.' have of the land upon which the John rectrd p11 1wliich,:,sicle of t]}e. river. he kncw).1.. 1.,fpr so · many .years, , one , of 1our Patll. Jones House st.ands, tl1~ 1·:ic1; fou d iki As a: , ha\!e . iooked ove1' -cthe .Q~ts~?ldjng lawyers, , a . judge, ,.and bein;&° :1,P?roxima~)y $~2. ~, ,Th¢ · late his ory 'of •this' sectim.1' I know ·that you me1I1b.e1< -of one of1 · the most .~mpor- WoodJ:nJ.r}'. MngdqI?, a yefy :f)nj : en- ha,,!e m,ifi1r,, of 'the:·'.~.'ame ·, .Ctai1'1'.~ .; · ~ tant.,,ce>mmissions named . ,since-,,• the tlem(ln and --trained financier, was at fanjie t~a.t , we ,l;1a;,:~." ., . 111.e,.. same,,,np,Wo;rld war. He has won his way ._into 1iast:"}~nj;ere.stf~ in ) tJW . _Ilx;oject( after tabPes l)ave -b,ee11 , he~·~ as "have yisiwd the-, .he.arts· of ·our ~ople, ,.1.'h~-< lP!lg~i; much ljfI\)rl ,,on the part of the offi- Po~tsmo.u th and -y,_e , cap.'.t , get1" :to and ---:-agreed to fur- what we call ur navy ya-r d without t Y~·-+iv,~ ·?h,Elre the better . Y,Oµ ,wi\1, J,ike -cers of ...' the ., 'society . ...--,·· • ' .• \Ju~~,,~µ~ _Mrs. Rernfc1t, tt ;has, be1,ri 'nisµ the cash personally, ,which, . lL co1~ing . to ('Kitt;ery.'.'f N,fr. Hartford then laubched into a my_.J;>~e J;o ha v:e . th~111 _: .a~., 1;11~ d'id, , ~e late Admiral J . . B. Murguests ·. on outstand,ng occasions in dik:k· ,a,nd : ,o thers interested ·them- fa4inating series· '•;of r emm1scences P-0rtsmouth for a number of years. seI-ves in this worthwhile -undertaking concerning his experiences clt1!·ing the '.' I bave eome -here thi,, '. ~v~ning and ·, the· money to pay for the build- da~s of the Spanish war, when he $nply to talk to you, not to, ~a.X~ a ing: wa.s raised. That was· the first heltl the important . post of ·chief clerk .speech, bu~ rather to be ope , o!: " YOU. in severJl department, of · the · Navy I. am ...not going to dellver,;-li 'sketcli [ of ) -qnfortunately~: soeiety ,. did 1 p.ot Ya d, arid -told ·i of being ' delegate'd to' my life in Portsmouth, a~ ·ychi ·are ,ta- carry · out the plans o!. , Mr, Fergu- ·ec. 1ve AdmirpJ Cervera of' Spain, l!e HISTORICAL l;t,SOCIETY Of ;... KITfERY .MEETS Inte.resth1g tiatltering. Last ··.:Evening At ·Community House At Kitteryjf oint lo; ,f 1 1 a., o1 f i'\ "j li ", ai1<,. 1 0 -_ ·ste~. ,,. · ·, ., · ,.,.,,. ~ �described . this noted. , histo1:ical per- then being given an opJ)Ortunity- to'.. son'.age as . having the appearance of a the speaker ~ aily\ ques-tl. n~.'j' :1?tU{: solid .. old . ·Englishman rat.her than ctiscu&>ion of woi·J cl ,aP::a\rs ." ahili,l i he1 that of the accepted idea of a Spa.n - Italian-Ethiopian dispute ~,· 'fol1o'w d. iard . .His reminiscences of his f:·iend-ship with Admiral Gener.a. and amti.;- Th~ meeting:: ad journed ing experiences were . most intere5t- . 1u/n~nimous · '·V?~ of thanks to ,Mr~ ing, . including t.he story of how th e llfRfLford fu:r/ a most Interesting eveAdmiral supplied nutogrnphs a t his\ 111 request. !, 1,_,.,....':...'......,c · ·~-...,.,.; Another · interesting stor y dealt , · with ...tl)e , affair of the brass-check -::.~ p;·ison ·passes for visitors, issued by j . \ Colonel Ja mes C. Forney, USMC, in .r,.~ • command of the Naval Prison, and of how . Mr. . Hartford's disting11ished guests .arrived in a tall;,ho and joyed. tour of the prison. · '111~ problems and risks often countered. by represent-atiYes of p~·ess , were illust.rnkd by Mr. Haitford's recountal of his experiences • as representative of . the greJt AssoclaLed Press organization during the R usso-.Japanese Peace Conference, . """' ~-•·.,,.,•,,,~, 0 1 which · was held at the Peace Confer. ence Building on the local Navy Ya.rd. Mr'.. Hartford was the guest <;f Sec ret~ry of State Pierce aboal'd the Mayflower . and repo~,ted to th.~ \\·orld I ~h~ ' a,rrj.,Vfll of the Russian ' and J apane!le delegates at the main gate of t.be yard,. at .t he conference room, · ;~d j at ;l~st, .W_h en the t1:e,a ty pf . peac_e was . .. signed, within one second . of t.he 1 ·, fin.al . stroke of the pen the epoch.a-~ . ' occ1.µ,re11~e was kn.own in "fas "office .1 ,f' was,, flashed "throughout : thi, 1 ,WOJ;"lcl,-_ How. th)s Wi\S ..acoomplished, • •.• t.he ,world knowing of the peace be-, 11 -' forr) ~~ _}1~k w'.as ,_dry ,(>j1 pa,P~f• ~as .~ri, ..qu~t~u~dmg .. ~cc. o,mp.h shro. e.n.t '\ ¾ll :nflWSPi\P~r - l11st,or Y., .,,,., ·c•,1-·, , .. , .. • Ml'; HP:rtt,or4 told ' otl;i_e,1:.)}tories, of h i-'l,i . ex11~.1',i~11_C~\ '' illust.ra !.i/1~ tbe,' ch3\lt,:es i '., a tiewspapcrm nn 11111st, lak~ ln scrv- 1. ing i.h'e I people lh rough the cfo,s em - I ina.tion· of the n e\\" s.· I -.,.,,, , Mr. Hartfo rd gave h is impre.\-frms · of , the li,ussia'n a·nu J a µan ~se peoples I gaine~ throi1 gh h. is,• ~)1cncishi11 wit.h ' the cl.~l~gates t-0 ,. thrs conference. Speatq~1g \f\pon i1henrat iona l , affairs he s_~1·esised the need f9r pre pa rednes,:, praising . t.he . attitude 1o"f •··&01ne · lead ers jµ Lhis · country ·t oday of taking by- the forelock ancl gett-ing rhdy. "As I reacl br listen to th~ vi~ws of . ,some per!;riti;; protestin9 akain~ -preparedness,· I !' t ha nk God that . we have a le1der!oh.ip today ~bich :firmly believes . i n ~afeguard'i: I ·,' iq.g, our - American p eople," he- said. '·; ["The ifrip:·ession I .. wish to · leave 'l\}t-h you, established firm ly -in yow; ri)inds, is that whatever ~-ou ' will to cl o with this sociqLy you can do. ~,, '.!;he history of the early clays here 1 I011tstanding amid the history of our c~m1try, .is being fo:·got-:.en. Go to cit: i~s ,!ar -~~ay_ and as~,fomc indivi.dua,i a~out hif,tonc scenes· ,t~ere and yo1j , will be·. astonished at t-he · ignorance., School children have 'ne\·er . had ad opport_u ;u ty to .,, tudy !¢cal history un-: q1 -_ve"~y.'.,recently. ~he ::tacts of our Jo~ cnl h1sto,ry must ·be ),ept alive in\ thls g€neration and ; the . generat.iornl to come." ' ·i Hearty applause folio.wed the c]pse of ~fr.' ,,H.ar~~ord·i t he .,aud.ience ~ ·asf 1'1•-. a :.1 , :re,~ · an1 · I :t.he ',' I i: tune :w.1~ . . ·' ' o. �;o·cal ·Insurance :-F·irm· '.~~s~r,,es .100th Anniversary I r._. I· r · - ·:·,' ., - • . , dressed himself in courtly phrases. But this was not a history shop. Fire insurance was the main ei1during business, although John Sise was for years president of a Portsmouth bank. Old records adorn the walls; fire· signs from I off old h ~_old fire b..icket.s and re- . JOHN SISE ·& CO. HAS RECORD OF ACCOMPLISH,~: .;, MENT;OVER LONG. PERIOD OF YEA~S :John; Sise & Co~pany, local ins..11'ance firm, t-his year Is observing th~ ·lC0th anniversary :o-t its founding. Be-· :r..ind 1ies a prou~ i'eoord of service througp.out an _entfre century to the lpeople ' of Portsmou.'·t and surrounding ~tl>'wns,,-1- Its hi.story _comprises ·a real :ro.fuance- of business;' · its valuable insurance, records, · :pictures and documents incluae many .thin*s of fascinating interest ·to antiqualians. . . . · , - '.J ohn, Sise ,:& C~ltlpany enters upon it:, second ·cen·t ury.-. with the same spirit ~f. iSe~y{ct tnat·, h~> e~tablished It so so-,mdly' · • the · public confidence :thrq_ugh · iseii.~rations, and - also --with a, ·s pirit moa.rrn ·,business enter- two years old when it first appointed an agent in the seacoast town of Portsmouth. The agency of John Sise & Company keeps the Aetna policy register of 1821 as one of its most treas,ued records. In that year Samuel Lord commenced as agent for the Aetna . Fifteen years later the Hartford Fire Insurance Co. appointed Edward F. Sise a~ its agent in Portsmouth. Mr. Sise at that time was proprietor of flotirlsh~ int; crockery' and coal business. · In those days some Portsmouth merchants were known as commission .or. forwards ing ·agents, and this business was also a part of the activities of the founder of John Sise & Company. · . Ships salled from Portsmouth to.the West Indies, to Europe and southern ports in · those days and in many of them Mr. Sise had a financial interest. The busy town of Portsmouth flourished and with it grew the insurance business of Edward jlll_....,____...:,____.:..=____ j Sis!!, · galia, and_last, . but not least. an old : On the wails of the office is a framed letter-press used for ' many yea rs in the policy that is 100 years old this year. rt agency, is a · Hartford policy signed by Mr. Sise Around the turn of the cent4ry · the and written to cover a dwelling. The business came into the hands of Fredactual commenc-e ment date is Dec. 16, erick M. Sise. lJnder his ac tive man1836. It was not many" years later that ag,c ment the :·1Surance agency grew to· Sari.me! Lord sold his ag·ency to : Mt·. a peak of $200,000 a year in premiums. Sise. The business was car-ried on until He was known as the dean of New . ~ shortly affer the Civil war, when the Hamp,hire insurance agents. He was founder of the business died, leaving a real aristocrat. A fine man in bear- . • 1 control of it to 'his son, John. t,,g and appearance, Frederick Sis-e was ' Under· this s-econd generation' the the friend of many, and a counselor to business flourished. Valuable records thos-e with import!!-nt insurance sched1 were carefuily filed, so that the old safe ules. His interests in and about Portsa·boi.mds with )nteresting ·data. There mouth were many and his business acare coins garnered by · captains from tivities reached from Hampton Beaph the s-e'ven seas. There are the original on t\le -s01c1th to the town of Og ,mquit le_tters an·d papei·s · in longhand ·relat~ on the coast of Maine. -·, J,/':>;iiJOHl~f':SISit ing to the . capture ·o ( >.Edward Sise Many out-o!-tp\\:n brokE;!'S sought ;th,e 5. _- · , ..,,. ·1_(·' . · :, . . while sailing as supercargo on a ship services_ of hi~ age11c:y. ,.An artist ~ .we)! "' ' prise, ' iijodei:n mebfiqds ,in·· insurance; to the . West Indies. Captured .by the as an msurance man, Mr. Sise thor' Which--today offer -such a broad range French, the boat was held as a British oughly enjoyed all the memoriabilia in ~t protec~ion . with,;~r!!ater convenience bottom until Mr. Sise sailed for America his offce, Here and there he collected . ppa_n :,}Va.s. ever, dreamed possible in the', ancj. returned with , tl1e proper papers Currier & Ives print~, :among which are ;~·i;,i;Iy ·day~ : off the':-business. . proving _the ship w~ OWP!:!c;l by Ports.- the following; . "The Anierican Fire:· The 'prese~t h_e ad, of ·t he century-old mouth _citizens. · These paRers ar~. at- man_:_Prompt to the Rescue;" "The .agency of John Sise &· . Company is tested by the secret,i.ry and governor Qf Burning of Chicago"; "Chicago in -~towe :Wllde,:; · Mr. Wil_d er made an ex- New · Hampshire. · The "dates follow our Flames:" "Abraham Lincoln-the Na~ .ceffent rec9ref thro-ughout"the New EngJ . R_evol.1tionafr War by ; only a, - few tion's Martyr;" "Great Conflagration limd ·territ4ry and : beyond as a special · years. . at Pittsburgh, P_a."; and . "The Great 'tlgent:-before ,coming j;o his. present ex~ On the -wall is a ship's pass, signed in Fire at Boston." Other prints are of ' ecutive post/ holds the office of, 1'797 by .George Washingtqn. , Another equal interest to the insurande frater.presid_e nt. of the UnderVl'.riters Assoc!a-·; 1;:-;igne-d by . John. Adams. · Both · are nity, but_ less · well known to the gen-,~!0n of Portsw-outh .imd -i~ an· aggressive· also signed by Timothy Pickering and era! Pt'.b 11 ~: . . · . . · and suceess!ul buslnes,s· man. - : John Handsomely engraved .011 vellum. 111 ,~ne'. F1cde_1Jck Sise died m Nove111_Sise an~;.Charl~ C, Sis!! a:re also ,m'em•· I the safe· is an accot1nt of the seizure o! I be 1, 103~. L11c1e was no one to carry o,, ·pe.rs . o!: the"firm,_·,but have· other:. bus!- I the_,,good.shlp "Antile Slse''whiie in the_ busmess. HI~ two ~ons were boll~ ,Iless ·u:iterest.s, _which take a good part I Southern port during · the 'civil War. actively_ engaged 111 busmess in New 'of thelr ·ttm.~'in New Xor,k. ,• The agency~! The smart Yankee owne1'.s tried hard to York City. However, the agency, is now l.s'?ne. o!•~~~ be·st, known In New, Hamp~ n prove in Southem courts'that they ,were oper~t:~ as a partnership, of whiQh :r:,,rr. • shire. " . -r , . . • :, .,, • :: _. r , _.• ·;"] not the owners, bu~ the . fine sam11g W1ld e1 1~ t~e head. Aft:r g~aduat10:1 1926 , Mr. Wilder re·· : Tlle .,Aet~a . !nSUfahqe Company wa&i vessel was confiscated as a prize of war. fr~m Amhe~ st 111 one letter to Mr. Sise· that-fire-eating ceived his fll's_t msurance job fro_m the Portsmouth orator,'·nanlel :Webster, aci., late_H. A. Smit~, for many years president .of the National Coil].p9,11y of Hartford. After a . eriod 'in t)1e broker~ge 1t ~ ' . ! , a • ~e ·a m �department he went as special agent fqr lhe company to western Pennsylvani1;1(erritory. Later he was acUve in subm·bun New York and southern Connecticut then took over the management of Jol~n Slse & Company. Mr. Wilder is the grandson of the founder of the Butterick pattern business and for many years has had New Hampshire s a permanent home. At present the agency employs fi~e girls, and, including Mr. Wllder, the~e are three men with Insurance expenence in the office. f. \ ~ IN PER _ANENT ORGANIZATIO (JP.• I JI f I The Home Industries Shop, so .succf\.'-Sful last year, will have formal opening on Monday afternoon, June 29th a\ 2 o'clock DST with Dorothy SturgiEI Harding ngain in charge, this year 11.!>shited by Mary Leighton Carter. Tea wlJl be served at 6 p. m. with Mrs. Arthur Dehone Hill and Mrs. William N. Kremer pouring, and Miss MMY Coolldge, Miss Olivia Coolidge, Miss Bt>tty Jean Lamont, and Miss Margf!ret Harding assisting. A delightful feature of the shop, this eummer wlll be a aerlee of exhibitions arranged by Mrs. Harding, l!Ollle or particular local interest,, and others o! new tnlent th~t hall not been seen here before, such as Omer T:- Lassonde, director o! thEt Project of the New Hamp.~hlre WPA, Mr. Charler. Ewing of tho Boston SOciety of Arts & Craft!!, 11.nd Ale,rander James. The first of th.le series wlll be an emibltion of new marine paintings by John P. Benson, shown last winter at the Guild of Bo.,;ton Artists. Later w!ll be new mast.erpieces of Russell Cheney, who has ha<l so much recognition in New York :md the west recently. Among thf.!!e are mnny scenes or particular local interest in Portsmouth. Mrs. Harding hopes that the people (lf Portsmouth and neighboring towns wlll avail themselves or this opportu11lty to sec works of rl!al lnt.erest, nnd Jelld t.helr p11.tronage to the support or t,hls growing co-operative 11rts and crnrts center; she also adds that whlle there will be &rtlcles on sale at prices to meet every purse, visitors are welrome nt all times whether they come to purcha.'le or to appreciate. L'l,ter in the summer th<!y expert to give a benefit concert centering 11.round the well known and much loved artist, Mrs. Edward MacDowell, asslsted by other talented musicians. These features, together with po&."1bly other teas, music, food sales, etc.. will make the shop a place where there Is nlways some attraction; and 1th the R.dded interest shown by a greatly enlnrgecl membership. during the past few months, and the increase in local tnlent shown among our own consigner~, the enterpr!.se should vraw the ent.lmsinstic 11upport o! all. Shop open dally from 10 to 5.30 DS'I' from June 30th on Ar' I 3(p Announcement ls made o! compe on of incorporation and permane ·ganization plans of the New Ham shire Seacoast Regional Developme aswciatlon. · The association embraces 21 mu cipalities, towns and incorporated p cincts if} this section o! the sta Through the efforts o! the !ew publ spirited citizens, who have represe ted these communitias with the operation of the officials elected the people, a program of developme and publicity, though limited, has ready shown results o! outstan value. The association, with definite p poses for promotion of the growth a prosperity o! industry, agriculture, a recreation in the seacoast and tid water section of New Hampshlre, now a[Iords all individuals in the region the privilege of becoming members. The value of planned publicity has been demonstrated by benefits derived from distribution this year of the booklet, "The Seacoast Region of New Hampshire," published by this association, the New Hampshire book'let, published by the State P1amting and Development Commission and the New ' England Booklet, published. by the New England council. This publicity has fitted' in with the exLensive · recreatlona.I development program sponsored by the six New England governors and ha.s been largely responsible !or the best summer business in years. Representatives o! the Seacoast Regional association are now 11erving with commissions making comprehensive studies o! proposed projects wdt.hin the region and affiliation with the association will afford a better under• standing of the purpo.ses of these pro. posed projects, Temporary officers chosen t;o serve until the annual meeting to be held on the last Friday 1n Ootober are1 Frank W. Randall, Portsmouth, president; Abbot B. Drake, Rye Bea.ch, vice president; Alvin JI'. Redden, Port.amouth, clerk a.nd treasurer. In cooperation with stat;e depart. ments, the aissoolation plans to spon• sor recreational, indu.strl.a.l, and agr1. cultural exhibit, at the Eastern stares Exposition, Sprlngfteld, Ma.s3., these t;o be located in· the New Hampshire building. Charles H. Bra.ekett of GTeenland ls chairman of the oommittee rangement.,, �ERTAIN'U. S.... AND BRITISH NAVY·OFFICERS Program· Of 6rea( Interest At .Meeting Of:, Ports=..'. mouth Rotary~Cfub · ' ••: · Officers- of the British ship,· H. M. ·s. Scarborough, now at the' 'local' ·Navy Yard, hlgh, oUlefaJs •of the Portsmouth 'N'avy Yard- and Mayor Robert Marvin W'erl! suest.l of the Portsmouth Rota.ry Ciub at. the weekly meeting- this r.oon at the Rockingham Hotel. · . ' E: Curti.S'. :Matthews p1;eslded and introduced ~mdr. J. J. Brown and capt. A. W. Brown. Mayor Ma'rvln was next presented and extended a welcome to P'ort.smouth te> Commander Cornwallis. o! the Scarborough. and his ship and expressed th~ hope- that the next visit wquld not' be a3 fa.r distant a! • two years henu. · Capt•• G. Mayo, a.s cl;lalr,man· of the day, was presented next. . He- lntrodJced LieuteI¥tnt Hill o!-,the .Scarbor... ough. • · . : Captain' Mayo in lntr~d~cing, Rear AdmiraI Snydei- spoke .as ,follow~: . .. "Due- to _my dual capacity q~ an of-, ficeJ o! our ~a.yr .and. 9! ,ji, B,otar~n .r hate been granted the· pleas.ire of ln,troducing to you one of our dlstlngulshed.,gU~S;ts-I r;i.the,\' thli;ik; . I .should, •not intrq<!U;ce this gues~ -be,caus~ you iµl ,know him, . bµt I shoulQ. tell•yoti, some1ll'ting. ot ~ • careej. , .... ., . ·1 ..... ;' "Rear A4D1lra:1! Qharl~s f,llllip .Sny<;Ier .was: appoin~ed ~o the ..Na.val ·,Academy, In 1896 ,trqm Wel3t Vlrglnla... Four year.s rater he w.as graduated, sta11ding No 2 in a large cl8.5!: , , . .' ' "Going right to sea he has already spent 20 years in nearly every .type ,of ship, He. ~e- the cruise around . t}le world' in the battle fleet in 1907-1909, being a lieutenant on the battleship Vermonf!. "He was promoted to commander ln ,1~17.and t? captain in 1918, belng then only 39 years- of age, and during the war he commanded three different ps--the battleship Oregon, the tta.?:lsport, Mongolia and , the cruiser Minneapolis, and for )lls war service awarde({ the Navy Cross by our Navy Department and a ,special letter o! commendation by our War Department. . "Since the war he has commanded the transport Argonne, ' the cruis~r Concord and .the battleship Tennessee. "He has been back to the Naval Academy twr~ since hls graduation, once as ·instructor In navlgat!oii·..and later as commandant of midsblpmen. !or three I was- ears. ·.· · - · ·· ·-~ · ·,, .:· "He was also called to the War Col- American West Indies squadron of the He described the Scartics, and' I had . the pleasure of ))elng borough and told of the work ot the sh,ip in American waters, saying that .there under his instruction. ·.· "Getting back to sea again as soon Its tel'ritory was from the North Pole as he coqld he became chief of staff to the South Pole. He told of seeing with Vice Admiral J. R. P. Pringle, icebergs in the south and also in the commanding the battleships, U. s. north during the same year, showing Fleet, and to Vice Admiral D. F. Sellers, the extent of the territory which they holding the same command. cover. "In March, 1933, Admiral SnyHe spoke of many of his contacts der attained his present rank and ln June of that year he became chief of with Rotarians, mentioning their mc,tstaff, U. S. Fleet, under Admiral D. F . to, "Service Above Self", and congratulated the organizition upon its work. Se~lers, commanding that fleet, being Captain Cornwallis said that the chief of staff of the fleet when it was ship would be open to visitors on Fribrought from the Pacific to the Atday and Sunday from 2 to 5 p. m., and lantic in the spring of 1934 and reinvited all to visit the yard and inspect viewed by President Roosevelt. at "This is Admiral Snyder's sec- the vessel. He expressed regret the short stay in this city and said the ond tour of duty in Portsmouth-as most of you wlll recall-in 1921-1922 officers and crew probably would not he was manager of the Portsmouth be back again as a unit, a~ their time In this section of the world was up in Navy Yard-so that when he became commandant here last year it was to December and that they wo..1ld probassume command of an ·, organization ably return to England and the group whose every detail he thoroughly/ un- would be separated. He, however, expressed the hope that some would be derstood. : "Now just when he had gotten nicely on ships which later would visit this port. settled and we had gotten ,•Jsed to him He made a plea for a big Navy, sayin~ he ls called to a vastly more important command and on the tent)'l he leaves us that if there is l!. big Navy it in.sure. to assume command or : the f Heavy peace. He said this applied not only to Cruiser Division of the tJ. S. Fleet. Great Britain but to the United States Right here let me tell you ~eI\,tlemen as well. In closing he expressed appreciation that when an officer is recalled to sea and given a fleet command after only to the club for its invitation to the a year on shore it means that his luncheon, to the people or Portsmouth ablllty is unquestioned and ls recog- for their hospitality and to the yard officials for their kindness. nized. Mr. Matthews called upon former "We in the yard•are sorry to lose him Mayor F. W. Hartford to welcome the and I know that you in Portsmouth feel the same way-but it is the way ,of the visitors in behalf of the Rotary Club. Mr. Hartford S3id in part: service. · Gentlemen, I present ''I am pleased to have the priviAdmiral C. P. Snyder, U. S. N., commandant of the Portsmouth Navy lei;e of speaking for the Rotarians on this occasion. Thls ls a great day in Yard." : Admiral Snyder began by saying'. "I some respects. In others for the moregret that I have to say au revoir not ment, it is a sad day. It is a great only to Portsmouth but to you gentle- day because once again we welcome the distinguished men whom I am now facing." He told to Portsmouth of his decision to leave the yard for sea representative of the British Royal duty, and stated that although he had Navy, Capt. Cornwallis. Portsmouth fully intended to remain here two has met him several times and he years, he finds now, after a year of ser- gave us a great treat when he came vice In the local yard, . that he must here two years ago. "In regard to the dep3rture of our leave. He spoke of the remainder of his days In tl!e service and what it may commandant, Rear Admiral Snyder, he has been a great officer for Portshold for him. · In closing he said, "I wish to s:1y that mouth. He came here at a time when I think I can assure you that the yard the 'future of this naval station, to is better today, not because of my work, my mind, was at stake and because although I have given it my heartiest of his ability and his understanding support, but I think the yard is much of a community like this and through better than it was 15 years ago. -wi th his own personal efforts he brought two submarines to be finished, two on the Portsmouth Naval station back as the ways and two coming through the a real going concern. We went ondesigning shops· and another ship here ward and upward in work, and suctor extensive overhauling you have ceeded in building for the Navy the finest type of subma:·ine thJt 15 much. work ahead. There were 1800 Any.where in the world. men a ·year ago and now there are 2500 "Capt. Snyder first came here and wo.E_klng on the yard. I think you must devoted his energy toward building feel tM! Increase." , . ,. ,. ,. , up the Navy Yard and succeeded in .. After blddlng farewell he inh'oduced Capt.' 'Q. w'. Cernwalll.s, o. :e..E.,_of the spee~ing up the making and designIng and this yard h as a :· " ''l cl of Royal Navy. producing shlpS superio:· '. J·captaln · Cornwallis said, "It is very built 'anywhere else -in nice to be back once more in the City He c:a·me back here fo · : ,or ~e Op'en Door- and to see my 1 old that I the movement that · ne st.'lrted friwcts·•agaln. We, as you know;;· are and the spirit that he had instituted'. ust a ·small unit. ·we belon to the had gtown and the efficiency of the force ' had lnc.,:r.,.e,;ase~d!.;•.,..,. , . - - - - - -_.~ lege as head of . the dep~rtinent of tac:. British Navy," �"Yes, it was a welcome back ceptlon that Portsmouth gave this distinguished officer and we know, as RotaT!ans and as citizens of this community, that he is called to another duty but ln his going we appreciate' 'that he has ascended the ladder of the profession in which he is trained and what we lose here the Navy will gain elsewhere. 'I ,feel sure that wherever he goes in the Navy, there wlll be be!orc him that loyalty as shown ino Portsmouth where · we receive the breath of inspiration and up-llft as portrayed by hese men representing Great Britain here today. The sentiments expressed by Captain Cornwallls of the friendship and loyalty between Great Britain and the United States are welcome lo every true American. God grant that England and her mi'.sht, whether on sea or shore, w.!Jl continue in this trying situ·a tion in the world today to brlng glory and credit t-0 her people and the ciyiJize•.l people o! the world. With Great B!·ltaln safeguarding them the people of the world hare nothing to fear." 111e meeting opened with the singIng of one Yerse of "God Sa·,e The King." and thls was folloll'ed by n \'erse written by Frecle:·ick Gardner. Hathaway, by Etlmu Portrait Now ht G uilil of lloslon ,&,~t-;.:tr,,,,<t Gro111lornul l'ol'trait Show '!'ho a ull<l or Bos Lon Arllsls hung a group cxhibillon or recent WOl"k hy members, featured b1• Edmunu •ral"b<'llls latest portrait, a <'haracter stu<.ly of quiet and simple <'xpresslveness that Is marred only b,y a <lead and flal treatment ot Ul.a tl res.•. J n other respP<'ts · it ro nks with u,<' best or this a rl ist's worlc '.rhel"e IH alRo a JHtintin~ of harmoniouli subtlety hy Franlc ,v. Benson, thrE'e fr<'sh and colorful flower studies by Hulh An<lerson, Sally Cross Bill, and All~e Hug.;-ies Sohler, an exel"cise in hlue hy Ralph E. ""'"'-·..-.," Gray, nnd a water colo1· by Harry~,-.~!"'·: Sutton, Jr. Portraits in the established American trndltlon are the metier or John Young-Huntel". whose work Is currently on view al Dolt & Richards. A ,·eallst o[ talented pr.u·Ls, the arti~t·s strength is most evident in his portraits o[ men, among whom he has found opportunity Lo make quite Individual c•hnrn<'l<'t'lzallons. Among the best are those of D1·. Lewis Park. Philip Ashton Tiolllns. artd the late Louis \~Ttley. Most sympathetic oC the women's,1>0rtralts Is that oC Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. Other portraits In the show include Mrs. Mabel Dodge Luhan, Mrs. Robert Paine Scrip1>s and :\1rs. Simonds Duryea. �NEWS of the.NAVY ·artd. NAVJ _J}\RDS . Franklln Ship Bouse _ 'l'rul· following .extracts touch on the hf.st-<,ry of the- yard alld F.ranklin Ship House: · . . . , 1819-The force of workmen in 'the ai-dl was largely increased~ as a new slilD -)louse. was being built <now No; 41. to the west or the: otct one~ , i820-Au~ 16, 1820, the tram~ · of the ship house (No.•4) waa raised~-Rnd'. the sllp .and wharf begun; the whole ~ of these lmprovemen~. ~bich.• were completed Jn 1822, Jnf:ludlng the' cost of ~tlng . the ship house, . was $19,931.42. :·, _ _ . .' , . , ·; ;Feb. ' 19, 1820-A new ftagstaff wa.s· erected . on the 10tith ,end of . the ship house. and on the 21st a new flag for' the first time suspended from 1t. · 'i>urlng ·.pctober, 1a2.0: . there· · wasemployed 11pon the 'r5's on the $tocks, and l!Choo~ Porpolse ~36 carpenters;. 2 carpenter's laborers. 13 blaeksmfths, 8 sawy~ ;8 calkers, 8 joiners, 8 laborera; 2.m~. total ·85. There were· 159 wor.kmen' ~d laborers in an employed. Jn . the. J,8rd.· In, 1822, carpenters rew ceived from $2 t.o average ~:t.38l sawyers $1.33 to _$1.16, joiners $1.50 to $1,00, -biadtsmiths $2.25 to $1.00• .183-1,-$20,000' was · appropriated towards· building a ship house on 8ite- 4 _(now No. 53) . to build 'Ship In it; In ll!U, an ·approprtaUon was made· to build a frigate to be called the Paul: Jones. Tllp.ber was -oollected for her and her ·keel was laid under this ship house Jn ..1837, but was taken down to was- For the fiscal year 1854-55 Congress appropria~d m9neY, ' ..for extending ship house No. 4; exte:psion of ship house and launching slip. The new ship hous~ was lengthened 50 feet and the keel of t}?.e steam frigate Franklin laid therein, the old ship of the line Franklin being broken up on the rnilway at· the head of the dry. dock . . The latter part of 1855 was devoted to finishing_up the work already begun and In '• h~ing . to completion the steam friga~ Franklin, the largest vessel at that time in our Navy. .Aug: 16, 1856.-0ongress appropriated mpre money for completing launching ways and extension of ship house No. 4. , .O n the 18th of November, 1863, the keeL of the iron clad Passaconaway _subs~quently called the Thunderer: and· again renamed the Massachusetts • .was laid in ship :house No. 4, wher~ _she still remains upon the stocks. . 1866--$13,188.11 was expended on extension of ship house No. 4, and !or the purchase· of Seavey's Island. The yard has lost one of it.s last old landmarks-the house of many 'win- ' dows. · · •1. a make' room fot the sloop-of-war Preble~ ~ never again raised, the ap- propriation having . lapsed or . been used for _ o ther purposes. · · · ~ :· 13, 1835-Congresa appropriated $3~.000 ,for completing ship house oil al.te f (53), $5000 on March 3, 1837, for · aame object. ' -1838.-The new ship house No. 53 waa completed. its whole· cost being $'11,000, and in April the keel of the sloop-of-war Preble was laid Jn it. Thursdar, June 13, 1839, the Preble was launched. The launching of this· little &looP-of-war brought a great concourse of people . into the yard and in · · · its • neighborhood. The house in which .she was constructed being· one of the largest in the United States, afforded a fine opportunity from it~ galleri~a to observe the preparatory ~perations, while the thousands gathered upon t~ bridge and surrounding .emlne,;ices had an unobstructed view Qf her, as .she left the ways and giided into the waters of the Piscataqua. , ,On Monday, August 16, 1841, at 11.15 ~e , frigate Congi:~ss. . was launched-amidst a salu~ of . thirteen guns, and the cheers of a large number of citizens from the wharves and surrounding hills. The day was fine and there mre many . persons collected to see the· sight· and several· steamboats were in ~tten4&nce. The masts ' of the Congress w~. tl)~, 'put in :"".ith.. the, new ·~ 11r,~ · .. , . . ·., �Portsmouth, N. H.~ Tuesday, March 10, 1936 ;passing Of An Historic Building Fire this morning destroyed one of the landmarks of the Portsmouth Navy Yard and one of its best known buildings when the old Franklin Ship House went up in flames, illuminating the countryside for miles around. The Franklin ship house was just about 100 years old and was the last of a style of buildints once numerous in shipbuilding centers. With the passmg of the Franklin ship house this type has probably gone forever. It is unique in design with its long slanting gambrel roof and many long square windows set diagonally, and its great folding doors which opened practically the entire front of the great building at the water front to allow the boats to slide down the ways into the water. It has attracted the attention of thousands of visitors at the yard and has been one of the big atti·actions each Navy Day. Hundreds of naval craft for government work have been built and launched at .this historic building. Here the last of the old time wielders of the sle ge and adze labored but now its work is d01 e and no more will shipwrights come to work or "knock off'.' within its-historic walls. --..,.,...,.,~~-...,..,,........--....~ -....,1·. · �HISTORIC.BU 1s-·DESJROYE ~ . . ;fl ' EARL G y DA -~s:Qv~r ·o_.e !Hundred Years -, ·-Old WclS 0111)' Buildiilg Of Its . · ri~e~ Th~:C~untry . ln_ . , only one in any navy yard. · The inneigalleries -- were to accommodate .the public to wi~ne~ launchings. The building has been used in r e-cent years for storage of material by the public works and other departments .. During the fire several explosions occurred, probably caused by in-• flamatory material . .. The yard fl.re department in" ch~<ra or Fire Marshal Capt. B. M . Coffe1; -· berg, USMC, did good work in keeping the flames from spreading as did th(l firemen from this city with Engine l and the Kittery department. The fl.re fighters gave special attention to · ~ building nearby where acetylene ta.s and gas ton:hcs are kept. The yard officials made no hesitation in praising the work of civilian crews Irom this city and Kittery and their quick arrival in the ya.rd. The account of the fire has been sent to the office of the Secretary of Navy and th~ following board of officers ordered to convene for investigation: Capt. A. W. Brown, yard executive; Commander J. J. Brown, Aide to Commandant, and Lt. Comdr. Allan Hoar of public works department. Otncials are unable at present to determine the loss. The building is thought to have co.st between $150,000 and $200,000 In material and labor when it w Navy Yard Waterfront View-Franklin Shlpl,ouse A1>pears on Extreme Left . . . The historic Franklin ·shiphotise;' the ·. Other famous ships · of the wooden .last of the original wooden 'buiidirigs'' navy went off the ways there includ~ of.. the - P-ortsmouth Navy Yard, was Ing . Congress, ,$aratoga, . Por~smouth, totally destroye4 by fire this morning. Sarana-0 (steam sloop), Franklin, Illi. It . ls said to-'.ii.ave started from an nois, Marion, . Enterprise, Boxer, a unknown- cause in the gallery : on the school ship, the last wooden ship to be north side and was discovered·· by ' a built there', tug Patapsco. sentry just before 5 o'clock, who' turn~ · The first of the iron ships included ed in an alarm from Box 35. the submarine V-3 now listed under ' The blaze ma'de such quick .headway the , name 9f Bonita, and L-8, S-3, O-1, tl:).at the yard ofl'iclals cq'uld see that S-8, S-9. Besides these there have Jt. was impossible to stop it, and a call been- the~sual - number of smaller .was sent _' to Portsmouth and Kittery craft, service vessels of varying tonifor assls,tance . ln . protecting other nage built · for Government work, coal ??ullcj.ings; ;: • - 1 • .. , barges being perhaps · the least ro. ·In less · than. an hour the .structure 1nantlc. ~as flat. i- • . • • ~ ' - • . ; It was the first big-fire to occur in . In 1854 the house was lengthened by .~he' yard since the iron· plate shop was ~fty feet, .and ten y,ears from tha t '!)urned· on Jan .. 27, .189, and the coai time the frigate Franklin was launch.. pocket some years. later. _ ~d, after several years required foe '' The house- was . 343 feet r1ong ·,84 h~r building within the house. This feet wide· and :•52•,feet. hlgh. , ' launching ,. gave the building its local ; The navy -,• .._started.:. 1ts :- ereetion ·i a name · of Franklin , Sl).ip House. AIAu~st _18_2_0 .an4 ;,th~. ke~l of t1:te • flrs_t though the house seems hug~, the hull IIJl.i~. to b.e~b!li.lt -t.her.'l ~w . as _lal4 pefor~ pr the, F{an~!ln almost entirely filled ti -~~ ~o~ple_~·/!'he _'.shlp:wa~ .~he U:; 1t in . both d1mensions. l:i,, : -slooirof.. war ·:--Preb1e. ,She . was , It was tpe largest shlphouse in tha launched June 13, 1839:' t I '. • ' country in its day and at present _the_..~,.!·] �John Brennan, Organist, both or the same court. Present also !rom the Dover oourt, was Mi~ Ella Hughes, Grand Regent. Re,·. James H. Brennan, P. R .,' ill the chaplain of the local oourt. It was voted to hold the firs~ anniversary banquet of the Immaculate Conception Court at the Rockingham Hott'l at 6 o'clock In the evening of October 4. It was announced that Rev. Edmund Quirk of Lakeport will be the speaker. Mrs. Mary D ondero and Mrs. Helen Leahy wea·e appoinThe first meeting- or Immarulate ted a committee t-o arrange for the Anna O'Keefe was Co:,crpt:on Court No. 1234, Cath olic banquet. Miss Daughters of America, was held fast nam~d to look after the decorations evening at Kn ights o! Columbus Ha.II. and Miss Hele n Geary to arrange for The following officers were. installed t.he music. Mrs. Alice F. McCushing, State R egent, of Keene, has accepted for the 1936-1937 season: an invitation to be present. Invitations Grand Regent, Mrs. Grace Quirk, Vic-e Grand R-egent, Miss Anna t.o be presemt at the banquet will be ext.ended to the clergy of the loca.l O'Keefe • 'I I paJ'ish and to state officers and me.mProphetess, Mrs. ~ary Dond~ro t;>ei·s of the difierent cmirts of the Historian, Miss Helen Gelry ' le.late. , Monitor, Mrs. Margaret. Curran Clrnirmen Cif the various corrlrrtit~ntinel, Mrs. Gertrude Eldredge Lees were named as follows: Lecturer, Miss Katherine Riley · Mcmbe1·ship, Miss : Marg-are\, BurkFinnncial Secretary, Mi55 Anne Ji •y Quirk Rl'fre,!'ihp1ents, Mrs. Dorothy McTreftsurer, Mi~a Mary Griffin Oarthy , Organl'-t, M'..<"S Margaret Mil ~s Ent.ertainment, Mrs. Gertrude Ryan Trustees for 3 years, Miss ~rtrude Ways and Means, M:ss Agnes Quirk Long and Mrs. E'Jl:ca.beth Geary Slck, Mrs. Mary ' Butler Tru t~es for 2 years, Mrs. Helen : Hostess, Miss Plo,r ence O'Kccfe Leatiy and Mrs. Nora MCCaz,ty Tru..,t.ees for 1 year, Mrs. Nora &ott : F11hlicit.y, Mrs. Mary Griffin : M.rs. heo· Lang2 lier ofiercd the oourt lll'ld Miss Agnes Connors Mi.-..s Helen McShane, District De- the use of he,r cottage at Wallis Sands J)uty and Past Grand Regent or Court for Rn outiJ1g. It was deoided to take ac rnntage of her kind offer and a Sacred Heart of Dover v.--a.s the installing officer. She was as.!-isted by weenie roast will be held there on Miss Anna Buckley, Monitor, and Mrs. Th ursday evening 11,ext. Mrs. Katherine Chandler was named STALLED First Meei ing Of Catholic Daughters Of America Held I �us~\\ IT . . · , IN. NEW YOR cur.rent exhibitor at Perargll Russell Cheney, well known painter of the Maine landscape. As Mr. Cheney has been a permanent res~dent in Kittery for many years his present show consists primarily of scenes from that part o~ the country, Last year, however, the artist decided he needed a change and went t.o New Mexico for m montm. He ret.irned '1111th renewed affection for Kittery and a group of colorful painUngs. A ~oup of these pictures 1n the exhibition !onn an interesting contrast with the snowy northern landscapes. !New York ha.a received Mr. Cheney's work a.s enthusiastically as did Boston earlier in the year. Henry .McBride wrote 'in the- Sun: , · 1 .. Hls Jandscaues whether he ls dealmg wif;h crooked New England vlllage streets or with the broad.er arid reaches of the southwest are handled with a vigor and dedsion that admits of no pu'.tt.erl.ng and yet never fails to esta.bli$ forms solidly, note their special relatians and the play of atmosphere around them." ' ~ Rerald Tribune Mr. Oortisooz Galler1es in New ~ the I.a sfs: "Russell Cheney is especially proficient· in making the portrait of a place. Mr. Cheney's most oonspicUDUS trait .ae¢ms to be his insight into the character of the American scene." ~ in the New York Times: ls very honest, rugged painting.a ',D1e Boston Museum of Fine Arts bas Jast acqJ!red "J{.ittery Point," one of bl$ m<l6t •highly praised pictures. It was selected by the museum and presented by an anonymous purchaser, rn PRESENTED TO·. · THE LIBRARY A share of the original stock of the old Portsmouth Academy which was isaued in 1809 t.o John Peirce has been presented t.o.the Portsi;noutl). Public Library by Garland Patch, who found it m some manuscripts purchased from the estate o! the late John G. Tobey. The share certificate, which· is in excellent condition, was signed by· Jere• miah Mason, as president, and Samuel Elli~tt, as _clerk. • · .nvi \"1 · ,3lQ LD PANE Of GLASS FOUND A pane of glass on which was inscribed with a diamond, ''Nth'nl Rogers, July 20, 1766, was found by a painter while painting the Badger house, owned by Mrs. Mary S. Pike of Birmingham, Ala., in Newfields. The house is the oldest in that town and built at the order of King George o! England in colonial days as a resldence for his agents sent here to protect Hls Majesty's tall trees heing cut by "sniper.,," Nathaniel Rogers was a prominent citizen of his time, serving as judge of probate and Represen-tative and was also a de}egate from Newmarket to the convention at EK~ter which adopted the Federal Consitution in 1788. He was a Tory in the Revolution, however, and was arrested. It is not known whether he lived in the Badger hous,e at the time he inscribed his name or was a guest. Mr. Rogers died in May, 1829 at the age of 83' years. ES COMMITTEE ON BOND ISSUE Will Report Findings At A Later Date ==:z Edward Scully Elected Building Inspector The City Council resumed its recesse meeting · of the· previ6us evenihg last night at 7.30 in the council chamber at City Hall, with Supt. David R. Smith and members of the Board o! Street OommLssioners invited to participate in the discussion of the proposed bond issue of $100,000 for improvements in the water system of the city. All councilmen were present and Mayor Robert Marvin presided. The first matter to be taken up WM in regard to the granting of a permit for conducting a gasoline station at 218 Islington street. Counc!lman Goldsmith spoke against granting this permit, stating that it would constitute a fire menace, was against the rules or the zoning board and that residents of that section were strongly opposed to it. Oouncilman Atwell, as chairman of the committee handling the matter, ex• plained that it was the purpose or tho owner, w. L. Scott, to remove the old wooden building now on the site and to put up a modern, fireproof structure. Oouncilman Griffin moved that th, matter be referred back to the special committee for further study and report, and it WM so voted. The committeo on street lighting, Councilman Loughlin chairman, reported in favor of granting permit., for pole locations on Stark street, Islington street, Maston avenue, Chapel street and Woodbury avenue to the New Hampshire Gas & ·Electrio Co., and to the New England Telephone Oo. for a pole location on Sherburne road, These were granted by the council, Appl!catlons for polo locatlon.s on Versa!lles avenue and Summit avenue we1·e rejected because these streets have not been accepted by the city. Councilman Griffin moved Mayor Marvin be authorized to accept the transfer of a small triangular plot or land on Isllngl,on street from D. F. Borthwick to the city. This plot was cut off from the remalnd.,t ..,, 1111r. J:sorthwick's land by a straightening of the highway to obviate a curve. It was voted that the mayor be so authorized. Oouncilman Griffin moved that the matter o! choosing a building inspector to complete the uneKpired term of Andrew J. Barrett be taken from the table and a vote be taken. This was done, with Councilmen Griffin, Badger, Dismukes, Loughlin and Thurston voting for Edward Scully, Councilmen Goldsmith and Atwell voting for Charles Humphreys and Councilman Durell voting for James McCarthy. Edward Scully was declared elected as building inspector. Mayor Marvin stated that tqe Board of Street Commissioners' had been requested to appear at the meeting to explain their reasons for their request for the issuance of bonds to the value or $100,000 for use in improving tho water system. The mayor suggested that the matt.er be considered in executive session, and this wa., adopted. During the eKecutive session the matter WiJ$ discussed by both the councllmen and the representatives of the street commissioners, no definite decision on tho matte~ being reached, A oommitteo waa appointed to study the matter o! the bond Lssuo and the proposed changea in the water system, compo.sed o! Councilmen Thurston, Dismukes, Loughlin, Durell and Mayor Marvin. This committee wlll report it6 findings and recommendations back to the council at a later date, Also during tho eKecutivo session Atty. Ralph 0. McCarthy appeared b~fore the council aa tho representative o! the Frank E. Booma Post, American Le8'ion, in regard to having the city invite the State Department o; the American Legion to oome to Portsmouth in 1037 for it., annual state convention. The council voted unanimously in favor o! inviting the Legionnair~ to Portsmouth. Resuming open session, the councilmen considered the matter of a claim of Jame.<J W. McMullen against the oity for $14-0, which he asks as wages due above the amount received !or work at the olty gardens from May 19 to July 5, 1936. City Auditor Robert Bruce stated that) McMullen had been paid �~m?'toV1 _ _ o Old Houses in Hampton Falls VIII The house where Miss Abbie Gove lives was built by her great grandfather, Joseph Wells, in 1787, on or near the site or a house he had bought or the Swett family. It was used hy him as a tavern u-til the Hotel Wcllswood was built in 1808. Since then it has been simply a dwelli:ig house. Miss Gove is a Quaker, and John G. Whittier spent the last summer of his life here, dying before it was time to return tn his Amesbury home. The first settler here wa.s Caplnin Be~jamin Swett, who w~ killed while fighLing Indians in 1677. A large elm thai stood in the yard, was brought from England when a small iree, by Nathaniel Weare, and given to his sisier, Mrs. Benjamin Swett. It had to be removed a few years · ago. In 1761, a stage coach began to run between Portsmouth and Boston. Horses were always changed at Hampton Falls. The route towards Hampton was past Applecrest Farm, then this was the Prescott fa;rm, a'nd through the old mill road. There were not many roads in those days. Hampton Falls was then a busy and prosperous town. Swetbs tavern, and later Wells tavern had ple'lty of custom. The house known a.s Alvin Dow house on Lafayette Road is said to have been built by Nathaniel Healey in 1794. It has had many difierent owners. There is some handsome paneling there. The house on Curtis Road was built by a Blake in 1796. The Illakes settlPd here early in Lhe ic;rvenieen hundrcdf;. They had a right of way to Kensington Road, but the present road was noi lairl out Lill 1847. The place is now owned by Dean McLaughlin. M. J. G. X The house where Albert Webster lives was built by a Prescott, near where the McDevitt house now stands, about 1801. Levi Prescott sold his farm to Jacob Brown in 1821. IMr. Brown built· a new set of buildings. There were two houses on the place. The older one was torn down, but this house was sold io Joseph Perkins, a carpenter, who moved it to its present location. The Perkins family lived •there many years. In 1867, it was bought by Dr. Charles H. Sanborn, who made many alterations in it and lived there till his death. It now belongs to Mr. and 'M rs. Webster. 'The house where ·C. F. Combs lives was built by . Billy Dodge, a son of Nathaniel 1-1. Dodge. He married J emime Eastman in April, 1804. This houS€ was built 'b efore their marriage in 1803 or 1804. He died in 1818: leaving no children. His ,vife had part of the house and land as her dowe1· right. She married again, and oullived her second husband, dying in 1858. The house has had other owners, but for many years has belonged io C. F. Combs. His son, Walter Com'bs, is carrying on a large poultry buRin<'ss on the place. 1\1.i ,s Frances Healey has in her pos, ,,,sion a pocket book that once belong·ecl to Billy Dodge, the first owner of this house. Th<' hou~c where Thayer S. Edgerly, 0111· mail carrier, liv,cs, was built by a Pike in 1804. It wag bought some yea.rs later by Captain Caleb Towle. His son, Emmons B. Towle, inherited it, and lived there till his d<'aih. Ile gave his properly io his wife. She was an aunt of Thayer Eclgcrly's mother. M. J. GREENE. r~'"""~ \\"""a\i a ..,.,.:\:').~. \C\~ II !or the time he worked, according to tho commlUee In chargo ot the work. OOuncllman Thurston moved that the claim be disallowed and Councilman Gold.smith asked !or a roll call vote which resulted in Councilmen Griffin'. Badger, Dismukes, Loughlin and Thurston voting !or disallowing the claim, Oouncllmen Goldsmith and Durell to allow, and Councllman Atwell not voting, The claim wae declared. disallowed. �~ wom~EKINffl:, ANOTHER HUNT ~-•:; RECORl>S·:BACKJ; t . 2so:;¥£ARSl:A 60 ·:~-t?,~ t·: ~t-~ '~- .... ~~;~_:'·':_: .-· .~_._, .. Jives·~[~~{·-.Clerf I, ~~~ ~. Op N.\ y~·,Doctor i:;Whic~l, .(J~b~rs. :.w_;-r,~~-) :'·-,·~kl~~; ~p r~rds "or INTO HISTORY ..:\FOR CITY CLERK I !'.' 1 250 ye~;~_agio\ ·J.s ,i(j~b _t~l,l,t,,c;~me .J,o ~CitX,8~er}t .,Jt>e\;er: Hfokey .,toda,y and <>Ill,! on }Vi}ic~ , he. ", ib'as,mtl.cle' little 'or ·no· progress . . ·: ·;. ~ .. H!.k·htiii:t' h~arted wh~n :helfeci~iV,ed•~: -;.~tter ·_.fr_ofll LMrs. _, vynuii,m ·.J :_ L!n~en·: , Asks About Man living Here 2,80 Years Ago Hunting up ancient history in Olty Hall seems to give the city clerk something ori the side jtl$t at present. · . The latest request for a record of something that occurred 280 years ago J:>,er~er · _or;_s_a n • F~a:icis~-· , 9:al\~.1 :.wh~ reached his hands from New York 'e?(p~essed ·:much anxiety_m . ~-tt,~~ptirig to trace ·•1f, man by the •na[lle of-. John· state and the writer is Dt·, Irving --Oliver· who resided here : in '1686; -The . Lyons. . ·1etter read.§ tha~ .ii'e was an· ·apprehtice: .. The doctor goes the . woman from ·to -Master .Seward, .· a· shipwright of; California one better who recently :Portsmouth.;'and .was· stilt' 'ani.ong the wrote for information on a man back 1/sf of. inhabitants here ·tn I1711. The in 1686. Dr, Lyons seems to be also looidng ·for the record of a man but 'writer requ_e'sted' al~ his ~ar.ri~ge anq birth dates of his• children.-•' .. ; b;1. a little different way than the , It- is likely the California woman will Californta correspondent. He wants have . to iclok to other ' sources for the to know something about Thomas ·cJ.esireci '.1nrormat1on as· such ' te"cords as Dennys who may have b een· known as requests ·'are not stored , 'in the T,homas beni, Thos. Denning, or Thoarcii.ives ·1n· City Halt · · mas Denny or Thomas Deeney, The Dr. would like to know when Thomas. left. Portsmouth, . where he went and why he left the •city, The city clerk or no inhabitant of Portsmouth will be able to enlighten the New York .medical man and he prot,Jably knows as much about the movements of Thomas as he ever will know. ·The records of the City Hall archives are of no assistance to him. she -SEEKS MARRIAGE ~ RECORD. HERE OF · 226 YEARSij~ AGO ' . SEEKING BIRTH RECORD OF HERO· , .The ~ity · cle~k" has anothei: .commuOf -LOUISBURG nication on hand which give_s him . a job of looking over the town records City Clerk Hickey went back many of 226 ye_a rs ago. , .· · ,years in the reco,ds today in trying to -•-The communication is from ·Walter 'find some information for a lady reB;.°Scott/<>f DO!'C~ester, Mass., in, which siding in Wu;ca&et, Me. She. requestb,e .writei-~eeks, the -marriage _record ted a birth date of ·William . Vaughan, o!· ;ijyjy~ni:\s:,. Scott and ., S_ara~: J.14oisis a son George ' Vaughan whom she in '1q10 · : '!, . . ' ' .• . ., thinks was born here in 1703, 233 .~-M~: -~ott' at th~ ,tl~e . i~ thought'-?> years ago. She .states that he, was <me ha:ve·-beeila"u ofiice,r' on -a .l3rltjsq wa_r- of the heroes of Louisburg. ', ihip'yil1tt!~ ·fmaJie __ro:-tsm?JJ th_l t~ hol!le : The clerk could find .nothing a.bout port · -,.-,;.,. · • · · .· · ·. such a man who :for a while resided ~t 1 -F~llo~ing 'the '_marriage . the DorDamaliscotta. ·Mills, ' Me,, after leaving ehester:. man believes the officer .' and· Portsmouth. l;oo,\t· up a -re_side~ce in _V{ells, Maine. ,No recor.i:l~Q!~the marriage can ,be )ou~d)n:-this city. oi Kittery. . -· wife·, ' 0 �well a.s two touring cars. which carried workers from the local Red Cross unit to Nashua to assist l~ 8.l_lY. way pos. sible. In order ·to·ereach Nashu th went to Raymond, ·Derry and H9;';dso~ E OUTH ELIEF loca eop e Organize To Raise _Money, And Secure Clothing And upplies For offerers Porlsmoulh has ~esponded generous- No. 7-Mrs. Hattie Spinney-, _De_gr_e_e.. of Pocahontas. 1nd a great many people are working No. &-Emerson Hovey Post, v. F. w. at top speed today in this city to help No. D-Frank Remick, Merchants' ln every way possible . Bureau. ..._,,..,._.,''"""" The Red Cross as usual, got its orNo. lO-Rev. James H. Brennan, ganization starled promptly in an ef. Church o! the Immaculate , Concepfort to alleviate the suITering In the tion. stricken areas. Other organiza·uons No. ll-John B. Mooney and David were very close behind in going to the F. Quirk, American Red cros.s. 'issista.nce of the needy. No. 12_Rev. William Safford Jone3, Today as a result of the meeting Ministerial Association. held at the Veterans o[ F'oreign Wars No. 13-14-John w. Hopley, Boy Home Sunday afternoon, the city has Scouts of America. been divided up into 2l district.~. with No. 15-16-Mark F. O'Brien, Ameria thorough canvass being prepared to can Legion. secure funds to help those In dL,tress. No. 17-Mrs. Kathar!.ne s. Hill, At the meeting Sunday, the executive Graffort Club. committee of flood relief was formed, No. 18-Mrs. Marjorie Hewitt, City and elthe1· the members or their rep- Club. resentatives were present at the meetNo. 19-Mrs. Alvin F. Redden, Girl Ing this morning when the city wa-~ scouts, Mrs. Izetta Davis, compandivided off into sections. · Ions of the Forest. The executive committee consL~ts of , No. 20-Sldney s. Trueman, Kiwathe following: Mayor Robert Marvin, ln1.s John' B. Mooney, Mark O'Brien, Frank ' l'io. 21-Harry w. Peyser, ProfesW. Randall, Dr. Samuel F. Griffin, F • .sional Group. W. Hartford, E Curtis Matthews, SidWith the Red Cross headuarters at ney S. Trueman, Mrs. Katharine s. the Central Fire station the place has Hill, Mrs. Marjorle Hewitt, Rev. w. s. become a very busy place. About 20 Jones, J. H. Dlnnerman, Rev. J. H. women are sewing, mending and darnBrennan, Andrew Jarvis. Herman J. Ing, while others, as well as several Chandler, Benjamin M. Hartshorn, men, are sorting. and packing, getting Henry B. Tilton, Ha.rry W. Peyser, cases ready to send to the flood district John W. Hopley, Mrs. Alvin Redden, as soon n.s they can be ready. Alvin Redden, Richo.rd B. Sl1elton, A statement has been issued by the 1 ds J wlll iam F. Woo , M. . Donohue, Red Cross that many men's work Mrs. Izetta Davis and William S. Kus- .shirts are needed, as well a.s Infants' ky, clothing and women's and children's The clt-y has been divided into the underwear. A request is made, howdlstricts, with the following in charge: ever, to those sending In garments No. I-Frank W. Randall, represent- that if the garment Is more than one Ing the Chamber of Commerce. plecr, to pin the pieces together a11d No. 2-E. curtls Matthews, Rotary aJso lo tie the belts on the dresses. Club. This will prevent loss of parts. No. 3-Dr. S. F. Griffin. The women will be sewing all o! the No. <I-Former Mayor F, w. Hart- week, and anyone who wishes will be ford, press. welcome to come and sew If only for No. &-Andrew a few hours. No. 6-Morr!s Two trucks Israel. l_y to 1,he relief of tl1e flood sufferern, ' and then were . orced to detour through · Hudson to Typsboro, where they took the Daniel · Webster highway to Nashua, a distance of 20 miles. Reaching Nashua, they ~ported at headquarters and were sent to Thornton's Ferry whe~ many: refugees . were housed. The clothing · was distributed among those people and also food was left at the direction of the Red Cross. The trucks were driven by John Gammon and · Fred· Finnegan, while they each carried an extra man. These. were Walter Westgate .- and Henry Westgate. The : trucks were furnished by the . Supply Commodity , Disttibutlon ,Department. · Others mA.king the trip In cars Included , Donald 'Lane, Shirley Woods, · Frank Da!res, Mrs. Frank W. Randall, Mrs. Roland Sukeforth, Mrs. Reginald , II'rafton, Mrs. John B. Mooney, James Waldron, Bradley Clark, ,William Harris and John B. Mooney. -. Another truck load left this moming. In addition to the clothing which , has been sent to the 1lre station, by the people of this vicinity, th,e Supply Commodity Distribution department under orders from the state ad• ministration at Concord, sent 6'l cases o! canned beef, 22 cases o! b~ef .stew, and 22 cases &! vegetable soup-, as well as all o! the clothing on hand, and from the sewing units, which the WPA has established here. Orders first received at the Supply office was to tum everything over that the Red Cross wanted. , The American Legion has been bW,-y working with the Red Cross. Their representatives have been assisting In everything to help. A collection was taken at the Arcadia Thea.tre last night which resulted in more than $60 being taken. The Legion truck is out today collecting food and clothIng. At the meeting of the executive committee this morning, Morris Sil• verman announced that he Wi\5 repre~ senting Temple Israel, and that . a little over $100 had been raised by members of that synagoguP, and more was expected. Saturday night came the startling announcement that no gasoline would be sold. The Police department received notice from the Governor's -0fflee at Concord stating ·th.at an embargo WR.S being placed on gasoline wl th the sales limited to emergency cases, WPA, Red Cross, Utility and food trucks. This was lilted this moming with the following order being- rece!ved from Gov. H. styles Bridges: "~bargo - n g·aso'itne -sales 1n · N. H. 0 at lilted effective Monday, March 23, 6 a. m. Kindly notify all dealers of gasolnle :a~ tb,anlt them for their cooperation." . · - Kittery was° the h·a ven of the motor- ' lsts which had but very little gas In their tanks. As Maine not under �rigid ,res c i~ns as New HaltlP-. shire . and on!l .station reported ,sell- . ibg gallons on Sunday. Some gasoline trucks from this el ty were stopped as ~ey were on tbf!lr way to ,a.s 3200 Maine to 'l'eplenlsb 'the empty tanks. · This embargo on gasoline is believed to have· been established in an efiort to keep -euriosity•seekers from flocking to the stricken axea. Net only handicapping the peop!e in the .flood zones, but this woul.d 'have de1ayed the trucks artd....workers enroute to the disaster .centers. · , · A shipment of clothing is, now being' prepa,red by : the mffllbers of the Women's-· Home League of the Salvaiton Army- and this .shipment wlll go to Manchester tomorrew, and will be distributed by Adjutant Raymond }lowell, who formerly wa.s in command of the local Salvation Army Corps. Contributions will be received at the local ·headquarters if anyone wishes to send any clothes to Manchester. . On sa.turday the Salvation Army dispatched a truck containing 500 gal,klns of · drlnking water trom this city ,to Sa~o where -~ i;_upply · is,_ polluted. 13. "Pento donate!;\ the truck · .tor the $erliee. :Adj. T. Friebe_ger~.w~_J1ai; had :in;~;-;~erienoe with flood eon~it1ons, having· spent -some years as a rm63ionary in China, 15 in charge of the oper''at1ons in' t!J.at Me,ine City. - The need 1·of 'the drinking -water was . reeel,ved through Richard T. LOrd, operatQr · of · the short wave station, W. I O U Z, who ·~ checked road conditions. The local Salvation A•mY . Corpll will hold a special meeting this ~vening at ,7.45 o'c1ock at the headqua.rters and' all local members are urged to attend. sE PREPAREDiOCOifRffiuffiiiiRALLY l ti:· TOMORROW TO FLOOD RELIEF FUND · l'. Ain drive for .funds for, flood sufferers in this State begins this city tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The city has . been divided into twenty-one distric~s, .witl:i a captain in charge of each. Every residence and business house in the city will be contacted by accredited solicitors of the ' committee. . . ' ' Please have your contribution ready when the solid·- tor arrives. THERE MUST BE NO DELAY IN RAISING 1 THESE FUNDS. THE SUFFERING IN OTHER PARTS OF - THE STATE IS ACUTE. / , PORTSMOUTH, SINGULARLY FORTUNATE IN I THIS WORST CATASTROPHE WHICH HAS EVER BEFALLEN NEW HAMPSHIRE, SHOULD AND WILL GIVE GENEROUSLY TO SUFFERERS ELSEWHERE. · Funds will also be received at any bank, the Mayor's Office, th,e office of the City Clerk and by any member of the Committee, and by Dorothy Lear, American Red · Cross, Portsmouth Savings Bank. The Governor has officially designated the Red Cross to administer this fund in New Hampshire. Checks should be made payable to Flood Relief Fund for New Hampshire. Captains and workers are requested to report at the Chamber of · Commerce office, 17 Daniels St., at 9 promptly, and the drive will begin at 10. 1 ·. Funds To Relieve Suffering Are Desperately Needed GIVE TO THE LIMIT. Portsmouth Flood Relief Committee Robert Marvin, Chairman John B. Mooney, Chairman, Ports- mouth Chapter A~:~~~-~~--~-~-~-=-.~~~:.:J �. I .·. ·. f T.UCKS TO L D I IT to Manchester. to assist in. the out.flt, ing; of. the: flooo victims;... The Portsmouth Chapter, · American Red Cross, has been urged to increase its quota by 50% as have all the Red Cross chapters throughout the country, by the National headquarters. This request was conveyed in a telegram received 'by John Mooney, chairman Qf' the locall ehapte:tt this morning-. The tel'eg:iram. was, a5i follows-~... "Sfnce· EJl'fgfna] fi'ood relief ttmdl qm>ta assigned, num!Jeir victims, has; , been d'c!lUbred. Latest repol!'ts' our relie:I! dfreetors: R(l)W in field', place- t&fall number~ mell1, wamen andl . child'!!en, loolting t® Red. Cros.s: fer' fmmedfate' emergency l.feli:e! at 5'87,000,. with lilteIihood! this fig-are wH~ increase- as . fl0od! ei.re11ts: eonti'E.t!le·. "To meet, deair and! e.s.sentiat Red. Cross 01!111'gatfons to these: suffering . !eMow citizens:. now fmperati:ve we ask: y(IUI. tG make every possible· efll~t secure retlef' eon trlbutf(l)n.s, exceed,f ng yolll" &rigmal\ chapteir qµ<Jta,, by ait; least, 50,%, a:s. tl'ocooi. wa.iiers reced'e. some ' anas.· we ml.1$ co11tmue food!r sl'teltei;, : cl0tliles·. Ji!omeless re:l!ugees·,, a!s(l)l extenl:!1. Portsmouth hM se nt foul' tracks to headquarl rri. Hern they were dlstl'l- medfcal'. 1'1u11si-ng care. in order fo pre,L the flood zone wi thin the past 24 hours, buted under t he direction of Adj. Ray- · vent epidemics; ;, mond Howell, who was stationed in , "This, wm continue· for an fm'tefiltl'.-; bringing relief to .~everal l:tundxed 8U f• t his city nine years ago. The· olothln.g : ite> l)eriod until Recll Cr0ss, ear!) afcli ferers in . Ma.nche,ter, whl•Jh wa1 the was collected in this city, repairing: damaged homes and!-v!ctim,s; dest.ination of the trnclc~.The transportation o! the Salv-ation can return to nm-ma.11. livfng., Fed . Two trucks lef t the C''cln t;r9,l ftre Army relief was provided through th& confl'denr, peol!)re,· m y0ur· community st.aUon this morning loaded. wlth Navy Yard officials, Col. Tom Bat·ber, · wil1l wish. to· · inc:nase• c®trHmtfonS: clothing and one this £J.fternoott with and Capt. A, W. Brown, Privates John. promptly, and geneJTou.sly in (l)tder th!ill furniture. The first trn0k, containing Beannum and Carl Oerlaoh: aooom,- emergent; human nee<ill Jile met. Keep, men's and boys clothing, All the panted the trucks to Manchester; The ' US' advise'CI.'': goods were packed in cardboard boxes others in t ile party were Adjutant OlThe tel'egram was; signed by Cary T. and on each were labeled the kind of mond and. Robert Tucker. : Grays0n,. president of. the National clbthing and tho number of gann'3t.s The valuo o.f sorting articles and Red crtiss. . ·; .• iu each box. This tn1clc w~,i furnish d packlm;- them in cases waiting for tha Those- who mafi:e the _trip to Manby t ile Smplus Commodity Supµl y caU, was dearly demonstrated, For ' chesteir an Tuesday rep0rt, that,:· the office and was itt chfl.rg-e oE Dona ld the few days, aftel' the first loads went condition.~: were· being: :relieved: to a;. Lane. l;o Nashua, the group of volunteers at great. extent. buli the -water waS' :Ca~· The second true[< was s,. big navy the Central Fire Station, have been from normal-.. Ad!Jutant: Howen PX- ., tru ck from the Navsr Yard an d. this busily at work, sorting, · packing, pressed hfa. appreciatioll\ to his. fri:end::;, ., carried women's and girls clothing, mending, sewing, darning, and doing in thi-s: city, ancl! fn speaking- of' the. The third truck lef t later in the 9.C- everything- t;ha t could be done, waiting . financial assistance, stated: that one ternoon and carried o, load of furni- .for the word to come whe 11 a11d· where Manchester· man had 1mntributed $500 . ~ turc. This was a t.ri1cl( Et-om the J.\lfan.J t-0 send the next shipment; Nashua that day and! the Rotary clubl had giv.~ . chester food clepo r, whir;h was In this seemed to lie well provided ioi' "by.-tlie en $100• towards the: Arm~'s relief ~umd~ section and came ,y, , t· t;I} take t he load' truck lo~cl s l, hat left this city ·o n Sun-After the shipmen.tr was: unloaded: of furniture back ~•> the ,Queen Clty, clay, in aclclit,ion to the other relief the' party wag, takel'l) ta view the raY.One truc k yesterrfay left the> 'Salva - su pplie.<; wh ich came in from othe1· ages· made. b:r, the ragjng: waters. In tion Army h enclqu Jrt':)t·., with s1.1pplles citie.-1, Thr. two Portsmouth trucks · one place nea,r tlle• brfdge. and ad'for Lhc flood sufl'eren m Ma.ncheste r. we re l-ilr ll rst, with the excepti·on of joining the· :ratlroadl baek.s;,, 35,0001 AdjuLant Victor Dimond wa·; in cha n;e j a small Lc;:;iot~ truck from D_erry which ~anclbags had. been placed:. to, break of l his truck, lll8,[dng the tnt> t,}', was hurned mLo the stncken area l he force, but the water haa swel)t/ ~ · • Mrrnchester wi~h ir;, Saturday ni i; ht with supplies, to al'- a nd twisted. the' tracks: as: though\ they The shipment '"-''.l , thoroughly w>rt-- rive in N,1sil ua. were' made 0:r tin•. TWo largll! mH ta:nks ed b_y members -1 f t;he l1-rrn1c leai:>;ue Today wo rd came from . the state ' had! beel'll to:m . from their.; concrete un drr the clirccli on .),[ Mm. H. Fre11c l1, headquarwrn to se nd supplies to .IVIa,_n,. bases anQl floated: dewn. to, the· bridg,e: ·and 2000 · assorted :rnpplie.~ ;•,ere tn - c hesLer. A truck was secur-e d and amr. there: e11imhe~ with terrific impaet. eluded. All clothin[( ,ent was itt good within ha[[ nu hour it was loaded and Thei steel1, , wl\ldel'll was three-eights: &t· . condition and reB.1y f<Jr immedi<i,te on its ·way with its relief load, which an. inch thfcl.ir a~; leltl!t was torn like: 1 use . Sweaters, shoe,. C'18,ts. d ress% will be d isrri buted in that city. tinfoill. Houses were: sf'a.'IJl'ding il'D. S.(l)me; . un de rwear, hats, cnp,~. blanket,, quilts In adctitirm to the men accompany~ cases as: if m lll'le all!'. mast or the: and. bedding, stork:-, boys an d git-ls . ing ' Lhe trnr.lc to assist In the unload,. foundations, lha:v:faag bee-m· tom bad1.Jy, clot hin g, sllirLs ;ind ve n !tn ncllcm·[011r or five women made the trlp away and the' :r:iw.e~ was, stilll a:. s:wwl:~ chiefs were supplitod. ,J,nd we re take n lg force, ,after . ha•Mf&' di:opvedi eight to t-he Manchester Salvation feet and was still. tl:'lree! ·. fed aoov.e normal yesterda . I -Clothing Fo1r Men, Wo1men, Boys And Giirls And Furniture Sent 'To iµ ' _ • ~· , ainche.ster �Undu the• direction of Adjt. -Howell, the· Army workers labored· at .t he; peak ,oi the flood 19' haws. . w.itlilGUt, an1v 'btea.& ,and, .fed the hun,d reds .o! sand: ' bag; clU'llfel'll' 1n, rellef groups~ . A!most. 40(J1 men. Wfil!Et in,. the .sandi· plil's fllllng bags; ·a;~ t:wa lines. :were· oontrnual.ly 'filing, &~k and!. fortl). builcli'ng- · the; walll . ' .Aftell' gpfug: thrauglt. ps;rts. of, , the: flooa:-swept. area,, the pat-1:;r vlsl.l:ed'.1tl;le: Becirord: · Nearb;w tl'le fire: l!fupm,. , ment..·w,a&. pumping;_out, ..water ., :from zoo_ , the ,eeillwl;. d ·l'l:ouseS',, .stil'll ., wmev,11'.ui.t, .llveabl'e.. Tim s.c:enes;. ~ tfie zoc, w:iµ:e: pathetfe\., Cf' t1h.e a~als·, lru.t, one-.,.,~ bJ~)iu·· was aroumd!, a.nclJ lit,·14 be- · Iteve:d aW tl!!e «1.thers J)e:l'Lshed. The> mli! bufidings were :filoocfecli anill 1:lil:,l!l ~_IILl'l.dl ff~s. were stm Jile:lng a.t:ta.clt~di ~ the waters. 'll'ltte wi.noa;s organlzatfon& in thls: 1 oty- a/ff ti'~ tine. !n tJ.iltsl tfme . when til're ihCilUPU et alll lU'e: tumelll 1\0w;al'dl Il:re~g: 1!h'Cse w~ are m. 6tlre meed. · Sev;enal orgamza:tiG1!1$ J:il:a:ire votedi. t(!l, : cimti:llnire IMlilel' whil~ O'thers a.re assfstmg- m the wlicitfng ot: money foir 1tllle flood relief fwldl. ~ J;>Uhllc. scfu>ols bve taken cor- . Iecl!wmi . and mc!udmg the: comt1ibtt1tion 0!' it w.as- vi'sitedi, but. m many : quarters of tlile e1'lilmen are· the dm:ia;,. ' tl<ms Qf U:re Janitors andl teachers. ~ totali amouintled to: $372'.31 which was; · turnellll ai.er to Mayoir Mllllrvin. • 'li'l!ie, mive for funds; still eontfnu.eS'. · An d'ort. r.s. ~Ing made to cover the· ewfue city allldl yeste:cday a great por. ti<in. d. U. visited, but in many ~ ·peop!e were oot .home and Alvlin Redde~ cha.inrutn of the drive eommfflee. has. asked anyone who was Mt ,z:Wted, U: they care to help, to theil:' eontributiollS at · the C1i11iUl1lilelr of Cammerce rooms, or with Miss Dorothy Lear. treasurer of the 1'0rlsinouthl Clirapter ot Red Cross. 1 If. fs impossible yet. to give an es• tima:k of the amount or money that w.i:]Ji. be: ral.Sed', for' there are several wfJ:ids which have not reported. · Sir. 'Patrlc~s. school! took: up a col• Ieclfoim. from among its: pupil's, and this llxas i!ieen tw:nedi o.ver to the city-wide fund l. m :rta.ve Nashua -Starts :Big Task ·Of Repairing Flood Damage itAIL COMMUNICATION RESUMED OVER WOR.. , , 1 CESTER LINE. :_ ALL EXCEPT WORKERS • ;/,,,.. BARRED F~iOM FLOOD AREA . '':, :· ~) Nashua,, Mar.ch ,23-,....Rehabllitation of railroad tracks, revealed thousands W flooded areas in Nashua, es~cially , dollars damage to the Boston & Maine , he mal)ufacturing plants, was going on I tracks an~ the main line from Boston to , , , · . ,.,, •:, , •.· ·, · j Co~cord _is undermined for miles, Tbo at a rapid _pace ~terday, . catlre railroad yards are also badly wi~ Gov. H. Style~ Brldges•came here ln cl€rmlned and a large number of treieht the afternoon and made a personal sur• cars are partially overturned &114 ''.ey <4. the ~904,A~~ Re .proµiise,d an, wreck1!d, .M:any of the .streets in tM available state aid ~n_d. assistance in the· cast end of the city were washed oul. , rahabilitation>work. ,: ·_A chec,kui, of the I All persons, with the exception - of manufacturing Pt.ants;~' hi~'J!wil.ys, 'r ail- those engaged in cleaning up debrl.ll and roads-, bri~ges, : s~res and , homes_ ~nrj tho_se engaged in cleaning up tho fM~ · show a lo~ of more ·than two nullion tones, were barred from the area. dollars and ·-possibly t ~'' millioµ, of- : To prevent any epidemic ofticials flcials .sai<\.ye&terday_afternoon. barred all persons from their homes 1n Rall compiuniclj,tiOn was resumed tpe flooded area until a thorough in·. yesterday oy~r t!1e W?rces~r line to spection has been made of sanitary Ayer -J\lnctioµ ·to.Boston. Several car• conditions, as well as the condition -Of _loads of oii••:were 'brought through by · the foundations, floors and other parts r. way of Ayer ·a nd delivered to the Nash- of the houses. 'Ja mills, assuring' a continuance o! the Gasoiine was still being rationed aiid electric power which has been furnished sold only on Police order for emergenoY, .from the auxiliary power .plant of the use. mill. This v,,as the ·only ·rail, liiie out of . There is no shortage of milk or the c)ty and traffic to . Boston was nnd sJpplles have been coming routed by way of Ayer. , through Boston by trucks, detouring by The receding water, uncovering the way of Littleton to Tyngsboro. tle I l I I fooo . �OCA RES FO Looo: AP E . C ~ - nvv--2~_-3_0_ _ _ _ __ YING veryone Anxiou To Give To ..,_. . .......,L id eople Of lood Districtt.'lt\',W--;,.,,.;, • I Portsmouth's resprmrn to tho ap• goes forward for money, Portsmouth """~•:JI~• p~al o! the Red Cross, and tha Flood wllt giv'l to the utmost when they R.ellef committee has been very gratl- real!ze the amount of money needed. fying. Several dlstrict.3 have Mt Work at the Fire station la still JO• reported yet, while great many of ing on, but the activity 1a slack-ening the sectons have only made partial somewhat. For f\ve days work hM a;...~!l'-'tr.!:':fi reports and, this morning the amount been pushed by the Red Oroas, b&o[ the fund was $8660.10. More than ginning with Saturday evening', whel\ N!i>iiill!1iiti.· $10,000 is the goal, although 1v> spec- the Na5hua Red · Cross sent a call for ial amount has been set. clothing. At once the Red dross offl. Much of this money has ·1:iem sent clal.s got their organizatlot1 !unction• itl without solicitation nd the re- ing, and an appeal . was sent out for been very good. People clothing and bedding. Thia WH have given with the spirit o[ wanting brought to the Fire station and Sunto do something for those who are ln day morning as early u . .,· 8 o'clock need. The money has com from ome 50 men a11,d women were there groups, organizations 1.nd from ln- already for action. dividuals, all wantttP to do t helr Oood.s were received on tb.e 11 rt. floor with one root~ ,used forunpiJ.Cklng The total amount o[ money whict1 nd sorting, another room [or wrapth school children, wll.h ll1e' tc.lchers ping nnd Uclng and labcllt\lf. Tont and janitors gave, was $408 69. Thi.~ arlicle!; were set aside for repairiJ.1g by, includes the public schools and Paro- th sewing group. Large tabl s were chial school. The public sct1ool: · don:i.- s~t up ,ind all Lhe week the sewing ha.~ t!ons was in a small package, just been r,oi ng on. the same as Lhe motu!Y, the pennl,.1.'i, The sewi ng group has the use o( th nicklcs, dimes and quarter'i which the h IL in the second floor. Here ri1>3 ar pupils brought to n, .... chool-and tl1is !iewcd, r,tockinir; mended, r.oat Uolnga weighed 22 ''" pounds p:iLched and knitt,ed, garmr.nt.i Accompanying th•! trui::k.~ wht~ll p ,ired by a corps or some 30 women. went from this city t0 Manchester, The Kittery Laundry has volunwere four women who have been as- t,,Pred its services in cleanlnl{ badly s1.,ting at the F'ire statt0n They were soiled garments and all such g rments .... ~...,K,.~. Mrs. Frank w. Ralld3ll, Mrs. Board- h 'i b Cf'll setlt to the Ia.undrY, for man Randall, Mr3. Hnry W. Peyse r cleanl11~ 1nd Mrs. S. S. Trueman . They brought [n S[J"aking of the work which hiL'i lJ ck a list of the art1cle'i whicll re heen done, Red Cross officials sa1d. n eded by the flood :,u fferers. Cloth- ' loc l cilize ns have responded mo. t F,_._,.,_ .•,.,. ing has all been taken care o[, but ~cnerously In bringing ln supplies to dishes of all lcincL~. includmg pots and U1e Fir slation, all of which have pans are needed. Ot11er articles de- l)t)en o[ excellent quallty. The Port.~,ired include laundry .,upplie3,. wring- moulh volunleer workers hav0 glvett ~rs, wash Lubs, ir()nin~ boards, w h- r.hc ir ti mf' and efforts untiringly." hoards, towels, oil ,tove·, kitchen Two truck loads of clothing and. otte ranges, bureaus, chest.'!, _chairs, dining of furniture left on Wednesday ! i>r room tables and pillows and bedding. ManchosLer. bringing to five the numThe Red Cross will call for articles, ber r truck loads which the RPd H lt Is not possible o se nd them. Tels- Cros~ has se nt to the flood zone. phone 526 if you cannot send them. The syste matized method or handThe barn In the reo.r o[ the Fire sta- ling rellef material here has been tlon ls being used to store these goods hl~hly praised by the offtclala or nd If possible they should be sent Nashua, Manchester and Concord. The there. RI'<! cross, as well as vari9U8 other There Is still need for runds, for organi7,atlons have come to the assL~tthere Is a great expense to the work auce or those lo 11eed, and thelr erof rehabilitation, fort.~ hav been appreciated. 0 -:r~ • I - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - - �--,-.~-=-::""'-="=F-'>,:---::r;;-- - .-~ ,I!< . • .. -~,ci"'~:'7'::w~ 'r<?c. REPAIR I NG Allijj;i,..a~~~---~Jiil~~~~~-?'.;,.::9~';,~·s CIVIC'ORCDESID =r:~e th~U~e DR '.,ES ' :soo · ·' as :, s•·'::er:e~:::::/~~lml~:~,au~o= 61!- , HISTOMRAmcN. 5110N ·s i o - . , ' . ·' . . · '. , ' _' ' , fwwa.rcf •'to a Eia:y .when. a. ehlie e.lli.0nwi; ' 11 · . lil3ill·h :feunlil?d on il1'le: same ~rmeip~g- . ' , > · ; ,'. ,. ' · '. '. ' ( ' at an &rel'lesl/ra. ".F\\IQ) ~ fiQdlles;' llwrd , The Tobias Lear house on Hunking ~~ &filllbme' Yl enl'Mge GUll lllUSieaf. Sa.ope street, birthplace oI Tobla.s Lear who . fOgjiWIII bnmeasu,rab11Y', · served a.s private secretary to George Wa:;hlngton for sixteen yeau, la now ,t. · I · .,_ ~ ., ' .Again, too· »111clll, ea.DiE:&t be said In ·p· · ', ;,· presenfe~" LaSr .. Ji4J~{ .·, . · ·, , • ,, ; Tuesda-i .e.uening ,tlae Oi,;11!e\ ·o.z- u:ndergolng extensive repail'is to the roof and exterior. This ·old mansion ls one of Pprtsmouth'.s historio shrines ·a nd is vi.sited by hundred.s or visitors from all parts of the nation each summer. · Washlngti:m visited this house on Nov. 3 ar,pre:eia.Mim Gt thfll spfe1lilid< i!e..-tl-bilit:w oi'.ille 0rohesi!Y~. and flla! 1!mtl' t:ml'lpei,a.,tlio!z •wifill. .an!'t s-.ijjordiaat.fen tili- filile On d'lestra ·dtt!l itlai hat. wo:irk Qi' tllre ~ n eGl!ltl.iiclelr. ' m 11: eoB'Cel!t imd'e:2 the ~:rslllif.i • of Tlle' iwrsmm.el: 0! the orehes.t11a;. w.-as: Vaid Kus1'tfumt,. twd ihem- effim1ls{' were· as.kllilws.: :necei'ved •witb enthu.siastm aecla&m by, F!PSt: >i101:1ru~vinson Phrlbr-i<)lr, 001.1- a large a.idienee• .. Ei,;elr.f mmnlielt Id' ~ eext; m:m't1m; 6&'.illl~ Reill!l(l;iru:t. &w-':eg;mizatiaml, .uid, iie: ~ ' ilFd'. ,Pl:acter, .Kathreen .!{rse.nau~,. , ~ ~ ~ n • • ~ ad !George C'a-lkhw;., Keitlili. Eickford, Josevh ~eus!ia, ~ -eaaR.ti)sl :~~ a:iw _JJoado, Arthur H'dw,,11:filai,, CI:Iarles ,Savw:a& 'J!OBdell11d>l~ ~ ' r e lfi.t.b ·the.' ~ Chai;les; 0/Hiara-. Beraalld Yoffee, '.e&nductot/ ,, .There-.was ;- ~ ~ i'i3lllil.: BJ!Geks;, Flrank IliJug}\J!y-. Mare0lm WARNER , HOUSE TO _OPEN ON :SATUIRDAY 'asi IUlli W!ld~nd,ing tlle·p~s'eem.- Hafill Jlieelwillb:e.ueJIY l!equest; o! the leade:v. ~ola.-1.Jn.& Kmg. Eliabeth DonGl'rue, " '.Ji'h.e .J)t'Qg,J.taDll- was,.paciife.ufai,~-.well Katl'lerme; W0oro;on,,, Ri:lla. 1t'altne1r. cF:tQW\l! fmr '1,!Wclty ami inta:es:ti• . ':ID:le O!ll&-;J'alnel!I ~eu. Kemnet11, SteadY,, o:uertune to Pn!met&eus made a. :11me !Tu- Apes C'atl!s-,. lilllzaheth He.wlitt. 11:oductim , 'Fhe apenmg A,cTag;i@ wifil\l :Bass Jll0.oo.1'dt Vaugllll, Fl.,eaerlek: stf.mdng; llm!l'ds: fer .the- ~h!~ · C!ll!'- Oe~e-. e.sm1i. fdowed by tine beautH.W! md- li'lu~&lli fteRoehemont · ·'!I i,l&yed,IJ¥ clll,!tl1;1s and'. Ji&ms; was · ~farine.t -Jll;;l!is Mawton,, . N•elson ery well: done-. .In the- .lll!egro-, 1 . tl'.le Wartt~ Da'ugl':w Lhtingstan. w.ea.vmg' b:~~tllili: :01181. and seco;r,idt ,if1I-! Tkqmpe~JiMg~r· \Vallace. Charles lfn.s; and - ; ~ .the W(lll11i: Qi Ure, we.ad , C(!ek~ JUll:e» S:tmth. . . wmdlf,,udtlil-eba-ekgroundoi~ln.ebrw!S.I m11.de a. perf~tlly, finltecll whole~ T1'lls mun~ se:t. ~~ ]llaCe ~ qµa.Iity _~mr the , Ho:vn,...:..Ro:tvm C'o . emb~~ Fta.nk Dud:xa, Ttombone,-Fl/anlt Oil~.. ,,, P.eii.c:tls'si(U1-1ilradll.:ey Sp1,rmey'.. Tessier, Harold' JlllGgl!alJll aind gii.ve the a.uclfenee am. ideai .· B~00n.'--Ar_ thur1 ,of w~ was: la stE>l!e. · · Mac·e. , ne, Schulbm musfu: ii; f0,'1€d b; e.,zeiry-;: Saxophone- Mary O'Hara. the\: Plano--Cia;ra Mar cl'en. eondtictor and orchestra are se.rieus; in! The tl.Shel?S were- Mar,y Cart€:ll~ O.eraltheir intent, on inte.preta-ili'0l'll andl lila:1mi ~ne Woecl'. _canier\ne Me_aghe:i',. Ph31llis aere·quate• ~ m t . -,: TJi!e ·e:r:di,estna"Mo 11 amg-. Jl.Jla li'eyser, Runu, B-Oyan. one. Tb, pe:u!Ollm ~t: takes: eo,rnage- i1r me:isu:11ed up, to l!ro.tlill requilreme:mts. ':li'h€> beauty o! iµusies ,n:=i'i I ta.~e · En'thralled eveiiy pll!iy,er,. l!l.e cal[se as a. group they communicated to tl'le; lilerurel! real emotto:ey and! exa:ltation. One 'canlilot ask fOi" mo:i;e. . The openini phllase:,. fair : eeLDi 1arrcli 1!1wes,. was: wiselly' ei1ti·u.sted1 to tl:\.e· 1 ~rst: ceIIist, Dr,. Kenneth. Steady. ' . : "Pomp_and- Cfx:cumstance" stoo4 out fm: qi_e 01tgan-like: effects and: th~ good quaifty at Ure strfugs, in the trfo. '.Fhe supreme vfrtuosity of' brass \vas exei't- The Warner House on Daniels .sti-eat , opens it.s doors to the public on Satur•. . (ay, Jupe 19, and be open every t, week day .t hroughout the summer front ·; io a. m·., ~o 5. p. ~- .·. ·.· _ . , ' · .on the opening day_the Daughters of . tl1e Coloriiai •Wars 9f · New Hampshire ,t- and membe1's of the Historical Society ":'- of Exeter wni visit the Warner House. : Additional, loans of furniture of the '~ period and rugs have been obtained and ·: !',dd greatly to the interest and beauty or Lhe house. _ Among those on the committee of the '.'"': Vyarner House Association are . Mrs. Earrett Wendell. Mrs. Henrv L. Gr-een, Mr:;. Wallis D. Walker, Rev. William ' Safford Jones, Miss Brooks, Mrs. Thomas o. Marvin, Mrs. Mary I. Wood, MJS.~ Wentworth and Mlss Pauline Bradford. 1• • tn seare Jh:lg-. , ".'.. . . , , 1 , The: Min:.iet was played in true. 1aey 1 c~,JUld! tl'Ie Berceuse was: n~taore :tor the- beautfful obl'lgatO', pfa::yed l'lyl llinson Phllbrick with ·smootl'r, S)lky , 'tone:, effect The-Vaise Triste, gave tho-' 'lirst ..violm, settiOlll i<t& chal!lce and :tt. met ,ij;,-admiTal!Jiy- by fmpa:rting to- tlae ' aud[em~e h the . yea:J!mlilg, .muddering, sadness o:t: tI1e, 1/hemei , ' '.m1e ,'.llbre(?, ~g,s: Wlj,S ~.lile- of the beats &.i' the eome6"t. ; The oorn.et. ti:io J>Ja'.lled b.:s, Edgar :1 WaHact. ·e;J~airres, Ceek. all Rusael:ll Beall, wa.s done wi~b :fme ~led, g~_tone }!)~asing , 3.l')'d sp1'e:e:dkJ_t:m.s~.le-. _, liC. ¥as a :i•m.bi.tiou:r .undertaking and did'. greali, erecl,l,:; );a- DEATH -TAKES ·WrtDOW OF SAM WALTER FOSS Mrs. caJ.ie Conant Foss, widow of Sam Walter F-0ss, ' poet I and writer, died Thursday at her home in Somerville, Mass. She has been in falling health for some years. Her late hUS'band was·a resident of Portsmouth for some years and a teacher in the school department. Mrs. Foss was a native of Somers, Ct., tlle daughter of the Rey. Henry w. Conant, a Methodist c:lergyman. Most of her early life was spent in Provjdence, R. I., · where she was educated and became a school teacher after graduating from -the Rhode Island Normal Sch o-ol. Saxon Foss, her son, wa.<,- killed 111 action at ::,uipps, }.<~ranee, during the World War and was posthumously awarde'd the Distinguished Service Cross. Later Broadway . Park, the largest in Somerville, wai nameµ in bis honor. will �PICTURE FORGAN AT ST. JOHN'S Resolution By Cougressn en ~ogers Would Make It Constitution Day Washington, April 7.-June 21st, the day in 1788 that New Hatnpshire ratified, and therewit h cstnblisl"led, l,he federal ConsliluliortJ, would be designated as Constil11Llon Day under a resolution introduced In the House Monday afternoon by Congrcs~man William N. Rogers of New Hampshire. The resolution quotes Article 7 or the Constitution as decreeing that "Lhe ratification of Lile conventions or nine states shall be sufficient for the establishment o[ this Constitution betwee n Lhc sta tcs so raLifying the same.'' points out that New Hampshire was Lhc ninth slate to ral.ify and adds Lhat t.hcrcforr "tho Constilution of the Uuilrd SlnLl'S came inLo existence and errect on the 21st day or June 1788." Hitherto the 17th of September. 1787, has been unofficially but generally recognized as ConsLltution Day because It was 0 11 that day that the Constitution •vn.~ signed !or presentation to the slates for ratlficaLlon. However, the ConsLILutlon did not become effective until the New Hampshire ratification. Under the Rogers resolution, the Preslcten t wou Id l)o requested lo proclaim the estab lishment or Constllution Do.y and call upon the c!Llzcne to observe It filtln!flYThe New Hampshire convention that brought the federal Constitution in Lo llving existence. met at Exeter on Feb. 13, 1788. Arter several days, in whlch much opposition to ratificaL!on was expressed, a recess was taken to June 18 flt Concord. On reassembll11g of the convent.ion, the nation witnessed a race between New York, Vi rginia, both o! whose conventlons were In session, and New Hampshire for the honor of belng the ninth stale to ratUy. Promlnenb in the New Hampshire conventlou was John Langdon o! Ports\nouth, the titular leader of the state, and later to become flrsb president pro tem or the United State., S()nato. The pre11ldent o! the conventlon wa~ Johu Sullivan of Durham, Tht> April calendar issued by the Fu~t ':.tional Bank of Boston shows :1 plct ure of the flrst pipe organ ln /lmerira, which is now in St. John's Church ln this city. A photograph WlS taken of the organ ancl later the artist skelrh<'d the flgure of a man, presumably Thomas Brattle, who imported the o,gan from England, srated at the orr,an playing. ~ • ,... .._9. \'v,J.. l.1., SURROUNDINGS OF HISTORIC SA.NT ·JOHN'S . IMPROVED The appearance of Saint John's Church has been ·greatly enhance by the quiet, harmoniolL~ tone or ·pain_ used upon the Bow Street Apartment bulldlng. which ms into th~ picture, wherever one stands to view the church. The masonry wall abuting the sidewalk h9:s also been · rebullt. Wendell Peterson o! Greenland wa~ the ' painting contractor.-Adv:· Old York County In Maine Planning Its Tercentenary Sptclal to Th• CILrl1tla11 Solenc, Monitor AUGUSTA, Maine, June 17-A brllliant series of pageants, plays, and other social events lastl,ng thrqughout the entire month of August are among the attractions being planned by- York County to commemorate its 300th anniversary, George J. Wentworth, of Kennebunk, chairman of the tercentenary committee has revealed. World famous figures In the realms of literature, the stage, music, stagecraft, art, and the church as well as distinguished persons interested in the unusual early history of York County will contri"Qute their time and talents to make the tercentenary an outstanding historical and social event In the history of Maine, Mr. Wentworth said. Every city and town in York County wlll be given an opportunity to pattlcipate in the anniversary. Throughout the month, succeeding days will be devoted to each of the modern towns and vlllages which, in colonial days, cradled American independence. National significance wlll be attached to the event, Mr. Wentworth said, by the issuance of a special Yor~ County Tercentenary half dollar by the l:1nited States Treasury, a bill to this effect having been · recently passed by . the Senate with expectations that it will pass the House within a week. An overprint of the Arcadian National Park 7-cent stamp for the tercentenary will also probably be issued. Added interest will be given to the ·anniversary by the presentation U-~~,:-3,,1 of "As the Earth Turns" as a play by the author, Gladys Hasty Carroll. The presentation will be at South Berwick, the writer's home. Another famous Maine novel, "The Peabody Pew," by Kate Douglass Wiggin, will also be presented in play form at Buxton, a few miles from the author's home in Hollis. Few localities in the New World can boast of the rich traditional background of York County. For- , ..:.,.,- ....__Y, .,. merly encompassing the greater part of what is now the State of Maine, it was the first section of the State to have an organized government. The present town of York Is said to be the first organized city in North America. From its environs the flrst volunteers In the ca.use of American •:;;·;~1 l!berty departed to engage ,. with the B~r,t,iW>..!..__.--,---:--_,,,. ,,_,·:~-t•i~~.. �OFFER SOL BLOOM RIDE this fighting. on nuous engagemen s, 'f,'r_.."""...:,r,w...:!llw.._,..J,i,it.i,llloo.--...,_....,_ ___._.... or the after Revolutionary they say, began the battleswar, of Lexington and Concord. Further they maintain that it was Ralph who round first mentloned Waldo "th e Emerson shot h eard the world" and thaf he was referring to no other shot, but the fir st shot fired at the were Battle repulsed of Concord, when enthe British in a fierce gagement during · which both British and Americans fell. Meanwhile Harvard h istorians bore out yesterday what Lexin gton and Con cord resid ents are maintaining, that if Congressm an Bloom goes to the nearest li'brary he will discover that "the shot , heard round the world" was fired In a p oem by Emerson and no other place. That J,:,, Emerson, using the figure of .11peech, used "shot" as descriptive o! "' th e battle at Concord. Professor Sam uel Eliot Mori so n, ot' lf' icial historian at Harvard and perhaps the leading American history scholar •· dn the country, is the authority for the statement that th e "shot heard round .t he world" occurre<'I nowh e re but In the lfamous p oem by Emerson. Professor Frederi ck Merk, another ' ,Harvard hi sto rian, decl ared that as for . ' ., I£ Congres.sman Sol Bloom does '' the shot heard round the work! ," there not feel equal to being jolte~ and ~s litlle f]uestion that Emerson had · -AS "DAWES" Roxbury Patriots Are Afraid He Can't , Use Saddle jarred astride a.,galloping steed, then he m~y recline on the cushions of a limousine while undertaking his research to find the spot where "the shot heard roun'd the world" was fired. Already several invitations to come to Lexington and Concord for Patriots' Day exercises have been extended to the Congressman, and it has been suggested ·th at at this time he might solve the Senatorial p!exity about the famous shot. I . -.-- OFFERED HORSES, TOO Several fine saddle horses have been proffered, and he has been urged t-0 ride ove·r one of the historic routes. Last night, however, Irving Lewis, president of the Roxbury Patriots' Association, reflected that perhaps Con gressman Bloom would not be quite comtortable in the saddle. So he despatched a letter to the Congressman urging him to take the course blazed by William Dawes, Jr., in 1775. Now Con gressman Bloom can ride a horse ove r the course, should he wish it, but for his personal comfort, a car and an es• cort will be provided. · Governor Curley entered the dispute yesterday, but, unfortunately, he found himself on a tangent. Governor Curley discussed the first shot fired in the Revolutionary· war, and that is not the matter wllich certain Senators ln Congress wish to be settled, at all. The ma,tter ls where "the shot heard round he world" wa,:, !ired. Governor Curley announces that the tlnst shot of the .A.merican Revolution was fired by a good Irishman," one Captain John Sullivan, who later became a- general. Not at Lexington and Concord was the shot fired, but in New Hampshire at the capture of Fort w·ullam and Mary In December, 1774, four mont,hs before the battles at Lexington and Concord. 0 Admit Governor's Facts Residents at Lexington and Concord admit all that Governcr Curley says, ibut they continue to point out that the ehot fired at Concord on prll 19, A1775, was the famous "shot heard round the world." They admit, too, . that there had been considerable fighting before the battles o! Lexington and Concord, but that there had been no continuity to 'Concor,d in 111ind. CONJGR1ESS'M •itJ/.,N . ~ . .. ,_ l, , ' , ~IAY EIA,vE ro· ~ , , , , , , , COME! j . ~, .'I·IElRlE ' · ij,, . , ,. i@w~ twrfoy Says 'lFfrst Sh@ft llfoard !mmud WrnrM' Waa§ Fired Him N. lit Boston, Mas,g,, Ap,I"il 9.---C'ongtess~ man ,Sol Bloom of New Yo-de may have to visit Portsmouth !Jeforo ho ti able to mw 110 haa .seen wnere the "shot heard around th!} world'" was heard. 'Everybody· o.greed last night it \>.ra9 fired in, New England, But-there ctlsp,utants argued. for· fl.~ 11:1an ;9' different Iocal.itle:i, As for finding the pl ace where the Ralp,h Waldo, Emerson's 'ramoua fi rst shot of the R e voluti on was fired, Concord. hymn declared Concmxt was Professor, just as Professor Morison, decla red that he is not qualified to ·, tho p,lace and that town's selectmen defy ,.the world to prove. it otherwLo;o~ .state. "I'v e been studying An1erican history for some tin1e," he said yes - _, Allan French, IDoncord historian, re-• terday, "and st ill I'm not quaiified . No luctantly conceded the ho-nm· to near-o ne can arbitrarily say that tl1e Rev. by· Leitington. o lution started in Concord or Lexington, or in any other single town . You And last night Gov. J,J.mes ·M. Cur~ c ould argu e that the lirs t s hot was tesr, ,inst a.s regxetfully, thought l\l"ew fired in the Boston Massacre, at a Ha.mi,1~11.ire the d[IlltEul. vossessot· 'brawl in New York, an ot her in Baltithe title, still anothe r earlier in B os - or Bloom reo-p,eued . the a.nclent con-• troversy Tuesday when, in one brea.tl1, he proclairned Paul Revere's, l'ido a "lJhoncy"' am!, ir1 auotlle1•, insisted be'd settle the "first sho-t" matte.~ him,. scH. Preach, wlto, k,tow11 £\.~ mnch. a!Jout Revolutionary histmsr o,:i any wa11. in Concord, d.eclared yesterday that.· d.o, cuments at the Conca-rd. I-Il.storical socieW showed beyond. d.ouht that the American.~ • fired their' first sliot in Lexington a few hmmi before the Brlti.~h met defeo,1; at Concord. But Governor l!Jtuley thought that if the ''.shot heiud 'ro und. the world" was nieant the- start" o-f the Revolutlcmarsr war, the honor ought. to go to Portsmouth, N. H,, where, o-n Dec. 14, 1'Z'l4, Capt. Jolm .Su.ll.i.11au seized Fort Vtrillia.m and Mars, and. a Iar1I0 store of ammunition, .S-0! Ia.st night it foolr.ed as i f Bloom, If 110 were 1•eal15r in earnest about set,. w~· the niost historical , J)olnt. would ha,ie to go to New Har.np1shlrn before ftn9in[I" hls ans\lirer. �Fort, Hammond Declares New Caslin Jq h11z:7,lng these llays ».~ 011tsfuu1lini:- lH~rsonagcs have com,, out with the :,ssrrllon that the llrst shot, o( the llc\'olnUnnnry wnr was llrr,l 21t. Nr.w Cn11tlc nrHI not, J.rxh1~to11. ~l' h~ nl.HnP. IH 1hc gntcwa;v nntl • portcullis or l<'ort ('onstitntion, !mown ns J•'ort " ' illiam nntl lllary 1,rlor to tho American nc,·olufion. 1·r.slerlh1.v, tow11 lielr.rt,nf'n 1li~pntched a. tetegran\ to ltr.p, i-ol llloom, or New York, 1o rome to New (!astlc to gnln first hand Information Hhout lhc fort. ~ Stale o[ New Hampshire p acec a bronze lableL Oil the portal of the ramparts of t he old fort to properly marl< the spot for [ulure generations. In A11gust, J924, the town together with Portsmo11Lh joined in a threeday obse rvance of I he l50Lh anniver. sary, Special lo The Union. o·riginally known as Castle William NEW CASTLE, April 9-- The is land and Mnry it was an carthworl, fort town of New Ca s lle n11mbcring a p- located on what was known as proximately 300 in population, was Frost'" Point ~omelime in the 16th century. lt wns rebuilt in 1704-05 enthu s ed to a hi g h degree today on by Col. Wolfgang William Romer, the possibility oC receiving national one of His Majesty's officers sent recognition for being Urn place where here from England expressively for the first shot in lhe Revolutionary that purpose. war was fired. For 80 or more years prior to the Chairman Oliver ,v. Man·in of th e Revolution . it was known as Fort Board of Selectmen this aCtcrnoon William and Mary. IL was here that :aenl n, telegram lo Congrc~sman Sol WflR slored th e powder which reBloom oC New York, who ls s ~eldt11; sullcd in p 811 J Revere's ride from lo cslabllRh where I he flrsl ~hot WRS Boston Dec. J;l, 1774 to Inform the lit·Nl which !<" \'e the Colonirs here Commillee of SRfety at Portsmouth their Creedom. of the new Bl'ilish order that no In the leleg-ram Selec lm an Marvin more gun powder should be exported invited '\he New Yori, Congressman to America. lo come lo New Castle nnrl view the The nexl. rlay "The SonR or Libexact spot RL Fort Constil11tion. for- erty" o[ Porlsmouth together with merly known Rs Fort ,villinm and the patriolR of New Castle. Rye and Mary where the lirsl overt act o[ the other nearhy lo"·n ,, under the lcaderRcvolutlon occurred. ship of Ma,i. John Sullivan, Capt. J'ro11d or '!'own'• p:,rt. John Langrl r, n nnd Capt. Thomas New caslle rcsidenls ha,·c ol- Pi cltering s nrroundeu the Corl and ways been proud of the part whi c h demanded !ho surrender of. Capt. the lo\\'n, once l<uown as Great John Cochwne nnd his small group Island, played in the ca rly history or men. o! the country. Some yen.rs og-o the The fort wns s11rrrndered and more !';oclet of the Colonial wars in the than 100 barrels of gunpowder was ~_,~L:s!.!e~i.;z;,ed~,!a;!;n~d!_!<'~a~r~rieu on gundelows up Residents Eager to Ex~ lain Part Played P by Town ;i1:==.i..4:0-.,.;;~===---.......... Special lo The Union. CONCORD, April 9.-Whatever may be the opinion of Sol Bloom, p·,,- ,,.-:.,,m representative in Congress and a reputed doubter of many so-called historical facts, there can be no question that battles of Concord and Lexington, on April 19, 1775, were of great importance in determining the future course of history, Probably the shots fired at Concord by the rebellious Massachusetts colonists actually were "heard 'round the world." but it does seem to be true that they did not begin the American Revolution. "There is · no doubt that the first overt act by American colonists against the Mother Country was a.t Fort ,vmiam and Mary at New Ca,stle, near Portsmouth, on the night of Dec. H, 1774," it. was said today by Major Otis G. Hammond, director of the New Hampshire His. torical society. "The capture of that fort by 'a group of, hastily as. semblrd men Crom Portsmouth and vicinity Is well known but there have been st orles that the garrison gave up without attempting any resistance. "I h:i.ve in the collections of the New Hampshire Historical society the report of Captain Cochrane, commander of the tort, that he Jmew of the attack and that he fired •three guns• (evidently cannon) and a discharge of mllsketry, He did no harm by his hostile acts, however, for he sent his charges in the direction from which I.he enemy was supposed to be approaching and the colonists .actually came Into the fort by another way. "Th e fort actually was taken over without loss and arms and powder were taken 'away. The munitions of war were hidden a few miles up country and most, if not all, th'.l powder was 11seu about six months later o g-alnst the Brillsh at the bat• 1H.. 'fP~,,"'-:-.~ Lie o[ Bunker hill. "lt i.~ ridiculous Lo try now l.hrow discredit upon the exploit of Paul Revere in his famous midnight ride, but it ls true that the ride lo Middl esex villag e and farm was not his Cirst important duty as a messengPr. In truth, he rode to Portsmoul h, re~ching- there Dec. 13, 1774, Rn<l bringing new:, that Jeu Lo the attack Pn Fort William and Mary. Before this openly hosllle act, there had been some outbreaks in the colonirs but the seizing of the New CastlP fort actually started the Revol11llon on its way." Joh n Sullivan, afterward a Revolutionary general with much experience, was the leader of the attacking forc e and with him was John Langdon 'who later largely financed Gen. John Stark's expedition against the Corces of Burgoyne. Also said to have been in the company was Ale&ander scammel, who became one of Washington's aides and was mortally wounded at the Siege of Yorktown. �Records Of First Overt Act Of evol'ution At New Castle .. HISTORY TELLS. OF STIRRING .EVENT OF PECEMBER 14, t'774, FOLLOWING VISIT OF ' PAUL REVERE I I •• The people In this section do not as long as he could but having Qnly seem to be. very much disturbed o'\ler) the assistance ot five men. thel:r the recPnt. controversy as to where numbers overpowered him. After they the first. shot. o! the Revolution was entered the Fort they seized upon fired. Perhaps the reason· is because the captain and triumphantly _ gave there are so many outstanding events ihree bazz:i.s and hauled down the which have occurred here that have king's colours. They then put the been somewhat neglected by histor-,,· captain and men under confinement, lans. brok~ open the Gunpowder ruagaIt doesn'k seem to, be possible, to zine and carried of! about 100 barthose who are familiar with the hls-1 rels of Gunpowder, but discharged tory of this section, that there can I the Captain and men from their conbe any, doubt but what the first !!nement before- theill departure." overt act ot the revolution did ecCapt John Cochran, in his o!ficur at Fort. William and Mary-now cial report says: Fort Constitution-at NeWt Castle on "I prepa1·ed to make the best deDec. 14, 1774. fence 1 could, (having been warned . Let's look, at the record and whab by Gov. Wentworth of the possibllitY. better record can be asked\ than re- of an attack) and pointed some guns ports and letters written at that to those places where l expected time. they would enter. About 3 o'clock the The Royal Governor was John Fort was beset on all sides by upwards Wentworth, and In a letter to, the. ot !OUl' hundred men. I told them at Earl ol Dartmouth, dated Dec. 20, their peril not to enter. They replied 1774 he wrote~ they would. I immediately ordered "On TUesday the 13th instant, in three. !our-pounders to be fired on the afternoon, one Paul Revere ar- them, and then the. small arms, and rived with letters from some- of the before we could' be ready to flre leaders in Boston to Mr. Samuel -CUtts, again we were· stormed on all quarmerchant, o! this town. RepolitS; were te,·s. and they immediately liiecured soon circulated that. the Fort at m8i and my men and kept us prisRhode- Island had beelli dismantled oners about. one hour and' a half, and· the Gunpowder· a.nd other· mill\.. during- which time they broke open taryr stores. removed up to Prov!-- the: powder house and took all the dence~ - - - These rumors. soon 1 powder· except, one barrel and having raised aD alarm in the town; andl put into, boats and sent it o!f, they although I did not. expect that; the released me !ram my confinement. peop.le, would be so audacious: a,5, to The Granite state Monthly pubmake any; attack on the castle, yet l! llshed 30 years ago an article by sent order& to the captain at the fort Samual Copp Worthen, president to be upon his guard'. of the Genealogical' Society o! New "On Wednesday news was brought Jersey, which gives a complete story to me that a drum was beating about, of the capture o! the fort. He writes the town to collect the populace to- I in this article that Paul Revere gether 1n order to go and' take· the brought the news that the King had gunpowder· and dismantle the Fort. forbade the exportations of arms and I immediately sent the Chief Jus- munitions of war to America, and tice of the Province to wam them also that two regiments were about from engaging. in such an attempt.. to be sent to re-in!orce the gan·ison He went to them where they were I of Fort William and Mary. collected 1n. the centre- of the town Revere's ride was :followed by a near the. townhouse, explained to I meeting with the "Sons o! Liberty" them the nature of the offense they I parading the streets. The guiding proposed! to commit, told them it was;I spirit of this assembly and the atnot short ot Rebellion and intreated . tack upon the fort was Maj. John them to desist from it and, to• dis- Langdon and Capt. Thomas Pisckerperse-. But all to no. purpose. They 1Ing. · went to the island and, being joined According to the records, the powby the inhabitants of the toV{ns 0 1 der was taken to. Durham with a Newr Castle, and Rye, formed in a;1 letter addressed to John, Sullivan. body of about. !our hundred men and Sullivan arrived' with a company of the · castle being- too. weak a. condi- men the next day from Durham and tion .f{)r defence (as I have in former j he led a second expedition against letters explained to your lordship) the fort. His· party again took posthey forced' the.Ir entrance- in spite session of the tort and earned away of Capt-. Cochran whn defend~d it. lll light cannon and' removed 60 I I I I I I of small arms and other m111tary stores. These were also shipped up the river. In a letter written at that time, which has been preserved, the places and number of barrels of powder ~tored are given. Kingston, Epping, Poplin, Nottingham, Brentwood, Londonderry, _Exeter and Portsmouth are given as places where the powder was stored. Governor V\Tentworth, in another letter, written to General Gage who was ln Boston states that the fort was taken "by violence." A third expedition was planned, to th9 fort, or as it was called Castle, (for His Majesty's Castle,) William and Mary. A group came from Exeter on the morning following Sullivan's expedition, and rumors were rife about the town. Gov. Wentworth was In a panic and feared the seizure of the Custom House and the Provincial Treasurer. His appeal to General Gage finally brought rel!e! as the armed ship Oanceau anived in Plscataqua Harbor on the 17th to be followed by the Scarborough on the 19th. · . In an address before the New Hamp.,hire Historical Soclt:ty, Prof. 0. L. Parsons o! Durham, several years ago, spoke on "The Capture of Fort William and Mary, December H a~d 15, 1774" and said "It has always been the tradition in southeastern New Hampshire, founded upon statements of persons who claimed to have the facts !rom the actors themselves, that Major Demerit took a cartload of powder, captured at Portsmouth !rom the magazine of his house to Cambridge, and reached there Just in time for Its opportune use at Bunker Hill." That's the story o! the powder, most o! the !acts are from tho records made at that time. What an audacious move this was on tha part of the Colonial patriots. Their open de!lance of the King, and attack upon his castle was, as Gov. Wentworth described it "ln open ~ostillt! and direct Op;ugnatlon to his MaJesty's Government and Jn the most atrocious Contempt o! hl.s Crown and dignity." It was the same .spirit that nine years before-Nov. 1, 1765 when the stnmp act went into et!ect-protested the law by tolling bells, placing the. flaga at half mast, and during the afternoon a funeral procession wa:s formed, bearing the coffin ot Liberty. On depositing ft In a grave, signs of life appeared, and the muffle drums beat up a lively air th e bells Which ll short time betor~ had been tolling, began to rtng out a challenge. enforcement . of the f~.[.-~',:1>'·"" ata mp Act. Two months later, when the iitamp master's commission arrived, the "Son., et Liberty" took the commJssJ.on and bearing It on the Point ot a. .sword mal'ched to the Swing Bridge (known a.tter thai M Liberty Bridge) and raised A _fl~o:.g ~1!!::ttt;:;, �bearing- the motto 'Llbertr, Property, and no stamp." Now another outstanding move for liberty which the -people apparently ,~_,,,,,~...._,,.~ have- forgotten. On June l, 1776, a committee was appointed lo make a draft of a Declaration of Independence o! the United Colonies o! Great Britain, and four days later the report o! . the committee calling for In,.._ .1~."'-'•:~.•.~.. , dependence from England was adop- ted. Paul Rcrerc'$ ritl(} has al~o been neglected, by historians in general, for his ride to Portsmouth resulted in the first shots !or American liberty being fired. Longfellow in his tales o! a Wayside Inn, did write about Portsmouth history, when he wrote o! the marriage o! Gov. Benning Wentworth to Martha· Hilton, but the ride o! Paul Revere, he ·immortalized, was the ride which he took "To every Middlesex Village and Farm." on the "Eighteenth of Ap1il In Seventy-five." �Shot Heard Round the Worl<I Is Heard Again to the Mirtute Men on Lexington Common. Ccnter-Gatcw a.y to Fort \Villia.111 and l\Jary in Portsmouth Co1nmon, l\'l arking the Linr. of the l\Iinutc 1\ten on April 19, 1;·75 N.H. Lays Claim To·'First Shot' --~-Of'Revolution . . Curley Cites Seizure of Portsmouth Fort on Dec. 14, 1774 Others S,tand Fast Lexington and Concord Still Insist on Rights to Fame Some Differences Except for a slight difference in Sullivan's rank and the number of barrels of powder-and the fact ~ that it might have been a man • named John Langdon-the Governor's account tallied with material assembled today by the Monitor, following Bloom's tagging the stories about Paul Revere and Betsy Ross as "phoney" and suggesting someone find out where the first shot of the Revolution really was fired. The Governor assured the press that Sullivan's prompt action and capture of the powder served well ·· at Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill and made possible the evacuation of Boston - by the British. When the British withdrew, the Governor said, Sullivan was made a general. "The password that day was St. Patrick," said the Governor, ending his lecture. "That's all for today, gentlemen." ' By the date, Dec. 14, 1774, Portsmouth certainly takes precedence over Lexin!,~on's Green or concord's • rude bridge. Tl1is was the first armed action · by the colonists , on land against Great Britain, Gov. James M. Curley -entered the Another "First Shot'' .. .Representative Sol Bloom controPaul Revere h ad ·a hand in even~s versy on who was first to fire the , at Portsmbu'th.' Kn' oi·def had be'en: shot "heard round the world" by passed by the King in Council proconducting a history class for the hibiting tne importation of powder, press today. He went the Democratic military stores and supplies to Representative from New York ,one America. better in pushing. the date up a year The news of t11is order-so history earlier .than listed by most autho1;ibooks say-was brought to the Comties and frankly passed credit along mittee of Safety at Portsmouth by -not to Lexington or Concord-but to the valiant colonists who stormed , Revere on Dec. 13, 1774, as messenger of the Committee of Safety at anct captured ;Fort William and Mary Boston_. This caused alarm, particuat Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 14, 1774. larly smce it was also rumored that Representative Bloom's offer in ships of war would bring reinforceCongress this week · to take upon ments to Fort William and Mary. !,imself research work on where the Situation Grave first shot . was -flred , and on history The situation was grave. The as wi:itten , at.. Lexington and Concommittee met and it was decided cord, ill>,US~i:i, ''Professor" Curley to to attack the fort the following day advise the press that Captain Sulliand seize the powder known to be van rated historic mention as having stored there. Drums were b-eaten, fired ·the first shot by the attack on fifes played and men marched in th~ Portsmouth fort and the capture the streets openly, proclaiming their of 42 barrels of· powder, later used ur ose. in engagements at Boston. Governor Wentworth, the Royal Governor, was powerless. He ordered the Chief Justice of the Province to proclaim to the people that an attack on Fort William and Mary would be an act of rebellon against the king. Fort Is stormed The proclamation had little effect for soon after it was posted 400 men led by John Langdon made a sortie . on tile fort at daylight anct were fired on by the garrison. Lang·don's ~ men ,stormed the fort, made prisoners of its defenders and hauled down the British colors. They took 103 barrels of powder back to Portsmouth and that evening sent them to Major Sullivan in Durham for safe keeping. · On the next day, Dec. 15, as soon as news of the assault on the fort reached them, m~n from adjoining , towns hastened into Portsmouth. Among the first to arrive was Major Sullivan with two score men. A meeting was held and a committee chosen, of which Major Sullivan was one, to visit the Governor and ask if he had seht for reinforcement or whether he expected any help or ships to arrive at Ports...., mouth. He said he could not promise pardon to any persons who ,took part in the assault on the fort but added that if the powder were returned that act would be regarded as "an alleviation of the offense." He ended by asserting that he knew of neither ships nor troops coming to · the province. Fort Captur~d Again The peo11le appeared to be satisfied and many returned to their · homes, but Sullivan with a number of men remained and that night again captured the fort and took away 15 four -pounders and all the small arms and a quantity of shot. , Thi, next day the Governor ordered the commanding officer of the militia to enlist 30 men. They reported that they had paraded the stree ts and beaten drums but that no person appeared to enlist. On Friday, Dec. 16 the captured �shot and arms were removed to a pl.-ce of safety. 'l'he two 'New Uampshirc delegates to lhe Continental Congrc.ss, Sullivan and Langdon. were connected in the capture of the military stores from Fort William and Mary and hence wcrC' the first of the delegates to actually bear arms agairlSt the King. The assault and capture or Fort William and Mary, hauling down of the British flag and the removal of powder, cannon, shot and arms was the first deliberate act of hostility to the King in the Revolution. Unlike Lexington and Concord, this was not an act in defense of an attack, but was it.self an attack by men who did not shrink from the consequences of their act. Lexington's Claim Bringing Mr. Bloom's historic uncertainty closer home, Miss Helen E. Muzzey, Lexington librarian, whose ancestors include several of the participants In the battle on April 19, 1775, unearthed old manuscripts today to support the fact that the first shot was fired in Lexington. "Merely poetic license on that 6tone in Concord," said Miss Muzzey, referring to Emerson's flowing lines: By the rude bridge thnt. arched tho floo d, Their flng to the April's breeze unfu rled. Here once the cmbaltl'd farmers r;tood And fired the Ehot hcnrd round the world. "There is really no controversy," continued Miss Muzzey. "It was settled long ago Lhat the first shot was fired iu Lexington. It was merely poetic license on that stone in Concord, the same that is present in Longfellow's account of Paul Revere's ride. Revere never reached Concord." Did Provincials Fire Elias Phinney·s "History of the Battle of Lexington," published in 1825 when several of the Minutemen, or spectators, were still alive, was cited. Phinney's • account: "On receiving the fire of the first platoon, the Provincials Imagined the regulars h ad fired nothing but powder, and did not ofier to return it; but on the second discharge, seeing some of their number fall, and others wounded, they no longer hesitated as to their right to resist, and some of them returned the fire." Pendleton's picturlzation of the Lexington affair, painted a few years after it occurred, presented several Minute-men, guns to their shoulders, returning the fire of the British. As conclusive proof of intent on the part of the colonial revolutionaries are cited the words of Capt. John Parker, leader of the Minutemen, now engraved 1Jn a stone on Lexington Common, "If they want war let it begin here." "Phoney" or not, in the event Mr. Bloom hasn't settled the question, the annual re-enactment of the historic rides of Revere and William Dawes was arranged last night at a meeting of the chairmen of the Patriot's Day committees of eight cities anct towns. The rides will take place on April 20 this year, because April 19 falls on Sunday, and Revere will clatter away from North ·square wh ile Dawes gallops from Eliot Square, Roxbury. Concord Invites Doubters To Revolutionary Scene CONCORD, Mass., April 8 (i'P)Selectmen of this town awaited today Representative Sol Bloom's answer to their invitation to see for himself the spot where "the embntll'd farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world." Concord was in a furor over doubts expressed In Congress about that "first shot" and the battle which historians have said was the first, of the American Revolution. senator Robert Reynolds (D) of North Carolina remarked in a Senate speech the Concord incident was a legend. And Senator Alben Barklcv (D) of Kentucky proposed that someone should decide just where the shot. was fired. moom Takes a Hand At th<1t juncture Mr. Bloom, of "Wa~hington didn't throw that dolla r across the Rappahannock" fame, sLepped in with the assertion those "stories about Paul Revere anct Betsy Ross are phoneys." As for that first shot, the New y ork Democrat said someone did have to fire it, "and at some place up there in New England." And Mr. Bloom assumed the task of ascertaining just where the Revolutionary War star ted. With a celebration of Patriots' Day-the day Revere made his famous ride -In the offing, Concord swung immediately to .the defense of Its prized page in history. Congress Is Invited The town selectmen sent telegram to Mr. Bloom: "On April 20 concord will celebrate the 161st anniversary of the first battle of the Revolution by appropriate exercises at the old North Bridge in front of the monument dedicated 100 years ago and immortalized at the time by the singing of Emerson's hymn. "The town of Concord extends to you and your colleagues a cordi~l invi tation to be present on this memorable occasion." A ridin g school proprietor, Gordon Mercier, offered to show Mr. Bloom from horseback the very spot where the shot was fi:·ed. Mr. Mercier on April 20 (the celebration should be on April 19, but that Is on Sunday) will impersonate Dr Samuel Prescott, who took up Pa~l Revere's cry, "The British are coming,'' after Revere stopped in Lexington. The Concord Board of Trade also sent Mr. Bloom an invitation to visit the battle scene. · NEW CLAIMANT FOR FIRST SHOT Old Records Tell of Lone Stand Made by Farmer cnxco1 :n, :-.. H .. April 20-A WI'A L~·~li!C.,i/!',,r,~• wriling project worker today brought lo li,;ht nnother e lai m ant for the "shot hearrl 'rr, u nd the world." Paul S. Scruton of T-Iill~horo, a World war veteran, announred that Ebenezer Lock, a farmer, look up arms against the .13rilish all by himself a.a they marched lipon LPxingtQ11 and Conrorcl, ~iass. , on that memnra ble April 19, 17io. Lo(·k :i r1<l three son~, Sc-ruton said rrc·ords pro\'e, fought throughout tlie Hevolulionary w ar against J~ngland, .\nd thP,\· lie hur'ierl Hl Ea~t DPerlng, :-.: . JI., whPre I hr~· nm.tie l hPir h ome alter the war o! 111de11endence. Scruto n quoted BenJalllin L. Ba rtl ett , late Deerin .~ a.tlorne;· and historian, who wrole, in ]890, in an article which lu1s been brought to light, as f oll ow .,: "On the mcmora.ble !nth or April, Pitcairn (commall(Jing officer of the British forces) ha.,·ing gh·en the ~ignal or war, the American~ flew to arn1s. In~IC"ad of joi11ing the party on the green, l ~bcneze r Lock 1 took po~ilion at once in a1\ opP11 <'C"llar, and for some 10 min• nip~ w11rke,l valiantly bri11ging down .!--Pvrral C'n~mi~!--.'' �IN 45 YEARSO DURHAM_RIVE . Durham, May 4.-For the first time in 45 ·years the old Durham River wlll lay the setting for the sailing o! " gundelow up and down its meandering path. This was made known here recently by Capt. Edward H. Adami;. who captained the last gundelow ever to sa'n in these waters back in ·1889. · For the past · three years Capt. Adams, his son Kass and a friend, Harry Mathas, have spent their odd moments building this gundelow. Now after much hard work, Capt. Adams announces that he expects to launch the gundelow in the early part of Au• gust. The reason for taking so long to build, Capt. Adams explained, ls thab most of the wood in the boat ls handhewed. The gundelow is a type of boat native to the Durham River, but which has been extinct for the past 45 years. From 1800 to 1880 this type of boat was used almost exclusively for carry,ing freight from Portsmouth to Dover, Durham, Newmarket and Exeter. The boat has a round bow and stern. As it has only a two-foot draft, and has •an exceptionally wide beam, It makes .an ideal river boat. During thi11 period there were over 50 of these boats traveling up and down Great Bay, the Bellamy, the Exeter and the Durham Rivers. · Capt. Adams, who is a direct descendant of John Quincy Adams, lives with his daughter, son and a friend in the old Adams homestead on Durham Point. · The gundelow now under construction will be considerably smaller than those used for carrying freight. It will be 42 feet overall with a 13 foot 6 inch beam and a 2-foot draft. The stem is an 8x10 Inch hand-sewed beam. .The planking is three inches thick. Capt. Adams stated that he may rig the boat with, a schooner rig, but at the· christening she will carry the regular gundelow rig with the triangular sail supported by a mast and a yard , arm that rests obliquely to the mast.. The yard arm is lowered and raised at bridges so that she can pass under exceptionally low bridges without stepping the mast. "Gundelow traffic around here when I was a boy was as common a.s delivery trucks are today. Practically everyope used the gundelows for . moving all type& of freight. When I first went on to the river with my own boat I was 29 years old. One of my main cargoes was taking coal from Portsmouth to Durham, Dover, Exeter, Newmarket and return with a load ot bricks for Portsmouth," said the car,ta!n. ··_ . ER BOAT· . HERE IN YEAR. ! I ,, Cbcheco City Once Home .Port Of Many Vessels ;. : .... .An~ Tugs I I ~.r the first time in many years a boa,t owned in Dover has been documented at the Portsmouth U. S. Cus: 'toqi.s 'o'ft'ice. ' The 'boat is the Golden Rod ~nd an 'oil screw sloop, and was recently purchased by George Courteau oI· the Cocheeo City. The craft was : formerly ., owned by Louis Grenier of Saco, , Me., and wlll be used for fishing and pleasure parties. It is 40 feet in length and 10 feet deep. Her documentation here brings to mind the days when many sailing ves~els, tugs and other, craft owned by companies and -· individuals or the COCheco City were numerous on the P~cataqua .and the Atlantic. Some o~ i the ft nest ships that came in and w~nt out or Portsmouth Harbor for m.any years were engaged along the · coast in command or Dover ski) ers. Being in such close contact with York County, Portsmouth is greatly interested in the tercentenary celebration now under way. The communities of York county point with justifiable pride to their great historical background and their many outstanding citizens who down through three centuries have established a record of which the York county people of today may well feel proud. In this section of New England we have a neighborly expression which folks tell us is quaint. lt's our word of welcome "come over." York county is observing its 300th birthday and its residents want all its own boys and girls who have gone to live in the cities to visit the old home and neighbors and to summer visitors and everyone far and near, they issue the invitation "come over" to York county. Wherever you go you will find something of great interest. If you did not see the presentation of "As The Earth .Turns" at_South Berwick this week, you may go to York next ,Thursday for its "First City In America Day." You may go to .Kennebunkport for the water carnival, and you may see "The 01d Peabody Pew" preseniect at Bar Mills. Then at Alfred you may see the pageant depicting the reception to Maine's first United States Senator, John Holmes in '1820, or a week from today you may see at Kittery a parade of historical floats. 1T~1ese are only a few of the events on the program. Whereever you go in York county there will be something to interest OU. �Arnold's Plate ANNaYrER$A!RY OIF R GlER VCSIT In Pageant Clca1·ccl Benedict Arnold can now properly march beside Ethan Allen, in pageamr~·, at the exercises commemorating the 161st anniversary of the capture of Fort Ticonderoga by the Green Mountain Boys. Whether this could be done In view of Arnold's turning traitor bl'ought about a teapot tempest situation at Ticonderoga where the committee arranging the exercises finally put the issue up to Kenneth L . Roberts, author and protagonist of Benedict Arnold. Radio was called into play and Mr. Roberts, a passenger on the incoming Italia n liner, Vulcania, was asked to decide. He did. His ruling: "Even though Arnold later was a traitor to his country, there is no question that at the time of the assault a~ Ticonderoga, Arnold was a fervent patriot, and took an active part in the captme of the fort. The fact that he ' subsequently became a traito1· does not detract from his earlier achievement:' Result: Tension at Ticonderoga was relieved torlay and committee pushing ahead plans for the exercises. TO 'ENGLAND Portsmouth has always been very proud of the ship Ranger which was captained by John PaJI Jones durir)g the War of Independence. Wednesday was a most import.an t anniversary , fo~ two of the Ranger's eJCploits. Under John Paul Jones the Ranger went into the harbor of Whitehaven, England, nnd destroyed the !ih.lpplng there., This ()CCUrred on April 22, 1778. The follow~ ing year, on April 22, the Ranger, ,ca.me into this hnrbor convoying two prlm, the schooner "Ch:tnee" and a brlg. Capt. Thomas Simpson, who .succeeded Captain Jones In command e! the Ranger, was in comm:md of the .ship. ,. ·'ENEMY' ATTACKS PEIRCE ISLAND The "enemy" attacked this city day, and defending it from the advances of this theoretical enemy are the Marine Reservists, who are now at their n.r.nual encampment at the Navy Yard. Peirce Island is the scene of the attack end as The Herald goes to press the battle is raging fiercely between the small detachment of Marine now at old Fort Washington and a small force of the enemy's troop which is holding the southeastern tip o! the island. One of the small garrison holding the fort succeeded in getting out of the fort, across the narrow neck o! land and finally across the bridge to the malnh\nd. At once word was flashed to the Navy Yard, where the Marines were drilling, and they ·were on their way to the assistance of the men defending the Icrt. The re-enforcements cautiously arl,·anced onto the Island and across the neck of land beyond the •h;.v,,~~Jl!lil,c:1,1i.,ool. From there the advance was a problem for the men to work out, how to advance up the embankments and over the top into the fort being a feature of their training. The battle began at 2 o'clock and is f:Xpected to end about 4, when the ref;nforcement.s have had time to reach tr.eir fellow members who are holding the fort. Japanese Peace G.i ft Buys Shoes For Needy New flanipshire Pupils SprC"i<1l lo Tllr Chri.~J,an Scicnr.c l\foui/or PORTSMOUTH, N. IT., May 21Although Japan and Russia sometimes are reported these days as behaving as though thry had forgotten the peace treaty signed here in 1905, there arc a number of New Hampshire school children who still romp to ~chool in sturd y new shoes just beca use of that treaty signing. Grateful for the courtesies show n their remesentatives at Portsmouth during 'the Russo-Japanese p?ace negotiations, the two nations estab- lished a permanent ('harity fund. each nation contrlbutlng a band worth approximately $10,000, interest only to be used. Japan has continued to back her bond, but Russia has de• faulted. Today the interest amounts to approximately $550, annually. For some years the income was divided among charitable institutions, but demands for relief were piling up so high when John G. Winant became Govetnor for the second time, that he directed the money be given individuals rather 1m,.....,_...,...,...__________-,.i than institutions. The State Board of Education furnishes names of children needing clothing and shoes, while the state Welfare Departmrnt contributes names of needy families who need an occasional lift but who will not go on rrllef. The monry ls distributed In small amounts, going to practically every section of the State. The fund is held in the office of Charles T. Patten, State Treasurer, who administers it with Enoch D .. ,,,.....,,.,,_,, Fuller, secretary of State. and Jay H. Corliss, Director of Welfare. �. ' . . . II WiT STO ELEI H OllEGE DEA I ·- ----------- .lmpre~sive Exercises Held This ··After:noon-New Dean . s ·peaks On Educational Goal For:Girls . . CURRIER of Stonclciglt College Poole said in part: "One assumes the obligations of a new office most humbly and a bit fearfully, particularly if the field Is rather an untried one. To me, it ·seems there - In the, presence . of_ more . than 200 almost as vital a part in our co'i'fuih•s is a· dual obligation in the office of men. and women, prominent in secon- development today. To earn one's liv- Dean of Women. In this day and age dary ; school and .college ·education, ing is a necessary anq. laudable objec- one must not only try to lead the leaders in ·women's club circles, stud- tive, but to be an active, vital citizen young women who may come under in 'the community of which one is a ents and ·faculty, Mrs. Grace· Morrison one's supervision efficiently, but proPoole, of Brockton, Mass., 'former pres- part; is just 1i-S important. I am anx- blems of our complex civilization must ident of the General • Federation · of ious that Stoneleigh be noted for her also be considered. It is not only necWomen's Clubs, was invested with the ability to so . 'train the young women essary to think of one's vocational fudeanship of · Stoneleigh College by who are privileged to come here that ture, important as that may be, but Richard D. ·cu.n-ier, president, follow.: they will be singled out as peculiarly one must think also of avocations, for Ing , a luncheon' in ·:her -honor at Rye fitted for today's living. they play almost as vital a part in our "Om; girls .must <ievelop stability _of country's development today. To earn Beach today. , · purpose.They must have a tolerance :, She· was· presente_d by T. Lawrence . one's living is a necessary and laudaof all ideas and peoples. They must . ble objective, but to be an active, vi£?av.i~, •deaji:. oi: !hll:'.:-$?E~i::e' ~ra~t!;' • ~-;:.l\r.l:s a.ndr;.J;,et15&ts· at :Boston Uni• realize that sane nationalism is abso- tal citizen in the community of which verslti;. trpo.n;a·acceptirig' ? the college lutely necessary in this world today. one is a part, is just as important. I register, wl).ich ·1s..symbolic of -ner--of:-, They · must be earnest as they face am anxious that Stoneleigh be noted 'flee, from Mr. Currier; Mrs. Pob1e' saicj. life's ·problems,. but ;I want them to for her abili ty to so train the young ).µ part: "It is,. not.,-only._.necessar..y.-to- take an interest in everything that women who are pr ivileged to come think of one's vocatlonaL future, ·•'im-.; pertains to living that they may de- here that they will be singled out as Portant as that;, may be, but. -one niust velop a normal internationalism.'' peculiarly fitted for today's living. Mrs. Poole was welcomed to the think also of .,_\vocations, for '.they p1ay' "Our girls must develop stability of I • f State of New Hampshire by Jay H . Corliss, . state welfare directoi·, r epre- purpose. They must have a tolerance senting' Gov. H. styles Bridges, who of all ideas and peoples, and an openwas unable to be present. Mrs. Bridges, e.ss of mind as they hear these ideas however, was among the guests of and meet these peo ples. They must honor, as were others who spoke in realize that sane nationalism is absolutely necessary in this world today . .;;_,;lco~e: th;; b~ing Ja~es N. Pt:ingl~. It goes without saying that they must commissioner of education; Mrs. LOUIS be efficient, and they must have a P. Elk.Ins,' representing the women love of life in its fullness and richness. members of the board of education; They must be earnest as they face Rear Admiral Douglas E. E>ismukes, life's problems but I want them to take USN, retired, ·representing Mayor Mar- an interest in everything that pervin of Portsmouth; Mrs. Mary I. Wood tains to living that they may develop broughf a ~essage from the women a normal internationalism. A generoof Portsmouth; Shirley S. Philbrick of sity in judgment sweetens one's whole the Rye Beach precinct; Dr. H. Leslie outlook on life, and of course we want sawyer, · president of Colby Junior them to be happy in the largest sense College; Mrs. John F. Heck of Berlin, of the word. If you should take all of president ,of the State Federatiot'1. of these criteria in the order outlined, Women's Clubs, and the Rt. Rev. John you would find that they spelled the T. Dallas, bishop of New Hampshire, word "Stoneleigh." I am hoping that I who spoke f-or the overseers of Stone- may have a small share in making ie!gh College; these ideals live and breathe in the In .·accepting the deanship of Stone- life of Stoneleigh." !e~h College for young women from =:mc-'."n";""'"'T:'~ President Richard D. Currier, Mrs. :C?t. �.... - Welcoming Mrs. Poole in behaH of "I feel that the greatest honor the State of New Hampshire, Jay M. have ever had is the opportunity which Corliss, state welfare director, said in Governor Bridges has given me to be part: the one to o!Iicial!y welcome her to the "The task that I have of represent- State o! New Hampshire. May I, ing his excellency the governor, Hon- therefore, say-Mrs. Grace Morrison orable H. Styles Bridges, is not an Poole, New Hampshire welcomes you." easy one, and those who know him will In welcoming Mrs. Poole in behalf of realize how true my statement is. It the women members of the state board is gratifying, however, to know that of education, Mrs. Louis P. Elkins of the first lady of our state, Mrs. H. Concord, said in part: ''Some years ago our own Daniel Styles Br1dges, is with us today and I am sure that it will afford us all real Webster made the statement that In New Hampshire we hang out a man pleasure to meet with lier, "Stoneleigh College is bound to play as a sign that in this state we raise a heavy part in aiding the young life men. But we raise women too, wi th those characteristics of poise and of our state. Its location is unsurpassed because of its close proximity to tl1e stamina that come . from association sea, with our mountain and lake re- with mountai n peaks and silent gions and the diversiflccl amusements streams. Representing the women who of our neighboring state of Massachu- guide the educational policies of thM; setts within rca~onable distance. state. the women who are teaching in "Every effort has been made in the the schools of our cities and the little selection of the proper personnel to· teachers from the hill tops, I come toguide the Stoncleigh student and we day Lo welcome back a woman of New are meeting here t.oday for the offl- Hampshire. From us she went, trained cial installation of a dean who nation- by our public schools, to serve another ' wide or world-wide hardly needs an state and finally the womanhood o! introduction. She is one who was born our nation. To us she comes back to and reared nearby. She is one whose bring to our new Stoneleigh College name is easilv found in the "Who's her charm and her Inherent capabi i1 Who In Amerlca•· and in that famous t.ies. book we learn that she was educated "W<'. as ,,·omen educators of New nearby and has macle her home in this Hamp~hire are thrilled to have a new vicinity 11early all her life. She h as college for women within our state. served the National Federation of We arc proud to have Rye chosen as Women's Clubs as president; she has the seat of such an institution. The become a world-known lecturer on world affairs and current events; she • has given us many articles on civic 12roblems and travel. thrill becomes a super-thrill when you add to an accredited institution Mrs. Poole as Dean of Women. We are glad because she is ours; we are delighted~ because she will give to_ t-h~- cQlle~e prestige born of a long association •· ..•..,,,,,,,_., with international experiences; but we are quietly holding close to our hearts another reason for our happiness of today. "Few women in public li!e have had the courage to do more than scratch the surface of human living and relationships. Mrs. Poole has dared · t-o plumb the very depths of the woman'11 heart and soul. In education, today, we need the spi,r_ltual lij:e. we_:seek the consciousness that each person ~ made in the form of a divine miage. or·•·c""'''"·· we cr:.ve the awareness that eaeb lifebecomes rich, not alone through fo:rmal educational background but also by the enrichment of the intangib?elovely and gracious attributes of human living. Mrs. Poole will arouse m: young womanhood the need of splrltual life, She will so point the way that the 'high. road' will seem the best ;road to take in the great adventure of living. "A woman who is in the educational field must ever cany a 'lantern in heir hand.' Mrs. Poole has one In her handl I have watched its beautiful and fal' reaching light for many years. For this. task which she has taken up, I do know that she will hold her lantern high that it may make a bright path for those young women who have the great fortune to follow her lP.adership." PORTSMOUTH, N. H., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1935 - e ch �Elaborate Plans Ma e For •St. John's·Ce ebrat·on OBSERVANCE OF ~200th ANNIVERSARY WILL OPEN ON JUNE 21 AND CONTINUE FOR FIVE DAYS Plans fot the observance of the 200th The speaker of the evening will be anniversary of the . founding of Saint M. W. Arthur Prince of Lowell, Mass., John"s Lodge, No. 1, A. F, & A. M., ! Past Grand Master of Masons in tl)e oldes~ lodge of Freemasons iri Massachusetts. . · continuous existence in United States; I On Tuesday evening the Felloware now being completed. This ob-· craft degree will be worked at 7.30 servance . wm, be made during the by the _regular officers of ~he _lodge. week of JJune · 21, and wm contlm,te They too will be 11!, · colonial dress. for 11ve days and an elaborate pro- "Old Home Night" · wlll be observed gram 1s· ,being planned. ,, at this meeting, and members from . ,Th~ , OJi>ening . observance . will ~e : a~l over the c~untry, , who are planon •Sunday ,morning, June 21st, when I mng , to ·attend the ci:lebratloq,, .y.,111 the usual Masonic service will , be 1 make an effort to be present on this held at Saint John's Church, in con- 1 date. jttnctlon "with the · other · Mason'tc Wednesday is ' designated as Grand bodies of ·Portsmouth and vicinity. Lodge Day. This is open ,. only' to , This. seryice.. will JnlJ,rk _the .181st .at).- me~ber~ of Saint ~ohn's :Lodge and niversary .9f the · first· ·. service held its specially invited guests.·· Every on this spot, .vwhich was started in members of the Most Wor. Grand ·1'755 ang, Rev. Percy · T. · Edrop. Dean .. LQdge of New Hampshire, including •d~- Christ · Church Catp.edral, Sprin~- 1 all , past" ,grand ·master~,; and "· present 'field, Mass; and · prominimt in ' Ma- ' district grand masters are 1to be p1;essonic circles ·, in · Massachusetts ,' will ent, together with the Grand Mas: be . tlje . spe_ aker. In the evening at ters_ of ' all New England jurisdictions. 7.30 o'clock a religious service will be Invitations have also been extended held In tl,le lodge rooin at the I to all St. John's Lodges In New EngMasonic. Temple for masons and their I, land to be represented by their rriasIadles. The· service wlll be conducted ters. The ·exercises wilt ·start at 2 p. '.by Rev. E . . Robert Newton, who will m. and continue throughout the af- ,.~-·-:r.,•~·."'c.i,··r" ' be assisted by • Rev William P. Niles . ternon and evening. of Nashua. Rev. Arthur M. Dunstan, i Thursday evening, a roast beef .of -Dover will .preach ·the sermon. · , banquet will start the festivities. The On Monday_· evening, . a _turkey ban- Master Mason d~gree wlll be worked quet will be served in the auditorium. 1 by the ', Past District ' Deputy Grand :Due to the expecteq · large .attendance. Masters ' of the First Masonic District, all banquets, • and ther~ b~ , four under the directlon of Rt. Wor. w11~ of them, will be •served in · two sit- \ liam B. Randall, ' who was master of .tings. The hour~ :wm be 5· and 6:30) Saint _John's Lodge ·when the lodge each evening. The Entered Appren- . celebrated its 175th anniversary. The tice degree is to be worked in · the speaker .or the evening will be Allan lodge room under· the direction or I M. Wilson of Manchester, past grand Rt. Wor. Chauncey C. Hodgdon. These master of Masons in New Hampshire. ,officers will 'appear in · colonial cos- The officers will be attired in millt?me, representing· the first · meeting ta~ uniforms of the Revolutlonary ·or Saint John's Lodge, 200 years ago. penod and other features will make the evening one long to be bered. The concluding session of the anniversary I observance will be Ladles' Day and agin this is restrfcted to members of the . lodge observing Its anniversary and· their ladies. Two sessions will be held to accomodaLe the hundreds who. wlll attend, ono in the - afternoon at 3 o'clock ·: and the other in tb.e evening. The afternoon session will end · with a banquet at 5 o'clock, while the evening session ' Wlll start with a . banquet at 6.45 o'clock. I I I I I O i I 0 will I I �den ra eterans Counc for the councilmen to participate in 'tlie Memorial Day parade, and this was a~cepted and placed on flle. A claim was received from ·. James Yesseck !or 15 chickens kllled by dogs. These were valued at lti cents eac After a brle! discussion the claim w referred to th:i committee on claims. · The petition of Jullua Applebaum fw. a permlt to store and ·sell gasoline and il!lltall pump., 'in front of ~ store at 173 Islington street was recelved and referred to the coirtmlttee for iI\vestiga:.. tlon. · 1 ' ,, • ' ..·.• • • A petition from Philip Duffr and Melvin D,uffy asking for a sewer exten.lY \n •\';,0 . slon on Woodbury avenue wb referr~ to the Board o! Street Oommissloner$, A letter from ' Jerome T. Harriman, 1 a6king for a permit ' tor Downey Broo.' Cirou.s to show in thts .olty on Saturday, June 13, was gran~d. , A oommunicatlon .from the flrm,-of Dennett & McOartb,y asking for. , 1 an, abatement 'of taxes 1'was received. · The 11 , letter stated that the firm ,had been in business for; 48 ·years and' had pald',its , taxea for 45 years, ,and asked tor abatement of the past three year. Thia was discussed and referred to the clt;t S()l!cltor for recommendation. ·., '• There was a. discussion <>f a. Fo-.irth or COMlil'i RATNYE SUMMARY S~Hlr:: I\JILE OIF July celebration, with the . couno11 . auAPP:P.lOl?liUATION IULL OF 1935 AIND 19316 thorizing the signing of a contraot with 1936 1936 the Providence Fireworks Company -for Classification 1936 1935 Increase Decrease the display on the evening · · of ' the· Appraisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . 5,400.00 5,200.011 200.00 Fourth. Permission was also asked of 100.01) Elections and Jury ... . ; . . . . 4,500.00 4.400.00 the Boat;d of Street Oommlsstonerit ·for Salaries . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 12,800.0ll 12,800.00 General Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,5G5.0(l 200.00 4.36'>.011 the use o! the Playgrounc!S on.that day. Debt Payments . . . .. . . • . . . . . . 65,500.00 6•l.500 Oil 1,000.00 The oouncll transferred $300 from tM Debt Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 24,712.50 24.546.25 166.25 . 14'7.78 contingent fund to be ·used · to :i>ar the Discount on Notes . . . . . . . . . . 600.00 747.711 Discount on Taxes . . . . . . . . . 12.000.00 lG,000.00 4.000.00 cost of the fireworks: ·· ; '· 23.032.8() 4!;0.GIJ Fire Department . . . . . . . . . . .. 22,582.20 Councilman Atwell reported for the 1.400.0() Fir<r Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.400.00 special filling station committee and' Health Department . . . . . . . . . 2.600.0() 2.600 Oil rf.commended that the Tidewater 011 Municipal Court . . . . . . . . . . . • 2;500.00 2,500.011 Police Department . . .. . . . . . . • 41,719.50 41.31l .25 408.25 Co. be given permission to erect a sta7,486 .24 Public Bldg. & Places . . . . • 7,508.'18 22.54 · tion.m its property on Islington stree-;. Library-net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 6,872.00 6.549 00 323.00 82,725.01) Highway Division . . . . . . . . . . • 95.689.19 12.964.19 This was seconded by Councilman Parks and Playground, . . . . . . 4,581.00 4.375.00 206.00 Griffin. Mr. Atwell asked for furthet· 205,462.95 School - net ... .. ... .. .... 211,650.00 6,187.05 time on the petition from the Vaughao. Weights -and Measures . . . . . . 500.00 500.00 Street Garage Co. and this was granted. Memorial Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00 200.00 Contingent .. .... . .... . . . :. . 6,000.00 1,000.00 5.000.00 Paul Gobbi was present and expialnoo. Street Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,500.00 21.000.fJO 1,500.00 that the building where the A. & P. Poor Dep·t ...... 4l.675 .00 store is localied Is to be removed; and Old Age . . . . . . . 9,000.00 50,675.00 12,175.00 38.i>DO.OO that the pumps would be , located in 607,055 .17 570,901.27 40,752.28 4.!i98 ·38 t ~om the sidewalk. j '."l ,dClr; nn 5 l.37!;.00 , State Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,800.00 Councilman Dismukes reported for County Tax ..... ... .. , • .. . • 77.379.46 58.903 15 18.476.31 the claims committee and recommendTOTAL APPROPRCAT[ON 739,234.63 681,lW.42 62,653.59 4,598.:m eel that the claim of Fr-eel .L. Noyes and LESS: Estimated rncome . . . 71.250.00 G7 .fl, G.00 3·275 ·011 that of Thomas B. Williams be not al()13.2()1 A:J. 7,873.3~ lcwed, and this was accepted. BALANCE BY TAXES . 667,984.63 62.653.59 Co.incilman . Loughlin presented !1Net Ii1crease . ..... . . 54·780·2l petition from residents , ,or Dennett 6 ~ street and vicinity referring to sewerage along Stark street and Maplewood '1·he highway d-cpa.,....,r,...m_e_n..,.t_w_a_s_i:-n..c-re• as-ed'!"tra avenue and claiming that it was floodIng cellars. This was rref-erred to thi, The City Council last l}Vening pas.1~d $12,964.19 and the school departmeut street commissioners for a report to tM the annual appropriation bi.II. which $6,187.05, st1·eet llghtl.ng added an tnrc-uncil. . amounts. to $739,234.63 and Is the high- crease amounting to $1,500, while the +. communication from the fire deest in the history or the city. · This contingent fund received $1,000 addipartment. chief relative to the install~,. omount is an increase of $62,653.59 over tlonal over t'.:.e preceding years. The tlon of a fire alarm box was received. last year's appropriation. The sum or poor department and old age relief in$71,250 I& to be raised from estimated creased $12.175. The state tax had o.ri This would cost. $175 arid the mone1 income, leaving a balance to be raised Increase of $3,425 and the county tax was transferred from the contingent $18,474. : fund. The box is to be placed between by taxes or $667,984.63. Mayo1· Marvin called the meeting to Union street and Ward's corner There are increases lt1 several o! the dtpartments, but 1'te main itema were order and all the co.incllmen were I South street. 1ncrea.,es in state and county tax, poor present. ·The reading of the minutes af I Councilman Goldsmith started department, highway department and the last meeting were •dispensed with. discussion ' regarding the fire departThe mayor read an invitation from the ment and its response to calls, and it school!J. was moved that the committee on 'flt'e OR f IS ---~,y C1 li~~cil A opts ~. ,it ~ .ria•- ~·i@n ~1;; CalH g f r $667,,948.63, An f$ 7 0.21 an �report. The mayor b ate ls was the ciepartment ma e an nves a on of biggest problem of the traffic question · the department in this respect ·and reand said that according to a survey nn port at the next meeting. i,verage of 15,000 vehicles pass through The appropriation bill was fntroduoed. the clty every day. The !ientlment by Oouncilman GrU!in, chairman of the seemed to be favorable to making Danfinance·commlttee. Councilman Golditls· street one way !rom Wright aven11e smith 'requested time to ' look over tM to Market Square and State street from bill and the mayor stated ,that it wa.si Pleasant to Wright aven.ie. urgent that the .bill be 'pas.sed as Adjournmc::it was at the call of u poasible and asked for any questlonri chair. regarding the budget. ' Councilman Goldsmith spoke of the Incinerator an<I Councilman Griffin stated that he un•• derstood that the dump was to be moved from South street to Lafayette rqad, and · that the Incinerator waa to remain~ He stated that very lfilfe garbage was collected by the city now and H(lfW......&..-~..:.a...:...a:~.;i;iii.:a..W"'--i...:.i.~~, that it-was bleieved that the little collected could be taken- care of at the (i-Jmp. On the motion t-0 pass the blll Councilman Dismukes voted "yes" and tht>n explained his vote, stating that he voted. in the affirmative due to the condition of the streets, and did not wish his vote tc, be construed as approving as big a~l appropriation in the future. The regular meeting of the Board o! Councilman Goldsmith asked beveral Education was held on Tuesday evening questions regarding the school departat 7.30, with Fayor Robert Marvin prement. He inquh:ed regarding the cost siding. Members present were Miss of administration and City Auditor Priscilla Boynton, Mrs. Pearl S. Gray, Robert M. Bruce brought up the school Maj. Chauncey B. Hoyt, Rev. William department payroll. At the request <lf s. Jones, John L. Mitchell, Edward seyCouncilman Goldsmith the mayor anbolt, Henry B. Tilton and Mrs. Gladys no_unced that the pay of the headmasWarren .. !Ri;- of the High School was $4,000 a Bills to the amount of $1,00l.62 were year. councilman Goldsmith stated he presented and ordered paid when t'lought "the pay was In excess of .serproperly vouched. vice rendered." There was a general discussion and the council went into a the High committee of the whole to taik over the School, Elcme11tary and Schoolhouse budget bill. committees; also the special committee On the vote Coancilmen Griffin, Badon the use of the Junior High School ger, Dismukes, Thurston, Durell, Golda .Jditorium. These reporLs were acsmith and Atwell voted "yes", and ct-pted and their recommendations Councilman Loughlin "no." •lidopted. Councilman Durell :read a communiThe special committee delegated to cation from the street commissioners consider the matter of use or the Junior e11king for the purchase of trucks at High School auditorium was composecj. $6,500. Councilman Goldsmith wanted of John L. Mitchell, ~, ,' 1 .' ~ .' ,}. Peyser the commissioners to ask !or bids and i:.r.d Henry B. Tilton. The committee·s then submit the exact amount needed recommendations, which were adopted b~!ore. the money was asked foom the by the board, are- as follows: council, and telling what kind of trucks 1. That applications be divided into were to be purchased. Councilman two classes, commer9ial and non-comLoughlin inqul,red regarding the bond merclaL The former to Include enteru,sue. The purchase of the tr.icks wns tainments, plays, musicals, lectures, etc., iwthorlzed. at which admission charge is made or · · Councllman Atwell stated he thought collections taken; also sectarian or pothe 500 dogs which were unlicensed litical gatherings. Charges shall be $40 were 1n hls neighborhood, and ths for the production, $10 for an afternoon n,ayor stated ti.at within 48 hours a rehearsal and $15 !or an evening r~dog catcher would be appointed. hearsal. Said charges to cover light, Councilman Goldsmith created anbeat and services of janitors and stage other discussion by suggesting that manager, but not to cover police duty Daniels and State streets, from Pleasor any charge that may be Im.posed by s.nt street to 'Wright avenue, be made governmental licenses or regulations. one way streets. There was consider2. The 11on-commerclaJ applications able talk about this and a-committee to include parent-teacher meetings, consisting of councllmen Thurston, teacher meetings and class or alumni Badger and. Goldsmith was appointed gro.ips at which no admission charge ls tO" investigate conditions and make a made or collections taken. For these tr.ere would be no fee. soo,, SCHOOL BOARD RULES ON·USE .OF AUDITORIUM ~le!:=~~~~, Another non-commercial group to Include Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts who would i>e permitted to use the srhool facilities free· up to three times r:er year each, for occasions at which nc, e.dmission charge Is made or collections taken. 4. Also another non-commercial g1oup to include entertainments, leolures, musicals, plays, at which no admission charge is made or collectlorui taken. This group to be subject to a fee of $5 to cover janitor service. 5. That decision on fees !or use of the gymnasium be deterred for further consideratlon as far as such use applies to the Alumni Association. Fees charged to all others to be the same as those ror the ·.ise <it the attditorlum. RANGER CHAPTER D. A. R. MEETS The June meeting of Ranger Chapter, DAR, was held at the home ot Mrs. F. W. Hartford, Mille1· Ave., with a large number present. The Regent, Mrs. Wuller F. Lane, presided and routine business was transacted. An invltaUon to vlslt the DAR Hillside School for Boys at. Marlboro, Mass., was accepted. . Mrs. Edith Hayes and Mrs. Sam, Dickey Simpson were appointed to the board of management. Two interesting events are schedult:d for the summer months. In July the annual Cai·d Party with Mrs. Harr)' Philbrook us chairman, and in August the chapter will hold an all day picnic at t.he summer home of Mrs. Margaret Clark, L-0vell's Lake. The roll call, "The Star and Stripes" brought out many iutere,ting facts. The program, one of the best or the year, was opened with a group of songs delightfully given by Mrs. Beatrice H. Scarborough. Miss Hannah Fernald, the guest speaker, then gave a splendid talk on "Summer Reading." Twenty books, suggesting a great variety of interest, were commented upon by Miss F'ernald in a clear cut and often humorous manner and the inte1·est of her listeners never flagged throughout her highly appreciated talk. Refreshments were servt:d by the hostesses, Mrs. F. W. Hartford, Mrs. T. O. Marvin, Mrs. W. A Ne1son Mrs. A. W. Sc"tborou h. �t-,ce.\;i,r ·\\i.-s.t<)'f'\~0. ~c.i&.ty EXETER SOCIETY TO MEET AT KITTERY POINT. ':rhe Ex-e ter Historical Society will hold its anuuat field meeting in thla city and Kittery Point, Tuesday. June 23. 'I'he meeting place wlll be at the Howl Pc(lpcrrell, Kittery Point, a·t 2.30 l11 the afternoon, daylight Ume, aft.er which _visits wlll be 'mad-o to the his- . which vlsll,s wlll be made to the histhe Bray House, the Sit: William Pep perrell Mansion, the pepperrnll Tomb', the Sp!!-rhawk Mansion, the William Dean Howells Library, the Browning Stone to Levi Lincoln Thaxter and other point.~. Some of these houses· ha_ve not been qpened for the s ummer, but permission has beett granted to gather on the grouncLs, an~ many of the details ot interest wlll be d.lJ~ scrlbed th8 brief stay.~ at each. ., After an Inspection of the places a~ K!Uery Point, visits will be made · to the Warner Hous-e and, MoITatt-Ladti House and possibly pther places In Portsmouth, which have beett opern~rt. w!Lh supper in the Town Hall, New Castle, at 6 o'clock, daylight time, Mrs. Mitchell of the Sparhawk Manr slon, and Mr, and Mrs. John Mead Howells will open Lhelr resldenc-es to the visitors, although Mr. and Mt\S, . Howells wlll be in New York. It is expected that a favorable reply may be received from M~. Josiah H. Low of bhe Bray House who ls in Chicago, a.nd 'that the custodian, Mr. Blake, may open the house !or th& day. The arrangement.~ for the field day for , the society am in charge or Pro fessor Joh11 Maher, secretary of !,he Department or HL~tory, Phillip~ Exe-ter Academy, who will be as, lst-ed in the Kittery Point arrangements by · .Ron. James W. Remick, president of the Kittei;y Historical SoclE•ty, Judge Ju.~tln Henry Shaw of Kittery and the. Rev. Wllllam Safford Jones, dh-ector11 of the Pl~a,taqua Pioneers. At the Hotel ~ppe,rrf'- ll, Judg-e Remick will extend a. welcome to the vls-ltors, oti ~ha.If of th 13 Kittery Hls-torlcal Society, and Judge Shaw will aocompany the visitors to the place.i of lnter,est and as.~lst ln the ir enter•• talnment, and · the Rev. Mr, Jones will direct the visitors In Portsmouth. The Klng'.s Daughters of New Castle will provide the in ~he Town Hall. for H~S'TORIC OUSE . The fo!"mer Earl o! H 1!Uax and Wilapartment house, at the corner of Court and Atkinson streets, ls ·Jndcrf(o lug eKtenslv.i repaira and irepalntlng, whloh makes a cteclded improvement In t.he appearance of this historic bulldl!l . rt 18 now iiwned by Fred O. Smalley & Bon.s Oo. liam Pitt Tavern, _now a n STJlART PLANS FOR CONSTITUTION CELEBRATION ~~:e~:;~il i: :_: : ::::-: 1 Pageants-;Mrs. Burns P. Hodgman, er.airman; Mrs. Charles T. Patten, Mrs. Easil Atwoo<l, Fred W. Friend. Publicity-Wendell McIntire, chair.man; James H. Gerlach, Mrs. Ernest. L. Patten, chairman; Ralph Woodman . ' Educatibn-Edward J. Rossiter, chalrman; Mrs. ~eclerlch Lundberg, Mrs . William E. Birtwell, George C. _Chase, Mrs. Ernest- L. Putnam. · Members of the commission were guests of the governor at luncheon a.t the Eagle Hotel, and after luncheon • meetings of the subcommittees l1eld. _For the .speakers . bureau, Ralph Woodman was given the· task of tactlng heads of colleges and preparatory .schools anct Mrs. Abl:>le- c. Sargent was asked to communicate with publte school heads in an ettort to make spl!akers avallaable tor local celebrat-ions. It is intended to glve promlnenoe ' t-0 native sons and daughters of New Hampshire. · The committee on pageants annmmced that it will attempt to secJre the interest of the State Department of Eciucation ~,nd to induce high .school pupils to write original historical plays, lwsed on- the adoption of the Constitution, U this contest takes place, it ls ·• • hoped to give the writer or the best play a free trip to Washington. For the use o! the · Constitutional Commission the sum of $500 has ber.n t"'"~;;.;o;;.;v..,;l<~l.~e;:.:;d:;.·-~~"'":"'.~:--"'l'">-...;,,.,.:;_.....J IMrs. Abbie C. Sargent. Concord, Jun e 20-Mcellng yesterday ir. Concord, th!' commission appointed by G<>v. H. Styles Bridges discussed plans for a celebration in this slate or the sesquicentennial of the Feder.,l Constltut10n. The commi.5sion was appointed last winter by the governor m response to a request from the united State~ Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, and the pla.n ls to cooperate wlth the natlonal body, as well as ~o :irrange Jor a proper bservance In this state. . James IL Gerlach of. Franklin ls cbalrman of the New Hampshire bO<ly, nnd other members are: Windsor u. Go~now, KeenP; Mrs. Basil Atwood, Barrmgton; Fn•d w. Friend, Belmont· Mrs. WlJliam R BertweU Whitefield'. Wllllam T. Rose, Por~mouth; Mrs'. Abbie C. Sargent, Bedford; Ralph Woodman, Mil!ord; Edward J . Rossiter, Claremon t: E11.rl s. Hewitt, Hanovfr; George G . Cha$e, warner; Wend·~ll McIntire, Manrhester; Mrs. Frederich Lundberg, Exeter; Mrs. Ernest L. Putnam, Mr.s. Charles T. Patten and Mrs. Burns P. Hodgman, Concord; Edward 0. Coughlin, West Os5ipee. New Hampshire's particular interest 1n the Uni Led States Constitution is well known, slnce this state was the ninth o! the original 13 to ratify lt, and the New Hampshire actlon made the Constitution l\ll dfectlve lnstrument. Thi.s action occ,1rred on June 21, 1788. Under the plan of the United States Commission, the celebration 1s to be Ja.rgely educatlonal ln character, with J)artlcular progra.m.s for days of .special 1Jlgnl!lcancl'. It l.'I !'xpccted that June t 21, 1938, will be a diiy of particular slgLI I} nlfica.nce ln the New Hampshire obAncient Mile-Post Standing servance and tentative plans were ·conIn 1938 this town will celebrate its sidered at the meeting yesterday. 200th anniversary of H.s separation The commission plans events o! dif- from Hampton and the founding of ferent kinds in 1937 11.nd 1938, and at what was then known as "The North the morning meeting In the Council . Hill Parish in Hampton.'' Already Chamber Governor Bridges introduced people are looking forward to this biMr. Gerlach and Earl H. Hewitt, who centennial ~lebration and many, of will act ns secretary-treasurer o! the the hlst(jrical landmark:.s are being 1, commission. ./\I! members of the com- brought to public notioo. Among the m±sslon, except Mr. Coughlin, were famous old land:mark:.s o! this town ts p!·esent. the Post Roa'd mile-post. Of many Mr. H ewiLt ln a talk emphasized U1r mile-posts erected on the colonial Post value of an hist.oricRl bc!>klet, in which road, which extendied from Portland, he hoped lo make use of the editorial Me., 1o ~orgia, which Benjamin and writing talent of the state, and ne Fran~lin, while postmaster general for called p::nticulnr attention to the edn- the colonies while they were still uncational value of such a publication. lt der the British crown, ordered to be ;.as unanimous!y voted to make plans placed along this road at certain interfor the printing ol such a booklet. vals, this mile-post in this town 1s Sub-commll-l-ces were named as fol- one of the very fi:w that ls still stand!<'ws: 1n • F~--,-,-....------.-__l Histori cal booklet-Earl S. HewiU, chairman; Windsor H. Goodnow, Mrs. BJrns P. Hod gn2__a__ n.., . -------"'"' oon- -t" .. il �Celebrate 100th ·An,iiversary· of Birth of 11uthor at Portsmouth '1'~, r<'o ir e u e rn tiou s o f th e fa mil y or ~l'h omas llai h-;v A ld ri (' h wf"r<' 1,rcsc·11 t yr~tl' l'lla y at P o l't s m o 11 th Settted, lt' l't to ri~·h t-l\ l l's. L . A . "\ \ ' i11 d 1es t,• r , Ho~to 11 ; :'\ l rs. Balley Ald ric h. Hoston : C h a rl es Aldridl ,vin c h es t e r, J3osto 11 , ~-,·pat g·rantl s ou uf th e n uthor; .I\l rs. 1.\f~ wi s :P t· r· r· y, J~xete1· ; il[rs. 'J 'alhot A ldri c h, Hoston , and 1\-l rs. ,,·a lli s n . , Vallier, H ye B ca c-11 . S t an ll i 11 ,1:" In 1h t• n•ar n 1\\' un•: n ·.-. "\;\'allls D . )Valker , 1lr. L e wi s I 1 e rr y ot :t; x e tc r ; Uall cy A. ltlr i<' h o( Jl osl un , an d J\laj , ~l'huuw s Altl rit· h , lhn, to u , so u re ntennl al cel e br ation or lh e n otell a uthot·'s h irth . ot the note ,l write r. Speci_a l to The U ni on . . PORTSMO UT H , Ju n e , 10.- T hrne g ene r ations or · d,:iscendan ts or T h om as Bail ey Aldrich,. Portsmo u th's n oted author, took part today i n the o bs e rvance of t h e ' 100th :tnniversa r-y of Mi·. Aldrich's bir t h. 'l'he obser,,, _ a nce-took place ii;, tlte Aldrich house on Court street, the selling of the author's famous "Story of a Bad B oy. " Besides Major Talbot Aldric h or B oston, son of the -:tuthor, oth ~r m e m bers of the A ld:·i•~h family pre.s ent i ncluded Bailey Aldrich of Bos to n , ·a gran dso n , and C h arles Aldric h Winchester, alsa of Boston , a g r e at g r andsbn of the author. T he , observanc,:i opened with a l uncheon . in the attra.cti,e garden .,f the h on1e. E ·::s ides 1nemb,~rs or the f a mil y t he in vited guests included lite rary associates of Mr . .Aldrich, Pres . and Mrs. Richard D. •~urrier of S to n e l eigh coll0ge at Rye, Mayo,· Ro b ert Marv in of Portsmouth and othe r s . Com1uemorn tiv ~ S f'rvl cc . F ollow ing the- luuch ~on a coI ,1m e morative serv ice w as held in the museum, which contains the colle c ti ons of Mr . Aldrich's ow'l;l man11 sc ript, photograp h s a n d other so1wen i rs . D r . Lew is Perry, princ ipal of Phillips Exeter· acad~my, presided . S everal ap p Nciations , of M r . Ald rich were read at the service. T hes e in cluded a t r i bute, fro m Prof. Charles Townsend Co•)elan d , read b y :M r s.' . Jos iah B. Mi l! Pt nf Cambridge and another by :Mark A. De Wolfe How e . wh ich w as r ead by }~erlr-<1m Little <_•f Brookli ne. A lett e r Jrom F e n ·1s G r eenslet was al s o :•pa u by Haro ld T . Pulsifer, author '.l f Brun s w i<,k, M e. Dr. Perry al~o 1·ead a Je tte r /Ir tri bi , te to the memory or 111 r. Aldrkh fron1 Hen ry Munroe Rog e r s , 97 , nf Boston. Mr. Rogers , the oldes t li ,._ ing gr aduate o.f I{arva r·d coll ege, ~ ·t, s a c1ose frie n d M th e author. A ·l e tter of regret was rec ei vetl from Prut'. B lis s Perry ·wh il e ane cdotes of 1 •· .rhornas Bailey 1\.lrlrkh ~A·as "·ritlc n after his deat h by his wife ' s broth e ,·in-I a,v, Williarn S. Ri c h·.1 ed s on, " 'e re read hy Dr. Perry . T 11e progr~ ,n ca.m e to an ,md with the r eading "[ poem s 0 wr- ill e a by I.fr. .'\ ldri c· h by Jo l,n Ho lm es of the .!~11 g·li s l1 clcpa, ·1m e11t at. Tuft s <' ol teg-e . ]£um e Otfl •:<•1· s. J,: l,••·tt•ll. 'l'he annu1l ' n1c e lin..; c,[ 1h e A ldd, ·h hom e was )1e ld anrt Major 'J'atb r,t Aldrich of Bos t.o n wa.i 1·edec t ecl pt'es jde11L 01 h e r olfi ee r s c:h o.':i Cll ·w er e : ·Wil liam W. How ,' 118 ot: Ca mbridg-e , vice p r·esicl ent; Mi·~. L u ey Jli sc W a li\- cr of Rye Bea c h, sec retary ; and D,· . Wallace D . Wal l<r,r of R y e Bea ~h, tr<?;Rs ure r . The Thom a s Bailey Aldri ch horne was dedicated June 30, 1908 and w as the occas ion of one ot t h e bigges t gatheri ngs of literary n o t a b leR al one si n gle occasion in the his tory uf the state. These, inclu ded Sam ,1el L. Clemens (Mark T wain ), Ha mil ton Vv. Mahi" , Ri c har d Vl' a• s n Gild e r, the O•' t, 'l'homas Vl' e nlwol"lh Hi gg in s on, !al e Go v . C ur ti s (;11il <l M .\1n ss a e lrni- c l l . -; , " ·ho w ,1s chit•( PXCi'll li vc of the B a v Stal e ul Ill e ti11i:', Thoma s N~l~0 1~ Pn g-C', ~ u lli o r :Ht 1~ ·v l10 cturin ~ 11 ,l~ "\'Vorltl " ' iJJ' ::, c rv0 tl ,1.-;; .1111Uu.~sc.ttlur tu J tal y , Willi a 111 D ean Jlo w,: ll s, f a m o 11s author, and Mr. H owe ll "' \\' 8S re pre- se nted tod ay b y hi .; ~o n, .John t read Howe l ls , New Y,i rk :ireh ilr c-l , Rob r ,t Bridges, til e :1oet. All of I th e above dignita ri es v:e re s p ea ke r,c; nt th e d e dicat io n r.ogc lher ,vith Con- gressman Li t llefi e lcl of l\lain e. J n the hou s e tod ay a1·e hou s ed t he pri celess itcra ry and •Jlh er 1 reas t1 res g a li1ered during M r . Alcl:-i c h 's life time together w ith a b ea11li[11 ! por1rait of th e uuth o r . The pla ce is one of' the points of hi ~to, ic· interes t of old Ports111011lh a net ; ,-3 v i ":3 il ed each :ill1Tin1 er by thou saiHI~ of tourists. �Bnilt•y Altlri,•h 1111•murial 110111<' nt Por nlny n"' rt•lntl,r"' of 1ht• 11ot••tl ~""' Jlnm air th<- lUOth n11nh rrlinry n( hi-, birth. associates and admirers of Mr. . • doh. Among those preseJ\~ were ¥1', and Mrs. Talbob Aldrich, Ml\ a.rt4 Mrs. Balley Alcl.rloll Wlnches_wr, a.nd. bha.rles A).drlch Wi~oheatQl'-1. Dr. a1\! Mr,. Wallis D. Walkel', Mr&. Bo.~t Wendell, Mr. and ,Mrs. Joht). Howell Mr. and M;r!J, Wllllan\ W. Howe_U t Mayor Roberb Marvit\. Dr. and Ml'1f, Ourrler of Slionel.e l~h Op118$e, and e.tid Mrs. LewlS Parry of Phillips Exe• tor Aoadeniy, Frlends ft'OUl Ma~.. and o'tMr parti, ol Nevr . ·, land were inolucfed in the pa1ty whl h eon 1?~ 100th .Anniversary Of The Birth Of Thomas Bailey Aldrich Being ObservedThis Year A commemorative luncheon and meeting was held today o.b tho Thoma.s Balley Aldrich Memorial on Oourb breeb with a. numl)er of dl,tlngulshed guests present. Thls occasion was l observance of tho 100th o.n11lver11ary of th& blrth of New Hampshlre'a ta.mo\13 poet a.nd a.uthol\ whloh oC0).11'8 tb.13 year, the exao~ date o! his birth beln!J Nov. 11. 1836. 'IU:l& party which meb at Mr. Ald• rloh'a childhood homo here th.13 noot\ -was composed of old friends, 1ltera.rf Bolio1 numbered about ft!tY f>ersohs. oluslon a ~uinb&r of ~. 41¾! ••~ poell13 were read by Herold ~ Pu!.s~.:. fer ot Bowdolµ O,.Oll~g~. · and Joh~ Holmes of Tufts Oolloge, both poets in their own right. The commemort1otlve observance Wa.! ln charge o! the Board. of Dirootors or the Aldrich Memorial, Mr. and M;rs, Oharles E. Noble of Yol'k catered for the iuncheon. The Thomas B~Uoy '\Jdrl!M} ~JJ1;:. 01:ial will be ope.i:ie~ t;o ~~ p1,1j>llo for the season on Monday, ~\ih& ~. abtrl t.unchoon WM served in the tlve garc;len of thG old ma1;&t2il1 b tablM being pl(lj\Slngly d~M~~(l wit arrangem1tnts oJ sar<!,~~ flower~. Dr. PerTY, headinast&r ot PhHl!ps EKeLer Academy, and a. member ot Tu~ 'Board of Trusfues of the Alddon Memorl'll, presided ab the meeting I,,,,,.,..,,,._, whlch followed. This took place in th~' Memorial room, its walls hung wlth rare ol<l manuscrlpta and aubogr1,1,phs. Trlb1..1tes to Tl\oinas Balley Aldrich from Pro!esoor Bl~ Perw1 Mark Aldrich, DeWolle ~owe, Prof. Charles Townsend Dope" land, and Ferris Oreanslet, ~. IJ.cl• lch's blo ra he were read. In c9n.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - -- �·oBSERVE' I00TH · ;i:· ~ .ANNIVERSARY t '·• I ,- ..,_ , t , '; [tiraffoit:~- cI~b: . ,Regrets were received by the · . club .f,rom ;Mr. a~d · Mrs. : Bailey Al~ch of Boston with 'an expression of their in' terest.' Mr. Aldrich ;is 'the ~n of 'the late Talbot Aldrfch, and grand.son ·of the :poet. ·, · • f . ' · · ' · · ·,. , Mention also!: ntad~· of th~ dedication of the Aldrich Memorial over a · quarter of a century ,ago, at which-Mark Twain, William D. ·Howells and, others of note in the world, of literature were in attendance. · At the close of .i~.El.. commemoratiye e~ercises .t~ ·;as served by· members of the the Girl Scouts. I Depj:·., Pay~· i :Jrib~t,e/ Jo . MemotY-~- 0f., I: Thomas Bailey_A.ld~ich_· 1 r ~.;:.he\ii~rature ;depart~e~·t: ~~:~ '.Gjl!-ff9;-t::c1tib· ~eld a:; SJ?~!~~ --~~~~g l911 ·wed11esda,y '!!,ftern?On at_,th,e ,"f :.-Vf· 1 0,· A., ·to observe the 100th anniversary' 1c;>f_the bJrth ~f ,Tho~as B~i]~Y Ald:!c~. ' :In the' abse11ce -of,fth.~ :t1,h)tir.m.an. o.f ,~tf.e L~tera~ure depa.,rfm~t;•.n}s.s-,Ec!na_ll: .~he; µrs.' Wll\iam, ~- Fa;rr_ing1fn, flS~. 1sijtant-c;hairmap., y.ras, i,n .cha'rge. · '" ~-i!wv. Wllliam Safford Jones · gave a :sketch of the poet's life, extolling the fsiniple. virtues ,and--~etic 'achievemen~, iof. this distinguished, son:, . of ; Portskii'i>utn. · !'.Mr.. Jones _called·'. at~entfon . _t.6 'tb'e fa.c t:that in the Aldrich M . -. emon~l ~w:p street, Jn . a •..sm,ii,1,1 ,.,· burea~ dta.wer is to be seen· the l!ttle.·baptismal lrobe -worn by Aldrich when lie·was bap:.t12;~ by R~ -D,r, •Andrew}'.l:.a~dy_ of it:tje•'. l:)outh•,P!l,i'ish': ·, ,Mr ..,Jqniis. reQ.\i .~!).fl [poem: ):>y . Aldrich, '. "Plscataqua _ RJver" ]and ~.HeI}ry Van Dy~e•~ ~. splendid !tribute written for the 70th birthday of [the poet, anp fl .se\e.ctlon .fr,?m. tne .con;" rclµd1ng, !l_hapre.r ·of , Ferris, 1,Greenset s •"Life ·of Th.omas Bailey.. Aldz:icl?,." , . ·, · I· D,r.'.Benjainln Collins Wpodbw·y ,; of :Bos~; a former , rest<lerit ot,this city, :gave,an abrid~ed i,en4~.:ing ff ,Aldrich'~ · ~11).\tabJ,e p;rose, ~<!:fl,,,,. F'-1aqgr_te, Daw,~ .. cll;¥1g ,seyeral),nter~ti?~ a,n~c_dotei. !l} the life .of. the ,l)O~t, ;Vi~h ~~~rn_pl_es , ,pt flt 1as ~,.) ,a?\'.'IJ.~~:ur, : .~r-. Y{oodbury rear;t ..,among othet p~~s, •:'rjl;.e Flight ,of th(,Podd~s.,s.•" .,"I~5f~;e the ~a!n," "bressing~ th!!.;;1?.r1de, .. A Shadow· of the Night''. .and '"Memory." He dalled to mind the' intimate friendship that ~xi~ted ¥,fw~en· ~dr!ch,_!l~~ tke r~~qwne?,,,~~ag141ant '' :... ~:-Y~ ~s~h,, and ' read the ' poet's' ribute . on · argent's <tCF4win ·:sp~th, "'1'.he Players" · and ··the . well" love·d-quartrams \Jritten ·on °the'· a·ctof's '.~i,ea,th, ' toge~her ·with ·the letter to" Will!am :Winer-· on the death of Booth, later published _jn Wlner's "The Lif~ and Art ' ?f Edwin Boolli,''.,.concluding with Aldrich's.'. exquisite sonnet, ' "I"yex•M_e 'Not_With Brooding on the Years~• D.r. _Woodb~~y ·al.so -i:ead a persOD:!!,l ~ribute· t.o '!'hOrilas_ ,Balley Aldrich from his v~lume, ."Portsmouth and . Other Poems." ~. . . .. . Frederick 'H, D~lano re'ad so~e unpub).i.shed l~tters' . , from Thomas Bailey. Aldrich to her late father, Albert. Laighton, the poet, written while the• Al'd iich family w'a.s temporarily OC'cupying Elmwood, the home of James Russell I.pwelli in Gall).bridge, ,.M~ . . , It was.in :tlie Laight-9:n· l),ouse ~t' 61 Cou~t strret, in this city, that Aldrich was born · the family later moving to No. 45 :COu~' a1;t.eet; ,nowi-t~ ,4\ldrkh :M~mor,·1a1. ._ Through the C(?urtesr of Mts. J?eano _a n excellerit _daguerrotype of the p:C,et in hls youthful : ~11,ys w~ s_howrl to the members of the club An excellen_t likeness of the poet's mother·was-shown ,by Miss .Annie Moe : Varren; whos~ lgl'andmother · and tne poefs · moth~):', . 'er cousins. ,- ': • . '·•. ·t. ,,...,.~. lon J:if~.rea..dy~, r.~rtt;a\f · Mrs. was LIST OF HISTORIC qLD HOUSES ~-, PUBLISHED ~ Bo$t<)n, Aug, 5,-Tlle .first comprehensive list of famQus and historic old houses open tQ the public throughout Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massru,husetts, Jl,hode Island, and Connecticut has now been publlshed by the New England Council, A total of 205 historic houses are listed, repre$enting- a combined age of 41,144 years. Thi.!:I Is almost ten times the antiquity of the largest of the Egyptian pyramids, that of Gheops nt Giza which dates from 2900 B. C. Massachusetts leads among the six states with 132 historic houses; Connecticut is next with 27; Maine is third with 18; Rhode Island is' fourth with 13; New Hampshire ls fifth with 10; Vermont is sixth with five. Copies of this publication are being sent by the Council to all chambers of commerce and tourist information bureaus to be of assistance In answering the inquiries of the thou- l sands of summer visitors and vacationing residents throughout New England. I The honor of being the oldest structure in the Council's New England list goes to Fort William Henry at Pemaquiq Beach, Maine, which dates from 1630. Three houses share the honor of belng the oldest in Massachusetts; the Rebecca Nurs Home In Danvers, owned by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities; the Fairbanks House in Dedham, owned by the Fairbanks Family in America, Inc., and the Quincy Homestead in Quincy, owned by the Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames. Connecticut's oldest ls . the Old Stone Hou.s,e, known also a.-; the Henry Whitfield House, at Guilford, Conn., dating from 1638 and owned by the Henry Whitfield State Historical Mu~eum. Rhode Island's fir'st ·bullt was the Daggett House in Slater Park, Pawtucket, , dating from 1644 and maintained by the Pawtucket Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. New Hampshire's oldest is the Richard Jackson House at Portsmouth, built in 1664 and owned by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Vermont's longest-built is the Old Constitution House at Windsor, erected fn 1768 and moved to its pres- ent .site in 1914. It is owned by Windsor Historical Society. In it the. Vermont Constitution was drawn up. v,,-,.ff,"'"· and signed in 1777, and it was used for the first session o! Vermont's Legislature, There are seven houses on the list over 300 years old, fifty-nine over 250, and ninety-four over 200 years old. In addition to the list o! historic houses, the New England Council's publication also lists 43 art museums and special collections of interet to the public: 8 in Maine, 6 in New Hampshire, 6 in Vermont, 16 ln Massachusetts, 4 in Rhode Island, and ' ln Oonnecticut. The compilation was prepn1·ed for the New England Council by the Art Committee of the New England Conference or the State Federations of Women's Clubs under the cnairmanship of Mrs. Harold A. May!orth of Vermont, assistel by the following women: Mrs. Edith Pratt Brown of Maine; Mrs. Robert Dole of New Hampshire; Mrs. Herbert Stephen of , Massachusetts; Miss Grace MacAuslan "! Rhode Island; and Mrs. Frederick Card of Connectiiut. Inrluded in the list are the following from Portsmouth : Thomas Bailey Aldrich House, John Paul Jones House, Moffat-Ladd House, Richard Jackson House, Warner House and the Portsmouth Athenaeum. �ANS . NCE NA a ades, Floa , to · ·s , na Towns throughout York County are I1ilar ob.~erving the tercentenary with .slmcelebrations and the U. 8. Congress has authorized the issuing of a special tercentenary coin In hal!-dollar deqom- P.!'~liiK'.'1.,.,·a·~ !nation, with a design commemorative or York County's proud 300th anniversary. n is confidently expected that Klttery's observance o! the occasion will prove a real credit to this histoclc old town, the oldest incorporated RY,-.-,...-townshipi the -s n t a t e ~ .-•~•.."'i':.J~ HISTORICAL SOC. gean s, His- OF KITTERY HAS Ce rate ANNUAL MEETI G II f rk Judge .James W. Remick ~e=elected As President Th.e Kittery Historical Society held --=~-----=--~::-:----:--,--=--..,,....-Hit., annual meeting list evening at The I.own or Kittery ls to celebnt,ri The parade will march to Howells the 300t,h ani1·ersary o! the rounding S1uare, where it will come to rest for of York County, Maine, with an inter- impection until noon. The !amow e.,ting. and pleasurable observance on cll:iracter of George Wa.shington wlll S,iturday, Aug. 29. The Kittery His- h: <'nacled, calling at the Lady Peptorical Society is sponsoring the ar- p 'rrell Mansion and at the parsonage rangements for what promises to be an or Rev. Benjamin Stevens, pastor or a outstanding day in Kittery's history, lnn!l -gone day, now the Kittery Point with Lhe coopr ralion of other local or- C,)mmtmily House. g .nizations, of I.he navy yard, and the i\lso following I.he parade there will Women's City Club of this city. Hon. b~ various historical tableaux presentJ:J.mes W. Remick, president. of I.he ed at many historic points alon 00 the KiUe.ry His lorical Society, is in gen- way, including the home of William eral char~(' of I.he arrangem ents. Whipple, a signer of the Declaralion of The clay·s nbscrva11c will open on lnclependencc; Sparhawk Hall, t.he S 11.urday, i\ug. 29, at. 10 a. m., when a Lady Pepperrell Mansion, L11e birthI 1r~e and colorful hislorical parade will place of Sir William Pepperrell, the form in fronL of St. Raphael's Church. Bray House; the home of Cella ThaxTh procession will be headed by a ter, the old church and cemetery, lnnd, wilh local o:·ganizalions in line, Champernowne's grave, and other inanc1 with several floats. The Womcn'g t.eresting places associated with the Ci ly Club will en ter a float bea rin~ a early days in Kittery. t 1 bl~au reDresrnt.ing I.he wom en of t.hL~ A most outstanding feature of the vi cini ty dmin Revnlut.ionary War day's observance will be a remarkable dl}'s enr,agecl in ma king a flag, tht> collect.ion of ancient and rare a·ellcs to s t.a.rs and s lrip"s whi ch floated proudly be on public display at lhe Commun01·er lh z U. S. S . R 'l. nger, I.he first flo g ily House at Kittery Polnt throughout l float. oYe.r a. Unit.ed SLaLes ship of the afternoon. war. Anolhcr feature of int.erc.,;t to visitors The P or t.511rnu th Navy Yard is to en- will be I.he opening of the Portsmouth ti r t.h : c~ lli.sloric al flont.s. The · ftr.~t Nwy Yard for public inspectiotl from wlll be a mini a ture rrplica or the U. S. lO a. 111. Lo 4 p. m. on that day. Visitors S. n a nger, John Paul Jones' famous will be given Lhc opportunily or seeing Ii~ht.ing crafL, which was built at Kit- I. he S[)OL where I.he Russo-Japanese t.ery, on TI:ict<sr r's Island. The doughty Peace T1ienty was signed , ending a war, C:l[)I. John P:111! Jon r s himself will he ~11d lo S" C sulminrinrs it1 procC' ...'! or nhoard, lo;:ct.h r r wlt,h hL5 ship's car- : conslruct.ion and compleled. P nlcr, a nri the float will be drawn by The arrang ements for (.he parade are bluccoats in I.he uniform of Lhe days of in gene ral charge of Miss A. Lillian th e Ran ge r. Walker. The historical exhibit.Ion at The seco nd floa t from I.he navy yard I Lhe Community House is in charge of a will bear a. r r produclion of the K e~ r- commit.tee headed by George A. Tresargc. warship of I.he Civil War period, [c t.h en a:5 chairman and Including which wa.5 also built here. She will be Charles Gerrish and Miss Mabel Jendrawn by a crew of bluecoals in the kins. Stephen Decalur is cooperating uniform or the Civil War navy. with I.his commit.tee. Hon. James W. The third float 11·ill bring the spect.a- R emick ha.5 made arrangements to tors to I.h e modern day, displaying a have several of Klttery's hlstorio old model of the latest type submarines house.~ and places of interest thrown built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard and 1Jpen to I.he public for t.hls tei;oentendrawn by a crew in Lhe naval uniforms a ry observa;...n..;;c..;;e.;..._ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ of today. I Kittery Point, wlth about 40 members in attendano?. The president, Judge Jat11es W' Remick, presided, and gave a report of his stewardi.ship for the past year. The annual election of officers was h Eld with Jud,ge Remick being unanimously re-elected as p~esident. J1.1dge Remick has taken a Leading part in the society's affairs since ils inception and its succ-E.ss is due in great measure to his deep i111teir-est and capable activity. Rev. Edward H. Newcomb was elecJed to the offlc,e of vic,e ·president an4 Horace Mitchell was re-elected as secretary. Both hae been active in the .society's organization and growth. Mrs. Mary Safford Wildes, the sociely's treamrer, had tend>ered heir 1•c:,slgnation from that office and Mrs. Jus tin H. Shaw was elected in her place. John Adams, Ralph De•nnett Szlectman Charles Williams were elect,e•d to the Board ·or Trustees· and Judge Justin.Henry Shaw, Mrs. Thomas Jenkins and .lohn Adams were named as a nominating committee. Plans for Kittery's ob3ervanoe of the anniversary of the founding of York county we·l'e d~cussed and: it was d>eclded to hold a public meeting at the Kittery Grange hall on next Monday evening at 7 o'clock to make further plans and to arrange to l'aise the necessary rund:s !or the ob!ervance. The question o! charging member~hip dues of 50 cents annually was brought up for discu.!sion .and will be voled upon at a lat-er meeting. Dr. M. 'Victor Safford o! Jamaica Plal..ri, Mas5., an official of the Massachusetts Department o! Health, will be the guest speake-r at a mooting o! the society to be h€ld at the Ki t.ery Point Community House next Wednesciay evening, beginning at 7.30. Dr. Sa!Iord wrn take a.s his subject, "Klttel'y's Hi&tori<:al Background.'' �Commemorate 200th ~ _ Anniv·ersary Of St. i• :: John's Masonic Lodge the Earl o! Halifax visitors: Henry Plice and J;;~~ .., . , .,. ,.,.,. " :~~;~~~o:~g~as!c~::t~~1 Jenkins, past masters o! Saint John's Lodge o! Boston. Through the kindness or the Portsmouth Athenaeum a model of the ship America will be exhibited In the Temple. The America was built at J>ROGRAM WILL ·OPEN JUNE 21ST AND MANY Portsmouth by order or ihe British Government. While she was being EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE WILL BE outfitted Saint John's Lodge held FEATURED three meetings aboard· her. --/'-;:::::::::::_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~ - ,.,..Friday will be Ladles' Day. There The two-hundredth anniversary the expedition which e!!ected the wlll be entertainment at 3 o'clock celebration ' of the lnst!tutlon of Saint capture or Louisburg In 1745, will be In the afternoon and a banquet In Jol:m's Lodge, No. 1, Ancient Free and represented: ~olonel Samuel Moore, the auditorium at 5 o'clock, It being Accepted Masons, of this city, 1s to who commanded the regiment; Cap- necessary to have two sessions to be commemorated in fitting manner ta.In John Turton Mason; Captain accommodate the large number to during the period of June 21 to 26 Henry Sherburne; · Captain Joseph attend. The evening session wlll start inclusive. Saint John's ls the Olde.et Sherburne; Lieutenant Thomas New- with a banquet at 6.45 p. m. !olMasonic lodge in America, having a march; Captain Nathaniel Fellows; lowed by an entertainment. The proeontlnuous existence! since 1736, with and Adjutant John Eyre. Brother I grams of these two sessions will be all )'s records still intact. Its roster John Co)lcapat, heir apparent of the identical. , e>f officers during its early in- sachem of the Oneida tribe of InAll sessions, with the exception o! eludes the name, of many who d~- dlans and Brother Okah TUbbee, an Grand Lodge Day, Wednesday, and tlngulshed themselves a& ..ofticers· 1n Indian of the Choctaw tribe, who were Ladies Day, Friday, will be open to the Continental Army .dµring the also members of Saint John's Lodge, all masons. Owing to accommodations Revolutionary War, several · having will also be represented in costume. the Wednesday session will be for been killed In pattle. On Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock members of Saint John's and their In arranging the program · to · com- the Grand Lodge Day observance will specially Invited guests, whlle the Frimemorate the 200th anniversary of open in the lodge room, with selec- day sessions will be strictly for mem'lhe lodge, the chief thought· In mind tions by the Schubert Quartette of bers of Saint Jthn's and their ladies. was to make It interesting, enjoyable, Boston, a reception to distinguished The Executiv ! Committee in charg~ and historically lnstructlve. The com- guests, including the Grand Masters of the 200th' ar;t1iversai:y observance memoration opens one week from next of the New England grand jurisdlc- is composed of Wor. George B. w ard, Sunday, the 21st, with a Special com- tlons, the Saint John's Lodges In the chairman; Rt. Wor. Wllliam B. Ranmunlcatlon, the 3,721st, at. the Ma- various states of New England, ad- dall, Rt. Wor. Chauncey c. Hodgdon, l!Onlc Temple at 9.45 a. m. The lodge dress of welcome by the Worshipful William French Tilton, Rufw; W. Ferwill attend the 181st . annual Ma.sonic Master of. Saint John's, response by guson, Harry H. Foote and Clarence 1ervlce at Saint John's Church, 1n Most Worshipful Halsey C. Edgerton, F. P earson. Fifteen sub-committees eompany with the other Masonic grand master of New Hampshire, are · working hard to make th is event bodies of Po~mouth apd · Vicinity, addresses by Wor. Frederick S. Beals a real success. Although the program with Rev. Percy T, Edrop, . dean of repre~entlng Saint Andrew's Lodge, is a departure in many ways from Ohrlst Church cathedral, Springfield, and by Right Wor. Chauncey Cheever the exercises usually .connected with ¥a5,s.,-as the speaker."'"In the evening Hodgdon representli;ig the First Ma- events of this kind, the lodge feels . a religious service will be held in the sonic District, and an address by con!ldent that the celebration wlll Masonic Temple, In charge of Rev. Most Worshipful Harry M. Cheney, bring pleasure and instruction to all Elvin ·Robert Newton, with Rev. Ar- on the subject, . "The Background of who. attend, and serve to refreshen thur M. Dunstan as the special preach- Old Saint John's." the memories of Its brethren and ocer. B_an_quets will follow . at 5:30 and currences in the life of the lodge On Monday -evening, June 22, at 6:4a .m the auditorium, and In the which might otherwise be forgotten. 5 and 8:3~ o'clock a roast · turkey evening, beginning at 7.45, a program ,balltlqet, ..'\ffll~ be served . in the audi- will be presented in the lodge room, "toriui:i,:ot,. t)le Temple, followed by lncludlµg musical selections, historical an"·addr ess· ,by R. W. Charles I. Pet- tableau in charge of Wor. Reginald ♦ 1""ell f • ·Am b M jn th E. Goldsmith, remark.s by the Grand ._e , 0 : • ea ury, as.,., e Masters of the New England states, lodge room, the subject of which ~l be "Masonry, 'Coming or Going?" The and an address by Most Worshipful Entend Ai,prentice Degree will then William Moseley Brown, past grand be, worked by a group of past om- JP,aster of :Virginia, ' , cers, ea<;h f)f whom w,111 be in colonial on · Thursday ,evening a roast beef dress, representing ·the first officers }?anquet will be r;erve(l In the auditorwho served the lodge 1n 1736. Gov- tum of the temple at 5 and 6:30. The emor Benning Wentworth, a· royal lodge will assemble In the- lodge room governor, and hla two brothers, who at 7:30, where an · address will be were members of Saint John's will J:>e delivered by Most Worshipful Allan represented,. a.s well as R. w. Robex:t M. Wllson of Manchester, past grand Thomlinson, who was commissioned master. FolloW\ng_ this there will be Provincial Grand Master o! _New Eng- an exemplification of the work of the land on April 20, 17~7. Master Mason degree by the past disOn , Tuesday evening at 7.30 o'clock trlct deputy grand masters of the the Fellow craft Degree will be First Masonic District. This also will -worl~ed by the regular o!flcers of the be conductc:<I in historic costumes, 1odge, each 1n colonial costume rep- mlUtary ·uniforms ·or.· the colonial per.resenting officers or members or a lat- lod. This same evening, a representai!r· period 1n the lodge's history than tion of '"The Portsmouth Flying stage those_ '. represented on tbe preceding Coach" will appear on the streets of night; The • following officers, who this city, with Bartholomew stavers were· 1n the: regiment of New Hamp- as driver, a~d . bringing from Boston shire troops which were a part o! by · way of the Lafayette Road and years �- Ann· versary hP. Jiomr of lff'urv ~hrrhurnt nt ·rorfsmouth, " ' hPre ~I. ,Tol11t"H lotlgP, N c in •·onli1111011i.: r·xi.~fP1H'f' Ju the U 11ltcc.l Statf's, ftrsL 1u<'t. 'J'hc J>lcturo S. Jl:1rlow o( Puds1no11fh. Present Degree Following Banquet at Portsmouth District Deputy Grand Master 'Hodgdon Represenb George Mitchell, First Grand Master of Lodge �Special to The Union, PORTSMOUTH, June ,22. - st. John's lodge, No. 1, A, F. an~ A. M., tonight continued its obser".'ance in honor of the 200th anniversary of the iodge receiving its charter from ihe Ma.!!sachusetts Provincial Lodge ot Masons. · ·. There was a turkey banquet with two sittings of approximately :::oo at each, Afterwards Judge Charles 'I. Pettingell of Amesbury, a. past district deputy i;rand master of Massachusetts, gave an .1ddress on "Masonry, Coming or Going;' Followlng the address the past officers of the lodge, -attired in Colonial costume, exemplified the t>ntered '!-Pprentice degree. District Depuly Grand Master Chauncey C. Hodgdon represented George :t..titchell, first grand master of the lodge while ,the ·candidate represented • Nathaniel Adams, past grand master and flrRt president p! th e Portsmouth Athenaeum. Others Taking Part. · •Others taklng'part and who th_ey represented were as follows: Senior warden, put Master Edward H. Riley, who represented Nathanil!! Fellows, first i;enior warden of the lodge; . junior warden, past Master Maurice O. Richards, who represented Robert Hart, who held the office of Junior wardP.n in 1739; treasurer, Francis p, Tucker, who was Henry Sherburne, first treasurer of_ _the lodge; l!\lcretary, Rt. Wor. W1lham B, Randall, who was John Loggin, 8 ecretary In 1739 and among the New Hampshire troops at the capture o! Louisburg; chapialn, Eugene E. Lamson, who represented Re~. Arthur Brown, rector of Queens chapel in 1755 when the Masonic brethren .of Portsmouth attended ~!vine services on old Strawberry Hill for the• first time; . senior deacon, Walter W. Clark, wh,o represen~ed John Mills, signer of the Henry Price ietter sent in 1735 to the Massachu8etts Provincial lodge petitioning for a. charter; junior, deacon, past Master Harold Vl, Hodgdon, who reprel!ented Robert Brough, a.lso a. signer of the Henry Price lett~r; marshal, Benjamin H. Roberts o! Claremont, -who took the part of Jonathan Nailer another signer of the Price letter; se~lor steward, Frederick W. Bridle 8.8 Thomas Colman, another signer -of the Price letter; junior steward, Raymond E. Bemis, who was William Canterbury, a. signer of the Price letter; organist, past Master Leon h. Robinson as William Grogn-n, apother signer ,of I the Price letter,1 tyler, Willis F. Pinder, who was Joseph Moses, tyJer in' 1739. •The letter which the Portsmouth brethren sent to Henry Price In 1735 is still In the possession of the Maa8achusetts Grand , lodge :tnd Is on& of the oldest Masonic documents stlll in existence. · Judge Petting-ell tonight in his a.djiress presented a vivid picture of the changes In the home today which the automobile, ' movies and radio have brought from two decades· ago. "What the world needs today ls thrift, honesty, a right mind and the wllllngness to face the facts and make fl.rm decisions on morallty. The time Is coming when Masonry must in.s!st upon the brethren standin~ for what . the .fraternity teaches. We cannot hope to bol~ter up Ma.sonry except by~ the,. adherence to morality and those · things for which Masonry has always stood. The strength of Masonry Is not in numbers or properties but •in the fidelity or the individual - Mason to the lesson11 he has been taught." Ju ge Pe nge 111 his talk also criticized I.he automobile of today as e. mlxod blessing and scored tho.se who aid In graft and corruption ln public !lfe, He declared that often when a respondent is arrested for drunken driving the first move the indlvldual makes is to endeavor to find somebody with a. pull who will endeavor to get him off, Worshipful Master George B. Ward at tonight's meeting also read a. telegram from Gov. H. Styles Bridges, a member of the fraternity, congratulating the lodge on Its 200th anniversary. Franklin Block On the S\o~ of this block - - ---11~,:c dwellings, built by Langley Boardman. They we~·a converted into a tavern known a9_the Port.<imouth Hotel and Stage 'louse. Tha part on the cornet· stroot (now Fleet street) was n moved and the brick structure known as Franklin Hall erected, containing a . ball for assemblies. St. John'a Lodge met here in tlie upper rooms from 18201859. Fire a.nd Marine Insurauce Building, now tho Athenaeuna MASONI€ WINDOW . DISPLAY This bulldlng was erected in 1803 by Jehu Peirce, for the use of the New Hampshire Fire and Marine Insurance Co., and was purchased by the Athenaeum corporation ill 1817, St. John's Lodge of Maso113 meetings in tht;; building from 1820. Congress Block Thi;; building was built on the site of l,he Richard Billings house, wh.ich was torn down in 1846. In 1864 Congress B:ock WM damaged by fire and rebuilt, the upper stories being the home or S!,. John's Lodge or Masons from 1850- - - - -_ - - - - - The New. Hampshire Gas & Electric Company has an · interesting display in it.<i show window on Congresa street in obse,·vance of. the 200th anniversary of the founding of St. John's Lodge, No. 1924 1, A. F: & A. M., o! this city, which ls bo. ing observed throughout this week. TM mu·I of Halifax '1\tvcrn 'clisplay lnclucl~s elglit ·palnt!ngs and on tl1e north slde or Queen street, alsketches by H. M. f:l. Harlow of Den- mos t oppos ite Washingt,on street, a ·nett Street. One of these If a · fine por- two-story gambrel-roof wooden build:t!·ait of George Mitchell,-first master of ,il,g was commenced by Joshua Pike, a ·s~. John's Lodge, and the other seven "barber and peruke wig maker," but ,are buildings in which St. John's Lodge was completed by Mr. John Stavers of llas met during past years.· mall stage renown. rt was occ,1ple<l by , The display Is attractively arranged llls son, Willi'am, and afterwards by his _upon a black -cloth, with background sc,n-ln-law, Capt. John H. Seawards. 'curtains of blue. In tpe front of the 11 Oct. 10, 1755, St. John's Lodge of ·o,splay are five Masoni~ aprons ·used in Masons met ot "Brother John Stavers" the ritual of St. John's Lodge betwe en and the records state that they "dined 1775 and 1820. Two gavels are also dis- upon an elegant dinner." Meetings -played, ·one being of olive wood from J e- were held here from 1755-1766. r ,1s alein and the other of wood from the Earl of Halifax Tavern. A progra m Henry Sherburne Houso, she-et used .in the. celebration of the On the corner of Water and Queen .lQQth anniversary of the lodge, in the streets was erected the first brick restyear 1836, is also on display. dence built in Portsniouth, the builder . A description of the old houses which e.:Jd owner being Hon. Samuel Benhal.cnce served as meeting places of t~1 e l<,;w·. Henry Sherburne purchased the ~odge and .Which were the subjects for house and resided here in magntrlcent )','Ir. Harlow's talented s~etches follows; style for many years and, he being a Dr. George _Mitche!l i;:rominent Mason, the lodge often n,et First master of St. John's Lodge. here. Thls house was destr6yed in the great fire o" 1813. .State House on Parade Situated on the square, opposite High street. Was erected In 1758 and was a large two-story wood-e n building, 80 feet iong and 30 feet wide. · Many noted events took place here. St. John's Lodge met in .this_' bttilding jor a short period of ~!me in 1795. . William Pitt Tavern , · John Stavers purcpased a -lot of land from the Hon. Theodoi·e Atkin&on . Jn P65. Mr. Stavers built the second Earl of Halifax Tavern and in latPr years called it the \villiam Pitt Tavern. Many noted people visited this tavern, .such as the Marquis ·de Lafayet~, John ;Hancock, Elbridge Gerry, Louis Phll!Ppe and . George Wash~g~on. . In the upper room of the tavern werti l,eld meetings of st. John's Lodge from 1768 to 1791. . �S . JOHN'S 10 GL CELEBR TING:-' 00th: NIV:E SAR -Phot,os by Kingsbury Top: Masonic Temple, corner of Middle st. and Miller Ave., where the celebrat~on of the 200th anniversary of St. John's lodge, No. l, A. F. & A. M., is being held this week. · Below: Officers of St. Jolt11'11 lodge, No. 1 A. F. & A. M. Front row,'le!t to right-John H, Yeaton, chaplain: Harry H. Foote, treasurer; Willlam F. •Tilton, senior warden; George Bradford Ward, worshipful mast,cr; .Rufus W. Ferguson, junior warden; Rt. Wor. Willinm fl. Randall, secretary; Rev. Elvin Robert Newton, chaplain. Standing- Willis F. Pludcr, senior tyler; Harold A. Marston, marshall; . Walter R. .Harvey, senior steward; Ralph H. Atwell, senior deacon; William E. Dennett, junior deacon; Raymond E. Bemis, junior steward; Fred ·windle, Jr,. organist and Chester L. Clough, Junior tyler. TO ISSUE -SOUVE Tomorrow the souvenir cachet commemorating the 200th anniversary of'" ''Y•~.,,.,,u• st: John's Lodge of Masons, wm be Issued. This cachet carries a reproduc- 1•.,_ .. ,..,,, •.,, tion of the Masonic Home and temple as well M a seal of the lodge. · · The ~achet is also autographed · by the master o! the lodge. This is the first cachet to be lssued from this city since the issuance of a cachet 1n commemoration of the launching of one of the submarines several years ago. Ralph H. Atwell, a senior deacon of St. John's Lodge, is chairman of t.he committee in charge of the cachet. He Is a well known st.amp collector.' �Of. Great ·1n eresf Ar-- anged By Oldes asonwc . Lodge 1·n The :C untry' Point O Continuous Serv•· le --------------------------'------,JI Betwee. n 700 and. BOO Masons atIn h'D Edr k r Wednesday will be Grand Lodge D:\y with a program in U1e afternoon o.nd evening, with many distinguished masons att.endlng. Thursday evening there will be a ronst beet banquet and afterwards there will be a representation of "The Portsmouth Flying Stage Coach" which will come by the way of Lafayette Road and will couvey special guests. The master mason degree will follow, by the past district deputy '"'rand master of the first district, unb der the direction of Wllllam B. Randall, who was mast.er 25 yel\l·s ago. The.,e o!Ilcers will represent soldiers of the Revolutionary war who were members of Saint John's Lodge. Mr. Randall will represent Maj. Gen. John Sulllvan or Durham, hero of the "' sermon r. 9P spo e o the Ideals of Masonry saying that / theso Ideals may bring about peace on , earth. Ho said: i "Such anniversaries as these help 113 : to determine how to make use of the 1 • • years that are ahead of us and are a :· challenge to the years that remain." , i La.st evening a religious service wa.s · held at the Masonic Temple with Rev. E. Robert Newton, chaplain of the lodge in charge. The invocation waa given by J;tev. William Porter Niles, grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, while John H. Yeaton, chaplain of St. John's Lodge, gave the lesson. Rev. Arthur M. Dunstan of st. Thomaa Ohurch at Dover, grand chaplain of the Grand .council of New Hampshire, gave the address of the evening, sa:vl_l:lg in partt · "Fri,!) 1'4asonry ..!eoognlzed labor a, a supreme duty and a divine law. It i,peaks of Ood ns the Grand Architect and the Master Workman. Brethren, the pres.ent 1s the doorway through which , the past goes out into the future. No nation nor fraternity can live <ln its past laurels any more than a man of today can hope t.o climb to a fame ancf exalted usefulness on the record of his father. The only coin that pass~s today ls that of individual Chief · Marshal and Member of merit." · Executive· Committee There W!!re also selections by the Portsmouth Masonic Singers of 22 !lnniv·e rsary o~ st. Jopn's ~~. No. voices under the direction of Ernest 1,, ·~ P. & A. Mt, whioh will ooh~ue P. Bilbruck. through the week. · The bodies participating in the ser'11he Mason.a ma.robed from the ~- -vice yesterday were DeWitt Cll_n ton sonlo' Temple to the church· with Commandery, Knights Templer, PortsHarr, · H. FootQ as marshal and De- mout-h Chapter, Order of DeMolay, Olinton OoinmandeJ'y, Knights Naval Lodge, No. 184 of Kittery, St. ~mpl~, ' illS-118 ~rt. M~~.lo Andrew's Lodge, No. 56, and St. John's turliisiied b the band.a of Fra.nk Ji!, Lodge, No. 1, Booma Post, .Ainer can I.legion, an The anniversary celebration will be ,•Ensign Emerson Hovey. Po.st,' Veteran& oontinued this evening when a turkey . . · banquet will be served after which .1of.Fo:el_g n Wars. .. , , , :.! . . ·Featured ,in the parade was an a.n- there will be an ·address on "Masonry ~l~nt altar ,w ith three . ll.g_hts burning . Ooming and Going" by Rt. wor. -~µ!ch w;as carried by f9ur ,members Qf Charles I. Pettlngell of Amesbury, st., John'~ °Lodge, Fred G. Ward, q. Mass. This will be followed by the _ Connors Pilgrim, _ V~I~ntine .C. · Lear working of the Enter!!d' Apprentice dean~. ~est We'.ntworth. _ · .. ,ree under the direction of Rt. wor. cOn the\r arrival at · the ch~cl;l . the Ohauncey C, Hodgdon, and a group or Masons -~ere welcomed by th~ rector, J)a6t officers who wm represent the 'Rev. Maxwell . Ganter, who conducted first officers of the lodge and will be 'the service; with Rev. E. 'Robert New- costumed in colonial attire. .:toIJ. reading the Jes.son. Tqe sermon Tuesday evening the Fellowcraft :·was by Dr. Percy T. Edrop,_dea~ of degree will be exemplified and the . C}lrist Church Cathedral at ~prm~.11 re resent 1field, Mass.,1 and grand cha'plain of th~. officers of th e l~ge wi P were Orand• Lodge of Ma.sons of Massachu- officers of st- Johns lodge who setts· iHe al&o brouglit the greetings of In the regiment of . New Hampshire the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts troops which wer? a part of th e Iler ·and St . John's Lodge of , Boston of peditlon led by Sir Wm. Pepper~e n I which he is a. member. . · · 1745, when th e capture of Louisburg .tended; on· Sunday -morning: at St. Jolin's. church, the 181st annual ; service which WWI flrst '·held In ·Queen's Chapel · on the site of the . Pf(ISent chufch 1ft 1755, and to open the ·2ooth wttt .was I LEON A. ROBINSON Chairman J\[11sle Committee .eizure or the powder, at Fort wmiam and Mary. The observance will come t.o an end F1:iday with an entertainment and banquet in honor of the ladies. There will be two sessions, one In the afternoon and one in the evening in order to accommodate those desiring t-0 attend. Committl;es for Celebration The following are the various commlttees in general charge or the blcentennial celebration: Executive - Wor George B. Ward, chairman, Rt. Wor. W1lllam B. Randall, n.t. Wor. Chauncey o. Hodgdon, William F. Tilton, Rufus W. Ferguson, Harry H. Foote and Clarence F. Pearson. General-Officers of the Lodge Finance-Chairman Harry H. Foote, Frank D. Butler, Clarence F. PearBOil, Robert M. Bruce, George B. Lord, Percival C. Sides. Music-Chairman Wor. Leon Robinson, Ernest L. Cook, Fred Windie, Jr., Ernest P. Bilbruck, John S. Mitchell, Chauncey B. Hoyt, John \V. Mitchell. Souvenirs - Chairman Chester L. Clough, J. Wallace Lear, Lewis E. l l~l ,;w~as~m~ad~e;:,·~:"""l ' .Ji~i~~ii.~i!~J~~::--:-,-, Pendleton, Thomas ;; H. Eldredge. C. Taylor, Hugh l'1-,~,,;1~,·:ir.-:~,.~i:, �ERNEST P. BILilRUCK Dlre.ctor of J\IasO'llic Choir JOHN JI. YEATON CHAPLAIN Printing - Clrnlrm::in Rt. Wor. William B. Randall, Wor. George V. Boss, Ralph H. Atwall. Banquets Chairman Rufus W. Ferguson, John H. Yeaton, Wllllam E. Dennett, Thomas B. Ruxton, Walter R. Harvey, Hugh H. Eldrcclge, Alvah , C. Card, Raymond E. Bemis. Costumes-Chairman Wor. narolcl Marston, Wor. Harold W. Hodgdon , Raymond E. Bemis, Wilfred E. Young, W. Coleman Pearson, G. Clifton Seavey. . Decorations-Chairman William F. Tilton, Wor. Edward H. Riley, A1·lhur F. Wood.sum, William W. Seaward. Harold Weston, Roland A. Sukeforth, ·A: Willis P. Gray. els P. Tu cker. Officers 1736 Wor. Mast.er-George Mitchell Senior W:ucten-Nathaniel Fellows Junior Warden-Robert Hart Treasurer-Henry Sherburne Secret.ary-Jonnthan Loggjn Tyler_'._Joseph Moses Officers 1936 Entertainment-The Executive Committee. Press-Chairman. Wor George B. War\l, . Philip Sanderson. Cachet-Chairman Ralph H. Atwell Properties - D. Grace, 'Albert 0. Hunt, Frederick E. Harmon, Howard R. Smith, C. Waldo Pickett, Thomas ·w. Luce, Arthur F. Cook, Byron C. Howard, Ralph T. Wood, Frederick D. Gardner, , Charles L. Beaton, Israel H. W~shburn, Clarence deRochemont, Chairman Rob~rt M. Wor. Master-George B • Ward Senior Warden William F. Tilton Junior Warden-Rufus W. Ferguson Treasurer-Harry H. Foote Secretary-R. W. William B. Randall Chaplain-John H. Yeaton Chaplain-Elvin Robert Newton Senior Deacon-Ralph H. Atwell Junior Deacon-William E. Dennett Marshal-Wor. Harold A. Marston Senior Steward-Walter R. Harvey. Junior Steward-Raymond E, Bemis Organist-Fred Windle, Jr. Senlor Tyler-Willis F. Pinder Junior Tyler-Chester L. Clough Rep. to Grand Loclge-Wor. Harold A. M~.rston Standing Commlttee-R. W. ChaunCE'y C. Hodgdon, Wor. G. Victor Boss. Herrick Aids-Chairman Walter R. Harvey, Frank D. Gillespie, A. Roland Hinkley, Lewis M. McNeil, C. LaRoy Fullford, Justin 0. Worton, Ralph F. Ham, Edward H. Paterson, Chnuncey M. Smith, Howard J. Blake. Corresponding Secretary-Gernld D. Foss. Reception - Wor. George B. Ward, chairman, Rt. Wor. Albert R. Junkins, Rt. Wor. William B. Ranclall, Rt. Wor. Chauncey C. Hodgdon, Wor. Frederick Watkins; Wor. Fred I. Brown, Wor. Scott Somerville, Wor·.----========-----Reglr'lald E. Goldsmith, Wor. Charles H. A. Amhoff, Wor. John C. Durgin, Wor. Allen C. deRochemont, Wor. Edward H. Riley, Wor. Maurice 0. Richards, Wor. Harold W. Hodgdon, ,'.he ~aS-OJllo Temple prese~ts t\ baauWor. O. Victor Boss, Wor. Leon A. tlful filottii.•e at night when elactrlRoblnson, Wor. ·Harold A. Mar st on, daJiy tiiumina.ted by large flood lights · Wor. John Squire, Wor. Charles H. Brackett, Sr., Henry L. Green, Amon ai'i•anged ln conneotlon with the bl~ oentcnnlal oelebratlon of Saint John's • o. Benfield, Benjamin Green; Fred .-·~d N A · F & A M Willi A. Gray, Arthur M. Clark, Richman '.J\I lll, 0 1' : • • • . am P. Margeson, George Para.s. •Arthur f:, ·.dlton, supe1lntend.ent of dlstiibu-: B. Duncan, William Craig, Charles E. t!P;} for the ~ew . Itamp~hlre Gaa & Lewis, Frederick ·H. Delano, Rev. E. ~UiJtrl\) C<;>mpany and Wllllam Seawton Asa c. Craig WIiliam Wl\r,\1 are in oharge ot t~e ~ame, ~sji,ii!i~,-,~~~;.;,;:•~9~.J .slsted by an able oommlttee. ll·LIICTlfUCALlV . . gLLUMINATrED �:t~AST- ;OFFICERS Qf. SlL :JOHN~'S\ DRESS .IN \COLONIAL GARB ~ ·• • I • I , ' 'o' - ,'. , • ••• f.., •1' .. I .',' > • •• • • • • • \ .:fte~;~sent ,• Early :Officers:, . .·Of Lo·dge., In . Working Entered Appre~tic·e Degree - Judge ~c·hatles;J~ Pe·ttingell Gives Ad. ~res~ s--. by Klngsbury CHAUNCEY . C. HODGDON who represented Geo1·ge Mitchell, First Master Jet us hope that at the· end of that period Saint John's lodge will cele1• brate its tercentenary. It will still have its Revolutionary heroes to be -•A-f•e•a•tw-_e_o•f-•th•e••.2•00 -th_.a_n_ru_·:-v-e-rs;..a_r_y" ' ~mm"no:;:;n-;;:g~~e:-'T.a:":r:;;g::e-g;a~t1h:::e:;:rii':·n;":;g-;---;:w;;;a~s1'l proud of. But what of the hundred '~bservit'n~e. ,of ~Saint ' john's Lodge ' of Rufus M<;:Lellan ' of I Glouceste.r, Mass., years from now until then? Wlll the M ·· last evening the exem- who was made a mason in September, lodge, will Masonry, have an enviable ' p•11.~~oc:i~n elf° the ,.entered ,appre_ntlce 1864 and , ls 95 years old. During the history to look back upon? The ansWer ls in our hands, ,b rethren; hisi:1 , ~gree by past :Officers: o! . the lo~ge_ 71 years .l n _masonry ,· l1e h as b een aswho . w.ere· attired -in Colonial costume soclated ·\yith Ashier Lodge o! Glou- tory 1s still to be made and the op, .. ' . · th . . .· , oest -r, · I portunity ls · -ours to make it. a~d •r~l)rtes:ntmg ,e e,a:rlf offl:er~, • The ,·events of . the evening· opened "And when that time comes and 0 Those -, taking :- part t in the degre~ .with · a turkey banquet followed , by the brethren of those days recite last-·,evening as ~hose they represe?,t ed an address by Judge Charles I. the events of the past, may they liRY are as, follows: • ' ·· , · . •, , Pett!ngell of Amesbury, Mass., a · past of us, that · at a time when there R. , vi.- ch'auncey Hodgdon; ,:.' .Master_ district deputy grand master of Mas- was a weakening of moral fibre, when George Mitchell, Master, ;1736 · sachusett.s who took for ):li8 subject, the foundations of society were ,Yvor. 'E'ciward Rile.y .'. ,Sen'iiir W~rqen "Masonry, .Coming and Going.:' : threatened because of the abandon.,. Nath~niel Fellows, S. W., 1736,. . . ; Judge . Pettingell ,presented a vivid m.ent of the principles of honesty and wor. Maurice Richards .. Junior -w:arcten ·picture . of the - c):langes in the homEt decency, these brethren led the fight R.obert H9:r~i J,_. W; 1736. , to.dar ·. bro,u ght ~bout , _by the auto- to maintain standards and to restore Francis Tucker . . . . . . . . ._. Treasurer mobile, . movie . and radio. · decency and morality. And how did Henry" Sherburne, Trflas·. 1736 · ,"What the wQrld needs today," he they clo It? By practicing out o! the ·R. W. V{Jii ..B. Rand~ll ' :·:.- _--; Secretary said Is Ahrift, ,honesty, a right mind lodge the lessons lnculcat.ed in It. By ' : J'ohn Loggin, ' Sec.: 1736. ·. arid· the .willlngriess to face thEt . facts being Masons, in principle a.s well as At capture of Louisburg, , 1745 · and ' make flrm decisions on morality. In name, by r emembering that the Eugene E. Lamson . : .. :: . .: ·one.plain Th8 ' time ls 'coming when Masonry duty we owe to <;iod, to country, to Rev. Arthur Browne, Queens -C,h apel must . insist upon the brethren stand- neighbor . and to self requires us to Ralph 'Af:.veI(_,, '." -;::- senior , Deacon i~g ,!or what ' the· fraternity teaches. be above i;elfish conslcieratlons and · ' .John Mills, · signer,·· of Pnc? we·' cannot hope to bolster up Ma•• matters of expediency, . . letter, ,· 1735 · · . sonry except by the adherence to "A few .hundred Masons actuated by_ Wor. ·HaroJct · Hodgdon ...Junior Deacon morality and those things . for which such a sense of duty, and living in i Robert Brough, si~ner,: _ of, ;'rice , . Mason,ry has always stood. ThEI accordance with !ts dictates, would 1 3 . . , _, letter, : } . .(' · '. . strength · of Masonry is not in nu~~ uert In this or any similar cornmun-. BenJam!\1 _•: H. · ~obert_s ·' ...,. · · · ._Mar~h~l bars or properties but in the fidelity ity an ltreslstible moral force. . · , Joriathii,n Nailer, sigIJ,er :. of Pr.ice ·• of the Individual Mason to the lessons "While we may not be able to 1 35 _ .le~ter,; ' '.7 · , · . ' he has been taught." ' . . · return to the conditions of the ear.Frederi91¼.W. : Bndle ...-s,en'ior:..steward , Judge _. Pettingell also criticized the lier days, we can, by insisting upon -,., Thom¥ Colman, signer - of Price automobile of today as a mixed the practice of what we know ls '-:- · ,. . . _let_te~• / 1735 , . .• blessing and _ sc:>rod those who ftid right, help in the creation ,of new Ra,ym~ 'El .. Be_mis .:: .Jun~or S t eiya,rd In gr:J,ft and cv...--t·uption In public l!fo. conditions, •even better than those of 'fwmi ly~bterbury; _}lgner .. ,oJ -~ rice,,, He declared that often when a re- ol<t. holding more of decency, more of ':t. _,,.f = { •.:,: · ·.letter_, · 17,3~ ~ · , ·. :st: 8pondent • ls arrested for drunken justice, more of hope. To accomplish ,Wor. Le~n_: A.· ~qbi~son ... · · -~ _rg~m driving tho first move ths individual this we need thrift, honesty, clean. Wllll~p:i Grogan, ,s igner of Pnce • makes ls to endeavor to find some- thinking, right living, and cletermlna. ·,.... lett!!r,. 1736 • .. · body with a pull who wlll endeavor tlon to end lmmoral conditions of 1 Wlllls ·"iF., Pinder :◄ • • • • .. · ·-·" Tyler ·to get him off." . every nature and wherever they may 17 6 .. Jo~eph Moses, Tyler, ~ In closing Judge Pettingell said: be found. In what other secular in. Dur1P:g the meetl,qg the Wor .. Mas:- Let us look ahead one hundred yearn; stitutlon can you find lessons taught ter of ~St, John's, '; read a teJegram .......- - - which have as their cen.tral theme from H.LStylifs Bi;Jdges,' .a member o! these -same qualities; what the world the fraternity, ,, <;ongratulat41g the needs today Is just what Masonry lodge •o.n . its ., 200th annlversary,. ~ -has to give. wa,s. unsettled �Rcproducl,lon of home o! Henry Sherburne, ;hll're St. ·John's Lodge first met, !rem photo by Wal ter Staples of painting by H. M. s. Harlow. Wee, The unde1 nnmed persons o than a copy of the "Old Oharges' GEORGE MITCHEl,L the holy nml Exquisite Lodge o:f St. RS well as lmprlnt, the evidence is .First Master of St. John's Lodge John do request a deputation and consistent with the belief, that whUe Masonry nas B great oportu:11ty. Its power to hold n Lodge According to as the date named the lodge mu.st future ls in our hands. WhRt, are we order ns Is and has been granted to have been some years in ,existencefaithful Brothers in all parts of the its origin may have reached back -even golpg to do about lt?"' World; wee have our Constitutions to the 17th century. named ln print and manuscript as Mackey, ln his "Histor-j of Freema-, l\lodel of 'America' Through the kindness -of the omcers good and as ancient, as any that Eng- sonry," says: "I think the petition 'to Henry Price may be taken as fair or the Portsmouth AthenR.eum, St. land ran nffordWorthy Sir-wee request ye above evldence that 1n . •1736 there were John's lodge 1s exhibiting with a. great -deAl ot interest, a mode1 of the ship as a fnvour hearing that there Is A brethren 1n New Hampshire (meeting Masons ln a lodge) who · possessed Amerlca., which was built ln Ports- Superior Lod!!e held in Boston, and mouth by order or the British gov- If Granted, it will encourage us, to .a copy (or print) of the English Conernment. The contract for constructing keep a Constant correspondance, by stltutlons, published 1n 1723, 'ltS well this vesJSel wns given to Co!onel Na- communicating our brotherly a!fec• '11.S a ··erslon of an older set' o:f laws in' thaniel Meserve of Portsmouth. She · tlons, one to another once a Quarter, M. s., thus pointing to the passlble which Concludes us as we -Ought existence or the lodge at :even an -earllwas of forty-four guns and was the ! er period that the Graz1d Lodge era· third ,ghl.p of war· bullt· at this port. Gentn. Your Obedient -Servants! of 1716-17." Thia i mo<lel 1s a bcauLiful piece or ye 5 Dny 1735. Robt Brough workmanship, p1anked up as the vesTho: COleman sel would be, except that the planks John F. Mills of the upper deck, 11s well, r.s of the Jonathan Nailer f.orecastle 1md quarter-deck, are le!t W!llm Canterbury <1ff Lo show the -1~r1or construction. Willm Grogan The -. America was·. launched on May The original manuscript of the -4, 17t9. She was sent to London un-der convoy ,11,S soon as completed, hav- .above Is preserved in the archives of . dng only one tier of guns mounted. the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Whlle ahe was belng outfitted St. · and a frnmed photograph of it can John's Lodge held three meetings I be seen in the social quarters of Saint · on board of her: October 26, 1749, John's Lodge, No. 1. when Mr. Farr was made nnd passed, Prevlous to 1752 the calendar year and Mr. Kipling made; December 4, began in l\hrch :rnd ended 1n Febru1Ti9, w~~ Brothers Smith, Pascal, .ary; thus February 5, 1735, on the above mentioned document was realWallace, Jenness and Cnmpble, were ly the fifth day of the la.st month of "made Masters by a vote of ;e lodge," · that year. The request of these brethand on December 11, 1749, another ren was granted and on the 24th of the tollowlng June (1796) Saint John's meellng was held on bonrd. Lodge No. l. became a regular body working under the warrant petitioned The Beginning of Masonry in for and granted by Right Worshipful Portsmouth Henry Price. It.s records are pr&crved On February 5, 1735, the following dating from 1739 to the present tlme, letter was sent to Right Worshipful and- are the most complete possessed Henry Price, Provincial Grand Mas- by any Masonic body in the country. ter of New England: As the brethren who had l\.fflxed To the Right Worshipful & Wor- their signP t ures to this letter stated shlpful-Henry Price, Grand master they possessed "Constitutions" In 1---------------.,-""'.'""'!· o! the society of Free and Accepted that manuscript-which it 1s hardly posMason's held in Boston, and to ye sible could have been anything else rest of the Brothers Greeting- as IJi'----------------,,,-· �-if,or.tsmouth. ·.N. H. '.was' ·:aettled 1n' 1629. 'T.be early comers to 'these ~ : wel'e • ehe!lly from 'EQg18.nil. -:It ·:is. nat-' urai that .the - fo1lowhlg .'Bhaulil be' -~ 'the same qourrtry, .and it'·is ()b-j v'ious that .amo1:1g tho.se who ,cariie to, tlµs. localitN ·. e~lY . in . 1700 :shotild ,SQme who .had .r¢elv.e~ 'the :Masar.Jc; <deal'ees '1n. 'EDg1aDd .at1d Scotland, ·anti, bf&trgnt .with them .co 'ie8 ·o ! ·the 0111' be: \ PAST MASTERS OF ST. JOHN'S LODGE FOR 200 YEARS HAROLD W. HODGDON The following is the list of Wor$,ipful Masters who have . Berved -Ch~rges. What would be' the· inevitable! Saint · John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F. result cl a number of these -b rethren & A. ~- during the past two lmnmeeting ,o.[\othese distant ·s hores? The dred years: answer ls: the forming of a Mason1736-1742-~orge Mitchell. 10 lodge for ~he ·mak1ng of masons of 1743-1745-John Wentworth those •inclined to seek for .Ma;sonic 1746-1755-~rge .Mitchell. knowledge, and to enjoy the •good fel1755-1756-Nathaniel Peirce lowship 'that has ,a bounded from time 1757-1763-Willlam Peari;on. immemorial wherever Masons met. 1764-1766-Hugh Hall Wentworth From iglimpses we have had of the 1767-1768-Samuel 'Wa_rner records ,, of tJ:tls old lodge, · we can 1769-1771-Hall Jackson draw a picture of . -0ne of these · :1772-177~amuel Llv.e rmore a,ncient gatherings, and in,> fancy .see · ;1774-1177-Samuel 'Sherburne · :those :·· oonvivial· .spirlts gatb~red 1778-.1789-Hall Jackson .: around- the.:i.Junior Warden's ·st~ion 1790-John Sull!van d during .the hour -of. refreshments, aD · ,, 1791.;'.,,'.,ffall Jackson enjoying tbe ' mivture, ,p repared by him 1792-1795-Nathaniel AdamB in. the ''.J.ignumvitae" punch _bowl; ~e 1796 _1797-element storer , believe that · the compound was ex1798-Edward st. Loe , Li,vermor6 trem'e1y .satisfying ·and 'we .a!so believe ·. 1799_:_John Mcclintock"' · -t hat the ,b rethren who lived in th-OS e 1soo-samuel: ·Larkin days .and -enjoyed ,the •customs <>f th at -1 801-Thoma.s Thompso:n- . period, ·never .Jost ·s ight ot _the mean- · '1802-1803-Edward J. Long. ing ,of the . first cardinal . virtue. 1804-Samuel Larkin 1 ,, , ·S a.int John's Lodge, No. 1, has :th e 1805-Lyman Spaulding . . written ,ew.dence , that ;gives .its birtll ' 1solJ'.:.-Joseph wmard 1<R1v.) as J.une · '24, · 1736, .and . .an uninter1807-Benjaroin Brierly lSOB-'lS09-George F. Richards (Rev) 411ptea exlStence to the _present day. By tradition, ·s urmise, conjecture, or 1810-:.-Benjamin Brierly b_ellet, .it might be said that •it was 1811-Daniel D. Akerman bom .. many years before. We ·th~k ,1812-1814-Samuel Larkin that ,but ·one other lodge in America, 1815-1816-John Davenpqr\ working under :a lawful wan.ant, :ante- ' 1817-1818-Samuel Larkin dates,,us--Saint John's _Lodge ·of Bos1819-John Locke . ton, Mass., ;recognized a.s our Mo ther 1820-1821-Samuel Larkin lodge. · · 1822-1824-James Ladd. A journey through the Masonic his1825-1826-Sylvester Melcher tory 1>f this 'old lodge is :an enter1827-Joseph Warren Whlt-e ta.ining one .and brings t-0 vie~ the .1828-John s. Davis . _glorious ~life of , this •orga~izat!on, .on , 1829-Robert Gray ,whose rolls are written ,the names of · 1830-Samuel Cushma.n not only many of the. •p rominent men lllal-Robert Smith 'Of the community, bu~ a1so many who have distinguished themselves through the· life of ()ur Re ubllc. · ·~ho ·repr<esented _Robert _B rough_, 1832-Robert Morrison 1833-1837-John Christle 1840-1841-Josiah G. Hadley 1842-Thomas Clapham 1843-George W. Towle 1844-John Knowlton 1845-1847-Albert R. Hakh 1848-Henry F. Wendell. 1849-1852-John Dame 1853-John Trundy 1854-1855-David Philbrook 1856-Horace Webster 1857-David Philbrook 1858-1859-John R. Holbrook. 1860-1861-0liver G. Fernald 1862-1863-Washington , Fretm:m 1864-1865-Benjamin 1F. Webster .1866-1867-Thomas E. o. Marvin 1868-1869-Samuel S. Fletcher 1870-1871-John H. Cheever 1872-1873-Willlam B. Grogan 1874-1876-John W. Dame 1877-1879-Thomas J. Mitchtll 1880-1881-Willlam H. Lovell 1882-1883-Howe Call 1884-1885-W!lliam G. Billings 1886-1887-Edward W. Riley 1888-1889-Alllert R.. Junkins. 1890-1892-John D. Randall 1893-1895-Frank J. Philbrick 1896-1897-John · F. Magraw 1898-Fred L. Smart 1899-1900--Albert H. Sides 1901-1902-Frederick Wa tkins 1903-1905-Fred I. Brown. 1839-Robert Smith 1906-Allen · H. Knapp 1907-1908-Fred c. Tucker 1909-1911-William B. Raml all 1912-1913-Fred E. Peckham 1914-1915-George I. Googin,s 1916-Alblon T. Parker 1917-1918-Scott Somerville 1919-Reginald E. Goldsmith 1920-Charles H. A. Amholf 1921-1922-John W. Durgin 1923-Allen O. deRochemont 1924-Chauncey C. Hodgdon 1925-Edward H. Riley 1926-Maurice O'N Richards 1927-1928-Harold W. Hodgdon 1929-Arthur _w. Muche1!1ore 1930-1931-~orge V. Boss 1932-Leon A. Robinson 1933-1934-Harold A. Marston 1935-James R. Baird. 1936-George B. Ward �011tstanclln&" 0 Speaker William ·Moseley Brown, who will give the principal address of the b!centenial 1s one of the most prominent educato .and writers · in the country. He was born In Lynchburg, Va., educated In the public z;chool of Danville, Va~ graduated with the degre or A. B. from Washington and Lee In 1914; A. M. in 1915. He became 1mtrucor or German and Biology at Washington and Lee; and .left there to serve in the war a.a 2nd Lt 1n the Air Service. He later was at Columbia University and later returned as Professor or Psychology and Eaucatlon at Wa.shlngton and Lee. In 1929 he became President or A tlanUc - University. He ha.s also been , connected with George Washington University, Uni-· versity of Virginia; University of Guadalajara, Mexico; president of the Virginia Academy ot Sclence; :a:tember of the as.50Clation for advance- ., . . ., . ,. . fEA S SO C 200 h NN VE SARY Distinguished Visitors·, Here Today-Cos 1:1med fficers Conferre Fello craft egree I 1 Last ven1ng ment or acience; life membe; o1 National Education Asoclation and 11nstitut Hitorique et Heralldque (Paris) and the Author's Club of London. be sides numerous other asroclations of research, etc. Ma.sonically he was been th<> n-r>,'rlinit officer of every grand Ill Today is being observed M Grand--=--=--==--=:--:----:::--=-=,---,----=-.....,,.., body in bolh the York and Scottish l-0dge Day by &t-. John's Lodge, No. l, M. W. Halsey C. Edgerton, Gran 11w,,,._., and in 1934-1935 .5ervec1 as grand A. F. & A. M., in connection wit,h the Ma~ler nnd member of ~rand \ ma~ter of the Grand Lodge of Vir:toth nnnlversary o~n-ance. Lodge.' !"I • glnia .• Han-y M. Cheney of Concord, gr:intl Wor. Willis S. _Solley, ._t. Johns L.o<lge, secretary of the Grnnd Lodge of New Soulh Berwick. , Have Laid Followinr Cornerstones Hampshire "'Ill give ?.n ddr ~ _ Wor ErncsL rt. Brookinrs, SL Johns It is Interesting and timely to know ' • ?. e~' en Lodge, Springfield, Yt. that saint John's Lodge, No. 1, which Wor. Robert C. Lawton, t. ohn's is observing its bi-centennial this Lod~e. Newport, R. I. week, has participated 1n the Jaylng Wor. George Werner, St. John's or the cornerstones or the following Lodge, Newark, N. J. Portsmouth buildings: Wor. Winthrop E. Nightingale, St. st. John's Church.on June 24, 1807, John's Lodge, Boston, Mass. by M. w. Thomas Thompson, grand M. W. William Moseley Brown, master; the former Methodist Church, Clarenden, Virginia. ~ituated on State street, Ma.y 21, 1827, M. w. Henry R. Gillis, Grand Master o! Maine. l\:I. W. William J. B?.Jlou, Grand Master of Vermont. M. W. Albert Knight, Grand Mast r of Rhode Island. M. W. Claude L. Allen, Grnnd Master of Massachusetts. Invoc11tion • . . . • . • Grl\Dd Chaplain I Lord's Prayer . . . . . . • , . . . Quartette Addr&s of Welcome • . . Wor Master St. John's Lodge Respon.•e . . • I. W. Halsey Edgerton Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quartette St. Anclrew's Lodge, No. 56 ........... Wor. Frederick Beals Our First Masonic District, . . . • • R. W. Chauncey Hodgdon nemarks .. Masters st. John's Lodges Address-"The Background of Old St. \V1LLIAJII Il. RAJ\"DJ\LL John's Lodge" .. M W Harry Cheney Master nt 175th Annivu-sary Banquets-5 .30 and 6.45 p. m. C~lebratlon, 1!111 1:uslcal Selections at 7.45 ..•. Quartette t!tled "The Background Qf Old Historical Tableau Wor. Reginald Goldsmith John's," at the afternoon session, while thl.1! evening there will be an historical . lar Spangled Banner tableau, followed by an address or Mo.st Remnrks ..... Grand Master of N. E. Wor. William Moseley Brown of Clar- Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Quartette erdon, Vt., grand master of the Grand Address by R. W. Samuel Cushman, depu . . . . M. W. William Moseley Brown L-0dge or Virginia. grand master, acting for M. Toast.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . .Officers The program for today ~ being obJames F. Dana, grand master; Custo or Officers, 1911 urved a.s follows: ouse building and post.office, May Selection Schubert Q~tt-e, Boston , by M. W. George H. Bubb Reception master· urch i �McKean, grand master: Church ot Christ <Unlversalist), Oct 23, 1896, by M. w.·Henry A. Marsh, grand master.' Masonic Temple, June 6, 1928, .M:. w. Melvin Dresser, grand . master. The lodge also participated 1n the laying of the cornerstone of the House of Reformation for Juvenile and Female Offenders, at Manchester, by M. 1W. Alfred Greeley, grand master on j July 4, 1856, and that of the M;tho1 :--.:==-~~-""""".--..,.-;.____ cm, w ere the Grand Lodge o! New Hampshire was formed; Organist, Pa.st Master Leon A. Robinson as Capt. John Cochran, who commanded the historic Fort William and Mary at New Cs.stle; Tyler Willis s. Pinder as Robert Traill, who was comptroller of the i;ort under the British. Rufus McLellan, 95, of Gloucester and a member o! the Masonic !ratemlt; for 71 years, was present and was inl !ted by Worshipful Master George B. v:ard to ma1:e a few remarks. •flYBNG STAGE' HERE .TONIGHT Member Reception Committee dist church, in Rochester, by M. W. John H. Rowell, grand master, -OD Aug. 1, 1867, La.st evening the offlce."'.S ot the lodge, in co.stume, representing officers of the lodge who were among those 1n the 1 regiment of New Hampshire troops, a part o! the expedition which etfecte1 tl..e capture of Louisburg in 1745, worked the Fellowcraft Degree on twJ can{llcates under the dlrecUon of Worffiip!ul Master George· B. Ward, who represented Nathaniel Peirce, who served as master in 1756. The ca.ndica.tes, also 1n . costume, represented ThQmaa West ancr . Joµn . Ma.dgbshon, g m ~ of the sloop o! war ·Beaver. <>then to take pa,;t and who th~y . npresented were: Senior Warden William F. Tilton as-William Pearson; J,in!01 Warden Ru!tis W. Ferguson 113 John Coultas; 'T.reasu.--er Harry H. Foote ~s Sa~uel Solly; secretary Rt. W-0r.-Williain B. Randall Ill! Thomwi Durant; C:t>aola:n John H. Yeaton a.s Rev. Ar-· thur Brown, who served as rect-0r or ma.st.er -0f the lodge from 1763 to 1766; Senior Deae-0n Ralph H. Atwell, who l'epresented . Hugh Hall Wentworth, maaster o! the lodge from 1763 to 1766; Jt;nlor Deacon Wi111am E. Dennett • as Wyseman Clagett, king's attorney; Marsh'al, Past Master Harold A. Marston as Maj. Robert Rogers, who commanded a company of Rangers in 1756; Senior13teward Walter R. Harvey as Jo' .seph Tyler, initiated Aug. 1, 1755 and first master o! Massachusetts Lodge, Boston; Junior Steward Raymond .I!'. ~ as John Stavers, proprietor or the. Earl -0! Hali!ax-Wllliam Pitt Tav- ''The Portsmouth Flying Stag.? Coach" will appear on the streets o! Portsmouth this evening in COilllection \\'lth the 200th.-anniversary celebratlon of St. John's Lodge or M11.Sons. Bartholomew Stavers will be ·th.e driver Md the .s-t;ge will recall the journey from Bos• t-On. by way of Lafayette road and the Earl ot Halifax Tavern, of four dlstin• gulshed vi.sit.ors, who yisite<l St. John's l,uclge lfe.arly 200 years ag-0. . .The visitors to be represented are Hem':i Price, provincial grand master, w:t:o ~anted the charter to St. John's, ll.lld Robert Thoml!nsqn, who succeeded Frlce as grand master in 1739 and Hugh ¥cPaniei and Robert Jenkins, past m.asters o.f St. John's Lodge of Boston. Tbe 'FlYing' stage, with !ts four torre5 will pass the Masonic Temple :it i.30 p. m., and proceed to the Earl cf Hallfax Tavern on Court street, form~r meeting place of St. John's Lodge. Following the v!sit to the tavern, they wm proceed through to State -street, up Daniels, to Congress, to Middle stre(!t m:,d the Temple, where the guests wm r~ive a royal welcome. Following the 1 eception the Master Mason degree will te worked by past district deputy grand masters of this district, representing P...evolutl.on F'a;;.,;t;;;.ri..;·o;;;ts;;::._ _ _ __ ..:i. SPECIAL CACHET ISSUED TODAY The special cachet, sponsored by the St. John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F. and A. M. of thls city, appeared today-St. John's Day. There was a demand from all parts of the country !or this spec!Al cachet. Most of the orders were from out-of-town, but several of the stamp collectors, and cachet collectons locally .gave their orders for the envelope when issue<!, The cachet contains an illustration of the Masonic Temple 11.nd Masonic Home printed In blue.' Above, set in the frame of the picture is a seal and on one .side of the seal is a trowel and on the other an hour glass. Below the picture is the -name of the lodge and number with the address. The final two lln~ of the cachet states that the cachet is issued "Commemorating Its Two Hundredth Anniversary,'' June 24, 1936. The signature o! George B. Ward, master of th e lodge, ls also on the envelope. A small number of the cachets were franked with the Sullivan stamp, which Wa.!l issued in 1929, John Sullivan, who was a general in Revolutionary days, was at one time mast.er of the lodge . The. cachet ls the work of Ralph Atwell, an officer ln the lodge, and a stamp collector. He, with his committee, spent a great deal o! time and etfort in arranging for the issuance of this .special cachd, one of the very few ever ~sued from Portsmouth. �Attend eef' gs n Co,mnec·t~ ith ra~ 200th A inive1rsa1ry Cel~b_ 1 Photo by, ,Kingsbury IP'•• PEA'RSOM' )Executive Commltti)e I■ Lewis E. Pendleton M Wiseman C'lag-~c,..:.:.,, ....... .,,,....c,"'•"' ,.!~"ft,;:;}.Jt~ gett, the king's attorney; Everett L. Marston as Ca.pt. John Cochrane, who commanded the British troops at Fort .. banquets :v~s .~el'Ved ln two sessions William ~ew Castle; J. Tl1~ Grand ""'dg, o,iy progrAitL Wallace and Lear Mary, as William Whipple, held in connection w1f.l1 t.110 20,0th to accommo<111.te th e gath ering: 1 r the Declaration or InFruit Cup a s gner 0 nniversary ,of Saint Tolm'::i Lodga, st 1 11 Fried Chickrn, Southern Ye dependence; Lewis M. McNe as No. l. A. F. & A. M, Wl.l-~ concludert Olives Radishes Elijah Hall; Edward H. Paterson as last evening with n lnr~cly flttcndcrt CC'lt>ry Nathaniel McCllntock; Frederick meeting at the Masonic Temple wm1 Cranberry sauce Rolls Bridle as Thomas Thompson; R. L.&-::'lfl'l~l!lt~ grand masters of fi'I New Engla.nd PeRs String Beans Sukeforth a.s Jeremy Cross; Benja•"ll'll.-'"'•si.•·•·"~,tatc~ attending. Delmonico potatoes min F. Beane as George Richards; ~:'2i:·i.;;,i•:~•'f,, Tile activities of the day opened· at Lobster Salad Morrison w. Weston as Thomas Gay 2.30 o'clock • when a reception Wa.'J Banana Fritters, cherry sauce and John Pearson as Thomas R. tendered the visit!n~ dignitarleg, Parker House rolls Holbrook. Rt. Wor William B. Randall , Following invocation by Rev. Wit:~ Bnllrd nuts Bon bons and DJ.strict Deputy Grand Master il!\m Porter Niles of Nnsliua, grand Frozen Pudcllng Harlequin Chauncey c. Hodgdon also took part chaplain of the Grmid Lodge of New Sherberts 1n last night's tableau 1n their reHampshire, . Wor. Master Ward of _St. A1;.•orted cookies spective c-a.padties. Mr. Randall reJohn's Lodge extended tha nddres~ Coffee Cigars celvea a tremendous ovation which of welcome. The response was by lasted sevel'1ol minutes as he entered, Grand Master Halsey C, Edgerton of Tablf'att D,-picted a pleasing :feature t.o one who hu Hanover. Afterwards fhere was an historical done so much for old St. John's lodge Greetings were . extended from _St. tableau presented under the direction during his me. Andrew's lodge, No. 56, who present_cd of Reginald E. Goldsmith. Nearly 30 After the singing of "Star - Spanthe lodge wltli a · new Blbl~, tho g,l ft took part ln the tableau, with Chester gled Banner," remarks were, made ()f St. Andrew's Lodge. DLstrlct Dep•• L. C. Clough representing General by the Visiting grand mast.el'll of uty Grand Master Chauncey O. John Sullivan, first grand master of New England. 'nle!e including Gcand Hodgdon, a past mnster of St, John'.~ New Hampshire and Rev. Elvin Rob- l\Caster Halsey o. Edgerton of New lodge, brought greetlng:i from the ert Newton portraying Rev. Arthur Hampshire, Grand Mastel' Claude L. l"!rst Masonic dlstrlct. Browne, rector of Queen's chapel on Allen of Massachusetts, Grand Mas~ Afterwards there were greetings Old strawberry Bank from 17~6-1773 ter Albert Knight of Rhode Island. by the worshipful masters of the inclusive. Grand Master ·Henry R. Gillis of varlou., St. John's lodges in the East. Others taking part and who they Maine and Grand Master William. J. Those to bring felicitations were represented 'l\'ere Benjamin Roberts Ballou of Vermont. The address o:f Winthrop E. Nightingale or St. John',1 or Claremont as Henry Price lo the evening was given by past grand todgo or Boston, Mass: Wlllls Solley whom ns grand master of the Pro- Master of Vlrgin1a, Willi.am Moseley of St. John's Lodge, South Brnil'lck, vlncial Grand lodge of New England Brown or Clarenden, Va. which was l),Je., Emest R. Brookings of St. the brethren of St. John's lodge acl- one of the most out~tandlng Ma.John's lodge of Springfield, Vt., l-'f,Qb- dressed its letter Feb. 5th, 1735 pet!- sonic addre.sses ever heard in this city. erj; C. Lawton of St John's Lodge of tlonlng !or 11. charter which was re- Mr. Brown has a wonderful personal-....,·•,•-=~·~ l'fewport, R. I., nnd George W. Werner Iceived 200 year ag0 yesterday; past ity, together with his interestin& of St. Jo11n•9 Lodge ,)f New:r.rk:, N---:-J'.JMe.ster SCOtt Somerville as Robert stories and wit, surely proves a hlallThe principal l\ddrcs~ of the aft- Tomlinson; Francis P. -Tucker as light of the meeting. ernoon session was ''The Background Hug McDan!els; past Master Allen de-1--~-~~--.i""""~..,...'"":"~"""'~-:,"li~''~'•::-; ,.'l'/.-""'ili.C'"l": of Old St. John's" by Harry M. Rochemont as Robert Jenkins;. Eu. Irene E. Lamson as George Mitchell, Oheney · of Concord,. grand secretary\ttrst ma.ster or the lodge; past Master ot New- Hamp.1hlre. Edward H. Riley as Nathaniel Fel1-'ollowln!l the 'addre.'3.S the !ollowlng lows; past Ma..ster Maurice o. Richards as Robert Hart; Clarence F. Pearson u Gov. Benning Wentworth; on I (CJLARENCB �Mr J 0 hn • Greenleaf about !bring a. room for the lodge. by the Schubert quart.et of Bo.ston. While these preparations were being Where St. .John's Locl(e Bas Convened made the lodge met 1n the senate In Its 200 Years of Extsunce i:hamber <>f th State Bouse, located ■•-Wfflifl.lPNi-bilN <>n the Parade, untJl March 30 179!1 January iT,7139, on wliicli occasion when the room at Bother Gree~leaf•~ the lodge met at the house of Henry was ready. Sherburne, until the year 1755, the Here the lodge met until December communications of the lodge were 5, 1803, when it was "Voted that St. held at the homes of the following: John's Lodge will In company with Capt. Stephen Greenleafe, John Eyres, the Grand Lodge o! New Hampi;hlre ,John Peacock, Jonathan Nailer, rent the two chambers over the Fire Nathaniel Shannon, Charles Gorwood, and Marine Insurance office !or Thomas Durant, Capt Sherburne at lodge rooms" (now the Athenaeum the Plains, John King and on several building.) occasions 1n 1749 on board the ship This was the home of Saint John's America, then under construction for lodge until September 15, 1820, when a the Royal Navy. On January 16, 1765, new Masonic hall, erecred by Langley the records state that 'On the 15th of Boardman, was dedicated. This buildthis instant Brothers George Mitchell, ing stood where Freeman's block Is Nathaniel Pier~e. William Pearson and now located and was called Franklin Clement Jackrnn, according to a for- block, imd wa.s destroyed by fire in mer vote of the lodge agreed with 1879 - Pythagoraa lodge and WashingJohn King for the hire o! his Jong ton Royal Arch Chapter, No 5, joined chambers up two pairs of stairs In the with Saint John's In leasing the hall. house where he now dwelleth, for the Later, DeWitt Clinton Commandery, full term of three years, at twenty Knights Templar, and St. Andrew's pounds old tenor per annum, and took Lodge, No. 56, occupied the 11parta lease of said King for the same." ment.s. This Is the first mention in the recThe fraternity met here until July ords of the lodge voting to lease an lll,l859, when a new hall, coru.tructed apartment wherein it might meet reg- and fitted In Congress block, was dediularly. But the stay with John King cated by M. W. Moses Paul of Dover, was not for long duration, for on Sep- Grand Master. It was not the fate o! tember 4, 1755, we find the following th is hall to be the home of the !rain the records: "The lodge having met tern!ty for lo1;1g, as Congress block with some affronts and insults from wa., de 5t royed by fire, December 1, John King determined unanimously to 18 65. On December 6, 1865, the lodge remove their lodge room in his house met in the Common Council chamaccordlngly removed from theme on ber, and thereafter in the United the 15th day of October, 1755 to the states Court room until March 28, house of Mr. John stavers, in Ports- 1867 , when a new hall was dedicated mouth, In the Province of New Hamp- In Congress block, erected on the site shire." of the one destroyed by fire. This bouse of Mr. stavers was Saint John's Lodge met In this block located on "Quee»s" street, now state in conjunction with the other Masonic street, nearly opposite the head of bodies o! this city until June 4, 1924, Washington street, before which hung (a period of !ifty-seven years) until a sign bearing the portr&it of the It moved to a remporary lodge room "Earl of Halifax,"' and from which tt fitted up in the building at 351 Midtook its name. Here the lodge met dle Street, acquired by the lodge from October 16th, 1755, up to and In- through tbe generosity c,! its members. eluding July 10, 1768, when the lodge took the following vote: "That the Here it met until the present ternlodge should be moved to the house ple was oompleted by the lodge and< of Isaac Williams, and said lodge was dedicated by the Grand Lodge of accordingly moved." New Hampshire. Melvin Dresser ot They met here until March 31, 1768, Berlin, as grand master. Wednesday, when the records state that it wa.s November 28, l928, in which beaut!tu1 "Voted unanimously that the lodge be place it has since remained and will removed to the house of Bro. John Ull doubtedly be an abiding Jl]ace tor Stavers at the Earl of Hall!ax tavern." r g_en_ e_r:-'a"". .' tio ---,: nsmto ~,,;c:.:o.:; m~e.~.....- The tavern referred to here Is now standing, though somewhat remodeled, on the corner of Atkinson and Court streets. It was erected by John Stavers in 1767 on & plot of ground pu1chased from Theodore Atkinson, and on a high post on the northeast comer was put up the §..!gn o! the "Earl of Halifax," whlch had been so conspicuous in front of the former hotel on State Street. During the throes of the Revolution the sign was retouched and the name of William Pitt, the English commoner and defender of the colonists' rights, took the place of the "Earl of Halifax." The lodge room in this tavern was the meeting place of the lodae until October 31, 1781, when 1t met at Brother Brewster'.s tavern. On March 1:5,1792, at Oreenleaf'a tavern, a committ:ee was appointed "to confer with At both the afternoon and evening programs special music was rendered ALBERT G. HUNT Receptlon_Committee Distinguished Masons ~ong other Masonic cL.\illitaries &t the ,meeting were: M. ~- Halsey C. Edgerton:, grand mast.er; R. W. -"''""'"'-" Alexander MacIntosh, deputy grand ma.ster o! Berlin; R. W. Warren C. Tucker o! Kingston; M. w. Bela. Kingman, grand treasurer, o! New market; M. W. Harry M. Cheney of concord; , ~- W. Harry Noyes, past grand master of Gorham; M. W. Allan M. Wilson of Manchester; M. W. Frederick Sawyer of Franklin; M. W. ,Charles Wiggin of Malden, Ma.ss; M . W. Orville E. Caln of Keene; Wor Robert Laing of Manchesrer, 1L F. Lovejoy of Bristol; Rev William P. Niles of Nashua, grand chaplain, Rev Chatles MacGregor o! Penecock, grand chaplain; Wor Ben O. Aldrich of Keene, grand sword bearer; Wor. Luther Holt of Exeter; Fred W. Philbrick of Concord, grand marshal; and many other state grand officers. Among the past masters o! Saint John's lodge present were R. W. Al bert R. Junkins; Wor. Frederick Watkln.s; Wor. Fred I. Brown; Wor. Scott Somerville; Rt Wor William B. Randall; Wor. Reginald E. Goldsmith; War. Charles H. A. Amhof!; War. I John Durgin, Wor. Allen C. deRochemont, Rt- Wor Chauncey C. Hodgdon, Wor. Edward H. Riley; Wor. Maurice 0. Richards; Wor. Harold W. Hodgdon; Wor. George V. Boss; Wor. I.eon A. Robinson; Wor. Harold A. Marston. Another feature and very impressive ceremony was tbe drinking of the toast to the .memory of the officers of the yea.r.s 1911 from glasses used every 25 , years by the officers for this ]>urpose. R.W. William B. Randall, who served 25 years, ago as master was the only one remaining last evening to drink the toast. In conc1uslon a tea.st WB5 given in honor of the officers who will served the lodge in 1961, the occasion o! the 225th anniversary. A feature -0f la.st night's o~rvance wu the presence of Clarence M. deRochemont of Newington, William R. Hyde of Lynn, Charles Howard of Lynn and Rt. Wor. Albert R. Junkins, .all who attended the 150th amnvesaey celebmtlon in 1886. �lUniqu_ ve1n·t I ar as· IEYetm•· ,Jolh1m's ing's , r gra1m· In Lodg ''The Flying Stage COAdl of Port-.r;~..9uth'' which two centuries ago r an ~tween this city and Bo.~t,on, again appeared on the streets of the city last evening t,o \.he delight of n va.-;t number of people who viewed it~ triumphl\l progress ns a part of the 200th aniliversa ry celebration of th st,. John's J'.;odge, No. 1, A. F. and A. M , The coach was dr awn hy four handsome horsoo and driven by J. o. Wood , went from the city stable.; on L,lington street to Portsmouth Plain.'! and t.hen returned bv wnv of Ls1favette road and Middle stn-et,, x~i.s::mt; the Ma11onlc Temple. It then. went l;o the site of the hlstorlo Enrl of Halifax Tavern at the corner of 11.tkin~on and Court streets, where the St. ~ohn'.~ Lodgo met during its early yen.n. The occupant., of the co,Jch. ~d~. rsa1ry Who Rc11res1' nled taj. Henry Dea.rbont NEWTON In Charge o! Rellgloug Ob!tervanccs dressed 1n oolonlal co.stuma and rep- iesen.ted tour past grand masteu of st. John's Lodge of Booton, who made the local lod e 200 ears ago, a visit to . • The address of the evening was given by Allan M. Wilson, or Manchester, past grand master of the Grand lodge or New Hampshire. The lodge room wa.s filled to capacity with upwards of 500 Masons representing nearly 100 blue lodges present. An interesting feature carried out ~ - --1 was the drinking of a toast to the of-· travelling by stage coach, ftcers of the lodge 25 years hence. This Mr. Wood, the driver, represent,ed reature was inaugurated In 1911 when Bartholomew Stavors, stage coach the officers at the 175th anniversary driver In the colonial days, and riding offered a toast to the present orftcers. wlth him were four distinguished The toast or grape jute& was drank guests, past Master Scott Somerville from precious wine glasses which have represen ting Henry Price or Boston, been kept since the 1911 observance· first provincial grnnd master or Mas- in a safety vault in a local bank until sachusotts; Robert M. Herrick as Rob- taken out !or the solemn toast lo the ert Thomlinson who succeeded Price officers who will be serving the lodge as grand master in 1739; Treasurer in 1961. Harry H. Foole and past Master Allen . ~:.;.;;;;...----..---C. deRochemont, who repre.se ntul Hugh McD:rnicl and Robert J enkins, past mnstl'rs or St. John's lodge of 2 0h bse va1 ce lodgo the Portsmouth lodge. The "guests" were then escorted into the lodge room for the work o! the evening. The Master Mason degr~ was por trayed by, past district deputy grand masters of the First Masonic di.strict under the direction of Rt. Wor. Wllliam Bates Randall, 33rd degree, of this city. Mr Randall, who was worshipful master In 1911 at the 175th anniversary, repre-sented last night Gen. John Sullivan, hero of the seizure of powdei: at Fort William and Mary 1n Decmeber 1774 and who was the first grand master of New Hampshire. All of the past officers taking part were attired in military uniforms of the colonial period and represented officers and soldler,1 of the Revolutionary war, who were members of or received their degree\ in st. John's Boston. Past Ma.<;tcr Harold ston was the tally-ho man on coach. Returning to the Masonic Tem ple from the tav orn the distinguished "guests" were greeted by Worshipful Master George B. ward o! s t. John's lodge, No. 1, of this city and by Worshlp!ui Masll'r Winthrop E. Nigh t.I ngale of st. John's lodge or Boston, the - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - - -- �. . ' f • • . ' N_AL: EVENT OF --ElEBRMIO . . •·· • -t $t. John's Lodge; No·. -1;·A.-.F.··& A..M., Closes Week_Of ·lnter'.esting Observan~es . . ·t of the 200th anniver• The afternoon ev•ent opened at 's Lodge, No. 1, A. F . ..s, o·clock with an entertainment in a...<:0n!c lodge in point Tt:mple, followed by a banqu•et from • to 6.30. The evening session followed the , canquet, opening at 6.45. Worshipful Master George B. W.i.rd gave the ad~ dress of weloome and the invocation was by the chaplain, John H. Yeaton. Mr, ,-Ward stated that th& lodge, In ad(lltion fu reoeiving letters .and telegrama from .all over the United States, had also ;received ·Cablegrams :r:rom lodges · and· members of the fraternity :r.-Engi1md,· Scotland, Gibraltar, :Malta r-'r~d -S~mtq, Afrlca• . ·Somit of :tha· _greetings ·were . from members of tlle English Navy, who wero attached to.•the H. M. S. Capetown when it was. at the .Navy Yard here in August, :::929,. At .thltt time St. John's Lodge tfnterta!ned the English brethren at the biggest single Masonlo gathering ever lield In· New. Hampshire. The entertainment consisted or Boston talent and baritone solos by WHliam Elllot. Following the evening program the observance came to . an end, w;th the officers closlng the 3,721st dc,mmunlcatlon of the lodge, which was dpened last Sunday morning, when the annlversa'ry program began. :· . . WILLJ.AM B. RANDALL Gen. John S11,llivan At Degree ~ Thursdal' Evening , o:t continuous exislence in the United States, ·was . held Rriday, when Ladl~s• Day was observed during' both afternoon ·and ev.enlng :with a program of much interest. �■ The Tobias Lear House WILL CONDUCT . SERVICES AT HISTORIC CHURCH . -:~: f . \ -AUNCH THIS.AFTERNOO- (From N. Y. Herald-Tribune) Had Tobias Lear done nothing more than write the account of the death "Old Meeting House," erected in the of George Washington, which he witnessed, he would be entitled to a closing· years of the 18th century and place of honor In American history. opened for public wors111p In the yeai· ---~ 1800, will be the scene of a ·series of four · '· But this was merely the culmination This afternoon at 3.30 o'clock the ' of seven years' devoted service to the services, possibly five, commencing next _submarine "Plunger'' . will be launched first President as personal secretary. Su nd ay at l0.4 5 o'clock, st a nd a rd time, at the Navy'Yard. '. This submarine was •-; •·. It was foll0wed by a distinguished ·: aa d contin,iing every Su nd ay th ereafauthorized to be built under· the ·Erner~· career as a diplomatic representative .' ter th roughout th e mon th of AuguS t · gency Appropriation , Act for the fiscal abroad. Tobias Lear negotiated peace No arrangements have been made for ytar 1935 and the order for · it.s '"· conwith the Barbary states In 1805, and, " th e fif th Sull d ay as yet, but it is hoped struction . was placed by ,Secretary of th after the War of 1812, he was deleto secure a Speaker for at day. the Navy Claude Swanson on A-.ig. 22, gated to negotiate the exchange of · This year's liS t of speakers includ~s 1934. Lacking _a llttl:e less than a year prisoners with Gre·a t Britain. '•., several prominent Univ-e rsalist dergyfrom the time the keel was laid, the But It ls because of his association • men from sou th ern New Engla nd a nd submarine has been rushed to ' comple~ with Washington that he will longest · , Philadelphia. Rev. Harry Adams Hertion· and will be -the 23rd. underwater be remembered. And it is because of .- · :5 ey · of Danbury, Conn., will deliver th e lmat built at the ·. Portsmouth Navy this a.srociation that a group of per- ·., opening sermon next Sunday. R ev. ' .Y ard, : : , .. · j sons interes:ed in American history /. Hersey has spoken there before a nd · The 'spoasor will be ~st ; ·:>:..::i are now seeking to raise money to , been very favorably r-eceived. On Aug. . . Greenlee, ,daughter of· ·: Capt. : I{. ,~purchase the Tobias Lear house in . .- 9, Rev. Arthur A. Blair of Nashua, rec ~ qr__~~lI.~j), _ ind~tr,I~J~~n,a~~{, ,.o,1'.,~~l:_1$l, Port.smouth, New Hampshire. This J, r;awrd as one or the a bl-est preachers in ,. _·. J·ard, and ,Qreenree. <: ,., ';" .: i ·. group includes Mrs. Theodore Roose- . : the Ullirrrsalis~ church, will occupy the !f:., , Lieut . o· ;·' L . R usse ' 11; U: s• •·N .; .will b'e ,. velt, widow of the President; Mr. j ptilpit. Aug. 16 will bring Rev. Herbert::, the first commanding o!ficer ·of ·the ·, Charles Francis Adams, former Secre- :x E. Bmton of Philadelphia to the old . 3 ubmarin~. Ha is already at\ the ,yard; ~"'- ·-~ tary of_ the Navy and great-gm nelson . ) meeting house. Rev. Benton, who has .'_-__ , where ha has ·been watchln,g' the . com~ • ·· , of President John Quincy Adams and ' · a s.imm cr place Rt Contoocook, attamed ;· pletlon· or his c·o mmand. · ·..-~; ; , :·· ., Senator Harry Floyd Byrd, of Vlr- -,~ prominence in this part of the country ,; . . · The submarine 1,s .. expected to • be ili.. ginla. They have pointed out that .-: by his marriage to the sister of Rev. , oompleted about the first of F,ebruary.o'f · ', probably no man in the country was : Levi Powers, Haverhill, Mass., widely- kl. next year. · · ' . , · • ~,,;., ;. cl?5er ~o :Va_shington o~· so hono:ed ;.-· known Universalist. The fourth Sun- 1' with his mt1mate confidence dunng , _. day, Aug. 23, will see Rev. Harold H. , . long years as Tobias Lear. In addition, , NiJeg of Bridgeport, Conn,, c!fering the ,<; Colonel Lear married in succession · discourse. Rev. Mr. Nlles, formerly o.f ~ ~ two nieces of M'artha Washington. " Concord, was chapl,i.in of the New , The Lear house was built in 1740 Hampshir,e Legislature durlJ}g the ses- •' ' by the grandfather of Washington's sions of 1919 and 1921. For a number · . · secretary-another Tobias Lear. It of years he was located in Colorado re- -~ ' adjoins the Wentworth-Gardner house turnlnr~ E;isL three 1years a{:lo ·•· in Portsmouth 11.nd Is a fine example Special music is bclng arranged of the middle period or New Enga ll the meeLmgs. On Aug. 2 it will l:>e land Georgian architecture. It is 1n furnished by local talent, whHe the folneed of repairs, but ls still in good lowing week there will be a men's 9tamp collectors and esp~o~lly th?se; interested in cachet cqvers v.;111; ~ : ltl·•j , enough condition to make its salva- • choms, under the direction of Albert G. terested In the cachet from · the, sub:[ tion possible at a reasonable cost. Fuller. The group will include Roscoe m::irine Cuttlefish · now at the local/ Fortunately, the Society for the PresHolmes, Walter Blye, Ralph Holmes, - ---,--~ . ' ' ervatlon of New England Antiques " · -· ~ ~ - -~ has agreed to take title to the build- ~ Kenneth Rowe, Arthur Davies, Forres , navy yard. 'rhe cachet was prepared· 1 . 11d F1·ec1·11a11 B E1ne1·soi1 Mel e1 .' ··1 .:. 110 ' no1· of the fir·st Washingto _ n's ing and to administer it as soon as • Ra · · · · " • z, ·, the necessary funds are· raised. Stevenson, Lyman Hooke and John Birthday aboai·d that sub. On a white · 110pe d to e·11velope in a blue bordered space 1s a There are many houses In which · . . Robb 1·11s• It 1s · secure th,e ser, the first President passed a night or vices of Charles Goldsmith, well known ,, ! blue picture of Washington and in red . t , f or t wo sun d ays. p re- · , . .Ie'ters "Ou1· First Washington's ·Blr_th Chestel two, and a number in which he made · · so lo is • S··1d1·11g a. t tl ie organ wi·111Je M rs. Ed his mllitary headquarters. But the Lear ' war d '""' ,•. "ay, "' ' us· s , Cuttlefish, · February house Is in a special category, Its Ahearn. ·. J:935." TJ:ie' cachet was sponsored by'., interest lies not so much in the fact ;' These meeLings wer-e made possible r c!,era\d T. Milan and Louis G. Nix. that General Washington stayed there <l by Miss Sarah Chase, who left a legacy Two ,' different Christmas Day · in 1789 as in the part that Lear of $1.000 .ipon her death in !;he 1870's, ". ~achets were issued . and ,, an Easte,r played ln Washington's life. What •. the ilJcmne of which is to be forever J cachet is also to be issued: A. limit of more fitting, under the circumstances, t spent for Univ,er-,alist preaching in •. ~lu·ee covers and on!)' cent forwarding than that this house should be preFremont. A .~oc1cty was formed for the ~ postage . has been set and the dead served historic · carry mg out of !,he provisions of the 'r. J;ine Is Mar.c h 23. The design of the t'f ~: will, of wluch only four active members , Easter cachet is . unique · and sure to ·:1, 1cmain and still retain' an interest in c. ~e worth iiaving, . · the work. They are Eug,ene Dana San'-1,l ··· born, A.ndr-ew J. Brown, Henry A. Cooke ·' and George Sall.· Cache& ~ Iiiy~ Sub A cachet !or collectors : qf stamps and first day covers~ was' issued on the holiday from the .submarine cuttlefish. The issuance was in honor of .the fu;st Washington's rurthda.y ' aboard the • sub. Gerald T. Milan,' ieoman, second class, USN, with Louis G. Nix o1 Washington, D. c., are co-sponsors of 'the cachet. ..,. Mrs. ~ < I !i �.slon, and had lunch with him. Peterborough: "Edward Arlington Robinson spent 'Hence gifted bards much · time -in New Hampshire. · This Have ever foved the story 1s told In conneotlon with his shade; s<'arch for word3 wlth •a sinister .sound. For them there was an When writing 'Cavendar's House' he voice in all . r.appened to ride into the small station The sylvan pomp woods.' by that name. This sta°tlon wa.s just •· 'Tenting Tonight on Lhc Old CampThe following interesting article ls outside or Peterborough. The sound or ground' was wriUen by Walter Kitfrom the Franklin Journal Transcript the name Cavendar seemed to reveal t1edge, 28, youth of· Reed's Ferry, N. n_nd was written by Miss Margaret Cor- the atmosphere he was .striving for. H., who had been re,i.ated for service m Robinson selected It for the name of hi~ the Civil War. bin or Gilford: book. ·" Just to feel that • •e author "Many ·distinguished artist., have "Have you a-ead 'Th,a Real Diary o! a 'Snowbound' must ha\!\! waded wandered through New Hampshire's Real Boy?' The stories o! 'Plupy' and Winnipesaukee many times makes us lea!y glades 'and climbed her rugged 'Hea ny' were act..ial experiences or a know · him more intimalcly. Whittier hills to w.i,tch a p..irple sunset. ~roup of boys living In Exeter, N. H., loved the Sandwich country, Chocor.ia . "Did you know that Robert Frost about 1850. If you were to stroll with and Holderness. The author or this :i.r•ftugh't at Plymou'h Normal School? It Judge Sh:.ite along th e st reets of Exe- t:cle has a story from a 1[)06 Youth's "" • ter, YoU would become bewildered for Cpmpanlon, whic!1 tells how, some years was Frost who said he was no, farmer, he would take you in and •out or the bE:rore, Whittier and Lucy Larcom were giving for his reason-that New Hamp- rooks he has written. suddenly overtaken by a panther while shire was 'too "stony.' America h as "Mary Baker Eddy may have led a they were strolling near , the base of always regretted that England recog- checkered career, but her denomina- Mount Chocorua. The Piper fam,ly nlzed Robert Frost as a great poet be- ton founded in 1876 has grown to 111- cc.uld never forget the picture or the fvre she did. elude the Mother Church, The First bard of Amesbury and Miss Iprcom "The city of Franklin claims · many Church of Christ, Scientist, In Boston, 1 taming down the mountain slope and distinguished people as resident sum- and over 2,250 branches or this church. making Lhe ravines r)ng with wild yells. mer guests. Tte author of '.The Pueblo Concord, Groton and Tilton, N, fl., " 'Let Me Live In a House By Lhe Side Boy' and 'Pueblo Girl' lives on the knew Mary Baker Eddy. of the Road' was writLen by the New :New Boston Toad. Mrs. Cannon has "Ir you should visit the Thomas Hampshire poet, Sam Walter Foss, w!10 spent part of her ll!e in the Mid-West Ealley Aldrich ho.ise In Portsmouth lircd in Til~on when young and worked r.nd tells o! it in 'Red Rust." •Cannon 'Iorn's bedroom would attract your at- his way Lo secure a seminary: educaMountain in Glacier National Park ls tention. There are 268 birds on those tion. · ! named for ~ll:rs. Cannon, walls, not counting those split In the "Were you to enumerate the people "'Should you ever drive to Cornish, N. middle. of genius wl}o find in New Hampshire a H:, visit th'! home· of the great sculp"It was not Captain Nutter's original r€treat that affords the best environtor, Augustus St, Gaudens, whose name intent that his sister should head the nient for work New Hampshire would is spoken in the art galleries or Europe Nutter house, but she 'swooped' down indeed have a Hall of Fame of her own; it Is In America. In front or our own on him one day with a bandbox. The for here they seem to come_:_and after Congregational Ch..irch here In Fran:c- gentleman who shows you about the they leave I.IS, It they do, the world Ji11 we may marvel at the work of Dan- I1ouse informs you that she stayed 17 kr,ows them better." i~ Chester French. Should you visit years and would have stayed longer, but Washington, D. C., don't fall to see his ~he died. Thoma.s Balley Aldrich g.reatest work, 1.he 'Lincoln Memorial,' wrote much that we enjoy reading. Po.3"In Sanbornton lives the author, sibly the most :nterestlng story ls 'The Lynn Montross. The following lines ap- Story or a Bad Boy,' in which the setpear~ in a magazine: 'We have found ting Is Portsmo1,1th. t•uth in Robert Frost's assertion that "Maxrteld Parrish's beautiful home In 'something thertt ls that doesn't love a. Cornish was built dodging oak trees and wall'-COws don't! She continued to rocks. He says ~o..i go upstairs and sa.y, 'we a.re continually rushing out of come out on the ground floor. Parrish the house llke'Davld Copper!leld's aunt 'biue' ls famlllar to all o! us. Mr. Parto chase cows, goats and chickens out of rlsh tells us that the garden, house and the asparagus bed.' . family will all grow old together In ... "Ernest Harold Baynes has been seen Cornish, N. H. He has burled himself y many or you-the naturalist who among our hills. He says that one of trnmped 0 ver our hills and did muoh to hlS proudest achl~vement.s la that he create bird sanctuaries In New Hamp- bas bunt a- home to which his thrlle e'hire. grown sons and his daughters love to "Did you know 'that not so many years return. 'Daybreak' la one of his most ago .Cella Lalghton Thaxter, whose popular pictures. 'Sandpiper' never die, lived at Ap"Many o! us do not .know that the pledore at the Isles o! Shoals. • It was author of 'The Blacksmith or Vllno' and r.ere that the intellectual Laighton 'The Trumpeter or Krakow• Is Erlo P family contacted famo.is , 1!1-en and Kelley, professor o! jo.irnalisrn at women who came' for the summer to the Dar~mouth College. big hotel. How' much ..we would delight "Helen Nicolay, who wrote 'a Boy's to sifl upon t-hose spacious verandas Life of Lincoln,' summers in our state. end exchange storle.!I with Hawthorne, She was P1·esldent Lincoln's private Lowell, Whittler, Ellzabetq Whittler, secretary. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lucy Larcom "Edward MacDowell'a grave ls in his and many1 other~ whose slant on Amer- beloved l?eterborough. It was hero lean ll!e. wo..ild entertain us for hom-s, that he could escape the boredom of Cella Thaxter went abroad · once: she society and produce for the world some · 1 · I' Robe Brown\n on one •occir of h1a masterpieces; He· wrote abou, HAMPSHIRE of as will I �25 h Anniversary 0 Memorial Library At ye oBe servedO J ne25 h ,!, ,, 1 ;>:, if Alfred C. Philbrick and Edward S. Sawyer served the town as Trusteeswo-sc,,,.,v..., for the next few years and were succeeded by - William H. Locke 1n 1915 and Mrs. Shirley S. Philbrick in 1916. The personnel of the Board remained unchanged from that time until the death or Charles Remick In November, 1931, after a. service of twenty years as treasurer. John E. La,·- -,-w,,.,,,.,, Anthes ls his ~uccessor. Through the years the town has consistently voted the necessary appropriation for the maintenance and operation of this institution; and many valuable g!!ts of money, books, and equipment have been presented by organizations and individuals. · From time to time Trust Funds 1 : have been establlshed by public spirited citizens. These funds now amount to over $8,000. One fund In memory of Miss Rand was created in 1916. Durif\g the past twenty-five years great advances have been made in the field of Library Science. In 1911, the State Library Commission was not functioning, but today every library in the State has the benefit of It.a help. The Rye Lbrary ·has belonged to the State Lbrary A~oclatlon for fifteen years and now benefits nlso by membership · in the American Library Association. The resources of the State Library 1n ,C-Oncor? are now easlly available to any Library patron. It ls the hope of the friends of the Rye Library that It may. constantly enlarge its scope of service so that every citizen o! th e town may ~Ind refreshment and Inspiration wlthm !ts walls and ao fulfl)l the dearest wish of its founder. In the words of Dr. Parsons' decllcatory add:ess, ''1'.et us dedicate this public Library building to every department or llterature _and science • a nd art • • • and to the public weal in whatever way ~.uch a structure can serve th e people. In commemoration of this anniversary the Trustees and Miss Drake wlll hold "Open House" at the LIbrary on the afte~noon or Mondal', June 22nd ' from 2 to 5, D. 8. T. AJl are cordially invited. ...,,.;~.1ciR- I I Ranll l\1('morial Library At Ryl' Center Monday, June 22nd marks the twenty called "The Rye Library Assoc a fifth anniversary or one of the most WM formed by Charles P. Brown and lmpo~tant events In the history of the others. The present Library organlzatown of Rye. On the afternoon of June tlon began with the formation of a 22nd, 1911, the Public Library building Board of Trustees on March 27 th, was formally presented to the Town 1909, composed o! Dr. Charles F. by Miss Hary Tuck Rand, "In memory Patterson, chairman. Frederick p_ of Capt John Tuck Rand, Betsey Dow, Parsons, clerk and William c. Walker, hls wife, and their children, to whose treasurer. The first small collection industry and !rugallty the donor owes Clf books was kept in the home of Mr. her ability to give." I Walker. on March 8th, 1910, the The dedication service was held at Board reorganized, Charles M. Rentlck the Rye Congregational Church. Of 15ucceeclin g Dr. Patterson. It was ln 1 tho·e who took active part In these I n large me;isure due to Dr. Patterson's exercises only two are now living, Rev. wise and sympathetic assistance that Henry A. Barber (then pa.<:tor of the Miss Rand was able to bring her Church) who opened the service wit,h ideas to fruition. prayer; nnd Rev. John Fenwick, (pason March 16th, 1910, Miss Hand tor of the Christian Church) who made conveyed to the town a lot of land the closing petition. Rev. William Rand for n library site-a historic spot, for of Seabrook gave a memorial talk . '1ere once stood the first parsonage, which was followed by the dedicatory ; ')ullt In 1738 and occupied by Rev. addre s by Dr. John W. Parsons of Samuel P;irsons. Portsmouth, in which he paid high ! The Trustees chose c. Howard Waltribute to the generosity and publJc lter of Boston as architect and Char15plrlt of Miss Rand. • I Jes M. Rand, bullder. Work was beImportant as were these prellmlnnry l gun on the building on August, aist, fiPeeches, most touching nnd impres- :1910, and on August 17th of the next r;lve was the presentation by Miss year, the few volumes which then Rand. In this her first experience comprised the Library were moved as a public speaker, the frail little Jnto the new building. Mlss Helen C. black-clad lady, almoot eighty years Drake was appointed Llbrnrlan and of age, spoke to her neighbors and has ably filled this po.si to the presfrlends ln a low earnest volcJ whose ent clay, never falling In her gracious trembling tones were yet audible to wrlcome and her willingness to serve. all In the church. She expressed her On Sept. 6th, the Library was ready gratitude that she had been nble for scrvicP, with 500 volumes on the t.o see the compleUon of her memorial iihelves. During the first year there to her family. "I wlll raise a monu- WIJ.ti an avernga clrculntion of 150 ment to their worth and goodness," books each week. Now, after twenty ahe said-and In closing, "I wish It flve years, there are approximately to do good. and be of much benefit, 9,500 volumes anrl the average weekly a 11tore-house for books, for lnforma- circulation is 400 books. At the betlon and knowledge, a foundation of ginning lh<'re werr a few maga7.ines help, lasting." present<'<! by friends. Today the re:irlAcceptance of the gift was made Ing tables offer magazlnes to ~nllsby John E. Locke, Chairman of the fy all tastes. Board of Selectmen. In 1911, Chauncey Woodman sueLooking back. over the history of ceecled William Walker; and in 1912 t.he Library we find that more than Frederick Parsons retired from the a hundred years ago, a ''Social Libr- Board. He has continued his active ary of Rye," was In e:i1lstmce ln Interest In the Library to this day, charge of the Postmaster; and later, however. 1n 1862, a small circulating library - - -- --...----...--......,. I �i Pioneer Class Graduates · . t:·1:~i~ .•.t ~ ! · From Stoneleigh College I ifWENTY-THREE YOUNG WOMEN RECEIVE DIPLOMAS AT. EXERCISES AT ST. ANDREW'S BY J'HE SEA, RYE BEACH, THIS MORNING . Twenty-three young women, mem- Eugenia Savage, '37, of Bllllgor, Me., govOollege, were awarded dlploma.s at the ernment, marshalled the academic profirst Commencement to be held at St. cession, including faculty and staff, and 1 r..eaded by Governor Bridges and Pre.slAndrews-by-the-Sea, Rye Beach, this c,ent Currier. Dorothy Sellars, '37, of morning at 10.30 o'clock. Oov. H. Lawrence, Mass., president ot the InStyles Bridges gave the Com- coming senior class, marshalled the mencement address. Mrs. Grace Mor- freshmen, and the graduates who were rlson Poole, dean of the college, gave led by Rosamond Rivinius, Winchester, the address of welcome to parents of Mass., senior president; Josephine Bograduates a.nd invited guests. <line of Jamestown, N. Y., vice preslPres. Rich.a.rd D. Currier awarded cent; Virginia Roberts of North Adams, the first diploma to Virginia ,Roberts Mass., secretary, and Louise Dancause, of North Adams, Mass., who was the Lc,well, Mass., treasurer. first student ·to register at stonelelgh Continuing hl~ address, In which he when the college was opened In Sep. emphasized truth as an Important goal tember, 1934. :for the youth ot today, Governor '.that "the world needs the constantly Bridges said, "This ls a changh1g 3enewed leaven or youth, young men ;world. Conditions change. Customs and women, challenging and inspiring <'hange. Problems change. Education their elder~ ana thus assuring a pro- changes. There is ever a new world tor gre.,g that would otherwise stall on dit- YOJth, but there 1s one thing constant, 11cult grades and hesitate at every ob- now and foreve1", throughout the ag~ 11tacle" was tho belief expressell by and that is truth. • Gov. H. Style~ Bridges In h1s address to ~•Freedom to search for truth, to seek the graduates. it in the service of God and man; to The governor pointed out the danger .seek It in thought; to seek it in speech· ct becoming "set" In one'.s ways. What- j to set:k it in llfe; this freedom should b; ever the paths you are called upon to · cu1· first duty to support as individuals pursue do not let them become ruts. Do I i.nd as citizens. One of its expressions not stop thlnldng. Mental indolence J.s and one of the great needs of the day 1.3 M bad a.s physical laziness. Be willing ]!Ubllo mindedness, a broad conception and desirous to know the facts, to be o! the issues o! lite in the community :fclly informed. Reason clearly and and the nation and a patriotic devotion reach intell!gent opinions before de- to the promotion ot the best as we see clarlng them to the world." it. Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, dean of "Even in your comparatively sheltered the college, welcomed the assembled llte within the walls of Stonelelgh you guests. have known of the depths of economic Following the governor's address, Dr. depression and of individual privation Eleanor Tupper, dean of faculty, pre- and suffering which this nation and the eer,ted to President Richard ]). Currl~r world have experienced in the pa.st few the candidates for diplomas, all of years and from which there Is but the 'l\'hom were members of the original en- :first appearance of recovery. The 1 horizon Is .still black wlt-h clouds behind tnln class. · '.7hicb boom the muftled thJnders of bers ot the class of 1936 at Stonelelgh next year's president of student l tt.reatened wars. It is not a pleasan , world you are about to enter. It is not typified by this beautiful June day in ' New Hampshire. "But the world's distress is not hopelt>s.s. The world's discontent is not aim, less. There l.s world-wide desire and I er,plratlon for a new life on a higher ' J1!ane. You and I and all of us can aid Iln its fulfillment." I The governor oftlclally wtlcomed 1 Stonelelgh into the educational family j of New Hampshire and commended the i founders, President· Currier and Dean T. Lawrence Lavis or Boston Univermty, In establishing a colltge t.ha.t "J·epresents a comparatively modern development In education, a development needed to meet the new.demands of a changing world. It was fitting that Swnelelgh should come to New Hamn:;!'lire and to Rye; not only because here you have unsurpassed beauty ot sJrroundlngs and the lnspifation of three crnturles of American history; but al.;;o because the spilit of the New Hampsl1lre of today Is alive, ambitious, aware of modern need and desirous of dolng Its part to meet them. "The aim of the found er.s of Stoneldgh, as I understand it, was to establish a modern college for modern young y1omen, an institution which would prepr,re Its .students for the lives they must Jim In these times, not the times oi their mothers and grandmothers, ·.,nder t.ht' crndltlons and meeting the problems of today and tomonow, not of yeslH<lay nnd the day before yesterday. Its course of study, its woi-k proi;ram n cognizes the fact that women more than ever before are seeking for themi,elve.s economic Independence, are demanding the right and the training for earning their own living, achieving full 1,uccess in business and professional cureers as well as In the great flelds (lf crt, l!terature, music, paJntlng and sculpture. ''But I am glad to note that Stonelelgh, In all its plans, its purposes, its processes, recognizes the undiminished slgnl.!ance and Importance of woman's piace 1n the home. Its program is positive and practical, I see, but it also provides and emphasizes those cultural titudles which contribute to the enrichment of lite and the understanding of its right relations." A buffet luncheon for faculty, stuc.'ent.-1 and guest.; was held at the college after the exercises closing Commencerr-ent festivities. Those who graduated with the pioneer class are: Josephine W. Bodine, Jamestown, N. Y.; Mary O. Burrill, Dennis, Mass.; ~atri~ G. Carmen, Salem, M.a.ss.; Elizabeth C<>ok. Leominster, Mass.; Evelyn L. Dancause, Lowell, Mass.; Persis Gilbert, Hartland, Vt.; Virginia Haseltine, Haverhill, Mass.; Lavinia Hume, Amesbury, Mass.; Alyce Isaacsen, Montclair, N. J .; Myrtle ~- Johnston, Attleboro, Mass.; Jane Kirby, Newton Center, Mass.; Muriel R. Ma.son, Westboro, Mass.; Martha P. Mossman, Flt.chburg, Mass.; Helen G. Murray, Wollaston, Mass.; Marhea ~)'~eeffe, Haverhlll, Mass.; Jean Pat- �terson, Westfield, Mass.; Rosamond Ravlnius, Winchester, Ma s.; Vlrg1D1a Roberts, North Adams, Mass.; Jane Sampson, Worcester, Mass.; Hannah W. Sheppard, Dover, N. H.; Eleanor Shumway, Arlington, Mass.; Dorothy E. Stearns, Washington; Patricia Tll• ton, Newburyport, MaS6.; Jenhette L. Watson Manchester. HALEY FA IL rt'l" AS REUNIO The 11th annual reunion o( Lhe Haley Family Associalion was held al lhe Isles of Shoals on Wedneday, with Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo F. Staples o( KtlLery as hosls. Lunch was served at Lhc hole! and visils wcrr lllade lo places o( hlslorical inlercst, i11d11cli11g a Lrlp by launch io lhe Haley graves on £mullynose Island, formerly known as IIaley·s Island, where "Kin~" Capl. Sa.muel Haley Jiv ed and was buried in 1811. (Feb. 7>. Caplain Haley built a sea wall at Lhe island, making a safe harbor for seamen in Lhal clan~r:·ous localion. There is a legend of silver bars found buried there furnishin~ part o[ lhe expense. It is said lhat he krpl a warnin::; light burning in a window o[ his home before the lighthouse was built. This was lhe fir,;L visit o( lhr Haley Family Assoc:alion lo Lhe ishnds and It was grcally rnjoyrcl. Tho branch of the family at Lhe c·\an<ls lived there over 200 years ago, Members attcndin~ were from Maine, New Hampshire and Massa.chusells. Col nial Dames H Id Annual Garden Party HISTORIC MOFFATT.LADD MANSION AND GARDEN SCENE OF PLEASANT SOCIAL EVENT Tho proud old Mo(fa.tl-Ladd Mansion the quilts dated back. to 1800. Mrs. on Market slreet wa.5 visited by large Warren's interesting hobby proved of of much interest to all. · numbe rs of gueSt.s from all parls In the"old coach house, recently reno• New Hampshire and nearby summer re- va.ted by the soc1ety, was displayed a sorts yeslerda.y afternoon, the occasion rare and valuable collection of old pew· being' the annual garden party of the ter by Mrs. John B. Jameson of ConNew Hampshire Society, colonial cord. The collection was made up or Dames or America, who own the his• early American, French and English Lorie old cstale. The parly opened at pieces, many o! them very old and 3 o'clock and conlinued until 6, the time rare specimens. This exhibit was most passing all too quickly. The many !as- fascinating. Mrs. Jameson lias , one of cinalinr: fealures of Lhe fine old man- the finesl collections of pewter in New sion, two especially inlercsting displays Hampshire and has exhibited at the arranged for Lhis party, Lhe beautiful J Currier Art Gallery and at other pubold-fa:;hioned garden, Lhe rare antique · Ile displays. furnilure In Lhe house, and the cha.rmAssisting Mrs. Jameson at the pewter h1•:ly fri<'nclly and social atmosphere display were Miss Pauline Bradford and combined Lo make the n(ternoon thor- Mrs. J. Winslow Peirce of Portsmouth, ou~hly enjoyable for everyone. Miss Ethel Ranlet and Mrs. Robert In the receiving line as the members·, Manning of Rye. and guesl.s arrived were lhe president Mrs. O. Lane Goss of of Lhe socicly, Mrs. Charles Carpenter Mass .. and Dover and Mrs. Goss or Uovrr; Mm. ,John G. M. Glcss-l Jen Higgins. 3rd, of Dover were ncr of Liltleton, honorary vice presi- charge of admission. dent; Mrs. Winthrop E. Fiske of Exeter, Mrs. Charles Batchelder of Portsvice prC',ldenl; Mrs. Charles B. Man-\ mouth acted as chairman of the garden ning of Manchester, vice president; commiltee and Mrs. Wallis Walker or Mrs. ,T. 1',ranklin Robinson of Manches- \ Rye as chainnan of Lhe house committer, Mrs. Stacy L. Hanson o( Dover, tee. Miss Annie L. Wallace or Rochester, 1 Mrs. Elenora Jackson, wife of Deputy chairman of the enterlainment com-' Secretary of State Harry Jackson of mitlc", and Mrs. Albertus T. Dttdlcy or Manchester, presided at the punch Exeter. table. while the Misses Alice Decatur of Thr old mansion never looked more j Garden Cily, L. I., and Susan Stewart channin•: Lhan ycslrrday a[lernoon. In assisled in serving. Mrs. Emma B. Lyeach room were atlraclively arranged man of Exeter presided at the coffee floral decorations, including giant sweet urn and at Lhe refreshment table were peas. somo arranged in pastel shades Mrs. Charles E. Manning, Mrs. H. Ellis and some in bouquets of pure white, Straw, Miss Rosamond Davis and Miss with gypsophila or maiden-hair fem. Frances Parker, all of Manchester. The These especially beautiful flowers were Misses Rulh Higgins, Mary Fuller, from lhe garden of Mrs. John G. M. ElizabeLh Warren, Mary Warren and Gles.~ner. Lhe society's honorary vice Mary Parker of Manchester also aspresident. There were also flowers sisted in serving. from the gardens or Mrs. Charles B. During Lhe afternoon music was furMannin~. vice presidenl, and Mrs. Carl nished by the Boston Symphony plays. Fuller or Little Boar's Head. Mrs. \ ers, at the Hotel Wentworth this sumEmma :Brown Lyman of ExeLcr had mer under the direction pf Robert Guncharge of arranging Lbe decorations. dersen. In thr ofnce of Lhe mansion was a Miss Wallace, chairman of the enterchoice collection of old quilts, exhibited Lalnment committee, was in charge of by Mrs. CTeorge H. Warren of Manchcs- arrangements, assisted by Miss Esther Lcr, a summer resident of New Cast\e. 1 Jackson of Peterborough, Mrs. Emma The inlercstlng old quilts, hand-made 1B. Lyman of Exeter, Mrs. Robert P. with so much r.are many, many years j Burroughs, Mrs. H. Ellis Straw and al{o. in inlrlcale alld pleasing patterns Mrs. Frederick Preston o! Manchester, and varions color schemes, were hun~ 'I Miss J osephine Rice of Portsmouth and around lhe walls of lhe room. One of Mrs. Horace Morrison of Boston. I I I I I �ageanls to Mark. Tercentenary Qf Old.Maine _(}Q~µt;y· , Speclttl to The Christian Sc!encs ll{onltor, ' . KENNEBUNK, Maine, June 30~ A . series.•. of_ pagea~ts, p)ays __ ~11ci. · other social events in August, to J;>e cl!rpax~d by Malne-,~·-lannual ·summer-,Vlsitor!s -Day, are some · of · the attractions · being planned fot the hundreds of ·visitors who wlll help • York Coun(y commemorate its 300th anniversary and the "founding: of :what is" claimed as the ·:tlrst organ'ized city· on the North :American ' Continent: this . · year t ·>(7eorge . ,1. l Wentworth ' of Kenneb,unk} chair1man of the Tercentenary; Committee revealed ·today. ',.. \ ·· •.\ ' ' . World-famcius ; figures ,'in the realms of literature, the stage, music statecraft, . art and the church as 'well as distinguished persons in. terested in· the ' unusual early history of York County will contribute their time and .talents to make the ·tercen~enary one of the outstanding historical' and socfal events ·in the history of Maine. · Every city • and . town in York County . will .'be given an .. bpportunity to: participate in the · anniversary, the region being . so rich in historic lore and ,scenic beauties. · Throughout the month,· succeed.ing days .Will i>e devoted · to each ·of the · modern towns and villages of 'today, which; in· Colonial days, cradled 'American independence. Pa·geants and plays in which descendants of early New England patriots will take le~ding roles under the direction of leading American historians, playwrights, authors and stage managers will be features of the Tercentenary. With Maine literature in the foreground at the present time, added interest will be given to the anniversary by the presentation of "As the Earth Turns" as a play by the author, Gladys Hasty Carroll. The presentation will be at S~uth Berwick, the writer's home. · Another famous Maine /'The Peabody Pew,''. by Kate Dougle.ss Wiggin, will also be presented in play form at Buxton, a few miles from the author's old is 0 ----♦ ~or~ nteV\ York>Cou,n:ty ,Coi~1mu1nli·tlies Pl~~ IBiig ·, tellelb1ra·tlio1ns '.f I , HN V AlRllOUS lPLACES WILL OPEN TODAY AND CONT!NUJE THROUGH AUGUST 30 Cl v0, "3,,(;, JE~CENTENARY '. OlBSlElRV ANCES ! Thousand of former -~esidents and 1 1' Bicj. efo'rd and Saco-9 a. m., pa.rflde friends commenced pouring into the of hprr!bles over prmcipal stree!.s of_ 27 towns and cities in York county both! cities ; 10 a. ·m. runnin1r rac~ today to join in the Tercenteua~·y and a general progrum or sports con1 celebration which opened today. 'l'hc I tlnu~ng at intervals; 3 p . m, parad~ complete program of the .York Coun- ; of pe1:5,: /3 p. m. block dance in City ty. observance was relea.,ed . by :Prof s(l .. ~iddeford, band concert.~ tn hoth Harry Scott of Sanford today. 1 , cities. . . Today-South Berwick, Rural festiF~iday-Kennebunkport, 0 p, rn. 1-lia-val, play "As the Earth Turns," dl- ·ter carnival on" the Kermebuuk River, rected by Gladys Hasty , Carrnll its band concett. . 11uthor. Presented ·at Emery's B;idge Buxtor!--8 p .. m. The, Dow11,1 Society Community, the author's: home/ \ of · Holll,;. ~ntl .Buxton will pcc.~1mt. •at Friday-South Berwick, 3 p. m.. ·rory ~fall mee~inr; Hou~e, 'The Olci presentation of "As the Earth Turns." P~!lbody Pew." Saturday-South ·Berwick, 3 p . m ., Holli.\l--9 ·fl. m . l;o presentation of "As the Earth Turns." C01rnt:5r F ai·rn .Bureuu Sunday-York, 10.45 a. m. presenta- farm of Vvllliain B tlon of old t~me church service, First Holli~ center. 1 Parish church, York Village, Rev ..-WilSJturda.y, /Wg, 29-Kitt.ery, ~O a. nt. 11am H. Millinger, • preacher. · panule forms oppositt1 GaU1olic church. Buxton-11 a. m ., 100th anniversary Sanford-1.30 ll, m , p11ru.de; :l p , m. of the dedication of the Free ' Bill,>- historical p,\geanl; \11 · Cent.rnl sq; f tlst Church at West Buxton; address [l. tll , {)0t1C:Dl'i;'; IU!O 'fl !ll. Olli,(loor lllllll7 by Rev. M. Joseph Twomey, ,Singing u:fJ.l pro 1;ram and flri:wodc:; · ' by Portland Men's Singing Club. · El!ohll:xercise.s on Ute W.tlli,Hu Fogg · Monday-Old Orchard Beach, s1un- Lilmi.ry grounds; ,sporr.s, band co.ncerit ·mer Visitors' Day antl picnic . luncq ; , adclre.~s· hy R ~lpµ :·• i p. · m. to 2 p. m·. ~~ the · beach,' S. narUett.: 2.:10 to• 4 p . m. tallleaux. I ·a µnual internation·a1_• beauty contest Lebanon-a p . m . address by Hon to · select "Miss North America." Ral11ti T. P arlcer or H.umfortl. Falls ; 4 p. m.-Pageant otl Old Orcha.rd brn11 concert.. HOU.5e grounds. II CornL~l1-2.:10 fl , m. eK,!l'GJ..,~, 'under · 7-8 p. m.-Band concert; 8 1 p , m. the direction o't t.li,1 Corm~h School Summer Visitors' .. Day .. exercis~ -on tile assot:iation ,at l?;ik11 , l\t(eruorial Hull. grounds · of the Old Orchard I-t<iuse, Newfield_:_lO •a'. xn water sport:; and presi(led over by Oov, Brann.. hand cotwert. R.ocklw.vcm Lake; 1.30 - 10.30-F!reworks . . fl, rn. aµt,1mtol}ile para1k h:lll game, · Tuesday-south Berwick, "Old Be\r.. supper, daiic;! ih Slta<l,v Niiolc Hall. wick Day,''. Towns of Berwick, Nort;li. P:irsonst'ielll-E,mwises al; Kezar ' and .south Berwick uniting in a Joint P ,i!L,, 10 o. tu . parall t!; historical o.d~ cle~bration; 2 p; m. parade, band con- dre.,8; float rm.radii and bu~e!Jall gum:!. Buxtori-:l:io 'cer , baseball game, historical addreS.11. • , \ ..,. in.· p;-esenliation of ,· ,13'!>'. irfri.-Pres~ntation . ."As the Earth the "0111 PealJCHly P ew". r1.\;, 'tdry, Hill Tutns(! at South , Berwick. Meeti.J.,g .. Hou~e. . , . . , ,9.30/ ,.>: 1):1..-Dancing in Central Sq. S,md1i.v,'· Av1~ust' 30. will IJe observed : •Linl.!rtg~n-3 p. m. Old Home Day as Count.v.. wide ceM1i·1tf.ion .ot' ''Village l\nd llllstor,c exercises on the grounds Clrnrch D ay," dmiuf.: wlnell services ·• , · · will he' hel<.J irl Ule olcl-•ffl81 tlune(I way 0 ~ 1il~lngton Academy, Address by \n iiicl ·chm:chi{,.' , • . · Juctgi;/ Lauren M. Sanborn ; band con.. · Kit_,ter.,\...:,_/1,\; '.iilH~ i::>Jcl. Clmrnlt _ cernecert. .; / " j ., ' 0 ·p'. ,m.~Town Hall musical progr1tm \he· njiiv'.~· g.rM>t!! of . 'H,t!l• . ·John · ewrri.iir.eh ·1i-ii,l l_._ he dedlcat.etl , · .·... · Lfrrl,erlclc-+-Old Home Day, 12.45 p.m. , . band donc~rt; reunion and reception af Town ,Hil.H; 8 p, m. historical pag .. eant'. · DaytJn and Lyman-Good win's .Mtlls Village, 8 p. m., hi.~torical n.ddre.~s ancl band concert. J -Wednerctay-;-Acton and Sha.plelgh, Exercl§es ·at the Acton Fair Grounds, band concert. Thursday-York, "First City· Itn America . Day;•• 3 p. m. hL5torical ad •· dress ,in rear of Town Hall ; 3.30 pag•• 'eant in' rear of Town Hall ; band. con .. cert :apd ,_ s,ports at Y ork· Beach ;, fire .. works: : I '. : ' • • 0 ., v,ry· �- tart Movement To reserve Historic\Tobias ar House E The Portsmouth Home Industries , at the Peirce barn on Haymarket Square ls featuring an exhibition o!' ~water colors by Gladys Brannigan, well known artist. Mrs. Brannigan during ·the winter of 1933 and 1934 resided in thls city and during her stay here painted some historical murals at the Livermore house on Livermore street. This summer she has worked on. some murals pertaining to the early history of the city. The exhibit contains a number scenes in the vicinity of Rye and Portsmouth. The paintings are exceptionally fine. In addition to the water colors are some pen and ink sketches !or reproduction for -museum work. Mrs. Brannigan studied at the Cor~ coran Art School, the National Academy of Design and the Arts Studio League of New York and has traveled and studied abroad. She studied mural painting under Kennison Cox and George Maynard. She is a member of the major professional societies, including the New York Society of Artists and the New York Water Color Club, being a former treasTOBIAS LEAR HOUSE urer and a member of the board of conA group or persons inlcresLetrin Am- lt js a splendiµ tri)?11-te -tp . Colonel trol of Lhe society. Among the public e,rican hlstory is now seeking to ralse J,€ar tjlat ne ,slwuld hav~ bad t,he comcollectors is included the American Mumoney to purchase the hlstoric olcl To- t,Jete .\rus~ of, both .Wiishington · and • seum of Natural History, the Congresbias Lear House on Hunking street, this veHerson.. Upon , the inauguration of sional Library, George Washington rit.y, The group includes Mrs. Theo- the la.(.t,er as PYe$1dent, he selected Lear University, Wesleyan College and the dore Roo..scvelt, widow of the late Presi- tor ~pe~ial 1UplQmatio missions, sending Portsmouth Public Library. She has dent; Charles Francis Adams, !orml.'r hl.m to HaltlN1d ·later appointing him participated in several one artist shows ~cret.ary of the navy :i.ncl great-grand- "°nsul-general to the Barbary States. and exhibits annually at the water 11011 of President John Quincy Adams; '1111th Commodore Preble he 11ailed !or · color shows of the American Water . Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia; $}1e Mediterranean on the frtsate "ConColor, New Yor_k _Wate,r C~lor and other Theodo~e Roosevelt, former Gov. Hunt- ,61,itntlon" ln 1803 and aa 11pecial comaquarelle organizations. ' . ley N. Spaulding, Thomas Washington, ~ssioner mgotfa,te<l the treaty or ' The" exhibit win be on ctlsplay for two ll . S. N., and George L. Washington. iJeaee with Tripoli 1n 190!}. After the weeks at the shop of the Port.smouth Because of Tobias Lear's close assocl- 1War of 181~ Fr~lden, Madison apH';)me Industries. · ; · v.tion with President George Washing- ,Olnted him NJ comml.~sioner to arran~ ton an effort ls being made t-0 preser;e f()r the exchange ~ prisoners with nnd maintain for posterity this old Ltreat Britain, tear died in 1816. mansion which deserves to become a!l . II'he tea:, lio,1-~e, adjolnllig_the 1'am1mp6rLant national shrine. An oppo:- &Wentworth-Gardner House · ln tuity has recently arisen to acquire am.I mouth, wa built bout 1740 by the 11reserve this house, which was the ird 'J'oblas tear, grandfather of ColbJrthplace Rnd boyhood home or Tobi!!.'! · l Lear, ,wd ~ A tine ·example of New l..ear. Aarter graduating from Harvard . glnng Qf)Qrgl(\~ &.rchlteoture ot the College In 1783, Lear became private lilddle perlod, r.i\ t-hl$ h~u.;& Lear was ,iecretary to General Washington, later bc-rn in 1762, R-nd here in 1789 WashlngtPe President's chief secretary, and ton vii;ited Mad;ime Lear, who later be1mally military secretary, with the title came a frequent visitor at Mo.mt Ver«>! colonel. Dunng fourteen years of non. No structure now standing in 1J1is period Lear resided almost contln~ New England ls more nearly assoclat?.d uously with the Washington family. with the clo.siug years of our llrst Frobably no other man in the count.ry Fresident and his wlfe. was so close to WRShington or .so honIt is proposed to purchase, preserve ued with his intimate con!ldence dur- and endow thi.s his toric old house by 1ng these years. n:eans o! private contributions. Tl1e Colonel Lear married a famous Ports- p,Ice ls $4-000 and a minimum endowmout.h bea1.ty, Mary Long, who died I::! ment of $20,000 is being sought. No 1793 of yellow fever. A few years later commission is being paid anyone. for lie took for his wife, Frances Bassett contributions received. The State Street Washington, niece or Martha Wa.~hing- Trust Company or 53 State street, Boston and widow o! the Pr~siclent's !~v- ton, ha.s consented to act as cleposito1y nite nephew, Maj. George AJgust,ne !or the fund, and checks made payable Washington. She lived : but a short to Lear House Fund, C. R. Richmond, tlme. His third wife was Frances Dan- trtasurer, may be sent there. c!Jldge Henley, · a.not.her niece of Mrs. The Boclety for the Preservation tif :WastJlngt.on. New England Antiquities, incorporated In 1910 !or the purpose of pre.sening- old buildings and already controlling over thirty, has consented t-0 take title to the property an1 administer It a.s soon a.s ~he mone ls raised. . �Historical Portsm.outh .Homes ·opene4 ·ta ·Public For Se~son .fi·_. ;,- : •;~--. ""- ...,.,. _----, . . . . . . . .., .... , . - ·- --: -•--· - ~ - --•---~ . . Special to The Christian Scien ce Mon i tor PORTSMOUTH, N. H., July 9;Al} t}ie .Ioca~. old_ i;r+ansions which , have-<' been preserved by, lovers , of early Americana are open for the season. In the '.JisC-w!ll be noted the , John .Paul Jones- house, the Peirce ,mansion, , the : W-entw,orth •·Gatdner mansion, .; the ·, Warper house,. the ,Mofiatt-'Ladd ·<estate, the Thomas -Balley · Aldrich: home, the Jackson .house and. the Tobias Lear house. The Tobias Lear house : was acquired last year, by U1e Society for . the, Preservation of American Anltiquities.• The society ·. al$o has taken over., the ,Wentworth•Gardner man. sion, -'located · adjacently:. The first . named is being carefully repaired · and··set up with , colonial. reproduc'. tions. ·The room ,- which George· Washi11gton used is being preserved w!.thout . change. ;All ·, the original fittings ·are in place': .-,("''.-Washinwt~n's Secretary ~ ~ f '•~. {'>, .,_,, • •• , ,• I .. ;1:ooias Lear . was ._ secretary to George Washington during the first years . of the. republic. The room in whi\ih · . George ·. : Y,/,!i.shington slept, ,during . nis ma!ly, ,vJsits '. tp Portsmouth,'has always been kept undisturbed. It 'is the 'intention of the Sqcie.t y ,for the .. Preservation of _.\meric:i,ri Antiquities to ·make , both t.he ·wentworth 0 Gardner and Tobias Lear. hou~es perfect.examples of the highest ·,. type of . colonial . architecture'.· · · · The ·v1ei1tworth:dai'dner house was erected in,' ·1760. I~ is a perfect Georgian type · at the · height of the colpnial• period. At the .east side of the ''front door .. s.tands ·one of the finest Linctrn trees in New Hampshire:; Plantings "fcir this · tree were brought 'in a mustard box from England•· itr' 1760. The · vessel which brought this box dock'ed at the very .door- of -the house.,, . ; · · . The carvln!)'s ar~ all hand tooled ; 1iavlng taken thiee•·· workmen 14 _'m on.'ths 1' to ··'c9mp1ete. ,· Vfsltors riote the ' rich cforriicf! '• wrth •arched modil• .llons, th_e arch and ' doorways, while upstairs the coving · of the entire ce!Hng -ls noteworthy together with thEt,returns ·the -~iilctows. ; 1 ,1 :, ,, ,i-Ia~d ,Too·i_i~g . ,•·...'!'h!l stair.·_ spaitar_els . are perfect examples of ._ha,nd .too~in'g. At the . curve _of the _hall . stairs the. great oval,,· panel., is .. made .. from black ·cherrY,1-.Cd.rve¢1 ;;from one piece of ,solid wood. The UJ?per hall has been mentioned: .a~ the best - American at hall of its date. Tr.e key window arch is carved as a face,, said to be tha t of the English Queen. . The newel post ls ln one piece, the spiral being carved froin the outside by a marine workman, whose specialty '\vas this kind of work. The rail is made from painted pine, mahogany not coming into · general usage until after this period. The_spiudles, in sets of three, are hand tooled from old black cherry, taken from the forest near Portsmouth. ·· . · The kitchen is particularly interesting, especially the fireplace. This is remarkable for the windmill spit, one , like it being found at Mount Vernon. In the flue is attached a small windmill, ·which revolved the iron bar, projecting through the panel. Through this , was attached the chain of the spit rope. The fire, place has also a trammel, a lug rope, used .in early American houses before cranes came into the household picture. The oven is at the back, there, being a · separate flue. After heating, the ashes were raked ou,t and a board placed the door during the _cooking. . Huge Drcss~r A huge dresser occupies the wall space opposite the oven, This reaches up to the ceiling and is filled with an old · fashioned set of blue Delft ware. Over the staircase, leading to the at(.ic, is a window set, consisting of four leaded panes, set so the light from the kitchen illuminates the stairway. Over the front door is a carved pineapple, which in Colonia l days was the emblem of hospitality. Altogether this house is typical of Colonial marine architecture, ns many o( the carvings are the same as would be found on some of the old square-rigged ships sailing in anct· out of Portsmouth 150 years or more ago. In the John Paul Jones house is a perfect model of the gondola, which in Colonial days was seen very often in Portsmouth Harbor, being used to transport provisions from up country to the city by way of the Piscataqua River. It had a body like a scow, and a single short mast post to which was swiveled a long, overhanging lateen sail. Some .of these boats were capable of carrying 30 passengers together with provisions of all kinds. PEPPERRELL ';f3~ REUNION AT KITTERY PT. Franklin Frisbee Of Saint _· Johnsbury, Vt., Elected President • The 40th annual reunion o! the Pe . perrell Family -Association was held ~t the Community House at Kittery Point yesterday, with a g·ood attendance and most int11resting and enjoyable program. An addre5s was given by George P. Frose on "The Boyhood of Sir William Peppe;rell." . . . .. A plcnlo lunch was eaten at noon and ·· coffee was served. O!flcers were e,Iected, as foi1~;s, President, .Franklin s. Frisbee JohnsbJry, .Vt. ' Vice president, Capt. John H. Rruet,t. Secretary, George P. Fro.st, North Hampton. Treasurer, Mrs: Agrie., Rogers, Yoi·k. Chaplain, Mrs. Annie Hayes, Portland, Me. . Historian, Mrs. Lllllan Norris, · South Eliot. Necrologlst, Mrs. Annie M. Shapleigh, Eliot. Reunion committee, George l?epperrell Frost, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Randall and Mrs. Mark Wentworth. Membership and flag committee, Mn!. Rogers, Mrs. Randall, Mr. Froot. Tomb and lot committee, Capt. J; H. Pruett, George P. Frost. �AVY Impressive Siigh·t As T lunger Slides S1mooth!y From Ways -Miss IEdi·tlh !Elizabeth Greenlee Is Sponsor . . Tht! 23rd PorLsmouLh-built .~ubma-- rival of Rear Acimi.ral Cyrus Cole he rine moved smoothly down the WA-YS at suved as acLing commanrt~nt. the ForLsmouuth Navy Yard before a Previous ~o the launching ceremony! vtry large number of spectator.~ at 3.50 l\iiss Greenlee was presented a beautiful! o clock yesterday afternoon. This new- gold wrisLwatch in a handsome case, the <'St submarine was prepared for launch- gift of Lhe yard workmen. The presenl ng In record time, the keel having been t,llion W(lS made by Reginald E. Hall uf la Id on July 17, 1935, a little less that! a t.he sh.)ei, meLal shoo. Mr. Hall Is a dlyear ago. Hct descendant of- Reynolds Fernald, The building ways W· re attired, In wh'o at one time owned the Islands on holiday dress in honor of the occasion which the navy yard Is now situated. and the submarine was gay in Its disPrayer was o[[ered by Comdr. M. H. Sponsor ot Submarine Plunger play of flags. The la cmchiug stand WR-S Prt.zold of the Chaplain Corps. I and a longer radius o! action. She will decorated in red, white and blue bunt-• The Phmrrer .., , which was constructed II carry a 3-inch anti-aircraft "wet" gun ing and on Lhis were tha dlgnltarie.s, or_ the same ways as the Porpoise, whioh , In addition to her armament of torpedo reaped by Gov. Louis J. Brann or was launched on June 20 of last year, I tubes. Upon completion she wlll make Maine and Hon. Charles M. Dale, pres!-- 1was authorized to be built under tha : a "shakedown" cruise to test all her c!ent of the New Hampshire Senate, and Emergency Appropriat10n Act for the eciuipment in service, and upon acceptMrs. Dale. Mr. Dale represented Gov. fiscal year of 1935 and Secret::iry of the ! ance by the government will take her Ii. Styles Bridge.s, who was unable to be Nuvy Claude Swanson placed the order p;ac,e In the fleet. presenL. Among the others on the for its consLru(' Lion with the Ports- J The craft ls 301 feet in length and has ~Land were Congressman Wllllam N. 11 :ouLh N:ivy Y1rd on Aug. 22, 1934. I\ standard displacement of 1290 tons. Rogers, Rear Admiral Paul B. Duncan, As M:ss Grr,~nlce brolce a silver-en- The sh ip has a breadth of 24 feet 11 1-16 1t·spector of machinery at the Fore cn.1ed bottle or champagne over the bow ' ir.ches. . · Rlvcr plant of the Bethlehem Shlp- the boat tha orart began to slide down I Lieut. Comdr. G. L. Russell has been tulldlng Co.; Capt. C. M. Summers, su- fJJ.e ways and into Lhe Plscataqua. River, assigned by the Navy Department as )){'rintendent of constructlon at the As the latest underseas craft to be,j the first commanding officer of the Bethlehem plant; Mrs. Ft Styles la.unched starte<i down the ways the · Plunger, and has already reported for Bridges, wife of tha New Efampshlre whistles at the navy yard and on boats cuty at the yard fiere'--'.---~--:.-,i,.,. governor, her son David and Mayor on the river sounded loudly. · The While the crowd was dispersing the Robert Mnrvin. _ Plunger gained s1>eed as she glided two boats were bringing the Plung9! to The launching was a n Impressive down th<'! incllne and plowed gracefully the dock and a large number o! spectasl~ht. Lining every available spot at through the water. Waiting for her to tors remained to-see the- docking of the 1he navy yard were the vi.5itors and come to 3. standstill were the Sight.-le~ r.ewly launched submarine. many of the yard workmP.n who had. ar.d th tug John o. Chandler, so th This submarine~ known by letter as bten closely connected with ~he con- crews could get a line aboard in orde P. 3, is a product of the skill of work-.,...,,,__.,,.,.,., !;[ruction of the submarine, along the to bring the submarine to the dock. men of this city and vicinity and they ;.remorlal bl'ldge and the Portsmouth AJJ the Pluur,r.r struck the water tho may well f~l proud of her. 'l'he men side of the river, espect,llv nn Peirce Is- F·rank E. Booma Post American Leglot have established a widespread. reputa.~ land, where Lhere were hundreds of : Hand played "Tile Star Spangled Ban- tJon for Portsmouth-built submarines '· ~µectutors. uer" whlch was followed by the favor- ,and there is every. indication that the Promptly at 3.50 the boat w;ls chrLS·· . lte 'or navy people, "Anchors Aweigh." ' P!unger will be a fitting addition to.-thetened by Miss Edith Ellz;ibet.l1 Green•- 1 The band also gave a 25-minute concert bUbmarines constructed here since the lee, da..ighter of Capt. and Mrs. H. R-. :if popular marches before the launch- L- w launched on A · 23. 1917. Greenlee. Captain Greenlee is indus- I 1ng, as the crowd was gathering, trial manager of the yard and during \ The new s.ibmarlne wlll have about the interim between th deparLure of I the same spree[ as previous submarines Rrar Admiral C. P. Sn ·der and the ar- - - - - - - �OCI · as .Interesting Meeti n1>me Foreside :i.s applied to Kittery Village and of how It was once-known n.~ Cranesville as late as 1843. Wentworth ~treet, P eppe;rell road, Whipple road, Government street, Newmarch st:·eet and commercial Alreel. abo Wt're taken up, Jud ge Shaw ti-;pl~nin~g~th~e:J'~'.:';i',c>.':~l:•~~ origin c,f tach name ln nn lnleNcstlng JUDGE JUSTIN H. SHAW GIVES ADDRESS ON "J'HE FASCINATION OF PLACE NAMES" ·The Kittery Historical Sodety held end historic old houses and poil}ts of interest wm be thrown open to the pubits firi;t regular meeting of the current J'. c, with a committee composed of ee.r lMt evening at the hlstorlc old James walker and Charles Hart ar7 Congregational Church at Kittery ranging for this. Kittery's observance Point, 1ounded in 1730. Following will come on Saturday, Aug. 29, wil.h ,..ra.yer by Rev, Edward H. Newcomb, special services 1n the churches on Snn,,.. cay, the following day, it is planned_. Hon. James W, ~mlcll, president of The principal speaker of the evening the society, welcomed the small ,at.her- was Judge Justin Henry Shaw, hi:; mg to the initial meeting of the year topic being, •'The Fascination of Place and gave a.n interesting talk upon ac- Names." Judge Shaw presented I.ht complishments and plans which have ?esults of deep research into the origin bt•en made since last season. ~f the name, Kittery, and also explained There was the largest attendance in He told of the preservation of the the origin of several sectional and K1tte1 y Historical fOCiety's records, of the project to sup- street names of that town. The first the history of the ply a. more fitting burial place for ?ne use of the name of Kittery in connec- Society at the Community House Wedo! Kittery's outstanding historical tlon with the settlement in York county nesday evening to hear Dr. Victor Safcharacters, Rev. John Newmarch, and first appears in a mortgage deed datGd [ord speak upon tl1e subJect ot "Kitslated that John Mead Howell had do- · ~c. 20, 1635, given by Sir Arth .1r Lery's Historical Backgro und," and the nated the necessary sum to put th e Champernowne and his son, Henry arge audience was richly repaid by an Newmarch lot in order in the cemete~y Champernowne. Alexander Shapleigh 1ddress which insplred all who heard it orpos!te the Congregational C~urcn. who built the first house at Kittery 1,nd made eveiy K1tteryite [)resent A committee from the Kittery Historl- Point a.bout 1635, and Arthur Cham - proud of his ancesLOrs and their cal Society was instramenta.1 In restor- pernowne, another early settler, cnml· .1chicvemc nLs. Dr. Safford was born in Kittery, the ing the Newmarch grave from neglect. from the vicinity of a place called Kit.Be read a letter of thanks from the tery Point 1n Klngswear, near Dart.- on of Moses Safford, a distinguished Exeter Historical Society, wh~ch was mouth, England, and without doubt one lawye r in that town for mvre than 30 the guest of the Kittery society re- of these gave the name to the pJact· ears, and a remarkable man in peace centlY, about 100 members visiting the vihere they settled. Kittery Point wa:; .tnd wa:·. Dr. S1fford spmt his youth Pepperrell Mansion and other ~lstoric 50 called before the name Kittery wns in Kittery, prepared ior colh!ge in spot.s .in Kittery under the guidance of given to the township, in all probab!l- PorLsmoul.h, gradu::iJcd rrom Dart- •.,,.......... ,,.,=•..,., •..., mouth College, studied medicine at Judge Justin Henry Shaw and Hon. it-y. James W. ~mick. Delving deeper into the origin of the Pennsylvania. Univer~ity and other a The annual business meeting of the 11 ame Kittery, Judge shaw disclosed medical institutions .ind has had lOClety will be held on Frld~y, .Aug. 1, tr.at the Engllbh Kittery Point ll~1- varic<l life in Lhe Co:1.-;L Survey, ImmlJudge Remick announced, with the an- doubtedly was c'.erived from the family graLion and Public fl •alLII ctcp:1rLµ1cnts nual election of officers taking place at nsme V!ttery. The Vittery famlly ap- of public acLtvity. He 1s at present tha.t time. He also read a letter from parently lived for a long time on some deputy commissioner oi public health I Dr. Victor SaffGrd, one of the heirs of part of the champernowne propertie;, in the cit.y of Bo.,ton and acLing comHe has the Pepperrell Mansion; accepting 9 n In England. The names of Kittery and mi,;.sioner much of Lile time. invitation to nddress the society• . A vittei·y, as written In t.he English J1an,l, wriLte n a text bool< on the subject of specl.al meeting will be called during are almost identical, for In this respect. immigration and has contril)ULed 111:i.ny the middle of Acgust, when Dr, Safford the first of the capital K 1s made m papers of note upon mcd1c:i.l and hiswill be the speaker. . precisely the same way that the san:i; torical subJects. Hi:; adctre:;:; on ••KitJudge Remick told of plans for Kit- hand makes the full capital letter . \ • tery's Historical Bac\qround" will take tery's observan~ of the 300th annlver- 'l'he finishing strokes in the Engllsn a high place in the h Ler:i.Lure or I.his sa.ry of the founding of York County band are invariably separated from the region. H~ has giv~n tile manuscript through a. grant from the king of Eng- first formation of the Jetter, or fr om o! the addr2,is to the society and it will be published for its archives as, soon land to Ferdinando Gorges. A meeting the v-shaped beginning. v,as held on Friday night of last week Judge Shnw brought forward detailed a;; Lhe means are at innd to do so . at the Kittery Point community Ho.ise e\ldence in support o! this origin ol for action upon this matter. The Kit- the name, citing old deeds and otlv.ir tery Historical society will sponsor tbe <Jocuments connecting the ancient set~ anniversary observance there, All com- t.Jement of Kittery Point in England munlties •In York County are to take with the Vittery family residing there, similar action, Ronald P. Bridges of wlth the Champernowne family holdln.g Sanford being in general charge of ar- property in that vicinity, with the m1rangements. Tne U:, S. congr~ has gratlon of the Champernownes lo the a~thorlzed the coining of commemora- New world, and the establishment of t1ve silver so-cent pieces. . the present town of Kittery, Me. It has been decided to hold an anni- He credited captain Francis ChampervE:rsary paracie in Kittery, with various nc,wne with giving the town of Greencrganlza.tions of the town 1n llne and land !ts name, taken from the namE: ol with historical floats. Miss A. Lillian a hamlet or parish in England. Walker has been_!nvlted to take charge 'The speaker also explained the origin o!the para.de a,"!:l'a.ngements, Mrs. Mary o! the name Intervene as applied to 11. Safford Wildes will head a committee ! of Kitter and spoke of the to arrange a.n blstorlca.l exhibition at the Kitte Po!nt Communlt House. GIVES ADDRESS ON HIST \y OFI{ITTERY �HOME INDUSTRIES GETS GOOD START The Portsmouth Home Industries, whlch opened their shop for the second year at the Peirce barn, at Haymarket Square, last month, ls away _to a good start. There has been qmte an Increase in the number o! people who send articles to the shop to be sold, and there ls a wider variety of articles this year than last. Dorothy Sturges Harding, who Is in charge o! the shop, has the place arranged most artistically. The merchandise contains many articles novel and unique. John P. Benson of Kittery Point, a brother of Frank Benson, a well known artist, h ns a group of his paintings on dlspln v. He has the unusual ablllty o! painting water most reallstic. Among the paintings is one of Whalesback light, and some old fashioned square riggers. There are several articles carved of wood. The ships carpenters In the olden days, used to do a great cleal of wood carving, and many of the homes In this section at one time hnd the golden headed eagle carved over the door. This has become nearly a lost art, but thne are many articles of such nature, which are carved by a local man. Ship models, pottery made by local people, toy tables, leather work, crocheting, hankerchlefs, English Cruelle work, old prints mounte d on portfolios and scrnp book covers, and many other things are all on display. Some of the tercentenary coins of Rhode Island, which were minted this year ln obsr rvnnce o! Roger WllJlam's 300th annlvc rsary, are among the articles availabl e. There Rre but a few of these on display, and so great has been the demand from the collectors, t hat the prlre has advanced several t imes their original worth . In one section of th e barn ls the Junior corner. Here work made by th e boys and gi rls 11.t the Junior High School last year ls on display. Some or the work l.s o! an exceptionally high ch :n:icter, 11nd I.!! an Indication that t ho future contributors to the Home Industries of New Hampshire, are learning wood working, metal working, tooling and other thl.ngs, through the public schools. EA LY INTER . :r IN HAR · Rev. William Safford Jones ls tending tlie Harvard · University Tercentenary. The September calendar of the South Church (Unitarian) in referring to this .notable tercentenary states: . "From a Puritan college on edge of the wilderness Harvard University has grown to be ' one of ' the mightiest institutions . of learning in the modern world, · and th!.s month thousands of her sons from all part,s o! the ·world will throng to her jubilee. The mlnlster will be one of the thousands returning to Fair Harvard. ' . . The south wall or the Johnston Gate (1890), standing at what has been the main entrance to the Harvard Yard since the end of. the 17th Century, has a quotation from "New England's Firs t Fruit.s," • (London, 1643), the earliest printed accou11t of the College : ' "After God had carried, us sa.fe New England, and wee _had bullded our houses, pmvided · necessaries for our livelihood, rear'd convenient places for Gods worship, and setled the Civil Government; one o! the'next things we longed for, and looked after was t!> a dvance Learning and perpetuate it to Posterity; dreading to leave an llliterate Mlnistery to the Churches, when our present Ministers shall lie in the dust." In his recent book, "Three Centuries of Harvard," Samuel Eliot Morison, the official his torian or tho Tercentenary, brings out th!.s I interesting fact: "On extraordinary .' oc<iasioru community subscriptions were made; a group of ten merchants o! Portsmouth, New Hampshire, ·guaranl;et>d the College £60 a year for seven years, in 1669, and made good with . lumber producbs that the College Treasurer sold." Let u.s never forget that one o! the honored ministers, Dr. Andrew Preston Peabody; was Aotlng President of Harvard from 1868-1869; and it is not without significance that all our nine ministers ·except Rev. Job Strong, our third minister, a Yale graduate, have been educated at Harvard, either in U1e College or in the Divinity School or in both. MEM . ·MAJa LON llfarkers To Be Placed On .6rave In This City Aug. 8 The National Society United ·states..,,., . .,.,.._._, .. Daughters of 181.l, through the ·members of the New York County Andrew Jackson chapter, are honoring the memory of , Major Edward Jennings Long, who served this country in the War of 1812 as Major tn command of a Detachment of Artillery New Hampshire Militia, in defense of the Town and Harbor of Portsmouth, by placing markers on his grave at North Cemetery, Portsmouth, on Saturday afternoon, August 8th. Mrs. Wllliam H. Pouch, President of Andrew Jackson Chapter will conduct the ceremonies. Major Long was also a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, serving as Worshipful Master of Saint John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M. of this city during the years 1802 and 1803; also as Gt1and Master of the Grand Lodge of the State o! New Hampshire from 1812 to 1815. A delegation will al.so be present from Saint John's Lodge at the ceremonies . . The War Department is also - expecte d to furnish a suitable ·marker. For the descendants of Major Edward Jennings. Long, M··s. Hugh H . Rainey of Andrew Jackson Chapter, will accept these• tributes to the bravery of this soldier of • the War of 1812:· · · · Many · . notable Patriotic Society leaders Will be present. Among them Mrs. William H. Pouqh, president, Mrs.· Myrtle M:· Lewis; vice pre.!;ident; Mrs. Hugh H. Rainey, registrar, • and Miss Agnes L. Peabody, chairman o! Mai·kers of Andrew Jackson ·Chapter, Daugll~e~s of 1812. l.Y,[iss: Jean. l\!Iiller, New Y9rk City, Mrs. Edward Balch StearnS; New Hampshire. State President U. S. Daughters of 1812; Mts . Milton. A. Bridges, Regent of Manhattan Chapter; D. A. R. New Ycirk; Mrs. Radcliffe _B. Lockwood, member Binghamton, <.r,i:ew . ~ork> Chapter, D. A. R; Mrs. Walter F. Lane. Regent of Ranger Chapter, D. A. R. Portsmouth; Mrs. Charles E. Norris, Regent. S.1lly Plumer Chapter, D. A. R., Portsmouth; Mrs. George M. Pendergast, Regent, Granite Chapter, D. A. R., Newmarket, N. H.; Mrs. Harry R. Hill, Regent Margery Sullivan Chapter, D. A. R.. Dqver, N. H., Mrs. Charles H. Carroll, Ex-Vice President General, D. A. R. Concord. N. H., and President, Daugqters : of Colonial Wars, Mrs. Wendell• B. Folsom, N. H. State Governor, Sooiety Mayflower Descendant and Mrs. Charles .C. Goss, President Colonial Dames of New Hampshire; Miss Min• nie B. Wade, New York Seate. Pre.~ident. N. S. U. S. D., 1812; Mr~. Louis s. Leonard. N. Y. state (:naplatp,, N. S. U. S. D._1;;,:8;.:1;:2·,.....- - ~- ~ �.AJ petition asking for the removal of • building situated nea·r· the Joe Lamb J)l'operty was received, and this was referred to the city solicitor and the attentlon of the Board o! Health called to 1t A permit was granted O. H. Beaudette Authorize $10,000 For Ceres Street And Nob1e's Island Jobs The City Council met on Friday ~vening, with Mayor Robert Marvin presiding and all members present, with the exception of Councilman Kennal'd Goldsmith, :and authorized the f1Jl!ng in of ,the Noble's Toland brldgir and Ct'mpletlon of the ·Ceres street job, apyroprlattng $10,000 !or the task. Thls work ls already under way. The $10,·ooo w!ll be transferred from the bond issue for the p.ir~ose. John _W. , McCann was appointed manager o! the municipal swimming 11001 at Peirce Island and the mayor stated he had been called ·.ipon by a man connected with the National Youth Administration and thought some assl~tance could be obtained there, and also state that two men had volunteered their services. . .. A communi ·-1t1on from the city auditor, ls.sued 1n connection with the new --i etup of munjclpal water departments ,ol!et the valuation o! the local department at $656,559.09. A letter from Paul L. Kane offering t.he :ium of $125 for the lot of land near Sagamore bridge, containing 1.9 acres was recelv~ and laid on the table after a discussion. Five pole locations were asked by the New Haml)l!hlre Gas & Electric Co. and the!e were rderred to the committee. A petition from Don Palmer for a permit to conduct an outdoor per!ormu .ce in this city was granted, as was a!so a petition from Walter A. Badger for a perm.it to show moving plctur'?s ai; Pelrce·Hall. A permit was also given the U, 8. Marine Research League to exhibit in this city the week of July 19. • W. L. Scott asked for a permit to store ~asollne at· 218 Isilngton street and this was referred to. the special committee which has been investigating the· pern;lt., in the past. Several merchants had protested qalnst the council making a restrlctlon on parking on Daniels street, llmitlng to one side only, and the mayor ,;poke of the protest. The committee bE'aded by John Thuri,ton did not have a complete report to make, but Mr. Thurston spoke briefly regarding the iuatter and also .stated that the committee :favored a resolution making the 1treets, Scott and Dutton avenues, one way streets. Regarding the plan to limlt park.Ing to one .side of Daniels 1treet he stated he understood that the man who was the main opponent was the mayor. · · . 0ouncllman Loughlin for the committee on public places announced that the old P. D. & Y. building on Ceres Street had been removed and reported for the committee on street lights on various requests. The claim ot James Yastek ., $2 -25 for the loss of 15 chickens · killed by dogs was ordered paid. Councilman Atwell reported !or the special committee investigating the location of filling stations, and recommended that no permit be given Jullus Applebaum at 173 Lslington St., and th is was so voted. He also re- · ported on the petition for Paul G<>bbi to erect tanks on Vaughn Street and th ls was granted. Councilman Griffin brought up the old claims of Clarence Tilley and Fred L. Noyes. Both claims had been before th e council before a11d the former had been given permission to wi th draw, while the latter's had been referred to th e city solicitor with the report that the city was not liable The council voted that these claims be paid. Adjournment was ·at the call of the chair, wi th Councilman Griffin Ing th e motion. to hold boxing exhibltions at Peirce Hall. George Puette of Fl.ishing, L. J., submitted a claim for $4 for damage cnused by running over a manhole cover and this was referred to the city iiollcitor. A claim from Mrs. Frank s. Lester !or $12 for hens killed by dogs was referred to ihe committee on claims. 'There was considerable discussion on the report of the city solicitor regarding the request for abatement of taxes on t.t.e Dennett & McCarthy store. T:10 taxes amount to $1,871.68, and a special committee, consisting of Rear Admiral Dlsmukes, Thomas Loughlin and Ctarles T. Durell, was appointed to make a study and report at the next meeting. The council voted to abate taxes amounting to 30 cents for the ;,ear 1933 to Margaret Rafey. The taxes have been paid, with that exception, and In order t;Q clear all accounts the abatement was made. The sum of $265.50 was transferred from the contingent fund to the street department to cover the cost of the sewer on Woodbury avenue. A report from the street commissioners was received In relation to the sewer on Dennett street and this wa.s accepted and placed on file. · Arthur O. Pickering and Russell L. Davis were appointed welghers by Mayor Marvin and conflrmed by the co·Jncll. Mrs. Fay 0. Ganter and Miss Emma J. W. Magraw were reappointed trustees of the Public Library·. Councilman Griffin, chairman of the finance committee, presented a The annual m£etlng of the :rorts1·e,olution,- appropriating $76,000 to maintain the Water Department. This , mouth ffstorlcal· Association. . was- held· in its building, the John Paull Jones Is the annual appropriation bill for House, situated,, at,'the corner of.'. Midthat department. The budget calls dle· and State streets this morn,lng;1 El~ tor a cost of $35,000 as the total F. Borthwick presided at the· meef!ng, operating expense divided into opera.tlon account $33,100, and maintenance · which· opened· at 11, a. m. Ati, the meet-• lng the reports of the tr<"!asurer and $1,900. For the distribution of water secretary were r ead' and approved~ the cost Is estimated at $23,825, operAt the election of officers, fna. foJ:.: ating being $2,700, maintenance $6,fowlng were chosen: 300, commercial $5,000, general $6,. Presldent-D. F'. Borthwick. 475 and miscellaneous $3,350. Other V:ce president-Mrs. Woodi:Y11ey, expenses such as uncollected accounts, Langdon. $2,000. Interest on debt $382.50, bond Treasurer-G. Ralph Laighton. payments_ $2.000 and p·:rchases of Secrctary-F'. "VV'. Har1Jord, additions to assets, $12,792,50, making Trustees..:_l\lirs. Woodbury, Langdon; a total of $76,000. The bill passed all F; W. Hartford, J". Templeman Coolidge; three readings, to become engrossed. Ralph May, George B. Lord, MI:s, Bai• ... A bill from M. J. Griffin & Son Miss for righting and resetting headstones · rett w ·endell, Horace M-0rrison, Martha s. Kimball, John K . Bates; at North and Cotton cemeteries, and Judge Thomas H. .Simes, Frapk D. But'... Point o! Graves was received and ler and Mrs. W. E. Marvjn.~ ~..,.,..,,,,.,,., $100. was transferred from the tlngent fund for that purpose. The Mayor reported on the Deer street outfall that had been authorized saying that work will begin very shortly. �ro EXHIBIT pecially the Wentwor Gardmer · am ·w a,ner houses. is well recognized; Mr~. George Warren of N°w Castle, and Miss Elizabeth P erkins, connected with the Old Gao_! Museu m at York, and o t.hers, 'J ho are wi llin r; lo lwlp, but all must, Towards the rnd of July ~here wlll be !~ave malr1fal lo llJ'lp with, and for t,h::it an added attraction at the Warn!,r 1easo n this appeal is made to house House, Portsmouth . In those rooms owne rs who lrnvP, put, away somewher e, where muse ums have loaned period fur- 5ome article usrd two centuries ago, 11ilure th ere will soon be seen groups or ,__.,...______________.J p eople dressed ln appropriate costumes rnd bringing to life some or the acUvltl rs of lhe 18th century. A committee of ladles in te rested In stagin g scen~s of dom esUc life Is asking for the aid of others who havo an t1: tcrr~t, In prcscrvlt11r the hl.~to ry of t,hc 1•r.s t. 1 Clothes of 200 years ago a re h a rd to fird , and lhis exhibition aims lo be an Ranger Chapter, D. A. R., held tts 0ccurale one, t,!:lerefore all costumes or monthly meeting Monday evening at accessories dat,ing from 1725 lo 1775 are the home of Mrs. J . L. Brownell on requested as loans for a few weeks. Little H arbor road, 25 members and The house is a.~ fir eproof as any place guests being present. At the business i:l Por tsmo,1th and the loan exhibit will meeting Mrs. Brownell was elected be protected from damage or t,heft. delegate to the 35th state eonventlon to Clothes of hi storic in terC'st should be held at L isbon in October. hi;ve a ncle attache<l to t,he m, glvlnR After the business session Mrs. John thelr date and former use. Accessories Driscoll of Til ton, state chairman of or Rll kind.s, bags, hats, .shoes. utensils historical research , gave a very interin th e house hold, from candle- moulds esting account of some of her work and ~"' fact-stoves, books, pictures, papers, read epi taphs copied from headstones rnl:stands, rngs, medicine bottles, a n y- on Revolu tlonnry soldiers graves. 1hing used 200 years ngo will be most Refreshments were served during the nc.ceplabl c, and wlll be arrang ed In the .social hour that followed, Mrs. Brown11i:;ccial rocm a nd for t,he special use ell, Mrs. Crockett, Mrs. Sheppard and t!lcy were originally intended for , Mrs. Norton being hostesses. i\i1y loan for the exhibition may be ,, "'?~ VY\ 1,cnt any day lo the Warner House and r,ivcn into the custoLl~· of Mis~ Grace, wl~o locks it in one or t,he unusrd rooms where- it 1Yill await lhc insncclion of lh; committee on exhibition, a nd tr too many or a kind are sent in, or those that ~re out of cla te, will bo returned to the owner before t,he opening. Antique dealers will be give n credit for any part llu•y take in the ex hibition, but it is to the individual who has an :.ttio that this appeal Is particularly made, for t,,ckerl away under rafters or 'I'he W:uner House on Daniels street packed in moth balls some things may · .will hold a loan exhibit of early colonial be found whlch have no modern use: and historic rostumes, opening Monday, but whloh will doubtless be or great in- Aug. 3, at 3 p m. Among the heirlooms terest as a relic of what the colonists that have be en loaned is Lady Pepper11red when Por tsmouth wa~ the h ome i;f n~ll's wedding gown. The costumes are c.olonial governors, ~nd lhe Warner to be displ aye d on lifelike wax models, House was con~ider d the handsomest which were shown in Boston last win11 lvate building in the city or vicinity, tfr. Members of rhe Warner Honse comMiss Mart.ha Boutwell of Portsmouth .mittee Include Mrs. Miles White or Bal- will piny the harp. Miss Boutwell t,imore, whose coll~clion of kilchen studied at U1e Conservatory of Music 1n utenslls are now housed in Willlams- Boston and :1.lso at t.he Mozarteum in turg, except for those she has loaned Austria. to the Warner House; Mrs. Gordon P at Among t.llP p1tt.r0n!'SS('S are Mrs .•John terson of Boston, an expert on the Mead Howells, frs. Edward Savage furnishing or colonial houses and now Crocker, :/.nd. Mrs. Wllllam Marston engaged in restoring lhe Gora House; S<>abury of Kittery Point, Mrs. John Mrs. Seth Low Pierrepont.. act tvP work- Breckenrltlge, ·Mrs. John Cadwaladcr, er for the exhibitions held at tllP Colon- Mrs. Ancl,.<'W Mn:-ray Wllliams, Mrs. iai Dames House in New Y0.rk: Miss F ergus Rt>ld. Mrs. George F. Cheney Sophie Cndwalader. mPmbcr of lhe His - and Mrs. Lewis L. Sargent of York torical Society of Philnclclphla; Mr.,. Harbor. Mr.s. Harry C. ]l{udd, Mrs. Pa·.11 Henry Vaughan of So 1th Berwick, E. Bonner and Mn. Clinton L. Whltt.ewhose work at lhe Sarnh Orne Jewr1t House has made thrt n permanent muse um of national int.crest; Mrs. J. Winslow Peirce of Portsmoulh, whose interest In pre~ervlng old house~. es- COSTU !ES OF 18th CENTURY EETl N EXHIBIT OF ~ COLONIAL COSTUMES 0 arklongGra . Mombers of the Andrew Jacl<&<•II Chapter of New York of the Na• tional Society Daughters of 181.! last week hononlil U1ii' ' rne·inory of i\Iajor Edward Jennings Long at services held in the North Cemetery where Major Long is buried, Mia \Vil\'am H. Pouch of ' ew \ork, preside;nt . of tho chapter, preR1d1•<l ttml invocation wne by llcv. Arthur Acy Rauner of the North Congregatllonal Church; Major Long married Dc,rothy· A. Rogers of Newburyport, who was a descendant of Rev. Nat.hn.1\iel Rogers, second min.ist cr of the North Church in Ports• mouth from 1090-1723. The P,:edge of alleg'ance was led by Mi ss · Agnes L, Peabody. Mrs. Pouch then presented an officin•l marker of the Daughtars of 1812 which wae accepted for the de'. sccndants by Mrs. Hugh H. Ra,ine,y of New York, a grea.t-grcat-granddaughter of Major Long. The mnrkrr was unveikd by Miss M;nnio B. Wade, New York state president of the Daughters of 1812. The program came o an end with a Masonic servic'.i conducted by Worshfpful Master ·George B. Ward· and Ch11,plai11 John H, Yaaton of St Johns Lodge, .A, F. and A. :M. of . which Major Long was the 17th wor- l!t1TM"'-.~.:t:\. shipful master. · �144th Anniv•ersary Of Dea·th O·f ·John Paul Jones CAREER OF NOTED NAVAL HERO CLOSELY ALLIED WITH HISTORY OF PORTSMOUTH AND . THE UNITED ST ATES · Portsmouth honors the that gallant fighter, who, during the days the Ranger was being built dwelt in this city in the house now owned by the Portsmouth Historical Society and known as the John Pa.11 Jona, Housa. The sibe of the construction or the Ranger is marked with a granite stone, with a bronze tablet, but John Paul Jones has become more than a hero of Portsmouth, .e ven more than a national hero . That flgu1"8 which stalloed the quarterdeck now belongs Lo the world. It may hav•e taken a Frenchman to see bhe man behind the trappings, who w;rote, "Such men ra,ely present th emselves, but when heaven sends them we should profit by them"; but the bright flame o! John Baul Jon es' courage is accepted today as a beacon for many who would pursue their lodestar unafraid. · Today is the 144th anniversary of the · ican battleship." There Is ·a conflicting death of John Paul Jones; American '. report about the first part of his statenaval hero, who died in Pairis at the age ment, but there can be no doubt but I of 45 years. The career of Jones is what the latter part is correct, and it closely allied with the history of the ; was that flag which was saluLed in Quecountry, and also of this city. Called : beron Bay by the French commander, by many the father of the American I the famous LaMotte Piquet. Navy, he and Capt. John Barry share i There wen, many da,ring capLurce of that honor. The memory of the heroes enemy vessels by Captain Jones. In is to be further honored next month, · 1775, before coming to this city, he was when the Postoffice Department of the named as the first of the first Jie utenUnilied States will issue a single stamp ants in the service. Station~i on the b_earing. th1:ir portraits. . .. : fla gship Alfred, . he took many import- The remains of Capt. • John Pata , ant prizes, but was rewarded for his Jones were discovered in a tiny ceme- , brilliant seamanship by having .tery for foreign-born Protestants in · seniority in the service set aside. Paris, after revolJtion, riot, catastrophe, on his way across the Atlantic in the the slow encroachment o! a res tless Ranger, proudly flying the Stars and city had passed ovier it. In 1905 ms re- · Stripes, with the important news o! the mains were removed to Annapolis, 113 surrender of General Burgoyne ha capyears after their interment. · \ bred a brigantine and a London ship As the years pass his daring feats and '. off the coast of Ireland; was deten,ed exploits are becoming more and more from various bold adventures on the recognized. N:<> flction is needed to be : Irish coast only by contrary winds and added to the true facts of the story o! tides ; set fire to a merchantman at John Paul Jones. He was witty and Whitehaven and held the whole town loved to write letters, which is, per•• I at bay while he made his escape; made haps, why he is so well known after so ' a foray on the Earl of Selkirk's s•eat many years, why his fame grows bright- ; near Kirkcudbright and then writing er each year. ; in exceedingly florid terms of Lady Sel•• · "Do I understand that you have kirk apologized for taking the lord's · struck?" a.sked the captain of the plate; met His Majesty's sloop-of-war captain of the Serapis, which had bat- Drake, that was putting out Lo caplure ter.ed the Bon Homme Richard to a the Ranger, and ended by bringing the sinking condition. "No," re-echoed the Drake as a prize of war into the harbor reply, "I have just begun to fight," is at Brest. credit to John Paul Jones. Then came numerous ex[)loits "I will not have anything to do with in the Bon Homme Richard in ships which do not sail fast, for I in- European waliers, ending with the captend to go in harm's way," he said, ture of the Serapis and a triumphant and prov•e d this when he came to Ports- return to France, after having been mouth to tak!e command or the Ranger. forced to seek sanctuary for his prizes On June 14, 1777, the day the Stars in Holland. and Stripes were designated as the of- ' Jones came back to America in 1780, flcial flag of the nation, Capt. John but seven years later r,e turned to France Paul Jones wa.s appointed to command with the intention of serving under t.he ,Ranger. This ship had originally King Louis. He was met, however, with . been designabed as the Hampshire and a proposal to enter the service of the was being built at Langdon's shipyard Empr,ess Catherine of Russia. This was at Badger's Island by Capt. Tobias' not a happy adventure and 15 months Lear, father of Toblas Lear, who served : later he was back in Paris. Before a as secretary to George Washington. ' commission from America could reach Capt: John Roach had first been ap- him authorizing him to ransom Amerpointed to command the ship but had ican sailors imprisoned · at Algiers he J?een s4spended under charges. died at what is now No. 19 Rue de Tour-Ar.riving at Portsmouth, Jones wa.5 non in Paris. Clutched in his hand was disappointed with the sailing qualities a little watch, the gift of the Duchesse cit the vessel and made several changes de Chartres. This French lady was of in the original plans, which resulted in royal blood, the blood of the Bourbons. making her sail v•e ry ·ra s t. · Her son, Louis Philippe, later was king · 'It · was in Portsmouth that Helen of France and through her aid Jones Seavey's quilting party made a flag and 1-eceived a great deal of help from preset1ted 1~ to the gallant captain. Cap- France during the Revolution. tain Jones Is qJoted as having said that Jones was born in Scotland on July 6, "in Philadelphia, on th·e Alfred, I had 1757, and his name then was John Paul. the honor to unfurl the first Union flag His career led him to many lands and ever flown on··a regularly commissioned during his many adventures he adopted w·a rship of the Colon:es. · Today, in· the name of Jones. Various reasons are Portsmouth, on ·the ·Ranger, I am ·to given for this, but the most common have'the ·even.. greater-honor or unfurl- one is that in 1773 while in Virginia he 1r tng ·the first :stats ,'and Stripes ,· ever was be.f riended by .a man named Jones flown from the :ma.sthead of. an Amer~ and he took his name. i I YACHT SEWANNA HAS RETURNED TO i~ LITTLE HARJ.l 0R 1 The yacht Sewanna, ii· dent Roosevelt last monLh ....lde his vacation cruise, arrived back yesterday afternoon at Little Ha1'bor. · Returning with the boat, in addition to Capt. Elden C. Oolbeth and crew of one, we1,a Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., and John Roosevelt and two Harva.rd Colleg·e fr[.ends, John Lyman of Boston and Drexel Paul of Philadelphia, Both Lyman and Paul are passing the summer at Dark Harbor, Me. · The Sewanna will remain here . until soon after Labor Day, when it la expected that Mr. and Mrs. James Roosevelt will probably close their summer · home at Little Boar's Head. James Roosevelt, who accompanied his father on the trip to Canada to visit Lord Tweedsmuir and continued to Hyde Park, ,N. Y., arrived last nlght at Lhe Little Boar's Head summer home. �: ::: : ' . . . : : · l.L ;: , ., .. : L I House at Portsmouth, N. H., Built in 17 Antiquarians Open Drive for Fund to Save Lear House Distinguished Group Assume Task of Appealing to Thousands of Small Collectors to Aid Work To reach this end an honorary com- the stairway, marked by a soundness of By " ' iJliam Germain Dooley mittee consisting of Mrs. Theodore Roose- proportion rather than ornate pilasters A distingulshed group of antiquarians velt, Charles F. Adams, Harry Flood and leading. It has been said that some have begun a drive to insure the preser- Dvrd. Theodore Roosevelt, Huntley N. of the wall paper now to be seen survives • vation of the famous Tobias Lear house Spaulfllng, Thomas Washington, U. S. N., from the time of Washington's visit. at Portsmouth, N. H., and today an- and George L. Washington have invited The entire house has suffered very little nounced their plans for public subscrlp- antiquarians throughout the country to from nineteenth century alterations, and lion to endow this mansion. It h as per- join with them In their effort to preserve a few minor changes in the last year haps the m ost close assoc iations with and maintain this worthy example of mid- have brought back much of its original George and l\Iartha ,vnsh lngton o! any eighteenth century architecture. appearance. edifice in New England, Tobias Lear, a Transitional in Architecture There were originally slave quarters In grandson of the builder, having been Of simple lines and solid p~oport!ons, the attic and a small rear staircase has General ·washinglon 's privRte secretary the L('ar House represents a very early been constructed. Some o! the early after his graduallon from Harvard Col- example of the square ground plan. It ·small paned windows were found, and Jege in 1783. The house itself was erected JR tt\·o full stories In height, with a dis- from them there were reconstructed the In 1740 and was erroneously reported tinclivc hipped roof, simple window open- present · window frames to replace the last year as having hecn acquired by the ings regu larly distributed on the facade, "improved" large paned openings. Blinds Society for the Preservation of New Eng- and placed with regard to interior plans that were obviously; of later date were land Antiquities. removed and the hous~• now appears In on the side elevations. A pedimented its authentic and somen•hat austere con; Tl le t rue ! ac t s o r tlle case were, th a t a t central doorway ls · the only bold deco- dit!on. " that time a private collector had pur- rative acce nt, outside o! alternating chased the ho use, learning that it was arched and peaked pediments over the ,vorldng Committee Active In Imminent dange t· of de 5t ruction. A dormer windows. The exterior represents A Lear House committee composed of member of th e society, h e has now of- the micldl<1 periorl of worl, between the Step hen Decatur, Kittery; Mrs. Louis L. th is wor th Y early gambrel roof and the Oat type with Green, Cambridge and Newcastle, N. H .; fered to th em, hut organization ls now burdened with galler :,·. Miss Emma Hawkridge, John Mead Howmany old houses for which proper There Is preserved muC11 interior ells, Portsmouth, N . H.; Harland G. Litmainten ance <' n clowmenl ha s not heen panelling of a simple sort matching the tie, Salem; and William Sumner Appleton, provided it could not accept. It has agreed, exterior, the moldings of the mantels Boston, have a.lready begun to lay plans ~ however, to ta l<c title to the properly and administer lt ag soo n as a sufficient fund being noticeably full and bold in pro• by which an appeal for assistance would !or upke:lp cc,uld be raised. jectlon. There Is an elementary type of reach the thousand'S o! small collectors .._..____'"=-"___- ----~7'.:"';::----::-'U~a!:!,11:,:a~d!_!l:;!:a.!:!n_:!:w~i~n::;d~o:;w~a;lt~t~h,2e~firrs~t~l!a~n~d;;in~g~o~f~ whose modest con tributlons would go to preserve 'this historic shrine. �• ~~,..........,.._........______.._..,,\jo'f'(.frte: ~o..""•l\ \\~e. Washington visited the house In' 1789 to see Madame _Lear, the mother of his companion and secretary. Later Madame Lear visited Mount Vernon, and became Intimatemany with gifts the being entireexchanged Washington !amlly, between_ her and Madame Washington. Some ot these, a sampler, a coverlet, a tea-set and other articles are still preserved in V!!,rlous public and private collections. Tobias Lear seems to have been on most confidential terms with Washington, carrying the routine burden of administering his arralrs until the time ot his death, his apparent reliability and restra{nt of Imagination fitting him particularly !or this arduous task, which often rose to the point of diplomatic adviser. His title at first was private secretary, this after his graduation from Harvard with honors In 1783. He became later the Pi:esldent's chief secretary, and finally military secretary, with the title of Colonel, During fourteen years of this period Lear resided almost continuously with the Washington family. Probably no other man In the country was so close to Washington or so honored with his Intimate confidence , during these years. Colonel Lear married a famous Portsmouth beauty, Mary Long, who dlfld In 1793 of yellow fever. A few years later he took for his wife, Frances Bassett Washington, niece of Martha Washington and widow of the President's favorite nephew, Major George Augustine Washington. She lived but a ·short time, His third wife was Frances Dandridge Henl"<!:.~;li~;b,,~•t;1 ley, another niece of Mrs. Washington. Diplomatic Extraordinary It l.s a. splendid tribute to Colonel Lear that he should have had the complete trust of both WMhlngton and Jefferson. Upon the Inauguration of the latter as President, he selected Lear for special diplomatic missions, senqlng him to Haiti and later appointing him consul-general to the Barbary States. With Commodore Preble he sailed for the Mediterranean on the frigate Constitution In 1803 and 8.6 special commissioner negotiated the treaty of peace with Tripoli In 1805. After the War of 1812 President Madison appointed him as commissioner to arrange for the exchange of prisoners V.:1th Gr,eat BrltalrJ. Lear died In 1816. _ The Lear House, adjoining the famous Wentworth-Gardn8if House In Ports• mouth, was built about 1740 by the third Tobias Lear, grandfather of Colonel Lear, and Is a fine example of New England Georgian architecture of the middle period. In this house Lear was 1born In 1762, and here In 1789 Washington visited M'adame Lear, who later became a frequent visitor at Mount Vernon. No structure now standing ln New England ls more nearly associated with the closing years of our first President and his wife. It ls pr.opooed to purchase, preserve and endow _this historic old house by means of private contributions. The price Is $4000 and a mlnlmuhi en·dowment of $20,000 Is being sought. No commission Is being paid anyone for contributions received. The Stat~ Street Trust Company of 53 State street, Boston, has -consented to a.ct as depository for the fund, and checl~s made payable to Lear House Fund, C. R. Richmond, treasurer may be sent there. , ' 'f).\\ •leA.ctu~ o~ N.ew Hampshire ;Arts And Cra ts n_1nua"\I Falll1r Open·s III - :WllLL BE HELD THROUGHOUT \1/EEK AT ESTATE OF EX-GOV. ALVAN 1\ FULLER AT LITTLE BOAR'S HEAD Concord, Aug. 3-The New Hamp- servance they lay e.speciat stress upon shire Old Horne Week Association has the Old Home Sunday services and· upthe assistance this year of the State on the opportunity which the Old Home Planning and Development Commission I Day programs orrer for calling attl\nin promoting the continued . general tion. to the resources and attr,ictlons I ot observance of this unique festival, es- the state and its units, the towns and tablished by Gov. Frank W. Rollins In cities. 1 1899 and made permanent by an -act of Not all the Old Home observances the Legislature in 1913, setting aside the are confirted to the week set aslde by thlrd week in August of every year for the Legislature for that purpose. The this celebration. The Development, White Mountain town or" Gorham alCommission has furnished the Old readv has celf'brated it~ centmnial with Home Week Association with thousands a week's program very successfully of copies of a seal giving the dates of t:.:i •• _ ., c u,. '-'•.ier am,,v ersari cs howthis year's observance, Aug. 15-22, with ever which will be in the official Old a picture of the Daniel Webster birth- Home Week are Salisbury's 200th and piace, owned and maintained by the Marlow's 173th. At Salisbury Daniel state, as the center of the design. Webster's native town George _Bernard Col. Charles B. Hoyt of Sandwich, Shaw's play . "The DevU's Disciple" who has been an officer of the state which has a New Hampshire setting ls association since its formation, is now to be given by local talent. So 'tar some serving hl~ond term as Its pres!- 50 cities and towns have been heard dent, and Andrew L; ,Felker, state com- from as planning some sort of · Old missioner of agriculture, ls continuing Home obs-ervance and it is probable th his long occupa11cy of the office or sec- this number wlll be found to h retary. In their call !or this year's ob- I I I York Girl Scout ounc PUBLIC GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW VALUABLE OLD TREASURES AT HISTORIC HOMESTEAD I . York, Me., Aug. 3-Through the t C?urtesy o! Miss Theodosia Barrell and her brother, William B'arrell, the hist.orlc Barrell homestead built in 1760 at Barrell's Grove, was opened to the pub·· lie today from 11 a. m. to 6 p. m. The proceeds will be given to the York Girl Scout Council. The Barrell homestead was given by Judge Sayward to his daughter Sally, whose marriage to Nathaniel Barrell of Portsmollth occurred 1n 1758. In the home were born 10 children· to the couple the oldest of whom, Sally Sayward Ba,rrell, became Maine's first woman novelist or duitlnctlon. Within the house are many treasures of early days. According to tradition Nathaniel Barrell was a favored friend of George III. of England. As a repr-e sentatlve or the Ma.ssachL1setts Bay Colony Barrell at,lended the coronation of George III. His admission ticket to the ceremony is among t.he valued poosessions in the mansion. On his return from brought with him souvenlrs o! his trip. These. included a. sword and mkror belonging to the monarch. Later he acquired a priceless pier glasa in the "Chinese taste" whlcl1 wa.s also the gift of his friend, the Klng. This mirror placed about 1760 Is carved in walnut and has never been stained or glided. It represents the character designa _of that time. frame ls irlchly carved ln scrolls dripping water and seven pagoda roofs. In a scroll at the bottom sits a tiny monkey. When George III. was Prince of Wale..~ it adorned the walls of one o! his home.s. Mrs. Gilman L. Moulton, commissioner of the York Council, Is chairman of the fe te, and tea wlll be set·ved in connection with the event. ___,___ �old cradle. Opened upon tho table is s _._..,.,_.:,;;.;;::.li:::....-::.. .•~i.;...;........:i.:.....-.......:.:.....~ .;.;..;,J the doctor's old-time instrument bag, with a saw for amputations and other crude devices, as compe.red with mod• ern, humane methods, !or the treatment of injury and sickness. More than one visitor felt thankful that sickness today holds no such terrors. Upon the sick bed ls an especially lovely spread. UNIQUE EXHIBITION OF EARLY COLONIAL . COS- In the parlor on the first floor ls spread a valuable old Aubus.son carTUMES ATTRACTS LARGE NUMBER pet, upon which stands the wedding 'l'hls most successful display is in party, with Lady Pepperrell, and the A ln.rge number of Interested persons visited the historic old Warner general c:trnrge of Mrs. Barrett Wen- figure of a slave in attendance. In the House on Daniels street hero yester- dell, the t>fiiclent chairman of the dlnlng room four ladles gowned 1n the day afternoon to see the "Ancestors At ·warner House Association. The war- height of fashion o! Revolutionary Home." This ls a unique exhibition ner House w11s bunt between the years days arc seated around a dlnlng table of early Colonial and historical cos- l '118 and 1723 from brick imported set with rare, old china. On display ls tumes, Ideally displayed on llfe-llke from Holland. It ls located on the cor- several yards o! yellow brocade once 1lgures to reproduce as nearly as pos- ner of Daniels and Chapel .streets. the property of the Sherburne family, sible the appearance o! !n.mlly and Among Jt..s many cl11,lms to fame ls the among the first occupants of the old guests in the early years of this old fllct that it bears the original llghtn- mansion. Some o! the costumes discolonial mansion. Many pl'()mlnent Ing rod erected by Benjamin Franklin played date from as long ago as 1786. Miss Martha Boutwell, tbe harpist, persons visited the exhibit yesterday, in 1762, the first ln New Hampshire. The house ls of beautiful construe- was beautifully gowned, .in keepin~ Jncluding groups from this city, York tion throughout. The wido front door with the spirit of the ancient times 1n Harbor, Rye Beach, t.he North Shore ' opens on a wide hallway, with large a dress which was once worn by lvil:s. and beyond. squn.re rooms on either side. Minutely Barrett Wendell's gri).ndmother, Mrs. The "Ancestors" were "At Home" carved paneling ln the various rooms William Greenough of Boston, Ma.s.s. between the hours of 3 nnd 6 p. m., is of much beauty. The landing on The Warner House Association is yesterday. The exhlbltlon wlll con- the stairway is particularly beautiful organized to preserve the hou.se !or tinue through August 15th, the war- and a fine upper hallway opens on the benefit of· the public as a monuner House being open to the publlc four large rooms and a smaller one. ment o! the early architecture, llfe, between the hours o! 10 ·and 5 p. m., There are al ~o several rooms on the and history of Portsmouth and as a each week-day. Any person, young or third :floor with a narrow winding repository for furniture and other obold, who would 11.ppreclate a greater stairway. Thrrc are five dormer win- Jecls typifying the life and manners insight into the mode of llving, the dows on the third floor front and back. o! the people in the early day.s o! customs and the costumes of our an- In the back of the house ls a huge America. To tell of all the interesting cestors, and who delights In the beauty Dutch oven with great open fireplace things to be discovered in this old of rare old furniture, paintings, and capable or holding ten-foot logs. mansion would take much more space furnishings of the distant past, There is a gambrel roof with false than can be devoted here. Suffice it tshould not fall f,0 visit the warner ends. to say that every visitor to this old House, one of old Portsmouth's most Among the mo.st Interesting heir- seaport city and every resident of this interesting historic shrines. looms loaned !or the occasion are the vicinity .snould be sure to visit the A felicitous feature o! the afternoon wedding gown worn by Lady Pepper- Warner House and see for themselves. which A.dded greatly to the success and rel!, a gown worn by Dorothy Quincy An ideal time to do so la during this pleasure of the event, wns the harp Hancock, wife o! John Hancock, sign- loan exhibit o! old colonial costumes, music by Miss Martha Boutwell o! er of t.he Declaration of Independence, which continues through August 15th. this city, a student of the conserva- a gown ln which Mrs. Campbell Rob- One leaves the old mansion with a tory of Music ln Boston and the inson or Kittery was presented to the deeper understanding and a heightMozarteum In Austria. The beautiful Grnnd Duke Alexis at the Russian ened appreciation of the strong · men and charming strains of music from Court in 1904, the costume of a Qua- and beautiful women who aided in esher harp whispered through the an- ker lady o! the period 1825-1840, gen- tablishing the traditions o! Portscient roorn.s of the old mansion as if tleman's costume o! 1750 of uncut vel- mou th and in beginning • the building to pleasure the stately fi gures Jn for- vet, a genUeman's costume from a of the proud city with ita countless mal white wigs, flowin g gowns of sa- museum in Baltimore, the go·, m worn advantages which we enjoy today. tin, tarreta or brocade, with bustles or by Mrs. Jacob Wendell at the wedding The patronesses · tor the exhibition ln tight-flt.ting breeches, rumes ~nd of her son, Barrett Wendell, in , are as follows: 1880 colored coats. The haunting melody and the gown worn by the bride's Mrs. John Cadwalader, Mrs. John c. greatly enhanced the iJluslon o! one's mother, Mrn. w. w. Greenough. Breckenridge, Mrs. Sidney Keith, having been magically transported to Many more costumed figures are Mrs. Lewis L. Sargent, Mrs. Andrew a long-gone day of Colonial times. , especially noteworthy and deserving of Murray Williams of York Harbor, Me., There a.re more than thirty costum- detalled study. The big, old-fashioned Mrs. Harvey 0. Mudd, : Mrs. Paul E. ed figures ln the display, arranged kitchen was especially interesting, with Bonner, Mrs. Clinton L. Wbl.ttemore, 8ingly and 1n groups throughout the its huge fireplace, its big wooden bowl, Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller, Mrs. Charles B. old mansion, both upstairs and down. iron implements, candle molds, an Manning and Miss Isabel Paul of Rye,,-:......~ ..,.,., The cootumes were kindly loaned for early American gateleg table, and an Mrs. John Mead Howells, Mrs. Wilthe display by members or old-time old American table o! pre-Revolution- llam Marston Seabury, and Mrs. Edfamllle.s or this city and vicinity. The ary days which came from the Earl ward S. Crocker, 2d, of Kittery, Me~ figures were dressed by Miss Ellza.beth of Halifax and William Pitt Tavern and from Kennebunk, Me., Mrs. EdPerkins and Mrs. Myles White, both which was erected in 1770. Washing- ward E. Dwight, Miss Llewellyn Paro! York HA.rbor, a high degree or art ton, Lafayette, and Louis Philippe o! sons; Samue2 Dennl.s Warren or and ingenuity being displayed in their France once sat at this latter table. "Rocky Hill Farm," Essex; Miss Frannrrangement as well a.s a remarkable Tho wide window scats and bcn.utiful ces G. Curtis o! "Sharksmouth," Manknowledge of colonlal costuming. old furniture throughout the house are chester; Mrs. Francis Randall AppleTea was served ln the old-fashioned thoroughly charming, and the frescoes ton o! "Appleton F'arnlll," Ipswich, garden of the Warnt>r House, with by an unknown• artist are also worth a nd her daughter, Mrs. William G. Mrs. William N. Kremer and Mrs. Ar- coming far to see. Wendell; Mrs. Gardiner M. Lane o! thur Hill ln charge of arrangements, In one or the upstairs rooms is a "The Chimneys," Manchester; Mrs. assisted in i;ervlng by Miss Vera Rich- sick bed scene, with the doctor stand- Frederic Sprague Goodwin of Wenard, Mlss Francrs Hunt, Miss Frances Ing at the bedside o! his patient, a ham,· Miss Ellen T. Bullard of Prides Stone, Miss Edith Park, all or York nurse In attendance, a chlld in an Crossing, Mrs. Boylston A. Beal of Harbor, and the Misses Neilson of early toddle-car, and an interesting "Cllpston," Manchester; Mrs. P. Gordon Patter.son, Mrs. Horace H. Soule LltUe Harbor. Jr., of Hamllton, Mrs. Leavett Hod~ "l'~~~'Y{An.~&. ~ ges and Mrs. Ch~les ~- Carroll. ouse istoric -c- -- - ----~' ·t\ .t~:. ~ �eauthfl: UJ11a.wa1e, have Jlot yet ekUg- gT.ec to their feet. -COMP Panels Ot ~toiit Seen On Wall~ Of.Jr. High Au~tQriu ' ~ ~ The mura~ th.e ,walls l 11be: 'Junior High scllooI. auditonnm are now in place ed uc m-!)£t a.ttbadh~ 'Tllis wori:: wu done bJ1: Mn.. Giad]s B:rahnigan. a. wen l'moWll art~!., u-. S'isted by- Mn.. Ali0e ~ e of Ccln.-' cord, The. m'Ctt'llls are in f ~ , Jl)m'lefa. mid. consut oi a ~ at :Bl:eakfast Hill, the.. ~ or I.afaJdte to ~ mouth in li%"7 th'e Wuhmgfon vWt in, 1789 ima the Hag or the- Ranger. Plans are- bdm,; mMfe few a. public dedication. of iliae beauWul munI.s.. This will take-~ on. Mou4fa,- evening, September· 23. begmmrag a.t. 'l.30 orclock. Mait)!:' Robert. )l,famn anii SUpt. of ScnQo-1:s, ~ L ~ Maol!e- are Jn charge Gt anamgements wr , this notti,ble occasroa. The- pu,bli~ ill' mvfteo t.o attend. and a. !8Jl'p: gathering- 5s hoped for: , ,. . The ,work u. . r;pcI154)J'ed by tlile Federal Arl. PJ'olat. , . Gf thee works Prooress. Adl:n.iJllfstntkm and · clwrfirg 0 the ihe- two hll..~e- 51,\lOli• II). great · deal d trme :m:.ot o.ruy i:n wtl'll) pe.inting or' ih'e- ImWIJ$, 1,nlt ill ·hfsttmcal study ct the uene.s,.' c~mn,. e~c., in order. ti) have an htstOJ'klll acteuntle ·scene. ' ' · • .summer' Mrs. Brannigan i$ V6Y welil known for her· pamUmis,. · She bas st~"1i under many -ollts.talll.cllilg tea.chen in this country and abroad, .. and her works ll,re a favorite among man:t people. She has several J)Ublica]b'cwned ~l.ntfng,s-1 oxre .of which. is in the Portsmouth Pubifc Library. lt is entitled "Portsmouth From New Castle-.'~ Many private coffectors naive' some- ot her- WOltk&. . During th'e' winter of 1933.. a.nd ,l4s11e resfd'ed on Ll'vermore stt'eet. a.ir<! wlul'e there pa!ntieci re...-enia' l:rm-ra;Ts in the llfstoru:: ir.tve:rni.o:c-e M'a,n5:on • nii.w e>ccupred f1Y," 'Rear:_ A~l-r al and Mr:s. Dougl1ts E°- Dfsmuke.s1,. .:rt .was in tlns with' hel" hu,s- .house..,flia'.t: ~ resfaeti' pa,:ad, who() Wlf.'I' In: fau1mg_Jiealth at. tlile• tfme, and since 1~ p ~, a\}'ay. 1~ The pa.fnttmgi ailre-. a5, foJ1c;w>5, the I , ' , J!.ata.:,ette l'a.ilel ,' Lafayette mlted UM! llnit.ed Staie& in 1824; landing in New York Au'gust fous -~ ~ ~ ai.s, d'e:;aibed b.eI&w-: '1;' I ' ~•; :8i-ealtfast: lilJn,"aqd_.' .'': ,·' I'. wno~ ha4: ·Jmre l ~, a fl, IndialfS', ma~ ~-rar~ _amL.~~ SGme· gmap,_ prt.til>nen, ':&>ct tow-a.m Rye-. a.n'd t!hfi:I~ .~ tlf~~ ,Pfe) ,.f:lrom . ~.s~ .stopped' i;(i. ~ find ?lrea:kf~t. OD ·111 :.l'.ick ever slm.:e !Gnown aa. "Bireakfast Hill". 'Here·- tl':rleyl' ·'lll!e'ff- surprl~ The neu .weir.e.,.J:~d 'fsut. aie- · ~ ~ns ,~ ,'ne-ired men iu~ !!h&wn at. t h e ! • ~ or,tlle .tmupected,. at~ · tact; One> 6JJm'l!lf to. •hfs. ''•feet an'd pa.pples- with- s ,whfte-· ,man; .another • Jm.stil'y,draws-: Ms;, ~ . whiil~ et!Wn,. 15th, and visiting Portsmouth September 5th. 1 He · wa.s received with great ac"laim, m tt$~, •~;~ ' Pf~'Vid~ tes,, ·~, --~~. 1,and ~~Uor iilin; the ~streets through which ne' J)a&ed wue erowned. wttb. azches. ckcil:rated with wreaths and evergreens. An addr~ of ·welcome- was read, a11d .school children In' white t.ook part ln 'the eeremonies. Samuel Mene had been commissioned. to paint his po,;-1:ni't w.heu La!ayeUe :reached New Yt>:c-1!:. wd this bis.tone: ltkeness ba.s l>een !olkllwed_ As, the 'lflsit. was al:awst. :50i :iear.s. a.1ter the Revolut:.ion, Lafa.yeille'So dark · aub= hair would .sum tG be dyed or a wig. Tht .Mknaeum, u it, was. at. tha.t. time, with the two gnce!uJ wtng.s and tbl!' baluskade al'ong the c~ir:oice. is. in the \,ackgrotm~ and both the French 'and the American ffags appear; the '1alttr a.t.. that. Ume ltad 24 itar.s. The lllfarquiJI. is. standi'Ilg east~y and ~ i th digniity. Jfstenmg; to- . the addre.s& that is'. bei:ng liead. 'Tile Ia:rge hat c.n the Jad'J' at. the- left ls i.denUcali with one by · Ml'S.. Da.llJid. Webst,er that Washington l'aneJ George Wasbillgton vis:lted P{)rt.6mo'lllth in the !al'l c,t 1789. aniving tl-n Oct{iber :ns-t. and sfajing four nays. Be wa.s, ueceived with gn-&t, even eial!>e:rate, ce:remo,n,y. A mi,litary escorl met: Mm at. the State Line and accompanied. him. • to the city, where public exercise.s: were held, including the · reading of laudarory peems couch-ed. tn the m-0st extreme tenns o! Jll!a.ise. O:n the. very fir~t aftern= o! his vi.st he caIIed' at. the Langdon Man.sion,' ,vhe:c-e as; he recorded in his dtial!y, he· ••m-amk tea." This call is. the 'SlJbject sclerled fo, the Washington pameL Washiin~on b.a.d :re:;ig.n,~d h;s 1mi.litaMy oommission and bad been ' elected President. of the United States, . anal,. it i& m thi:.s. l'Ole: tlila:t. he is p,:;r' tniyed. The accompam,-ying: offi€er is in> the uniform o:r a: Major General, ,a.nd the. lady' in a fashionable costume ' of the tim~. . Washington is:' shoiWn entel'ing the gat~s of I tl;l.~ Langdon, gnund~; ·th es€ 'gate., are the, onfginail eme3\ th{)Se n o:w in existence (1936) being the third! sen ' e11ected since the mansion was buil t. The incident 0-ll the children t)resenting flowers. is fmaginMy, but in keep'iilg ,vith 'p'ioba.l!>ility ancll with 'a traditional custom still ob.served at t.:h e ,present t!1rn-~. The oc&asion is bn~ of fo_rmality and dignity and this tone ~ ~ai,t.~ meq- ~ the de3rgn and · colo:r of tthl~·psmel · Ranger l"and P&rtainduth ,. Ha:c-bo!r, on the Fll>urth of July, 1777, the new flag of SM.rs !rtlild Strip.es, adopted by -Congl!ess June 14 of that year, wa5 flown for the, fint. 1 ti.me by .an American was:rwp. 'lbfs.. wa..s .Jo::ti:n · PliuI R;l,pger, which had been. launched at Ba.dgu's. Wand in May. The ffq WM )ll'a.d'e: by the young la.die$ of l'Ol"tamouth and presented to Captain Jones.~ the stars weire cur. t'n>m Hellen :·seav,iy's, WeQding gown. This ffag- was : taken with him by Cap '. a'.n J•o:'!e.'J when he a.,sume:l c~mr.1~,n::I or tl·e ~n Romine Richard, and it went 1 cl~wi1 with that .";'.lip after the v!ctori1Sus battle with the Serapi.s:, Septem!Mr 23·, '1779. Wh en the fla·g was made it.. was not kn:i:wn, on account or the 1slow means of communication at the i time. whether or not Geoi:gia. bao joined the Union, and so the flag, had TWELVE stars instead of TmRTEEN•. C~tizens are sho,w n in the paner watchmg the Rangei:: as, we , files the new, rebellious, flag. A PJ.scataqua gundabw is sailing past, between. the ship and the shore. *NOTE: For the twelve star flag see Til'. S. Naval Institute ~oce=<ifings, June 1936, and Col. W. H. Wald:ron;,s . Flags of America. IN MEMORY OF HER ANCESTORS -S\. ').<l The secona story corner room towards Porter street' of the John Paul Jones House ha.s been .s.et asicbe as a tribute ~-Judge and Mrs. Woodbury Langdon by thelr ·great-great granddaughter, Mrs. Harriett Langdon Pyne Rice of Alban)' (Mrs. William Graham Rice). · The room has been :furnished with many articles which were used by Judge and Mrs. Langdon, who at one time resided where the Rockingham Hotel now stands. The- room has bttn refinished an.d the !urnishings are the gl!t or Mrs. Rice. · Among the articles in the room ~e portraits or the first Woodbury Langdon and Mrs. Langdon. These situated on a stand placed on the table dating back to the middle of ·the 18th cen,tury. In a large case · in the room are many piece.s o! china which were given ·b y -the Langdon's to thdr daughter, who married Edmund. Roberts of Portsmouth. These arUcles are well worth .&eelng and a. place in the historical building will insure tnc!r continued exhibition to people who are lntere.sted. There are some i nteresting documents contalning t~aties made with the Sultan o! Turkey and other countries. The room is a fitting tribute to the early Langdon's who .did so much toward the development o! Portsmouth. �• Memories of the 17th Century Miscreants Rest Her~ The Old Jail al York, l\laiue A N cw I<:ngland Albmn-XIII The Old Juil at York, Maine, built in 1653, ls said to be the first publlc building of the English Colonies in America-a not too flattering reflection on sc-mc of the early settlers. Besides confining the miscreants of the region, , t.his ga mbrel-roofcd frame building also provided a habitation ·,.. for the jailer and his fa.mlly. Two of the rooms on the second floor are di vided by a swin:;ing panel part.ltion, making it possible Lo open up one large room for festal occasions. 'l'his gave the prisoners the vicarious :f questionable pleasure of li§iening to the more or le&~ ligl1t and fantastic feet on the floor above them, when the jailer's daughter gave a dancing pnrty. The Church of England settled Maine by sendin out colonists whose emigration in some cases was slightly less beneficial to America t11an to England. Th!! section was governed by aristocracy and had it not been for the narrow miuded jealousy of the Ma.ssachusetts Bay Colony in revoking the charter of Gorgeana (as York was once called), America's first city might have equaled Jamestown in social prestige. ' The Old Jail, the grimness of which ha,s mellowed into a :,tern sort of beauty throu gh the years, served as a prison for the whole ten-itoi•y of what is now M~,!ne until 1760. It has long since been dlscarq~d as a regular place of confinement. At the suggestions Of Wllllam Dean Howell~. the Old Jail was turned into a Colonial museum and ls 110w vislted,-annuli~ by thousands of tourists. It., · �ALS TONIGH AT JR:. HIG I ·AT JUNIOR HI Oedication of f<>ur l~e .mureJs <iepioti.Qg hl!ltl:ic e\•ents \'Which occurred in this vic.inity will itaJr,e plaoe .at the JUllior Hlgh Sohool Audl.tor.ium illhls E'l/,&llllg at 7.30 ,o'.clook with the 1 ,gener.a.J. public invited to .attend as well as members of .tj:le JJ.l.tl.ior 1,l\gla .Schol Parent-Teacher . Interesting Exercises Held Last .- Even·ing· Witli Good Attend- Ass:iciatil>n, parents .a.od f.riends. . Toe murals .are tlJ.e wonk of· Mts: -GJ.acU7s A. Br.arui~n cl .this clcy, .as- sisted. by Mrs, Allee Co&gwve or Conoor.d, and were produced under the .supervishm af Omer La·s sonde of Oonoord .state Vv!?A 11.rts supervisor. ~ pr-ogram f-ar the dedication ,ex. ercises 'Will be 1l'S ~-oTiows: Piano S01o Miss Winnifred ~us :In<Vocalt!on Rev. ·wm. Sa!l'Ioro. Jones ·"Pa'inting of tbe M:ttra.16" · . Sponsored by fille WPt.. . -:- . Omer T. Lessonde Autbor!Zed by the Board ,of Eclu- · ,oa,iiion Efr,ec.l;ed May.or Robert MM'vln by the Ar.t..i.st 'lnfiuenf)e Mrs. Gladys Brannigan Oll ,tihe . Scb.oo1 IP.r.ineipall .Ra,ymond I. Beal All .. ~., ._ __ ,.- - ;:- ... ,. • -•• <"-'¥_,, .... \ Interesting exercises of dedication dlnary pictur~ In that there are oerwere held last' ·evening at· the Junior taln technicalities which enter Into the High school auditorium, marking the painting of mural., which differenth1.te first public showing of a series of !our them from easel pictures. Murals large mural , palnt1ngs adorning the must not be too reallsllc, he said, an<l wall panels of the hall. A gratifyingly Mrs. Bra.nnlgan's are not. In th!.& large number of citizens were pre&· case the murals are historical and, ent, .attesting to their interest in our educational In character. Mura.Ls must schoo1s and in the art so wonderful- be autheri.tlo In every . detail, which Iy demonstrated by the painter of these are. "I think they, are above • these murals, Mr.s. G,lad;y11 A. Bran- criticism," he stated .They are painted .,•., ~,,,.,-,, ..., .., . ..-.....-·· n!gan of th!.! city,. on canvas, rather than directly on the The eioerclsea of the evening were wall, In order that they, may be rebrl.ef, intere.stlng and ' appropriate. moved from the wall should it become i'"~i~~";,;*';f"'.'·· Seated upon the platform M the pro• necessary to make alteratlo!l.$ in the gram opened at 7.30 ,p. m., were Rev. building. Using oil paints on canvas, William Safford Jones, Mayor Robert I Mrs. . Brannigan ha.s effectively ·Marvin, chairman of the. Boa.rd of achieved the appearance of fresco, he Education; Superintendent of Schools ~~:__ ' , Harry L. Moore, Principal Raymond I. Mayor Robert Marvin was next InBeal of the Junior High school; Omer troduoed as chairman of the Board T. Lessonde, of Concord, state director of Education. Mayor Marvin. exof art In the Federal Works Progress ' pressed his gratification that the long .. ,.,,~ ••.• _,.•·,.: Administration, and the artist herself, bare space.5 on the auditorium wall Mrs. Gladys A. Brannigan. had been filled so beautifully, stating Ml.s.s Wlnnlfre.d Claus presented an that he had realized the need. !or excellent piano solo 'to open the pro- .some such . mural paintings in th~e gram, after which Supt. Moore intro- spaces when he first entered the newly 'duced Rev, William Safford Jones, who completed building. "When we found gave tpe invocation. that under the auspices of the Works Mr. Lessonde WI!,' then ln~duced. Progress Administration we could ~eAs dtr,ector o! the art projects under cure funds for the painting of these the WPA In New Hampshire, Mr. Les- wall murals· we wondered who could sonde was In general charge of this paint them. Fortunate-ly we were able fine a.ccompll.shment here. "I think to secure the services of a talented lo' the murals were beautifully painted cal woman. Mrs. Brannigan submitted and ·· 1 am thoroughlr ·satisfied," he five sketches of scenes from the hissaid. He stated that; the painting of tory of Portsmouth, the Board o! Eduthese murals ls a part o! a Federal ar,t cation chose four of her desig~, and project which l.s nation-wide, promot- ,upon May 12 Ia.st, the Board authorIng the appreciation of a.rt and the . !zed the approval of the project." He growth of culture. In Ne,w Hampshire told o! how the use of the Senior High thez:e has been arranged' a sche°dule school auditorium was loaned for the· w~ich Include,$ all o! the counties, painting of the murals and of how the with travel~ng exhlbltlon.s o! art and work wa.s transferred to the attic o! other project.s designed to bring to the Junior High school after the open. the people tht highest ty,pe of art. Ing of the fall term. "The School Board "We are very proud of this accom- has approved the murals, and I think pll.shment here and I feel that the you all will approve them," Mayor people of Portsmouth . will be," he Marvin said. said. · Mrs. Gladys Brannigan was .intro;Mr, Lessonde went on to explain the duced by supt. Moore as a lady who requirements of mural p_alntlng, stat- is au artist as well a.s a painter. ''Thl.s Ing -that mural.s are quite unlike or- task has been a most Interesting one j I �she said. "This city is an historic one and I think -there are but few places as rich in storied past. It would have been possible to select as subjects for these murals from an aln{O:St infinite number o! themes. In making selection o! my subjects I chose things whicl1 would commemorate the glamorous past o! this cny, I wanted them to be commemorative rather than anecdotal in character. As _with the Washington panel, I would llke to think that it would serve as a reminder to tile youn g p eople that Wa.shington w,1Jked th e .:;rre-ets -0f this city .and was en te rrn ined here. I ·would wi., h that t-h ~se panels might ,emind the children of this school that th ?se things ar-e a part of th eir own herit-age in this city.'' "One of th ~ essent-ial things about a .mural," ~he said, "is that it must be .architectonic in quali'.y. It must not open vistas into wll ich one looks. It .must not c~nt1r th" at1ention upon .o:ie particular spot on the cam·as as a portrn.it does upon the face. A . mural has more the qua lity -0f .a tapf'.st.ry in that it mus t be equally plea.sing in quality over i:.s {'ll tire surface, wjtiJ colors picked up here and the.re and ,repeal-ed .as tl1ough it, were .a woven thing. The mural must hav-e .a basic ' i;tructur-e with moH m-tn t, color and line •by mean,s ,of which the -de&ign is carried out. It m\L~t be sufficiently,, emtripftal to keep the 'fyes from wandning out- ,ide t.J,e edges of I-he mutal." 'Mrs. Brannigan ·went on t-0 -explain · llOille vn-y in teresting details .a s to the great amom1t of research canied ,out ' in ,order that the murals might be absolutely .authrntic in e"ery smallest point. She ~la ted I.bat the !a~ of La1ay,ett.e •a.s appenrjng on one ,of the pan~1s was authentic in ti1aL it was copied from :a port.r ait paint,e d br -Samuel Mou;-e, inv-entor of the t elegraph, a t toe ti.me -of Lafayette•,~ vlslt here as an ,old man almost fifty years after the Revolutionary ·war. From a famlly letter in the- posse-,sion -Of a Portsmouth family, v:hlch <1 escril:>e6 Lafayttte's costum~ a t the time of his vi.sit bere, it was !lefinit-ely ascertaimd that Lmy.ett.e wore the costume In which he was painte-d .b y Morse and which 1is ;1;hown on the mm:al. .Mrs. :Brannigan went on to explain that the gate, of the old Langdon mansion shown In .the Wa, hlngton panel were originally as shOV\'n In the mural and Utat the -pr,esent gates ,ire the third to be erected on thR.t site. She told of how the .design of Washington's ah~ bucl!J.-s wa.s nscerta1ned !rom a Cllb: rt Stua rt pain :ing of 1789 as wa.s Ute design of a 4iress sword, worn by Washington•.~ .aide. The 1Woman·s dre.s.!' · ~hown in the Laf.ayett.e panel is a replica of a drel:s worn by m. D.ani:t'l Webster, ;1;he said. Mr.:. Brannigan told of her research t ~ to find what kind of feather head<lresrns t h r Eastern Algonquin .lndi.a:i s r epresent-ed in the B1•eak'f.ast llill p an el wor<'. and of how she at 'last ,definit~ly ascertained that the feathers a.; worn by e-evry cigar-~tore Indian were nfl er all, to hn- surpri~e, histori cally correc t. Mr-,. Bra nnigan r eceived hea.rty -applause in appnciation of. her wonderful w_ork . P rin: ipnl Raymond J. B~al of the.,,,,,-""-"~·-· Junior High school ;vds introduced an d expressed hi.; appr eciation that this school has once more bern placed , :firi t among the schools of the entil'e state. He stated that Portsmouth's Junior High \\·as the nrst to have -a b, au tiful building to house 800 boys a n d girl ; t he first to ba\'e a public ad dr ess , ystsm; the nrst to own a talking mo t.ion pictus-e machine, :and one of the "first in N-ew England to broadcast its school activities over a ra:lio .sta tion. Now Port,smouth ,Junior High school ls t.he fir~t in New Hamp_ .~hire to have beautiful mural paintlng.5 adorning its auclitorium. Terming I th-r murals a wo:i.derful _piece of cre.ath·e painting, Mr. B?al expI'essed his appreciation to .all ,those ,who :aided in ma ki ng them po,sible. Superint-end-rnt of Schools ·H. 'L. Moore brought the exercises to a close with the followin_g lmpre.s.sive dedicatory remark.5: "Let t-h ese murals .be dedicated to the spirit or art •in ,our city as an outstRnding evfdenoe that beauty of form and color l.s ·still rescognized .and finds a -rightful place in ,our modern Uvlng. "And as they call to mind the farl'!'aching soen-es in ·Portsmouth's past Ji-t. them be -cleclicate<l to Portsmouth's I prrsent t.hat we, the men and -women of t oday, may read :t-he.ir message and .'O act that h-er present, like her past, mil y be ·strong .:and .enduring. ''And finally let them be ,dedicated to th e bors and girls passing steadily from year to year th.rough this room, \lrn.t. t.hey, the men -and women to come, ma), eXJ'.}aience a keener appreciation . .of their heritage ...and lltn , increasing -sense «>f their obl\gation to I su taln the idea1s and honor the sacrifices that ma.de this city and this n11.eon ~ Ible." One of tJ1e seen-es depicts the ,visit O: Washington to Portsmouth in 17:89 n.nd the Father ,of the C<>cuntry ls .!'hown as he is ,enter..l:ng the .gate-s .of the histo,ric Gov. .John Langdon 'Ho.use -011 Pl~~ant street. Ano ther scene shows General Lafayette to I I Sept.. 5, 1-824. Th-e third .depicts -the ·Ship Ranger on 'Ba,dg-er:.S l ~land -at Kittery, JyL'-1g at anchor July -4, 1777, in Portsmout h hai-bor. The fourth Ibuilt ���{½,<i--'i-- At Is es oals Clos DELEGATES FROM ABROAD REACH THIS CITY THIS .MORNING ON RETURN TO EUROPE The delegates from thls country, Among the resplutions adopted were Canada, England, Denmark, Wal~s. he three following: Czechoslovakia, and Holland arrived 1n 1. That this conference of free re'thb city today on their way to their ligious youth, cherishing a heritage of homes, following .the closing of the In- spiritual liberty and humanitarian tern~tional .Conference of the Leyden hope, expresses itself as opposed to the Bureau. This conference, the first ever establishment of the totalitarian state, t.o be held in ·America, was held at Star wherever this form of authoritatrianIsland, I.sles of Shoals, the entire week lsm threatens the democratic ideal. and came to· a close la.st night with a 2. That this conference of free rebanquet in. th~ dining · room of the Jlgious youth expresses itself as favorOceanic Hotel. ing the cultivation of international un- . The week has be1!n a busy one from derstanding and friendship by the most the standpoint of all the delegates. realistic strategy that is possible under Recreation and conferences have kept existing circumstances and with full them "on their toes." recognition of differing states of lndlSports ranged from deck tennis ping vidual conscience. . pong to a world series baseball game. 3. That this conference of free reIn the final playoff of the baseball llglous youth expresses Itself M realgame England lost to Czechoslovakia izing that the economic factors ln the " by the score of 6 to 2. In the men's present world order often operate to tennis · singles George Pflug of Fair- precipitate national and class warfare, haven, Mass.,· defeated Robert Taylor and therefore that we tw·n our enerof Stoneham,_ Mass., in two straight gies to the task of establishing a sets, 6-1 . and 6-1. England placed world order• more in harmony with the well in the other sports. Elizabeth spiritual teachings of Christianity." Birks of Mansfield winning first in the Gudrun Kierkegaard of Copenhagen, women's singles. In the mixed doublesj Denmark, dellvered an address at the she and Rev. Martin Hall of Sheffield morning session. Dr. Clarence R. won the honors. She also captured the Skinner, who has been delivering a championship of the ladies ping pong series of five lectures, all dealing with tournament.· in the deck · tennis .the conference theme, concluded his doubles Bernard Lewis of Providence, addresses, speaking on "What Can a R. I., and Rosalind Smith of Beach Liberal Believe?" He gave a number of Bluff, Mass., were the victors. Robert things which liberals could believe, Taylor of Stoneham won the men's ping : stating that there was no wish to make pong tournament. a hard and fast rule that one could beAt the . closing banquet Rev. Max lieve in. :Kapp of Fitchburg introduced Rev. "We are not liberals unless we can go Joseph Barth of Newton as toastmas- beyond the borders of na,tions, if we ter. Oscar Laighton asked the invoca- cannot grasp the hands of other nation. · Mr, Barth's talk as toastmaster tlons. If we can't go beyond the borwas entirely futuristic, dealing with an ders of our particular philosophy or Imaginary conference of the L. I. B. school of thought or have any nan·ow being held here in 1946, and all the limitations, then we are not liberals." speeches were in keeping with tl:iat idea. liberals believe in consecration. We go Speakers included Carl Weatherell of liberals believe in • oonsecation. We go Booton, Rev. Stewart Ca,rter, president to the altar not only to receive but to of the Leyden International Bureau; give." M!Ss Jo :van Duyn of Rotterdam, HolThe morning chapel was led by Rev. land; Frit.z La.nkamp of Amsterdam, Max A. Kapp of Fitchburg and Rev. Holland; Dr. Miroslav Novak of Praha, Stewart Carter of London led the Czechoslovakia; Miss Gudrun Kierke- . final candlelight service in the old .gaard _ of · Copenhagen, Denmark; Dr. stone church. Clarence R. Skinner of Tufts College; John -Brigham, president of the Yd'Ung People's Religious Union of the Unitarian Church, and Rev. Ben Hersey . of Portland, Me.~ president of the Yoll.!Jg People's Christian Union ·or the Universalist Church. ln the photo cont.Est, Allan Slocume of Lync1iburg, Va., won . all three prlze.s. During the afternoon a session was held, with the Fmdlng committee mak& report of the activities of the oonentlon: givin~ a.· resume of the papers and· discussions taking place. John Russell <>f New York City read the re- rt. �ers f e ational oc·e y, f"·· 8 -2 ,~ An-t. lodg , o d Exe Members of the A11drc•.v Jackson rnand of a d!'Lachment of New chapter o! New York of the National Hampshire troops assigned to defend Society Daughters o! 1812, Saturday · the Lown and harbor or Portsmouth. afternoon, honored the memory or He also served as quartermaster genMaj. Edward Jennings Long at special era! of New Hampshire and at the dedicatory services held In the North · time of his deulh Feb. 27, 1824, was cemetery where Major Long ls bur- ' secretary of the New Hampshire Fire led. i and Marine Insurance company an Mrs. William H. Pouch of New general or the First Brigade of New York, president or the Andrew Jack- · Hampshire militia. son chapter, presided and invocation Many notable patriotic society leadby Rev. Arthur Acy Rouner of ers we1·e present. Among them were: North Congrc-gationnl church, Mrs. William H. Pouch, president, Mrs. city. Major Long married Doro- Myrtle M. Lewis, vice president, Mrs. A. Rogers or Newburyport, who Hugh H. Rainey, registrar, and Miss was a descendant o! Rev. Nathaniel Agnes L. Peabody, chairman o! markRogers. second minister of the North · ers, of Andrew Jackson Ohapter, church here from 1699-1723. i Daughters of 1812; Miss Jean Miller, Following invocation the pledge of New York City; Mrs. Eldward Balch allegiance wa.~ led by Miss Agnes L. ' Stearns of New Hampshire, state preslPeabody· o! the Andrew Jackson I dent or the United States Daughters of chapter. Mrs. Pouch then presented ' 1812; MTS. Milton A. Bridges, regent of an official marker of the Daughters : Manhattan Chapter, D. A. R., of New o! 1812 and the marker wos accepted , York; Mrs. Radcliffe B. Lockwood, I tor the descendants by Mrs. Hugh member of the Binghamton, N. Y., H. Rainey of New York, a great ; Chapt,er, D . A. R.; Mrs. Walter F. Lane, granddaughter of Major Long. The regent or Ranger Chapter, D. A. R., of marker was unv eiled by Miss Min-/ FortsmouLh; Mrs. Charles E. Norris, 1~nle B. Wade, New York state pres!- gent of Sally Plumer Chapter, D. A. R., dent o! Daughters of 1812. ! of Epping; Mrs. George M. Pendergast, The program came to an end with , regent of Granite Chapter, D. A. R., of Masonic .services conducted by Wor- '. Newmarket; Mrs. Harry R. Hill, r egent I shlpful Master George B . Wnrd and o! Margery Sulllvan Chapter. D. A. R., Chaplain John H. Yea Lon of Saint' of Dove r; Mrs. Wendell B. Folsom, John's Lodge, No. 1, A. :r. & A. M.' state governor of the Society of Mayo! which MRjor Long was the 17th flower Descendants; Mrs. Charles C. worshipful master of the 200-year- '. Goss, president of the Colonial Dames old lodge. He also served from 1813- l of New Ha mp.shire; Miss Minnie B. 15 as grand master o! New Hampshire. , Wade, New York state president of the Major Long wa.s born July 24, 1271, . national society, United States Daughin Newburyport and was a descend- wrs of 1812. and Mrs. Louis s. Leonard, ant of Robert Long, who settled In New York state chaplain o! the naNewbury in 1684. During the war of tlonal soclet.y, United States Daughter 1812 he served as a major in com- o! 1812. , / �• is a gala affair . In launching stand was decorated red, Whits and blue ,bunting. Upon the launching ,stand wera the guests . Among the naval offlclals from outside the yard to be present at the launch- L~ •.,,•.,,,,,. Ing were Capt. C. C. Soule and Comdr. Kildorl ot the First Naval District, and Capt. Newton H. Whittt or WashlngLon. A launching Is always an Impressive sight, and the launching o! the Pollack was in keeping with the custom o! past ---ACK tAUNCH A NAVY YA launchings. Every available advantaIgeous spot was taken, long before the / .sc~eduled hour !or the launching. Not navy }'lard waterfront, 1 but across the river 01. Pelr-'8 Island, I alon~ the M_emorial bridge and ·obher I plaus where the launching could be seen, people had gathered to witness the new ship taking to the water. The yard workmen who had watched the progress o! the craft from its beginning, .taw with pride the product of their brains. am! hands, I-like to the water. Exactly al' 12.45 p. m. , the submarine -was chri.5t-ened with Mis.s Anne Carter -----:----r="""'-"""'----------'■.'.-Lauman, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. been laid a year ago the first er OcP. G. Lauman, (C. C.) is U. prod,uction S. N., a.s th Another Port~mouth-built subma- taber. A sister ship to e Plunger, ::ponsor. Capt. Lauman 8• of th is 11!1icer of the yard. rine-th,e 24th-slipped quietly into the which was launched on July Previous to the Waters Of th .~ Pis' catanua River, n• .,..A year, the Pollack was also authoriz·ed 'lo hi M' · L uman ,,,~-· pre " " " ' W~v .,.unc Dg-, ~S a Pollack was christened this llfternoon to be built uucter th e Emergency Ap- ~nted with a wri,t watch a ilft from at 12.45 with a large number of people proprlatlon .Act for _th ~ :fiscal ye~r 1935 :the yard employees. The pr,, sentatlon. witnessing this event. It was a tri- a nd th e 0rder for the · construction o! •~ made by Ernest H. Chapman ' of umph for Yankee craftemen and the the Pollack was . placed, with the local ihe yard e~clrical shop. work which they have done ln past y.a rd by ·s::c. of th e Navy Claude .SwanCom dr. M. H. Petzold of the Chap. years at the Port.~mouth Navy 'l{ard son /on Aug. 22, 1934. she Ls ·expecbed 11,in's Corps delivered the prayer. has made this locality famous for ·1ts to _be c<!mpleted abou,t the firS t ,ot May,, As Mls.s Lauman· broke a ~iJrer en1937 workmanship on undetz.eas craf.t. •, ••. 1 • a,ed bottle of champagne over the 4 The launching creates a new record I The submarine she~ , were g;a!ly at- iiow of the boat the craft began to slid£ for quick tfme _work,_ the keel_ having~;_d_in honor of th is launching, which Jtown the bt1ildi.ng ways 11.nd into the , 1only along the 1'we~ty-Fourth ·Portsmouth·Built Under-Seas Craft Slides Into The.Pisc~taqua At 12:45 P. W,. Today ~ - J>i ·. ca tl\qua Riv·n As the Pollack start#d to move, the whlstlfs of the Navy -Yarci and- on ihe boats sounded wrul-e ihe crheers ot the crowd add<d to the£ •~-t-;•;•t;•·..,r . clin. As t.h-e Pollack went down the ' Ancline she galnecl speed ancL plunged .-race1'ully into th~ waiel'. As she l!':'•~~~~·"••~NP•,-JI'.. "'<Al ttruck the water, the American LeJion b-and of thJ.s city pla,yed '•The Star J,pang!ed Banner." The band also fla:r,ed for a concert previous to the 1Runching, while the crowd to wit11ess the launching was gathering. As the submarine sped into th-e waflr from the building ways, :\ml slowed 4lowu somewhat, the line,s , ,v,ere thrown ! 0 her from th ;; two tugs waittrig to bring her l-0 her buth. These tugs wue the John G. Chandler and t,he yard tug, Penacook. A:; t-he li1,2.s ~,·,,-~, .... -.,. ._,ue made fast, the two tugs ,drew the boat to the berth and no~ed hi:r fnfo plac.e. Here also was a large numt>~r of people, waiting to .' ee th ~ dock. tn~ of the new addition to the nar~•: The Pollack is about the same size , the pr,evious submarin es wit.h about fhe same cruising speed. Upon compl·e1Jon, which will not be for at least t<Ven months, :•#~ will make a' "'shakeJown" cruise to t{2.t, all her equipfrl~nt in s-ervice, and only then, will 111h e officially become- a: me m b~r Qf the ,-·~.z-,o, "'•• ! Pe-et. �'Fhc commanding oflicer- will be f,feut C. E: Al'dricb, P. na.th• e of New. H:amp~bire. ltt was born In Cl'liche.!!l:er, and receiv~dl hi.s education th-ere. Be received an appointment to the.· Na."Val ,tcad'iemy at Annapolis from Vermont, fLDci graduate-d: in 1921. Since 1924 he ~as. be,en in .sul)marine rervice, and fer two year,;., 192'T t0 I92!P <?omma.ndtld thf!c U. 5. S. submarine R-lfr. ©n )11:,, la.!!t sea duty he served' as eXJl!cu-Live Mflcer 0 r me U. 5. S. Argonaut. The' Argonaut was formerly known as the- V-4 and wa,s builtt at thi.'¼ yard, being raunched in 1927. · Dlll'ing the- spving _the command.er e>r the new submarine was selected, for )leutenant-eommand~r. Fbr t-he pa.st few years Li-mt. Aldrich ha.~ been c>ne' or the aid es to the commandant at the Navy Yard·, and he has be€n 'Very efficien,t and popular in lliit dutie:!!. His ne-w orcfiers will ngain take him to sea duty, upon the compTetion e>f the v•e~sel neJEt year. This 24th. Portsmoutn built ship is bu: another product of the skill of the workmen in this section of Maine and New Hamp,hjre, and they, are all proud of her. With the incr-ea.sed' force 11,t the Navy Yard, she wa:, complet.ed for launching in record time. amt de6pite the rmh. no effort was .<:.par.eel, to make her as efficient a.s oth~rs buiH during the pa,<t 20 )'ears in the )li.2tory of submarine building at the Navy Yard. It is a. splendid craft and JJOt only those who had a pint in conetruct.ing her, but everyon'! may well be proud of this new product el the Portsmouth Navy Ya.rd. RAFFIC COUN REVEALS HUGE .\\:-: VOLUME ff-, RE 0.1"' ' --- The Stat;e Highway DepartmPnt has conducted a traffic count of all cars passing over the Memorial bridge here during the 24 hours beginning at 8 a. m., yesterday and ending at 8 a. m., today. The results announced by· Mayor Robert Marvin reveal a surprisingly large volume or Lraffic passing through our business sect.Ion on its way to and from the state of Maine over U. S. RouLe 1. Porl.5moulh is well called the City o! the Open Door. The total number o! motor vehicles passinp; over the Memorial bridge dur~ Ing the 24-lfour period was 17,807. ,,. O! these 16,140 were passenger cars, 1,437 were trucks and 230 were bus.ses. During the half-hour or peak tramc, which came between 4. and 4.30 p. m., the total number o! all motor vehicles passing over the brldge was 892. nnnu~nnnon1111mmm111n1111111mm•llillilllmBhiblliffllilll!fifffii LET ..RS FROM TH PEOPLE !1gll1Ill\~1111111im:1,m11:11111111111,1111111111111111111nllllWWllllllu The officers on the Scammel were the captain and three ·mates. After Captain Yeaton retired in 1811, wibh lus second wife he went to live •.on a farm In Saga<lahoo county, M11,ine. He left no sons. His picture hall' a prominent place in the library o,! the Coast Guard Oollege at New Lonp.on, -Conn. ~ ;Ills grandfather, Richard Yeaton, Uved in New Castle In 1633. The Scammel was the first revenue cutter and Wf\i ~cceeded by _the New Hampshire. THE COAST GUARD A NIVERSARY Edi l.-Or o[ The Herald: coast The display or flags at the on GJard stat.Ion on Wood Island Tuesday, wh\ch caused many inquiries L..,.,__..,....-._~'""'_.~,..r,~ii,"c:~ from visitors, was in celebration or the anniversnry of the establishment of the service. P rhaps the story would be ini,ercstl11g. JC>Sf'[)h Whipple was callector o[ customs at Portsmouth. Alexander Hamilton, secret, ry of the Treasury, having supervision o[ customs, wrote Whipple Sept. 20, 1789, concerning proper boats for the use of the customs depart1uent in the harbor. In reply Whipple wrote The New Hampshire society of the him Oct. 29, 178'9, in part, as follows: Colonial Dames of America will hold "1 am borrowing or hireing as occa- a garden party Jn the old fashioned sion requires two boats or yawl con- English garden on the grounds of struction, with four or six oars for the Moffat-Ladd house in Portsuse in the river. Beside these a vessel mouth, Friday, August 14, from 3 of a different construction will be nee~ o'clock to 6 o'clock (DST). Duressary in the s .muner to ply on the bay · ing the afternoon the Boston Symbetween C pe Elizabeth and Cape Cod phony Players will furnish the musie to e xamine fishing vessel.~ and co:1.stcrs. and coffee, cakes and ices will be "Such a vessel might extend its served. cruises from Nantucket to the easter11 This party Ls given nearly every extremities of the United States, and year for the upkeep and fum1slrlng there is no place in which one could be fund of the society's home, the MofconstrucLed better or at less expense fat-Ladd house. At this time the thin this. Our harbour is as well cal- historical house with it.ii 'rare anculated for navigation and the river tiques Is open to the public. This for ship building as any in the United year an interesting collection of old the States, which the genius of our people pewter will be exlliblted · in Coach hou.se adjoining"· the pounds also favors." Aflcr some [urther correspondence by Mrs. John B. · Jameson of Concord Whippie wrote Hammon as follows: who wm arrange her hand~fasbloned • "Date Feb. 15, 1791, Tours of the 23d plates along the wall and have a ultmo. 1 have received and in per- table set in pewter. Mrs. George Warren· w111 fonnance Qf your directions have agreed for the hull of a vessel for a cutter for her valuable collection or th L~ sl,aLirm 0f 44ft. keel, 15 fh. beam, quilts in the office. The Moffat-Ladd house, one of 6 1-3 ft. hold at 9 dollars pr ton. The vess el is In b d livered the 10th or May Portsmouth's oldest dwellings, was built in 1763 by Capt. John Moffat, next" On June 28 Whipple writes Hamilton commander of the king's ship carrying masts from Kittery Point to Engas follows: "The carp nter who undertook the land. Later the house became the hull o[ the revenJe cutter building in home of Gen. William Whipple, a this port having been sick several weeks son-In-law and famous New Hampthe work was delayed. Shall be shire man who was a member of launched in 10 days." The rigging and the Conl!nental Congress of 1775 and equipment wa..'l lef t to the judgment or a signer of the Declaration of In- ,. , Capt. H•Jpley Yeaton, who received hl.3 dependence. The garden party Is under the dicommission March 21, 1791. His employment on the boat commenced Oct, rection of the entertainment com6, 1790. The first name selected for the mittee, Miss Annie Walker, Rochescutter was "Ferret," bnt as an English ter, chairman; Miss ~ther Jackson, boat i'l Nova Scotia had the same Peterborough; Mrs. Robert P. Burroughs, Mrs. Harry Ellis Straw, <Mrs. name it wa.s called "Scammel." Fred B. Preston · of Manchester; Whipple to Hamilton Sept. 9, 1791: Miss Josephine R. Rice Portsmouth, "The cutter sailed Aug. 28th, 1791, Mrs. Horace Morrison, Peterborough,,..,..,..,,......"~ having on board a few borrowed small and Mrs. Emma Brown Lyman, Exarms and other mUltary accoutre- eter. ments." GA~D HE FETE . FRIDA �t; Annual Musi~ Festival ~ Held Satur_day And Sunday '\\·'-~ "CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA" PRESENTED ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON - OTHER OUTSTAND. . ING EVENTS ON PROGRAM. I The foJrth annual music festival was held Saturday and · Sunday at North Eampton and Hampton .Beach. Originally scheduled for presentation at the <Jpera field on the Hobson estate at Little B<Jar's Head, the damp · weather caused the opening event on Saturday ~ternoon to be held at Centennial Hall, North Hampton. The Serenade Concert was also held there. The opera, "Caveller!a , Rusticana," was presentt.d at the opera field and the f!no.l event,_the Symphony Concert, was held at the Casino Ballroom at Hampton Beach. During the rntire four presentations the audiences numbered thousands and all enjoyed the opportunity to attend JM'rformances of the calibre presented. For four years Mrs. Arthur L. Ho!Ji:on has sponsored these festivals. She !s the founder and president of the l(. H Music Festival and mainly .through her influence Is the festival presented each year. The first year~ the Fabien Sevitzky Ensemble and th~ Young Musicians' Symphony was presented. The MARY _SHAW McMAHON Soprano Soloist second · year 't~e cozn'bined ensembles present, t Cle opera which was presentec this year. Last year dJring the Garden Festival excerpts from the opera "Alda" were presented. At th e opening event, the choral concert, Mrs. Hobson extended a welcome and told of the_plans for the future She said: "The purpose of this and fu~ ture ;music festivals here at Little Eoar s Head especially, is to bring together on a., ground <J:f common understandllfg·~groifps Of ar£Lst.s mu.sic !overs,_ with a definite mission _to fo.st,el" the love of good music throughout the nation and world. ana "In visualizing the success of these music festivals in New Hampshire a pict~e comes to mind of allied groups, all w;th a dei nite purpose onward, ewr 01!ward, toward eternal harmony. Emerson in his immortal essay on Art says •true art is never fixed, but alway~ flowing. The sweetest music is not In the oratorio, but in the human voice when it speaks from the instant -m~ tones or tenderness, truth or courage. 'l'he oratorio has already lo.st its relation to the morning, to the sun and to ihe earth, but that persuading voice ls in tune with these.' We might almost ~-dd that here today we are in touch with the Infinite. "In line with the above thought it ls well to remember that 'music belongs to !ou-do~•t try to live without !t-you'11 oe underno.:irished and something w!ll be gone from your face that a face was meant to have. Music speaks a tongu~. I think, th.it once in the beginning ·11e spoke, .and will speak again, but now we have seemingly forgotten. "With your help and cooperation our efforts wlll be Inspired by the thought tl:>at we are bringing Into your lives something that you crave. Help us to make this New Hampshire Music Festival one of the outstanding musical events of the entire year." Mrs. Hobson was :!allowed by Fabien Sevltzky, ,:ho thanked everyone for their cooperation in making these music festivals possible. The opening event of the festival was the choral concert which, due to weatht-r conditions, was held at Centennial Rall. The United Choral Groups were wider · the direction of Norman M L-eav!tt and In this group was the Ports~ r.iouth Choral Society which presented Rossini's "[tabat Mater" on Palm Sunday in this city. Featuring In the concert were excerpts from "Stabat Mater." Mary Shaw McMahon sang in her beautiful soprano voice the stirring "Jnflrunatus." Then, with Mrs. Sara r:!ckey Simpson sang a duet. Mrn. Simpson has developed a richness m ttme which distinguishes her among other .singers. · These two, with Olarcr. ce Schirmer, tenor, and Rev. Gerald 0. McpJlloh, baritone, composed the quartet which sang the tribulation, "Lord Mo.st Holy." The final selection was the Inspiring ·number ..To Him Be Glory Evermore," b~· the entire company of singers. Amos Moody played the piano accompan!ment for the entire program and a 1 great deal of credit should go to him for the smooth performance. A fine accompanist helps- to make a fine performance. Three songs by the vocal ensem b'.e and the united choruses were the next numbers on ·the program. These wern J•Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire" by Bach, accompanied by the full orchestra; "Ret:uiem" i'>y .Ba~ok, with Mr. Leavitt ,it I I the organ, and finally a Negro spiritual •·neep River," also accompanied by the orchestra. The latter was the outst_a~ding selection and was very moving, r,:vmg the chorus an opportunity to renal the fine quality of their tone production. Wave after wave of applause g:eeted the conclusion or this number after an im. ressive moment of silence. ~ext on the program re-appeared M1.ss Kou.ssevltszky, who sang an aria from the opera "PiqJe Da~e" !)y 'l"schalkow.:;ky. Once more she pleased the large audience which had gathered to hear the concert. Again and again she was forced to appear in acknowledgment of the applause. The final number on the program was the overture, "1812," by Tschaikow.!iky. This is perhaps one of the most famous of his works. It 1s a dramaUc :;e:ect!on, portraying in musical form ~.:1e fatal year of 1812. In this selection :.1re Included many folk songs and martial airs of different countries. It opened with a Russian choral and in the finale was heard the strains of the '"Ma~·stilles." · Mr. Sevitzky presented this overtu;:-e in an entirely new form. He included the chorus in the finale, which was a fitting close for this inspirational work. The opera "Cavalleria Rustlcana" '"as presented at the opera field on the Hobson estate at Little Boar's Head on Sr.turday afternoon at 5.30. Thls w,15 the only event held at the opera field, olthough it had been planned to present &ll the events there. Excessive dampnrss was the cause of the change in schedule. Fabien Sevitzky presented the same opera two years ago and rn popular was it that he was requested to repeat the fam!liar opera by Piefro Mascagni this year. Several hundred were in attendance to witness the second performance and many who witness the first presentation two years ago expressed themselves as believing this year's production sur0 vassed the former one. As Mr. Sevvitzky appeared he was g•eeted with hearty applause. Picking ·Jp his baton, the strains of the Introduction or "Cavalleria" were heard then the curtains parted and the sln 6 ~ ers appeared. Frances Madden took 1.1:e part of .. Santuzza" and scored a hit in her i;olo parts. Howard Harrington appeared in the roll or "Turiddu" and hl:: duet with Miss Madden was outstanding. Others ln the principal rol1:-s were Louise Murray, who enacted the part of "Lola", Ann Novins ns the "Girl," Edna Merritt as '"Lucia" and Tom Thomas, who played the role of '.'~lfio." Peasants and villages comJ:'le ted the cast. Probably the most beautiful selection in the en tire opera ls the orchestral selection "Intermezzo." The soloists were vi:-ry good and their voices were cler nnd blended well. The amplifying sy~tc-m which had been installed at the f.dd aided in the p resentation. Everything was amplified so that all could hear what was going on. The scenery \':a~; a great addition to the performance. Here, too, Mr. Sevitzky had the g;eatest coordination between the singers and the orchestra. To watch Fabien Sevitzky in action ls a treat. He not �• only directs the orchestra and singers, . but also brings out hls artistry by :ilruost playing or singing with the artist. Nothing escapes his eye and ns a result ' each member o! the cast always gives the best possible performance. It was sheer magnetism that brought OJt such singing in the teeth o! a damp, . , C<>ld easterly mist. It took courage on ' the part o! the sln~rs to risk their voices in such weather. Yet they all ; st,ng, and sang dellghtfully. Enn I though s<>me of the large audience were 1becoming chllled they sat fascinated , under the sheer artistry of this colorful opera. ! Fabien Sevitzky may be called upon · to face more inclement weather to give r.n outdoor performance. Frnnc~s Madden, Edna Merritt, Louise Murray, : Aun Novlns, Howard Harrington, Tom Thomas and the chorus members o! the Fabien Sevltzky Ensembles may sing better than they did on Saturday, but 1t ls doubtful. It was well done and det.erves prals~ which we feel free to give. Tl:ese words are brought to mind " 'twould seem impossible untll 'twere done." The opera was presented 1n Engllsh. Wllllam Franck and Al Payette served a.~ assistant stage manager and Norman M. Leavitt was the organist in the I The symphony concert Mrs. Charles M. Dale, Mr. and Mrs. Fabien Sevitzky, conductor; Marla Gordon Dow, Gordon P. Eager, Mrs. Koussevlt.zky, soprano; the Fabien Se- W11llam Arms Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. vitzky Ensembles and the United New Arthur Foote, Hon. and Mrs. Alvan T. Eampshire Choruses. In this program Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gibby, Mrs. were presented works by the great mas- Hel€'Il S. Gilman, Maj. and Mrs. A. ters, Including Wagner, Puccini, Grieg, Erland Goyette, Mr, and Mrs, John K, Bach, Bantok nnd Tschalkowsky. The Gowen, Jr., Edit~ ~Y~ _ Gr~~ t'rogram opened with Wagner's march from the opera "Tannhauser.'' This Charles Greenman, Mr. and Mrs. Ed• was presented by the symphony nnd ward R. Hale, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick the combined choruses and brought out G. Hall, Mrs. Fuller Halsey, Mr. and Mr. Sevitzky's fine conducting and con- Mrs. F. W. Hartford, Ewing Hill, MT. trol or the choms o! over 100 voices and and Mrs. Robert S. Hoffman John Ii. orchestra o! nearly 200. Hobson. Next on the program was also a seMiss He1en Hood, Hon. Hemy W. ltction by Wagner, from "Melstersing- Keye.s, M~.s Martha S. Kimball, Col. ers", lncluding the Jntroductlon to the and Mrs. Frank Knox, Arthur A. Lanthird act, Dance of the Prentlces, nnd ders, Albert P. Langtry, Mr. and Mrs. Melsterslngers Procession. Maria George B. Lor<l, Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Koussevltzky made her first appear- M. Lucier, Mrs. Edward . MacDowell, snce and sang 3-'l her selection an Arla Mrs. Charles B. Maoo,!ny, Hon. Ro~ from the opera "Madam Butterfly," oy €'ft Marvin, Anne Carroll Moore, Puccini. This brot1ght out the full of George H. Moses, Mr. and Mrs. Shll'tone, great range and beautiful quality ley Philbrick, Mr, and Mn. ll'rederick or the young lady's voice. She received B. Pre.ston, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam N. a great deal of applause and made sev- Rogers, Mrs, Alfred Rosser, Mrs. Eliza,. eral nppearances ln acknowledgment, beth Rowan, Mrs. Sarah Simpson, Mrs. bJt dlcl 11 ot respond with nn encore, Robe·rt Southworth, Hon. and Mr.s. much to the disappointment of the au- Huntley N, Spaulding, Addde Ji1. rlience. Towne, Dr. and Mrs. Wallis D. WalkThe next selection brought out the e·r, Mrs. Abby 0. Wilder, Mrs. Josephine ent-l re ability and taxed tho musicians Wiltbank, Mrs. Margaret Wingate, Mr~ to the utmost, and also brought out Mt·. Mary I. Wood. ,I SevltzkI:_~ great qualJty as a fine inter- ~-~--.--~-"1:"'"-=-'=""""""e,"""',.....,.....i.,4 ' preler of music. The selection was the first suite to "Peer Gynt" by Grieg. It was In four parts, "The Morning," "Asa's Death,'' ''Anlstras's Dance" and 'ln the Hall of the Mountain King.'' Thie United New Hampshlre chorus was composed o! the following: Bcbty Pearsall, Doris Bailey, Ethel Anderson, Jennie Marston, Evelyn Drake, Lucille McPhcte,rs, Marion Knowli(\.~, Gertrud<' lloboo, Ruth Wood, Edith Harris, Harriet R!chard1Son, Nellle Ingram, Ethel B. And,e•rson, Erruestine Hayes, Edna Claus, Mlldired, Goodwin, June Goodwin, Geneva Ross, Ediith Bartholic, Hattie Spinney, Eula Parshley, Mildred Hu~ey, Gertrude Moody, Gladiys Chick, Bertha Rumford, Mary Llving.<ilon, Florence Paisley, Laura Proctor, May Davis, Florence Whlve, Ida Smith, Ed,i th Warren, Anna 0111more, BcJle Perkins, Stella Glldiden, Doris Trafton, Emma Fo.ss, Hazel SealcCULLOH Barlt-0ne vey, Bnnloe Spackman, Ethel church scene. Knowles, EtJ1el Hlll, Sara Simpson, Sunday morning at 10 _30 a special Mary McMahon, Muriel Bridle, Marlon serenade concert was presented, which Hersey, Betty Gobbi, Isobel King, featured Fabien Sevltzky cond.icting ' Louise Teague, Mattie Perkins, Edith the Young ~uslclans Orchestra, includ- Shannon, Mary Perkins, Ruth Leavitt, ing the Brass Ensemble and Chamber Grace Vickery, Loui..<-e Benoit, Martha Tuscmble, with Phebe Davison soprano. Boutwe-JI, Sylvia K_nlght, Josephine The concert opmed with fanfares of Moulton, Brandon Knowles, Norman brass and the program lncludecl the Witham, Danid Smith, John Pearson, works of many favorite composers, such Evans Goodwin, John Barnard, Ge·r n.s Schubert, Gluck, Purcell and Busch. ald McCulloh, Orlgen Teague, 0, A. Special mention should be made of Meredith, Ec1'ward Seavey Sr., Lewis Phebe Davison and of her wonderful Clapp, Kenneth Caswell, Oscar coloratura soprano voice. She has a Vaughan, Raymond Dyer, Roger Wood, beautiful tone quality and easlly reach- James Le.avltt, Clarence Schirmer, es the high notes. Wllliam Page. The final presentation o! the festival The patrons nnd patronesses were: was the symphony concert, which 1\11\S Gov. and Mrs. F. Styles Bridges, Miss given in the Casino Ballroom at Ham,- Doroth y Annable, Col, and Mrs. Wilton Beach due to weather conditions. Ham A. Barron, :Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Although It was not raining the air was Beckwi th, Mr. and Mrs. Everett. Braddem and chilly. ley, Alfred Brinkler, MI£s Jane c. Bur~~~:;:.:.:;:::..:;,;;.;,;;;.::.:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.J! ley, Harold Cheney, Arthur J. Connor, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Currier Mr. and I �. . .' ~ ... : . . ' . N'E W. STORY BY . MISS BOYLSTON :. . . .. ' I .NNUAL BENEFIT Miss Helen D. Boylston, a native Portsmouth, is the autho.- of Barton, Studen't -Nurse." ., Helen Dore Boylston h as been · throug~ three Balkan r evolu tions. She . is still ,scared out of h er wits by bomb.s, though she "did not mind shells after the first time." She was only 20, just gradua ted from one of the foremost •. training schools fo r nu rses in the Eastern United States, when she went ove:seas to serv e as a nu:·se in .• Wcrl d War. When it was over sh e joined the Red Cross for two more years work abroad, in Italy, Poland, Germany, Russia and the Balkans. She returned to America to become head nurse and anaesthetist in the throat and nose department of th e hcspital where she h ad been Then she came in to a small income, gave up nu:sing and went, with her frien d, Rose Wilder Lane, to Missouri, wherf she _prepared her "Diary of a ,The annual ben'e fit for the Greater Hackney, both ·scout leaders; · War Nurse" fo r publication in the At- , P~rtsmouth Council ~f Girl Scouts was sisted. lan tic Monthly. held ~esterday afternoon at the beauHomemade sandwiches and tea was The n ext two an d a-half years Miss tl.ful est' ate' of former Gov. and Mr.!!. served in the garden by a committee .. Boylston spent in Europe, living in Alheaded by 'Mrs. Frank P. Roweli. As- · bani;i. among other co,.mtries. She reAlvan T. Fuller at Little Boar's He>:td :~!sting Mrs. Rowell were Mrs. Laurence . turned to America sud_denl y, drawn by and the grounds were thronged· with G. Peyser, Mrs. ·Peter Toennesen, Mrs. the ir.esistib1e lure of a baked pota to r esidents· of this section and members ,Harold •Blake, Mrs. Elmer McAllister, · which glorified a Saturday Evening of the summer colonies along the Nort~1 Mrs. Earl Web.ster, Mrs. Wl!llam A. Dor- · - Post adver tisem erit for paprika. She · Shore and Maine, York Harbor and ney, Miss Eleanor Griffin and Miss . • spent several :years in Missouri, "most Ogunquit being well represented. Helen Geary. ly riding . horseback over the. Ozark Through t he courtesy of former Gov: The following Girl Scouts acte<I as Hills, bringing up Scotties in the way and Mr's. Fuller those who wished were waitresses: Betty Badger, Winnifred they should go," and publishing an ocgiven an· opportunity to enter the Ful- Eand, Frances Rand, Jean Brown, Mary casio.nal sho'r t story or article. ler home and view ·the valuable art col- Nona Bennett, Helen Wendell, Louise Losing h er 'i n come in tbe Wall Street · lection obtained by Mr. Fuller in this McGill, Pauline Rowe, Dorothy Flan!crash, Miss Boylston .we nt to New York, country and abroad. This was greatly ' gan, Shirley Blake, Virginia Griffin, ~ where she worked briefly as a psychiaenjoyed by over 200 people who visited Justine Hartford, Eleanor Craig, Joyce tr ic nu rse befo r,e settling down fin all y th,e house. In each room waii a host- Craig, Helen Johnson, Muriel Bennett, to a career of writing. Her stor ies and ess, · the group being in charge of Mrs. Ann Decatur and Ruth Corey. ar ticles have . appeared in the Atlan tic, Charles H. Batchelder and Mrs. JoMrs. Josephine Jones told fortunes in Harper's, Forum', the Country Gentleseph.P. Conner. • an attractive setting und er the trees in ' man, McCall's and Liber ty. • It ·is 1·eported that approximately the garden. Another interesting ! eaOn all .her numerous wanderings odd $800 was netted for the Greater .Ports- t..irn was the exhibit entitled "Grandadventures· have pursued Miss Boylmouth Council from the fete. mother's Cupboard," which was in ston. She_·once made the Albanian The hQstesses included Mrs. John B. charge of Miss Pauline Bradford. prime minJster carry her trunk off the Mooney, Mrs. Richman R. Ma'rgeson, Flowers were sold throughout the atbq~.t and .tried to tip him, no t knowing ,l\t,Irs. :a;arold B. Wood, 'Mrs. Stowe Wil- ternoon. Mrs. Harold M. Smith headwho ?!'! W!\S, She "was shot a_t for t"{o der, Mrs. Wyman P. Boynton, Mrs. ed t he flower comm\ttee, assisted by hours in ditch 1ri .southern Albania 'Harry G. Marvin, Mrs. Marjorie Hart- Mrs. Charles H. Amhoff, Mrs. Harry H. owing t<jl ,.i .~ !stake in identity." s:qe {ord, ••Miss Priscilla ·• Boynton, Mrs. Davis of ¥anchestcr and New Ca.<1tle, "b~~k;e _tw~ ribs in France during the ;Kathleen· Connell, Mrs. Albert Hislop, Mrs. Robert P. Hadley, Miss · Sylvia war py sliding down hlll on an army Phillips B. Badger, Mrs. John Toennesen, Miss Priscilla Warren, Miss tea-tray. ''Kicked by h~rse in Albanian uirin, Mrs. George H. Warren, Miss Anna Baum, Miss Priscilla Paul a nd • mo intains . and , broke collar-bone. 1 J!!ljzabeth Warren, Miss Rosalie Davis, Miss Mary Ellen Ganter. Graba were ·- Poli.sh ' pea,sa11t once set la'rge dog 'on 1,111ss· y1rginia Peyser;' Mrs. Herbert in charge or ths Misses Helen a nd m~. Was torced to shoot it to save my Seltzewitz and .Mrs. Charles E. Batch- Betty Zacharias, with Betty Junkins, own li fe. . The cjog, I mean, not the ;1der...- ·i, ·, . Norma -Rowell, Lydia Sawyer, Susan pea$an t.'·;; w ~s lost for iii day in Italian ' Mrs. • · AIvin · · R . R edden h ad ch a r'"' Girl .' AlP,1\· :W!l:•\ pnc;e, pursued by ~roaninB: ,,~ of S tewart and Alice Decatur, all 1 the admission to the estate, assisted by S couts, assiStlng in selling the grabs. pillow-case . in an Albanian garden at Mrs. Ralph W. Eafoh, Mrs. William E. During the afternoon selections on midnight." · · ' ward;· Mrs. Remick H. Lalghton, Mrs. the harp were rendered by Miss Martha ,,· :0oert G. Rowe and Wllliam F. Page. Boutwell, talented young Portsmouth .; s.; Philip H. Sanderson had cha,rge harpist. Serving as pages · during the :·: :of the admissions to the Fuller home, arternoon were the following scouts, · · with M,rs. George A. Tredick, Mrs. John F1·ances Trerethen, F elicia Webs te r fa~l Benne_tt and Mrs. Geo~ge _A.. Tr-a- and Shirley Sanderson. fethen as- assistants. ·, · Other committee chairmen : •'Mrs". Morris C. Foye, 2nd, was chair- successful benefit were -Mis.s Louise man of the general committee, assisted Grant, advertising; Mrs. Albert H. . . QY, the commission.er, . Miss. Rosamond Woolfson and Miss Helen Kelley, pub- • • .• -. ~ Thaxter· o! Kittery Point, Mrs. Ralph ·ilcity: Mrs. Arth.ir L. Hobson,. muslci '~ r - ~ --.:;-~·, vi. Junkins amf Mrs. N'ormali E. Rand. Mrs.' William P'. Page, tablesJ :Mrs. ~ ' . Mrs. Margaret Harding and Mrs. Alio& R alph w; Junkins, waitres.sea. . l .- FULLER ~~TAT L·arge A~tendance At- Event.At -Little Boar's Head Yesterday Afternoon ~ -'':P a Mrs: i ~,:f .':' -~ \,~ -~' 1- · " 'I,~ ....:.-· I,.·,~•. '- 'I·,• ... • �:1 Oldest Newspaper In · Point Of Continuous Service ()~ In The Country In 1754 th-e Massachusetts Representative·s called before its bar a ·«-.c,,,.,.,,,,_, c-e rtain printer of the town of Boston who was suspected of -the heinous .•crime of printing a pamphlet which preached doctrines which were consider,e d subversive to the status quo. The Monster of Monsters, written , ~:g_~\;:::s~:d~~y:n~~t!~ml~~~::~ that the recen tly pas,ed exci&e act was a deathblow to freedom in Massachucetts; indeed, the author of this ·document went so far as to criticize the m embers of the House of Representattv' s. Informa tion had reached the ·• augus.t governi1:g body of Massachusetts that the perpetrator of this crime was ·the owner of a bookshop and printing establishment on Queen ·str-zet, one Daniel Fowle. On being called before the_ court, Dani-el Fowle · freely confe,sed · that he had sold this pamphl~t but he ctenied the authorship. Hls denial, however, bore little weight because of the implausi bility of hfa alibi and he iound himself keeping company a notorious th1Ef in a common jail. Three days rater the House of RepretentaLives relen ted and advised the frisoner that he was now a free man. ft;.·,le at first r efused his freedom and demanded that the authorities give him an unconditional pardon, but the 1l!ness of his wife caused him to accept the reprieve after three days of voluntarY' impri.wnment, Not long .after his release-apparently to prove his independence-he printed a scathlng indictment of Massachusetts jus:tioe and put his name in bold letters on the -title page. Hi.,-tory . doeis , not record the reception which The Total EclipStl of Liberty received at the hands of the authorities but the ithat -the printer moved from the onies soon after is significant. , Like many of his contemporaries In the printing trade, Fowle found the conditions which then prevailed in Massachw:,e tts unbearable and decided that he would move ,to a. more cong.inial place. In 1756, arter having r.iceiv,ed assurances from t he cltirens of Portsmouth that he would be welcome, Daniel Fowle closed up his book-' store and printing establishment in B05ton and moved his presses and all his belongings to the capltal of . th.i 0 , ' .,, • ., become the oldest wspaper in the United States in poin~ of ,continuollil publication, was fl.rat printed in a ·wooden hou.se which was then situated at the junoture of Ple·a sant, Howard and Washington streets. Volume 1, No. 1, of the Ga2lebte appeared with a cut of the Crow and th.i Fox . on the " masthead a d,ecoratlon which the ed,l tor had previously used in an edition of Aesop';~ Fables. In his initial editorial, F1ow1e m!!lde it plain •that he was ,, a firm believer in the princip1e o! the freedom of the press and that he as._ · sumed that most o! his read,er& were of th,e same opinion. Whe n the American .Colonists· first began ,to rebel, some of the more' ardent disciples of liberty' thouglit"' that I F1o 1 t 1 h in connection with , the tli an, .niversary or' the publication:".iof the first copy of ,the · Gazette, th&re hs ,. v,ery intei:,esting display 111 the '. window t.&" of The _PoI'l:.s1!1,0Uth ,,Hexald a°ill(?N, H. Gazete office. T)lls d1splay1:,1s the work of Garla.nd W. Patch, who wLtli his l>rother, L. J . .Patch, has dohe considerable research work on ; early printing in thts city. "in thls ~~isplay are sev-eiral of the old coples 1,o! ·the• Gazette, and also several books; published many years ago. ' a ·. • YORK -OBSERVES J~DCENTENARY. ¼ft~ . f O·NTHURSDAY ''F~......:.~:'lii.t~~ :·; :;}~~~:rsi~~:;~i~! :~:ui: ~;~~;~;: -~ the Coloni.;,ts' cau.s.e in general, but he ; , di!d not .believe that complete inde- , ,\\-V< I. pe:ndenoe from England was prao\\Jl ' "" 1 tlcab1e at the time. As soon as the : Revolution was under way, however, · 1 Fowlit support"'d the Amer1·can• as .\ J York's day in Lhe Tercentenary cele· stl'ongly as any edHor in the Provinces. bration will he Thursday, Aug. 271 the ·· As early as 1765, during the agitatlon morning of which will be devoted tp ovier the St,amp Tax, The New Hamptaking visitors to the var!.ous historic shire Gazette came out with a black places. · bord,er in mourning for lost liberty, The Old Gaol will_ be ppen as usual anid during the Revolutionary wa.r :the all day and the Town· Hall will be the I paper constantlY' espoused the cause headquarters for information, ,with · 1 of thP. Devolutioni.sts. Mrs. Edward c. Cook and John L. ·Em, In 1785 Fowle relinquished ,the edieroon in charge. ; , tor1Ship of the Gal!lettt?, and, handed At 3 o'clock it is expected that Charles , : over the reins of power to his apprenJ. Dunn, chief justice o! the Supreme tioo, John Melcher, who continued to Court of the state of Maine, will give a publish the paper until 1802 when he brief historl'cal address. · sold out to Nathaniel and, WashingA pageant will be presented at ton Pierce. The brothers carried on the · o'clock in · the rear of the Town Hall trndiUons of the paper, although they . and the First Parish Church, depleting t <lid change the. polttlo.!1 of the Gazette . ~ the'hlstory of York from 1620 to 1745, or . from FederalJ.st :to Republican. :· about the time that York sepa~ated ', In 1856 the 100th anniversary o! ,the , from Massachu&etts. publication of The New Hampshire •c.: The audience will find familiar figGaz;ett.e was held under the ·au.spices ures of Ii>ng ago in · tliis presentation, of The New Hampshire Historical So- ; among whom wllf be Sir Ferdin~ndo ciety. Edward F'uller, then publisher o! , , Gorges in an English scene; also Edthe paper, brought out a pamphlet of · ,w ard Godfrey, ·' John Wheelwright, .f sixty pages giving a compl-e·te account •.'' Thomas Gorges and Thomas Morton. of the Ct)lebratlon. Three o! Port.,_ . · King Charles and h,is queen · figure mouth'IS well-known poets-Thomas in the pageant, as does Oliver CromBaUey Aldrich, Benjamin Slllllaber well. · ' ' · and Albert La.ighton-participated in There will also be a .Sco.ttish episode the celebration and wrote odes tn honand the Indians, headed by Madockaor of th even't which were set to muwando, will play a prominent pa.rt.' sic an,d. sung bY' a select choir. The Sir- William Pepperrell, Rev. Sa,muel original press of -the GazeUe was par- ~ Moody and Handkerchief Moody will aded -through the streets on a hayrack ·, be portrayed in roles taken from their and copies of the original paper were , own lives. ., struck of! as mementoes. The pageant was written and is being The New Hampshire Gazette,'riow fn ..' directed by Mrs. Hazel Albertson of lt;s 180th volume, is ®till beln:g pub- ' West Newb,ury, Mass. llshed by the owner o! ~he Por\smouth · . , , • ,: . , . r Herald, Hon. F. W. Har.tford. Although .,, -~ . >r ,~ ,· the publication o! The New Ha111pshire ·:' ,.,. · ·:~·~;~)('v\ ' GazeUe hs no longer a profitable ~entlll.'le, · · the owner continues ·to print the his- · " · •torlc old paper· so that PorU;mouth ' ·. ~ may have the distinctlon o! being the ,; home of the oM,est newspal)ell'\ in the •. Unit~d States, ·. :, I 0 • """ �York·County To Celebrate Tercentenary This COLORFUL PAGEANTS WILL DEIPlCT EARLY HISTORY ELABORATE PROGRAM PLANN~D . J ·TERCENTENAR _ ON THURSDA Historical Address And Pa= · geants In Afternoon==• Band Concert And Fire• works In Evening York County, which is to observe its latter became the ruler instead 300th anniversary Aug. 24-30 with a the ruled it immediately demoted 1 Gorgeana to a common town, changed series of events of International in- its , name to York and stripped it of terests,' hB.3' haa a notable history. its power. I It was in 1636 that Sir Ferdinando York County, however, Gorges, who had been granted a new settled and had played an active part patent ' to the land between Pis- in early American history long before cataqua River-now the boundary be- its establishment as New Hampshire. A display of fireworks at York Beach tween southern New Hamp.shire and ! As early as 1602 it had been visited York County, In Maine, and the Saga- ' by Capt. Gosnold in his exploration of , on Thur~day evening ls pron;iised to be one of the most spe-ctacular in dahoc River, now the Kennebec River, the No-rth Atlantic Coast. In 16Q6 it many years. Preceding the fireworks many miles east of the present boun- had been granted as. a small part of a display the Frank E. Boonia Post, dry · o_f York County-sent his nephew, charter to the Plymouth Company. In American Legion BancL, of this city William Gorges, from England to or- 1614 the renowned Capt. John Smith will render a concert from the band gan!ze ahd govern it. Sir Ferdinando had spent several weeks exploring and stancL at Short Sands. These activities named the territory New Somerset- mapping its coast line. at the beach will conclude the ob>:e1·shire and iJ-.s seat of government was In 1616, it was officially settled by vance of First American City Day, the set up at ·what Is now the city of Saco Dr. Richard Vines, trusted friend or Town of York's part in the York and an official court for the region Sir Ferdinando Gorges, 'f ho had sent County Tercentenary program. was established there. , ' the doctor, at the head of a grnup of Other activiti-ecl taking place in the It was the plan of Sir Ferdinando to men, to spend the winter on the Maine Town of York tomorrow w111 include come over a-t an early date and govern Coast and test the severity or New an historical addres.s at 3 p. m. by the territory in person. ·He had been England winters. Charles J. Dunn, chief justice of the created Governor General of an New Dr. Vines settled at what he names England by King Charles, who had Winter Harbor, but what is now Supreme Court of lhe S tate of Maine. At 4 p. m. a pageant will be presented made what are now the six New Eng- land projecting into the ocean, wiU1!11 land states a royal province and the the limits of the present city of Bid- on the lawns in the rear of the Town capital was to be _in_what is now York deford. Dr. Vines was deeply impres- Hall and First Parish Church, cLepicting the history of York from 1620 to County. This vast area stretching sed with the· healthful climate of the from ea.stern Maine to what is now territory· and reported to his superior 1745, with Sir Ferdinando Gorges, EdJohn Wheelwright, eastern New York state had been di- that "Not one of them ever felt their ward Godfrey,, vided into eight grants, each with its head to ache· while they stayed there." Thomas Gorges, and Thoma.~ Morton individual proprietor, and Sir Fer- It was on the strength of this report being lmp-e rrnnated in costume as well dimindo had been given the Maine that the latter permanent colonization as King Charles and! hls que en, Oliver Cromwell, and other important perdistrict as previously stated. Ho-wever, of New 'England was begun. Thus the he had been selected by King Charles Biddeford Pool trial settlemcnL was sonages of the early days. There will as "the Royal Governor over all 'the an epoch-marking event in American also be a Scottish epi>:o die, a-nd the ,Ingrari ts. history. · dians, h eaded by Chief Madockawando, Characteristic delays on the part of In 1622 the coast was visited by, will play a part. Sir Wliliam PepperKing Charles and the fact that the Capt. Christopher Levett and th~ rell, Rev. Samuel Moody and Handship which had been especially built same year the partnership of GorgeJ • kerchief Mood,y will all be there. This interesting historical pageant to bring· Sir Fernandino to America and Mason was established as pro__; was written by Mrs. Hazel Albert.son had been damag•ed beyond repair in prietors of the land from the Merrimac launching, so held up the plans of the River, at what is now Newburyportj of W,e•st Newbury, Mass who_wil~ pernew proprietor of the province that he Mass., to the Kennebec River, in the sonally di1-ect its production. · never reached the great domain which vicinity · of what is now the city oC York was originally an Indian Lleme,rxt called Ag·amentlcus. Io, he had been chosen to rule over. Bath, Me., approximately r;o mile~ Representatives of Sir Ferdinando, east of the present ea.stern boundari year 1630 the first English house was however, carried -on ·his affairs in Am- of York County. built there. Sir Ferdinando Gorges erica and in 1639 he rec~ived a new In 1623, Kittery, across the PiscaLa 7 chartered it as the first English city in charter which established the name qua River from what is now PorLs~ America in the year 1641 under the of ~he province as Maine, the name mouth, N. H., and the most western name of Gorgeana, with Thomas it has 4ad ever since. · town in both York County, anct Lhc Gorges as its first ma yor. In 1641 another notable chapter in ' present state of Maine, was settled. I~ The Old Gaol, at York Village, built American history was written when was also the first town to be org·anized in 1653, and now open to the public he moved his capital to what was then · in Maine. daily is one of York's moot inter-estl-ng the "settlement of Agamenticus and es- · In 1629, Mason and Gorges divided attraction.~, it being a museum filled! tabl!shed the city Gorgeana, the first ' their ·territory and the latter took th~ with countless relics of the early day-s. incorporated city in America. Its lo- , section which now comprises York . Visitors will also be interested in cation and area _was almost exactly i Coun_ty ?,nd southwestern Maine. It viewing the Village Gr,een near ' the the same as ,,that of ·the present · town , was Just-previous to this date that Dr! Old Gaol, frorn whence the firs t troops of York in York County. It was plan- Vines and John Oldham received ti_: to leave the District of Maine to volunned to develop this city into a great tie to Biddeford and Thomas Lewi.5 teer in the Revolutionary W!j,r marchNew World metropolis, but with the and Richard Bonython to Saco. IU: ed on A ril 21, 1775. , crumbling of the reign of King Charles 1630 the first house was built in what it became part of Massachus-etts, the is now the town of York. This area' very,_colony, it was designed to rule. was officially settled by Col. Walter Massachusetts had so hated the Norton in 1632. city · because of its . domination Ba State colonies that when 0 I 1· �PE s ber fChanges nTeaching Staff. Owing To esignations nd etirements A. Gardner. \Voodbury School Carolyn M. Furber. Plains School , Gertrude H. Corey. · Lafayette Raad School Josie R. Rand. ' . Director or music-Ernest P . bruck. Director of drawing-Eleanor Deshon. Director or physica.l Ralph D. Brackett. i,..,...;;.;:.z.:1~1ii:oi:--Al:ili0::: Th e .,chools of Portsmouth opened gin, Eli.~neth. O. Burnham, Louise th zir door.; for the fall term today Tobey1 Ruth M. Ashton, Eugene F. with everything in readiness for get- Johnson, Franci.s T. Malloy, Helen 0. Gearyi, William E. Travis, Marie J. ting down to the business or assimllat- McGrall, Na thalie M. Moulton, Louisa ing education. A slight increa.s-e in M. Talbot, Lillian O. Trombly, Rolfe r egL,tration over the total of last year G. Banlst,er, Beatrice M. ArMrnr, Barls anticipated. Septemner or 1935 saw hara 8 . Wright, Elwin W. Avery, Ruth 2,90 I pupils enrolled/ in the public V. Johnson assistant; Ralph A. Llzlo schools, including th-e Junior and sen- Harold. F . Currier, Estelle T. Winkley. !or high ~chools. Junior High School There ape a number o! changes in Raymond C. Bea.I, principal; Cleoru th leaching lafis this term, with E. Healcli, A. Ruth Shapley, Helen .seventeen resignations andl transfers. F'. Dohe.rly, Beatrice E. DesOnneaux, Two of lhe' e are retirements from ao- Pauline Putnam, A. Pearl Hoitt, Ediith tivc l-eaching and twelve by reason of J. Mo, pan, John L. Phelp.s, Angellna marriag·e. In fact the local School A. Ralno, Keith O. Bickford, Herbert de,1artment los t the smprlslng total R. Hagstrom, Ruth E. Sloan, Adolf of 11 % of its enti re leaching personnel G. Volkman. Mary L. Wilmot, Irene P. by marriage la, t June. Blake, Inez D. Bray, Edith McKenna, The Senior High school ha., Jost Lorna T . Bartlett, Edna, L. Johnson, lour t eachers of Ja • t ter m. They are ' Grace M. Whit,, ·Bernice M. Burnham, Eleanor F. Griffin, Ruth M. Langley, William J . Volkman, Dorothy V. BoutCharlo tte M. Math ews and Jos eph B. well, Francl.~ 0 . Tate, Ruth M. Lango. Welch. le}'!. Felicia Gray Vivian H. Brown, The Junior High school has lost six ; Vera B. Tlbbett.s. t,eachers. They a.re Olive H. Allard:, F rragut School Beatrice M. Allard, Ruth E. Conant, Edith M. Austin, principal; Madeline Marion T. Ordwa),, Estelle T. Pray • E. Burpee, Loul<;e E. Musgrove, Jean and Ida M. Swan. F . Bickford, Priscilla E. Morrill, EsThe Elementary schools have lost ther F. John.son, Dorothy P. Webber, seve n t ~achers who served last term. Esther Graham. They are Felicia Oray, J ennie E. GupWhi111>le School tlll, Alice S. Mildram, G er frude M. Julia F. But.lM, µrlncipal; Nina Moran. Alice L. Mullaly, Mary C. Raf- Truemah, E Louise Pra}'I, Irma !erty alld Dorothy E. D. Woods. Rintz, K aU,r,y,n El. Riley, Mary Joseph Welch and Mi' s Alice S . Leary, Ell:..~heth E. McDonough, MaMildram have retired from teaching, zie B. Lewis. Miss Mildram with a pension from the Haven School city, having taught here for more than Mary I!:. DeOro,s, principal; Anne the required thirty years. Miss Mil- L. McDonough, Christine B. O'Brien, dram entered upon her teaching ser- S. Louls.e Grant, Marga.r-et J. Cronin, vice here in September, 1899, and. has Agnes M. McCarthy, Vesta 8. Thomptaught for 37 con,ecnllve years in th!.~ son, Paullmi F . Seaman, Marjorie F. city. She has serv<'d a.> principal or P-1:ay,. the Farragut school and or the forLaf yetf.e School m erly-.conduct d Training School For Annie L. Morrison principal; El.~ie Teachers here. Mr. Welch has taught B. Dixon, Annte E. Knight, J. Agnes here during a period or 17 years. Connors, Mary L. Griffin, Emma L. It ls interesting to note that not one Poss, Mary L. P 1mdergast, Bertha M. or the t-eachers who resigned this year Bennett. did so in order lo go to some other city New Fr, nklin School or town to teach. Fanni C. Chapman, prlncl,pal; 'I'he list or teachers is as !ol\ows: Madalene B. P aul, Mary E. Wal.sh, Senior High School Marguerite G. J enn.ess, Irene F. JohnClarence C. Sanborn, headmaster; \ son, Avis V. Noble, Elizabeth M. FerE. Bliss Marriner, Fforenoa H. Hewitt, rin, Mar,lor4, W . Herrin. Jennie M. Shannon, Marion 0. SanAtlautlo Heights School d,ers, Margaret M. Ballard, Katherine Ethel K . Rhodes, principal; Agnes P. Flanagan, Charles A. Tolman, F. Ronan, Margaret A. Buckley, Nona Ka tharine E. Brady, M. Fran es Wig- V. Hayn•es, Muriel E. Morrow, Marlon I I I 0 TO BE SHOWN IN MARCH OF Tl·ME Portsmouth will l:>e dieplcteci in tM "March of Time." T.he 'movie cameramen we.re visitors to this city earlier in the wek, and took -plcture.s df the old Woodbury school, which was erected in the early 185D's. Severa.I. pupils from the school.s W€Te -,elected. · to be filmed and an old-time l!ichool o.~ �TELLS OF LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM Headmaster C. C. Sanborn Is Rotary Club Speaker the business section. promptly Installed, one in front of f'<)ye's store, the other near tompany's office. City authorities, afler careful con~deration of both, chose the sotaled Better Than Daylight lamps o! the General Electric Co. In the meantime light.ing systems lJad been Inspected in other cities. put nothing better suiled to the local situation was found than the one finally adopted. Jr. the new lights a 4.00-watt merJury vapor light is supplemented ~~,5-,J,C.C~dl...l py a 2OO-watt mazda bulb. Both are lighted during the period of heavy traffic In the earlier evening hours. At 11 o'clock the mercury light is automatically turned off and the other 1mpplementary light carries on until uaylight. Because' of the greater intensity of ,tie new lights they are mounted on higher poles, 2?. feet as against the 12 foot height or the old lights. 'I'hese new poles are also more widely ,paced at 100 feet as against 50 feet formerly. The increase in illumination ls 280% and this is achieved at an increased cost of but 7.3% Adequate lighting should mean added •mine.~s !or the city, greater safety both for motorists and pedestrians, 1md vastly lessened possibility of acPortsmouth became the first city 1ldents. The new lights are a Joni,: step '11 the country to have !is business ~ctlon lighted with mercury vapor J;n the right direction. tamps when, at 9:15 last evening feeding on some scraps of fat t,hat were Mayor Robert Marvin in the presence floating on tht water. The shark swam Mr. of members of the city government up to within' ten feet of the boat, and officials of th~ New i,ampshire Faarnsworth said, but he struck at It Ga.s and Electric Co., turned the with an oar and it disappea red. Sharks ~itch on Fleet Street, near Congress such as this are seen at. frequent intertl'hich put the new street i lighting in vals In New England waters, but those of the man-eating variety are extreme40peration. In a brief statement before the, ly rare. ,dghts were turned on R. C. L. Greer, general manager of the company, outlined the attention that had been fiven the matter of adequate llghtJng for the business section both by •he city and the company. He pointed 9ut that this matter had first been ,,onsidered in 1931 during the administration of Mayor F. W. Hartford f,nd that the first surveys were made at that time. The unusua! width of '1le area to be lighted properly at t,,:arket Square presented a serious l)rQflem, and the former lights were c:ontinued at that time because no'hing more efficient was offered at • reasonable increase In outlay. Shortly after Mayor Marvin's first tlectlon the matter was again contldered. The old plans were checked and a survey made, again it was found that there little change in the situation )Ssure greater elticlency at reasonIble increase of cost. With the later improvements and Jiider use of the mercury vaJ}or lamp, however, a solution o! the exlstfng problem was seen. At the request «>f the city government a new sur'fey was made, and two companies •ho made this type of lamp were authorized to place sample lights in speaker. During the meeting the matt.er of assisting financially in the ca.se of a crippled chiLd. was taken up, This child, a local lad, will be operated upf?n in Manchester, with the surgeon giving his services, and the club members favored the club underwriting the expense of the hospital during the pe1iod the child Ls there. Members of the club are also to ~lst ~ other Headmaster C. C. Sanborn of the local High school and a past president o! the Rotary club was ,its speaker at today's meeting held ar the Rockingham Hotel. Mr. Sanbor}l open,d · his talk bY. telling of an incid,mt fu the club where people jumped at -conclusions, and iaid "let's be open minded enough to listen to all o! the evidenoe before we pass judgement." ,He asked how many people do·. pass Judgement on the school• system when it may be- on the basis of one thing that is reported. "Thfl facts should J;>e known," lie stated, and spoke of a petition circulated ln a western' college that the signers l:ia.d not read wMr& they . promised to l:iahg themselves before .mndown. · ·~ ;:, , "How much do you know about the schcol system?" he asked, and stated that six years ago there' were 730 pupils enrolled in the Senior . High school with four classe~, and that the next year, with teh thr~e-three plan in exL~tence there · wa.s ample room, but now thi:re are 787, or 57 more, than there was the last year and there were four classes. · The speaker told about tne · change in the studies, speaking of the full sociology · where the and welfare of the community are taken up; the courses in economics, psychology and electricity. "We are not trying to teach subjects, but we are trying to teach pupils," he explai.ruc:d and added that the concern of the teachers was no.t in teaching a courze as much as it was in giving kno\1{1edg,e to the . boys and girls. "There is no teaching without learning. Until learning t~kes place on the part of the pupil there is no teaching,". he added. In concluding he spoke of teaching the pupil.s to become citizens c;ompetent to govern them~elv-es. He spoke of the school as a democracy and told of pupils being ,taught to· think of the welfare of · the whole and not of themselv·zs alone,. and he added that the school was ·not the moot important pla02 for .this to be taught, but, he said, "the . church, lf you plea~e, the Christian church, i.s the outstanding organization which is conce.r,ned with the training people to think in terms of 1,ervice and he}ping othie•rs. ' Phillips B, Badger. was chairman ot the meeting and •"introduced · tM SYSTEM IN OPERATION lercury Vapor Lamps Now Illuminate Business Section �SAYS CITY ·HAS· DISTI CTIVE ~~. BACKGRO.ND One Of Finest HarborS::. "In World === Brilliant Record In Revolutionary War Portsmouth is a city with a distinct background. P erhaps its greatest charm lies in the fact that h ere the oldest and ihe newest are combined in alluring proporLions; for ln this \'city of the open door" a structure of tnodern p1"Dgress has been reared upon the solid foundation of· worthwhile history and h onorable trl.ic!ition. The hundred yea rs from 1720 - !lo 1820 form the mosL picturesque pe;lod , in Portsniouth's history. All the great colonial houses were built in the yeans between 1720 and 1780; and all · · the square, three-story mansions be1y.re;e n 1800 and 1820. They we1-e colorful years-a time when iwealth. accumulated rapidly and soc:a,1 life flourished on · a most elaboraLe scale. In the middle of this period came the revolution and the sLirrmg events immediately preceding it. PorbsmouLh's record during these times is a brilliant one. One of the first blows ,for American libe1,ty was s,truck 1n ·11'74 when powder ana arms were ca,p.turecl at Fort Will'iam and Mary; tho Declaration o! Independence was read in ·1776 from the baicony of the St,ato House, then standing In Market Square; the name uf King street was changed to Congress street the same year; Paul Jones built_at Badger's Lsland the sloop of war Ranger fo 1777, and it was upon this craft that the American flag re<:eived lbs first of!iclat' recognition; . Washington, then the first President of the country, Visited . the city in 17'89. Portsmouth is situa.ted on the Plscataqua river three miles froin the mouth. lt is on the direct route, bqth rail and motor, from Boston to Portland ' and resorts in Maine, and Booton to the WhiLe Moun tai ns. It has one or the fluesL harbors In the world with 80 feet of wa.ter and strong tides which while they in no way interfere wiLh navigaLion, make a ha.rbor which is never frozen over. With the splendid 1U1 Lural facilities the harbor offers, it is llkely that its many advantages will he utilized in Lhe near future . At Hampton FalL<;, N . H .. is located Lhe Applecrcst Farm which ls one or the largest, apple orchards in the world w'here f r•Hn 41),000 Lo 50,000 boxes are annually harvested. These apples are sold Lhroughout thls country and exported to many countries.Boston H erald. of facilities to handle crowds ·,o f excursionists quickly and efficiently caused these excuslons to be discontinued. Some years ago, when the beach first • began to be revived as a summer resort by the Lovell Interests the railroad of.= BE REMOV Jlcials were very favorable to building I\ connecting branch to this beach, but at that time the directors and the comThe old dwelling house connected mittee o! railroad men sent here to see with the Boston & Maine depot here, what the beach had to offer were not once known as the Anable house, and favoably impessed and, although belater used as living quarters for the Jleving that there was a real demand lor staff of the Armstrong Restaurant untransportation, they shelved the project til 1930. is to be torn down. Signs notifor the time being. Since that ·ume fying that the building is !or sale to be railroad traffic has declined, but this remov:ed were posted yesterday under year it has started to grow again and direction of the Boston & Maine Railmany things point to a continued imroad's Real Estate Bureau. It ls provement. With this in mind, many planned to fill 1n and grade the site to of the Jong time property owners and allow additional parklµg space. business men are putting forward a This old dwelling was built many years before the construction o! the plan which they hope the railroad may remainder o! the railroad station, and consider favorably. is believed to date from about 1800. The This is to buid a branch line from a· railroad station was built 1n 1863 and point on Marsh avenue; somewhere later, upon the Armstrong Restaurant near the Casino Garage, ttirectly across being established here, the Anable the marsh to the Hampton Falls stahouse was purchased for accommodation, where a connection would be tion of the restaurant staff and the two made with the main tracks. For regubuildings were joined together. The lar service, a motor-operated car wo:ild Armstrong's first 'manager wa.s the late give shuttle service back and fortlt William K. Hill, later manager of the across this less than two miles direct Rockingham Hotel a,nd tha Wentworth line, with no roads to cross or anything Hotel. The last Armstrong manager to hinder quick service. Whenever an to re,<;Jde 1n the building was the late excursion train might be sent to th~ Hamilton H. Burton, who pas.,ed away beach it coud be switched from the Deo. 15, 1929. main line and continue to the beach During its early days the Armstrong wlthout transfer or loss of time. Those Restaurant at the local depot was one who favor this plan point out that the o! the finest 1n the city, with rows of great improvement In handing passentables occupying the floor spaoo of the gers and the doing away of the present preoont waiting room arrd with waitress necessity of making reservations if goservice and the finest of menus. ing by bus, would tend to increase the The Anable house was so called fi:om number of people using the train serthe day8 of it.s occupancy by Charles vice. Anable, depob master of the old Easrern Furthermore, officials of the Canadian F!,nllrond, now part o! the Portland n1-· Pacific Rallway, who have been spendvlslotl of the B. & M., and Robert W. ing their vacations here this summer, Anable, o. conductor on the same railhave stated · that they would like 'to road, see their daily excursion train, which now leaves Montreal in the morning and runs to Old Orchard Beach as its terminus, continued to Hampton Beach \' ~-~WOL lf there wer:e any facilities for bringing ©<:Jr.~ . lt here.. At present these are lacking, but this short stretch of less than t\y6 miles of new construction would make Hampton Beach a ·regular terminal. There is ample land and no ·difficult engineering problems to contend with so, that in the near future, a conference may be held by a delegation of local p eople and the railroad authoriti~s to consider the matter. , There l1as been more new ·construction and remodeling at this beach than Hampton Beach, Aug. 24-As a very 11uccessful season nears its close beach · at many other beaches where conditions have been normal. Already new people, particularly property owners buildings a·re being planned for next and realtors, are reviewing the year and season. Chief Homer B. Whiting, looking forward to the year to come. awake to the needs which this increase While the number of Canadian visialready made and in prospect, ;is plaqt-Ors i.-s increasing in a remarkable way, ning better protection against fire ;hazn great volume or hotel and boarding suds by making available a large water honse vacationists come from around aupply. Beach people say that trans- tlil-"/..ll::,/!,;,,;;:J BosLon. Mnny of these come by r11ilportation facilities should be improved. 10ad, but perhaps the larger number noute 1 ls congested on every Sunday come by bus, but either way they h11ve and holiday, but the proposed short . · . to transfer at Hampton Vlllage to reach branch acoss the marsh would enable the beach. For several years the Bo.~the railroad to handle thousands o! exton & Main e Rallroad ran special Suncursionists ,without any hindrance cay excursions from Boston and way rom congested highways, and would stations to this beach, bu\ the fa.ct tllat Ive this beach a service which has Jong, this transfer had to be made and leek en felt to be a real need. OLD HOUSE AT DEPOT TO BRANCH RR__.. . _. . . . . . . . BEING URGED FOR HAMPTON BEACH �.. �Portsmouth busir.e:s men. They also visited the various shops on the yard. Among those making. the .. . vi;it were Frank w. Randall pres~d~t of the Council, F'rank C. Remick, John E • Seybolt, Marland Knowl-es,' John Greenaway, Stowe Wilder, Alv!,n Red· d,en ar.,d Forme.r Mayor F ..w. Hartford. . The Portsmouth Naval pri.::on and the Naval ·hospital wzre attractions for the viiitors, and .~lso was the Pea-ce building, in which the trea,ty of Port·-mouth, ending the Russian,.-Japan-ese war, w:i.s ~igned. The open house of the NavY Yard bi:ga.n at 10 a. m. and from 10 u[IJ!;ll 4 tlu-re were a· 1e.rge number of visitors.. All were ,favorably impresse_d . with the Navy Yard and its work which 1-' being turned out.' But it ,,,.as not' a.lone in Yard - that· intel'e.:t -wa.s Navy Day. · , , Throughout the state there was a . general observance. In Concord, 8$ well as in o'.her· cities, th~ scnools b,eld special exercises. marking. the .. - event. gave a talk on the submarine and then Here in Portsmouth mention was made The 78lh birthday Of Theodore the craft moved, with the drncription of the -d:ay in many of the. schools with Roo~evelt today found a wide observ- or the trip 1:>e,ing made during the the Navy- Day proclamation being 'ance throughout the nati~n of Navy progre.,.s of the dive. The broadcas,t read in, some. In order to permit the the Portsmouth Sr. High rehool students. to v~:-}t the ...,. ·•·"·''" . '" Day, and in Portsmou th and at the was ,-ponsored by branch of the Auxiliary Floot Naval Navy Yard, if they desired, -tha-~ was N·avy Yard there were ir,:e re.:ting . proR&ierve Association. 0th-er d,ivea were no session in the afternoon. for tho:e grams. who have work to make up. ·The big attraction for the people of ~cheduled at 1.30 and 3, by th-e subVarious organizations of.· the city N() W Hampshire and southwestern marine. ob:erved the day. The Fle(,t Naval Re·Main-e wa.s the Portsmouth Navy Yard The information booth at the end s,erve are to told a Navy Day banquet and many took advantage of the op- or the Navy Yard bridge WM busy this evening, •Which ·wlll ,• be follow~d portunity to visit this government during the day, an-d here guides -were b; a dance. Rear Adm. Douglas E. Dis. reservation which -1,ince its purcha.,e staUomd to ese-0rt visitors about the muk,es, USN., (r(•t.) a forrmr com· in the early lB00's has developed in to reservation. At the variou.s shops mandant of the local -s,ard will be the Yfr:-,~~• the most outstandir.,g naval submarine guides were also available to take the visitors through and explain the work guest of-hor.or. The Spanish War V-ctcoMtruction yard in the country. · eran.s ' hav-e invited other war ve,ter- · I Throughout the d,ay people came to in each build,ing. At Port.;imouth Square, models ans to join with th-Em at an, informal the Navy Yard, many coming in aume-E:ting which will be . held at the G. tomobiles while others who lived with. seve1ral .,hips which wue built at A. A. halt this evening in ihorter d-istan.ce.,; walked to the local }"ard were exhibited. The list or sloop of war The movement 1:E•tting asid_e 11 specireservation. Included in the visitors modeL5 includ,ed the Range.r, the USS Boxer, Kearsarge and fie d-ay throughout the coun,t.ry for were a number who had lived in this special coru.ideralion was . in.:•tltuted vicin,ity all of their liv •s, but had nev- the submarine Purpoi&e. Spcci'tl exhibits of work which had by the Navy League. TM Navy League .r,,1;:,_~;~ er visited on a Navy Day and they still con.'t!nues in its effort to stimulate were well re.paid and re.;:olv-e·d not to been made at the yard in.eluded exh.ibits in the Ship.fitters, Smith,' Elec~ interest in the navy. On Oct. 27, 1922, miss the opportun ~ty again. Inside Machi11te, · Electrical the 64th birthday anniversary of The noon hour wu a particularly trical, Manufacturing, Joiners, . Patwrn and Thi:odore Roosevelt, one of •the lead- r2,;c.-r~>f'.l:,,:'.~tmlfi?N busy p E·riod, and a big attraction wa.s ers in building up an adequate navy the broadcast from the submll,rine Rigg-$rs shops. A <pecial" exhibit; o! apthe flr~1t Navy Day was held. This Shark which is now a t the yard for prentice work was displayed in Bullding 79. . was three y.ears after the death or t,he overhaul. The submarine m:ide an exA display of infantry weapons an.g. iormer President, anti since that time hibition dive an,d while on the dive a equipment of the Marine corps • •was the movement had gair.ed momentum broadcast was mad,e. and practically na.tlon-wicie. 111,11£,.,•W~fil' People who vi9it the Navy Yard on shown in front or the Marine Barand tllLs was visited by · a large The interest has oeen increasing Navy Day each yrnr found it a busy rack~ numbe-r. _ . yiear by year · and ·this year,'not only M~l'i':t:·~~f/'".liplace. Five submaTine.,; are at the yard At the ctrydo.:k, whWt two submain the <ectlon near the <Navy Yard in and two more ot1 the buildjng W'\Y•' · The five includ ed the USS Plun!;er rinc.s arc being overhauled, wn.s an New Hamp.:.hir-e, but all ov-er t.he state,..,.._. .,.....,.., and the USS Pol!D,Ck which are tied exhihition of d,iving equipment. · and a.s well; special men,tion· 'was ·made of at u o'cloclc and 2 o'clock a diver the day . . Forrne.r Mayor F. W• .Ha.rt'-'!1 at the 'Flatiron Pie,r and wlll be Al.!.o n-ear the ,ford, Navy Day chairman for Newplaced in 'commission within a short madc <i-e Ep sEa dives. drydock was a real_ periscope ~hlch Hamp.shire, worked to make· the entime. . The USS Pike, the USS Tarpon and, wa.,; a big attraction. The per~eope tire state of New Hamsphlre conscious the USS Shark are at . the yard for wa, mount,d and visitors were per- ·bf the value or the 'NavY and the overhaul. The Pike. was launched a mitt-ed to look through it. A subma• .,..P,..o,.r..,ts.m_,ou_t,_,h.....,.N..,a,,,v,.Y.,.,.,Y_ a,r_d..·.....,....,._...-..1=_.., libtle over a year ago at th& Ports- rine es-cape dlevue kr.own as the Monmouth yard, and the Plunger . and san Lung and a watertight door _ were Pollack were launched duria,g the past als1> di ~played. · Durin•g the morning a delegation summer. The other sub;narines were from the Port,mouth Civic Council & not constructed here. The wbmarine Shark made it.~ first Chombzr of Commerce called on Addive at 12.45 o'clock and this was the miral C. W. Cole, the commandant. trip in which the broadicast was made. and exl,md,eid the greetings or the Lieut. C. J. Cater of the submarine, . R _y Pr gra sen e ay G ea I res s rv~~n :.Pe of �c o ay s 1ore o or s 10n , . ., s the home also of his son and grandson of g the secretary to President Washington. pictured at the left, this house; at the right these the main stairway and the kitchen firepla aneled room, and at the right the well desig �- there Is a historical society or an antiquarian group In· the city or town, a building of this sort would be most suitable for its headquarters. When used for such purBy Carl Greenleaf Beede poses, it naturally becomes the re- ---,.--,-----,-,--11 pository of records and objects that FTER graduating from Har- the revolutionary clays, he was the have to do with local history and vnrd In 1783, Tobins Lear of manager of thr shipyard of his with families who became promiPortsmouth, N. H., became cousin, John L:i ngdon. There were nent in its founding and In its secretary to Gen. George washing- const,ructed t,hr frigate Ranger, the growth. -, h first ship the Paul Jones, and the Sometimes the location of such an t on; · 1 a,er, 1• f _,, - e was cue secretary br·i·gadeer- Poi•tr,·' mott'l ., 1 . Under- hi·s old residence Is so unfavorable that /tl'lt, then military secretary, with direction was also built the 74-gun it does not seem worth while to attitle of colonel. For 14 years of th is 'America,' the largest vessel built In te mpt to preserve it where it stands. time his home was almost cont,inu- t,his country up to that time. The surrounding section may have ously wit,h the Washington family. So the occupants of the Tobias been an aristocratic one a century In his highly confirlent.ial relations Lear house made their effective con- and a half ago, but has possibly with the first President, he wns closer tribut,ion to the Revolutionary cause changed CO!lJ,llletely in character. So to Washington than any other man, while that struggle was in progress. there might be very few visitors to during these years. It is not a surprising sequence that one of its older buildings, renovated Colonel Lear's birthp,-.~e in Ports- the youngest of this name should and furnished on its old site, In the mouth, N. H., Is the latest of some become lhe honored confidant of manner of its early days. While the financing. of a commu3 o houses to become objects of •at- Washingtoil himself. And now there t t' ! th S . t f . tl Is opportunity to purchase for a nity project of this sorC may seem en !On ~ e ocic Y 01 le nominal a.mo1mt this interesting old the most weighty feature, the first !'.reservation of New. England_ ~n- home, which is of not merely local matter to be decided is the use tiquitres. Here Washmgton VISlted interest but of national significance. Mme. Lear in 1789,. anrl la.ler shr The society in Boston will gladly which will be made of th·e building. became a frequent v1s1t,or lo Mount supply fmther information. If it is both a fine piece of archlVernon. This house, bmlt about 1740 The desire of the citizens of any tecture and has associations with by the third Tobias, who was the community lo preserve its old build- important citizens and events,- , Its grandfather of the Colonel. stands near the famous Wentworth-Gard- lngs because of their historical as- appearance inside and out should ner house, property of lhe Metro- sociatlons or their architectural in- be kept close to the original forms. politan Museum of Arts, ~nd now tere st bring-s up numerous prob- To do so might restrict in a measlems that are sometimes difficult to administered by the society just solve. ure the uses to which it might be mentioned. put, but great effort should be · 1Y mo d es t· If the building is a residence, it Wh 1·1 c It·IS a comparn t 1vr made to r etain all those old ashome, as fine residences of thr mid- may be loca.ted in a neighborhood which is either zoned for business, pects, for once lost It might be imi 7oo•s go, Lear house is a plea_sing or else is too sha.bby for desirable possible to recover them. example of the hip-roof arclutec- residence. To ctevote the building A good old house that has IJ.ll.Ver ture of its day, and is in excellent t o •pu bl'IC use Is · a na t ura1 course, been n1ade over 111I'ght be thought · oriainal condition. Its builder was a 1·r 'I ·• 1s · of b u t f air · is1ze. · of as an aI1'I'que m· or1·gtnal cond1· b· "1e commun1.,y " sea captain, following the t rad itions This may be done by arranging it tion. It is well known that altering of his father a nd gra n clfa th er. So for use of one or more of many a piece of antique furniture, or realso was his son, who was also ship community groups, from the Boy pairing it by the addition of new builder and may have operated a or Girl Scouts, lo the Woman's club, portions, may reduce its value by as yard on the shore which is now only standing for the range of interests much as two thirds. House market a few rods from the home. Active in which might be acccmmodated . ...,.,.J_v-:,a~lu!".'e'-7"c_o_u_ldMb~erv,.e_r.,,Y_ la.,r~g~e"ly~ll'.::o,.st.....b..;y-.,,- Home of the Fifth Tobias Lear A �changes and "improvemen ." I is that old condit!on-"just at it was when so-and-so lived here"-which is the real ba'Sis of sentimental value. The importance of having the proposed use of the house clearly known in advance wlll be quickly understood as soon as .appeal for funds is begun. That is the "practic!ll'' consideration that most business men will look for-and very wisely cautiously lending ballast to plans that might otherwise be called visionary, When both these types of citizens join In pushing such a plan, it is pretty certain to succeed. ~~Pageant"o·1 !Brides" Features.I Event ·.· Sponsored By New1 :· ~-Hanipshire·Federation of Gar-den Clubs Rf. af 17, 3b • 1 ',;,,, .. :'1 . . " I I 1 TRAFFIC COUNT . ··' ' Memorial Bridge ~ I I ;\~i~asure cars . . . .. . . . . . . .iG,083 1' ! • • _, 231 Buses . ...... t••··••••••·• •:r;uc)cs ...... 1 . . . . . . . . . . ; 1,450 •I ' • ~ I i.t _:. Total . .. : ...•••.•.•.•••••. 1'1'.'.'164 Largest half hour 596 ' The' beautiful -------------- and spacious 'estate' of Mrs. w. B. Carpenter of Portsmouth, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson· at Lit- Mrs. Hazel McKay of the Haven Hill tle Boar's Head was a scene of splen- Garden Club, M;s. Cora Marshall of dqr yesterday at the flower show and Manchester, ·Mrs. James Hutchins of !Pagea~1t of Brides held by the New Hampton, Helen Colprit of the Pion-~ Hampshire Federation of · Garden .er darden Club; Mrs. Miles Dustin of Clubs. ' Rochester, Mrs. Myrtle Snow of the 1 There was, a wealth of striJ<ing ex- Haven Hill Garden Club, the Com'.ql~lts arranged in a most attractive munity Garden Club of Salmon Falls, manner; with the green lawns and Mrs. Rosalie Hatch of the Portsmouth background o! beautiful ·tree.s, making Ga~·dcn Club, Mrs. A. L. Hobson of a 1perfect setting for an outstanding Little Boar's Head, Mrs. Fred Sanborn dl.splay•of flowers. or Hampton, Mrs. Flora Seavey o! 1 · The crowd enjoyed strolling about .aochester, E. Coburn o! Milford and the picturesque ·g rounds of the .Hobson Bertha J. Richardson of the Hav,m Hill elltate, which is one o! the show placea Garden Club. of this beautiful bit of the New HampMembers of tha Portsmo11tll. Garden shtre seacoast. Club presided at the tables of fruit : _T he flower show ·brought forth many punch, cookies and cake which were varieties· of entries, largely by the gar- located in the opera field m the afterden club members from the southern noon. those presiding being Mrs. F: w, part ~f the Granite State. Mrs. Edna Hartford, Mrs. George B. Lord. Mrs. Cutter of Dracut, Mass., and Mrs. J. 0. Eme3t L. Guptill, Mrs. Frank D. ButTonkin of Durham acted as judges of 1er, Mrs. Harold M. Smith. Mrs. the flower show, while Professor Mac,- /\. J. Duncan, Miss Gl"ace Brnwn, Miss Farland· of the . University · of New Helen Harvey and Mrs. A. w. Lau h~a,nps}llre judged · the . horticultmj~.. tou. The most blue ribbons were taken by I In the afternoon Edna Cutter wa.s Mrs. Helen P. ·champlln of Rochester, i the speaker, her subject belp.g the arwho had the outstanding exhibit of rangement of flowers. She told of. mixed ·flowers. . Mrs. Carrol Coburn of various and Interesting ways or arMilford was awarded the ribbon in the ranglng them to harmonliie. miniature class, Mrs. Robert Doe of the Mrs. Charles Amhoff rui chairman af 'Pioneer Club was given the blue ribbon the general committee welcomed the tor her exhibit of zlnnlas, and Mrs. gue.5ts of the afternoon to enjoy the Cora Marshall of Manchester received Brides' Revue. 4 pageant, beautlfullf the blue ribbon in the qahlla class. Mrs. written by, Miss Ethel Tukesbury of, ' Fx:ederick Rlsing of Franklin was giver). Andover, Mass., was read and direoted the rlbboh for white flower arrange- by Mrs. H. B. Carpenter of PQrtsmouth. ment and Mrs. Jennie. Carpenter oC Noi;man M. Leavitt of NorLll Hampton Durham ,~as awarded a blue ribbon for sang several approp1ial,e selections as he; specimen of detra. ' the brides of all period~ from the 18th , The morning show was in charge of century 011 .passed In review. Amos Mrs. Carroll Coburn, Miss Cora Mar- Moo,dy accompanied Mr. Leavitt and shall and Mrs. Caroline Wtilte of played famou.~ old wedding marches Derry. · " throughout the . pageant. Mrs. G. F. : Other entrants in the flower · show Boutwell gave the history of . eac):!. Robert Fornes of the gowu as the bride.5 posed. Mrs. Mattie Club of Roche~ter, C. B. Perklns and Mrs. Margaret Win- �· gate assisted 1n the placing of brides. The gown of a June bride of 1905 The "brides" . displayed their gowns wa., worn by Lhc bride, Mrs. Annie EdI by walkh!G' from the west entrance of gerly Tllo.yer, who was married at 1-the Hobson residence along the edge of Piumington. / the opera field tllrough a rustle, vineMi,~.q Ari.a Caddora married Nathan 1 covereq. at'bor to a summer house. P. Tol)ey of Hampton in 1009 and ~~I' J:'illally .tltey all gathered·· on· the, etnge gown W'.ls worn by her daughter-inthe southern end -of the field while law, Mrs. Alton P. Tobey. ' everyoqe present congregated nearby A year later Miss Jessie Merrill and pieces 0! a large wedding cake were man-led Chrfotopher Toppan at Hamp· sold., The cake was made for this occa- ton and their daughter, Miss Elizabeth sion by Mrs. Charles Craven of North Toppan, wore the dress at the revue. Tlte gown of Miss Agnes Moon, Hampton, one of the "brides." The oldest dress in the revue date.d married in 1907 to Charles Craven at back to 1780. This old gown of the clos- Beverly, Mass., was worn by Mrs. Cravi ng years of the 18Lh century was the en, now of North Hampton. wed'ctiug gown of tlle mother of Capt. Ill 1907 when Miss Mabel Wi~ham John Adams of Newington. It marrlcd Victor E. Amee of Kittery loaned by Mrs . .Howard Knox o! New- Point shi> wore a gown which adorned Amee, ington and worn by ML5s Fl6rence her daur~htcr, Miss ,Lorraine yesterday. . O'Ke&fe. . A gown represented the · 1905 period, The second gown·of U1e perlod 'before 1810 Wa.5 loaned by Mrs. Edith Trout of first worn hy Mrs. Carlton ,Thresher of ' Sandwich and worn by :Mrs. Marjorie Milford, was worn ,y esterday by her daughter,. Mi1lS Nancy -Thresher. Hewitt of Portsmouth. The gown worn by Jacqueline Mc- . Ml.'l.s Nathalie Pendergast of Exeter Lain of Portsµiouth was loa:::ied by Mrs. wore a gown which was fil"_st worn in Henry L. Green of Rye Beach and was 1911 at a wedding ju Ashland. . worn 1n 1835 by Mrs. Green's grand- . A .1929 gown of Mr~. Alton .Tobey modeled by Miss Margaretta Car},. mothe1·, Mrs. Sarah Farmer. : The second period wa.e, represented son of liampton, . and ,Eleanor Palmer by a gown first worn by Mrs. Durgin as of North Hampton wore a. gown of tne a 'bride ht Kittery about 1842 and was 1!)14 Wo\"ld War period. loaned by Mrs. S. F. A. Pickering of A more recent bride, Mrs. Jame.<; Ed-Portsmouth. It was worn by Anna gerly Tttayer of Farmington, wore thn O'Keefe of PorLsmouth. gown in which she was married In 1842 ·Ann Drake became the bride June 14 last year. ·· Tlte closing feature of the pageant of John A. Towle at !\ home wedding and her gown was given Lo her daugh- was a tableau of the !brides of all ages, ter, Mrs. Pickering. Ti1e gown was ,with Mrs, Annie Edgerly Thayer wearworn by Mrs. William J. Holland of ing her own w.e dding gown, Miss Mar-•tha Boutwell a gown , of 1876 and the P.ortsmouLh. Ma,ry Lyon Perkin~ of Dover wore a daughter or Mrs. Thayer · a gown of gown loaned by Mrs. Albert Hodgdon '1935, -with the flower girls at. either side. Tho daughters of Mr. and Mrs. of Newington from the Willey family. Tllo gown o[ l?c 10, whlrh was worn in ;Frank now"ll, Norn\.a' and Joyce, wero tb.e marriage of Sarah C . Lewis to Rob- charming tts flower girls. Several lovely gowns, to,o delicate to ert F. Gerrish of Kittery Point just 60 years ago today wa., worn by their ,be w'orn, were exl1ibited on models, ~reat grand-cl'aughter, Miss Marion among them .a gown of blue taffeta which was worn by the mother of Mrs. SLeelman Gerrish of Kittery Point. Miss Martha Boutwell of Portsmouth Arthur Robson. A gown made entirely wore a gown worn in 1876 at West ;by lwnd . J.n Ireland, worn by Martha Chelmsford, Mass., and loaned by the I H11ppr.r In_ 190_6 !n ·Lynn, Mas5., ,W!l.'l LltL!eton Garden Club. exhibited, as was also the wedding The next gown was worn by Abbie i go\vn worn by Emily Campbell Hutch-Brown at a. home wedding in Stratham I ins, who was married In Lynn in 1908, ,; tn 1869, when she became Mrs. SanThe committee in charge of the·fet,e born. Yesterday the dre:i.,; WM worn wa.~ Mrs. Charles H. Amhoff, p1•esldent by Miss Mlril!,nt DavL5 or Portsmouth. of the P0t'tsmouth Garden Club; Mri,, Th-e year 1864 wa.1 represented by a 1Mary Lane Bickford and Mrs. Rosf!lie gown loaned by Mrs. Richard Shelton Hatch of Portsmouth, Mrs. Carroll Co•• qr Cambridge, formerly or thl1 city, bum of Milford, Mrs. James E. Thayer wllich was first worn by Mr. Shelton's of Farmington, Mrs. Charles Bisbee ·Of ' mother when she wa.1 married at Durham and Mrs. Mattie C. B. Perkms ~ampton.,,and worn ye)lterday by Mrs. of Dover. Host1:ss at th~ white holL5e where the ~the! Cami)bell of Portsmoulth, • Margaret Richardson of Greenland , brides dre3.<;ed were Mrs. Bickford· and wore an 1894 gown from the Milford sevcrnl ladies from Hampton. Tf10se who ll.'~5L5ted tn dressing the brides were Garden Club. A Civil War period gown of blue taf- the .l\ili.~ses Lucie and Catherine Pray of feta w~ loaned ,by Mrs. George Warren Porl;.~mouth and Mrs. Nprnw.n Richand worn by ML~s Ruth Hussey o! ardsou of Evanston, Ill. TIH• day's program is well considered Greenland. A wedding gown of 1862 from Salem, a ca.5e of succe.~sful cooperation for the Mass., was worn by Miss Peggy Win- assembling of hath flower show specigate of Hampton. mens and brides costumes ov r a stateMrs. Fred E. Perkins of Hampt,on, wide area with a pleasing unity is who was married in 1898, w-01•!) her small lece of work. wedding gown and. represented the Hampton Monday Club. I on 0 A ~otlceable feature of t\}e day wa.q the l:leautlful •atmosphere, the friendly spirit_ and-~a.dy, ~ooperatlonf The ge'n~ eral committee, with,Mrs. Amhoff '!l.!l chairman, p.e~~rve,<3 hearty', apprecia-· tlon. ' ,. . ' ' r. • ,The generous part of Mrs: Hobson in lolmlng her beautiful grounds and worklnir •with tpe committee for the sn<:cess was the subject of ple~illg comment bi ,visitors from, ,many l!eq..: tions. , Among the noted gµests , wli4 Fabien Sevitzky o! the l)4etropolltan Theatre, Boston, who took ·q<>lored· tion pictur-ed bf the, brides. ' / mo- was was I i I I FINAL FESTiVAL AT LANIER CAM /'f 3G. . On Monday, Aug. 24, weather permit ting, the final festival of the sea.so will be held at Lanier, the harvest home festival, celebrating the gathering o the harvest. The summer opens with the haying festival, preliminary to which is a night in haycock beds under the stars. Unforgettable ls the scene and the experience. Preparations for this night have become a ritual throughout the 30 years of Lanler's existence. Dull ears are sharpened to summer sounds as soon i4 the family has gathered and settled ori the old farm acres. The following lines from Dallas Lore Sharp's "Summer" have come to be the bugle call: "You ought to hear the lively chatter of a mowing machlne. It is hot out of doors; the roads are beginning to look dusty; the insects are tuning up 1n the grass, nnd, like their chorus all together, and marching round and roun the meadow, moves the mower's whirr Ing blade. I love the sound. Haying hard, sweet work. The farmer who d not love his haying ought to be ma to keep a country store and sell ker sene oil and lumps of , dead salt pork out of a barrel. He could not appreciate a live friendly pig. "Down the long swath sing knives, the cogs click above the square cotner.s, and the big, loud thing sings on again,-the song of 'first fruits,' the first great ingathering of the season,-a song to touch the heart with Joy and sweet solemnity." A certain portion of the field, where the poorest hay grows, Is set aside to sleep in, and the following morning, when a perfect day comes over the horizon, a quiet excitement runs across the field among the hay beds. Next in order comes the :first com. Great steaming platters are born aloft by the !arm boys, who boast a · week's advance over la.st year's harvest. Stalwn.r t com ranks 1n .sight o:f the d!nlng their green blade �and as eld pastorates in Ipswich and Lynn, Ma~:; Providence, R. I.; New Britain, Conn. ; Pittsburgh and Erie, Pa., Baltimore, Md., and Marlboro, Mass. .He is an orator of ability and .in recent yea.rs much of his time has been i,pent as editor and exe:utive head o! the New England Greek religious and literaJ·y magazine, a monthly publication called "Pharos," published in Bo.st-On. The first Cabot. stre-e t school was a litt.Je brick building, which had grown antiquated at the time of tJ1e erect:.oln of the present building, but hau berved its purpo.s.e for a long period of time. In 18.50 the school oommitt-ee of district No. 2 made the first move for the construction of a new building to replace . the old brick sti:ucture. For .. .,.. . ' i . six ~ars efforts wer,e made t-0 t.hat end, but it was 1859 before it was officially decided to erect a n ew building. When May-0r J.ohn R. Redding was in_a ugurated he mentioned there being on depo.sit $4,500 for erection of t.lu; Cabot St. Nicholas Gree·k · Orthodox Church,--I-n-19_3_2-th_e_G - re-'e-k-'-co-mm - -uru-·-ty--p-ur--"'" street schoolhouse. In 'the fall of 1860 at th. e corner of State and Cabo·t _streets, chased the fOr!J!er C~bot Street School the new school was opened and Miss was dedicated on Sunday morning, with building. This was lj,Sed for many years M. M. Ham, who conducte.:l U1e primary .archbishop Athena.gora.s Of -New York, as a school, but' was closed .rlth the gra<les in tl;le old brick building, WI!.'! head of the Greek Orthodox Church of opening of the new Juntor High School the first principal. The school cohtin~orth and Sou!h America., conducting building and the change of the Whipple ued until : 129, when 1.he Whipple the mass. . School from junior high to graide pu- School tool: care of the pupils which . The archbishop arrived Saturday a(~ _pils. Immediately after the· building formerly attended it. ternoon and a service was held Sa.tur- was p.urchased the task· of renovating it In 1933 Andrew Jarvis, who Is now day evening. Sunday morniqg at 9 began. The building as if ls today i~ president of. !Jle G!.'eek community, ap·o'clock a ma.&s of dedication-was .. held, not a.s compLete as it Is hoped to have it peare<I before Mayor Pickering and the which was conducted by Archbishop In the near future, but it has a. fine city council a.nd made a bid for the Ath-ena.goras; who represenbed · the · ch~ch- auditorium on the second fioor. building for Its use as a church. The Patriarch of Constantinople. At 11 The lower floor 'o f the building, which is mayor and council took the matter uno'clocic• a service was he1d out of doors:• now used a.s a Sunday school room for der consideration and favored selling Led by th~ acolytes and ,choir, the the children o! the parish, la expected the property. The mon,ey was soon clergy formed a. t:>~cesssion which to· be im_prove:ct later. raised and work. begun of converting marched around the church three times The first o! the Greek fa.mllle.l to the bullding into a church. The comAssisting in. the service · were Rev. come to thl.s city started in busine&t In mittee consisted of Andrew Jarvis, Polyca.rp Marinakis, pastor.. of the a. small wa.y, but many are now among George Sotero.s, Christ Sagrls, George church, l¼nd priests from Dover, Som- the outstanding storekeepers here. Sclir1s, Christ Roylos, Paul Chu)iaris er.sworth, and Newburyport and Salem, Among them were the Jarvi.!! fam1ly, and Pet.er Sta brow, - - - , =~~~ Mass. • . . . ~ · the Zacharias family, th.a Para.a fa.m'- The dedic'ation _was attended.not onlv ily, the Sta.brow family, the coussoule by members of th~ church but by many family a.nd the Dedes family. The first · others who were interested in the · ser~ to settle here was Peter Zacharias, who vice. Ralph Newton of this city pre- stopped overnight on his wa.y from s\mte<I two American flags, one to the Lowe11, Mass., to :Augusta, Me., and waa church and one to the church c school. so impressed with the city that he deMr. Newton has presented' : several clded to make his home here and began schools with flags the pa.st few ' yead In a small way to sell fruit. He died in and his. gift' was greatly appreciated. 1927 and his passing wa.s a loas not The history o! the Greek religfo1:1 In only ,to the Greek commun!ty, but to , this city goes back nearly 50, ; years, the city. His children, who, with one' . wl\en the first family !rom1Gr~~c_,e ,ar- exception, all reside 1n this city, were 1'lved. The _Greek race 1s ·a very1ancient the first o! Greek descent to be born In , one a.nd, follovrlhg in the wa_ke of the Portsmouth. HLs~ daughter, Mrs. many Gree,k families· who ·ca.me' to· this 'Leonidas Sophlos or Medford, · Mass., ~untry, the Greek religion wa.s brought wa., the fir.st to be marrl.ed In the -~. _!11 1890 the first greek 1f,l,~les church which was dedicated yesterday. came ~ Portsmouth. 1:'<>r many ,years Riev. Polyca.rp Ma.rlnakis was assigned the services of worship were held in the to this Church. in September, 1933. He homes of the families; b;t in 1917 the came here from Bang-Or, Me., a.11d sueGreek church was .founded and· the ceeded R ev. SJ)?r06 Kasa.rl.s, · who was Greek pop,ulatlon congregated in hall transferred to Keene, after a year as they lea.&ed for_the purpose. ~ con-, pastor o! st."Nicholas. Rev. Marinakls ,tlnued for niaiy years,, until the Greek was born in Smy.:na, Asia Minor, and families in_ci;eased and were in' a better received l1is classical education at the financial posit.loµ to. concentrate on ,the _Theological Seminary of Athens, hav'purchiµ;e of •!I- bulldfng iri .which _ ttte:v Ing been. a pri~ in Greece for five could permanently establish them- years· and in· Jerusalem two years. selves. to· An}erica nearly 40 yea.rs ' . •. . : .: EDICATED M~ss C~lebrated:• By '\r~hbishop ~thenagoras, Of N~w York, Head Of Church·Of·,North and S_outh America ��C urch Service Of Olden Days ►~.1~Held At Historic York Church EDIFICE FILLED TO THE DOORS AS A SABBATH OF 1710 IS AUTHENTICALLY RE-ENACTED WITH PARTICIPANTS IN COLONIAL COSTUME The wraith of Rev. Samuel Moody 1'8- _. Carlton Nowell and Raymond visited the scene of his earlyJabors yes- staples, attired as Continental soldiers terday to mount the pulpit of the his- In uniforms of blue and buff, with mustorio old First Parish Church at York kets powder horns, shot cases and a :V111age once again to "warn ye sinnzrs dru~ were on duty to guard against an of the hell-fire which awaits them 1f Indian ~ttack. they do not speedily amend their ways." Upon the altar a single . candle The church, oldest religious society in burned beside the open Bible and at the Maine, was filled to the very doors, with left of the platform stood a British flag, the hall crowded with extra chalro and to remind those present that York was persons standing to fill every inch of formerly a British possession. space and the crowd extending out into The service opened with the singing the vestibule, The occasion for this of a psaJm, ·"All People 011 Earth Who Interesting eve~t was the observance of Dwell," with Mr. Moody, the tithing.t he 300th anmversary of the founding man, gl'(ing the . tone on his pitch-pipe. of York C~unty. As books were scarce and expensive in A church service of colonial days, the old days there were no hymn books !When residents of the town · of York, for the congregation. The precenter, then a part of the Massachusetts Bay Mr. Morrison, would read a line, which Colony, stood ever in fear of Indian at- would then be sung, and the next line tacks,. was.. re-en~9ted as nearly as, pos- read and repeated in song, and so .on. alble in the manner of the olden times. Throughout the service the tithing'l'ownspeople had been invited to attend man was .kept busy with his tickler of 1n. ~stume o! colonial days and the men rabbit's hair to prevent any o! the to bring ffintlock muskets, as was the congregation from going to sleep·. Some custom, to be ready in case of a raid on who gossiped during the service he obthe village by some roving band o! llged to change their seats from the fierce warriors. ' women's side of the church to the men's Between forty and fifty persons, men, side, or vice versa. Mr. Moody created women and children, Including summer a great deal of amusement by his carryresidents, came dressed in the costumes Ing out of his duties in the most sober, worn before the Revolutionary War; stern and dour manner imaginable, many of them rare and authentic. so' tickling the noses of supposedly nodgreat was the interest in the service ding singers, much to their surprise and that people arrived as early as 9 o'clock,• the amusement o! their friends. and .soon after 11 a. m., more than 600 Miss Florence dressey was punished persons filled every point of vantage for cl,oslng her eyes and Miss Ruth within and around the door. Nowell was admonished for laughing. Rev. William H. Mlllinger, pastor of Both were taken from their pews and the church, lmper,onated "Father" given a seat in the front of the church. Samuel Moody, famo1.1s historical per- Miss Florence A. Paul was caught whlssonage of the early days of southern pering during the service and was Maine, a respected parson of the First "punished" by being made to sit on the Parish Church for many years. Rev. other side o! the church with · those of · Mllllnger was ·co.,tumed as Father the opposite sex. Miss Paul was attired Moody In lmee breeches, a long . black in a giddy colonial costume topped with robe, white stock and black skull-cap. a bonnet with pink ribbons and flowers. :As· the service· opened he marched iqto The sermon -was a portion of the disthe church follo;-ed by two deii:oo.ns;, course delivered by Rev. Samuel Moody impersonated by William Grant and on Sunday, Aug. 24, rho, 226 years ago. Wlllls Staples, who wore breeches, long It was upon the subject, · "The Doleful black and brown coats, colo1"€d waist- ~tate of the Damned;:·· ah.~ U;i\l 'text was coats, white stocks and carried muskets. from Luke 13 , 28 th verse, ~·egarding Behind them cam& the precenter,. or "There shall be weeping and gnashing singing master, ena cted by James Mor- of teeth when ye shall see Abraham and rison, Jr., of this city, and the tit)ling Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets man, enacted by Howard Moody of in the kingdom or God and you yourFargo, N. D., a des<.: endant of the fam- selves thrust outside." ous old-time parson, both in similar auThe service, although serious, had its thentio costumes and with muskets. amusing incidents. From the pulpit •The tithing man, an Important pei'son- came the surprising announcement age in the church o! the early days, car- "And here comes Madam Ingraham ried the traditional rod of of!!ce, tipped with her ungodly strut." with a rabbit's foot, with w~lch it was Before the collection Mr. Millinger his duty to tickle the nose or smartly rap as.sured the congregation that there the head· of any sinner who went to would not be any come-on money. He sleep during the interm!na.ble service of told o! Thomas Withers, a resident or olden days. York, ' of the 'corresponding time 226 ears ago, being In the lllor that day I for putting a large swn in the collection box to induce hls neighbors to be generous. However, according to Mr. Mlllinger, Withers was caught wlhen attempting to take back his contribution. During the service Mr. Mlllinger read some of the old and strict regulations or lhe days or our forefathers and instructed the tithing-man to see that no strangers went through the town on the Sabbath, that parents did not kiss their children, that no cooking be done or beds made on the Sabbath, that th·e children not sit on fences, and that he especially see to the g,ood behavior of bachelors. He asked i! there were any special prayers wished by the congrega~ tlon and ~mon~ those who were prayed for were the King and Her Royal Majesty, Queen Anne. A special prayer also was offered for fair weather on Thursday, when a pageant depleting the birU~ and devek>pment of New Somersetshlre, as York County was originally called, will be presented. r::~~~..~11?.;, In the olden days the ' Sabbath service., lasted practically all day, With an intermission !or dinner. Yesterday only a par~ ot the original sermon was given in order to permit the congregation to be released by the guards in time to eat dinner at their homes. A.1 Mr. Mlllinger ibrought the sermon to a close Deacon Staples rose to reprlmand hlm for not having preached a longer sermon. The pastor replied that. "The spil'lt Is wllllng, but the flesh ls weak," and explained that he had a fowl cooking on the spit at home and that the needs o! the inner man must be satisfied. Only a part o! Father Moody's old sermon was delivered. It was an interesting and educational example of the old-time conception o! religion, Father Moody llkenln1i hell to 11, huge vat of bolling tar such as was used at York's shipyards for sealing the hulls of vessels. The awful state of the damned therein was graphically deplcted, with the wer.plng, walling and gnashing of teeth from the sinners consigned to that dread fate. Tha Bible used yesterda7 was once . the possession of Rev. Tsaao Lyman successor to Mr. Moody. The tithing stick and collection box used were both priceless and were loaneii by the Old York Gaol, built in 1653. Mrs. Harry Hungerford of Boston loaned the hourglass. , Among those in costume were descendants o! many early families of York. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Emerson, summer residents, of Tilusville, Pa., headeii the summer colony group. Mr. Emel'SOn ls a descendant of Samuel fy'[oody. Miss Theodosia L. Barrell and Mrs. George E. Blaisdell, Ll ~scendanls or Sarah Barrell Wood, Maine's first nov~ · ~list, also .took part. Mrs. D. W. Cressey wore a striking qostume, consisting of an old bonnet bzlonging to Mrs. Barrett Wendell of Portsmouth, and a shawl and dress or the 18th century. - ~.,.,.........,.,,....,.,.............._ _ I �. son" to the First Christian Church for divine worship, ; The service itself will be patterned . after tho: : of a century ago. No organ will be used. as Elder Fernald consid- ered .the organ as the "devil's instrument." The choir leader will lead the _ singing in. the oldtime way, hymn books of course, being too expensive ·to fur' nish the audience. Howard Paul dre.s.sed in an appropriate cootume, will b:') . ·hn CDl!lpetent choir leader, "llneing out" the old-timehymns, The sermon will be one ·written more than a century ago on the subjeot'"The_'-' Duty of a People to Stand· in Awe of God, and· not Sin, when under His Terrible Judgments." Many of Elder Mark Fernald's quotations will be in. . serted. The modem note, however, will · · creep in as it ls shortened to the time _. allotted to our church services today. Deacon Peletiah, who in ,the early days of the church would sit in the corner of the building near the speaker and cover his head with a bandana. handkerchief a.,; he peacefully · slept -:: through the long sermon, will be- im:·· personated. by J. Fred Dorr. The DeaOld York oliscrved the 300th annl- ,Chief Justice Charles J. Dunn o! the ·_·_. con was the one man who :W&$ · freeversary o! the settlement of York Malne Supreme Court gav•e a hlstolfrom the ministrations of the "t!thCounty with a pageant, address, sports, cal addess. Judge Dun said: ing-man," who will be present a.t , this. band oonoert and fireworks yesterday. "The giants of today are not the same .service in the person or Percy Amee. Large numbers or people, including a9 those o! three centuries ago, but ·• ., Children who laugh and men and. summer visitors from practically every they are a.s forml~able . antagonists . .- <;, women who sleep can be sure he wm: state in the Union, were greatly pleased The problems of the pre.~ent tlme, al~ "·' see them and ac~ accordingly. · by the beautiful pageant held 011 the th0 ugh varying from the past, _ are ' · Mrs. Edith Honsberger will give a. lawns in the rear of the First Parish yet sufficient to dare abillty and deter- · . brief and Interesting history of the Church and the Town Hall during the · mi.uatlon. The.se days of(er viotory and ' church as a prologue to th& servlefl~ afternoon. honor to thooo who accept their chalThis is written In a way to be of special The hisLorical pageant was written lenge.'' interest to children. and directed by Mrs. Ha:uel Arbertson Afterward& the11e were sports at Many will wear old-time- costumes of West Ne w,bury and the various epl- York Beach. The observance ended and everyone is invited to weu, clothsodes were enacted 111 costume by a la.s~ night with a band concert by the ing of this early time. Those who do cast or 75 persol1.'l. In the prelude ex- ' Frank E. Booma Po.st American Legion not wish to com~ In costume, however, County ALty. Ralph W. Hawkes repre- Band of Portsmouth, followed by fireare cordially invited to attend the lie!'• se·n ted Sir Ferdinando Gorges. Judge works at Short Sands. vice. It will be of historic value and Lesber M. Bragdon impersonated MasHundt,ed<J o! cars filled every avallinterest. , " sachu.setts, because the early history o! able parking spaoe, one of the largest Following tbe "pa.r.son'' will, unhitch York and York County \vas closely in~ crowds in. the history o! the beach en- , the horse which will be tied in a place terwov-en with the Bay 'State. MlS.!1 Joying · the excellent band muslo and . reserved among the parked automoAnne Sewall, daughter o! Mr. and the fireworks display. ·bile.!!, climb Into the old shay and_ ~ Mrs. Arthur E. Sewall, Agamentl~ " to Locke's Cove, when the antlque ·vecus, which was the early name of York. hlcle will be stored in the barn where It: Mrs. E. M. Cook represented Georgehas been for ao long. · ·: anna, under which name' York was in- ·. The service will begin at ll.111 •a. m.. corporated as the first city in America. · , t i .':, ~ and everyone ls given a hearty invitaRev. Ambler Garnett or Boston was · ·' tlon to attend. · 1 ,Slr Oliver Cromwell, while Rev. Wll, !lam H. Mlllinger of the First Parish Church Impersonated Edward Godfrey. Tho.~e ntten(ting the First Christian 'Samuel H. Junkins was' John Wheel- · Church at Kittery Point on Stmday wright. {,. morning wlll feel that time has bei!n In the fourth episod-e s .. s. Thompson turned back, 11-'1 they flnd themselves at was Slr Wllllnm Pcppem~ll. while Rev. a .service patterned a!t~r those of more Samuel Moody was portrayed by .Rev. than n century ago. Ambler . Garnett. · ., Handkerchief Today the old one-horse .may whloh Moody was Roger K. Lucas. · Select- was used by Elder Mark Fernald ls one man Jack La Plante _ wiui "Thomas • of the antiques on_dl.splay in the TerGorges, _while Selectman Nelson . centenary celebration at K1ttery. ToHutchll1.'l was st Asplnquld. J. P. morrow morning a horse will again be Bragdon represented T.tl.omas Morton · hitched to it and, as in days gone byf the and James LL\CM and ,Mrs. Hazel Pltl'son Will ride in it to the service at Woodward were King Charles and his ' the church on Haley road. In the queen, 11espectlvely. early history of the church It carried The prolog ue was read by Miss Ruth ' Elder Mark Fernald; tomorrow, the Nowell. There WM all5o a program of present pastor, Rev. Basil Harris, will dancing. A feature wa~ a sword dance · dress as Elder Fernald used to do and lven by M~. Graham o!-Boston. drive a horse instead of an automobile, r ·· ., 'I. , , . , =· as the old shay again carries the "par- PARTI IP TES IN CELEBRATION PageantAnd Fireworks Feature Prog_ram In bservance Of ·3ooth Anniversary was ~ ;' •' ..,,,11 .. ' ..._ 't,._~>" i,14\1 ~ . ...,... ·..... - _;~;.~--'I ·, . ·f)r -~.. " .. -~.. . :_•:Jh: UN~QUE SERVICE · I ON SUNDAY ' I,, �. .. . . _4,.._~ • • , I ' • • ..( •• I ·.. :AN VERSAR ·-~·E. NI:_ .. - c. oMPLET · · ·. AilC!f111,.; ~ ·rvance~.oJ,,. -ork Coun·ty-ife1 1 ,itt~n~,-~ . day , : , . I i . • ., as ob,servance Eliot on Saturday of the .300th anniversary of the' f~uiiding of ' York county are · , • . ·lnplete an~ the program wiµ open t 10 a.- m; . with sports and•. froin then· : on there will be a very inter•. ting · -lliit of events. The program ill be as follows:. , ·· • l(T,30 ► a. 1m.:-$ports at ;Library 1 r;owi~. . · 1 • • • 12· to ·l! p. ; m.-Band concert. PicnJc unch ari~ •community slrigln·g. Rereshments for .sale on the •grounds. 2 p. m.~Address, Ralph Bartlett~ 2.30 p. m:-Introductory poem, "Our Eliot," written by .Miss · Arabella Hammo1}d. Tableau: Submission of 'Maine to Massachusetts'.' Community singing. · • Sketch: "The Captivity of Major Hammond," written . and directed by Mrs. Wintfred Dyer. . , · Community singing. , Tableau , "The Mass~re ; at -Ambush Rock." .. · Community singla;;. At the picnic lunch it · ts expected thaii families and friends will sit down 'in the grove on the Library grounds· f.or a .socla.l hour while the Sa,!lford band .of 21 plecesi presents a musical. program. The refreshment committee•· assisted by the · 4-H clubs will . be in , attendance. An 'address by -~;t,t,e ~,t~fn.:s,_ .. : I • • •• • • .. • a scion of an old Eliot family and a poem written by· Eliot','J talented poetess will comprise the literary part of the .. program. The tableau, "Submission of Maine oo Massachusetts;• . will· depict that historic event that • enacted at William E11eret•a Tavern Nov. 16, 1662, where now· stands "Laughing Waters camp." A bronze slab marks the site. The tableau, ''The Massacre at Ambush Rock" . portray,q the ambtuhed attack · of Indiana on ·Maj. Charles Frost, the Heards and Do)'lnings as they' were returning from church one Sabbath ,day. A -bronze marker 1Fl in evidence here. , . · The slcetch writ~en and presented under the direction of a talented .Eliot girl wlll prove- lnterestiIJ,g and perha.ps ,thrilling. , Commu11lty singin~ .wlll be interspersed. The .;ports committee has prepared .a list of varied and dignified sports that wlll ·amuse and lnteres~ old and young. ..(1.11. the people of the town are urged to attend the exercises and thereby add ,to the interest of the occasion. All friends ·wll1 'be · cordially welcorned. Why not make this a, genuine Old Home Day where good fellowship and frlendlines.~ shall abound? Guides . wlll be provided for -those who desire to visit historic spots. •rhe commttees would like for this oo a,- ~ala day for Ellot. was- �DA Observance Of 300th Anniver-i.,, .- ~~a~y,;~::/~ostp~ne~ F1rom Today · . , ________ ______ . ....;:.._ The hisLoricai Church of Christ in Kittery, 1727." Mr, ~· Whipple was °the. father o! a signer o! the peclaration •-o! Independence .and his remains lie ju.st across the road •from the old church; -in the parish cemetery. Nos. 2, 3 and 4 ar.e cµps inscribed thus : !'The Gift of. the: Hoonble. William Pepperrell, Esqr,. to the ,First Church of Christ in Klttery •,1733..'' No. 5, another cup, "The BeqUest"'o-j,'.,, Mrs .. Jane °Turrell ·to the First Church of Christ in Kittery.' 1 No. 6 is a .wide and deep silver plate or dish, u~ed to hold b1,oke1} · brea.d or baptisma,~ ,;water, 1.s beauU/fully ,_ inscribed all around 11;.s edge ·with these words, '!Th~ om ot the Honble . Wl,l llain , PeJi;>etreU, ~qr., Baronet, Lieut. General of.: Hls Majes~ ty's Forces, & of the Province o! Mass., &c, &c, to th_e First Church in. Kittery," and the Pepperrell coat of arms. No. 7, · a large silver sprlnking foj:it, is inscribed, "This peice of plate is present.ed to ye First Church in Kittery by an U n k nown H an d" . The unknown hand is said to be that o! Lady, Pepperrell. No. 8 ls a high tankard, silver plated, Ith · 1 ti w While no not mscrattemptin P on. ·to give a com- parade, tableaux, hibition at Howell'>' Square. exhibition planned mimes and tableaux at historio spots ., Kittery throughout along the parade route presented in .1,,. . observance '·. today in of the York costumes. . Oounty Tercentenary were d efinitely 11.45 a. m., parade from Howells' Square to Navy Yard, .•; pos t poaed this morning, because of where f\oal:3 will be on display until 4 •-' ~, , ~ the prospect.s of a rainy day, until o'clock and the Yard open to visitors. 1 p. m. to 3 p. m., concert by the " M onday. On that day the program as · · orlglna.lly planned will be presented Tralp Academy :Band at the Commuplete list of all · the articles in the exat the previously scheduled times. The nlty Houso, Kittery Point. hlbit the following will give some idea program, in brief, Is to be as follows: ~-~...---......,,"""""""~...,.,....,........,.....,~""""i,.; o! the variety, which were for the most 8.30 a. m., band concert near spot part genuine American antiques: where Ranger was bullt. . ---·---Sparhawk chairs o! 1750 circa,: Gov. 8.45 a. m., band concert at John ' ings, Bowen, Clark, Wentworth china bowl o! 1750; silver r Paul Jones Park, near bronze tablet Dimick Duncan, Gerrish, Good\\ mug or Tobias Lear, who wa.s !riend , ommemoratlng early Colonial grants . . Hodge, Howells, Jackson, Jenki and secr-etary o! George Washlrigton, 9.15 a. m., parade of hl.storlc floats, :, Locke, Lutts, Mead, Moore, Newso o. 1770; sword presented by Oongress ands, eto., from Government street P arsons, PcpperreU, Remick, Sparto Stephen Decatur in 1806; Gov. Howells' Square at Locke's cove. · hawk stevens, TenEyck, Thaxter, Tre-· Goodwin fire buckets o! 1789; silver 0 10 a. m., to ll.45 a. m., floats on ex- · fethen, Walker, Wentworth, Wild and ,. porringers of o. 1750; Sheffield plate Woods. The oldest thing present was candlestick captured from the French a chair, Jacobean period, brought to ln ..1796 by the !rlgate "Delaware".: a Kittery from England in 1631 by g1•eat silver spoon of TenEyck, c. 1720; Thomas Withers, an original settler, pair of pistols uhed by Pepperrell at and af\°ent for Sir Ferdinando Gorges. ·Louisburg in 1745; .old guns; Lowestoft The latest piec,es had to do with pres- . pitchers and china ware; oopper and ent day history. Two hundred items silver lustre ware; ship picture c. 1805; were placed for convenient Inspection Indian stone implement; Timothy Gerwith explanatory placards in the large rish chairs of the first settler on Gerhall room and 120 more were arrish Island in 1796; handmade baby y~, I rangec.J. in the old living room, which ' clothes of 1815 and later; handmade 'l,0 was iq charge of Miss Jenkins. lace and embroidery; copper· plate '< S· The latter was a splendid oollection, quilt; old blue ware tureen and platoomposed mostly of books, drawings ter; two bannister-back chairs; neeand manuscripts. A score of the , die point pillows; Bilbao looking glass book.~ were old and rare, many more , c. 1770; very old iron plate . wamrer; were those of authors whose residence wa~·ming pans; a great many fine has been in Kittery. Of the Kittery ' pe\Yter specimens; rare .straight handle writers these 20 names appear: A11en, teapot; samplers reaching back to 1764 Maria Bowen, Jane C. Brown, S. Decaof the great-great-great-grandmother The exhibit of KiLtcry relics and tur, Oharles Dutton, J. Dutton, Mark period; valuable Dimick silver tankantiques at the Community HoLlse at Fernald, Dr. Walter Fernald, William ard; large beakers of Stiegel glass· Kittery Point yesterday proved to be Dean .Howells, Mildred Howells, Mat- , 'Sheritan stand; spinning wheel; an: so generally liked that it may soon be- thiessen, Hor::i~e Mit:::hell, Lieut. Oliver, ' cient cradle; 1799 decanter; 13-star come a regular custom. Some 2000 Martha Rcmlck, Dr. V. Safford, Judge flag letters of Sir William Pepperrell persons viewed the interes ting dis- Justin H. Shaw, Celia Thaxter, George dated 1739 and later; cuff...J.inks and play, there being at times 200 · people Wasson, Mildred Wasson a·n d Thomas chafing dish taken from Burgoyne's moving through the rooms at once. Wilson. Among the artists' names tent at Saratoga in 1777; Delft bowl; Some of Kittery's historical zealots were Benson, Bowen and :a;owells. Uncle Tobey beer tankard; coffee pot have resolved that the next time such As was appropriate the best and of 1684; General Knox sword; 1798 a function is held a registration book ·painting; sugar bowl and teaspoon will be provided for all guests to sig1'r'. most pri celess single set on exhibition was the old church silver, which held holder of 1780; Bellamy eagles o, 187~, The exhibition was free the commitetc.; a huge Moro brong knife with tee in charge being Gco;·ge L. Trel:eth-· the main show pla,ce in the stage center in· charge of Jar"les H. Walker. pols_oncd blade; American empire chair; en, Miss Mabel Jenkins and Charles These precious pieces are rarely seen ancient Dover oompass; old earth S. Gerrish. and deserve individual description. , . globe; an iron bow of the William Tell The articles loaneq were from the, patter, and other items that were much homes of some 30 Kittery families and There are eight pieces, usua)ly reposing by the crowds whose were relics of early or late history of . · within a fine chest which is placed for 0, appreciated aroused interest was well satisfied. Kittery and York County, being an in- safe keeping in a bank vault. The No. cideih in the observance and ' celebra- · 1 piece is a drinking cup such was used tion of the 300-year life of .York .·. in comm.on at the old communion sert~ county. Among the names repr~sent- l vices, ,rnd bears this inscription, ; ed were Bellamy, Benson, Berry, Bill- { Gift of Mr. Wm. Whipple to the -i,. · ANTIQUE EXHIBIT, AT KITTERY PT· SUCCESSFUL Wonderful Collection Dis= played In Connection With Tercentenary �nowne, son o! Sir Arthur and nephew Sir F'erdinando Gorges, bound for '1 America. 1647-Towri of KiU,ery incorporated. The Seledmen outllne th eir plans !or \ the coming year. 1665-Captaln Franci.3 Champernowne at Dartlngton receivEl.i the Roy. I al Commi<,i,ioner..i who have been sent by Klng Charles 211d to definitely establish the boundaries o[ Maine and Massachlls,€Jtt,s, 1676-Wllliam Pepperrell, fuhennan and owner of boats at the Isles of Shoals, wooo Marjorie Bray. 1700-Captain Teach leaves his jewels wHh the Gray Lady at the Lsles of 2. Shoals. 1731-Captaln Whippie and Madam Whipple depart for church with y,oung Wllllam to be christened. Thw child, William Whipple, became a signer or the Declaration or Independtence. 1745-Lieul:,e!nant-General Sir William Pepperrell departs with troops !or Louisburg. 1749-Sir William Pepperrell is received at t,ha Court or King George 7 A:-bo_a_r"".d:--7'.th:--e--:fl:-o-a. t--:be:--a-r-:-in-g--=-th:-e-R~a-ng-e•r•·U 2nd Jn England. model will be John Paul Jones him1775-Mary Sparhawk charms Capself, enact-e,d, by Chief Boatswain F. E. ; taln Mowat and disSuades him from Webber. The shipbuilder who had ! bw,ning Portsmouth. charge or the Ranger's construction 1776-The Spirit o! '76. wlll be represented by Mr. Penny, a 1789---Goorg.e Washington, quarterman of the civilian• force. The I Buckmins~er andi aidieii, call.I on Rev. Kearsarge nnd the subm_a rlne modets j De.njamlu Steveii.:t, D. D., and al.so were constructed in previous years, but pays his respects to Lady• Pepperrell. the model of the Ranger, 12 fe-eit in 1917-Amerlcan Leglon Auxiliary length, has been made recently in pre- depict., patriotlo aotlvities of women paration for thl.s event. during the World War.· The D!Btrict The Women's City Club i~ to enter , Nursing .A.ssoclatlon or Kittery pore. float depicting the Helen Seavey trays its activities. Quiltln,g Party, at which a group of These groups will be placed Ln, front women of this vidnit}' mad.e a flag for o! varloll3 hlstorio oldi mansions and Jolm Paul Jones to fly proudJy from i[I) convenlent11 located flelt!.i where the mast of the Ranger, the first ship they may, be readily observed by passto ever fly the stars and stripes. ing motorists. The parade wlll be led by a band , At the Communicy, 1'1:ous.e at Kittery and will include several local organ!- Point will be an historical exhibition zations in line. The float-s will leave or Interesting olcli relics. the· Navy Yard at 9.15 a. m., according SaturdaJ next promises to be a to present plans, to be joined by th~ thoroughly Lnter.astlng one in 'the old float from this city on Government town or Kittery, Visitor11 to Kittery Street and proceeding to Howell will find a great. deal or picturesque Square, where the floats will remain charm, scenlo beauty, hl.!itorical Interon exhibition until !!'.>On, then pro- est and a warm welcome._ _ _ _-4 ceedlng ~o the Navy Yard, where they will 'be on d~play throughout the afternoon, with visitors welcome to inspect the Navy Yard until 4 p. m. There will be at least three bands in line, it ls planned, with the San!ordl, Me. Band, of 21 pieces, the Vet,erans of Forelg,n, Wars Band or Portsmouth, and the Traip Academy Band or Kit- Pl NS COMPLETED FOR BIG KITTERY EVENT SATURDAY .a-,, P.# Iof I . I L 3~ Parade Saturday Will Mark Opening Of Tercentenary Celebration The early daYIS of an ancient old town by the sea will be reenacted n,eoct Saturday at Kit~ry with f~cinating episodes showin} the highlights of hts-torlcal events down through the years. The occasion l.s the ob.zarvance or the 300th anniversary of the settlement or York OOunty,. • Kittery has been the scene of more evenits of world, importance -t han any othi:r town in Maine, an<l. few similar communities in America can boa.st a more distinguished record, It was settled in 1623 and incorporated as the first town in Maine in 1647. It is the purl)O!:,e of the Kittery H istorical Society, with the cooperation, of many local .organiza tions and the townspeople in g-eneral, to present for the pleasure and instruction o! summer vtsitors and re,,i dents a compr>€ib.ensive summary, of Kittei-y.'s long and initeresting history by means of pantomimes and tabl~aux depleting the highlights down through the years. The observance will open ne?Ct t,aturday morning, August 29, with a historical parade. The Portsmouth Navy Yard, located within the boundaries of the Town of Kitberyi, is cooperating to the fullest extent in thl.s historical ob~srvance and ls entering three historical floats showing the progress which ha.9 been madte in naval consfruotlon. A 1iepl!ca of the USS Ranger,. which was built on Badger's Islanc1J. Kitt.ei·y, an,di which, undter the command of Captain John Paul Jones, tery. Leaving the floats at Howell Square g'alned undying fame for the American Navy, will be on one o! the floats, the parade will continue as far as the drawn by twelve sailors in the uniform · Thaxl;,er House at Kittery Point., then o! the Revolutionary War period. An- turning will countel'march, pausing at other model will be of the Kearsarge, the Peppen-eli Hou,ie, the Sparhawk House, and built at the local Navy Yard,, whose Mansion, th6 Whipple battle with the Alabama duri,ng the other historic spots, where tableaux Clvil War is one of the most thrilling and pantomimes wlil be enacted. These pages of American hwtory. This will wlll be as follows: 1614-Captain John Smith, explorer, be mounted on a float drawn by twelve sa.!lors in Civil War days uni- and group. 1636-Slr Ferdinando Gol'ge~ sells forms. The third float will Bear a model of a. modern submarine such as i, Dartlngtoll (Cutk! and Gerrish Isconstructed at the Navy Yard in the;ie lands) to Sir Arthur Champernowne. days, with . crew of twelve sailors in Alexander Shapleigh, joint own,er or the ship Benediction, leaves Devonmodern, uniform. shire, England, with F1·ancis Chamoer- a.-.......... : - - -.............:.................._..._........_.._..._....,...,............,.....,._. I I i.~;as;~,, a �, Were Colorful Part Of 300th Anniversary Celebration Unique and out stan<.iing features oi the York County Tercentenary celebrat,ion at Kittery were the tableaux 11.t historic polnt.s or interest in Kittery and Kittery Point. The.<e tableaux and those taking pa1·t were M . follows: Locke Field Group of young oolonlal lad ies-Arlene Ooulter, Olive Riley, Eleanor Lan gdon, Rita Tibbetts, Mary Curran, Ruth Walsh. Rice Public Library Gmund.<; Pnblic Nursin g Association 2roup portraying activities. Mrs. Marlon Dutton , n. N. Public Health Nurse; Mrs. Doris Pike, R. N., substitute nurse; Miss Phyllis Binney as a student nurse. Library Lawn 1614 CRpt . J ohn Smith, noted explori>1·. Arthur 0 . Gooch•. in Mate W. B. Scott P ettigr ew Fleld-1647 Town of Kittery incorporated. The Selectmen outline their work for the coming yt'ar. Carroll H. Sterling, O. Sumner Paul, Chas. S. Williams, Burnell Fri.<;lne Ilowcll Square Helen Seavey Quilting Party 11ml floats of Navy Yard. Spanish American War Vcter~•1s, John G. Edwards, Wm. Hurley, Jvnh W. Spinney, Edward N. BowkE'r, ChM. A. Myer, Mr. Blomberg, Louis Colburn Benson Field-1665 Capt. Francis Ohampernowne receives Royal Commls.~ioners ~ent by Chas. JI to definitely establish. the boundaries o! Maine and Mas.sachusett,'>. Capt. Fran~is Champemowne ................ Wallace Chick Royal Oommissioners: Raymond Pett,igrew, Walter Hamm, Franklin Wil son. Whipple Garrison-17'.ll Oapt. Wm. and Madam Whipple depart with young William to be christened. Capt. Wm. Whipple ..... ... ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claude W11Jlams Madam Whipple . . . . . . . . Ml~s Lewis Master Wm. Whipple .Shirley Hooper Benson Fleld-1749 Sir Wm. PepperrelI ls received at court of George Il In England. OffiTge JI ............ James Barnett Queen Caroline . . . . . . Mabyn Bru:nett Courtiers-a. Bartlett, Stephen Grant Lll.dies-ln-Wa.itlng .. ........... . • . . . . Mamie Hurley, Mrs. Bouffard Sir Wm. Pepperrell .. Howard Langdon Goss Field-1636 Sir Ferdinando GorgeS' sends <'olonii:.ts to Plscataqua. Sir Ferdinando Gorges ............ . Sir Arthur Champernow11e -:-.-:-.:..:-:.-:.-:-.'."'.1rJf~e~~~~~W~L~-!:,l~.k.-", . . .......... ..... . Fred Abrams Wohran at crn.d.le . . Mrs. E. E: Sanders Francis Ohampernowne .•. Fred Perry Boy with kite ., • ,.,,. •• Paul Amee Lady Champernowne .. Lillian Sml t'h . Those in chaxge were as follows: Master Alexander Shapleigh • • . • • • Director of tableaux and pantomime ............ E. E. Shapleigh, Jr. -A. LlDla.n Walker. C-0lomst'>: John Paisley, Joseph On, Oontact committee-Judge james Mrs. Harvey Wilson·, Mrs. Pearl W. Remick,. Elmer J. Butnha,ttr,. E. E. Pettigrew Ohick, Dorothea Chick Shapleigh Jr., Reginald Berry, Mrs. Potter Field-1'700 Harvey Wilson, Mrs. Willa.rd Chick The Gray Lady of the Isles of and Mrs.' James P. Oolman. Shoa,l s. Advisory committee-Mrs. James w. The Gray Lady ....... Anita Stewrut Remick, Garrol!l Sterling, O. Sumner Capt. Teach . . . . . . . . . Lrungdon Mead Paul, Charlee, S. Wllli:a~ Roland O. Parsonage Lawn-1789' Bedell',. J. C~ster cutt;a. Judg-e- Justin Gl!l()rge Washington and his secreH. Shaw, Mrs. H • .A. Yerkes and tn.ry, Tobias Lear, with Rev. Joseph James H. Walker. Buckminster call on the Rev. Benj. Costume committee-Wallace- Chick Stevens, D. D. Walter Hamm. • Pres. George Washington Leo Young Ma.ke tJ'p-William McDonough Rev. Benj. Stevens, D. D. . . . . . . . . Propertles.--Memben &! the varf&u1 . ......... Rev. E. H. Newcomb groups. Rev. Joseph Buckmlnstier, D. D. · · · · · · · • • · • . . . • Reginald Berry 1 TobiM Lear . . . . . . . . . Robert Billings , 1 Mrs: Joseph Buckmfnster Allee Patey Sambo . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edwin Sanders La.diy Pepperrell Manslon-1789George Washington and group pay their respects to Lady PepperreH and gnests. Lady Pepperrell Mrs. Grorgia Mitcllell M:wame ~parhawk Mrs. Anna Ymmg MISS Renuck . . . . . . . . . . . Hope Wilson Two old churcJ,..es o! Kittery Point Sparhawk Mamion-1775 are observing the York County terMary Sparhawk charms Capt, Mocentenary on Sunday with services wat and dissuades him from burning which recall the ancient ' days of Portsmouth. Kittery. In addition to the historic Madam Sparhawk . .. ..... .. ..... . service at the First Christian church ...... Mrs. M. Gertrude Mitchell conducted by Rev. Basil Harris and Lady Pepperrell, Mrs. Katherine Stacy mentioned elsewhere in this newllSarah Stevens ....... Martha Wilson paper, there wlll be an appropri~ie Mary Sparhawk • . . . . . . . . . Myra Cole observanoe e.t the Fil,st CongregaCapt. Mowat . . . . . . . . . • Edward Oha.se tional church, conducted by Rev. EdFort McClary-1776 ward H. Newcomb. The Spirit o! '76. This service opens at 10 a. m., wit» Drummer . . . . . . . . . . Frank Hutohins many of the members of the cnurcl!. Fifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Wentworth to appear i11 costumes of the pa.st. Young Drummer .Ea.rland Wentworth Rev. Newcomb will preach from aJil Pepperrell Manslon-1745 historic old high pulpit. A portion Lieut. Gen. Wm. Pepperrell and of the sermon will tie. taken from Lildy Peppe1Tell with group prior to the funeral sermon delivered by Dr. hl.'I departure for Louisburg. Benjamin Stevens, an early pastflr Lieut. Gen. Wm. Pepperrell ...... . of this historic church, on the oc................. 0. L , M-0rr!.son casion of the death of Andrew PepLady Pepperrell ... Mrs. Freda Draper perrell, Esq., at the age of 25 ye rs Parson Whitefield . . . . . . . Allan Wiley :in the ye3.r 1751 Parson Moody . ... ..... F. J . Murphy Following this service the remains Andrew Pepperrell •... Melvin Vining of Rev. John Newmarch and his Drummer Boy . . . . . . Richard Dra;per family will be reinterred with approBray House-1676 priate cei-emonies In the old cemetflJ Wm. PepperreU, enterprising young CIPPO.Oite the church. A restored stone fisherman from the lsles of Shoals woos Marjorie Bray. ' will be unveiled by James H. Walk~ el'. This .reihterment was Master John Bray- .. .. Wendell Tobey by John M. Howells and Marjorie Bray . . . . . . . . . . . . Inez Bray Howells. Wm. Pepperrell . . . . . . . . John Nesbit Upham Lawn-L750 l'T!i:-,......,...,.m~~~~n"'l::'l!l!!"O'~=-=J!fi. HISTO IC ~• -~~ SERVICES AT. KITTERY PT. Activities of a colonial family. Woman at spinning wheel ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs: Mabel Amee Woman 11.t chmn . . . . Lorraine Amee �. , · . ,j -~ . .. •if:, • ,..4-.,.,.....,.,~. ·~1-' :·\,: ' : :i ' i' l '. , · · Pftlllll:1 ·: . : : \,Ulfllflli i . ,· ·V ' Iuterestu;.g Letter Rear Admiral C. W. ·c ale, Comman- Yor the pa.st 'two :'lear.s. · the Girl' Shouts· ot: Porl.smouth h~v~~ ooen. mu~-: . ;eying, ODl & 's ervice to ,• t;he ·, oommunity1 , ahout; wlli.ch very little·ha.s · been, kno.wn., ' Jh th.e-fall oJ. ,lll34 two book' routes were: s utafillshedl bet.ween. the ,Home for Aged ; . l!omelll alld_ the ;Wentwot,th, Home: and. , .. . the Rublic Lih11an1,f ~ 1 week: : ~ 1 sou&.wpuld l!llp&nt at, the·~ :foii:a, bag of book.!!·whteh, w~ :c.w.e.<L th Homes; ..anw eooli. w.eek ~ womtll:rot&ur~tt>ilhe ~a,.,ha;g~! book.s ~ • . had·- been. int~ at, t.bet ~es; dlµing; t.he ~;vi;eel!:•. -~ ~ ;w.m:-, · · fiJn: _oft iit:M~a&;~2aal' bookm were· seiµJ. ta. tbe ·Homes. b:i ·tne.. Gir.l· Scoubs: . &mong: 'U:le scouts.. Wlm · cal.Tied: the. books__durhig_,..tMJ.- pe.rfud, were,: ~ettY.-,B~var-d, ~tf,' mrd~r;/ ~l}ff,0,hak~s14, !Bl;!vhl~, the Bowelll;;JVlnib;ed . mm.~, · ~aret l,Qcklini; Lila,, ~rrfr, ' ·c Alb.ert:a. ~ill, _'0~ss1e:'-~ DooothNT FJ..imy.,, .l~ns f.:hand!Jm' an-ii : Hazel: ~,e~.. F_m;' i mt' · w~~ If, .st~!,c'llt ea:chi girl\~~&1£,::...'i,e. Sl)Onsibie for t'he, book l'OUte t;o which•. she·'waa,~gned: andt in, spite-· of.: wind_j ,. · rm.n,;, iae-'.G.r'.snow. the 'be'.oks; w,e~•-deli, emd/, ~~ T U ~· lt!ten· scliO!ili. • Tm,; book:r-sen'tl'to the Homes:meant-. manr.i,· ~ur$...ofi »ieasure; -~ iJi.e: eldei.tlY., Jiru)pl~· , w,ho,-0.ould· not, hav~:.-enj$)1,1e.d, the; lib.Dary;: . ......,.-,... " , U'~1-v.~e._. -:· , ... '-f. . ' . - -".- . ) ,_-_ . ' ' • . t t ~. "1':lm· .bo11Ji:: ;mutes:, prov.edl so, popula.1:: j tlhe' ffrst: yea11 t'hat.. the. Wentwor".Jii, · 0 Home, .reqtiest'edi-that,. books: be·, brough!ti) · ther.e..~ e,ver;w w.eeliz: ¢;. the: y,ear,;, , Fromi ~ r ;, l9..35i, tw Oclloliel';, 19.36, ,. 50J\. . be9k$ .w.eref. sent ;'.o;ver tbe1 book rout.es·' and• tal.e;gjr,l.s; wbo,carried1DI11durih,g; thls'i Jpe;lodi w~' EinilW. 0.sgf!Odl,· Eleanor-' , 1Qtaig;, ~ m ' An<iersoni, Miii:!redl,. Beronn~ ,. MU.)'! E, . ~ n i .· F1Qances1 ~ Nannis,, ,!41).v:ena:. Ftwel'.•. Helen, M:.: DA~ ' vii!, Jram: ¢1'ai.t;, Prt11ciila' 01rick; A'nt'ieil1ett,e, Sip1, Elva, ·0lllil; · Mudanu ,JJ>aw.&; Rat.ni:ci& lfllilJ,J£;; while • tlhe;.~ • Sl!Q..1$:' now· in cha~ llllte: Mar:y( RAllh~lllfs,. an<ll Edit]{: Salcien.,· This:~ tlha.· Gir.l: Soo11ts; off. ·Tuoop:i z,,·havei b,een,.•;gi.ven• permission• tiO , dtJ , .,. wJmt; t:1'iQ cam·fu:, l.tlqp.,av-ll:! thedibrary ·of the e Portsmouth. Hospital. ' The .• girlp !llrrel,:W,O~ G.u.t, J,l~ W.hich\ 'Wll;L J.n• . '®llia. ,1Jl:lpah>!na; -a.nW, renovating, ll.ooks ' : ;~ d.y1,, w -~ hos1>1.t:al,,, libratw and 11e,-, •, 1D]acing; ~ which,, Ane: b.el{,oruiJ ~aar. . j'mle; troop.• :woul4:. a~pr.ecia.te: git.tis; (1f, ' 'af'an.Wll'!L. flctiol}J, piotlllle: bo.ok,i; . a1:uii . lmp.l)ook&; '!oJ:· 'thai"allildi'en•s .w.ar!IL ·to _:~:,-~bute' :,anilr •, Ibo&~/ fim•tbis, war:i:hE ~ject. maii aal.ll, lSd' . ~ , ,,, Raa.dqµa,ci':&rs; nb.G.~e lnuin.J¥in; 2282,i: ~d: 1e.ii..v.e. i , message, :f.Q).l. .~; sc.oi.iiit;.&t.Tmow,'2j, who; . will, be ~ j~one,~ ¾.,, ;vA:!cy•gladi kl c;iru:rm:,SJJ.Olltoont:t:.ib.ubi.01~ dan~ of the local nav,y yard, has• Written the following letter which is of mucll interest. .The Jetter appeared ' the Army and Navy Register: Selection and Fitness in l 825 .. (To the E:dit9r) :, · ; . U. S. Navy Yard, P,-0rt,sm0utl1, N. H. · '. , , , , A.pfil , 1, UJ3~. Sir: This na,iy yarµ ' ,vas 'i; 9,t a'!:>1\shecl in 1800. From time fo Ume· I run ~ across . old ' rec9rds ni1blic~ttons ,. that a,re , of, some i11~1~st. , The. otJ1er ,d ay, In looking over an old volume containil1;g pen copies,, of · ~fficlal iet- • te1:s received -"Front'' Secretary ah'ci Commissioners, ' from ':i'a ·A.pl.' '1823 'to 9th Feby. 1827," I rah across the endosed '"Circular." W. M'. Crai1e, · Esq., was at that time .comma1ul.ant of this navy yard and Sam ·L . 'Soi.1tharo. was Secretary of tl1e Navy. In ·these days, when so miich is ' snia and written about "selection'; a.ncl "reports on fitliless of officers," etc., ' this "circular" might be of interest to 'y dur . readers, · . So far as I know., this is the origin . , of our prese11t-day fitness reports. Of course, "selection to perform specific ,duties" is as . old as human hons. Very truly, yours, " C. W. Cole, Rear Adm~:al, U. S. Navy, CO!}unano.ant. Circular Navy Dept. 12th March W. M. Crane Esqr., !Portsmouth . Sir: It is necessary that llle Execu- , tive should possess particular and ac- ; CUl'.ate jnformation · 1'espectir1g the ' ·· character & conduct of each officer, in order that justice may be dmie to merit, ,proper selections made lo p er- 4 form specific duties & the general interests of the sei·vice promoted . To secure such infonnatioh,. · it is hereby directed, that, on tbe fu·st of July next &' semi -annually thereafler, the 'Commanders of Navy Yards, Stations & public vessels make ·to the Department ,. detailed reports, on the character and conduct lhe officers under tneir respective commands embracing p:i.rticulady, moral deport1i1ent, professional skill and talent as seamen, naviga - '· tors & officers & general & scicnLif1:: attainments . Officers 11.aving sepa'.ratie command!; will report directly to the Department, -Commanders of vessels ac.ting under the ofrlers of others · will make their . reports th1·u' their commanding · ·off i- · cers 1vho will forward them accompanied by reports of. ,their own respecting such as fall , ,w ithin their own observation. Care, faitbiul.ness & impartiality in the Rei:ior,ts will be _demanded , by jus·t ice to infer.ior officers, by the interests of the service, and •bY t,he honor of the ,Pilicers makin,g them. >0.ou will communicl),te the conte1\.ts of this_[etter to all tfle officers under ,YOUJ' CG>lnmand. ~pd 1 1 of (Signed,) - I .. • Re1iPY-, . Sain L. 1730 /:i;\l . .· CO.LON IA[;. NEW CASTLE, J~t; I{ ;: t ii·', ; or FOR S~LE RENT: This fine :o;d mansion on water front .with ·orig~ lnal paneling, carving, fireplaces, -, ovens and ha1·dware, restored ,. by :..;·· ·. Tarbell, fn quaint J1istorlc village 2 "· , on Portsmouth Harbor. , · 8 rooms with modem heating and plumbing. good grounds, large old , •e lms, excellent boating, sailing and fishing. , . · ~ l i FRANKO.BUTLER! .~Ma;ket st. i ;i;;,. 5 ; . , ~~~~~--•":~~, ➔• .,~~j ': ' :,,}l __;,v ••. ) • i :,. , ._. -~. .. -.. ,_. .· RAILWAY MAIL ASS'N PURCllASES PROPERTY HERE~~. he Railway Mail Association h rclmscd through its national seer , Rufus W. Ros;; of this city, pro at HaymarkL1: Square, owned · Stt-lla C. Webster as a site for ' ....-~-'I· �~===~~~~~~~~- . . ' r-__·-. - .. -~ .- = ·' - -- _ .. . -- .• HOME ·ANNUAL' · ~ME.ET.ING HEL LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. 25th Anniversary Of Organization Is Observed R,E:GARDING OLD CEMETERY ililDUllilllliimllllllllllillillllllllllll'llllllllllllllllillllWfiNIP Edit.or Of The Herald: A few days ago while passing the an- The annual meeting o.nd 25th annlversary of the Mark H. Wentworth Home for Chronic Invalids C9rporation was held yesterday afternoon at the home and the event was one of. much interest, The president, Dr. C. W. Han11aford, presided. The reports of the previous meeting were read by the secretary, James A. Borthwick. The treasurer, Charles H, Wallcer, made his . annual report, as 'did t he matron, Miss Jessie '. . · clent cemetery on Pleasant street, where for rome time the gate has been hanglng on one hinge and in a dllapldated · con.rlitlon, and the weeds therein are higher than the wall which separates it from the !ltreet, the writer met an elder- · Jy citizen and during the •r estiltan't conversatlon, the trend of which was the lack of care given this resting place of the dead by the city council or superlntendent of burying grounds, or who- · ever is supposed to care for this spot, ~+\U!,J;Ji'~e.......... ·-· . · t.he gentleman told the followjng story ~ Postmaster Joseph P. Conner and in relation to this old-time burial plot : . former~Mayor F. W. Hartford of this ,;The site of this cemetery was deeded ·city and Shirley s. Philbrick o! Rye to the town of Portsmouth by one Capt. were named as a committee to bring in · John Pickering for a place to bury the a list of officers. Their report was rlead. It was a beautiful spot, gradually accepted and the following officers re- ' sloping toward the water, now called elected: the South Pond. The majority of President-Dr. C. W. Hannaford. those who are buried there were inVice president-Mrs. E. C. Blaisdell, · t,erred previous to 1800. Those whose Lewis Ill. Staples, Miss Stella C. Webster. . grn.vt>s are marked with stones aire · Treasurer-Charles H . Walker. chiefly the Mannings, Ooue.s, Salters Trustees-Dt·. c. W. Hannaford, and Wendells, although there are many Thomas H. Simes, Mrs. E. C. Blaisdell, wl:J.o sleep their last .sleep there whose Miss Stella C. Webster, James A. graves are unmarked. This hallowed Borthwick, Miss S. F. Wentworth, piece of ground was intended to be used Lewis S, Staples, J. T. Davis, Charles , tor no other purpose than a place for H. Walker, Dr. Mark H. Wentworth, the dead. But the selectmen ,o f the Clerk-James A. Borthwick. town, with a thought of better protecExecutiv_e , co111mit.teo-Dr. O, w., - tlon from fire for the resident.a o! that :;:;annaford, · Franlc E. ·Brooks , Miss section, decided to locate one -0! its Stella"O, Wehster, Mrs. E. C. Blaisdell, fire engi~es (handtubs) in that locam,y Mrs. F; w: ·Hartfot·d, Mrs. Alice PauL •· and placed a t emporary building on the Finance cmhmittee-Presldent ' eicsoutheasterly section of the plot 'to ' 'officio; Dr. C. W. Hannaford, Henry B. house the engine. It had no foun-daTilton, ·c11arles H. Walker, ' Willis E. tion and the intent was to use lt, for no :Underhill and James A. Borthwick. other purpose. Later a rt".servolr was In a brief address Rev. William Saflocated n ear-by on Pleasant street, ford Jones paid tribute to the courage, , which is still there, but now oovered vision and faith which founded such a with the street paving. This re·servolr •· beneficlent non-secta rian Christian in- , wns last use-cl at the Unlver.salist stitution and to the men and women ' Church fire, When the han dtubs were who upheld the hands of the founder '( replaced ~Y ·s team fire engines this ~ in dark and discouraging days. He said ~, h~nd-engme was disposed of, and the that the home opened on Jan. 15, 1912, buildlug which housed it became vawith one patient and not a dollar of · cnnt. Later the structure was oocuendowment and that today it possesses • pied as a grocery store at dfferent times a highly efficient staff, well-equipped by Jooeph R. Curtis, Wesley Rand, buildings and vested ftmds and has a ' Howard s. Laskey and a number of waiting list of patients, o.nd through alt others, but no additions were made to . these years has enlisted the loyalty the building, or any foundation placed ·, ' and cooperation of many deeply interunder it, as it wa-s well known to t,h:e ested person.~. citizens that its use and occupancy was ' Following the meeting a luncheon : but an accommodation as, according to was enjoyed. ..,..........,_,...., the deed of gift of the land, it ~;s oo be used only as a burial place. "Later still, an unwise, or some other 1 . kind of a eity government, sold and • gave a quit c1aim rleed to the building to the late Josiah F. Adams. The store was let from ·time to time after this to · various partl.es, and later was obtained from the Adams heirs and used for a11tomobile purposes. One of the more recent owners proceeded to dig a cellar under the building and put in R foundation on this spot of land which 1 ~ I 1111111\JTilllllllffilllllllllllllmllmllml)lmfiimlmMhfiiilliiilimlliiiill11111 . J : w.as a gift t.o the 'town .f or ~ :ospeciflo J)ur~. No 'l!OUbt the bodies ot zome of the Revolut1onitty soldiers or -'our ' 'New Hampshire' ·n1n1ute men, :who : aided ln creating our .. Republic ' lle , buried there. In !a?t, in .e~cava ting' I for this cellar :some ·of the· anens ·who , • were d!,gging out the soil and loading it' lnto carts to be ·carred away, ca.me upon some bonel!, whlch ·were th.rown in'to the _ cart ~t?.!e_~rt, 11.pd_at ~ ' ·.reconsbrance of a passerby-ag-airu;t such a sacrilege gave lthe answer,. "O; those are nothing bu:t the bones of a ' r., .. 1:-"" dog.'" Le't us bope, especia1ly -during :season of the year, when w many tourist.s are passing througlJ. -our b'istorlc city, that this spot, which 'has been a sacred resting place for nearly 200 years, wil receive 'tlre a't'bention from those in autlhority whioh will ,et least ·make it look .respectable · and worthy of a cl.ty which prides it.self on its history. Let us hope, also, 'that our city councilmen will not · again d~ose of any pa-rt of a 'deed of gift donated bY. citizens who in. gone by ' th~ht' well on the community an w blch· tlley _ l!ved. years �IOT ·oBSERVES 00TH ANNIVERSAR OF-YORK COUNTY . ' P.t( ,~Jt,.3~ ain Causes Cancellation Scheduled Outdoor Events But Interesting Exercises Are Held In Grange Hall I Although the rain did not ca:ise a lett was well versed in his .subjed an d pcstponement of Eliot's ob.servance of his delivery was excellent. the York County Tercentenary, a few Community singing was enjoyed, Charles Anderson, chairman of the events on the anniversary celebration I committee, being in charge of Lhls, and were cancelled. However, . the main I he deserves a great deal of cre<lit for hi part of the program was presented be- efforts In making this part of the profore a much larger audience than had I gram such an outstanding event. The been expected. response was immediate and all enThe exercises were held in Grange J joyed singing the songs selecte<l. Hall because of the rain and were most The program, opening at 2.30, conlnterestlng. sisted of the introductory poem, "Our The morning program, which was to Eliot," by Miss Arabella Hammond. have been devote<l to sports, was not This was followed by the tableau, "Subcarried out and the tablea·1, "The mission of Maine to Massachusetts." Massacre at Ambush Rock" was also A sketch, "The Captivity o! Major not presented. It Is hoped that shortly Hammond," followed the community these events may be presented, but singing. The sketch was written and nothing definite has been decided as directed by Mrs. Winifred Dyer. yet: The tableau was to portray the A great many :Eliot people had ambush attack of Indians on Maj. worked faithfully in planning the 300th Charles Frost, the Heards and the anniversary observance and to them Downings on their return from chuch. the success of the affair is largely due. The first event on the program was a I The chairman WM W. H. Falconer, band concert from 12 until_ 2 o'clock the vice chairman W. O. Kennard, and presente<l by Painchaud's Band o! Bid- I the secretary Mrs. Everett Dyer. The deford. Comp06ed of 35 pieces the subcommittee chairmen were as folband gave a very fine concert, lasting lows: program, F. R. Drake; · music, two hours. Charles Anderson; sports, B. H. CrowRalph Bartlett, a descendant of one ell; tableaux, Miss Maude Adlington; o! the old famlles of Eliot, gave the refreshments, Roy Augustine; grounds, address of the day, which was greatly R. A. Goodwin; traffic; M. s. Leach; enjoyed by those attending. Mr. Bart- publlclty, Dr. H. I. Durgin. I I I e--."T'l~"ll:"ll'l'.:'T.'"'.'""":"'~~:,•;. �the foot, al . th tall masts and rigging compl Every detatl was faithfully work out. On the Ranger float doughty Scotchman, Captaln Faul' Jones hlmsel!, impersonate<f. 1)Y Chief Boatswain F: B. Webber; aide to the captain of the- yard! The- mlnl' . · who had charge of the Ranger's construction, Chief Carpenter Hanscom, was impersonated by George Penny, of the civilian force. Captain Alfred W. Brown, captain of the yard, was in command of the naval contingent. The U. S: 8. K'enrsarge, builtJ at the Portsmouth. Navy Yard. in. 1862, a warship of 1,550 tons displacement, 214 feet in length and 33-foot beam, was reproduced on a scale or one-half inch to the foot. This ship carried . ,31 I a crew of 22 officers- a.ud.. 140 men, (' gaining undying fame through her victory over and sinking- of' the Confederate cruisei: Ala.lJama·. off!.,.Cherbourg, France, tn, 1864'. Sh~ was Old KiUery enterlained large num- · veitotKlllery. These men were in wrecked on Roncondoi: Reef in 1894. bers or interested visitors, former uniforms and carded rifles of that The third float was a scale model,.,,-,·:r,,...,.. residents and townspeople today, in war. Those taking part wrre Louis one-quarter inch to the- foot, of the a most pleasing manner, bringing B. Colburn. U. S. M. C., 1888-1898; U. s. s. Porpoise, a modem submaback the days of the Jong-ago. His- Edward N. Bowker. 1st Maine Reglrine constructed at the. local Navy P'f''..-7<1~..-lll toric occurrences scattered througl1- ment, 18911-18!19; John Regan, U. S. Yard. All three floats, proved! of out Kittery's proud and distinguished M. C., 189'!-1901; Adolph Blomberg, great interrst to the spectators. and ~~cord down through the years, cpl- U. S. N., U. S. S. New York, 1896gave a brtt.er understanding or the .:-,1des which shaped an infant nation's 1899; Cha.rlc5 Meyer, U. S. M. C., three phnse.s of ship, const'rucUon, growth. were presented at many his- 1890-1900; John G. Edwards, U. S. which this old port has experienced toric spots along the highway lead- M. O.. 1889-1915 and 1918-1919; John . The float entered, by the Womell'S ing to KiUery Point. Interesting man- H. Griffitt, U. S. M. C., 1897-1902; City club was very attractive. It. was• sions of the ancient days opened Ivah v.r. Spinney, U. S. N., 1898-1004; mounted on a wagon, drawll' by two their doors to vi.5ltors. Band concerts Willlam W. Hnrley, mate, U: S. N., horses and was attractively decorated added to the enjoyment, and Kittery's 1887-1921. with wisteria and asparagus.. 'Ithi., ' observance of the 300th anniverThe Goodall-Sanford Indusl'rles depleted the historic Helen Sea.-veYi sary of York County proved one band of Sanford, Me., rendered a thoroughly appropriate anrl fitting to concert at Howells' Square while the Qutltlng Party, an episode of undl,llng.. interest in the early- polonia.11 hisher proud boast of bring the old- floats were being inspect.eel. esl lncorpornlccl township In Ute Th<' Nnvy Yard's t.J1rec f1oats c1c- 1tory or our naUon Among thoo looa1 slate o[ Maine. plcte<l t.Jnr<' phases or war~hip con- ladles in costume who toolll. pai:t The observance had been post- .strucllon through scale models of in the ta bleam depicting- this- gatmer.paned from Saturday because or in- fighting ships actually built here. ing at which was- made· the: fin.,tt, baliclement weather. Today was ideal, These were very interesting. Each \ tle flag of the· United, states- were with light, drifting clouds obscuring was mounted on a cart drawn by a Mrs, Marjorie• Hewitt,. presid-enn, ofi the sun at times throughout the crew of twelve men for each float, I the Women's City club, Mrs.. Editbl morning and keeping the temperature memlJf'rs of the crew of the U. S. s. 1 Boutwell, Miss Betty Remick; Mr.111 cool and comfortable. Lam.5011 which is now under con- Marjorie Tarbell! Miss Martha' BoutAt 8.30 a. m., the d11,y's actlvltles struction at Balh, Me. The crew well, Mrs. Emma. Nelson; andl Missopened with a. concert by the Erner- of each float was in the uniform Estl\er Johnson. They renactedl the son Hovey Post, V. F. W. bnnd, near of the period represented by that scene of the long ago when Gapthe spot whera the Ranger wa.s built. particular ship. The famous old tain John Paul Jones called upon At 8.45 11,. m., the hl\nd played at Ran ger was manned by sailors ln the ladles of old Portsmouth to make to the John Paul Jones P ntk near the striped shirts and with black brim- for him a flag, according he brought, which bronze tablet comm<'moratlng early med hats tied i·nder the chin. sev- plan which colonlal grants. eraJ were adorned wilh full beard.•. should fly proudly from the mastCrowds lined Government street a., The old Kearsarge of Civil War clnys head of the U. S. S. Ranger, ready the V. F. W. band, followed by three had n crew unlformed not greatly and waiting 1n the local harbor. How historic naval floats. marched from dlfferent from the men of today. ex- the new flag or: the Ullite<L States tho Navy Yard up Government street cept that they wore tlie flat-topped was made from portioff5. oi dresses to Commercial street, where they I dark blue sailo:· hat and some were supplied by the young women· and the were joined by a beautiful float en- bearded. The submarine model flont's first battle-flag of our nation was tered by the Women's City Club or crew represented the modern day and presented to Captain John Paul Jones was interestingly, DOrtrayed. Mr.s. Portsmouth. Shortly afl,.r 9.15 a. m., were white-capped. the parade marched through Kit- While llle models_ or the Kearsarge Edith· Boutwell read' a. poem of her tery's buslneM sf'ction, Wa111ng- and the submarine have been pre- owrr composition during: the portrayal the ford Square. to Howell~' Square at lvlou sly seen in publlc parades, that which In charming verse told Locke's CovFJ on the rond to Kittery of the U. S. S. Ranger was con- f asclnatlng stor,y,.. At the commUJ1ity House at Point. coming to rest there for in- strucled especially for the occasion spection, band concert and tableau by Arthur Clark, a master jolner, nt i tery Point was an• lhterest-l ng I by the group from the Women's City Building 60, the Boat Shop, on t11e play of hlsoric. ob1ecfu. which was club. local Navy Yard. She was rigged visited by large- numbers. throughout \ Lined up for inspection at Howells' by Harry Macomber of the Rig- \, the day. There• were, old samplers, \ Square were local veterans of the gers' department. The U'. s: S. I chinaware, laces, antique· .furniture, 1Spanish-American War, members of Ranger was built on Badger's Island, ' Including an, old! CDadlil,. spinning Camp Schley, U. s. W. V., of Ports- Kittery, in tl1e year 1777. She was 116 wheel and chair.c;;, and! ship models, mouth and Camp Theodl)re Roose- feet" In length and 28 feet in breadth. paintings, old1 documents. and The benutlfully-construct'ed' mod- other: fascmating- oldi exhibits. ---- ; Parade standi g ea re County bra ion Ou - Y rk ercen e ary Ce el+ I I �~ tableaUJ ur.esellU!di along the road! tm K.itten:w Eoin.lt wex:6" very lntcre!!lil.n~. A1D of talll' gDoup were In nppropnlate• oastumes, many of them ' bein~ <JJ>follfillJ andl rltJh, These ex. tcndad! all almii;; the> wa:{I down •tltrouglb W.e! oldl v.llrage_• otl Kittery ·Poi.n11;, wltJn eaolil enaotmentt of the partiblllut hlllt:ollibar enisodeo representedl ~eing_ wibn.e.lmtldl by large 'l!TOUWII ofl lnter.eated! sp.eol:arors who would then proceed to the next tableaw a short dl.stan9e flUrtiher along the- WR! Am. In all! the day's obse1·vance was an 1nt.ere&Mng and Informative one, histomcaJ.i ®.talle· beln1t faithfully followedl and1 all, taking pantl. displaying s a ~ a-billty In rolling back the yeats:. tb> 11.J'ei once again a character- of' tfil!' loni< ago. Hfstone, Servloe at P1nt Chrlstla.n Ch:arclh at K!Ua:yv Polnil ®ltlll.'8lll7 1;Q} belier;_ the wheels of time- ?es!lerd~ turned back.ward In.stead' of' :l'brward and the, days of 125 years II@ were. again. enacted by the people' o:t' the· First. enrtstiaIL Church at: Kittery,- Rolnt: B!lltandel-S looked, rubl)ed" thelr eyes, t-hen; lboked. again, hardly• l)ellevlng: what. tney· i;aw;, as the ancient one--ho~ shay, originally belonging. to .Elder Mark Fernald, was ~Jlllll dlliv.llll4 f):om · t1:l.m bl1J1ll near , bis oldl hmne- and alon~ tile country road to the "meeting house" on the blll, when the Elden; imper..ronated b~• ltev. Basil Harris, again conducted service ,in. the ma.nner. oA dll.Y.S; 8'9n~ bi•. ' Oil entering the !>Ulpit' the Elder gr~d his people and thanked them for en!tbling him to purchase the :o ~ with the alcl o! which he hoped to be or great.ex: sei:vice tA th.am. He t:ti!;!n demanded' to. know. If tna~ "de- ' 1 •vil',s Instrument".; th Ji organ,, wo.s: to. be used, and on being assured• that it would, nQt,. r~uested the choir master ~ •lead' tit., singing. A!tes- sounding 1the, ·note on h~ pltxllr..yl)le;, the! choir ma.ster (Howard' E!aulb: l]JXlelC.ci4'dl to 1 "llne ;•out" the h:tnm!ri, fir.sit raiding a line; then leadL,g ttie uholr ln Rinr,lnir it, then the next, line, !·epeato<l and ·sung\ !llld•ao on, : 'l'hs, Eldlll'!!l> text was talr.rm ~u IPilalin-s, 4';,A-. andtcthe sonmou was on ""Ilb.e. mutp;o! aJ?eople to· St'and in Aw ;oft'~ and, no.t, Sin when und01: His· ,'l!el'.labllrt ~nil.nus;"' andi oons!sted 'otr exttraatai fr.om. 11.l. semnoru wcitten over 220 yea.ra as-o, interspersed: with quotations from K~der Mark Fernald's own story of his life, Jn this the people were exho.:-tert t., take heed lest they aln a.nd Incur the aw!lll wrath of G<Jq. -, !th~ During- the> service> the• tithing-man• t (~rcy Amee) passed up and down the· a!sles, busily tapping'. the· heads or , tJ.'cltl1ng the-noses, of' those who-noddedi or. o1rended. in• any• way. I .r.. Fred'. JJ>orn as• :c>eaoom OOetial\l \WBS".the> only ·one:' allowed• 1tJ'I nod.I in• chutch. After bearing the Elder safely, 1ni.um:hed' Oll' his. sermon1 tJhe, :mea.con louvered bisi l)aJ'd• l\eadl with\ ai. redl ban,. ld'lma' lrandkerehtet. to• k-eep • otr· the files: andi. sleptl, peacef\111'9,r om 'llfi Eltfell' announced! that he- did' lno1; approve of the· style being sett, bY. 'c,1lher churohes, orr having. thl!l long ra er com& before- the, semnon,. and l that hereafter. ha woulli.J resume his former custom, and have, the prayer follow the sermon. The modem touch was brought inbo, the service bY, having the sermon cut down to about 20 minutes instead of the usual. two or three hour sermons of the past. The choir and, a great . many of the congregation were attired. in. old~ fashioned· costumes, many of them, dating. back to. the time represented. Th&- costume worn by Mr. Ha.ins was an exact, counterpart of. that worn by, EldOI: Fei:n.ald, ib being copied, from. the picture which now hangs in the churc.11! , .• , Ab, tha conclusion o the servlce. U1& Elden unhitched his horse, entered hl.s shay and returned to his star-ting point. The lone horse. and, shay looked strange Indeed among tlle many, automobiles which filled the church ya.rd and lined the road for some distance each way. Just before the arriva.l of the Elder at the church and the opening of. the service, a very interesting article w~ read by Mrs. Edith Honsberger, giving the early history of. the church. and relating some amusing incident/ In connection with the. same. · Al Kittery, Pt.. Congregational Church The. old church at Kittery Point, the Flrs.t CongregaLlonal church, was scene of an Interesting, and unique service on Sunday in. connection with the Tercentenary o! York CountY.. Rev. Edward H, Newcomb, pastor of the church1 appeared in historic costume, and, many members of the congregation. were dressedJ to repr.esent individuals. who , were prominent in the history, of, the early_ settlement of the county. Preaching• from. the high, yulpit, a-. portion, o.t the. sermon- waa. from the fimerali sermon dellllered by, Dr; Benj)l,mln ·Stevem,. an early1 pastor: o.f; the church,, on the occasion of the, d.eat:h. of Andrew. I1epperrell\, at bhe age of 2li who, diedi tn 1751. FollowJng_ the .service, the rematns of Rev,, JohIL NcwmarclL and! his fam~ lly wer.e: re.-lnter.re<h with ap)}roprlate ceremonies lru the old, cemeter.y oppo.site the, church. James, H: Walk-en unveiled! the- stone: marken fon the �The above pictures are of floats construced at the Porl<;mouth Na Kittery this morning in observance of the 300th anniversary of the foundi model of the U.S. S. Kearsarge of Civil War days built at the local navy the Portsmouth-built submarine Porpoise. The sailors drawing the two they reprrscnt., showing but little change in that of the 'GO's and today. �-. · Photo By Stables : Reproduction of U. S. S. Ranger, built at Portsmouth, Badger's Island In 1'7'7'7 for John Paul Jones, and which :(11'rticlpated in parade at Kittery thli morn• tng. George Penny representing tifo builder of the Ranger. - • •· New Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, Fir~t Went to Press 180 Years Ago PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Oct. 12In 1785, Daniel Fowle turned over Th·e New Hampshire Gazette, the New Hampshire Gazette to his credited' with being the oldest con- apprentice, John Melcher, who continued to publish this newspaper untlnuously published newspaper in the til 1802, when he sold his interests United States, Is 180 years old, being to Nathaniel and Washington Pierce. first set up by Daniel Fowle, in Toe brothers carried on the tradiPortsmouth, In 1756. It Is now Issued tions of the paper. changing the weekly, by · Fernando Hartford, pol~tics or ·the publication from Fededitor- and publisher of the Ports- eralist to Repubilcan. mouth Herald. In 1856, during the 100th anniAt the junction of Pleasant, How- versary of the first publication of the ard and Washington streets, in New Hampshire Gazette, held under . Portsmouth, the first number of the the auspices of the New Hampshire New Hampshire Gazette made Its Historical Society, Edward Fuller, appearance'. On the masthead was then publisher of the paper, brought an illustration depicting the Fox and out a pamphlet of 60 pages, giving the Crow, a decoration previously an account of the celebration. used by Daniel Fowle in an edition Three of Portsmouth 's well-known of Aesop's Fables. poets-Thomas Bailey Aldrich, BenIn· the first number Daniel Fowle jamin Shillaber and Albert Laighton emphasized the fact that he was a -participated in the celebration and firm believer in the freedom of the wrote odes, in honor of the event. ·,._press and assumed that the majority These were set to music and sung · '· of.his readers were of the same opin- by a choir of selected voices. The ion. At the time of the American original press of the New Hampshire Revolution, the Gazette was against J Gazette was paraded through the freedom from England, but when the streets of Portsmouth on a hayrack citizens of Portsmouth criticized this and copies of the paper struck off policy,.this newspaper became a very In transit and distributed as meardent supporter of the colonists. In mentoes. 1765, during the agitation about the In the window of the Portsmouth Stamp Tax, the .Gazette was printed He1:ald there can be seeh some old with a. deep black border signifying copies of the New Hampshire Galost l!bert . zette, together with several books, ublished by Daniel Fowle and his �i. . ,:·-~i;.s~~~~=~~~-=-e.~ :~ · PORTSMOUTH BOOK STORE 343 STATE .STREET LENDING LIBRARY �... This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NlSO 239.48-1992 (pennanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts m 1998 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. 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Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbook 1936 V.8 Subject The topic of the resource Scrapbooks Portsmouth (N.H.) Description An account of the resource A scrapbook of news articles from the Portsmouth Herald and other papers, 1936. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library (N.H.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1936 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i11079757 https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/8a589265ddbf84e0f87412d962f71958.PDF a1fddb78a24a1922110d036ff4055b7d PDF Text Text �·rMPORTANT .EV·ENTS IN. January 1 Mrs. Mary Ann \ Junkins of Kittery cites at the age of 103. Janua1·y 2 City Council votes to remove members of ·Street Commission and • appoint new board. January 2 New board o! Street Commissioners, consisting of Dr. P. J. Kittredge, Robert King and Donald Yeaton meet. January 6 . . Petition for injunction against the newly appointed members o! the Street Commission denied by Judge Francis Johnston. JanuMy T . Wilder Quint, Boston Post Editorial writer burled in this city. .. • . Announcement made that Charles F. Thompson o! this cit1 will be a candidate for Congress favoring the Townsend Plan and the National Union of Social Justice. Word received . here o! the death (alleged murder) or Mrs. Mildred (Durham) Tyree, formerly of Portsin Calif. W. Toner dies. January 9 City Council makes but minor changes in re-appolutlng city off1clals. · George· Boardman, retfred druggist dies. January 29 Capt. Wllllam Powell, former local boy, receives distinguished service award presented •by Junior Chamber of Commerce of Raleigh, N. C. Governor and Council favor Rye Harbor project. January 30 Temperatures drop from 4 to 16 below zero. Sub Tarpon makes test dlvss o!! Isles or Shoals. January 31 Publlo school enrollment now 2939. February 1 Announcement mnde of the forming of a new Boy Scout troop spol18ored by the American Legion. February 6 . Portsmouth Chapter, Order o! De• Molay observes . 14th anniversary. February '1 Fire damages diner on Vaughan St. :-.lld ·. spreads to Franklin Block. Loss estimated at· $12,000. Oscar Olson o! Kittery Injured when struck by a truck. February 8 Col. Henry s. Culver, former Counsel to Ireland, · dies at his home in Eliot. February 9 March 2 . U. 8. Customs Department moves to larger quarters on opposite side of second story o! • Post Office Bldg. Remick H. Lalghton begins duties as Deputy State Treasurer. March 3 Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Callahan serves sliver wedding anniversary. , March 4 ' Richard H. Burt, senior at P. H .. s. wins second annual essay contest con• ducted by u. or N. H. l\farch 5 John Sise Co., observes 100th anniversary. March 6 P. H. S. defeats Keene In opening round or 15Lh inLerschoh\sL!o basketball tournament at Durham. March 7 , I Rear Adm. C. W. Cqle, U. S. N., ,appointed as commandant or local navy yard. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson W. Seavey of Richards Ave., observe golden ding anniversary. Berlin defeats P. H. S. in semifinal round of basketball tournament. Ernest G. Cole of Hampton dies: !\'larch 10 Franklin Shiphouse at Navy Yard u. s. S. Quincy, built o.t Bethlehem burns. Shipbuilding Corporation arrlves at "Connie" Driscoll chosen captain of Navy Yard for · drydocklng. P. H. S. basketball team for 1937. January 13 Mrs. Fannie Woods observes 83rd Damon Lodge observes 65th anni--.Wllliam E. Drury, a resident of birthday. versary. Portsmouth for the past 40 years, February 11 March 11 dies after a brief illness: . Rotarians defeat Kiwanis in basOuellette's Cardinals win . Dalley Circle of New . Castle · and ket game at YMCA by score of 26 Baslcetbalt lea[:·uc. Golden Rule Circle of this city hold to 3. March lZ Joint observance :of 60th anniversary February l:! First Electrical storm of of King's Daughters organization. Kennard Goldsmith named head o! . March 14. . ·. Ja~iuary 15 Young Republicans. Word received here today of the . Mr. and ).VIrlf. Charles H. Kent · of Fire damages garage and store- death, in Honolulu, o! Howard A. Spat,:hawk Street, Portsmouth, observe house of Eldredge Inn. Crossman or Hampton Falls. 64th wedding anniversary. February 14 January 16 Hoyt famlly, consisting or Mr. and Mrs. Warren N. Davis dies suddenly Mrs. Benjamin Hoyt and six children, at her home on Rogers St. aroused by dog, as fire sweeps their January 18 home on Boyd Road . .- About seven Inches of snow ·fell 111 Leslie Norman, one of the few sura·· storm which·. lasted all day. vlving members of Storer Post, o. A. January 19 R., dies in South Berwick. Another storm follows closely on City council names Gerald Woods the heels of Saturday's storm y,lth 13 a member of Boll.rd or Registrars of inches of snow, hampering traffic. voters. · January 21 . Februar, 11 Mrs. Nellie .West installed as Most " Plrates of Penzance" presented at Excellent Chief- of Crystal Temple, Junior High Audltorltlftl under the 'PytlliarCS!sters and her son, Leon A. auspices of Rotary Citi'b. West . installed ' as Chancellor ComFebruary 18 mander of Damon Lodge, K. or P., in · Loula Shapiro killed In automobile joint installation ceremony, accident ln Saugus, Mnss. January 22 Union Rebekah Lodge observes 64th Rear Adm. C: . W. Cole assigned to anniversary. local Navy Yard as commandant . February :es January 24 Mr. o.ud Mrs. John Scully or Rye ·. Edward H. Voudy, well known res- observe their silver wedding a.nnl• 't aurant· proprietor dies. versary. ' . January 25' '• March l Fred T. Hartson, former tax colleo- . Helen Snook picked as P. ·H. S. l..to~r:..,..;d.;:.le.:.:s:.;.·..,.....,..,.,..,.,,..-~~~~""""'.:'!'7~-;;I Representative for N. H. Good CitlHARRY HAYNES 11en selection. Awarded Stowo Wilder Plaque Police Officer Alfred J. Weston dies. Portsmouth High School �THIS VICINITY FOR YEAR March Ill ay n ADril 8 George W. Gillespie named to PoGov. James M. Curley speaker at Helen Dedes and Edward Hopley lice force, to take up duties April l. awarded medals for essays by D. A. Women's Democratic Banquet. March 1'7 May 18 Body o! Thomas Wilson o! Newing- , R. E. O. Matthews chosen District April 13 ton, missing since Monday, !ow1d on New piece of apparatus added to Govemor of 38th District of Rotary. shores o! Great Bay. Fannie A. Gardner Rebekah lodge the fire department. March 19 observes 36th anniversary. . April 14 Cornelius F. Dowd, a resident o! this May 19 April term of Rockingham County city !or over 40 years, dies at hl.s OoV! H. Styles Bridges speaks beSuperior Court opens. J1ome on Highland St. fore joint meeting o! · Dover and Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Chevalier of l\larch !l Portsmouth Kiwanis and Rotary Olub. Bau on sale o! gasoline placed by North Hampton observe G6Lh wedCity Council adopts budget calltnga:.. -......,,~v:-,w,_ ding am1lversary. Gov. Bridges. an increase o! $54,780.21 over last Avril 16 Flood waters prevent travel in all year's appropriation bill. John E. Seybolt named president directions from thl.s city. May 20 o! Rotary Club. March 22 Announced that James A. Roosevelt, Portsmouth sent three truck loads , Lee Bwmell re-elected head of son o! the President would spend the o! food and clothing into flood di.s- State N. E. 0. P. swnmer at Little Boar's Head, trict. April 18 May 26 Gas ban lifted. Edward H. Young chosen as Boy Mrs. Martha Brewster chosen PresLocal committee organized to ral.se Scout Field Executive with head- ident or North Church Women's quarters in this city. money !or flood relle!. Guild. . April 21 March 24 Percival o. Sides heads Piscataqua Peter Schiot, retired navy man dies Stamp Club. Four more truck loads o! food and clothing sent to flood sufterer1 in at Naval hospital. Dorl.s Ferguson and Ralph Morang Nashua. Constitution Circle, No. 294, Com- receive American Legion medal.a at p:mlons of the Forest, observes 41st Jr. Higti School. March 28 George T. Blalkle found dead and anniversary. May !T April 25 wl!e ill, in summer home in Rye. Rockingham Republican Olub hold.a Mr. and Mrs. James Lomas observes banquet in this city with Judge W. March 2T R. Pattangall as speaker. Mary E. B. Miller obse1·ves 915th 61st wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Albert O. Lane of blrt,hday anniversary. May SO Stratham observe 60th anniversary o! n1arch 28 Memorial Day observed by parade r..._;1;-~;tr.~ their wedding. · Elmer Beauchamps dies as · result o.nd ceremony at ~l!_th. C!:_me~7"'Mrs. Susan L. Young observes 91st of being hit by hit-and-run driver. May 31 birthday anniversary. March •29 Albert Billings of Kittery Point dies May 1 Frank H. Ellis, one o! York's best A. o. H. observes 10th anniversary following auto accld~nt, in York. known citizens, dies. o! tho national organization. June 2 March 3l Walter O. Chandler dies at the May i Gov. Bridges names Harry W. PeyH." Burleigh Woods, dies as result home o! h1a daughter on South St. ser to be associate justice o! Municipal Court. of accident In Greenland on Sw1day. ...: June S Angelo J. MusareUo resigns posiAprll 1 Annual District rally of Boy Scouts 2631 automobiles registered in this tion as water Inspector. Timothy J. held at Jr. High Gym. Two Eagle Buckley, Jr., appointed to that posi- Scout awards made at Court of Honcity compared .with 2481 last year. · Mrs. John F. Heck, President of N. tion. or to Wilfred Stires and George Medcall. H. Federation o! Women's Clubs vlsita Mar 8 P. H, S. ' baseball team oraf!ort Club. Mrs. Mabel M. Boylston chosen as Aprll 3 president ot Graf!ort . Olub , at annual tied for first place in league. · Word received , here or the death meeting. · o! George B. Greenwood, a former May T , June 8 resident o! thl.s city, who wu killed Mrs. Marjorie Hewitt re-eleotecl Athletic field in Durham dedlcated in an auto accident in Weissport, N, head of Women's Olty Olub, in honor or the late William H. Y. Ma7 9 Brackett of , Greenland. Navy Yard employes and personnel Fred Parsons, Janitor at La!ayette June 1 contribute $1,616.83 to Red CroSIJ and School observes his 80th birthday. Rev. Maxwell Ganter obsencs Flood Relle! Fund, May 11 annivcl'sary o! his ordination. Walter L. Costello, well known loMr. and Mrs. Horace W. Gray obPeople's Baptist Church observes cal young man dies. · serve 66th wedding anniversary. 21st am1lversary. April 15 Mrs. Walter F. Lane re-elected ReJune 8 Body identUled a11 that of James gent of Ranger Chapter, D. A. R. Portsmouth High School baseball Wilbur, missing since Dec. 26, found · team defeat.'! Dover 18-5 lrl playof! 12 May for championship or Trl-Coiµity on shores o! Little Bay, Hon. and Mrs. Charles H. Brackett , league. . , Stabat Mater presented before a observe golden wedding anniversary large audience by Portsmoutll Com- at Greenland: June 10 mwllty Chorus. Special session of Legislature passCommemorative Luncheon held at Avril 8 ing Bridge Enabling Bill. Thomas Balley Aldrich home in honor Mrs . Ruth A. Wendell observes 94th Board o! Education aproves W. P. o! 100th anniversary of his birth. birthday. A. project o! mural paintings for June 11 Little Bowery, A. C., wl111 Senior Junior High Auditoriwn. Comdr. Donald B. MecMillan visits Basketball League title. 11_._ _ _......:,_ _._ _ , . ~ - - ~ ~ ~ - , this city and addresses Rotary Club. Charles Cook announced wiruler of Decathlon. �June U July 1<I Frank W. Randall presented Meritorious 'service Award at U. of N. H. Mrs. Mildred s. Fleming named acting postmaster at Kittery Point. Wyman P. Boynton of this city admitted to the New Hampshire bar. Jul:r l8 Frederickson Farm bums. LOSS estimated at $10,000. June 14 ., Class of 49 gtaduo.te from st. Po.trick's School. Rev. P'. B. Chatterton delivers baccalaureate sermon at North Church to P. H, S. graduating class. Wesley Powell .announces resignation as pastor of Christian Church ln North Hampton. June 15 Fourteea Portsmouth students receive degrees at U. of N. H. Adm, Cole assumes dutles as commanda,nt of navy • yard, '' June 16 Mr. and Mrs. Ira O. Keene honored ·on golden wedding anniversary. June 1T Mrs. Martha Rhodes observes birthday. Mrs. Mary Spinney reaches birthday. June 18 Mr. and Mrs. Morris Silverman observes silver wedding anniversary. P. H. s. graduates largest class, numbering 1'81. · Harry L. · Haynes ii.warded Wilder plaque. June 20 Two hundredth anniversary of St. John's LOdge, No. 1, A, F. & A, M. opens for slle-day observance. Rev. and.' Mrs. Roy Dinsmore of Kittery observe 42nd anniversary of their marriage, · June 24 · Many Masonio_ dignitaries attend Grand LOdge day celebration on birthday observance of St. John's Lodge. June !5 . Library· observes 25th annlver.- July 20 Work begins of replacing the street lights In the business section. July 21 Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Boerge and husband, Capt. Boerge, arrive 1n this city 'on their wedding trip, July 23 . Keel of Snapper laid at Navy Yard. Rev. James J. Rice of Kittery dies. Jul:, H Lawrence man drowned as boat upsets at Little Harbor. July 25 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Simpson observe silver wedding anniversary, July 26 Wesley Powell concludes his pas, torate at Little River Christian Church In North Hampton. July 2'1 N. H. Junior Gol! Championship tourney opens at Country Club. Jul:, 28 Dick Leonard of Nashua wins Jr. Gol! Championship. 1000 children from this city hold outing at Wallis Sands. Robert McDonough mets death In accident In West Vlrglnla, July ·30 Mrs. Hannah F. · Carter observes 93rd birthday. . J~l:, 31 Wildcat Sunset League Baseball team of Durham wins championship of first half of the schedule, u,us, 1'1 George Stark of Hill Street rescued after being completely burled 1n soft coal, Auftllt 111 , Mrs. Sarah D~lano RooseYelt, mother of President Roosevelt arrives at Little -Boar'• Head to YI.It• James. Roosevea. August 22 International Conference at Shoals closes with European delegates sailing for England from Boston. August 26 Local Navy Yard awa;·ded contrncts for two submarines. Mrs. Melinda Randall reaches 85th birthday. Col. Frank .Knox, Republican candidate for President speaks at annual outing of Roel.Ingham County Republican Club. Eddie Cooper of Exeter sets new record for Abenaqnl Golf course at 61. August 2'1 York observes Tercentenary of County. August 29 Eliot observes 300th anniversary of York County. /. ugust 31 Kittery celebrates county's tercentenary with parade and pageant. Sc11tcmber 1 National Gypsum Co., purchases local plant of Atlantic Gypsum Co. September 5 Rev. Patrick F. Flanagan named rector of St. Raphael's church ln Kittery succeeding the late James J. Rice. Miss Mary Ellen Gammon dies. September 9 Local schools reopen for the year. First day registration totals 2885. New Hampshire National Guard st. Patrick's school has 460 pupils arrives at Rye Beach for annual enregistered. campment. September 11 Annual Coleman Reunion held at Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Weeks Newington. serve golden wedding day: August 3 Miss Maude Drowne dies suddenly Hon. and Mrs. A. H. Langtry of while fishing off New Castle. New Castle and Waltham, Mass., ob' serve golden wedding anniversary. I August 4. Mrs. Lucy E. Hurst of Tenny HUI Road at Kittery Point observes 93rd birthday anniversary. August 1 June 26 Ladles· · Day · marks final event of 200th anniversary celebration of St. John's Lodge, No. 1. june 28 Charles E. Perry, postmaster at Kittery Point and a former head of the National 40 and' 8, dies· suddenly. Dr, Charles E. Johnston dies. 'June 30 . · .·- ·· Osc~r Lalghton reaches 9'1th blrtl1~~ ~ ~; . -Hary H. Foote retires after 43 years tis letter carrier. ,' . July 1 , I ' '' August '1 McDowell concert held at Stonelelgh •Rooklngham County Anlnlal Resoue Collego for benefit or McDowell ColLeague organized at Greenland. ' : ony of Peterboro and Portsmouth Harry. L; . Staples of South Eliot Home Industries. conclude1 his dutle1 u postmaster. August 8 Suoceedec!. ~1 Mn. _Allee Carpenter. . Daughters of 1812 and St. John's July 3 Lodge, No. 1, A. F. &. A. M. honor Mrs. A. Elizabeth Marden dies. memory of Maj. Edward J, Long In Fire destroys Oxford home and exercises at North Cemetery. Borthwick barn on Greenland road, August 10 Governor's Day observed at National July 8 Yacht Sewanna ·1n which_ President Guard camp. Mrs Mary J. Rackham reaches 93rd Roosevelt will cruise along the Maine 1 birthday anniversary, · coast, · sails from Little Harbor. August 14 ' . , July 9 . National Guard ..ieave Rye camp , · Submarine Plunger launohed at !or concord ·!or "defense" or the city. Navy Yard. August 15 July 11 Delegates to Star Island for Ley. Annual Music Festival at Little den International Bureau Oonference Boar's Head opens. arrive 1n this city on way to Shoal REAR ADM. CYRUS Commandant of In 1936 �October 28 September 12 December Bishop John E. Peterson visits local Gov. AI!. Landon, Republican canMiss Flora s. Keeney assumes dudidate !or President stops in this church and confirms class of 217. ties as General Secretary o! the Y, · ' October ' 30 city on his way back to Boston to W. C. A. Annual meeting of New Hampshire board his special train. . December -I · Seacoast Regional Ass'n held at RockSeptember 15 Alfred H. . Rand, local merchant, ingham Hotel. Mrs. M. P. Alkon passes away. killed · in auto accident at York. October 31 U. S. S. Pollack launched. December 8 , Mr. and Mrs. Adolph F. Anderson . Adm. Henry T. Mayo, U. S. N.,(ret) September 1'1 ' married 50 years. observes 80th birthday at home ot N. H. King's · Daughters meet at November Z his son, Capt. Chester Mayo, 186 MilNew Castle. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace S. Chas~ • ler Ave. September 21! observe golden wedding arutiversary. Mr. and ' Mrs. Charles Locke of , Kiwanis Club members elect SamNovembc1· 3 North Hampton observe · 54th weddinl uel D. Eastham, vice president to !Ill Willls P. Vennard dies at his homo anniversary. 1 vac11,ncy. in Cambridge, Mass. Kennard E. Goldsmith elected maSeptember 24 I Portsmouth gives President Rooseyor in biennial election which gives Local Squadron, Soni of the ' velt majority in national election.. Republicans control o! the city governAmerican Legion organize. , November 4 ment. · 1 James Harmon loses appeal to the December 11 September 25 Mr. and Mrs. Edward s. Downs Supreme Court, must serve two to Dr. Thomas .W. Luce dies. observe 40th wedding anniversary, three years in State Prison, a sen,·December 16 tence given him two years ago. I Recount o! ballots cast in Ward 3_ 28 September News received of the death of . for Representative to •the legislature ,.,,._.,, .•,.,,.,,. .•_• .,.,..., ...".,,. Miss Margaret L. Pearson, R. N., · Harry. G. Marvin. in election Nov. 7 shows no change. 11 1 , joins staff o! local hospital in charge , November 6 December 1'1 I of x-ray department. • Mr. and Mrs. Leslie ·F. Bickford , Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sterllng of Junlor High Murals dedicated, \ o! Kittery tendered surprise_ reception . Rye observe 35th -anniversary. \ September 29 in honor of golden wedding anniverFred H. Marden receives : DeMo!aY Warren W. Manary o! Washington sary, crol!IJ o! Honor. , Street arraigned on charge o! asMiss Priscilla Boynton ·becomea December 19 sault upon his wife and held with- bride o! Melrose man. . Raymond E. ·Morrow named Town out ball !or Grand Jury, Harry L. Moore elected President Clerk ·ot 'Kittery. · · October 1 of New E11gland Association of School December 20 Clyde M. Robinson heads Frank E. Superintendents. .. · D. P .. •Borthwick, well known Booma Post, American Legion. November 10 chant dle8. October 4 Robert. E. May of Marblehead, ¥11.S8,; Dr. John D. Carty diea, . Mr. and Mrs. Leon o. Young o! killed in auto crash In Kittery. December 23 Lincoln Ave., observe golden wedding November 11 Mr. and Mrs. Frank ,W. Watson obJ. Graffort Club llteraturr department '"'rve golden wedding anniversary. · anniversary. ,.. :,ays tribute to Thomas Balley Ald· December · 26 · .· 1 Local Catholic Daughters of Amer- \ich's memory · on 100th amtlversarr '. i Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. · Mills or ica celebrate first anniversary. . f l. biltl . Clttery observe 44th wedding annl .. ? us ' 1. . October 'J 1ersary, , November 12 · Bea Soout Ship Ranger given picket j Capt. and Mr~. Willi~m Locke of 1. Lewis E. Pendleton dies. I boat. ,Kittery observh1g 55th wedding an· December 2'1 N. H. Gazet_te reaches 180th birth- 'niversary. Rev. H. B. Harris marries Ca~brldge day. Rev. Polycarpos N. Marinakls, pas- · girl. · October 13 tor o! Greek Church dies. Two men die - when · fire • Mr. and Mrs. George H. Hill die ·November 13 shack on the waterfront. · withlu a few minutes o! each o ther. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Frost of · December 30 · October H North Hampton reach 58th wedding_ Frank L. Pryor, tormel" local bus{.. st. John's Lodge of Masons of Bos- anniversary. . ness · inan dies' at his home in Cam• ton visits St. John's Lodge, No. 1 of James Arrington, Civil War Veteran, bridge, Mass, •· · Portsmouth. observes 92nd birthday. · lL::.:::::.::;,,..:=;.;.;---:,-,r,::~:;'.""0~'>'.li1F:·. October 15 November 16 EarlY mo,rnlng fire damages Ham's Priscilla Emery awarded Golden care. Eaglet at annual Father's and DaughMra. Ohester P. McGlll dies. ter's Girl Scout banquet. October l'J November 2l N. H. conclave of DeMolay held h1 ' Simon P. Harmon die.~. November 22 this olty, News received here today !rom 18 October Bridgeport, Conn., of the death of , Walter F. Nutting of Claremont William Kershaw, formerly o! this drown.I when boat swarr.ps in Llttle Harbor. Three companions · rescued. city. November 23 st. Nicholas Greek C111.irch dediNearly 50 candidates for cated. basketball team . report for practice. ' October !l November 2-l John w. Hopley ··awarded Silver Lieut Edward Sweeney, U. S. N., Beaver at ammal meeting ·of Daniel Webater Oounoll, Boy Soout.l of (ret.) dies at his · home on Rlcharda . Ave. _America, November 25 October 26 City Auditor Robert M. Bruce an-. New England Auxiliary or Nationo.l nounces resignation to take effect council of Episcopal churches and 011 January 1. New England Synod opens o.t st• November 30 John's Church. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Philbrick October 2'l' serve 52nd anniversary o! their wedNavy Day observed o.t local yard. ding. c. E. Hodgdon observer: 88th bir th• Frank w. Randall named tn t.he day. , · Board o! Trustees ·-Of U. of N, H, .DJ , , warren Manary indicted for man• and Council. slaughter and murder of his wife, by r--.:-----~....,,....~~~='!'!:':!'Ja7;;'J,?t!"f,..., Rockingham County Grand Jury. I I I I a �The Medical institution of Yale college at New Haven also announces its annual series or lectures, as It calls them, to commence on October 11 and to continue, without vacation, until the first of April, Fifty dollars was the sum required ns n tuition fee for the four courses whlle room rent was Northwood, Dec. 10.-"Wanted, ca- available at $5 per person and board pable, attentive woman in a small $2,50 a week._ The advertisement was family where there is other help and signed by Nathan Smith, professor of Lft:•l':':',v>.~but little to do," reads an advertise- i,.i.;;5-u...: rg;;,;e;,;.r=.y;.. . ment in an Issue of the Portsmouth Oracle for Oct. 7, 1815, one lone page of which ls In the possession of Daniel h Miner of this town. It Is almost entirely devoted to similar ads and legal notices. Current prices of staple commodities, also listed, furnish an Inter•-·-,,'-".•·.- est!ng comparison with the cost of presentday articles. Brandy is quoted at $2 and $3 a gallon; gin, 95 cents; rum, $1 to $1.45; cider $4 a barrel; butter, 19 1-2 cents pound; coffee, 22 and 24 cents; flour, $5 and $8.50 a barrel; mackerel, $10 a barrel; pork, $28; molasses, 75 and 80 cents a gallon; potatoes, 25 and 30 cents per bushel; loaf sugar, 40 cents a pound; tea, $1.10 to· $1.80; and tobacco, 20 to 22 cents a pound. John Bell, Jr., 3 Market street, makes known that he has just received a fresh supply of imported dry goods to be sold at very low prices. Items include 1·ed, yellow, green, black and white flannels, "rattinets", "shal- lc'~5 !h~!i:. loons," British and colerain cottons, English cotton slacks, "ferrets" and "galloons." .,.,-i=:,.... Another dry goods that of Lemuel Draper, 5 Market ci::~,.~,r,-;:.;P.,•/e.~t',~'ji,;·';'/,(~', .street, offers a wide variety of wearlag ., .. ,~.• .. ,-._,..,,.,,.,,. ap_parel with equally._ .. mysterious 1 sounding _names: Scotch plaids, "ker- H'~rrt:,~· H RACLE OF 1815 - --------- - --1 seys," "dufflls," "wlldbores," ets, colored florences, "lustrings," "sarsnets" Russian diapers and twilled "bombazeenes.'' ki!'."J:'"l',11;r..~.,;~:,;., A cut ls shown of the Lake Champlain .steam boat, "Phoenix", with the statement that excursions are run every Wednesday . with stops at Whitehall, N. Y., St. Johns and Burlington, Vt. For a purpose not specified John Abbot seeks 15 tons of early-piked sumac. Handsome rewards will be paid for Information leading to the recovery of a number of strayed or stolen catt.le from pastures in Epsom and Pittsfield by the owners, Obadiah Marston of Pittsfield, Samuel Dearborn of Kensington, Willard Emery of Hampton and Asa Dearborn of Portsmouth, according to one notice. The exhibition of a lrnge, trained female elephant, said to be the only one then in America-long before the days of the familiar circuses of today -at Treadwell's tavern, Portsmouth, on October 11 to 14, inclusive, is an- 1,:,'..·-•;~;,•.:_,....,.._ nounced elsewhere on one side of the much-yellowed page. The animal was described as 15 years of age, eight feet r,,;.;,h!f,:.~~: .l.,,.,(!;::O:,~l;~;,•.,.,in height and weighing more than three tons . ....;.---~~·,.:'i"'jr;.,""...ri,""~..'!t-a1 �OlD NElVSPAP.ERS FOUND IN HOLE I.N RR!Ci{ WVAll In renovatng t11e second story of the Exchange Butldmg t 21-49 Pleasant street, Johu Noel the contractor, ma.d0 an Interesting diHcovery. Upon remov-ing tho oltl Wfl,llpupt:r ho ci,ime -u·pou a !tole in the brick wall and U1ereln were copies of two local newspapers dated May 22, 185'1, and Oct. 2, 18'18. The earll•r of the two 18 the Morning Chronicle, published by Frank W. Miller. 'l'he second slleet is entitled the Port.smouth D1uly Chronicle, pub\.ished 1Jy the Chron cle & Qc17,ette Publishing Company. , Th Exch uge . ~ullcting, oppo.,ite the Po.stoftlct:, where the.'le papern were carefully hdden away, wa.~ ·once ·· the ~tome of the .Chronicle and Gazette -and also of The Portsmouth Herald. The Chnmlcle of Oct. 2, 18'18, bears the following ccount of. tlie original finding or the 185'1 news11a.per: "In tearing off the wallpaper tn the Ohroulcle counting room Tuesd~y. preparatory to renewing It, th 'workmen found ln hole drilled in the brick wall a. Mornirig Chronicle o! May ~2. 1857, on the margln or which is written in penoU in t\1e well-known chirography or the former ectH.or, Hon. Frank w. Miller, 'Bulldlng painted and papered hy J. M. Loclto and ,J, I-1. Gardiner, thL1 date.' 1 Tho poncllllng la dhtluot · M though but a cfo.y old, and thtl writing far plainer than wh!it the compositors on the Portl mquth Weekly now get In the ,shapo o! od~torlEil 'copy.' The per was .~tuclc hack in its hole, with another one for compa,ny, and a.gain pa.pered over." · Mr. Noel 13 to return these two old newspaper/I to tl1eir hiding place, together with a copy of thl.s Issue o! tho Portsmouth Herald with tllL~ article marked, a.nu a copy of tho recent election special of Tl1e Herald. · The hole In the brick wa.U wlll then ho covered with new wallpa.per to lie hidden for an unknown number of years to come, What will the times !:>a like wh u these faded sheets once again llOO the them yet born What wlll be tM appearanc of the clty at that future day? light? Tu t,ho peraon who will next see Wilen t he newspaper,'! were first hidden awa.:, there were, horses a.nd carriages to be seen everywhere. Today · the streets a.re fllled with automobile.~ whlzzlng ln all directiorui. ·. What .~c 110 wlll l,he i;treel:,11 o! Ull\t day to como prcHcnVf Will they hav0 solved tho unemployment problem, the old pa.- a.go pension problem, the bala.nc g of the national budget by thA.t time? No r-:::=.:=~ii.;;if.::..;:~~:.;,! one knows. IITIILIIIIEmm1TnmmT111n1mmEnRnn111smmmmnnF11nnR1mno~llllmM1mntml!II Theso ·old newspapers contain some interesting fea.ture11 recalllng to mind t.he old days. In the issue of 1857, prior to the Civil 'Nar, the editorial column ia taken up by a d~cussion of the historlo court decision in the Dred Scott = case, concerning the right to freerlom or llllnlllll,IIUlllllllllll:IIIIUlllllilll!liWilllllll.Jlllilllll!UUIIIIIUJllllfillllrl n escaped Negro slave. The Chronicle attempts to disprove the smtements THE BOMBARDMENT 01<' PEST or Jud~e Taney In his opinion, taking a ISLAND strong stand against the institution of Editor of The Herald:sliwery. In words which were soon to writer has been Rsked concerning prove trne pxophecy tl1e editor con- theThe tragedy which happc11ed tci a party cludes his remarks on the question with o! people who went to the island for the8e words: "Indeed there may come berries in the fall of 1863. Fort Sulllch1mges,-a.11d wo trust there wlll come van was on the highest part of Seavey'& which will weep such law and logic'. Island adjoining the Naval Prison, on such history and such moral.s, into the same recepta'blo where now repose the site or the water tower. An artillery company was having a drill in the "the tria.l by ba.ttel'', the hanging of witches, and th1 burning o! heretics, handling of guns and by some misunall under the forms of la.w,-but all derstanding solid 4-inch shells were put ag1iinst Ju.~tioe, Mercy, and Common Into the guns and several thrown in the N'-'ir!l,:l_'A,illr~.. ;:~ direction of the present Hotel WentSeuse." worth and were later found there. One l!!l:!li:f~'.;;.'il,..i.~" The a<lvertlsements are no less intershot was fired just as a boat loaded with ei,tmg than ·the new.~ items of those times, with "Dr. Larooka.h's tndia.n young people and their parents, some Vegetable, Pulmonio Syrup," "wa,rra.nt- eight in number, had pushed off to go •="'•'•'c,.,.....~,--, ed to cure coughs, coltl.!I, whooping home to New Castle. The boat was cough, asthma, t>ronchltls, croup, con- smashed and sunk, 01'le young boy was sumption, catarrh, and disease o! the badly mangled and his brother was In: ~ throat and lungs." Professor Wood's jured and his face filled with splinters ~-illt.~,ii,<•~~, Hair Restorative Is advertl.sed as of wood. The balance of the party es"without doubt the only remedy tha.t caped with a bad scare and a wetting. The report of the inquiry board was ca.n re.store the hair to its prlstlne quality." The Kittery Point stage is ad- never published, but it ls known that a vertised. tho ooa.oh leaving Kittery large sum was offered ln settlement, Pont at 6 a.. m.. dally, a.net returning but the parents had been persuaded leaving Portsmouth at 11 a.. m. Andrew that money received for such .a damage A111co 111 the proprlctor. An advertise- would be a curse mther thRn a blessing. ment signed A. Gregory tates "I As a compromise the father was given would respectfully inform my friends a position on the navy yard !or life and and the community. generally that 1 included any member of his famlly. The am now prepared to make the new and only surviving member of the party ls desirable likeness on paper, ca.Heel Pho- living in New Oastlc. IVAN L. MELOON. tographs." The copy of 18'18 lists . Port.smoubh wholesale prices on produce, with butter 20 to 30 cents a pound. anthracite coal at $5.50 per ton, eggs 18 cents a cloien, potatoes 'lO cents a bushel, soap 'l and 8 cent.s a pound, and sugar at 9 3-4 cents a pound. The editorial column of the 18'76 la- • .sue discusses "greenbacklsm," a burnIng political issue of the tl~e. A death list of more than 8,000 persons through7 out the CQtµitry ln_An e1M~mlc o! yellow fever is reported. _91_1 the,~argll! ot this 1878 issue wr.ltten the . folio.wing . 0,scrlptlon: "Compositors on the Chronicle · a.t the time this _was put in, John· Randall, Albert E . Wood. Tommy Brook..!, Tony Broderick, Willie Drake." . THE PEOPLE ! i~;ji;~i~;~· o: �Old Maine House' 'My S~air Carpet'-~ Maine Story How a Itookecl Rug Records Days Along the Coast r----------.,....___,_..,. Special to The Chri,tian Sc ience Monitor Ogunquit, Maine .UNLESS one has lived with · hooked rugs all her life she · cannot fully appreciate the spell the short winter days of New England cast over those who cherish this homely art. These rugs have a fascination ror me, for when I · was a little girl there were no movies in Portsmouth, no automobiles to take us away from home, and all the thrifty women of Ogunquit made rugs while the snow drifted outside. The prepa.rations for rug making na·=•·"•.. began in the fall. Mother and sister Annie took stock of worn rtlcles of woolen clothing and those that could not possibly be patched and used for wearing apparel were salvaged, washed and cut Into narrow strips about onefourth of an inch in width for woolens of average weight. If new colors · were needed, the rags were .dyed before cutting. Cup moss -which grew on the pasture rocks colored the material a pretty brown. Sometimes a well-known, commercial brand was used. And So They Gt·ew Father was pressed into service to find his best burlap grain bags, These were freed from dust by vigorous shakings and when the size of the rug was determined, i~ was bound with heavy material (probably father's cast-off pants), sewed into wooden frames, stretched, and l',·i,!l--.:;;lll'.1111 a homemade design was sketched upon it. We secretly coveted the wooden horses Aunt Martha had to hold her rug fran\'t in place, but got !!,long the best we could with chairs, stands, etc., as father was no carpenter. Sister Annie armed with rug hook In right hand above the pattern, and narrow strip of material in left, below the pattern, worked early and late to complete the job, and turned out excellent work. Mother hooked 1n a more leisurely manner and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have one of her rugs beautifully done in patterns her clever fl~ers cut out of paper and transferred to the burlap. It was late spring when she finished this rug. Outside a. bluebl was sitting on a branch of horse on the place, standing looking over the fence-and one would never guess the "outs" he once had in his bag of tricks nor that he was the toughest piece of horse flesl1 ever seen in these parts. On the second, one sees Aunt Lucy Goodwin (father always pronounced it Goodin) in h er sleigh driving a black steed through the woods of Witch Trot and followed by a s trange animal resembling a dog. The legend goes that this yelping creature pursued her until her r eligious training came to the rescue and she cried, "Get thee behind me, Satan," whereupon he vanished. The third riser shows Great-GreatGrandfather John Perkins with his oxen; and the fourth, a plump speckled hen and her lordly mate. The second landing' has the same "hit and miss" design as the first and the three risers that complete the stairs have scenes that tell of the .!:ea, for the men folks of the Perkins family were all seafarers. One riser shows Boon Island lighthouse, built during the war of 1812 to guard one of the most dangerous shoals on U1e coast of Maine. This outpost has saved the lives of many fi shermen who were caught off shore in storms by guiding them lo a safe harbor. The waters around the island are good fishing grounds, however, liO the next riser shows boats near the lighthouse. The last one exhibits a small weather-beaten fish house at our oivn Perkins' Cove. Here memory pictures fath er and Uncle J ackson m "sou'westers" and oilskins coming in with a good eat,ch. They have finished their day's fishing-and I h ave finished my carpet. E. P. L. the cherry tree. Mother quickly sketched the little fellow in the space remaining and hooked it in just the right colors. • I have the good fortune to live in the old house by the sea which has sheltered my paternal forebears for several generations. Its yellowpainted floors are pretty well coverect with hooked and braided mats; some old, some made in recent years. The stairs in the front hall now display the runner that tells in a crude way the history of the Olde Perkins Place. One Wintry Night •. One winter night when a. mig!:'lty ::northeaster" was raging and gusts of wind made such rumblings in the big chimney and rattled the door of the brick oven with such persistence that I couldn't sleep, I planned my stair carpet. I was thinking of different designs I might use when the thought came, "Why not let the carpet tell the history of the place?" The next day Husband's services were enlisted and soon we had accurate measureme,1ts of the stairs. He consented to draw the scenes as I needed them, for he realized my limitations along that line. We decided to make the runner 16 1,~ inches wide with a border of little red diamonds on a black back- 1:---_.,.,..,._ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ ground. (A legacy of red flannel shirts a dear friend found in her mother's attic makes this border gay and unchanging.) The first riser has the hooked picture of the house and willow tr~e as lt looks torlny. The second: the old ~tory-and-a-half h\>Use which was raised up to form the second story nnd attic of the present-day structure. This remodeling was done by Great-Grandfather Jedediah Perkins between 1790 and 1800. The third riser: the log cabin built about 1717 by Jacob, the first Perkins to leave Ipswich and settle in York. The fourth is an Indian scene, for the place is rich in tales about the savages. Animals, Too The first landing is hooked in a '"hit and miss" pattern; the treads and upper hall runner are done m the same design. The four risPrs which lead to the second landing have pictur~ of animals on each. Number one displays Fred, the first .....1 �,, . ".I , " ♦ : ..... ~ ~~ ~ , . Her Stair Carpet-Hooked Rugs Had Always Held a Fascination for the 1\Iistress of This House Beside the Sea, for When She Was a Litt.le Girl aml There ·were Neither Movies Nor Automobiles to Call Them Away, All the Thrifty ·women of Ogum1uit Made Rugs While , tho Snow Drifted Outside. o When lier Stairs ,vere in Need of a Runner, She l'lnnncd-.:.niul Executed-a Carpet That ,vould Relate to All Who Trend It t.l1e Story of the Olde Perkins Pince. In tho Section Pic·turcd llc1·c the First Riser, ns You Cu!1 Plainly See, Is the Hooked Lik<ine~.~ of t.l1e llous<i ns Jt Stands Today by the Great WiJiow Tree, Then tep by Step the Carpet Takes You Dack Into the Past of This House Beside the Sea . �·oenig Digs into Records for Early Historr Special to The Union. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 19.-Restors.tlon of the gravestone marking the burial ' plot of Thomas and Temperance Fernald, original owners of Seavey's Island at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, as well as erection of bronze markers to enumerate hbtoric points of interest during the period ,following the Spanish-American war when the prisoners of Admiral Cevera were confined on the island, had been accomplished through the historical research work conducted recently by Col. Robert L. Denlg, USMC, commandant of the Portsmouth Navy Yard . The project, which will meR.n much 1 to those in the future who visit the Portsmouth Navy Yard, was accomplished by .Colonel Denlg after the unearthing of five tombstones In a ' '"'·'""''" '., small private cemetery located nn •·•·'"-"'"'"J''a the southeastern point of the Na.val Prison grounds, led Colonel Denlg and local historians to believe that the tombstones ma.riced thn resting place of the original owners of the Island. Find Skull, Crossbone8, Four of the stones were only slabs of rocks evidently replacing the original stones. They had no Inscriptions but the fifth stone, al- . though somewhat chipped and broken, was larger and resembled the form of a conventlal tombstone. When the temporary prison buildings were erected during the World wa.r, they were placed so as not to disturb the graves but the identity of who was buried there, remained a mystery to the government. In an · effort to solve the mystery; Tombstone 11t the 'PnTtsmoulh Nnv_v 'Ynr,I of l~llznhPt h }:nstwl<'lrn, Colonel Denig had the stones removed and cleaned with lye and wire dnughtcr ot Thomas n11cl Tcn,pernnce ~·er11nld, "·ho wc1·0 1 ho orlglnnl 1>robrushes. They were found to he In- prfetor of SPavPy's Jsh11ul. crusted with nearly a half Inch of 'T'hP fir~ me n rccor s surmounted by a. skuiI, paint, whitewash and cement. Be- scrtpllon, cro5s bones and hour-glass and Island was called Scavt>y's neath this coating on the Ja.rgPr fla.nl<ed by a conventional deslgn a conveyance o( land Nov. 14. 17P6 slate was found the following Inby Stephen Seavey, Jr., to Josiah with a weeping willow tree motlf: the conditions being that "Here Lyes Ye Body of Elizabeth Davis, Eastwicke Wife of Stephen East- "said Davis should furnish him wit!· wlcke, Aged 31 years, 2 months and meat, drlnlc, lodging and apparel etc., during life." 20 days. Died April •Ye 16th, 1714." Lt was in H\00 that the United By a.n intensive research In "Fernald's Genealogy" Colonel Denlg dis- Slates g-overnment. for t.h~ sum o!. the other lsland covered that Elizabeth Easlwlcke $5,500 acriulred was the youngest daughter of known as Dennelt's Island, whtcl:. today with Seavey's lslanci comprises Thomas and Temperance Fernald, Activoriginal owners o( the islanci, F,ltz11.- the Portsmouth Navy Y~rd. beth married Capt. Stephen East- ities o( the Navy ·Yard increased wicke, a shlpmaster. ~l1e Innerlted to such an extent that ln 1855 it was that part of the island where the considered advisable to purchase SeaPortsmouth Na.val hospital Is lo- vey's Island. However, it was not cated and the adjacent Jamaica until the Civil war that Congress approved the purchase of tne Island for r island. S105.000 which was at a cost of ~1,000 Began Disposal of Island, an acre. Accordlni; to the gen ea logy, the l'rlsoners lnterne<l, grandchildren of Thomas and TemSeavey's Island achieved national pera.nee Fernald in 1721 began th•. attention when following t.he terminadisposal of the Island and In that tion of the Spantsl1-American w11r ye8r Stephen Seavey, first of his the prisoners of Adrptral Cevera. were family to own land on the island, here and lnterned until (ol now known as Seavey's island, pur- brought lowlng the settlement terms they chased 32½ acres. Jn 1730 John Hen- were returned to Spaln on the City derson, son of Sarah Fernald, conRome. veyed 17 acres more and thl~ ln- of During his pxtensive hlstortcal 1-.:cluded' the part of the Island known search work Colonel Dentg discovered as . ri:enct,erson's Point where In July that there were no markers on 1he 1905 the government with the use Island· to commemorate the historic of 50 tons of dynamite blew 11p part pla.cea when th~ 2,000 prisoners were of tlie point In order lo make the confined here, Bronze ta hlels river · more navigable for boats ut u to show where Camp In up t.o the Navy Yard. �DESCENDANTS oF· EARLY SETTLERS -\ · IN KITTERY I I Cnfnpton, March 26.-The restoration 'of gravestones mnrking the burial ground of Thomas and Temperance Fernald, original owners of Seavey's Island at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, 1J1rough the work and historical mearoh conducted recently by Col. Robert L. Denlg, USMC, commandant of the Portsmouth. Navy Yard, hns caused considerable intetest' in Campton as there are residents here who claim to be descendants · of ance , Fernald. High up on a hill in the western ))art •of the t-0wn, near the Ellsworth town1 line, is a set of farm buildings \hat command a splendid view of the White Mountain region to the north. On ~his farm lives an elderly man, l!ose~ ,Spokesfield, a descendant o! one John Spokesfleld of Kittery. He has nved , on thls picturesquely located little farm practically all hiS life, but has kept in touch with the outside world. Joan Spokesfield, his great father, lived to be 104 years old. He was a resident of Kittery and had ~ thrilling war. record. During the Re• Yolutionary war he was taken as a prisoner of war by the British to England. Some time later, however, he retw·ned to this country and sailed to the West Indies. He married one Temperance Fernald, it is reported, and the couple came to this section from Kittery after the Revolution and settled near East Stinson Lake in Rumney. Several valuable relics of John's Revolutionary war dars were destroyed by fire some years ago. Fred Spokesfield, who lives on the Daniel Webster highway ln Campton, Is n. great, great grambon of Johu Spokcsfield, and Rufus Coolc of the snme town, ls nlso r. desccnd::mt. �SON AT LITTL BOA :s HEA North Hampton, Jan.- 26-Dr. William Pitt Mason, for more than 30 years pr!rfessor of chemistry at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, died Monday afternoon at his home at Little Boar's Head. He had be'e n In a coma since ·l ast Wednesday. Death was due to cerebral hemorrhage.· . Dr. Mason was born Oct. 12, 1853, In New York, the son of Dr. James and Emma Wheatley Mason. He was grad1 .....>,,..,,_.... uated In 1874 from Rensselaer with the degree of civil engineering. Three years later he received his B. S. degree from the same institution and continued the study · of medicine at Union college where he received his M. D. in 1881. He then went abroad and studied at Pasteur Institute In Paris. Returning to this country he taught at Lafayette college before going to Rensselaer as an assistant proftssor of chemistry. In 1893 he was made a full professor an'cl ,.,,....,,.,.,...... continued In that capacity until retiring 12 years ago o.s professor emeritus. Dr. Mason came here as a summer resident more than 25 years ago and · after retiring made it his legal home. Until this winter he has gone to war~er climates. He was considered an authority on water and had written a number of textbooks which are in use in the schools. He was a member of the Amel'ican Philosophical society, the American Chemical society, American Society of •"·''"':.:,-:.•Civil Engineers, Franklin Institute, American Water Works association, American Public Health association, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Royal Sanitary Institute of Great Britain and the General Association of Hygienists and Municipal Technicians of Paris. Dr, Mason was twice married. ·Besides his widow, Mrs. Margaret Betts Mason, he is survived by a son, Wil~ ..~•:,;.•~,;,.,1Jiam Pitt Mason, Jr., a New York lawyer. Prayers were held from the home this forenoon and the body was taken to "Troy, N. Y., for services Wednesday afternoon in St, John's church there. '. i)J[D'ON SUNDAY , :Highly Esteemed Citizen ·Passes A.way A.t His Home Daniel F. Borthwick, one of the be.st !mown and most highly respecbed and esteemed clt.1.zens of this section, dJ.ed Sunday morning at his home a,t 613 Union -,tr-eet, aged 78 years. ' Mr. Borthwick, was born in Portsmouth, Sept. 23, 1858, the son of James and Clara {Whidden) Borthwick. In 1879 he established the D, F. Borthwick dry goods store which he continued to conduct up to the time or his death. He took an active part In all civic affay:-.s and was deeply ·in.t-ere&ted In th work of the North church of which he had been a dleacon. for many y,ears. He did many deeds of charity and · his gr-eat;es.t ;pleasure throughout his entu-e life call¼, In doing good to others, and many !)-re the people of this community who are deeply tndebt-e.d to h\m for his many acts of kindness in times of need or distt'&.5.. He dlid everything in his power to make others happy,· , but would take no credtit for hl!I fine work and was always desirous that no publicity be attached to hifl many charlta·ble acts. No man In the history of Portsmouth will probably be m~.!,ed to a greater extent than will Mr. Borthwick. For nearly 50 y,e.ars he had served as treasurer o! the Howard Benevolent Society and was a trustee in the Portsmouth hospital, Chase Home For Children, Portsmouth Y. M. C. A., and the DemeITltt fund whtch provid:es scholarships for worthy college stud:e.nts here. He was g1,eatly interested in everything pertaining to Portsmouth and was president of the Portsmouth Historical Society and a divoctor of the Portsmouth Athenaeum. He terved t•everal terms as pollc-e commissioner of Port~mouth. For the past 42 years h11 had been a trustee of the Portsmouth Savings Bank. Hl.s wife, Mary E. Borthwick, died last Sept. 13. Mr. Borthwick ls survived by one brother, James A. Borthwick, one si;ter, Mrs. Ora. M. Drummond and thr-ee nlec1!s, . Mrs. Susan Borthwick Hunt, Mrs. Eloise Borthwick Wilkes and Mls.s Florence Cleav~. Funeral services North Congregational church Tuesday at 2.30 p. m. Pleas.e omit flowers. Richard Irving Walden, for over 60 years In the printing business in Portsmouth, and one of the best known and most highly respected residents of this city, died Sunday morning at his home nt 151 Lafayette road· after a very brief illness. Mr. Walden would have been ,7!) years old next month. I He was born in this city on April 17, ,1858,' the son or Richard and Sarah !(Foss) Walden. He received his education in the public schools of Portsmouth ,nnd then learned. the printers' trade in ithe office of the Portsmouth Journal, remaining wit"1 that paper after his apprenticeship was completed for a period br 18 years. ·. He then went to Dover for two years, retuming to this city to engage in the printing business .for himself, which he had .conducted successfully throughout this long period, being active in the business until his illness. His success was well merited and was due to the excellence of his worlcmansllip and integrity ln his business dealings. He held a very high place in the esteem of his business as5ocia.tes as well as a large cil'cle of. friends throughout this section. He was possessed of a ve1·y fine personality which endeared him to all who were intimate with him. Mr. Walden was greatly interested in the welfare of Portsmouth and its people and was always willing to aid in the advancement of any civic· project which he considered was for the good of the city. He served on the board of education for a number of years .. Mr. Walden was a member of the board or dlrc~lors or the Porlsmoulh Trust & Guaranlee Co. He was the oldest memlier of the Portsmoulh High School Alumni ancl one or the oldest members of the Hnven School ParentTeacher Association, in which he took a great interest. He was a member of St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 56, A. F. & A. M., Washington Royal Arch Chapter, M., Davenport Council, No. 5, R. & S. No. 3, DeWitt Clington Commandery, Knights Templar, the Mechanics Fire Society r.nd the Portsmouth Athenaeum. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fannie Alton Walden. two daughter, Mrs. G. C. Humphreys and Mrs. Claude Wilson, both or this city, and two grandsons, Richard and William Wilson. Funeral service:; wlll be held at the home at 151 Lar~yelte road on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends Invited. �oungest Mayor in--U. In Winner, 23, at POR"rSMOUTH, N. H., Dec. 9 (JP)-This city of 15,000 persons claims the youngest mayor-elect in the United States in Kennard E. Goldsmith,. 23-year-old college graduate. Mr. Goldsmith, who recently told the Republican City Committee, "I think I am too young to be mayor" went into office in yesterday·s election by a margin of 3012 votes over the Democratic incumbent, Mayor Robert Martin. The Mayor-elect, a bachelor, was graduated only Inst June from the University of New Hampshire where he studied to be an educator. He became a candidate for Mayor on a platform. of lower taxes. · He became a member of the city council two years ago and, despite his youth. plunged into the city's a!Iairs "with both feet" to quote a · political observer. When the Republican City Committee called prospective candidates before It recently to hear their views on municipal matters, Mr. Goldsmith, a member of one of Portsmouth's oldest families, asserted: "I think I am too young to be mayor and if there ui anyone older or more experienced who desires it, I shall withdraw and support him." rNo one accepted the offer. Mr. · Goldsmith• will have a strongly Republican City Council. The new Mayor's maternal grandfather was Thomas Entwistle, former state senator, member of the Governor's Council and city marshal for several years. The · Mayor-elect's paternal grandfather was Oliver J. Goldsmith, a Boston and Maine Railroad locomotive engineer The Mayor-elect resides with • his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Goldsmith. The Mayor is elected for a two-year term, with an annual salar of $1000. , . . te ,ln:-.Th~.City -~le~t1on . . . . . _,. .. -- •' \ . L· t-- 1 · 2 3 . 14 MAYOR · !I(iennag:-d IE. Goldsmith, r 726 962 ·494 '560 · · 270--3012 lRobert Marvin, d ..... 653 783 . 627 201 178--2442 ·. COUNCILMEN:.AT-LARGE ·,~•-·.:r-,..i~..... ,-.,~·-•.• ::;..,-~=.,., lBoynton, r •••••• ·•••• 677 1023 500 '511- 252-2963 Downs, r ...••••.••• ; 690 1012· · 480 ,··491 247-2920 Durell, r ; ; ... :,-·.••••. ·670 996 496 ." .488 247--2897 ll:lerridc, r ....... ~-. : • 717 1022 497 'lsoo · 255-2991 lF. A:· Gr1ffin, d ;, •·••. 634 ·703 ·, 587 ·231 ' 184-2339 S.F.Griffin,d· .. .- .. ; .. 635 701 598 232 -183-2349 Maddock, d ..• : .. ~ .. ~ 625 716 598 238 , 172--2349 Thuraton, d •••... ·.\;. 612 632 576 215 169-2204 . WARD COUNCILMEN 1 Mrs. Mary C. Dond_ero, d 630 · Roland A. Sukeforth, r . 6~6 lEdgar A. Blanchard.,r.. 986 Charles H. Kehoe, d · .· , . . , 698 John J. Leary, Jr., d 630 · ·Harold S. _Woo.ds,"1<:. _.. , 47l Frank W. Badger, ·d ·:. ~ · · 272 :f rederick Schlegel, ·r . • • 459 · lFrederick Finnigan, d · · :,_ John Burkhardt, r . .. . BOARD OF APPRAISERS Morrill, d ... ·... ·••.•• 690 '- 882 ·,(,90 '. 313 Whalley, d .......... ~ ·670 859 · 687' < Z80 Whitman, d ••.• ~ .••.• 676 · 846 · 691 , _281 186-2680 !Brown, r . ; .. ·••.••••• ·640 802 .· 399 425 · 232-2498 ·:,.-,:..,~,i~••-~"'·' Downs, r ..• ,' . • • . . • • • 642 .848 396 457 234-~2577 Newton, r ......•...• 660 904 424 · 459 244-2691 BOARD OF STREET COMMISS{ONERS Call, d ............. , 669 728 610 238 . 189-2434 Horan, d ............ 624 · . 678 594 212 172-2280 ioughlin, d ~ •• , •• ~ • • . 643 680 626 211 176--2336 Atwell, r ...•..•••.•• 684 1018 466 519 255-:2942' Cranin, r •••••.•.•••• 686 969 472 ,..·511 : 255-2893 'P,ic__kering, r ....... : •• ,, • 684 .1051 _481 1?12 _~51-?~7~,.r ... e•• -- BOARD OF-.EDUCAr-lON' _ · ,.:::~ -·- u>s Mrs. Katherine Woods 1272 1550 1028 685 408--4953 William 0. Flanagan t'270 1557 1027 677 411-4942 Mrs. Pearl S. Gray ... 1272 1579 1025 691 412-~4979 Maj. Chauncey B. Hoyt 1277 1577 1028 701 413--4996 Ralph G. McCarthy .•• 1267 1552 1026 675 413-4933 John E. Seybolt ..•... 1266 1567 1027 695 414--4969 Mrs. Gladys G. Warren 1263 1569 -1026 700 414--4972 0 I .. �l . Ken ierd:I .;. Goldsmith E·lected Mayor By Majori·ty Of 5 701 epub ·cans JE ect_$ Council:- m-en; ull ·~ IBo:ard.-Of ·Stree·t ·Ccinilnts·s·io·n errs .And·<One ;Membe·~·o f·Bc,~r~-of Appra·s~ - ers., • ' ;., ' •;··" ' .• j ~. • • '. , . : . ·•_·; • • ' •c-•:·•.'·• ., . ,, • lt. ' Iii: _the .. ! • ,.:· ·-~' ' ' I• I' I 00 ble~~lal, city election ye.st~rday Kennar~ Es Gold.smith, , Republican, was elected mayor over · Mayor - .....-,,._,..,,.a Robert Marvin, Democrat, by .a major-, ity of 570 votes. Gold.smith received" a total of 30121 while Mayo~. Marvln',1 _tQ'--'."'•-·•·-·"" tal was 2442, The City Council will be' Republican, there being but one Democratic member, elected, John J. Leary, Jr., in' Ward The Board ,o!' Street :.,.~;"•~,,,.~·~~-°""''··~~'1',,.1>>1! ,Commlssioners will also b& Republican, James E, Whalley and · Joseph H. Morrill, Democrats, were re-elected to the Board o~ Appr~l.sers and Serman P, s: for mayor ,a ,margin o! 73, but supp<)rt·ed the three Democratic members of the Board of Appraiser.5, who were candidates for re-election. The Republican councilman -In this ward was also eieoted. Ward 2 also divided Its votes somewhat. A number , of complimentary votes for Rear Admiral Douglas E. Dl.smuke.s were written In In this ward. ,Ward 3 _went Democratic thro,ugbou~, electing , the ,only Democratic 'councilman. Thls ward was the last to 1report, the tabulation being completed about 9.30 o'clock. Ward 4, the home ward of the Republican candidate for mayor, gave him a majority of 359 and the ward was strongly ' Republican throughout, a.s was Ward 5. This was the first ward to report and gave Goldsmith, a majority of 92. . . The Republicans elected' all three of their. candidates for the Board of Street Commissioners, with Dr. s. F. A. Pickering high with 2979. The councilmen-at-large elected were Wyman P. Boynton, Thomas J, Downs, Charle.~ T, Durell and Robert M. Herrick, all Republlcans. Herrick led with 2991. The ward councilmen are Roland A.. Sukeforth, Rep., from Ward l; Edgar A. Blanchard, Rep., from Ward 2; John J, Leary, Jr., Dem., from Ward 3; Frederick Schlegel, Rep., from Ward 4, ' and John Burkhardt, Rep., from Ward 5. There was no contest for the Board of Education, with Mrs., Katherine Woods being elected to fill the unexKENNARD E. GOLDSMITH .. plred term of the late John W. Toner. Photo by Kln~bury. : New members of the board are Wllllam 0. Flannagan and Atty. Ralph G. McRepublican, completes · ~he earthy, Those re-elected yesterday board, were Mrs. Pearl S. Gray, Maj. ChaunWard 1, frequently a Democra~lo cey B. Hoyt, John E. Seybolt and Mrs. ward, gave the Republican candidate Gladrs ?· Warren. I �. . · · • •' llnl1llllllntm11111w1lliiilnlliiililn n;mm llllllllllllllllllllTilllllmHlll\llfflllllllilll:lilllllllllllnllilllllllllllllmll 1:nu; FROM i lI LETTERS THE PEOPLE i e s Fi!UIIIIIIUlll,UlllllllllllllillllUIIIIIIIIUlllllllllllll:n11111111u111111111111111i11111111~ The Kidnaplng of Nathaniel _B artlett Edit.or of The Herald:This is the true st.ory of U1e kidnapIng of Nathaniel Bartlett at New Castle, once told ln whispers and later a legend. In 1840 Nathaniel Bartlett was In possession of a tract of land on the Wentworth Road, for many years known as Shaw's Hlll, where he built a shack near what Is now the summer home of Mrs. John Berry. He was a quiet, studious mnn, a lo.wycr by pro!c:;slon from up state, seeking to regain his health. He was retiring and shy, seldom went about among the people, never i;pent his time at the village store, and people began to call him a hermit; children fled at sight of him, having heard the suspicions of their elders-stories of witches, black cats and dogs that howled st night, attributed to him all the evils that happened to anyone In the community. I! a pet cat or dog did not come home promptly Old Bartlett nnist have It, would be the immediate conclusion, and the stories multlpJled until ·one day ln his absence a selfappointed committee visited his Bhack and reported finding i;evernl barrels o! cat and dog bodies sk1Dned and salted, which they claimed he was using for food, when It was well known that for a pastime he trapped mink and muskrat. Rumors were spread by parties who wished to get title to the property about which there was some question. Three well-known men formed a vigilante committee and one night In the early part o! 1843 went to Bartlett's shack, handled him roughly, - and took him across the fields to Clark's Neck, recently known as Locke's Point, on the Cape. They tore off o. part of his clothes and gave him, instead a coat of tar and feathers, and rowed him across to Seavey's Island, warning him not to return. Nearly dead he found his way to the house of Tom Abrams, now a part o! the Prison Cnmp near the water. They o.idcd him to recovery and removed the tar. As a further warning the shack was burned. Bartlett sued the abductors-one was not mentioned in the court proceedings-the others settled out of court. The attorneys were two very prominent Portsmouth la.wyers. Bartlett did not return and the land was sold to a prominenL New Castle Trader for a nominal sum. IVAN L. MELOON. LETTER: s~:FROM . THE PEOPLE· . 'Y\ • ' '. I IIIIUllllllll!IIIIIIIIUUllhllhUllllllllllllllllllll I have often been· asked ·the location of any ferry that may ·have· been operated between Kittery and· New Castle. The following letter from Gov. Dudley, dated 1712, gives the ·lnformatioI\ desired: "By His ' Excellency, Joseph Dudley, Esq., Governor and . .. Commandei:-lnChiefe, In and Over Her Majties province of New Hampshire . .in .. _.America and Vice ·Admiral- of. the. same. ' ' "Whereas, John Frost of the "J;:own of New Castle in the · province . of New Hampshire in New England, Marriner, hath made Application Unto me that there has been noe Ferry Settled, Stated or Appointed in the ·said ·town of New Castle over the River ·of plscata.qua to Kittery, In the ·province· · · of Maine, whereby 'Her Majesties · subjects are m.uch Hindered and · Impeded Jn the Journeys or Traveling. And Especially in the time · of Warr, Danger and Difficulties. , "I think it therefor Highly Necessary that there be a Ferry appointed and Kept in the said town o! New Castle over the Riv!lr of piscataqua to Kittery above said to land at or near a place called Warehouse Point. And there be- E~:~:;;,.";l:!:\!!;i,~ ing noe place in the -said Town of New Castle Soe Suitable and - Accomodated for nearness of handling -and Convieniency in all respects for• Keeper of the Said Ferry o.s at Haskins ·Point near to the Said John Frosts Wharfe Adjacent to his Dwe!li.ng House in New Castle aforesaid I doe hereby by Virtue of the Power and Authority in and !>Y Hert;:(J:M:,,!Jil'~ Majesties Royal Comm.lssjon . to me Granted, Grant and . cpnfj.rm unto the Said John Frost his heir:, a:nd ~signes for Ever the Liberty. of . Keeping . the Ferry -above expressed, as alsoe priviledge and liberty with the GundaloesBoats or cannoes belongl.ng to the said Ferry ' to Transport Man Horse Cattle , &c from Crafts point In Kittery aforesaid over to Mr. Gunnlsons point soe called In the Said Town of Kittery et.c. "Given under our ·hand and Seal o! Her Majesties prov~ce · ~fores~ld the 7th day of May In th!l.El~V!mth, Year o! Her Majestie Queeq Ann's. Relgne that now ls over Great Brlttalne, France and Ireland Defender of .t he Fait_h & C Anno Domini 1712." On the New 'Castle side the then residence of John Frost· was ·on the exact location of the house· built"by the late John Amazeen, Jr., direct descendant of the John of 1660. Point was .-· directly in front on .the .w.ater-side adjoining Frost. , . · ~.·_ 'i. MELOON. a Hasidns ---------- L: -- �. John Tarlton, e ec man. Rec'd. in full. Thomas Bell. Town or New Ca,stle · To John Tarlton, D'r. 1796 To Expense Killing the Bull $1.00 • Ct·, ' By one qr, or Dee! 93 lbs. @ 2 2-3 cts. $3.44' Today Is the 9!;th birthday anniver. 70 lb . .pr ·II!de sary of Mrs. Ruth A. Wendell, She Is 10 1-2 , !~. of, Tallow $·1.05 Alas Poor •.ranrus one of the oldest rt>sidents of the South New . Castle, Mar. 6th, 179'/ To U1e Editor of U1e Herald:End section of the city and, although In the early days or tile Settlement Town of .New ·castle unable to ge'. out of doors very much To Henr'.Y Prei;coLt, Dr. · of New Castle Ulere were very :few i~ in good health ' To confining the Bull, Sep. 1795 2 shll. cows; they had pigs, goats and oxen; The observance today took the form Cr. 1there was a very p1·evalent idea that . of a family galhrring, as has been the By 380 lbs. Bull, Beef @ 2 2-3 cts. lb. .farrow . cows gave l'icher m!lk..:.and custom in past years. One daughter A little later an association was Over a.. longer pnlod, . n,ltho ·1ess 1n Miss Ruth C. Wrnde I, lives with he;. :formed to. buy a pedigreed calf for the quanti~·. They •were · (lareless about mother, and the olher, Mrs. William benefit of the community, and their f.~eshening. At a town meeting held In Lamson, cam.:) from Brooklyn, N. Y., for efforts have been told in story and Maren 1705, ~fter a lengU1y .discussion song. Their attempts to teach it to the occ'.\sion. Du:·mg the day a numjt was voted , 'that tile Selectmen .prodrink had the usual results-a thor- ber of friends cailed to express their cure a ~ufficient Bull, on tb!l · town's ouch sprinkling and much profaniLy !Jest wishes and ·11,r,ny cards were reaccount:'' They,, journe~cd to Rye· nnd ceived. Flowers, 1 emembrances and and ended thu~evidently founct, 0110 to th'eh· lilting, as several birthday cakes were among the Geo. White bought a calf per the following b!1l: ' gifl~ rcccivcrl . : Wash White owned hnlf Town of New Castle \ Mrs . Wendell was hom on April II, Old Tuttle owned the head,To Joseph An1:i.zee11, Dr. , 18-h1. Her husllancl wn~ Andrew P. Ring the bell . the calf is dead. Aug. 1795, to cas11 paid Jos.' Seavey for Wendell. former \\'Cl! known There is no record o! any flll'Lher :it Bull, and my time· going and bringattempt to Improve the Island Bo- man, whose cleatl1 occurred .......,•.,.....• ing Bull, 5 lb. n .ohP, \. '1• ' vines. \\To 3.7 lbs. of ponaek ~ man to aid with Bull, 6 shit_ . 1 Tl)Vm of New, Castle . \ 1~ ~...,.,.,...,,,.-.:-,,.....,.,...-..,.,-_,..;,,..,.--...J~· ~~~ To John Tarlton, Dr. , , . Aug. 1705, going to Rye to bring Bull 3 sh!l. . · · ' ., . ' Town o! New Castle · ' · ' .To Sampr.on Bell, 1 To wintering the Bull hi ·1795, 1 2 lbs. fl shll. . . One can lmagL"le tb~re.· was not much excitement for a youncr feller among the Rocks and Bushes of the Mill Islanct ·or Bells Farm. One evening .in September he stoocr on ·a: ledge whe1·e the wi~d ,\':ould keep the flies away. First Foreign Cargo Sent To It was, and still · ls, a lonesome place. Since At the annual meetlna of the Chase The tide was low and the wind from Home for Children held on Wednesthe northwest. Suddenly there came i . mos eag O. day the following officers were elected to his ears . a joyous sound-his cars J ·' · · · • for the ensuing year: ca'me forward and he gazed fnr in the I Un~le · Sam. will shortly collect quite President-Dr. c. w. Hannaford. ,,-.,.,,..~•.•-. distance. From Capt. Shapleigh's isbit · of · money · through the PortsSecretary o.nd treasurer-William c. land came the voice of · his kin-folks. outh customs House · when the Col~ Walt1::m; Down over the ·rocks he went thru ctor, George A. Nelson, makes his Board oC tmstecs-Charlcs II. Batthe mudflats to Pest Island to Leaoh's, wading and swimming, sidrt- r1ext collection on a foreign shipment. chelder, William J .. Cater, Rev. Max/A?he shipment includes 202 bales of well Ganter, Benjamin Green, Dr. c. ing_ the pool to Shap!elgh's. There he ~ustrallan wool for the Hillsborough w. Hannaford, Fred w. Lydstou, Rev. met many acquaintances and relatives. His arrival unannounced created 1 ills a~ Wilton. The wool left Sydney, Arthur A. Rouner, Charles H. Walker ' quite a stir and . disturbance 1n the !Australia, on Dec. 15, 1936, and has William c. Walton. Board of managers-Honorary mem-' household as no arrangements had !since been tied . up by the maritime 1strlke· in San Francisco, Calif. This is b er; Miss Annah L. P.illow; president, been made for his entertainment, but he was finally given a small • &Ingle ,the first foreign wool shipment into Mrs. Wallis D. Walker; vice presithe Gr:;i.nite state since the busy days dent, Mrs. J. Verne wood; secretary, 1-.;,1•. i.;.:.~iil(H room near the horses. Capt. Shapleigh of the Amoskeag •Manufacturing Mrs. Charles H. Batchelder; treasurwas quite sure he had left home withCompany at MancheS t er. The duty on er of current expenses, Mrs. Norman E. out ·permission, so early the next the wool will probably amount to morning he sent word to Bell advisabout-29 cents per pound. Rand ; auditor, Mrs. H. Clinton Taylor; ing him of Taunts' whereabouts. It It will be shipped direct from the Mrs. Phillips B; Bad ger, MTS. G; B. was a sad trip, To the tune of "The we'st ·coa·s t to Wilton where the cus- Chadwick, Mrs. Jo3 eph P. Conner, Poor Qld Soldier" from a muffled toms officials will weigh It In and Mrs. W. A. Dorney, Mrs. Albert Hisdrum Taurus was forced onto a scow make up the total amount of duty J~n. Mrs. AllJt>,t G. Hunt, Mrs. R. Clyde i,..,t,-..c..i~r.a and the sequel . followed swiftly, the charge for the consignees to remit. Margeson, Mrs. E. Curtis Matthews, record continues: 1.. :._,..~~--.........-~,..,,.;:;....,.....- - - - - ~ l\!lr:;. Boardman M. itanclall, Mrs. Town of New Castle John E. ,Seybolt, l\Irs. Jeremy R. ,WalTo ' Thoirias ' Bell, nr: -, __ dron, Mrs. Charles H. Walker. To helping ge't' tlie Bull belonging Matron-Mrs. Florence Hill: said town from . Capt. Shapleigh's Assistant matron-'-Miss Florence land, 34 cts. ., • Hill. Mr, Foxwell ' Curtis (Collector). matron-ML~ Sir please to pay in behal!· of the town and it shall be allowed for the ear 1796. OBSERVES HER '. 95TH BIRTHDAY 1 ETTE . S FROM THE PEOPLE .r~'N'\~ nr: \. ·· LOCAL CUSTOMS ··. ~ ~ . \,~, ·HOUSE HANDLING ELECT OFFICERS · .woo~ SHIPMENT ,:i~~s~Eii: l N. H. . A re Busy Days Of , · C k �. ER··-. CHENEY EXHIBIT IS 96 TODA AT·LIBRARY ( Miss Mary Emily B~ewster Miller, one of the oldest womer. ip the city, is today observing her 96\h plrthday anniversary at the Wentworlh Home. Miss Mlller is in good health for one of her years and is up and about, although she has not been out thiJ winter. She enjoys reading and dr,es some painting. She was born l..11 this city on March 27, 18·11, the daughter of Rev. T. H. Miller and Mrs. Mary (Moses) Miller, and at an early age began a musical career. At 14 she became the leading soprano in the chtlr of the Univcrsallst Church. An attack or scarlet fever left her voice weak and she turned her talents toward playing the organ, and for many years wo.s au organist, not only in that cnu:·ch, but also in the Methodist and Baptist churches. She is a talented painter and for many years conctucted classes in painting on chlnn and work in olls in Lowell and also in Boston. ~he llns dono many fine portraits in oils. Among her work is the portrait or the late Mayor Frank W. Miller, a brolher, which now · hangs at City Hall, and ~hree life-size religious paintings and other smaller paintings .at Christ Church. Miss Miller received a broken right thigh when struck by an automobile in 1919 and that terminated her duties as organist. She was confined to her room for some time, and later fell, breaking her thigh again. She recovered and is able to g~t around with the ale\ of a cane. Her birthday anniversary did not pass unnoticed by her many Callers, gifts, best wishe~ and many other remembrances of the anniversary were received by her~at the Wentworth Home, where she has made her home for the ast 23 earsi 1 An exhibition of photographs of several pa1ntings by Russe11 c ·heney, na- ' tionally 'known artist of Kittery, 1s now on display at the Portsmouth Library_ The paintings are of· Portsmouth and Kittery scenes and ar~ of especial interest to local people. Those who appreciate th . art d.i.~played in their composition will receive especial pleasure •;;;.c•~'li<Z\:1~~ from this display of Mr. Cheney's work. The originals are now <;m exhibition ati,:....·,,-,,:•.:-.;;,_,,,•.• the Gnce Horne Galleries; '71 Newbury street, Boston, ·wl;lei:e they may be seen ill " ·u~ 1.1 Feb. 27. A review of Mr . .Cheney's ,exhibition in Boston, written by Irma Whitney and •, piwlished fa 1~~t Sunday's Boston Herald, pays the following tribute to the a:r:t of. this Kittery .a rtist. "Russell Cheney has received· wide attention for the sympathetic interpretation his oils bring to New England houses and watetftonts .and for the pearly color with which he endows them, His very :Jpecial co1or {luality is fu,thrir developed among the new can- , vases at Grace I Hbine's, where he has views of Portsmouth, Kittery. some por.trif.t.~ --and -still-life, A tour of the g;illery prings one llack to tbe landscapes_! They express so much of the personality_of Nqrt.Q,ern villages, with their ' block-shaped houses set at such fantastically irregular relations to one another along meandering streets under the ubiquitous church steeple. This Mr. Cheney likes best when .it all impinges on the docks where lobstennen gather on .sunny days. But best of all for this artlst'.s -cool -pallette, on days wheJ the sun ls behlnd . a .cloud, leaving the acades o! wetther-n:iellowed ?Id hous s with their ro'\','s (lf s1ghtJess wmdow eyes to sing theh- quiet melodies -0r color unwarmed by yellow light." Among the several art ,galleries where Russell Chen~y•s WOf¥ have been~ t:la1med are the 'Babcock ·Gall~ries and the Mont.toss GallecyJ both in iNew YDrk, City, the Wadsworth Aibeneum ~t Rn.rt.ford, Conn., and the Addison Gallery o! .Art at 'P hillips Andover Aca<h emy. ' Al; another ·.art critic has said, "Those , who know New England '1'.ill .feel the wintry chill, the threatening skies, ·the ionelirtess· •Of old roads, the tranquil beauty of Mr. Cheney's pictures." �PUBLIC LIBRARY .TRUSTEES HOLD ·REGIONAL· ASS'N. ANNUAL MEETING Dl~CTORS MEET The trustees of tlie Portsmouth Publlc Library held their annual business meeting yesterday 1n the trustees room at the library building. Mayor Kennard E, Goldsmith presided and the truatees present were W. A. Hodgdon, Miss Emma J. W. Magraw, Mrs. Fay Ganter, Rev. William Safford Jones and Rev. James H. Brennan. The annual reports were read and ~cepted, M1S3 Hannah G. Fernald's report as librarian being read by Miss Magraw. Tbts report showed that Portsmouth's library registered l,Q76 new borrowers durlng the past year and broke nll records !or circulation, the total gain in circulation over the previous year being 1,776. The library staff for the ensuing year was elected, with Miss Hannah G. Fernald being chosen as librarian, and assistant llbrarlam named being Miss Dorothy M. Vaughn, Miss Elinor Hanscom and Miss Frances Anderson. The report of the librarian for the year 1936 1s as follows: Number of volumes In the library Jan. 1, 1936 .. .-.............. 47,128 A meeting o! the board o! directQrs o! the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional Development Association was held last night. at the Rocldngham The following committee appointments announced by President Fmnk W. Randall were approved by the board of directors: Ways and Means committee-Abbott B. Drake, chairman; Hon. Charles H. Brackett, Frank C. Remick, George Ashworth, Hon, Kennard E. Goldsmith, Percy H. Burrowes, Fmnk A. Batchelder." · Legl.slative-Hon. 0. V. Henderson chairman; Charles F. Greenman, Ellh~ T. Adams, Walter G. Marston, Hon. Charles M. Dale, Harold Syphers, Forrest E, Knowles. Booklet committee -Charles . E. Hotel. Supper was served at 6.30 p. Ih., after which the business session convened., with Frank W. Randall, pres!- Greenman, chairman; Pro!. Arthur W, dent of tp.e association, presiding. Johnson, James P. Smith, Edmw1d A, A - committee composed of Hon, Tarbell, Gordon S. Dow, W. George Charles H. Brackett, Abbott B. Drake Nixon, Frank H. Pearson, L, E. Baer. and Alvin F. Redden, secretary9f the Planning committee-Hon. F. W. Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, Hartfo rd ' chairman; Shirley S. Phllrende.red its report upon a recent visit brick, P!).ilip N. Hobson, Wlllard , H. to Concord in the interest of this Drake, Simes Frink, Arthur W. Brown, region. John E. Elliot. James W. Tucker, secretary of the Projects for 1937-Frank W. Randall, Hampton Beach Chamber of com- chairman: Jomes W. Tucker, Hon. o. mei'ce, presented an interesting explan- V. He nd erson, Hon. Charles H. Brackation of the proposed Hampton Harbor t-et_t_,_A_b_b_ot~t_B_._D_ra.,.k_e_.- ----.:...........J toll bridge approach. Mr. Tucker explained that this plan would eliminate ~~ traffic congestion which makes access to the beach almost impossible on sum-. ~~ ~ mer Sundays and holidays. Other advantages, he explained, were \he aiding \ \ ~ '"'l o! sanitation by automatically draln!nglr.:D:-:'l'::::S'::1:=R:-:l,-=-e~u:-, T..;::E.,..,·""'r""'r_R_S_T.-_ ,., ~~ large sections of marshland, thereby 1, helping to eliminate the mosquito and bug nui.sance, the making available of t, U Added by purchase ............ .. 764 badly needed parking area near the beach center, the making available o! 'i'.he firS t eensus cards fn the census Added by gift , , . , , , . , •.... , .••• 78 building 1,ites which are now difficult taking- au.thorizecl.' by t.he city eouncil Added by rental •..........•.•. , • 236 to obtain, the providing o! a splendid were, diSf;ributed· yesterday, and• the Added by binding .. , , ........ .. 14 inland ~waterway from Hampton Har- remni~der wm be distribut.ed as soon 1,092 , bor northward and the increasing of as possible: For 3ome time· the board the toll bridge revenue. He explained ot. assessors: has Ileen making out, the Wornout or obsolete volumes disthat the project is necessMy if Hamp- cavds: which wJlll be, left itt every occarded-329. ton ·'Beach is to continue normal cupiedt residence il11 the· city and, yesNumber of volumes In library Jan. 1, ~rowth' 11,5 the state's largest recreation~ tei·cta;1r police. officers made. the first 1937-47,891. al cen~At_tatlng that It will be used. delivex,y.. 'New borrowers registered in and appreciated by all residents of the The. card: calls for the name of each -1,076, Previous year-951. state and the state's summer guests. occupant,, the. sex, date of l>il:th, citlMagazines subscribed to-67. . The matter of parking along the zeru 011 • alien,, status. in. house, married Magazines presented-13. waterfront and the consequent ob- or single; color, occupation, aucii place Volumes issued !or home use-97,412. · struction of the sea view along the of. business:. All: bhese· :u:e. to be. filled· in Previous year-95,636. shore was , brought up for discussion b;w those residintt in, each, house. Fictlon-53,439. Previous year-53,000. and the possibility of restricting parkThe. board! of. assessors wns authorAdult non-fiction-24,252. Previous Ing was considered. lzedt to, make: this: census with the 1,oyear-23,699. Juvenile-19,721. Previous year-18,Traf!ic conditions and parking prob- lice department by the city council 9:J'?, lems 1n the cities of Portsmouth and and is, asking the. cooperation ot ev.ei:yMounted pictw·es circulated-2,231. Dover were discussed and It was felt one, in the ci~ In, filling in. the• cards Pre,•;ou.:; year-2,948. that these matters should be studied as soon as possible and return them. further and be brought to the attention This, is an effort to obtain the correct: Gain Los Periodicals and general of the business interests. census of the· city. All cards will be literature ........ 4,322 5'19 . The Seacoast Regional Development left and called for by uniformed po-. Philosophy •and ethics . . 960 • 189 Association is giving much attention to l!cemen. I3 3 Religion and mythology 399 the industrial and agricultural prob' .Social science •• , .•. 2,102- . _ lems which confront the various sections of this· region, it was brought out'. Philology ........... 124 10 A discussion o! mosquito and midge Science • .. .. .. .. .. . 953 19 1 •·''"'' """"""' Useful arts • , ..·.... , , 2,126 62 eradication plans took place, SuccessFine arts· , .... , . , .... 1,865 28 fu\ work 1n thi.s lin~ has been done during the past year at North Hampton, Lirerature • , •••• , , .. 2,988 86 Rye Beach and Little Boar's Head by Travel ............. 3,406 23 the towns, it Ls reported. Biography · ......... 2,'115 10 ., The ·possibility that the proposed 1<;'./>fAll~,,'$iJ History •...• , • , .... 2,292 Total non-fiction. .. .. 24;252 Hampton. Harbor highway project may Juyenlle , ... , , •. .-19,'121 784 be . extended beyond Hampton toward Piction ...• , ... , .,53,439 Little Boar's Head at some time in the future was discussed. , Total clrculatlon-97,412. The next meeting of the association's Increase in non-flction-553: .,..tt,..,,,,-.-.... Increase 1n fiction-439. board of directors wm be held at Durg,_ifs~g.JJ Increase in juvemle-784. ham on Feb. 19. Total aln. 1n circulat!on-1,776. - r ,_rr, CENSUS "ARnis �- -- - ----- January nine marks the 171st anniversary o! that historic event When Heaven-sent patriots to Parliament sent The Stamp Masters' Commission, wrapped in their flag, Pierced by swords of Sons of Liberty who cournge had. They dared to do, even sacrifice their all, Standing first and foremost when liberty called. Pledging life without liberty they would not - endure. A cow·ageous stand that brought freedom to our shore. Their sacred standard, that · emblem of martyrs of old, Now just o. chaos of neglect surrounds the LlberLy Pole. Pride alone should prompt an appreciative state To dedlcaLe a befitting memorial to heroes of our state, Where nine years before the Revolution they made history. Heroes whose courage kindled the sacred fire of Liberty. On every battle front honorably our state heroes stood; Now it's time we honored their memory as an appreciative state should. They bled for sacred principles-appreciate the sacrifice !they made. They gave their lives like martyrs so Old Glory could wave. Unselfishly they cndw·ed and served for us all. A bit of sacrifice would for the souls of us all. Grant Portsmouth a State Park · Where history was made over four years before the Boston Massacre, seven years before the Boston Tea Party, over nine years before the BatUe o! Concord and Lexington, nearly nine and a half years before the Battle of Bunker Hill, eight years before the First Continental Congress convened, ten years before the Declaration of Independence was signed and eleven years before the Ranger sailed from our shore with that historic flag that received the first salute from any foreign power, made from dresses of Portsmouth lassies. Here assembled patriots that parLlclpatcd In the capture of powder o.nd arms at Fort William and Mary over six months before the Battle of Bunker Hill. Was it not the efforts of local Sons of Liberty that actually made the Battle of Bunker Hill possible? Sister states preserve, pcrpcLuate nnd beautify their historic shrlnes,-shrines appreciated, admired nnd prnlscd by visiting millions on pilgrimages to our beautiful historic East. Thousands annually visit this neglected area and here voice their condemnation for a state that has far too long for its own good neglected her sacred shrinesshrines made famous by heroes that figured so prominently in the Birth of ow· Nation. N . . DIES :rN:CAUFORNI Charles. Johll ·McDonald, 76, Marc Island shlpbuiltler; · · and · · ··a retired boatswain's mate · 1n·t11e·mwy died re~ently at the Mare Island · hospital 1n alifornla following a · long 1llness. He was born · in ·Portsmouth, the son of Neil and Mary-McDonald and lived in the South End 'district. · He attended the · Haven school and graduated rom the old high school with the class of 1878. After / graduating he studied navigation with the late .Capt. Daniel Marcy, later· going to the west "...,.");S,•..r-:..;coast and was for ·several years a member of the San Frnncisco fire department and · also· spent some time in the Alaska salmon canneries. · He later joined the navy and in 1897 was in Kobe, Japan, ·on the U. S. S. Boston and' from there took part in the battle or Manila · · under Admiral George Dewey. · · Following his The Liberty Shield, one silent triretirement from the navy he I employed at the Mare Island navy _,,._.,., •.. ~ •. .,. bute deeded to us over a century ago by those who realized and appreciayard and had resided in Valejo for "'"·.,,r-·a-•,:, ted the true value of Liberty. about 40 years. ARTHUR I. HARRIMAN Mr. McDonald will be remembered 'January 1, 1937. by many of the olde1· residents. He was a brother of the late Mrs. Wil~11<-.1l.1r.lliam B, Randall and Mrs . ., Francis Hersel', Mrs. Chandler Spkney of Eliot is a niece, and George L. Hersey; "'"''"''..,.L''·''"'Frank w. Hersey and Perley D. Hersey are nephews. Mr. McDonald re-entered the navy during the World war and made a visit to Portsmouth some few yeal's ago. He leaves a widow and foul' stepchildren. ~ LAMBERT MADE .PUBLISHER The Assocla ted Press this afternoon that .iohn T: Lambert a native and former well known resl- L:.~·....,(,~,;m dent~ of Portsmouth had been appointed publisher of the Washington Times, a Hearst publication. Mr. Lambert did his first newspaper work on The Portsmouth Herald. He graduated from Portsmouth High school with the cla.s5 of 1904 and 1n recent ..-.,,,..,...,"".·" years ha.s -become one of the best known newspaper men In ·the country. ! -~\ �make u brief notice. In the spring of 1934 a project was developed 1rt conjunction with the Publfc Works Administration of the . ' Federal Government. In this project I ! . • l • endeavored to interest the Federal Government in the eradication of certain slum areas on our waterfront district. The project was more than a mere eradication of slums; it included the rehabilitation or that area and Its ; I restoration by preserving many hist torically valuable houses and structures in that district. It is an income producing project which will tend to offset any loss of taxes ' due the city from lands or buildings which may be taken off the tax list. The Federal Government still has that project under consideration. "Another thing which to my mind ■ ,,. ' I is of the utmost importance in the fu11 ture growth and development of our \ , l city is the creation of a City Planning Board. Enabling legislation has been passed and it has been my earnest deFollowing the calling of the roll sire to create such a board. That, Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith and the members of the city council were Mayor Marvin gave the following ex- however, has not been accomplished. I sincerely hope that within the cominaugurated on New Year's day at :i. augural address: "We are met here today to inau- \ ing two years such a board can be es· -meeting of the council held at 10 o'clock. The oath of office was ad- gurate a new clty government. It Is tablished by proper vote of the city ministered by the retiring Mayor, Ro- my function. in relinquishing my of- council accepting that act. "Last year at our request the Nafice to ~ay a few words by way of a Fire Underwriters ''swan-song" for my administration. I tional Board of do not propose to talk about things caused a survey of the city to be madci that are done; rather should I prefer from the point of vfcw of adequate to let them speak for themselves. It fl.re protection. At that time I urged has been my proud duty to be the again the construction or a mlll1on chief executive of this city for three gallon elevated tower for the storage years. For the most part the work has of water and for the construction of been pleasant and the people of Ports- fire mains therefrom to the congested mouth most sympathetic and cooper- business areas downtown, ,That is a da}' - must be ative. Nevertheless, the work in some project which some instances has been arduous for the done. • "Mr. Goldsmith and members of the reason that during these past three years new problems had to be met, new city government, in the name of problems which hitherto had never those who have so well served their presented themselves to any city gov- city during these past years I take ernment. During this time the City pleasure in turning over to you a city Council has been singularly free from in financial standing second to none poliLical division in the debate and in the United States, a city In which every department is now adequately decisions upon municipal problems. equipped to do its "We have invited criticism and have and efficiently acted upon it when we felt it was work, a city whose streets are in exbased upon actual knowledge and in- cellent condition, whose sewer system . tell!gent appreciation of the problem is improved and modernized, funcat hand. When, however, we were tioning ,without menace to health. I confronted with carping criticism turn it over to you with the assurance that you will continue to administer i\1AYOR KENNARD E. GOLDSMITH from those who stand to condemn for the sole reason that they are not con- it as a public trust. Yours is the opbert Marvin, to Mr. Goldsmith, who cerned in it, or because they are portunity to pass on to the taxpayer in 'turn administered the oath of of- afraid someone else will receive ere- the benefit o! this rehabilitation of flee to the members of his council. . dlt for doing something constructive the several departments. "In closing I wish to o.dd a po.raTh~ meeting was called to order at we Ignored tllem, and quite properly 10 o'clock by Mayor Robert Marvin. so. The tendency in this city o! some graph which I read In this room two City Clerk Peter. J. Hickey read the of our citizens to condemn the public years ago today. " 'It will not be possible to deternames of the councilmen-elect .as fol- spiritedness of others merely because l 1i: Charles T .. Durell, Wyman P. they are not on the same side of the mine whether we are doing a good Bo:v.nton, Thomas Joh~ Downs, Ro- political fence is the one great obsta- job or not until the job is completed, bert Herrick, Roland E. Sukeforth, cle, to my mind, to the better ad- We must be open to all the informaEdgar A. Blanchard, John •Leary Jr., vancement of the health, happiness tion and o.dvice we can get, but in the Frederick Schlegal and John K. Burk- and prosperity of our city. On this end we must make up our own minds, hardt. point I should like to express a word pass our own resolutions, and stand Prayer was offered by Rev. Wm. of appreciation for the helpru1 cooper- on our own record. If •at the end of Safford Jones. ,atlon which my city government has the year we have decided among ourThere was a large attendance at enjoyed during the past three years selves that we have done a good an the inauguration ceremonies, with with the, Portsmouth Civic Council conscientious job, that is all we may many standing In the adjoining room and Chamber of Commerce and other ask!" He then administered the oath to and the halls. The Mayor's parents, community organizations. · Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Goldsmith, "Many things have been done and the incoming Mayor, and following and his brother Lawrence were among some things, due to various reasons the swearing In of the council Mayor those in attendance. or inexpediency, have not been done; Goldsmith gave the following inauFlowers from many well-wishers things, however, which I and my gural address: decorated the desk and front of the council .wanted · to see accomplished. ~~;:...~i.).,,~co~u~n:;ic~ll?".c7h~a~m7b:.:e;;r.;.·~~~T"7'".":"~7'~l,..;;T~oi!.,..!a~f~e~w'.,..!io!if_.Jt~h~e~se~I:...::s~h~o~ul~d~l!!ik::,e:.,......to~ I \ , NAO.GU.RAIED NeW .City Counci,;.Sw,~rn In On New·Year's Morning~ Sever- ~l:Appointments·. Made .Jo: ill Vacancies ..- ,~,~~~i;l<°Ji,•:.f•'~';;w -~~'.:..J2;~~~~..,;....~..J,,;..~Q,,..;.;.,...;..;..-?-·:..~--'"-"-.........." �"Members o! the City Council, and Friends and· Fellow Citizens: · "This occasion which brings us together today in this Council Chamber follows a custom that has prevailed since the incorporation of Portsmouth as a city in 1849. "The simple yet significant ceremonial which marks the inauguration of a new city government elected by the free suffrage or free citizens, conforms to the democratic ideals o! our representative form or government. "Such a ceremony, with its simple, sincere formality carries with lt deep impressions and plain implications. "We have here in a single municipal unit a vital illustration o! a government or the people, !or the people and by the people. Surely there is im, pressed upon each or Ull a solemn !sense ot the responsiblllties which 1 now devolve upon us. We are the , cl;losen representatives o! the people · to conduct honestly, economically and efficiently the peoples' government. In our hands they have placed official authority. In our hearts and consciences they have kindled both a desire and a determination to serve in fair~css and in good faith. "We have the experience of eventful years to guide · us. We have the dream o! a fairer and better city to encourage and lusplre US:- Om· pride in wha.t Portsmouth has nccompllsh1ed in the past should be a challengeto us tA build the greater city of the future. "To this service our- duty- aalls us. To a faithful performnnce every instinct o! manhood commits us. "One of your first, duties will be to choose officials to manage the various departments of this city. Make your choice wlsely and you may then feel that you, have handled' one of your responsibilities, to the best Interests of the people of Portsmouth. "As your Chairman, I, do not propose at, th.is time to make any promises which will obligate you in the performance of your official duties, But rather I remind you tl:lat all politiClal Institutions are man-made, and; all political machinery works for society ouly w1dcr the direction of human Intelligence. Being man-made and man-opcrnted no goveming body, no m:it.ter how. ingeniously contrlved, cru1 work perfectly. There· have always been cli!Iercnces- of opinion and there nlwnys will be. The coll upon your lntelligcncc and your moral integrity will be continuous, if this Council is lo perform satisfactorily the !unct.lons for which it. was crt>nted, ''This Council, like other institutions, hns been ostabli~hecl for the purpose of sallisfying a basic need of mankind, that is, orderly i;ovemment, and its existence mu~t be justified by its. ability to fulfill Its purpose. Our first question-that of serving the people of this community-is, therefore, our fundamental problem, to which all other problems are supplementary. "Your natw·al question then. is, what is our responsibility? My answer ls this: The function of thia Council-like any other legislative body-should be based on practical considerations involving you and your :•rn two years, we look back and see- thatr conclusion, let it be kep;t: tn. we, have spent money extravagantly nund that. this Council 1s. one o! the and unwisely, if we--have loaded upon general n&encies through which the the taxpayers a financial burden fa.i:. Welfare or our citizens· can. be promoin excess, to, that. whlcli they: would ted and tbe pro~ess or our city- dJ:ordil1arily assume, or if' we act irra- rected. This Councill is not all-_power. tionally upon legislation which will ful, nor can it wander far afield 1n it& not do the greatest good to the great- activities. But it is one ot the powerest number, then, and only then, have ful organized agencies having supervi"-'C failed, Therefore, strict adherence sion. of practically the entlre field of to that one fundamental problem ls civia activities. within thJs eonunun1-om· one a5surance that cannot fail. ty. If Jt is conti:olled b:ir a, few tar the: This principle appears· simple enough, development of , the!r o.vm sel&h inbut the overcoming of the numerous terests, it cannot: serve the purpose, difficulties will require all the- efl'm:t to~ Whlc_h Jt exl~t-s.. ~ the other hand! that we can devote to the we_lfare of 'if it is directed by a real .sensec or this city, .public dutY1 for the betterment o! so"We will be unable to pa.5s our anciety as a whole, it will\ serve a worthy nual appropriation bill this' year until plll'pose. , •c,,......,.:w, the adjournment of our- State Legis"The complexity of the problems Ev.,;.:+;t;,iw-:-r·•:, la tnrc when the State and Cow1t.y confro11tin& us, call for all the. in.tellit.nxcs are fixed. Howel'er, I shall ask ·genee and integrity that the. commuthe members of tlle Finance- Commit- nity, can marshal. It, is, therefore, tee to start work inuncdiatell' on the ver:r, imp.o rtant. that those. persons appropriation for our v::irious local de- who, because o! their experience, partments. Give to ea.ch department training, or ability, are more able a thorough examination, and with the than, others: to, deal' with these probrepresentatives of these individual de- lems should'. take. an active interest in partments, determine where substl),ll- our work. U the1r do not sei:ve directlial reduction <;an be made without ly as, officials. oc- municipal emplo:y;ees, impni.r!ng t.he efficiency which must they should be read$ to cooperate be maintained. ,with. us. by,- giving: adv:ice- and inform"Subject to your confirmation, gen- ation, or by criticism and political actlemen, I shall apJ?0int a Board of tivity- of tile- higher type where tlmt Adjustment which will be composed is· deemed! necessary-. Criticism., howof a representative group of men, The ever, should be direct and' open:. decisions of this Board are essential "W1tl1, a continuing_ sense- of i::eto the enforcement of tl1e zoning or- spollBiblllty- and an ellduriug appueclil1ances of the city. We fiave reached ;ciation of our duty to, the people of a situation where such action ls im- . this historic. city, let, us set, oursel't(eS perative. Portsmouth ls a city which to the accompllshmenb of the task b.eis rich· in natural beauty and historic fore- us. Gentlemen, let. us proceed to associations, but if we continue the business. practice of allowh1g gasoline pumps The mayor, following the completo be· erected in every- block in our tion of his. address read two letters city, om·· one- big asset, namely, our of' resignation, one- from City 1'11'essennaturar attractions and historical ger George Knowles; and the other shrines; will' be ruined: !tom Di•. I·faven T: Paul, as membel' "Our School Department should of the Board! of Health-. These were.. have our careful and generous- conand' successors chosen. ~...,,;mi~-.,.,,.-~,• sideration for here we are molding om· accepted boys and girls- o! today into our citi- Charles R. Qttinn \'las selected a.s city r.-·"~"''~'...,_-;, messenger to fill the unexpired te:cm zens of tomorrow and preparing them of Mr. Kno,vJes .. Dr. Philip, White was to take their place in the life of the community. No investment. is sa.fel' the choice or. the council in filling the and none pays larger- dividends than vacancy on. I.he Board of Health. Both that expended to maintain the per- selections were unanimous. Robert. M. sonnel of our staf! of teachers and the Bruce had. submitted hls i:esigna.t.ion El~·.~?.;~• equipment. of our schools, to the 1036 aounc!l as ' city, auditor, •:➔1.-ls·:::tr,~;'."1 "Om· highways should be kept UP to and t11e 193'7, council' unanimously .~ the standards which our tratric re,- named Rcmicl!.: LaighLon. as. his: suecessor. • quires. New sidewalks are needed in The report off Dr. Haven, '17, Paul assn:=•·"".~.;-;?,,; some instances and in others t11eyshould be improved or relaid. Winter meat il1specto1· was read and• ordered placed ou, fife: travel on sidewalks. ancr streets must ·Councilmalll Durell introduced a be safe. "Our water system should receive resolution autllorizing a .tempora.cy our careful attention with particular. loan of $250,000 In anticipation or taxreference to the maintenance of an es, and thls passed its three readin«s to become engrossed. adequate supply in case of fire. Councilman Herrick ''Provision must be made !or those resolution authorizing in need and distress-. They should be to renew licenses. cared for intelligently and symp:i.thecouncilman Leary presented a resotically. In recent years the expend!- lution authorizing the m::cyor to draw tures o! this department have in- his. warrant for such sums of money creased very greatly. With a continu- as- nece.ssary to meet payrolls-. ance of the present improvement Jn councilman Downs offered. ru resobusiness and the cooperation, of our lution adopting the rules. and orders business men, it. ls hoped that some ; o.f the city, CQWlcil as pru1ted. now on relief may find permanent Councilman Schlegel moved the and profitable employment_ To ac- passiige or· a resolution makfuir complish this abject. ~e ask the ad- funds available: All of the- resolutions vice and assistance or all ·employCl's. wei:e- passed unanimously-. o! labor. �I Thae rrui,yor next nnmed nhe- com- rmitteesc of tile- ~~ councU as follows: I' F'lnance>-Durell1, DownS', Boynton\ Herrick, Sukeforth. I Clty Land3' and· Buildings ...:. Downs; i Schlegef, Burkhardt. I Fire Department - Schie~!, Rerrlck, Leary. Street Llghts-Du.rcU, and Herrick. Printing - Herrick, Blanchard, 1:.eary. I Claims-Boyntoll', Schlegel, Burk: J:i.ardt. Elections-Duren, Downs, Leary. ' · P\1blic- Llbrary--Sultefortl1, Blanch. arcf and Burkhardt. B!lls on Second Rea.ding - Blanchard, Boynton, Leary. Accounts and Orctin:l.Ilces-Boynton, Burkhardt, Downs. Engrossing Bllls-Burkha.rdt, chard and ILea.ry Adjournment was r . . .~ · ' " " " · ' I OTARYClUB HEARS MAYO. -::Pcxi:tsmouth ls historic beauty. We heritage which our ancestors here. This city is unique in the manner in which our streets are laid out; we have only one main artery leading from Massachusetts to Maiue through Ma.yor Kennard E. Goldsmith w:u this city and with the increased trafthe speaker at. the weekly meeting- of fic of tile past few years aud the difthe Portsmouth. Rotary club at the- ficulties we have in moving through Hotel Rocking)lam thl-3 noon. John traffic, it will be necessary in the Seybolt p1·esided: and Dr. William. M. near future to relieve this situ:ition. Fan:ington acted as chairman and. Wl1etl1er this will be advisable by introduced the mayor. buildin~ another bridge be tween • 'ew Mayor Goldsmith spoke as !allows: Hampshire and Maine remains to be ''Re!e!ience was; made by yoUl! chair- seen. H not, I personally would favo'r' man and several: weeks: ago by- the a. plan waking Court street· l'n t>nnewspapei,s. in this part. o! the coun- tra.IMe to this bridge we now h.ne. tr:ir to the !act that Portsmouth. had We should, however, plan R. 1,y~tein elected as mayor a man o! twenty- whereby our merchants will not b? three years. o! age. probably- the endangered by loss of summer busiypungest. mayor in the country. ness: as was the case in our neighbor"U the history of Portsmouth. 1! onring city o! Newburyport. ly ~a.s.ually examined it will be found "To get back to our hi5toricnl surthat. young men were often enlisted' roundings o.nd beauty in our in its service. dentlal dlslricl.s or PortsmouU1, om· "In, Mr. May;'s. 'Early History oi Portsmouth,' it is related1. that the home ai·cas ha\'O been clnni:; rously first description of the New Hamp- impR.ired of late- years by the erecshire shore- of whicfi there is record tion o! Innumerable gasoline slatlons was the result of. an expedition headed and gasoline pumps throughout the by Martin Pring_ in. 1603. It is said city. "We have now a Zoning Boanl :llld that Martin Pring- was twenty-three years. old: when he was given eom- will in the next few months try to i11You mand o! the 'Speedwell' and led the eorporate a Planning Board. tl1e expedition which gave to the old are · all famillar with world the first description of the Pis- Boarct, but I :,hould like to cataqua. river and the coastline- of liitTe something about this Planning Board. This board is composed of the New Hampshire. the coun::il, "So we can find some consolation niayor, a member of in the. fact that. a young man. only elected by the council, and one adtwenty-three- years old accomplished ministrative official o! the cit~•, presomething- of value right here where ferably the superintendent of streets, who is appointed by the mayor. Tbe we now are. , ''Martin Pring- did not. alone and te1·m of office of these three memthe remamm • unaided chart this: coast and tile · bers is two years, Pl3cataqua river. He had the assist- n1e1mbers, avpointed by the ma:,·or, ar ance of. a. capable crew of thirty men ·six In numbel' and their term of o!making a and boys and of the bark 'Discoverer' tlce Ls s.lx :years, in all manned by thirteen skillful mariners. board or nine members. Their duty i:,, NNo man, young or old, can man- .dtst ci! an, to in re~ity plan a city of age the affairs of this city alone. For the future and to preserve th hls('Cficlent administration he must t-0rlc slu-lues o! the lJast. have the cooperation of all municipal From here on the Zoning Board departments, officials and employees. and Planning Board work in conThey must be a capable. well organ- junctiQn with each other. Thev deized crew, working harmoniously cide in case of a. new road, a. ~-k, a among themselves and with loyalty to g~oline r.tation and so forth, whether the citr, Just as the crew o! the these matters will be an asset ·speedwell' worked manfully togeth- detriment to the people of er and with loyalty to the sponsors or mouth. the expedition. , "AF. you see by this plan, we h:i.vt" "The sponsors of Martin Prlng's citizens with a civic pride and tax·voyage to. our coast were the leading payers-, .,,.orking together with your merchants of Bristol, England, and city government for a. more pro perall the people of that town showed 't ou.s Md more beauti!ul city o! thE' Interest in it and toolc pride in It. future. "The sponsors of the new municipal ''It a. man lh·ed a solitarr exi tence government of this city are the busihis one great prnillem would be the ness men and taxpayers of Port.5elemental problem o! self preservamout h. The people of Portsmouth tion, The ollject.s of his are backing us for honest, economi<'<>l would be food, ~helter and efficient government. Life, indeed, would be exceedingly "What ·we need is your continued simple. He would have no need o! interest, support and cooperation. language, no problems or social adW~thout it, little can be achieved. justment, no concern Ior a cultural With it, we cannot. fail. heritage. He would Jive wholly in the Hwm1; these things in mind, I , present. Introduce him suddenly, as should like to explam to you a few ot an adult, Into organized social lite-, the things; which we should try to do particularly o.f an advanced civilizain order. to make Port.5mouth a. bet- tion, and l'le would be utterly Jost ter city in. tfle future. he! less. He would be like a de- I SEND $6627 TO WASHINGTON FOR ELIEF I �men person; the continuance his physical existence would be pos- sible only as a public charge. His adjustment to the complicated pattern o! life about him would be impossible. I "But man does not live a solitary existence; he Is born Into a comf munity and has his being as one of 'a community. He finds himself con. stantly In more 01· less intimate relationships with others. It is through these relationships that he acquires cerlo.in tro.its nnd as his nssocl.atlon.s broaden he Is brought Into contact with a widening range or , organ!)-.ed groups and institutions. It Is out of this situation that man, not alone, but only in conjunction with his !eli'>wmcn in g·:ru!'l ' ,,· ·· · ·~··, raise the st11r ·1~r . Requests for the use of the Junior High School auditorium were received from the Rotary Club 'for a lecture to be given by Dr. William Beebe on Feb. 24 and from Mrs. Sara Dickey Simpson for a vocal recital to be given on the afternoon of Feb. 7. These requests were granted subject to the revised regulations. It was voted to authorize the superintendent to attend the annual meeting or the N. E. A. at New Orleans at the expense of the city. The Mayor then announced standing committees of the board the year 1937: Committee on High Schools: Harry W. Peyser, Mrs. Mary I. Wood, Rev. W. S. Jones and Mrs. Pearl S. Gray. Committee on Elementary Schools: John E. Scybolt, Ralph G. McCarthy, Mrs. Gladys Warren and Mrs. Ko.thcrine G. Woods. Committee on Schoolhouses: Henry B. Tilton, Maj. C. B. Hoyt, John L. Mitchell and W. 0. Flanagan. Committee on Finance: Mayor K. E. Goldsmith, Harry W. Peyser, John E. Seybolt and Henry B. Tilton. It was voted that these appointments be confirmed, after which the meeting adjourned. FLOOD RELIEF. PROCLAMATION Mayor Kennard :E. Goldsmith has is-, sued the following .flood relief proclamatton: Thi) cltiens of Ports~outh, as well as throughout the country, have been asked to assist in 1·elief of the flood sufferers. The flooded areas of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys have resulted in hundreds of thousands of people being made homeless and an· immense property Joss. The American Red Cross for many years has been one of the means for alleviating suffering and once again this organization has come to the front 1n relief work, It has issued an appeal to ra.u,e several million dollars. The first amount set was $.2,000,000 for the entire nation, but as the flood crest continues to rise, the disaster has been far greater than at first estimated. The Portsmouth Chapter was asked to raise $400 as its quota and the re· sponse when thi'l announcement was made from the citizens was prompt. A telegram received yesterday calls attention to the .!act that, due to the continuance of the flood and the increased number of persons made homeless, it is asked that Portsmouth . increase its•'•~·.;;-.;""'·~' quota to $800. When the call came to assist in the flood disaster in- New Hampshire last March, the response was prompt and generous on the part of the rest of the nation. We in Portsmouth, safe and ~-.a,.,.,,,,,.;~•'"'f;" . secure from such a disaster, can hardly """.;.-.;,·;,e';:-=,··,. realize what it means to people .forced to flee from their homes as the waters rise inch by inch. Prompt action is nece55ary, and I urge ·that you continue to assist in any wat possible. Portsmouth has always responded In the past to distress calls from other a.reas and I urge that we may prompt and generous oontributlons. ~;::;;;;.~~-~~~ir.!'"':';'1:.i1ii;tii;"~;\0:S:1 Reports Made And Various Committees Appointed _ Th!l regular meeting of the Board of Education wns held ou Tuesday evening at 7.30, with Mayor Kennard Oold• smith p1-esidlng. ...Members present were William O. Flanagan, Mrs. Pearl s. Gray, Rev. William Safford Jones, Ralph G. McCarthy, John L . Mitchell, Harry W. Peyser, John E. Seybolt, . Henry B. Tilton, Mrs. Gladys Warren, Mrs. Mary I. Wood and Mrs. Katherine O. Woods. The records o! the preceding meeting were read and approved. Bills amounting to $939 .65 were presented and ordered paid when properly vouched. The monthly report or the Finance committee was presented and accepted. At this time Richard D. McDonough and Alvin F . Redden, appearing for the Alumni Assoclntlon, mado a comprehensive presentation o! the association's plans for a series of basketball games to be held in the school gymnasium. On their . withdrawal a petition> was read by the Mayor, addressed to tho City C_ouncil by tho Rotary Club, requesting a su!tlcient approprintion to enable the board to open up the gymnasium for community recreation pur• poses. At tho request of the Mayor an expression ,Vas called for as to the board's attitude 1n case or favorable action by the council. This resulted in the following vote: "In case special funds a.re provided by the City Council the board favors a wider use of the gymnasium as suggested above leaving with the Finance committee of the board full power to act 1n the matter." The superintendent's report was then presented, which included the annual report of the secretary and the dental clinic. It was voted that this report be acce ted. ~ FUND ,., ,1,•. DRIVE OPENS HE The cil'ive to' raise money for the relief of the afflicted people in the flooded districts of the nation opened in this ' city this morning, when the KENNARD E . GOLDSMITH, Portsmouth Chapter, American Red Mayor. Cross, opened headquarters at the of.flee of •the New Hampshire Gas &L~::6._.,-..~"'."":"""""'."'~'!"!""""'."'~:"';".'.'""'.::'.":;7"":3': Electric dompany on Congress street. '1Vfrs: '.' Fiazel Steady, the chapter's executive s~cretary, c1,nd Mrs. S. S. True11\ian,,,a ~~lunteer worker, are receiving contributions today at that office, and Miss Dorothy F. Lear, treasurer of the Portsmouth Chapter, ls receiving contributions at the Portsmouth Savings Bank . ....~... > r.:.•~..._.,,...,,,, '';(:Portsn\outh's quota is $400. Croas wprkers will b'e at the Electri9 JCompan'y,'s office all day, continuing .......,,""'· ·until · the ' quota has been subscribed. It is hoped that this city's share of the f\l,llds so badly needed by the homeless1 destitute and hungry people of th!: .flooded areas of the Mississippi Valley li.:'~c·ti:t.;~~· may be raised quickly. . · · · No appeal for clothing or supplies fl~& ,~\:f,I}}~~ued 'as ~·rt and facilit_les _\or theµ- , for,)Varding to •the flood d1s~1cts have not .alj yet been. set up. Contributions . ol,money, however, are sorely ;ne/dect' ,with small sums being of asslstin1c~ :as·well as large amounts. �dred 1M'tlollru:s wl).en put together: .He call d'~tent~on_ to the fact that to' We '?stln:y,·r,norning contributions had be 1ti'i' f'air)y,Jar,gc Individual contrlbutlo s]~\He str~ssed the need of getting th smhl!Icv,,portributlons o.s well as the efle,"tnoiu)ts, , , ·1~~d~J bi the use of a map wti''On · a ,blackbcard· outlined , the d i~itef';hib f\reas, then told of ,, the ,posed 'p).ans for the raising of funds. ·The Red Cross fund contributed by 'C~l!BtE!d that high pressure i;olicltathe people of Portsmouth and workCrews From Portsmouth Hnrtl ft\vas mcit: necessary, adding · that ers on the Navy Ye.rd has now reached bor, Hampton Beach And , ey('#tfre llqt asklnp for sollcltati?n on the grand, total of $6,219.46. The.Navy t l{'pS:tt·,,o t ,t)lose present · but wa.nted Yard contributed $2754.20 and o! th,la Shoals •To Engage In · 1 _t 1Afl·,,to·,.rct,urn to their groups 1 . and amount $80 was contributed by a group ffC'\9'h~-was .wanted. He spok!' , . of Rescue Work ot Marines and sent to the National il.1+lrl~,.ta!l,lo appeals 'by varloua ,lndlRed Cross headquarters in WashingTwelve men from the U. S. Coast ldtlal~ ~t ~p.tervals during· the day .• ton, being ra1sed by the Marines even 1·~at11;;;1A:. W. Brown, representing the Guard stations on the ' New Hampshire before the appeal for assistance came a'vjW'!Carq,• told of the activities there coast are on their way with 26-foot from National Headquarters. self-bailing motor surfboats to the tn'Jbh~ 1t;i.1$\ng 9f funds during last The appeal. or the Red Cross ls ~irtg'B• .flood: during 'which ·he said ' flooded district to assist in the rescue slowing up somewhat, but until the !>,boa't ,$\700t was raised 'a'nd divided work at Cairo; Ill., and other places. disaster comes to end;' it wilt be imThis morning the following men ~tr!t>hg .Reg pross groups in Maine, ,New possible to determine the amount H,li.)'npsh\re;, and Vermont. He said tlw from the Portsmouth Harbor and needed. As the situation stands today snmo•syst~ of coilectloI). would be used Isles of Shoals stations left for Portthere is still danger 1n the flood ter!l'ntf,that as Thursday was pay1 day, on lan'd at 7.30 o'clock where. their boats ritory o! more havoc being wrought F~16ay a 'fairly complete checkup could w.ill }:ie, loaded on, cars and they will and until · the tl.odd, waters subside, the proceed :bY .. specjal train with men t:fif~de: amount necessary can not be deter'•J'oavld,· Qu'!ric' spoke ot the posslbll!'ty from stations on the Maine· coast, also mined. Contriliutlons are still rieeded. 'O!i 1•1lecurL,ng money through organizaa ordered ·to the . flooded area. The ·~.....,.~~~~~~~~~~'=-~,:"4·lfojii' Comdr. John ·E. Thrunk~f ' the S:10als; crew comprised Boatswain C. 'Vetcl,ans of Foreign· Wars told of plans H. Calder in charge, Master Mach. tor' ai .whist;, party,to be held at V, F. W, ¥afe Christian Doughty:, Surfmen IrHoh!O'on Fridny night, w1t1, all tho rewin Wass nncl WJlllam Buswell. , cet'pts to b·e turned over to the Red · .':{'he . crew from Portsmoulh Harbo~ Cpb~s.:1 r,'. . is; .. made , up of Howard , 'J!'ender1 • Mrs) f;teady spoke of the possibility son, Boatswain's Mate, in charge, of ··oth(!r .groups · holding moner ,raising Surfmen William Ramsey, Joseph events. , 4>he also expressed appreclaMessier and Roger Knight . •• , tlcni for j;he interest of the group atThe crew from Hampton Beach 1 " ,. , -;·J. '. WJ, Pi', 1· --~-- · I t'ending the meeting, station left on, Sunday afternoon with \" i·~·~, f, :,nrr-, . · the same kind of a boat and equipTl1e Red .c toss flood relief committee ·"·'Dr.-W. A. Dorney, vice commander of ment. This crew is in charge of II\ee.ti'!}1;$j hcl,rf on Wednesday afternoon 'Franlc,E. Booma Post, American Legion, Boatswain's Mate Clarence D. Beal at 2 o'clOc1r'it the Chamber of Com- stated that the 'Leglon had already conwith Surfmen Charles H. Faulkingmerce rooi · brought out 1representa- tributed to thJ local and state fund, ham, Leo St. Marie and Maynard tives of ir-n 'r:/er organizations. The· . btJ.t. th?,t tt would continue to make O'Brien. • meeting wa' t1'ie result of .a ·meeting £note contributions as the disaster grew. They were joined in Boston by es).rUei;, tn .e day of the 'disaster relief Rev. H. J.' Wilson promised the coopercm:r.ini.etl?f d a true· picture or· the atlon of the radio station, and Samuel Massachusetts crews from the Merrimac River station, Straltsmouth Staflood '¢olri ·1ons was ·grv·eii . and plans D,! •E astham,· president of the Kiwanis tion, Rockpbrt, Gloucester, Point Alm . adi (b,f'. ·r Ising money in this city to <l:lub, .sald his organization was ready to lerton, North Scituate, Brant Rock 11,llevul.tf'I/!: e s.uffering iri. · the flooded g-o to work where anything was needed and Manomet. to be done. The boats of the Hampton Beach Mooney, c~airrn;-i.n. of the ·'.'. Edward :'o~~• fi~ld ?~~cutlve of the and Massachusetts stations were Reclr/Jf9~ ,call~~-t:1:e ;neetlng .to 0rd ~r. Danie1' Webster Couhcll,' Boy Scouts of loaded on cars at the Charlestown AtllOt}II,~tl 9se prasent ..y;ere Joht} Sey~ , America, stated, tl).il,t µi anticipation of Navy Yard and crews transferred to bolt, Har~y W. Peysci:,. 'Edgar Blanch- the next caU -ljcJ.ng for 'clothlng he had .'>\,"~~~;::-'.~.~:~ a11'1,,-~/:1nvb Wilder, . 'Pr,, ,W. A. Dorney, contacteq the scoOtrtla~ters of the varl- scene or flood by special train, Charles . Gray, R!)V, -~- ;J. Wllson, ous trroop.~ to J>C ,r\!adf should such a Harry ·ncb~urn. ,Dennis Long, Sam- call •come . .. John, Sc¥polt called attenuol D. E th::un.'. , Morris Silverman, 'tion to tha .need fpr contact with busiCharles ·. Griffin, Capt. A. W. Brown, :ness houses . to readt the employes: U.,S.,~ . thur M. Clark, Alvin F. Red- . Mr. Randall .na~ed' C:harles W. Gray ~e~•'f;i.& . John Mooney, Mrs, Florence as' heatl of ·the (1,'omµi.{ttee to· . . arrange Wic1iier·, J\~:, -~enneth Steady, Mrs. broadcasts. Mrs, Steady w,as· named to 4 ·""' .,.., ..•• .,,morenc ! Cummings, Edward Young, be in charge of getting volunteers to asJ:ia~dall and Mayor Kennard. slst at the offices where the money Is E,JdM mitn:· ~ · being collected, these bem1l : at tlle May dordsmith was cane~ upon and ~ ed that the .citlzeps !)f Ports~ Portsmouth Gjj.S c;o. and the N . H. GM· fuout o tt(el'r ·pn.rt 1n raising money to & Electric C(J, assist hose who are 'in wo.nt i_n ; , tJ;i.e J.-_____;_..;;...,_~"."!':':=::::;:~~,..flood areas of the Mississippi and The Red Cross flood relief fund ~hto / alll>Y&, , ,, raised 1n this city and at the Navy Yard Mrt ]!.lfu()nay_, brour,ht out: that some amounts to $6,383.46, according to an :pesw 'were u.wa.ble . ~o contribute more announcement made by John B. .,..,,••,...,~,.·.• .., ttta, . Cquatter o~ ·~half-dollar, . but Mooney of Portsmouth Chapter, Am~e Ill 'the ;,;i.ped , o~ getting , the ,small rl .a ·:::•·..,,11.:..-ul!'>A,.QI am ctor,,p~ i;aid, the 'quartcrs. all? hal s"'fital;e tpe dolfars and the . hun- up 12 SENT FROM: -COASTGUA D :ON N. H. COAST NOW $62 1: . . . . o! areas.... ,.,.• , ,_ . JO~ft1¥, 'i~ . 0 ··, ·' �board on motion of Wyman Boynton. The report of the city physician, Dr. L. R. Hazzard, was next · ' rea'd ' and showed much activity on ,the part · of• the city physifian. The report was· as follows: , :, , . "House calls-hospital calls, 876. -. :; t;,.1~~'.il'Jf/: Office calls-467. Operations-Major 21, minor 12.- .. ,. As chairman of the Board ,of Health, licenses granted: milk ,. licenses, •'68;, victualler's licenses, 13. , · , Diseases reported to the Board -of Health and houses placarded · when necessary: Scarlet fever-16. Measles-179. Whooping cough-1. Paliomsrllit!s-11 ' , Clt!cken pox-11, M:umps-1. Tuberculosis-11, Diphtheria-1 •. ! Pneumonia-2. ·. Samples of water taken from wells ·and.sent to Concord for analysis--6, .· ,Samples of milk sent to Concord for -analysi'l-48. . yvith few exceptions ' tlie millc · that was: below standard was from ' 'tho smaller dairies. 'The pasteurized milk always conformed to standard, and we would recq_mmend the pa.stei.J.rized milk. Mahy_dumps and nuisances were inspected and conditions improved so far l\.t U1e meeting of tl1e City· Countur--:M:-:-e---,-mb_e_r_o....,f:--,-b-o-a-rd.,.....o~f~-e-x-a~m-1~·n-e..:.r,-s-o-f-1 _ r as the power of ~he Board of , Health ou , 'Tl1ursday evenuig, the plumbers-Dr. Philip H. White, D. c. . would allow. · ·' :11a.rlous city officio.I.~ were clwsen f-or Trustee of Trust Funds -tor three 'TI1ere is; however;- 'at present a practhe next two years, and althougl1· the years-William L. Conlon• .;;,;~' .. ; .·. tlci~lly open sewer which runs from the lineup politically is 8 to 1 fa favor of • The meeting convened at' 8.11 o'clock, Pond Laundry to the North· Mill Pond. the Republfcans, every official ,chosen with Mayor Kennard Goldsmith pre~. ·Any day in the summer a sewer ··odor received the unanimous endorsement siding, and with Councilmen ·· Charles can be detected. · The condition is un.;_ or the council. Practically all·the lead- T. Durell, Wyman P. Boynton, ,T,hom,~ ·sightly "and unsanitary and ·shoajd be ing officials were changed.' · · as J. Downs, Robert M. Herrlclc, Roland corrected. Your chairII).ati .. of the An . ordinance was presented, chang-- /1.. Sukeforth, Edgar A. · Blanchard, Board of Health and meuu~;...,;.ai;i..gi:llil-i :,;,_:,: lng the office of city physician, city ,John Leary, Frederick Schlegel and ,su~ge,st .and .ft is. the power of ~h~ -: 01~ in.~pcctor and bacteriologist, which was ,!')hn Burkhardt present. ,, Council' to correct this <londltion.'.!.r., ·. combine!l. four years a.go, Into two dif-· City Clerk Peter J. Hickey 1·ead .the Councilman Durell, in commetlda-· ferent offices, and thls :passed it.q first· report of the meeting held ...on.. Jan., l 'tlon, .said "I think that is 'a .wondei;ful 1:eading. ·.· and it was accepted. A petlt~n from report from a mp.µ who certa.UllY pas 1r11e complete; list of officers elected Charles M. Dale, asking permission to done his job well. · I trust and hope as Lg aH follows ; , . build a seawall along the Piscataqua the ·years go on the other. city, physlcOlty clerk-John J. Henson. · River and to permit dredging to a ians do their work as well." · • City auditor-Remick H. LalglLton. depth or six feet was received , and I Councilman, Boynton presented a . Olty solicitor-Leo Llber.~on. arantcd. A petition asking for relief change of ordinance, which called for Buflcllng · inspector--Cl1arles .W. from smoke conditions from the burn-· the appointment of the first assµ;tant :(-Iumphreys. · ' · ing or rubber tires in the 'vicinity : . ·of engineer from the permanent firemen, Ctt.r Messenger--Charl_es R. ~uinn, Washington and Court streets, ··signed :11,n~ tho second assistant. from the , call City treasurer-Frank P. Hunt.. by Garland Patch · and 20 others, was · ,[!1EJn. .The salary of the forip.er would Collector of taxes-Philip r-r. Sander- referred to the Board of Health. . . :be $1,800 and the latter $200, On moson. 1 • • .• - ·. ,.,. • . ..., _ Permission was asked by Ralph Wes- tlon of Councilman Herrick this passed Citf physician-Dr. George ,(\.-Tred.,,, ton of the Union Street Garage :· to ,its ' first reading. · ick. . · erect a sign at the corner of Union and Councilman Boynton next . Introduced · Inspector of meat-Dr. I-Iavetl • T. Middle streets and this was referred to a resolution repealing the - ordinance Paul, V. M. D. .. the superintendent of the Board of i:elatlng to the combining of 'the .office Overseer of poor-Jame.q O. · Petti- Street Commissioners. cit 'city physician, city Inspector , , and crrew. Several requests for street lights were bacteriologist, and adding a new _chaP,Supt. of burying grouni;l s-Jam,es p ; received and all were referred to the te~, calling for a city physlc\an to atGrlffin. Committee on street Lights, Two t;end all cases _of city patlen~~ ·and anChief of fire department-William P. were requests for replacement of lights other calling for a sanitary: Inspector Woods. . which had been discontinued, one on and bacteriologist, as the agent of the Pirst asst. engineer of fire deut.- Cabot street, betv/een Isllngton . and Board of Health. For the salary of .the George T. Cogan. ., . . State streets and, the other on Albany city physic!!\!! the sum of $1,200. was Second asst. engineer of fire dept.,. street. Appl!cation was also. made for set and for the latter $600, Th~ passed l?ranlc E. Amazeen. .. , the continuation of 's treet lights · on its first reading. . , , · ,. , . Inspector of wires ~nd . poles al'.\dJSherburne road. ' The Mayor offered the following ap• •~--~.,.,,...,.....~. supt\ of fire alarm-William r. Ramlall. An application for permission to polntments, which were approved by Member of Board of Health for threo store gasoline at Freeman's Point · by ;the council: years-William 0. Cleary, . the Seacoast Petroleum Corporation, '. Board of Adjustment ,under • ' the Inspector of plumblng--Cl~ment R. signed by Paul L. Gobbi, •was • received zoning law: Ex-Mayor F. W. HartMoulton. .. . and this referred to the zoning -ford, Ex-Mayor • Charles 'M, · Dale, George B. Lord, Frank :b,: Butler and Ex-Mayor Orel A. Dexter. • · I [E~ec·tii@1i11s ~l(m~lilijid~ 4.111 raoJHg O·tlhers -JohH J11.l~~e1~_ so1Jm As .City Clerk, F1rank IP~··.IH~·1n,t As City T1re,as~ iWlr 1r A1 id.lPlhiHil1p 1~11:San erson lis Ta~ ColHec·to1r · will 0 �, Sealer · o weights and : William T. Rose. Inspector of petroleum-Charles A. _.,,..,"!':~~.;r,:i Pike. of Education. Councilman Herrick made a motion that the Finance committee be given power to confer with the finance committee of the School Department and see what can be dc;no E•'-;.gcwr.;,::.,·~.,,. about this matter. The collector" or taxes was chosen as rent collector. Adjournment was at the call of the chair. Harbor master-Shirley Holt, Jr, Port wardens-Richard I. Walden, E. Curtis Matthews, John E. Seybolt. Lot layer-John W. Durgin, Jr. Keeper o! powder magazine-Leon W! Smart. , Fence viewers-Harry W. .Peyser, Leon K. Fennerty, Laurence .Shorey. • Weighers-Frank H. Grace Walter Alvey, Edward McMulkln, John C. Shaw, Albert Bauer, Herbert W. Pope, William 0. Flanagan, Harry Bryce, Thomas •:-..,u,.,J!". 1 Critchley, John Kellenbeck, William Llnchey, Helen Quinn, William Park,.,.__.=~..~""-' Anna E. Scott, Catherine Connell, Harvey Manary, Horace Haynes; ·C. E. 0sporn, A. Rafferty, S. D. Eastham, M. E. Anderson, Paul C. Badger, Peter Curran, Thomas Harvey, John Cass, Elen.·-::i~:.~~~'~: ora Regan, John Walsh, Arthut S. Teeson, Jeremiah Regan, Brndley Ii. Moody, c.'. E. Batchelder, Russell L. Davis, Arthur 0. Pickering, Charles Moody, 0r~,.,,-~~;L:'.II vllle o. Bndger and Patrick Healy. Measurers of wood-John Walsh, Jeremiah Regan, Wllliam M. Bridle and , W. A. Parks. Surveyors of lumber-Elmer J, P. Littlefield, Ha(old A. Littlefield, Rlch-..c,•...,...,.:.•., ar'd Weston, R. M. Fowler, Robert King, Joseph Soule nnd ICenncLh Llttleflnld. Inspectors of flour-H. B. •Yeaton, ,J. True Davis, Frank Hersey, ' Roland I. Noyes, Bessie M. v~_rrell and•· Stephen H. Goodwin. Councilman Durell made a motion that a census of the inhabitants··of the city of Portsmouth would be of value and that the chair appoint a committee of three to confer with the Police Commissioners and the of Assessors to get a list of the people who live in the city. This committee was given power to act. The Mayor appointed Councilmen purell and Downs and himselr. Councilman Downs patd· a tribute to City Clerk Peter J. Hickey and suggested a rising vote of thanks. The Mayor and councilman Durell, both of whom served ln the council last year and had close contact with Mr. Hickey, joined in paying a tribute and the councilmen expressed their than~s. At the ·suggestion or Councilman Boynton the Mayor appointed a committee consisting of Councilmen Blanchard, Boynton and Herrick to confer with the Board of Street Commissioners and report back · to the council regarding any changes which ·~!'"'iii:~~~~~ might be contemplated as a result of · the report of the Board of Fire Under,,_;it:,llll:'!'•1 writers made last y,e ar. Councilman Blanchard presented a 1,-,..J.~kltl"..I petition from the Kiwanis Qlub, asking that funds be appropriated to keep the gymnasium of the Junior High School open evenings and Saturdays. The mayor said he had ll similar petition from the Rotary Club and that- he had talked the matter over with th~ Board �a poem to, Washington, "Gone East," and a. lovely one to tho memory of Rupert Brooks. During the celebration of the tercentenary of Portsmouth Dr. Woodbury wrote a vivid poem describing tho pageant which was presented In conjunction with the 300th anniversary. Again pertaining to Portsmouth he .read a descriptive poem on the East and West India commerce. In commemoration of Albert Lalghton a beautl!ul poem by Dr. Woodbury brought out the character of this beloved local personage. Arter reading Celia Thaxter's ;>oem to a "Sandpiper" Dr. Woodbury explained how he was inspired to write also on these fascinating creatures of the sand. Among Ws collection he read a sonnet to John Keats and one on Phllbrims. While living in the John Paul Jones House Dr. Woodbury paid a tribute to the beautiful violets which bloom on the lawn. He read from his collection or poems on the tercentenary o! Salem, Mass., and from another collection he read short amusing poems on "Brownstone Facts,'' "Cows" and "Chores." Tea was served under the direction o! Mrs. William M. Farrington, assistant chairman of the department, who was assisted by a group o! Girl Scouts. -At St. John's church Christmas, the · feast of th~ Nativity, was celebrated il_1a _a manner befitting the religious s1g111ficance o! th1! day, starting at midnight p11ec1!ded by Evensong at 11.30 p, m. The interior of the ancient church had the usual graceful Chrl.stma.s adornings and at tho midnight Eucharist was lighted only by the candle-5 qn the altar and th lighted star. A large numoer o! communicants and . vl.si~r8_ atten@ this 1.tm>res,$1Ve and beautifuI midnight musical portion o! this rendered by the vested choir the direction ot Choir Master Ernest P. Bilbruck, and Miss Ruth R. Jarvis, organist. The Literary department o! the Graffort Club held its second meeting of the seaso_n at the Y. W. C. A. Friday_afternoon, under the direction o! Miss Ednah Ashe, chairman o! the department, and was well attended. Miss Ruth Sloan sang two musical numbers, with Mrs. Sara D. Simpson as her accompanist. · Miss Hannah Fernald, librarian oi th:) Portsmouth Public Library, gave a review of the new books o! the year and her talk was most interesting. She diThere was· a celebration o! the Holy vided the books into three groups, bioCommunion on Chrl.stma3 morning graphy, light and amusing, and fiction. at 9.30 o'clock. , In disCIL'\Sing the recent book by Carl Van Doren, "Three Worlds," she read a vivid description of the church Van Doren attended in his childhood, located at Hope, Ill. She stated, "The church at Hope was a sober club !or the encouragement of good behavior. The motto painted in bold letters on the wall behind the pulpit, 'Christian character is the test o! fellowship,' made up the whole creed. To be honest and decent in daily affairs was all that was required of any member, and that was required rather by the community than by the church alone. "And yet tile church meant more to Hope than any club. It had a kind o! music that wound itself in the memory -not the wheezing organ, not the dry Chri5tmas, tho feast of the Nativity, hymns-but the music o! rich, proud will be w;hered In at Saint John's words from the Bible falling upon ears Church tomorrow evening with serthat had heard them again and again vices starting at mldulgllt, p:eccedod and now heard them chime . with old by Evenwng at 11.30 , p. m. recollections." She spoke o! a number The midnig-ht Eucharist will be held of books, making interesting comments as in the· pa;;t with the church cl,arkon each. enedi, save only for the cand1es on the Under tho group characterized as altar and the lighted star. light and amusing were the following: A celcbraLion of the Holy CommunE. H. Abbott's "Being Little in Cam- , ion will be held on Christmas morni~ bridge,'' "All the Dogs In My Life,'' by at 9.30 a. m. · "Elizabeth,'' "Maxim's,'' "A Genius in The musical portion o-f the service tho Family," "Live Alone and Like It" at midnight will ba by the vested by Marjorlo Hillis, Mary .Ellen Chase's choir under the direction of Ernest P. "Thls England,'' Ishbel Ross's "Ladies Bilb:ucl;;, Miss Ruth Jarvis as organist. of the , Press," "American :Ooctor's The music will be as follows: Odyssey" by Victor Helser, "Heads and Prelude, "Two Christmas Carols, Tales" by Malvina Hoffman, "Flower• • • • • • , • • • 1 • ~ - • • •• • • • • Gullwar-t ing of New England" by Van Wyck ProcessLonal, "O, Come All Y~ .FaithBrooks. ful," . In the group or fiction she reviewed Kyrle • . . . . . . , .. . , . •• . • . . • Agutter "Gone Wlth the Wind" by Mitchell, the Sequence, \'Tllo First ,Nowell" latest best seller; "Yang and Ying" ·by Gloria Tibi • I • • • • • • • • • • • •• l MaUl].crer Hobart, and "Prayer for My Son" by Gratia3 •.. . • • • •.•• , , . • , ... . JYI-a.under Walpole. Credo • .. .. • . .. • .. .. • •.• • • Agu~ter The department was fortunate In O{f-ertory, "Christians ./\.wake" obtaining Dr. Benjamin C. Woodbury Sanctus, Benedict~ Est, and Agnus to read his own poems to tho group. It Del ... . . • • .·....... · .. Agutter was the first time he had read them in Adoration "Silent Night" this city and his selections wern well Glo~ia in Excelsis ••.. , , , MaundP.r read -in his polished and entertaining Recessional, "It Came Upon '1,'he Midstyle. His first attempt to write poetry night Clear" ls published in the · volume of "Poems P~tludie, "Now , Let on Portsmouth,'' and his next · was a · Adore Thee" • connet he wrote in Honolulu and which was publish~,d In a volume of war sonnets. �µR4_Tll TAKEs,:~-.: ·_ ~ LAST RITES FOR · words of appreciation,, s.nld: •·our 1':iend•, whose services and achievemen)s ·we commemorate today, was such a mode.st ipirlt that high.sounding word& of eulogy, would have. been abhorr-=nt to him. Nevertheless it !ls fit.ting ,t hat we would speak ·of The people or Pontsm.ou'th and surthe qual1'. ie., which e,i:deared Dr. Luce rounding towns pau.::ed l.n their daily . to us all. The first and fundam{!ntal tasks -today to _pay tribute to one o! chara~ter1",tic o! 1-his life was Its enPortsmouth's outl!.tandin,g citizens-Dr. tir,e, .slnc-eriiy. He impre.ssed all -!:Orts Thomas W. Luoe. The funexal; held In and cond!itions or men, women and rt.he North (congregational) church chilli.ren,, with his honesty a.n.d wa.s att.ended by a large number o! frank11es,. He did not pr-etend fo be people, many of whom came from other t.han he was. points in Maine an;d Mas;,achusetts . The second characteristic of our as well a.s various· sections . of Ne; friend's nature was his cheer.fuln,essHamp.shire. Mowers banked the !ron•t his abounding cheer!ulne!:s, in home o! the church, paying a .&ilent' -triba.nd, office, in sick room nn<l hospital ute to the memory o! Dr. Luce. ward, on the street and in the bank, The .service was, held at 11 o'clock whel'evcr he .touch-~d human life wi.th .flncb during the per.Jodi o! the servioe.s, Lhe il>lei;sec1 contagion o! good will. For the Nem Ha.mpshirie Naitional Bank of a bu,:y physician and surgeon carryWhich Dr. . Luce _wil.s vice presi~n·t, ing grave respoui:i.bilil!es It is not alwas closed. Offlcens and -directors of wayis easy to be cheerful. TI1e very nathe banks in ~his city wei,e present, tw--e or his work w,e-1.ghe,d: him down. and the flags .on the banks wea-e at He might be pa.rr.one:d i! at times he half ma;;t during the morning. sho\\·ed im_patlence an.di irritation. The Portsmouth hospital doctors' But t.he out.standing feature of th!.s. $'f;aff, of which Dr. Luce was smgeon- service spiri~ wa.~ an attitude o! in-chief and . the Porlsmouth Meddcal friendlhHss that disarmed suspicion Soc:ety attemLed in a 'bodiy as dtd tt h-e an,d! lm,tility. He ~ega11r.ed his fellowentire nursir.g staff of the hClSpital, men, not as pawns to be moved about an<l the P(Jrtsmouth Hospital Nurses' on the human, che.:~board, but as Alumni. fellow-workers, co-creators o! all that The bearers we.re all physicians, Dr. was finest in humru1 charnct~r and C. W. Hanna.ford, Dr. Davidt Parker of intellect. That maid,e him stand out Manche.::,ter, Dr. Ed:ward cook, Sr., of from the crowd o! those who mer,eJy York, Dr. Alfr6di Mitchell of Port- exist, but do - not live. No bitterne,~s land, Moe., Dr. Henry D. Smith Qf cro,v:tted his s,pirit. EYen the greafost Hudson and Dr. Samuel T. Ladd. 1 sorrow of his l;.J',e. was borne with a The <lruooists ot it.he city were also ' n.obl~ an-di ch~erful courage. His was 1n, a,t.t mdance as wea:e delegation.s , the'· k.nig]1Uy spirit 'that never :from De Wi'lt Clinton Commanceryi, , that never falters~ that :puts St. John's Lodge, No. 1, and the war- , heart into other rouls. wick club, and the city ;gov-enu-nent. ·Th~ third qualtty or which Phyisicians an,di f-urgeons from cities must say a few words is, faithfulness. in Massachusett.s, Maine and New I am sm-e that Dr. Luce would rathe-r Hampslre were also present. hav·e: pas.s,e<l on as he did in the very Rev. Aitthur A. Rouner, pastor or riclmess an.d rulnes, of his powErs ~ Nol"th church and Rev. William than to have ha-d his J.i.!e rust out in Safford Jon,e,s., .pa.stor or the Unitarian useless inactivity. Th·~ glory of l!!e church oonducted the service. Mr. to him was the :d.ailY' batUe, the conRouner gav,e the mtroductory ·sen- stan,t ~-truggLe, wher~ he coul<li g~t in tenc-e.s, the ·prayer or invocation. Thrue some telling blow.;; for better things, l.n a.ttJem.danoo recited the Lordi';; Pray- in a world which challenged him to er and the ttwenty-third Psalm. Mr. his best efforts. He carried his pa- t<,1~~1,ii-'tfil>~-'.fj~C Rouner spoke of Dr. Luce a.nldJ or h1B t:euts on his h~rt, and from his sick &el'Vil.ce ;to -·his fellow men. He a.loo chamber i;.ent me,sages of encourag-e.r-ea:cl! ,the scripture passages,, these ment and sympat.hy to nil who need~ being !rom the First Corinthians, the ed, his wise understan<ling word. 13th -chapt.ers, and the 121 Psalm. " 'Be thou faithful unto death, and I M:r. Jones l'ead the first seoUon of · will give thee a crown of l.i!e,' so the 38th chapter o! F.ccLes~ticus runs the andent -.scriptures. And what from the Apooryipba which wa.s a.s !ol- would that crown of llf.e have 1o,ws: meant to our dear> frien>CJ? Not an un•·Hon<mr a physician with the hon- real halo about his head, not a liftour due unto him for the uses which ing him abov>c the crowdt in f..e l!he may, have of him for the Lord hath righleousne,rn, not any glittering outcreated. him. For o! the most High ward prize, but just the opportunity cometh healing ,andi he shall receive to build his life mor,e dec,ply into the honour of 1h-e: king. The /skill or the life of humanity, here in these earthphy..:.ician shall lift up 'his h ead: and ly way& or there in _the erntrance into In .the Eight o•f :gr,rat men he shall be the great light. . in admiration. The. Lor.ct: has created ""To him that over~ometh will I medicin,es out of the earth; and he give to eat of the . tNe of life whlch that is wise will rot aibhor ,them. Was Is In the midst o! the , Paradise of not the water made swee~ wi.th wood, God.' " that the virme t~creof might be The benediiction was b:;, Rev. known? An-cL he hath given men Roqner. tkill, that he might be hoour.ed in his Before !.he ie.rvice began and marvellous m:idiately !fol1owing- ~he benediction, Amos Mood- , the · church organist _·.:pR::1t-W~ EUCE. · DR. T. W. LUCE f,~ .__.:...__ ,. ~ ,rominent (o~al P_~ysi~ia~ ·Dfos;At IUs tfome }· ,·,... \ . J?r, . '.l'ho,!!la.s .W. Luce, widely. known physician • and.· surgeon, passed nway shortly after li.30 oclotk thl~ inomlng at his ' heme'\ on Coul·t street;· 1'aft-e'.r a . 9rlef 1Mness. Dr. Luce .was ,66 years 91ct. .· . . . ' . . J; I The entfr-e communlty mourns a mun !lio \v.M }llOlje th,an a compete~& .phy:;ipian, more than' an e-xperb · · surgeon. U!s place in the h~art.~ o! countless persons to· whom· he had proved o. ~'rue friend and. comforter as wel) as healer ,will lo11g ,bP. bright. Rls los,<j wlll deeply felt by all who knew Dr. Luce s ;a man Ins well ~ a, let-.der in . the edical ptofession; ~ • . '... i • • ; Thomas ,Wa1;ren Luce, M. D, F. A. le : ~-• 1924, was born in Readfield. "Me., 9n ~eb. 15; 1870. His puents were Daniel ~nd Emily', Elizabeth (Lad,d) Lufe, ,both of whom were \descentlant..s of ·old and well known New England families. The f~rm in · R"eadfleict' · ~W:\3 ~ Oflglnally' q)eared by .the greatagreat'-grandfather of Dr. ,Luce, : • - ·• · • Dr., Luce. gract~at~d fr;'m .Kent's ~e~lnarr in 1888._ He i:ntered . ,t_he Medical· ~partme::it of Bowdoin Coll~ge and while 'a student was ,ass~tant~emonstfator· .of ana~omy,, graduatin~ }Vith honors, being secorid in a :class-of -~~ ;in 18~5,1 .J.he fpllo\Vlng ·, year"; ,I:i~ ·sjlrved 'as ' l:touse. doctor .in tpe•.·, iv,line ~e:nefi.1.r_f-tosJ>ltal at :Portland' and 'lat.er ~ntered_ in~o . partn~rsh'!p '. ,, w}Ui ;:_ '. ~r: ,~hett •young of; ;E~ ·~c11.~~er'.1·11r , , On Dec. ·27;-~9001 Dr; Lu~e . was mar-. 'r~ed. to' Nett~e· May ;Lelght:on;· daughter or 'the :,late, Hon:·.. Adaln , P. . .Le)ghtori? of. ~or~lanct; Me.,· and 1Jnimediate!y came ,to Portsmouth to continue; his ,.practice med!cin'e. To this,union .were born ,.t~p,'. daugliters·, Isadore" Lelgli.t~n a.rid :Smily• Elizabeth. . ·· :. · Dr. Luce was a member·of the P6rts'tj1outh l ·Medical • Society,· Rockingham :qoupty.-· So~i~_ty,. 'N/!W Ha~psh}re ~Medi-' cal ·Society. 'arid ', the N'ew , Hampshire Surgical Clul>.~having,;served •jl.S . Plie,sl~ 'd ent' 6!_all -thes!! organlz:ttiorµ,.' ·· 1, l;le \Vas ·a1~cna member . of the · American Medlca,l A:s.~ooiatlon, of ·the· New England ·Surgical- Society- ttnd,' a Fallow of the American College'.·o(Surgeons. :' 1He was--lo'caJ · surgeon for .. the · Bo~ton & .Mal.ne, Raii;oad- arid a 'nieinb.er of''the ~ew: :~{}rk ~nci .. Ne:wp,:i:;:ngla1!,<;I _A,.ss6cia- 1 tlori,of'Railway .Surgeons. For the 'past tv:_o~· y~ars, _lie ~w.~ :Surg-eon-in-chlef · of the -Portsmouth Hospital.. ·:: •·~ '., ' ' ,.·or. Lucf! -~8..!!-•a:ii}eniber 'of ,st.:. Joh_n ~ .E6dge,fNo.. 1;' Free' & Accept.;-d .MB.$brui~ -~£:Witt o!J~tori _,C-O"~?Jl'a.lldery; ·' Knights r,empl'ir;:: o~ i. i::or~m.olith :. '·/ BeJc,tMh 'Temple, .Ancien~ Aral;iic Order ' of No-' bies \.or the Mystic ' shrine of -Coriiiord. He a 'niem)>er and ·past ·president-of ~he~\V'a,nv~c~ CIJ~:A. me~b~r.pf .' ..the New . HampShlril"·, H1stor1cal '·, Society, ~ohn Langdon' dlu):i, : Federaf)'lre "Society and · Port~n1outh Country . Club. ·r . Dr. iau~e ~l;iad 'peen a·ss<;>clated·· wUh t~e N~\V l_Iamr.:;hir~!rationai' Bank .as ,...,...,a::.a..:d;.;:lrector and lately'' as vice pre;sldent . ...1......:.;;.=,.-iilii:,i:.;,•...,...:i..~.-..::~:.:;;::..--.i::':al""":i...._;.:,iJ;j.i..,;;;~i...,;-...i.,._ifllii.....;°:.:i.l.'ii......i.....:...~.....,.,;:lii.:,;;:.£;:;.:.::.~~U..i...,;j . , f JIW ,t 1~t ·d was �,----------"""---~:......-;_;...., ."°"?It" played several selections. Ushers were E. Curtis Matthews, Wi.!!i.'Ull Walton, Jr., John B. Mooney, Richmnn Margeson,and William Leslie W. Sargent RolandCraig, I. No:i,,e.s, The body was ta~n to Portland where burial was 1n the family lot in 'Evergreen cemetery undiu the direct.ion o! .J. Verne Wood. O'f=""'.r'?\.;:._-~;:,-r,-~ ~;:":'~;.;__-•~~~::::...:7 FRANK ·[, PRYOR·•, TAKEN BY DEATH Hampshire Society o! Veteran Freemasons. He was also a member o! t1'e Middle Street Baptist church. Mr. Pryor ls survived by his widow, Mrs. Helen Philbrook Pryor to whom he was married 58 years ago last September, and one daughter, Mrs. Louise I. Skilton o! Cambridge. Funeral services will be held at the Masonic Home, No. 351 Middle street, this city, at two o'clock Saturday afternoon. Friends invited. Q ..............----·----· '! Miss Adelle A. Curtis Funeral services !or Miss Addie Curtis were conducted at the Buckminste1· chapel at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by Rev. William Safford Jones, pastor of the South Ohurch. Tile interment was In the family lot 111 Sagamore cemetery under the direction or J. Verne Wood Miss Curtis belonged to one of the old families of Portsmouth and had lived Jn the Curtis homestead on State street about all her life. Her father the late Dr. Benjamin W. Curtis ,v;s one of tne old-time physicians of' Portsmouth. Miss Curtis, owing to a defect of speech, was aways very retiring, but she had the devoted love and sympathy of her parents until their death and they did everything possible to make her h~ppy .. Miss Curtis was a kmd friend and neighbor and fc: the past 20 years had been cared for by her housekeeper, Mrs. Kate Baslm, and a deep attachme~t hnd resulted between them. The rnd10 was [l. som·cc or'lntcr<.'St to Miss Curtis and she was very fond o! iistening in to the programs. She had been in impaired heath !or some time. In this city Thursday afternoon occurred the dea u1 o! Elizabeth Furber Hoyt o! Newington. She was born In Newington, Nov. 10, 1865, the dimghter of James Wllliam and Sophia Furber Hoyt. Miss Hoyt was a descendant o! one o! the oldest pioneer families to settle In Newington and the family home ls _on land granted to Sergt. William Fil'·,,~, about the middle of the 17th century. She Is surviv.ecl by one sister, Sophia 0. Hoyt. Funeral services will t- • 1• • ' I3uckmlnstcr chapel Sunday at 3 p. m. Friends invited. n~~;;F~~~-l?fflffl!B.7',~1::-,rF~"' FRANK L. PRYOR Frank L. Pryor, many years a resident of this city, died on Wednesday In Cambridge, Mass., where he has been making his home for some time. He was a native of Kittery, Me., and was born Feb. 3, 1854. He was a descendant of Thomas Pryor who came from England in 1634 and settled in Duxbury, Mass. He was engaged for a number of years in the hardware business on Market street being associated with Edward C. Matthews under the firm name of Pryor & Mat- · thews. Following the dissolution of partnership the late Warren N. Davis became a member of the firm whlch continued the business until it was taken over by the L. L. Peavey Co., Inc. He was one of the city's most active business men and served as · a member of the Chamber . of Commerce in the busy days of that civic organization. He was a charter member and past president of the Portsmouth Rotary Club. He was also, until his removal from Portsmouth, very active in . Masonic circles. He was· a member of St. Andrew's lodge, No. 56, AF & AM 1 and served for many years as ,treasurer of Washington Royal Arch Chapter, Davenport Council, No. 5, Royal and Select Masters, and DeWitt Clinton Commandery, K. T., all of this city. He retired last spring after serving a number of years as treasurer of the Ineffable Grand Lodge of Perfection, Grand Council, PriI1ces of Jerusalem, and tlle New Hampshire chapter of Rose Croix. He was also o.ITillaLcd with the New Hampshire· consistory of Nashua, Supreme Counctl of 33d Degree Masons, the New Hampshire Council of Deliberations, the Provincial Grand lodge, Royal Order of Scotland and the New �' ' WHERR:Y AT:_;. • .,I. RY.EBA BOR Interestink Article By Chas: F. Mard~n9 Formerly Of,· I 1• I I Ry·e. ,. .'. \, \ ,t :.1 I " t Charles F. ~farden- cir Malden, Mass.1 formerly o! Rye; is ·the autnor of a' very interesting se;rles of sketches o! Rye folks, which l~ter are to be published In book form. ¥r, Marden was born on the Sandy Beach road in. Rye- !n 1864 and served at the Wallis Sands Litesaving station under Capt. s. F\ ·wells. He is being as.slst~d ·In his work ·,by his nephew, Prof. George,'" Raddln; professor .of English ,literature at Columbla University. Mr, Marden 1s·wrlting urtder the name of "Cap\;. Truman Odiorne." The · following is one\ or his sketches: , By Capt. 'truenian· Ordiorne This is the story of George Bruce Caswell and the last -wMrey -of Rye ,older, ahii .Henry younger than Bruce. 'Both wentthrough the thick 'of the war •without a scrat1h. Ren Butler abtJended the Center SchQol aft.er he was mustered out. Charles Reuben was drowned. 1 • Bruce (nobody ever called him George) was a rather small man, stood 'bout five foot seven, shoulders rounded; he was ·sandy-haired, wore mustache and ehin whiskers, and toed 1n like a Injun~ a hard worke'r and always good-natured. I never heard him swear. Although most fishermen swore by note, I always maintained that the swearing of the fishermen ; was not profanity. They were Godfearing men and some were church members. It was just their manner of 1 speech and my good friend, the Rev. ' Charles Joy, of the American Unitarian 1 SoclE-ty, agrees with me. After the war, Bruoe goes back to his flshin.' He buys a small cottage on the Sandy Beach ro'd wlth an acre of land in back. ,e tilled h1s land and · kept a flock of hens. Sarah Liz Robinson, an elderly fisherman's widow, kept house for him. , I stopped abreast that cottage ond tlay l115t week. . It is all dolled up with paint and .electric gadgets. . I heard a t.elephone 'ring and a radio :going In the house---some politician blattin' like a goat, . One zero I wlnter day Br,uce and old Cap'n Lear were out on the Neck Grounds haulln' trawls. ' A sudden squall struck and capsized their wherry. Her loose ballast fell out when she rolled over. Her . grapple !ell off her bow, her rod ,llne paid out and , the grapple held. Cap'n Lear was an old man and helpless in h1s oilskins and red Navy boots. Bruce could swim like a seal. He managed to get Cap'n. Le9.r on the wherry's bottom and hung on to the keel with the icy seas washin' over them. Cap'n Lear was weakening fast but Bruce held him on. The squa1l passed over and the Mary Jane Marden, stannin' in from the southeast, picked up the two men and towed the when·y to the · harbor. Cap'n Gilbert Randall of the Mary Jane said Cap'n Lear WM dead when they got him aboard, and they pounded· the lee off of Bruce with a mallet. Bruce told me years after that he was nipped a mlbe, but he didn't ci>.tch cold. "Bruce," I asks him, "wa'n't you I Harbor. The wherries11of the Ip'.swich 'Bay fishermen wer~; built .o n the E;'ngllsh model and proQably .sorp.e :of . the English wherrles · were. brought over on some of the ea1y fishing '· vesse1s, They were from 20 t? 30-foot long, . '.~e~my, and most of th;em clinker· bullt. ~ ,· The larger ones . were called · · wha1eboat.,, They were all rigged the ' same~ They were bluff bow'd, rounded' at the st ••-n t) a square 'bout a food wide where the rudder was hung. Thay. carriM .fore and mains!!. The f-0remast was step'.i well forrld and the fores'! spread more carivas than the main. The sails were rlgged wlth a -gaff a.rid sprite .but no boom. Thls rig ena6Ieci the fishermen to furl the saU 'round the masts, unstep 'em and stow them along the rail. The b_alla.st was stow'd loose on the wherry's bottom covered wlth racks, so If she cap.sized the ballast would fall out and the boat would not sink. They were good sea boat,s. There was 'a cuddy in the bow and stern large enough to stow trawl tubs, oil clothes and odds and ends. Some were built with :·center scared when that wherry capsized?" boards. "Scared?" he says, "I was too allGeorge Bruce Caswell was. born on fired busy bold.in' onto Cap'n Lear to the Beach ro'd in 1844,., the son of a think 'bout bein' scared!" fisherman, one of eight children. ·He Bruce made a good living with his went to the Center School tm he was pension, flshln' and carrying out sailold enough to go fishin,• He was 17 ing parties in the summer senson. His when Lincoln carlect, and Bruce was w.qerry never stunk. He took his pol!among the first to volunteer. He was tics serious. Every Democrat to him in the Army of the .:otomao, se:ve-d was a darn old copperhead. There three years and· re-.enl!sted. He was were plenty of copperheads in Rye. 1n that grand review, in . Washington The only times Bruce ever indulged and no. prouder soJdler marched down In liquor was election times and Pennsylvania that' day than Private Fourth of July. In presidential camGeorge Bruoe Caswell. I have heard paigns he would march in the Republihim say that he was In 50 battles and can torchlight processions, rigged out sklrm_!shes. He came home to Sandy Beach sound as a nut, not a dent in I in his old Army blue coat with the cape him. Bruce had two brothers in the I and that ridiculous cap the. Union soldiers wore. At such times Bruce would Union Army--Oharles Reupen, 13 yeru;s fire u n rq_m !l,nd hurrah and yell to his heart's content. The night before the Fou'rth he would fire up, lug out his pld war muslvet, ram home a double charge of powder with the iron ramrod, walk out in the middle of the road, p'int her to the ground and let her roar. time and again he'd load and fire. How that old gun stood the strain without bustin', I don't know, but she did. Then he'd wash her out and put her away for another year. Now Bruce gets appolnted keeper o! tho Rye Beach Life-saving Station. No better boatman ever bucked the surf, but Bruce was too easy to handle that crew of surfmen. They were fishermen bred and discipline wa.s something they could not understand. What they needed . was a bucko. Drllla were neglect.e~ ,so that the inspectors recommended .. ll change. That crew got a skipper that whipped them into shape when that o.ble seaman and gentleman, Cap'n Albert Remick took the station over, I Cap'n Bruco g,oes back to his flshin' and sailing parties, and one summer he falls in love for the first time in his life. It was an unusual match. They were ·both ,Pa,st middle age. Mary Maguire was a typical Irish woman, born in Ireland on the shore of Dlnge. Bay. She had a wide mouth, a homely face and a dumpy form. But there was a charm about Mary, With Mr smile and lilting brogue: I knew her well. She was cook in a family that had a summer place up back of Great Oove. Cap'n .Bruce, who had a quick wit as well as Mary, made her acquaintance when· delivering fish in the kitchen, and that being that they fixed it up to be married in the !all. Cap'n Bruce was living alone His old housekeeper had died long betor,e. They were marrled by a priest. Now, Cap'n Bruce paid pew tax and went regular to the Congregational Church, but difference In religion never caused troube between Bruce and Ma.ry, One Sunday Bruce would hitch up his little sorrel mare and take his Mary to Father O'Callahan's church in Portsmouth. The next Sunday you · would see Cap'n Bruce, with hymn book undier his arm, on his way to listen to the long sermon of the Rev. Jeremiah Knight Aldrlch. They lived together a happy couple, As Cap'n Bruce told me, the happy yeo.rs seemed to fly by, and then the blow fell. The Lord called his Mary home and left him a lonesome wreck. For ~ears I never saw Cap'n Bruce except when I was at Rye Harbor for the fall gunning. He was getting old, but always turned out with h1s - comrades on Memorial Day and did his share In decorating the soldiers' graves. Every Sunday .he went to Mary's grave. Fishermen were now working their gear with power boats, but Cap'n Bruce still stuck .to his old wherry. Like him, she w~ getting old and shaky. Pleasant days in summer and fall you'd see him of! .on Little Cove Ledge or the Neck Grounds sawlng away on a hand line. Cap'n Albert Remick told him to keep off, the water in that old wherry, she WII.!! not safe. The harbor fishermen all warned hm he'd be lost in her �some day. Al they got out o! Cap'n Bruce was that the wherry was - the last one 'long shore and she'd last Jong's he did, I saw the passing of the la.st wherry 'long shore and I shall never forg,et it. It was late in September. I was layin' off Raggy Neck, toilers out, watching for coot. Of! on Little Cove Ledge I made out Cap'n Bruce in his old wherry, sawin' away hand-linin' !or cod. He had a boy aboard the wherry with him, · · It had ,been moderate all day, but • ! · ., ·,., · · ·• :r~ 'bout 3 o'clock It come one o! . them '.Regardless of the , plea of Governor smoky southerlies, · and it breezed up :r,,i;urphy · special road .. bills carryjng right smart. Then I sees Cap'n Bruce state ' appropriation o! more than' h'lst both sails and p'int up for the $373;000 over the next two · years have · harbor. I wondered If that rickety old been filed in the legislature. Against boat could carry both sails in that this local communities, under .. the breeze. As I looked, over the side they terms of the resolutions would conboth went, and when the masts went tribute about $7·8,000 to the same prothey split the old wherry like a mackjects. ,, , · ,· . .- ,., erel. The ballast fell out and she kept · The principle of tapping state afloat. funds for special highway jobs in' the, I hove over my buoy and started has been under attack for isev,( rowin' towards the ledge. I was hal! a e,·al ye. a~·~. , The state highway depart: mile nearer than the life-saving station 1v,1:mt ha's 'repeatedly 'wa1·ned that the and I might get there first. I knew the seepage ,of. funds was resulting in·:" a tower watch at the station had the seriol:'5 -~urtailment, .C?.f work O!], , &ta,te glass on that wherry ever since she put llrtenes. Recent governors have plead-· out o! the harbor. It happened Cap'n ed in '•.lain with legislatures to · restrain Albert Remick was at the harbor landthe practice. . , ' ing and had his eye on the old boat Every session, however, brings its when the sails went over the side. In flood of local road bills. .. jig time his son Walter's brute o! a Governor Francis P. Murphy: aspower Jouster boat was roaring out of suming office for his administration the harbor, with Walter at the throttle told both branches of the legislature Cap'n Albert steerin'. (There was he disapproved the practice. ' , I and no power boat at. the station). I "In view of the critical financial sitshipped my oars and watched. uation which prevails in the state They run 'long side the wherry, cut highway department," warned Goverthe sails and spar clear, took the boy nor Murphy, "and the apparent need of!, but Cap'n Bruce wouldn't leave her, for adopting a less extensive program so Cap'n Albert takes her in tow for the I shall be obliged to regard with dis~ harbor.· They run by me within 20 favor the introduction of special highyards. Calin Bruce is settln'. on the way bills. In the 'most earnest and wind'ard rail, head up, feet and legs in ' serious way, I urge the General Court the cold water. to support · me in this resolution." . I halls: "Are y,ou all right, Cap'n?" In spite .of Governor Murphy's , ferHis lips move but no sound comes. vent appeal 2~ separate special highHe ls crying like a child. way appropriation , bills have been' Not long after that Cap'n Bruce went flied in the ·first three weeks · of ,the out with the tide one night to whe1ie a 1937 Ge1ieral Court with another full robe · o! white was given !or his -faded w.eek remaining for introduction of coat o! blue. · With his passing went fl. bllls by individuals. · brave soldLer, ·an able seaman and a The largest ·amo.unt requested gentleman. the special appropriations is for the construction of a new highway of the most modern type from Portsmouth to the Sullivan Memorial bridge ; in Newington .. The cost o! this highway ls estimated 11t $175,000. No local funds would be_ contributed to the project , which is on a trunk line highway. ASKFORHIGHW.Y WILL HAVE . .. "'~_:: -FROM THIS CITY RESIDENCE ~·.: ; iTO TOLL BRIDGE FOR NURSF.S 'Yould -Speo d $l 7S,OOO ·0 ~· ./:· · T~unk .Lipe Project · ,· towns ·trustees Of. >wentworth " .~om~ Re~o~eljng ·For~~r' C J d ~~sideuc·~•,:::,, ,' -- -• 0 cor. ,> ! t - ,. The Mark H. Wen_tworth Home for Chron!o Invalids on Pleasant street '!.s ' to have a new separate residence for its .,.~~-,.,;.!'-,.Ji~::>, nurses, allowing the use o! the !ormer nurses' quarters in the main building of accommodate additional patients. The trustees .- or the Home have purchase·d , the residence o! the late Mrs. Elizabeth· 1H. Colcord, widow o! John E. ·Colcord,' which is located at •337 Pleasant street, about opposite th& Wentworth Home. .-T he building is being completely reno~ vated, with the aid o! a fund donated by an anonymoru !riend of the Hom&, and when completed about the middle o! February will accommodate twelve .nurses. , • Additional partitions are to be put In th& former Colcord residence to make more rooms and the building Is to be completely modernized. There will be new and modern plumbing, heating system and lighting installed and the house completely redecorated. At present the Homo has 44 members in its "family," with seven nurses, under the direction o! Miss Jessie McFarlane, R. N., the superintendent. The use o! the nurses' former quarters for Home members will allow an increase in the Home's "family" to 50. This will require the services of a few additional nurses. The Wenbvorth Home was founded In November, 1911, by Miss Susan J. Wentworth and named in honor of her father. It opened its doors to the publio in the historic building on Jan. 15, 1912. The manslon_was built in 1767 as the residence of Gov. John Wentworth, the last o! the royal governors of New Hampshire. �., , Pll.oto By Che~ter Davis Meeting of workers of Pol'lsmouth Cooperative Conco rt Association at Hotel Rockingham. -,The 'workers !or the Portsmouth Co- , zatlons to complete satisfaction and tlon are perm!Ued to attend, except operative Concert association are most predicted that Portsmouth's organiza- in instances of .house guests from enthusiastic over the reports , and tion would prove as popular. some other town or city, when due memberships being received l).t the With the forming of the Pi1rtsmouth allowance •i~ made. But this is not a headquarters located in the office of Cooperative Concert association, many sale of tickets. It is securing memthe N. H. Gas & Electric Co. Every- questions have arisen . as to its pur- berships to an association which prothing points to a far larger number pose. An explanation of the organi, vldes these concerts for its members. of . memberships than had been ex- zatlori and its plans is most apropos. The question of what artists are to pected. Not only is Portsmouth getting The organization operates on a non- be booked is usually asked first. This into its stride in the matter of se- proflt;non-loss basis. Unlike the old is impossible ' to answer at once Irecuring memberships, but surrounding Chautauqua idea, when backers often cause the amount to be expended is communities of North Hampton, times were required to come across not known until the campaign for Hampton, Exeter, Newington, ' Eliot, with a sizeable amount at the end of membership is over. The artists are Kittery, Greenland, York, Stratham the season, nothing like that can selected by the local committee and and New• Castle and Rye are sending happen. The campaign for members often through the facL that an outin genuinely enthusiastic reports. lasts, for one week (which is this week standing artist is playing in the viThe campaign for memberships in in this city and vicinity). At the con- cinity, it is possible to secure the serthis association closes at 7 o'clock clusion o! the week the campaign- is vices or that artist with much less Saturday evening and after that time over, and the amowit or money on , expense attached. Special membership no more memberships wlll be avail- hand is the amount of money to be · fees have been made for students, enable. John Kuneau, representative expended· for the three concerts. titling them to the same privileges from the Columbia Concerts Corpora- Sometimes if there has been a very the adult memberships. . tlon, declared the cooperative concert fine response to the campaign, a larg- · The more memb~rs jCYlnlng the asmovement ls sweeping the country, er number of concerts are held, but · soclation, w!U assure finer concerts and stating that there a:i;e over 120 new the minimum is three concerts. At the the local .c ommittee i~ busily at work cities forming such groups during the conclusion of the week's drive for In securing as large a number of pa.at year. He said that already Con- membership, the list is closed and no members ,a.s 1,>osslble. Anyone who cord, Nashua, Manchester, Laconia, one may join !or another year. ~o wlshes may call tlle . office, Tel. 1683 Lowell and many others in this vie!- -single admissions are sold for any or get in touch v,rith the various worknity have been operating such organ!- concert. Only members of the assocla1 I as �rs. M. E. gg from the. Ports· I?Puth Navy' Yard. : ... ' · .. , " ' . nepresentatives ' 'friim' 'towns in ,this vioinity were . a's",· follows·:· Mrs.' . Ar-· thµr L. ·Hobson,' 'Mrs.' ·Roy Gilmore, Miss Katherine.' ·B; 'Richards;: Jamea Leavitt . of Hampton arid' North HampCONCERT SEASON OF HIGH CULTURAL VALUE IS PLAN- ton, Mrs. Richard · ·currier, Mr . . and Mrs. Rlissell Sawyer of Rye; Mra. NED FOR PORTSMOUTH AND VICINITY Florence ·weeks; · Mrs. Rita Bragdon; A winter's concert season of high ~1.-n--,P""o-r~ts-1_n_o_u""th...,'-s--=d-ev_e..,.lo_p_1_n_e_n.,-t_i,..s_g_oo__,.d-1 ~rs. Rosalie Hate h , Mrs. Lena, W. cultural value to Port.~mouU1 and musfc, with which the name of the Brock, Mrs. Robert Sweetser of Greenvicinity was virtually assured through Portsmouth Cooperative Concert As- lau d ;· Mrs. Martin W. · Souders, Mrs. the medium of the Portsmouth Co- soclation is synonymous. This- organ!- Evelyn Smi th of Exeter; ste rllng operative Concert Association last zatlon will bring some of the · greatest ier of Eliot; Mrs. · Marjorie Tarbell night wit-h · the launching of "Good artists · in the world of music to of New CaSt1e. Music Week" and the contagious Portsmouth, and it plans to establish spirit of enthusiasm which ·charac- a permar:ent atidienc~ for the .~o_ntJmf _ terized the campaign dinner served ation of such musical enjoyment. To aproximatcly< 90 team workers and carry 011 this work the Asociation will captains ' in the bal1 room of the devote the entire week of Jan. ll Hotel Rockingham. to its membership campaign. Frederick D. Gardner, p1'esident of "I, Kennard E. Goldsmith, Mayor mt;;::i,,ii;...:..,::.loj~""""~ the Association presided and intro- of Portsmouth, do hereby designate duced John Kuncau, organization di- this week as Cooperative Concert rector of the .Columbia, Concerts ,Corp- Week and urge that during that peroration who will have charge of the iod the fullest possible measure of cocampaign in cooperation with the · operation be cxtend~d to increase the . · · -. , · . membership chairman and co-chair- association . mem_bership, and to enman-Mrs .. Marjorie w. Hewitt . and courage good musi\: whicl\ is essen:.·c · ·. Mrs. Frank Randall. · tial to . the cultm:al.. Ill> w~ll as the _ • Good music, pointed · out· 'Mr. Kun- material progress . q( our city.' .·· ·•• _ •. . . 1 • ••• ~ "'li"2,, . cau, ls a necessary factor in the Tile Ei:ccutlve,. Q911rn,ittee is as folV g'rowlh and development o{ any city lows; ' . : ' .. or communlly.' Concerts by world Presideut:-,-Frederick Gardner. · ' a •. ' .U famous 'artists add ' prestige ' and dis1st V. Presidents-Mrs. ' Beatrice I If t' e·· 1· tlnctlon to nny city regardless of size. Scarborough, Rev. Arthur A. Rouucr, .i ,. • • •. .~~ S The purpose of , the Cooperative Con- Mrs. Mabel Boylston, John Scybolt, , ,· . • • 1 cert Association is to make these Snmuel Eastham, Howard R. Smith, , Part of the P!'OPerty ,o!_J. iLLPQ~~·• concerts possible on a basis which I Nelson W~ight, Mrs. Jeremy Waldrou, m11,n· at .217 Mar)cet . st~eet, has been eliminates all financial risk on the' Rev. James J. Brennan, ;or. Kcmu~th purchased by ,thtY Oohsolidat;lon Ooal pai·t of any person, group or organ!- Steady, Ernest Bilbi:uck, Norman LeaCozp?a;}Y• C<?mmg ~n.J~/i.5~µ o!; zation. It is a voluntary, cooperative, vitt and n ·avid Kushious. , .this .: Pi:opert1· wlu· give- ttie \ Oonaoll.; non-profit-making enterprise with the , Secretary..:.._Alvin Reddell. dat!ot_l - q~mpany wa;ter7 1 ~ron~ t:'tjgh_ti. cultural ideal of bringing the world's Treasurer-:--B.e,n jalllin Hartshorn. fr()m ' 'if.a ' present", coaf ' 'dock.$ r. ·1;o · ·th~ finest artists to Po.rtsmouth. Membership Co - Chairman-Mrs. L'Udd •pro~rty · neat,",;~ Thomer>~'flsh Mr. Kuneau explained the plan of Marjory Hewitt and Mrs. Vida W. i:n,1?-J'k~t1 ,~t)~ lln<;l,~st~ the ~ale\va.<J, the CooP.erative Concert · Association Randall. . .m ade irt ()r~ei.'1that, th\'t coaJ company stating that at the end of the weeks' Headquarters Secy.-Mrs. Charlotte could. make impt~':'e.~ex>;~; 1n ; the· ~ay drive for membership in the associa- Moore. of wharf extension which may be un-. tion the money 111· the bank on SaturAppointments Chairman-Miss Ruth ~ertaken ,in 'the SPring ' of. 193'.f!;_ day night _is counted and "you know Keeney. · Mr. Coleman· will continue' bUS1• hqw much you have to spend. It is Transportation-Miss Dorothy Philne.ss in·; the •fro'nt ' part of .the -f:>uUding entirely up to you who you are going brick. h~ ' has occupied' for years. --•·: ' -' · t() have." Publicity-Rev. A. A. Rouner and "You have absolutely nolhing to lose, Laurence Shorey. it nll depends upon that word, coPortsmouth people who attended opcrntlon. It is •absolutely a. ' fifty- lhe dinner at the Hotel Rockingham fifty proposition," he stated. last night were as follows: · Mr. Kuneau told that three years Mrs. Lilllan .Gamble, Mrs. Ethel ago Nelson Eddy, star of stage, rndio Wlnn, Mr. and Mrs. John Dolan, Lt. and screen was a member o! the and l\'.[rs. C. R. Moss, Mrs. Ellen Bangroup furnishing concerts for these nister, Mrs. C. C. Sanborn, Mrs.' E. cooperative concert associations. At Bliss Marriner, Mrs. Victor Boss, M1·s. thnt time he was receiving $350 for Agnes Harmon; Mrs'. · ·Edith · Hayes, au apearance and ue to the demand Mrs. Kenneth .' Steady, · Mrs. Mary for his appearance he was signed up Warner, Mrs. Ma.rion · Griffin, Mrs. in Hollywood, and his reputation was Morris Foye, Mrs: Katlieririe Parring.: established. ton, Mrs. Grace · ·:s·auin, Mrs. Blan-· Others who spoke · briefly included chard Robbins, Mrs. · Irene· Parks, Mrs. Lew Da Foe or the Columbia Con- Margaret Junkli1s; · Mrs. Ethel Gardcerts Corporation, who will assist dur- ner, Miss Edlth· Shannon, Miss Ro-: ing the campaign work this week; Dr. berta Ford, Mrs: . ·a. Mayo, Mrs: Kenneth R. Steady, Mrs. Marjory Carollne Seybolt", · ·Mrs: Benjamin Hewitt, Mrs. Frank W. Randall and Hartshorn, Mrs.· Ma,'rion Rugg, Mrs. Ernest P. Bilbruck. Etta. B. Carpenter,' Mrs. · ·Alice SukeTowns represented included Rye, forth, Mrs. Katherine Hill, · Mrs. AuHnmpton, Exeter, Newington, Eliot, dr.ey Johnson, Miss Ruth Sloan, Mrs. Kittery, Greenland, · York, Stratham Pauline Swasey, Mrs. Sara Dickey and New Castle. •Simpson. o. H.· Richardson, Mrs. R: Mr. Gardner read the · following C. L. Greer, Haywood· Burton, Morrla proclarnatlon issued by Mayor Ken- Silverman,. Frank · w: Randall, · Louia nard E. Goldsmith: "One of the real Tober, Philip Borwick; Miss Helen cultural and constructive influences Zacharias. · · ·· · n er Grc p t.an- ·t·COMPANY BUYS·PROPER ' TV '! -1 :: Of, J~ -L.· OL['· ' AN · '_ r.,M Purchase Mnde Fo·r·P rpo·s'e Of Wharf· n on ' ' c: �Auto dr v g, s a pleasure o him and after a long ride with members of his family he rarely' complains of being tired. Mr. Weston ls an Episcopalian and a communicant of Christ Church. He has been faithful attendant until recently as his hearing has been more impaired of late. In conversation with a member of the Herald staff Mr. Weston recalled facts about his early life. He was born in England and as a boy worked on a farm, having come to Portsmouth about 43 years ago. For over 20 years he was employed at the plants of the Frank Jones and the Eldredge Brewing companies.· The married life of Mr. and Mrs. Weston was a happy one. Mrs. Weston passed away about 17 years ago. There are two sons, William R. Weston and Richard Weston. · A third son, Police Officer Weston, died last year. There are also five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Mr. Weston belonged to a long-lived fo.m!ly, having been one of nine sons, one brother being older than he . There ls riow one other brother living In England, also a sister, who is over 80 years of age. A broth~r, Daniel Weston, a resident of England, died a few months ago. An industrious, home-loving Mr, Weston has lived I!- g_ oo_d_ ll_fe_ _ __, has a serene old age and the respect of all who .know him. a -,. ' (. \ Samuel Weston, one of Portsmouth's oldest and most, re~pected residents, today attained his 97th birthday 'anniversary and with -remarkable health for one so advanced in.years. . . : The day ·was quietly passed at the home of his ,son,.- William R. Weston, and family oh ' Willard, avenue, with whom he resides. A birthday cake with candles graced, the ,dining tab)e and he received numerous· callers· \8.nd conL gratulatory·· niessag~s' throughout •:·, th~ day. · .~ ' · ;1 ! • While so inant ot our cit;!~ens are af~ fected with colds tlils winter he has "kept well iui.d' able to be about the house 'every day( He'. Is ve'!Y, active for , his age· a~d ·qne . cf · his recr~atlons . is. sawing and 'piling UP wood In the cellar of , his pome, q9in_g this for : exercise ..:.""/',};"',;;."",.j-,0·';",-·:,, 1 alone, even tho\tgh It ls unnecessary, and his family warn him not to everexert himself. His disposition is ... ~ happy one and he has always looked on the brighter side or life. He has been much lnterest~d in gardening in past years but of late, with if; TO APPEAR HERE Three concerts by world famous artists will be presented In Portsmouth during this winter season under the auspices of the Portsmouth Cooperative Concert Association. John Kuneau, organization director o! the Columbia Concerts Corporation,. has been in Portsmouth the past few days assisting the many local groups in organizing the aetails for the membership campaign the week of Jan. 11. SAMUEi, WESTON failing eyesight, he found difficulty in distinguishing young plants from weeds so he gave up garden work, although a J•~ii'i".t<ir:r-1 lover of flowers. He read much until the 'last year or two, but now finds difficulty in reading unless the . sun shines Just right on the newspaper as he holds it. He enjoys listening to band music over the radio, as he can hear it well. He goes.about the house dally and ~..-~~1<.!lil often in good weather walks par't of the way down town and enjoys the outing. The Portsmouth association Is organized, just as some 400 other 'cities in the United States, on a membership basis and ill a non-profit, nonloss community enterprise with the cultural ideal of bringjng the world's finest artists to Portsmouth. · The membership is secured in a one week campaign beginning January 11th. At the end of the campaign the ;membership !!st ls closed and no one may join for another ,year. ., . , The members, upon payment of the annual dues of three dollars for adults and one dollar •and a half for students arc entitled to attend au · concerts . which are presented by the association each season, without any adltional expense. No single admissions are sold for any concert. ELECTION BY ATHENAEUM The annual meeting of the Portsmouth Athenaeum was held Wednesday afternoon and the following officers chosen: President-Rev. William Safford Jones .. Secretary-treasurer -Norman E. Rand. Directors-G. Ralph Lalghton, William C. Walton, Wlllis E. Underhtll, Col. H. Clinton Taylor and Frank D. Butler. obtained hrough the collection of membership dues ls deposited in a local bank under the jurisdiction of the association's -treasurer. The money is spent only for the artists and the attendent local expenses such as rental of an audllorlum. The artists arc chosen at the end of the campaign week-when the exact amount of money to be available has been ascertained-from a list of more than 135 world-famous artists. The artists are chosen by a local committee and the choice depends on the number of memberships that have been procured. This practical concert plan, it was ·explained, assures an · audience before engaging the arLlsts and eliminates risks of random ticket selling and resultant possibility of deficits at the close of the concert season. Plans are now underway for a gala opening dinner at the Hotel Rockingham, Monday evening o! over 75 people from Portsmouth rounq!ng viglnities.,.,_._ _ __ _~-·~-~ �CITY COU~CIL ,. l last year at $10 a week, and the counCouhcilrnan~Blanchard •· asked that cil voted to continue to do the same the special committee on the water dethis year. partment be increased by adding the' Councilman Downs reported that the member· o! the · council from Ward 1, parking committee of the council and and this was so voted. He also stated the parking committee o! the Cham- that the committee expected· to have ber of Commerce were to hold a meet- a report at the next meeting. ing shortly. The council's committee On motion o! Councilman Downs, was increased to five and Councilmen the superintendent of streets was auLeary, Herrick and Schlegel were thorized to place a warning to auto named to the committee. drivers that they were in the school Councilman Downs of the City zone at the corner of Middle, Richards Lands and Buildings committee read and Austin streets, and at the suggesa list o! 13 insurance agents, among tion o! Councilman Blanchard at which the insurance should be dls- Middle, Miller and · Summer. trlbutcd, and this report was acceptCouncilman Schlegel moved that the ed on motion of Councilman Durell. council go on record as favoring that The 13 agents are as follows: Gard- the amber light at the corner of State ner Agency, Kennard Agency, Mrs. and Pleasant streets be changed from John W. Towner, Charles R. Kimball, 3 secondll as it now ls, to a longer peri- ,,.~,•.-........,.....,· W. T. Griffin, George K. Sanborn, od. He stated that there was only Trafton Agency, Harry I. Caswell, time for a pedestrian to take but sevKendall Agency; John SiseCo., Charles en steps before the light changec\ F. Tucker, Frank D. Butler and Hobbs from amber. The cow1cil voted to ask Agency. This is the same number as the police department to change tho last year, the name o! Schwartz be- amber light to a suitable length o! lng dropped, and of Kennard added. time. The Italian Cooperative store which Cow1cilman Durell spoke of a light.has a lease for a store on Market Ing system survey of the business disstreet, asked for the same period as trict that ls not lighted with mercury that granted the N. H. Provision Co. vapor lamps that. has been made, so City Solicitor Leo Llberson explained that when the time comes to add more that they asked for a 10-year lease. lights 'a systematic plan will be availCouncilman Durell, who made the mo- able and they won't be placed haption giving the N. H. Provision· Oo., & hazard. 10-year lease, stated that there was The mayor called attention to the the provision if the city- "'so!d- -th-; cleanliness o! the council chamber, and property the lease would be cancelled. the City Hall building, complimenting Councilman Schlegel presented an City Messenger Charles R. Quinn for ordinance defining the duties o! ln- his tine work. spector o! petroleum and fixing hi:! r,,-,~~~=~..,...-.':'!!'l!":"~=~~~~~:,''·: compensation. There was quite a discussion which started as soon as the proposed ordit1ance passed its first reading. Councilman Schlegel moved that the rules be so far .suspended as . to permit -!LR · passage. Councilman Boynton stated he did not think that was legal. Argwnents wree advanced that it had been done before. On the question of suspension o! rules, Councilman Boynton and Blanchard voted "no", and the , others voted "yes." Councilman BoyJ1ton explained that he thought that in the passage of an ordinance the members should be glven ample time to study It. An amendment was added by Councilman Blanchard to ihe proposed ordiance calling for annual reports to be filed, and the amendment passed, and then a second amendment, calling for. the compensation to be 32c per thousand gallons, inspected with minimum charge o! $1 and a flat rate of $2.50 per tank car and $5 per tanker. This charge will be paid by the company whose 1>etrolewn is being inspected. The amendment passed and the bill passed its second reading and on the roll call for the third reading to be engrossed councllmen voted in, favor. Councilman Leary inquired about the junk pile at the comer o! Cass and Albany streets, and ihis was answered by the city solicitor. The councilman also presented a petition regarding '-t1_11_s_.~,...,------------~..,.,_,.,... BUSY.SESSION: Committee Named · To Study Plan Of Anniversary Of Constitution The city council transacted routine business at its meeting held on Thur3day e\·ening. Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith presided, and the followln(f members were present: Charles T. Durell, Wyman P. Boynton, Thomas J, Downs, Robert M. Renick, Roland E. Sukeforth, Edgar A. Blanchard, John Leary, Frederick Schlegel and John Burkhardt. A communication from the Board of Street Commissioners regarding the Soldiers and Sailors monument at Goodwin Park was received, requesting :m appropriation of approximately $1,000 to repair this monwnent. This wns rcfcncd to the finance commlltce. A letter from Rep. Sol Bloom, regarding Portsmouth's celebration of the 150th anniversary o! the adoption or the United States Constitution was read, and the cow1cll named the following committee to make a study or the plan, Arthur I. Harriman, Former Mayor F. W. Hartford, Dorothy Vaughan, Former Mayor Robert Marvln and Rev. William Safford Jones. A communication from residents o! l\Iarne _ avenue and their neighbors, . ask.Ing that this street be accepted, was ' I read and on motion of Councilmau · Boynton was referred to the Board of Street Commissioners for a report. Councilman Boynton then inguircd i[ there was a list of streets that had been accepted and moved that the Board of street commissioners be asked to compile a list o! streets that are or should be accepted. This was passed. A request of merchants along Danicls street !or' two mercury vapor lights between Pcnhallow street and Market Square was received ~nd referred to the committee on street lighls !or a report. A communication from Frank Reed o! the Rivers and Harbors Conference was received urging that Portsmouth send representatives to the conference which \\'ill be held shortly in washington. It was the opinion that Portsmouth should be represented and a motion was mnd~ that the mayor and chairman o! the finance conunlttce bo sent to this conference. There was a discussion as to this and the measure passed. Councilman Herrick introduced an ordinance fixing the salary of the Overseer of the Poor for its third reading lo be engrossed nntl th! nlso pnsscd. The mayor brought up the subject of tree work that has been done In this city nud stated thnt for tho oullylng sections a request had been made for the city to furnish transportation to the distance. This was done all �Drawing ·of building L\merlcan . Legion 1,lans to erect on Coul't atrect The. p'r ogram o! the American Legion actlvltlcs, especially as they pertaln._to be adequate for its neccl.~ nncl hus purhas . expandeu to such an extent that the boy programs, have been seriously chasecl a building site on Cqurt street, the Post 1s forced to seek larger quarters for the 1ver-increasing -community program which . is sponsored• nationally by the Legion. For- the past several years the hampered by the lack.of suitable quarters. Being faced with the necessity or obtaining ac_commodations, the Post has made'I)lans to t'rect a building that will opposite Rogers street, for t.his purpose. Plans have been comp!. .... ·•~i: the building and the Post is to in- , , a building campaign to raise the •. . ·:lssary funds. �SHOWS MOTION i PICTURES AT< ROTARY CLUB The membe1'8 or the Rotary club were given a treat at their meeting today as they viewed themse·lves and friends on the silver 'gcreen. Dr. Frederick ;' S. Gray was chairman et the meeting 11nd he devoted the meeting to his hobby-moving pictures. These· included 1n addition to the clam-bake, held at the Pannaway club !Mt summer, scenes In this vicinity which were very Interesting. Dr. Gray ha., been Interested In amateur movies !or 11ome time, and his work ls excellent. The pictures, not only were interesting from the standpoint ot the audience but they were a credit to the photographer. Two reels were shown, the first starting In with scenes taken In the lower harbor, showing the lobster Industry at Jameson's wharf. Then the Rotary clambake was shown, with the bnseball and horseshoe pitching contests. A trip from Beverly, Mru.s., by air, showing Newburyport, Hampton Beach, Rye Harbor, NewcasUe and Portsmout.h proved most interesting. The second reel showed more scenez In the lower harbor, the first burlnl at the Isles qf Shoals in 40 years, autumn foliage at Lake Winnipesnukee, nnd finally storm scenes along the coastline. The films were in · colors, which addecl to their beauty. Mention was made at the meeting of the Ladies' night of the Rotary club which will be .observed on Feb. 10. John Seybolt, president of the club, spoke o! the Red Cross appeal for funds. Judge J. R. Waldron and Phillips Badger were welcomed back. Judge Waldron has been absent clue to Badger has been REPAIRING ~6L"1~ 1 FOR -AGED co~·f~ES· !' Ahorn~ f9r' agep co~ples: ·f~ nde~:i'~-, der the' provisions ·Qf t_h e will of Anna,h· _'l.. Dodge, Is now almost readyfror 'oc'cupancy at 258 Maplewooct'·•avenue, this city. '.;I'he new estabishmeht '· ·khown # the John Howard Dodge 8.Ij,d ,~.imati· R. Dodge Home. Vnder the. wlll, .Judge Edward H. Adal,llS .was m·a..c1e' trustee of the propei:ty and a: fund provided to ah ~OW tl:te necessarY. alteratiqnsf a.nd.'ln!~ provemen_ts· to be made for ,the ··estab,lishment of a home for :aged COUI#S. Throughout the suffiII).er. months "\Ork has been progressing,- transforming the fo:mer Dodge resldenc~ into ..lmo.st1at:1' _t~act~ve and convenient house. ?.f ;owapartments, two on each 'floor'. · '· An addition has been built on the rear of the building and large bay windows added on the front. An automatle hot-w~ter, oil-burning heating , systern to heat the entire· building' has ' been installed and each .apartment Ls equpped with a -gas range: Each aparf·m ent consists o! a living room, bedroom, kitchen-and bathroom, all entirely . ern and converiient. The entire ~uilcling has been completely renovated and redecorate(f.' An ,attractive sign ovei: .th~ 'front door bears the name o! ' ~he home 'and· the date of founding, i936: ',. · John Howard Dodge was •a · well known merchant of Po,rtsmouth, hav: 'ing conducted a furniture · store'.' 'on Market street· for many years. 'His widow survlv,ed him for a number of years and on her death her will left the property in trust for the establishment of this home for aged men and their wives, an institution which is gteatly needed in this city. . " It :ls planned to incorporate · the home after the project_ls in.ac_t~al ,op-, eration. . .: , This afternoon, between the hours o.f 2 and 4 o'clock, ·the home was open for inspection. ,.,. ·· · ·, ·· 'I: MOVE-TO HAVE. . DATE OF FAST -.-; ·DAY·· cHANGED . . 1. • , Would lllave. Last Monday· lfn 'f. ll 'April Set For Observance ' I I j 11\f u Holt"day ~ move is be-ing made to have tha FAst Day holiday 'changed - from the last Thursday in April to the last Mpnday. trhe p~·oposed change is sponsored b,Y. the Manchester Chamber of Commbrce which is asking the support of I:'.,:.:~,.;:"•·--,,~,-, other org_anizations throughout the state to bring this about. ''''"'"'·""'-~ (I'he authority to p~oclaim Fast Day isl placed in the hands of the Govern~r ami Council . , :A similar sugg,estion was. made this year but Governor Bridges declined to! act, asserting that an organized eff~t should be · made by the chambers tliroughout the state, sufrlciently earl:,1 enough to-make it pronounced that Thursday ls not a satlsfactoi·y time. Tj-ie chief executive could find no precedence for him to follow. :Acting upon thi.s advice, the MancqeS t er Chaml>er of Commerce has all'eady' communicated· with Concord, Rochester, Nashua, Littleton, Peterbdrough and Portsmouth asking their crper~tion in this endeavor.,"Immediately after the fl!·st of the year we are going to make a real effdrt to 1bring ~bout this much desired cl}ange." the loe!a.l ·organization· states. ,A majority of the cities have "open 5 oores" ' otl Thursday evenings and Fa.st Day, comin~ on tn/lt_date,_deL.:.i~~~~-")'..,.....,.,'l"!"'"""!~..,..,~11'!:"~~~~1 prives them of an opportunity ·, for night shopping. A Monday holiday, it la suggested, would glve the store employes a lengthy · week-end: vacation which would begin Sunday and tinua until Tuew.ay. mod- con- �.c~ .OF_,:~:..c. EM·BERSHIP ~ 'o IVE UNDER WAY (D)p ortunity •For/ Everyone To Aid In . · Commun1ty . ·. . ·: . Alth'ough ,• only a fev; team captains many other community services are have reported up to da.te the- efforts done. Without a Chamber of Com• ot those engaged in ,securing merp.ber• merce these things would not be done. Jilltips to the Portsmouth Civic- CouncU I! there were more private in!!iviMq Chamber of Commerce have been duals who were members of the Civic fiery successful. A number ot former Council they would -have more of R members have increased their · mem• voice in the administration of its poli• bership subscription over past years cles during the year and many pro• and all so far have agreed that -the blems which do not come to its attenambit!ous program which has been tlon at the present time would , bo tnappen out for the year should J)eiu• dealt with. definite results. · .. Those within the organization would ·Many people have the idea that the welcome the opinions of individuals Civic Council- and -Chamber of Coij'.1...- .who are not at the present time nierce 1s an organization made up members of the chamber. Many insolely of the · business .men of thci teresting subjects would undoubtedly community and ·designed to . benefit be brought up for discussion. Those them alone. This Idea 18 erroneous for interested in becoming members may it is ,,a,. community organization; based do so by communicating with Stow,! on the prli1clpal that that-. -, wh1ol!' .Wilder, chairman of the membership benefits any part of. the city benefits committee. t[1e whole. i,-...,.______,.,..._ __,..,......,.._..--.J It Is an organization which, ..indirectly or directly as the case may be, .makes its influence felt in every llranch of our civic life and thereby does some good to every ()itlzen•. That l.s why more private indlvidunls ah6uld be members. . The Merchants Bureau, an organl7.:fl.tlon within the Chamber of Commerce, is composed of merchants only and it deals directly with the problems ot those in business. The Civic Council Is much wider in scope and does it.<1 bit toward the betterment of ·tti.e community as a whole. New industries are brought here, traffic problems are dealt tilith, historic snrines are pre- : served, historical facts and other facts abou,t 1 our city ar!' ,given , to humlrQds, ot-Ps!Ople thrpugbout the '-eountcy -1md �n'\oU."' C.\)""~ 'be.v-- o~ C't>vv·"·w,e ~i~b~r (w'i C@i-imerce-1 •• ,~~tr~mig ~T~@use @f · 5 @1 ff ~ tsnio D'$ s Renders Valuable Service At All Times Needs ProperF,•o::ir.,:t,,'!'tfilil Support And Adequate Membershiµ To Care For Vital Problems The Port., mouth Civic Council and ever, what you may expect depends Chamber of Commerce ls the Clear- ·entirely upon yom· wholehearted parIng House !or every conccivnblc mat- tlcipn.tion. tcr of lntcrcst fo Portsmouth and the With civic pride, let territory for which it ls the logicn.l together. center. While mistnkrs have been Executive committee mndc, tlic fnct remains that, notwiU1- Dlrectors-Marlo.nd D. Knowles, John l"-IC·l!i,-.," st;mding any impressions to the con- J. Hassett, Frank C. Remick. trn.ry, nnd in spite o! enforced curDirectors-One year: · F. E. Brooks, tnilmcnt of acllvlties because of lack F. D. Gardner, R. C. L. Greer, F. W. of financial and other support, it has Randall, E. C. Matthews, J. E. Seybolt. nt ::11 times rendered valuable service Two .- years: A. H. Clark, J. H. Greennnd met in a fashion to lts credit sit- away, J. J. Hassett, M. D. Knowles, F. nations which might otherwise have C. Remick, Stowe Wilder. been detrimental in results to the Secretary, Alvin F. Redden. commw1ily and parllcuJarly t-0 lrnsiTrc;i,surer, E. Curtis M:atU1ews. nt•ss. Committees Uuforfunnlely, many lmportant Finance-J. E. Seybolt, Chairman; f1mctlons of this civic organization IP. B. Badger, Benjamln Hartshorn, o. nrc never rrmerally l:nown, parlly be- A. D::xter, C. B. Hoyt, \V. C. \Val ton ca use it is iH1possible to publicize Jr., F. D. Butler, J. Verne Wood. cve!·y detail :mcl partly because there Work ' Program-F. W. Randall, :tre many of us who seldom visit the Chairman; Mayor Kem1arcl E. GoldoJiice. Throughout the year and par- smith, M. D. Knowles, J. J. Hassett, ticulnrly during the recreallonal sea- F. C. Remick, F. D. Gardner, A. M. ron. when three persons could enslly Clark. b.e l:c>pt busy, calls or every kind come Membcrshlp-Stowe Wilder, Chairto the o!Iice by mn!J, telephone or man; Franlc E. Brooks, Sherman P. visitors, and any service the Chamber Newton, Wyman P. Boynton, Orel A. ls able to render contributes, elt!).er Dexter, Richman S. Margeson, An- P.'.~•:::rr.t.;;l'~~i!"i 1li rcctly or indirectly, to your indivi- drew J;i.rvis. 1 dual and Institutional interests. Mercantile Activities-J. J. Hassett, · With proper support of an adequate Cha1r1ian; J. E. Swanson, E. E. Cole, membership nnd ..1. willingnc:;:; or U1e J. H. Grccnn.way, L. M. Alkon, L. W. mrrnbcrs to rrnticr service through Tyler, · conunittee assignments and otherwise, Publicily-C, W. Gray, Chail'man; JJropeL· functio11l11g can be carried on A. P. Redden, T. H. Sykes. 1mccessfully. There is no other way. Industrial and Housing-A. , No citizen can afford to pass 'lightly Brown, Chairman; John Leary, R. M. over the vital problems which must Bnice, Thomas Neal, W. C. Walton Jr. be faced; problems of p..1.rking, trafAgricultural-P. W. Hobbs, Chau·- L;·.,,.,,~:.._,,,!'r:1 fie, transportation, housing, legisla- man; C. H. Brackett, Simes Frink. t.fon; employment, recreational, indu.sRecreaLlonal-1\lrs. F. W. Randall, trial and ngrlcultural development, Chairman; (Committee to be comple- IL.r•:~,oi:--.~,; ., Jlltblieity, ]Jreservnlion o! our valua- ted) . blc hlstoric shrines, nnd countless othPublic Affairs-F. E. Brooks, Chau·cr matters which can only be studied man; J. J. Hassett, E. A. Blanchard, S ,~•.:r.:,ll:<i,~,••~i~<'lB': intelll"ently nnd constructively IP. Newton, R. S. Margeson, R. H. Atthrnugh the facilities or thls civic or- well, R. I. Noyes, Dr. s. F. A. Plckerganization. Ing. Committees are now active and Harbo1· Development and Transporworklng hnrd. The orgnnimtion ls tatlon-F. W. Hartford, Chairman; H. wide ' open. Offer what you wlll. How- L. Moore, Rev. Wm. s. Jones, A. I. "'~'-•· 0 '"•·•,.,,,.. _,,_ _ _ ..,..._ _ _ _~_...,_ _ __,.,Harriman, l\frs. Katherine S. Hlll, C. I H. Magraw, H. M. S. Harlow. Women's Activities-Mrs. Mary I. Wood, Chairman . . (Committee not completed) . Navy Yard-P. C. Remick, Chairman; F. E. Cushman, M. J. Barrett, I;. H. Crowell, F. O. Trefethen. , Conventions and Celebrations-Andrew Jarvis, Chairman; C. W. Smith, A. E. Richardson, S. B. Simpson, A. G. Hunt, D. H. McIntosh, L. A. Robin- Jf~•il).;'~~-'i•t-t .son, A. H. Woolfson. Traffic and Parklng-A. M. Clark, Chairman; Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith, 0. A. Dexter,· F. D. Butler, L. G. Peyser. �Thayer with his gentle, scholarly race and q~let 'voice, with his kindness ·imd• under~tandlng . _"'Portsmouth has many such people. '.They live · out. their unobtrusive • lives here thinking, no doubt, that they arc · · · UI),im.portant'. But they are . mistaken. Miss Helen ,Boylst~n And Mrs . . Margaret Ayer Cobb Speak The ' ·'tradltlo1i. of graciousness which ·- Before Large Gathering they have 'kepe alive is in the very faces 1 . \ , . :.-, : '- · · · ·,. '. · · · · · ,. ' _;___ _----::-c-::-- -- - - - - 1 of 'their l\ouses-for anyone to see. It5 The Graffort cltlb Wednesday Her . l~ffc ·was as follows: influerlce is more far-reaching than held orie 'of u;e pl~as'ant~st 'meetings •of "About a year and half ago I came they have ever dreamed. the year: atlcf ·ther!l was an • eiccep- home for a brief visit, and I brought "Yol). were bl'Ought up in that tratlonall)'. ' large att~n~ai1~e! including a a friend with me. It was her first visit dition. 1Your children are absorbing it. number of visitors, Th~ return to to Portsmouth and so, with consid- If, they think it old-fashioned now they Portsmouth ' of one/ 10! its daughters erti.ble pride, I drove . h'e'r around. WB will not think so later. They will be whose talents has · wori for her, recog~ didn't miss a street, an old door, a grateful. For they will find when they nition ni the lite1'ary ,world, Miss Helen lovely house. Theri I took ·her to call go away ,from home that they have Dore Boylston, brough't out a large on one or two old friends, that she taken with them· higher standards and number to welcome her: In addition; might have a sampler of Po.rtsmouth'a . a, finer sense of values than they will Mrs.' Margaret Aye~·•cobb, wife of the hospitality. find elsewhere in this greedy indusIate Frank. Cobb ·of ' the • •New York "When we were returning homo trial era-standards which are a barWorld, was ·also present as · a guest·. along Middle street she said suddenly, rier against cheapness and ostentation, speaker. , ; 1 ,. ',. , 'Y.ou were born here. You can come and all the olhcr ennnnrJ,s o! the sec,Mrs~Mabel· Boyishm, president of the Into ·this town and talk with these ond-rate. club opened the·meetlng and extended people as one of them.' "Only .a few evenings agd Constance a welcome to the, visitors and member:;. "I hadn't expected that kind of com- Noyes spoke of this very thing, She spoke of the 1uture -meetings · and ment. · ''.We were sitting In the livi!lg room theri introduced Mrs: .Cobb. Mrs. C,obb, "Why, yes,'' I said. "Why? of her apartment looking out across who In hei' earlier life attained . a place '.'She was sllent for a moment. Then Morningside Park at the lights of in the music w·orltl, still retains the she said slowly: Manhattan. Her children had long graciousness and perso11ality which was " 'What a lovely heritage.' since gone to bed, and we had been so outstanding then. Taking for· her "I hadn't thought of Portsmouth like remm1scmg for hours. We had begun subject "Music in Every Day Life,'' that. I saw it only in the light of in- with the sunny, first-grade room in Mrs. Cobb spoke of the music of the tensely personal-and sentimental- the Farragut school-with its smell of human voice and the difference in·-the memories. I hadn't considered It in any chalk and geraniums and pickled limes. sounds o! different ' v-0ices. She told broader sense. My perception vanished And we had come on up . the years to how the difference in -sounds was ap- before the fact that I had played ~he daf that eighteen jum?r~ and senpalling and sometimes PlJ.inful to for- marbles and hop-scotch and hare- 1ors from the Portsmouth High school eigners-especially the people from dif- and-hounds In these , old , streets-'that had played truant en masse, and then, ferent sections of this country. Mrs: just there was the place on Rlcha-r ds overcome by their own temerity, spent . Cobb stated that Milton . wrote that avenue where I had fallerii off my bl- a nerve-racked morning thinking up the English In ,the North closed .their cycle riding no-hands. I thought o! explanations for their parents and Mr. mouths against the cold north .wi11<l Portsmouth and r heard the sound o! Hobl>s, and fleeing to the woods behind and those were' the people that came chuch bells In the rain-the sqeak of the Country club at the approach or l'l.ll<r,,•;;i:-~ over here to settle. Then she showed sled runnners on snow-the fire every cur. how those who chewed gum were apt alarms that woke me to terror In "It was strange, after this orgy o! to talk as they chewed. A German poet the night, and brought my father's being young again, to find ourselves sald "voice is man," quoted the speak- soothing voice and · tender, steady still, in New York. And Connie said, er, ' adding that it Is true and that a hands. I passed .:the Sinclair Inn and unexpectedly wistful, "I wonder it I beautiful voice is in all of us and rep- saw it, not as an Inn and bustling Mo- oughtn't to go back and live in Portsresents the sounct' of; each one. She to!' Mart, but as a ghostly place a[ mouth-for the boys' sake, if for no said that David Belasco said that shrouded furniture, with green lawns other ,reason. Portsmouth gave us everyone talks differently and that you warm in the sun · anct· t ·. remembered something I would like them to have.' want to talk like yourself. · that Caroline Ye;ton an.d •I had played "She added that she came home us Mrs. Cobb toid of many interesting store on its veranda, and how ·Dor- often: as she could, but it wasn't things about how to. use the voice and othy had assul'ed me · that something enough-the boys were never in Portsspoke o! the· pre:;,ent day fash'i on of lived in the upstairs rooms, and that ~nouth long enough to absorb its qualclothes and how_it _is neces,sa,r y _for the the harness in the stable was plated 1ty permanently. 'You have to live women to stand erect, adding that it is with solid gold. there,' she said. "Aren't you glad wo a fine thing for . th~ , voice .. ~h/1 gave "Portsmouth was a smell 'of the sea.· did?' several voice · exerci~~s ,a.pd told how "Once, in Gibraltar\ at midday, when "What I said to Connie then I the English talk with ·a n 'opcn throat as a hot wind . from the Saliara, bJ,owJng would like to say to you now, in conwhen one yawns and this gave a hot over the Mediterranean, b'rought' tne cluslon-that when I look back over my potato' ;sound to their voices. Declar- that salt smell, I heard , suddenly life I am more thankful than I can say ing that most Americans have ·voices across the years the moan .of the fog- that the formative years of my childthat are flat and lack overtone, . she horn on Whajesback and the faint hood were spent in this old _town; that staterd that one· should speak with roar or surf at ,Odlorne .'s ,Polnt. Once, it was my privilege to know its people, sincerity She told of her work with among the burning brown ·, hills or and I am glad of the opportunity children and how she applied psycholo- California, I had an ,achiHgly . viyid to say so." gy to her teaching. memory of Lafayette road in, a _blue Following her talk, Mrs. Boylston InIn closing she said: "In the begin- winter twilight, with' the ' lights·. or vited the audience to ask any questions nJng was the word" and and the word Portsmouth sharply cl~ar ip ~he co)d. and an informal discussion followed. was creative. People everywhere were "These things were Portsmouth to During this discussion Edward Robinworking for good will and good will me. I didn't think beyond them. I son was introduced. Mr. Robinson remust come to all the world before "But Portsmouth has something el~e cently had a story appear in the Satpeace. "Practice · o! Individual harm- -and it was that , which ' my fdcnd urday Evening Post and he stated that lessness 1s the way war will cease," she meant. he had worked 10 years as a writer. He said. , . . "It has a tradition of gracious liv- added that It is hard to get articles . Mis! Boylston was not presented, and ing, an atmosphere of goo~l-bl'eedinr:. accepted by the Atlantic Monthly, she her audience listened with rapt at- , It has . dignity. and tranquility of spir•• finds it so because she is so talented. tentlon to this daughter or Ports- it. I think that Mr. Th:iyer is the mo.% mouth . and what they to her. pllrfect example of what I mean-Mt·. ,.. .. ' ~;~·./;} ~;· . .iVle~t~ng_-:Of :·Muc_ ~\.·Interest o~· . a I I ,! I �At the opening -of the meeting Nelson Ward played two delightful seu~ctions on tho clarinet, which were very well rendered. Tea was served by the hospitality committee. The hostesses were Mis& Helen Harvey, Mrs. Grnnvllle Burns, Mrs. William Walton and Mrs. Robert Boyd. ;;,,;-,t'""'";!"'· p lectlon. A visit to the shopping dlstrlc wlll convince all that this Is true. The business district Is beautifully decorated this year with colored lights outlining the shape of a Christmas tree atop every street light and with Christmas greens f~toon1ng the pales. A sign on each bears a. personal Christmas greeting to every beholder. At Haymarkot Square, at the Memorial bridge approach and at Liberty bridge large Christmas trees have been erected .,.• ,,,,.,._,~,·;:':c'I."-=,, which will gleam with varl-colored lights sparkling the Christmas mess.age. It Is going to be a very happy Christmas, with everyone doing their share to make this a better world by brightening their own particular corner of It. Santa Claus wants that friendly cheer of Chrlstmn.s to enter every heart, to gleam through every darkened life, and to remain with its blessing of peace and happiness, not alone !or one happy day but for always. Santa Claus, a living, breathing personage more famous with the children than any MUS.50llni, · Hitler; · · Stalin or even Babe Ruth; arrived in"Poi'tsmouth on Saturday, to be welcomed by 1.hrongs of chlldren wherever he· went throughout the busines.s district. He is to be mot with every day· and through the evenings of next week as well, until tho great day at last arrives. Kindly old Santa, forever young, wants to greet all the good kiddies of this city and from all the surrounding towns. Santa ClaUs is the children's best friend next to "Mom" and "Dad." The statement that Santa Claus · Is more powerful than any dlotator can.not be denied. What ruler could possibly bring all of the happiness and joy to his people that Santa does? Even if one so desired he couldn't possibly give to every boy and girl, and woman In his nation the the happiness of giving and serving, the mlllng faces and warm handclasps, the toys and gifts, the unselfish love which Santa Claus gives so freely to nearly all the world at Christmas time. Santa Claus unites everyone in a mutual bond of Christmas fellowship. He opens tight-shut hearts to let tl,le sunshine of good-wlll, forbearance, forgiveness, peace, unsel!lshness l!,nd love pour In . . To the l,lttle folks he brings those joy.q which nre ,never forgotten In after ll!e. Santa Claus loves be.,t or all the little children. He blesses thoso o! older ycars ,a.s well, though. Even though he doesn't bring the grown-ups shiny toys and dolls and picture books he has gifts of the heart to brighten and strengthen and cheer which are more precious than rubles. The local business establishments are every one helping Santa this year. They have decorated their stores 1n bright and cheery array In his honor and have assembled the very finest selections of merchandise ever seen here, with the values f)qual to or better than those to be found in the larger cities. As their part In the observance of the Christmas season our local busines, men have resolved to make every purchaser happy and satls!led with his se- ~M WELL ATTENDE For Cancer Pre-· vention Study Held At Women's City Club "With all the facilities supplled care of cancer, the only thing lacking ls the education to spread this· information," said Dr. George Wilkins of Manchester, chairman of the state cancer commission, at the Ing held at the Women's City club. "The state, hospitals and medical profession will take care of these cases if they will only go to the hospitals. This is one of the things that we depend upon the women to do," said Dr. Wilkins. "Women are the health guardians of the family, they hold amilies together and have an oppartunity to save human llfe. "Cancer is not contagious. It is not revented by good health. Cancer is urable, but to be curable, must be seen at the early stages of the disease." Dr. Wilkins gave a very com. prehensive talk on how to recognize early 'symptoms and' stressed ·· early treatment. The three treatments advised are: survery, x-ray and radium. It was brought out that cancer Is the second cause of death In the country, 145,000 die each year. New Hampshire Is a healthy state to live In, but unfortunately, In proportion to Its population, has the highest death rate from cancer of any state in the Union. We must remember, however, that we have a population including 30 percent over 45 years of age, than have other states; and while ,cancer may attack any age, it is found most commonly among those 1n the middle and late years. The death rate can on y be !owered by educating the people of the facts of signs and symptoms. In the care of the I indigent patient, he or she can be treated and taken care of even to the extent of a nurse at home if necessary. The town or county pays 50% and the cancer commission pays the other 50%, Dr. Herbert L. Taylor, dean of cancer work 1n this city, spoke of the clinic held the first and third Thursdays of each month at the Portsmouth hospital. Dr. Taylor took charge of the meeting and introduced Dr. Wilkins. A discussicm period followed. Dr. Wilkins spoke about a new and important factor, a war to save human life. It is the Women's Field Anny of the American Society !or the Control of Cancer. Dr. Taylor introduced Mrs. W. Smith of Durham, past dent of the N. H. State Federation of women's clubs, and commander of the Women's Field Army in New Hampshire. Mrs. Smith spoke about the worlc, that it ls purely educational. She stated that 39 states in the Union are already organized with Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, past president of the General Federation of Women's clubs, now dean of Stoneleigh College, chief adviser. Mrs. Marjorie B. Illig, chail·man of the National Health Division of the General Federation of Women's clubs, field representative. The Women's Field Army 1s marching on with the slogan "early cancer is curable. Fight it with knowledge." A drive for enlistments in the Army will be held during the week of March 21st to March 27th. The enlistment fee is one dollar. It ls planned that for the present the following distribution of funds will be made: 70 % to the state to be spent locally; 20% to the state for field work; 10% to the national society for a contingent :fund. The Women's City club is to be the headquarters for the Women's Field Army here in Portsmouth. Mrs. Marjory Hewitt and Mrs. Nora Greeley Wendell are co-captains. There was a. large attendance at the meeting and among those present were representatives :from the Hospital Guild, Catholic Daughters o! America, Hadassah, Council of Jewish Women, Parent-Teacher associations of the_ Lafayette, Whipple and Haven schools, Professional Women's club, Altar Society of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Ladies' Auxlllary to the K. of C., Odd Ladies, Strawberry Bank Grange, Graffort club, Women's Community Council, League of Women Voters, Women's Alliance of the South church. �lffi ·WORK: THISCITY l Local , Postoffice Force Faced With Bigger Task lhan Distributing Bonus. Tn~ big l.ask of setting up t11-e,:Federal Government's new Social Security pr;igram in this city ls now underway. The Federal Old Age Benefit Syst,em proVides for benefits from the Fe<ler.ll Government to qualified persons at the age of 65 or at death. It was established by the Social Security Act and goe:1; into effect on Jan. 1, 1937., Its principal · purpose ls to bring to those persons employed in the broad fields of commerce and industry increased '>S, .......~.•·.••.. ,-.,.,.,. i;urance of an independent old age. The system is administe~d by the Soci11.l Security Board, Washington, D. C. The Postofflce Department has agreed to distribute to employers the necessary application blanks, these to be distributed in turn to Individual employes in order that they niay supply eertain basic identifying information 1egarding each employe. The big task of distribution to 1,700,000 workers !n New England alone will commence on Monday, Nov. 16, and Ile completed before Jan. 1. The clerical and delivery task, by comparison with which the distribution of the soldiers' bonus was mere "child's play," was too big !or any government department to handle except the Postoffice Department. Nearly 26.000,000 pieces of mail · wlll be delivered throughout' •the country to employ-es '!'.··'",.,·,;'Ja'-.:.i and hundreds of. thOU5\\Ilds to employ1 ers. , address, name of the employer, the dress of the .employer, age, fa.ther·.s name, mother's name and other similar data. "The Identification card bearing the employ.e's 11Ccount number, issued a:fter return of form SS-5, will constitute a .permanent record establishing the identity of the employe in ihe accounts of the social security board and will be the medium through which all payments will be credited to the employe·s account and UPon which his annuit,y -will be based, "Beginning Nov. 24, the forms for employes will be distributed throiuih the ~mployers and these must be returned by Dec. II. Then the social security ·boara wm send out tl1e employes' identification cards, each stamped wlt-11 a number, such as 530-10-1775. ''The first part ls a.n 'area. number,' eACh state being divided Into areas for clasm!ication purpo.ses. The second part l.s a 'group number' similar to the first pa.rt of a New York automobile license ;number, and the .last four figures represent the serial number." · "Although the 1dentlf1catlon card is of small size. convenient !01· .insertion m a cal'd case, it ls in no sense a 'tag' <'r 'disc,' · postoff1ce officials said. The procedure will result in the issuance of an ldentlf~catlon number to each employer and an identification card with a number to each employe. Collections of the old age benefit contributions will begin Jan. 1. Employers must furnish on theif .forms such material as the number of employ,es and the nature of the business. No information of any affiliation of the employe, whether trade union, religious, civic, or fraternal, will be required. Larg,e employers of labo:· will be asked to conf,er w1th the postoffice in preparing ihe required dafa in 'acivance of sending the form in order to simplify the procedure. D~tailed information will be printed on the back o! the forms. The persons excluded from the act are' persons who are self-employed, employes of the railroad industry who are subject to the ca.rrie:s' taxing act, agricultural labor, domestic employes in private homes, casual laborers not :n the course of an employer's regular trade. or business, officers or members of cruiser vessels documented und~r the laws of the Unlred States or . any foreign , ~untry, Federal Government, city and state empl-oyes and the employes of certain non-profit organizations, chiefly religious, charitable, literary or educat:onal. Postmaster Joseph P. Conner and Supt. of Mails Ernest L. Cook attended ·•"':'.'"';r,-.,ir.,.:",.~ a meetlnt at the' Boston P-ostofflce on w'ednes<lay,• the details of the procedure being explained· by an official from Washington, D. C. It wlll be as follows: "On Nov. 16 a fo:m 'known will be furnished to each employer by the letter-ca.1Tier on his route, or in Lhe case of large organizations, by arrangements otherwise made through the postoffice. Thls form, which is entitled 'Employers' Application foi;. Identification Number,' will describe the number of employes employed and · the 1!1,,,.-,r'!.i,li'lS~-tnature of the business, together with the address at which the ,business is ,oonductEd. Such forms should be returned to the postmaster not later than Nov. 21. "On No •. 24, and !n accordance witl: the information fum!shed on SS-4. form SS-5 wlll be dlstr!bt1ted. Thi:; form is the lncUv!dual !onn applying. to t;::_j•:r,_--.. each emi:>loye and provides a. descrip-· ., t!ve form by which he may be identified, the form soowln his full nam8\ I rt~r~~l',:.i..-J~tl,'.'<; · C. R. Norman, field representative of the Social Security Board, has been assigned temporarily to take charge of the Portsmouth office of the Bureau of Federal Old-Age Benefits, it was announced at the board's office today. Mr. Norman has been associated with the Social Security Board since September and has been attached to the Field Service Division of the Bureau of Old-Age Benefits on duty in Washington and on special assignments 1n other clt~es. While uncertain as to the length ot his stay in Portsmouth, Mr. Norman mndc tt clenr thnt ho ls hero only on n temporary basis, pending the nsslgnment of the permanent appointee. In addition to administrative activities in preparation for the malnten-· ance of old-n!Je benefit records, the Portsmouth ofl'lce wm handle cln!ms from workers who become ellg!ble for old-nao beneflts. While monthly retirement Income ts first J)l\yable in 1942, lump-smn settlements are now payable to workers who reach the age of 65 after employment in n covered occupation subsequent to January 1 o! this year. Similarly, settlements are paid to the estates of workers covered by this Jaw who die before their 65th birthdays. Lump~ sum settlements are nt the rnte of 3% percent of total · earnings since January 1, as defined in the law. Mr. Norman will explain to Interested employees and employers the procedure to be followed in the filing of those claims. Whlle in Portsmouth, Mr. Norman will cooperate with 'the Postofflce DeparLment which wlll continue for some time to handle new: nppllcatlons of employees for nccotmt number cards or requests for the replacement or correction of cards •previously issued. �irit Of <;ood Will And Chkrity Marks :Observance· In :This Com nity poun<li turk.err while Chrlstma.s goodlll,S for Thu ls the real spirit o! Christmas, and ,thb.Ee who assisted, 1n anr , way, will be satisfied that they hav.e helped strangers to have Christmas cheer. The desire to help others has been in evidence all along. The conversation between people as they walk along the street was evidence of this, their donations to charity, anc:L the desire to take part in helping prepare Christmas bMkebs, all proved that the real meaning of Clu:.istmas has not been lost in t he maid whirl or Christmas shopping. At other times some o! these people may be cold and hard, but tocl,a,y and tomorrow, it ls all hearts In tune with the hollday~peace on earth, good-will town.rd men. AT ST. JOHN'S und.1-eds of people thronged the &tores, and sidewalks all diuring the d, a y, making t he las t minu te preparations for t he day of days tomorrow. C hi l d•r en down town to s:e Santa cl a u s. Others older, still others home from school, doing the '-'=---_.;__..,. last minu te shopping. Not only people from this clly but from nearby cities and towns in York and Strafford, count.tes, as well as Rockingham county were here . to buy Ohrlstmas gilts from the fine assortment which Portsmouth merchants have ha.d during the entire season. Stock.s which were get ting low earlier In the week were replenished. 1n some of the stores, it wa.s a crush, and impossible to make much progress but the crowd wais a Christ~ mas crowd. They were willing to wait, they we:re good-natured an<li happy, The sales -people allso had a busy day, ancl, before the closing of the 4oors tonight, will probably feel as th9ugh they will drop !rom exhaustion, but they wlll not, They will keep going and the spirit of :the crowd will reflect upon thenuelves. It was a spending crowd. The clink or silver and the ru.stle o! currency, the jingle of cash registers, the thud o! coin in the charity boxes, in th& Salvation Army kettles, harmonized, with the holiday spirit. Tonight wlll be just the same, bu~ the crowd ls expected to be bigger. The transportation !acllltlea were taxed to the utmost. Tho trains on the Boston and Maine were obliged to run in more than one section. At their stops in thb city there were a larg,e number getting of!, and many, 1nore getting on U1e train, all going home for Christmas. Bu~ es found a big demand, for seats, and where there ls usually, one bus, several were obliged to be put in 11.&e to take care of the demand. Some carriecl bundles of all sizes and shapes, while others went empty- handed, but they al 0 CH ISTMAS contentment which so Ohrismrus time. Many were going At S t.' John's church ' Christmas home for the first time in weeks or months, and some af ter years · away Day will be celebrated in a manner . oefitting the religious significance of from the families and firesides. The spil'lt caught and held :them i the day. The midnight ~ervice which alL In t he crowded trains or bw;ses, ls preceded by everuong at 11.30 p. H',iil)~,"i_:~•'li ..:, imin s tores and on the sti-eet.s, the m. will be, as usual most youngsters forgot they were tired, when pressive and beautiful and at tended .__"'"'''"",,... ~. by many communicants and visiting they ~aw Santa Claus. Tonight in homes, parents and church people. There will also be a children will wait in excited expectan- celebration of Holy Communion at ' cy for the coming o! the night, Santa 9,30 a. Ill. Claus and the !east on the morrow. Enger hands wlll be at work' d,ecornting the' tree, and undoubtedJy there wlll be many a package, which is marked "Do Not Open Until ChristAt the Home For Aged Women on mas" given an extra rattle and shake Deer street a Christmas tree party in an effort to guess what the con- will be given for the Ho,,11e family by tenl:6 are. the advisory board . of t'ne institution. Tired business men, women who From a prettily decorated tree glftl> have been working all day in prepa- will be dis tributed an<£ re!reshmenl:G ration for the holiday,, will tie the .servea. last bundles a,n<L place them on the tree, and wait expectantly for a step on _the porch waiting to greet the~ wandering boy or girl who just arrived for the holiday after an absence o! some tin1e. All during the day the have been delivering baskets of to>'l$ to many famili~ who otherwise would, not have such - a merry Christmas. These men since summer have been preparing for this day. Old 1<·,,-~•-· 1:.:.:•• ,. ,., toys which ha,d been crust aside, were repa1!ed and made practically new. New spokes to a wheel, a fre1h coat or paint, new clothes for the dolls, and many other toys which hacl, been tos.!:ecl, aside a,s worthless have been rejuvena ted and, tomorrow wm delight the heart..s of many chHdren. The women who meet each week to sew for the Red: Cross, devoted their meeting a week ago tocl,a,y, to making the diolLs' clothes and more than 50 dolls were d~~d. 'l'.he 'Famlly Wel!iire . assoclatJon, U1e Salvation Army, · the . Kiwanis · club, tM· Elks, :the various church groups, the .Boy Scouts; nurses at the hos-· pita.I, the Hospital Guild ancl, others have all been. busy preparing basket., and delivering them during the day, Some of tl\ese contained, a comlete Christma,s dinner even to a 10- AT HOME FOR AGED WOMEN �. : :., BSERVANCE .. ·, Outdoor Singing Of Carols At Little Boar's Head, As Shepherds Watch Their. Sheep· very beauU!ul . and' appealing obs er vance of ChrLi,tmll.3 took plaoe. last evening under a moon:~ lit sky a t t h e A rth ur L. HobZon estate at Little Boar's Head. All who af.l tended will not soon' forget this . night which !brought ,so vividly to mind, that '---......:~..,.__.,..., holy night · of mor,e than nineteen cezi:.. ago when a heavenly light shone over the hills of Judea. For Mr.s. Hobson ha-d created for her first i...~;;:.-"'.i~~annual winter music festival the very setting of that nrst Christmas, the birthday of the Christ-child. On the level wldie-spreading opera field sheep were grazing beneath the winter moon, watched by three shepherds with erooks in their hands and wearing th,e robes of Jong ago. On the '""''•r,-•¥-·:wlarge stage set against the back-~='.,,.""1 ;:~::e:fa t::O~Pat:;~:~ut:: si;;: ers, including membem of the Portsl;tio11th Community choru.s and the 'North Hampton Choral society. The stage was a'tt:ractlvely decorated with 1,-.,."IJ!llN><;! green boughs- and colored lights to ,,._•«•a-:,.-~ make a beautiful spectacle. In its oenter stood & Jowly cra,dle, over which Mary watched with loving care. The broad expanse of the Opera field was lit by, a number of burning red flarEn tet in the ground, their [;:~~;;~~~ light adding to the impressiveness of the scene. Th,e Hobson mansion was beautifully decorated with Christmas lights and' upon its roof a brilliant white istar, representing the star of Bethlehem gleamed forth toward the cradle when the Christ-child lay. An imprasslve feature- o! the program was the arrival of the three wise men, kings of the world, in their long flowing robes, to do honor to the king of men's hearts. Norman Moulton Leavitt, talented musical director and leader of the Portsmouth Community chorus, Jed the gathering In singing a program of Christmas carols known and, loved by ~~~~i:~ all. The group of about fifty chorlsr.ters on the stage were joined by the friendly and cheery crowd o! more than one hund11ed gathered about the stage In singing most of the numbers all sin n and giving praise in song in the true spirit Midnight Clear love. The 't>eauLl!ul strains of Scars Christma.s carols never sounded more Joy To The world Isaac ,Watts sublime than as rendered, last evening The First :1oi l Traditional by the chorlsMrs gatherep under the (Special feature) night isky beside the cradle' of the Away In A Manger M:.rt.ln Luther Christ-child. Silent Night ................. ................ Grnbcr The special feature OI tne festival, Hark, The Herald Angels Sing the enactment o! the birth of Christ, Mendelswhn came as a pleasant surprise to mariy. Tho next large musical evrnt On the stage at one end o! the sche:;.uJed to take place on the Opera Opera field there was a cradle which field is the fifth anr.ual music f:s ,.val represented the manger in Bethlehem. which will take plr.ce Saturday and The cradle ls an heirloom ,or Mrs. Sunday, July 10 and 11, 1937. Robson's family and ls over 150 years,""'-...-------- - - - - - - . - • : , , old, Dressed in white and benolng over the Christ-child in the manger was the Virgin Mary, mother o! Chrlst, portrayed by Mrs. Bertha Storm of North Hampton, and beside her holdIng the guiding light o! faith was the 1,•~'"""~:;,l.c;..........:.:..-....,.;_.....__.....__.._._-.. angel, enacted, by Miss Ernestine Hayes or -Portsmouth. Then as the • choral group sn.ng strains of · "The Flmt Noel,'' the three wise men slowly journeyed from the far end of the Opera field to the manger, being guided by the star in the east. They J:iore gifts to the Christ baby of gold, Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson of r,ayrrh and frankincense. The Wl.ie Boar's Head, North Hampton, served men were played by Albert Locke, a luncheon to several workers interJame.s F. Leavitt of North Hampton ested In the plan of the cooperative and Ralph Perkins of Hampton. concerts that will be given in PortsAfter the king's visit to the man- mouth, The workers at the luncheon ger, came the trad-.ltlonal 6hepherds were from' the towns of Hampton and with their flock of sheep to Bethle- North Hampton and one guest was hem, they being guided· by the star of present. Those present at the luncheon were Bethlehem. Before their arrival there wu a recording transmitted to the Mrs. Roy Gilmore or Hampton, Miss field. It was Gounod's "Ave Maria." Beth Richards of North Hampton, After the arrival of the shepherds, Mrs. Sara Simpson of Portsmouth, play,ed by R:_og,er Lovett, John Hobbs Norman Leavitt of North Hampton, of North Hampton, and Russell Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hobson of Little of Rye, the ,..·musical groups sang Boar's Head and Mrs. Hobson. The workers In this district report ther, which was followed by "Silent Night." During this time the Nativity that much progress has already been some wa.:: stlll on the stage with t11e shown In the number of new memVirgin Mary bendir.g over the man- bers that have joined since the start ger and the angel keep:ng watch over of the campaign in Hampton and the mothEr and new-born babe. The North Hampton_._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _....,, festival concluded with the singing of "Hark, The Herald Ang,els Sing." After the festival those par'liclpating in the nucleus of the tinging group were served refreshments in one of the nearby residence.::, after which many of. them at '. ended the pageant given by the Gilbert ar.<l Sullivan club at the Cen:ennlal hall. So much was the festival enjoyed t11at many people thought it wa.s nltogzther too thort a prog1am. This fes.ival, which wa, made possible by the efforts of. Mrs. Arthur L. Hobrnn, carried the true spirit of Christmas and accomplishej its purpose to 'l, surprising deg1 ee la: t even:ng. So pleas: d was Mrs. Hobson with the result of th e fir: I f&tival that she alrea:'.,y plans :o have ar.other such festival during the next Christmas season If possible, ~he said. During the fe . tlval last tVening an autographed collection of Chri: tmas carols was given to the people by Mrs. Hobson. The order of th e mu, ic sung by 1J1e Choral groups is as follows; -0 Come All Yoe Faithful Oakley, O Little Town Of Be,:hlehem Pi1illlps HOSTESS TO MUSIG WORKER �You a re i n \' i ted to t he FIRST :1+/i:J/1 ;';:;// ' 1/ !-ffyJ!!' .\'l /~y -;~ '.::~ .. 'f ,~ r~ j_i-f! . f~-~- ;·· :,,·~_'1,1_ t +/'..-.,.,_-~- ' . ·t . ~ -. \1'11-111'1 ,1, Cl'( I.CJ( IIOBSO, h.. l•:t,ltr I I ITU'. llO,". R'S HI•.\ ll,; . II �FLAMES DESTROY FORMER SUMMER HOT A EXETER e·g Bu·lding On Ha---- on Road Totally·Destroyed This orning With ea L ss ne old Exeler House, once a popu- teen firemen. A fire-chief summer hostelry, located on the warr tng for the group to Exeter-Hampton road in Exeter, about quickly. A, he shouted a four miles from the town's business came crashing down upon the spot section, was totally destroyed by fire where they had been standing, sevthis morning. eral of the firemen being struck glancFlame were discovered shooting from' ing blows by the falling bricks as they the building at 9.30 a. m., by an un- jumped to safety. Fortunately none identified grocery salesman who was received a direct hit on the head or passing by. He immediately sent in a were seriously hurt. call to the Exeter and Hampton Flre The old Exeter House was operated departments, returning to the burn·ummer hotel until recent timea ing building, where he succeeded in by the late William Stone. The proprescuing an Airedale dog, "Joe" from erty is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. the flames . Harry Groetz, who purchased the Inspector James Brown of the State place in October, 1935. Mr. nd Mrs. Motor Vehicle department, was one of Groetz nd their four children made the first to arrive on the scene. He their home there, Mr. Groetz engaging wasted no time in driving fifteen cows in f rmmg on the 175-acre property. and two horses from the nearby barn The f mlly was away at the time the to safety in a pasture Officer Brown, fire occurred, visiting relatives in together with Inspector Joseph De- · Stratham. Thery were notified by telemasky, also of the Motor Vehicle de- Iphone and sped homeward to find partment, and officers of the Exeter !their home completely enveloped in 1 I ""·'·"''"'"""' Police departn1ent under the direction flame:s. of Chief Thomas Chrysler directed traffic at the scene, and detoured through traffic for five miles to the south through Hampton Falls Within one hour the highly inflammable building was practically destroyed despite the efforts of the combincd Exeter and Hampton departments. The nearest water supply was located one mile from the building, o. large water-hole prepared for fireprotection. One of the Hampton department fire-trucks was stationed one-half mile from this supply and acted as a booster in pumping the wa.....~.,..,......, ter to the fire. Firemen mounted the roof of a shed adjoining the house and from that point succeeded in stopping the flames whlch threatened to march through the shed and destroy the large barn. These escaped damage. A dangerous and dramatic episode occurred, endangering the lives ot flf- The large wooden-frame building of fifteen rooms was quickly demolished. The building is valued at $20,000, and wa completely furni hed, all of the furniture, together with jewelrY, money nd valuable papers, being destroyed at an estimated value of $5,000, according to Mrs. Groetz. The fire 1started around a defective chimney, authorities stated. I From the house the flame. through flying embers.ta. t e .Ji..1.;ii..:;;U.""'ran into the woods, where it was still buming early this afternoon The fire was headed toward swampland and marsh where it was expected to burn itself out following the burning of two or three acres of timber. A cross-arm was burned from a telephone pole, disrupting telephone service for time in parts of the ExeterHampton section. The fire was the most serious the Exeter district in many mont 1 �The• New Hampshire Slate Highway I and Massachusetts until the Mitchell Department is mo.king plans to estab-1 line was run in 1741. The struggle belL5h this spring a permanent memor- tween South Hampton, Seabrook and ial at Bound Rock, Seabrook Beach. Salisbury for the possession of the Severn! years ngo Feclernl engineers beach Jnncl now known as Seabrook makmg n sul'vey or II:unplon River Dench, wllh Dountl Rock ns U1e pivot and beach discovered the exact Joca- point, makes an interesting story all tlon of Bound Rocle, the central figure its own. As late as 1893 the Supreme in many disputes between towns and Court of New Hampshire rendered a states in the 17th and 18th centuries. decision that Seabrook Beach belongAt that time the rock was unearthed ed to the inland town of South Hampand plans made to preserve the spot\ ton, rather than to Seabrook. as a memorial. The project was de- 1 Although the town of Seabrook was !erred, however, and since then the\ chartered in 1768, the original charter spot has been burled under about six\ for South Hampton gave it land exfeet of sand at the northern end o! tending easterly to the ocean. Until Seabrook Beach. early in the present century South Once in the middle o! Hampton Hnmpton could collect taxes from the Harbor as the dividing mark between beach land though the residents voted Salisbury and Hampton, the rock be- In Seabrook. On the face of Bound came burled under sand as the mouth Rock appear the date A. D. 1657 and of the river shifted 100 rods north. the letters S. H. for South Hampton. Shapley's line, drawn in 1657, took the . It Is now planned to again unear th boundary line from Bound Rock west the rock nnd to construct a cement to Angle _Pond In Hampstead as the 1Ibulwark around it In order to preserve boundary between New Ham >Shira it ns l\ memorlnl. �A1nM]'R•-i HEN)RY J MAYO ' 0 SIL1R.VJE~ OnJH BR HDAY '.~.:.......::....;;.:~~--Li,ii:..;;_,:~~~~~~~~--........~-t----"-----___;~~~· .,._ )T , taken by Admiral Mayo, who -acted, ' ' l J1.J1 !l ii.JL r. • • without asking for advice lroni Washington, at once to save and enhance the prestige of our nation. L, iJ) OU . After the finish of the t exic:m campaign the occupation and evacuati6n or Vera· Cruz, Admtr~l May was directed HAD OUTST N:Oi G CAlRElEIR llN UNITED STATES NAVY to take command of o.ll the battleships In the At.lantlc Fleet wit.ii the rank of - NOW RESllDING AT HIS HOME, 186 MILLER ho.d been given.since the denth of Vice AVE UlE,?ORTS OUTH had been given since the death of Viv'e Admiral Rowan of Civil War fame, and Admiral Henry 'Thomas Mayo, U. S. • and most efficient in the Navy. There nine months later, In the spring of 1916, I N~vy, retired, today Is celebrating hla were trophies for everything, sport.G, .aa he became commander-in-ch le! of the 80th birthday at his home, 186 Miller well !l.i! breaking all the world's records Atlantic Fleet, wlttt the rank or admlravenue, · Portsmouth, having recently !br big gun shooting, when they made al. moved from his birthplace, Burlington, nine bull's eyes out of ten shots in ten Since the sinking of the Lu.5itanla Vt. The Admiral's wife, who was Miss minutes with big 13-inch turret guns. mo, t naval officers had con.51dered InMary Ca.roline Wing of Burllngto'l, ls The Admiral was on duty in San Fran- evitable a conflict with Germany soonalso living, and Admiral and Mrs. Mo.yo clsco during the period of the fire and er or later, although It was, of course. early this spring celebrated their 55th earthquake there In 1906, and the ves- not their business to voice such opinion. wedding anniversary. The Admiral sels under his control were of great But thls opinion had Its effect.<; in the had a c~reer of great interest In the service in restoring aids to navigation consistent and strenuou.'! efforts to Navy. and in caring for refugees, as well as bring the ships to the highest point of He 1s now making his home with his fighting fire. battle efficiency In th~ ' efforts the son, Chester 0. Mayo. The great efficiency of the Admiral commander-in-chief led, battle efficlThe start of the Admiral's no.val co.- showed itself most markedly when he ency being Admiral Mayo's hobby and reer was in 1872, when he and · nine o.ssumed command or the cruiser Al- constant theme. He wrui ably secondother boys took a competitive exam for'. bany, his flrst command of a fighting ed by the comr\tanders or the Destroyer appointment to <the Naval Academy, ship. Although most o! tb.e service of Force and Mine Force and to these two and although only 15 and the,youngest, this ship was along fever:laden coasts officers and the support and backing '-"'""·,.-,.., he won and in June, 1872, he passed the or. Central Anierlca, Corhman_der Mayo and a~sistance they received from Adl\'li·itf:i.~¥,..:.4 academy examinations and · became, a built up the morale, health and efficl- miral Ma'yo, the commander-in-chief, cadet midshipman. ·._ ency of his crew so that this vessel .won is principally due the credit for the . . Four busy industrious years at .the the trophy for the entire cruiser class ability of our destroyers and mine layacademy and he was graduated near or vessels' lii the target' practice that ers to make the efficient showing that the head of hl.1 ·class In 1876 and be- year, breaking au exlscting reoords in they did after our country became encame a passed midshipman. Of the 42 the Navy. · gaged in wal,', y6ung men graduated at this time, only Again a short tour of shore duty-!or In July, 1917, Admlral Mayo was Admiral Mayo and four other.s are now the Admiral never stayed long from the directed to proceed with certain memllving. -· · sea-and he .was again given command bers of his staff to London for the purNext, came a two years cruise _in the of one of the crack ships of the Navy, pose of getting into personal touch with Orient--On the old Kearsarge, on-the the armored cruiser California; his the British naval officers with whom ,.. ,._.,.....,...,.. Monocacy and the flagship Terrnessee, sklll in navigation was well shown by he would be associated In ca.5e the up ·and down the China and. · Japan his taking the' huge cruiser into the fleets of the two •natlons should · be coast..! and finally back to the U. S.1 harbor of San Diego-the first · time brought together for combined movethro~h the Suez Ca,nal,• and then I any officer had dared attempt·such a ments and also for a c01;1ferenc(l in his first promotion in .t~e Nl!,VY to en- thing. . London on naval matters. The confer,,.,,.,..,.,.,,."·'•slgn; and 1880 found him ~usily enUpon leaving Mare Island Captain ence idea was expanded to one which gaged in the . work of sur"'.eying the Mayo was ordered to Washington as embraced naval representatives of all waters of Puget Sound In the Washing- aide to the secretary of the Navy, but allied nat.ions. After conferences with ton Territory, work much . needed.In the love of the seas was uppermost the re.;ident, secretary of the Navy the, llttle known waters of this, large. and. after a year of this duty he applied and chief o( naval operations, Admiral ,1 v~~'" 1n1and waterway.' ·· for sea service, and upon proinotion to Mayo and his staff .,ailed from New: Next came a cruise on the old Yantlc nag rank, rear admiral, in July, 1913. York on the steamer St. Louis on Aug. - these old vessels were botli slieam-and he went to the Naval war College for a 19, 1917. Admiral Mayo and staff travsall, but coal had to be · preserved In short post-graduate course and then eled as civilians under assumed names those days of economy of gove~nment hoisted his flag on the battleship Con- and the secret ·of their presence on and most of the off-shore cruising wa.9 necticut as commander of the Fourth board kept until their arrival In Llverunder·sail. · · It was-th.us- the Admiral DivJ.9 ion or the Atlantic Fleet, in the pool. Some 400 miles out the steamer became a real "sailor man" who could harbor of Ve ra Cruz; Mexico. W!l.l! met by a divJ.<;ion or U. S. destroyhandle any vessel from a yawl to a · Shortly after thl9 event the Admiral ers and escorted to Liverpool. There 1,..,-;;./JaMc•J 3900-ton -man-of-war 1under full sail In took hi.'! division of ships to Tampico to the Admiral was met by representatives any kind or weather. Few of the mod- watch condltions at that place A few of the British Admiralty, the U. S. ern naval of!lcers know anything of months later occurred the famoug naval attache, the u. S. consul general, maneuvering a ship under sail. . Tampico incident which arose from the the British and naval local commanclIt Is.not generally known' that while arrest by Mexicans of an officer and ers, the mayor of Liverpool, heads of Ensign Mayo was on the Yantic he took boat•3 crew from the u. s. s. Dolphin civil organizations, etc., and a guard of part in the famous Greeley relief ex- while I,oadlng gasol!ne at the warehouse honor was drawn up on. the landing. ,:;>edition and this little ship, a 900-ton at that place. The formal rec;;;;:ion over, the oartv bark, (the Admiral's lo.st flagship wa.~ It was then that the entire nation proceeded in a special·car to London. of 33,100-tons dJ.<;placement) took on a and Indeed the world was electrified On arrival in London Admiral Mayo deck load Qf. coal, had a little light by the dem~nd or Admiral Mayo that wa.s met by the U. S. an1bassador to sheathing placed on her bows and with\ in view of the publlc\ty of the in, ult to England, Mr. Page, Admiral Sir John no extra or special clothing fl)r the men the America flag and nation that pub- Jellico, first sea lord of the Admiralty, forced her way up North ',o Little L~- lie reparation be made. by publishing and numerous others, and Admiral land and Smith !3ound. Th~ Prote~s, the apology, by punishing the Mexican Mayo was escorted by Admiral Jellicoe her companion, was cru.~hed m the ice officer who was respomible and by to the Carlton Hotel, where quarters and;.sunk, . -- - .,, , .·- · . . . ho!.~ting the United St:ites fla~ o.nd fir- hadbeen engaged for him and staff by After ,shore duty In ,.San F~anci.:co Ing a national salue .of 21 guns. assuring the British Adminlty. During his stay he joined the battleship Wisconsin, the ,commandant that sucn salute in London, Admiral Mayo received then-the pride· of our Navy, as naviga- would b::! immediately and formally many attentions, including dinners tor, and soon was, made execupive ?ffi~ returned. . with the American ambassador and cer. During the three years cruise on Almosf en ma se the people of the with Admiral Jellicoe, etc., and wa.s rethe Wiscon.sln his. remarkable efficien- nlted Sw.tes gave their hearty Jpprov- celved for a private interview by the cy made this vessel one of the happiest atriotic and forceful stand King. O th �At the Naval Conrerence, which was shing, who tells in his taken off and conveyed to the u. s. s. presided over by Sir Eric Geddes, the miral Mayo came to the rescue when Pennsylvania at the Navy Yard, and first lord of the Admiralty, ' Admiral the American Anny in France i1eeded the Admiral's flag hoisted. . r;•,,:>,~)i£.I.· Mayo Opened the conference with a coal. on the morning of Dec. 4, the statement or the purpose !or which the Incidental to the return to England, miral on the Pennsylvania sailed · for U. s. Govermnent had requested the engagement had been made to meet ·Brest, France, escorting the u. s. s. conference. Many questions were Admiral Jellicoe at Dunkirk, and Ad- George Washington with· , President taken up an'd understandings arrived mlral Mayo proceeded to that point, Wilson and party. on board; a division al;--and the conference was considered 1itopping for the night at Calais and or destroyers was part. o! the escore. to have· well served its purpose in bring- experiencing an air raid slmllat' t:.o After an uneventful voyage or ~ine '""''""''".....,,. ii1g together the naval representatives some which had been experience while days the ships aMve\f of! Brest:'and or Englo.nd, France Russia, It,aly, Japan In London, were met by nine u. s. battleshlps, by and the United States, and ha vin•g an · AL Dunkirk he I embarked on the I French and Italian war vessels and:' b; interchange or 'views, etc .. and arriving British destroyer "Broke", with' Admlr-j a large number of U. s. destroyers, pa~ at certain understandings. al Mayo's flag !lying with that of Vice trol vessels, aviators, etc. Admiral Incidental to the visit to England, Admiral Bacon, the commander-in- Mayo, as commander of the whole fleet, Admiral Mayo took over the U. S. pro- chief of that section, and Admirals conducted the presidential shlp ~ into ject for a mine .barrage in the North Jellicoe and Mayo went on board of a\ Brest Hal'bor. After the President had Sea, u.~ing a newly Invented American British monitor of! Ostend and took/ departed fo,l' Paris 110 time was lost in mine, ,the construction and working or part in the bombardment or that point I starL!ng 011 the return to the Unlted•~~--<(;·.i<r.., which was to be kept secret. He took by par~ of the British fleet. I states. 'iii:i~,1~,;-r.s-:,r:., up thfa matter wit.h the British AdmirAdmiral Mayo was the only Amert- · Amid wild rejoicing the fleet arrived alty and found it decidedly opposed to can admiral under fire during the war: in New York the afternoon of Chnstthe project, being skeptical as to the The flre had hardly begun when the mas Day and after a huge review of th"!successful operation of the mine. Rear German batteries began firing tn re- fleet in New York Harbor the officers Admiral Sims was also strongly op- tum and shells· fell all around the ship and men were given lea.ves and allow~ PoSed. The immediate result, how- -but the Germans made no · hlt.5. · to enjoy them.selves.· ever, was- the dispatch of a British Aeroplane -photographs seen later indl- ! It having been decided that Admiral I mining expert to the United States to cated important damage on shore byj Mayo should be relieved, he hauled j further examine into this mining the monitor shells. · down his flag at New York on June 30, proposition and the British governIt should never be forgotten that J 1919, Admlral H. B. Wilson taking comment when finally informed as to the Admiral Mayo commanded the entire mand of the Atlantic Fleet on that experimental success of the wine, and Atlan tic ]fleet all during the war_ and , date and Admiral Rodman of the Pa·as to the willingne5,5 of the United this command w~ defined as com- 1. · ciflc Fleet the following day. It wa.<1 State.~ to assume the providing and prising all ships 1n the Atlantic and in- l the desire of the fleet to render Adlaying of these mines, accepted the eluded not only vessels in European1 miral Mayo every possible honor. A proposition and the great North ~ea wat<irs, ~ut even part of the Pacific reception in his honor on board the barrage was the result. When the time Fleut which had come arpund to · the fleet flagship was held and was mad-e ror laying the North Sea barrago was East Coast. In other words, practical- part of the ceremonie.s incident to approaching and It became necessary ly our entire Navy afloat. · .1 hauling down ·the flag, and when he to purchase and flt out vc.;sels for this Another trip to Europe by Admiral finally left the flagship he found eight project, there was no hesitation in 'so Ma.yo to inspect tqe portion o(,hls fleet J admirals and captains in place, acting !ltt.ing them and training their crews in European waters WM arranged for, · as side-boys. that when they arrived in the North and on Aug. 31, Admiral Mayo and So ended a cruise which had extendSea they were able to exhibit a rapidity staff sailed in the u. s. s. Utah for ed from December. 1913, during and efficiency in mine laying which Bantry Bay, Ireland. i three years of which he . had WM a source of wonder to the British , It ls ha.rdly neces~ary to go , i.nto de·commander-in-chief, this period covwith whom they were working. tails of the Admiral'/; 1918 trip. It wa:; erlng the entire time that the United A visit to the British Grand Fleet, primarily for the purpose or inspecting · States had been engaged in the war. commanded by Sir David Beatty, fol- the European portion of his command, When he handed down his flag as lowed and Admiral Mayo was rooelved and with but one or two exceptions he ' commander-in-chief of the U. S. Fleet, and _quartered on board the fleet flag- and his staff visited every point tn : Admiral Mayo had seen nearly 48 ship, t he Queen Elizabeth, when his England, Scotland, France o.ud Italy , years service since first entering the four-starred flag or an American ad- where U: naval activities were car- Naval Academy as a boy of 15. Of that mlral wa.~ flown alongside of Admiral ried on. This included the · British ' time 28 years and nine month.'i had Beatty·.. Grand Fleet, the mine depots, the \ been sea service, this Including over ·Be-~idc; in.~pecting the variou., types northem bombing grout> in France, 5 1-4 years afloat as a flag officer, first or vessel, in the Grand Fleet, luspec- and all avlo.tion stations. • as a rear admiral in command of th!} tlon~ were made of the dockyard deBesides the inspections there were 4th Division of the Atlantic Fleet. then stroyer depot, experiment station, and conferences in Londo·n at the Admiral- in October, 1914, commanding the 1st patrol and trnwler headquarters, and ty, with Admiral Beatty in the Grand Division, the First Division being comscvcro.l o! the "mystery ships" were Fleet and with the French Minlstry of posed or tho best super-dreadnaughts seen and thelt' work viewed. Marl~e ·in Paris also the usual number in the fleet, and therefore the fleets of functions and honors, including a more Important dlvL~lon; then in com1 Arter returning to London and ho.v1 Ing further conferences, Admirnl Mayo stay at Windsor castle as the guest of mand of the then newly formed battleand staff proceeded to France. King George, dinners given by the u. ship squadron with the r~nk of vice · Conferences with. the naval chief or s. ambassadors to England, France and admiral, being the f_lrst officer to hold .st::if! wei·e mosL interesting and valu- Italy, entertainments by officials of tl~a~ rank since Vice Admiral Rowan of able o.nd Admii:al Mayo's staff was fur- the British ·Adm~alty an~ the Fre~ch I Civil War game. Finally on June 19. nished with all information asked for. Ministry of Manne, and m Italy dm- 1 1916, he succeeded to the command of Leaving Paris; the ports of Brest and ners with the king, the minister of ma- the Atlantic Fleet with the rank of adSt. Nazair~ were visited and the facili- rine General Diaz commander-in- miral while holding that office, and he ties for handling troop transports and chief o! the Italian 'Army, and dinners ·continued in command of the fleet cargo . hips examined and nn idea re- or lunches at practically every point (the designation being Changed to U. S. celvcd of the army plnns [or ha1 bor de;,. rlsited Fleet about the first part of l919J until vrlopment. etc. The u. s. naval acth'iSailing from Liverpool on the British he finally hauled down hi.~ flag on tics at these points were o.lso in.spected. s .. s. Mauritania the Admiral and June 30, 1919,• and was succeeded by two Returning to Paris an interesting con- party arrived , in New York . Harbor officers of the rank or o.dmiral, the held with General Per- about 9 p. m. on Dec. 1 and were at once flee_t being then divided Into the A~lan~;.:.!:~~~~~:.,..;::.:.:;.:.;...:;;.;;~;.::::._~~~,e.::~::,.;;.F.,~~~:if;,,;;.-.,~;.,.,l'\"":T';,~~I tic and Pacific fleet.5. I I s: I 1 I I �On June 25, 1919, the Admiral was honored by the degree of L. L. D'. from thP. University of' ve'rmcint: and on' June 28 a representative of the French ~m~ bw.y in Washington presented to hi,m: on the flagship, the decoration of Grand Officer of the Leglon of Honor, 'and later Japan presented him with its highest decoration, .the Grand Cordon of the Rising Sun. After a tour of duty _on the Genernl I Board of the ' Navy, Admiral Mayo reached . the age . of 64 and was placed. upon the retired list on Dec. 8, 1920, but only for a short time wa.s he permitted to stay In retirement, for in August, 1024; he was recalled to duty and for four years he served ~ governor of the U. S. Naval Home in Philadelphia, Thus in 1928 he completed 53 years of actlve service in the Navy, IN 'roRTSMOUT · A new historical novel has just made its appearance In serial form In the Saturday Evening Post and is being read with interest by local residents because of Its presentation of events, scenes and characters o! Portsmouth, Kittery, and vicinity in the long ago. It ls written by that distinguished author and acknowledged authority upon colonial days o! New England, Kenneth Roberts, o! Kennebunkport, Maine. Mr. Roberts holds a high place In American literature through his delightful tales of adventure which present the scenes o! the early days with scrupulous accuracy as to hlstor_lcal detitils. His books bring to his readers a deep insight and understanding of the history o! our country and this sectlot'l in particular which no mere history book could ever teach. Perhaps the best . known of his works ls Arundel, an intensely Interesting no:. ' vel of the Southern Maine section in Revolutionary War times and of the historic and valiant march on Quebec. Another of his popular historical stories is The Lively Lady, .which deals with the privateers which sailed from this coast, manned by stout Yankee seamen, to harry the British lion. Rogers' Rangers opens in June of 1759, with the hero, a Kittery . young man, attending Harvard College at Cambridge, Mass. His two friends introduced in the first installment, are Hunk Marriner and Cap Huff, neither of whom was held in high esteem in Kittery and Portsmouth, according to its author, Sent home from Harvard under probation for an escapade, the three paddlo jup the Plscataqua on the long trail to , the headquarters o! Lord Jeffrey Amherst's army at Crown Point, on Lake Champlain, where it faced the French and Indians in the northern wilderness. In the Flintlock Tavern at Dunbarton they were fortunate in falling in with Sergeant McNott, o! Rogers' Rangers, that famed hard-bitten body of scouts and woodsmen serving under Amherst. Through his guidance they reach Crown Point and enroll in Major Rogers' command. St. John's Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of this city, · is mentioned in the story and several o! its early members take an active part in the events. Stoodley's Tavern, mentioned in the book ' as the meeting place o! the lodge, which had its hall on the third floor, ls still standing on Daniels street here. The adventures which the three , friends encounter as the Rangers set out to attack st. Francis near the St. Lawrence, far off in the heart o! the enemy country, the presentation of facts concerning the olden days · In Portsmouth and vicinity, the historical personages made to live · again In this-story including the Royal Gover• nor, .Benning Wentworth, and the success with which Kenneth Roberts · has reproduced the atmosphere o! this section in the long ago, all combine to make up . a story which will prove a fascinating one to local people_. - ~- �• rv1cea n New· En·gland1 Still -Is 'pera,ted1At St ➔ atha Photo By Chester Davis Oiliest Gdst ;um At Skatham Opemlell By. George Jewell '.rhc olclrst servicrablc grist mill in New Hampshire and a probable record lloldc1· of all of the New England into iho second pond, then start second' mlll • and ' then the third. I would walk along the banks from mill 1 to mill, attending to rach one. At that states ls stlll opcrntcd nt Strnthnm by ihne tltern ,ircre clHht' nillls located on .t ho prcsm~ owner, George Jewell; the Wlnnicut river. representn.tn·e of that·_ tmvn in the The mill' rights controlled water 200 sl_ate leglsln.ture. wJ10 is a descendant yards below t,he mill n.nd in the other 01 a1~, of the prevlons o_wn~rs. The J direction to the sources-: The somces plctmesqne, ,but_ useful, null 1s located extend : to • North Hampton HamJton 1 on the · :Vn:mcut road where it! and Hmn ton Falls; ' ' crosses Wmmcut river and the grey- I P . · shingled' bullding carries the name. of I Ir~' 1932 the sm,te put m a new dam Winnlcut Mills. . I an~ a n~w· road · above _the I~lls. The Wi.lmlcut Mills dates - back to years : old road crossed the river oelow the previous to t,he Amei·lc:m Revol~it!on , dam and in bn.ck or the mill. of 1777. It wns built by the early set-I The old lurbine water wheel grinds tiers of Strnlham, and the · mill wn.s I grain , for customers in many townir of not alone in sharing the large water, this state, as well ns in Maine and supply that flowed dally over Winni- I Massachusetts. Mr . .Tewell has ground cut dam. There was also a saw mlll an average of 42 tons per year for. the and ' a shingle mill. The saw mlll last fom·, years. The grinding includes burned in 1890 and at the time en- corn, wheat, . oats, barley and rye .. On dangered the grist mill but being Jo- the Jewell farm it furnished the procaled on the far side of the river did cess gnp that exists on many farms; no clamoge to the now historic bulld- for lhcrc tho food can go from, the lug. Thll shin~lc mill met t.11c !ale or land tc;> the · consumer wilhout leavln[r many. olcl• New England buildings that the confines of ihe farm. The grain is have· lost theil1 usefulness, as it col- grown on' the farm, harvested,. stored, Jnpsed. ground' nnd cooke<l' into home-made The grist mill wns owned by the meals. Now George Jewell does, most, present', owner's grandfather DeWitt: of his grinding on Monday and Sate. JcWC'lli who sold tlJC mill' t~ J\is · son 1 1 mday. · E. B. J ewell, who · operated it successFor the past' 25 years· a French Blm· fully for many yea1-s. George Jewell, t stone has been used for grinding and the present: owner, bought the mill : the owner believes it will be good for from: his father about 15 yea·rs ago many more years. Previous to the use and' has operated it ever since: of the hard type stone for. grinding 1 DeWitt Jewell' was a bm;y mnn as granite stones were used but wore out he operated two other mills beside rapidly. The granite was often· cut' the present grist mill. He operated from boulders on the Jewell farm. them all at the. same time and at-· i Mr. Jewell did not'- realize that, the tended to them by· himselr with pro- mill was a record holder !or the years bailly only his young sou. tagging it has been iu use until. told. b~ U .. s, along Uehi.11d' him; pausing- to throw, Engineer5, recently wli.en they, drafted stones: into tl,e pond ol" to· ~iidu on. the : every.• piece· CJ!' machinery; and, photo'lce in the' winter' months. one. otr tli.e graphcdi much:< oD tlle· old' milt. 'llhe three mills; was located! at, the. oldl dam 1' i.11foi:mat1on1which tlte.' engineers, made and th~ other 500 ya:rdS':, bel0W/ the' pre-, hM, beelll flledl in:. the• ltli;tor;lcall re-COlldS sent dam .. Mr. Jewel would! starti, the' in. Concord! the: wo:tllc. being: done: bii; , up-strc:nn dam, letting- the water fio'IW ,a Federal1 emerg0110;,\' Uut-eam. I 1' I �DED IC'ATE' HOSPl:TA l , AT COUNTy FARM: ·:ibl~ ' . . f~; ~~optio/:f v~a;11~!1t!i ;:\f~.~ ... ,'.;~i~. a ·., as the fundamental law of C.' ' ;,f ·' .. , , 1document . _ ; !the land and the bulwark of the lib- ,,Ji'• l~~i'rl.$,J ~--? i-\~o,.;~i:-7 '/',. l er;_J~~o\!~ ~~~:~nJ)r;ia;~w H~p. / !hire gave to the country, the great ,-. • · ; expounder of the Constltution-Daniel • . •··""- 'C;··· '< ,· I : Webster. New Hampshire enrolled the ~e;~ .¢'~··: name of one of its sons, Franklin '. t,.:·.~;..t:_., .r ·· ..; Pierce, among the Presidents of the , Q~• ' ti\\~C,.,\ _::,,, · United States, and has given to the ,:t, .·!{), ,.$!,~t ::-; Courts and to the Congress many · · ' notable men. "Our State has contributed to cultural and humanitarian endeavors as well as to military glory and state.s manship. It has brought forth leaders in journalism, education and med;··! . ·. · ····· . ' · The Mitchell Memorial Hospital at 1· to the Federal .Government and said ical science. •the County Farm ·at .Brentwood was the work was. done during the time "It is in honor of one of those whose· dedicated on Monday afternoon with I building costs were low, and that if the great purpose 1n life was to help his fitting exercises. High tribute was paid same building was started now it would fellowmen that we have gathered here _to the memory of the late Dr. Abram cost. from 15 to 20 percent more than today. Mitqhell, for over 40 years county farm the present one. . , "Al:!ram Whittemore Mitchell was ·Jlhysician, by a11 ·participating in the · He also paid nigh . tribute to Dr. born in 1862 and graduated from the observance. · In addition to the mem- Mitchell, saying, "For over 40 years he New York Medical School in 1887. bers o! the Rockingham County dele- considered the people of this institution After a brief time he entered upon ration to the Legislature · there were in , on a par with any .of those on the out- th e practice of his profession in Eppattendance many others from all parts . side and his work will always be re- Ing. He was one of the family docof the county. membered. The only thing we regret is tors of this section and he radiated Mahlon o. Currier, chairman of the that he could not have lived to see the about him all the love and hope and Rockingham County Commissioners, building dedicated." Mention was also f.'.l,_ith which that term signifiPs. acted as master of ceremonies and made of the passing of Supt. Wallace Truly, tht:'y were his people. To him called upon Rev. Wallace Boardman Styles and his Interest in the lnstit\l- they looked for encouragement and of the Brentwood Baptist Church .~ho t!on. friendly counsel. For for ty· years he delivered the invocation. Mr. Frink brought out that should Jnbored mi1c:hllly mnong_ men . . James D. Cash, first assistant to the hospital be operated as a sur~ic.a l "There were others who came under Harold J. Lockwood, regional director one· instead of a lying-in hospital it the kindly and efficient care of Dr. of the PWA in Maine,. New Hampshire ; would be necessary to install an X-ray Mitchell-those at the Rockingham and Vermont, was the first , speaker. machine and estimated the cost would County Farm. For more than 40 The hospital was started by WPA and be $2500. years he served as physician at this finished by PWA, Mr. Cash stated, sayDr. Benjamin w. Baker, superintend-I institution. The facilities for . the care ing that the entire cost was in the ent of the state School at Laconja., of those in distress were poor indeed vicinity of $60,000, and of that $26,500 I spoke on "Relations of a Modern Hos- and for years he dreamed o~ a new will be a Federal grant. He told o! the pital to a county Institution." He pre- building where the sick might be tine wdrk accomplished by the PWA in dieted that with this hospital the time properly cared for. That dream has adding public hospitals .in the country the patients were under the care of the come true and we meet today to a.nd also told what had _been done in county would be much shorter. He dedicate t?is splendid structure. It New Hampshire. In addition to thi,s stressed the need for preventative is very fittmg that it has been named building he said that a ·dormitory had medicine and told of the work being the Mitchell Hospital. been built for employes at the . State done to overcome cancer, tuberculp"Greater than · the glory or war, Hospital in Concord, an addition to the sis· and many other diseases. "Of all and above the honors of statesman- ,__ Tobey building, which will provide for i tne things that impede the progress of ship are the ac!Jie\'ements of those 100 beds, and a new laundry has been , the human race disease is the greatest,," who love and sene their fellowmen. started at Laconia, In. all in New he stated. "Greater love hath no man than this, Hampshire, he said, 215 extra beds will Hon. Charles M. Dale of this city, a that h e Jay down his life for his be provided at a cost of $656,721, o! member of the Governor's Executive friend ." Greater honor can no man which $265,732 will be in Federal grants council gave the dedicatory address, have than to serve his brother m an. by the Public Works Administration. speakin~ as follows: . "It is the need of the world that Ernest G. Swansburgh of the Swans''Since the days of Captain ' John ' inspires men to tht>ir best efforts. A ,/C 1 burgh Construction Co., general con- Smith's discovery o! the Isles of 1 man reaches his fullest stature when_£,~ tractors, paid high tribute to the county Shoals which he named Smith's Isles, , he stoops to raise another wi10 1\as · commissioners as he turned the key this region that we call New Hamp- ! fallen in the· battle of life. Service over to the architect, M. E. Witmer of shire has known and reared many I to our fellowmen is . the crowning this city, who, in turn, turned the hos- famous men. [ glory of . manhood. It is such service pital over to Rockingham County. Mr. "In colonial times Governors John : that made the name of the master Witmer stated that for over a year and and Benning Wentworth drove their ! the brightest •that . there is in heaven a. half he has been connected with the coaches from the seashore to our In- I or on earth. . . ,. . . work of building the hospital, starting. land lakes and mdbnta!ns and ruled "The path of such service· is open to ,, from the time it was put on. paper until in something .of royal splendor in the every man. rt is not only those who h the day It was turned over to the name of an. English King over men are favored in birth or fortune · to ... county. Re paid tribute to the work of who were even then dimly dreaming whom· the opportunity ls given to ·; Dr. Mitchell, for . whom the hospital is. of a larger freedom. help, to aid and to serve. Each one n.~med, and also to the building com- l "In the etruggle for our Nation's of us can do his part wherever. life roittee· and· the commissioners_ as well liberty which soon followed, New may find ... us.· Everyone · can , prove as the contractors-. ,· . · .. Hampshire nobly did her part. From that some good ·can come out of ,..;:poun_t.y_,_ Comn:i,!.5-sioner· ,. Simes farms .and fL'lheries, ·from town:; :.incl Galilee. A child · who was cradled ' in bi·· accept!ng the ' bulldfhg fo~ ·Jr tbe _' villages the hardy men of New Hamp- • a manger 'has ii name and · fame far· county,..stated that. the Mitchell Hospi- · shire sprang to arms to fight with I greater than that of any man who tal ls the most modern one in the state Washington from Bunker Hill to I was born· in the palaces of kings. of, New ,Hampshire apd one of the best 1' Yorktown and to help place on the I So long as need exists in the· world ,', 1n 'the country. He spoke of the cost o! 1Nation's roll of honor the names of j will. we · have the opportunity to r1s'? ·~· the building and said the approprla- General Stark and General Sullivan. to the full height · of our manhood. , ti.o n, was exceeded by only $72'.7?.. He "New Hampshire sent able men to So long as there is need for helpful- '" told' of the total cost to the county and I Philadelphia to help draft the con- ness •and kindness · there will always be , •omPt.h lnl? for _ mi _ to_ do. _ _ r - , · New Structure At .Brentwood Is Memorial To Late Dr•. Abram W. Mitchell'- Hon. Charles M·. Dale Gives: ··Dedication. Address , w., I :rr!nk,_ I \~1\'"',, 'V' �-~-:~~':'::.'':T::'"":'::':l:"i'r.:""":':~~=:,r,1:".".a~n-=-ce:-':s-::p:-ac::':e:-::"a::n~d--:a:-;lar::;:g;:e:"'.a;;-;u;;-;to;;;;:;p;sy:;-;:r;;:oo~m:;;-.1wfiBoston and l'{ewburyport, Newburypor we may e. •a At the left o! the main entrance is the and Portsi'flouth and Portsmouth and to answer the summons to kin waiting room. 'I11e south section o! the Portland, adding also that the pony to helpfulness and to servic first floor is occupied · by the women's express riders also stopped at the inns. tour-bed medica.f and surgical wards, The speaker stated that in 1748 the Opportunity and the north section contains the mabetter class tavern o! its time was the By Walter Malone ternity department and nursery. Province Arms which contained a The second floor south section consmall ballroom. This was the scene o! do me wrong who say I come talns the men's wards, the north section the meeting 1n protest against the no more Stamp Act and also the meeting place ' When once I knock and fall to fllid the operating suite, with nurses' work , you in; room, sterlllzlng room, doctors' robing of the Sons of LiQerty. This hotel was , For every day I stand 011tslcie your and scrubup rooms. sold in 1792 but was replaced and I door On the third fl<,or space is provided called the City Hotel, being the first establishment on record to be called And bid you wake, and rise to fight for the nurses' quart~rs. An electric service ele,·ator is located the name hotel. and win. The spealcer called attention· to MaWait not for precious chances passed in the center of the building and oper1 away! ates to all floors. A large general corcadam, inventor of the road by the same name and stated that part of the 1Weep not for golden ages on the wane! ridor connects all rooms except the highway between Portsmouth and BosEach night I burn the record1; or the maternity suite with dell,ery rooms, claynursery and operntlon suite, which are ton was macadam at the time. "When you compare the present day At sumlse every' soul is bom again ! isolated bv means o! M?parate lobbies. Among ·the Portsmouth people preshotel," Mr. Smith said, "and thinlc ent were Representatives Mary C. Donwhat the traveler had to put up with, "As we dedicate this structure to dero, Andrew ~T. Barrett, Harry H. it certainly is an appreciated fact that the service of those who have fall- Foote and William Cogan, Mr. and Mrs. , the hotels have gone right up through en aloug life's way-as we recall Peter J. Hickey, Councillor Charles M. , from the bottom of industry, to I again the life nnd work of that great Dale, Mr. and Mrs. Simes Frink, Mayor , believe, eighth ptace 1n line." Mr. Smith ,md good mun for \\hom it i~ named, Kennard E Goldsmith, Mr. and Mrs. ! added that 1n 1928 , that industry Jet us feel their inspiration, let us M. E. Witmber. Edmund R. ' ranked fourth but fell back to 17th or heed their call to the service of Fay, Alvin F. Redden and lSth place and now is returning tofcllow-mcn. In that service we will America Frnnzoso. Others fr.om nearby; ward the top o! the list. find true happiness and life's richest towns included Rep. Harold A. Syphers . Turning to the subject of the Rockrewards." of Greenland, Rep. Forrest Knowles or ' Ingham Hotel, Mr. Smith stated that Following the de<licatory exercises NorU1 Hampton imd Town Clerk Blake ' it is only a small organization but in there \\·as rm opportunity to inspect the Rand or Rye. the organization efforts are made to hospital and a buffet luncheon was keep a high standard of hospitality. served in the basement. We try to train each individual to his The l\litchell hospital was authorown job," he stated, and told o! the ized by the 1935 Rockin gham County science of pleasing a guest, telling or delegation to 'the Legislature. The the points which must be satisfactory building, exclusive of the foundation, i.l.;_'iJ.~~~[;.).11 to the , guest. "To get a really 100% was built at a cost of slightly under success he must be satisfied with every$58,992.71, of which a Federal grant of tir~=~==--==-:-:"'::":;""""=:-;-;-- ~:;t thing. You llave got to be on the alert 1 $26,514 was received from the governand watch out that every guest is a ment. Rep. Elihu T. Adams of Seabrook was chairman or a special building committee from the 1935 county delcga.tionwith to the Legislature cooperated the U1rcc which Rockingham Colln 'y' commissioners ln the erection or tI~e building. Other members of the committee H. HepWorth Or Derry.were C)larlesOliver C . Russell of Exeter. Lo\118 J~," nvrin o! Hampton Falls' Wl·111·,,,·111 B. Peaslee of Plaistow, ' Richard G. Pra.y and Dr. P. J . Kittredge of Portsmouth. Mrs. Wallncc H. Stiles was in charge of the luncheon, during which music was !w·nhhed by a .trio. At Uie conclusion of the luncheon, Rep. Oliver H. H~pworth of Deny, chairman of the Rockiugham County delegation in th e present session o! the General Court, In , a !cw fitting remarks paid tribute to Dr. I Mitchell and also to the late superlni tendent, who died after a brief illness th last month, after more an nine year~ service in charge o! the comity buildings there. _ '111e new hospit.'11, with P.. capacity of I 35 beds, ls n two-st-0ry bulldlni; wiU1 a I basement and is connected to the other i buildings and boiler house by me nns o! Rn undC'rground tunnel. The building Is of concrete, steel and brick With hollow tile backing. The basement ls provided with BJJace for an X-ray room, central iet kltche.n, service toilet rooms, storerooms, locker room, pharmacy, linen room, ambu- HOTEL HISTOR 1 . . -~'\),,., ~ satisfied guest," he added. Hou'. Charles H. Brackett spoke of t the early hotels, and mentioned tha before the road Boston was constructed theLafayette road from to f th Portsmouth went through Greenland O Ro~~:~~~a:·;it~t• ;:~lag~:s bee: and ' there was a tavern there. "mine host" to the Kiwanis club for Samuel D. Eastham, president of the th e gues t club, presided. He spolce foftithet Boy the past few years was Scout campaign, and balso o 1e roop spealcer of the club last evening t aliet s onsored by the cu . their reguJar meeting. He gave a a 1 011 hotels from their early beginning in this country and traced the evol utlou o! the business up to the present i-r:,,,·_:c,~·•·-· time where it ls the eighth ranlcing business o! the country. · Mr. Smith began by telling that hotels were originally known as "ordinaries" and about 1600 dw·ing Pw·ltan -ciayrit---mls difficuIHo· -get -Peol1Tll-e conduct hotels or ordinaries. The taxes were heavy and due to the rules regardlng drinlcing, it was hard to get people to go- into this business. FollowIng the ordinaries came the taverns and !nus, which Mr. Smith stated were practically the same. These were,.."',,_ _.,,,,. usua.lly situated 011 stage coach routes running through towns. These, he said, were 011 a larger sea.le tha.n the ordinarlcs, but never haa more than 10 rooms. Inns were used as stopping w.,~."'~~•; places !or the stage coaches and where they changed horses, he continued, stating that they were the stopping places between New Yorlc and B' oston, �WAS ED 35 YEARS' AGO TODAY The above picture of the H mpton River bridge was first printed in the Po1·tsmouth Herald 35 year11 ago today In connection with the opening of the brid~g[,l:e::.,·.,---~~~~:-:--:;::-:"'".!~~~~....,...-,---~-...,..,...,.,__ _ _ __ • - At the exercises held at the Sea roo Thirty-five years ago today the so- end or the bridge Hon. warren Brown called Mlle bridge acr~ss the Hampton or Hampton Falls presided. Governor Iver was opened. This made the conth rlnclpal speaker Jordan was e p • ecting link of electric roads, ~e t ween Others on the program Included Rallork Beach and Boston, with the ex- road Commissioner Henry M. Putney or ~eptlon of the break caused by · the Manchester, Insurance commissioner Portsmouth-Kittery ferry ~cross the John C. Linehan, Penacook, Dr. Charles .P lscataqua River to Badgers Island. S Murkland president of N. H. College; The Portsmouth Herald of May 15, N J B tch;lder secretary of the State "-•""!!'~•,.·;y,',"' 1902, the day following the opening, B. '.d a r Agrlc~lture and Hon. John st~ted: "The new bridge was built by M~~aneo of Milford. ' the Lovell Electric Railway Co. and is In the evening a ball was held at the the longest bridge in New England, Casino at Hampton Beach. measuring 4,823 feet. It ls 39 feet wide Among the local people attending In ad cost about $100,000. The bridge ~ the official party were the followlng: : on the direct line of New Hampshl~e s Mayor John Pender, Sheriff Marcus M. Ocean Boulevard now In process of I Collis; Aldermen Thomas 0. Lester, construction aµd It will become a part George A. wood, Fred L. Martin, Hero! it. Work on the sttucture was be- 1 man A. Clark, Frank W. Knight and gun more than a year ago, and an Im- , Charles E. Balley, Councilmen S. F. A. mense amount of material was con- Pickering, Edward A. Manent, E. 0. sumed in Its building." Hepworth, Fred L. Stackpole, Charles The exercises connected with the a. Asay and Elisha B. Newman, County dedication brought a number or people Commissioner Ceylon Spinney, Judge to Hampton and Seabrook. Wallace Calvin Page, Col. True L. Norris, Fred D. Lovell, electric road promoter, who M. Sise, H. Fisher Eldredge, A. F. Howwas prominent in the building or the ard, E. Percy Stoddard, John Goodall, bridge, sent out about 200 invitations president or the common council, ana and nearly all those invited were pres- w. o. Meloon, general mana~er or the ent. At noon a luncheon was served at Portsmouth, Kittery & York Street Hotel Whittler at Hampton. At 2 Railway. o'clock, following the luncheon, all went 1----~-,::-:::-:=:::--:-ll!""-=:mo'lr-::o:-;,,..il-.; in special cars to the bridge, five miles away. The Exeter Band was in the first car. All specials ran across the bridge, the exercises being held at the Seabrook end, where more than 500 persons had gathered. The first car was run across the structure by Gov. Chester B. Jordan or New Hampshire. �The speaker told o! how the plan began in the Rye Harbor section and later was lRken up by the development assocla• Uon and still later by the state Planning Board and finally the state, until now work ls underway there. ' He gave a description of the proposed inland waterway from the Massachu~ctt.s line to Gre~ t Bay and said it might be just a dream, but that without much the waterway could be RandaU Speaker ' difficulty brought lo Hampton Harbor, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts-is At Meeting Ynitarian an inland wate.i·way 200 feet Laymens League . · planning wide ru:i.<L~-feet deep from the Merrimack Ri_ver back of the ·sallsburys to The story of tl~~ ' Seacoast Regional the New Hampshire line, he said, and Development Associapon was clearly the waterway would also extend back of told at the meetin,g Qf the .James De Plum Island through Cape Ann. SeaNormanclie ChapLer, . Unitarian Lay- brook people became interested o.nd men's League, Ja~t. evening by frnnk W. mo.de plans to continue the watel'\vay Randall. Mr. Ranqall ls prcsi~lent of to Hampton- Harbor, he stated, and the association nnu gn.vl! a very fine told of the various communities becomtalk, telling various develo1;mcnts ing interested, and that now the prowhich are being studied in the seacoast posal ls to bring it to North Hampton, region. nnd then cut across, either to the ExeIn brglnning his talk: he staled that ter River 01· Great Bay. He stated that all the towns in lhe association nre on the government ls interested because it lidcwntrr nncl lhrrl'fore hn.ve murh ln would make nn inland water route berommon. He thrn told of enrly busi- tween U1e Boston nncl Portsmouth navy nrss In New Hampshire, stn1ing that n.t yards. first agriculture was the most importMr. Randall also spoke of the Hampant n.nd later industry came fu·st. He ton highwar, the trailer camp at the stat d tha~ in 1930 the income from in- General Sullivan bridge and finally of dustry wns $3G5,000,000 and last year , the proposed park at Liberty bridge. He lhe amount dropped to $175,000,000. spoke of the interest on the ,Part of the "We hn.ve got to be alert and bring back Dlvi5ion of J'To.tional Parks. Several some of that Industry," he said. Re- questions were asked regarding the garding recrealion, he said that the plans for development in the South End Income for tbe entire i.t:1.te was $75,000,- section. 000 and of that amount 22 percent In closing ,1c spoke of billboards, long came to the seacoast 1egion. range mosquito eradication and the Answering the question, "why do we proposed bridge :.crosJ the Piscataqua. need to do anythlng ln the seacoast Previous to the talk a supper was region If we have that much income?" r;erved, consisting of gr11.pefrult, mashed he &tated t.hat there is great competi- potatoes, string beans, salad, beefsteak tion among rccrPational sections and pie, squash pie and coffee. llrn.t people i11 the seacoru;t region must In the o.bscnC'e of the prl's1dcnt m1d clo everything U1ey c11.n to o.tlrnct peo- vice president Laurence G. Peyser preple ro this part of the state, snying, "We sided and In trod ucecl the speaker. , <·1 n't stand still. We 11:1.ve got to presen·e the historical shrines and maintain tl cm i! we want t.he people to come here." Mr. R:mdall then told of the forming of the dcvelopMent association, st11.t!ng it would do more nncl go farther than a m11nlclpnl!ty. The speakrr told of requei,ts Urnt cl\me int-0 the Chamber of Commerce three years ago for booklets about the New Hampshire seacoast, and Governor Murphy, on behalf of that out of those requests grew 11,n or- the State, is going to sponsor the g:inizat!on of the seacoast town and publication of the WPA New Hampthis later gi-rw into the present Sea- shire Guide, on which a staff of co:1st Reglonnl Association. writers under the writers' project of Mr. I!andl\11 had several maps to 11- the WPA has been at work for many lnstrate his talk, one being a large map months. First, the information was o! the region which made lt nry easy assembled for Individual communito follow his cll'scrlptlons as he to\d of ties, then assembled in a state guide. different projects which are under con- All of the state guides eventually wlll s!der:1.Uon by t!:e associaUon. He ex- be merged in a complete United plained in detail the Rye Harbor pro- States guide. The New Hampshire ject, telllng of the plan to build two section will be published by a Boston j<.>tties to make a harbor o! refuge !or printer and the state through Govsailing cmft. · ernor Murphy wlll buy all unsold He told of lh,;i pian to clrecl~e to n~nlte copies at the encl of 18 months at a depth of 15 feet at low water, the plan th e price of $1.16 a copy up to a total of $2500 worth of books. to e!l.mlnate the curve at Ragged Ncck,r---~----------..,.1. a state pier, bathi.n..; beach, an aviation field and camp for the National Guard. TELLS OF WORK ,OF SEAC AST .\ .ASSOC ATION Frank , Vf • . of ?£ . i JOHN LANGDON CLU The men affiliated with the North c~urch at their gatherinls last everung voted to reorganize the John ~ngdon club. This club, which at one time was the largest men's club in the city, was very important to the church, ~uring the pa.st few years, ha.s been mi.ctive. A cormnittee composed o! Robert Boyd, Henry Reuther, Frank Rhodes, Jr., Albion Warren and Raymond I. Beal are to make plans for the reorganization. The committee will report at a later .meeting plans and policies. _The get-to__gether meeting started of! with a fine supper last evening. The !1 committee consisted o! Wllliam, c. Walton, John Mooney and E. Curtis Matthews. Roland I. Noyes presided. ! A discussion on men's place in the church and his responsibility to the chm·ch and the community was carried on _for some length or time. There was also considerable discussion re1 garding the re-organization. of the 1 John Langdon club, which was all favorable. Charles Beaton was as acting treasurer. Robert Boyd gave a history John Langdon club. • �LETTERS_FROM THE PEOPLE llDllllllllilllll:tllll:Jllll\lUlnllllnlllllll\l!JllllllillU(l(llliUIJIJliUDlll1 The Passing of Prof. Eliu Thomson Editor of The Herald:·In 1885 the writer with a . man named Breed of West Lynn were employed by the Boston Elec. Co., c~ntractors for such electrical work as was known !Ii those days. Bells, burg,.. .,..,..,, ,.,,,..,,Jar alarms, annunciators, etc. A year or two before this Prof. Thomson with Prof. Houston, both of Philadelphia, formed the Thomson-Houston Elec. co. of New Britain, Conn. Some experiments in Europe had started scientists on this side in a rush to produce a practical electric light. Edison with hJs Bamboo filament in a vacuum, and Brush of Cleveland with his high tension carbon (arc) lamp. Tnomson severed his connection with :t'<·,..,-i,.ril the school and gave his time to the new company. Houston, a mathematician, retained his position at Philadelphia. The early generators were hand controlled, required close attention. Thomson was the first to make an automatic dynamo which at that time were very small-3 to 10 llght capacity -and an estimated candle power of 1200 to 1500 (measured from four directions and totaled). About this time Frank Jones had bought the Hotel Wentworth at New Castle, N. H., and tl'le second machine made by the New Britain Co. was a 3 llght capacity; was purchased by Jones to light the area in front of the hotel. A man by the name of Leo Cutter of New Bria.;i1..,,..,P1"1<-,•',1 taln made the installation on high poles with an arm. Two yea.rs after IIH-·"''-.:..,.~,.:.":!,.·::,-_;'..,:.1 the first installation of the 3 light ma.chine the writer installed a 25 llght machine and the lights were extended to the Sagamore road-the pioneer electric llght.s in this section of the country. •-~-""".,"'' In the meantime Chas. F: Brush of Cleveland had entered the llght!ng field and bought control of the New Britain Co., forcing out Prof. Thomson and closing the plant. H. O. Pevear and Chas. E. Coffin on the lookout for new enterprises, induced Thomson to come to Lynn-he had retained in his own name what patents were of importance. Pevear .... ~..,.... built Factory A on Western Avenue In West Lynn and the race was on. ·.-·.~~'."'.,. Breed, mentioned above, obtained a position the following year, and a year '!'Z!t:,:r;,:ui after the writer followed, and our friendship and connection with the company continued for many years, until his death. To obtain and hold the love and respect o! so many employes a man must possess qualities far above the majority of h.tlffians. I was in daily contact with him, in the testing and development o! many of his experiments and I never heard him utter an ' impatient word. I never et angry, 4 •··· If your work or efforts did not please him, you never knew it. He was about 5 ft. 8 In., well proportioned, and a very pleasing personality, voice low, his words were simple and delivered without emphasis or gesture. I have heard him talk at Technology on some new electrical development, anct when he had finished there was little need to ask questions. In the i·apid i development o! electrical devices he was always In the lead-he took up those he thought would have the most practical use. One day he called me t'l his private work room where he had two or more skilled workers, and showed me the results of a test he had Just made of a small generator. He had welded pieces of copper, iron, brass, Into rings and made a chain about 12 in. long, using only a little borax for a flux, and from that sprung almost over night the Thomson Welding Co. (a separate corporation from the Elec. Co.). From that he and his assistants ma.de mlllions. The management of the Electric Co. were not very much Interested at first and the holdings were scattered. Later, after they had made machines capable of welding 9-in. girder rails for street railway use which took the place of ''.Fish plates" they wasted their time and much money experimenting on steamship shafts which later proved impractical. For several years ' the company stood still but gradually developed an outlet of greater diversity, and more profit and universal benefit. As the Prof. told me "a llttle experience Is worth a lot more than a theory". In the process of manufacture special tools were devised to shorten the time taken to put apparatus through the factory; there were many skilled mechanics, but he was first and foremost to see the difficulty and plan a remedy. He was the paramount genius of the ThomsonHouston Co. All of this rapid development required financial management of a high order, Pro!. Thomson himself had no press agent, no ballahoo. It's doubtful if ever any one obtained an authorized interview on electrical matters· a word from him and stocks in the ~ompany would go up or down. The commercial end was left to Pres. Pevear and Coffin. At one time they hired a man, a nntive of Lynn, as general manager; he did the active sales promotion; there was talk of interviews, etc., and the company's stock fluctu:i.ted. Soon he was ouL and Vice Pres. Coffin dropped his shoe business and took the active management. During this period Prof. Thomson saw the absorption of his former ad1·ersary-the Brush Elec. Co. of Clevel?.nd, The Jenny Elec. Co. of Fort Wayne, the Van Bepole Co., manufacturers or Ry. equipment (very early type) and many alleged infringers of pa tent rlgh ts, leaving one principal competitor, The Edison Co. This company had continued its one type ot. low voltage tor strictly II)terior lighting. The development of the alternating current transformer system by the Thomson-Houston Co., and its subsidiaries were fast limiting the output of the Edison Co., largely financed by Morgan & Co. ·It had been the policy ·of the ThomsonHouston Co. to take part payment in securities from the various utility companies to whom they sold apparatus. About 1893 they found themselves very much in need of cash. A close friend of I mine was selected to negotlat.e a loan from the Morgan Co. The negotiations ' resulted In 30 % in cash or the face value of about 20 million of various utlllty stocks, and an ag1·eement to consolldate wltl1 the Edison Co., forming the Gen. Elec. Co., of which Mr. C. A. Coffin was made president, and later chairman of the board, when Mr. W. E. Rice was made presldent a protege o! Pro!. Thomson, and his close assistant from New Britain. Prof. Thomson had developed a splendid estate In Swampscott and continued to reside there. In the consolidation of the vari0U6 properties many able men sk1lled In the arts and sciences were among the vast army of employees able to continue the development of their particular lines. Press agents have written the goings and comings of various members o! the technical staf! but the dominant figure was always, Prof. Thomson. I was present at a meeting in New York when the Edison Medal for outstanding electrical achievements in electrical developments was presented to him. The remarks of the various eminent speakers, noted scientists, financial leaders, etc., were a benediction. His reply In quiet, even tones, stating the. abll!ty and achievements o! his contemporary (the donor of the medal) gave evidence of his sincerity. For many years he has been interested in astronomy; he studied lens making and built himself a telescope and within a few years was engaged In making a much larger instrument. He came from England at the age of 5, graduated from high school at 17 and for 5 yea.rs he was an assistant professor of chemistry at the Central High School in Philadelphia; at twenty-three a full professor. Seven hundred patents are on flle in his name. It has been said of his inventions, If you should take out of all electrical apparatus today the inventions and principles first discovered by Thomson, a majority of all things electrical from mighty dynamos to electric fans; would eiLher give up the ghost or limp ehrough theirr daily tasks.Edison'& electric lights would go out, Marconi's radio would quit cold, street cars and 1>ubways would ~top, everything welded electrically from auto wheels to metal beds, would fall apart and yom· milk man would charge more for cream. Nearly every practical instrument for the creation, trani,mlssion and use o! electricity commercially owes its proficiency to laws or controls first discovered by Thomson. Nearly 60 years ago he invented the cream separator. Of late years it ls said of him-he does not drink tea, coffee or Intoxicants, or smoke. It Is said of Edlson that he had a talent for showmanship. Thomson preferred to remain a scientist. He was a tireless Investigator to the end. "Here was a man." Prof. Ellu Thomson died Saturday, March 12, age (near) 84. I. L. MELOON. Fp-,--~--~-~---------i ...,_..,.;-t it ""' • ,~ I \C, �Peter Hickey Assumes Duties s Postmaster - Joseph P. Conner etires With Excel en Record Peter J. Hickey .>ssumed his duties as ' James H. Perkins of Rye Beach. They postmaster at tt , local postoI!ice at the ' have thl'ee children, two daughters and close o! business last night. Mr. Hickey cne son. was uotl!ied by a telegram from PostMr. Conner is a charter member ,md master General James A. Farley that served as president o! the Portsmouth his commission was on the way and !or ! Athletic Club, and has also been acth·e l:im to assume ch ~rge at the close of in the Chamber of Commerce. He ls a btislness on March 31. Joseph P. Com:.E:r, ,\"ho retires from the postmastershiµ has established nn enviable record in that position. He has served o·:cr 2,i yenrs In the offh:e :mcl during that ,ilne has won the esterm of all with whom he ha s come in contact. On Dec. 10, l!J07, Mr. Conner was first appointed postma,,ter, the nominalion being made by Theociore RooseYeli. J Sine~ that time he has served under the folJowing prcsicleni.s: William Howa.-d Tafi, Woodrow W,lson, Warren G Harcling, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoo\'er and Frankiin D. Roosevelt,, lmv- I PETER J. HICKEY l member of toe Church of Chl'ist, Scientist, and has served as reader of the church. . Mr. Conner has ever been n. working executive during his many years as 1 postmaster and hr..s always been pres, ent to lend a hand when there was n. ' rush. For the past 20 years he has been in the office by 7 o'clock in the morning. Mr. Hickey is a :. native and lifelong tesident of this city. He Is 44 years of age and has been active in the Democratic party for sc,me years. In Janu.JOS EI'H P. CONJI.Elt 11ry he retired after serving three years as city cleric H~ married Miss Anna 1 ing the distinction of serving from one· McEvoy on June 7, 1916. For some Roose\'elt to the next. However, there! time he carried on the business estabv.as one lapse during these years. In Ilishment known a.; the Specialty Shop. 1915 he was sucecedcd by John Dowd, I He ls -a member of Portsmouth Lodge who held the position for two years nnd • of Elks nnd or Portsmouth Council, K. a hnlf, and then Frt>d C. Tucke1· was of C., of which heh n past grand knight. named ncling po:tma~trr. Just four 1He served as ch.J.rman Of the Demoyears from the time Mr. Conner rclin- cratle Clty committee, chairmnn of qulshNl his clutles. he ngnln was np- Wnrcl Two Dcmocrntic committee. He polntcci postmn.;te•:. · l•ns sent out letter:; of resignation from Mr. Conner wm, for 25 rears a clerk all political orgar.izations to which he m the store of He1,ry Peyser & Son. At I belonged. the time of his nppoiutment ns post- I During his service at City Hall as master the first time he was in the ln-1 city clerk he was most efficient and surance busine.ss. During the• Interim made many friends. Mr. Hickey is vel'y 1 when ho wn~ not postmnstrr, cluri11g fond o! bnscba.11, which Is his favorite the World War, he returned to tho in- sport. He wns active in getting a K. or surance business :,;,d later was at the C. team orgamzerl !or the Sunset Shattuck shipyar1 1u1 a government In-! League in past year~ and during 1933 spector, giving up his position there to when the team won Uw championship, return to the post-Otflce. and in 1934, when it wru; the runner-up, Mr. Conner married Miss Elizabeth he and ,James Fnllam served as coPerkins, c'augh!Rr of Mr. and Mrs. mnnagers. I I I I J'udge Justin H. Sha.w gave a. very lnleresfl.ng talk last evening· on "Kittery Epitaphs" at the meet.Ing of the Austin Parent-1t'eacher As~ociation In Kfttery last. evening; ·, , , · ·.,, i•. ,, '· , ·· ' Judge Shaw selected and grouped together three of the so-called Chauncy' epitaphs, two .in Kittery an~ one . in, Portsmouth, and surrdlmded them with a Jot ot facts' whfoh were l.ntenciecf to explain some of Ui.e lines, !rom a. literary standpoint as · well as a. personal and hlstoricar review.' Toe evident lnfiuence of the poetry of Alexande:r,Pope at,that time 0:.1 the two eplJ;aphs in Kittery .was Indicated by comparisons. 1'Charles Chauncy was one or the lntellectuaf founders or' Kittery,, and , as a. scholat' an·d 'abatriot was one of those who prepared' the minds of the people to the extent ~! his influence, !or the American Revolution:• said Judge Shaw. "He stood with Thomas Paine, before the da.ys at Valley Forge with Washington; and with Jol'm. Hancock, Adams and Revere in Massachusetts, and with Pickering, Sullivan and Langdon in Portsmouth. I do not know just how he may have been associated with the Pqrtsmouth men, but he was with them in the spirit. But this was the standpoint of lhe Kittery committee of Parker, Cha.uncy and Bartlett on Jan. 7, 1773: ·we shall be ready to Stand by the Respectable Town of Boston in every lawful undertaking. for the Recovery of many Ancient Privileges which seem to be ,nested from us, and we are willing to offer our lives as a Sacrillce· in the Glorious cause of Libertl·, U there should ever be occasion.• hit has been pointed out by Prof. E. C. Huntington of the Univcl'sity of Nashville that this was two years before Lexington and Concord," .said Judge Shaw. "The subject· of epitaphs is not so dry as ene might imagine," he continued. •·Many of them are ridiculous, of course. Many of ther.1 are grand. The most of them are of some interest at. least. "Kittery, I think, is very rich in epitaphs. Very many of them are of much interest and beauty. For instance, the personal tribut~ to Levi Lincoln Thaxter by Robert Browning is perhaps the best known, and make the great English poet and a great man quite a living personality right here in Kittery. The fact U1at some pers011s will make a special trip from New York City to visit the grave of Levi Lincoln Thaxter on nccount o! this epitaph, to me is ~n importnnt mntter of literary interest alone. , "Kittery Point is the epitaph center for Kittery. I suppose' the inscription on the tablet or slab over the Pepperrell , .,,........ , tomb shares in interest with the P., ... ,«,1.·,.,,. Browning-Thaxter verse, for most. visitors, It has become so well known. I have so many of them in my notebook of epitaphs. The Chauncyi,, the Cutts, the Dennetts, the Femalds, the Stevens'. ,the •Weeks, the Badger slab, 'the Whlpples, the Wilsons, the Rices, the Saffords, the seawards, the Mitchells, the Bellamys, the Hills, · Gerrlshes and �Bernard Yoffee And Miss Justine Hartford Win Medals ____ 1 f The awards for the best hlsto:rtcal article on ''Old Forts and Fortifications Along the Piscataqua" were made at the assembly held at the Senior High School this morning. Bernard Yoffee. won first. prize. ' and Miss Justine Hartford second. Honorabl~ mehtion was made for the essays of Myron Rosen and Daniel Atwell. Each year Ranger Chapter, Daugh~ ters of the American Revolution, pfier two medals for the best' essays on some historical subject relating to Portsmouth history. :rhe .cohtest ~1J open to. seniors o_r the hlg~ school anq ls a part of their History and English coµ rses. , . , Such articles· require a· great 'amom;t of research on the part of the students and a large number of the class members enter the contest. The essays are submitted to a group o! judges selected by the Ranger Chapter and the final awards are made by this group. The announcement of the awards was made by Mrs. Walter F. Lane, Regent of Ranger Chapter. The committee on the essays from the D. A. R. included Mrs. Walter F. Lane, regent; Mrs. Ancy Brownell, and Mrs. Fred 0 . Procter. The judges were Miss Dorothy Vaughan, Mrs. Edith Badger Torrey, Judge Justin H. Shaw. and Arthur I. Harriman. POPULATION OF ··CITY ·INCREASES •:, •• '·I •, , f Census . Taken By .Assessors Shows Growth -Of Over , 1400 In ·Seven Years · I 'J.::te population of Portsmouth • h as inc~eased from 14,49~ in 1930 to 16,909 according to the census taken by the Board, of Assessors with the City ln~rease' In the . p!!,st seven years is over 1400 .residents. :The cens\18 which was taken earlier ·in the year was very: complete. , . ()f ! t he }inhabitants' ;of this city . be.;t ,t ~ eell_ -the 9:~~. p_f 2,- a~d_70. liable· !pr pqll .t axes each ,year, there are .10,010. ·under ' 21 years' of age there are 4,20.4 per:_soflll, . ~nd · _over,- ,70 , the~e .-' art, 78:S; Veterans, who ·are exempt from pay-· tn a- II tax• n'umber ·910. , ,, .,. , An exhibition of oil paintings, water-colors, photographs of murals, and of New Hampshire artists, is now open to the public without charge at the Whipple School on State street. The •display is the work ,of New Hampshire people nnd accomplished as a Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Omer T. Lassonde of Manchester is the state supervisor of the Federal Art Project. The display will remain during this week, at lea.st and 1s open to the public from 9 to 12 noon and from 1.30 ,to 4.30 p. m. In a room on the first floor Is hung nineteen Interesting oil paintings, jncludlng portraits, New Hampshire ·scenery, st!ll-llfe, nnd other subjcct.s. Two _paintings of young ,girls by Alice Cosgrove are outstanding and a farm scene by Cleon Barton is also unusually good. Oil paintings displayed on the first floor .are the following: After The Storm-Margaret Masson Flu.rr,.,..clcon Barton New England Spinster-Louise vis Last of Winter-Louise Davis Girl In Blue- Alice Cosgrove Landscape-Louise Davis Dr. Reed-Allee Cosgrove Little Street-Louise Davis ·still Life-Qleon Barton New England .Church- Cl~on ton The Garden-Cleon Barton Color Study-Cleon Barton Col. Corser-AJlce Cosgrove Ploughi.ngWaterfall-Margaret Masson Wood Carver-Alice Cosgrove Arrangement-Cleon Barton Girl In Costume-Alice Cosgrove Early Morn ing Sunli gltlr-Cleon Barton. The second fl om· display includ••s water colors by Herbert Waters, phoLographs of New Hampshire nrt ls(s by L. M. A. Roy, a scale drawin g of a mural for U1e Way School, Claremont, painted by Alice Cosgrove; photos of murals installed in the children's rooms of the Concord and Nashua public libraries, pa inted by Margaret Masson; photos ro1d color study of the murals Installed a t the Junior High School Audi torium h ere, together " '.ith clescriptlve notes by Gladys Brannigan ; and photos of the Pulaski Memor ial Statue to be erected at, the Pulaski Park, Manche:;ter, Lucien H. Gosselin, , ;culptor. The exhibition ls both in tercsUni;: and instructive. The art classes of the Junior High School have visited the exhibition in groups with the director of drawing, Miss Eleanor R. Deshon, r.onductin the visit · �N n ~~m 0 F Las vening - r sen ~ A-~,0J s mis l~ea1 ·i gC i~iffl§ ~ r J The 136th Congregational-Christian Conference ot N.:-w Hampsh1re continued throughout the day with sessions held at the North ·church. The attendance is very 'large, it being one ot the largest denominational gaatherings ever held in this city. The seating capacity of the downstairs portion of the church auditorium is practically filled . ....,..,.,..,.~ ·"",.· ·"•""·,:.-.1: The gallery is open to the public and anyone wishing to attend any of the ~:~Ei~;~~.,.,-~::-_;·:,.,,. sessions is welcome to do so. The morning's program got under way at 8 o'clock with a short business session, followed by the New Hampshire Hou1·. "The Larger Parish" was the subject, with Rev. Benjamin F. Andrews of Dublin and G. G. Fox of Alstead giving talks. eld Mrs. Fred Busch1neycr presented the awards for tho 1936 reading contest. · Mrs. Buschmeyer formerly resided In Durham and is well known throughout the state. In making the awards she prefaced her talk by saying that the reading contest was carried on through the -gift of the late Mrs. Lucius H. Thayer. Mrs. Buschmeyer gave a list of some of the books which will be on the 1937 list and also gave some statistics, saying that the average American" •'-"'J-~·,,1,1.,,, reads four or five books a year, 95 per cent read the newspapers, . 75 percent magazines, mostly ot the cheaper type, and 30 percent books, and of that onethird are good books. She brought out that 1,153 Congregational-Christian readers read 18,009 books during the year. People read the books they can get, she said, and urged those connected with the reading contests to have the books available for people who wish to· read them. She then presented the awards. The state ls divided Into four divisions, the ffrst one including membership up to 75, and the winners were Union and Greenfield. In the second division, with a membership of from 76 to 150, Peterborough won first and Plymouth second. Winners in division 3, with a membership of from 151 to 400, were Wolfeboro and Durham, while in the fourth division Portsmouth won, with the First Church of Nashua taking second place. This division Is for churches with a membership o! 401. or over. There was an Increase in the number o! churches participating In the contest. ~~J~~~::~;: Last year 56 churches were entered and this year 61. Despite this fact the number or re;d~s 'dec1·eased 10, but the number of books read amounted to 1,600 i;·,• .:11-:,:wt more. In Portsmouth there were 205 readera of whom 13 were young people and 111 men. 1,049 books were read. Portsmouth received five points for having the largest number o! readers, for the largest numbc.r o! young people It received one point, another point for the l:lrgest number of men readers, o.nr;t three points for the largest number ot books read, mak ing a total of 10 points; �Rev. White Gives Lecture Rev. Hugh Vernon White, who gave the first of his three lectures at the service last night. gave the second lectme near the close or the morning session. His subject on the general theme or "Reorienting Christianity in the Orient" was devoted to "The Christian Church." ' In opening his talk he told or some of i-..;t..:~av.•A the problems which confront the forming of a church in the Orient. He told of the difficulty in getting the people together at a certain time and of get1 ting them to Join in a formal service. r •.-.........,:i, But he said that one of the greatest , thin.gs the Christian religion has doM is -to make the people social conscious. · A congregation comes together, ,thus beginning the idea of a community life. I The ·speaker told of the three institutions which are doing a great deal for ' Christianity in the Orient, "the hospital, w.~,,.-"'"""'""' the school· and the church. . "In every country in the world there ill a Christian hospital," he stated, adding that the hospital Is the most obvious expression of the desire to serve and called it a tremendotL1 place of importance as a Christian agency for the relief of hue. man suffering. , He said that the school wa.1 also im• portant and tt had pupils under its guidance for a longer time to deal with them. He told of the Chrlstlo.n school11 and said the people attending them do not have to be Christians, but that the idea of Christianity Is spread through the schools. "While it is true that hospitals treai:' 'more·lndlvlduals than any other Chris~ tlan institution and while it is true that Christlari sc11ools have been a far more effective agency, It Is nevertheless trm, that the most Influential, and the most fundamental importance of Christian, ity 1n the Orient 1.s the church itsell," he stated. Discussing churches, he 1tated tat they a.re very inadequately led and that. one of the first p11oblems of the miM!ons of the church 1.s to rai.se the atanda.rdl!. He said that the people of China- are very, ".ery J)OOI and that the relief allotment to a l)OOr :family 1n this coun~ try would Jte wealth to them. He stated, that the reason. the churches are inadequately led Sa because they hav:e no money to pay for eollege-trained leaders and that the reason wh;y the leaders do not go w college is because they 1ee no future for them, thUB makl:pg a vicious circle. rn comparing the church with the school and hospital !or the work. being done for Christianity, he :stated that the hospital eontact was but !or & short time, the school, while a big influence, has them only through the earlier years, but that the church ls a lifelong association. In discussing the possibility o.t ~e schools becomiDg nationalized, he said the schools are the most ef!ecti.ve Christianizing influence, but called attention to the fa.ct that the gove_rnments are getting control of education, not only in, aountries that have dicta- torships, but In others as we a very, very live issue in our own country," he stated, calling the Teachers' Oath but a "straw in the wind." Only Japanese can teach in Japanese schools. Only Chinese can teach in Chinese schools, and in order to teach In Tur,key the teacher must be a citizen of Turkey," he declared. He called the teaching of history the chief means of stimulating natural patriotism and insisted that the governments were very much interested in how history was · taught in the schools throughout the world. Mr. White called attention to the fact there was the possibility of schools becoming nationalized, not that it had been done in the countries he was dlscussion. The foreign missions have got to be backed by an intelligent home church, he stated, and told of the problem which !aces the church In India. He said that the problem there ls that it will never be a real church until it is independent of western leadership and western money, but that It cannot get along without that leadership and support. He stated that this was true In China, but less so in Japan. The churches must be independent, but that they cannot be Independent, and this difficult problem will have to be solved ln some way. The churches 1n the Orient are at a crucial period, nt the_ period of adolescense, he maintained, and rome solution must be found. · Following the period. talk by Dr. White th ere was a question ' The eoncluding event on the program was the worship service, which was 1n charge or the chaplain, Rev. Allen 5 Lorimer or Manche t.er. Fellowship Supper The Fellowship Supper was held at the North Church Parish House at Cl o'clock last evening, Wi th a large attendance. Conrad Snow of Rochester, po.se o! Christianity must always e realized 1n the Christian man. John spoke more than once of the new man, 1n Christ Jesus," said the speaker and quoted from Galatians and Romans. "No Christian movement Is going to accomplish Christian purposes It out or 'the nccomplishment there does not come an improvement in the lives of Christian people," he said, and compa.red this with a health campaign, i;tatlng that no such campaign Is suecessful until the individual man, woman or child is healthier. The issue of the moment is to be found ln the lives of Individual men. He told of his visit to the Orient, of his first stop In Japan and or the various clties he visited. In one he held a meeting with seven men and told of the six questions which were discussed. These concerned the Christian religion and the Buddhist religion. In Buddhism, he stated, religion ls not concerned with morality. Salvation Is not n change or character, but n change of state according to that religion, he added. "Christianity comes to produce a new man," he stated. Dr. White spoke of the socialized man which Christianity develops and of the sacredness of personality. He told of his visit to China and of Chiang Kai Shek's declamation ot Christianity, which recently appeared in the Christlan Century. "Let us thank God for a Christian dictator in the Orient," he said. ''In the early clays," declared speaker, "religion was preoccupied with tbe 81\Vlng or I.he soul, and wl th some of the religions," he stated, "that still t.s true," and added it should not cease to be the concern of the liberal religion. ''But," he said, "it is also true that there ta a very, very vital development today and that ls, that the church has begun to think of man not only as a ghost to be saved for another world, but as a man, as a personality. moderator of the convention, presided "The wholeness of man has begun to and introductions of new men concern the liberal Protestant church in the state were made by never has been concerned before," the .secretary, Rev. Robert 0. Arm- as he it maintained. strong. Rev. Richard F. Beyer of Man- ~"."'::'~~;,,-,,.,...~~~.-:---:-:-'-'!'7.-:c:7;'"-;-:~:; chester extended a welcome nnd Rev. Ray M. Miller responded. Greetings were brought by Rev. Earl F. Nauss of Nashua, president of the conference, and Mrs. Martha Kett:'lle of Manchesi:;;~--::h!ti~man of the Departm--e-n-:-t-::.c:_,-o-;t"tt'~~~-~;-J.i;~ Women's Work. A service of worship was held at the North Church at 7.45 which was conducted by the chaplain, Rev. Allen ~Lorimer of Manchester. The worship service was based on the Book of Jonah. Moderator Snow presented the speaker, Dr Hugh Vernon White, who recenLiy returned from the Orient. His theme during the three-day conference is "Reorienting Christianity In the Orient," with last evening's talk being devoted to "The Christian Man." In opening his talk he calJed attention to the scripture reading, stating that Jonah was the first missionary of whom there is any record. ''The pur- �war college George Washington with President eourse and then hoisted his flag 011 Wilson and party on board. After arthe battleship Connecticut as com- riving in Brest, he lost no time in mander of the Fourth Division of the starting for the United States, reAtlantic Fleet in the harbor of Vera turning the afternoon of Christmas Cruz, Mexico. Day for a huge review of the fleet I It was while on duty in Mexican in New York Harbor. ,17aters that the famous Tampico inWhen he hauled down his flag at r iant ava ICer a .Jident took place, when the Ad- New York on June 30, 1919, the AtOutstanding Record Over miral took the forceful stand de- !antic fleet was divided into the n1anding an apology for the insult to Atlantic and Pacific fleets, Admiral H ears the American flag. Following the B. Wilson taking command o! the ---Mexican campaign, Adm. Mayo was former and Admit·al Rodman of the Admiral Henry Thomas Mayo, U. lirected . to take command of all the Pacific fleet. It was the desire of the s. N. (retired) one o! the outstnnd- battleships in the Atlantic !leet with fleet to render the retiring admiral ·ing naval leaders of the World War, the rank of vice admiral, the fll•st every possible honor, and a reception baving been commander of the At- time the rank had been given sincP. was h eld in his honor on board the ]antic fleet during that time, died at 1he death of Vice-Admiral Rowan o! fleet flagship. When ' he finally left the home of his son, Capt. Chester Civil War fame. Nine months later the flagshlp, after the ceremonies o. Mayo, nt 186 Miller Avenue, at 1 On the spring of 1916) he became incident to the hauling down the o'clock this morning. JQmmander-in-chief of the Atlantic admiral's flag, he found eight adAdmlrnl Mayo, one of the out- Fleet with the rank of admiral. m!rals and captains in place, acting litanding figures in naval circles for With the sinking of the Lusitania, as side-boys. This ceremony brought many years, retired on June 30, 1919 most naval officers were of the opin- to an end the cruise which extended from rrea duty, and upon reaching ion that war was inevitable, and Adm. from December, 1919, during over the age o! 64, was placed on the re- Mayo's constant endeavor was to ob- thre years of which he had been tired 11st. However he was called ta.in battle efficiency. In July of the commander-in-chief. At this time he back into active duty again after following year be was named to go had seen nearly 48 years service, of four years of retirement and for four to London to confer with the British $ich 28 years and nine months had years served as governor of the U. S. Naval head and on Aug. 19, 1917, set been sea service. This included over Naval Home in Phil!l.delphia. In 1928, so.ii on the steamer St. Louis with five years afloat as flag officer, first l1e was permitted to return to re- his staff. The conferences were of as a rear admiral in command -of the tlrement after 53 years o! active ser- great value and the project o1 a mine Fourth Division of the Atlantic Fleet, vice 1n the Navy. barrage in the North Sea was dis- then, in Oct. 1914, commanding the Admiral Mayo was born in Burling- cussed with Admiral Mayo. It was First Division, this division being comcon, Vt., Dec. 8, 1856. At the age of the Admiral's plan and he found posed of the best super-dreadnaughts 15, with nine other boys he took a the British skeptical as to the sue- in the fleet, and was therefore the eompetit!ve examination for appoint- cessful operation of U1e mine which fleet's most important division; then JnCnt to Allnapolls and in June 1872 was a newly invention of ·America. in command of the then newly formed 11assed tha examination and beca.111e The immediate result was the dis- battleship squadron with the rank of ,. cadet midshipman. After fov.!' years patch of a British mining expert to vice admiral, and finally on June 19, In the Naval Acndemy he graduated the United states and upon his re- 1916 he succeeded to the command_or pear the head of his class. port the proposition was accepted. the Atlantic fleet with the rank of A two years cruise on U1e old Kear- The admiral and his staff, following Admiral while holding that office and ,ll,rge, Ma.nacacy and Tennessee in the the London conferences went to he continued in command of the fleet Orient followed the completion o! his France and plans were made at (the designation being changed to the course at the Academy and then Paris, and the ports of Brest and St. U. s. Fleet about the first part o! l>ack to the United States for his first Nazaire to look over the facilities 1919) until he finally hauled down his promotion to ensign. Following some !or the handling of troop transports nag en June 30, 1919. ~lme spent in surveying the waters and cargo ships. Gen. John J. PershOn June 25, 1919, the Admiral was ,r Puget Sound in the Washington ing mentioned one of the Admiral's honored by the degree o! L. L. D. rerritory, came a cruise on the old visits to Paris, stating that Admiral from the University of Vermont and rantlc and while on this craft, En- Mayo came to the rescue when the on June 28th, a representative of the 1lgn Mayo became a real 'sailor man" American Army in France needed French Embassy 1n Washington prel'{hO could handle any vessel from a coal. · sented to him,-on the flagshipyawl to a 3900 ton man-of-war unReturning to England, the adl]liral the decoration of Grand Officer of Iler full sail. While on the Yantic, he met Admiral Jellicoe at Dunkirk and the Legion of Honor-and later Japan took part In the f::uuous Greely re- embarked on the British Destroyer presented him with their highest Ucf expedition. "Broke" with Admiral Mayo's flag decoration, the Grand Cordon of the AfLer shore duty in San Francisco flying with that of Vice-Admiral Ba- Rising Sun. ae joined the battleship Wisconsin con, the commander in chief of that During his long service to 1,s navigator and soon was made section. With Admiral Jelllcoe he went country he has been outstanding. txecutive officer. He was on duty 1n aboard the British Monitor, off Os- The efficiency of the ships In his San Frnncisco dw-ing the fire and tend and took part in bombardment command has ben well known. He ,nrthquake l.n 1906 and vessels ,m- of GermlID batteries. He was the was an ardent patriot and the love ~er hi.'> control were of great scr- only American admiral under fire of his country was first in every ,tee in restoring aids t.o navigation during the war. Admh·al Mayo was in instance. His service in Mexico and ~nd in caring for refugees as well as command of the entire Atlantic Fleet the Tampico incident made him a...,.....,,.,..,._, lighLing fire. His first command of all during the war, and these in- national figure and the confidence ._ fighting ship was lhe cruiser Al- eluded not only all the vessels In Eu- placed in him always was regarded bany. The California, one of lhe crack ropean waters, but even part of the by Admiral Mayo as another duty 1hips of the mn y was the next ship Pacific fleet which had come around to be carried out, which he always lO come under his command, and he to the east coast. He was commander did in such a manner · to gain a 1Yas the first officer to take that h,1ge of practically all of the U. S. NavY gr_e at deal o! credit for those serving Jhip into San Diego harbor, showing afloat. I with him. )lis skill ns a navigator. He made several trips to France, j Fifty-six years ago this coming Admiral Mayo's love of the sea and was received by high officials spring, he married Miss Mary Caro[cpt him consLantly on sea duty. He in all places he visited. On the return line Wing of Burlington, Vt., who surierved as aide t.o the Secretary o! from one of his trips to Europe, he vives him. He is also survived by two the Navy, but after a year of this arrived in New York harbor on Dec. sons, Capt. Chester G. Mayo, U. S. iuty he applied for sea duty and upon 1 and at once went aboard the Pen- N., of 186 Miller Avenue, with whom promotion to flag rank-rear admiral, n°sylvania and three days later sailed he made his home and Maj. George In July 1913, he to the naval for Brest, escorting the U. S. S. Mayo, Engineers Corps, U. 8. Army DEATH TAKES ' ADMIRAL MAYO B ill • N I Off" Hd I 53 Y I �of New York; a sister, Miss Loulle A. Mayo of _186 Miller Avenue; two grand sons, George Mayo, Jr., a cadet at West Point and Henry T. Mayo, 2nd, of New York and one grand-daughter, Mrs. Amanda Mayo Boyden. The funeral services will be private. Interment will be In Lakeview Cemetery In Burlington, Vt., in the late s rin At the meeting of the Exeter Historical Society which took place Tuesday evening, January 14, at .the home of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Pen-y, Mr. William G. Saltonstall presented a very thorough and scholarly paper on "Shipping and Shipbuilding on the Exeter River." After a brief outline of the earliest visits to the river by foreigners and the rise of the shipbuilding business in New England, the beginning of the industry in Dover, Durham, and Exeter was discussed. The presence of fine timber in the neighborhood caused ihe cntcrpriso to flourish . Many vessels of various types and sizes-some weighing as much as five hundred tons-were built in Exeter and taken down the river, often empty or even buoyed up with floats, as they were too large for the depth of the river. Seven or eight wharves were located in Exeter where the Swasey Parkway now is. The shipl;,uilding trade was at its height from 1750 to 1810, after which time the effects of the War of 1812 and the coming of the railroad in 1840 caused the business practically to cease. Commerce, both for export and import, was carried on with g,eat activity throughout all this pedod, Exeter ships going far abroad wi Lh their wa1·cs and bringing needed articles home in return. An inte1·esting part of ihe paper was the account of the smaller boats which plied the river. One of these, the gundalow, is thought to have been indigenous to this region. It was about sixty feet long, five to ten tons in weight, and carried freight and passengers between Portsmouth and inland towns. A unique feature of the gundalow was the sail rigging which allowed the sail to be raised and lowered almost instantaneously. ')'ru.,,., x"'\ ·' ~ ~~ I-I. T. EASTON, SecretarrJ pro tem. a I Concord, Feb. 25-Technlcal tletall/1 relieve a ''dangerous condition of trafflt> of tho proposed new $230,000 Hampton congestion'' on the bench road and in the business district o.t t.h'} b£;ach. Beach roadway, embodied j.n House ,Bill Asked by the committee how he thought 251, were discussed at a.hearing of the the new road shoUld be financed, Mr. Hol.!Se committee .on public improve• Tucker stated that it could easily be ments yesterday morning by Danlel H. 1 taken care of out cf the regular appro• Dickinson, chief eni;:ineer or the Sta);e priat!on of the Highway Department. Highway Department, who said he since o. number or large projects aro could see ·no great engineering dlfflcul• / nearing complotlon and will leave the ties In the construction o! the new by• , facJlltles or the cleparl menp frre for tho pass. work, Mr. Dickinson estimated that land I "It might also bo financed by another and property damage of the project · bond issue 011 the Hampton toll would be about $65,000, which would 1n- j brictge,h ho added, indicating that th~ elude the rem:>val of only a few small i income from the bridge during s!x camps at the southern end of the road,! months of last year was more than $43,at the entrance to the Hampton Beach j 000. Th lndebtedncs.i or the bridr:e is toll bridge. The road, as proposed in, now more thnn $500.000, hi) reported, the bill before the Legislature, will be i but the income from .tolls could be two miles long, running about 1000 feet l bonded to take care of the new ro~d. from' the shore antl cutting · out au I1 Homer Whiting, chief of tha recantl:v· through traffic completely from the moi;lernized Hampton Beach Fire de• beach road. partment, tolcl the committee that, b1 The road, if approved, will connect the nature of beach dwellings, his dq• the toll bridge, at the juncl.ion or Marsh . partment is constantly faced with the avenue and tho boulevard, with the possiblllty of a general conflar,rntlon, Winnlcummet road at the northern ex- ' due to the Impossibility of getting tremlty of the beach, o.nd will include through traffic at the bench to the along its long length parking spaces scene or a fire. Ho added that the pro• suitable to take care of 4000 automo- posed by-pass would cut this dani;cr biles: Although the original drl\ft calls down considerably by getting cars of! for only a two-lane highway, the right- the beach ro2.d. of way 1s to be 200 feet in width, with Atty. John w. Perkins, representing provision for the eventual construction the town of Hampton, appeared in o.r a four-lane roatl, when tram1: war- favor of the proposed thoroughfare, rants the added expense, ' · ' an,d tntro..duced a number of speakerlf Besides the road itself and the ;par1'- who. talked on benefits· expected from Ing spaces, ttie plans of the·. Highway the road. Among the speakers were Departme;nt call . for traftlc .circles at . George Ashworttt, chairman of the each -end of tlle highway, and at least Hampton Beach Precinct Commission; two transvers'.l roads connecting the; Fred R. Batchelder, a member of tho road ,with the beach, propf;!r, I commission; Harry D. Munsey, chair• James W. Tucker, secretary or the man of the r-ampton buard of select-Hampton Beach Chamber •of Com-·• men; Ralph Ramsdell, Hampton agent merce, told the committee that some of the Boston & Maine Transportation provision should be made, through Company, and Fred Lorenz or Hamp• construction of some such by-pas.1, to ton Beach, I I l I I I 1 i �Calls for Work On Ocean Road---Considerabie Other Business Transacte4l. The City Council held a regular meeting on Thurstlar evening and the deputy city council also held a meeting in connection wiLlt the city fathers. The regulat· council met at 7.45, with all members present and Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith presiding. The reading of the mmutes of the last meeting were omitted on motion of Councilman Wymun P. Boynton. A letter from U1e New Hampshire Seacoast Regional Association asking for a contribution t.:iward the work beno- done by that organization was read. The lctl!)r stated that all towns in ihe community were ulso being asked to make an appropriation at their annual meeting. This was referred to the Finance committee. A joint pole location was granted, and a petition for the installation of a line for proper lighting on Market street, near Deer street, was referred to the committee on street lights on motion of Councilman Thomas J. Downs. A report from the board of adjustment on the petltton of Paul Gobbi for permission to store gasoline at Freeman's Point wa:; read. The board reported favorably on this petition, statIng that It was not detrimental nor injurious to the neighborhood. The report was accepted on motion of Councilman Robert M. Herrick and pennisslon gro.nled on motion of Councilman Charles T. Durell, Another letter from the board of adjustment regarding the controversial filling station on Islington street, neat· Langdon street, reported that the c.;onducting of business there was in Yiolatlon or the zoning ordinance. The council referred the matter to the city solicitor for action on motion or Councilman Boynton. The pl'oposed amendment to the city ordinance prc:vldlng that the 1st assistant chief of th fire department be selected from the permament men, and the salary of the second assistant chief $200 a year was read, and on motion o! Councilman Edgar A. Blanchard passed its third rending to become engrossed. ·: The ordinance separating the office of city physician, inspector and bacteriologist into two offices was defeated in Its third reading. The vole was 6 to 3 against passage, with Councllmen Boynton, Blanchard and Sukeforth voting in favor, and Councilmen Durell, Downs, Herrick, Lenrr. Schlegel and Durkhnrdt voting ngnlnst. Councilman Blanchard offered a resolution authorizing the city clerk lo proceed with arrangements for a special election as required by the State Legislature on March 9, for the voters o ac on 1e question as to whether they wished the convention called change the state constitution. Councilman Boynton suggested that the council memorialize the Portsmouth delegation to the Legislature, requestIng they sponsor a resolution to reimburse the city for the expense of the special election, as, due to an oversight on the part of the state, it was not on the ballot in the December election. The city solicitor was requested to draw up the proper resolution and place it in the hands of the members of the Ports• mouth delegation. Councilman Boynton offered a resolution making the sum or $3000 available for the Water Department, the same to be made a part o! the annual appropriation, and this was passed, Councilman Downs spoke regarding the appointment of a city forester, to care for the trees of the city, and moved that the council go 011 record as favoring such an appointment and referring it to the Board of Street Commissioners and the superintendent for such action as they see fit. Councilman Dul'ell, chairman of street lights committee, reported the following requests: petition of Smith Morrill and Winnifred Libbey for restoration of a light on Albany street, light very much needed, and recommended a 60-watt light; petition or Antone Scarponl and Gerald Pierce for continuation of street lights on Sherburne road, and recommended five lights be placed there; petition of residents of Cabot street for a light, and recommended that light at corner · o! McDonougl t street be placed on a six-foot arm; petition or property owners on Ladd and High streets for a modern light, and recommended a light be placed at High street on an arm, with a wattage of 100 or 120. Councilman Durell stated that the committee, with Frank W. Randall or the N. H. Gas & "Electric Co., had inspected the various places mentioned in the petitions. On motion of Councilman Burkhardt the report was accepted. Councilman Blanchard or the committee on bills on second reading recommended that the ordinance fixing the salary of the overseer o! the poor for 1937 pass, and It passed its· second reading. · Councilman Durell, reporting for the committee in charge o! taking the census, reported that the work ls progressing and the.t it is expected that it wlll be brought to a conclusion by March 15. Councilman Downs presented a letter !tom the Department of Commerce in .regard to the installation of equipment at the airport. Councilman Boynton asked that the council give authority for the hiring or such legal assistance as the city solicitor may recomm•md to help in cases now pending agair:5t the city. He mentioned the Ham vs. City of Portsmouth case, which is schrdulcd for trial sometime during the April term of court. This was adopted. On motion of Councilman Herrick a vote of thanks was extended to the deputy mayor, deputy councilmen and other deputy city officials for their at~ tendance. Councilman Boynton introduced a resolutlop. granting "permission to _the the office o! the city clerk for a reathe office o! the cihy clerk for a reasonable time 'Records of Ordinance of the City o! Portsmouta' for the purpose of making copies:· This was granted. The mayor submitted a plan for doing some ·worlt on the Ocean i:oad, whereby the Federal government would allot 65 percent and the ci~y 35 percent, it being a PWA project, tl\e labor to be done by those on the :\'ellef rolls of the city. After examination of this plan by the councilmen, Councilman Durell introduced the plan whfoh was accepted. The resolution calls for the work "to eliminate a hazardous ,condition on Ocean road at the junctiqu of the Banfield road by ·improving ; the aligment and changing the grade."!The total cost of the project ·is $5297.97, iWith the Federal government's share ! as $3385 and the city paying $1912.97. I Adjournment was at the call of. the chail'. Oscar Laighton, grand old man of the Isles of Shoals, formerly proprietor of the famed Appledore House, has just been presented with an Amer-lean flag which he values very highly. It is the banner which waved over the Appledore House on Appledore Island that unfortw1ate day when the hotel was destroyed by fire in 1914. The flag was pulled down and rescued from the flames. The gift was made by Uncle Oscar's good friend and former employee at the Appledore House, Richard Poole of New Castle, a local business man. Mr. Poole has also presented Mr. Laighton with highly-prized mementoes of Mr. Lalghton's sister, the talented poet and artist, Cella Thaxter. One of these ls a dinner plate painted by Mrs. Thaxter with ~ moonlight scene including a pond and birds. This beautiful work of art was painted in 1878 and clearly demonstrates that Mrs. Thaxter was highly talented in painting as well as in poetry. Two rare editions of .Cella Thaxter's poems, one dated 1872 and the other 1884, were also presented to Mr. Lalghton by Mr. Poole, much to Mr. Lalghton's surprise and delight as he had not believed copies of these to be still in existence. Mr. Laighton, or Uncle Oscar, as he ls known to countless friends and visitors to the Isles o! Shoals, ls in just as hale and hearty good health and spirits as ever. He will observe his 98th birthday on June 30th at the Shoals, he planning to leave this city !or his beloved Isles on June 20. �15 YEARS AT SOUTH CHURCH. Anniversary Of Rev. William Safford Jones Observed A great outpouring of pa.rlshioners, the presence of many friends from •.,,..,..__,.,_..,. other churches, including Rotarians and their familles,-this marked the 15th anniversary of Rev. W1lliam Safford Jones of the South Parish, :,~i..Ofi,•~~' ◄ celebrated at the Sunday morning service in · the South Church. The music was insplrlng, with Carroll . H, Evans as organist, Mrs. Mary Whittier Priest as soloist, and the chorus choir made up of Mrs. Wilfred P. Hewitt, Miss Margaret Trueman, Miss Mary Wood Hewitt, Miss Jessie Stacy, sopranos; Miss Elizabeth Hewitt, Miss Pr!sc11la Paul, altos. The music was as follows: Prelude, "Nocturne," Josef Hoffmann; solo, "How Beautiful Up-on the Mountains," Harker; Offertory, "Berceuse," Spendiarov; Postlude, R. S. Morrison: Mr. Jones took for his subject, "The stewardship of Faith," and for his text, St. Luke 16:2-"Glve an account of thy stewardship." He prefaced his sermon by saying that once before in the past 32 years he had celebrated a 15th anniversary, 1n 1920 when be was settled over the Channing Memorial Church in Newport, R. I. He was dean of the clergy of the city of Newport when he was called here; he is now dean of the clergy of the city of Portsmouth. He called attention to the fact that he js only the third minister of the South Parish since the Civil War, only the sixth since the Revolutionary War, only the ninth since 1714, a stretch of 223 years, with a continuous ministry. The Alfred Gooding Guild, .the Young People's Religious Unfon, in an epistle of congratulation to the minister who had baptized and confirmed so many of the boys and girls of the church, expressed the hope that they might be able to commemorate with him the next 15th anniversary 1n 1952 ! Mr. Jones said in part: "My work 1s based on the conception that man 1s essentially religious; that he is an heir of God, a joint-heir with Christ; that he Is capable of responding to the .highest and noblest calls to unselfish service and chivalrous action; that he is not a ruined but an incomplete being; that he demands an immortal life to round out his life here, to make it come full circle. "I hold that 110 matter how trying the conditions under which we live, how hard and bitter it may be to endure poverty or to face disappointment and failure and defeat or to ex:perlence loneliness and separation and grief, we have within us and about us and above us a Power which is always making for righteousness, a Lite which is forever interlocked with lite, a Soul which Is the gu e an dimmed. For God will not hold us, stay of all saints and .an souls, a Fa- minister and congregation, guiltless, if ther of spirits on whose great Heart we extingwsh the torch or fall to pass we can pour out our hearts. In the it on in full flame. midst of struggles within and trials "Years ago, be.fore the World war, without we can come through more r visited 1n old Chester, England, a than conquerors, overcoming the church which the year before had world as Jesus overcame it, by staking celebrated the 1000th anniversary of our llves on the Eternal Goodness and its !ound1ng,-St. Peter's by the Marthe Life Everlasting. ket Cross. Much of the original struc"In proportion as I have stressep ture, erected 1n 907, was still standing. these great truths in my teaching and on the walls were tablets with the preaching, my work has been of more names of all the rectors of st. Peter's than passing value, In proportion as I Parish !or a. thousand years and there h ave failed to emphasize them clearly were not very many o! th~m. either. and positively my work has been like J Many a modern church has had as that which the wind passeth over and many ministers in a hundred years as it Is gone. As I look back over the st. Peter's had in a thousand. over years I am not conscious of .the the altar was an inscription, placed achievements so much as I am of the there the year before: 'For a thousand failures. I i-calize all too keenly how \ years In Thy sight nre but llll yesterfar short I have fallen of these high day when it is past.' A thousand years ideals. My aspirations and my lnten- of common worship on that sacred tlons ala.st have not always passed in- spot, but in the eyes of God as yesto fruitful action. How much more I terday when It 1s past, or as a. watch could have done for you! How much in the night! more I ought to have done for you! "So with us, dear friends. our years No man can come to a day like this are as nothing before God. our times without a deep sense of humility, Any are In His Hand. Whether they be jaunty self-confidence Is swallowed up long or brief, let us fill them w1t11 high In the feeling: 'Who Is sufficient for thoughts and self-forgetting deeds these things?' And yet in spite of and earnest service of the nation and frequent lapses and many defeats I the world and a living faith that will hope that my comrades and helpers not !all. Then the work of our hands will feel that I tried to fight a good will be established, and we shall walk fight and to keep the faith and to before God and in the sight of our ;felproclalm the good news of God. lows in rectitude of purpose and gen"In my long ministry I have always eroslty of spirit and the faith that striven to preach those aspects of makes faithful and the faithfulness Christian truth which unite rather that makes faith." than divide churches and sects, which draw them together In that unity of the spirit which is the bond of peace. Having clear-cut definite convictions of religion I have not hesitated to set forth points of difference from my brethren of other creeds and faiths, but I have ever laid the final emphasis upon the great fundamental ele- L, •. -,:::.,-,.,,, ments of the religion of Jesus Christ, the truly universal elemenL,, the love we owe to God, our Father, and the love we owe to man, our brother. The ''"'•·"'·=t•.~.,~• 0-::splrit of service and sel!-sacrlflce lifts us above non-essentials. "But, after all, the important thing 1s not the length of a. man's ministry, but whether It has built you· up in truth and rlghte-ousness, strengthened and enriched your inner life, made you aware of God, confirmed faith in personal immortality. Only God knows whether a man hns failed or succeeded in the ministry of Christ. All our earthly tests, tlnancial or social, are necessarily superficial. The secrets of all hearts a.re known to the Father of Lights, and all that any man can do Is to commit his ministry to the judgment of God. In all humil1ty I solemnly commit mine. "I am only a. torch-bearer. The torch .of truth has been handed on to me, and I must run with It .swiftly and surely till ln the Providence of God It comes time to pMS It on to my successor, whoever he may be, wherever he may be. Pray for me that I may not run uncertainly, with laggard steps, but that I may press on toward the goal of the high calling of God 1n Christ J .esus. Pray for me that I may ass oil the torch with its flame un- I ~--~-----~~~~-.---.,.11 �cJ _(lh\ i:ti _~e.s c. u.~ l.e 0.914 ~ oy- \'foct{iy\~hc.i.M Co, COUNTY ANIMAL . RESCUE LEAGUE :AWARos·:·MADE ANNUAL MEETI G Mary , Jane 'Hazzard And 11 The first annual meetl.ng o! the Animal Rescue League o! Rockingham County was held 1n the rooms o! the Portsmouth Chamber o! Commerce ':" esday evening. Hon. Charles M. Dale, president, presided, with a large attendance o! members from Exeter and Portsmouth, and much interest was shown in this organization. Chief o! Pollce Thomas R. Chrysler o! Exeter was appointed as agent to represent the League 1n Exeter. It was reported that the League's membership had greatly inci;eased and within a very short time a shelter will be built, with a competent attendant In charge, which will be a much-needed humane accompiishment. All former officers were unanimously re-elected. Eben Wallace of Exeter was elcLed on the board of directors and Joseph H. Cullen of this city elected as clerk. The officers who will serve the comIng year are: President--Hon. Charles M. Dale. PortsmouLh. Clerk-Joseph H. Cullen. Portsmouth. Vice Presldent--Mrs. Frank A. Swallow, Exeter. Treasurer-Earl R. Stockbridge, Exeter. Vice Presidents-Miss Mignon B. Green, Portsmouth; Dr. Lewis Perry, J .. A. Purington, Judge Henry A. Shute, Exeter. Executir e01:~:~itt~c-ivirs . :\mdb. A. Shute, Exeter; Mrs. Mary I. Wood, Dr. George E. Pender, Portsmouth. Directors-Dr. S. P. R. Chadwick, chairman, Exeter; Earl A. Barrett, secretary, Exeter; Laurence Craig, North Hampton; Miss Mignon B. Green, Dr. George E. Pender. Mrs. Mary I. Wood, Portsmouth; Mrs. Amelia A. Shute, Eben Wallace, Exeter; Dr. Wl\llls D. Walker, Rye. This League was incorporntcd in the state on Feb. 11, 1937. It seeks to befriend any lost or injured an!mo.l needing co.re or suffering from heedles. or deliberate abuse. Where beyond mecllcal help an 'animal shall be mercifully released from suffering. It alms to do o.ll it can to sec that animals are treated humanely and not abused. rr you are a lover of animals why not join this League and help this organization to do more effective work? . ' ' , Gordon · H. Wilso~ Hon- ' ored ·At 'Jr. ·H. S. I the Coniederate women. There was no discrimination, graves of soldiers of the North and South were decorated with flowers, and a reporter for the New York Herald-Tribune who was in the town, wrote a story for his paper. This met with favorable comment. Orators dJscussed It and ln 1868 General Logan Issued an order designating May 30 ns the flrst Memorial ~y which w~ ~w of in which recognition was taken of the soldier dead." Mr. Robinson Ulen t-Old of his own schoo],days, speaking; of. attending the Haven School. He·sa!d there were no organizations for children at that time, but l¼\id they used to march In the Memorial Day parade, by schools, and t-Old o! his visits t-0 the New Castle bridge, where flowers were strewn on the water .for the .sailor dead. He spoke of the Civil War veterans who paraded at that time and of the inspiration he received from them. In closing he paid a high tribute to Frank E. Booma, for whom the local Legion post ls named, stating that he was a •war buddy of Lieutenant Booma and told o! the supreme sacrifice made by the latter. "History ls full of such heroic deed.s and Is it not proper at this time that we humble ourselves in memory of the sacri!ices they made who died with smiles on their faces an ideal in I.heir minds," he said. Mary Jane Hazz.a rd and Goi:clon H. Wilson, eighth grad~ students, · were presented with the Amei:ican Legion award medals !or the outstanding boy and girl in that grade at the Junior High School at the Memorial exercises at the school this morning. Th~ award Is made to the boy with the highest total percentage on the foUowing basis : honor, courage, scholarship, leadership and service. .T he girl's award Is made on the basis of col,U'age, scholarship, service, character and companionship. The w.inners are selected by the teachers and members of the · class, each group ,counting 50 percent o! mie total. Votes are counted by representatives o! Frank E. Booma Post, which. sponsors the awards. Frank E. Booma Post was the first Legion Post' In New Hampshire· t.o make the awards Imel one of the first in the country, The award .has beenrmade for 11 years and many of the students who won the honor in the junior.high school have 11:leen , outstanding , .leadeJls in school Ille. " The awards were made at the assembly this morning, when the lollowing program was given: •,, : , , Call to the colors, Salute to the flag, Star-Spangled Banner, Reading of Gen. Logan's Orcler No. 11, Carol Fogg · Selection, Junior High Orchestra Reading of Lincoln"s Gettysburg Address, Doris Ferguson Selection, Junior High Orchestra Introduction of guests, C. E. Heald Presentatlon or A. L. awards by Clyde Robinson, commander Frank E. ,,. ,w,.,,.""'Booma Post, A. L. Song, "America," , Selection, Junior High Orchestra Clyde Robinson, commander of the local American Legion Post, spoke on "What Memorial Day Means to You and What Memorlal Day Means to Me." He gave a history of Memorial Day, saying that it ls no new institution, and told of the celebrations in early pagan days and traced them through to the Christian era, when flowers an,d plants were substituted for the food placed on graves. At that time, he stated, the rose was the favorite, as it is today. "After the Civil War," stated Mr. Robinson, "another phase besides the religious one was brought out, which started in a small town in Misslssippl, when graves were decorated by some of �BUT 2 VETERANS OF CIVIL[WAR NOW IN- PORTSMOUTH ! . ·James' Arringt·on An'd-~- Cha~les :, . ·_::._:.: Ke' nt-Only._ S!u··' r·v·1vor·s · Now L;v • . . '· .:. . ,_.: · ·, ng Here For the second time the Memorial Day •services In tlits clty ~were conducted without a member of the Grand Army of· the Republic being present. Two men who fought during the Civil War now reside In this city but nelth-. er ·wer<t able ·to be present at the cemetery - to take part In the service In honor of their , departed comrades. These two are James Arrington of. 82 Langdon st.', and Charles K.e nt of 89 Sparhawk street. · . . . .· ·· Mr.' Kent is the only resident of this ··city who is a member of Storer Post, GAR, Mr. Arrington . being a member of the Phil Shei;idan Post, No. 34 of Salem, Mass. Mr. Kent re- . . FROM-.WINDO Mrs. Edw. F. Sise Was Prominent In Philanthropic Work In Cattadian City Relativeil' ilnd friends . in : this city have been notified : of the death of Mrs. Edward H. ~lse . in Montreal, Oan., which• occurred when she fell ~~:~~n~er~ ~~~~oa:·a;~~~~~j;h;~~ tti::e lief from the heat. Mrs. Sise was a sister-In-law of C. F. Sise, president l!I • of the Bell Telephone Company of ·, · Canada and the daughter of Captain William Shackford 'a retired mariner and sister of c ·a ptain Chapncey ,,.---::--::-:-,--,.,.._"'I..; Shackford, USN, retired, who was {or, years ago. He joined the Phil Sher • · merly In command -of the President's dan Post, GAR, In Salem, and served yac!1t Mayflower., . as commander for a time. His service. The Shackford family resided iFl a In the army began when he was 19: summer home at Kittery Pofnt for years· of age. At that time he enlisted· several years, .Mrs. Sise was in the Third Massachusettl! Heavy ent' In philanthropic work .in Artillery Regiment. He previously had Canadian city. tried to enlist but his father had pre- t:--,.,...,,='!":"'·~-....,.~...-:""'"'."-_,,_._~~~~:,i•: vented his remaining In the army. He took part in several important battles of the war, and was mustered out on Sept. 29, 1865. For 12 years he was President of the Third Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Departmental Asso• · , • · , • CHAR.LES H. le.ENT sides on Sparhawk st., and the first o! the year he and Mrs. Kent obser'ved their 55th wedding anniversary. Mr. Kent holds the title of comman~ der of Storer Post. He served with the ciation of which he was an active 68th Mass. regiment being a member member for a number o! years. of co . . I, joining the service Feb. 26, Another member of storer Post, No. 1864 when but 17 years of age. He was 1, GAR, Henry Morgan, Is living, but mustered out a year from the follow.:. does not make his home in this city. ing July. The Kents resided in thl.'S resides in Atlantic City. city from the time of their marriage ~ ~,,.;;,~~~~~~~-:-:'.':-:-'"?'.""":'.":".7'.";:":;::;~ in 1882 for about 25 years' and then moved to White Plains, N. Y. Three years ago they returned to Ports- I mouth . .Mr. Arrington Is over 02 · years of. age. He came here to reside with his Charles." B. Arrington seventeen �-i._oT'\·,n ~ On~-~~~.,.,~ \~ws·~·-~~~~;;;_;.~~:u~~~~½-µ;~~~~:Z;:rf;~~~ COUNCIL PASSES ~MENDMENT T d .l .Ii. ,· ARKING LA ~ ~' · IJ received from J. Fred the Central Veterans Council contained an invitation to participate in the Memorial Day services. The lnvltation was accepted. , A -license for the Tom Mix Circus to show 1n Brackett's field June 10 was granted. Two performances will be given. The motion for granting the license was made by Councllman Downs. A communication from Frank M. Dennett regarding back taxes was received and on motion of Councilman Herrick, the matter was left to the mayor with power. A petition for the right to install a private gasoline pump on property at the corner of Albany and Islington street by the Rand-Perkins EKpress was referred to the zoning board with power. The mayor appointed Francis E. Fuller of Gutterson & Gould, as a weigher and this was confirmed. A request from the Central Veterans' Council for Memorial Day appropriation resulted in an appropriation o! $200, the motion being made by Councilman Durell. A petition from A. J. Carmody, manager of the Navy Yard baseball team, was received, asking for permission for loco.I baseball games on Sunday. Councilman Downs sponsored the motion favoring this petition stating "I believe It ls a worthy thing and the council should immediately give them permission to have Sunday ball games with the only provision that the grounds be properly policed." The city solicitor spoke or the law passed in 1931 and the petition was granted. A request from Monroe J. Stevens to purchase property at 298 Myrtle avenue was referred to the city lands and buildings committee and the board or assessors, to establish a price. Pole locations were granted for three poles on private property. A petition from the Portsmouth Potato Chip Co., for gasoline tanks on their prc>.:;.~rty on Sagamore avenue, which would 1n no way obstruct automobile tra!flc was read, The report o! the zoning board was also read, which stated that the location was not detrimental and approved. This was granted. A petition from George 0. Athorne and many others was received regardIng the dump on Lafayette road. This was referred to the board o! public works for a report. CouncUman Durell reported the total census which was recently taken under the supervision of a committee from the council and the board ot a-'Sessors showed that the total population of Portsmouth was 115,909. O! these 10,010 areellglble forpoll-tax• es, making an increase of around 1,00 new poll tax payers. Councilman urell stated tha~ ~ great deal or hanks was due the fine coouerlttJ.<M, or James Whalley, Joseph Morrlll and Sherman P. Newton for the large amount of extra ·work that they had to do. . , , Councilman Downs, reporting for the · parking committee submitted a lease from .the. YMCA for ,the property iI} back .of the former Maplewood Gara e W!lS • Zoning Ordinance -Amended --Vote To Permit Sunday Baseball The mayor and city councll, at a regular meeting held on Thursday evening at the Council chambers, pussed to Its third reading an amendment to the zoning ordinance, 1n order to, permit the erect.ion of the proposed office building for the Railway Mall Clerks association at Haymarket Square, and also passed to third reading an amendment to the parkIng ordinance, Parking is prohibited on both sides of Vaughan street from Congress to Hanover street; southerly side o! Congress · street from Middle street to Chestnut street, easterly side of Pleasant street from Court street to State street. (Diagonal parking on west side of Pleasant street between the above mentioned Court and State streets). Westerly side o! MarkeL street from Hanover street to Deer street. (Diagonal parking on the easterly side of Market street from a point 25 feet from the corner o! Bow street to a point made by the northerly boundary of the property occupied by s. A. Schurman & Sons Co.) Both sides or entranc~ to proposed municipal parking lot in rear of YMCA. Both entrances to Memorial bridge. Wright avenue from Daniels street to Stale street. Northerly side o! State street from Wright avenue to Chapel street. Both sides o! Bridge street from Islington street to a point 40 feet In a northerly direction. One way streets: Scott avenue and Dutton avenue. These passed their first and second readings and were laid on the table with tho mayor given nuthorlty to have the measures printed, and set a date for the hearings on each. Mayor Kennard Goldsmith presided and the following councilmen were present: Charles T. Durell, Wyman P. Boynton, Thomas J. Downs, Robert M. Herrick, John Leary, Jr., Frederick Schlegel and John Burkhardt. The first matter to be brought up was the amendment to the zoning ordinance. This was referred to the city solicitor, and during a recess, a proposed ordinance was drawn up and passed Its two readings. A letter from the Railway Mall association, Rufus E. Ross, .secretary, was read regarding this proposed amendment, while another from Dr. M. I. Boger-Shattuck opposed it. Both were placed on file. The request or the Board of Education for control o! Alumni field was received and ori motion of Councilman Burkhardt was granted. A letter for the sum of $1 to be used as a "~*•~-""~i>tr~~:~.~:; parking plot. He ,1noved the ratlficatlon of the lease which was voted. Al- ,- ·.....,,,.,._...., so reporting for ·· the committee he submitted the following amendment to t">l:v,:~;.• the parking ordinance: "'!'hat the Zoning ordinance, regulating and restricting the location of Trades, Industries, and other uses, the use, location, height and bulk of buildings and other structures, the size of yards, courts and other open places, and the density o! population be hereby amended to include within the commercial district the territory, bounded by Haymarket Square on . the· west; Court street on the south; the property of Horace W. Pearson on the east; and the Granite State Insurance Co. on the. north, as shown upon the zoning map dated December 1927, and flied in the office of the city clerk." , Councllman Leary brought • up the subject o! the wardroom at , Ward 3 and stated that the ' Greek A. C. was to be re-organized and called upon Martin Quirk who spoke briefly regarding this. He stated that the· organization was to assume all responsl-. blllty for repairs to the bullding. Oq motion of Councllman Leary this was referred to the committee on public lands and buildings with power. Councilman Burkhardt spoke of the Fourth or July celebration and the sum of $500 was appropriated for this. The mayor was authorized to appoint a committee o! three to be in charge o! the affair and he named Councilmen Burkhardt, Schlegel and Leary. Councllman Downs moved that $250 be transferred from the contingent fund to be used for the purchase .of material to be used to carry on the work at the Peirce Island swimming pool. The mayor stated that this was a part o! the project which the NYA Is undertaking there and would pay for · the materials needed to complete the work. The committee on street llghts recommended that the petition for a llght on Merrimac street between Miller and Highland street be granted and the report was accepted. There were a few questions about acceptance of streets, and then the council adjow·ned at the call of the chair motion o! Councilman I?urell. �. / . DEAD AT 8 <CAP-. Capt. Silas H. Harding, for years prominent in the former Saving Service and the Coast Guard, and one of the best known residents of this vicinity, died today at the Wentworth Home. Captain Harding was oorn In Chatham, Mass., May 7, 1851, and entered the Life-Saving Service in 1888, remainIng until reaching the retirement age of 64 in 1914. Captain Harding wii.s superintendent of the First District, with headquarters in this city, .for about 20 years and was one oC the most popular and efficient officials In the service. He had an outstanding record in the Life-Saving Service and won special recognition on many occasions. He was awarded a gold medal by the secretary of the treasury, under authority of an act of Congress on Jan. 10, 1889, in recognlsm of her heroism during the rescue o! four men June 26, 1888, when the schooner Oliver Dyer was wrecked on the rocks near the Jeffrey's Point station, to which he was attached at the time. For many years he had been a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 1,'A. F. & A. M., of this city. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. W. I. Hayward of New Castle, and one son, Robert Harding of Boston. Captain Harding observed his 86th birthday anniversary on March 6, last. He had been at the Wentworth Home iNG The family summer home was a Chatham, Mass., and Captain Harding In past years much enjoyed going be.ck on visits to the town of his birth. He was much· interested In Portsmouth and the welfare of the community and made hosts of friends here. His love and devotion to his family, his Christian spirit, unswerving loyalty to his friends and many fine characteristics made him held in high regard by all. During hi~ invalidism he was ever patient and met life's peaceful evening with a smile and with Christian faith w~s ready when called to the Great Beyond. A man or the finest type has gone to his reward. It ls not death. It is victory. The death ff Silas Hatch Harding on Thursday noon was heard with gen'uine regret by many, but he has left behind e. train of memories which those who knew him best will tenaerly cherish. Captain Harding was born in Chatham, Mass., March 6, 1851. From child• hoqd he was fascinated by the sea and wh~n a youth he had his first oppor• tunlty for a seafaring trip. In later years he served under several paymas• ter~ at the local Navy Yard, but when Sunset and. evening star, the Jeffrey's Point Lite-Saving station And one clear call !or me: was built he was appointed Its first And may there be no moaning of the keeper. He served there until his probar motion to superintendent or the U. s. When I put out to sea. Life-Saving stations of the First District, which Included the stations on the But such a tide as moving seems Maine and New Hampshire coasts, asleep, su~ceedlng Supt. George Richardson, Too full for sound and foam, who had passed away. The vacancy was When that which drew from out' the !llled by a competitive examination and boundless deep Captain He.rdil'}g received his promo• Turns again home. tlon. At that time the office or the First District headquarters was In Twilight and evening bell, Portland, Me., but It was soon changed And after that the dark I to this city. Captain Harding held this And may there be no sadness of position until 1915, reaching the retirefarewell ment age o! 64 years at that time. He When I embark. served under General Supt. Sumner I. Kimball of the U. S. Life-Saving Service, which later was combined with For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place the U. S. Revenue Cutter Service and The flood may bear me far, came .under one executive head, the I hope to see my Pilot face to face commandant of the U. s. Coast Guard. When I have crossed the bar. CaptQ:ln Harding was !rom time to -Tennyson. time c01\sulted on many Important matters pertaining to the service, as his ' - - - -0 ~-.---."""'...-...-------..1 judgment and executive ability was much appreciated. His acts of bravery were varied and an outstanding one was d4'lng the rescue of four men when the schooner Oliver Dyer was wrecked on the rocks near the Jeffrey's Point station on the New Hampshire coast on June 26, 1888. In recognition of this heroism he was awarded a gold medal by the secretary of the treasury under authority o! an act of Congress on Jan. 10, 1889. Captain Harding's heart was bound up In the service and he was ever looking to do anything possible for Its betterment. To his subordinates he always proved a _true !riend and was especially keen to the sufferings of others. In e. quiet way he did many a kindly deed during his life and found pleasure in helping to make life happier for s11me of those with whom he came In contact. He was a devoted husband and father and e. hospitable spirit pervaded his home In New Castle for years. Many of his friends In the service were entertained there by Captain and Mrs. Harding when they visited this section. The couple celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary on Feb. 2, 1929, and "''""'·''•·'·''. , the death of Mrs. Harding on April 18, 1929, brought much sorrow. Not long after her passing Captain Harding J~ft his home In New Castle to reside with his son, Robert H. Harding, at Riverbank Court Hotel In Cambridge, Mass., returning to this city to live last Septem)ler. �. THIRD SEACOAST BOOKlEt OUT The third booklet to be published by the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional Development Association has been released and Is even better than. that or last year, which was regarded as one of the most outstanding booklets ever published in this section. Of the same slza and style as last year, the booklet is most attractive and well worth keeplng as a souvenir, but they are published to be distributed to prospective visitors to the seacoast region of 'New Hampshire. Owing to the large demand the local dlstrllmtlon will necessarily be limited to members.· · The cover Is most realistic and shows Fort Point Light at New Castle. The waves are rolling in and tlte picture ls ,a beautiful piece of work. The map on the inside cover Is an improvement over last year's, as eac~ town Is represented by something particularly dlsL!nctlvc of the town. Portsmouth ls represented by the Warner House doorway and Fort Constltutio'l, showlng the old gateway o! Fort William and Mary, depicts New Castle. At the Shoals, the old stone church sta1~ds as a lone sentinel of the islands visited by Capt. John Smith in the ear.ly 1600's. The monument at Odiorne's Point portray Rye, while the Town Hall, featured by the Paul R.6</ere bell, represents North Hampton. Hampton h:.s •Ithe deneral Moulton House, the scene of Whittier's poem. "The New Wife o.nd the Old," and Bound Rock at Seabrook completes the towns on the coa~t. Other places in the Tegion are repr~sented as follows: Phillips Exel,er Academy at Exeter, the town hall at Newington, the mills at Newmarket, T. Hall, the oldest building at the Unlvei:slty of New Hampshire at Durham, rose gardens at Madbury, the William Dame garrison at Dover, Governor Wentworth's house at Rollins!ord, the old parsonage at Newington, the Weeks house at Greenland, and farming in Stratham. The General Sulllvan bridge ls also portro.yed on the map. The pictures are works ol art. Every conuuunity In the region ls represented. Undoubtedly many from this city who view the collection of pictures of Portsmouth will become aware o! some or the plcturesqu ness which they have overlooked. First is a flagstone walk, believed to have been laid In 1747. Another Is a scene from Peirce Island, looking toward the Wentworth-Gardner house. One of Portsmouth's old brick houses, a view of Portsmouth Harbor and the Navy Yard !rom Little Harbor, a river scene and a harbor scene showing a five-master all will have Its appeal to many who see the booklet. The beautiful stairway or the John Paul House wlll give an Indication o! what ls inside the wonderful old mansions which people see as they pass through the city. Greenland ls represented by the Cen:1 tral School, the photo being taken at J the time o! ear when the foliage and ~lowers wero at their. best. Great Bay while a tree-lined drlye ' ! l in winter and sum,mer ls also portrayed. quaintness o! Madbury, The old parsonage in Newington, Tho attractive white bfrches in the foreground, with the .water .in the dis- , built in 1710, with its long .sloping room.. tance has an appeal, while . the smelt is an indication of what. to expect when village ls also shown. I visiting that little town~ The Lamprey The back cover has a charm of its J River at Newmarket in .all its attract-· , . own. Two pines, one short and rugged, / iveness is shown. . . . . : tho other tall and straJght, ma,ke. up 1 A picture of a group of students comthe foreground, while in the1 bay a sail- ing from classes at Phillips Exeter boat, in Imagination's eye, -~klms over Academy, with one ot the ivy-covered the water in the center with the op- buildings, seen through an archway, 1n the background, is representative or . posite shore in the distance. I New. Castle has a conspicuous place the Academy town. Dover comes in for on the front cover, and another picture its share of glory in the booklet showing shows an airplane view of the Went- one of the mills there. worth and the· upper harbor o! Portsmouth. Beach scenes at Rye include the rugged rocks and ledges at Wallis Sands, people playing on the beach at .,,.,.. ..,,,.-...::c, the Beach Club, riding horseback on ,~(1-{':1'·~(\A~,i'ii2J the beach, the rocks at Parsons Point and bathing at Straw's Point and Jenness. Beach. A swnmer home at Rye, Stoneleigh College, Union Chapel and roadside beautification along the Ocean . boulevard concludes Rye's contribu'tion to the' booklet. Au airplane view ' o! Little Boar's ' Head, the old Post road, showing Centennial Hall and the Congregational Church at North Hampton, a large elm at Hampton, the Tuck Memorial field and playground at Hampton are shown, while at the beach are shown many of the popular sp9rts, such as bathing, lk'<'·•·v,.,r., both in the water and in the sw1, pony riding by youngsters, the White Memorlai Playgrnund, Children's Day and the new i5eawall at Hampton North Beach. Hampton Falls' most distinguished citizen is the subject for that section of the booklet. The monument the square and the Weare w•- -~ the first governor r, ~ Jct, are depicted. The fascination o! the fishermen's houses, always an artist's delight, and the rock marker on the site of the old "Bound Tree," with the willows in the background, give an indication, of the fascination of Seabrook. ,, Getting back inland, but stlll on the tidewater, for all towns on the tidewater are included in the region, the reader finds the peace and quiet of a !arm scene, with blooded Ayrshire cattle grazing, while in the background 1s Stratham dairy farm. · Stratham Hill, with its observation tower, and the old Kenniston Tavern add to the charm o! the booklet. An old-type homestead surrounded by t' 1 white picket f~nce so common in New England and a country scene showing a stone wall give an indication o! .what tl1e interesting old town ~ ot Newfields is like, also showing a vlllage i,treet there. · ' Durham, the seat o! the 'Universltf 1 I of New Hampshire, ,is charm\ngly por~ traycd. In addition to two . college scenes there is an outstanding picture of Jenklhs Mill. Another view at Durham is of the Oyster River. / . , FQund,l·y P?nd fro,m Rlcker's Inn. · home of the late Charles Doe.R61iinsf6rd, chief justice o! New Hampshire•1n 1876, for 20 years, represents that town, I I �t. \~~ I'\• \'hom,OJ~ Burial was In Lal{evlew cemt!tery, the funeral cortege being made up of the , following~ detachment of police, com~ ma.nder of escort and staff, Seventh Field !Artlllery Ba,nd, First Squadron, ' ""--'\ .'l-~ - - I Third , Cavalry; Seventh 'Field ' 'Ai-tllThe funeral or the late Admiral lery; Headquarters and Secontl BattalJ:tenry T. Mayo, USN., who died In thl.s ion, 13th Infantry Battalion; 172nd In- · city on Feb. 23, will be held tomorfantJ.-y, Vermont National Guard; row at his birthplace, Burlington, Vt. clergy, caisson, ' actl<°e' pamiearers, The body has been taken to Vermont mourners, delegations, societies 'a nd and is lying In state at the Burlington civilians. city hall from 2 this afternoon until Th:ere was a very large attendance at 10 o'clock tomorrow mor.n lng, the hour the services, with many from high ofof the funeral. fices present. Flowers from high ofAdm. Mayo resided with his ficials and ordina,ry citizens sho'l'{ed the capt. Chester a .. Mayo at Miller r~spect and esteem in which this grand' old gentleman was hE:ld by all who knew him. Among the Immediate family present were the following~ Mrs. Henry T. Mayo, · a son, Lfeut. Col. George, Mayo, u. s. A., of New York; a grandson, Henry Thomas Mayo, 2cf; a sister, Mlss Lucy I!.. Mayo; a nephew, Capt. l',., H . Mayo, anc\ Mrs. Mayo; a. brother, ,,Ed.-, ward F. Mayo of .Burlington 1 and his son with whom he made his home, 1 Capt, . Chester G. 1\/fayo, U. S. N., and Mrs. Mayo of this city. The fnneraJo or the late Admiral Representing the _ Unitecf States Hem, T. Mayo, u. s. r;r., who ~ied in Navy: Rear Admiral i'i.. B. Cook, Rear this ,¢Uy on Feb. 23. w~ he)cl at BurAdmiral W. S. Pye, Capt. D .. C. Bingham Jd'ngtoo,., Vt., this mcrmng at JO o'clock and Capt. A, H, Mayo of Washington, ''a t the- mty HalL The boo.'y was ,taken: D. a.; ' Rear Admiral W. R i. Ohera~U,. to Burlington and from 2 o'clook" yes"'· comma,ndant : pf _the- First NavaJ ,,Disterday · zfternoon nnlli the h0t1r of the trict; Rear. Admiral C. W. Cole, ,, com~ funeral was. lying in state. The ,guard mandant of the Portsmouth - Navy •~ hcmor ct:lil.Sisted of a det:lchment Yai;ctj , Capt. .Philip G. ,Lauman, Capt, !rom the Portsmouth Navy Y:trd.' A W Brown, Lieut.· Col: ;i: ..,B. Sebree., Admnal Ma.Yo was •one of the: i outC~mdr. J. J, .Brown and Comdr. Milton staruling naval cmcers of the . •World H. , lletzold, ,chaplain corps. Wu. having been in ccmmand· of ·the' u. s. fleet during that ti-ying period. He ;e:rved •in ~ Navy activtl'y f,<Jr 53 .y ears, 'rile ·•services at- Burlington were con'd-arlt'dt by CQ..mdr. Milton H. Petzold,, u. s. N., chaplain at the : Portsmouth Navy Yud. Tue s e ~ was under the "'"·'"'''""·''" ampfces of Burllngtt>n Lodge, No. 100,' 1 ._ •.•. ,. n·~,,.,... A.. P.·&:- A. M., and at. the. comr-1!t al :,• the r,ave- Hon. William J. Ballou, grand master of the- Grand Lodge or Vermon t, FUNERAL .WEDNESDAY OF ADMIRAL' MAYO LAST RITES f(]R ADfJ]IRAl fi1AYO Jfil!IS Pw1@RNING ,,,,.x-.,.,,.__., spoke-.' a, , .. .Mtff the- service City Hall as the ~e-t. was being taken to a caisson the 1:tih Infantry Band played, while at the_ gnYe- the Seventh Field Artlllery Band JH!dued selections. Taps were sonndtd by; 11. bugler from the Ports!11outh • NayY Yam. The firing sq1:1ad was from the 13th Infantry. Col. B. F. Miller of Ul~ Seventh Field ·Art111ery, comm,a ndfng: Fort Ethan Allen, was In com~~m~ r.r.,,~=":lot the c:;cort. 1 H~nora ry paii bearer1, were: · _. Rear . Ad!Dlral $. S. Robison, USN, ret.,,,Capt. H,,,..,,,,,;,,i:a.11._ w. Browri, USN, Capt, P. B. ' Lauma.n, · USN., Lieut. Col. John Sebree, USMC, Robert Roberts, former Mayor or Burllngton, Fred S. Pease, Charles , P. ,Smith, ,Sr., . Harry, F. Howard and· Frederick ,W. W11rd, . all of Burlington. Chief supreme .ccurt Justice of :Vermont, George M. Powers, Arthur., G. Crane. oL George J. Holden, Burlington, Brig. Gen. William H. · Wilson, Rear. .Adm.l:ral Cyrus W. Cole, CommandaJ11t ,Portsmouth Navy Yard, and cmdr: J. J .. Brown, aide to Rear Admiral Cole. \..ca.n~ ~ o~ THOMAS L. ELWYN, DESCENDANT Of OlD PORTSMOUTH f AMIL Y ~1..~ Thomas Langdon Elwyn, a native or Philadelphia and descendant or a Colonial New England family, died Thursday in the Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pa., after an illness of several months. He was 69 years of age. During the past few years Mr. Elwyn made his home at the Green Hill Farms Hotel, Overbrook, Pa. Mr. Elwyn was a descenda nt of John Langdon, member or the Continental Congress from · New Hampshire, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, one or the first United States Senators from New Hampshire, and long-time governor or that state, following the Revolution. Mr. Elwyn Inherited, and at tho time of his death owned "Elwynhurst," the family estate at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was a partner !or the past 30 years of the investment banking firm of Biddle, Whelen & Co. of Philadelphia, having become associated with the firm shortly after his graduation from Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., in 1892. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Historical Society and one of the oldest members of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia a~d the· Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He was a grandson of · Alfred L. Elwyn, one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Epileptic Hospital and Colony Farm at Elwyn, Pa., and a founder of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. His father, Alfred L. Elwyn, was an Episcopal clergyman of Philadelphia. Mr. Elwyn was a member of the Philadelphia Club, Rittenhouse Club of Philadelphia, Racquet Club or Philadelphia Country Club, and the Pohoquallne Club. He ls survived by his wife, $arah Nata.Ile Elwyn, and by 'three sisters, Mrs. Wm. N. Kremer of New York City and' Portsmouth, and Miss Emily Naese Elwyn and Mrs. Woodbury Langdon, both of Portsmouth. Funeral services will be held at St. David's Church, Bala, Pa., this afternoon at 2 p. m. Interment wlll be QrJya,te.,_...,..._ _ _ _- _ __ _ _ , ·,PAA~ ·,~~c\ '(')-\ a.J..\ 'l. q. \.C{"a '. �un ay . ervmce · _ s eld At Sou Ch re Organizations, Other Patriotic Bodies And Their Auxiliaries Participate A large congregation made up or cracy, the fight for the right of all naparlshloners and, as honored guests, tlons, grea t or small, to live in peace veterans and members of other patri- and safety, unmolested by brutal force otlc societies, attended the service or and spiritual arrogance .. commenoratlon at the South Church "Jesus Christ was more than an in(Unltarlan) Sunday morning. tense patriot, he was also a lover of all The veterans organizations marched human-kind. In his thought and feelto tho church eescortcd by the band of ing there was apparently no antagonFrank E. Booma Post, American ism between his national consciousness Legion. The organizations partlcipat- and his human consciousness. The lug included Camp Winfield Scott son of David loved to call himself the Schley, United Spanish War Veterans, son of Man. In his own person he Frank E. Booma Post, A. L., Ensign reconciled the seemingly conflicting Emerson Hovey Post, Veterans or For- clalos of patriotism and world-brothelgn Wars, Sons or Union Veterans, erhood. He came unto his own, but he Fleet Reserve, Storer Relief Corps and had a message for all mankind. A Jew other auxiliary bodies and Battery D, to his very finger-tips, In heart and 197th Reg., N, II. N. G. mind and soul; but more than a Jew, Tho music or tho service or commem- else the nations all would not have oration was as follows: Prelude, "Largo claimed him as Master and Lord. His from New World Symphony," Dvorak; primary appeal was to the children of solo, "There Is No Death,'' O'Hara; of- Israel, but from them when they defertory, "Mood," Remsen; postlude, splsed and rejected him he turned to "Largo,'' Handel. Carroll H. Evans was the nations that knew not the Law. In the organist, Mrs. Mary Whittler Priest his parables and deeds he always spoke was the soloist, and the chorus choir and acted as a Hebrew o.l' the Hebrews, sang the chants and r esponses. but In and through every word and The minister, Rev. William Safford work shone the blazing love or humanJones, preached a special sermon Ol\ ity. In Jesus Christ patriotism and hu"Christianlty and Nationalism,'' taking man brotherhood meet and mingle and fo r his text, Isaiah 51 :1. unite. He said in part: " 'And wha t the world demands or "The world-state, however desit:able us, cries Dr. Charles Edwards Park, it may be in theory, has not yet arnved, 'ts' not a denial or out· Nationalism in. and no better way has yet been foun~ of the Interests or Christianity, but a awakeni ng a love of freedom, a passion quickening and purification or our Nafor justice, a hunge r and thit'st after tlonallsm In the interests or Christianinternational righ teousness, than the ity. What Christ asks of us Is not that way of appeal Lo loyalty to the great we should deny our flag in order that Ideas and Ideals and principles and we may become fuller disciples of his, convictions that made the past of the but that we should fall on our knees nation rich Jn spiritual traditions and before our flag and call to remembrance that will make the future glorious in the tears of love that ha·ve dropped the annals of human service. The best upon It, the lips that have kissed it, the way Lo be a ciLlzcn or the world is not blood that has been shed for it, the to see 1by !l?ntlng the obligations or citizen- many hearts that have lea,ped ship m you r community and c~mmon- that meteor In the sky, and pray to the wealth and nation, but by takmg up God or our fathers to make us worthy seriously ~nd solcn'.nly tl~e duties_ of or that flag, faithful w1 to the holy that part1cu_lar clt1zensh1p. Begm at things for which It stands, that it may the bottom 111 humble tasks of neigh- wave over loyal hearts 11.nd true, and borhood serviceableness and work up to may be unsullied by the passion and 1. the top of world-helpfulness through the pride of a false and an incomplete city and stale loyalty. Don't jump to Patriotism.' the top in airy contempt for lesser "Heed the wise words of those who duties and refuse to take over your hold that the way or solemn obligation share of the general burde1;.,- The best for the nation ls the way to advance the ' preparation for becoming ll. citizen or Interests or the kingdom or God the world In the highest\sense ls by throughout the earth. For when palearn ing to be a faithful citizen of your trlotlsm has free course and is nobly own ward In the city of Portsmouth, in glorified brotherhood and justice and the county of Ro~kin~llam, in the state liberty will most surely at last prevail of New Hampsl11re, m the United In every land and under every flag. AmStates or America. Nationalism ls no erlca first but not In selfish and Ignoble curse but a blessing when it Is used for Isolation, 'but America first, as the serthc highest ends, and it certainly can vant or mankind.'' !Jc so used by this country ln the !lght a.:.=:.:...::.;:..;~~--.,---,-~~-~'"':-:::":7'~ · for Intellectual and spit'ltual liberty into which we ought to throw our souls, the fight of democracy against auto- I I l Alfred, May 8.-The nrst of the permanent markers for historical spots in York County has arrived and is now on exhibition at Biddeford. The markers are being purchased by the York County Tercentenary Commission and will be put up all over the County. At least one of the 50 ordered wm be placed In every town and city and the remaining 22 will be erected at points where some of the famous York County events took place which have made not only National, but world history. Each town and city now has a committee searching out its historical background mending spots which marked. The markers are or the new type which have been so generally adopted by great centers of history, such as Virginia, Ma&Sachusetts, Connecticut, and other 11tatea a.nd regions- all ovei: the United States. They are made of pure aluminum, a.re aoout 42 bJ 38 inches fn 117.e, and are erected on tall iron posts so they may be ea.s.lly seen by motorists passing along the highway,. The first marker to be completed perpetuates the fact that within the York County Courthouse at Alfred are the oldest continuous court records- In the United States, dating back to IG3CI. The markers are 11pecially designed original colors of red and blue, on with the old York County seal, ln Its the t-0p. Each marktr also canles the name of the town or city in which I~ Ia located. It flJ boped to have all of the markers in place by the time the summer tourist traffic reach~ It! maximum. �, . Photo by Chester Davis . . Members of the Portsmoµth Harbor and Isles of Shoals Coast Guard group who recently reLurned from Lhe Middle West nood area. Left to right, Dana W. Armstroµg, Port.,mouth Harbor; Cltfton Doughty Floreston Alley Lynwood Beal all from the Isles of Shoals; C. D. Tabbutt of Portsmouth Harbor, Milton H. Seavey of Isles of Shoals, and Donald Fend~ erson o! Portsmouth Harbor. · · · to eat their meals in the three best From there the Coast Guardsmen Coast Guardsmen of , this vicinity restaurants in the city. They were went • to Paducah, Ky., . where they who retui:ned · recently !roni · the nood permitted to order what they wished •helped to rescue people from their district brought a tale o! hardships and there was no limit on the amount. homes, At night time they were and harrowing ...·experiences as weft Of Course, when they first arrived at .giveu-- quarters on a U. 13. Engineer.. as many events in- which they par- Evansville the city was without heat ing , boat. . ticipated: · as the result of the city power plant .. From Paducah the lifeboat crew When the . magnitude of the · nood being out of commission. went to Wycllff, Ky., by the way of became apparent the First District Seven others went from the Isles Cairo, m., and was statlo.ned tt\ere headquarters office at Boston on of Shoals station, which in addition for one week. During that week the Sunday, Jan, 24, issued an order sent tts lifeboat and surfboat Boat- men were most of the time hungry sending as many men as could be swain's Mate Newton Seavey had and exposed to the damp most all spared to the flood zone. From New charge of the llieboat and with him day and their sleeping quarters" were England 204 Coast · Guardsmen re~ were the following fellow members on the narrow pews in a. chw;oh. sponded, together · with equipment of the Appledore Island station: Many people were huddled together of ll!e and surf boats, Of this con- Robert Murphy, Linwood Beal and in the church. Besides rescue work tingent aproxlmately ,20 men 'were Floreston Alley, all surfmen. Mo- in Wycllff the surfboat was used by from the stations in the so-called tor Machinest Clifton C. Doughy had Postal Telegraph repairmen who had · Portsmouth area, such as Apple-· charge of the surfboat, with Surf- to keep tho telegraph service open dore Island at the Isles of Shoals, during the flood. Portsmouth Harbor, Walll!I Sands and :men William Buswell and- Irwin H. After leaving Wycllff the men went Wass,' as crew. Hampton Beach. · to Hickman, Ky., but the following , · Tho surfboat from the Shoals went Boatswain A, H. Caldet' of the day were ordered to Bar!leld in case Appledore Island station and Motor Monday, January 25, to Portland, Me .., the levees should break During the Machinist, · first class, Clifton D. , where it we.a loaded - on a flat· car week they stayed there they made Tabbutt from the Portsmouth Har- I and taken to Mound City, Ill. Upon quarters aboard a government-owned bor. station 'were among the first to · arrival there orders were received dredge. Following this they went to depart • ?rom her~; and were 11,board ' to proceed by rail to Eldorado, Ill., Memphis, Tenn., where they stayed the~ . Merrimac? River · -station picket 1 where the boats were floated into three days and then returned to boat. Boatswain Calder was in charge the water as the flat cars in the· rail- Portsmouth. At Memphis they of the boat and was located during road yard were surrounded by wa- stayed in the Gayesee hotel, a leadthe height of the nood at Evansvm~. ter. The first night at Eldorado lhe Ing hostelry. Ind., wh:ere damage _of approximately The lifeboat crew started Wednes1 men suffered greatly from the ex$7~.ooo was caused · by the flood to day, January 27, and arrived at East treme cold as they had to sleep 1n a the Hotei Mccurdy, principal hotel coal mine. Early the neKt morning St. Louis on Saturday morning. They in the city. the men were off to an Ohio town left there for the worst part of the Boatswain Calder was loud in his that was partly inundated. It was flood area, but five miles south of praise of the treatment rendered necessary to leave Boatswain's Mate st. Louis had to "lay to" when a sehim and other Coast Guardsmen by Howard Fenderson of the Ports~ vere storm struck. Rain and sleet conthe citizens of Evansv1lle. As soon as mouth Harbor Station who, when ad- tinued until they reached Cape Gerthey arrived they . were given sleeping fitted to a hospital, was found to ado, Mo.• The men "gassed up" there accommodations and · were permitted have a of pneumonia. and Monday arrived in Cairo. They stoped there only a few minutes �and then were of! Hickman an the next day had to return to Cairo. The ll!eboat crew stayed there for two weeks. They arrived in Boston Saturday, February 20. At Cairo the life boat was smashed by a larger boat wheu a wave by a larger one against . the lifeboat. The men escaped injuries. Boatswain's Mate, !lrst class, Clarence D. Beal who with Surfmen Real I S. Marie, Charles Faulklngl:tam and Maynard O"Brien went from the Hampton Beach station received an J order on Sunday, Jan. 24, from the Headquarters office in Boston to be on their way to Boston by boat in the short time of 30 minutes. The boat was soon in the water and when only two nules of! the coastline encountered a heavy blizzard which later tw·ned to rain Wh.:n, oft Annisquam tkey encountered· a strong southwest wind which at times reached gale intensity. Beal and his fellow Coast Guardsmen reached the Charlestown Navy Yard at 1.45 a. m. 011 the morning of Monday, January 25. The boat was soon loaded on a flat car and the men wore rushed to the South Station 111 Boston where they were met by other Coast Guardsmen from Mas' tions. Within U minutes both the sachusetts and Rhode Island stamen and equipment were en route to the flooded area. The contingent arrived at Cairo, Ill., at 4.30 on the morning of Jan. 27. Immediately upon their arrival at Cairo orders were received to go to Mound City, Ill., where it was 1 reported that a levee had broken and hundreds of people were endangered. The Coast Guardsmen found that the city was inundated and ln order to get to the people the crew had to st.and on the levee and pull the boa t over to t he city side o! the wall. Nearly 1,000 persons were taken from houses where they were marooned. As the persons were rescued they were taken In U1e boat.s to tl1e levee where a larger riverboat took the refugees to a place o! safety. OtJ1er Coast Guardsmen from tl1e Portsmouth clistrlct who went to the flood territory l11cludcd Snr!me1f Wll!Jnm Ramsey, Roger Knight and Joseph E. Messler of the Portsmouth Harbor Station and Sur!men Stanley W. Pridham of the Wallis Sands Station. With the exception of Boatswain's Mate, first class, Howard Frndcrson of the Portsmouth Hnrbor station, who is still on sick leave, all have returned to their posts. f~~ ~ ~Ji.~'\· \'ti~ �~'-++++++++++ j History of -Girl Sco~t '.❖ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++:++++++_++-+_+_+_+~+ The year 1937 commemorates not Before any troop could be registered Miss Julia Carty served in the local only the • 25th anniversary o!. Girl a local council had to be established. office !or the remainder o! the scout Scouting In the United States, but also This was accomplished and the original year following Miss Cullen's reslgnathe 15th anniversary of Girl Scouting charter Issued on June 27, 1922. To tlon. And with the beginning o! the in Greater Portsmouth. Even ' previous Mrs. Louis Ewald went the honor of 1936-37 program Mrs. William Pago was to 1922 there had been 'a troop at At- being the first commissioner of this appointed field secretary. Mrs. Page; 1s "'"""··•··'·-" lantlc Heights under the ·captaincy of newly-formed Greater Portsmouth Girl herself a first class scout and the mothMrs . . w. S. Woodhull, but the real be- Scout Council. Miss Priscilla He!!en- er of. the newest Golden Eaglet o! the g~nlng o! the organization in this vi- ger was elected deputy commissioner, local -Council. . clrilty.was in the spring o! 1922. : Miss Cornella Mugridge secretary and The Greater Portsmouth Councii°has When the succ·ess of the Atlantio Miss Marie Cullen treasurer. Mrs. an enviable reputation in the number of Heights troop became apparent, anoth- Ewald served until 1925, when she was scouts who have been 'successful in ater ' troop was started · among .girls !).S• succeeded by Mrs. William P. Miskell, talning this highest rank in \Girl soclated with st. John's Church. This who for the next two years assumed Scouting-the Golden . Eaglet. When troop, active but never registered at charge of Girl Scout activities In this In 192!) Anna McLean had this national National Headquarters, was composed sect.Ion, Miss Frances Brooks, who, honor conferred u'pon her she was the of the following members: Mrs. Louis with Mrs. Wendell, had done so much first Golden Eaglet not only in · the w. Ewald, captain, and Scouts Alice to make scouting available to local girls, local council but 11, the state of New Trefethen, Jeannette Gilker; · Mae was the next commissioner, and until Hampshire. Since that time th~ folClark,' Ros_lna Hutchings, Doris Ren- the fall o! 1929 she worked !or the con- lowing girls have also been dlstlnner, Geraldine Ward, Dorothy Vaughan tlnued development of the program·. guished as Golden Eaglets, an honor and 1 Beatrice Wllllams. Since 1929 the present commissioner conferred only upon those scouts who, By this time it was evident that Girl has held office and under her leader- by their character, 1achievement and suScoutlng had a real appeal for the girls ship the Greater Portsmouth Council perlor knowledge-of scouting, have been of Portsmouth, and largely through the has co·n slstently maintained a leading judged worthy of national recognition: ef!orts of Mrs. Barrett ; Wendell, Miss position in community activity. . Eleanor Batchelder, Anna Latham, Alice Sandiford o! f.latlorial HeadquarWithin the first three years of its or~ Dorothea Knott, Edna Toennesen, Martera .;,,as induced to come to Ports- gimlzatlon, Girl Scouting had become jorle Redden, ·sylvla Toennesen, Pr1smouth and conduct a course in scout so popular . In this section that It was cilia Warren, Louise Redden, Priscilla lead~rshlp. Many women o! the com- decided to add to the staff an official Emery and Dorothy Page. . munlty, Interested' 1n becoming prop- local director, and In September, 1925, From September untll June all . acerly trained leaders, enrolled for the Mrs. Maxwell Ganter was selected to t!vltles of local scouts are centered at course and to them goes the credit for fulfill the duties of this position. Under headquarters on Daniels street. This ill the adtual beginning o! Girl Scouting Mrs. Ganter's supervision the first real the starting place for hikes, the meetIn this vicinity. Especially significant organization of troops was accom- ing place for troo'ps when the weather ls the fact that many of the same worn- pllshed and a nationally approved does not permit an outdoor program. en are still actively connected . with program adopted f?r troop work. Girl During the other two months of the ."t°;;.'~it..":;:~ scou~ing. Miss Rosamond Thaxter, Scouting continued: to grow at an al- year the seen!) or' activity ls shifted .to now commissioner; Miss Frances most unprecedented pace . during , the East Barrington, where Camp PiscataBroolcs, :honorary commissioner; Miss directorships of Miss Mary Benson and qua, the camp o! the Greater PortsMarie Cullen, until recently local di- Miss Doris Celley, who, in turn, sue- mouth Girl Scout Council, is located. rector; Mrs. Harold M. Smith and Miss ceeded Mrs. Ganter. In fact, the pro- This camp, established In 1926, has been Dorothy Vaughan, troop captains, were gram had such an appeal for local girls an otitstandlng success since the beginmembers of this original group, which that it became a real task to organize nlng. The enrollment now represents also included Miss Priscilla Heffenger, troops fast enough to accommodate the girls from all parts of New England, Mrs. Wallis D. Walker, Mrs. J. Winslow groups eager to become Girl Scouts. eager to combine a healthy vacation Peirce, Miss Marjorie Daniels, Mrs. Proo! of this is the fact that within five with approved scout training. . . wmiam,Miskell and Mrs. Louis Ewald. years the orlglnar enrollment of 10 Summer is also the time of the anShortly after the conclusion of the scouts in Troop 2 had increased to a nual Girl Scout benefit., one of the outcourse the first Girl Scout troop of membership of 158 girls, representing standing social events of the season. Portsmouth, under national sponsor- eight troops. · Under the sponsorship of the local 'ship; was duly reglsteted at '. headquarFrom 1929 to 1931 Miss Edna Toen- council several of the historical houses ters wlth Miss Rosamond Thaxter as nesen served as acting secretary. Miss In this. vicinity have been opened to the ·ca.otalri Miss Dorothy Vaughan, lieu- Toennesen, an active Girl Scout • of public,' througn tl\e .kindness o! their tenant, 'ind scouts Geraldine Conner, Golden Eaglet rank, succeeded in In- owners. The Lady Pepperrell House In Eleanor Batchelder, Lucia Elmer, Paul- stilling her own ei;thusiasm for scout- Kittery, the Fuller estate in North lne Mccaffery, Katherine Buckley, Ing in the girls under her direction. Hampton, the Pierce, Rice, Boardman Jessie Hutchings, Millicent Gunnison, When, In 1931, she resigned to continue and Wendell houses In Portsmouth, ·au Doris Tilton and Barbara Fernald. her studies abroad, Miss Marie Cullen private residences, are among them. This troop was knoV:,n as Troop Two of was appointed local director, - serving Thia year in celebration of the 15th Portsmouth to avoid con!lict with the from that date until February of last birthday of local scouting the Girl earlier Atlantic Heights troop. Since year, During the period of Miss Cul- Scout summer benefit 1>romlses to outthe date of their registration in Jan- Jen's directorship the 10th anniversary do even the successes of former years. uary, · 1923, the troop has enjoyed un- of local Girl Scouting was celebrated, The proceeds of this annual event are interrupted activity and Is still under with 15 registered troops, representing used to maintain a complete Girl Scout the leadership of · Miss Vaughan-a Portsmouth, Kittery, Kittery Point, program for the 260 scouts now reglsrecord to be truly proud of and one York, New Castle, North Hampton, tered and an adequate training system probably equalled In few places in the Newington and Greenland. !or troop leaders. At present there are United States, i,;.:.;..;;.~::._~..--=---- - - -- - - - - - i 13 troops under direct supervision of the loco.I office with the following volt1i1- �-*-*-*~ +=+=•~t~*~ 7 - -;-- . ~ - - - - - - - · , - - · - Movemeht In Portsmouth . . ++++·+++.+:++=+=++++++++_+.++_+_+=+-++.+_+++_+ ++++++_+ +++++++++·+-, ~eer captains: 1'irs, William Page, Miss Dorothy Vaughan, Mrs. William F&rrlngton, . Miss Betty Zacharias, Mrs. Alvin R«1dden, Miss Helen · Zacharias, Mrs. Harold M. Smith, Mrs. Charles H. Batchelder, Mrs. Clarence Hackney of · Klt~ry, Miss Rosamond Thaxtel'. of Kittery Point and Mrs. Clare Fowler of _R ye. Theso lenders, with tho council, form tho governing board o! the Girl Scout ,organiza tion. Tho commissionc1· scrve.t as council h ead, the present member~ ship, In addition to Commissioner Priscilla Emery ��h y Go! en Eaglet Awar s resented To S ,·rley Bale And oro· hy C rbin Photo by Marden MISS SHIRl,EY BLAKE Golden Eaglet son, Frances Trefethen~ Betty Evaiis~H•'•'-'•~,n-••,-,rt,.•\· Virginia Littlefield, Marilyn Nelson, Helen Marriner, Gertrude Parkhurst and Barbara Pasternak with Mrs. William Farrington as captain; Scouts, Helen Goodrich, Eileen Donohue, Marion Ewer, and Betty Stetson with Mrs. Alvin Redden as · captain; Scouts Pauline Dubois, Evelyn Prentiss, with Mrs. Charles Batchelder as captain; Scouts Barbara Wiley, Betty Wiley, Ida Gerry, Charlotte Langton with Mrs. Clarence Hackney as captain; Scout Eleanor Mills with Miss Rosamond Thaxter, captain; Scouts Jean Fernald, Muriel Kiley, Patricia Frink, Photo by U:ingSbllrJ' l\lembers of original Girl Scout organization who are still active and who were presented with 15 year sti·ipes last evening-left to right, Mrs. Harold Smith, troop captain; Miss Rosamond Thaxter, commissioner; Miss Marie Cullen, associate scout, Miss Dorothy Vaughan, troop captain. Tho Greater Portsmouth Girl Scout li:-arers while U1e color guards Council held It..1 15th birtl1day party Jr:in Fernald and Mary Jane on Friday evening, by holding a court :mrcl. of awards, which was largely attendFollowing the singlng o[ "America", ed. Shirley Blake and Dorothy Corbin "The Game of Girl Scouting'' was pre- \ received the Golden Eaglet award, one sentcd under the direction of Louise , or the highest Girl Scout honors. n.cdden. Miss Redden, one of the 13 The court was held at the Junior Golden Eaglets of the city, acted as ' High school auditorium, with a large reader. This began with awards to the 1 number of friends and relatives and Brownies, the various classes, pronothers interested in Girl Scouting in ciency badges, five year stripes and attendance. fin ally .the Golden Eaglet award. The court began at 7.30 o'clock with Brownies included Rosemary Segars, assembly call by Eva Gerrish. Led by Alice Whitehurst and Virginia Peirce Photo by Kingsbury. the Drum and Bugle Corps the Girl with Mrs. Dorothy Meehrm as leader. MISS DOROTHY CO&BIN · Scouts entered with Mary Anna • Pey- The welcome into scouting was given ser at the head and the large number by Mrs. Olive iJVIoore. Golden Eaglet th Hulme, • Virginia Schurman, Scouts Eml·1 Nelson, Ca1·olyn Proc- Ru or girls in their uniforms made an c aro!ine scI1urman, Be tty Schurman. • ill M d p t • 1 1 tor, P rise a ars la11 an Impressive scene. a r ~ia Katherine Simonds and -Olive Frink The color ceremony, always a sight Ripley . took part In the tenderfoot mt d ,, w1·th Mlss D oro th y, Vaugh an cap t a 1n.· to be remembered, was in charge of vest1tw·e.. Mrs. Florence Redden ac ted e Depu t y Comm1ss1oner Ell za be th Foye Capt. Katherine Farrington. Dorothy ac captain. The scouts were presen in I r ti1 l In tit Rosamond Thaxter waNsex t came c largethoe song8 ''Tvhes · •~· Page acted as bugler, giving the "Call by Commissioner . ree urPelra...,.. to Colors." Dorothy Ricklefs, Constance au d Lieut. Frances Moody: came to London Town" with all of the Dennett and Mary Raynes were color In the second class lnvest1ture Scouts ts I In th! ! ite - ~ - - - - - - - - . . - - - - - - - - , taking part included Shirley Sander- _scocu t sAng g S slth a~or · ap. gnes m �t)me served as executive secretary. Miss Ricklefs, Olive Frink, Katherine SiFrances Brooks, honorary commis~ion- monds, Barbara Beal, Jane Ward, Mary Fe1 er, was unable to be present. The Ev elyn Dutton, Barbara Harve", B Mr were ma e y s. arJI b d Presentations rett Wendell. Mrs. Wendell was introcla Webster, Felicia Allen, Norma duced by Deputy Commissioner Eliza- Rowell, Elizabeth Hodgeklss, beth C. Fole. Mrs. Wendell's aide was Trefethen, Helen Marriner, Marilyn Betty Badszer. Nelson, Barbara Pasternack, Flora Phelps, Pauline Pike, Helen Goodrich, Following the singing of "The Golden ·Rosamond Raynes, Frances Marshall Sun Sinks in the Golden West" "taps" Jane Hazzard, Victoria Paras, France~ were blown by Buglers Isabel Black and Nannis, Jean Keith, Mary Anna Peyser, Virginia Yeaton. MaryB. Brown, Jean Stephenson BarThe two new • Golden Eaglets bring bara Brackett, Shirley watt, 'Ethel the number to 13 holding that honor ln Barnaby, Peggy Snyder, Dorothy this city. Thls is but an indlcatlon of Abrams, Celia Abrams, Margaret the fine work whlch has been done here Whitman, Alma Whitman, Barbara during the past 15 years by the Girl Raynes, Mary Raynes, Alice Seaward, Scout organization. Elrlta Gunnison, Priscma Clark, Jean Dorothy Corbln"ls a member of Troop Craig, Shirley Lalghton, Elva Ollis, 2 and has been interested ln Girl Dorothy Smith. Scouting for nine years. She was InSilver Stars-Louise McGill, Wlnnivected with her tenderfoot badge in fred Rand, Pauline Rowe, Althea Dame, January, 1928, and since then has taken Nancy Frink, Althea Huntress, Muriel an active part In all Girl Scout . work. Kiley, Adella Snfith, Betty Junkins, PaShe became a second class scout ln De- trlcla Thompson, Ruth Berounsky, cember, 1930, and .in June, 1934, became Caroline Peterson, Shirley Sanderson, MISS FRANCES BROOICS a first class :scout. Miss Corbin Is the Gert_rude Parkhurst, Betty Evans, Honorary Commissioner daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W1lllam Marilyn Nelson, Jean Sullivan, Isabel _ Awarded 15-Year Stripe Corbin of Orchard street. She gra.du- Black, Barbara Burgess, Eileen Donoated from Portsmouth High School la.st hue, Katherin e J arvis, Olive Trueman, proficiency, badges and Miss Marie June and has just completed her fresh- Betty Webber, Ida Goodell , Lucme CUii.en awarded the five-year stripes. man year at the University of New Sussman, Mary E. Griffin, Charlotte Five-year :stripes were presented to Hampshire. McDonald, Norma Volkm:m, Edith Marlon Anderson, Agnes Caswell, BarShirley Blake is the daughter of Mr. Salden, Mary Deiner, Elizabeth Downbara Seaward, Marjorie Lewis, Mary Mrs. Harold Blake of 295 Dennett ing, Paultne Dubois, Sheila McGill , ~ ...'..:~U,:\~NRaynes, Alice Seaward, Clarence Schir- and street. She has been Interested In Constance Riley, Mnry Rlchnrds, Doris mer and Shirley Sullivan. scouting :since October, 1930, when she Chandler, Zelma Goodwin , Betty Wiley, ,,i,.,ft'.'\'!'AI The first class badges received her Tenderfoot badge. The Barbara Wiley, Jean Remick, Eleanor .,,•.~~·,:.<.1 ed by Commissioner 1 !ollowlng May she became a second Emery, Caroline Fernald, Meredith 5eouts receiving this class scout and 1n November, 1935, be- Coffin, Evelyn Chapman, Eunice Lewis, Marion Gerrish, Barbara Sea.ward came a first class scout. She Is a mem- Elsie Mitchell , Carnline Silsby, ~velyn Barbara Brackett, Isabel Black, Mar~ ber of Troop 1 and a junior at Ports- True, Mary True. jorle Lewis and Betty Travis. mouth High School. She is prominent Badges The Golden Eaglet award ls always in the school, being vice president of ' Dorothy Abrams, ALhlet.e a ceremony long . to be remembered. her class and vice president of t.he NaBarbara Beal, Crnftsmfm Thls award Is won only by ha.rd work tlonal Honor Society. Muriel Bennett, Canner, st~r Finder, on the part of the Girl Scout and such Awards were presented to the follow- Hostess, Dressmaker -an achievement means a great deal. ing during the evening: Shirley Illnke, Scholarship, Child Dorothy Corbin received her award from Capt. Dorothy Vaughan and ShirSecond class girls-Jean Fernald, Nurse Muriel Kiley, Patricia Frink, Ruth Isabel Black, Homemaker, Houseley Blake's Golden Eaglet was received Hulme, Virginia Schurman, Caroline keeper, Laundress, Health Winner from Miss Marie Cullen. Schurman, Betty Schurman, Katherine Jean Brown, Athlete , This brought the pageant, "The Simonds, Olive Frink, Mnrlon Ewer, Barbara Brackett, Canner, Star Game of Girl Scoutln," to an end, the Betty Jean Evans, Virginia Littlefield, Finder, Hostess, Dressmaker, Cook award making a fitting climax. Mary Brown, Canner, Dressmaker The Hymn of Scouting followed and Marilyn Nelsot'I, Helen Marriner, Gert' then came the birthday celebration in rude Parkhurst, Barbara Pasternack Hostess, Star Finder Barbara Burgess, Needlewoman honor of the 15th anniversary of scout- Shirley Sanderson, Frances Trefethen' Aura Clark, Canner, Dressmaker, ing in Portsmouth. Flora Phelps Betty Stetson, Eileen Donohue, Hele1~ and Marilyn Nelson acted as cake Goodrich, Pauline Dubois, Evelyn Pren- Needlewoman, Laundress, Homemaker, bearers and the first candle was lighted t!ss, Barbara W11ey, Betty Wiley, Ida Housekeeper Charlotte Langton, Eleanor Evelyn Chapman, Home Nurse, Neeby Rosemary Segars, a member of the Gerry, Mills. dlewoman, Dressmaker Brownie troop. Other candles were Tenderfoot girls-Patricia Ripley, Dorothy Corbin, Tree Finder, Pioneer, lighted by Gertrude Parkhurst, Betty Junkins, Victoria Paras, Barbar Harvey, Emily Nelson, Carolyn Proctor, Priscilla Rambler Marshall. Lois Craig, Canner, Needlewoman Jean Craig, Louise Frink, Olive Frink First class girls-Isabel mack, BarJean Cralg-Heo.lth Winner, Girl Margaret Whitman, Peggy Snyder: Norma Rowell, Elizabeth Hodgekiss, bara Brackett, Marlon Gerrish, Betty Scout Aide, Athlete, Hostess Barbara Seaward, Marjorie Constance Dennett, Health Winner Betty Evans, Mary Evelyn Dutton, Fe- Tro.vls, Lewis. Girl Scout Aide, 'Hostess ' licia. Webster and Elrlta. Gunnison. Five-year stripe-Marion Anderson, Evelyn Dockham Needlewoman, Next came another outstanding fea' ture of the birthday party, the presen- Agnes Casw.ell, Barbara Seaward, Mar- Health Winner Mary Evelyn Dutton, Observer tation of 15-year stripes to four who Jorie Lewis, Mary Raynes, Alice Seaward, Alberta Furey. Jean Fernald , Canner, Needlewoman have been identified with scouting durFifteen-year st.ripe-Miss Frances Kathryn Fernald, Canner, Needleing that length of time. These women have been active and leaders In :scouting Brooks, Commissioner Thaxter, Cap- woman Patricia Frink, Canner, Needlewoman and their work has made the Girl tain Smith, Associate Cullen, Captain Vaughan. Rowena Furey, Canner Scout organization in this city a strong The following awards were made: Helen Goodrich, Scholarship , and growing Toup. Those receiving Gold Stars-Betty Badger, Shirley Marlon Gerrish, Star Finder 15-year &tripes were Commissioner Elrita Gunnison, Housekeeper Rosamond Thaxter, Capt. Agnes Smith, Blake, Betty Bovard, Constance DenMary Jane Hazzard, Canner, Ca.pt. Dorothy vaughan and Miss Marie nett, Dorothy Flannagan, Helen John•.'7'-a.~k:-:e;;rt, ,..;S;..ta~ r _;F;.;l;,;.n:.;;d::e::r:..,,,::C:.;;00;,;:;:k:..,._..-_ __.1 Cullen associatte scout, who for some son, Dorothy Page, Virginia Robinson, lb.:::-m Edith Fernald, Louise Frink, Dorothy .. �Katherine Jarvis, Needlewoman, Lillian Witham, Home Nurse, HouseHousekeeper, Laundress; Homemaker keeper •J~•'fli:J'·~;!hJ'lt~~ij[':'f'JJ1~. Helen -Johnson, Hostess, Child Nurse Norma Volkman, . Homemaker, a; Jean Keith, Hostess;• • Needlewoman, Housekeeper, Laundress, Canner, •···•··-•"'-·•·"' Woodcraft, Homemaker1 Health Win- Hostess, Star Finder, Needlewoman ner Barbara Yeaton, Girl Scout Aide Prlsc!lla Chick, Athlete, Girl · Scout Virginia Yeaton, Girl Scout Aide Aide, Health Winner, Hostess Helen Marriner acted as accompanist Muriel Kiley, Scholarship, Observer for the singing. Program were ~ Shirley Lalghton, Rock Finder, Girl charge of Barbara Beal, Rosamond Scout Aide, Athlete Raynes and Frances Trefethen, while Eunice Lewis, Needlewoman Virginia Robinson, Shirley Watt, Almac: ,,:.:-;;.,,;:,;,;;.:·, Marjorie Lewis, Home Nurse, Girl Whitman, Elva Ollis and Prisema Chick acted as ushers. Mrs. Charles Scout Aide Margaret Loughlin, Health Winner Batchelder was head usher and was asBeatrice Marden, Canner, Hostess sisted by the following scout leaders: Ray Marshall, Needlewoman Mrs. Robert Whitman, Mrs. Olive Charlotte McDonald, Canner Moore, Mrs. Joseph P . Conner, Jr. The Elsie Mitchell, Home Nurse, Needle- committee in charge was composed of woman, Dressmaker, Scribe Mrs. William Page, Mrs. Alvin Redden, Frances N1rnnls, Canner, Dressm11ker, Miss Helen Kelley and Miss Rosamond Star Finder Thaxter. Victorlll. Paras, Cook, Star Finder, L.------i:-:-".7="!"'.....,,.,...~,....,....,,...,_,. · Dresmaker, Hostess, Canner Mary Anna Peyser, Hostess, Canner, St.'l.r Finder, Homemaker, Hou ekeeper, Laundress, Craftsman, Dressmaker, Health Winner Pauline Pike, Scholarship Bernice Rand, Needlewoman, Canner Frances Rand, Cook, Canner, Dressmaker Winnifred Rand, Girl Scout Aide Barbara Raynes, Needlewoman, Dressmaker Mary Raynes, Child Nurse Rosamond Raynes, Needlewoman, Housekeeper, Homemaker, Laundress Mary Richards, Scholarship, , Heal th Winner Dorothy Ricklefs, Star Finder, Housekeeper, Homemaker, Health Winner, Bird Finder, Craftsman, Canner, Rambler, Pioneer · Constance Riley, Host.es , Girl Scout Aide, Athlete Virginia Robinson, maker Pauline Rowe, Hostess Barbara Seaward, Land Finder Alice Seaward, Child Nun,e, Scout Aide Carolyn Schurman, Needlewoman Virginia Schurman, Canner, Needlewoman Edith Salden, Star Finder, maker, Canner, Health Winner Caroline Silsby, Neecllewoman, Dress- , Kath erine Simonds, Canner Adella Smith, Electrician, ship Dorothy Smith, Health ~-Jn~_er, 011"1 Scout Aide, Athlete Jean Stephenson, Canner, Hostess . Jean Sullivan, Hou&~keeper, . _Homemaker, Laundress .. . , ,, Shirley Su111van, Laundress, Housekeeper, Homemaker, Scholarship Lucille Sussman, Star Finder, Dressmaker, Child Nurse, Canner, Hostess, Needlewoman, Housekeeper, Laundress, Homemaker Elizabeth Travis, Gardener Olive Trueman, Atf1Jete, Child Nurse, Homemaker, Health Winner, Housekeeper, Laundress Barbara Warner, Canner, �uone day while carrying a dispatch from Fort Bascomb to Fort Sumnerall alone- I noticed Indians off to the j left, a good ways up in the Sand Hills. 1 I was tJ1en abou t 50 miles from Fort Bascomb. I stopped nt a little mnddy 1 1 "crlk" to water my horse nnd just as Charles Kent, Civil War Veteran, Saw Extensive Action In 1he pulled his head out of the water I The West Against Indians - · heard a swish-h-h! Looking down I 1 :::----;;;:::==:_----,-----=--,--.....,.,,-.-...Jjsaw an arrow going out ahead and . (By Dwight B. MacCormack) I can remember my first uniform- landing about fifty yards beyond me. my pants so Jong It was nece sary to I 6aw my pants were cut just back of Charles Kent, 89 Sparhawk street, roll up the cuffs about three times my right knee cap and the arrow this city was 90 year11 old~r young- and my dress -coat was so Jong It was grazed my leg. I didn't stop longer, but yesterday. He lives with his wife, the almost an overcoat. put my spur to the horse, leaned over I · former Evelyn M. Hammond of Eliot ' "We joined our regiment in front of to the left side nnl! let her go. Me., whom he married January 15, never knew whether anyone followed 1882 and both lead a happy, active and Petersburg, Va., at the Crater. My me. The ~nn was just going down unexciting life. But, it was not always friends never came back although the an unexciting life for Mr. Kent .. He Is war never affected me much physical- when I delivered my dispatch to one of the. two surviving CivU war ly. I went through the Wilderness, Headquarters at Fort Sumner. My veterans of this city and a former Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor. I was wound was dressed and I left on the ·member of the 3rd Cavalry which uw at Poplar Springs church a nd at return journey the next morning. I action ln the West against the In- Farmsville when Lee surrendered. I don't know whether there were one or dians. · never got a s'cra tch · On July 14 , 1865 , a dozen Indians that day. I didn't "Colonel Bill" as he .hi called by I was mustered out at Alexandria and have time to look back. Whoever ~ot 80me was born In Haverhill, Mass., returned to Lynn 600n after my 18th ii though was a Comanche. June 14, 1847. His mother died when lr th day. "In 1867 we moved Into Fort Sumner he was about three ye0.I'8 old and his • "I became a shoe worker, but on near the Rio Grande River where I father, a preacher and shoe worker, IMarch ,8, 1866, two of my friends Oak used to bathe. This was In the Navar.1 ·ved with the remaining members Partridge and George Parker, ca~e to ho country, The Navahos were more of his family to Lynn. the shop where I was working-in the or lel!S peaceful-as Indians went. Of It ls very difficult to get Bill to ten blues of the Regular Army, ready to course, if you were out ·in the sand of hls experiences-especially ln the go with the cavalry and blaze the trail to hllls alone and met up with a half doz~ Civil war, but being the father of two the West. 'Come on, Stulb, sllp that en Navnhoes, they might take your of his great grandchildren I have seen I apron off and come on and enllst.' I hor6e, but you could . always round him on numerous occasions and a few was just bull headed enough, 80 I them up afterwards. These Indians times have prevailed on him to tell of went to Boston and came back myself were not allowed to leave their resersome of the thin~ he saw and did with the blues on. Thia time the uni• vatlon except on a pass-to hunt for during the 60'11 and early 70's of the forµi 11tted me a little better. My fath- example. Sometimes about 15 would be last century. I don't suppose there are er ;wasn't pleased for I was only 19 given a pass to go hunting for about many living· today who could ten of years old and 8t1u a boy." 10 days. If they didn't return in that fighting through the Wilderness, or I "At. Carlisle, Penn., we became part time we'd go out and run them back. going over the breastworks of the , or· .the 3rd cavalry. we stayed there I never kllled any Navnhos. ~ter with fixed bayonets. I doubt i six weeks, drilling and getting 1n "'It was different In 1868 at Fort very much If there are many today wllo 1 shape. Partridge became my bunk- Bea.rd where the Apaches lived. While could ten of riding through the In- mate, but Parker went Into another grazing horses there the Apaches dlan country of the South West, who company. From there we went by would sometimes jump us and we'd rode a Pony Express. who was wom1 d- train to Fort Smith in Arkansas and have a squabble. U we saw one close ed by the arrow from an Indian"s bow, several weeks later, under Major Gen- by first we'd shoot him and ask no .r..:,,.;:,·,.,_•·a, who saw and served under Custer, who eral Howe, went on to Fort Union in questions and they'l do the same. saw Buffalo BUI, who worked for · K.!t Mexico. ; we built our own roads and Some times the lieutenant would take bridges 'where necessary. we were held us out and give us all the fighting up ; by talns and mud and it took us you'd want. Sgt. Sunday was always about 5p days to go about 300 miles. with us on these excursions. He wa:5 There was no great excitement on the awfully strict to say the least. One way except one day in Indian terrl- day these Apaches jumped an old tory a Jierd of about 1000 buffaloes miner named Mastin. A conple of pro- ' stampeded across the sand hills, killing spectors had started out from the Set- i a few or our mules and tipping over a tlers Store after Martin had. They j few of pur covered army wagons. we heard shots down the road and came killed about a dozen of them." riding back to the store. I wns ln "Several hundred cavalrymen came there at the time, just loafin g aroundtogether at Fort Union, later separat- likely buying tobacco or something. ing for other destinations in the West. About 2~ of us were ordered to sadAbout 200 of us all mounted set out dle up. We found Mastin stripped of with about 12 prairie wagons on a new all but his stockings-with 17 arrows route to Fort Bascomb, New Mexico. in him. When we got there h is mules CHARLES KENT · There were Comanche Indians in this were gone-and the Injuns too. Up in who was held up by Jesse country. Later I was with a party one the hiJJs we fonnd one of the mules ,.:--=·-~...,,,..,.,.·",''·'"·""'.,,,,. ___ "'''·•··'.'1James Ellld who ~eturned east to marry day under General Miles and we rode dead on the ground with a hind leg and raise a fam1_Jy. His experiences are , throug~ an Indian village, cleaning it pff. By the tracks there must h ave ;::any, but let him tell you of a few in out, shooting from - both sides as we been 25 or 30 Apaches, but we n ever s own words. rode along. We would never shoot 11. caught up with them. "In May 1864 when I was not yet lsquaw, leaving them in their wigwams, ..I was discharged at Fort Beard with reventeen and only five feet three in- but they'd shoot us, if they got a 16 others on March 3, 1869. There wns ches ln height I enlisted in the 58th chance, as quick as a buck . But, on our J a frei ghter wagon at the Settlers store Massachusetts Regiment of Infnhtry. way to Fort Bascomb th ere was little and all of us-at $5 n mnn-charOUt of 17 of us boys who hung around excitement. j terc(\ It for the three days' Journey to together only three of taken. Albuquerque. There wns still snow on PORTSMOUTH VETERAN HAD EXCITING · CAREER I ••----- - -------- - - ...,.,- -'l, �· l!ground and it was cold. In those 25 stores;-,-;of~w::;h;:'.i,'.:c:;:::h--:m~a::y~b::e-l;-;O~o~!-th~e::se:;~1-;,...:.l....r...:....;..::.:.;.::..;.;;:.:..;..t..:.;;:..;.:.:;.;.llli;..;.,....::,;;ia51:~~ · • • and came out on the ranch only once '4 ~ the Army would g1ve you !!.l were saloons; the four largest of these much transportation money..:..and it havlng danoe halls. The music In these in a · While. He was n great scout tor th was up to you to get home. I had over dance halls usually came from Mex!e government, or for any train no th $100 in my pocket, but it meant I'd cans playing guitars or some • oth~r matter where ey wanted to go th be broke on arriving in Lynn, so I de- strlnged Jnstrumenl I never saw a through e hills. He wu a great Inclded to get a job. So the morning af- piano while I WA.S in the west. dian fighter. I never spoke to him othth ter arriving at Allbuquerque the six"Early In 1870 1 went: to Trinldad er an to say 'good day' or the like. 1874 th teen set out for home and I remained Colorado, and worked about a yea; It was in at soldiers, emJgrants, Swedes, Poles and nil the rest came behind. I saw Partridge 15 years later and n half for a blacksmith named in Lynn. Parker on the 0U1er hand John Osborne' until he sold out to an in great numbers to th e weS t and took over homestead landis. had re-enlisted and never did retw·n Englishman. I then went on a tt.ree"Well, that's the way things went home. I bought some civilian clothes months' trip with John up into the in the west. In 1876 I came home to and gave my army outfit to the Sierra Nevadas about fifty miles out Lynn. When I arrived at _night and storeman-who would give me noth- of Trinidad where we prospected for knocked on my father'8 door he Ing for them. Albuquerque was a small gold and although we found some gold wouldn't believe it was his son. 11; took ~.-_,,.:::.ec,~,....... place in those days-probably there it was hot enough to make it pay. some time to convince him and to do· were three dance halls, a saloon anrl That was in June, 1871. In September so It was necessary to tell him of some one hotel. There was about 1000 In pop- we went back to Trinidad with about of the things. that happened to me as ulation-most of them Mexicans. It five dollars worth of gold. While in a kid-things that only h~ ron could was, of course, a Mexican town. the mountains we killed our own meat know. Finally he told me to go to bed." "For three months I worked at a for jack rabbits and deer were plenMr. and Mrs. Kent, After their marswing station for a stage coach. A tiful. In 1872 I was hired out by a mau riage in 1882, lived 1n Portsmouth unswing station ls where they change named Wllson to drive cattle up from til 1911 when they went to live with horses along the route. After that I Texas. It was so hot 1n the summer their daughter in Roselle, N. -I,, and 41_ moved on to Santa Fe where on one there that we did most of our riding occasion I took a buck-board drawn at night, turning the horses out to White Plains, N. Y. They finally re- , by a mule and carried three sacks of graze in the day time. On our first turned to this city in 1933 nnd have Their mail back to Aubuquerque. I can see Itrip back from Texas we drove about lived here since. that mule now-I could hardly get him 600 head or cattle. On arriving at some Kent, died here several to do more than walk. The next day 1 ranch we'd turn our cattle out with Their daughter, Maybelle K. Fny nt drove him back to ~nta Fe and in other owners and later at the round present lives in Long Island City, N. Y. July 1869 went to driving a freight , ups there'd be about 4000 head, and. They have eight_grandchildren and five train as a wagon boss with an eight once I remember there was over 5000. great grandi:hildren living. mule team, used for freighting sup- It was quite a sight. We were jumped plies for the Settlers stores. It was a two or three tlmes by the Apaches, but large prairie schooner. My route was we were lucky. Once while in Wichita along the Santa Fe trail, over the driving cattle I saw Buffalo Blll-,-an rough and sandy Apache country. imposing figure. Mountain streams had worked out "I remember in May 1972 I had a the road bed in places and some- real thrlll. We had left Wichita about ,,,_____ _ --1,.,_.;..,;.....;;..,_;;a..iw;.;a;..;...,_;:..:::._,;1.,.:c times we'd have to fill in five or six 100 miles behind and were riding along feet and then four or five miles far- ! the Wichita Trail. It was night and lt ther on we'd do the same thing over was raining hard. Suddenly someone again. says, 'Halt, who goes there?' Answer: "One day on one of the trips I came •cattlemen'-'What outfit?' 'Wilson's'. A~mural has been painted on the to one of the .forts where I saw Par• 'Who's the boss?' 'Charlie Wilson.' front wall of Parker Hall at Keene ker, then In the 7th Cavalry com- 'Where's Charlie?' It was one of Jesse Normal School depleting early scenes mnnded by Custer. We talked over old James' men. Charlie, who had gone to in Keene. It ls the work o! Gladys scores and one thing or another. I nev- school with Jesse James went up to the Brannigan of this city, who painted er saw him again and have often sentinel and then to the outlaw's , the murals at the Junior HJgh school, wondered if he died with Custer at the camp along the side of the road. It and also the historic set "Landmarks fatal Battle of Little Big Horn In seems James had run his horse oul'r- of Portsmouth" which are in the Li1876. I had seen Custer at Fort Bas- and knowing James would take what. vermore House,. the home of Rear comb in 1866 where I was under Gen- he wanted anyway Charlie told the Admiral and Mrs. D. E. Dismukes, on eral Miles and Guster. I saw Custer outlaw to take his own pick. Each of Livermore street. again later in 1873 riding along In us had three horses and Jesse James The murals are in grays, white and Trinidad nt the head of his troops- came down and took one of mine, n brown, conforming to the gez:ieral cola fine looking soldier with his mous- four-year-old chestnut mare-one of ors of the ·hall. They include such tache anc1 chin whiskers, sitting on the best. No one dared say a word. scenes as the capture by Indians of his horse as straight as an arrow-a James turned me back his horse-a Nathan Blake, and Capt. Isaac Wyreal man. By that time his reputation good one, which I rode until I quit the roan of Keene and his company of as an Indian fighter bad been made. outfit about a year later. As I say Jt hastily called local men leaving tor "Speaking or Indians again, Uie was raining and at night, so all I saw the Battle of Lexington and also a most peaceful and most civilized or of James wns about a shadow. He wor•~ painting . of the present Clifford L. nll were the Pueblos who lived in the a slicker and a Texas hat. Sturtevant residence, formerly tbe Wy sand hills outside of Santa Fe In "Sometime in 1874 I went out to man tavern. Above- the stage is the adobe houses. These adobe houses we:·e Denver and hired out with Jim sea.I of New Hampshire with sailor built one on top o! the other, not un- Hines boss of Kit Carson's Ranch on and soldier figures on each s'ide ·and ,.·.··..,u,.",-., like apartment houses, nbout. three Ch~ creek. I only stayed there a def.)lction of New. Hanwshire'11 comstories high, with lndders reachini; about two months, running cattle on blnatlon of aeaahore ~d mo\llltam. trom one to the other. These Indians the ranch. The whole outfit would Mrs. BrannJaan WU ~ted b7 had I.heir cl'iief and lived a !nmily IUe. just as soon shoot as look at you- Oleon Barton of Oonoord In the paint. They grew corn and bearu:, although just to see you jump. They never did lnS of the mural■• the squaws did all U1e work, such 1\S this to me, but I remember o_ne day a i,-....,...,...."""__~"'.'""~:"'!!l'"""""'"_..,.,...._._,.:i;;::,l~-c'..'.',:~~ planUng, tilling the soil and gather- fellow came Into the ranch nnd someIng crops. The men lnid around most one said: 'Look at that spider,' and or the time. They macle U1eir own ahot at hia feet. They liked to see him blankets and moccasins. Many o! jump. They were too wild for me so one them spoke Mexican and in t.ime I got day I went down to Denver and never so I could understand t.hem. went back. Carson, however, was as "Santa Fe at this time had between nice a fellow as you ever met;--over s1X two and three thousand people, most foot tall. big frame, raw-boned and as of them Mexican. There were about strong ;,s a bull. He Jived in Denver KE EN E NORM �Occasionally out of the dim mist of and the ratification celebration of a time drifts inklings o! the · Valley century and a half ago, let us do <>ur Forge, o! Concord and Lexington, of part. Let lt not be said that the genTiconderoga, of the capture' ' of ~bw- ' eration of today were weighed In the der o! Fort Wlllian'l and Mary, o! balance and found wanting. Bunker Hill and the Battle of Bennington~ They flit before one's ,mind, The Revolutionary patriots have passed on; vanishing as if into thin air, as a puff Ti\e foliowing article on the Con- of smoke, once again to be forgotten, The tongue of the Liberty Bell Is stilled. stitutlonal Sesquicentenn!Al, written by slmpl;' taken !or granted. Could we Arthur I. Ha.rriman of this city, ha.s of today only realize how much they In commemoration Jet a grateful been sent to Hon. Sol• Bloom, di- gave and the sacrifice th ey made that Nation rector general of the United States the Stars and Stripes over America In reverence one obligation fulfill . Sesquicentennial Commission at Wash- wave. Great should be our apprecla- So at the celebration of the lngton. ' tlon, for their deeds of valor meant Uon Just a century and· a half ago the far more .to us of today than we are Let us one and all Its blessings proconstitution of the United States of willing to admit. claim, America was adopted and as a naCornwallis surrendered October 19, From the silver sands of the western tion:wlde celebration of that historic 1781 , yet the Treaty of Peace remainocean event ls under way · it should carry to ed unsigned until September 3, ' 1783: To the· pine clad hills of Maine. the heart o! each and every one, be With commerce destroyed by· the· war, they foreign born or native son, that cities In ruin, war ·being the 'main J--..,....,,...,,.,"""'"lr.':"_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __, sense · of duty, that appreciation, that business for years, trade, manufacture obligation for the many blessings we and farms neglected and currency have received from that sacred docu- worthless. In those trying times 'oenment. Each and every word through era! Washington remarked, "We are the centuries has proven a blessing to one nation today and thirteen t~r:normankind, the guiding 1Star and bal- row." ance wheer' for the Grandest Nation "Eight states, some of them by a on Earth. small majority, had given their assent The Constitution of Our United States to the Constitution. The ninth ' only Wr., the people of the United States, · was necessary for its ratification. At in order to form a more perfect Union that criss, therefore, all eyes were diestablish justice, · Insure domestic rected to New Hampshire upOn whose :tranquility, provide for common de- decision the ' fate bf the Constitution tense, promote the general welfare seemed in a great measure to depend. and secure the blessings of liberty to Its assent on the one hand would setourselves and our posterity, do ordain tie the question In its favor; lts disand establish this Constitution for sent on the other, In the divided !tate the ,United States of America. of public opinion, might create a poSo let · us at this time linger a mo- pula.r impulse against it." ment. In the sunshine and shadow!,! of New Hampshire by a vote of 67 to ,;near forgotten history. For the very° 415 actually put the government of the steps taken by the mother country to United States of North America Into cripple the American Colonies were operation June 21, 1788. With a deselfishly ordered to add to her gree of confidence that the new na'strength, but by leaving her subjects Uon held In store for all unity, prosin America to bear the burden of perity, peace and happiness laid several wars practically unassisted, squarely on the foundation of liberty. she- showed them they c<>uld not u- Let it be remembered that that scant pect defense from her, while the ex- population near the rivers, close to the pense of previous expeditions benetl- Atlantic seaboard, where the seeds of cial to the mother country were to be liberty were planted by those patriots defrayed by the colonies by a never- whose undaunted courage drove their ending burden of taxation. Exper- enemies across the ocean and the Inience had taught them the necessity d1ans deeper Into the forests-to them of relying on their own resources the nation as a whole owes a debt of which gave them the opportunity to gratitude for the privileges we all tolearn the art of war and to ascertain day enjoy. With the Constitution ratlthelr own strength. While the contln- fled they then turned to cultivate this ued tests of Britls)l acts of oppression, garden of freedom. devised to crush the colonies and to Then from every clime beneath the keep them in , humble subjection, sun, every creed and race to America -passed as they were in willful lgnor- came to share in the harvest, the ance o! the feelings and power of the fruit of their toil and to accept the colonists, awakened the spirit of the privileges of the grandest nation Revolution. Truthfully we can say earth. that right here In Portsmouth, N. H., In-as-much as nine years January 9, 1766, was kindled the sa- the Revolution, the sacred fire cred fire of liberty, which smouldered berty was here kindled, no more beon until fanned into flames in 1775. fitting place could be found and · no The following . year the Declaration of time could be more opportune for all lndependence 'wa.5 signed , to pay one slight debt of gratitude The Sons of Liberty struggled on than at a celebration in commemorawithout an army, without a navy, tlon of the adoption of the Constituwithout an established government, tton. So let us, sons and daughters of without a revenue, yet they staked Ne.w Hampshire, either by birth or by their lives and their fortunes for that adoption, with whole-hearted coopersacred cause of liberty, boldly step- atlon put over a celebration worthy of ping forth to meet the veteran armies our predecessors. With the· same true of a proud, powerful and vindictive &plrit of loyalty and appreciation, u enemy. ' did the Sons and Daughters of 1853, �oches er, . ., rou Of .2..Historic Hons Above-The first parsonage built by the town of Rochester, N. H., i1t Below-Old Dame homestead, built in 1758, the first frame J1ousc erected between Dover and the Canadian border. · 1760, now a tourist home. (/'11orial fo tho Trnwlrr) ~'r C p ace rema1ne 111 the famROCHESTER, N. H., June 10- ily until 1854, when it was sold, but Tourists travelin" the E·1 -- t Sid it was repurchased in 186_6 by Charl~s ~ e W. Dame, who held 1t until his boulevard on the main route from death in 1919. Then Miss Fannie Boston to the White Mountains and A. Dame received the property. lake regions are passing two historic ELUDED INDIANS house.; whose combined ages a:-e 356 Its broad boards twice saved the years, and of which this place Is life of the builder, !or he could hide proud. Our Is the old parsonage, behind them when Indlnns threntbullt In 17G0 b.v Roche:;ter for the rned. Once lhe tribesmen set !Irr ministers of the Congregational J to the place while Jabez watched church but now operated ns a tour- from the rafters. When they had ist home by the owner, Mrs. Oliver gone, the settler climbed down, O'Brien. The other is the first frame built a fire in the yard to make house built between Dover and the smoke and then extinguished the Canadian line, in 1758, nnd now blaze. owned and occupied by Miss Fanni~ Today visitors inspect the excepA. Dame of the ninlh generation. tlonally wide floor boards, the old brick oven in the wall, the wallWASHINGTON THERE built boiler where the Dame famOnly a porch has been added to ily washing was done, hand-wrought the parsonage where George Wash- hinges and latches. ington i;; said w have stopped ove:-ni ght on his trip to New Hampshire. The wall paper on the second floor ls the original paper. Some of the rooms contain the brass kerosene lamps used In colonial times. There ls an old-fashioned spool bed, a reed chair more than 250 years old and a towel rack and a table 150 years old. The Dame house was built by Jabez Dame, who fought with the Rangers in the Indian wats. Jabez died in 1813, leaving the homestead to his unmarried son, Daniel. 0 • .. �Historic Weare Mansion May i1 .; · · pass From P.rivate Hands New England Landmark At Hampton Falls Ma}'i Be Purchased By Group Associated With ; <~l National Association Of Architects ·1• '• . . ~ One of New England's most historic J On September 1, 1824, the Marquis 1 dm ks the famou.s Governor of Lafayette stopped there and adan ar • dressed the people of Hampton Falla Weare Mansion at Hampton Falls, and surrounding towns !rom the commay pass from private ownership into mon that fronts the house. the hands of a national organization Ever since it was . constructed in interested in preserving houses prom- 1737 the house has been in the posinent in early American history, it session of the Weare and Dow famllwas learned recently. !es, and the room In which WashingThe house, home of the foremos·.; ton slept has continued to be known, figure In New Hampshlre during and through _the years, as the ~ashlngton preceding the War of the Revolution , Chamber, In his History of New ls understood to have aroused the In- Hampshire, Frank B. Sanborn tells of terest of a group connected with the visiting tn.e Washington .Chamber of National Association of Architects. the weard Mansion back In the Built in 1737 as a wedding present 1840's, and even describes the bed In from his father-In-law to Meshech which Washington slept. Sanborn Weare, the young Harvard graduate, himself may be remembered as the who later became war President . of man who later was arrested !or comthe colony and first post-war gover- pliclty In John Brown's raid on Har.. nor of the state, It became the visit- per's Ferry. Ins place of several of the outstandThe old pine panelling in the Washing figures in the early history of the lngton Chamber and other rooms and country. halls of the house Is considered to be Weare, · whom a later-day historian one of the best specimens in America, described as a "New Hampshire Lin- chiefly because o! the fact that to coin of Revolutionary times,'' was the this day it has never been marred by '".-".,.,_,_......,recognized leader of New Hampshire's paints or other artlflclal finishes. The people-despite the presence of a house has been thoroughly modernroyal governor - during the three tzed, but none of its old colonial !ea• decades _preceding the Revolution, and tures have been marred In the prohit was its chief firebrand during the cess.-New York Herald Tribune, war. April 14, 1937. Histories Indicate that Washington twice visited the Weare mansion, once early in the summer of 1775, when he consulted Weare •about the moblllzatlon of New Hampshire troops, and once In the autumn of 1789, after the war was over and Weare was dead. Miss Anne Madison Washington, great-great-grand-niece of Washington, flew over the house on her widely publicized dawn-till-dusk flight with Major James H. Doolittle on July 25, .r:::...,~,t::;;-'?:",,..::;1932, when she was retracing the steps ~ of her Illustrious ancestor. President Weare's daughter mar- ~ rled vi Revolutionary officer, Major Joseph Dow, and on July 12, 1817, ~,.;,;:rq,!,<c~'.!IJames Monroe, then President of the United States, called at. the house and visited Major Dow, who had been Monroe's superior officer on the battlefields of the Revolution. Dow had the reputation of being somewhat of a "wag" and some of his repartee with Monroe is still record_e_d~·- - - - ~ - t::::.::....::2..==.:.:.-~---,------::.1 ��I'nllc" ( ' h!Pf A . J\lnnnln,t l?t>n>h'k nr JI,\'<' He11d1 I• shnl1'n nhon1 •tnndln,1t ht>•id" nnP. or th<' two trnlln-,•nrrlrcl •nr/ hMf• 1111rc hnv,1 hy means or n. fnncl r n lsr,I by thP. R)·e Beach polke force, which will •no1t )la,·P. to patrol the beach ,it WAilis :O.and• whPn th .. Wnlll• ~and• l'oa•t Goa.r d •latlon Is clo<rd. Thr Jl ,r<' Brarh pnllc~ al """ time patrolled thr •hore hut when thP. f'oa•t Gunn! stAflon ,~n• opened the life gnnrds from that unit took o,·f"r tho A~,i:f.a;-nmfl'nt. vnluntA:ril;r. �WARNER HOUSE ACCEPTS GIFT OF CHIPPENDALE Tne Board o! Trustees or the Warner House Association o! this city held a business meeting this morning at 11 o'clock. General plans · for the season were discussed and a valuable gift was gratefully accepted on behal! of the Association. This was the presentation o! five . Chippendale chairs, purchased by the New Hampshire Society of the Daughters o! Colonial Wars to be added to the fascinating display of Colonial furnishings embodied 1n tho old · Warner House ' on Daniels street. This house, the delight of visitors from all parts o! the nation during the summer months, was built !rom 1718 , to 1723 o! brick imported !rom Scotland and upon its . roof may stlll bo seen the original lighthing rod erected by Benjamin Franklin. The old house contains original furnishings, unique old frescoes by an eady unknown artist, and is open to the public throughout the summer months on payment of a small admission fee. �.O.'r\ ~ ~cJf ~ ~""'" cial district the territory bounded by At the hearing on the P,arking ordiHaymarket Square on the west, Court nance the second reading· of the bill, street on the south, the property of . as presented by the commlitee on bills I Horace W. Pearson on the east and the for second reading, Included several Granite state Insurance Co. on the amendments. R. Clyde• Margeson stated that he believed hourly parking north. should be permitted on o.ne side of Councilman Wyman Boynton introVaughan street In order to permit duced the parking ordinance and after Result In Changing Of Zon- business houses to carry on their busi- It was read there was considerable disness. He stated that when his building cussion regarding it, as there were cerParking was erected it was placed back from the tain sect'JJns which were controversial. street about four feet, and also that These were discussed at length and Ordinances when the Vaughan Street Garage was after hearing the pros and cons the orerected that was placed back on a line 'ciinance passed Its third and final readThe City Council, at its meeting even with his building. Later the called after holding two hearings last ing. street was widened, he said, by the curb evening, changed the zoning ordinance Among the changes in the traffic orbeing pulled in so that it is practically to permit the erection of a building at dinance are the following: angle parkon the edge of his property and the Haymarl,et Square to house the na!lng on Market Square; Congress street sidewalk entirely on his property. tional office of the Railway Mail Asso'rrcim Market Square to Fleet· street; · As there were no others to speak for ciation, and also changed the parking Pleasant street from Market Square to or against the proposed change the Jaws, prohibitiug p:u-klng on some of the Stnte · street; westerly side of Pleasant hearing adjourned and a 15-mlnute renarrower streets of the city. street from State street to Court street; , Rufus E. Foss, secretary of the Railcess was called. northern side of Bow street from Ceres Upon the expiration of the recess the way Mnll Association, spoke In fnvor of street to easterly side of building No. 67; '. Council assembled. Mayor Goldsmith the change in the zoning ordinam:e, southerly side of Bow street, from Linpresided and all members were present stating that the association had voted dell street to easterly side .of Chadwick with the exception of Robert M. Her- !1 & Trefethen's machine shop; easterly to build n home office instead of rentrick. The reading of the m inutes was I side of Market street from a point 25 Ing and then explained just what the suspended on motion of Councilman association was and its value to Portsfeet northerly from corner of Bow Durell. A Jetter from the Board of\ street to northerly -side of mouth, slat.tug that the nnnual payroll building Street Commisioners asking for the was npproximalely $40,000, half of known as 137 Market street, occu_pied money received from the sale of horses, \ by S, A. Schurman & Son. 1 which was paid to employes in this city, . harnesses and wagons at the city yard He explained that the company was not, Where parallel parking ls permitted In April was read. ·ThJs. was allocated ~ doing business with people in this city, no vehicle shall be parked so as to proto the street commissioners for the as most of the members of the associject more than 10 feet Jrom th~ curb purchase of new equipment, including ntion were in other sections and there and where there is angle parkmg no a power lawn mower. would not be a large number of people vehicle shall project more U1an 16 feet Another Jetter from the street comcoming and going from the building. He lntQ the street from the curb line, measmissioners contained a letter from the stated a former postmaster told him ured perpendicularly from the curb. superintendent stating that some work that at one time the local postoffice The easterly side of Market street would be necessary to prevent the water \ from a point 25 feet northerly from ~he would have lost its first class standing from flowing out of the Mill pond, if it had not been for the postage of the corner of Bow street to the north side due to damage to the bridge. This was Railway Mail Association. of the premises now numbered 137 and referred to the Finance committee. Councilmen Blanchard and Boynton occupied by S. A. Schurm~ ~o_n has asked a few questions, one of which was A petiUon for gasoline pumps at 68 -been designated as limited parking. what plans had been made regarding state street was re~eived from Ralph . Parking Is prohibited on the followthe building at pres nt on the property, Hnlnes. This was not for new pumps, ing streets: Church street, from State known ns the Orncle IIousc. Mr. Ross but was Just a change In management. ' to ·congress, except that taxicabs may stated that he believed there was a This was approved. A petition for park as provided in Article 7, Section 6; movement on foot to have the building street lights on Cass street, between Scott avenue, from Wright avenue to moved and preserved for its historical Middle and Friend streets, was reMemorial bridge; Dutton avenue, from value. He said that it would be sold for ferred to the committee on street lights. Memorial bridge to Wright avenue, In a nominal price if it could be done, but A petition for parking on one side of front cif any church, hospital, funeral otherwise it would have to be torn clown. , Vaughan street, headed by R. Clyde parlor, theatre or hotel entrance and Orel A. Dexter, secretary of the Nl'~'"r\crrn. ?ml a lari;e number of all places where signs shall be erected Granite State Fire Insw-ance Co. was others, was accepted and placed on me. and maintained designating the prothe next speaker and endorsed whnt Mr. c uunc:lman John Leary, Jr., presentvisions of {his ordinance, Wright aveRoss said, and mentioned tlmt he berd a petition from the residents of Pine nue from Daniels street to State street, lieved if the Railway Mail Association street asking for a curbing, stating that both sides of Vaughan street from Conbuilt a home office here it would never the street was 14 Inches higher than the gress street to the Boston & Maine R. R. move to another city. He cited the sidewalk and the water ran into cellar~. traclrn. 15 Granite State Fire Insurance Co. as On motion of councilman Durell th Parking is also prohibited from the having been involved in a plan to move. was referred to the Board of street followin g described locatlons,, in addiHe called the association one "we can't commissioners for a report. tion to those already in Section 10, Arafford to lose." · councilman Downs spoke on th e ticle 5: the westerly side of Vaughan R. Clyde 1\Ial'geson stat.eel that he felt parking Jot Jn the rear of the Vaughan st1·cet from Congress street to the it would be of benefit to the city or Street Garage, saying that the Board of tracks of the Boston & Maine Railroad; Portsmouth to make the chnnge. Street comml~sioners hnd done a fine the easterly side of Vaughan street When those who opposed the change Job In leveling, grading and fixing up from Congress street to the tracks of the Jn the ordinance were called Miss Edith the entrance and that the power comBoston & Maine Railroad; U1e westerly Harris rose to ask a question, · saying pany has installed f1oodllghts. He slde of Bridge street from Islington she wished to know if it was necessary called attention to the fact that there street to Hill street; U1e easterly side to make a change in the ordinance to would be a slight expense in the operaof Bridge street, from Islington street permit the com,Lruction of such a buildtion of the Jot. to 50 feet northerly; the southerly side ing. She stated i;ho was nfrnill other Oounollml\n Durell tntzoduced the of Congress street, from Middle• street counclls; would use U1ls chahge ns a zoning ord~e amendmen~ for it.~ to Chestnut street; the easterly side of precede11t some other _time. third and final reading ancl it received Pleasant street from Court street to M. E. Witmer, U1e architect, showed the unanlmous vote of the eight counState street; the westerly side of Marplans of the building, which he stated cilmen present and was engrossed. )!:et street, from Hanover street to Deer would be In keeping with the archltecThis amenoment changes from street; the easterly side of Market tute in that vicinity. an apartment house zone to a commerstreet from Bow street to 25 feet north- COUNCIL HOLDS TWO HEARINGS mg And �~er~l~y~;~th~e~n_o_r~th-e•r~ly~s~id~e~o~f~S~ta~t~e- s~1~-e~e~ from Wright· avenue to Chapel street; . the northerly side of Daniels street from I Llnden street to Penhallow street. .Parking is permitted for loading or unloading from 10 p. m. 't o 8 a. m. in restricted area.s. Dutton avenue and Scot t avenue were made one-way str eets. Dutton leads from Memorial bridge and Scott to the bridge. On roll call vote th is ordinance passed unanimously. Councilman Roland E. Sukeforth pTesentetl a. petition from residents of ,Atrantic Heights protesting against an ' alleged dust nuisance and called upon f' '.·~\1'it't~·"Arthur Reinhart to speak. Mr. Rein" hart stated he was a resident of that section and that it was almost unbear"""·""'""•·., able there, with the dust sifting in ••.,. __,,.,.,._,.-.-·..,. through windows and getting into everything, even the food. Peter Phillippi, a new resident at the Heights, also told about the dust nuisance. Councilman Sukeforth moved that the mayor appoint a committee to investigate and asked that the mayor serve as chairman. The mayor appointed Councilman Sukeforth as chairman, and Councilman Boynton and stated that he would serve as a member. Councilma,n Blanchard presented a let~r from Mrs. Woodbury Langdon calling attention. to the gravel pit on Lafayette road, . ttie .Elwyn property, •1,t\,:';":JM and stating that the property was used by the city to get gravel anu sand, and now that it was not being taken from the land she assumed it ·was not to be ·used by t~e_city. _she _.'.1-~~d if the city had the right to cross that property to the city dump and i,iated that . she believed part of the dump Is on the Elwyn land. John Thrunk, commander of Erner' son Hovey Post, V. F. W., stated that the Post would like permission to construct, !1 ~lntain and control a bandstand on • ~ ........ " " ' city property in front o fthe Veterans j Home. The Council moved that the I petition be submitted In writing and referred to the committee on City Lands and Buildings. \I Councilman John Burkhardt spoke , regarding the Fourth of July celebra1 tion and asked for the transfer of $100 from the contingent fund to pay for a ,,,.:•r::'.4~'\l'~I band concert at the Playgrounds July 5 and this was granted. Adjournment was at the call of ~--,:;1?1.'!~':"iili chair. on I ~Js1ov,~ol .fM\$J:"nou\~ ~o~,~, JQHN ·PAUL JONES · H.QUSE RE--QPENED ., The Portsmouth Hlstnr!cal Society's home-th!! John Paul JQnes House located at the corner of State and .Middle streets opened today for the season. This old house, built about the middle of the 18th century, was occupied by John Paul Jones when he came to this city to be in charge of outfitting tl'le Ranger, being built at the Langdon shipyard on B_adger's Island. Each year from June until October the house is open to visitors from g:30 until ~ o'clock. Owned by the Portsmouth Historical Society, an organization formed to purchase and keep ui;i the histo'ric landmark, a small admission tee is charged to those other than members of the society who visit the place. An effort is being made to increase membership in the organization. The gai;tlen is very lovely at this time of the year. The tulips in the front beds have been most attractive but are now out ,of blossom, but the iris in the rear of the garden are now attracting much attention from passers by. Ideally situated at this spot where thousands of persons pass each day, visitors to our • city are very much impressed a.s they come upon a real old colonial garden. There has been a slight change in the arrangement of the garden, the arbor seat has been moved to the extreme rear. A visit to thls house is always interesting, but there are many people in thls city who have never quite got around to make an Inspection trip into this home . Inside the house are many historic articles. Some are owned by the association while others are loaned to the organization. Excellent care is taken of the articles and the society appreciates having historic articles to exhibit. Some people who have no descendants who are interested In some or tho family heirlooms, give them outright to the society. They are assured of excellent care, and of being preserved for the coming generations. Among the new articles at the house this year are a rocker churn, saddle bags, shoe makers awl used during the Revolutionary wa.r; continental money, .a new table, large mirror, a chair, a.n old mirror whtch belonged to Al.mer Greenleaf, first Mayor or Portsmouth. Another large mirror has been received and has yet to be put In place. A mortar and pestle made by an early cabinet make1· of this city, Is also a newly acquired piece on exhlbiLlon. Late last fall the Misses Goodwin collection of laces, showing some of the exquisite pieces made by the early lace makers, was acquired by the Society and ls displayed ln a case by Itself, including a piece wrough by Martha Washington. �TOM MIX VISITS NEW CASTLE I Was Stationed At Fort Constitutio~ In 1898~1899 Not .since , Colo\1ial days, when .t11c patriots from Portsmouth came down Anqther incident he recalled, · ~as the rivalry between the Marines at the ·Navy irard and the soldiers 'at the fort. A boxing match was to ·be held, · 'artd Tom Mix ·was the man slated to· ·e arl! ry the torch for the soldier~. A peri~ of training began, and finally the big I event occuned, but only lasted tJ:1r~ or. lour rounds before the police stopped the · big aifali::" . ·,, ' " . ' ,· After spending nearly an' hour _a):>9ut U1e town and ·the 'iott fare"Lells ' we~e said and the former soldier drove back to Portsmouth and the lot. ; · to New Castle under the cover • of lL..,....,.....,..,.._"""'!""""...,.!!l!'!:'....~1"'11'~-.-,~~7''',] darkness and captured Fort. William . and Mary, have the youngsters of that Island town had so· much to talk about as U1ey . did this morning .when Tom Mix drove up to the ·town hall and got out of hls automobile and . greeted them. Tom ll!ix is no stranger to New castle havnig served at Fort Constitution · duril'ig ·the latter part of the l!ltb. century. ' . . ; It an · resulted from Chief · of Police Fred Atnazeen telephoning Mix iri Concord where his circus, which ~bowing here today, was playing yesterday. MIX: ' 'was unal..-,e be' reached by the New castle law enforcement of~ fleer, but one of 'the ' attaches of the circus relayed a message and ,vhen Tom' Mix was told of the chle('s call, ' ht! ' · stated ' that 'he ha! alrer-.;:y · 'm ade ·, 11.i:-~ to ra.ngements . to drl've down t'o see hfit. About 10.15 'U1is morning, ·a ' from the ciftus Jdt drove . up to the chiet•s office· and within'. 'five or 10 'm h1utes I.he white. supercharger driven by 1 Mix' ·· drove up and In it were Mix and Jetta 'Ernest of R,ye, who served at Fort Constitution with ·1,nx. The· two met 'Rt the ' circus ' Jot 'a'.t Bt~kett's .field, and . 'upon Mix:s. -~~yitation Mr. )l;rnest had riaden ·to New Castle to call upon , the car ,c hief.' ;: . ,' , , • 1 • 'II .• .". · After talking awhile In front of tlw · town : ha.11,' Chief Police : Am8.Zel!,n took Mr. Mix into the school, where· the youngsters had the opportunity of · meeting_ thi1j .well ki:i,own movie , actor and circus ,. perforrnei:. In the me~time quite a ·crowd ,o f people .. had. gathered ,and . they were not , composed ·, ~I:)tif!!lY . of , youngsters either, and these were also greeted by , the clrcu~ owner and actor. _ · A visit was made· to Fort Constitution, :where .Mlx ...spent the period in looking ov.er different sections and reminiscing with the soldiers and his friends. He recalled many interesting things .which occurred during his · stay 'during the last part, of the year 1898 and the first of 1899. It was whlle he was there that the Portland sank, and people well • remember that storm which harassed the, Atlantic coast for hun~eds of ·miles · at iliat time. l'He recalled the ships which put •into Portsmouth •harbor, and· how some of them had to cut their :• anchors and · the ,'crews\ were ·s aved by• a crew from ·the j life snving station. Me was informed that bapt. Silas N. Harding who receivetj n: medal for his heroic work during that rescue, •had died only •a few Vfeeks ago, and he expressed re·gret a't the passing of tl1at veteran life saver Iand Coast · Guardsman. · of . U~ S. COAST GUARD TO BUILD STATION AT NEW CASTLE Ai New Building Fort Point To Take Place Of One On Wood Island · For sometime the United Coast Guard has been ~onsidering plans for the rebuilding of the Portsmouth Harbor station now on Wood Island, and has now decided to go ahead with the work according to Rear Admiral R. R. Weache, commandant, who has notified U. · S. Senator Fred H. Brown of the. government's decision. The change, he said, is second on a list of · 30 building projects listed in order of priority. · The station was built through f~rts of Congressman I Cyrus A. -Sulloway of Manchester while serving in Washington. The station is far, from b'e ing modern and according to the present plans the Treasury Department inten_d s to place the new •station · at Fort Point, New Castle. The building will include a dwelling, boathouse and launchwa �":!-J,~~~fp;;;;i;;. ~;·•N;;;H~;;;··1 :_Appear' on Stamps.:..:.Their ~ He served as lieutenant on the Alfred and Providence and on June 14, 1777, the same date that the national flag was adopted, another resolution appointed him to command ths ship Ranger. The Ranger was being. constructed in Portsmouth, N. H., (In reality at Badger's Island) and had been 11amed the Hampshire. Later the name was changed to Ranger. Capt. Tobias Lear, father of Tobias Lear, who later was to becoms the private secretary to George Washington, was In charge o! building this ship which was built at Langdon's shipyard. A stone with a bronze n!arker is located ~+❖❖❖❖❖❖❖il++)t-❖-t•❖++❖+it•❖❖❖{+t•-t•+++t•+,t•,t•❖❖++❖++-<-❖+++++++++~: - • I . . . just across the Memorial Bridge, overlooking the site of the shipyard in which the vessel was built. Tine Il-leraUd presents the first n-n. a serle:a of articles When John Paul Jones arrived fn I deaning with_ naval heroes who have been honored by the Portsmouth, he found that Capt. John United Stat~s by their portraits ap'p earing on the issuance Roach had first been appointed to command the Ranger, but had been of commem6rative postage stamps known as the Naval suspended under charges. Jones was disappointed tn th& sJ.llHeroes seriet The articles deal with th~ connection these heroes have iNith Portsmouth: Others in the soeri.es wiU ap- ing qualities or the Ranger. "I will not have anything to do witlt ships which ' . pear shortly. do not safl fast, for I intend to go fn harm's way," he stated. Ths Rang&r a11 , - - - - - - - - - - : - - ~ - ~ - . ~111 originally planned was a slow craft Portsmouth people may forget that quired by a group of public spirited 60 he made some changes. Her guna Paul · Revere made as momentous a citizens who did not wish to see the were cut down from 24 to 18 and shortride· to this city on Dec. 13, 1774 as the place torn down. The old fashioned ened ma 11 ts replaced those first planride dramatized by Longfellow on that garde11 at the side or' the house ls the ried. This gave her rnore speed and in 18th of April in '75: They may not re- work of the· Portsmouth Garden club. 1 a dE:scrlptlon of the craft at the time, call that the first actual resistance 'l'he house is known as the John Paul j "she was considered a beauty by the to British authority occurred when a Jones . House. . sallors.''. Among the 129 officers and group of arII_led citizens attacked and The story of John Paul Jones begins I men were 29 from Portsmouth, while captured Fort Wllllam and Mary at when · he was about 28 years old. He I Kittery, York, Eliot, Dover and other Newcastle, seized powder and , arms, was born July 6, 1747 In Kirkbean in towns in this section were represented. the first ·overt act of the revolution; Scotland, the son of a gardener. His It was a Yankee crew. Capt. Jones said but they will never forget the con- name ·was John Paul, and as John Paul It was the best crew he had ever seen. nectlon that Portsmouth had with that he was apprenticed to a sailor. He en- , While the Ranger was being out!ltted gl!,llant naval hero, John _Paul . Jones, joyed a brief career in the British Navy Jones resided in the Capt. Purcell who came to this city to take command as a 111idshipman. He commanded mer- house, rowing across the PL~cataqua to of the Ranger. • chant' ships between the Irish port of his work. A group or young wome11 The story o! . this outstanding hero, Whitehaven and the West Indies. He headed by Helen Seavey held a quilt""''-''·--... the father o! the American Navy donned actor's ·robes in Jamaica in n Ing party and made for the Ranger (though don't cali him that · before· period unemployment. He engaged in a flag of the design adopted by Congress any admirer of John Barry for whom the slave trade, legitimate.and illegitt- on June 14, 1777. Jones used to say, the sams honor 1s· claimed) -is glamor- mate, · for at . that time there was a "The flag and I are twlna," Congress ,..-,,_.,_,h... ous and ' reads like !!ction. . . distinction. having proclaimed the official flag the · The adventures of · this darlt1g or.: Due to -the killing of a member of same time they passed the resolution fleer, his dashing exploits around· the his ·crew ha left his ship and except ' appointing him to conunand the RangBritish Isles when England was the for one appearance at Martha's Vii-te- I er. unchallenged mistress of the seas are yard in the same year where he touched With the arrival of Burgoyne's surp·~,''ll<l'!l.'~-',,. vagu~ly known· throiighout the _world. as commander of a rather piratical render came the orders to saU for ,,.·,-""..:i:-.a And yet few know the real truth as it crew, he ls not heard of until he went France and on the morning of Nov. h~ been revealed by discoveries in re- to North Carolina and associated with 1, 1777 between the hours or 8 and 9 cent years. He was ridiculed and abused a planter by the name or Jones. The the Ranger sailed down the river and 1n England where they still refer to name Jones becomes added to his name I into the open sea, with the American him as a pirate; in America he has sometime about;that time and the first · flag made from the gown.'I or the young beerf distorted in legend and romance. historians can find or John Paul Jones ladles of this city !lying at the ml\stRecognltlon ·of hi3 achievements as 1s his appearance before the con tin- head. The Ranger bore dispatches to one . or the outstanding men or the ental congress fn Phlladelphla. Benjamin Franklln as well as news of _navy comes with the recent Issuance While Washington, at Cambridge, I the surrender of Burgoyne. •· · one· cen· t navy s tamp, one Of the was gathering together the unorganized The voyage o! tl1e Ranger was one o! t,1e series of five such stamps to be issued. army of which ha had taken com- or the most thrilling records of the However he Is not alone so honored, mand 011 . July 2, 1775 , Paul Jones stood navy. Jones knew the character of the l'-",r<,;.i,1'i~l!l1 his companion on the adhesive being before the Naval Committee at Philnews he was conveying and the most none other than his contemporary John adelphia and outlined his Ideas for a important effect its early delivery Barry. , Navy. The committee, consisting of men would hav on th e fortunes of - the Portsmouth claims John Paul Jones. old enough . to be his grandfather , we-re colonies. He was his own navigating ofThe house where he · resided 1s now unoractlcal 1,.,. children in meetlttfl: the fleer, keeping the deck 18 or 20 hours owne d bY th a P or.•smouth Historical emergency of producing fighting ships. out or 24. He arrived in Nantes in" 32 society, and Is opened to the public. They favored a proposal to build ships days from the time he sailed out of Situated at the corners of State and of the size of the monster vessels of Portsmouth. He al.so brought two ships, Middle ·streets, thousands of persons England. Jones, then under 30 years of carrying fruit and wine which he had pass it weekly. • age convinced them of the folly of captured on thi, way. Castinir anchor A fine type of Colonial architecture, such an attempt and pointed out the in the Loire, below Nantes, on Deo. 2, the house in the earl 1920's was ac- advantages of light squadrons, swift 1777 he hurried by conch to Paris and sailing vessels, that might operate placed his dispatches in. the hand& of -"-<,:.;i<t,•'"" against detached ships. · Porisffiouth Corinedion .:rj I~ of I . --- ----- - -- �I Benjamin Franklin. · However newa o! 1! the surrender had - reached · Paris 12 ho_~ s ·be~ore. Jonathan ·Lor'Ai ~~th1'. the Boston Mesaenier1 had oome on 11 : fast Fret1oh ab.Ip.' .• ·_- --·--., -~--~·__: · "_ Jones wanted to obtain a small squadron to cruise 011 the British coasts "to surprise them i;i.nd thereby divert their attention froin our I coasts.'' He was unable to obtain the squadron, so fitted out the Ra1\ger to do the job. bn _Feb. 12, the Ranger sailed for Qulberon Bay and there the flag made in Portsmouth received the first salute any Ainerlcan flag ever-received from a foreign power. Thi.II took place on Feb. 14, 1778 and was ordered by Admiral LaMotte Picquet "the same salute authorized by , the Frenctj court to be given an Admiral of Holland or o! any other republlc." Thus was American independence first acknowledged in France and by a foreign power. · · On April 10, 1778 he sailed from Brest for the British coast and boldly along the coastal waters seizing English merchant vessels. He landed at ·the town of •Whitehaven, captured two little forts, spiked the guns, set fire to some of the shipping and sailed away-. There had not been so much consternation in England since the days of the Spanish Armada. He . shattered the peaceful drealllS of the complacent Britons that the British sea power was invincible. On the heels ·o r his harassing the British shipping, the defeat or the H. M. S. Drake caused a great deal of consternation in England, for in a battle which lasted an hour and flve minutes, the Drake lost most of her masts and riggings as well as 42 meu killed or wounded while the Ranger remained almost unharmed. The Drake surrendered and an Amerlc n prize crew sailed her back to France, a prize of war. By the capture of the Drake, a much superior ship in every way than the Ranger, Capt. Paul Jones had shown to · the French and to the rest of the world that an English ship, hereto belleved inconquerable, could -be compel.: led to surrend to a ship of equal-or even inferlor-force. Jealousies developed as well as admiration, and the Ranger returned home, with Jones remaining and undertaking the wearL5ome task o! getting another vessel. He probably ·would never have got the · ship, despite Franklin's help, if a French woman, many years his · elder, l\ad not helped hln1, She was a mother to him and a patron saint. She was · the Duchess o! Chartres, the daughter or one Frenoh admiral and the granddaughter or au: other. In her veins flowed · the blood o! the Bourbons. Her soil was Louis Phlllppe, later King o! France. It was this Louis ·Philippe who visited this city. Through her · Lnfluence he obtained from the King an old East India armed troop ship the Duras. Jones made thla ancient hulk-her . very timbers were rotteu~ver into a man or war, rechristened the Bonhomme ~ Richard and the Duchess provided the money when he couldn't· get it from the American congress. She wouldn't let him repay her and at one time she gave him 47 000. Jone.1 was ra turomi the at *John JPaul Jones House, Home of Ports111outh Historical Socieiy, :11av11l hero resided whilo the Ranger was_b~in~ built. . . , • . JOHN PAUL JONIES gift and said, "Madame I shall lay an with the 'Richard · sinking under hla Engllah frigate at your !eet." . Ieet, . Jones was hailed by ·the British. On Sopt. 23, 1770 with his lnftrlor and asked 1! ha would surrender. m, East Indlama1i. he fought and captured made hla famous reply, "We have -just the new British frigate Serapla or begun to fight." He· sent his men,up th() twice his actual po.;er.- T·hi;-battlti masts to drop hand grenades into th() wo~ by the sheer personal force of hatches of the Serapls and this was· a Jones jas a seaflghter. The ships lay'. shrewd move. It started a series of side by side and Jones lashed them : explosions and tp.e British shlp ,surtogeth~r with his own hand8 amid e. rendered. .· . · · :. hail o! shot. · The Serapls made .e. · _J ohn Paul Jones with his ·rotten old 1 clean breach through ·the hull or th() Indlaman had · beaten a. 'britlsh ship Rlc~ard. The ship w~s settling from just off the . stocks. The spectacle ·waa bad;1e4ks, was afire below'de_cks, and,200 one of the 'most r':markable lmo'i'/Il to British, prisoners in her hold had es- sea, for as .the Richard wa.:t ·sinking. cap~d ·, to the deck; ··Defeat seemed tn- Jo~1es stood on her deck and .commandevltable but Jones by his own courage- 1ed the ship th11,t had shot her to pieces. ous ·actlons and personality instilled hlli This scene was witnessed by 1500 _peopl!J indomitable will into·· his crew' and who had gathered on Flamborough waa I I I �Head to watch the superlor,Brltish craft defeat the , Yankee commander. Th<J Bonhomme Richard went to the bot-tom, carryin·g ·the Stars and Stripes: <- • . . . Jones was lionized in : Paris:' Th<J French King gave him a gold sword and , a . decoration; In 1781 he arrived in · Philadelphia and he was placed ·at I the .head of the navy. In l787 Congres.<J :gave hlm ·a gola medal, No -other Nav!ll offic~r· of the revolution ,was so honor( e~. H~ proce_eded to Portsm<??th .~ su. pervise a new ship, but peace interrupted-'th~ service. , ,.,• ,· · · .' 'He felt the call· of the sea, and followlrig the end of the war went to England and Paris, with_ the intention or serving under Louis. He was met wltb. a proposal and went · to Russia as an ai:lmiral for· Empress Catherine. It was not ;a,.successful· enterprise and he returned to Parls after 15 months. HlB last hope ·or honorable employment of ·his ,genius was fixed on ·an el).terprlso ·1~1,t"!!W-'II of ransoming American saflor,s : ·1mpris~;ie~ at Algiers. But . be!o~e • th<J commission could reach him he ·died at wnat is now No. 18 Rue de Totii"non 1ri .Paris. Cle.sped in his hand was a little watch the gift of Duchesse de Chartres. · · The body o! Johes 'long remained in France, but 111 1905 it was located In an abandoned cemetery. It brought to America by a squadron o! war. ves-,. ..., ... ,_ .. ;_. sets; and deposited · finally .In a Jjeautl!ul crypt' In the · chapel o! the Unlred States - Naval Academy · at AnnapoUJj 'where it now lles in state. • ! was 'I· '. ' The -Herald presents the second in a series of articles , dealing •with ' naval heroes· who. have been honored by the {Jnited State~ by their portraits appearing on the issuance of ~o~memor~ti;e postage · stamps . known as the Naval 1 Heroes series. The articles deal -with the connection these heroes have 'with Portsmouth. Others in the series will app~ar s4~rtly. 1 · ·· ; t,'":l ,_. :Wh,lle s 'le1:lhen Decatur; who •ls _hon- lthe Commodore was about 30 years of ofe'd :on '·the ' t\.Jo-cent stamp' of -the age. This ls a copy, the original being Navy ·serid•with Thomas MacDon'ough; ln the possession of a cousin -in New n~ver visited this city, his descendants York City. In the possession of the a~e amon~ the best known residents of 1!amily is a medal presented by ConKittery Point, rri· trying 't o trace the 'gress to Commodore Decatur at' the name Sl:-ph'cn ·Docatur, one finds that time he was given a sword. Both the every gerlei-aL!on ' had .a·.' member by' medal and sword are in a bank vault. name of Stephen and some ·moi'e', The· house at Kittery Point 1s a tt,an , one, .,a11d practically all of the !museum. There are paintings, engravStephens ' have been In the United lings, medals, books, statues, busts, all S~ates Navy. •· · connected . with · Commodore Decatur, Por-tsmduLh people well remember · the man ·!or whom Decatur, Ill. and a Stephen Decatur, :who died Jan. 6, 1934 dozen other Decaturs lh the United at' his hom'e at Kittery Point. Known States was named. as1Bev to his friends, he •was originally -Much of the silver plate owned by mimed William Beverly but by' an act the Commodore ls still In the family of[ the Maine legislature the name was anci a number of pieces are in this le~ally changed to Stephen. A brother house. · who l)ore the name of Stephen died at Commodore Stephen Decatur, third the age of 6 and to continue that name. or his name, was a grandson of the in : .the family the parents changed first Decatur (founder of the family William's name to Stephen. in -America). He was an officer in the His son Stephen was born in this city French Navy and was attacked by yelA\}ril 10, 1886 and is a11 electrical en- low fever while in lhe West Indies. gineer with his home in, Garden Ci_Ly, Peeling that a cooler climate would be N. Y. He has a son Stephen about 10 beneficial he went Lo NewiJort, R. I. years old. The family comes here each Here he fell In Jove and married Prissummer. , cilia Hall. In 1752 he gave up his al'I'he Stephen Decatur who died a few !egiance Lo the French King. He moved yell.rs ago was the best known of that to Philadelphia and spent the remaindfami!y in this section. His death occur- er of his life In Lhnt city. red when he was nearing his 80th year' A son of this couple, named Stephen, and he spent most of his life at the an- grew up in Philadelphia and went into ce.s tral home at the Point. He, too, the U. S. Navy in 1798 and became was In the · navy l)ut upon graduating commander of Lile ship Delaware. Durfrom the Nava:l academy resigned: When ing the unpleasantness wiLl1 France, the' Spanish War broke out he enter·- serving as a captain, he captured a ed the service as a lieutenant and· serv-- French ship and its name\vas changed ed until after the war had closed. His to the "Retaliation." The French re, wife was Mabel Stbrer, a ·g rand daught- captured the ship later however. er of Gov. Goodwin and a descendant That Stephen had among his five of Adm. Washington storer for whom ·sons.- Stephen and John Pine Decatur: Storer Post G. A. R. is named and •also 'Both grew up in Philadelphia and hotl1 a descendant of Col. Tobias Lear, Wash- ·entered Lhe navy. Stephen was born ington's secretary. · ill SinejJuxent, Mr!., on Jan. 5, 1779 anrt In-the Decatur home at the Point are it, was this Stephen who became thom(my. relics of Commodore Stephen: famous commodore, whose · daring;- Tho house is beyond the church at hi;avery, and exploits on the sea were K\ttery Point, and on the R. F. D. mall n1cognized, not onl-y by Congress but box Is the name "S. Decatur." bf his countrymen in naming so many ~t~:,.:_::;-,,~;i There ls a large picture, an oil·palnt- cities for l1in1. He ·\¢as considered the, Ing , of the Commodore painted when greatest American naval figure in the· century between John Paul Jon'es and· Admiral David G. Farragut. tlie I �He married but had no children. Col. John Pine Decatur was appointed naval store keeper at lhc Porlsmoulh Navy Yard, Oct. 21, 1823, and. on April · 8, 182!) was appoinled by President Jackson as Collector of the "District or Portsmouth." And it is that Decatur from which the Decatu rs o! Kiltcry are direct descendants. CoL John' Pine's son was named Stephen, and this son was. the .grandfather or the Stephen Decatur .of . Garden City, Long Island, who spend3 his summen at the Decatur homestead at Kittery Point: It is also of interest to know that , this Slcphen, who is now living-, and hls brother served in the Navy during- the World War. To go back to the subj ~st of I j,p ,• . , , ' , -Comm. Decatur. who was honored on the scrie. or slumps which arc now being issued, his career, whil e :,hort was most exdling. His mother had set her heart upon his becoming a bbhop, \ but he did no t care for studies and entered tho employ of a Philadrlphi ! shipping firm . Through the efforts oC Comm. John Barry, (who shares honors on the one-cen t issue with John Paul Jones), he received a midshipman's appointment and saw first action in t ho West Indies during the French war. For his bravery and ability, he b came a lieutenant a year later and in the Tripolitan war captured the bom:i ketch Mastlco, which was renamed lh Intrepid. On this ship Decatur met atHl destroyed the captured Philadelphia and later captured two gunboats in what is known as the "biggest lltlle fight in history." For the destruction of the Philadelphia he was made a captain, and later in 180'1 was placed in command of the frlgnte Constitution. When the war o! 1812 broke out, Decatur commanded the United States. He led the slruggle with the Macedonian, in which th IBritish ship was captured, but in 18l5 , while commanding the frigate President i he met a British squadron o! five ; heavy ·ships. Seeking lo escape a batlle, Decatur wns .forced to engage the Endymion, and after a two-hour batlle silenced her.' llowever, injuries to the President ' slowed the ship considerably, and It was overtaken and Decatur reluclanl,ly struck his flag. For losing his ship Decatur was court-martialed, but was acquitted with the highest commendation for his gallantry. Later, he was sent to the Barbary States to exact, reparation for injuries and dnmagcs suffered and to enforco _penco trenUcs. His squadron captured an Algerian frigate Me1;houda, and at cannon point extracted Indemnities from the rulers or Algiers, TunL'I and· 'trlpoll. Returning, Decatur was appointed naval commissioner In 1816, and fou r years later was killed in a duel with Commodore James Barron. He ls buried in St. Peter's church yard, Philadelphia. The portrait 011 tho stamp is from the original by G. R. Hall now In possession oC the lll>rary of the Navy Department. After his death, his wife entered an institution near Washington and became a recluse. I I I I t>~"(Tl~ i~& ~ <i-1-\ ' • ,q~'( ~o,.t i.m (,~t\-\ \i ""v~ \.\ «- v-~ •Ci:.. ~ e 1·--·············· ¥ • • •, • ~1:> \tol?i;V\. ~om «-'S ................... +++t Po·rtraits of Naval Heroes·· jt Appear on Stamps--Their . J Portsmouth Connection _. :1 I -.•-t♦+-!• ❖❖ H•+ ❖ -t• ❖❖ + ❖❖❖❖❖ •H+t• ❖❖ + ❖ -t•¼ ❖❖❖ + ❖v❖❖❖❖❖❖❖ +++-t<++H The Herald presents the third in a series of articles dealing with naval heroes who have been honored by th~ United'States by their portraits appearing· on the issuance of commemorative postage stamps known · as the · N~val Heroes series, The articles deal with the connection these heroes have with Portsmouth. Others in the series will ap~ pear shortly. Thomas MacDonough, who is honored and was qulckly surrounded with Stephen Decatur on the 2 cent boats. Bainbridge, who was mand, with · his men were captured stamp of the naval hero series, is also and quickly made slaves. When the tide connected with Portsmouth. His ca- rose the vessel floated and the pirates reer here was unevent!ul, as far as it had a fine vessel. ' is possible to discover, but from 1815 One night aHer that, Feb, 1804, vessel drifted close to the Ph1ladelphia'.. to 1818, he was comma nd ant o! th e She was hailed and the answer given Portsmouth Navy Yard. Biographies of was that she was a merchantman tba, the naval captain telling o! his ex- had lost her anchor and therefore WM perience with the Tripoli Pirates fail unable to control her movements. By to mention 'a nything about his stay at this strategy · she approached near th(J the local ' Navy Yard . .A study of the Philadelphia and made fast to the trlflles or the New Hampshire Gazette, gate. · · pu.bllshed during those years, also !ail At the moment she did so .Lieut, to ~e;eal any mention. not 01lly of Capt. Stephen Decatur and a num~r. o,t. Macrionough being at the Navy Yard, volun~eers, including MacDonough let1P;l>ut no mention .o! the ·Navy Yard. . ed up and climbed upon the deck o! t~,~ In the ·ust of Commandants of the Philadelphia. The Trlpolltal1S wer~ ter:Portsinouth Navy Yard, Capt. MacDon- rifled and d~lven from their decks. The ough is second 0 'n the 11s't; followln"' frigate was .fired in several places and ·· , the daring wrecking-party withdrew, Isaac the first The I reac hi ng th er f ty whll e.,,e •h • · Hull, - •commandant. · · I fl ee t i nsae I Navy Regist~r for 1816 pl11-ces him at Philadelphia burned to the water's edge. Portsmou~h. His salary was $lO_0. per This exploit is one o! the most darinfr month with 8 rations per day. He came in• Naval Annals. . • ,. here two years after receiving his comDuring the War o! 1812 he . achieved mission as .captain. · · dlstlnction, He was ·assigned as fl.rs\ . He was born at Macdonough, Del. lieutenant to the U. a. Frigate Conon Dec. 23, 1783. He was a soldier for stitutlon: Later he was placed in coma short while and then Joined the navy, mand o! the AmericaI). fleet -on Late entering the naval service in 1800. Champlain. His · brilliant . victory on - Hts outstanding achievements were Sept. 11, 1814 over•. the British · neet accomplished during the War of 1812 under the command or Captain Downie and also in tho war against Tripoll. In ls credited with,saving New,.York an~ 1803 he served on the Phlladelphlf, and Vermont from invasion.· For this bravo was placed in command o! Moorish act he was promoted to -the . rank of lze anci' because . o! this escaped ttie ·captain a nd received a gold medal and pr also -was granted estates. . !ate or the vessel when she grou nd ed In 1820 he was in command of tho and was captured i_n the 1_1.arb_o~ o! Tri- Frigate· Ouerrlere. · For the · next two ~II. . years was in command o! the Ohio and Bhort!Y !),fter Macponough w~ placed in 1824 was made commander of tho In command o! the Moorish cruiser, Constitution on which he served u the Phlladelphi~ wh~e pw-sugig a lieutenant during the early part -0! the blockade runner, ran upon a reef In war. It was on board thl.s vessel tha, the harbor o! Trlpoll. She was helpless he died at sea on Nov. 18, 1825. a I I a I �i❖❖••••.•❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖{;•!•❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖¼~ : :p • f t iJ. ortra1ts_ O ·Naval Heroes *•i• .A In 1862 he was promoted to Rear AJ miral. Farragut aided Grant in taking 1 :~~k:=~e::t: ~:~~g~~~~le~e!.~~~~ the land forces which were sent to aid 'i' him delayed, he was compelled to t11ke ppear..o.n stamps--Their !~ , PortsmOuth COnnec t·10n .t h~i:~=~~:~ a fleet o! monitors Farragut had hardly begun his advance ;.. j when the leading ship was blown up by ,i. J.. , mines. Faced with retreat and with his ~ :!; ' fleet ln confuslo11, he pulled nround the sinking vessel it,lld defying the mines, 1• . .t entered the bay. There the lron-clnd 1♦• ❖❖❖❖❖·❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖+•!·•!◄❖❖-t'~...:•❖+tt•++++►!+t-!•❖❖+❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖ •!••!• ❖❖❖❖❖-t'•--.i• Ttennessee of the Confederacy was bat" led into submission, and one by one the forts surrounding the bay were silenced. His entrance to Mobile Bay was the · The Herald ·presents the fourth in a series of articles crowning act of his arduous and pade~ling with _naval heroes ·,who have been honored by tho triotic service and as a result or this he was promoted to admiral. Umt~d States by their portraits appearing on the issuance In 1867 he was ordered to command oI commemorative postage ,stamps known as the Navat of the European squadron and received 1-13roes series. The articles deal with ·the conne~tion these great respect and homage from the heads and nobility or Europe. heroes have with Portsmouth. Others in the series will ap- crowned After his return to America, and pear shortly. when his health began to fail, he came to Portsmouth, and after a little more than a month's illness passed away, The last days or Admiral David Ola.<,- House In compliment to Admiral FarHis funeral was held at st. John's gow Farragut, whose portrait appears ragut and another Levee was given on church, and the church was filled to , on the three-cent navy stamp, were Aug. 8. It is also believed that he at- ?verflowing. More than 1,000 men were spent at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. tended a "Pie Nie" in Greenland. He m the procession by actual count and He arrived In this city July 4, 1870 and came here and visited the Yard and all business was suspended whll; the his death occurred Aug. 14, 1870. also went aboard the Iron-clad ship, procession _passed on its route. Many He came to this city, after a year's Dictator, Agamenticus and the or the. public places or business as well illness, feeling that the sea breezes steamer Vanderbilt. He also made a trip as private dwellings ,along the route would be beneficial to hls health. to the Shoals, and on Aug. 14, left or the procession were draped in black Comm. A. M. Pennock had recently aboard the Dictator for Portland. Ac- and white and among the inscrlpbeen attached to the Navy Yard as companying the Dictator was the Am- tlons were the following: · "To the memCommandant, and as he • was related erlcan-built Agamentlcus and a race ory of Adm. Farragut, the noble Pato Pennock, he came here arrivihg on developed, with the latter winning In trlot, the fearless Sailor, the Honest the U. S. S. Tallapoosa. He had retlred 5 hours and 10 minutes, finishing about Man. The nation mourns the loss of four years before from active duty. 3 or 4 miles ahead of the Dictator. The Its great Defender." and "He lived _ Death came after 60 years service to Dictator was built by Ericsson, who He died - but his name Is enshrined the navy and his brilliant deeds during designed the Monitor and cost about In the heart of every loyal American." the Civil war show him to be, not only $3,000,000. The Agamentlcus was built His body was placed In the Marsh the first officer of the American navy at the local yard and cost about ha!! ,tomb at St. John's church and on but one of the very first naval cap- that sum and there was considerable Sept. 27 was placed aboard the Speedtalns of the world. rivalry regarding these two ships. The well, transferred to the Guerriere in Shortly after the close or ·the Civil Vtce Admiral returned from Portland th e harbor and embarked to New York. war, he came to this city with hts the following day. At Grand Point Rip at Nantucket the wife and son, and stayed for some time ' During the time he was staying at boat went ashore and the body wns at the Atlantic House (predecessor to the Atlantic House, many outstanding lnt1 d cd nt Hyannis by steamer "Islnncl the Farragut House.) The Portsmouth people from all over the country came Home" and left for New York by train. Morning Chronicle or Tuesday July to visit him. The dedication o! the tablet at the 25, 1865, tells us that "on Monday · The Atlantic House, where he stayed Commandant's home on Aug. 26, 1908 1nornlng Vice Admiral Farragut and during his brier visit in 1864 was owned was an occasion at wh7ch more honor family in company with Admiral Balley by John C. Philbrick. This building was paid to the memory or this great and family, Mrs. A. Murray, construe- burned April 18, 1882 and the present · naval hero. tor Pook and others left the Navy Ya.rd Farragut was erected on the same site. The Farragut School is named !or on the tug Portfire for Rye Beach Proprietor Lougee, who succeeded Phil- th1S man. On Sept. 25, 1890 In response where Admiral Farragut, wife and so~ brick In charge o! the Atlantic House, to a request from Storer Post, G. A. R. th at th e name of the school house at will spend a short season. on his de- was host to the distinguished guest. parture fro'm the Yard a salute or 15 ' He was born in Knoxville in eastern th e northwest corner or High and guns was fired from the Vandalia (In Tenne see in 1801 or fighting stock. School streets should be named for a most bungling manner, by the way, as His father was a cavalry major and his Admil'al David G. Farragut, the Board it. sounded to us) and in the Yard all mother at one time during his child- or Mayor and Aldermen so voted. on the workmen congregated on the wharf hood was compelled to defend her Nov.. 20 or the following year, the st?rer Post presented a portrait of Gen. to witness the departure of the greatest house against marauding Indians. naval hero of the world." The hero was I He entered the naval service at the William Whipple to the Whipple · introduced to the crowd o! about 1500 age or nine and received a midship- Schoc,l, and a portrait or Farragut- to workmen by Admii:al Balley and spoke man's commission in 1910. Fifteen years th e Farragut-' School. At the preseritaa few words of greeting. He came from later he was commissioned a lieutenant tlon, which took place In the Music the White Mountains arriving July 20. and was captain commanding the U. s. Hall, th ere was ~ large attendance, He came to this city on July 28 and Brooklyn at the Norfolk navy yard in a nd Joseph A. Smith, who paid a trlwas received by Mayor John H. 1860. At the time the Clvl! War broke bute to Farragut,_ called him the Nelson Balley and President of the Common out he narrowly escaped imprisonment or America. Continuing Smith said "For council. From the yard the party took by departing !or the north with his unrivalled nautical skill; daring entera carriage and dined at the Rocking- family the day before the navy yard prises, fearless, intrepid action, inexham. At the hotel he received many -was burned. hauStlble fertility of resources in battle, citizens who called during the afterHis record during the Clvll War Farragut and Nelson bear compnrlson. noon. In the evening he again pro- achieved for him a great deal of fame. In reference, serenity, patience, huceeded to the Beach in a carriage. i He was responsible for the capture of manlty, prudence, sagacity, fidelity, in On Monday, :July 31, a Levee was the forts at the mouth of the Mississippi th e intricacies o! di lomac and the given by the guests of the Atlantia i:a:::n,.,d..a_,1,_s.o.r.. or...,,th,_,e...;.ca.,.p~t. u..r,.e..o.f..N~e;,;w~O:,:r.:,:le::,:a:,:.n'.;:'.s.:. ,.L_._.....;___.......__ .;.;_;......;....,;,;~;......:......;.;.....;._,.J J·;•:.~ l. ± I �elements of statcmanship Farragut's superiority to Nelson must be conceded." The photograph or Admiral Farragut on the 3-cent stamp 13 from ll!e by Brady, the civil war photographer, and was furnished the Post Office Department by Capt. KnoK or the navy. Sharing the honors on the stamp is Capt. David Porter, Farragut's foster brother. Farragut has appeared on a United States stamp before. In 1903 on June 5 when the $1. stamp was issued it contained a portrait o! the Admiral. man e grea energy an unusual or- 1+ ❖•:~:• ❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖+ ❖ +❖ +❖❖,t,❖❖+++++++++'!'++++++++++❖~~.,~ ganizlng and administrative ability. ,;f portrat•ts·_·•·: . 0 f Nava1·Heroes. lt t A. · ~. ·st ,Th . ,. :t. ppear .on amps-- etr 1: :t They were in keeping with the man j and his eKploits were essential to the success of various unde_rtakings duri1:g whi~h other men received the public praise. ❖ ❖ David DiKon 'Porter also ·had a close connection wiith Portsmouth. ' .HfS grandfather was Cap~. AleKander Poi;. ' •:: ter of Delaware who served · in ttic .❖ Continental army and his brother John 5.: Porter was . captain , _in : th.e ~nft_cP. i. States Navy. John ma..,rned E_liza. ❖ Chauncey• Clark of the old .Chauncey T · - ·•:• family of Kittery. He met his wife in ~~ ❖❖❖❖ •!• ❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖¼+ ❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖tl•tt•❖❖❖❖❖❖·.:: ❖❖ ..-• 1814 while on duty at the Portsmouth · . ·1 Navy .Yard. Later he was in •command of the yard. He was Mas•,er Comma'nTh~ Herald presents the fifth in a series of articles da.nt from 1821 to 1825. They were the • · h 1h h h b ' · h• d h th pa.rents of three sons including Filz deahng wit nava eroes w O ave ~en. onore. Y e John Porter whose statue is in Haven United States by their portraits appearmg o~ the is~uanc_e Park. · of commemorative postage stamps , known as the Navai Previous to the Civil: War, David · Th • 1 d 1 • h h t' th Dixon Porter while a lieutenant in the H~roes series. · e arbc es ea wit t• e connec• ion . ese navy, was a t't ac I1ed . •~ ·uth IN th e p or ts mo heroes have with Portsmouth. Others m the series will ap• Navy Ya.rd, having charge or· various pear shortly. · trivial improvements. He also came here officially several times following the Civil war. On Aug. 28, 1869, accord• 11 As companion to David G. Farragu"'-.H - c_~_v_a_s_o_f-=f-er-·e..,cl,.....,.t+-h-e-co_m_n-1a_n_d.,....o..,f,....,.tl,-1-e to the log at the Navy Yard, "Vice· Ad. d b t d 1· d ~iral David D. Porter, Gen. William T. If bJoek·mg squa ron, u on the three-cent stamp, ls his foster Gu ec .me in favor of Farra.gut. When the ex- Sherman and Commodore James Alden brother, David Dixon Porter. Admiral pedition moved against the city the arrived on the Tallapoosa." The party Porter came from a line or defenders following year Porter was commandinl? sailed on the 31st. According to the of the nation. his father being D,wid the mortar flotilla. and second in com- Portsmouth . Dally Chronicle · while he H. Porter. who ;;.ehicvcd distinction ma.nd to Farra.gut. In the bombardment was here he · gave a' ·ver~al order to wheii.' he \~as on I\ cruise for the No.VY of ·Forts Jackson and Sa.Int Philip at discontinue work on the Pawnee. On in the West Indies after pirates. David the entrance to the Mississippi _he the 31st he sailed for ~ortland, General Dixon Porter was with him on this clircctccl · the fire silencing· the forts Sherman and daughter having gone trip when his father got into difficul- and making it possible !or Farragut to ahead by · rail. When the Tallapo!)sa ties for having compelled t11e Spanish take his ships past the forts and at- returned from Portland, Admiral ' Porauthorities at Cuba lo surrender for tack New Orleans. Four days later he ter returned , with the ship. His neKt the arrest of an American officer sent captured the forts. In a similar way on visit came 'threll y~ars' later: coming to pursue pirates. Capt. Porter, with his June 28, 1862, he assisted Farragut to on . Sep~. 17, 1872, · and h_is final visit · son, went to the West Indies and later pass Vicksburg. He also assisted in was on Oct. 3, 1873. Following the Civil War Rear Admiral t,(•rvccl with lhc Mexican nnvy. Young the capture of the forts along tho r ·u- l <'t' h CC;\1nf' I\ n1 l(l~hjpmnn ill tho Mississippi and in the siege of Vicks• Porter was inade supei·intendent or U. S. Nnvy In 1829 and served In the burg he shared honors with Grant. the United States Naval Academy at Mexican war as a lieutenant. In l!l61 After its capture on July 4, 1863, he was Annapoli;i, Mr., where .he· servi.e~ ,'for when the Civil war broke out he was made rear admira.l._Jiis courageous and four years. While there he was made lleutenant of the Powhatan. He wa. · distinctive service continued through- vice-admiral and four years later when promoted to Commander, and at this out the remainder of the war, and he Farragut died he succeeded him · to time· he urged an exp~dition against was thanked by congress and the the highest· naval rank in ·America: Admiral Porter ·died on Feb. 14, 1891, · New Orleans with Farragut in charge. President. While his a.c;hievements were in no way spectacular nor comp!lr!!,ble and the following ·day General Sherwith those of Farragut, they had ,de- man died. · J: ' •:• · th Connec · t•10n. Ii Portsmou i• : l: �$c.o1r · ❖ ❖❖ ·· '"' ' ++++++++++++l I I up the companionway. The grips he felt-and the badly-subdued shouts that Portra_its'-o_,_·f_-_:,' Naval Hero_.'e_s_ ♦• ·. ._Stamps--Thetr .❖: I f Appear on •'• i' t Portsmouth Connection J. I + r:,,.-..rill"!:I.,'~ l ~~~~~~~ ,~:~~~;et!at:1rr~~o~~d fe;~:w at receiving the hero of all Arctic ex- 1.,,..-.-w.~....,1.fi 1• <+ ❖ ❖ ;oug~~n;,_~g~st was ofheld a great land parade infirst the'' city Porl.smoulh and · t,housands of visitors came from far and near to view the spectacle. In ::tlSl:v:::;~g exercises were he!~ in The ,great and near great were pres'.t ent, as well as thousands of just ordln~-$❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖►!•❖❖·❖❖❖❖❖❖+❖•!otol4 ❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖►!•❖•!• ❖❖❖tt...!•❖•!o!o!o!.. ❖❖❖•!: I ary folks. It had been expected that the President would attend but this he 1 was unable to do. It was a n1agn!flcent tribute to Capt. Schley, as well as to The Herald presents the sixth in a series of articles G~eely and his survivors. dealing with naval heroes who have been honored by the , In the parade, which was the largest United States by their portraits appearing on the issuance ; land . naval display ever presented up to that time, · Capt. Schley was •in the of commemorative postage stamps known as the Nava't seventh carriage. Mrs. Schley was in Heroes series. The articles deal with the connection these the revlewlng stand. At the exercises heroes have with' Portsmouth. Others in the series will ap- held at Mimic Hall, · there was nothing but the highest praise for Schley. Sec. pear shortly. Chandler and Senator Eugene · Hale of .Maine · were among the speakers. _ ________..,.,Greely also paid Schley and his men Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, whose lector Howard i and other Portsmouth a.. high . tribute In a leUer which ' was portrait appears on the 4c naval hero gentlemen decided that it would be as read by his brother-in-law. i stamp with two other rtaval heroes, had well to· bring in the ships without delay: Schley spoke at this reception " and a rather irregular career ln the Urilted The Alllance was ordered to steam out his modesty was much in evidence'. He States Navy. At one time he was riding and escort the strangers to the inner gave all or the credit to his men. This on the crest of the wave-during the waters of the United States . .The change expedition headed by Schley was ; the weeks that followefi. the destruction of in the program dl~appou:ited many per- third expedition which was sent out in Admiral Cervera's fleet at Santiago, sons both in and out.of• the -city, but it . search o! the lost expedition, and the but following the war came charges of was agreed to hold the marine recep- rescue was not effected un til he cruised Irregularity, and a court of inqulry tion at one o'clock. ,"Home · Again". in 1400 miles through lee and reached the made an investigation. Although the plaintive tones played the magnificent band of men at Cape Sabine, Grinnell report was a yes and no report, it band 1on board·-the Tennessee: The sail- Land. recommended no- action be taken. · ors on · the ;,Tennessee, : the ·.-Vandalia, Schley was born Oct. 9, 1839 at • Adm. Schley was the main point of the . Portsmouth, ,, the , Swatara, the Rlchfields, Md. At the age or 17 he controversy which lasted for several Yantlc, the ··Alllahce and the Jamestown entered the U. S. Naval Academy where years with many people taking sides. ,sprang up ·the riggings and the cheers he graduated four years later. During Charges were flung back and for th until echoed over the harbor. Flags and slg- j 18G0 and 1861 he was on duty in China finally Schley himself asked for .t he nals made, a br1lllant ~ sight · and the and Japan. The next year, with the ..,..,bt,.,o""'court of inquiry. welcome home was such as must , have rank • of • lieutenant, he took part in Whatever may have been the opinion filled 't he _wanderers' hearts wit~ joy. Farragut's Mississippi River campaign. o! the people in general Portsmouth ., -"Soon after· the newly arrived ships In 1866 he was made a Lieut. Comdr. will never forget or regret the acclaim '911i'!'O moored· the admiral :.S steam launch and for the ·next three years he taught they gave to Capt. ·schley. Capt. Schley left the side of the Tennessee, Mrs. modern languages at the Naval Acawas the hero of the hour in the rescue Greely and the Immediate rclalivcs of dcmy. For the nexl three years he was o! Adm. A. w. Greely . who was found : Lieut. Greely on board. As "the launch stationed in China and distinguished in the Arctic after being lost · for four ' ploughed away to the The tis, Mrs. Gree- hlmsel.f in the capture or the Korean years. · , , · ' ly who is a tall brunette gazed earn- forts on the Salce river. He was made On Aug. the Thetis, -Alerf · estiy ahead at the ship containing her a commander following this service. and Bear arrived off the- Isles of Shoals husband. At .the companionway she was ! Two years after the successful Greely bearing the deatl •and .'living · or the met by Capt. Schley and taken to the expedition he was advanced to the Greely expedition.' •It •was ·a· big event vicinity of Lieut. Greely's cabin. The rank of Captain. He was placed in for Portsmouth. Due to the · rnslstance captain asked the wife of four year's various commands and while in comthat , the ,. official · recep~lon · to "Lleut. widowhood to wait tm he informed her ' ma.pd of the Baltimore at Valparaiso Greely and the Greely' Relief Expect!~ husband of her arrival. At the sound · several members or his crew were kllltion up.dei- , the . command of , Schley, of a whistle she could then go to him. ed and he obtained an apology and an be · held ' by a numl)er ·or cities, · w. E. A minute later she heard the signal I indemnity o! $75,000 from the Chilean Chan.dler, then ·secretary ot. the · Navy, and rushed ahead. Captain Schley tried government. Later he headed ' the figuratively speaking, put his foot down to escape the meeting of husband and ' party conveying the body of John Erlc•~ <i.:;:;{..;:,~, and said Portsmouth would ·have it or lfe after nearly four years of separa- sson, inventor o! the Monitor, to swedthere: wo·uldn't be a· reception: ,- tlon, sorrow and suspense. But he was en. (A 5c stamp issued in 1929 honors The Chronicle or Aug. 2, 1884 ,con; not quick enough. The word "Dolph" the inventor of the "Yankee cheesetalns the following account or •the ar~ followed by many and womanly sobs, box on a rafl"). At Sweden, Schley· was rival of the relief fleet: .. fell upon his unwilling ears. He hastily presented with a medal by the king . . . "The retu~ning Arctic fleet was spok~ closed the door and what followed Is A short Lime after being made comeii •• early in the forenoon off the Isles known to two persons alone." modore, war was declared against of •S~oals . by . the Clty ,·or Portsmouth, \ "Capt. Schley 1s · coming aboard," Spali:i and Schley was given commando! and , the · ncVys soon reached ·the , city cried a lieutenant from the Tennessee's the Flying Squadron. On May 13, 1898 and' navy. yard.' •At first it-was thought ' bridge. A smoky looking little tub, the he sa!led from Hampton Roads' to find advisable to order -t~e''fleet :_1;o keep in \same which sounded its shrill whistle the Spanish fleet of Admiral Cerve~a deep· water tl!l, next day;" the•tlrne •an: to tell seven men of the Arctic ice that (who was among the Spanish prisoners nounced for Its' arrival -and ,for which 1 the long looked for help was at hand, brought here during the war) and the all preparation's · had,fheen made. But . bore alongside the handsome Tennessee latter part or the mouth block~ded Sec.Chandlera!tetcohferrlng ,w lth ·col- 'and a smart little bit o! a man sprang the fleet in the harbor of Santiago. A ,i, f I 1: 1884. �few weeks later Rear Admiral Sampson (who is honored on the' same sio.mp with Schley and Dewey) arrived with his ships and assumed command. It was during a few hours absence of Sampson on July 3 with Schley in command, that Cervera made an attempt t,o escape. His fleet was completely destroyed in a running fight. Sampson hurrying back arrived in time to command the last of ihe acUon. On Aug, ·10 Schley was advanced to the rank o! rear-admiral. Following the close of the war controversy !let.ween Schley and Sampson began. Some people declared Schley was the real victor and others charged him with "irregularities". For several years this lasted until the discredited hero asked for the inquiry which found that while Schley's conduct in battle showed great personal courage, his tacUcal management of the engagement was inefficient and unseamanUke. He withdrew from active service in 1901, after commanding the south Atlantic Squadron serving ' as one of the commissioners to direct the evacuation of Porto Rico. Adm. Schley mo.de another visit to this city besides the time he returned with the Greely survivors. It was on May 30, 1902 when on his way to Bangor, Me., to deliver a memorial day address, that hl.3 train stopped here. He was accompanied by Ex Gov. Llewellyn Powers, ·of Maine, an\! others. City Marshal Thomas . Entwistle entered the car and appeared at ihe platform with the Admiral to whom they had paid high honor on his previous visit. Marshal Entwistle introduced him. There was a rush to shake his hand. Tl\C train stopped but 10 minutes, but during that Ume the crowd which numbered several hundred showed their enthusiasm for the man, and demopstrated that he was still worthy of their esteem. · j Admiral Schley died Oct. New York CILy. �u.-.-.-. ,_,:um.HOW THIS CITY · CELEBRATED RATIFICATION New Hampshire figured prominently the ninth to ratify the Constitution, which ,._,.~,.-,.~~:• actually put the government or the United states of North America into operation June 21, 1788. An interesting account of the Constitutional Convention and the celebration that transpired within our historic city •.•-.....,,.·.,., following las ratification, Is chronicled by Hon, Nathaniel Adams In Adams' :Annals or Portsmouth under date or 1788. r-.r,(1':11~~.,. . In commemoration of that historic ~vent here Is reprinted a word picture the past in which citizens and patriots alike, who staked their lives and ~r.-r;~;;;~~ their fortunes for freedom, participated. The· convention, to whom the lm~ortant ··que~ion . ' was committed, . .. .. ,~ . whether this state _should adopt or reject the Federal constitution, met at Exet.er the 2d Wednesday of February. The honorable John Langdon, John Pickering and Peirce Long were delegates from this town. After debating on the subject nine or ten days, the convention adjourned to the . second Wednesday of June, then to meet at Concord. At this meeting the debates were continued until Saturday afternoon, when the question was taken by yeas arid nays. Whilst the secretary was calling over the members and recording their votes, a death-like silence prevailed; · every bosom throbbed with anxious expectation. When the votes were counted there appeared 57 !or the adoption and 46 against it, leaving a majority o! 11 in its favour. This state u.-.,r=>""L.!'H was the ninth that adopted the constitution, and, according to the provisions made In it, the government was to be put Into operation. This pleasing and interesting intelllgence was received in this town on Sunday morning. Mutual waists, occupied; Riggers; ers; Ship-Joiners; Block-makers; Mathematical Instrument-makers with an Azimuth Compass; Boat-builders at work on a boat nearly completed; Carvers, Painters, Glaziers and Plumbers; Cooper, trimming casks; Cullers of fish; steevedores; Pllots with spyglasses and charts; the ship Union com~etelly rigged, armed and_manned, un- would revive and !lourlsh. During the procession several Federal songs, composed for the occasion, were sung, accompanied by lhe band. A cold collation was prepared at ADD CONSTITUTION . , •..••..• Union-hill, o! which the company partook; and after the repast nine patriotic toasts were drunk, the artillery fired a salute after each of them; and the songs were again sung, accompanied by the band. The procession then formed in the same order, and was saluted by thirteen guns from the artlllery; whlch was called a Federal salute. 1 On their arrival at the Court-house a salute was fired from the ship and the company dispersed. The ship fired another salute as she passed the President's house . In the evening the State-house was beautifully lllumlnated, with nine lights at each window, whlle a large company o_f ladles and gcnllemen on lhe parade were entertained with music from the balcony. Joy sparkled in every eye and pleasure was seated in every breast. All seemed to anticipate the happier days which they were to enjoy under the Federal government. The following year President Wash- der an· easy sail, with colours !lying, elevated on a carriage drawn by nine horses, a tenth (emblematlcal of Virginia) completely harnessed, led and ready to join the rest; Ship-Captains with their quadrants; Seamen; Shoremen; Truckmen; Millers; Bakers, preceded by a flag, .dlsplaylng the baker's arms; Butchers, Tanners, and Cprrlers; Cordwalners with their lasts decorated; Tallow-Chandlers; Taifors; Barbers; Hatters; Housewrlghts; Masons; Cabinet-makers; Wheelwrights; Saddlers and Chalsetrlmmers1 Upholsterers; Goldsmiths, Jewellers, and Silversmiths; Clock and Watch-makers; Coppersmiths; Whltesmlths; Brass founders; Tlnmen, with nine plllars and stars on a pedestal; Potters, with a table and wheel at work, nine pillars erected; Brick-makers burning a klln, others ~ ~" ··. -··' moulding bricks; Leather-dressers; tngton on hl1 northern tour, sojourned Card-makers with cards; Printers, pre- two days In Portsmouth. "'Ille bells rang a joyous peel and rfh ceded by two lads with open quires of printed paper, followed with cases and peat.Gd shouts from grateful · thousands' The· apparatus decorated, and compositors hailed their deliverer weicome. at work; Pressmen employed during the windows and doors of the houses which whole procession, In striking off and he passed were crowded wllh ladles dedistributing among the surrounding sirous of beholding the man whom all multitude, songs in celebration of the were delighted to honor. ·A Federal saratl!lcatlon of the Federal Constitution, lute was fired from the fort, the ships by the state of New Hampshire: were decorated with colours, and everything wore the face of joy." MOTTO "A government or freemen never knows A tyrant's shackles, on the press t'lmMAY THEIR MEMORY LIVE ON pose." Consuls, Merchants and Traders; the Well they knew the price of Liberty, boys of the different schools with the From bondage set America free. insignia of their studies decorated; the Their determination and fldellty Terrestrial Globe, rectified for New Paved the pathway for you and me. Hampshire, and decorated by a company or young ladles, who were studying They gave to us this land we love geography, carried by two lads in uni- And the pathfinder to guide it by; form. In the decorations each state The Constitution of our United States was distinguished; New Hampshire in And the flag we proudly fly. the zenith and Rhode Island on the They gave to the world a noble race western horizon In mourning. Of upright, stralghforward men, The Masters of the schools: c_o ngratulatlons took place and pu~llo "Where the bright beams of Federal Who charted the course or our Ship of th~~s were returned In all the State churches. Thursday, the 26th of June, freedom glow, With Washington at its helm. was appointed !or the celebration o! The buds of science In full beauty blow." this important event. About 11 o;clook Clergy, Physicians and Surgeons; Our lliustrlous Langdon, Sulllvan and a large concourse of the inhabitants as- Sheri!!, preceded by his deputle11; Pickering, sembled on the parade and moved 1n Judges of Common Law and Admiralty Whipple, Bartlett and Thornton, too; procession through the principal streets Courts; Clerks of Courts; Gentlemen of Stark, McC!ary and Minute Men, in the following order: the bar supporting the Federal ConstiPaul Jones and the Ranger's crew. A band o! music in an open coach and tution; the President of the State, and six horses decorated; Husbandmen; a President of the Convention; SecretarMay we draft an object lesson from plough drawn by nine yokes o! oxen; a ies of the State and Convention; Memout the mist of time man sowing; a harrow; Reapers; bers of the Convention; Members of the As worthy patriots vision pass before Threshers; Mowers; Haymakers, each • Legislature; Treasurer and Commisour mind. with his appropriate implement; a man sary-General; Mllltia officers in unlBetter far we'd appreciate the blessings form. Every profession was distinswlngling flax; a car for gathering harreceived today vest; Blacksmiths and Nallers with guished by some insignia or badge pe- rt try we would to emulate the teachings their tools; Caulkers; Ropemakers with 1culiar to It. All intended to represent or patriots passed away. innin wheel and hemp round their that In consequence of this union, comA. I. HARRIMAN. and all the arts de endant on It, In the birth of our nation, being of ~ I I '\:'c,,J:;~-\\ ~ & r '2...'\. \;'tl-1_ �t>o,1s.mo~1h X')o.,(o..\ -)\«.~o•~- Gc.oyi\e. ·"n,"N'e. 1•❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖1•❖❖-* ❖❖❖❖+❖++❖++❖❖++❖++t++++++++++++❖❖tt •·• ~: .: Portra1·ts of Naval Heroes Appear on Stamps--The1·r p hC • i ortsmout onnect1on ❖ .,:->'lt"s.. _h...e..,_w_i_tl_1_1l-1e_... A..d"'m-i""'ra""1..-c"'a;.,ll..c:..d,.._a:..t_...._..,.., Goodwin mansion, uPon his first wife's . • ::.:~.::=:. •·• •!• ❖ t 't,•❖❖-..❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖++❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖-l•❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖.❖❖❖❖❖❖~ JUN 1 2 19 37 ____ The Herald presents the final article in a sericea dealing with naval heroes who have been honored by the United States by their portraits appearing on the issuance of commemorative postage stamps known as the Naval Heroes series. The articles deal with the connection these heroes have with Portsmouth. Others in the series will ap• pear shortly. Miss Hope Goodwin. also made two sisters, Mrs. AbbieThey R. Winter and' several calls, 01~e of theJn being at the \1 Herald Ofiicc. ':"hP. couple remained they lo ,mlil New Sept. York. 2,During at thereturned Wentwo:·:,:1 when ! their stay they were fr equent visitors in this city, am.I attended church at St. John's a couple of Umes. Upon going · 1 ~r!~~:11°~; t~~e a~~::: :dotI~1:~;~'.;\~ vestigating the allegations made by William T . sa:npson, against Winfield Scott Schley. It is a coinc!dcr.ce that these three men, who played ~such ao. ilnpo~tant part ln that i~ulry.shOltld. be porti::ayed on the same stamp. ·Admiral and Mrs. Dewey made a return visit · to Portsmouth, coming here Aug. 25, 1008, when he arrived aboard the Dolphin · to particip!',te 1n the unve1ling o! the Farragut Tablet at thB commandant's home at the Navy Yard. Admiral Dewey wrote this inscription which eulogizes Farragut as "faith:.'· \ - - - - - - - --------~...,:-:::;-=c:;--,:si~::s:===--:"':'!"---.:-:--:-:--:,i~I ful and fearless." · · · Rear Admiral George Dewey, who urlng the war, while In ,. description of the unveiling, tho shares the honors with William T. side-wheeler, "Misslssipi;>i," ha was Herald of Aug. 26, 1908 states "the un' Sampson and Win!ield Scott Schley brought into close contact wit):\ David \ veiling was by Admiral Dewey, the suron the four-cent navy stamp, at one G. Farra.gut, flag officer of the whole vivor of America's three Admiralll, time was a very familiar !lgure on the squadron maneuvering off New Orleam. John Paul. Jones, David Glasgow Farstreets of Portsmouth. some of the He distinguished himself as executive ragut, and George Dewey." _ · older inhabitants of · this city remember omcer of · the "Mississippi." When the / .Admiral Dewey and hb wife made him well -as he spent considerable time Civil War came to a close he was coma few · calls on old acquaintancea durhern during his early manhood. Hls mander ot the· "Kearsarge." ·· : · ing the forenoon j)efore the unveilllll wife was a Portsmouth girl. The Spanish War was the scene for of the tablet: They 'declined 11.U invltaIn . the account of his death, the the daring exploits of Dewey: ·· At -the tions, and' during' tthe afternoon,' folHerald menti.oned his being a lieutenant outbreak of the war in 1898 he assumed lowing the' unve111.ng, remained aboard at the time he was stationed here, but command of- the Asiatic · squadron. Arthe Dolphin, sailing later in the ·a!teradded he was a "seasoned omccr by riving at the Philippine Islands on Apr. ~oon. · ·. , · his experiences in the Civil war." It 3, he proceeded, at 011ce, 'through· danDewey died Jan. '16,' 1917, and was was while he was stationed at the Navy gerous channels of Manila Bay. The burled at Arlington Cemetery. Later Yard here that he met Miss Susie shores were dotted with · !orts · and the hill body was removed to the National Goodwin, daughter of Ichabod Good- waters · thick with. mines, but he kept cathedral in Washington where it •lielf win, the war Governor of New Hamp- straight • on. Finally the presence o! near the tomb of Woodrow Wilson. shire. She afterwards became his wife, the American squadron was discovered Dewey is honored by the Philippine they having been married here on Oct. and the fort.s on land opened !Ire. The Islands with a stamp of the 16c de:. 24, 1867, and for a time resided in the Spanish fleet and the · forls kept up a nomination, issued in 1923, which bears old Goodwin homestead on Islington fire .!or two days, and when the fleet his p)lotograph. street:Mrs. Goodwin died Dec. 28, 1872, of Spanish vessels were either sunk or ' With the above article the series of and ls burled in the Goodwin lot in disabled the naval force took refuge on naval heroes honored on the recentlJ Proprietors Cemetery. Their son George shore, but surrendered a short time issued stamps comes to a close. In adwas born here and after his mother's afterwards. Not a single American life dltion to the seven naval heroes Portsdeath resided ~ere for a time. His nurse was lost with no man seriously injured mouth has been visited by two of the is still living in this dty, and many peo- and only six slightly wounded. None or men honored on the Army series. George plo who played with him ns children the American vessels received injuries Washington came here Oct. 31, 1'189 recali him, and his father coming to beyond repair. The Spaniards lost 600 and remained a few days, on his trlvislt him. . men in the conflict. umphant tour or the newly . formed George Dewey was born in Vermont, There was great rejoicing when news . United States. . Dec. 26, 183'1. At the age of 14 he en- of the victory . reached America. He \ Oen.- William T. Sherman, of Sher- F'.1;if.;'i?.li}:~~~i.t,,,f1.Jt,r, tered the old Military Academy at was the hero of the hour. Congress man's march to the sea fame, also vlsitnll " of 18"' u, he presented . him with a sword and his\\ ed· here. He came on t he "T a11 apoosa ••. r ille In .Vt.U. S, Naval Academy and men with medals. He . was immediately Norwicll' entered tho with Vice Admiral David D. Porter graduated from there June 18, 1858, \ made a Rear Admiral and in 1899 he and Comm. James' Alden and stayed one of the Hi out of a class of 50, to fin- : was appoin ted an Admiral, the highest . a short tune, leaving for Portland bJ !sh. He was not especially brilliant 1n \ possible rank. La ter he became Pres!- '1 rail. Hia death occurred Feb. 15,' 1891, his studies, . except mathematics. After dent of the Naval General Board, rethe day after the death o! Ad,mlral graduating he was . assigned to duty maining in active seryiee by ·special Porter. on the Wabash for two years practical government permission. \ cruising experience, a requirement beIn November 1899 he r emar!·ied, hls , !ore receiving his final commission. second wife ~eing Mrs. Mildred (Mc- \ In 1861, the "Pawnee", upon which he Lean) Hazen, of Washington. On Aug. 'I had been · attached, returned after a 8, 1901, Admiral and Mrs. Dewey arcruise to the Caribbean. and as it steam- rived in lhis city · for a short vacation, I ed into ' Charleston Harbor the Civil which w:is pas~cd at the Wentworth War ~a~ on the:verge o! erupting. Many Ho tel. The:,- arrived from Boston and aouthern of!lcers and sailors resigned a crowcl was on hand to greet ihe naval from the navy to join the confederacy. hero. At lhe time the Admiral slated He saw the possibility of a war and re- that Portsmouih looked natural. This turned to the Academy and took hi.a was Mrs. Dewey's first visit to Ports- \ fi!lal examination. mou th and ·the day after their arrival · I I �HOME INDUSTRIES READY FOR SEASON Thursday morning the Home Industries, the local branch.of the New Hampshire Arts and Crafts, will open for the season. During the past two years this organization has grown In popularity and while at the Peirce barn the past two years has had some very fine articles on display. A change was made this year and the shop is now located on State street, near the Y. W. h"•··'-~--·>t.wc. A., In the store formerly occupied by the Portsmouth Book Shop. Mrs. Lester W. Harding is to be In ,_,,_,.-,_-.• charge again this summer and with her r:::-,-wi...-:i committee has been at work for several weeks getting things, ready. There • .,,,,,,,_~Y-~-,.;-!r. ~:ll'N,.,,..,,,.,, Is an unusually large amount of articles and, ln addition to these, some from other secilons of the st.ate will be received. There is a touch of the sea alxmt the J·•·,,,·""••...,l•"'-" shop. Ship models, seashells and other · marine articles give an atmosphere I which Is in keeping with the place. , Among the ship models is a fine piece of , work, portraying ~e U. S. frigate Constitution, also a model of a square rigF.;.,._t_,;.•, •J ger. Ships In bottles complete the list of ships. Handmade pine furniture, including stools, benches, bowls and mirrors are some of the outstanding articles in this """'..,.. ,-..,-.,~ wood. Choice lampshades, decorated boxes, pottery, wrought iron standard lamps, toasting forks and candlesticks t•L•,;-.itN.,.'.1 are included among articles which were unpacked yesterday, in readiness for the opening day, The old-fashioned hand-carved eagles, which In the olden days were very common, are now very popular and several of · them are at the shop. Engagement calendars, writing pads, all of beautiful Italian paper, French prints, ornaments in flower pots, st.amp holders made from seashells and sear::;:?>:<;;~1-it-11 weed cards are some of the novelties. There is a large selection of bags, knitted and crocheted articles and a l<.:!~i'Ml~ display of patchwork quilts and hooked rugs. Paint.ings always prove popular and there is a group of small ones in water1,i.t,~:,.:..-~"CI colors and oils of local interest. Scenes depicting picturesque sections of the coast are among them. A group of paintings by Mrs. John M. Howells of New York and Kittery Point are on display and are extremely interesting. All articles for sale were made hand and most of them were made people in this vicinity. This gives an opportunity for people who make unusual and novel articles to offer them for sale, the association charging a percentage of the purchase price for acting as the sales medium. Before an article Is accepted it must pass a tain standard set by a committee. �the trip to Ule Shoals alone in his mo; torboat, as was his custom; a thick fog came up and when he got to Whalesback Light he could see Jltue · ahead. Having a good compass he kept on and reached his destination safely, making right in to the head of the wharf. The Oldest Resident Is Honored At The Isles Of folks at the island were astonished when he arrived, as no one knew he had Sl:ioals - Is In Good Health started. He said when hiter he sold the Oscar Laigbton Observes is 98th Birthday Today ...... Today is an eventful one to Oscar hymns. A favorite with him ls the boat it broke his heart, but he felt unLnighton, Portsmoul.h's beloved son and theme song, "Evening Prayer," rendered able to continue to take out parties. oldest resident, as it is his 98th birth- on the radio by a gospel singer. He reOscar Laigh on was but three months clay anniversary. At Hotel Oceanic, cently had a friend from camclen visit- old whPn his father, Hon. Thomas B. Star Island, he is receiving many con- ing him who enjoyed gospel hymns and Laighton , a very brilliant man, WM apgratulations and good wishes from at bedtime each night they joined in pointed keeper of White Islant1 Light. summer guests and many other friends singing this selection: The father ran for governor of New from near and far. I Hampshire, but being defeated by "Uncle Oscar," as he is familiarly Evening Pr:i.ycr methcds be felt to be unfair, sold out known, went to lhe Shoals last week a11d I• ' his businn:s in this city and secured the on Saturday evening was given a pre- "Jf I have womided any soul toclay, . position of light-keeper at White JsblrtJ1day celebration by the guests at If I have caused one foot to go astray, land. He remained at the Shoals until Hotel Ocea11ic, a large group of you11g Jf I have walked my own wilful way, his death. people arriving on that day to attend Dear Lord forgiv ." JV.u. Lnigh!,n's family consisted of his the summer conference of the Young I wife, two sons and a daughter. White People's Religious Union. There was a I uncle Oscar retains the heart of Island was then a lonely place and the mammoth birthday cak<', songs and youth and his face is as ruddy and jolly- only excitement of a long, stormy wini;pceches and it was a merry event. \ looking as that of Santa Claus. Blessed ter, and the only communication with A member of the Herald staff called • wilh a good constitution, the greater the mainland, was the occasional landon Uncle Oscar Inst week ancl found part of his life bein~ passed out of doors ing of a schooner with lighthouse suplllm as cheery as in past years and re- and much of that time on the sea un- plies, letters, books, papers and magamarkably well for his age, although less doubtedly aided in making him st~ong. zines. StiJJ they were very happy there active than In former years. He passed He did not see a horse until at the age of and loved the rocky islands in midlhe winter nt Hobkirk Inn, Camden, s. ocean. At one time Oscar and C., as has been his custom for the past ...... ...... brother, the late Cedric Laighton, 20 years, wiLh the exception of two owned all the Shoals but White Island. years ago, when he remained at his In 1847 the iamily moved to Appledore home here. Nearly every man, woman I sland when the Appledore Hotel was nnd child in Camden knows Uncle Osbullt. The Shoals resort held unusual car. He was much saddened at the attractions for visitors from the cities death last November of one of his good and a number of noted physicians were fri ends, Harry G. Marvin, proprietor of sending patients there for rest and reHobkirk Inn, and a son of Port.5mouth, creation. whom he had known intimately for .1 In the parlor of Celia Thaxter, many years. famous and dtstlnguished writer Uncle Oscar arrived home from the verse, whose birthday anniversary was South the latter part of April and had yesterday, there gathered on summer been occupying his colonial home, 37 evenings cultured and talented people Franklin street, for some weeks; it is who enjoyed music, pictures, poetry and most attractive and the living room is conversation. Mrs. Thaxter was but very inviting with its old-time firefour years of age when her parents went place, its books and pictures, showing I I to the Shoals. She died in August, 1894, tils· refined tastes. There are framed I j and her death brought much grief to pictw·es done by artists who visited the 1 , her relatives. Her life was full of fine J,hoals many years ago, when Appledore J things and she gave expression to the JsJaml was a gathering pince for literdcpt.h and tenderness through her 1u·y proplc and nrlisL~ of uote. Gooctpoems. She wns dearly loved by her ~17.cd fram ed photographs of his gifted =====:.__.::::::==-..::!::!':: brolhrrs, Oscnr nm! Cedric. Fister, Celia Thaxter, and his brother, As Uncle Oscar stnrts on his 98th Cedric Laighton, adorn the walls. WellOSCAR LJ\IGJJTON summer at the Shoals may he continue piled bookcases with volumes worth. . . . I to have good health and happiness and r;hllc give evidence of his love of good 16 he n~_ade a tnp to this city. He 1s the , wear the same smile on his fl!,(:e. The reading. . m_ost !uendly of men and has endeared , Herald joins In extending Uncle Oscar"s intellect is keen, his I hlinself t~ the ~oung people at the is- . tions on his anniversary. ,1cmory remarkable :rnd his pcnmnn-1 !a nd s. l~is stones of life on th~ rocky Jhlp would do credit lo a young person. isles, which he loves, and llls gift of ~e reads without glasses and derives h_umo~ make him a pleasing eonversafllU Ch pleasure from books and maga-1 tional!st. From people in different parts y;Jnes. He had just finished "Gone With\ of the world ~e receives letters. Only the Wind," which he enjoyed, and found \ laS t wee_k In hrs mail was one from a the June copy of "The Reader's Digest" young girl In Denmark, who was a guest \hat he was reading most interesting. \ at Star I sland last summer, and another -His book, "Ninety Years at the I from England, from a guest at the lsfhoals," which he wrote a few years ago, \ l~~ds 15 years_ ago, this con_taining ,till has a really sale as a gift book nncl bn lhday ~reetmgs, as she kept his name 11,Jl find it most enlertaininr;. Two · In her birthday book. fCnrs ago hnd published ..rhe H eavFor many years Oscar Laighton ran ••:so.,,,._,,.., 1nly Guest" and other poems of his sis- his motorboat, ··Twilight," and during r~<,,!,,¥,· ~r, Cella Thaxter, which hacl never be- the season took out parties to Duck Is-1,,";:;_,,s...,,~~'•ioi fore been published. land, two miles fror 1 Appledore, to see Uncle Oscar does not care for jazz on the gulls where thousands would conJibe radio but enjoys old-time songs and gregate. Two years ago when he made I I he �Blow Out 98 C 'Grand Old Man' Is Honored-Marley Reviews Labor Struggle By Dr. Rowlaml Gray-Smith Starr: Cor r espon dent or th e 'J' rn nscrl 11 t ISLES OF SHOALS, N. H., June 30-Speclal guests joined with the Unitarian Young People's Union here today to celebrate the birthday of "Uncle" Oscar Laighton, who, in 1930 published his biography entitle'd "Ninety Years at the Isles of Shoals." This "grand old man of the isles," is ninety-eight years old today. Having never married his surviving kin are more closely relat· ed to his late sister, Celia Thaxter, the poet. Among those pressent were Celia's great-grandchildren, Eliot, Celia and Jacl{ Hubbard of Cohasset, Mass., and her greatnlece, Miss Rosamond Thaxter. Uncle Oscar blew out the ninety-eight candles on his birthday cake and made a brief speech expressing his gratitude •.,,.,....,..._-,,for the many messages of good· 1·,·.r:r.:-·,:,,.,t:~t w!ll he had received and his appreciation of the young folk. J,ls,n_;.!%1.J In his third talk on the social application of religion delivered to the delegates assembled in the t,,.,.<~•i~,.-1 natural auditorium among the roclcs of Star Island, Rev. H. P. Marley, whose ministry at the l::.-''4-S~i:111.University Church, Ann Arbor, Mich., has brought him in close touch with the disputes in the automobile industry, pointed out 1 that "the worker organizes because It is necessary under the present large scale system of in'""'"--, .. ., dustry, and h!l uses the strike as a non-violent method of coercion to get his point when all other means fail." After defininr, the difference between vertical and horizontal unions. Mr. Marley showed why he considered the rise of the C. I. 0 inevitable. but warned against a powerful labor movement which m!~ht not have the necessary enlightenment to use the new power constructivelv. He suggested that college graduates interested in law, economics or sociology might enter the labor movement and provide leadership. "Americans believe in fair play, and the contest between employer and employee can only be on a fair plane after the worker is organized, instead ·" ,.,.-.,,...,_•...• of being in a great chaotic mass, , Veteran at Isles of Shoals Unitarian Gatherings Nears the Century Mark as in the auto Industry last winter." Mr. Marley concluded by say· ing that the struggle to divide the returns of Industry never would lead to anything con· structive, but that a new order of society eventually would have to be reared on some other motive than that of profit. Speaking in Ell!ott Hall this forenoon on "The Secret of Triumphant Living," Rev. W. E. Cole of Toledo, 0 ., told the young people that personal trimnph is within the reach of every one of them. "Faith," he urged, "Is a great, creative power. Why not utilize the re· sources it can release in your life? Have faith in yourself, in your divine possibilities. "Religion is not the denial of life. It does not deny your right for self-expression. It simply urges you to express yourself at your very best." In a song contest conducted last night by Quentin. Gulliver of Needham, Mass., the prize went to E. T. Start of New York for his "Just' a Song at Candle· light," after which the candli!• light service was conducted by Donald Fiske of Dedham, Mass. This morning's chapel was led by . Hope Wescott of Buffalo, N. Y. �thing is to see that its kennel or ox M:mber~hip chs.~ification-J. E. Seyis kept scrupulously clenn, as vermtn bolt. S\owe Wilder, Leon Roi>lnson, abound at this season and are likely R. T . Hendrickson. 'to 'annoy dogs u; there "Ii; any, neglect I ,l'nr!1Pon commiLtee- . B . Duncan, tn this respect. While it ls absolutely Robnd Noyes, E. L. Paterson, Joseph necessary that a dog has - exercise Boulter. dally, and given . space to ruri, it Child Welfare committee-Dr. Wllshould not be kept ln the hot sun too llam F,trrlnr,-Lon, C. C. Sanborn, .T. long •at a time or left in an enclosure :Vern<' Wood, Wa!Lcr Lane. where there is no shade. F cllol': hip-F.. P. Margeson,' Harry At this time of year Moore, D. W . Bo.dger. Bert Janvrln. careless people go off on vaca;tlons and take their dog, but neglect their Atlcnd~ nre - Frank Paterson, R. One Hundrfd Pescenter Are Mari:~~on. cat and leave it to hunt its living, or James Sanders, Cecil Neal. they vacate a cottage and leave beB o.vs· work-Ralph Brnckett, G. C. Honored ~eeting hind a cat. they have given a hcime for Gou dv. Philip Badger, Rev. W. Sarthe summer to amuse little . children. ford .lone:;. Each summer the Animal Rescue n.0 1 ~-- .. information-E. C . League of a large city finds many of !!WS, R.. E. rtoss, Frank Brooks, One hundred pcrccnters rccclved these homeless cats roaming about. Or.-r:·. recognition at the weekly meeting or Give a little more thought to the IIi•:t,,:·:r~l r.-storation-Capt. 0. the Portsmouth Rotary club this noon anim~ls during the heated season that Mayo, n.cv. Wm. Safford Jones, John at the Rockinghant" Hotel. John E. they may not suITer. seyoolt, l•'. W. Hart!ord, Judge Jere Scybolt, past president of the club, The Animal Rescue League Waldron. presented pins to members who had Rockingham County seeks to befriend Milk fund-Edgar Wood, had perfeot attendance for a year or any lost or injured animal needing Bruce, Fred A. Gray, James longer up to June 1. The pins bore care or suffering from needless or dewick. the Rotary wheel, with a figure in the liberate abuse. When beyond medical student loan-William C. cenlcr denoting the number of years help an animal shall be mercifully reHenry Tilton, Harry l.VIoora. of perfect attendance. James A. leased from suffering. Borthwick received a pin with the nu- r~~!l"'lft~R.'!!!~ The officers or the League are: . meral 14, the largest or anyone. Dr. E. President-Hon. Charles M. Dale, 0. Blo.lsdcll, one of the earliest memPortsmouth bers, and now an honorary member, Clerk-Joseph H. Cullen, received a pin for 13 years, Clarence mouth C. Sanbom and Rev. Wllllam Salford Treasurer-Earle R. Jonrs for four years, Capt. Chester F. Exeter Mayo, tll"o ye~rs, and Edward PatVice Presidents-Mrs. Frank erson, Frank Paterson and John SeySwallow, Exeter; Miss Mignon bol t for a slnr;l year. l\lr. Seybolt also Green, Portsmouth; Dr. Lewis Perry, p;·rseuLed a Rotury pin, containing n J. A. Purington, Judge Henry d iamond in the center, to E. C. Shute, Exeter. The Animal Rescue "League Mat•hcws. in apprecbtion for his work Rockingham County is planning to do Executive Committee-Mrs. Amelia A. Shute, Exeter; Mrs. Mary I. Wood, as governor of the district. some very active work and have this Dr. George E. Pender, Portsmouth. l\Ir. M(l.Llhews responded briefly organization grow steadily Directors-Dr. S. P. R. Chadwick, sLntinr, thnt the fast principle of Robership and strength. Plans are being chairman, Exeter; Earl. A. Barrett, ta,y \'.'::ts fricnd.;hip and th t he was formed to have a garden party and secretary, Exeter; Laurence R. Craig, clisccverinr; Lhc re~l value of true possibly a pageant next month on the North Hampton; Miss Mignon B. lawn of Mrs. C. G. Mayo on Miller friends. Green, Dr. George E. Pender, Mrs. Avenue. There is to be a membership P::-nl Bad•: r 11residcd at th. mPctinoMary I. Wood, Portsmouth; Dr. Waldrive soon with Mrs. Mary I. Wood for the first Lim•' as prcsld nt. He inlis D. Walker, Rye; Mrs. Amelia A. troC.:u::cd James Welch a9 ch irmau of chairman of the committee. Shute, Eben Wallace, Exewr. It ls hoped many lovers of animals the day. :rnd Mr. Welsh presenled will become members of this organiG eor~r T. Drnciy of Manchester, n zation and aid in working for their m ember of that ciu'>, who pre:wnLed a betterment. movie "Comfort That Pay5 Fot· ItDuring the hot wenLhe'r, especially, St'lf." Th,, :;lmy or home insulnlio n wns dogs o[tcn have n hard Lime to find a clearly lnlll in a novel mnnnrr nml place to get a drink of water and it plctmr, of th1,; work was shown demis hoped lo hnve something done onsl "'1linn; lhe manner in which n house about this mntter later. In past years ls lnsutat r <l. there was a drinkl.ng fountain on the Vir President Paul Hobb9 nnParade where horses and dogs could nom,~cd lh~ ch:i.irnv'n for the month quench their thirst, but with changas follfl\\':;: July 8. E. C. Mallhcws, ing conditions of the Limes and the chn i1111nn :rnd speaker: July 15. P. \V . heavy motor car traffic this ls now Hartford. chairman; July ~2. W, S. not possible. The League plans to Wall'.ln, C'hrirmnn, a nti July 29, Gerald build a shelter inter with n competent Goutly, chairman. attendant in charge. Th" rcmmille'!s for lh year were Dogs are apt to be the chief suffere.nncunC'cd a~ follows: ers during the hot weather. Owners of Mayo, Cl ui> 5cn Ice-Capt. C. G . dogs should see that there is plenty of chni.·p1:in: r::_v Greer, H ~nry Tilton. fresh, clean water put out for the aniChar\ ;: W:il\:cr. mal and that the receptacle is cleaned Vcc:i ""n~ 1-John Chabot, rhairman; out at least once a day. The next Jud~~r .'c--c W.:\l·lron. Fred S. Gray, Orman P,1 ul. Co•nprnn;::r scrv:c!!-Frcd Gardner, Fran·: n··on\;s, F . \V. Hartford, Jamr,s W elch, Curtis Matthews. S c:v;~c lntcmaUonal-John Greenaway, F r~ii Cotton, R. E. Ross, William C. Walton. NEW- OFFICERS OF R(}TA. PRES 0 At Today LEAGUE PLANNING ACTIVE PROGRAM 0 �HAS -REUNIO On June 27 the Noble and Cram Families Association held its 12th annua! reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Black at Baldwin, Me. Despite unfavorable weather, 60 or more -enthusiastic descendants of the pioneers, Christopher Noble, of the Plscataqua Plantation, now Portsmouth, and "Good Old John" Cram of Exeter and Hampton, gathered to celebrate the occasion. or this number several were over 85 years of age, also, there was a good number or young people present. Planned field sports were abandoned, due to weather conditions, and all exercises and the y.mcheon we1'e held In-' doors. The ample racllttles or U11, Black homestead provided abundantly for thls emergency. A paper, "The History of Noble's Is\and," was read by Miss .Ann Noble of Portsmouth, who was born on the island and continues to live there. Miss Noble's grandfather. Ca!"t. Robert Noble, and his .four brothers, Capt. Jo-. seph. Mark, John and Jeremiah Noble, bougl)t the Island in 1793, and establ!shed there an-extensive fishing and fish exporting Industry, which contlnued until 1849. At one time the assoctates had 18 sea-going vessels afloat'. several of which were built on the island. Elmer H . Cram of Wakefield, Mnss., and Lee, who was to have had a, paper on the children of "Good Old' John" Cram, was unavoidably -absent. At the business meeting . held after the luncheon officers or the previous year were re-elected and the lcinct Inv!tatlon or Mr. and Mrs. Black to hold the 1938 reunion at their home WM gladly accepted. The date will be the · last Sunday in June. After the business meeting there w·e re harmonica, violin and vocal solos, follo,y.red by community singing under the leadership of Mr. and Mrs. Black's -gifted daughter. The program ,as enjoyed by all present. Of Army_· Engineer Corps xpec ed Soon On Proposed Structures Ov Spruce Creek And Spin ey's Creek The tov/n of Kittery is awaiting the tts shores for summer homes, with Ideal decision of the corps of engineers of the conditions for canoeing, swimming and U. S. War Department In regard to boating. It is believed that granite permission for the construction of two from Fort Mcclary would be available new bridges in that town, one being half for use In constructing such a dam. The in Eliot. The two are the Kittery cost to the town would be much greater Point bridge, to span Spruce Creek, and than for the construction of a bridge the Spinney's Creek bridge on the Eliot such as the foregoing plans call for, line. The decision of the Army engi- however, and the opponents of the damneers as togranting or refusing permls- construction proposal estimate that the slon for the construction is expected town would be forced to contribute a within a few days. sum ,in the vicinity of $15,000 to the Public hearings on both these projects state appropriation. The Kittery Point were held on Thursday afternoon of last bridge became a part of the state highweek at the Kittery selectmen's office, way system a few years ago, with representatives of the State HighImmediately upon completion of the way Commission, the boards of select- hearing on the Kittery Point project the men of Eliot and Kittery, interested application of the Maine State Highway cltlzens and representatives of the Commission for approval of the plans Army Corps ·of Engineers present. The for the reconstruction of the highway hearing was in charge of Lieut. Col. bridge across the mouth of Splnney's A. K. B. Lyman, district engineer. Creek, between Kittery and Eliot, about Plans were submitted for the con- 4.7 miles above the mouth of the Plscatstruction of a highway bridge across aqua River, was considered. and near the mouth of Spruce Creek at The plans submitted by the applicant Kittery, about two miles above the show a causeway or dam of earth fill mouth of the Piscataqua River, to re- with both slopes protected by rlprap up place the existing pile trestle just up- to about 2.0 feet above mean high water, stream from the proposed site. The about 28 feet wide on top, with a fin~,i~~&~~..=.~:-:"""''.'""'.'~::'"'=":::::~::-~~-:r.:,,,....,,..(l plans submitted to the engineers show ished top grade 13 feet a bove mean low a fixed bridge of five spans, supported water, continuous except for a wooden by four double-pile bents or piers, with spillway 14.5 fee't wide, located about solid fill approaches from both shores. midstream, with its floor at an elevation The proposed easterly abutment 1s of 6.5 feet above mean low water, and shown as approximately 160 feet chan- with a vertical clearance of 4.6 feet benelward of the old or existing abutment tween the floor and the underside of the on the westerly, or right-hand, side of stringers carrying the roadway above. the creek. The horizontal clearance in The proposed causeway will block all each span will be approximately 49 feet. navigation past this point, except by The vertical clearance Is shown on the such small boats as can be floated or plan as approximately 6.5 feet above dragged through the spillway or near mean high water and 15.1 feet above high water "slack.'' mean low water. It Is understood that the Maine State For several years there has been a Highway Department wlll begin work strong public sentiment .f or the con- upon the construction of this project struction of a dam and sp!llway at thls upon the receipt of permission !rom the point, surmounted by a modern high- War Department engineers. way surface. The advocates of this The towns of Kittery and Eliot are alternative plan believe that the dam- each to contribute the sum of $5000, ming of the waters of Spruce Creek with the state putting up the balance, would create an inland lake which It Is understood. would greatly increase property values throughout the center of the township and would foster the development of �STATE POLICE -· .- ~.t.. DEPARTMENT o·RGANIZED Of Motorcycle Corps Sworn In With Additional Powers Dwight Comstock of ' John T. Conti of Milford, Stuart H. , Currier of Plymouth, Joseph Demo.sky of Exeter, Emile J. Dion o! Manchester, Andrew J. Ferguson of Lebanon, Fletcher P. Forsyth of Bristol, Gale H. French o! Hillsborough, Herbert F. Gray of Portsmouth, Chester R. Hartwell o! Keene, Clifton E. Hildreth of Hampton, Roger F. Hilton o! Antrim, James A. Humphrey of Belmont, George Hunt of Littleton, Harold B. Johnson of Groveton, Homer C. Johnson· o! WoodsviJJe, Fred C. Lee, Jr., of Littleton, Lucien E. Levesque of Dover, John F. Lockwood of Concord, Thomas F. McGrevy of Manchester, Frank D. Manning of Rochester, John J. Marchand of Manchester, Ralph S. March o! Conway, Boyd E. Mercer of Nashua, Henry J. Parent of Derry, Roger M. Perkins of Hampton, Delwyn E. Philbrick of Newmarket, Norman A. Savage of Manchester, John J. Scannell of Concord, WiJJlam r. Smith of Manchester, Ernest H. Swift of Wolfeboro, Edwin L. Waters of Pittsfield, Sherman Wilkins of and Kenneth S. Woods of town. Forty-three of the motorcycle officers of the Department of Motor Vehicles are now membors of the new state police force. They were sworn in on Thursday by Superintendent George A. Colbath In the State House at Concord. He also took over State Detective Ralph W. Caswell and his three assistants. Nothing was done about the ten inspectors of the Motor Vehicle Department and they were not sworn in by the head of the new department. Supt. Colbath said no action would be taken relative to the inspector until he has conferred with Motor Vehicle Commissioner John F. Griffin and Governor Murphy. It is expected some of them will be taken into the State Police Department later on. Meeting with the of!lcers for the first . time the superintendent presented a note, prepared by his office, with the assistance of the attorney general, for each man and then briefly addressed them on the new setup. All of the officers. will have additional powers and wlll enforce the criminal laws as well as the motor vehicle laws. Motorcycle officers will come directly under the supervision of Mr. Colbath. Reports of all arrests wlll be sent to him and in turn will be transmitted to Mr. Griffin. The motor vehicle commissioner will have full charge of Issuing licenses and will handle all revocatlons. He will suspend licenses and restore them. Mr. Colbath used the following form in the appointment of the men ln the motorcycle corps: "With powers invested in me by the enactment of House bill 254, by the New Hampshire Legislature, I hereby appoint you a police employe for the state of New Hampshire. You shall be ex-officio constables through the state, and shall have general powers to enforce all criminal law of the state and to serve criminal processes and make arrests under proper warrants In all counties." The present personnel of the new force is composed of the following: Arthur E. Bergeron of Derry, Wllfred A. Boisvert of Berlin, Alfred A. Bouchard of Claremont, Archie M. Brown or Keene, James F. Brown, Jr. of Epping, Fred S. Burleigh of Lebanon, Laurence Carpenter o! Laconia, Donald R. Carr of Manchester, William E. Clayton o! Goffstown, Louis E. Clement or Pembroke T. �Important Dates in First Church History. The exact date of the buiiding of the first Meetinrr House is unknown but it was a small, roull'h structure without heat. 1640. The Court imposed a fine for violation of the Sabbath. 1650. Several were presented at Court for absenting themselves from religous services. 1669. The Committee of the Court recommended that the New Meeting House be built at the Point" where now the Old Meeting House stands" 1695. It was reported at Court that the Meeting House was much out of repair •· soe yt it is very uncomfortable to meet ln." The Court ordered that it be repaired. John Newmarch graduated from Harvard in 1690 at the age of 18,r and came to Kittery within the next five years as a School teacher and Preacher. In 1695 a meeting was called "in order to ye continuanco of Mr. John New march in sd Town." 1714 - Nov. 4, The First Congregational Church in Kittery was organized with 43 Members. John Newmarch was Ordained as Pastor and was named first of the 18 male Charter Members. John Newmarch Samuel Skillin William Pepperrell Samuel Hutchins Elihu Gunnison John Adams John Dennet James Fernald Henry Barter Dodavah Curtise John Fernald Thomas Rice Ebenezer Emones George Jackson Joseph Mitchell John Ford John Ingersol Samuel Ford. A Bell was installed. Stephen Eastwick paying half the expense. In 1 '2'29 the ruined Bell was recast in London, and again in l'2' 42. --i:;27. A New Meeting House was built on Lho silo of Lho Old one between the present location and the Cemetery. It was struck by Lightning in 1729 and Burned, l 729. The First Parsonage was built and is now used for Social purposes . 1730. A New Meeting House on th.e site with Steeple facing West. The High Pulpit was on the Nort), side, between where the side windows now are. The Front Door was opposite, and facing the Cemetery. Galleries were on three sides and the elaborate Pepperrell Pew at Lhe Preacher's right. William Whipple, Signer of the Declaration of lndepen(l,ence, Born Jan. 14, l '2'30. was one of the first Children to be Christened in this Meeting House. i ...P.k\, 1840. One hundred years pass. The Pulpit is moved from the side to the Rear of the Meeting House; the main door to tho Front end and a Vestibule made under the Gallery. The other two Galleries are taken out. 1874. The Meeting House moved back from the road and turned one-quarter way round, thus facing the S outh; and here it rem~ins today. The historic Pulpit taken out and stored in a neighboring1 _barn together with the enclosed side pews. 1909. In the RemoaeJing of the Meeting House. after a damaging Fire, the Old Pulpit was put back into place, and two of the beautiful Old Side Pews restored. J I ,i �dlnK With Porch Rcproduclnr That of Euly Struoturc. Lower oadslde Sien Belnr Set Up by Tercentenary Commission may be found on flle in the cour • house in Alfred. Among the records of 1666 is the following proc• iamation: "Considering the sadness o! the tyms in all respects ' at home and abroad, this Court judgeth meete to appoy't a day of humiliation to bee Special to The Christian Science Monitor ALFRED, Maine - The York reader that in the York County keept to afflict o'r souls before ye Lord throughout the Western diviCounty Courthouse in Alfred will courthouse are to be found the old· sion of this province, on the last presently receive the first of the est continuous court records in the day of- July next Insewing." Also: "We present Julian Choyse wife to historic markers for which ~he York United States. These go back to Ccunty Tercentenary Commission i~ 1636 without a break, none ever hav- John Choyse, for a tale bearer from paying. It ls one of over 70 which Ing been lost by fire or ~~herwise house to house sitting differences between Neighbors Bond in 5 S for tho cc:nmittec for the Tercentc:,ary destroyed, and include the patent good behavior,'' And in 1665: of August, 1936, recommended to be conveying the territory between the "Consented to by the people that put on historic spots. Made of Kennebec and Merrimac Rivers from seaven men sha.11 bee a suffltlent 1 Jury for Tryalls in case no more can nlumlnum, 42 by • 36 Inches in size, It w!ll be erected at the top of a King Charles I of Englnnd to S r be had." tall iron pole and so placed that Ferdinando Gorges in 1636. motorists may easHy see It. It was in 1636 that the f}rst The marker bears the York courts were held in So.co, and from county seal in its original colors of that day to the present, every court red and blue, and it i ..Iorms the proceeding has been recorded and York County Historic Spot Marked by Signpost Tablet �Il'WEX '1'0 VOLUME fl 11 Alfred, 11 e.- Court house. p.110 :N orthwest Passage" p 49 American Legion medal awards p 64 Perkins' Cove, Ogunquit pp 7-8 Animal Rescue Leaeue of hock. Co. p 64 Pest Island p 6 Bartlett, Nathaniel p 14 Porter, David Dixon p 98 Borthwick, l>aniel F. p 11 J:lortsmouth ,- 1906 pp 1-4 Boylston, Helen Dore p 09 Portsmouth.- Home Industries p 100 Brannigan, Gladys H. p 82 Portsmouth.- City council 1967 pp 24-5,64 Candlemass service p 26 Portsmouth.- Public Library p 17 Chase Home, report 1967 p 15 Portsmouth.- Election 1966 pp 12-16 Chamber of Conuµerce p 07-08 Portsmouth.- Flood relief drive pp 21-20 Cheney, hussell p 16 ~o-74 Christmas in Portsmouth, 1966 pp 42-44 Portsmouth.- Naval heroes pp96-lOO, 102 Civil war veterans p 65, pp 81-82 Portsmouth.- Population, 1967 p 57 Coast Guard pp 76-74 Portsmouth.- Soc. Security Office p 41 Congregational Christian Con. pp 58-59 Portsmouth.- Zoning laws p 66, 90-91 Conner, Joseph P.- Postmaster p 56 Pryor, Frank L. p 28 Cram family p 107 hochester, N. H.- Dame house p 84 Constitution.- ::iesqui-centennial p 101 Hochester, N. H.- Old parsonage p 84 Curtis, Miss Addie A p 28 Hock. Co. Farm.- Mitchell hospital p 51 lJ. A.H.- Prize essays, 1967 p 57 hotary Club, 196? p.106 Decatur, :::;tephen pp 95-96 hye Harbor. - ;1vherry pp 29-60 uenig, Col. Robert pp 9-10 Schley, Winfield Scott pp 99-100 lJewey, Admiral George p 102 Shipbuilding.- Exeter p 61 Dode;e Home p 06 Si.se, Mrs. Edward F. p 65 Elwyn, Thomas Langdon p 69 South Church p 66 hxeter, N. H.- Exeter house pp 45-46 Stratham, N. H.- Grist mill p 50 Farragut, David G. pp 97-98 Thomson, Prof. Elihu p 55 l ew Castle.- Ferries p 14 Walden, Hichard I. p 11 Flood of 1967 pp 21-26 U. s.- Coast Guard p 92 Girl Jcouts.- History of pp 75-80 \of entworth,Home.- Nurses home p 60 Goldsmith, Kennard E., Mayor p 12, 19-2L'✓ eare mansion p 85 Good Music Week, 1967 pp 01-02 ', 10ston, Samuel p 63 Hampton, N. H.- Hampton rt. Bridge p 53 :, endell, Mrs. Ruth p 15 Hampt on F'alls, N. H.- v1eare mansion p 85iiinter .Music festival, 1966 pp 46-44 Harding, Capt. Silas p 67 W. P.A. Guide to N. H. p 54 l.,angdon, John Club p 54 York Co. Historical markers p 70 Jones, John Paul pp 90-95 Jones, John Paul, house pp $1 Jones, 'vl illiam Safford p 63 Kittery, Me.- Bridges p 107 Kittery lJt.- 1st Cong. Church p 109 Laightin, Uncle Oscar p 62, 104-105 Lambert, John T. p 18 Liberty Park p 18 Luce, Dr. Thomas w. pp 27-28 ?,'1cDonald, Charles John p 18 McDonough , Thomas p $6 Macrheadris-Warner house p 89 Mas on, lJr. William P. p 11 N, ayo, Admiral Henry F. pp 47-9, 60-6, ~9 Mal oon, Ivan L. p 6, 14-15, 55 Miller, Iary E. B. p 16 11l1x , 'l'om , in Portsmouth p 92 fJa vy Yard ,- Fernald g raveyard pp 9-10 ~ew Castle.- Ferries p 14 r . H. Cong. Conf e rence pp 58-59 N. II.- ::ieacoast Heg . Ass'n. p 17, 54 ~. n.- State police p.108 �This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO 239.48-1992 (pennanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts m 1998 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i11079769 https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/bb83148d7b084cf524b500930d25b9fe.PDF ef37f16f4e83d72417ba8588a15d137b PDF Text Text �Strawberry Banlr Original Name of Portsmouth,N.H. City on Granite State's Short Coast Is Full of Matters of Historical Interest By Ruth Cassidy (Start Corre•pondent o! the Transcript) PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Oct. 8-I find Portsmouth a city grown mellow with age, yet exceedingly allve, like a charming woman past her first youth but st!ll filled with the joy of .living. The tide is out this morning and there is the smell of salty, marsh land drying under a warm sun. The ocean is blue-green and quiet. Cati'.c.;,;~:,·,,::; ., ta!ls and goldenrod are growing white-headed with age. At the Chamber of Commerce office I meet Miss Eleanor Goodman, who is acting head of that organiza=•-..a.a;,.a tion. During a few moments' chat this alert young woman makes me understand that Portsmouth is thinking about the future, for itself and for all New Hampshire. A return of business to the State ..,.,...,._,,.,..,.during the summer gave added impetus to-a movement that has been in the embryonic stage two years or more. This is the Seacost Regional Development Association made up of the New Hampshire towns and cities lying along the _coast line. .. · At the office of the Gardner Insurance· Agency I find Alvin F. Redden, clerk and treasurer _of the organization. He tells me the association has been incorporated recently and will have its first annual meeting in October. "Its purpose is furthering the interests of this section in regard to recreation, educat~on, agriculture and i,ndustry. The · towns represented are: Dover, D'llrham, Exeter, Greenland, Hampton,• Madbury, New Castle, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, North Hampton, Portsmouth, Rollinsford, Rye, Seabrook. Stra:tham; also _H ampton Beach precinct, Little Boar's Head · precinct, Rye Beach precinct and Seabrook: Beach precinct: ' Region Well ·Advertised "During ·the summer the association distributed 30,000 booklets setLing forth the charms of the region. It is working in harmony with the State Planning and Development Commission and the New England Council. So far its principal work has . .been publicity but it plans for greater activity during the coming year." This seacoast region of New Hampshire, with eighteen miles of actual coast. line where rockbound shores ,, alternate with wide, sandy beaches, offers a varied list of attractions, including Great Bay and the Isles of Shoals, only nine miles off the coast and reached by steamer from Portsmou',h. Settled in 1623, Portsmouth originally was called Strawberry Bank and petitioned to have its name changed in 1653. It was under jurisdiction of Massachusetts until 1679 when it became a Royal province. Today it is known as "The Gateway to Vacationland." The first armed blow for American independence was struck on Portsmouth sol! at Ft. William and Mary in Portsmouth harbor. Captain Garrison took away stores of powder later to be used effectively at Bunker Hill. · Among the historical spots pointed out to visitors are the house where John Paul Jones lived while he was superintending the construction of his ship, the Ranger, William Pitt Tavern, where. Portsmouth Tories and officers of the Crown once gathered, the Wentworth•- Gardner House, erected in 1760 by Madam Mark by the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Hunking Wentworth, and now owned Arts, the Warner House, built in 1772 of bricks eighteen inches thick brought from Holland. Each brick was wrapped separately in straw. The· house was built originally for Captain Archibald MacPheadrls, a rich iron merchant. It has a l!ghtning rod reputedly put up by Benjamin Franklin. Where Washington Stopped There is also the Tobias Lear House where Washington visited in 1789. St. John's Church has a bell brought by Sir William Pepperell in 1745 as part of the plunder from Louisburg. It was recast by Paul Revere in 1806. In the church there is an organ built In England in 1710 and used in King's Chapel Boston, until 1836, when it was brought to Portsmouth. . The New Hampshire Gazette, claiming to be the oldest newspaper in Americ·a, established Oct. 7, 1756, is published here by the publishers of the Portsmouth Dally Herald. At present this paper ls a non-profit making enterprise being published entirely without advertising and carried on chiefly as a matter of sentiment. F. W. Hartford is editor and publisher crf both papers. Portsmouth has a button shop and a shoe shop. There are fifteen privately owned and seven Government owned wharves in its harbor. Durham, a peaceful village and seat of the University of New Hampshire, will be the subject of tomorrow's article. N. H. ,Uriivetsili Dedicates Lewi Fields Tomorrow· Named for Former President, Once a Star Pitcher on Boston League Team By _Ruth Cass:dy · · (S ta rt correspondent or the •rran,icrlpt) DURHAM, N. H., Oct. 9-The University of New Hampshire will ·have its annual "home coming" day tomorrow, features of · which will be the football game with the University of Maine and dedication of·'X'he Lewis Fields, the university's new $2?0,000 recreational .-,lant. Appropriately enough the fields are being named for the late Edward M. Lewis, who was president. · • When Horatio Alger wrote ·his books glorifying the selfrnade American man, he talked particularly of material success. . .'here is a courage higher than that required for mere money-getting and Edward M. Lewis was the type of man who makes the Alger books seem tame reading Born in Machyl!eth, North Wales, [ ·ec. 25, 1872, young Lewis immigrat.,d to this country with his parents when at the age of nine years. Largely through his own effortp he obtained an excellent educatioi1, graduating from Williams College. Ted Lewis became' .a profes&~onal ; aseball player and was a star pitcher on the Boston National Le·a gue team from 1896' to 1900 and of the American League in 1901. He also coached Harvard's baseball teams for several years. His teaching career in(!luded posts' in Williarrs and Massachusetts. Agric.ultural College prior to coming to , the University of New Hampshire. During his entire . teaching . life he was keenly interested ·111 school ath.etics. Monuments are erected to -many distinguished citizens. · The Lewis Fields ls a memorial to the man who dn,amed a dream and provi.del• the leadership needed 'to · make that dream come true. . Included in the plant are six fields, for football or soccer or-lacrosse, four baseball diamonds, a: . quarter-mile running track with twenty-two-yard straightaway, and pits ·and runways for jumping and vaulting, twenty additional tennis courts, concrete bleachers seating i 750 spectators at baseball games, concrete· stands seating 5000 spectators at football, track and field contests. The entire area is fenced. The Alumni Association has pledged $15,000 as the graduates' contribution ~, warq. the project. Large Enrollment Increase At the office .J! 0. _v. Hendersop( registrar, I learned that there has been a large increase in the · enrol - �Mount Washington is there, I ment of the agricultural college this I am attracted by the sign and by year. On Oct. 1, last year, there know, far off along the skyline, and, the net, white colonial home across were 178 students. This year there while I watch, clouds blow apart and the dri eway with its boxes of petuI glimpse the peak. Hills and valare 222. nias a d a smooth lawn. So I go Total enrollment of the university leys, as far as the eye can reach, are across, knock and open the door has grown from 1582 to 1627. There .scarlet ,md russet, wine and yellow. upon a delightful exper.ience. The are 496 women and 1131 men. Three pretty cottage is the summer · home women are taking courses in the colof Mrs. Elizabeth Gree11leaf, a lege of agriculture. About four-fifths charming and cultured woman. She has traveled extensively I soon disof the students come from New cover. Mrs. Greenleaf is a teacher Hampshire and other New England in the summer school which was._. __...,...,,..,,_.. States are well represented. opened this year to teach the docThe university at this time has no trines of the Persian philosopher, president. Roy D. Hunter, presi'lent Abdu'l Baha'i. cf the trustees, is chief executive ofSimply and sincerely, her blue ficer of the university and Edward Y. eyes shining wlth earnestness; this Blewett, executive secretary, is in woman of mature years tells me of PY1<m>-•_,11-:~_-'t,c charge 01 the executive office. Eliot Has Baha'i Summer the teachings she has followed durUniversity graduates, according to ing most of her life and is now imSchool for Study of a New Mr. Blewett, have an excellent parting to others. · chance now of finding remunerative World Order Baha'lsts are preparing for the ~.nployment qf a high type soon afadvent of a new civilization with ter graduation. By Ruth Cassidy . religion as but one factor. (Start Correspondent o! th& Transcript) Of the 1067 graduates of the Mrs. Greenleaf characterizes the school's College of Technology only KITTERY. Me., Oct. 6-Who live movement as "A fine, workable type twenty-nine are now unemployed. in the little one-room shacks so of internationalism without the loss Of those receiving degrees from the numerous In Maine especially near of any element vital to the progress College of Agriculture last June ap- the coast? I've always wanted to of a people." Religion she says •"Is proximately 100 per cent have jobs know. Today as I jog along toward not static but is progressing and its now and 52 per cent of the gradu- Eliot i1oting regretfully the ravages aim should be the good of the whole ates from the College of Liberal of the recent frost in field and rather than of the individual." Arts who registered with the uni- garden I see one of these tarpaper Highly Ellucational Development versity's placement bureau in June covered homes. One looks quite cozy have reported that they are engaged being banked half-way up, as many Founded by Sarah J. Farmer very in remunerative work. It is likely farm homes are, with leaves covearly in the twentieth-century: as a that a larger percentage is gainful- ered picturesquely with pine boughs. school of comparative religion and ly employed, for many fail to report There is a sign above the door. a lecture platform, Green Acre, since their progress to the bureau. "The Home of Truthful Henry," it 1932, has developed into an educaThirty-four students transferred says. tional institution. About 3!>· memas undergraduates from twenty-nine Made bold by curiosity I stop and, bers of thr group live in Eliot and other colleges and universities taking a copy of the Transcript for the organization has extensive propthroughout the country to continue Introduction, I knock at the door. erty holdings including Green Acre their studies at the university. Truthful Henry is quite old. I offer Inn, five cottages, two dwelling From Durham I drive over to New- him my paper. He Invites me in. houses and a studio occupied this market where I see, for the first There are a stove and a couch bed. a season by Horace Holley of New time, the tragedy of a town where table and a chair or two. The place York City, secretary of the National there has been labor trouble. Sev- is about as blg as a trailer-house. Assemble. About 500 persons from eral years ago labor agitation forced "It Is cozy and warm all winter," all over the United States visited the the removal of the town's principal says my host. center. this season many staying to industry. Now, in the great mills I ask him what he does for a livattend classes. A hall 35 by 50 in the heart of the town. half a ing. feet will be built nex'. season overdozen small jndustries occupy rent<;:d "Nothing," says he. "I expect to looking the Piscataqua River adjaquarters. There are two silk con- get an old-age pension pretty soon." cent to the inn and near the spot •·How about the sign?" I inquire. cerns, shoe shops and a paper box where Indians. used to gather for Henry chuckles. factory . their peace pow-wows. There Is also "Some of my friends painted that:. Recovery ls Very Slow the Fellowship House, a memorial to Newmarket ls recovering slowly and put it up because I'm such an Helen Ellis Coles, an . early member. from what seemed for a time a death awful liar. They say I can't tell the The group has no paid leaders or blow. A new residential community truth. clergy and takes no collections. "It was there one day when I came is being built up at the edge of the From this center of a peace movetown but it will be a long while be- home and I just let It stay. It ment I drive over the bridge into fore the town is as lt was before it amuses the summer people. Why Kittery and out to Ft. Mcclary. On (olks from all over stop to se'e me. a high promontory overlooking lost its great Industry. Thankfully I jog away toward Portsmouth and Kittery Harbor this r··'ll!!tti~1r.,'ili He Gives A Sample Rochester. A red fox crosses the historic fort was built by the Prov"Yes, I'm pretty old. My father road at such a leisurely pace I think ince of Massachusetts in 1715 and e lived to be ninety-three. And my for a moment he is a dog. A wild named Fort William, in honor · ,of duck wings high overhead. In a grandfather was 115 when he died. Sir Willfam Pepperell. It became a don't rightly know how old my field I see a Rhode Island Red hen United ·States military post and the with fuzzy, yellow babies. She must great-grandfather was but they say name was changed to Fort McClary he lost all his teeth and then they in honor of Major Andrew Mcclary have stolen her nest. The sun comes out. A cheerful had to take him out and shoot him. who lost his life at the Battle of woman In a gay print dress ls hang- We're a long-lived family." I admire what appears to be some Bunker Hill. ing washing beside a bungalow. On bunches Two Pepperell residences, the anbright red berries hangwindow ledges rows of tomatoes are ing on or cient Lord Pepperell mansion and a string in the window. ripening In the sun. Squashes and "Cherry tomatoes," says Henry and the Lady Pepperell house are lopumpkins are stacked In green and gives me a bag filled with them. cated at Kittery. Both were built yellow piles near the farmhouses. As I drive on into Eliot I notice a early In the eighteenth century_ The road begins slowly to climb sign at the edire of a beautifully and when I reacJ;l the top of the-hill-;" landscaped garden: "Baha'i Sumjust outside Rochester, I slrn - •)ff the mer School for the Study of the engine and look out over miles or New World Order," it r..;;e.;;;a.;;;d.s.;__.,.,__.....J untr side. 1fruthf11l Henry f l{ittery, Maine, Gives a Sample �No~ Be:rwicl{, Me., Is Benefit.ed··by R·ecreai~~n U,rg~ t\{anufacture. of ·Coa.t ings . , Suitings. ·Giv.es ·Work to . Force of 2~4 -· Bf Ruth Cassidy .• .CSt+ll: Correspondent or tho Transcript) -NORTH BERWICK, Me., Oct.- 5Recreation-a -new business-is offering employment to more men each year ln its various branches as more people are finding time for play, especiallY outdoor play. Here at .. North Berwick there is a small concern, the Hussey Manufacturing Company, that- may be on its way· to become a much bigger business because .of this new trend. of the times. Philip . Hussey, manager, and · his father; A. .J •. Hussey, are optimistic ii.bout the future. They formerly employed ten · men and now hire twenty. Their'specialties are grandstands and .portable· bleachers, also equipment 1or winter and water sports. Just now Philip Hussey ls engineering the big Belknap county recreational'- center for summer- and winter spbrts, being bll1lt in Gilford, N. H.,. and he invites me to visit this d~velopment soon. · · · · The North. .B,e rwick Company, A. T. Spaulding, agent . and treasl,lrer, will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 1937. , The ·original , wooden mill, burned ·1n 1861,· was replaced in 1862 by• the present ·modem. !J'l"ick str~cture well lighted and adapted to 1ts pur~ose",'·the manufacture of ladier coatings and ·suitings · and mens white flannels. · · · Mill Employs 224 - Frover, Wentworth, Hammond, Weymouth, Abbott, . Nowell and Billings came from .Kittery. • The town was set off from Kittery in 'i713 .. Perhaps. ..half of the little community was made up of Friends or Quakers. -- Life in Berwick centered in the kitchen whl~h also wa~ diriing room and living room -in winter. ·In •the War of the Revolution this part. of ·Maine furnished a farge number· of men, · credited. to Massachusetts. At the battle ·of Saratoga, Captain , Ichabod Goodwin commanded a company enlisted wholly from Berwick. Berwick has some small industries, the Prime Tanning Company being. one. Somersworth, N. H., very hard hit during recent years, is better off now than it · has been for some time. Three shoe shops have had a good season and a new business development of promise is the Collea Corporation, manufacturing a synthetic leather. I talk t;o Harry Meader, Rochester's mayor, who is president of the new concern. The product ls in the experimental stage, he says, but has great possibilities for use in luggage,: and in shoes. · Somersworth had its beginning in 1823 when Isaac Wendall, a· Dover Quaker, made use of a waterfall on Gershom Horne's farm. The origlnal mill, a cotton mill, was called "Great Falls ,Manufacturing Company." The tragedy of Somerswor~h today · 1s that the modern brick . ml1ls, built in ·. 1919-20 to replace the . original mm, starid idle. Collection Ille Paintings .Th1s ·. mlll, '. 'always , .owned locally, York, Me'., Farmer Has a eropl.oys 100 ·P.er_, c~nt local help and Hobby of Picking Up Guns, has an average force of 224. Work was "fair here-even during depression of Which He Has 175 years. This yea,r, it .has been excellent; 'Fol' ·• many years North BerBy Ruth C!ssidy wick ..inllls belonged to D. A. Hurd. (Starr Corresponde nt oC tho T ra nscript) Mr. Hurd . presented to the town OGUNQUIT, Me., Oct. 2-Followits excellent library, known as tI:e D. ·A. Hurd memorial library. ~1s ing the tide of fashionable society wff e . . Mrs .. Mary R. Hurd, who died In summer from Maine, to Califoronly a ·few years ago, built .the fine nia or Florida In winter, ls a common firehouse. .The Willi~m .Hi}l fire company ·and fire station are named practice among persons who are emfor -her father. , Mrs. Hurd also left ployed in hotels and amusement $25 ooo· invested in a tr.ust fund, and houses. sUC.: acres of land to the town for a Some professional people and artnew school building wp.en one is i,;ts follow this same practice and needed. • f -probably one of the best-known ls During ·the first ninety years o the history of Maine; Berwick, North Nunzlo Vayana, che Spanish-Ameriand south Berwick were all parts can artist, who directs the Ogunquit of the town of Kittery. Later they Art Center In summer and now ls were known as -Berwick. Man~ resl- busy packing his canvases to go to .dents ·of- the .new .town participated Palm Beach, Fl~ .• where he directs the art center during the winter. in the French and Indian wars. Among early tamilles were Han- Mr. Vayana Is apologetic when I find son, Hussey, Meader, Roberts, him busy na!llng up a packing case. Nutter Quint and Ford who seem to "Many of the best things are gone," have c~m1Urom_Dover w):llle. hlstori- says he. "But I shall be glad to show ns believe Plaisted Kni ht Grant ou ·what ls left." "What is left" includes several paintings by Abbott Graves, noted Kennebunkport artist who died recently. I like especially his "New England Doorway" and I fancy I am familiar with the original. Then there is a still ll!e of an arrangement of garden flowers and lusterware which Interests me though I don't usually care much for that sort of thing. Today I stand breathless before Aldro Hubbard's "In Vermont," a winter scene painted in tones of blues and purples, violet, orchid and lavender-such a scene I have enjoyed upon a few rare occasions up in Limerick or Cornish ln late afternoon of a winter's day. Never had I hoped to find that a painter could record so faithfully the picture. It makes me feel almost as does s·u ch a picture in nature, awed, a little bit afraid and yet amazingly upllfted. When I mention this to Vayana he tells me tha~ he, too, has been moved profoundly by the ~cene and is tempted to buy the picture for himself. Entranced Before "The Lace Maker" I stand a long while before Jeane Freeman's "The Lace Maker of Bruges" seeing in the fair-haired figure, bent so patiently over her task, all of the serene submission and resignation of man's ideal of womanhood. Mr. Vayana teaches a limited class in summer. This Is his fourteenth annual exhibition. Even more interesting to me than the pictures and other works of art are his account of his Thursday night forums. For nine years these weekly forums have gone on during July and August. Prominent educators, writers, artists, scientists, philosophers, lawyers and others have led the discussions and their talks are followed by general discussion. The forum is open to the public. At York I call upon Mr. and Mrs . Howard R, Bang~. Mr. Bangs, son of John Kendrick Bangs, the late author, is owner,. publisher and editor of the Old York Transcript and Mrs. Bangs is his very able assistant and declares she'd rather be married to .a newspaper man than to a man In any other profession. When Mr. and Mrs. Bangs took over the Transcript a few years ago it was a dead paper. They have brought it back to life, are running ·off 1500 papers a week on their old, flat-bed press and Mr. Bangs, to my way of thinking, is the outstanding young Republican editorial writer o! New England today. His paper, a year round weekly visitor in homes of summer residents, has an influence out of all proportion to its modest size. At the Transcript office I get a tip that John B. Rogers, living on a farm in York, has a large and unusual collection of guns. So I rattle away. I .find Mr. Rogers surrounded by turkeys, hundreds of plump birds soon to be ready for the fall marke "My wife has charge of the turkey sa s Mr. Ro ers. �He is a tall, sparse Yankee, well along in years but with that ageless quality that makes many quite old men in this section seem like boys. His hair ls white. His eyes are blue, keen and overshadowed by bushy brows. They twinkle when I menUon guns. We go into the house. Veritable Arsenal In the downstairs living quarters I am shown half a dozen or so of Historic Weare Mansion May Pass From Private Han New England Landmark At Hampton Falls May; Be Purchased By Group Associated With . -·~ , National Association Of Architects .-.t;~1 modern guns, the old reliables Mr. One of New England's most hlstorlo J On September 1, 1824, the Marquis Rogers thinks he needs to have to d th d d the famous Governor of Lafayette s ppe ere an a handy for Pr otection of livestock and landmarks ' dressed the people of Hampton Falls property. His treasures are kept up- Weare Mansion at Hampton Falls, and surrounding towns from the comstalrs. Here he has a workship a nd may pass from private ownership into mon that fronts the house. I learn that besides being an expert the hands or a national organization Ever since it was constructed in .at repairing guns he ls a_ sml thy of interested in preserving houses prom- 1737 the house has been in. the posunusual ability and, in his younger tnent in early American history, it session of the Weare and Dow famildays, made many hand forged steel was learned recently. ies, and the room in which Washing... hunting knives which he sold. But The house, homo of the foremos;; ton slept has continued to be known. his real loves are his guns. He has figure in New Hampshire during and through the years, as the Washington 175 of them and has been collecting preceding the War of the Revolution, Chamber. In hla History of New since he was a schoolboy. He still ts understood to have aroused the in- Hampshire, Frank B. Sanborn tells oi has the first pair of pistols he ever terest o! a group connected with the visiting the Washington Chamber ot bought, pistols purchased for only National Association or Architects. the Weare Mansion back in the a few cents. Built in 1737 as a wedding present 1840's, and even describes the bed in He first shows me an Ingersoll life from his father-in-law to Meshech which Washington· slept. Sanborn saving gun, the type of gun used to wearo, the young Harvard graduate, himsel! may be remembered as the fire a charge that will carry a light who later became war President of man who later was arrested !or comcord or rope to which a heavier rope the colony and first post-war gover- pllclty in John Brown's raid on Harcan be attached. These guns are nor or the state, It became the visit- per's Ferry. useful during fires or marine dis- Ing place or several or the outstandThe old pine- panelling in the Wash• asters. Ing figures in the early history of the ington Chamber and other rooms and Then there ls the musket his country. halls of the house ls considered to be great-grandfather, Joseph ThompWeare, whom a later-day historian one of the best specimens in America., son, carried during the Revolution- described as a "New , Hampshire Lin- chiefly because of the fact that - t.o ary war and a French gun intro- coln or Revolutionary times," was the this day it has never been marred by duced Jn this country by Lafayette. recognized leader or New Hampshire's paints or other artiflcial finishes. The There are many guns of Civil War people-despite the presence of a house has been thoroughly modem• period. Experts have said there are royal governor - during the three !zed, but none of its old colonial fe~ but two elevating breech types of decades preceding the Revolution, and tures have been marred in the pro• confederate guns, but Mr. Roger!'. he was its chief firebrand during the cess.-New York Herald Tribune, has a third. He has an Evans rifle war. April, ;,14;,;,'...;l;:;9;;;37~._:""'r.":iW.-::~'.:,":'.:T of the same period that shoo~s Histories indicate that Washington twenty-:;ix crrtr!dges. Then there twice visited the Weare mansion, once ls the 56-50 Spencer rifle, the gun early in the summer of 1775, when he General Grant claimed was the be5t consulted Weare about the mobiliznused during the Civil War-a vicious tion of New Hampshire troops, and gun that would nearly blow a man once in the autumn or 1789, arter the to pieces. war was over and Weare was dead. There is a Kentucky rifle Of abo 11t Miss Anne Madison Washington, the' samti period and most of the great-great-grand-niece of WashingSpringfield carbines, rifles and ton, flew over the house on her widely muskets. ,There are: a sharpshooter's publlcized dawn-till-dusk flight with gun wi\.h a set trigger, Colts• from Major James H. Doolittle on July 25, 45 to 31 a Little Alright Lawrence 1932, when she was retracing the steps palm pistol dated 1876, a pair of of her illustrious ancestor. I Remington 44 powder and ball rePresident weare's daughter mar volvers, a German Mauser, a hand- rled a Revolutionary ofClcer, Major some tnodern rifle with a Circasslan Joseph Dow, and on July 12, 1817, walnut stock, a Massachusetts rifle, James Mdnroe, then President or the a harpoon gun used for tuna fishing. United states, called at the house And besides there are English and and visited Major Dow, who had been Ameri~Jl sporting guns and a fine Monroe's superior officer on the batcollection of swords including one tleflelds of .the Revolution. Dow . had from the South Sea Island with the reputation of being somewhat of shark's teeth on the blade. a "wag" and some or his repartee with Another interesting relic In the Monroe is still recorded. collection ls the saddle from which,---~~--------~.,...._. r:::1i~::1~~:::;i~;:::;~;;;s;;:i:::~~iji~iiiii Daniel. son, Colonel Fiet«.hN;... Webster's Web~ter, colonel of the F Massachusetts 12th Cavalry, was shot and killed at the battle o! Bull Run. Tomorrow's article will be about the Berwlcks, historical and manufacturln!] towns. �pp. 73 Adams, Rev. Joseph Laighton, Oscar 74 Am. Legion Home 80, 96-97 Moffatt-Lnr1d Ilouse 38 Berwick, Me. 3 Navy Day, 1937 81-84 Book Vleek, 1937 92 No.vy Yard.-- Edison's visit 85 Bowen, Maria 23 lJew Castle.- VJalbach tower 24 City Council 21, 53-4, 79 New Castle.- 'vii tches 100 Civil War veterans 92 Crawford Notch 74 Dover, N.H.-Massacre 39-41 Ducker, George H. 75 Eliot, Me.-War memorial 42-13 Family Welfare Ass 1 n. 90 Federal Fire Society 90 Fire Co.- Col Sise 72 Fernald family 89 Folsom, Channing 34 Gosport Restoration 33 Griffin, Ichabod G. 72 Halliburton, Richard 102 Hewitt, Leonard 80 Isles of Shoals.- Smutty Nose murder 25-2G 72 N. E.- Boundryrnarker 30 N. H.- Coast Guo.rd 48-19 .. F t.T J..&.. - B'ed. of Garden Clubs 86-88 N. H.- Seacoast Music l•'estival, 1937 N. H.- State police 77, 88 Newington,1-'N. H.- Bloody Pt. 44 Oqun,q ui t 2-4 , Me • Oracle house 37 Otis family 39-40 _Parent-Teacher's Association 98 Piscataqua Pioneers 39-41 Portsr:wuth 69-71 Home Industries Portsmouth 1Iistorical Society 73 Portsmouth, England.- Visit of the mayor of 51, 53 Railway Mail Association Roberts, Kenneth Jones, John Paul 78 Kittery, Me. 2 Rockingham Co. Animal Rescue Lea~ue 94 Kittery, Me.- Colonial Sunday 34 Hye, N. H.- Bethany Con£_;regational church 95 Kittery, Me.- Historic houses Rye, N. II.- Landing Field 36 15, 19-20 Schools. - V!oodbury Kittery Hist. Society 56 16 Kittery, Me.- Spruce Cr:eek Dam Sise Company 32 23, 105 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~==:1.'l:mw~~~~~~~~==litl:Q:l-.a::m=.,...iawaf.1 �Lltecplcjacks 10 3torer Post. G. A. R. 91 Str8.tham, N. 11.Corn .tuni Ly Church 93-94 'l'havr, J\ lexanclcr B. 75 Tolstoy, Co ntess 09-90 u. s. Constitution.- Sesquicentennial U. s. s. Sculpin 57,59-63 65-66 52 U. S. S. Snapper 45--0.G U. S. S. Stincay 76 Tiarner hou3c 17 weo.'<' e.. mo.v-.sio'l'i. L\ Wentworth, bert 64 ~olfeboro- 0 entworth House 106 Y. 1/. C. /\. 71, 73, 91 Yorl'::, rte.- 11 Parson I•,, oody Sunday" 35 �THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SEACOAST MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION presents in concert Saturday, July IO, I9J7, at 5 o'clock, Mrss YouNG D.s.r. LucREZIA BoRI, Guest Soloist MusICIANS' with the ORCHESTRA, Fabien Seuitzky, Conductor Sunday, July II, I9J7, at 5 o'clock, D.s.r. THE FABIEN SEVITZKY ENSEMBLES under the direction of FABIEN SEVITZKY and the NEW HAMPSHIRE UNITED CHOR US NORMAN LEAVITT, Conductor No admission charge to Members of the Association Non-Membership admission for Miss Bori's Concert, $2.00 Non-Membership admission for other concerts, $I.OO Boxes, each containing ten seats and admitting to all performances, $50.00 Donations are solicited in order that the Association may build up a fund with which it will be enabled from year to year to further its aims for education and entertainment, and to engage other famous guest artists. ADMISSION TICKETS AND DETAILED ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE SENT TO MEMBERS AT A LATER DATE In case of rain on Saturday, 'July IO, the concert with Miss Bori will be held on Sunday, 'July II, at 5 o'clock,D.S.'I'. on the Opera Field (weather permitting) or in the Portsmouth 'I'heatre, Chestnut and Congress Streets, Portsmouth, N. H. In case of rain on Saturday, the orchestral and choral concerts scheduled for Sunday, 'July I I, will be held on Saturday, 'July IO, in the Portsmouth 'I'heatre, at 5 o'clock, D.S.'!'. �MRS. ARTHUR L. IIOBSON, l• OUNDF.R AND FABIEN SEVITZKY, Music DIRECTOR OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SEACOAST MU S IC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION (Inco rporated under the la ws or the Sta te of New Ha mpshire) have the honor and pleas1t1"e to announce as guest artist for the Fifth Annual Festival MISS LUCREZIA BORl PRIMA DONNA SOPRANO Saturday, 'July at 5 IO, Nineteen Thi?·ty Seven P. M., D. S. '(_ MISS BORI will be //J(' soloist with !hi' YO U N C J\1 U SI C I A N S ' 0 RC H E ST RA under the direction of FABIEN SEVITZKY on the Opera Field of the ARTHUR L. fl013SON ESTATE LITTLE DOAR'S HEAD NEW HAMPSIIIRE �Fabien Sevitzky ABIEN SEVITZKY, internationally-known conductor, was born in Russia, of a musically talented family. Starting his career in America as a double bass player in the Philadelphia Orchestra, Mr. Sevitzky rose rapidly to leadership and has appeared as guest conductor of many distinguished orchestras in this country and in Europe. One of his outstanding achievements was the organization of the Philadelphia Sinfonietta, which he conducted for I I years. For the last five years conducting in Boston, Mr. Sevitzky now has been engaged as conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for the next three years. Coupled with Fabien Sevitzky's talented orchestral leadership is his success in organizing and perpetuating groups of young musicians, giving them the inspiration and benefit of his own rare musical ability. With the Young Musicians' Orchestra and the Fabien Sevitzky Ensemble of Boston, Mr. Sevitzky has directed a music festival each year for the last five years, with performances given at Little Boar's Head, New Hampshire. F �Miss Lucrezia Bori a great singer, a great personality, Miss Bori was born on Christmas D:i.y in Valencia, Spain. Coming from a musical family, it was not unusual that she made her debut at an early age as l\licaeb in "Carmen." Two years as a schnlar in Milan and then a season in Buenos Aires naturally led to an engagement with the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York. With this company, she made her debut in "Manon." With thunderous acclaim ringing in her ears, this marked the beginning of one of the most illustrious careers in the history of opera in this country . But for Miss Bari, most people will agree, the Metropolitan Opera Company would not be in existence today. During depression years, realizing the impending collapse of the Metropolitan Opera Company, Miss Bari devoted all of her time to person;il appe:i.rances and broadcasts in an untiring effort to interest the American public in supporting through popular subscription the most famous musical shrine in America. With the generous assistance of all members of the Metropolitan Opera Company and the spontaneous philanthropy of Americ:111 music lovers, Miss Hori was successful. Miss Bori now is a member of the Bo:i.rd of Directors of the Metropolitan Opera Company. Exquisite charm, simple dignity, superb voice, make a recital by Miss Lucrezia Bari a rare experience. A GREAT ARTIST, �rou are cordially invited to become a member and sponsor of the NEw HAMPSHIRE SEACOAST Music FESTIVAL AssocrATION OBJECT: To promote, cultivate, foster, encourage and stimulate musical entertainment and festivals of every nature, kind and description, with especial emphasis on providing facilities and opportunities for yozmg musicians, singers and composers to demonstrate their talent and for all young people to advance their interest and education in good music. HISTORY: Our festival began in 1933 with a musical picnic by a group of young people who had formed a Young Musicians' Orchestra and a vocal ensemble, under the direction of Fabien Sevitzky. Each year these two groups and their director have returned to Little Boar's Head and presented their music out of doors. In 1934 they gave Cavalleria Rusticana. In 1935 The New Hampshire Garden Clubs joined with them in three days of pageants, dancing, pantomime, and garden exhibitions, culminating in an open air performance of two acts of Verdi's Aida, by the Fabien Sevitzky Ensembles under his leadership. An audience of four thousand people attended the Opera. By 1936 the Festival had grown to two days devoted entirely to music. The varied program included the Fabien Sevitzky Ensembles; the New Hampshire United Chorus; Maria Koussevitzky, soprano soloist; and an open air opera given by the Ensembles under Mr. Sevitzky's direction. MEMBERSHIP: To promote the object of the Association as set forth above, any person may become a member upon the payment of one dollar ( 1.00); or may become a sponsor by the contribution of such amount as he may wish. ��Orchestra Aria from opera, La Boheme, Mi Chiamano Mimi ........ Puccini D Bacio •...••....•.•••••••••. ArdlU Mensaje .. ........ .•.••.... . Footer Miss Bori Polovetzl.an Dances-from the opera Prince Igor .. ....... .... Borodlne Chorus and Orchestra • • • ... Sunday, 12 P. M. L1JCREZIA BORI The governors of three New England states, Ma.ssachusetts,-New°Hampshin! and I/Caine, have accepted invitations to attend the New Hampshire Seacoast Mmic Festival, opening at Little Boar's Head tomorrow afternoon. Governors Francis P. Murphy of New Hampshire, Louis Barrows of Maine and Charles F. Hurley of Ma.ssachwetts plan to attend e Saturday session o! the festival. Governor Barrows will arrive here by f!, while Mrs. Barrows wm motor om Bangor durinf the afternoon. as.follows: Saturday, 5 P. M. Lucrezla. Ifori, guest artist; 8evitzky Ensembles; United New a., ..,.,, 1,:.,.,11':.,iwHampshire Chorus, Fabien sevltzky conducting. America ........... . .......... Bloch Two Movements from the New World Symphony ...... . ........ Dvorak Orchestra Giant Fugue-Wir Glauben All' an . Einen Gott ....... .. ....... Bach (Transcribed by Fabien sevitzky) Air-Deh Vieni Non Tardar, from The Marriage of Figaro ........... . Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Gavotte from the opera, Manon .... • , . . ................ .. .. Massenet ••••...... .. .........• DeFalla Miss Bori Intermission Tom sawyer •.•.••••••.. DubenllltY Eight Rwiaian songs, •• : ..•... ;L!adoff Chant Rellgieux Chant de Noel Complainte Chant Comique 'Legende ~es 01.soaux l3erceuse .Ronde Cboeur et · Fanfares for brass, by A. Llador and A . Glarounor Written for 25th anniversary of N. Rimsky-Korsakov Bach-Suite for brnss ensemble, (Arranged by P. Gordon) a. March b. Chorale c. Minuet d. Chorale Mozart-serenade No. Cl in D major for solo string quintet and string orchestra with timpani Soloist.s-Theador Podnos, 1st violin; T. Leutz, 2nd violin; J. Lipson, viola; I. Coffin, cello; H . Portnol, doble bass; L . Mayfield, timpani Handel ............... Complainte Liador, Scotch folksong .... complainte (Transcribed by F. sevitzky) Sunday, 5 P. M. Soloists-Phebe Davison, soprano; Edna Merritt, mezzo-soprano; Howard Harrington, tenor; Norman M. Leavitt, baritone; Theador Podnos, violin Fabien Sevitzky Ensembles New Hampshire United Chorus F'~blen Sevltzky conducting Requiem .. ... .....••..... . Mozart Dies Irae Tuba Mirum Rex Tremendae Recordare Lacryme&a Sanctus ..(", Trombone solo-Tuba ~b:um by Rebert Harper I··~ ·~ for .V\olin .. ... Mendels.sohn Concerto• 1st Movemern-..- · • • Theador PodnOll Intermission CoronaUon March ........ Meyerbeer Enchanted Castle ........ .... Hadley Voices of Spring <waltz) ...... Straru.s o. Vermeland, Swedish folksong (Transcribed by S. E. Davidoff) The Nights O'Spring Frances McCol1ln The Bells ................ .. Foote Plnlandia ............. ... Sibelius •.......•.•.... .. .. . Bloch ·,· New England Musical Festival Season Opens On July 10th and 11th, the current summer festlval season in New England was inaugurated with the New Hampshire Seacoast Music Festival Assoclatlon's fifth annual music festival on the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson at Little Boar's Head, N. II. Three concerts were given within the two days, conducted by Fabien Sevitzky. The assisting artist was Luorezia Bori, l'.ate or the Metropolitan Opera, and the orchestra was composed of the instrumental section of the sevitzky Ensembles. The choral portion of the program was sung by the combined forces of the Sevltzky Vocal Ensembles and the United New Hampshire c:~orus, of w!'lch Norman Leavitt ls conductor. The program for the opening concert comprised "America" by Bloch. Two Movements from D·,otak's New World Symphony, "Wlr Glauben All' an Einen Gott" by Bach, transcribed for orchestra by Fabien Sevitzky, "Deh vienl non tardar" from "The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart, the Gavotte from "Manon" by Massenet, DeFalla's "Jota," Dubensky"s "Tom Sawyer," Eight Russlan Songs arranged by Lladoff, "Mlchlamano Miml" from "La Boheme" by . Puccini Il baclo by Ardlti, Mensaje by Foster and the Polovetzian Dances from •'Prince Igor" by Borodine. The second concert program listed Fanfares for Brass by Llador and Glarounor, a Suite for Brass Ensemble adapted from Bach by Gordon, Serenade No. 6 in D major by Mozart, for solo string qulntette, string orchestra and timpani, a Sarabande by Handel and Comp lalnee by Liador. The final concert brought forward Phebe Davison, soprano, Edna Merritt, mezzo-soprano, Howard Harrington, tenoJ.1 and Norman Leavitt, baritone, as soloists, together with Theodor Podnos, violinist, the Sevltzky Ensembles and the New Hampshire United Chorus. This program opened with Mozart's Requiem with trombone solo by Robert Harper, and proceeded to one movement of a violin Concerto by Mendelssohn, the Coronation March by Meyerbeer, Hadley's Enchanted Castle, the Voices of Spring Waltzes by Strauss and the Swedish Folk Song O. Vermeland, transcribed for chorus and orchestra by Davidoff. Frances McColl!n's "Nights O' Spring" together with works hy Foote, Sibelius and Bloch were also included, but an untimely shower prevented their performance. It has always been the hope or Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson, founder and president of the New Hampshire Seacoast Musical Festival Association that these festivals should emphasize the work of youthful musicians and t11at they might increasingly bring to notice not only youthful performers of undeniable talent, but also the works of youthful composers of unusual ab!llty. Partially at least, this hope was realized this ~ear, as both chorus and orchestra were probably eighttenths young people, yet the actual accomplishment of each group was marked by distinctly seasoned characteristics. Under the sympathetic �baton of Mr. Sevitzky, the orchestra played with a control which was remarkable. Attacks and rc4eases were clean cut and decisive, and while the power to build huge climaxes is not yet fully developed, the group plays with evident undersla nding of what is expected of it. The various skills it has acquired were especially noticeable In the accompaniments which supported Miss Borl. Entire absence of fumbling marked the work of the group at this point. As for Miss Borl herself, she was in the mood and gave her listeners some moments of nue enjoyment. The choral singing also gave pleasure, although the tonal balance 01 the four choirs is not as yet perfected. Artistically speaking, however one could find llLtle wit,h which to q~arrel. Young Mr. Podnos, who is concert master of the orchestra, received the acclaim of his audience with becoming modesty. His tone is excellent an-d his musicality evident. Of the· vocal soloists, Mr. Leavitt proved the most interesting. His voice is of fine quality and Is well used. Miss Merritt and Mr. Harrington also sang well, but Miss Davison was unequal to the demands made upon her. No review of this festival should close without a tribute to the engineer who set up the amplifying system. New Hampshire Seacoast Music Festival At Opera Field at Arthur L. Hobson Estate, Little Boar's Head A~ B o'clock Thia Afternoon. J' \ \ 0 • Lucr,.:da Bori, guest artists Fabien Sevitzky Ensembles; United New Hampshire Chorus, Fabien Sevitzky _ conducting. Miss Borl will sing "Jota" by DeFalla, aria from opera "La Boheme", "Mi Chiamano Mimi" by Puccini; "II Bado" by Arditti and "Mensaje" by FosAt 12 Noon On Sunday Orchestral Serenade - soloists, Theador Podnos, first violin1 T. Leutz, second violinJ J. Lipson, viola1 I. Co(·~ fin, cello1 H. Portnoi, double bass; L. Mayfield, timpani. At 5 P. M. Sunday Sevitzky Ensembles, New Hampshire Chorus, Fabien Sevitzky, conductingJ soloists, Phebe Davison, soprano; Edna Meritt, mezzo-soprano; Howard Harrington, tenor; Norman M. Leavitt, baritone; Theador Podnos, violin. ~ �Lu~rezia .Bori, Guest Star, Fa.b~en Sevitz y Ensembles And u_.ited New Hampshire Chor.- us Share Honors At Fifth An- nual Event At Estate Of -Mr. An Mrs.·Arthur Hobson At Little oar.'s Head from the opera "Prince Igor" by Borodlne, The program was as follows: America .................... Bloch Two Movements from the New World Symphony .............. . Dvorak Orchestra Giant Fugue-Wir Glaubcn All' an Eh1en Gott ......... ....... Bach (Transcribe by Fabien Sevltzky) Orchestra Arla, "Deh Vien! Non Tarar" from "The Marriage of Figaro" .... ...• • • • • • . Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Gavotte from the opera Manon .... • . . . . . . . . . . . : ....... Massenet Jota •............. .. ..... . DeFalla Miss Bori Intermission Tom SawYer .............. Dubensky Eight Russian songs ..•........ Lladofl Chant Rellgleux ,_ Chant de Noel Complainte Chant Comique Legende de Olsoaux Berceause Ronde Choeur et Danse Orchestra Aria, "Mlchiam:mo Mimi" from the opera "La Boheme" . . . . . Puccini II Bacio .................... Ardlti Mensaje Polovelzian Dances, from lhe opera, "Prince Igor" ............ Borodine Chorus and Orchestra Reception for Opera Star In the bright July sunshine and Gaturday Program fanned by ocean breezes nearly 5000 Fabien Sevitzky, conducting, and his persons from the eastern section of the 'Ensembles opened their part in the United States enjoyed the fifth annual' afternoon program with the orchestraNew Hampshire Seacoast Music Festi- t.tion of "America" by Bloch, followed by val ·at the spacious estate of Mrs. Arthur'. Two Movements from the New World L. Hobson at Little Boar's H~ad Satur- ' Symphony by Dvorak and a transcrlpday and Sunday. tlon of the conductor, Giant Fugue, Miss Lucrezla Bori, f~med Metropoll- "Wir Glauben All' an Elnen Gott" by tan Opera soprano, was the guest art-' Bach. ~t and sang two groups of solos and on I In her first outdoor concert Miss Bori the program also were Fabien sevitzky' was acclaimed by music lovers as having and his Ensembles and the United New given one of her most outstanding sueHampshire Chorus..- Sunday at noon cesses. Her first group of songs inthere .was a short orchestral serenade, eluded the aria, "Deh Vien! Non Tardar" followed by. an orchestral and vocal con- from "The Marriage of Figaro" by Moce.t with Phebe Davison, soprano; Etlna zart, "Gavotte" from the opera "ManMerritt, mezzo-soprano; Howard Har- ' on" by Massenet, and "Jota" by Derington, tenor; Norman M. Leavitt. Falla. Miss Bori was given an ovation baritone, and Theodor Podnos, violinist, at the close of her group of songs and as the soloists. was recalled to the stage time and The festlval was opened at 5 o'clock time again. Everyone was delighted Saturday afternoon by the presentation with the brilliancy and charm of Miss of flowers from the .State Federation Borl's voice and her sparking personalof Women's Clul:is to Mrs. Hobson, a ity. member of the Federation and presiAfter an intermission the program dent and founder of the festival by Mrs. was resumed, with the orchestra playLouis Elkins, president of the Federa- ing "Tom SawYer" by Dubensky, and a tion, who said, "To me has come a great group of eight Russian Songs, Including honor, that is, to represent the women "Chant de Noel," "Berceause," "Chant of this beloved state of ours and open Comique," "Legende des Oisoaux," this music festival. From the moun- "Chant Religieux," by Lladoff. ta.ins to the sea the women of the state _Miss Borl's second group Included the are sending to Mrs. Hobson greetings aria "Mlchiamano Mimi" from the opthis day. God has given us music to era "La Boheme" by Puccini, "II Bacio" clear our souls. God has given us now- by Arditi and "Mensaje" by Foster. ers to give to those we love. You, Mrs. During both groups of the songs by the Hobson, have brought us music and to, opera star Mr. Sevitzky conducted the you we give these fl9wers to represent' Ensembles. our love and apprectation.'' The United New H'.impshire Chorus and orchestra concluded the Saturday program with the "Polovetzian Dances" I Miss Borl, the guest artist at festival, was honored at a reception given by Mr. and Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller at palallal Runneymcde-hy-lhe-Sea. Nearly 400 1!,t!,_ended_ the reception, ' .,' 1 1 / I I which wa~ held at 9 o'clock Saturda~j'. evenln~.: dl!ring ,which a }?u(fet lunch was served. In the reception llne :was Miss Borl, Mr. and. Mrs. Fullcr.' and Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson. This was a brilliant a-ttalr and one o! tho outstanding events of the festlval. I ' The Orchestral Serenade at . nooh Sunday was listened to by an apprecia Uve audience and the program consisted of two beautlfµl and' difficult nuni~ )lers which brought out to perfection the ability o! the musicians. The opening 11umber was the Sulte •for Brass Ensem~_.-.~"<-<,_,. pie by Bach, arranged ·by P. Gordon, 11-nd consisted Q! th~ March, Chorale a"nd Minuet. \ ,- ! ' The second n'umbe~- was Mozart's Serenade In D MaJo 7, for solo, string qulntette and string orchestra, with tympani and this was beautifully done. The string qulntette was made up of Theodor Podnos, 1st violin; J. Lipson, vlolo; H. Portnoi, double bass; T. Le,ntb, second violin; I. Cotrln, cell~. Tbe tympani were played by L. Mayfielµ I Sunday Afternoon Concert I The final concert of the festival on ~he opera Field scored a 'succ~ss a~d tjlo\lsands attended the performance, whlt:h was shortened by four numbers ~c11,use of rain. . The soloists deserve 'much credit !or their very fine work in this pNgram. The vocalists rendered Mozart's "Requiem," w th the followtng movements: �Dies Irae, Tuba Mirum, Rex Tremendae, Recordare, Lacrymosa and Sanctus. · Robert· Harper, tro~bonist In the Ensembles, gave a fine solo, "Tuba Mirum," while Theodor Podnos played the first movement of Mendelssohn's "Concerto for Violin." · · After . intermission a group of selections by the Ensembles nnd United New' Hampshire Chorus, conducled by Mr. Sevltzky, was given. The group included "Coronation March" by Meyerbeer, "Enchanted Castle" by Hadley, "Voices of Spring" by Strauss and a transcription by S. E. Davidoff of "O Vermeland," a Swedish folksong. The program as rendered was as follows: Requiem .... , . . . . . . . . . . . . • Mozart Dies Irae Tuba Mirum Rex Tremendae Recordare Lacrymosa Snnctus Trombone solo-"Tuba Mirum" Robert Harper ., 1 Concerto For Violin , . . . Mende1ssohn • 1st Movement ' Theodor Podnos .. ; , · . , INTERMISSION Coronation March . . . . . . . . Meyerbeer Enchanted Castle ........... ,. Hadley Voices of Spring (Waltz) , .. Stt-o.uss , 0. Vermeland-Swe<;llsh Folk Song , Photo by Portsmouth Herald Staff Photographer (Transcribed by S. ]!:. , Davidoff) • TWO FOltMl.m GOVERNORS ENJOYING FESTIVAL At the conclusion of the progr~m Formc1· Gov. Huntley N. Spaulding of New Hampshire and former Gov Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson ~resented the • soloists o! the aftcrnoo\1 and members · Alvan T. Fuller of Massachuse tts at Musical l~estival. Mrs. Helen Champlin of Rochester, In field, Mrs. • Mildred Nye, Mrs. Ethel L. -.,,.,'1f::.fil. of the Fabien Sevltzky Enseq1bl~l! and ; Mr. Sev!tzky with muslc folios as a tok- , behalf of the New H~mpshire F edera- Nelson, Miss Bernice Remick and en o! hei; friendship and appreciation, tion of Garden Clubs, of which Mrs. Mrs. ·, Arthur George. for their interest and the work, .they Hobson is a member, presented Mrs. , Contralto~Miss Ethel Knowles Miss had done to make the festival an . oµt- Hobson with a corsage Sunday after- Mildred Goodwin, Miss Ern'estine noon and expressed the pleasure of the Hayes, Miss Harriet ' Spinney, Miss standing success. In presenting the folios Mr~. Hobson members Jn having her as one of !,hem Stella ' Glidden, Miss Doris rr. Trafand !,heir appreciation or Lhe music !,ho.I, ton, Miss June Goodwin, Miss 'Fransaid: Miss : Ethel Bouvier "This being the fifth annil(crsary of has been brought to the N. H. seacoas t ces DeWolfe Miss Ethel AJ.1derson, 'M rs. Edith War~ the festival I want to present the mem- through her efforts. The committee of hostc ~ses for the ren, ' Mrs. Gertrude Hobbs, Mrs. Jenber11 of the Fublen Sevltzky Ensembles, who have been with us for the past five festival was Mrs. John P. Wingate of nie Marston, Mrs. Hazel Hayes, Mrs. •~n-•... , Mrs. Will!am Gladys Chick, Mrs. Edna Claus, Mrs. years, wltl;l. a little girt as a remem- Hampton, chairman; Champl!n of Rochester, Mrs. Ruth Gil- Louise Teague, Mrs. Fanny Fernald, brance of these pleasant occasions. "We hope that the festivals will con- man of Arlington, Mass .. Mrs. W!ll!am Mrs. Emma Muchmore, Mrs. Ruth tinue and the members of the orchestra E. Marvin. Mrs. F. W . Hartford, Mrs. Brown, Mrs i Dorothy Knight and chorus who are not mentioned to- John Mitchell and Mrs. Charles Amhoff Tenors-Edward Seavey, Albert Goodday w!!l I~ due time recl'lve their of Portsmouth. Mrs. Alfred Rosser of win, Charles Davis, · Clarence Schlrn,ye and Mrs. Harry Bailey of Rye mer, Louis ' , Nadreau, Charles . Thiawards. · beault, Ha,:vlln Jordon, Louis: Na"I wish to thank everyone who has Brach. 1 dreau. ', • helped make this festival a success and l\1:cmhc1·s of Chorus the public for their generous and conBasses-Robert Cieveland,- Daniel The members of the Uniterl New t1t1ued support." Hampshire Chorus were as follows: Smith, Wllltam Page, Maynard' Douglas, Norman Witham, Origen Teague, As a complete surprise Mr. Sevitzky Norman Leavitt, Conductor. Clifton Peterson, gave Mrs. Hobson an appreciation Sopranos-Miss Evelyn Drake, Miss Oscar VaugJ'\an, plaque from himself and members of his Doris Bailey, Miss Mary Lyon Per- James' Morrison, Dewey Vincent \ Ber-w.i:-·:~;:,:.,,;, Ensembles. On the right side of the kins, Miss Edith Harris, Miss Eula I nard Young, Mark Ricker, Rev. lawbo9k-shapcd plaque were the names of P.arahley, Miss Mary Brown, Miss rence Nye and James Morrison Accompanlst-An'los Moody. . · the donors and a resume or the history Ladora Davis, Miss Marjorie Pray, Secretary...:..Edlt.h Harris. · of 1the festivals held at Little Boar's Miss Edith Shannon, Miss Caroline Head the past five years. On the left McKnight, Miss Rebecca Shedd, Miss Patrons and Patronesses , side of the plaque was inscribed the fol- Marlon Hf~rsey, Miss Josephine MoulThe Patrons and Patronesses' were_,,,.,;.,!~,,. lowing: ton, Miss ,Neille ,Barnaby, ·Miss Mar- as follows-Governor and Mrs. ,FranTo tha ·Boutwell, Mis.~ Grace Vickery; cis P. Murphy, Governor and Mrs. Our Friend and President, Miss · Constance Popoff, Mrs. Anna Lewis 0. Barrows, Governor and Mrs. MRS. ARTHUR L. HOBSON, Gillmore, Mrs. Mildred Hussey, Mrs. Charles F. Hurley, Senator and Mrs. On the Fifth Annivf'rsary Mattie Perkins, Mrs. Ruth Wood, Mrs. H. Styles. Bridges, Hon. and Mrs. I Of Harriet Richardson, Mrs. Coni. Wit- Charles M. Dale, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 1 New Hampshire Music Festival ham, Mrs. Edith Bartholic, · Mrs. Mary Amhof!, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Balley, 1933-1[17 Shaw MacMahon, Mrs. Mary Living- Mr. and Mrs. Roland Baker, Colonel from ston, Mrs. Marltta Davis, Mrs. Flo- and Mrs. William A. Barron, Mr. and FABIEN SEVITZKY l'ence White, Mrs. Betty Gobbi, Mrs. Mrs. Fred Batchelder, Mrs. H. Beach, And his Ensembles Ethel Seavey Hill, Mrs. Edith Little- C. 0. Birchard, Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Young Musicians Orchestra Vocal Ensemble �• ;soeric~e, Miss_ 'rhelma Brackett, Mr. , and Mrs. Everett _,Bradley, Mrs. John '.Breckenridge, ! Alfred Brinkler Franz E. Btirgstaller," Mr. and Mrs. 'William · · Champlin: Mrs. William Chapman, Mts. Margaret· · Cone, · Dr. and ·Mr!I'. Richard Currier, · Mr. · and Mrs. Frederick Converse; . Royal Dadmun, Mrs. Chester P; · Davis, Mrs: LaFell Dickinson, · Admiral · and Mrs. Douglas E. Dismukes, · Joy · ·now, Mr. · and ·· Mrs. Louis P. 'Elkins, Dr". and Mrs. Fred Engelhardt, Mrs. E. C. · Evans, Arthur :F:iedler, Mr. e,nd ·Mrs. A: Lincoln. . Filene; Mrs. William Arms Fish.: er: Mrs. Arthur Foote, Simes Frink, Hon,. and Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller, _Mr. arid .Mrs. James A: Funkhouser, Mr. and · Mrs. · Frederick Gibby, · ·Mr. and Mrs: .Harry · Gibby, Mrs. Helen S. Gilman; -Edwin Franko Goldman, Dr. Edv/ard · Goodman, ·· Mr. and Mrs. F. U. ·. Gowell, Mr. and Mrs. John K. Gowen, 'Jr., Maj. _a nd Mrs. A. Erland Goyette, · Edith Noyes Greene, Roy Greene, Maj. Charles Greenman, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Griffith, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Hall, Mrs. Fuller Halsey, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hartfol'd, Mrs. ' Marjorie · Hewitt, Ewing Hin; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hinckley, Mr. ' and Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson, Jr., jiiHn L, Hobson, Mr. arid Mrs. Rob- ' ert Hoffman, Miss Helen Hood, . Mrs. Jett~r Horton, Mrs. Mary Howe, Mr. arid t Mrs. Frederick Johnson, Miss Martha ~imball, '. Lt. Col. and Mrs. Frank Knox, Walter Kramer, Ar- • thur A:-:r,anders-:-Mr. and Mrs: Howard Lane,· Albert P: Langtry, Mr._ and Mrs. Arthur G. Leacock, Patrick Lo~gan; ··Mr. and· Mrs. George B. !'ord, Mr. and Mrs. ·Joseph M. Lucier, Mrs. Edward MacDowell, Mrs. · Charles D. Manning, _, Prof. Robert W. Manton, Capt. and ·Mrs. -C. G. Mayo, Mrs. Edward Garrett McColl!n, Miss Frances McCoffin, Mrs. Charles Merrlll, Mr. and . Mrs. John· L. Mitch~ll, Richard :Mooney, Anne Carroll Moore, Miss Elizabeth O'Neil, Mr. . and Mrs. Kilby .. P. - Osborn, Hon. Frederick G. Payne, Mr. and - Mrs. John Perkins, Mrs, ,Mattie , Perkins, Dr. ..and Mrs, , Louis Perry, · Mr. and Mrs. S,hirl~y Pilllbri~k. Mr; . and Mrs. Frank W. Raridall, Mr. and ;Mrs. Alvin Redd_en;' M11. and .Mrs. Alfred Rosser, Mrs. Elizabeth ROwan, Judge, and Mrs. Heriry Ai Shute, Mrs. Sara Simpson, . Dr, Nikolai Sokoloff, Mrs. Robert Southworth Hon. and Mrs.- Huntley N, Spaulding, Hon. John W. Storrs, 'J?r. and Mrs. Charles P. Sylvester, Miss Lucy Taggart; Miss 'Addie 'E. Towne, Mrs." Edgar ,Tregoning, Dr. and Mrs. Wallis D.- Walker, Mrs. W; B. Whee7. lock,• ·o. Bertrand Whitman, Harri Wbittemore, Mr. an(! Mrs; Stowe Wilde~, . Mrs. Josephine Wiltbank, , Mr; al).d, Mrs. John Paine Wingate, _ 114,l,ss Ellen Winsor and Mrs. Mary I. .Wood, ·,A: ! '1• ·5' 0 FESTIVA History of Festival , Back in 1933 the music festival waa conceived at Little Boar's Head under the sponsorship of Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson,· It was first a musical picnic by ·a group -of young people who had formed a Young Musicians Orchestra, undeithe direction of Fabien Sevitzky, Each year they presented their musi9 out of doors on the opera field, In 1934 they gave the opera "Cavalleria Rustlcana" and in 1935 the New Hampshire Federation of Garden Cl~bs joined them In three days of pageants, pantomime, dancing and garden exhibitions. In that year the outstanding part of the music festival will be recalled as the opera "Aida" by Verdi. Last year there _ was another presentation of "Cavallerla Rustlcana." At the music festival this summer many outstanding critics attended and all gave high praise to the event. Tribute to Musicians Conductor Sevitzky preved his youthful musicians to be well _trained and he paid tribute to them by retiring to a corner of the stage during half the "Coronation March" by Meyerbeer and theJI rendered the balanr.e of the difflcul~ number undirected. In Receiving Line at Runneymed~ At the reception for Miss Lucrezia Borl, guest artist at the festival, Saturday evening in Runneymede-by-theSea, Miss Borl, ex-Gov. and Mrs. Alvan T, Fuller and Mr. and ·Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson were in the receiving line. Portsmouth Boy Scouts Assist Boy Scouts of the troop sponsored· by St. John's Episcopal Church assisted at the festival in many ways. Some were aides for the festival officials, some ·attendants at the first aid station ' and others gave general assistance to the spectators. ' · Conductor at Indianapolis Fabien Sevltzky, who for the past five years has been conducting In Boston, has been engaged as conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for the next three years. Authot· of Opera Present Edith -Noyes Green of Framingham, who was the first woman in America to write an opera, was among the outstanding musicians present. She is -the founder and past president of the Music Lovers Club of Boston and founder of the first MacDowell Club in the United States. �. v ART EXHIBITION~ATTRACTS MANY Ogunquit, Me., July 13.-The 15th exhibition of the Ogunquit Art Association attracted visitors from many of the summer colonies along the coas't Sunday. It is one of the best exhibitions the association has held and includes some notable portraits, landscapes and marines by wellknown artists, The portrait o! an old lady by Gertrude Fiske or Concord, Mass., is one of the outstanding pictures. "The Trio" by ·Ada Williamson,· Is a distinctive group, and the portrait of· a Mexican boy by Susan Ricker Knox is attracting much attention. TRAFFIC ALMOST 26,000 CARS .IN 24-HOURS The count o! all pleasure cars, trucks nd' busses passing in both directions ~ver the Memorial bridge between New Hampshire . and Maine reveals almost 26,000 motor vehicles passing over the bridge during the 24 hours of Sunday. The exact figure as recorded by_the New Hampshire Highway Department counters is 25,981. The traffic !or Saturday and -Si!nday is tabulated as follows: Saturday, July 24 Cars-22,179. Trucks-1,173, . Busses -152. Total-23,504. Sunday, July 25 Cars-25,024. ·Trucks-814. Busses-143. Total-25,981 The count for. a given day begins at 8 o'clock that morning and ends at 8 on the following morning. WORK COULD BE PLAN HEARING ONINLAND ·EASILY DONE -·AT.LOCAL -YARD WATERWAY Hampton Beach, July 26-Plans for a hearing on August 19 before the War Department engineers on the proposed inland waterway from the Merrimac river harbor to Hampton harbor and thence to Portsmouth harbor have An Associated.Press dispatch . from • been made ·by a joint committee of New Washington today stated· that PresiHampshl.re and· Massachusetts men. dent Roosevelt says that · the navy is Members of the New Hampshire conducting a preliminary survey . to Shore and Beach Preservation comdetermine whether navy shipbuilding mission are cooperating with officials yards can be enlarged to take care or of the state reservation at Sallsbury a possible shipbuilding boom. The Beach In making plans and amassing President reported at his press con- , material for the hearing. Following a ference that he discussed the question field inspection of the proposed wawith . Charles Edison, assistant secreterway, which ls to be a link in the tary of ·the navy, in an effort to Inland route connecting the Portswork out .a 1:ilan of expansion to acmouth and Charlestown navy yards, commodate · new construction over from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m . there will be and. a.bqve · that possible in existing luncheon at the Hotel Ashworth. The private . ~l1ipbuildlng establishments. offlclal heBring before the arnw enOne o! the ·questions to be answered gineers from the Boston office will be he said is whether additional ways at The Barn, Salisbury Beach, In the could be ihstalled on which to conafternoon and will be concluded with struct non-armored vessels. In that dinner. category the President named merWorking for the success of the hearchant marine and naval auxiliary Ing are Representative Walter Marvessels, including oil tankers, />Ubston of North Hampton, Representative marine • tenders and 'other craft :. reElihu T. Adams of Seabrook, Prequired to' supply and· malntait1 fightcinct Commissioner George Ashworth ing ships. and Maj . Charles E. Greenman, all The Portsmouth navy yard could be members or the shore commission. equipped to do any of this work with Among !.lie speakers at the h earing very little' expense,. and very efficiently will be Gov. Francis P. Murphy, Chief and with' economy in the matter of Highway Engineer Daniel H. Dickinactual production. This matter has son, Russell Hilliard, federal engineer been brought 't o the attention of the in charge of the Seabrook Beach airPresident · through a recent edltorlal port 11lans; Frnnlc H. Randall or Portsin the Portsmouth Herald. mouth, president of the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional association, and Corning Benton, treasurer and or the Phillips Exe- President Says Survey Being . . Made ·Jn Regard To Navy Shipbuilding Plants �ART EXHIBIT AT , KITTERY POINT Through U1e kindnc,ss of Howells, v. ho oc·cupks the house summers, the stud:, c,f his father will be open to t11 public :md the personal llrary nn1l ·nemt111.oe::, of the famous Rut hor be on display. A1ter 1.he tour t•f hou~e is compteu,d F or :!JC' fi1si time i" i • low ,,m~ 1,J ,the visitors will he sen•ed tea at ;he An aoded attraction to the <>ld hi•tor:v the old Sir W11l1n111 J l'l'[lCHCll home of Mi~s Rc,•nmond D. Wild. Miss '.houses shown on Tuesday !or the Wild's home is :il~o one of the old hom;f.s House nt Kittc1y Poin y; iJl l,c tnrn t Girl Soout Benefit will be fill exhibit the public on Tursdl'l.\'. J111:; 20, wilrn the of the town anrl it sitely location, adat the Oommunity House at Kittery Pncl Grenter Port-smouth Girl Srout Comi- jacent to historic Fort Mcclary Point of some of the work .of .Jolm P. i8 an itleal set~lng cil ~p011,ors nn "cprn Jw, <e" in tJiir overlooking the Benson and Russell Cheney of .Kittery. historic town. 111c Countil hn~ just !or the tea Both these men are well known m The general r<•mmittee in charge of secured permission to :irhl thi~ 1Jr,11~c 1o thek own line .and have exhibited- tn the previously p11bli•hcd list., m;,l;ina it this year's Girl i::cout benefit is c'1rr- Boston and elsewhere. Mr. .Benson ts ~~lli..,1'.l' possible for visitors to vie sill the posed of Miss Ro~amond Thaxter, Mrs. always known by his ma.r.ine paintings, while many of Mr. Cbeney'.s works houses c-nnnectetl , it.Ji this famous Ralph Junkins, Mrs. William Farringhave been done along the ,streets .and Maine family. ton, Mrs. Morris C. Foye, 2nd, aud Miss roads of Portsmouth and Kittery. To The points of intne~t to which thr Mrs. Caroline public will be lldmitt€d on July 20 from H elen Kelly. Miss Lois Green will 11.~nd add a western note Pickard Cubert of Taos, New Mexico, 2 to 5.30 p. m. now consists of: the Bray the group of cignrctte girls and l'.'t ;ss will show some of her work and will House, oldest house in the state of J osephine Rice the flower girls. AsMaine and the home of t.he mother Cl! sisting on t.he Im co:mnittee nre Mrs. act as hostess for the afternoon. She resident of Kltt.ery Sir William Pepperrell; the Sir Wllliam William Dornry, Mrs. Harold Carler, is a summer Pepperrell House; the Sparhawk Man- Mrs. Grorge Trrfrthen, Mrs. Clarr nr·~ Point. The Girl Scout sion, a wedding gift from Sir 'William Hackney, Mrs. All'in Redden and Miss grateful to these artists Pepperrel to his daughtt-r, the bride of Doroth y Beesle:,:. , Mitchell, Mr. Gerrish, Mrs. Howells, Col. Nathaniel Sparhawk; the gardm The entire proccccls of ihr nlTRrnonn Mrs. Law, and Mrs. M. S. Wlld for the o! the Lady Pepperrell Hou5e, the home wlll be 11sccl for 1he ini 1C'~i.r of G;11 showing of their houses. of the widow of Sir \1\'illinrn Prpperrcll ; Scouts c,f the local Council and iL i · the Gerrish House: t.he st.udy of William hoped t.Jrnt the response will be sufficiDean Howells and the old church aml ent to guanmte<' a full year's progr.1m, Community Bouse. of sco11t.i11r. for cir ls of this wmmu nThe house known As the Sir Willii>m ity. Pepperrell House was built in 1C82. It In c:a,r c•f min the affair wlll be hPld beautiful hall and st:iirrasc still being the first. fair dny. admired and copied by famous nrchl- P------,.,,-----,"""'-,.--."'l""P!'l!--~tects. The rooms with their broad paneling and fine rnryings look out over Historic houses at Kittery Point are the harbor and whanes where t.he flshopen Lo the public today for the beneing boat.s of the family u ed to enter ~ \~•\I\, fit of the Greater Portsmouth Counport. Kittery Point, July 19-0n Tuesday, cil, Girl Scouts. This Is a rare opporTbe Bray House cl<>ri\'cs its nnmc July 20, from 2 to 5..30 p. m., historic tunity for all who delight in old from the family of Mm gcry Bra:v, who houses l\t Kittery Point will be open to Colonial architecture and fllrnishlngs. became the w1!e of the <'lclC'r \ 'illinm U1e public, under the auspices of the Tea will be served. Pepperrell and the moth<>r of Slr W1l- Greater Poru,mouth Council of Girl In regard to the opening .. the Sir liam. This house dat es from 1662 and Scouts, including the Sparhawk ManWilliam Pepperrell House at Kittery still has the origin:il paneling and un- tlon, old Bray House, Gerrish House, Point to the public today for the usual box window seats. Lady Pepperrell Garden, the Howells benefit of the Girl Scouts the Boston The Sparhawk Mansion ha~ c,ne of house, the old church and Sir William Post comments as follows: "The house D1111,>•c.;R~''li the most bcautiful interiors of Any Pepperrell's Mansion. John Benson, was built In 1682, and Its beautiful,.--....,...,..,, hou e In the state. its Dutch tiled fire- marine artist, will have a number of his hall and staircase are still being adplac-es, the paneling rnrvcd in imitation paintings on exhibition at the Commired and copied by architects. Tbe o! shells and t.he original bullseye gl:iss munlty House. Olrl Scouts wlll act as rooms with their broad paneling and being especially noteworthy. guides and Boy Scouts will take care of fine carvings look out over the harbor fl.loiiiti~;~l'PThe Gurish Hou~e. like mc,st. of the traffic. Visiting the old houses will be and whu.rves where the fishing boats houses of Kittery f'c,int, facrs thl" :;ea, a rare treat, as a finer collection of hi.sor the family used to have their home and 1em!lins of old wharves and ware- torlcal places so near together, will be houses Indicate the rnmmerrial inter- hard to find. Tea will be served during est.s of this family when tbe house wns 1i.:;th:.:.:;.e.;;a;;f;:.te::;:r:.:;n;;o;.;o..n_._,_...,......,.......,-,-..---:-----·~ built. Both tJie First Pn rish Clrnrc·h and parsonage, the JattC'r now used as n community house, wne built in 1730. On Oie day of the Girl .. coul ue11eflt the Communlt.y House will have on display naintings of well known artist.~. among them Russell Cherney and Joiln P. Benson. Vl~ltors wlJJ :;Jso be mtc·re~te<l in old cemetery acros, t.he road from church. This cemet.o-y lms many mtere, ting stones, proba bly the most famous being tile Robert Browning epitaph which marks the grA\ of Levi Lincoln Thaxter. The Howells house represent.s a different period and will be of especi::il interest to those of literary trend. H STORIC HOU 10 D 0 ,rn. a_"( of �.-..roY' ,c:.o.\ Soc ,.,,_'t_- / GATHERING Of"),o •MUCH INTEREST Notable Meeting Held By Kittery Historical Society The meeting ot the Kittery Hlslorlcal Society last evening at the Congregational Church at Kittery Point was notable. Because it was commemorative or Rev. John Newmarch it was held in the church of which he was pastor for more than hair a century. The audience was large and representative. The address or James H. Walker, !llustrated by lantern slides or historic scenes and personages connected with the life of the great divine, was most impressive. ,Many leading eltlzcns of the town made application for membership in the society, thus giving It renewed Impetus. Notice was given that Miss Mabel Jenkins, long a teacher at Dana Hall, Wellesley College, would soon speak to the society of her visit to Darlington HoJI, England, whence came tho family uf Champernownes, a name so celebr, ted in Kittery. Notice was also given that Miss Emma L. Coleman, a lifelong companion and fellow-worker of the distinguished and lamented Mlss 0. Alice Baker, and herself an author, his-• torlan, traveler and artist or distinction, would at an early date read a paper on Joseph Fry, a Kittery lad. who In 171011 was taken captive by the Indians and carried to Canada, where he had an interesting career. Hopes were expressed that Martin Frost or the Frost Garrison House, with its Interesting history going back many generations of the Frost family to the time or Sir Ferdinand Gorges, might bo Induced to speak to the society sometime during the present season. Hope was also expressed that the 1-Iowclls, John M .. the celebratl'd architect, and hL5 son, W!lliam, distinguished anlhropologlst, might be induced to spr.ak before the society at some future date. Notice was given that the annual meeting of lhe society for the election of officers would be held at the Community House Aug. 6 at 7.30 p. m., and Mrs. Pearl Pettigrew Chick, Miss Mabel Jenkins and Stephen Decatur wrrc appointed a nomlnallng committee. The members were reminded to be ready with their annual dues at that meeting and an appeal was made for new applications for mco1bcrshi J. SOCIETY TO MEET a,mual~;~~~~E:.:,~: Tho Historical Sorlct.y wlil be held at 7.30 p. m. on Pnrl,w. l\r1gust 6, at t.he Community H)tJS~ o.t Kittery I\ uew hoard if officers will be chosen at that time n.nd Miss Emma L. Coleman will read an in[ormal paper concerning Joseph Fry, a Klttery lad who was captured nd carried by Indians to Canada in 1695. Mis11 Colem<\n's paper 111 ba.~ed upon an a.rtkle written by Miss C. Alice llnker, an authority on Canadinn cA.pt.lvltles. Miss Coleman wlll also speiilc of a few other captives. The public ls invited and a large attendance i~ ltoped ror. Burnt l Frisbee ade Presi dent Of Historical Society At the annual meeting o! the Kittery Historical Society held last evenlnir. and which was largeiy attended, a sign of the gro Ing interest in the soeiely was se n in the distinguished list or new applicants for membership, including the two Howells, father and son, George Goodwin Dewey, son or Admiral Dewl'y; Storer Goodwin Decatur, descendant of the naval hero of that name; Rosamond Thaxter, grand-child of Celia Thaxter and high in the Girl Scout circles; Miss Emma C. Coleman, author, historian and artist; two selectmen of the town, Sterl.ing and Shapleigh, and other repre- •""'···"""' sentative citizens. Judge Rem ick, the president association since its organization, asked to be relieved and Burnell E. Frisbee, born and raised in Kittery and for many years clerk or the town, was chosen as hls successor and Judge Remick was elected honorary p~'.!s1dent. Miss Esther Graham succeeded Horace Mitchell as secretary. Reginald Berry succeeded Mrs. Justin H. Shaw as treasurer, and '\Vllliam Raynes sueceeded Mr. Frisbee as auditor. Two new names were added to the Board 0f '1 rn~tees in place of Judge Remick and John Aclams, James H. Walker am! Mrs. Thomas Jenkins. A much enlarged list of committees was named but of outstanding importance and interest was the address by Miss Coleman upon Joseph Frye, the Quaker Kittery lad who was captured by the Indians in 1665 and carried to Canada. A rising vote of thanks wns extended t-0 the speaker and she p1:esented to the Society valuecl historlcal works of her own and others which WPre received with hearty appreciat\on. :l\'i'J.,t_··• �the Warner House garden in the authentic arrangement and cl1olce of flowers of the early 1700 period . Among the most outstanding features of the Warner House season this year is the projected reception to the noted author, Kenneth Roberts of Kennebunkport, Me., whose historical novels or this terrltory are held in high literary esteem. Mr. Roberls is the author of the new best-seller, "Northwest Passage," in which the Kennet)i Roberts~ Noted Au- Warner House and other scenes of Portsmouth are incorporated. It · 1s thor, May Visit Historic old hoped that Mr. Roberts may come here ' House Later sometime during the first week in August. • The Board of Governors of the The Association is planning to hold warner House Assocla.tion held its an- another historlcal exhibition similar ual meeting on Wednesday at the to the most successful display of last Warner House, electing officers to summer when old Colonial costumes serve during the ensuing year and were loaned to the Association and making plans for the conducting or were arranged on models throughout the historic old mansion during the the old mansion. current season. Mrs. Barrett Wendell, The Warner House is almost comfor many years the efficient chairman pletely furnished as it was in the long of the Warner House Assocla.tion, ten- ago. Every article of furniture dates dered her resignation and was subse- prior to 1760, some of the valuable and quently elected to the position of hon- rare old pieces having been loaned ora.ry chairman in a.pprecla.tlon of her to the warner House Association by great interest in and services to the the Metropollta.n Museum or New Association. Mrs. Mary I. Wood, who York, the New England · Society For has also been a leader in the affairs The Preservation Of Antiquities, and of the Association, was elected to the local descendants or early residents of office of honorary vice chatrman. Portsmouth . Mrs. William E. Marvin was elected The Warner House Le; located on as chairman . to succeed Mrs. Wen- Daniels street and la open to the pul>dell. Mrs. HenrY L. Green . as vice I Uc throughout the summer months on cbatrman and Mrs. Seth Low Pierre- , payment or a small admission fee. It pont as second vice chairman were re- was built between 1718 and 1723 or elected for another term. \ brick imported from Holland. Among Mrs. Wallis p, Walker was re-elect- its countless attractions is a lighted to the office of secretary and Mrs. n!ng rod erected by Beja.min Franklin William N. Kremer was re-elected as himSelf in 1762. The frescoes by an treasurer, with Mrs. John Prescott be- unknown artist are or great interest. 1ng named as assistant treasurer. Miss ~.,..,..,.,,..,....-._----,1-":,.-~"":;.-::,"!.,!','~C'.""..~ .- Helen souter was named corresponding ·• secretary. Plans were thoroughly discussed in regard to the activities of the summer. The importance of the Warner House and the great public interest which 1s taken in this shrine of early Colonial history was proved by the report presented which showed that over 1,400 persons visited the house and inspected its fascinating interior last ea.son. Necessary repairs have been made to the old mansion this year and plans have been drawn up and a.re now being carried out for the restoration of WARNER HOUSE . ASS'N. HAS ITS· ANNUAL SESSIO 1 �EEPLEJACKS BUSY AT NORTH C Photo by Porlsmouth Herald Sta!! Photographer w,i,·4.,.,....t J\mrr!<'n's only. girl stc~plo jack and her partner shown they work on tho North Church s1me In this city. High on tho ~lceplo can be seen Mlss Marlon Pl,unkctt, of Newburyport, while working only a few fee, below her t, Paul "Red" O Leary, of Exeter, Insert shows a closeup of tho only woman tn the United States that ls engaged In this risky work. A panoramic view of Portsmouth struclure. "Cerlainly," he said reassur- I !rom the height or the North chuhch lngly, "It Is only one step to the ground _ tower and swaying dizzily high above -but an awful long one." ll..'l!:."-~'!t,;.r the hard cement sidewalks In a boatsMlss Plunkett enjoys her thrilling wain's chair are equally thrilling to work and says that she gained her.,.."._., . .,.,_..., America's only girl steeple jack. At- 1 • early practice In cllmblng on fences, tractive Marlon Plunkett or Newbury- house roofs and In trees at Newbw-yport and Paul H. O'Leary of Exeter port, which .Ls her home town. She well known steeple jack team 1n th!~ turned professional when O'Leary's vicinity, are now engaged In work on former partner fell 300 feet to his the steeple of the North church as death from a chimney Job In New Orpart of the painting of the structure leans. ""'·''·"'·'..... " by F. A. Gray Co. or this clt.y. Her courage and abllity In high The 24-year-old brunette says she places, led herlnto much more danha.d rather swing about on some high gerous work than is her present trade. steeple them to be merely one or tho While attending the Champion Valspecks that walk about on the side- ley ExposiLlon in Vermont she wagered ..,.,..-,,.;~ ._,~,....,.,,, walks far below her. However, the with the manager of the fair that she 1 spectators below think dlfYerently for , dared to 1nake a parachute jwnp 11 they say, "I wouldn't go up there for from an airplane. Soaring higher than anything." she had ever been before Miss Phtnl:Elther of the steeplejacks walk about ett jumped from the plane and drop• the -outside surface or any high peak ping hunreds of feet toward the em Lit as a house fly does on a kitchen wall. slowly counted ten before A Hera.Id photographer ascended the the rip cord. So impres.sed by her heights of the church spire to Inter-I first descent to ground from a plane view the "Jacks" and to photograph under the white folds of a parachute them. As he warily peered down to the I was the manager of the fair that he hard-surfaced streets below he ques- lost no Lime In engaging her for the tloned Mlss Plunkett as to her sensa- remainder of lhe exposltlo11. tlons. O'Leary, former football star at "I've never fallen yet ·• she rPplled Exeter High srhool, says the girl Is I"and I feel safe as long' as the boats~ bet.ter than most men as she Is abso1wain's seat is secure. The first caution lutely wltho11t nerves. She has · even 1of ascending such high places ls fo ' rlSlted her llf on poles that have been : make sure of ropes and fastenings." nea:IY rotted through. , I As the photographer ventured on to \ Smee they started their work on the the narrow ledge to photograph Miss '\ steeple hundreds of spectators have Plunkett, he asked O'Leary If it was watched as they climb about staking safe to walk on the small shelf-like th elr lives on the strength of a - -_.,.:.fe:::.w~strands of manila rope. I l I ---:_•. . .--_~--. . '. . .1:.c_=· �era. The garden, wlth lts pastel shades and multi-colored arrangement of flowers lent a brilliancy to the pilgrimage through the historic places. The ho~ts and hostesses at the historical houses · and exhibits were follows: H9wells house, Mrs. L. L. Green, Mrs. Roger Pierce, Mrs. Russell Cogswell ;ML5s Louise Grant, Mrs. Stephen Deca: tur, Mni. Evan Corey, Mrs. Frank: Ran.. dall and Mrs. Harry Smith. Gerrish House, Mlsses Marion Ger• rL5h, Frances Wood, Edna and Sylvia Tonnesen, Mrs. Peter Toennesen, KaUierlne T1Llbets, Mr. and Mrs, Charle3 Gerrlsh, Mrs. Heni-y Moore, Mrs. Charlott.a Philllps, Miss Marl\. Frost, Mrs. Marjorie Hartford, Mrs, 0harles E. Batchelder, Miss Helen Souter and Mrs. Albert Wilson. Old Bray House, Mlsses Francl.s and Ellzaueth Tabor, Judtth Lee Dismukes, MElry Kelley, Helell Kelley, Mt·s. Clar... ence Schirmer, Mrs. Tailot·, Mrs, 1 Charles Neshltt, Mrs. A. 0 . Warner, Mrij, Floyd Bennett and Mrs. James Grlfi'-IIJ,, Sparhawk: Mansion, Mrs. Haven Paul, ~:..::::::-::::::-:::..-:~::,-.,..,---..-U Mrn. Phlllips B. Badger, Mrs. Horace at the wedding receptlon w Mitchell, Miss Lois Green, Mrs. Morris place 98 years ago ln August. Miss Ger- Foye, 2nd, Mlss Marion Gardner, Mrs. rish held the attention o[ many as she Fred Hayes, rs. Robert Rowe and potnted out rare antiques 0.nd curios Mrn. I!'. H. Gardne1· . dating back to the pre,~evolutlonary Pepperrell Mansion, Miss Ruth Calen, period that were on dtsplay in the hall. Mrs. Johnathan Sawyer, Mrs. George The llouso is sittmted on the waterfront TuLtle, Mr:,, Mary Wllds, Mr. and MrJ. and was the home of Robert F. Gerrish. Eugeno Wllllam:;, Stephen Decatur, The house is not usually open to the Mrs. Mary Safford Wlldes, Mrs. Norman public, but Charles Gerrish was pleased R.and and Mrs. Arthur Craig. to let the Glrl Scouts tnclude it in their fi'Jrst Cougregatlonal Olmroh, Rev. list of open houses yesterday. and Mrs. Edward H. Newcomb Mrs, Th Lady Pepperrell House was opened James H. Walker and Miss Lllll~n wai-. by Mrs. Mary Safford Wlldes and leer. proved to be outstanding on the list of Lady Pepperrell garden, Mrs. Cl1arles hlstorte houses vislted. It is an at•• H. Batchelder and Mrs. s. Halsey Lewis. tractive colonial dwelling built for Lady Art exhiuit, Mrs . .fi'. Knapp, Mrs. Pepperrell about 1760, after her hus- James Culbert and Mrs. Wlllal-d Grant. band's death, and she occupied lt until Tl1e ex:11.lb!tors were Mrs. J. Albert Taos she passed away in 1789. Mrs. Johna- of New Mex:!co nd Kittery Point, John than Sawyer or Kittery Polnt, who was Benson o! Kittel'y Point and Russell one of the hostesses here, was dressed in Cl1eney or Kittery. a colonial costume. Tl1e flower g!rls at Lady Pepperrell's Those who know the old Bray House garden were JusLLne Hartford, Ruth to be the oldest building in Kittery were Corey, Frances Peu·ce, Lydia Sawyer, amazed at the flne condition it is in. Louise Cogswell, Emily Knapp and The house was built in 1662. Mrs. Josi- Margaret Green. ah Low of Cambridge, Mass., the owner, Those selling gral.Js were Carolyn opened the house yesterday for the Girl and Marie deGrange, Ann and Alice DeScout benefit. On the porch the . vis!- catur and Margaret Perrell. tors were greeted by John and Marjorie The tea commitLee included Mrs. WilBray, lrnpersonated by Francis and liam Farrington, chairman; Mrs. wu .. Elizabeth Tabor. They were dressed In l!am A. Dorney, Mrs. Harold s. Carter, the sty!~ o! clothes the Bray chlldren Mrs. George Trefethen, Mrs. Alvin probably wore as they played and Redden, Mrs. Clarence Hackney, Mrs. roamed about-Kittery Point many years Phllip Bennett, Mrs. Robert Whitman, ago. · Mrs. Lawson Harvey, Mrs. Allen Wiley The study of William Dean Howells, Mt•:,. BenJamln Seaward. Mothers ot dean of American letters, was a place Scouts who were on the sandwich com.. of great tnterest to visitors at the mlttee were Mrs. Earl Webster, Mr11, Hoy,ells house. In the study, whero Stc11hen Pasternak, Mn. John Phelps, such men as Mark Twain, Hamlin Gar- Mrs. Chick, Mrs. Ralph Bracl,eLt, Mt·s. land and either noted authors or that Laurence G. Peyser, Mrs. Phlllp Peyser, period were entertalned by Mr. Howells, Mrs. Leon A. Robinson, Mrs. Ralph See• are seen the large ornate initials of the gar, Mrs. T. Fernald, Mrs. Davld Smit\t author's name over the large mantel at and Mrs. William Travhl . one end of the room. The house is Miss Rosamond Thaxter was chairfinely furnished, suggesting the gran- man or the general committee, other deur that has always exlsted there. members l>cing Mrs. Ralph Junktns, The Lady Pepperrell garden was en- Mrs. Wllllam Farrington, Mrs. MorrL'i joyed not only by those interested. in 0. 'Foye, 2nd, and Miss Helen Kelley, history but the botanical-minded, who Tickets were ln charge or Mrs. Jud~ know the rarety of old-fashioned flow- kins, Mrs. Orman Paul, Mrs. A. O. War~ ner and Mrs. J ames OrJ.ftln. I HO S A .KITlERY I .OP IO PUBL C ' Large Number .A'ttends Annual 1g · ~enefit For Greater Ports- ~-- mouth C_ouncil, Girl Scouts i.J\ ,1mid Kittery Point"s historio man_ons a large number of people g.athered esterday !l,S guests of the Greater ortsmouth Girl Scout CouncU during . he annual summer benefit. The hundreds that visited. the shrines of early American history were fanned by a cool ocean breeze that swept across the ,Point from the sparkling waters o! Portsmouth Harbor. . The first exhibit to be vlsited by many was the art exhibition that revealed many local scenes in oll colors, showing the Maine coast being lashed by the turf. Other painttngs were of landscapes and New Mexico scenes. At the Sparhawk: Manston the specious panelled · front hall and room where President Taft 1md- Secretary Knox were entertained many years ago was opened to visitors. The house ls a ~tately old mansion and was built 10: 1782, being originally the residence of Col. Nathaniel Sparhawk:, son-in-law of Sir William Pepperrell, who presented it to hl.s daughter on her marriage to Colonel Sparhawk as a wedding gift. · The place was opened yesterday by the present owner, Mrs. Horace Mitchell. One' of the hostesses here was Miss Lois Green of Cambridge, Mass., and New Castle, who was in costume as Mary ~parhawk, the fair maiden who saved Portsmouth from being burned by the ;English troops and because of her heroic deed the troops were turned away from Portsmouth toward Portland, which they burned. The First Parish Congregational Church was opened to the visitors, wlth Rev. Edward H. Newcomb and others present to explain the history of the church. The church soclety was organized 1n 1784 and the present church was built 1n 1730 and is the third to be erected on the same site. . Marlon Gerrish, dressed as her greatgreat-grandmother was nearly a century ago on her wedding day, was at the door of the Gerrish House to greet an visitors with a cheery .word, as possibly her ancestor did in the s:i.me doorway r �Photo by Portsmouth Hera.Id Sta.ff Photographer Left to l'ight, Mrs. Gertrud C. Mitchell, on of U,e hostesses at her home, Sparhawk Hall, Miss 'Lois Green ot·llit-.l;a::"l:l'n-.; Cambridge, !\lass., and New Castle, and Miss Ro~am n Thaxter, ch irnum. Picture was taken in front ot Sparhayy Hall. l\liss Green Is in the costume of l}fary St• rh wk who Is said to have save{} the city of Portsmouth from being · bunted. Ca11t. 1\1:owalt of the English army aniv~d in Portsmouth Harbor on au English ship acconllug to the fa!llUT t~gend, and came ashore at ICillery Point to vl.,lt som Tories there. He told of his orders rrom the King to burn Ports• inouth to Mary as they walked ahout th g rden'I of 01 s, rh wk In tue twihgut. The Captain wa.OJ so bken by· her charm and beauty that she prev. iled upon him to go to .!Fa!moutlt and he sailed the next .morning, The cigarette glrl.1 were in charge of Josephine Wright and lncluded Eliza-• beth Warren, Rita Lockwood, F'ranceri Fellows, Cathet•ine Poe, Katherine DU·• bols and Oabrl lle Hw·ley. Boy Scouts from Kittery and Kittery Point were complimented on tho tlno service they rendered in dl.rectlng tra.!u fie and helplng in many other way11, The scouts were under the dlrectlon ot Scoutmaster Frederick .Balley. Kittery aud Kittery Polnt Girl Scout.<J acted as guide through , the hlstorlo town, Five of lhe historical houses al Kittery Point were opened lo the public last Tuesday afternoon for the benefit of the Greater Portsmoulh Girl Scout. council. These houses are among the oldest in the country, one dating back to two years after the !Anding of the Pilgrims. The hou ~es opened for visitors Included the Sparhawk mansion, built in 1742 as a wedding gift from Sir William Pepperell to his daughter, who married Nathaniel Sparhawk; the Gerrish house, with its old warehouses; the First Parish Congregational Church and parsonage, built in 1730; and the Bray House, built in 1622. �I shall be pleased to consider o.ny I had supposed that impression had definitely disappeared, but this sum- suggestions that the city officials may mer a similar situation developed wi~h have to correct the present situation a different camper and I again had to and assure you of my complete cooperation and or my appreolatlon of your take slm!lar necessary action. In addition there have been numer- courtesy to me. Yours very trul,r, ous Instances of persons of both sexes (Signed) · bathing in the nude from the island, LOUIS L. GREEN', making of l!quor there and frequent 27 state St., damage of trees and target shooting, Boston. which I have been informed are misdemeanors under the New Hampshire laws. It was for this reason that I The first petition to come before the made up my mind that I must take meeting was fq:nn Downie Brothers' some action and caused signs to be Circus for permission to show at The city council met last evening to posted by Mr. Eaton at certain parts of Brackett's field on Aug. 2 and this was consider routine business with Mayor the island. granted. The shore nearest my property is alA plumbing report from Aprll 1 to Kennard IU. Goldsmith presiding and Councilmen Charles T. Durell, Wy- most Inaccessible to boats and is heavily July 1 was accepted. A group of Vaughan street business man P. Boynton, Robert Herrick, Ro- wooded. It has been my wish that the ,land A. Sukeforth, Edgar A. Blanch- public not use that side. The further men were present to present their side is • eas!ly accessible by boats and views in regard to the "no parking" ard and John Burkhart present. At the opening . the mayor read the much more convenient for walking, reslrictlon on that street. Several follow\ng letter trom Louis L. Green berry-picking, bathing, etc. There Is stated that there had been a notice,of Boston in regard 'to . Pest Island, a handsome pine grove which has been able decrease !11 business since the Jaw ~hlch he purcha~ed ·tor .$4~0 in 1933: somewhat mutilated by unknown per- went Into effect and one or them resons. ported that the loss amounted to '"· 'Let me thank you for the conference I still have no objection to the reason- $125 per week. Councilman Roland you were kind enough to arrange yester- able use o[ this island on the side Sukeforth presented a petition that day. furthest from me by citizens of Ports- there be an amendment to the "no I left with you. a photostatic copy of mouth, provided they commit no nui- parking" restrictions allowing cars to my deed, which should clear.up the sit- sance or unlawful acts. park on Vaughan street for 30 minuation in the mind. ·of. tb.e . city officials The island is so close to my property utes. as to the exact: agre.ement between the borrow $250,000 that when the wind is right conversaIt was voted to city and myself. tlon on the shore nearest my house can temporarily because taxes cannot be Just prior to . the purcbase of Pest state legislature r,_,,,.,... ,c,rr.,. be overheard without difficulty from collected unt!l the !~land from the city in October, 1933, I my piazza. adjourns. indicated In writing to Mayor PickerI have made no attempt myself to suWyman Boynton Introduced a trafing that I had no objection to a pro- pervlse the landing or persons and fie ordinance that limited parking to vision in the deed that there should be rarely visit lhe i~lanct , as I am only one hour on Chestnut street from Con·n'O bulldlng erected on Pest Island, there week ends, but my family and grcss to State streets; and to make and also that I had no objection to the guests have landed by canoe and have Wright avenue a one-way street from public, particularly the citizens of found it embarrassing to do so week Daniels to State street. This was Portsmouth, using this island for all ends. passed. reasonable purposes, as they had hereNaturally, I have no knowledge of the The discount on ta,ses wlll be allowed tofore done, it being my lntenti<m to identity of the persons who land. It is until Sept. 15 and the following orprotect my property on the New Castle not feasible to supervise the island or dinance was passed afte1· being inshore from any cheap development on to make complaints to the police de- traduced by Councilman Herrick: 'the island and to preserve the Island In partment, which I am naturally loathe to "Collector of Taxes ls authorized to its natural and beautiful condition. do and which I have never done. notify all inhabitants of the City of My feelings today are exactly the I suppose this matter would not have Portsmouth and non-residents whose same as they were then, but unfort'.mcome to a head were it not for the theft laxes for 1937 are unpaid on Sept. 1, ately conditions have arisen which of the signs I posted at some parls or 1037, or the amount of the same; prohave c'a used my family, my guests, mythe island and the scurrilous comm uni- [ vlded, however, that such Inhabitants self and neighbors, considerable ancations, one sent to you, and one to me of the city, or non-residents, who noyance, due to some extent to misap- through the mails, purporting to come shall make payment on their taxes for prehension on· the part of some of the from your office. the year 1937 to Collector or Taxes ""'"·· _.,...,,. then city officials, who lncorrect.Iy adAs a former resident of the city and on or before September 15, 1937, shall vised certain people that the:!,' were per1 one still deeply interested In it, and as be entitled to a discount of 1 , ~ permitted to camp indefinitely on the isa permanent summer resident, practi- cent on amount paid." There will be land, and due in .part to frequent miscally of Portsmouth, I have been con- no discounts, however, on poll taxes. chievous and lawless acts of persons siderabl:,• disturbed by these recent A resolution to make the salary or landing on the island. events. the City Messenger $25 per week was Two or three years ago a citizen ., of I assure you and the City Council that presented Councilman Burkhardt and Portsmouth, who was given to underI wlll cooperate entirely to the end that passed the flrst reading. stand he had the privilege, erected two The YWCA or Portsmouth was large tents, with permanent tent i;lat- decent use of the island may still be open to lhe public, but I will not permit exempted from taxes to the city for the i..:r..• :,.;~.;il'-, forms on the island and apparently was living there all summer. The sani- the continuat10n of the practices which years 1934, 1935 and 1936, amounting tary arrangements were crude in the have existed up to the present time. I to $1,344.19 and Interest or $5.1~, acextreme and constituted a deflnita nui- know there are many people who use cording to a resolution which was inthe !stand properly. I have :net them troduced by Councilman Blanchard. sance. Target practice was indulged in occasionally there and have expressJd A Jetter from Chester Ripley, pro- ..-.-.,,~111:,.-. trees were destroyed and the general to E.~W ~Y pleasure that they are ma~- prletor of Ripley's Machine shop, was condition in and about the camp was not such as to warrant my family and iP1 use of it and noth_lng wou~d glv~ me brought before the meeting by Sukeguests to land there. There was even a inore satisfaction than their continued forth. The Jetter requested permission use. ·::-" , :;_,;: ;',:-. ~,._ to paint "no parking" on a section of pet kitten kept there. I wa~ amazed tn: other day to have cmblng near some gasoline pumps. When I explained the situation this camper waa most courteous and cooper- you tell me that some boy had dug up This was referred to the parking comreiVui.ins from a graveyard tlwre. mlttee. ative and the tents and other equtpmel1t A representation or the Frank E. were removed with the assistance of This graveyard I have made some etrort Mr. Eaton, who llves on the New Cast.le t9 locate, in order to-p\lt It In prop~r Booma Post, American Legion, asked shore near me, immediately opposite condition, but t have not been able to the counc!l to extend an invitation for Pest Island, and who looks after my discover it on account of the excessive th state legion to be held in this city over owth. next year and to appropriate $500. t ANSACTS MUCH ROUTINE WORK , ,u~I ~ .., _,,_ • I, Voted T~ B~r;~w $25,000 ,n Anticipation Of Taxes some �The delegation Included Commander Clyde Robinson, Ray P. Kennard, Nelson T. Wright and Alty. Ralph 0 . McCarthy. Action on the request was set aside untll the next council m~etlng when all members would be present. Mayor Goldsmith appointed the following Council members to serve on the Community Devclopm nt Commit.tee to confer with Civic Council : Co11ncilmen Boynton, Downs, Herrick, Burkhardt and Blanchmd. The pur' pose of the comm!Uee was to ht>lp promote business development of Portsmou th. Pictures Of Portsmouth ses Exh.bited In U. S. ·Capitol Display Washington, July 28.-Drawings and photographs of three historical New Hampshire houses and the covered bridge at Contoocook are Included in an exhibition opened at the Interior Department building this week to show landmarks In American architecture. Tl1e New Hampshire houses pictured are the Joshua Wentworth house at Portsmouth, built about 1760, with fine paneled in Lcriors and .elaborate mantels; the Captain Barnes' house at ·COUNTY REUEf . C[]SlS [MUD? IN THIS CITY The cost ot necessary relief to iesidents of Portsmouth from the Rockingham county relief funds dropped $762 for June below the sum ncces:;ary the preceding month, it is reported today. This encouraging improvement in the status of many local families and individuals is due in part to seasonal employment nnct nlso to some extent to less necessity for medical aid during mid-summer. The men who have been engnged in working out their relief orders on n wood-chopping project in the rear of the County Court House hnve practically finished cutting up forty cords of wood into stove lengths. The men are now transferred to the County Farm, working out their relief in farm work. \\~ .\q . . UIDE BOO READY SHORTL A book describing New Hampshire and points of interesL will soo n be published nnd circulated in this state by the WP/I.. The book is parL of the project which published a similar book about Massachuse tts and which was objectrd to by many in that state. The book is supposed to carry a true account of historical happenings in New Hampshire and will contain information on points of interest. It will also disclose m a ny interesting facts that are not gcn<'rally known, as federal researchers have been working for several months gathering information from old records and accounts of h istorical events. Portsmouth, rich in history, has ' been given considerable space in the book and is thoroughly described as the historical and business center that it Is. - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - PortsmouLh, a typical late 18th century home, characteristic o! the north New England seaports; the Gilman ganison at Exeter, built as a :fortified house in the mid-17th century during the warfare with the Indians. The latter was much added to in the 18th century and ls considered an Important example of the styles of two periods. The wooden bridge at Contoocook is included to illustrate the type or bridge once common, but now rapidly disappearing. �MISS BOWEN LAST OF TALENTED FAMILY This h ouse was sold and the Bowen family built a stately home on top of Bridge hill, where the view on all sides was most sightly, especially looking toward the ocean, where one had a full sweep of vision away out to the Isles of Shoals, and, n arer shore, the warning lights of Fort Point and Wlialesback. It would almost seem that Tennyson might have envisioned that scene wllen he wrote, •·Twilight and evening hlar, And one clear call for me. And may there be no moaning of the bar Wh en I put out to sea." Only last win ter Miss Bowen gave an exh ibition of h er art and literature work in Boston wh1ch was well attended by her many friends. This was her lRst public appearance, and so pn~es another of rottery's prominent summer fam- TRADE COINS Of LOCAL FIR n, 100 YEARS OLD FOUND Miss Maria (Minnie) E . Bowen of One hundred years ago this Cambridge, Mass., and K ittery, wh o nside from running nu in~urnnce recently died at her home in Cambridge, agency, E. F. Sise was known as a genwas tbe daughter of Professor Bowen of eral commission and forwarding merHarVard College and Mrs. Arabella chant. and known Jar and wi<le ns an Stewart Bowen , wh ose mother, Miss importer of crockery and glassware. It Austin , was the f irst white woman to set was apparently the custom in those days foot on Mt. Washington, where she went for the various commission merchants on her wedding trip. Lo issue copper coins as a means of ad. The Bowen family has been coming to verlising their parliculur line or Lrnde. Kittery for a great m any summers. Rev. The coin issued uy E. F. Sise & Co., Daniel Austin, at one time pastor of the slighlly larger than the present day 25un1ta.r1s.n Church of Portsmouth, was cent. piece, bore lhis inscript.ion on one an uncle of MisS Bowen. Mr. Austin side, '·E. F. Sise & Co., General Commisonce owned the property now belongi?g sion and Forwarding Merchants, Portsto John Benson, noted marine artist, ilies. mout.h, N. H.," ancl on lite oll1cr "Imand was greatly Interested in the eduporlers of Crockery and cational development of Kittery, Dealers in Conl, Hl37 ." peciallY when the town was building Many of Lhese coins were issuecl and the schoolhouse which was named In at various t.imes from different parts of his honor and to which 11e gave the the count.ry some one reports finding bell. This was built In 1872. one. This morning John Sise & Co., , MisS Bowen was the last of a family successors to E. F. Sise & Co., received of writers and scholars, highly educated il1 the mail lhe following lelter from a and talented, having spent manY seaCallt'ornia resident: .. sons "1n Europe, traveling extensively "Silver Valley Ranch, with her famlly. She became interested Daggett, Calif., in classical languages and had transAug. 4, 1937." iated many Greek and Hebrew boOks "E. F. Sise & Co., and was a remarkable linguist . She Portsmouth, N. H. alsO drew many pictures of places of inDear Sim: terest which she visited in her travels The will of Miss Marla Bowen, arIn my ranch in an olcl mining camp and· many 's ketches of Kittery and Kitin the Calico Hills of the Mojave Desert tery Point, scenes which she dearly tist, who lived mucl1 of the time at I round a t.rade coin lssuetl by your flrm, loved, especially those of the Piscataqua Kittery Point, where slte made many dat.ed 1831. If you are st!ll in existence River in Its changing ; moods. These of her sketches and paintings, was and would care for this coin I will gladly pictures sre of great interest to those of filed for probale yesterday in U1ddle• .-end it to yon as it mrans nolhing to me the older time, bringing back memories sex County Court a• Boslon. Miss Bowen, who was the daughler and its hislory may Lo you. of youth, and to the younger generaof Prof. Francis Bowen, one-time ltead Sincerely, tion who have lived with the river as HARRY B. MORSE ." they know it today these 11cenes are al - of the department of philosophy al Harvard, and who died in Caml>ridge It is very 0vid1.:11t that the eoin was most unbelievable. on July 21 in her 87tl1 year, in he1 •rill taken We:,t L>y some ~lurdy New EngMisS Bowen was greaUY interested in created two funds 1t Harvard for a land pioneer who w,•nt in search of gold the Kittery District Nursing AsSociaUon memorial prize and 1 scholarship aud durmg the gold rush ot '-19 and was lost and one day each summer she 11et apart also a bequest to the Cambridge Hisin the old mining camp which the gold for the benefit of the association bY torical Society. seeker set up. holding "open house" and serving a To Harvard Miss Bowen left $2000 Very recently a California resident "silver 'tea•;-t<iwhlc"'b ; ere invited m any the income from which is to be used discovered in a similar deserled mining notable people, as were the townspeople. annually for the Francis Bowen Prize camp the oil painling of an elderly lady A literary program was a feature of the in honor o! her father, for the student and after publicizing his find learned day. The guests wer~ delighted with the who writes the best essay on the sublhat the paint.ing was one of a Vermont rare objects .of art, many of which were ject of moral philosophy or of civil resident who had trekked west in the brough t from across the sea , and others polity. A bequest of $3500 is made for ever-alluring search for gold. The were the work of M1sS Bowen's own creation in memory of her brother of old E. F. Sise & Co., coin probabl', band. .Another attraction was the ar- the Charles Stuart Bowen Scholarship reached ils recent r esting pluce in the ticles of colonial furniture, most noted for ,;ome poo1· student of Harvard Law same fashion. among them and which attrac~a the School of "good rank and character." The in~urancc agency, which Her home in Cambr idge she be- starled by E. F. Sise in 18:ltl, has conmost attention being the sleigh-be!iAt oBe time Miss Bowe~•s · fam ily queatl1ed to the Cambridge Historical linued on lhrough four generations or the notation that no the Sise family, Charles and John Sise owned the old Allan Dale house on Old society with Fem lan e, where the old · ferrym an apartment house is ever to be erected of thls city and New York and Stowe lived. This house was romantically on said land. One half of the residue Wilder of this city being parlners in Lhe situa'ted in a valley between two :hills on becomes a permanent fund to main- cen tury- old agency. which were the h1ghways, 'p ast ' and tain tl1e house and for general purpresent, one leading, to the ferry land- poses. The other half of the residue Lane, in ing near the Spruce Creek entrance goes to Helen Penhallow -where people were ferried across to ~ charge of the Newton Free Library art landing place near'the Gerrish land, and collection, who also receives an outthe more modern road leading to the right bequest of $4500. Other bequests Kittery Point bridge which was b uilt include $2000 to Ellzabetl1 McTiernan, heL' nurse; $1000 to Frank Parttidge, later. described as one who cared for her brolher, and $1000 to Mabel T . Kitt.redge, a cousin. Robert H. Gardiner of Me. , and 10 P ostotrlce Sq., named as executor. es-0,----------••---=~ Will Of Miss Maria Bowen, Who Passed Much Time At Kittery Pt., ls Probated �TO CONTAIN HISTORY OF PORTSMOUTH Boston, - July 28-The history f Portsmouth from the earliest times to the present day wil l be included in the publication which ls to be issued by the Federal Historical Records Survey, Workers on the staff of the Survey for several weeks have been inventorying varlous records and oLher unpubllshed material In City Hall, the Court House and other depositorles. In many cases documents of great historical value have been uncovered in the unclassified piles of manuscripts and records that are occaslonally to be found In vaults and oabinets. ·In some instances the existence of these records was unknown even to the custodian, for they had been filed many years before he a., sumed charge of this valuable source material. Manuscripts, yellow wlth a~e and wrltten in the curious and almost undecipherable script that wa.s used hy 17th century off!cials have been found in heterogeneous heaps of documents, which recorded early cvenLs in the Lown's history. The value of such mo.terlal to the writer, the student and the historian is incalculable, but heretofore It has been practically inaccesslbl . The HL,torical Records Survey, following the suggestion of the Daughters of the American Revolution, who regarded the preservation and indexing of the archlves of the nation, states and municipalities as a duty to posterity, entered on the work of preparing a guide to all the documents, the depository in which they are housed and the vault or cabinet that contains them. In addition to this the check-list will contain a description of the records and extracts from the matter the conLaln. of the Comte d-Artois, brother of Louis XVI. He was present during the campaign in 1792 in advance of the Prussian Army until it was disbanded in Jan. ' 'lll h ,1 0. Saltonstall of Exeter Is 1792, participating in the attack on maklng 1111 lntcnslve search for materFrankfort and subsequently served ial on tile m;,rltlme history of the during the campaign of 1793 in an atPort~mo11lh cllstrict and states that he tack on the French Lines at Gerhas been ren.ding with great intei;est mercheim and Weissenburg. !n Oct. at the Portsmo11th Athenaeum the 1793 he accepted a Captaincy jn the 18th centmy files of the New HampHussars de Rohan in the German sershire Gazr.tte. But of course there arc vice and took part in covering ths regaps whlch it is dlflicult to fill. If any treat of the Duke of York upon Holreaders of the Portsmouth Herald land and Germany. In 1798 he obknow the whereabouts of tained a six months leave of absence prjnted or with a view of visiting his father who Portsmouth vessels, captains, merhad come to the United States at the chants or shipwrights, it would be apopening of the French Revolution but preciated if they would communicnte the father had died in Philadelphia with Mr. Saltonstall at Exeter. Many and his estate had been sold bY the old trunks hidden away in attics may sheriff. Resigning his commission in contain papers of invaluable historic the Hussars de Rohan in April 1798, interest. he was appointed aide de camp and ~---'"7------~-...,.,.....,~,,.,,...J.it_:;:Ii later adjutant. On Jan. 10, 1799 was aide de camp to Gen. Alexander Hamilton; in May was Asst. Adjutant General to Gen. Wm. North; in September and December was assigned to the staff of Gen. Chas. C. Pinckney whom Tlte nrirk at New ~astle he assisted in preparing reorganization of the cavalry. In Feb.· 1801 he Edi tor of The Herald: was made 1st Lieut. in the Regt. of Our mnmer vi~it.ors are always intc1 ested in the brick tower near the Artillerists and Engineers, and on Oct. Fort n.t N<>w Casile-who built it, and 25th following_ he · was app0lnted Aide why. As very few now living know the de Camp to· Gen. James Wilkinson. facLs the following may be of interest: He was retained in Apz:il 1802 as 1st Col. John B. Walbach (pronounced Lieut. of Artillery and he became Adand spelled in official letters "Walback'') was appoinlecl Ircim Pennsyljutant Dec. 1, 1804. He was promoted vania, ancl during his long service was Captain Jan. 31, 1806, made Asst. Deputy Quartermaster General in March localed or atlachcd to the local fort. 1812, Asst. Adjutant General with the He had charge of all rank o! Major in June 1813, and on from Rhode Island to Eastport; he August 6th, 1813 Adjutant General. resided at New Cc1..~tle and had investHe took part in the Battle of Chrysments in frven1.J pieces of real estate, ler's Field in Canada, Nov. 11th, 1813. among th rm 1.hc Hopley Yrn.ton farm On May 1st, 1815, he received the and Jerry's Fort; al o about three Brevet of Lieut. Col. for meritorious acres of the present Wentworth HoLel service; he became Maj. of Artillery site. During the War o! 1814 he built Apr. 25, 1818, Brevet Col. for 10 years the Walb:ich Tower, so called, to proof service, and several promotions latect the lilnd side of the fort. During ter: In May, 1850, he received the Brethe raid cm Canacl:i. he was called 1.he vet of Brig. General to date from 1823. Hero of Chrysler's Field, an engageThe writer is indebted to Rep. Jas. ment during which the U. S. forces W. Pridham of New Castle for the were repuJ~ccl. Gen. Geo. W. Cullen in following notice which 'l'(aS printed in his review of Engineers etc ., of the the Baltimore Sun, J1me 11th, 1867 : War of 1812, refers u0 Walbach as follows: "Tlw enemy cliscovering ~r,me General John B. Walbach, the oldest officer in the U. S. Army, died at cli~orcler p1 rf;~rrl iorward am! endeahis residence on Mackson Street opvored by a flank movement to capt11re posite St. Ignatius church, ln the 93d our cannon. When Adj. General Walyear of his age. barh, a Gr nrnm vr.tern.n in our nrmy, He was buried from St. Ignatius gavr the orllcr to cha1ge "mit <le dragoons" by this prompt act saved the church at 10 o'clock on June 1:t with guns. lull military honors, conducted by His son John was appointed to Wrfit Maj. McDowell in command of Fort Polnt Jrom Nrw Hampsl1irc, ant! dice! McHenry. A salute was fired from the before hf;; fatl1rr, ln 1853. Fort at one o'clock. The Maryland The following is the record of Col. Militia look part in the parade. Hf Walbach: had one son, John B., a Ca,pt. in the Jolm Bn.pListe · de Bartha-Baron de Army, and another, Louis, in the NaWnlbacll, i-;okller. Born ir Munster, vy, and three daughters. Valley of Rt. Gregory, Upper Rhine, Yours, I. L. Germany, Oct. 3, 1766. Died in BalLI- ' New Castle, Aug. 20. more, Mrl, June JOt\1, 1857. He was the third son of Count Joseph de Bartha nnd received his military training in Strasburg in 1786-92; he was a lieutennnt in the Lanzen Jiuzzars. He returned to his native land INTERES �Smutty Nose Island Tragedy By Francis Aubrey Goodall l-1-':o-•.,,•-•-•-•-•-•-•-•-•-•c-:•-•-•-=•=•=•-=•-=•cc::------,_-_-_•_•-•-•-•-•-•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_•_"'_~_.._._•_•_•_.:. --'I Duck Island's ledg-es, t e swmg of the wave over Half-way Rock lhc touch of the ripples on the beach at Londoner's. the long- and lazy breaker that is forever rolling- below the lighthouse at the While I~land-all are farnilia1· and disLetters to the EP~TOR are ofti:n ct, and indicate to 'the Islander ten ,i nteresting to many people in I don't u nd ernta nd why anyone his preci:;e where bouts almost as addition to the individual address- continues to say th at Wagner was cleaily as if the sun shone bright. ed. This oni,, addressed to the Ed i- the criminal. ly a:ncl no shrouding mi st st rivingtor of the ROCHESTER COUI think this is a true story. to mock and mislead him." R•JIER, appeared in tl1e issue of A. S. B. But it was left for Edmund September 18, 1986. In it, the Pearson, hi storian of Bl'i Lish deswriter thereof, a Farmington, This let.te1· to the Editor o( the cent, to produce in a volume, cnNllW .Hampshire,' _lady of mature lWCHES'l'ER COUR11':R, so in- titkd "MURDER AT SMUTTY years, calls attentw11. to the Smut- tl'igued thi:-1 writer, long eng-agcJ Nosg and other Murders" in ty Nose Island t1'agedy of March in criminal investigation, while t!)2G, just fi:J years af'ter the Lrug-6, 1873. serving the Associated Press and eclv the moti t authentic at:count 0 ( ·she reveals that .she saw and mapy of the leading newspapers what happened <>'n Smutty Nose, listened to Louis Wagner, charg- of the. country, that he determined Island in the early mornin g hours ed with the double .murder- on the to p-et at the trutli of the so-called of Mart:h G, l 873. l'l is very com1 island named. Sne~·wa:s thus con- "SMUTTY NOSE lSLAND plete in detail and leaves no vinced of the man's innocence, and TRAGEDY" which occurred on slightest doubt in the mind of the could not undt-rsta'nd why anyone he morning of March (l, 1873, in t'eader. It was publi shed by Doushould consider him guilty. In the one lone inhabited house on uleday, Page & Company. this she was by no means ·alone, the island that canies that rathe1'· It may as well be stated right for the controversv has prevailed amusingly des~ripHve title. Smut- here, that when the Farmington throughout the past 64 "ears. ty Nose is one of eight islands, woman, sig'ning her letter to the -Even this writer had felt that four in Maine and the same mun- Editor of the COURIER with the the State of Maine had convicted ber in New Hampshire. initials A. S. B., gazell upon Louis and executed an innocent man. It What has been characterized as Wau-ner, so many years ago, ~he so happens that Louis Wagner was the . Smutty Nose Island Tragedy was looking unon and li stening to the first mm·derei: ;thiw write1·, a- and has resulted in controversy one of I he coldest blooded and long with other men· and boys of for the past 64 Yf!ars, over guilt bt'utal killers in New J•:ngla nd'::; a factory crew, had ever seen, for or innocence of the' convicted and enti re criminal hi storr. \Vhen he he was then a boy, nearing his executed murderer, Louis Wagner, was with out work he had been 13th birthday, took place on one of the Isles of ,akcn inlo the home of the JTonlBut some:how, the ' lFarmington Sh~als, off the coast of Portfl- vet,; and t reatPd as om• or LIH' woman's letter aroused a doubt in mouth, New IIumpshire, but with- family. ln addil,ion thti wonw11 his mind and he decided to make a in the limits of Mai•nc, some time he killed, had nursed him through determined effort t<i g-et at the ac- between the houi·s of eleven o'- ji lln~ss. Ile entered an unlocked tual- truth. With that end in view, clock. March 5. and the dawn of •home, occupied on that parti cular he communicated with the Gover- Murch 6, 1873. \·night by three lone wome n whose 'nor of the State' of· Maine, who The · Isles of · Shoals,' ten miles men folks, Wagner kn •w V:(•1·c degave him the heartiest coopera- out t~ sea _from Portsmouth,. num- taincd in Portsmouth, waiting for tion, paving the , wa-y .for a most lber Just cigh~. _Anpledore 1s the bait coming- •by train from Boslon. complete investiiration. records of largest, next 111 size and separal~d The boat he used to make th e Lri p information in the archives of the only by a nanow channel, rn to Smutty Nose Island ten miles Maine State Library, at the State Smutty Nose, once called Haley's . t · ' Capitol, Augusta. Jsland. But it has been known as diS a.nt from rortsmouth,_ was i;toSmutty Nose since Hi84 when a l~n I ro_m a Portsmouth f1~lH.>r111a·n . But first, let us grasp the views Court "fol" the Western' Island:;" 1 he h_n;t m11rdcrnus . blvw h~ of the Farmington lady, as set sat thei·e. slruck_ 111 ~he daak, makrnv; use o[ 11 1 forth her letter to COURIER. the Editor of theinROCIIESTER Smutty Nose is connected by av ~ I;a ·: <Iis I~c1 :c.l l . a '.,,a n.t e I cIoc Ic: Here it is:breflkwaters with . Malaga, also ' h1~h s\01>J!ed as '.t. Ja_n'.led o~ the •with Cedar and Star Island s . ~1° 0 !, mai IC1ng llw 111slant nf the 1 1 1 111 nearby is Londoner's Island, ~ ~ ~ atla~k as SE;',1'~N MJNmere ledge while to the North- U 1 1',S P~S r ONE O CLOCK on EDITOR'S MAIL Farmington, N. H ., Sept. 12, 1936 east, Duck' Island, another rocky the mo_rmng of March G, 1873. a·nd dangerous Jed~e, is still covLouis Wagner had found ~he Editor of the Courier: , In the Sept. 4th issue I noted an ered by the only !faithful inhabi- door. unlat~hed, the women )1av111g article relating to the crime said tan ts it has ever had: h·undreds left it so 111 order that then· men to have bee'n· committed by Louis of fluttering gulls and other sea folks. mig]1t have no ~ifficulty in Wagner. I saw 'Wag-nei· when he birds. Two miles southwest is enter111g-, 111 the dark, 111 case they graceful were able t_o return from Portswas in Farmington anq heard him White Island, whose lighthouse is, except for the old mo~th, earlier than t~e~ expcct~d . tell his story. · 1. • He said he was innP.cent and he church on Star, tjle ·o nly evidence Th1_s ma:n who,. within a bncf had strong hopes -of \ proving an that any . man who has prected a 11enod pnor to this despc1·ate vcnali'bi_ but because 1 ,9f a short space building- on the islands gave ture, had told five individua!s1 one of time that he could not account thought to the difference betwce'1r of them John llontvct, cap tam of ugliness and beauty. the fi shing _craft, 1Clara Bella, that for he <lid not succeed . Each island has its individual- he was going- to get some money He said that whe'n. he· was in Alfred jail they brought Mrs. Hont- it'y~-its geological ·formation is its \f he had to commit murder to g-et vet in to identifYi h_im 1 When she own, while its position and the ac- it. The others were young Ing-crcame up to the -cell window he tion of the ocean currents about bredsen, James Lee, Lars Nelson pointed his finl!"er at her and said each have caused variations in a and Charles Johnson. No one took •d••'"""~'· to the sheriff, "There is the mm·- number of details. Of the sounds him seriously, but Wagoner meant derer." Louis Wagner was con- of the sea amO'~ the islands con- what he said, and proved it. victed on circumstantial evidence stitutinl! the Isle!=! of Shoals, Celia Wai:rncr had been a member of,._,,,.....,,,"'" Thaxter, who once lived tlH'rc, the crew o( the fo;hing- st:hooner and hanged an innocent man. I Addison Gilbert, which had bce·n A few years late1: Mrs. Hontvet wrote: died and before she. died she con"Each island, every isolated wrecked . Since that time, Wag-fessed that she killed her siste1· rock, has it~ own peculiar note, ne11 had worked only at intervals, herself in order tq11ret some prop- and ears made delicate by listen- sometimes for John Hontvet, baiterty that was owned by them ing, in great and frequent peril, ing trawls, etc. For seven months 111 '1 " can distingui~ the bearings of he had been treated as a member joinblv. of the H ontvet family. Ile had A:nd 'tho ·stat~ of Maine abolish- earh in a dense fog. "The threate'ning lived there, crippled with Theuma. ed capital punisbmeiit . when they tism, and admitted that the wolearned the truth. men had lbeen most kind to him. �crawl out of the low window, on y In 1872, there 11ad liv<>d, some- l'orlsm oulh, Wagner saw one a few feet from the ground, and times on SLar Island, bul chiefly James Burke, leav1• his dory. When stood there, clad only in her nightwibh the llont.vets on Smutly Burke returned, the boal was missdress; her feet bare in the snow. Nose, n man of twenty-eight, ing and Wagner was well on his But she was paralyzed with fear named Louis Wagner. Ile was a way Lo Smutty Nose faland. John and could make no sound. native of Uckermunde, in norlher11 HonLveL could do Lhe ten-mile At this moment, the man came Prussia. Ile was tall, powerful and row •with Lhe tide in three hours around Lhe corner of th.e house and dark, with a pecu liarly quiet man- and another half- hour would be at last Lhey saw him clearly in the ner, says one description. He \vas necessary if Lhe I ide WC're unfavormoonlight. Anethe shrieked his a rosy-faced Prussian, says another able. Louis Wagner, also, was a name: writ.er, who saw him in hi s lale strong oarsman. "Louis! Louis! Louis!" Wagner tried the lalrh o! t.he career and und er remarkable cirThere was no mistaking him for cumslnnces . "His face was round door o[ Lhc 11 011Lvcl home and and good-natured, hi s eyes mild," found ii unlocked. ~o.flly he open- John, now. Indoors, Karen had ed it and stepped inside. The kitch- called him "John" merely because says this observer. "lle was a fine, she expected her brother-in-law, tall, blond fellow," so 1 have been en was n c-a r Lhe entrance ; he crept John, and could think of no one told by one who seemt•d to re- across Lhe room and, wilh a slick, member him with ~mclhing of barred the door leading inlo the else. But as Anethe called that the enthusiasm wilh which she next room. This was an odd name, "Louis," Maren, looking out the window, saw their enemy, viewed him, when she wns a schoo l aclion, i[ he supposed, as it is of who came so near Lhe window, as girl of fourteen. "And all the thought he did, that the lower rooms were unoccupied, and that she said, Lhat he could lay his elgirls were after him, she added. bow again L it. ' W·agner had been in America for Lhe sleep ing women were upThe trap into which he had about seven years; he had lived in stairs. But he Toused a sleeper; stepped was to be long in closing ; Boston, in Poi-lsmouth, on Lhe Lhe dog, Ringe, barked, and Karen Lhere were tortuous paths for him; Shoals, and aboard various ships. sat up on Lhe couch which had been sh iftings and evasions for· months lie spoke English with the usual made up for her in the kitchen, and and years. But that moment was difftcult.ies: God was slill "Got.t," cried oul: a deadly one; Maren recognized "John, is that you?" and good was "goot," hi s shirt was him Lhen, beyond all doubt, for It seemed Lo her l hat the fish"mein shirt." lie knew snnwLhing none other than LOUIS WAGNER. rrmen hacl rrlurn ecl ancl t.hat her of life :dong the wal(•r-fronl in Now, as soon as Anethe called brother-in-law had just cnlered Lhe these seaports; o[ sailors' and fi s hI his name, he returned to the door ermen's boarding hou se's; o[ Lhe house. Mar<>n, who wa:, sleeping of the house and got an axe which wilh Am•Lhe in the next room, was had been used Lhat day to break wharves, clocks ·and saloons. ll is private ventures as a !is her also rousl'd and call<'cl to her: Lhe ice at the well. He returned "Whal's the maLLer ?" from Slat· IRiand had nol bC'en Karen, still dc-c·c•iv,•d, ·a nswered: ! and confronted the poor girl, who continued, in her terror, to call out successfu l, and al Lhal period he "John scared me!" nothing but his name, over and was ofLen ind ebted Lo Lhe llonlvcL But she could hardly say it be- over again. If it was an appeal, it family for food. Later when he fore the stranger picked up a chair, was quilc useless. He brough~ joined llonlvet in fishing, he live•<! at her, ancl in Lhe dark dealt down the axe on her head and she wilh Lhe llon lvcts on SmuLLy Nose rushed a hasty, avagc blow, which in- fell before him in the snow and for seven months as one of the family. In the only occupied house flicted so me injury, and also lay there al his feet. He struck her on SmuLLy Nose Island in March knocked down a clock from the al least twice qiore, to make su re of 1873 there lived J ohn llonLveL shelf ab ove her head. It was found of her death . All of Lhis was seen, through the and his wife, Maren . Five years there, next day, and it" had been before, Lhey had come fr om Larvik, stopped by the blow at seven min- window, by the horrified Maren. uLC's past one. This incident was The latter Lded to rouse her sister a small seaport of Norway. Maren is described as a Jillie woma11, gen- recalled later in ihe case, with a as she lny on the floor, with her quolalion o[ a remark by Rufus head against the bed. She knew tle and courteous. The Il onlvels Choate: "Though the dial spoke Lhat the butcher was finishing outImel been joined in t.he spring of 1871 by Maren's sister, Karen not, it gave mo:,t manifest sign, side; it would be their turn in a Christensen, a wom c11 of Lhirly- and pointed Lo Lhe stroke of mur- few seconds. She urged Karen to get up and run with her. The eight. She was melancholy, from der ." Surprised, if he was, t.o find the other, weak from her injuries, and the loss of a Jover, and lonesome women downstairs, he must have spellbound in frigbt, ,could only in a coun try where al first. she did not understand the l.rnguage. l<'or expected to arouse them; his search say: for mon ey was Lo be made upstairs "I am too tired," meaning, of Lwo years she was a domestic servant on Appledore Isl and, but had and clown. But now he struck clum• course, "I haven't the strength to sy blows al Karen, who began to move." reccnlly returned to make her home with her sister. Then these cry out in her horror and fright: It was fort.unale that Mar en, "John kills mr! John kills me!" Norwegian folk were clouhled i11 lVlnrC'n was hl'al.ing on the fas- with the natural instinct for selfnumber by three arrivals from preservation, should have twisted their own Janel. John Ilonlvel's Lcnccl door and trying Lo come to a skirt around her shoulders for her sister's Tescue. Karen had risen brother, MaLLhew, joi,wd him, and and staggered across Lhe room, protection from the cold, and so did Maren's brnlher, l van when she fell again under the climbed out another window, probChristensen, arnl hi s bride, A1wlhc. As she did so, she dislodged ably al Lhe rear. lier dog followed She was a young wife, fair and blows. the wo oden bar, by which the door her. She ran at first to the henmerry. was fastened, and the door swung house, Lo hide in a cellar beneath At four o'clock on Lhe a[Lernoon open. Maren entered and began to that, bul thought better of it. She o! March 5, 187!1, th1· Clara J11'lh clrag her sister toward the bed- knew that Wagner would hunt for was tied up at. the doc k in J'orl~- room. She was conscious of a tall her through the buildings, and that mouth. Th l're the crew saw Wais- men, dimly outli ned against the the dog would bark and reveal her ner. He asked seven! limes if window. ln slanlly he rushed at hiding place. In this, her reasonthey were going to SmuLLy Nose Lhe m both, and slruck at them with ing was correct; Wagner's footthat night. lle was assured Lhat Lhe awkward weapon, wounding steps in the snow were around all they were noL, for Lht• bail for Lhe both, hul nol fatally. During all the buildings next day. next day's fishing w,1s going Lo be Lhis Lime he never uLLered a word; Maren then went to the cove to late in n•aching 1'01 Lsmoulh by JJIS VOlC~ WOULD BETRAY look for a boat, but none was there. train. llonlvet askl'd Wagn<'r Lo IllM. Her final pl-an was to run to anhelp with bailing th<· t.rnwls and Both women got into the other other part of the island and to he agreed Lo do :,;o. They looked roo m anrl succeeded in closing the hide in the rocks near the water. for him several time ~, hul were un- door. Their assailant had with- By Lhi:, time her condition was deable Lo find him. Noh ,dy could finu· drawn for a moment. Maren told plorable. Iler feet were bare, and him; no one in Porl !- mouth was Lhe terrified AneLhe to climb out except for the skirt which she had ever found who saw him Lhal night Lhe window and to shout for help; picked up, her only garment was 1'';...-:i11,-Y: after haH-past seven, nor until a[- perhaps the foll\ on Star Isl.me! her ni hl own. And to add to her ter day-break the 1wxt morning. mi hL hear. Andhe mana ed to At the foot of Pil'kcring street, I �terrible misery, she looked back at , At last she heard the hammers her house saw a light in it, and of the. workmen engaged in conheard the' screams JJf her sister. structi~g a hotel on Star Island. Louis had returned to the house, She made her painful way, for her lighted a lamp and was now feet were torn and frozen, to the methodically slaughtering Karen. nearest point and signalled while That wretched woman finally she called for help, waving hcl' "'"'"'~---..._~got upon her feet, fled into another skirt and shouting, but she failed room and 'tried to escape through to get their attention, so she went the window. He struck at her with to the rocks of Malaga, the nearest the axe and smashed the sill. It point to the Ingerbrcdsen house on was then that her screams were Appledore Island. Old Mt·. Ingerheard by Maren. Finally, after re- brcdsen came across the narrow peated blows, the axe handle broke, channel in his boat and was aston...,."""'•'"' whereupon Wagner took ~ hand- ishcd to find Maren talking and kerchief or scarf, wound it about shouting incoherently. Karen's thro.at and strangled her. Clad only in ·a nightdress, her He took the same precaution wi th hair streaming, blood on her face th Anethe· then dragged her into e and on her garment. She was wildhouse by the fee.J;,.. and left her in eyed and pitiable. the kitchen. 1 At two o'clock, the moon hurl It is assumed that prior to this, been down for a quat'Ler of an Wagner had made his frantic hour. Wagner still had a starlit search for Maren among all the night and a snowy iandscape; inbuildings and hiding places near doors, he had boldly lighted a by A witness had escaped and lamp, daring the possibility of inW~gner's safety was imperilled. terruption from another island. He was a systematic man and so The night continued silent, the isfar his nerves had not been shaken land cold ancl deserted and if his by the butchery in which he had in- courage had wavered, it returned. dulgcd. His tracks-some ~f them After the slaughter of the two marked with the blood which be- women, and after he had finally sprinkled the house, were found disposed of their bodies, he had the in every direction. But he was tasks of the search- for Maren and forced to give up and return for the hunt for money. In the first he the money which 'had been the failed uttel'ly and knew that his object of his expedition. plan had begun to go to pieces; In trunks, in bureau drawers and that henceforth he was in deadly in boxes he hunted, upstairs and peril. In the second he came so down. He broke open every trunk near to complete failure that he _,_..,.._-Jin the house with a single excep- must have felt bitter indeed; to tion one belonging to KarEl)l, work so hard, to take such risks, to whi~h stood in the room which he plunge his hands so deep in blood, had formerly occupied. A trunk and all for such a trifling sum. If in John Hontvet's bedroom con- he could have found the five or six tained the only large sum in the hundred dollars which he thought house, $136, hidden between two was on the island, or even the asheets at the bottom. mount which actually was there, it He broke this trunk open and might have brought him 1_11eans of · J · .._, ts escape and temporary wealth. - ~ · •.;;;r..;, fumbled t h erem, eavmg ,wo spo For a while he lingered. He sat of blood on the sheets, but missing down in the kitchen and ate; fragthe money. There were pocket- ments of food not cooked in the boo)ts in pt her trunks or elsewhere· b t t here was Karen's purse with a sil- kitchen. of the house, but roug11 1 with him from Portsmouth, were ver half-dollar, two smaller si ver found on the table, together with pieces some coppers, and probably . f' d b a few' dollars in paper . money; ·al- km(~ , and or1c, a P1ate an cup eto ether these pocketbooks con- longmg t~ the I~ontvets. He made ta~ed between $16 and $20. These tea· for himself, the handle of_ the he found and rifled; one empty teapot on the stov~ wa.~ stamed k tb k h I ft the floor. He l'ed from the mu1derer s fingers. ~~n~ ~oth!r e piclcetb;ook • and The dead body of An~the lay nearby as he refreshed himself. Then bro k.e open I·ts s t rap,. the. contents . he took a basin and towPls, went to were corns, some :N_orwegian si 1ver, tie well behind the house and one Central American and a few 1 f th bl d 00 Canadian copper pieces. These were wa~hed nway some O • e dangerous to touch, as too easily s Lams. · . identified; he left them behind. At . Wgg-ner was .e:cept1onal 1Y stut · t th following p1d. If, on leavmg Portsmouth, he d~e or itwoJ>ao;n eisin to efollow the !iad taken a train for Port]and, Me., Y,k. f th · d of this cool- instead of returnmg to his Boston wor mgs O • e mm . haunts, he could have reached ~y ou°al~h~at~~~arda:f Ifse ni;~t'= Portland befo_re noon, fr?m which p ·k d th doubl murder there- seaport he might have s~1pped un~~s p~obabl/ Jess . th~n $20. der_,a false na~e and d1sappem·ed M Hontvet reached some c!1tirely, or . at least for a con. . aren . s1derable penod. h1dmg place m th e rocJcs, some But luck which favored him up nd cove near the water's edge a a_t a to the mom'ent of landing on Smutdistance from the house. IIoldmg N d t d h 1· th d cl Ose to her breast for ty ose, utter IY : Qs~r e 1:11 e thog h crouched and hid. thereafter.. And with his luck, his warm , s e wits left him He made the stuDay!ight was not due for four or pendous mistake of going from five h-0urs. Wagner passed/~t Smutty Nose Island back to Portsfrom her when he .returne O is mouth. Did he, in racially characboat. e1·istic .manner des ise everybody I f fu~~. i~r and trust in his ability Lo oo wink those whom he assumed to be stupid because they were less cruel than he? Wagner's Wagging Tong-ue Entra(lS Ilim vV:ignel' made his way froJ11 SmuUy Nose Island Lo Purlsmnuth not at all unobserved-and at half-past seven was at 25 \Yater !.lreet, his boarding place. His sudden appearance at that hour in the morning, his annarent fatigue and disordered looks were instantly noted. WiLh physical \H'al'iness hnd como also weakne::;s of spirit, a revulsion had set in, and he was in the most unusual condition of the murderer whc makes damaging admission.:; which are always troublesom e to explain, a;, a later date, when the defence is seL up. 'T'o Mary J ohm;on, rlaui~hier of the boarding housekeeper, he sairl: "I have got my~elf into trouble," ~nd wept. One of the men in tho hou~e told liim he looked like the devil, ancl asked 1f he had been on an allnight tramp. Mary Johnson obLervcd scratches and ;,cars on hi s knuckles ; she heard hi 111 say to her rarents: "I feel as if I was going to be taken." She told him that he looked as if he had been without <;Jeep all night, whereupon he starecl at her. lie ate a little, went up to hi s room, changed some of hi s clothes, and soon set out from the house :,gain. He walked down-town, bought some food, and shortly after nine o'clock, took a train for Roston, where he arrived about cl cven o'clock. Ile made one effort lo find a ship. This failed, and he lacked the resolution and judgmer!t· to keep hidden. At _ a barber shop he had hi s three-weeks' growth of beard shaved off, and his hair trimmed. Next- he, went to a clothing store, where he purcha~ed a new suit and a new hat. His next call was a remarkable one, and furnished an inlident which resembles tho;:e in the old tales of murder, in which the guilty man fices from justice and is haunted by the vision of his crime. At a boot and shoe shop of an old acquaintance, Jacob Todtman, at 39 Fleet street, Boston, he called and purchased a pair of shoes. Here, also, he took off the overalls he was wearing·. and put c,n his new clothes over his old ones. He asked permission to leave the overalls and hi s old hat behind him. Then Wag ner sat down and watched Tocltman at his work. When the cobbler had finished a boot and thrown it on the floor, Wagner b1·oke the silence. Pointing-, he said: "I have ~een a woman lie as still as that boot!" Puzzled by this cnigm'.1Lic re111a rk, Todtm!'\n, aftEr staring at ........_. \Vagncr for a moment, replied:"That is nonsense. When my wife is asleep, she lies as still as lhat boot." Wagner checked himself nothing- more was said. This was not remorse, but rather, the childi~h garrulty of a man who must talk upon the t ic of his own �He kept wandering into ·J 1e crowd sho uted, "Kill him. familiar regions; into the com- "Hang him! " and showed ~uch a pany of tho~e he knew. At about oi!'.pos ilion to interfere w1Lh the 4 o'clock in t hr, afternoon, he went courne of justice that they had _to to a ~ailor's boarding house kept be kept back, not only by police l,y Katharir,'.! Brown and her h ·11swilh drawn revolvers, but by a baud at 295 North street. There <·ompany of marines from the wa:; a barroorr. on Lhe first floor, Navy Yard, who slO'wly pressed frequented by sailors. Wagner Lack the m<'b wilh thcfr bayonets. in, look a chair, and sat · Wagner at last safely put dO'wn by Lhc window. Here he was in jail, but three days later there 1,resenlly greeted by u girl's voice, was another .,udd<•n and exlraorsaying: oinary dcnwn slration,. when t~o "Good afternoon, Louis." hundred fishermen from the 1sThis was annoying, after all the Jan<ls and from the s hore towns pains he ha<l .taken lo change his arrived :n Porlsmoulh, bent on a .. ppea1 ance. He said=. ,, lynching. . . "I •g·ue.;;s yo u are mistaken. A curious legal s1tuat1on had But the -irl advanced into -the cevelopetl: it was round that New 1 oom-she ;as Miss Emma Miller· Hampc;hire had jurisdiction over -and r emarked : the three southerly of the hles of "Ii Louis is not your name. il is Shoal ~, but that the [our nol'lhern the name you went by when you island,;, including Smutty No_se, was here before: it was Louis -Lud- were within Lhe State of Mame wig then." r•nd the County of York . Wagner Th is was >t fact, and Wagner must be tried in th e neighborning dissembled no longer. Besides he i.,tate, and c, 11 March ,11th he was considered • Miss Miller's status, taken lo th e train !for the transfe r · M · Th fi h en \\,hich was t hat of Anne of Austri t'o Sac0 m ame. e s errn in the ballad or Fnltah Fi~her, and were somehow prevented from thong·h t that h ere was one in seizi ng the pri soner, but a furiou s , fl'<l!ilf,,,..w-, 1 whom he might confide, after a yelling mob of about a th0 usa nd fashion. He admilled his identity. people follow ed th rough lbe st reets al mid11io·hl as the officers conThe girl then observed: clucletl ht'm. Lo the railroad station "You iook awful bad! Whal :nak<'s you look so?" :.t Port:;;rnou th · Slones were "Wagner 1·eplicd: thrown , fre ely a nd -of cours'e ".I have just murde red two :;;ail - wou nd ed only th e officers. <:rs, coming from New York. The Waµ;ner trnmblc•d a nd hsh~ 1~! 1 . a b oa t ; l and was with diliicu 1ty. us. :nate put me 11s h ore m M cu i·an away an d c::.mc t o B os t on. I alon!.! •• !Jy th e unhappy po1ice. any !,ad my whiskers shaved off in will remcmucr th os~ ret1 s , /s New York, so that the officers they will al ~o recall L e ou e uwould not know me . . . There is ncral o-f Karen a nd Ane th e, a nd . I I wan L t o munIe r, an d the rirocess ion, with two h hearses, anoth <'l' gn h Id then I am ready to go." . t hat slowly wou nd th1~~ugT ht e I Miss Miller intimated that Loms town to he graveyaru. ey ~re was jesting; he laughed and the buried s ide by side, in di h e old h conversation ·e'r.ded. Soul cem etery. Even to ay, an 'Debating with the landlady, occa sional s t rangcr comes to sec Mrs. lll'Own, whdhrr he might lh;J,t<'.ibvo~~~lful manner which he stay there for a Jew clays t111Lil he found a ehip, he sat down by the r1clopll'd in 130s lon _was quit~ goi:e. ~tove in th<': kitchen and dozed. W ag-ner was now 111 tear s , in V11"He h ad delayed too long, and un- luous grief th al he should bo c!erestimaled the intelligence and charged wi th mu rd e r. He adopted energy of those whom he had u manner of injured inn;.cin~, w1·onged. The news of th e mur- · and professed a pie ty w .1c c clers had reach ed Ports mouth, was able so well to counterfeit th at 1•ews which on Thursday morning, its cffoct lingers lo th is day. · mos t o f t I1c newspaThi s s ta le .o[ mind arose from was printed m , • L ou1•s '" this extiaord111arv powers pers o'f A mencu. vv agner ,s · mans h · 1 e Iexercisec name was given ·111 L1H!Se repor Ls i:.s an aclor, · which d d · O ge 10 'l from the mc,ment he was more accurate l y t l11.111 were • 1ose •of his victims. Ports mou th Jail. Continued pro, John Hontvet was able Lo tell fess ions of innocence, if accom,'f oe ·P ortsmouth police of Wagner's panier\ by a good pen;onal_ app?arcustomary haunts in Boston; !he ancc, a nd l,i,cked by sanct,momous te1 egru11h was busy, and early in phrnscs, will convince m1:1ny perthe evening the lloslo11 police and ~ons that an accu!<cd man 1s s ufferdd. office r s were at ing grievous wrong. If in a 1pottsrno ulh Uon, the words ''ci rcumstuntial Brown's. Wag-nc r p-ave th em no evidence" enler into any part of ·trouble and ma<le no pa rlicular inq uiry 'us to th <.' reason for his the caRe, some of the public will anest." vote immediately to acquit a man - -l\larch ------'!lof all charges an<l give him a cerNext day, Friday. 7,_ he tificate o[ hig-h moral character. was t:lkcn hack lo Porls moulh by Of course, the strongest part of train. He was followed to the sta- tpe evidence against Louis Wagner Lion in Boston by a "hooting mob," was not circumslantial, but of the <1.nd at all stations on Lhe route most direct kind, and it was cort here were other crowds gathered . roborated by an overwhelming When the train ;. rrived in Ports- uumber of l!ircums tances. Luter, mouth. 10,000 people, said Lhe it developed that Louis Wagner 1,ewspapers, awaited him, and was obsessed with Lhe notion that tri ed to rush the officers an<l seize unless he himself made a corufesth e prisone r for immediate ven- sion of guilt, he could not be legeance. The detail s of what had gally executed. r.appened at Lh.e Shoals had Wagner was confronted with r eached the town, and Portsmouth :!\,faren ITonlvet and her husband, was moved out of its usual calm. as he sat in his cell in the jail at •.v,,, 0 ° ° Pol'tsmout . al them for remarked: "I'm g lad Jesus loves me!" To which utterance John Hontvet instantly replied: "The devil loves you!" There was a preliminary examination before a lower court !lt South Berwick, Maine, at which so111e of the State's witnesses gave evidence. Wagner was held and in May indicted for the murder of Anethe. On June 9, 1873, he came to trial in the town of Alfred, County Seat for York, at a sitting of the Supreme Judicial Court. The presiding Justice was Hon. William G. Banows. The Attorney General, Harris M. Plaisted, Eiq. (afterward Governor), and one of the ablest prosecuting attorneys of Maine, appeared for the people; he was assisted by George C'. Yeaton, Esq., County Attorney. "The Court assigned as counsel for the defence a learned lawyer and former iudge, Rufus P. Ta12ley E~q. 1~9J Saco and there a1so appeared in the prisoner's behalf Max Fisch,,cher, E sq., of .]~oston, who was brought into the case by somebody in ordH that Wagner might have b fi f I f h" the ene t o counse o 1s own Prussian nationality. On June 18th, the ninth day of the trial, the jury went out. They delibe1·ated for .fifty-five minutes, and found the prisoner guilty of •.11urdc1· i·n the fi•·st • u·'ep1·ee. Wacrner· \Vas taken back to Al,., fred Jai l. and soon gave the people of Maine a fresh sensation . The jail, stil l standing, was a new cne, a •.~ hort d1'stance ft·om the Court House, and supposedly Btrong. Or,e night a wa2k after I he rlose of the trial, the two µuard 3 who were watching Wag11er, found they were actually guarding a well-constructed dummy. mncle of u variety of objects, v.nd placed in the prirnner's bed. 'l'hat ingenious m a n had Picked the locks with some wooden imple;nent, and walked out, followed by two other prisoners. He did not know what to do with his liberty, but wandered t•boul the countrv for four days, subsi·.•t· ., 1nrr ., on be1·r·1·es. He slept in the lii'gh r·oad for fear of wr'ld leasts and 11a1·1·owly escaped be1·ng r un over by deput"y sh er1·ffs di:1·ving madly about in search of him. Finally, he was captaured near Farmington, New Hampshire, and returned to Alfred J~il. Th ere is a romantic yarn about Lhe escape, including one which in" •. , ~olves a probably fictitious J::u 1er s daughter." The people of Nciw . liamp~hire b<•lievcd that Mame wi sh('d to avo:cl PUJ1ishing Wr.gner. I~ is a fac l that he announced f his i 11tention to escape roro the Jail i,t All red, a week before he r.ctually accomplished it. Th ere is a La le to the effect that .; ohn and Maren Hontvet separnl<'d, . the !alter returning to Nor \\" ay. A bit of g-os~ip, typical of 111:tuy murd e rs,'is thut years aftenn 1ni Maren made a "death-bed c:onfesBion" of her own guilt of the crim e. Few ha ve heard this, but iL has b<!en in pr int. It is absolute bosh, although perhaps _good enc,ugh Jor a yellow journalist, had never trial. - --~- ~~r-...,.i"i'l':'-:f �me , or ii.en more years. ree i[n 'F'ebruacy, the Counci1, now . f uver a case were proved up to the hilt in a court of law, it was 'Jl'lain:t,y •of •diff.erent members from more murde1,ers were hanged. The 1hat aP-ainst Louis Wagner. The the preceding 'September. a•g ain last to pay the penalty was Daniel Jury '\Vho saw him for nine days, considered an order to commute W~1kin son, w ho shot and killed a and hea1·d him talk for hours, 'Wagner's sentence to impri son- illat..h, Mai ne, poli ceman. The exemade a prompt decision against ment for life. This was unanim- cution of Wilkinson t ook place on him· a decision which his judge, ously rejected; not _even the Co1:1 n- Nov. 26, 1885. and' ther judg-es, upheld. That cillor' who introduced the mot10n Following Loui s Wagner , anti fact and the failure of the few ef- seems to have voted in favor of it s Go1·dou, two othe r Maine murderfort'· to obtain executive clemency, -pnssu~e. Late in the same month, er s went to the gallows. Th ey were show how feeble was the ar~1ment another r epl"ieve until March was Carmine Santos and Raffallo Cafor his innocence. Even without ordered for both Wagner and Gor- pone, convi cted of the sl aying of the direct testimony of the eye- ic.loo;i.,, 'iI'h.e day now fixed :for the PasguaTle Cascia, at Brewer, witnesses, a woman whose eha1·ac• oeC'ntion was March 26, but on Th ey we1·e 'hanged in AprH of ter was unimp~ached, the case :was March 24, the Council, who seems 1 885, I exceptionally strong. Combmecl ito "½ra-ve determined to play this ----...-...-...-...-.-...-...-...-._ with Maren's story, the )llass of 'C'll,'£'..and-mouse game t o the very drcumstunc~s led ~o an mos~ap:, ilumt,, ag-ain reprieved both conable conclus10n. It 1s prepostc1ous 'Vliets •lllltil June 25, 1876. 11.'he warthat so many persons, mostly of rant for their execution on that good character, could be ib~nded date !Was .ihen issued, signed by the together to s'fea1· away the life of G11>vernor, Nelson Dingley, Jr., Pn · innocent man. His own story .s ome twenty years '1ater oelebrated of his doings on the night of the .as the a,uthor of a national tariff murders is absurd. .acL Moreover Wagner was far from Twenty-seven mon'ths -arfter his the m~~ ~f tr~nsparent virtue that -crime, therefore. -and more than he seemed in his days_, at _the State ,two :years after his conviction, Prison in Thomasto:p. J;I1s profes- ILouis W.agner was a.gain to p1•e!;.ions of faith increased in fervour pare, and this time finally, for ,e..xand sppanmt sinc~rity -"as t!\ey ec.ution . W.a,gner still laid the .murseemed likely to prov€: advan~a- cders to Maren and John Hontvet. geous · his attacks upon the w1t- Ue professed confidence that God nesse; agairst him were often vcn- l,,\-'OU.1Gi mtel"Cere ,to save him. 'l'he 9ther ;eondcmned man, -Gorc mous. He accused two of them of rourder, another of highway d@n, groaned and wept all night; robbery. There is no traee of the Wagner slept soundly. The , warc:imple and unaffected piety until raint fixed the time otf the execul•e was un<lcr arrest and it could :t;i.on ,l>etwee.n eleven .and twelve jn uccome of material help. It is c:,aid the morning. A few minutes bethat he had boasted of earlier !foa.le ,e:leven, i.t was d-iscovered that crimes in 'his past, and tl:is is by ,Go.rdo.n had made .a nearly successno means unlikely. The islan_d ful attempt .at suicide. A shoemurders may not have been his maker's lrnife had been smuggled .into the cell; he bad gashed his leg first taste of human blood . in an atticmpt to sever tbe f emo1'he escape from jail throws a diffe1·ent light upon a man st\p- 1·nJ '.a\i·tery, ..a.nd had also stabbed p_osed to be stupid and ehildlikc. b11mself 'in the side. He was bleedNot a few murderers walk the ing to death, and ,could 1ive but a earth in full enjoyment of their few hours at the most. The Sheriff was in -a quandary freedom because of their innocent and virtuous appearance; when whether to proceed with the execut•11e of these hone~t-looking f~llows tion o'f 1lhe wounded man -or to dis{s accused of crime, ithe evidence obey the ,v.an·ant. He 'l'esolved upl1as to be most overwhelming be- on obedieJJce to the law. Wagner was Jed and Gordon was carried to fore a jury will convict. . Many and many a murderer, h~s the plaoe of execution. The galhands dark with the blood of l11s lows was set up in a deep hole in victims lu~s faced his last moment the earth 0f t'bc prisol'\ yard, an ,vith a ~ourageous smile a1~d P._tn·o- old ,disused 1ime1,ock, quarrr, _ As one stro0d, -and the -otner was lcstati<,m ·of inno,cence wh 1 ch rang with apparent sincerity, and bear sup_ported on. the !P1atform, the in mind that Wagne1· fanried that murc'!ere1· of Anethe -and KaTen without a .conifossion he could not looked pleasantly about and said farewell to one · of the officers. be legally executed. . As the year of confinement at With ..a pitying ,glan1oe tow.aa·d his ~:~·~f'~:i:•~ Thomaston came to an end, it be- companion, ne also_remarked: i;ame imperative for the Governor "Poor G9rdon, poor GQrdon, you of Maine to commute Wagner's arc atlmi>st' g-Qne." · · , · sentence, to pardon him; o: ~o Ask<ed if be had .anythiing furcause him to be executed w1t~1n ther 'tio" say, Wagner relied: · c,ne _year from the date of the ong"What I have to say I have reinal sentence. On September 7, corded in mein tru·e story. • I hope 1874 the Gov~rnor consulted his in l).elp ,of Gott . . . . . r peHeve an · Cou~cil in -the matter. A motion His lhc,,'ly Wort and his commandto advise him to commute the sen- mooil:s. • Dat is all I have to say." tence to jjfe imprisonment was 'The trap WR$ sprung .and 'both lost, 5 to 2. He was then arlvised n-.ec id'\ed. • i.:ri:mirnously to fix January 29, But the hlundering wit'h Gor) 875 for tho execution, and issued don, and the circumstance ,of his his ;.,arrant accoringly. death, do not prove t he 4nnocence · But by January 14th, howeve;, of. eitb·e r man. And ~n the light, Wagner's 'case· had become comJ?h- not of emotion, but of reason, catrd with that of another convict, the:re wa~ no cause to questi on John True Gordon, awaiting exe- W~er's guilt. . . cution for the ·murder of three perThe execution at Thomaston had sons. The Governor granted Wag- been a shocking spectacle. Many ner a reprieve until February, believe it wa:s the last to take place while the question of the commuta- in •Maline. It was not. The death tion of Gordon's sentence should be pen:alty fo;r murder pre:vailed in consiclerecl. If this was refused, it was planned to hol~ both executions 11t the same time. �n early 20 yea.rs. Recently th e N . H . Highway Department placed suffi cient 'protection around the ancient landmark so it would never again be buried by the sands. On the top of the rock ls the mark.b_lg "A. D. 1657." Below this ls what was a cr oss and crown L:it so wom by the elements as to be hardly visible. On it ls also "H. B . 1850," for Hampton boundary, to show the southern limit. l t is believed that this '\'Ills made after the ledge was uncove1·ed. Also "S. H .", to show the limits of South Hampton's pqssess1on. · hoto by Ilmu11l! Rod, Farlted A ll11undaJ' s:aff Jn 1(,57 One o1 HJe oldest bounrlRry mnrkers three milcf i1ort.hv.-nrd of the Merrlgiven John Mn~on for New Hampshire exsouth of Hampton Rivn mcmt.h, where 1,he town of H11mptnn ml!l ~·<•nbrook trnded Jo 1,he Merrimack River. The now joln. The 1nnrlu:~r. v.hkh ls lJeU.er t.wo wloni<•s, t.h,,rcfcne, known to hist-0rians :,• ound Rork, has t.hree mik. at this point. been many t.imcs a mrans oI rettling Probably t.he bClundary line had. not boundl'lry line controver~ies that :t11we een marked out in 1040, for Salisbury arisen between individuals towns and and Hampton soon commenced disput~ even colonies, namely New HAmpshire, ing its posit.ion, Hampton claiming a and Ma • ;hmetts B:iy. straight llne from t.he i-iver mouth t o Until 1931 the rock ,,.as l-miHl in he the 11prer <•r ~e>uth or ~ou beast corner sand for many years nnci lien Jocntcd o! the Borheldcr farm ond Salisbury was left unprote:ctetl, "ilh t.he clnllgcr daimlng lhn.t the line ran to the near-• threatening that it mi[lht nr:nin be rr cornrr n.nd t.henc•p :ilong the bound-· buried by the sh!f1 ini; <;mll. TJJ 11 tat MY of thP frrm t-0 the Bachelder t1:ee . o! New Hampshire }rns rrect.cd a This p0r!ion o! the line, at least, 1e•• cement bulwark around t.lic ! orl~. mained unmn ked until 1657. The rock, which probal,Jy ls as large A court-appo!nled commission ln as a barn, :md not likely t0 move about.,! l<i56 fail ed 1-0 mrike a 1eturn aHa llttlP has r e1Jeatcclly elude:cl ~elect.men of , investiga1!c>n, lmt in t.pril, 1057, anothf•l' Hampton, !":alislmry, Srnbrnok, South I commission studied 1l1e mattrr and Hampton. The reason for v.hat ~ome i;aYe it.s tlcri~ion, which allowed 40 call it.s uncanny di~apprnrrncer. ls ncres of salt marnh :rorth o! the dislargely that \,he locat.ie>n is ln nn out-of- p11ted line to Salisbury. Later anol.her the- way place and unt.il rPcently was not dispute nro[:p and 1.his time a commJs-, visited by officials, unt.il rnme di~pule sion h eaded by Capt. Nicholas Shap-• mo.se. When t.he officials t.'lt'lec1 to Jelgh of Chnrlestown la.Id out and look for the rock it wn ~ ncm ly buried by marked tl1 houndary l,ctwcen HaJllpton sand nnd because no t.recs or hon ·es and Salishn•jr, , were nearby it wns haHl to le>catc. Ji'orAlth01:gh BouncJ 1C'(k hns been thP merly the J'(lrk w:i•· In JJnmp1on River rnlution 11f mn11y _<l_hp11tes 1,hcrc lw·1 lrnt. the cour~e of tl 1r 'l\'at, 1,,.;1y lias i been onl y one peci!1c reference to it iH changed considerably in t.hc lak1, 280 public tlC1<>11r en' r, " 1 ich is ''Shapley':,; years. line rims to the l'ou1Hl Rock, so-called, Colonial owner~hip of 11Jl!; sN !ion of at Hmnpten River's mouth." the coast was d!spu!<'cl n:1 ~oon ~,s 1t The- rnrk has tlisrrrrared fiom time was settled be.cause Urn i/J'a,rnd n<r t.tts to time and its last <,i'.·appearnnce was Eay Colony chart.er v·a~ givrn with the ln 1912, whrn it ehul( tl surveyors and clause that the tract ~houl!l extend h i~tori:ms of Hampton nnd Scab1·ook for in Amerirnn history rnn be ~rcn jnst mnck Hh f•r, while t-h e charter I I I I �AT WARNER HOUS Kenneth Roberts, noted author, is to speak at the Warner House on Wednesday, Aug, 4. Mrs. Barrett Wendell, honorary chairman o! the board of the Warner House will introduce Mr. Roberts, who will speak on his latest book ''Northwest Passage." Tea will be serevd after the lecture with Mrs. Arthur D. Hill in char e. (Concord Monitor) Kenneth Roberts, wl\ose historical novels northern New England have caught the public fancy, brings back to life a rich tradition of pioneering in settings' today familiar not only to New England but also to the millions of Americans who annually come to New England for vacations. Roberts repeatedly- uses great care in determining the accuracy o! his description of places and characters, many of them historical, though now and then antiquarians seek to dispute the underlying facts about which he weaves his tales. We believe our own Major Hammond has in the past taken exception to Roberts' description of John Stark. To the ordinary citizen determination of where fact ends and fancy begins in · an historical :r1ovel is of course di.liicult. Yet Roberts product has won such general ·approval that apparentl,y he has been reasonably successful In not vjolatlng known historical background. Certainly New England provicl,es great riches for such narrators. Its pioneer characters provide as many if not more examples of fortitude and courage than do many of the better known characters who pioneered 1n opening up. the great western part of the United States, a pioneering which the exploits of New Englanders helped make possible in due time. · Roberts makes his characters live and he may well be adding to the heroes of a nation and to the legends which accumulate as a nation grows older. on ENJOY PRIVILEGE OF MEETING NOTE AUTHOR Passage." Some lnLercstlng U1aLerial had been loaned for the exhibition by Doubleday, Doran Company, the publ!shers, il1cludlng a large picture of the aut.Lor. An original manusc1ipt of a section of "Northwest Passage," bearing the author's il1serilons, co11cctions and changes on its margins, was nn interestil1g part 01 the display. Twenty-four portralt,s of Portsresidents of colo11lal times from Kenneth Here For mouth the coDection of Miss Dornthy Vaughan were on display, all b!)Jng contemporaneous with 1J1e tim s dcscrJlJed 1n Warner House Ass'n. "Nm thwcsi Passage," oncJ several of the chaiactus pictured bL·rng· in lbe book. Kenneth Roberts of Kennebunk Among tJ1ese was a po1-tniit ol Rev. ArBeach, accompanied by his niel:e and j thur Brown of Queen 's Chapel, who secretary, Miss Marjorie Mosser, were figured in "NorLl1we:,t Pas~ag1..." Rev. honored guests in P01·tsmou1J1 yester- Brown's daughter, El:LzaLt:lh, JJJarried day. A large number of persons, resi- Major Rogers. dents of this city and many milr::s A pc,rlrait of Judge Sa!Jluel around, enjoyed tile privilege of meet- more, who is nlso mentioned Jn the ing Mr. Roberts and securing aubo- book, and of other COJJtrmpomries, ingraphed copies of his latest book, eluding Sir William Pcppunell, Lady ''Northwest Passage." The proceeds Frances Wentworth, Sa John Wentfrom the sale of the autographed copies! worih, Johnathan Warner, who is in .is entirely for the benefit of the Greater the book, Mrs. Archibald MacPheadrls, Portsmouth Council, Girl Scouts. wife of the buildtr f the Wainer From 2 to 4 o'clock Mr. Roberts met House, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Atkinthe public at the home of Mrs. William son and their ::;on, Tl,codore Atkinson, .Farrington, 30 Middle street, for the Jr., and others were .i.ncludul. benefit of the Girl Scouts, later speakFour Girl Scouts a~slsted M1s. Faring at a tea at the Warner House for rington il1 ushering nd by handing the benefit o! the Warner House As- books for autograph to Mr. Roberts. ,soclation. . , These w1:1·e Scouts At the Farrington home about 75 per- Constance Dennett, sons, many from out of town, including and Hazel Comeau . .members of the .faculty of the UniverAt the Warner Bouse more than 200 -sity <>f Ne,, Hampshire, .residents of persons attended the tea, filllng the Exeter and .other nearby towns and rooms almost to capacity. Mr. Roberts summer resorts, came to meet Mr. Rob- talked most amusingly and in1ormally, er.ts and secure the autographed vol- answerlng (Jncstions nbout "Northwest umes. Ao Army chaplain drove here Passage," about the characters he cref1:om Laconia for this _privilege. Mr. akd and those who rue actual historical .Roberts talked informally and cracked personages, and about the research lokes, discussing his books and a variety which was ntc,essary in the book'·s c.on'llf subjects il1 a most entertaining man- struction to make it a \.rue picture of ller. This took place in the attractive tho:;e early times. The Girl Scouts colonial living room of the Farrington assisted here also. residence, which .has some rare pieces Mr. Robe1ts revealc<l in answer to a of antique furnitwie. Mr. Roberts was i question that Langdon Towne, a leadmuch interested in these furnishings, ing character il1 "'Nm thwcsi Passage," some -of which were dated at the times was not actually a real character, but llescribed in his novels. stated that Robert Rogers, l1oader of In .a reom .across t.be hall was an ex- Rogers' Rangers, was actually a living :).ibitio~1 of .material pertaining to Mr. character. He .alee discussed wme of Roberts' historical novels, including his other books, including "Rebels In the ,author's source books, U1e margins Arms." bearing Mr. Roberts' notations . . There Following 1J1e talk tho&e who wil!bed was an interesting map of the Lake j remained to meet the author personally Champlain region, with the lines of a I an<l shnke his han<l. campaign Into lhe wilderness traced The tea was in c.hru ge o1 Ml s. Ar1J1ur ;upon it by Mr. Roberts while plaaning D . Hill, assisted lly Mrs. Henry L. the story of Captain Rogers' expedition Green. The pourers were Mis. Warren against the French and Indians with , of New Castle, Mrs. Marjorie Hartford his Rangers in the book, "Northwest I and Mrs. Hodson of Little Harbor road. Roberts Bfnefit Of Girl Scouts And I I I �-~----:-~:::~~:r:.z-.7~:~~;li2t~?1::.---..r-:-~7""'.......,..:--""--.~-...,.,--o:!'"'""- .,,,...,l!!!l'-':'l'-....,._..,......,._......... KITTERY TO HAVE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MONDAY The citizens of Kiltery are to convene in special Town Meeting at Armory hall next Monday evening at 7 o'clock for the purpose o! taking adion upon a proposed dam lo be situated near the present Kittery Point Bridge, SUl'lllOUllled by a hlt~hway. The meeting was called on petition of Harry 0. Remick and fifteen other citizens, who propose that the town raise the sum of $60,000 as its share of the cost of a permanent fill. The Slate Highway commission has proposed to build a new bridge at that point. The proponents of the dam plan would have the town raise the diITerence between the cost of the bridge from state funds and lhe cost of the construction of a dam Lo make an inland, salt-water lake. The Maine Slate Highway Commission has a fund of five million dollars which it can use in lhe construction and maintenance of bridges throughout the slale. Qwing lo the serious damages and clcslruction to bridges rauscd by the floods, the Slate Highway commission is unable lo allot any money except for briclgr construction. Otherwise it might be posb1ble to oblain additional funds from Lile state for the construction o! a dam instead. The Slate Highway Commission estimates lhe cost of the bridge construction as $70,000 and the commission has set aside this sum for this purpose. The commission is about to ask_ for bids for the construcLion of this Kitlcry Point bridge. It the townspeople of KltLcry wish a dam instead then the town must furnish the difference in t.he cost between the bridge and the dam, which ls estimated at $60,000. Some residents of the town believe the advantages of the dam and increased valuallon of property wlll warrant the expenditure or the money on the town's part while others believe that it will be an additional tax burden. The matter ls to he decided at the meetin on Monday evening. guided by the careful opinions of the real estate men, the selectmen and the voluntary finance committee upon whose good ju~gment we depend with confidence, and upon th-e merchants who know our conditions. "I shall want to know how those In business feel about it. I shall also want I t to know •')W our valued summer residents feel about it, and the prospect of The Lown of l{lt.tery Is much inter- any large summer colony on the creek. estccl in the matu-r of a proposed dam "Certainly I ought to have a deep inacro~s Uw cnLrnnrc to Spruce Creek Lo terest in the matter. There is no one replace I-he olcl wooden bridge between In the whole town who loves old Spruce the Inle1 vE'nt in Kittery and Kittery Creek more than we do, and just now Point shore. ties were to be doubled or trebled, be-,,.,... __ .~, The town will hold a special meetin" loved shore lines. I would be 11t a disMonday evrning lo vote on the matte; advantage all my life il the money of hiring $60,000, to be added to u1 c valuation of the Spruce Creek properconstruction cost above the price of re- ties were to be doubled or trbled, bebuilding a wooden bridge instead, as cause "bur lands were not acquired for proposecl In a pending contract. commercial purposes but for our own The town is sharply and deflniteiv benefit and enjoyment summers durdivlded over the matter, inasmuch a·s ing our lives, and doubtless will be so the interests of the whole town are in- held for our own lives, for Spruce volved. The questions are the old ones Creek ls one or the loveliest places in the of burdensome taxation, and whether world that I know anything about. there would be a corresponding!y "I do not want to be selfish and to healthy increase in valuations for the vote for a dam without information . Spruce Creek properties to take care of without knowledge, even though j t.he increase, whatever it may be, and might increase the value of our land whether there be any prospects of a as no doubt there would be a valuabl~ beneficial summer colony or colonies on increase. I shall not do so at the exthe creek on account of a great salL pense of the rest of the town. I wan! water and beauliful lake about thn)e t.he dam, and have always been in favor miles long in the exact center of the of it, and if it may be made clear that town . There arc strong arguments on th e permanent dam be the better idea both sides . on the whole, then I think I ought ~ One of the owners of property on the vote for it and let the future take care east sicle, where he has put up a sum- of the good consequences. mer log cabin is J udge Jus"I shall want to know how my good tin H. Shaw of Old Ann- friends, John Mead Howells, James H. ory Way, KiLlery, with about 18 acres Walker, Frank E. Getchell, Charles F. all on Spruce Creek, on the Haley road'. Hussey, a former selectman, Albert w. The Shaws have three adjoining lots Linscott of the Pepperrell Hotel, and surrounding the historic old Goosr others feel nbout it. If they are in favCovc, and all of Cherry Tree Point in Lo or of the <"am I shall feel like approving Lhe creek on the northwest. Some of their good judgment and their interests. this land was acquired before the dam If they are against the proposed exwas ever seriously thought of and some pense I shall be with them in opposition of it acquired this year, being a part of to it. the old Wilson garrison lands, held by "However I do not think the matter the ancestors of Judge Shaw. of a dam would be of any great arguIn speaking with a representative of ment in the matter of salt water bathThe Herald as to what the issues were Ing in the summer !or the summer resiand what the attitude of the people of dents. There are few good bathing Kittery was Judge Shaw saicl he did not beaches on the creek. It is true that fe know fully ln either respect. He said have such a good beach at our Cherry he could only speak as an interested Tree Point land. We have the clean person, but as one very ignorant of sweet tide twice a clay, and i! it was what was best for the town, and as one only a question of bathing, the matter having great respect Ior the good opln- of that has been neglected ln any prilons and good judgment o! others, whom vatc or commercial respect all these he trusted fully to do what may be right years, and the proposed change is not at the meeting. In this respect he said: obvious. We have four hours of every "Personally, I think I would be In t-lde with enough water !or bathing favor or the clnm, u the town might twice a day, now. ' stand the burden of the additional cost "If, ln my own case, our taxes were to for such permanent construction. But be even doubled by the necessity of town I doubt very much if the town as a whole expenses, I do not know how in my later L'l''J'2'•:-·"l-+•;.: will be convinced that so much money years and upon retirement, I shall be should be hired at interest, to add to able to meet such taxation. the rebuilding of the bridge, even "Until we may have a decent road though there were a fairly good pros- for the entire cllstance of the . Baley pcct of a development of the Spruce road, from Hutchins Corner to the Creek properties for summer recreation SLate Highway, which Is now !or the purposes and a betler summer busi- most part in very bad shape, I think we ness. should hesitate to take over a heavy in"We who arc not so well informed crease in town expenditures unless we about the business affairs and the fi- may be sure that the increase will be of nancial status of the to.... w'!!in;..,;,;m.u;;;s;..t.,....::.;'..Jl'~cr-o-rr...e...s.:.p.,onding great benefit to the ~ ~ED DAM �whole town. Apparently there is to be another year ot neglect on the completion of that project from a lack of funds. "At t'1e coming town meeting I hope that those who wish to speak upon the subject may be prepared to be as brief as possible and have a good summary so that as many as possible may be h~ard. It should not be a :ime for loose talk but our representative men, such as .have suggested, should' ~st be heard and what they maJ have _to say should be carefully considered." I ATTEND SERVICE AT SANDO Mr~ A number from this vicinity Sunday attended the Old Home Day Sandown's famous old meeting house, erected in 1773. Among those present were Mrs. Anita Babb, home demonstration agent for Rockingham County University of New Hampshire Extension Service; Mr. and Mrs. Stillman A. fackard, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Rollinson and daughter, Ann, Mr. and Mrs. Justin Rand, Mrs. Marion Prior, Mrs. Annie Pickering, J. Adams deRochemont and Mrs. John W. deRochemont of Newington. After the morning service luncheon was served in the Town Hall for ticket holders, Percy Hicks being the caterer. The services were of great interest and those in attendance came from far and near. It is said the town of Sandown refused an offer of $40,000 for grand old building, believed to be one of the oldest, unaltered church structures in the entire state. Its tall pulpit of goblet design has a canopy which is 30 feet above the floor and is in osport Each summer Unitarian and Congregational conferences are held on Star Island, controlled by the Star Island Corporation, which also owns another island in the Isles of Shoals group called Appledore Ishnd. This was once the site of an old fishing village, Gosport. Edward Tuck of P aris, benefactor of Dartmouth College and New Hampshire Historical Society, has given an initial gift toward restoring this village. The Isles of Shoals were once popular as a rnmmer resort; a hotel thrived there, and boats canted many picnic parties from Portsmouth. C. _ . ~n . C\ , 1~ -~'1 .· 0 ,- s·t~:~· a.u. It TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY The Episcopal <llocese of New Hampshire next year js to celebrate the tercentenary of the first services of the Church of England, which were held in Portsmouth in 1638 and that year is the traditional and probable date of the building of the first church. The diocese of New Hampshire is to celebrate the tercentenary of thls event at old Saint John's Church ln collaboration with th e parish, established ln 1732 as Queen's Chapel and incorporated as Salnt John 's Church in 1791. �~ \so'('('). c.,\, o...nf)\nq COLONIAL OBSERVANCE AT KITTERY PO~NT "Coloninl Sundny" ls to be observed one week fro111 tomorrow, A11g11 't U\, nt the hlstorlc old Fir~t Congregntlonal Church at KlUery Point. The service will be at 10 a. rn. The. pastor will spr::ik from the old high pulpit oI the long ago nnd the Pepperrell family, lllstorlc personngcs o! old Kittery, will be in attendance. The people are invited to attend in costnmes of the early clnys. All who attenLlell the ''Colonial Sun,l::iy" observnnce of Inst sttmmcr wlll be interested in once 0gnin entering into the historic past, the appealing dnys of our nnccstor~. This observance, the service conllucted as nea•·ly as po~slble in the style of the olden days, wlll be of interest to all. The First Parish Congregational Chnrch is the oiliest of the existing churches of Kittery, the firnt meeting house having bren built prior to 1700. The presrnt church edifice was built about 1730. Kittery Point, Aug. 16-Colonial Sunday was observed at the morning service yesterday at 10 o'clock nt the First Congregational Church. Rev. Edward H. Newcomb, the minister, dressed In colonial costume, spoke from the oldtime high pulpit. The service was conducted as nenr!y as possi ble as in the olden days, Mr. Newcomb reading a part of one of Dr. St,evrns' srrmons, the lntLer being an enrly pastor of tbe old ch11rcr The Pepperrell family, historical peo·-Je of Kittery Point, were in attendance and the choir and many of the congregation were attired in quaint old costumes. An added fr a tnre of interest was the use of the bap tismal bowl, a part of the old silver communion service, and seldo· t used. The two children of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Evans, Louise and David, were bapti:,;ed. .\t the rlose of the church service a short service was held in the old cemetery at Ihe grave of Rev. John Ncwmarch i11 memory of the early pastor of the hist..,ric cht11Th. \A/RITE ARTWLE-ON-............. Pl-\. C~~ -~ <: ;. ~G FOLSOM The following inlresting article on "Channin~ Folsom As I Knew Him " was writlrn and rrar! by Judge Justi'n JI. Shaw al Lhc recent meeting of the Piscalaqua Pioneers: The Honorable Channing Folsom was the son of Dr. William and Irene (Lamprey) Folsom. He was born in Newmarket on June 1, 1848. He was the owner of t.he ancestral home Which his forcfathrr settled in 1674 and the last survivor of the male !in~ outliving both his sons. He rereivcd hi., ed ucation in the public srhools of Newmarket, and a story he used to tell with the characteristic twinkle of his eye was about attendance at thP Four Corners School nt the age of four which became memorable lo him because of his " physica l disa O reement with the sc_hoolmaster. His order to study m et with no response from me," he said "whereupon he came up t.he aisle and pinched my car; I came up to the scratch jumping up and kicking him m the shim;, t,he inning was a draw· but my siste r rnrried home :in account of Lhe fracas with the result thnt I apolor,-izcd thr next mornin~. saying, "Mr. Buzzell, my falhet· says that I am very sorry for vhat I did vesterctay." This a!sl} shows the dry ·humor and wit whiC"lt wer associated wilh him throughout his ,ife. He also attended Exeter Academy where he prepared for Dartmouth College, He entered with the class of 1870 but left. before gr1.cl11~tion because of p or eyesight. Lal<'r an honorary A. M. ancl t Ile rer,u!ar A. n. W<'re ronfcrrcd upon him by Dartmouth. He was one of the three oldest of his class ,vhen he died. On November 12, 1870 he was married lo Ruth Sava(l'e of Newmark t They were blessed vith five children: two boys, Henry Herbert, a lawyer, and Arthur Channing, in business in Boston and later in California. Bo h sons \•:ere Dnrtmouth graduatf'"' There were al~o three girls, AI:r~ Irr 1n, F.mily & fary, Mr. C!nnning was a loving fat her and a 1 devoted hushnnd \\'ho w~s nxtre mely proud of his family. His r;rl'aL '1i m in life va.s to becorn a good f.racher :,nd remnin f.11e learned schohr. At the early ag of 20 he rnlcr<'d t lie tr,1chil s'; profession _ and tau~ht school nt Sandwich, Anv'sbury, Mass., and Por tsmouth. In 1874 he brrnme prinriw,l of the Belknap grammar school in Dover, and then received the position of sub-master of the Eliot School in Boston. Finally he ~dv:mccd in his field to become Superint.enclent of Srlviols in Dorer 111d Newmarket. and 1-,tcr bec:un .. Shte Superintendent of publk inst ruction; thus culminating ~ life-long nmbition. He was a rare lr1cher and knew his subjects thoroughly, easily interpreting them into trrm:; clearly understood by his pupils. He Impar ted that intangible force which is the true essence of a teacher. In fraternal and civic activities he was popular and unselfish in his work and his judgment in many matters pertaining to town affairs was considered sound and pract!.cal. In August 1921 he joined the Plscataqua Pioneers and in 1925 was chosen president. At the age of 21 he handed in his application to become a member of the Rising Star Lodge o:! Newmarket in which he held his membership up to the time of his death. He was a member of the Scottish Council of I Masons at Po1-tsmouth being a 32nd degree -Mason. He was also a member of St. Paul's Commandery and Knights Templar . of Dover. He was the father of the bill whereby all 1i-•;-:,m•."•P:r . towns not having a high school ·, should pay the tuition of all scholars in the town who attended high school or an Academy. This is merely a short summary of the long and full life of Channing Folsom as I knew him and I feel sure that his memory will Jong be cherished by countless friends who joyed his acquaintance. �Of Aug. 24, 1710 To Be Reproduced At First Parish Church York Village's annual Moody Sunday bass viol, anLedating the melodcon and will be observed on Aug. 22 at 10.45 a. m., pipe organ, gone is the sounding board when at the ancient First Parish and mahogany rails (used for kindling Church, seat of the earliest organized wood by estimable deacons), but the rell~ous society in Maine, in 1636, the architectural beauty of the early buildservice of Aug. 24, 1710, will be repro- ing remains. The spirit of the ancient duced. Rev. Samuel Moody, know as church lives on. Each Sunday iLs bell. "Father Moody," was pastor at · that summons to its walls the best in the time. community to "worship God in the Rev. William H. Millinger, pastor of beauty of holiness." the church, will deliver a portion o! the The setting of the present church is 1710 sermon, "The Doleful State of very beautiful. Nearby is the Town the Damned," and the "tithing man" Hall, York's cradle of liberty, where in will keep order at the service, using the 1776 the freeholders gathered to prooriginal tithing rod with its rabbit's foot. test against unjust taxation. In front is The P,salms, lined and sung with no a tablet placed by the Maine D. A. R. ln music but the pitch pipe, will be led by memory of those 63 soldiers, first from the preceptor and members of the con- Maine, to start for the Battle of Lcxinggregation. Men and women, div'ided ton, June 21, 1775. by the center aisle, will be garbed in Across the green is the Old Gaol, clothes of the olden time. Among them date 1653, oldest public building o! the will be many summer residents. English colonies in America, now The beating of a drum will summon housing a valuable collection of early tlie faithful, an old hour-glass will mark Americana. Manuscripts, books, furnithe time in the candle-lighte,l meeting: ture, costumes, farm implements house, and soldiers in Continental uni- early York are grouped here in a loan forms will guard the assembly against collection of supreme interest. the Indians. · Opposite is the old Wilcox Tavern, The committee in charge of the ser- where President Monroe and the Marvice includes Mrs. Sally Moody Cook, quis de LafayetLe enjoyed hospitality, Miss Nellie M. Bemis, Miss Katherine its white shutters carrying now as then E. Marshall and Mr. Millinger. port holes for guns. Not far dislant is The First Parish Meeting Hous_e in Coventry Hall, stately home of Judge York, built in 1636, stood near the pres- David Sewall, whose beauLiful wainsent Emerson Inn at York Harbor and cotted rooms were done by traveling Route IA now passes over graves o! Old journeymen carpenters. Gorgeana's pioneers. A second churc.:h I! the 22nd of August is fair we advise was built in 1667 on Meeting House the interested visitor to come early, as Creek, now Lindsay road, on the way the church seats but 600. to the Country Club. The original collection box May 15, 1710, the building being un- used in this service for a small offering safe, the town fathers voted to built a for the benefit of the Community new one, on the same location as the present one, and it was finished in 1712. In this church 'Father" Samuel Moody preached and it is said that the fireless meeting house never seerr.ed cold when he spoke. For he had the "boldness of Isaiah and the directness of Paul.'' A graduate of Harvard, he came York in 1698 and in a pastorate of years built up tl'\I? church to over 300 souls, the largest in the Province of•".uc.;,..,,, Maine. In tltis old church Sir William Pepperrell, high in His Majesty's favor ,(George II.) often appeared. Col. Jeremiah Moulton of Louisburg fame was also a worshipper there. This third meeting house, containing timbers from the old one, was located on the northeast side o! the highway, present York Village. It was used for public and religious meetings, including town meetings and sometimes court. Somewhat dilapidated in 1747, at the close of Father Moody's pastorate, it was enlarged, a steeple added (Christopher Wrenn style), the sides clapboarded, dogs excluded, and a penalty for leaving foot-stoves posted. In 1882 It was again remodeled. Gone are the box pews, gone is I �Concord, Aug. 7-There should be a Seabrook but of the nearby Salisbury site on the Seabrook marshes for land- Beach in Massachusetts. Construction ing places for airplanes, both land ma- of such a field should be w1dertaken chines and seaplanes, and there should wthei1 tbhe necess~ry ~Ill is available and b . . 1 w 11 e economical 1f earth removed in e a 1anc1m~ field on the marshes at Rye construction of an inland waterway Harbor, cluefly for military use, accord-I can be used." il~g . to recommendations made by the Hampton Harbor, inunNliatcly adjaaav1sory committee on airport transpor- cent to the proposed airport, offers talion of the State Planning and D _ water area for the landing of seaplanes, velopmrnt Commission. Frederick P. if some dredging is done. Clark, planning direclor of the commlsIn conncrtion with a field at Rye s_i0l}/!11t{l{~~i;e -\.--ecommendations pub- Harbor, milihry nc~ds for the camp of Ile yesterday. . the National Guard should receive conThe advisory committee gave consid- slderatlon, though such a field would be eration to possible relationship of air- available for local residents and also port drvclopment 1o the proposed Jn- for some commercial nse, under Nationland w~ terway from Newburyport Har- al Guard direction. Rye Harbor h11.s no bor to H::1.111pton ll:lrbor and Jn !ts re- facilities for se::iplane landing, though port said. "Adequa11' facilities for com- seaplanes could h moored there, l.f mercial or private flying operations are breakwater or jetties were erected. lacking in the vicinity of the New In the not distant future, airmall and Hampshire beaches, now that Federal passenger service by air to leading sumand state authoritirs have forbidden the mer resorts may be developed and sites dangerous practice of landing on the suitable for landing f!elds should be set beaches, and it is belivecl that facilities aside. The Seabrook tleld, if it Is deof this sort should be provided." vcloped, is located close to the BostonIt is the opinion of the committee that Bangor airline anri could be made a regthere are places snilablo Lo be devel- ular stntion for stops. More than this, oped as landing fields at Rye and sea- it would furnish an emergency landing brook, nnd it ls thought It would be field, should airpl~nes meet trouble. economical to develop them together. The advisory committee that made There Is a municipal landing field at these recommendations was made up as Portsmouth but it is felt that this is too follows: far from the beaches to provide adeClaude H. Swain, public service comquate facilities and there is 110 place at missioner; Capt. Horton L. Chandler, Portsmouth where seaplanes can land. aircraft pilot and accountant, !'ubllc Hampton Beach is one of the largest Service Commission; Daniel H. Dlckrecreational areas in the state, with inwn, chief enginerr of the State Highprobably more than a million visitors way Department; W. Russell Hllllard, every year. Moreover, it ls developing airport engineer, Public Works divi~;i•rn; rapidly, with the probable rrsult that Prof. Martin L. Lindahl, department of in the near future the availabillt,y of the economics, Dartmouth College; Willis Seabrook marshes for landing fields D. Thompson, Jr., president cI the Conmay be lessened or destroyed by con- cord Airport Corporation; Frederick P. struction of buildinr,s, telephone or elcc- Clark, planning director, State Planning trlc lines or by private use for other pur- and Drvrlopmcnt Commission; Herbert poses. For this reason, the advisory C. Person, slate assistant, State Plancommittee believes the site on the ning and Development Commission. marshes should be reserved and protected, that aviation facilities may not be lost. In connection with the proposed inland waterway, the committee observes: "This s!Le is adequate for development of an airport to serve present and future needs not only of Hampton and �Historical Building To Be Taken To Marcy Street The "Oracle" House at the northwest corner .<?i Court and Middle streets, at No: 2 Court street, is being ,,. mp_ ~ a to a new location on Marcy str'eet. Laurence Ellis, moving contractor for the Marshall Const. Co., plans to have the house moved to the new location in about four days. The building is being moved from land recently acquired by the Railway Mall Association. The Oracle House has figured prominently in history of the Colonies and of Portsmouth. The small gambrelroof building stood south of the North Church within hearing distance- of where the ' Declaration of Independence was read by Sheriff Packer. From its first site near the North Church the historic building was moved to No. 2 Court street. It was in this building that the Oracle of the Day was printed by Charles Peirce. The publication was in some respects similar to Benjamin Franklin's original Saturday Evening Post. The first number o! it was published in 1793. . ORACLE HOUSE WELL ON WAY .TO NEW SITE The historic Oracle House, soon to be placed in a new site on Marcy street, has been started on its journey from Haymarket Square along Court street on wooden rollers. The house will be just south of Pleasant street tonight. I A single horse is furnishing power for pulling the house on its slow journey to .its new resting place. The building is being drawn by cables and the horse-powered windless, and in the rear of the old gambrel-roof structure js the ell in tow similar to the modern trailers so frequently seen on the highway. Lawrence Ellis of York who charge of the moving, said that house and ell are traveling well and thus far there has been no damage. Electricians and telephone linemen are busy clearing the wlres from the two-story building. �charge of the refreshments. Those presldlng at the tables in the garden were: Mrs. Stacy L. Hanson, Mrs. Harold W. Brown, of Dover; Mrs. John B. Jameson, Mrs. Harold Owens, of Concord; Mrs. J. Winslow Peirce, Mrs. Charles H. Batchelder and Miss Pauline Bradford, Successful Gathering Yes erday Afternoon At Historic PortsmouU1; Mrs. Carl Fuller, the MissMoffatt-Ladd House On Market Street es Frances and Mary Parker, Miss Constance Howe, Miss Gabrielle LaFlamme, Tile br:1.uttfnl old homr o[ fhe New 125 clolls o[ fhr 18th and 19 c nturies Mrs. John Quirin, Miss Elizabeth WarHnlllpshlre Colonial Dnmrs, the Mof- Jn lhelt orh(i11:1I c•0sl11mcs. Mrs. Howe ren, Manchester; Miss Elizabeth Sawof fntt-Ladd House, nnd Its chnrming olcl- 1 !1aR procurc<I lllese in different coun- yer and Mrs. Albertus T. Dudley time garden was the mecca for many tries and coJJected them for 15 years, Exeter. Assisting as servers were Mrs. Robert guests on Wednesday afternoon from among them briJJg early and very rare 3 to 6 o·ctock, when the annual gardrn wooden dolls. There were also exhibit- Flanders, Mrs. Robert Bingham, Mrs. party wns held at this dately colonial eel oldtimc to.YR, early trains, canopy Harry Jackson, Miss Mary Fuller of mansim1 or. Market street. Many g11rft-s beds, a toy villnt:c, Noah's ark and doll~ Manchester, Mrs. Homer T. Sibley of Newport and Miss Georgia Goss, Mrs. from nenrby rrrnrt-s anc\ vlsi ~rs from 1!011 ·rs. various places in the slnte were pre~ent, The flor:.l rlL-corations of lhe house C. Lane Goss of Dover and Worcester, over 300 people visiting the mansion I were murh nrlmiled and comprised Mass., and Mrs. G. Allen Huggins, 3rd, during the afternoon. New Hnmp-1 choice aJHl brillinnt blossoms from the of Dover, had charge of the admission. A good sum was cleared from the afshire's old colonial l1omcs nppcal to: gardens of Mrs. Charles B. Manning and visitors ancl I'ortsmouth iF enriched by· J\ rs. Carl S. Fnllrr at Little Boar's fair and each year money is raised in the such howrs, but none i~ more beautiful I Jlrad, M1 s. Art lrnr G. Leacock of Exe- this way toward the upkeep of than the Moffatt-Ladd mamion, which I trr and R.yP. Bcfl.th and Miss Jane C. house and picturesque garden. I The Moffatt-Ladd House was built in is lhe some of so delir,hlful a garclen Emley of Epping. a rich party each summer. During the sum-I The visitors rJJjoyed strolls about the 1763 by Capt.. John Moffatt, mer it ls opened to the public and pco- r;~1den in the r ar of lhe house, with its merchant, and commander of OBe of the f,!J from all sections o1 lhe co11nt1y; flowers, 1<1Jrnbs, fruit trees and unique king's ships carrying masts from Kitvisit it, as is i;hown by its guest rcgi8ter.1 grassy steps whith lead to a set of ter- tery Point to England. He built it !or Guests were received by the president, rnces. The ga1Clen is kept as it was in his son, Samuel, who failed in buslne'ss, Mrn. Charles Goss of Dover, Mrs. colonial days and one may still see the and his father moved into the house Charles B. Manning of Mnnchrstcr and i famous grnnclmolher's rosebush, which himself. It became the home of Gen. Mrs. Winthrop Flske of Exel r, vice' blooms prof11~Ply. Jt is said that it was William Whipple, a son-in-law, who p1·esidents, in the spacio111< hall. They j plfl.nted by thP firFt bride who lived in was elected a member of the Continmade the most of lhe opporlunit.y to I lhe mansion :rncl eight other brides ental Congress in 1775 and was a signer view the be11utiful and spacious hrill through the generations of the family of the Declaration of Independence. At and stairway ancl the rooms with their hnve taken slip~ from it to their new the time the house was built it w11,s the colonlal appointments. The rnrr n11cl hornrs. Tl1r giant horsechestnut tree wonder of the town. A beautiful wood handsome scenic wallpaper in the lrnll, in the gm dens Lowr1 s above some of the carved mantel in the mansion was done printed between 1815 and 1820, was high brick buildings on the street. It by Grinling Gibbons, a celebrated Engmuch admired. Rare pieces 01' furni- 1s said the tree was planted by Gen. lish architect. ture ancl china were 'viewed wilh inter- William Whipple who died in 1785. .,__ ___,.,,.,.......,~~,. Cllt, especially by love1s ol anliqurs Fen-in of ManrhPl'!Pr catered for the Boston Symphony OrC'llr~lrn playrrs 1rf1c.-hmrnt.~ and clrlicious cake, ices, ftm1ishcd music durin[~ lhe nfte1noo11 1 coffee and Jruil punch were served in In the garcl n and the fine music added 'the garden. much to the occasion. The mu~icians I Mrs. Robert P. Burroughs of Manwrre Robert Gunderson, He1 bert Saw- i ch ster wris c!Jairman of the committee Jet t, Samuel Farber, Jacob Lfl.ud ndoen on a1 rnngcmenl.s, a.ssi. ted by Mrl'. Fredand Leo Litini. crick B. P1r~ton, Mm. Charles B. ManConstance Smart Fi~kr of Manchrs- ning, M1 s. Hairy E. Jackson, Mi~s Mary t.cr, pupil of Miriam Winslow, gave lwo S. Fuller nnd Mi:;:• Ruth Higgins of artistic dances in costume, .. Jn the Oar- Mnnchester, Mis:;: Annie B. Wallace den" and "Galloping Sleighride," and Rochesler, Mi1<s ,lane C. Burley of EppU1 cse were liberally applA.udecl. ing, Mis. G Allrn Huggins, 3rd, and During thr nflernoon Mm. LeWiLt C. Mrs. anc Go~s of Dovrr. Howe of M:l'1cheslcr displayed a rare Mm. F1eclerlck B. Prrston and .,.,.. and most interesting collcclion of about JJai ry Jackson of 1\1fl.nchesler RTY I I I -..... ____... �sides his wife Elizabeth, Richard and three daughters, Frances and Hannah. Richard Otis, the son of Stephen and grandson of lhe original Richard was probably bom at the ancestral home a~ Glastonbury about 1626. The records show that he was admitted an inhabitant of Boston in May 1655 and he is also recorded the same year in The annual meeting or the Plscata- ter even as the Master had commanded Dover in a section of the town known as Cochecko when ten acres or land qua Pioneers was held yesterday at them while he was yet living. In this was conveyed to him. He was a "Selthe Congregational Church in New- little band were Mary, Martha and mgton with a large attendance and a Lazerus and several others. They set ectman'' of Dover in 1660 and he ls again mentioned in the records of 1603 program or great interest. sail in the Mediterranean Sea with no when he was fined Three Pounds and The meeting opened at 10 o'clock definlte destination. On account o( the attend with the business session which in- hardships of the voyage, Mary, Martha Five Shillings for failing to cluded the election of officers, reading and the other women were landed on church for thirteen Sundays in that or reports, reception of new members, an island in the Mediterranean there year. (I fear that his undistinguished etc. The retiring president, Nestor W. ''To spread the Word," while Joseph , great, great, great great grand-son is Davis of Winchester, Mass., presided and most of the men of the party jou- following his terrible example and it at the meeting. The welcome to 'the rneyed on. After many days they came is most fortunate that the Puritan visitors was extended by Rev. Louis to the Fair Isle of Avalon. There their Theocracy no longer rules New EngEllrns, pastor of the church. land.) journey ended. There Joseph of ArlmAt the election of officers Mrs. Bell athea built his church, there he "preaRichard Olis, The Pioneer was one Me~rill Draper of Washington, D. 0., ched the word" there he lived and died of the most prominent men of Dover, was named as president and the other and there he was buried within what and numerous tracts of land were conofficers chosen were as follows: Ed- afterwards was the stately and beautl- veyed to him. He was evidenlly a busy gar H. Stone of New York; Mrs. _Wen-1 ful Glastonbury Abbey. Without a and successful blacksmith and he owndell B. Folsom of Exeter, Mrs. Alice K. shadow of a doubt, the church that ecj and occupied one of the largest and Hill of Durham, Miss Lottie G. Woods ·Joseph of Arlmathea built on the Isle best fortltled houses in the town. His of ~an Francisco, Cal., Dr. Frank A. of Avalon ~as the first Christian standing in the community was inDav15 of, Bost on, Ge~rge G. Towle or church in the British Isles creased by his marriage to Rose StouDover, Mrs. Marguerite D. Stearns of . · Manchester,· Harry K. Torrey of PortThe other b_eaut1ful legend i~ that ghton, a membe1· of the wealthy and land and Harold C. Durrell of Kenne- of the _Good Kmg Arthur and l11s fab- prominent Stoughton family of Stoubunkport, vice presidents; Albert H. 'led K111ghts of the Round Table. Doubt- ghton, England and the onl)' sister of Lamson of Elkins, secretary; Lawrence less much of ~he stones of Arthur are Sir Nicholas Stoughton who was made I_t. Craig of North Hampton, treasur- !egendary but 1t has been proven defin- a Baronet in 1666. It gives me great pleasure to come er; Mrs. Mary Safford Wildes of Kit- 1tely that there was such a noble pet·tery, orator. Judg;e Justin H. Shaw of son as King_ Arthur and that King _Ar- again to a part of the old Dover ColKlttery, Albert H. Lamson of Elkins, thur ~nd hIB beautiful Queen, Gmne- ony. I am again standing amid the Rev. William Safford Jones of Ports- vere llved and died in what ls now graves of my ancestors for here in the mouth, Judge Charles r. Pettingell of Glastonbury and they were buried it\ Dover Colony six generations of my Amesbury were named directors. the one tomb in what was afterwards ancestors were born, seven generations Mrs. Louis c. Beane gave a short the most noble of all of Great Britain's lived and six generntions are buried. historical address and a paper .on the Abbeys. 1 ~ My heart goes out to tho e stalwart Nelson Family of Newington was read "Deep-meadowed, happy, fair with pioneers of Dovel'."Mcn and women whose lives glided by the secretary, Albert H. Lamson of orchard lawns Elkins. And bowery hollows crowned with on like rivers that water the woodlands Darkened by shadows of earth but Ed,win F. Tuttle of Milford, Mass., summer seas"re11,d a very interesting paper on "Two The mystical land of Avalon was the reflecting an image of Heaven. Among those stalwart Pioneers of Heroines or Dover, Judith Otis Tuttle ancestral home of the Otis Family. and Elizabeth Hull Heard" which was Tradition has it that the Oti'> Family Dover, the blood of ten flow in my in part as follows: dwelt in Avalon back in the days or its veins and I am justly proud of the anTwo most 'beautfful legends hover historic past but the real authentic cestry of John Tuttle, Thomas Roberts over the· Fair Isle of Avelon of yester- history traces the family back to Rlch- Hatevll Nutter, Thomas Wiggin, Darb; The Reverend day-the beautiful little town or Glas- ard Oattls Who was born at Glaston- Field, Richard Otis, tonbury of today. The one is the legend bury about 1550 and who died in 1611 Joseph Hull, Capt.ain John Heard, of $t. Joseph of Arlrrytthea, the other or 12, for his will was dated November James Nute and Daniel Jacobs. All of Governor of the Good King Arthur. There ls no 17, 1611 and was recorded at Wells, the these ten ancestors save more beautiful legend of Christianity County seat of Somerset County. Ac- Thomas Wiggin were ancestors of my than that of Joseph of Arimathea. co~dlng to the wm, Richard left three Paternal Grandfather, Levi Tuttle. Joseph or Arima,thea was a powerful sons, Stephen, John and Thomas, a Governor Wiggin wus the ancestor of my Paternal Grandfather, Abigail Wigand. wealthy meni°ber of the Jewish wife and two daughters. Sanhedrin and a faithful follower or John, the second son of Richard, gin Stokes Tuttle. I have not been able the Master. After the crucifiction of came to America and settled in Hing- to trace her ancestry and am confident the Master it was Joseph of Arimathea ham and Scituate and was the ancestor that IC I could trace her ancestry I who begged His body of the Roman of that Illustrious Patriot, James Otis. could trace descent to at least as many soldiers and burled it in his own tomb. The eldest son, Stephen never left more Pioneers of Dover. Particularly dear to me is the little After ,His resurrection, Joseph gath- England but lived at the ancestral ered together a little band of the most home at Glastonbury where he died Historic Town of Durham where on faithful followers of the Master and in 1667 and his will was recorded in the twenty-first of Jnly in 1828 my set out for fore/gn lands wh~re they l the Conslstoral Episcopal Court at honored Father first breathed in the might spread the teachings of the Mas- Wells and in this will he mentions be- pure New Hampshire air. Five years ----' �the Baptist parsonage in the South Hampton, my Mother was born on October 17, 1833. ~-~...7.Jl_•,.. She was not of New Hrunpshire ancestry-her ancestors were among the earliest pioneers of Boston, yet she lived in her early life in Northwood, Stratham and South HampLon. I cannot let this opportunily pass to pay tribute to the brave and strong "'..,,..., .. _.,,.. hearted women who were the early plon<'rrs or U1c Dovrr Colony. 'l"hesc women, as a rule were unus<'d Lo either hardship or privation. Sev ral of them were or the type of Rose Stoughton, the talented mother or Judith Otis. Rose was the daughter, grand daughter 1 ,.,....-,,.,.,, ..• and at least the great-grand daughter or a weallhy and powrrf11l F.11gllsh Lord and had at least four cPnturies or genUe breeding behind her. On account of the troubled limes in the mother counlry, her falher Sir Anthony Stoughton sent her to An1rrica wilh his distinguished kinsman , Captain Israel Stoughton of DorchrstPr. She met and married a humble bln cksm ith who took her to live in the liUIP srttlrment at Dover. Here therr were 110 "Palace Halls'' or cultivated rstatrs ns she and generations or her ancestors had enjoyed at Stoughton. Here. at brst was a rude habitation in the wilclrrnrss, her life and the lives of lH'r lovcd our~ beset with the clanger 0f lhe savai::e foe and the wild and ferocious brasls that roamed the woodlands and there was nothing with which to suslain lifr save what was wrung from the vir :in soil and by the prowess of the huntsman. This tenderly prot<'rlPd and carefully nurtured young woman, ab,;olutcly unused to hard manu~l labor or even the care of a home must spin, weave, sew, brew and bake and bear in rnpid succession a large numb<'r of rhilclrcn under the most trying circumstancrs. We must fully realize how well thrse noble women performed all of those mighty tasks. They converted thrir rudP, habitations into real homrs whrrc they reared large families of heal Ihy children. In prosperity and adversity, in sunshine and in shadow, failhf11l, constant and true, lhcse stout hearted wives and mothers surmounted every obstacle' and when rral danger threatened, took their phrPs beside their husbands in clcfencr. of lhrir homes and loved ones against lhe ravages of savage foe and if their husbands fell in the conflict carried on even as Judith Otis did when she was left a widow with seven small children to care for. All honor to the memory of the Pioneer Women of Dover I May their spirit descend to illumine the path for the feet of their children and may thelt noble example be rmulnted by generations of their graml cla11ghtrrs still unborn! The Garrison House of Richard Otis sLood on what is now Mt. Vernon st. in Dover. The ruined cellar of this garrison house was discovered in April 1911 when a resiqent of Dover was excavating for a cellar and articles found in the ruins proved that it hnd been that of Ricbard Otls. The excavations showed that thr Richard Otis Garrison House must have been fifty by forty feet with an enormous stone ch!m ney in its center. This large house was surrounded with a palisade of logs. It was thought lo have been the best fortified house in Dover yet it was the first house to fall in the great massacre. The evening hPforo the "Great Massacre of Dover" two Incllan women sought shPltrr In tills garrison house as did other l11du111 women at other houses in the town. During the night these Indian womrn unfastened the gale of ihe stockade and just before daybreak the Indian~ made their attack. It is thou~ht that Richard Otts was the first victim of the "Great Massacre" as hi~ garrison house was the first attacked ancl he fell as he was rising at the sounr\ of ihe noise of the first atlack. The Historian, William G. Otis on Page 50 of the First Volume of the Otis Genealogy s~ys:Few families in New Hampshire or clsewhero, suffcrrcl more than the family of Rkhnrcl OLls. HP, himself with one son and one daur:hter was killed in •1689. His wife and child captured and sold t-0 the French. At the same time several or his childre n and grand children were en pf ive and a few years later some of his children and grand children were killed and others made prisoners by the Indians. In a word, every one of his rhlldren alive in 1689 and many of his grauct children-what few escaped wlth their lives-suffered in person or property from the warfare of the savage foe. They lived in constant peril and alarm; their houses were fortified for defence against the red men and in their acts of devotion they carried their nrms in their hands." At lhe Great Massacre of Dover, Richard Otis was killed as was his son, Stephen. Stephen's wife and children " ere taken as captives lo Canada where lhcy rrmn incd. Two or Stephen's sons bccarno vrry prosprrous and prominrnt men in Canada and they were the founders of thosP, two prominent families in Canada known as the Hotesse and the Otrsse families. Richard's wife, it was his lhircl wife and her maiden n:imc wns Grizrl Warren and their little cta11ghtcr Jl,hrguerite were captured anrl can1<'cl to Canada. They were soltl lo th,• French and treated with grrat kindness. lu Canada Grizet married a prominent Frenchman and lived the rrmainclrr of her life in Canada. Thf' lit.lie clalt'~hler Marguerite became one of t,he famous women in New England Histo ry. Also r npturecl l>v the same band of Indians and carried to 01nada were the t.wo <"hilclrrn of Richard Otis and his src-mHI wifr. Thrse wrrr rechristened in Ca nnda and afterwards known umlrr thc:- names of Jean Baptiste and Francoise Rose Olis. Captured hy another Band of Indians at the Great M.1ssacre were the young daughters of Richard Otis and his first Wife, Rose Judith, Ann and Rose. These three endured great hardship but fortunately were overtaken by the Conway Company near the Canada line, retaken from the Indians and returned to Dover. Richard's son Nicholas ahd Nicholas' wife were killed by Indians while returning from Church on Sunday, July 26, 1696. At the same time, Richard's daughter, Experience, then the wife of Sannt<'l Heard, the son of Captain John :111rl Etlznbrlh (Hull) Heard was shot, srriously wounc!C'd and scalped by the Indians. Her husband was kllled but she slowly recovered from wound. Of the three daughters Otis and his wife Rose who were capLmrd by the Indians and recaptured :ind returned to Dover, Rose became the wife of John Pinkhorn, Ann married Thomas Austin and Judith married John Tuttle 3rd. or Ensign John Tuttle as he was commonly called. John Tuttle 3rd. was a young man of f\rent promise. Ha was the son of Judge John Tuttle and his wife Mary. Judge John Tuttle was Judge of the court of Common Pleas of New Hampshire, corr esponding to our Superior Court. John Tuttle, the Pioneer or John Tuttle of Dover as he is known in History, to distinguish him from that other farl}Ol~ f.ioneer, Jo.hh '-FUttle of Ipswl9~. 'WI\ t{1~ ancesto of nearly all ot t11e uLtl<.?s in New H:i.mpshire and Maine .. He was a wealthy man of DPvon but he lost all of his wealth in I hr ,;reek of thr Angel Gabriel of! the coast of M,iine in August, 1635. 'P.'•!i,IIP.'r:O~l:-11. John TuUle of ~ w a s descended from a long line of the High Kings of Ireland. The last of these Distin• guished Line of Irish Monarchs was Tuathal who after a prosperous reign dled A. D. 950. He was one o! the greatest or the Monarchs of Ireland and .,~......,..a,,.· traced his descent from Cath!re More who reigned in the year 144 A. D. and was the One Huncked and Ninth Monarch of Ireland. The families which descended from Tuathal ~ere the O'Tooles, the Toohllls, the O'Tuathals and the Tuthills. One of the most distinguished or the descendents or King Tuathal was Saint Lawrence O'Thothill wi10 was one of the most noted characters in Irish history. He was f.",.-J!:i6-'i..'Pi'.,';i~-~ born in the year 1105 and became the Abbot of Glendalough and afterwards Archbishop of Dublin and after his "'''--="•~~ death he was canonized as a Saint. The name on the family Coat of• Arms is Tothill and the name o! our family was originally Toth!ll, later Tuthiil and still late1· Tuttle. While Ensign John Tuttle possessed considerable property !or so young a man he assisted his father in managing I and operating his various properties. While attending one of his father's several grist m\lls he was shot and k!llcd by the Indians on May 12, 1712. With him at he time was his oldest son, Thomas and Thomas was serious- '"'"'"''"'"'"· ly wounded but managed to crawl into some brush and afterwards made his �escape. Thus Judith Otis Tuttle was left a widow 1n her forty-fi!th year with seven small children to care for. It was usually the custom in those days for one left a widow or a widower to marry again but Judith never again married and devoted her entire time in caring for and educating her la;·ge family of fatherless children and she lived and doubtless had the very great pleasure of seeing each of them happily married and each possessing substantial homes of their own before she passed on to join her martyred husband. Elizabeth Hull, the talented and heroic wife of Captain John Heard was perhaps the most prominent of all · of the Pioneer women of Dover. She was the daughter of the Reverend Joseph Hull and his first wife, Joanna, and was born at Northleigh, in the diocese of Exeter, England in 1628 and died at Dover, Nov. 30, 1706. Captain John Heard, the husband of Elizabeth Hull was born in England about 1610 and became a sailor. In early manhood he became master of a ship and followed the sea until -he w_as about forty-five. He evidently became a citizen of Dover prior to 1640. That year the town of Dover granted to John Heard "6 yeckers of land in Cochecho Marsh.'' At that time his house or rather his abode was on what is now High Street, Dover Neck, adjoining "Captain, afterward Major Richard Walderne's lot.'' Evidently for quite a few years he and Major Walderne did business ·together. Later, some years after his marriage he built his house at Garrison Hill. In 1675 this house was turned into a garrison house with a strong stockade around it and it was the only garrison house that was not captured or destroyed in the Great Massacre of Dover. Elizabeth Heard, the wife of Captain John Heard was one of the leading members of the First Church of Dover bond was always very friendly with the Indians and did them many a good tUl'n or little klndness that they never forgot. Both the Hurd and the Hull genealogies as well as Bellmap's H~tort of New ~p~hire states that Elizabeth Heard concealed an Indian in her house and permitted him to escape. In Richard Waldron Jr's letter on page 87 and 88 Vol. 21 New England Histol'ical Genealogical Register he states:"At the time of the seizure at Dover In 1676 Elizabeth Heard concealed an Indian in her house and permitted him to escape. This Indian, then a Chief, was the one who was her salvation at the "Massacre of Dover" thirteen years afterwards." According to the story of the escape of Elizabeth Heard In the Massacre of Dover found on Page 187 of Volume 5 of the New England Register:"Coming up the river from Portsmouth in a boat with her children and some others on the very night of the assault she was alarmed by a strange uproar and made directly for Waldron's garrison where she hoped to find safety. In so doing s e rew herself The committee on arrangement ininto the hands of the enemy who had cluded Mrs. Hetty W. deRochemont at that time possession of the house. and Miss Sophia 0. Hoyt. The recepThey not only saved her life but perLlon committee was Mrs. Charles mitted her to escape without molesSheppard, Miss Ethel Foss, Mrs. Bertation. The Indian she had befriended tha Margeson, Mrs. Edilh Torrey of was one of the party; he recognized his Portsmouth, Mrs. Alice K . Hll l and benefactress and his influence with Mrs. Grace T. Hayden of Dover. the others procured her thL5 important favor." History does not record whelher the garrison house of Elizabeth Heard was attacked during the "Great Massacre" but it does record the fact that it was the only garrison house not captured and destroyed. Perhaps it was not attacked because of the Indian's gratitude to its owner for at that time Elizabeth Heard was a widow. After the death of her husband, like Judith Otis Tuttle, Elizabeth never married again but lived on in his garrison house at Garrison Hill with some of her children and grand children until her death. The Reverend John Pike in his Journal speaks of her as follows <New England His. Gen. Register Page 47, Vol.'.1) "Mrs. Elizabeth Heard, widow of Captain Johri Heard, a grave and pious woman-ever the mother of virtue and piety, Died November 30, 1706-Lhe mother or thirteen children ." Sleep on, O Judith Otis and Elizabeth Hull by the side of your loved ones! Two centuries have elapsed since you passed on to your reward. Your little village has become a beaullful busy and happy city, and your seltlement has become a Historic State. Yo11 helped to hew out of the rude wilderness two happy homes ·and sewed th!» seed of a Mighty Nation. Your children and their children have been called to high positions 1n the State that you helped found and one of your childretn's children has served that Stata with honor and dlslinction as its Chief Executive. The Piscataqua still flows on in its beauty and grandeur and on its banks dwell a happy and contented people. The · cares and trials of lire are before them but you are at peace and at Rest. Sleep on, sleep on, O Heroines! Never again shall the cruel war-whoop or savage foe disturb your slumbers. They too are at PEACE and at Rest-yet , their blood flows in two generations or I your children's children.The Stars shall fade awayThe Sun, himself grow dim with age And Nature sink in years, But Thou shall flourish in Eternal Motherhood, Unhurt amidst the War of Elements, The wreck of Matter or the Crush of Worlds. l 1 There were o ~ 5 members present a nd the day was one of much interest and enjoyment. The Langdon Public Library at Newington was open to Lhe visitors with the librari::w , Mrs. Haltie Greenough, acting as hostess, while a visit was also made to "Ye Olde Parsona e" built in 1697. �Marker In Memory Of Men Of Eliot Who Served In World War To Be Unveiled Next Saturday at 2 o'clock on the Fogg library grounds the citizens of Eliot will unveil and tlcdicnte n memorial marker to the memory of the men of Eliot who served in the World War. The American Legion will be prominent in the exercises, while all <>ther patriotic orders in this vicinity have been invited to participate. Admiral C. W. Cole, comm:rndant of the J?ortsmouth Navy Yard, has accepted nn invitation to be pres<'nt and will furni sh a color guard of bluejackets, and a detachment of Marines for the parade which will form at the ConJµ·egational Church at 1.30 p. m. Gov. Louis 0. Barrows is to be prei;ent and will be the speaker of the uay. Traip Academy Band, David Kushious, director, will furnish music. The program will be as follow~: 'Hall to the Chief" Band of Maine U. S. Marines Opening Prayer Rev. Frnnk Kirkpatrick Unveiling, Dr. Henry I. Durgin, assisted by Majorie A. Hoyt, Ruth M. Drake Dcclication. Remy W:illingfonl Post, No. 89, American L<'e-ion, Kittery. Me S lection Band Address, Hon. Lewis 0. B:irrowR, Governor of Maine Remarks, Admirnl C. W. Cole, USN, commandant. Port~mouth Navy Yard Closing Prayer RrY. l\t. A. Gordon Volley and Taps U. S. Marines Star Spangled Banner Band Selection Band Disband Marker committee: Dr. Hcmy I. Durgin, chairman; Esthrr F . Drake, secretary; William JI. F;ilconrr. John S. Hoyt, marshall of the day; aides, Harlan Liebman, Harry N. Goodwin, Leslie R. Rowe. el at- n Fogg LiWith impressive ex rcises and be- Dedication Henry Wallingford Post fore a large gathering of interested . No. 89, American Legion, Kittery townsfoiks anrl RUtmner residents, Placing of Flowers Eliot on Saturday afternoon dedicated ·Selection a mnrker in honor of those from the Address Col. Ray town who served in the World War. Remarks, Admiral 0. W. Cole, USN On the attrnctive grounds or tqe !- Commandant, Portsmouth Navy Yd Fog~ Library Lile tablet bearing the Closing Prayer . , Rev. M. A. Gordon names of the town'11 heroes. Is afI!xed Volley and Taps· · U. S. Marines to a large boulder and this was un- ' Star S1;>angled Banner Band veiled by Dr. Henry I. Durgin, chair- SelecUon Band man of lhe day, assisted by the Misses Disband Marjory A. Hoyt and Ruth M. Drake. Traip Academy Band, A colorful parade preceded the de- lous, Director. dicatlon being made up as follows: Gov. Lewis o. Barrows of · Maine Legion Commander and Aides had intended to be present to deliver Band , the dedicatory aadress t>ut was unable M rin~s with Color Guard to do so, owing to an important FedLegion era! committee meeting, so sent his 1 Veterans o( Foreign Wars address by Col. Ray Rendell of AuSµauish War Veterans gusta who read It for the governor. Fleet Reserve A large spray of white flowers was Torm Veterans placed on the memorial by Mrs. Lr~lon Auxiliary l Frederick Fogg of the Eliot Garden Vet,..rn ns of Foreign Wars Auxiliary I Club who said that the Eliot club WM Spanish War Vet~rans Auxiliary pleased to place the first floral offerFleet Reserve Auxiliary Ing on the monument. Woman'~ Relief Corps A loud speaker system donated by Sons of Veterans Ernest Remick of Eliot added greatly Boy Scou~ to the success of the occasion. John F. Htll Grange Eliot Firemen Dr. Remy I. Durgin was chairman The program was in charge of Hen- of the marker committee and Esther ry Wnllingford Post, A. L. of Kittery, F. Drake, secretary. 1rnd .John s. Hnyt was marshal of the Among those in attendance who dny, his ::i ides being Harlem Liebman, had an especially poignant Interest In Horry N. Goodwin and Leslie R. the memorial exercises were the Rowe. The dedication program was as mother and sister of the late Chester rollov·~: Shapleigh, an Eliot boy who r.ave his "Hail to the Chief" Band life for his country In Frnnce. His Honor11 to Rear Adm. Oole, USN mother Is Mrs. Mary Slmplelgh, who tr. s. Marines resides with the sister In Rye. The Opcnl.ng Prayet· Ifather and three sisters · of another Rev. Frimk Kirkpatrick : Eliot ooy who died duruig the World U:nveillng Dr. Henry I. Durgin I War in this country, ,H~1.;ry Mozart, Assisted hy Marjorie A. Hoyt, Ruth were present. The father 1s Frank M. Drake Mozart of York. ..,., .. a_...,_ I I I I �COMPLETES· SHIPPING ~,\I' \ HISTORY Local Man Writes Book On Piscataqua' s Ships And Ocean Commerce The record of more than a thousand fine ships built at the mouth of the Piscataqua River from the year 1789 onward is contained in a large volume manuscript just completed by George L. Nelson of this city. Mr. Nelson is the United States Collector of Customs at this port with offices in the Federal Building and resides at 409 Lincoln avenue. · During the past five years Mr. Nelson has devoted practically all of his spare time and vacations to research into the history of shipping from Portsmouth and other points along the lower reaches of the Piscataqua. From old customs records, from indefatigable search through many flies of ancient 1· ewspapers, through study of the few published volumes mentioning Portsmouth ships of the olden through old letters and documents, ships papers, and many other diverse soui'Ces Mr. Nelson slowly accumulated the facts necessary to a complete history. Extreme care was used that every date and detail of the work be completely authentic. This volume represents a history which, is of great importance as a reference work and a permanent factual record for future generations. The work may roughly be divided into five divisions. The first deals with records of all commercial vessels built here betwen the years 1789 and 1877, totalling 911 vessels. The name of the owner of each, changes of ownership, the date when it was built, the tonnage, dimensions, various trips, and the vessel's final disposition is recorded for each. Public ships built here, including armed fighting craft, are listed likewise. In addition to the' 911 ships built here between 1789 and 1877, the work contams a less complete record of 300 additional craft built here 'between 1690 and 1714. The commerce by ships to foreign lands from this port in the olden days is ·rccord!!d in anolhcr secLion and a fourth gives data about the local men, importers, shipwrights, ship-owners and ship-masters, who were responsible for making the port of Portsmouth known in the shipping marts of the seven seas. Over 500 merchants and shipowners who were engaged in shipping out of Portsmouth are listed. Immigration through this port tween the years 1827 and 1861 is subject of a fifth section. In this is listed the names of approximately 2,000 immigrants who landed at Portsmouth. The work contains various old letters of importance in the history of ll11s port. One wnlten in the year 1809 estimates the number of seamen in Portsmouth as 1,500 men. This city's part in the whaling industry is covered by the mention of three whaling ships which once sailed from lhis port before New Bedford absorbed the entire industry. POitsmouth's one slave ship is also listed. Several pages recount the cxploi ts or privateers built here and manned by local men. The few steam vessels built here are also recorded. \ While this work has not as yet been published in book form, it is to be 1hoped that this may be done in the interest of preserving and makin~ the material available for historians uf New England and for all who are interested in the days of old when Portsmouth Harbor waters were filled with ships riding at anchor, when its shores resounded with the sound of busy ship-building plants, and when Portsmouth ships and local crews ranged the waters of the globe to fill the commercial needs of the republic. f I �ER CT TABLET TO PIONEER AT lEWI GTON Bronze Slab Marks Site Colonial Ferry At the recent annunl meeting of Piscataqua Pioneers, held at the Newington church, announcement was made that the descendants of the several families who opcrntcd the Bloody Point Ferry in Colonial Limrs have erected a boulder and bronze tablet Lo perpetuate its site, just east of the residence of J. Manning I-T~yt on his farm at Lhe .Newinglnn encl of the General John Sullivan bridge. Thomas Trickey came to lhe Dover settlement in the company of Captain Thomas Wiggin. A part of the settlement was at Bloody Point, the ancient name of Newington, and . Thomas Trickey was assigned a grant of land there in 1640 with authorization to operate a ferry to the Dover hare and to Eliot, then a part of Kittery. The farm and ferry descended in 1675 to his son, Zachariah Trickey, who owned it until 1705. John Chevalier, who mouth and changed his surname Knight, bought the farm and operated Lhe ferry from 1705 Io 1725. He then sold the ferry to Captain Howard Henderson, senior, a prnminent sea captain, whose home was at the point on the Dover side. Thereafter for more than a century, its operation was cont!nned from the Dover rncl by Capt. Henderson, senior. Captain Howard Henderson, junior, and the latter's son, Thomas Henderson srnior. The ownership of land through many generations is a distinclive New England pride and n 11ncrous families have held long tenure to the soil in this Plscataqua region. J. Manning Hoyt present owner of the Newington landing site ls a dircC't drscendant of Elizabeth, daughter of John Knight, but the property passed lnlo the ownership of other families and was subsequently acquired by Mr. Hoyt for a home on the acres of his ancestors of two c!?nturies ago. In the earliest days lhe residents of Bloody Point passed back and forth to religious services on Dover Neck by means of the ferry and in later years it served lhe husinrss needs of the people on both shores. Rev. Joseph Adams is believed by some lo ha vc served the longest pastorate in America, 68 years, at the Newington church. IIis nephew, John Adams, on occasion of visiting his uncle lhHe, relates in his rcrords of crossing lo Kittery wilh his horse long before events eaUed him to fame in the Revolution and the Presidency, and the Quaker won'ien crossed on it when lhey were scoW"ged from Dover for heresy. �OLD RECOR PROGRES Announcement has been made in Conco: 1 that the copying of the ancient records of New Hampshire's cities and town, those prior to 1825, are about 80 percent complete. A corps .of 52 WPA workers have been doing the work under the direction of Secretary of State Enoch D. Fuller and Deputy Secretary Harry Jackson. The object is to make permanent copies of the records and also to preserve the old town records and compile a genealogical and subject index of the records themselves. The work of compiling and preserving the records was initiated in 1913, but it was not until Federal work program funds became available that the job assumed the characteristics of a major function of the secretary of state's office. Earliest of the records discovered were those of the city of Dover, which has original recards as far back as 1623. Portsmouth ls in second place. Records have been taken from this city to Concord and this is the reason why some people who have been to the city clerk's office to secure data have been unable to do so, finding that the city council a few years ago gave authority to remove the records to Concord for copying. It ls expected that· the project will be completed during the current fisc al year. Records which have been preserved in the process are returned to local communities when they have a satisfactory place for safekeeping. If the town has no available place the records are turned over f01; safekeeping to the New Hampshire Historical Society, under the law. . In some cases the records were copied in long-hand, while in others they have been preserved by photostat!ng. Whatever the method used they have been bound in large volumes and are filed in the off' ·e of the secretary of state. They are said to be of very great value in many ways, particularly for genealogists. Since 1825 the state has kept records of vital statistics, including births, deaths and marriages so that local records since that time are of i1ot sµch great value. 1 •.,,.,.,,......... 30·~ -------'t.:iu ·suBMARINE TO BE LAUNCHED .,, TUESDAY ~~ __ The submarine Snapper will launched at 2.20 o'clock tomorrow ternoon. Everything ls in readiness for the launching o! the underseas craft, which will sUp down the ways as Mrs. Harold R. Stark of Washington, D. C., christens it. T IS AT AVY The u.·s. S. nappe Is 5 N RD Un- derseas Craf o · e Constructed At Local eserva With whistles blowing, and amid the cheers of a very large number of spectators, the U. S. Submarine Snapper slid down the ways o! the Building shed at the Navy Yard at 2.20 this afternoon. This Is the 25th submarine to be built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard since the inauguration o! submarine building 1n that yard during the World war. It was a big day · at the yard, as launchings are always a big event, but being the 25th submarine to be constructed there during a little over to years, this was a-special occasion. The first submarine was launched on April 23, 1917, and since that time, the fame of the Portsmouth Navy Yard as a submarine building plant, has gained wide-spread recognition. The U. S. S. Snapper is a product of the Portsmouth Jfavy Yard, and that, in itself, speaks volumes in naval circles, who recognize this yard for its workmanship. All points of vantage were occupied by the throngs who trooped Into the yard, as. well as those whc ~J the Memorial bridge, Peirce Islan _ and the water front for an opportunity to witness the thrill of seeing the underseas craft slip down the ways into the waters of the Plscataqua. The ways and the visitors' stand were decorated with bunting. The visitors' .stand was filled to capacity. The American Legion band of this city presented a concert for hair a11 hour before the launching, and as the ship struck the water the band strnck up the strains of the Star Spangled Banner. Among the special guests were Capt. C. C. Soule, U. s. N., chief or staff of the first naval district representing Rear Admiral Gehrardi, commandant of the first district; Rear Admiral W. Dubois, chief or the Bureau of Construction and Labor or Washington; Rear Admiral P. B. Duncan, U. S. N ., Inspector or engineering at the Fore River Shipbuilding plant at Quincy, Mass.; Comdr. E. P. Eldredge, U. S. N., Bureau o! Operations of Washlngt.on, D. C., Maj. Gen. James F. McKinl ey, ret., of Washington; Jack Fenwick, representing the civilian force of the yard, Mrs. F. O . Johnson, wife of the commander of the new submarine. Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith, Postmaster Peter J. Hickey, as well as a number of others prominent in civic and navy circles. Mrs. H . R. Stark of Washington, D. C., wife of Rear Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance in Washington, was the sponsor of the Snapper and she broke a silver encased bottle o! champagne over the bow of ·the vessel at exactly 2.20. As she broke the bottle, the underseas craft began to slide down the ways Into the water. Previous to the ceremony, Mrs. Stark was presented with a silver vase, the gift of the workmen to the sponsor of the craft which they built. The presentation was made by Jack Fenwick. There is a certain sentiment on the part of the workmen, toward every submarine which they have bunt. It is their product, designed here, the plans drawn by the drafting room force, anct everything connected with the submarine has been made here. Simple ceremonies marked the laying of the keel of the Snapper which , ••,-~•- was laid on July 23, of last year. The gang driving the first rivet was composed of the supervisory clerical force of the Inclustrial department. A number of summer visitors were present at the la in o! the keel as there were �today at the launching. The American Legion band, which plaved toclay, was also pre1<ent and played for the laying of the k el. The gang from the supervisory clerical force of \\'hich l:i.icl the keel included the fotlowing: Inspector, Thomas · . Marden, assistant to manager; rivrlcr, A. S. Phillips, recorder Labor beard: rivetrr, Stephen Grnnt. Malrrinl srcllon: holder on, III. \V. Oanlnrr. Drafting Files srct Ion. rivet hcatrr, J ,. n. nowe, Production clivislon; rlvrl. 1nsi:rr, Cl. W. Fernald, Job Order section. Prayer was delivered by Chaplain A. E. Stone, who rec<'nlly cnmr lo thi, yard, succeeding M. H. Prtzolcl. As the Snapper slid down the w:ws, she gained ~peed and plunf'Pd grarefully into the waler. The tugs, John G. Ch:mdler of the Piscataqua Towing Co. and the yard t11f!' Penacook wrre waiting to receive a Jinf' from the submarine, to bring her to her berth. As the lines were made fast, the two tugs drew the boat to the pier and nosed her into place. Here also were a large number of people, waiUng to see the docking of the new addition to the The task of launching a rine r quires a great deal of work and planning. The fixed or ground ways upon which the vessrl slides are set at an inclination of 1 to 16 and lend 011lward and downward to ~ra wall to a depth of about 10 b low walrr. The submarine is rel nserl by thr clropping or n. pair of shorrs or strut: 1,rn<·ctl at an angle between lhr fixed and i:liding ways and by lhe 1111l:i.f(•hing r n set of mechanical lrigge1 s plarrd under the nftcr-end of the vessel. A whistle blown underneath the ve~~el serves as a warning for the lmmrhing rrw to keep clear. In order to pr vent tile Snapper from getting adrift and possibly striking the opposite bank of the river, a hawser from shore keeps the submarine from going too far. The sliding ways are salvagccl from nch launching arc! stored for the next hig event. 01 ~ ', The Snapper is the ~cventh boat to be known by name, rather than by• letter. Following the new syst,em of naming and numbering, shr is the first of the S boats to be built here, although three ot,hers are in the process of constrnclion, the Stingray, Squalus and Sculpin. The Snapprr is numbered S-4. The submarines arc being named for fish. A snapper is a basslike marine fish. Some aUnin a length of two feet or more. The snappers which inhabit deep waters are often red or rose colored. The shore species are often greenish above with various markings. Mosl snapprn; are rstrrmed as food amt to some extent, are !(:une fl~h. The latest submarinr was ant horized to be built nndcr Nnval Appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1936 and the Srcretary of the Navy placed the order for constrnction on Septembrr 9, 1935. The keel was Jnid on July 23, of last ye:ir ancl the . hip is expcctrrl to be completed about the first of Mnrch of next yc:ir. The comm~ncler will be Lieut. F. Johnson, U. S. N. Lieut. Johnson is n member of the class of 1921, Naval Academy nml hns lrn.<1 a great clral of I experience with submarines. For ~ome time he was with the Winton Engine Company in Cleveland as U. S. naval inspector. His last ~Pa duty wns In comnrnnd of a submarinr In Asiatic waters. With the launching or thr Snapper, lhe submarine is about, 75 P"rccnt complete. Upon completion she will make a "shakedown" cruis<' lo trst all the cquipm nt in service aml only then will she officially brroml' n. mrmber of the fleet. The standard disphcement or the ~ubmarine will be 1435 tons. The length is 299 f et and the maximum lY'am will be 26 feet, and the drnrt also at standard displacement will be 14 feel 2 Inches. The Snapper is approximately the same Jcnglh as the submarines which have been built at the yard lately, �SUB IARINE "SNAPPER" LAUNClUNG PARTJI' In tho front row, left to right, a.re Commander J. J. Brown, altl to U,o com111,u1tlant; ltear Admirnl P. n. Dungan inspector of engineering at Quincy, Mass.; Congressm.m Al'thur B. Jent<:;; ltcar Atlmlru.l Cyrns W. Cole, cu111ma1\tlanl of Portsmouth Navy Yard; Mrs. II. R. Stark{ sponsor; Capt. n. ~- Grecule.:. y,ird macuger: aud Lieut. J. J. Curley, Jr: aide to commandant. Others in the group nclude: Rear Admiral W. G. Duboil1, clti.:f of bureau o co113truclion a1111 repair at Washington, D. C.; Capt. A. W. Brown, Lieut-Commander J. W. P.ige, planning office,· ; Jack Fe1 wick, who tepresented employees in presenting gift to sponsor; Mr. and Mrs. Mulligan, Mr. and Mrs. 'l'1·eadwig and Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes, guests of the sponsor; Mrs. P. ~- Dungan, Mrs. C. W. Cole; Mrs. F. O. Johnson; l\'lr . J. J. Brown, tHrs. A. W. Brown, Mrs. J. J. Curley, Mrs. P. G. Lanman, wife of Capt. La.uman, production su;1er!nf.emleut; Mrs. U. R. Greenlee, Mrs. J. W. Page; Miss Eliza.beth Greenlee, who ts a former sponsor; and l\U,;s Anne La.uman. r.>~m~~ �WALLIS SANDS LlFE SAVING CREW Ca11t. Selden F. ,veils, Walter Rand, John Iler n, William Odiorne and William Randall. 01 etts and William Rand:~11 at Rye Harbor. Ca ed at the Jerry's Point station at Ne1v Castl laced in commission. • �the Wallis Sands and Rye Beach stations o! the United States Coast Guard are officially closed. On Tuesday, the final d<iy of August, the doors of these two stations were shut tor the last time. For more than sixty years their stalwart crews h ave guarded our coast, Shrock to Hamp ton Beach station; Irving Buresch to Damiscove I sland station, and Harold 0 . Man ch ester to Hampton Beach. Lawrence E. Harmon was transferred fr om the station on Aug. 5 to Quoddy Head station at Lubee, Me. Transferred from the Rye Beach station today are Boatswain's Mate Hallie Larrabee and Surfman Th urs ton L. Peabody to the Hampton Beacli. station. saving many lives as well as craft of all descriptions valued at thousands of c....---..---...--~----,...,..--..-.JJ dollars. From now on there will be no Coast Guard station along our coast between Portsmouth Harbor station and Hampton Beach station, a dis tance of more than ten miles. In the future the men of the Hampton Beach station will have the duty of patrolling more than 18 miles of rocky and varied coastline extending from the north bank of the Merrimack River tci the sou~h bank of the Piscataqua River. The Rye Beach station was the first of tile New Hampshire stations to be hit by the economy wave of tn is branch of the government service. On July 1, 1933, the Treasury Department ordered it closed, along with 11 other stations. Since that time a caretaker h as been in charge there, the new order causing his withdrawal on Tuesday. The Rye Beach station was one of the first to be established on the New England coast, having been erected and commissioned in 1874. The original building still stands, a short distance from the present station, which was built in ' 1890. Active Coast Guard service was maintained at Rye Beach for a period of 59 years, although for the past few years it has been on the inactive list with but two men on duty. The Wallis Sands station, also closed by the new economy ruling, for approximately 50 years has been recognized as outstanding for the entire New England coast. Of late it has been manned by Portsmou th Herald P h oto a crew of eight men, they being kept Shown her e is the I sles of Shoals Coast G ua rd cr ew. In fron t, left to r ight, busy every day with necessary routine is Officer in Charge William G. R ich, F'loreston G. Alley, Osc:u · (). Munro, and work and emergency calls. TwentyOtis K. Odior ne; and r ear, Cli f ton T. Doughty, Robert B. Mu rphy, Linwood H. four hours a day the coast has been Beal, and William Buswell. Milton Seavey, boat swain's mate, fir st class, was at watched, ~ ~ well as the broad expanse the Coast Guard r ifle range, therefore, n ot In the pict ure and Cha rles R Cll'on, of ocean which can be seen from the surfman, was en liberty a t th e time the picture was taken . station lookout tower. Several rescues have been made dur- ;l----,_-,--,-- - ...,.,.----;---;;--::- --:-,::::--¥-------- "1 - - - - -- -1~•,!·., Commanding a view of Gosport HarThe boathouse is located many feet ing the past year by the guardsmen of bor and many miles of the .Atlantic above h jgh tide mark and there is a this station. Lives have been safeguardOcean 1he Isles of Shoals Coast Guard trolley runway leading clown to the ed along the bathing beaches and the countless persons who enjoy piloting station, erected on White I sland abou t small harbor. The large picket boat is small craft along New Hampshire's 30 years ago, serves as a sentry of pro- moored in Gosport !]arbor, while the tection on the group of islands which other boa ts are kept, in the boathouse. beautiful coastline have had the asare practically deserted in the win ter, In atlclit,ion to the sta tion ancl boatsuranc~ of ready succor in time of need. except for a few natives who inhabit house, the station leases a wharf in It is with deep Tegret that local resithe place the year around . The sk-.tlon Portsmouth Hmbor, 11 miles from dents and summer residents as well see is located some distance from the shore Wh ile Island, which i£ uf._ed to store fuel the services o! the Coast Guard here to and is reached by a series of cat,walks arnl for leading supplies for the ~tation. a great extent withdrawn. that lead from the Coast, Guard boatDming the present, fiscal year, which The following transfers - from the h ouse over the rocky ground . startut July l , the Shoals crew h as Wallis Sands station are effective today: Officer in charge, J ames P. The crew at present includes a bo:it- :m~wcrcd nine calls for assistance and Sprague, boatswain's mate, first class, swain's rnate, first class, a machinist's the total vahmtlon of ves~els assisted to Fletcher's Neck station at Biddeford mate, first class, and nine su~fmen. The or rc~cued amounts to $130,000. Pool; . Gerald Robinson to I sles of outside equipment of the st,ation inWllliam G. Rich, chief boatswain's Shoals station; Donald 0. Coffin to eludes a 46-foot picket boat, which was mate, is the officer in charge of the Damlscove Island station at Boothbay captured as a rum-runner during pro- Isles of Shoals sLation. He en tered the Harbor; George W. Courtney to I sles of hibition, a modern type lifeboat, a Coast Guar d Service in 1912 at City Shoals station; Stanley W. Pridham to motor surfboat and two pulling surf- Point, Boston, where he remained un til Ham ton Beach station; Clarence M. boats. after the World War. I n 1919 h e was ___....,..,..t_h_e_ P_oin t Ol;,;;iv.;.e;;,;r~ sta::::.:t:.:.:lo::..:n.:,.J1..:: ·~•.:-~~·,•,,)'~Bi 1 .!1J �. at Hull , Mass., where he erved seven years as a motor machinist, after which he went lo Gloucester as boatswain's mate for seven years. I .eaving Gloucester he was made offiri::r In rl~arge of the Plum Island station, following which he wns in chari;r of the Portsmouth Harbor station for one nnd ahalf years. Jnne 15, 1937, hr 11as transferred to the Shoals stat ion as officer in chnrge. Millon H . Seavey, bnnts ~•nin's mnte, first class, enlisted in thr fervicc Jn 1!127 at Cran berry Islancl, whrr he was lationed 11nUI three years ago, wl1en he was trnnsf rred to U1r Shonls station. For the pnst week he has IJcen cnl(agecl in rifle prnrtire at thr Con.·t Guard r:rnge In Wnkefirlcl, Ma,·~. nmint: nny absenre of Boat wain's Mate Rlcli I from the station Seavey is the officer ln 1 charge. Clifton T Doughty, motor l'J;\C'hinisl's mate, first class, stark<! H'J vice ith 1he Coast Guard at CapP Elirnbrth, Me., In 1925, where he was stntion cl for one year, at the end of whic-11 hr was transferred to the Merrimack talion for onr. year. He spent his thii cl yr;ir 0f service nt Salisbury Beach nncl 1hP foJlo ing three at Plum Island. Hr was tnmsfcrrcd to the Isles of ~· nnl~ ~t;i.tion lhl year. Oscar C. Munro, 1,11 'm:m, who Fnved in the Marine Corps fer right. ycnrs, has srrved the larger part. nf his t imr in the Coast Guard fervirc at the Portimoulh Harber station, flC'm hic'h hf' was transfrrrccl to thP Jf.lr~ nf Shm1ls In Jt1ne, 1937. He is cli~l'n,::11i<hc-cl ns the holder of nn out~ nmlinq r cord for New England Const1nrnnl•mrn at the Wakcfirlcl Rifle ranrr. J minr: past years he ha3 sen·rct ns n ronC'h there. Robrrt 13. M11rphy, s111 Jn,~n, J1as f·crvecl four years al thr I•lo· 1,r ~heals talion. Florcston G. Alley, 1<nrfm~11 has een in the srrvice fnr stV< n yrnrs, !luring which time he hns brC'n ~!aliened at Hamp ~0n Bearh, Portsm 11th Harbor and the Isles of Shcnls. Llnwootl H. Bral, snrfman, is now serving his ~eeoncl c-niistmf'nt at the Shoals, or whlch he !ms re1 vul enc year. Previous to bring itntlonc-tl at the Shoal5 hr se1vr!1 t1111 r )Tarr- ~• "~pc Ellmbrtl1. Will iam R. nm,··1 II. ~m fmnn, 1l11rinr:: : his srrvice hns bun }.t.ntinn( tl at Cape I Elizabeth ancl nt Hahnnl. llc has been stationed at t.he Shon ls fr,· two y nrs. Charles E. Cilon, ~urfll,an, has not yet Jmpleted a yenr <'f Coast Guarcl ' service. Four or the ciglJt months he I hM been a Const G11nrdsmnn he was at Cape Elizabeth and the remainder o! the time has been spent nt the Shoals. Otis K . OdlornP, surfman, has served the entlre time of his n1istment at the Isles of Shoals station. He enlisted in the U. S. Coast Guard fix months ago anct was lmme1llniely srnt. to the Shoals. PORTSMOUTH HI STORY TO BE PUBLISHED ll)age, t To Be Pr sented At Crawford ot h For Highway Ass'u. Wri ten By Local Woman Delegat.es to the 11.mn ·ican Associaf.ion 0r st~te Htghw y Offlr.ials convenlion In Ir held m Boston rly in Octollcr will m tkl' 1. bricC visit, to this city while en rou from Bost1m to Portland, while on a trill to New H~mp·hire and a section of Mc, ine, whicl1. will he part or th lr progrnm. A Port.,mouH1 woman, Mrs. Harry B. Ca.rp<.mtcr, i.~ wn ttng U1e pageant, "Roa.els and Romane s," which will be presented befor the d t gates on Saturday, Oct. 2, by U1c Feder1.tion of Women's Cluln at Crawford Notch. In t11e pfl.geant hlghw y development, from the Ind i 1.n tr ll to the a11tomoblte road of today will 11 traced. The setting will include ell rming S1.co L1.ke, at the foot of Eleph nt Rea cliff at the gateway to Crawford Notclt. Prof. James W. Goldtl1 w1 tte of Dflrtmouth College and Lawren Sh w Mayo, educator nd author, of Harvard University, a.re assisting in tlte hi,toricn.l details. Th ~h inn. n of the enterl.ai.nmet1t, dinner nd c rav1 n committee for the vLsi~ to New H mp,hire is Frederick A. Gardn"r or the i' w Ha.mpsl1i.J:e State High .vo. v Department. The 1t0rth"m tour of il1e highway offichls will '.ltart from Iloston early on Frid'lY lltOtning. O•:t. 1, and will proceed a.!Jng he th. sltore highways of Ma.,s1chusetts, N w Hampshire and Maiue, t,Q Port.5mouth, 1.nd then Portl1nd, where lun,,heon will be served. In tltr , rternoon U1ey will travel nortl1 throug Pol nd Springs to the Crawford Hous~. wh re dinner will he served. Trips up Mount Wac.hington and visit., lo the Old Man or the Mountain and In tl1 Flume in Franconia Noti:-h arc .,clir:iul"l for tit morning of s~turday, 0"l l. wilh th pgeant In the '.l.ftetw>on nd a. lnnquet in the evening. On ~und v. Oct. 3. the highw y commissioners will l riv New Ha.mpshir , traveling tl1rnugh Vermont and visiting th birtl1pl;i,,_ of Cal'tin Coolidge at Plymouth. The party wil l reach Greenfield, M ss . at 6 p. m., whe re many will take t rn ins for th journey home. Otllcrs will l.Je taken to Springfield, Mass., t I lee ro,ins there, while still othern wi ll return to Boston. In '\rrangements for the convention New Hampshire men will take a prominent 111.rty. Fr ncis P. Murphy, us a New Enghnd gov rnor, Is a member of the hon'.lrary committee; Frederic E. Everett, New Hamp,htre highway :ommissloner, Ls chairman of the reception and executive commlttees and a member ot the finance and ladles entert.'linment committees, while Mr. Gardnet· is chal.rman of the publicity committee of the transportation Boston, Sept. 22-The history Portsmouth, from the earliest times to the present day, will be Included In the publication which is to be issued by the Massachusetts Historical Records Survey. Workers on the-staff o! the Survey for several weeks have been making an inventory of the varlous records and other unpublished material at I City Hall, the Courthouse and other depositories. In many cases documents o! great historical value have been uncovered in the unclassified piles o! manu··•·lpls and records that are occasionaJJy to be found in vaults and cabinet.s. In some instances, the existence of these records was unknown even to the custodian, for they had been flied many years before he assumed charge o! this valuable source material. Manuscripts, yeJJow with age, and written Jn the curious and almost undecipherable script that ~as used by 17th century officials have been found in heterogeneous heaps of documents, which recorded early events in the town's history. The value of such material to the writer, the student and the historian is incalculable, but heretofore it has been practically Inaccessible. The Historical Records Survey, following the suggestion of the Daughters of the American Revolution, who regarded the preservation and Indexing of the archives o! the nation, states and municipalities as a dusty to posterity, entered on the work of preparing a guide to all the documents, the depository in whlrh they were housed and the vault or cabinet that contained them. In addition to this, the checklist will contain a description o! the records and extracts from the matter they contain. Scholars and writers will ,hail •i;b!s undertaking with gratification for it will mean the opening up of a mine of historical material, the surface of which' has barely been scratched. The history of the town itsel! will be thoroughly covered and a new light thrown on some of I.he r!nci al events since Its founding. �Former L Englis oday J. E. Smith, former Lord Mayor of Portsmouth~ England, is visiting Portsmouth, New Hampshire today. Arriv. ing at 10.30 from Boston, Mr. Smith, who is a member of the Porl,smouth City Council, was taken on a tour of the historic points of this vicinity, ending at the Rockingham Hotel at noon MISS PRISCILLA GOUGH The appointment of Miss Priscilla Gough, for the past 10 years direc- , tor of publicity and college marshal at ' Radcliffe, as dean -of women at Stoneleigh College was announced today by Richard D. Currier, president. She will take up her new duties at the opening of college, Sept. 12. • Miss Gough, whose home is in Cohasset, Mass., has served as executive secretary of the Women's Municipal League ot Boston, as vice president o! the College Publicity Association, as secretary of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters and as a council member of the Radcliffe Club of Boston. new ou oo on life. He entered buslness and today owns the biggest retail coal concern in Portsmouth. He has been in the Portsmouth City Council for the last 27 years, four of which were in the mayor's chair, he being Lhe first chief magistrate of that English city to have the title of "Lord Mayro." It was only nine yea rs ago that this Litle ·was authorized by royal dewhere a reception and luncheon was · cree. held for the distinguished guest. He The former Lord Mayor expressed was greeted at the Boston & Ma ine ' his delight at being able lo come to station by a committee 'and guided by this namesake of his home city. His Arthur I. Harriman, the party made a city also is a naval base, being the tour of the various historical points of largest naval base of Great Britain. The visitor is a retired band master the city and the navy yard. Mr. Smith has been touring Canada of the Salvation Army. On April 10 he and the United States. He left Ports- observed this 50th anniversary of serand a mouth, England the first of August, vice in the Salvation Army sailing from Southampton on the Em- celebration was held which the Lord press of Britain on Au~. Arriving in Mayor and council of Portsmouth ntQuebec on Aug. 13, he lias .had a busy tended. He was greeted here today month on this side of the Atlantic. by Brig. Edwin Perrett of Portland, "The chief business of my trip, divisional officer of ~he Salvation which is my first to America," stated Army and Adjt. Herbert A. Martin Alderman Smith, "is to call on the of the local corps. mayor of Portsmouth, N. H., and The program at the Rockingham among other things to present him was as follows: with photographs of the King and Piano select.ion, "America" Queen with the Lord Mayor of PortsHarry mouth on the occasion of the Corona- Invocation Rev. Maxwell tion naval review and to convey greet- Presentation of chairman ings from the Portsmouth, England Adjt. H. Rotary club to Portsmouth, N. H. Ro- Remarks by chairman tarlans." Brlg. E. J. Perrett The former Lord Mayor of Ports- Remarks Paul Badger mouth has already visited the may(representing the Rotnry Club) ors of Toronto, Ottawa and Winnipeg Remarks A. H. Wool!son and In the latter city and Windsor, he (representing the Kiwanis Club) met members of the Salvation Army Vocal solo Rev. A. A. Rouner band which he conducted for several Remarks Charles Brackett years in Portsmouth. He was also (representing the Salvation Army) commissioned by the Portsmouth,'Eng- Remarks Alvin Redden Iand Rotary club, to convey greetings (representing the Chamber of to the Portsmouth, N. H. Rotary club. Commerce) He was also commissioned by Genera Remarks Rev. Arthur A. Rouner I Evangeline Booth to convey her greet- (representing the Protestant ministers) ings to Salvationlsts Jn Canada and the Piano selection, "Evening Chimes" United States. Harry Carroll Alderman Smith has had a most re- Remarks E. C. Matthews markable career. Leaving the naval Presentation of Alderman J. E. Smith service in his teens he ran into flnanforme1· Lord Mayo1· of Portsmouth, cial difficulties, he admitted quite England · frankly, and joined the Salvation At·- Remarks my. He said thenceforth he obtained a I • •,-,;,.:c·•• ,,.,,,~•~::£~~ ~ ~ �e 27 h nstructed tates avy --------Another keel of a submarine to be added to the fleet of United States undersea craft was laid shortly before noon today at the Navy Yard. The keel of the Sculpin was laid at 11.25 this morning on the building ways which the latter part of Au.gust provided the setting for the launching of the submarine Snapper. Witnessing the event was a large number of workmen, officers, enlisted personnel and a group of visitors and yard residents. The Frank E. Booma Post American Legion Band gave a short concert before the keel was laid. Rear Admiral C. W. Cole, commandant of the yard, spoke briefly and told of the fine work which h a;; been done in the past by workmen o.t the yard. s Cr nit As everything was ready for the laying of the keel th-i hull superintendent then signaled for the hoist and the keel was placed in position. The first rivet was dr;vcn by a hand riveting crew composed of the following officers: Inspect-_, .• ,.,,,. or, Rc-r Arlmiral Cyrns W. Cole, commandant; riveter, Lieut. Comdr. Earl L. Sackett; riveter, Lieut. Comdr. Arthur F. Folz; holder-on, Lieut. Comdr. Joseph W. Paige; rivet heater, Lieut. Comdr. Albert L, Prosser; rivet passer, Lieut. Comdr. J. A. Sweeton. As lhe concluding number on program the Leglorr Band played the "Star Spangled Banner" and the layIng of the keel of Uncle Sam's 27th submarine built or uucler construction at the Portsmouth Navy Yard was pleted. �PLEASED WITH HIS VISIT TO ? .<\ PORTSMOUTH The visit of Former Lord Mayor J. E. Smifh of Portsmouth, England, to ,~ 0· - ~... a.VI Portsmouth, N. H., on Saturday came to an end when he boarded the 5 l,To-..'l'.'·c1 o'clock train for his return to Boston. The Lord Mayor, wh:J ls still a member of the Portsmouth, England City Council came to bring greetings to the city, the Rotary Club and the Salvation Anny. After the noon luncheon at the Rocklngham Hotel, during which the following spoke, Maj. Frederic Delano, Rev. Arthur A. Rouner, A. H . Woolfson, Paul Badger, Alvin Redden, Charles H. Brackett, Brig. E. J. Perrett of the Portland Salvation Army, Councilman Charles T. Durell and '.Adj. H. A. Martin of the local Salvation Army Corps, Mr. Smith presented Councllman Durell with a picture of the present Lord Mayor of Ports'mouth, Eng., with the King and Queen of Great Britain. This presentation Was for Mayor Kennard E. ._.,,._.,,_.,,,..., Goldsmith, and was accepted by councilman Durell who represented the mayor, who has been ill wJth a 1.:uow.~s,-r:: throat infection and was unable to attend. However during the afternoon he did come to city hall and the former Lord Mayor called and paid his respects. A visit to Kittery Point to the old Sparhawk house was made in the af.ternoon being arranged after the 1schedule had been completed. As he left Portsmouth Mr. Smith expressed his appreciation of the fine hospitality extended to him and said he was greatly pleased with his visit here. ·l,~{/l1:,,~.:, t/'.:.~~~~~~..~~~r:~~{~~rt~~~,: ~~~~{{~--;'--}l{~•tl{i't ~,--!kj ,. .ff. SET .AT .$3 • .J.7 The Board of Appraisers today announced the tax rate for this year. The rate as announced is $32. per thousand, as compared with $34.40 a year ago. This drop of $2.40 over 1936 is due. in part to the cut in the and b nual appropriation bill as passe Y the city council la:s;.t.,:n;l"g.g.:.:h::t·:_l!'-:l::r~~IF.;~.~ RAZING OLD HOUSE ON VAUGHAN ST;· The old house at the corner Vaughan and Hanover streets I~ be1ng torn down. Arthur Marinos plan~ to erect a modern brlclt bulldlng on the site or the old house. ear The City Council at ils meeting on Police department, decrease Thursday evening passed the app10- $207.45., F'ire alarm, decrease tl77.48. priatlon bill for th e yea r 1937 approFire deparLment, increase $1,291.20. priating nearly $35,000 less than last General expense, Increase $700. year. T he total amount of the apElection a nd jury drawings, propriation to be r aised by laxes this crease $2925. t t Appraisers, increase of $1,033.90. year is $633 •389 ·62 · The O a I approSchools, increase $007.28. th st priation before e e imat,ed revenue Salaries, health department and muis deducted calls for $721,389.62 which ll t nic1pal court were 1e same as 1as compares with $739,234.63 a year ago, a decrease of $17,845.01. This decrease year. Following the reading of the records will mean nearly $2 decrease in the lax rate, Jt ls expected which will be wc l- by City Clerk Jolin J. Henson, Mayor come news to the tax payers of lhis Golclsmilh announcccl Lhe appointment of Richard S. Beane as a weigher and city . The finance committee of the city this wa - confirmed. A communication council and various other departments from Fleet street merchants asking for have been working for some time get- a modern lighL hetween Congress and ting their budgets ready, and with the Porter streeLs was referred to the comclose of the legislature and the knowl- mittee on street lights, Councilman edge of the amount due for slate and Robert M. Herrick making the motion. coun ty taxes received earlier in the A claim for ctamages to the house at 466 week, the work was completed. The Dennett sf •·eet from water backing up in the cellar during the spring rains of state tax was increased $2432 over last year and the .county tax $2691.96 more 1937 was refcrre I tu Lhe committee on cl:ums on motion of Councilman Wythan a year ago. The total appropria- man Boynton . tion for municipal purposes a year ago A report from lhe Board of amounted to $607,055.17 and this year Works enclosing a n estimate of $1100 was $22,958.97 Jess or $584,096.20 al to- from Ute s11perintende nt regard ing gether. There was an increase in es- work on Pine street was received and timated Income of $16,750. referred to the finance committee. The a ppropriations for the various . The Board of Street Commissioners departments were as follows: ~ubmitt,ed a report for the first half of Highway decrease of $16,505.52 was made, the total appropriation this year the yea r 1937, which was placed on file. being $79,133.67, as compared with The Mayor called it a good report a nd staled " would give a good idea of what $95,639.19 a year ago. had been gomg on during the first half P arks and playgrounds, a decrease of the year. of $275 . Cour ilman Herrick introduced increase of resolution authoriz ing the assessment Public buildings, an $730.83. . of 20 cent., additional on all unpaid poll Library, increase of $199.50. taxes after Sept. 1, and this was \)assed. P oor department, an increase of $11.Councilman Fredenck Schlegel in128.33. troduced a re~olution authorizing the Old age assistance, decrease of $1,000. Mavor to exlend an invitation to the Ne1~· Hampshire StaLe Department of the American Legion Lo hold Its 1938 convention in this city and appropriating a sum, not to exceed $500, for pubJiciLy puq:o,es, and this was po.ssed. Thre was some discussion regarding this after its passage. Atty. Ralph G. McCarthy, n former Slate Department �ouncilman Downs spoke regarding commander, was present and answered a. the fire station and ClOO for repamn the dock anrl fence at Atlantic Heights, several questions, explaining the meth- the parking lot on Vaughan street, stating that th,.. atlendant had checked the a total of $2 !75. od of securing a convention for a city. number of cars parked there and found Arthur I. Harriman, secretary of the Councilman Thomas J. Downs intro- the avet'age mu.:ber hnd been 275 da!ly, Portsmou~'i. u. s. ' sesquicentennial duced a resolution making funds avail- with a · •.rge number being turned away committee, was present and told of the able for the water department. This because of lack of space. During the pLms for the observance of the day in was an additional $10,000 to increase eight-week period 15,125 cars have this city, which will be on Sept. 17. Plans the assets. Councilman Boynton asked parked then' ::ind the attendant has call for the observance to be held at the if this was buying the Frank · Jones been on duly from 10 a. m. to 11.30 p. grave of John Langdon at the North water-works. m. A r•w improvement'\ were suggestcemetery. Langdon was the first signer The Mayor replied that ir the reso- ed for the p~rldng space. or the famous document and the only lution there was no mention of the Adj ournment was at the call of signer from this clty. Mr. Har riman Frank Jones plant and added that the brought out that the grave of Willi.am council had voted to purchase the Whipp! , a signer of the Declaration of water-works at a previous meeting. Independence, is in the North cemetery, Councllr.i .. : Boynton stated he would and also the graves of 19 soldiers of the continue to oppose the purchase. A Revolutionary War. voice vote was taken and a roll call deMr. :iarriman suggested that the manded, with the vote being 6 to 3 In program as outlined in the local comfavor of the purchase. Councilmen mittee's recommend'.1 tions be followed. Durell, Drwns, Herrick, Sukeforth, This includes the ringing o! bells on the Schlegel and Burkhardt favored it, morning of the observance, a display of -=,-,.,. ·..•, while Boynton, Blanchard and Leary f13,gs, l3 blasts of the !ire alarm, . a opposed. In the suspension of rules and par de from the playgrounds to the ,.,.,, ..,. .,.,_. the passage of the three readings the fav-oira1 Ad" 9. T:u.tn cemetery and return and exercises at lineup was the same, 6 to 3. the cemetery. There was a short disCouncilman Charles T. Durell introcussion of other plans and the Mayor duced the annual appropriation bill. cenlen~ was authorized to draw his warrant for This calls for an appropriation by taxes the amount necessary to carry out the '""•·-"''""' of $633,389.62, nearly $35,000 lower proposed program. than last year. Mayor Goldsmith Adjournment was at the call of the prais d the committee for ils work and Tltc 'Jit,y -:::,iuiv·il lLld J. short meeting chair. FollGwing the adjournment the also expressed his appreciation to the tlu;; !ll/Jrtllll'~ ,.t 10 oclock. Councllcouncilmen remained for some time and Board of Appraisers and the rily audi1w'tt Clnrl:; T. D11r,,11. T. John Downs, heard Mr. Harriman tell about the contor for their cooperation. Hr called atRob•:rt r [ [[,:rrir:"•. Roland Suk••f.Jrth, dition of the older cemeteries in thla tention to the fact that lhe council was J')lm r., ,ry, Fr,,JeniJc Schlcg I and city. He had pictures taken to_lllustrate elected on an economy platform and Jolttt Bur[cl1 rdt w .r present and his point. At the conclusion he was had carried out that pledge. The bill MJyor K. I:!:. G<Jldsmitll presided and given a vote of thankR. passed its three readings lo hrcome enr·i'JrJt11lh~ v:tio n m·13 '1.ken ou tile pr~grossed, with all councilmen voling in gr,"\m f r th, u. ,:,. Constitution Se,qu1favor. cP,nt,..nni1 l obs rv(ln ., as recommet;ded The committee on hills of second by U1 ~ lo·" l committee. . reading reported favorably on the ordiA cJmmunic U<Jn from Gov. Franc1S nance fixing the salary of the city mesP. Murphy, urging the celebration of the senger :it $25 a week and tills passed -, q'l11ii;r>nf;e11nin.l vC tlt U. S C n,tltuits sec~nd reading. tt,in W'L'l l"'?,itl Councilman Downs, chairman of lhc I~yo:- Gold:mith appointed iirs. st1·eet lights committee, rep1Jrted that M1.ry St.1w o.nd Dr. Alphon RaynP.s the committee favored a street light on a"> lrnstP. s of th Public Libr ry and Cass street:. Councilman Sukeforth the 3.µµolntments were confirmed. suggested that a road be built from A C<Jtl\lltUllicatiOl\ from th ?o_lonlal Kearsarge Way to the Allanlic Heights Be con OU co asking for permission to School and be continued lo Saratoga rect '). hull, stor g tank anrl pier at Among the list of New Hampshire Way. An estimate for this amounted Freeman' Point w1~ received '.Ind re- cities with commwlity names, based to $1432. Mayor Goldsmith told of ferred th zoning commissi n. on history, compiled by the State some of the plans for the year in doing Councilm.J.n Durell offered :i. resolu- Planning and Development; Commiswork whir'1 was needed and suggested tion transferring $1600 from the con- sion, Portsmouth's unique names inthat the councilmen bring in projects tingent fun to the Board o_r Appnisers clude Atlantic Heights, Boynton Park, to be discussed in this connection. for the P ir .l1as, of mechamcai address- Brimstone HUI, Christian Shore, Councilman Boynton inquired relug equipmr,nt. This, it was brought Church Hill, Freeman's Point, Mason's garding the incincrn tor and the Mayor ::>Ltt wou ld ,we rtbout $300 or $400 year- Hill, Noble's Island, Old Sebastopol, said the Board of Health of Lile slate ly the l1lnng of persons to address PortsmouLh Parade, .Portsmouth has co iemnecl the clump as a health envelop s ml w,Juld pay for ~tself in Plains, Sagamore Hill, Strn.wberry menace and it must he abalrrl and an nllout t.l\rc0 years. The reslliut1on was Bank, Tattle Point, The Creek and incinerator be built. Thrre was some -i.clopL.d. The Lookout. dl~c11ssion in regarcl Io th is. Cn ml'ilm:111 I[ •rrid, introclucecl n. What about Four Tree Island, PullThe :a:ror rrporLC'd that in contactr,•soluf!rJn fixlnr, Ille .'\nlnry oC t.l1 city and-be-Damned Point, Puddle Dock ing lhe State Board of Hrallh regarding m ,,~,~i1g"r nd Councilm n ScltlP,gei and Spring Market? the dust nuisance he found 1t was up to lllll'!!ttlC•l thi; r !,/Jlution, wlllch l\'ld. aithe local Board of Heall h and that the r ,1,,fy J'.t ,Cd two rc~dings :i.t µr•'VIOUS local board had talkrd with the manacouncil meetings, to ma.Ice it retro1 ,tlve ger of the National Gypsum Co., ~vho t,> .Jin. t. This wa~ adopted, wltl1 the reveled that the compm1y had decided 1 lllf'l\rllllr>l\t. to abate not only the dust nuisanee but Councilman Downs offer<>ll a resoluthe smoke nuisance as well. tion tramf,~rring Crom the contingent Councilman Downs sp:ike regarding a f •ad ~l _ [otlo'Ving: $l000 for the conpiece of property • t the corner of Is5•1 t'"'i·m Qf t"nnis courts 'l t the playlington and Cass streets :md the comgrol'n<ls; ir;oo for a hot top roller for the mittee oh city lands and buildings was hlglp•ay d~p,rtm:mt; $700 for hot-topauthorized to draw a lease. pin~ 'he playground at th<> Whipple Sd1•J1JI; $175 for J'.l.intlng No. 1 ngine iie Re · For Co 0 SOME OF CITY'S ~, '1, UNIQUE NAMES ARE NOT ON UST for 1 �Ann u~ce·rea~hing Staff . ~'\ _ lOr 15 ocal Pu lie Schools The list of teachers of the Ports- Johnson, Priscilla A. MorrJll, Evelyn mouth public schools as announced at K. Sawyer, Esther Graham. the office of Supt. Harry L. Moore I Whipple School today ai:id to be effective on Sept. 8, 1 Julia F. Butler, Principal l.aEllli-.~lilwhen the schools open, is as follows: !. Nina P. Trueman, E. Louise Pray, • · Senior High School ICarolyn M. Furber, Kathryn E. Riley, Clarence C. Sanborn, .Headmaster. / Mary L. Leary, Elizabeth E. McDonE. Bliss Marriner, Florence H. Hew- ough, Mazie B. Lewis. itt, Margaret M. Ballard, Charles A. i Haven School Tolman, Katharine E. Brady, M. [ Mary E. DeGro:;s, Principal W. Avery, Marguerite E. Schaffer, ! Anne L. McDonough, Irene Craven Jennie M. Shannon, William E. Tra- Francena A. Johnson, Margaret vis, Louise Tobey, Eugene F. Johnson, Cronin, S. Louise Grant, Agnes M. Francis T. Malloy, Katharine . P. 'McCarthy, Vesta s. Thompson, Irma Flanagap, Ralph A. Lizio, Helen G. · L. Rintz, Marjorie F. Pray. Geary, Louisa M. Talbot, Nathalie M. Lafayette School Moulton, Beatrice M. Arthur, Lillian I Annie L. Morrison, Principal 0. Trombly, Rolfe G. Banister, Harold I Christine B. O'Brien, Mary L. G. Currier, Estelle E. Winkley,, Elwin Pendergast, Annie E. Knight, W. Avery, Marguerite G. Schaffer, J. Agnes Connors, Mary L. Gri!Iin, Ruth M. Langley, Virginia J. Lamson, Emma, L. Foss, Marion A. Gardner. &,ij,lli~"'!illl A. Kenneth Day, Alice K. Long. New Franklin School Junior High School J Fannie C. Chapman; Principal Raymond I. Beal, Principal I Mary R. Shea, Mary E. Walsh, MarCleon E. Heald, A. Ruth. Shapley, A. gt.Jerite G . Jenness, Irene F. J lmson, Pearl Hoitt, Helen F. Doherty, Pauline · Avis V. Noble, Elizabeth M. Ferrin, Putnam, Edith J. Mospan, John L. Marjorie W. Herrin. Phelps, Angelina A. Raina,. Adolf G. I : Atlantic Heights School Volkman, Keith G. Bickford, Herbert i Ethel K. Rhodes, Principal I R. Hagstrom, Inez D. Bray, Fellcia Nona V. Haynes, Agnes F. Ronnn, Gray, Irene P. Blake, Bernice M. Margaret A. Buckley, Muriel E . MorBurnham, William J. Volkman, Doro- row, Jeanette E. Newhall thy G. Boutwell, Francis G. Tate, Vi- ! Plains School vian H. Brown, Vera B. Tibbetts, Ruth I Gertrude H. Corey Chalmers, Edith C. Johnson, Ruth V. l Lafayette Road Scho l Johnson, Helen Maynard, Charlotte : Josie R. Rand E.- Eowers, Edna L. Sheldon, Iva L. Director of Music Stiles, Minnie A. Swinnerton, Florence Ernest P. Bilbruck M. Tarr, William R. Rose. Winnifred M. Claus, Assistant Farragut School Director of Drawing Edith M. Austin, Principal Eleanor R. Deshon Dorothy P. Webber, Louise E. Mus- j Director of Physical Education grove, Rosmerld Boyan, ' Esther Ralph D. Brackett. J'. ! 2900 u Enrollme t On Second le m s.1· h y - ess Sam·e ay In 1936 , The second day enrollment or the 10At the Senior High school there are cal public schools is 22 pupils less than only . eight post-graduates enrolled lh1s that of a. year ago, but 400 more than year, whereas, there ls generally about the same day ten years ago. The rea- 25. The probable reason tor this 1s the son given for 'the sllght decrease un- fact that practically all of those who d,er last year is that some students would ordinarily · return have secured from the grammar schools .have en- rear-round jobs. :i;olled 1n the Parochial school and there Following is today's enrollment: is a decrease in entries in the kinder- Sr, High ......................... '789 garten and elementary grades. Jr. High ~,---IFarra ut Whipple ••..• , •••...•......•••••• Haven •••.•..•••••..•...••••.••• Lafayette ...•.•.••. , ••.. , •.. , , • New Franklin ••••.• , , .••• , , •• , , , • At. Heights , , , , ••••••••• , •.. , , , . , 150 Plains , .... .. , •. , • , ... , , .. , , , , , • 26 Lafayette Total The second day enrollment at schools last year was as follow;;: Sr. High •................. . ... . . Jr. High •.........•............•• Parrugut , ..•. , . , , .. , , , .. , .••• , .. , \ hlpp\o • , .. , , , , . , . , ..... , , •• , •• Haven , , ....•.•. , •. , . , , . , , , , •• •• Lat'ayette •••••••• , , .. , •••• , , •• , New Franklin , •• , , •.•• , , , ••• , •• , A~la.ntic Heights •..•..• , , , , , , , .. , Woodbury •.... , , ..•..•.. , .... , •• Plan,li ........ , , .,., ..•.• ,,, • ••• Lafayet te Road , , .. , . , , ......... , Pollowlng is a list of totals ond day enrollments in th\! schools since 1925 : 1025 , ... , ...... , , • , , . , • , , , , , , , , . 1926 •••• , .•. , , . , , , , , •• , , , ••••• 1927 • , ... , , , . , ..• , ••. , ••••. , , •• 1928 •.•• , • , , •• , •• , ••• , • , • , , , • , , 1929 , . , , , , • , • , . , .. , .. , . , •• , • , • 1930 1931 193'~ Hl3J • , . , , •• , ••••••• , •• , ••••• , •• • , , • , , , , • , • , , , , , , , , , , , , •• , lOH 1935 1930 193'7 Two hundred and thirty-three seniors re attending the Higlt school today while in the lower classes there are 250 sophomores and 208 juniors. In the kinclergartens there are 1'70 children and 216 are enrolled in the first LOCAL LIBRARIAN '\ ,. _,_,,;,AMONG SPEAKERS ~\ Miss Hannah G. Fernald of this city, librarian at the Public Library, will be one of ihe speakers at the 48th annual meeting of the New Hampshire LI.-. brary association to be held at Colby Junior College in New London be-< ginning Sept. 8. Among ihe othS;l' speakers will be Gladys Hasty Carroll, author of several books pertaining ~ rural lire in southwestern Maine1 DJ, Fred Engelhardt, president ot th.I Universlt-y of New Hi.mpshlre1 an4 Mrs. Laurence J, Webster of Holdei't, ncss, prominent in women's olufii work as well as several others, �OLDEST LOCAL SCHOOL CLOSED The oldest public school in Portsmouth, and probably the oldest grade school in New Hampshire, the Lafayette Road school, was closed today af• ter mode than 100 years of activity, because of the small numbe:r: of scholars enrolled. The nine students that attended during the first few days of the current school season are being transported to the Lafayette school, It is belleved that the school has not been closed since its opening more than a century ago. The exact date of the school's opening was not known until recently when "Miss Josie R. Rand, for many years a teacher there, found fairly authentic records that showed the school was built about 1828 1829. The records indicated that most probable date was 1829 ..., The Lafayette Road school is second "little red schoolhouse" to be closed in Portsmouth this year, the other being the Woodbury school. The oldest school now in use here is the Plains school, which was erected In 1845. Th.- ,voodbury School The Woodbury School, located on Woodbury Avenue, will nnt open this fall for the first time si nce 1853. The building, Which March of Time chose Lo film rccenlly as an cx:implc of "The Little Red Schoolhouse," needs considerable repair work and the expense of making the necessary improvements to meet the high standards of .,..,,'!l'l"">·1other Portsmouth schools is considered unjustified, and them is adequate room for the pupils in the New Franklin school, where there are far better educational facilities than oan be found in a rural- type school. The pupils will be transported by bus which, will leave the corner of 11o,7,,;,,--,,.,.~.r'.IWoodbury Avenue and Gosllng road at 8.30 a. m. and stop ahng the route to pick up the children. At the New Franklin :ichool the faculty will Inaugurate now facilities for lunch hom·s an<l during the winter hot lunches wm bo sorvccl there. The Woodbury School, a t.ypical rural school, has been in use most of the years since 1853 and is oi1e of •the oldest school buildings still standing in New England. However, the Plains school was erected In 1845 and the old<'st of Porl.,mouth schools is the Lafn.ycito Rond school. Ofilcials have not been able to determine when it was built. The former Cabot Street school was built in 1860 and it was used until 1931 when the New Junior High School was opened . According to records of the Portsmouth Chronicle the Woodbury School was erected in the fall of 1853 at an estimated cost of $25,000 and was large enough to accommodate nearly 60 scholars. At the time it wo,s called "the pride of Gravelly Ridge." It was named in memory of Judge Woodbury, father of Oharlei, Levt Woodbury or Boston, who made tho dedication speech. At the dcdioatlon Rev, Mr. Lalll801l gave an address and Rev. Samuol Hoyt of Newington sang a song rather than glvo a Lalk. Tho dedioailon took placo ou Monuny, Nov, 21, 1853, In the past years the enrollment at the Lafayette Road school has been about 15 or more but because the number had dwindled to nine school ofncials thought it more practical to transport the children to the larger schools At the closing of the school there were three students in the first grade, one in the third, four in the fourth and one in the fifth. The teacher o! the six-grade school, Miss Josie R. Rand, has been transferred to the New Franklin school to assist in teaching of the first grade there. The first grade at the New Franklin is reported by school officials as being unusually large this year, the total enrollment being 50. Miss Rand has an outstanding . record, having been the teacher a't the Lafayette Road school for 36 years. $. l �GM Scouts, City Government, 1·cprescntatives of the various schools, the orator and ehap1ain oi the day ~,ml disabled veterans. • · Owing to the lack of ·1,a< e in tbe cemetery · only a delrgation of sc'hool cllJJcll'en ·will ail.eml the exercises. Rcprc:;cnta1,lvcs of the v::1lions g1•acles wlll be p1esent to 1ia1 tkip• l.c in the CXCI'Cll:;PS, Bon. Charles M. D,Lle. a member of the Executive Council, will be the orator of the day. He has bcen designated lly Gov. F'nmcis P . Murphy to give the nclrlress. Rev. Jirihm· A. RonnN :v\11 Ile chaplain of the rlay . At the American Legion band 1,wo ::,elections. R.eiuming to tile i;tru ting point the 1imade will IJlal'Ch vJa l\llaplewood Ave., Vaughan ::it.., Congress l:lt., Middle St., Rieha1·d::s Ave., to Panott Ave ., where the dJsmbsal wlll take place in !"· front of the Arwory. 011 the way to I.he 1·emetery a salule will be made in Jroui of the oov. Langdon liome on l'Jcasant street. At the c1:111etcry a A meeting of , the local U. S. Consti- to hoist all colors and that at 8.3\l wreath wm be placed 011 t1,e grave of tution Sesquicentennial committee ap- o'clock thirteen blasts be sounded on W11liam Whipple, one of . tile signers of the Declaration of Jndependence. A pointe~ by Mayor K. E. Goldsmith at the fire alarm in hono:- of the thir . teen original states. It was also rec• stop wJH be matle t,t Haymarket the request of Sol Bloom, director ommended that a brief parade btl &tum·c a"Jso where nnuther :,a]ute will general for the celebration, was held held with services at the tomb of lie given, this time for the men who this morning at the office of Hon. F. John Langdon, one of the signers of pn!'l,icipal.ecl in the World Wm'. W. Hartford, with Mr. Hartford pre- the constitution at the North ceme-• At the Plains dw ing the evening siding and Arthur I. Harriman as tery, with delegations from all pa trio • d 11c J"ecognil.lon wiH lie matle of the clerk, The c9mmittee consists of Ar- tic arid military organizations, the '.Ill states that cor,1pdse the United thur I. Harriman, Miss Dorothy navy yard, the public schools, Boy ~tates of Amel'ica. At the 1.Jme of the Vaughan, Hon. F. W. Hartford, Hon. Scouts · and Girl Scouts, etc., invited celebration of tl1e -ratification of the Robert Marvin ,and Rev. William Saf- to send delegations. Constitution, 13 rockets were sent up ford Jones. The celebration will · be The exer.cises at the tomb of John from the balcony of the Old Co1onial held on Sept. 17, the 150th anniver- Langdon were recommended by Gov. ·tate Ho use. 'I'omonow 40 floral sary of the signing of the United Francis P. Murphy who has delegated IJomus will "be sent up from the States constitution at Philadelphia . . Councilor Charles M. Dale to make Plains, ancl the 9th will be the New The committee at its meeting today an address at noon. Hampshii'e salute, New Hampshit•e bevoted to recommend to the city govThe city government will have o. Jug the ninth and deckling state to ernment t11at the bells be rung at special meeting tomorrow at 10 o'cloclc ca::;t its vote :for the raWication of the 6.30 a. m., opening the day as a signal to issue a program. ~..,,,. Constitution which actually put the (lovernment into opei·ation. The American Leg"lon Banet wm g"lve o. concert them previous to the fireEugltrs from the Girl Scouts will works beginning at 7.30. give a salute at noon. They wlll be stationed at the North Church and at ' . various places on Congress, Middle and state streets. At 12.05 until 12.15 the chmch bells will again ring. 'J'he feature of the day will b~ the pnrade and exercises at the grave of John Langdon, one of Portsmouth's 011tstanding patriots of Revolutlona1y , l~s. 'J'he parade will form on Parrott. Fine Pr@gr21m Arrange·d For Ave., right resting on the corner oi ' :Rogern st., and will go to ihc North ~- ~-~"'Sesquicentennial ecmete1y via Panoit, Junl11ns Ave., Worlc has been started on the North Pleasant St., Market Square, Congress . · Observance Burial Ground to make the place St., Vaughan SL. · ncl Maplewood Ave., ready for the observance of Constitution Day on Friday. The exercises ·will Tomorrow is Constitution 1 · day and to the cemetery and grave of Langdon. be held at the grave of John Langdon, Portsmouth will fittingly · honor the Major A1'thur l.i. Smith will be chief New Hampshire patriot and signer of memory of the signers who, 150 years mal'Shal. 'I'hc parade wm be composed of the the Constitution, wbo is· burled In that ago tomorrow, affixed their names to oemete1·y, that historic · document. The first. Platoon of Polkc, Amerkan Legion ;.;..-.--.......~-:-.:::---:thing in the morning, at 6.30, the Band, Detachment of Sailms, two Dctnchmcats of Marines, Battery D oi church bells will be rung. This will ·continue for 10 minutes. In commem- the National Guard, Amencan Legion, oration of the 13 original states; 13 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Spanish blasts from the fire alarm whistle will War Veterans, Grand Anny of the Resound, instead of the usual · 6.30 public, Stm·er: Relief Corps, D. A. R., other patriotic organizations, Boy and Local Committee Votes n Various Recommendatio s Jo .Be Made To City Governmen __....,-_,,_ TO CELEBRATE SIGNING OF CONSTITUTION whistle. START WORK . ON CEMETERY �population near the Atlantic seaboard where the seeds of liberty were planted. They who gave to us the starry flag and to the world the grandest nation on earth. In Portsmouth near thP head of Creek in Der. 1739, was born John Langdon . HI: early life differed little from that of any youth of that period, trudging several miles daily to attend the Latin school of Major Hale. Records fail to show him a genius. He entered later the counting house of Daniel Rindge, a prominent merchant or Portsmouth; here young Langdon served his apprenticeship, then turning to sea for the allurement of India and Europe proved a strong tempta tion for John Langdon. From seaman he Foon found himself in command of a small bilander or smalI ship. For years he gradually watched the approaching torm on the horizon that soon terminated in the Revolution. If tru thfully it could be snid of any hero of the Revolution it could be said of thir devoted patriot, First in \V;u Captain Langdon led that noble band of patriots that captured the powder at Fort William and Mary, Dec. 14, 1774, which 6 months later was used at the Battle of Bunker Hlll. On the day followin g the capture of powder, a~sisted by Gen. John Sullivan nnd others they removed the cannon and Wl).r-like stores. The same group of patriot~ later diFmantled the fort at Jerry's Point. In 1775 he was ent as a clel<'~?'<' to hr Con inental CongreFs and rz;r-in in 1776. But his name w;i~ not r-!Tix•,1 to the Dec!:uatlon or Imkpr1 ri ncr, crl11~ F<'nt home to act as agent frr the Frcret committee for the c01:•' •·uction of vessels of war of which ll:" Ranf(cr was one, which he built r>nrl fltl Ptl out. The Ranger, In command of John Paul Jones, carried tl1P flag that received the first salute from any foreign power. In 1777 when the provincial legislature wa~ in ,e~Fkn, after the fall of Ticondrr0g.,. ]l,fajor Langdon being speaker, findi"'; the public credit exhausted nncl hi'> co-pn triots discouraged, he aroFe nnrl pledred his all for the cause he fel ~ms just. That pledge showed the : r 1e devotion of a real patriot. It is v·,,11 known that from his noble ofI r sprang the galla'nt little army of Gen. John Stark's that covered itself with glory at the battle of Bennington. Maj. Langdon , as a volunteer, joined in this expedition, serving at Bennington and at the capture of Gen. Burgoyne. 0 First in Peace In those gloomy. foreboding days that followed the Revolution his counsel was always sm1g-ht and heir! in the highest esteem by Gen. Washin.gton, Franklin, Madison, and those that held the highest offices within the thirteen ori Ina! ~tates. That scant JOUN' LANGDON From The Concord Monitor First in the llearh of His Countrymen It is Umely, the production by And on this, the 150th anniversary Rumford Press of Lawrence- Shaw of the sivning of the Constitution, Mayo's book on John Langdon. This proud should New Hampshire and monU1 there Is being celebrated tl're 1 Portsmo111 h hr, that here was born, 150th anniversary. of the signing o! the rrrrerl :inrl livrd, John Langdon, who Federal Constitution in Philadelphia wa~ not r.nly a signer of the Constion SepteL1ber 17, 1787. He was John t ut inn , hut his noble example was lo Langdon from New Hampshire who the nal ion in those trying times far hnd a pru-t in writing that document grcatrr than the tongue of eloquence. nml who presided as .President over "HP wns nei! hei· a soldier, orator or tbe New Hampshire convention.. held scholar; he was only a strong-willed, in the old North meeting house in. C-onmodest man, highly endowed with cord, which ratified the constitution common sensP, systematic· in habits, amt the ninU1 state to do so made anct of :i calm, unruffled disposition; it I effective and brought into being he wns honest, straight-forward, and this nation. courteous, and men always knew The New Hampshire convention did where to find him. For these charac11ot ratify by a very great margin, and leristirs he was honored, trusted and only after the original session llad beloved." He was President of New been adjourned because it '\Va5 found H;,mpshire In 1788 and that same year so many members had been instructed' llio''<l!!ll'a,,-.11~''~ the le~islature anticipating the or- ' by their towns to oppose ratification. ganization of a general government, Before reconvening a campaign o.l: edu.elected him as senator to Congress. cation in which John Langdon played He was the first president of the a part altered the position. of the state.. United States Senate and in that At that the state accepted the federal ofiice Hon. John Langdon declared the constitution with relative speed comvote of the nation that elected Gen. pared to its adoption of a stl!,te const.rGeorge Washington president of the t.utlon. That process :required submis,Unltrct States and John Adams vice sion of four different constitutions in president. all. One of the prtnclpar objeetiollS to Gov. John Langdon died on Srptemthe various coostltutioos tCJl! the 11Cde wa.~ the Jiinite<J size ol the Heo.s~ ct' ber 18, 11119. He left to the city and Representatives for which they pro state of his birth a noble example and ed. Today many would wish that obthough he slumbers on, his deeds will jection might not have been raised but llve on as long as the Granite Hills probably the majority would still stand shall stand. with the founding fathers in favor" ot 11:...:wca~-ii.. the large legislature. John Langdon lived through the most Important period in the history of his state, from about the end of the French-Incllnn wars to the end of the differences which caused the war at 1812. He was repeatedly governor of the state, was twice a United States Senator, was a member of the Continental Congress, engaged in two Revolutionary campaigns, built. ships for the original American navy, made a fortune, owned and sought to develop large tracts of land in the interior of the state, operated a fleet o! vessels in trade. and otherwise engaged in a life so active that the present generation, recalling the crude means of communication in his day, wonders how he and his kind could possibly have lived such full lives. New Hampshire o, 1937 ought to know more about John Langdon and Mayo·s story of bis me provides an excellent account not olllY of its central character but or .the times in which he lived. It is neither the blindly devotlonai sort of biography nor the debunking type. It seeks 1n a. atitaight!orward, well-documented way, to ascertain the truth a.bout a. pe:iC New Hamp11hire leader and: the beg!Eninp o! the state and naCl:on. as �CONSTITUTION DAY OBSERVANCE NEXT FRIDAY Fraternal Organizations Invited To Take Part In Exercises Plans are being enlarged to celebrate Constitution Day in this city, which will take place on Friday of this week. First plans have been altered to permit a larger observance. President Franklin D. Roosevelt has Issued an executiv-e order, which permits the Navy Yard to close at noon Friday, giving the afternoon over to the observance. The exercises will take place in the afternoon at the grave of John Langdon, Portsmouth's famous , revolutionary statesman, at the North Cemetery. The committee, appointed by Mayor K . E. Goldsmith some time ago, have been hard at work in arranging an outstanding celebration. The City Council at Its meeting last week entered most enthusiastically with the plans already completed, and eevrything is going forward to make a celebration which will be in keeping with Portsmouth's part in the early history of the country. Mayor Kena.rd E. Goldsmith and Arthur I. Harriman, Chairman of the committee have issued an invitation to various organizations to participate in the celebration. The Invitation Is as follows: ''Throughout our great nation Friday, Sept. 17, 1937 we will observe the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States. The director-general of the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission and his committee have arranged a national program. The Governors of all states where there are graves of sigp.ers of the Constitut!on and those who attended the convention and did not sign, have been asked to hold appropriate exercises at the resting places of the fathers or our nation. ~•At Mount Vernon it Is expected the President of our United States w!ll deeorate the grave of President Washington. "The Governor of our own Granite State has asked that If possible appropriate services may be held at the restIng place of John Langdon. He has asked Hon, Charles M. Dale, Executive Councilor to deliver a short address at this hallowed spot. "His Excellency Hon. Francis P. Murphy has suggested it would be well if military aspect could be given on the historic occasion through the services of representatives of the National Guard, the Grand Army of the Republic, The Spanish War Veterans, the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and relative fraternal ,-oups, ihe Sons and Daughters of the Revolution, naval bodies, Boy and Girl Scouts of America, and fraternal organiza tions. Kindly accept this notice as a personal invitation from the Sesquicentennial committee of Portsmouth to attend. Send representatives or your organization to participate in a short parade with brief exercises at the restIng place of Patriot John Langdon." Already some of the organizations have signified a desire to participate In the observance and more are expected. The exercises will Include, in addition to flags and a bell salute in the morning, a parade and speeches at the resting place of John Langdon. Final details have not as yet been completed. CONSTITUTION DAY EXERCISES AT SCHOOL ' I The !cilllowl.tlg prog1Ia.mi was given by grades fi11e- and six 0! tbe Lafayette ,'lSchoal today: Singing-America the Beautiful, All Ili'lay~Constitution Day, by pupils of grade five, with the following cast: 1 'Fhe little girl ......... Phyllis Peterson George Washington .... Rodney Moore First delegate .......... Lionel Leavitt Second :elegate ........ Dana Freeman '.E'hird delegate •.•... Richard Simpson Mr. Morris ......•...... Duane Nelson Mr. Hamilton ...•..•. Robert Crothers Mr. Frankliin. .......... Robert Procter Mr. Madison ........ Robert Simpson ~eading-Our Country's Constitution, Helen Marriner, grade 6 Singing--'.metica,, All Reading-'li'he New Union, Margai:et Campbell , grade 6 Recital ionr--The PreamlJle to the Constitution, Grade 6 Singing-C-0lumbia, the Gem of the Ocean, Grade 6 Recitation-A Patriotfc Creed, Grade 6 'li'he- Pledge o~ Allegiance and the Star Spangled Banner, All ! COLONIAL DAMES CONSTITUTION DAY OBSERVANCE ) . \'t, The New Hampshire Society of Ionia! Dames of America held a Constitution Day program at the MoffattLadd House in this city on Friday 1n commemoration of the s~squi-centennlal of the signers of the Constitution. The program was held in connection with their regular fall meeting. The forenoon was devoted to the regular business session with Mrs. Charles Carpenter Goss of Dover, president. At this meeting announcement was made that the New Hampshire Society has joined with the National society ln presenting ·a bronze tablet with the names of the signers of the Constitution. This tablet Is to be placed in Independence Hall at Ph1ladelph!a. At l o'clock, luncheon was served for approximately 100 guests, who included President and Mrs. Engelhardt of the University of New Hampshire, Atty. Conrad Snow of Rochester, governor of the New Hampshire Society of Descendants of the Mayflower, Albertus T. Dudley, president of the Exeter Historical society, Alfred H. Lamson of Elkins, secretary of the P!scataqua Pioneers and representatives of the Daughters of the American Revolution,"'""-•'•~••as well as of the Sons of the Revolution. Following the luncheon there was an afternoon program in the Coach house wilh William Yandell EIJlott of the department of government at Harvard university as the guest speaker. Mrs. Goss in her introductory remarks paid tribute to John Langdon and Nicholas G!lman and also to W!lliam Whipple, another outstanding New Hampshire statesman who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Whipple lived and died In the Moffatt-Ladd house, which in now occupied · by the New Hampshire Society of Colonial Dames as their home. Prof. Elliott took for his subject and Its Appl!- �MA FOR ON TT DA 0 C arade An E· rcises At Grave 0 Join Lang Will Fe ture 0 e vane f The Se qu •cen nial C ration / The order of march will be: Friday will he observed as ConstituPlatoon of Police tion Day in this city and will be ushered Detachment of Sallors in at 6.30 a. m. by the ringing of the Detachment of Marines church hells for 10 minutes. Battery, B, N. H. N; G., under comAt 8.30 a. m. Jnst,cad of the usual mand of Comdr. C. De Nichols blasts on the fire alarm whistle there Frank E. Booma Post, No. 6, A, L., under w!ll be 13 blast-~ In honnr of the 13 comm:rnd of Comdr. C. G. Robinson original states. Buglers from the Girl Emerson Hovey Post, V. F. W., under comnrnnd of Comdr. J. W. Thrunlc Scouts at 12 o'clock will be sto.Lioned Camp Schley, S. W. V. under comat the North Church and at vo.r!ous mand of Comdr. C. DeNlchols places on Congres , Middle and State streets and will give a salute. After a 1 Storer Post, G. A. R. moment's meditation in mrmory or the I Storer Relief Corps signers of lhe Con~lit11t.ion nnd !.lie R:1111-:cr ChaplC'r, D. A. R. 01,hrr patriotic organl,,;o.llons founders of Lile 11aLio11, an echo will be given as the buglers stationed along U1e Boy Scouts streets answer. Girl Scouts Again at 12.05, for 10 minutes, the Representatives of public schools ringing of the churd1 bells in unison wlll City Officials be a reminder of the great event. Orator and Chaplain of the Day The parade will start at 2.15 on ParDisabled Veterans rott aven °. Origina!!y p!~.nned for 2 At the cemetery Rev. A:·thur o'clock the change wa~ made in order to Rouner, pastor of the North (Congrer each the railroad crossing on Vaughan ga.t.lonal) Church, of which John Langstreet when there would be no trains don was a parishioner, will glve the inpassing. From P rrott avcmtc the parvocation. ade will move over thr: follo ving route: Hon. Charles M. Dale, a member of Parrott aven•te to Junkins n "lllte, to Pleasant ,street, where a s:i,lute will be the Governor's Council, will glve the given in front of the John Langdon address of the day. The American Legion Bnnd will play House; to Mnrket Sqnnre, where stood the old colonial Slnte House, where the "Tlie Star Spangled Banner'' and the sacred fire or liberty was kindled in 1766 beneclictlon wlll be by Rev. Maxwell and where many inspiring sc-,..nes oc- Ganter, rector of St. John's Church. Willie at the cemetery the group will curred which gave impetus to lhe founding of the republic; up Congress paw;J and pay a tribute to William street to Vauglrnn, to Maplewood ave- Whipple and a wreath will be placed on nue to the North cemetery, where are his grave. burird Gov. John Langdon, first signer Following tbe closing selection of Legion or the Constitution. and Willi m Whip- "America" by the American ple, one of the signers of the Declara- Band the parade will reform and pass tion or Independrnce, ancl 19 known from Maplewood avenue to Vaughan street, and past the old Meserve WebRevolutionary War patriols. At the resting place of John Langdon sLcr House, where lived the stamp maswill be held the exercises in commemor- ter. The freestone steps of this house ation of the sesqul-centennia! of the were originally in front of the old colonConstitution of the United States. i?' State House and over them have passed some of the greatest statesmen and patriots, Washington, Langdon, Lafayette, Whipple, John Paul Jones, Gen. John Sullivan and Innumerable. others who served their state and nation well. From Vaughan street the parade will continue to Congress, to Middle street, past the John Paul Jones House to Haymarket Square, where at the memorial to the World War veterans a salute will be given as a t~·lhute to those who participated in the \mr. Continuing up Middle street the parade will march down Richards avenue to P arrott avenue, where It will be dismissed at the Armory. In the evening at 7.'30 Legion Band wlll give a concert at the Portsmouth Plains. rt was on these grounds that the defenders of the nation trained for the war of a century or more ago. �I HE Various Even,ts, Fea·tured Parade ·And xercises t GraveO John armgd n, Held don House, across from the Untversaldst chw·ch, a salute in memory of the first signer of the Constitution was given. Continuing the parade continued to Market square and turned down Congress street to Vaughan, down 1Vaughan to Maplewood avenue and to the North cemetery. The parade was oompoi;ed of the following: Chief Marshal American Legion Band Detachment of Sallor::1 Detachment of Marines Battery D, N. H. N. G., under comm~nd of Sapt. James Sylvester Frank E. Booma Post, No. 6, A. L., Emerson Hovey Post, V. F. W., under command of Comdr. J. W. Thrunlc Ladiei;' Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars Camp Schley, S. W. V., under command of Comdr. C. DeNlchols st,orer Post, G . A. R. Storer Relief Corps Ranger Chapter, D. A. R. Other patriotic organi,mUons Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Representatives of public schools City Officials Naval Officials Orator and Chaplain of the Day Disabled veterans Rev. Arthur A. Rouner gave the in)'ocation and this was folowcd by the iddrcss of the day, ch:livcrccl by Hon. pharles M. Dale. Mr. Dale ;;poke ns follows: · Mr. Dale spoke as follows: "This day marks a notable milestone In the progress of America.. commemorates one hundred nnd fifty yeara of government under the American Constitution. "This Is Constitution Day. It America's Day. No other nation can celebrate such an achievement. No other nation can present such a. record. When throttled and arhitrary power, when representation was denied, when ground down by onerous and unjust taxation, our forefat.hers asserted their inalienable 1·ight to life, liberty and the John La.ngdon's Tomb At Nol!'th Cemetery, Scene of the SeRquicentcnial pursuit o! happiness. _ Exercises Today It was not a. military hero, an overlord or a dictator who promulgated the The people of this city were awak- American form of government or who Portsmouth . paid a fitting tribute to ened thls morning with. the ringing of drafted the American Constitution. Qne of New Hampshire's greatest pathe church bells, which began at 6.30 It was "we, the people," who ortriots-,John Langdon, one o! the two and continued for 10 minutes. A. fur- dained and established the Constitumen from this state which signed the ther reminder of tlle signing of t11e tion for the Unlt.ed St.at.cs of America. Constitution on September l '1, l '18'1 at Constitution by representatives o! 13 From the earllest settlement o! the Philadelphia, From early morning, states was given at 8.30 when 13 blas!;,c; colonies to the adoption of our govwith the ringing o! the bells, until af- were sounded by the fire alarm whLqt,Jo, ernment, the people were under the ter dark there was some observance be- At noon buglers from t11e Girl Scouts authority of a Royal Govemor, iming made in memory o! the signing of gave a salute. Stationed at the North posed upon them by the King o! Engthat memorable document just 150 church, at various points aloug Con- land and who governed in accordance gress, Middle and State street their with the terms of Royal Charlers, New years ago. The day's observance was featured salute echoed over the buslnes.q sec- Hampshire being the only New Engby the parade a11d exercises at Lang- tion. At 12.05 the church bells again land Province not subject to such a don's grave in the North Burial ground, peeled out joyful tones in meu101·y of chart.er. F'or long yenrs which was participated in by the Navy, the day and of the men who c.lrew up struggled along under such conditions, the Marines, the National Guard, Pa- the constitution. until the breaking point finally came, triotic and fraternal organizations, as The parade started at 2.15 under the and t,he patriotic spirlt of the people well as groups from various organiza- direction of Chief :Marshal MaJ . Ar- at last asserted itself. tions in this city. Hon. Charles M. thur L, Smith. Starting from ParroLt Eacl1 colony had its patriotic people Dale, a member of the Governor's avenue, at the comer of Rogers street, and !Ls 1,mt.riotlo !carters. Foremost the line of march was along ParroLt among the leaders in New Hampshire council, gave the address of the day. avenue to Junkins, turning up Pleas- was John Langdon, a. native of Ports_..,_,,...,, . -,... ant street. In front of the John Lang- mouth, a. shipbuilder, a ro ay :£.-------------- �merchant, statesman and patriot. CapIampshire, w1.~ six times tain Thomas Pickering, a valiant sea Governor, um! decllned an invitation cRptain, and Major Langdon W<'re the to a seat in .JeIT<'i·son's Cabinet as lr, ders In the attack on Fort William Secretary of lhe Navy, and a request and Mary n~ the moulh of lhc Piscata- that he accept a nomination for Vice q11a river. The capture of the fort on President in 181 . Dr-cember 14, 1774, by this aroused It was men of his type in New Hampgr up of patriots has been recognized shire and the other colonies who reas the first overt act of the Revolu- volted against lhfl oppression of King tion. One of its important military re- George, fought for our independence sults wa,s the capture of a supply of and bequeathed to w1 the American powder and cannon which aided ma- Government ancl tile American Conterially in the subborn defense or stitution. They gave to us a just and Bunker Hill by G eneral Warren and stable government o nd a constitution his heroic men. In 1775 John Langdon to safeguard the rights o! the states was a delegate to the ConUnental Con- and of the citizen. gress and again in 1776. Whrn the Throughout one hundred and fifty Declaration of Inclrpcndencc was years that Conslltutlon has endured slr,ncd he was not present nl! he wns nnd lhat Government has functioned . serving in New Hampshire ns agent of Through storm and stress, in war and the Continental Congress in supervis- peace, the Conslitu lon has guided our ing the building of vessels for use In destiny, and the Government has fosthe impending war. He built and fitted tered our progres.~ and development. out the Ranger on which John Paul No experiment in nation-building Jones won Immortal fame and which has succeeded as ours has. No other new the first American flag to receive country hns dev<'loped so high a a salul,e from a foreign nation. standard of living or spread so broadHe was a volunteer ornccr in the ly throughout the land opportunity, secampaign of Saratoga. He was S1)eo.ker curity and prosprrlty. of the House of Representatives for When you comp:i.re the America of several terms during the darkest days today with the America of ono hunor the Revolution. The llmltecl nuances dred and fifty years ago, you are of the state were nearly exhausted, its simply nstouncled at the progress that credit was low, its revenue in'ldrriuate we 11'We made, 11rogress in material to outfit and maintain the stale troops ways o.nrl. progress in the higher valwho under Genera l Stark were des- ues of life. perately preparing to defend • farms True, we have not reached the goal. and firesides from the invasion o! We have not finished the task. There Burgoyne. The legislature was dis- still o.re problems to solve; dlificultles couraged, despondent. Langdon aroused to surmount; height.s to cl1mb. their drooping spirits and reawakened I ask you, whose eyes are turned their determination by declaring, "I toward the future, whose vision have a thousand dollars In hard mon- searches the skies for signs o! o. ey. I will pledge my plate for three brighter clay, if there is any sound thousnnd more. I have scvcnl.y hogs- reason Ill believo lhn t we co.n do bethead of tobago rum, which will be sold ter things by dlscnnling the tools for the most they will bring. They are tho.t we have learned how to use; that a t the service of the state. I! we suc- we can make faster progress by abanceed in defending our firesides anrl our doning the instrumentalities that have homes, I may be remunerated; ir we enabled us to rise to the pinnacle of do not, then the properly will be of no national achievement? value to me." We all realize that many of the Thus with his fortune and also in countri es of the world are torn with person he aided Gcncrnl Slark win dissension, jralo11s of their neighbors, the battle o! Benninislon, and the uland In fear of revolt at home and agtimate defeat of Burgo ·ne, which was gression from abroad. the turning point or the Revolution . For centuries they have been subAlthough continuously elected Speaker ject to exploitation and oppression. of the New Hampshire Honse until Peace has hcen but a prelude to an1782, his duties as Naval Agent for other war. The substance of the people New England forced him to devote his has been r,rouncl into munitions nnd energies almost exclusively to the they lhemselves have been taught that building o! frigates, the enlistment or the were only cannon-fodder. sailors, and the raising o! money to Can you wonder that they rose in prosecute the wo.r. their sullen might and threw oil tlwlr Lnngdon was one of Ihr two dele- old rulers n11d cnst o.slclo old laws a nd gates from New Hampshire to the customs? Convention that o.dopled the ConstituThey have surrendered what libertion o! the United States, and was a ties they had for the allurement of a member of the New Hampshire Con- false security. They have g,ven up one vention that ratified the Consmution. master for another that is more desNot only did he do his full part in potic. They have surrendered World winning our war for Independence; In Peace lo the merciless keeping of adopting our Constitution, and In es- armed camps. Old rivalries have been tablishing the new government, but intensified, old animosities multiplied. he also, till the infirmities or age preWhat excuse has America to follow vented, took an active part ln politics their example? What and statecraft. He served two terms as to abandon the old United States Senator from New Why turn from the paths of security to those which the experience of the world has proven to be the ways of Insecurity? Why abandon the American way for the European way? Why surrender government of the people, for the people, by the people, for government o! bureaucrats for bureaucrats and by bureaucrats? Why surrender a government of liberty under the law for government by a dictatorship? These are the solemn questions ot this day dedicated to one hundred and fifty years of constitutional government. These are the questions America must meet and answer. And that answer will determine whether we shall go by the way of wo.r-torn, bankrupt Europe, or continue along the American way o! progress, peace and prosperity. The grave of William Whipple, also one of New Hampshire's leading statesmen of Colon ial and early statehood days, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was decorated with a wreath. The American Legion band played the National a nthem and "America." The parade reassembled and marched back to the playgrounds, going by way of Vaughan, Congress and Middle street to Hnymarkct square where a slop was made in memory of the men o! Portsmouth who participated ' · 'le World war. Continuing the m r pnracled up Middle street to R l avenue to Parrott avenue to the ory where the dismissal took plac In the evening the celebration como to a close. The American L· band will give a concert at 7.30 at Portsmouth Plains and as soon r Is dark enough a display of fl bombs will be given. There will be J 1 floral bombs in honor of the 48 states in the Union, and the ninth bomb will bo that of New Hampshire. The committee in charge of arrangements for the Sesquicentennial celebration was appointed by Mayor K. E, Goldsmith. They were Arthur I. Harriman, Fonner Mayor F. W. Hartford, Dorothy M. Vaughan, Rev. William Safiord Jones and Former Mayor Robert Marvin. 1 �REST OF EVENTS FOUR NEW LAWS WILL BE GIVEN• IN STATE ARE NEXT FRIDAf. NOW IN EFFECT Constitution Day Features Postponed Yesterday Due To Rain Faw· new laws enacted by the lcglslature of 1937, three of them pl'o~idlng new and one of them dmstic l'egulations, went into effect Sept, 1. They were: All of the Constitution Day The automobile financle,l J'csl)onslprogram could not be carried out as bllity act. planned. While threatening skies did The ne\'/ welfare 1·elief fo,w. not prevent the parade and exercises at The barbers registration ancl Uthe grave of John Langdon it did precensing act. vent the band concert and fireworks The hairdressers 1·cgistratlon and from being held, However, these will 1·egulatio11 act. be presented next week. Of the fow· the one to most im-• The service at the grave of New mediately bring direct effect against Hampshire's outstanding patriot, John the individual citizen was the auto .. Langdon, was especially fitting, A mobile financial responsibility net large wreath was placed on his grave by providing drastlc penalties aga inst Arthur I. Harriman of .the sesqui-centhe motor vehicle owner or operatennial commission. William Whipple, tor involved i.n an accident wllo has a signer of the Declaration of Indenot secured financial 1·esponsibility pendence, was not 'forgotten and his through some form, one of which is grave, which Is near that of Langdon, insurance, and compelling the pel'son was vlsited.-and Ranger Chapter, D. A. controlling a vehicle against which R., placed a wreath there. there Is a mortgage or a lien to 1'u1•.. Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith presld- nish financial 1·esponslbility in ad-ed at the exercises. The benediction Vance. was by Rev. Maxwell Ganter, rector of This net is being admln!stel'ecl by st. 'John's Church. • the commissioner of motor vehicles. On Friday of next week, the final part The new xelief lioat·u met at 1.30 in of the program will be presented. To- IMl--:t-:-h-'e-.::a~fternoon to be sworn ilito office morrow the American Legion Band, and to lay down initial policies which which was to give the concert last night will govern state supervision of rellef at the Plains, will leave for New York activities until next June 30 when an to take part in the American Legion enth'ely 11ew policy wlJl be iuau~ura .. National convention. It will return on ted under a lloal'cl to be appointed at Thursday an(l the band concert and that time. fireworks will be presented on the folBoth the barbers and hain..lre:;:;ers lowing night. The fireworks will conboards ware in session at theiL' estah-• slst of 48 floral bombs in honor of tho lished headquarters proccelllng v,itlt 48 states of the Union. the registering of shop owners anti persons engaged in the respective operations. The barbers board unnounced it was extending the deadlJne for rcgi~Lrntion and license from Sept. J. until Sept. 15 clue to a combination of causes which had resulted in fai1111·c of a lo.r"e number of shop owners to register and barbers to securn U1cil· l'iftJ volumes of early Portsmouth Jlcenses. In announcing the extension town records have been returned to member:; of the board said th at i.mli-OltJ Hall from Concord where the hisvlduals failing to submit tllell' nppu .. torical data from the books have been cations in time to have prope1· certl .. copied and recorded in the historical flcates issued on Sept. 15 would be subjected to the penalties lakl do1~n in bureau. _ _ _ _ _ _ _0 -~() the law. The barbel's registration board was in official s·esslou tlul'iu15 the clay in its offices in the :;e.nate stenogrnphers' room:; In the :;f,,1,te house. Acl'oss the street from the · caplloJ bullrling at 13 Capitol stl'Cet mcnibern of the hairdressers board were en .. gaged in issuing registration and Ji .. cense certificates under the new Jaw 1·equlrlng regulation. Only 'I'/ ccrtl-flcates had been issuetl the first day as com1jarcu to an estimated (31)0 to 800 CITY RECORDS ARE RETURNED· FROM CONCORD shops and an estimated persolls subject to the licensing featw·es of the act. Slowness in 1·eglstration WHS charged against the short time elapsing since adJoul'nment of the legislature, appointment of the • board, and the securing o! t1uar ters and supplies essential lo Ute fitnc1ioning of tl1e board. Both barbers a11tl boards urgecl those eng..iged in these occnpations to complete the sary l'egistration requil'emenfa. At ihc office of U1e motor vehicle . co111mi~sioner there wel'e inl erestlng 1 scene:; as the financial res11011sibility 1 acL went into effect. Pel'sons registering I cam or trncks for tl te fil'st lime 01· mahing initial registratiom; on other I1 vehicles were rettuirctl fol' tile flrs.t time to answer this que:;tion · "h; thel'e any morlgnge or lieu upon (automobile, truck, trailer, semi-trail1 e1·) or any sum ci1le on the lllll'ci1ase , pl'ice tllel'eof'I" If the answer was in the affirmative the pel'son applying !01· the 1·egisi,ra- . tion was informed that h e must prove financial J'Csponsilliiity prior · to acceptance or his ~.pplico lion rer,isti-ation. In tile case of tho.-;e pre,;enting insurance as a measure of financial 1·esponsibllity the 1>erson controlling the vehicle was required to fumish a certificate from the insurance com.. pany to the effect that illSUl':l.llCe !lad been is:;ued and ls in force. The com- 1 1n.nics nl'e allowcrl 1u1ticr 1·cg11lations Qf the insurance company to make a charge of one dollar for issuance of the certificate which must be in duplicate, one copy to l.Je flied with the commissioner and the other io be retlU'necl by the state to the company, In order to effectuate the terms of the law the companies 'Here required to furnish the s!gnatures which the company approves as authentic certification of the fact that the insurance is in force. Several applicants for registration presenLed insmance policies as they asked for registration. The policies were not accetJtecl . Instead each applicant was informed that Ile must secure the certificate required. One applicant who sought to register a car had made a trip of several miles to get signatures on transfer papers and on reuislraiion application blanks but had failed to get the proper sicnatnrc on lhe form rcl:.iting to mortgage. Although he contended vehicle had been purchased in a cash transaction he was not permitted to register the vehicle until h e had seemed the signature on the new financial responsibility form. As in the case of applications for 1cglstratlon the statement of the person controlling the motor vehicle was required to take oalh as to the accuracy o! ~111swers . . It was announcerl that under terms of the new law dealers issuing temporary license plates to purchasers of motor vehicles for use pending completion o! permanent registration did so at their own risk and on their own responsibility. I �While the volume of busin ss was small at the motor vehicle registry during the first clay it was pointed out that at th e time of re-regi~tration for 1938 all motor vehicle own rs will be requilc1l to answer t.he qul'St,Jons : s to financial responsibility. In the case of tho:::e p1escn1.Jng Jn-· surance as a means 1,f fin:m ci:i l re•• spon ·iblliLy the rrquilement , ms tha1. the person contrnlling I.he vellicln fllr I\ policy with the t fi,000 m ul t,I0,000 coverage rang<'s. A bond in l qua! amount wris acceptable :i.ti ass11 rn.nce of financial 1e~ponsibiliLy but nt noon no one had offer d bond in lir11 of insurance. Administ.rato1s of the n e••1 Jaw pointed out that its provis t011s will re•• quire I\ terrific amC1ullt of detailed work in connecLion with I q m: t,intlon and crrt.ificatlon. Bert Wentworth, Known as One of World's Six F orernost Men in this Science Dover, Oct. 4-Complr-trl:v rib, orbed at the age of 81 in furth erin g his research in an obsc ure seiP1v·e. one of the men termed the worlcl's six foremost criminologists, Jin'~ and in this small city. Only a few week~ a p;o. Bert Wentworth h ad little hope ti ;, t the system of personal identification he h ncl perfected would eyer br ,iuslifi r cl nnd tested by the slow a nd maj e~tic process of American law . Today he is content wilh what his s:,•.I cm of footprint and fin gerprin t icl,,ntificnlion has accomplished, but he h::' '• n 't terminated his work. "Nature never repeal ~." Away b;i.ck in 1901 this was a small clue for M'.r. Wentworth to employ in his s t:irt of a monumental life work that is known by criminologists th e world 01•er. That clue, however, has developed lnto an astounding proof of nature's v;,rlabllity. In Pretoria, South Africa, and at Cocession owners employ vast hordes of bare-footed native labor, Mr. Wentworth's system of footprint identification is In use. Woolly-headed Kafflr workmen are footprintccl as they sign labor cont.rncls. Turb:rnncd Inclinns are ....., ........,,. footprinled as they are transported to tea plantations In Crylon . The reason why they are footprintccl nnd !Ingerprinted is that they live under conditions that make it more likely they would leave a naked footprint at the scene o! a crime. Not until Oscar V. Bartolini was on trial for the mur cl t r of Mrs. Grayce Asauith did _footpri nt evidence become ''Human beings are prone to error," of import nnce In this country. In the he said. "They make positive stateUnited Stntcs everyone is shod with ments when they are not certain bestout foot wear. It Is more likely that yond a doubt. A man might swear he criminal otfenders wlll leave fingerhad seen his closest friend walking down prints at the sccen of a crime. Consethe street ahead of him. Actultlly it quently fin r;erprint systems are the might only have been a. person whose mains tay of modern criminal idenllappearance from the back resembled ficati oµ ln the Unltccl States. his closest friend. Only the ineradica-: Back in l!l0l Mr. Wentworth, who ble things about a human being can has been n deputy UP.ited States marbe identified beyond dispute, and the shal, a jus t.i r e, a police commissioner ineradicable charact~ristics that are nncl n sheriff. in nddltion to his presmost prominent happen to be the capent job M clerk of courts nt Dover, illary ridges on the hands and feet. began his study of footprints. He "The d!fficul ty is that seldom does struck out in a new field of classificaa human being leave a clear, complete tion. Of one thing he was certain, natImpression of either hands or feet. Only ure never r!'peats itself. portions of the print are left behind "The prbbles in a given square foot on a chance impression. Therefore, a of a brook'!. becl nre never duplicated. system that Is capable of analyzing Potatoes in a hill are never duplicated. such a print beyond cavil, was essential~ You might photograph ocean waves That has been the work that I have until doomsday and never find two carried out since 1902." alike," he said. Collins of Scotland Yard attempted The goal he sought was an accurate, such a system, but he did not make his unassailable system that would take investigations exhaustive enough. Mr. anv oortion of the "friction" skin on Wentworth has confined his work to the palms of thr hands and inner side patterns that can be covered by a strip of the fingers and on the soles of the of glass six millimetres wide. He is no feet nnd under sides of the toes and seeker for spmious fame. His appearclassify it beyond dispute by the conance on the stand at the trial of Bartotours of the so-called capillary ridges. lini was the first time he had ever apHe has worked unremittingly in his peared as an expert witness in such a 6pare time to pf'rfect his system, and case. his conclusions have been published in And he only consen~ed to testify a boo he prrpnrcd with the late Prowhen detectives convinced him that he fessor H:irris Hawthorne Wilder of was the only available authority on Smith College. His work in clasificathe identification of footprints who tlons of fin gerprin ts and footprints, accould give exhaustive evidence. cording to the system that has been The founder of the Wentworth sysn amed for him , won him enthusiastic tem of identification, however, derecogni tion in Europe, but in the United clares that It is not the ruling passion States, the Wentworth f;ystem was not of his life. · ndoplcd and, Jndeed, not even con"Actually," he said, "I am much more sidered . lnteresled in a summer camp !or chilThe famous Swedish criminologist, dren that I know of. Tha.t's really Soderm[).nn, ranks Mr. Wentworth something to get enthusiastic about." with Sclmcickrrt of Ber!Jn, Bertillon, Locarcl, Gross and Russ, and selects him as one of the six great criminologists of the world. Mr. Wentworth lives simply here In Doyer. His passion for his research ln personal iden tification Is that of a scientist, worl ing for tl,c sheer joy of att ni ning the elusive fact in his study of a precise though obscure science. From the far t that Kafflr labor in Africa was cl::> s,ified und er his system, Mr. Wentwor th derived much satisfaction. The pr:i 'scs that he received from London, Paris. Berlin, Prague, Vienna and Rome on his achi cvrments were also gratifying. But, at the age of 80, he still hoped that his- system would, before he g11.ve up his work forever, be tested in the American courts. Now that Bartolini has been convicted of the murder of Mrs. Asquith, mainly on the footprint evidence that Mr. Wentworth clinched, he feels no elfttion, but he does feel gratified that at last "the Wentworth system" has undergone its ordeal by !ire in the heat of an American murder trial. He has a roomful of the results of his work, stacked in envelopes and boxes. Whenever and wherever he could obtain a footprint he would add it meticulously to his collection. The book he wrote with Professor Wilder, the standard work on the subject, was revised in 1931, by Mr. Wentworth. �SPEAKS . . ON SPIRIT OF THE CONSTITUTIONt. " On Constitution Sunday Rev. Wllliam Safford Jones preached on "The Spirit o! the Constitution." This service ln the South Church (Unitarian) was in line with the recommendations of the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission. His text was from St. Matthew, 12:25: "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stap.d." . He also read at 'the beginning' a sentence from Washington's "Farwell Address:" "This government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upQn full investigation ·and mature deliveration, com'pletely free in its· principles, in the distr~bution · of its powers uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a J\lst claim to your confidence and spport." Mr. Jones said in part: "The Preai:nble to the Constitution is the charter of our liberties: 'We, the people of the United States, in order to form a inore perfect Union, establish justice, insure . domestic tranquility, provide for t~e common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United Sta,tes of America.' The summer of 1787, wnen the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia, was like this summer, .hot, humid, trying; yet they kept on with their deliberations and conferences till .on the 17th of September our Constitution was born. It was the result, to be sure, of modifications and compromises, but it was none the less a great achievement of the human mind in the field of political science. One of the delegates was not indulging· in an idle boast when he declared, 'The whole human race will be affected by the proceedings of this convention.' That was really a sentence with prophetic insight, for through out the civilized world during the last century and a half repub0lics and democracies have modelled 'their governments on this pattern. Emerson was right , when he said, 'As goes America, so goes the world.' And 'in spite of Fascism on the one hand and Communism on the other we still believe that in the long run this will prove to be true, · "As has been well said, 'the statesmen of that convention, . parochial in training but cosmopolitan in outlook, rooted in tradition but thougthful for the future, ·harassed with immediate problems of economy and politics but never unawa.{e of the larger problems of statecraft, drew up a Constitution which was designed, as John Marshall, its. greatest interpreter, later said, 'to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions cantions can approach it. One hundred and fifty years is a short time in history but a long time in politics a nd the American Constitution is today the most venerable instrument of government in the world.' "History is made by small groups. The Christian faith was launched in the world by twelve disciples (and one of them a traitor). A few barons made King Joh n accept Magna Charta: A little company cathered in the cabin or the Mayflower in Frovincetown Harbor signed the famous compact, from which all our political and spiri tual liberties flow. "There were only 38 out of the 55 delegates attending the Constitutional Convention who actually signed that documen t on that historic Sept. 17th. One absent.delegate was allowed to sign by, proxy. _- For four long and weary months the delegates had debated momentous questions hotly and· . bitterly; and what a relief to have it all over. "Naturally Washington's name headed the list. 'President and Deputy from Virginia,'-so he signed. He may not have h ad much to do with drafting the document, but his very presence was a benediction. He who had been first in war was now first in peace and first in the hear ts of his countrymen. "As the Constitution had to be 'done by the unanimous consent of the States present,' the delegates signed not as individual, but as representatives of their states. Thus they welded togethe r the colonies which had been associated in the loose Confederation, now in the Providence of God to give way to a more perfect and lasting union of sovereign states, losing themselves to find themselves. "'The Father of the Constitution' was James Madison of Virginia, the quiet man in the background of all conferences but in the foreground also of all debates. The only signer for New York was Alexander Hamilton. He had no part in the making of the making of the Constitution, in fact had no high opinion of it, but as a patriot he put his personal feelings behind him and in the New York convention called to ratify it and in the Federalist essays defended the Constitution. Benjamin Franklin, then advanced in years, second only to Washington in the eyes of the country, saw with satisfaction the consummation cf all his hopes for his beloved America. "When Franklin took the quill to sign his name to the Constitution he waited a moment, and, with his eyes on Washington's a rmchair, on wh ich was a glided half-sun, said musingly, 'I have often and often in the course of this session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issues, looked at that without being able to tell whether it was rislni; Ol' setting ; but now at length I have the happiness to know that It Is a rising and not a settin~ sun.' "And in the opening days of the convention Washington had so unded the keynote when he said, 'Let us raise a standard, to which the wise and honest can repair; the event is in the hands of God' "And wherever the delegates met, in homes or offices or taverns, in the midst of fiery debates or hot disputes or exciting harangues, they remembered Madison's word 'that they were now to decide the fate of republican government.' " 'Th 1 American Constitution,' says a modern scholar, 'embodied new and significant principles of politic~.! theory and practice. Most of these principles were subseque ntly accepted by European aad American nations, and most of these practices belonged, until recently, to world politics. But all were original with Americans in the 18th century -original, that is, in the sense that Americans first incorporated them into institutions. The first of these political institutions was the federal system, the second the constitutiona l convention, the third the written constitution, and the fourth a method whereby the will of the people might be lranslated into law.' "Some delegates at that Const,iluLional Convention expressed fear that the new document would not last for 20 years, Washington is said to have felt that very soon cities would begin to see flaws in it, and then amendments might, if rashly made, undermine its structure. ''But in ::.n address given on Constitution Day before the Chicago Bar Association, Dr. Roscoe Pound, dean emeritus of the Harvard Law School, said that the Constitution 'stood fast through the era of expansion across the continent, survived the struggles over slavery and the Civil War, , nd has come unimpaired through at least a good part of the changes from a rnra l agricultural Lo an urban industrial era.' 'I see nothing,' he said, 'to indicate that it will prove less adaptable to the further development of that era.' Yet he conceded that it was not adaptable to a Communist state or to a Fascist dictatorship. I I I "In a n illuminating address given on Friday before the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the state of New Hampshire, which I was privileged to hear, Prof. William Yandell Elliott of Harvard University called attention to the fact that in America \'le have no crown as the symbol of the sovereignty of the nation and that we do not regard our President, whoever he may be, whatever his party may be, as more than a political leader, to be displaced at any time by vote of the majority. The symbol of America's government and power and serv iceableness to the world, according to Mr. Elliott, is the Constitution, conceived by the wisest group of statesmen ever gathered together for political deliberation and counsel. 'They builded better than they knew,' to use a phrase of Emer~on's. "In !'.1at liLtle band stood our New Hampshire delegates, John Langdon of Portsmouth and Nicholas Gilman of Exeter, who with other far-sighted men worked with might and main to swing New Hampshire into line as the niuth state lo ralify the Constitution, and that action brought about the adoption of that great charter of our liberties. "The visitor to Washington stands under the columns of the Lincoln Memorial and looks across the lagoon , · toward the Washington Monument and the Capitol dome-all three chaste and noble symbols of America's spiritual power. It is a thrilling perspective. But above all three, Lincoln Memorial, Wash ington Monument, Capitol dame, broods the spirit of the Constitution, the spirit of America, the spirit which �merges independence and union. That spirit speaks to us today and bids us to be or good cheer and also to be watchful." The music for the day was as follows: Prelude in B flnt,' Rudolph Bibi; solo "I Sought the Lord," Stevenson; offer~ tory, "Melodie," Franz; posLlude, "Recessional," Franz. Carroll H. Evans, organist; Mary Whittier Priest, soloist., assisted by the chorus choir. PROGLAMATION ·OR PUL Kl D Y Gov. F·rancis P. Muxphy hi.s issued the following proclamation !or General Puln1;ki Day: "J t. has been f·o.id that there is a hand of far-shining men for whom the wllole ~,01ltl fa the tomb. In the list of tllriL splcrnlld compaly the mun of Jllif'. UIII. Cnsi111ir Pulo.sl<i, gnllo.nt Ju1Jght of Polnnrl, must ever be included 1Jecm1sc of his great contribution to the cam·e of liberty and the respect his rncmo1 y commands In m:-iny lands. Son of n p:i1 riotlc and do.ring fatlJC'r antl enclowcd Io 11 n cxtraonlinnry drgrec wit.ll love of frccdom, with solctirrly couragf, ancl militD-rY rkill, this gr at Pole devol<'rl h;s f'ntirc lif-:-tim t-0 the defense o! nnl.lonnl indcp<'n<iern e. '"The importo.nce of the servic.es hE' 1·r 1-dcrul General WashiJ1gton as a c nvnl!~ cornmandcr, at a time in the hi•·lory of U1c Cont.inental Army when 1iio1mlnl I roops were only n 1lream, and 1, ;,., Jci 1rJ:i.tion of the famou'l Legion, hri>1 ing h:s nnmc, merit for Genernl P11la~Jd :ind the land wllkh gave blm 1)11 t.h tl1e undying giat.itudP and ndm1r• n1 Ion r the AmcriC':in peoplr. ··1n Tf10st of the st.at.es. and nationally lly the Pre ·!dent of the United stat.es 1,hc elnrn1h oI October is :innually prorJ~,1mctl n•· General Pulaski's Comm<'m01a1ion D;,y, in honor of he day on whith •is great hero, whom two natlo ns :11 e proud 1o honor. rlled from onnd~ 1 rrehcd :it the Sici;:e of S.wan• ll fl 11. ln New Hampshi e this action la J·e,ruhwl hy n statute. I, therefore, apJ.m int Monday, the eleventh day of Oe·t ol>rr, :-s General Pulru;ki Commemoration J)ny nncl nsk thnt U1e flag of the ·'Hnltr<I Rt.atrs be displn.yed on all stat.e \luil1Ji11g~ throughout I.hat clay,, ··it i,; my hope that this proclamation will i::nve as o. reminder of great ser• -vJ f'll un&elfifhly renderell, that in the :<( hflol~ ~peci:i l rxercis s v.lll be conduct<'cl in rerognltlon of that patriotic devo• tlon or the rnlish hero, nnt\ that all cU!zens will 11.sslst in i,om manner in th ob~ex-vance of the occrision by dlsplny of ··,e fl:lg on homps, nd plflces of busln ss anti by c remonlc,; l!pproprial to the clny, '"Given at 1he Execut.ivc Chamb rs in Conconl this fifth day of ctober in the ycnr of our Lord, one th(111~:a.nct, niue hundred nn(] thirty-seven, nntl or the Jnclrncndt>nc of the Uni1 d Stnl(>s or America tlie one hundrecl nnd lxt.y~econd, "F'HANOIS P , URPHY, ~Governor, By His Excellency, the Governor: At.t('st: HAPRY E . JACKSON, Deputy Secretary of 811\t(' ••• SS HIG · t TO Y ~-2-~ The graduating class of eort.,mouth High School this year will number the highest in the history of U1e school, it i. announced by Supt. Harry L. Moore, .Accorctfog to present high. school records the class enrollment is 234. In June 1937 there were 157 graduates; 1927, 120; and 1917, 85. The fig ures show that In 10 years tl:).ere was an increase of 30.8% and in 20 years an increase of 84.7% in enrollment. Present membership in the schools for the entire city Is 2920 pupils distributed as follows: Senior high, 798; Junior high, 721; el~entary, 1220; and kindergarten 181. The local High School rates third in comparison to other ·city high school 1936-37 records in thls state. Manchester, with two lligh schools, is first, having an enrollment of 3171; Nashua, 1478; Portsmouth, 1001; Concord, 940; and Dover, 775. High percentage of high school at-tendance in Portsmouth is partly at-- ..,,:,:;-c._.....,, tnbuted to the growing demand of business on their employees that they1:-•r<;..;1.1.·...,,., have good education. Supt. Moore told the Herald that one important element In the local high school's large population was that home conditions in this city are considerably higher r::3a,'<1r'•~. than in many other cities of similar size. A good home wlth a substantial ll:-'!lr-;>.~i~· mcome, he asserted, will allow the children to continue their education longer than In homes where condl• tlons are not so good. According to t11e present budget approximately $79.13 is the average cost of each pupil for the city fiscal year. This figure is more than $1.50 lower than last year's cost which was $80.84. Cost for years previous Is: 1932, $80.41; 1933. $74.10; 1934, $76.94; and 1935, $78.03. It was revealed in tl}e 1937 school budget that 72.3% is being paid for teachers' salaries. �Author of 'Arundel' finds himself returned m summer arnong folks of Kennebunk and on route of march of Arnold to Canada; Journal kept of progress . on manuscripts. Spedfal to Tllo Cllrf,tfan Science Monitor KENNEBUNK, Maine.,... Summer in Kennebunk means that Kenneth Roberts and Booth Tarkington are there. They're more than mere neighbors. Botµ are sufferers in the cause of writing. You might think each was sufficiently successful so the suffering would be but · a hazy memory. Nothing of the kind. When one gets stuck he goes over to see · the other. "How would you do this?" ·is tlie usual question. "Well, I'd do this with it. That is, I think I would." . "Why you couldn't, because in the next chapte1· ..." This year Kenneth Roberts has been talking on the radio, and he participated in an autograph party. He's had many adventures, but probably nothing ha$ seemed so strange to him as talking. on th!l. radio, •or being the leading character In an autograph party. They almost had to hog tie him to make him do •either one. History of Own Kin Have you ever wondered why Mr.' Roberts wrote /'Arundel,". and "Rabble in Arms" and "Northwest Passage"? Well, he was born, 1n 1885, in Kennebunk. Kennebunk is an Indian Kenneth Roberts name, but before the v!llage had that name, it was called· Arundel. Writer 'Who Gave Up Certain Income or a Siar Reporter or World Events tor the llard Work and Not-So-Certain J,lvelihood ot a ,vrlltr or J•' lcllon Not far away, near Kittery, Maine,i---"'"":'---"'.'.""'=-"""'~=:~~=====;r-~==~~--;aa~~-----• his ancestors had come in 1639, and Favorite With Reader .. about using two brothers, one a sea for the two stormy centuries that" And when he published "Arundel," captain; the other a spoiled and followed, they · were ;a part of the he had for years been correspon- willflil youn~er brother. · . history of the State. They fought dent for the Saturday Evening Post, Nov. 24. Wrote nrst . two pal'a- : with Washin~on, they followed In Washington, D. C., throughout graphs, calling the book ternpor-. Benedict Arnold to Quebec, they Europe and In the Orient. His hard- arily "T)1e Splendid Rabbi~." .. manned privateers ·i n the War of bitten, accurate, often ' humorous Dec. 26. Resumed work on page . 1812. And when one of thei.!: articles readers have come to look 5, mss. book; Jan. 2. Changed title descendants wanted to write; they for as a highlight of any issue of the to ·'Rabble In Arms." · ·· were material, ready to hand, ai•otmd Post. He could have gone on being 1932-Feb. 1. ·Quit on the book to which to weave the epic tales that one of the best newspaper men in . write articles, our mon.ey haying have made his novels. America. Sometimes he expressed 1·un out. , . In 1930, he published his first novel. the thought he was foolish to drop Feh. 24. Resum ed work on That was "Arundel.'-' He was already all that to become a novelist. "Rabble" mss. page 32, worked famous, but .not as a noveli'st. He It took two years to write "Arnn- steadily till June, reaching mss. · had been educated ·at Cornell, where de!." The research , for . it · took even page 91. Sailed from Naples. he sandwiched in among his studies fonger. Its subject was · one . of the July-August. Revised ''Arnndel." an editorship of the Cornell Widow. most. moving, but 0 ~1 e. of the least Sept. 19. Started reading first Someone has said that the day he \mown phases of the American Rev- 100,000 words of "Rabble" to Booth. came into the office of a Boston olution:.....the march -of ,Benedict Read and revised almost daily paper looking for a job as reporter Arnold -u p from ·Cambridge, Mass., through Oct. 1$. 'it made the staff want to weep, he past the little town· of Arundel, Oct. 15-16. Laid out with Booth's looked so scared. The spectacle evi- throughitrackless forsets of northern help, a tentative outline for the dently was enhanced by his bulk. :tVJ;aine; to the ramparts of Quebec. remainder of book. Technical diffiwhlch ls in the neighborhood or 225 As some persons still believe · •a cul ties whlcl1 book presents will, I pounds, and something over six feet writer•~ life is an elysium, it may be fear, never be· understood by anyin height. interesting to present Mr. Roberts ' one but Booth and myself. But · the point ls he got the job, chronology of· :•Rabble, in Arms." Parenthetically, it might be inand he stayed in it for eight years. teresting to know what Prof. Chilson On Va1entlne's Day in 1911 he was Nov. · 7• 193 1. Finished "Captain H. Leonard of Phillips Exeter Acadafter endless labor and emy h as to say about the background married. They say he celebrated by .cautious" all-night sessions. going to New York and getting a Nov. 17. Made a tentative ouUine material. ' ' ' "ln the spring :or 1935," says Fro-· job On °Puck· and, . later,· L1·fe. ,for .the new novel "Rabble in The World War broke out. He was Artns" and discussed it with' Booth fessor Leonard , "I tried to get toa captain In the intelligence section Tarkington. Use new main char• . gether some old maps and prints of the Siberian Expeditionary force. acters, he said. • and other illustrative materials for in contact with French, English, the teaching of , Kenneth Roberts' • Nov.· 22.' Discussed plot with Canadian, Czech, }'tussian and oth and· arrived· at the c1·eciSion 'Rabble in Arms.' I wrote to Mr. ,Japanese troops; with Gcrinan and R9berts .... He responded very gen~ Austrian prisoners. · ' �erously; but he said (and this !'xplail1s what he_ meant In his chronology, when he noted that probably no one ever would underslanc\ !he t>.ti~•.-•YOJ techni cal difficulties or the book but Mr. Tarkington and himself). "'The source material for "Rabble" ls overwhelmingly large. n is so scaUered, and mo~t of It is so badly done that it took me two yea rs of the hardest sort of research to obtain a clear and comprehensive picture of all phases of the campaigns of the norLhern :um.1· ... .' " Mr. Leonard says further. "The source materials for 'Tiabble,' I came to learn, meant a library of aboul 100 books in addiUon 1,o many ollH'rs which Mr. Roberts had examined." Mr. Leonard found what Mr. Itohrrts meant by saying the material was badly done, and had l,o warn his students lo be somewhat wary In studying some of them. For inslnnce, General Wilkinson said somewhere that, at lhe Batlle of Saratoga, Arnold "neither rendered scrvlcr, nor deserved credit," whereas Grnrral Burgoyne said Arnold was responsible for lhe American victory. Diary Continues On Dec. 6, 1932, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts sailed again for Italy. The diary conlinues: 1933. Jan. 27, resumed work on "Rabble" on Mss. page 93. Thereafter made at leasl 1000 words a day till May 28 when I touched .Mss. page 205. Sailed from Naples, May 30. June 20, start,ed reading the Mss. to Boolh, revising heavily, Read and revised daily. Condensed tile Indian malerlal, throwing most of it away. July 22. Moved to Blue Roof (The Roberts• residence in Krnnebunk Beach) for the remainder of the summer. Rewrote, rrvisrd, did rcsrarch nnd al the samr time continued to go forward. Went on a schedule of working from 9 :30 'a. m. to 1 p. m., from 3 p. m. to 8 p. m .. having <ilnnf'r and going to the second movie show at the Port, then writing from 11 :30 p. m. to Z or 3 n. m .. depC'nding on how long I can keep nw:ike. Aug. 1. Finished Cha pl rr 63, and Doubleday began lo sf't the first 62 chapters. Sept. 4. Sent Dollhled:iy lhe last 122 Mss. pages. Sept. 19-21. To Ticonderoga to check up. • Sept. 22. Started revising pnge proofs. Oct. '7 . Finishrd lll~ Broke. and almost dead." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer bas bought the motion picture rights to Kenneth Roberts's "Northwest Passage" (Doubleday, Doran). This is the author's first novel to be made into a movie. A new book by Robert Benchley, "After 1903-What ?", with lllustrations by Gluyas Williams, wlll be published on Dec. 1 by Harper. �E. B. Marriner, submaster of Portsmouth High School, takes the part of "Maxwell Dav~nport," an elderly and distinguished gentleman. He took the lead in "Dover Road" several years ago. The others \n the cast are. Miss Betty Greenlee, who played "Amelia" In the Navy Yard's Cue and Queue production of "Murray Hill" last year; Miss Dorothy Folz, a member of the Dramatic Club of Bates College, and Lts. William Roberson and William Piper. Tickets are on sale at the Home Industries Shop. The play is being directed by Mrs. Carpenter, wife of Dr. H. B. Carpenter of this city. She directed "Dover Road" and "Broken Dishes" and is·nilw writing a pageant, which she will also direct, for the tr. H. Federation of Garden Clubs. This will be presented before the American Association of Roadway Commissioners at the Crawford House !!t Crawford Notch. Mrs. Mayo, wife of Capt. Chester G. Mayo, U. S. N., will take the part "Abby" a Yankee villager who works for the Haggett family, in the Players Club of Portsmouth's play, ·"The Late ""'~..,.......J.••·•·· Christopher Bean," a comedy in three acts by Sidney Howard, which it Is presenting in the Junior High School auditorium at 8 p. m. on Friday, Sept. 17, for the benefit of the Portsmouth Home Industries. Mrs. Mayo took the leading role of "Jenny" in "Broken Dishes," presented for the benefit of the Portsmouth Garden Club last year, She has always been interested ln dramatics. Dr. Benjamin C. Woodbury, who plays the part of "Dr. Haggett," rural medical man of 50, will be remembered for many performances In the Players Club, and recently for his characterization of "Cyrus Bumstead" in "Broken Dishes." He has appeared in recent years in a nmn- IMiM,,~·ber of the productions of the Pasadena Community Playhouse and of the Boston Stage Society in Boston. During the past few winters while in California, he• has played at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, where during the past season he appeared in Ibsen's "The Lady From the Sea" and \ in Edith Wharton's Ethan Freme. Mrs. Marjory Hewitt, who takes the part of "Mrs. Haggett," a Yankee housewife who tries to rise above her rural neighbors, was in a skit for the College Club, "A Cup of ,Tea," given in the Ma- r.;-.c,c·c·o,,..,.,., sonic Auditorium. She was president of the Women's City Club for two years and has been active in the Cooperative Concerts and in, the Civic 'Orchestra, I. H. Wasburn, who portrays "Rosen," a middle-aged Jewish gentleman, Is a former president of the Players Club and well known for his many excellent performances in local productions. _ He E·!l'i.lP•:'!iil!lif.:., is an actor of exceptional a bill ty, taking the . part of "Sam Green" in "Broken Dishes." �a C t mo DR. BENJAMIN C. woonnu y ean" orts- IHR.S. CIIESTE R G. l\'lAYO "The Late Christopher Bean" was The play H,5 If was one of the finpresented 011 Friday cvcnln~ 'lt lh') au- e:;t fast-moving comedies to be ditorium of Lhe Portsmoutll Junior presented her for the past few year~. There was plen~y of comedy, as well as Hio-h school before an audi!'nce which pathos. gr;a.tly enjoyrd this play. A thr e-act ThP sctLin"' of the play was in tJ:ie comedy by Sidney Howard, it hos been dining room of the Huggett homestead a hit on stage and srrcrn. An excel- In a tnwn not far from Boston. Mr. lent cast, under the <lirPr.tion of Mrs. Haggett was a country doctor conEtta B. Carpenter, presented this play tent 11 t first with his lot, while his to a Portsmouth audience hst evening. wife had ambitions, not only for herThe cast included some outstand- self, but for her daughter Ada. The lng foca l actors, who hav~ ·1 ken part yoimgcst, d 11ghl,P,r, Susan, wasllke her in many successful producl.ious before. f,if,her aml enjoyed her home and her Many were favorites of loco.I play- smnll town friends, which were disgoers of past years while there were ta.5 tcful to her mother. The especial several new faces in the cast as well. frl,,nd was 'V'lrren Creamer, a paintThere is no queslion but what the cast er, of both houses and pictures. The assembled had a. great deal of tnlent, m:1in chrirnr'"r of the play was the and under the dirrcllon of Mrs . Car- m"ld, Abby, who had been in the pPnter, who has <lircclcd a ~rrat many honschold for 15 years and was leaving plays in the past, they all did fine \ , - - - - - - - -- - - -- - work in their portra ·ri...,l."""'______. to leave the Atlantic Monthly was sued containing letters from the la Christopher Bean, telling of his pain ings and his life with the Hagge family. Several years before as a young man he had 'Come to live with the Haggett family. He was ill and the doctor look care of him. He used the barn as a studio and painted a number o! pictures, none o! which were appreciatrd by the Haggett family. Abby, however, had one in her room, a portrait of herself scraping carrots. In the meantime Bean's works had become famous. As a result of the article appearing in the magazine, three men descended upon the Haggett homestead in an attempt to obtain some of these pictures. The first man, Tal- !ant arrived and he got two paintings, one which had been used to stop .......,...,,..... the chicken house from leaking, and the other had been used to paint on the reverse side. For $50 he had purchased the latter, and the other had been given to him, out or his friendship !or the late Christopher Bean. That was before the second man, Rosen apprared who offered $1,000 for all the paintings that could be located. By that time there was a great disturbance in the household for none or the paintings could be found. The third man to arrive, an art critic, Maxwell Davenport told the value of thrse paintings which were around $10,000 to $15,000. At that time Mrs. Haggett remembered she had placed the painti ngs on the bonfire. Davenport also sees possibilities the work of Creamer and Creamer and Susan plan to elope, going on the same train with Abby. As Abby is a.bout to leave, they recall that she has one portrait by Christopher Bean, that of herself, and the climax of the plan �e am y are Ing to persuade her to leave the ·portrait with them. Believing that she will do that, they sell it to Rosen for $25,000, but she decides to take it with her. As the climax is reached, she announces that she took the pictures from the bonfire and saved them. She also announces that she was married to the painter, making her the rightful owner of all the pictures. There is plenty of drama in this play, and the cast made the most of those dramatic scenes. Dr. Woodbury Is not only a reader of ability but has a great many fans among playgoers. He has appeared here as. well as in Boston and Oallfornia in plays before, and his work as Dr. Haggett last night was a fltting role for him to enact. Mrs. Chester B. Ma o had the prin- E. Bliss Marriner as Davenport the art critic carried out his role to perfection. The ease and smooth poise of the role was well acted. The play was presented for the benefit of the Portsmouth Uome Industries, the local branch of the New Hampshire Arts and Crafts. This organization is an outlet for handicraft work, and other home-made articles and for three years has established n reputation for many novel and outstanding articles. People from all over the country have visited the shop during the summer. In an effort to keep the shop open through December, and perhaps longer, this play was presented the proceeds to be used for this purpose. The play was presented through special arrangement with Samuel French of New York. Assisting in the presentation of the play were a number of people who clicl much to make the affair a success. · The cast was as follows: Dr. Haggett .. Benjamin C. Woodbury Susan Haggett .... Elliabelh Greenlee Abby ....... , • , • . • . . . . . . Aida Mayo Mrs. Haggett ........ Marjory HewiU Ada Haggett . . . . . . . . . . . Dorothy Folz Warren Creamer • . William Roberson Tallant •.....••••••.. William Piper Rosen . , •.•••••••••. I. H. Washburn Davenport •••••••••• E. B. Marriner New Hampshire Plans To Complete Histoi·y Special to Tlt.c Chri&tlRn Science Monitor cipal part. Last year 6he won fame as an actress before. the Portsmouth footlightB. She has always be~n interested in dramatics. Her role as Abby was the leading role of the play and she did wonderful in her portrayal. Elizabeth Greenlee, as Susan Haggett, am! Dorothy Folz, as Ada Haggett, daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Haggett, were well fi_tted to their parts. Of two distinct types, the young ladies carried out their work in a: comrpendable manner. Mrs. Marjory Hewitt portrayed the part of Mr. Haggett, the lady who wanted to rise above her friends in hP.r smali town. This was indeed a difficult part to play, but she showed some remarkable acting to fulfill that role. Lieut. William Roberson was cast for the part of. Warren Creamer, the painter, and Lieut. William Piper of Tallant. Both were fitted for the part selected for them and they did well. Maj. I. H. Washburn has appeared for a number of years in Portsmouth !l,mateur productions and he always pleases. Last night as the art dealer Rosen, he bad a different role than in past years, but as usual he did a fine job. CONCORD, N. H.-A "humanized", history of New Hampshire, in tended primarily as a text book for state schools and indors~d by the New Hampshire Department of Education, will be halted because of lack of funds, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Elkins, or the department states. , The work was begun under the ERA and had been under direct supervision of Mrs. Ella Shannon Bowles. Five of the 20 chapters have )leen completed. The beginning of the work contains four chapters of documented historical narrative and a chapter depicting the state seal. Regret has been expressed by the State Board of Education over cessation of such a work, as officials of that department long have recognized a great need of a history of New Hampshire, written in the light of recent research and brought up to date. TO OPEN 'Y' ON LIMITED o ,\ SCHEDULE Part of Building to be Ready for Use About Oct. 18 The executive committee representIng the Board of Directors of the Portsmouth Young Men's Christian Association have decided to open the local "Y" on a limited schedule about Oct. 18. Sections of the building Including the lobby, office, clubroom, dressing rooin and gym will be given a thorougll cleaning. In addition a few minor repairs and improvements wm be made by tho trustees. The club r oom on the second floor will bo conditioned, with some painting, the adclilion of cretonne curtains, and the hanging of several beautiful pictures now in the auditorium. Ping pong tables and game equipment will be ordered as fast as possible. Tho dormilory and the auditorium wlll not be opened. Tho bullcllng Hself will only be opened on a limited schedule, especially when organized groups are holdinir sessions with their leaders. The facilities of the "Y" wlll be on a membership basis only, :which would include group affiliations Interested in a specific phase of "Y" activity. The club room in tho lobby would be available to groups in town for committee •111::etings, etc. ' South-East District Secretary Reid 0. Besserer is in charge of the promotion and carrying on the programs. Volunteers and part-time workers will assist. Plans include clubs for boys 8 to 18 years with a four-fold program. A Tri-HI club for girls as sister organization to HI-Y may be organized among Senior High school girls with a committee of three prominent ladies in town as advisors. Mr. Besserer lives at 464 Middle street, telephone 1149-J, and can be reached between 8-9 a. m. or between 6-7 p. m. dally. �Passing of the Witches Editor of The Hernld :Your readers may be lnterc, led to know that the house recently burned at New Castle was on property once owned by Francis Williams, 1637, and later by Geo. Walton. The house was within a stone's throw of the Stone Throwing (she) Devil hangout who pulled the plug from Walton's boat and cracked his skull with a stoneso he said. It was the home of ·Shadrach Walton of military fame, captain of the Fort, etc., nncl his son, George, 2d, who Inter became n leading citizen of Newington. The records do not show that he was able to get even with her, because the comt made him pay for enrronching on her Janel. While she pn sec! nwny first this gave her a chance to prepare n warm reception. Perhaps thi. last fire wns the end of the feud. I. L. MELOON. • Ich:ibod Goodwin Griffin Ichabod Goodwin Griffin, well known Por,.smo11Li1 clUzen, who retired from the local postoffice as a clerk four years ago, passed away on Sunday evening at the Frizzell Hospital. He was widely known throughout the city and his chrerfuluess and kindly nature gained fo1· him many friends. He was a loyal friend and a kind husband and father and his passtng will be greatly mourned'. He was C'mployed in the postoffice for 40 years and at the time or his retlremeu t was the oldest clerk in point of sNvice. Hr retired on Sept. 16, 1933, under the 30-year service rule. He was first appointed as substitute on Aug. 5, 1R!l3. A few years later he was appointed a regular clerk, being the first Civil Service appointee in the Portsmouth office. He served in many capacities dui'inc- his 40 years in the office and changl'S took place during that time. During his work there he filled the positions of stamp clerk, distributor, assorter, money order clerk, post.'\l savings, clerk and registrar. His last duties were those of special delivery and forwarding clerk. He was a member of the Civil Service board and for 12 years served as secretary. He served under five postmasters, beginning under John E. Leavitt. Mr. Griffin was born in Portsmouth Srpl. 5, 1870, the son o! the late Orwin anti Mary M. Grirrln. He had always resided In Portsmouth and was very proud of his native city. He had a summer home at Wolfeboro. Ile was an attendant at the Unitarian Church and belonged to the James De Normandie Chapter, Unitarian Laymen's League. He Is survived by his wife, the former Mt,~ Ada Lear; two sons, Albert L, Griffin of Los An1;cles, Ca.Ii!., and Lyman W. Griffin of this city, and two brothers, Lymon W., or Allston, Mass., and George of Pea.body, Mass. Funeral services will be held at the Buckminster chapel Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends Invited. ELEB ~ERSARY~-~ Oldest Fire Company In Country Organized 130 Years Ago The company attached of the Fire Deparlment celebrated the 130th anniversary of the organization on Tuesday evening at the Court street headquarters. This group known many years as Col. Sise Engine Co., is the oldest fire company in active service in the country according to records which show it has existed since 1,07. The next oldest company of the country is still active in Philadelphia and \\ as organized a few months later than the Portsmouth company. Sixty or more were present in'cludl former members of the Col. Sise Company and City Council Including members of the committee on fire depar ment. Caplaln James Scott presided and introduced the following speakers: Councilman Robert Herrick wh'o rep~ resen ted Mayor Kennard Goldsmith who was unable to be present, Councilman Charles Durell, Chief Engineer William F. Woods, Horace W. Gray, former captain of the company, and members of other fire companies. They were highly entertained by five members of the Smith family of Limerick, Me., known as the '"Singing Smiths" who arc masters of several instruments. They did some fine singing and dancing and proved a whole show in themselves. A tm key supper was served. The commill.P.e in charge were Capt. James Scott, Lieut. Perley Hersey, Clerk Frank Dyer, William Meehan. �Editor of The Herald: People in this vicinity are inclined to regard the pastorate of Rev. Joseph Adams at Newington as holding all records for clerical tenure. I recently learned that Rev. James W. Bixler of Exeter possesses information which, at the writer's request, Dr. Bixler has kindly published through the following letter to the Exeter News-Letter which will be of interest to Newington and Portsmouth r eaders of The Herald! "In his historical article on Bloody Point Ferry, Newington, in The NewsLetter of ffept. 10, Charles Wesley Thompson of Dover speaks of the 68 years r~ service of Rev. Joseph Adams, uncle of Presiden t John Adams, as pastor ,of the Newington Church, and says it ill believed by some to be the longest pastorate: in 'America. But there ill at Jeast one longer-that of Rev. ~ban Ainsworth of Jaffrey, this state, was pastor there for 76 years, from his ordination In 1782, to his death in 1858. He began his ministry at the age of 25 and continued in his first and only pastorate until his death at the great age of nearly 101 years. P arson Ainsworth was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1778. He was an able preacher and a faithful shepherd of his flock. He was also ::i leader in all town affairs. In town meetings he was active in discussion and we are told that 'no one's counsel carried greater weight.' Parson /,insworth's grave is in the old cemetery adjoining the meeting house in Jaffrey, and the 'Ainsworth Manse,' which he himself assisted in building, is still in use by descendant.:; of his as their summer residence. The imprint of the long-time parson, a pioneer of the town, still remains upon Jaffrey and the surrounding country, and one may ask 1f it might not be considered an argument in favor of pastorates of length instead of the shorter ministries with frequent changes, which have since become the fashion." While Newington people would proud to retain the exceptional service of Mr. Adams as an unchallenged record in the annals of their town, they are doubless equally interested in all discussions to attain historical accuracy. C. W. THOMPSON. ANNUAL MEE ING ASSUME DUTIES OCTOBER l ~.; OF HISTORICAL SOCIETY HELD The a!U).ual meeting of the Portsmouth Historical Association was held at 'the Portsmouth Athenaeum at 11 o'clock this morning, with the president, James A. Borthwick, presiding. Records of the last meetin·g were read by the secretary, F. W. Har tford , and the report of the treasurer, G . .Ralph Lalght,on, was read. • It was brought out that termites have done considerable damage to the historical buUding and a commi ttee consisting of J ames A. Borthwick, F . W. Hartford and O. R alph Laighton was appointed to have the termites destroyed and necessary repairs made. At the election of officers the following were chosen: President-James A. Borthwick. Vice President-Mrs. Woodbury Langdon. Treasurer-G. Ralph Laighton. Secretary-F, W. Har tford. Trustees-Mrs. Woodbury Langdon, F. W. Hartford, J. Templeman Coolidge, Ralph May, George B. Lord, Mrs. Barret Wendell, Horace Morrison. Miss Martha S. Kimball, John K. Bates, Judge Thomas H . Simes, Frank D. Butler and Mrs. W. E. Marvin. Those present at the meeting were Mrs. William E. Marvin, G. Ralph Laighton, J ames A. Borthwick, F . W. Hartford, Frank D. Butler, George B, Lord and Rev. William Safford Jones. PRINCE OF WALES HE1E 77 YEARS AGO YESTERDAY Seventy-seven years ago yesterday the Prince of Wales visited Fort.smouth. Whi)e h e was passing o,·c:r the Portsmouth and Kittery bridge in a special train at 12 o'clock noon a salute of 21 guns was fired from the battery in the navy yard. "e"".....-....,.,... 0 BESSERER 0. Besserer, formerly Boys' Work secretary ot' the Pittsfield, Mass., YMCA, wlll assume his dules on Oct. 1 as South East Di;;trict secretary or the State YMCA of New Hampshire with headquarter,, In this city where he will live wittt his fam ily, consisting of his wife and th ree boys, at 46-1 Middle st.reet. In additio n to serving the Pittsfield YMCA as Boys' Worlc secretary, he also ser vecl as camp director of Camp Calvin Sumner nd as county secretary for Berkshire cou nty, Mass. Althougl1 Mr. Besserer will be on tho state staff of tlte YMCA associated with W. W. Hall, the state secretary, whose headquarters is at Concord, hls efforts will lie confined largely at presen t lo working with boys and young men in Rockingham and Strafford coun ties and Portsmouth. In addition to organizing work with boys and young men of these three areas, he will cooperate with the Rockingham and Strafford County YMCA committees in their operation or Camp Lincoln and Camp Foss. In addition to and before go ing to Pittsfield, Mr. B.:!sserer was Bovi;' Work secretary at Holyolce, Mass. His experience In t hese two fields covering a period of twe nty years fit h im unusua ly well for the task a t han d . �r l \VOMAN 0 BE GIVE plo ls 1,loug its way toward Portsmouth -['172 (c > Th Royal Governor John WentworLl1 -ind his lady ride northward to tlti'ir cou ntry seo.t at Wolfeboro-1772. (d) Tit·' ox-cart. returns from Pnrt,111outh with rum and molasses- IN GOOD HEALTH IN 99TH YEAR 1'772 "Uncle Oscar" Laighton, the grand old 1 man of the Shoals, and a native of this city, ls in remarkably good health for one who ls in his 99th year, and has an optimistic spirit to be marveled at. A member of the Herald staff cal!ed at his home · yesterday and ·while he 1s Jess strong and actlve than in tj'le pa::.t two years he ls bright of eye and keen of mind and says that while he may not reach the century mark he hopes to do so by living the simple l!Ie and t.ak.ing care of his health and trusting in God. Uncle Oscar passes much of the time in reading while sitting in his easy chair. He reads the Portsmouth H<:!rald and a Boston paper daily. He likes z•,me of the "best sellers" and has recent.iy read "Northwest Passage," "Gone With the Wind" and is DOW hall through the book, "Anthony Adverse." His summer at the Shoals proved very pleasant. He occupied Cottage C on Star Island, the last one at the end of the Hotel Oceanic piazza. A new chimney and fireplace were bllilt this summer and he has a bedroom and studio in the cottage and goes in raptures over the beautiful view from his windows. The young people and other guesl.<; at Hotel Oceanic made him very happy by little attentions, as he retains a youthful heart and is a most likeable friend. He recalls to his visit.ors his pleasant birthday celebration last June at Hotel Oceanic. At the banquet, he was caned on for rrmarkfi. His heart wai, very iun at the tribute of love and regard paid him and after words of greeting he ttpeated a verse from "My Evcn'.:1g Prayer," by Charles H . Gabriel, this being Edward McCue's theme song over lhe radio. Uncle Oscar listens to 1;; at the broadcast daily ancl loves the sentiment. "If I h ave wounded any soul today, If I have caused one foot to go astray, If I have walked in my own wilful wayG ood Lorcl, for give." A lover of the water, while not near lhe sea. Uncle Oscar at llls Franklin slreet home looks acr oss the South-M"-•l-'l~ ... Pond all(! says it is the p1 cttiest view in Portsmouth; that the pond someti1nes is cle8r as a mirror. He admires the grand old elm tree fronting the house, suggesting stu rdiness and beauty with Its large l>rnncnes making inviting shade: It is said the tree was planted at the time the house was built, about 200 years ago. Early next month Uncle Oscar leaves for Camden, S. C., to pass the winter at Hobkirk Inn, which has been his custom for some years. He hopes to return in May to his Franklin street home to remain until the opening of the Shoals "Roads And Romance~ Portrays Highway Progress Before a mountain foliage background, now turning from summer's green to brilliant, gold and r ed, a pageant, "Roads and Romance," wriLLen and directed by Mrs. Harry B. Carpenter of this city, will be presented a t · Crawford Notch on Saturd ay afLernoon. The pageant is being given as part of the New Ham:·,hire Federat,ion of Garden Club's entertainment, for members of the American Associat,ion of Highway Officials of the United Slates, who are climaxing a five-state tour of New England at the While Mountain resort The presentation on Saturc\ay aftrrnoott at 2.30 o'clock is free to the public. The pageant will be presented at the foot of l,l1c mountains and faeing Saco Lake, where the Slate Forestry Department has built a large stage. The highway is h edged from view there by a line of trees recently planted by the Forestry Department. From the time Inc\ians treked across the country on lonesome mountain trails and sought refuge inland from early American settlers in the 1600's until 1937, when moiori:.1ed American city dwellers vacatio urcl in stunm r r and wlnlrr r<'sort.~ far away frn111 ril,y limits, lhe pageant portrays lite progress that has been made in ways of travel during that lapse of timr. The a uthor explai ns it as the "opening up of ways for human f eet and human a:;pirntions down which the pageant of human life has sped and all the human wonder of the years." And in further in troduction Mrs. Carpen ter has written, "Romance -which came out of the dim past unknown to history or lcgend1ry lore whence came man . traveling with him down the roads in every land a nd clime, bringing joy and In ppm S'>. 'inl ing hill youth wilh rain!Jo·•, hU"'> Jtt'I glinting his age with gold.'' The seven scene., rif rrnd pro' relllJ o.s shown In the page0nt re: The In dian Trail. (a) The unspoi!Nl child of Uvi forest shoulders his cano•• at the r: rrying place-1600. (b) The while m<Jt1 conw,: Joh tt Wheelwright gets fQur sA.g~m0res at Exeter to sign a df' ,d-1638 Thr Horseback Trriil The pioneer sett.l,.r, Pct r Powers, brings his wife, Ann, n::l U1e1r t;wo children to their new home tu tl1e wilderness of Hollis-1740 , The Province Road (a) Co1onial surveyor., lay out a. road through the wilderness-1769 (b) An ox-cart full of farm produce Tl1e Turnpilce Morning 1 t the Loll gate-1830. of Horse-and-Buggy D1.ys (n) Workmg 011t the road tax-1870. lb) Tlte ronrnnc,:: of the buggy rlde- Tit ,' Dirt RriJ.d lfl 70 (vl The yQung folk5 have a hayraclc ride-l8'70 <d) Suninu.•r bo~rders in the moun• L'1\us enjoy a coaching P"rade-1870. Tl1c Grnvel R ~11(1 (111d U1e' Twilight r tlte HQrse !3osLon automobiles invade the Wl1ii;c J1.ro,mtains-rn10. The Highway of Today (a) Snnuner-1937. (hl WinLer-1917. Following banquet "t the Crawford H ousr t.ltr Pl,i.yers Club of Lhis city will pr sent ~lt three-act comedy, "The r,,,t.e Chri'.t.oplter B"an," with the following C%t: Dr. Hogget,t, Benjamin woodllllry: S11snn Haggett, Ellzabeth Gr,.rnlN•; /\hhy. /\irl,i. Mayo ; Mrs. Hn.ggct.t,, ~,i,rjorie rr,..witt; Ada Haggett, D oro~lly Folz; w~.rren Creamer, Wllllam Robe~on: Tnll nt, Wlliiam Plper; Ro:,en, I. H. Wasltlmrn, ,nd MaKw~ll D avenport, E. B. J\'["rriner. 0 ? <s~. ~0- \'\3 N.. GAZETTE I 1YEARS OLD T odny the New Hampshire Gazette celebrates its 181st anniversary. Starttd ~evrrn.l years before the Revolution, the files of The Gazette are really a historv of the nal,ion. The first copy was published on Oct. 7, 1756, and the newspaper is still being published by the pnhlishers or The Portsmouth He~ald. Thf' New Hampshire Gazette 1s th e olclrst paper in continuous publication in Americ~. On the subscription list are many form er residents of this cily who thrrugh the medium of the G a1.ette keep in to11rh with their Porl.5mouth ! rir,11ls. Tlte list includes subscribers froi:1 slates as far west as CaliJornia and Oregon, as far ~')uth a..5 Florida R11'1 i'1 forr;1•n lands, the latter including n sub~criber who Jives in Morocco. o ·\!) �• NHOSPITAL 0 ,b · (By Associated Press) Boston, Oct. 6.-Dr. Alexander Blair Thaw, 77, of Washington, poet and philanthropist, is dead at Massachusetts General Hospital where he had been a patient for a week. He had spent his summers at North Hampton, N. H. A graduate of Harvard ·medical school he published his ftrst volume of poems in 1900. He leaves his widow, two daughters and 11 grandchildren. MAKES PUBLIC0 ,~ BEQUESTS DEATH ·TAKE CITY MARSHAL "( GEO GE DUCK Popular Official Had Been With Police Dept. Nearly 35 Years · News o! the death of Clty Marsh al George H. Ducker brough t sadness to a great many people of P ortsmouth today. Although he h a d been ill for some time, the passing of th is well liked and h ighly respected man who . , Local Institutions and Charities Named ih Will o'f Late City Marshal George H. Ducker Local institutions and charities benefit from the will of the late City Marshal Ge_o rge H. Ducker, just probated. St. John's church is bequeathed the sum of $5,000, together with his house at 757 State street, in memory of his wife, the late Mrs. E tta B . Ducker. The sum of $2,000 is left to the Portsmouth Lodge of Elks, the income to be used for the Christmas Basket fund. The Mark H. Wentworth Home . for Chronic Inv.a.lids is given $2,000 and $1,000 each goes to Christ church and Osgood Lodge o! Odd Fellows. Thomas William Ducker, Marshal pucker's brother, is bequeathed $10,000 and the residue bf the estate and the sum of $10,000 is also left to his niece, Mrs. Ella Lincoln .. Mrs. Lincoln's two children received $2,000 eacJ1. There were some bequests to friends. Mr. Ducker's great fondness for the wa!1r and his feeling for his boat "The Wit.cJl'' is shown in the following passage In the· will: · "I bequeath my boat, "The Witch" to my friend. Warren F. Robinson, upon trust for his use and the use of those of my friends known as "My Crew," and I direct that said boat shall never be sold for .commercial purposes, but, when in the judgment of my said trustees, the. use of said boat is not practicable or further desired, the said boat shall be taken to deep water and sunk with all its .equipment." CITY 1\.1/\.RSHAL G EO. 11. D UClrn~ had served as head of the police depar tmen t for the past 13 years came as a shock. Mr. Ducker died at 11.25 o'clock Lhls forenoon at his home at 757 S tate street . Mr. Ducker was born in P ortsmouth, Nov. 17, 1872, the son of Robert Ducker and Eliza (Hutchins) D ucker. He attended the public schools and graduated from the local h igh sch ool. For a short · time he was employed by t he P or tsmouth T imes in the job printing depar tment, and h e also was a sign painter working for the firm of Joseph E. Hoxie. He was at one time a membe r of tho Por tsmouth Fire depar tment, belng connected wit h t he W. J. Sampson No 71, Hook and Ladder c o. He was an athlete, playing foolliall , a nd was a n outs tand ing pl:i.ycr. · His firs t p olice wad( was at Pi!1rc" hall as a special officer. · He became identiffed w1Lh the Portsmouth P olice department on Nov. 1, 1902 as a patrolman and s ince U1at time had been connected wit11 that department. Ability and fai thfulness brou ht well merited promoLion. Af- Ler serving fo r 10 years h c w.is made ue[luty marshal, nssumin._: U1e duties on J.:in. 1, 1013. In E•'ch. 1 nt, he was promoted .to tl1e oft!c._ or ,.1Lv marshal 1.3suming that offic0 au ·M<1.rch that ytar. He har, snvc·d 111 that cal ar1ty Ill a !110!>L l ilh l! Ill lll,,nncr .. ncl c~t .. bl1;hccl a 11 .. 1,Jl• r, r 1Ji111scl f, JJot only m this sl~Le, , ul 11,roughc.,ut New Engl~ncl. Although III ill h· .. :. 1 fc: v ye:ars, he krpt a1 , dive inter, ~t in the Polkc c1cp,,r,n11·,,l (;·,e n dur111;; the last I< ,•: 1ncJJ.tl ~ wi:en he has b1·cn on a leave e,f ;, 11(·1 Wl,LJltvt,I' he felt able, he , cut to the polire station. The ckalL ol J.i~ wHc last February w, ~ a !>L,l I I: w ai1 l his rtc:ove ry, whir-h hacl liu,1 h ope d 1or at that limt, \', as 1, t .. 1 tic t1 anti during the past few \ 1 cks he h:u1 been foiling rapi dly. H e wns a mcmbct· of Hampshire ai1d th e Associa lion of Fi1'e P or tsmouth Yach t lull, till' Rotary Club, Portsmou th Loc1 6 e f'f Flks, No. !17, ancl of the O11cl l'tl lows, and an ho11ora1 y mc111l,c-r , l the Scottish Clan. He was a cc.,mimmicant of Sa int John 's lrnrch r:nd lrom early life took an active parl work of the parish aml h: ., as a member of the n s liy number of years. Chief Ducke r hacl alw;iys he rn tereslecl in boats :.iHI was lone! of water. He was a cl,1ily visJlcr to the Y:::cht club, where he l;cpl IJJS Lcat Uetl up and during the summ(;r, either in his small boat or lhtc sailing craft, he usu ally took a dally trip clow11 river. He lmew the a rt of M11 lm g and cnjoyerl enter taining his friends al.,oarcl the Witch, his sail boat. He freqw.:nlly en tertained the N. II. Police Chiefs' Asrn~ ... tion of which he was a past pre:sident. At the time at his death he was a member of the Boar<! of Directors of i he Yacht Club. He had htld that position for a good ma ny y~ars, and was extremely interested in ihc club. As a member of the Police clepa1Lmcnt he marched in tl,e Mc'mo rial Day parade for 32 yea rs. A :, ear ago last Memorial Day he wa s not, able to t ake 11art in the par ade ancl tlti s was th e Iir:,L time since 190-1 (h,1 l he hacl not bcrn with Lhe platoon of police. In 1034 he rcceh·ecl the Un ited St..!cs Flag Association's m clal for beiur~ th e per:;on in New Hamp,lli re who ell(! tlw mo:;l to aclva11l'e ,t1lll enc c ,.r .. • c !he enforccn,, 11t c.,f law in 1he a: by cne bro1hcr, William D11 .. ker cf till~ city ; Oil[ llit e, Irs. w. I.. LJll(·ulll of WaL:111 , ~.l:>•.s .. and l l\'o c·c,n- i11 ,, Davict JI Ir, ·II nf !his l'i'y a.,li l . .i,:t ~ llnrt1 ~ h survived '1 lic.111.~s ' ,I to! /1.li>«ll.\', N. 1, 11J1c!.1I ~rn··· ·s \'. ;u Lr 1:rlcl at St. J l.1 I), l ! . l, .. , l 1 ::- l • ! I •• ' ~ l •~ll_; ,... PrL1<.. •.s ; .. " 1. -4J. • , ' / " Jl 111 Lhc cL., ,·! 11 L111 S a. m . 1 �LAU as 1• Sp ·u11 n, sAs sor t La n erseasCra t ng A mum beam of 26 feet and one inch. The mean draft is .14 f!let, thfee inches. The commander of the new boat will be Lieut. Leon Blair, who has had experience in submarine work. He has been at the yard some time, dUl"ing the construction of the vessel. Included in the launching party were Admiral and Mrs. C. W. Cole, · Mrs. McLean, Capt. and Mrs. H. R. Greenlee, Capt. and Mrs. P . G. Lauman, Capt. and Mrs. A. W. Brown, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. A. W. Paige, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. J . J. Curley, Mrs. Leon Blair, Comdr. and Mrs. J . J. Brown, W. E. Bird, Mrs. S. W. King, wife of the delegate from Hawaii to Congress, and daughter, Miss Charlotte King, Rear Admiral W.---D. Gehrardl, comandant of the First Naval District, and Mrs. Gehrardi, L. McLean, Mrs. Overby, Miss Sullivan, Mrs, Sewell, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill, W. D. Kilduff. Following the posing of pictures in front of the Administration building, the sponsor·s party went to the building sheds for the ceremonies. After the launching a luncheon and reception was held at the Officers' club. Ku shious' Orchestra furnished music for the occasion. t--!'_!'_•_!'_•_•~-•-•-•_•_..._•_•_•_■_■_m~~-•-■_a~-•-•~-. -----------------1 The submarine Stingn1y was launched I As soon as the Stingray went into today with II large crowd on hand to the river the tugs Penacook and John witness the ceremony, which ls al- G. Chandler got lines aboard and beways a thrilling specLacle no matter gen the task of towing tlie newlyhow many times one may see it. launched vessel to dock. The Penacook In sharp contrast to the weather at I is Lite y~rd t 11g, and the Chandler is the last launching on Aug. 23, when from tlw Piscataqua Towing Co. As the sun shone brightly, today's launch- the linr,s were made fast, the ing was under overcast skies, and tugs towed the submarine to the dock, threatening rain, in :icldit.ion to scat- and here a l~rge number of spectators tered showers during the day, However, were on hand to watch the process. there was a large attcnchnce for lhe Two Con~t Guard boats were on duty occasion and not only at the yard, but patroling the area in order to keep at all places along the waterfront the small craft away. where a good view contd be obtained. The Stingray is the second of the The launching occurred at 12.50 and S-boats to be built here. This is a new promptly at that moment Lile sponsor, system o[ naming and numbering. Mrs. Ridley McLean of Washington, Other ships to be built here are the D. C., broke a bottle o[ champagne Squalus aud the Sculpin. The Snapper, over the bow o[ l-he Portsmouth-built the first of the series, wa5 launched craft. As it· entered the water the in Augnst. American Legion band, which had been With the launching of the vessel, the presenting a concert previous to the craft is about 75 % complete. The date launching, played The Star Spangled of completion will probably be around Banner. Whistles were blown, not only June 1, 1!)38. on the reservation, but by the cro.rt in The Stingray was authorized to be the harbor, iu salute to \.he newest ad- built under the Naval Appropriation dltion to the U. S. Navy, Act for 1936 and the order for conThere is always something dramatic E:\.ructlon ";\'R S placed with the Navy in watching the Navy Yn.rcl workmen Y11 rd by Secrclnry of the Navy, Claude at a launching. This time the launching w. Swanson 011 Sept. 9, 1935. The keel came at a time of the day when they was laid on Oct. 1, 1936, just a little all could attend, and there were hun- over n year ago. dreds in o.ttcndance. They saw tho At the lnying of the keel about. 100 result or theil· labors, both mental and person~ were In attendance, Including physical, and the feeling toward the officers and civilian workmen. The ship, which is the culmination of a crew was composed of civilians from great many people's labor ls 0110 of the public works division of the yard. reverence, as the submarine glided The kerl laying crew was made up or down the ways. It.he following: Rivet inspector, Ralph The building sheds, and the tern- Hnin, foreman in the public works de,....,,,...,.... -.,.• porary stands were gaily decorated partment; ·riveters, c . B. Stephenson, with bunting of red, white and blue. foreman of tranfiportatlon, Henry F. The visitors' stands were filled early, Dirks, draftsman; holder-on, Herbert many people were linin~ the shore in 0. Little, lrading man electrician; the vicinity of the 1>111lcling wnys. rlvrt hf'n1rr, Roy \V. Sturtevant, lnMrs. McLean, widow 'Jf the late Rear spect-0r In public works, and rivet passAdmiral Ridley McLran o[ Washington er, Charles A. Gerry, draftsman. Th:: was the sponsor. She was presented Amerirnn Legion band played for the a wrist watch set with diamonds, by laying of the keel as well as the workmen, lhe prr~enta tion being launching. made by W, E. Bird of the joiners' The Stingray has a standard disshop, representing th,:, mployees at the plncement or _1445 tons. Its length at yard. the water-line is 298 feet, and a maxi- I �ment and in training other officers from the sections of the country from which students come. Chief Gould told a Herald r epor ter that/ "Jaw enforcement officers and the press have much in common ." "A criminal loves or hates publi.::ity, as it either serves to defeat the law or Special to Tile Chri stian Sriwce Monitor ·becdmes a factor in bringing about his CONCORD, N. H., Sept. 30-A to determin~ possible suspects for just punishment," Gould slatetl. central police file is being estab- !'. particula! type of crime. "Therefore a newspaper has a great rellshed by the State Police DepartThere will be a master file to . . operate with the cross-file system sponsibility in handling crime news." ment as a fut lhe1 step towards c~- and the department in making its Asked whether the amount ot crime ordinating law enforcement act1v1- file conclusive will co-operate with in the Uniled States was as appalling a ij ties in New Hampshire. other state law enforcement bodies represented in many papers, Chief The elaborate system is being in- as well as federal Jaw enforcement Gould gave the following figures: ,"There are 4,300,000 persons who are enstalled by Capt. James H. Hayes of officers. . the New Hampshire force and CorA survey Is now bemg conducted gaged day and night in the commission po al William Armstrong head 0· f to determine whlc!1 of t(1e Massaof felonies, which happen at the rate of r i .. · ' .. chusetts State Police rad10 stations the teletype d v1s10n of the Massa- gives the ·best coverage of the state one every 24 seconds. Last year 1,333,chusetts State Police. Corporal When this Is determined the rad!~ 526 major crimes were committed in our Armstrong has been lo~ned to th~ receivers being installed in the New country,. a murder or manslaughter New Hampshire depai tment for Hampshire police cruisers will be every 40 minutes, a robbery every 10 this special work. tuned to the wave of the selected minutes, a burglary every two minutes The varidus local units In New Massachusetts station. The New and a case of larceny every 40 seconds. H'.1-mpshire are being furnished Hampshire headquarters will then The annual crime bill of this nation Is with blanks f~r reporting stolen .send messages It wishes to transautomobiles, missing and wanted mit to its cruisers over its teletype about 15 billion, or $10 for every man, people, and other such information to the Massachusetts police who will woman and child per month." to the state department. A file also send it over thei1• radio to the New "Every person is a potential victim of will be kept of appr~hended Ind!- Hampshire cruisers. criminal. These people comprise the vidu~ls in ?rder that 1t may be deSince the Inception of the New 1·eaders of American newspapers and termmed 1! they are wanted by Hampshire depa:·tment, several they turn to the papers for Information, other police besides those taking months ago the Massachusetts State them into custody. Police have been playing an imaid and guidance and for that r eason Sections of the file will deal with portant part in the organization cooperation between !11w enforcement the registration and serial numbers work and many of the Massachusetts ofrtccrs and newspapers Is necessary," of stolen automobiles, descriptions officials served as Instructors at the Go uld stated. of mental or physical defects of police academy conducted at the In concluding the North Hampton wanted people, and classifications University of New Hampshire sevpolice chief said , ''It Is through the help of known criminals under crime era! weeks ago for the Granite State and support of the public that the apclassifications. The latter will serve police. prehension of cr.iminals Is often readily made" Chief Gould is already scheduled to talk before clubs, schools a nd other or- 1,.~,\:,;,,i·.: ganlzatlons and welcome/I the oppor,, ~-' tunity to speak. New Hamps~e State Police Install Central .File System WILL CONDUCT SCHOOL FOR POLICE Chief of Police Ralph V. Goulll of North Hampton, 26-year-old graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Police Academy will soon start a police training school for departments •in this vicinity to pass on to law enforcement officers the valuable Information and trai.p.lng he received while attending the FBI academy. Members of pollen departments and other law en~ forcing bodies will be Invited to attend the course, which will include subjects of jurisdiction of Federal, state, c~untf and m'l.nicipal law enforcement organizations. firearms identification and firearms training, fingerprinting, crime statistics, modus o erandl !11~ (m~re large variety of other subjects berieflcial to enforcement officers. Chief Gould Is one of 187 men who have graduated from the FBI academy. Forty-srven states and one territorial possess ion are represented In that number. Present plans of the FBI are com1,1only known as "rogues gallery"), to gtaduate 500 men. organization of police forces, testimonTl)e actual cost of training each man ials, complaints, persons under arrest, at I.he academy is $4,400. But the Investigation work, accidents, confessions, traffic, rewards, publicity, court value of the men after training ls worth procedure, raids, training method,s, ar- · seve~al times that figure in law enforceson, codes, ciphers, strikes, riots and a Tllc radios of the Hew Ila npsMl'c state police cruising ct.rs, which are on the :,arnc leugl 11 as Urn cars of Ma~:;. stale con:;t.al,nlary, will have the cooperat.1011 of the Bay St.ate police in all future work. If the st.ate police h eadquarteri: In Hew Bampshire has a message for o. trooper. In a car wllh::h cannot be .-eached ftom Con,·nnl Urn officer wlil send n message lly l~let.ype to tile l\fa:;,;aclrnsctts state police rad io st.allon nt Northampton, from which the message will be sent over the air to _ the New Hampshire cruisers. �.IJ,t~ H:Concord l •.. :_ ~:, Whal is IJnlirved lo he patent medicin•' botlle in New Hampshire (nnd probably the oldest in lhc United • t:1lcs) was sl1own here rerenlly hy lh owner, to a few friends who ate interested in ancient things. The boltle •,>;as made sometime between 1750 and 1760, and that it was preserved after its original contents had been used was because it was of a handy size lo usr as an ink container. Bottles were no t so common in New England in the 18th century as they are no'! and they were put to different uses after they had been emptied. This particular boltle was coated on lhc inside with dried in': when it came into the present owner's pnss,:-ssion and it was only after It hnd heen cleaned that its original pnrp".l,I) was discov- benjamin pound, elemy seven pounds, cinnamon two pounds, gulacum three pounds, cloves one pound, myrrh six pounds, nuttmeggs eight ounces, araback eight pounds, winter bark one pound, pernc balsam five pounds, nettle seeds one pound and half, tolue one pound. juniper one pound, safron one pound, mare four ounces, oyle eight pounds, Saint John wort eight pounds, marsh mallows four pounds. Distill and dig :; the sam with a quantity sufflriel'' of rec'iFycd :mirits in a glass \'Ch Id<', until I h: same becom- a bal~:i n . on a :;n nd heat or slow flre, whi,,h snid IJ~ls:1111 is to Je taken in nny liquid, thirty or forty drops at a tim e, arcording to the nature of the pat ient's disorder, and to be rep"ated as ofLn as occasiO\t require.,.'' Information rcga rding Turlington and his medicine largely was secured by Mr. Mead. who is a graduate of St. Paul's scho0l, Concord, and a well known sumtn<'r resident of New H,,_ mpshire. Blown into the hot' 1 • on 'he front and back are the wo•·ds. •·=-1,· King's Royal Patent grnnted •o Robl'rt Turlington for his invent,.(! Dalsom of Life." On one side is he w0rd London and on h othl'r th e date, "Jany. 26. 173-." The fina l figure is almost illegible but it i, plain tha~ th e boltlc was r:1:;t so me time before 1760, so th•,t i' [<; nvire thnn 170 years old. It will !:old l ss than two ounces. In an attempt l'l l"'lrn s0me th:ng about Robe rt Turlit'']l'ln . nd his mcclidne, tlw O'.'lll"l' of lh() bottle corresponded with ll":•·;n!'s 111 London and Frnnk R .• Irn<l g,,_i ned for him the ~nforr1ali~n hat Turlin:;ton was given Bnt :~h p:i.'.ent o. 096, for his Bll.l'illtn o•· Life, in 17 l l. In the first placr h ' \'rt~ given the rir,ht to sell it 111 En~! , ncl, 'Ile Commonwcalth of \Val"<; · •vi m he town of Bcrwlck-upon-T·,1·" l. Later he was given a.n ext,.11s,1Jn of his p:i.rent that permit rd :um 0 market his medicine In Ne·•: En~I;ind. Great Britain was 'I!" first nation to adopt a patent l;,'"I, :ind this took place in 1698, durin~ the reign of William and i\lary. Turlington's patent was grant"d in the 17th year or the reign of Kin~ George II. A copy of Turllm:ton's application, teprinted in u;:;r, '1.t the Great Seal Patent Office, in England, gives the formula for the Ba Isam o! Ll!e and Indicates the W'.l.Y in which It was supposrcl to b,.. taken. Apparently, all lhc ingredients are obtainable today hut no physician has given any opinion as to their medicinal value when combined. Turlington old what his remedy contained and how it was to be taken in the following words: "Take of storaK five pounds, riander seeds one pound, aloes o pounds and ha!! fennell · nd masllck und and half, and half, 0 ~~ o&-:,1. CE E,10NIE PAUL JO ES fi O UMEN 0 NAVY DAY, OCT. 2 'The annual ceremonies at the John Paul Jones Monument in Washington ln commemoration of Navy Day will be repeated 11galn this year on Wednc1:clay, Octobrr 27. The exercise:< will be under auspices of t.he Military Order of the World War and the advisory board of the Masonic Clubs of the District of Columbia. They will start promptly at 12.30 p. m. and extend one-half hour. However, a band C1Jncert of 15 m1nutrs by the U. S. Marine Band, with Capt. Taylor Branson conducting, will precede the ceremonies. The committee in charge has reccive<l lhe arceptance of approximately 40 veteran and i:,atriotic organizations and clubs. Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, Washington comdr. of Military Order of the World War, will preside, while Maj. Edwin S. Bettelheim, Jr., pre~ident of the advisory board, will act as ma ter of ceremonies. Rear Aclmirnl Harry G. Hamlet. former commandant of the U. S. Coa t Gnartl, will cleliver :m arlclress. The ceremonies will close by the placing of wreaths and other tributes at thP base of the monument by various organizations pP.rticlpating. Monday, Oct. 25th, ·wm mark the beginning of Portsmouth's second annual "Good Music Week," during which period a limited number of Por tsmouth people will have nn opportunity to become members of the cooperative Concert Association !or the season of 1937-38, according to Mr. Frederick D. Gardner, President of the organization. The Association was last January, and during the succeeding four months presented a series of four concerts by sume of the country's leading artists, musicians, and singers, Including Frederic Baer, Carola Gitana, Dorothy Crawford, and the Russian Imperial Singers. More than seven hundrert members of the Concert Association enjoyed the prlvllege of attending these concerts and many have signlfled intentions of renewing their memberships !or the coming season. Membership is necessarily limited to the seating capacity of the Junior High Auditorium, and those wishing to obtain membership may do so during next week only, when headquarters will be set up at the office of the Portsmouth Gas Company from Tuesday through Saturday. Arrangements for the coming concert season are in the hands of the officers and committees of the AssoclaUon, with the assistance of Mr. Ben H. Lobdill of the Columbia Broadcasting System and Concert Service. Stonelelgh College ls lending its cooperation to the association, including the concert series as a ])art of the cultural program of the institution. Following a.re the officers and committees of the organization: President, Frederick D. Gardner Vice Presidents, Arthur Acy Rouner, Mrs. Mabel Boylston, John E. seybolt, Samuel Eastham, Mrs. Bee.trice Scarborough, Howard Smith, Mrs. Nelson Wright, Mrs Helen Walqron, Fr. James H. Brennan, Dr. Kenneth Steady, Ernest Bilbruck, Norman Leavitt, Mrs. Charlotte Moore, Mrs. C. C. Sanborn. Secretary, Alvin Redden Treasurer, Ben Hartshorn Membership Co-chairmen, Mrs. Frank Randall, Mrs. Marjorie Hewitt Headquarters Secretary, Miss Dorothy Philbrick Appointments and Transportation, Miss Eva Hofiecker Publicity, Charles W. Gray, Frederick D. Gardner. �ill e rec ed n Pest o se Field-Resolut·on al s ·For Appro ration 0 $32,00 The City Council at its meeting on Wednesday evening voted to authorize the building of a new incinerator in the pest house field and refused to enjoin the Board of Street Commissioners and the contractor painting the standpipe from ·:mtinulng the job. The resolution authorizing the building of a new incinerator called for $32,000 to be appropriated for tr 1 erection of an· incinerator and that the .Mayor be authorized to borrow that amount. In introducing the resolution the committee appointed at a recent meeting of th1t Council gave an unanimous report which favored. the resolution. Various locations that had been studied were mentioned and the advantages of the pest house field location were told. A letter from Charles D. Howard stated that the State Board of Health approved the location. The mayor stated that the plans, as drawn by the Incinerator Engineering Associates of Boston, call for $29,987, the extra amount authorized, which will not be expended unless· necessary, 1s for anything which may arise. He also stated that five bids were received, o! whic::i this was the lowest. Councilman Downs said he thought tne c:QtJUnittee had done· a ood lece of v•orl.: and that he wished to second the resolution. Councilman Boynton started a rath• er hot discussion regarding this. He called attention to the fact that anothel' bid had been submitted which was lower than the one selected, that the committee had exceeded its power in advertising for bids and that the chairman of the committee asked for bids without . calling a meeting of the Mm:nittee. Mr. Boynton also stated that he thought the committee was asking the council to go into something blind and suggested a recess whereby the councilmen could acquaint themselves with the specifications and plans, besides the drawing of the exterior which was shown. Councilman Blanchard stated he had read the plans of the Incinerator Engineering Associates, and also of the Jarvis Co., and that in his opinion the latter company's specifications were much superior and also $5000 cheaper. The Mayor stnted thnt the company mentioned submitted bids which were not of the same specifications and were not considered adequate, as the city was building to care for future increases. The rules were suspended to permit the passage of the bill to be engrossed. On all readings and motions for suspension of rules Councilmen Blanchard and Boynton voted "no," while the remaining councilmen voted in favor. Councilman Boynton introduced a resolution calling for legal action to prevent the continuing of the painting of the standpipe. He brought out that the bid was awarded to John E. Boyle of Dover, whose bid was $1,489.75, which was next to the highest, and cited tho law which requires the Board of StreeL Commissioners to accept the lowest bid submlttccl. The council gave the five bids which were received, ranging from $2,085 to as low as $850: Mayor Goldsmith stated that he was presiding at the meeting when the bids were opened and that the superintendent was requested to call for bids and that the specifications laid down were not the ones the bonrd thought best, and that as Mr. Boyle, who had tried to obtain specUlcatlons from the sup•··' •.tendent and had been refused, had Inspected the standpipe and his b::i specified just what he would do, which was more than the other bidders and included an extra coat or paint. Councilman Blanchard stated it appeared· the board should have rejected the bids and Councilman Boynton reiterated his statement. Councilman Boynton suggested the app!)intment or a committee to Investigate the cp.arge. On a resolution introduced by Councilman Boynton the council voted unfavorably, Boynton Blanchard voting In favor, and Downs, Herrick, Sukeforth, Leary, Schlegel and Burkharc;lt voting against. 1' '' councilmen were present with the exception of Charles T. Durell, who missed his first meeLlng In his five years on the City Council. 'l'he reading of the records were suspended on mo• tlon of Councilman Burkhardt. The Mayor read a letter from William Ducker to the Mayor nnd Oity Oouneil in appreclntion or their expressions of sympathy on the death o! Oity Marshal George H. Ducker. A request from the Board of Commissioners to transfer $200 from tho sewer account to stable nccount was granted on motion of Counc.ilman Downs. 1'.nother transfer of $278 from one depadment to anoLller was also made, with Councilman Schlegel making the motion. /'>. request from the Massasoit Trlbe_'ot Red Men for the use or (.he upper hall of the South Wardroom was received, and Thornton Downs spoke in favor of it, stating that the organization would keep it In excellent shape. It was brought out thnt Boy ScouLs were using the hall also. This was referred to the Committee on City Lands and Buildings on 1notlon ~! Councilman Boynton. A claim for damages to an automobtle received in nn nccldcnL on the AtlnnLic Heights bridge when the car hit a bump in the center, skidded and hit a tree. was received from Alfred L. Julian of 1'.l:l Porpoise Way and on motion of Councilman Burkhardt was referred to the Committee on Claims. Pe.titians for a light on Pinehurst ~trect and for one on Russell street were received and referred to the Committee on Street Lights. 4- perm\~ for a ga§?line Lt1nk on ~!:.el street, in the rear of 123 Market street, was requested by B. M. Vurrell and was refr:-red to the Zoning Board. A petition was received from business men on Vaughan street. A delegation of t '1em was present and various ones spoke, Including R. Clyde Margeson, Richman S. Margeson, Ralph Margeson and Patsy 'Genestreti. Various problems of the merchnnts on Vaughan street were brought up, due to lack o! parking. The petition was referred to the special committee on parking, with the recommendation Lhat It report back nt ihe next meeting, with a change in the ordinance Jf they deem it expedient. The quari,crly report of Acting City Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt was read, accepted ancl placed on me. The report of Clement n.. Moulton, plumbing inspector, was also acceriLcd nnd placed on file. The Mayor pointed out, as he did in lhe last report, that the inspector of plumbing was doing a great deal of. work and his report was ilven in detail. Councilman Downs brought up the subject or damage on (,he property of Charles F. Tucker, where cars have b~en going across his land to Humphrey~ court r~r several years, and ihis was referred to the Commltlee on Claims." �TO DEDICATE. AMERICAN LEn ON QUARTERS George H.· Dept. rv The new quarters of the Prank E. Booma Post, American Legion, the former Portsmouth Athletic Club building on Court street, will be formally dedlcated on Armistice night and an elaborat~ program is being prepared. Gov. Francis P. Murphy will be present and will make an address and naval and military officers and distinguished guests from all parts of the state will be invited to attend, including State Comdr. John L. Sullivan and all the department officers of the Legion, and Mrs. Feather, head of the Legion Auxillary. There will be a private reception to Governor Murphy from 5.30 to 6.30, and from 6.30 to 7.30 the dedication exercises wll! be held. The ceremonies will take place outslda the buildl::-.g if l,he weather permits. They will be followed by a ,._.i,~,;,;··,..;,,i banquet and dance which, owing to the large number of reservations, wlll be held at the Armory. Early reservations indicate a very large crowd at this portion of the program. The building has been refinished throughout and on Armistice Je open for inspection. LEONARD II. IIEn'IT't Appointed City Marshal The vncancy of Cil,y Marshal which P. O'Leary was appointed special ofhas ,..,isled in lhe Police Department ficer for duty at the Knights of Co- sincc Ill~ death of the late Marshal George II. Ducker, was filled on Monday nir,ht when the full board of commissioners took action in promoting three officers and appointing another patrolman to fill another vacancy c-ausccl by moving three men up the line. Shurlly aflcr the meeting was called by Chairman Frank C. Remick ~he names of Deputy Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt, and William J. Linchey, former police comm1ss10ner, were placed in nomination. Commissioner Orel A. D"xtcr nominated Deputy Hewitt and Commissioner Frank C. Remick prc. rnled the name of Mr. Lin<'h"Y- Commissioners Dexler and WO<Jcl volnfi for Deputy IIewltt and CommissionC'r Remick voted for Linche_v and Hewitt was elected. Commissioner Wood then named Capl. Frank Demars for Deputy Marshal and !he vote was unanimous. For lhc position of captain, Commi~sionrr Remick p!aced the name o! Patrolman Douglas McLean before the boarci and he also was elected unanimously. For thr vac-ancy existing in the ranks of patrolman, Commissioner Dextrr named Joh11 W. McCann who has srrved as a special oiiicer for somr Lime and his appointment was approver! by the f•ul board. Thrsr appointments are all for a pruhrLionary prriod of six months and will become efiecUve Immediately. Al the request of the Portsmouth Council Knights of Columbus, Arthur lumbus Hall on Friday evenings. Marshal Hewitt is 54 and a native of Fredericksburg, Va. Before entering the U. S. Army, where he served three enlistments, he followed the· trade of machinist. He became a member of the Police Department in 1916, and during i;he World war left the department to attend the Officers Training school at Fortress Monroe, Va., where he received his commission in the Coast Artillery. Following the war he returned the department and . in February, 1924, after the death of Marshal Michael A. Hurley was made deputy marshal. He is a member of Camp Schley, Spanish-American War Veterans. Deputy Marshal Demars Is also a veteran of the Spanish-American war and as a member of the Army he served In Havana, Cuba, and with the Army of Occupation .in Santiago in 1898. He Is a member of Camp Schley and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Captain McLean has been a member of the force for over 21 years. The list of candidates outside the police department who made application for the position of marshal In• eluded, William J. Linchey, Oliver P. Philbrick, former patrolman and deputy sheriff; Ralph D. Gould, chief of police of North Hampton, Fred V, Hett, local business man, Howard E. Tewksbury of Winthrop, Mass., and Captain Edwin U. Hakala,· U. S. Marine Corps, who is eligible for retirement from ' that service. �NAVY DAY PROGRAM . NAVY DAY PROCLAMATION I . WHEREAS t he inhabitants of tho City of Portsmouth ap11reclate tho need of adequate naval strength in order to p resel'Ve t he Peace of the wol'ld, our institu tion~ and for the prntection of life and pro1>erty, and The following is the program for Navy Day at the Portsmouth Navy Yardt · Visitors are cordially welcome between 9 :30 a. m. and 3:30p. ni. Entrance to Navy Yard by bridge from Kittery, Maine. Automobiles may be parked in the Navy Yard. Routes to parking spaces indicated by traffic signs. Information booth at Navy Yard end of bridge. Guides will be stationed there to accompany visitors. At various buildings and shops guides are stationed to escort visitors. Of special interest will be the Apprentice exhibit in Building No. 76, 2n. floor, and the exhibit of electrical equipment manufactured by this Yard in Building No. 79. Models of U. S. S. RANGER, BOXER, KEARSARGE and Submar• ine PORPOISE-ships which were built at this Navy Yard will be on display in Portsmouth Square. If. weather is inclement, these models will be placed in the Electrical Shop. SPECIAL NAVY DAY EVENTS Berthed near the Dry Dock, the U. S. S. PLUNGER and U.S. S. POLLACK, both built at this Navy Yard, have completed their shake down cruises and will leave' within a month to join the fleet on the West Coast. Berthed at the Flat Iron Pier, the -SNAPPER is nearing completion. The keel for this vessel was laid on 23 July 1936, the ship launched on 24 August 1937 and it will be commissioned about 15 November 1937. · In the Dry Dock, is the STINGRAY which was launched on 6 October 1937. The keel for t his vessel was laid on 1 October 1936 and it will b e completed in May, 1938. · In accordance with orders from t h e Navy De partment visitors are not permitted below deck on submarines.· ' · A periscope, such as is installed on a submarine will be mounted near the Dry-dock, so that visitors may view the surroundings as seen from below the surface of the water. A submarine escape · device ( Momsen Lung), such as is used for escaping from a submarine, and a watertight door will also be on display. Display of various Infantry weapons and Marine Corps equipment will be shown in front of the Marine Barracksi There will ·be special exhibits in the following shops: .Shipfitters, Smith, Electrical, Inside M achine, Electrical Manufacturing, Joiners, Pattern and Riggers. ' \ Diving equipment will be on exhibition at t h e e n trance to the<Dry Dock, and at eleven a. m. and t w o _p. ~. exhibitions of deep sea diving will be g iven. many n ations o f the world s till oppress the worlcl and e nd:u ;gcr Urn 1>c,tcc th ereof by lnonl ina te a m b itions for na Uomil aggrandizemen t, a nd WHEREAS P ortsm outh h as always pci·formed au important 1>ar t in the . development of our Navy both in t he const ruct ion of many ships and the ti-aining of the men and officers to u av igate them, a nd , WIIEREAS we are proud o f our heritage and of the splendid 1>art Portsmouth h as played in the de velo1nnent of the United States Navy to its p resent high degree of efficiency, a n d many of our people arc at present actively engaged in the constm ction and navigation of fine ships fot• the United S tates Navy, doing honor a nd glory to our traditions. NOW T UElt lW OltE I, Ken na rd E. Goldsm ith , Mayor of the City of Portsmo uth, do p roclaim the t wenty-seven th day of October, 1937 as NAVY DAY, and urge that the 1>eople of the City of Por ts mouth m a ke su ita lilc observance of that da y, tha t t hey visit th e Portsmouth Navy Yard in order further t o a cquaint t hemselves of tile g rea t work we do here; a nd that t he schools in t his City de"clicate a po1·tion of t ha t day f or llatdotie exercises and Instruction to the pupils in t he glo1·y ti·aditions of our n avy. Given unde1· my h and and the seal of said City of Portsm outh at City H a ll this t wen ty-third day of October in the year of our Lord on e thousand n ine hundred and thir ty-seven. Kenna rd E. Goldsmith, Mayor City of Portsm outh �E l,,.a g G ve· Obse tion In Da , nnt',1 house accompanied by Capt, A. W. Brown, captain o! the yarci and Commander J. J. Brown an<l1 Commander J. J. Curley, aides to the command nt. After a pleasant visit the governor returned to this city and then left for Concord where he has a meet• ing I tP, this afternoon. He has a speak• Ing c 11g1g ment at Laconia this eventnrr Tiu· ughout the day 111any peopl arrived t the y rel and all felt highly, rep lrl for their visit as they sought much of interest and educational value Wl1IL the r1 In m~.de it som~ •hat unple 1.,nnt there was warmth o.nd llght m o U of the big shops and the v rtous of.her building, nd the vi,' ton, :.11<:!nt ·1 ;::rent deal of time in looking ov0r 1,lt·: many exhibits . Thrn' w,i.q particular intere~t in the v uio11; .·ubnl'\rlncs . BPrtltell t f.11 , ch 1• fri•·lc wer" tltr USS Plung r 1 ud USS Pollack, bot.h built at the Pot tsnirJ1rl,l1 navy y rd. which hrwe comp! ,1,,,1 tlteir sh,ikedown cruises, nnd will lt)n V'? shor tly to join the fleet on the w~.~~ coast. The Snapper. which is 11cnritH~ completion , i.5 berthed at the Fl~t tron {HPL'. The keel of this ves :;•)l w1; !1ict on July 23, 1936, an,[ f[te Sll!LJ I' ;i:; l)•tnchecl on Aug. 21. of this v ir. rt wil l be commi •s ioned abo 1.1t rrov• Vi . The Stingray which ,,..,s [,lilll<'ll•'· l on Aug. 24, co tld al,o IP in:;p••cLe• I Two others are in cour.s. of CIJf 1.;l,r11,·f.1,Jn. rlH' 1nfot nnLion booth at th. ~nct of l.lt•: rr wy Yar,1 briclg was busy a.ll dut Ill~ Liu clay anllwering que.sti:>as Wh•!l•l r~rtJ 1tl pl cc~ wer~ loc~l d. wl1·•r,, u,, :;u1Jmori11e~ w re :i.nd Wt• llt•'r HJ.: nl [1 •r inquirir~. At this booth gutd•'.~ ·11~r, r,veillnhl to e,cort groups -iJnuf; flt~ re,wrv11ion. At th vari011.; ,;l10[H, guides w r al ·o :i.vall:i.blo to t 1tc,• l.h vi~tto rs through tit~ yard nttrl c~pl11n 11 workmen.ch building. L\.r. L[ ·c1ork n nct og'.lin nt 2 o'clock '1 cJ tV•'r lit l'le .1 deep sc1, dive :md this w·1 ~ w., t. ·11 d J,y many, d splt the tlu·c~trntt ~ w"atl1n r. This r.vrn at th •:?ntntt•·' th cirydoclc, f.l:td diving eqwpttt •n~ w.:i;, on cli'iplJ.y there durtng J r,pite or the tnc!Pm nt w~ather - In large uwnber of people visited th<! Port.~mouth Navy Y'lrr! toi:1!\y coming from II part.~ or New Hmnpsh lr '.ltld ya.rious sections of M une and Ma.~ • sachu~ctts. The attendan ,~ W'l', r~t11ark bly lar~ . considering th,? \j"nth~r con- - - - - - - -- - - - · -- - · ----1 f ''r ti ' ,r 'tt 'tt::lin · ! ' • , l..... 1 0 ·1. v•' 1,. :;etrer •l 1 1 ', >•! :t 11v 1 0 bit!on in PQrtsmouth square. These inelnded the Ranger, the USS- .Boxer, Kearsa.rge .and the submarine :Aorpoise. Examples of the wol'lc which h done at the y.a.ro were on exhibition Iin the various shops. These iinclude the Sh!pfitters, Smith, Electrical, Insii:1e Machine, Electrical Manufacturing, Joiners, Pattern and Riggers Shops. A special exhibit of :apprentice work was displayed in Building 79. This :6howed tl1e work that the yoUI\g men who air-e learning the different trades are doing. Infantry weapons and Marine COJ:1P.S equipment were shown in front of the Marine Ban-acks, and trus exhibit w.as , iewed by a large number of those who visited 1he yard. In adclition to the diving equipment ne,:i- l.he drydock a periscope, the same as is used on a 6Ubmarine, was mounted and anyone could look through that at the surrounclilW territory. This was a big center of interest. A submanlne escape dcvice,-the Momsen Lung-and a watertight door were also ·on exhibition. Outstanding attractions weFe Portsmouth Naval Prison, the Naval hospit.al and the Peace building. A committee from the Portsmouth Civic Council and Chamber of Commerce, headed by Former Mayor F. W. Hartford , Navy Day chairman :for the .-late of New Hampshire, visited the yard during the forenoon. Included in the group were Secretary Alvin Redden, Ray C. L. Greer, Frank C. Remi~ Willia m W. Scott, John J. Hassett, John"'·•--·...-• C. Shaw and Forrest Eaton.They visited the commandant's office and were received by Admiral C. W. Cole, the commanclant, and Capt. A. W . Brow11. The gro11p made a tour of the yard escorted Ly Captain Brown and on returning to the Admini&trntion building !.he Commandant spoke to them, lclljng how pleased he was that _thet had visit cl the yard and that he a lso glad lo receive the people Portsmouth. Various otl'ler groups :vaid during the day. At 1.30 Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith, acco!Jij)anied by City Clerk John J. Henson mited the Commandant's of.flee and paid their respects to Aclmira1 <J. W. Cole. An increased interest in Navy Day has been no.ted this year due to. great extent •to the Navy LP.ague of America :: nd its Navy Day ,chairmen who in rnch state have tried to make their .,Late navy conscious. Here in New Hampshire the people throughout the ~tate have had the significance of the Navy Day and the jmporlanoe of the· United States Nnvy called to Hs at!t ntion by various means, Which have made a deep impression. amot ; f.tt~ yo•.111~ t 11·op • vltv lt ' I p1'urn.'d •,o vi.;1,, t.!1 • '.1,·J n; l.lt V weo com .tt·~ in I.Ju;.;,,; 1· '' ,.Jt,1, 1rJlJtl:; T'1 •r' w1-, a "Pc· tntrr•' ,•mt [Jl''l • gram at ~h locn[ n i·,y iul Ht I Gvl Frn.r- •i.; P. Murph,• .,, 1; t: ' ir '.1 ~ ht · tcre.; ,•·1 ·rnesL:; G u·, rnor l\1ur:1l; ,· m.1 I • r ll• ! 1-~ P t,J the 11wv \.',H·d •utt:i [fo tt I? V/ C+ut ford , t'h 'V DJ." :::it 1 trm 1t1 f•H Ne,,, Ha11"J,h:r m 'lL I 1tl!'t ; ~ H, HJ Ott his 'lrr:"al wa, ~r• f 'C l '"• Ii 1 l) -gun Ute div sal ' • "'1d nav,11 lt Jtl'H", flt~ pa.ri;y was " ,1 ·omed ,i • • e ,. H 1111 1wfaul.',-; offlc ,Jy Rear Adm:r 1.l C,> • >ruutatvJ • r"l"~~~_,,""'l,,__ _.,..,,....,r""-.,!'.'"'l!':!'f~'""'!~~, ant, n nd then wen~ • J tl1 ' ··Jmnnnd 0 0 0 • ~ ~::.......;.;::;~b::;__;;::;__;:.~-g;,;;~~~~.:.~.,_:,___;._.-.,~~~~-~ ��llshment of which our citizens may be. justly proud. Its immaculately- kept stfeets lined wlth large and stately elms, its wlde expanses of lawns, its well designed buildings and shops, the architecturally imposing Naval Prlson,llia!',ar'°'"''-.th,c 200-bed Naval hospital, the attrac• uye Administration building, the big drydoclc, all blend into a 'highly effl· cient mdustrial establishment which at the same time reflects the beauties of an old New England seaport town. A naval establishment's reputation rests, however, not upon its equipment and facilities but upon Its personnel. The fact that this yard ls rated as an establi~hment of very high Industrial efficiency ls due to the honest, reliable aqd conscientious work of over 2,000 sk,illcd workers, good citizens of Portsmouth and its sister towns. Navy Day will bring a greater public appreciation of the accomplishments of these men. To the officers and men of the United States Navy and to the civilian personnel who work to keep our navy at peak efficiency goes the appreciation Wednesday of this week ls to be ob• Snapper is nearing completion. The of patriotic citizens the country over. served as Navy Day throughout Uncle keel for this vessel was laid on July 23, Theodore Roosevelt, upon whose birthSam's fleets and naval stations. In 1936, and she was law1ched on August day Navy Day is observed, made this be commissioned challenging statement: "There ls no every part of the nation people's 24 last. She will more patrlot1c duty before us as a thoughts will tum to the guardians o! about Nov. 15 next. In the drydock Is the Stingray, people than to keep the Navy adequate our shores, the great gray ships of war which ever forrn a bulwark for peace whlch was launched on the sixth o! to the needs of this country's position." around our peace-loving nation. The thfa month. The keel for this vessel trained personnel who man these was lald on October 1, 1936, and she ships and the shore staUons with their will be completed in May, 1938. ln accordance with orders from the expert workmen who keep the fleets at topmost efficiency at all times will Navy department. visitors arc not peralso come in for public realization of mitted below deck on submarines. The their service to their country. This visitor will be ab1c to gain much interpublic realization o! the importance o! esting information on the subject, the navy to every one of us and of the however, from close inspection of the achievements attained In keeping it big boats. A periscope is to be mountstrong, up-to-date and efficient be- ed near the drydock so that visitors comes greater through the public's may view the sw·roundlngs as seen Increase 3,373 day of Inspection or our naval estab- from below the surface or the water Last Year. Autos and there will be a display of the lishments-Navy Dny. Momsen Lung, submarine escape deThe Portsmouth Navy Yard wlll corReservation dially welcome visitors on Wednesday vice. and or a submarine's watertight Regardless of the inclement- we • from 9.30 a. m ., to 3.30 p. m. Automo- door. Exhibitions of deep-sea diving at the ther on Wednesday, Navy Day attrac biles may be parked In the Yard and routes to parking spaces wlll be indi· entrance to the drydock at 11 a. m. and ted more people to the Portsmouth 2 p. m., will be another fascinating cated by tramc sign~. Navy Yard than on Navy Day of 1936 feature of the day. Probabfy tho l,ir,g, ,t atl~action -to The many industrial shops and when clear weather prevailed. the visitor unacquainted with naval :gecords at the main gate taken b · buildings welcome visitors activities hC'rP will bo those sleek, throughout the day, with guides being the Marine Guard on duty there show mysterious-appearing crnft which, that during visiting hours 8,626 per-, manned by intrepid men, would dart stationed to e~cort visitors and explain sons passed Into the reservation, of the interesting details of manufacturseaward far below the surface of the ing processes. There will be special ex- which 5123 entered in automobiles, ocean on mi~slons o! deatl1 In time o! hibits in the Shlpfitters, Smith, Elec- 3603 on foot, making a total of 8626. war-the submarines. This Navy Day trical, Inside Machine, Electrical Man- The count showed 1178 automoblles, finds four o! these cm rt hero, two of ufacturing, Joiners, Pattern and Rig- of which 57 per cent were from New them being still In procrss or congers shops. or special· interest will be Hampshire, 25 per cent from Maine, struction. Berthed nC'nr the drydoek and 14 per cent frcm Massachusetts. w111 be found the USS Plunger and the the Apprentice Exhibit in Building No. Only 2 cars were observed bearing 76. second floor, and the exhibit of USS Pollack, both or which were built Vermont number plates. at this Navy Yard. Both have com- electrical equipment manufactured by In 1936 with clear weathel' prevail• this yard In Buildi11g 70: Ii1 front of the pleted their shake-clown cruises and ing there were 5253 visitors and 777 Morine B1.rracks w111 .be. displayed vawill leave within a month to join the cars. fleet on the West coast. How many riow1 infantr:r weapons and Marine In Corps equipment. , young Americans will look on these These special displays will aid in giv• ~.;;;,.;;,,.;w,i..,;..;.;;,=;.;...,.;; craft with longing eyes, envisioning themselves as taking part In such ad- Ing the visitor•. au , Insight into just what the P'ortsmouth Navy Y~rd ac• venturous cruises and In thrilling deeds compllshes, its purpose in the scheme beneath the seas. of national defens~. It ls a naval estab· Berthed at the Flatiron Fo Se Ya Othe rse s e rtsmou e es y- y es 8,626 VISITOR IN NAVY YARD NAVY DAY Of Over 1, 178 In will �✓• • • oc YYA D Makes·Complete lnspect·on Tour Of Reservation-Says Third Submarine· uitd·ng Way-Needed After an inspection tour of the PortsT'>e assist.ant secretary and his par~ mouth Navy Yard tod!!,Y Asst. Secretary arrived by automobile from Boston at o! the Navy Charles Edison told a the yard about 10.15 o'clock, at whiclt Portsmouth Herald reporter that he time his official flag was flown over the Administration building and a 17-gun s~lute was fired. On arrival at the building a full guard of marines Including bugle r and drummer, gr~elcd Mr. F:dlson. • The official inspection party included Asst. Secretary of Navy Edison, Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, commandan of the navy yard; Capt. H. R. Greenlee, Comdr. J. J. Brown; Comdr. Harold .l. Nelson, naval aide to Mr Edison; Ca11!;. Philip G. Lauman ; Capt. A. W. Brown; Comdr. John Laycock, and Messrs. Johnson and Compton, secretaries to Mt·. Edison. Included in the itinerary were the industrial office, power plant, building ways, outside machine shop, shipfltters shop, smith shop, sheet metal shop foundry, electrical shop, Naval Prisou metallurgist laboratory, boat shori, joiners shop, boiler shop, pattern sho1i. supply department, Naval Hospital and marine barracks. Mr. Edison and his party left the yard shortly before 4 o'clock for Boston and he will inspect the Charlestowt ·Navy Yard tomorrow. After thtt inspection there he will go by train to New York City and attend the laying of the keel or the North Carolina on Navy Day. In : interview with a Portsmouth Herald reporter Mr. Edison, who 13 a son of the famous inventor, the late Thomas A. Edison, said: "I was very favorably Impressed with the yard and there are a few improve_ments that can be made here, perhaps some buildings and new equipment. "I do thing there is great need for a third submarine building ways at this :,ard," Mr. Edison stated, indicating the local yard is to have an extensive building p~ogram in the future. Sper 1·ing of the civlltan employes at the yard, he said, "The men are ccr• tainly a first class group. Tho,1i;h I had liLtle chance to speak to them th'! way they went about their work ~rea ,ly impressed me." · Only a few minutes after his insi;ection of the Naval Prison Mr. Edison said '-the prison is very immaculate and it seems more like a hospital than prison. It is certainly not a rasc of kicking a man when he is down, lnslead it appears to me that the prL01•ers are uplifted. It is a perfect ex1unple o( rehabililation as it should be." •·now does this yard comnare with other yards you have vi;itej<•• Mr Edison was asked and repiicrJ, ''It is very near the top in every re~pcct." The assistant secretary·~ vi51t was strictly for the business of inspection and without any Ume to devote to personal contacts other than at the navy yard. His desire was to effect a close contact with the yard anj ail the officers and personncl.______ ~~~-----·e ITS OF PRESIDEt T Sunday was the 148th anmveri,ary of U1e visit of Gcorge Washington to Port:,mo11th. The fil·st prc:,idcnt was on a tour of the country and was given n big r1:ception upon the occ .. sion of his visit Lo the city. Sunday also was the anniver5ary of the visit of another man who became President. This was Franklin D. Roose'lielt., who was then governor of New York, and the Democratic presidential nominee, and on Oct. 31 , 1932 visited here. Ile was on his way from Portland to Boston and stopped at Market Square where a large group o1 1,cople met him. Nineteen years ago todny Howard Taft visited this city dm·ing a campaign. He add ressed a rally at the Port:,mouth theatre. �for which you have organized your• 1,elves and of the fine record of accomplishment which you ha-ve to your credit. The New Hampshire Fed,..ration of Garden Clubs is holdinq Its nnnual mee ting in this city todny. Beginning at 10.30 this mornlnrI thr visitinr: de!egates were welcomed Lo the city on bf'hall or the Portsmouth Garden C'l11b hy the president, Mrs: Charles Amltotr, ancl, Mrs. Vvilliam Champlin of Roche~\rr, first vice president of lhe Federation, responded on behalf or the organizatlon. She spoke of lhe Portsmouth Garden Club and its various activitirs slating llwt lhe Portsmouth group hnd al wayr, clone more than Its share of the work whrnevcr called upon. She expressrd lite thanks of the Federation for the welcome. Mrs. l\mllolT i11l roclurctl Mayor Kennard K Goldsmith who said: '·It Is a pleasure to welcome anr group to the city of Portsmouth and on behalf of the citizens of this city I welcome you wl10 have come to our city for convention. We arc only too glad to do anylhinr,- that we ean while you are here,'' he slated and suggested if the delegal'•s had any spare time that they pay a visit to the Navy Yard, this being Navr Day. , Mrs. Lillian Larnbee of Antrim, state president, ls presld"ng at the convention. Reports of Lile M'crrla ry, treasurer, and varions committee chairmen were presented during the morning session. At 12 o·rtock the balloting for officers opened last Ing for an hour with the resulLs. lo be announced later In the afternoon. Gov. Fwncis P. Murphy was the main spr1l·er and his address was as follows: Go,•cnwr 1Huq1hy's J\cldrcs5 "rt t·, with plrasure that I have ac-n·ple I yQ ur r:rnciou~ invilallon to on behalf of the ciLr by Hnror I(('•\- atl ,· 1:l ~nd :-pnk at this, the 5th an nard E. Goldsmith. ni , I me i11g of you r federation. Mrs. L\mhofT smlrd tl11t it is a '•JL rd tnrclc, ntr an opportunity whirh pleasure to have vi ~ito1~ from neigh- I lnvr • 1rat 1~, clr:;ircd fo speak p11•> bor state:; and that ,•·r •·tlll~t llwL yo11r lic Iv in comllH'nc!ation of the purposrs stay with us will be one ot plc~:; •ne and of lastiu~ benefLL." "I am thinking of the g11eat influence which the two thousarn;i women who comprise the membership of your affiliated clubs have exerted m,on wayt-ide beautification in all· pants of the state, and the interest you have gener• 11.ted in the floral and vegetable products of the garden. · "Particularly, I have in mind the constructive work you have been doing in your division of junior gardens. Through well-planned programs, you have been able to generate a great interest among boys and girls ranging from five to fourteen years of age, "This activity of yours, whereby a love for things which can be grown Is fostered and a knowledge ls disseminated concerning the mysterious life processes which operate in the plant world during the Jong months when gardens have gone to sleep under their blankets of snow and frost l most wholesome and structlve. "I especially ·commend your efforts ln this field of junior work. Believing as you do that the stimulation of a healthy interest in boys and girls in hortlcultur ~ and In agriculture will repay you well as it will the public at large when these knowledge-thirsty children -whom you are guiding have · eeome men and women. "It ls a matter of great Interest to me to note how closely you are cooperating with various public agencies o.! the state, especially the extension service, the Department of Horticulture and the Agricultural Experiment ~tations at The University of New Hampshire. "I a!ll sure that it has given the faculty specialists at Durham much pleasure to be of help to you and you, for your part, have doubtless profited greatly from the expert counsel and the extensive practical knowJenge which the University so freely makes available to all. "The Federation, on !ts part, has been of material assistance to the ~~1 ~~~~•_; state in various ways, the one which impresses me most-possibly because It ls the most recent-being your extremely instructive contribution to the program at Crawford Notch when New Hampshire entertained State HighwaJ officials and their wives, from many slates. "The pageant, "Roads and Romance" which your organization produced on that occasion, in co-operation with the state highway department was most beautlfully done and I publicly thank you for all the time, and energy, and worry · it must have cost you. "I heard from the representatives of other states nothing but praise for your fascinating visualization of the progress in road building and the influence of roads upon civilization, .,..,.,,,:'"'"·· from the day of the primitive indian trail to the multiple-lane highways modern times. �turned loose to wander at will and without supervision-but, as soon as they ci·oss their state line, will be "Aside from your special devotion to taken under observation by the comthe interests of the garden and to all monwealth into which they enter. "The possibilities for crime preventhings beautiful, and your constitutional antagonism to all that offends tion and law enforcement that are the eye by needlessly desecrating nat- presented by this compact re very ure's scenic loveliness, you have also great, in my opinion. "Since I have been discussing the made a great contribution, as an organization and as individuals, toward 'l)rogress that has been made in crime prevention .and in the field of human the cause of good government. "Indeed, I will go so far as to say rehabilitation, you may be interested that the enactment into law of many to hear what the state has been acgreat progressive measures designed to complishing by way of enforcing the promote the public welfare would have statutes relating to the public protecbeen impossible had it not been for the' tion and the arrest and punhhment effective and long continued educa- of criminal offenders. tional campaigns conducted in their behalf by the women and women's State Police organizations. ,, "As you know, since July first of this year, New Hampshire has had a Probation Department depai,tment of State Police. Perhaps "It must have been a great source you realize, also, that we have been of satisfaction to you, who so well able to create this new .agency for law understand the many dangers and the enforcement, without adding to the :misfm:tunes which threaten young itax-payers bm:den. This accomplishlives in their progress to maturity, to ment was made possible by merging Bee finally become law at . the last in a new department two existing session of the legislature, bills intro- agencies-The Highway Motor Patrol duced with my sponsorship, establish- and the Division of Criminal Investilllfll•••=--~Q'>t Ing a state department of probation, gation in the Attorney-general's office -and giving this new unit adequate and. broadening the powers of the ]uBges charged with the administra- .authority to operate. "The need for a system of state tion of laws relating to juvenile delinquency. police has been agitated in New Hamp"Because of _x.ecent occurrences, the shire for many years. "The inadequacy of public protecpersonal ba,ppiness which this action tion in the rural ,1.nd recreational a.fioroed me 1s tinged with regret ithat these -exce1lent laws were :not 'Written areas was recognized generally but the on tlo.e statute books long -ago, and remedies heretofore proposed were too sweeping in their nature and involved that lhe ,Power now .granted the Govcosts which the legislature would not -ernor Mld which I exercised only a approve. short time agO-:-to enter into inter"The existing arrangement is simple, mte compacts for the control· of parinvolves no increased costs, yet proolees and probationers, was not availvides a basis upon which New Hampable in the past. shire may build a department of "If New Hampshire had a probation State Police which wlll prove of greatdepali!ment, uch as we are now orest value and of which the public grorlzing, and if we had in effect here may be proud. an =gement for the reciprocal "Because the department of state su_pervision of those conclitionalyy liberated from the penal and correct- Police and the work of the state troopers is so new in New Hampshire, it ional :Institutions of other states, we wlll be interesting to you, I hope, ii probably would have been spa.red the I make use of the few minutes retragedy of a few weeks ago, at Gilmaining at my disposal to tell you :lord, and perhaps other crimes. something of the accomplishments to ~such .an interstate compact is now the credit of the department thus :far in effect between New' '.Hampshire ancl and the progress that has been made ~enty-:five other states, including, in In nlacing it upon an effective, workNew Ellgl.and~ Rhode Island, Vermont ing basis. .ruad .Massachusetts. "One of the essential requirements "It was signed by me and presented, of modern police work Is a rnpld 1n mY name, to the national conferand adequate means of communicaence .held at Kansas city a short time tion between the lleadquarters and ,ago -nnder tht' sponsorship of the inthe patrolmen. ter-state comrn.i!:siC'n on crime, by Mrs. "Great advances have been made 0 • ""=-'··•"·'""""'lBertha H. A,twood of iBarringbon, who in short-wave ·radio equipment, makas ::i.p_poi.nted a ,m~cr of tln.t im lng It possible In many cities to esll!lo:rt.lnt ocmmissiOL an my recornencltab!lbh systems involving the use of $tlon. ' police cruiser cnrs constantly in com·•~ :i. .rc..'"Ult of this mu.t all• agreemunication by rndlo telephone with ment, th:: paro1ees and the probationa dispatcher at police headquarters. of t)1ose states will no longer be "You have every reason to be proud of that little chapter in the History of your Federation. ers . ~~lb--=-=---,.,....,,.,.- - - The Teletype "The .teletype, which is a system of interconnected automatic typewriters, ls another means whereby the police over a wlde area are able to transmit alarms and necess ry Information quickly and accurately. "The state has been 1irompt to recognize the need for adequate police co~munication and has equipped its cruiser cm s with rn< io. The headquarters t Concord is able to contact very quickly• the patrolmen in !he lower half of the state, by makmg use of the Mas~achusetts State Police rnd10 statiou~ 1or liroadcasting the messa1,cs on their !,hori wave system. "Unfortunately, the mountains in the North rn part of New Hampshire make it impossible to solve the problem of communications in the simple fashion ln which we have been able in the Southern portion which is comparatively 11at. "To adopt present r, dio equipment for use In the New H. mpshh·e north country would require a very large expenditun by the i.iate for the construction f broadcasting stations. "Besides this practical use of the radio, the state police now have direct teletype connection with the Massachusetts State Police, this permitting contact within the space o! twenty minutes with over nlne hundred police departments in the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvani~, New Jersey and Deleware. "In connection with teletype, there is an Interesting story which I can tell you showing how effectively this system wns used only a few days ,ago ln apprehending a man wanted 1ln a charge of murder in the town of Candia. "The state t.ioopn engaged in patroling that particular part of the state telephoned to headquarters at the State House tl1at a woman had been shot and he gave a description of a car whi:h had been driven away by a man suspected of having shot her. "Immediately this information, including a description of the car, was transmitted by teletype to Manchester. The police department in that city has a modern, two-way radio system and it was only a matter of r,~ii•iS'l'li:J• seconds after the teletype message had been received before the patrolmen In every cruiser car were on the alert for the wanted car and the man. You will be interested to know that within twenty-five minutes of the time when the crime was committed, the officers In one of the Manchester police cruiser cars apprehended the man who was sought. "A telephone communication system has also been worked out which �will enable state police to contact the trooper in a very short space of time by means of the teletype and the broadcasting of the Massachu~etts state police. Valuable Service "In passing, I wish t-0 invite your attention to the valuable service bedng rendered the state of New Hampshire by its sister state wlthout charge. "It is my hope that before long we may be in a position to show our appreciation of thi excellent display of inter-state cooperation by being of service ourselves to the police of Massachusetts. "Troop areas are being developed, so that people in the rural and recreational sections will be able to contact in the shortest possible time the man responsible for patroling that area. "This fall, for the first 1ime, summer homes are being chrrkrd with ·a view to seeing whether U1ry have been disturbed by burglars or prowl·ers. "From now on, and m1til tiie summer season returns, state troopers will check these clo~ecl homes, leaving on each visit a printed slip giving the date of the call, the trooper's name and conditions on the premises as he found them. "I believe that this practise wlll have the effect of minimizing the operations of those who make a specialty of ransacking summer homes. "The statute creating the department of state police requires it to cooperate with all local police departments. In furtherance of this legislative direction, the st.ate polire are gradually making their hca-1quarters a clearing house for the securing and dissemination of all criminal records gathered in the state. "Sheriff, Deputy ShPriffs fllld Chief of Police, all contribute in building up this accumulation of criminal in formation and, in turn, they all participate ln utilizing it. "In order that the new clepartm c r, mjght make an early start in the direction of efficiency, a ~tale police academy was institu(Pcl at Durham. "As Instructors at this srhool, the department secured the services of outstanding attorneys ancl police experts, in Maine and Massachusetts, 11s well as New Hampshirr. ns lecturers on various subjects relating to crime, criminal law ancl Jnw enforcement. "Each trooper spent two \'Prks at the academy and, from an insprcti0n of what was done there, I am sati~:· d that the taxpayers will profit. greatly from the small amount of money spent ln giving this sprcial im;tructlon and intensive training. "Without appearing in the newspaper headlines, the state police have in the short period of time that they have een n existence, assisted other law enforcement agencies in connection with a good many major crimes. "Since the department is required to ttu"n over, to the sheriffs and county solicitors, all investigations where a felony is know or suspected to have Hampton, Nov. 26-Capt. James been committed, the operallons of the Hayes of the state police said here last state police have in such cases taken evening that state tzoopers would probthe form of ef:l'ectlve assistance rather nbiy be wearing their new uniforms than leadership. before the end o! next week, Their "In 11, short. time, t.1,e enLlre departuniform will be colored dark green ment will be outfittccl in new uniforms, and they will wear a "IO-gallon hat the design of which resulted from care:;imilar to the New York state police ful study. When you see them, I am except for the ribbon" which wrn · be sure that you wilJ be greatly pleased. green t-0 match the uni.Corms of tWs The troopers have also been equipped state. Besides the uniform, t~ree with new Smith and Wesson Magnum shirts, a necktie, shoes and puttees, guns, the most powerful revolvers built. Tile New Hampshire department is the Capt. Hayes stated, troopers would be only° police organization in the United :furnished with an ovezcoat. States, outside of the bureau of criminal identification at Washington, which has equipped its men with these gw1s. "In short, New Hampshire has already made rapid progTess in establishing and equipping its new depnrtment of state police and as the months go by the machinery which is just now being set up will function more and more smoothly. "And, now, in bringing these remarks 'A conference .will be held at Conto a conclusion, I wish to take advantage of this opportunity to say to you cord on Dec. il to discuss the advisa• how deeply I appreciate the Interest blJ!ty of starting a permanent /ollce the women of New Hampshire have school at the University o New taken in sponsoring and promoting Hampshire. man y forms of n eeded legislation. state police officials, representatives "Their influence has been of the of t-Own and city police depa:r:tments greatest importancr and nnd cmmty she:rifis will be request~ growing steadily with the years. to attend the n1et1ting. "The public has come to realize that, 'I11e UnivP-rsity has expressed willbasically, the Interest of men and woingness to help in carrying on such a men are idcntical;-that they each are school through giving the use of its actuated by the same nece:<.~ities;:raclliUes and by securing sexfi{:e& that l'Rch has much to contribute to of competent instnictors. the rommon effort to find solution · t.o 11!' !-,re:>! economic and social problems of 1]-,c timcs,-and that if these ques- t;.,~/il.T,,,,....ri ticn·· are to be answered in a manner wh, 1 will lessen life's worries . and fem f nnd sufferings that much clesirecl result will ha ue greatest prospect cf rr:ilization if men and women work it 11t together." STATE TROOPERS TO EAR NEW UNIFORMS SOON PERMANENT POLICE SCHOOL AT N. H. U. - PROPO ED w Luncheon At 12.30 At 12.30 a lu ncheon was served in the ballroom of the Rockingham hotel where the sessions are being held. The afternoon session began at 2 o·elork and later E. D. Putnam of Petuborough gave an illustrated lecture. r;;:11[:.;..!llll:·.: �FERNALD NIGHT OBSERVANCE ·BY KITTERY SOCIETY There' is "to be a . meeting of the Kittery /Historical ·society at · the Community House· at Kittery Point on Friday evening of this 'week, beginning a~ . 7.30 o'clock. This meeting wUl be known as "Fernald Night" in recognition of the eminent surgeon of the Gorges Colony whose coming from Devonshire, England, to this section of the country was celebrated at the York County Tercentenary observance of last year. ., Any descendants of Renald Fernald .are • cordially invited .to bring some anecdote or article of historical interest belonging to . the Fernald family. Mrs. Carrie ,K . .. Hail, former secretary to Lfrs. Julia Brown Keene, who collected much of Fernald data, will be the. principal. , speaker. The meeting will l>e , open to the public. · . . DULY ~~ ' BSERV~~EVVR~,i At a meeting of the Kittery _Histori · Boclety a ''Fernald Night" program was ))resented in recognition of Renald (or Reginald) Fernald, distinguished surgeon -of the Gorges-Mason . Colony wh.ich ca.me to tbls vicinity in :Ml36 f:rom Devonshire, . England. M:rs. Carrie K. HalI, guest speaker CJf the evening and descendant qf Dr. Renald Fernald, presented an excellent J)aper on the FernaTd family, tracing the genealogy back to the time of Charles VIII of the · Valois line of Prencb Kings. Jean Francis Fernald, emment physician and surgeon to Henry II, was born in Clermont, France, April 26, 1497, His son, Francis Fernald, born March 3, 1533, was also not only a noted physician, but a clergyman and prolific writer. He was chaplain to the Prince of Orange, minister of Walloon Church, Antwerp. He was a professor at Neustedt and Heidelberg Universities visited France, and was a surgeon in the• Royal Navy. Dr. John Fernald, son of Rev. Francis Fernald, was born March 5, 1556 and married Aninetta, daughter of Gaspard! De Ciligny, Admiral of France. Their son, Capt. Sir Wm. Fernald was born June 12, 1575. One authority says he was an officer in the British Navy, fought the Spanish Armada when only 13 years of age, and was commander of the "Garland" in the Cadiz expedition, April 1596. He was knighted Oct. 8, 1597 and created a viscount in 1624. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Commander Amond of the British Navy. Their oldest son was Renald Fernald, who came to this country in 1631, and was surgeon to the Mason Gorges Colony. To him, Sir Wm. Fernald gave the :iword of Dr. Jean Francis Fernald, which was a Damascus blade, its hilt being 4percent gold and made in Italy. (This sword is now in the hands of a collect.or, valued at $25,000). I Sir Wm. Fernald, Ren ald Fernald's father, in 1630 brought from Chester, England to Virginia, on his ship, "King Phillip," Temperance Wash ington and her parents who were the ancestors of George Washington. Temperance Washington later married Thomas Fernald, a brother of Dr. Renald Fernald. Renald F ernald's mother, Elizabeth (Armand) Fernald, wife of Sir Wm . Fernald , was named for Queen Elizabeth o1 England, who gave her, in remembrance, an anclent silver teapot. made by Francis De Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany., about 1580. It was brought to this coun try by Renald Fernald and is now in possession of a descendant. Mention was also made of Gen. Geo. Washington 's sword which was presented by him to his cousin, Capt. Tobias Fernald, to be hnnded down that line. Interesting anecdotes concerning prominent memberf. of the Fernald Family of later generations were told by various individuals in th e aud ience. There were on display several articles of historic interest pertaining to the Fernald family . At the conclusion of the program, Mrn. Hall was given a rising ~ote of thanks for her gracious and untiring efforts in preparing an<1 prcsentin.; her paper tor the Kittery liitito1i al Soeiet.Y. EDVJARD T. VJENDELL Edward T. Wendell, for many years a prominent busi11ess man ol this city, Jl:1~scl! away Saturday tvcning at his Jiome on Thaxter road. Mr. Wendell was a native ancl lifelong 1csiclen L of Portsmouth. He was .born ,Jnly 8, 1860, the wn of the late Frcder1ck S. and Mary Jane (Twombly) Wendell, and i8 survived by his wife, Mrs. :Nora M. (Greeley) Wendell, formerly of Merrimac, Mass.; one son , Harold B. Wendell of nrooklyn, N. Y., and two l:lJtilers, Mrs. Charles J. Edwards and Mis. George B. Loni, both of this city. Until last May, when lie retired, Mr. Wendell conduct.cd a wholesale tobacco bnslness at U1e corner of Market and Deer streets. This business establlsh>i1ent was one of the oldest in the city, having been established by Mr. Wendell's father in 1804. For many years Mr. Wenclell was associate<] with his father nnd at the latter's death Jn 1920 succeeded him. Mr. Wendell was a member of St. Anrlrew's Lodge, No. 56, A. 1~. & A. M., and Damon Lodge, Knights of Pythias. He w:1s one for whom all heltl the highest HSJll'c:l ancl his passing will he mourned liy a large mun bu ut ii lends and nssocmles Services will be h clcl at. his late home on Thaxter road at ll o·c1ock Tuesday for noon. Friends inviter!. Kindly omit flowus. r~~~ l')O(). \ 'S, \q~'1 COU NTESS TOLSTOY GUEST OF HONOR ,. ONATIONDAY Friday of this week will be Donation Day at the Home for Aged Women on Deer street and It is hoped the people of this community will contribute generously to this worthwhile ~stitutlon. Gifts of money, fruit, vege tables, groceries, cannel goods, jellles, llnen, etc., will be appreciated. The Home will be open from 2 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon and an entertaining program will be given at 2.30. The Ambassador orchestra, undet· the direction of Mrs. Robert Potter, wlll open the program with a number of selections. A reading, outlining the history of the Home, will be given by Mrs. Inez McIntire and there will be a saxophone solo by Mrs. Charles O'Harra and vocal selections by Mrs. Mary W.- Priest to complete an enjoyable afternoon. n•1 1•31 Countess Alexandra Tobt~y who was the speaket· at the afternoon meetmg of the Grafiorc Club on Wed• nesday, was the guest of honor at a dinner held at the Rcckingham· Hotel in the evening. Those attending were Countess Tolstoy, Mrs. Mabel Boyls~ ton, Mrs. Mary I. Wood, Mrs. Edith Hayes, Mrs. F. W. H.u-tford, Mrs. Les-• ter Harding, Mrs. Harley Remick, Mr/3 . Gustave Peyser. Mrs. Justm Hartford , . Mrs. Beutrice H. Scarborough, Mr,1. Walter Lane and Mrs Edith Torrey. The a.t1a!r was Informal and those attending were privJlt'gcd to hear more of the intlmate side of the cow1tesa' ltfe. She entertained them with var1,ms inciden ts which wer!! or ;interest, �,o\ A -_ _. , _ _ COUNTESS OLSTOY CO ra G HERE Wednesday afternoon. Nov . 17, will afford the mem'Jers of the Graffort Club an exceptional µrogr:im The club will be entertained by Countess Alrxanclrn Tolstoy. the youngest daughter of Count Leo Tolstoy, the great dramatist, idealist, and literary genius of Russia. ConntPss Tol ~toy was her father·~ err<' ary nn<l was with him as long a• he Jivrd. During the Russian revolution tl1e bclshevists seized nll lier family pn5sessions, but the ountrss rl'mainell in Russia. She "l\' a~ careful lo take no part in the politir~ or pol it ic:il activities of the count ry. but she "was accused of counter-revolutionary plotting" and as a resul t received a threeyear sentence in a prison camp. Here she had to endure the same hardships of squalor and drprivati<m as her fellow prisoners. The Countess Tolstoy i~ not fond of idleness. While in prison she started a school for the 150 unfortunate prisoners. The success of the school was responsible for her prison rrlease. After leaving the prison she w11s given the funds lo increase the school and to establish a kindergarten . There were six centers and about 000 stmlrnts connected with the school. When the government of Russia wished to use the influence of the school for the spreading of anli-religiou~ propagnncla the Countess went to Japan where she remained until 1931. Countess Alex:mdra Tol toy ha come to America to live. Tn her two books, "The Tragedy of Tolstoy" ancl "I Worked For the Soviet.: • she h11s already arou~ed within h<'l' rcnrlry n deire to meet and hrar thl~ exceptionally able and sincere person tell of her father, "Count Leo Tolstoy and the Russian Revolution." LEXANDRA TOLSTOY. ' ~ ERE WEDt- E DAYil \\ .-~, The regular m Fe-llnl! of 1hE Grnffo.rrt Club on Wccln ucl:iy nftcrno0n wlll prnbably be cm{; of the ou'•· tr,r· <ling nes 0f the year, :,~ t!1e ptc~: q r:,.ke.r will bt Alexond1a Tohtoy. clnnr.-htcr of the In.l e Count Tclstry of R,n·i:l one of the outstn.nclint; lite rm~· Jigmr~ o:£ . he r11Jd. T he com1 1c·•~ i~ th,• cmmt's youngci-t clill'gh •<r :,nd Is C'H' •tfl'Hling m h er n r igh ! n• •··,-11 :\5 !Jci11i; t11c daugh ter of :, rl ~ani;·1, he •l miin She i in th is 5Erti0. cf r,r C'•tmtry ~iving Jt rt11rer nnrl t ,r C:•,!lr:r· Ch• • r c11'J'e<1 0 C 1m ss Tolstoy Guest "'peak r At GraHort Club G th ring Tl w npp••a1-. nc" of Countess Alexan-~n:r befor the Graflort cluu on Weun.,sday afternoon brought a huge nru 1bcr of members, as well ns ninny ot,hcr~. and all WP.re enthusiastic over h" r t Ilk. The ml'etlng opened with the singing of ''America." Under the direction of the Muste department, the club enjoyed o. hrlef musical period with Nelson Ramsdell, Jr., trumpetist, as guest soiolst, nccompanled by Mrs. Ramsdell. Mrs M, bel Boylston, president of the club, introduced the distinguished guest. The count ss opened her tslk by snyini; that it was 20 years slnre the Russian Revolution, but that now none seem~ to know what is going on 1n Rus.qln. Sta.ting that so many people l'md sked h~r what Count Tolstoy would think of the present day situation if he were living, she answered by saying ' 'My father was certainly a religious man. We all know the Socialist movemenf;-the Marxlsf;-is Atheistic. Diqr.ussing the executions of people in Sovillt Russia she stated that for manv ye9-rs Russi h d 1 o capital punir,hment o.t o.!l. She told of Nlcholns, the 1st, condemning to death a. numb r of persons. Sh said that lh\s upset her f ther and it was then he wrot "I C nuot Be Silent." The countc, s spoke of th reactions which rer,ull,NI from this, one of which was the rcceivmg of a rope with o. letter saying h e ShOLlld hang himself. In spPJ.king of the evolution she r,~ld t ho ~ th people wer oppressed under l,h mon rchy, but that the nrvolutio 1lqt.q used the so.me methodshatred, wickedness and force-to come into pow r 'l'h se Lrrorist.~, she sa id, 11romtr:e<l ll 1111d to th peasants. Lrnin 11d h i, c mrades m de many promi,;er;, r.he st ted, but not one o( those promh .., w:-is kept. As an x0mpl she said tlto.t 2500 acre:, of 1 ud which belonged t ') Count Toi toy she gave to the l)easant1, hut tl1ls was seized during the evolution, o.nd she stfited it was only through use of her f ther's no.me tlmt Rhe succeeded in getttng some of the 1 nd back for the pe ants. Counte. s Alex ndr gave briefly the history of th rise of the Rus., lnn leaders, telllng how Leuitl in eKlle was r,pr ad!ng propaganda, and of the need for money, Then she said Stalin appef\red and got the money. Then came tt,e rise of Lenltt Into power o.nd Stalin n.tso '.Nobody understands what is going on now It seems that there are no old Bolsh vu ts left," she :it ted, The apeaker told of one eKperirnce in prLqon. Sh in a Russian prL,011 f r eight months, o.nd she told of ~he CCflelt lrs wluch existed there. Returnin to the subject of execuUon11 slL s tated that 800 Communists cim T oi have been executed by Stalin from Jan. 1, to August 1, o.nct. that altogether he rad killed 5,000 peo~le µi that time. What is the matter that the,- are , 9 ,=i.;'I<-, shootmg each otl:ler?" she asked. She mentioned some of her father's phil· osophy, "the more evil, the more evil it creates" •·wtth Stalin is thil mania for persecution.'' site said. "He Ls afraid ' that he co.xmot h~ld th. vower," she continue(!'.. di~ Calling collective farms one of greatest mistakes -of• Stalin, she told of what happened as a result of this, and -·..,.~---~,,. that many died in the famine and some were even charged with canni• ballsm. She stated that the census 1n 1929 revealed there were 25,800,000 and in. 1935 the population was 20,900,000, • ::.r-,,,,.ec·, , brmging out that there is nearly 500,'000 less now than in 1929, Countess Tolstoy told of the plan fo~ compulsory education for all which was just being wcrked out prior to the rev• - ~ ~ . olu~lon. ':fhen came a period of i;ontln• ued illiteracy, she said, and recently came the order for education and schools and colleges opened. She said that the schools are also used for pro• paganda. She stated that she refused to distribute pi-opaganda at the musewn where her father's manuscripts are and as a 1·esult ls banished from the cow1try. Tw·ning to the question of religion she said "Rellgion,.the belief 1n Christ, ls spreading. We want to"be allowed to go to church and this ls what the Bol• shevlsts feel that they must conquer....; religion." She compared the Russians· turnin3' toward religion to a plant turning toward the light. "If a shield 1s put up the plant will grow w1tll it reaches tha light," she said "and that 1s happening right now to Russia ~nd that is why I am hoping now for salvation." Countess Tolstoy has a fine person• allty and her manner in present!pg her in,,~lll,llrt.• talk was most pleasing. She is a very lnterestlng speaker and all greatly en• j ~~•ed her talk, Following the close of the talk an in• fonno.l reception was held, to give all who wished a chance to greet Countess Tolstoy, In the receiving line were t-he president, Mrs. Mabel M. Boylston --""'''""' Countess Tolstoy, the vice president'. Mr~. Edith Hayes, and the hostesses ot the afternoon, Mrs. Edith w. ~dger, Mrs. Chester G. Mayo, Mrs. Mabel M. Walton and Mrs. Beatrice H. Matthews. The ushers were :Mrs Alberta T. Sweetser, Mrs. Florence E. Preble, Mrs. Carolyn B. Seybolt and Mrs. poroth7 .... ,.~,..,_..._..,,. Rand. Special guests included local clergymen and thek wives, Dr. Benjamfn C, Woodbury, students at the Universityof New Hampshire who are studying the works of Count Tolstoy, and pupils of the Po1-t.smouth High School. The l '1.11 was decorated with ferns and rubber plants. �At the meeting of the Northern Colonists held at Dover on Monday evening, Edgar A. Leighton of Somersworth . read a paper on "LandThe Bickford Men· orial Room at Club, the Hi-Y club, the Portsmouth marks of' • Portsmouth, · Now Obliterthe Portsmouth YMCA was declicaled Hi-Club and the Pm-tzmoulll Chapter ated." Mr. Leighton said there are on Thursday evening at appropriate of DeMoly was represented by Master records that the Basq\fes were whalexercises. Councilor E. Everly Howe nnll a large ing off the American coast as early James II. Smlth, president of the number of ofnccrs of the lod~e as well as 1504 and that in 1523 Varrazano, YMCA, presided, and ' extended a wcl- as directors of the YMCA. an Itall.an captain, who landed first come to all present and spoke o! the Flowers from the Jr. Hi-Y club were at _Cape Hatteras, eventually came openhlg of the YMCA. presented to Mrs. Mary La ne Bickto the Piscataqua. It is well known Reid 0. Besserer who came here re- forll for her conlinuecl loyalty and dethat Martin Pring entered the river cently to do YMCA work gave a short volion to the youlh of the YMCA. A 1n 1603 and is believed to have landed history of the late Winfield Clarkson flowering plant was received from for sassafras a score of years beBickford, for whom the room was Miss J ean Bickford, a sister of Winfore the advent of Mason, Gorges named. Bickford, one of the most po- Jleld Bickford, now at Keene. A letand Edward Hilton. pular young men of the city, died on ter was read fn"n Leland Brigham, a The Old Spring Market was long Jan. 1, 1928 when a li ttle over 23 years former local young man, now at Newa landmark in Portsmouth and the old. He was active in the YMCA, a port. favorite landing place for boatmember of the Hi-Y Club, a charter The dcclicallon of the room was by men from Kittery and up river. It member of the DeMolay, and the the President, Mr Smith, wh o in his was so named from the spring of youngest director of the "Y". Uc was <.lcclica tion sta'tc,rncnL said, " It Js om· sparkling water that discharged close a member of the North Church and hope that. as groups meet lj.cre the to the edge of tidewater. The locaactive in the young people's society of spirit of this young man who lived tion is just off Bow street and was that church. At the time of his death among us so nobly may be kept alive later the sl.te of the electric railway he was employed at the National Mc- in the hearts of Jnr oncoming gcncraferry. ' chanlcs and Trader; Bank. tio11." The provincial state House was There was n large number in nll:'roycr was hy Rev. '\,Villi,1m Ha!Tonl built on resolution o! the Assemtendance a t Lho decllcatlon, inclttdlnft Jone~, a member o! the Iman! oI dlrccbly · in 1758 and stood in what t'.!';.;re~rll!es~e~n:1t~a,;;ti~v~es~f~r;.:,o:,; m;,..:t::h,:;;e~J,:;:.un:.:,i:,:o:,:.r~H~i,:.-Y:,...,,;.to~1~·s:,:.,- ~ - is now the center of Market square, then called King Street. The easterly room was occupied for the council chamber, the middle room for the House of Representatives, and the westerly one for the Court of Common Law. The old State House wai, the scene of stirring times when the Monday was the 70th anniversary of For the J)Ul'J)ose of istlmulat1ng in Colonists were resisting the tyrannithe organization of Storer Post, Grand terest in the proposed tercentcnar cal acts of the mother country and Army of the Republic. Pw a number of among the people of Hamptm the. day the . obnoxious Stamp y~ars this post was very active, but durand sun·otmding towns, a public meet Act was to take effect, November l, _ dng will be held in the Town Hall a ing- the last decade t.he members have 1765, .there was a mass meeting l-Iampton, Nov. 23, under tho auspice decreased, un til there ls only one living of ·disapprov~. Wh'en the act was of the tercentenary committee. and he is not residh1g in this city. The repealed in 1766 ·a joyous celebration J udge John Perkins, chairman o only member remaining is Henry Mor• took place. It was also the scene of a br1ll1ant state occasion when the general committee, will preside gan, who resides in Atlantic City, N. J., and the speaker will be Rev. Herbe1·b having left here several years ago. The Governor John Wentworth was inducWalker, pastor of the Congregational r-ommander of the post, Charles Kent, ted into office in 1767. church and an active worker on sev- died a few weeks ago. When the Declaration of Indepeneral important committees for tho The first public appearance of Storer dence was read to the excited pop800th anniversary celebration. Post was on Memorial Day 69 years ago, ulace there, 'Thomas Manning mounted Several reels of colored motion pic- when the graves of soldiers and sailors the steps and proposed that King tures taken dming tho pn.st season to were decoralccl at the North and South street be at once changed to Conpublicize Hampton Bench ancl · tho gress street. The proposal was carried 300th a.nniversary will be shown. by accl/l,mation and the name still Practically every event arranged for remains. pi.e structure was removed the season's program at Hampton in 1836 and the site today is the Beach in 193.8 wlll be of a commemortraffic center of a busy city. · ~tiv~ natUJ·~ imd :inapy JI.P~\l~n_l $1YS-~t~ The old City or National Hotel at Congress and Fleet streets was the ~re also planned. All of these celebracenter of activity in stage coach tions wlll culminate with the official days. Other landmarks named by anniversary observance which ls now the •writer · tha~ have passed from planned for August 21 to 24. ~ t\• 1 'id•l sight were the old town pump, near . the State ' House, that also served as a whipping post; the old South mill operated by tidewater; the Jail on Islif!gton street and the printing office of Daniel Fowle at Pleasant, Washington and Howard streets, where the oldest newspaper now pub'ished in America issued its first OF HAMPTON WILL BE. STORER POST ORGANIZED 70 YEARS ll}ELEBRATED IN 1938 AGO 300th ANNIVERSARY iete --- �figures from popular children's books: Armer, L: A...:..:Trader's Children Aile, M. H.-Great Tradition 1 Boylston, H. D.-Sue Barton: ""-~-.._.., Nlll'$e Braune, Anna-J-Ioney Chile •· Bruce, M. G.-Clrcus Ring Brnnhoff, Jean de-S.t ory of Babar · Buck, Frank-On Jungle Trai1s1 Bugbee, Emma-Peggy Covers I Washington Chil<lrrn's Rnol, Wrek is being Burgess T . .W.-TaleS from the Storysr•rvrd 11:ilimnlly t.l\i<; week nnd nt the teller's House . P~rlsmoulh Public Library there :ire to Burglon, Nora-Gate Swings In be found interesting displays to interBurt.on. V. L.-Choo-Choo; the Story of c,t the children. Between 60 and 70 of a Little Engine the brst of the new books for boys and Coatsworth, Ellzabeth-Alice-all-by~iris hnve bern acquired in prcpnraiion Herself for Children's Book Week ancl these Crowell, C. C.-Little House fasdnnling stories will delight Davis, Julia-No Other White Men y )lll\f\:;t ('\'. DcLeeuw, Adele-Place for Herself Amonf\ the new books for young peoDoust, L. A.-Drawlng Lessons ple aclclccl to the local library is a book Children by a fonnrr Portsmouth girl, Miss DuBois, Theodora-Diana Can Do It Helm Boylslon. Mi<;s Boylston will be Eliot, Frances-Traveling Coat remPmbcrccl as the aulhor of "Sue BarFenton, C. L.-Life Long Ago ton. Rlmlrnt. Nurse.'' Her latest volFernald, H. C.-Smofe Blows West mne is enlit.led ·•sue Barton, Fitzpatrick, Kathleen-Weans of RowNurse," a f.equel lo the former. allan A ~pedal labltllnsbeen arrangeu in Gaither, Frances-:-Little Mlss Cappo the Fnhlic Library for the display of G.nner, Eloira-Ezekiel some or the interesting new books for Gere, F. K.-Once Up'on a Time chilclrcn. On display also are eight of Egypt the brst rcprocluelions of the covers or Grodin, A. J.-All the Year Round new books, the artistic work or ninth ~-iarlman, Gertrude-Medieval Dayi;· grndc i:tudents at the Junior High and Ways Schoo.I. The eight finest were su\JHess, Fjeril-Shanty Bi·ook Lodge · mit.1.rcl by Bernard Winebaum, Janet Heylig··, William-Wildcat . The only Civil War veteran residing Et,Jniclg<', Alex Marvin, Taylor Greer, Hinkle, .J. C.-Crazy Dog Curley m Portsmouth, James Arrington of 82 Norm:t Volkman, Barbara J:-.rkson, Holland, R. S.-Plays of the American ''-'•·"···' ..,... L?.ngdon street, is today obsrrving his Cllarlrs Grossman and Mary Wood. Colonies 93rd birthday an11ivet1sary and is quite .. Hughes, E. L.-Little Shepherd's Trust acllve and in good health. He gets out Ht'".'itt There ::nt a number of most attrnctHyman, M. W. ed.-Find Out Book of doors dally and only a short time iw ))!ctm·e book:; for JiLUe children now James. Will-Cowboy in t)'le M{lklng ago walked from Market Square to his al thr library. A display of int.c-rest to Kelly, E. P .-Treasure Mountain home, a distance of nearly three-quar- 1111' lit tlr folks is composed of a numKlssru, Rih-Chimncy-Sweep Tower ters of a mllr. Inlrrrslccl In all Lhat htr o[ st :rnd-111> fii;urcs or s\.(Jry book Knox, R. B.-Footlights Afloat goes on, he reads a lot and keeps up to rhnrnrtNs in color. Such perpetual Mathiews, F. K. ed.-Boy Scouts Year date with current events. He has lived fnrnritcs of childhood as Heidi, Tom Book of Patriots and Pioneers In this city the past 17 yearr,, coming Sawyer, Black Beauty, Honk, The Meader, S. W.-Who Rides in the Dark? here to be with his son, C. B. Arrington. fOOf'(', The Red Horse, Kim, Little Reel Meadowcraft, E. LaM.-Gift of the RivWhen 17 years old he enlisted In the n,<ling Hood, Peter Rabbit, Lat!, Smoky, er: a History of Ancient Egypt Union Army against tho wishes of hL~ kodc•mus :rnd His Dog and Morgan, DeWdlfe-Messenger to father, who succeeded in getting his 111ers :-re to be ~ccn. Pharaoh · name taken from the nrmy roster. P:n('llt.<; nre invited to bring Morrison, Lucille-Lost Queen of Egypt La~r, however, he enlisted, joining the children to the Public Library Nolen, E. W.-How the ' Government Timd Mass. Heavy Artillery Regiment t.'lis Children·s Book Week ancl to acServes lhe Nation on Sept. 19, 1863. Du1'1ng his service In quaint their boys and girls with the Orton, H. F.-Secret of the the army he took part In the engagef"~cinating stories and picture books t.o Box ment, in .which General Early's raid on he secured there. An apprPciation oi Pease, Howard-Foghorn lhe fort.~ surrounding Washington, D. good books, suited to each age, and a PeaUie, D. C..-Child's Story of C., in July, 1864, was repulsed. ln~e of reaclinr may be planted in the World Although not a member of the local child's mind :it an early age, impartir1~ Pen 1oyer, Sara-Polly Tl.!cker, Grand Army Post he ls a past com:i lasting source of pleasure and chnnt ,. mander of Phil Sheridan Post, No. 24, .:lrnction thro11ghout life. Doys :incl Phillips, E. c.-Calico of Salem, Mass. He was president of gills arc welcome at Port.~mout.h's ft'er Ransome, Arthur-Pigeon Post the Third Mass. Heavy Artillery RegliJibrnry, ther<' being a specinl reading Reed, W. M. and Lucas, J. M.-Anlmais menlal Association for 12 yenrs. IUOlll for c·hihlrrn. on the March Ross, M. I.-Greentree Downs Sanford, E. P .-Vinny° Applegay Seuss, Dr.-And to Think That I It on Mulberry'street · Sill~lll!}Ster, Elsie-Loving Hee.rt StcPn . 'E, K.-Red Jungle Boy The following books have brcn arlded Stoc ·ton, Frank-Reformed Pirate to ll1e Public Library through the Turngren, Annette...'...Flaxen Braids ~eneros ily of a friend and lovrr of chtlVilliers, Ala.n-Stormalong drcn. They are on.display at lhe library Webb, Etta-Yesterday's Girl throu~hout Book Week; also book ~ackWhite, E. O.-Fa):m Beyond the Town ?ts designed by pupils of the Jw1ior Wilcler, L. T.-On the B11,nks of Plum High School, and a ''book parade" of Creek .. CIVIL WAR VETERAN IS 93 TODAY om{S FOR CHILDREN GIVF1~ TO LIBRARY "'·''M, �nteresf·ng rogram esented t Ga. hering e ast Eveni g and, as many o! the interesting incidents had not been officially recorded in the 1·ecords o! the church, some of those present suggested that the history by Mrs. Scammon be incorporated In the church records. She explained that the observance was of the dedication of the third bullding, which the society has used since 1717, ·.1hen it was incorporated. The first section or he1· report was of the second building which follows, in part: On March 26, 1767, a town meeting vote provided that a new meeting house be built where the first one stood and a committee was appointed that planned that the church be 63 feet by 45 feet, with a steeple. The church was built, serviceS' started and a pastor settled. All was harmonious until the singers began objecting to lining the songs. Finally the dispute was settled by the fathers of the church by letting the pastor line half or the time. Included in the by-laws of the REV. MARSHALL STEVENSON The 100th anniversary observance of the bu!1ding of the Community Church in Stratham was held last evening in the vestry, with a program, led by Rev. Marshall Stevenson, the pastor, that \ Included vocal solos by Norman M. Leavitt of North Hampton and a reading o·f a historicl!l report of the society by Mrs. Annie Scammon. · Upward o! 100 attended the observance. Rev. Stevenson opened the meeting, speaking briefly of celebrations of an- niversaries and what they mean to any person, organization or Institution, and said that an anniversary was a ilme to "take account of stock, giving a general perspective of what has been done in the way of advancement." Norman M. Leavitt sang "Old Road," Old-Fashioned Town" and "Asleep in the Deep." Mrs. Annie Scammon, a member of the church, proved in the history that she had spent many weeks in research society 'was lhat latecomers Lo church must clbse the door as they entered and make ~s little noise as possible while moving about during the service. on April 3, 18•7, it was _voted to tear down the building and erect a new one for the Congregational church society. At the town meeting a sum was voted to build part of lhe church, with the stipulation that the basement be 35 feet by 36 feet ancl that Lown meetings could be held there. The material, however, would belong to the town when the builcling was torn clown. Caleb Wi:;cin, !) I. gave $500 to remoclel Jackson Hall and $250 was raised to be added to that money and the hall was remodeled inlo what is now the church vestry. No record of the gift wa~ in the church records. '. Because she did not like the sound of the bell Mrs. Charles Lane gave the church a new bell in 1891. Before hanging it in the belfry it was taken to the �tee was appointed to carry on the work of building the church, which was to be 48 by 36 feet and in front of which would be a public common. After considerablr discussions and disputes as to the location of lhe church it was decided to The County Animal Rescue League, build it in the center of the tow!'!. The which was organized last February, ls site C'hosen was near the present locathe realization of its founder, Miss Migtion of the church. In 1717 the buildini; non Green, whose ambition it has been barded the bell with rock:, and it was was completed and pews and seal.s sold for many years to have a shelter for practically impossible to hear the enteraccording to the rank of the people. animals in Portsmouth. She is known tainers in the hail. as a staunch worker for the animal ,January, 1717, found the small band After the cpisoclf' I he "fire alarm" cause. Her personal sacrifices have been of pioneer farmers in Stratham looking ,,,..,.,..~•:.,t,•· .,.,,,. was stored in a ba111 but on the Fourth many in the interest of animals. for a minister to settle there. The man of July it was mounted on a cart and The league is conducting a series of was found and he was to receive a salary after being hauled about Stratham the broadcasts to appeal for funds to build or not more than 80 pounds a year and pranksters went mto Newfields, where a shelter for animals. 200 pounds with which to build a house. everyone was kept awake until early One talk has already been given by However, by 1739 he had gained much morning. Soon :, rv-r this the town Mr. Sellar, the president of the· Animal favor with Ille people and his claimc<l the bell allll sol<l it, for junk. Rescue League of Boston. The next talk \Ins ra isccl Io 200 po mcls. About 1890 a larg sum of money was is scheduled for Nov. 10 and the speaker•-~,....,_.,..,"" The people of lhc town, after many raised to change thr cl\Urch into its will be Mrs. Mary J. Kendall, of Nashyears of the first pastor's preachine;. present app~arancc. A pipe organ was ua. become scparnted and while some still given the church in the 1880's and since Mrs. Kendall is a charter member of supported the pastor others wa.nted then an electric blower hM been inthe Humane Society which was foundllPW one. On Sunday the showdown ed in 1895. She was president for twelve stalled. came when both pastors were lo preach years and 1n 1906 was appointed deputy At this point the clcdicaUon program nnd the day was described in one of the sheriff by Sheriff Nathaniel of Manwas read and Mr. L"avitt sang the invoearly scltlrrs' daiary as a "disiracefui chester. She was the first woman sheriff cation hymn used at siml time. u1 .roar.''Famous Sheriff Thomas Packever appointed in New England. Later The order of srnires for the dedier or Portsmouth intervened and reshe was obliged to resign on account cation of the church 100 years ago, stored order to the church, but the de of the illness of her husband. After was as follows: feated group Jen the church for some his death the society made her a viceI-Anthenf lime after that, until the trouble president and she is still serving in II-Reading or the Scriptures ironed out. that capacity. She is a director of the III-Prayer Mr. LeavitL closed the program vilh Massachusetts Humane Society and IV-Anthem the singing of "Friend of Mine," "Love's vice-president of the National Humane V-Scrmon Old Sweet Song'' and "Old Black Jor" Society of Albany, New York, and composed VI-Invorfl.liOn H }' lllll, Arter the 1irogram refreshments were Chairman of the Trustees of the Procfor the occasion: served by a committee consisting of tor Cemetery for Animals Lillian Stockbridge, Mary H~lrh, "El"anShe is founder of th~ D~g Cemetery Come to thy tempt mighty God, or Granton, Ruth Parkman, Vera Gowin Nashua which is dedicated to the Come, let thy prc,Pnre fill this place; en and Florence Barker. "Unknown Dog." At 6:30 every morning 0, make this church thr blest abode, Mrs. Kendall may be seen feeding the The committee which planned Where thou wilt sherl thy richest birds and pigeons in the park in front event was made up of Mrs. Annie grnce. or lhe apartment building in Nashua Sranunon, Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur CushA l\Obier tempi/" lhOll hast raised, where she lives. man, Mrs. /\ibcrt Rowe, Frank Gr'.lves, The hills, the plains. the starry skies; Iler automobile stands at the door Ralph Parkman and Rev. Stevenson. Yet thou art pleased to hPar thy prais ready to respond to a call from an ani- ""~:_,..,_~....,. Mr. Stevenson started his pastor-ite Amid lhe tcnl.s of Jacob rise. ma! in distress or to defend and proiu Stratham in September of last yerrr tect some animal which bas been and during the time he has served there While in these aisles we lowly l')f)W, cruelly treated. She is acknowledged to the attendance has grown and activiAnd raise to thee the fervent prayer; be the most prominent humane worker ties of the church have become increas0 turn thine car and harken T 1ou. in the state. She has ~iven her life to ingly inlrresting under his guidance. And o'er us sprend thy kindes earl'. the animal cause. Ile was born in Cambridge, Mass., in l!J05, lhc son of Dr. and Mrs. W. M. from this desk 1hy gospel s Slcvcnson. His father now practices in ~~:..--_.;:.:n;a:,:i preached, North Easton, Mass. He has studied 0 give that gospel great success; theology extensively and has held sevGrant it the stubborn heart my reach, rral pastorates. He received his B. A. .'1.~':lT Wi~h sovereign power lo save and degree from Harvard in 1928 and was an .__ bless. Saturday's colunm "Gleanings from instrnctor of English and history at the Past" contained a reference to the Rumsey Hall, a preparatory school in these walks thy praise reship Sabin which was built in this port Cornwall. Conn., from 1928 to 1931. He sounds. and sold in London on Nove)llber 20, was also tennis coach and led the glee 0 fill our hearts with purest love; 1862. 'The sMp was owned by Mesl)rS. club there. During his four years at And here attune our lips to sound, J . .M. Tredick, A, and G. W, Haven, Harvard h e was a member of the glee Thy richer, sweeter songs aoove. and hell's of John B. Haley. Mrs. John club amt on the varsity tennis squ ct. In Lalghton, of th1s city, is a daughter of i'JJ4-35 he taught English and Greek at Then we'll ftrqucnt this holy shrine. John B. Haley and in conversat1on with thf) Missionary Training Institute in When morn, or noon or evening's The Herald today she spoke of the shtp, Nyrrcl;, N. Y. He is now director of nigh; which was built in this city 86 muslr :\t Gordon College: I Herc may we sec a li ,ht divine, To guide our wandering souls on high. bedside of Mrs. Lane, who was seriously 111. Mr. Lane asked for Le old bell, which he hung in front of his store for a fire alarm, after removing the clapper. This proved unfortunnle because on the first evening an entertainment was held in lhc nearby town hall a group of boys stood across the road and bom- ST ART DRIVE FOR A IMAL SHELTER RECALLS OLD TIME VESSEL (') w: 0 VII-Dedicatory Prayer VIII-Anthem IX-Benediction. After covenug the last I wo periods of the society Mrs. Scammon gave a l'f'sume of the first period. In the town of Stratham charter it was stipulated that a church must be built and a commit- �BETH,\~Y CONGREGA.TIONAL CIIURCII AT RYE Special sel'Vices were held at the Bethany Congregational Church on Sunday in commemoration of the 100th anni~ersary of the present church edifice. The ceremonies included both morning and evening services and the attendance was very large at both services. The present church was dedicated 1n December 1837 as a new house o! orship for an organization which was then over 100 years old, and for a century the edifice has served as the eeting place for the Congregational Society. Rev. Robert G . Armstrong, general ecrctary of the New Hampshire Conregat!onal-Christlan Conference, was he guest speaker at both morning and evening services. He is an outstanding speaker, and hls talks were inspiring. At the morning service the ladles choir with Hope Wright, violinist, and Helen Drake organist, furnished th music. Their program was as follows; "Kamenol Ostrow'' ......• Rubenstein Helen Drake at the organ and Hope Wright, violinist. "Andante Cantabila" . . . Tchaikowski Organ and Violin "Jesus, JO}' o! Man's Desiring". , Bach Ladles Choir ·" Peace !'Leave With You" •....... • . . , ... , ..... : . . Varley Roberts Ladles Choir A musical featured the evening se1·vice. For nearly a half hour the congregation sang hymns, and then the !ollowing musical program was presented: "Trawnerei" ..• , .• , .... , . Schmuann Hope Wright, violinist ' · ''Largo" ....... . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . Handel · Hope Wright, violinist "Hear My Prayer" ...... Mendelssohn Helen Drake at the organ "Ave Verum" .... , . ..... , .... 1\1:ozart L!l.dles Choir Faith"., .... B~! "Ora Pro Nobis" ........... Palestrina Rev. Bertram Crocker at the organ •·o Lovely Zion·• ....... ... . , ... Foote Rev. Bertram Crocker at the organ "Requiem" •....... , .......... Davies Rev. Bertram Crocker at the organ The burning of the mortgage featured the ~vening service. Rev. Bertram Crocker, the pastor or the chmch, is an organist of great ability. He has b~rn nt Rye since Nov. 1, 1936, and has become very popular <luring his little more than a year as pastor. He is well known in church musical circles having compiled a hynuml while studying at Oberlin. He conducted a comse on hymnology in this city last �CLYDE ROBINSON Con11nande1·, Booma Post The governor eulogized the U. S. Ma• rine Corps, calling attention to the fact th.at Wednesday was the 62nd :mniver• ;ary of the corps and he paid tribute to tht! "soldiers of the sea," who, he said, "are related in so fnany ways · to this poi·t, so much so that their history is a. part o! the history of Portsmouth.'' Governo1· Murphy mentioned various engagements in which Marines had · taken part, and in closing said, "'One hundred and &ixty-two years, marked.by, the exemplification o! soldierly virtue and mllitary efficiency, have brought to the U. S. Marines highest distinction and to their organization most glorloUS' soldierly traditions. May the marvelous spirit and pride of the corps which bas ever animated the Marines flourish eternnlly. May there never be an end to the long line of illustrious men who, throughout the history our country have gallantly served as 'soldiers of the or sea.' .. AJI stood for a moment in wh ich was followed by taps. The local commander, Clyde Robin• son, then dedicated the building in a. brief b it impressive talk. ' 0 The flng was then raised and Jlaces i>l ille bandstand which had band played the "Star Spangled Banieen erected i11 front of the Hom . ner." Following the dedication a banquet Gomtlr. CI.vcle Robinson called upon the d 1aplain, Rev. Maxwell Ganter, who of- was held in the Armory. A large num• ber was in attendance, Including many r-i~-...:~h:·i.:~,;,: :erer! prnrer. Com clr. John 1,. Sullivan in ltis tnJI· Legion officials from various posts in Rev. ·inlet a high Lribnle Lo the laie Frank E. Maine and New Hampshire. Boomn and gave an inspiring talk. He Thomas Cushing gave the invocation. An excellent banquet was served by PH' a brief hisLory of Lhe first PortsCaterer Andrew Jarvis, consisting of .110 11 111 boy to Iosr his life in Lhe World fruit cup, olives, pickles, mashed pota- =~·"·"'it' WJ r. calling aLl r niion to the fact that 1n -I'l l~· 15, 1913, he was killrd while toes, peas, banana fritters, salad, roast beef with mushroom sauce, fancy cakes, figlir 111:;: for hls country. G overnor Murphy spoke ·1cxt and ice cream, sherbet, coffee, mints and ita ted tha t Armistice Day this rear in nuts. The first speaker, following the wel·h!, city hnd nn ncltled and imnortrom~ by Commander Robinson, was J.nt mconing, as -the post was dedk~ting Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith. Mayor ·-0 tile welfare of the American Legion Goldsmith told of the coming of the md to 1hr servic-c of God nnd country state Convention to this city next Jw1e '. his Legion home. He tolrt of the or:mcl of the fine work the Legion has ~anization doubling its membership in done, not only in t his city, but in the l'.l months. c:illing attention to the fact ~hat this rrq uirC'cl iniLio tlve and courstate and...:1:.:.1a~t::,:i;;:.o!.!n~._,.""'.',:,'"'~"".. ,"•:"'. ,.""...,,.;..":'i":\--~~~r~:\ti. Frank E. Booma Post, Americ:in Legion, formally dcclicated l[g new home with impressive exercises Inst evening. The dedication was participated in by Gov. Francis P. Murphy and the Jtate commander o! the Lcglon, John L. 'Sullivan or Manchester. Following U1e de· licalory service n hnll<Jt tr l and dnnce w;1s held at the "' lntc .Armory on Parrott a venue. Armistice Day wns a mos t. event fnl O!lc for Frnnk E. nooma Post. ll\l' mbr rs. A t noon the hom was op 11rct to vlsilnrs and during the r, fl ,..mer 1, mn ny m ntlc a. tour of inspection. The disUnguish rd guests of lhf' Pu, t were tendered a rrccptirm ol- the Rork_ngham Hot.el from 5:30 to r,-1~. and this was followed by the srrvic•• of dedication. which took place in fro nt of th Leglon Home. The .\merican Lr:~i,ill Dnutl ,we a i>rief concert prior lo Lhc nrri•--11 of th' ;;overnor and party and then all took r-..;;,.~--- - - - -- -.....,-- -----' 0 0 �. Former State Commanders Ralph G. state. I refer to the Portsmouth Navy McCarthy of this city and Harry Yard of which we are so justly proud, Manson of Lebanon were introduced to The presence of this yard and its connection with the state or New Hampthe gathering. l\,Irs. Leah O'Brien, president of ti1e shire Is, in my humble opinion, very local unit o! the Ladles Auxiliary, spoke important. "More than a century and a half ago," brlefly,"thanklng those who had helped to make the dedication such a success, hfl said, "our fathers founded upon this then addressed the women present, urg- continent a nation conceived in liberty, dedicated to the proposition that all 0ing them to join the auxiliary. To Mrs. Emily Feather o{ Keene, presi- men are created free and equal. , Tl1e unemployment census taken in dent of the state Auxiliary, brought our shores we welcomed the oppressed this city will be completed today and 1t greetings from the State Department peoples of the world. Through these Is expected that tile Lolals will be sent 161 years the torch of democracy has and congratulated the post and auxllburned brightly, lighting a way !or to Washington tonight. The final date iary on having such a fine home. for making the returns of the census Hon. Charles M. Dale, a member of others to follow. Almost alone today, it is on Friday but the local count should the American Legion, and also of the is still a beacon for those who wlll to be completed tonight. Governor's Executive Council, was use, to guide them toward those princiThe cards were distributed on Nov. next presented. He spoke of the 19 years ples we hold essential to a free people. 14, and the filled-in cards were rethat have passed since the signing ot We believe that the acceptance of these turned immediately by many people. the Armistice, telling of what it meant ideals by the world alone wouJd be sufto guarantee peace." Later when all of the cards had been when news came that the high com- ficient Governor Murphy spoke of the signreturned the force had to check over mands of the Allied and German armies ing of the Armistice 19 years ago and of to sec that duplicates were put tohad met to consider the terms of an Its rec: ption not only in the trenches, gether and revise tile count. armistice. "To the soldiers of France, but in the homes in all the countries of rrules regarding this unemployment Belgium and England, who fought the world. He mentioned the changes cen us prohibit the making public of through four years of mud, cold and which men had undergone during the the number of uaemploycd or partly carnage, and to the gallant American war and of the cond!tions which resultemployed. This infornrntion is to be arpiy, whose irresistible attacks on au ed in the post-war years. sent to Washington. , The work here battle-fronts of France stopped the "It almost seems that the world was very successful. German advance, smashed the Hinden- gained nothing at all by the war, or that Postmaster Peter J. Hickey and his burg line-and drove the invaders from it has lost, piecemeal, most of what it force ct lei a fine job in getting the cards the soil of, France, the end of the war did gain,'' he said. returned and the figures compiled, and c'\me like a benediction from on high, "Despite hopes war has not been outthe commillce of loc,tl citizens, who "No more muddy, rain-soaked lawed. It has t ken new and more worb.!tl to a muse interest in the centrenches, 110 more shell holes and hateful forms. The field of baiile has 1-11.; ,d .11 cli,l c,c('l11·11t work. Tlw returns .slaugl-,ter, no more wounds and death, been extended to include the peaceful wcr.! made quicl;ly in most instances, no more cold, starvation ana super- country behind the fighting lines by and ·uus gave an opportunity to comhuman toll, but islons o! home. of wantonly spreading panic and destruc• pil0 llte figures before the final deadhappy reunions and a world :forever tion among defenceless civilians. lin . consecrated to peace." ''In spite of their gloomyTecord, howToti.tr the carriers are checking up Turning to the present day situation ever, these years have not been entireon s0 1,1c of lhe douhtful cards which he decried the trend toward dictator- ly years of going backward. They have they round \\'hen th ·r checked over ships and asked whether the war to end r.onstltupted a period of unmasking, thdr case lists yc~tcrclay. )) . 'l.."\. l "\ war might be but a skirmish in the bat- during which the illusions, the shams tle for human liberty and the rights of and stupidities of early post-war days :free men. ' have been discovered and cast aside. "Is it possible that the fight must still "Beneath all this dross, great progo on, that still eternal vigilance is the gress- largely unrevealed as yet-has price of liberty, that by chance we and been made. True, the great Ideals gf our sons must again draw the sword in brotherhood among all men and federadefense of the rights and freedom won tion among nations have not been realfor us by the blood and sacrifice of our ized, but the people of the world have rn..i:!li..-·'JIII comrades and our forefathers?" he marched a Jong way." asked. 'Continuing, he said, :•deeply The remainder of the evening was as w? deplore war and ,desire peace I am devoted to dancing, music being furconfident that the American people will nished by the Campus Orchestra. never bow their necks to the yoke ot the The affair was in charge of Comdr. oppressor and will never surrender the Clyde Robinson and officers of the post and auxiliary. working with this liberties of free America. "An armistice is a suspension of hos- committee were other members of the tilities. It is not necessarily an end of post, who lent valuable ru,sistance In all war. I.! America is threatened by making the arrangeh1ents. foes within or without the BPirit , of WashlJ}gton, of Lincoln and of Grant, and our solemn pledge to our heroic dead who sleep in honored graves wlll rouse a mighty and united nation to a defence of our honor, our homes and our native land." Comdr. John L. Sullivan spoke of the fine hospitality of Portsmouth and reminded his listeners that the state convention will be held here in June. stressing the need of national defence, which Is one of the Legion's programs, he stated that within a fe7 miles of the spot where be was speaking the first overt act of the Revolution occurred, and also said that "we have right here in our own state an institution which should be the focal int of the entire CENSUS SUCCESSFU �FAMILY WELFARE ASSOCIATION IN NEW LOCATION Scvrn local firms s11hmillr<l bids f'lr n ew lires for Fite lJl!parlmcnt ap · p aralus which wrr" ope-nee\ recentlv by the rouncil co1nn1itlcc on Fire D • p arlmrnt at City Hall. Tile bldd<'rn and fl gures are llle fullow111rc Dakc-r-Wri~h t :=:rrvire Rtn\inn, $3H. Brooks Moto r S:1\rs $:1!10 Dryc\cn·s Tire nnr\ V11\l':u1i"111 1( Shot• $3G5.82 antl olr\ li n•s. Hislop Garn!!'e ~:n1.H Frank D. P :- ·kins $3a!i .40 Task's Garn· :e ~:~~'>.!i2 nnd Vaughnn f;l,rr c-t \ ;a.-" '\!' $374.23. Only two birls '.'(' l'C r r cr ivcd for th e proposnr\ booster IJr 1\· rr. which en ·n~ from Wood and Gobbi who wo11\<:I provide the new ,,quipnr nt for $71:i !H Thr bicl of 1,Jv Cit.y G ;1r~ ge \\"l!l $5!ll.81. The tire job ,Ms awnrclP<l D ryden Tire ancl Vulr.nn; --ing Shop and the booster nrnkes to Wood and. Gobbi. 'rhA S .mi-'.l.l\t\11 d. m ~➔ f,tl.l~ 'Jf Ut<, Pedrr~l Plr_ Sod•''V, tl\P olll\s' rtr•~ /10 • clety in \,h country, w.,., h eld o.t tll B.ockl-.1glnm not. l on Tl1.11rwlfl.Y cver1.•• iug .J11d~P. TJ,om'.l, H Slt>1P,R wo.q ch lnmrn nd a t t h , h11~iu ~~ me~ttog two new mcmbcri:; WP.1'~ "lt>>'t ,1 C.h"tl 11 P. He[feng"I'. nd 'Lcst,'t M H 1rr!Lt1~ Th . menu was [l 1 fo llow:;• cotults on U1P H~.lf-Sl, \l -:c-•: :,--••~""' Olw ,; S:i\t.,• l Nut:; Cd !r \l Cle-n · Or'•'!\ T11r tlt' ,, ,1,J[l 13rnok Tront, S11.•1 i:f' NUmtec,, Pohto,' ., 8,'-rO.tiJ:p P.0,1 .:t !/Jld D• 11;lc i\ 11,. T t• rft'Li wJlP.d s weet P ·.1 ta t0P.; Prr ,h Gt"-' •~ll. l?M,l Poiu.,••tt.i, R ,11 ,1 F'\nh.;to· Fed r lf' To1,t~r.l cr~ ~l:crrt fl,U!I C l.t. ,,l <] Dcmi-l.J. s:; ' l'h•! t.a 'Jh w: s ow 1t1 t,te, J hr :lculpt;ured firemn.n. The lnker ot Rockm~lnm l1 , ad l+!l>!d :;,Jme e -ccl• lent -a r tL~ttr. d _r ,irat,ln11 ,1 ,;.nfl the ftre • tn t P.'/~tth•i; Will! out,· Rcprcsenl.alives or lhe local Pnrcnt• T eacher /\ssociation5 met in the P ublic Library Tucsdny evening for the purpose of organizi ng a Central Cou ncil in Porls1,1ont.h. navmond r. nral of th r. Junior Ri gh School was rl eclcd presi<lrnl. Ohlr rr offirrrs c-1 cLcc\ nre a s; follows : virr vrc-sirlrnl, M iss Juli:i. nutIrr of \he Whipple fit'hoot; secretary, tirs. ,1 :ihn C. Gnmble of the Lafayette Srh ool; lrc-1 surcr. Miss Fannie Chap 111 ~ 11 of \hr Nrw Franklin School; e,c c,c ulivc c·omm illc>e, 1\.rlhur Reinhart o[ lhe /\1\anlk Heights School, Miss Edith Austin of I 11,-. Farragut School and Charles Blnrk of the Haven Schf)ol; au clilor, Thomas Marden , New F ranklin S c-hool. wl o is slnte treasurer or t he N. H . Con ~re•" of Parent.~ and T Pn.ch ers. /\rllrnr R einhart acted as temporar:V chairman, with Mrs. John Gamble lempornry ~rcrclary. It was voled lo invite Rev. II. R ay• mond Phclls, slate chairman on Cha racler Education, to speak at the Juniol' High School on Monday even ing, D ec. 6. to be sponsored by the local associnlions. Rev. P helts is a native or Georgia but n ow resides in Nerth Conway. H" is ::i splen did sp 0 aker and those who he1rd him at the Piscataqua D i.~lrict mrct.ing want to h ear him again. He hns a fine per ~onalily . It is hoped lllat all parents in Portsmouth wilt :wail thcmsetvrs of this opportunity a nd mnke a specinl effort to be present that evening. Members of P . T . associations of the P i~c:i.taqua District are nlso invited to attend. also n earby a ~socialim1s who 1111.y be inte resl-ed . A m usicfl l program 1·;ill br presented.. with Mis~ F:umic Chapman as chai rman. The nominating committee consisl rtl of Miss Annie Morr ison. John B. Mooney and Rn lph Junbns. The bylaws committee is compo:,ed of Lero, Moore, Miss Uorrison and Mrs. Gambl<'. Tl1rre was a good aLlendance at the The Family Welfare Association moving today from Its temporary location on Washington street to a permanent office at 3 Congress street. This office was lately occupied l;>y Dr. Mcc ooey and before th at for many years by Dr. J . D. Carty. T he office ls retaining the same telephone, 172, although serv ice will be disrupted for a few days. The monthly meeting of the associa, t!on was held this week at the residence of R ev. William Safford Jones. A busy month was reported, 158 families hav• ing come to the a ssociation for assistance and advice during the month. There is a great need for baby clothes an d cloth ing for small children and the aassociation will be most grateful · for contributions of this kind. There are also ma ny calls for beds and bedding. Man y families, especially WPA workers, earn barely enough for food and rent and have no possible way of buying clo th ing or household furnishings. Many things now stored o.way in attics would be of great use to these people. Y PLAN ELEBRATION :D. b, Exelcr. Dec. 6.-· Exeter, m id Newfields are ulanning elaborate tercen tc-rn1ry cr::lebrations for next ·ear. The Newfleltls pl9.ns were tentat ively outlin ed a t a meP.ting of a newly ion ued commw1ity council. When Exeter was se L'Jed in 1638, it comprised the towns of Newmarket, Ne vfielc1s an d D•.irham . History states that Newmarket became a separate pansh in 1727. aud was clivided in 1840 when t h e prrscnt Newfields _be• ame Sou th NPwm:irke >._ but chan gedllWll!illl•ii:i to Newfields in 1895, that being t h e ori 11 inal n ame when it was a part of NL·, ·market. Edward Hilt.:n, first white r.;u ne up from Portsmouth in 1G30 and m ade a s Pttlement in the present Newfields beforp it became a part of F.·:eter. �LIFE OF JOHN LANGDON TOPIC OF ADDRESS ~~J.J, D~an Mayo ,Of Harvard Graduate School ·Speaks , Before North Church Men One of Portsmotlth's most historic figures, John Langdon, was the . subject of an interesting talk by Dr. Lawrence Shaw Mayo, dean of Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and author of several ' biographies of New England celebrities, at the John Lanl!don club annual gettogether supper in the North Church Parish house last evening. , At the election of officers Arthur B. Duncan was elected president of the club, Dr. William Fan-ington as vice president and Donald Margeson secretary-treasurer. The meeting was opened with singing led by E. Curtis Mat thews and Rev. Arthur A. Rouner gave the invocation. After a supper served by members of the Women's Guild under the chairmanship of Mrs. Edward Johnson, John Boyd gave a report of a recent meeting at which plans for the reorganization of the John Langdon club were di!!· cussed and plans to hold meetings more often were suggested. Dr. Mayo's talk also included considerable. mention of Woodbury Langdon and-was in part as follows: "Let us go back to 1750 in Portsmouth, N. H. Now and then we see on the street two boys who stand out from the crowd. Both are good looking and carry their _h eads with a distinguished manner. Both are smart. "Upon inquiring we flnd that the older is Woodbury, who works in the city for Henry Sherburne at his counting room, ,while the younger, John, works on the farm of his father about three miles from town, near Sagamore Creek. John Langdon, Sr., -cared much for his fann where most of his interests l~id but occasionally he was selectman which proved that he was highly respected by the p~ople about him. When John left ' the farm it was .to enter the -employ o! Daniel Rindge. "Woodbury, a grave and formal person,..generally wanted.hls,own.way and was ·often disagreeable until he had it. Like· bis brother, John wanted his war but was ·agreeable and likeable. -"John, who at'ls1tarted work for Rindge, sailed the West Indies, London and Portsmouth route for him. At that time Portsmouth sold white pine lumber and barrel staves. These were taken to the West Indies where sugar alld money were taken In exchange. The sugar was taken to London where it was sold and I then the merchant would buy articles to .be sold in Portsmouth. ' '1 · "After a few years under Rindge John Langdon started work for his bro,ther, Woodbury, and Henry Sherburne. "Woodbury, who was three years d1der · than his brother, had a paternal love for John and many times advised him. Generally his ad'l'ice was shrewd." Dr. Mayo read a letter from Woodbury to John, written in April of 1786, and another letter from Sara Sherburne, 17, daughter of Henry Sherbm-ne, who later married Woodbury. The speaker explained that the English government started imposing the high taxes on the colon ies and it became harder for sailing merchants to make a profit. "John Langdon," he said, "sailed until 1770 then settled in Boston to become a residen t merchant. During th is time it was h ard to make a profit but he had prospered in good time and complained little about the British taxes. "He had a fruit cargo on a hired ship and the oHicials accused him of owning the ship, which he did not. The ship was libelled and the cargo ro tted as it could not be moved until the case was settled. In Portsmouth the court adjudged against him and afl.cr an appeal to Boston the decision remained unchanged. That was in 1773. The incident made him bitter against the British government. "In December of 1774 Paul Revere warned Portsmouth of the British move to take powder ' a't the fort h ere John led men on the fort and sent the powder up the Plscataqua for safekeeping. The next day General John Sullivan i and some men from Durham came down and did away with more. "As a 1 result Gov. Wentworth ord~ed the sheriff to arrest anyone connected with it but knew full well that there would be no arrest: . The order was just to fulfill his duties, "At Exeter the New Hampshire Congress elected Langdon and John SulliVan to go to th e Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Langdon then became a na tional figure. "In the summer of 1775, Langdon dropped out of the congress to become a general in the army. J osiah Bartlett of Kingston took his. place. "Congres$ voted to have 13 frigates built, one in each colony, so Bartlett was appointed to 'oversee the building of the ship in Portsmouth , He did the job well for in 60 days it was completed byt after the launching It was about a year before it could be equipped with guns and alike. Dw·ing the building of the ship,, New Hampsh ire made the first state constitution. The people then became a fr aid that British would punish them for being so independent. In 1777 when Bw·goyne came down New York and Vermont he pledged his property to l;le cqnverted into money for · fighting. It 1:::.id largely for the John Stark expedition which figured in the Battle of Bennington. ·· Mr. Langdon built his home on Pleasant street. It was completed in about , j;hree years. In 1785 he was president o! New Hampshire and probably because· of his wealth he was de• feated the following year 1:>y J ohn Sullivan:. . - ~- - - - - - - "In ~787, he went to Philadelphia to help draw the Federal Constitution and he assured the people there that New H;u~1pshire . would ratify it. The people decided to vote •·no·• but Langdon held the, vote off long enough to change t hen· minds. New Hampshire was the 1inth, and n~cessary, ~tat!l to ratify the constitution. "He was elected senator and for a time was president pro tern of the' Senate. Not favor ing a strong central government he was elected to the Senate in 1795 by a margin of 1 vote. "Later John Langdon served in the General Court of this state, and In 1805 was governor of New Hampshire to 1809 when J eremiah Smith was erected. In 1812 he refused to run for governor and r efused to be U. S. Vice Presidential n ominee because he was over 70 years or age. "In 1805 Woodbury Langdon died. John Langdon's wife. the former Betsy Sherburne, died in 1813. She was two years younger than J ohn, who passed away in 1817." Dr. Mayo summed ul) the qualities ot the man as being energetic, having determination and bemg a great leader. The speaker quoted Jefferson as saying of Joh n Langdon: "I shall honor his memory whlle memory remains to me." �Mrs. Dondero again spoke, th!s time th P new lights on Daniels Street and sw·•icsted that a vote of ap-,;;tciation laying before the Council the plan for a playground at the . Atlantic Heights be !vcn the N. H. Gas & El!-' .rlc Co for it<; work, c11lllng atte\)tion that thr ~chool. She told of tlie work she h ad done and of the plan for a playground Il g! ts wrre gi ·rn by that comp:my. .In that section of the city, First she Thi: ,ya: pa.,;secl. ~tated she ent to t.he assessors office, Co11 ncilman Downs, ('ha1rman looking over the property near the the City Lllnds nnd Buildings Con,1,1Mostly Routine Mat lcrs i:.chool. The property of Clarence Haiitl e<', • 11bmitted a list of tax deed proght was suggested and she was in Discussed At L ngthy pnty anil the nmount of insur:rnce commun ication with h im. Later, with wll1• h sJ ,oulll be carried upon it H<' the officials of the W. P. A. it was Meeting sur-1:r,;tc-il that it be divided betwrrn rleclded thnt the city owned enough The Jcgnlnr me-et inr,: of thr C'itY Alvin nr11<1cn and Rnlph J unl:ins. Jnnd there and it would be unneces• council was held on , ' <tln r·:,d ny even- The-re wns a brir>f cli,cuss!on about, the bary to pur<.>hase any. She spoke of the oth<>r insurance agent•; in the city, nnd ing with Mayor Kenn:ird E. Gold- it wn'> brought ou. that the remain- work which the W. P. A. officials had smith presiding and Co1111cil1m·n Dur- In~ apents hnd rccE'il·ed a proportionate done an d of the delay ·in getting the Downa, Jlf'rrkk, Suke- slmre of the lni;ur:m ce on city p10- bo mdr!es .·toked out, which she stated is still n ot completed, although d1leg,·l nlld Dnrkh11rdt pcrty earller in lhc ycr.r. ~11e said H had been promised six reac!in•, 0 1 tl w rrcords CC1unC'ilman , 111':eforth inquired rc- weeks ago by the Board of Street meetit1,; was dispensed [;r.r(ling the Gypsum plant, whether Commissioners. She Introduced Richwith. A communication Jrom the Board nn:,·thing had bct'n done about, the nrd Dickinson of Danville, who r edu';~ nulnuwe, :1nd it was vot••d to presented Mr. -Hooper of the W. P . A. of Education, ltm1ing hark U1e prop er ty of the Woodbury and Lafayette · h ave the Ch:ilnnan of lhe Bonni of office. sch ools to the lty, wai:; re:;cl nnd on Rralth find out what provi!,ion ii; bellfr. Dickinson stated that) the · work motion of , Councilnrnn T . ,T. Downs, lni; made to eliminate this. ior t.his project h ad been started four Cuuncilman Sukefort h prcsc1,ted a months ngo. He m ade it clear that he the proper ty wns ac<'cptcd and placed on th e city property ll ~t. On motion 1e~')lnt.ion authorizing the purchase of was pinch hitting for Mr. Hooper who o! Councilman Wymnn P. Boynton, n pirce of property on Ke:trrnrge Way ls on a rncation. He ~poke of the athe city solicitor was im,tructed to 1Hl,io!ni11g the ~rhool house grow1ds at mount or money necessary, setting the search the titles to cletcnnilH' wheU1l'r N1~nt i~ Heights, and providing for maximum price at $10,000 with the the property could be sold l>y (.he city. the const.rn tion of n. r oadway there. city's share at $1500. Mr Dickinson A communication fro,n the Board The rernlution called for $700 for the told first of the difficulty in interest;of Street comrnis~·on rs n~klng prr- purchri se of the land, and $500 for the ing the Federal people in a Portsm!ssion to acquire the Irving Brooks buildi1,g of the road. There was a mouth project, due to th e Maplewood proper t.y on P ev('rly road was read and brief 11iscussion regarding the raising Ave. sewer project. He then spoke ot grnn teil. Transfer of $50. from one of the money involved. Councilman the plans which call for a roadway division to another was authorized on Boynton stated there was but $600. in 850 feet long, 21 feet wide, with a five request of J ames O. Pettigrew on the cont.ingent fund, nnd the mayor foot side,..alk, U1e fill from t he road motion of Councilm:m Fn•llcrlck Sch- sl.nt.ed that the1e was money enough to go toward grading the school :w:iilable. Mrs. Mnry C. Dondero wa" grounds. He also spoke of the need legel. • Mayor Goldsmith 1eau a lctler from in troduced at this time and stated to know where the line ls and of the hich they delay wh ich was caused by !allure to Fmnk E. Booma Po t, ilwiting the 11,:st, }Ile hnd a project council to a ttend the dedication exer- might c11re to hear. Councilman Boyn- have this measured. He challenged cises o! the new home on Armistice t.on offered IU1 iimendment to the anyone to build a good road for less rr~olulion ns lntro1luc d but it waG than $2. a r unning foot even though Day. Coun<'ilman J ohn l .<.ary , -l!. snh'.. not. :;reonclrcl, :ind the I esolution pass- it wns n. 16 foot road. Continuing the mltted o. claim of ElmPr J\l>\Jott for ed. ~peaker stated that a special rnte had Councilman Schfegr>I 1 rported on tha been mnde for the city to furnish damage to h is automobile v;hen it hit the railing of tlt r Al1 1;qt r Ilcight.s rtinipmPnt of the Fire Department and only 25% and th at the amount would bridge. Ahbolt rh nn<'rt th" rii.y was :i.t ~1 1'.t<'d that an in&pect-0r of the motor not exceed $1500. fault and the r h 11n , •. • 'I'('! Pned to w.i1lclrs Imel "Viewed the apparatus and Ari opportunity was giyen for the t he propC'r' 1<,1111,1i! tnc, r,p ml'tion t•f ,c:i·c-rnl thin -~ v;erc nre<lfd . Among 1.hese brr,k<>::1 on four trncks, new t ounc!lmc-n t-0 ask questions, but none Councilman Cl1:,1 c•· 'l IJ1m•U. \\'ere a~k<.>d, and Mrs. Dondero in-. The report of the Dnn(\ o! Adju ~,t- 1lres P.nd tulles, two 11ores <ns requfr- <mired if she could ask the council rd by law) hen.dllght lamps, reflectors ment on the requr st of th e ColC1nial question~. She asked the Councilman Bencon O il Co. tor pc:rmi ~sion to rrcct nncl o.lso the the fireme n mm,t. have lrc.m Wn ·d 1 if he 'did not think this new cloU1r~ :md rubber boot~. He rennd op~rate gasol il'e nn d 111cl oil Ft or, ·as a \J etter proposition than to purage tanks on proper!:,· m·:necl by th e 1111r. teil 1J1e C'ouncll to approp ·in.te th e chase the land as provided in his reNational Gypsum Co., whkh they in- ~11m of $!~00 or this, the money ·•to rolut!on and asked if he would with tend to purchase. wns 1<•(·riv1 d. 'l his 'tiP fmm<l by the Mayor''. There wn.s <lraw in favor of U1e n ew, and as she report sta ed that it w :- s not drlrimrn- a h1 lef rcce~s called while tl1e Pln- thought, much better project . •·1 don't tal or injuriou~. r,1nv id l11g suit:ible- :>nce committee went into a dl~u~~ion \ •ish to, my project has gone through." di kes were consll uc:tr11 to provide n- to determine ~-here the money could he replird. galnst overflow )nw th e river or nei~ll- he fonnr' nn1l upon reconvening i(. Solic1tnr Llber son r ead a series or boring property. T h" rrq11rst , ·ng wns decl <l Pd th:i.t the mon<.>y could be letters he h ad written :111d received m:ide ni·~iloble and: Conncllmt1n Le:i1y gran ted ,mdC'r t1 H' , , ,urn ion~ spreifrom Mr Hnight regardin ' the purpre enl<·d I.hr rrsolutlon. ficd by the \Joanl City ,,ollcitor Leo Libuson n•ked chase c,f the prope1·ty. Residents of l.i11c:c•11 s• ~t·nt in a for pennission to draw the <• eel for Adjournment was at the petition reque. ting mo1e Jir,!Jt on th:it tll!l propPI ty which U1e city will pur- c:h:i.ir. street and this ,,·as rcfe11 cd t-0 t 11P- l llnse frc,m Cl:>J"f'llCe Haight at A tlnn- r-~~!"""--===;;;;;;;;;;; commiitee on street Ji i;:ht~. l!r Hclrh t~, nml this was grantn1. He A request for tr:m~frr of ~1450 from 11 ·, : o brPnght up the question of n ine one division to " .1thr1 in tl10 School VC111chers from U1e Boaid of f-'.treet Depar tment was 1 •ei\·ed r,ncl gra•Jte<l. Gomi,ibsione1~ He had refn<rd t.o t;,ke The quarterly rrport of tllr Board 1h r 1, spomibil ,y Ill approving th em, of Street Commi<· loners ior 1he third c] n ·111 ;ng that the bids were not in quarter of the l'('Rr w~s received :md J.ll"f'[lr:r form. Jt was n. question o! lnt u pretation nncl he stated he did placed on me. not co.re to assume th_e_ respon~ibllity Tl e C'O\mcll approved the vouchers. 0 �83; Exeter, -S ll ,663.3-l ; Gorham, $6,494.46: Hanover, $10,531.44; Hinsdale, $6,537.06; Lisbon, $5,248.30; Littleton, $10,172.26; Milford, $7,811.01; Monroe, ;21,492.72; Newport, $G,304.94; Pittsburg, $5,904.28; Rye, $5,084.82; Salem, $7.488.55; Wolfeboro, $5,450.61. ATE TAX 29,634 Increase Of $405.' Shown Over 1936 .In State Apportionment The cities and towns of New Hamp• shire will pay h l cash the of $877,810.06 on the basis or the state t ax of $1,600,000 according to the an• nouncement of .state Treasurer F , 0. Kimball on Tues<lay. The state will collect, and l'etaln, t he insurance, railroad, savings bank ~-~tc,'iJ'l•:llll and building ,and loan taxes, but the cities and towns will be given credits for i.he •amow'lts · of these taxes t~at a ctually belong to them. Total credits of th.ls natlll'e, for this year, are $704,739.92. and there will be paid to eight . small towns the total swn of <$2,549.91. in -earlier ye!\rs the cities and many ·of 1the towns actually received pay.: ments from the state, after credits ,--·•···~·-. '"" ·~• had been granted, but the increase of t he state tax hA.S eliminated nearly all of these pnym~nts. • Credits to the towns .and cities were as follows fol'. .this year and last: • sum '1~t~~ h9.l2, ,I, tf37 liETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE · T'b.e Spirit Of The 'Jl'heatre F.clitor o! The Portsmouth Herald: Your editorlol, 'Behind Portsmoutl1 Footlights" is of more tl;an passing interest to n~e. 1nt1·oduclng, as it does, a subject that has been very close to my henrt for some time 110w. I have reference · to the development of native drnmatlc and musical talent, which you obviously impl:'/ in your editorial, as well as the suggestion that the Port:;moutll Music Hall 11kmds ready for the purpose, if anyone will take advantage of it. •During my st,ay ln 11:uropc, over a pc!'locl of years when I was nssoclatccl with lhe Wfl•{ner FeslJvnl Jn Bayreu th, the Stactttheate:r (opem-house) , · 1936 1937 ' in Bl'eslau, Silesia and other musical Insurance Tax . • , • . • . $33,264 $33,769 01·gani?.atlons, 1 became 'Imbued with Railroad Tax . . . . • . • ... 222,540 :u8,734 the spirit of thA theatre.--part reliSavings Banlc Tax .... 469,033 451,269 gion, part · cultnre,-that prevailed alBuilding & Loan , • , • 1,823 96'1 most universally there. Upon my return to AmerlQa, 1 was determined to Total Credits $726,660 $704,740 do what I could for the cause, as I The levies against the 11 cities felt there was a great need :fOl' Sl1C)1 .shows each one owed the state a education here. Althcugh "opera" 'lh,.J balance after Its credits had been set uppermost in my mind, "drama" !<,:il1~_.,,,.,.,,:•!(•~~ aga inst its state tax assessments. The lowed it 1l. clo.~e second, as the Lwu a mounts of the balances owed the should no\ be u:lru.ssociated where 01)state by the cities ·for 1936 and this era is concerned. The tendency to over-estimate the impurtance o! "111,,-usic" ·111 opera at the expense oi tJ1c 1936 1931 $ 35,598 $ 36,772 dramatic i;.ctlon, in most operatic pti:' 19,745 33,411 :formances ts, to my mind, one 01' the 12,608 i 6,070 reasons for ' the Puhlic's lndH!erence 8,498 9,683 to them: With this object in mind, I 29,264 35,857 wrote ' an extensive article "A New . 20,666 23,359 Deal :for the American Musician," 145,681 132,083 published 1n . the Musical Courier of 71,925 69,833 February lG~h '. 1935,' in which l 29,229 29,634 stressed America's need :for "at least 14,171 15,532 one opera-house," whe1·e cvcryoi1c Somersworth . , • , 6,210 5,993 concerned wiLh the production of Only eight ccmmunlties in the state opera: director. · conductors, singers, received a stnte balance in the settle- stage-manager ·scenic arLlsLs, cLc., ~ent. AU others paid a balance to Americans by birth, should be given the state. The elght towns receiving the opportunity to acquire routine ancl a balance and the anl()unt were: function in their ~espective spheres. Canaan, $95.64; Danbury, $601.33; Such an open,-house would be lnGrafton, $122 05; Lebanon, $805.31; tended for our native-bol'li exclusively, Newfields, $25718; Wakefield, $74.80; to prepare them, as far as possible, to Walpole, $318.58 ; Hart's Location, meet the com~etition of foreign ar$274.98. tists, runny of whom, armed ns AmerTov,-ns that will tum into the state ican citizens with naturalization patreasw-y amom1ts in exces.~- of $5,0()0 pers,' are l!tandlng ln their way. In ar e: this connection . I might also empha-, Bethlehem, .$7,451.90; Derry, $9,813.- size 'the need :t'or r.ombattmg foreign propaganda, detrimental to the lnternsts of the which gen,irnlly djssemlnated throughout /th~ country 1or many years has worked untold h"'rm to the American cau% In quarters where it should have b•\Cn leabt e:&)1ectecl, i. e. among those wh<,se opportunities for observatlon and whose .lnLclllgcnce in other matters of Jmpol't should have fitted them to rlJstingulsh the wheat from the chaff. The relative mcl'its of the American al'tisl. ancl his foreign competitor wa':I not my concc1·n for the time beinq I l1ad only in mind the protection o.r an Jnfant industry who8e vci y cxistClll!C wm.; threatened by foreign labor. Bearing Am1:l'ica s m:ed ln mind, I con.~iderecl various -::1tics, where such an opera-hou:;e might be possible, a location sU1table for a Mozart festival in summcr-anothct' desirable objective. In my quest, I remembered Portsmouth ~nd Jt~ Music rlal!,1 -y,itl\ few changes an Jdeui autliLo!'Jum for Mo;,.art, also '\ hOml:. for tile "Opera Univcrmty," miuitiLt:d.ng Lo the needs of lhe Community, the StnLe and the Nation by pwv.\clu1 g enl,crtalnment, c<lucation and cu!Lnrc fo1· Public and A1List al1irn, · uno~hcr lm:Utution of learning to a1W to New J-Iampsblre's nlrcady i1,1posin1s litit. So impressecl was I with 'p,u•t;;1il0uth's rtcslrnbility ns a centre whil.hcl' ~ummer ·yilJitol'S might floclt to llrnr lVl.izart In a Pl'Opcr scUintL ·y,-:10:a:. r;cngr,:q •hlpnl _locaLion wo11ld mnlrn iL pracLkal !of the ,:xpo!'tati~n o.f dra1,1aLlc and operatic periormances by rn·>Loi' bu:i to :!cores o! outside plau::; at oLhci· ti.mes, as the custom is in rn:iny places in Europq, that I cli.;cu:;~el1 Lhc matter with ~,cvcral of my !rlcml:i whose opinion I value. 'More intcu,~1: w~s si1own than I had. anLiclpntc<I. fo'or persona~ rea1·011s l was fo rncd to nban,ton further ;1CL l~iLy for tl1,'l tlule bciJ.ig . \ Yu11r r~ccnL ,,dil.ul'l.i i makes me feel the time Jrn::i rOlf\C Lo ;;Ji arn my itlcu with the Public, 11opill(j thercl may be among your reaciel'S 0Lhen1 °?J'.llO realize our budding aL't1sl.s' ncccl, , their la"k of oppol'trn1iLy rind our ;own r esponsibility w11,)t'e Lhey ai:e c<incem cd. I think it only fair t o Portsmouth, ns well as to :11y;;eli. to lay atress up-: on the fact that I have not the slightest idea th:.i t Po::tsmouth could assume the :financial bw:den of such an undel'taking which ougd to enlist more than loc'lJ 1nteres t and suppor t; but· for the revHons I have mentioned, 1 find Pod :imoqth unus-11al1y wen suited for a hnme !01· the 1itudy and protluetlon of · d1·ama. operetta or opcrn, or all t11 1•ce contcmpo!'ancously, and eventuall y a:i U1e Mecca of dis- cl'imin~ting summer vltiltOl'S. I 'realize that, I have ot::Lllnecl rather nn nmb!Llous prou1·am fo.t· you1• Music nan, but I find you.r cl.\11 t o .(\.rt and Bea\ltY, s-upplf'mcnUng as Jt docs. my own reflcctiorni, too il'!'eslstJIJ:te to jt5noro. YOH1'8 -Lnily vVE:S'I'ON Rochingham H11tcl. �NOTED WRITER TO SPEAK HE E An Incurable romnntlc, tt. fearlr.ss explorer, seekJ11g color, glnmour and adventure wherever it exists, Richnrd H nllilmrton, one o( the most popular wl'itcrs o! the day nnd ncknowledgcd Rirhard Halliburton S1 (' k At Be efit Event At Junior High AnJitorium The nppearnnrr of Richard Halliburton, not.I'd autho r, and wor-ld traveller, at thr> Junior High School auditorium last e rning was greeted by a large number, who t.horoughly enjoyed his slorirs. His lcrture wns r::reatly different ttwn the ordinary lecture and for two hours he entertained with thrilling stories of his travels. He has the ability to move his audiences and, as he stated in his informnl talk at the end of his lr::turr, if he could make people feel t lwt they had been Jransportrd from th is cit.y to the places he was describing, then he.had accomplished his desire. He has that ability nnd his rapid-fire talk, faci11 l expressions and gestures all add to the stories he is telling. He described three of his experiences, t.he first being the almost incredible story or his crossing of the Alps and hls account was most amusing. The second story kept the audience spellbound from beginning to end. It as one of the most <'aplivating speak· was an account of what happened to the era on the platform, comes to PortsRomnnoff family, being the actual mouth the evening nf Dec. 14 to sprok story of the men who killed the Czar of for the benefit o! the District Nursing Russia, the Czarina, their son and four Association, under sponsorship o! the daughters. Mr . Halliburt<>l1 ,told this in a very gripping manner, ..,lvlng the Rotary CJ:ub. It is certain that hr wil\ lead his various details of hL~ going to the town audience into st.rangr 11laces--lnto where thry were said to have been killed )lllnrlous difiirultics--lnto new nppreand fimllng thelr executioner dying. clo.tlons of lll~lory nnd romnuce. H i~ Ile rcpt·ated the story that the guard enviable advr>ntmes told gaily and told him in !J dramatic and breath-takdramatically ore sure to prove, fatal to ing manner . the contentment of tho ·c listeners who Thr last st.ory left the audience In a have not o.s yet achieved the realizahnppy mood. as he told or taking the tion of theil' own t ·:-vel aml adventure 'Flying Carpet," his airplane, and flying to Bngdad and taking the Prince of mcams. An opporttn1ity v.:m be 11ffor<lr.<t to Bagclad in fl. flight over Babylonia. an who attend to travel to welrcl corPaul Badi::"r, president of the Rotary ners o! the wo~lct-to live t.he thrill o! Cluh, vhich sponsored the event, in o.dventure wil h n'.llllhmton who 110 s openi111: the program introduced Mrs. journeyed o.ro11nd th~ ,.,orld on wing:--, Arthur E. Baum, treasurer of the Dison foot, on clrpl\nnt.l", on carts-, by trict Ni1rsing Associntion, for the bC>nenuto, swlmmin[( :,ncl fighting o.ncl fit of whirh the lecture was given. Mrs. laughing hi~ way through ma,;'s imBaum told briefly of the work the asmortal treasnnt lvm~c. soc int ion ls doing and appealed for support. Shr expressed the thanks of the associntion to the Rotary Club for its assistnnce and support. Capt. Chester G. Mayo was next int.ro<l11rr>rl. Captain Mayo was chairman of the committee which arranged the lectme anc! presented Mr. Halliburton to the audience, calling him one of the outstanclml:! lrcturers in the country. _,._.---------_,; Will Be Open For Inspection By TI-if£ Public The new building ereoted by the Railway Mail Association at Haymar• ket Square will be ded1cated on saturd:w n!ternoo.i o.t 4 o'clock. The e.ssocl. tion ho.s had its headquarters in this city for !l number of years and work of erectmg the building was started last August. Fron 12 to 4: tomorrow afternoon tho doors will be open to anyone In· tNcsted in visiting the building, which !., of bricl::, co'onlo.l style and fits in most harmoniously with the surroundings. At 4 o'clock the dedkatory exercises will be hehl. Among those in attend- nl'.Wi,,'.i'lll»-11'1 once will b•' tht. president of the e.sso• ciation, J. F . :Ucnr~tt of Washington, D. C., Industrhl Secr.:tary H. W. Slricklnnd, W'lshington, ·n. C., and Hon. J ames M. Mea.cl, chairman of the committee on Fostoffices and Post Ron.tis in the House of Rep1esentatives. Insurance Commissioner A. J. Boulllm·d of Claremont, and Secretary• W'lfi.•-,~ Treasurer Ruf•IS Ross of thu. city will nlso b<.' in atteudance. ThP dedication wi'l be by the offlr.ers of the association. . At 6.30 a banquet will be held at the Pockingham Hrtel. . and will be at• tenrled by merober.-1 u! the Railway M'\ll Associo.t11m from Boston, Manchester, Concord, Port! nd, and Bangor, :Me. �Congre·ss_ a 0 ewY.or nc a SpeakerAt a uet Fol o ing Cer on • Ill NEW HOME OF THE RAILWAY way back u as done a wonThe new office of. the beneflci..iry derful work for the men in the department ·or the Railway. Mall M - railway mall service and has dl:;tribsoc\ation was dedicated on · Saturday uted m benefits ove1· . $5,000 ,000 durafternoo~ shortly, after 4 o'clock v·tth ing the past 25 years and I asa large number • of people present. sure, Mr. President, that so long This new building, whlch was erected as I am Secretary I she.II endeavor during the summer . a1id early fall, to carry on the work in the same will house the force of the Rallwar efrlcient manner in which it has been Mall Departii'ient, which- for the past carried on dunng the past and wlll aeveral . years have made its head- tum over the keys of the J.mllcling quarters In the building in the rear to my . successor with a record o( of the First .National Bank. unsullied perfonrtance or mr duties , The dedication ceremonies were for the association." simple. Rufus E. Ross, of this city, secretary-treasurer of the association, in- Tho anquet At 6.30 a banquet was served . it1 troduced J. Frank Bennett who spoke briefly about the building and then the ball room of the Rocklngh.im said, "In the name of the association, Hotel. Among those attending were I dedicate this building for use by officials of the association, member,; th,e force of the beneficiary depart- of the association from this section ot ment of the railway mail association New England, with New Hampshire and, Mr. Secretary, I take pleasure in being well represented, the enttre handing you the keys which you in table in the center being made up turn wtll hand on to yout successor. of New Hampshire members ; repreMr. Ross, in responding said, I sentative citizens, the clly council, accept these keys In the spirit in which and the office slaff. they are tendered. The Railway Mall Amoug those seated Association since its organization L-_ _.....,,....,.,........- ~ - - - - - table W.!l'C H. 0. D..1v1li Oh 0[ chester, Hon. Orel A. Dexter, Johu Dimond of Bo~ton, cliv.t.~ton superlnt ndent or Ra.tl wuy M;.111 Service, Postma.;ter Peter J. Hickey, Peter Schardt, assistant to the vice pre,micnt of the Southern Railway aucl former president o! the R,ulway Hall Association. Mayor Kt'1rnard E, Goldsmith; Willlam 'Tray, lHC>;l\.il!llt of the New Ho.mpshtre Br 111,h or U1e Railway Mall As.qociatlon; J, Frauk Bennett, president o! the NaltOlll\l organization or Washington; Rufus E. Ross or tins clt3,, executive secretary; Congrcssmau James M. Mead of Buffalo, N. Y., chairman ot' the House Post omce and Post Roads committee; F. W. Strickland, industrial secretary of the R. M. A.; A. J. Rouillard or Clo.t·emont, insmance conuulssloner; John J . Kennedy, tlt. trict president of the REulwo.y Mail As oclation; Harry W. Pesrser, attorney for the local office; Georg-e L. Bishop, auditor and Alvin F . Redden, secretary or the Civic Councli and Chambt:r or Com1erce. William Troy, New Hampshire Rufus ' . Ross ns toastmaster. After a bnef welcome, Mr. Ross introduced Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith. "You have completed n task and It is well done," he said and congratulated the members of th'! Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce and City Council for their efforts in brmglng about this new building. He expressed his appreciation to former Mayors F. W. Hartford. Charles M. Dale and Orel A. Dexter for their assistance. Among the city councilmen attending were Charles T. Durell, Wyman P. Boynton. Rohert M. Hernck, T. John Down , Roland A. :Sukeforth, Edgar A. Blanchard and Joim Burkhardt, and they were introduced to the gathenng. The next peaker was Alvin Red~ den, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, who paid a tribute to Mr. Ros:1 statmg that in the 24 years that Mr. Ro.-;; ha· bee11 here he had been ready and willlng to do anything which would be t<l the advantage of the communlt . �wlvm autQmobiles were not very plen- of the R. M. A. and the men who C. J. Buckley and Joht\ Buckley, tiful and of the results. He compared founded this association of ours away Boston contractors, wcr then mlroMr. Ross and the association with the back m the distant past." Frank C. Remick of th~ city was duced. prc1;cnt da)' automobile saying, "as Po tm, ster Pc 't" J. Ht•·ker was the long as he chauffeurs the Railway next presented, and this was followed next speaker. He spoke first of the Mall Association, as long as he sits by the office force being introduced fin bullcilng whlrh had been erected ,, behind the wheel, we need have no to he gathering. and of his int.crest, st.n.l.ing that the Hen ry W. Strickland, Industrial fear of going inlo the ditch or getorgan!zatlott is his lH{.:g" t c11stomer Secretary and editor of the Railway ting off the road." "Any good lm. lness m n wouldn't Ernest L. Cook sang: "Take Thou Mail Post Office, the monthly magawant to 10~" ht~ IJ1~gest customer:· This Rose." '·April Fool" and "The zine of the association, was the next he s ated and ,.dried, 'th1s really and Hand of You." He was accompanied speaker. He paid a tribute to Mr. truly is th!' home f the Ro.ilway Ross for his business sagacity, ab!lity by Leon Robinson. Mail AssoctnHon; ,;L ting lrnt he Jack Dimond, president of the New and economy. He spoke of the orh~d macle ~om'! rcs<:!arch WQrlc reEngland division, paid a tribute to ganization of the Railway Mail a.ssogardmg the pos o.l SPrvice ::md tlvit the officers of the association stating, ci:ilion 39 years ago, saying that on ln May, 1691. the first postal roitte !rt "the el<'clion of lhe officers is some- Jnne 18. 1898, a llttle band of men this country cvar; est.n bli,.hed het vr•'ll thing to wh-ich the members give a conceived the idea of _!s;abllshing a Portsmoul,11, N. H., ::i,llfJ Vh"ginia. gre<1.t deal of thought." beneficiary association and that 39 Former M yor P. ~' Hart[ord wn., J. Frank Bennett, National President years ago this month- the association next introtluc,'cl. He pnul trll> ltc ti) was next called upon, and spoke of was incorporated in this state. He Mr. Ross :mying ynu lu11 ~ nf?V"l the selection of Mr. Ross as Secretary spoke of the opl)J)sltlon in the early shirked your duty. v Ll have alw ys at the 1913 convenlion in Cincinnati days as many were certain it would beet\ loyal citi7,cn," n.nd then spok~ and said that he knew of no one more fall. In Aug. 1899, he said there was '!':tl'W•,•"'!111 of the ability of Mr. n.o~s o., "II ora capable or anyone who could • fulfill a membership of '73'7 including 200 tor, wluch ltacl heen di .ro•:,,rcd th" dutie~ and make good to the charter members. Dlscus,sing its growth througlt his Rov, ry connectl1)t1s. U'! dcr,rce that the present secretary has. he said, this was due to the integrity I k repeated the sta lcment made at of the men who were behind it. urged his lislenc1.; 1( they wanted ·w the ctcc\icalion that the association He discussed the makeup· of the asorator, to secure the secretary of the c:in c through the clrpression without sociation calling it a democratic orRa!lway Mail Association to address U1e loss of a single cent. Mr. Ben- ganization and compared this with them. nett spok of the foresight of Mr. other associations which are ruled Hugh Davidso 11. a member of the Rn·, in see ing thnl the building "from· the top down instead of the association, kno••, n for his writing of CQ11ld lw ercctf'd wil.h the funds made bottom up." poetry. which :rnpcnrs in the magaavn iinlilc [Qr a nH'morinl :ind exPeter Schardt paid a high tribute zine of the asmciation. was intro)rr ,s"'l cQnfldcncc m his ability as to the men of the Railway Mail Asduced nnd rcwl a poem enlillcd, a IJllsines. n an He told of the help sociation. He is a former member and "Our R. J\IL A." "hich h:.\d bren given by the people spoke from his experience. in the· orToastmaster no,s next introduced of Portsmoutlt to make· it possible ganization. He told of the high type lhc bankers pre•:nnt, 'William C. Walto creN the building which he added. of men employed in the' railway mail ton, George B. Lord, Benjamin M. "•\·ill he mf)re or less of a memorial Hartshorn and Villis E . Unclcrhi!I. service. lo l\lr. Ross, even after he has rclinFormer Mnyor Orr! A. Dexlcr, s"cCongressman Mead gave a fine adq11lshr,l his office." dress. He has a fine personality and rctary of the Gr:i nile State Insurnncc ''Thi is the first gathering o[ any is a brilliant speaker. He opened his Co., when rallcd upon stn t~d t 1 'lt impf)r 'lnce that the Railway Mail As- talk with a discussion of the reprefor the past 12 years the pnopJ(! sor ial ion hns ever stagrd in I'orts- sentative parllmentary system of· govof the Gninite Rlale hr,d often w<m1110111 h.'' he said."It is reallv lhc home ernment stating that there , was ·a tlcrrcl whnl wns roinrr lo happnn of th Railway Mail Association. we time when the human element had to l Ile at1,1oi11 i1 ,,. lnl. •·r rrc:i.11 11,,1•1 :>r" charterrd under the iaws of this no responsibUlty in the making of often the ]ale ,John W. Emcn· s:vil·e state :ind our insurance affairs arc laws or its administration. "In those about it PtlCl cxprr:;srrl lhc wish supervised hr the insurance commis- clays, labor was a mere pawn" he that the Rn ii ,·;,y Ma 11 As~ocia t ion sioner of the Slate of New Hamp- said, something to be exploited. He might build a IJllildinr,- on that lot:· shire." He extenclcc\ thP ~rrPtings of the told of the situation in England. Toastmn•;l<'r Ross i.pokr very briefly company trJ thrir nc,,· n cir.hbor~. "Labor was not free," he said, "nor on the Railway Mail Association, say- was religion, but there came developContinuing Mr. TJrxl• r st:,led. "I ing that he came here nearly 25 ment of a new philosophy that gave amproud to l\;JVP hnd nn opportunitr years ago when the Railway Mail man the right to break his bonds to do what I could to help that Association was going down hill. He and associate with his fellowmen building along:· said that the membership had in- to improve their lives. Next came M. A. Wilmrr of this city, 1ho did cre::ised since that time from 12,000 the development when· labor organized. the architectural work on the buildto 22,000 and the assets from $9,000 Here in America we have collective ing. was inlroclurrd. to S-!00,000 and the · association had bargaining." He spoke of the need A .J. Rouillard, Insurance Commisincren.sed in usefulness to the men of of collective effort and collective resioner for the Stntc of New Hampthe rnilway mail service. sponsibility. "America has developed shire, called the structure, "a fine inGMrge L. Bishop of the firm of that philosophy far greater than is surance building'" adding "but to you Storer and 'Bishop of Boston, spoke the case of any nation in the members of this association it means of Mr. Ross coming to him about 25 he stated. more than that. It means a home. years ago and r.sking that the firm He tole\ of the situation in Europe This building will stand as a memorsubmit plan<; for auditing the books where democracy, for which the ial to your present officers and will of thP Railway Mail Association, and world war w as fought, has been slipinspire the coming officers. These that sine that time, they have al- ping ::ind rompared conditions there present officers carried your organiways received the fullest cooperation with. this country, where "we. human zation through the gloomy period of whrn. ver they come to audit the be1ngs 'lre the most precious element the depression and brought it through hook• within our land." "This is no time ln excellent financial condillon. The John J. Krnnedr of Boston, presi- to quibble," he said. "This is an era Department of Insurance of this dent of the New England division, of collective cooperation. The-bltterstate want~ to congratulate this asone of the 15 divisions of the coun- cnder in every walk of life must sociation anrl extend~ lo it Lhc wish try, ,\·as next presented and spoke of give way before progress, he said, of continued cooperation and good his pleasure at seeing such n fine praising the postal service for its will.'' building erec ed. saying. "It is a spec- high standard. w:is followed by Harial tribute io Mr. Ross and it will "Thb is not a time Mr. Peyser spoke or renw Ill as n memorial in years to with the Secretary come but also in a eneral wa it l'-lo~..;...:....=;i~ailil..~ will be �portan~ . era in .our history. This ~ the .opportune time for capital .and labor to get together · and to settle their ·disputes around the common conference table. This is · tl::ie . time when . all · must recognize that. more· important than all machines, more imµortant · than _all money, more ,im 7 portant than . all wealth is the hwnan element of our business and it must be given a . d·l gnity . of power and ·ex~ pression -that you- of . the postal ser- . vice _enjoy." . ·' · ' History . of the 'Association , The organization now known as · the "Railway · Mall ' Association'! was -originally ·-:licensed under the , name ~ '.'I':l'ational. Assoc~atlon of Railway Pos 7 · tal · Clerks." · · · . , ·· · . The . organizatfon-~llad its birth fn 1891 and. the first · meeting held . for organization of 1 men in ,the ·Railway Mail Ser,vice was 'held in . Cincinnati, Ohio, on . Julf i_5 th of that ·year. · The . object .of ·the association : whe11 first · organized, \'vas to promote ' the interests of ·the men employed in the United States , Railway Mail Service and -to improve ttie ·Railway Mail Service wherever· possible.' · · +n those .early ; days, insurance premium rates ,:were -very. high for accident insurance · carried by iuen in . the Railway Mail Service, and in 1898 the . "National Association' of nauway . Postal Cle1:ks" organized a ]Jeneficiary · department for the purpose of . furnishing . accident insurance to ' its members. The meeting at which · .this action was t akeil was held in the city of Omaha, Neb. Application .was made for a charter as . a Fraternal · Beneficiary Association ;under the laws of the St~te of New Hampshire. ·The charter was granted and' the '. association began business in Portsmo1rth, on Dec . .14, 1898 and has continuefi · to do business in this city from that date - on. ,._ . In, -1904, at .its convention held in 1;3oston, .- the name of the organization :w~s ch~nged ·tc:> ."Railway Mail Association" and under that name it has 'erected . its 'own building in the city of Portsmouth, , -.The association has more than 22,• 000 ..members .at th.e ,present time .and, slnce·,the beneficiary. department was organized in• 1898, it has distributed to .its members " and> their beneficiaries ·more· than .:'five , million dollars in benefits: •·. Iri' addition ·:. to .the home offfoe locat~d in this city, the . association al'so· maintains an·· -office . in Washington, . D . .,c.,. and,·. were all of the activities of · the association ·. under ·one ·roof;. it would · have been neces' sary: to· ·haV:e ~rected _a much larger building than the one just completed. : . Tb.e Railway. Mail,. Association has ·been · a -, good . asset .to the city of ip'ortsmouth. It has given employ' ment; at a good rate ·_of pay, to many . of Portsmouth's , deserving -young ladies, and, in all probability, it ... pays more into · ,the coffers of Uncle Sam's Post Office than any other · institution doing business in 'the cl of Portsmouth. , 1,p t ~ The present officers of the Assoelation are J . F. Bennett, president ; f. C. · M: }!arvey, vice-president; H. w . Strickland, Industrial Secretary a nd R. E. Ross, secretary-treasurer, an d, with the exception of Vice-President Harvey, were present at the dedication of the new building on Saturday. R. E. Ross, the present secretary of the association, has been in charge of the beneficiary department siuce July 21, 1913, and during those 24 % years, the membership of the association has increased approximately 83 percent, and the assets of the association have increased more than 400 percent. The Railway Mall Associ~tlon today occupies a unique position in r egard to its finances, as it h;ts weathered the depression without having a single sec urity in default as to · eit her principal or in tere?t . T he new buildin g Ma il Association is a modern firep;oof structure, bu t designed about the period of bric!( colonial architec ture prevalent during th e latc t· part of the eighteenth cen tury. It is attractively situated, facing ! directly toward Haymarket Square and the 1uain thoroughfare en ter ing Portsmouth from · Boston; located upon t he original site occupied by the . "Oracle" House at the n orthwest cor- 1 n er of Court and Middle, in which building · "The Oracle of The Day," a publica;t!on in many r espects s lmilar t o Benj amin Franklin's original Saturday Evening Post, was printed by Charl~s P ierce, the fir~t number of which was published in 1793. Upon entering the building one comes d irectly into the m ain office and. clerical space. Directly off this space are the offices of the secretary and the bond department; a . firepro oC record · vault, · ladies powder room: and toilet rooms. Ali of the off ices on the first floor are attractively decorated with light cream walls and ivory tinted acoustical paneled ceilings. Adequate light is furnish ed • wall windows, also a large celling light over the main cler ical office. The electrical illumination being supplied by means of indirect ceiling fixtures gives a shadowless and · uniform flood of light t hrough- t S~SE CO. BUYS ""' . GRfff~~l A[~B~rcr ~ ' Another chapter in a history dat ing back over a ccntmy was writ• ten to day wl1en Atty. Charles J , Griffin announced tltai, the insuran ce business which ho.s heen conducted fo r the past ten years by the late William T. Griffitt !tad been purch ased by John 81st) & Co., insurance agen ts and brokel1! for over 100 years. Abo ut 10 ye,,rs ago Mr. Gr iffin purch ased the 111snra11l:e business of the late John Pendct· am! since that time h ad buill; it lLll to such an exLent that it heltl. n.11 en viable place in tile communil.y, WiLh lhe purchase of the husincau by John Sise & Co., it now become:; a part of a business which wus foLmdcd in 1821 and which came inLo tile Sise fam ily in 1838. Edwanl F. Slse: t he fo under, was a commission merchant who dealt in pol.L.;ry, hina and glassware. He first prf-:,0nLecl an insurance company in 1816 and continued to do so unt il hil; dc::,,t.l1. F'OL' about 50 yeai·s his son, John Sise, continued t he busi11ess a.id he' was succeeded by llis sou, the late Frederick M. Sise. ;Fo1lowing the latter's death in 1933, the busi11ess went to his sons, Charles c., and John Sise, who are now par l.ncrs irt ti ,e business with ·· Stowe Wilder, managing par tner. The acqulsltton of llte business of the G r i ffin Agency is u fo rward step for Mr. Griff!u enjoyPd tile association or a very high class clientele and it is believed th a t a pleasant r elationship will continue under the new ownership. �YMP-HONY TABLET FOR GOV. WENTWORTH HOME ))·\9 RCHESTRA The first concert o·r the season given by the People's Symp1.10ny orchestra held _on Sunday afternoon at the Junior High School Auditorium brought out a large number of music lovers to enjoy the fine program presented. , The group of musicians, composing the orchestra come from Dover, Rochester, Kittery, Newburyport, as well as Portsmouth, and the concert was of a high calibre. The .program, varied enouh to satisfy all, included compositions o! Wagner, Hayden, Bach, Ketelby, Beethoven, as well as others. This orchestra was un1er the direction of James J. MorrL:;on, Jr., o! this city, who org,mized the orchestra. The orchestro. was assisted by Mrs. Mary Shaw McMahon, soprano; Mrs. Sara Dickey Simpson, contralto, and Helen Gordon, violinist. • The opening number was the march fri5m ·"Tannhauser" by Wagner. This was followed by Hayden's "The Heavens Are Telling." Helen Gordon next played as ·a violin solo "Gypsy Airs" by Sarasote. The "Chorale" and "Fugue" in C minor by Ba~h. transcribed for orchestra by Mr. Morrison was the next number on th!! p1ogram. Mrs. Sara Dickey Simpson sang "Gavotte" from Thomas' "Mignon", and Mrs. Mary Shaw McMahon sang as a soprano solo "I Will Extol Tl1ce, 0 I.,ord,'' from "Eli" by Costa. 'l'he orchestra playPd "Monastery Gankn" by Ketelby and the fl.no.I number was the first movement of Beetho ven's Symphony No. 1. The singers were exceptionally good, both Mrs. McMahon and Mrs. Simpson being well . known in this city, and their solos are always enjoyable. Miss Gordon, well known violinist of Dover, is establishing a wide reputation in this city, and her solo yesterday clearly showed her ability. Mr. Morrison's ability as o. conductor was again clearly in c,·idence. Wolfeboro, - Dea.n La.wrence s~aw Mayo o! the Harva11d Graduate :;c11ool, a summer resident. o! Wolfeboro, bas recently p%ovlded a permanent marker for the site oI the ancient country seat of John Wentworth, last Colonial governor oJ New Hampshire. It will be recalled that upon Governor Went.worth's choice- of Wolfeboro a.s n eummer residence the town ba:;;:s. its clo.lm to the title, "Oldest t:;wnme:r Resort in America.." Dean Mayo's own estate is near the shore of tl~e lovely Jake which bears Governor Wentworth's name. The marker wm consist o1 a bronze u,blet attached to a huge boulder, plated near the cellar hole of Wentwo1th House, excavated In 1933. The tablet was designed by F'. Palmer Clarke of New· Haven ancl Os~ipce. It bears the 1ollowing ins I iptlon: Here stood 1769 JU20 Wentworth House Tlle Country Seat o! John Wentworth Last Royal Governor of New Hampshire Built in 1769 ; Destroyed by F'lre ln 1820 This is rollowcll by a <1notat1on, taken from a letter written by Governor Wentworth, while in cx1i liurlng the Revolution, addre.·:;ecl to Joshua Pierce. Its content. is supposed to have been intended a.s a.n aclrnoni.tion to Woodbury Langdon, who Wentworth fe:ued migllt get -pm;:;c::;sio11 o.r the WoH<tlHi)J;O pnll)Crty. It. l'C!l.ds: "Whoeve1· may ]l)Osses::. J1IJ/ se.1t at WoHeboro, I e;harge llilu uot to di.;grnce its name by turnm;, the lu1gering feet 0.l! t11e children oJ i:alannty uncomforteU: .llrom that 1h.>0r, who::;e hinges will gladly extcud to receive such friends of the founder." Beneath the quotation is a facsimile of Wentworth's own signature, as of a i:ecently-discovered Jetter. The Wentworth's coat-of-arms is also reproduced on the tablet. Dean Mayo bas been always much interested in the historical background of his summer home, and has him....~,-,..,..seU written a "Lile o! John Went,...,..~c,i·.:ffl worth." It Is characteristic o! that retiring and nltruu:Uc nalure that he wished the mnrker placed without ceremony of any kind. ., T DE Japanese Will Continue To Fish In Russian Waters Moscow, Dec. 22 <Ul'))-Sovlet Rmi• sla lll.l!t night agreed to Jct Japan continue fl:;hlng in SovJet Pacific waters, thus tcmpomrlly settling an issue that gravely troubled Ru:;so-Japanese rela- ' Uons. omcial announcement was made prolonging for one year an old. agieement which woulcl have expired Dec, 31. Japanese leaderi; had threatened ''lorcll.Jlc action" to conserve Japan's important 11shing indu~cry ln Russian water~, which employs 20,000 fishermen. 'I'J1e original rlgl1ts were awarded Japan by the 'I'1·eaty of Portsmouth of J905, part of the fruits o! her victory over Russia in war. TO ERECT THREE BULLETIN SIGNS The city of POI t~moutll will, in the near 1·uturc, Jiavc t111·ec modernistic DeLuxc type bulletln signs to be erected on the Dover, Lafayette and Exeter l'Oads. The signi; hn.vc the approval of Mayo Goldsmith, 'I'. J , Downs who is on t11e publicity committee, F. C. Remick, A. F . Redden and business men who have 1.,cen the sketch and tipeclflcaiions of ihe :;lgns, wbicb were deislgned by Alan Taylor o! this city. The sigru; aie to be 25 feet long by 10 :feet high IW<i w·e JJOW being built and will be u cdcd in the near future. The money nccel>SD.lY for building and palnting .IS being donated by the business men an<l merchants and over half the amount neHlccl has already been pledged . To the tow i~t who c:omcs to Port.sroouU1 the :;lt:n:: car, y the mcs:,age that Portsmouth extends a wrdial welcome to visitor:; aml an invitation t,o enJoy tJUl \.11)· to-dnte llllO~, ho\elll, restaurants, theaters elc., and should serve as an inducement to the tourist to make a stop-over In Portsmouth and enjoy a little time in a city rich in historic Interest. The first sign will be erected on the property formerly owned by Samuel Langdon and recently purchased by T. J. Downs . �This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO 239.48-1992 (pennanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts m 1998 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i11079770 https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/706519fc5c2a12f38591b05e9426e5b7.PDF 632ade7cc05841ec57b173942895048f PDF Text Text �American Legion District Nursi ng Ass'n. 24-5 Exeter, .N. H.- Oilman elm c2 Animal Hescue League 71 Exeter, N. H.l•'ire Co. 54 11 11 Cotton mill 55 11 Architectural heritage" Public Lib. 56 Exeter,N. H.- 'l'ercentenary 40,52, 63 Arundel-Kennebunkport 43 Family ~e lfare Ass'n. 6, 12 Fernald, Hannah G. 92 Boone Islnnd 38 Fires of Portsmouth 80 French, George B., Co. 71 Brackett, Charles H. 85-6 Garden Club 55 Granite btate Fi re Ins. Co. 46 Brackett, Ralph D. 19 Greenland, N. IT .- Cong. Ch. 88-99 Greenland, N. II. - 'vJeeks house o7 Brannigan, Gladys 42 Hampton, N. H.- Gooay Cole 90 11 11 • 'l'ercon tonn.ry ~u , '..1:V 11 Camera Club organizod 11 61 • 'l'horvold 's grave 51 Candia, N. H.-Lang mansion 64-5 Heffenger, ~rs. Funny 12 Hodgdon, l1illiam A. 87 Catholic Book Week 60-1, 65 Houdini, Mrs. Harry 90 Howells, John IV1eaci 20 Chamber of Commerce 44,70 John Langdon Club 12 Kittery.- Hist. Soc. 59 Cheney·, liussell 37 Liberty poles 53 Lions' Club organized 86 Christmas, 1937 1-6 Lovell, hleanor 92 Maine.- 1:-'irates 26 Churches.- St. Johns 47,51, 72Maritime Commission.- Harbor development 90-91 Churches.- St. Nicholas 47 May, Halph 68 68 ~iller, Mary E. B. 87 City budget, 1938 10,11, 12Moulton, Alexander 65 New Castle, N. H. 68 City Council 58 Newfields, N. H.- Betty Shutes' well N. H.- Hist. Soc. 71 City officials, 1938 18 Payne, .t.dward F. '71 Pirates.- Maine 2o Cole, Goody 93 Pirates.- .N. ~. 41 Portsmouth in 1967 28-05 Constitution Day, Mar.2 68 .fortrai ts, \·J ent worth 71 ~resident's birthday, l9j0 lo,2 '1, 48,48 Dallas, Bishop John T. 8'7 .Privateering 67 Public Library 42, 61 Dame, HichA.rd 76 Remey, ~rs. George c. 72 Hicker, 1.werett, 11. 42 D. A. R.- Essay 44 Roberts, ~enne~1 7U D. A.H.- York Chapter 15 Hye, N. H.- Christian C:.)urch '/c3-80 D. A. R.- H~nger Chapter 15 Hye, N. H.- Harbor develop. 81 Hye, N. H.- Tucker house 96 Demolay, 16 Anniversary 46 Seacoast Heg. .Uevelopment 0v, bu Sesquicentennial celebration ,,1;:,, 50 Durgin, Dr. Henry I. 96 Shute, Judge Hen!'y A. 12 Smith, Capt. Ar chi bald •V. 62 English boy choristers 95 jpaulcting, Dr. James A. oG Tchow, Col. Thomas ra . lY±-5 Exeter, N. H.- Davis Lib. 70 Thaxter, Hosamonct 94 'l'uclc, 1·,dward II 97 "- Dudley house 75 U. 8. Navy yard !)'/ , '/4 �./ebster, l>aniel 74 \rnntworth, i~ark H., home 6 1entVJOI'th, bamuel, house 7-8, H i-1'1 ~entworth- Vaughan house ::iee v✓ entworth, Samuel ,house 11eston , Samue l 47 \',heclwric;ht, John 63 \ihi ttier, Obactiah 51 1ilson hichway 60 York, b!e •• - J\!clntire c;arrisdm 14 Y. ~. C. A.- Fire 2'7 Zimbalist, .r::rrem 15 ��Christmas Activities In Portsmouth Olbservance In This Comrau I ity !liaxke By.Spiri · Of Goo,iWin.· .And He p lness . HE clay of days is day the masses will be · at 7, 8, 9, 10 .and 11 o'clock. At Christ Church the service will be at 7 :30 a. m . Christmas morning. Such well known, . a_n d !av<;>t'.iW 1 ~ro\s ;ci.s "O Come, ,All . Ye Faithfu,l,'' ''1HArk the 'Herald 'Angels, ·sihg,'" · "It' Came Upon the Midnight Clear," ••O, ·tittle Town of Bethlehem" and "Angeis fro:n the Realmr, of Glory·· will be sung. At 7 :30 p. m. on Christmas evening the People's BaptisL Church will holct its annual Christmas tree and entertainment. DeWitt Clinton Commandery, K. T. will hold a Teligious ·service for i~s members at 12 o'clock nopn on Christ~ mas day, This service is held throughout the land wherever Conunanderies meet o.nd tlJe local commandery day, tilled wilh people who were going almosl here, ancl ,home for Clu·istmas to spend their P o r ts mo u th has holidays wilh their loved ones. Some made elaborale plans • were golng homo for the fll"st time for Christmas day, in years, buck to the old homestead. Religious services be- All were In n · holiday mood, thrilled '"°'"o---"""'"' ginning at 11 :30 this with the thought or going home. evening, family re- Bundles of all sizes and shapes were uni o n s, informal visible on all sides. gatherings, various •The trains were being run in sec'parties· and Christ- tlons, so great was the demand for mas programmes are . that popular method of transportabut a few of the act- tlon. The -regular busses were aug"il-J....,,1.1....i.....,_,J:,)'ivities. Christmas · mented by one, and even more than day is usually the cll!iuix· U>" weeltS o! , one, additional bus to care for the preparation nd it 1s no eKception here passengers desiring to travel over the in thL~. city. highways. Tonight there i~ much to do. People All methods of transportation felt who have been busy with thell" shop- the increase. Many made the trip 111 ping for thell" out-of-town friends and private cars, and traffic on the highrelo.tives have that last-minute pack- ways was heavy for this time of the age to wi·a.p, ::md possibly a present yeo.r. In addition to the through trafto huy, There is the tree to trim, and fic many people were dl"iving o.bout tile youngsters to be put to bed so to vlew the flue Christmas decoro.they will b fast asleep when Santa tions, ·010.u~ arrives late in the evening. The Christmo.s carol service at the Religious Service North Church brought out the ChrisChristmas from a religious standtmas atmosphere on the streets, and point will be ushered in beginning at the late shoppers heard the singing 11 :30 p. m. this evening. Historic from inside the church , through the St. John's church, will continue its neans of loud speakers. The late shop- impressive custom of holding a midpers made quite a crowd, as many night service by candlelight. At 11 :30 people came from some distance to the evensong, first vesper~ ~r Clu·istmake their purchases. mas, will be held. At 12 o'clock the Many people will take advantage of Holy Conuimnion will be partaken by tl1e opportunity to drive about the the members. The vested choir will city and see the fine illuminated de- take po.rt in the service. The second coro.tlons. Some will go to Boston and celebration of Holy Comunion will participate 11, tl1e ancient custom of take place at 9 :30. carol singing at Beacon Hill, that At the Universalist church the charming English custom which has become traditional with Christmas Young People':; Christian Union is ond Beacon Hill. Some will' drive to also sponsoring a midnight service. Newburyport to see the fine· dlsplo.y This is the first such service ever of lndivlduo.l lights which 1R one of held by that group, and they are planthe outstanding displays in New Eng- ning au hour's musical service beginning at 11 :30. The program includes la11d and attracts hundreds. There ha.a ·been a great deal of. such instrumental solos as flute, corwork In leading up to Christmas. net, and organ; vocal solos and conEveryone ha.a had something to do gregational carol singing will also be with 0hrlstmo.s o.nd the clay ls o.n featured in the service. This will also important one in the calendar. Orgo.n- be a candlellght service and will last one hour. izations, tndlvlduo.ls and business The first midnight Christmas mass houses have been busy for some time in several years wlll be sw1g at the in spread.Lng the 0hrlstmns cheei·. Church of the Immaculate Concep'll'raiwl and l!JU8!3eff Orowdod. tion. This will begit1 at 12 o'clock: and Busses and trains were loaded to I wlll be · a . high mass .. ·on Chrlstnras ta))l).Citl' OCl their tdpis thr9ugl\QUt the will be visited by the Concorde Male ~·"·"'"'·'•:-·"'· quarteLLe or BosLon. James H. SmiLh. 0 Commander of ,the orgo.u;i~o.ti!)n, ·_ is in cliargr of the s<;rvke. ' f -'I·,' • I I -:!,. , ' ' \ t"ircmcn l\lake )'.".oungstej·,(ffiJtfY / For weeks the ' ni.embe1-~ ' of tlie . Bire I <:~,-•.•.••• Department have been ,repab.·h1~, r~-. building and \ re_1ie,~•il:g , to.v\ f1-P~. otl1er things so dear to the hea1-ts•: .oL . t).ie. children. in prep,a ration for tbt~o1~!ow. , ...., ...,......... Toys which had · been J:\roken; '. which some youngster had gi;own ti.red of, or toys which we.re po longer needed were sent to the fir(! station during the past few ·monllis ,a1id the. f\r.e1~1en have been working on them~··. &'et~i11g them in workable condition,:_. sol. that many a boy's heart , ,yill b.e gladpened tomorrow-moi·ning when he fi11ds toys in his stocking or under the tree. Many a girl will receive the thrill of finding just _the, dollie she ~nted, when she comes down stairs early tomorrow morning· and looks at her ( f · , , •. , gifts. Tl1ls is a ta:;k which the flremen J1ave done over a period of tJne, and they "do excellent work. They have been spending the day getting the articles delivered. This in itself is a real job, and with the assistance or others interested in the work they a,re doing·. they have been able to leave jllany packages in homes where they will be appreciated , and where there 0Ll1crwisc migllL noL be sucl1 a happy day tomorrow for the children. The dolls. and there were a large number of them . were dressed by the women of the Red Cross, wllo for the past t,yo weeks at their m eetings, have been making all sorts o! clothes for the dolls. Many a little girl"s hearL niill be gladdened for months · to by the work of the · firemen .a,nd women. What Somt' Oq;anizalio11s Arc Ooing-. Doing something for others just to mal,e them happy. rather than because you .expect· so1netl)ing in. retur.o -is the best. w~y of 'making ' yourself happy. Many' ' people are happy toI night because they 'have dohe just tha~ ·· thing .' Ti1ere are himdreds or unknown Christmas , sacrifices in this · community. There 'ii.re many people who do a great deal of charity work · \Vhb have 110 desire be known. Some of these done individuaHy anti to �Coming into the city from t.he Laa good busiothers ttrrough organizations. Mnny fayette road one can get some idea ness this season. Many people from org•mlzatlons do a great deal a't Chrisof what they are to see, for as they apbnas, giving to help others- less for- outside of the city ha1e come here Lo pronch the city, the lights in the hon1es do illcir shopping. People have been tunate, the membrrs ,vorking togethrl· nlong that strceL, and In the distance ns a, group. Amons the groups nre thr spcnclln:; their mnne.1· more on u~rful are plainly vi~lble. South street hus glfls this yenr. lhu11 tor several yl'ar~ Elks, Emblem Club, American Legleu some excellent decorations and ii, Is and Auxiliary, The' Family ' Welfare pa. l. Pro.clical glfL~ \\'Cl't' ln gr<':.ll de- worth u drivr from one end of thal, lopg mnnd. aud a grenl dcnl ol \1·e;1rln~ apAssociation, and the Kiwanis Club. tilreet to lhe alt.her. The Elks and Emblem club each year parel ll'as pmclwsed 1or giits . • A visit to Myrtle avenue, Dennett give several baskets. and this year street and Thornton street will be ex• S:.ill·alion Anny the Auxiliary of the Amel'ican Legion For several-1\'ePks the Salvation Ann,\' ceptionally worth while and in a tour gan·• gifts to under-privileged child-· has been collecting pennies. nick 1;. o! the Atlantic Heights one finds a ren. ''I'he Family Welfare Associatimi dunes. quarters. half-doJJars and bill~. great many homes decorated with for · many years has taken care -0t whatever people have given. in their lights. a nuinber of :ramllies. Several of the 'I'he large tree on the top of the NaBoy Scout troops sent' one basket or kettles which have been placed m con- val prison shows up from various parts venient places along the side'l':nlks in more to J.11a,ces Wh~rti tqey knew it of the city and is indeed an attraction. was needtjj, ;Th.e members. the Ki- U1e business session. T11e~· ha l'e als:, The two community trees, one at Hay• made other appPals to obtain funds to wanis Club ~ach tobk a youngster and market Square and the other at the outfitted it in clot.hing which was send Christmas baskets to families who Memorial bridge approach are most atneed them at Christmas time. TllP~ needed •. The ·Murray Mission Gu!ld o( tractive. Setting as the tree does, in the the Universalist Church sent out se,- ha\'e al~o secured articles of clolhin~. grass plot at Haymarket square, com• which are needed by some families. eral baskets. Other organizations alsG The task of collecting fund is an a,·- Ing inlo the city from Middle street, the exempli!ied the true spirit of Christd uous and monotonous one. From ,Qrnnite State Fire Insuranc-e Co., with mas by their gifts to others. make8 a momlng until night t:1e Salvr.tlon Army its arches o! colored llghls Such things as these make one reallassie , and men also. are stationed 11eor very attractive setting. ize that the real spirit of Chrlstmu The Elks Home has an unusual decothe kettles waiting and hoplng the~·e is still with us and that the people will be some change coming thrir way. ration, its windows on the front or the are not commercializing tlm holiest They are not thinking of them;elves, for home being decorated with the letters or holidays. t,hey are giving their time. It is cold " B. P. 0. E., MERRY XMAS." The . 'landing besidl! the kettles. but tl1ey art! home of the Knights of Coluri1btts i~ Out 'J'oda.r cheerful, as they are doing ~omething. also nicely decorated. " Throughout the day the .stores hal'e for others, which is the tn1e ChristmR'> The South End, in adrtition Lo the been well patronized. The crowd of memorial tree at the plot o! Jund neHl' shoppers came out early and during spirit. Small change mounts up Imo dollari. the afternoon there were many people and no matter how small the donation the South M\11 bridge has many home~ on the streets and in the stores. Many it is welcome. The work which they decorated. At the West End various people tmdoubtedly this evening wil'l do goes a great way toward makinlc( places might be named, but this would also be out doing the last bit of shop- Christmas a merry and joyous day for entail too many names and too much ping of the Christmas· season. House- many people, nnd through them aH hav~ space, it ls enough to Ray that a tour of the city should include that section. wives during the day came down town A\drlch road, Middle road, Islington to pick out their turkey, goose, -or a chance to help others . Bl!ginning this morning mo1e than 50 street, in fact all sections· of the city whatever is traditional 1·0t· the home baskets were made up aud at 11 o'clock are decorated more than ever before on Christmas day. During the afternoor, people came the disttibut.ion began. Mayor Ken- and in a 11 sorts of styles. Tt rel\ \ly I~ from communities near nnd far t o nard E. Goldsmith brought tile se~ - worth an extendt.'d trip about Ille enth·t complete their shopping. realizing that son's greetings and presented the fir,;! city and surroundmg communmes to here in Portsmouth the store:. would basket. About 4 o·c1ock in the afler- view the decorations. have a new stock of merchandise to uoon Santa Claus -will a:rnve and dis· care for those who always shop late. tribute toys and clothing to 1,boL~t- 100 Carol Sini;ing 'fof1ight Coniinning the cuslom inaugurated People laden . with • bundles, people g<,- children. The bn. kets conlalncd meat.~. Gl'Or- on' Christmas eve Inst year, there will 1t,g empty handed, and people just lookint: for one particular gilt, were erles nnd all the nrtlcle!i nccP;:;~\lrY !or be· carol smglng at the NorU1 church around all day, joining with hundreds a fine Christmas dinner .ind 1many a 'this evening at 7 o'clock. This I:. planof others, just like them, shopping for home would not be so hr.ppy tnmorrow ned to be a ve1 y fine service and is for some special gift. This was a holiday if it were not for this work, which hi\~ everyone. The favorite carols, so dear to the hearts of all, will be sung, and am· cTowd. good natured and considerate. been going on here for many years. pllflers will be arranged so U1at the The tenseness of the rush to get ('lu·istmas Deco1·atio11s There a1e some excepuoul\11)' fin~ .sound of the singing v.ill resound things done apparently was broken. decorations throughout U1e busine5':I section for half The end' was tn ~ighl and thaL meant il\umlnated Chrlstmus rellrf. Relief. not only for the shop- about the cit~•. and it is well worLh an hour.'This will add to the Christpers, but for the clerks and ~hopkee11- anyone's time to take a dlive around af- mas atmosphere and shoppers, tired afers as well. Thf'Y too had been under a ter dark to see them. But it is not _only ter a busy afternoon of shopping, will strain. the customer who is undecided, confined to Po1'lsmouth, as many find relaxation in slopping and listen• or dissatisfied, is no easy person to homes are attractively decorated in ing to the singing. The singers will be wait on. especially when the clerk has Kittery, Kittery Point, Eliot. Newing- made up of many singers in this city, been rushed for several days. 13ut ton. Greenlanp, Rye and New Cnstle and everyone is invited to join In this those things are expected as a part and a visit around last evening showed service. An orchrslra will assist. of the days work. and-well it i, ~ome very unusunl type;:;. The service lust yeo.r was handiChristmas timP nnd lhe Cilrhtmn~ nlIn Portsmoulh proper onr finds capped by cold weather, but the weathmosphere in t11is city is known lor a many differf'nt kine.is of decorations. er man promises much l>etter westhf'r great many miles. Probnbly the most outstanding would than the l.Jiite, cold of last year, anct Shoppers llllect Lll,• sid,•\\'fl II,~ 11 II be hard to Judge, due to the varions the service should be one which during the afternoon. and it is ex\lec- styles. An effort to name all of the outted that the crowd ·.iill be bigger dur- standing would also be futile, for ;al- "-------_,;,________...,....-! ing the evcninc. There are m-'!-· peo- though an efiort was made to view all ple who enjoy th~ thrill of minglin~ of the lllumin.iLed houses,· there ,nre with the Christmas ~hol)pers. nnd al- some very fine clecornt.ions on sicle though some lt111e thc·ir shopping don•• streets which were missrd. they enjoy gclLin~ ouL into llw Christmas atmosphere. o( �Xmas PageanJ At Little · Boar's Head Throngs Sing Carois By Beautiful Cathedral Woo.ds starlit sky 111 e . from which• The Star of DeLhlehem g u id Cd three wise men to the manger where l,he O hr ls t-c h 11 d was b o r n the ."N a ti v i t y" scene was reenacted o n the opera stage ot the Hobson estate at Little Boar's Head, ___........__...__,last evening, 3.11 nearly 100 spectators joined in singing Christmas . carols. Over the wide-spreading opera field, representative . of the Hills of Judea across which three kings bore gifts to Virgin Mary's child more than ninehundred. years a11;0, the Chorus, siK tnui1peters and three wise men pilgrimaged to the manger. A~ they walked across the field they sang oldtime carols that wlll Ior ever bring Yuletide spirit into the hearts of men. Shepherds with a flock of real sheep were in the field. They were dressed simllar to the shepherds that tended. their flocks many centuries ago as the Hcrnld Angels touched their harps of gold bidding peace on earth and good will to men. The broad expanse of the Opera field and C[tthedral Woods were lighted with a number of burning color flare.~ set in the ground, their light adding to the impressiveness of tlw scene. The stage was lighted by sev·• 1 ml strings of mulli-colorecl lir: ;1, .bove the rusUcl}' conslrucLcct manger where the virgm mothei· bcni; ove, the little Lord Jesus a large star shone. M:l.l'y wos portrayed by Mrs. Ha1rn Storm of North Hampton. The Wisc mc11, who, after following the yonder 1,l,11r ovrr flcl1ls ::\l\d IIIOUlll.t\ius, l!rought gold, myrrh nutl frankincense to the ba.be that lay in a manger, slowly journeyed from the far end of I.lie Opera Field :1s trumpr~tcrs pla:,'ed Christ.mas carols. The pre-Christmas observance start·ed on the balcony of Uw hoine .o f Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Hob~on. Edr;o.t" Wallace, well-known Portsmoutlt trumpeter. assisted by ftve others opened the Xmas observance with familiar and ever-popular Yuletide selections. Majestic pine trees of Cathcdra1 Woods, silhouetted ar;ainst a blackened sky · tl_lat was set with hrilliant stars -t h e s a 0 • , • • -the same that have guided ship helmsmen and sheep herdsmen alike to their .destinations for counthiss centuries-echoed back softly the music that nearly a thousand voices joined in singing. Songs included: 0 Come All Ye Faithful by Oakley, 0 Little Town of Bethlehem by Phillips Brooks, It Came Upon The Midnight Clear by Sears. Joy to the World by Isaac Watts. The First Noel, Away in a Manger by Martin Luther, Sllent Night by Gruber and Hark the Herald Angels Sing by Mendelssolun. Norman Mouiton Leavitt, talented Portsmouth musical director, led the gathering in singing a program of Christmas carols known and loved by all. The beautiful strains of the Christmas carol5 never sounded more snJJ!lme than as rendered last evening by the choristers gatl1ered undcl' the night sky beside ihe cradle of ihc Christ-child. · After the program of songs and the Chrlstmas pageant-so realistically acted and in such a natural settin~ that the many who attended last evening are looking forward to another such pageant ·next year-the Sam1 Soucl house was opened to the public. Hel'e hot coffee and doughnuts were served. The attraction at Sans Souci wa.'i the exhibition of paintings by Adrian Lubbers, famous Dutch artist, who, following many years of practice in foreign countries and United States, fa now concentrating his talent. or.1 paintings of New York City. Several of Mr. Lubber's oll paintings were explained by Mrs. Hobson. Outstanding in the collection was ti· picture of Brooklyn Bridge. Anothel' po.luting • that , received considerable comment was New York's famous skYsoraper sky lino. COMMUNITY 3.).~ CAROll .SINGING 3 CHmSTMAS EVE A half hour of carol singing will be enjoyed starting at 7 o'clock on Christmas Eve, in tile North Church. This • is a community project in which many churches of the community are cooperattng t-J have a short service of carol singing amidst the bust throng or Christm:is shoppers. Singers aud an orcllf',,tr.i made up from vnrious cl\m:ch ~roups will lead, n11d everybody ts invited. It L~ hoped that .the c:a.rols nmy be broadcast int;o the 1d_•..,s,.,p... ,_s_t-:,n•~ ·P_t..,_h,_v-,,-lo-:-tea...k..,e..r..s..._..,~"'"'~~:""'.".i XMAS PAGEANT AND CAROL SINGING Public Invited To Attend Festivities At }lobson Estate I A Christmas pageant and carol sing- _ing will be given on the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson at Little Bo[tr's Head in North Hampton, Thmsday e~ening at 8 o'clock and the public is urged to attend this .pre-Christmas observance on the large Opera field. Edgar Wallace, well-known trwnpeter, assisted by five other trwnpeters will play carols from the Balcony of the Hobson house. They will also play for the singing of carols in which the public is invited to join. · The pageant will include the "Nativity" scene, the traditional wise men, and the shepherds tending a flock of real sheep. A similar pageant was given last year and was acclaimed as outstanding in Christmas events. An unusual art exhibit by the famous Dutch artist, Adrian Lubbers, will be open to the public in the ''Sau Soucl" house in connection with the Yuletide program. The entire production is m1der the · direction of Norman M. Leavitt. Those attending · are asked t0 bring carol books if they have ihem. DECORATIONS CONTEST ~-~3 The Christmas decoration sponsored by the Portsmouth Club resulted as follows : . Trees, first prize, Mr . • and Mrs. Verne Wood of South street. Doors, first prize. Houses, first prize, Mr. and Mr11. Harold Smith of Middle street. Candle lighting, first prize. Mr. Mrs. J. Verne Wood. Electric lighting, first prize, Mr, Mrs. Robert Boyd of New Castle. Dr. F-red~1·ick Gray was given honorary mcnl,lon. The judges were Prof. Henry S. Clapp, instructor of ornamental horticulture of the department o! horticulture at the University o! New Hampshire, Mrs. J. Irene Tonkin, ·flower show chairman of the N. H. Federation of Garden Clubs, and Victor Amee o! Kittery Point. a member o! the Riverside Garden Club. �Soloist, Will am Schmlgle Anthem-Jesu Bambino .........• Yon Soloist, James Morrison, Jr. I Sanctus . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • • • . . . Adlam Benedlctus •...• , • • . • • • • • • Ag utter Christmas at the Portsmouth HospiAgnus Del ................. AguUcr tal was made as cheery as possible and Soloist, Wendell Belmont many relatives and friends of the paThe following carols were sung tients called and brought gifts. A the Adoration: prettily lighted Christmas tree stood 0 Little Town of Bethlehem in front of the hospital and Christmas At old St. John's Church the beautiful Silent Night trees and greens were also in the sun and lmpre&sive midnight service uf Hark. the Herald Angels Sing parlors. Over the maternity building Christmas brought out worshippers, the Cloria m Excelsls ... . ........ Agutter there was a lighted star. number of which !11\ed all the pews of Rec-cssional-The First Noel During the week groups from sevEvensong was at 11 :30 o'clock tJn the church downstairs and there were eral organizations visited the institualso others In the gnllery. The at- Christmas eve. tion and sang carols. The Hospital tendance was the largest ever known at A second cclcbrntlon of the Guild, as it has done for some years, this annual midnight service at the Communion was held nt 0:30 a. m. brought Christmas cheer. Mrs. Harry hlstorlc nnd imposing church, lncludSunclL\Y hrlni; St.. Stephen's Dnr tl\er" W. Peyser was In general charge or was Holy Communion nt 8 a. m. and tng many who resided out of town. the gifts and every person in the hosThe altar and chancel had decora- Solemn Procession and Holy Eucharist pital including the superintendent, all tions or Christmas greens and large at the 10:.\5 a. m. service. employees and all patients received a poinsettias against a background o! ..-.....- - - - - -----.,....-"""'...--.....,... gift from the Guild. The gifts were made as dainty as possible with fnnc}' green on the altar blended wltl1 the Christmas greens and tall lighted cancrepe pape1· and colored ribbons to dles flickered throughout the service, give them the Christmas touch. Some of the women patients were given Col- the electric lights In the church not beturned on until its conclusion. gate's boxes containing four articles; ing Laurel wreaths tied with scarlet ribbon...,,~---~--...,_._.......__~-'-"-.-... men patients were given two initialed handkerchiefs each; the mothers were gave a finishing touch to tl1e adotnlngs. given baby blankets for their new lit- In !ront of the lecturn the crib waR artle ones; the nurses' gifts were dainty ranged. The rector, Rev. Maxwell Ganter, coat hangers of flowered ribbon; two The Salvation Army Sunday school young nurses who are patients re- conducted the service and extended will hold Its Christmas tree and give a ceived manicure sets and Miss O"Don- words of welcome to the la.rge congreg'.-l • variety concert tonight at 7 :30 at the tlon present. ,He was assisted in the citadel. Adjutant Martin will be chaic,cll1c'i:l~;~ oghue, the superintendent, and Mrs. service by Rev. Sheaf Walker of man of the program and Mrs. Martin Knowles were given boudoir pillows. There were 43 patients in the hospi- Christ Church. is In charge of arrangements, assisted tal and all able to partake of it were The vested choir of men nd boys ol' by the Sunday school teachers. some served a roast tmkey dinner with alt St. John's Church, 34 in number, un- 200 toys are waiting for Santa Claus' the fixings; others received delicacies der the direction of Choirmaster Ernest distribution. P. Bllbruck, rendered the musical In their rooms. The public Is invited to attend program and Its singing wns a. feature concert and Sunday school tr:;c,;ee:,.:· :--..1 of the service. Some of the choir boys were very young and all IJelong to the church school or parish. St. John's Guild each ye r presen:,s two medals, one to a choir boy fo~· There was a quiet celebration of musicianship, which was awarded ~o ,.,1!'~"'3,-..":l~IChristmas at the Wentworth Home on Garland Patch. The medal wa.-1 1 Pleasant street. Carol singers cam award to Wendell Belmont for at~ndduring the week and the house was nce. prettily decorated with Christmas A large number of worshippers l'?;~•:"':'i'coegreen. The Christmas dinner of roast walked In procession down thci middle turkey and everything that makes Ut> aisle to receive their communion, all "".r•··~'"'""" such a holiday feast was served at returning to their pews by the side noon. A number of visitors called and aisles that there would be no confusion. leff girts for relative~ or friends. Many joined softly In the carols witt1 the choir as they came down U1ci aisle. Nelson K. Wnrd, church organist-, presided at the organ at the service, his work being exceptionally good. The soloists were William Schmlgle, Wendrll Belmont and James Morrt~on. The following was the musleal program or the choir: . ;_;;~t~~,/:;~,;·~ Hytnn 76, Introit--Chrlstlons Awake Gradule-The Angel's Messa.gci '-'·""'~·•·'-'-•' 11 Gloria Tlbi CHRISTMAS DAY AT HOSPl,TAL MIDNIGHT SERVICE AT SAINT J N'S TREE TONIGHT CHRIST VIAS AT WENTWORTH HOME ••••••••••••• •••••••••.• Adlt1t11 �RECORD SET AT POS'iOFFICE For !,he \""-St three days the number of cancellations at the Portsmouth Post. office has broken rt:c<irds for any tlltee days in the h isto ry of the office . over 60,000 letters and cards have been cancelled each day during the past three days. The· highest day in the history of the office was 76.500, whlch wa.s just one year ago today. Last year cancellations from Dec. 16 to Dec. 22, a mounted t.o lfl3.005 nd this compares with 267.-tOO ror the same period th is year. Receipt.s during the past three dtWs have qeen over $1000. The r .cord for all time was on Monday with $1.700.41. On Tuesday it was $1,.115.02 :ind Wednesday $1 ,101. 8, making '.l. total of $3 ,851.44 . The force has been .hard , t work hai1dl~1g thL~ increase in mail, and ll'ls done remarkably we!!. • All tile mail I:: delivered during the day b fore the letter carrler concludes h is du tier. . Tltls has prevented the piling up of greetin~ cards and permit.s a good start on the following day. Thr plan ma.ugurated this yet1., or keeping the regular ca.rriers in tlte or-flee casing Ul> mall ho.s been o. llig r!l.C·· tor in keeping the deliveries up to the minute. The auxiliary carriers are able to take care of the deliveries, but tlte big jol>'somes in sorting and casing U1e mail. The temporary force, o.s well o.s the regular force, at the postofftce has done an excellent job tlus_season. Pos~ ma.stoc Hickey paid high t ribute to the n.ne work of the force and stated that the coming of the temporary force to the office for instruction was a great fact.or in ma.king things run smoothly. Total letter ' cancellntions since Deo. 1 amount to 474,846. Broke Record LET -YOUR LETTER, 111· Deliverin·g IRA Et WITH Yule Mail YOUR GIFT Want to send a Christmas letter with yom· package so both will a rrive at the same time? There are two ways. One will cost a lot of money, The other won't . If you enclose the letter in your package you'll have to pay first-class Al though · the Portsmou th postofflcG rates on the whole package, That's force at this ·C hristmas season brokl} costlr. recordR in the amouut of mall delivered But if you attach the letter to and receipts from the sale of stamps, tha the outside of the parcel you'll only biggest record broken was in the deliv~ have to pay first-class rates on tµe ery of mnll . · Today, by the middle of lette1·. t he forenoon everyU1lng except a few The package will go second, third packages had been delivered, and these or fourth class, depending on the con• were being ta.ken to their destina.tiollfJ tents. as fast as five trucks could do so. This is how to do it: . The people of this city, in response to Buy a package of labels printed:. the appeal to mall early, did just that "This parcel contains merchan• and as a result the ·postofflce force ill dlse which may be opened for in• returning to normal today. The temspection." You can't write or stamp porary force, with the exception of the those instruction on the package- I,, ::;~..;i11,;;-r,11,,li carriers, has been dismissed and left but the label fulfills postoffice re• after doing very fine work. quirements. ·Tonight brings- to a close the biggest Wrap yow· package securely with. Chrisimas season that has ever been heavy cord. (Don't use tinsel twine.) expericucod by the employes of the local Put your own (return) address ,.--.,,-.,··,,,.,.,c postoffice. All that remains now is the in the uper left corner. The address final ma.Us which come from other of the person to whom the gift is places, and, of course, there will b!3 going belongs in the lower half- In some late mailing in this city. the center if possible, otherwise In the. All is quiet back of the scenes in the right corner, postoffic;e. Even this morning, half an Then glue or tie the letter to the hour after the mail arrived, it had all package. ' been sorted and ready for delivery. The The address must be · on both lethum and clatter of the cancelling· mater and package. chine is heard more infrequen~ly now·. If your package - or greeting card The incoming ma.ii ls larger than usual, - is going to a woman: · but the outgoing has dropped to normal. Address it "Miss" if she ls Without the least doubt every piece or ried-no matter how young ma.ii that; arrived on the 2:l!j train th!8 she is. aftemoon will be delivered and so will Address it to "Mrs. Noel Yule• a great po.rt of the 6:15 mall. This Is, tide''-if the woman is or has been indeed, an achievement and one of married. Using the husband's first which the city can well be proud, for name holds whether the husband is ea.ch person who malled a package aR• alive, dead or divorced unless the ·hussisted in making it possible by mailing ba.nd has re-married a11d there's like• early and thus 11crmittlng the force to ly to be n mix-up or the woman ls use the time to take care of late lrn::om- known in business by her own nt1me, ing mail. Then you may use "Mrs. Martha Since Dec . 16 there has been . can• Yuletide." celled at the postofflce 449,969 letters If the mail is intended for . an and cards. This compares with 318,t>91i entire fa1i1~,-1aq[iress it "¥/·' :,.nd during the same period a year ago, aml Mrs. Noel Yuletio.e'1til.d fa.mi~.1That 205 ,400 during that same length of lets the children in on ~8(;::VU\ of time In 193[1. ThL~ ls cm Increase o! o enin the ackn e. ~' '· . 131,374 over last year and o! 244,569 over two years ago. The biggest day dld llQt exceed le.at year's all-time high of 76,[100, but · there were four days In which the cancellations amounted to over 60,000. The total cancellations for the la.st \ four days amounted to 253,022. ' The Incoming mall has boen au increase over the po.st year, but the hee.yy period was extended over several days. Thi~ Is another indication that the malling early campaign haB boon ei~ fectlve this year. ~T) .2~ ~ local Post Of'fice force Did Fine Work During Holiday· Season �_POSTOf flCE ~USH .OVER . . . - . ...,.....,.,.~,_ Nov/ th~t the la~t pickage has bee~ delivered, and tlw final cards sorted, the force at the postortlce can relax and feel that they have completed their work of ta.king care of the Christmas rush. ou·tgoing letters and cards during the period of the Christmas rush was over 71,000 more than last year. During the period from Dec. 1, to Dec. 24. inclusive, 552,339 cards and -1etters were cancelled. From the period from Dec. 16 to 2-1, inclusive this.. year the amount of letters and cards cancelled was $344,893, as compared with 271,095 during the same period a year ago. The cancellations on the day be• fore Christmas amounted to 14,924. The biggest days came on the 20th, 21st, 2nd and 23rd when more·than 60,000 1;,.,,~;,,_•,q were cancelled. The outgoing packages were more numerou.1 than in past years. While no count ls kept of the incom· ing mall thl3 also was a great deal heavier. The special deltvery mt\il also showed an increase. On the 24th there were 135 pieces of mail, letters and packages to be delivered. On the 23rd the number was 128 as compared with 102 the prer;~l',f..llft.-a vlous date In 1936. All through the office there wa~ a stet\dy increase. On Christmas Day 109 sacks of parcel post were received, and two of the sub• stltutes delivered the packages during the day. Even today a few packages and cards arrived but these were t-aken out on the ftrst dellve BRIDGE COMMISSION TO MEET SOON IN . .~ CONCORD i,pThe members of the New Hampshire nnd Maine Bridge Commission will meet at Concord wlthln the next ten days for the purpose of. taking up the mat~r of federal allottment ln connection with the proposed span aoros!J the Plscataqua river and also to de~ clde whether or not the project can or will be financed by New York banken. ANNUAL MEETING OF WENTWORTil i!OME HEl~ The annual meet, •. ~ -' he M rk H. \Ventworth Home for c .""Ille Invalids was held on Mondoy afternoon at 4 o'clock with Dr. Charles W. Hannaford, president of the Corporation, presiding. The records of the last meeting were read by Jam~s A. Borthwick, the clerk. The treasurer's report \'.'as r ei\d by Charles H. Walker. Both repor t.~ wc,e approved. Miss Jessie MucFudane, supermtendent of the home, gave a statement of the operntion of the home, ~howing the number of residents, :md the expenses of operating. The report showed tlu~t tlle homo hns been very prosperous 11,ud tile pubThe annual meeting of the . Ports• lie has come fonyard wlt!t gcnerou~ domouth Family Welfare Association was nations du.ring the year. Miss MacFarheld Monday afternoon at the rooms of lane has succeeded in building up n the association on congress street. staff that iio s conUnued the upward There was n large attendance and the Htcps that have been inaugurated under president, Charles H. Walker, presided. lier o.tlmlnistrution. Directors !or the two-year period Hon. F. w. Hartrord, Col. H. 0. Taywere chosen as follows: Rev• William tor aud Willis E. Underhill were ap• Safford Jones, Hon: Robert Marvin, pomted a committee to tiring ln a list Harry w. Peyser, Richard D. McDon• of camilllJ.lcs ror various officers or tho ough, Mrs. s. M. Cohen, Mrs. William corporat,!on. Upon their report and Kremer, Mrs. F. W. Randall, Rev• recommendation the following offl.cers Harold W. Curtis, Mrs. I. H. Wash· and committ<!es were elected: burn, Mrs. Willis N. Rugg, Stowe WllPresident-Dr. C. E. Hannaford. der and Mrs. Nora Greeley Wendell. Vic presidents-Mrs. E. C. Blaisdell, Miss Frances Brooks was made an hon- Lewlll E. S taples, Miss Stella C. Weborary director. ster. The nominating committee Included Tre>1:,urer-Charles H. Walker. Stowe Wilder, Rev. F. B. Chatterton CI· rk-James A. Borthwick. and Mrs. Frank W. Randall. T rnst,.•,•s-Dr. c . w. Hannaford, Mrs. Dorothy Bovard gave a very In• Thoma.; H. Simes, Mrs. E. C. Blaisdell, terestlng talk on the work of the assocl• Miss Stella C. Webster, James A, ation. Mrs. Bovard has done excellent Bortt1wick, l\Ilss E. P. Wentworth, Lewwork and the report showed the number i E . s taples, J. T. Davis, Charles H. of families assisted during the year a nd Wo.llcer and Dr. Mark H. Wentworth. the kind of assistance given. She gave Execulm:i committee-Dr. Charles W. illustrations of cert.a In types o! cases, Hannuforct , I•'runk E. nroolrn, Miss Stella citing various incldent.s which oc- c. Wch~ter, Mr~. E. C. Illnlsdcll, Mrs, curred during the year• F. w. Hartford and Mrs. Alice Paul. The directors wlll orgt\nlze at th c Flt1,\11cc co111mittce-Prcsictent Ex-ofmonthly meeting which will be held on flcio, Dr. Clmrtcs W. Hannaford, Hen~:;JLF;.;.eb~-~7~-=-:::::~~C.:~7,":";;:-::'7-7.::-":-:'.·1 ry B Tilton. Cho.rles H. Walker, Wll· Its E Underhill anu James A. Borth- FAMILY WELFARE ASS'N HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING The New Hampshire-Maine Bridge authority held a meeting on Thursday afternoon at the Rockingham Hotel. Among those in attendance ~vere Frank E. Broolcs of this city, Hollis B_Cole of Kittery, Paul C. Thurston of Bethel, Me., William H. Hinman of Skowhegan, ancl Dr. James., .E. Powers of Manchestrr. all members of the commission, and Engi_n eer R. H. Tatlow of Washington. The men dbcussed at length with Engineer Tatlow various matters pertaining to the pro• gress o! the move to constl'Uct the proposed bridge. �Balu~trade From Local House Featured by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Special to The Herald) New York City, Dec. 28-A larr,c secI ion 011 the top lloor of the Anl('rie1\11 Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was opened to the p11blic today following a preview to museum members which was held yesterdny. The displays in this large section include a fine old pine-paneled living room and main staircase, remarkable for its unique balustrade from the historic Wentworth-Gardner house at Portsmouth, N. H. Tl1e paneled room from the Shaw house in Hampton, N. H., has been relocated. All are recent acquisitions, Herbert E. Winlock, the museum director, said, and a large section on the top floor of l11e American Wing has been rearranged during the last year to include them in the scheme of seventeenth and eighteenth century domestic interiors on display there. The rooms, purchased about a year ago, are among the most important additions to the wing, the director said, since its open-ing in 1924. In addition to the main staircase of the Wentworth house, which dates from about 1710, an earller staircase, taken from the considerably older framework of the house, also has been quired and installed. The room from Portsmouth ls larger of two front rooms from second floor of the Wentworth house, which was rebuilt about the beginning of the eighteenth century by Samuel Wentworth, Colonial Lieutenant.Governor of New Hampshire. This ls constructed of white pine paneling painted Indian red, and r~present_s a more sophisticated architecture than the parlor of the Hart House. There Is a Colonial parlor froril the old Hart house at Ipswich, Mass.,'complete with fiel'<'nteeuth century pine pnneling, nm~:;ive oak-benmed ceiling and commodious brick flreplace placed in the ' new section. The main staircase from the Wentworth house, which is shown in an ruclosed space acljciaing the room, is remarkable for its rope-twist oak balusters, the . design, Joseph Downs, the museum's specialist in America,· said, being unique in early Ame1:ican architecture. The other of "the two staircases is in the style of the older house built in 1671, and comes from the rear of the first floor. Th1s is almost concealed by vertically sheathed boards and flanked with batten doors, and serred as a servants·. entry between the first and second floors. Both rooms are shown furnished In ""~·'"~-•,..,,.., the • styles of the periods. The Hart parlor, as was the contemporary custom, contains an oak bed, oak cupboard and a pedestal center table. A seventeenth-century carved oak chest from New England and a child"s cradle arc among the other objects included. The Wentworth roo1;1, probably a bed chamber originally, contains a caned r~•,""•••·'"-"•• daybed, a highboy and other furnishings mainly in the William and Mary style. The new rooms replace reproductions of the parlor, kitchen and staircase copied from originals in the Hart house and the Capen house in Massachusetts. The paneled room from the Shaw house of Hampton, N. H.; a room end from Newington, Conn ., and paneling from Beile Meade, N. J., have been relocated. ,...---7 -::._:;.,:;:,~".',,..:;,r,:,_"f"",;::,i;:;r.~~~m~~:·~, �. .,'".,. ,~.Early Rooms Are Installed By Metropolitan Museum Parlor From 1640 House, Chamber From 1671 Mansion, Early Staircase and One With Rope-tur~ed J3alusters Shown. . By CHARLES MESSER STOW. For a long time the p~esence of reproduction rooms in the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has irked a great many visitors. It has also irked the Metropolitan. There is rejoicing, therefore,. that two of these rooms •.,...,....,. ...;:-,have now been replaced with originals which are open to the public. In New England, Is the boldness of The more Important of these the bolectlon moldings framing the from the standpoint of antiquity Is panels. In tho outside corners arc the parlor from tho Ha.rt houeo of gunstock posts, which aro cha~F!-".~"':"'.•-'llPSWICh, Mass., which WB.11 built In fercd, as are tho double summer 1640. Its length Is seventeen feet beams. Another Item from the Wentseven Inches, Its width seventeen feet three Inches and Its height worth house Is ·a. staircase which five feet eight inches. The height was built when the house was erectIs measured from the :floor to the ed In 1671. Like most staircases of huge summer beam, running from the time, this was almost entirely the chimney to the outer wall. The concealed with vertical sheathing, other portions of tho celling are at Rope-turned Balusters, lee.st twelve Inches higher. The The crowning glory of th'e lnstal! room Is inclosed In vertical Jjlne sheathing with more elaborate lation Is the staircase from the enmoldings than are usually found. trance ha 11 of the Wentworth The most Interesting feature, how- house, which extends from the first ever, Is the double row of dentils floor to the attic. The rope-turned cut into the fireplace lintel. .The balusters supporting the hand rail exposed beams have chamfered are unique and are strongly reminiscent of Carolean England. The corners. The low ceiling of this room staircase was built Into the house would seem to prove the contention 1710. which has been advanced that the InAs is the case with all the rooms Inhabitants of America are grow- In the American Wing, the Metroing taller. Certainly five feet eight politan has furnished the new InInches Is not enough height to acstallation with furniture and accescommodate the average man of sories of the period. Thus the parthlfday. lor from the Hart house has obElaborate Room of 1671. jects such as would ·have furnished A later and more cultured room a New England parlor before 1675. Is one from the second floor of the Because It was' the ' custom for the old house In Portsmouth, N. H., best room to have ll. bed In it, one known as tho Samuel Wentworth has been Included here, a low-post house, now gone the way of the ol\k frame, which ls of the sevenwrecker. It measures twenty-nine teen th century. feet four Inches in length and sevIn the more elaborate room from enteen feet four Inches In width, the Wentworth house, although It. with a height of seven feet. Of it was likely a bedchamber, no bed Joseph Downs, curator of the has been put in, but there is a day American Wing, says In tho latest bed and a japanned highboy, As bulletl;i: "It Is a palace style, but Indicating the station of the origiIn the Wentworth room it is so- nal occupant, a silver Inkstand by bered in the process of \ domestic John Coney and a tankard by Jereadaptation, while retaining much miah Dummer have been Included of the grand manner in the robust- with the furnishings. ness of its classic details. The The new Installation makes the large scale of the room justified Metropolitan's American Wing prethe employment of heavy moldings and wide panels, which resulted In eminent among museums In showsharp contrasts of light and shade Ing how the people of America Jived quite foreign to the refined ele- through the seventeenth and eightgance of the later forms of the eenth centuries. Both in the architectural parts of the wing and in eighteenth century." The Wentworth house was built the furnishing of the rooms the in 1671, so this room represents the best scholarship available has been best In New England architecture called on in the Interest of accuraat the end of the seventeenth cen- cy, . so that the object lessons in tury. It has one feature which few early home furnishing may be houses of the period had, a plas- rect. r.m-·w.E:"'il tered celling to cover the joists of 11.,,--,--..,.......,...,,,,...,...--.-,...-,,...-.,.-. the floor above. Also It has a shelf on the mantel, which, If It was put on when the house was hunt, Is tho earliest mantel shelf I have seen, Every appearance would Indicate that It was original, An• (li'''.li~"'" other architectural feature, usually .,..,.,,,~., ,.,,., expected{ In the South rather than 0 • Lacy Sandwich Glau. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art Is a case containing a loan exhibition of lacy Sandwich glass which Dr. and Mrs, Charles W. Green havn lent. Tho cnso 1·oprosc1,ts a small part of their collcc• tlon, which Is probably the largest In tho country or that type of glnss but it contains some of the rarest pi_-ices the Quester has ever seen, The !{rowing scarcity of this kind of glass and the Increasing number of collectors who arc attracted to It have warranted tho display, and the Mell opolltan rightly gives space to the most artistic product of the Sandwich factory. ��COUNCIL ADOPTS BUDGET FOR. THREE MONT. s· Long Session· Ma~ks Opening of New, Year in City Affairs The first meeting of the Mayor , .._ -,-.....--:-, ,,, and City Council for 1938 was held nt 9 o'clock on New Year's Day and lasted for an hour and a half, with the voting not indicative of harmony. of an amendment, in an instance, and then killed the resolution because it had ~,.;,~.-,....,L, . ,e1 the aimendment. The Mayor vetoed ~·••":,;;-,:;•.•s-:I one resolution Immediately. The meeting opened with all councilmen in their chairs and . Mayor Goldsmith presiding, A petition for basketball games at the Roseland •=.u•,..-,, was laid over until the., next meeting, A claim of Samuel E, Perreault, Jr., for damage to his automobile on r;h.;.~;_,:,;.;;,~_,.;i Nov. 11 was referred to the committee of claims, The report of the Building Inspector and Inspector o! .,,. .. ,.-,.c.... "Meats were received and placed on !ile. Councilman Charles Durell gave a report for the committee on street lights recommending that the lights for Green St., and Essex Ave., be granted and this was so voted. Councilman Durell introduced ' a resolution adopting the rules and ordinances of the City Council for the year 1938. Councilman T. J. Downs offered a resolution authorizing the i:-i!f~;:,;.;:~t Mayor to draw his warrant. Councilman· Wyman P. Boynton presented a resolution authorizing the City Clerk to renew licenses. These three were fr1~:·~.r;i:.".ll~TI passed. The fourth resolution was presented i..:.•l'"'lll!'6:!.l'-U by Councilman Robert M. Herrick. This called for a temporary loan, not to exceed $400,000 in anticipation of truces. Councilman Boynton inquired U a year ago the resolution was not for $250,000 and the Mayor answered in the affirmative, stating that the city had to borrow again. There was some discussion on this, with City Auditor Laighton being aske4 about it. He stated that money was at a very low rate of interest now and that $400,oo'O would be needed during the year, he thought. Councllman Boynton amended the resolution to read $250,000 and this was seconded by Councilman Blanchard. On the roll call vote, those in favor of the amendment were Boynton, Herrick, Sukeforth, Blanchard .a nd Leary, while Durell, Downs, Schlegel and ;Burkhardt, voted no. The resolution passed as amended. Councilman Durell Introduced the tentative budget for the first three months of the year. Councilman Boynton called attention to the small mount for snow removal , 0 ..- with the conditions as they were (a northeaster) that he did not think $1500 was adequate for snow removal. He suggested that the o.motmt bo increased to $10,000. There was quite a discussion regarding this. An amendment was added, carrying the $10,000 appropriation for snow removal. The tentative budget was adopted and the Mayor vetoed it and declared a recess. As he declared a recess he left the chamber and Councilman Boynton questioned his right to call a recess. Nothing came of this. Upon reassembling, Councilman Boynton introduced the budget calling for the same appropriations as in the one vetoed, except for the item for mow removal which was set at $5,000, of which $15000 would be made available at the present time and t3,500 as needed. Thill met with the nproval of the council. Councilman Boynton llU\ted that with the inuease In the amount for snow removal there should be a corresponding increase in gas and oil under automotive equipment. He suggested that the amount be cllanged from $1,000 to $1500 and offered an amendment to that effect. On the roll call vote, Councilman Durell, Boynton, Herrick, Sukeforth and Blanchard voted in favor and Downs, Leary, Schlegal and Burkhardt voted against and the change was made. The Mayor announced that if the amendment stood the bill would be vetoed and on the adoption of the resolution as amended it was killed. Councilman Durell, Downs, Leary, Schlegal and Burkhardt voted no, and Boynton, Herrick, Sukeforth and Blanchard, yes. A motion to adjourn was offered but not seconded. A budget for the three months of the year was again introduced and in an attempt to retain the amount for gas and oil at $1,000. The council voted in favor, Councilman Boynton, Herrick, Sukeforth and · Blanchard opposing. The budget was then adopted with no dissenting vo,t e. The budget is as follows for the first tllree months of the year: · Appraisers, $1,449, Elections, $1,000. Jury drawlng, $25. Salaries, $3,225.03. General expenses, $1,965. Financial expenses, $23,661.25. F'ire department, $6,273.67. F'ire alarm, $787. Health department, $650. Municipal court, $650. Police department, $10,603.76. Poor department, $11,533. Old age assistance, $2,000, ' ' Public buildings and places, $1,568, · Public Library, $2,085.50. · Highway division, $18,742.77. Parks and playgrounds, $175. School department, $60,072. ·'l·: ,11 : Fl1.rPPt lll!hts. $5.700. ' Weight'! and measures, $175. Miscellaneous, $700. Total-$153,041 .96. A budget for the Water Department was Introduced by Councilman Boynton calling for the amount of $24,118.33 for the first three months of the year. The amount ns :follows: Operation, Maintainance, $243:75; making a total operating expense of $16,316.25. Undc1· water dlstnbutlon expense, opcrn•tion was set at $772.50; Maintdlnance at $3,502 .08, Commerclal, $1,543.75; General, $1221.25; and Miscellaneous, $762.50, making a total distribution of. $7,802.08. This was passed. Mayor Goldsmith then named the committees for the New Year as :follows: Finance - Durell, Downs, Herrick Sukeforth, Leary, Sc]1.legal and Burkhardt. City Lands and Bulldlngs-Downs, Schlegal and Burkhardt. Fire-Schlegal, Burkhardt, Leary. Street Lights - Sukeforth, Durell, Herrick. Printing-Herrick, Burkhardt, Leary Claims-Leary, Schlegal and Burkhardt. Elcctlons-Dmell, Downs, &hlcgnl, Sukeforth. Bills on second reading - Leary, Boynton, Herrick. Accounts and Ordlnnnces - Sukeforth; Burkhardt and Downs. Engrossing Bills-Burkhardt, Blanchard and Leary. Statistically speaking the copncll members are on the following munbcr of commlttc<>s: Dmcll, 2; Downs, 5; Heniclc, 4; Sukeforth, 4; Dlo.nchard, 2; Leary 7; Schlegal, 5; Burkhardt, 8. Divided into chairmen the numbers stands: Durell 2; Boynton, 0; Downs 1; Herrick, 1; Sukeforth, Blanchard, o;· Leary, 2; Schlegal, Burkhard t, 2. Councilman Schkgal motioned to adjourn, and this was seconded by Councllman l3oynton. A motion was made to confirm the appointment of committees and Councilman Schlegal tried to withdraw his motion, but it had been seconded. Upon the vote the council voted to adjourn. There followed an jnformal discussion regarding the prospect of a WPA propcct !ol' this city, the Mayor stating that there was very good prospects for one and it was llcedecl, with the laying off of the project at the Navy Yard. The council resumed sessions, when it was decided that a committee or three should be appointed to confer with WPA of!lclals regarding a cemetery project. Councilman Downs, Schlegal and Herrick with the latter as chairman, volunteered their services :>nd the Mayor app;,inted them. Carl E. Millette was appointed dog officer for the year and this appointment was confirmed. The committee appointments were also confirmed. Councilman Boynton inquired regarding the Incinerator, and there was a short discussion on this S\,lbject. Adjournment was until Jan. 13. �------ QUAR-TERL Y: ~ .. . _ ... . COUNCIL·· VOTES :BUDGET·.. . >::' TO SORROW M)OPTED ·~ ",,. ~nley o. Holden of 209 Lafayette road· asked pei::_mission for underground tanks to store and sell gasoline on his ' ' . ~ ~ p~operty. - ¥r ~ Holden ·was present and stated he wished to develop' the propI erty. Thl~ was referred to the Zoning Board. The qu!lrterly report or' Clement R. Moulton, plumbing inspector, the quar• . / wrly report of City Marshal Leonard H. 1 :t'lewitt and the quarterly report of the ;Board of Street Commissioners were reThe O!ty Council held a meeting on ceived and plac!;!d on file. . . Wednesday Afternoon at the Council 'j l _. \L" • ' l . A · resolution was introduced calling Chambers with all councilmen present . umomg, · .-; , for an appropriatlo~ for the proposed with the exception of Councilman j , f J ~ new l!gh~s on Parrott avenue and this John Leary, Jr. was pass~d. The rules were suspended The quarterly report of the plumb- . The City Council' at a regular.1 meetih~ to enable it to pass all · three readings ing inspector and the quarterly report 'last eve,i!ng . passed an ordinance per-; and on th~ final roll call all voted in of the city marshal were received and ta!ntng·to the'practice of plumbing to t~.s favor. •· ordered placed on file. • 'first reading, passed the budget for the The budget !or the next three months The Mayor stated ·thnt it was his •quartkr alld trausatred ·othei4 · m!noi· was Introduced. This was for the city desire to borrow in n11Uclpntlo11 or -lmslh'e.'ls, t 1 1 , ,: · • •' ~ · 1 ' 1 . 1 and Wat~r Department as well, The to.xos,. the sum of $400,000. instead o! ', Mayor' ·KE:'imlird ' E.; 1®ldsm!th! pre~ total for tho city for the second quarter the $150,000 as the resolution had been r,ldell lli1d I the' 'following .' '.• cbluic'Unielt o! the fiscal year amounts to $178,993.40, amended. He stated his reasons, say- were pt-es~i1.•·as City clerk John _J. Hen- The total amount of the Water DepartIng that he wns sure that the rate of :ion i:ead t,lre roll:' Charles·T; 'Durelt, T: ment budget. is $27,508.75. · interest would be less thnn one half John-I'.>oWns:Robert M'.. Herrick; Ro1an'd The city budget includes the followof one percent. Last ycnr the amount A. SukefotU\, ;:toiin ieary, ·ahd ing: . to be borrowed was $400,000 and it ·J ohti Burkhardt: Councllman ·Fredetick Appraisers $1,650 .01 would be cheaper for the city, he be- :Schlegel a1rived Inter during ·the ses.: Salaries 3,224 .97 • l!eved, to borrow it all at one tune. ·ston; ' · · ·· ~neral expenses · 1,450 There was a. little discussion over The readmg of the minutes· of the last Financial expenses 26,622.50 this, nnd the resolution was introduced nieetlng .W:J.S d!iipense<;l ~itµ }1POn moFire Department, 6,706.83 1 with an amendment restoring the or!- tion of Councilinan Dw ell. · · · I ' Fire alarm 242 . 50 g!nal amount o! $400,000. This passed · ·Mayor Goldsmith read a let~r from Health Department 650 the second and third reading to be- the National Gypsum Co., sent to City Municipal Court 650 come engrossed. · Solicitor Leo Llberson In answer to his Police Department 10,650. !JO The resolution making fu nds avail- request fOi' information as to what acPoor Department 9,271.25 able also passed its second and final Old age assistance 2,000 readings, as did the appropriation b!ll tion was to be taken toward elimination Public buildings and places 4,586.32 for the water department. All of the of the dust nuisance at the local plant at Public Lil.Jrary 2,229 resolutions received a unanimous vote Freeman's Point. The letter was as Highway Department 33,579.27 on the roll calls. follows: Parks and playgrounds 1,730 • Councllman Herrick of the special "In answer to your letter of April 1 School Department 64,873.75 committee endeavoring to arrange for regarding the dust nuisance caused by Street light/, 5,926.50 a PWA project in this· city stated thnt our plant l,0 the people living at AtlanMiscellaneous 2,950 a conference with Mr. Hooper had tic Heights, we wish first to express our been anangcd. gratitude to you people for carrying Total $178,993.40 The Mayor spoke of the new road- along with us as well as you have and r,t. The Water Department budget was way at Atlantic Heights School, stat- the same time we are in a position l.o divided as follows: operation $7,305; Ing that this was being used as a high- assure yon that this matter w!ll be maintenance, $370, making a total water way by co.rs and trucks and he hnd taken ca~e of in the near future. operating expense of $7,675;operation instructed thnt wooden horses be "It is 1&ther difficult to make the of water diftribut!on amounted to $1 placed there to insure the safety of ordinary layman believe how hard it is 215; maint~nance $5,506.25; comme the children. This was c01istructcd as to eradicate this particular type of dust. clal, $1,',uO .. general, $1,277,50 a. a road to the school, and not as _a However, at the present time we have miscellaneous · $837. 50, making a total through way, just compieted the installation of a distribution expense of $10,536.25. In• Adjournment followed as there wns dust collecting system at our New York terest on debt of $297. 50 and an increase no other business. City plant. From the preliminary reof assets of $9000 make the total funds ~,..........T.":,...,.......,.,....,..."'""'="""'--"."l'l;'J'WJ;,r,,1 suits obtainP.d we are quite positive that made available by the resolution $27,· this apparatus is going to prove satisfactory auJ we wlll take steps to make 6ll8.,J5. - - - - This resolution passed its third readthe same installation in the Portsmouth Ing and received unanimous endorseplant : "Mr. Roy Neher, our plant manager ment, at Ports!llouth, wlll be able to keep you An ordir.r.nce regulating the practice informed of progress in this work If you of plumbing and relating to plumbing care to contact him from time to time.'' and inspectors of plumbing was intro-The -letter was signed by J. J. Burns, duced ... Edgar L. Wood was present, production manager of the National with other plumbers, and he acted as Gypsum Co. spokesman and explained the ordiA letter from John R. Wiggin, mana- nance. Tht" ordinance is rather lengthy ger of the Portsmouth High School bas- and contains the complete laws relating ~'f"'..:..'f.:li!Jl"J~ ketball te~m was received, expressing to the plumbing trade. This i.s in line, 0 ·,•,·=· ·~'• the appreciation of the members for the he said, with regulations in adjoinln~ swenters ri>e;eivcd from the city, states. The ordinance passed its first A petition asking for the refusal of reading and went to the Committee qn the Woodbta·y school building was re- B!lls on Second Reading, which will arceived from Sheriff Simes Frink. Th~ range to hold a public hearing. school, which was originally part of his The ordinance is divided into ,nearly ::~,:.~;i,',i:'.\,-Y.i.:;.f.'J present' pror,erty, has been closed and 25 sections. A few of the regulations turned bad: to .the -city by the School ""·-.,.·,,..- Departmf'nt. The matter was left with ·fo!low: A i;:lumber must register the name and place of business. A de.scripthe Mayor. $400,000 0th~~ Business At City ., '. Council Meeting Includes 'd f Pl 'A option O · Qrdi.~~nce :·. . ' .•, l: :· . . J: ~r:, �Mrll, Fanny O. P. Heffenger Died in this city January 11th, Fan• ny Curtis Pickering Heffenger 1n her 04th year, widow of Dr. Arthur Cowton Heffengcr and daughter of Commodore Charles Wllltam Whipple PickA meeting of the John Langdon Club erlng, USN, and Mary Prescott of the North Church was held lo.st Stearns. night,, with 64 in attendance. An exServices o.t the South· (Unltarlo.n) church Thursday at eleven o'clock. cellent supper was strved and after the t::~.f./f."}7.,.7f;;;_:;;;:;;,.,;:.:...::.:::.:.::.:.~:..:;:~:__j repast the entire group, led by Curtis Matthews, joined in singing was enjoyed 'by everyone. Arthur· B .. Duncan, the · president, presided at ·a short business meetmg, after which he introduced the speaker•~~,._.~........__......,........;;.:..;.....;.;;...;..;.:...~..,. JUDGE SHUTE- IS JOHN LANGDO NOTED.CITIZEN j CLUB MEETS OF.EXETER . -~- · Academy Town Lawyer Widely Known as _Author One ·of Exeter's most outstanding citizens whose fame has reached far beyond the confines of the Academy town is Judge Henry A. Shute. Judge Shute is a lawyer by profession, but FAMILY WELFARE BENEFIT of the evening: Dr. Richard Lougee, a geologist, and member of the faculty of Colby Coliege at Waterville. Dr. Lougee spoke on "An American Geologist Sees Russia." His introductory rem.a rks concerned a few details of the trip going to and co;ning from Russia and \,he general 1m11rcsTomorrow afternoon many from slon received during his stay In that this city and surrounding towns will .,, ... ~-~·vast country. gather at the Rockingham Hotel to T-" .:>r-c1:-:'-·'s.:• Then, with the aid of slides and mo- attend the annual benefit card party tton pictures, some of which were col- of th~ Family Welfare association. ored, Dr. Lougee took his audience on This is an event that Is enjoyed ·anthe trip. First to Moscow, then by nually by a -large number of persons. train south to the Caucasian Moun- Not only do they enjoy the sociability talus, through villages where people and the card playjng, but they have had never seen an American. Then the knowledge that they are aiding a traveling thousands of miles north, be- yery worthy cause. In. addition to the yond the Arctic Circle, to the Island of card playing there will be a sale o! f\'~ ..i;l;f;,""'''·' Novaya Zemlya, a fascinattrlg spot. cake and candy. geologically speaking, which is the ~ ~ --:;-,::~~7":..:-:~~---~:::'.'."~<'!>'!"'-..1: northernmost point of the Soviet Union. In telling of and Illustrating his travels, Dr. Lougee gave his audience a real Insight into the life and activities of the average native, as well as an authoritative description of the JUDGE IIENRY A, SHUTE fascinating geologic formations phenomena. spector, the Master Plumbers Associahas won his greatest note as After his talk Dr.• Lougee answered tion of Portsmouth and a committee author and there is hardly a city many questions put to him by his enfrom Loc3.1 Union 453. or town In the land in which hi!> thusiastic audience. Councilman Sukeforth reported ·for books are not familiar, especially his The committee in charge of the supthe Committee on Street Lights, recom"Real Diary of a Real Boy.'' mending thaL a 100-watt light be placed Some of his better known works arc per consisted of Miss Harriet Duncan, Oil Lafays?Lte road In front· or the resi"A Few Neighbors," "The Country Mrs. Ralph Junkins, Mrs. Fred Hayes, dence or John w. Hopley. Band,'' "Farming It," "The Country Mrs .. Raymond I. Beal, Mrs. Earl NelLawyer," "Plupy," "The Misadventures son and Mrs. Willis Underhill. ' Councilman Herrick spoke of the Inof Three Good, but Not Very Good cinerator onci It was voted that after the Boys," and he has written many councilmen make their inspection the others that are 'Widely known, committe.? be empowered to turn it over Henry A. Shute graduated from to the Board of Street Commissioners . Phillips Exeter Academy in 1876 and The council will make an inspection oil from Harvard University in 1879. on Friday afternoon at 2 o'c.Jock . his return to Exeter he entered the Councilman Durell spoke about the office of Judge Wllliam W. Stickney sidewalks, str.Ung there were as a student. He was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar 1n 1882. In 1883 streets without sidewalks. He stated -he--wu•-appoluted judge , of the Exehe had maae a tour of the city in comtion of w<.;rk must.,be filed with board of iru.pectors of plumbing. A fee ter police court, a position he held pany with Supt. David R. Smith aud looked the situation over.· He suggest- ~ until Augusll, 1913, when he retired of 50 cents for each application Is reba vlng reached the age · limit. quired. Plumbing of every building ed the pOS!•ib1hty of a WPA project for Among his other activities, he was shall be St;parately and Independently this. also widely known as a musician cohnected with a public sewer. PlumbCharles M. Dale, a member o! the through his connection with. the Exeers shalt"rcport all leaks to water office. Board of Adjustment, stated l.hat as he ter Band. He was secretary of the No house dram shall pass under anis counsel ·for l.he Flynn estate he would Rockingham Farmers Mutual Fire other house. The inspector of plumbprefer not to consider the application of · ·Insurance Co., for a long period. ing shall inspect all work done in the the estate for a permit for a fllling . . city. His 1.alary shall be $400. All station. Charles A. Allen was named plumbers must be either master plumbin his stead to sit until l.hc application ers or journeymen plumbers. Creation is acted upon, after which Mr. Dale will of a board of examination for plumbers, resume his duties . · consisting of plumbing Inspector and Adjournment was al. the call of two llcensect plumbers. The ordinance bears the approval of the plumbing In- chair. �START.PLANS FOR OBSERVANCE 4 < -.Local Organizations To Aid In Fight Against Infantile Paralysis Masons; William Tilton, worshipful master or St. John's Lodge of Masons; Mrs, Mary C. Dondero, Emblem Club; John Chabot, Rotary Club; - John B. O'Brien,_vice president of the N. H, State Federation of Labor and president of the Machinists' Union; Mril. Irving Komisky, president of the Council or Jewish Women, and Mrs. Joseph Levitt,yresident of the Chapter of Hadassah, Others will be added as soon as they can be contacted.· auxiliary, the Elks and Emblem club, Knl~hts or ColumbUG • and auxiliary, Catholic Daughters of America, Temple Israel and many .:..other organizations arc pl;mning some kind of an evening's' program. · This move ' m~t the·re11,dy,response· of ~he members ?f. organ1;,a.tlo.ns who are anxious to do their~part"~ making this national foundation 1,huge.,.auc: cess. Th,e amount ·of money· ,raised In this city depends upon each individuaL person. Don't ·wait to be asked to buy a ticket. The head of the · organization to which you belong will tell you · where tickets can be rocured. • The first meeting to arrange for the Pre$ident's Birthday celebration . to raise money for a National Infantile Paraly~il! ;Foundation was hel4 at ... thl' American Legion Home Monday evening at 7:45. Preliminary plans were made and, while only a few organiza- • tlons have been oontacted, efforts arei,......;;...;.......,......~..-.;.......,......'-"'..,_'-',;.,.......:a......... being made today to ask all organizations to participate in this observance. A public lnv!Latlon ls extended to :,.11 organizaUons by the chairman of the ,,,. committee, Rear Admiral Douglas E. Dlismukcs, U. S, N., retl., to hold some sort of a money raising event on Jan. 29 and also to send a representative to the next mecUng of the committee on Fi·lday evening at 7 :30 at tho Leglou Home. Portsmouth People Take It was the opinion that every organiGreat · Interest· Battle zation which desires to aid in thls cause would hold some sort of a party, Against Infantile Paralysis dance, card party or whatever it do·sh'es, the proceeds going to the nuThe move to establish the National tloual furi.d and that one ticket, costl.!1g Foundation to combat infantile paralys50 ceuts, would admit one to any or all is is well under way, and this will 'be the parties. on Saturday with various events in Whlle no official action has • bee!1 given_ st ill fur th er impetus when on this city. In issuing a proclamation taken by the organizations it seems a Jan. 29various money raising events will urging support of the celebration, foregone conclusion that parties wou:d be held throughout the nation. In adwhich has for its purpose the crea-· be held by the American Legion, the V. dition to raising money it will provide tion of a National Foundation 'to fight F. w. and Auxiliary, Elks and Emblc1i1 an opportunity to make merry. The loinfantile paralysis, he S!l,id: Club and the K. of c. These have not cal slogan adopted by the central com~ "This great nation has become been definitely arranged as yet. mittee is "let's dance and be merry that known throughout the worni because Th~ meeting was called to order 1>:: others may walk again." The idea beof the ingenuity of its people. Objec• Clyde G. Robinson, commander of. the l1ind it ls to establish a fund by which tivcs which seemed insurmountable Frank E. Booma i;>ost, ~- L., who in- a national fight can be made against have been achieved. Men have devottroduced the chair, Rear Admiral infantile paralysis. From researoh woAc ed their lives to searching for the soDlsmukes, who spoke first of Lhc reason to discover the germ, its origin, etc., tile lutlon to problems, and often times for holding the celebrations, the work of the foundation wlll extend t.o have died in obscurity, only to leave stamping out of infantile paralysis. actual fighting. of epidemics of the notes which have made it possible for "We arc going to solve it," he said, in scourge. others to continue the search .and discussing the plan to create a national Jan. 29th has been set as the achieve what others had , dreamed foundation to fight the scourge. He for raising this money, as it is the day about. !n inventions, in discoveries st.o.tcct Lhat he wanted to coordinate Ute before the President's· Birthday. and in scientific research we have activities, to hold dances wherever U1cy This ls not a polltical issue. It ls not gone a great ways. Especially have we cat\ be held and card pa1'Lies wherever a religious issue, but it is an act to help whent it comes to the study of disease. they were· wanted. human lives by protecting them from Today the one big job before us is Capt . Chester G. Mayo, U. S. N., inlantile paralysis and there is no the wiping out of infantile pa.i:alysis. was named execuLive secretary of the home that may be exempt from having "Consequently on the President's central committee and John B. this unfortunate disease appear. Birthday, set aside for this purpose ~Ioornw. treasurer. Men and women of all political bebecause the President is himself a The central commiU..ee will consist , [ liefs and religious faiths are on the censufferer of infantile paralysis, the nathc heads of the various organizations tral committee, and many organizations tlon will pay honor to the great ofpartlclng in any way. Those on the In this ciLy are planning to hold some flee of the President of the United committee include Mrs. Leah O'Brien, sort of an event. The Graffort • club States as well as dance and be merry pr\!Sidcnt of the Ladies Auxlliary of and _the Garden club are to join tothat others may walk again. This city, Ute American Legion; Clyde G. Rob- gether to hold an open house in the ln line with thousands of cities and inson, commander of Frank E. Booma a!ternoon, and a general good time in towns throughout· the nation, has arpost, A. L.; Morris Silverman, Temple the evening. The City club will hold ranged a number of social events and Israel; Mrs. Ella Garant, l.adics Aux- open house. Damon Lodge, K. of P., wiil the money raised will go to the Nalllnry, v. F. w.; John W. Thrw1k, hold a special card party, prior to Jan. tlonal Foundation. commander Emerson Hovey Post, V, 29, the proceeds for thc ' cause and they "While some or us may differ with F, .w.; Philip Duffy of the Knights are also cooperp.ting 1n other ways. others ln the solution of various probof Columbus; Allen Brigham, worshlll• The American Legion and auxiliary, !ems, I am sure we are all ·unanimous ful master of St. Andrew's Lodge of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and in this movement to establish a Nai..::::.:...;::.:::;:;;;;;,:....:.::...;;;~~~;..,.,..':"""7'.'":..:,.,~'r~:T,!~~:";l"'!r;::~~~~~r-ti~miiifit10nal Foundation to wipe out ·infan• tile paralysis, and so I urge that all participate in helping in whatever way they may do so." MANY EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR. JANUARY 29 In IRTHDAY , BSERVANC �Building in Family 300 Years Stands as Colonial Landmark Special to The Christian Science Jlfonitor YORK VILLAGE, Maine-The McIntire Garrison in the "Scotland" district here Is the only specimen left of the garrisons that exis.ted in the early days, when the Colonists sought shelter Rgainst attacks of hostile Indians. The garrison today is a hobby of John R. McIntire, head of one of York's oldest families. Though a private museum, it is as interesting to many visitors at the Village as that other landmark of tourist fame, "York Gaol." A metal plate on the outside of the building epitomizes its history: Mc In Ire Ga rrlson Built 1640-45 Restored 1909 BY John R. McIntire In 1630 to 1650, among the scattered buildings for two miles along the, York River, stood five garrison houses, expressly constructed as a defense. These were known as Alcock's, Harmon's, Norton's, Mcintire's and Junkins'. All have gone save Mcintire's. Next to this last Junkin', which was crumbling wreck, a Micum Mcint.lre was the first of his family to settle here. He dug the cellar for the garrison house almost 300 years ago. John McIntire has preserved the garlrson to posterity, with furnishings and implements that were originally used by Micum and by succeeding Mcintires. Mr. McIntire spends much time there, never tiring of his an tlque treawres. He gladly shows around anyone who is genuinely interested. There Is no charge and there are no visitors' hours. When the garrison was first built, a stockade surrounded it. dlose by ls a well of pure, cold water. The tlm• bers of the building are all fastened with wooden pins, and inside may be sern pine boards 25 inches In width ,c.,,,.,.. and without a knot. Micum McIntire started a small vegetable ga~den close to· the garri- r. ,, •. ,.~.,,.._.,_,_; son, and records show that every succeeding year other Mclntires have planted the plot to produce. John McIntire has a garden there i;~,.,,•,.::;,,••-r.; today, and he says there has never ~~or,;~~•~~·_,,,._,. . ,_ been a break. 0 ,.,.-"'''•· �MBALIST , COMING TO-(' EXETER ....,.c,.,,, 7 " ' Efrem Zimbalist, distinguished violinist, will give a recital at Phillips Exeter Academy chapel at 6.45 on Sunday, Jan. 16. This recital 1s free and open to the public. Zimbalist was first h eard by an American audience on Oct. 27, 1911 RANGER .CHAPTER MEETING HELO R anger · Chapter, Daugh ters of the American Revolution, held the January meeting last n igh t at the home of Mrs. Harry· P eyser on ·Mmer Ave-. n ue. Several guests and members of Old York Cl111pter were present . T he subject-"The Daily Lile of an Average Citizen of Portsmouth 111 177§.....a~ con1Parect_to __ the_ ~ife Q.L ~~ Av~rage Citizen of Portsmouth Today·~ - wos chosen for the Essay Contest. Ranger . Chapter 11 to sponsor th~ Good Citizenship P ilgrimage ugalu. th!~ ycal'. At the· close of Ute hu,;ines., meet· ing. Mr:· Jame~ Morrison p1·esen'te1i. a group Of foll!" f,Qllg,, . ' The spe::tkCI" of t he evening. Mr.i, Carl S. Hoskin~ oi Lisbon, New Hamp . shire. Sta te Regeut of the New H::unp~ sh ire Daug1r!;ers of the Am~ric::tn Re .. volution, was then pre:i?nted. Jl.'.lr ,i, Ho,kius ~poke mo.,t iutcrestingly ot D. A. R. worlc in the st.ltc and itt the . nn tional orgnni:mUon. In closing. Mr. Mor:·ison 1)rese11ced. a no ther group of son~s wh!.:11 were thorough ly enjoyed. Refreslunents were serveri by t ltC! hostesses Mrs. Peyr.er. Mrs. Bo.. rdm::m nandall Mr~. II. N. R:lrdlng, ,h's. P . B. Badger, Mis., Nellie Locl!lin, and Mlsr, Ell,.a!J.c:th Bryant. EFREM ZIMBALIST when he appeared as guest soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. On that occasion he ·played the Glazounow Concerto In A Minor for the first time in America. He was. immediately hailed as an artist of exceptional merit. In the 26 years that have passed since then, the name of Zlmballst has become synonymous with great violin music. He has played In practically every large city In the world. In the period since his American debut, he has also established himself as a composer and more recently as a conductor. He Is the composer of n symphonic poem "Daplmls and Chloe" which was recently performed for tho first time by the Philadelphia Orchestra with Leopold Stokowski conducting. He is also the composer of t.'.'tt.·:>lff.!f'U:'I an operet ta "Honeydew," a Sonata for violin and piano In G Minor, Three Slavic Dances and numernus short violin compositions. Three years ago he made h1s debut as a conductor, directing a performance of Tschalkowsky's 1'&'«·;-,,.:;:."EuJ.~ ''Eugen Onegin" which was presented by the Art o! Musical Russia. More re...,..,, .,.•.. ,.,.,,.,. cently he conducted the Chicago Sym.,,·.;, .-.;,;~"""'11 phony Orchestra In a performance of his most recent work "An American Rhapsody." ME RS HEAR REVIEW ~ Old York Chapter, DAR, met on Friday with Mrs. W1llard Howe of Lincoln Ave. After the usual routine of business the afternoon was · given over to the chairman of the entertainment committee, Mrs. Mary Tolman, who troduced Miss Fernald, who for 30 years in February has been associated with the Public Library. She gave a review of recent books such as "Tragedy of Tolstoy" and "I Worked for the Soviet" by Countess Alexandra Tolstoy. "Assignment in Utopia,'' . ' by Eugene Lyon. "I Visit the"' SAViets"" by E. M. Delafield. Two Chinese books, "Import ance of Living" by Lin Yu Tang, and "Chinese Women Yesterday and Today" by Florence Ayscough; ·"American Memory" by Henry L. Beston, Editor; "We Were New England" by Banows Mussey; "John Langdon ·or New Hampshire" by L. S . Mayo; "The Ke1mebec," by R. P. T. Co1Iln; "When I Lived In Salem" by Caroline King; "Home Grown" by . Della. .- Lutes; "Horseless Carriage Days" by Hiram P. Maxim; "Island in the Sun" by Geoffry, and Kit Bret Harte; "On Gilbert Head" by Elizabeth Etna; "Madam Curle'' by Eva.. Curie; and "Ladles and Gentlemen 1n Victorian Fiction" by Delafield. Miss Femald's synopsis on the new books was very enlightening and given in an informal and easy manner-as ·11 she were a part of each story, _.so understandingly had she grasped the import of the writers. Refreshments were served by the hostess assisted · by Mrs. Sarah R, Gray and Mrs. Alice A. Paul. - The meeting adjourned to meet 1n February with Mrs. Lester Bragdon. A covered-· dish luncheon is to p1·ecede the regular m; etlng. in- �wo Interior i ·I By Helen Johnson Keyes NeW' York Things of moment have been happening on •th'e third floor of the'. American Wlng·-1n the Metropolitan Museum of·Art.-,As a result'o! work covering · more );ban a year, · there are now 1n:itaf1'edr, in that gallery 1md ready . to gre,et the public, the parlor from the- -~ rt house, built In Ipswich, Mass>a.15-out 1640; a large room from· the Samuel Wentworth House, recteci in "157("Tn Portsm'c?uth, N. H.,; and two staircases fr~ the Wentworth house, the hrst temporary with its erection, the se nd c\8,ting from· alterations. made 1710 ) •., • ~ These ' ,rooms and stairs re~ 1 ;i,lace in thf& ~aJlery some reproduc• tions of early, New .England ...nouses, as well as ~some original sections which have now 1'een placed elsewhere ~ this wing . • , The parlor of the Hart house ls one of the oldest rooms In the United States and the house one or , the .most perfect survivals or .. tihe Pllgrim period. Its chamfered framing is still intact and the chimney · wall still covered by the molded sheathing which was put up in 1640. ·· This low room is divided by a mas·sive summer bean'- Buttressed with corner· posts and girts of hewn oak, its ceil!ng plasbered between the floor timbers and J!ghted by small leaded windows, the interior brings to life the Tudor traditions of the 1500's in England. This noble style is reiterated in the chamfers of the framing and the molding of the pine sheabhing p,nd the carving that travels horizontally across the lintel of the fireplace. Architecture and decoration remind us that the first settlers of New England, most of them from rural districts ot England, where such houses can stm be seen, occupied a . transitional position In so.cial development between an almost vanished· medieval!sm and ,the swiftly approaching sophistication of the e!ghteanth century, so abruptly different in feel!ng. The Museum has made a few changes in entrances in order to provide for the circulation of visitors, and wh:ere modern doors had replaced in this house the old ones, batten doors made from original sheath!hg from. the stair well, have restored the ancient look. Similarly, hardware of the period has supplanted later sorts, and the butter•~y, cj!Qk.'.§-head and QUtterfly _stra 1nges are a rare delight · to behold. The , fire openmg copies exactly the original one, and in its right-hand corner has an oven 30 inches, deep with recessed jambs. Although correct for this period, the furnishings were never in use ln the Hart parlor. They irtclude a Massachusetts court cupnoard, with usual applied turnings, two turned arm chairs, a. fine chair table, a carved oak chest, and an oak bed with molded rails. In the seven- ~ew ecnth century a bed ~as a customary parlor piece. A T~rkey rug covering, a Bible box, various examples able gradually · to reconstruct and the sta!rcas of old metal and pottery, and~s·ome chamber homespun woolen an~ contemporary G;reatly altered by modern l!v! velvet, paint in the l details of Ml and moved from its original .si the house was ln the hands authentic in!erlo?;" wreckers when these portio jures up for us not. Only facts , but e house cmotiomt... ~. .. ; The Wentworth Chamber 'l'aken}trotrlt the second story of ttle .~!lmUe~ wl ntworth house, built L~:r"'."I~~~-=·•;,,.-; in 1671. in· Portsmouth, N. H., and -altered in 1710, this chamber carus Into the periods of Charles II, William and Mary and Queen AnT\e, -When it· is entered a moment after the •Hart parlor has been examined, the transition from medie• vallsm:to elegance is startling, con- J,(l'l,~-~.'.~•;;:..•h slderlng the short span of years that •l;.;l'lll'..-!.::\if;i•~•-''"-~ d!vldeS'their building. But the one .Is de1ived from rural architecture, the other reflects the advancing culture t;;;J1~....,...,1J. of the town. In a number of features the Wentworth house was advanced for its day and age: and in this chamber the progress Of architectural refine- ~.o.-.:1t~ 'Is< ments is apparent' ln such· features as the bolectlori moldings which frame the pant:.!$ of the wainscoting; the mantel; th~ covered-in ce!l!ng; the double-hling, sash· wlndQws. • This intirlor is decidedly en·hanced by the painted woc>:_e!work, now restored to I~ original Indianred, or sepia. The s;;pect of refinement is confirmed also by the furnishings, Because. no Inventories appertaining to the Wentworth belongings are known to exist, . the pieces have merely been chosen from those styles which prevailed 1 ' ·--~•in the late 1600's and which are .,.,.,,.,,::.-,back (dated ' 1677); ' some ·dated Engl!sh Delft; these furnishings make the ~,;c;>om· as it may have looked after it was altered In 1710.• ,.,0 .,,., •••... Fringed draw · curtains made of seventeenth centrury blue home- l\..1~~J.llW,,k•/N,:.fn, spun silk have been copied from an . engraved pattern by Daniel rw.illlt,·~•-•·1 Maret and hang against the top o! the window In shirred drapery,,,,·:-.=·••·'~- , which Is ornamental and yet leaves free access to the l!gh t. onr whichccin- ries 0 ~-' Two Staircases Other structrural features of this Wentworth house conserved by the Museum are a staircase datini; from ihe time of building and one • ,.,."':!':,.,r,,/'J:F;:.~\,7~·~J,, that was · added· about 1710. The earlier one, from the rear o! the first floor, is steep and has narrow, turning toreads, and is now conceale.d as .It was in the house: L.,.,,,,,, ......... r, by_. a partition or vertical sheath-""''''"""' !olg. closed at bottom and , top by a batten door. The second stair.: way, which led up from the en• trance to the attic, is remarkable for its spiral oak balusters. �Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum or Art . Two rooms and two stairways from early New England houses have been installed In the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and are now open to the public. From the Samuel Wentworth house erected in Portsmouth, N. II., in 1671 came the large chamber, at the left, with its excellent pine panelling and timbered ceiling. As re-erected, it contains chairs, tables, and other items of its original century••.• Also from the Samuel Wcn~worth house came this interesting stairway with its spiral balusters. It 1s another portion of a fine old house rescued when it had already reached the hands of wreckers.••• One of the earliest 1urviv.lD&' New England homes is the llart House built in Jpswloh, M11,111., a))out 1640. From this building, the chief room shown at the rlrht, above, bu been removed, re-erected in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.;.Massive oak beams in the ceilings, plaster between the floor timbers and nicely grooved sheathing about the fireplace, make this a highly valuab~e example of early American, practice. This view shows the bed corner, for in those early days there was likely to be a bed in the parlor. �6llY OFflCIALS ELECTED AT COUNCIL MEETING . . ()nlY. Contest Fot Office Of City Solicito'r-Leo Liberson · Re-elected:~..· ~ ·~ _. I All of the city of!!c!als were returned · Harbor Master, Shirley H. Holt, Jr. to office by the City Council at its Port wardens, John E. Seybolt, E. meeting last evening, and with the ex- Curtis Matthews ception of the city solicitor, all were Lot Layer, John W. Durgin, Jr. unanimously chosen. For this office Keeper of Powder Magazine, Leon the present solicitor, Leo Llberson, re- W, Smart Fence Viewers, Pli:lllp M. Trafton, ceived 6 votes, and 3 were cast for Os• car Neukom. Counc!lmen Durell, Leary, Leon K. Fennerty, Laurence Shorey T-rustee of Trust Fund, William O. Downs, Schlegel, Sukeforth and Burk• hardt supported Llberson, wh!le Coun• Walton, Jr. Commissioners . of Airport, Mayor oilmen Boynton, Herrick and Blanch• Kennard E. Goldsmith, Carl Krleder, ard supported Neu:;:om, Fred Chevery, Frank E. Brooks, Frank Mayor Kennard G.oldsmlth presided W. Randall and all councilmen were present. Welghers, Frank H. Grace, Walter The complete list ot officers chosen Alvey, Edward McMulkin, John O. were as follows: Shaw, Albert Bauer, Herbert W. Pope, City Clerk, John J. Hensen William o. Flanagan, Harry Bryce, Oity Messenger, Charles R. Quinn John Kellenbeck, William Linchey, City Auditor, Remick H. La!ght-0n Helen .Quinn, William Parks, Anna E, City Solicitor, Leo Llberson Scott, Catherin& Connell, Harvey City Treasurer, Frank P. Hunt Manary, Horace Haynes, C. E. Osborn, Tax Collector, Philip H. Sanderson City Physician, Inspector and Bac- A. Rafferty, S. D. Eastham, M, E. An• derson, Paul o. Badger, Peter Curran, terologist, Dr. George Tredlck Inspector of Meats, Dr. Haven T. Thomas Harvey, John Case, Eleanor Regan, John Walsh, Arthur S. Teeson, Paul · Jeremiah Regan, Bradley L. Moody, O. Overseer of the Poor, James o. Pet• E. Batchelder, Russell L. Davis, Arthur t!grew Supt. of the Burying Ground, James O. Pickering, Charles Moody, Orville C. Badger, Patrick Healy. P. Griffin Building Inspector, Charles W. Measurers of Wood, John Walsh, Jeremiah Regan, William M. Bridle, Hwnphreys William W. A. Parks. Chief of Fire Department, Surveyors of Lumber, Elmer J, E. 1". Woods First Assistant Engineer, George Littlefield, Harold A. Littlefield, Richard Weston, R. M. Fowler, Robert O. Cogan.. · Second Assistant Engineer, Frank E . King, Joseph Soule, Kenneth Little• :field, Amazeen Supt. of Fire Alarms and Inspectol' Inspectors of Flour, H. B. Yeaton, J. of Wires, w. I. Randall · True Davis, Frank Hersey, Roland I. Inspector of Plumbing, Clement R . Noyes, Bessie M. Varrell, Stephen H. Moulton Goodwin, Member of Board of Health, Di•, A short recess was decl\ued whllf! George A. Tredlck the committee on PWA proJects went Mayor Kennard E. 'Goldsmith an• into a conference. nounced the following - appointments: Upon reassembling a petition was Sealer · of Weights and Measures, received from residents at the Plains, William T. Rose asking that the city accept WoodInspector of Petroleum, Walter s. worth, Swett and Leavitt Avenues. Abbott · This was referred to the Board of Street Commissioners to investigate and turn over to the cotmcil when the Commissioners submit the list of accepted streets in the city. A petition for basketball games at the Roseland, beginning Sunday, Jan. 16, was received from the Portsmouth Mariners and was granted on motion of Councilman Downs. �Memory Honored At One of Largest Funerals Ever Held Here Ushers at the chw-ch were Dr. Ha• ven T. Paul, Dr. William M. Farrington, William O. Walton, Jr., Ralph ,T. Wood, Paul O. Badger, Ralph S. Fro• bisher and William o. Flanagan. · Honorary bearers were Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith, Former Mayor Robert Marvin,. E. Curtis Matthews, Richard D. McDonough, Ralph Lizio, Raymond I. Beal, E. Bliss Marrine1· and Francis T. Malloy. Active bearers were Leon Robinson, John E. Seybolt, Nom1an E. Rand, James H. Welch, George E. Jameson and William T. Leary. At the grave military rites conducted by the officers o! Frank E. Booma Post, American Le• glon, assisted by a firing squad of u. S. Marines, who fired a farewell vol• ley, after which "taps" were sounded. Burial was in the family lot in Prospect Hill cemetery, Greenland, under the direction of J. Verne Wood. The funeral of Ralph D. Brackett at the North chw·ch and was the greatest tribute ever paid a citizen of Portsmouth. Every seat in the church was taken, nearly 300 · stood in the aisles, and there was a large number out• side the church unable to gain en• trance. It was one of the largest funerals in the history of the city. Friends-those who knew him as a boy in Greenland, those who went to school and college with him, those who have played the sports under his coaching, and many others who had come 1n' contact with him-filled .the church to capacity. From l o'clock w1tll 2 o'clock, the hour of the service, the body lay In state, during which time several hundred people filed by the casket of their friend. Organ selections we1·e rendered by Leon A. Robinson, a very olose pereona.l friend of Mr. Brackett. Among the groups which were seat• ed as a body in the church were members of the Frank E. Booma Post, American Legion, o! which Mr. Brackett was a charter member; the board or education, teachers of all of the Portsmouth Public schools, the High School Alumni Associlition, the City Council, the Rotary club, the Kl•.,., ..,..,;.,."' wanls club and members o! the 1035 PHS state championship basketball._-,,.,,_,:e..., team. Many state, county and city officials; athletic coaches :Crom various part., o! the state; :former athletes in U1e local schools, and pupilll from the echools wel'e in attendance. Rev. Arthur 1\, Rouner, pnstor of the North chul'ch, conducted the service. In his eulogy he paid high tribute to Mr, Brackett, as a citizen, as coach, a man of Integrity and ability, a leader or the youth or Portsmouth, and a ll\f\l\ who led Q life or Sel'vlco :\bovc self. One outstanding phase of Mr. Brnckett's activities was his Christ.inn life. Not only in athletics but in everything he undertook how the game was played was of the gl'eatest importance. The question of vic• tory or defeat was not paramou\1t in his mind, but rather, whether or not true sportsmanship was Thl'oughout his life, this had always been true, and his sportsmanship has been an example for others to follow. Floral tributes, expressing silent messages or sympathy and love, completely banked the front of the church, the alLar, and even extended to the balconies. was held Sunday afternoon �' C0 TE A Mrs. Robert Brown and the publlcity committee by Arthur Penniman. Rev. Edgnr Warren will supervise the his• torical correctness o! U1c celebration and Dean T. Menill 1a to direct the beautification of the town. Other members of the general com• mlttee Include Selectman Elroy o. Shaw, Precinct Commissioners George Ashworth, Fred R. Batchelder and Armas Guyon, Mrs. Willlam R. Hill and Mr, and Mrs. Howard O. Lane. ig Parade, Pageants, S or Events And any-Act·vities T e eld u 1ng ee 0 ugust21 With the start of Hampton's 300th year as a town, the committee headed by Judge John W. Perkins is pushing ahead plans for the elaborate tercen• tenary celebration, which Is to extend over the week of Aug. 21. · In anticipation of the annual town meeting in March, when funds to fl. nance Ille historical observance will be sought, the committee Is endeavoring to complete the prellminuary details o! the two-day pageant, whose eight episodes are to cover the history of the town from the settlement to the 20th century, the historical parade, the .Old Home Day, the tercentenary ball, the athletic day and church services. · pageant, the subsidiary· ·towns are to have groups trained 1ri o11f-l.lme dances !or the ball and are ·also . to . exhibit relics of early settlement" days.' Witches, ghosts and shipwrecks played a part in the fascinating history or Hampton and Hampton Beach, which was first named "Winnacunnet" !rom the Indian word meaning "beauti• !ul place of pines" err "beautl!ul long place." The early days of that section were celebrated 1n poetry and 11ong, chief among which are the sagas of Norsemen and the poem.a of John Greenleaf WhitUer. First Town Meetln1 Special Service . Nicholas Easton, who wu governor ot It is planned, to commence the ob• Rhode Island 1n 1672 and 1673, was the servance with s1>eclal services in · the first, with a Mr. Oeotmy, to bulld 1n Congregnt!onal Church, whlcl1 is t.lie Hampton early 1n the year 01 1638. Be oldest religious center in the commun- WM ordered out by the magistrates of ity, The ball will be held Monday Ipswich, however, and tho actual set• evening In the Hampton Bench Casini}, tlemcnt was made Oct. 14 of that year which has been donated by the casino by a little band from Newbury· under associates for the occasion. Rev. Bteven_Bachiler. By _the.. time_o! No definite days in the week have the first town meeting on June 30, 1639, been set as yet by the committee fo~· there were 60 fam.llies settled there. the parade, athletic day and Old Home Because of its location Hampton was day, all of which are to be daytime the center of many boundary disputes events The pageant is to be presented u\ its early days. Originally the town on successive evenings, probably at the was a part of Massachusetts and the Tuck Memorial o.thletlc field, or may be legal records of its growth are all found given in part at the beach on the open in that state. · Trials o! the famous air stage. For the conclµding feature- Hampton witch, Goody Cole, were held of the week on Sunday , · a nationally 1n Ipswich and Boston. Many other knovm speaker is to be present at the events were tied In wi~h Massachusetts "church service. 1 history. Groups are being orianized 1n the ' Assisting Judge Perkins on the gen• towns or Kingston, ~ t Kingston, Dan• eral committee are Mrs. John W. R. ville, Sandown, North H~mpton,, Brooks as secretary and Selectman Ed· ;.,;;.,~¼i;;tr.;,;•'-'· Hampton Falls and Seabrook, . which ward Bat.chelder as treasurer. Ma}. were formed :!rom the mother town o! \ Oharles E. Greenman or the staff of i ..n:~#,.u.:?"Jc Hampton, by Selectman Harry D. Mun• , Gov. Francis P. Murphy 1s In charge ol sey !or participation In _the tercenten• ', the &0uvenlr program book. The his· ary ~vents. In addltlon to their ap• torical parade wlll be directed by Town"'"''~,,--.;:·.,; pearance in the spectacular parade and Clerk W1111am Brown and the pageant by Miss Adeline Marston. Mrs. Norman Coffin 1s arranging the details of the ball, while Henry Hobbs 1s handling the athletic day plans. The Old Home Day committee 1s headed by �Erucsi Chick or Newfields drawing water from hisiorlo "Betty Shute's Spring'' which is still the source of waicl' su11ply to many families in that town. _. Newfields, Jan. 18 -A weathered gates open a band of 90 Indians enwooden well shelter marks the site of tered and took Fanny and her mother seven eh!ldren. a one-time famous hostelry-the Shute and Later the child, at about 13 mouths House-and is a monuinent to early of age, was taken by a Mme. St. Auge Newfield pioneers besides being a place who found her ln rags in a shack. Laof water supply to many of the citizens ter the infant was brought to Trois of that town. Many homes along the Rivieres by an Indian squaw. After main street of the town are without many adventurous incidents she was wells or public waler service so they re• restored to hei' father at the age o! 14 ly on "Betty Shute's Spring." and later returned to Boston. Soon The spri11g, long ago dug into a well, after her return her father died and she and rocked up for many years, was the went to Newbury, Mass., to live with wnter source for the old Shute House a relative. · :which was a hostelry of many years She was a teacher for a ti111e in go; ltlllt -stood Oil the ~lte or the l'~Sl- Hamilton and married jonatha.n dence or Fanny Shute who experienced ton in 1770 and he died 22 years fa.ter. ndventure among· the Indians. . This In 1801', the third year· following her structure, in later years the Newfields first husband's death; she married John House, was destroyed by fire on Sept. Shute of Newfields, and lived there till 24, 1894, and only the cellar walls re• her death In 1810, main and they are fast being blotted by She died more than a century ago plant growth and underbrush. but her name will probably be rememLegend of the typical New England bered as long as the spring from which town has it that Fanny Noble, who la- her household was furnished water does ter married a Shute, was captured by not run dry. It seems that the well the Ind~ns when a girl and carried ofI has an unlimited source even during over mountains, through woods and the most severe droughts. A few of the along moss-carpeted Indian tra.ils to older natives of Newfields recall stopCanada. She was the daughter of Laz- ping at "Betty Shute's Spring" for arus Noble, a hardy laborer o! the Pine a cooling drink to quench their thirst•·'"...,_ .. ,,.,.,,,, Tree state frontiersmen, who lived on on their way home from school. The swans Island in the Kennebec river in property where the well is located is Maine. One morning when two boys now owned by Mrs. Ellen G. Syverstcri ent out of the garrison leaving the and Mrs. Charles Pike. ·Tu- �I'orlsmoulh Herald Pholo. Tree On The I,cft°Js The Gilman Elm On l,awn Of Residence Of Mr. and Mrs. F, Everett 'Winslow On F1·ont St.. Exeter, Oldest Tree In The ToWJ\, A New .Engl!lnd custom of the early Probably blight, wood-ticks or some settlers was to plant elm trees in disease, killed the other tree l:int, front of their pioneer homes and in nevertheless, another one was plantE.xeter the oldest monument to that ed and the two trees stand as partcust,om is the 207-year-old Gilman ner:; guarding the brick house. The elm tree on the lawn of the reel brlclc massive elm barely missed certain residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. Everett fate of most trcrs-thc woodchopper Winislow, on Front Street. The silent ax-when one of the Gilm::ms, l°'i§.~,1M"~ sentinel of centuries towers high financially and needing t\ winter' above the two story structure bPhind fuel supply, was slmrpening his nx t it and, according to a former Durham cut the tree. But Deacon William :minister's boyhoorl diary it was' plant- grandfather saved the tree \JY givil ed on A1wll 3, 1730. the would-be :ixmnn n load of fit•eIt would be appropriate thL'l year woo::l. 01 if part' of the tercrntcn11lal celebraA short t,ime nftrr he had ho11ghtli.<•t.'.',f l'J})·,'-/.fff~rlrtll~tzi·~1:-_;;-:;!i~::;i:~ tion in tho Academy town be drrllcat- the property, history quolcs Deacon..,.,,,....,..,.,~. ed to the tree which is now starLing William:; nH saying, "I gave ~.!iOO fur 1t's third century of growth. The sap- the lot and I would not take that Ung elm wa.s planted by Nicholi>s sum for the trees." Gilman and his son, Nicholas, when The last Gilman to own the prothe family lived at wllnt is now the pe1-ty was ex-Governor and ex-ConWinslow residence. tlnental Congressman John Taylor As the sun sanlc on April 3, more Gilman. lie served as governor of than two cenluries ago, tired from a New Hampshire.from 1794 to 1805 and day's work o.nd looking forward to a again from 1813 to 1816 and previous night's sleep, young Nichola.s penned to being governor was for two years in his diary, "Set out elms before a member of the Continental Confather Gllman's house." In his twen- gress, 1782 and 1783. Whether or not ty'S young Nicholas entered the min- the selling of the old family home!slTY an.:l held a l ~~torat~:.t Dm·lmu . stco.d effected his health Of course it Is specul:itive us to corded, but he died a bow old the saplings were, but chances afterwards. o.re that they wcro at least three The present ovmer, F. years or older. In thi~ case Exeter's purchnsecl the property in 1924 from oldest elm Is probably 210 years old. ·F. Ruth Warner, who hnd purchased According to Bell's History of Ex- it from the Flagg family in 1922 eter tpe two trees were In their prime Deacon Williams, who had bought when the property was sold in lll2B the properLy from ex-Governor Gilto Deacon John J. Williams by one man and built the present structure of Nicholas Gllman's descendants. in 1829, sold it to Isaac Flagg. �f,~.\d!?,:,.,., THE HERALD'S OOK REVIE\V:, Architectural Heritage Of The Piscataq.ua Recorded In Profusely Ulustrated Volume By Kittery Summer Resident J ohn Mead Howells. a summer rcsl".,,...,.....-.. dent of Kittery Poin t, has just issued an outstanding book entitled "The Architectural Heritage of the Piscataqua." Mr . Jl owclls is the son of \.he lntc Wll':!.;•~:;;.;..;,--;-~~1 limn Dea11 Howells, novelist, ancl is an archltect of high reput.a tion . having _done a great deal of work all over th·! count,r~· . He is well qualified to act n the historian of our local archit~cture, b?th by reason of his high stan ding in l11s profession ancl by r ca5011 of a lhorou~h knowledge of the old l'Olonial mansions of Portsmouth, Kittery and vicinity. Ti1e book . :s a beautifully bound volume measuring 9 1-2 by 12 1-2 inches. prmted on heavy gloss paper and containing more than 300 la ge and most artistic p!1o tograpils of t.he interiors, garclen plans, measured drawings, floor plans and many building details of our old mansions. For lovers of the trad; tions of old Portsmouth ~ml vicinit.y there are ~ountl ess treasures lncluded in the charming and authoritr,t.ive uotes prepared with the able assistance of Miss Dorothy Vaughan, assist.a1\t librario.n of the Portsmouth Public Library. Early New England was architecturally rich in her churches, mansions, gardens and ancient tidewater cottages. In Port.smouth, the absence of building booms has permitted the unspoiled survival of her architectural heritage in perhaps the best sequence of old period buildings still standing. John Mead Howells knows and loves this district. Four years ago he began collecting material for t.his book, to the encl that this nrchitectural heritage of ours should never be lost. To the work he brought unbounded enthusiasm for these old houses and for the life Jived in them as well as the discriminating selection' of a clistinguished architect. In I\ foreword the author dcWolf Howe: "When a town has a personality of its own, is it not entitled to a biography?" This book ls trnly a biography of the Portsmouth district of Maine and New Hampshire. It is a book which will t.ake its permanent place as a volume of reference, forever recording the now-fading charm of old-time days and old-time ,vays in this seaport city. All the famous old mansions of Portsmouth and Kittery are included in the book: with many fuJJ-page pictures. The Governor Langdon House, 1784; the Lady Pepperrell House, 1760: the MacPheadris-Warner e Governor John Wentworth House, 1769; the Peirce Mansion, 1799; the Mof!att•Ladd House, 1763; , Sparhawk Hall, 1740; Colonel John Whipple House, 1760; Hamilton House, South Bt!rwick, 1770; Jacob Wendell House. 178!); Langley Boardman-Marvin House, 1800; Larkin-Rice House, 1815: Henry Sherburne House, 1725; worth-Gardner House, 1760; Jewett Memorial, 1774 ; Cut!.€r-Langdon Mansion, 1750; Governor Benning Wentworth Mansion, 1695; ' Captain Samuel Cl'l.auncey House, 18_o8 ; R1mdlet-May House,' 1806 ; Livermore House, 173.5; Levi Woodbury House,.. 1720 ; Re,•. Samuel Langdon House, · 1749; Toscan·s bungalow. Greenland, 1800, and a great many otJ.ers are shown and described. How many of our rc:iclers could tell the exact local.ion of any sizeable munber of these beautiful old mancions? A perusal of this book leaves the readr1· with an intense pride in the previously undreamed-of value of our heritage m colonial architecture here at the mouth of the Piscataqua. The volume is publi5hed by the Architectural Book Publishing Compa:1y, Inc., of 112 West 46th street, New York City, IV!d is priced at $10 a copy. INVITE N.H. POLICE TO TRAFFIC SCHOOL AT TROY, N. Y. An opportunity will be New Hampshire police officers to study latest methods of coping with tro.f• fie problems which are ever more vex• ing, according to information reach• in~ state and Manchester police over th ~ teletype yesterday. The announcement concerned a traffic school to be conducted by the New York state police in conjunction with Rennsselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, N. Y., next April. State · and municipal officers of New Hampshire as well o.s other sto.tes wlll be permit. ted to attend. The two-weeks' course will open April 11, and will feature lectures by many widely known authori• ties on traffic subjects. · i It was not stated 1ast night whether the Manchester Police Department plans to avail itself of the opportunity to send an office1· to U1e school. book about Portsmouth you should your library. JOHN MEAD HOWELLS' "Arc itectnraE Heritage of the Piscataquan Showing early houses and gardens of the Portsmouth District. 0 SALE AT . THE ANCHORAGE191 <Congress St. (Opposite th ibrar �idea. that something should and can ))e done about It, and thirdly suggest IJ. wa:9' out or the difficulty. This may & mean simply Mvl-,l!!g the patient to 1,ee his family physician, oi' !t- lllflY mean contacting official or social agencies in order that the patient's best interests may be sen-eel. Many of these c.ontacts are made by telephone and are not ::!eluded in the number of visits made. Interesting Event He1d ''Pre-natal visits made past year t-0tal 324 and post-natal Yesterday Afternoon At visits tot.,! 240. We find that the care Portsmouth Hospital givei1 to our expectant mothers and to mothers with new babies has a twoThe Portsmouth District Nursing Asfold value. First,, it helps"'t.o cut down sociation held Its annual meeting at the number of unncce~~ury mn.terna l the Nurses Home of the Portsmouth deaths, and secondly to reduce Hospi tal on Wednesday afternoon with high Infant-mortality rnte which a number or members in attendnnce.. exists among infants under one month The meeting was called to orc\~r by Mrs. old. The majority of our post-pnrtum Wllllam Safford Jones and Mrs. Samvisits were made to mothers hmneduel F. Griffin read the report of the si~tan~ nur~e, lnre :::.1nn1n ·r, gnve 1h~ rP- iately after their return from the hospo:·,. o,f , 11,s El'clyn H,,l!·r. aetini:\ clis ' last meeting, and also gave the 32nd anpital and consisted of dcmon~trn.tlon nual report of the 11ctlvltles of the asso- t.i h. !llll''C. \•.il icll \\':1~ a·; Jo~lo\t : baths and Instruction concerning U1e ••f'.s. y;p swnd up~ll tl:e thre:slloltl of ciation. health o! mother and baby. A !ew a 11c,·.•: yc:1r, it ic intuu,Ung to look _In the report Mrs. Griffin gave \\ home maternity cnses were cared for complete report of the activities of tho b:-:::}: o.c-r tl:c prc('c::ling months and but most of our moU1ers were fortun~ association. During the year the try to fl,1prniSP our r.tcomplislunnnts ate in having their babies arrive at the board of directors held 12 regular and a~ w.?11 ns r.ur failm·es. Tile year of l!l37 Portsmouth Hospital. one special meeting. The report told of lla•; n:it bc":1 an out~tanding YEflr in "The Well-Baby Clinic held on tbe Increase In attendance at the baby v;e·.v of any new or s~unling chanl\eS Tuesday afternoons at the Nurses' clinics and pre-school roundups and the in o:1r pro;(ram. l.Jut a ~ car which we Home of the Portsmoulll Hospital excellent work in pre-natal care. Dur, hope Ila- llad its place in the li,1e of continues 1o play a very irnportnnt st.c-:~dy t ·owth nm\ nd1iC \ emc,1t. \\·e Jng June the nurses aided the school part In our hen.1th edurnt.lonul pronurse slx afternoons· at the pre-school b t•licv c that our community is eon- gi:am. The total attendance of babies clinics. Mention was made of a dona- t'inuin~ t.o become more awnre of the for the year was 1,098, or nn avC'rage ·uon by a friend who wished to remain ~en·icPs ;..,-hich the Nursing As~oti: tion of approximately 22 babies per clmic. anonymous of a new car to replace the offf•rs and \,·e hope that these 1.e:·~ices There were 204 new br,bies registered old one, and thanks were expressed to will be called upon wheneH'l" 11£"• <lc tl in by the nurses this year and 720 vi1;it.s the coroing year. were made to these babies nt their own the unknown donor. "Ti1c tot.al number of ,bits made by The report mentioned the resignation llon1~. :tfot !lll of the:e bnbics nttend tJ1t> m:rslng staff during 1937 , ·as 4,of Miss Velma Pettlner, who had been the clinic ah . on~· n-re under the regn560. Of this number, 2,861 were 111:i.de supervising nurse since 1933, and tliat in order l-0 give bedside rare or treat- lllr care of their family physician. our Miss Evelyn Haley stepped Into the po- ment. This shows nn lncrtase over the volunteer clinic workers have n ·?lcll'tsition temporarlly, with Mrs. -Noel ns :orcvious year and leads us to believe ed us a valued 1,ervlce which Is hl~hly her assistant. The fine work of these that the community, as a whole, 1s appreciated. •'Let us review some of the fent.ures nurses was stressed in the report. calling upon us more frequently to aid During the year baby clothes were re- In caring for its sick, and is realizing cl' !~7 .. Two full-time nur. es have ce1ved from st. John's Guild, two qullts that we are an organization \\ihich been emplof~ tnroughout the year. from the Wednesday Club and one from serves all classes of people. There are The state ml'rt ings of 11m·£cs have been tJ1e Dorcas Society. The funds of the so many instances when skilled nurs- attcndt•cl throughout the y~. r I.Jy one nurse and usually by one or more club were aid:"d by a benefit sponsored ing care could be so wen utilized for board mC'mbrrs. The J\cw Eni;l,.nd perhaps one hour a <lay, yet when t11e by the Rotary Club, at which $93. 75 was services of a full-ti.me trained nurse meeting w:1s nttcnclcc\ by hli~s. Pc:t.t.incr netted. are not required. The Public Health In May. "In June \he locnl S honl D ·partThe report cJo:;ec\ with appreciation nurse considers herself a teacher as to those who hacl helped in any wa •, well as a nurse, and iru,tn1ct.s the ment \\'O S a~ istcil \\ it h 1Ile prt-~ ·hnol and an appeal for memberships to help mother or some other re~oonsible uer- c-linic. Nindy-ninc c:liillln n carry on the work of the organization ~on in the family how to give the pa- v:riglwcl and 1•x111,1ined' b~• a 11hy:,ieian. tient adequate care bet.ween visits. As Those with clckcts -i\·c:re n•J <'rl cd 1.o during the coming year. Mrs. Grace D. Baum g!\ve the tre:is- soon as feftsible she turns the case tlwlr l'ami y phy.,icLrns. "In October thr Joss of 011 · H111cnisurer's report for the year. This showed back to the family's care. "We are grateful for the fact that a ory nm~e. Miss Velmn I'ett.incr, who that the association is running llchind resi~nl•cl to become cl ire dor f the and need~ a large number of new mem- larger percentage of cases have been Po'rt land Distric t Nursing Ai;sociation, reported to us by our local physicians bers and more financial support. Two was deeply felt by the nu•·sing slafJ. bequests w,;-re received during the·year. and we trust that they will see fit to The trnit-0rial supervisor of the MctMrs. W. N. Davis left the sum of $3,300, continue to use the services we offer. "During the past year 40 corrective ropoiit ::111 Life· Insurnnc,• Comp:.ny while Susie Traslc bequeathed a sum visits 11nd 123 visits in behalf of pa- visited Portsmouth chn•inu October a11d of $10,000, the latter being a trust fund. tients were made. No general Public ns a result n contrart 11 ::..s IJcl'n matl(' A part of the former bequest was used with the company when-by the local to balance the budget this year. Re- Health 1:mrslng program ls complete in Melropolilan omcc will \Jc visited ceipts amounted to $3,14.4.12, divided as its bedside nursing alone, although twice weekly in order to stimulate this many, many times this is the avenue follows: nursing fees, $743.51; memberbranch of our nursing ~er\'ice. ship fees, $94; Metropolitan Life In- which leads to real educational work "At the Thanksgiving being done. Through dally contact surance Company fees, $952.80; John chronic patients were rememl.Jerecl Hancock Insurance Company, $222.45; with our families we are able to dis- with baske~ of fruit nnd goodies. cover their health and material procard party, $249.84; gifts, $543.75; in"In closing this report \\'~ wish lo terest, $337. 77. Balance on hand at blems and aid by helping them to thank our many friends for \heir kind overcome their difficulties. First we the beginning of the year was $4.46. 85, must di5cover tJ1e thing that is wrong, help throughout the secondly win the family over to the are we indebtPd to !STRICT S{NG ASS' $3,590.97 without the bequest of Mrs. Davis. Expenses were as follows: salaries $3,292.75; office expenses, $205. 64; nurses supplies and laundry, $60.59; automoblle, $365.22; National Organization of Public Health Nursing, $10, malclng a total operating expense of $3,934..20, plu5 a $50 coupon expense, making total expenses of t3 ,984..20. TJ-ic report of the audlt9r, Miss Maude F. Sanborn, was read in connection with this report. l\lrs. Eaum, making a report for the special committee, st:tted tlrn.t i;he hnd t>x:.m:ned tile 1,upplies and found the nm ',l's nceclecl aprons, ~mr,11 ba its, hag Jhj11::s. h ::ll(] to•.\ ,•ls 1111;I r.lso layt•\.'.r~. hLa'I;:; t!iot. hr-i-c wn s a chance for some nc:tl:r.-01 ~~ by fno1d <; of the a~,ociat ion. r·.:rs. Noel, who h:n br ,n :'\C'l-ing a~ 11s- �Assoclatlon from which we have re ceivcd help on many n :;oci::il proolem, to the locnl ho.splt.nl , lo Dr. F'redprick Grny \\ ho served ns the clinic physician, and to all of the local physicia ns for their splendid coopcrn.t.ion. We would also mention the several clubs, the telephone company employees, and the many other print te individuals who hal'c extended help to our families in limes of need . "We look forward in to 1!'!38 !mowing that the community will ttimd back of the P. D. N . A. and will help us to h elp oth er1-, in order Urn t Lli:; may be come n happier an d n hcnl1J1ier :i,enr Jur ull.'' TllC l lport of the ll(Hl!l.l;, ting l' Olll· m,~l~e 11·a~ n·atl b:, Miss 1-;r :en r, i erin,; and 1, commc ndrcl liH' rr - r,Jcrt.'on of t he fo'Jr,11·m:s cli1 c ctor.,. 1·, i.••·\e tum has t•:-:pirt'cl: , fo.; ·n,an J. \'vent, ·1r,h, T,!i s :--;tc-'J;, C. \'\"cl>~lPr, Mr~. Jo. eph J. Co:mri.l•.::s. F. Cur~isri.i,.'ilc-,F,T',·~c.; . nin.!· D. \":id11m. ~-1,~. G, :I<'. Cid(· J' I l'JI"! F1.•·.'.t L:un•o11. Thc JP1•0l't ,,·as a~crnlccl :-111:I 11, r cli1 cc• ,ir, re-t'l ·ct.0 t l •, ( ' 1 .I lt' J1(lll\ill~ ~jnrv l"(lti.lllt \', , , (IJ(:•.,(11 }l a'(•Jl H?Hl }S :1 f'ki~t.\l'hll~. 1,1'1'!-. , ~ P 10] f!(•X1 . ic,11, f\1i f•J t. n .. : 1,-lic.;s ,l\ 1 11l,h 1~-. :,11c, 1\11 ,. C:.!1·:11 J., :ir. ·rhr pll. il!~nr. :\Ir~. llt."' 't''\ l.1n1!::(· o t lic plans: Jor the ~-e,, r , l''ll!L,l mrluric a C"!'!rct party later in th e ~·e:ir :,IJ(l t he 11osi-i!JiliLy of some mone~· 1.,i,!11~ during th l" ~:t•,rn1er. s11r ~o;d c,1 the W e'l l Bah.I' Clinic- nn c\ of 1:ir Jl rlfSillility Ol ll olclLJ~ :\ C'lmic fo r l'l1i] •,•tll JJtJl ll l,\\' O yea rs to school a ge . Mi~$ Loretta Lamlr~•nmse for Rockingham nnd countiPs, w s l!1L1oduced a 11d gav e a b r iP. f storv of I.he wo,k wh ich is being done by' t11at orga nilHL (,ii. She- exp lained the work of t.he cll!1 !~ wfl:~'h is h eld each month at City Hall rmd nrgetl tllai people be sent tllcre Jnr an eirn.mi.nat.ion. !<!rs. Dorothy Bovard. ~ cr~tnry of ihe Family Welfare Assor lat,ion, ex• prrs~ed appredation to tl1e nm· ·es o! I.he P. D. N. A. for the work they have done for her organization. Aft.ct· a rising vote o! t.hanks to Miss Rosanna ◊'Donoghue, 1.upe1intrndent of the ho1,pital, for her hosp!tality, the mcel Ing ndJournect. - - - - - - - - - - - -- ~ - �"Two Maine men, Nathaniel Gordon "M'.'anwhile the governor o! the Bar- of Portland and Samuel Baker Haynes 'badoes hi.!! been busy dispatching let- of O'resden were slavers and were so In the ters to British ports he thought Hard· engaged when participation Ing might likely v~i;1t. In a !ew days slave trade became punishable ns pithe members or the Har'.'.:ling band found racy by statute. Gordon was hanged themselves In jail, with the colonial at New York nnc! Hnynes cllecl of gungovernor of Barbadoes denrnndhlg t-helr shot wo1mcls while running the blockade during the Civil War from Nasheads. "Then came a variety of entangle- sau. ·'Many pirat.cs visit.eel the coast of ments, hwolving the true home port of the captured vessel, which Harding Maine, largely moUrntecl by t-he same claimed \\°as In Holland (with whom desires that move our s11mm<'r vlsitors England was then at war), and that the these years. In the winter the pirates sailed the soulhrrn wa ters and sought Holy Ghost was a la\\'ful prize. sailed "Became the British crown was en- rich prizes. In summer they tilkct to a tenlh of any prize taken by a nor thward, t.o rnn'<'n their ships, carpri\•nl.eer, lhe Massachn~et.ts nu!,hori- ouse, nnd t-ake n. few prlzt>s If they apties decided that at any rate they had a peared on the horizon. By nnd large. lawful action to recover the crown's the shipping Maine had in those !lays share. They charged Harding was at was not sufficient to attract pirates exfault in dbposing or his treasure wil,h- cept when these gcnLlemcn wblled to out recognizing t,hE!ir right to a s!iare, while away a few weeks waters. and more legal difficulties ensued. "But countless followers of the black "UIUmawly Harcling and his men fla g did sail these tlaine waters. ?re freed, lhe various- judicial and Twenty pirate captains left tlwfr mark ircutlve bodies in tl1e Bay colony disin Maine hbtory, in court reconls or In ·~recing ns t,o the proper met.hod of other document.s apparently aulhen... , posing of l,he case. Only the gov, :nnr o( Barbaclot's appeared to !:now \\h nt he wanted, and apparently Hnrd-r::---:-:"'.7':::"""'.'-::--'.;-::-7"'""--.,...,,........,._____ I mt;'s lnflui•nce at Boston was sufficient to ~ave him for 11 prop<•!' pirat,,·s ,1<-:,th on tile gallows. "'l\'ialnc 11:icl Its ~hnrr ol ptra trs in lhc 17Lh century nnd lat.er, the 1nosi ,, idcly "''"''"""''·.-•· 1~ Entir.'e Ba.nd Hallon:ll, tte .-Probably the t>st authority on Maine pirat.es is Hiltlreth G. Hawes of 3 Middle street. Mr. II:iweis-spent, years clt>lvin~ into the records oi Maine aml Mai,sachu,ett.s for authentic facts de:ilir,g with pirates that ,!~it.ed ::\iaine. ··r found," lle sail!, "liLt.le bloocl r,ml thunder among the Mttine pirate~. except the slavers. They nppenr to have been a fairly g~.nt.lemanlY breed, killing when necessary · or expedient, but frequently rekasing th.eir prisoners without much du:turba11ce beyond 1he piracy of a :ew furs or 11. cargo -'! fish. "The most cruel deed I encoun~ered in my research was the marooning of a pirate by an honest Mai;snchusetts fL~herman. The poor wretch was left on the eastern Maine coast to· wander around, his arms bound behind him. After a couple of dn.ys he was found by folks who later to. ~Pd hlm in jail. That was In tJ1e clays· whPn therr was no 5ettlement between the Pt•nollsrot and st. publicized of Pirate Gol<l th r-' 111 be::ing Dixey nun, ·,·,,,,,...._:=.,,_,., who opernlecl at Pemnqnid. Jacl, Wclcll and Brn<.lhh were both captured near Piscataqua, or Portsmouth tq us. w1th some doubt a5 to whet.brr they found the soil nm! waters of what is now the L,,,.,,,,,.._.. state of :\1aine other than a \'ery snti:;factory refuge . •;sir Samuel J\l'gall, splashing blcody fist across Uaine hist.or), undoubtedly qualified as n pirate when he wip~d out t,hc Saint Sauveur colony at Mount Desert, after first filching the French co:rnnamlant's commission fr om his c:hcst of papers. England and I•'rnncc \\' l' l"C llll'll nt. pcal'C, but Aq;all saicl tllat lhe !iUlc group of Jc!>ulls n11d aclvent11rcrs were pirates and that was suf!icient for the Virginians. "Probably the avemgf- person derives any interest he mny have in pirates from stories of buri d treasure. Not that he ever gets around to hunting for pirate gold, even ii he had the opv or tunity, but because the thought of Ji makes a good day dream. "Considering !~aine pirates from t.hls angle, to me the most fascinating tale ls that of Capt. Robert Harding and bis fellow pirates or the Roly Ghost, a Spanish ship talcen at Barbadoes. With some 30 fellow insolvents, beachcombers nnd--what-h1we-you, Harding captured the Holy Ghost, honrclln~ hrr as sh<' lay in I.he harbor to takr 011 water and provisions . "Abo::ircl. they found treasure worth at that time. the middle of the 17th ~fade History century, 30.000 pounds sterling . It "'Much early Maine history was mn.de comprised several hogsheads of pieces, by pirates. Glo\·anni di Verrazano, n seachesl, of gold du st n.nd a chest of who sailed the con-st in 1526 and 80 gave mall pearls. They killed or ma tte the French their claim to Arcadia, was prisoners seven seamen in the watch on known In souLhern waters . as Juan duty. Florin, a notorious corsair chiefly en"Penaquid. Ue., was then the private gaged In waging a private war on Spanproperty of two Englishmen , and so to ish galleons for gold and other choice Pemaquid the pirates sailed to dispose plunder from U1e Indians of Mexico. of their treasure . "Castine, with Its four-flag history, ''Captain Harding had come to Amgained its Dutch era from the activities erica originally with 110 Jess a person or John Rhoade of Boston anu others than Go\·ernor Winthrop and he had who were later tried tor, a.nd ....~.c·,-,~d-• some desire to return, now that he was them convicted of piracy. 1n funds, to honorable society. So he "The first execution under U1e laws sailed the Holy Ghost into the harbor of the then newly formed United States at Pemaquld, in some mysterlou8 way went to Maine's credit In 1790, when disposed of his treasure and then casThomas Bird was hanged for piracy at •.,.,,_,~-,-~,,., ually dropped anchor In the waters of Portland. Massachusetts Bay. 0 �y I S ores On First Floor Suffer Considerable loss-Firemen t cene or Almost hree urs Patrolman Francis Hurley while on Congress street made a timely discovery of a fire in the YMCA building on Saturday night which seriously threatened part of the business section. The officer was attracted by smoke coming from the shoe store of Willimn Hirshberg on the street. floor of the YMCA building and turned in an alnrm from Box 52. The fire hart gained considerable headway and the fire department was somewhat delayed in getting at the blaze, being forced to break the doors In the entrance of two sLorcs and the YMCA. Owing to volumes of thick smoke and the odor of burning rubber and leather which was pouring !rom the l..milding, the firemen met much hard work in locating the sec-' tlon of the building where the fire started and was eating its way through the entire lower floor. Although handicapped by the dense smoke the department succeeded in stopping the blaze on the second floor after three hours work .. Much water was used under control, and this with smoke, caused considerable damage to the Hirshberg store, and to Everybocty·s Store, owned by Samuel M. Cohen. The origin or the fire is unknown but it is thought to have started in the rear of the shoe store. The damage to the building ls estimated at 510,000. although neit,her Mr. Hirshberg nor Mr. Cohen were able to give any figure r'!garding their loss, but slated they were covered by partial insurance. Although the fire caused some damage on the second floor of the YMCA building, Secretary Reid Besserer expressed the belief that the winter program of· Lhe association would not be disrupted. The gymnasium was not damaged, other than a little water getting in. Twenty years ago the 31st of last month the same building was totally destroyed by fire on one of the coldest days on record. 18 degrees below zero. President's Birthday To ~ Be Widely ObservedToday And This Evening President's - Birthday observance events are being held this afternoon and evening at the following places: Temple Israel. V. F. W. Home. American Legion Home. K. of C. Home and hall. Y. W. C. A. Masonic Auditorium. Women's City Club. The day for which a great many people have been working has arrived, the date upon which various organizations in Por tsmouth are sponsoring a number of events to raise money to help establish a national foundation to fight Infantile paralysis. The committees have been hard at work for weeks to arrange a program of events which would be of interest. This has been done and consists of open house, teas, card parties and dances. All this ls for the price of a single ticket and anyone ls permitted to go to one place, stny a short time and then go on If they wish, using the same admission ticket. Never before have so many social events been going on at the time to which one ticket would give admission. This afternoon there arc card parties at the Masonic Auditorium, sponsorecl by the Graffort, Club and PortsmouU1 Garden Club; at the Women's City Club, sponsored by that organization, and at the K. of C. Home, sponsored by the Catholic Daughters of America and the Ladies Auxiliary of the K. of C.; open house ls also being held at the above mentioned places and also at the Y. W. C. A. and American Legion Home. The former is from 2 to 5, while the latter ls during the afternoon and evening. In the evening there will be card parties at Temple Israel, the Elks Home, American Legion Home and the three places where afternoon card parties arc being held. Dances wlll be held this evening nt the Elks Home, sponsored by the Elks nnd Emblem Club; at the American Legion Home, under the supervision o! Frank E. Booma Post and the Ladles Auxiliary ; at the Memorial Home, sponsored by Emerson Hovey Post, V. F. W., and auxiliary, and Knights o! Columbus Hall, under 'the auspices ot that organization. Tickets for the dance ih Kittery will be accepted in this city and Portsmouth tickets are good in that town. �January 11 February City Basketball league opens. Miss Helen G. MacDonald named · Three local banks hold annual meet- to represent Portsmouth in the ings. Citizenship program of the Hampshire G. A. R. January 14 . Buildipg Inspector· Edward L.' Scully February 17 Adj. and Mrs. Victor Dimond announces new buildings and repairs in this city amounted to $268,409 ferred from local Salvation post. during 1936, 0 January 15 Edward D. Smith of Dover, well known in this city, dies. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Kent ob1,erve 55th wedding anniversary. January 18 Annual meeting of Wentworth Home held and 25th anniversary obi;erved. George Howard resigns as Grand Regent of the New Hampshire Grand Council, Royal Arcanum to accept the office of Grand Secretary. Jllckey, assumes the duties of Postmaster at the close of business on March 31, succeeding Joseph P. Conner who bad served under five Presidents. January 20 GrafCort Club presents annual musknl with the Embassy Club Male Quartette furnl~hlng the program. Local Odd Fellows observe Wildey Day. Kennard E. Goldsmith, youngest mayor in the country, inaugurated Mayor of Portsmouth. Board of Street Commissioners organize and elect officials. Strawberry Bank Grange and Dover grange hold joint installation. January 21 Mrs. Thelma Call, 19-year-old mother, and her two sons taken to hospi. tal suffering from burns received in n fire on Hill Street. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Parks ob~erve 60th wedding anniversary. Chief W. F. Woods observes 25th anniversary as chief of the Fire DeJ)artment. February 18 Traip Academy Glee Club presents operetta ''Pinafore." Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole speaks at Universalist Parish gathering. Dr. W. S. Manuel dies. Ft>hrnary 19 Senior Clnss presents "Happy Days" as annual class play. February 20 Robert J. Gilker, ma~ter the navy yard, dies. February 23 Adm. Henry T. Mayo, U.S.N. (ret.) one of the outstanding World War leaders, dies at the home o! his son, Capt. C. G . Mayo, U.SN. Portsmouth Community Concert Association presents first concert. March 1 Mrs. Hazel Steady resigns tary of the local Red March 2 Newington anniversary. l\larch Mrs. N. H. clubs, Clubs. Grange observes 3 John F. Heck, President of the State Federation of Women's visits the Gra!fort and Clty January 3 Mr. and Mrs. Edmund E. Short, Sr., pf Kittery Point observe 53rd wedJanuary 24 ding lllliliversary. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Record of GreenRev. Rowland C. Adams assumes land obsene 56th anniversary of their duties as pastor of the New Castle _ marrlni.:e. Congregational Church. January 25 January 4 Dr. William Pitt Mason, retired proMr. and Mr~. George Deering of fes sor o! Rensselaer Polytechnic InKittery observe 52nd wedding anni- stitute, dies at his North Hampton home. versary. Charles M. Dale, President. of the January 31 ·state Senate, becomes acting goverA: Frederick Barutlo, for 33 yeaJ11 nor, following the resignation of H. Styles Bridges, senator-elect. He will foreman of the Water Works, dies. be the state's chief executive until February 3 Gov.-elect Francis P. Murphy is sworn Samuel Weston attains 97th birthin on Tuesday. day. Frank H. Meioon dies. February 5 Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Wiggin obcelebrates l 7th anniver- serve 60th wedding anniversary. ::\larch 5 Charles D. Saurman, former rhief boatswain's mate in the navy, dies at his home on Rockinglwm St. Seaside Council, Jr. O.U.A.M. Rye, observes 40th annivt:r~ary. February 8 Mr. and Mrs. Wilmore Twombly o! Sparhawk St. observe Golden Wedding anniversary. New Hampshire towns hold annual meetings. Portsmouth votes on the question of calling a Constitutional Convention 169 against and 129 in favor. January 8 ,,,.,,,,--.c_F~ gen.~ral,!ire alarm of the year, Flames amage N. 1I. Provision Store. Loss e5timated -at $20,000. Forty-five candidates Initiated at Hovey Post, V. F. W . meeting. Miss Alice Mlldram . guest of ·11onor as local Parent-Teacher Associations observe 40th allI'iversary of the founding of the P. T. A, February 9 Boy Scouts, Fathers-Sons banquet held. Richard S. · Pettigrew named Boy Scout Mayor. Camp Schley, Spanish War ans, observe 39th anniversary sinking of the Maine. l\larch 4 Hollis B. Cole of Kittery, named Inter-state bridge authority. ::\farrh 7 Richard I. Walden, one of the est printers in the city, dit:s. ~larch 8 Kittery, Eliot and York hold meetings. J\Iarch 9 March 11 Col. Robert L. Denig, U.S.M.C. receives Nicaraguan Presidential Medal of Merit. �During The Year .193 April 10 Business Girls 'of New England hold annual conference in th11! city. April 11 Piscataqua Rille Olub wins C~P!O~~ip. _______ _ Ap1·il · 12 Metl).od V. Sipp, retired chief signalman, Ui S. N. dies at Naval Hospital. April 13 Rockingham Grand 55 indictments. Jury April 14 ' Lizzie H. Anderson, for 30 secretary of Union Rebekah dies after a long illness. Capt. Joseph Pruett dies home in Kittery Point. Thirty-eight become citizens in Sup"'.", erior. Court Naturalization Day'..· ' April 15 Robert. P. Tristam Coffin, •;, U. S. Marine Corps celebrates 162nd anniversary of the founding of the J\'J[arines ' · on Nov. 10. Photo shows Mrs. C. W. Cole. wife of the commandant of the Navy Yanl ('!J~tin~ cake. Standing at her left is Col R. I. Denig-i.n command ef the Maine poet, gives readings at the Women's City · Club. Nam! Pnscn. April 16' ~l\til!J?aiiriic~ h~ l ~2iiiiic:ii!!!i:!!l!=15111:;aam""'...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ Junior Class play "New Fires" Locnl teachers endorse proposed April 1 presented. Teacher·s retirement act as drafted Paul Badger named President of April 18 in a bill before the legislature. Rotary Club. Mrs. Katherine T, McEvoy die&. Peter J. Hickey assumei; duties as poi;tmaster. Portsmouth Chapter, Order oi DeSheriff Ceylon Spimiey retirl's es April 19 Daylight Savin·g poll reveals. 2403 Molay observes Devotional Day, at- sherl!f after '28 year~, being succeeded 417 in favor of adyanced tbne. tending the Kittery Methodist cnurch. by Simes Frink. Dr Fred Engelhardt assumes charge J\Iarch 16 April 20 as President of the University of New Airplane crashes , near Langdon City Council votes to purchase the Hampshire. creek, Injuring its pilot, Charles R. Frank Jones Wat er Works. Musgrove of North Billerica, Mass . Ap.ril 2 .lllarch 17 Portsmouth Unit League of Coast Railway Mall Association purchases P. H. S. Alumni Ass'n. has annual site of Oracle House at Haymarket Guard Women observes 12th annivermeeting preceded by a banquet. John sary. Maxwell given award as outstanding Square as a site for an office building. Aprn ·· 21 player of the P. H. S. basketball team. April 3 Miss Helen Boylston, author o1 ~evMrs. Thomas 0 . Marvin dies. Mrs. Mary Warner named Setreeral books and a native of this tary of the Portsmouth Chapter, i'tro speaks at the Graffort Club. Camp Fire Girls observe 24th anni- Cross. ,April 25 versary o! local camp fire organiza- April 5 Mr_. ancl. Mrs. James Lomas tion and the 25th of the founding of Elks hold charity ball. 62nd .w edding annive;sary. the national organization. April 6 April 27 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson :foll atBernard Yoffee and Miss Justine Page receives Golden Eag- tempt to holc.l up their ~tore in Rye. Hartford, receive D. A. R. awards for nwnrd at Girl Scout o.nmml C<'lmt',tc.•..~•,rn Circle, 0. o! F. observe tJ1e best essays on "Old Forts and !2nd enni\'ersary. Fortifications along the Piscataqua." 26 Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Poole of Castle ob~erve 54th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Elizabeth Lucker, wife of Lieut. Nicholas Lucker, U. S. N. killed when she falls from car in which she is riding on t.he Boston Post road. April 8 · Word received here of the death :ln Florida of Rev. Elisha M. Lake, D. D . former pastor of the Middle St. Baptist Church. Henry Demarais installed exalted ruler of Portsmouth Lodge of Elks, April 9 Car crashes through railing of SagHenry F. McCarthy of this city '. amore Bridge into the creek. Two named passenger traffic manager of passengers . were able to open the car the B. & M. r ailroad and Maine Cen- door and escape uninjured. tral Railroad. Mrs. Gladys Hasty Carroll gives 1·eadings at Methodist church. V. F. W. Band presents Dixie Min:strels at Portsmouth Theatre. April 28 Bert White, well New Castle, dies. April 30 James Lomas uies at 84 years of age. Freighter strikes Portsmouth-Kittery railroad )Jridge, causing able damage. J\lay l P. H. s. opens baseball season, defeating . Somerswo~th 9 ,to �Portsmouth High petes in state contest at Claremont. Mrs. Pearl D. · Poole, well known resilient of New Castle and a former conespondent !or the Portsmouth Hernld, die~. May _ 17 The N. R. -State conference of Congregational - Christian churches opelll! at the North Churr.h 1or a three-t1ay• llt!SSlon. · May 19 Miss Clyde Spinney dies. May 20 Members of state senate visit Dover Point Bridge and Rye Harbor. May 21 Christian J. Weber, chief electrici!in's mate, killed in accident on Lafayette road. McCann, .John ~ell Jinown for hill athletle ablllt:,, reeelved an appointment to Ule police force, following the death of George B, Ducker, when Ule promotion ln Ule aepan~nt Jett A vaeaJ\I~. May 22 V.F.W. poppy sale nets $230 !or local post. June Richard M. Jameson graduates from Philadelphia College of Osteopathy. samuel Weston, 97, injured in auto accident. Miss Helen Zacharias bride of Clemt'nt D. Pnppas of Egg Harbor, N. J. David A. Marston of North Hrunpton, father o1 Irving W. Mar~ton, dies. June 10 Tom Mix visits New Castle v;here he was stationed in the Army at Fort Constitution in 1898 and 1899. Tralp Academy holds commencement exercises .. Fifty young men and women, the largest m the history of the school. .June 11 P .H .S. Seniors cor,riuct class day. Girl Scouts of Portsmouth birthd y party. Nt'\\'S of 1hc clrnth Stickney, . attomcy and inventor, n native of this city, Is received. Death occurred in Elizabeth, N. J. June 12 Group of Congressmen on a Mrs. Amy Josephine Varrell dies at, the home o! her son, Forrest Varrell, of the New England coast, vislU> Navy Yard. In Rye. opens. Philip O. 'Lr.uman graduates from Memorial Sunday observed by local patriotic orders, attending Unitarian West Point. May 5 Graifort Club re-elects of!lc,rs at church. June 13 annual meeting'.Baccalaurtate service 1\1.ay 26 lay Cl Church Funeral of Adm. Henry T. Mayo, Mrs. o. C. Sanborn chosen President of the Women's City Club at U.S.N., ret. who died in this city June U on Feb. 23, held at Burlington, Vt. Arthur A. Hislop and Richard Watannual meeting. Eugene J. sumvan, life-long resi- son graduate !rom Dartmouth. Thirteen from this city receive dedent of this city, dies. grees at the University or New Ruth Jarvi1S dies at her home on May 27 Hampshire. Islington St. Capt. Silas H. Harding of New CasLawrence C. Floyd of Ry Rev. E. K. Amazeen: observes 90th tle, dies. · from Bates collzge. birthday anniversary. City Council vote~ to permit Sunday June 15 baseball. Dr. Ambrose Swasey of Exeter Thomas Langdon Elv,yn, son of the New Hampshire Osteopathic Socielate Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Lang- at his home in that town. ty holds annuru meeting here. Traip Academy musical organiza- don Elwyn, dies at Philadelphia. Jnne 16 tions win high honors in Western Mrs. Mary A. Spinnt-y reache~ ]\lay 28 Maine Music Festival. Mary Jane Hazzard and Gordon H. birthday. Wilson win American Legion awards J11ne 17 May 10 Miss Sally Crockett installed Regent at Junior High School. One hundred fifty-seven graduate ,William Keck, Jr., o! New York, from Portsmouth High School. o! Ranger Chapter, D. A. R. fatally injured In triple-car crash .Jnne 19 at North Hampton. Nell Cnrtin, local business Mrs. M. H. McEachern of Atlanta, marrle~ Caroline M. Neilson. Ga. National President of the Feder- 1\lay 31 Portsmouth pays tribute to honored ated Church Women, speaks at spring dead at Memorial Day exercises, held meeting of local group. June 20 Rev. H. B. Harris ordained minis- at South Cemetery. Miss Beatrice Robinson, dies at ter of the People's Baptist Church. June 3 Portsmouth Hospital, following acciN. H. - Maine Bridge commission den~ 1n Kittery. May 13 Diplomas awarded to Chief Boats 1.'ains Mate Herman meets at Rockingham Hotel and oro! St. Patrick's School. Schwartz, officer in charge of the ganizes. William R. Rose of this city wins Wallis Sands Coast Guard station, completes 30 years service with the Erskin Mason :Memorial Prize at U. June 21 of N. H., Alcten L. Winn, named for Mrs. Gertrude F. Burke Coast Guard. Rev. Emerson G. Hangen, chaplain Phi Lambda Phi a't\'Rrd. Portsmouth Business and Professional o! the U. S. s. Wyoming and until Women' Club. June 4 recently attached to the local NaV)I Census taken by assessors shows Yard, given call to Durham communJune 23 increase of O\'er 1· · ' since last Federal Gareth Coffin, 15, saves ity Church. .....,...,..._-,,._,,.....,,._..,....,.,....,......--'I Evans from drowning at Chauncey Creek at Kittery Point. May 23 �One of the outstanding events of the year in this vicinity is the New Hampshire·• Seacoast Music }'estlva.l which i~ held on the Hobson Estate at Little Boar's Head. Photo shows two guest artists and the sponsor. Left to right, Lucntia. Bori, grand 011era star, J\lrs. Adhur L. Hobso11, the sponsor, and Fabien Sevitzky, wf'll . known conductor. Chitrles Heger, 10-months-old Seabrook child, killed when motorcycle Postmaster General James A. Farstrikes baby carriage. ley visits local postoffice. Cont.mets for building two sub- . July 30 marines awai:ded to local yard. Mrs. Hannah F. Carter of Eliot. obs<?rves 94th birthday anniversary. June M New England Council opens 47th quarterly meeting at the Farragut. July 31 National Guard in Camp at Rye. Jiugust 1 P. J. Kelly presented with cane Shoals season opens. from President Manuel L. Quewn of Frederick D. Gardner and Miss · Cuba, as oldest veteran ()f Spanish •· Lorna Bartlett married at Stoneham. War in New Hampshire, Commencement held at Stoneleigh College. Laighton celebrates 98th August 2 Col. William_ F. Hurley, a native of this city, dies at Rockland, Me. Kittery, in out-of-door town meeting, kills measure for dam at Kittery Point. August i Dnhni llnll dedicated at Green Fifth Annual Seacoast Music Festia t Little Boar's Head. Jnly 18 Capt. and Mrs. Warren N. Phinney of Eliot observe 50th wedding an- Kenneth RobE>rt.s, noted author, of Kennebunk. Dench, guest of honor at Warner House and also o! Girl Scouts. August 5 State Senator Charles A. Allen, is named to State Racing Commission. .&ugust 6 Dr. John J. Hurley, local · specialist, o.les at his home in RYe. August 7 President Roosevelt signs bill aut.horizlng building of bridge across the Pi&cataqua River. Dr. Charles P. Sylvester, chairman of the State Board of registration of medicine, dies at his summer home at Rye Beach. Wilmore Twombly dies. Chester M. Belding dies. August 8 Herman P. Dixon of South Eliot drowned at Milton Three Ponds. August 9 Local Yacht Club votes to move New Castle. August 10 Oracle House, being moved from Haymarket Square location to l\4arcy Street. . August 11 Lewis G. Dore of this city named investigator for the Federal Railroad Retirement Board. James A. Hutchins killed in .8.(!Cident at- National GYPSlllil Co., wharf. Miss Edith M~Kenna and - Heri:;rt -Hagstrom, local teachers, marry. August 12 Phyllis Bennett, crash at Kittery. August 13 Harry Reim, 21, a member of the Corps at the Navy Y~<1- l!· S. Ma~ine killed .i n crash at Seabrook. August 19 J. Verne Wood, Commissioner. August 21 World War Marker Eliot. August : '22 • Rev. :Alexander Sloan, dies. August ,'24 Miss i Priscilla named , dean at Stoneleigh College. U. sJ S. Sna,pper. 25th Portsmouth built upderseas craft, 1a,uncbed. �Capt. Dong"al McLean City Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt llcputy l\larbhnl Frank D«-man, With the death of City Marshal Geor,:e H. Ducker on Oct. 7, the police department saw a C'lrnnge in Marshal Leonard IL Hewitt was promoted to Chief J\farshnl, Cnpt. Frank Demars to deputy mar~hal, Dougal McLean to Captain. August 25 M . .Leon Bracker o! Ipswich, September 10 Fifty-first anniven.ary c,f the !onning of the Portbmouth Athletic Club !Inds the club has !,Old its club house to the American Legion and 1.11:,1,oJved. seventh Nrw EngJ(lJJd Conference of Young Republirnns nt-ld i-.t Wentworth Hotel. Mass., ! Little Boar's Head. . ,.,,,,.,,.,..,., .., August '26 Frank W. Randall, assls:ta.nt manager of the N. H. Gas and Electric Co., made assistant to the Vice President of the N. E. Gas and Electric Ass'n, in Cambridge. City Council passes annual budget amounting to $721,389.62, .a decrease of $35,-000. eptember 11 Delegates to the J..mfl'·can Legion Convention belt:et Purtsmouth for the n xt, convEntion. eptember 12 August '29 Exeter Drum Corps ~ ·ins state championship for the. fifth wcctf>Sive year. Stoneleigh College opens. Mrs. Franlt Pryor dl€s In Cambridge, Mas. Miss Elsie B . Dixon, local school teacher, dies. Rev. Henry B. Harris, resigns as 'N,>1,~-,-,..,,. pastor of the . People's Church. August 30 Thomas D . Quinn , of the Federal r·,.,,'fi',,!1,,~,'I Bureau of Investigation, named to position as administrator ai.'Sistant in chnrge of Justice Department budb,~~,-../!,~111,1 getary matters. ,...,:,,.~:c,",i~,,•.:·J August 31 . John s. Parker, for 38 rears clerk at local post omce, re~. September 1 Wall1.s Sands Coast Guard Station • eptember 14 Mayor K. E. Goldsmith re-nam€d Scrrdary of the New Simes Frink, a former County Commissioner, succeeded Ceylon Spinney as Sheriff of Rockingham County, on April I. Sheriff Spinney retired due to the age limit, after serving 28 years. September 6 Gregory Winn, wins 1937 champion- closed. 6hlp of the Portsmouth Country Club. Portsmouth branch of N. H. State Great Island Boat Club of New Employment Service opens. CRslle votes to consolidate with the Portsmouth Yacht Club. September 3 ·Harry Burleigh of Exeter drowns September 1 .:"'1•c!,:....,~,--,. in Piscataqua River. Keel of U. S. S. Sculpin laid at Navy Yard. September 4 Flames level farm buildings of_Harry J. E. Smith, former Lord Mayor of Johnson of Greenland. Portsmouth, England, visits this city. U. S. Coast Guard rescues four in disabled cabin cruiser. .September 8 Mrs. Florence Rand, wife of Perley P .H.S. Football candidate!! report lt:!~!.li'~C1'','~J:l Rand dies at Rye. 1or practice. Annual Rye Beach Horse Shpw held. Schc,ols in this city open. coastguardsmen rescue four when September 9 motor of c~bin cruiser becomes disEnrollment in Public Schools reachabled about 10 miles out between Boone es 2922 _ r,~~-'iiY';t'Jar}l,,~Is~l:::,a~n;;d..;a;:n,:d:,.;;th_;.:J.e.~s;.h~-,o~a~15:-:.:;r~'::""':""'.~-:,;~ Home of John Trimmer in Green" land destroyed by fire. ) Inyors' Club. High School footorJl first. scrimmage. ~eptember 10 Dt-Molay opens Hlth !!€atOD, .-ptember 17 Appropriate exercities held in );Or,or of the u. s. Constitution. at ~avfl o:f John Langdon, one of the New Hampshire signers. Players' Club presents "The Late Qhrisiopher Bean" for benefit o! the Portsmouth Home Industries . September 18 N. H. Federation of Labor holds convention in this city. September 21 Mrs. Cora Woods named as Grand Chief ·o r P ythian Sist~rs of the i.tate. September 27 The Lafayette road school, the oldest public school in Portsmouth, closed due to the small number of pupils, This is the second rural school to close in this city, the Woodbury school not having been opened nt the beginning of U1e rear. �Philip G. Lauman, son Mrs. Lanman at the Navy Yard, was the only Portsmouth young man graduated from the United States Military Academy at n·est Point dlllring 1937. by the commissioners. n',1inli,.1g the J-orth ('bur<'h steeple Is not only a tough job for the s1.f'eplejacks, but ~<>.1 the 11ropll' on th<' ~trl'et. who ~uffered ~tiff urcl<s for wveral days after n-at,·,11ni:- the two at work duri•1g the summl'r. P:1oto show~ the (\\Oat work on the ~(P!'IJI~. a nti al~:, a C'luseup of the i;irl ~teeplejark. November 2 October 15 September 30 Consolidated National Shoe Co. of Miss Velma V. Pettiner concludes Boston leases old Shapiro Shoe Co, her duties as District 1:1ursc in this plant. city, to accept position as supervising nurse of the Portland District Nurs- October 18 Burt.on Caswell of Greenland. In• ing Association, stantly killC'd when the c.ar he waf! Octobl'r 1 driving wns in Rn accident on the One hundred and seventy members Greenland Road. or the American Highway Associn,tlon make brief visit to this city as they Ortober 19 Howard O. Nelson !es in Peabody, tour the New Hampshire coast on Mass., of injuries received !n ru1 11:uto their way to Portland, Me. accident there Oct. 8, Gov. George H. Earl of Pennsyl vania speaker at annual convent.io1 o! N. H. Democratic dub in t.his cil,y Submarine Stingray launched. October 7 City Marshal ciles. October 20 City Council authorl1.es 'lmllclmg o:I' new incinerator. October 21 October G George H. Ducker Wallace Nelson h1lCC€€dl! ll:18 fat'.htl'.i' ll.fl etate asent ~if tbe N.E!.- SJ>,O.~ October .M I. Goodwin Griffin, for many years cleric at Post Office, dies. Oc•1 •1 b,·1· .S October 25 Unl\'ersulist Parish observes rn,rn Charles Edison, assistant Secretary anniversary of the founding of th · of the Navy, ,•isits local Navy Yar.d. local church. October 12 F. Roland Hoyt, U. S. l\/I, C. ret., dies. Wyman P. Boynton elect.cd chair-· man of the Portsmouth DMric1., Boy Scou!.s. Maj. 14 Kent, only surviving member of Storer Post, G. A. R. living In this city, dies. October 27 Many visit Navy Yard on Navy Day. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wallace Lear observe golden wedding anniversary. William T. Griffin, well known business man, dies. November 1 Leonard He'll.itt shal. deputy Frank Mrs. COra S. Woods. Grand of Pythian Sisters of New Hampshire, tendered a reception by Crystal Temple, Pythian Sisters of this city. Demars, Edward Telarczyk pinned under a 3¾ ton boulder while digging a hole. Ge.orge H. Ama.zeen, a well known harness maker, a member of the firm of Amazeen and Poole, c'lics at his home in New Castle. Nov.-mber 6 Patrick J. Flanign.n dies. Lewis Billings of Kittery Point tim of fatal auto a.rcident. November : Mr . and Mrs. l"red observe golden wedding. November 8 Stratham Community Church serves cent.ennial. John W. Hopley elected of the Kiwanis Club. ob- November 11 Frank E. Booma cat.es new home. Novembe.r 12 Mrs. Eli.mbt'th P. Garrett re-elect,.. I'd President of tbe Federated Church Women. November 13 James AJ.Tington, Civil War Veteran, reaches 93rd milestone. November H Edwaro T. Wendell, retired man, oles. Mi~'S Katherine E. Quinn, dies at her on .Miller Ave. �Garrett, Jr. named first alternate candidate for appointment to Annapolis. New Headquarters of Railway Ass'n. dedicated, December 15 Mrs. Simes Frink elected -St.ate Gra1.ge session in Rochester. Submarine Snapper placed in .•·· g' ,, • · --~ f{~i, Richard S. PetUgrew, selected by • fayor Kennarcl E. Goldsmith as deputy Mayor tluring Boy Scout Wl'ek In Fl'bruary. t Club vo~d to move to New Castll'. The club has had its hc:ulbove building for a great many years . .'hortly aflcr movin r· to Grf'at Island Boat Club ,•otl'd to C'onsolidaic with th1: or~a11i1:1- , 0 J. Ahern speaks besponsored by Catholic lhe North McCarthy, Jocsl florist, November 16 George Post office force delivers unemploy- dies ment census cards. November 28 Micna.el Mccarthy dies. Rev. Henry Benton ffi.rris, concludes Fred B. Coleman, former local drug- his duties as pastor of PEople's church. gist, dies. Deeemberl November 11 Rev. Basil Harris, who for the past Harry Stackpole dies. dght years has served as pastor or the Countess Alexandra Tolstoy guest Kittery Point Christian Church, asspeaker at Graf!ort Club. sumes pastorate of the Eliot Congregational Church. John Frazier, last survior to come to Rye Beach with the First cable ship to cross the Atlantic, dies 1n California. November 21 Rye Congregational Church observes 100th anniversary of the dedication of the '1resent · edifice. ]December T Rainbow Olrl!I ob.!oerve 12th 1mnlver- 1mry. lOiecember 8 Pythifm Siswni observe llOtb fltlnive1·~"l'Y 1\layor Kennard E. Goldsmith, who was lnau,gurakd Mayor for a two-year tum, on Jan. 1, 1937, was tlJC youngest mayor e,·cr to bl' inaugurated in this city, but i~ belil',•ed to be the youngc~t mayor in the l·ountry, being bu -'2 3 years old. �duties u pastor of St. Nicholas Ortho• doxChurch. · December28 Lewis •L. Clapp, v.,en known dies rmddenly. Dece.m ber 29 Work under way on skating rink Playgrounds. December 31 Coldest morning of the winter with thermometer registering 5 degrees above· zero. J\lrs. Gra.<-e Morrison Poole, for the past two years Dea.n of Stoncleigh College, concluded her duties there at the end of the school year, in view of her marriage this fall to Dr. George Reynolds. Miss Priscilla Gough, for the past ten years connected 1\•ith Radcliffe College, was appointed to succeed Mn;. Reynolds as lh'an of Stoncleigh. December 21 December 17 Mrs. RuU1 Wendell, one of the ol.d est Armistead Dennett of Kittery named, women in this city, dies. by Senator Frederick Hale as princiDr. Seabury Allen, a summer resident pal for appointment to th~ U. S. Nava' at, K ~'ttery Point, dies at York ~arbor. , Academy. Christmas mail shows increfl.lle ot Dee~mbt"r 23 Fourt.h successive day in which local 25 % over last year. Jetter cancellation at Post office passes December 19 Two auto bandit~ captured in this 60,000 mark. city. December 24 Archim, Tezekel Tsukolos December 20 Post Office breaks record for receipts taking in $1700.44 in single day .. ��EXHIBITION OF CHENEY PAINTINGS Russell Cheney, well known arli~t. who has a , umm cr home at Ki tlrrv Point, is to hold a n exhibi tion of his paintings in Boston next week. On Monday there will be a pri va te showing from 3 until G. and starting Tuesday until F eb. 5, they will be on public exhibition a t the G race Horne galleries at 71 Newbury S treet. Among those who will ass ist him at the pri vate view on Monday a rc l\Irs. Willia m Ellery Sedgwick, Mrs. Kenneth M . Murdock. Mrs. Dona ld S . McLa ughlin , Mrs. Harold Shirtliff, Mrs. Fra nk B. Crocker. Mrs. Ba rrett Wendell and Mrs. Pa ul Bonner . Grace Horne Galleries Two exhibitors provide the current show at the Grace Horne Gallerlc ·: Russell Cheney, painter, and Dudley Vaill Talcott, sculptor. Because sculpture exhibitions run so much Lo form, any departure from conventional themes, proportions, materials. style is of news in terest. Mr. Talcott seems to possess boundless energy. He h'as achieved recogni tion as writer and illustrator. His pictures in books show a particular suitability to purpose, the drawings are executed with sparing, telling line which looks well alongside the printed or lettered page. When he turns to sculpture, Mr. Talcott has the same gift of imagery in terms of the material and within plastic scope. Hls sculpture ls full and round. The artist's visualization borders on the architectural for he seems to strive toward broad planes whi ch culminate in what corresponds to walls and roofs in buildings. He often prefers to conventionalize shapes of people and animals, to bring the characlerii.tic contours within the limits of a concise faceted pa ttern. His imagination surges toward plastic extremes, but sometimes the ultimate attainment of an extreme is not so exciting as the process of imagination which has carried one there. Like other sculptors of modern tendency Mr. Talcott reaches nn impasse, and the living, mobile sculptural design becomes hard and static in its eventual conventionalized llmits. However, the themes are engaging and novel, especially when the artist tries to arrest in lead a "Six Day Bicycle Rider" or a "Girl in a Roadster." The pieces seem very close to this a ge of technics, seem to have some kinship (as so few sculptures do) with the imagination which devises the shapes of motor cars, telephones, or pencil sharpeners. Russell Cheney returns wi th a new batch of oils which retain the traces of his fine decorative sense and his poetic feeling about Portsmou th and its environs. Mr. Cheney manages to avoid the solemnity and henviness charncteristlc of so many pa inters of his . technical tendency. He does not let him.self be dominated by the strokes of color. he puts them into service to 11ls own ends. Sometimes he leans toward the patterne sur- .....,,--.,""''"'' face, sometimes to the densely tex- S":/',l:ll"fqliet;i,:-r-.1 tu red. Sometimes spacial depth fas- .,....."""~•,va cinates him and he gives us a Utrillo-like vista, with Jess flatness or f::ic;ade than the Frenchman. He depicts stirringly that uttle spot in New England where trees and houses, boats and industry take on meaning for 'the imaginative eye. His comoosure and good taste are At the recent meeting of the very relaxing in an age when picgionai advertising, publicity, and proture making ls a brow-wrinkling, motion committee of the New Hamptense erformance. · D. A. shire Seacoast Regional Development Association preliminary plans were made for the publication of a new edition of the booklet, "The Seacoast Region of New Hampshire," which while of the same size and similar design as previous editions, will be characterized by improved features. In special consideration of tercentenart observances to be celebrated by several towns within the region this year it was voted to present in the new booklet the best possible word and picture story of hisThe exhibit of paintings by Russell torical points of interest throughout Cheney of Kltt.ery now being'held at the the region. and to properly accomplish this the committee seeks necessary asGrace Horne Gallery in Boston shows a. sistnncc from every community. The score or more in oils which have bf.en committee solicits the assistance of done during recent months. Among everyone who is willing to aid in the them one recognizes instantly the continuation of this important work "Portsmouth Waterfront" and "Strawand the earlies t possible attention berry Bank," which is the scene the artgiven to this will facilitate the work ist sees when looking out of his s~udio of the committee and will be greatly .... ,.,.,.,...,,. windows. He has in many of his paintappreciated. ings the weather-beaten coloring and Chairmen of the committees on plain old buildings with a simple church ways and means, planned development tower looming In the background or anf recreation, m arking and maintencient roofs with stepped gable ends. nce of scenic, historic and other sites. "Pray Street," with its cottage houses •ere present at the meeting. behind white paled fences: "Swnmer," Arthur W. Johnson is chairman of a stretch of velvety lawn with ~he sun he regional advertising publicity and shining on a small round pool and fine iromo tion committee and the memold trees in the foreground, with a hn.y• ers arc George Ash worth, Abbott B. wagon in the distance, are s01p.e of the Dra ke. W. George _Nixon, Charles H. interesting pastorais. "Boy's Boat,'' Brackett, Frank C. Remick, Charles showing a small boy's treasured sailboat •. Greenma n, T. J. Downs, R. B. model resting on an old-fashioned chair helton and Alvin F. Redden. on a porch, with trees and river in the background, and "The Cat," dozing on sunny rocks amid slender youn~ sap• lings with a widespread view before her of sei and small island, are two of his most delightful canvasses. An o.rt critic, in speaking of the exhi• News of the death or George o. bltlon, said, "all are painted realistically Wiggin, 73, a former Stratham resibut with a broad, free brush simply, s!.n• dent and graduate fro11l Exeter High school, which occurred in Buenos cerely." Aires, S. A., has been received here. The exhibit will continue until Mr. Wiggin was formerly with the Nalast of the week. tional Astronomical Observatory of Cordoda where he remained until May, 1903, when he resigned to become first assistant astronomer, and joined the stat:r of the National Meteorological offlce. He was later named sub-director. In May, 1915, he was named dkector in which position he remained un~il 1924 after having competed 30 years 111 the South American government. He was married to Elizabeth Hughes of Exeter, who survives him. EACOAST REGI OOKLET LOCAL SCENES IN PAINTINGS BY RUSSELL CHENEY The Unity Club will meet on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dukeshire who have been visiting Henry L. Jewell have returned to their home in Melrose, Mass. �Drew, The next morning t.wo of I.he cheeses were found and a chest of carpenter's tools. The crew built a boat from the old wreck, bnt, unfortunately, this was dcmollshcd by lhc wnvcs when they launched her, Starvation reduced the 1:1umber of men from 14 to five, the Ai a recent meeting of the Kitter survt\'.ors eating the dead bodies of Historical Society at the Community their mates. The skeletons of theso House at Kittery Point Lieut. CharJ.}·; dead men later found there created the S. Williams graphically described to an name of Bone I sland. History tells u~ An ancient leather-bound ledger, appreciative audience the history of the remaining five constructed a raft dated March 7, 1794, Is owned by RoBoone I sland, the me of the keepen 10 feet long and four feet wide. The land L. Severance of 74 Wlbird street, and the wrecks which have occurred at captain's brother and a Swedish sailor The book was originally the possession this isolated island off the Maine vol~nteered to paddle the raft to the of William Barker, presumably a resi• coast. ma1rtland, A Swedish sailor was fotmd dent of this vicinity, The book records Boone Island (or Bone I sland, as , it dead later on York Beach with a pad• business transactions in English was form erly called), Lieut. Williams dle In his hnnd. The body or the other pounds, shillings and pence, with the snld, Is a !edgy mountain in the sea was never recovered. credit side of the ledger being head700 feet long and 270 feet wide at th~ . Lieut. Williams' father, Willlnm Wlled as "contra." Apparently Mr, Barwidest point at low water, five milc-6 l1ams, was appointed second assistant ker conducted a business in cloth, from York Nubble Light and 10 mile~ light keeper on Aug. 2, 1885, taking his such Items as this appearing: Debtfrom Whalesback Light. Boone Island family to the islnnd on the schoom r or, William Walker of Portsmouth, ledge Is three miles due cast [ro ·u Golden Gate, Capt. James Amee. In to dro.plng cloih, 8 yards, 6 sh1lllngs Boone Tslnncl ltsC'lf. l!l!lll Wllllnm Wl11111ms wns promoted to and 10 pence. On tho conirn Ride or The first llgllll1011~e lo he' !;11111. th,•n• Ute 1)0$l tloll or kt'('lll'r. Tho ~l)('l\kl'r the ledger appear such Items ns: "by was 50 feet high anc\ wns erected \11 was but a lad of 12 ycnrs at I.hat time two days work cutting bushes, 4 shil1812. A dwelling house for the two as•• r!\malnlnf.! U1erc untll he wn~ lfl. whei~ lings; by Indian corn, 11/J bushels, 4 slstant keepers was placed there at ti\ he went to sea. shillings, 6 pence; by making sleigh same time. Whale oil was burned In . In the year 1806 Charles Williams was harness, 2 pounds, 19 shillings; by the light and it was lighted by means of appomte~ secon~ assistant Jightkeeper, pair of saddle bags, 1 pound, 6 pence; a 1>mall oil lamp known as a buggy l!gh~. taking hts bonme bride to the wind-.,,.;.~-· by 20 gallons of soap, 12 shillings, 6 The lower balcony was made entirely of swept isle two years later. The couple pence; by one-quarter cow beef, 1 were there for a period of eight years, soapstone. . pound, 8 shillings; by two days work In 1855 the lighthouse was rebuilt From an oil painting of Boone Island digging pot.atoes, 5 shillings; by four with stone from Saco, Me., and com- by Mrs. Blackwood, second assistant oxen working one day, 4 sh!lllngs; by pleted In two years. The new light w.1.s lig~1tkeeper's wife, Lieut. Williams new saddle, 3 pounds, 6 shillings; by 133 feet from base to center of burne•·, pomted out various places on the island tapping pair of boots, 2 shillings, 6 with an additional 15 feet from there t.o where wrecks occurred. The most disthe top. The spiral stairway has 133 a~trous within the speaker's· memory pence. steps. Kerosene was the fuel burned without question, was that ' of Enclosed within the pages of the th~· ledger was a small folder stitched in• in this second light, which could be schooner, Gold Hunter, ,of Clemensport, to book form and labeled, "Ebenezer seen for a distance of 18 miles on a N. S., with 140 cords ·or maple wood, Doe's Highway List For 1793." It Is Capt, James Rawding, when the craft clear night. hand-written and addressed "To Mr. At present the lighthouse and other on a bitter winter night in 1898, wit!; Ebenezer Doe, one of the surveyors of buildings are lighted by electricity. the thermometer three degrees below highways in Durham for the year The winch ls also electrically operated, zero and the vision obscured by thick 1793." In the name of the state of There are three sets of panes enclosi!.1q frosty• vapors, struck Boone I sland New Hampshire the said Doe is reBcfore the rra[t sank the the burner, about 60 panes In the oute:· Ledge. quired to levy and collect from i;evset, with glass 1-4 inch thick. Tl1e crew escaped in a yawl boat. The keeperal persons named in a foregoing Mrs. water supply Is a big cistern, supple- er~ and the speaker's molher, list, their respective proportions in mented by tanks and b,u-rcls, Thero W1llmm Williams, flashccl lanterns as a lawful money and to expend tho are now, on the Island, aside from the guide to safety. Through megaphones same or as much thereof as shall be lighthouse, a keeper's house, a double they shouted ·yollow the lnnt1•rns . ·· As thought necessary, upon the repairing tenement building for the families o! th e yawl neared 'the southern side of and maintaining of highways within the two assistant keepers, a boathous-J, Boone Island itself, nfler a row of three his district. The bonndarles of • the a battery house, where the electricity is . miles, the keeper's intelligent Irish highways are described and the algenerated, a coal shed and an o!l setter, Prince, grabbed the painter of lowance for the work is set down as th~ boat in his mouth and pulled wit.h house, three shillings per day for hand labor When the birds migrated north at' might ancl main along with the on the roads and the same JJrice for south, many would hit I.he light and fall anxious islanders. When the men were /l yoke of oxen, two shillings per day to the ground dead. Sometimes five ordered to jump from the boat they for a cart and wheels, and two bushels of these feathered friends would were unable to respond, being fast frozTl1esc unfortunsh!lllngs for a plow. The document ls be gathered up I.he next morning. en to the thwart:;. Ducks and geese killed in this manner ates were finally disengaged and carsigned by John Clough, William Balfurnished the Thanksgiving meal. A rl_ed to one of the houses, where salt lard and Joseph Richardson, selectlarge 16-pound loon at one time shat- pickle was used to thaw out frozen hands, feet and faces, with their great tered the lens. Lieut. Williams told of the wrecks gaping fissures. At this place of which occurred at the island, the first safety the sailors r emained for nine recorded serious marine disaster of the days. Among the numbcr was a colMaine coast, Dec. 10, 1710, being that ored cabin boy, named Zippy, or the schooner, Not.Lingham Galley, 120 lightly rind 011 that frigid night, tons, crew of 14 men, armed with 10 expressed profound gratitude foi• guns, loaded with cheeses, Capt. John care given him. At the close of his address Lieut. Williams exhibited and explained a most interesting assortment of marine curios from his own and his father's collections, after which it was voted to give him a rising vote of thanks, OLD LEDGER PROPERTY OF LOCAL M �rogram .... 1st ST AR TING TIME 2.15 P. M. CLASS A ' No. 12 lG 18 10 5 8 4 7 2 :: 1 ~ 2fl Owner Wonalancet-Huhbard Kennels Chinook Kenn eh, .John Piscopo Pinnacle Park Kennels Volpe'!; Grill Cold River Kennels No . 1 Hollis E. Richardson ,Jaffrey Outing- Club Frederick JI. Lovejo_v Eastern Slope Inn Foxsland Kennel" No. Elm :Mills Ross Stannard CL Ad<lre,;s W 011ala1~cet Wona lancet Laconia Mere<lith Pittsfield Beverly Farm:-1 Franklin East Jaffrey Carlisle, Ma:-.s, North Conway W. Springfield Tilton Lancaster ss 21 Kilkenny ircnnels :t~ Alex. Rudzinski 2~ Di:-;card Kennel~ 2G leasant I<ennelR 2o O;;car OuillctLe 11 L . .J . Cartier 19 J ,. i\loo<l_v .-\. E. Gray ~\I 1\li·:-;. R. I:owk.· 11 Gas Lou J nnlan Vi :-{. Oemidoff 6 Foxstnncl Kennel,; No. ') r s Ill Lancaster· Laconia Ayer, Ma~:.. Franklin Lakeport Laconia Tamworth Lanca:-;ter \ Voua lancet L3couia Boston. Mass. ·w. S prjngfield Drive1 E. Moody l\irs. Seeley Piscopo Roberts Lyman lVIiss Turner Richardson l\Irs. Taylo1· Lo,•ejoy i\Ioulton Shearer Dow Stannard·; 'TAR TING TIME 10.15 A. 1\1. H. C. Gray ,ndzinski Harlow ; Leone Ouillette Cartier )Coody Gray :Mr~. Gray Jordan · Barnes uglm v. ~atnnla\· al 10 .. l\1. · C\a:-;s 'p, ,vill rnce ovt>r the full course of ~G -!-10 mile:. . ..\.l U:O. P. l\l. Class A over the same course.' While tl1e,;:e eYents .lre gviug on there will he races from the T!lompgu11 Gym ;·,1unre. Sunday at 2 P. i\l. Clas,;: A in the Recond half over the full cour;-ie. ❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖* ❖❖❖❖❖· •❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖ Start 2.15 2.17 2.20 2.21 2.23 2.24 2.28 2.30 2.33 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.40 10.15 10.18 10.21 10.22 10.2-1 10.27 10.29 10.:n 10.32 10.36 10.38 10.40 to the �Exeter To .Celebrate Tercentenary June 30 Continuing To July 4 lect his committee on vices. Much assistance has been given by the Exe:er Historical Society bas been considerable bended by Mr. Albertus T. Dudley. The Publicity Commlttc e Is conduring the past four ducting a poster design contest by the General Committee on the Exeter Tercen tenary Cele· open to pupils of the High School bratlon headed by Samuel K. Bell. ancl Seminary with a $10. cash The Committee has held eight prize for the design accepted for meetings and has studied the vari- the official insignia' o[ th o celebraous methods of celebrating Exet- tion. All business men are asked to er's 300th anniversary In order to cooperate in helping to advertise present a complete program from historical, e.ducatlonal and enter· the celebration by having a line to that effect printed on their stataining angles. A ten tative program has been tionery. An open meeting will be held In ning of June 30 and continue for prepared which will begin the f:Ve - th ~ Town Hall, 'l'uesday evening, rour clays through Monday, July 4, February 8 at which time nil citithat ls worthy of the event and zens are Invited to hear the plans may well be considered If the Com- of the General Committee and to mi •.tee ls successful In financing present their Ideas. The Committee desires the coit. This will be the most spectacu· Jar ancl pretentious celebration that operation of everyone of the citihas even taken place in our 300 zens. Only throu~h this co-operation can our 300th anniversary year-old town. The General Committee consists celebration be n success so It Is K. Dell, Chairman, suggested that although you may Conner, ·Trcasuror not be on any particular commltteo Pennell, Executive yuu coru1ider yourelr a committee secretary with Mr. Corning Ben- or one to come forward with your be3t ideas. Put your shoulder to ton, Rev. Daniel J. Cotter, Mr. WiJlie S. Day, Mrs. Harry Merrill, the wheel and help make Exeter's Terccntellary Celebration .,,.,..,,...,,Mr. Fred A. Moore, Miss Frances E. Moulton, Mr. John Scammon, to be r,membered. Mr. Richard E. Shute, Mr. Herman L. Smith and Mrs. Alfred R. Wight· man. To date the following sub-committees have been appoin'.ed: •· ---~--••,, Publicity Co1nmittee: Fred L. Markey, Chairman, Ernest TempleA meeting of the Old Home Day ton, William G. ·saltonstall, E'dwaril Commit,ee of the General IIamptun r.,,.,.,,_...,,,. ., Sweeney nncl Edward Richards. Tercentuiary Committee of which Commit'.ee for the Ball: Eben Mrs. Robert Brown, Mill Road ls Wallace, Mrs. Barbara Wallace and the chairman, helcl a well attended meeting In the Town Hall on Mon. others to_ be adclecl later. Committee for Street Dancing: evening. Tentative plans for the J. W. McNnlty, Chairman, Chnrles Olcl Home Day which will be ob· W. Caldwell Hnrold D. McBride, served on Aug 23, 1!!38 were made I. M. Jette, Robert Bruc_e, and Paul at this time which are to be brought before the general commilA. Bretschnelder. Information Committee: Mr. A. Pirnie Chairman and other be added shortly. De<:orations Commit:ee : Mr. E. Meras, Chairman. Other members to be added shortly. Mr. John W. A. Green, Chairman of a committee to be chosen from representatives from Brentwood, Fremont, Epping, Newfields and..,., .. ~•,_-.,,, Newmarket to plan -0n what part these towns should take in the Tercentenary Old .tiome Day Committee Has Tentative Plans Mr. Herman Smith asked to appoint has been �come looked . upon Its ,. a ,protest against unwarranted : duties. This might have ; eased ..the minds of those who were tempt~d occasionally to •do piratical deeds wheu all else failed. A captured vessel might yield commodities other th~ gold, ., silver and jewels would have to be smuggled. in and ,quietly ;disposed of. Hence frequently it was necessary to hide it or bury it wheM secrecy a11d safety -;ere- assurcd. bt1Cw!1ere' it coultl i:Je taken easily from th~ boa' s. 'fh.irefore sheltered coves, By William D. Cram anc inlets, · clear ·. of houses and prying eyes were sought. ,and Ra~u_ Wrecked vessels with great !Io for J.mriecl treasure ancl plralo tl.unes affordecl places wrere track8 gold! ·Not alone on the Spanish treasures of gold are reputed to ~ere quickly obliterated. lT,Jr th~ Main lingers the tales of caretnlly have been washed upon the shores mvst · part, these •goods were .quick~ plunder and watching of these islands and since from ly dispc,sed of and rarely ,was the and grinning 'skeletons. time to time gold coins , have, been l.1oo t)' so i:lrge that :he · owne~·.s_ actually found. It .is quite probable Num, rous papers reported the iDllividually found it necessary •to sto1:y a few weeks ago that the. ex- that other treasure may yet be bury it in a lonely-sec!·r.t cache. pedition seeking to salvage buried discovered there. ,;ncE; in a while thiR would happen. Nearer at hand and without the treasur e or pirate gold at the Isles SO!J.1€times, too, an adye~terous of Shoals had given up their task enticing accompanimo1t of ghostly craiL came upon lost tr~asure il\ until spring . .Those who have read watchers and .other ,traditions, wrcc-kcd vessels as was the ,•casE\ Celia Thaxter's "Among the Isles many buried treasures reallJ exwHh Sir William Phirps . Many re-. of Shoals," or Drake's legends will ist along our own sea shore. No u, 1:cls ha·,e come .down in history; recall that the Isles were long re· tales are going the rounds •about and · even more in private ,:hronputed to have ·been the haunt of these for they are family secrets, il'if,s. pirates, smugglc•r s and other out- carefully preserved and closely " During more than . a century: laws. Of course Capt. Kidd is creel. guarded, .in the ..hopes that some many treasure hoard::: from priva; ited with having buried immens~ day members of the families may · (1 Pring . and '\P.iracy wen• l>urled, treasure here as well ·as in other L>:> able •to unearth some of the alting these "l;ores anci varying plac: s and the story that the ghost 'wealth of many varieties hidden ei rru.ns tances- pre vented their ,ear 1y of one of his men, dain to protect long .ago. ·removal. The locatioru; •wer~ ,known' the , treasure, : has been •o ne of the .How came these .s,t ories of gold .l>y cE rtain ; lan.clm!ii'ks :, tree&. rocks, Islancl's classic .. stories. Nearly al~ and jewels to , be burled betwc en tnc! the like, •but ·nawre is always writers t c11 that at least one of the Cape Ann and the projecting point ~ stirring and nothing is absolutely,. !sanders really , encountered the of ·strawl.Jerry Banks? Early in the DxPll. Winds, . storme ·ancl time; perambulating shacle on its solitary history of the Bay State Colony, ,i!teied the .tJ.,1p~arn11.;e: of things '' virgil having an eerie and di~ Marblehead was · the known rend· ~- "" g:·eatly , that man/ times :when luminous appearance. ezvous of many pirates, Their boats , i;l' .nen who !lad burlctl the treasAnother who is .credited . with though unmarked by , the Jolly ure or his , deseon<lants , e01.\ght ·to having buried immense treasure . Roger or openly displayed gun r(:'e •;,ver it, they WHP unab\e to ( no self-respecting pirate would ports, came and . went ,unmolested. ' Today, it is clai1u,l, 1 there arl' pury anyth.ing !ms than immense Probably most of thr.se :were some- fomii,ies hereabout, wh•J J{ohl sec· treasure) was Captain '!'each or where be tween privateers and pir- re: ., . of t1'.easures ,iJ.idd 1m by · thP-lr Blackbearcl_. He with another pirate ates. They preyed ,only on certain et,rlier members, .se :rets which 'c hief is said to have brought loot kinds of shipping and left ' Colonial have t;ome ·, down trrough many to these i slands along wil'1 a maid- and English boats alo~E. They came generations, clear and explicit as ,to en, th e latter being left to guard fron,1 homes scattered along the locations . and ,marks, · save that. all the treasure while the pirates made coast as well as -abroad, ,some from these ·marks . have vanished or· another raid on wealthy merchant good families and others pure ad· change~l. Few of . these families will vess cls. Unfor tu11ately they attack. ven~urcrs. And from other places tell of thrne legendary trea,mres ed a King' s cntlser l.Jy mistake ancl than Marl.Jlthead went forth semi- or even admit their being such, per!shetl in the encounter. The comm€1'cial ancl privateering ves- hoping against jucl,gement, that maiden helll to her trust until sels whose crews after , voyages some day in some way, the lost death claimetl her, since when she with ·.poor success, so it is claimed may be discoverecl. Many of . these by some took advantage of super· family traditions .of buried treai;ure .. !las continued her guarclianship "A tall, shapely figure, wrapped in ior force and other favo;ring cir- are of doul.Jtful . probability, but a long s ea cloak, her head ancl neck . cumstances when meeting traders there can be no .doubt that there uncovered except l>y a profusion of of other nations and committed pi. are indeEd many hidden caches of goiclc n hair. Her race is tles cribecl racy. Occasionally they even prey· •, various fonits of: wealth . wl1lcM will' as exquisitely rountled, but pale c, ed . upon .their own countrymen, it remain intact regardless of maps and still as marl.lie. Sile takes her is also charged. Since from an early and recorded directions . for i their ,~·. , stand on the verge of a low pro· period England hacl placed duties recovery ).mtil nature h erself. un· - ~ ·. . jecting point, gazinJ; fixedly out upon most imports into Am~rlca · someone by --~:!:.;'. ·) upon the ocean in an attitude of inesp : cially .If brought in on the t;..... tense expectation." Colonists' boats, smuggling had be- Ne\ �,But hunting for treasure has ·,allnred mankind. To feel that perhaps one is walking over a· burled fortune of gold, silver or jewels gives a thrill to most of us. When a raging sea tears off a long slice of sandy shore and then from somewhere thereabouts pulls out and scatters hundreds of dollars as has happen< d right on this beach, faith in the belief that buried treascannot help but be TRUSTEES OF LIBRARYMEET.-1; At the annual meeting of the tmstees of the Porl6mouLh Publlc Library held Friday afternoon the present staff and committees were re-elected to serve for the ensuing -year. The librarian's report- showed a total of 48,478 volumes now In the library; 65 magazines are subscribed to, and 14 are presented regularly. ' Volumes to the number of 97,276 were issued for home tise in 1937, of which 54,817 were fiction, 24,141 adult ·nonfiction, and 18,318 were children's books. One thousand and twenty new borrowers were registered during' the year. From the mounted picture collection, which is growing increasingly popular with 'teachers, over 2000 pictures were circulated. OBITUARIESA 'V Everett w. Ricker 'rhe death of Everett W. Rickel', for the past 17 years a resident of this city, occurred Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Ricker was born In Boston AUIJ, 21, 1862, the son of James and Sarah (Fenno) Ricker, He attended the pub• Uc schools of Boston and in 1886 gr~duated from the Lowell School of De• sign, M. I. T. Mr. Ricker's father served as tax collector for the city of Boston and Mr. Ricker was connected with the tax department from 1S87 un• tll 1908. After his removal to this [':~~f,;~;.'.;;: city he conducted a book store on Mar• L ..~-..,-•••,., ket street for four years, removing to Court street, where he continued In business for 10 years, retiring In 1934. He is survived by three cousins; Mrs, Andrew Adle of Chestnut Hill, Mass,, ._~._._,,,,,m,, Mrs. Howard Fiske of Winchester, Mass., and Charles W. Ricker of Ha• vana, Cuba. LS AT OVER The Federal Art Project or the Works Progress Administration for New Hampshire hns recently completed and installed a murnl In the new Municipal Building of Dover. This historical mural, which lllust.rntes "Early Days In Dover," Is 9 feet 6 inches by 30 feet and was painted by Mrs. Gladys Brannigan, one of the mural painters on the project. The mural commemorates the early days of the settlement, which was founded In 1623, and the recorded occupations and activities of the settlers during the first few years-ship building, catching and drying fish, trading for furs and cutting trees to send to England for spars, for which they had a contract. Significant things from old i-ecords have been emphasized. Peaceful commercial relations were cst.ablished and maintained with the Indians, and the laUer never molested the settlement even during fierce fighting in other places, until many years later. They found It a good meeting place to trade for their furs, showed the settlers where to get the best fish and oyster-i and taught them the planting and use of Indian corn. The settlement was from the very first planned as a permanen~ one. Starting at the left, the mural shows • a white man handsomely dressed bargaining with a group of Indians for pelts. The birch bark c{noes in which they came Ile ln the' blue water and two attendant Indians unwrao the bundles of furs. Above are settlers ana young apprentices working on a pinnace, showing incidentally the great cO!)-trast between the two kinds of craft-the red man's and the white. Cotton Mather wrote that he marvelled that on a continent covered with forests the Indians had never developed the use of timber !or boats or any kind. The next group shows settlers and Indians In conversation, men laying out !!sh on a flake, a great net swinging boldly through the coinposition, and three Indians coming Into the settlement w!Lh bundles. In spite of all the cleared and open space they walk In characteristic Indian file Intent their own affairs. The last group includes white women (!or the settlers brought their wives and children) being shown by Indian women the preparation of Indian corn, a strong log cabin to remind one that the settlement was a permanent one, and an Indian explaining to a settler the construction or an Indian fish trap. This mural Involved a considerable amount of research and is authentic m every detail. RETIRES AS LETTE_ CARRIE! Walter S. Woods In Government Service Since 1915 WALTEP. S. WOODS Walter S. Woods of 41 Newcastle Ave., well-known letter carrier, has retired after serving for over 20 years in the government service. His last day of service was on Dec. 31, 1937, but the actual retirement papers did not come through until this year. He is one of the Woods that athletic group which became known throughout the country. He is perhaps the best known of the famil)' in athletic circles, having had a record of 21 yenrs Jn professional baseball, during which time he played every position on the diamond and was wllh several National League clubs. His work as letter carrier has brought him in close contact with the people on his roulc and they miss him. He was very faithful nnd errtclent In the performance of his duties. �Scouts, Girl Scouts, etc., will be asked to participate. Celebrations will be both local and state-wide. communities plans are already under way for plays, pageants, dedication of historic places nnd events, and memorials to celebrities. A special sesquicentennial exhibit Is also being planned. . Radio stat.ions WFEA of Manchester, W.HEB of Portsmouth and WLNH of Key Laconia have generously offered their Elaborate Program facilities for a weekly broadcast. The · Sesquicentennial Commission From now until J'tme 21 New Hampshire will commemorate one of the two has an office in the Phoenix Hotel, Concord, and will gladly furnish all most significant events In American available Information and help to those history. The first was the achlevement who are interested in New .Hampshire·;; of inclepenclence, Lhe second the estab- celebration of th;) Constitution. A list of the commission members is lishment of Lhe Const.itution . Since New Hampshire was the ninth, as follows: 1\-lrs. Basil Atwood, Barnnd therefore ihe "enabling" state to rington; Fred W. Friend, Belmont; rntify the Consl,ll,ut.ion , it is natural Mrs. William S. Bertwell,-Whitefleld; that every citizen from PiU.5burg to Pel- Mrs. 'Abbie C. Sargent, Bedford; Ralph J1am and from New Castle t.o Chester- S. Woodman, Milford; Mrs. Ernest L. flelcl should wish Lo see the GnmiLe Putnam, l\irs. Charles T. Patten, FredState second to none in a cekbrn.t,ion of erick R. Gardner, Elwin L. Page, Concord; George C. Chase,- Warner; EdtJ1is event. Such a commemoration, roming n~ it ward G. Coughlin, West Ossipee; Wendoes in the midst of world-wide political dell McIntire, Edward T. Mcshane \ipheaval and wide-spread insidious at- Manchester; Earl S. Hewitt, Enfield; F. Ear tack upon constit,utional government, Herbert N. Nelson, Berlin; Bixby may well take on the nature of , rededi- Thayer, Woodsville; Kenneth cation to liberal clemocracy . and the Littleton; Paul Sadler, Nashua; Mrs. Oren V. Henderson, Durham; Mrs. purposes of American law. 'I'o conduct New Hampshire's part in Nell!e P. Edes, Newport.. Francis H. this celebration ex-Governor Bridges, Buffum Dunbarton, chairman. Jn June, 1936, appoinred a commission 21 members: In December, 1937 Governor Murphy named six members to take the place of t,hose unable to serve. By act of the Legislature, ap- • proved Aug. 12, 1937, $5000 was appropriated for the celebration, and the commission was authorized to accept • gifts in the name of the state for the purpose. Tile state celebration will begin with KENNEBUNKPORT. Ma In e, contests in the schools, which will conMarch 7 W)-What's in a 11ame? Linue through the next five months unThat's the question citizens of this der the supervision of the State Board coastal town are to air at length to. of Education, with the cooperation of night at town meeting when a spethe Parochial schools under the supercial warrant is introduced to change vision of Fr. William P. Clancy. SecIts 117-year-old name to the more on<lary schools will Lake pnrt in n comromantic "Arundel," its original app<!tltive examination on the Constitution, the winners of which will appear pellatlon. at the formal rxercises in concord on The question of changing the town's name arose recently followJune 21, and the public grade schools, ing 'the publicizing by· a summer together with the Parochial schools, resident, Kenneth .Roberts, of the will join In a scmpbook contest on New · ancient name Arundel in his book Hampshire's part ln the Constitution. of the same name. n 1e colleges are being asked to ·conduct objected Many townspeople, l1owever, to the change on the -an oratorical contest, the winner o! grounds that Kennebunkport, taken which will take part in the formal exfrom the Indian phrase meaning ercises on June 21. "green banks," is as romantic and Tentative plans Include costume or storied as Arundel, the town's inmilitary balls and dinners on the even- • corporated name in 1717. Early colonists gave it this name Ing of June 20, or previously, to be fol• to honor the Earl of Arundel, a lowed the next day by formal exercises descendant of Thomas, Earl of at Concord In 1-hc morning, nnd I\ pa- .., Arundel-one of the original pro-• gennt In the nfternoon. A special cele• · prlctors or New .England. bratlon for the evening o! June 21 Is under conslclernt.ion. Each cit.y and town, together with the churches, granges, women's clubs, fraternal and service organizations, Boy TO CELEBRATE~y" ANNIVERSARY OF CONSTITUTION N. H. As State Plani o! KennebunkJJort Or Arwidel?- Town lVill Vote VOTING TODAY ON ~ CHANGE OF NAME ~ AT KENNEBUNKPORT. Today the voters of Kennebunkport will decide on renaming the town to its original name of Arundel, which it was known by 117 years ago and publicized in novels by Kenneth Roberts, a summer resident. One faction, precipitated · by the publicity the books gave the ancient name, contends Arundel sounds "more romantic" than Kennebunkport, which is taken from an Indian word meaning '"green banks." When incorporated in 1717, the town was named in honor of the Earl of Arundel. �WORKS PROGRAM HAS MEETIN OF INTE ES Plans For Coming Year Discussed By Chamber of Commerce Group Industrial and housing-A, F. Brown News-Charles W. Gray, Recreational-Mrs. F. W. Randall. Agricultural-Charles H. Brackett. Promotional and publicity-Justin D. Hartford, Memberships-Harry Winebaum. Historical landmarks-Arthur J. Harriman. Navy Yard-Frank C. Remick. Conventions and oelebrations-Andrew Jarvis. Traffic and parking-A. M. Clark . Mercantile-Samuel Maddock. :Health and safety-Stowe Wilder. A very active meeting of the Works Program committee of the Chamber or r~-...,,.~..,.-.,,..,.,.,.-.....,..,....,.......,.......,...__~ Commerce was held this morning at 9 :30 o'clock at the Chamber or Commerce rooms, with the following members present: Marland D. Knowles, Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith, Justin D. Hartford, Frank C. Remick, John J, Hassett, Alvin Rccidcn, Frederick D, Gardner and Arthur Brown. Many plans for the coming year were discussed and it was recommended that the convention committee start activities right away in connection with the Miss Margaret Ward convention committee of the American Honored At Local High Legion and .the Ladies Auxiliary, and that all the committees become more School active as soon as possible, particularly Miss Margaret Wilmot Ward, editorthe publicity, membership and navy in-chief of the Portsmouth HI-Lightl! yard committees, and, furthermore that all committees work with the Mayor's and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William committee in all undertakings, Plans Ward of 95 Monroe street, has been were discussed for the cooperation of e1ected to represent Portsmouth High the recreation committee, which ls school In the annual D. A. R. Good headed by Mrs. Frank W. Randall, Citizenship Pilgrimage it was anwith the convention committee regardnounced today and she will go to Coning the American Legion convention. cord some time during February where It was definitely decided that the representatives from other high schools program of activities be drawn up In In the state will be en tcrtaincd l>y the State D. A. R. The candidate Is chosadvance, -especially the activities duren by the senior class In collal>oratlon ing the Christmas holiday season, arwith the faculty. ranging the nights that the stores will Final selection of the winner in the be open and days throughout the year state wlll be made in February under when they will be closed. the supervision or the State Committee There was a great deal of enthusiasm In cooperation with State Commissionamong the committee meml>ers and It er of Education James N. Pringle of was the general opinion that with the Concord. numerous conventions which wlll bo Miss Ward has made an outstanding held In this city this year there is much record in Portsmouth High school. She to be done. has been secretary of the debating club The committees of the Chamber or for two years and won an award of a Commerce are as follows: debating emblem in 1937, She is a Executive-John J. Hassett, Frank member of the local chapter of the O. Remick, Marland D. Knowles. National Honor Society, which disBoard of directors--John H. Greentinction speaks for itself. She is the away, Arthur M. Clark, Stowe Wilder, . vice president of the present senior John J. Hassett, Frank C. Remiclr, class. She is one of the students in Marland D. Knowles, Frederick D, centrol of building traffic this Gardner, Charles H. Walker, Alvin F. year. Her success as the editor-inRedden, Mayor Kennard E. Goldchief of the school paper is evidenced smith, Frank E. Brooks and Arthur F'. by the high standard of papers Issued Brown. · this year. Works Program-Forrest M. Eaton, The candidate's selection was based chairman; Mayor Kennard E. Gold- on the following: De11endabillty, punctuality, trnthfulncss, loyalty and selfsmith, Marland D. Knowles, Frank C. Rem!clt, Frederick D. Gardner, John control; service, cooperation, courtesy J, Hassett, Alvin F. Redden, Arthur and respect for proper authority and M, Clark, Arthur F. Brown and Justin rights of others; leadership, personality, originality, ability to lead and hold D. Hartford, others, good sportsmanship and reen of other committees sponsibility; and patriotism-interest and pride in family, school and community and nation and wlllingnes, to sacrlflce for them. TO -REPRESENT P. H. S. IN D. Ao R. PILGRIMAGE ~ .nJ ·PORTSMOUTH'S STATE TAX $42,924 Assessment $14,308 Less Than Last Year. Three Towns Still Owe State On 1937 Levies Portsmouth's state tax for 1938 ls $42,924, which Is $14,308 less than the assessment of l!l37, according to bills sent out by State Treasurer F. Gordon Kimball to 235 ' towns and cities on Tuesday. The amount of the state tnx authorized l>y the t!l37 Legislature is $100,000 less t,hnn I.he 1037 tax. The reduction was made possible by the policy of the Leglslatme In draining the state's sinking fund to finance expeµses of state department.~. As the 1938 bills went out, records in the treasurer's office showed that one city and two towns have not yet paid their 1937 taxes. Somersworth was the delinquent city, owing the state $14,112 on its 1937 tax, while Salem owes lhe state $7,952 and Freedom owes $1 ,376. State assessments against cities of the state for 1938 arc as follows, with comparisons of 1937: City 1938 1937 Manchester ....... . $196,548 $262 ,06 99,52( 74 ,640 Nashua ............ . 81,0-18 108,06 Concord ........... . 42 ,924 57,23° Portsmouth ....... . 3fi,972 49,2!lf Keene 34,932 46,57 Berlin ..... , , ...... . 45,968 34,476 Dover ...... , . , .... . 30,732 40,976 Laconia ... , ....... . 31,296 23,472 Rochester .........• 20,432 15 ,324 Franklin ... , . , ..•.. 10,584 14,112 �SERMON OF 1779 IS ,; PRESERVED HERE , ,. • J\. hand-written sermon delivered ln Po1tsmouth on Dec. 7, 1779, is possessed by Roland Severance of 74 Wibird :itreet, 't his city. The pastor who wrote :It l.s unknown, The sheets are .::overcd with a neat, old-fashioned script and ;!Ire sewed together into a small booklet. , . The first half of this sermon of Revolutionary War times deals :;trlctly \ wlth religious concepts, giving mm1y .'.'•: lnstances of divine providence. The .. text wa.s taken from the 97th Psalm, ! ·verses 1 and 2 : "The Lord reignet.h; let the earth rejoice; let the multitud.e e>f '.l8les be glad thereof. Clouds and clarlmess are round about him; right-• -0usness and judgment are the •l'lablt.a• tlon of his throne." In opening his sermon the ·_prnposes: "1. To make some remarks •m the divine government. To '!.!Ike notice of some particular occur:t·e;nces of divine providence in which at _present it becomes us to rejoice. , 3 To oiler scveraql motives to rejoicing in the cllvine government." The pastor dealt with the first fet-• ' tJements in New Eng'land. "About one ' :tnmclred souls first arrived at Plymouth on the llth day of November, 1620. A rigorous winter for a third part of 1,he year; not an house to live in; not a Christian to see; none but heathen of Ii strange and hard language to speak , •with, and not a friend within three thousand miles to help in any ' gcncy. "From these small beginnings, now within about the space of 159 years we .have increased to .a great nation. Virv,inia was settled a short time befcre. Other important towns have since r.Pen 'h uilt and this new continent which ,now ·~. contains more than thre,e million in- ··. 1 JJ nbitnnt.5 settled ." <Population 1930 uvcr 122 million). Mcnt.Joning ot,hrr OCC'lllT!'llCCS of tU·: vine providence ns exciting praise and · '8rntltude he Tit.es the prosperity gn•nt1:d our arms by sea ::me! land. ·'At :,ea Jn partic,1lar at Penobscot we t.aJnect a very great loss. This was a (ifll'k d!,pcnsnt.ion of providence; yet it l-Pcomes us w rejoice that God's wlll lo or 1as c rnmed the hands of our ene- and cotton cloth in the Amer can. mies so that they could not perform states; "now everything necessary, nl~ their enterprises. The conquest of •,he most, ls made in these states. Tho fort at Stony Point and another near plenty of money ciccasioned by tJ1e war the mouth of the North River are occur- has also been favorable to the sett!erences of Providence which demand ment of uncultivated lands in the back our thanks. The conquest of the Sav- ·parts." ages by the troops under the command "Now no whip, no scourge, no prison of General Sullivan Is very Important ls feared by the faithful ministers of relative to the affairs of America. They the Lord ln these laid waste a new town on the Su~que- States. hanna River and put to the sword mariy · "In kingdoms on earth, when defenseless women and children. 'lhe government is disagreeable we may lnhabit::mts of the adjacent country fly to another more to our minds. Many were forced to flee from threatened de- have done this since the commencement struction. But God ls gracious and merciful. He has given deliveranc~ of of the present war. Some have gone from America to Great Britain or . to t f par o . the land, Praise ye the Lord. their dominions. ' And maiy have "God's goodness will appear ln sev-• come from them to us. But non~ 'Can. era] other important occurrences of fly from the government of Jehovah. Providence. The arrival of Count De Sinners murmur under the divine disStang to this continent, though attend- pensations; they cannot avoid it. Let ed with disappointments, terrified the all the earth bow before Jehovan. Let enemy, and instead of laying waste om every murmur and uneasy thought die'. towns according to our fears, they fly 8hen, thus my friends, a way will be from Newport to New York for shelter made for happiness . . to make their defense, this last defense "The Lord relgneth; let the earth refrom the united force of France and then, thus my friends, a way will be America. Our towns In this part ot the glad t,hereof. country are stlll secure from their rage; praise ye th e Lord · "The conquests in the West Indies by the French have also a favorable effcd on the affairs of America. For which let us prnlse the Lord. What has taken place ln the English Channel is still premature but I pray there may yet eome clellverance Jn some way for 'Am- Coas·ta'I Towns / Aided ·Harvard "An occurrence of divine providence I shall mention to excite pralse and thanksgiving is the earth has produced her increase in abundance the year past. In the last winter and spring, scarcity of bread and famine threatened. Much more reason for all to fen.r it on account of our grievous sins and provocations, but the Lord remembered mercy for us . He gave us early and later The importance · of. education was that the earth has brought forth by not overlooked in New Hampshire handfuls. God has filled some parts of even in the very early days of the America with the finest wheat, other colony. ' parts with corn ln abundance. Now the The statutes of Portsmouth, for instance, reveal that funds were poor are supplied with bread antl th e cont ributcd by the town toward the widows to sing for joy. The Lord erection of . n building at Harvard reigneth; let t.lie earth rejoice. rnllcge in 166!) because of the need "Another occurrence of providence f perpetuating ''knowledge, both shall mention to excite praise aud ·eligious nnd civil, -among us and thanksgiving is the unusual measure of ' ur JJOSlerity after us." 1 "The premises considered," reads health which has been enjoyed in our . the records, "we have made a colland the past year. In the first an1 r.'. lection in our town ·of 60 p_o unds second years of \.he wnr we were o1Jllged per annum (and hope to make it to contend with enemies abroad and more), which said sum is to be paid tlon r . sickness at home. But now for two annually for these seven years en"At 1.his pnrtic11lnr t.ime the years past a general degree of health suing, to be improved at the dis1 ·• were repnired by th.e capture of a mnn~ has been enjoyed, us far as I have been ~~:ti~~}1 1~;·e\~~:rri;stl~! .· hrr of important prizes which within .: informed, In all the American s~a[es. . same and the advancement of good ,· the space of a few clays arrived at Hos- '-. It is the Lord who has sent health m onr literature there, hoping withal that t on . How often In the year past w:ien ,'.' dwellings, so for w_hich let. us the example of ourselves will pro.famine was threatened in the ttadlng . • voke the re~t of the country to j ealt owns has t.he Lord c;iused the propfrty ~ ousy ." The pastor goes on to 01' <nrmics .1nd their stores to come for 1, .' Evide11tly, Portsmouth's exainple praise and gratit.ude to We Lorrl "for did provoke jealousy, for Dover 011r 1·eJ!cf. This town nncl many others ·. the preservation of the import::mt life of added 32 pounds and Exeter 10 ~hnrcc.l this Important blessing. He ,J our Commander-In-Chief; also the pounds to the fund for Harvard colJt'cllcth (.]Je hungry with good things. · lives of so many Important Patriots of lege. 'l'hc Lord relgneth. Let the earth reLiberty In the American cause.'' He joice . brings out the fact that the war had t.he comse of the last year stimulated the manufacture of woolen Portsmouth, .Exeter, Dover Contributed Funds to ·Buildings ~!/ }~/1°f �RANITE STATE f: ASKS MORE NSURANCE CO~ · MONEY ESPE T ELECTS OFFICERS f~ERE ON SUBS 1 • leon A. Robinson is Advanced 'fo Office Off Secretary . LEON A. ROBINSON Advanced To One Of The Secreta117 Of The Granite St te Bureau Chief Sar Work Behind Owing To lack Of Plans Renr Admiral William G, Dubose, construction corps, and chief of hureau of ronstructlon and repnlr, appeared l>cfore the Hou~e approprlat1ons committee in Washington on Wednesday where he explained the need of nn increased -appropriation from $4,450,000 to SS,235,000 m connection with submnrlno coustructlon. 'l'lti:i money lte ::,luted muy be cxpenrled during the fiscal year of 1938 for draftsmen, clerks and other civlllan employes during the fisca 1 year of 1938. The committee states th~ change was also made necessary because of the fact that since the original limitation or the approprlatlon for replacement of naval vessels was made, two battleships are to be constructed in the navy yarcls Instead of one. as WM originally contemplated. In the Portsmouth navy yard the construction of submarines had been delayc·d due to preparation of plans, the committee said. Hearings of the appropriations committee, revealed for the first time, ,,how the following testimony given before the committee by the Rear Ad·· 1111ml: •·The navy yard .tt Portsmoutlt, where submarines are built, has heen behind in progress of work, due to lack of plans. rt is necessary to increase the number of draftsmen at that yard i11 order to get the plaus more quickly.'' To permit more expectlt101t const.ruc • tiou "lllis is not :l reque~t for r..n adi.lillonal nppropriat11in Tit.- money has 1 tready been a1ipropriated. ~d tlti.l I$ The annual meeting of the Granite State Fire Insurance Company was held at Manchester yesterday, the di~ rectors electing the following officers for the ensuing year: President, F.'rank w. Sargeant; Vice President, James D, Smart; Secretaries, Orel A. Dexter, George W. Swallow, Helll'y F. Berry, Montgomery J. Greenough, Victor E. Stevens, Alfred D. Yeaton, Leon A. Robinson, George A. Dewey, Harold O. McAllister and Lester s. Harvey, flimply a request to Increase the limit;.. The a:rectors of the company ore fng amount from $4,!>70,000 to $6,23!3,~ John H. Bartlett, Fntnk P . Carpenter, r.-1,..o.,.o...on,"""""h~e,,...sa_1~d~.~..,,.~-:--:=~~"=l';'..,...~""--.r Norwin S. Bean, Wll!Jam C. Walton, Orel A. Dexter, Frauk W. Sargeant, Arthur M. Heard, Norman F. Milne, Fred H. Ward nnd George W. Sw11,llow. The Portsmoulh office contlnue.1 under the supervJHion of Secretarie:, Orel A. Dexter and Leon A. Robinson. Mr. Robinson, who has been Ass!st1mt Secretary of the company since 1D3'.l, was advanced to the position of Secre~ tary. The remaining oiflcers of the company are in the Manchester office. At the close o the :vear's business, on December 31, 193'7, the asset.~ of the company were $4,258,307.41, the capital and surplus amounting to $2,767,076.61, The company enjoyed a successful year with an increase in business amounting to more than 10%. ◄ NNIVERSARY <t~ Portsmouth DeMolav Chapter Has Succes;fui Gathering Portsmouth Chapter, Orde • Molay, observed its 16th anniversary on Thursday evening in Masonio Temple, wlth a large number of members and frlends present and vo.dou1 fvatul'e,-. Which 11\l\<le the nffn!t• I\ HUCC83S boyon all ·cxpectatlmvt. The event was obsen·ed Night nnd the me111bers entt-rtalne(f, theft• frlend~ In an enjoy ble manner A buslt1es$ session was held in Maoonlo Temple at 6:15 o'clock, l>ofo1·e th1, anniversary celebration, and a lars-~ )\Umbet· of appUcatlons were received. Plans were made for visits to the DeMolay chapters at Portland, Me., and Haverhill, Mass,, where the degree team of the local Chapter will work the degree. At 7:30 o'clock a publio DeMolay meeting was held, Philip O', Hoyt, Robert Crnig, Richard Parnham, Robert Johnson nnd Harold Piche l>eing in charge, TI1e history of the order was given in an Interesting . manner by Richard Pamham and told of the good progress and able work done hy the local Chapter. At this time roses were presented to each of the young women guests at the ga t11erlni:;. An mformal dnnch1g party follol\'ed in tht- Masonic Auditorium. Haynes' orchestra furnished music and both modern nnd old-time dances were enjoyed. Edward Ho1>ley was chairman or the dance committee. Paper hats. confetti, whistles and other noise-makers ndded to the me1'l'lment oi tile evening . The hall decorallons were es;>eciolly prett.v and consistect of streamers of crepe pn1>er and the lighted D.il\fola::, emblem. A collation addect iutere5t to the evening and all pres.~nt voted 1t one o! the most ,mccessiul of the DeMolay 111m iversa Ty er le bra tions ,. It 1u~ ex11ctly 16 ye11m · 1?;1) Portsmoutn Chnpter, Ordet o. .OeMolay, wns institnt ... d by Jame; E. Whalley, who h.:is ever heeu unt1nng ln hh interest aud efforts iu the assocbtlon and is still chain,1an of thd ~dviso,·y counril. Fred H. Marden hs octed as trea~urer ciurmg tilu past 16 rear. and Hany H. Fl)ote has also s rved on the actvisor.v council durin~ cllese yeat~. �AMUEL ME BSERVES .98 RTHDA He was born in England and came to Portsmouth about 41 rears ago. For orer 20 years he wa employed at the J)lants of the Frank Jones and the Eldredge Brewln~ companies. His wife pas;,ed away about 18 ~·ears ago. He, · ha, t\..-o sons, William R. Weston ancl Richard Weston. A third son, Alfred \Veslon, a former local police officer. clicd over a year nr.o. Thrrt" Rl'e also five g1anclchildren 11nd six grent grand::hildren. Mr. Weslon was an industriou~ man onci has lived a good l'fe and ls re ceil'ing numerous congratulallon~ from his friends. IN CHARGE OF GREEK CHURC WINNING ESSAY 1EllS STORY OF ST. JOHN'S BELL -x-~ Jackson Henry, a student at ~ochester High SChool, was the prize winner In the essay cont.est, "Hist-0ric Bells of New Hampshire,'' sponsored by the N. H. Tuberculosis Association, the announcements being made on Thursday. The title of the student's winning essay was "Aut-Oblography of Bell," and tells the story of the historic bell of olcl st, John's Church in this city. The second prize in Group F awarded to Patricia Plunkett of Patrick's High School, whose essay was a symposium of historic bells in Concord, Portsmouth, Walpole, Hopkinton, Exeter, Pembroke and Hampton. The first prize in grades 10, 11 and 12 s~muel Weston is today observing was awarded to Muriel Turner of the hi'l nlndy-eighth l>lrthday anniversary :Hampstead High School, who told t.he n11ci while less strong thnn Inst year ~t.ory of the Paul Revere bell In the· h~ i~ really remarkable for hl ngo, steeple of the Hampstead Town hall, 1J,3il1g one of the oldest resldents of 11nd the second prize in this group was thl city and one who holds the re.awarded to Rawson Calden of the La~ned of all who know him. onia High School, who t-Old of the ~lr. Weston makes his home \\"ith hi'i ta.mous bell In the old Ladd street ,c,c,n, William R. ·weston and fnmily of i;choolhouse at Ha,•erhill . Willard avenue. He i~ able t-0 hr up The prJZes were ca.sh awards and about the house each day; has not, :for the best essays in each of the two !ind rven n cold the past year EIUd ls 1',roups and $5 for the second best essays, 1w1·1,r lrm1bled with rhrumali:-m. or 'Th(• prl1.rs werr mndo possible by for111 tr he llrcs cnsil~ :rnd rnJo~" 11nps mer Gov. Huntlry N. Spaulding of llutlng the dnJ' but has a good !llJJlC• Rochester, president of the N, H. Tutilr and still tunes in Clll tilt' radio. bt>rculosis Association. :;.-Ie Jhte11s· to the church music and The conte~t aroused widespread in.,elections by hand. , ns his hearing bci.erest throughout the st.at.e and caused 111i; im11nlrc 1 he c:.11111ot hcnr many of much st.udy of the historic bells of New the other pror,r111ns . llr l'Cl\d much un• lJampshire by hlr,11 school pupils and t1i tl!r pnst two year~ bul w1lll fnil\ng ,otJ1ers as well.· Fifty-one es~ays were er,•sii.:ht iL is 11ol now easy for him. 6t bmitled bY tJ1e associat.ion lo the He is lhc guest of his gro.nclson, Jack t.at,e committee of judges for t.heir de-,:,•,lC1n, toda~- nl the l,,tter's home d,.Jon. on Summ"r street where a special din• i, bring SCl'\'Cd and the table :1c•orncc\ v:itl! tlw birtllclny cake. Thi :titernoon he expects to nsit thr Cenual 11rc station as has often llccn his cn~lcm. He enjoyed an aulo 'drive S•mclar. a fnroritc plc:isure of his in p:i,t years. 1\lr. West.on is an· Episcopalian and l rnmmunicant of Christ church and a 1. ithiul allcnclant until hh hearm~ was so impaired. He occasionally ·and recei\•es com- lit:\' - - - - - - ----------- lEZEJ(EL 'tUSKJ\JLOS ll"~slo1· oi the St. , Nlchola.<1 Gree Orthodox Church Jin 'll'hla cur.· Since the death of the late :Marinakis, who was priest . o~ Nicholas' Greek ' Orthodox Church In Portsmouth, the church was without a prle~t for over a year. Finally through the effort,., of George Papageorge, the president at the time, aL'lO his church conunlttee and Archbishop Arthengaras, Archlm kc! Tsukalos was secured. arrived here Dec. 23 last from Patras, Greece, and ho.s become very o.ctlve in his work.. He is a native of Pntril., Pelaponi.so , w11 cducoted at AthenA College and is a graduate of the Tlleolo lea.I College C\t Athens. He speaks fluently the French a ud La tin lan!;UO.gcs and some English. He is Elll archlm, which is th& next step to a bishop. H':' Is 30 yeai::a or o.ge. Since his arrival th" church has been ftlled to capaclty with disciples o! the Greek religion from thls city o.nd sur~ rounding communities. He holds Greek cln.1se~ o.t 1 p. m. o.t the church and at present 50 studP.nt.! an, attending. �a y_Peo a •D u hrough t arties He c· y On aturday RE'AR ADM. D. E. DISMUKES, U. S. N., Rct., General Chairman Portsmouth fittingly observed the President's Birthday on Saturday; the people turning out in large numbers lo support the National Foundation !01" Infantlle Paralysis which will be formed with the proceeds raised by President's Birthday celebrations throughout the country. Mai~y events we:·e scheduled in \ his city and all were successful, even more so than had been anticipated. It was Portsmouth's answer to the call to aid humanity and, as always, the response was generous and enthusiastic. For weeks in advance the committees were busy making arrangements for the various celebrations and may feel well pleased with their success. The first meeting was called several weeks ago by Rear Admiral D . E. Dismukes, U.S . N., ret., chairman of the central executlve committee, at which time preliminary plans were made. There was united action throughout the city which indicated the desire or all to assist in this great movement. Various organizations worked together to hold some event, and as a result there were eight celebrations in this sponsored by Ensign Emerson Hovey Post, v. F . w., tile Ladles Auxiliary and Camp Winfield Scott Schley, Spanish War Veterans, The Emblem Club and Po1:tsmouth Lodge of Elks were hosts to a large number during the evening. Woods Orchestra furnished music here . The people came and went for dancing and there were a number playing cards. Open house at the Masonic Auditorium continued throughout the evening. This was under the direction of the Portsmouth Garden Club and the Graffort Club. The Women's City Club also kept open house dmlng the afternoon and evening, Both of these places were visited by a number of people and many remained to play cards. The Y. w. o. A. kept open house from 2 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, with a number coming in during that period. Ten was served, with Mrs. Knlherlne s. Hill, Mrs. I. H . Washburn and Miss Mary Harris poul'ing. Temple Israel was the scene of a card party . A number of tables were filled and the evening was one of ple[!.sure to all present. Rear Admiral Dismukes, chairman of the general committee, v sited each place where a celebration was being held and at several gave brief talks, expressing his appreciation for the fine spirit of cooperation all had shown in the celebration. The success of Portsmouth's cooperation in this nation-wide movement was due in great measure to the chairman's efforts. Thoroughly imbued with ·the spll'it himself or the occasion he in-. stilled enthusiasm for the fine objective into all concerned and his commit• tee worked with a wllll and arranged a program suitable for the city-wide celebration. The central executive committee consisted of the heads of the various organizations in the city, wll,h Rear Admiral Dismukes chairman, Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith honorary chairman, John B". Mooney treasurer, and Pete 1• J, Hickey assistant treasurer. Hon. F. W. Hartforcl was in charge of publicity and r.trs . Ma ry C. Dondero in charge of radio. The birthday cake was presented to Mr5. Margaret Berry o[ Hanover street. city dming the afternoon and evcnln~ Saturday afternoon the Women's Cit Club, Y. W. C. A., Graffort Club, Portsmouth Garden Club, Women's Auxiliary, K. of C .. and the Catholic Daughters of America held open hous3 and card parties, with tea being served. The big events were during the evening with dances being held at t.he Knights of Columbus Hall, American Legion Home, Veterans of Foreign War~ Home and Elks Home, and all were largely attended. At some places patrons came and went, whlle at others there was always a big crowd. It was a happy crowd, with all happy in the knowledge that they were enjoying themselves and at the same. time making it possible to establish a foundation which undoubtedly will hace fartlon which undoubtedly will have farmanlty. At Knights of Columbus Hall there was a very large crowd. The Knighl;kappers orchestra furnished music and its selections were popular with the dancers. The hall was gaily decorated. So great was the crowd at times that It was impossible to get inside the hall and thr_pughout the evening the floor was crowded with dancers. Open house was held and tea wa<r served at the K. of c.- Home, adjoining, by the Catholic Daughters and Women's Auxiliary of the K. of C. There was a large number at the American Legion Honh), where there was dancing anc! canls . Open house was the rule throughout the day anct the facilities of the building were placed at the disposal of the guests. Sprague's Orchestra furnlslied music for dancing on the third floor. There was a large attendance during the evening. Many merry-makers, making the rounds of the various dances, stopped here for some time, enjoying both cards, which were played ill a large room on the second floor, and dancing. This was the combined effort of Frank E. Booma Post, A. L., Ladies Auxiliary, Fleet Naval Reserve and its Auxiliary ' and League of Coast G~ard Women . Throughout the evenmg at the Memorial H01~e- on :arrott avenue ·dance hall was filled . This dance was �TO HOLD TERCENTENAIJ.Y · EXPOSITION AT HAMPTON·BEACH·. Fac;icle Of 300lh Anniversary Exposition Building Planned For Ham11to11 Beach Next Summer Tl1e Hampton Beach Chamber of In ordinary seasons Hampton enCommerce is extending an invi tation to tertains over a million vacation and the industrial, commercial, agricu!Lurnl transient visitors . During the coming 300th anniversary season it is expected and recreational interests of all , New that this number will be materially inEnglrrncl to participate in Hampton's creased. 3001,h Anniversary Exposit,ion, which The north half of tile popular Cals to be staged at the beach next sum- sino will be transformed into a modern mer as a fetaLure of U1e season-long exposition buiicling by the crec'tion of celebration of Hampton's tercentenary. an entirely new facade, the central _The exposit.ion will open July 4 and ex- feature of which will be a domed tower ·• tend through Sept. 10, a period of 10 almost 60 feet in height. The interioi· full weeks. During this time it is ex- of the exposition hall, which is 200 feet pected that close to 200,000 people wi!l long and 50 feet wide, will be artistically pass through the turnstiles of the ex- arranged and decorated. ·. position entrances. The exposition plan is backed enthu- AL REPORT $800 RAISED IN PORTS~AOUTH O~l FUND MADE TlJe activities o! the committees to conect funds for the National Foundatlon for Infantile Paralysis have been completed and the final report made to IJie nn.tional treasurer, as follows: Gross recelpt.s ••• , • , .•••• , .. $869. 75 Expenses ................ , .. 88. 00 Net prom .. . . .. .. . . . .. .. .. . 781. 75 All reports have been made by scores of people who assisted and the books have been closed. It ls a flne showing and compares well with other cities In the state. Th€ chairman, Rear Admiral D. E. Dismukes, U. S, N., ret., in expressing his appreciation, writes, "I take this opportunity to express my appreciation to all who helped to further this gre'a t and ' worthy cause, either by donating their ~ervices or their money. The commlttw ls hereby aissolved with t.he warm thanks o! tJ10 clmirmn.n for thell' woncerful cooperntion in I-he work," siastically by the entire community . Staged w1der the auspices of the Hamp ton Beach Chamber of Commerce .an<l Development Council, it has been made -part of the official program of the celcbration of the town's Tercentenary an'.l heartily endorsed by many civic organizations and leaders in this community a1i.d throughout the seacoast region. And the exposition is only one of many featu.res which have been arranged to occur during the coming summer o! celebration in commemoration of the · settlement of historic Hampton in 1638 by Rev . Steven Bachiler and his small band of devoted followers. , Portsmouth's contribution to the National Foundation for Infantile Para·, lysis hp.s been further increased by some lntc returns, making the grand total ., over $800. The total amount tak()n in, amounted to $897. from sale of tickets, contributions, telegrams, and incidentials. The expense was but $88. : leaving a grand total for the National Foundation of $809, PORTSMOUTH SECOND IN-- . PARAtYSISv;'FtJNI>~ -Concord, March . 12 (AP)-Mrs. Agnes Dunn, New. Hampshire chairman of the President's birthday celebration, today ·announced that ·more than $5000 was raised for infantile paralysis work. Laconia was in first place in the amount raised, with $1000 . Portsmouth was .,..,"""'""""" 1 second with $810. -..,or-== ¥ ., �Prof. Arthur W. Johnson, chairman The report of the industria deve. publicity opment committee was given by For• and promotion committee, spoke of the rest M. Eaton. Among the plans for plan for the regional booklet, saying it the year is a survey of the Industrial would be more than a picture one !,his possibilities of the region and an attime. The theme running through the tempt to compile a list of all available booklett will be In regard to over 300 space. years of interesl,lng and Important hisCharles H. Brackett, reporting for tory, rather then a collection of pie• the planned development of recrea• tures. the tion committee, said that summer re• Professor Johnson spoke of number of booklets which were printed creation was pretty well taken care of last year, stating that the number was a nd th at th e committee was giving 20,000 and they could have taken care of th0 ught to winter sports, such as ski• many more. He also mentioned, the ing, a nd mentioned posslblllties at stra th am Hill Park. He spok; .The directors of the New Hampshl~ plan for a general housing directory of the area. ~melting and mentioned oysters SeacoaBt Regional Assoclatlon hetd Professor Johnson told of the need for Great Bay, stating there are no small thelr monthly ~eeting at the Common!I money for this purpose and stated that ones and that !,he oyster beds are likely at the. Unlversity of New Hi,.mpshire at if all the towns contributed their share to be exhausted. He also said that the the number could be Increased. clams had practically run out there, The report of the marking and main- where there used to be a great many. guests were selectmen of towns l.n the region and ..the Mayor ,and City CouncU tenance of scenic, historic and other Elihu T. Adams of Seabrook, in presites committee was given by the chair- sentlng the report of the natural re• of Portsmouth. ,Frank W. Randall presided and after man, Arthur I. Harriman of Po~ts• sources, land use and population com• extending a welcome to the guests and mouth, who also told of the activities of mittee, called upon various members of appreciation to the loyal supporters, he the committee, telllng of the last meet- the committee to take a phase and gave a brief history of the prga.nlzatlon Ing, when a committee was named to speak about it. He first called upon T. for the benefit of those who were pres• study the question of having a state Guy Smart of Dover, who spoke or ent for the first time. He told of the park at Odlorne's Point. He also men- plans for stocking salmon in the region organizing of 15 towns, two cltles and. tloned the possiblllty of a WPA project and told of contacts with the Fish and four incorporated precincts .into the in Portsmouth In connection with the Game Department. He spoke of the ' oysters and clams in Great Bay and of o.ssocia.tion and stated the objectlves of old cemeteries. O. V. Henderson, chairman of the lob:,ter pot thefts. Mention was made the organization. He explained how the organization is supported, saying it ways and means committee, told of the of channel markings for the river and receives '$2500 from the state, to be used flnanclng of work for the organization, bay, a ski trail at Stratham Hill nnd entirely for personnel, salary of secre• and also of the enabling act passed by dredging of Little Harbor. Thomas Brackett of Greenland spoke tary and clerical work. Cities and the Legislature which permits towns towns are permitted to make appropria• and cities to approp;iate money 101· of stocking Great Bay with salmon and tlons for publicity purposes and the re• publicity purposes. He explained how told of a visit to Commissioner Stobie of malnder comes from dues from lndivid• the amount was reached, being a certain the Fish and Game Department, and ual and business members and other ft-actlonal percent of the valuation, and that the department promised to send activities. He told of tlle financial that it meant that each town Is paying a man to survey the situation and see situation in 1037, stating that there was Its just proportion. what Is the most prncticnl thing to cto. Frank Pearson of Stratham gave tho He mentioned the posslbllll,y of making a balance of· $169. 71. 1 Alvin F. Redden, executive secretary, report of the urban relationship com- a map cir the community to show Its read the report of the last meeting, mittee and told of the last meeting, at various advantages and of the posslbll• which It was voted to contact the State ity of.it being a WPA project. which was held in Durham on Dec. 14. A communication from the Newfields Planning Board to make sure the seaDaniel R. Smith of Newfield spoke Community CouncU calllng attention coast region was given recognition for about the skiing at Stratham, teJilng of advantages to the pollution of the squamscott its agricultural resources In the booklet the restrictions, and the River was read and referred to the which it is planning for agriculture !11 which would result from having them committee on public health attd welfare. New Hampshire. He stated that since lifted and a ski trail macte there. James Pridham called attention to The directors voted to send greetings the meeting he had seen the layout !or something which he said New Castle to George Hughes of Dover, P rcy Btu·• the booklet and was satisfied. The president then introduced Mayor needs. That is the return of property rowes of Newmarket and Richard B. Shelton of Cambridge, Mass., three Kennard E. Goldsmith of this city, who which was taken by the government members of the association who were expressed his appreciation and that or : many years ago and is not used . He de• prevented from attending the meeting the City Council for the invitation to scribed it as the best part of the water• I front, snying thnt it is not connected by illness. It was also voted to send attend the meeting. Dr .. Haven T. Paul of this city gave with either of the forts and never used . greetings to the newly organized White the report of the committee on public He mged that this be turned back to Mountain region. He told of the private owpership, which would In• There was a brief discussion regard- health and welrare. ing the tercentenaries which wlll be many problems which the committee crease the value or the town of New The Castle by about $100,000. He urged celebrated in the · region during the has and listed five objectives. summer. The towns which ' Will cele- first is the compilation of a list of ab• that the association go on record as brate are Newfields, Exeter and Hamp- solute necessities in a community in favoring it and it was so voted. It was case or disaster, such as llfeboais, fire brought out that all the town wants Is ton. the for the government to set n price and Next came reports of various com- hose, ambulances and pulmotors, Red let the town sell II, to private owners. mittees. Frank C. Remick of Ports• second was to extend, through In discussing the committee on cdu• mouth chairman of the program of Cross assistance, first aid higlnvay sta• Mr. work ~ommittee, listed the committees tlons, the third, to check any prevail- cational and cultural facilities, and told of what their work consisted. Ing hazards in summer resorts a nd Randall spoke of the three schools for eradicate them, the fourth, cooperat(on higher learning in the district, with proper authorities for the best m• stoneleigh College for Girls at Rye terest and regulation .or overnight cab- Beach, Phlllips Exeter Academy and ins, and the fifth, emphasize through- the University of New Hampshire. He out the region on the use of Red Cross then introctuced Dr. Fred Engelhardt, · opportunities in regard to first aid or president of the University of New health hygiene classes. Hampshire, who spoke for the commit.' tee 1h the absence of the chairman, and of the regional advertising, S'N. MEETING DURHAM Much Of Interest Brought Out At Well~Attended Gathering ,:. \:~·-~.,.,_, __ �also 1gave a prief taik. Dr: Ertgelhardt said that possibility .o r education' for. , the young people in the malter or lhe community in which they live would mean much. "The thing which disttll·bs me is that we do very little about the things that are about us," he said.· "The thing which Impresses me l1i the rapidity with which time goes. The days grow into week, weeks into months, months into years, and the year into ten' years,"_he said. "How rapidly we pass ·o ut of the picture. Here is a new·· group of young people who are stepping into the positions which we held. If ~ they are not conscious of these' problems it is too bad. I do not believe that we should wait until they are our age before they begin to understand these questions. He spoke of the many historic places in the region and the need for knowing about them and keeping them for the generations to come . 0. V. Henderson, vice president, represented the president at a meeting of the Constitution . Sesquicentennial committee at Concord and told of that meeting and the plans for the celebration, which call for o. pageo.nt to be helcl in Concord on June 21. ' Adjournment was o.t 10 :30 a[ter " most interesting meeting. 1 Previous to the business meeting an excellent steak supper was served, witll several students acting as waiters. KAMBAN SAYS J2 V THORV AtD DIED -AT CHALEUR Hampton Chamber of Commerce Disagrees Gudnrnndur Kamban, author in hL1 dramatic story of the Vikings' 'visit to America in the book "I See a Wondrous Land," writes that Thorvald Ericson was klllea at Chaleur Bay, in the North AUautic," but yesterday Secretary James Tucker of Hampton Beach Chamber of Commerce, said that any such notion was preposterous. "It was in Hampton that Thorvald was killed by Indians and proof oC that is his grave that has been found here," Mr. Tucker asserted. If the belief of the Hampton Beach Chamber of Commerce is true it means that it is in Hampton where the first grave of a white man in America is and one of the first places ever explored by wllite men. Anyway, both Mr. Kamban and Secretary Tucker agree that Thorvald is dend. DOVER MAY HONOR EARLY RESIDENT <Jharacter. He said the world today needs great faith and that If Christians love the church for which lt stands they should be prepared to stand up tor :It, as what is happening in Europe could happen here. He dwelt on the need of the Christian home and said a )arge percentage of juvenile delinquency which we have toDover, Feb. 7.-An em long forgotten - clay is due to lack of family life, that the present and future o! the church and ln the annals of the city of Dover was l'itate depend upon the family and fambrought to mind last week when resiily influence; that the habits, tastes, asdents of the Tolend section of Dover piration and conscience of the young entered a petition before the City Govare being determined by the family and ermnent to change the name of an old· that Is why the most important thing Is street to honor an early 'resident. in shaping the future in the family; it The early resident is Obadiah Whittier, uncle of the poet John Greenleaf · Is important to be a good Christian but home Christianity is needed. Whittier, who came to this city in The need of parents having a clear 1797, purchased land along · the upper idea of what is right ln bringing up a Cochecho, and started the first fulling family was stressed, as if a Christ.Jan Is and grist mills and cloth dressing not a good Christian Jn his home he Is buildings in this section. not a good Christian. The speaker After WhiUier attained success in closed his address by asking the congrethe flelcl, several other similar entei·gation to take away with them the picprises were inauguraled in the area, ture of the Holy Family and of Nazareth aud manufacl.uring was under way in the ideal home. this community, which at that tin1e' The solemn procession was impressive was a shipbuilding nnd trading center. and beautiful. The candles were blest Other industries followed later movand then ·passed by the acolytes to the ing down the Cochecli.o t~ the scene vested choir and all occupants of the of the present great mills, which empews. Then from the altar they were ployed several thousand workers. lighted and then from one to another Obadiah's mill and buildings were in the pews until the church was lighted burned to the ground in 1814, but his entirely by candles, the electric lights son, Moses, rebuilt a year later, and not being turned on until the servlce,tt,fll'.,1:.~t;..;::,"·" I the work carried on. The area is at closed. present deserted as far as industrial The ~ested choir of 30 men and boys ...--s,::..••'·••·· ·. output is concerned, but residents of and the clergy each holding a lighted the dlstrict, whtch was once such an candle marched in procession through important center in Dover, wish to the aisles, the choir and congregation honor the memory of Obadiah Whitsinging "From the Eastern Mountains." tier. The long street threading its way The musical portion of the service among the sites of old mills is now . was choice and in charge of Ernest P. named Mineral street, from a mineral Bilbruck,- cholr director. Nelson K. spring nearby. However, the petition Ward, church organist, presided at the will be passed, and a memorial to Mr. organ. James J. Morrison, Jr., ren• Whittier permanently established. dered the bass solo, "Judge Me, O God," Whitcher's Falls, one of the famous by Dudley Buck in an exceptionally landmarks of Dover, was named after fine manner. Mr. Whittler, Whitcher being traction or his family ·name. Al ST. JOHN'S A large congregation was present ·at ()}d St. John's Church Sunday evening when the annual Candlemas service was Jicld at 7 :30 o'clock. The rector,' Rev. Maxwell Ganter, officiated and the HJ)eclal preacher was the Very Rev. Howard R. Perkins, dean of St. Luke's Cathedral, Portland, Me. He chose , : .. 1:::t from St. Lu'.c n::::'.J. Be spoke of the great pleasure it was to him to be at St. John's and to take pnrt in the service; to see so large a congregation and especially so many children. He tolcl of t.he Feast of Llght.H hnving ori~lnnlccl ln t.he early «.lays oI tlle church when lighting was <Jone by cnndlcs, He told that we commemorated the 11nfancy of our Lord. He dwelt on the :faith of Mary, the mother of Jesus and the need of all to have faith, as it ls the ground of all greatness in human MEMORIA~S AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH At St. John's Church on morning the· rector, Rev. Maxwell Ganter, blessed two handsome silver vases of colonial design to be used for flowers on the altar. The inscription on them reads: "Given to St. John's Church, Pcrtsmouth, N. H., by his fam- r~M,.,~·.•.t, lly, in memory of MerrJll Spalding,"'·'-'"""'"'"'""'"· 1848-1937, a devoted parishioner." · Mr. Spalding, who died in Los Angeles. Calif., last year, was a brother of the late Dr. James Spalding 'O! Port- i:c1·.,.,.,,._.,,.. land, Me. He left a t'CQUCSt thnt sltould be given to St. John's Church, for which both brothers had a, great affection. �Monday, J,ily 4 esent xe er e ce enary lans Tonig t 12.01 A. M .. Bonfire, Chamber of Comerce lot back of shoe shop. 9-12 A. M., Historical House Places of Interest. 10 A. M. Grand Parade. 3 P. M., Principal Address, Governor, Out-o f-town Speaker, National and St a t e Notables, Plimpton Playing Fields. 7.30-8.30 P. M., Band Concert, Bandstand. 8.45 P. M., Pageant, last showing, Plimpton Playing Fields. 8 P. M., Ball. Thompson Gymnasium. 8-9 P. M.. Dcmonstrat.ion oe Old Dani::es. 9 P. M., Grand March. 11 P. M., Imermiss10n. 12-2 A. M., D:u1clng. 11 P. M., Fireworks, Pltmpton Fields. 8 P. M., Band Concert, Bandstand, The General Tercentenary Committee 9.30 P. M., Fireworks, Parkway, iR as follow.~: Friday, July 1 Samuel K. Bell, chnlrman; Corning 9-12 A. M., Historical Houses and Benton, Rev. Daniel J . Cotter, Wlllle Places of Interest. S. Day: Mrs. Harry Merrill, Fred A. 10 A. M., Celebration of Congregaoore. Miss .Prance:; E. Moulton, John tional Church. 2-5 P. M., · Historical Houses and ~cammon, Richard E. Shute, Herman L. Smith, Mrs. Alfred R. Wight.man. Places of Interest. 3 P. M ., Historical Address, Town Arthur J, Conner, treasurer; Walter O. Pennell. executive secretary. Hall. 7.30-8.30 P. M., Band Concert, Bandstand. 8.45 P. M., Pageant, Plimpton Playing Fields. 9-11 P. M. Street Dancing Important Meeting Of Citizens And Committee To Be Held At Town Hall At an important meeting to be held this evening at the Exeter town hall, the tentative program prepared by the committee in charge of the 300th Anniversary of the founding of Exeter will be presented to the citizens for their approval and for them to decide as to a pp r op r i a t in g the sum of $5,000 from the taxpayers and $5,000 by other means to meet the expenses of the tercentenary celebration. It ls planned to have an extensive program starting on the evening of Thursday, June 30 and continuing for fours days through Monday, July 4th. It is planned to have three showings of a pageant depicting notable events in the history of Exeter, a big parade with floats on the morning of the Fourth, addresses by men of nationwide prominence in the afternoon and fireworks in the evening; street dancing, band concerts In the square every evening of the period except Sunday, historical address in the town hall, union services and a community sing on the Parkway at sundown on Sunday, a ball in the academy gymnasium and other athlet.ic events and other features. Historic houses and places of interest win be kept open. The tentative schedule of events is as follows: Thw·sday, June lO Saturday, .July 2 9-12 A. M., Historical Houses Placea -of Intere'st 10 A. M., Athletic Events, Plimpton Playing Fields. 9-12 A. M., Historical Houses and Places of Interest. 2.30 P. M., Baseball Game, Plimpton Playing Fields. 5 P. M., Girls' Field Hockey, Plimpton Playing Fields. 7.30-8.30 P. M., Band Concert, Bandstand. 8.45 P. M., Pageant, second showing, Plimpton Playing Fields. 9-11 P. M., Street Dancing. Sunday, July 3 6 P. M., Start of Celebration, BandMorning, Usual Church Service. stand, Ringing of Town Bell, Salute, 2-5 P. M., Historical House and Reading o! Proclamation, Start of Mes- Places of Interest. sengers to Towns originally a part o! 7 P. M., Union Services Exeter. munlty Sing, Parkway. 7 P. M., Pageant feature, arrival o! Wheelwrl ht, Parkw.,.a.;;Y..·....,,....,.,_,... HISTORICAL SURVEY TO BE MADE HERE A general survey ls to be ,made by the Works Progress Administration of the historical depositories of manuscript material in this city and efforts have been started to compile a record. The work will be headed by Richard G. Wood, state direct.or of historical research, and a corps of men under the direction of Mr. Wood wlll conduct the survey and prepare a report. This will comprise a complete study of the records and properties of the Portsmouth Historical Society, etc. �GARDNER TO DIRECT PAGEANT Portsmouth Herald Photo Old Powder House The Old Powder House. a small squ.tre brick structure almost hidden from view amongst undergrowth on Powder House point, across Squamscott river from Swazey Parkway, is one or Lhe many historic structures in piclurcsque Exeter and popular belief is that. much of t.hc powder plundered from Fort William and Mary 111 Dec. 1774, was stored here but a letLcr dated in April of 1775, right after the Concord-Lexington battle, indicates it was hidden in eight diITerent towns of Rockingha\n County. · Another tracllLion is that the powder was hidden under Lile pulpit. of Rev. Adams·s church in Durham and that the next Sunday morning, unaware of the hidden explosives, the l\l Exeter tion sang for the first -hymn, "How Firm The Foundation." Seventy-two barrels of powder from the Portsmouth fort was accounted for in the application for ammunition from the chairman or the Por tsmouth Committee of Col"l'csponrlcncc as bclt1i; hidden in homes at Exeter, Portsmouth, Kingston. Epping, NoLLinghnm, Brent.wood and Londonderry. AL 11 Exeter homes 29 barrels of powder had been distributed . Records show that the Old Powder House was built in 1771 and used to store the military supply of the Academy town. This building will be one or I.he many historic shrines of Exeter that will be visited by the thousa nds of people that attend Exeter's Tercentenary celebration this year. shire city, where the liberty pole is still regarded as such. The Ports- , mouth pole is located on Water street, not far from Liberty bridge. A liberty pole has been defined The Ilagpole on Merrimack com:15 n tnll flai::stan: surmounted by n I mon in Manchester was regarded as liberty cap. a liberty pole prior t~ the · World war. The flagsta n: which lowered By this definition it may be said above the trees on the common was 1hat the principal flagpole on a C'ily surmounted by the figure ot a [ire01· town common may be regarrlcd man and in the days in which firea~ a liberty pole. In some sections mcn·s musters were popular Mero[ 1hc stale the banners stru ng up rim ack common was the scene of during political campaigns were several playouls. hung on what have been termed 1,.._ _ _ _ _..,..._.,-,,q!'I"'!~~~-...,.,~ liberty poles. but the general acceptance of the word indicates a flagpole. Portsmouth i~ Flagpoles Once Called 'Liberty Poles' in N. H. Frederick A. Gardner, public relations engineer of the state Highway Department, who has been appointed chairman of the pagean~ committee o! the New Hampshire Constitution Sesquice1ltenniaI corriffiission: was first connected with the State Highway Department in 1910. The following year he entered the United States Forest Service, where he was employed as examiner of surveys in charge of boundary surveys in the Southern Ap palachian and White Mountain Region. During the latter part of his employment with the Federal service he was connected with the Public Re lations Division of the Forest Service· in planning and setting up Federal exhibits at various expositions and in assisting in the directing of several motion pictures covering forest activities . Mr. Gardner rejoined the State Highway Department in 1922 as public relations engineer and each vear has c•~•:,:.•-·c-r·;i helped to design and erect the ·state ex- ..._,,.... -,,.,,,. hibits at Springfield and other places . In 1920 and 1921, while connected with the U. S. Forest Service, he headed the first White Mountain .carnivals and was responsible for the first dog team race held in New England, The motion pictures shown throughout the United States of the first White Mountain carnivals without doubtE' 01~1~! started much of the present interest fn winter sports in New Hampshire and New England. Last October Mr . Gardner managed the pageant, "Roads and Romance,'' J''..:-::,tf.tk'li.,' which was present.eel to the American Association of State Highway Officials at the Crawford House, and since that time has received ' much favorable comment. The proposed pageant parade for the se_squicentennlal celebration on June 21, , now headed by Mr. Gardner, should, with the advice of Mr. Hungerford, ·nationally known expert in this field, be the greatest event of its kind in the history of the state, �Old re E gin Be Us d·In E Buy New Police Car .. Pass Up Purchase of City Ambulance ' Obse va ce Was Purchased On A gust 4, 1873Will Be Driven By Harian L. Philbrook, Oldest Member Of. Department The police commissioners at a regular monthly meeting on Wednesday evening decided on tl1e purchase of a new police car after opening the bids of two local dealers. The sate went to the Brooks Motor Sales for a Ford machine for the sum of $301 and the old police car. The firm of Coleman and Taccetta also offered an exchange bid for a Chevrolet for the sum of $370. Dr. L. R. Hazzard and Rev. Maxwell Ganter appeared bl!fore the board relative to the matter of purchasing a city ambulance. The commissioners stated that they had no power in such a purchase and that it was beyond their jurisdiction to appropriate money for an ambulance. They recommended the matter be taken up with the Mayor and Clty Council. There was a engthy discussion over the ambulance >roposal but the commlsslon took a 11t•~•~.,,.,,:_,,,i~ stand as being against it, simply be- .......,,..,.,... cause they lacked power. Whether or ot the City Council will be requested ~o consider the recommendation of the wo petitioners has not been decided. CHASE l{Ofi!E E~JECTI@_ I ~LD A 65-year-old steiJmer now in the Water St. fire station at Exeter, fa one of the historic relics that will be part of the fire department's eKhibltlon in the tercentenary celehratlon ill the academy town this summer. It will be driven by the oldest member or the department, Harlan L. Philbrook, who has been a memt>er of the Eiceter Fire department !or more than ho.If a c·entury. · 31, 1887 and l ter In March 1803, At tho later fire Mr. Pl\ilhrool:: ctrov~ ti.lo At the annu,,l meeting of the Ch:>~e Home for Ch1ldrnn held on Wednesday 'Le ,oltowing officers wer elect .d fol' 'I ,. t·nsning Yt';ir t;tem1tel'. Pr,•~idcnt, Dr. G. Vol. lI,lllll.\ford; ;,t'C • Much of tl1e ronumcfl in fire 11.ghttuB has gono with the abandonment of tho .. ,,tan- and trr;1s11rcr, William C. Walllorst!-drawn apparutuse&. "In t.l10 ioJn. Bon rd 01 I rn~tct'~; Ch.irie~ H. good old dt ys" the flro horses wero B,1tchclcter, Wilham J. Cater, Rev. aver anKiou to go to fires and Urn .\faxwell Gan lf'r, BenJamm Green, Dr. moment a flro gong wa Rounded they C W. IIam1 M,ml, Ftwl w. Lvd~L<ltl, were alert and would to.lea tl1eir plo.ce.1 • c'\'. Arlltur A rtount: ·, ChO.t'ls!, H . in front of the steamer ·to whisk lt ,<!alker, Wllli,im C W.llton, through congested streets to the flto, "The Bells of St. Mary" and other selections can be played on · the flyMr. hilbrook WU!! born itl NortJ1. wheels of the engine a.o. the wheels are Hampton on Aug. 19, 1860 anll lived molded from '·bell metal." The last in thttt town until the spring of 1082; time a tune was played ou tho fly- when.J10 rooircd to )l.me.shtu-:v, Mi,M ,, to wheels was by n repairman from Mo.n- ply his trade as carpenter. Thti folchestr, who used a flat flle, Mt·. Phil- lowing spring he moved ~o E<ceter o,r1<1 brook says. since that time ht\S bt!en fl. 1t\er.nber of ·Exeter bought tile second-claS/4 the E'Ceter fire department, steamer, an Amoskeag, from ManA new ah- chambe was recently in~ chester, on Aug, 4, 1873. Twice since stalled in the truck when a pressur6 that time ha& the apparatus saved the of more than 500 pounrf1 h,m1t tll6 Exeter Mill !rom flame.~, once o:n:.,:Oc::.:t:.:,·..;o;;rl~g.::in~a;:;l~on~e~.·~"."'...:::.":.~-,.:.~,,~.'.r.--'-'~T-':~~~-;7' 00 'Goanl of i\la11.Lgc1·~ Honorary member, l\,(t~~ 1. nn h L. Pillow; president, Mrs. Wal!L~ D. Wal- lcer; Yice-presirtent, Mn . J . Vern~ Wood; secretary, Mr.,. Charles H . Batchelder; treasurer of current eict>o:: nses, Mrs. Norman E. Rand; auditor, Mi·s. H. Clinton Taylor. Mrs. Philltps B. Badger, Mrs. G. B. Chadwic!c, Mr11 Joseph P. Conner, Mrs. W. A, Dorney, • Mrs. Albert Hislop, Mrs. Albert a. Hunt, Mrs. R. Clyde Margeson, Mrs. E. Curtis Matlhews, Mrs. Boardman M. Randall, Mrs. John E. Seybolt, Mrs, Jeremy R. Waldron, Mrs. Charles I-£. Walker. Matron, Mr . Florence Hill; j1';:-r_;,'"'!·"--,.~''.0,..··.·-~1 assistant matrons, Miss Florene(} 3. Htll and Miss Virginia Dolloff. �GARDEN CLUB HAS ~ BUSY ·MEETING - ~ .' Ext r e.c r lis ent Manufacturing Company Was Incorporated Over 110 Years Ago . Portsmouth Herald Photo MILL OF THE EXETER MANUI•"ACTURING -, COMPANY Enough cioth is manufacLurcd in one of $1000 each. Early Settlers were year by the Exeter Manufacturing Co., among the incorporators of the mill, so that if it was all cut into adhesive· including Nathaniel Gilman, John Taylor Gilman, Bradbury Cilley, Stevtape it would encircle the globe four .en Hanson, John Rogers, Nathaniel times at the equator. And' that is quite Gilman 3rd and Paine Wingate. · a record for one of the oldest incorFive thousand spindles, 175 Scotch porated cotton mills in New England looms and preparatory machines conthat has more than doubled its equip- sisted the first equipment of the comment since it was founded in June, 1827, pany and at present the looms have more than 110 years ago. doubled and there are more than Production In this mill remained un- twice as many spindles. abated during the past few years Company o!Iicials cite that condiwh!le in other manufacturing centers tions of the factory have been greatly some mills were completely shut down improved since the time when the by labor troubles and strikes but re- average working day for women and cently the Exeter mill went on a two- girls was 123/, hours prior to 1847. All shirt program. OITicials made the deci- female help had to live- within five sion l,o omit the third :,hift temporari- minutes walk of the mill and they Jy b ccl\UciC of U1c present volume of were obllgcd Lo work 2 ½ hours befortt business. breakfast and were paid $2.50 a week. D'.lniel Webster was one of Uie early Raw and finished cotton products were stockholders in Lile corporation that shipped from and to Portsmouth by was divided into 150 shares of stock barge until the first railroad was built which had a market value at the time through Exeter in 1842. "Washington, 't1Jc City Beautiful," was the subject of Mrs.'George H. Warren's talk before the Portsmouth Garden Club members and their guests at -,.,,..:c,·,,~•-.:, ... the meeting held Monday afternoon. About 60 attended, including several from the Eliot Garden Club. During the business session it was voted to appropriate money to buy a ping pong table for the Y. M. C, A., and it was also voted to attend the Boston Flower Show in a group. A tentative date has been set for Saturday, March 19, and Mrs. Charles Amhoff, president of the club, is in charge of arrangements. • The spring flower show of the club was discussed and will be held during the iris blooming time, about the latter part of May. Mrs. Virginia Washburn is chairman of the committee in charge of the show. Mrs. John Mitchell of the Eliot Garden Club told about the annual meet:. 1£tiit·-&.::"'~11.•:;V{ ing of the Massachusetts Audubon So• clety in Boston last month. Mrs. Harold M. Smith, who recently attended a flower show judging school in l3oston, explained to those present the points which are noticed and judged at a flower show, and al,so . gave many .... ~·....-"'~-•-•M. helpful hints to those planning to enter a flower show. It was announced .that the Ports• mouth Garden Club will hold a card party at the home of Mrs. F. w. Hartford on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 r~it·,.,~•.,::~i;;,~ o'clock. · Two new members were admitted to the club yesterday and a feature of the meeting was a valentine roll call, ;Mrs. Warren, of New Castle ·and r,..:,,.~.,,,~c,;:-,, Manchester, illustrated her interesting talk with views in the Nation's capital. During her talk she gave many interest• ing sidelights of Washington and the Presidents who have lived there. sides many colorful slides showing beauties of the parks in _that city, famous buildings were shown and Mrs. Warren told interesting stories about them. · Afl,cr tho meeting a sllvcl' collection was taken· for Lile benefit of the club treasury. �TELLS OF LI FE OF MADAM CURIE Portsmouth Herald Photo ENTRANCE TO lEXIE'll'lEJR IPUBJLIC LIBRARY One of the many attractive build- early Exeter citizens · re hung on the lugs in Exeter, the llbrary, was built in walls. 1894 to house the increasing store of Two large pictures of Exeter Cathe•• books which prior to that time had oral in Exeter, England , from wh!ch been stored in the old town hall on the Academy town received its name, Court street. The llbmry was estab- at· also to be found here. In the read•· ltshed in 1853. ing room there 1s a bust of the late The building is of_ yellow brick con• "Henry_Flagg French," who was a cltl• structlon. The entrance hall 1s floored zen of Exeter from 1832 to 1860, He WM with mosaic tile and the interior wood• one of the founders of the library and woi·lt is quo.r!ered pak, ,7cwo light and l1elped Improve the school11 of his time. p ;,,:;-::;,~"l.n,·~• . read!iig rQomrloi· ~dults and .a . At the entrance uu~re are tablet.'! alle1· one for children are fltted wlth ~earing the names of Exeter men wh(ll . omfortable furnishings, Portro.i(;.~ of• ,qerved in the Civil W~,r. Fannie Barnett Linsky gave the third in a series of lectures for the Portsmouth Coun~il of Jewish Women at Temple Israel last evening. She pre-· sented the Biography of Madame Curie, written by her daughter, Eve Curle, in a most inspiring manner. She said that, born o! Polish parents on Nov. 7, 1867, the little girl was unknown to the world, but at her death, in 1934, the whole world mourned a woman genius. In her girlhood, n lonely governess, she st.udlcd physics. Lat.er, after years of privation, she graduated from the Sorbonne at Paris. After her graduation she met Pierre Curie, already making his mark as a scientist. They married and together Isolated a declgram of radium from a resldnc ton of pit.chblenclc. In an lnsnfflclcnt laboratory they worked for four hard years. They . presented the radium to the SOrbonne to be used for experiments. During the war Madame Curie built 200 radiological l'OOIDll behind the battlelines. After the death o! her lrnsband she was given the profes~orshlp which he had held. In addition to the review oi' the Biography, Mrs. Linsky told fl personal story connected with the coming of the inventor to this country. Mrs. William Maloney, editor of thP. Woman's Home Companion, visited Madame Curie at her home In France. Through her efforts many Americans became interested in the work o! the inventor in regard to cancer research. Madame Ourie came here first in 1921 and then in 1930, when she was given an honornry degr-te . at Columbia University. The biography does 11ot. dwell alto• £€ther on the invention of :radium, but nlso tells with much .sympathy of the fine spirit of sacrifice of Madame Marie Ourle and Pierre Curie and of their <'levot1on to each other. In spire of the many honors h-eaped lll)On her, Madame ourie was a most wassuming little woman and won the admiration of all who saw h£:r. 1\/Il's, Linsky will talk on the · tJ'leai'1'e ~t:is) lfCtllrQ OJl M'fmh m.~ 14· �Expenses Andi Operalioltll Of Portt:smoillltthl And Mare Island Navan Prisons 'l'he expected inci case in the strength closed since 1933. Durlng the ·world 01 the enlisted pcn;onnel_of the Navy War all three prisons were filled be•• yond- tllel:r normal capacity, and :In during the 1939 flspal year, which will time o:f 11atlonal emergency this con- 1 f!]ve a correspondlng increase 1n the rnm1ber of prisoners, is one. of tl1e rea:io.ns cited by naval authorities for tho need of $2,500 addltional in 1939 funds :fol' the expenses · oI prisons, prisoners, ' coul't-martial, etc. It is expected that there will be a 12 per cent increase 1n the number of enllsted men over 1937 1or the :fiscal year 1939, There will be nn increase :from 11.2,000 1n 1937 to 126,00 in 1939, accordlng to present plans, 1n the total number of enlisted men in the Navy and Marine Corps, and, :ilnce these prisons house both the nava I nod marine pl'lsone1·s, a corres1iondlng increase .ln prisonern 1s cit•• JJectecl. The most 1m11ort::mt incrl'nse L'I ln the coMt o! cClnl, the prlce !or 1937 nt the Portsmouth prl8on beh1g $4.83 a ton. The Federal Coal Commission l).rlce for l938 ls $5.02 a ton, an increase o.f 13 per cent. 1\ssuming that this ls t.he prospective contract price fm• 1939, wl1ich ls doubtless the minimum, the Increase ln the cost of coal due to tho Jnc1case in price will be $1,740 to be 1inlcl by the 1930 appropriation at PorLsmouU1 alone. Last year, duo to l..hc unusually mlld winter, 400 tons o.1 coal less than ··usual were used as •~ompared to the average winter ot tho .five m;;vlu;,;s yearn. Even i1 there l.s an nverngc winter in 1939, the cost o:f coal n.lone will be increased by $1,886. The operation oI navr1l prisonB 16 ucs.cdbed as follows: 'l'h e Navy now maintains only two prJsons----0ne at Portsmouth, N. H. ancl one nt Marc Island, Calif. The naval lll'i8on at Pai.Ti:; Js.tancl, S . C., has been HAS 1815 COPY·Of1 N. H. REGISTER ~,\J West NoLLingham, Feb . Hi-Amos B. Dame, who recently uncovered two old matl1ematical and penmanship teKt·• IJooks, used )JY his grundfathcr, Da me, back in 1798, while rummaging through an old desk, has since dlscov ered in the century nnd· one-half-old. Dn me homestead a copy o! tile New Hampshil·c Register for 1815, which contains much inl,erestlng lnformo.tlon. Among items in the old volume Is a. list of all postoffices in the stat • Two of t.lt<' Rockln ghnm County towns men• Uoned ancl 0110 in liltlsborough Counl.1 would not bo recognized by thelt· theit rlgl1tful names toclny. They aN Hawke, now Danville; Poplin, now ll'ro• mont, and Notting West, now Hudson, Court sittings, almanac data and other useful facts are 1ucludeEl itt the book, dJtion may be expected to attain again. ConBequently, the maintenance o:! these prisons ls neceS8al-y :for the national defense. At one time durin1(thc World War 2,200 prisoners were incarcerated at the Portsmouth prison. Its normal capacity Is 450. In 19.28 there were a total of 1,041 prisoners in all naval prisons. This number g:raclually reduced until in 1936 a low point of 150 was reached. These :flgw•c5 have Blowly increased. At present thei·c 1B a total of 189 prisoners. The low number of prisoners in late years may be attributed partly to the unusually high type of men lnductcc1 into the Navy during the clepression years. It ls logical to expect that M tho general cconomio 1,ltuatlon improves and as ihe personnel of tho Navy ls increased, the numbe1· o:f prlooners will increase. The marine detail at Portsmout.h prison consists of 101 enlisted men and 8 omcers. In addition to guarding the prison thJs detail has to keep up its military drllls, rifle range practice, and various other forms o:f military instruction and training. It is in the Brune 6tatus as the marine detachment at any other naval .station, in that it is a.vailable 1n part 1or other duty on call or in case of emergency in that. area 01· elsewhere. The aepartment has under conslderation whether it would be advlsablo to station and barrack part of thls detachment elsewhere. In addition· to the marine detachment, thr.rc are 13 naval enlisted men and one J1avo.l warrant, officer statlonc(l the naval prison, Portsmouth, N. H, There arc also five civilians employed there, three fu·emen, one plpe1ltte1·, and one t:\Bor. All prisoners who are 1,ervlng sen- Ls~·r·•,,,.,, tences in excess of three years are confined in the Portsmouth prison on account of its higher securit,-y, In addition to these, all from east of the Mississippi River are confined there. During the fiscal year 1930 the cost of heat and :fuel at Portsmouth was $11,030 (a severe wlnter). During the fiscal year 1937, due to the unusually m1ld winter, lt dropped to $8,200. The fuel blll at Portsmouth ls paid t:tiree:fourths by miscellaneous expenses, Navy, and one-fourth by general~ penses, Marine Corps. The naval prison at Mare Island, Calif., built in 1891, is an older type 1:,:i,,1::,;<.,~,;,;;>· of structure, less secure than that at Portsmouth, even though its lnterior has been modernized. Its normal cap- ~~~:"'°J,"if,".J~f,,~-! acity ls 400 prisoners. At present there are 93 confined. The marine guard consists o! tour oliicers and 84 enllstecl men, whose duties are to guard the prlsoners and in aditlon maintain their military efficiency, The heaL _nncl fuel bill for the :fiscal year 1936 at Mare Island was $2,111 and for 1937 · was $2,706. Mare Island rr.celves heat from the oil-1lred central heating plant in the navy yard. The difference in the expenditure :for heat and fuel between Marc Island and Portsmouth ls due to the difference in winter temperature11. P._'i'i.YJ..'\.l'•n~:,..,.:'" -Army and Navy Regi8Ler '-"""-~----....,..,....,,_......,._.....,,,__ _h·: 0, PLANS BlLL TO ·ENLARGE LOCAL NAVY YARD LL· ~ Washington. Feb. 26.-Congrcssman Jenks said last night Ile intends· to introduce a bill asking for an appropriation of $1,090,000 for expansion of fa. cilities at Porlsmouth Navy Yard. He said naval ofTiclals have personally assured him Lhat the Navy Depnrtment wlll npprove the measure. The bill will provide one additional building ways, wl1ich would increase the capacity of submarines under construction at the same time from two to three. It will also provide for construction of the shlpfltters' shop. Jenks has been seeking funds for expanding the Portsmouth yard for some time and has conferred with officials of the Navy Department and with Chairman Carl Vinson of the House naval affairs committee. Jenks Jg a member of this committee. Whether the appropriation will be included as an amendment to the $800,000,000 authorization bill now under discussion or whether it will be presented as a special blll, Jenks was 1 unable to say. He said he plans to confer with Vinson on this point, adding that Jf it is not included in any blanket appropriation, he will introduce a separate �CITY COUNCIL : ACTS ON ROUTI E BUSINESS think the parking committee should be congratulated on taking care of the parking question at such a low cost," he stated., TI1e report was accepted. The report of the city physician and chairman of the Board of Health was also accepted and placed on flle. This showed the city physician had made Gl4 house calls and received 285 office calls, among a number of other items. Councilman Durell presented resolu• tions covering the reports of the Board of Street Commissioners. The first resolution was to make funds available by the incinerator committee for the installation of water and electric lines and poles to the new incinerator, and for the building of a cesspool and other minor Items, as· may be required, The The City Council held a regular meet• Ing Thursday night at the Council chamber, those present being Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith and Council• men Charles T. Durell, T. J. Downs, Robert M. Herrick, Roland Sukeforth, Edgar A. Blanchard, John Leary, Jr., Frederick Schlegel and John Burk• hardt .. ;~ i't I I \ I 11' I~ \ • ~, I \i "'t\. . ., ,., • :-The reading of the records of the resolution also specified that the bal• last meeting was omitted. nnce of the 1930 bond Issue for permanMayor Goldsmith read several com• ent improvement be transferred to the munlcatlons to the Council • The su• lnclncrntor committee to he expencled perlntendent of the Bon.rd of Slroet by the Board or Street Commissioners Commissioners made a report on the for a road and grading to Lhe inciner• cost of completing the tennis courts at ator. the Playgrounds. The Board of Street The second resolution appropriated Commissioners gave an estlmat.e of the $7800 for the completion o! the tennis cost of Improving Jones avenue and courts at the South Playgrounds, and of building a road to the new inciner• the third was for an appropriation of ator. The street commissioners stated $100 for the malnt.enance of the hockey they had a tractor and snow-plow and skating rinks at the South Play• which were not nee~d and had an op• grounds, Each of the resolutions was portunity to sell them and asked for passed. · permission to do so, which was grant• City Soltcltor Leo Llberson spoke of a ,,,..=,,...,,,. ed. previous council authorizing the sale The annual report of the trustees of of land to Charles Gouse, but said it the Public Library was received and was impossible to secure a waranty deed placed on file. A communication from and a delay was caused because of this. the Board of Street Commissioners Now, he said, Mr. Gouse desires a quit stated that the cost of snow removal to claim deed to the property and the sodate has been $4000 and that there was licitor stated he would like to have the $1000 on hand. council go on record as authorizing A communication from Ada N. Tuck• this. This was done. er of 458 Broad street regarding land A report of the WP A committee "-•,-:~,i.ll on Humphries Court was read. Mayor stated that as soon as the engineer ~-.,.,cu»••·" Goldsmith explained that the matter staked out the work the project would was still in the hands of the committee be started. Mayor Goldsmith stated .."'~",._,......, on claims. A claim was received for damages to that this part would be completed by th! middle of next week at Lhe In.test. The 1ff .,~<r.i,;i,•l".I the top of an automobile resulting from proposed project of pninLing is being a snowslide off the building on Market held up, said Councilman Herrick in Jl~•.~•l'l<l"i:.a street known as the Flynn property, making the report, but stated he hoped !f;'J1.-...~Uil and this was referred to the committee the Ocean road . project would come on claims. through. He also mentioned other . A request for a street light on Mel• projects as being considered. bourn street, near Simes avenue, and Adjournment was at the call of the another request for a light on Ridge's chair. Court were referred to the committee TI1e Boy Scout deputies appointed on street lights. earlier in the week were present as The petition of Albert H. Belisle ask• onlookers at the session and at the next ~•.:,,,,:~:.. ing for permission to purchase land and meeting on Feb. 24 will hold a council a building acquired by the city for non• meeting of their own. '''""'""~-...... payment of taxes, was read and the re• turn of the property was authorized tL.......,,,.._.._.,...--:-'."-=-:::----.,,-;,:~l"':"'!~~"'0'/ upon payment of taxes and charges. · H. J. Frostik of the National Gyp• swn Company was appoil).ted a weigher and this was confirmed. ~:;:~~~ Pole locations requested by the New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. """'··"""':""" were granted. The Mayor read a report on municipal parking lot, stating that the cost of putting the lot into shape was $489. 07. The number of vehicles parked there _was 29,822 at a cost' o! ..,...,,.._,.,.,_/.£• sixteen-thousan ths of a cent. l BRIEF MEETING ~~ The mayor and clLy council ' held a brl~f meeUng on Friday evening, and then they went into session with -the Finance committee and discussed the annual budget. Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith presided and all were present, with the exception of Councilman Edgar Blanehard. The reading of the records of the meeting earlier in the week was dispensed with. A communication from the Board of Adjustment, regarding the petition of B. ·M. Varrell for a permit to store gasoline and fuel oil on Ceres street was received. Tile board's decision was that it would not be c!ctrlmcnlnl a1id Lhe council granted the desired permission. A resolution transferring funds within the highway department was received, and as Commissioner Ralph Atwell was present, Councilman Wyman Boynton asked that he explain the l'esolullon, which he did. The transfer was authorized. Commissioner Atwell also spoke regardhig the rcsolnUon which was referred to the Finance committee at the last meeting, asking for $300 to paint the Sherburne Springs pumping station, and this was also authorized. Councllman Downs presented a reso• lution amending the ordinance prohibiting parking on the one side or Daniels street from Market Square to Bow. The ordinance passed its first reading and -was referred to the parking committee. The parking committee consists of Councilman Downs, chairman; Councilmen Schlegel, Burkhardt, Lea1'y and Herrick. Councilman Downs presented blue prints of another parking lot, which were examined by the council members. The blue prints were by Engineer John W. Durgin. The mayor spoke of the P. W: A. projects staUng that the Atlantic Heights project had been sent to the federal authorities for approval, and that the Ocean Road work can be started shortly. Councilman Durell spoke about the plan for lighting Parrott avenue, giving a description .or the plan. The plans calls for 15 250-watt lights running from Junkins avenue to Richards avenue on the water side of Parrott avenue. The total cost will be $1121 exclusive of the work which the city wlll put in. This was referred to the Finance committee for action. Councilman Downs presented the plans for Christmas lighting and explained them. This was also referred to the Finance committee. Mention was also made that an effort is being made to obLain the work of building standards as a WPA project. The council then adjourned to the - call or the chah-, and Chairman Durell or the Finn.nee comm!Uee took over the gavel. The group was in session for some ti,;., m..;e.;.._ _ __ ~ - - - -- - • �HISTORICAL · SOCIETY 'MEETS AT KITTERY Harry M. Lake of Concord Gives Talk On 'Intellectual Life of Abraham Lincoln' At a meeting of the Kittery Histori-ral Society at the Congregational Church at Kittery Point on Saturday evening, at which members of the Ports111ouU1 and Exeter historical societies were present as special guests, HaJ'l'y M. Lake of Concord, the sµcaker of the evening, gave a very interesting talk on "The Intellectual Llfe of Abraham Lincoln." . Mr. Lake brought out many polut.q about Lincoln which are not generally known to the public and held the attention of his audience throughout his address, which ,Vas much different than the usual rw1 of talks on this subject and presented in a way that brought the facts home in a telling manner and in an informal yet lmpres• sive style. It was conceded by all present that it was one of the most interesting talks on Abraham Lincoln ever given in this section. · One of the interesting sidelights on the life of Lincoln brought out by Mr. Lake was that Lincoln prepared his famous Gettysburg Address in Washington before leavihg that city by train for Gettysburg and did not jot it down on the back of an envelope en route to tho dedication exercises, ns has been U1c popular l>c!Jef. · The meeting was opened by Burnell Frisbee, president of the Kittery Historical Society, who introduced Judge James W. Remick. Judge Remick, honorary president of the association, and a close friend of the speaker, introduced Mr. Lake as an outstanding au• thority on the life of Lincoln, particularly on public speeches made by him. In his talk Mr. Lake did not relate any of the grammar school stories of Lincoln as a rail splitter, etc., but rather graphically illustrated Lincoln's great intellectual power, which was self-trained. Compared wiLh the present cost of a young In wycr·s education, Mr. Lake said, the cost of Lincoln's education h1 law was very small, adding that at the time he laid the foundation for his education he did not realize the treasure· he was buying for only 50 cents. It all came about as an easterner, Lraveling toward the West · Coast, sLopped at the store where Lincoln worked nnd offered to sell a barrel full or knlckknn.clcs. Taking plLy on the man Lincoln, llttlc realizing that he was buying his first step toward the presldcncy of Urn UniLed States of America, bought the barrel and its contents for half a dollar • It was a short time later that he found in the barrel four volumes of Blackstone's books on law, Atty, Lake said, and by studying these books month after mont11, Lincoln finally was ready to eo.ter the legal profession. In due course of time young Lincoln was admitted to the bar, but, like many young lawyers establishing - a business, Special to The Portsmouth He1·ald found clients few. ln the face of this Durham - An epidemic of unusual adversity he went on a lecture tour that proved to be a definite failure. proportions spread by the antique Whatever caused his early lecture to "bug" has almost overwhelmed 'this fall so flatly and pass into oblivion was university town. Sotne nearby towns overcome "Oy Lincoln for, in his debates have been touclied slightly by its ravwith Douglas, Lincoln's speeches. have ages. That is wl1at has happened in been preserved, although much that Durham, where the Fine Arts commitDouglas uttered In the debates has long tee of the University of New Hampsince been forgotten, Mr. Lake said. shh'e is arranging a public exhibition Reporters were so interested in one ol of antiques to be held on Feb. 19 and his talks during a political campaign 20 from 2-10 p.m., in conjunction with in 1856 that they neglected to write the the opening of the new wings of the speech down. It has since become Ham.ilton Smith library. Every home in known as the "Jost speech." the town has IJeen ransacked In the One o! the reasons Mr. Lake cited to search for !umlly heirlooms or historic confirm the belie! that Lincoln pre~ h1terest. pared his Gettysburg Address on a To date this ~earch .nas unearthed Lral.n was a talk with the latter's office such items as: a chair of h,te 17th or boy. Mr. Lincoln was very consclen~ early 18th century craftsmanship tlous and revised his speeches until which belonged to Governor John they were just right, the now aged man Wentworth; two \interesting and rare told Mr. Lake, In this talk Mr. Lake highboys; a large and valuable 16th gained much insight into the life of century Flemish tapestr?; lJ. Quee11Abraham Lincoln. Anne desk; a very rare grandmothe1 · The speaker said he rated Lincoln as clock; a pair of claw and ball fooL one of the five greatest statesmen of the Chippendale chairs, part of . a set, the world and ,said he gained his first real rest of which is in the Philadelphia foothold 0 n the presidential nomina,. 111useum. tlon when he made his famous Coopeu Among the pictures to Union Hall speech. will b e a Tenier which belonged to One example Mr. Lake cited to shoV{ Sir Charles Pepperell; a ·series of 17th the persistence Lincoln demonstrated century Dtitch portraits; and a series against the most adverse conditions was of 18th cent'ury colonial paintings. The when before a crowd of 1500 people, who number of pictures to be exhibited will were booing and hissing him, he was be approximately forty. able to utter only one sentence In the It is at present planned to h!)ve _three first hour and at the end of the second rnoms assembled in the exhibjtionhour was only finishing the first few one a European room of 16th-and· 17th pnmgrnphs, but at Lhe end of the talk ccnlur,v !uml:;hi11&s: one an enrly all tho people were listening eagerly New Hampshire l'oom, showing the: beand all were In his favor. ~innings of arts and c:afts _· i.11, New Tho meotlng was one of the most in• second New- Haiii.p-. terest!ng held by· the Kittery Hlstori• shire room· of about 1760, which will ~al Society. iliustrate the "golden age'' of New Hampshire and• coluuial arts and, craits. The various sections of the· exhibit have l;leeu placC!d by thtl committee in the luind~ of peo11le· unnsunlly quali, fld. in special fields as follows: Mrs. John S. Elliott, early glass; Mrs. ~llfford S. Parker, chiua; Mrs. Fred Engelhardt, press~d glass; Mrs. Harold' R. Scudder, pewter; Mrs. Carroll S, Towle and Professor Philip M. Marston, books, · docunJents and manuscripts; Mrs. Helen F, McLaughlin, luster ware; .Mrs. Robert G. Webster, miniatures; Professor• Paul P. Grigaut, paintings; Professor William G. Hennessy, furniture; Professor Arthur W. Jones, siland Mrs. ,James Schoolcraft, PLAN ANTIQU-_ES EXHIBIJ Al UNIV. OF N. H. . 0 Heu;;;sl~~-~-~;d a. �When exercises are held tomorrow at n memorial tablet on the Henry Wilson highway, about 9 miles north of Rochester, just across the Farmington line, commemorating the 126th birthday anniversary of Henry Wilson, 18th vice president of the United States tlllder J>resident Ulysses s. Grant, those takblg part will realize that the $100 approf)riated last March at the annual town tmeeting in Farmington to improve the grounds around the marker on the site o! the blrthplnce of the town's lllus1rlous citizen have been well spent. Under the direction of Herbert J3rowne a great change has been made On conditions there. The gravel top 111urfnce has been removed to a depth of n foot or more and t.he surface renewed with good soil. The dead trees and weed growths have been taken away nnd the surface prepared for the planting of seeds, shrubbery and flowers. Most of the work done thus far has been 1n the nature of a gratuitous contribution to the undertaking. Mr. Brow1)e has contributed liberally of his spare time, Mr. Baston resurfaced the panel_ for inscription, and Mr. Long covered nll the lettering with gold foil. Place Has Been Neglected Three years before he died in 1875, nnd while serving as United States senator from Massachusetts, Henry Wilson purchased the land on which the boulder stands and marks the site of his birthplace from his old friend, Martin Luther Hayes of Farmington. Nearly n year after Vice President Wilson died 1he executor of his estate conveyed the land to the town of Farmington with the understanding that "It shall be forever known, used and kept as the monumental grounds of the birthplace of the Honorable Henry Wilson, late president of the United states." boulder was placed the same largely through the generosity of Mr . Hayes, as is Indicated on the back side of the rock. Although the spot, which is passed ,.,,,_-c..-,•-.,..., annually by · thousands of tourists en route to the Jake regions, stands close to l<>,.,.::11.-....llPI the state road, it had been neglected unttr tourists began to remark about the · eon di tion. Residents of Farmington thought the land should be improved nnd an article was lnser~d In the town warrant last year calling for an approJ)rintlon of $100 to Improve the grounds. A1though born In Farmington, the t10n of Winthrop and Abigail Colbath nnd christened Jeremiah Jones Colbath, 'Which he later had changed by the legislature to Henry W!lson, the ! town's !ll ustrlous citizen wa.s equally· known in Rechester, due to his thirst 1-or knowledge. Writing In the history of Rochester, Rev. F. W. Upham told !how Hon. David Barker, who kept the 1.own library, was late for tea one day 1md when he did arrive he told h1s wife !he hncl been with a boy who had walk.ed clown from Farmington, some eight miles, to consult with him on what to read and how to improve his miud. "Why did you not send him back In the wagon?" Mrs. Barker asked, and there was a depth of meaning In Mr. Barker's answer, "He was not that kind of boy." That boy lived to be senator and to die vice president-Henry Wllson-RJJd 1.he book select.eel for him ,;,;as Mar hnll't "Life of Washington.• Champion Against Slavery At the end of ll years, when ne had snved his time, young WiJwn walked to Rochester to find work, und being 1m~uccr::.~J11l contlmirrl on to Dovrr nnd Haverhill and finally found employment In the home of n bhoemaker in Natick, Mass. He snved his wages and In 1835 walked back to New Hampshire 1o bee his folks. Strafford J,cademy, now Austin· Cate Academy, at nearby Strafford, was Just opening and young Wllson enrolled. He was quick in debate and became a champion of the anti-slavery cause. Wh!le at school ~ :friend, to whom he had entrusted his l!avlngs, went bankrupt and Wilson lost all his money, so he went back to Nat.Jck and again became a shoemaker . His political career began about 1840 . The abolition movement was in full .!lWlng and Wilson advocated the elect.Ion of Harrison and Tyler. He spoke at more than 40 meetings and was elected to the Massachusetts legislature, serving for two years. He was then elected to the Massachusetts senate, serving, for three years and being recognized as the Free Soll party leader. In 1845, accompanied by his friend, John Greenleaf Whittler, the poet, he presented a bill in Congress protesting ngalnst the addition to t.he Uulon of Texas as a slave state. He bolled the national convention of the Whig party ln 1848 because that body rejected his Rnti-slavery resolution. Wilson decided to enter the newspaper field and bought the Boston Republican, editing it for two years and making it the organ of the Free Soil party. Five years later, In 1855, he was elected United States senator, holding the office for 18 years, resigning when he became vice president in 1872. He died of apoplexy in 1875. The state of New Hampshire Tecognized the services and character of Henry Wilson by placing a bronze tablet in the rotunda of the State House at Concord; the Grange at Farmington and the town band nre named in honor of their illustrious son, and last spring the state . legislature vot.ed to name that portion of Route 11, from Rochester to Alton Bay, which passes by t.he site of Mr. Wil&on's birthplace, the Henry Wilson Highway. 1 Tomorrow the schools .of Farniington will have a special program in honor of the 126th anniversary of Vice President Wilson·s birth, . CATHOLIC BOOK WEEK BEING OBSERVED This week is being observed as Catholic Book Week at the Portsmouth Public Library and there is on display at the library a large number of books of ·nterest to Catholics. These books are of interest to the general public as well, but are of particular interest to Cathollcs. There are books by both Catholics and P1·otestants, and include fiction, non-fiction and books for young people. This display is sponsored by the local order of Catholic Daughters of America nnd will be on exhibit Ion dm·tng lhc entire week. During that Umo the hooks cannot be taken from the library, hut at the expiration of the week, when people have had an opportunity to look at the display, they can he taken out. Through the kindness of Miss Hannah Fernald, the librarian, the exhibit has been selected from the books in the library, but they have never been grouped before. A list of the books hos hccn typed and contains the works of many well known writers. Included among the authors are the following: Agnes Rupplies, Gilbert K_. Chesterton, Hillaire Belloc, Alice Meynell, Alfred Noyes, Giovanni Papin!, Joyce Kilmer, Maurice Baring, Lady Clifford, Sheila Kaye-Smith, Maurice Walsh, Loui:; Hemon, Mrs, BellocLowncles, Willa Cather, Philip Gibbs, Rose Wllder Lane, Ernest Oldmeadow and Helen White. In connection with Catholic Book Week, there will be a lecture at the K. of C. hall at 8 o'clock Thursday evening by Prof. John H. Walsh of the University of New Hampshire. Prof. Walsh wJII speak on "The Modern Trend of Literature.'' He is nected with the Department of guages at the University of Hampshire. �FOREIGN AFFAIRS BOOK DISPLAY . t4tt AT THE UBRARY O Prof. John S. 'Wa1sh Speak Under Spons0rsh1p Of C. D. Of A. The local court of Catholic Daughters Pro.f. John S. Walsh of t,J1e Liberal Art,s College, Univer~Hy of New Hampshi1·e, at It. o! C. l1all last evening before a capacity autll~mcc. In the abl;cncc o.f 1,h c grnn d regent, Mm. Ryan, Mitii; JuliP. Butler, vice ,·eQ gent, greeted tlic ai;,~mbly and p1e11Cnted Mrs. Lee Scott, ch;:,,irman o! the Study Group. Mrs. Scott spoke o! the current Ca.Uiolic Book Week which is being conducted llY the court at the Publlc Llbracy. It has been a succc:,;.~fu\ nchlcvement through the ,splendid coopcmtlon o! the . llbr:nlnn, Misi; Hannah Fernald, who has worked untiringly wlth U1e committee, M1·:i. Scott a.nu Mrs. Thomas Flynn. Mrs. Scott then introduced Professor Walsh, who gave an inspp'ing talk on "Modem '!'rends in Catholic Literature." Professor Walsh attributes Uie Increase in the reading of good literature to the lroulllcd condition of the worlc1 today and the feeling of the people that, although the characteristics or dependal:Jllity, honesty and tolerance a.re lackl.ng in U1e world at large, people reel they can cultivate these virtues in themselves through good reading . He rlefined Ill,ciature a:i a 1·ecord of human expcrlenc~3 and good llteratw·e a.s worlt which cxpresse3 a sort of sublime feeling in an artistic way. Books which have a catholJc splrlt are those in accord with tbe principles of the teachl.ngs o! Chrj.st wl1ere they 1·ecognlze the unmistakable characterJStic.'l of the supremacy o! God, ll!e everlasting, love of virtue, humanity and truth. They llever appeal to the lower Instincts. In order to appreciate any of the arl3, poetry, music or painting, people must be trained to enjoy them. They mUl!t be 11tud1ed to be appreciated. Because of the 11.mlted time Professo1· Walsh confl.ned hi.'! reading to poetry. His readin :: were delightful and i1 ational. Among the poets wliose p were 1-ead were G. K. Chesterton, draic Colum, Joyce Kilmer, · :F'r Tabb and T. A. Daley. In closini bl.s lecture he gave ~ sage to anyone who has the train' a child to provide him with a spil' · background and to guide him to s the bn.rder subjects of history, for languages :;.nd mathemattcs. which give him a foundation to better app.1 ate Htcrature. He said, "There enough 111.ero.turc for us to reacl tl should live 5000 years. Let m1 lear di.seem between the good and the to find material for appreciation make OW' lives happier." of Anurica pr4!sentec1 - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - -- - - - - - -- LUB STARTED~~ • •• , 1-l'• A large number of camera enthusiasts met last eve_n!ng at the Yr-:1C~ to take steps toward the organizatlen 1of a Camera club. ~uyler Lakin, a ' former member of the Hartford County Camera club, Hartford, Conn., who is ~ow residing in this city, spoke o! the large number of activities carried· on by.-that club which were not only mutually beneficial to Its members, but which were also a means of-boosting thepar•'f,t~:!i,;.r,.:, ent city to a high degree. From his experience he suggested a series of activities to be carried out immediately, before the summer months, so that every member who will join at once will be privileged to attend lectures which wlll give him basic instruction in photography. In the Hartford club Mr. Lakin has taught advanced work classes of fifty to seventy-five members. Consequently the Portsmouth club feels highly pleased that it can present to its members a series of four lectures by Mr. Lakin, beginning April 27th. The lectures scheduled are on developing, printing and ealarglng, composition and the use of filters. Grant Kierstead of Boston, also gave some very interesting experiences: Actual organization of the club wlll take place at the next meeting on April 27th, at which time the noml.nating committee will report and offlce1·s will be elected. All those interested In becoming charter members .of this organization should notify Dr. F. 0. Procter, Jr., at once, or leave their name with the local YMCA of.flee. Interest in this new club is running very high, and those interested are very enthusiastic over its potentialities, stating that new names are coming 1n every day. A display of new books devoted to foreign affairs is now featured at the Por~n1outh Publlc Library. This dlsJ)lay is most timely with the world beilng shaken by startling unheavals from the accepted 1orni.s of government, with wars and th1·eats of further wars being encountered all over the globe. Included are the latest and most authoritative volumes designed to bring an derstanding of Just what is happening in this world of ours. The5e books are not_ ~ xt-books but rather they are thrilling personal narratives of events shaping the governments, the maps, the living standards and the lives of the people of many nations. Adventures that are actual happenings, descriptions of ways of ll!e entirely strange to us, inside facts that help us to interpret for ourselves the meaning of the daily happenings throughout the world, these are set forth by some of the world's leading writers in these books. The volumes In this display are not reserved, but rather are available for loan at all times. The large selection to choose from is most grattlying. A display boa.rd bears colorful bookcovers mounted upon it, together with pictures lllustrat-i ng various foreign events. Among the large number of fascinating volumes available a few are as follows: A Mirror to Geneva, The Ltle and Death of a Spanish Town, The House That Hitler Built, Plot and Counter Plot, In Central Europe, Behind the Spanish Barricades, Two Wars and More to Come, Children of the Risl.ng Sun, Japan Over Asia, Hotel 1n Spain, Asslgrune1it in Utopia, Invertebrnte Spain, An Atlas of Current Affairs, Inside Europe, The Siege of Alcazar, Europe Under the Terror, The World Since 1917, Mussolini's It.aly, r»,•··-.c.~.,, England Speaks, German Phoenix, Escape From the soviets, Nazi Dictatorship, Spanish Towns nnd People, If 0 War Comes, I Speak For the Silent, Zero Hour, The 158 Days, From Spanish Trenches, Looking Ben.Ind the CenThe Portsmouth Camera Club held sorships, General Chiang Kai-Shek, a meeting at tJ1e YMCA rooms on Your Child Faces War, Red Star Over Wednesday evening with 27 members China, Communism; Fascism or Depresent. Officers elected at the meeting mocracy, The Third Reich and I were: president, Cuyler Lakin; vice Found No Peace. presi!fent, Capt. Oliver Marvin; secre- ff>::~~,<; tary, Wllliam Colbath and treasurer, Samuel Kingsbury. . Mr. Lakin demonstrated developing !..•~-~f;t•&,:' and at · the next - meeting .to be held•· May lL there will be a lecture ,m- PORTSMOUTH CAMERA : CLUB ELECTS r,W-- ~ �Three Hundred Years of a British.- Regitnent 1 I l(_(\.lV,C/( ; y r 1..1 n. I THE SWORD A D cc~~- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THE ROSE. By A. W. Smith . • . . Boston: Little, Brown & Company . . ·. $2.50 Reviewed by William Fox 0 MAGNIFICENT undertaking, nobly executed, is this story of a famous British regiment which has seen well over three hundred years of distinguished service. It ls scarcely credible that one mind could control with such perfect skill and convincing accuracy so many dif!erent points of view as does Captain Smith in 'The Sword and - the Rose." Whoever ls the subject o! any chapter seems at that moment the leading figure in the story. Himself a graduate ot Sandhurst, with a record ot active service In the World War until he was wounded on the Somme In 1917, and subsequent service in India until he resigned his commission in 1927, the author has limitless sources of knowledge of the subject at his command, from which he has created a story at once illuminating, authentic, and absorbing. Even so, it ls none the less remarkable that he has been A. W. SMITH able to make this novel, covering only two post-war years of The Herefordshire Regiment, not Plant, looking down the long son for the existence of only an epitome of all the pre- table. "To his eye there was British army is struck by Capvious centuries of its existence, but also a forecast of its position something unfamiliar about tain Camac, sitting with his these omcers of his. It was not wl!e on an oaken stile, taking in time to come. After a lapse of five years in merely that they were strangers a regretful farewell of the Engllsh countryside. Until Colothe old tradition, due to the war, fllll ng t h e emp tY P1aces. Th e nel Plant made his staying a the officers o-r "The Old Huntype had changed. These youngpoint of personal favor, carnac dredth" are assembled for formal dinner prior to departure for sters appeared hardier and more had been planning to resign two years' service in India. "Ex- sophisticated. They had had ex- and settle in the country a of war and leadership. beautiful dream which Mary actly the same as in the old perience They were not the callow, meek knew in her heart was too good days," ls the anticipatory agree- young of the old days. And to be true. In answer to he1· ment. But Major Vlvorl knew the oldmen had gone. sighing expression of resentthat things could not be exactly Perhaps, distinctions thought Colonel Plant, ment, Carnac says: "Isn't all the same. "Four years of war it was just as well. In the old this worth keeping intact?" had thrust themselves into the days men like Clamp and Fled- The ensuing debate brings interval. Four years, during gett, Mills and Voss, would never forth all the well-worn specious which the silver statuettes of the have dreamed of being officers in arguments, World Court, centre-piece, the tankards, the the Old Hundredth. They were League of Nations, arbitration very knives and forks, had lain Rankers, though excellent fel- '-but the experienced soldier to tarnish in their boxes In the lows and undP.niablv able." knows better. "Arbitration is store-rooms at the depot at Following the dinner, at all right in a minor question, Widemarsh Barracks in Here- which t,he reader is made ac· but when no concession is pas· ford." quainted with the various of- sible without danger to the life · AH the accessories of the tra- flcers, of high rank and low, of the state then there can only ... ,___,,,,,,... ditfonal ·r egimental mess were who comprise the First Batta!· be an appeal to force.'' In extreme contrast is the present, as in days of old; but Ion The Herefordshire Reg!there was an inherent dlf!erence ment, occur a series of cinema- last night of young Lieutenant In personnel. The scarlet she11- like episodes, enacted by ind!- Voss, enjoying himself at a box· jackets, with the canary yellow victuals, which disclose the lng match with ''Pa," a retired facings, the tight blue trousers widely variant personalities en- Sergeant-Major of the Here· with a piped scarlet stripe, were closed within the regimental fords, who was wishing himself worn with an ef!ect of masquer- uniform, as each in his own young enough to go again. says ~~;,.,~,•~:i?,:Ui;~t:, ade by self-conscious officers. way takes leave of England young Horace, "I know, Pa. " And so It appeared to Colonel Perhaps the keynote of the rea- But I was in France from •four· i..;:•....,,,.,,,.,._: A �teen, except !-Or five months at the P. T. school. And now I only just got home from the Rhine. And ofI again . Eng· land! . . . I want to stay, Pa. The lights of London ... and the girls .. ." One by one the several ofr-lcers, senior and junior, flicker across the screen Young Pr1· bram, spending ihc night with the girl Claire who was glad to get him though he was only a second-rater, because In t,hose a.fter -war years young men were scarce. Neither could foresee at this time that within a. year the money which should have paid Claire's passage to India to be married would be used in paying- Pribram's debts . . . . Capiain Reyne and hi.~ wife, Naiasha, the Russian princess he had married during the war, and Major Vivori; destined to compose a triangular situation very diiierent from the continental idea, because it involved two Englishmen and a foreign 1 w01~1an .. .. Boykett, carryin~ a. silver plate in his skull but having managed, nevertheless to get himself passed as fit . .. '. SLephen l\Iansflelr!, wh" had been in training at Sandhurst when the Armistice was signed. India, he had thought, would replace his lost opportunity; but the routine of peace·tlme seemed to cheat him of any chance of profes.sional advancement. So we hear him saying to Colonel Plant: "PlenLy more wars? Like the last?" To .wh ich the Colonel's rejoin· der perhaps explains some or the astounding n e w s p ape r headlines that in 1915 electrl· fled a breathless world: ,"No. Not like the last. No war is ever like the last. That's the trouble with soldiers. They fight a war and then conclude It's the last word in wars. We train for the next war on the basis of the last, instead of on the basis of the next. Hence we always start one war be· hind, which is one reason why the first few months of every war is such a muddle. . Then it takes on a pattern-and the military mind assumes it ls the pattern for all time." And then, as if to prove the Colonel's cont:mtion, occurred an Indian uprising, of the sort that has been duplicated many Limes during the British occu· patlon. bnt more care f u 11 y planned than most. The mei1 who englnerred the attack had workrct on the basis of t,he next wa.r, wherea~ the commanding officer of the regiment knew only the tactics of the last one. The story of the maneuvers is a military chronicle or remark· able quality, vivid and vera· cious, of drcd pitiful and plLl less. The Takki Zam was at last taken. bnt at what. a price! Maj or Horder's tactical error, though costing his own life. cost the Old Hundredth in· finitely more for some of Its :uen, and brought to others dis· tlnguished service awards. a striking example o! that trite phrase, "the fortunes of war." John Wheelwright, Who Headed First Settlers, to Be Honored ' Small Band Quit Massachusetts in Search of Relig io us Freedom in 1638; Samuel Bell Heads Committee Tnere were no more than 15 or Special to The Union. 20 families at Exeter during lhe EXETER, Jan. 23.-In July of this first year. They had to fell trees, year lhe town of Exeter will ccle · clear land and build houses. raise brale its 300th birthday and lhe crops ;,nd watch against Indian committee. consisting o( Samuel K. raids. Some o( their names have had a long 311d honornblc history in Bell, chairman; J\rlhur J. Conner, the town, Edward Colcord, Godtreasurer; Waller 0. Pennell, exec- frey Dc-arborn, Henry Elkins, John utive secretary, and Corning Ben- Crani, Edward Hilton, Francis Litton, ncv. Daniel J . Colter, Willie S. tlefield . Tiobert Seward and William Wentworth arc samples. Day, Mrs. Harry Merrill. Fred A. Moore. Miss Frances E. Moulton, Town Grew S lowly. .Tohn Scammon, Richard E. Shute, From the dimcult first year on, Herman L. Smith and Mrs. Alfr·1d Exeter (possibly the name was sui(R. Wightman, has been actively en- i::estcd by a former resident C'( gaged for many months preparing Exeter, England), grew slowly. Jt a program that will filli1Jgly co!l1- w;is soon evident that the most valmc-moratc the event. uable sourer of income for the setExeter was founded In 1638 by llcrs was the seemingly cndlc$S ,Johr, Wheelwright and although it quantity o( !inc lumber. ThercforP, has a population of only 4,800 it 1s 5awmills were built on the falls, tall well known ;is ti,., home of the white pines were sliced into boards Phillips Exeter academy, a pre- ;ind staves, and oak ribs were cut paratory school o[ national impor- for the ships which were built here lane<', lrnving ;::radualed such prom- I before 1650. Salmoa fishing was exincnl men ;is D,micl Webster, Roo- \ cellenl o_n the river at that time. C'l't Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham , Trade with the Indians (except in Linroln; Ul_ysscs S. Grant, ,Tr .. son the forbidden weapons, ammumo[ General Grant: William A. Ban- lion and strong waters) was pro!itnoft, noted historian: Edward able. Land was gradually divided, Tuck, banker: Thomas W. Lamont, fences creeled and roads built. George H . Moses, GiITorcl. Pinchot Thus the little settlement began and Henry Morgcnthau. J1·. to grow. Town meetings were held, A Contrast With Past. political and religious organizations ln conlt asl to the carl.Y ind us- were founded, mills of various t ric-s of Exeter when lumber, bo;it kinds were built on the rapids building, fishing and farming were along the fresh rivC'r, bo;it yards ils chic( sources of revenue. Exeter were cslablisherl below lhc !alls 1oday is known for ils shoe and and the lown took 011 the aspect c,f cotton industries ;is well as for a permanent scttlcmcnl. being an educational and farming The early days were dilTicult. center. Comforts were few. dangers many. The old powder house where am- But in lhe century from 1650 to 1750 munition was stored for fighting In- Exeter grew steadily in importance dian~ is still standing, one of the until it was, along with Portsmouth, oldest garrison houses in New Eng- ready to assume its leadership cf J;rnd, the building known as the the slate at the time of the Rc.volu· Cincinnati House originally owned lion. by the receiver general during the It is jointly in honor with John Revolul ion. •rnd the birthplace of Wheelwright and his small group •>f Gen. Lewis E. Cass, early am bas- courageous scttle:s and the progi:;ador to FrGncc and governor u( 1ress made by. t_heir successors, th::it Michigan arc a (cw o( lhe many \ the present c1llzens o! E~etcr will hisloric;il places o( intcre;sl. celebrate its tercentenary 111 July. In 16~8 Whcelwl'ight and a sm;ii\ band o( loy.il followers, 110 Jon):f'l' .ihlc to p11l up with lhc narrow 1cli!!ious thought of the Ma5sacllllFclls Bay Colnny, moved to a point nrar tlw "falls o! P.iscalaquack" 1Grcal Falls' and planted a scltlcmcnt there. At Sidney college, Cambridge, England, Wheelwright had bcrn a close friend of Oliver Cromwell. and il is said that Cromwell lntcr paid tribute lo the vigor cf Whrclwrighl by saying 1I.al he was •·more a[raicl o[ meeting Wheel wright at foclball than he was lalcr :if meeting an arn1y in the field. (or 'lC was infallibly sure of being tri111;cd up b'.' him.·• Wheelwright probably pasFcd his first winter in Edward Hilton·~ cabin near what is now Newfields. ll was a notably severe season of deep snow, bitter cold and high winds. I �Fifth Generation of langs to Le~ve Ancestral Home Benjamin, 81, Plans. to Sell 17 5-Year-Old Dwelling in Lang homestead on New Boston road, Cand ia, erected In pre-Revolutionary war days and now home of Benjam in F. Lang, fifth generation of the Lang family to reside there. Twelve-room colonial house has two Dutch ovens, several firepla ces and hand -hewn t imbe rs. Ell a11d piazza were added by succeeding {lencratlons. on the New B oston road, but gives !l09 and l!ll 7. He is a Dcmocrnt, 'no further information, save names but not always in accord with poliof his descendants, Capt. Benjamin cies of the present. arlminislralion. CANDIA, ,Jan. 19-Five genera- Lang, Jr., Deacon David Lang and He was married in January, 1883, tions of Benjamin Langs have re- Isaaih Samuel Lang, father of Ben- lo Nellie Maria Marden of Allenstown, whose death occurred in l!J35, sided in the old Lang homestead jamin F. on New Boston road, about one and Mr. Lang has reason to believe about two years after abservance that he is descend ed from English of their gold en wedding anniversone-half miles from Candia Village, .inceslry on the paternal side ,ind ary. l\fr. nnd Mrs. Lang were ch,1rerected back in pre-Revolutionary from' Scotch-Irish strain on hi s ler m embers of Candia grange, orwith Mr. Lang war days, and sti ll occupied by a maternal side. His mother was ganized in 1892, member of the Lang family, Ben- Martha Ann Ladd. He eom<'s from serving ns first. mnst<'r. Ile joined jamin F. Lang of the fifth gencrn- a long-lived family, his father's Ilockingh,1111 lodge, A 1". :rnrl /\.. l\1., lion, now in his 81st year and re- death occuring in l!J04, at 82 years at 21 and filled all of the offices. Ile marlrnbly active for one of his age. of age, and his mother 's 13 years is now the olrlest liv ing past. mast<'r of the unit. He is :llso ;iffi li atrd with Mr. Lang was born Nov. 19, 1857. later, at !JO. All o[ lhe Langs have been The attractive colonial Lang Adah chapter, 0. E. S. Ile b!'lnngs farmers, the present occupant homestead of 12 rooms, with built- lo the Methodist Episcopal church proudly asserts, have always mnna- in ell, outwardly belles ifs age of al East Candia. Bcsirles 1he daughter, l\Irs. Coraged to make a comfortable living 175 years but the inside of the from the soi l, until now, when ris - structure tell s a diITerenl story. In son, who resides at lhe l10m c place, ing farm wages, indisposition of the the attic may be seen the hand- Mr. Lang has two other ch ildrcn, majority to accept such "labori- hewn limbers with woorlen 1wgs Mrs . .Tohn A. While of Manchester, some" tasks when more congenia l while in sevN;-il o( the rooms, in- whose lnisb:mrl is a we ll known inand Clarence ones are available, and poor prices eluding that of Mr. Lang himself, surance manager; for farm products have all con- arc the exceptionally wine boards Benjamin Lang o[ Raymond; and spired lo force the farmer out of so common in the colonial era. one granddaughter, Carolyn Ruth business. As a result, Mr. Lang is There are two Dutch ovens, used While. The Manchester Union has been pl:mning to sell the ancestral dwell- b~- every generation of Langs down ing and retire to a smaller place on to and including the fourth, and coming to the Lang household as the Chesler road owned by his two open fireplaces remaining o( long as 1hc present owner can redaughter and husban d, Chief o[ 1he five original ones, rest o( which mpmbct· .ind his fath<'r, Isaaih S. Police an d Mrs. Fred L. Corson, have been closed up. The clay for L~ng look it before him. who now reside with her father. the la rge central chimney was Exact d.ite of the homestcarl's s<'currcl from the form pasture, , · erection is not known but it be- nearby. The cl l and piazza were lieved to be some time previous to added by succeeding generations the outbreak of hoslililies with the anrl help to set off the main dwellMother Country in 1775, less than ing lo advantage. 30 years after first settlement of the town by William Turner in 1749. Active in Town Affairs. One of the town histories lists a Mr. Lang has been active in town Benjamin Lang as among the lax- I aITairs, serving as selectman for 1 ,>,~·n-'n~i.-~.:1 payers in 1778. It also states that four years, on the School Board for this Benjamin Lang came here nearly eight years, and representfrom Rye and built himself a home ing Candia in the Legislatures of Special to The Union. I I �enJam n F. Lang of Candia, in jamii1 In the Lang family to occup Boston road. er;cted In pre-Revolutio In town affairs, being a former select lature and was first master of Candi News was l'ecelvcd here today of tho death of Alexander Mouton, 84, of Lafayette, La., who was well known in this city dul'i.ng an extended visit with his grandson, Robert B. Mouton, in this city several years ago. Mr. Mouton led an interesting Jl[c and his career embraced noted service In varied fields of activity in thr. United States and Mexico. In his early life Mr. Mouton took up mechanical engineering and was employed in the building of locomotives for the Pennsylvania Railroad. For the Mexican government erected and supervised the mint at Mexico CiLy, whel'e 190,000,000 pieces of gold, silver and copper money were coined under his direction. Returning to this country, he became chief engineer and master .mechanic of the New Orleans branch mint, occupying that position, for four years. He then turned to the building of sugar cane mills and syrup manufactured at a plant he operated in Lafayette won first honol's at the World's Fair ln St. Louis. TO SPONSOR CATHOLIC BOOK WEEK. - The local organization Daughters of America, with the cooperation of Miss Hannah Fernald, Librarian, will sponsor a Catholic Boolt Week. Books of Interest to Catholics, not necessarily written by Catholics, but books which will be of · interest to them, wm be on display at the library, It Is hoped to have a lecture by Prof. John P. Walsh of the University of New Hampshire. · · �A Story About Lincoln's Picture The location of my story, which clings :in my memory like some mystic legend, is a small country town nestling among New Hampshire's hills and :fields. The exact place of the legend is the attic •a nd the sitting-room of an ancient New England farmhouse, which was built somewhere about the year 1703 nearly 75 years 'before even the Revolutionary War; but, in spite of that - the old house is still standing today and is in use. The time of the le~end is ,p robably the first week in February; 1888. Grover Cleveland was President of the United States. Well, in that ancient farmhouse a roaring log-fire is blazing, throwing out its warmth and good cheer, in the large fireplace in the sittingroom. In the iba·rn and out-buildings are the horse, cattle, sheep and other , ,..,,,_.,.,n,.,farm animals being attended to and cared for, in the daily round of farm chores, by the farmer (a former Union soldier and selectman of the town) who owns the farmhouse and the farm on which it is placed. Deep snow covers the ground, and the drifts which lhave had to be ..,~-,,,.,.,.,ii.,.. ~hovelled through by large crews of men in or<ler to clear for travel the roads, tower in some 'Places higher than a person's hehd as one passes along the 1highwayst * .. * across the rafter, thus ipasted, no doubt, to cover some crack in the roof through which the weather had been seeping. Finally, the mother manages to soak off those two pieces of ,paper, which measure eat•h about a foot and a ha! f in length and aboul six inches in width. She carefully places them on the altic floor and she exactly :fits one into the other, thus forming perfectly the fairly large 'Picture of a man. That picture is an unu sual and famous one of Abraham Lincoln; the ,woman is my mother, Mrs. Hattie Almira Rowe; I am the little ,son; and the scene takes place in the attic of my own birthplace farm home at Kensington. GOULD BECOMES S ATE.TROOPER .f.J. "V "He Belongs to the Ages No,v" Once more n dny hnd ended and the night wns dnrlc at hand, \Vho~c murky dopthH, BO dC0J) and still, had shrouded all tho land; Alone within the room I love, I'd watch the shadows fall, And then I watched, lost lone In thought, a picture on the wall. It was the picture of a man with features bold and strong, A kind and homely race well known to all this country's thr ong; It was a faded picture, but I prized It just the same As It It wero a 1mlntlng grand within some costly framo! The picture, front o! which I [;azed, from my emotions weak, Was great Abe Lincoln's picture and I seemed to hear him spealc; At Gettysburg that deathless speech of his I seemed to hear, tlFo·urscore and seven years ago" and all the rest, camo cl ear! ... * ... But wait! I seem to dream again! No! No! It cannot be! Yes! Yes! It Is the clenth-bed scene! Ah! That Is what I sec! In presence of the mighty dead, in speechless grief I bow; I hear these wonts uf Stnnton's: "He belongs to the ages, now!" ,Now, lets go up in the attic of that old farmhouse. We walk up the winding stairs, coming first to the STEWART EVERETT ROWE, -~:j~:]~/;~ unfinished, familiar "back-chamber," where dried corn and smoked hams Portsmouth, N. IL are hanging f.rom the 'beams; -then February 15, rn38. we ,s.l()Wly climb the nanow flig,ht of steps leading to the ,attic, the l~rge rum and ,vholly unfinished top room 'f Exeter ·woman's Club of the house, :filled with its array · I(( · 3 { -and mixture of gone-by furniture and 11.---------~-'•~-,.,-~"' what-not. In the very center of the attic is the huge chimney as it rears . ,.~,...,.,,...... itself through the ridge-'Pole of the ,-~••· ...••·•,_....i house. Afler OUJ.'I eyes have become accuslomed to the dim light, we sec :;.~:,:~~t.:'l a littl e ,b oy standing near tJhe chimney, watching this mother as she stands on tip-toes, rather far out under the rafte1,s,, and seems to be trying to remove some-pieces of wrinkled paper, whh:h .are n.rmly stuck t,o one of the rafters and roofing,boards nailed to it. Yes, she has a wringing-iwet cloth in her hands and she is sopping it, with its dripping water, again and again on the pieces of paper, \\1hich evidently have been pasted over and into the crevice formed where ,a roo:fin .iboard passes RALPH V. GOULD Chief of Police Ralph V. Gould North Hampton today assumed his duties ns a state trooper m Carroll coun~y covering the Wolfeboro area. Gould replaced State Trooper Donald Carr, who resigned his post, it was announced today by Supt. George A. Colbath of the state police. , Selectman Irving W. Marston told The Portsmouth Herald today that Gould still holds his post as cl1ief of the North Hompton department, as he has not tenct,,red his resignation. · Chief Gould, who will complete his first year in police experience on March 8 having been elected at the last town meeting, has filed his name for that office again, Town Clerk Ruth K. Leavitt said today. Eight o'clock this evening will be the closing hour of the filmg time fo1· registering for town offices to have their names apµea r on the town ballot. , Gould graduated from the National Police academy of the Federal Bureau Jf Investigation at Washington, D. C., a,t. �Newmarket' shares with Lee in the fame of the privateer, General Sullivcm, and its enterprising commander, Captain Robert 'Parker. He was born ab Portsmouth August 15, 1735 . When he was, 14 years of age he was apprenticed to Mark Newmarch, a shipbuilder of Portsmouth. + + + When this ap,prenticeship of seven years was ended 'he went to sea as ship's carpenter. It was not long before he was in command of a brig. In 1774 •h e brought from France a cargo of powder. Escaping the vigilaince of :Brit ish ships he safely landed it at Portsmouth. Somehow, sailors tru nk they are born to end t heir days on a farm. Captain Parker was no exception. + + + Before he was 40 he had acquired' a small fortune ; and he very well knew how to use it . He wanted a good-sized farm , feeling quite competent to manage it. He was fami liar with the good, sterile farms of Greenland and Stratham; but in traveling Leeward he fou nd the farm he wanted. The fine old• oaks and pines would make excellent ship t imber. His services 1were accepted. Captain Parker assembled his crew ,and sailed away. When he was next L'b •1• • heard from he was at the dock at I ra ry ac, ,hes Portsmouth Lo deliver Ube cargo of m~I============== WASHINGTON, March 3.the British ship. Then he and his Public and school library faclllcrew took shore leave. ties In New Hampshire are N. H. Stands High f + + + In the farming community the industry of shipbuilding again revived. It was in the sp1·ing of 1777 t hat the building of the privateer, General Sullivan, was fairly begun in ihis shipyard five miles from tidewawr. Ten men of Lee, including Captain Parker, worked on its con slrudion, eaC'l~ man owning onetenth of ihe shi,p. + + + When iL was completed and all timhers numbered, it was taken apart, loaded on ox teams, hauled to Newmarket &hipyard, put together again and launched there. It made its first voyage from Portsmouth in 1778. On . its return ii came up tl,c river an<l was again in ihe shipyard to be overhauled . 'I'he General Sullivan, with Cap tain Parker, continued successful privateering until the pTivateering season closed. among the best In the nat ion, Dr. Studebaker, o\i lef of the U. S. Bu reau of Education, told members of the subcommittee of the House committee on appropria1 tions recently. Dr. Studebaker, appearing before the committee at hearings on the Inter ior Department approprlatlons, said that 45,000,000 people ranging all the way from "a few with theoretically complete" coverage to 88 per cent. New Hampshire 1tand1 near the top with only fourte nths of one per cent without adequate library fac lllt les. Massachusetts and Delaware are th e two st ates with "theoretically complete coverage," , wh ile Connecticut, In the New England group, 111s0 stands h igh w ith nine-tenths of one per · cent on ly not cared for. The southe r n states and some of t he mldd le western ones aro most lack ing In such faclllt les, he told tho committee, + + + He bought 300 acres •of farm and forest land on the west side of the Mast Road in the town of Lee. H e then considered enclosing his possessions. He had observed w ithout approval the stone walls everywhere to be seen in this part of New England, and he decided to build ·b etter a nd slave ropairs. Under 11is direction these acres were enclosed with stone walls so closely built that a squirrel could find· no place of shelter. + + + Neig.hbors watched with admiration these solid lines of wall ; but when this sea-going farmer laid out a ship yard and his workmen were actually fitting timber for a ship, curiosity and interest extended to the neighboring towns, for in Lee sailing facilities were lacking and even ducks languished for water. + + + In thisi shipyard activities suddenly cea , ed . Captain Robert Parker was going to sea again ! He had offered his service s to the committee of safety at Exeler, informing them that he knew that a ship was to arrive at :\-Iartinico to take on a cargo of powder and woolen goods for the British army, and he wainted to be on the spot to intercept it . + ·e ks D ·Y e o__ _ ILarg\e Bani And Sma I Connecting Buiid1J111g Destroyed By lFfames Fl.re, originating from an unknown cause ;,hortl~• before 2 o'cloclt this " morning, caused $~000 damage to the h istor1C"al Tl1ornton Weeks house 011 Port;,u1outtt avenue and destroyed a larg1! ba.rn aud :;mall connecti111fbuildlng owned hy Mr. Weeks in Greenlaud. F lames shooting from one of the buildings were discovered by Mt·, Week.~ froru the wit1dow of his bedroom. The f u-e evidently had been burning for so ue time. A call -to the Fire Department was answered by Engine 1, which was out for a bla:i:e on Hanover street, North Hampton firemen were o.tso called. Wl\ter obto.ined by the firemen from thres nearb;r wells prevented the total destructlou of the house. 'I'hkty-five tona of hay stored in the bo rn o.ud owned by John J. Grady, Jr . , a Greenland farmer, were bwued, aL~o a n automobile and several valuable !arm tools owned by Mr. Weeks. The total loss i~ estimated at about $:JOOO, partly coveretl by insurance . TI1e Weeks house iti tlle oldest hOU!,S In New Hampshire and the second oldest in New England. It was built itL 1638, four ·years after the nncient Craddock mansion in Med!ord, Mass. Tiu~ architectural design of the two ho~ and their chimneys are identical. TI1e house is believed to have been built, in addition to a home, as a garrlson house for protection against the Indians. The walls are 18 inches thick, In its architectural construction the house is most interesting. some of the timbers are of hardwood, 12 by 14, TI1e floor beams. with the bark still a ttached, are 10 it1ches square.- The roof is also or lmrd wood, �'With Gerrish Island 'cross the harbor , lane. Cod Rock we pass, then, rougher shore behind, .J 'fy\A. 1\ \ ·we tread New Castle beach, ,mtll we find always went down •· Those long sands lead to Avenue, harbor town · The following proclamation on ConThen through the cemetery Behind Fort Point with stitutional Government Day has been happy view Tower round; Issued by Gov. Francis P. Murphy: Of the back river waters at high tide, The ruined tower that arose one night, For a century and a half, the people Fitting the old town's tiloughts that Eighteen fourteen, for fear the British of the United states have enjoyed the here abide; might blessings of happiness and prosperity Then along Sagamore Road with Pass Constitution fort, to Portsmouth's under a government wl1ich derives lengthened stride, plight. sanction for its acts from a simple, The ashes of my pipe now cast aside, At what ia now Fort Constitution gat~, strong and encJ,uring Cons1i!,~ution Past Little Harbor turn, and down the December, Beventeen seventy-tom·, t.he whereunder the people, as the ultihill date, mate source of all authority, deliberateBeyond Love LIi.De, to Sagamore Creek, The Revolutlonnry WRr begnn, ly restrain themselves from too pre,which will ' Though at this time there cipitate action and the powe1·s of their Ever its banks with changing beauty blood nor man. . representatives are expressly defined fill, Fort Point, with Walbach, long stone and limitect. 'Twas on this creek a witch ln olden fort and light, On many occasions in past times, but days Makes harbor entrance a lovely sight. more especially in our own when libLived, and •twas called Witch Creek, Behind It curves the barbor westerty and freedom are being ass9,ulted the dame to praise. wardly, by all the forces of intolerance and Beyond tile bridge a short cut through Between New Castle coves and Kittery, oppression,, the naUon has found the wood Capped by Its old block house, wUl1 Constitutional Government meeting Gives glimpse of lower creek in rough stone fort, every test. · The Constitution has charming mood. More picturesque than with. war power proved, as President James Madison O'er Wentworth Road we then tramp fraught. hoped and believed it would' prove, an easterly, . 'I'hroughont, Plscataqua's swift,, changimpenetrable bulwark against every By friendly barking dogs, until the sea ing tide assumption of power in the legislative Comes at us over tile breakwater grey, Makes lovely harbor virile, deep and or executive branches of the governBeyond the links and Little Harbor wide. ment. It has been an 'impregnable debay. Towards all that we have at fense against every encroachment upPerhaps some sail ls on the ocean blue, length described on the great personal rights which the Or motor boat cuts Little Harbor We now approach with due founding fathers held to be inherent through. pride. and inalienable. Another world is here, as, past the In New Castle the la1;t The nation ls now celebrating the bridge, · bloom, sesquicentennial anniversary of the We climb the hill, look In New ,Ca11t.le adoption of the Constitution. In New from the ridge, eoon. Hampshire which, on June 21, 1788, beBee breaking waves on far ~et m!les ahead forbid us to delay, came the ninth state to ratify and dore, And nature cheers nnew the further thus automatically made the ConstiAnd lines of foam 'long Odiome's way, tution effective, that particular day Point shore. As has been well described ln other 'will this year be made memorable by' Should Isles of Shoals seem lifted tolines special public observances. In order. ward the sky, . That hold their virtue thrO\lgh however, to provide an annual occaA storm Is making, as when gulls fly changing times. sion whereon might be recognized the high, U'hts river walk trom Portsmouth to vital role of the Constitution in the Or as, when sitting the sea progress of the United States, and Its home, -·· Is beautifully told by John Albee. profoundly beneficial bearing upon the Sudden is heard the whistling buoy's It would seem vain, even If words were lives of the people of toctf\y and the moan, searched, To nortil, we've seen still waters and lives of their - ancestors before · them To say more here unless to quote his fair isles, the Gener?l 'Court of 1937 resolved verse. And Benning Wentworth's house that the first Wednesday In the month All walkers around New Castle should ancient style. of _Marcl1, which in 1789 was the day know O'er crest of Wentwortil hill on which the Constitution became John Albee's charming lines before maple trees operative, be set apart this year and they go. Drip sap in March, eye more each year hereafter as a day on which And so we come to Strawberry Bank taste to please. these advantages may be recalled and again, Here we must settle which way The eight mile circle made in hours their importance emphasized. shall go; - By virtue of that authority, I hereby twain, If time permits, and legs do not say no Or thereabouts in minutes and in miles proclaim the second day of March as It's pleasant scrambling down ~ Depending on the walkers' vRried ,:,- -,-,-•:.·.-= Constitutional Government Day for styles. Wentworth beach, this year. On that day, let the national To walk more sands, to skip a Would that one could in 'fitting minscolors be displayed upon all public to reach buildings and wherever possible on prltrel's Jay A bird-filled path that takes Do justice to this walk, and on harp va_te structures. Let us, by appropriate Rose Lane, play, ceremonies in the schools, and else'Cross Jaffrey Point into the sea again. Bringing to all who would attend their where under the sponsorship of public This time the ocean swells break' at ears officers and patriotic organizations, our feet; Fit melody like music of the spheres. commemorate in a befi.tt.lng.-ina1mmPeace, beauty, till their slow insistent In sun or storm, spring, winter, sumthe • annive1•sary"'cif the" day on which beat. mer, fall, government under the Constitution beBut soon we must be on our rocky way, Is ls a walk of walks that ne'er will gan in the United States. By outer harbor coast, a mile long bay. pall. PROCLAMATION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT DAY« -v ON WALKING 'ROUND NEWCASTLE Whalesback and Fort . Point bound this demesne, Light �WAS. MEMBER -OF . .NOTABLE FAMILY ~ - ery and diseases of the eye and ear. ~ Having Jost the hearing of his left ear as a child, he began to be deaf in his right ear while at the Harvard Medical School. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Dr. James A. Spalding Of Portland, advised him, as a prosperous scholar, to Me .. who died on Sunday, and who was give up everything leading toward medical practice at the bedside and to go a native of this city, came of a notable abroad and study the eye and ear. Un- family. His grandfather, Dr. Lyman der the guidance of the finest teachers Spalding, was it .celebrated physician, abroad Dr. Spalding became very skill- who did much to introduce vaccination Native_ Of Portsmouth, into this country. ful. His father. Capt. Lyman Dyer SpaldWas Oldest Dartmouth AfLcr two years of study abt'oad he returned and as a skilled specialist ing, for several years followed the sea Alumnus opened an office in Portland in 1813. He and was said to have been a wonderful the navigator, never ·having Jost a ship or Dr. James -A. Spalding, oldest alum- became a member of the staff of a mast. He• once rescued from an Maine General Hospital in 1881 and nus of DarLmouth College, and a dL~served It for 33 years, doing some 400 ocean grave in the Atlantic, at much tini;ulshed son of PortsmouLh, passed cataract operations with good results personal risk, the captain and crew of nwu.y nL his home, 627 Congress street, and mnny mn&toid operations without the brig "Wlllinm Rufus," and on a secPortland, Mc., on Sunday, afLer a Jln- a single case of paralysis. He tested ond occasion many-from the brig "Wilpersonally the eyes of several thousand liam Osborne," from the Ice-fields and (l't'rmg illness. · Captain Dr. James Alfred Spalding was born children in the schools of Portland and icebergs off Newfoundland. in this city Aug. 20, 18413, in the house lectured to teachers on the proper use Spalding retired from the sea soon attci:. the loss of his brother, Alfred, at sea, he on the corner of state and Chestnut of the eyes. ,,. being also a sea captain. He later was Dr. Spalding was honored by the streets, now the residence of Miss Elwyn. An eye and ear specialist since Clinical Club of Portland, the Cumber- in the iron, steel and coal business in the Portsmouth. For many years he was 1873, he had gained national promin- land County Medical Club and the secretary of the school committee Maine Medical Association. ·He alsQ ence professionally as an author of of Portsmouth at a very meagre salary medical articles. He gave up active had held the office of vice president of compared with the salaries paid today. practice some years ago. Dr. · Spalding the International Otological Congress To his grandfather and father Dr. was a son of Lyman D. and Susan Par- at Washington. James A. Spalding felt he owed his Jove He had hosts of friends and continued ker Spalding. He married Miss Sarah of history and the languages . His Shepley of Boston, whose deaU1 "oc- his interest in his profession to the end. mother. Susan Parker Parrott, belonged curred some years ago. Their married to the Parrotts who descended froll). 11f was one of devotion. John Parrott, who came over with GenDr. Spalding wo.s well known In U1Lq eral Wolfe to Quebec and then made his cit,y In past years and hL~ old-time way to Portsmouth. From Lhe Parrotts friends were plenscd to welcome him thL~ nrition has Lhe Parrott gun, famous when hr cnme orcn~lonnlly for n brier ln the history of artlilery and of war. vu:it. He was a member of the Fedcrnl Rear Admiral Parrott, uncle of Dr. Fire Socict,y nnd the PLscataqua PionSpalding. captured the Confederate eers for years and attended the meetprivateer "Savannah" in · the Civil War ings up to a few years ago. He was a in 1861, while in command of the United dcvol,ed member of St. John"s Church. Sta Les brig "Perry." In that old historic edifice arc tablets in In speaking of his home life memory of members of hLs family and Spalding said: "MY mother was a omc of his ancestors arc buried in the model for what mothers should be, lombs in st-:- John"s churchyard. He Portland, Me., March 4.-The will of raising a family of five children, teachtook much intcresl in the colonial hisDr. James A. Spalding, 91, one of the ing us what home really was, as well as tory and old mansions of Old Strawgiving us a love of music and the rudiberry Bank, as he liked to call his na- oldest alunuli of Dartmouth College, ments of the ·French language." tive Lown, and he regarded the Ports- :u~d a .llath·e of Portsmouth, N. IL, Dr . Spalding was devoted to music all mouth /\thenaeum and its library as who died here last Sunday, was filed his life. He has played many of the something of which our old seaport ! or probate yesterday, leaving $2000 to best known pieces that ·were ever writtown might well be proud. He was a the Maine General Hospital and $1000 ten for an orchestra and arranged for great reader, mentally alert and could to the Cathedral Church of St. Luke the piano or -written originally for the entertain his callers with much that was here. Value ot the estate is estimated piano. His knowledge or music, from t not more than $85,000. worth while. For about a year and f\ Among individual bequests is a gift being able to read almost everything half he had been confined to his room. of $1000 to Dr. William P, Coues of from ;;lght, was backed up by a musical Although very denf Dr. Spalding had Jlbrarv of some 200 volumes on the lives mnslcrcd 11 languages and had become Brookline, Mass. A nephew, Merrill T. of m~icians and a similar number of a musician of nolc. while rarrying on B. Spalding ot Palo Alto, Calif., is givtheir works bound in usable shape. It A i'ViOO. ~ his prnrtlrc and stucllrs. Prrslc\ent Erseemed to hltn something llke n miracle 01,ht-r l>dque:sts lucludc: Dr. WIiliam nrsl M. Hopkins or Utu-lmoulil aL that. In spite of being very deaf, he had Le~limoulal dinner l-0 Dr. Spalding H. Bradford and Stuyvesant T. B. somehow managed to obtain this Jack on, both of Portland, Annie Clansome years ago c;illcd !um "one of th knowledge of· what he considered the er, a · former servant, of Ireland. :md most cultured gentlemen of New Enghighest realms of the human mind. land." Dartmouth made him a doctor Effie A. Caswell of Greenland, N. H., $500 each; Mrs. Frances B. Bun·, Portof letters in 1928. Dr. Spalding bega n his school life in land, $1000. and Grace A. Boonholll', lhLs city and entered the local High Portland, $100. School at a very early age. He was graduated as valedictorian of his class at lhe age of 15 nnd delivered ;in oration in Latin at that time. He was admitted to Dartmouth College without conditton.s. /\fer leaving Dartmouth he attended lectures at Harvard Medical School and became inLcrcsted in surg- 4 R. SPALDING<i "' DIED SUNDAY : ATPORTLA D - - - - - - - -- - - -- -- - - - - -- �Frank c. Remick, chairman of the Navy Yard Committee, reported that this week the various Senators and Congressmen from Maine, New H~mphlre and Vermont were to be wntten o with the suggestion that they lher acquaint themselves with Portsmouth Navy Yard with a view Chairmen of C. of C. toward making recommendations for Committees Take Up its complete modernization, which is in line with the new Naval building Various Plans ~\ program. Mr. Remlck also pointed out A group of men, joined together by that some special ef!ort should be a common interest, met. at the Rock- made to help acquaint the thousand~ Ingham Hotel last evening to meet a of visitors to Port~mouth on Navy Day with Portsmouth stores. challenge and judging from the enThe Conventions and Celebration· thusiasm which ti1ey showed ther will comm\llee is lo have plenty or work carry thelr interest ·beyond the ban- ahead of it this summer according to quet table. The group comprised the Andrew Jarvis, chairman, and every various committee chairmen of the e!Tort is being made, he reported, to Chamber of Commerce and their com- make the visits of the thousands of mo·n interest is Portsmouth. The chal- people who will be here this sum1I~er lenge is the oft-repeated word that the pleasant and profitable. The comm1tChamber of Commerce doesn't do any- tcc was cmpowcrecl lo suggesl to the thing but meet and promise. New England Veteran Firemen's MusMarland D. Knowles, chairman of ter the most suitable dates for then· the executive committee, preRlded at meeting here. the meeting and he first introduced Samuel B. Maddock of the MercanAlvin F. Redden, acting secretary-, who tile committee has plans under way for read the minutes of the Feb. 3 meet- Lhe creation of a committee representIng at which Ume the various com- ing all of Lhr different !Ines of business mittees were appointed. At this meet- in -the city to meet Lo discuss common ing 'it was decided to work out a defi- problems, such as hours and dates for nite plan of action to be taken dur- the opening and closing of stores, and ing the American Legion convention, other factors which vlla\ly affect loco.I the New England Firemen's Muster, business. This committee pledged its the New England Federation of Wo- support to the membership, traffic and men's Clubs convention, the Elks' Con- parking and conventions _committee.;;. vention and the EKeter and Hampton Harry Winebaum, chamnan of t.he tercentennials . . membership committee, introduced AlIt was voted last night to have month- bert F. Woolfson who outlined a comly meetings at the Rockingham Hotel so prehensive plan for sllmulating memthat interest in the current work may bership in the Chamber of Commerce be continued and reports of progress and for the promotion of a method of made regularly. creating new interest in Portsmouth Arthur M. Clark was called upon to products and Portsmouth stores. Mr. report on the progress of the Traffic woolfson pointed out that when a and Parking Committee and he man is approached bluntly for a contribrought out that several suitable bution to the Chamber of Commerce he parking sites had been looked over and treats It as •·just. another contribution" costs of putting them into shape had and his first questwn 1s, •· What an\ I been figured. Mr. Clark called upo11 getting out. of it?" Mr. Woolfson·s pl~n Councilman Thomas J. Downs to tell is to make the Chamber so worthwhile of any action which had been taken that a person will want to be a memby ttie City Council. Mr. Downs state ber and to make him fe el that his memthat question of o. parking lot.. had ership Is really ·paying him divldend:l. been brought up but ~hat no action he plan, with a few changes, was had been taken yet and would not be hcnrl!ly endo1·~ect and ls to he put mto taken unlll the Finance Committee ef[ect reasonably soon. Thomas Sykes had reported the annual budget. Mr. 'brought out an interesting angle of the Downs suggested, however, that the reaction some might make lo the plan Chamber of Commerce committee <:ir- and further discussion on this point culate ·'II. paper or petition suggcstmg cleared Lhis matter U\>. that the City Council take dcfu1ite acAlvin F. Redden of the Promotional Uon in the purchase of land in some Committee oullmed Lhe plans undercentral location for the creation of a way for Lhe publication or a new ty~e free municipal parking lot to ease the booklet advertising Portsmouth and its burden on the present site on Vaugpoints of interest. han st., which &o far has parked over Arthur L Harriman was called upon 30,000 cars. This was made in the form to report on the work of the Historic Landmarks committee and he told of of a motion which was passed. , Mr. Knowles read the report of _the the work which is being done to further acquaint the touring public about Industrial and Housing Comnuttee headed by Arthur F. Brown and it V:'as Odiorne's Point. Mr. Harriman also brought out In the - report that m- spoke of his reaction as he walked down uirles for sites had been received Middle Street on Washington's Birth-• ,.-, rrom 11 Massachusetts cities, two New day and saw only four .American flags York firms, thr~e Maine cities an~ ?ne flying on Middle Street and only four more in the business district. He read a New Hampshire city from nine differvcrv a 11ro ,rla o m on the sub cct. ent types of busmess. · LOCAL HARBOR ENTHUSIASTIC DEVELOPMENT~.,~ MEETING HELD NTCONFIRMED A Boston newspaper on Sunday stated that Portsmouth was to receive a large Federal grant to be used for the development of the harbor as a result of the naval expansion program now pending before Congress, stating that a building development program had been agreed upon by Federal officers and needs only the official sanction of President Roosevelt. While it ,is sincerely hoped something of the sort may come about no confirmation could be found today. At the request of the Portsmouth Herald the Associated Press office in Washington made an investigation or the matter this morning and sent b~ck word that congressmen, army engmeers, WPA officials and other sources had been contacted and that the project had not been heard of. It was stated from Manchester this morning that Senator Bridges and Representative Tobey said they knew nothing or any Portsmouth Harbor project now pending and that the House, Rivers and Harbor committee membens stated they had no such project before them. A survey made in 1937 under· the sponsorship of the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional Development Associtttion points to the possibility of developing the local port and its re_sultl:I were submitted to Federal officials some months ago. It shows the munerous natural advantages of the harbor, the deepest In the world, open the year round and nearer to Europe even than Boston; its freed.om from silt, shoals and sandbars, its proximity to large industrial centers and its terminal faclllties for exports of inland products,._ Manuscripts Given to Exeter Library EXETER, March 3.-The Davis library at 1 the Phillips Exeter academy has received two original manuscripts . of modern novels, one from Booth Tarkington '89, "Harlequin and Columbine" and the other from Robert Nathan '12, "The En•; chanted Voyage." The Tarkington gift is the original long hand manuscript in pencil and also a number of discarded pages and notes. For "The Enchanted Voyage" Mr. Nathan has sent his pencil notes and manuscript and a first type• script. The library already has a col• lection of Kenneth Roberts manuscript and typescript ma· terla!s of his novel "The Lively Lady." It also has the coll 7c• tlon of source books and or1g•(Jial manuscript of "Mutiny on tire Bounty." 0 -.,~,-- .. �Forrest 1\1. Eaton, chairman of the Christmas lighting committee, told o! the plans underway for a most unusual display tlmlng lhe next ChrlsLlllas season. He described the decorations in detail. Briefly they are to be made up on pyramldal latticework construction with small Christmas tree and colored lights. units to be spaced 20 feet apart on all of the streets in Lhc business section. He said that the questlon of financing such a display was an important one and that it was hoped I.hat the City of Portsmouth would bear half of the cost and he was informed bv Councilman Downs that the City ·council had recommended favorable action to the finance committee on the matter. The meeting was closed with a general discussion and the next meeting was called for March 28. Those present included: Knowles, Frank C. Remick. Alvin T. Redden, Frederick Gardiner. Charles W. Gray, Forrest Eaton. Arthur Harriman. Arthur Clark. A. H. Woolfson, Thomas Sykes, J. D. Hartford, Harry Winehaum. Thomas J. Downs. Joseph Levitt, John Greenaway, Andrew Jarvis and Samuel Maddock. Three ·Portraits Given to Society CONCORD, March 3.-Major Otis G. Hammond, director of the New Hampshire Historical society, announced today the acquisition of three portraits with historical significance to the state. · The paintings Included two of Paul Wentworth and his wife, Lydia Cogswell Wentworth, which was a gift from the estate of Roxanna Wentworth Bowen of Ne'w York City. Mr. Went• worth was the son of "Long John" Wentworth, native of Sandwich, who later became the first mayor of Chicago. The othe rpainting, trait of Josiah Bartlett, one of the New Hampshire men who signed the Declaration of I ndependence, was bequeathed to the society by Miss Laura Hibbard of Laconia. BENEFIT PARTY~\ WELL ATTENDED Despite the adverse weather conditions a good-sized gathering attended the benefit party !or the Animal Res• cue League of Rocklngham County at the hollle of Mrs. Chester G. Mayo on Mlller avenue Monday afternoon._ Thirty-one or more tables had been reserved for the party, but a number who expected to be present were detained •at home by the storm. Those present, however, had a very enjoyable afternoon. After Lhc card playing the prizes were awarded as follows: first for auction bridge, Mrs. Katherine S. Hlll; second, Mrs. Hanscom: first for coi,tract, Mrs. Roland Noyes: second, Mrs. Irma Harding. Tea and delicious during the Informal followed the play. was in general charge of the refreshments and assisted in serving by the Misses Betty Jean Lamont, Mary J. Ferrell and Arlene Taylor. The a!Iair was in general charge of Mrs. Mayo, Mrs. Mary I. Wood. Miss Mignon B. Green. Mrs. R. 0. Brock and Miss Mary •Hanscom. The gracious hospitality · of Mayo in opening her home for benefit event was much appreciated by the committee in charge. · Atl effort is being made to raise funds for a shelter for animals and the pl'oceeds from the party will be used toward that end. There will later be other activities to help raise funds. The Animal Rescue League of Rockingham County is increasing in membership :rnd strength and the organi• zatlon hopes to do lllUCh worth-while work in the near future. Its officers are: Prrsident-Hon. Charles' M. ·· Portsmouth. Clerl,-Joseph I{. cutien, mouth. Vice president-Mrs. Frank A. Swallow, Exeter. Trcasurcr-Eati R. Stockbridge, Exeter. Vice presidents-Miss Mignon Po.rtsmouth; Dr. Lewis Perry, Purington, Judge Henry A. Shute. Exeter. Executive commitlee-Mrs. Amelia A. Shute, Exeter: Mrs. Mary I. Wood, Dr. George E, Pender, Portsmouth. Directors-Dr. S. P. R. Chadwick, Exeter. chairman: · Earl A. Barrett, Exeter; Laurence Craig. North Hampton: Miss Mignon B. Green. Dr. George E. Pender, Mrs. Mary I. Wood, Portsmouth; Mrs. Amelia A. Shute. Eben Wallace. Exeter: Dr. Wallis A. Walker, Rye. EDWARD F. PAYNE Edward F. Payne, who is to give an mustrated talk on Charles Dickens for the benefit of the scholarship fund of the Women's College club at the Masonic auditorium on Friday evening, 1s an authority on his subject. He has been for many years a student of Dickens and has published several books about him, and -will include in bis talk items of biographical interest about the novelist. Each year at Christmas, Mr. Payne has read the "Christmas Carol" at the Boston Public Library and has lectured widely, giving readings from the various wellknown novels. At the conclusion of the talk Mr, Payne will draw the portraits o! two prominent PortsmouU1 residents, nnd, if time permits, will also sketch a few other people who volunteer to act as models for him. OPENED LOCAL STORE 78 YEARS AGO Perhaps there are some who can recall George B. French when he came back from the California gold strike with the nuggets he had dug from the western hills. He had the rugged nature of New England's men and, strong in the faith of his fellow-men, counted honesty and fair dealing among the first o! his virtues. · Mr. French opened his dry store in this city 78 years ago. He was born in New Castle and when a young lad his father moved to Nottingham, Returning to this city he establisl1ed a business of manufacturing slippers in the building at the corner of :State and Washington streets. He then went to New Castle and opened a grocery and provision store, which he continued until he opened the Portsmouth store in 1860. �OBSEQUIES l\lRS. MARY JOSEPHINE 1\11\SON REl.UEY Word has been received of the death on Tuesday of Mrs. Mary Josephine Mason Remey, widow of the late Rea1· Admiral George C. Remey, U. S. N ., nt the home of her son, Charles Mason Reme}', at 2440 Massachusetts avenue, Washington, D. C. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Remey were well known In Portsmouth, he having served three tours of duty at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, one t-0ur as ca1>tnln and two as commandant. Mrs. Remey, who was in h er 93rd year, was one of the oldc.~t residents o! Washington. The daughter o! Charles Mason, chief justice of Iowa, she went to Washington in 1853, when her father resigned his ortice in Io wa t-0 bacome United States commissioner of patents, appointed by President Pierce . For the pnst few years, sine tlle death of Rear Admiral Remey, Mrs. Remey had made her home wllh her son, Charles Mason Remey. She al.so leaves two daughters, Miss Angelica G. Remey of Washington and Mrs. Wadleigh, widow of Lieut. Col. John Wlnthror> Wadleigh of the United State Marine Corps, now traveling in Europe, and a son, John Terry Remeir, living ln New York City, nncl two grandson.~, Ensign John Remey Wadleigh. attached to the U . s. S. Brooklyn 1111d George Remey WCldlelgh. BLESS SILVER OFFERING PLATES At the 10 :45 a. m. service at Jchn's Church Sunday morning two beautiful offertory plate.; ·were blessed, which were given in memory of Miss Ruth R. Jarvis, late organist o! St. John's Church. The plates were handsomely engra voct and inscribed In the cirole, "In memory of Ruth R.. Jarvis, organist o! St, John's Church, Portsmouth, 1917-1937." ..,....,,u,.,.,,.,,They were given to the· church through St. John's Guild and parishioners and friends alsc, contributed. Mrs. George C. lr.emer The funeral of Mrs. George C. Retney (Mary Josephine M9,,lion Remey), who wa9 the wlcJow of Rear Admiral George 0, Remey, U. S. N., wa.s held ti.t noon today from the chapel in the home or her son, Charles Ma;,on Remey, on Mo.ssachuseU. avenue, Wa.shington, D. C., Rt. Rev.·Jaml:!s E Freeman, bisho1, of Washington, officiatmg, assL~ted by Rev. William S. B!Slrnp, as:,istant rector of St. Tlir,mn..~· Clturclt nr Wu~llin~;ton. with 11111;,k hv Ute on:,mbl "t !i hoy choir of tht: Epi.;cop,1 l C,iLhc,lrul. Tile honor~ry p,illbc,H·er; were: t11e cluet or Naval Openitwns, Aclmlrnl William D. Leahy' Lhe i;OlllllUllltfont or the Mt1ri11c Cuq1s, M,11. Ct•n. Tltom'1,; Hnlcomh: Vll:i' Aclnurnl W1ll1,1m Li:rlyarct liotl:;Cr!i, Vice Adm1t,1l. HH l l'Y P. Hll!~). Rear Aclm1 ral :::;, B. W. KiLkll.c, Rrar Admiral HeHry Hughes Hom;lt, Rear Admiral Tlto11111~ C. Hart, Bl'i:;. Gen. Seth Wil11anL,, U, S. M. C. Eight sa.tlors of the United Navy bore tlie caslcet. 'Ihe mtcrmcnt v,as in Arlington Natiollal cemetery, where Mrs. Remey Wll.'J lnid be~lcie Rear Admiral Ren11?y, who died 10 years ago. Reur Admiral Rei 1cy, who gradusted r'rom Lhe Nav.:.1 Acad~my in 1859. was from Burlmgton. Ia. He was the first officer born we~t or the Ml,~issippl to receive a rf:ar admiral's commission ln the U. s. Navv. He berved this country in four wa~·s. first as a Union officer during the Ctv1l \V,u, th 'll later m command o( the Nrwl\l B!\se , t Key West dnrmg the war between the United Stat.cs and Spain rmcl lnmlly a:; com • mauclcr-in-chief of the TJ. S. naval forces In the Far East m 1900-1902, ctw·. ing Urn insurrection in the Philippines ;md the Boxer war in Chma. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Remey were nell known in Portsmouth, he ltavlug ,r rvetl three tours or duty here at tile orLsmouth Navy Yartl, one tonr o.s ca italu and two as commandant. ' :MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO CHRIST CHURCH Christ Church has recently been enriched by a beautiful set of black eucharlstlc vestments, consisting .o! chasuble, stoic, maniple, burse, veil and cope. The vestments were given by Miss Frances All.en of Washington and Rve Beach in memory of her mother, Mrs. Lillie Allen, who died l~t summer at her summer home at Rye Beach. Miss All~n and ner mother have for many years been devout worshippers at ChrLst Cl~urch during the srnnmcr sea- �Uncovers N. H. History of 1820 Warner Man Shows Copy of Old Book Compiled by John Farmer Special lo The Union. CONCORD, March 3.-N. L. Whitford o! Warner, a. member o( the executive stafI of the slate Highway Department, makes the collection of odd and curious items something of a hobby, and he is particularly interested in those that have some relation to the history o! New Ilamp~hirc. Recently there came into hi s po~scssion the copy o! a small book, "A Catechism of the History of New Hampshire, from its First Selllement to the Present Period," that period being the era around 1820 or 1825. The book was compiled by · John Farmer and the copy in Mr. Whitford's possession was printed in Concord in 1830. According to · the mark on the Lille page, the first edition had been exhausted and a second edition had been printed. Questions and Answers. The book contains 108 pages and is divided into 18 chapters, with considerable additional inCormation embodied in an appendix. It was int<'ndcd ror u~e in schools and Jor (amily rc.idinl!, and divides its summary of the history o( lhe state into a series o( questions and answers. According to John Farmer, New Hampshire troops en gaged in th e Revolution numbered 11,75'.l and of these about 1,400 lost their lives. Distinguished officers from this state were John Sullivan, John Slark, William Whipple, Enoch Poor, Joseph Cilley, James Read, Nathaniel Folsom, Alexander Scammell, Andrew McClary and Andrew Colburn. The census o[ 1820 gave New Hampshire 2·H,1G6 people, something like half the number that the slate contains today, according to ofllcial estimates. In 1930, New Hampshire had a population of 465,293, but it is believed that it now has gained io nenrly or qllile 500.000 people. In 1830, there were more than 1,700 school districts and about 1,600 schoolhouses in New Hampshire, indicating that, · mor!l 'than· a hundred years ago, this state was deeply interested in education. John Farmer believed that the general health of the people was better in New Hampshire than in some other parts of the ·union; and he observes that, in a century, names of 97 persons who had reached 100 years or more were known. He adds that "this is probably not the whole number." Samuel Welch of Bow, who died on April 5, 1823, had passed the age of 112; and it is believed that he was the oldest New Hampshire resident in all history. ' Religious denominations in New Hampshire, when John Farmer wrote, included Congregationalists, Calvinistic Baptists, Freewill Baptists. Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Quakers, Sandemanians, Universalists and Shakers, with the Congregational and Calvinistic Baptist churches having the largest membership. Mr. Whitford is inclined to lhink that il would be wrll i[ a book o( this kind could be printed now, bringing its information up to the present time, and i[ il could be introduced into the public schools of New Hampshire. "I think it would be well il New Hampshire children had more · of a chance than is given them now to learn something about the history of their own state," he remarked. 1--~~~---------~---' {· It ls an lnt<'resling coincid e nce that thi" Y<'nt· is th o seml•C<'lll<'nnlnl ot the NCcllo11 hy th o f;tnlo or lho XO•Mllc,l t'rls p11s Allu c k mo11u111 e11t on l:loslon C.:on1111011. .Now, there's nn odd lhlng ahont lhnt 111011ume1it whi ch hns sorno bearing 011 the r e \"i\'al or the argument as to where lite American Hevolutlon really began. Th e re wa~ :t news ~tory In Thursday's Post this "· eek wilh rc(e rcnce to the Fcd<'ral " "rit ers' J'ro.lect "Gnicle Book to New 11:imp.c;:; hire/' in which the honor of starlini: Urn n ovolnlion ls cl:ilmecl (or lho Urnnllo Stale. I'm not ari;ulni: that 11olnt. But as I luok al the Crispus Attucks memorial on B oston Common, dccllcatecl • just 60 years o,:o, I find a quotation from a native son or New Hampshire named Daniel Webster, with reCerence to tho Boston l\Iassacre, as follows: "From that moment we may date the o! the Brillsh Empire." EAR'S BUDGET A general reduction in teachers' sal• aries in this clty was not favored according to Mayor Kennard E. Gold• ' smith in his statement to the Board of Education finance committee and the City Council finance committee at a meeting of the committees held in city hall last evening when the committee members passed on several_ important proposed appropriations to be incorporated in. this year's budget which w111 be voted on at the next city councll meeting. While Mayor Goldsmith expressed the feeling that some of the salaries to the s tafI of the local schools were too high there were others that should be raised but he. said that he was not in favor of a general cutting of teachers' salaries. His talk indicated that , his plans were to lower the maximum and make a slight increase in the mlnlmwn of the salaries. Members of the Board of Education finance committee attending were Henry Tilton, John E. Seybolt and Harry L. Moore. Charles C. Durell, chairman of the Council finance committee, presided. The school budget was passed tentatively at $230,025.18. Last year's budget · for that deparlment was $231,054.68. Although $8,287 was asked for in the library request the finance committee recommended it after they had shaved the figure to $7,987. The committee recommended $23,945 for the fire department and $1,182.52. for the fire alarm system. Recommended for public buildings a.nd places is $7,978 and for parking $800. The police department budget has been set at $42,117.25. The committee recommended that the Christmas tree project be continued ancl also passed their reeommend:;i.tion on the installation of street lights along Parrott =~,,..-.~ ,.,, �Tuming to Webster again, he spoke of the four statues whirh are in front of the state House. First, he said, ts a statue o! stark and went on to ten otthe other three, which concenlec\ the sto1·y he Wfl.'l to tell. Near the street, he said, is a stntue of Fro.n\tlln Pierce, whom ho called New Hnmpshire'!l con tt·ll>ution to the presidency. He told of PORTSMOUTH, March 3. - (A. In case of disaster, an ascending t11e reason for Pierce being chosen P.)-Larger and eqilipped with far buoy with 300 feet of line would be President., as there was a demand for released to the surface, and the more safely devices than her ill· men, in Momsen lungs, would go someone who was well liked and would not g-> either to one sldcJ 01· the other. fated predecessor sunk in Province- up hand over hand and thus de• .M that time, h11 ,,tated, Daniel Webster to, •n harbor 10 years ago, the compress themselves on the way to w:i.s lllentioned fur tile presldencr." navy's new submarine S-4 engaged the surface. in builders trials off the coast today. Two hatches on the craft are •·.HcJ was r.ware of the fact. that h.i was Named the Snapper, the under• filled so a rescue ship can secure a nanltl Webster. He wr.s awfully awal·e seas craft was completed officially diving bell. open up the hatch and of it," ndtled Mt·. Babcock. two days ago. She had been under go inside wilh divers. Mt·. Babcock told of Dunlel Webster's construction sine~ December, 1935. To assist in raising the craft desire to occupy the center of the stage The cra!t al sea today under should it encounter the rate of its and said: "Webster was mighty con command of Lt. Cmdr. Franklin O. predecessor, rescue divers can al· scious of his worth nd there hcl stands represented 10 years' lach air lines outside the craft's in the center of Urn· grounds." He ballast tanks ;rnd blow, them free cnlled him the lilgge$t 1111,n in the progress in safely devices since o[ walci·. Uniled Stales 111 185:!, wilh the pos.,lhll' the old S-4 plunged to the bottom The Snapper lrn:; two engine off Cape Cod on Dec. 17, 1927, after rooms, two battery rooms, two exception of Henry Clay, Continuing hi.~ discussion or the stat~ a collision with the Coast Guard stale rooms for officers and separate . eating compartments. In the old ues, he stated that on the right as one Destroyer Pauldmg. , S-4, eating and sleeping was done faces the state house:, is the statue of Forty lives were lost in the acci- , in the same compartment. John P. Hale. the candidate for the d~L ~~~ Presidency that year for the Free Soil Should the new S-4 ever become Ticket. Mr. Hale WI\~ born 11\ Dove,· disabled on the ocean lloor, each and died In Rochester. He spoke about compartment is fitted with special the beginning of the liberty party on salvage valves which can be opened April 1, 1040. which poUed 8,000 votes by divers after air or food lines throughoul the country, saying that have been attached. people were inclined to faugh at the The craft also has quick-action .;muller parties. hut calleJ attention that watertight door~ and hatches, and the Liberty party was the forerunner two escape trunks localed al each end, from which men can escape of the Free Soll party, which 111 1860 by using the Momsen lung. Each became the Reptblica.n party and electis fitted with flood and vent valves, ed Abraham Lincoln. This party, headand oxygen outlets so the lungs ed by Hale, stat.eel that there was only can be filled before the men ascend one way to settle the question which lo the surface. was beginning to become the most Rotary controversial in the country and that to face matters in the open. Prof. Donald C. Bobcock of the his- was So he s3id tJ1at New Hampshire not tory department of the University of only fun1ished the succe·ssful candiNew Hampshire was the speaker <\t the date for the Presidency in 1852, but the weekly meeting of the Portsmouth Ro• Granite State also furnbhed the biggest man and .1bo the 111:1n who w~,s tary Club nt the Rockinr,ham Howl this noon. He gnve n very interesting talk, ri~ht. CapL. Che:;ler G . M,,yo, U. S. N., ncl• devoting the main part to the place ed as chairman o[ the meeting. Mention wns mode of the •·on to New Hamp5hlre held m the national Quebec" moverncnt. to attend the conspotlight in 1852. veutton on Mny 28. The committee is In opening his ta k he 1,poke oi the headed by John Seyb ,lt. Others on lhe unique plarc which Portsmouth holds itt committee 1tre rtoh\lld I. Noye~. J. Verne history and satd that it wa:, widely Wood, Riclnn" n l\1nr:,cson ll 1d Cecil known. Himself n native of MinnesotR, Neal. he stat~d th:it Portsmouth i-; • mong tile Rev. Wlllh1m Safford Jone~. a m mcities of the nation thnt are well known. ber of the club, Wll!! pre~1<1\ted with a He spoke of it being the home o! birthday cake by E. C. Matthew:,, and Thomas Bailey Aldrich's "Bad Boy'' abo n poem wa~ read in hi· honor. and also of John Paul Jones. James A. Borthwick wa:, presented He spoke of Daniel Webster, saying with n 15-year perfect attendance pin. that he was once a citizen of Porui~ Mr. BorU1wlck is a charte1· member c,f mouth, and he spoke of a recent article the club, and has not missed a Ingle by Stephen Vincent Benet. "Danlel meeting since the club was organl1.ed. Webster and the Devil," also "Daniel Webi,ter and the Sea Serpent," calling both very clever. "Tile stories themselves are mighty fine, even though they 1tre not historical," he snid. He spolce of making a tradition of myths and said that people had done that with many famous men. l:le mentioned Washington and Lincoln, stating that stories concerning them were ho.IC true and half fiction, but spiritually true of them all the way through. "There is no better way to enshrine them," l\e added. _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __,;at.~~~;;.J.,..-..::....:....:;;.;::;___gw.l;.,;~..;;__~~~~]._;.d.~ Equip New Stibmarine Snapper With All Known Safety Devices 4 4 NIELW Prof. Donald C. Babcock of U. of N. H. Speaks Before Club �The Dudley or Wheelwright House? ct -k_ ·' Was the house on Newmarket Road occupied by 1Rev. Samuel Dudley formerly the home of Rev. Mr. Wheel1wrig~1t? The earliest mention of a house in Exeter for the use of Rev. Mr. Dudley is contained in THE FIRST RECORDS 0F TUE TOWN OF EXE·TER (page 44, typed copy). Town l\Ieeting, 13 ,M arch 1650. "It is unanimously Agred upon by i\Ir Samuell Dudly and the Towne of Exeter. That Mr Dudly Is fourthwit11 so soone as Comfortable subsislance Can be made by the Towne for him and his fameyle In the lwuse wch wct.s purchased of Mr lVhelwrit. 'Dhat then the said Mr. Dudley Is to Com to Inhabit att Exeter And to be a minester of god's '\Vord unto us, until! such time as god shall be pleased to make '\Vay for Llie gathering of A Church And then he to be ordained or Pastor or teacher According to ,t he ordinance of god: And In Considei·ation of this p mise of Mr. Dud!y: The Towne doth mutioally Agree, to fitt uv the Aforesaicl house And to fence In a yard and garden for tJhe said Mr Duclly: And to Allow fourtcy pounds A yearc towards the maintenance of the said Mr Dudly and his famil'.Y: And that the use and solo Imvrovemont of the aforesaid house bought of 11-Ir Whclwrit and All the Lands and meddows there unlo belonging shall be to Lhe propper use of him the said •Mr Dudly: During the time that he shall continew to be A mi nester of the word Amongst us: A ncl what Cost tho said Mr Dudly shall bestowe About the said lwuse and Lands In the time of his Im])rovernent, the Towne is to Allow unto him or his so much as the said house ot· lands are bettered by It att the time of the saide Mr Dudlyes lea veing of It eithe by death or by som more than ordenary ·Call of god olherwais: And It is further Agreed upon that the ould Cow hoit.se which was l\lr. 1Vholw1·ito shall by Lhe Towne be fixed up filt for the setting of Cattle In: And that t!he Aforesaid P~'Y of £,10 A yeare Is to be made In good pay everey halfe yearc in Corn and English comodities att A price ·Currant as they goo ginerally In the Cuntrey att the time or times of payment. . . ." ,Did the town immediately fix up this house for Mr. Dudley's occupancy, or did he live in another 11ouse while the necessary improvements · made? 1 At a Town Meeting October 29, 1651 (p. 53) ... voted ... "to Consider About the maner of payments for the minesters maintenance, and for the exchanging of the land that Is by the sciw mill belonging to Mr D11dly his hoit.se . . . ." Did Mr. Dudley live in "his hoit.se" by the sawmill? Or, did he just own it? On April 18, 1G54 (Old Norfolk County ·R ecords, Vol. 2, p. 148, Essex Antiquarian), "'Sam: Dudley conveys lo 1 icholas Lisson ye 2-acre 'house lot that was formerly William Marston';; of Hampton, and the lwit.se by the water side, with ½ aero of lancl with it." 'Did Mr. Dudley at about this time, or earlie1·, remove to the ,vheelwrite hou,e? The following vote and agreement at the 'Town Meeting of 13th of April 1655, may indicate that such was the case (p. 67). "TL Is agred upon and votid that the townesmen of Exeter have full powe1· granted unto them to con/ erme that covenent consarninge a decle or sale of the house ancl lancl thcit was swntimcs Mr IVhelcrighls unto Mr 8111111/ n11dl11 or make it g-ooclc to him acconlinhe to a covencnt wich was ncd Lo the Towne at a melting the (13) 4th mon 66 Lhc covenante beinge on Lhc leafe followinge (i. e. on page GS)." Page GS: "These '\Vilnesseth that whereas the Inhabitants of the towne of Exeter had called Mr Samuell Dudley to 'be their minister, and for his yeerly allowance had covenanted to pay him forty pounds, but finding every yeere more and more in respect of the townes decreasing and other inabilities, t'hat the burden wch they took upon them ,was greater tlhan that they could well beare, and alsoe the said Sam: being not willing to urge that from them which they could not comfortably discharge, It is therefol'e mutually agreed betweene them from this tilne forward the <lay of the Date hereof to make a nullity of that wch is recorded in t'he Towne booke, and therefore the said Sam: for his pte this Lyme doelh lay downe his place of being a minister, and what exercises he shall performe on the Sabbath day, to doe them as a private prnn for this p sent sommer Mr. Dudly promise to p forme them constantly, afterward he is to be at •his liberty: But yet for so long as he s'hall continue in the towne of Exeter he doeth intend and promise Lo ,be helpfull what he may with- conYenience, either in his owne house, or some other wch shctlbe avpointed for the Sabbath exercises: As for ,the Inhabitants of the towne of Exeter for their pte by these I> sen ts' they have bargained and solcl · unto the said all that vurchase forrn,erly bought of llfr Wheeleright: viz, that dwelling howse wherein the said Sam: lives, cowhowse, howse lot and meadow, with the commonago and 1chat other appurtenances belong thereunto, And for the consideration of these primises the said Sam doeth pay fifty pounds in manner as followeth: twenty pounds being halfe the rate wch is this prsent yeare due to the said Sam: fyfteene pounds or thereabout wch the towne is behind hand for former rates, and fifteene pounds in respect of ,what labour shalbe p formed this present sommer. Furthermore the said Sam promiseth that when he doeth remove with his family from the towne to dispose of himself elsewhere, to off er to the towne his howse, his howse lot, r:< meadow & what other accomodations he hath bought of them at the same prise of fifty pounds, to be paid in corne and English goods as is expressed in a former covenant be-~""'u·,.,-,." tweene them, or else in sound well conditioned neat cattle indifferently prized, provided that this pay be ~1ad-~ •within halfc a yeere af.ter the afresaid, 1Sam: shall 11ave given warning- of his removeal!. 1And in case the said Sam: shall decease they to w1hom the aforesaid p misses shalbe left shall have liberty to enioy lhei,n a whol-e 'Yeare after & then the towne to possesse them, provided that psent pay as above expressed in kind be then made •to them that shall have power to receive it. Furlhermore the said Sam doeth promise that w1hat paincs he shall take in pform- ,,...,,...'"'. , .... ing Sabaoth -exercises after this somer to requiro nothing of the t&'l'ii',;.''•-., towne . Alsoe the Inhabitants of Exeter doo promise that what cost or~-ci~.~-~f•j~ charge shall be bestowed and laid out upon the howse, lot, meadow in building, repafring, fencing or other cost, by the said Sa.ni: layd ont, shalbe ii:!~_~?'!:,~·.: over and above paid to the said Sam•~ heirs, .. .'' •"''=•b'>•· THAT Mr. Dudley continued' , ,to live in tlhe Wheelwright house i~ denced ,b y the following: Town Meeting, June 8, 1G57 (p. :i(;li~fi.~i 71) : '•~~W'.l,i-1 "It was ordered and agreed that 11,.,,,._=7 •••.,,,·,. so long as Mr Sam: Dudley ,s hall. co'n-: tinue to 'be a minister in the towne ,..;,,c:;.:.,,.~,:--··~ of Exeter, whic:'h shall be till there ~halbe some just cause :for him to remove whereof he is not ,to be judge himself, but other indifferent understanding men, the fewness of,,· the people or .greater maintenance to 'he a cause are excepted, the 'towne of Exeter is to pay to t'he said 1Sam: the summe of fy:fty pounds yeerely in merchantable pipe staves, both to be merchanta,ble pine stav-es, both to be delivered by the watersy<le' at the towne of Exeter, at t'he currant pi;i~_E!, as they shall goe at when they are �delivered, if the boards and staves Mr. Dudley's doe not reach the said summe the rePasture" of sixty acres was mainder to be paid in merchantable on the east side of the road where come. are now the fields of Mrs. Littlefield The tyme of payment is to be twice and the Sawyer home. in the yeere, by equal portions,, t:iic Will those who have studied tJhe first pay mt is to begin at the nync Fir;: t Records of the Town of Exeter, and twentyeth day of September next if they have found proof in those coming. the other paymt to be made rec ords, or elsewhere, that the Wneelby the foure and twentyet~ daYi jof wright or Dudley house was not on June next: and soe from, lyeere ib or near this site, please print such yeere: Furthermore it is ordered at proof, with ·references? the same meeting ,t hat the dwelling ELIZAilETH K. FOLSOM. howse lot, and other lotts, an,d I t{te u s cu by the wdter for ·meadow on the wcstsyde . of' Exeter J:!'",:-,...,-"-"i-,.,...--......,...,.....,.,.,...._ _ _ ____. river, all formerly Mr Whcelerights with all the rights and _privilcdges belonging thereto, and what else was """...iti:A.i~~~~~wLQ....,...,..._ formerly Mr Wheelerights, shall be confirmed to the said Sam: his heirs and assigns froni this tyme for ever; notwithstanding any pmise 'or en~ Richard 1\1, Dame gagcment to the contrary, Excepting Richard M. Dame, one of the oldest thctt peice of me_adow wch lyes upon printers in the state, died late Friday Mr Whee/rights Creeke, now · i.n. the afternoon at the Portsmouth hospital !laid Sam: his possession, being pur- where he has been a patient for nearly chased by him of the towne of Exeter, two months. He was a native of this wch the said towne is again to have city and had spent practically his entire life here. upon the said Sam: Dudley os, his reHe spent over 65 years in the printmoveall from the towne, or itpon hi.~. ing business being employed in this decease, paying to him, his heires city during that time. He began on the executors administrators or assigns, Portsmouth Journal and when this the summe of seventeene pounds in newspaper suspended publication he went to the Portsmouth Chronicle and merchantable currant pay.... " The above proves in the writer's had been connected with the Chronicle mind that Mr. Wheelwright's !house and Herald ever since. and lands were on the west side of the ?-iver, and that Mr. Dudley occupied the Wheelwright premises, at least from 1655 and probably until his death in 1689. , Mr. Dudley <lied February 10, 1683. The following October 29th, 1683, Robert Tufton Mason, Esq., "?~o- · prietor of the ·P rovince of New Hampshire," who had seized the homestead part of Mr. Dudley's ~state, conveyed to Mr. Dudley's son~ in-law, Francis Lyford (he married Rebecca Dudley, youngest child of Mr. Dudley), "All that parcel of Pasture Land in Exeter, . . . commonly called or knowne by the name of Samuel Dudley's great pas~ure containing about Sixty Acres, alsoe fifteene acres of Marsh Land or thereabouts adjoyning to the said Pasture land, Bounded Westerly by the Highway, northerly by the Land of Co?·nelius Lary, Easterly by the River, and He was born on Oct. 1, 1858 in the Southerly by Staniels brook, alsoe Seven Acres of Land in tlhe Sheep -Tobias• Lear House on Hunking street, t.he son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dame. pasture lying on the West side of the Hts parents died when he was a Highway beginning at the Norther- youngster, and for a time he lived in most e-nd 01· side of Samuel Dudley, Eliot with his two brothers and sisdeceased, his house. All whic'h prem- ter. irns are now in the possession of the He was a familiar figure to Portssaid ffrancis Leyford. . . . To have mouth people and until his last sickness and to hold the said Land with the was seen on the streets daily. He wa~ well acquainted with Portsmouth hishouses Vhereto belonging. . . . " The above ,places the house of Rev. tory and could tell many interesting Samuel Dudley on the west side of accounts of events which occurred in Newmarket Road· on or near the site ~ 81 r·.-•o•-' this city during his lifetime. He used to enjoy the summer season and oft.en took walks along the waterfront. He had certain favorite spots that he would visit frequently and during the summer months would take a walk to the cemetery or the Memorial bridge and enjoy an afternoon in the out-ofdoors. He was fond of automobile riding. Mr. Dame enjoyed life and took an interest, not only in this city, but in the affairs of. the world. As an ad setter in the newspaper business he had seen a great many changes in his chosen profession. He had set newspaper captions on many of the great events that, had happened in the world dmlng his more thnn 65 years in the newspaper business. Although nearly 80 years o! age he retained his Interest in youth and his sense of humor to the last. He was o. friendly person and was known and liked by a great many people. He had a rnl'e dry sense of humol' und many o! his co·mments will be remembered by his associates for a long time. He was a membet· of Typographical Union, No. 684. • He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Clara Munroe o! Everett, Mass., and a nephew, William Dame of this city. Funeral services will be held from Buckmlnster Chapel, 6 Islington street, at 4 o'clock Monday aft,ernoon. Friends invited. THREE LOCAL?'\ INSTITUTIONS TO GET $400,000 It is announced thaL the residue of the will of the late Mrs. Susie E. Trask who died at Erie, Penn., will amount to between $1,200,000 and $1,400,000, which means that.the Portsmouth hospital, Wentworth Home and Home for Aged Women will receive upwards of $400,000 each as, according to the will of Mrs. Trask who died in 1936, the residue is Lo be divided between Lhesc institutions. The income ls to be used only fo1· current expenses. In the will there were bequests . of $10,000 each to the local YMCA, the YWCA and the Howard Benevolent Society. Mrs. Trask was a native of Portsmouth. �15. This would mean that the candidate who was elected to an office o! responsibility at least was placed there through the expression and approval of those who carry the burden of the nation's expense, and that hls majority was not ~upported by the ted States? I\ " vole by mall" plan has been urged voles of polltlcal campaigners, the un5. This voting number should be on President Roosevelt by l"rnnk Maremployed, and just plain bums. geslJn of Portsmouth, son of Mr. and supported by a master tabulated card 16. Here a word might be said for showing hiii or her name, signature Mrs. R . Clyde Margeson, now located those who fail to keep the reglsLrar ••·•=·"•~ or fingerprint, age when card was isin Sr.. Louis, Mo. His recommendations informed of any change In their adto the President are made known in sued, and mailing address. dress, and by such negllgence lose 6. A new ballot card would be used the following letter; their opportunit~• to vote. Any person for each city; county, state, or governFebruary 2. 1938 who is not concerned or capable ment election, the card stock to be In Re: Voting Security made of safety paper similar to that enough to let the post office know how Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt. used for bank checks, and always bear- to reach them certainly_ is not capaPresident of the United states, ing the same voting number for the ble enough to make an intelligent deWa.;hington, D. C. same voter throughout his or her life. cL5lon of who should be elected to a Dear Mr. President: 7. Previous to all elections, respec- public office. 17. It ls my humble opinion that There is an old proverb, "Many ideas tive tabulating cards bearing the grow better when transplanted into names of ail candidates, with the nec- no nation can prosper' and be secure another mind than in the one where essary printing for the voter to indi- except on the merit system: therefore, t\)ey sprung up•· - 0. W. Holmes, cate his selections, should be mailed is not it only common sense that we which combined with the common- to each registered voter with a self• should solicit the votes of those who sense 'thought that the United States addressed return envelope enclosed, are carrying their burdens and make it as easy as possible for them to vote? "-'"-~-t:...ii-Y· Government is the only place to trans- the voter to pay the return postage. 18. The o!Ilce worker dlsllkes to ,u,-.,·.,.,...11lnnt such nn idea, prompts me to 8. Once a voter has been assigned wri~c this letter io you . a voting number, he or she is consid- mlss breakfast or have a later supper to be able to vote. The laborer cannot 1 am one of millions of average citi- ered a registered voter during his or zens, born in California (1898), her entire life without further regis- afiord to take a half-day off to vote, and I! he gets a hollday he does not schooled ln the South, and reared in tration. . New England. I read the newspapers, 9. The only obligation of the voter want to spend It standing in line to 1 .r,;;i\·.;;:,...r.;.,. listen to the radio, attend the movies, to the registrar is to keep him advised vote. The farmer most assuredly disha vc a good job, work hard spending at all times of h!s or her correct mall- likes to crowd or lapse hls chores to enable him · to go to town and vote, the greater part of my time trying to ing address. 19. The only answer ls, "Mail their solve problems for my employer, and 10. In this manner, voters can, in I nctually solve one now and then. the quiet of their own homes, and at ballot cards to them." 20. Expenses in connection Thi) voting problem in this country, their convenience, fill in · and return obviously, is becoming more and more their cards through the mails to the this new system of voting should not exceed the present day method, as the complex and unbalanced as the years proper authority. personnel should be concentrated in pass on, and to the average citizen t_he 11. No doubt the first objection results do not reflect a complete p1c- voiced would be. "This is not a secret machine rooms rather than spread tur.~ of the ovemll public's expression. ballot." In my experience, 0!>r present out over all counties and cities. It is Therefore, let us review the facts methcd does not appear to be a secret granted that the volume of votes 9,nd see if a change of system or cor- ballot. I find that my wife and I are would greatly increase, but the faclll• rective measur~ cannot improve the registered in a large book by precinct, ties for handllng them would be vastly page number, and line number, and improved. picture. 1. In July, 1936, the estimated to- the clerk asks you which ballot you I am confident, Mr. President, that tal number of eligible voters in the want. Republican, Democrat, etc., and you will accept this letter in the spirit Uni ted states was 128,429 ,000, but the after you have filled in the ballot, in which it is written, being in my .,.,,,,.;.,•-,,_,, tot1I number of actual votes cast in your number .is penciled on the back own meager way concerned about the u,c last Presidential election was only of the ballot and dropped in the box. welfare of America, and knowing that, 45.650,821, which means 82,778,000 of 12. Why should anything that is as time marches on, if American clti- ,.-»«••;""'·' .,· our riti.!.ens did not vote at all. zcns who pay the bills are not conhonorable be a secret? 2. There ls no dispute hut umt the 13. These tabulating bnllot cards cerned nbout it, someone else will be. while collar workers, the lnborcrs, and would then be punched according to Most respectfully yours, the farmers support the no.Lion with the voter·s markings; also, the regisFrank J. Margeson tered voting number would tie punched 3701 Lindell Blvd., the laxes they pay. 3. Thus, they are the nation's pre- for every card, to insure no duplicaSt. Louis, Mo. ferr ed customers, and it should be tion of numbers, and all completed mnde easy nnd secure for them to cards placed in a tabulating machine which would accurr.tely and qulc1.ly vole. 4. Considering thnt Lile grcnler p1wt determine the results in detail. of our population have now been as14. With careful study, I feel consigned Social Security numbers, why fident that the proper safeguards not assign a permanent voting num- could easily be established to make ber to every eligi\Jle citizen of the Uni- such a system "Fool-proof." Port~mouth Man Urges "Vote-By-Mail'' Plan On President ��y First Buildfog Of Cari tian Chun:~ estroye By Fire 50 Years Ago-lnteriestnJng Service Held Yesterday Despite lhe rather inclement weath- night. their Hou. e of Worship was deer there was a large attendance at the stroyed by fire. "Before we consider this event, let us church 01\ Sunday morning v•hc'!I r. sp c:~1 Rervice was held ln observance of the 50ll1 anniversary of the destruction of the first church by fire. There was an exhibition of old pietures of the first church. both exterior and interior, and of former pastors which arou~ed much interest. The ~pecial guest was Rev. John E. Everingham. who was the first pastor of the church afler it was rebuilt and who gave some reminiscences of the old days. Special music was rendered by Miss S. Minncttc Foss, organist. and a choir consisting of Mrs. Elizabeth Marden, Mrs. Fannie Millette, Mrs. Etta Peek, Mrs. Florn Sen.vey and lhe Misses Eve• lyn Brown, Marylyn Dodge, Lena Foss and Mary Howe. Present at the service were three generations. descendants of a former paslor, the late Rev. H.J. Rhodes, and also three generations of the family of Hanson Seavey, one of the prominent members of the society of ma ny years ago, A very fine historical address was given by lhe pastor of lhc church, Rev. 0. Edwin Woodman. Mr. Woodman spoke in parl as follows: "'And Moses came lo .the mountain of God. And the angel of the Lord appcarrd unlo him in a Chm or fire out of llw mid~t or a lrnsh: :ind he looked, and, behold. the bush burned with fire, and the bush was NOT consumed.'Ex. 3:1,2. "In tile closing words or this quotation from lhe Dible. we ha\·e a picture of the experience of this congregation fifty years ago, when on Saturday recall the background of church liie in Rye. BY' nn tn ►,.,~,th•ll' e1•,i-,m,st:.tn0<>· the sip:nificant ·dates arc easily remembered. "In 1789 the United States of America became an independent· nation and General George Washington became the first President. Soon after his election to this high o!Iice he visited the different states of tl\e Union. On his way to Portsmouth President Washington passed through the Town of Rye. This took place on the 31st day of October. Fifty years from the time that General George Washington became President, in 1839, the Rye Christian Church was dedicated. It was the 30th day of October, almost the exact annivcrs:uy date of Washington's visit to Rye. The congregatlon had been organlzed as a church she years before, on August 10, 1833. "From an honored member of the church, Mrs. Flora B. Seavey, we learn of the arrangements of the early church. The platform and pulpit were located in the front of the auditorium between the entrances. The choir was located in a gallery above and back of the pulpit. The pew~ faced the entrances of the auditorium and there were two aisles. Late comers entered in full view of the whole congregation. This arrangement obtained for thirty-six years. Rev. A. H. Morrill was pastor at t he time. He was man or action and he set about raising money for the renovation of the church. The old pews were taken out and new pews and pulpit Installed facing in the opposite direction. Other changes were made, When all was complete the church a was re-dedicated on November 23, 1875. "An lnter(!sting press report, by one ""'''-"'"'''"'"' who signed his ·name ns 'Harry' is worth quoting. After enumerating the names of the visiting clergy from ~l'tile~.'-1•':' Manchester, Portsmouth, North Hampton and Kittery, also from Fall River, i<t.•;~·r,.-,,,~ Mass., the reporter goes on to say: "'The interior transformation of the church has been so complete as to al- ..,..,..,,. ,_,.,.•.. ,,. :nost defy recognition. It seems hardly possible that the elegantly-paneled, i;ii,~;,,;~, neatly-frescoed room, with its tasty carpet and its handsome circular back walnut pews, is the old, smoky, dingy box where people sat shivering amid the clouds of smoke and drippings o! the funnel during their hours of worship. The house has been thoroughly renovated from top to boUom, and the work has been done in a masterly manner, costing in the aggregate about $3000. The dedicatory sermon was by Rev. A. H. Morrill. To him, more than anyone else, is the credit ""~'-:.o,,;:...:~, due for improving the church.' "During th e time these changes were being made Mr. Morrill was caUed to the prineipalship of the Proctor Acndemy of Andover. He did Pot, therefore, remain in Rye to enjoy the beautified place of worship. It was this church building that after fifty years service was burned ln 1888. "The last two pastors of the old church were Rev. Lewis Phillips and his son, Rev. Lewis Walter Phillips. The latter-was pastor at the time of the firn and it was his activity that promated the building of the new church. Our gu!!st of honor, Rev. John E. Everingham, was associated with Mr. Phillips. "Beside the 'Ministry of the Word' there wns also the 'Minlstry of Music' in the old church. Mr. Harrison Seavey was for several years the organist. He was followed by Mrs. Flora B. Seavey in the same service. There was a young lady in the congregation who ~~~;,t.>r'"''~' was much interested in music and after careful practice she was invited to accompany her first hymn in the church. As a substitute organist Miss s. Minnette Foss led the congregation in the hymn. At this point Miss Foss .a.~-'"'_;!'"n·,~ took her place at the organ and the l',,!~','7'':fu,l. congregation sang the hymn, "In the Cross of Christ I Glory." Continuing, Mr. Woodman said: "We do not know in how many instances Miss Foss has played 'God Be With You Till We Meet Again' to retiring ministers but she has greeted each new one with enthusiasm and the • '""'"'•'"' .•~,.... hymn has !Jccn 'In the Cross of Christ I Glory.' The longest and most devoted service as organist that I have ever 1<1~;;~,?--.; known has been that of Miss Foss. "Coming bark to our text: 'The bush burned with fire? And the bush was NOT consumed'. When fire destroys a 1 ··"""-'fjtr-0•, church building lhe fellowship of believers that constitute the living ele- I l"'l"---'"'"'!!"-...,..,~~-....,...,....,=..,..~-....,.,,_,. �ment in the church, is un uc was true in the experience church. The sympathy of the community was aroused. Immediately the Betha ny Con gregational Church offerA general reduction in teachers' saled its House of Worship as a place in which the Christian Church could hold . arles in this city was not favored acdivine service. During the n ext sevencording to Mayor Kennard E. Ooldteen m on ths the church, under the .'lmith in his statement to the Board o! leadership of Rev. Lewis Walter PhilEducation finance committee and the lips, was very busy building this buildOity Council finance committee at a ing in which we are gath ered. meeting of the committees held in city "The work of God is continuous hall last evening when the committee through the ages. He admonishes us members passed on several important not to be weary in well doing. Christ proposed appropriations to be incorsays 'The work tti at I do shall ye do porated in this year's budget which will and greater works th an these shall ye be voted on at the next city council do because I go to THE FATHER.' meeting, "In the fifty years tha t h ave elapsed While Mayor Ooldsmlth expressed since the burning of the old church the feeling that some of the salaries th ere have been such chan ges in the to the statt of the local schools were world that our lives are being spent in too high there were others that should an entirely diff:)rcnt environment. be raised but he said that he was not "There a re m a ny hum an interest in favor of a general cutting of teachstories 1hn.t coul rl be told n.hout. U10 ers' salo.rle~. His tnllc indicated that ministers anti leaders of this church his plans were to lower the maximum through the years, but time will not and make a slight increase in the permit. minimwn of the salaries. "In the last par agraph of the dedicaMembers of the Board of Education tory service conducted by Rev. Lewis finance committee attending were Walter Phillips when this church was Henry Tilton, John E. Seybolt and completed, are these words 'We dediHarry L . Moore. Charles C. Durell, cate ourselves to an increasing fervenchairman of the Council finance comcy of spiri tual life which shall cause mittee, presided. all Christia ns to seek through the The school budget was passed tentawilling consecration of every fac111ty tively at $230,025.18. Last year's budget the growth of Zion, and the conversion for that department was $231,054.68. o! souls.' To this the people said Amen Although $8,287 was asked for in the "Another fifty years has rolled library request the finance committee during which the voice of truth has recommended it after they had shaved gone out from this place. We · do not the figure to $7,987. have to build a new building but anThe committee recommended $23,945 other great leaf is being turned in the for the fire department and $1,182 .52 . history of this people. As we think of for the fire alarm system. the blessings that have come to us Recommended for public buildings here, shall we not dedicate ourselves and places is $7,978 and for parking to a building program of a ~~---•nhat $800. The police department budget has different, but as real a character? been set at $42,117.25. "Shall we not, together promuc.e, let The committee recommended that us say, a five-point program as fol the Christmas tree project be continlows: ued and also passed their recommen"First-Build the sanctuary of 1he tlntton on \he ins\nlln1 ion of heart and home. street ligh\,s along Parrott "Second-Build a wider knowledge of the Bible. ''Third-Build a stronger corporate DISCUSS THIS YEAR'S BUDGET or: life of the church. "Fourth-Build better social and community service. "Fifth-Build for the future by child training in the home." The anniversary opened with a supper at the Town Hall last Wednesday evening under the auspices of the Ladies Social Union of the church, of which Mrs. C. A. Howe is president. The men of the church, at the request of the pastor, formed a committee of service for this supper, and the fol lowing were on the committee: Joseph Becker, John Berry, Clinton G askell, Arthur M. Gray, Carl A. Howe, Charles H. Hurlburt, Andrew Mn.rston, George Perry, Fred Philbrick, John Philbrick, Russell Peirce, Charles Rawding, Hen • ry Varrell and William Varrell. T Iie :Hllllta l ind oor Pl<' lll C' of P orl slllOll lil Ua rcle n Cl11h wa~ ll~lll .Moncl a1· , beg 1nH 111g al 10 o'clock. wilh a goocl atte:1clan<·<' ancl lilt:' prrsirlent. Mr,. 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V11·gi11ia. w a~ilbu rn po 111 tecl tlt:• 1n11 a n t lr, 1v,•r ~ll ow. �Committee Recommends $330,000 Fo I provements At R e Harbor Contained In Report.Made To Congress On -Nation-Wide Six-Ye.ar Program In Connection With Rivers And Harbors· Project Washington, D. C., Murch 12-0n Frlctnv Lh".) Nnllonnl ncsoLlrces commit~ tee recommended to Congress expendl~ tures of $12,708,000 fo1· New England rivers nnd harbors projects ns pnrt or a nation-wide six-year program. In the rivers and harbors program for New Hampshire the sum of $330,000 i~ included for conslruction of jetties and dredgl.ng al Rye Harbor, al.so $100,000 for construction of a dam on Mad River, White Mountain National Forest. It also r.dvlsed Congress a total o! $3,884,000 could be spent to prevent beach ero$lon in eastern Ma.5sachusetts. �Overjoyed at the excellent showing of the department in tonight's test, Commander Sullivan issued the fol• lowing statem!'nt lo newspapermen upon Its eomplc~lon: "Department Adjutant Frank N. Sawyer, all of the Legion officials and guests at the New Hampshire Depart• ment headquarters in Concord and myself were very much pleased and frankly surprised at the overwhelming response to the test emergency mob!l· ization call tonight. " With 77 of the state's 78 posts reponing within an hour after the ori• glnal call went out, there could be no que5tion of the extent to which the le· gion in New Hamp~hire ls organized for public service," Commander Sullivan stated that without any ctoubl last evening's mobilization would r;how the various posts ju~t what work h:ld to be clone to perII fect their or11n11lmllo11H. Tl w11s fell ~=-:--:--;:-----:---:---:-:--------IQ at headquarter~ that the great enhour and five minutes they could mus- t husiasm for the moulli:,mlion plan ter an impressive army of volunteei- evidenced thls evening gave prnmise of relief workers co1nprising 5,808 men, continued and improved organization 2,087 women, 501 physicians and 32:! In the future. nurses. One of the more important points upon which emphasis was placed by Housing, Transportation the demonstration was the fact that Th ey showed, further, that they ..s a means or p1·ompt and dependable provide, on such short notice-not a. communication the telephone 'must · be · p.os t or auxiliary in the state knew rated above Uie short wave radio. Thirty-eight short wave radios in that they would receive the call to- various parts of the state were used to night-facilities to house and feed 20.· send and receive messages. An hour 26 3 refugees; as well as 2,990 passenger and a half after the call went out automobiles, 709 light trucks and 491 from state headquarters. only a hand· heavy trucks for transportation pur• ful of posts had reported by radio poses. while more than two-thirds had flied The test further disclosed that 73 reports by telephone. short wave radio stations are avalla• There were two centralized short ble for commu,1 icatlon in the stato, wave ro.dlo information centers-one and that 70! boats (including motor· at department headquarters, super• boats and rowboats), 7~ ambulances, vised by Walter Lessard of Manchester, and 11 airplanes could be pressed into who is in charge of \.VLGB and the service. army amateur radio system for New Oscar G . Morehouse post, No. 61 , of .Hampshire, and the other operated Milton, reported th at it had th e only by Carl Evans at 80 North State st., 1>ortaule hc!lting and lighting l)lant Concord. that might be uL!llzed, while Dewey At 10 o'clock,•-three hours after the Ingerson po st, No. 41 , of Whitefield, mobilization call, about 30 of the 41 sent in the interesti ng information posts which were Instructed to report that it stood ready to th row 20 teams by radio had done so, however, an<l of horses a nd four oxen into th e the remainder came in during the next breach should th e need arise. Appar• half hour. All posts were Instructed to ently believing in being prepared fot· report by telephone, regardless of the worst, . the Whitefield post also whether they also sent in returns by stated that it had ''100 coffins'' on radio. ha nct, T~lephoned returns were taken by In addition to th e ollier facllities Det)artment Adjutant Sawyer, assisted aa d equipment reported, a iwmber of by Past Department Commander, P0st s made known th at th ey could Wendell D . Crowell of Hancock, Lt. avail th emsel\'.eS of 5tlch valuable aids Willtam' Cogswell of Warner and Maj. nd as oxygen tanks, inhalators a a lib· George W. Morrill. era! quantlly of dynamite. As rapidly as the returns were reDirected by Sullivan ceived. they were put clown on a Tho test was planned and dit'ected blackboard by M1::.s Doris Woodward, by Department commnndet· John L, secretory to Adjutant Sawyer and Sulllvan and centnttized in the officos Warrant Ol11cc\· R11fus Wlllis of Manof department headquarters 011 Plea• che~ter post, No. 70. and later Labulafod.' sant st., concord. It marked the 19th Mrs. Emily Feather of Keene. deanniversary of the founding or the pai:tment president of the auxiliary American Legion as welt as the second w::, . unable Lo l>e J)resent, and Mis~ anivei·sary of the gi·ead flood of 1936, Hel ~n Saltmanlt, department secrein' which the heroic work of the New tary. dll'ected the uxlllary's part in Hampshire ieparmcnt will long be re• the prngram. membered. Among the guc:;ls of tl1e dcpartment present were John T. Wlnterick of York _City , eti1lor of The Am- n Le . ccess 5,808 Men, 2~087 Women, 301 Doctors And 323 Nurses Answer Call In New Hampshire -Booma Post And Auxiliary Mobilized Within 25 Minutes Within 25 minutes from the call to mobilize the Frank E. Booma Post, American Legion, and Ladles' Auxiliary of this city, in line with the posts and auxiliaries throughout the state, responded to the call of Department Commander John L. Sullivan. The call came at exactly 7, o'clock, and there was a general rush to the American Legion Home on Court street where the group was to mobilize. It was a fine exhibition of what could be done In case of emergency. At the end of 25 minutes the ·report was sent to the State department at Concord by telephone and a short time later was verified by short wave radio. The report showed that 97 men, nnd 69 women reported. This included one doctor and four nurses. In case of disaster 200 refugees could have been taken care of, 34 cars of five passenger capacity were available for transportatlon of refugees or · post members to the scene of disaster and two light trucks and five trucks of two tons or more. Two radio communication sets were available for the use of the post, one ambulance, pulmotor, Red Cross first aid kit and an · airplane were available as well as three boats mounted on tr;ilers. All this was clone within 25 minutes which seems a very short time.. John L. Stlllivan, department cornmander, sent out the call to the dis•trlct conimanders. The district commanders got in touch with the district vice commander and the two divided. the district and notified the post.~. Ralph W. Eaton, district vice commander, made the call to Clyde Rob•· inson, commander of Frank E. Booma Post. Mr, Robinson immediately called Chier William F , , Woods, and the American Legion call was sounded 011 the fire alarm system-nine blast., three thnes. That was the signal for the Legionnaires and the members o! the auxiliary to mobilize. At 7.25 the report had been made by telephone and later the report was verified by short wave. Seventy-seven posts and 70 auxillary units (out of 78 posts and 74 auxillary units ln the state) 'participating in the test showed that within ona 0 �erlcan Legion Magazine; Miss Ruth Kernodle of Concord, state field rcprcscntaUvc o( lhc Amedcau Red Cross and Thoma5 Trixall. disaster chairman of the Concord chapter, Amerlca!1 Red Cross. Within four minutes after Commander Sullivan's mobilization order went. out by telephone at 6 :55 p. m. to commanders of the eight legion districts in the state, the following radio message was broadcast over commercial stations in Manchester, Laconia. Portland, Me., and Springfield, Vt. "Attention all New Hampshire members of the American Legion and auxHlary. Report t.o your respective headquarters at once. This ls a test emergency mobilization." Commander Suillv1m issued his. orders over the telephone In two group calls-speaking to four of the eight commanders at a time. The district commanders then notified their vicecommanders and between them they proceeded to notify all post commanders In their respective districts. Post commanders then had a mobillw.tlon signal sounded, fire whistle!! church bells being uUli1.ed. Disll'ict Comnmnd1:rs The district commanders are a$ follow;;: District 1, Peres,. Feathec, Keene, husband of Mrs. Emily Feath• er, president of the department auK• lliary, who was the first commandec to report back to headquarters, in · forming them that all po ts in his dL1trict had been notified; Distnct 2, Guy Harwood, Hudson: Distnct 3. Edward Jablonski, East Rochester: District 4, Harold V. Tillson, Bedford: Diatrlct 5, James W. Doone, Henniker: District 6. Kenneth A. Lord, New London: trlct 7, Carl D. Hayes, Wolieboro: lrlct B, Hnrllc Cole, orovrlon. District vice commander~. in th~ same order, arc: Guy Bailey. Keen.; Earle Roberts, Amherst; Ralph W. E:1· ton, Portsmouth; David W. Johnson, Manchester; Albert J . Yeaton. Epsom; Robert E. Hadley, Claremont: Stuart McClellan, Redst.one; J. rthur Sullivan, Berlin. Department vie co111nu1nden. wh'l assL~tcd in th progra.m. are Leo E. Ray o! Gorham, William D. MacPh r· son o! Concord and Arthur J. Pim r of Lebanon. - - - - - - -- ANCED ~ GE ARI. G A hearing on the application of th!.\ Maine-New Hampshire Bridge Aut11orlty for approval of plan., o! a bridge across the Piscataqua river was held in the council chat}1ber at City Hall on Thursday afternoon, with large attendance. No opposition was voiced to the construction of the pt·oposed bridge. The hearing was conducted by the War department sud Capt. Wayne s. Moore, Engineer Cor 1s, acting district engmeer, presided. He called tile meetIng to order shortly after 2 o'clock and read the call of the hearing and this was followed by the general bridge law possed by the 59th Congress in 1906. Hu also read the laws providing for tho creation of the bridge authority which says the authority expires within I\ year of the time of creation. Capt. Moore then read a communication from the National Gypswn Co.'s offices at Buffalo, N. Y., which spoke ahout the location of the draw in the B. & M. toll bridge which they said was not located in the place that it should be, but the letter stated the company w1derstood the draw in the new bridge would be iu the center in deeper water. They als.o called attention that something should be done · to provide means of passing through the draws of the two bridges, as one would be In the center of the river and the other I.he Mttine bllllk. Johll Lyle Harrington. e11gincc1 Knnsas City, representing Hampshirc-Muiue Bridge spoke briefly, stating that been &ome comment that 11ot provide enough clearance when raised. permitting veasels of 100 feet at high water, and 107.8 at mean low waler. reprc8cntativc of Gypsum Co., when I\Sked if the Gypr,nm cmpany had any vessels that re• quired more than 100 feet clearance, replied in the negative. There was no other person who wished to speak and the meeting journed within 20 minutes from the time it started. mong those in attendance were four members o[ the Bridge Authority, Frank E. Brooks of this city, Frederic E. Everett of Concord, Hollis Cole of Kittery and Engineer John Harrington. Laurence F. Whittemore of the Bos• ton & Maine Rallroil.d was also m at· - -- - - ---- COUNCIL HOLDS BRIEF MEETING . A meeting of the City Council was held •today at City Hall, opening shortly after 12 o'clock and contJnulng untJl 1 o'clock, during which several petitions wera read and other routine business trans!lc led. Because of the recent check-up Dover on filling stati<IDS operating without peqnits, several gasoline station permit requests were flJed with the council today. Residents o! Newcastle avenue had a request before the council conoernlng a shop there which has Installed electrical machines. The matter was referred to the zoi.)ng committee for investigation. Following a reading o! a requrst by H. Babklrk of this city to buy the La-fa.yette road schoolhouse, the council voted to empower the mayor to sell the property. A 5mall appropriation was made ·for work on the pumping station and the city clerk was given power to bid on property to be sold at tax sales. A communlca.tlon regarding the WP A cemetery improvement project wu read. An appropriation, not to exceed· $1500, was approved for inst.allatlon of lights on Parrott avenue. · Three councilmen, Boynt-0n, Schlegel and Herrick, the city auditor and city solicitor were appointed to investigate and suggest terms to which the city of Portsmouth could agree with the Susan D. Flynn estate regarding the sale of that property purchased by the city at a tax sale several years ago. Atty. Ralph G. McCarthy was present at the meetIng to represent the est.at~. Three Disastrous Fires \w-.'l."""'·"=, Have Swept Portsmouth In the early 1800's, Portsmouth suliered three disastrous fires. On· Dec. 26, 1802, a fire broke out in onP. of the banks and destroyed 120 , buildings, principally in Market and Daniel streets. On Dec. 24, 1806, another con• flagration de~troyed about 20 build◄ ings, including St. John's churcJ-i. but the worst fire tf'I hit Porst• mouth was that o! Dec. 22, 1813, when it swept over 15 acres an!l dcslroyerl 173 buildings. �countrr. he stated. Explalnlng these School Auditorium last evening before air raids, he claimed that when Japan300 persons at a gathering sponsored by the Junior High School Pareut- ese started the war last summer Tea:her Assn. He told the Chinese it wns the belief of theu· military stalls side of the Oriental connict that is now that the conflict could be won before raging and said, ··we believe the Jap- the end or the year by terrorism and anese will never win this war," and he that these atroc1t1es would demoralize explained in full some of the military the whole country into an inevitable Col. M. Tchou, who is to be the tactics the oldest nation of the •world submission to the tyranny of Japanese speaker at the meeting of the Junior rule. Ho1\ever, he said, its tactics have Is using against its foes. High School Parent-Teachers Assoreversed results in China as The meeting was opened with a ciation this evening will arrive by they apparently face the invading arnumber of selections by the Junior train at iii.02 o'clock this afternoon. Ha High School orchestra under the di- mies with more determmation of vicwill be met at the railroad station by rection of Ernest P. Bilbruck, director tory than before as was the case when Ralph Junkins, president of the Parof music, the half-hour program air raids were made 011 London during ent-Teachers Association. Principal I c a t u r i n g a medley o f opera the World W:lr . Raymond I. Beal, Asst. Principal Leon While J,l[KlllC~C ur.:: ll"llllll~ only bepieces. Ralph Junkins, president of the E. Heald of the Junior JI.lgh school and cau.;c or military orcter:;, he stater!, the association, opened the meeting then Comdr. A. E. Stone, chaplain of the introduced Cleon E. Heald. who in Chinese :ire \\'llling to g1\'c up their Portsmouth Navy Yard, representing turn mtroduced Col Tchou. who 1s a property and savmgs :tl\fl lay down the Navy department. former private secretary of General l11c1r lives tor their cotn:lry. Although it He will visit city hall where he will is lhc oldest nation in the worlcl. China Chiang Kal-Shek. call on Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith has remained vigorow; while other emHe 11sr.d excellent Enr;lish and and then. ro11owl11r; a raclio talk, will tl1rou 1; l10ut his two-hour tl\lk ~n vc n tlln•:; have rbcn 1\lld fallt•n , Col. Tcllou .,,_.,.~,,.., be tendered a dinner at the Rockinggripping picture or the conflict. Ile said, and it i~ c,nly In the pa ·t frw ham. spoke or Americans as his friends and year5 that Chinese have started adoptHis talk on the Orient will be made believed the1'.n to be sympathizers with ing the Western modes of civilization. at the Ju:1ior High School auditorium his government. Accompanied with his China had to overthrow its old sys this evening at 8 o'clock. explJ.nation of the situaUon of the tems to be replaced hr new schooling Col. Tchou will remain at the RockSino-Japanese war was a plea that to and modern ideas but such a change fngham over night, leaving in the help his p e op 1 e win the war was impossible overnight. he stated, so morning to continue his brief tour or Americans make a recession in buying the reformation that took place af• the country. fected politics, liberty and democracy. Japanese manufactured products. The boycotting of Japanese products And ns a re5ult of this industrial rewould mean the winning of the war volution there was the fear of "isms" for China as Japan, he said, depends creeping In the government and the on United States for much of her inevitable class segregation. China had supplies as her allies. Germany and t.o go through complete metamorpho· Italy, are not in a position to sell them sis, he said. This grent transition in China, acto her. It is therefore imperative, he pointed out, that Japan buy Its sup- cording to Col. Tchou, brout;ht about Its unlf'lcnt1on m three ways, polit1 plle., from United States and to do cally, military and 1\nanclally. One this she must use United States currency because this nation does not give· government has existed there for five credit to Japan, neither does it accept ycar5 now. while Its mllttnry chnni;c their currency. Thus the solution to banished the war lords and brought the vast army under one central con• Japan's supply problem is In selling trol. Financially the change abolished manufactured products to Americans, exploiting by taxe~ but brought forth a Col. Tchou i.aid. national budge~ and two years ago In opening his talk th,e Chinese social and labor leader said that he felt currency was established 011 a managed that as he was among friends he ,basis that has proved so successful that, even during the war It has not would first give greetings from his fellow countrymen who charged him been necessary to inflate It. Previous with that mission as he embarked !or to 1935 silver was continually being taken from the country by Japanese this country. Col. Tchou recalled how Americans but government order stopped that, the had fought for their liberty and inde• speaker disclosed, and It has been a pendence and said that with the "sliver lining in China's black clouds." There are now many thousands of same dexterity in fighting that the Chinese will maintain the libe-rty and roadW!).YS through China and railroad independence that has been the pricle trunk lines besides a complete facility of that Oriental race during the 4000 for communication throughout the country. There has been a change years of the country's existence. He announced his subject, "The from hand production to the use of Problem of the Orient-China, Japan, machinery in the larger centers which Russia and World Peace," but devoted has brought about the problem of most of his time to description of the unemployment, slums, labor and capiplundering and destruction Japan has tal. All of this, he explained·, has wrought. "Men, women and children threatened that China would be a land are being slaughtered," he asserted and of sweat-shops but the government has It was with this appeal that he asked tried to improve these conditions. A Americans to boycott Japan. The housing improvement commission was small but energetic author-speaker appointed and four areas of 1000 new vividly described. war scenes that he houses each were built in Shanghai claimed now exist in China but have witi1 social centers provided but three become so common in occurrence that of the:,e have already been destroyed description of the horror 1s no longer by Japanese air raids. Three of these projects have been destroyed but not printed in the newspapers. , To date there have been 3000 air raids the ideas and China will continue to by Japanese air forces as they make progress, Col Tchou maintained. their slow advance Into the :resisting COL TCHOU TO ".RRIVE LATE THIS .JTERNOO TELLS OF CHINA'S STRUGGLE WITHJAPA Colonel Tcho~ Speaks Before Large Audience At Junior High School �China, realizing the army and a r force was her real strength, added new planes and knowlng that Chinese mlll• tarism was growing, Japan felt that last summer .was the time to strike, the Chinese Colonel disclosed. Japan also picked what Lt thought was the •psychological moment to war on Chlna as the rest of the world's attention was on the recent invasion of Itl\lY into Ethiopia and civil war 1n Spain, he . aid. Many· wonder why China did not let the invaders enter her country as she has let other nations do In cen• turles past and slowly assimilate them until the land of Confucious was again under Chinese rule, Col. Tchou said, but the Japanese cannot be assimilated as other races can. He pointed out the Japanese problem ln California as an ,instance. In strengthening his statement, "We believe the Jap~nese will never win this war," Col Tchou told of the war tactics that 11;~ country is using agai11st the invaders from Japan. The battle front Is uow 1000 miles long making the Japanese army so sparse in sections that "Chinese guerilla bands" can attack llnes of communication and inter.:ept supplies. The cause thaL Japan gives the rest of the world for Its invasion Is because of over-population but Col. Tchou pointed out that she did not send vast numbers of her population into Kore\l during the lasL 43 years she has ruled It nor more recently into Manchuria after 33 years of control there. Following his talk he answered several questions from the audience and later many of the school children who attended Lhe meeting wer.: given 11ui by the speaker of the even- Total Collection for N. H. District Mar. 1 to r ar. 21, $1,617,084.26 Incomo tnx collrclions f,1r the DL~l rlct or Nr1v Ilampshlrc from March 1 to March 21, incltL5i-Ce, were $1,617,8426 us announced by Collector Pe • ter M. Ga~ne today. For the same per• iod in 1937 the collections showed $1,472.332.44. The excess in 1938 over the corresponding period of 193'f is $144,757 .82 or 11pproxlmately nine percent. DEATH TAKES HON. CHARLES ff.BRACKETT · llON.· CHARLES U. BRACKETT The death of Hon. Charles H. Brackett of Grecnluncl which occurred to• d,\y at· Uie Portsmouth Hosp!Lal was a· distinct shock to a vast number of people oil over Lile state of New Hampshire. He was Lakcn to the hosp!• tal on Sunday suffering from bronchial pneumonia and his condition ste:i.dily grew more senous. His death removes a man who was very well liked throughout the entire state and he had hosts of friends. He had a genial disposition and his friendlines. toward all won him general admiration and respect. His friends were legion and he well deserved their friendship. Cl1arles Henry Brackett was born on Nov. 1. 1865 in Greenland, the son of William H. L. Brackett and Hemietta A. deRochcmont. His father was a far• mrr nnd millwright and at an early 1Jgc, the ~on rccclved n plot or 1nnd to begin farming. Slnco that time he has carried on a most successful farm, and ls one of the best known agriculturists ln southeastern New Hampshire. He attended the Greenland public school and then entered Brackett Academy, from which he was graduo.Led Jw1 27, 1882. Four years later. May 12, 1886, he mo.rried Miss Fannie M. Lamprey of North Hampton who survives him. Starting as a farmer in a small way, he gradually expanded and the farm uow covers 275 acres, although about 500 acres of land in all are operated each year at the farm. He had a large orchard of about 700 trees, and was well known as an orchardlst as well as an agriculturist. In 1900 he added dairying to his farmlng and established a milk route which now covers Portsmouth and surrounding territory. He has been a hard working man and winter and would find him making the milk de11veries, and then he would return to his farm and continue throughout the day putting in long hours, but he enjoyed every minute of day and got his greatest pleasure in his farm. In his younger days he was well known as a baseball player, playing first bas~ on several leading semi-pro nines in this section. He was a member of that famous Greenland Town team, playing with four of his sons._ He retained his interest in sports, es• 11:aillii.:!~~•,~peclally baseball throughout his life. Mr. Brackett had been active in 1.sJ:;,;F,-.;-,,.,;,c grange circles, being a past master or Gr~nland grange as well as a past •-"'""'0 -,.,-, district state deputy. He also served as past master or East Rockingham Pomona grange. At the time of Mr. L,:,.-a.::::i,.-,' Brackett's death he and Mrs. Brae• kett were the only charter members of Greenland grange. He was past president of the Portsmouth Kiwanis Club and a pa.st master of the Winnicut lodge of Masons, and when that lodge gave up its charter, affiliated with St. John's Lodge, of this city. He served as a dir~clor of the Merri.mo.ck Farmers· Exchange, and was a direc• tor of the Portsmouth Civic Council and Chamber of Commerce, serving as vice president, and was influential in the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional Development association. On numerous occasions he was called upon to represent Governor Winant and made appearance for the chic! executive throughout the state. Only two weeks ago, at the· town meeting he was chosen as a delegate to the con• stltutlonal convention to be held in May. At the age of 26 he was made moderator of tl1e Greenland town meeting and has held that position ever since. He served for some years as town treasurer ,_..,and on the board of selectmen. He also served on the School Board. In 1927 he represented Greenland in the General Court and in 1929 and 1931 served as state senator from the 24th district. Following the conclusion of his term as senator he was chosen a member of the Governor's council · servltlg unde1' Gov. John G. Wlnant. While there he was appointed to mo.ny con11nlsslo1t!-I nnd hls WOl'k on nll o! ~,.,,...,.~- ·• Lhem has been of o. high calibre. He had served as chairman of Home Service campaign of the Salva• tlon Army for a number of years and was alwo.ys Interested in the work of UmL organlmtlon. He was a member of the Greenland Square and Compass Club. Few men had a wider acquaintance with state affairs and his integrity and vision stamped him as a man whom the voters realized would follow the dictates of his conscience in what• ever he did. He served as a member of the Board •··"'·"-'·1'-'•'· of Trustees of the State Industrial School at Manchester, and was chair· au ...,,.,, .. ,.• ~, man of the Hampton River Toll Bridge Commission. He was influential in the ~r~~i,t'.~Senate at the ti.me the debate was going on regarding the proposed- Lit• tle Bay Bridge. m;;,~·,,.._;,;;t1;.: �Mr. Brackett undoubtedly would lfljii,M•liii Manchester and Ben H. Orr of Conhave been honored further by the able," and the pastoral prayer brought cord; former Mayor F. W. Hartrord voters, but he felt as though at his the service to a close. In his prayer Mr, and former Mayor S. F. A. Pickering age he could not devote the efforts Chatterton mentioned the sterling of Portsmouth, and Maj. Charles E. required and contented himself with qualities of Mr. Brackett telling of his Greenman or Hampton. standing on the sidelines, but his adservice, not only in town, county and The Salvation Army was represented vice was often sought. state affairs, but to his fellow-men. by Brig. Edwin Perrett and Mrs. PerHe was a man who made the world C. Ho 11ghton Richardson sang two rett of the divisional office at Portland, a much better place in which to live, selections, . '·Beautiful Isle ·of SomeMe., and Adjt, H. E. Martin of Port.~a m:1n who thought of his fellow men, where" and "In the Garden," which. mout.h. Mr. Brackett had been chairand helped th~m whenever he knew were favorites of Mr. Brackett. Amos man of the Home Service Appeal or the there was anything he could do. W. Moody played the Portsmouth Corps_._ _ _ __ In addition to Mrs. Brackett, he is and· rendered organ selections before survived by two sons, Edwin H., and and afte,· the service. Charles H ., Jr., two daughters, Mrs. The honorary bearers were members Esther Beals, and Mrs. Constance Syof the Portsmouth Kiwanis Club, Preslphers, and 13 grandchildren, Howard, dent Jolin W. Hopley, Secretary EdElizabeth, Annette and Jean, children ward·S. &avey and the following charof Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brackett; Wilter members, Harry Wlnebaum, Sidney 11am, Elizabeth and Charles 3rd, childS. Trueman, Samuel D. Eastham, Wilren of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Brackliam C. Philbrick, Fred Oldfield and ett, Jr., and Barbara, Ralph, Nancy and former M:iyor f[arry B. Yeaton. Active John, . children of the late Ralph D., bearers were Greenland neighbors, and Mrs. Ruth Brackett; Frances. Postmaster ~rvlng · Rolston, Thornton daughter or Mr. and Mrs. Frederick s. Weelc.\i.,-· J'ame~ l:,-.· Miller, lwllliam • R. (\t :i meding held ltlst evening at Beals, and Nathalie, daughter of Mr. Weeks, Arthur J. Sewall and Herbert the Hotel Rockingham a group or and Mrs. Harold Syphers. Two sons. C, Maker. Ushers at the church wer11 y~1,1ng business and professional men William H. L. Brackett, and Ralph D. Thoma,5 J. Brackett, ,Clarence E. voted to organize a Lions club o! Brackett, died previously, the latter Gowen, Russell A. Rolston, Charles F. Portsmouth. Various steps in the propassing .away Jan. 7 of this year. He ls Marden and Sheriff Simes Frink. cess of organizing a service club of this also survived by a sister, Mrs. Abbie Burial took place In the family lot in type were formulated. Durell, of Lynn, Mass. Prospect Hill cemetery under the direcThe following officers were elected: The body will repose at the Methotlon of J. Verne wood. The commitPresident-Samuel B. Maddock. dist Church in Greenland from 1 until tal services were conducted by the folVice president-Gerald D. Foss. 2 o'clock Friday afternoon when serlowing officers of st. John's Lodge of Secretary and treasurer-Charles vli;es wlll be held. Friends Invited. Masons: William F, Tilton, master; Griffin. Rufus W. Ferguson, senior warden: Lion tamer-Kennard Goldsmith. Ralph H . . Atwell, junlor warden, and Tail twister-William 0 . Flanagan. John H. Yeaton, chaplain. Directors-Ralph C. Margeson, John The trusl~es of the New Hampshlre J. Shea, William F. Tilton, Marland D. Industrial School at Manchester attended in a body. Th!!y inclltlled Rep. Knowles. Although this club is new in the city Charles H. Barnard o! Manchester, of Portsmouth, it is international in Henry C. Arwe of Keene, Mrs. Lillian scope, having clubs in many countries. Cox of.Nashua and Hubert B. McDonIn addition to more than three ough of Manchester. Supt. Alfred exbtent in the United Morgansten1 and Asst. Supt. James M. George were also present. Mr. Regular meetings will be held Brackett was chairman of the board or the second and fourth Thursdays trustees at the Manchester institution., each month. Hon. Charles H. Brackett was laid to The Rockingham County delegation A special meeting will be held on to the General Court, together with rest in his beloved town of Greenland Thursday. April 7, 1938 in order to present and former county officers, the on Friday afternoon. Funeral services fuHill any unfinished business essenPortsmouth Kiwanis Club, of which were held from the Methodist Church in tial to the completion of the Mr. Brackett was a past president and that town, with which he had been charter member, and St. John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M., or Portsmouth Identified for many years, and were atattended in a body . Among other ·prominent people in wcmen who through their association attendance were Commissioner of Labor ......,s...-:r.,"'"""' had grown to love and respect him. The John S. B. Davie and William Smith church was filled and some were obliged or the Unemployment Insurance Divisto stand in the v~stlbule during the ser· ion, Department of Labor; Deputy Secretary of State Harry_E. Jackson of Manchester; Stat:.e Senators Charles A. Executi·te Councilors Charles M. Dale Allen of Portsmouth and Philip Heald of this city, Alvin Lucier of Nashua and of Wilton; Adjt. Gen. CharlesW. HowGeorge H. Rolfe of Concord were in atard of cm1cord; George M. Putnam of tendance, representing Gov. Francis P. Concord, president of the New HampMurphy, who, with other members of the council, was attending the funeral · shlre Farm Bureau; former Councilors Fred T. Wadleigh of Milford, Han)' of Dr. Charles H. Pet tee, dean emeriMerrill of Exeter, Daniel W. Badger of tu.~· of the University of New Hampshire, Portsmouth and Charles E. Carroll of which was held at Durham at the same Laconia, who served with Mr. Brackett I1our. on the council of Gov. John G . Wlnant; The sen•1ces were conducted by Rev. former Atty . Gen. Jet;emy R. Waldron Frank B: Chatterton, pastor of the Unlof Portsmouth; former State Senators versalist Church of this city. Mr. Eliot A. Carter of Nashua, William AlChatterton began the service by reading len or Penacook, John J , Sheehan of the first Psalm, called "The Rlght~ous Man;·· followed by the 23rd and 139th Psalms. This was followed by a poem by Sir Knowles Dolton, "The Inevit- LAST RITES FOR CHARLES H; BRACICETT lIELD �~~~---............ 1lo.\\o..~. S,--s.ho~ ~-cn'i':'I'. ON BISHOP DALLAS 9 Co FIRW~s CLASS · 1 \Vas Prominent In Public Affairs In City And County Hon . \Villiam A. Rodgcton, widely known ::i.rrhitect, contrnctor !lnd builder, died at. his home on Hit;hland street this mornmg nt the age of 89. He had been iu failing health for some time. He was II native of Greenland, having been bom in Llmt town on Dec. 9, 18'18, the son of Alexander H. and Sarah (Walker> Hodr,don. · Mr. Hoclg<lou received hi8 e<lucaLiou in the Grrcnlnnd rllst.rict school aml at Brnckcl.t'8 1\c:1<lcrny th\ .-c. At the age of 17 he started to learn the carpcnt er's. trade under the . lnsLrucllon o( Mo~es Yeaton. After three and n hnl( years he oblainCll a position as fore• mnn in Nell' York City and while rmployed lhrre, 8tmllrtl nrchitcc-tmr uulll hi/ henlth failed whr11 he returned to Portsmouth . Regaining hi;; hralLh he engaged iu lmsine:;:; !IS a contractor and builder and did a great deal of work in this community, ond some of the finest homes were built under his direction and clesit::nrd by him. His first wife was Miss Currie Yeaton, daughter of Mo~es Yeaton. hL~ first employrr. His umn·iuge ocrnrred in 1875. She died died in 1388, lelwlug a daughler, Ethel. Iu 1894 he manietl Mi~s Chn a Randall, who died May 17 last year. Mr. Hodgclon w H prominent. in the Rl'pullllc-1\tl 11nrt,.v :111<1 lwid n numhcr of public olflcc·s. lie r,Prvccl a~ ovrr r.cer of thr poor, '\:, i<upcrinleu<Jcn~ of the Enard or Public Works, and as al~ dcrmu l iu the old city council. In 1009 he wns elected county commissioner, which po0ition he hc1d for a munbe1 of yeu1s. He also served ::;evero.l terms in the legislautre. For three years he wo..~ in the Nc·.v Hampshire militia serving na first lieuteunut. For mnny years he ~ct vcd !\t, a libro r:,' tru: lea and has alway been interested in the welfare anti progress of the ·community. · . He was a memlwr of St. Auclt·e\\''s Lo,lgc of ··:i\1asons, DeWitt Clinton commandery, IC. T ., 'Ind at ono time was a mrmhrr r,f Phrl\\.:tq111\ L(Hli-:e, I. o o. F. anct o! the Mecllaulcs Fire sofict.1•. ; He j~ Slll'V!VC!I b,\" two rli\UE;hters. Mi-;_~ Ell,cl Hodp.dl'I\ or thiq city, and l\•Irs. Wlllls Q-. C . K!mboll of Woburn. Ma~:1., a gran<idau 5llter, Mn;. Cinrk ll.1cAciam Clifiord of St. Louis; 11 brother, P.c'I. T. Mannil.1g Hodgdon of West IIo.rtford , Conn., l\llll one sister, Mr~ . .l\11nlc G. Ram!. Funernl r;er,lct'h will lw !trill from the !ate home, 18G Highia11'1 ~trcet, l\lonclny afternoon at 2 o'ck•clL Friends lll\'lted. . • ' S JollN AT ST · 11 """""~;;:;..;;.,..,;...,,,_.,..::.,,.....;;,,.;;;,~. Biblical passages. Jie 11a d hat esua Ohrist taught the giving of ourselves ,iithout' 10.ny !dca · of reward ., o.nd we have the heart and·.courage to go.on knowing that God ca.res .for • us. -We heed Him in this Ufe of ours day • 1:!1 day.. i • At the close of .the service all in the congregatjon were invited to the parish house on State street to greet Bisllop Dallas and he received -a most h~rty1r'"-~..,. ¥.,.,,..: welcome. OBSERVES 97TH BIRTHDAY Miss Mary E. B, Miller observed h ,}r 97th birthday anniversary on Sunday at the Wentworth Home on Pleasant street. She received numerous ca.Iler~, floral tributes and cards. Among those who came to greet her was her niece, Mrs. Marlon Miller Drake, whose birth• . day anniversary occurs on the date. Miss Miller is a remarkable woman, having rare talents. She still reads without glasses and does a little chln3. painting, but ls less active than in the past few years. Mary Emily Brewste1· Miller was born ·The Rt. Rev. John T . DallM, bi.shop in Portsmouth on March 27, 1841, the oC the Episcopal cliocese of New Ha.mp• daughter of Rev. T. H . Mille1· and Mrs. Rhlre, administered the r ite of confirm• Mary Moses Miller. Her father was a EJ.tion to a cla s '>f 21 candidates at st . minister in the Orthodox church for John'11 Church Wednesday evening. A several years, later leaving hls pastorate very large congregation was present a.t to join the Universallst church. Fe~ tho impressive service, including a many years he held the position of asnumber from out of town. The vested sociate editor of the old Portsmouth choir of men and boys numbering 30 Journal, later becoming editor of the r enderell music uncler the direction of Portsmouth Chronicle, which was Choir Ma.ster Ernest P. Bilhrnck. The founded by hls brother, Frnnk W. Mil· large congregntion Joined lleartily f.n ler. tile Ring ing of hymns. Miss Miller i5 an accomplished musi,1~ Members of the conflnnation class ian. At the age of 13 she was a leadlnil' wUl make their first communion at tlte soprano singer In church. She was a. early Rerirlce on Palm Sunday. church orga1,lst for 38 years, serving 'lt In greeting the newly-confirmed arui the Univer~alist, Unitarian and Middle the congregation Bishop Dallas spoke street Bapt.ist churches dm·ing · that of thi~ ancient rite o{ the church and time. it.'l Rignlflcance. He paid a well deserMiss M11ler is a portrait painter ved compliment to the reotor, Re-v, much ability, having studied undel' Mfl.KWell Ganter, saying that down Ulysses D. Tenney, a famous painter Jn through the twelve years it had been his day. At Christ Church in this city J.1Lq privilege to come here the rector there are three life-size paintings of had prepared such a clai:s and f.t gave "The s aviour," which are the work of evidence of much painstaking work. Miss Mlller, together with smaller piec~s B!sh:>p Dallas referred to the com- of art. Shi? still does some china paint• l.n.g tercentenary celebration of St. Ing, it being one of her hobbies. John'll Church f.n May when tlte enShe has always been very fond Uro tlloce o will join f.n the observance, l'eadlng anc even now does not· of (,hat historic occasion. glasses. A keen student always an;:1 rn ri.n impressive sermon B!sho1.1 in her youth she taught school for a DallL','> spoke on the subject of God, time. While living in Boston she at• a,9sortlng tllat love ls the word which tended the Epl.scopal church and wM ,.~•.,,•. ,...,_.., descrJ.bes God tlle best and tt ts Olll' confirmed at st. John the Evangellst'a defl.n1tlon of God. Not love in the sense Church 1n that city. of anything cheap or tawdry: nothing Mlss Miller has a cheerful disposltlo,1 Gentimental about it out tt shines be• and her friends much enjoy calllng on £ore tho senllmcntnutir and L~ full oC her. She hopes to attaln the century (framl hmrnm ex.pc11ences. mark. BL-,ltop Dallas aave ~ picture of Goct 1.1.;.:.:.:;.;.;;.;_ _,.....,......,...,..,_-r.-"!""'\l'T""':""!"......,....":""' o.nd love through references to variou!J �a e oy as o fe se Set ·ng reenlan Fires County Authorities Believe Mystery 0( Incendiary Fires Has Been Cleared Up Herald Newsphoto Ruins caused at Greenland yesteriay by a $12,000 blaze that razed the barn, ell and shed on the old Judge Hatch place. A cat· and truck along with much valu able farm machinery was lost in the fire. A juvenile warrant, charging "arson and an a~tempt at arson" was served t.oday on a 14-year-old grammar school )Joy or Greenland by Sheriff Simes rink following an lnvestlgatlon into the $12,000 blaze at the old Judge Hatch estate In Greenland yesterday. · The youth ts alleged to have confessed to attempting to set the Cold Spring Farm barn on fire at 6:45 o'clock Monday evening ar.d the following morning shortly before 8 o'clock set' fire to the rear of the barn on the Hatch property. Early yezterday morning Sheriff Frink was called to Cold Spring Farm when it was discovered that an attempt to set a fire had been made there and was conducting an investigation when the fire in the nearby building was discovered by one of the occupants. Before the firemen -had the blaze under control and while heavy winds still threatened to spread the flames into the front part or tbe house Sheriff Frink had started to question the suspec:t, who, he ~nld, finally signed a confession that he set the fire by 7 o'clock Inst evening. Assisting in the investigation and collecting state's evidence were Inspector Clifton Percy of the New Hampshire State Police. Inspector David Rubino of the New England district of the National Fire Underwriters Board, Chief of Police Caswell or Greenland, State Trooper Dema.~ky, and Deputy Sheriffs A. Munning Remick of Rye and Floyd Gale of Hampton. The boy was held in rustody at Greenland last night and lhc actual arrest was made today. The young defendant will be arraigned in Portsmouth Juvenile Court later this week, accordIng to officials. Officials are still investigating numerous other fires that h ave occurred in Greenland during the last year . During 1937 the local fire department had 13 calls to Greenland and many of the fires are believed to have been of incendiary origin. The major fires in that town during the last year are: Feb. 27, Herbert Powell residence. March 27, Frank lfughes barn. April 22. Thomas Ely residence . Sept. 7, Harry Johnson barn. Sept. !l, John Trimmer barn house. Dec. 5, Harry Hanson barn. March 4, 1938, Thornton Weeks barn. March 29, Wendell Peterson resldenc • i..,,.,..~::;:_;:__=-:;~~--..:?:::=::,.==--::a.. arn And Part Of . t Former Jud.ge lace And Discove ttempt To Start · old Spring rm _vestigatio Several houses at Greenland wer~ threatened by fire today as flames levelled a barn and ell of the old Judg~ Hatch place, cnusing an estimated dam~--~ nf :.12 000. Sheriff Simes Frink of Portsmouth and Deputy Sheriff A. Jo: >11~ Ht mick of Rye started an investigation of the blaze after it was discovered an a ttEmpt also had been made to start a fire in the large barn at Cold Spring Farm during the night. The house, owned by Mrs. Rosall.J Hatch of Stratham, was saved by firemen from Porlsmo11th, North Hampton and Exeter. although there wus considerable W?.ter damage. The fire started in the rear of the large bal'll and fanned by a heavy wind swept forward, enveloping the entire building ln flames before firemen could be summoned. The arrival of the fire departments foun-1 the blaze already threatening to raze the house, but by turning large streams of water onto the building where the ell joined it they were able to save the front section. The historic Congregational Church wa.s damaged to the extent of n ear\/ $200 when the top of the steeple caugl1t fire from flying sparks and during the heigh th of the spectacular blaze burning shingles lanrting on the roof were a constant menace to the church building. Kenneth Caswell of Portsmouth savrd the attic of the church from catchlni; on fire, :i.s he was the first person to f::,"l up into the cupola, where he found :i wooden shingle burning among the ctr? beams. He plckcd up the burnlni; shingle and threw It irom an opening in th? lower part of the steeple. 'The estimnlect loss or machinery nnrt other chattels stored in the destroyed buildings has not yet been made but th~ value will probably exceed $2300. The house is occupied by Wende'.! Peterson, painter, and his family, which includes twn sons, Wendell, Jr., and Edwin and two daughters, Virginia, and Margaret, the latter being only 15 months old. All the family's personal belongings and furniture were carried from the threatened building by volun• teer workers. The blaz,~ was discovered by Mr. Peterson about 8 o'clock lhi~ momtn1; when he though he heard watPr s11lash · ing In the rear of the barn. When he opened the doors he found the 11tar.•, filled with 5moke and flames and noti • fied the Portsmouth Fire Dep~~ment. �A p easure car and truck which were parked in the barn were destroyed and farming machinery in the rear of the barn was lost. A shed in which Mr Peterson l1r.d a quantity of paint n1 carpenter·~ tools wa.5 destroyed. A complete set of la\Jf books. valued at several hundred dollar,<;, being thos used by the late Judge Hatch during hL~ law pra::tice and as a justice of tll'! state Su;>reme Court, were destroyed •n the ell of the hous~. where they wer stored. Firem,m drew their supply of watc·· from a large spring in the rear of Cold Spring Fann, only a short dlstan~.~ from the burning buildinr, . Scv~n.l li1:e1; of nose were laid anti firemen foui::ht lhc bl:izr for nearlr two hour.~ before il was completely unclrr control. More I han a dozen volunlA'er. wc,e called into a field aero~~ lhr road frOt\l the burning building to fight r;r:is:1 fire which had gained considerable headwa;y and was sweeping toward several privnte residences on lhe Nortl\ Hampton road. One o( the resident.q on that road wet his shed roof with fl. garden hose V:·hen sparks were f ll!n~ near the building. About 150 cars jammed lhat section and Chief of Police Earl Ca.swell, Greenland. Chief of Police Oliver Henc'.cel of Norch Hampton and State Troop?r Joseph Demasky were called on to helo direct traf(ic. O(ficials say that if the aUempt t.o start a fire in Cold Spring Fann barn had been successful it might have caused grcai; damage. They stated tlt::i.t some time during the nighL a fir~ had been started in a pile of hay in the mlcldle of the barn floor and it was "little short of Cl ntirncle" that it went ou~. There were 15 cows. two horses and o. lC\rge qua:1t1ty of hay in the barn, ThL~ L~ the e1ghLh fire in GrccnlO.tHI during the past few mouths believed by offlclal.<1 to be of incendiary origin. Historic Greenland Church Saved From estr-uctio - ✓ Exeter Firemen Stop Spread Of Blaze In Structure Erected In 1756 ' Herald Newsphoto l\ IExeler firemen made a spectacular effort that saved the spire of the historic Greenland Congregational Churclt from being consumecl by flames during the hi-ight of the fire at Grccnlaml yesterday. One of the fh'emen can be seen crawling through a chopJ)ed hole J1igh up in the spire just before he extingui hell flames that were gaining headw y, One of the oldest landmarks m Greenland, the historic Congregational Church, erected in 1756, was saved by Exeter firemen yesterday as flames started to burn the top of the steeple, Several attempts were made to extlnguL~h the flames, which were gaining headway, but the pumper was unable lo bulld up rnough pressure to throw a stream of water to the top of the splre. Flames were endangering the top of the struc~ure and threatened to let the ,;wlnd-vaue fall to the ground untU one of the firemen was -able to chop his way out of the steeple only a few feet below tlie bll\ze. Tho Portsmouth Herald photo shows the dramatic moment when the fireman made his way through the opening and extinguished the blaze. A cheer went up from hundreds of persons who stood on the common and roadway watching the spec~acular feat. Among the Exeter firemen the succ~35ful att.empt were Captain Sinclair, John Poggio, Cornelius Willard Harold Brown and John Leary. The met1 had to carry a 30-foot ladder into the belfry and then, standing on the top of it one of them chopped a hole through the steep roof. Earlier during the fire Kenneth Caswell of Portsmouth saved the attic of the church from becoming a mass of flames while he was on his way to the roof and discovered a burning shingle among the dry beams. His prompt aetlon in throwing the shingle through an opening in the lower part o! the steeple, it is said, saved the building from extensive damage. Much favorable comment has been heard in ngard to the fine work o! the Portsmouth Fire Department in saving the Peter::;on residence as until the arrival of the local firemen it was believed that the entire set of buildings was �TO HOLD HEARING ON HARBOR DEVELOPMEN The Federal Maritime Oommlssion will hold a hearing on Harbor Develon Aprll 6 at the local City LOCAL HARBOR DEVELOPMENT HEA ING APR. 6 To Be Conducted By Federal Maritime Comm. ,,At Rockingham Hotel A hearing on the ,feasllaility .of developing Portf,mouth Harbor into a fint class port wlll be held by · the Federal Maritime Comm~sion at the Rockingham Hotel, Portsmouth, Wednesd~ y morning, April 6, at 10 o'clock. Originally scheduled to be held In the Counc!! Chamber at City Hall, It wa~ necessary, because of state-wide interest, to transfer this hearing to a place of J:,.rger capacity. Two meetings of a representative committee to prepare data and statistics to be presented to the commission have already been held at the headquarters of the Seacoast Regional Development Assoclatlon. and a final meeting of this group ts called for next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. The possibility of developing the outstanding 1~atural facilities of a harbor of unusual depth of water that never fre eze;, even in the coldest winter, that never reqmres any dredging to keep open its . channels and docking areas, has brought ready and eager support from every portion of the state. This is only natural, since such a project is of vital Interest to every New Hampshire community, as well as to many other sections outside the state. The economic advantages of a developmc11t of the nature at New Hampshire's only seaport would be far-reaching, benefit.ting not only the whole state itself, but a large portion of northern New England as well. Representatives of the state, city, .,-,,..;;.,..,,... ,,, railroads, regional associations, manufacturers and civic organizations will present the story to the commission. The hearing is open to the public and all citizens of New Hampshire are Invited and urged to attend. · ecbons ·of ew Ha shire And Part Of Maine Represente -Local Advantages Presented To Members Of Federa Maritim.e Couunission More than 300 attended the hearlnc- thls i.~ true for neven mileH and a hair held on harbor development at the up stream when Gre t Bay an\i Litt!~ ock1ngham Hotel this morning, con- Bay also offers rare oportunltles. In closing he mentioned the overducted by the Federal Maritime Comcrowded condition:, of some of t.lle nL<Jsion, and great enthusiasm was Atlantic and called hown. Originally Intended to be held ports on the Portsrnouth the "most logical point on tn the Council Chambers at City Hall t hero was so much interest tlll\t a larg- the Atlantic coa..t for wide maritime ctevclopmeul.'' r place was secured for the hearing. Alvm F. Redden, secretary of lhe Various organizations throughout the .~tate were present, and representatives New Hampshire Seacoast Regional from towns and cities · were In attend- Development nssocla.tlon ·presented o, ance to lend their 1,;upport in a.id of de- report which had been prepiired foe tli.e com.mission. Thia report was very veloping the local h~rbor. S. D . Schell, assistant to . the chair- comprehensive, including m.an.v of tho man of the 1\/Iarltlme Commisslon !UH\ stn.!,cmeut.~ whlt:h WCl'tl maclo later in J F . McArt, chief of Agreement.~ sec- U1e heariug, (;'ivlng facts !UHl :Ogun,._~ tion, Division of · negulailons, were of Ule pos~lbllllh:s o! Portsmo11t11 lturpresent from the commission, Mr. l>or. The report called atlcnLion thn.~ Schell presided and called the meet- this Ls Lhe most northerly port on tl111 Atlantic which ls open to navigation Ing to order at 10.12, In opening the meeting Mr. Schell the Yt·ar o.ro11nd and that "with no tco stated that the Maritime Commission to tie up 0l..uppit1i;, no channels to be has been conducting the hearings opened ir1 wmt,er by the expens1ve proalong the Atlantic Coast arrd the Gulf ces~ of mo<lern ice breaking, no pos~ of Mexico stating that ·a similar meet-- s1hilit.y of sho11l or saurlbar formaLions, Ing was held In Portland .qn Tuesday, no c.lreclgil1g Lo keep channels o.ml and that other hearings would be held dockmg areo,s at proper depth, ancl in Boston, F:>.11 River, PNvldence, New wiU1 navigable water of unusual depth ,=raven, New York, Philadelphia, Wil- extenctiug to the very shors itself mingwn and Baltimore. He stated that Port.smouLl1 ofrcrs r..xccptlonal adva11~ Senator Brown o.skcd to hnve Port.<J- tn.r;es for tnai·itim& clcvdopment io1' mouth Included among the list: He eic- e,run or miy lilt.C." E. Curtit Matthews, president of Urn pressed delight in the large· attendPlscu.tu.qmi Rlve;r 'rowing Co.. submit. ance and the representative group. Former Mayor Orel A. Dexter pre- ied facl.s rcll\tlve to tlrn f~tnro · (le.. harbor. "Port,s~ sided as chairman. He called upon va- velopmcnt of tho rious representatives who gave their mouth is ti natural anu not an artifitestimony regarding the harbor and cial harbor,'' he said, and pointed out that ihe c:utrn.uce at U10. narrowc:.;t the possibilities of development. The first speaker was Mayor Ken- point W!l..9 0111.>-fourth of a mllo and nard E. Goldsmith. Mayor Goldsmith tha.t the, cnt.ruuco to wide and unob-told first of the advantages of the Pis- st-rucl.ect: tlmL (.ll() ·llrldgc-.s arc no ob-· cataqua which were seen in the early strucL!on to navigation and that lhe years of the settlement of New Hamp- ho.rbor hfls never 1'ro:t.e11 over. He spoke shire with its fine harbor of 65 to 90 of the bad conchtions ot thti ctockll feet of water. He spoke of Colonial _ stating illat tlley ohouhl l>s rebuilt. days and Revolutionary war days a.ncl PolnUug ant the po~ibiltties of n..it~ trnce '1 briefly the history of the har- road Sl!l'Vlce, he , b.l.ed U1[~t I.Ile Bos• bor. He cited some of the advantages ton & Mal.i1e could ea~Uy serve U1es.e of the Portsmouth harbor, st.at.Ing th:i,t Iocat1on Em<l with LhelI' cooperation no dredging is ·needed; and that th.ere all of 1,he coal and oil lu New B:umpno shoals or sandbars, and thn.t i;hil'c could h handled in U1eso points, Mr. ,MI\LU1ews spoke of the up-rivl'r pos1-;ibil!Uei! for d~velopm;.?_t, �1912 when plaru were announced pub• llcly for the closing o! the Navy Yard, and that o! the subsequent election and the visit o! Josepheu.s Daniels to Portsmouth. "And the Portsmouth Navy Yard still exists," he said. "There ,~,.,.,..,-,,;,..,..::"' is no better navy yard and no better ,]-~~~~:'l"'""!':".':■.:':'=~~~~~~~'IP!S:C~r;::::t.'..~~~2~2.~9,2~~~] harbor." He spoke o! some o! the na• Mr. Schell mqulred regarding I.he er could be brought to them. He added tural resources 6.nd o! the possibilities number of piers that could be used a.n<l that he believed development her<! for development, sto.tlng. that it ali:o n...<;\cC'd al.lout warehouses. These would start up closed plants. would be o! distlnct advantage to New q1wricx Wl'rC' l\nuw('rccl. Frank W. Randall, representing the England IC thL, cpuld come about. Mr. MaUllcws presented Cho.rt 329 to New Hampshire Seacoast Development Major Denni/I McDonough o! Dover, t11c commission. • .Association, was next co.lied upon. He added hill approval and that o! the Fr('Ll :r. Clllrk, plnnni.ng director or spoke of the. mo.rltlme history of the city o! Dover to any move for the tile S~l.e f'la.rmlng nnd Dovelopmcnt city, stating that, once ranking as thB develppment o! Portsmouth Harbor, Commi:;.,lon, WI\S .next introduced and 12th city in the nation, the population saying, "I believe that the Portsmouth prc.<;entcd o. mup and chart showing t.lHl growth hac! failed to keep pace with Harbor 13 a great port; that Ports• loc11.Uon of Port.~mouUl in rclaUotl w other cities. He said that durlug the mouth can be developed; thnt Ports0U1er m1mufo.cttu·inG ccnLom of ihe world War the natural advantages o! mouth should be developed and that r,t,atc. Portsmouth Harbor were recognized and it should be made a port o! call. I Jolin J. Cmnmlnc!i, i;ecrel.l>.ry of ih, that both iteel and wooden ships were ' belleve thnt should be to.ken Into con• New Hamp~llile Manufacturers A.<isoci• built here. slderatlon that we need more than the atlon spolcc next. Ile stated !,ha.I, lt t~ Former Mayor Charles .M. Dale, a first line o! defense; wo need the soc• illo> l\S~Orlli.iion'r; contention thl\t Ports·· member of the executive council of Gov. ond and third lines of defense as well." moutl1 Harbor should !Je r;lveu 1rcrlO!J/I Francis p. Murphy, represented the In closlng he said, "-the Clty of :povor consldeution· ill the question of port de. governor. '·The governor had hoped to Wi!l be very enthusiastic over what can velopmcnt. be here himself," Mr. Dale said, but dua be done in developing the port of I. M. Payne. manage1· of the In • to pressing business In the state House Portsmouth." dustries Bnreau of the Boston & Main'! he was unable to attend and asked me Mayor Alfred J. Boucher of Somer1• Railroad. represented that organization to say a word on behalf of the state. worth briefly added hls endorsemen~ at the hearing. He stated that the ral:"The governor ls vitally iniert!sted in of the move to develop Portsmouth road would be willing to cooperate with any development of Ports mouth Harbor harbor. "We all know that this devel:. any develcpment of the port. "It is bo- which wi\\ benefit our state and I believe opment o! Portsmouth Harbor would lieved th \t derelopment of the harbor that the development of Portsmouth help all the neighboring cities ln the will bring i11dustries here," he stated, Harbor would bo of bene!lt not only to states," he said. · Harold H. Hart of Wolfeboro, secre- this section bui to the entire state." Thls concluded the llst o! speo.kera tary of th New H::unpshlre Lake ReFranTc C. Remick represented t!;.. which had been planned, and Formergional As,oclatlon, rcprcscnling thr Port.~moulh Civic Councll and Chatnber , Mayor Dexter turned the meeting bacll New Ha111p~l1ire Division of tho New of comm~rcP. He bega11 by saying that to Mr. Schell. Mr. Schell stnted o.galn England Council, so.Id, "We feel that tho in former days Portsmouth was one of the plan ln holding the hearings stat• dcvelopnu,nt of Portsmouth Harbor 1s the import'\ntJlorts in the country. "WrJ Ing that "I bellcvo you have wonder• a step in the right direction." He have the same fa.cllltles today," he ful 11atural facilities, but some o! the brought up tho 15ubject of national do• added. Mr. Remick spoke of it.s geothings you need are not within the fonse and said this should be consld• graphical location near the big buslness scope of the commission, what we are ered. Ti1e lake region wishes to go centers. He told of the inadequate fa- concen1ed with i~ whethet· you have on record i.n supportlng this meritorious cilities, of the neeu of a new bridge, new adequate steamship llnes to care for subject," i1e sald. piers, n~w warehouses and a large dry- your exports anti Imports." Chairman Dexter stated · that the dock which might be of great benefit "Wo, are interested essentially lu slate of Maine wru; Interested ht the not only to commercial shipping but to American steamship services. Incident• development of Portsmouth Harbor, fo1· the Navy as well. ally we are interested in the !acllltles.''· it would undoubtedly mean develop• Rear Admiral D. E. Dismukes U. S. he said. ment the Maine slde of the river as N.. ret ., was called upon and agreed Mr. Schell asked a few more ques• well a.<; lilew Hampshire. He then wlth the speakers who had spoken tlons and stated that briefs could bi, called upon Jud~e Arthur E. Sewall of about the fine entrance to the harbor. flied within 30 days with the secretary, York. He stated he had commanded ships of of the commission, and wlll be incor• "Anything that would be of ndvant- 30.000 tons and that a study or the µora ted In the records of tho hearlnQ', age to the city of Portsmouth would be chart would show that the largest ships The meeting then adjourned. · of advantage to Maine,'' Judge Sewall "I feel that It is foolish to have a In addition to the speakers, repre• snld, and ()lso brought out the fact tht1t good harbor llke this without one pier sentatives of a large number o! r.om• there ls ;, law in ' Mnlne which pre- where ships can dock,'' he said. "After munitles throughout the state were vents the ci-:port of hydro-electric power you build one good pier undoubtedly present. Maine _wo.s represented by a and said he believed If there should be a others wlll be bullt." He added that number interested in the harbor do• move toward the development o! the such a pier should be near the rail- ,velopment. Among the group from port of ?ortsmouth industries would road and near a highway, that p.eopl" Portsmouth were~many who have been spring up on the Mnine side and that should be made commerce-minded and interested in the development o! the the power could bo brought to U\Ose in- then the flow of commerce would come harbor and who have done a great deal dustrles. The commissioners n.5ked a through Portsmou th . of work along those , lines. Among the few questions of Mt·. Sewell, who stated Eugene Reed, of MancheS t er, a for- former mayors wern Harry B. Yea.ton, he believed that Industries should bB mer Congressman, was next called F. W. Hartford, Dr. s, T. Ladd and brought to tidewater and then the pow- upon by Mr. Dexter. Ho sto.ted th at J?r, S. F. A. Pickering. A number of he had not intended to speak, but gave members of the present city council a short talk telling o! hls contacts were present and men and women with Portsmouth. He mentioned the were in attendance from many towns he Congress in in Rocklngllam county. on �HAS BEEN LIBRARIAN FOR OVER 30 YEARS Miss Eleanor Lovell Of Kittery Has F-ine Record MISS ELEANOR LOVELL this to the fact that the public today want to be entertained -and would rather be told about a subject, simply and directly, than to take the tlme to read about it. Miss Lovell is very fond of her work and explained that there is much satisfaction derived from finding ju.st the right book for someone. She remarked, "I've gradually found myself knowing the likes and dislikes of everyone in town." For her own leisure hours Miss Lovell chooses the stories of Henry Van Dyke and she also likes historical novels, especially those relating to colonial times. Her hobby is music and she enjoys traveling, but th is is only in her imagination . "I don't care for the water,'' ~he admitted, "and I quite agree with the Englishman who asked his American friends why he traveled abroad when he had .everything so ideal at home." Miss Lovell Is a member of the Eastern Star, serves as secretary <l,nd third vice president of the Nursing Association and is listed on the board of the A'merican Red Cross . She is also a member 'of the Second Methodist Church in Kittery, where she has taught in the Sunday school since 1899, LIBRARIAN AT PUBLIC LIBRARY . FOR30 YE_ARS (By Justine Flint) The Inscription at the entrance of the elm-shaded red brick building reads: "Rice Public Library." Wide stone steps lead into quiet, spacious rooms lined with books, and the . sprightly white-haired lady behind the desk In the large circulation room Is Miss Eleanor Lovell. Miss Lovell has been Klttery's librarian for 30 yell.1"8. Shew.as born 1n Portland, Me;, where she spent ;1er childhood. When she was 14 lier family moved to Kittery and a few years later.she went to Washington, D. c ., where she remained for 15 years. On her return to Kittery .she accepted the position of assistant postmaster, which she held for eight years, until she made her application for l!brarian 1n 1907, She l'eplaced Mis.s Abbie Goodi;oe, who had been the library's custodian since it:; erection in 1874. Miss Lovell disclosed that tastes books havt! changed little in 30 and the most popular books, as pref erred by Kittery readers, are mystery and Western stories. "I'm often asked,'' she said, smiling, MISS HANNAH FERNAl, O "for a story to make the chills run up (By Jus tine Flint) and down their spine, and I often wonThe enjoyment derived from der how anyone can sleep after reading .such tales." Miss Lovell 1s cleverly sacontact witl1 books and peo ple explains tirical , and phrases of sparkling humor the reason Miss Hannah F ernald appear throughout her conversations. , She stated that literature on pract1- ' r emained loyal . to her profession ma.ny years. cal arts and hobbies have a steady folAlthough sh~ was· born in Boston, lowing, and that gardening is a favorite MJss F~rnald's mother and father origwith Kittery people. There 1s little det.ually came from this locality . Her mand for the classics and she attributes grandmother, Mrs . Sarah Wiggi11, made I h ~r home i11 Portsmouth, and her father's J)eopl-~ formerly owned a farm in North Kittery on the Cutts road. She attended the library school at · Pratt Tn.~titutt:?. Brooklyn, N. Y., and for a rcw yeai"s ,, as active in social service work. On coming to Porlsmout-h she succeeded Rc.brrt E. Rich, who was tl1e flr;;t cur,toctian of the library. MLss Ferr.ala has served as Portsmouth~, librarian for 30 years and tells ma.ny interesting and amusing stories a.bout book~ and their readers. She atat ct !:hat there has been a decided clla.nge in the public's choice of books during her 30 years experience in Portsmouth . More solid reading and fl gr~J.t deal more non-fiction is in evidence . This is o ttrlbuted to the fact that non-ficlion is much more' interesting than it, used to be and is written in a more entertaining style. Factual stories are produced like novels. There is much going· on in the world today that people wunt to know nbout nnd essnys on lnternnlional affai rs are extremely popular. She expressed the opinion that motion pictures and the r adio have Increased the quantity and quality of good reading instead of lessening it, as is o ften b<Jiieved. Books on present economic ::liff.iculties h ave a la rge following and trav<!I 5torlcs and biographies were pronou:1cP-d the favorite books of Portsmouth readers by Miss Fernald. We are informed that libraries are al- i ways b:.13iest during the win ter months, I.JUG that summer visitors keep Port.sm outh'-, library increasingly active throughout vacation time. Wo·1ld yo u guess that fewer ccm ~o the library on windy days? "R,1i11 make1; no difference," Miss Fer.na.ld said, '·but a high wind keeps people ::i.w1y, and it also makes children u augllty in school," she added wilh a smile. ":::t fills them full o! high ,, spirits and makes them harder to manage ." Miss Fernald is held in affectionate regil rd by the youn ger r eaders of the .lilm:1ry. Children of various ages, with thei r hands recenLly washed "for fcr1r Miss Fcraald might n otice" troop It\ and glance shyly through the rooms, hoping to catch a glimpse of her. 'While she listens, h er kindly eyes smll:in[f un,izrsta1,dingly, they relate to her 30rnt: .:/JJry that they have just'flnlsh ed. _1·As soon as they are able to sign their first and la~t names satLsfactorlly in Ink ' they are al!owed to take out books. This system rr.1;evEs small children of the temptatio,1 to exaggerat,e a little when •their ag·es are asked. There are four standard encyclcpedlas in the chll-• f dren's room and we are told that they are there 1101: so much for the informa·• tlon th~y contain, but for the purpose of; teachinz the children how to look things up.- , ·,<\s ·you enter the library's large circu • btlOlll: roo11:i .11crhaps ,thc first Llli11g that .will attract your ,eye are the flowering pl,rn~~ with- their lovely blooms or rare and \Ji:illiant hues, _.. :rhey a.re the beau- . trnus l''osult or Miss Fernald's hobby, which s\1e laughingly calls· "a minor insanity." .: l'}hc plants. the bulbs in the cellar of il)e cuilding and _t,_hrougho ut �the fall, "inlcl' and sprit1gu11der her watchful r.are the liberary is rewarded wiU1 exqui~ite blossoms placed effect• ivcly on ouh and tables. A!Lhoush Miss Fernald has read ex• tensivcly 5hc has no favorites in books or author.-;. She described the modern novel as bei,1g good, but apt tQ prove un~ stimu)!c\tit~g She will admit, however, a prcfer~ncc Ipr travel stories and . ,dis-. clo~cd t,ha\..it she was to tl'avcl she would make Englai'lQ her first stoppir1g place. Sl.10. S!\_i9, :•i 'vc r ead and loved ·so ma_n~• E1iglsl1 bocks and poems that England seems quit~. like another home to me." The e:>.riy history of the Portsmouth Public T~ib1:ary is very vague and indef'inilc. 1\ \\:ls reported in an a_rticle by Robert E., Rich that the bu1ldmg was creeled .fo ·!809 from· designs drawn by Charl~s Bt;lfiech, architect of the Mas• ·sachusctt...{ state House,' as a private school foi· boys. anc;l that it was conductetl as SU()h for a number of years. In March, 18~6, the city leased the "academy," with the privilege of purchasing •the land/ and build~ng. in 190~. . Af_~r being r1mcdtlled, 1t ISSUCd !ls Inst . books 011 nee. 5, 1896. MRS. HOUDINI TAKES UP CAUSE Of GOODY COLE 'II .J1'111 1. Ernest A. 'fucker Of Rye And l\'lodel Of Old New England Colonial lfas Constructed. -~,\ \ ['-i'-' A model of the 250-year-old Ne1v England colonial-built houses. familiar in and aboat New Castle during the early day.; of that town. has been comple ted in every detail by Ernest A. Tucker of Rye. The small replica, that .stands less than three and one-half feet high, is an exact copy of one of the houses. formerly an old tavern, now in the part of Rye that was separated from Ne ;v Castle. The house is complete in every detail and, acco:·cting to the builder, some parl.s of it took longer to construct than would the same part of an actual house. 'i'he stairway in this miniature building took nearly twice the time to build as that of an ordinary stairway. One of the most tedious tasks in the constructiu!l was the shingling of the roof. Th<'re are 4200 shingles, hand• sawed from cedar wood and it is shin• glerl in tl1e exact manner of an-ordinary sized hou.~e. The at~lc of the model is one of the most int~resting parts of the house. There some old furniture is stored 9.lld a picture of Abraham Lincoln hangs on the chlui.1cy. Other rooms ln tht 'house are cleverly built and .arranged in keeping with the colonial architecture. There is a pantll dado in the parlor and the upper part of that room and the other rooms wlll ue paper this .rnmmer by Mr. Tucker. who intends to give the model to a New Yor\t l ' \) . Mrs. Beatrice Houdini, the widow of the late Harry Houdini who achie.ved. nation-wide prominence as an illus~ ionist and as the exposer of fake spiritualism, is greatly interested in ~be recent action of the town· of Hampton In restoring to citizenship one Eunice (Goody) Cole, accused· and convicted of witchcraft in the seventeenth century. Mrs. Houdini, after listening in Hollywood, California 011 last Sunday evening to the National Broadcasting Company's nationwide broadcast of- a drnmatizatlon of the Hampton · towel. meeting of March 8 and the life of Eunice (Goody) Cole. sat down and. wrote a communication to the "Mayor of Hl\111pto11 Dench" which was ctell11ered to George Ashworth, chalcman of the Hampton Beach P1·eclnct Commission, Mrs. Houdini wrote as follows : "May r. In the - 1111.me of Houdini ttiank you for the honest and clear.'. sir.htcd cfTort the otllclnls of your lovely town arc mnklng to clear the 1:a me or one of your fon.:cr citizens. ''For centuries the belief in witchcrn.ft has permeated the nation and toclay, crime under t.l1e gµlse o! super• titlon Is stlU rampant. Definite act_lon, such as yours, will go a long way to tear tl1e veil from .superstitious reaction. " Your town hall led the way; mor$ 11owot· to you. With kindest regards, "Sincerely, (Signed) Mrs. Harry Houdlnl.'' 0 Covering the outside of the house are 1600 hanc~-whittled clapboards. On the east sicie. of the house is a small cellar-case and a transformer will· be placed tlwre to operate the lights in the house. In each of the four fireplaces a small r ed bulb g-lowing through partly charred timbers gives the effect that the interior is cozily heated from the hearth. The F·••1;.tt::..'!.~>~~ kitchen fireplace, which covers about half of one wall, is of the old Dutch type, with Lhe oven on.the left side. On the front door of the tiny house ls a "Lincoln head'' door-knocker and a latchkey lock. The large front door is a ctouble-c1oss design, while the insidedoors are the typical old-fashioned four-panel ones. All the doors in-tha eight-room house have thumb latches. The four,datlon of the house is o! imitation granite and when completed the house will set on a large table, and a green '.awn, shrubbery and trees wlll surround iL. wilh winding paths leadlng to the doors. Mr. Tucker started building the house in November and after nearly 5 months of almost rontlnuous work, has it almost completed. It still has to be painted white witit green blinds and Lhe shingles on the roof will be "weather stained." · The house was built to 1 ¼ inch to a foot scale. It measures 3 feet 7 inches wide, 3 feet. 4 inches high to the ridgepole, 1 foot, 11 inches to the eaves and 4 feet, S inches in length. I �D. A:R. ESSAY· / AWARDS MADE will be presented by Ranger Chapter to Miss Watson and Miss Davis at the Senior Class Day exercises in June. Refreshments were served by the hostesses for the evening, Mrs. Brownell, Mrs. E. A. Tarbell, Mrs. Asa Craig, and the Misses Ruth and Frances Miss Dorothy Watson Win<~n,,.-. First Prize And Miss Miriam Davis Second THAXTER HOME IS RICH IN HISTORY (By Justine Flint) tn her ancestral home overlooking the sea lives Miss Ro.samond Thaxter, granddaughter of the beloved "poet of the isles;• Cella Lalghton Thaxter, Miss Thaxter Is probably best known In this section o! New England for her service as a leader of local Girl Scouts. She has held the office of Girl Scout commissioner for nine years, but has announcer! that she is resigning from the council next month. In the future she will carry on with her two troops in Kittery. She has been adlve in scout work for a.bout 15 years and says "I am deeply int,en.sted in scouting because it MISS DOROTHY WATSON is so worth while. I believe, however, that it does even more good in a small The April mee ting of Ranger Chap- Lown like Kittery than it does in the ter, Daughters of the American Revo- larger cities where children have so lution, was held last evening at the many diverlisements." Miss Thaxter home of Mrs. Ancy Brownell on Little entered scouting when it was first Harbor Road. The President General's started in 1923. She was asked to be one of the original members of the Message for April was read by Miss class and she was captain of one of the Ethel Foss, anci Mrs. Inez McIntyre first troop5. She later became deputy read an article on the 47th Continental commissioner when Miss Frances Congress to be held In Washington Brooks wa, commissioner. Rye, New next week. Castle, K\t.tery and Eliot were formerly The feature of the evening was the combined with Portsmouth as one orpresentation of the two winners of the ganization, but In the future they will D.A .R. essay coatest, and the reading be separated, as it is believed they will of their es.says. The first award was be better supported in their own indigiven to the essay of Miss Dorothy vidual communities. "Girl Scout life," Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. said Miss Thaxter, "encourages charMyles Standish Watson of Newington, acter building for great.er interest in and the second award went to the pacitizenship, home-making, health, out• per written by Miss Miriam Davis, of-doors, first aid an<;l nature, stressing daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. True partlcularl:r the spirit of service to Davis of Broad street. others; to do good, and to have a good The essay contest is sponsored antime doing it." She was one o! those nually by Ranger Chapter, and Is open instrument.al in establishing the Girl to the membe1·s of the senior class. Scout camp in Barrington, which ls This year·s essay was entitled "The maintained for all Girl Scouts in New Daily Life of an Average Citizen o! England, Portsmouth in 1776 compared to the Although she is enthusiastic about life of an average Citizen of Ports- , the books of her grandmother, Mis& mouth Today." The response to this Thaxter admitted that she does very contest has been splendid, and every little wrltluc herself. "I enjoy writing paper submitted showed the result of and it ls very easy for me to put my a great deal of research work concernthought-5 into words," she said, "but Ing the customs of the city In Colotime does rot seem to permit me to atnial times and now. tempt it seriously." One of her articles, Honorable mention was given by the however, appeared In a recent issue of judges to the essays submitted by Edthe American Girl magazine. It is part ward True Davis and Miss Eleanor of a reading she once gave to a. local Gertrude Follansbee. History medals garden cluo . . "I have always been greatly prlviled wh~n it came to good reading," Miss Thaxter stated. "I was an on Y chlld and mother, father and I spent almost every evening among books." She explained that they would take turns reading to one another and, because their home was so far away from the main part of town, it was more convenient to stay at home and read than to travel In t"> entertainments. Miss Thaxter is fond of knitting and needlepoin~ and while her mother reads aloud to her in the quiet winter evenings, she !s busily engaged in this hobby, Travel and biography compose her favorite book list. She ls very well acquainted with the French language and still recal!s the many hours spent in reading to her father from the French classics. Miss Thaxter attended Traip Acad·emy until he:: sophomore year, when she transferr'3ct to a private school in the Berkshire Hills in Pittsfield, Mass, From ther"? she went abroad to another private school in Paris, .where she spent many delightful and happy months in study. WJ.tll a group of 16 American girls she toured France, Italy and England. Flo..ence, Italy, appealed to her particularly and she still longs to return to this suuny land. Miss Thr,xter was born a~r! has always lived. in the rambling, historic estate on Cutts Island, which - was bought by her father in 1880. The land was granted by Sir Ferdinand Gorges to Arthui· Champernowne around 1665. The first house erected was burned but Miss Thaxter stated that some of the original timbers were used In rebuilding the second. Nearby ls an old cemetery, where Ca-µlain Champernowne's grave is marked with a cairn of field stones and a quaint and appealing stone with a long verse on it.s moss-grown front tells the t.nlc of a young n'iother and her baby buried beneath it. The view, overlooking tirn ocean, is one or the most 1.>eautlful a.long the coast. A large and ancient elm stands between the house and the sett ana in the distance the clear outline.;; of the Isles of Shoo.ls break the Miss Thaxter related that · �- -when her father's mother, Cella Thax-. ter, was living on the islands she would stand on a certain rock at a specified tnnc and wave a handkerchief. With the aid of !\ telescope those on the Kittery Poit\t shore could see her and wave back . The storr of Celia Thaxter's life ls well known in this section of New England, whe:·e she wrote many of her fnmous poems. Her father, disgusted with politic-a: life. transported his family to the Isle!< of Shoals when Cella was only a child of four. There she lived •amid the wild, boisterous beauty of thl<J lonely spot. •·swept by every wind that blows," she wrote, "and beaten by the bitter brine for unknown ages, well may the Isles or :3hoals be barren, bleak and bare." . ML<;.5 Tiioxtcr·s home is filled witlt rare antiques and many memoirs and keepsakes of her beloved grandmother. She showrd us in particular some exquisite china vases decorated in clever designs of flowers and marine piece3 painted in water colors by Cella Thaxter. Sh~ also has many of Mrs. Thaxter's books in which the pages of some o.re daintUy illustrated by her hand with flowers o:· other forms taken from the pastoral life she loved so much. The Oity Council held a sl1ort meetln!f at tho council chamber on Thursd '1 , evening, Mayor Kennard E. Gold• omith called the meeting to order, witit tho following councilmert l)rnsent: Charle.~. T. Durell, Wyman P. Boynton, Thoma:i J. Downs, Robert M, Herrick, Roland A, Sukefortll o.nd Frederick Schleget. Cowicilmatt John Leary o.rril•ed later. Tho mayo1• read n letter from Mrs. o. O. Hobbs, eKpressln11 her o.ppreciatlon fo1· the-action in rcsp01Lqe to her reque.st fol' a 11treet light at Slmes avenue and Mcll>out't\e skeet. A nwnber of petttiou.q were road and noted u1>0n. The first was trom E. R, Bo.rUott ror o. permit to sell and atoro gasoline, nnd thL1 was gro.ut.ed, A pe• tltlon to inslall 1\1\ electric light on Sto.te sireot 11 !\l' the Whlppl1~ Sch<}Ol WI\S I\l• celvcd from ML'l.~ Cnrric Tn'1\1lwell nnd 1dcrrcd to tho committee on street lights. A 11otltlon to repo.ir E. ~c;c avenue WI\$ referred t.o tho Bo:ird of Street · Com• missioners for Investigation o.ud report,. Tho 1·cslgnation of Philip H, Sander• 5on M rent collector wo.s read and on request of Councilman Sukeforth a roll call wa~ to.ken on the votP. Ou tlll! roll call -C0uncllme11 Duren, Boynton, Sukeforth nnd Herrick voted no, o.nd Councilmen Downs nnd Schlegel voted yrR, 1u1d the resignation was not accept• eel_ . Councilman Boynton Introduced I\ resolution 1egnrdiug tile estate of Susan D. Flynn. He made a re1>ort for thi, s icclnl. cqmmittee · investtgo.tlng the matter nnd explained that the comm • tee, in talking with the lawyers for the Flynn estate, had arrived at the prlce of $10,000 to take ca.re of back tnxes nnd rent and the resolution was passed. The mayor stated that the WPA pl'O• ject for the street light display at Christmas W!l.5 signed and copies are ready to be sent back for ncceptance hy the Federal Government. He also spoko of the incinero.tor, which ls nearly completed and suggested tho.t the coun• cilmen Inspect the building. Mayor Goldsmith mentioned a meet• ing held at the Chamber of Commerce which he was unable to attend, but sent l\ reprcsentatl\·e. and called upon Councilman Downs to give a report. Mr. Downs said thnt the govenunent hl\S npproprlated $250,000,000 for such improvement ns harlJ01· development and that this has lJeeu tumcd over to the President to allocate a.1 he sees flt. Wednesday of next week, he stated, a hearing is to be held at tho Rockingham Hotel at 10 A. M. by the Federal Mari• time commission in regard to Ports• mouth Harbor development, and urged all to attend. He ~poke of the advan• tages which would result to this section and the e11tire state if o.n allotment could be made for· Portsmouth. Memberships in the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional Development Association were presented to the membera of the council by the o.ssociation. There was a discussion regarding the nppropriatlon bill and the statement was ma.de that the county tax would ba Increased substantlo.Ily. Couucllmirn Lenry :,poke of the Pine Street Playgrounds, 11tatlng that certnln improvements were needed and on his motion this referred to the Board of Street Commissioners· for nu investigation. Councilman Herrick mentioned th gypsum dust matter, and the city solic itor was Instructed lo wr,le to the home office in Buffa.lo and also aeU<i a copy to the local manager. · was ENGLISH BOY ~(,_. CHORISTERS COMING The English Boy Choristers, a groµp of ten choir boys chosen from tho prominent churches of England, brought together and especially trained in the London Choir School who are on a tour in America, will give a musl• cal service at St. John's Church on . Tuesday evening, May 31 and a rare treat is nntlclpated by music lovers. Previous to the service the choir boys will be served a supper in the parlsh house. The present tour of the choristers commenced in New York City and a.a far west as Kansas City, visiting vo.rious other cities enroute. Their repertoire includes airs, duets, and anthems in three and four-part hnrmony by composers of ancient and modern periods. . The ten - choristers were I selected from 125 boys, ranging in age'! from 11 to 13 years. They include choristers who sang in the choir at th~ Coronation of King George VI; also three outstanding boy soloists, who lead their own parish choirs. · The education of the choristers while on tour ls under the instruction of a qualified school-master and a certain portion of each day is alloted for their studies. The object of the tour is two-fold: First, a desire to give practical expression to the feeling of amity and concord between the two great English speaking nations of the world, England and the United States, and to do all that lies in their power to strengthen that bond, allowing young England to know America and America to know young England; secondly, to present in churches of America the traditional choral even-song service, as sung each Sunday in the cathedrals and church• '.~--....,""'"":"'-':''!'!"1~~~,,.~"l"'.._.....,.,,..J~ es The o! England. first tour of the English ··Boy PORTSMOUTH COUNTY TAX $102,570 The county tt\X for ihe city of Portsmouth this year amounts to $102,570.17, which is nn increase of $22,508.75 over la~t- rear. The total for 1937 was $80,· 061.42. There bas been a decref'.:ie in the state tax this year, the st~.t~ taY. amounting to $4~,1124, or $14,308 thnn last yPar. This will make an increase in the amount the city w•!l have to raise to meet the st•te and county tax of $3,'.!G'l.75 1:iv1 c tr..~n Ir.st year, Choristers was in 1933 and covered Eastern Ca11ada and tho United States. The receptlollS were so enthusiastic in both countries that they returned the following year. �.,r. \\ C.l;\r,/:'"1: -/~ ,37 i"--D.....R----D-U....;._R_G__,_1""'N---.-,;;--,_, Jt--c-on:...s..:.i~d-er""e_d_a._c_o..,m..._m...o-.n.....m-a."'."tt"'."e..r~to_...s._e_e.., . 'I\. O(, I \ r PHYSICIAN FOR HALF CENTURY - b (By Justine Flint) . Dr. Henry I . Durgin . of. Eliot, Maine has spent fifty years of' his llfe as a country doctor. For half a century he has given his services at all hours, in any weatl'ier, and his tall familiar fl·gure . with the little black bag has become so affectionately connected with ·every household that, after these many years; his patients stlll refuse to allow' him to retire, and h'e is stlll actively contlnulng..Jl_ls practice. Dr. Durgin will celebrate his 74th birthday on April 21st. He was born in the foothills of the White Mountains in Freedom, N. H., in 1864. He attended the villa'ge schools, prepared for college at the old .New Hampton Literary Institute, New Hampton, N. H., spent one. year in the University Medical College of Vermont, and graduatec;l on March 12, 1889 from the Medical School . of the University of the City of New .York. He began his practice at Newfield, Me., but a short time later came to Eliot to assist the late Dr. Joht1 L. Willis, who was then unable to keep up his practice because of an injured knee. · Upon his arrival in Eliot. Dr. Durgin found a .rustic picturesque little community with the people chiefly engaged in farming and shipbuilding. He tells us that · In those early days people travelled for the most part on foot, or in light shallow boats called wherries. There was no bridge connecting Eliot with Kittery and only one main thoroughfare. Both men and women 'either walked to Portsmouth or manned their own r,mall skiffs arid "hitchhiking'' was an even .more , popular mode o( travel than .It is toda . It wa . . s,rng . on y .a pair. of scissors, a saw and a sponge as h.is equipment. Anone of the town's mos~ respected ,Qth,e r instance . when the proper in• housewives in her best apron. and struments had not yet been made obshawl hiking to Portsmout)l and catchiaii;iablJ to: . the . medical world, . he ing a ride from a passing peddler. manufactured his own from a piece of Horses were scarci: and . Dr. Durgin cotton im'd . the wire on an old broqm relates that there were only about fiv~ In, the patient's' lcitchen. Both _cases good horses in the entire town. resulted in complete recoveries. Chlo·. After the spring thaws, the roads roform was ·substituted for ether as an were practically impassable with mud anesthetic, as ti1e ether is highly inand oftentimes a horse found himself flammable and could. not be used with mired to the knees. However, Dr. Dur.. gin says that he dreaded most the· , the kerosene lamp.' winter snows. There were no snow Dr.' Durgin's father offered him . a plows and ·men from _the to-.yn ·would care~r i1:i' either· teaching or medicine shovel out the drifts, then an ox team and. although he taught _for a very was driven through to ~r~ak out . a .few years, the latter wa~ his main obpath. Many times on a bitter winter jectlve. evening with the snow beating relentDr. and Mrs. Durgin have been marlessly against his riding cloak, I>r. ried since December 3, 1890 and have Durgin would find that he could go no filled their ·home with invaluable anfarther · by team, and hitching his tlques, rich In history and sentiment. horse In the lee ' o! some barn or house, The house in which they have Ilved he ·.would travei the rest of the way since the doctor 'inoved to Eliot is a on foot, Often he was forced to lead rare old ·structure dating back to 1841. his . horse, while walking ahead to Norie but physlds.ns have lived in it make a track in front of the animal. since the day It was built by a Dr. _ Dr. Durgin took a great deal of pride Stacey. After ltls death, Dr. Mark F. in a spirited and intelligent horse. He Wentworth of Kittery bought it. From says, "I always had horses that were him ·it passed to Dr. Calvin Guptill hor 5es. They were as eager to start out who owned it for 44 years. Dr. Durgin as I and often in their haste and : exis the fourth ctGctor to make it his citement would pass around the cor• home. ·· ner of the drive too swiftly, and _depo• Dr. and Mrs. Durgin have traveled sit me neatly over the , fence into the throughout the United States and ' front yard." He laughingly recalls that Canada and consider San Diego, Callhis father-in-law ·warned him that he fornla one o! the most ideal places, didn't own any horses "fit for the both in climate and surrounding coun.devll .to drive.''. . · . , try, that they have visited. · Dr. 'Durgin stated that Eliot has h_a d Mrs. Durgin is a descendant of the many . serious . epidemics during , his old and dlstinguis.hed Pepperrell and practice and frequently . curious and Gerrish families of Kittery. One o! a1nuslng incidents were connec~ed with her great grandmothers was a sister to them. once during a fearful siege of Sir. W!llian1 Pepperrell and was one of whoopilllJ .cough, it was ,discovered the first members of the historical the majority ol. the pup11s at DI.strict Congregational Cl1Urcl1 at Kittery No, 4 School had come down with the Point. .., disease, A meeting of the board of D.r. Durgin 1s a member · of ·a"-great health (then made up of Dr. Willis, many local lodges and In most or these '.Albert Lord, and Dr. Durgin) was held organizations he has occupied the and it was decided that those who had leadir!g chair, Among the most well whooplnlJ cough should go to school known are the Ehot Grange, and the Maso11ic Lodge. He is a Past Officer and those whc, didn'fJ mmt stay at of the Knights of Pythias, Past Chief home. of the Local Order of Red Men, and Almost every spring the dreaded ty... a Post Sovereign Prince · of the phold fever appeared and Dr. Durgl.l) Crowned Princes of Jerusalem. remembers that in one home · alone "Oftentimes," he recalled, "I would there were four people quarantined go without · any supper to attend a wltl1 typhoid and a baby being born, meeting of one of the •lodges." At the all at the same time. close of the meeting, he would be off "Dlptherla, however, was the bane Into the night · again, i·eturning home of the countt·y doctor,'' says Dr, Dur• only for a few hours sleei) to enable gin. "It could always be expected in him to continue · his · l>eloved work. tl\e fall when water was low and con~ "Would I like iii all' over again?" he tained germs. But little by little with queries with his quick warm smile. "I ' the· use of antitoxin it has been wiped ·couldn't do anything else .. I wish ·1 out, and inoculation now dispels the had ft!ty years more of it ·ahead of me. fear of typhoid." In the early days there was a different management or cases than takes place today . . Only a cottage hospital was available in Portsmouth and major _operations which demanded the utmost in surgical skill were- performed in the patierit•s own house by the uncertain light of a kerosene lamp held in the trembling . hand of one of .his family, In one case which required a serious amputation, Dr. Durgin remembers 1 �EDITORIAL COMMENT ·.,~ ' EDWARD T\JCK '(:' . ' <&et-On Peri) At his Rlvier1t residence at. Mont~ Carlo, Edward Tuck, who wa.'1 born at Exe~r, N. H., , and became the dean of the American colony In Ptance, has died at the age of 95. He wu a graduate of Dartmouth. In a few years he amassed a stupendous fortune as a New York banker and industrialist. He first 'l'.ent to Prance as a vice-consul appointed by Abraham Lincoln. He was intrigued by life there, and, in 1800, he returned there to live. In the years 11lnce he became an honorary clti.:len of Prance and was the recipient ot numerous honors from that nntlon. He was callecl one of Frnnce's greatest foreign benefactors. Monte Carlo, April 30 (AP)-Ed- --.- - - - -b_e_c-am_e_a_p_a_r_tn_e_r_l_n_th_e_b_an_-lJk : FlnanclaHy able to choose hia owii 1071 ward Tuck, d1!;tinguished Amcrico.n 111 .. ·manner of Jiving, Mr. Tuck must h1we of Munro & Co., a connection that business man and philanthropist, ,enjoyed the long yeal'S in France, but 2 whose gifts to Dartmouth college to- lasted tor ten years. In l67 he mar- it ls true, too, .that he must havt tall'.?d sevcrnl nullion dollars, died at :ded Julia Stell, who shared his career 't.hought many times ot the rugged his Monte Carlo villa today after a tor the long span of over sixty years. ,old hills of New Hampshire where he lingering ·1ung illness. He was 96 years They had no children. ;was rnised as a,: b-Oy, whe1·e he 1·eceived old. Born r,t Exeter, N. H., and a gradWith James J. Hill, Tuck was one of hl11 education and where his !IISner uate of D::u'Lmouth in 11162, Tuck came the directors of the Great Northern hall been before him. That 'he ()ffl no\ to Paris after his graduation and two Railway. He was a large owner of cop- forget was shown by his many phllanyears later became vice consul in Paris per stocks, .and Interested In several throples on behalf of Americans, both undel' Abraham Lincoln. In 1932 the American industrial enterprises. He here aml in France, and by hls gener• Paris Municipal Council bestowed on was one of the principal shareholders ous gilts to Dartmouth, amounting to "~~~-~'!<!".q,~'l.·•1. Tuck the title of honorary citizen, an :in the Chase National Bank. Despite more t-han $1,000,000, together with his 1..,,~••·~· honor confcnccl among Americans only hiB love for France and enthusiasm for act in founding at Hanover the Amos l.~~.Q•n;-..'.f:~~¢;. on Woodrow Wilson. things French, he never did any blg Tuck School of Admlnl.atratlon and tt.r.lr.1;,-.\i;.;ltiJ::: Among his philanthropies at Dart- business with Frenchmen or invested Finance for post-gl'aduate work In ...,.-.:..·,..,.,.,_,~,.. mouth was the donation of the Tuck .In their companies. memory ot his father who was l\lso a Graduale School of Finance. The Tucks •settled in Paris In 1690, graduate of Dartmouth. Edward Tuck, born in Exeter, in 1842, )laving a town house at 82, Avenue des sn of a distinguished statesman and Champs Elysees, and a country estate, local leader Amos Tuck, was a man Vert-Mont in Malmalson. who, according to the Jeffersonian dieThis he restored to the st.ate in which tum, "had two fatherlands-his own, 1t had been during · the residence ot and France." Napoleon and Josephine and he anOne of the post-civil-war upbuilders nounced that on his death the chateau of his own land in railroad, industrial, of Vert-Mont and, all land should be mining and banking enterprises, he later bequeathed to the French state. became one of the principal American · The Stell hospital, named for his benefactors of latter-day France. He wile's family, he established at Ruell, was the dean of , the American colony department of Seine-et-Oise, near in Paris, having occupied the post of Paris. It was turned over to the French clerk in th~ United States consulate army at the outbreak of hostilities In there, under John Bigelow, in 1864. 1914. To it was later added a school The then young Edward Tuck left o:f domestic economy. Phillips-Exeter Academy in 1851! for 'l'uck'll philanthropy, however, was Dartmouth College and was graduated mostly of the "behind the sc~nes" vain 1862. De;,pite his forty years and riety. Th~re are countless stories In more of practically continuous rest- Farls of his 11llently bestowed charity. dence in a foreign country he never E:iicept when, as in the case of hospital, forgot his Aim:1 Mater. Among other publicity was unavoidable, he always benefactors he founded the Amos Tuck l!bunne<i it. school of administration and finance at Jl'or hie benetncUons, the J.1lrench govHanover, a radical departure in Its wnment awarded the Grand Cross o! day. the Legion of Honor, making him one He also endowed the New Hamp- o:f the rare American civilians to atshire Historical Society, and built its ~ that grade In the order. Mrs. home in Concord. Tuel!: was an officer of the Legion His connection with Europe started Dartmouth bestowed its LL.D. on him as far back as 1863, when he reached in 1903, and some years later the the old continent on a sailing vessel. French Academy proclaimed him one The year following he became a clerk 4)j ltll "Jaureahl." in the American consulate, becoming i...;;.;;..;..;;....;.;,;..;;..;..;.~..... a vice-consul in 1865. In 1866 he resigned and returned to I.he United sta.es. Then began the quarter-century of the accwnulation of his fortune. After a brief sojourn in New Hampshire and in Boston, he went to New York, and Distinguished Philantlhropist, Who Had Given Several Millions To Dartmouth, Had Been Highly Honored By French Nation --..,..,....,.-~,..,.-.f �- This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO 239.48-1992 (pennanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts m 1998 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918-1920, 1932-1949 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="http://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbook 1937-38 V.11 Subject The topic of the resource Scrapbooks Portsmouth (N.H.) Description An account of the resource A scrapbook of news articles from the Portsmouth Herald and other papers, 1937-1938. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library (N.H.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i11079782 https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/1f9e0ae3b6caf837828618db1f7cc153.PDF 578d08c4b73ea1c2420a533b39dee2b6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918-1920, 1932-1949 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="http://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbook 1938 V.12 Subject The topic of the resource Scrapbooks Portsmouth (N.H.) Description An account of the resource A scrapbook of news articles from the Portsmouth Herald and other papers, 1938. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library (N.H.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i11079794 https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/d5d4687c158384de3ee34372dcfebaf8.PDF a0b94ddd2457eaffad4876c0141b7f48 PDF Text Text �Aldrich, Tho s . B. Mem. Amazeen , Rev. Elvin K. Americah Legion Arrington, ITames Bridge , Hampton Rive~ Bridge , Interst a t e ridge, Spruce Creek urgess , Thornt on w. Carroll, Gladys H. Coast Guard f"logan, George T. fonstitutiona l Day Culberson, James M. D.A.R. Eliot Congregationa l Church Fireman's Muster Sam Walt er 1 Foss, Girl Scouts Graffor t Club Hampton Beach Hoyt, Chauncey B. (obit) Incinerator Isles of Shoals , Summe r conf. Jones Brewing Co . Kerr, Rev . Archibald Kittery Music Fes tival Leavitt Fami l y Reunion "Let me show you N.H." Marine Zool . Lab oratory, Shoa l s Maritime History Memorial Day "Men of Medicine" (film) Merchant's Signs ( early) Moffatt-Ladd House Seacoas~ Music Fest i val National Airma il Week National Gypsum Co. National Honor Soci ety N.H. National Gua r d N.H. Probate Rec ords 1757-1760 Noyes, Ruth H. Pearson, H. W., Begues t s Pillow, Annah L. (obit) Piscataqua Camer a Club Playground Portsmouth . City Election,lst Portsmouth Sarden Club Portsmouth Harbor Portsmouth High School Portsmouth Hi s toric a l Society Por t smouth. Hi s tory Portsmout h Home Industrie s Portsmout h Ho s pita l Portsmouth Navy Yard Portsmouth. Polic e Dept. Port smouth Rot ary Club Port s mouth Yacht Club 79 4-6 58,65,80-98 65 53 17 48 19 51 50,108 63 78 77,78 47,107 43 59,72,77 102 14,53 19 65,103 93 16 105 75 47 34-41 72 50 49 4-9,69-70 61,64,65 106 100 107 75 51,52,57 68 58 54 68 48 47 42 58,72,105 67 76 41P 10-12 101,102,106 76 71,76,100 53 44-46,70 20,74 ,79,107 67 42 50,70 Ra nd Sawmill, Rye '!Res e a rch Day " , UNH Ric e , Capt. Rob ert Ric e Public Libra ry Rock. County Music Fes t. 4-2 60 55 55,56 56 24-33 66 St.John's Lodge .Mas ons 53,104 Seacoas t Reg . Deve l. As soc. 52,67 70,74, 75 42 Seavey, Jo se ph L. ( sal e ) Stamps, Commerative 14,15 Stoneleigh College 68,73 96 ,10~ Street Light s io1 \Ruck, Edward 63 Washburn,Israel H. (obit) 15 Weeks House , Greenland 99 42 women' s City Club 18 woods , William F . (obit) York , Me . Hist ory 21,59 70, 10~ St.John's Church . �Cfhe EASY REFERENCE . SCRAP BOOK · of WORLD WIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY . INC. NEW YORK �Down PL,_ataqua 'Nays Slid Many Of Revol 11 tion 0rea~ est S'1ips 1 Ra 9~rr Rcd~igi"' ~ i ~ ir Hi t@ry; 3,000 Granitg; Stat~r§ Onee 'furm:d t@ ------~ri!a_te~ri~~; _ ~_ale~s -- ~~!_'Ide~_H!_)rn ___ 1 :Sleek Steel Subrnarines Peplace Wooden Clippers I i Piscataqu<:1 s 1/orkmen, F !lowing in Ancestors' Footsteps I ___ -~ -a~e New -~a1:1pshir~ B~il~ Craft Famous 1 �s Preyed OFl $hlppln1 There were operatint out o! Portsmouth, according to on,i, :z.c- ' count, about 100 private~r& a.t an~ 1. time or another after · 177ti. They 1 were mostly small ships o! eight or : 10 guns with crews that averaged ,, between 30 and 50 men. _ .J, ~ ..r At opposite ex~reme~ W<'!rlll the - l r()n ·, -~ n ,a n~ . 00 en - Ip$- ~(UH~Ql lugger Betsey, with two guns and : ~ n ~ rr .f V .J -...1 a crew oC 10 men, and the :::hip 1 , . OfH"J ~V~r, .~-OYg f' ~ng Qftg; l al'Q n6W · Amphitrite with 24 guns and a crew · ur -"'~ y.,.. ~ '!,,,;,, ~ of 160. A conservative estimate : "'! • ..,,.., - "' • <>!' would indicate that the ;;:late had '. Th~ rugged New :England coMt ,-· ·---·- One· iir Largest Citi•.~. ! aboL~t 3,000 men engaged in priva- ; wl.th. it:; rocky promontorie!, well - J At <me time Portsmou th t·anked teeri!lg· . d th , ~ th I · J?th · ~-( th T s in th'Pnvateermg an e neeas o., e isheltercri. harbor.:1 and generations " ·· 111. • Lee 0 · · e ci le. '·' c t· t 1 , d . • - . • - , rountry. In1.o if~ harbor came ship - young on men a nav) ma e 'D! n.ahv , o.eep water sallo:~• c~n, ning from 1.hl' Far East, Europe and Portsmou~h. a busy spot. . Much • look bacl;; t~d_ay on_ 300 ye.,,r, ot. th" Wes1; Indic~, end it joined wili1 1 of the act1_v1ty w~s centere~ around ~olorf.ul mantim_e ~1stor}". . Ne:wburyport-, Salem and Boston m 1 ~adger's island m . the P1scataqua Nr.w Hampshire s scant, l&-ri:1le i:upplyin;t New EngLmd wiih 1h!: ! river, b_etwecn Mame and New :tretch of generally san~y coastlme l1€c:essari.e~ ~,1 n lu xuries o( life. 1 Hampshire. It wa_s there that th e , amount~. to only a fraction o! Ne_w · For 011 order foi: ~n y type o! governmen~ cstabl!shed the Con1 England·:; frontage on the ~tlantic, •n~ssel :f..roin ~ man -of-,.-a r to " , tmental shipyard. . }:>t~t. p~radoxically en_oufh, its . c_on- ""hale boat, New Hampshire w.1 3 , At _that time the plot o! land 1_n :tnb~thon to the regions maritime ;:<,ady at any time, and the reputa- , !he river wa~ known as Lar,gdon s ; glon<".'i ha. been tremendou~. i:ion 01 Piscalaqua ships and their i island, after its owner, John LamgPort~mouth ?or~ Id al. :Yankee sailors spread far and wide.: don, sp~aker of. the ~ouse o! Rep-! c-,ntin.ental frigate~ :mcl. priv::.The region also produced its ! resentatives and i::on~mental agent \ ~<!er:; :!liri down the way, at Port~- town type of vessel-the gundalow. '( ~or the state. The island was oflk • the Mention of this odd craft can be I rered later to the government by tl r h p 1 J ~tou_ 1; ,to nl5 aub' tones wa eages· i!~und as ;arly as 1659 when one I its owner l'.or use as a shipyard : Clhy·l1, s refe Ne ween H voyal 1- 0 carry lumber fro ~ the and the tender wa!l ac-.cepted. ~ 'W a en rom _ ew amps 11•r'e · was used . ;i:ounded the Horn into the Pacific, raawm1lJs at the foot of islmgton Sm~II, Courageoui Navy. ! :ind ii~ clippers carried the produce ,creek. Larg:, stu rdY, an~ propellecl In contrast to the swarm o! pri- , o( the growing United States in ; by l_ateen sails, it drew l!ttle wate;· vateers, however, the Continental their wooden bottoms to all corners !or i_ts 3o to 60-ton bu rd c1! 5 • Any navy was small. But what its ships · of the globe. : ;•loprng shore s~rved RS_ a o~ck ~0:· '1 lacked in size and gunpower, they Blessed with a: deep, well -pro• 1 'he lo adrn~ ;met unloadm g- 0 -' c~t • · made up in the courage ot their , 0 tected harbor in the Piscalaqua.; 1.: 1~t~. . d 'h t d men and the ability of their com- i'nt · <'Un a 1ows ' "'· ;rouse 1 m · th e , · river ana' f'mes l an d'mg t·1mb er th a t ·i •~i,j~ w;,s tl"" ;ntra~iPled man d ers. At ~·t s pe ak• ear~ 1n Fort. ·wmiu,i ran almost to the wa_ler•~ . edge ~~o."eJ.1.iI~'r.v. - Ne.wc~sil~. dti.rin;r lh-: J war, the Continental navy mcluded :ise :1-round Great Bay, that mm1ature I i, i;:hf; o! DP<:. 11 _ 1770 , and r;pturcd only 21 vessels and a personnel of I mland sea, Ports1:1outh offered I rii~vdPr and gun 3-lhP. first; overt barely 3,000 men. _Befo~e the end cf , earl y settlers an 1~eal_ port,_ and, .,;"t ~! ih.- American f. £,·oiution. S the war most of its ships had ~:en \ the:y wc_re not slow ,o take aovan- , 0111 ~; a few years ago, Cas:o Ada.ms, destroyed or ~unk by the British. tage ot its natural asse(s. <l.escendant of generations of shipThe construction of three Conti- I Today, ihe era of "iron men and fouilders who made their homes 1a nental vessels was allotted to the wooden ships" has all but passed, 1 near Adams Point, Durham, recon- ; Portsmouth shipyards during the but the Portsmouth navy yard : 1;trucied one of the unique vessels ,.I Revolution. The first to be launched !re nprcsent~ a n'.1tur~l ?utgrowth of · \vhich formerly carried on the coi:n- ~I -=·' ~ ·.·-· _ ,. . , ' ii. past era of sh1pbu1ldmg. In place merce of Great Bay and the Pis- , 1 •..;:::'<:":' ~ •• _ -~-:• ! o( brigs and schooners, sleek under- J icataqua. l~ c~'f -1 ::.t~ 0lle!'l c~·a!t 1:1ow stand on the way 0 , i War Changed Pictu r~. -~-;-. -~-"'nd tnere is talk that the lower ..,, . . r :.tretches o! the Piscataqua will re- I, r .Lhe Revolu~10;1 rad1~a_lly changed ceive furt her funds irom the fed - ,N f'.W Hampshire~ mantlmf.: picture. cral government for improving and The co~erc1al _life of Port3- , . consolidating ils facilities. mouth ha?,_ always oeen dependent.( 'l ~m the sa1lmg vessel and on that "King's Trees" Marked. foundation the town had built for - u Portsmouth reached its first fame tunes ior some and prosperity for 1 · .a~ a shipbuilding center during th_e I m~n_y. But that ~ource o( well -~ .·-.. Revolut10n, but even at that time, 1t ibc:-ing was strang'leo. by the w~r. . ~ ----· ·-.::I :ha~ ne_arly a c_entury an~ a half of ,There ,w;,, little profit in t~e l was the Ralei;h, of 32 guns, which f :ihipbmldmg history behmd 1t. ~ P.st. lncuan or European. tr~ae left the ways on Langdon's island, As early as 1640, old histories 'when ihere wa~ "' goo~ cha~ce ~nat Y May 21. 1776, just 60 days after her mention that trees along the rivers ,c:,rg 0 e.s ;md vessels _m!ght l.all mto keel had been laid. ~.nd bays of the _Ne~ HaII;pshire l ~'.',~<'~S o-C the Bn~isn na::y. Eve~ j The length of her gun deck was ..-:oast ~ere ~arkea with the broad 'h.?_ vut.." 0~ tbc fislung to th ~ 131 feet, five inches; her keel was nd _Bank became L.aa, a nd less JJ.O feet, seven inches, and her beam ?.rrow/ s1g!11fymg that they were I the kmg':; trees, trees that were to ' ili.cquent. . 1] 3-! feet five inche~. Up to the time be cut for masts for his majesty's 1 , _. It ~ould havrci bcei~ .!! or of her launching, the building of the C. , navy. fam e -O!" :small colon\al V:-a-eb . to ship had been ~ success, but sails During that century anti early in mttack the royal navy s ships of the d ther matter E' •· · ret a 1·1at'ion, b u t th E; ./\men, • tori• Rn guns were.,·uns ~.no proved unavail. ,. the l&lh, the Piscataqua and Great ,.m~ m_ to find l unc'n ,eano hit upon another device . . "' . . B ay h a d wi·t nesse d many • " · · . . ~ . rng despite frequent promise! !rom ings. Most of the vessels had been !?nvateer1~g~ In New Hampsh1~e Rhode Islond, Connecticut and built for Jocai use in the West ir.:.. early m,erest had been mam- , p . th t th ld be 1 Indies trade and for commerdal in - !iested in privateering, e_sp cci,ally ct j enntydvama a ey wou s 1.ercourse with Europe. At lea~t l _Portsmouth. Many o! 1b 01d sea- _; upp ie · I three had been built for the British rdog:'\ remembered h;;,ndsom ~ profit., :'i Ri.nger Launched. : navy, h owever. mad~ from ::;uch enterprl~i, l~ th~ i ! The Raleigh wa3 finally comm!:;- : The first of these was th~ :F'alk- halcyon days of the Frenci1 :md In- · ' sioned during the summer of 1777, 1 land, a 54-gun frigate launched_in dian wars. As early .;.i Jan. 2?, !and put to sea under Capt. Thomas 1690 and repu tedly the first two- 1776, the state Legislature :rnthor- I , Thompson. Less than a year ~~ter ; deck vessel built in America. Sb: ized Capt. Daniel Jackson ol [he · she was captured by the Bnt1sn, years later the Bedford, 32 guns, Enterprise, a Portsmouth ~chooner, 1however. waz launched and added to the to prey upon British shipp in,: upon i ' Smallest of the three vessels, but ,:oyal navy, and in 1749, another depositing a bond o! 1,000 pounds' most famous, was the Ranger, built :frigate, the America, 60 guns, was with the state to rthe obsen·ance of at Langdon's shipyard on the island, launched. maritime law. Famous Vessels of American Wars Built at Portsmouth Shipyards ;• M W T • w d h "'~•t <--10 ... k UA sh· , I s. .. bm. "'f~n ., ~-- I t • r es- 0 _ • f f, • ok f i ed 11 •·~-.a. , '., i I I ;hr. c:ra ~:~C-, !::•t~ 0 I �b I and launched ir"l 1777. On June H, 1777, Congress appointed John Paul Jone~ to command the vessel, then on the ways. Capt. ,John Roach, who was to have been in command, j had been removed under charges, I and to fill his place came Jones. Jone3 promptly made several changes in the lines of the new ship to increase her speed, and i! we are to believe his own accounts ot l her, written while he was in command, she was a trim craft, capable of showing her heels to the best sailing craft afloat Harassed England To the Ranger went the honor of being the first warship to fly the ! Stars and Stripes, and at Quiberon ; bay, France, on Feb. 14, 1778, she ' received the first salute given by a foreign power to the young republic. The Ranger, with Jones in t command, proved herselr a thorn in: the side or British ~hipping for months, harassing the coast-~ o! England and Scotland. Indeed, it~ defeat of. thfl Drake played a prominent part in clinching negotiations then being carried by Benjamin Franklin with the , French government which resulted in aid tor the United States. Later under the command of Capt. Thoma! Simpson of Portsmouth, the Raleigh wai, destroyed by the British in the harbor of Charleston, S. C. On Nov, 9, 17W, Congres~ ol'dered the con!)truction of 13 new vessels, including three "ships o! the line" battleships o! the day of 74 guns each. One of. these, the largest con!ltructed by the Continental . navy, was the America, which ;·,ras launched at Portsmouth, Nov. 5, I : 1782. She was the biggest laid down on the continent for -..vl1ich · she was named and w.;.s the first 1, vessel of her class built by the col- I · onies after the break with England. : She wail, moreover, the only one of the three large vessels authorized that wa~ ever started. I John Paul Jones, then at the , zenith of his glory, was named to . command, and he arrived in Portsi mouth near the end o! August, 177'J, , to Gupervise her construction. Jones Lost Command Jones' hopes of commanding the huge new vessel were doomed to disappointment, however. In the 1 summer of 1782, the 74-gun, ship of the line, Magnifique, belonging to the French squadron, then in these . waters, was lost by accident in Bos1 ton harbor and Congress presented ; 1 its solitary ship of the same class, : still under construction at PortsI mouth, to France. Noble as the gesture wa~, it represented the 10th command of which Jones had been deprived since the start of the war. He continued his supervision of the vessel, however, and when it slid down the , ways, Nov. 5, 1782, he turned it over to the Chevalier de Martigne, who had commanded the Magnifique. Oddly enough, the America was designed by a man who had never , seen a ship of the line-Colonel Hackett o! Exeter- yet such a fine ·, example of the craft was she that she was used by thf: English a~ a model after they had captured her from thi: French a few years later. l I ! ! I Th<: construction of vessels :£or short!~• ;fter the turn ot this cen- 1 the American navy and the work. i1. Lury the channel ':JetweP.r•. the two brou~ht to Portsmouth d.id not ~top fragments of land was filicd in, 1'l ' the zc2.l ;or privatct'1·ing in New give the yarci an are;;. of nearl.r 165 Hampshir~. In fact that ven da11acres. I ;;:erous, but highly lucrativ~: pur3uit, ' '¥hen the century opened mol'e often comneted with other more than a dozen shipyards were in ! legitimate activitic5. operation along the Piscaiaqua and ' Viol1tt Neutral Right • around the shores of Great Bay., Men prominent in the bu:sine~~ were ' William Whipplcl o! Portsmouth Benjamin Remick, Kittery; William in a letkr to Dr. Josiah Bartlett obBadger, also of Kittery; Joseph ' served: Swazey, Exeter; Stephen Paul, "Some of the town::: in this State have been obliged to give 400 Dolls. ' Dover; James Paul, Kittery; Robed ' Bounty (pr. man) to serve 3 or 4 Lapish, Durham; Nathan Nason, months at Rhode Island, exclusive of I Berwick; Jacob Remick, Ports- , mouth; Joseph Coe, Durham; , whafs a!low'd by the State; this is Kittery; George : wholly owing to privateering. The Thomas Cottle, Raynes, Portsmouth; Raynes and Farmers cannot hire a laborer for Fernald, Portsmouth; Fernald and 1 !es.~ than !JO or 40 dolls. pr. month. Portsmouth; Thomas 1 • "' ., Besides ~11 tbi~, you m;y dr.• 1 Pettigrew, I pend no public ,hip will <'Ver b-: Lydston, Kittery and others. One of the best known o! these . manned while there is a priv~l.eer builders was William Badger, who !if.ting OU I." 1 Th~ incrnti,· f0r prn.fif; t,:,,quen • purchasi:d what is now Badger',;. ly put nri.vatecring o.n. pl?nc not island in 1800 and during the next , much higher than piracy. Neutral 30 year.~ launched vessel, there. rights · ere repeatedly violated de- When death came to him in 1830, 1 spite conscious cffortl! on the part his 50th sailing vessel was on the of the Continental Congress to pre- ways. Frantic Bu ilding Boom. vent it. Further inlanci, growing lumber 1 "Those who are, actually engaged in it, soon lose every idea of right business was carried on supplying 1 the masts and staves ior ships on , & wrong, & for want of an opportunity of gratifying their in.jti,1:-."~:~•:"" ~. -~_-E,.,--:-;satiable avarice with the Property of the Enemies of their Country, -•will without the least compunction, I seize that of her friends." A flagran t example of thi~ cievil- · may-care attitude was rurnished by . a Port~mouth privateer under c~pt. John Ha ··t which ~aiieci right int.o , the mou th of ihe Garonne rive-r in, France 10 cap,ure a British merch~ntm;in. I The impetu., _given to foi:ei im commerce by high profiis and opportunitic: for specu.ation during the closing days of the Revolution continued after the treaty o:f peace ' the ways ;; t, Po!'irnl'Jufo. Gal?m. Newburyporl, and :Boston. The · in 1783. At first British colonial ports celebrated Constitution lud been were closed to American goods, and I built ol timber from Allenstown, 50 · much of the commerce was car- miles from the shipyard at Boston; ried farther afield to the Baltic and New Hampshire timber went ' ports, the Mediterranean and the into the Independence and the Congress just as it was to do in so many Far East. of the New Bedford whalers a few Large Foreign Tr.:~. I years later. Spurred by new world market~, The War of 1812, with all its marAmerican shipbuildiug boomed, itime implications, witnessed anand the Portsmouth-Great Bay re- other frantic building boom in New gion more than kept pace. In 1780, Hampshire. During the th.rte years ' Portsmout h tr:::.de w~s confined the country wc1s at war a number principally to the West Indies, but of privateern were built there, in- : JO year~ later it wa~ not unusual I eluding the Nanc!', Resolution, to ;;ee 20 or 30 vessels loading for 'l'homas, Science, Fox, Haro)·, Good , foreign port~ in Russia, South Luck, Harlequin, Macedoni'ln. Yil'st , I J,merica and Indio.. Consui, and Portsmouth. I In 1790 there were cigh~ ves~el~. Th~ firE·t o( the oriva[f:N' -''il.3, 1 built on the bank~ of. the Piscata- 1 1he Nancy, comma11dcd by Capt. Ii qu;;. and the following year the 1 Richard . Sma_rt, which brou,::ht. · number doubled. Mor" than 30 1 many prizes mto port. Tho: Fox, vessels of 100 tonl! or more were which netted the o '1nera and crew registered to Portsmouth and Great more than $i,000,000 in prize money Bay shipowners, while more than and proved herself a menace to 50 coastwise schooners and craft British merchantmen over the of under 50 tons belonged to local seven seas, became the most famous · merchants. I of the privateers to sail out of 1 The turn of the century found I Portsmouth. Less fortunate was the permanent foundations of what the Mars, built in New Hamp!:-hire, t is now the Portsmouth navy yard which cleared port on her maiden I being iaid. Fernald"s island was voyage only to vanish off the face ! purchased by the government in of the water~. To this day her dis- I'. 1800 for ~5,500 and as the years appearance has remained a mys- '. 'j went on other 7-dditiom were m.id,: 1 ,•.[ ol. ih~ ;; re;;.. Irt 1866, \he 105 c>crns tery. Sb:~ i ncr~;:;~d oC Sc:av<" -~ islann wN., adried In Shipb11ilding resumed :1 :d,c~clier ,. I i.\J.• i!l'.'"<:~nJnent' propextY, ~no I course following the W;ir o{ lol2, :1 i I I I I I I I I l .,. �but the size o! (he vessels built increased conetantJy in tonnage as the packets succeeded the older sailing ships and in turn gave way before the clipper, great product of a great New England maritime heritage. During the flrst half o! the c ntury 488 vessels were built in New Hampshire. Of these 22 were warships, 19 barks, 84 brigs, 158 echoon- 1 ers and seven sloops. Between 1789 / and 1877, 911 vessels left the ways. The American whaler could never lay claim to being the fastest, cleanest ship afloat, but the returns from a successful trip were high and many New England ports, including Por tsmouth, followed the men of Nantucket and New Bedford into the busines:1. Porlsmouth':1 whaling industry fa sted some 20 years, but during tha t lime, New Hampshire men rounded fh ;Hom o!ten in the low-waisted, roll~ng, odorous vessel!l, The Portsmouth Whalin;t company wa~ incorporated in ,Tune, 1832, with a capital o! $100,000. Ichabod Goodwin, later governor of the stale, was president and agent, and Thomas B. Laighton, Samuel Tuckerman and Samuel Cleaves were directors. Rich Cargoes. The company's two ships were the Pocohontas, under the command I o! Capt. C. G. Barnard, and the Ann Parry. The 300-lon Pocohonlas was away from Portsmouth nearly four years before she returned home 1 April 27, 18:16, bearing a cargo ot I 251 cask~ o! sperm oil valued :1t ~28.000. _ ;I'ho Ann I'arr,- m de .tour Lrlp ,f which there arc now records. The first was under command ot Capt. Reuben R ay and the vessel re- I I turned from the Pacific with 1,750 barrels of sperm valued at $43,750, less than five months a!ler the turn o! her sister ship. Another trip, this lime lo the dian ocean, !ailed lo bring as large a return as the first voyage and the vessel was sold to Thomas E. Oliver, William Shackford and Joseph Ladd. Its new owners chanJ?ed the vessel to a bark and sent her on two trips. The first was in command o! James Dennett, Jr., and carried her to the Indian ocean and the second was in command of Capt. Abie! Perry. The ftrst of the two voyages netted 1,400 casks ol sperm oil valued at $50,000 and the la t 566 cask ■ at $16,000. Unwittingly enough, New Hampire contributed to the slave trade. vessel was the Ni htin ale during her long and checkered career that was to see her flying the flag o! three countries. She was a clipper ship of 1,066 tons, built in 1851 by Samuel Hanscomb, Jr., 1.or the purpose ot carrying passengers to the world's fair in London. The original builders ran short of money and Hanscomb, a master carpenter, completed the vessel, even to the figurehead, a lifesized bust of Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale," after whom she was named. Set Speed Record,. The Nightingale was sold to Sampson and Tappen of Boston for $75,000 and proved to be one o! the fastest ships among that group o1 sleek clippers which set speed record from Boston to all porbs of the world during the 50's. She sailed from Port,mouth to Shanghai in 106 days; from New York to Melbourne in 75 days and her average daily speed under good sailing weather was 197 miles. Once, running before the wind, her log showed 336 miles for a 24-hour period. &le wa later aold to Salem -mer• chants and just before the outbreak of the Civil war was taken to Rio de Janeiro where she was placed in the slave trade. The importation ol slaves to the United States had been abolished many years before, but a thriving trade was carried on between the West Coast of Africa and South America, and even, when authorities were caught napping, with the United States. Just before the outbreak of the Civil war she was captured by a United Slates war vessel and then outfitted as an armed cruiser. When captured she had 1,000 slaves aboard who were transported to Liberia and freed. Following her use as an armed cruiser, she was sold into the California-China trade. The Nightingale's nationality changed once more. A few years later she was purchased by a Norwegian firm and ended her days in the North Sea under the Norwegian flag. From the standpoint of craftmanhip, sped and utility, the sailing ship reached its peak in the decade of the clippers between 1840 and 1850. Donald McKay was designing the Flying Cloud and other famous record-holders at his Boston shlpyards, and the builders along the Pi:;cataqua with their long back• ground of craftmanship were not slow in imitating his success. Although only three naval vessels were built there during the period, the keels of many clippers were laid. In 1851 the WHch of the Wave, a 1,499-ton clipper, was built by George Raynes of Portsmouth and sold to Salem owners. The custom of building ships at Portsmouth for sale to merchants in other Atlantic seaboard ports became increasingly common during these years, for Portsmouth's size and the population of the hinterland which it supplied failed to keep pace with the rapid growth of centers like New York, Boston and Baltimore. Made Record Run. In addition to the Witch of the Wave four other clippers, the Typhoon, Levi Woodbury, Wild Pigeon and Glove, were launched in 1851. Of these, the Typhoon, larg". est clipper ever launched in the United Stales up to that time, made sailing history. On her maiden voyage, with Capt. Charles W. Salter of Greenland in command, she made the run from Portsmouth lo Liverpool in 13 days. On that record run she encoun lcred ice and was struck by lightning when !our· days out of Portsmouth. One of her crew, a young lad named William Badger o! Newmarket, was hit by the bolt ,ind died a few days alter reaching Liverpool. The Typhoon vas built on Badger's island by Fernald and Pettigrew tor D. C. and A. C. Kingsland & Co. of New York. While blockaded in Shanghai early in the Civil war by the Confederate commerce raider, Alabama. she went under the name Undaunted and flew the British flag. The Typhoon was sold lo other owners in 1864 and it is believed that she fell a victim in the China sea to that menace a[ter which she was named-a typhoon. During the decade o! the 50"s the so.u nd of hammers, saws and planes came from shipyards on Badger·s island where the builder was John Yeaton; Pierce's island; Litllefleld's yard, and George Rayne' yard. Also in the vicinity were the establishments o[ Fernald & Pettigrew, Samuel Badger, Johnathan Johnson. Samuel Hanscombe, Jr., :Oaniel Moulton and A. Tibbells. Active During War. • But the rise of the steam ves~el was already fore~hadowing the demise of the clipper ship and it required the Clvil war to lilt the Portsmouth industry from the doldrums into which it was sinking. During the four-year war period, 22 ships were launched at the navy yard, including two iron clads, the Agamenticus and the Passaconaway, carrying but four guns each. Three were sloops o! war, 14 were steam sloops, one a steam frigate, one a tug, and one, the Blue Light, unclassilled. Most famous of the vessels constructed was the steam corvette, Kearsarge, built in the yard and launched Feb. 5, 1862. Earlier in the war, feeling had risen between the North and Great Britain over the latter's filling out of cruisers for the Confederacy. The Florida was the first o[ them, but the most famous was the Alabam11, built at Liverpool and fitted out In the Azores. Sunk Confederate Ship The Florida and lhe Alabama roamed every ocean, destroying unarmed merchantmen at an estimated loi:s ot about $15,000,000. The Kearsarge, the masts for which are said to have been cut on lhe slopes of Mt. Kearsarge and brought overland lo the seacoast 60 miles away, was commissioned to find and sink the Alabama. Find her she did in the Engli~h channel, and in the fierce struggl~ the Confederate vessel was sunk. lt was not until 10 years later, however, that a tribunal of arbitration awarded the United States a $15,- �WHEN 'OLD IRO NSID ES' FOUND TEMPORARY REST AT PORTSMOUTH he Iron men who manned h hrough the yeara, thanks to per Old lronsldea ready for launch! For 15 yeara she was ·station 500,000 claim against Great Britain tor violating neutrality rights in selling the raiding cruisers to the Confederacy. The Franklin, largest !.'leamship in the navy al that lime, launched at Portsmouth in 1863. This vessel, buill al the Franklin shiphouse, was destroyed by fire two years ago. With the close ol the war boom, shipbuilding aclivilies Jell upon hard time!.' that were not to be relieved until the World war. At the n~vy yard from the launching o! the sleam sloop Es ex in 1874, only one ship o! any importance was built until 1917 and that was the Boxer, a cadet training ship, launched in 1904. Yard Hits Hard Time• .Although the yard had been purchased in 1800, no vessel was butlt until the War o! 1812, when the Washington, a 74-gun ship o! the line, wai> rushed off the ways early in 1815, In lerest in establishing a navy yard at Portsmouth was due in large measure to the success!ul construction and records o! the Raleigh and Ranger, built there durin gthe Revolution. At the beginning of the present century, lhe government's demands for ships was small. Indeed, the Spanish-American war !ailed lo stimulate any great amount ol ac, livity there and irom 1900 to 1914 and died, but the woo rhaullnga at naval shlpy epalra on the railway do he yard before being ta den frigate Constitution, veteran of a dozen affra arda, This old photograph from U. S. Naval ck at Portsmouth In 1857. It waa not her only v ken to Boston In 1897. only 12 launches, tugs and barges were built. Wilh the outbreak ol the World war, the need tor shi~s became impe1·alive, and the nation turned to existing plants or constructed new ones. Once again Portsmouth came Into its own as a shipbuilding center, not only in the n~vy yard ilsell, but at other pomls along the river. The Piscataqua again abounded with the sights and sounds of shipbuilding. Ships o! iron and steel rose from their ways, in addition to the emergency wooden ships o! the war period. Submarines a.t the navy yard; wooden ships of 3,500 tons and upward at the Shattuck yard in Newington; steel ships of 8,000 tons at the Atlantic corporation stimulated the region as never before. During the war years and immediately afterward, 25 steel and wood ships and 10 submarines went into the water. Wartime Contrach So great was the demand tor ships that work was rushed torward at capacity. On July 4. 1918, three ships, the Roy M. Beattie, the Chibiabos and the Millon, were launched at the Shattuck yard. 'l'he :following August, the Haverhill was launched, a month later the Ammonoosuc, and In December ot the same year, the Woyadded to this list o! ships I I The year 1919 with wartime contracts still to be filled, found the greatest activity in history along the banks of the Piscataqua. Eight wooden steamships were built at the .Shattuck and tour large iteel vessels at the Atlantic yard. Three submarines were also added to the rapidly growing fleet ot undersea craft tor the United Stales navy. 'rhe year 1919 saw the last o! the shipbuilding at the Shaltuc-k yard, but the building o! the 8.800-ton steel vessels continued at the Atlantic corporation for another 11 months. The first ot the vessels went down the waya on Jan. 18, 1919. Three other ships were launched that year and in 1920 six more were launched, the last one on Oct. 9, 1920. rine !IS a !actor in modern warfare supplied Portsmouth with great industrial activity. 26 Subs Constructed The first undersea craft built a United Stales navy yard was laid down Nov. 2, 1914, and was launched April 23, 1917, as the L-8. The L-8 was the first o! 1 line of 26 submarines which have slipped from the ways into the Piscataqua during the past 24. years. Today the navy yard is the principal submarine construction base along the coas ls of the Un iled S la Les. �-- ,-·.·:... • - ..... The workmen, descend~~~!"- ,-w many instances of the Piscataqua --. shipbuilders of another era, have :·! continued the reputation established ·-1' by their forefathers, and Portsmouth-built submarines are known 1 .) th~ world over for_ their craftsman- / · -j ship and seaworthiness. , _ . The work of submarine building 1, · . still goes on today. At the present 1· ·,·,1time, two undersea craft are being ,_._. : fitted out, two more are on the ways - , and plans for two others are being _ ·; drawn at the drafting room at the I; j yard. Already rece1vmg their final , fittings are the Snapper and Stin·i' _J gray, which were launched last !all. _I, The Sculpin and the Squalus are i on the ways at the present moment, i' ! J their keels having been laid on ·1 ! September 3 and October 1s,'. re- I · l spectively. When they are launched j · work will start immediately on the _\· 1 Seawol! and the Searaven. For the past year there bas been · j . a movement to construct another ·building ways at the yard. For the past six years the two ways at the yard have been rushed ,with orders i for submarines. With talk of large - I 1 navies running high at present, it is j expected that increases in workmen . -1· I and facilities will be fort_hcoming. -~---· .[ Through the years, the navy yard has had associations with some oI the most romantic figures and ships in American history. Capt. Isaac Hull, c&nmander of the Constitution, was its first commandant; Lt. A. W. Greeley and five fellow survivors of the ta, mous Arctic expedi_tion recuperated ; at the yard during the summer of ; 1884; Admiral Farragut died in the present commandant's house, Au.2:. : 24, 1870; Admiral Cervera and 700 Spanish officers and men, captured ~n the battle of Santiago, spent tw-:> months as prisoners there. .,. ' .... , .. '. · _.J, 'i I --· - ---- ~-=---=-- -·· ~--=:::::::::;::;:;c..-- --:=~~~~~;;i ";,.• ··.:;-, ~: ·.. ·: .:~ --:-_/ti: NAVY MACHINE GUN, 1872 MODEL. i::·, ··<,·-'":'~ .• ;~ - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - - -- - --,-----:---' ~ .. ,·. < 'flhe D~velopment Of Portsmouth Harbor T!he development of Por ts m o u t h Harbor through itlhe Fedle.ral Maritime Commis .siollil wiH ihe something itlhait cuir people have advocate d ,r,o,1( h alf a century. God lhas gnven this section a gireait h ax bor which is at the ·I cdi51posal of the public service \to ,b,ing Portsmouth into dose1r relationship with the ae,a din g ports of the world. llit couRd be made to compaire wn.t 1h P ortsmouth, England, Wide, Navigable Channel. , The frigate Constitution was a as a g;reat naval port, It is th .e d os-est harbor to the /"station ship" at the yard for 15 I op,e,n sea, and in case of need c ,:,,i,1[& care /for the super years; the treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese war was ih-ead:naughts. signed in the supply building, and . W ;h ,en the time arrives tht ~ 1p, oirit wiH lbe ·recognized the Atlantic coast naval prison and / . 1 , a naval hospital are located there I fo ,r ~t5 ability to care for th.e !fll.<'! e t, 1\fammoth drydocks ltoday. ' coull«:il lhe constructed beitwe-elli\ :Pe i·rce Island and the I Early settlers and the generations 1 l of shipbuilders who followed them 13Jhi<0>11"e. The Hera1d presented \tln1 :1 )p;cture to ii.ts readers Ifound in the Piscataqua a wide , s o1,r 11e years ago. ' navigable channel, whose depth is I i conceded to be greater than any I There is nothing that the Nav y ,n e e ds but what could ; other harbor on the Atlantic coast. / lb , e )built here and there is suffirci e n ,t depth of water at , Eeven in the winter, when -ice : clogged harbors further so~th along · _ a!l1ly tide above and around t ihe ITT il:vy yard to take care , the coast, Portsmouth men m Ports- i · mouth ships sailed the two miles to o/f aU types of vessel~ at aH t im ~ ;;. a nd when the Mer• 1 the open ocean unimpeded. . clm&llll\t Marine decides to \l..\Se \tlh. ~s; lha rboir to assist the These factors, plus an abundance 1 Iof raw materia~s. undoub~edl)'. _in- _ , ser.vnce of the Canadian raih·oa-d. :., a t a slight expense fluenced the rise of sh1pbu1ldm·g 1 O\llln· iraiill facilities can lhring tlhe C ?J.irn.a d;_an products here J there. ifo )r \t!ransporation to any part o f ,t ~ -e w orld. I But there was another in!luence, l :ti_ ,}~'.~f ,;::': ..•=·:-- ''/ • • .· _; "' :·.~\~?f.< . ~,~-:.• 1.~_ .. ,-. ;/~?:~,./1:;,: '· ': . . .. !'... .•_;,;_,-•. I J too. , The influence ot Yankee craft\ ma11ship and ingenuity, the ini fluence that created the gundalow; , the Ranger, the sleek clippers, and I when the age of wooden ships ! passed, turned its attention to the ; creation of modern, steel-hulled ' J craft, perhaps the apex of technical ! shipbuilding skill. W e lhave long dreamed off fih ;3, _ ow nf _our commiss i.oJfi! ca!rll lbrxng about utifo:r.atii~il1i o i \l:1h,e God~gi.ven opporltMnnitiies \Portsmouth Harlboir :: om -~ int o its own. The i\%mest h arbor in the w ·o rM wm 1be presented to the a1!:.ite)!i).tUrollil of many of our pirom lin-~dilil: citize-ns who have snm.plly tta k en it as a passnn g s toiry w1thout studying its , ire.all aclvan i:.agcs. Now t he g -.n r crnm-ent proposes Ito \ 13ituudy what we really lhave. () wm I ---- ----------- ._.r(\r~..i . - : . -~,_;~;_ ·: . ~ . _\;}~}{ 1'6~5~-~ ~--,. -,.: }~_. . -½\~~' ., '.- ,:-. ·• -1 -o..~:~-~~'3l ~•; :·:· .,. , �\0-. '.HARBOR HEARING! ,. "]MP RTANT T -!rms SECTION ; 1 I Representatives of U. Maritime Comm. To Conduct Hearing l \Vednesday \ The hearing on harbor developmeP-t Ito be' conducted by the United States !Maritime Commission will be held at the Hotel Rockingham Wednesday Imorning at 10 o'clock and it is expected that it will be largely attended by people interested in p_roper development of the local harbor, not only from this section but from many other 1parts of New Hampshire . . · I Hon. Orel A. Dexter, spokes:.•] man for the local commit·. . t.ee on harbor development, has re. •,. ·., . 1ceived a letter from the chairman of . · : .. - I the Maritime Commission which says all i:1re,·ested civic and commercial groups an opportunity to present to the Commission their ideas and suggestior:.s on the subject of develop-I mem. Conferences on the West Coast have "leen concluded, and they will begin next week· on the South Atlantic snd Gulf Coasts." T he hearing is open to the public and i, of vital importance as it will doub'le.5& have great bearing on the future development of Portsmouth ·Harbor and this entire section. Col. Anh 1r N. Paine, manager--(){ :the Agricultural a.nd Industrial Bureau of the Boston & Maine. Railroad,· · _pointed out that the Boston & Maine 'ls deeply interested in the development of he Port of Portsmouth and that he felt &.dequate trade rout~s could be oe ·eloped if the export and Import 'business warranted it. · . Dr. Ladd next said that the three '. vital points in any harbor were depth land expanse of water, dockage and warehouse space on shore and the pos'-sibilities of trade in such port. Ports~~ ~ ~ . ~ L\ '.3 g . mouth,.he said, has the first two requisites and he pointed out that he felt wsitl.ve that certain b1terests would '; hip to and from here it given the op• portunlty. , · E. CUrtis Matthews declared that 1 , whatever material was presented to !the commission should be based on j absolute fact and said that he felt it ,should be clearly stated that the lower · I , harbor could adequat,ely take care of I I i the largest vessels afloat while the Plans Complete For ·' nope;,• harbor could easily handle ve1:,s~ls up to 10,000 tons. Richard B. Meeting With Federal . i Shelton assured him that such facts Maritime Commission were in the rEccord which WIil! to be 1presented. . Tomorrow 1 others who supplemented the re~ I The vital· poil_1ts _whic_ h a_r~. t-0 be i marks of others include~ Judge Ar• Ithur, E. Sewall, l"epresentmg the state , brought out at the · nearing oerore the · of Maine, Alvin F. Redden, secretary Federal Maritime Commission tomorJ of the Seacoast Regidnal Development .o w morning at io o'clock ai; th~ Rock ii1 gham Hotel .were discussed ai; ! Association and Capt. Shirley Holt. Those present were Chairman Orel , 9. committee meeting this morning in I the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Hon. ' A. Dexter, Dr. S. T. Ladd, Richard B. , Orel A. Dexter presided and briefly i . ,, Shelton, Capt. Shirley Holt, Frank C. Remick. John Cummings, sec1·etary of ouc!i,1ed the purpose of the hearing I the N. · H. Manufacturers Association, ' tomorrow and explained the procedure hich the committee is to. follow in -I1 Co!. .Arthur N. Paine, manager of the • Agricultural and Industrial Bureau of presenting the facts t.o the commission. · th<> Boston and Maine Railroad, Judge Fi"l!l lc c. Remick pointed om that Art hm· E. Sewall, Charles S. Gerrish, ,,ervching possible should be done to 1 Arthur F. Cook, J. D. Hartford, Alvin cre 3 ~e a favorable in1pression with the I . F . Redden, Donald A. Tuttle, chalr• Commission. J oim Cummings of Manchester, sec- , .-1 man of the Publicity Department of the State Planning and Development aeiar;r of the New Hampshire Manufactu.rers Association stated that we , · 1 Commission, Frederick P. Clark, Plan• shoulct give the commission an oppor- 1 i ning Director of the Commission, For• t uni"y of seeing what we have to offer 1 I rest M. Eaton and Charles W. Ora.y. ln ih~ way _of devel~pment of the lo- / . cal h arbor, bringing out that there are oi~cuss FACTS TO BE PRESENTED .AT 'HEARING :- '-' .. · '. in "The part: conferences are to b e upon a ; non-polltical basis and are being ar: ranged by the Maritime Commission in ' orde1· that all ports and sections of the · United· States which have any interest in essential American steamship ser' vices may have an opportunity to set forth their ideas and comments, or , suggestions on this matt.er. The Marii time Commission will be represented : . ~-~ -. by s. D. Schell, ~ssistant to t~e chair-:.';_. _1man, who will preside. He will be ac·: ·;,; 1' companied by Dudley B. Donald of .·,,··: • our Trade Rout.e Survey staff and J. F. ' McArt of our Division of Regulation. i we desire the participation of the var, ious industrial activities served by yow· port, civic and commercial or\ ganizations, such as Chambers of commerce, Propeller Clubs, terminal owners and operators. and others who desire to b'! present. "Stateme:its presented should be ;Hm.!ted to mat.~,ers which come within · I the scope o! the Maritime commispoi,sibilit-es for the export of Canadian ·sion, having a bearing upon the comhea~. , 'ew England apples, coal, oil, j.merclal development o~ the port a_nd gypsum, scrap metal and other items. its uibutary areas which would m- He said that the big question the comelude facts and suggestions regardil~g mlsslon will be interested In is what • 1 eiclsting or proposed ocean steamship tonnage, both export and Import, can l services, the possible development of be developed. ; essential trade routes and any facts Dr. Samuel T. Ladd, comptroller of Iwhich wouid have a bearing upon the the Port of Boston, mentioned the need general development of the American for a modern port on the Atlantic , merchant marine and how it may ,Seaboard, saying that the facilities in i best serve the commerce of Ports- , other ports on the coast were more or imouth." . J1ess obsolete, that expense of tugs was , The Maritime Commission in issuing ,great, that steam winches which have notice of the hearing said: 1to be used now were expensive to op' l "The port authority conferences :erate and that few Atlantic Coast were initiated by the commission in ;harbors were ice free and none were connection with its current studies of ~is deep as Portsmouth. With the con.,~- - ·- all phases of foreign tra.de, and how truction of sui able docks and warethe American Merchant Marine can, houses connected with electric tra:111. ,best serve this commerce. The object \ ways y·ith electric cranes for unloadmg ' is to enable the commission to obtain ! Portsmouth could be developed Into 'first-hand knowledge of the shipping 1 . the rr.ost modern harbor on the coast, : requirements an~ facilities of the dif- 1 J,~ -~!d; __ ____ __ ____ ....J ·!erent port_ cities,_ and also-· to a~_r:_d -, r_ I I I ·.... -· i ...,.•..- .... ....:., . -- .~ '/j':: ~~ -' �...._.. -~~=<~~:~:~j;\·. ~. ·. ~ii.lfc:;;;,~t; StudlJ , Pl~n~ uth . , ( ~_; '.~:)i-1To Develop Ports 2~1 Harbor ~ l,~,e:\~ " , , ., ""~~ ;~~:;,;,1 'J : 1 ·Planning Division Survey Reveals Substa·ntial To nage For Port Of ;·;~sq.r~~J'"5.j Portsmouth Harbor Survey The New Hampshire Planning and Development Corr.mission, at the in- : ,\1 stigation of the U. S. Maritime Com- 1 \ ·;c_,~::~,-J mission, has conducted a survey of . . ~:.' -:·,.· (:·;t 1the potential business that could be I t;, {-::!.tt".1 obtained for Portsmouth Harbor if 0'._ .: adequate dockage and shipping fa~-,~~~:.j~----~.(; cilities should be provided at the Concord, May 7-A potential 2.000,;i:: ' 7 ;'•,c;..·:,r,.-0. New Hampshire seaport. It was i 000 tons· of imports and exports anfound that the probable business ; nually through the port of Portsin ouch, would be around 2,000,000 tons of -: 1if dockage and shipping facilities are ~Ltli:r~:·: imports and exports annually. This provided, was indicated ~ a survey ~:;'.•'i.-\( ·,: : is seven or ·eight times the present ! made during . the last _30 days by the fl§_O;l;{t_: handle at Por tsmouth. J state Planning and Development -"Otn ~•=· J·'-:.-l._.~(."'°-,; Last month representatives of the .., )mission at the r~quest of the U S: Maritime Commission visited the ' : Maritime commission. The indica, ed ·•-i;:: ·~:.'.'<:::_., seaport in conjunction with the sur- . ;P?tential use of i.te port is seven or { ·::;.-, ";' ve . About 160 of the 750 question- - , eight times its present. actual .use. · _· •·•••.. : ~ . ! The request developeu out of he'lr• -,~•~}';}J ,; ,. na1:es sent out to New Hampsh1~e ;ings on the proposed . developmcri't, :::'t· , businesses were returned and of this ' !which were held in Portsmouth early -·'/c:',;',':"- i number tiO repurted that with proper i. Apr'! dockage and shipping facilities at - ~m , . 1 • . _ J;·f~~.;'::~.-- Por_tsnmuth Harbor t_hat they would ,: me_ report was _m~iled to the U. ::,-.""':."' ·_.,,:-, prooably be m a pos1t10n to use the _1S. Mantune comm1ss1on Wedr:esday >\::'(~::.::•j po~t to the tune of 742,688 tons of · afternoon, and the principal r esults ';' ~:.?f[f;p imports and fi0 ,614 tor:s of exports I of the survey. were announced today , _.,:::.-;;:--,1---'l'--j annual!y ·-. .-, by State Planning Director Fredcnck •'·?\/:~,,;;j The 2.000,000-ton potential handle " P. Clark. .' '.-;°Vi';:,.' is conservatively based on the reApproximately 750 questionnaires ! . ·.' pHes from theoe questionnaires. The . were sent' t-0 manufacturers, public ,It~:_.-.>··:'. ·_·.:. chief import 1_tems cited m the re- •: ilities petroleum industries whole.. , -.:,:-. ,-·_ port are oil, 01: products,- coal, coke, : : . ' ,;•.,._;• ·, :~-;-:· . gypsum, grain, textiles, cement, and . : sa_ler.,, and other_firms. About 160 ,et;_ ,.. f_.· · ] lumber. It is believed that the de~ ; plied, and 60 of these stated that, ·•::tb. ,f.•. ·,'·< velopment of the Harbor would re- i suitable facilities at Portsmouth . he f:;\~~t:·. :, du_ce shipping costs for New lfa1:1p- · .\ nearer, less congested seaport -,,·ould :?;-;- "f~':J shire busmesses who use materials J?robably_ be of value _to _their businc ·ses ,::.· ~;.t1--:>,1shippe~ by ocean b~~ handled by a 11 m reducing transportat10n charges rnd ::-,,_ ...._;•__ . .,. __ .__ . more distant port. It 1s claimed that ... in speeding up their imports and exf""~ ;-,:\,,.:-1 Portsmoutl: Harbor presents many . ports. ·.1 natural act,antages. 1.-=·: ,, . ·.. . . ·;· "?/·;._- ::•-~·~t_;;./r :" · -,:.,_-t: Portsmouth If acilities Are Developed i~{;.'./'.·j fU,:lHt<: t\/{)~::.:,':\j 1 \/~ Jf-2::_: · ·->: .· ,.. ·,,,:.,-·· ·j i ~.\:,;' .->J ; 0 : .;·' - ,•• The outstanding import items in th!! figures were oil and oil products, coal and coke, which together totaled 631,- ;fu~§1.~~:j\~ti~ ,~, li"'.;;,fr;,'t 1 • •:,,':'~:'.~ '":::,. through po,t,mouth included gypsum products, grain, scrap .iron,' stone and clay; tex- f'= :,~ tiles, chemicals, metal products, food > ''l°' supplies, and miscellaneous. f :.:..,,,: ·~ &~ · The report completely itemizes the I'/ · potential imports and exports by firms, the locations of the firms, the commo- i-_,: dities, annual tonnage, and places of t the origin of imports and destination ,. of €Xports, whether ,Atlantic coast, Pacific coast, or foreign. The same information is' made graphic in seven maps. An interesting sidelight of the survey was a letter from the Public Ser. ____ . vice Company of New Hampshire ·\,'f';--:._ ~~'-,: whic:1, in connectio~ with its state- ·=.::·,i>:)-,;;'.';;, ment covering its use of oil and coal, noin ted out that when the new inter- ·:-it';'<,'\t,~:'-k ;tate bridge is built, its proper loca- '.,.,,., · ·1')~ ~#I tion and adequate draw span will en·-? able the company's floating power -, ~p lant, Jacona, to receive oil directly from ocean going tankers. \':,~-:" This would result in a saving of from Ff_j;,--"; '· "'•'··· 10½ to 12 cents a barrel on about 150,- l ;:--,j:;.Sii~=it 000 barrels of oil in a year. The letter ::;,.\/:'J§:!jf/, also gives the opinion that, if the har- ,: · ·•· '- ;:-,,:,:':{ bor were properly developed, someorie .;-:;·:? '.'.:;.,../~ mouth to Atlantic coast, Pacific cocist, would probably be attracted to build ··~·- :1i·• -:· and foreign destinations . This to t:11 of an oil refinery in the upper harbor. ::·.f_/.. 1 802,302 ton·s itemized by 69 concerns The added expense of reloading oil /, ·. /:,°-[, , was taken to indicate that the tolal of from ocean ve:;sels to lighters was ·;:,;, "'·, /,ci';.· p_otential annual imports and exports brought out also by the petroieum in- k_·, :·2 j ,_: _;;,.:. :~}:,;,: through Portsmouth would have 3X- dustries replying to the survey. It is not known h ow soon the U. S. · ,,:--·~f;;':, , ceeded 2.000,000 tons if all concerns 0 · , had replied to the request for in,or- Maritime Comm\ssion will be able to .•~· mation, as oniy about 21 per cent of announce it findings with regard to ''.':lf-~ti~', t he proposed port development. ;0 . them actually replied. k;. ,-,:_.· :~::.::.::~ :t.t;,- r.-_ ~>;;~~ r1 151::~~;;:-~~-, (:-;! :i n~~,\~~\~.:~~-~~:-:~rr~~~{~titd~i~~~~~ .•;. / ' · ··,;.: .:...·'.- 0.?-'c ··.' :~".-: :~?="< -~~\l_7_: ,::J:.f~ ;_ fft"t,·;t~; ---~J(lt;~:#~i" .::rr;B~~~YI -:., ~!',,??_ ·_ ·· •· _: :~ ·:-~t~ :'.?t;~;fst· """--- '1 \<\Sg - ·,c •. : .... ~-,,. ,-.•..-,r··. - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - �.ZjJ Would Boom· :J:ij N. H. Port ·-\ .:'! <tt) Survey Indicates Big Increase with Dockage ;1 ;i~~li;f:t~:n·:;, :'<}? Ports11:ou:h, if . ~d.equate doc~age r ,·.'.~, . ~ and sh1ppmg fac11Ihes are provided, , ' :.:· ,,. ~ was indicated in a survey made j during the· la~t 30 days by the state ~ · -~. ·. ·''f.1 Planning and Developement Com- ( · ,.. · · mission at the request of the U. S. \· ! •:::;:·r: '}~J~~·::::1;ite~f{~t;~s:o~f th!h;o;~d}; \ ..' , -:T-. seven or eight times its present ac- I . ,: , ,·,· • ~ . tual use. I ,·· · ''-S::,.:; l The request developed out oft : . :; ·,:};.~ ;(<-~1 hearings on the proposed develop- · · ,. .;-:;l'i.~~- ment, which. were. held i?- Ports' --·-it":, mouth early m April · I• I · f.,.J." The ·report was mailed to the j ; '.•' . , :., U. S. Maritime Commission Wednes- : · ·;':: - day afternoon, and the principal k ,'·. ·' _ ' results of · the survey were an: f · , .. ·· nounced today by State · Planning I 1 ; -· • ,,'. Director Frederick P. Clark. · i ; ~':.;t~ 750 Questionnaires. • •. • . •,: Approximately 750 questionnaires . . l-:),~- . . · ·s1:.·· •e,· ,were sent to manufacturers, pubhc ~ ·/ :';_1· utilities, petroleum industries, 0 .' · ' '7 wholesalers, and other firms. About • -~fSf.1 160 replied, and 60 ·of these stated , ,;,J.;:; •~.!that, with suitable facilities at ~ · '~:'\ &.;. lPortsmouth, the nearer, less con- 1 : '~',t: gested seaport would probably be .,· of value to their businesses in re- I · ·.; :-~~- j' ducing transportation charges and · ~'::: :. : ·r in speeding up their imports and , •., .;; ,1exports. . t~/,-,S j The 60 replies itemized 742,688 .'/,.,:,_.·_'/1tons of potential imports annually · . , ..::;..- though the port of Portsmouth from ••• : •• ··.,.:_,'. Atlantic aJ?,d Pacific C?ast points and .,,;;__"~ ,--:c 1•from foreign countries, and 59,614 1 ,.~',:.,: ·~;' tons .of potential exports annually . ., :;;';:f·. ,- ,, through Portsmouth · to Atlantic / 1., :t.s::~ coast, Pacific coast and foreign ·,.. '·'-· · :: destinations. This total of 802,302 ,, .. '.~ "'::;,,'{ tons itemized by 60 concerns was ::~~ii;, ; j taken to indicate that the total of ,' -C~~::"' (potential annual imports and ex.~·-: ),,::!.=j·ports through Portsmouth would ~\' ·:. have exceeded 2,000,000 tons if all :,'l, "'7:l concerns had replied to the re;•:· ·<'·-~•• quest for information, as only about .'.•i'=·,. ,• 21 per cent of them actually re,._. · plied. The outstanding import items in the figure were oil and oil products, '· , = ,: .. , coal and coke, which together to- \ .:· . J .. ·:-,_:.·· ;' taled 631,542 tons, mostly from At- / :·-.'::. '-' lantic coast source_s. Othe~ imports I l' j were gypsum, gram, textiles, cem: ;,f: ... :, ent, wood pulp, lumber, chemicals, '~ :_~i:?,~;/· stone and clay, food supplies, plas- i •···'~"" ter board, tobacco, and miscel• .. :·,·,:· ,..- laneous. · ·:.~•i/ i ,; Potential exports through Ports- 1 '1\~ ;,.-: mouth included gypsum products, _-:,:t,.,•: .,,-~, grain, scrap iron, stone and clay, • .::_:,.t{:· textiles, chemicals, m~tal, food sup- i ~~,~ plies and miscellaneous. _ JJ '. •·.> '.'.~ :<~.: .· 1 I . ,~~:•: 1 i ,:~;.~tf~t.~:{:::~· �I l �\l\ Two Becorite G~lden Eaglets · G•rl Scout Rally Winifred Rand And Dorothy Watson Receive Highest Award In Girl Scouting · Photos By Kingsbury RECEIVE EAGLE SCOUT A.WA.RDS Left to right: Miss Winnifred Rand, Miss Dorothy Watson. Winnifred Rand and Dorothy Wat- mouth. poes each succeedmg group son received Golden Eag·Iet awards at mean greater service to the community? the Girl Scout rally at the Junior HJgh It takes time, money and energy to School auditorium Friday evening, in carry 011 Girl Scouting. When I was recognition by the national officers of asked in Boston last week d<>!!S Portsthe outstanding work they have done m mouth really want Qlrl Scouting, do scouting. the adults In the city care enough to The rally opened with the assembly grow and not be satisfied with standcall by Shirley Laighton, then the Girl ing still, or would they rather let the Scouts led by the Brownies, marched to whole ·ihing drop? it came as a blow. I the~ ;eats in the front of tl1e hall to felt a lump rise in my throat .. Surely music by the Drum and Bugle Corps. om· years of service have not been Miss Rosamond Thaxter, Girl Scout wa.sted . commL'lSi.>ner, extended a welcome to "Girls, if you love scouting and want all saying "It is my great pleasure once it to go o in PQri/$1l!ii,.ll~L!,,Y courage g~ln to welcome the Council members, your mothers and their riends to beleaders, parents, friends, Girl Scouts come leaders and be wllling to serve on and Brownies. It is always an inspire.- the Council and its committees so that tion to see the long green line of scouts more girls may be able to enjoy the file into the hall as they have jwt done. wonderful program that can be offered Some of Lhe adults have seen similar to you . lines many Limes, but we mustnotforget "This m3.y be my last message to you there are R.lways through the years more as commissioner. Do take example and more girls of Brownie and Scout from the spring that is all around you age, and that so far only 11 percent of ....,.....,...===~~-:;;:::;;:: them are enjoying scouting in Ports- NEW STAMPS WILL HONOR PRESIDENTS New Hampshire's President Franklin Pierce On 13c Stamp New York (AP)-The familiar face of Hollow Horn Bear, the Brule Sioux who could orate, is going to give way to that of James Buchanan, the 15th President, on Uncle Sam's 14-cent stamp. Personally, we shall miss Hol- . low Horn Bear. The presidential gallery of the recently announced new U. s. regular series will introduce 12 former chief executives to the album. Even Willlam Henry Hanison, who was President only a month. To make way !or these portrait.s, the pictorials must go-the Statue of Liberty, the Sioux, Golden Gate, Niagara Falls, the bµffalo, Arlington amphitheater, Lincoln memorial, the Capit.ol and goddess of freedom. The President.s will be chronologically arranged by terms, with the addition of Benjamin Franklin and Marthe Washington on the ¾- and !¾centers. New values w111 be 4¾, 16, 18, 19, 35 and 40 cents. Here is the complete llneup, according to Postmaster Farley: Half-cent Franklin, 1-c Washington, l1h-c Martha Washington, 2-c John Adams, S-o Jefferson, 4-c Madison, 41/.i-c Monroe, 5-c john Quincy ~dams, 6-c Jackson, 7-c Van Buren, 8-c William H. Harrison, 9-c Tyler, 10-c Polk, 11-c Taylor, 12-c, Fillmore, 13-c Pierce; 14-c Buchanan; 15-c Lincoln; 16-c Johnson; 17-c Grant; 18-c Hayes, 19-c Garfield, 20-c Arthur, 25-o Cleveland, 30-c Benjamin Harrison. 35-c McKinley, 40-o Theodore RooseVi!lt, 50-c Taft, $1 Wilson, $2 Harding, $5 Coolidge. The 4½-c value throws Monroe (fifth President) and the next 16 Presidents one behind their correct numbers. The design is still to be determined. There ls no assurance that the postoffice department will care to use the winning design of last year's treasury department contest. France's 1849 classics, with head vf Ceres motif, are in no danger of being di.s;placed by the new 1-franc-75 blue dhesive. The design is similar, but �heavier, and lacks the eye-pleas ng balance of the early Ceres type. The central medallion hM been kept in• tact. Upcoming products of the Atelier du Timbre are said to include: (1) A special for the 100th birthday of Leon Gambetta, the statesman, April 3. (2.) A semi-postal to aid jobless sail• ors, depleting Jean Baptiste Charcot, the Antarctic explorer. (3.) Two semipostals to raise funds tor an infantry monument by Bouchard for the Trocadero. A radio tower, the pyramids of Glzeh and the Colossus of Thebes are all found in one design on the new ·MAJ.WASHBURN DIES SUDDENLy I~ Had Been Assistant ~ Postmaster For Over 30 Years~~Was Retired National Guard Officer The community was sadden today at, news of the death of Maj. Isra el Henry Washburn, whlch occurred s uddenly at his home at 482 Broad street early thL'J morning. F or the past week he had not been fe eling in h is usual good health, but had been at work each day wlth the exception of T uesday. Thursday he a tt.ended t.o his duties at the post;oftce, wlierc he had been assistant postm aster over 30 years, a nd on going home •said that h o did not feel well . Later he lauffered a heart attack and passed way , bout 6 o·clock this m orning, _ Maj or Washburn was born 1n P orts1 .mouth Nov. 10, 1870, the son of the lat& !Capt , Israel H . Washburn, U. S . M , l<:'· • and Arabella V. (Jackson) Wash• ib1.ll'll, He was widely known and very ·popular. During his 30 years 1n the ostoftice he was most efficient. HI& work was always done quickly and hf.a ham, and one granddaughter, Virginia contacb with people made him well Washburn Shimer, and one brother, liked , He received hls education 1n th& Jackson M. Washburn of this city . schools of this city, which }le loved de• 1\me-ral ,i;ervic~ will be held from the votedly. He WM a descendant of the home, 482 Broad street, Sunday afterWashburn family of Maine and a1 a noon at 2 e'clock . yowig boy spent some hlme with. his Friends invited. relatives in Portland . . n'.e was f(lnd of travel nd loved the ocean and on his vacatloris he often made an ocean voyage ~nd took keen fut.erest in the places visited , A Io:ver of the drama, he \Vas well known M an amateur actor and took part f<lr man, years in pr(lductlons 1n this city. Dur• Ing later years his activities along this line wero contined mainly to the annual :J>resentations of the Graffort Club , · Previous to his appointment in the postomce he conducted a harness shop ton Congress street . On Nov. 16, 1907, Major Isl'ael Henry Washburll was ~1e was appointed assistant pootmaster und with the exception of le!IS than a laid to rest i.11 Harmony Grove ceme• tery on Sunday afternoon, being ac• ~ear during the World War had held );h a t position ever since . Many change3 corded full military honors. The funh ave taken place 1n that department eral service was held at his home, 483 11.ince h e began his duties and he was Broad street, and a very large number looked up to by the force there with a. of friends and associates attended to great deal of respect and admiration . pay their respects to him. Among ae was keenly interested in the om~ those attending were officers of the 1md alway,s looking for improvtiment Ill New Hampshire National Guard, memt he service . bers of Frank E . Booma Post, No. 6, I n November, 1934, he r etired from the American Legion, th e clerical force New 'Hampshire Guard, with which be and mail carriers of the local posthad s erved 34 years . He was military• office · numbering about 30, headed by ~ninded an<i at the age of 30 became asPostmaster Peter J . Hickey, and offisociated wlt-h the militia . He was com• cers of St. John's Lodge, No. 1, AF & missioned in March, 1900, as second AM. In addition many neighbors and lleutenaut of Company B, First Infan- friends were presen t to give their final try. Later the regiment was disband• tribute to one whom t hey r espected ed and made a Coast Artillery troop. and admired. He was me.de a captain on the staff of Battery J;), 197th Coast Artillery, Maj. Chaur:cey B. Hoyt in the battalioii New Hampshire Na tional Gua'rd, was of the Naw Hampshire Coas t Artillery represented by Capt. J ames E . Sylnd the Na tional Guard . In 1913 he re- vester, Jr., First Lieut. Edgar A. Ladd, signed and when war was eclarrtl m- and Secotid Lieut . George A. Wendell, fisted In the service as a resene &fficei· Jr. Gov. Francis P . Murphy and his and was on·ou y for ime at JeHer.;on- council were represented by Councilor ill . Incf , and at ashingto , D. C. Charles M. Dale. om ~pv 24. 1 ? , ta Feb. 15, 1919. '1 The services at the home were cona.s o leave bs~nce' from the ducted by Rev. William Safford Jones postolf!c<;>. of the South Church . .,and Rev. ArWhen the 197th regiment was formed thur A. Rouner of the North Church. in 1922 he was commissioned captain Rev. Mr. Rouner conducted t he comaml quar~el'master of the state sta!I. In mittal service at. the grave, af ter which l!t27 b was promo e to the rank •J! a volley was fired by a,.squad of U. S. 111 'lj or. He served from 1927 to 929 n Marines from the Navy Yard and the military staff of Gov. Huntley N. "taps" was sounded. The firing squad ..Spaulding. was under the command of Sgt. SteOn Aug. 17, 19 , d\l?ing the annual fonicik of the Marine Barracks. encampm1mt of the 197th Regiment, N. The honorary bearers were officers H. N. G .. he was honored in event of of • the New Hampshire National his retirement when the ntire regiment. Guard, many of whom h ad been assopassed before him in revie . He was ciated with Major Washburn for many presented with a watch as a token of the years. They were Adj. Gen. Charles W. esteem which his fellow officers felt for Howard of Concord, Maj . George W. him In sp aking of him. Col. Clar- Morrill of Concord, Ma j. Arthur L. ence E. Rexford at. that time said Major Smith of this city, Maj. George W. Washbmn v.-as "one of the best friend Bowman of Laconia, Maj. Thomas B. the regiment ever had." He was an Cheney of Laconia, Capt . Frank P. outstanding officer and the men under Wilson of Concord, Capt. Harold C. him found him fair in 11 his dealings Gibson of Laconia and Capt. Albert and wer v~rv ronrl of him. He W'IS s. Baker of Concord. Io d of his home and his friends. He The pallbearers were all members of '\':as a member of Frank E. Booma Post, Battery B of t his city and were : 1st American Legio . and &f St. John's Sgt. Charles M. Woods, Sgt. John W. Lodge. No. 1. A. F. & A. M. Noel, Sgt. Charles H . Oxford, Sgt. HerSurviving hl m are Ills wife, Mrs . bert H. Erickson. Sgt. George L. Gray Virginia Sanborn Washlmrn, two and Sgt. John W. Durgin, Jr. daughte1·s, Miss Emily Washblll'll, and Interment was in the family lot 1n Mrs. Stanley R, . Shimer, both of DurHarmony Grove cemetery under the direction o! J. Ver,ne Wood. MILITARY SERVICES FOR MAJ. WASHBURN �ood half to be on the ground, while t e trucks drive 1n on a higher level, but this is even with the grade. The remains of the refuse in the furnace are very small considering what enters, and this consists mainly of tin cans. All of this has been through the furnace and is removed., taken out and dumped. There ls nothing to attract rats or any kind of rodents and there 1s no health hazard. This is the most modern method of disposition of wnste and Portsmouth in adopting it follows in line with other progressive cities. TELLS WORK OF MORGAN INSTITUTE Portsmouth Herald newsphoto NEW CITY INCINERATOR OFF JONES A:..:V.. ::E::_._ _ _ _ _ _.,. Porbsmouth now has a sanitary disposition for its garbage and waste. Last week the Portsmouth incinerator was put in operation and nc;,w the trucks which gather up this refuse about the city are taking all of the waste to the incwerator where everything with the exception of the ashes is put through the incinerator. The new building, which was started on Nov. 8 last, and was put into operation on April 4, ls 60 feet long, 40 feet wide, and 25 feet tall witll a monitor top wJth p: !ult se le of .win dow11 on both sides. It is constructed of brick and James A. Flanagan was the engineer and designer. He also designed the Dover incinerator after which the local bulldlng is patterned• . The building contains five furnaces with guillotln charging doors. The furnace has a three-way passage. None of the ashes which are picked up by the draft can get outside the stack, but fall to the pit which is cleaned out when necessary. The entrance for trucks has an overhead door 14 feet wide and 16 feet high. This permits _plent~ of clearance for the biggest trucks, Although there are five furnaces, three are considered ample to take care of the present day needs of the city. The additional two are to take care of any increase in population. In case of a larger increase, the stack 1s amply able to take care·ot another incinerator the same size as the present, The building contains conveniences for the workmen and as the distance for dumping increases, it is believed tnat a track with a small car will be laid to the dumping ground. This can easily be arranged in future years as the distance increases. The contract price was $28,987. and the city was bonded for only $25,000. of this price, the remainder taken out of current expenses. Tne city spent $1,000 addilional for the .road. Located 1n the so-called pest house field off Jones Avenue, a short distance from Sagamore Creek, the opportunities for dumping will be taken care of far })out 50 vears. The building is erected on a slope which leads to the qreelc and there is ample dumping facilities. · The use of the incinerator calls for the separation of ashes and other refuse. The ashes are taken at once to the dump and left, but the incinerator receives tne garbage and otj1er refuse, which goes into the furnaces and is taken out on the floor below. Tne erection of .the building on the slope provides for the lower floor of the back Rev. Fredric Olsen of Kittery wa~ the speaker at the Kiwanis club meeting last evening, and he gave a very interesting story of the Goodwill industry at the Morgan Memorial in Boston and how he learned the workings of the organization. In his quiet way, he held his listeners' attention throughout the story in which he told of going to the Morgan Memorial, dressed in ragged clothes, and getting shelter for the night, and a job the next morning, to learn the workings of the organization. He dramatized some of the experiences lle went through during the two weeks in which he observed the workings of the industry, In closing he spoke of the Portsmouth Goodwill shop a~ 129 Penhallow street, stating that $4,000 in wages has been paid during the past four years and that the ·industry has never · asked .anyqne. for a nickel. He told that the industry exists from df.§carded articles, _wqlch are repaired. and sold to those who are unable to purchase new goods, and the wages. pl).id, go to someone who peeds t)le cash . The next meeting of the club will J:>e at the ,Junior High school and this will be followed by the showing of a movie on the building of the Golden Gate bridge. The' showing of the movieWill .be a semi-public affair. Mention was made of Charter Night t Hampton, and of the Portsmouth 11-thers and Sons night. A. H. Woolfson oke regarding the first Inter-club ight to be sponsored by the Somersorth club, which will be held on May , at which Dover, Rochester and ortsmouth clubs have been invited. Samuel Eastham spoke regarding ampton charter night. Glenn Race as presented with a cake in honor of birthday, �New Bridge Favored Among N. H. Pro1ects Nineteen Projects In The State Have Been Reported Favorabl following Stud 0 Their Merit , ·' , Washington, D. 0., Apr. 21.-If Congress appropriates the new fwids reoonurtended by the President, work on nineteen New Hampshire ·projects es• lmated at $11,824,038 coUld. be started, The projects inclutle the new in• terstate toU bridge across the Pl.scat <iua and Portsmouth City J{all. Ad ministrator Ickes states that .no llo• c tions have been made fot the pr • ject.s. · ''TJley have been studie~ ud reportetl favorably by various PWA pre .. liminary examining groups," he 3 id, "The projects will have seniority over thousands of others for which applications have been made nd which are now it\ various stages of eic rnin tions!' Icke said the projectll list cl still de~ided on the following • ~J>proprlation of funds by Oorigr ss. The terms of any law which might be enacted to authorize loans nd grants. The projects listed were _given prelimin ry pproval on 46 per cent grant nd 51> per cent lo n b sis. Final pprov l by Ickes nd the President. The administrator atlded that the projects lso would' depend on cont11tued interest of local spo11$or11 in them, The list of gr nts for Ne Hampshire follows: Statewide! D ms, $11968,750 ; Port.q~ mouth toll bridge, $1,801,755 nd .Monroe bridge, $37,002; Laconia, disposal plant. $135,990 : Gilford, school, 11, 452; Alton, waterworks, 12,150; Wolfeboro, dL,posal plant. $42,412; Strat-• ford, municipal improvements, $15,545; Berlin, well pump, $9,509; Franconi , tramway, $69,650; Manchester, annory $199,539, Nashua, clty hall, $140,744; Milford, school addition, $16,731; Cnncord, library, $86,9'U, and office build• ing, $279.707; Hooksett, city haH, :i;t,016; Portsmouth, city hall, $157,500; Raymond, school addition, $16,885; Durhalll, gymn slum, $288,972. �Chief W. F. Woods Dies Suddenly On Fishing Trip Had Been Chief Of Portsmouth Fire Department For Past 26 Years The community learned with deep regret of the death yesterday of Wil• 11am F. Woods, chief of the Portsmouth Fire department for 26 years, which followed a heart attack while he was fi~hing at Lake Winnipesaukee 1n company with Bernard s. White an Harold 8. Woods. The trlo I.lad left during the morning to enjoy the holi• day at their favorite sport. Mr. Woods was stricken while the party were about a mile and a half from shore and they went ashore immediately but the chief was dead before medical aid could be summoned, In the death of Chief Woods Portsmouth has lost a man who was vitally tnterest.ed in her present and future. A friend of all, young and old, has gone with the passing of Chief Woods. Many people found him a friend in times of need. He was an outstanding fire chief and so recognized as such thrpughout th& state, Under his leadership the depart. ,nent has carried on most efficiently 'for more than 25 years, and he will be gl'eatly missed there, One of his greatest aohlevementl!, In addition to his ability as a fireman, was his work among the young peopla of the city. In 1925 Chief Woods in• augurated the work of repairing and renewing ,toys, for delivery to the un• derprivlleged children at Christmas time. Through his efforts, assisted by willing workers from the fire department, toys were collected during the year, and repaired and manufactured during the summer and fall months, so that Just befo1e Chl'istmas hundreds of children in the city were the recipients of many things which they1 desired, through the efforts of these lnt~rest• ed men. Letters addressed to "Santa Claus" received at the Postoftlce ere turned over t-0 him, apd many a personal gift h made, unknown to oth~rs. The workshop at the Fire Station throughout the year as bu&y that Christmas wottld be merrier for the youngsters in the city, In one year more than 2600 t-0ys were distributed among 600 child• ren. Another affair, which Ch~ef Woods inaugurated. and or which he waa the guiding star until prevented by ill health last year was the annuai chi!• dren•s picnic at Wallis Sands. Start• ing In iieVeral years ago in a slllfl,ll way the annual affair had grown to include every child in Por~outh who wished t.o attend, and the attendance reached nearly 2,000. Wllliam F, Woods has ll#len a member of the Portsmouth Fire department since he was 17 years old, and has been chief since 1912. In 1891 he Joined the department, first aa a member of Ladder 1 of which he later became captain. Prom that position he was promoted to the Board cf Engineers under Chief Charles P. Varrell, and in 1912 became chief, which office he bas held since that time. He has kept the department to a high st.ate of efficiency and was very popular with the men under him. He always took a great deal of pride in the department and in making it an effective flre fighting organization. He was born in England, Oct.. 20, 1872, the son of Jotm and Elll'.a (~r) Woods. Hl8 J)ll,rent.s came to Amerio,. when he waa but three yean of Qe, landing at Boston and coming to Portamouth, He received bill education in the public schools of this city. In 1893 he began to learn the trade of a harne88 maker l\t which he, worked as a Journeyman for a number of ·years. In 1909 be and bis brotper es~bllsbed a harne88, leather goods and bicycle busines.s In this city and continued in that work until the position of chief was made a permanent position in 1926, when he closed bis store and devoted hill entire time to the depart-ment. In his younger days he gained much athletic fame, being a member of the famous Woods' brothers basketball team, composed of six brothers, and for 12 years this team played out. standlng teams throughout the country. He was also lnterested in baseball and football and at one time mana.ged the P. A. C. team in the Sunset League. He was married In 1897 to Miss Carrie R. Ridge, daughter of Charles A. Ridge. He is survived by his wlte, flve brothers: John E., Harry H, and Walter s., all of Portsmouth, George R. of Haverhlll, Ma88., and Charles E. of Kittery; five sisters, Mrs. Robert Philt of l3t. Peter.sburg, Pla., Mn. Lucy H9lmes of Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs. An- �··•·-----··G~-; ·Hoy'r . ~~~~~ss.°ThO'f"v"\:P~ ~\Lila drew· Brown of Indiana, Mrs. E:·· ·:e:· · :-Mr. ·Burgess said that many snakes ·: ;>:1Hendrick and Mrs. John F. (tilbert of , . i of the same species would not have been '· ·· ,Newtonville, Mass. · . ; able to escape in this way but that this ··.:." The funeral wiil be held: at th e ·. )reptile was ingenious, as are some peo- .;Central Fire station on Court stnet i ple, while others are not . He also said :sunday afternoon. The body will lie In th t · 11 th · · di d f tr ·.·.!state at the station from . 12 o'clock . a ma e vanous woo an am .tes · : of our New England states, if we should ·. 1noon until 2.30 p. m., when th e • i;r:rtake time to study them, we would fin d •vices will be held. ··· they had different personalities, ju.st as 1 ' Friends invited. , our friends do. ~ A remarkable collection of .natural 1 '9 01..t. ~ . : color slides of various wood folk were · -· · ·'.-:·,.,'-,_ ·: .• ... : · • \°\3g . !shown and explained by the eminenc -------~- !naturalist. The pictures showed prac.. 1 . Itically every form of animal life in ~ INew England in water, land and air. After the still pictures motion pie 1 II tures of bird and animal life in this . . 'I s· [J 1country and Panama were shown and explained by Mr. Burgess. 1 : Hon, Charles M. Dale, president of 1 the organization, presided at the meet,ing and introduced the speaker, ·':.'• 1 I --··- - ~ ~ ~-~~ ~ -- -·, ·-··· - - - - - .... • # -~-~ ·- NOTED. l.AUTHo·R pr.AKS HERE Thornton w. Burgess Gives "Stories Of Animal Life" At Junior High Auditorium · - i Thornton w. Burgess, author of many · istories· for children about animal life ·· -· and originator of the famous "Peter · , Rabbit" tales, gave a talk on "Stories of . ' ·1 Animal Life" before a large audience at , ,. ' i;evening the Junior High School auditorium under the sponsorship of AL GRAFFORT CLUE UJ · · ·J · . ~ 1 · 1. ·· ME.E·;T,1 ·NG last ·.;:. the · , ;Animal Rescue League of Rockingham ,county. From his interesting talk it was easy ..for the audience to understand how Mr. iBurgess can so readily give personali: ties to the animals he write.; about in Sessio1rr . 1his famous woodland stories. Hardly a person in the audience had not read Afternoon · some of his bedtime stories and everyThe am ual meeting of the Graffore one was interested in his talk. The writer began by telling of some Olub was held ,at the Masonic L'.u~itotof his experiences with animals that ium on :Vednesdi1.y afternoon ,nid off!• most people consider wild. He exw.-s were electad as follows: · · ' plained that none of the so-called wild 1 ?resident, Mrs. Edith M. Hayes • , animals are really wild, but it is fear /Vice President, Mrs. Heien Hartshotit ' that makes them timid. He cited how a r l?.,ecording '~cretary, Mrs, hr-arci&. B. ' sparrow often alights just outside of one Lan~ . of his kitchen windows to eat and after Corr€3ponding Secretary, Mr~ . Agite, every mouthful looks about for any apB . Ha:rmoi.l', · preaching danger. Practically any Tre&-~urer, Mr5, Margaret. Moone:;,-, , kind of an animal, he said, can be made Ct1Stocran, Miss.Marion ·cau . : a pet if one can make it overcome the : Chairman of Literature Departmeut, I · ' fear it has of humans. i M:r.;;. Ka therine H. Farrfngt.ou. · Another incident Mr . Burgess told I Chau·ma!l Travel Depar.tmetit, ·Mn , about was that of a snake he once re- \ Ruths. Chase. · · . ceived through the ma~l. It was ~e- f .(?hairman Dramatic Departn1ent; M:r.•,s livered at the radio station from which! ' Gladys o. Warren. !he was bro~dcasting at the ti~e and \ _'. Chairman Home Economics· Depart, J upon openmg the package d1SCove~ed 1 ' n en, Mrs . Mary Lane Bickford. ' the snake had escaped from a box wi th : ·: Meml>ershiu Committee fO!' thre,, the cover pricked with pinholes. There ' : :,.,aars, 1 '!rs. Mildred B . B~ynton. was no apparent way of escape so he · Mrs, Maoal Boy!st-011, the president. , placed the snake in the box and started · called the meeting to order and C!1,lleti broadcasting. After _a few m_inutes ; upon the ii.embers of the Gra,ffort C!t1,: the small r:ptlle had agam m_ade its es- 1 board for their ?'eguiar reports, Mrs , cape from its box prison, which caused . Agnes Harmon . corresponding secre• \J":. sh_Q!'_t;_ in U!!:.._m!ss.!_on_ _i!l_t~e . broap.~ast, ; tary and M:·s. Margaret Mooney, tre:3,s • : after which Mr. Burgess continued, . urer. Fol owing the repo1t of trie treas!-holding the snake in his hands • At l uret· there was a discussion on the foun. l home he imprisoned the little fellow in : datiou fund, an assessment of 10 cents !a bottle but the following morning a . uer member to m9.ke-possible the corr!hunt about the house revealed that it 'tinuing of the high standard of women'.; ·i had escaped to the bathroom . He 'clubs work in the future. The ciu~; named the snake Houdini and gave it votad that the method of rais ' g tli.•;; to a museum curator, who placed it in : assessment for the remaining twc, year, an escape-proof snake pen, but a few · be by .~ome other method than direct days later it escaped. __ __________ .. contributions, but this is to be left t-0 th;; gis~[~tion of the b_oa'.d . Mrs. Edith M. !Haye§ lElectedl Presi_dent At Ye~terdav o, I ': !\ .'.? M1·s. Helen Hart;;;horn gave the ---~-e~ . port of the custodian, Mrs. Pauline T. : Evans of the Music department, ··ws . Mary Lane Bickford of the Home Eco- _· nomics department and Mrs. M. C. Davison of the Dramatic department. The report of Miss Ednah Ashe of the Literature department was read by Mrs, Greer. AU reports were accepted. Special committees reporting iriclud• ed the foundation committee, which was 11iade by Miss Marion Call, The report , of tha nominating committee was given , by Mrs . · Ethel Gardner in. the absence · of the chairman, Mrs: Wi:inifred Davis. Teliers !1.ppointed were Margaret E. , Loughlin and Doris· Greenaway • Miss Ma1:ion Grace reported for the nublic health committee and the report the community .service was giyen by l\.Irs. Preble. '-',,lrs. Boylston spoke of the State Federation meeting which will be held in . Concord on May 24. 25 and 26, also of ' the regional meeting of the New Eng. land region which will be held at Hotel · Wentworth. Mrs. Esther Beals and . Mr.s. Marjorie Hartford were named as delegat es to these meetings and Mrs. Hayes, the new president, and Mrs. : Hartshorn, vice president, as delegates t-'.> the.Stat-e Federation meeting. Mrs . Hayes was escorted to the stage and presented the gavel. In accepting · it, she said, "You members have given • me the honor of being your president, " and it is indeed an honor to be elected president of this club, but it is a great '· ., ...• .;-: . -''; . re.5pon.sibility I feel that you have placed upon me t-0 ask me to guide you · the next two years. When I look back : 011 the fine women who have served ill that position down through the year~ I , assure you that I feel very humble, but .I will do my best." Mr.s. Boylston was presented with a. bouquet of roses from Helen Dore Boyl• . ston and Cella Williams of New York in re\,--ognition of her efforts for the club during the past two years. Mrs. Boyl1 ston has had two very successful years as president of the club and her devo• '. . tion to her work as president has made • __._:,·,. ·• ~t1,e club. most active.,__ . _ . · -· : Jll!t•s. Boylston said she wanted hci:».ss<>ciat-es·to share her bouquet. as they had shared her worries and joys the past iwo years. She then gave each of the baa.rd, member.; a r~. Mrs . Evan..,_ sang "Memories," !l.ccompani<lci by Mrs. 1 Harmon . M:ra. Warren, the new chairman of the Dramatic department. sa10. the plans necessitated ai1 early start and :J,.;'.-1:ed those interested to make them• of i I. I 1 ll"l1ves !;;n own. Tea was served, the hostesses being Mrs, Caroline MacLachlan, . Mrs. Ber~ thB\ B. Marge.~on, Mrs. Gladys Warren · arni Mrs. Sarah P., Gray, __ _______ ! ? ~ ~: \\~d,_ ' : ' ~: ~ :, I '\3 .f ' 1 ': I :·::-l~- ,~-:< ,;:'.~'}~}~;: • l �th y ose elt ,:·. .AU Navy Yards Would Benefit )From Recom.men ations As To Use Of Proposed $13,752,000 Appropriation '. II t ·._ ·- N ashington, Apr. 30. (AP)-Presi- improve electric power circuits in shop~ \ d_nt Roosevelt has r.equested funds $100,000; weight-handling and trans• 'for construction of two battleships and portation equipment $67,000; extend improvements in navy yards, services to pier No. 1. $100,000; improve th? following projects being listed for shop cranes, $60,000. i P ortsmouth Navy Yard to be underThe Senate is near a vote on tha , t ~ken by the bureau of yards and $1,156,546,000 naval expansion program. d, ,cks : Improve shipbuilding ways The President asked for an apprO·• $37').000; xtend services to shipbuilding priation of $25,597,000 for expendituril ww, and shipfitters' shop $50,000; ad• by the navy between now and June 30, d: :on to shipfitters shop $492,000; al• -Of the total, $5,000,000 would be used t.?rations to shipfitters' shop $170,000; to start work on two battleships al• crnne for handling weldments $25,000. ready authorized. , . :::ongress is asked to appropriate the The President made his request in a. ' f !lowing for Boston yard: letter to Speaker Bankhead, which ~x • ?ower plant Improvement, $175,000; plained that the $5,000,000 would ba .s,1ipbuilding ways, $250,000; improve spent for vessels to take the place o! e:edric lines to waterfront $150.000; ships now in service. I .{'o-J;,~-\\ti(.ol.~ · ~ :;,;. ~~~'!i-' . . -r,.: ~.,. .. • ·• - . �1 York Residents To 4 . Observe Days Of Their ~Forel<ithers , . . -~ * • 1 Two-Day Program To Be Carried Out [n August With· Many Interesting Features · ;.1 :;Jj . Historic old York is going to inaugur- I ··: ate this year a · two-day observance of [.:<.:• ~- the past known as "The Days of Our ► ;) • Forefathers." For some years ·past one Sunday in ., August has been set apart as Father '·; Moody Day, when townsfolk in early :·, 18th century garb have a~tended a / service in the old meeting house a listened to the famous sermon on " ., Doleful State of Damned," preach ;": in 1747 by the widely-known parson, · · and hundreds of summer visitors have \ attended . This will be on Sunday, Aug. - ' ;, 28. ,,' Saturday, Aug. 27, will be visiting day ·- and among the places to be shown are ~j1the king's prison, of the vintage of 1657; . the old schoolhouse, erected in 1745, I with its benches, books and whipplni _:] post; the Woodbridge Tavern, whel'e -~ John Adams wu ll- frequent 11ueat a.nd -~ the landlord offered l:'lospi•allty to .,1 Sons of Lfoerty; u, .. Saywar<\ hnu ·::1 where Hannllh S?.YWArd Wa.9 'i:llx" prisoner by the Indi~n•; •.tie Barr · : 1 mansion, where an indb•L'c'l •o tl :, coronation of K!~ g C ao·"" r:i:. 1: ,y } seen; the P iggiu huu.,~, \d ...,c; ,,:1 un.le1 ; ground passage leads to the river; s :i wall's bridge, across which the fir '-'> Maine Minute Men hurried. "' .\ ~:~..,.,.;- • •,r~~!t ~i'i-; t ·;,,v!~•:;\. -- ~:r:·i... 1 "l,....,..-,-;----,,---,-----,-,-,--------' }~~:~ I~-~-~i:(~ ·t· ., :.?. ,.- ,.-.:.~-.. . . . ~.~~,: ~ .,.:..,- ~~ .. ~ ~- $: r--;.,~ ·-· *i~t ::: ~t~· ,{_ • ~' t:,iJ\-.:i; j;~-±~:_. .;;"!:&.:~ ..:{tlt �-·- i\(~fcf\-..e--&· ... S-t • ~obn' s, nistoY-_:f_o _~ -'.l.~ .-·:--· -· -----iE piscopa • l ._:f:::.,0;·:--~~~1~-: .1 .?"ff-Ifr{.~-/J _ ~:~\ ;_ ro·HOLD 300TH hurc h -- -~ Open .-. ~"!, ----------·------- --;------------ St, John's Church ' ill _Be Scene of Program J-- istoric -_ ~-:~i ANNIVERSARY ·-- .l , :;~ The 300th anniversary of the Episco- :..,.:- · 1pal Church will be observed at St. John's :-:-.._- i Cqurch next week, beginning on Sunday ,_ ''~"'~:•1and w·zz i _____. ______ · ---------~-- the entire diocese will Join In Dioc::esan Convention Also Scheduled for T1.1esday and Wednesday; Famous Relics Will Be Objects of Interest the Sir :-:,,:-_.:,J Rlchard Gibson came here from Eng• ,. ·\;':~7 land and conducted a mls.sion. He Special to The Union. , Wars post is named for Ensign served from 1638 to 1642.. I _n those days 1 PORTSMOUTH, May 6-The Hovey, who was killed in the . -·,._:;::, Portsmouth was known as Strawberry - \ 300 11 anniversary of the Episcopal t Philippines while _the memo~y · of . •:f Bank and the first settler~ were f~her- 1 cJu.,•·ch in New Hampshire will be ( Lieutenant Booma ~s honore? m the . fact that the American Legion post , :~ j men and traders. It Is said there is no observed, commencing Sunday, at , here i!:- the Frank E. Booma post, ·. · ·rrecord of any Ep~copal worship in 1. h iNoric St. John"s church and the No. 6. · ..·· 4Portsmouth for 90 yeaM after the deI p ro:::ram will extend through the I History Recalled •. • J parture of Richard Gibson. · Queen's ~n t re week. The 300th anniversary of the . •:,':-.;, l Chapel was built·1n 1732 and burned in The special services will begin Episcopal church in New Hamp1806. Almost In another year St. John's Su r da y morning at 7:30 with holy shire will honor the coming here .1 ~-- :j Church was built on· the same site, Old comm union, wilh Rt. Rev. John T. in 1638 from England of Sir RichD allas of Concord, bishop of the ard Gibson, a missionary. AccordJohn's is rich in traditions and dio( 'c's e, as the celebrant. At 9:30 ing to history the first public wort ,;:;;:-f,::-1 relics and within its churchyard are thr c will be a service in the ship in the town of Portsmouth or t : ~~,;:: burl~ ·many of the highest and noblest cht.;rch school. This will be followed Strawberry Bank as it was called , "'"::--i/ in rank among the people of the olden by solemn procession and holy jn the beginning, was conducted . . 1eucha rist at the 10:30 service at after the manner of th& Church of --j_. . -~·,;_\.· j days. On a _sum.me~ Sund~y large num1 , ,. ~ .·a, ben; of guests in tms · ~icinity augment 1 w h,c 11 Bishop Dallas will preach England; but the first parish per- ·--~' •-'c .· J · , .:,,a•,,,;~ the congregation, ' th~ se rmon. manently organized and e!:-tablished ! Bishop Dallas will be the celeimtr1!,p.t Name Bishop to Preach was of the old Puritan faith. The H9ly Communion at 7:30 a. m. Sunday Sunday evening Rt. Rev. Ben- "minister's field" or "glebe lands" , · <"'J1and special preacher at the opening : ja m n Brewster of Portland, bishop . were granted in 1640 and on this of he Maine diocese, will be the grant from the crown was erected - .. ·,iservices on Sunday at 10 :45 a. m. At , pre cher. The choir of Christ "a parsonage house, with a chapel ~- -~-"_; the evening service Bishop Brewste: of ; clu. ·ch will join with the St. John's I thereto united." · •;~ ··:: the Maine diocese will preach the ser· cho;r in solemn evensong and Te In this grant of "glebe lands" D e on. II Sir Richard Gibson is recorded ;is I connection with the ob- , the first pastor. It appears that .-...,, ~e n :ince the annual New Hamp- i G_ibwn had a mind and ~ethod ?f . sh1 -r diocernn convention of the :j his own and sought to abide by it, Ep .-copal church will be held ' colonial law to the contrary notTu rsday and Wednesday, with the withstanding. Th~ f<?llowing stateth 2 local church as host. The con- 1 ment by Gibson indicates that not ve ntion formally will open Tues- I al 1 of the settlers of Strawberry dac· P.vening wilh a service in the J Bank agreed_ with him: "I :was 1 1 ch· •·c h at which Rev. Almon R. I called by this man a _ba~e pne~t, .. - , ., - ,.,__ .•. 1 ~.:. P epper of New York, secretary of whereby I was much disparaged m :~.::. ~.::-,;_. _,,.y ! ihe Social ervice Commission, will my ministry." -: - . "! ·-, :·:. "'- ·, • 1·-~·-_s:. ' be he guest speaker. In addition to T):ie stay of Gibson in Portsmouth ·, ·. :- ·' . . ••_ tlv local clergy members of the vas brief, as he was summoned to .,_.__ · · Soc·,1 organizations here have been t Boston to answer for his offen~ive ·.,,~_ ·__ _ m, · 'cd to hear Dr. Pepper. , conduct. It appears that rnmetlme . -. ..,_.= ;:-· ·_ s I Wed nesday morning there will be 11 between 1638 and 1642 Mr. Gibson · : h :ily communion at 7:30, followed . held some servic1:s at t~e Isles of -t'.· I b y breakfad in the parish house Shoals, located nme miles out to i on Stale street at 8:30. At tll o'clock I sea. The Shoals colony had not j an historical ad9ress· will be given then come under the jurisdiction of , b y Very Rev. Henry B. Washburn the Massachusetts Bay colony · but i of ·1e Episcopal Theological school • 1 Giornn was summoned to Boston of Cam bridge. Mass. Following the : and charged with holding services ._; bu:ciress meeting luncheon will be · and performing marriage and . ser•·cd in the parish house. In the I baptism at the nearby islands, acaflcrnoon there will be a sight~ee- cording to the ritual of the Church ing tour of historic points of in- of England. , te rcst in Portsmouth and vicinity Dismissed Without Fine ' un der the auspices of the ChamGibson made an attempt to per, b er of Commerce. The observance will come to Rn suade a minister at Dover to come end Sunday, May 15, with a me- to his aid, but was unmccess!ul. It m o•·ia l service in honor of Ensign may have been that the court found ·. E <'rson H ovey Rnd Lieut. Frank itself somewhat over-reaching its ' E. Booma, World war veteran, who . territorial boundaries, or the plea died in action oversea_s. Ensign of Gibson that he was a stranger ' H o,·cy, who was the son of the late and was about to leave the counR e, Henry E. Hovey, for many try may have had some effec.l At year~, rector of St. John's church, any rate history shows that he wa~ Rn d Lieutenent. Booma were bot.h "dismissed without fine , ·or imcomm unicants of St. John's church. prisonment." · . .. T he various patriotic organizations There is no record of any Episco- 1 · · w ill attend the service inasmuch pal worship in Portsmouth !or 90 I . _Rs 'he _ local Veterans of Foreign ;):'ears after the departure of Rich- [ . :..~}tf! celebration, as it was in 1638 that Ii _ "/ ·, -1 1 I ! :·:'.>t! I :~~,tJst. :/>'l :>c,:r.:\ .:~~~t~lf~~ - :L~s~:~f-- l-.J~ i-:.?: I ."'.: i . i, .< I I --,- -· -·--·- . .. ·- -- �300th Anniversary Observance Portsmouth on Sunday ard Gibson. Durmg l mi perio e South parish (Unitarian) had peen organized. An Episcopal church was erected in 1732 under the auspices of the English Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The church. known as Queen's Chapel, was located on the site now occupied by St. John'e church. The first rector was Rev. Arthur Browne, a man of "real cull tre, unpretentious goodness and eminent worth." Queen's Chapel was burned in 1806, and St. John 's church was erected on the rnmc site. St. John's church is rich in traditions and relics and within its small church yard are buried many of the highest and noblest in rank among the people of the olden days. This group dates back to an omcer who served with Capt. John Paul Jones on the Ranger. first ~hip of the American l"avy lo receive a salute Irorn a foreign power, and which vas built here al Badger's Island. Many Noted Relics Among the many relics for whirh St. John's church is noted both in this country a'nd abroad is ihe baptismal :Cont made of porphyritic marble, ihe famous Vinegar Bible, Queen Caroline'e communion service, the old Bratlle organ and the Paul Revere bell. The baptismal :Cont of African origin was taken by Col. John Mason in 1758 at the capture of Sen:eg;1l. The tradition is that it had been taken by the French frorn some heathen temple and was very old .at the time of its capture. The font was presented in 1761 by Colonel Mason's daughters. The Vinegar Bible was given by a grandson of the firi:t rec.tor, Re·:. Arthur Browne, and is one of four such documents still in existence. It reposes in a mahogany case in front of the chancel. The Bratlle organ was original ly owned by Thomas Bratlle, who imported it from London in 1713. Mr. Brattle was an enthusiaElic musician and one of the foundc-rs of the Brat lie Street church in Boston. The organ folJowing Mr. Brattle's death, was used in :!ting's Chapel in Boston until 1756 when it was sold to St. Paul's church in Boston. It remained with the Newburyport church until 1836 when it wae purchased by Rev. Charles Burroughs lor St. John's church. The case for the organ is new, but the old wind chest and most of the original pipes remain ;md the instrument, having within the past. few years been reconditioned. still pcalE forth musi c Accordini: tn the records of King·~ Chapel in Boston the ancient instrument is " the first organ th~l ever pealed to the glory o! God in this country.'' Rev. Maxwell GaolC'r, a World war veteran, is rector of the church, coming to Portsmouth 13 years ago 1his spring. Previously he was for 1hree years rector at St. Barnabas church in Berlin. At the m May 15, inv been exten Murphy and Cyrus W. C Portsmouth I Convention Of Episcopal Diocese To Open Tonight Rev. Almon R. Pepper Will Give Address At Service This Evening- Convention To Continue Through Wednesday The annual diocesan convention of'r:::r-::-t!C=~r-.~In~1=-=7::::s:=--,Pr=-e-=-1c~1e-n-:t-=w::-as-:-h""ln-gt.o""!"' n• the Episcopal Ch urch in New Hamp- tt.ended services on All Saints Day at shire opens this evening at 7:30 o'clock Qn, en' Chapel. st. John's Cburcb at St. John's Church and many of the was incorporated in 17111, on Christ-clergy, delegates and members of mas eve, 1806, the building was burned. churches in the diocese will be here to The pre.sent church was constructed attend. In 1807, the cornerstone being laid by At -the Evensong service this evening t,he Grand Lodge of Masons. The MaRev. Almon R. Pepper, secretary o! the sonic bodies have held th ir annual Social Service Commission, will give the vlce here since 1755. address. Members of the local clergy Among the objects of historic interest and others interested are cordially in- at . John's Church are: vlted to hear the speaker. Ollts of Queen Caroline include the On Wednesday, May 11, at 7:30 a. m. inegar Bible, a folio Prayer Book, a there will be Holy Communion in St. clJ1W' and a handsome communion serJohn 's Chw·ch. The visiting delegates \lice. will be served breakfast at 8 o'clock in Th v se, taken from a French frigate the parish house. captured off the coast of Senegal by At 11 a. m., an historical address will Maj John Mason, wasp esent~d by him be given in st. John's Church by Very and his daughters in 1761 to be used as Rev. Henry B. Washburn of the Ep!.s- a. font. copal Theological School of Cambridge, The bell wa.s brought home from the Mass. The address will be of unusual capture of Louisburg in 1746 and glveh Interest and a large gathering should be to the J)arish. present. Furniture: a credenc , formerly an At 12 m. there will be prayers for the altar table; another credence of live oak hurch's mission and luncheon at 1 p. from Admiral Farraguts flagship, the Hart.ford; governor's chair used by A tour of Portsmouth on Wednesday Washington; Daniel Webster's pew. The Brattle organ, first organ In this t 2:30 o'clock has been planned for the lsltors under the auspices of the Cham- country, imported In 1713, used In King's er of Commerce, When places of his- Chapel, Boston, lmtil 1756, and then In st. Paul's Church, Newburyport, Mass., toric interest will be pointed out. The 300th anniversary of the coming until 1836, when it wa~ acquired by St. I the first priest of the Church of Eng- John's. Vinegar Bible. published in Oxford in and, Rev. Richard Gibson, to this city to conifuet a. mission, the observance of 1717 with the misprint "Parable of the which began at St. John',g Church on Vinegar" instead of "Vinryard." Prayer Book by the same publisher, Sunday, has brougbt many visitors to 11reeith church to attend the anniversary John Basket, with prayer for dent p118ted over the prayer for kmg. ~ rvioes. st. John's has a bread dole 111ovided The history of St. John's Church and its relics hav much interested the visi- from the legacy of Col. Theodore At mson. tor . ,,. of the colonial On the present site of St. John's Church, Queen's Chapel was erected in 1'132, Rev. Arthur Brown being the firs �On Bunday, May 15, at 10:~ a, .• there will be a patriotic service in memory of Ensign Oharles Emerson Bovey. U. S. N., and Lieut. Frank E. Booma, U. s. A., wlio died in the service ol their country. The service wlll be Solemn Eucharist and Te Deum, The rector, Rev. Maxwell Ganter, ill give the address. The local patriotic or• ganlzations will occupy the body of t.he church, parishioners not being adrn • ed until all special guest:; are seated. TO SPEAK HERE THIS EVENING An historical address will given at 11 o.. m. on Wtdnesday by Very Rev. Henry B. Washburn of the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass. TM hymns will be played on the old B attle organ, the first pipe ,;,rgan that ever pealed to the glory of God in this coumry, imported her in 1713, The address will be of marked Interest and later will be published in ook form. 'rhe public 1s cordially invited to hear the~e ctdr:!s:.ei;. Rev. Almon R . Pepper, aecretary of tbe Social Servicl' CC>JDJDis&lon, will gi'fe the address Ulla evening at seventhirty at the annual New Hampshire diocesan con-:ention at Saint John"s Ch\rrcb. Thill ad ahould be of especially intere t to members of l!OCial service organl2attons and members of the clergy of the various churches have v,1,_.--,,.,...,;e--,~"5= been invited. ��Observe 300th Anniversary Of Episcopal Church In New Hampshire HI TORIC T. JOHN'S CHURCH Where Opening Service In 300th Anniversary Of Coming Of Episcopal Church To New Hamp. Was Observed Yesterday At historic St. John's Church large congregations gathered on Sunday, when the 300th anniversary of the Eplscopal Church in New Hampshire opened, as It was in 1638 that Sir Richard Gibson came here from England and Gonducted a mission. The services were most Impressive and fitting the anniversary event. The first service was Holy Communion at 7:30 a. m. Rt. Rev. John T. Dallas, D . D., bishop of the New Hampshire diocese, was the celebrant and a large ,{lumber received. At this early servlce . ix pe1·sons were confirmed by Bl.shop Dallas . At the 10 :45 a. m. service there was a solemn proce..ssion and Holy Eucharist. Bishop Dallas preached the sermon. The processional through the aisles o! the church was an impressive and beautiful feature of the service. Choirmaster Ernest P. Bllbruck directed the music at both the forenoon and evening services. st. John's vested choir of men and boys was aug!tnented at the service at 7 :30 p. m. by the Christ Church choir and joined in Solemn Evensong and the Te Deum. The combined choir numbered about 6!i voices and the singing was exceptionally fine. Nelson K. Ward, organist of John's Church, presided at the organ at the services and in the evening John L. Mitchell, organist of Christ Church, rendered the second half of the musical service. The musical program was as follows: MORNING Mlnuetto (from Suite Gothigal) Boellmann Processional, Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand Dykes I Heard the Sound of Voices Storer o Heavenly Jerusalem, Mather Kyrie, Monie Sequence-0 Fairest Lord Je.~us. Munster Cruickshank Cruickshank: �Credo , Cruickshank Sermon hymn-Dear Lord and Father Of Mankind, Morley Offertory-Fight the Good Fight, Boyd ,,-o.,,.-••·- Sanctus, Cruickshank •·"''""·..,. Benedictus, Cruickshank · Agnus Dei, Cruickshank Gloria Excelsi , Cruickshank Te Deum, West Recessional-R joice, th Lord is King, Parker Po tlude-Magnificat., . Claussmar At the morning service th . soloL5ts were George Markham, soprano, and Wend II B lmont, alto. EVENING Prelude-Toccata in D, Kinder 0 Heavenly Jenl.'Salem, Martin Gloria. Barnett Magnificat, C. Simper German hymn Jerusalem t.he Golden, Ewing Offertory-For Th e, Dear Country, .Vest Te Deum O Mother, Dear Jerusalem Postlude-Finale, 2nd Symphony, Widor Rev. Sheafe Walker, rector ol Christ Church, a5.5isted at the evening ~ervice. Seated within the sanctuary as also Rev. A. A. Cairns of Christ Church. At the conclusion of the evening service Bishop Dallas pronounced the benediction, which was followed by a Solemn Te Deum, the ancien ong of thanksgiving of the church . The rectt>r, Rev. Maxwell Ganter, read a letter from a former rector, Rev. W . C. Partridge, who upon hearing of the observanc of the anniversary event, sent congratulation to the rector and parish. forning Sermon Bishop Dallas preached t\}e sermon at the morning services and his able and timely discourse was listened to ith interest by the large congregation. He spoke as follows: "Three hundred years of the Church of England in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, finds here today an adventure In God and in His church. The cause of our rejoicing Is not our age but our vitallty, a vitality which increases wi the ears. What is here now, what we enjoy this day in May 1938, is more than history. There ls no need t-0 discuss the 300 years of the Church ln Portsmouth. You know that by heart. You are proud of It and so may you well be proud. "Let me at this moment offer to the Rector, the congratulations not only of the Bl.shop, but llkewlse of the whole diocese-congratulations that he ia in a position at this moment to crown these 300 years with such vidences of li!e and of prosperity and of good will as prevail among you and In thi community In relation to St. John's parish. In these congratulation does every member of this parish share. 'I11e rector's leadership could not have come to uch prominence had it not been for you and your devotion. The Bishop and the Diocese of New Hampshire felicitate JlOU, sir and Mrs. Ganter, 1md all this parish of yours upon this occasion and upon all that the occalon denotes. "In the midst of all these wishes and within the tiepths of all that is in the background of the pride of the pageantry of our way of remembering these 300 years, we will do well ff we insist that our thought shall keep on t,h e present with Its adventure in Ood and m His Church. "Let us above all things avoid any chance which may come to us to compare the historv of the parish with that of any other organization in the community. That sort of an expression of pride is too cheap. To make comparisons with honesty, requires a large amount of humility. "The same warning might be spoken as we Jet our thought go back beyond these years. back and further back beyond even the times of Christ to the beginning of the Jewish Church. Of course there are comparisons to be made and there is history t-0 be interpreted. Let us leave that t-0 the historians and to those who can speak accurately on such matters. "Our task and our chance in May 1938 is to re-discover our Church, our God. our religion, on this very day. If WP. do so, we will find that our Chtu·ch, our God, and our religion is just what the long page of hi tory everywhere shows. It is a fellowship of men and women who believe that God is in Jesus and that God in Jesus has spoken to men and women In that fellowship - and that God In Jesus continues to speak by way of His Spll·ft, through sacraments, hymns, Bible, sermons; prayer In its multiple form, in science, in beaut,1. In all these ways, God speaks constantly to those who want to hear. All the e experiences have not only been held within the Church these 300 years or th ese 2000 years-but in most Instances they began and they wei;e fo tered in The Church. Yes-it is "the same old stu!f"-but the newness of it. Have yon ever stood on that thin edge, the front llne trench of life, at the baptismal font. It's only a baby. No one knows it's father. The mother has left it on the church steps. The priest and a few human beings stand nearby and bless that child ln the name of the Father and ot the Son and of the Holy Ghost. The same old stuff. But Uie newness of that bit of humanity makes the act of the Church new. It's only a baby; but it's the newest drop in the stream of llfe. It is no piece of sentimentality which The Church has committed with the support of your emotions. Rather it is an ac& which demands all the intelli- -=·•"'-'"-" gence you possess, because The Church one more has asserted that there Is a God who cares for every waif of us. The Church has once more asserted in the face of all our carelessness of life, that human beings are very precious in God's sight. There stands a group of youngsters on the comer. One of them wants to edit a newspaper; one of them wan~ to be a musician; one of the,n longs to be a marine architect; another hope t-0 mend broken bodies. Not one of them would dare Jet anyone know that such a dream posse ed his soul . Their career teeters on the edge ol the curb. Shall they slip int-0 the gutter or hall they painfully and slowly climb up the hill of achievement? The Church, year by year, lets youth see how It has ever been so with youth; that the men and women who have ~en The Church have always had to make decisions; that no Jess a person than The Nazarene had t.he cnance to throw away a ll!e. The Church ever on hand to encqurage, the priest ever ready to listen and t-0 point the wayIt Ii; your boy tod&y-it is your Church ' today. Do you remember the day, that you two, hardly more than boy and girl, """'"'""'.,,.... came up the aisle toget,h er? You could have gone to a justice-of-peace-you dJdn't have to come to church-you didn't have to drag In God In prayers -you rudn't have t-0 dress up and look your best. Ah-but down through these 20 centuries The Church has beUeved in you and has taught that God be11eved In you-that Ood thinks of a man as a thing of dignity, that Ood thinks of a women as a thing of dignity-that God thinks of marriage as a thing of power and even of beautythat God teaches ,us t-0 live in a famJly, that human love is a foretaste of Heaven, that Jesus learned in a family to use the word father, and so you the youngsters came to church to recognize God's blessing on you. Todayyour church. Are you possessed of enough sensitiveness to observe or t.o remember how the tempted, the drunkard, the thief, the lost, seek the ministration of The Church and of the clergy? Have you ever gone with the priest as he guides the Bishop into a home to confirm a blind man-or to pray with the bed-ridden-or to comfort the oldor to encourage the brokenhearted? ,They don't rlo so for pay nor for fame. Hardly anyone sees or knows the time and patience and energy that goes into such work Why do they do it? Only because the Church has taught and has stood for the inestimable value of the individual human soul in the eyes of God. Your church-today. PerhaPli the most precious experience of any priest is to bring the Holy Communion to the dying. It is too in- �timate a thing to describe. The point to remember is that we die and thai we need God and that the Church is ready at this minute to huITy when the need is. Likewise remember the , community out yonder is filltd with good works which began in The Church-YMCA -YWCA-Red Cross-Visiting nurses -H:imes for Children-Hospitals-Asylums. Ever remember what the state and what each part of the sta~ owe t-0 the spirit which came out of the Church. And comes out of your church this very day. St. John's, Portsmouth, is no shell to house a few historic relics. RatherSt. John'si Portsmouth, is The Church, 1·eady at any moment, as The Church always has been :::eady, to be a servant to human beings, as God in Jesus has decr-:!ed, and to offer to every sinner of us, the opportunity to worship Him before whom the hosts in Heaven sing -Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts-Heaven and Earth are full of Thy Glory. Glory be to Thee, 0 Lord, most high. Rt. Rev. Benjamin Brewster, D. D.", bishop of the diocese of Maine, was the special preacher at the evening seryice. He gave a carefully prepared and excellent historical address fitting for the occasion. The ancient silver of the church was on exhibition during the day and many strangers present were Interested to view it and other relics for which St. John's is noted. In connection with the tercentenary o~ervance the annual New Ham shire diocesan convention will be held Tue.sday and Wednesday, with John's Church as host. · The conventi~ill formally open on Tuesday, May 10:'!i,t 7:30 p. m., with Rev. Almon R. Pepper of New York, .secretary of the Social Service .Commla• sion, as ~ e r . ~ Annual Episcopal Convention Being Held ·Here Today Rev. Henry B. Washburn Of Cambridge, Mass., Delivers Historical Address-Business Session Held This Morning Portsmouth Herald Photo AT OPENING OF EPISCOPAL ANNIVERSARY OBSERVANCE AT SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH Back row: left to rjght, Robert Jameson, Rev. Maxwell Ganter, Chester Belding. Front row: Donald Durell, Richard Allinson, Bishop John T. Dallas, and Richard Batchelder. The second day of the annual diocesan convention of the Episcopal Church in New Hampshire opened this morning at St. John's Church with a large attendance. The convention got underway last evening with an Evenong service. This morning a service of Holy Communion was held at 7 :30, rollowed by a breakfast for the visiting delegates in the p11r~h house. During the morning the business meeting was held and the following officers elected: Standing committee...!.Rev. A. M. Dunstan of Dover, John R. McLane of Exeter, Rev. B. N. Lovgren of Con• cord. Treasurer-Edgar F. Woodman. Registrar-Elmer Anderson. Executive Council - Rev. Sheafe Walker, Edgar F. Woodman. Provincial Synbd-Rev. R. H. Dunn, Rev. A. M. Dunstan of Dover, Rev. Maxwell Ganter of Portsmouth, Rev. B, N, Lovgren of Concord, Harold K. Davison, Woodsville, Hany H. Dudley, Arthur H. Dudley, Arthur G. Leacock, Edward K. Woodworth, Concord. Rev. Henry B. Washburn of the Episcopal Theological School of Cambridge, Mass., delivered the address at the morning session, taking as his subject "Church and State." He gave an historical address dealing with early Episcopal church history in this state, as well as early church history in Europe, and brought out a great deal regarding the attitude of various governments toward the church today. Regarding the early history of Queen's Chapel he spoke of Rev. Arthw· W. Brown and suggested that we ought to have a much better picture of him than is given in Kenneth Roberts' book, "Northwest Passage." He said this well known clergyman did a great deal to establish the church, not only in Portsmouth but in calling from house to house, constantly enlarging Its missionary activity. "Realizing the future of ,Queen's Chapel depended upon its missionary work as well as local activities �he did a great deal of that work," he said. The speaker then told of h1s sending for books, which showed there was a demand for knowledge. Summed up, Mr. Washburn stated that there must be parish work, missionary enthusiasm and intelligence. "If the Christian church does not stand for these three things it will meet the fate of churches in other countries," he said. "We mu.st be intelligent, we must be Tomorro t St. John's Church will be held a patriotic service in connection useful or we will not be worth our salt," he said. with the 300th anniversary of the holding of the first Church of England ser- ' The speaket· mentioned Russia and vice in America. · The service is' to be Mexico as places where the church has in honor of Enslgn Emerson Hovey and been obliterated, and it ls in these countries that there ls an anti-church point Lieut. Frank E. Booma, two Portsmouth young men who were cut down 111 of view . Turning to Germany, he said their youth while serving their coun"The best one can say about it in Gertry. The American Legion Post of many is that the church ls tolerated it this city is named for Lieutenant Booma it stays away from national politics, and t)le Veterans of Foreign Wars Post but it cannot do or say anything that for Ensign Hovey . runs counter to government policy." The ervice wU! be held at 10 :45 Discussing the situation in Italy he said o'clock and Rev . Maxwell Ganter, recit was the most favo:-able of. any of the tor of the church. will deliver the serstate churches in western Europe. He mon told of the treaty tni\de eli'ht YMUS ago Gov . ~rancis P . Murphy and staff, which turned over the l11J:rit-0ry to the Rear Amira! C. W . Cole, commandant Pope. This WE'.S a compromise, as th!! of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, and staff Italian cler11y wlll r.ol, C'11t~l' Jnto an1 and Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith and polltlcal p11.1·~:r. The marrlagP. cor:the City Council will be in attendance, traot la I\ comh!na!,.'on of ~!1ureh aud a.s well as representatives from the Civic state, he expl9ir.~. Cll.'!t :ng them m~:tuCouncil and Chamber of Commerce and ally de;::,end~n t one on ti1!! o!her. the Seacoast Regional Association. Tw'lng; lo ths crlf.!ol6l!l o! the ChrisVarious patriotic organizations will attian churohaa ' in tliose 1111tlo1U he had tend and the following organizations enUonerl h"' st.l\!l'd tha t :nany of tho wlll be represented by a large number rit.!oism3 aimed at the oilutch dUl'lll.i of members : Frank E. Booma Post, A. the Reformation period are being used L , and Auxiliary; Ensign Emerson today, and again mentioned that the Hovey Post, and Auxiliary; Camp church needs to be useful and intelliSchley, United Spanish War Veterans; gent. Fleet Naval Reserve and Auxiliary; Sons He called it a challenge for both the of Union Veterans and Auxiliary; Storer clergymen and laymen to return to their Relief Corps; Colonial Dames of New homes and their work and carry on so E;ampshlre; Ranger Cbapt.er, D. A. R.: that the church w6uld benefit. "The New Hampshire' National Ou and whole future depends upon you a.id me the Colonial Dallgh_tern. whether we are useful g,nd whether we Booma Post and Hovey Post each will are intelligent," he said in closing. e accompanied to the church by their The names of tho.se who had died and. during the past year were read and Bishop Dallas made reference to each as he read the name. Lunch was served at the house and following this a number went on a tour of the city and surround~ ing towns. The tour was arran'ged by the Civ· Council and Chamber of •~!lr>.!~.a..,.:,·· Commerce . "There should be cooperation between all public, private and church agencies" declared R\v. Almon R. Pepper of New York, secretary of the Social Ser• vice Commission of Episcopal Churches, last night at the opening of the ventlon. Dr. Pepper in his address discussed the relationship of the churches and social welfare . He expressed his belief that if religion loses its hold on social life it loses its hold altogether. PATRIOTIC SERVICE AT ST.JOHN'S �Anniversary Observance Ends With Patriotic Service At St. John's Veterans; the Fleet Naval Reserve Association and Auxiliary ; Sons of Union Veterans and Auxiliary, Portsmouth Historical Society, Storer Relleg Corps and the Colonial Dames of New Hampshire ; Ranger Chapter, D. A. R.; New Hampshire National Guard and the Colonial Daughters . The beaµtiful flags of the organizations were massed In the chancel. The state flag was placed at the pew occupied by Governor Murphy and staff and the admiral's flag placed all the pew where Admiral C. W. Cole and staff were seated. The service began at 10:45 a . m., th~ processional hyqm, "Mine Eyes Hav& Seen the Glory," by Julia Ward Howe. being sung by the vested choir of men and boys, The second hymn of the Tribute Paid To Memory Of Ensign Emerson Hovey And Lieut.· Frank E'. Booma At Impressive Exercises On Sunday Herald Photo Officials from the Portsmouth Navy Yard, shown at cmorlal church services at St. John's Church. Left to right: Col. R. L. Denig, U. S. l\L C., apt. W. F. Amsden, Rear Adm. C. W. Cole, Commandant, and Lieut. Comdr. J. J. Curley, Jr., aide to the commandant. Despite the bad weather a large congregation gathered at st. John's Church on Sunday morning, when a patrlotic service was held in concluding the 300th anniversary of the first Church of England service In Portsmouth and to honor the memory of Ensign Emerson Hovey, u. s . N., and Lieut. Frank E. Booma, u. s. A., who lost their lives in the service of their country. Both were communicants of St. John's Church and Ensign Hovey was the only son of a former rector, Rev. Henry Emerson Hovey. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;. .;;;;;;;;;;;;;;...,iiiiii,_ _':.':':.':.':-. ICiJ,- --P. l\fu1·phy, wh Gov. Francis P . Murphy and staff, Rear Admiral C. W . Cole, commandant of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, a°:d staff, and Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith and the City Council were in attendance also representatives from the Civic Council and Chamber of Co!Jlmerce and the Seacoast Regional Associ_a ti~n . Various patriotic orga111zat1ons were resent, including Frank E. Boom11. Post, Amel'ican Legion, named for Lieutenant Booma, and the Emerson Hovey Post, Veterans of Forel_gn ~a.rs, named for Ensign Hovey. Auxillar1es of the two posts were present in a. body, also Camp Schley, United Spanish War ser t St. J processional was a prayer for Cruckshank's Mass was used entirely durmg the service. The hymn, "God Bless Our Native Land" by Brooks and the old Welsh hymn, "Once to Every Man and Nation," the words of which were by James Russell Lowell, was also sung . The Te Deum was followed by the national anthem. The recessional hymn was "O Mother Dear, Jerusa- �The choir under the Choirmaster Ernest P. Bllbruck dered the musical program in a fin<! manner, although a number of the members were detained at home by the storm or illness. George Markham was the soprano soloist a1,d Wend!Jll Belmont alto soloist. Nelson K. Ward. church organist, ably presided at the organ . Vases of beautiful cut flowers other memorial tributes were furnished by the patriotic organizations. After a cordial welcome to the congregation the rector, Rev. Maxwell Ganter, gave an able address suitable for the occasion. His text was "To loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens and to let the opprest go free .·• <Isaiah 58:6. He told that the Church of England in this city had been connected with the history of our country; that 300 years ago the first priest who came to Portsmouth, Rev. Richard Gibson, was forced to leave on account of religious differences and for 75 years there were no services of the Church of England in this city. Otu· country was founded for the most part by people who were oppressed. and wanted to practice their religion . In Europe there was much religious intolerance, but as time went on there was less of It. Under the guidance of the mother church of England in 1732 Queen's Chapel was built on the site of the present church. The rector told of the olden days when this city was the capital of the state and colonial governors worshipped here and were buried in the churchyard adjoining, All through the colonial period this parish was closely connected with that country . The colonial troops brought back the vase taken from a French frigate off tl1e coast of Senegal, Africa, by Maj. John Mason, and it was presented by him and his daughter in 1761 to be used as a baptismal font. The bell in the church tower rang for the Declaration of ,Independence. Here have worshipped many who have been connected with the Army and Navy. The funeral services of Admiral Farragut were held from this church. In later years two of this parish have died while in active service for their country, Ensign Emerson Hovey, U. s. N ., and Lieut. Frank E. Booma, U . S. A . The recto1· told that today in John's Church we see the result through the centuries. We see the spirit. People of affluence and others who have little, people of the South and North have gathered here . The spirit of democracy as expressed in the commandmen ts ls whatever one's religion we must recognized the Christian spirit. All men are equal in the sight of God. The Christian religion preaches brotherhood and justice. The rector stressed the fact that members of patriotic organizations have pledged themselves for the principles for which our flag stands. He told that in this country propaganda is being sent out to gain our sympathies and we stand in danger of losing all which we and our ancestors fought for. He stressed the need of standing up for the principles of conscience and freedom of thought and what we enjoy and not listening to the stranger or those whose views differ from ours or we will be occupying a position such as we have criticized in Germany or Russia . We should keep our American ideals untarnished from the foreign entanglements. In our efforts to defend our government and keep it intact we should not forget our principal purpose. �The Story of St. ·John's THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND New Hampshire came to an abrupt three others in America own reclose in 1642 when he was sum- pectively by the Lenox Lfora.ry, New AT PORTSMOUTH, N. H. moned before the Court of Puritan York; Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1638-1938 by Dorothy M. Vmigluin In the year 16'22 Sir Ferdinand Gorges and Capt. John Mason of London were granted "all the lands situated between the rivers Merrimack and Sagadehock" Gorges' share being north of the Piscataqua was what is now Maine, while Mason's grant being south of the said river later became New Hampshire. Mason's first plantation was established at Odiorne's Point in 1623. Eig,ht years later Mason sent over to the Piscataqua plantation fifty men, twenty-two women and eight Danes for the second settlement at -Strawberry Bank (now Portsmouth). Foi• a number of years the colonists were busy building homes, fortifying them against the Indians, and establishing trade, which was their real reason for being here. Just when they began to think of their religious life is not quite clear. From the early records we learn that "In 1635 there were available 'for religious use: 1 great Bible, 12 service books, 1 pewter flagon, 1 communion cup and cover of silver, 2 fine cloths and 2 napkins.' Provision had been made at the Bank as early as 1638.'' The first church or chapel with a parsonage adjoining was undoubtedly made of logs and was situated on what is now Pleasant Street. From 1638 to 1640, or later, services were held here conducted in accord,ance with the Episcopal ritual by the Rev. Richard Gibson, a missionary who had been sent to Maine to minister to the fishing plantation owned by Richard Trelawney, The death of Capt. Mason in 1635 made things rather difficult for his colonists, and when his widow failed to continue to support the colony the stewards and agents of the plantation divided up he livestock and lands, and, in 1640 set up an independent g,overnment. This independent organization made a grant of fifty ac1·es of Glebe land to Thomas Wal ford and Henry Sherburne, wardens, twelve acres in the compact pa1·t of the town upon which their chapel and parsonage had already been built. The Rev. Richard Gibson sojourned in Portsmouth for a number of ears. His residence in Massachu etts for "scandalizing the government by perfoi,ming marriages and baptisms at the Isles of Shoals.'' He was finally discharged without fine or punishment on the grmmds that he was a stranger, and about to leave the country. After his dismissal a number of preachers came to Strawberry Bank, none of them being of the Episcopal faith. For nearly ninety years after the departure of Richard Gibson the Episcopalians seemed to be in the minority. The strong Puritan rule of Massachusetts had made itself felt in both the church and government. About 1732 enough interest was aroused and sufficient funds raised to establish another place of worship, for the early chapel had been destroyed by fire. The previous year John Rindge, an influential merchant, had been sent to London with a petition for a settlement of the boundary between New Hampshire and Massachusetts. While there he interested a number of people in helping to re-establish the Church of England in New Hampshire. Caipt. John. Toml,inson, a gentleman of affluence, made it his duty to raise funds among his friends for the building of the church at Portsmouth. Mr. Henry Hope of London and Boston gave the land on which the edifice was to be built on the gentle slope overlooking the Piscataqua. Queen Caroline, consort of George II, was particularly interested in this church which was named Queen's Chapel in her honor. To this small church in New England the English queen made presents of a folio prayer book, a Bible, two chairs, and a set of communio11 silver stamped with the Royal arms. The Bibl e was printed at Oxford, on the best vellum by John Basket, the King's printer, in the year 1717. A mistake was made in the heading of one of the pages in the Gospels, which reads "The para,ble of the Vinegar" instead of "The parable of the Vineyard.'' For this reason the Bible is called the "Vinegar Bibl e." Fifty copies were struck off before the printer discovered! the error. In addition to the Bible which is still preserved at Portsmouth there are and Christ Church, Boston. Queen's Chapel was a wooden building with a steeple adorning the western end, in which was hung in 1745 the mellowed bell brought from Louisburg by Sir William Pepperre11. TJ1ere were two entrances, one on the west end and the other on the south E>ide of the church. Rows of arched windows lined the north and south walls of the building while in t' center of the north wall, elevated a above the other pews was the Governor's pew, topped with a wooden ca.nc;py and hung with red velvet curtains. Queen Caroline's chairs were placed in this pew and were occupied by the Royal Governors and the officials of the Province. Queen's Chapel was consecrated in the year 1734, and among the names of the first proprietors of this church we find the well known name of Benjamin Franklin. The Rev. Arthur Browne of King's Chapel in Providence, R. I., was asked to come and take charge of the new church at Portsmouth. He was the son of Rev. John Browne, and was born in Drogheda, Ireland, in 1699. He received his degree at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1729. Il e married Mary, the daughter of the rector of the church at Drogheda, and with his bride set out for America, having been assigned to the church at Newport, R. I., by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. After a year at Newport he removed to Providence where he ma.de a name for himself as being a talented preacher. Lt. Gov. David Dunbar, who had helped financially in the building of Queen's Chapel, was able to bring about Mr. Browne's release from the parish in Providence and secure his appointment to Queen's Chapel. In 1736 the Browne family arrived in Portsmouth. This is the same Browne family which Kenneth Roberts wrote . about on his novel "Northwest Passage." The rector's daughter Elizabeth, being the young woman whom Major Robert Rogers married, and daughter Jane the one Sam Livermore pa.id court to. . The Wentworths, Warners, Atkinsons, and Masons worshipped at ueen's Chapel and endowed it with �1:,~;~;J:r.;f;1~~~}:1T~~-{;;tr~;;;;~~r\f;;;:;:~~~~:1;l tl 11 /:·: the lot of land joining the church for -i ;with soundling board ahove were · ;. · ·:. 1638- 193 8 a church-yard, and on this property j ,i removed at a later period. • the tombs of the prominent parishby Dorothy M. Vaugha·n ' The Brattle or.gan, the old;e st or- '.. · ioners were built. ·1g,an in America, is worthy of menAn ancient marble font captured(Continued from last week) · tion. It was imported from London il;i Africa by Capt. John Tufton Ma- .. . · by Mr. Thomas Brattle of Bost(ln. son was presented to the church by S t . John's parish was flourishing ~ Mr. Brattle was one of the foundCapt. Mason's daughters, the Miss·es ·,at th is time, an<l on January 1-0t:h, ers of the church in that city which Anne Eliza1beth and -S arah Oatherine -J 1 8017, -t.he energetic proprietors m-e ; · .. bears his name, ,mdi in his will in the year 17,6,1. On the -b rass ··. 0.!1 d _a committee was aufoorized t r, : left . the little instrument to his · ·. ' cover is a Latin inscription,, said to · J rebuild th e church on the same si':e, . ·,' church providing it was acceptable have been written by the talented ·) a nd to make sale of all seats ar.--:! .' ·_ and that a "sober person could be Wy,seman Clagett, the King'.s At- ·i'pews to ?e. availa,b,le in the ne:w ed1- .. • found to play skilld:ully upon it with ·,, torney, which tells of its capture at ·1 flce. Tri~ity Church of New York i a loud noise." It appeared that the . ,Senegal and of its presentation to ~nt a g,i~t of $1000 and with the , , Brattle St. Church had no use for the church. !gifts which_ ~ere made by the ~- the organ and, it was finally stored It was the Rev. Arthur Browne !wealthY parishioners the committee · away in the g,allery of King's who perform,ed. the marriage of His ) was able to start rebuilding the nevr · Chapel. M·usic was not in vogue in E'x cellency Gov. Bennin,g Wentworth, -.]church. · The co;rner st0ne of th e :· Boston at such an early .p eriod. In ' at his mansion at Little Ha.r;bor on <[Present 8t· John's Ohurch was laid · -1156 Sit. Paul's Ohur-c h ~f N.e wbury_; the occasion of the governor's s,i xti- _\ J.u ne 24th, l&017, by the St. John's _-. port, Mass., purchased the Brattle eth birthday. Tihe story or this mar- -~Lodge of Masons, whose Grand Mas- : ·· organ and u,sed it for some eighty ··· riage was retold, by Longfellow in ._'; ter. was Capt. Thomas Tihompso~. . years. It was finally purchased by his "Lady Wentworth" one of the e:;Th1~ l~ge ~as been c~osely associ- ·: · St. John's Church and placed in the "'Tales of the Wayside Inn." The ated w.i th th is churc~ smce 17?-5. . chapel on State S,t reet. Years later R:!v. Arthur Browne diiedi in CamThe new St . John S· was built of ·-- it was removed to the church. It bridige, Mass., June 10th, 1773, in -: b_rick on a larger scale than the ear- ·: has been restored and was played his seventy-fourth y,ear, having com- . her ch~rch,. It ~-ad a gallery: on upon at the 11 o'-clock .s ervice on ·: pleted thirty-seven years as rector th ree . sides m which were box pews Wednesday, May 11th. _, of Queen's Chapel. He was buried :! occupied by th e ~~lored folk ':ho The tercentenary of the beginning · in the Governor's tomb in Queen's ·_· l served th e old famihes of th e pansh. of the Church of England in New . Chapel burying-ground. jSome of th es~ old stY1e p~ws may be -· Hampshire is being celebr;ated this The Rev. John Ogden of New Jer- '-\ see~ !oday m the -~o'.ltn gal,l ery, · ··( week, May 8th to May 15th. Bishop sey assumed his du-ties at Queen's -while m th e -~or th g~!,ery are exa:m- John T. Dallas was the special Chapel at Easter-tid:e in 17-816. In ,: pies of th e . .tugh bact:e<l pews wluch preacher at the morning service on, the fall of 17·.8'9 President Washin,g- ':ere us~ m ~he church at a1: ~,ar-_ ·- Sunday, May 8th, and Benjamin "·'·~·.-,_,..-..,",,'-' '. ton came to _Portsmouth. On All . her P_erio<l.1 in the new buila,ng 1•Brewster, Bishop of Maine, was the ,. · _, l Saints' Day the firs,t President, at- _. were u1,s,t alled th e m_arble font, the · speaker at the evening service. Tues- .-, , : · 1tired in his tradi-tional suit of black · pray:r b?oks, th e Bible, th e com- . day and W ednesdlay, May 10th and• _·, -.,,.J velvet, attended· by his two secreta- mum~n silv~ a ndJ one , of the Queen 11th, the New Hampshire Diocean : · i ries and several New Hampshire dig- Carolme chairs, one of ·chem had been Convention was held at St. John's nitaries, including President John de st ro.yed in the tire. A secon~ chair . j-C:hurch. At the opening service ,) sunivan and CoL John Langdon, at-• . h-ts smce .been made to go with the _ 1Tuesday evening, Rev. Al'mon tended services at Queen's Cha.pel. :· one sent from Englau<l,. 00 that today ·1Pepper of New York, secretary of The Presi.dential party occupied the · two ?1d, mahogan_Y chairs occupy a the S-ocial .Service -Commission, was Governor's pew, which had since the promm_ent pl.ace JUS! back of the al- the special orator. Local clergy and .. :\ , passing of the Roy-al governors been tar rail. The Louisburg_ bell suf- members of social or,g anizations' : · : called the Warden's pew. : fered _somewhat from th e fire. It :__ were invited to that service. •On •· . Early in the morning of the 24th :'as recast by Paul Revere and h~ng Wednesday moming at 11 o'clock an ·-- 1' of December, 18-0·6, Queen's Ohapel, m foe new steeple._ These Imes I historical address was given by Rev. ·.;;e which hadi been incorpovated as St. were engraved upon it: \·: Henry B. Washburn of the Episco_:·'. John's Church in 11791, was destroyed :. "From st• John's steeple 1o, pal Theological .School, Cambridige, -( by fire. The font from Senegal, the I call the people, . Mass. . S,und'ay, May 115,th, will bring bell from Louisburg, the prayer ,On Holy dlays to a close this celebration. on· that books, B,i,ble and silver were all To pr~yer and _prai~e." day a memorial service will be held · ·"'. saved through the efforts of Mr. Al- Around the nm were mscnbed these in honor of Ensign Emerson Hovey, '. , e~ander Ladd and others who were wo rds: "My mou th shall show for th · and Lt Frank E Boom,a who were -Th · " , • ' ' . .soon on the scene. It was a sad . Y praise. · !communicants of .St. John's Church. 1 Christmas for the parish. ,T he T:he walls of the interior of St. , Patriotic organizations are invited · · North Church extended an invitation J-o hn's "hurch ar~. frescoed in ton:s · · to attend this service, and the special ; ·.· for the parishioners of St. John's of gray. Au thQ:nti~s §'!;ate that :his . guests are to be Gov. FraI11Cis Mur- ::.'.~Church to worship with that p,a rish work was done at s9m~ l;iter ~ime .· phy and staff, Rear Admiral Cyrus -'. '::;. J I ·1 J·I :,d ._:_ i_ ~- 1 1 > i· ~t. p~f:!~:: i:~!~ :! ~~er'~h~:~-:::: :~Y-mo~r~p~::;!~~ i~:i:~y w~i r;I~~~ c::ff~m:~. Mayor Gold- 1:'.'_{}_:~t.·~.:t{_:_t,•~-i_l_:_:~.r.:_: · •:: and was based on the text, "Our cons1<lere<! a lost art, ~th<;>ugh S1m- · _'"'" . _ . .. . - " ,, , -.- _. ... holy and our beautiful hous~, where . ilar examples are frequently seen iu ~~·-,,.;,::·· ~~· · ··:_.-~,-:::~_ , , -~-. _ ·~ :.-:: . · ~ .- ~--- .~~~~:~:;;:~-~ :,•. our fathers praised, thee, is burnt up the , churches of Italy, U:pcm the '.i'L.-,. (Oontinued next week) walls of the chancel are pamted th~J, ...... ,,...,.,i;·/c,:•.. , ._.. ,,<.'.' ,-,,\ /,c., -~·-'...,./.,,,::; .i-:r.,'., -~--.;- J_ {~-·-. -._.·:_·.·_ _.·,'..~_··¥ ·==·--_ \{-~::•?~ ~ _- . : . ' ·,.. ~ -~ \.~-- . y~3i_ · ·¼C¼ ~,:'._,5-~~--:_ · ,- _._·_ _-·,::::"}(; ·,. ·:~:T~>":·~¾~::'.i'i;;;f/.'•,, ,. , <:'-/;;:,/''.:_'.;; .. :_. :' -~ ·- · - --~'t ~ :~t=:~: :·, i~'.~<~\ , ,;-~ . ,, ',. ~~~-~~~~~ �~ ~ - ~ - -- - - -- - - - - - : - : ; - -- ~-s, .~Ve~ti o...\ , \<\ ~ 31-l \{; trC2.X t _'ln. '. ,. ' v ,. . .· . . . ----:- .-::.. -. ~ --;:-:-~~---:-:---;-:---::------::-: .. : - - - ?> ' ,-- --------- :Plans Completed ]For Kittery :Music·Festival geles; High School Concert . s;;i~s. I Hollywood, Calif.; Palace of Legion of ' I Honor, San Francisco. , Accompanist for many noted singers and public artists including Madame , Schumann-Heink, Marie Bashian, etc. Teacher and manager of several , seasons' concert courses and church j music festivals. C. Houghton Richardson who will be 1 · one of the choral judges was born and educated in Boston. As a boy consid• ered one of Boston's best boy soprano singers receiving his training from Florian J . Anshelm noted for his choir training and development of boy soloists at that time. Sang with the largest Boston choirs of that period and was first solo boy of Wallace Goodrich, IOrganist and Choirmaster (present . Director of the New England Conservatory of Music.) · As an ac;twt studied with Earl Cart- ·· wright, oratorio soloist, and sang in With a large attendance assured ton will give an exhibition of Bat6'Trinity Church Choir, Copley Square, ·~ plans for the Kittery Festival are Twirling -and there will be a concert by Boston. : practically completed and from the ar- the massed bands. In c~se of rain the In 1929, followL'lg a long period of . rival of the special train at the Navy order of the parade will be i;eversed . . ~-••. ,. disability, reilewed his interest in mu-- ' 1Yard Station Satun;lay morning at and the field events will be held in 1sic. Ai,, a bass :roloist, has done much · 10.30 until its departure in the even- Junior High School Gymnasium in f 1church, fraternal and secular singing ing the day will be filled with events. Portsmouth. I ; in Portsmouth and environs as well : Many groups will come in automobiles The visiting groups will give an eve- '. as various places in New England. and special provisions have been made ning concert at 7.30 at Portsmouth · Has been identified for the past \ for heavy traffic. A first-aid station Junior High School Auditorium and eight years witn the music of the · will be maintained in the town hall greetings will be extended by CommisChurch of the Immaculate Conception under supervision of Mrs. Marion Dut- sioner of Education Bertram Packard i in Portsmouth. For six years prior to ·, ton, District nurse. of Maine and other school officials. j 1936 was a member of the church quar; A registration and information booth Included in the list of judges for 1 tette organization of the South Uni;will be situated near the Navy Yard the Western Maine Music Festival are tarian Church, Portsmouth. !station with registrations beginning at two well known local people whose backRalph I. Schoonmaker, director of ' 7.30 and auditions will be held from ground of training and experience ' Music, Medford, Mass.; Mr. Schoon:8.30 to 12. Bands will be given audi- makes them eminently fitted to act as maker will judge the bands and con• ··:.: wins at the Navy Yard Auditorium adjudicators. duct the massed band at the after- . .-·:., iand Fraternal Hall. Orchestra in Gladys Hollingsworth Smith, who noon field events. .- -~ lTraip Auditorium and Grange Hall, will be one of the solo judges, Fellow Charles Spaulding, direct-Or of In· :choral groups In Second Christian American Guild of Organists, gradstrumental Music in Newton, Mass. Mr, -\Church and Methodist Church, Solo uate of Boston Conserve,tory of Music Spaulding will also judge the drum ·land Ensemble groups in Traip Gym- and has studied with Dr. Humphrey J. .majors. 1 nasium and Austin School. Stewart in organ · and counterpoint, I 1 ,Albert W. WaSf,ell, direct-Or of Music, , A rehearsal of the massed bands di- Edwin· H. Lemare, famous English VirWorcester, Mass. Classical High and rected by Ralph Schoonmaker will be . tuoso; Albert Riemenochneider, Cleveconductor of Worcester Sinfonietta, Samuel Griffiths, director of Music in . held at noon. Luncheon will be served land, Ohio, noted Bach Scholar and irrom 11.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. in the var- foremost exponent of Widor in Am- ; Hyannis, Mass,, and President of the New England Festival Association will ious halls and church vestries. The erica: Charles M. Courboin famous . judge the orchestras. Navy Yard will be open to visitors and Begian virtuoso. .'i t is anticipated many of the young · Studies and professional activities 1 Samuel Peck, director of Music in inusicians will welcome this opportun- directed by Marcel Dupre, organist of Reading, Mass , and · conductor of ··, Reading Symphony Orchestra. Con:1ty to visit the home of famous sub- st, Sulfice, Parls, and Lynnwood Farductor of Reading Junior High School · . , ;marines. num, famous American Organist. Glee Club that received 100 per cent : The parade will form at 2 pm, at Organist at Municipal Outdoor Or1the Portsmouth play-grounds, passing gan, Balboa Park, San Diego, Calif.; ,rating at several Mass, State Festivals, 'across Memorial Bridge to Tralp Acad- assistant for ten years playing several 1will be one of the choral judges. j Stuart B. Hoppin,' distL'lguished com;emy where the field events will be hundred recitals. jheld. Following greetings by Governor Public recitals given at University i poser of Boston, Mass. Composer of the ,Barrows and State and town officials of South California, Los Angeles: Em• !Easter Cantata "The New Light", also composes and arranges Instrumental 1there will be demonstrations of march- manuel Presbyterian Church, Los An• music and is a widely recognized auIng and drllling itnd drum major com- [ . thority and Gladys Hollingsworth ,~ _etition. Miss Jessie Witham of ~r.!_~ \smith, Portsmouth, Fellow of t11e Am, ;erican Guild of Organists. Choir di• jrector and church organist. AccomJPanist for many famous singers, in• ,eluding Madame Schumann-Heink and JMarle Bashian, wm judge t,h e solos ,and ensembles. 1 1 I I Parade Will Form At 2.00 O'Clock Saturday After~oon At Portsmouth Playgrounds And Proceed To Traip Academy-Evening Concert At 7.30 • i I , ! I -~~~ - ~°"'\ \\, ~,.>wJc\ \C\'31 ~• I �- ,·.--· . ----------,. ... .:-----------~ . <,,t. ::.;:'. _ • •• . ' ' . . .-, ., ! ~ . ;_ . ,.~_ :;·:~' 5 : >\:.~_:_ ,,. . .,,. ·. . l r----"'t'ne least spectacular, but perhaps :· ' mc..st beneficial part of festival, will be the unit auditions which will be held 1 i 1 during the morning. Playing before "' adjudicators of out.standing ability the j young musicians will bend every effort to do their best work and the constructive criticisms received shculd en.courage both students and dir€ctors t.o ·. :remedial work . Groups will be judged ., on tone, intonation, interpretation, technique, genEral effect, stage deportment and instrumentation and national } .. ;., ,, rar.ing sheets will be used. The schedule of audit.ions will be as follows: ! Orchestras Gralfge Hall York High School, 9 :55, Flo1·ence Bomer,. director. Bridgton Junior High, 10:20, Grace M. Richardson. director. Freeport High, 10:45, Mildred S. Beni I net, director. Kittery needs only fair weather an Wilt-011 Academy Chorus Saturday to make the We.stern Maine Livermore Falls High Schoo( Orchestt'<l 'I Livermore Falls High, 11: 10, Elizabeth Mu.sic Festival an event long i-0 be re~ Livermore Falls High School Girls Glee Pomeroy, director. membered in this section .. A colorful Club Windham High, 11:35, Dawn Conant Grant, director. parade will march from Portsmouth to Jay High Scho,:,l Girl~ Glee Club Kittery with.11 bands in line. Kittery Leavitt Institute (Turner), 12:00, places of business have made plans for ·Second Division, :fl,aymond. 1-1. , mu.! :Dawn Conant Grant, director. decorating in honor of the event and I commanding '-. i Traip Auditorium many homes will display flags and II Deerh1g _H igh School Band. ! Lincoln Junior High (Portland) , 9:!511, bunting. Deerh1g High School Orchesb:-11 Maud H. Haines, director. At Traip athletic field the field events ,Kennebunkport Girls Glee Clul• Traip Academy, 10:20, David Kush! will be spectacular and those who at- !Webster Junior High School Bane. ious, director. itend will have the thrill of watching the :webst-er Junior High School D nim ll!l.d. Deering High, 10:45, Maud H. Haines, : champion Deering High School Band Bugle Corps director. ' of 81 pieces drilling in new uniforms. Kittery Grammar, 11 :10, David Kush• ·.. with Karl Palmer as drill master, work- : Benly Glee Club ious, director. ing to defend its championship. Form- 1' Leavitt Institute Band Mexico High, 11:36, Edwar d Stanley, 1ing letters, military squad and platoon Leavitt Institute Orchestra director. ; Windham High School Orche5tra Stephens l'Iigh (Rumford) , 12:00, /maneuvers and other cle,·er tactics and 1drilling contests are never-failing !n Harry J. Cohen, director. · Third DiviEion, Ralpb A. Hut.en ins, their interest. Drum -major contests Bands will form another focns of interest and : commanding Fraternal Hall · in addition Jessie 'Witham, 13, of ; Stephens High School· Band Kittery Grammar, g:ss Edgar p, Bridgton, considered the champion . Stephens High School Orchestra Maine bat-0n twirler, will give a demon- i, Pettingill Chorus Wallace, director. Virginia Chorus Lincoln Junior High (Portland) 10 :20,-i stra tion of the twirling that has given ii MacDonara Chorus I her an enviable reputaiion as an ex~rt Joseph L. Gaudreau, direct-Or, 1 Bisbee Chorus Leavitt Institute (Turner), 10:45, in this line. Leyland Whipple, director. A concert by the massed bands, di- ' Stephens High School Gl~ Club Webster Junior High (Auburn) Drum rected by Ralph I. Schoonmaker. will : Lincoln Junior High School Band and Bugle Corps, 11:00, Russell H. Jack, be the climax to the afternoon event.~ : Lincoln Junior High School Orchestra director. and _the following _numben wm ·~ in- ' York High School Glee Club . York High School Girls Glee Club Mechanics Falls High, 11 :36, Donald cluded on the program: Orade schools of Kittery, Swedish Choral Kittery Grammar School Orchesh·a M. Gay, diredor. Praise the Lord, the Almightyand Band Navy Yard Auditorium Stralsund Wentworth-Dennett GlEe Club Traip Academy, 9:30, David Kush..I iou.s, director. 'j Abide With M>: Mon Shapleigh Glee Club Sanford High, 9:-65, William 0. Hal1 On t-he Mall M.J.rch Goldman Glee Club I (Dedicated to the Kmt; o.E b-,,admas - Mitchell Aust-in Glee Club I den, director· . ll -! t-ers. Edwin Franko Goldm:m 1 ! Traip Academy ·01ee Club ) Webster. Juni~r High, 10:20, Russe ,. DeMolay Commande!'y March Hali ' Traip Academy Orchest,ra , H. Jack, drrect.o_ • 11 The makeup of ;;he parad~ 11\·!H be ·:i:s Traio Academy Band _ivrexico High, 10:45, Edward Stanley, follows: i The oarade will start promptly at director• . , ' First DivisiO!l, Lout, V . B:luEE~-~,i,. 1 i 2 ci'c:lock, the route bein_g as follows: 1I -~tephens High , 11:10, Harry J. Cohen, commanding p~ 1-r0°;; avenue to Junkms avenue, t.o d1-ector. __ , U. s. Color::. Pleasarit street, to State street to Me- '-- --------------- · · · · Det;achment of U . S. M,i~in'!a :morlal bridge, t.o Hunt.er avenue, pass -Sanford High School Banct :in i·tview to Government street to WentSanford High School Girls Gtee Cl.ub -wonh street, t o Williams avenue, ro Fre-eport High School Orchestra Tra'.p 'athletic field, where the bands Freeport High S;:hool Git"ls Gle•'! Club -wm be formed in their proper positions. Bowdoinham Soloi~ts In the event of inclement weather the Mexico High School Band J)arade route wili be reversed and the Mexico High School 01·cheatm, parnde will form in Kittery, with the IBridgton Junior High Schoo'. _or.:h~3te1. bead of th e column at, Navy Yard sta•)lJecl}_anics Falls High Sc_l~oo1_ BO:_~--- __ _J ! tit?._12: ___________________ _ _,-- -·-. _ . Eleven Bands To . !March In Music [Festival Parade Many Features On Program Of Westerim Maine Event 'To Be Held In Kittery · On Saturday · I 1 I - --· ..:::.,...____· . , ....;- . ..... �3_~·::_;_:~?, .,,=/-~·:_ ·:.•· -----·7 B _· 1G MUSIC ·~\ .FESTIVAL -:~: :~,--" .····• ,~~-~\-~. :;<::;;~x .:.J •. ' · ·1 'J';aiu .'\cademy Orchestra \': ··;_ ,, , ,.,,_~'.':<;··;~ • Deering High, 11:35, Joseph L, Ga • :.~-.1-..)."'? j j ,In :.Vle~~~'i.a~~shious, conductor8 ~redy · dreau, director. Sanford High School Band ~Q" ' . Glee Clubs st 11 f Russi~: ~h~~af~1~:Uov~~~!~ctor Issac i::i~hS:30, Blanche B. 0 Kitm,· G1;:V~~t~:::~s, ::::~~;r ; ~~~:~ie:t~~s, Blanche B .• rallett, , Scarlet. Mask Overture Zamecnik director. . I · ' ..., ~ · [ Traip Academy Band · Austin, 9:00, Blanche B. Mallett, ~ - \, . . Parade In Connection David Kushious. conductor I director. \Ventworth-Dennett, · 9:15 Blanche Maine -· · .,.. · ,, ...,, ··' , ~ .,... . B. Mallett, director. l'ti\);;~-~ ~:-,.: : . Henley Sclfool (South Portland), 11 ·'1: ~~~~eH~~h~::~4e:,,~[~~!~ts. Ben.I .;;.· \ nett, director. 'l With a _pr~inise o~ fair ~eather e_~Livermore Falls High, 12:00, Eliza.beth 1 erything 1s .m r eadmess 1or the big Pomeroy, director. Western .Maine Music Festival which Jay High, 12:15, Elizabeth Pomeroy, will be held tomorrow in Kittery and j' director. this city. second Christian Church. Tra.ip Academy, 8::1'0, David Kushious; 1 Auditions by bands. orchestras and •. :: I glee clubs will be held dw-ing the fore -~- 1 director. 11.oon at halls in Kittery, York and at York High Girls Glee, 8:45, Florence the navy yard a_µdito:itun and 1>r?n1pt... · ........ Homer, director. ly at 2 o'clock the big parade with 11 Kennebunkport High, 9:15, Ina Em1 bands and over' 1,000 marchers will ery, director . . . -~ I ;;tart at the Portsmouth Playgrounds Sanford High Girls Glee Club, 10:30, ··1 s.nd proceed ~-0 the Trail) Acade.: iw lcada Hall, director. ; •.. grounds at K ittery. v;here uany mMcDonald Chorus (Rumford), 10 :45, ceresting events will be held. da D. Sweatt, director. John E. c. Merker, executive ..ecreBisbee Chorus (Rumford), 11:00, tary of the New England Music Fe..ti- { Wilton High Girls Glee Club, 11:15, .. • val, was here today and expressed sat• Leah T. Peterson, director. · .. · , lsfaction at the manner in which the I Pettengill_ Chorus, 11:30, Ida D. 'plam had been com9leted by David J Sweatt, director. ", Kushious. president of the Western ; . Virginia Chorus, 11:.45, Ida D. · · 1Maine Festival, and his associates. j Sweatt, director. j one of the features of the progn,.m I : Stephens High Girls Glee Club, 12:00, will be the bator1 twirling of 13-year • f ! Ida D. Sweatt, directo ·:_.. •·- old Jessie Witham of Bridgt-0n. Me .. 1, ,;~-~--. \'.'ho will be the guest_of the Traip Band · ·· and will lead th~ru m the parade do~:. . .ing n1uch twirling along the line of ....~--:--..- ·"\ :.::. ' march. ..., ~-~' . . Miss Witham ·won the trophf at the _.. . Western Maine festival at Rumford, : _.: won the junior state ch?,01pionship, at ; the American Legion meet a t Old Or~ .! ; chard, received · l~plus rating a t ·the · N e w England Music Festival at 1 Gloucester, Mass., and. led the Na·:;-~ i t ional Y. ;o. parade at Portland. She / .:., 1ha.s given exhibitions at New York and [ .. ·. · . ;in many other cities. f' evening concert will be held at · ,.. · ,the Portsmouth Junior High auditorl• um at 7.30 o'clock and the pi:ogram ,will be as follows: ,.,,jThe Narrator overture . . Buchtel , Mexico High Scllool Band I Edward Stanley, ,cond:u~tor Tra3 Jolie Waldteufel Livermore Falls Orchestra -1 Elizabeth D. Pomeroy, conductor. Marching Bach ., ........ 11Sp1,i11g Stephens' High Schop\ !. Girls' Ole& · Club '! ; Ida D. sweat, condtictot' ·. f .. ' In · Persia_n Market Ket,etby l Deering High School Band 1 Joseph L. Gaudreau, conductor T wirling Exhibition Eileen 11,Iiller . Newton HighlanM I (Music by Deering H. S. Band) · , Seleci:ed . Webster Jr. High School Band. Fussell H. Jaclt, conductor 1· . '.. . '. Oypsy Trail Overture Flschell 1 '.· '· · •--~•-4-·--· ________ .. _· · - :!:·-. '-~_-.,. _ :f!~~: ,. . \iTOMORROW ·' J With Western Event Will Start At 2 O~clock , ,, l · ·_.~;.~~-.'~.:~ -~-.,_:· <.:~-; .:- -~/4_·~-ol :·:::; ·>· I ,} ,!\-: f. I ·. ·-. I . . _. - ; The ! ~~-~ �Western Maine Music Festival Being Held Here And In Kittery Toda general effect, stage deportmen an instrumentation. The regular national rating sheets were used. A rehearsal of the massed bands, under the direction of Ralph Schoonmaker, director of music of Medford, Mass., was held at noon. Luncheon was served from li.30 to 1 :30 in the various halls and vestries. The parade began in this city at a o'clock and marched to Kittery. Thi.a Young people, carrying nearly every rs;::c'.;i:h;-;o:;;o:;-1- o-;:f,--;S;;:o::::u:.t:;:;h: --:;:p;::0:;:r.;tl-:a:::n:;d-, 'F""r:::e-:::ep=::::r:i'I was most colorful line of paraders 0 kind of a musical instrument, invaded High, Livermore Falls High, Jay High, in their snappy uniforms nd plenty Kittery and Portsmouth today to take Traip Academy, York High Girls, Ken- of blinds to make music dw·ing the en1 pa1 t in the Western Maine Music Fes- nebunkport High, Sanford High Girls, tire line of march. The parade began tival which ls being held here and Jn McDonald chorus of Rumford, Bfabee at the playgrounds in this city to conKittery. Hundreds of school pupils chorus of Rumford, Wilton High elude at the Traip Athletic field where from grammar to high school ge, Girls' Pettingill chorus, Vlrginla chorus the field events take place. The parade members of high school musical orwas led by Chief Marshal Fred Draper ganizations, came by private car, bUB of Kittery Point. The first division was and special ti;aln to participate in the in command of Louis V. Bouffard and events which are being held throughwas led by a group of U. s. Marines out the day. from the Navy Yard, Raymond A. Hill As early as 7.30 this morning regwas in command of the second diviistrations began. The registration sion and Ralph A. Hutchins of the _booth is near the former Navy Y rd third division. The line of march was station. The information booLh is IParrott avenue to Junkins avenue to so here. The bandsmen, choral groups, Pleasant street to State street to Meand orchestra players are picturesque morlal bridge to Hunter avenue, pass in their uniforms which range from in review to Government street to conservative colors to brilliantly hued Wentworth street to Williams avenue garments. to Tralp Athletic field. The morning was devoted to audiArriving at the Athletic field they tions, beginning at 8.30 o'clock. These wlll be greeted by Gov. Lewis Barrow1t, were held in various halls avail ble. and representatives of Kittery and the The bands held their auditions at the bands wllI take their proper positions Navy Yard auditorium and Fraternal and the field events held. There are hall, while the orchestra auditions were many things of interest which will be given in the Traip Academy audipresented during the afternoon. The torium and Grange Hall. Choral groups Deering High school band of 81 pieces met in the Methodist church and the will defend its championship. Christian church. Solo and ensemble The events of the afternoon Jnclude groups gathered in the Traip gymn forming letters, military squad and eium and the Austin school. platoon maneuvers and other clever The orchestras particlp ting including tactics and drilling contests. York High school, Bridgton Junior Drum majors contests are also on High, Freeport High, Llvermore Falls the program and Jessie Witham 13High, Windham High, Leavitt Institute year-old Maine baton twirler wm' give oI Turner, Llncoln Junior High of a demonstration. Miss Witham won the Portland, Traip Academy, Deeting trophy at the Western Maine Festival High, KiUery_ Grammar, Mexico High at Rumford and also the Junior State and Stephens High of Rumford. championship at the American Legion Bands included Kittery Gramm r, meet at Old Orchard and received ILincoln Junior High of Port! nd, plus rat-ing at the New England Music Leavitt Institute of Turner, Webster Festival at Gloucester, Mass, She has Junior High (Auburn) Drum nd given exhibit.ions in many cities. EILEEN MILLER Bugle Corps, Mechanics Falls High, The concluding number on the af15YearOld B ton Experl P rticipatTraip Academy, Sanford High, Webternoon program will be a concert by ing In l\lusic FesUv I ster Junior High of Auburn, Mexico the massed bands under the direction High, Deering High and Stephens nd Stephens High Girls, all of Rum- of Ralph I. Schoonmaker. The proHigh. ford. gram will include "Swedish Choral," Glee clubs participating were MitAt each udition judges listened to "Praise the Lord, the Almighty," chell school, Shapleigh, Austin, Went- the playing and judged them on tone, "Ablde With Me." "On the Mall" and worth-Dennett, all of Kitte1·y, Henley intonation, interpretation, technique, the "DeMolay Commandery March." Hundreds Of School Pupils Gather For Extensive Program~Concert This Evening At Junior High Auditorium �will High School auditorium. Among th e mu lcal groups taking part will be t he Mexico High School · band, Edward Stanley, conductor; Livermore Falls orchestra, Elizabeth D . Pomeroy, conductor; Stephens H igh School Girls' Glee club, Ida D . Sweat, conductor; Deering High School band, Joseph L. Gaudreau, conducting; Webster Junlor High school of Auburn, Russell H. Jack, conductor ; Tra1p Academy orchestra and band and Kit tery Grammar school, David K ushious, conducting ; Sanford High School band, William 0 . H ayden, conductor. Eileen Miller of Newton Highlands, will give a twirling exhibition at this concert. She is an outstanding baton twirler and her maneuvers will be watched with inter est. Western Maine Music Festival Event Proves Decided Success Many Colorful Features Mark School Event Held In This City And Kittery On Saturday Herald Photos Upper view, 1\.tiss Jessie Witham, 13, of Bridgton, Me., guest drum major, s hown as sh e led 'l 'ra ip Academ y drum corps of Kittery d u ring ihe afternoon drilling on Traip Atlllc tic F ield. Sh e is the s tate champion of Maine. Sealed ratings ! 01· the bands and orchestras participating in the Western Maine Music Festival held at Portsmouth and Kittery on Saturday fternoon and evening will not be announced, it is explained today, as the New England School Music Festival Rssociation has ruled that the standings of the music organizations should not be made public in the non-compet!live events. Upward of 1500 boy and girl musicians took part in the annual festival. 'I'he Kittery choral groups !&.ct the Traip Academy band and glee club di• r ected by David Kushious, the Wentworth-Dennett glee olub directed by ;Mrs. Blanche Mallett, a nd the Kittery Grammar School band directed by Edgar Wallace each received superior rating which is f rom 94 t.o 100, while the Traip Acaclemy and Gra,mmar school orchestras directed by Mr. K u- shious and the Shapleigh-FernaldMitcnell-Austin glee club, directed by Mrs. Mallett, received ratings of excellent, from 85 to 94. The boys and girls sang and played their utmost, however, all participating in a colorful parade and finally picked groups taking part in a general concert Saturday evening in the auditorium of the Portsmouth Junior High School. No other place in Maine could fur• nish quite the attractions of this his• toric old town as through the coopera• tion of Rear A'limiral C. W. Cole, com• mandant of the Navy Yard, Ports• mouth, the band auditions were held in the Navy Yard Auditorium, and the Navy Yard was open to the young visl• tors throughout the day. The com~ mandant and his aide, Commander Curley were also in the reviewing �. Herald Photo. El mer S mal I, (left) supermtendent of York and Kittery schools shown as hcifre!!ts ~500 boy a.nd girl musicians and sevci:al thousand spectato~s on Traip At lettc Field. · (Right) Only_male. drum ma,ior participating; Walter Sullivan of Portland, Me., leadinir Deel'lng High School Drum Corps of Portland. stand with town officials, judges and general committee members for the afternoon parade. Probably it is the first time that two states have participated in a program of this kind, Portsmouth cooper• a.ting with Maine for this festival. Children began to arrive as early as 7.30 a. m. and the town was ready for them, the streets decorated and the citizen committees functioning, Local an-angement were In charge of David Kushious, director of music at Traip Academy, and the new president of the Western Maine Music Festival. One of the largest delegations came from Rumford, and in addition to the high school units, 94 grade school children in glee clubs and orchestra., paid their own fare to attend, Periect weather greeted the young people, many of \>,'horn were accompanied by their parents, and a cool sea breeze in the afrernoon made marching conditions perfect. Few affairs are attended by a more orderly group of children, They are very much in ear• nest and are determined to outdo records of past years, which leaves them very little time for "celebrating." The auditions in the various classes were completed at noon and following lunch, served in the churches, the boys and girls gathered on the athletic field at Portsmouth Junior High School for the 2-mlle march which took them across the Memorial Bridge to the athletic field at Tralp Academy. Eleven bands were in line as well as the choral and orchestral groups. Upon reaching the field the massed band of 160 pieces presented a short program under the baton of Ralph Schoonmaker. Three of the numbers were played for the first time by the group, without massed rehearsal, thlt program including Swedish Choral, 'Praise the Lord, the Almighty," Stralund; "Abide With Me," Monk; "On Mall " march, Goldman, and De- The various bands having auditions inolude(l 'l'ralp Academy, Sanford Hlgh Sohool, Webster High School, Auburn; Meuoo Hlih Sohool; Stephens High &,hool, .Rumford; De er in, High &lhool, Kittery Grammar School, Un• ooln Jun.ior High School, 1-,Ht In11Utuk 'l'umet, Web ter Junior High Drum-Bugle, Auburn; Mechanic Falls Hlih 8ohool. Orchestras entered were JunJor Hlgh School, Traip Academy, Deering High, Kittery Grammar, Mexico High, Stephens High, York High, Bridgton Junior High, Freeport High, Livermore Falls High, Windham High, Leavitt Institute. Choral groups, Traip, mixed glee club; York High, girls' glee. club; York High mixed voice; Kennebunkport High, girls' glee club; Sanford High, girls' glee club; Stephens High, girls; McDonald Chorus; Bisbee Chorus, from Rwnford; Wilton Academy, girls; Virginia Chorus; Pettingill Chorus, Rumford; Horace Mitchell School, Kittery Point; Harriet Shapleigh, Austin; Wentworth-Dennett, of Kittery; Henley Olee Club, South Portland; FreeJ)Orb, girls; Livermore Falls, mixed; Jay High School, girls. The soloists were Jacqueline Metcalf, Alice Adams, Esther and Carleton Ring, Marguerite Vermette, Frances Adams, Walter Hinds, Jr., Nancy Pariment all of Bowdoinham; Frances Rolfe, and Marion Kilgore of Rumford; Barbara Small; Mexico; Charles Clark, Wells; Lucia E, Wright, Alfred; Annie Foss, York; Thomas Moore, Harold Oole, Niki Tropakos, Artl Psmodes, Lon-alne Daignault, Thomas Moore, John Ivers, all of Saco; Margaret Oldridge and Eunice Fitton of Bridgton; Betty Jean ~vis, Auburn; Paul LeBrecque, Jay; and Robert Brown, Vau• gban Sturtevant, Edward Fullam and Richard Knowlton, all of Livermore olay Commandery?' Hall, Mr. cboonmaker, director of music at edford, Mass., commended the group for U1e excellence of its playing. Gre·et1ng was extended by Elmer Small. superintendent of schools or Kittery and the response WR$ by Mrs, Ida Sweatt of Rumford, president of Western Maine Music F est Iv a 1 Samuel Griffiths. })resident of the New England Association, who was also a judge for the marchlng and drilling spoke briefly, advising the young musicians and their instructors to "carry on" for better music in the- schools. Charles Spaulding of Newton, Mass., served as judge of drum majors at the afternoon exhibition. An interesting exhibition of baton Falls. twirling was given by Jessie Witham of Bridgton. She was accompanied by Tralp Academy Band. State Commissioner of Education Bertram Packard was a guest at the evening concert and spoke briefly in commendation of the affair. The following program was given: Mexico High School Band, organized but two years, Edward Stan1ey, conductor, "The Nar• rator Overture," Buchtel; Livermore Falls Orchestra, Elizabeth D. Pomeroy, conductor, "Tres J.olie," Waldteufel; Stephens High School Girls' Glee Club, Ida D. Sweatt, conductor, "Spring Marching," Bach; Deering H I g h School Band, Joseph L. Gaudreau, conductor, "In a Persian Market," Ketelby; Twirling Exhibition by Eileen Mil• ler ol Newton Highlands, Mass., music by D. H. s. Band; Webster Junior High School Band, Russell H. Jack, conduc• tor, selected; Traip Academy Orchestra, David Kushious, conductor, "Gypsy Trail Overture," Flachell; Sanford High School Band, William 0 , Hayden, conductor, "In Melody Land" Seredy; KJttery Grammar School Orchest;ra, David Kushious oonductod, "Russian Oho1·al" and "Overture," Isaac; Tralp Academy Band, "Scarlet Mask Overture" ZRmercnlk..,,.., • ......~,..,.-.,,.._,..,,,.,J �FestiYal Fine Success Kittery Some of them got out of bed at 3.80 a.m. on Saturday just so the roll of drums and the dash of vivid uniforms could enliven old K.ittery's streets for a day. And an estima,ted 15-00 people thr1lled to the music made by a thousand youngsters, Etveryhody said that Kibtery's first major ''convention," the Western Maine Music Festival, was a complete and <a hal'lllonious success. Harold J. Foster, Assistant General Passenger Agent of the Boston and MaiJle Railroad, was in charge of the special ,t rain that left Rumford at 5.35 a.m. He was one of those 3.30 risers. Four hundred and seventy-eight boys and girls and teachers and parents were picked up on the run to Portland and down the coast to Kittery Junction and thence to the siding at the former Navy Yard Sation. He praised his juvenile passengers very highly-said it was the best beha vecL bunch he had ever seen and told The Press to give the young people all the credit. The train left the baggage car with a crate of oranges, a etock of candy, and coats, sweaters, and instrument boxes, at the siding while it took the passenger ears to Portsmouth. Meanwhile, since midnight Friday, Kittery ha,d been a-bustle. Chief George Smart and his police officers had tacked No Parking signs along Government Street, the committee had erected an Infurmation Tent at Navy Yard Station, the .Boy Scouts had set up a refreshment tent between Weave:r•s Tap Room and the Community Tru'St Co., and Howard Langdon had put the finishing touches on his programs. 1 Those musicians and singers from the ne~rest participating towns received auditions fust. All the morning uniformed youngsters and groups the village. Oars placarded "Official" whisked here and there and from the halls listed in our issue of last week notes issued as freely as from a bank during the old boom days. At the Town Office a :first aid station, directed by Mre. Marion Dutton, Kittery's. Public Health Nurse, waited in the court room and jail Only two patients P.roud 0f Herself were treaited there and both recovered promptly. A hoys' rest was established in the Selectmen's Office. And several trials of automobile cases under Recorder Hollis J3. Cole had to be sandwiclied in somewhere. The Boy Scout Tent was the cause of di.scussion for a short time. Merchants on Wallingford Square, understanding that the Festival Committee iitself was sponsoring '1:lhis proposed sale of tonics and hot dogs and• candy1 protested that since they had bought advertising space in the program and spent three dollars or more to decorate their stores, they did not think it fair that direct competition should be thus thrust ._!l.n9-er their noses. Orders were issued to take the · tent down. Immediately the scout officials canva.ssed the merchants, told them it was a Boy Scout tent and that the profits, if any, would go toward scout work, and asked if there ,w ere still any objections. To •a man the merchants said, "No. If it's for the scouts it's okay." And the boys bought ithe bakery out of rolls and nearly hought out another &tore of rolls and had to reorder franldurters so often they lost count. At the churches and halls the vis.!~rs were fed and every.body rearked on their good manners. "It isn't usual," one woman said, "to have boys come to you and tell you what a nice dinner it was, but these people did." Alt Legion Hall ten Auxiliary members and two girl helpers (Susannah Bedell and Nancy Brisky) saw nothing of the Festival except the parade because they had to clean up after the dinner. Up to two p.m. 1Government Street and Whipple Road from Newmarch Street to Williams Avenue were choked with cars. Ohief Smart stationed himself at Williams Ave., Deputy Sheriff Allen P. Wiley at Rogers Road, Edward Thomson and Albert Z. Leach at the Square, Samuel Hodgedon at Traip Academy, Wesley Davis at Walker Street and Navy Yard Station, and Guy Amee at Wentworth-Dennett School. Firemen and Legionnaires helped to keep traffic moving and to close a stree s leading off the parade route until after the last contingent had passed . Admiral Col with his aide, Commander Curley, joined the Seles:tmen and other town officials and committee members on the bunting swathed reviewing stand in front of the Geo. D. Boulter Co. and shortly after two the first trumpetings resounded from the oncoming parade. Preceded by small boys on curvetting bicycles and by firemen who lustily and politely pushed the crowds back on the sidewalks, Marshal Fred Draper, straight and snappy as in his old Army days, led the proce sion. His salute to the reviewing stand was smartly formed and perfectly timed. Then came Sanford High School Band, then Mexico High Band with the girl leader stepping high. Bridgton's group of singers with no band, and the leaders holding back har I against a bellying banner, and Mechanic Falls with the girl leader twirling her baton furiously. A long wait followed. around the reviewing stand their necks toward Cottlle's see the next banners. Three girls from Wilton High got their shoes stuck in the asphalt that oozed forth into the spring warmth . "Here's another one!" somebody cried and Deering High's mighty array swept over the crest and down into town. Their band was followed by their orchestra carrying coats, sweaters, and books. Webster Junior High's bugles sounded over the hill and on they came with a girl leader smiling all the time. And the robed Henley School Glee Club of South Portland and Leavitt Institute of Turner with just a few members and a cute little drummer boy with great big drum and a expression. Rumford High with three drum majors, and Stephens High (Rumford) Girls' ,Glee Club, and Rumford Grammar School and Lincoln Junior High of Portland. Each unit escorted by a soldierly Legionnaire. And then the big thrill for Kittery •people. All the entrants of the fes1ti val had been reviewed and gener- �- ~:-~ t '\ --~. . ~· . , -~- .:-.:; ,, ,- :q,:,,-, ~ •• ~ - - .• .:...:_ -- • .· • . • • ~ ••· Io, .4- Mrl:-_:··,_: ,.. . : ':= -!~<;... • '. ously applauded. Probaoly me iToe concert at Portsmouth's ,Jun- : After th~ Stephens HiSsinging ·=--~-. :·-~·-· ' visitors from those towns their rep- I ior High Auditorium was slightly : Packard was introduced. At first 1 ', -.·. resentatives looked supreme but cer- \disappointing to some people from only those in the front rows could · ·-i;:· tainly their feelings of pride could , the lack of patronage by Kittery hear him but after he warmed up he not have surpassed, those of Kittery's residents. Even so, nearly every ·· became clearly audible. And after people as ,Drum-major Dorothy one of the orchestra seats was taken some historical references he said, .A:brams, her baton flashing in the and a small group ·was in the bal- "Music has an active carry over sun, brought her gold and blue clad cony. Confoundedly good looking in value in life. I believe we are miss-- .:,.!, players do)Vll the main street with a evening gowns the following Traip ing. out in not having a strong ,_ ·._ roll of drums and a blare of horns. girls ushered: Frances Fletcher, , enough community sense in music. •;',_ / It was a sight not to be missed by Ruth Hawke, Emily Nelson, Thelma ' There should be community hands ,,,, anyone with a love for Kittery in Hamm, Virginia !Morrow, Rachel and community orchestras, especially .,.. . his veins. Menard, and Phyllis Blaney. now that we are facing the fact of -~ ... . - ' Behind the Traip Band came the Bertram Packard, State Superin- increased leisure time." · Kittery Grammar School division tendent of Schools, with his luxuriBefore the final number Dinsmore - · and a detachment of Boy Scouts. !ant brush of steel gray hair, unob- spoke in praise of David Kushious · 'Then the traffic j a,ms started. I trusively took an aisle seat and was and the curtain came up on Drum Cars by the hundred headed for I later called upon for remarks by Major Abrams and her Traip Traip's field as fast as they could : Master of Ceremonies Norman B. Band. She relinquished her author/. get there. It wasn't very fast. At Dinsmore. ity to Kushious in his white suit and stragetic points the _Committee had I Ten minutes after the scheduled ' stood at the extreme left of the platstationed ticket takers and admis- ! time for beginning and after impa- form holding her baton and a black sion was charged all who didn't get tient clapping, the MC appeared on dog doll (the mascot) while they l, in by other and less sedate routes. the platform, expressed thanks to played. Then "Dave" raised the: •On the west side snow fence served Portsmouth for inviting the Festival band, bowed., and left the .stage to al as a barrier. On a rostrum equipped to parade in the city ·and, use the · thunder of applause. with a microphone ·connected with.. a Auditorium. And the program went Charles Williams put the feelings \ -7 ..... ,·.. . .., .. loud speaker Judge . Ralph Schoon- on as follows: of Kittery in four words as the audi- · · ' maker conducted the massed band Mexico High School Band, Edward ence went away. Somebody said to . concert in a strikingly colorful as- I .Stanley Conductor him, "We've got quite a town across .• ·: :..... . :, :-· . sortment of uniforms and glistening The Narrator Overture Buchtel the_ river." He answered, "I'm proud ! - •. "·· : '.' : _--., '., instruments. Traip's windows were IDeering High School Band, Joseph of it!" . loaded with spectators. So was the \ L. Gaudireau, Conductor And Kittery's big day was over. : . · ' ··.-- ·· ·:: :·· · grand-stand, so was . the snow fence. , In a Persian Market Ketelby And off on the rocks on the far side Livermore Falls Orchestra, Eliza. , :- ;.. . - f'I ., other "bandsmen" talked and Wflited i 1b eth D. Pomeroy, Conductor · ·· \(..-n•-,;.h,". · t"'-~ · for · their turns.. . Tres Jolie Waldteufel .: . ~ " \·. ; · -~Q-:l ::-, 1 0, : ' •• ·--~ ! : I ,-. · . ' _-., _. ':·.·_-_.:,: s'(\~'.:l:O , _ 1~1$ ElmeKr'ttO. Smdall t gldaveh greetingds Stephens High School Girls Glee ._·;__·-.·~.:.y.>:{ _- · ; rom 1 ery an o ow prou Club, Ida D. Sweatt, Cond. . • 1 i "we" are of our town.. · Out-of,Spring Marching Bach ; .. -~' ~,-'., ~--_·. :. towners would never have sus.pected Twirling Exhibition by Eileen Mil- ! -~.:;_:~:'-.:>= .:·· from his rem.arks that Mr. Small is ler of Newton Highland, Mass. , , _ a resident of the Town of York. .Music by Deering High School ,Mrs. •Ida !Sweatt of .Rumford, Band President of the Western Maine Fes- Sanford High School Band, Wiltiv~l Assoc., and Samu._el Griffi~hs of _liam O. Hayden, Conductor ,,·, Hyannis, President of the ·New Eng-. . In Melody Land Seredy : -· land Assoc., spoke . briefly. Griffiths Kittery Grammar School Orchesjsaid, "The future o~ music and of · tra, David Kushious, Cond. , all cultural life in the world is in the Russian Chor.al and Overture Isaac :.1 hands of the young people of Amer- W ebst~r Junior · High School Band, ica today." Russell H. Jack, Con<iuctor Deering High gave a drilling and .Selected playing exhibition, with their . color \ Traip Academy . Band, David Kuguard with fixed bayonets. During j· shious, Conductor their first few minutes on the field -s'carlet Mask Overture Zarnernik ' they were energetically and ludi- I Eileen Miller's twirling was a re- i crously followed. by a small boy in ' markable feature. In ballet siippers•, overalls who was soon removed by on her toes, in the lights with two . Boy Scouts. Mexico High marched, batons at once and in the dark with f. then iS,anford High. And a cooler two others each with a red light' ati:· breeze from the ha~bor indicated th_at both ends, her act had a professiona~· summer wasn't quite here yet, while quality. _ the crowd broke up. It is worthy of emphasis that she Mrs. Blanche Mallett, Kittery Su- has been doing this twirling onl pervisor of Music, walking down th~_ s-i nce last fall. (Proof that if y.o~ : 1 hill to the rail-less bridge, on the will you can!) I · ·\ path toward home, maintained. her Mr. Dinsmore announced that smile in s,p ite of a terrific day, and had found a pocketbook containing•.; . , £:aid Kittery should know by this a considerable sum of money tha1 1time that it had some splendid young . .!!!_ight belong to one of the visitorsi · l; musicians. · _ __ _ .. ···•--. · ~ -' -·-.-·- -· - ---·- - - -- ✓-' !f h1.·: . , , .: ,., �C.,ty ·c.\u'o __ _· . . ·.. -> ___ _ Rand Saw Mill At .R:ye Destro1Jt1ed B Filames· "'CITY CLUB -ELECTION HELD Jlrs. Mary L Sanborn amed As President For Ensuing Year \ The .Women·s Cit~• -·club held it-i c!~King meeting of the .season on TI1W:! · 1 de;r a~1d a feature v,as a lobst-er se.lad , · ' . . ·, , . : 1u1~cheon served at one o'clock atwhic~ ' about 75 members were served and it was a very pleasant .social _occ~sion a nd a fitting close to the sea;son s meet,. ings. "' . Departments From Portsmouth, Rye Reada . .And North Hampton' Summoned To • ~ . . .... .:-:-•, • · .· ,. Battle Fire · The luncheon wa, served at the club., house under the direction ciI Mrs. Lill9. Fire last night destroyed the .;;awmill made certain that a.sheii taken from the Liobev, chairman. with Mrs. Priscilla · . ; of Edgar Rand on Central r oad, Rye. boiler had no iive coals, had banked ti1e '. Jacob;neyer in charge -of the dining · ' c9.t1.si11g an estima te d damage of from boiler fire with green wood and made a 1·00111. Forsythia, dantily auangect. was lS3000 to M000 . The . building and check of the mill some time between 8 used for the floral ador'nings. !equipment were not insured. The ori- and 9 o'clock when he return_ed from the At the business session hel<i in the . ·gin of the fire is unlmovm and it follo~·s Parsons field. where he had been cut, aftei·noon the annual reports wei'e _read 1by less than a. week the attempt to ting bushes. Upon retiring a few min~ , a.nd officers for the year chosen as . '.- bum a sawl1'.).ill a t Kingston, which the utes aftel' 10 o'clock, he stated. he looked follows: ,-,heriff's department. is investigating. from his bedroom window but .saw nil President-lVIrs. l\fal'r L . Sanborn. ; The fire was discovered about 10:20 sigm of fire at. the mill. A short time ... . First. vice presidem-~'.tl-s. Georgr,rn• , ', o'clock by a. nearby resident, who .;;um◄ lacer he saw ti1e glow of the fire anti na Rowell. :moned h elp. T he Portsmouth, Rye discovered the mill was burning. i Second .-ice president- !.\In. Ellet. .Beach and North R ampton fit•e depa1tThe mili ourned last night waa buiit f Bannister. ; men ts responded tc the call and were in 1911 after a fire had burned anot.her \ Third vice presidem- ~nss Charl~ttc . able t-0 save an ad joining building in mill near the same site and in 1912 .Mt·. J Wright. ! which a valuable new planing machine Rand buih an addition to the mill. Two I .. Recording secretarr-:-M1·s. Eiizaoeth ; had recentlv been installed. years ago a shingle mill burned down. 1 · . , • '. Gan,ett. :1 When t.h~ firemen arrived. on the at which t.ime firemen saved the large Treasurer- Mrs. Nettie Badger. 3cene the mill was enveloped in flames. plant from being razed. The bulldinJ ~--- , _ · A1l.ditor- Mrs. Ethel Campbc-ill. 1The 3pectacular blaze attr act-ed hun - that. replaced the shingle mill was ·. -.,:"V:;;-: Directors-Mrs. :i\-Iary I. "\.YOOC\. ll,In. ' dreds oi people from Ryc-i. Portsmouth ,;;lightly damaged b:,- the fiame· !~t _. ·ora Wendell. Mr.,. Florc-ince CLtUl• : and other surrounding to~'l1S. Rye and night but firemen ~;re ab~ to ~heck \.~,),. ' mings, Mrs. :Marjorie Hewltt. Mi's. Pris· · ·! 3tate police were called t.o dil'ect tra ifiC' them before they m a e muc 11ea war. , , .-,::..,_·,_;, cilla Jacobmeyer. _ at the scene. Besides the loss of machinery and the _. , ·l Trustee fo1· three. yeari!-Mr.;. 1\'!:ary ¥...r. Rand sa id he had taken :il,i building about $700 worth boat. st.oc 1 · !'Tolman. ; usual 11recautions last e\'ening. He lumber wa.s destroyed by the fire, · The club has a membership of abou~ \.kxo..1-q ·~ .. : · l 75 and has had an acti•e :iud .;;uccessful year, It v:ill hold lr.s a1m_uat 1 - - - - - ~ - - - - ~1, - -·_'M ~ Cl.L\ _· - "' - ' ~"-'--' " -~-~-- - - - , ·· ,.,.· ..... children's party on Satw:day afternoon. 1 Mav 21, with l\lirs. Marton Parkhurst 9.S •j .. __., .i 1ge1;eral chairman of an-angement.s. · ,;.i ;; of ·j _,, : .·_.": ,:<•;·_·,, '- - - ' - - ~ - - - - - , - -'?-mt, · -~~ - -_·. ~~ ~ OBITUARIES "'°"~p\ ~°"i .b. PAULHOBBS !PRESIDENT OF ROTARY CLUB , 1 l 1 · '\'(\c,.,,,,\ 'i . , ci~ - ,_ 8 ---- -\. · Miu Annah L. Plllow John Berry of Trefethen's Corner fU 1 The death of Miss Annah L. Pillow, 1, one of the oldest residents of this city, Rye hari purchased the Joseph Limgdon Seavey property at Lang's Comer · occurred Friday evening at her home, , in that tcwn, consisting of 250 acre&. . .No. 275 Islington street. The house cin the property is 85 yea.rs ; Miss Pillow was born in Portsmouth, \ old, and is on the site of t he old te.v• : July 28, 1840, the daughter of the late ern. Mr. Berry intends tc divide tile Jposeph D. and Caroline (Burnham)• , property intc house lots. ! 111ow. 1 , Fuheral services will be held at h erj --,· late 'home Monday afternoon at two . . o'clock. Friends invited. · ! Officeri; of the Portsmouth. Rot r-.r Club elected today are· aa f<;>llowa: President, Paul Hobbs. Vice president. F rederick .D, 01).td• , ner, \ secretary, E. H. Drew. ' Sergeant-at- Arms, Edward - .,on. Directors, P aul C. Badger, John A, · Chabot. Dr. William Farrington. Fred• erick D. Oardnel', J ohn H. Greenaway, Paul H. Hobbs and Richman S. Marge~ ~on. -- _ BUYS PROPERTY AT LANG'S CORNER ,. r: r··_.. ,. >_ , - · -." · ''.;: i· · -' '<~ ,· . . .:.., 2.. '.c. <--: 0 ,-.· ·,· �Sanctuary Of Eliot Congregational Church_ Dedicated Impressive Services Held Yesterday Afternoon-Dedicatory Address Given By Rev. Rodney W. Roundey, Maine State • Superintendent SANCTUARY OF ELIOT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH An impressive dedication service was panied by the congregation In the sing- held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the beautified sanctuary of the Fil'st Congregational Church in Eliot. The improvements recently completed have provided this church with a chastely beautiful sanctuary conducive to real worship. The chancel now contains both pulpit and lectern and communion table in white paneled woodwork with dark walnut trim, and a pipe organ of excellent tone. Above the communion table as a central motif hangs a rich dark red curtain with a gold cross upon it. The entil'e. room ha.s been redecorated, with white predominating and a beautiful and adequate lighting system has been installed. The service of dedication opened with an organ service of music played by Mrs . Rheta Tasker on the memorial organ given in memory of the late Mrs. Marion E. Nelson by members of her family. The selections included "Jesus Lover of My Soul" by Parry, "Adoration" by Cummings and Handel's The choir entered, accom- ing of the processional hyTlm, "The Church's One Foundation." The minister, Rev. Basil Harris, pronounced the salutation and the invocatioi;i.. The director of music, Henry Anderson, sang Malotte•s arrangement of the "Lord's Prayer." A respcmsive service foUowed and an anthem by the choir, "The Lord is My Light" by Clark. Appropriate scripture passages from the 84th and 122nd Psalms and from sec ond ClU'onicles, sixth chapter were read by Rev, Harold W. Curtis of Portsmouth. Rev. Arthur Acy Rouner sang "How Lovely Are TI1y Dwellings" by Liddle. The dedicatory address was given by Rev. Rodney w. Roundy, state superintendent of the Congregational-Christian Conference of Maine. He emphasized the important and necessary functions of the Christian Church which, he said, performs a very large amount of practical service in the com- benefactions, the church from the beginning having ta.ken care of the poor within its membership. He also emphasized the important part the church has had In the development of education through the academies and colleges founded and fostered by her.· The values Inherent in the publlc worship of God, in the high and Christian fellowship of the church and In the improvement of mankind through missionary endeavor and outreach were all clearly drawn by the .speaker. He reminded his hearers that the church Is not just another club or .society for convenience and enjoyment, but verily a divine •lnstitutlon founded by Obrist In God's plan for the redemption of humanity. He brought the congratulations and good wishes of the fellowship throughout the state as lte repreoontatlves and expressed his own joy in the new appointments, so very appropriate and beautiful . The act of dedication followed the singing byall of the hymn, "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord." The responsive service In this ceremony was conducted by the pastor, Rev . .Basil Harris, who stood by the element mentioned each In turn In the resnonsive "Act of Dedication." The prayer of dedication was offered by Rev . A. A. Rouner, followed by the "Gloria" and the hymn, "Faith of Our Fathers, Living Still . " The service closed with the benediction choir response and postlude, "Gr~d March from Alda", and it was a peautiful service in dedication of a rarely beautiful sanctuary. Plans for the changes were drawn by M. E, Witmer. UNCOVER OLD FOUNDATION An old granit.e foundation, buried un:: der more than two feet of loam and gravel, has been found in a yard on Court street, near Rogers. More than 80 yean ago the .second two houses located there was torn down, Judge Thomas H. Simes said today. An elm tree, on which 30 growth rings were counted tC>day, wu 1iJst l'emoved and wo1kmen are now excavating pan of the old cellar preparatory to moving the present building_ on that lot leDgthW'ise f.6 the frontage on Court etreet. Besides finding the granite blocks of Ute old foundation the old cellar hole was fllfed with smaller stone wl'l!ch will be used in the foundaqon for the building which ls to be moved there. �0 To Observe National Hospital Day Tomorrow ...,-·~ ,! ,, :;._ !>· ~,~~\_§'"'t.,wjJt1t.'\ff/';;_~ ,:-:: tz+i*(' j;" , ) > ~ ,/ r ) . L, ,""·~~ >~-'· .MATERNITY HOME, MOST RECENT ADDITION TO PORTSl\lOUTH by Justine Flint The Portsmuuth Hospital is one of our finest anct most progressive instltutlons. Through the years it has reached a high standard of security and honor. It Is today a member of the American Hospital Association and is approved by the American College of ,.5urgeons. It was through the constant efforts of a group of men, who, in spite of seeming impossibilities and lack of finances, dared to look toward the future that our first small cottage hospital was established. Early history of the hospital takes us back to 1879 when it originated as a Children's Home in a small house at the lower end of Court Street. In 1881 it was called The Chase Home for Children. The Cottage Hospital was incorporated in conjunction with The Chase Home For Children 1n 1887. The New Hampshire Legislature separated the two in 1895 and it was henceforth known as The Cottage Hospital. The original trustees to whose memorable work we pay tribute were as follows: Titus S. Tredick, John Hatch, Henry Hovey, Alfred L. Elwyn, Edward Kimball, Woodbury Langdon, John S. Rand, L. H. Thayer, Frank Jones, J. A. Farrington, and John W. Parsons. The quarters on Court Street were found to be entirely inadequate, due to the location and in 1890 it was decided to build a new hospital. Money was acquired by subscription and In 1894 plans were laid. The new Cottage Hospital was officially opened on Junkins Avenue on November 25, 1895. The name was later changed to The Portsmouth Hospital in 1911. On October 15, 1919, William C. Walton, a man who has had much to do with lhe success of this hospital, was elected one of the trustees, and in November, 1924 was elected as Secretary of the Board of Trustees and has held this position Miss Rosanna O'Donoghue became superintendent in 1924. On her arrival there were six student nurses, two of whom graduated within three months. The following September a class of six was admitted. From then on the classes Increased until in 1934 there were thirty students at the hospital. It was decided the following year to close the school as there was an overflow of unemployed nurses In the country and It was deemed unwise to educate any more girls for this profession at that time. The Portsmouth Hospital has an efficient and capable staff of graduate nurses whose work Is above the average. They take a profound interest In their cases and they told us stories of humor and pathos which occur every day in hospital life and which bring nurse and patient in closer contact. One appealing case was that of a sman negro boy of eleven years at the hospital with a congenital hip which was gradually growing worse. He had not learned to walk until he was seven years old and then with-a pitiful limp. But he was cheerful and quiet and was especially contented while his hands were busily engaged In modeling some object out of clay. He was also talented with crayons. Miss O'Donoghue particularly favors his sketch of a tramp sl~ing on a bench with his dog at Christmas time. Although he has sint:e been dismissed, walking now with the aid of crutches, he Is coming back soon to have his other hip treated and to draw more pictures for his appreciative nurses. "~termination i half the cure," we were told and a striking example of this was the case of a 76-year-old woman with two broken legs. At her age she was not expected to walk again without crutches, but through her religious faith she believed tha t her legs would heal and she left the hospital walking as well as ever. At one time one hospital room 1e s x o a es etween the ages of 71 to 76, all with broken hips. Needless to say there was keen competition as to who would recover first. In March 1925 the hospital was remodeled and furnishings and equipment were moved to the Army and Navy Building on Daniels Street. The Nurses' Home was still maintained on Junkins Avenue, however, and they traveled back and forth in a beach wagon. The hospital was again ready for use in January 1926 and a new Nurses' Home was built in 1928. A modern, well equipped Maternity Building was opened on March 12, 1935. Miss O'Donoghue informed 1'S that upon her arrival in 1924 the hospital took care of about 17 patients dally. The present daily average has increased to 61 patients. It was brought to our attention that many of the Improvements, alterations and new equipment would never have become possible If it had not been for the tireless determin11tlon of Mr. Edward Seybolt. Acting as President of the Board of Trustees, he devoted all his time in enlarging and developing the hospital. He had great foresight and he inspected numerous other hospitals throughout New England, always searching "for new and better methods to benefit this hospital. It was through his constant effort that new modern kitchens were installed and h~ spent hours drawing up plans for the new bu1ldmgs. Throughout the years he never accepted any returns whatever for his services. He received his payment in the satisfaction of his work, and his happiness through gi\•ing to others. Latest equipment at the Portsmout1' Hospital includes a Metabolism outfit, a Diathermy, a nd electro-surgical unit and an emergency light for the opera: ting room. The r efrigeration plant Is also bein enla r ed. �After the resignation of Mr. Seybolt, The hospital manufactures 1 own Col. H. Clinton Taylor became chair- lee and has a noiseless machine for man of the Board of Trustees in Octo- this purpose in the boiler house which ber of 1937. Col. Taylor paid high trib- produces 300 lbs. of ice every day, ute to Miss O'Donoghue for her loyalThe plaster room holds many queer ty and assistance in building the hospi- looking beds and instruments. Here a tal to Its present standard. He said: patient can be placed In any '])0sition "The high rating which this hospi- and firm casts made for his broken tal enjoys today ls due in a great de- limbs. gree to Miss O'Donoghue and to the Ali buildings are equipped with the doctors, who deserve much credit." latest type of elevators and numerous He remarked that people generally sun porches offer light and airy comdcm't appreciate the fine work being fort to patients. done by the doctors. The Maternity Building is a systemCol. Taylor revealed that for 1938 atic and interesting place. Here everyplans are being formed to develop a thing ls immaculate and complete. The second operating room, as more space delivery room contains all that is necis much needed by the doctors. The essary for the safe arrival of its babies. X-Ray equipment will be moved from Blue beads re lettered 111 alphabetical its present location in the main build- order and names are formed with the ing to the lower oart of the maternity beads which are strung and tied to the building. This wlll allow the required space for installing all modern and up, new baby's wrist before he leaves the delivery room. to-date equipment In connection with We thought the nursery, however, the X-Ray. Although the Portsmouth Hospital most fascinating place in the entire is often referred to as being a "rich hospital. Here tiny squirming infants, hospital", Col. Taylor reminded us that all very re.ct and very warm, are cared there is an ever increasing demand on for, With clenched fists and kicking the finances of the hospital. Besides · feet, they open drowsy eyes in wonderthe cost of improvements, lhe annual ment at the audible expressions of adreplacement of supplies, etc., there is miration made outside their glass doa low yield on Investments as free cases main by adoring onlookers, and slowly, are constant drain. Free services rather bored with it all, they lazily give alone amounted to $29,608.20 for the themselves over to sleep again. year 1937, One little fellow especially filled us The operating room In the hospital with wonder. He was done up In coUon is a marvel in itself. New and amazing and was so small it was difficult to find methods for quick and expert surgery him at all. He is the nurses' pride and ate ht evidence In orderly arrangement joy. ,Born premature, he weighed only ready for the next operation. Miss two lbs. and six ounces. Now he Is the O'Donoghue remarked that "surgical proud possessor of three lbs. and six supplies are like the fashions, you've ounces. He is fed with a tube and is got to keep up with lhcm to the small- kept in an incubator that controls the est detail." temperature in which he lives. Gloves and instruments are boiled The maternity bu1Jding has a diet and sterilized, All sterile supplies are kitchen and linen closet on each floor. baked for an hour. Everything in adEvery Tuesday the district nurse joining rooms is ready for emergency. holds a Well Baby Clinic &t the hosWithin 20 minutes from the time a pital. Around thirty mothers attendpatient cnter1, lhe hospital he can be with their babies and are given advice operated on. Shelves of towels, pajamas, on how to care for their children and and blankets are kept warm. The how to safeguard their health. masks, caps, and gowns, compulsory in An extensive work is being accomthe operating room, are within instant plished by the Portsmouth Hospital reach. Guild. This guild is made up of a volMiss O'Donoghue is always pleased to unteer body of local women who meet show anyone interested through the once a month at the Nurses Home to buildings and she spent many hours sew necessary hospital supplies. During helping us to understand every detail last year 406 articles, including baby in the daily 1·outine of the hospital. garments, pajamas, and sheets were From the operating room we traveled made. Mrs. Theodore Hay ls President, to the basement where we saw the large Irma Wells Hatding, secretary, and and spotless diet kitchens. Soup kettles, Mrs. Harry W. Peyser, treasurer. steamers, sinks and other kitchen furOn Thursday, May 12, the Portsnishings were all of stainless steel. The labor(I tories under the compe- mouth Hospital wlll observe National tent supPrvMon of Miss Kathryn Re- Hospital Day, and will be open to the gan are modern and complete. Miss publlc from 1 to 5 P. M. Visitors may Regan also has charge of the Case spend a profitable and entertainingHlstorie.s and she showed us her record afternoon viewing the interesting interroom which was started in 1924. It is ior of this modern hospital. fireproof and contains the full detalls of every case. Case histories are kept forever, X-ray cases for six years. Her system is recommended and approved by the American College of Surgeons. The innumerable store rooms for drugs, groceries, linens, clothing, etc. are of particular interest in themselves. National Hospital Day, observed on May 12 ach year in hospitals througnout the country to honor the memory of Florence Nightingale, despite bart weather conditfom, brought about 200 visitor to the Portsmouth Hospital on Thursday afternoon where open house was held from 1 t-0 5 o'clock. The visitors were pleased to avail themselves of the opportunity to inspect the institution which does such great service in the community with its valuable equipment, able superintendent and I effic ient staff of graduate nurse , wbo work in cooperation with the physicians. The visitors were cordially received by Mrs. Harry Harding and Mrs. J. Wallace Lear as they arrived in the main hall and all signed the register, which was in charge of Mrs. John Oilman. Four members of the Alumnae Association assisted in acting as guides. Miss ~ertha Barnabee, Miss Sally Fudge, Mrs. Reginald Trafton and Mr . Omer Comeau. The guests were much Interested in being .shown about the building and having the equipment explained t-0 them. They were conducted through bolt and he was given a. most corthe maternity hom , and the guid explained much about I.he equipment and me thods. There were 60 patients in the hospital esterday. The last year's record, according to the report of 1937, just issued, was a. record one at the institution, 2175 patient:.s being reated there and the births numbered 298. Miss R~nna o •ponoghue, the efficient uperlntenderlt, and Mrs. Knowles, her assist.ant, aided in various wai• in the :National Ho pital Day observance and bad much pride in greeting the guests and answering questions about the Institution and its up-to-da equipl)'lent .. The Hospital Guild was in charge of the arrangement:.s iot the aft.ernoon. Tea was served in tlhe lloctor room, the table appoin ment being very attractive. At each end was a sllter service and two tall yello candles and in the, center of the table '!"as a -choice bouquet of cut flowers. Tea, assorted cookies and mlnt.s were served by Mrs. Roland Sukeforth and Mrs. Hayden Wood. Mrs. Arthur Page 9?1dMrs. John Goodrich Msisted in serving. Trays were sent to the patients, Mrs. Jame Go<>drlch being 1n general charge of this committee. The trays were daintily arranged and on each WRS a flowering potted plant and the paper napkin was beautified With ribbon. Tea, fancy cookie~ and mint:s 'were also served on t,he trays. Among the visitors was Ed ard Seybolt, acting as president ot the boa.rd of t~~es, anq he was given a most cordial greeting, friends being very glad to know his hell,lth had Improved after his serious illness. Mr. Beybolt's constant �efforts toward the bettermen of the hospital are well known and his able work pas bee~ greatly a,ppreciated. Co!. H. 'bllnton Taylor, who after the reslgn1;1,tion ,pf Mr. Seybolt last October, became chairman of the board of trust.ees, was also among the visitors present and he received hearty greetings. Physicians, clergymen and other representative citizens and people of the commmilty were present and all showed muoh Interest and pride as they Inspected the institution. . . Mrs. Theodore Hay, the able president of the Hospital Guild, had general charge of a1T11.ngements !or the afternoon and howed her interest in VRrloUB ways. The Guild has ended its sewing meetings tor the sea.son, but much work has been accomplished by Its members !or the institution. We should all be proud that Portsmoth bas so nne a hospital. Helping folks to get well, if possible, Is. the job of the· hospital and its work is carried on 24 hours of every day in the year. In case of sudden illness or accident it is ever ready to aid and in many instances life may depend u_pon the quick contact with a hospital, Us medical and nursing staff and certain equipment it has available to meet various conditiom. tion as its part m the Constitutional convention. The state association plans to enter a float. She also reported that Frederick Gardner of Concord had been made an honorary member of that organization. Schedules for the spring flower show to be given in June were given to the members and it was called to their attention that MI'S. William Champlain of Rochester, state presi• dent, attended the Boston school of judging and after the final examination it was announced that she had the high• est marks. Mrs. Champlain Is expect• ed to be one of the judges at the coming flower show. During the afternoon Mrs. Harold M. Smith introdui:ed Mrs. Marvin to the members, and the latter told of her trip to Norfolk, Va., recently. After the meeting refreshments were served. OBSERVES 91ST .BIRTHDAY CITY TO RECEIVE $33,388.69 OF · DIVIDENDS TAX b ~~, Increase Of $2,702.0 I Over Payment Of Last Year Wilbert F. Cameron of the Tax Commission announcec;l on Tuesday that the grand totals for the interest and dividends tax for the state this year will reach $707,635.80, or $68,065.89 more than for the year of 1937. Mr. Cameron explains that these figures are of returns up to May 1 and in some cases will be increased by other returns on which extension of time for filing ha,e been granted. Figures for 1937 and 1938 are net, afte,· deduction of an estimated cost of two per cent for administration. The largest payment will be to the city of Manchester, $105,654.23, compared with $93,919.05 a year ago. Concord comes next, with $52,958.61, against $47,732.12 in 1937, and Nashua is third, with $49,831.52, a gain from $42,559.01 last year. Portsmouth's share of the dividends tax is $33,388.69. Last year the city received $30,686.68. Payments to other cities of the state will be as follows: TO DONATE LILACS TO ARBORETUM The Portsmouth Garden Club will give $15 worth of lilacs to the lilac arboretum in Durham, according to a vote of the members at a meeting held at the home of Mrs. William E. Marvin Y.esterday and $5 more will be added to th~t amount as a donation from J. Ve1ne Wood. The prize for the best outdoor Chris.tmas decorations was awarded to l\{r. Wood and he donat.ed the $5 prize to the lilac fund. All the garden clubs in the state are donating to the fund and it'was explained that the largest sum is coming from the Portsmouth club as the largest and most active club in the state. The Rochester club is donating $10. During the afternoon 35 members enjoyed a plant exchange in the back yard of the Marvin home. Either on Friday or Saturday the members are planning to visit a Hampton Falls apple farm, where they will view the apple blossoms, which are now in bloom. It was also voted to hold a card party at the home of Mrs. Robert Sweetser In Greenland on Wednesday, May 18. "Hills of Old New Hampshire," a moving picture, part of which is devoted to a pageant given by the State Federation of Garden Clubs at Crawford Notch last summer, will be show In this city 1ater this month it was announced at the meeting. Mrs. Charles Amhoff gave an Interesting report on the meeting of the State Federation at Durham and also explained the program -of the organlza- the Stanford Biblical School. He reill'ed from the ministry 10 years ago, but has since occasionally supplied pulpits and keeps in touch with church work. He is a member of the Portsmouth Ministerial Association and still keeps up his interest in church work, although with waning physical strength he can do less. Having an optimistic spirit he has made many friends and always has a cheerful greeting for all. He has resided o.t the Wentworth Home on Plensant street for some years. Rev. Elvin K. Amazeen, well known retired local clergyman, who was ordained a Christian minister 60 years ago, attained his ninety-first birthday anniversary on Sunday. The day was quietly passed and at the moming service at the Court Street Christian Chucch, of which he was a forme1· pastor, he was called to the pulpit platform by the minister, Rev. Ivar Sellevaag, to address the congregation. After the service, Mr. Amazeen received congratulations from his former parishioners in that -society. He received a shower of birthday cards on Saturday and two choice bouquets. Mr. Amazeen is very active for one of his age and enjoys a walk in the open daily. He was born in New Castle and attended the New Castle schools and the Portsmouth High School. He later was graduated from Starkey Seminary and 1938 1937 Berlin $ 4,963.14 $ 5,231.55 Dover 14,543.19 13,400.17 Franklin 5,714.38 8,208.54 Keene 22,610.12 22,201.47 Laconia 9,226.23 9,017.79 Rochester 30,297.07 33,087.08 Somersworth 2,238.99 2,555.53 The biggest payment to a New Hampshire town is to Peterborough, which will receive $35,389.89, an advance from a 1937 payment of $28,785 .94. Retur9s for the large1· towns include Bethlehem Claremont Derry Dublin Exeter 1938 1937 $ 8,032.72 $ 9,433.97 15,437.26 6,902.56 12,893.86 15,773.27 15,010.04 7,524.50 12,493.69 8,200.90 12,605.63 7,442.29 8,327.20 14,388.08 13,808.26 ~ ~ 6,779.78 6,407.92 '\Yi.cu.., .. ,._,._. 7,960.86 �ECEPTIONFO EW REENLA D PASTOR TUE DAY Rev. nd Mrs. Archibald Kerr To Be Honor d By Parishioners talks and lectures. With funds collected the church and its surroundings were improved, Besides hla w1tiring work for the church the pastor took great interest in community affairs. This was particularly true of his efforts in behalf of the boys of ttie town. Intensive work for the parishioners nd the conununity was not confined to Mr, Kerr, for Mrs. Kerr was equally busy with similar work for the women and girls, She was president of the Ladies Society of the chw·ch for seven vears and took a leading part in many of the girls' organizations . The fact that Rev. and Mrs . Kerr are the proud parents of nine chlldret1 perhaps best explains why thev both have been so successful in the inany ffairs pertaining to the youlh of the communities in and around Swanzey. Besides a natural rove for children, which always has ~ responsive effect, their own ex• periences have given them materials with which to deal with other problems of a like nature. At the farewell reception given Rev. and Mrs. Kerr in Swanzey, Rev. Frye of Westmoreland referred to his brother pastor as having "vim, vigor, vitality and joviality that has made him dear," Although the new pastor did not occupy the pulpit of the Greenland chw·ch until May 1, he has, in that short period of time, been found to possess all these admirable qualities nd many more, The same quotation seems to apply to the pastor's wife with equal truth, the persecutions of the Puritans, but to improve the economic position of themselves and their descendia.nts by securing positions in the Navy Yard! The work is not intended for the sober-minded who take their history literally, but ra,ther for those who never let a mere fact stand Lhem and a good laugh! BEQUESTS TO PORTSMOUTH INSTITUTIONS . The will of the late Horace W. Pearson of this city leaves more th~n $10,· 000 to public institutions. After the public and private bequests the residue of the estate will be tu1·ned into a trust fund to be known as the "Horace W. Pearson Fund For Aged People." The fund will be Wlder the trustees of the Mark Wentworth Home. The public bequests are as follows: Chase Home for Chll<;lren, $1.000, Home for Aged Women, $1,000. Salvation Army of Portsmouth, $1,000. American Red Cross of Portsmouth, NEW MAINE BOOK By Form.er Commandant of Since the congregation of the GreenPortsmouth Naval Hospital land Federated Church will hold a reception in honor of Rev. and Mrs, Archibald Kerr neKt Tuesday evening it will be of interest to many to learn something of the new pastor's many achievements prior to his call to Greenland. Mr. Kerr was bom in Rothsay, Scot• land, In that town he received his early education, later going to Glasgow, where he entered Trinity College. At the conclusion of his studies at that world fatrtous seat of leamlng,.,he at• tended The Bible Traht.ing Institute in the same city, Pravious to leaving for the United States Mr, Kerr married Miss Alice Kelly. He came to this co1,mtry in 1921 and his first pastorate was thtt Plmt Congregational Ohurch at ~outh Amherst, Mass. From there he waa called to Swanzey, where he was pastor 't or 11 years and three months, It was While he was in that town that he re• ceived his call to the Greenland chw·ch wl1lch, after considerabJe thought, he accepted, for his parishioners did their utmost to retain him . The pastor's achievements h1 Swanzey are nwnerous, the most outstanding be• ing his forming of the Swanzey Men's Club, which from a charter membership of 28 has grown to nearly 100. Under the auspices of this organization Mr. Ke11.· brought many state nd nationally known men to Swanzey for intormal A new Maine book, "Why Leave Hom ~," by a former commandant of LJie Portsmouth Naval Hospital, who writes under the name of Sparock Hall Kennedy, has just been released by Lhc Falmouth Book House of PorLlan<li, Maine. The book, decribed by the author as a "mendacious hi&iory ," pays humorous tribute to the cosmopolitan place names of the Pinc Tree State and vivaciously presents life as it nright be in Kiltery, York, Scotland, Berwick and other spots bearing names imported from overseas. Illustrations are by Fred Pendexter of Steep Falls and Portland. The leading character of "Why Leave Home?" one Ananias Jukes, a student of Artemus Ward and Baron Munchausen, pilots a trailer parLy of ladies through York County and on up the coast. His lectures to the group bring out fresh and astonishing data on the Navy Yard, John Paul Jones, the Mclntires, and Sir William Pepperrell's exploit in capturing Louisburg, Ky. Jukes throws new light on the settlement of Kittery by English emigrants, who, he asserts, came thither, not to escape $1,()00. Boy Scouts of Portsmouth, 1,000. Girl Scouts of Portsmouth, $1,000. Sea Scouts of Portsmouth, $1,000. Y. M. C. A. of Portsmouth, $1,000. Y. W. C. A. of Portsmouth, $1,000, Advent Christian church, $300 lddle Street Baptist church, $200. Rev. and Mrs. Winslow W. Lyon have moved to Eliot, where he was re• cen tly transferred. Dr. and Mrs, E. H . Siter of Philadel• phia, Pa. , have arrived at their summer home at Western Point. Another Church Home Night will held at the Community House Thursday evening of this week. A recent real estate transfer makes Bragdon's Island (between the Seabury bridges) the property of Mr. and Mrs Mason Newick. We understand that house is to be erected there at an earl market· was pl ced near the Em son Hotel last week to mark the site of the first house of worship. This was done by the local ch pter of the D. A. R. n Saturday' Music Festival program at Kittery were several numbers by the York schools, a1,11ong them those of glee clubs and solo numbers. Many om this town were in attendance. �RTIST TO RETURN TO FORMER HOME IN SOUTH BERWICK New Bridge At Kittery Point Open To Traffic Structure Across Spruce Creek Started In November As WPA Project Nearly Completed RUTH HOMANS NOYES Ruth Homans Noyes, noted portrait painter, has returned to this section and will establish a summer studio at her former home in South Berwick. Mlsa Noyes is particularly well known for her work in painting oil portraits copled from tintypes, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and old photographs . The displaying of ancestral portrait.'! in homes is becoming more and more popular and members of old families are resurrecting ancient tintypes and having them copied in oil portraits and Miss Noyes has been highly successful in this work. Arrangements have been made for the display of a group of Miss Noyes' original water color drawings at Hassett's store. Herald Newsphoto The new replaces the old at Kittery and Kittery Point over Sprnce Creek where P. W. A. workers are shown completing the last of 36 bridges built under the Maine State Highway Commis Ion. INVITATIONS TO WEDDING RECEIVED Invitations have been received in this city for the marriage of Miss Betty Louise Main, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Main of Denver, Col., to Henry Wilder Keyes, Jr., of Boston, son of former United States Senator Henry W. Keyes and Mrs. Keyes which will take place at the Church of the Ascension in Denver on June -2. The new bridge across Spruce Creek on ~now hauling for revenue during at Kittery Point ,s open to traffic, and the winter months and last while ,t is noted completed, it is a big winter's lack of snow made this job of g;eat imporLance to many of the impr'lvement over the old bridge, Traf- people fie was routed over the new structure The bridge, which connects Kittery late last weelc, John T, Feeney, resi- and Kittery Point, replaces the one dent engineer Inspector of the Public which has been there fo1· a .nwnber of Works administration says. years and is the last of the 36 bridges Work of demolishing the old struc- built by the Maine state Highture and the completion· of the work way Commission with a 45 per cent on the approaches to the new bridge grant furnished by the Public Works has already begun. Admmistration. Construction of the bridge started in The general contractor ls the Wyman November of la-,t year and continued & Simp, on Co., of Augw,ta represented uninterrupted through the entire win- by John Rice, superlr>tendent, and ter. Starting att a season of the year Fred Boyce, timekeeper, Direct rewhen work was at a low ebb this pro- pres~ntation for the state of Maine was ject provided thousands of dollars for supplied by Bradford Leighton, restlabor and much more for truck hire dent engineer and Hiram Malcolm, enand drivers. Thu feature of the work gineer inspecto1. John T. Feeney, reproviding for trucks was most oppor- sident engineer inspector, represented tune as many of these trucks depend the PWA. �-~~ .JlJniq'~; Marine i.: boratory - f - :! to Open Sessions June 20 :.,.: NHU Zoology Students Again Will Take Boat to Rocky Appledore Island fo r 11th Annual Summer Course . Special to The Union. have severa bio ogists, mem DURHAM, May 12-Graduate and staffs in New England colleges, uni• versities and research labor~tories, undergraduate zoology students of visit during the eight-week sum the University of New Hampshire's mer period to address and confe summer schoohl will settle down with the ~tudents. Among them June 20, for an eight-week study j w~ be Dr. Alde~ B. Dawson, bi~ . , logical laboratories, Harvard um ~eriod at rocky Appledore island Iversity; Dr. T. w. Bissonette, de , m the Isles of Shoals at the 11th jpartment of zoology, Trinity col ., annual session of the Marine Zoo- !lege; Dr. Ann H. Morgan, depart logical laboratory. ment of zoology, Mount Holyoke 1 Unique as the only college or college; Dr. Clarence C. ' Little, '. university ocean laboratory in Am- 1Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial , ·1 erica which can be reached only I laboratory, Bar Harbor, Me., and by b oat, every marine condition I Dr. W. W. Bowen, department of . imaginable will be easily ·accessible zoology, Dartmouth col~ege. j to the student. Currenw within the Study has been outlined so that Gulf of Maine bring all manner of. a student may complete a whole 1 int~resting organism to its shores, :year's college work in _zoology durwhile a variety of conditions are mg the summer period. Course!l I present :from small enclosed bays will be open to those wiEhing to . i and sheer rocky cliffs to ocean ful_fill regular college science re- • depths of more than 00 feet. quirements or for those wishing 11 Uninhabited, except for a Coast · credit_ toward a m~ster's degree _or .. Guard crew and a lone familty that , teaching preparation. A special < supports itself by fishing, Apple- , course in microscopic technique is •. 1, dore's mile and a halt of land is planned if demand warrants. · 1 conspicuous for its bareness and For recreation the program i!l rough, irregular rocks topped with well organized, with swimming, , a sparse carpet of low shrub!l and boating, lobster boils and clam• : herbs. bakes planned. Work will require ·i Un preten ti ous Start frequent trips by the students to Behind the unusual and informal ~mutty Nose, a. relatively :fl.at . . island, to study marme fauna, or to sy!ltem of study, which combines Duck island, known for its broken 1 /theory with examination of actual rocks and herring gulls, to find · 1specimens, is history of unprece- ab~ndant live animal _ invertebrates, . , ~ · · l dented growth. The first summer while i:n,ud bottom animals are col- :~: '!1 ~28, was an unpretentious begin- lected m ~osspo~t..harbor:. . . . . . . mmg for what has developed into · .=-: , ·, \- -.< • 1 1 __,¾i'_.- •..,:,;-,-. "-~ one of the university's principal I. lu w ~ \UI.•~ .r~ : · : ; , summer department!). Founded by t · ,· · · · Dean and Mrs. Floyd Jackson, the :~ °"'"'1 \,~ · ··school first occupied two well-built ,· • · I but n eglected buildings, leased by ' - , the university. One served as a girls' dormitory, living quarters for .•1a part of the staff, kitchen, dining . jhall, laboratory and classroom. The · . other, completely without window!l, Ihoused the men students. Fourteen • • 1 students in all were accommodated. The next year's quarters were " enlarged somewhat and 20 students · ' ·: jwere accommodated. From 1930 the ,\~, · enrollment increased each year. . "."' i More buildings were taken over, '· . reconditioned and occupied, until •j at the present time all of the five buildings left of the fire-razed Ap' .. J pledore hotel colony owned by the • 1Star Island corporation, are m:ed Jby the zoology laboratory. At capacity last summer, the building housed an instructional staff and an - enrollment of 60. j Faculty Th is Year _ . , Included on the faculty for the " • 1laboratory this coming summer are -~-, two prominent visiting instructors, • Dr. Norman K. Arnold, instructor ' in zoology at Dartmouth, and Dr. •·1Claud D. Williams, head of the de .·., partment of. zoology, Providence · : County Day school, Providence, R. • . lI.:..~rangemenui have_been made io__ / 1 I l ·1 I :'.1 .... ,, . "'.i:'•-.~?.; ·, , ;~. ic :,:,'t<':~ 0 ,;,,;;,;,."':~: ·~.::•; ··• ,.'-.;.!':·)' ·., . ·: ·, ·• • •• �~~.iE~'.•;~::;;ri ~l :YACHT ANNUALCLUB HAS chapter on "Old Pascataquack deals I . with the glories of the sea-faring days I, . ,1 of this region. '·The Hand of Water" describes the five tributaries of the \ Piscataqua River, arranged like a J man's left hand and wrist laid upon a ,- ; • A new book on our state of New table, back upwards and fingers wide ·- 1 ,Hampshtre. preseting its fascinating apart, the thumb being the Salmon I Hon. Robert Marvin was re-elected 1feat ures from nearly all angles, has Falls River, the forefinger the Bellacommodore of the Portsmouth Yacht · !just been published and takes its place my River, the second finger the Oysclub for the sixth time, .at the annual as perhaps the finest yet written in ter River, the third finger the Lammeeting held at the partially completed , - -1 regard to the Old Granite State as a. prey River and the fourth the Exeter Yacht club at New Castle last eve- -~.:· -1 whole. Its title is "Let Me Show You or Squamscott Ri.ver. The palm of the ning. This was the 40th annual meetNew ,Han1pshire,'~ and its author is hand represents Great Bay. f:~ ing of the club and was attended by a - Ella Shannon Bowles, a native of New Each of the historic towns along \ : . very large number. .: .1Ha.mpsh.ire and a former president of these watercour~es, including Green- l, . The complete list of officers in....... ;·•:..:..::.•..._;..·· . • . t he New Hampshire Branch of the Na- land, Newington, Stratham, Newmareludes: _ :· ... .,.. ttona,l League of American Pen Wo- ket, and Durham, are fascinatingly l. Commodore-Robert Marvin. meet . presented. [ Vice commodore-John Seybolt. ·- : Everything anyone might want tp · Rear commodore-Warren Robinson. kno w about New Hampshire might be The Hampton or Winnicut section Sec.-treasurer-Herman J. Leibrock. • - said to be contained in this book. Its is described and a chapter is given to ·l Board of directors-:Robert Marvin, rivers, lalces and ponds, cities and ham- witchcraft in New Hampshire. Lake \ John Seybolt, Warren Robirlson, Rob-. . lets, old. legends and current vital sta- Winnipesa.ukee, old Indian days, borert Boyd, Thomas Critchley, Vincent der tales, Whittier's New Hampshire, ·. tistic3, ;,kilng, fishing and ' hunting, Taccetta, Otto Johnson, Harold T. ndi th te ·. · -: ;~ arts and h0.ndicrafts, farms and moun- stories of Daniel WebS r, e ha - I Freeman, Judson Hannigan, Marvin R. ::·; ,t~ crafts of the state, memories of the · • -~ ., _-:.. :<- ,: t .i.ns: cooking, ir..ns and roads, the enSolt, E. Curtis Matthews and R. T. ;•,.. · ·-. 8 . tire state "from Coos to the sea," is Merrimack, covered . bridges, the state's Hendrickson. ·.. 1•",''\;f.:_:; t nd ; ·:s. presented a fascina.ti;lg story. newspapers e, writers, Robert FroS , . Membership committee-Robert Mar.•·.·~.-·.,_~:~:· .· .: -•,. I The book opens with a delightful bird, beast and fish, art, industries, ; \ vin, John Seybolt, Norman Rand, _:-. introductiot by Kenneth Roberts in . the mountain region, the Coos country, "":\ Thomas Sykes and Fred A. Gray . . "• ••·/ which' he describes what New Hamp- Mount Washington, the Old Man of •· 1/ Regatta committee-Robert J . Boyd, , -- . : sh re means to him. t he Mountain, skiing, the Notches, /William C. Walton, Jr., and Edmund .,-: ... c; ,. ·· Mrs. Bowles' volume is not a history cooking in New Hampshire, and the Tarbell. · :;,. __·,~~------:;: .. nor a, guidebook but rather is a series state's farmlands are among the at' Plans were made for a most active "'of per;;on0.l impressions, supplemented t ractions of this book which will deeply ; season. The opening night will take - · :'.'. 7:'): ' ~Y re,~ .rch in hfstorical background. interest both the new-comer to our ; place on June 1, and this will also be _'_ 1.::i: 3 ·l .She glves · acknowledgment to Miss state and the person who has long had : dedication and ladles' night. The new · :~ ,;:·:,;.~; , Dorot:ty Va ughan and Arthur L. Har- the privilege of living here. Both will ' clubhouse which was started some time , .· I r imo.n for assist9,nce in regard to the . close this book with a deeper apprecia- ~. ago will be ~11 completed by that time Ilocal sect t0n. tion of old, yet ever new, New Hamp- f •. and in readmess for one of the biggest ::,~;t '!' ·_ _ .• _-I T he b)ok, published by Alfred A . shire. seaso~s in the histo:Y of t?e club. The ·-:': ~:~~~ . ',~ \ Knopf. Inc., Ne 1 York City, at $3 .50, 1· . _... . . .· _ .. ~ _- · ..- committee which will be m charge of .', -~ .~ ·.,:.-:11a very well H11.1atrated. -~~i:h;,~·,W:~d::. ;. ·. :\::.:, the arranlfements includes John Sey- c:-y:~_'('.l-'j1, -~:-. " L% Me Show You New Hampshire•· ;-·.- .i_:.- ~; •.a , :·, ·t' ~::·~,.{"' _: bolt, Benjamin Hartshorn, Robert Mar- /~,.--;;/:;,~ ·- · h a.~ art admirable individuality. It is -,-·:\: · ~ 1• ::.. \" . ·. · r. · · · ~- · , vin, Irving Butterworth, R . T. Wood, '- :;· .•;;;_ 'ELECTION I -~ ~J/} I ·-•·1 ~ as ,:.~:_·.~- ;.►·-,' l. I ,• .~,_i·_·.--'.··:r .~_:.·::,:·'·· .... ·.. ;A, i· ,;,~If .t::.::$ I'. ,o:·i i':" , .-' -~ -~~~:! ~~~~ .f:~~l:~!gta::~~~~ ;~~~ 1CQJ\ST GUARD WOME~• MEET • \~: 'v~c~~~ Ta~:ce~t~/n~ Ho~~~-n~~::t · . :-.-~·_P~-~-~- :_.'·..__ ,: --~'.; ,::i,. ·~ ·,..·:;-.:.:·ises into the lives of personages of Old 1 W~.~ -_._- __·:, , ew Hampshire tha t make the reader ~ . . . 'long for more. There is travel and his\. t\'I~ -.\&. ·.,~-:C ., . 1tory and geography, economics, soci- j The Portsmouth Unit League of • · - -. - - ' · ' · · :: ,, iology and biography, legend and poet- ,coast Guard women held its ··c . __ ... ,ry, but no t onesingledullpageinthe -! meeting TUesday afternoon at the \.'.'.---.-;·~ ·· .. who1e. amazing boolc. home of ~s. Ashley Calder on Is• -~;::~· ~l::.t-~~ . •.. - .. · ,,. : .. _:. .. ,. · :' · - cw. __; 1 . .-·· · -· Mrs. Bowles recounts the little- llngt.on street, a good number attend• :,.•··-: ".,; ~- · "-- ,- _·. : _ :/-:.\· · . .,.:: : ·,-, '?.-·~~-' known story of "the lost republic ing. <:::J-./~- ;':,.-',-._ -;·. ,.'· __.''.\,;;s·- ::-,. ·';._.:,,,,,,: ..;,;,:-~ ..: . _.-.. Indian s tream,'' concerning the at- 1 \ Mrs. Charles A. H8.I1.d, chairman of .-'. ·.;,_..e ·:;,~ •. ,;· ~-; ;1= --:- ,;. ::. • .~:.';-; ft, ~ ;.i- ·t~¼i,--,_.,::,;?§ ; -- ·, - tempt of a handful of New Hampshire \the unit, presided. Routine business {~?'<:· ~:__,:;.:•,.~"·ii...-},:..., · :·-;. , people to stand off the might of both \was transacted and reporta read. A I, -. ;;_:-·,..,~~.. ~, :,:: .: 0 , ':-':t·,·-':;.,0::-· ~. · ;•:,: Oreat Britain · and the United States social hour followed the meeting arui ,-:;··.;' ··/-<., ., ., __,,.~ .-· ·--: - · s.nd to maint ain the smallest and most refreshments of sandwiches, assorted · · · - "' 1 democratic form of independent gov- \cake and cookies were served 'i>y the ernment ever known in the Western hostess. All had a very pleasant time -~ ·"' ,:,. -; world. ·1 and gave expres..<:ion of their appreot,.. ,·,: _·_,; Next s e take.;; her readers to "the - j tion to the hostess. ·."-.. .:: _ 1 historic coast.'' telling of the first set- · · The June meet'.ng will be he-'.d v.rith · _-,.,. _. - •l tlement at Odiorne's Point and pa.int- 1the secretary, Miss Ethel L. Foss at . ·:.. "' . ing charmin~ wor~-pictures · of _the ' her home on Gosling Road. - . • · 1 beauty of this region. Sl).e describes ,.. _ __ :: . ....-, . . : . _ . . . • _ .:: ; .. New c astle, the Isles of Shoals, Little ~ ~ ~-\\ _";,~d: , -:~:·/'.''. 1 \~iff ··-'."" . _ •'· Ma,y f ..: · 0 <:-.:·, ,----. _ •• · . _ , · _ of \ ~~-::~>.-t2:::•~·-·: ~-r-,:·>•. _,;_-~ ,.,,o '' C ' i ' ' ~~~t:1rt~i,?\\ . -~·-::: -.~:(;, �~- ~ c ~- -~? l~ -_?':£f~ -~ -~-'------· ::: :-e:- :_ •; -- ...... <-~ -J::~·:, f\~~/~~&\;,: ~·cg~i, ~~ \'--We.~kf_ -·--. . - . -,., .. ~ i ~ Gladys Hasty Carroll To Present 1 :--··,:__,__. -~ . -':1 RYE ;"!~R~t~ ~!. Prizes To York Essay Winners . ·l POST OFFIC-i 1 ~ wm ,,.... .,: air mail letters leaving that post otSpecial D•spatch to The Press Herald o will be present at meeting to .·-'-~ flee with an air mail cache·t in reoog. Alfred, Ma.y 16-Gladys Hasty car- receive their awards .from the hands : i nition of Air Mail' Week, The cachet . roll, author of "As The Earth Turns" of the distinguished Maine writer. j 11· circular in shape and at the top and other novels, and one of York They will also be accompanied by " · p' ded , ,, B I County's most prominent citizens, their parents, their school principals i re_a ds ~ye, N, H., oun . 1836 . e~ has accepted the Invitation of the De- as well as the judges who made the · 11ow is "National · Air Mall Week, · May velopment Association for York Coun- awa rd s, . 15-21, 1938" and· then is the seal of. the ty, to present the prizes to the two . Another special feature a tthemeet- ... , •r · R Bel' the ·seal is a "A students who won in the recent es- 1mg will be th_e distrl_butlon to all _: _1 toy..n __ o . ye~ OW: . ,. . say contest held by the a,;sociation present of the first copies of the new '"::~J Haven by the_Se.a ~or 300 Years. The on the subject. ""What Has My Town York County booklet. issued by the -.: jseal ot the· town shows a_~hea_f o! rye or City to Offer the Sumr,:er Tour- Development Assoc1at1on. The book- , growing _.on the . shore 'with the ocean ist." _ / let has 36 pages and is one of the ... _1 -· • •• , • •. • ' th , dist The prizes which will be a wrist largest and finest to be published in and a sail~ _Ve!J!i~l in . 8 an • ! watch for the boy and girl who were New England this rear, and Is print1 the lucky winners, will be presented ed m colors. . - -· · · · · at the public get-together and genE,:erett R. Greaton, Augusta, ex- .. l era.I meeting of the Development As- 1e_cut1ve secretary . of_ the !--1ame De- •; sociation to be held at the County ,,elop~ent Comm1ss1on, wlll be the ., Court House here Tuesday evening pnncll)Bl sp:aker at the get-together. _· :j at s. 1 Preside°' lienr:y c.-. Vaughan, of ·.· : · Betty L. Scammon. a sophomore at the Development Association, who . •, Much interest Is being .shown 1n the , Thornton Academy, Saco, and Everett has just returned from an extended ·,·', Scrapbook Review to be held at the esj/ R. Nutting, a senior at Alfred High trip through Africa and Europe, will _.;··_1, tate of Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson at Little School. were giYen the awards by the be present and preside, and will prob. I committee of three prominent York ably have something to say about his -.J Boar's Head on Friday :from 2:30 to II .•j' Coun_ty men and women who acted as impressions of conditions across the -~:;~ o'clock. Included in the events will be ,'. the Judges. _ water, ,..:,:; a food and candy sale, with Mrs. .- j .• _. I oe · . S-CRAPBOOK PREVIEw FRIDAY AFTERNOON -, ..•·· ... - --B~;n _~--:_ ·i -s,~_ .:-.~;/;_.>u_·~ :-=_·~-_·,.n.1 c-_._:_~ J~ _,~-;~~-_t ~-~-._/_._::>.::_ (_:_:_;~·-:·=_ ,_«_\ oharles Oraveri as chairman.th Her ,__·_"- .. _ ·: ~-•··:,-:_~ ,._ --~.--'7':\ 1, \ ~.. committee consists of M1s.s E e1 • • ·· -. . · ·-, ··;; :-\' :~-.:~ 'i.:.:•~"~~.\;/~/'.: ~t:. : :- :,;~_;,_ ·. / ._/r- }~ _:,-.:,;.\t/~:l}: · ~r:):?q ::t:~~1e:~-~~a1~:;~g~~.B;: f?i:;:\t::_:~ ·- .,·., .., \ -- u ~ Y ( , ,,.: r ~.,;__1 1~1.11 -- . 9 ,,, - · .-.. ,., . - .- ·1 0 : - Pla·ne· To Carry Ma1I 11 . . . I : thur Seavey, Mrs. 111 -From portsmout · ·h ;;T · hU-rsday _ ·. After-·noon . 1'1 1!, i · Flight Will Be Made In Obser~ance Of National Airmail Week ! The airmail plane will come to t ht, ·· Oolclsmith will make a few remarks re_l city from Manchester tomorrow after-· garding National Airmail Week, after I . · · ; noon at 4:35 o'clock to pick up the airmail letters and packages from Portsmouth and surrounding towns, in con1 nection with National Airmail Week, 1 Pilot A. A. Goldsmith of the Manchesi ter airport will fly the plane, leaving I there at 4:10 and arriving here 25 mtnJ utes later. J Postmaster Peter J. Hickey has ar/ ranged a brief ob§ervance at the mun, icipal air.port when he delivers the mail . to Pilot Goldsmith. Mayor Kennard E. Allison Allen and \,_ .• _ t_._ :- ::.: ,:·;, :·-·,. ':/'.<\:, :i M~;es~!~~=:~~a~~tablewlllbeMrs. I }_;_··-,(. . i Richard Currier, Mrs. John Wingate, · ·., . ':'j .M!ss Uorothy Gibby and Mrs. Paul ... Hobbs. They will be a.ssisted by Mrs. Iawence Hackett, Mrs. John MacKenzie 1,11d Mrs. Norman M. Leavitt. . The scrapbooks on exhibition will in- -,:t. _;~ . I i jI ~~~~~ :o~ee~~~e~~=:nP'~~~:~~~~ o! Worn.en's Ol!.i.i>!. 1'hil. 1a pre-show& wh~ wm be eXhib!ted at tile state conwnt.ion l'l'hich will be \ held in Concord on M ..~- M, 21.! and 28. , mg of the '!>oo!r.a, l ,::.':·j·-~J-~~~~~~ :.. _ .... . '.; LOCAL AIRMAIL JFLIGHT TODAY . which Pilot Goldsmith will t une up th5 ship and gel; under way with t he first mail carried on an airmail night fromthis · city. The plane will take of! at 4:50 and arrive in Manchester at 5:15 . ,., The observance of National Air Mall All airmail from this city will bear the ./ Week in this city is climaxed today .. Portsmouth cachet, _which is sponsored :J by the flight of Pilot A. A. Goldsmith -'.•i·<_:: ,},._ /•~ •:·: by the Civic Council and_ Ch?,mber of , from Manchester to this city. Letters , • ·.:;-" · .. .,_ · ~• - ·. 1 Commerce. People who wish to have a ·.J have been left throughout the week at ·:., __. ;·•-;'::.: letter wlth the Portsmouth· cachet may_'.-_": the post office to be dispatched on this address it to themselves and it will be '.1 plane. Postmaster Peter J, Hickey reflown to ¥ancheste: and returned here. _ ; ported at o'clock that more than 1,• . 2 At Manchester lt will be backstamped. ; local letters had been received, and 000 - -: ._ · .- -.· . - ···_ . D..::.t- ·-_-: ",ii:__-~-,.. - · · .·. _-, · . 0 - 0 ~ . -:,: predicted that it would reach more ~ \_~ _.,h»&..__ ,than 1500, \ _ ,; ·,?·_. _., '., · ·· \.--· . -: ... · · . . ·. ! Themailwillbetakenfromtheloca.l · • .., ' · '· · · · '~- · •·. .. '. postofflce about 4 o'clock to the mwi.\icipal airport, where Pilot A. A. G<>ld. ,:smith is due to arrive at 4:15. Mayor ,,1 Kennard E. Goldsmith will be intro.• 0 -~ •~:..:.. i :::< .\ \~; ;.,-·"0 . ,,, ',;_.:, ·,.cJ1duced to the gathering by Postmaster ,:,,J:.,_.:,~z:$..,;: _.. • ,. . . •• ., - .. - ':'-_,:•.·/F·•' ·'. ·1 Hickey and after a brief talk by the · · __;, -- './ · · ·,_':- ·: :.r•:- '."'•.:: · 1mayor the mall will be turned over to · ··.;::... ·' · ;;,- · -:,, · . •: !Pilot Golruimith. -_ . ·. .· .. _ , ~ ~;~'T~<:l <'. :.. ·. ,.. . :- ·· · _... . ·-.,~,. ;,->: .. . ·---------- -------. ': ��FOR BENEFIT OF lRYlE GIRl SCOUTS lOCALBOYS ANNIVERSARY :WIN MEDALS AT I CELEBRATION TO 1CHOIR . ~ TIVAL . BE HELD HERE I On M0,y 26, Garland House at Rye Center, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hyde Bonner, will be opened in the afternoon from three to five o'clock for the benefit of the Girl Scouts of ' The a?1!lual mu.sic festival of the Rye. Admission will be fifty cents and , Episcopal Church choirs of southe·r n tea will be served. New Hampshire took place at Gre,ce 1 Garland House was built in 1747, and i C '.11:,·~11. Manchester, on Wednesday 1 for the last half of the eighteenth I evening • .century was run as a tavern by the ' The vested choirs of men and boys Garland brothers. The eldest, Benja- : were from St. Paul's Church, Concord; min Garland, went off to war in: 1776 i Church of the Good Shepherd, Nashua;: a,nd became a colonel of the Minute · Grace Church, Manchester, and St. Men. He returned after the war to ' John's Church and Christ Church o~ .resume his duties as host at Garthis city. land's Tavern, bringing with hini his Grace Church was f!lled and the ex• negro so dier 1,ervant who waited on cellent program rendered wa.s 11.stened to customers in the tap room. with much interest. Choirmaster H. , The house is &ubstantially as it was C. Whittemore of Manchester direct.ed ! in the Eighteenth century. It now con- , the program and Edward Crawford of, , tains Mr, Bonner's small collection of ' Concord presided at the organ , paintings by modern artists including I . In the afternoon the annual musio I work:; by Augustus John, John Singer · ' cont.est took place and George Mark• 1 Sarg~nt, Andre Derain, Auguste Ren- 1 ham of Middle road, soprano soloist of 1 oir, Vlaminck: and Russell Cheney of . St. John's Church, won the medal. He _Kitt':!Y· M~ine. 2t M~ 20~24 is 11 years of age and is a pupil of Mrs. -.:, • 11 _ __ " _, • Y"C') -.o "l.O . ''\~ g ; Sara D. Simpson, having taken up the ' "I'\ ~ ...__ · -, · study of music la.st fall. He attends · the Lafayette School and has a voice of much promise. His selection "Come Ye Blessed," by Scott. , . Edward White, alto soloist in Christ ' ' Church choir, won the medal in the alto singers contest, his solo being ''O Rest I , in the Lord," by Mendel.5sohn. .Joseph Belmont, alto soloist in Sr,, olm's cl1oir, 1 was aiso one of ihe participant-1: m .he contest. John Mitchell, organist of Ohrist i The possibility of a new bridge to Church, accompanied all the ~ololsts at I 1 ! replace the famous mile wooden ' the choir festival. !bridge over the Hampton river gained Choirmaster Ernest P. Bilbr.ick and \ · strength with the arrlval of engineers Nelson K. Ward, organist, of St. John's ' connected with the state Highway Church, accompanied tlle grou:i:i to Department to make soundings in the Manchester. ____ _ ---- - · - - - - - • · -· I harbor. . The construction of a concrete ~-\\~J. \'n"-'i ,'1 , 3i i bridge, which would be much shorter : than the present structure, was rec~ , ommended in the report of the army 1 engineers following the survey mads here six or seven years ago. On the basis of the engineers' report the two ! At their same location as last year, I jetties were built at the entrance to 343 State street, ths Home Industries ; the harbor and the state reserv0,tion shop will open on Monday, May 23. I created through the dredgi ng of the The consigners have been busy during channel. As part of the same erosion winter months carving, painting, sewlproject the concrete seawall was built I ing and knitting and producing a wide at North Beach. , variety of attractive New Hampshire handicraft. Some paintings by Mrs. : Gladys Brannigan of Portsmouth and i Edmund C. Tarbell of New Castle will \ be on exhibition for the first few weeks. On Wednesday, May 25, at 2 o'clock a bridge party for the benefit of the , Home Industries is to ba given at the Ihome of Mrs. William E. Marvin on j Middle street under the direction of Mrs. Irving Stowe. From June 11i, the shop will be under the management of Mrs. Marjorie Hewitt who is a former president of the w;men's City club and active in many , civic affairs here. I wasl -MAKE SOUNDINGS l FOR PROPOSED . At the 149th annual meeting of ·the / . Grand Lodge of Masons at Concord on ! · Wednesday it was voted to accept the I · invitation of St. John's Lodge, No. 1, j ; A. F. & A. M., of this city to hold the · s~qu!-centennial anniversary celebra- \ tion of the most Worshipful Grand 1 Lodge of New Hampshire in this city j next year, probably in the month of : July. The Grand Lodge was organized in i this city in 1789 with Gen. John Sul- . llvan as the first Grand Master and its meetings held here for many years. Later its headquarters were changed to : Concord, that city being more cehtrally , located. ; At the meeting on Wednesday nearly , 1 400 members of the Grand Lodge / were present, among the dignitaries ba- f ing the Grand Masters from Massa- , chusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island and / Connecticut and the Deputy Grand Master_ of New Jersey. j, __________ J HOME INDUSTRIES OPENS MAY 23 ' I I -'f.,+\ "t,X,:ii1. . \,...-1 'l ; ·.. ~ i( .i I I i 1· HAMPTON BRIDGE i .:.J' ;DR. COOK NEW S. E. P. AUTHOR Edward M. ('The Younger) -Cook, : M. D., of York, is being applauded by his many friendls and is thoroughly enjoying the sensation of making his -f irst sale of his own lit' erary work. "Not According to · Luke" is an article about the proper care of the victims of automobile accidents, and is based on a certain chapter of 1st. Luke, in the Bible, , which tells of a stranger caring for a wayfarer injured on the highway. \ What is of even more importance is that Dr. Cook's first sale is to the topmost of all big time magazines, The Saturday Evening Post. !If; is reported the Curtis Publishing Company ~aid him a very fancy price for the manuscript. It will be probably published this summer. I ··-·--- --- ---- - - - - - - - --- - �-------- --· · - - - - - - -- ··-------·--·------------------- - ---··-· -- . - · ---·- - --- -- ------··• ·-- -- ---· ---- - -· ------- . •· 197th Reg. ·olliCfrs To old Schoo At Rye Harbor Part Of Training Period Program Will Also lBe Carried Out At Portsmouth Armory - 1 Officer of Gha 197th Regiment, C. A. N. Chandler and officers of his battery. C ., New Hampshire National Guard, Major McCullough will give a lecture will hold a t raining school period , in at the Portsmouth Armory on morning Portsmouth and at Rye Harbor this reports, sick reports and duty rosters, to week end. with about 40 officers ·sched- be followed by a solution by all officers uled to attend. The training will be for of a practical problem covering the three days, starting at the Portsmouth preparation of each document during State Armory shortly before noon Fri- a typical camp period. day. In the early afternoon Major McCul- · Tomorrow forenoon the Dover battery lough will describe solutions of firing gun 1s cheduled to be taken to Ragged and discuss company fund accounts. Neck: w1th the Portsmouth firing direct- From 2:15 to 4 o'clock Col. C. E. Rex. or. At 11 o'clock there will be assembly ford and members of his staff will outand roll call, followed by a general out• line the proposed camp schedule and l ine of the purpose of the school by Col. discuss camp matters. This will be fol• c . E . Rexford and Maj. Samuel Mc- lowed by regimental and battalion con• Cullough; . ferences headed by commanders of the In the afternoon the officers will g:,, same. to Rye Harbor and at the Ragged Neck ·range will receive instructions in em- 1 _ -1t placement. leveling, orienting and syn- . -,,ao.Q.&,. chronization of the gun and director, m~ \ °'I . \ ~i3K t he instructions being given by Major McCullough, Maj. A. L. Smith and officers of the gun battalion. Officers wm prepare positions and emplacement of the anti-aircraft machine guns and there will be an inspecGion by Maj . Samuel E. Edes and officers of the machine gun battalion of i the ammunition and loading of belts. j Following the inspection at Ragged · Neck ·the men will adjourn to the Armory in this city. where Major Edes will give a lecture on initial leads and t racer firing, followed by a talk by Major McCullough on the technique of i machine-gut\ firing. 1 The Saturday morning session will be at Rye Harbor, where Major Smith, I Major McCullough and officers of the gun battalion will instruct in bore.sighting, checking of the gun and director before firing, trail shot compu' tations, methods of applying corrections and adjustment of firing. The instrucltions will be by the applicatory method. Each different position in the gun and range sections o! the anti-aircraft · gun battery drill at a hypothetical target will be taken by officers during the drill, headed by the morning instructors. At the conclusion of the drill a march order will be given. · During the last afternoon and even' ing there wm be machine-gun and balloon firing by all officers after organization of the squads, after which march orders wlll be given . · Saturday night officers wlll receive practice in searchllgh t operation ·and control by picking up and tracking balloons under the instruction o! Capt. H. r-- --- - "?<rdto~ I �per part - towaro the Portsmouth and Treasurei·; Dr. E. E :- Shaplefg,1-i' • bridge including the tavern known and Clarence M. Prince. · Since the 1 . Capt. Robert Rice was a native of l as the "Rice Tavern" and was the passing 'of tr.ree of those, Mrs. Mary Kittery. He began hi~ career -in a half way house between Portland Safford Wildes was elected to fill her very modest way and became one of and Boston. It had remained until father's --place . and . she is now Pre~imost successful mer- two years ago when Fred Hoyt dent, and Dr. E. E. Shapleigh is 1 Portsmouth's ' chants in the early 1800's. His ·bought the property and dismantled Vice P-~esident, ·Atty. Elmer ·J. Burn'. Counting Room was at 6 Merchant's it. He has erected a modern house ham is Treasurer, . and Charles E. ; Row (Market St.) and his home on one end of the property and ex- Prince who replaced his father, is was No. 8 Islington St. (known in pects to do something else on the ,Secr~t~;y, . and Mr. Lester F'riSibee later years as the Rice-Pettigrew other end•. But little is known of comprise the Board. House). Miss'. Abbie Goodsoe . was the first Thomas Rice or of his connections. He married, Dec. 4, 1812, Mrs. He had several children and of the Librarian, holding the position for Charlotte God~ard, widow of Dr. ,fifth generation a son, Ric.hard, was t~ci1ty-seven years. The ·room was Jonathan Goddard, and a daughter , born and he became the father of first located in. the old Tl'efethen of Capt. Thomas Martin, a well-to-do Robert Rice, ,t o whom we aTe in- block which burned a few years ago, sea captain, who resided in the debted today for our public library. i and contained one thousand volumes. , Livries house in Deer St. (now a The Rice family were very prornient ) 'That was 64 years ago. In 1901 part of the B. & M. R. R. Station). . in the affairs both in Kittery and :;.he resigned i~ 'favor of her n_i~ce; 1 Capt. Rice built his fine mansion Portsmouth and noted for their pub- I Haze~ Goodsoe, who_ held the pos1t1on I of pink brick brought from Englie spirit and .renerosity. The old for seven years. Then s~e left to I :and in one of his own ships. The ' ferry was in use until 1822 when a go to Boston to take · a special course date of its erection was between 1bridge for trains and foot pas.:,en- in library work after whi~h .she re1812-15, the exact date is not known. ' gers was erected. Robert Rice had ceived a nice appoin_tment ·at th, 1 This fine old house stood until 1930 four dau~hters but three of them _Lynn Library. on the corner of Islington St. and · died in early life. Ara.bella outliv , The present building was· rm -' Parker St., when it was torn down 1her father who passed a;way in 1853. lfqr occupancy · in 1888. In · 190>7 I_ to make room for a garage. Robert expressed the idea of leav- was offered 'the position to succeed Robert Rice owned many ships. ing to his native town a ~ift to per- 'Miss _Hazel Goodsoe Smith. Among them were the Cadmus, Howpetuate his name; his daughter carWithout any contribution from the ard, Charlotte (named for his wife.) ,I ried out his wish and in addition town or other sources and with the Arabella (named for his daughter), ,gave ten thousand dollars to her fa- ever inc1·easing expenses of main'. Pontiac and Milo. ther's twenty thousand: making a to- taining a li'brary of this size the Capt. Rice was a director of the ' ta] of thirty thousand dollars. As town is fortunate . in having it conMarine Rallroad, and president of her father had expressed the idea she' 1ti'nued in the community in the same the Portsmouth Savings Bank. He , ltoo, thought a library would be the efficient manner under ' the Board of die:! in 11853, aged 73. The Rices / best thing to have. A board of offi- t,he five Trustees. We should honor are buried in the Proprietors' Ceme- · cers was elected to care for the fund the name of_· Arabella _Rice · who_ te ry in Portsmouth. · A very lovely and Daniel Austin, Ieha-bod Goodwin i:nade such a building po''Ssible. It , monument, made of plain Italian ;and William Hackett, all of Ports-, would be interesting to know more ma:r.ble, upon which is exquisitely 1mouth, N. H., were the first chosen. · about her. We have a:lso tried tc carved a sheaf of rice, marks the;r They invested that money and as the secure a _picture of her but none of , resting pl.ace. library was to be in Kittery they se- her relatives had one. She was a (From The Beacon June, 1935, / lected a Board of Officers here that very retiring s~r~ of a woma_n and I "Captain Robert Riice, Esq." by Doro- · ,included Hon. Moses Sa.fl'ard, 'John did not ' c·are.. for publicity in a_ny ~ t~y .Y~.' ?~han:). ____ . -· _______ ..... . !Wentworth, Rev. Joel Wilson, Ed- manna·. We hav-e a fine collection !ward Safford -and E. C. Spinney. , of bcoks on travel, art, biography, I They invested the money ,w isely old glass, old · furniture, rug making! · which at that time brought a much and many interesting things, also a higher rate of interest th.an a.t the number of books on flowers, shrubs, present day and when they deemed it how to make a. rock garden, which - RICE ·puBLICLIBRARY .sufficient they purchased a lot and \ ai·e available t9 all patrons. The Riverside Reading Club gave erected,· the present building without In 1912 a. room that h.ad been foran enthusiastic greeting to their be- touc_hing _the principal. The pre;ent merly used as a referen{!e room was loved member, Miss Eleanor Lovell, building was erected at a co~t of I converted into a Children's room when she arose to address them, giv- $18,50-0 and it was so ·well {:On- , w~1ich was furnished with tables {l.nd ing as her topic "The Rice Public diucted that very few. repairs have_ chairs to suit and today we have Library," of which she ihas been li- been necessary up to the preseri.. over a thousand books of all kinds to Ibrarian since 190.7. ,time., · · take their fancy and it is very pop' Back in the ye.ar 1£31 there came I The twelve ·large trees in front of ular for the little ones to gather af- 1 · from England one Thomas Withers the library were placed .:here by Dr. ter school and Saturdays. Tihe ref- i and soon after landing he p-urohased Mark Wentworth and the hedges erence books were transferred to the J four hundred acres, most of it on around the sides and acroas -the bot- ·reading room. In many cities the the water front, including two isl- 'toni were placed. thei:e from the l_i~ j li~ra_ry _ furnishes magazines for ,inds 'b ut noood.,y knows which two. brary- fl.!llds. As , _e ach of the trus- i ~ubl!c use but not here. The funds He had two daughters, Elizabeth and te~s pass~ a.way they _w_ere replaced supply a!l of tilie _needs f_or the li- 1 1 Mary, Elizabeth married a John I by_ wo1:11e.nt towm,pe.opie . so t~t' : , brary ':"1th occas10nal gifts from ! Shapleig,h. and Mary married a , when I ~ook charge the Board of some friends for books. Mrs. Mary Thomas Rice. As a wedding gift he recto.rs · were: . Hon .. Mo.ses· Saffo:·d, I Safford Wildes, our P~esident, ~as 1 divided the four hundred acres be- , President; Alexa:z:ider :Dennett, \'.'ice i been ve.ry generous m donatmg 1 tween_ ~em, Mary rec_eiving the up- J Pre~_i,den~; Ca_lv:in . H'.ayes, _Sec~--etary l three ?mes a year a. great many CAPT. ROBERT RICE ! 0 1 I I I I I I I I I i: D1-1 -1 ! �---· - - - - - -------·. - -- -----------------------·-·-- - - - - $(o 0001~-roi:--oiitli tlie ·cnildreii's-- room\ , and for adults, and so we are enabled to keep up to date with the : latest books. W.e have a committee 1 who review the books although I I generally .pick them {rom a sub-I mitted list but they are not accepted \ until the committee pass j,udgment. We . subscribe • for twenty7four magazines -which are loaned as regularly as the books. Last ~ar there were : drawn from the library 11,7:22 books and:· the m wgazines were loaned 978 times, so yo_u see the Kittery people read and we ar.e kept ·b usy. When I first went into the work the circula~ tion .was less· than 9,00-0. You see l our town has grown in the last thirty i1 years. We have at the present time 13,948 volumes on all subject that could . be mentioned. And so, kind friends, you will know that the Town is in .no way responsible for the maintenance of the Rice Pwblic Li- ;-colllltJ-MUSiC---- :Gathering At Exeter Saturday Nearly 180 Singers From Ower 20 Tow1m<$ To Participate In Program Choral groups with nearly 180 l'Oices a5Sist the chvrtJ.1 gmu tB 1,ttd. 1.l~<l> ,i i,,e and the State WPA Srmphonr Or~ special munbers on tho: prog.r:3,.m.• chestra of Manchester will be ieatured The program which c,msist.~. o.f num • · at Exeter Saturday night at the first bers b}' Bach. Strau.%, Beethoven. M9.c~ annual Rockingham C-Ountr Mu.~ic Dowell. Fl'ieclemanu and Sullivs,n, was • Festival, Mrs. Marguerite Bugbee, arranged by Mrs. Eva w. Thompson, county recreation advisor. announced Lawren~-e. !\-Iass. ; Mr~. Gertrude Cam,~ : today . The festivai will be held way, Epp!ng; I\Irs. Bertha Chase, in the town hall at Exeter at 8 o'clock. .-orth Salem; l\Irs . Luciu., M . Brown. Over 20 towns of Rockingham Salem ; l\'Irs. Elsie K . S~le, .Newt-0n: County will send representatives to Mrs. Hehm Josselyn. Newmgt-0n, s.nd take part in the choral gi:oups, which Mrs. Ora Heaid, Atkinaon. members oe be led by Norman M. Leavitt of the County Music Council. 11/Irs . ElLfa1 will ' North Hampton, well known choral di~ beth Turner, Hampstead ; Mrs . Prts : rector and vocal tea~her. Singers from ci!la Page, Manchester ; !\-frs. Dorothea ' Atkinson, Candia, Epping. Greenland, Rockweli. At.kinS-On, and Mrs. Marguer~ North Hampton, Kensington, Ki.J)g- ite Bugbee, Ea.st Candia. com,ty 1·cere. ston, East Kingston, Newfields. New- ation ad\·i.sors. also assi.~t-t>d in pianington, NeV1-market, Newton. Hampton. ning the fil'st annual choral fest,ival.. ' Portsmouth. Raymond. Rye. Salem. The program is spotll,O,cd, sayE Mni. Sandown, Stratham and Windham will Bugbee by the County P.ecreatio.u take part. in the Rockingham mu.sic Committee, comprising Mrs. Ray P :ke, festival, according to ?>.irs . Bugbee. Brentwood: Mrs. ,valiace n. Bat:-:'.tel.The State Symphony Orchestra. m;- d~r. Hamptoa Falls. and Mr.;. A. P . : der the direction of Earl V. Cla~_,,_._"'·_il_i_\_:V_l_1i_ttemo1·c. Londonde n·y, 1 �ee ome cessful Close a1 Portsmouth Herald Photo Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith, Postmaster Peter J. Hickey, and Pilot A. A. Goldsmith t Portsmouth Airport For First Mail Flight. Airmail week comes to a close l;oday after a most successful period. In Po11tsmouth and surrounding !;owns there was a great deal of interest in the observance and a fine spirit or cooperation was shown. The big rush in the local postoffice came on Thursday, the day of the airmail flight from the municipal airport-the first official airmail flight from Portsmouth. However, many airmall letters, bearing cachets from distant points in this country, are now arriving at the postoffice and are being dellvered. Yesterday 195 letters were sent out of the office, bearing the airmail stamp. They were sent in the usual manner t;o Bosl-011, and then transfer• red t;o the East Boston Airport where they made plane connections td their destin tion. Yesterday's 195 letters makes 2696 pieces or airmail sent out of the office during the week, exclusive, of what ls malled l;oday. In discussing the future of the ail'mail service, Postmaster Peter J, Hickey predicted an increase, that the publicity given the use of the airmail during this past week has made people realiee the possibilities of quick del!very, He stated that nearly every mail closing m de very fine connections In Boston with' the airmail servtce. - - - -- - - -- -------------'-- �EtECTEDTO NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Nineteen Inducted Into Membership At High School---Other P.H.S. News Portsmouth High School Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted nleteen young men and young women Into membership at the morning assembly in the high school auditorium this week. Nine Were members of the Senior class and ten of the Junior class. Selection for this worth-while honor is made upon the basis of scholarship, service, leadership and character. The .mem.bers of the Class of 1938 so honored are Philip Bennett, Miss Mary Driscoll; Miss Eleanor Follansbee, Miss Doris Littlefield Miss Priscilla Paul, Miss Margaret Preble, Miss Winifred Rand, Miss Greta Storm and Miss Louise Wood . Elections to the National Honor Society from the Class of 1939 are Russell Beal, Miss Betty Brown, Miss Eleanor .Craig, John Gowan, Joseph Grilli, Miss Betty Hewitt, Leonard Hewitt, Miss Carolyn McIntyre, Cecil Stackpole and Jeremy Waldron. The induction ceremony was conducted by officers of the chapter, after which Miss Frances ·caswell rendered a violin solo. Candidates to be eligible for election to the Honor Society Chapter must stand in the first third of t;tieir respective classes in scholarship. Final selection Is based upon their records in service to the school as a whole, upon leadership in schQol activities, upon character, with honesty and sincerity of purpose being considered, and upon their viewpoint toward. their work, their classmates and their teachers. Election is made by a faculty committee. Chapter Elects Office1-s On Thw·sday the Portsmouth High School Chapter of the National Honor Society elected officers for the ensuing year, as follows : President-John Evans. Vice president-Miss Betty Hewitt. Secretary-Miss Marjorie Ham. Treasurer-John Wiggin. The chapter voted to hold its annual banquet during the first part Qt June, the time and place to be selected later. A committee on time and place was named, consisting of Miss Winifred Rand, Miss Pauline McClintock and John Wiggin. A program committee was also named, composed of Miss Doris Littlefield, Miss Doris Greenaway and Jeremy Waldron. To Instruct In Telephone Usage on Monday morning next, the office-practice groups of Portsmouth High school will hav~ the \)rivgege of receiving instruction m the proper use of the telephone for greatest efficiency. The speaker will be Miss Orlritha Chick an Instructor from the local telephone exchange. Miss Chick's talk is expected to prove most helpful and interesting. Club Activities Club activities at Portsmouth High school of late include the final social meeting of the school year for the Gregg-Writers Club, held at the school on Thursday night, a social meeting of the Debating Club on Tuesday evening of the Steno Olub on Wednesday night, and a field trip of the Biology Club on Friday afternoon. TELLS ROTARY CLUB OF PLANS F RCONVENTION The story of the American Legion Convention was explained to the Rotary Club this noon at a meeting at the Rockingham Hotel by Clyde Robinson, commander of Frank E. Eooma Post and president of the Convention Corporation. Mr. Robinson spoke of bis appearance a year ago before the club regarding the possibility of the convention being held in this city and today explained the plans which have been made and told of some which have not yet been canied out in detail. He mentioned the 20 committees, telling of the work of some of these and of some of the problems which the corporation had to face. He estimated the budget at between $15,000 and $18,000. He stated that the convention ball would be held at the Hampton Beach Casino and that Ruby Newman's orchestra would be the musical attraction. He told of the anangement.s for fireworks, headquarters, convention sessions, block dances, broadcasts, etc. Taking the conventio., by day, he explained program which includes registration Thursday and the annual stag party and block dance. He said that any day from 40,000 to 50,000 people will be on the streets of Portsmouth and that on Sunday, the day of the parade and drum corps there will probably be at least 125,000. Friday will be the opening of the convention sessions, and at night will be the annual wreck of the 40 and 8, with its parade, followed by the convention ball. Saturday will be a big day, for the governor will make an address, and the lectlon and installation of officers will be held. the convention will be held at the armory and this will be followed by the battle ot music by the bands attending the convention. Fireworks will be held afterwards. Sunday will be the day of the parade and thifi will start at 1 o'clock sharp. The drum corps contest will follow. Adjt. Herbert A. Martin df the Salvation Army was also a s_peaker on the pro~ram and gave an ac~ount of a day's activities in the Salvation Army. He concluded with an appeal to help the other fellow; to give service that would enable others to cany on. He spoke of the financial campaign which will begin on June 6. Ralph T. Wood was chairman of the meeting, A. L. Moody of Fargo, N. D., a summer member of the club, was a vislto,. TO SPEAK BEFORE CAMERA CLUB The Pi8cataqua camera Olub wm meet Wednesday at the Rockingham Hotel at 8 p , m. Cuyler A. La.kin will talk on compogitlon, pointing out lhe difference between an arllstio ptcture and a record print and, commentJng on picturea brought in by members, tell how he thinks they might be improved . With this meeting the club is .starting a print contest. There wm be a.wards at the end of the year for the member who has the highest number ot points and for the member who ha.s the highest average. All members are eligible to •nter, the only rest-rictlon being that all prints must be on light-colored mounts, 16 inches by 20 In size and no member wm be allowed more than thrP<> entrie.s t any one meeting. All members showing interest enough-to bring in print will receiv~ at least one point. Any print which, in the opinion ot the judges, cannot be Improved will receive ten points. �NEW HAMPSHIRE ·. FILM AT COLONIAL j MAY 25 AND 26 ~WILL MANAGE ___ ~ 1 Scenes from the pageant "Roads and Romance" which was presented last .. __- ·:PORTSMOUTH :MUSTER , I b. A. Ill CHAPTER HAS , ELECTION OF OFFICERS i ; Mrs. Lucille A. Webster : Named As Regent--- ite ;1 October under the auspices of the New The committee for the 47th annual 1 Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs muster o! the New England States 1 at Crawford for the entertainment of · Of first Burying Ground , veteran Firemen's League to be held the delegates of the American Associa1n this city on Saturday, August 6 has tion of State Highway Officials who : been named by the organization and 1 : were guests of the New England States 1 t· f Old York . includes the following: th I during the 23rd annual convention, are At e annua mee mg O i Edward A. weeks, chairman, Ports'. incorporated in the film "In the Hills of : Clh~pter, D. A. R., held at th e residence : mouth; Lewis J. White, vice pres!! Old New Hampshire" to be shown at I of Mrs. Lester M. Bragdon at York _ dent, Salem, Mass.; Chester A. Brlck1 the Colonial theatre May 25-26. The '. :Village the following officers were ley, vice president, Providence, R. I.1 : fact that the pageant gave a historielected for the ensuing year. , George B. Lydstone, Everett, Mass. ' cally authentlc picture of the develop- 1'~ Regent, Mrs. Lucme ·A. Webster. Various other committees will be i ment of New Hampshire roads from / Vice Regent, Mrs. Florence L. Howe. named at a later date. The Franklin l the primeval Indian trail up to the Secretary, Miss Madeline ~erkins. · Pierce Association of this city headed j present, interested the Division of Mo- J Treasurer, Mrs. Elsie K. Wylie. : by the president of the New England 1 tion Pictures of the U. S. Department I ;Registrar, Mrs. Hazel T. Moulto~. . League, John F. Gallagher, has been of Agricultu~e who sent _its men with j Historian, Mrs. Mary N. ~olman. actively engaged for some weeks prea moving picture machme to CrawLibrarian, Mrs. Hazel Whitman. ; paring for the gathering here of many I ford and from the pictures there made Chaplain, Mrs. Mary Adams. ; hand engines and crews from all over j this portion of the film was developed. 1 ' New England on the date named. The 1 Auditor, Mrs. Fannie N. Simpson. The very beautiful artificial setting ! Board of management, first six offllocal veterans believe it will be one of I was under the personal direction of cers, Mrs. Harriet A. Lovell, Miss Nellie ; the best musters held by the New ··Frederic Gardner of the State High- ~! M. Bemis and Mrs. Blanche R. ·, England group for several years. The I way Department with the · active co- ' Hawkes. '. : prizes to be offered are said to be quite operation of state officials and organiFollowing the business seession Hon. · ' an attraction to out-of-town organiza; zations, hotels and individuals from all Frank :o. Marshall of Portland gave a · : tions and they are already filling out l parts of the State. A full blooded Penmost interesting and instructive talk ~entry blanks for the contest to be 1obscot Indian brave, Tawny Feather, ; on the early history of York and the _·staged by the various crews. The , and girl, Sippy Bird, lent a touch of / historic spot which was later marked. ;parade promises to be a big feature of ' reality to the first scene and many of I Refreshments were served by the .,:the muster. 1the properties used in the portrayal of I hostess, after which the members went ·- - - - - -._- - - -- - -,-_-- - , the early roads were loaned by muse- ! in a body to the grounds of the Emerson , ·_:. p. ~ '._ ~~ is. l urns and collectors through the interest i Hous.e at York Harbor, where a boulder . .; - .- .... •11 _ , . · Iof Prof. J. W. Goldthwaite of Dart- : 11.x;id tablet have been placed to mark the L · i" ,_; . ,'- · · :: · mouth who checked all details for ac- : site of the earliest church and burying , ~ .• , ,, . "'· - ' jcuracy. A chaise once owned and driv- I ground in York. In this church was / -:·. · .· , en by Henry Wardsworth Longfellow ; held the first service of the Episcopal :, ,. ~ ., ..."' •, J and two of the first automobil:s which / Church in York in 1636. . / ' · visited the white mountams are , The program consisted of the unveil- · •. , 'shown. tng of the tablet by Scout Edward M. 1 •_ • ·' • This film is of special interest to I COok, Jr., remark.s by Mrs. E. o. Cook Portsmouth people as the pageant was , and Taps by Girl Scout Elaine Hasty. . .-:,....,. , .. written and directed by a Portsmouth : Mrs. cook and her grandson, Scout E. woman, Mrs. H. B. Carpenter. Gov. / M. Cook, Jr., are direct descendants of the flrst minister. 1' Murphy, T. H. McDonald, chief o! the Federal Bureau of Public Roads, Major Great credit is due Mrs. Grace N. and Mrs. Goyette of Peterboro head a Frisbee, chapter chairman of historic f list of personalities shown which in- research, who with her committee, Mrs. I elude many from Portsmouth and vi- Paul, Miss Bemis, Mrs. Moulton and / -._ .... cinity including Bill Elliot, singing C?P Mrs. Bragdon, was in charge o! the f . . ., . .,. . .. . ,. . .of Hampton, Lts. Wm. Piper and Wil- ~rking. - .. 111am Robeson, Miss Dorothy Folz, 1· · • ldaughter of Lt. Comdr. Folz and P~~ iflizabeth Greenlee, daughter of Cap··. . 'YY'0.4 -\i 3 . ~C\ ~ tr_ _ tain Greenlee of the Navy Yard, Lester \ w. Harding, Jr., of Little Harbor, Mr. Iand Mrs. Charles Amhofl', Dr. Benja1min Woodbury, Mrs. Marjory Hewitt, Dr. and Mrs. Carpenter, Miss Betty Jean Lamont, E. B. Marriner and the j Iate Major Washburn. , Included also are scenes along the coast, skiing pictures and roadways in dlfl'erent sections of the state. Alols Havrilla is the commentator and an interesting feature is the singing of the , _., ... ; Dartmouth song. Marked • I l 1 I 1~' .' 1 ! .. 1/ i ! I .1 .. •.. I I ~ \-t~: ~,.~·. I I I ··----· -. .,- - - '?. ¥.~c.io.. . . f"'°""\'t.3 . l'j38 ·I C �2 Day rl:'or,.' ch:·. ~ :,_:~_ ~:=R e · s·e -·,._, a ·..:_. r:~ .... ~ , .. . .-)!;It1~1-r.-.-i, ! ~;l~:~T:ik;J:f ~*;t;r:t~~:a:£ ''.·/\~? -~/ f and it is now becoming used by many !'national manufacturers. Teakwood was i. used 1n the constmction of the farthest ·-.·-.J,· f lew· llampshr·re . ,..(.\ rl. :~~~ ~~~~e :en\hese~i:~f ;~~~htt the structure at the South Pole, he ex' plained, and the 12 by 7 foot house was I chopped from the lee and is now on i exhibition. The wood ii, much lighter and in that way transportation C08ts r~:u:: : enough pay the ·nn ld At Durham !/:~:t _- ~-- :._-.-,! ' ·.. l ·Jl ~ ·Three O ortsmouth_ Men On Program At Jr Gatheri.crng Of Industrialists u said, it is important for your business (Special to The Herald)th th that you have some sort of res~arch t Dui-ham, May 2l-wi ree Ports- to improve methods of production or .,• mouth industrialists speakers on the to find new uses for the product now 00 k,,~;;::iu~~Y";::i:--...: ~;~ . ": ~';:;:. ; . . . _ 0.) at University of ,New Hampshire the • ,.;·:· : events of the di;.y were brought to an : interesting and instructive close. ove1· 100 representatives of indus•. · tries in this state attended the all day · l meeting held at the Commons except ; for :m • hour anci a half visit to the - ; University research laboratories. . :a:t c. 1 j ~;n~s~~:,e~;:t· 0 ~ • . ,_. B . Officer, Sullivan Machine com- _ ' ;:rt~~whi;o:d~:~ ... :-~:;; · ..,· . : ; back and forth or round and around? lI Which way looks best? Do you observ~ the results of what you have done? Research, he d~lared, is looking not once at your problem, but many tID:es. . .-David Putnam Markem Machine · "'."·t company, Keene, told of his company's . ·:::· -j~· ':"~ ::--< ::~~;"",! ;;~:::~:~,~""/;!,':,';::; Il;n~,';"',,'.t.:~".~:m", •~~'"!,~! ':,~ )!\{f){\; when a problem presents itself it isn•~ ply to all materials: plastic, 1abrlcated necessary to go into a laboratory at all, /· and natural. ,, but the answer can be found in the , w. R. Marsland, Scott and Williams literature that has gone befor,:: MoS t /··1 company, Laconia, told of the manu• important of all," he asserte?, is that I facturer of hosiery, you get started right, for mistakes are / There is little change in the brick usually costly." lmanufacturing industry of today from _The second speaker on the program 1the same industry 6000 years ago in I 1:1:~:u~l£":::ri£J£:~ ;r.fi::•:tf::~;iii1t}::; ~:iir::!•r;!::~:::~:,ff: :_ _,:-·._ ~:_ .~:_·-_.;_::_:_~_/i/;:,: ' 1 '·':;. _: of the Boston and Maine railroad, Light Weight Insulating and Aco~S t l_ land Brick Co., of Gonic, in his talk -· .~- , , ' ' opened the meeting and presided at cal Board ." Mr. Frobisher explained on "Research Jn Clay." He said that, _ ;. 'c. _ - . the morning sesr,ions. Dr. Fred Engel- that Ile manufactui-ed material for in- I there was much less change in their • •.,,.,,;. · _; hardt, president of the University of stallation and acoustics but th~ir ul- 1 !manufacture during the past three . •• New Hampshire( gave the greetiI)gs of timate ~im was to m.~ke mate:ial for Icenturies which can be attested to by _, . .f'.;.'-Ft.,~;.,__,;; _ . - .,: i the morning which was followed by a "prefabricated nouses, In making th e r an examina~ion of the Weeks Home- :·· ~-~:.-;_§'.Fi'(~la,: .... ,j talk by G. A. Richter, direc~r of re- present "board" they fmd th at th e \ stead in Greenland, the second old ,:·.:t·t;-/;;,1\•_':· · · · ., search at Brown Company m Berlm, cheapest material is grou nd wood [ brick house in New England. In 1904 '\?T. •:i>::'_(\~i ·4 on "What Can Small Industries Gain screenings which are treated a nd th en i. there were 50 brick manufactures in ··' 1_,;0 :,1;./{~~ ': :! from Research." the prepared material is put in a va- 1 this st.ate, in 1915, 22, in 1923, 12 and .::/l;",: :,•• ·· , J. G. ConJ?in, assistant entomolo~ist cuum form. The material has been ap- l! l today there are only 16. He deplored ~-_;:~ ::i ~:,~ , .,--..: st th at the agricultural experiment atwn nd plied to steel frame hou~es but. ere . Ithe fact that more use of clay in this ·/'. _ f ·.:~~-. ·:·, in Durham, spoke on pest control a was t-00 much condensation so it _be- ! jstate has not been found because nor1 .· ___.c:-. ,:_ . .;1:_ its relation to manufacturers after came necessary to cut th e boa~d mt<? ) matter what part of the state a per: •,;·.-':')~~ ,·::~ whica a talk on "Applied Research" thinner strips, he said,_ and ~his P,re- ~i son is in he can generally find clay :ln .. ·::, jif,)· r nd st was given by E. R. Rath, i u ri~l sented a new problem m cutting. We i-j vast deposits. He concluded with sug.. __ ·::·.:,;,'._calf:,:.'.;_, engineer at the Engineering Expen.- had to have a saw that woul~, turn 1800 I gesting that a slogan for New Hamp:"-:<';""':;•, ,. ment Station •in Durham. feet per minute;' he stated, a nd after I shire manufacturers should be "Re• ••. ;--.. -· :·."' During the industrialists' inspection trying two of them, one upp_er and one search Keeps New Hampshire Years ' of the University's laboratories they lower, we found it left a ridge where Ahead." visited the entomology department, the two cuts meet. Finally we had _to ._ The final speaker was S. F. Langdell, nd chemistry laboratories, mechanical a do researching into the use of a err- \ Langdell Lumber Company, Milford, •' :--; ;,,·~- • ' • electrical laboratories, nutrition labor- cu1ar saw and after a visit to a BoSton : I who traced the lumber business from . st atory and engineering experiment a- casket maker an,1 conferences wi th s~w the portable saw mlll to the present. ,, tion. makers were able to conS t ruct a err- . ·j He urged greater use o! New lfampAt 1 o'clock luncheon was served at cular saw .. that will run 180 feet per ) shire products, which in tum would the Commons with Roy D. Hunter of minute." At first_ th e material was ~ 1 /use New Hampshire labor. Claremont, president _of the board of be used in deveiOpment of prcfabrt- -___ _ _ __ trustees Of · the University of New cated houses but the sponsor of this ~ -, 1.1 · · \<1'1., Hampshire, actlng as toastmaster. development dien and his heirs were _ d _Y -o~\ 'l.\ , :1vG . -- ,__.., ·n ~ H. A. Endres, president of the New not interested in the project so it now Hampshire Diatomite Co., .of Ports- has been commercialized," he said. mouth, was the first speaker on the P . E. Harrison, Dover, began his talk afternoon progrnm being introduced by saying that rayon manufacturers by chairman Charles J. Mai:_mel, f_a~- produce three hundred million po~nds _ ,•: , . : tory manager -of the sales register divi- daily and are very research-cons~10_us. _,._: \ ',( ,:· ;:. · sion in u. P. M. Kidder Press Co., of He expects to see seven or eight mill10n \ Dover. . dollars spent a year in i-ayon research, J Mr. Endres recommended that m and concluded by saying, "I only hope ; the case of small industries that can that rayon will come to New England." not afford a research department that Boardman M. Randall of Ports·, they ma lee use of . such institutions as mouth, president of the St. Croix Lumthe Mellon Research Institute or of ber company, spoke on the "Developresearch laboratories maintained int~: : state if possible. But in either case, ~ _ . _. ;::J_.:.i\~_:.~:::;:;,, I\ ? r~ ·--··--- ·-------- -----•-.•-~·- ---- - - _., - .. -------- �-.'_' :·.=-._-•.~.-.•::_,i:)·;;_J- ·.::.~. . .... ·~.'- .., ·_:_.-- - - - ~'_'._:~.- .~~-__:_,~: -;_>·}._12r_-~-;__~.. ,._:... --~·- ·. ~ li~---, . - -- . -··~.;"!. • ,_;:..~.~;_· .· •..- .. ~--:~ •·./ ·.1~ :, • ~ha;l~in of th~ D~y, Rev. · Maxwell Ganter r_, They will take positions upon the west \ side of Market street, right resting at Market Square. 7. At 2:30 p. m. the parade will move over the following route: Congress, Islington, Cabot, Middle streets, Richards avenue to cemetery, where program will be as follows: The following order has been issued Selection by American Legion Band by tJhief Marshal J. Fred Turner for the Prayer by Rev. Maxwell Ganter Memorial Day parade in triis dty: Reading of General Orders No. 2 by Ge.n eral Orders No_. 1 Past Comdr . Jeremy R. Waldron of Portsmouth, N. H. Frank E. Booma Post, No. 6, Amert• May 24, 1938. can Legion 1. In accordance with G . 0. No. 1, Reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad• Central Veterans Council, J. Fred Turdress by F. C. Malley, past depart• ner ls appointed chief marshal of the ment commander, Veterans of Foreign Memorial Day committee and charged Wars with making all necessary arrangements )Reading oi John _A. Logan's Order No. for the duties incumbent upon his of• fice. 4, Unit~~ 2. The divisio1>, will assemble at 2 p. m. ; Monday, May 30, at the various points hereinafter stated. 3. First Division will assemble upon E. the east side of Pleasant street, right resting at the First National Bank, Mar• with ket Square, and will consist of the fol• !1 flags by Sons of Veberana (, VolleybyU S Marines lowing; Platoon of Police . Taps by bu~le~ . • . Chief Marshal 1I1 8 . At the conclusion or the exercl&si Chief of Staff !! line wm be formed and will return Aides 5 Honorary Staff ::!~~~a~~:: : r!~~::~; ~rmy ~~~ Veterans of Foreign Wars Band JI Navy officers Grand Army veterans and U. S. Marine Corps Battery D, 197th Artillery (A. A .) ~\ ~tf~:~ ~Z;~;w!:C:t~!:a:; N. H. N. G. \, chief marshal and staff will join the re• Fleet Re.serve '.I viewing party and the units of the par• 4. Second Division will assemble up- ~•ade , · s will proce ed t-0 th e Ir h ome stat'o 1 n on the east side of Pleasant street, right resting at the orner of State. The division will be in charge of Comdr. Clyde ; a. Robinson and will consist of the fol! lowing: · · · American Legion Band Frank E. Bo_oma Post, No. 6, American Legion Auxiliary to American Legion Henry Wallingford Post, No. · 89, American Legion Emerson Hovey Post, No. 168, .j Veterans of Foreign Wars . • Auxiliary to Emerson Hovey Post, . No. 168, V. F. W. ;; Camp Schley, No. 4, Spanish ·1 War veterans 5. Third Division will assemble upon t:iMarket street, right resting at Market ,!:square. The division wil be in charge iof Chief Aide Charles D. Nichols and .·,;·will consist of the following: ! 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Edward Tuck of Exeter, Dr. Edward Tuck Ma.nix of Lynn, -~ American philanthropist, who died Mass., 100 American Smelting. \April 30 in his 95th year at Monte CarDr. Ernest M. Hopkins, president of ; lo, Monaco, was filed for probate in Dartmouth college, $10,000. , ··: New York yesterday, leaving a myriad Former Senator George H. Moses • .· • - ; of bequests to institutions, ·relatives and of Concord, $10,000: . : friends, principally in New England. Dorothy Whitney of Walpole, $5,000 ' No estimate of the estate's value was and 300 American smelting shares. ; given. Frederick R. Batchelder and his / The Society of Cincinnati of Exeter brother, Edward S., both of Hampton · l received $3,000, and 200 shares each of $3,000 and $2,000 respectively. ' : the stock in the Chase National bank Edward Tuck of Auburn, Mass., 200 of New York and American Smelting bank shares. and Refining co. The residuary estate is left to Amos The Phillips Exeter academy was Tuck French who has 10-32nds interbequeathed the homestead of Tuck's est; to Julia -T uck Firth of New Haven father; subject to the right of his niece, Conn., who has 11-32nds; and to Thom~ . Laura Nelson of Exeter to occupy it as, Dorothy, Catharine and Anne Hook! during her lifetime. The house and er of New Haven and Emily Morgan "· '. lands were given to the faculty, their Hooker who are to share equally in - _~ families and friends for residences but ll -32nds interest. ThomQ.S Hooker also : - · : not for clubhouses or dormitories received 300 bank shares. ':, Other money and stock bequests inThe will directed that the miscellan: eluded: eous contents of Tuck's Paris and The New Hampshire Historical soc- Monte Carlo apartments be sold at aucj iety of Concord, $5;ooo, 400 shares of tion and proceeds divided between his · ; the bank and 300 of the smelting stock. nephew, Amos Tuck French, and his ' The Meeting House Green Memorial grand nieces, Mrs. Dorothy Brinley : P ark association of Hampton, $3,000. Hall and Julia Tuck Firth of New Havi Laura Nelson, 500 bank shares, 500 ~e_n_._ _ _ ___ .., ___ . _ ! smelting shares and 1,000 shares of 1 Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., -1 > ~ ~-i\~~cl Ltd. - f'r'\~ '). g' . \ ~ t Ellen French Fitzsimmons. a niece of · Newport, R. I., 500 bank shares and 2,000 Hudson Bay shares. Laura Manix of Exeter, 200 shares of American Smelting and $3,000. °' I ~ -;_v: �George.T. Cogan Named Chief 01 Fire Department Elected By City Council To Suc~eed Late William F. Woods - Clarence Atwell Named First Assistant---,t,--o--=L•1Enn"!'de'-n-S~tr_e_e,..t,-o-n....,,..e_n_o_r..,...._s1'"'· ineer d.-e-, -.I The cit.y council at Its meeting on tat any time. Councilman Sukeforth Friday ·unanimously appointed George stated he had received word th5l.t there T. Cogan chief euglneer of the Fire had been a delay in receiving the Departmen t, and Clarence Atwell, as lights for Pa1Tott Aye., but that it was fil"st assistant engineer. The council hoped to have the lights ready, by the also ·passed to a second reading and time of the Legio;n convention. proposed amendment to the parking orThe committee on bllli; of second dinances pertaining to Danit!ls street, readings asked for :f;Ul'ther time reamending the amendment by prohlb- garding the plumbing ordinance whlch iting 'parking from 9 to 6 on week days passed its first reading recently. and from 9 to 9 on Saturdays on t.he Councilman Downs called attention north side of this street. to a request mad,e by William Kelly to All councilmen were present and , purchase a small ]!)lee~ of property adMayor Kennard E. Goldsmltti presided. ] joining his land near the New Franklin A communication was received from the School and the Mayor was empowered Portsmouth District Nursing Associa- to sell this to Mr. Kelley. tion, signed by Mrs. Samuel F . Griffin, Councilman Durell introduced a rescalling attent.ion to the diphtheria clin- olution Jru,\klng the sum of $75 avallics held in 1933 and 1935 with the clty able to the Board of street Commlsproviding the cost of the toxin. The sioners to complete the work. of salet.y communication stated t.he need for in- lines. He stated that this was not an noculating at this tbne, and asked for extra appropriation, but a transfer. an appropriation of $100 for this. 'I'his Councilman Herrick. introduced a rewas referred to the finance committee. solution transfenlng , $'l5 ;from City A communcatlon was reeeived ftom Hall maintenance to .. extra labor, the American Legion f@r permission to Councilman Downs. Introduced a hold a block dance on Thursday, June resolution making the sum of 16, in connection with the I)eparttrtertt available for the American Legion convention, the area from the North • convention. This is not a new approChurch to State Street to be roped off priation, the amount already having and dancing to be open to all. The b voted out in order to make lt co,mmu·nication was signed by Mark a!:~able b~fore the anual approprla0 Brien of t he . entertainment com- tion bl]) was passed this transfer was roittee. This petition was grant-ed and necessary. Councilman Burkhardt introduced a the Board of Street Commissioners and Police department were to be noti- resolution appropriating $500 for fire works for the Fourth of July and t.here fied. Petitions asking for permission to was a discussion regarding the place store and sell gasoline were received. to hold the •fire-works and bonfire, lf tliere was to be a bonfire. Change in ownership and other reaso All of these resolutions were adoptresulted in the requests being asked. ed. Those asking were Josephine Sweeney · oouncilman Downs spoke of the la k of Lafayette Road, Albert F . Witham, of •a public landing and the need for 1572 Maplewood Ave., Arthur Dedes, one for the small craft which put into 105 Daniels st., Charles H. Noble, Ocean the harbor. This was referred to the Road G . Fred Drew, 35 Chatham St. :finance committee. Tiles~ were referred to the Board of City Solicitor Leo Liberson read three Adjust.ment. letters from the National Gypsu~ Co. The council then went into a r.om- regarding the eliminator to get rid of mlttee as a whole and discus!ied the . the dust nuisance at Atlantic Heighl.s. Daniels Street parking question. Coun- 1 The first letter was dated May 10, the cllman John T. Downs presided, :mcl second two days later, and the third a the final action was the passing of week ago in which it was announced the .second reading ,and amending the that the order for the dust eliminator amendment to prohibit parking from had been placed, and t.hat shipment 9 to 6 on week-days and 9 to 9 on Sat- would be made on June 1, and that 11rdays on the Nor.th: side of Daniels Street and no parking from Penhallow $3000. e installation would take p ace about two weeks. This was the result of efforts by the council to have something done to relieve the situation at the Heights. . , Councilman Sukeforth presented a Jetter regarding the proposed work on :the North Mill Pond gates, calllng for •the need for immediate action. The Jetter stated that suitable gates could be built to take care of the sltua.tJon for many years to come, at a cost of $5800. Tbis was referred to the Finance Committee. Councilman Boynton asked for permission for Ralph Atwell, , a member of, the :Qoard of Street Commlssionets, to speak, and Mr. Atwell spoke of plans ,which are in the possession of the city clerk, which the Water departm~nt ,needs. There was a considerable die.cusslon regarding this and it was finally decided that when any department of the city desired plans which were necessary to them, although belonging in another department, that duplicates .be made and that such cost be made a charge against the department requiring duplicates. Adjournment was chair. ·, �Portsmouth Pays Tribute To Soldier And'Sailor Dead Solemn Exercises At South Cemetery Follows Parade Of Patriotic Organizations Fitting tribute was paid by the people of I.his city to their honored dead at appropriate exercises held at the South Cemetery Monday afternoon. All during the week flowers had been placed upon the graves of loved ones, and yesterday afternoon due honor was paid to those who had servect th,elr country in the various wars. . It was a fitting tribute to those who had fought in defense of their country on the battlefields of the world, many of whom made the supreme sacrifice while in the da)'s of their young manhood. IL Is a credit to the American peoqle that this day is observed and that it is made a solemn occasion that all may realize the debt they owe to the men who marched behind the Stars and Stripes in our nation's wars. There was an added note of sadness in the parade and exercis·es yesterday through the fact that there were no members of the Grand Army of the Republic able to take part in this great tribute which 'was first conceived in their honor and as a <;leserved memorial of thell" deeds of valor and sacrifice. Shortly after the conclusion of the parade came word that I.he only surviving veteran of the Civil War in Portsmouth, James Arrington, had passed to the Great, Beyond. To many it seemed sad that his death should come on Memorial Day yet it was fitting that he should join his departed. comrades so soon after the solemn note- of "taps" had been sounded at the South cemetery and it was undoubtedly as h:! wished it. There are no more Grand Army veterans in Portsmouth; "the thin blue line is gone''-but their memory will never be forgotten. At 2 o'clock the marchers formed on Plea3,mt St. and Market street. Shortly after 2 .30 the parade got under way and marched along Congress, Islington, Cabot, Middle st1eets and Richards avenue to the cemetery. The parade was headed by Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt and a platoon of police consisting or Offic;ers Smart, McGraw, Rurley, Connoh, Dow and Gillespie, followed by J. Fred Turner, chief mars.hat of the parade, James B. Mahoney, chief or staff and the aides and honorary staff. The Veterans of Foreigns Wars band under the leadership of Frank Gilles-. pie were next in' line followed by a group of U.S. Marines from the Portsmouth Navy Yatd, and Battery D. 197th artillery (A.A.) New Hampshire National Guard and Fleet Naval Reserve Association The second division was in charge of Comdr. Clyde G, Robinson of the Frank E. Booma. Post, American Le• glon. The American Legion Band headed this group and next came the Frank E. Booma Post, Legionnaires, the Auxiliary, Members of Henry Wal• lh1gford Post; No. 89 of Kittery, Emerson Hovey Post, Np. 168, V. F . W. and Camp, Schley, No. 4 Spanish War VeJ;eran. Charles D. Nichols, chie( aide, wa in charge of the third division which consisted of the Girl Scouts Bugle and Drum Corps, the members of the Girt Scouts of Greater Portsmouth, Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts, members of Thoma A ton Harris Camp, Sons of Veterans and i.pecial guests including Rear Adm. Cyrus W. Cole, commandant ot the navy yard, and his aide, Lieut. Comdr. James J. Curley, Capt. William F . Am den, industrial manager of the Navy Yard, Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith. and members of his council, and Rev, Maxwell Ganter, chaplain of the day. Arriving at the cemetery under tha abje direction of City Marshal Leonard Hewitt and his platoon of police, the marchers were assigned to their places for the sen1ice. . One of the features of the parade wa the work of Beatrice Fishman, 19ye r-old Dover girl, a student of thlJ University of New Hamp~hire, who acted a - drum major of the V:F.W. band and made a decided hit. Edward Ross, drum major of I.he American Legion b nd, also made a fine appearance. J. Fred Turner presided and intro• duced the speakers. The American Le• gion Band played the opening selection, and this was followed by prayer by Rev. Maxwell Ganter. Judge Jeremy R. Waldron, first commander of the Frank E. Booma Post, No. 6, American Legion, read General Orders No. 2. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was delivered by Francis C. Malley, past Deartment Commander of - the New Hampshire Veterans of Foreign Wars. James P . Kelly, a past Department Commander of Camp Schley, No. 4, United Spanish War Vetera,ps, 1·ead Gen. John A. Logan's Order No. 11. The Veterans of Foreign Wars band next presented a musical selection. Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith was the concluding speaker short patriotic address. '" My Fellow Citizens; Again we pause amidst the concerns and employmenl.s of daily life, to pay deserved respects to those of our relatives, parents, and friends who laid down their lives for the cause they inherenUy believed was right,. Many have been at rest for years, others have been with us until recently, but today from those long ranks of blue, there remain none to carry on the duties which are incumbent upon them, for which this day is dedicated. One by one they have gone from our daily lives to join those countless numbers of their comrades in arm . To us is left that heritage, and today we again offer our sincere and affectionate tribute to their memory. As their survivors we should never l>e found wanting in the discharge of this important trust, remem• bering those days of want, privation, and hardship, when Brother fought against Brother and Father against Son. Today there is no boundary between North and South, we a-~e a united people, consecrated to the same ideals and actuated by the same motives and principles, united in the strength of Brotherly Love, with right-. iousness to all and malice towards none. It is with sympathetic understanding that we unite in this day of devotion conscious of our duties and determined that the deeds of those who have gone before us shall live on perpetual record. It is ln these beloved quties such as is prevalent today, that firmly binds us into the Nation that we nre, always seeking to do our best and det~rmined that our efforts shall be crowned with ~uccess. Our task l~ to make sure that those immortal words spoken by Lincoln at Gettysburg, blossom and bear fruit, a11d as we stand uncovrred in the presence of the dead and renew our pledge of faith 11,nd principle, may our hearts beat in unison as we again recite; I pledge allegiance to may flag and to the Country for which it stands, one nation in• divisible, with Liberty and Justice for all." �The graves of those bw·ied In the G. A. R. lot w.ire decorated by flags and also during the time the parade was re-assembling, flowers were placed on each grave. The U. S. Marines fired a volley and this was followed by taps by the Marine bugler with another bugler presenLing an "echo" from the opi.,osite side of the pond. Reforrnmg the parade continued out of the cemetery alon~ South street to Pleasant street to St te street, P Ing in review by the Army and Navy ottlclals at the Rockingham Hotel, and then went to their home stations where they were dismissed. - .......~ LAST CIVIL WAR VETERAN IN Cl YDIE James Arrington Passe Away On Afternoon Of Memorial Day ------· TO DISClJSS HAMPTON BEACH DEVE OPMENTS To consider plans for the further development of Hampton Beach and nearby sections Gov. Francis P. Murphy and members of his executive council will meet with precinct commissioners, town selectmen, heads of state departments and business men at a dinner to be sponsored by the Hampton Beach Chamber of Commerce June 16 at the Hotel Ashworth. · Previously, problems concerning the industrial, recreation and agricultural phases of this section will be discussed at the meeUng of the New Hampshlre Seacoast Regional Association to be held on June 6 at the Ashworth. Frank Randall of Portsmouth is arranging for the speakers. It is expected that the possibility of a new bridge to replace the Hampton wooden structure, new traffic lanes for entrance to Hampton Beach and further development of the state reservation will be discussed at the dinner. Governor Murphy, his councilors and several department heads, have accepted invitations. ~ °'.) Mr. Arrington was a past commander of Phil Sheridan Post, No. 24, G .AR. of Salem, Mass., and for twelve consecutive years held the presidency of the Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Association. He was also a member of the Odd Fellows at Salem. He is survived by thrne sons, Freder.b c H. Arringl;c,11 of Yarmouth, N. S., Charles B. Arrington of this city and Melvin G. Arrington of Manchester, and one g!'andson, Harold Arrington of Lynn, Mass. Funeral Notice The body will repose at the Buckminster Chapel, 7 Islington Street, until 10 o'clock Thursday morning when services will ba held. Friends invited. JUNIOR HIGH PUPILS AWARDED LEGION MEDALS On Memorial Day, shortly after the citizens of Portsmouth had paid their tribute to his departed comrades, James Arrington, the last veteran of the Civil War residing in this city, joined the ranks of those heroes of 1861-65 who have gone to their reward. Mr. Arrlngton's death came less than two hours after the exercises held at the South cemetery in commemoration or Decoration Day. One by one had Mr. Arrington seen his friends and comrades in U1e great struggle to preserve the union pass from the ranks of those stm living and on each Memorial Day he had paid them tribute. It was a fitting requiem that when the call came he should rejoin them on Memorial Day. Mr. Arrington, who resided with his son, Charles B, Arrington, at 82 Langdon stt-eet, was 93 years old last Nov. 1. He was a native of Lynn, Mass., and served In the Third Massachusetts Heavy Artillery during the Civil War, being honorably discharged Sept 29, 1865. During his long service he assisted in the repul&e of General Early'$ raids on the fo1 ts surrounding Washington, D. C., in June 1864 and many other engagements. AftE>r the war he was employed shoe factories in Massachusetts and Connactlcut for some time, serving a.s superintendent in factories in Beverly, Salem, and Lynn, Mass., as well as in Connecticut. He had made his home in this city for the last 18 years. Miss Miriam Ng, daughter of and Mrs. Din Wah Ng, and Charle.OJ Mor ng, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Morang, were presented with the coveted honor medals of the American Legion at the Memorial exercises of the Junior Ii:lgh School here on Friday. The presentatl?ns were made by Commander Clyde G . Robinson ot Frank E. Booma Post, American Le~ gion, of this city. Since 1926 it has been the custom for the American Legion to present two medals, one to a boy and one to a girl, the recipients being the members of the eighth grade of the school who receive the highest total percentage upon the basis of character and ability ratings voted upon by both teachers and pupils of the school. Boys are rat~ ed upon the basis of honor, of courage. of scholarship, of leadership and ot service. Girls are rated upon the basis of courage, scholarship, service, character and companionship. The votes are counted by representatives o! th& Frank E. Booma Post. Tribute Paid ·Last Slave to Die in N. H. ROCHESTER , May 30-(AP) - The grave of "Old Aggie ," the last slave to die in New Hamp• shire, was piled with flowers to day by townsfolks who deco rated the last resting places of the soldier dead. "Old Aggie," who died at the age of 100, was bought In the West Indies by a New. England salting captain and brought here at the age of 11. Stories of her nursing ability during times of sickness have become legends In this New Hampshire commun• tty. �St, John's Church was nearly filled Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock when the English Boy Oho isters, who 1U1e qn a tour in this country, were heard in Choral Evensong. It was a rare privil,ege to hear this gifted group, who are enthuslasticaJ.ly received wherever they appear. Their rebdltJons received o ound appreelatton o! th large congregation which followed the service with the closest attention. The choristers wore red cassoek.'l, white .surpllees, white ruffle& and medTh e were nJne the gJ"Oup, the youngest being 12 yean of . Two upec a~ interestln :ffl.twrea. of Die choir was that two of the solois at laat evening's .service and another of the group sang in the choir at the coronati of Maj sty, Gec>rS! V'I. an that three ~ the outstanding boy sololea , the own parish ch In place o a sermon at the servic;e the chorister,!, gave several selections of .sacred music, Their exceptlo~ally fine voices were heard to adVll.lliag~ aJld gav, evidence. of admirable training, whila their dem or was perfect and Ith their pray -books they followed closely the reading of the Jes.sons. The order or service was the traditional Evensong a.s sung each Sunday bl the eathedrals and churches of England, and was as follows: Silent Procession Introit, "Go Be In My Head" (.aung Davis kne ling) Sentence., General Confession Monotoned Ab$olutton Lord's PYayu Ver.slcle.s and Respo ea Psalm ma Ohan~ Pil'st Le.saon Magnlf1ea ir herson Second 1,e.,son Nunc JDimlttl.s Creed Monotoned Vel'.sicle and Respo ea Collect.audlng with "I.lg tm 11-l'kn ,J co cone PYayers and Sacred selections Wea l! Annow1cie:men1a O!!ertory (organ .se tlon) , Benediction Silent Recession The ehoJrl.stera were in charge of ek A, Inman, mana er of choir-, d were also aceompanled b Oa:rlton Bor10 , A Ila Royal college organist and founder ot the sehool 111 year11 ago. Mr. Borrow presided at the organ dUTIng the evening, The pllel!ent toUI' of the choristers commenced ew York Oity and took them a.s far west ea Kansas City, visitin Buttalo, Cleveland, De- troit, Chicago, st. Louis, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston and other cities en route. They were to ata.y ov rnlght city and be entertained by local parish• loners but owlng to Mr. Barrow !eellng very ill from a severe cold it waa necesaary !or him to return to Baston for treatment and the party left at once after the service. The Te Dewn which was to have clo.sed the .service and sung as a fitting close to the 300th nnivena.ry of the fir.st Church of England aer• Ice ln this city was omitted owing to Mir. Borrow's illness. The cho ters appear 1n Mass., thi.s evening and on Friday at ewpoi-t, R. I. They sail for gland. n June ll, after a. tour ln thil country o! enl months, during h1ch they have had the advantage of visiting big cities and gaining a better undentand• in ot American boys, • deeper insight into their characters and which they il1 n ve fo1get • All the boys are student.a at the London Choir School in the 10uthea.atem pacrt of London. There are 126 boys at the 11chool, ranging in ages from nine to 16 years. While on tour their edu atlon is under the in.struction of a quali!led schoolmaster and a certain portion of each day 1.s aet a.part for theil' studies. �SUMMER MEETING OF SEACOAST ASS'N ON JUNE 6 · The annual summer dinner of t\1e New Hampshire Seacoast Regional -De• velopment Association will be held at the Ashworth Hotel at Hampton Beach on Monday, June 6, at 7 p. m. In keeping with the objectives of the association, namely, development of agriculture, industry, recreation and education, recent developments along these lines will be presented by the apeakers. Andrew L . Fielker, commissioner of agricultw·e of the state of New Hamp-... shire, will discuss present day trenda in the development of Agriculture, Edwin R. Rath, industrial research ertglneer of the University of New Hampshire, will present the importance of research a., applied to industrial development, and Presideut Engelhardt of the University of New Hampshire will dlscl.18S the contribution of t he university to the development of r ecreation. President Frank W. Randall will preside and Dr. Haven T. Paul wlli act as ma.st.er of ceremonies. It Js important that advance reservations be made with the secretary, Alvin F. Redden, 17 Daniek! street, Portsmouth. PLAYGROUND SUPERVISORS ARE NAMED A meeting of the street commission- ers was heldJn City Hall Tuesday eve• ntng with Dr. s. F , A. Pickering presiding. Bida on the fence for the temlls courts we1·e· opened and awarded to the Wickwire Spencer Steel Co. The bid on th~ water department chlorlnator was awarded .to Wallace and Ticr!an Co. It was voted that the ash trucks collect on Sagamore avenue to Sagamore bridge, Maplewood and Woodbury avenues and at Portsmouth Plains through Greenleaf avenue. Playground supervisors were chosen to serve fo1· the summer months. Daniel Atwell, Jr., Philip Hodgdon and Sylvia Blankenberg will be on duty at the Soutq playground and at the Pine Street; playground will be. Thomas Walsh. HEWITT AS CITY.MARSHAL Three Oth'er Appointment's Also Confirmed By Police Co.mmissioners · The regular meeting of the polioe commission which . is scheduled tor next Monday night was held 011 Tuesday evening with the full board present. The change of meeting date was due to one of the members being unable to attend on the regular meeting· date. The com.mission unanimously con~ firmed the appointment of Leonard H. Hewitt as city marshal. Marshal Hewitt had been serving a six months' probationary appointment made la.st '.November to fill the vacancy ca\J.sed by the death of George H. Ducker. Confirmation was ltlso given In the recent appointments of Deputy Mar• shal Fmnk Demars, Capt. Dougal MoLean and Polloe Officer John H, MoCann. ~ . · The CQmmissioners and · City Mar◄ shill Hewitt took up the mfi'tter 6f po• licit the city during the American Legion convention and the arrangemettt so fai: is well In hand. 011 this occasion the Legion will assist in selecting a number of its members who are qualifled to act as police officers during the visit of the New Hampshire Veterans of the World war. The State Police will be requested also to assist during the period of the convention and is expected to have a number of men assigned in this section. The request will shortly be forwarded to Superintendent Colbath of the state troopers. Routine bills were approved for p Ynent. �Volume Six of N. H. Probate Records Now Completed Covers Years from 1757 to 1760 and Will Be Volume 36 of State Papers Series; Many Oddities in Spe lling Noted Special tc;> The Union, CONCORD, May 30.-0tis G. Hammond, superintendent of the New Hampshire Historical society, ha~ completed compilation of volume six of the Probate Records of New Hampshire, for the years from 1757 to 1760, the book comprising volume 36 of the State Papers series. The volume comprises 594 pages, exclusive of an extensive index, and all, except a few pages ot the index, now are off the press, After the printing has been done, the books will have to be bound. Estates dealt with in recorded wills, printed in the book, comprise a ll or nearly all, of the New Hampshire towns that were in existence at that time. In fact, some of the towns listed had not, ill 1760, come into existence, but they are called by their present names for the benefit of those who will use the book. Towns actually named include: Portsmouth, Londonderry, Hollis, Newmarket, Kensington, Brentwood, Hampton Falls, Chester, Exeter, Greenland, Dover, Nashua, Stratham, Durham, Hopkinton, Kingston, Barrington, Salem, Bedford, Amherst, Concord, Sandown, Hudson, Plaistow, New Ipswich, Hampton, Rochester, Danville, Goffstown, Rye, Hinsdale, Windham, Canterbury, Mason, Madbury, North Hampton, Wilton, Epping, Charlestown, Hampstead, Manchester, Bow, Pembroke, Litchfield, New Castle, Merrimack and Dunbar ton. Massachusetts towns that figured in New Hampshire probate records in that period were Amesbury, Malden, Methuen, Deerfield, Ipswich, Haverhill and Salisbury. 'fhe casual reader of the book is struck by the oddities of spelling; and this does not mean that the spelling of English words has changed so very greatly in 178 years, but that persons who wrote either were ignorant or were much. less careful than they are now. This weakness in spelling is noted in some of the letters that our ancestors wrote and that have been preserved; even men of unusual ability and high public standing were not sure how a word should be spelled, when they felt called upon to write it. Some of the men whose wills were probated in the years from 1757 to 1760 could not write and made their "marks" at the ends of documents, but education seems to have been fairly general in New H ampshire at that time; at any rate, most people seem to have been able to write their own names. Some of them, however, were a bit dubious when it came to use of itals and wrote their names wfthout employing capitals at a . Still others spelled their names differently, when they wrote them, than the accepted spelling, both then and now. Compilatioll and printing ot these pfipers is ii'). 11ccordance with the terms of a law enacted many years ago; and the idea back ot it is to preserve the records of New Hampshire in a form where they easily can be consulted. .iU - TO ELEI NSATURDAY stonelelgh College will hold 1t:; annual June Fete at Rye Beach Saturday with the entire student body participating in an all day program to e climaxed by the crowning of the J11ne Queen. The public is cordially invited. A swlmming meet at the Beach Club pool will open the schedule of events at 10 a. m . This will mclude competition in dashes and form ati well as a diving exhibition and novelty race . The afternoon will be devoted to tennis, beginning at 2.30 with a singles tournament followed by an exhibition match for doubles . At 6 o'clock the senior voted upon by all students for academic standing, popularity and general college spirit will be crowned as June Queen by Miss Dorothy Sellars of Lawrence, Mass., last year's queen, who will return for the occasion. ThiS picturesque ceremony, in which those taking part wlll be costwned in Elizabethan fashion, will take place on the college terrace. Afterwards there will be a formal reception for the queen and the members of her court in the college bJue room, and tea will be served. At 8.30 an informal dance for students and their guest will close the day's program, all df which is being arranged by the student government association under the direction of Miss Edna H. Toennesen, instructor in physical education. Chairmen of committees are Mary Flint of Fitchbm·g, Mass ., student government; swimming, Church of Needham, Mass., tennis, Winifred Crawford of Wayne, Penn.; po ters, Katherine Cudding ot Newton Center, Mass. Costumes for the June Queen ceremony have been designed and made by members of the costume design class under the chairmanship of Miss Dorothy Burton, instructor Those pouring at the tea will be Edith R. Ronian, '39, of Middletown, Conn., president-elect of the student government association, nnd Beth Eaton, '39, of Schenectady, N. Y., preident-elect of the semor class. Will Use Gypsum Product In World's Fair Building Over two millfon feet of plaster board will be shipped by rail from the National Gypsum Company plant at Freeman's Pomt to New York. This material is to be used in the construction of the World' F ir buildings. �:~9-~i~;,,o d~~~~~~:~f;~:€~~~ '. "-:~}~~~~~-="-:_:i;s?( ~,.:::"_:;jt~;:·-'. ~· _:;:.f ·;~~t.r:_ ··_ .::i. J..\. '. .._:=~Jf)t ·: .::,::::f/f[}~ TELLS OF EARLY SHIPPING IN · PORTSMOUTH . . l . , A NI G eorge · e son Gives Interesting Ta[k Be fore Rotary ClUb George A. Nelson, deputy corector of _ ,~> , l_s\g_ ,,·,~~v;--t~·d!?) ~i::_e 2000 · · ~d H . nerships, as individuals found it dl.f- I -;t:\ .-_;_~r.:_g:.~ -~ev_eral to~~r::_reof ~hips: i~ ficult to finance the building. . · th J1 b B t : Frederick W. Fernald ln 1836 entered ''.-,'.': 1,:~,:-/.,:,.;;···. ,:.{, 1t · '''t 1r 1 /t~:~ ~~~nfhe :ri~~cg:~a. ~ir~:~ a~s~ ; ~~t~e:~cg: btwy~:~ ~:;nu:~pr!!i~~~ ._· .'.,_.• _!c_·aptured some o_f the_ ships and these : After building one vessel he took over . ;. _•_pn~~ded _the ~nge\. Oli~e Branchte . : the ship yard on Badger's Island. In ) ; .iscussmg t e - me_ncan priva ermg 1.!138 he took into partnership Charles .• ,which developed durmg the War of . 1 • ·..--;1812, when American privateers set out • Raynes, forming the concern of Raynes -.' .; to capture whatever English merchant ) and Fernald and. to them fell t.he dis:vessels ihey found, he ~poke of the tinction of building the first vessel o:f ; Nancy getting the first prize, the Brit- 1 over 1,000 1?ns launched 11: the :"'is-l ish brig, Resolution, with a cargo for : cataqua. This was the Empire of 1049 !the British army. · .,; He elaborated on the career of the :·, gold in 1849 . ,:! Thomas, .\·1~:}f:Z_:_t.:_.iJ . . ..,, "'. . . . , .·-·"·/?:-,(?) /;-·_-:i,': <.''.:'= :,;,: ;./:\ :: ,, :-·-t_. ;:,;•;z:}c/;-;;,;;;·:1 . .. ~--"· ~.-,.,t··.-:·•·.. :• • ·>·":· :,;:•_;~;:-:,•~=:"/~. --:,:· -~;.:;__ :f\'.t:_.f·1 . ·:,:-:·,:'>,,,~,~ . :)_c-':~ ; /'.'S\k~1t/,?\?[ ::·'-"~t·;,r,1~,-,:;-:;_i:.< which was commissi?ned on in California created a demand for · ' Aug. 13, 1812, having been built at speed in transportation and thus the cuscoms of Portsmouth, was the speak- \ Durham by Abraham Shaw. Under the /• ; clipper ship~ were built. ~mong th_em er at the weekly meeting of the Ports. ·; command of Thomas M. Shaw the were the Nightingale, built in Eliot, mouth Rotary club this noon and he ,: ship carried a cn,w of 90 and . was , 'j the Witch of the Wave, buil~ in Portsgave a very interesting talk regarding : equipped with 14 guns and two swivels. ' 1 mouth, the Typhoon, Dashing Wave, the early shipping of New Hampshire . The .first cruise resulted in the capture ~'1 ·Charger and Red Rover. and of the shipbuilding industry of ,·•; of the ship Falmouth sailing from Ja- '\ George Raynes built the first clipper Portsmouth ·a nd surroundi."1.g towns. .' maica to London with a cargo valued · 1 in this section, the Roman o! 774 tons Mr. Nelson has devoted mos, of hi~ .', at $115,000. This cargo was captured ·: constructed in 1850. In her first year spare time during the past t en years to ' by the Thomas and sold at Ports- ; ·: she ran 1757 miles in seven days. searching through records and has ; mouth on Oct. 7, 1812 for $122,787.48. Shortly after the Roman, Raynes sent compiled a very complete list of ships .- i The Halifax Dromo and another brig ··.· down the ways the Sea Serpent of 140~ which were built in this section. ·· · were captur~d on the second cruise, tons. He found worthy competition the In opening his talk he spoke of as- ; and on a cruise which started on June _ next year in the Typhoon of 1611 tons, suming his duties at the Portsmouth -: 1, the Thomas captured the British · built by Fernald and Pettigrew, and Custom House ten years ago and of the ,;; ship Diana, the cargo of which was· , then the Nightingale, built at Eliot. numerous requests for information ;) sold at Wiscasset, Me., for $203,109.67. . After the firm of ~obey and Littlewhich aroused his interest and result- '•i The John Peet and cargo captured the :field was established on Noble's Island ed in his compiling the reco rd. which .,; following month sold for $24,625.50. The ,.• in 1853, Daniel Moulton started work . :\:Jq;;~":'.;;:;/;{::·/·, he has. ·:1Thomas engaged in a bitter battle with .., : in the south end. 'i01',;;1tt~}~:.,;~;:{~ "H seems strange that so liri;le has . : the British privateer Liverpool Packet · ; With these firms and those already ·:':::4:?<~t?f:-:'.{tt been written about t he· industry which _.; and was captured. Although the cargo .... in existence shipbuilding in New ·' ·;~_,;; '.\1.;/'?.:(:;-:!;-s:):) was recognized as the basic one of the . ·: and the packet brought but $3,349.87, ~ JHampshire and -adjoining Maine ?~n\/'.. lS7'/::\Ji state in the 18th and 19th centuries, .·J. there was great rejoici11 g over her cap- -:,.heached its peak between 1850 and 1857. ,<'.::/, ..:.;~_•:;:1;_:;;::,<: especially in view of the fact that there 'j ture for she harrassed shipping along _·' A decline in shipbuilding came with . •'·_J:;c?.;rt:--:·:,:tt,;:,( is a wealth of source mar,etial in the 'I the New England coast since the be- -~,J the Oivil ~ar. In 18:3 _Tobey ar_id Litlocal Custom House and tht newspa- · i ginning of the war. The Thomas was ..-,·1 tlefield quit after bmldmg 23 ships, one . ~··:,: ·,o'·.-,':'i:.;,~;g,- ,fl;_ pers and periodicals of this time,'' he ··! captured on May 1 1814. ·,:: brig, five barks and two schooners, to- ><i-cf).?J/,.;;(f;,~? said. ~ With the ending of the war, came a ·:; tailing 27,:42 tons. In!!luded' in these ~{~:}}{}f?t,lfl Mr. Nelson stated that he obtained ; new period of shipbuiid ing. Ebenezer ., was the Sierra Nevada, a three-dec~ed "-:':_t-t,;L:~l~½;:;f:~,:: his facts from these records and de- · ~ Thompson and William Hanscom be- . vessel of 194.2 tons, the largest sa!lmg ':."s~-: ~•~ ~s::,;-;i;:;_;,~ -scribing th is work stated that at firat : gan t.heir active careers as Portsmouth . ! vessel built in this section.' In 1888 ·.:::' tc': '• ·'.· ''J}.;"i,1 it was written in narrative form, and ; shipwrights. There was a change in the ··:._: William E. Fernald who took over the . ·\i{(i •°$j'i; then changed to a series of tables ! shipbuilcting industry. Foreign t rade -.:., Raynes yard, stopped operations af- ;')· ·. \', .,· ''\',>\:.<;,( ' linked together with descriptive ma~ i had dwindled and with the decrease · ': ter const-ructing four ships, five barks ;:-:-:. _·•;'.t~): .. ·,':.'.:d/Xf iterial. beliving that it mad= a better I came a corresponding decrease ln the ·,; and 18 schooners t_otaling 11,671 .tons. · i1f~J:-' · -:..::'~'~\ :reference work. '·Its object is to give ! tonnage engaged in the foreign trade. _ i In speaking of thJS decline, Mr. Nel- .. :,_.- :_,.\_;;L,~f)f:·:~ !detailed accurate information about , From 1816 to 1831, t-he tonnage in for- . son g~ve as ~ reason the deman_d for :-::_.\~, . :'-;;\:F.:, 1 ithe ves;els built or owned in the Piseign trade dropped from 26,000 tons to •1speed m getting the gold miners ~-:-•."; · .,:~. ··.• ::'~ · ;;:• '. :caraqua region, their cargoes. s.nd the 10,000. The shipwrights had to find a :, and supplies to California and Austra- \~;':',, ._:t./ <{ ·, ;men interested i11 either or both." new market and this they did by the ·:}ia had ceased. The Civil w11-r ~ad / ./ 'f':\/).S-f: i He next presented many of the · fact that their vessels had made a .. •closed the southern ports. Very little · . .. ._._ .,.;,;.;: .';·:,, ifacts which he has found . and most , ~ountry-wide reputation for sailing : ·-; foreign commerce existed in this sec- -'?:;/-'. lof these were facts which we ·e Httle · : and sturdiness and within a few years •~ tion and there was little demand local- j;iJ~.~---;~._?f/.f:fJ, . ,:- orders were being received not only · .1 ly !or ships. -~'?!fV,;=~"',a;:.:/{·'T;. 1known to his listeners. i From 1760 to 1775 there were built '. from the Atlantic st.ates, but :from '/I In closing, Mr. Nelson said: "We of ::>~i-fi.'"i-:J,, :1:";, /along the Piscataqua an a verage of : those bordering on 1be Gulf. I· ,New Hampshire should know more of ){~\)'. <'.'i;'-t'{;:.:. from 30 to 40 two-decked vessels a ·. .- The first two fh ipwrights of this . . ' the in~ustry that thrived for 250 years . ..-z '2{i}(,•;"~·;-?:: year. he said. S'1ipbuilding co!1tinued ; new ei·a were George Raynes and Sami We should tell the world on every oc- -.,., .:,,...., .:: ·:·, ,. :· ,• · and in 1789 there were 74 v~ssels. to - -'. uel Badger. The first moved from York !casion that the first two-decked ves- ·: "tL~)~ _ :,-.;~ .·.. , talling 8352 tons documented at the ·_! to Portsm outh in 1828 establishing his !sel built in America was the Falkland ,·'\/ '::_:;,,~_"-:r,;;_'.:J,' Custom House. From 1789 to 1812 whe : _: shipyard on he Boyd estate. Samuel I i built at Portsmouth in 1690, that the ·: ~'.~:;_;· ·· :,:='f ~ the war of 1812 put a t emporary stop ; Badger t ook over th e shipyard, :for- , · )argest war vessel built . during the ~\:' \, ·.:.-:- :>: :/-' to shipbuilding the ya.rds in this sec- ' merly owned by William Badger, lo- f- .; Revolution was the Am~nca, 74 tons, ·i-..::··_;.. , •./, ;✓,:, tion turned out 53,000 tons, nearly half ' cated on Badger's Island. later mov- ... : built on Badger's Island, that this same . ,::/1·::> · ;_;ii~J,::-,·: of which were sold out of the district. , u1g to the Kittery shore. . ·1 vessel was the only American-built 'ffi/~:;:::·.\-,'.f~~ To the remaining 28,000 tons were add- . The emphasis in shipbuilding was vessel used as a model by the British .)> .',_::, _ _.:·;:;;:_:,>) ed 20000 tons built outside the sfa,te. · .•; now laid on size and the 400-ton maxi- .~ 1navy; th~t the fi~st three-decked vesTh~ speaker told of several inter- , mum which had prevalled for many j sel built m America was probably the ,::.-...~i::r..-;-[L-. ..c;:,;t:\ 1 es ting events which occurred around. . ·. years was being exceeded with increas- . 1ship Hercules, built in Exeter in 1793; tl:e last of the 18th cent-ury when Eng- , ing regularity. This increase in size : ,, th_a t not one but three of the greatest {~;_.;~>/:'A):~'{ · land and France were ac war. Pl'ivat- , naturally increased the cost, and :from · j cllpper ships were launched into the · ~~•>,:i-.i"\~~::)f~ j eer3 from the various nations were j the average cost of the early 1800's of 'r Piscataqua in one year, the Nlghtin- ·.:":.::C;:_ i·,'.:•·"'':lt·t jplundering neutral ~hipping and with - ·;; $5,000 the price jumped to $37,000 in : gale, the Witch . of the Wave and the .P:':.;f~-'f[-f;\ five years 61 Ponsmouth vessels to- ... 18~.Q.___<;:_l!-.J.ISin~_ ~~J.Q~!.!1-~!!Q!!. ~o_f_ part-_ •j Typhoon; ,;~~L1.!l one__ ~~~~- _ t~.;.~:.. ~ec.~,·,_,::;D}?\{;;:;~y·: 'J ! i:_~:;~i,,'l){f:fa/ ;i.>:>y~jS,~ >'::.:.. .,':J40,4\/{~\:-:f ~li};Z;sgi)-ii1/.Jf.i_; ,i;:;-e:: f.'.' ·- - -~~--,-- •_'.;\ ..' -;,_,·>.. ,, •- :>~· . . ._ -.•,·. ·'·. . . .'."'·•"\--2::::. '· : ;,_:" .:.>~•~,._;_ .f -' . . ~- . ·... :',~~-.-~t:~•:)\~\.~_~,_. :.:,,~_; _;:'=-~ -"' T ""-=•~•. - - �~ ']o _ · -----~o"'1s..n-roulh:-.iuc..h\- CV~ b :a~s~:: -~~~:t . - .. , ~:~t ;:::e1:s\~~1~::rg!y . · rying 900 tons of Ice to San Francisc~[ "1D : ' E-01·c·-A--T.:. E . ..:c----~ · ~!•:!t;-::~n:1:~:u;: :NEUJ HO ' E F ' \lessel Orient from New York to Liverpool, with the largest cargo to , ~at port up ~ t~at date, and the sallmg of the Nightingale from Whampao 1.-0 Dungeness in 90 days," M. E. Witmer was chairman of the :meeting. Dr. Frederick S. Gray gave a brief resume of the Quebec convention, tellmg most interestingly the highlights · of that meeting, \ Capt. Chester 0. Mayo of the histor1ca.l committee announced that a WPA '. ·project has bene secured employing 1a architects and investigators to delve in. to the old records and old dates or . 11treets and buildings of Portsmouth. Eugene Clark of Durham ill be In oba.rge and it Is estimated that the ' work Ill take two years to complete. ff "" ~YACHT ! - · CLUB , I • ll • · Enjoyable Event Conducted Last E ening 'A t New Castle .I Another Operating Room, New X-Ray And Labora- .. tory Depa~tments And Cha~ge In Ambulance Entrance I With nearly 200 members and guests present the new clubhouse of the I ] Portsmouth Yacht club at Ne.w. Castle The several plans made by Robert ! was dedicated last eve11ing with an incoit, Boston architect, covering the 1 leresting program . 1 ,proposed improvements at the PortsFormer Mayor Robert Marvin, who I mouth Hospital were approved by the -was recently re-elected for his sixth Itrustees of the institution at a meetterm as commodore, presided, and the • ing on Thursday. tiag was unfurled by Albert Bauer and The plans call for the moving of JUbert McFarJane, members of the Sea the x-ray room and equipment to the I Scout ship No. 1 Ranger of this city. lower part of the maternity building ~-~ll.X.,CJ.d· -i. tC\?i& Commodore Marvin gave a short hisand the present x-ray room to be 1 ' tory of the club, which was organized lmade over and used as an emergency jn April 1898 with 56 charter members. ·operating room. ! Atty. Oliver W. Marvin. chairman of 1 An annex 20 ..< 20 will be built onto Selectmen i the New Castle Board the present operating room which will , brought greetings from the town and give the hospital two operating rooms Mrs. Percival Lowell, widow of Dr. ) 1there were also brief remarks by past \instead of one and to be arranged so -··· 1 Lowell, well known astronomer, has ar- . commodores and commodore~ of nearby that both can be used at the same ; rived at her summer home here. \ 1 yacht clubs, · \time. 1 A daughter was recently QOrn to Mr. :1 i Dancing was afterwards enjoyed with i The ambulance entrance will be and Mrs. Thomas MacDonald at the , music by the Knight Kappers until a changed to the north side of the _¼.9,rk Hospital. , late hour, with Vice Commodore John building, mking it easier for patients The barn and house on the so-called : }l:. Seybolt in charge of the entertain.when they enter the hospital because Pickering place at York Harbor are ' ,nent program. Assisting Mr. Seybolt i of being much nearer the elevator. being razed. The property is a part of , on the committee were Irving B. Buti Owing to the steady increase of the park being made near the Emerson . terworth, Vincent Taccetta, R.alph D. !laboratory work it has become necesHotel. Wood, Benjamin Hart.shorn, Robert sary to provide more space and an-·fhe1i.-Iarshatl House will open on ; JAarvin, J. Hobson Taylor and E. Curother .room will be made over to meet ··' - •· June-25. i tis Matthews. Included In the dance Mrs. John Raynes has been called to \ 1wogram of the evening was t.he old . the requirements. This room will be i equipped with everything modern and · Brookline, Mass., by the death of her , ,ashioned "Virginia Reel" followed lalup to the minute for all future work aunt, Miss May Pitman. ·, ter by the modern dance "Big Apple." !undertaken there. It will be considChildren's Day will be observed at the , The new clubhouse ls 63 feet long by erably larger than the present room. Congregational Church on June 12. J5 feet in width and was built at a cost / A new record room will be among 1 , Mrs. Fanny Goodwin's sister Alice, 1 t>f approximately $6,000. There is a I t he change1, and will be located in herself an invalld, recently spent a day Jarge assembly room and fireplace. The \ part of hhe main building nearer to with Mrs: Goodwin. She has returned , Interior finish is of knotty pine. , the office. to her home in Lynn, Mass. j During its 40 years the Portsmouth j Although bids are out for construe~lub has hitherto leased quarters in I tion work a start will be made im~ ~ ,c._ ~g t.his city on Mechanic street opposite mediately on part of the changes inI !rom Peirce Island. It was felt that I eluded in the project. I• with a location nearer the mouth of ~ - - - - - - - - - 1 the river that interest would increase, wi~ the result that last fall plans for I lhe new building were made . The club was organized with 56 charThe annual summer dinner meeting , ler members and the late c. Fred Dunj of the New Hampshire Seacoast Region1 ian as commodore. In its second year , al Association will take place this even, when the late John P. Holman was '. ing at the Ashworth Hotel at Hampton iommodore the club was incorporat- \ Beach. Commissioner of Agriculture 1 ,ct under the laws of the state of New Andrew L. Felker, together with PresiHampshire. Jackson M. Washburn of dent Engelhardt ·of the University of ; lhis city is the only charter member : New Hampshire and Edwin R. Rath, inJtlll connected with the organization dustrial research engineer of the State ..,hich has a membership of 130. ' University, will be the guest speakers. Frank W. Randall of this city, president of the association, will preside and Dr . \ Haven Paul will act as master of -ceremomes. --------- ·---- ------ I I I 1~- ! YORK of I I ' I I ·r.,, .i 1 _ "). . SEACOAST REGIONAL MEETING TONIGHT I 1:'· I �_~.-,......C--= _;;__~~ ---=--• .-__..·,~-,·.~;:'._·•u appen _: - r•ngs ·:--- ----~ -. _ 3_-:,,;:~:>~:C:.17:fr~ "These facilities the Whigs either ,vigorous, werein a few moments in ··,-:,.;:'-~. ; .. ;.,,./_':; did not enjoy orof.did not was see no fit call to jthe Hall a_ n d were that ··,:,.'··',;. ·,{'f:{'t ., avail themselves :There Democracy should fall determined in the very dark '.0- _,:;.,·~:;>'.: , by the Whigs upon· their fellow citi- 1entrenchments which it had chosen, as _, : zens to any other preparatory feast ithe last and hitherto unfailing means . -~ , than some sound addresses at the jof vicLory - and most nobly ·did t he -0: • • ,._ •. Court House on the evening before the Whigs carry out this determination. j · election. These were palatable, easily A small portion of the Democracy were , digested, and imparted vigor for a con- /too· spirited to b~ able to get into the f!:,t with wily opponents. !"last ditch" in which they promised on .1 ! "The first ballot.ing went off quietly, the ballot "to perish" and a portion 1 -so much so, that some of the Demo- ,of it was too sober to be willing to go :._! , crats began to suspect that the Whigs I into it. Here and there was a res·) .. n· had quenched all the loco matches, -J pectable Democ,·at, who failing in his . . ,._ :.·~•·,·, . ~ Old Political Fight was demanded; 408 passed round in best effort to keep his part out of the · · _'.... •. _: _ :.I The last TOWN election in Portsand that none of the patriotism of "last ditch" determined not to go into · --. ·. . ,... :.r.·1 •· < .: mouth, was held in 1849, "when the democracy woulj be kindled up. But I it with them, went home and to bed, '· · • ·_ .. · ·: :.-c·· c:, Whigs, desirous to go at once into the as night shades advanced, when the Iand he w;i,s as deaf to the calls of the · ,.~:. · _; •. -~ . main balloting, brought forward no I loco foco m':ttches are generally j leader~ in distress as those leaders had . ,. . .;..• ; Moderator in opposition to Albert R·. brought into free use, the spirit was been to his good advice In the _hour • .. ,, ~ · .': Hatch, Democratic candidate, who was raised which so commonly tias marked of prosperity, But every Whig needed l declared after 12 votes only were cast." : our town meetings, only a hint of what was going- on, :.... : -a courtesy which was r.epaid by his "After the declaration of the vote and he was right at the post of duty, ! utmost exertions to prevent his pollti- , of th~ first balloting at half-past 5 in deteimined to ."carry the night," and · ·! cal opponents securing a victory. The , the afternoon, the Whigs moved for it was nobly accomplished. The Ports-, Free Soil element stirred up matters , an adjournment to 8 o'clock the next ' mouth Democracy, which for years has . , 0 •· • • l that year, and there was no choice ; morning. This was moved to be amend- been going tail-fore~ost, and driving : .~ .).-· -:·:.. < ! for Representatives, &c., for a long ! ed by inserting 7 In the evening in decent men out of its ranks, has at . ,-, ..~,--,. •' · ;; time, and the <3olls were kept open all , place of 9 the next morning. In much length appropriately died, at the dark- , _._· ·-.:,• _-.,,,~- ✓ ,,.:;1 ) night. .i confusion raised by those who betlfltne ·, est moment, just before daylight, and .; ·.,.:;·.-."_::,;',::,::: ·~ "The Whigs 1n vain endeavored to j clamorous at the prospect of losing ·' the dawning of a. most beautiful morn- - , (':·,'<,; .; ;ki\~ 'l secure time for doing business in the : their night sport, a poll of the 11"use / ing revealed the haggard' and broken :-,?:~•1:t:<;{l{ . : daytime; but wnen .it was found that ; was demanded; 408 passed sound in forces of the Democracy hurrying to .., .~'-:::c;,·:.-._;';.,>· : their Democratic opponents, who relied i favor of adjouming and 413 against their hiding pla:::es. - '·_:.: -:~::,,·:~ ,· ~·: on the former success of their night j it. The meeting at half-past six adThere were other circumstances to >-:;',:; .;;::,;~\'._ ~,:'.: I sessions, would not yield · to an · ad- l journed to 7 o'ciock. mark "that night" in the recollection ... ,•-:,-~ .-,- • ...:. '. journment, they (the Whigs) remained . ' "It was understood by the democrats of many who were not present at the at their post all night;_ and as the soon after 3 o'clock in the morning, 1Hall. Before -the declaration of the vote , mormng dawned, they enJoyed the sat- i that a majority of the votes ca.at were i cast in the evening many of the Whigs . '. lsfactlon of seeing their opponents f for the Whig candidates-that they . who supposed that that · balloting · ·;_ :. ~;., _ _,./:.. , .., , prostrate." could not muster voters enough at that i would decide th~ Representative elec- · · •-: ._' ·:~-~ '.· 1 The events of "that night" deter- hour to prev1mt th$ll' ole-::t-iou-and Ition either one way, or the other, re- ·0·•._ .' - ; .: --·:.,. 1 mined the lovers of law and order to I every expedia:it, was U&G:i to delay the . j tired to their homes. ~s soon as it was .<. /> . ' . ; ,C:y~~\ ! secure a City Charter for Portsmouth, 1 declaration of U1;1 voi;e till they oould i known that no choice had been made, : _: .. · :'. -i~;,t-}:~, '. chiefly to prevent the rowdyism com- 1muster theit' forc-,.g in the iuo!'lling, so ; deput":ttions were sent to every part --- , · .----:, ·I m~n at el_ections. It Is su:prising, a~ter [ Ia motion was tni'.de t.o bep the polls \ of ~he town to summon the Whigs to .:': \~ ! this experience, tha~ _the time of closmg ,open till 7 in the morn!ng. The Mod- ' ~heir posts; anrl that .du ty was done ,;_ ':-'~ .. ":::.'c:~//i;' ! th~ "P?lls was not fixed to prevent such 1 era tor . declared thus vote as having m the course of two hours most ef- -~:./_ ,/~_1._J_ ~, i:":-,'.:::: ; midmght scenes. I passed. . . _ !-tectually. In almost every street, the _-,:~:;:.C.::J.''.' _:;'.";".', j "That Night! No o~e who has_ spent f j "On a motion to reconsider, a poll _! door knockers ":'ere put in motion, :·~f,},_:~}-::;.~:/. the last week -~n this town w~I for i ,o! _the house w~_de~~nde<!; 3~~ vote<,t '/ and the ~oor beils effectually pulled . . ,,, •--},;•.,,f/; many years mi,ta~e ~he meanmg of I r iP., favor of the recon.sideration, and I In many mst~nces, the party mess:n' ' .. · -,;,,,'.: ~he term '_that ~ight, when . ~poken J ~'1 against it, . gers not havmg a full un~erstandmg -.· ·.- .~.':--;> 1 m connect10n . with the pol~tics _of I "The poll of the house was again : of the track ?f their associates, came , . • -~ Ports_mouth! Jefferson Hall, smce its , 4.llma.nded on the original vote to close _ three or four m succession to_ t~e same . ,..·, ; erection nearly half a century ago, ~~s the polls at 7 o'clock, and decided in ·I house-and so~e whose patnot1Sm was - ·: : not before been the scene of a poll_ti- the · negative. After 304 passed round almost outweighed by love of rest, cal contest, of so many success~ve in favor of 7 o'clock 310 Whigs passed I felt compelled to appear in self dehours. Never before has a party wh_ich round in opposition, ' Ifense. _ had so great odds _ to contend with, I " . . , "That ,patnotic lady who said to her 4 th succeeded so ef!ectu~lly in_ routing a ! , This co~sumed e time till •! husband_"you must go, for your coun- ·-~.~--.--·::.~?."'; , corrupt_ opponen~ which relled on and O clock, Motwn was th en ~ade th at , try calls loudly for your services, and :. .i.i. ,.:_ -~ ,,;,;.:";'.,;::, I determined by aeeds of darkness to the polls be closed immediately, On • be sure to remove the knocker from :"'-'" ""-~ cv '::~ --. this motion,_th0 ~e who _wished to keep ! the door before you depart;" duly ap- ,. ,~- ·· ·:' •. ·· ' . perpetuate its power. i "Our Opponents had tne advantage Ithe polls open nll dayl~ght, c~lled for ! preciated the vigilance of the Whigs , .. ",' · : · ·,-., .. .· · : of a Board of Selectmen of their own !a pol~ of _the hous~, whi~h decided _the i on that night.·• : party, of a Moderator of their own J que st ion. m the affirmative 368 , agam st -Quotations are from the Ports· ,. : party who had been conceded to them I!~72 , i\n~ at 1· 2 past 4, . every exped- mouth Journal, March 17, 1849, to prevent busin~ss extending into the ·1ent which could be dev1Sed for delay night; the advantage of fund and the having been brought into requisition First Coal Pocket ; the advantage of the funds and the the Moderator _evidently being in no The first coal-pocket ever built in influence of the Custom House, the ve,ry I_?articular haste to perform his this city was erected by Edward F. duty, proceeded t.o declare the vote. Sise in 1832 on ,he wharf in the rear 1 Post Office, and, no doubt, of a share I too of the thousands which one of "When at midnight the Democratic of the firm's counting-room. The first ; ·'- ,.. : their candidates . Is said to have ex- party determined that the balloting coal ever used in this city was landed .,_-.,. _·._ . ::.·~:. ' pended to promote_ his election. In Jef• [ •should continue through the night, for on this wharf, bemg brought from Phi- . :'·;-"/J\,,; f~rson Hall, the mgi:it befo_re the el~c- f jthat was in effect the q'.1estion, t~e_y · jladelphia, the c:"rgo consisting of 01;1e i.. ,-c' ,,¼:~:i";; t1on, a collation was provided_ to dis- ;awakened _an enthusiasm m the Whigs j hundred and sixty tons. It came m .· _-,: -:>:<•-::_~\_,,,:, '. pense among th~ rank and file some \which we never saw before. The un- · large block, and was pounded up as .•::-;,c·, ,,_,. :-'.'/.--'/,. , sweetute~ts from the table of those j becoming purpo~es of the Democracy _'J ordered to suit; purchasers. ·· · !- :--•·,.. _;(.- •~[~·k, who daily feast · on the loaves and ,1were explamed m almost every sleep. . • . .., :· .: .:: -: ,. · :,.;".f.-'f... _fj§.tws,..•, - - - - - -- _______ ·ing chamber in Portsmouth, and the · t'. cPld and the young, the infirm and the - - ,_ . · c: ,·: . ,Of ft ·a. rs e -Gone Bj :, , ·1 I i ! ·r:;:./-::J(•:: !, I i_ I ! i : . '.,:·. ···.,. ,., ! . I .j l ~:<:· < t\-v-c.·<Jt-d_,_;·<'•.\·"t.C:·/,,~'.£{ ,-.------~--- ., . ' •·/•" ·_ ~~'+>·•_:...';J;.- ·_, :~·. ,'-,\t �'7~ ·. ri"~~o~'& ·...,._ustelt' . ~,c.co..tc,,1~~ ~~C..o.~·e:{i _.~\'-'-\:, --~---~----· .- .-.. __.._ -. . ~ ~-___._ ~ -:,,( Firemen's Muster Aug" 6 Is Creating .Lively Interest In New England 1 The 1938 muster of the New England ; made on special order as the dies an~ .1 ;\"eteran Firemen's League, scheduled '. patterns have been lost, hence ~ork ,to be held in Portsmouth on Saturday, · that could have been done on the '.August 6th, will be used as a demon- : handtubs for a few dollars in the days 1 1stration to prove that there II! 11 tre- .of their active service now requires an mendous public interest in the sport, expenditure of several hundreds of 11 which has engaged the attention of dollars. , New England firemen, active and re- The crew of the "Eureka," Ports- 1 tired, for more than half a century. I!i mouth's own tub, are completely overt his interest parallels that of the many hauling their tub under t_he direction [ .other occasions when the red-shirted of Eugene Copeland, foreman. "Pie . jfiremen from all six New England organization which numbers nearly · , ..,, , !states have visited Portsmouth, the \ one hundred members is known as the , jofficial observer who will be present 1Franklin Pierce Veteran Firemen's As- • · ,from the 1939 New York World's Fair sociation, taking its name from the ]Committee, will doubtless recommend first tub owned and operated by the i ·-"·- :that this form of entertainment be group, a tub purchased originally from ! jincluded as a master fea ture of the the Navy Yard. official program at the Fair. Plans are now being made by Mr.I John F. Gallagher of Portsmouth, Gallagher and his associates not only · :·, · , President of the New England League, to win first prize in the muster but . Jreceived a visit today from George c . also to give nearly 1,000 visiting fire.. ··, '· , Clarke of Marlboro, who has volun- men and their ladies the best enter' · _·, __e~· .; teered his services as publicity direc- tainment ever provided fo: an affair ...-::, i tor for t he local muster and who is of t his kind. Over forty tubs will be -.·j also a member of the World's Fair present according to present indica, · 'jl Muster Committee representing the tions, as veryone knows that upon ,"' League. Mr. Clarke is gathering his- t he success of this event depends the ' torical data covering the sixty or more outcome f the League, a bid for a · · j known tubs built in the period from place in the sun at the New York •j 1860 to 1875 which are still in good .~!I::_____ _ _____ • . . _________ __ condition and available for muster iri New England. Many other states have ~- YI ~ c ) . . \~!>& , muster leagues and tubs for use in . l competitio_n. Each of these tubs has its 1 traditions and records. Modern science .. : '· ' is not permitted to add much to the : actual equipment which must retain 1 The next meeting of the Camera Club its essential features under muster .', 0:· : rules. Replacement parts have to be will be held at the Rockingham Hotel · 10n Wednesday. June 8 and President Lakin's subject at this meeting will be "Filters, When and Why They Should I .. ! °t~ ·'-\., 'CAMERA CLUB NOTES i LEAVITT f AMIUES TO I\IIIEET AT HAMPTON Bill _. IOJEACH JUNE 25 U I The annual meeting of the National :Association of Leavitt families will be I held at Hampton Beach, Saturday, : June 25. The family headquarters will 'be The Ashworth, A dinner will be ,Be~:~\:ven members bringing in 16 1 prints at the last meeting the rest of the iclub has a high target to shoot at. In lthe club competition the total points •and averages stand thus: Average Total te 7 , ll Dr. F. G. Proc r 21 . 33 1 !Douglas Armsden 6.81 13.81 !Lewis Babb 6.49 12.99. !Cuyler Lakin 6.2 12.4 4 Oliver Marvin .66 13.99 ;Kenneth Grant 4.55 13 .66 !Roy Bishop 3. 86 3. 86 Douglas Armsden o! Kittery is chairman f the judging committee, having jtwo assistants, one of whom Ls changed ,at each meeting. 1 The prints exhibited at the · last meeting ~ re now on display in various \ , store windows in Portsmouth. · •·- - - - - - - - - I served at 1. Only two branches of the family . ~- \ are rescognized by the national aseocia• I tion, one, the descendants of John . Leavitt, who came from England 1n · \ 1625 and settled in Hingham, Mass., in 1634; and the other, the descendants of Thomas Leavitt, a brother of John, who came from England 1n 1629, and settled in Hampwn. I The president is Louis S. Leavitt, [ Worcester, Mass. The secretary is Mrs. 1 "~ • • 1 ·<- l'.,\,IVt-oJ2d::. ~~ - ~--~C\~. • . it ~ ,.. /' /.. •: •·' Emily lLeavitt) Noyes of Ti_!_to~'.._ _ _[ ., ···, ':· �'S-tone.\_e i '{•f) .. -_ ~----- - .___ C.~ \l~q6 - .. ..:. ~- ..~tf/~~,. ;: --. ___ -- --------·-------- - -··-· Annual June· Fete Held · : At Stoneleigh College /·i j· .: , AH-Day Event At Rye Beach Featured By ·v aried Program-Miss V irginia Ellms Of South Sudbury, Mass., Crowned Queen . . , In a ceremony held on the campus at other winners, placing fir.st, .seco ·-_.· Stoneleigh College at Rye Beach Sat- 1~d third, were as follows: crawl dash, ··., urday evening as part of the annual t>amelie E. Taylor of South Hanson, 1June Fete all day program Miss Virginia , Ma.se., Marjorie Phillips of Stoughton, · Mass., and I. Fay Lauritsen of Wil, M. Ellms of South Sudbury, Mass, was 1 mlngton, Del.; side-stroke dash, Miss crowned queen by Miss Dorothy Sellars, f Ellm.s, Helene Fennebresque of Upper '37, of Lawrence, Mass., who as last ; Montclair, N. J., Vivian Hayward of .. year's queen returned to officiate, ac- 1 Bridgeport, Conn.; back-stroke dash, I. ! , cording to the tradition of the day. Fay Lauritsen, Marjorie Phillips and I · i Attendants in the queen's court, all Martha Hawley of Hamden, Conn.; for , ; seniors, were Ann Urquhart of Man- 1orm in the crawl, Katherine Simonds of i chester, Bar~a~a Clark of Forest Hills, Orange, Mass. , Charlotte _Bertra_m_ of[ ; l N, Y.; MarJone Mansur of Spencer, Belmont, Mass., and Miss Philltps; : ·•· Mass., and Cicely A. Zimmerman of form in side-stroke, Miss Ellms, Barbara. ·1Hamilton, Ontario, Can. Clark of Forest Hills, N. Y., and Dor• ' The pages, also seniors, were Jane othy Hankin of Summit, N. J.; form ·' Phillips of Upper Montclair, N. J., and ·i n breast-stroke, Miss Ong, Miss Clark ·2 Ruth Mansur of Spencer, Mass. and Miss Simonds; form ln back-stroke, Miss ·Ellms and the members of her Ml.ss Ong, Miss ·s1monds and Miss Laur• court were chosen for academic stand- itsen. · • , . ing, popularity and college spirit by seIn addition to the competitive event,/ , cret vote of the entire student body. there was an exhibition of diving. ; .They were attired for the ceremony in Marcia Church, '39, of Needham, Mass., Elizabethan costumes designed and was committee chairman of the meet. : _made by students in the clothing .class. At the Abenaqui Club during the af•1 · Miss Ellms is the daughter of Mr. and , ternoon finals in tennis singles were , Mrs. Carlton W. Ellms and is treasurer : played off, with Mary T. Flint - of . She has been active IFitchburg, Mass., winning from Wini- · 1 oftheseniorclass. in social and athletic affairs as well as jfred W. Crawford of Wayne, Pa., with prominent academically, being on the 'a score of 6-1, 6--4. In an exhibition , , dean's list and a member of thfCollege : doubles match, Marcia Church and Lois honorarv societv. ;A. Rosen, ·139, of Wilmette, Ill., won ; Following the ceremony a receptlm 1'· 1rom Martha Hawley, '39, of Hamden, ! was held for Miss Ellms and her · court J Conn. and Ethel Behre, '39, of New · and tea was served by the officers-elect · 1 Canaan, Conn. , with the score 6-3, 15. of the student government association 7, 6--4. and :he senior class fo~ next year. Those J The 1ete, which closed with a dance Miss :. 1 pourmg were the presidents, respective- Iin the evening, was directed by 1 ly, Edith R. Ronian of Middletown, Edna Toennesen, Instructor ln physical ! ! Conn., and Beth Eaton of Schenectady, ) education, and the student governme ' N. Y. , association, of which Miss Flint ls pre 1 Besides the honor of being named · dent. ' queen Miss Ellms took first place for ---.-_--.- - - - - - ~- - --.,; : both speed and form in the side stroke, . · ~~~-~- ~ ~ \ ' tieing with Helen Ong, '38, of Leaksvllle, -.· .• <...,.. _ ..,. '' : N._ c., for the Outing Club's silve~ swim>- •i:•: \' ...,~ ~,~-j.\~3~::.~• , mmg cup in the meet held durmg the · •,., ,;zJ .. _· ,,: , morning at the Beach Club pool. Miss ·· :: '·• ", __. .: · •. , Ong, who took first place for form in : both the breast and back strokes, was -~: . given the decision by a toss-up, accord; ing to B. A. A. ruling. The cup was i presented to her by Charles Adams of 1 Somerville, Mass., chairman of the i Judges. - ~ -- [ l· ': 1· 0 ,. -:,_, _ , ~ : - �~-~~:·:;!c:.,<~t>oy,\-~-m~u~~ '(\o..vy -ya.~~--- ~. ::-\ i.\\ .. ~Ulcooc;'.l< ·R~~-.h~al l)~y- 6 ·~!~ ·,:_~- .; _:· :. Recommend Qu;c·R1 •. · :tu=F,,,;§:;1r~; ' "'" l ,Dover Chamber ofCommerce, and Har- . n o·- n ayd,:·A tlo ··'.·:. ·: 1mprovements ,. .' • .·c • . • 1 ~ old Hart, connected with the New Hampshire Lake Regional Assoclation. Frank w. Randall, president of tlle Seacoast Regional Association, spoke ·.· :, §.I i briefiy on the store of wealth in historic '-, 1 spots, natural resolll'ces and scenic ..... I1 beauty which are to be found in this section of New Hampshire. He also explained that the purpose of the organizationistobringthepeopleofthesea. ·,1 ooast region together .so they wm col operate and coordinate their efforts to . ::-· : preeerve and advertise this section. He ! (!) 'i ,1!&1d the program l~t evening would · .i;tress agriculture, industry, education and recreation. r . Secretary Alvln T. ReddE[n . com··", Washington, June '7. (AP}.-The handling weldments, · $25,000; machine mended the publicity committee on the ''<.·,.• , House Appropriations Committe_e rec- tools and shop equipment; $350,000. ·:·I fine work it has been doing, partlculJarly in the resuJts that have been shown ~:-?); · i ommended today that" Congress pro- : v<- ~ -. :~-Se. :t"\ •?i g !through its efforts and those of other . ,·"-~ ·: vide $19,752,000 for 1:ev:' equipm~~t and j :-:,·,_ ;_ , ·· .· · , · . ·l oommittees connected with the coast. ·. improvement of existmg facil1t1es at !- - - - - - ~- ~ -----~ · wise movement. · He· also spoke of the House Appropriations Committee Seeks 'f Sneed Up Shipbuilding -Program .I ""? M SEACOAST ASS'N HAS ANNUAL •· SUMMER MEETING ::~~~ .>0t/·;J ::uiin~a;~~g~::teiff:~:1;~:~s 1! :~:~:a~~!t~~~p:~:!::f~~~~ ~: :a~ . ~.:,.~-:,, for $20,752,000. The committee's only ; . clvic projects. , •-~".:"•· change in the requested items was to ' Commissioner Andrew L. F'elk.e r of ·~ -c;,:· · '( cut from $2,000,000 to $1,000,000 a pro• ! the state Department of Agriculture : :?i '. , posed appropriation to start a $2,500,- i · ·:. said that the organization has started· a · : ::-.-· ~: j ooo. dock a~ the Puget Sound Navy 1: structure. but is still far from the Yard, Washmgton. . top, but. with the present enthusiasm ·~ ~ Rear Admiral Van Moreau, chief of · ... ~ jshown should soon reach the apex of ,, · '. the Bureau of Yards and Docks, told a '\ the structuraJ organization which they sub-committee during hearings on a Interesting Program are building. He also s~id that of the 1 deficiency appropriation bill that "due entire state this section of New Hamp•.c.-I in large part to the lack of adequate f Presented At Meeting iBhire was the most restful and beautiful ·!facilities the ship quilding program 1· f j and that its grandeur was not only on ! has been ·retarded_ and the deli~ery o! t amp on eae ·. I the !ieacoast but in the country town.s. 1 ·.-. · c·: ships is not keepmg . pace with thel Upward of 175 attended the summer .. Mr. Felker also stated that the old 1 !'\;:;;·. anticipat~d program." . [ me<!ting of the New Hampshire s eacoast , , houses ln this part of the state should ,.:},,_'< In add1t10n to the amount _sought ml· .j Regional Development Association at , be preserved ~ tbey are of economic ::/_·"~;-°:" direct appropriation navy officials told, Hotel Ashworth at Hampton Beach last · , value, and also that the people !!bo~d . jr}f? the sub-committee_ they expected to i1 evening and heard inspirational tal_k.s .. ·1 strive to make better homes. A;Uon_g , ; .. · get $975,000 of relief funds _to use for f: by Andrew L . Felker, state comm1shis many recommendations was, tnat ~f labor on some of the proJects. Pro- i · sioner of agriculture, Edwin R. Rath, we expect tourists to be attracted to this • -'.-:,< . posed expenditures included:_ Ports- ! :, industrial engineer at the University of ·!section, the roadsldes should be kept at• .. :..:: mouth, N. H. Navy Yard, unprove i I New Hampshire, and Dr. Fred Engel- 1 tractive and inviting by keeping out :_-, . ship-bt:ilding ways, $340_,ooo, plus $3_0 ,-\ , hard t, president of the University of , a1ito "graveyards" a.nd other object.ion.0; · 000 relief funds; services t~. ship- , . New Hampshire. The program folablr, spots. \ bu~ding , ways, $50,000; . additw~ to '. lowed an excellent shore dinner served . Forrest M. Eaton of the regional in• ·· ·.. --:..;-- . 1 sh1pfi~ter s ~hop, $4~2,000, alterations in the banquet room of the summer re- j dustrial committee introduced th~ n~ . _ 1 to sh1pfitter s shop, $150,000, of esti- sort ho t;el. \ guest speaker, Edwin R. Rath, mdus-· .. · ·; mated $170,000 total cost; crane for . President Frank Randall of Ports- · trial engineer at the University of New , mouth ·introduced the toastm.a ster, Dr• Hampshire, who described the research ·. · · , ·. · ., Haven T , Paul of Portsmouth, who anwork carried on at the university. He AH B h l . I I · <·-.., I ,no.n · ·-...·.·. c.· :.· .·.,_:·.·):· A···L LO.T $.60 . U, , \Y \ :: nounced the program as it progressed during th e evening. During the dinner i a number of musical selections were PORTSMnUTH \»' Ji ; AVY YAR.D ' -.-~_..:· ,. .·;·,_;:_:1·.'..·! FOR spoke briefly of the school research lab- _ oratory which was established five and_ a-half years ago to help New Hamp- played by a Hampton orchestra . shire industries. After the dinner Dr. Paul read a teleMr. Rath isaid there were many ; gram from Gov. Francis P , Murphy, problems which state manufacturers 1 ;. ·.·:,!·, rlN , expressing his regrets at not being able faced, but that many of them were small . ; to be present because of business. Col. He commended the manufacturers in : George Ashworth welcomed the gatherthis. state for their progressiveness, 1 1 ing to Hampton Beach in behalf of the 11 which he said he has noted during his Wa.shingtor•, July 14 (AP)-The Pub- \. ; popular beach resort district. connection with the research depart·, lie works Administration today ap- i \ Among the special guests in troduced . ment in Durham. . "'~· '. proved allo ~ment of $8,710,100 for Fed·· ;- .\were: 11'..ndrew Heath of Concord, asOren v. Henderson of Durham, regii.s- ... .:~ ,· . eral projects. The allocation included \sistant ~nal_q _'.{'uttl~ oJ_ _tp.~ _State , trar at the University of New Hamp; $6,055,000 for the Naval BU;ealu of Planning Commlssion:. Fred :n::vere~t. , shire an? speaker of :he House of Rep• j Yards and Docks, to be sp-em on . re- i' , state highway commissioner; Ralp~ 1 resentatives, spoke brief!Y on the advan. · . . · i pairs, additions and new buildings, .· , . . .. - . . . -f th€ tages of sue~ an o:gamzatlon as was · ... · \ The allotments included for the Ports1Kimball, division eng1:1~~r or . 1 . Cat 1 formed in t~1s section. . · ·,: . , mouth Navy Yard: transporta'tion . ' Highway 3?epa~tment, Georg€ 'N • hir , · I Dr . Fred Engelhardt, president of the ·., .. ,,.. 1 .! equipment and storaJge facilities, $25,Iof the University of New Hamr; ,, e: University of New Hampshire, who was .·· \h~ '1 000 and steel storage facilitie.~ $40,000 , : Floyd Campbell of Cambridge, a~s. f I introduced by Supt. Harry L. Moore of _{\ ··. ·~- --""'.·. --.- - •-------=---·--,--,-------· -· -·-. -- ----~- \Richard S1,elton, _former ,5ecr~tary O the Portsmouth schools, ·-~~J~_n~~-J~~- ·\ .. ,• 1 .- ~i~~: '3~ \l\ .' •'5g · L~~~~-1:.;..~1:_t~_ClV!_~ __ _90ll'.?-~---f!:!Jj_. --· · ·- ·-·- - ··:--~:- · ·. . ··:' · '1 : l !.\ 0 §ti""§ , �,&f~Th~:~.~~;~~1~~ ~[~1:~~~~~§ffe;~; : j ; i·~~i:li:FE~~f ~~l t ~ !; : j :t~/ 1 I res Phi d Ytl P ·t~ th t a ~ d !-- _·. ·_i and the future outlook of the company , _. 5 playgroun~ for wi~ter sports enthusi- itio:n~s th: wi a orgamza- j unde~ the roof of_ the once largest ale ·: 1 , asns. Besides openmg up new fields In I M<>mbersh· f 0 th f t· 1 j . ' brewmg concern m the United States,1· ; that ~ort of sport, he said, the physical · ." ips ~ e ~s iva are n?w ! · ··. ·-·- ~ - -~--, -- .i Jlttle mcome can be turned Into a winter ·1' !. ~~:~~~ ~~:~ : :i~i:.:!~n ;:r~:;:o~ them for -1 :;i~r~e:~~s~:e;~::::i]::~ Dr. Engelhardt also described the !will be made public soon. '. conservation school at Passaconaway ___ . -~ -,~-~ - ~-- : (\ _..._ e _..·. _ g . l~_-.- ~_<g which the university is operating in con. \ junction with the State Fish and Game Department. Already there Is a large number of registrations for the special summer course. i n.e !:i/:~r~~ t~1: :;~~i::t~~~v:~i::: ( rive at Durham have to be tul'ned down i.JONES BREWING COMPA~'1,Y,·TO sr REORGANIZ['D LI -_ j !':i::!~!.pr;:;:1s~a~~i!i~~:;~h~c~== · . Old Plant To Be Equipped For Brewing Of Ale---May Abandon Eldredge Plant I Or Use It For Lager ::<:~:.:"/t: ·:-:· \_'.c'.'.;;"~\::>:'.,._ ~-- _.,:)'\ Brewing r 7 l_ [s 1 : mer school had increased in registra- ' tion and believed the increase was partly due to the work of the regional or; gan!zation and through their coopera. tion. The program concluded with com·. jmunity ~ing~ ~_o:, "~~Id L_ang Syne._" . I . ·• :r.·-~~~~ -~i\#;::~~-;~r · SEACO_AST MUSIC FESTIV ·y 1\L ON \ JUL 30 31 1_. :th!~a:r:a~e!:::iz:;~:i:~dc~~:s;~ 1 ;ual move in that direction was made w~~~ ~~oy!:e~~arheev;;~;ra7i~~n called ;to the plant to meet collectively, for l :the first time, the new brewmaster , ,.. \ ;and superintendent, Lawrence J. l .[ !Locher; Theodore Hoffac)cer of An- 1 The New Hampshire Seacoast Music i ·tdover. Mass., and others lnterested in [ . : Festivals, which have hitherto been I ,the corporate body. r· . ; sponsore:d by M,·s. Arthur L Hobson l ;MPreHsidffentk Albert Hisloph ,; . . • • i- ·, r. o ac er, a man w o . i founder, will be given this year entire- i 'brewing business from a financial ·: Iy by financing cf guarantors, it was i ;manufacturing standpoint in the ·\ announced today, The sixth annual I ted States and other countries. / festival will be held on Saturday and ;addressed the employes for a half . Sunday, July 30 and 31, but under the :on the matter of brewing, the manage: baton of a new musical director as ; ment of a brewing plant in all deFabien Sevitsky, co-founder and Musi- -.; partments, a.nd- the interests he cal Director for the past five years, is I in the Frank Jones plant, what ._ reported in Europe where he left for ' be expected under the reorganization :· · on the liner "Queen Mary" because of and what part he would take to place . illness in his family, . the Frank Jones Brewing Cpmpany · Gov. Francis P. Murphy of New and its product back where it was In Hampshire has accepted his appolnt- the old days• . ment of honorary president of the When the reorganization is perfected · New Hampshire Seacoast Music Festi- the Jones plant wm be utilized enval Association, Inc., it was further ( tirely for the brewing of ale and the stated in today•.~ announcement. I. required new equipment installed for Until this year Mrs. Hobson has been · that purpose. the sponsor, however the festival on . It has not been fuily decided as to July 30 and 31 is being financed en- · future use of the Eldredge buildings1 tirely by guarantors and returns to ·! Jager may be brewed there or the date have been very gratifying to the plant may be abandoned. Much will . officials of the association. Mrs. Hobdepend on the action of the parties \son has expressed her appreciation of concerned in the new corporation. - l the goodwill__ and : support given. The Mr. Locher who came to the Jones -. -.. l guarantor list is not yet closed and Company a short time ago from the there is still opportunity :for anyone Harvard Brewing Co. at Lowell, Mass., interested in this project. to help bring will have entire charge and be rethe guarantor fund to a desired quota ., sponsible for the management and that will insure performances in keep- i operation of the plant. Last evening he · · ·J ing w!th form~r standards. · 'address~d the employees _a nd appealed , -, Fabien Sev1tsky, co-founder and . , for therr full cooperation. He told Musical Directo1• for the past five ; them what the company would expect· 1 1years, is unable to be present this year Iof them and what they could expect !due to illness in his family and left · l.Q!.Jh.~- 2.Q!!W-~!!.Y.,_..___..,.... •---- -~ .;!or Europe on the llner "Queen Mary" " ' •·-- ----.-. - . - ~- _ . ·- .. ----·1. ... :_. --_· ·-· --_.. -~ . . .I ;- j -- 1 .; ;Ii ��I .:1 ·. I: Members of the official committee !who will manage the coming New Eng. ·, land League Veteran Firemen's Mus' ter in this city on August 6, including ;secretary John F. cutter of Newbury• _-. port, will meet here on Thursday even• , ing in conference with Mayor Gold• Ismith, members of the City CouncU ; and a delegation from the Chamber , of Commerce for the purpose of ar• ranging a program for the muster day J and the appointment of additional · i committees to work with the general , committee. Widely Known Coach And For er tMete To Succeed The Late Ralph D Brac~~eu In Portsmouth Schools $ l James M. Culberson; 37 years old, a ! Convention at Chicago. He was also · native of Oklahoma and a graduate of a delegate. to the Y.M.C .~. convention ,s t te ., . M · h' at Blue Ridge, No. Carolma. , ou hwes rn vo 11ege m emp is, Following his graduation Mr. Culber' Tenn ., will officially take over the ( son was employed as assistant coach at · reins as physical director of Ports- j Southwestern College and an instruc• : mouth's public schools on Sept. 1, ac- 1 tor in Freshman-Sophomore physical ' cording to an announcement by Harry :. education. In the summer of 1924 he ; . . :, attemled school at the University of \ L . . Moore, . Supermtendent of , Schools, j; Illinois, taking classes in athletic ., th15 mornmg, Mr. Culberson s name (- h ' d . . d f He ·. t was given yes terciay afternoon as the ; coac mg an p:iysica_1, e 1:1ca ion. , 1 •.• •'. choice of the committee selected to in- ,, was offered a tryout with J~ Thorpe s ~ •vestigate the filling of the vacancy : football team at Can~n, Oh10, ~ut was .'. : caused by the deaLh of Ralph D. Brae'- f! uninterested in playmg professionally, f I l '. kett la.st January'. but n?t until last ;I Devcloped Purdue Stars I ·..:_,~:; · -~-- :· ,1 night was the ct01ce confirmed by the t He left Southwestern tn 1924 to , ·. ·• -. ·• · · , full board. The committee which in-1 coach all athletics at Mount Olive, m- [ .. _; .:;:/·. ;_·.·•_:.. !.. _ . eluded Harry W. Peyser, Joh~ E. Sey- , inois. His football team won the ma•! -, .. •,:.-·""" . ..,,. _. -.;.:: :: ( : · _1bolt, Henry B. Tilton, Mrs. Albion War- 1, jority of Its games, while the Mount '. .. 3_:. :~:-,_/=\.;_::,• · _ , . _, , ren, and Mrs. Catherme Wood~, sel- 11 Olive basketball team captured the dis• : .. :";:J:-~-~-; ,_ ·•· • ,. :,- •• ,;, i ected ~ -rs. Culben,on following a recom• ·, trict championship. The following •-.t ~-:..:· -· _:··, ·.· _ ! menda.1on by Dr. Jesse F. Will!a~s, 11 year he went to Matoon, Illinois, whose !,,_"~;:_-=,, ;·•,~. ph~slca'. education head at_ Columbia I high school football team prior to 1925 l-, · _·, · , i ·:'::....; __ : , Um~ers1ty. Mr. Culberson will be h~ad had been enjoyµ- 1g one losing season l :· , ·: ... ;___.-.- '\I1 .. coacn of football at :ortsmouth :11:gh after another. Inside o! two years Ma• ~--·--:~:_.:I .· , School next fall but m the remammg toon was playing and beating teams of . · . ·. '. · · physical edu,;.i.tion activities such as the Big Twelve Interscholastic Con• ; ; .\..-;, _ ·. 1 . • basketball, baseball, and track,_ 1t is ference, such as Doulrlle, Decatur, Peo• i • . •. .. •••• .... :. •• I _.. : likely that faculty coac~e_s v11ll be i ria, and Champaign. The team neve~ : , named, probably Ralph L1z10, Francis I won the championship, the closest ap• i _ . <· ·~,, -' ' ·· · · : Tat'3, and Herbert Hagstrom. However, proach being marred by a 7-6 loss to j - ,· . , /• ,,-'. ·. ·:·.•\ _ Mr. Culberson will supervise each , Champaign. · '. . . .. :: ~ . ) sport. ' While at Matoou he coached such ~, - . · : · · :., .. ·: 1 Won 1'tagg Aw:ird I! future stars as Al Horsley, later reg- I,· -··· · -·,,~:· ':::· The new physical education director ular quarterback at the University of 1._-: • ,, ,:: - \ •• , • is a graduate of Durant High School in : Illinois, and both Jim Pw·vis, later all- J_ ., : ·\··:· ·-,_::,-_ - •: Oklahoma, class of 1919,_ where he :- Western Conference halfback at Pur- · ·.:: _. ·, , ·.I played two years of varsity football, qdue, and Duane Purvis, who was all. · • .- , captain one year, and two years of I· Western Conference halt and after,, , varsity basketball. He was the winner wards an a.II-American. His basket,., : of the mile run in the annual Okla- : ball success was only fair but in track homa Intercol!Pgiate Track Meet in 1: his team won the district meet four : 1919, f· out of five years and lost the fifth by ; In 1923 he was graduated from · one-half point. I Southwestern C::>llege with a B. S. Again in 1929 Mr. Culberson attend'. -i . (Bachelor of Science) Degree. Here he ' ed summer school at the University j played four years of varsity football at of Illinois, taking classes in athletics l half-back and end and twice was coaching and physical education. In . .. elected captain. For two years he 1930 he became football and track ,, .; played first base on the varsity nine coach at Davis Technical High School and was given a trip to the Stagg Meet in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Previous I in Chicago for being the most out- ,· to 1930, Davis Tech, the newest and · ; standing athlete. He was president of ,, smallest school in a city of seven high 1 the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and 1· schools had had indifferent success in ' was sent as a delegate to the Nati~na_~ . " - ----'--,--· -··. · · I r·. ;. 1 I ,.: .,,_. .'·.-.. ,~- . · .l j 1 I' .' __ �- ~------- 1\f~lt~;i;J~E:~::~Cone •. '.. , J the city with one eKceptlon. l Received M. A. At Columbia •W"II D p1c·t ' · H • Of s e~~~ 1sto.ry.•. ,. t.ate / 0 ', ·. · Also Davis Tech had no track team . : prior to 1930, In five 'years, however, i ,, ·. 1935, Davis h eld three city records and /·: · -! ·~: .~ the relay team, undefeated, won the _ · 1 '>?-: Michigan State schoolboy champion1 -- P . arade.:· -~::~ H~D;i t e· · · ship. Mr. Culberson introduced the in- ~·il ;~~~:t:~dsy:~;~~fb:; :1~t!~ssi:r •_., - ~_-.:~.• · cation. In the spring of) 1935 the for- _ mer Southwestern football star 'supervised nine city pla:;grounds and during i~~ summer was place~ in charge of ·:· I .·•:.·. ;:,_ I 1· ···I :--:1 During the summers of '31, '32, '33, .~ I and '34, Mr. Culberson attended Col- . · I umbia University and received his N I E . ·c · , ear y very ommunity .In New Hampshire T Participate I~ Constitutional Day Pa2"ea:nt ., /· · -- by the city of Ports- ; "::-~ ,,-, Master's Degree in Health and Phy• . , people will invade Concord June 21 to : mouth ; 1778-John Stark, sponsored [ ·' ·· \ sical Education. F'ollowing this he went .· . I witness the hugil sesquicentennial pa- , by the town of Dunbarton ; 1782-Dan- I · to Southeastern Teachers College in . . geant-parade, in which almost every ' iel Webster, sponsored by the city of i_ Durant, Oklahoma where he became • · 1community in the state will partici- Franklin. .; · _.: j Director of Athletics and head of the · pate. , OiJer of march of the second sec·· · .·":- ,,_j physical education department. His The historical pageant will depict tion; 1788-tho:! Constitutional con• •· · /:'::i;s · '., football teams enjoyed a fair amount ·.. ': every important phase, in the develop- yentioil meets at Concord; 1789-Gen. ~ /_,_\:/:)( ·: of success cllmbiug higher in the Ok- - m ent_ or the state fro~ the time it was George Washingl,on's visit, sponsored ::' ,_::}'1:f:;;, lahoma Collegiate Conference than . , a Bnt.Jsh Cro~~ provmce to the pre- , by the town of Dublin; 1791-four pos- r ·,, :· j '"t;,, ever before. ··J. sent day, OfflClals estimat~ t~at t~e ttal rout~s established; 1796-O!d New .-.·-.-•~_,_i_-:-_·_.·~.-_.._.,.,,_,__~•-j··_;_:>_. Under Culberson's direction South- . •·; parade, two and. one~half miles m !Hampshire turnpike,.,sponsored by the -.:i.{ ,::;:; , eastern conducted a full inter-colle• ., leng~h. will take ~ore than three hours istate Highway Department; 180~wat- . }"'.:t,c~~~f:.: .· giate athletic program :ncluding foot, to pass the rev1ewmg stands to be ler transpor tatio.1; the Soldier of 1812 . -,.. ,;;tf~'•, , · ~ ball, basketball, baseball, track, ten· constructed on th e State House plaza. ! ·.. 7'-: · , :·;. · jnl,jl, and golf. Boxing and swimming ' Fostered with appropriation of funds fi; 1833-flrst Free Library, sponsored ;' · ;··.•:.:.:~· '.J ~re likewise begun, On May 7, 1937 from dozens of individual towns in ! l> j y the town of Peterborough ; the Sol• t ~\~:. •:;_;/ 1 . · he inaugurated the Savage Relays, a. the state, the pageant will be one of · dlers of 1846; 1849-Gold rush of Cali• l _- ,,; .: · night meet for colleges with approxi, the greatest single events of its kind ~forni(\ , sponsored by Maj, A. Erland ! , · __ ·. · ' mately · one h1,mdred athletes from _ ' ever held in N•~W Hampshire. Every 'Goyette of Peterborough; 1850-rall- /. -; ·:· :..~-~.--: .. _ Texas and Oklahoma. It was the first section of the parade will be immortal- 'road transportat.ion, sp~nsored by th_e [ ·.-- -~-'- ~'-~ ... ·.! meet of its kind held anywhere in the , ized in permanent form _by_ colored [!Boston and Maine railroad; 186_1 -Civil [ . ·.:" { ~...., .. , state for a number of years and was ; ,: ' moving pictures authorized by the gov- '!/ War vetera~, sponsored by the Sons ! _,:;~-.:::\:._': :. '·.:: highly successful in its reception. ; ernor and Executive Councif at a cost jof Vetera~s, 1865-Gen. ?l~sses s., }-.i: ~~-.';::: :· Mr. Culberson came East in 1937 and i ; estimated at $7,500. . Grant visits New Hampshire, 1866- --·~-~~:·, 1 .'· ~-: j for ~ year was director of p~ysical ed- :- . - T~e pageant _will _be split ,into three f Presi~ent Franklin Pierce leaves for ·:_·;:.,_ _._:.·_:t:_:,;~: ·. i ucat1on of the Boys Clubs· m Boston, ! , 1 sections . The fir:,t to paas the stands , Washmgton,_sponsored by_the town?! -.~:-/:,f°". . : . l Roxbury district. Under his care were l-• · ! on the No . Main st. will be a prolog ue !Hillsborough, 1870-Coachmg Days _m · ·-,: ':, ... "-'.;") more than 2600 boys varying in age r.~- j to the main pageant, which depicts the Mo~ntains, sponsore~ b: the White · >,{L,.:( ~-· ) from 7 years to 22. He also took grad• t ., the New England wilderness before the Mountam Hotel association, 1890-The •.::J;. ;:,, :·-. ! uate work at Boston University, ' invasion of the white man. The first Old Homestead, ~ponsored by the New ! J',"'".::.:;:: _. · : The new physical education head is J section of the p9,rade, after the prologue, Ham?shire Garden clubs; 1893-the ' · · I married and has three children and ! . ! will be devoted to New Hampshire as horseless carriage, sponsored by Maj.' ; while he will be Jn the vicinity at var- ;' : a Colonial province, and the last sec- A. Erland Goyette of Peterborough,• ,::.· -~ ious time during the summer he will i · tion will depict the state's development agriculture, spon5ored by the State ~- · not officially takt1 over his duties until i under the federal Constitution. .grange and state Department of Ag- , ... ; l September 1, , ! The order of march of the first sec- riculture; education, sponsored by the I: , -. ;. '. l -: tion will be as rollows : state Department of Education, the I _:. -:. • ··~:,, State Requirement Reduces Field 1623-First white settlement, spon- I University of New Ham_pshlre and the ' · · .. · ! Aocordmg to Superintendent o! 1 . , sored by t he town of Rye· 1629-John state normal schools~ mdustry, spon·, Sch~ols, Harry !-'· Moore,• the new state / ! Wheelright and four sa~amores sign sored by the :Manufacturer's associa. . .. , requirement dictating ,hat physical / ·\ the deed sponsored by the town o! tion; 1898-Spanlsh - American war, • ; educators in New Hampshire schools - . E . ' 1652 E d ' tt R 0 k : sponsored by Spanish-American War >·-.:·shall have twenw-four semester hour~ j .•. xe;\ th -i._n ic; L ~ : i~n- 1_: veterans; 1903-the first airplane; 1905 ·.·:";' 1 0 - T in Physical Education, reduced the 1 _. ::~. Yft ~ c "! N aco~/• h ' - ,: -the Russo-Japanese Peace treaty; : number of applicants for the position! ' 1 ncrad b mvaaes few thamtps ire!, li 1917-the World· war, sponsored by the ... ·, . bl L t• b in t to 1 - . sponsore ya group rom e own o ,· ti ,.. .-~,, _ ; apprec1a y, e .ers are e g sen I ,H t . th H h D t· '.' American Legion; recrea on-sponsor- 1 . "., applicants informing them of the re- [ ; mamp on, 1698~ e , aRnna us m t ed by the stat-;i Fish and Game De'· · -:c· :·;,: quirements and the selection decided l ·: aDssatcre ; 1759 th - ogers t balnl gherds; 1759 /l partment· forestry, sponsored by the ; i : - ar mou co11e:ge es a s e ; 1772 ,; ' . . D t ? upon. . ! ; -Gov and Lady Wentworth s on- !, state Forestry ana Recreat10n epar . -' Mr. Culberson will be overseer of 1 . 6 d b th to f W If b ' ~ 774 ij ment· arts and crafts, sponsored by .. '. all athletics, developing new lines and f · s ~eh y L e d wn ° .d ~ e /~-111 /. the Commission of Arts and Crafts; .. · • It is expected that nearly 100,000 1· Jones, sponsored •.• .1 j I -~> l :,', I . ! ! · . •J I. i:~;,it~j.~ -(-il\ ·.'·,..'+<· i _ ' strengthening the old. His daily pro- l1 , ·:. , gram will find him at the elementary '.,, ., •,. I. schools from nine o,cock 1 1 in the mor,n- , I ing until eleven o'clock· from there he 1goes to the Junior High until noon 1 1 , and then to the senior high schoot. In the afternoons when not coaching he I will be occupied in corrective work in l_ele~entary~d junior hj~h _sch_?o~.-- - do.:: a~~ ~ ~~~ Osf ,7~r amd i 1938-review of the entire New Hamp• :. : ,~.,:- _ ban •t h arsy; ef tpir A . ' spRonsore ~ America and Boy Scouts of America. ' ·· Y e ons o ne merican evolu- :, . . t· . 1776_N H hi C 1 . i shire National Guard; Girl Scouts of ion , ew amps re o oma1 I .• - - ------ _____ - -----.- ; t.o?ps, s~onsored .by the Road Build- / . . ... - ,; •... ' !~s . club • 1777 -the First Stars and 1 G'll.,o ~ +\- ~ cJld . .· . . ripe_s, sponsored ?Y ?aughters of, the , · , . . '"1 ~ f l ..l '1'5~ Amenc~::1 Revolutio~, 1777 The , · Ranger, faro~~~ ship_ -~~ohn ·.Pa~,U 0 1 "1' �_,~:. ;"~ ~9-,::('i/ y'a: y--c\ .::.±.~ "?io !J ~ ··_ Y)'l _,--_e_·v-i-'J"---'.5'·-_,:·_··· ._·_,-c... ' ~\ -':_~-·-_: · -~ - ,~ : -~ ;~~~/'~½-. ~:~~.b. ~~(~t .?9).\.fi(~:~ .1'Ji n"easu·r·,e: -Carrr·e· s · . ;DR. PERRY HEADS f,., · -, , -c M EMORIAL- /,"' ~ l \_ -. }f>',~~f,~ $1,407,000 For : A ~~?~! ~ ~! ~ ~-Jt·, · i d . avy ar . L .-Oca l N i evening elected president of the Thom• · .~ as Bailey Aldrich Memorial association .. · at the annual meeting held in this cit:V t last evening and it was announced that . the house on Court street would he opened today to remain open for the summer season. . .\ Other officers of the organization are jvice president, William W. Howells of · ! Kittery Point; treasurer, Dr. Wallace It is expected that the second defic• handle weldments, $223,000 for replace• iWalker of Rye Beach and secretary, iency bill reported to the House of Rep• ments in existing shops, $69,000 for ad• -_! Mrs, Wallace Walker of -Rye Bee.ch, resentatives 'at Washington yesterday will pass the House and Senate before June 11. The $1,407,000 for shipbuilding facili• ties at the P ortsmouth Navy Yard ls Bureau oi Yards and Docks, said in the ' · ' -. -·~ · ..included in this bill, with applications hearings made · public recently that the for construction of new shipbuilding first allocation provides for the com· ways and shop improvements at the plete rebuilding of the existing ship• ' yard, two proposals which have been ad• building ways and enclosing structure .. , vanced 9y Congressman Jenks . An ap• to provide for the constru;:tion of three pi;opriation of $370,000 is asked for im·• submarines simultaneously. The en• provement of 'shipbuilding ways, $50,000 closing structure will be approximately: for services to the shipbuilding ways, 180 ,fei:!t wide, 316 feet long and 86 feet ;· $492,000 for additions to the shipfitters' high, supporting three lines of crane I shop, $170,000 for alterations to the shipfi.tters' shop, $~~&00 for a crane to (Continued on Page four) · . ... :.-:·· . '. ·::,;•--~-:-~- .... :. Second Deficiency Bill, Reported To House Yesterday, Expected To Pass House And -, . i 'Senate Before June 11 :,: . :~~:d:::::,:17d,:::::::·• •~~-~ :~~:•(~~~~§i;sf~~:,:. - -, >- ,·,.·?_,--,i;;:':.l"'f:'., -~f:: .,i;;~: . ;;/.:,~:;_~~ :·:£.+'-'§'ff'.: :.-·'=:~ _· ·:.:_;. t~·S:tf:_J.. "/o:, . ~•,.. •--f},.:::t=s~::: c'5;;,;-i,::\ ,,' . ' ·.'}:_,\~:,:".:/ ·_,:~~~_'.·_.-_.,.•.·~-~-~-{_}__•~- -~1--.•·.·;_'..:_:.~.'. . f.~~j~; ....... ., .-.~:f.:>~;?f-~J _'.'!,, _-.- \;.-:_~ -: --~ •, ?l~~{ �Fine -Progress ;Being Made In ~ {iConiJen"tion ·Plans· · 1 Encouraging ·Reports Made At Meeting Last Evening Of American Legion Corporation _ ., A meeting of the American Legion .. : _· · : convention Corporation was held last , ~ ·. j evening at Frank E;. Booma Post, No. 6• · headquarters . on Court street with Commander Clyde G. Robinson presid,,•·._· .. ing, and very encouraging reports of . :,·•. progress were made by different committee chairmen. Commander Robinson announced that due to the illness of '·· . , Capt. Reginald P . Kennard he would ·; Ibe unable to contin'-!e as chairman of th~ housing committee and that Mrs. • Manning Stires had. agreed to accept 1 . that office and that members of the _- l American Legion Auxiliary would car· '\ ry on the important task of housing the hundreds . of visitors who would be here during the convention period from i June 16th through June 19th. j .• Daniel O'Brien reported that up to • _, 1 the present time about 17 drum corps ha(! signified their intention of com' petlng in the exhibitions which would be held here during the convention and would also participate in the parade. l Nelson T. Wright said that about the same number of ba!}ds had agreed to , participate in the convention activities -I and that it was expected there would be more before June 16th. Mark O'Brien, chairman of the entertainment committee, reported that trips to the Navy Yard had been arranged through the courtesy of Rear1Admiral Cyrus W. Cole. commandant of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, and that i if a submarine were in the yard at the time it could be viewed by those making the tour of the yard. He also reported that tours of the · historic houses had been planned. Speed boat rides, ; · deep sea fishing trips and cruises to the Isles of Shoals have been arranged • _. , j and it is possible that boat crew races · may be sponsored for the entertain· I ment of the visiting Legionnaires. In addition it is expected that outdoor · vaudeville will be featured one evening and that a baseball game will be the outstanding event on Saturday, June 18. The Convention Corporation voted ' not to sponsor a marathon race during .'., -1 .·I ! l ~-i I f { ! I iI I I the convention because of the fact \ that they felt it en failed too much detall as far as handling was concerned. ( Plans for the banquet are being ·' rushed forward but as yet no suitable site has been decided upon, but it is expected that such arrangements can be taken care of during this we"ek. Commander Robinson reported for Comrade E. A. Turgeon regarding the American Legion Book, General Orders for the Day, saying that encouraging progress was being .made on the sale of advertising and that a very creditable job was being done. I Manning Stires reported for the Boy I Scouts committee, saying that a large number of Legion-sponsored tr"oops would be in Portsmouth to participate in the parade. j Nelson T. Wright pointed out to , those present that Booma Post was i leading the district as far as membership was concerned and that this district was leading all other districts in the State in number of members, which was taken to show the great interest there ls in the American Legion throughout Southeastern New Hamp- f shire and in the 20th Annual State / Convention which is to be held here. , Now that Commander Robinson has ' been granted a leave of absence from his duties at the Post Office he is able to devote his full time to taking care of many detaiis necessary to the suecess of the convention and is going ahead wholeheartedly in doing this work. James B. Mahoney, chairman of the concessions committee, reported progress and was instructed to present at the next meeting of the Convention Corporation a budget and full pians as to what his committee expected to offer to visiting Legionnaires and members of the Auxiliary. Judging from the enthusiasm which is being shown throughout tne entire State. the 1938 American Legion State Convention will be the most successful ever held and it is certainly going to mean a great deal to the City of Portsmouth and surrounding towns. .... ,..•··.-:......... ::.: �. ! .• ••gJ· ;: •. ,1I ?'t ·. !Annual Meeting Of40And 8 To Open .June 16 State Meeting To Be Held Here In Conjunction With American Legion Convention A b~sy program has been ·arranged for the 14th Grand Promenade of La . ·· . ,, .. I' . . - .··. I _ .··. l' ? ~ ~ \'.~~ . 'Comrn· • g Legron • - - - - - - - - . - - - -'f .. M~ l'\,·1~:¼i ;~m~;:. ·. ; ~:::s~ir:~i~':~o~:r:~:e~; , et 8 Chevaux, (40 and 8) which will : be held at the Veterans' Home in this ; city on June 16 and 17 in conjunct ion· with the state convention . of the Am- Conven·.tion · • ·· Fi•irst u Id L T l. c· i ~~~r~:~·.::::~::::2:~~:':;: lin e . n J_n i i$_~ l_ty ; ::~f!!s~egion. The program will be as · Thursday, June 16, registration at ' Legion . . Convention headquarters, . I ; YMCA building. : Home. 3 p. m ., opening ' of Grand Promenade, VFW Home. Opening ceremony Presentation of colors Introduction of guests Reading of Grand Promenade Reports of Grand Promenade committees: Rules, credentials, resolutions · and constitution Reports of Grand Chef de Gare ; Grand Voiture officers. ! Remarks by visiting · officials. Address, Sous Chef de Chemin de ; Fer, J . Howard O'Niell, Burlington, !Vt. ! New business and election oi officers J Election of delegates and alternates ,to Promenade Natlonale at Los Ange1les, Sept. · ; I nstallation of newly elected officers ' Retirement of Colors. Adjournment. 1 5.30 p. m. Grand 40 and B banquet :at Rockingham Hotel. \ 6 _p. m., meeting of P . G.'s for inf!tiation . \ , 7.40 p . m. Parade formation at VFW ! Two Big Parades· \Viii Feature Coming Event - More Than 40 Bands, Bugle And Drum Corps And Other Musical Units To Be In Line '\ For t he first Lime since its inception fun-making, entertainment, sightsee. two decades ago, the rapidly growing ing, serious business and parades tha\ \New Hampshire State Department, will mark Por~smouth's efforts to pro• 1American Legicn, will come to this : Vide the public of this state with the city for its 20th annual convention. June greatest convemion in h istory, 16, 17, 18 and 19, with plans now un- · • lderway for the entertainment and i Two parades will culminate the ef- -~ . comfort of what is expected to be the jtorts of nine mc:nths'· work. Arrange- · · greatest throng in the history of the , ments for each are now sufficiently I ' -· city. , complete t-0 permit assurance by the t , Fittingly enough, P ortsmouth, "City I . of the Open Door", was selected as the con~ention committee, headed by Clyde I !1938 convention site at the Manches- . Robmson, post commander and corlter convention held last September. jJ)oration president, that more than 40 Isince that convention, and as a result , bands, bugle and drum corps and otherlof the vigorous membership campaign Imusical un ite will provide a spirited !waged under the direction of Joh n L. •J;Jackground for the n:arc~ing feet of !Sullivan, department commander, the every colorful orgamzat1on ln the iroster of the department and its com- etate. i . .. . . Nationall y famous un its are already auxiliary 1s almost. 10,000, an cont rac t ed f or, an d th,e th r ongs tho• · panton . "t 1 mcre_ase that ~as placed. it in ninth 1lne Portsmouth 's quain t streets from '! Home.. rankmgs. . through s•und ay will "cee '· position of. national . . . - ,·'l'h ursoay 8 p. m. Grande Voiture parade. l In keepmg with that rapid growth, !~rack teams from Maine. Vermont, : .9 p. m . Grande Voiture Wreck, VFW . the Frank E. Booma Post No. 6, has ·M · • . . f . assac1:iuset" s an d. t' hl ~ st a t.e. ..,. -,IHome. 1 ' ---------------- ! more than doubled 1_ts membership o Closely allied with the h istory of 1 , 1938, providing s~fflcient man-power Portsmouth is the history of the j -j to meet the reqmrements of a four- tary and naval prowess of the country. . i day event that Will attract thousand$ Everywhere in the city are famous · .. _ . ·. l ! of persons. . . . landmarks pre-d•;1,ting the War of the " ~ ~ , 1 The commg convention will be tha Revolution. John Paul ,Jones and Ad· . · • · ! second held in the count~y this year1, :m1ral Farragut are commonly known ~ ~ ~~ . · I, ! j• I mili- 1· .. i ~;1\n~hew;:~t~~f- d~;~r;;d _~~:~~~:~[ na_r4~_s _~~r~L.P~ ? =J=: ~!_~__upon, __!_h~ I .- ~ ~ t,;\~ �6~ • :-'street.tarew oT;iillchare still paved7 with 300-year-old cobblestones of Colo1 nial Days. ' , / The_ present Legion l1ome is an out, fltandmg example of graceful archi,tecture that Is being preserved In New England. Its exact history is obscured by he years but it is believed to have been built by Samuel Hale, a wealthy merchant, about 1810, It was later occupied until 1850 by George Manent, a broker, until it was purchased in , 1853 by Capt. Edward Salter, from whom it takes its name. A sea -captain . : and merchant himself, Salter was the grandson of Capt. John Salter 2nd I an officer on the Revolutionar; pri: , vateei;, "General Sullivan". ,y ' Sold in 1902 by the Salter estate to !the Portsmouth Athletic Club it re:.mained in that organization as a clubhouse until a year ago when it was bought by the Frank E, Ecoma Post and thoroughly renovated for use of 1 , the local Legion members. A pure Georgian type, it contains i priceless examples of the finest Co: Ionia! construction and will serve coni vention visitors as one of many ln!or, mal gathering places in the city, / Through special arrangements with the owners, nine other homes of equal j his~l"ical Interest will be thrown-open 1during the convention with regular sightseeing tours planned for the public. Registration, executive committee , meetings and the famous annual "stag" party will mark the opening day. Local committees have announced the : stag party will be without charge tor all legionnaires who register, and in addition, food will be free and a local , brewery will provide, .vithcut charge, ! popular refreshments. . The second day-F·riday-will feai ture the initial business sessions, roll , c~lls, welcoming address, reports, as, s1gnments, announcements and nomi1 nations concluding with the district ; caucuses. The amusement highlight of I this day will be the Grande 40 and a j banquet followed · by the Grande Voi. ture parade and the Grand -Voiture wreck to be held at the VFW home. Saturday will bring the major busi1ness session of the convention with an afternoon address by Gov. Francis P. Murphy and_ the election and installa'1 tion of officers. · The Legion parade, largest in N. H. ' History, will hold the spotlight of in1 teresb on Sunday and will be Jmmed1 iat.ely followed by the colorful contest for Individual honors among the two-score •_dru~orps attending the convention. :Legion AuX-~liary____ 7 'u I :nas Program 01 I :Much Interest · ---------- lMamy Interesting Events Scheduled for r. . ! I . ~ ·~ ·-....------=---- - - ·---- Gatlh.ering In This City June 16, 17 and 18 The program for the American Le- ,==:====:":"'--- - - - --~=~-: Greeting<l - Department President, be held Mrs. Adelaide c. Owen, Maine. GreetL'1gs - Department Secretary, ' conventlorr ht th's city will be as fol- Mrs. Anna Lovely, Maine. Repor t of Ne w York Convention ·lows: :Mrs. Fannie W. Smith. lJ.>llU)G!Ft i\M , Report of Rehabilitation-Mrs. MatThm·sib y, J u ne 1 tie Pettengill. 2 :4[; P. M. -Department executi ve Greetings-Mrs. Eva M. Coleman, co~mittee meeting. ,Cha~eau Departmental 8. et ~o. . 6 ,00 P . M. - Departmen t executive • Report-Department Historian, Miss committee suppe1' party and 8 et 40 . Annie V. Bryam. I,mem )ers. ! Repcrt. Legislation-Mrs. Irene Mel 8 '00 P M.- Annual Marcile Depar t - Intyre Walbridge, mentale 8 2t 4•1. Report, National Defense and AmI Friday, June 11 !ericanism-Mrs. Josephine C. Adams. 3 :30 A. M. - Registration, Parish ! Selection-Na5hua Glee Club. I House, North Church, comer Middle j ReporL of Radio-Mrs. Helen Beau. I and Congress streets. /chesnc. 10.15 A_. M.-Memorial service wlth Repor L of National News-Miss An1 the American Legion. inie V. Bryant. j 10:45 A. M.-Advancement of Colors. I Address-Mrs. Josephine C. Adams, Invocat ion, Department Chaplain, "National Vice Pre&ident, Eastern DiviMrs. Mattie Pettengill. sion. Flag Salute, led by Mrs. Josephine Greetings - Department Adjutant, Adams. Frank N. Sawyer. ' "The National Anthem: · . 4 :45 P. M.-FIDAC Program and Tea, Greetings t o Convention-Miss Nel- IMrs. Lillian B. Trombley, Hostess. _lie L. Fifield, Convention Chairma n : ; 5 :45 P , M.-District Caucuses, 1-8,Mrs. Leah A. O"Brien, President Host- ' 5-6. ess Unit. 8 :00 P . M.--Oonvention Ball-HampResponse-Mrs. Joyce L. Ray. ton Beach Ballroom, ·.•} Greetings-Mayor Kennard Gold.· smith. Saturday, June 18 Welcome-Clyde Robinson, Chair• 8:00 A. M.-Past Presidents' Parley Iman Convention Corp. Breakfast-Hotel Rockingham. 1 Reading of Convention Cali. 9 :30 A. M.-C<:tll to Order. ! Ratification .of Convention Appoint - .Advs-.ncement of Colors. J ments. Flag Salute-Led by Mrs. Josephine Report of Cr~ctential Committee. -~. _.,,,,~ms. Adoption of Program. Invor;;.tion - Department Chaplain. Report of Rules Committee. !'lln e,•i,:a. Report of Department Secretarsr. Report of Credential Committee. R~port of Finance Chairman on 1939 r Ve-cal Solo-Mrs. Dorothy F. Nute. Budget. · , Ad.dress-Miss Elizabeth Murphy, 1 Report of Department Treasurer. State Board of Education i· Report of · Department PrE;§ident. Addre3s-Rear Admiral C. W, Cole, · Report of Resolutions Committee. C•Jmma.ndant United States Navy : Report of National Executive Com- Yard. , mitt::iewoman, Mrs. Emily B. Feather. Repor t, Child Welfare-Mrs. Helen ! 12:00 M-Recess. E. McCoy. Joint Child Welfare Luncheon MeetReport, Publicity-Mrs. Roslyn--Bres: ing· and Conference. nahan. ; , l':15 P. M.-Memorial Service. _ In Reports of Caucuses. charge of Mrs. Mattie Pettengill, DeVocal Solo-Miss Elsie Gerrish. partment Chaplain. Repor t, Poppies - Mrs. Fannie W. Nashua Glee Club. , Smith. . Nomination of Department Officers. : _R_eport, FIDAC and Music - Mrs. Greetings-Department Commander, I: Lillian B. Trombley. J ohn L. Sulliv!',n ; ! Report, Constitution and By-Laws --· ------ -----·Dr.:. Za tae _L._~t~a~. --~ ___ ___ _ I gion Au..xil!ary convention to j in connection with the coming L-egion I ! i .- : l'~ I.W 1 , 1 -,,vc.o. J.....il1 �- Repo~'t, Parliamentary Pro~dure , Mrs. Eva M. Coleman. · · / Report, Mothers' Aid and Unemploy, ment-~rs. Helen Conant, I t2 :00 M.-Recess. , 1.30 _P. ivr.-Address-Governor Fran1cis P, l.y!urphy. '. Eleqtion of Department Officers. · 1 i1 El ec t·-ion of Delega t es to th e Na t 10na ,Convention. / . Vocal Solo-Mrs. Margaret Hodgdon. Address-Mrs. Malcolm Douglas, Na- FIDAC and Music-Mrs. Lillian B. , Thomas H. Crowley Post 104, Wal- , Trombley, Meredith. pole, Mass. Americanism and National Defense Philip Tighe Post 26, Biddeford Me. - Mrs. Josephine C. Adams, Derry. ·1 Sanford Post 19, Sanford, Me. ' ; I Unit Activities, Community Service ! Burlington Post, Burlington, Vt. ; a nd Junior Activities-Mrs.Madeline A. 1 Manchester Post 2, Manchester. i Gladu, Manche5ter. Arthur E. Shaw Post 12, Franklin. Child Welfare-Mrs. Helen E. McCoy, Rochester Post 7 (Aux. Juniors), ;1 Laconia, -Rochester. 1 / Publicity-Mr11. Roslyn Bresnahan, William H. Cheney Post 5, Peterboro, ( , Nashua. · , Gordon Bissell Post 4, Keene. , I .. Radio-Mrs. Helen Beauchesne, Man. Milf?rd Post, Milford. . . ~- . . ··. . chester. _ _ Eppmg Sons of the Legion, Eppmg. I · ; -_. -~t~onal Preside_n t , Amer. Legion Aux1- . Constitution and By-Laws-Dr, Za- · Exeter Sons of the Legion, Exeter. 11>~~ ~ : -·· llary. · . . . . · tae L. Straw, Manchester, ; 1 Besse Edwards Cadets, Boston, Mass. [ ' .¥,~c:t.·/:.'·) Re_ports, Umt ~ct1v1t1es: _community Finance-Mrs. Joyce L, Ray, Gor- \·· _ _ _ . -~ •.. : ,, .-'-io, ~,.. S erv1ce and Jumor Activ1t1es. - Mrs. _1ham. t , · · · ·· · · .);v...i..;t. ,. , 13,0 · 0·_1 ·- Madeline A. Gladu. · ·· · · )ruf .· Address-:-Department President, wo- . - ---· .· ,,>.: ·-:·,• ,., , man's Relief Corps. j ·1 . --· •• - : ·•· ··-· -- · 1 . . . . ' I I . I I I lI·PJROfllR A -~FOR _, lr L-U.U ; IA,~NU AL MARCHE ·:· ,•. ;- ,.. i i er::t;;s~~=i~~rt~!~; ~~:~dent, Vet~ _-_ '. Vocal Solo-Mrs. Georgia Eaves. A:::~:~tation of Tr Op hie S and 1 Unfinished Business. Pr,:,sentation of Department Officers. _ Awarding of Cedar Chest and Other Prizes. L/g~~:t Banque~ with the American LONG LIST OF BA·NDS FOR _ LEGION PARAD[' a :~§r~: j Tho:as~n~!'e~e.rms Ann ie .. - Q • • Hunt Chapeaux And • Quarante.femmes Mee! !Here fo Conn.edioll1l i/ith [. At · Least Fifty Musical Organizations Will Participate On June 19 '. . N a,1onal Vice President, Eastern Division-Mrs. Josephine c. Adams, Derry. National Executive Committeewoman -Mrs. Emily B. Feather, Keene. Past National President-Mrs. Irene McIntyre Walbridge, Peterborough. Department Officers President-Mrs. Emily B. F eather, Keene. 1 ! · ' First Vice President-Mrs. Fannie w. 1 Smitll, Whitefield. l Second Vice Presideni;-Mrs. Made: line A. Gladu, Manchester. Secretary-Treasurer-Mrs. Helen E. Saltmarsh, Concord. Historian-Miss ·r Legion Convention. -_!_' ; Th~ program of the ninth annual m.a:rche oe "rhe Dep~r•v~men"~ - "' -· - ""'le of New Hamp--t1ire, de., Huit OhapeaUK at At least 50 bands and drum corps : Quarante Femmes, to he held in t his (<:t· will take part in the big parade to be \ ctty in connection wlt.h the depa,rtment 'i,< I · ·· j held here on June 19 in connection i comrenUon of :the Amerlca,u ·c..egiott wlll l, ' with the American Legion convention. , he as follows : i • Musical organization~ to the num~er ; ,. T!11.w-.-~ay, Jime 11.S '. of 32 have alr_eady signified th eir m- 1 · 3:00 p. m. "R.egiJtn.tiort a.t Ho t~I i , tention of takmg part and a number - Rocldngham . ; ; more are su_re to be present. '3:30 lJ, m , Bg,nqu-,-t a,t Hotel Ro-etc- \· , The bands already entered are al! : ingham . !: '. follows: : 3 :00 p , m , Annual M:uche Dapa1,t • \ MancheS te r PoS t 79 • MaqcheS te r. ,eme,itale, Hotel Rockingl1.am. Reports r ste wart P. Morrill P 0st 35 • Portla nd • ;of o.mcers . Election and !n., tJ,llatlGtl I ·. Me. 'of depart-emeatale officers . El~~tion of 1_.Gloucester Post 3, Gloucester Mass. '. deleg:3,tes to .Marcl1e Nat!.onale. Dis• · 1 V. Brya nt, Newburyport Post' 150, Newburyport, , . l isl d , M~tt:ra. ! I Pe::::: . ~!,;~-~xbuzy Post 161. R~- ,:~;;,::~;::~:~.., West with 40 and ' · I..• t'7: '.;> Boston Fireman's Post 194, Bosto1_1, .Departementale officers : [ ', :.._ -:0 • -· •· , Mass. Chapeau. Eva, 1\/L Coleman. James E. Coffey Post 3, Nashua. .:,Ql'lmi--Chapeau, zatae Straw. · · Dis"trict Directo£s Salem Post _23, Salem, Mass. Demi-Cha.peau, Dorothy Wilson. 1 •D j~trict No. 1-Mrs. Anna Joy, Keene. Watertown Post 99, Watertown, Mass. L'Se,;nt'.iire-Cas_siere, I-felen BeauDistrict No. 2-Mr~. Verna s. SawU. S. Fifth Infantry, Portland, Me. ;;e,h esne. -, yer, Weare. District No . 3-Miss Nellie L, Fifield, , Frank E. Booma Post 6, Portsmouth. · L'Coa::te.rge, vernB, Sawyer. _J Postal Employees, William L. Harris · ! .L'Ar.::hiv Lste. Joyci Ray. Exeter . , L'Aumo nier, Llllian Howa.td . District No. 4-Mrs. Marjorie Flai- . iPost 196, Boston, Mass. 1 Whitman Post 22, Whitman, Mass. L',Su.ri.atendante, Gladys Williams . lted, Manchester. Pages of Depart.ementale March: i District · No. 5-Mrs. Christy Howe, ; Veterans of Foreign Wars, Ports:mouth. ,Verna Sawyer and Gladys Williams. ·1 Penacook. , •District No. 5-Mrs. Lillian Howard, ; The list of drum corps is as follows: L Hlll,b-orough County Petite Salon, No. Herbert F. Akroyd Post 132, Marl- -226 : Le Petite Chapeau, Gladys Wll• , ILebanon. 1 :llil,ms : .Demi Chapeau, Premtere. J.1/hr- ! District No. '7-Mrs. Florence Foster, boro, Mass. . Old Dorchester Post 65; Dorchester, ;Jorie Plaisted : Demi Chapeau, D~uxiWolfeboro. District No. 8--Mrs. Joyce L. Ray, ,Mass. . . . i ;eme, Fnn,:~s Low : La, Secretaire, Bea• 1 - Jeffrey L. Vail Post 111, Wh1tmsville, :l;ri,~e L a.F t::imme ; La Cass1ere. _Mll,.rlon :Gorham. ' Mass. · · !Whlr,t~ more ; La S uri.niiendant~ . M>.1,bel IDepartment Chairmen Alden M. Gayton Post 31, Auburn, . Plo u.rd~ ; i:,'ArchivIBte. Anni:), · Ma,1,z: Me. /. :L'A:;monier, Zat~,e Straw; Li:1, Concierge, Rehabilitat.ion and Coupons - Mrs. Almon R. Pingree Post 32, Exeter. ; · !R•J3e Heber t. i Mattie Pettengill, Concord. Concord Aux. Unit 21, Concord r ·,; G-rantt?. Disi;t'icG Salon; No . 248: La. ; Legislation-Mrs. Irene McIntyre St. Rita's Cadets, Lowell, Mass. - •P~ l;lt?, Ch9,peau, Fa.nnle Smith: Daml i bridge, P eterborough. Frank W. Wilkins Post 1, Laconia. !ctie.pea,,i, Pni·:niere, Ana Bryan.I;; Detnl I Nat.ional News-Miss Annie V. BryHarold T. Andrews Post 17, (Jr. '. ChJ,P·" •J,U . .Deuxieme. Roslyn Bresnahan; -: ant, P eterborough. 1 ·ua, Se~re t,ure -Cassi.ere, Joyce Ray; Lg, ; · Poppies-Mrs. Fannie W. Smith, !Drum & Bugle), Portland, Me. ; A. P. Mahoney Post 30, (Auxiliary), ,.'3urm~endam9, Emily Feather; L'Arch-· · Whitefield. ·ivi3t;e, Dorothy Willia.ms ; L'Aumonier, . Unemployment and Mothers' Aid- · !Lancaster. Dover Post 8, J?.?ver. _______ __ Eve. Long ; La Conci~rge, Helen SJ.lt;--·•--·. Mrs. Helen Conant, Concord. ·-·---·---··--. --.r----·--- ----.--• !_m,s.r~h, _·-·-· ________ _ 2· I I I I • �-·~4t;. · ;::•::.r:· ~ff~ectic~t 'Valle; Salo~.-- No. . ·;<U\Cha paau. rem!ere, Ethel Townsend; · · Demi Chapeau, De ux1eme, Maybelle S liney: La Secretaire. Mad e A . Pro. 'vencher: La Cass1ere. Ruby Easi;ma.n ; .I L' ArchlvL~te, Av is Bla.nch0.rd: L'Au... :,_,._-.) m onter, Flora Burddte: La Surinte:1 · .. 1·: ·; dante, Oo.,;e Kes.ne L3. C'Jnclerge, Llllb:Ht Vsndreui . ~-!J~~j Denn ct:::1.µe u. •;:':· ·. \ !; ' : : . Leg1·0 n Spea hers a oc ·mg. am Coumy Salon, No. 2o1 : [ f ~~:Veet~~ Ti B t epu e O e \ ~;:!~=~~. ~~}~:~~::dw~,::: !; D~uv.leme. Alma La- , , :'·~::;- , Ros-c: La, S~cret.3.i..rn. E:va WilLy: . La,!'. :..];•~:-: ! ca.~lere. E:d«1in9. a a.ril; • L'Ar.;hlvlste, l-' ~:;-If.,:,.: en 01 Nati n 255fh"°M . -~-- .. · ' .- - t: . . "i L Petl~ Chapeau. Mildred E;,l;es ; Deml ~--~.:.__..·l ASSi.e. Sec. Of Commerce J. Munroe j O nson, A!I.SSt SeC. Of Waf LeWIS• J0D'.mJ0 1l ADd alL. , v·uce CO m. Cll'.}U_irnu·1·1.p ConIey w·nHlff.11 De11ver n· :•-~~-"! Seh:i.n; L'Autn:>tu3r, Mary Tr'.)t-1 .::-:-: 1Ruth tt~r; ;:,3, Con:::ierge. Ella Sa '.J.;on; L9, . ~ _,.,.-.. s umw~niar.r.~. F elic~ Ba..tl. :-:~-{ Cheshtr-, Cuumy Salon, K aene: Le ~.~ •. 1P➔ttte' Clu.paJ.U, An 1a JJ'{, Demi Clu· ·:· peau. !?r~mlm~. Mal.la[ Flsll~r;· Demi ~ '1 :,.,, . .. clerge. P.u, h Gober ; La Surlnrendar:ite. : 't :: c.~ona Rollins. '3. <a. _ -:, ·, ~ ~it;~; ~.:_.~ -~~~ ·.:';'"': ll- o ; '. Blu3; Lg, · -· ··~ Ch3,pe:w. Dteuxizme, Uazat -,._ . -'-s S3:reC9,m~-Ca"lare. R.uth Berg➔ron; ' -: ) j L' Archtvts~. Beacr:;;e Hnrte,on: monier. MJ.ry McCusheon: La L'Auc on - .,· >: ;ttt~; -.; _, A fl l e SeS Featured speakers of na tional promArrangements have recently been 1 state completed for additional features, in• elective offices in the American LegiOil eluding a. battle of music between three, .-' _,,_,,,., ;,.-•,-1.t;~ · will h ighlight the 20th annual conven- possibly four, of the leading bands and _·':~-~"- !--/~'.' { tion of the New Ham?shir~ St~te De- this event will take place Saturday night I partment to be held m this city four after the banquet and prior to the ':,;~/1.> f,~ , days, from June 16 to 19. mammoth di.splay of fireworks at the 1.:,; ·,-;"(f.:'Y~,~:} \ Two high officials from Washington, ath_letlc field. A flying circus jg being ' :~;ff;¥;';;.'. \ JD, C .. A~ t- Secretary of Commerce J. brought here and a Saturday a.ftemoon t:,..(~i~; ; Munroe Johnson and Asst. Secretary of baseball game between the McElwain ·1;:.: __,,_,,c;:; ·. War Lewis Johnson, have been secured All-Stars of Manchester and the Ports- , ~~--, ._;.';\!.:~ i to deliver addresses at the annual ban- mouth Merchants, two leading semi-pro i quet to be given Saturday night. Their teams of the state. I pre.sence, together with that of Philip Daniel O'Brien, chairman of the com,., Conley, national vice commander, of mittee on drum co;ps, said new entries • West Virginia, assure the committee of were arriving daily to insure the pres. :,. _; one of the greatest speaking attractions ence of more than 40 musical units in . ,,.. \ ·: :\ ever brought to New H~mpshire. the mammoth Sur.iday parade. Addi- <-'?f~}~;)l In the race for election of state com- tional organizations which have signl- - !'?·'· ::-.-~x·,_ 1mander and state vice commander a. fled their Intention of being present in- ·~?~i1"Yf:-J;i·i \group of prominent Legionnaires have elude the following from Massachu·1 entered ~ both divisions and a. close setts: Gloucester, Newburyport, West , battle ls m prospect between Leo Rav of Roxbury, Boston Firemen, Salem, Wa~._,,, ..-;~.,,,,"".,; Gorham and William MacPherson of tertown, Boston Postal Employes and Concord for the state leadership of the Whitman. From this state the Manorganization, to succeed John L. Sul- chester post will attend, as well as Uvan of Manchester. . 1 Nashua, Peterborough, Rochester, ExeSeveral candidates a.re llsted for the ter, Laconia., Franklin, Dover and three vice comma.ndership, among them Clyde auxiliaries, auxiliary corps from La.no. Robinson of Portsmouth , Romeo caster, Concord and Rochester. ·! Morency of Manchester , Benjamin A complete program of entertainment • 1 Ada.ms of Derry, Dana Beane of La.- has been provided for the entertain0 conia and Percy F ea.th~r~ of Keene and ment of the guesti; during their stay and ,_ _ ' a hotly-waged contest ism prospect. idle moments will be few. .,. ,,.,.ff·: , Clyde o. Robinson, post commander :- ·,·::-'-'-···' ., , . . · ·:·s• .., ...•..,, ,;.;, _, .. :.·'f-·"··.;,.'~~·;~ : and president of the convention corpor- ':;·:,,~,·:1: ~ ~ ,~~ ~::.~;'. . . ation, declared arrangements have ,.· -.:-_,,;•:; ___ .~:. -:' .J · i\:id::-~J;,,·_v.J/"-; · been ma.de to comfortably house every - ". · ' J _~ y,,~ \ _I"-' o , .:. ,: ,, attending delegate and guest, saying: .. •,.. · · · •·' · '•i, · · l "We can provide accommodations for l 7500 people within 12 minutes drive of \ the city, Nearly every resort hotel has opened or wUI be opened for the conven ; tion and special prices will be in e~fect, , i:anging from $1 to $1. 50 per person. ,More than 90 percent of the a.ccommer ,) datlons are listed at the lower figure, \. even rooms in resort hotels that nor- i mally sell for four times that a.mount." I -i It has been announced by the enter- , i talnment committee that the annual \:· ,; . 1gala. ball will be held Friday night at }, \ the spacious Hampton Beach Casino, a , / . few miles away, with music by Ruby 1 ,;;, ' Newman, personally conducting hill . ·,. Rockefeller Center Band from New . ! inence a nd keen competition for f.:½:J'~fr.; I ·• ,. . .:10:,, ·_\., ,:i.:~ r:__j_4:; -. ':Cli[:;.;.Jf: :,.s~i_·~f~.·;!~ ~~;..¾ 4 i , : ' j~ -=-----------·------_i· �Old Glory Has Waved Over Nation 161 Years and af:Fort McHenry had 16 stars and stripes, a departure from the original 13 stars and stripes design. Two new stats and stripes had been added when Vermont and Kei:itucky came into the\ Union and our flag was of that pattern ftom 1795 until 1818. Realizing that too m·a ny stripes would mar the beauty o! the design, Congress then authorized a return of the flag to its original form of 13 stripes, one star be.Ing added thereafter for. each state entering the 'Union . done are th earlier flags of colonial days; the rattlesnake spreadiI)g its coils over 13 stripes with it., slogan of defiance, "Don't tread on me"; the Grand. union flag 1 bearing the British crosses of St. George and St. Andrew where the white stars in a blue field now appear. Anchors, pine trees, beavers and other colonial flag symbols in infinite · variety have vanished, save 113 they remain as a part o! the insignia in state flags Foi:ty-e_lght gleaming stars, senting a unitecl nation, shine among the f!Qttering folds of Old 'Glort as it passes another milestone on it.s march through the years. ROUTE OF PARADE ON ighest honors al'C accorded the Stars and Stripes by military bodies and patritic groups 011 Flag Day, June 14. U. S. Marines of the "color guar~," shown above, roudly display our National Flag along with their regimental colors. Proudly waving over our nation for 161 years, Old Glory is celebrating another birthday today. Our forefathers gloried in this beloved symbol, which has been handed down from generation to generation as the priceless heritage of a liberty-loving people. . Born amid the first flame~ of America's fight for freedom, it has continued to wave through troublous or tranquil times, and to lead the way to our nation as year by year it has marched with a renewed hope and a high resolve along the Road of Destiny . Much of our flag's early history ls shrouded in mystery. We know that a flag of 13 stars and stripes was adopted by the CoI).tinental Congress on June 14, 1777, but we do not know positively by whom it was designed or where it wa." ftrat flown. A: popular legend attributes the making of the first Stars and tripes to Betsy Ross, a flagmaker of Philadelphia . Flag-making materials were scarce in those days and this was often a severe handicap to those who wished to display the new banner. When John Paul Jones was at Portsmouth, preparing to sail abroad on the Ranger, the young ladies of this seaport fashioned out of their own and their mothers' gowns a beautiful Star-Spangled Banner which was flown to the breeze in Portsmouth Harbor o Jul 4 177'/ . Another flag was labricated a. few weeks later by the defenders of Fort Stanwb< 1 N. Y., when an officer donated his cloak for the blue field, soldiers gave their shirts for the white stripes, while the red stripes were fash ioned from the petti<;<>at o! a soldier's wife. This flag was flown from a flagstaff raised 011 a bastion nearest the enemy on Aug. 3. There are well-authenticated ao• counts of the early, yet probably not the earliest, displays of our national flag afloat and a.shore. We may smile a little at these primitive efforts at flag• making, yet we cannot forget the pride and patriotism which inspired the makers . Old Glory first floated over a fortress of the Old World when Lieut. Presley N. O'Bannon of the Marine Corps and Midshipm n Mann of the Navy raised our flag over the captured fortress at De~ne, Tripoli, where it was flung to the breeze on. April 27, 1805. Nearly every schoolboy knows "by the dawn's early light" on Sept . 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key saw the StarSpangled .Banher still waving over Fort McHenry t Baltimore and composed the spirited song which is now the national anthem. From tline to tin1e slight changes in the flag have been authorized by Conre!ls. displayed at Tripoli SUNDAY The r oute of the parade to be held in connection with the American Le• gion convention will be as follows: Starting on Richards avenue the line of march will be up Middle to Aldrich road, along Aldrich road to Islington street; down Islington into Oongress, turning at Market Square into Pleas• ant, along Pleasant, turning into Jun.. kins and then into Parrott avenue, where the marchers will be dismissed in Alumni field. The parade will start on Sunday at• ternoon at 1 p. m. and will be at lea.st three hours in passing. �All Ready For ·Opening Of Big Convention American Legiog Members Will Arrive Thursday For Opening Of Department Gathering Preparations for the arrival in this the vice-commander's post, Clyde G. city Thursday of nearly 10,000 mem- Robinson of Portsmouth, Dana Beane, . Laconia; Percy Feathers,. Keene; Benbers of the staie department, Amen- j11-min Adams, Derry and Romeo Morcan Legion and the Auxiliary have. ency, Manchester are among the group been completed and the streets 1:1nd seeking this election. building are decorated in gay buntin~ The annual b!mquet Saturday night to mark the openmg of the 20th an- will bring to Portsmouth Lewis Johnnual convention. son, assistant se_cretary of war, together With the larg~ t roster in the history with J, Munroe Johnson, assistant sec ... of the service organization, 5,906 mem- retary of commerce and Phil Connley, bers, Clyde G . Robinson, commander national vice-commander from West of the Frank E. Booma Post, playing Virginia, host to the 82 posts of the state, said Immediately following the close of advance registrations indicated the the oanquet a ilattle of music will be greatest attendance in the two decactes held at the scene o! the fireworks disof these conventions. play, This exhibition of aerial pyroThe four-day program will open technics will be the largest ever held Thursday with registration of dele- in New Hampshire. gates und visitors and an evening The Sunday program that ls expectmeeting of the department executive ed to attract a record-breaking throng committee prior. to the annual sta1f of more than lGu,000 persons to the party that marks the opening of the Seaport City includes the colorful parsocial program. ade and the drum corps competition. Friday will he devoted to business Nearly 50 bands and drum corps from sessions Including the nomination of Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts and state officers, district caucuses and the New Hampshire will pa1•ticipate togala ball Friday evening at the Hamp- gether with millta1·y bands from Portton Beach Casin•) where Ruby New- land, Maine. The parade column will man will personally direct his Rocke- probably be about two miles long and feller Center b nd, will wind through the historic streets Business sesslou& w i 11 continue of the city before arriving at the aththrough Saturd.iy, climaxed with an letic field where the drum corps comaddress by Gov. Francis P. Murphy in petition will be si;aged. convention hall prior to the election of Other events scheduled during the officers. The electoral fight for the four-day program include a unique state commandernhlp to replace John street dance, baseball game, stag party, L. Sullivan of Manchester, present in- auxiliary luncheon, minstrel show, cumbent, will IJe fought out by Leo sightseeing tours, speed-boat trips, Ray of Gorham and William MacPher-flshing expeditions and the gay parade soµ of Concord, while in the race fol' of the 40 an 8 on Fri~ Y evening. D!SCUSS FINAL PLANS FOR CONVENTION Last evening at the American Legion Home final plans were discussed by the American Legion Convention Corporation for the state convention which 18 to be held here, beginning on Thursday of next week. The meeting was called to order by Po.st Comdr. Clyde G. Rob• tnson, who called for reports of progress from the various committee chairmen. Each chairman reported that his com• mittee was readv to 1?0 into action as soon as the vlsitmg Legionnaires and guests arrive and that details are well in hand. There was considerable discussion as to the location of the reviewing stand and this was referred back to the parade committee for final action. Bleachers seating more than 5000 people are to be erected at the Junior High School field where the drum corps competition and exhibitions will be held. The parade will also pass the bleachers ancl, it is expected the seats will be well fUled. The fireworks have begun to arrive in the city and a considerable number of bombs, many of which will be set off prior t.o Saturday night, when the big exhibition wm take place, are already safely stored here. C mmander Robinson pointed ou that despite rumors to the contrary which have been circulated In the upper part of the state there are still plenty of rooms avallabl for vtsltlng Legionnair and members of the Auxiliary. The housing commltuie has hundl'eds of available rooms and hotels t;hroughout· the seacoast section still have plenty ol available accommodations. T/le meeting was well attended and judging by the enthUBl.asm which was !lhown everyone In attendance Ls eagerly looking to ard to the four days of the convention for they feel that at Its conclusion all will feel that a difficult ob has been well"'h=-ai::n::::d,,,le,.,d.,..=-.::-:==-~ �IMPRESSIVE SERVICES FRIDAY onventron pens ere omorrow Delegates To Register In Afternoon At Y. M. C. A. Building-Parades Friday Evening And Sunday Afternoon Everything is in readiness for the was presented recently and by special 20th Annual American Legion state request it is being repeated Saturda1 afternoon and evening. Convention to swing Into action toSaturday evening there Is to be the morrow with the arrival tomorrow of annual Legion banquet at the A!'mory, thousands of Legionnaires from all which will be followed by a battle of over New England. Aa soon as the del- music at the playgrounds and the egates arrive they will register at head- greatest display of fireworks ever set quarters which have been · set up Jn off in the State. the Y .M.C.A. building. There they will Sunday Church attendance is urged be assigned to rooms and programs a.nd at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon the and other information handed out. largest parade in New Hampshire his• The stag party is to be held at the tory will get underway. This parade VF.W. home on Parrott Avenue and will include over 50 musical units and this is to be followed by free block representatives from every military danc-, on Pleasant street which will be unit in the State. It is expected that open to ,11. the parade will take over three hours Friday evening the 40 & 8 parade, in passing. The Une of march takes the the biggest ever held in the State, parade out Middle street to Aldrich will be held and. this is to be followed road and down Islington street so that by the American Legion Ball at the there will be plenty of available viewHampton Beach Casino Ballroom with ing space in the west section of the music by Ruby Newman and his 15- city, People are urged to view the parpiece band. The ball ls open to the ade from that section of town in order ubllc. that the congestion in the business Saturday afternoon there is to be a section will not ile too great. baseball game at the Junior Hlgh Following the parade the dJ:um corpa School athletic field between the competitions will be held on the JunPortsmouth Merchants and the McEI• ior High School field and this will be wain All Stars of Manchester. There open to the public. will be a breeches buoy demonstration All in all the 1938 Convention lines by the United States Coast Guard in up to be the biggest ever held in New the afternoon in addition to a repeat Hampshire history. The membership performance of the popular minstrel in the New Hampshire department has show which was put on by Troop No. increased to such an extent that it 159, Boy Scouts of America_ 'I'his show now has the greatest membership in roved to be a great success when it its history. The a11nual Memorial service to the unknown soldiers and s ilors who died during the World War wm be held on Friday morning, June 17, in connection with the regular session o! the American Legion Convention. The Auxiliary will join with the Legionnaires in this service, which is inspiring and very reverently carried out. The order of service will be: Prayer Rev. Maxwell Ganter Selections Booma Post Band Address Rev. Maxwell Ganter Solo 0. Houghton Richardson Benediction Rev. Maxwell Ganter (30 seconds) """". . . ..--~= MAJOR STELLA YOUNG Major Stella Young, the original "Doughnut Girl," who served doughnuts and coffee to the soldiers In the trenches .......,.:··-._,.,_... during the World War, will again carry on this work at the Salvation Army hut which is located on State street near the Posto!flce and all Legionnaires and Auxiliary members are invited to vlslt the hut and renew old ac uaintances. �Legionnaires Gath ring o ~Ot Annua New Hampsbirt tmeJu egistratjon Under Way Tins Afternoon And Stag Party Will B· Held This Evening~Convention Officially Opens·At IQ O'Clock !fomorrow Morning Members of the American Legion, -,.,v-.'=F=-.-.....,,..o_m_e_o_n_,..a_r_ro- t~t- .N. ~~e. This Legion Auxlllary, Porty and Eight, and is open t.o the Legionnaires only, FolEight and Forty~ from all over the state lowing this will be a block dance on are converging upon Portsmouth t.oday Pleil.Sant street which is free t.o everylor their 1111nual conventions which Will one. The dance will be held In th& continue throughout the remainder ot spaoe between State street nd Mar, the week. · ket Square, Today ts opening day with reglstra• During the evening the departmenL tlon being the maln businesa durin!J exooutive committee oC the Legion will the afternoon, A stag party and blool( hold a meeting. dance will feature the evening's pro.i PridllY morr;iin(f the Legion convengram except for the Eight and Forty tion will get under way officially at which will hold the unual Marcile 10 o'clock, and will be held at tile Departmentale, J;>ortsip.oUth Theatre. Among the ma!JA Convention headquarters are the 1 Y. M. C. A. building and registration eaturea I th ill 1he will continue all . the afternoon, begin• el nlng at 1 o'clock. The American Legion Auxll!ary old a department exeeorpor madal cutlve committee meeting ·at 2.4ts. All e, to hon of the Auxiliary meetings Will be held d, w at the North Church Parish House. ntion om The Forty and Eight f8 holding it.e minatio registration t.oday at the Y. M, c. A, of the th building at the American Legion ·aoncm enien e ventlon headquarters, but reglatratlon ttend' th sess th eveB!n t.omorrow will be there and also at the v. l". W home on Parrott Ave., where will b held et the the se Ions ot that conventloit will · Ruby Newman be heldr will :lum.lsh ~e This evening flt 6 'oloolt the De ing. ttnent Executive Oonuntttee ot the he Auxili Auxiliary will hold a supper party der way d the Eight and' Forty at the Rocking... ere will be reg e ham Hotel. At 8 o'clock the Eight i,.nd North Church Parish Hou . The AuxForty will hold i~ rinual Mi,.rche De- lllary will join with the Legion fo the partmentale. Repoi'ts ot omcers will memorial h will take be glven, and the new o{flcers elecw.d place at 10.15 at outh Theaand installed. 'i'he delegates to tile tr . Return! tion h 11, Marche Natlonale will be chosen 11 t the olOF ke lace this · meeting, Wtth the exception of and this the arthe parade on Friday night the con- lous reports. ventlon of Eight and Forty will be over At noon the Jo at the close of · the business meetlag Luncheon me in Ill this evening. be held. The awdlhu al While the women re holding their service will held .. in meeting, the men wil! be enjoyln~ 11 Gbuge of Mrs. Ma • de• stag party which is to be held at tM artment chaplain, Am t• ser" , of , n~~Ttm,=•Pr ll4alne, Mn. Adelaide an the Depar e, Mn. Anna Lo e be d apeau Depal!tme Eva. Coleman of Exeter. remainder on fternoon will he devoted and th n Mrs. Joseph O. Adam al vlee pl!' nt, of the East on will make her address. 4.45 the FIDA and t be given Ian bley a.a ho cauc o . In he llaJy Will join ith the Legion for convention all. The Grand 0 and ElgM wm o' lock at the V. F. W. horn the will be held and of the Gran plac at 3 cl to the color Sous Ohe:I de ard 0 'N1ell of the fir IIP O'Nlell'a talk · of!lcers and d ade Nationale Louis in s ted officers ore adjournment. t 5.30 the G held at tur will be rade. the eoncludin v s and this will be 1 at the V:. F. W. hom • On Saturday the highligbt!s of Legion eon tion ,b pr en ation oI awards, the address of G Francis P. M phy and the elec and lnstaJ.lation of officers. These I all take p afllunoon rn&in b ine mo Ing be th heariilg Adjoumme will e a cl II Saturda &fternoo .A. feature at the mc►rn:ma Illar mee will be address by Rear Admiral o. W. Oole, the A Commandant of the Poirtismouib Navy Yard. :En the a.!t.emoon Gov. Francis P. Mmphy will glv; an ad at UO, and thla will followed by the elec• ilGn of ottJcer and d egatea. Mn. Mal• colJD DoUf).aa, National of tbe Ammean Le,wn AlDilluJ wm be Pftslden• �L ,·. . -pl'esent ··ana·-give an ad'd r"ess - at-thisl ;' session. other speakers will include the i ·,' • . ·• .A .-·· egro·n es 8:."lOns • . ,-··: • UXl ·or. rary • President· of the· New Hampshire paxtment, Women's Relief Corps, De• and 1t~ ._:·:_ \he· Department President G! the Vet- i erans· o! Foreign. Wars Aux111ary. The. Auxiliary and the Legion will 'I ; S • hold a joint b:mquet at the Armory iI on Parrott Ave. This is confined to ·,/.,_! · ·, ~~ · . members of the Legion and Auxlllary. _,.During the afternoon an entertain- "! ment wlll be presented at the playgrounds and during the afternoon arid evening the Dixie Minstrel Show will be presented at the Junlor High School Auditorium. Following the ban- · quet there will be a Battle of Musio and fireworks at the Alumni Field. On Sunday morning the visitors will join in attending services at the church of their choice. At 1 o'clock the big parade, the big....-. ,. -· +:;,. gest of any American Legion parade 1 "America is at the cross-roads," Rear follow the road we have always folever to be presented in this state, will start. The formation wlll be in the ·, Armiral C. W. Cole, commandant of the lowed, straight ahead; some would Portsmouth Navy Yard, told the / take the . road ·..o the right and some area between Junkins Ave., and Miller American Legion Auxiliary convention would take the mad to the left. Let Ave., the organlzatlons formmg on the streets in that territory. The parade ' at the North Church Parish Hoµse this us settle down for a moment and read wlll start !rom Richards Avenue, and , morning. He stressed that the principal I and ponder what the direction posts go to Middle St.:'-uj)' Middle~toAidrich _; solution of the . problems that face ! at these crosscroadr. really say. Road, turn at Isling.t on 11tree.t, down ! .America today ~ that .we maintain our l "As we read casually, we are im• Islington, and Congress to Market ; freedom of speech, press, thought and i pressed by the fact that each directs a Square. Continuing along Pleasant ' religion and maintain law and order. ! smooth road to the millenium. I! we street, the aPrade will be 1·eviewed·from ; The convention opened this morn- ( ~re unthin~irig, we may dec!de that the newly erected reviewing stand in , , ing at 9 olclock. The flag salute was led l_ 1t makes little d!Iference w?1ch road front of the Post Office Bullding and ; · by Mrs. Joseph Adams and following /' we take, as long as we arrive at the · the invocation and . the singing of !; desired destination, the millenium; but i;.fter marching down Pleasant Junkins and Parrott, wm pass before / ·"America," · a vocal solo was given by t if we would not go astray, we must the grandstand in Alumni field where _; Mrs. Dorothy F, Nute followed b.y an' read these signs with more than casual interesting talk · by Miss . Elizabeth · interest; and we must have the lexlthe marchers wlli be dismissed. Murphy of the state board or ·eauca- , con of our own experience and the re, The parade will bring the 20th . tion. I' cent history of other peoples at hand , nual convention of the American ' - Miss Murphy told the . members ,of I, and open on our . knees as we read. , glon to a close, • the two major problems that -are faced If we do this, the trans~atio~ of .t?ese · by .the state department, care of eyes rsigns would read something like this:/ and ears, for which. it is necessary to · _"The direction sign for the road ,. ,. . !_have cooperation of parents and town :straight ahead, when translated by : organizations. In her talk, "The Health _: our cwn experience, reads: · . j of a School Child, a Community Re- : "Freedom o! speech and thought. ! sponsibillty," she commended. the aux!- :·Freedom of the Press. Freedom of re: liary members !or their work in that ;l~ion. Law and order . . Equal opporfleld. j t1.1nity for all. Prosperity. Highest Next came the address by Rear Ad- : wages a·n d iitandard of living in hlsmiral c. w. Cole which was as fol• ; tory. · Individual. initiative encouraged. lows: . Fearless honesty, and a square deal for "Today, America is at the cross ;_au. Protection of lives and property , roads. She· has traveled far along tha ; of individuals. ·Scrupulous adherence road o! freedom and opportunity for i to treaty agreements with others, High all her people; conscientious observ.. ; morale; . Mainte_na.nce of peace by the ,,. _/.· '.··. : '. ance or law 8.nd order; faith in her · power an~ the 'will __to enforce it. Con·-. . ... J institutions and the will to maintain : fidence in tlcte future.'' . · j-those institutions against all opposi- : "The sign for Lhe road to the right, · • ' tlon. Our !orefa~ers, the ·founders of · when . translated . in tl),e _ light of _the : this Republic, wisely pointed out the recent history of certain other nations, ,:road we should :follow: Formerly, we :w~~ld read:_ . . . _ I followed that road, not blindly, but Aµtocrat1c rule by a few. -Secret po- . I!{1th intelligence, F~om ti.r,n~ _to time, 1 lice. l<'ear. Purges · by or1e 7sided trials ·, ! we have found the road bumpy and : _and suinmary ex:cutions.- Government - I in need o! repair. Heretofore, we hava control of au iuc.ust_ry. Ab$oll.ite con! with courage, steadfastness and wis- trol _of · speech, the Press · and religious ; dom made those 1epairs and proceeded · worsnip. The crnshing o! initiative_,.exi along the way, with heads up and no cept among · the : favored .- few. Low i doµbt in our hearts. The road wali ·mor~Je .. R~pudiation of :a_gre·ements -as . •:· .. _,_:c ,·'.: straight and broad and there were no _· exped!ency ind'i~t~s. P.~;t:.eg~td ' o!Jl!_e ·, . , /·confusing cross-roads. Now, however, rights o! other peoples". ; we have suddenly come upon cross- , "Thi, • sign, directing traffic to tha •roads. We are confused by vociferous left would read 1f it were also trans.' cnallenges and floods of propaganda lated in the light of actual recent his• ; and ?irections, i.ome true, some false tory: . ----·" and intended to ~eceive. son:-~. o~--~s - - · ·-··- -----:-·---- - - ·. · h L UC nterest Rear Admiral C. W. Cole·, U.S. N., Giwes Talk At Morning Meeting-Election OK Offiters This Afternoon I I mto . 1 ·· I _ 1 I I - .......:.. --~· - ·,_::-_: - '·>-7~~ ~~-~ ... ::·., - - - ~~- .. :.--•,. .;_ 1' .?. ,· ..; �t§.~f{t:fl-2;_~~?,':; .~~ ~;:?~:.;;t;\~.,~>. ·: .:~.: : · <~~c~·~;: ~;~~,:. '.·:.i.t½·=. ~: •. .:~ ~.;.~:5~:.>\_.~--~:·.:~·:~~~ ~::t; ·. :· ·. -~~~~s:~~mliif;,:~~\:~ "Anarchy. Mob rule. L~aders without ·: have heard someone else say. Our wo- . .,--: Following the servloe, William i:"11_:·; ; 3,-'.· ,··..~ f{;f~j-.'.) consclentiousness, eE1.ucat1on, or exper- ., men are more ,level-headed and more c:1 Jutraa Unit presented the department a L:--"'- :~- . _:_,--?~ F:c,;::.,;'ience. Bloodshed. Destruction o! mot}-· ~ truly patriotic. rhey want t.o know all ·silver va.se in honor of Its Gold Star ' :\ - -~ {::.;•··,:i uments and other works of art. No 1the reasons why, before they depart _.- ,mothers and Wolfeboro unit presented a !· ·· · ':~)J.0 religioU:s, freedom. No l?rotection to the · from the road they are following. The ., 1bond a.s a memorial tribute to Its Legion .:w.. ' lives and property of others. Secret in• hope of this land lies in our women. ·1mothers. · ;".· :---= .J rormci·s. No freedom of speech. No The men have made a mess of things, ··: 1 A touching child welfare skit, written I "·· · _I freedom of the press. Killing oI all We rely on you t.o straighten us out." . by Dr. Abbott L. Winograd of Nashua, •i.;;~.::J . worthy initl~tive. No morale. Constant Reports were then give;i. as followst . was presented under the direction of ·'/. •'.· jfear and suspicion of one's associates. child :,velfare, Mrs. Helen E. MoCoy; 1Mrs. Helen E . McCoy, child welfare .,_;•,·,,, Trlckery." , . • publlcity, Mrs. Roslyn Breshnahan; chairman, to show the happy miracle . ·:_:;.<{.::-:j1 "America ls aiL these cross-roads. poppies, Mrs. Fannie W. Smith! wrought in the poor family of a war :.:_.:· . . :_:t_,.·>.:.,~.:_f_:.,._.~.:.:_-.:.'.:. ;ff.:'.'..'. ¥any of our poople think they know FIDA<? and music, Mrs. William Trom- hero through the welfare work done by . . : ,0 • - · /;:··: 1~,! the w~}'. and :J.r0 turning off to the bley; constitution and by-laws, Dr. .. the American Legion and Auxiliary. · ·\,:!~X:-} };;:,,.I right or )to the left wltflout readlni ; Zatae L. Straw; parliamen~ry proce- "I Participating in the playlet were DGris .: :-;;~,~~CJ and . tran~ating the signs. They are d~e, Mrs. Eva M. Coleman, mothers' ·i Waters, Evelyn Stevens, Roslyn Bres- :---::;f·,-:~-;;a..-:/ ~•.:i/•~ ~lsled b_y the vast amount of propa- .aid and unemployment, Mrs. Helen . nalian, Charles Savage, Richard Hor- ,(:!i,t.:.;}f.:..1~ ;"\:.;;/;,. gando. that ls emanating_from abroad, Conant. Following this a recess was · gan, Myron Walch, Mark Hogan and )i~t~;::(;.'f:;; '_::f f'/1 from the public speeches of people of , taken ~nd the afternoon session will ~ bugler and drummer furnished by the . ;/:-,;,\~~.·,,J~ ~.-. -;'/ more or Jess political prominence, from 1open with a talk by Governor Francis -· Portsmouth post. ·.0-~. ;:,:f:.:'., ·:5,... the press, from the radio-and even P Murphy, followed by the election of ·1 The spirit of Fldac was colorfully ex- ..:,;;,-_;..;;~. ~> '.;~.-:,.:.,.i from the pulpit. Some of this propa- _I officers and an address by: Mrs. Mal- . emplified In a Fidac program present.ed .:_ ·\~~?;_i~\ '" ;-3 ganda ls malicious, destructive and Icolm Douglas, national president, and under the auspices or Mrs. Lllllan B . ..,, .. ~- ·,·_/-;-~ :._;;,._~ well-planned; some, the result of wish- j other officers. 1.Trombley of Meredith, department rt,,~;:\,,·".· ;.:;.,:,;; ful thlnking. It ii: all dangerous, if it ,· Mrs . Fannie W. Smith of Whitefield Fldac chairman. The highlight was a ·0;",t,,·i-'''•·' -:?~,; . ' is consumed without study and a was nominated for the presidency at the co.stume. pageant for which Mrs. ~::;..,:}l..""';._';'~{f >c: knowledge of.what is actually going on afternoon session yesterday. She ls ex- Trombley acted as reader and the coun ;a'\~j_;:::,:~(~~':', ~:-;;/:, in the world. ;. petted to _be elected _this afternoon to kle!! were represented a~ follows: Bel\f·{.~ "We are all Americans here and our succeed Mrs. Emily B. Feather of glum, Gladys Lund; Czechoslovakia, -:?~•'.\:;;;.:._;,~\ •.~'i"j;}: country Is in dlrt1 danger. Right now, Keene, under whose leadership the de- Bernice McCarthy; France, Dora ,:;:;'.. ':'J~1 ~:£~1 moril than ever before in our history, partment has grown to a membership of Brooks; Great Britain Eleanor Story· ;>:•i;,_· • ,·,,\!;:' It ls essential that we read our road 4,023, the highest ever to be achieved. _ Greece, Helen McCoy ~nd Ida Buckley; '\.?'_.:.:, signs -carefully; that we study tire- ··; Other nominations include: ~rs. Italy, Ruth Sharples: Poland, Evange• ::...<'·I lessly our road maps and ~he world -· ~adelyn . A. ?ladu, M:anchester, first line _Moore; Portugal, Eva Lugg; Ru- r::.~,'.$":'i~'.: ~ •J~,' ~J history of the present and munedlate •. vice president, Mrs. Lillian B. Trommama, Ethel Gapinski; Jugo-slavla, f\:'·!'c/!O~:{< •'.:.:]-•,·i past and that we have the courage of ., bley, Meredith, and Miss Nelli~_ L . Fi- Herberta Turner; United States, Flora ~---~,j}'$~f,. •;~o:] 01,1r convictions and force of character . ~ fl.eld, Exeter, second vice president; Hayes. Peace was represented by Cor- -,~[~"•.··".'5~;S :~,".; to see that America does not turn of! Mrs. Helen E . Saltmarsh, Concord, sec- della Berquest and the pages by Elsie '; •,~,:~·.7..:;,,-1 'Ji--:( ; the road straight ahead that our fore- .• retary-treasurer; Mrs. H. Beauchesne, Gerrish and Francea Plummer . ·r.,:.c}~</.;':,:i7' /:.f;.~ fathers, mapped cut and _that we have _-, Manchester, and Miss, Annie V. Bryant, _i The program also featured · a tap ··/··.;.,~ followed, up to this pomt, with the :·· Peterborough, chaplam, and Mrs. ~.a j' dance by Ruth and Jane Hayes, a read;- ::::;:,/:·-:.;~ )t::-J greatest success of any nation in his- _; Joy, Keene, and_ Mrs. Mattie Pettengill, ing by Jeannette Sullivan; tap dance, lr:}...;.-r,.;~7" >.).:.S.,,,.1 tory; · Concord, historian. Helen Marriner; seleotlon, "La Mar• l~--~':'J.!,J,r,.,.-i•1 ~~1 "I consider it a privilege t.o be with :~·. A picture of a year of brilliant activity 1 selllaise," combined auxiliary glee .f~..::~•--J.i/,}}-J, .:-:::;·. you today and a distinction t.o be asked ·was paint.ed by Mrs. Feather in her 7 clubs, with Pauline Taylor Evans as so- :::,:·.;t~¼~:.·tt~ :., ~_.f_:~·~j to address you. This organization, and .-, president's report. Units throughout j lolst; Jane Gamble, Fre~ch peasant, and ...·\·f·f.~=&•.'.(f°,:. ~: ,;J;~'f. all other patriotic organizations of our • .. the ~tate .have been active, she indlcat- _l Virginia Yeaton, ~Ir! Scout. The glee ·,(J?·•,;j.";/l,..J,:ff.,-..\ ·. r{~L land, have particularly important work . · ed, m domg all kinds of welfare work, clubs also sang·"Rmg On, Sweet Ange- :;·:-.1:::·::, ..z.:;,t,::;_· f:{;;'. to do. We have fought, in years past, .; and in promoting the many-sided ac- ·. lus." Langley Searles presented his f:·;f/~J~.f~\' %:i~-l l -~-'.-lr:.:t; j 1 0tl2t;s-':'e]. 'i {*t~ '(:;_;ff_ '"~-~:. t;,j;;~:;t:".::1 ttJ:.~'--.tt.:~J, ·::.t '.) which our forefathers founded this Re- : from pr~v1dmg X-ray plates for tuber- . ed the department first prize. The f"::'.''.;??~/: :~ : <J public; but, in the words of our own .. cular children to aiding in the work {or · program closed with . "The Star Span- . ,:-,;." ':'.",.;.,;:i'•.·:1 ·":;;_!. John Paul Jones, "we have not yet be- . · crippled children and seeing to th& ·. g~ed Ba~mer," for which Mrs. Teresa, /j;' gun to fight". 'l'hc gauntlet has been comfort o~ disabled war veterai;i.1 and Demarais served as accompanist. . ;'-:, ·,;;,-:-::.;,:-J?,i ~t/t:.::;_:..'.;:fi: Two new units, one in · Fidao hostesses were Mrs. Lillian A. r-:;:f'~..:::._c.:;:' :.f"!;; Winch~ter, , Gamble, chairman; Mrs . Mae John• -'L:-/,:'.?~,t. • j were _organized and there we~e also two son and Mrs. Jeremy R. Waldron, and /.::/"~_::'"C:"__:_~ . Jn~w Junior units formed lil Pet.er- . the ushers were the Misses Barbara ·:,"::.o.: ..~,~-~~·-: ~ borough and Hudson, she stated, adding ,. O'Brien, Mary Parker, Barbara Yeaton, ·~:~::: ~::i;1.';~ ·;,.• that she had visited 60 units and had . Betty White, Betty Kelley and Eliza• .-:;:.'·:~~~~A?; ·;,-, also participated in national and out-of• ~ beth Winn. ": ... ,. ';{fJ?:ri~· · J state conferences. New Hampshire, ·. The Woman's Relief Corps, and Mrs. , ·:"". \•·:,;-J. •. ~; ;j she further indicated, received a $10 · Panny Wiggins, past department pres!• :;:::<;~i1:i1~;f! .: prize from the national organlza!ion for . dent of the Woman's Rellef Corps, pre/ se_curing the largest mem?ersh1p per- sented a nosegay to Mrs. Feather. In . _ •~,..:"-;,,~J-~ centage since the telegraphic roll call. behalf or the Department 8 and 40, Mrs. ~-. ,., · ',>:·-:•.• .' :• ·\ An impressive memorial service con- : Eva M. Coleman of Exeter, chapeau de• j . ducted by Mrs. Mattie Pettengill of ·, partmental, brought greetings and pre• "'., ·:· 1_0-;-::.-;:'!f:t:',.ft,i 1• C\)ncord, depaFtment chaplain, opened i sented flowers to Mrs. Feather. .;g.;.:I_{;.;f.:":;{;;~-: . the afternoon's activities. Living ; A graphic account of the National •;·'.':,·,·~5\::'::\~;) · tribute& were paid deoeased members, . convention which she attended in New ~~?-.;\'. :.~;::,, "~ · ·: and as names were called, little Jean .j Yor~ was given by Mrs. Smith, first vice , Hutchins, niece of the Portsmouth unit .1president. Mrs. Saltmarsh offered the : :··.,.'.;·:';,;,~.::;i;}· president, and Dottie Ann Yeaton, . treasurer's report and Mrs. Joyce L. . _~:_,- ·-r:),.:~,;i ;t;:{ thrown down by the subversive ele- 1 ments in our land. Most or us here , :;t:.1 \,,'..:,.~ present have at one time or another (~:,:~ taken oath "to :protect and defend the \}~ Constitution of the United States against all their enemies, foreign or domestic. Whether or not we have ac·-;.: tually taken that oath, I know that "<\: all good Americans would be willing and glad to take it; for to be good ·,:;- Americans, we must be pledged, heart , ,,•. and soul, to the true principles of our ~(.' democracy as set forth in the basio •.-,.,, law. ·y.: "It seems t.o me that most of our ~- · men are too busy chasing the almighty f<{.i dollar, oc other projects of self-inter~j·,·· esl; or too involved in politics-crook-~,·- eel and otherwise; or too prone t.o fall ~~] for catch phrases and crackpot "isms" ·>;.~. ·i.; '..\il their families. JNew London and one in 0 ic;.,·{~:i'-"L~ _:;:.~f~ilS~'.1 I ~~t.~;J.\~.\.::£·i.i.'t~!;' ~.?·, - •.1. in to study all side.; of the real situation '. ·j daughter of the Portsmou~h unit treas- ·;. -.1:~-.~ . o.·f_.-0. or.ha.· '..11 , fin_a.n_~ chairman, the . ./.,. .J'·:·;:;;.;··-~.--t.r.y.•.;.~.~ the world today. They are too prone :;. urer, placed white carnations in silver . .- ~•:·'}f·';_' .• ·'. '7:t.~ . :. ~ .C -•.:·•~.; ;;u.~·.:J::?-~~::,:i,f . , .; to take the other fellow's word for it ·. vases set on the candle-Illuminated · . ,_c,;;:ft . , • ::· and run of! like a pack of sheep before " table, SOios wer& given bY Mrs. Allen •: :•."\=-;;::· " • :';z:;some scare headline in the new~papers . 1T. Havens, accompanied by Mrs. E. ·,. ,-,. '.; and bleat to high heaven what thei . ,Bertha Oal!ettl. _ _ _ l , · f,·i,r<» •: ·. i/] :;: :';:(--~- ~ -·---y~~;:~?:t~ - ·· .::-- 0 :-~ ·:/:~-.-' • : - : - ~ - - - - · - - ~ ~ : - \ ; : :,>;u~:. t< · \ t?L> .: ·.;,:·r , . •.. ,;.~-. -,, .. /.~· .-. •".t: _.,_-.., , , ·• .... _,· ·:· ~· <·~":, •.• i >,'-:~- ==:· .-·~.·;: • • ::1 . . • ·.''.::[;~··-:.,_..-:~'\,..... .;_,:··.:.;:.:.:,·:...·:.:~?°•' :; ;: :~::, ·,~ ·· · ' · ·, ~ •..-.. ~:~ '.."t.~t:~t,.1·:~,:~L-· · :: �proposed budget. During the day selections were ren .. dered by the Nashua Glee Club. In behalf of the department Feather presented Mrs . Adalll3, national vice president, a 81ft of silver butter spreaders, and Mrs . Irene M. Walbridge of Peterborough, pa.st national pre.sident, presented Mrs . Feather a gift !rom the New Hampshire units in recognition of her leadership. Convention ppolntments follow1 sergeant-at-a.nm, Mrs. E leanor B. Thomas, Keene: music, Mrs. Lillian B. Trombley, Meredith, nd Mrs . Elsa Hornig, Keene glee club, Nashua Glee Club and PorLsmouth Glee Club; vocal selections, Mrs . Georgia Eaves, EJaffrey, Mrs. Margaret Hodgdon. Meredith, Miss Elsie Gerrish, Meredith, Mrs . Dorothy F. Nute, Milford; emblems, Mrs. Marguerite.Janvrin, Hampton; credentials committee, Mrs. Dorothy Wilsou, Manchester, chairman. Mrs. Marlon Bagley, Peterborough. Emma Drury, Londonderry, Elsis Brown, Newmarket. Resolutions, Mrs . Evangeline Moors_ WoUeboro, ch inn n, Mrs . Anna Bamably, Brookline, Mrs Emma 8yke.r. Plaistow, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wing. Canaan; elections, Mrs. Leah O'Brien, Portsmouth, chairman, Helen Barker, Nashua, Bertha Galfetti, Concord, Ruth Heath, Antrim; rules, Mildred Lord, New London, chalrman, Mrs. Marr Hunnewell, Hudson, Christine Calkins. Groveton, and Dorothy Muchemore. Keene . Parliamentarian, Mrs . Walbridge, Peterborough; pages, Mabel Simmons. Ea.st Jaffrey, chairman, Louise Ore• golre, Manchester, Mrs . J . Fltzmorrfs. Whlte!leld ; ushers, Edith Smith, Nort:.11 Conway, ch a irman, Nellie L'Heureux, Marlboro, Hare! Harbolr, Tilton, Annla Emerson, Claremont, Ruth Downes. Warner, Theresa Pelissier, Pittsfield, Dora Maynard, Manchester, Dorothy Putney, Unit 81, Dorothy Williams. Nashua; banquet, Louise Messler, Nash.. ua, and child welfare luncheon, Mf8, Eliza Houst.Qn, Hook.sett. Lebanon Man Is New Head Of 4~ And 8 Group Harold M. Morse Elected Grand Chef De Gar~ At Annual Promenade Last Evening 1 The "40 and 8." fun-making organization of the American Legion, h eld its 14th annual grand promenade .and elected new omcers last night, 111 , follows : I Orand chef de gar, , Harold M. Morse, Lebanon . Orand chef de train, William T. Mulligan, Nashua . Grand conduoteur, Edward 8 . Beard, Manche&ter. Grand aumon ler, Ref' , P. O. Oamaohe, Nashua. Grand medecin, Dr. Stillman O. Davis, Nashua ; Orand dvocate, Stephen M. Wheeler, Exeter , Grand garde de la porte, Haro~d 11'. Baril, Exeter. Orand lamp!ste, 3alem Depot . Grand commis-voyageur,' Ben Ade:ma_ Derry.. I . I I 1 dheminot n atlonatd, Robert P . Kane, Manches~r. ,, ' I • The "40 and 8'rs" concluded their fea.. tlvitlea with a banquet last night at the Hotel Rockingham, followed by the par .. ade and a "wreck" of P . 0. 's (prison .. ie rs de guerre). Auxiliary Meets At Nortli Church Parish House Mrs. Emily B. Feather 0( Keene,• De arbne President, Is Presiding-Of·t•~•r.a..;. Nominated This Alternoon More t han 200 American Legion Auxiliary members registered at the North Church parish house today as the seoond day of the state American Legion convention got underway with growing enthusiasm shown by those who atte_nded and expectations of one of the largest auxiliary convent! held in the state. w~erl!i if~~,~i the registrations theAfter members or the auxll journed to the Portsmout for memorial services can Legion. t At 10.45 the mee~ opened by Department Mattie P ettengill of C �and Wished them a happy visit. An AmerJce.n Legion welcome to the auxlliary was extended by Olyde Rolr :tnson, chairman of tbe convention corporation after which there followed the convention roll call, ratification of convention appointments, and reports of credential appointments, rules committee, department s cretary, finance chairman for next year'11 budget, department treasurE!r department president, resolutions committee and National Executive commJtteewoman, Mrs. Emil B. Feather of Keene. geant-at-arms, Mrs. Eleanor '.Olomae of )teene. After the noon receea ~d joint Ohlld Welfare lunoheon-oonference, there were memorial aervioes 1n charge ~ Mr■• Mattie Pettengill, department tbaplain with the Nashua Glee club aai!Bting in the service. Durln8 the remainder of the after• noon there will be the nomination of ~apartment officers e.n4 Dipartm~~) Oommander John L, Sullivan of t}\~ Legion wlll give offtolal greeting& wltl} ~etlngs from Maine given by Mrs, "-delaide O. Owen and Department Secretary Mrs. Anna Lovely, both of the Maine dlvlslon. There are a number of reports also 11cheduled for this afternoon after whloh there wlll be a Fldao program and tea with Mrs. Lllllan B. Trombley aa boote&e and at 6.45 oclock delega004 from Districts 1, 8 6 and 6 will hold their caucusea. Moo of the auxillarY members wlll attend the convention all at Hampton Beaob Casino ball• m this evenln · r Hrs. Helen JI!. Saltmarsh ot Concord, Auxllla.ry Secretary-Treasurer De}¼artment officers of the organim• tion are aa follows : president, Mr1. Emily B . Feather of Keene; first vice president, Mrs. Fannie W. Smith of ~Atefleld; second vice president, Mn. :Madeline A. Gladu of Manchester; seoretary-treasur r, Mrs. Helen E. Saltmarsh of Concord; hlstorlan, Mrs. An• nle V. Bryant of Peterborough ; chaplain, Mrs. Mattie Pettengill, and ser• GDAY The d y thl.a city tomorrow, ThlB event b Id each ye 1n connection with tb tr drive for funds to carry on the ·· ~-·t~--.-~.:,~,-'-"' work of the organization which does ,.,a,;..,,:,r,._,_,-,. so much good in this clty. Salvation 1:.ni~j.;J-.&• Army lassies as w 11 as the men wlll l>tll1&1r. t be on the street, throughout the day eelllng tags. Way A_ or smouth Theatr Commander John L. Sullivan Of Manchester Presides At Impressive Opening Ceremonies-Auxiliary Joins In Tribute To Soldier And Sailor Dead he 20th annual eonventlon of the partment Hampshire State Department, stage. At the flag ceremony, 1l stood at n Legion, opened in Portsheatre this morning at 10 :30 attention and saluted while the band n Commander John L. Sul- played "The Star Spangled Banner" ster called the meeting and the colors were brought to tt).e !es' Auxiliary attend• .front of the stage and placed in their exercises, leaving fol• stands. The American Legion B nd played selections previous to the openmorlal service. buth Theatre wa well Ing of the meeting, and throughout th offered opening, as Commander morning session. Prayer w the convention to or- by Rev. Maxwell Ganter, rector of St. , ice-Commander Ralph John's church. All Legionnaires r f this city, escorted M;s. peated the preamble of the constitur, state department pres- tion. The roll oall of post.~. w AuxUlary and department Mrs. Eva Coleman, preslElght and Forty, and de• �Adj. Frank N. Sawyer of Weare, and he also read the Convention caJJ. Commander Sullivan introducing Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith, spoke of the hospitality for which Portsmouth is known, telling how well that hospitality was shown last night. Mayor Goldsmith expressed a cordial welcome to the American Legion and the Auxlllary saying, "It is indeed a pleasure on my part and I wish .to thank you and show you my appreciation for your selecting Portsmouth to hold your 20th convention and if I personally can be of any assistance to you whlle you are here and il I can do anything to help I will be glad to do I()." He next stated that what he was about to do might seem humorous, as a City of the Open Door should not need a key, but he said he wanted to give something tangible t<l the heads of the two departments, so in behalf of the city he presented two large keys, the first to Commander Sullivan and the second to Mrs. Feather. Commander 5ullivan next called upon Commander Clyde G. Robinson 9! Booma Post, as president of th!3 Convention Corporation. oommander Robinson said: "Whatever we have done for your pleasure has also been our pleasw·e. I have always taken a great Interest and tried to do something for U1e American Legion which would be a benefit to you. This is the first time we have had the opportunity of plam1ing for your pleasure, but I MY that il you are as much pleased fro~ eating our pudding as we had in preparing it, then we have done our work." The response was given by Past Depa.rtment Commander Harry Manson of Lebanon. The Memorial Service opened with prayer by Rev. Maxwell Ganter. The band played "Gorn· Home" and the ad• dress was given by Edwin T. Cooke. Maj. Cooke· who is chaplain of the 197th Coast Artillery (A.A.) gave a etirring talk in memory of the soldier and sailor dead. He spoke of the sacriflces which were made by those who answered their country's call, and that 20 years after there are strange volces calling for communism and fascism in this land where freedom Js dominant. He stated that the American Legio 1s determined that these sacrifices tihall not be lost and that there is one thing which they wlll never forget and that ls to carry on the battle, stating that that ls one way in which the departed can be honored. C. Houghton Rlcjlard sang "There Is No Death," accofupanied by bonald :Vaughan. A!ter the benediction there was 30 seconds silence, and then taps was sounded. The auxiliary tJ1en filed out, led by the Department officers and the depa,rtment officers of the Eight and Porty. Adj. Sawyer announced the members of the rules committee and the com'°ittee met immcdlately, The commitJee Js as !ollowsi Chatrman, Leo Ray Of Gorham, Vice Chairman, Ralph o. McCarthy of this city, Harold J$, PaYidson of Woodsvllle, Reginald d. Stevenson ot Exeter, J. Arthur Sullivan of Berlin, Harold M. Bmltb of Whitefield, William Bayers of Manchester; Frank L. Parent of Laconia, John P. l:l'oley of Dover, Harold Eastman of Ooncord, Albert Carlisle of Lebanon, Harold Gault of Mllford, Harold G. Fairbanks of NeWJ)Ort, William J. Story of Mere• dith, Alfred Campbell of Hooksett Percy H. Bennitt, John K. Dudle, Epping, Harold Tilton of Bedford, Rua• sell B. Flanders o! Weare, Charles J. Raymond of Pittsfield, David Johnson of Manchester, F. E. Walker of Con.. toocook, Carleton E. Boise of Fitzwll• liam and Robert Hadley of Olaremont, Following the appointment of the committee, Commander Sullivan in• traduced John H. Bartlett, former OoY• ernor of New Hampshire and chair• man of the International BoundarY Commi881on. Mr. Bartlett Hpok at rome length to the veterans. H recalled that as a private citizen he was asked by Governor Keye11 with others to make up the flying squadron and go over the state speaking in the towns, asking the men to volunteer their services. He stated that the response to the request for volunteers struck very deeply and he hu always he d a very high regard :tor these people. He also mentioned welcoming the liner that came into Boston, following the war, bearing the returning soldiers. Referring to John Sullivan, (of revolutlonary fame) John Langdon and John Stark, he stated that they were very influential in establlshing the country. It was Gov, Ichabod Good• win, of Portsmouth, who made the special act during Civil War days, he said and added that he },lad spent a great deal of his Ille in Portsmouth in an atmosphere of lnt.ense patriotism. In closing he f:Xtended an invitatlon to the Legionnaires t(' visit his home this afternoon between 3 and 6 to partake of his hospitality. · 'For the first time in my life I am enjoying that liberty and treedom which I have preached all my life," he said, "in announclng that he waa not running for any office and consequently was not looklng for votes, "When we keep the memory sacred then we hav 11tarted to keep a.live the things which will preserve our Jiberty and our oountry more than anything lse," he Mid. Commander Sullivan 6aid, "in behalf of 1279 hungry men I accept your klnd Invitation." In making his annual report as department commander, Mr. Sullivan gave in detail some of the activities. He elaborated upon membershlp tatIng that all ten posts in the state made their quota. Comparing the membership he brought out that in 1921 the second largest peak was reached with 6,059. Ten years later the list was 6,007, and that during the first eight months o! thi11 year the Ilgure had reached of ~a. .o._s..,.a._..,....,.,_._.__ e department commander spoke of several proposed change which wlll be brought up o.t the convention. He explained several of tbeee. Among the proposed changes wlll be the election ot the department of!lcers at th first business session, the selection of Dep~rtment Ohaplain by incoming de• partmental omciala ,ahd the cbang_e of the fiscal year from July 1 to June 30 as well as several others. ·· • Mr. Sulliva.n told of his experiment this year in glvJ11g th candidates for department offlce responsibility in the convention, whiclt will give each candidate a fair chance ln being brought before the convention. In the close of his report he praised most highly the cooperation he ha received :Crom the LadJe Auxiliary and urged the aame amount of support that he has received from the Legionnaire be given to his l!llcoeS!Or, stating that lt would be impo alble to re• oeive more, tor the amount he has re• celved has been a complete 100 percent. Nominations for the varloua atate officel! were mad as followe1 Department Commander! WUUam D. MacPherson of Ooncord Leo Ray of Gorham Departm nt Vice-Commander o uy Harwood of Wilton Percy Feather ol Keene Bejamin F. Adams of Derry Clyde G. Robinson of Portsmouth Romeo Morency of Mancheste:r Carl D. Hayes of Wolfeboro James W. Doon of Henniker Department Adjutant Frank N. Bawyer of Weare Department Trel\Sure.r Major George Morrell of concord Department Judge Advoeate Mayland Mone of Berlin Department AudJtor Percy Bennett of Mancheater Department Ht.torian Harold Trombley of Meredith Chairmen and vice chairmen of con• ventlon commlttees were announced u follows: Veterans' affairs, chairman, OU1 Harwood of Hudson, vice chairman Oharles E. Green, Pittsfield. ' Credentials, chairman, Olyde G, Ro• blnson, Portsmouth; -nee oh&irman, Dr. Robert O. Blood, Concord. Oonatitutlon and by-Jaws, chairman William D. Mll.cPherson, ConcordJ vice chairman, Harry Manson. Leba.. non. Time and place of 1939 convention chairman, Romeo Morency, Manches~ ter; vice chairman, Maurice F, Devine of Manchester. Child welfare, chairman, Carl D, Hayes, Wolfeboro; vlce chairman DJ' Abbott L. Wingold of Nashua. • Trophies, awards and memberships, chairman, Kenneth Lord, New Londonl vlce chairman, J. Edward Gagnon, Manchester. �Sons of Legion, chairman, James Doon, Henniker, vice ohatrman Wen• dell D. Crowell of Hancock. , Rules, chairman, Leo A. Ray, Oor• ham; vice chairman, Ralph O . McCarthy, Portsmouth. Resolutions, chairman, Percy A. Feather, Keene; vice chairman, Jamea JI, O'Neil, Manchesoor. Gondrecourt. In April 1918, he wen the front in command of the First Battalion, 3oth Infantry, 3rd Division and led it in various engagements and subsequently led the 3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry, 2nd Division in the numerous violent combats participated 1n by the famous 2nd Division during the summer and autumn of 1919. He was twice wounded during this period, his second wound being quite dlsablil:ijJ and necessitating evacuation. The War Department conferred the Distinguished Service Oro.ss upon the doughty Colonel for extraordinary heroism in action while the Navy Department honored him by award of the Navy Cross for distinguished service. France gave him the coveted LegiQn d'Honneur ; the Croix de Guerre with palm and the Croix de Guerre with star. ~is splendid leadership in combat evoked high praise :from our Army chiefs. In 1929, Colonel Denig was sent to the Republic of Nicaragua where our Marines were fighting the forces of Sandino in guerrilla wal'fare. He wa.s co\Jllllissioned a Colonel in the National Army of Nicaragua and assigned to command the Northern area or the "h!lls" as the men referred to Neuva Sevogia which the combat units were mainly located. He achieved notable *uccess in his handling of the trying situation existing there. Subsequently, he became Chief of Staff of the Guardia Nacional of Nicaragua with headquarters in the capital city of the Re• public. There he was so severely injured in the Managua earthquake of 1931, he was evacuated home. In recognition and appreciation of his services the President of Nicaragua conf;rred upon Colonel Denlg the Presidential Order of Merit. From 1933 to 1935, Colonel Denig was eet Marine Col. Rpbert Livingston Denlg, U. S. Chief of Staff of the Marine Corps, who will .command the Porelj:! at Quantico, Va.., and ha been Federal and State armed forces in the commanding officer of the Portsmouth Portsmouth American Legion state Naval Prison for the past two years. Colonel Denig is well and favorably convention parade Sunday, June 19th known throughout New England. has an outstanding record of aohie'vement in both war ahd peace, equalled by comparatively ·rew of Uncle Sam's military leaders. During his long career which started in 1905, he nas served in many corners of the world, including Cuba, the Far E ·t, Santo DQmingo, the Philippine Ial1md , France and Nicaragua, Following par lei t n m the arm d oecupatlon of Cuba in 1906, aa11igned to the USS Missouri which made the hist-0rlo oruise around the world from 1907 to 1909, as one of th :llrst,. Maj, Chauncey Burr Hoyt, widelyclasa battleships comprlsing the squad- known Portsmouth resident, who had (don cir '(be lamed ''l'iahilna Bob! been in business in this city for over 50 Evo.rus." Subsequently, Colonel ~ nlg' yea.rs, died shortly after midnight at the comma nd~ M!Ulnes aahore ln thel Naval Hospital at the Portsmouth Navy Philipp ine Islanda and durl.nc tbe lnYard, where he had been a patient for mrnx:Uon In Santo Domtngo. some time, aged 73 years. He had been nie. World war broua'hi man:, di&prominent in military and fraternal cirt lnctJooa io Colonel Den.le, He weni to cles and in the activities of this city for France In 1017 and served pMor to the many years. Am erican offenaive operaUona u an lnMajor Hoyt was born in Newington 8tructor a t the Army School of the on March 1, 1865, the son of the late 1L1 ne a t Lang-res and later as senior mGilbert Pickering Hoyt and Elizabeth ~t ructor at the Flret CorJ)II 11ehool •& Legro Hoyt. He was graduated from the old Brackett Academy in Greenland in the class of 1882 and for several yeara • . l EAD MILITARY BIG.PARADE after gradu11,tion waa a bookkeeper for the R. H. White Oo. of Boston. In 1888, with the late Herbert B. Dow, he entered the stationery bu.sines.s, succeeding !;he late Frank Molles, with a ,tore on Oongress street, whiah later was moved to Mark;et street. In this business he was active µntn his Illness. Major Hoyt for a long per!ou was prominent 1n m11!ta.ry n,ftalrs. He was commissioned a capte,ln and placed ln command of Oompany ~. 2nd Infantry, N. H. N. o ., on March 20, 1906, and on Nov. 11 was promoted to major and placed In command of 'the Coast Artll• lery Battalion, N. H. N. O., remaining in command of the battalion until its entry In F11deral .service on Jllly 25, 1917. Major Hoyt WM a past chancellor c,f Damon Lodge, K. of P.; and past grand cpancellor of tne ~nights of Pythias of New Hampshire. For over 30 years he was keeper of wampll))l of Ma.s.sasoit Tribe of Red Men, also a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F. &. A. M.; of New Hampshire Chapter, Rose Oroix1 Ineffable Grand Lodge of Perfeot!on, New Hampshire Ooruilstory and Bektash Temple, Mystic Shrine: a member of Osgood Lodge, I. O. o. F.; Frank E. Booma Post, American Legion; Camp Schley, United Spanish War Veterans; Seaside Council, Jr, 0, U. A. M., of Rye; Mechanlc.s Fire Society and the Musicians Union. Major Hoyt widely known as a mwilolan and had played in many orchestra.e in thls section in the past 40 years. In politics he was a 13taunch Demoorat. He had served in the city council and as city auditor j!.l'ld was twice a candidate for mayor. At the time of hl.s death he was a member ot the Board of Education He Is survived by one .sister, Mrs. Addle J. Mitchell of Dover. The body will lie In state at St. John's Church on Monday afternoon from 2 to 3 o'clock, when funeral .services will be held. Friend/! invited. �Spectacula_r Para4e Featufes Final Day Of LegiOn -· . Convention · -· · Thousa~ds -Of_· Peopl~, ~o_ur Into City: ·1oWitness One-Of The Most ·Colorful Events-Ever.Held Her~ The biggeJ;t parade Portsmouth has experienced in many years . thrilled more than 50,000 . spectators here yesterday afternoon. It was the final, colorful highlight of a stirring fopr~ctays convention program of the New Hampshire Department of the ·Ameri-· can Legion and Jts affiliated organizat!o:1s. The flashing ·colors of brilllan~ly-uniform'3d bands and drum corps, the fascinP,ting performances of the baton-wielding drum majors, the precision of the marching feet of many of the crack drill organizations, the snap and tempo of the Legionnaires- as they swung along behind their hundreds of national emblems a.nd Legion banners, these made up a scene not soon to be forgoUen. For more than one and one-half hours the columns swept by ere the , final division, dampened by a sudden short downpour o! rain, passed the r.eviewing stand. American Legion posts, bands, drum corps, Auxiliary units, Legion junior or~anizations, U. S. Marine Corps, U. S. Army, Boy Scouts, colorful units from all over New England, were included in the marnhing columns. The hi:;;toric streets of Old Portsmouth, brllliont with the national colors gleaming from every 'Qulldi.ng and post, have rarely experienced as stirring a day. The head of the parade formed at the corner of Richards avenue and Mlddle street and the line of march was south on Middle street to Aldrich Road, then to Islington street, down Islington street to Market -Square, down Pleasant skeet, to Jw1ki.ns avenue, to Parrott avenue to the Playgrounds where the parade was dismissed. The parade was led by the new commander, Leo E. Ray of Gorham and his staff and 1 etiring Commander Jphn L. Sullivan. they serving as grand marshals. Included in the staff of the grand marshals were the retiring and the newly elected department offlcers, past department commanders and visiting department officers. A squad of New Hampshire sta te Police headed 1he parade and the ma rs ha 1 s w ere preceda detachment of 28 memhers of the Manchester Police Department, all Legiom1aires, led by Chief O'Neil. The Military°Division, was led by Col , Robert !.. Denig, U. $. · M. · C., comman1.ing officer at the naval prison at the Portsmouth- Navy Yard, and this diltis.ion was headed by a battalion of the Fifth U. S .. Infantry from Fort McKinley at Pcttland, Me., accompanied by - the regimental band, a detachment of Maufles from the Portsmouth Navy Yard and members of the 197th Reg. C. A. C., N. H. N. G. Then came the various beautifully costume:d drum corps and bands, and Legionnaires from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont and Rl1ode Island. There were many Auxiliary Units, Sons of the Legion, and Legio.,1 Boy Scout Posts. Some of the finest drum corps in New England were in the line lncluding the one representing the Herbert Akroyd Post of Marlboro, aMss., Which won the national championship at the National conventions at Chicago and Miami ; the Blll·lington Post drum corps of Burlington, Vt., champions of the Green Mountain state; the Philip Tighe Post of Biddeford champions of Maine, and the nationally fained St. Rita'3 Cadets of Lowell, Mass. Other musical organizations in parade included the Fifth u. s. fantry Band of Portland, Me., Newburyport Post Band, Almon R. Pingree Post Drum Corps of Exeter; Dover Post Drum Corps; Herbert Akroyd Post Drum Corps of Marlboro, Mass.; Gordon Bissell Post Drum Corps of Keene; Watertown, Mass., Post Band, Thomas H. Crowley Post Drum Corps of Walpole Mass.; Jeffrey L. Vail Posfi Drum corps of Whitinsvllle, Mass; Frank w. Wilkins Post Drum Corps of Laconia, William H. Cheney Post Dnun Corps of Peterboro, James E. Coffey Post Band of Nashua, Lester w. Chase Post Drwn corps of Derry, Manchester Post No. 2, Drum Corps, Manchester PosL No. 79 Band, Burlington, Vt., Post Drum Corps, Sa.!em, Mass. Post Band, Stewart P. Morrill Post Baµd o! Portland, Me., Lawrence, Mass., Post Drwn Corps, Old Dorchester Post Drum Corps, Dorchester, Mass., Frank E. Booma Post Band of Porl.Emouth, Whitman, Mass., Post Band, Gloucester, Mass., Post Band, William Harrid Post of Boston Band, �composed o! postal employes; Alden M. Gayton Drum Corps of Auburn, Me ., Emerson Hovey Post, V. F. W, Band of Portsmouth, Rochester Post Auxillarv and Junlm· Drum Corps; Lancaster Unit Drum Corps, Boston Firemen'!f Post Band, Harold T. Andrews Post Juniol· Drum Corps or Portland, Me. Also In the line or march were a number of Auxiliary drill teams and the Portsmouth Sea Scouts who had with l;hem a perfect representation of the ship "Ranger." All of the 82 Legion Posts 1n New Hampshire and practically all or the Auxiliary Units were represented in th.! parade. Ray Elected Commander At the afternoon session on Saturday Leo E. Ray or Gorham was elected by a vote :,f 176 to 49 over Vice Commander William D. MacPherson of Concord. Th.! new commander is 46 years old and has been a member of the Legion since its organization. The new commander made a brief speech of acceptance and paid a tribute to retiring Commander John L. Sulllvan expressing the hope that with the same kind of cooperation that had been extended to his Pl'edecessor the department would contim1e Its forward march or cutstanding achievement. Romeo Moreni::y, conunander of William H. Jutras post of Manchester; Clyde G. Robinson, commander or Frank E. Booma post of Portsmouth and chairman of the convention corporation, and James W. Doon of Henniker, commandei· or District No. 5, were chosen from a field of seven candidates to fill the three department vice commanders' posts. The other candidates were Disti-ict Commanders Guy Harwood (2) of Hudson, Percy Feather (1) of Keene, and Carl D. Hayes (7) or Wolfeboro, ar.d Benjamin Adams, commander of Le ter Chase post of Derry. Other department officers named, all wlthout oppoaition were: Adjutant, Frank N. Sawyer of Weare, who is president o! the national legion adjutants' assoclatlo,1 and one of the oldest s djutants, in point of service, in the country; treasurer, George W. Morrill, Concord ; auditor, Percy H. Bennett, Manchest~I; judge advocate, Attorney Mayland H. Morse, Concord; historlnn, Harold B. Trombley, Meredith . With the exception of judge advocate, all or U1e l&.tter were re-elected. Mr. Morse succeeds Erne~t L. Bell, Jr., of Keene, a past department commander. In accordance with a resolution adopted at the convention, which effects a change in the constitution, the chaplain of the uganlzation henceforward will be named by the incoming department executive board. Disll'lct Commanders eanwhlle the following new dtstrict commanderq and vice commander were chosen : District No. 1, Guy B. Balley, Keene, com1mmder, Jos:!ph F . Walsh, East affre~•, vice commander; District 2, rl C. Robel'ts, Milford, commander, Joseph W. Browr., Nashua, vice com• mander; District 3, Ralph W. Eaton, Portsmcuth, commander, Stephen Mason, Dover, vice commander; District 4, David W. Johmon, Manchestel', commander, John Parker Hall, Londonderry, vice commander; District No. 5, Albert J. Yeaton, Suncook, commander, Harold L. Eastman, Concord, vice commander; Distl'lct 6, Kenneth A. Lord, New London, commander, Albert Carlisle, Lebanon, vice commander; District 7, Dr. W. F. MacDonald, Intervale, commander, Arthul' J . Gapinski, Sanbornville, vice commander; District 8, J. Arthur Sullivan, Berlin, commander, Wallace Welch, Littleton, vice commander. Delegates and alternates to the national convention in Los Angeles were named as follows: District No. 1, Percy A. Feather, K eene, delegate, Guy B. Bailey, l{eene, al ternate; 2, Robert Early, ,Nashua, delegate, George French, :t'll\Sl1Ua,, altern ate·; 3; John C. Hannon, Dover, dele- · gate., Franci; Bu.;i1y, S0111::rsworth. alternattJ; 4, Ja\m·~ F. O"Neil, M ;rnch stc,, de!Egate, Benjamin Adams, Derry, ~l~rnat:, _s, William Howe, Penacook. de le~ate, L oyd . ogsweli, Wiirner 1 1alterna !Al ; 6, Harold M . Morse, Lebanon, Jclegat.e, no alt.irnnte nRmcd; 7, Dr W. F. MacDonald, Intervale, delegate, Harold ,.Trombley, Meredith, alterna te; 8, Ell A. Marcoux, Berlin, delegnt.e, Jerome GUbert, Bcrl!n, f!llernato . VeteraJlJI Affalra Comm. Resolutions After Uie Veterans' Affnlrli Commlltee had made lt.5 report the follo wIng resolutions were adopted: That the dep9.rlll)ent go on record In convention as urging the Immediate bulldlng of a vewran~· hosplt.nl In New Iampshlro .. That the leglsl'lllve committee or tho department slu(!y the present sltuR tlon pertaining to the 1>ubllshlng or mmes or reclplcr.ts or rel!ef by county fflc1al3 "with a Ylew to changing the pres nt statutes so as adequately to protect veteran.~ from the humlllaUo n or publbhtng their 111\rncs whe n re ceiving aid ." 0 rh t the legislative COIID 1lttee be in- struc!.ed to urge the N. H legislature to provide the sum of $300, funds to be made available to the veterans' state officer, for the purpose o~ paying the cost of commitment of insane veterans to hospitals. That the department go on record as favoring a chang€ in present regulations pertaining to employment of veterans on W. P. A. projects, so that an honorable discharge certificate from the Army, Navy or Marine corps for service during the period of any war in which this country has participated, be accepted in li:>u of a birth certificate." Addl'CSS By Govemor Murphy Gov. Francis P. Murphy made an outstanding address during the afternoon session on Saturday, speaking In part !ts follows: "F!'om the very beginnh1g of their history as an independent nation, the Amel'ican people have reposed the u most confidence in their soldiers dur• ing times of war and in times of peace. Indeed, it might truly be said that America's soldiers have never been demobilized from thE> national service. "True, after each of the wars our country has known, th~ soldiers have left the battlef!elas to the ghosts of the fallen, have glYen up the instruments ol warfare and laid their uniforms away, "But they never removed and no powcl· on earth could divest them o! that proud spiritual badge which proclaimed the honorable service they had rendered to home and country and, while they laid down thetr firearms and the stories of bloody conflicts became only treasured memories, our war veterans have neYer retreated from the adv:lnced positions they had gained on the bitterly cantested path leading to liberty and frtedom and happiness for all men. And that 15 the position of the war veteran today. "Legionnaires! Nearly twenty years ago you were demobilized from active military duty but, in reality, you were never mustered out of the service of yow· country, And you never will be. "While breath !.:1 in your bodies you will continue to be civilian soldiers, fighting in a war from which there i :ir:.:;;;_,,;;,·., no discharge; fighting, wltn brains, and by· organized effort, rather than with rifles and artillery and machine guns, vicious enemies who attack under the white banners of peace and who assault public opinion with d celtful propaganda. "Durmg the World War, you took your fighting place in the trenches or behind the armo;· plates of our navy but in the new war in which we are engaged it is behind the federal constitution that you take your stand. That is your breaslwork and with it you will win or lose all. "And there, standing shoulder to shoulder with you, you will find another <:1rmy of loyal, courageous, fightIng :.:ilizens who have 11ever-like you - known the horrors or physical warfare but who thoroughly understand the misery and the dreadfulness or warfa re which ii.ids the intelligence and the will of free and happy peoples and converts life into a regimented hell. "You al'e the tried and tested essence whlcn will cemea~ the entire body of our citizenry Into n unconquerable de ensive power. It is upon you that the nation today rel! it always h on its ..o!rl1e1 s in the p ,t-for leadership against forces which would nu llify the progre&& of a hundred and fifty years. "Ourrent event&, which are discussed freely thrOU8'hOU~ the land, demonstrate how real ~.he danger is and how powerful the foes with whom we have to grapple. The very !act that, as a people, we are n'.>t more greatly alarmed by these things shows how insidious the attack is. "On the one hand, we have a generous, tolerant, unsusplcious, libertyloving people, become too trusting and too unconcerned, perhaps, as a result of a long period of unrivalled national advancement. �"On the other hand, tirless and trea~ Other Speakers cherous enemies to whom liberty ls There were also talks by Congresspoison, and demccracy a scourge and man Charles W. Tobey and National who thrive and multiply in an atmos- Vice Commander Philip J. Conley of phere of h11.te and discord. West Virginia. "It is only recently that we have be• Mr. Tobey al,o struck out against gun to realize that the principles and subv~rsive influ.mces, in a brief ad• institutions we had always thought to dress, and declared it was up to the be eternal in theil' solidity are in dan- legion to say: "They shall not pass." ger. The vigorous if somewhat delayed He said he was in Washington "as protest by the American people against the hired man of the people of New unconstlt.utlonal met.hods o! amend- Hampshire," and told of his efforts in ing the nation's fundamental Jaw beh 1f of the vet.erans' fight to have marked a striking change in their at- hospitalization facilities established in titude toward their great. chart.er. the Granite State. In conclusion he "It has dawned upon them that the expresi,ed the wisl1 that the legion constit.utlon, embodying the principles mlgh~ "grow in wisdom and stature, for wnlch the colonists fought, and to and in 10 vor with God and man." maintain which a bloody civil war was engaged, has not become the lifeless Gues t, llnlrod ucctl document of cold legal phrases which A gnt of di'itiu~ttish~d gu~sts were some have considered it to be, because intro lur~ . Ill~ gr up inrluding Col. they thought only of the words writ- Frank Knox. Rc·publican Presidential ten on those p~,chment sheets rather candidate and firat commander of the than of what has been built upon and Amer!can Legion in New Hamparound those words. shire. G<lv. Huntley N. Spaulding of "But t.he corn,titutlon is more than Rochester and Arthur Smythe of words. It ls t.he 1,plrit.ual essence o! Framclm, winners of the legion awards the national way of life. It is behind for distinguished service two years that strong breastwork t.hat you, and ago; former Gov. John H . Bartlett of all other patriotic citizens, have taken Portsmouth, Rear Admiral C. W. Cole, their st.and. commandant, and Lieutenant Com"As members of the American Le• mander Curley of the Portsmouth glon, you have Limes almost uncount- Navy Yard; Past Department Comable in your Pobt. meetings pledged manders Robert 0 . Blood of Concord, yow·3elves· to uphold and defend the Harold K. Dav.ison of Woodsville, constltut.lon. You renewed that solemn Ralph G. McCarthy of Portsmouth, pledge at the beginning o! this session Harry Manson of Lebanon, Forrest J. and you will have many opportunities Drury of Londonderry, Wendell D . to renew it in future. "Curious to note, the battle of Wa- Crowell of Hancock, Samuel H. Edes of terloo was fought on this very day, Newport, Eli A. Marcoux of B\}rlln, one hundred and twenty-three years Charles E. Green of Pittsfield, Ernest ago. It would be a blessing to humanity L. Bell, Jr., of Keene and Earl Mellon if in the present warfare against the or Nashua. Also introduced were the command• f~rms of governmen~ and of national economy represented by communism, ers n! the depart.men~ of two neighand fascism and nazi-ism, it might be boring states, Hector G. Staples of possible to fight another Waterloo Maine and Frank E. Mccaffery of when those aggressive enemies of Rhode Island, and Vice Commander John. E. Baird of Rhode Island. peace might be decisively defeated. Thirty seconds of sllence was ob"Unfortunately. the day will probably never come when justice, and served in memory of the late Dr, freedom and c'emocracy will finally Charles S. Walker of Keene, fifth deand frever be free of hazards so we partment commander in New Hampmust resign ourselves to the task of shire. eternal vigilance. "At times some of the people may relax their vigil but all o! the people never will. And we all can take courage and heart from the sure knowledge that, outstanding and more alert than all others will always be found the veteran soldiers of our countryfar out in the obsarvatlon posts, watchful of the weaker places; listening IorL~~:111:·•~. strange voices preaching subversive theories, unmasking those who under false colors woulJ enter into our lives like sweetened poisons. "With you there, on outpost dutyas you are and as you always have been-the natlm1 and state may feel secure that the~e mortal enemies of the American system and its institutions and the way of life into which they have guidect this great people w!ll be compelled to fight their battles m the light and in the open, rather than in the dark and under-cover, because the vigHance which the tests of phys!• cal warfare taught, you will not permit them, as the Biblr warns us, 'To ~~­ ter in at the windows, like thieves. CLASS DAY AT STONELEIGH Olass Day, as part of the third annual commencement at Stonelelgh College, was observed here this afternoon following the June Ball. which opened festivii'.ies last evenmg. Events began with a spread at noontime and included senior jump roping, hits and impersonations, ivy t)lantlng and the presentation of the pioneer spade to Beth Eaton of Schenectady, New York, presidentelect o! the incoming senior class, by Marjorie Mansur' o! Spencer, Mass., senior president, and formal Class Day exercises. A portrait of Richard D . Currier, president of the college, to be painted by Stanley B. Simard, head o! the art department, was announced by Miss Mansur as the sEktor class gift to the college. Those aving class parts were Mary Jane Whitner o! Reading, Pa., and Doris LaFJeur o! •Arlington, Mass., history; Virginia M. Ellms of South Sudbury, Mass., will; and Shirley Brundage o! New Canaan, Conn., and Aileen McLaughlin o! Cynwyd, Pa., 1 prophety. There was music by the glee club quartette: Rebecca Shedd o! North Conway, Mary E . O'Brien o! Middletown, Conn., Cicely Zimmerman of Hamilton, Ontario, and Caroline E. McKnight o! Gardner, Mass. Tonight the senior play, a one-act comedy entitled "The Tenth Word" will be given at the Farragut Playhouse. Those in the cast are Anne Becket of Montclair, N. J., Miss Mansur and her sister, Ruth Mansur, Miss McLaughlin and Mary Flint of Fitchburg, Mass. Tomorrow at 10 a. alumnae meeting will be held at the college and at 4 p. m. the baccalaureate setvlces will take place in the Congregational Church at Rye Center. The Rev. Bertrand Crocker, minister of the church, will give the invocation and the benediction. Muslo will be by Harry O. Whittemore, organist of the Grace Episcopal Ohurch Jn Manchester and the college glee club. The Rev. Harold Major, D. D., of the First Baptist Church of Boston , will give the baccalaureate address. Graduation exercises are scheduled to take place on the campus at 10 a. m . Monday. James R. Erwin/ president judge of the Court of Common Pleaa of Hudson County, New Jersey, will deliver the address to the graduates. ��SALVATION ARMY DUGOUT AGAIN SERVES SOLDIERS Replica of the Salvation Army huts in France during 1917 and 1918 from which "Sallies" served coffee and doughnuts to hungry doughboys. In the group are1 Adjutant Martin, Executive Committeeman Stewart E. Rowe, Mrs. Martin, Legionnaires Arthur Morgan of Candia and Fritz Betz ()f Kittery and Major . Stella Young, "The Original Doughnut Girl," who served the soldiers in tne trenches in the World War. Mrs. Harriet Frink ls shown lu the background. �Weeks House In Greenland Is Oldest Brick House In This State Date Of Erection Believed To Be I 638 f Tentli Generation Is Now Living In Thi Hous M'hlch At One Time Was Within ffh~ Boundaries Of Portsmouth t THE WEEKS BOUSE, OLDEST BRICK BOUSE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE The oldest brick house in New Hampgoe roug an aoue a eh1re ls believed to be the Weeks House west or thare abouts until It comes to m Greenland. Ten generations or the the common land." Weeks family have lived Jn this brick The house Is of brlek and quite house, situated not far from Greenland large, some over 42 feet in length and Jlllage on the Exeter road. The ac- 26 feet .In wJdth, two fl tor I es cepted date for tbe construction of the hlgb, the Jower floor eight and onehouse Is 1638, making it observing ita half feet, tbe upper ~tory elg)lt. The tercentenary this year. The farm 1s gable ends ar }llgb ,o tbAt the garret now owned by Thornton Weeks, of the is paclous. The walls 1n the lower story ninth generation to reside in the farm, are 18 inches tbick, but less above, and his children making the tenth, As far in the gable eruu but nine lnche.,. ·as can be learned there 1s no deed 1n The sleepers over the oellar of existence to the farm, it having been red oak, ten inches in diameter, the handed down from generation to gen- bark remaining on th1·ee ides, as when eratlon down through tbe years. put in. The beams that support them Tradition says that a committee were hewed 14 by 12 inches. The beams from Newmarket visited Greenland to of the house are 12 Inches square, and examine th1s house before erecting one all the timber of the house Is of oak, of the same type, for a Jeremiah Pol• massive and strong. It 1s thought tba.t eom, on an eminence half a mile south one object 1n building the house lio of Newmarket village. It was not quite strong was to have it secure against the iso Jarge as tbe Weeks' house and we.a Indians. On the east side there 1s a taken down after standing about 160 ll8J'iOUB rent in the wall, rather high years. The granddaughter of the build- tlp. It 1s believed this was caused by er 111\ld that her father Col. Jeremiah the great earthquake of 1727 or that of Folsom was born 1n tbat house before 1775, the workmen had finished tbe roof. He , The bricks for the house were made :was born July 25, 1719, m lower ground, some ten rod!! in front, Brewster's "Rambles about Porta- ,- little to the southeast, and dried on mouth" quotes from old records: "on the higher ground a little farther on. Jn 8th of Oct. 1663, at a· meeting or Select- J)lowing there several years ago, pieces men at Greenland to Jay ou~ the hlwayes of brick were found. In earlier days a hiwaye laid out from Wlnecote river boards ere found, on which It was supfalls east or thare aboutes to Samual posed brick were dried. The bricks on Haines is hous and from thence the the outside of the building are set in )liwaye 1s to run to Hampton lliwaye Eng115h style. where 1t now lies by Frances Drake When the house as erected Gr nfield which 1a now enclosed, the bl- land was a part of Portsmouth, and waye ls to be two rod in bredth. 80 remained for nearly 70 years. Green"There is also a hiwaye Jade out over land was then mostly a wildernea.s, aialn&t Leonard Weikes bow.e and Is The house was erected 15 years after the settlement of New Hampshire commenced. Probably there were not at that time 500 people ln the province, Portsmouth included then Greenland, N~w Castle, part of Ry , nd part of Newington and there might not have been more than a hundred souls within its boundaries. It WIUI 138 years before the Declaration of Independence and 158 years b fore the inauguration of Washington as th first President, that this house was rected and down through the ages it has survived until now it ls one ot New Hampshire's land• marks. Last March 4, tlr about 2 o'clock 1n the morning caused slight damage to the house and destroyed a barn and carriage house, Th damage 1:4 the house consisted of the destruction of 11 porch, which had taken the place of an old ell, that some year before had been taken down it dJd not match the brick house. It was eight feet two inches long, four feet deep and fiv feet high. The construction has disclosed two brick ovens built in different periods. The first to be torn out was facing tlle room. One of a11 earl1er period waa ,.,.,,...,.-,.-., built in the 1lde of the Jarg Jireplace. The beam above th fireplace ia 14 feet long and 11 inches thick. Thil has been replaced now. Work 1a also going on in the front room, which at one time was the kitchen of tbe ho . An effort 1a being made to reg. tore the fireplace to its ortglnal .ize. The construction ls mut.e evl.doooe tha~ the house has survived JJirough many year . It ls believed by the workmen d~ Ing the restoration, that the fireplace ha, beeJi bullt over four tlm~ being made mailer each time. However the orlglnal size haa been dlsoovered. This is belleved to the second oldest house in New England, belni built four years after the ancient Orad.. dock mansion in Med ord, Mau. TheH two houses are similar Jn deslgn, Jn the summer tlm travellers com from north, 10uth, east nd eJt in an effort to trac their ancestry back to the dweller of t.h ld rlok house, �~ortsvnou1h t'Y)ev-c.no.nis a.nd. -'tf\C\i" uap.pen;ngs· _ · , I n~ I i 16.W Of ears ' Gone B~ V I. > 'S, q't'\S -;!!~h~~:fo~et!~~~o~2~t=li~~at~~wi~! an assortment of Flour, li!'arth, Hand, Cloth and Scrubbing Brushes, Mahogany Furniture, Swell'd front Mahogany Desks, Crockery, Glassware and Looking Glasses, which he will sell ~T~~~:-~mb ~na ~~- J~~t~~~:- -; ·Physicians : . _Inoculating Hospital, Shapley's Islan_d ·1 · ; ' Hampton ' · I ' The number of tax payers of the Provincial Tax in Hampton in 1681 ~e ~=~~~~:~ ;;:;;:Y S~~~~~ 5 · ;~~~~ j 0 Flf.g ~~!a.~:/ryhan· Cheap." , ten, Nathaniel Weare and John Smith. ' The Constable was John Dearborne. ' Informs his customers in town and ' We preserve the spelling of Sanborn, t1oumry : Moulton, and Dearborn names. The ,FROM PAGES OF THE PAST · Tllat he i.s now open •. constable collect.cd the tax, or "rate" . .A.t his ~tore on Market Street :-as it was then called. The recept of . Glancing through copies of the "Or•. At the Sign of the Lamb and Flag -i the selectmen to t.he constable is dated acle of the Day", published by Charles. A large general assortment of Fall _May 10. In It, it is stated that those , Peirce whose printing office at that and Winter Goods, Ladies and Gentle- who pay in mon ey are to be abated one : time was where the Olebe Building men's Beaver Hats and Bonnets, Irish third part. \ now stands, but later was moved to linens, A very beautiful assortment of The highest tax was then of Henry ! Haymarket Square, and stlll later to Chintzes, Calicoes, etc. ! Greene, fifteen shillings, two and a I the Prescott development on Marcy ' . half pence. Next was Andrew Wiggin, 1 , street. Being attracted by a few quaint ''Sign of the GoBden Ball . . _ _ , d ti ts d d tes New Goods ! fourteen shilling:; and eight pence. The a ver semen an anec o , a por• , , · \ •1 t · · tlon of them appear In this publioa• 1 : Joseph Haven . : owes was Rachael Cha&e, one shilling tlo · · : ' Has now on sale a complete assort•/ and a penny, Quite a number were ben. 1 ::ment of seasonable goods tween two and three shillings. . 1 • The tax was wholly for the Provm''The Sign of the Slugar !Lef.ves and At the Sign of the Golden Ball Oolden· Cask Market street ; cia.l Government, and was to_be paid 1 "At the sign of the Sugar Loaves and Velveteens, VelvEts, Thicksets, Jeans, . to Richard M 3.i-tyn, the Treasurer. the Golden Cask , Fustians Narn1.1nets Chambleteens f . Probably there was then a town tax, To sweeten your tea, ~d fill . Baccus j' · Tammie;, Durants, 'shalloons, Cala~ ! ' aside from this; for_ t~e minister Rev. ' 1Jask · · mancoes Eliot's Best French Snuff ' Seaborn Cotton, Mm1sters were therl 1 Robert Ta;lor from Europe most grate• '! : and Flo~t Indigo, etc. ! 'settled by the towns and by them paid. ·1 fully bends lit ~, . . _ I .There were no schools, and town offiTo the generous public, his patron·s· S1gllll of the Spuming Wb~l j. cers probably _served for Ji~tle !lay. ; and friends Cheap , The following names m Hampton, , With thanks for past favours, so justly i For Sale at . ; . then, have continued there or in places : ' their due . : , Bayley's Vat1ety Store near, to this date. The original spell. Yet--stpl like the world, he $Oliclts · for ; Sl~ ~f the J · ing ls preserved. Bachilder, Browne, n~, I Spmnmg Wheel Blake, Drake, Foye, Godfrie, Gove, \ Strict attention_e!lch day will be con- 'I , Daniel_ Street _ t Ga~Ja~d, Marsto_n, Moul ten, Nud, Page, , , 11tantly giveh . ' A Val'lety of Engllsh Goods Suitable i •Ph1lbnck, Perk111s, Ruby, Sanborne, F'rolii-pve 1n the morning, tlll eight in \ for the Season Taylor, Tilton, Towle, Tuck, Wiggin, the even; I .Also 'Weare, Cram, Dow, Dearborne, Hobs, Window glass 8 by 10, and wine glasses \ Seventeen hundred yards of calico , Jennis, Johnson, Levitt, Knowles, Lam_' . fine . \ . J!'ancy Waist-C.:iat patterns, Beverly prey, Shaw, Swaine, Smith. Tilton , ~t prices as .various as varies the wine. 1 ' Bed Ticks, as u&tial with many other Cram and Weare Jived in the part now · Rice, mustard and currants, l!Weet pun- 1 au·ticles, too man}I to particulari7,e in - Hampton Falls; some of the otheJ's : gent and sound j · this Advertisement may have resided in sections afteJ'• And cinnamon, either the ounce or the _ wards set o!f from Hampton. pound, ; Fresh Goods Robert Page came to this country Molasses, loaf 1,ugar and Jndla and frorn Ormsby; Norfolk County, Engbrown, , iust op;ned and ready for sale at l land, in 1639, bringing with him hia By the pound or the 'bag, no cheaper ' ev~ret 9 Variety 8t0re son, Francis, who was born in 1638, in town." . 1- In ohe ~ew Brick Building ' on Spring and settled in Hampton, N. ·H. , (Just a small portion of his ad.) I H11l, fac_mg Market street I · ln 1669 Franc!& Page man-1ed Merl(The middle apartment) . - .. . th eir th ird child, Su- .., ,. Sign of the Goldeu Bottle i An elegant fashionable assortment of ; bah Smith ; aDd ' ' European and w. I. Goods Tow-Cloth Sanna, born ln 1674 married ·Benjamin ; Wm. Leverettes, Grocery Store received in pay for the 'above-men- ·Bachellor. _ _ . ' No. 2 Jaffery's Row tioned articles the same a 8 O h d . . Benjamin l3ac.-1tllor and hlS wife Su1 Sign of the Golden Bottle . the highest price given for Fl!! Sa~ . i 11anna had siJC children; . their fourth For Sale · , ee • t , child, Susanna born in 1702 married Tea, Soap, Pepper, Brimstone and Gin- Sign af Noah's Ai·k , Ebenezer Webste~; and the latter cou. ger, Hair-powder and Tamerands, Win' ·l)Ie were , the . grandparents of: Daniel oow glass, Pickle and Butter J)ots, also John Pomery Webster, -W . I. Goods. .il i Lately from Engii.nd Chronicle, Feb. ll, 1882 \ Respectfully informs the Inhabitants · . . . Tb.e Sign of the White Horse _of Portsmouth and vicinity; that he , _Ha,np~.n's Bµrial _G r~unds '. Phenomenon has opened _Store In . Buck Street The people CJ!. Hampton have had I The full-blooded Stallion lately im- . Oately occupied by W1JJlam Sheaf) common buryµig ground~ since the l , ported by Lang and Brierly & Co, from n~ar the sign of Noah's Ark, where he , fiN}t settlemlln~ oI the. town, and there . England; at the .!>table of Mr. Nathaniel will have :for sale the under-mentioned · have been three such places, the last · S. Griffithgo9ds," after enumerating a hundred I ; one being laid out in 1859, . .. ]: At the Sign of the White Horse or,;~ore comn_10dities completes his ad There are records in regard to fenc- \. ' Near the Hay-Market - with a variety of other articles too lng the first one as early as 1653, and ' .Portsmouth, N. H. numerous to mention," l stones were then placed ,on th!;! gravei; Inoculation · -~ , with only the initials of the persons "The Sign of the Golden Tea ·Pot I ; buried. The fire~ one with full name -"Small Pox Partie& ' cut was to the _memory of Susanne , lluck Street · "The Public· are "informed that the Smitp, :who w,a s. "slaine withe the : Cold Weather Is Coming i Abraham Isaac Inoculating Hospital on Shapley's rs: , th~nder''. ,in -June, 1880, land will be opened the next week to I The w_hole_. nurpber of deaths in the I rece_Jve anot!Jer_~!~~s. ' .i i<>~n_-~_u_r~ng_the 12~ years end!J}g with i 1. 1 : I I I I I l I I I I ·1 I · i: ·! I i. I I ·1 i - i . : �----- - - - - IO\ - - -- -- - - - - - ------- -- - 185!f:was - 11lf2;~·i/.ncl. probably.· most of · the bodles ,were ,laid away in those two r , buryin~ grounds, The average . num):)er of deaths . eac}l year was 15¾, , the , . greatest in one year being 68, in 1736, when the "th;i:e&t-d!stemper" was epi- , demic; and in 1754 there were 51 I deaths. The least number was in 1790 and '91 when ' there were five deaths . each_yea,r. The population a~ that time was 853. ·., \ ' · . Ohronicie, May 15,1882 , 1 Past MuniciJ)al Election ' Jn 1851 the candidates were, John · Laighton, democrat; Christopher s. 1 Toppan, whig; John L. Elwyn, inde- i 'pendent. The result .was, again no choi.ce. Toppan ll!l.d 532, Laighton 560, ' Elwyn · 60, Scattering 28. The City '; Council in convention elected Mf• : La!ghton· by 15 votes, to 13 fol' Mi'. : : Toppan. ' TO TUR~! ON -PARROTT AVE~ llGH STONIGHT i I . Tonight at 9.30 o'clock a brief cere- , '. mony will take place at the corner of ! !Parrott Avenue and Rogers street i here, with Mayor Kennard Goldsmith turning the switch to inaugurate a i new and greatly improved system o( :street lighting extending the entire length of Parrott Avenue. The new lighting system was authorized by the City Council upon recommendation of its street lighting committee and was I installed by the New Hampshire Gas ,& Electric Company in cooperation 1 with the Board of Public Works. I The system in use along Parrott Avenue for many years past consisted of but four small, 60-candlepower incandescent lights, or a total of 240 , candlepower for the entire avenue. :. 1 , The new system will supply a total of , 13,000 candlepower through the use of i / twelve 350-candlepower series street I , lights, fed by underground cable. 1 Twerve union metal standards support _the lights at a height of approximate'. ly 21 feet to the center of the lights, I which are on a 6-foot extension out over the street. I -S-~ \'7, l'1 oi ·-·- Class He ,y P~H. ors This Mornrng Interesting Progrmm Presented And Awards Made At Assembly Class Day exercises were held at E. Bliss Marriner, sub-master and · Portsmouth High school today for the faculty manager, awarded letters to the j ; Senior class with an interesting pro- following students for then respective ! activities as J!sted: I , gram presented_ before a large ass_em- Soft Ball Awards bl_y. The_ entire program was given I F'or three years' participation: 1 1 with nautical surroundmgs, based on [. Hany Bryan an imaginary class cruise around the Louis Bizzocchi world. . Perley Hersey Edward Johnson gave the class Savro Pesaresi greetmg after the march. The essay on I Joh Wi • ,• " • n ggm 1 the class motto, They fail, and they Richard Winn alone, who have not striven," was given For two years' participation : by Doris Littlefield. The motto is an ,. Robert Bryan excerpt from works of Thomas Bailey JUlius F'reedman Aldrich, ,· Joseph Levy Arlene White rendered a vocal solo, , Lawrence MarcoUll "Be the Best of Whatever You .Are," David Rogers and the class history was read by Bea- Philip Smart trice Doctor and Marion Wendell. j Robert Wheeler Much enjoyment and laughter was For one year's participation: caused by the :reading of the class wlU Walter Durell Garland Ferry which bad been compiled by Pauline I Peter Finck : McClintock, Priscilla Paul, Margaret I Peter Grimbilas Preble and Marjorie l-lam after which Leonard Hewitt 1 :Leo Langeller played a saxophone solo • PaUl Holmes being accompanied at the piano by I Peter Moorenovich :namer Wenhold. l George Murray ; Another of the enjoyable highlights William Smart cf the program was the reading of the class prophecy written by Ruth Nor• , )ei?ating Letters ton, Hazel Segars, Mildred Oarkin, Fhlli Bennett . George Selzer, Philip Bennett and , · Philip French J>h1lllp French and the ballot wa'2 giv- · Joseph Gr!Jli en by Edward Johnson. ·Margaret Loughlin , In keeping with their nautical as• Ruth Norton peot during the exercises the class gifts Hazel Segars were taken from a miniature sail• Margaret Ward · boat. The gifts were selecttld and po• ems written by Virginia Griffin, An• !ia.seball Awards · nette Brackett, Robert Curtis Robert Robert Burns .~1exander, Ivan Hill a.ndPhllip smart. I. Charles Johnson Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith intro- I John Hamilton ' duoed a representative of the Fleet ·i , Faul Downs . Naval Reserve who presented awards i Stanley Drobisewski from that organization to Thomas i William Pennington Flynn and Ruth Stevens for prize- - Robert Wheeler winning essays they had written. John StUlb Rear Admiral Dismukes, USN., ret., ! Daniel McCarthy representing the board of judges for · Michael Maskwa Ranger Chapter, D. A. R., presented . Edward Johnson historical essay medals to Dorothy ! Allen Knight Watson and Miriam Davis and as Seymour Smith, manager honorary mentions read the names of , --···-·--·• I Eleanor Foll~~sbe~ __f!,~~ ~dw~~ }_?_~v~. I .! 1-'~~ .\\vc.cJ.d ·-· - I· 1 • - - -- • -· - •• - ----- �I 02, . Track Squad . Ooach Francis Tate · Captain Robert Preecott Emerson Reed John Stowe Raymond Foote John Laycock Andrew McKee Cyrus Brown Angelo Katsanos Rodney Paige James Makarohuk Manager Robert Clow _;-BACCALAUREATE 1 :FOR P. Ha S0 GRM\DUA.TES The baccalaureate service of the senclass of the Portsmouth High School was held at the North Church on Sunday evening. · Robert Hill, Junior High school The members of the class looked Ellsworth Pierce Junior High school :· very attractive as they marched into Emerson Miles, Junior High school i : the service, the young ladies wearing Benjamin Methvin, Junior High I the traditional white, while the young ; school 1 men were dressed in blue. The march The members of the class joined :fu iwas played by Amos W. Moody, and ', singing the class ode of 1938 which had was the proces,ional from Wagner's : been written by Frances Caswell. She "Tannhauser". Hev. Harold W. Curt(.s also wrote the music. The ode is M gave the call to worship. follows: The responsive reading was led by The past has been a summer'll day Rev, H. W. Curtis, . and the Scripture i With azure skies and golden hours. lesson by R.ev. Emerson G. Haugen. , Our dreams have been its · budding , 'l'his was taken from Luke 14:25-33. flowers ·1 Rev. Edward H. Newcomb, pastor of ' To blossom later on life's w~y. , the Ccngregational Church at Kittery , · Point gave the prayer. : Although from friends beloved and ! The speaker was Rev. Emerson G. 1 , dear , Hangen of the Community Church at , The time has come for us to part, ' Durham. Mr. Hangen, formerly a ; Their mem'ries linger in our hea.rtll . . ! chaplain in the U. S. Navy, was sta: To grow the SV,ei!ter with each year, ; tioned a . short time ago at the Ports. , i mouth Navy Yard. He is exceptionally 1 :_ The future •keeps its secrets· hidden, l 1- ; well liked and his sermon was very in• •. May 1t bring_ happiness to all; , . teresting_ His 3ubject was "The Start ' Uay each achieve his chosen · goal. , , and the Finish" and he offered some I They only fall who have not strlyen. I ! excellent- suggesr.ions, not only to the ~ -- ----:-. · --· ; members of the graduating. class, but · "t'crito\..f..urt..il.L \¼Jt~c.\'._ -s ~ q .!)g' . to others as well. Mr. Haugen gave the =c--=c==-=--=--=-c,-,-· - - ~ · --· --,· I benediction · and the recessional was I i the "Marche Nuptiale". ior i .. , 1 1 i !ANN IV ER SARY ·;OF BIRTH OF . SAM WALTER FOSS , As Sunday is the anniversary of the :birth of the late much loved poet, :Sam Walter Foss, Rev. Isaac Smith, :pastor of the Universalist church of : ' Lowell, Mase,, has invited the Sam Walter Foss Literary Club of Somervllle, Mass., to attend that church 1n a body and it has accepted, as has also Miss Mollie Foss of Somerville, Mass., the late poet's daughter. The pasto:r will have as the theme of his address, : "The Torch of a Poet-Sam Walter •Foss." ·. Sam Walter Foss, whose boyhood · :home was in this city and who wa:, a .'graduate of the Portsmouth High : ;School, died_ ln 1911. ____ ___ _______ 1 I ;~ ~ ~ \ \ u w _ l i · • • ~ l.>-vJl. r(. t9 ~ i ., . : ·' �:_\\:~,~~io:~~~~o. ~\i: ~:e/~Y~~-i 5~:~~s-_· - .. ~ \__,~: · y ~i~~}~~:-~_-'~,~~~-/~-~·us~~~( _1c,:3_ -- ·}:IDiscUss DeveTopments---·-7· t6NCHEON IN-~l :; And Needs At Hampton . jPREPAR TION r \ ---.~·,: ~,:··;..~.-/~'.JBeach (. ~FOR OPEN HOUSi \- :,'- ·-':·;·:, 1 If .' ;I Miss Elizabeth B. Perkins of New (:t • York and Sewall's Bridge, York, was ··: ·'-"' ..- ~.: A nnual Banquet Sponsored Chamber Of I .. hostess yeS terdaY at a p_review press : · f · and publicity luncheon m connection \ ,,, Commerce And Beach Precinct Held Last ! with York's first Open House Day 1·. ~ ·:, Evening , wh1ch will be on Aug. 20. ,;,, ! Lunching at 1 o'clock on the ver. -~·:~ ·. , . "There will be a new traffic lane along division of the state government. How- · ·; anda of Miss Perkins' home, The Pig.•. d ever, he said, ''I believe that. we will ul- '. gin House, 1686, where an underground .... ' .c ~1 ., ·, :the rear of the beach or a four- ane roa timately have success. " '. passage leads to the river,_ sign~cant [ •. ._· . • .··:, : ialong the front built within the next 14 · commending the Seacoiu;t Regional _of the days when smugglmg existed, ;:, . . · ·: . months," Gov. Francis P. Murphy told : Development Association and people of · and where even now an Indian figure ,_:,.-_-r) . : 'more than 200 persons of this section - this section in the ambitio~ a_n d dexter- , , stands guard, the party later were ··,.,:who attended the annual banquet at 1ity they have shown ln gammg their I driven to The King's Prison, · 1657. . : . ~_: :. · :_ .~ .. ~Hotel Ashworth at Hampton Beach ! end, State F orester John Foster of l Here they sa\V the Sheriff's Quarters, . . . _1 ··~.::~ /·· ~sponsored by the Beach Precinct and j Concord .said he believed their ''dream ·: the court Room, the Dungeons, the _:· .... ·_~ , i' :a. , ·_ ·chamber of Commerce. Governor Mur- 1 map" of Hampton Beach would some priceless collection of family heir- \ . './:1': :_ , -~hy, the principal speaker of th!! even• \ day come true. 1looms, most of them from residents of \-" -, t1?;::::; ·. ;ing, outlined the necessi~y of residents Because Hamp~n Beach is a mec~ : York, which has caused the Old Gaol ,,. .;:,., · -.. '-~~~.,,:-·· ·--of Hampton Beach makmg all other I for summer tounsts and vacationists ]Museum at York to be visited by • ,,-t~ ;_.··_:'_-\owns in Rockingham County realize ·1 from all sections of New England, parI thousands. \; .::;•.,1 · '• '.·., . _-;that improvements at the beach will also , ticularly the Merrimac valley and Next they were shown the School ,:_:t;;;:;A ~ l be of benefit to inland town.,, 1Greater B05ton, Chlef En~ineer Daniel I House, 1745, which has had a varied I· ,\:-:~>J . ".--·;., ·· Secretary James Tucker of tht3 Dickenson of the St.ate H1gh":ay De- I career since the days of 1745 when I. <-. :'':. '--:·.· .-' - , · . Hampton Beach Chamber of Comme~ce ; partm_e nt. sai~ that englneermg : an.ct children and adults were taught the l .,:._ . ,_ ,.\ · :, . _.-'~-· was master of ceremonies. I~ openmg [ plannmg of h:ghway~ and other projecr.s I three R's. [ :-·- •.., , .,..;.. the meeting after a much enJoyed lob- , for the beach ls an m1portant problem. J With The Woodbridge Tavern, 1700, :-.,_.:-.:.~ · ,·,. : ' <j' ster salad supper he spoke of the devel- One of the projects now _being consld• inted out to them, and the Sayward •. •.'.:__:-,: ':,;:,-, __ opment which has already _taken plaoo ered is a_ large state p~rkmg lot free to )~0ouse _whete Hannah Sayward -:/ t·J1 . -''-',, .. along the beach and explamed a large the public, al.so a new cement bridge , t 'k 1660 ti by the Indians-the - · '_c.•.-~ · to_n R_iver, ' ., - 1'~ O Id be · :,was_ a en cap ,,._;.;;>_ ·, bird's-eyeviewdrawingofthebeach as . acrossHamp wh 1'ch ";Ill ress ve and luncheon · party ,~-~f;>~ .,_-·li-','s :" ·warren H Manning pictured it in the i 1200 feet long aF compared with the . pre vdie thp ts greatly ·mpressed· f.~/-;,_'J. 1 · · · · · OGO · ende e gues - --· ·- --.''future. [ present .wooqf,n °1:e tbat is about 5 1 · ndous amount of his- :.--~~.i-;:'-' - ~;•,·:,:-,.,, Col. George Ashworth, chairman of [ feet. Jong. Thf:re 15 l\lSO the proposition . -.,wit~ ihe tre~:in what known ._· _::) '. .r}.. :: · the Hampton Beach district, gave of- · of removing electric light poles all d , to n~h ore :xf m!corporated 15 city in ·:t/// :. -.<:i_·~'..-:. )ficial greetings to the state and town ,' wires from the front of the beach and ..._,. · as _e O1 es . · · ·.£: ·,,~ ,. -~_,,_, .. · America ·- - ·· -. digni_taries who were present at the a general beautification.. ·~ , Includ~d a,mong Miss Perkins' in• f' _. ,:-' :' .;·" f.:'. _. _ meetmg. . _ , Herbert Hersey, assistant State ; 1vited guests were Mr. Henry Vaughan,!_ • ., · .. ·. "Never before m the h1story u! : Planning Board director, told of plaru 1 . 'd nt -f the York County Devel- I ·-... 0 :Hampton have the two piramlrts, th~tetodwn . to have an airport at Hampton Befch to , ~~:~;t Asaociation, and. Mrs. Vaughan; , · ·_:; ',.-;·-.. 1and the beach, ~~en _so f Yun accommodate both land and seap anes. 1 of South Berwick:; Mr. and Mrs. Dan- I -·:,·.· , .•. >·:. ··, they -are today, said Judga John Yl: state Comptroller Charles D. Patten iel Hoegg of Bar Mills, Mr. and Mrs., ·: :, ·_ '.· .' ·.. _·· ·, \ Perkins, judge of ffie Hampton mtm!CL·· of concord told briefly of his work and Arthur Buckman, Mr. and Mrs. Har- I ·>·•, ; · -·.:,i 'i ': : ; p~l court and cha~man of· t~e 300th an- sald he was always an enthusias~lc rie B. Coe and Mr. and Mrs. Edward \ . _·. -,'._:_! 1', I mversary celebration committee. He booster for Hampton Beach. Moore of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Grea- i .: •• ,,, _, . ·:' . . _ told brfef'.y the accomplishments of the ;1 William Elliot, Hampton Beach's \ ton of the Maine Development Ass~.-;;_r_-.~-, .• · _.-.:- j town durmg _the past_ few_ years, due to :1 famous "singing cop," rendere~, two ciation, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hartwig ">;',;:;· . : , _ ·t -::,.• :·· \ the cooperation th~t IS bemg shown be- '\ songs, "Song of the Open Road and _ of Ogunquit, Mr. an~ Mrs. Howard ..-·:··::~>,'.'; 1 '·. ~- __~,-. I tween the two sections. Judge ~erk~ :."One song." Bangs, also of Ogunqmt, Mr. and Mrs. :--· __-.· ' · .c' ,>,.• .-· ·-1 also mentioned the $3 drop which lia..'I ; Hon. Charles M. Dale of Portsmouth, -~ Frank D. Marshall of Portland, Mr. 1' -· ·;,_ · • · ·- .!'. {.'.~•·•; , been made in the tax rate this year. \ a member of the governor's council, ex- ·! and Mrs. Justin D. Hartford and Mr. ,,~:--'i"i~''·_· I President Frank W. Randall of th& I tended the greetings of the council anri 1 ·i and Mrs. Philip Sanderson, also of _-:{, ·;- . . Seacoast Regiol}al Development Assocl• spoke of this section as being "~bued .! Portsmouth, Mrs. Frances Blanchard · .. ation ·said that this section of New ' with 300 years of real pure American- 1· and Mrs. Alison Arnold of Boston, ~, · 1 Hampshire has been endowed with na- '. ism. " , Horace Mitchell of K ittery Point, and • .· ture's beauty .spots natural resources !: .. The me~bers 0 ~ th t e :ove~norbsyex~~- '. Miss Katherine E. Marshall a.nd Miss _, . _ . • . . t uve council were m ro u~e · - Florence A. Paul of York, members of 'j ,• ;:' . . -... :. ; and h1Stor1c shrmes. He al_so said thl8 i: '.I'ucker, after ~hich he mtroduced th: I the P ublicity Committee. ----~ - : ·. :: • ... ;:0 • _1 section was a better place m which to , following: Seiectman Harry D. Mun 1_. _ . ... . :. . . _. __ _ , :: · · _:-.· ·._ live; work and play, largely becaus~ ?f , sey, Chairman of Selectmen Elroy G. 'ycrJ.,~ ~~ . , .._- '., ..'; -.• · •... ···.__ theeffortsthatbave_been put _mto ShawandSelectmanEd\~ard Batch~!__ ,· . _ ··:. -. ---- ~ ~ -2-q .l'\3! . "., ; /: By 1 ,_f\ ,JJ:' f:~,,_:~·~ :··,\i,Y · • ~- I I ·w 1· . ~~~·-=,;.· 0 :·-.:~_~/,; ., J >: ": ;>--. a/ I i. ·_ ,·t •. , ' · t .. · : ~ ~-, ,vise planning b:t citizens and officials der, Hampton Beach Precinct C?~mis~---.. _ ·,. . ~ .. -.\...) . . of the section, sioner Fred Batchelder, Comm.1Ss10ner · ,._ . , :,<-j Highway Commissioner Frederic~ E. Armas Guyon, John Butler,_ John C · -~ "ic: _' ·. ~ 1 " ··:/~/ Everett of Concord publicly ~om_plamed j Percival and Secretary Alvm Redden of .. -· . · ,.. • •:. 1• , • '' • . • · last evening that the appropriations for I Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce. ·• · · · · · · : , .. / : . -- · · · the state Highway Department are too I: Governor Murphy began his talk with -- . ' "'- · small, especially to carry out the pro- a compliment to Mrs. Coombs and the i-... gram that is generally- planned for_!_hat_, Hampton High School Orchestra and -··· ·--- ·· ---···- -·- - ··--· -·· •• , followed this with an expression of the I : interest he has taken in projects for im~ -~ - t\-~ , provements in this section of New -~~ \"t; ~ ; Hampshire, · . ----~ .·· ' . ..,-! ! '.: .... ,1. .. , .. -, .·; , / ·::,- ·.· .-_ ·/ ,'. _'' · . • -- ,: �.- -- -···--•-- ··-··· -- ~-- : -26'7, A. -F: &- A·.- M., i>f Wauwatosa, Wis., and Franklin Chapter, No. 2, R. I A. M. (1795) of New Haven, Conn. I The speaker chose as the subject o! the sermon, "The Altar." "An altar o! earth thou shalt make unto me." Exo- 1 I dus :XX:24. He gave a very able and inspiring ad• dress, but first spoke of his pleasure at \ being asked to preach at this notable 1 Masonic service. He told of s t. John's ( Day being one of much importance and \ 1• i of the greatness of St. John the Bap- , u r ess envered Very Rev. Howard D. i tist. ' P k• D Q£ Ca. L ~ IL .Jl He emphasized the importance of the [ er llns, ea~ IC .:lll\.o lh'i:S s ahlletill'a1 At altar and·what it stands for and stressed i .Port and, Maine i the need of steadfast faith and of each _ .th =~~-. individual building up his own ChrisWi an attendance that filled everytiie. norEtiernpart of the state and is a - tian character and being faithful to his f . pew in the ancient church, and with all : pa.·t district deputy grand master of the convictions, that the things this country 1l I the impressiveness of past years, the Fi fth Masonic district. stands for may not perish, and that the ' s.nnual Masonic service was held in st. Members of the Grand Commandery awful things that are happening ln 1 i John's Church on Sunday morning at '. of '1-:ew Hampshire present were Rt. some other countries may not happenj : 10:30 o'clock, in recognition of the i .Emment Grand Commander Oscar E. here. , , Feast of st. John the Baptist, one of the i George of Laconia, Deputy Grand Com• , The altar of the church was elaborately · patron saints of Masonry, and obJ mander Willis N. Rugg of this clty, decorabed with peonies and roses and served by that order throughout the 1' Grand Generalissimo George Garland. the many lighLed. candles enhanced its i world. /i of Dover, Grand Captain General John I beauty. While parishioners of st. John's ab- · W . Stevens of Rochester, and Grand , James J. Morrison, Jr., of St. John's : sent themseives at this forenoon service i S tandard Bearer Samuel F . Campbell j choir sang "How Beautiful Upon the ! 11 Mountains,'' by H. W. Harker, during , each year that there may be sea;;s for au: of Derry. ', the vlsi!;ing Ma.sonic fraternity and,, At 10:30 o'clock the service opened[• the offertory, rendering the selection • others from out of town, extra chairs : Wi th the proc:,,sslonal, the vested choir r· an able manner. The renditions by the\ we,e placed in the rear of the cht.irch, of 28 men and boys, under Choir Direo- ' choir also added beauty to the. 1>ervice 1 and even then some would-be worship- . tor Ernest P. Bilbruck, singing "Onward,' and the singing of the Te Deum was · p:rs were turned away as the edifice was Christian Soldiers" as all slowly very fine. filled . marched down the middle aisle and in I After the closing prayer and blessing ' Each year on the Sunday nearest st. this 1>:autiful old hymn the congrega- ~he entire congregation !oined in singJohn's Day this notable Masonic service 1 Uon Joined. mg one verse of the nat10nal anthem , •is held at St. John's, the cornerstone of ' Tfie rector, Rev. Maxwell Ganter, of- : and the servtce ended with the reces• : the present church having been laid on ' 1iciated at the service and his greeting [ sional "Fight the Good Flght," by Mon• . June 24, 1807, by st. John's Lodge on I to the visiting Masons was as follows : sell, as th~ choir marched fr-:im the \ t!1e site of <?,ueen's Chapel, where the • My brethr~n, we are met together in · cJ:u1.5ch. first Masonic service was held in the divine worship to c?mmemorate the The procession then formed in !roni year 1755. For the 183rd time this Ma- 1• Feast of the Holy Samt, John the Bap• ;;>f the church for the return march sonic service, inaugurated by Rev. Ar- tlst, and to give thanks to Almighty God the Masonic Temple , thur Browne, who for 37 years was rec- !or th institution and service of An• ,- __ . ____ · ____ _ __ tor of Queen's Chapel, was again car- ' cient Free and Accepted Masonry, · ried out on Sunday. with the same rev- 1 which, in the providence of God, wa,; ~ ~ ~ \k><,~ erential spirit and interest as in the ·brought to these shores in the time of )':\, .. , 1.0 . \'\2)lr I olden days I great emergency to help create and \J ......,_ ' . -There we.re approximately 500 Masons/ support this nation. Let us thank ~I~ , 1n the procession, which formed at the I mighty God for the good example or it.~ ~(asonic Temple, the line of march be- / living signs a_n~ speaking . sy~pathie,s ; mg down Middle to State street and! , ancl for the c1v1c and rellg10us virtue fox.- 1 : through Chapel street to St. John's l which the fraternity is esteemed by all ; j Church, the American Legion Band, : generations." ' i Nelson E. Wright, leader, and the band j ·· As a solemn act of thanksal · th or Em~rson Hovey Post, Veterans of Te Deum Laudamus by J T v:gld e j ForeioW F k G'II . 1 j . • ..-1e was I 1 espie, n ar:s, ran eader, then sung. This was followed by th furmshmo- music . eI readmg of the Lesson by the rector and 1' The orders represented at the service ! singing by the choir. 1 were St. John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F . & . j A . M., wor. Master William F. Tilton; Befo~e the Apostles Creed was said , I this cit.y; Naval Lodge, No. 184 , A. F. & I ~he Knights Templar, by order or EmM., Wor. Master Allen E. Brigham, of • ment Con:imander Carl H. Needham 1this city Naval Lodge, No. 184 , A. F. & drew s~o1ds, ~etur1:mg them at the l ; A. M. , Wor. Master George Shapleigh, i c-o~clus10n, this being a cus:o'.11 signi- 1 ' of 'K ittery; DeWitt Clinton Command- : fymg th~y w_oul_d defend the ,a1th, even j ery..Knights Templar, Eminent Com- i w1th,the1r lire, _if nec~sary. After the : 1 mander Carl H. Needham, and Ports- : Lords _Pra_y~r, m wh1c the entire con- I mouth Chapter, Order of DeMo!ay, in ; gregat1on Jomed, the re-:tor said prayers , charge of Master councilor Robert w. for our country, the church,. f~r the I Harry H . Foote acted a.s chief bre~hren ar:d_ the annual privilege of ! 1 Craig. marshal, as in pasL years . agam assemohng together. , 1 A unn was also formed under the di_The,, hymn, "Rise Crowned With · rection of Wor. Harold A. Marston of . Light, by Pop~, was then sung by choir , Am~rican Legion members who be\{)_ g ! and congregation berore the address, . to the Masonic frnternity and includ ,d 1 which was del'.vered by Very Rev. the newly elected department com- Howard D. Perkins, dean of St. Luke's i I/ mander Leo E. Ray of Gorham, who is 1 Ca~hedral, Portland, Me., who is an L I very active in the Masonic fraternity in I ~cttve member of the Masonic fratern - i· · -· · · rty, a m_ember of ~13:~w?tosa Lodge, ~o. .· Annual Masonic Service 1 ;Held At St~ John's Church A ...lld D By L I C =~-------~-- I l 1' I inl I I j I· 1 0 • 0 0 • • • I I i l �···- ~-\'oV\e\e{q\:L Co\\eqe. .BACCALAUREATE :OF STONELEIGH 'COLLEGE I 1· The baccalaureate service for mem'. bers of the graduating class at Stone- · leigh College was held yesterday af- ! . ternoon in the Congregational church a~ Rye Center, with the address being given by Rev. Harold MaJor, D. D., 1 minister of the First Baptist church of ) . Boston. Dr. Major said in part: "We I : often hear that we are living in a \ ; changing world, and we are-for sci- \ i ence and invention have pushed back i the · horizons and enlarged man's uni- ; ! verses. But we need to remember also i : that man himself is essentially the ! I-same in every age-with the same appetites, passions, desires, and needs. 1 Living changes but life remains the . same. I1 "The changeless verities are impres' sively portrayed bp Walter Disney in his screen version of "Snow White and , the Seven Dwarfs." The queen is i changed through the transforming ;power of thought into a repelling witch. ! 1As a man thinketh so he becomes for j thoughts are of primary importance , in the formation of character and the l determination of conduct. If we cult!• / ; vate thoughts of the true and beauti• : ful we gradually become conformed to , : these exalted ideals, while if we har- ; : hour the sordid and hateful, we become 1 • as the beautiful queen became, ugly to 1 ; behold. \ "The little princess as she yields to , the temptation of taking one bite o! : the apple learned the folly of the first · compromise with disobedience and the destructive power of even one step in the wrong direction. And the struggling 1 ; turtle as he rolled down the stairs with i such ease after having expended such i , effort to reach the top emphasizes how \ quickly the individual and the group I can slide down hill and lose in a single ! generation the heights achieved by years of struggle and sacrifice that the j race has made to go forward and up1ward. But true to· life the. story does not end there. There are forces at work to 1 heal and help and resources ior man's , recuperation and renewal. Snow Wh_ite prayed for Grumpy and under the m• j ~uence of ll~r love and sympathy his 1 disposition was made sweet and whole• some. In the proper sphere of its operation, there is power to alter per;sonalities and therefore circumstances, in the understanding use of prayer. Tqis is exemplified, too, in the con' tinued and united prayer of the dwarfs for the restoration of the sleeping I princess, for finally the prince · came f · and revealed the heartening fact that { death and hate do not hold for men ' · the final judgment; but life and love are stronger in their power and destined to ultil!l~~e tri1:1mph. Under _tho I I I 1 inspfration of tliis ·con·fuience our race , ha_s achieved and will continue correyting its mistakes and flndin; par- i don for its sins, until it finally reaches its Divinely appointei;i goal of eternal perfection. . Following the service, P·r esident Richard D. Currier and Mrs. Currier held open house for seniors and their --n -+ , . _. .': 1 guests, · -- - -•·· _ _ _ _ _1 1 u ~ ~ --··-· ··-- - 1.1. ~ ~ TT V°\.Ol.,l(.<:lt • ~ \I. • "l-0 · l "'t ~ - ---------· - . ·Unitarian Sessiijns At :Star Island To Open :JIDine 25 ~ren K),'10W~.1 §(leak.e ts lfor Young People~S ReHgfous Unfo~'i Gener.a! Conferrei.rn<ee 'rhe !sles of Snoals Sum.r.o.ef. cor.,fei:- will give the talk:.~ ori ttte l.'ocks -and ; ence wi.ll open. at Star Island June 25 . will b.ave for hi.s genera:! tbeme · i wl.th th'!.' arrival of delegat:.ei; for. ti18 "Strength for a Worl.t:i.ng Religion." . Evening lectures will also be g'ivcn · 20tri. aonual general. conference of the by Rev. Vi.l.m.a S:(;antJ.10 ()f ·!;he HunU.o.ita.r.lan . Young l:'eor,Je's R,el.igious gari.ar.l Uni.tari.a.n church a.nd ·wuli.a m Uni.on. Roger Greeley, Boston architect-. That evening there wm be an inThe Young People's confer.once wilt • formal reception in Elliott Hall. Sutl• be followed by tho tbi.rd anpual. day 1nornir,g, June 26, Rel', Rol)ert J. Ohurchrn.a11ship _institute conducted by · R-a.i.lJJe of Greer.,field, Mass., will speak the Uni.t.arian f,aymen's League. Dr. on "Religion i.n AcUoro." During tho Ii'i:cctericl~ :t\lI. Eliot, presi.dent of the fl.rst week cta.Uy lectures on "Ma.tur.Jng American. Unitarian a.s.goci.ati.on, will : Reli.giously in an l:ndustri.al. Soci.ety'' gi.ve t,J.w opening a.ddress Sa.tur.day . wlll. J:,e given t,y H.ev. Jeffrey Yt. Ca.m.p- evening, July 9. The insti.t.ute sermon · bell, field secretary of the New Sunday morning, July 10, will. be given land Student Otn:i.s i:ia.n M:ovement. At by H.ev. Wa.it5tJll. H. Sh0xp of ·weuesley 5 each afternoon excepting July 1 the).'e B:i.ll.s. · will. l)e talks on the rocks by Re\', Ben Rev .. ·v\Yalton E. Cole oi Toledo, O., F. KiJr,peJ. of Amherst, Mas.5. Hi,q sub- ·will give daily lecture.5 and :Or. B:ugh . ject wiJJ be "l.Vi:a.nifestati.i:ms of ReHgious Wilson, instructor. in Brooklyn College, / Life." will lea.ct tho dai.ly round-ta.ble diBcus• ' Sunday .morning Rev. Dana McL. sions. Prof. Ji'redel.'icli: C. Pacl~ar.d, Jr .. of Greeley of the Arlington Street Harv:n-d University will lecture on ,:elichurch, Boston, will be the preach.er. gious drama. Other i;pea.kers during the The da.iJ.y lectures during the second weelc will be Rev . Leon R.. Land, ).ea.der a,nd final. week will be given by Ra.bbl. of the Hronx '.Ei'ree :l"ell.owship; Rev. , D. Cohen of Temple farael, Boston. Ca.rl A. Seaward and Rex,, Robert A. Rabbi Col.Jen wi.ll speak on "Prophetic Storer of Dorchester; HoraUo Dresser -It!'l Cmporta.nce a.nd Val.l.dit;y .''. Rev , of Brooklyn 9,nd Mrs. Lei ta Hanington . R. Le.~ter Nionsdale _of Evanston, . Ill.2 ~~~.J-~!:am. __ - -·--· -·- . __ Eng- I j>i.SCATAQUA CAMiRA7 : . ~ir~~1n~5~ the Pool", Cuyler A, CLUB HAS EXHIBIT L~k~:\ l'. "Lunenbu:g Oxen", Fred O. Procter, 1 Jr., 38 pomts. I "Idle Fisherman" Douglas Armsdeii, 22 , An exhibit fot· club members and . ·1 :friends of the Piscataqua caniera Club : 1 points. "Mountain. Waterfall", Douglas Armswas heid Wednesday evening at the ..den, 19 points.,_ . _ __ . . 1 Rockingham Hotel. There was a thirty! print, one-man show by Newell 1 Honorable Mention: ;Green of Hartford, Conn., in addition "Cont.entment", Ollver ~viil. 'to the work of Lhe Club members. Mr. 1 "The Beacon", L. A. Babb. I Green is a member of I.he Royal Pho"Jack", Cuyler A. Lakin. ; tographic Society. i The above pictures will be on exhl• , Those attending were asked to cast i bitlo.-1. in the window of the Ports• J ballots to determine the most popu1ar . mout.h Herald Office through the prints by the local Club. The score was ' coming week. as follows: six ', I !! �of any The """"Kial"Ch Of ·r:tirrie the -- use of ·their hospitals for filming the pieture. Rear Admiral Cyrus Cole and Captain William F. Amsden of the Portsmouth Navy Yard gave The March of Time permission to use the Naval Hospital as settings for the movie. Among those _a ppearing in the picture are: Lewis McKee, son of Com• mander and Mrs. McKee, who plays the part of the stclc boy; Mrs. Irving E. Stowe, wife of Lieutenant-Commander Stowe, is the mother; the nurses are Mary Moore, and Anna E. I P atton, USN, M!l.bel Carter, Adelaide McDonald, Marion Currier, Bertha Barnaby and Thelma Hoffman of the P ort3mouth Ho,p!tal. I Also seen in the picture are Pharma.; cist's Mate Howard Lindsay, U.S.N. who plays the part of the operatin~ surgeon's assistant,; Pharmacist's Mat5 W. F. Charron is the laboratory tech•. nician and anaesthetist. Chief Phar•' maclst's Mate Cleon V. Banta, Phar• '\ macist's Mates ArLhur Davis and Edgar I Davis also have roles. Minor parts are '1 , played by Mrs. John A. Sweeten of . ·: Kittery, R. E. Chartier, J. S. Capede• i ville and Henry E. Hall. Technical assistance and advice was . given The March Of Time by Captain , Higgins and Lieutenant-Commanders ' Irving E. Stowe, C. C. Brown and Earl E, Dockery of the Naval Hospital, The March of Time was originated four years ago by Louis de Rochemont . and Roy E. Larsen, the son of Robert : Larsen, who was, until his death, New ' England manager of all B. F. Keitb enterprises. Roy L,s.rsen is now the pub• \ '. lisher of Life magazine. , Louis de Rochcmont is the son of ' lawyer L. L. G. de Rochemont of Boston, and grand.~on of the late L. L. i de Rochemont of N e w i n g t o n P.H.S® Gra uates Largest Class This Evening I P@rbmmdt1n Boys .And Gir!s 'Jf@tamng 224 Will Receive JD)npfomas At ?(!)rbmouth 'Jfhceaftt6 This Eveimnimg At the Portsmouth Theatl'e this evening 224 boys and girls will graduate · from Portsmouth High School, this qeing the large.st cla.ss in the history of the school. The exerciw; will start at 8 o'clock wlth the march of the graduates to the stage, followed by the invocation by Rev. Philip S. Nason, pastor of the Methodtst Church. The High School Orchestra wlll play "Overture of Over•· tures" by Panella and the member.s of the class, accompanied by the orchestra, will .sing "Afloat at Dusk" by Barnes . The flrst essay will be "Three Hundred Years of Patriotism" by Hazel Mildred. Segars. The class gift wil l be presented by Edward F. Jolmson, president of the class, and will be accepted by Harry W. · Peyser of the high school committee of , the Board of Education. This will be followed by a violln .solo, "Nocturne Opus 9'' by Ohopln, played by Frances Eleanor Caswell. · Preced\ng the presentation of Haven medals, which will be presented by Re,•. William Safford Jones for the high school committee, there will be an es- :[ say telling the history of the medals by Marjorie Cecelia Ham . Next will be the singing of tne "Song of Farewell" by the .clas.s, after wllich the diplomas will be confer'C'ed by Mayor Kennard E . Goldsmith. The exercises will close with the sii;ig- 1 ing of the cla,s.s ode, the word;; a.nd music of which were written by Frances Eleanor Caswell. The clas.s color.s are blue a.nd wr,ire a.nd the clas.s motto "They fail, and they alone, who have not striven," from the writings of ThomM Bailey Aldri.ch. The class officers are: p'C'eside.o.t, Eel· ward Franlclin Johnson; vice president, Margaret Wilmot Ward; secretary, Shirley Goodrich Blake; treasurer, i Charles Ra.ymond Ola.us; busi.nc,,s , manager, WiUiam Walden Wilson . The Commencement exercise.~ will close Friday evening wtth a. reception at the Junior Hig11 School gymnasium. l>~ ~ +\~ I I I L I ·ror many years county commissioner , of Rockingham County. -:s~ ·1.a•. ,, ~ w _I The story-· ··Men ofMedi;ine,''waSI suggested to The March of Time by I Dr. George E. Pender of this city in conversations with Louis de Rochemont while the iatter was visiting his home in Newinf;ton. Dr. Pender re1 counted many oi his own expenences , The Board of Truste~s of the Am- ' while attending New York University eri.ca.1 Medical Af>Soclat10n: a~ govern- School of Medicine, and the problems ling ~~dy of th~ Assoc1at1on s 130,000 encountered in Lhe busy clinics of New phys1c1an members, expressed today its Yo k's Bellevue Hospital. approval and appreciation of _"Men of , ~pon his return to New York City, · Medicine-1938," the new ~sue of , Mr. de Rochemont arranged a conMarch of Time, much of which was . ference wit.h Dr. Morris Fishbein, the phot~graphed in the vicinity of Por~: !' editor of the Journal of the Ameri_can :mou vh. Dr. Arthur W. Boo_th , Chair Medical Association. When Dr. FIShman of the Board, Dr. Austm. A. Hay- , bein was told the outline of the story I don, Secretary, imd . D~. Olm West, : suggested by Dr. Pender, he promised secretary of the assoc1at10n, in a tele• , that The March of Time would receive \ ·. gram to Louis de Rochemont, Producer 1 the whole-hearted cooperation of the and Publisher of The March of Time, American Medical Association in filmacclaimed the film as "excellent edu- , ing tl1e picture. , ,cational mate.rial revealing ~he advance The Surgeon-Gt:neral of the U. S . [ of medical sc1en::e and .~erv1ce of med- Public Health St:rvice, Dr. Thomas · !cal science to the sick. . 1 Parran Jr. and Rear Admiral Perc111al The film is sh:>wing aL the Coloma! I S. Ro~site;·, surgeon-General of the : Theatre, Sunday, Monday and Tues- \ Navy, endor~d lhe story_ and offered ., dav, 'MEN OF MEDICINE' fllM OF MUCH I LOCAL INTEREST II I I r~ ~ ~~&. r '1.:,. \'=r~i �- -- ---------- -- - Co\o'<\,o.-\ 3\..o..'(y)~c:;., ~ _____________ _ -CololllQl-DaineS Hold -BOSTON DaA,R~ CHAPTER VISITS :Rj4NGER UNIT 1 This City . As guests of Ranger Chapter, D. A, ' R., of this city, a ver1 delightful sight1 Mirs.· Charles C. Goss Of Dover Re-elected President For Fourth Term At Gathering At Moffat-Ladd House The annual meeting of the New Hampshire SocieL-y of Colonial Dames wnicn was held yesterday afternoon at the Moffatt-Ladd House on Market street had the largest attendance of any meeting in some ti.me and a very ' enjoyable program was carried out. Mn. Charles C. Goss of Dover was re-elected president for her fourth ; term and other officers were elected as follows: Mr:,. Alberti.is T. Dudley of Exeter and Mrs. Harold W. Brown . of Dover, vice presidents; Mrs. J. 1 Franklin Robin~on of Manchester, re; cording secretar~•; ·Miss Elizabeth R. Frost of Dover, corresponding secre: tary; Mrs. Robert J. Graves of Concord, treasurer; Miss Edith S. Freeman of Concord, registrar; Mrs. Samuel P, Hunt of Manchester, historian; Harry H. Dudley of Concord, auditor. In the election of new members of . the board of managers: Miss Frost, Mrs. Arthur G. Leacock of Exeter, Mrs. David W. Parket· of Manchester· and Mrs. Laurance S. Stewart of Ports! mouth _ were elected for three-year ~UW. ·$2309000 FOR :LOCAL Ni\VY YARD ALLOTTED Washington, June 25 (AP)-The I PWA allotted $27,883,000 to the Navy , Department today for shipyard im1provement.s. At the Portsmouth Navy · Yard for improvements o! foundry building $40,000 was allotted, while , $90,000 went for extension of the electric manufacturing building, and $100,• .~oo _!oi:__~]?rov~~~~~tl_:~ ~o~e_r Plfl:nt. <I.)\. (j- 'l.S . c:,J. ~ l'\3&' seeing trip and luncheon was had by the Tea Party Chapter, D. A. R., on Friday . The members arrived here in private cars in the forenoon and were greeted by the regent, Miss Sallie Crockett, and the hostess committee from Ranger ! Boston terms while Mrs. Robert L. Manning of Manchester was chosen for a term of one year to take the place o! Mrs, Brown, who was elected vice president. Mrs. Charles B. Manning of Manchester was chairman of the nomlnating committee. Luncheon was served in the old "Elng- ' lish garden and afterwards stereopti- : con slides of "Old Philadelphia" were shown in the coach house. Mrs. Henry Endicott of Boston was the speaker. I t was voted to hold the annual gar• den party in August. The rooms of the MoffaU-Ladd house were attractively decorated with flowers from the Little Boar's Head ga::-den of Mrs. Cha::-les B. Manning and the Rye Beach garden of Mrs. Ari;hur G. Leacock. Among the special guests present were Mrs. Henry Endicott of- Boston, president of the Massachusetts society; Mrs. John Loweil of Boston, national vice president; Mrs. William H. Scl10field of Peterborough and Mrs. John G. M. Glessner ol Littleton, honorary president, of the New Hampshire so- j ciety. - - - - - - - : - - __ _ "~~ i-\~~"2.!:,,- o,l-:, ~ ~ 1 1 .Annual Meeting In ? .a..-R. ,.,..,.~ \'-' Chapter, Mrs. Douglas E . Dismukes, Mrs . Edith Torrey, Miss Alberta Boger and Mrs. Henry L. Green. There were about 50 in the party, including 20 from Ranger Chapter. · The visitors were served a lobster . salad luncheon at Miriam's Tea Room, 1 Rye, by the hostess club and during the \ serving had an opportunity to become better acquainted with members of , Ranger Chapter. After all had enjoyed the luncheon, the flowers and the pie• \ turesque · setting of the house with its old-time associations, a drive was taken : along the shore and back to this city. l Interesting and historic places were i pointed out to the visitors, who admired ' the fine examples of colonial architecture, particularly the beautiful old-time : doorways and carved woodwork for which Portsmouth is widely known. I A stop was made at the Warner Mansion on Daniels street, the erection of . which began in 1718, and on which the , lightning rod was placed by Benjamin ! Franlclin. The visitors found much to interest them in the house and antique , furnishings it contains. st. John's . : Church, the Portsmouth Athenaeum and various other places were pointed , out to the party and a drive to the local i navy yard was included in the sight; seeing tour. Upon the return tea was served by · Miss Alberta Boger at her home on · Middle street, and at which Mrs. ' George Warren of Manchester and New Castle and Mrs. Henry L. Green poured. Later the return was made to Boston, i the visit.ors having expressed deep appreciation for the hospitality of Ranger . Chapter and a day long to be pleasantly remembered. The Boston Tea Pa.rty Chapter has a large membership. The regent is Mrs. Ernest Hayward and meetings through- · out the season are held at Hotel Vendome. The Chapter celebrated its 40th , anniversary_some years ago._______ __ _ ! I 'fcrd:, ~ . -t\-~ Jd .) ~ ?.5, \'\oK - - - - - - · -· - ·--- - �-------------------------------- 0 \08 st uard eeking ·ew Si. e ;At Hampton \ I I W@ID1H«il LHl~~r~ -lL@«'.:~ftn@n Of Sfo&1on Errutbr~nntt© Q})f IHI~rimll))ft@rli t~arf~ot i The United states Coagt Guard is looking for a new sits for the Ham.p-, !ton :Beach station to be i:eloca.ted near the entra.nce oi Ha.rn.pton hat._: bot'< Dl.~trl.ct Oomma.nder l<'ra.nk B. · Lincoln -at the Boston. headqua,rters ib.a.c; started. tb.e prellmi.na.r.y worl.: of. 1 the project. • Beca.use the territory ('.OVel'ed by the Hampton station ·•as extended to 20 miles along the coa.~t when the SaU,c;-, bury Beacll_ and Rye Bea.en stations ,were cloi:;ed, the IJuilding of a t1ew sta-• tion and boathouse is planned 11.eal'Ct ·the center- of the territory , .By eli.mi.n~ ating the travel ovet the highway from i;he present :;ta.Uon to i;b.e l:l.a.rbor. -- --- ·-- - Pcn:t. ~ tt ~ - Ne~u· to l.a.uncn the power suriboat, l.t will reduce the amount of time ior. r.escue;;, A. plan to l~uild the new r;tfl.ti0t)_ on the stai:e reservatiort in i;he vicinity of the sl:ate bathhouse is uncler consicl- f er.a.ti.on, However, the location of the • proposed · concret-e bddge ovGr. i;lle d ver ma.y reduce the parl:ing t>.rea to sucl1 extent that i;hcre WJll not be sufficient 1:emainlr,g land for i;he DeW station, Accomr,anied by Oapt. a:,-.llie Larr;;,~ hold a.n a.n .. day picr.,ic at tl·,e ,.-.ome of tlon, Omrirnander Lir,coln inspecLed other. possible :;ites along the sr,oreS of tbe H:a.mp\:on dvcr a.ncl ~ntei:viowcd sever!l.l owncr.s, . -- ---- ----------- --- ·- I ~-."). . t,~i �This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO 239.48-1992 (permanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts m 1999 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. 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Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbook 1938 V.13 Subject The topic of the resource Scrapbooks Portsmouth (N.H.) Description An account of the resource A scrapbook of news articles from the Portsmouth Herald and other papers, 1938. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library (N.H.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i11079800 https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/3ce30c07a63dd5d2e5dea578c69ff901.PDF 2351c7c6019bb76fb73a8528768bb61d PDF Text Text �I Allen, Willis Boyd (obit.) Boston & Maine R.R. Bridge, Badger's Island Bridge, Hampton River Bridge, Portsmouth-Kittery Budgets, 1937,1938 1Carnarvon, Lady Carter, Hannah Fernald lcemeteries. Ports. Historical Christ Church. Fair Cincinnati, Society of Coast Guard Station. Hampton Coastline. Erosion Constitution. Celebration Dividend Tax Emery, Bailey V. (obit) Farragut Players Fire Apparatus, New Fireman's Muster Girl Scout Benefit Rye Harbor Project 90 12,57,70 Rye Public Library 8,9,27 29 Sculpin (Submarine) 17 53 18,52,68,82 Seabrook "Singing 70 Sands" 16-18 Seacoast Music Fest. 54,55 11 Span.Am.War.History 87 73 Squalus(Submarine) 100 57 Summer Flower Show 88-90,101 75,76 (Ports. Garden Club) 37 Tarbell, Edmund C. 19 59,60,83 (Obit) 70 Templeton, John (Obit) 15 66 Universalist Convention 81, 1 94-100 92 Wa~ner House 11,22-24 37 6 35,43,44,46,47~50,66,67 Washington, H.L. (Obit; 92 83 61,62 Wedgwood plates 39 (Clipper Ships) 25,26,28,30 Wentworth,John 23 31 Great Bay. Pollution (Site of Country Home) 68,72 Greenland. Con~regational Church 66 Whaling ships.Ports. 91 Hartford, F.W. (obit.) 41,42,51,52 York.Colonial Concert 69 Henson, Matthew 60 York. History 21,71 Historic Marker. Dover Point 85 78,79 Jones, Rev. William Safford Zionist Convention 81,91 84 Hodgdon, Charles E. (Obit) 27 Hospital Insurance 101 "House by the Side of the Road" 34 Housing Survey, Hotels,Motels,etc 72 Isles of Shoals. Summer Conf. 63,65,68 Jackson House 77 KitterY- Historical Society 30 Knox, Busan R•• Paintints. 68 Laighton, Osdar 6,7 Leavitt Famiiliy ~soc. 6 Locke Family Reunion 77,80 Moffatt-Ladd House 65,.92 N.H. Libraries 85 N.H. National Guard 58,64 Newington. Town Forest 82 Noble, Ann 56 Odiorne' s Point . :'.. r"-l..'-~l.. 93 Piscataqua Camera Club 90 Piscataqua Pioneers 54 Portsmouth. City Council 34 Portsmouth Herald 73 Portsmouth. Historic Houses 36.48,49,64,67,86 see also names of houses Portsmouth High ~ch~Of 3-5 Portsmouth. History 2,14,19,20,25,27 34,74,86,87 Portsmouth Home Industries 20,33 Portsmouth. Navy Yard 6,13 Portsmouth Public Library 55,90,100 Portsmouth Rotary Club 9 1 �' Spanish-American War anci" the world War were epresented by allegor1oal · 1 ' floats and marching men, and honor -was given to Franklin Pierce, the only New Hampshire man ever to be elected . President, and Commodore George · i Hamilton Perkins of Hopkinton, called ! by Farragut the bravest m~n who ever trod the rleck of a ship. . Legionnaires :marched, oommandt;d by John L. Sullivan, who 1 retired from the post of c,ommander · of the New Hampshire Department, 't Amerlcan Legion, last Sunday, and the :' fourth division was made up or the full force of the New Hampshire National Guard, summoned in its entirety for the ~ ) 1 first tlme since the World war. In the morning a memorial tree wa I planted by children from 13 public and ! parochial BChoois o! Concord. i Exercises in the State House yard t / _ , 10 a . m. v;ere opened by Rev. Msgr. ; :ct, ;,~ estu:nated tlla.t r.ully 70,000 pec,t;le t..hl. National Ji'orest, the New 1?-amp- Jeremiah s . Buckley of the Roman witnessed the o::ol.or.f.ul. par.a.de 1:1ot 0ort- I ;Shire wilderness, before the coming of Cat.hollc diocese cf M:rnch6ster and incord .17e.">terday- which. f.ea,i;ured the the white man, was shown. There was · eluded the presentation by Gov. Mur• , bi.rt,ll of tM America,:,. Cow;ti.tuti.on . an actual waterfall, dropping about ~ :phy of .awards to Irene Goddu of RivMen , women aY,J.d c1.1 ildl'en from all '10 feet, supposed to represent Glen Ell!s 1ere College, Hudson, winner in the , part.~ of New HampsJ.1ire ar.,d frorr, : :falls in the mountain region. Preceding su-..te oratorial contest, and to the ebt many oth er state.~ came to tbe G\'ao- 1the float were 10 girls dressed ln In- ; students of the Constitution, Iva J. i.i;e state ca(}itaJ. city to see the large.~i:: 1 dian costumes, provided by the town Brandt of Keene Hlgh school, Margaret I pageant paxade in the t:,i,"> tor.y of i;ho of Warren, and there apparently was Downes of Manchester Central High state,. with. its many eautiful floai~~ a bit of forgetfulness when these Tep- school, Girard Garland of Berlin High 1 a.od other out.">tandi.ng features. i·esentatives of New Hampshire abort- .Elchool, Ella Jaskela of Peterboro High Gov. F\'a,.1.cis P r:-1curp11y wa.q in ge(, .. ginals were mounted on horses. school, Elmer Johnson of Thayer High :ir:>.t. charge of the celehra.tioo, .lmi.si:The first settlement by David schc<J, Winche~t.er, end Shuburne ::d i:,y 01en1becs :it hi,~ coun cil, r-rori . . 'Thompson ai Odiorne'!! Point :In Rye, Mace of Goffstown school. There were :JJ:1a.rles (1'!. Dale ::i i: t?ortsrnout.h, v,rgii I in 1623, and purchasing of the site talks b1• Gov. Ui;rphy and Congre,,s~ D . \l\Thit,e :>c Ossipee, Thomas A. Mur- of Exeter by Rev, ~1ohn Wheelwright! man Elcom an tJ-.se chief historical ray of U~a11c11escer, Alvin A. Lucier trom four Indian Sagamores in 1638, add:ri.:,ss was by George H. Moses, fcro! - Nas1.1ua and George 8:, Rolfe :,f were the earliest floats in the first c1lvi- mer United Sfa.tee Senntor from New Co.i:,coctl i:,!on, which was cor~anded by Lieut. f Hampshire• .Directly in chat·ge of der.ai)s ot. i:he li'rank N. Sawyer, adJutant cf the New j· The t~nediction WE<S by B!sbop John , celeb.-ati.on were t!'ranciB H. Buf.r.u«, Hampshlre department, American Le• 'I'. Dallas of t.he ]:plscopsl dloce~ of of Dunhacton, c1.1ai.rmar.r or. t;J-,e sesqui- iion, and president ot the New Hamp- <New Hamphlte. centennial cor.nmi,<;sioY.1 and ll't·eclel'icl~ ~ire Reserve Officers' Association. · ----11.. 0.ardner Jf the sl:at.e l1ighway deOther floats paid tribute to Bannah \'\~c......,~ oa.ct:rtient, ~ha.frrf,ar,. of tbE: r,a.geetnt Dustin, to Maj. Robert Rcge~ and bi.a • ::ommittee famous rangers, to John Langcion, who, New B'amr.,;;hire h1!i.d<' hi;;ror;y vmet: with his men, seized Castle Wllliam !t loecame u·,c· ,:,inti, st.r,/,e- c-0 ,-~t,ifv U-.{ I and Mary at New Castle, t the _o~t- 1 Amedcari Constttuti.0:1 on June 2)., 1'(Sf reak of the Re;o~utio~t'.a ~ Ge~. ~~~! i!'or. t he vote of. nine or t!le 1~ , k~tt:~ IBulllvan, Gen. 0 n u an ~ ·· · oi• ,:i·,is · · i<,,:~ , t.e, ' Faul Jones and , bls i;Joop-of-war was ooeded and the act>on . t B d er·~ t hi·ougll ;t;~ Oon,9titutiona1 f?.onver,t.,:o:-;, · Ranger, which was bunt a g I actually l:>rougl',t t h e Americ,m R':.- Jsland in the Piscataqui. river. was · puJ·•lic int.o cxisi;er.,cu, the Ranger'!! flag, made by the women · The l'Jl'Ogr.am ,,estcrda:v w~.s ~?.rieci of Portsmouth, that receive~ irom · ' street oageant. · mver. to ' and ·colorful.· TJ',c grapl,~ ll'rance th e fir 5 t saJu te ev er "'for;' n \ ically i;oJd the hisi;ol'y uf t!,c st~.i'.e •:1it.r1 the stars and strlpes by a ,g symbolic float.<; .from ti·,c, ,<;ett1()mC!~t• 1Fower. _ .. ., • NY in 10~:l 00 the present time i:t Wft8 ai· - , The second_ ahasi~n We£ un~;r ~: , l'angecl ar..d dil'ectecl t,y l!',:edcricl: . ~, general direction of the Unit,ed ,.,.,~ms · Gar.dner. ·. cenlo engiJ·,ecr of ';lie, Sl,,:.i~ War Veterans, with Departmont om: ffigbway dCfJeu·tment wil:h ·1~aw,11·e; mander Charle~ W. Aldrich·, in <iO:m , Hungerford a.c; !:ldvi,;o;y councilor. r.J.:I',,, mand, and the fil'st float representsd 1 ffao:y Barl'On Cr.rperi i;er :,f ?ori;,,. the old North Church , in Concord, moutr, ,vai; nistorlE>n and tr,e ,·,arl'tt,F where the New Hampsh1re convention \ , ~r.,d ,·adio 1:,roadca.stm· w~~~ Ch?.,'lCs G, :ratlfled the Constitution in 1788. lle:r H, €vans of M:anchCli w,· Another float made up of a tra Tho bis\;oric affair wcrit t,ack w tr,;,. ~nd a hauling truck ha the famous old .....,..,.,,~.., ,di.ti.onal i;lmes, for. in the li>.'Ologue, p)'e~ ' engine "Peppe-rsass," built in . 18110, ~ pa.red by i;ho staff of tr,c, •fi'h ite r/J'~~- convey trains up the Mt. Washlngto - -· --- ------ - - eos ratlway. The Wai· ~ ~l~,- ~e_ Civil War,_~e_1 i 01bs rv ~1 Con titution I I 'lIT~@llll~a)l)l«H~ Of. l~~@JpJl!e At m.te{u.·d Vtew r..:1pxecda~t1lllla.r Iratacd!~ l]))e~~~~t~ng Hfatc.wl Of 'nlm® Staft® I I I ! I "?'1\L~ -s-~·u.. ;t 1 : , ,. . . . . , . . , . , , . _ . . . . . , . . . . . . , . ._ _ _ p;;;;;;============:.s �2. -· - ·-··-------·- '!ff' F ----·--O f//=~.~1r&.NJ.if,ffiJfijflfl"~.(}ff; ti iJ. ~i/,Jfff7 fi}j;I~ E sd, J L~ ~ ~o,.r !11 l' Ofm1lP~ Jl, ~ ~ Q I ··- -- ---1,-· - -- - •'S - ·-- - - - ·-- - --- -- - --- - · John- The F'rank Jones Farm ln plctures John G. Tobey, Jr., Wocici"s· (wh() I f.~d descripUve wrl~lng occuples a ~ras JOl :i,ea:rs olct seve,ral months be- / wnole page. i\. vJ~w ot the house shows fore) E. B . Dow, J, A. Fa:rington, J. 1 hom:m ~} •'.lxive 0 , Hcbbs, Snrgeon General P. s. Towle, · 1 but o.ne t-ree V,J'0 Jl:.<l tne ~dalo ~~~~=, -~;~/~~~!:$ s1a;;;\ ~e~i~tri:~;;;fDienzi ::;\,J~t~c~o:: ~~;!:1~ 1: ~;:,:: I sorne cf the 19 conservarol"ies, ancl a}sa ' Commlssioner Ridge, Col. John :; :t1ome of t.be .22'. :nE>:n who c!Gvoted their \: Prndcr, J'lo~. :t"ra:ok Jone:, Bon. Calvin I time dmmg trn, s1um:r.e1' to p1,shing t Page, and Hon. J. T. Davidson of York. ~ ~ 1J}_ i :1a,vm mowers. 'l'he House was the pride \ .A histOl'y of Portsmout.tl. and the .if l;1, ~ 11 ,of Rockingham at that time. The 1-la,,y Yard, l[;cmtaining :nume::ous :plce ' borne of H, Ji'ishe,r Eldl'edge ls slso turer flttmpy ·t·,:vo Mmplete :pages. 'Thel'e ha.s been si, grni1,t deal ot oomm 1· <Ueplcted and an excellent description ~.Y'tic York Ra.rbor and Beach :rail- -, ment upon the ,·ecent isouvenir sup~ ~::i given, of the J-Jo:me ns wen as of the :waci .and Yor:is and Yo:r.i; :Bez.ch come : plement of tho J?ort-smouth Herald, Js~ . ovmor. . 1n foi 'their !;!hare of ;,ubliolty. 'I'bis : sued dur:lnz tho 20th annuoJ Conven~ • An entire page ii given to pictures , railro&,d had te2n burn tut l,ass tban i tJ.on of the :New }!v,mpiia.l!'e 6w,w Da~ 1 End a ~tory of the Portsmouth Shoo ; !O yea:rs before and was a going con, pa:rtment, Ar.o.er1c8,:r.i Leg:ion, !, Co. One 'thousru:.d people were emm <il8r11l. r,if'he first tJ:ain was Jrun Aug, 8, ,Just ,Jo yem11 o,go, the fl:nst souYer.dr , ployed s,t th!s p1ant which was olaim c1 1881, to 1,cqig Beach and ·the :next week ' ecUtion of t:110 :EteroJc1, under tl1e own~ 'IJo be the Jargest in the woxlc1. Eighteen lt teached Yci·k B.:ac:b. T.'1e eost of , ,ir~hip of the pres<lnt pub.Ushe1', Hon,\! .nuni!rec'. parrs _o! shoes were manuxac~ -this :road 'rmE ovE:·.r $ioo,ooc and tlw :pio-• , Ji', V•7, l-Jal'tfol'cl, and B, "},1, '!'Hoon, r t,u·ect tnere d,;,J1y. 'X'he :payroll ·,va:i :aee:rs m. this m(;t man::,· de:;eats in their , w r,, e J s IJ o ea, Th l £J wa~ en t -~rf,000, a week. efforts t1'.l mterest o·thet i:r, tbe ~:rojeot. March :J.5, .JS08, l'.i,nd ":ms '.101' t.he ·pm·~ '.: 'I'J,0 ·Bdno:rial page 2hows a :nmnce:.,, Ths last pa.ge is oevoted to th; Rocke posE: of 9,dvert.lsmg Por1;i;r.oouth, ;I ,of h!stol'ie<1.l }Jcuscs,. some oi wbich ' ~ngham Flotel, ol ,vbl.ch w. K. Hill J'.t Js most 1n'ieresting to tm·n the have been tom >"lown. 'I'b<l ll.ome of The wai; ma."lag<S'.I' as '>i,ell as of fae "\Vent~ :pagei oi t.his sou%n:lr· ectitlon. Judge · l-Ie:re.Jd, which at that time was Joe _worth. The remainder of the page gives ,J11stL>1 Hemy ShJJ,W l1ae one of these oatecl on St.ate Street, next cloor to many facts of Portsmouth !'Ml it was 64 pre~ervet: v,nc., k:tnd.ly Joaned .ll;, Tlme what ls now tbe Fortsri:,outh Bufol:: ,years before (m 1834), i nms :l¼ cea,::;eless couJ'se, and :numerous Co, is dez.cribscl. A Yiew of the Cottage i of t:ht- .i.ndust:rles :mentioned 8,1,0 no HospJtal shows its present location -~,e M11mfoipd ~iecii@n of ll.852 : xc,ol'e, How·ever t,1e;y are of .interest to ! ·;rrlt:t1 £l. t-'"lr-ee-;;toxy main oulldlng KiK1 · A free soil e;andidate appeared m . {Y!;J: older l'flade1·~: a:nd a, brlef J·eview o.ne story ·wmg;; or::. t,,ch ;Eide, ,I.he election of 1S5::ll. :i:t may be recalled · · ,c.f ttds p,i;pm• wUJ '.\.Jncloubtecny N: ap~ .?, p1c1,u:rs of ~l:e i?, H. s. gradtiati:og i1tb,:;,l, :N;;w Ham:pshil:e had a l?residen~ JlrecJa,ted by t:tJem. class (1895) ~nows a membe:rship of ·.tlal ~andidflki on that ticket at one '.J'.h0 J.lrst pags ~ rJavotec!. to thz . BB . .ti. photograph of th~ Post Ofnu<S 1"tlr.:;e, John ?., l'!ale, whose. statue is.; 1. 9,,"?ent.1vo:cth J.J:ot-eL 1J'tds J:ncJudee o.. des- ! 1orce ~bo·w:: !ibe iojJ:rwm~n J 0 Tf~Jlo:t1 !:now jr;, front of the Stf.:te l-Iouse at : ol'lpt1on of t.he 1ocat:lon oi the bosteh·y i ~Nat.sr:bouse, l\.L W. ;,,:;Jfo:s, il.$~}s:ant Conoor<'i, So Po:;:tsmouth ,-Jsc ;1ad e, QJJ u I I I i ' s,s ·wen as the l10tel it:;e.lf. 'I.be second : .P-::;s·~maste:c; ·ff:,jJ:a:r.a ,o. :Sk'!es, }'est-, page 6how,; f.i, m:i.coJ:iex> of plotu:res Gi i ;1::'laster; George JS. Lo:-d, :a. B:;.,ry ' t,ht Pol'tsrr,0L1th~ Kitt.~1'Y a:od York I ~: 'cot0, Cha.:rJes EJ ·t1rood.sJ 0112,1lcs E Btre0t RaHway, 0,5 W"lll 9,s 8, sto:ry of .L,owcl, Samuel h. Reed, l. Goc-dwin. :, i the Snore llr,e, 'I'.hls tall1·oo,d ha,d, but :c+:riff:in, luJ102 '?, ::t,cr,ke, 'i?l'.Jliam o, ! i a short time ·1oef0;•0, 1.lntecJ Fol.'tsm,:,utb. Sides, 2nd, l'':r,ad 0, Tuck:.,:.-, and Mart : ; frei(J soil <:la:odidate, althor,gh hG did ,not ,•,ece1,,r,s much great'5r endorsement tt~;l t'lid the I"Jatjc,:ns.l fJ.Spi:ran·t osv_, :swl :;reani later, Bra,~::rntt Hutchings lwa.i ·1;.'IJ.,s frte soil oanclklate. Neher.al.ah l Meses the Democratic· c::.m(lidate :re•• . and Yol'k Beach, whJcb. WV,8 then a l\To.b1e, Old tima•3 wo,1kl be J:at.e:r.estecl . I()€•ivec11 ·291, vlihile CJ. s. Toppan, the . :f}ow:lshing ~,aterir:,g place, 'I'1,ls linEl .in seeing ·this ~olictograi;:h. . l•;,hig -ca:ndidat2 wi,o won the election. ; ·was JB :m:Ues ~nd 3r1c feet in Jengtn, discrlptio:r. of tbe ?ublle Lforary iponed f6(l yote,;;. T.i':e Froo Soilei.' re; i · :rt fo11owed th<:: ;wads most of the way, B<.y2 that th:e~e were HOO volumes J:n lceived 8.9 ·1otes and 23 scattering votes I but there ·we1·0 foul' .m1les of t 1•aeks : the llbra:rs;, ;JU3t 17 yeal.'s :aftel!' t,'-Js i ,wete cast, Toppan was un u ..TJsucc~h:!1 \ vJr11a,y frOlt'J -the :hlgh·we,y, 1J'he1·0 ·wer-s · 1~brar; ~,as -at,;,,r··tec'lo j4.. tlescriJ)tion t0f ).(~aL6.5{Jate tbe ;;-ea.:r tsJG:r.zo ! ?, dc~en t,·est:tes, a:ni:1 ;;,,t Brave Boat thG :pl<l,1a.tJ.a1 ho.me ,of HOJ:l, J. F'. Nc,rr:.'8:m'l::':J:i' ;;,,t Kittery Po:lut the tl'estle to'n at York, M2,, 15 ginn. Mr. No::>~' °\\--u-&.QA.-& .: ~,ae :r1c9,r:!y thrc?e qof1,1'ters of e, mile :ln t:n ws.s t)ne ,n f t.f.l-3 largest br:16k man..,, ' JengCb , Thie wo.s be:tievecl to be the ~.1act1rre;•s 1n I-,I2,7 England. '3""u.u.a.. "2, '2. . , q ~ g : .long:est t1·c110y ir:estJe :tu the nounti'y. .J. A. ~cl A. W, Walker, the :;argest 1 • 0 I .•\ • I i "7oJ::;~ _ j v,i; j that. 1;.Lme, 'J'he lighting llJS¼,"1l of Pol'1;smouth, , owned ·oy the PortsmoL\th Ga,e and : :miectl'iG Company, was desm•ibed on. the next page. The officel's of the , company wel'e: Pl'esldent, 1\/J:arcellus Eldredge; __'/'Jee president, H, Ji'Jsher E:1- j ,) I' -uoal dealers 1'1 t h~ :state wexe listed a~ ~ 0 «1 E:ings, a.:ucl a page devoted to P1ctures and oescrlptions ct the plant. ':i'he coal pockets of the compar.y were ~~ ths ;7.narf of l;h~ O~ncc~d Eailrca.d uo., at .:ie foo~ of .M:arll:et ;:;t, and the ?t ~ffice:, _1s7 J,iar.ket St, One 1:ur.d~ dl'edge ; d1rectoJ's, John Slsv, 'N:UJiarr. Jed ana tr,ei1ty men were employed •N, Cotton, and John C.\1ee11er, The a:r.cl there "iVere l:ll 't-Hi.ms delivering. compan~; ,vmployecl 20 men. r,,ncl ther.e The :f:l:rm ~uppliE<l t,he coal fo:r the , 'lrnre 160 am :Ughts and 2,300 :incanctes- .AT.a.oskeag at l\lfa.:ochest,er and also' cent b:J. ser,IJce. 'Dle c:Lrcu:lt covered 85 _~hippfd a, gi·e at a.ei'.l.J of ©oi.1 to Ver~ miles ct -wirn. The1·e were llB rolles ,cf mont. gas mains. · The :E.'1drac1ge 'Brewery and ·the I A descl'iption of Portsmouth is ;J.lven Portsmouth B,:e"'.J.:ng Co, are described · on Page ,J,, This 6e:;cr.lbes the climate, ln words a:nd p1ctm-es. At that time j telling of :its advE>,ntr,.ges. A brief story an addition. was belng made to the ! of the :Navy Yard is given, At tlle t:lme Portsmouth Brewery imd H,e capltal l there was a i;tear.o.er 1·un.nl.ug from Bos- stock was mcrea~e<, from. ,$50,0GO to : ton to Portsmouth ; the ice-making $BO,OOO. _ / :machine at the E:Jdredge Brewing co. , A page show& pictures and pen l was the only one :ln ·use l:n the state; ..a.ttetebes .of som.: cf the 01::tsta1,ding anc1 two blcycls clubi; flonrJsbed in the ~en 1n tne community. Among those elty- tbe Rocklr.,gham and the Ports- 1:l.!.5t_e_c} ..~~: _Q_alii.lc_~ __li~yes ~f -~~2:~- I _fil.Q\l_th.__ ____________ __..... __ . __ ____ __ j �!JJiplomas Presented To 224 At Exercises Held Lcist Evening 1 embers f Class f 19 8 Graduated Amid Impressive Exercises Held At Por-tsmouth Theatre ,.,.>~:u . .~·~ i,ong, Ralph Ef!wai·d Mol'ang, Jr., Roae Virginia Anne' 'BIilen, Ruth Walko. Excellen in> Ellgll !or thr rears? DOllis Lillian Littlefield, Kath• leen Mary MOJII' ey-. Excellenc Ini La.tin !or tlhree yeare1 Beatrice arl ctei,. Excellemte ln French for three yearsl Beatrlce Fear! cter, argaret Ellza• beth Lou In, E thy Mathes Wat- , .------------------1 eon.Excellenc The largest claSIJ in the history ot J'ranoo, lll, the ~chool received their dlplom118 as tuslcian t member of the graduating clal!IJ o! 1938 . Olin sol €1 opin/s" of Port.smouth High School, at exercises Marjorie 0 Ham f held in the Portsmouth Theatr9 on "Th Havm Medals, Thursday evening. The class numbered CJ'.lgln and the meaning 224. ~wards. The eSBay was The program opened with the class J>reaented an excellent mann••• march, the sentora entering from the Next came the awarding of therear of the auditorium and marchlqg by Rev. W1llllam Safford, Jon The down the aisles to the stage. The bwarde w as !ollows1 young ladies were seated at the front of the stage, while the young men were Baven Mada in the back on elevat.ed seats. The Wallao Henry Garrett, Jr., goltt mePortsmouth High School Orche.9 tra., C1o.l, genew excelienae !011 three yeara. which furntshed music for the evening, ll!xcellenc in matlliemo.tics tor three occupied the center and was under the years. Exoellenu, 1n Eilllisll three direction or Ernest p. BUbruck, super- fears. Excell ncl!' ti r three Visor of music in the local schools. years. Rev. PhUip s. Na.son, pastor of the Adolph seph Andemlon class Methodist Church, gave the invocation. pf 1939, ver meda.l'. General e eiThe orchestra played Panell's "Over- lence !or two years. ture of Overtures," this being followed Macy DJurgin of the class 1940! by "Afloat at Dusk" by Barnes, sung by \)ronze D1! al. General excsll e ! 11 the members of the cla&s. one year. Mic;s Hazel M . Segars presented an Doris rlon Oreen11.way, gold mees.say,on "Three Hundred Years of Pa- dal. Excellence English tor three trlotlsm." deallng with the patriotism of -, o.rs. Ex ellenca hT French !or three Port.9moutb throughout the years. It year11. was an excellent plere of work and Dorothy Mathes Watson, gold medal. finely delivered. Excellence 1n three years .. Edward F . Johnwn, the president, In M ..rgarelf Burtt Preble. gold. medal. behalt of the cla.s.~. presented the gifts Excellenae in ience t r threeto the school. Jearll. The cla.'!R gifts included $25 for the Do.-1s LlW IJlttlefleI movlng picture projector fund, abd 25 Exoellenc Jn c.omm 1 for the 'High school contingent fund. fears. Harry W. Peyser, . a mcmher of the High School conunitt.ee, accepted Lhc Bonorabl 1' ntl n gift., in behalf of the Bo rd of InstrucStudent. atltaJnmg tion. In accepting he read a section of :A throng ut b the first con tltutton adopt.ed by New General exoell~IIC !o Y , Hampshire, which WM one ot the first, f)oris Ma.moll.' Greenaway, Doris Lillian 1f not the firRt, ever adopted. rt 10- 1.ittlefleld1 thleen Mary Morrissey-. ferreci to the duty of the .~tate to edu- · General' excellence for two i ·cate the children He spoke of t.he ln- Eargaret Eee , Katherine Chase terest ln ed\Jcation which has exlsLed itohr,oc J se.11h enjlunin LeV)', sin,:e th t time and calleci attention to arolyn :B'Mnca Mclntyr , Mabel Vewhat il being taught ln other countrles, ronioa Meehan, Juli.a Agnes atulb. warnlng hls listeners in this stronghold General exaenence tor one l" ar: ot democracy that they must not let the J3eatrlce :Rufill Gillespie, Elizabeth possibility of a dlctatorshlp exist, Lord Harrill, Marian J'rana I HulHiard, J,laxlne Winifred Llbby, Bradley John - tn sclence for three years1 J>hlllp Nelmes Ftench, Excellencr ln soda.I science for three years: Eleanor Gertrude Follansbee1 Jtelen Gelrl!rude hnson, Doris Lllllan Littlefield, Cas.5' ndra Alice Martin. )>auline Fi!a.nces M.oCllntock, Kathleen Mary Momrlssey-, Winifred' Rand, Mary Marguerita Ro , li'hllip Knox Swasey, l'ereaa Ellzabetfi Varney, Margatet )Vllmot W d, Ma.Dion bin son Wendell. Wilder PllMaue-1!> Plaque a.-warded annually to the stu,dent who- l\as dw,ing hie 11enior high aohool a.t.tendance uaehed 1 8.llOnabll ~thlltJe ooh ln.stto a1J1:a:lnme tis a.nd1 thQwn eu ding qualitiea in IJIO»tamanshi line I tnoludhl ] yaltly, and o urag. �oun tll; a.cu? p CIIBll, ation your member S8." y0\111 n that your a aball gratified d wtth sincere a yor Kennard E. O speak r and mid · ilthi 1the.ae exere ts .such I complimen y a I achieve that have permitted yo ete your school requlreme edit and satisfaction, not onl Ives, but to th086 who spon ue&tlonal pursul "Tonight come Is ave accumul yeara, to a.s future. of paramoun ts as to y pumrue, or k to attal are !rt: lllgexm nd the many ou are bound a ns; you 1ta secrets hidden, eM to all; May ea achiev his chosen go114 They only fall who have not str1 en. The motto of the class Ls a qw tatl AldJ!iab, ne outh's out,tancllng llwr "They fail, and they alon • w kee !:l!ing ha t ; it provide:i you with a sense pr eiatlon of the II eraJ. ans, 11 a, fervent desire for the ideals; It brings y ntact with th n ce.ssary eq estimaite. an derstand Olt o sol'utllon. 11egii;rds ho led !dent, E dent, M Shirley it.her ra nor riches; it 18 ope 'll.QU8cy' to xplore g intelllg n y d sat!stac.tio of you who P. Ola • Uso e marshal was Arthur eane pre ,w as dress ter, but it ma e mg ladles wore wh tes fl will occupy p.oal J! that will abilities: y u polntments; yo the bl wlll njoy mom ony, doubt, lods of calm and other Ir disillusionment. The roa and hard, al s ooth and e t no picture of fanta tel th 11e ttDuth.s, for such Indeed are th ay11 of everyday life. ..It Ill Incumbent u)JOn ua all, 1f we survive and' prosper as a raae on, the.b we use. to th fulles e educational enlightenmen rs through th a.ourse of st ded for us by our h l a nse has been d u with the needed and alnlng and knowledge to !it ur future car That y plied yoursel dilig ntly In lsltlon of those advantages ll! t by the appearance of this adue.tling cla.SM~ ou may res ired that the city o Portsmou oud of you as graduates as yo of your respective selves for a at high honor. "Whlle the oloae of the ay bring to many of you a and freedom, an uu will b e of Alexander de to t .. pe h the nd of the which have four yean ther. Aa the • it more serie; it means e and more mattell of moment1 rked har your a will mak ons and be success o G as been designed to y n w nvlrQnyour advantage to us of your tlmo prove to that dutch w111 ulof doubt France u • Beasley Wm. E. Beatty Everett W. Beede Dorothy • Belleville Ph111p p. nnett Adolph L. Berounsky I:I! l M. Berry Natali Elean r M. etton Earleen Bil dllau Ann • Bizzocchi Louis R. BIZ2l0 c t Shirley G. Blake Irene A. Boucher Marcte F. Ooulard Ann tt &11.Cli.ett Mary L. Brackett Priscill Buth! E. Bilackett Wlnifrad Harry B. Bryan Al'Iin la J. Burnett JlredeDick , Built Jan w. Byrns l C pbell ' Jl. Campbell Mary I. Cannon PrillcUla A. Canty M1l Belen M. Carlson Carl A. Carl John L. Carter Barbara D. Caswell Franc s E. aswell Jan • Cha Manhall H. Chalk CJharles R. Claus B Usey F. ohen Alice T. olllns Jane E, Colliton ;Mary· R. Conno1s Annie W. Clrowell Minnie T. Crowell Robert F. EJurtls EdWIU'd T. via Miriam L, Davis Eth I M. Degen Joseph A. deStefano Ruth . D1ckle Beatrice P, Docter Nello :a!ni Wllllam Dore Dorothy 114. Dow Alice J. Dowd Mary C. Driscoll Stanley Drobisewski al R. " n John F. Erickson John T. Evans Etheldreda C. Fernald Mary J. Ferrell Edith F. Floyd Franklm W �P. H. S., . Follambee J . :rothy E. Fr alla.ce ]l[, Garnett, J muel 0. Geraci Eva D. O rrls ter P ► iam a Bernice A. O 111 M. GreenaWlly Vlrg'a A. Grl! illh . H Bly th ' 1 Hulares • Johns P. Keenam V.Klnplruey • Oa.nelle:~ Chas. E, th M. Lewin Do.!!l.s lll'garet E Loug · Paul b't Mac!a.nla.ne John ID. :lvia B. MacIntyre i'loJt. 11, m. P, Maguire: Helen Wl'ance F. Mat ous. ~ omJtan e Mazston Imc!IDT G. assandra Martin John. W. M an. E. M'C ~ P'llne F'. M'Cllnto hn P. McGee Andrew I. McKee, J ary o. M'Mast Lucille • M'Plletr orm. L. Michaud Ru.th M. Mill awls Milton Rdchal!d .&. M r nest R. Morris Ka.thl'n. M. Morriss lleen J. Murphy uth E. Nor ank T. O'Brien Mary C. O'Kee ily H. Osgoo Dorothy Pa odney G. Paige- Aspasi G. Par argaret P. Plm!arur Priscilla T. Pa llen c. Pe1t11son Geneva A. Pears llfton E. . . Pi argaret • enti ob't B. Pr SC ohas rvln W. msde stelle M. Band ini!red Ran eresa Ji hn E. Rile n. A. Macy M. phie th. a 5aunde arbara B. Seavey Mary E. Seav azel M. gars George B. Se! lrglnia R , semprlnl Ivene Severan bert B. Shaw Rita P, Sh tan! A. Sh~ Jtl'Ill E, Sina de!Ia J'. Smith Ball 1U!a A. Sinf vert H. Smith Seymour • Smt velyJI J. Stanley J!ta.DolGI A. l!tanl lzabethi Stapl El.en. A.. Stodd reta MJ. Storm verett C ary P. S\lllivan Pbifi eo. O. Thomas Pl\ylli8 H. 'Bhomps azarine R. Toal Doro~ 't'rml! b't H. Trefethen Mary A. Twom o111e M. Ulmu ei,e E, V:al!ll elson E , Walk r Margaret W. Wa rothy atso ari encle . R. Weston Arlene E, Whi erb't L. Whitehoua John R. Wigg eo. F . William,; William W. Wils a1d S. Winch Elizabeth M. W iche.rd B Winn eI!U B. W nie L. Wood Susan M. Woo !nor M. Wormhood Chas. A Wya ette Yoffee Earl F. Zam11Lr • ll,ea.ry Photo by Kingsbury. root row, ll)ft to right: Edward ,Johnson, 'president; Margaret Ward, '!'Iceresident. Back row: Shirley Blake, secretary; William Wilson, business m.:nger; Charles Claus, treasurer. Reception:Ends Class Of 1938 Commencement Colorful Event Held Last Evening At Junior High School Auditorium The final event on the program of the commencement exercises of the f p t.s th HI h h 00I c1ass O 1938• or mou g sc ' was the class reception held last evening at the gymnasium at the Junior High school. The affail' was. largely attended and greatly enjoyed. The onlookers in the balcony a lso enjoyed the scene, but tl}e heat of the evening thinned out the crowd in that section shortly after the grand march, which ls always the big feature of the evening, The Alabama Aces furnished the music and played for a halt hour's concert before the grand march. At 8.30 the class entered the auditorium and after promenading the hall by two's, four's and eight's, formed the letters P. H. S. and the numerals 38. From the balcony it was a very attractive spectacle as the young men wearing blue coats, white trousers and white shoes, and the young ladies in white, went through the maneuvers of the grand march. The march was led by the class officers: President, Edward Johnson; vice president, Margare~ Ward; secre, tary, Shirley Blake; treasurer, Charlee . Clauc, and business manager, William Wilson. Mrs. Elrita Bragdon directed the march. She has directed it several times before and always makes a fine success at this difficult task. The gymnasium was attractively decorated in the class colors, blue and white. Crepe paper streamers of these hues were entwined among the girder1 of the gymnas!wn and were most etfective there as well as In other places about the room. The crystal ball added to the beauty of the waltzes. Th patrons and patronesses were Supt. of Schools and Mrs. Harry L. Moore, Headmaster and Mrs. Clarence C. 'Sanborn; Submaster and Mrs. E. Bliss Marriner, Judge and Mrs. Harry W. Peyser. Mrs. Mary I. Wood and Rev. and Mrs. William Safford Jones. �LEAVITT FAMILY ASS'N MEETS Louis E. Leavitt o! Worcester, Mass., was elected president o! the Leavitt Family Association at the annual outing held at Hotel Ashworth at Hampton Beach on Saturday. Atty. Mabelle Fellows Murphy Worcester, Me,ss., gave an address on the "Romance of Genealogy" and Norman M. Leavitt of North Hampton sang Other officers elected are: Robert a. Leavlt_t, Parsonsfield, Me.; Thomas Leavitt, Norwell, Mass., and Mrs. Ma• belle F, Murphy, Worcester, Mass., vice pr.esldents; Miss Grace S. Leavitt., Boston, secretary-treasurer, aand Mrs. Emily F. Noyes, Tilton, historian and genealogist. A bronze marker was placed on grave of Thomas Leavitt, first of family to settle in New Hampshire, in 1639. Representatives or the family were present from California, Colorado and other states, Washington, D, and Deer Island, N. B. FARRAGUT PLAYERS OPEN JULY 5 "French Without Tears," Terence Rattlgan's hilarious comedy, with which the Farragut Players will open their season on July 5, has gone into rehearsal under the direction of Dorothy M. Crane. Among the players this year are Lauren Gilbert, who returns to the Farragut Players after scoring a great success In New York in "Save Me the Waltz; " George Bolton, who formerly played with Mr . Gilbert at the Globe Theatre ; Don Glenn, well known Pacific Coast actor; Miriam Battista, who made her stage debut at the age of two and has more recently appeared in the Theatre Guild's "Prelude to Exile" and Max Gorqon's "The Women;" Walter Coy, who left the Group Theatre after several years with that organization to play last winter In "Many Mansions" and "Escape This Night," and Roland Hogue, who ha.s taken more than 75 roles on the professional stage, Including a part with Miss Battista. In "Prelude to Exile.•· AtLOCATE OSCAR LAIGHTO $80,000FOR 99YEARSOLD NAVY YARD WORK TOMORROW Washington, June 29 Public Works Administration allocated $1,995,000 to the Navy Department today for the use or the Bureau of Yards and Docks. Projects provided for Included Portsmouth, N. H. Navy Yard, extension o! machine shop, $80,000. OSCAR LAIGHTON Having left here on Sunday, "Uncle Oscar" Laighton, the "Grand Old Man of the Shoals," tomorrow attains his 99th year at those rocky isles In midocean, for when but a three-months-old babe his father, Hon. Thomas B. Lalghton, with ~1u. family, sailed out of Portsmouth Harbor to take up abode at the Shoals. Not a. year since has pa.ssed that "Uncle Oscar" has not passed some time at these Islands which he loves. On Thursday, as has been the custom for many years, a fitting celebration of the occasion will be held In his honor at Hotel Oceania on Star Island, but more quiet one than usual as "Uncle Oscar" has grown rather frail the past year and finds It necessary to rest more and live very quietly. He Is still bright of eye and has the same keen intellect and good memory. He Is never so happy as when each sum- n.~.=,.,..,. mer he first gets a glimpse of the rocky ~-•~·•=··,..,_.,,c isles which have been his home the greater part of his life. Having a most optimistlo spirit he has always made friends and received a warm welcome wherever he goes. The young people, especially, enjoy his friendship and are glad to greet him again each summer when he arrives at Star Island . For 23 years he has passed the winters at Hobkirk Inn, Camden, S. c. Upon returning In the spring he opens his home on Franklin street and remains there until the latter part of June, when he leaves for the Shoals. His house ~ of colonial style and was once an early residence of Hon. John Laighton, second mayor of Portsmouth, and the latt er's son, Albert Laighton, that much beloved poet, was born there Jan. 8, 1829. "Uncle Oscar" has a retentive memory and tells m1my Interesting stories of his childho6d experiences at the islands, of the companionship of his brother, Cedric, and gifted sister, Cella Thaxter. Her beautiful personality and unusual and the companionship of his brother, through her poems gave expres.sion to the tenderness of her inner nature. Today Is the anniversary of the birth of Mrs. Thaxter, who was a native of this city and born in 1835 . She died at the Shoals on Aug. 26, 1894. Until the past few years "Uncle Os· car," who loves th e sea, took parties out In his motorboat daily from Star Island to Duck Island to see the gulls, as thousands congregate there. rt was to him like parting with an old friend to sell hl.s motorboat, but when unable to make these trjps he disposed of it. The birthday anniversary will "Uncle Oscar" congratulations and greeting cards from various parts of the country and his friends hope that the observance may be a joyous one and that he may 1tttain the century mark in good health and spirits. �V ncle Oscar Laig1Jiton Pe'lea Entering His Hundredth Year 6 Young Unitarians Hear of Religious Conditions in Europe-Religion and Art Discussed By Jessie E. Donahue (Special CorreSJ)ondence lo the Transcr·~tl ISLES OF SHOALS, N. H., June 30-Today is Uncle Oscar's birthday. That statement head• ed the program bulletined for to• day at the conference of the Unitarian Young People's Relfg. ious Union. "Uncle" Oscar Laighton, whose ninety-ninth birthday is cele• brated today, has witnessed all of the changing periods which have made up a century's his· tory of the Shoals. B:ought here when three months old at the time his father, Thomas B. Laighton. became keeper of White Island light, he has :mown the Shoals as, successive· ly, a busy fishing community, a popular summer and health re• sort, and as a setting for over forty yea:·s of reLgious confer• ences. A few months of European travel with his famous sis• ter, Celia Thaxter, in 1880, con· stitu~ed almost the only break in his connection with these islands. Today his repartee is humor• ous as ever and h;s memory of cld days as dependable. although he is handicapped by feebleness. Uncle Oscar does not even own a pai:· of glasses. Today he said, "A little later-I'll wear them after my hundredth ." When he crossed from Portsmouth to Star Island a few ds.ys ago in bad weather he was disapoo'n "I wanted a storm!" he declared. The local celebration consisted of a bir thday cake and a gift of money from the conference. Herbert K. Miller of Read:ng, Mass., who has been here for egihtecn years to celebrate his birthday with Uncle Oscar, was h3re with Mrs. Miller and a num· ber of other relatives and friends from the mainland. Cards and gifts came from friends of Mrs. Thaxter, his own fr :ends of long ao-o and from manv of the con• f;rence members who have met him throu"'h the years. 99, Uses No 'Specs' �ction By Boston & Main e Railroad Viewed With Alarm 1 j City Officials And Chamber Of 1Regional 1;:,ic~~t.,Development N~rm::ips::ilre N~==i Association has • f rom developingno effort publicizing and Commerce Seek Informat10n the tidewater section of • ATf A • Southeastern New Hampshire. Its distributed yearly throughout Boston & Mame s o uture cbon bookleta country have brought thousands IJJ)IU'ed 1n the -.ot summer vlsltora to this section. At Aroused over what they consider a A fran discussion of existing prob- 1ta monthly m etings problems of thlll determination by the Boston & Maine, lems at a ~eetlng of of_ficlals of the glon are dlscl18S8d, and suggested as demonstrated by the recent routing road, a~ th or1tles of th e ci_ty_a nd _inter- methods of aolvlng them are coordlo! the early morning train over the ested citizens in the vfom1ty without n&ted. western division, to entirely abandon doubt would prove beneficial. ' Its aim 1.s the oooperat.e efforts of the eastern division and leave PortsIn light of re::urring rwnors, to t~e all agencies wlthln Jta confines to make mouLh without ~ny rail facilities, busi- marked dertlment of Portsmouth bust- thla section of the state a better place ness men and city officials have asked ness, both exlstmg and prospective~ 1n which to live, work and play, not officials of the railroad for a show- I such a conference offers unlli\lal op- merely in vacation seaaon but all the down as to just what Lheir plans are. portunities for better undenstanding Year round. . Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith, Sec- and better cooperation, 1Adequate transpo - -rta _ t_io_n_ f_ac _lli_ti-ea - -inretary Marland D. Knowles of the Sincerely yours, this te !to the larger part of it Chamber of Commerce, and President Kennard E, Goldsmith, Mayor, served ; ~ Eastern Division of the Frank w. Randall of the Seacoast ReCity of Portsmouth, N. H. Boston and Maine Railroad, are ot v1gional Association have written Pres!- J ta.I 1m rtance dent Edward ~- F-rench of the Boston I Mr. 1:<1wa.rd S. French . n ia~tbereto~, with distinct misglv& M.ifne askmg !or a conference so Prealaent Boston & Maine Railroad tng that the Association realizea how that Portsmouth citizens. may be in- Dear Mr. French: pldly curtailment of service on the formed as to ~he true situation and The business men of Portsmouth are :stem Division has been progressing wha~ to expect Jn the future as to the not 80 much dl.sturbed by the latest the past few years. It is disturbed by contmuance 01: abandonment of rail ahift to the Western Division of the the change from double to single track transportation nere. These letters are 2 .62 A. M. train, with a consequent roadway between Salisbury, Mass., and as follows: 1088 ot early mornlng passenger mall, Portsmouth. and express service, as they are by the The A&sociation fully realizea that President Bost-011 & Maine Railroad :fact that this seems another step in many problems confront the road toa policy of attrition which will finally day. It desires to consider these IntelThe steady curtailment of service leave this city a dead-end in rail ser- l!gently and not with any &pirlt of over the Ea.stern Division o! the Bos- vice, blind crltlcl.sm. ton and Maine during the past few The Portsmouth Oivlc Council and It stands ready to cooperate with the years han engendered corresponding Chamber of commerce sincerely trusts railroad in every possible way, to the apprehension in this city. One by one, that such an eventuality will not be end that thl.s region may have ademany trains formerly routed over the brought about. It bopea that further quate rail service, and that uncllrtatnty Eastern Division have been transfe1•red curtanment of service on the Eastern as to Che future of such servioe, now to the Western. The latest such trans- Division wlll not be necessary, and that widely prevalent. may cease. fer of the 2.52 A M. westbound train. a\ least a fair portion of the tralna Frank W. Randall, President, with a loss of early morning passen- transferred to tJ1e Western Division New Hampshire Seacoa-st Reger, mall and express service has m the past few years will be restored glonal Development Association aroused grave concern throughout thlJI to thls line. While the curtailment of service ma.y immediate section. Rumors regarding th dark future possibly be due to lack of business at Economic nece~slty, of course, must of Portsmouth 1n the matter of rail the pr811ent time, there ls plenty of be given due consideration lQ, the prob- 118l'Vice are fo ever cropping up, and reason to teel that lack of railroad lem. No railroad can be expected to BUOh a condltion is not conducive to business, passenger and freight, peroperate schedules involving heavy loss- tlle business interests of the city1 pre- haps is due to curtailment of the eastes over extended periods of time. But eent or future. em dlvl.slon service by the railroad a the steadily growing premonition in A thorough understanding of the number of years ago, this city that Portsmouth eventually rallroad's policy 1n this matter would It now appears that the curtailment is to become a dead-end, should either be welcome by thle chamber, and no was a defillite plan to abandon the be allayed or given due justification by doubt would go a Jong way toward eastern division. For the past several railroad authorities. better conditions for both the city and years little work haa been done on the With the pos~lbllity of a new Pis- the railroad. roadbed of this dlv.lslon. cataqua Bridge, equipped with adeSincerely ycur&, By many it is believed that the move quate rail facilities and a draw located Marland D. Knowles, Secretary, ls an effort on the part of the railroad over deep water midstream, the peoPortsmouth Olvlc Council and to get out from under the proposed pie of PortsmouLh foresee opportunity Ohamber of Commerce new bridge across the Plscataqua. for extensive industrial development Whether this u. 80 or not there 1a In the upper harbor, and because of Mr. Edward 8. French certainly plenty of reason for euch ruthis fact, they trust the roadbed and J>resident Boston & Maine Ra.llroad mors to orlginato and whatever tho equipment of thE Eastern Division will Dear Mr. French: reasons for curtailment are the ultinot be allowed to deteriorate unduly. mate results, a.a far a8 the future of Portsmouth is concerned, are the same. l I �\?e:I( o..v-y c..\ 1.tb i\---, L·--L·-·A ·---lrwo-·N--1\l)T- T l q OF That there is ptenty for --foundatfc-n John Greenaway chairman of the for any and all rumorii is evidenced 1 m - - : International Service committee told Oi by the li,ck of maintenance work on .l.[\!lr .2 - Y .:.. ,,. ' · · " the programs which had been given the Eastern Division, the general curIT_ 'I 1TR, during the year relating to the subject taibnem; ci passenger, freight- f.r,d ell• !/LIi , 1J, · l · ] :f\'; of his committee. press service a-., • the cut-ting of em- . -, · ' i JD. · ·-A~ · -J .W e'or Rotary rn!ormatio, , E. Curtis ' plcys~ c,f t/,:,: di\,sion. /1'\"\] Fini. If\: Matthews gave the report. telling of . I~ f\t(}J .·J ~1 j <l l1\( \\, the values of the committees, and. pay- i A move -w w1·<1 f1.l!'ther re.duction m W i,1 :... -~ , .1ili\~l'Jl ing r.he retiring offices a tribute. j e!"!:p:oyes is tome c··t by the following Paul Badger, who as been president · -petir-ion cf the :a0ston & Mai:i.~ t-o the The mstc.i.llaUotl of nee-, .JEfiGer.s and.. for the past year, expressed his ap"·e,,; Eampshil·c Pubilc ServicE.- Com- the :·eµurG of c•:>rnrnitt~es for the past prectation to the club members for mieslon. ye3x o,;cuµled the J.~oentrn1. of Rot':l.ri4ns thelr support, and then installed the "Your petition~r asks that order No. today at :h~ wee'.;:ty meer;tng of the incoming president, Paul Hobbs. He _sgo in case D-1171 be amended i!!C Portsmoush Rotary Clllb at t.M Rock- presented the President's badge to Mr. that gate protection for the Market ingham Hotel. Hobbs, who in tum presented a Past Street Crossing in Portsmouth shall The first to repon was the historical President's 'badge to Mr. Badger. not be required between the hours of restoration committee. Capt. C. G. \ President Hobbs installed his vice twelve midnight and 5.00 A. M. Thei.-e Mayo. chairman of ~ ~ committ~e. pr:~ - president, Frederick D . Gardner. 0th1 is no regular service during this time . pared the report. which 111as given oy i er officers include E. C-i. Drew, secre- , over this line and all special move- Judge J. R. Waldron • This told of the I tary and treasurer, and. Ed.ward. Pat- I , ment.s clu::-ing those hours will be pro- WPA project now underway to do his- i erson, sergeant-at-arms. · tected by z member of the crew." torical research . The new president spoke of some of I '"l eQ, Charles Ei. Walke g~ve Ghe service j' ;-1,e Upo;:. the foregoing :1Jetit!or.. ~i " , ~~~t1·v;t1·es • wh1·ch he l1opes will take June 16, 1938, it is committ~ report. which was prepared place during the year. urging that the I . ., ~ •' . ·~ ! by Chairman C, G. Mayo. The repm•ti ,members make Rotary a hobby, and I ORDERED, tnat c. he.:1!."mg o_n $.:1id , told of the child rivilege work and Ghe ; l ·-· h h 1,-, befo~e • id i:>ubl•c ~er pGtlcJO:!l. -e e.~ • -a ~ • "' lecture which the ::l11b sponsored for a P easure. -- ---- - - -- - ·· ----- -vice_ ~omn:ission at its office ln COI_t• 1 ~he bwem of the District Nursing As- i c~ra~ m said Stat.e, at__eleven ~ clock m : sociatlon . I tne ,orenoon on the or.1neentn clay of John Seybolt. chairman of the mem- 1° 8 d .t . I . •• u,y, an 1 15 .. • , be ship and classification comnuttee, FCRT.HER ORDERED, mat said pestated that six new members had been ;;i:;:o:-,c'r :notify all perso:::s desiring to ' added and that two members had died , i.le he<-::C: u0 app?ar at said r:earing, during the year, George H. Ducker and I wh:;;·s :;.nd whe::e t::e:1 :::u:.:; be l::aard Ralph D . Brackett . This makes a tota1 · upc,n ihe questior. w;:et.r:er ~he prayer membership of 53. He arged that the 1 , of sa\ci ·oetiticner may be g;,·.:.!::ted con• number be lncreased. to 60 durlng the, ~'s··c•,••,; .,..,,t-.. .,,~ p .. bi;,, s.·cc,.,_ by caus- coming year. ';;;~;~" :;.;te;te:tco1;~. -th:~- crier ro The president; compliment-~d the fel• . ; i::e p:;s·~ed in twc pubiic places in the , lowship committee and the luncheon City ct Portsn,oi.:.th, i~ faic State, ,1.ot committee ior their tine work during ,r~:· t::.a:'l June ZS, l!i38, sc1ch p·.1biic the year. Arthur B. Duncar. poke 1::ace~ .;o be designated ir: an affidabrlefly for the latter committee. , ; ·:it to be made on a copy of this order '. John Chabot of the vocational .service ' · of ,,ocice and filed with this office. committee told the me-aning of vocation I By orcier of the Public Servics Comservice and of the plans of the r.ational :i~isswn of New Hampshire tbl.i: bocty. : twent~•-third day of June, 1938. !?rank Paterson. gave the report !or James ..,.,,,'", :Coon, Se::retary. i;he ar.tendaace committee which :, Q,O<'::: withot2t saying that this may showed. that 22 members l'.ad beer,. 100 WEll be the start of further petitions perceaters during the year. Pins were 1 whic[J. will not he for the best inter~ ,- presert~ed to William Walton, Capt. C. 1 est.s of Portsmouth. \ G . Mayo, Arthur B. Duncan, Roland I . ·- --- · · - ---Noyes. John H . Greenaway, Leon A. Robinson, Paul Badger, Walter F. \)' ... , • l-'\ . \4\~ S Lane, Paul Hobbs. Rtchman S . Mar- ; geson, Robert M. BWC?,, Earry L. , Moore, Frank E. Paterson 'l.nd. Edward Paterson. i Frederick D. Gardner told of the work done by tl'le members or the Com' munlty Service committee. In the report of :;he Child Welfare committee, Dr. William Farringr,on stated. that :o4 perscn..~ we:-e given a da.y's outing at the Shoals and that a ; gi.rl was sent to the Girl ScotJ.t camp ' for two weeks. He also mentioned that the you.th who was helped last year, being operated uporr by Dr. Ezra Jones, slight 1 was now able to walk wttb. a llmp. Phillips B. B«.dger spoke of the Boys' Work committee and Edgar A. Wood !gave the report of ~he milk fund committee whicl1 spem $466.63 during the year through the Famtly Welfare as- , soclation. Fifty- three famUies. totalling 212 p~rso1:s, were l:!_el[)ed.____ __ l::i'nO:f AR\. ~·tu~ ):jilf)'?(fj l 0 C • 0 0 0 : , ·;;f I 1 I t>~~ \\~ �\0 nouncecCthat the"i-e wouid be 1 in the tax rate. areduction "I f Councilman Durell then introduced ' , the resolution making the annual ap• , . propriation for the maintenance of the ·1 · Water Department for the year. Thig calls ior $105,000 and is divided as follows: 1 • Operating expenses $87,065, ' Distributio $28,225. Depreciation $19,800. Uncollectible accounts $2,000 . Interest $297. 50. Boad paymcnt.s $2,000. Increase in assets $15,612.50. The resolution was pas.sect . City Solicitor Leo Liberson read a let• ter he had received from the National Gypsum Co. dated June 21, stating that a car bringing the dust collecting equip• 1 ment had_ arrived that day and work had [ al!'eaqyJ>~gu,!l in installing the same. A vote of thanks t;o Mr. Nash was author~ · 1 .thmmtU1J1Bt I rulR ~ ·3lli/MJ--Arri1ID,@a!l .A.JJD)p>lr@)JDJ:rn~~ ~Re;,llil iilR li»&~~etdl By CRiy C@tL~@«::nll Csillil$ !Faw -~'~,irw~rfau:u@mi Of 1259l1lJJ)J.A xrim®m1nntl T@ Ee i~i~.?di Jffiy Tai{~Jit~@lm $'1.,5tffiit£9J lL®§~ h&mi lL~~ft Y~arr I !zed. Adjournment w~ at the call of Ohair, - - -- - I The 'board of ppraisers toctay· an~ Raynes avenue, was not detrimental nor nounced th t the tax rare for the , injurious to the neighborhood; also that . on the requests of G. Fred Drew, Arcoming year will be $31.40 on th e thur Dedes and Albert Witham for perthousand, all the result or the budget mission to store gasoline no rulings · adopted at the Clty Council meettng wera required. The sams report was l last evening. This compares with $32 given on the petitions of Charles Nobl,e , for 1937, a drop of 60c. This ts the and Joseph Sweeney . Isecond successive year that the rate The ordinance relating to parking on l has been reduced, last year's bemg a I the north side of Daniels street passed reduction or $2. over the previous year, its third reading and became a law, as 1 The total appropriation made for all _memb:~s of tha council voted favall puqioses is $725,272.03 . The est1- ,oraoly :m .o . . mated income amounts t;o $99,450, leav• ; The council went into a committee as I ing the amount to be raised by taxation ' a whole and discussed the plumbing or' $625,822 03 . This compares with last I dinanC<l which was reported from th~ . year's amount raised by taxes of $633,- i committee on bills of second reading. 389 . 62, a dlfference of $7,567.59 . Councilman Charles T. Durell presicted. I The meeting !>egan at 8: 15 with all After a ses.5ion of s_ome len~~h the mayor councilmen present with the exceptiO!l •. resumed the ch~: _and ,ne council of Robert M. Herrick. Mayor Kennard . voted ro recomm1. the measure, a.!! it E. Goldsmith presided. The mayo . was desired to add some amendments . read a number of communications and ~ Councilman Sukeforth offered a resopetltlons, among them being ~ notic~ lu~ion _transferrin~ money from one from the Boston & Maine Railroad m vision ro another m the Poor Depart. regard i;o gat;e protection on Tl/Ia.rket ment. Councilman Durell offered 3. street durlng the early morning hourG similar resolution for the Wat.er De a~ when there is no regular service; a com- ment and this also was adopted . munication from the overseer of th~ Councilman. Boynt.on sponso ed a. poor, asking !or a transfer of mone.~ __resolution calling for an assessment or w1t111.."1. the depa.rtmem ; a petttion from 20 cents on poll taxes unpaid after July I numerous re;;idents on New Castle ave • 1 and this was adopted. nue asking that Winfield s. Call be ~l'·· , Councilman Downs presented a reso- I I mitted t;o operate a wood-work\ng plB.ni;; 'lution calling for a discount on property 1 a petition from Hon. Charles M. Dale, \taxes paid on or before Sept. 1, or 11-2 , representing the Misses Prescott, r~.. jpercent, which was also adopted. gardtng the construction of a ,s-eB,watl; a. 1: Councilman Downs presented bills for request to purchase lots of land belong-• :Portsmouth's part in the Constitutional , ing t;o the city; petitions from two cir-• il sesqui-centeunial celebration in Concuses to show here this moni;h, the Bar- . cord. and another for markers of the · nett Brothers Circus on July ll. a,1d : historic tour around the city and these the Robbins Brothers on July 15 ; .te•• l were ordered paid from the genera quest for permission to operate a small ! funds. boai; show on Ridge's Court by Arthur ! Councilman Durell, chairman of the , J Finigan; request for a duplicate deed; l Finance committee, introduced the ap~ i request for permission to purchase I 1propriation bill, stating that t!le com• J property taken by tax sale . The re- mittee members, heads of the depart~ quest for sale of property was refe1Ted. f ments, the mayor, auditor and Boa.rd of · to the Public Lands and Buildings com-• j Appraisers had worked hard on the mittee; the requests !or the two indus•• t measure. There was a short discussion, trles were referr<!d to the Board of Ad- l with some explanations being given in justment; the clrcuses were granted; u·P'1'<1.rd to the departments, and the ' l permission, and the request for the sea-1 council voted unanimously t,o pass the wall also granted. Two petitiona ro resolution, which received its three pole locations were granted , ' readings . The mayor stated that he I I 1 The Board of Adjustmeni; report.ed · wished to extend his sincere thanks to that the petition of w. K. Webster, the member., of the Finance committee, 1 a.eking for permission to sell gasoline on I1 the city auditor and Board o! Appraisers · for their fine cooperation and an• 1 I I I I l dl- 1 I I I 1· l j' tl ?~•··-·~~ ) ~ ' . \°\ ~'6 the �,, ~Q.c."Phco.&v-, s_ -W.o.x ~ e.~ ..\\ou..se. ··•--·---.----',.- DD TION HISTORICA 3 AT W NE POll ¥ ~'7/ii ---. NE VJAS TERE T I ; [UUJBHTE' f COL OUSE J N ~ rild~ WA NER ' ' ,; The W,1rner House, one ef Ports- 1· , rn the srory of the Warner House mouth's most attractive colonial houses, which appeared in The Herald la.st week which is pre3erved as a museum, is en- / an error crept into the genealogy of i · 'I'M foUowmg Is a. comparison of th6 joying its seventh season under ths Polly warner, due ro similarity of names 9,ppropriation lJiU for 1938 and last year ownership or the Warner House As- J Captain Macphaedr!s, who built the as passed. by the atty Council r sociation. This house, since its con- 1 warner house, married Sarah Went1938 19a•r struction in the early part of the 18th !· worth. Their daughter was Mary, who ' Appraisers $ G,000.00 $ 6,435.90 century, has been one of the land• married John Osborne of Boston, and • Election.'> ana marks of Portsmouth. jury drawing 1 after his tleath married Col. Jonathan 4,060.00 575.00 Among the nevr additions at the Warner, from whom the house takes its Salaries 12,900.00 · 12.800.00 house is a very fine portrait of Polly name . Polly Warner was the daughter Oener'l e1'pen.~ 6,600.00 5,265 00 of this Col. Jonathan Warner an:l Mary I 23,9'13.00 . Warner which wa3 painted by J. S. Fire Dept. Z4,529.73 1 Nelson Warner. She marri{'d Col. Fire alatw. 1,397.521 1,222.52 1 Copley, This picture arrived this week and is loaned to the Warner House Samuel Sherburne. / Health 2,600,00 2,600.00 Association by \Villiam A. Earriman of Municipal COUl"b New York City. The painting showg 2,600.0ei 2,600.00 ' Polly Warner as a small child. In the; Pollce 42,512.25 41,512.05 1 same room are two pictures by BlackPoor· 25,000.00 30,558.61 burn. One .is a portrait of Polly I Old age a.'J.~IS\;•• ner, pamted when she was about 13 ance 7,000.00 10,000.00 years old, ,ind shows her with a tame J PubUo building& .finch. perched on her hand. ;E'olly j I and place~ '7,969.32 8,239.61 (Mary) Warner was the daughter of . Lil:>rar<J 7,184.50 '7,071.50 Capt. Macphaedris, who built th~ ,1 Highway 70,900.00 79,133.6 hot!se, and Sarah Wentworth, one of j l Parks--ple.ygrounds the 16 children of Gov. John Went, . 4,510.00 4.306.00 worth. She married Col. Jonat!'!a.r: WarSchoou, 206,717.00 ~12.s57 _2e . ner from whom the house takes Its i Street light.<: 23,500.00 ~2.500.0(l name. F,·om the Warnera the house , Weight;.<; and. passed into tha possession of ' -he Sher- / measures 500,00 600.00 burne and ?enhal!ow famili:!-,, until [~ I Memorial Oap· 200.0!t 200.00 was purchased in 1S32 from t ha astate I Fourth of Ju.lt 500.00 600.00 of the la~ Thomas N. Penhallow. Miscellaneous 19,330.00 2,500.00 New th!s year is the summer house. L Contingent 4,000.00 6,000.00 which is visible as one enters the housa 1 !Incinera.tot' 1,000.00 through the beautiful old colonial ·, "Total appropriadoorway. Situated at the end of the tion for municl•• garden a flagstone walk from the' back pal purposea 579,777.88 607,055.17 door to the summer house has been i , State tax: 42,924.00 57,252.00 relaid. The lilac bushes have bean jcounty tax . 102,570.17 80,o61.4ll moved to a corner of the garden and , Total apvropna-• i altogether the appearance of the gar· tton 725,272.03 739,234.63 ' den has been greatly improved. j Estimated in: A child's tea set and dinner set is a. 1 come Q9,450.00 88,000.00 i new addition this year, being loaned Amount i;o l:>e 1 j by Miss Helen Souter of New Castle. , raLSed bl' taKaMra. w. E. Marvin has loaned a few tion G25,822.03 633,369 .62 · pieces of Wistar glass and Mrs. Barrett The incre9se in miscellaneous over Wendell two wine bottles, two glass last year Is due to the addition to sev1 pitchers and a glass hot water bowl. 1 eral items including publicity, W P A Other fairly recent addltlorui to the project.s, parking area, tennl.B courts, I house include the Chippendale dining 1 skating rink, swimming pool, etc. '--·-··-· ·---- - - - ·- ·- - - chairs, a number of pieces of furniture I from the Yale Museum, and the Aubus. I son rug, which Is In the larga drawing room upstairs. The dining set is from . the Daughters of Colonia,l Wars of New / Hampshire and this organization ls very ! . much Interested in tha building, hav- ; I ing glv n a number of articles fer_the·j pi~ing room. The Aubusson rug ill trom l ________ 1 Mrs. Arthur D. HIii. __ _ I . I I War- 1 I I I i I I 'f~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ \, 1')°53 �late Finds r 'Har r Project G@wernor And C@11m:mdll .A@u:h@rfa<e St21ice f. @Ir .tr)IJ;iJV o,., rr, ,, WW JP,~ 'UJ)l"~)IM$-.. JFumHdls Ferr D~vefopmnHerati At H~rmnJp;&@lm lBkeSl(dhl ! rr, \1~ "if \\..Om~tr@11ii~Jf Ji G ID) il, 0 /i. 0 ,! f e.~);,11.)}@)nl .Al$@ SQlunglht .. i At tht:t meeting of Gov. Francis P . grants totamng $'48'1,539 for th.e tw~ ! Murphy and the executive council held projects. , J. Grant Quimby of Laconia ·war. ( •yesterday at Concord. the sta te comp- reappointed trustee of the Laconia i , troller, Col. Charle& T. Patten. was au- state school at the,, meeting. His new \ 1 thorized to file with the Federal Adterm runs to June 30, i943. ministration of Publlc Works for grants Ansel N. Sanborn of Wakefield, Jonn ; of government funds to aid in carry- J. T. Shaw of Chichester and N. 0 . . ing out seven major construction pro- Whitford of Warner were appointed ,1. : jects at Hampton and Rye Beaches. commission to lay out a relocation of · Applications will be made for ·feder- the highway in Rollinsford, Salmor~ . al funds to finance the following pro- Falls, Somersworth and Dover and as-• i jects: Construction of t.wo jetties at sess property damages on t he project, i 1 Rye Harbor; dredging of Rye harbor The council authoriZed the state 'and development of a Rye Harbor air- ·!!'orestry and Recreation Commission to port and seaplane base; construction of purchase 16 acres of land in Notting-• a new toll bridge at Hampton Beach ; ham from Mrs. Alice C. Munson adrepair of the existing sea wall at jacent to the Pawtuckaway state park, Hampton Beach; construction of a The Forestry and Recreation Com-• . boulevard at Hampton Beach; con- mission was authorized to execute a struction of a parking area and a rec:- lease covering Profile and. Echo lake:~ 1 reational area at Hampton Beach. and the Lafayette concessions in the · The council assured immediate con- Franconia Notch reservation to the struction of the new state house an- Society for the Protection of Ne\v nex and Manchester state armory Hampshire Forests for a four--year when it formally accepted. federal term,. . ·--· - - - - ------------ ----~Cht, ~ *~d. ) ~ \ . \"\ifS �l3 Tw Of B· ilt t _ffavy To rtsmout Electric Boat Company Get$ Tlhrece While -.Another Will Be Constructtd .At Mare·Island-HuHs Arre T@ Be Completed Within 33 Months 1 Orders were received by the Com' mandant of the Portsm:outh Navy Yard from the Secretary .oI Navy on Thursday afternoon authorizing the construction of two more submarines. Nos. 201 and 202. At ,iresent the yard has two ships on ' the building ways, the Sculpln and Squalus, and prellminary work is beLng rushed on two others. the Seadra-• gon and. Seawolr. The Sculpin is scheduled to be launched on July 27 and the Squalus 0. few mont hs later. .Along wlth the latest construction. : o1,ward to the local yard the _Navy De- partment has directed that three rn.ore submarines be built by the Electrlc Boat Company at Groton, Conn., and another in the Mare Tsland , cam. yard. The six ships will cost a total of more than $30,000,000 and wlll embodt I the most modern armament and equipmem. The contraci; price for the sl1ips to 1 be built by the Eleci;ric Boat Company is $3,067.000 each, subject to cl1angc due to variatlons In labor 9,nd cost.~ ol · material. All of the ships are expected to lJe II completed in about three ye~,rs r>ct&.~ ~U\.J~ -s~, .' '138 �-\ . In Mareh -12, "i°672: it iA•as vote·a; that if :rny shall sinoke tobacco in _the meeting-house at s.ny public meetmg, he shall pay a fine o! fiv-, shillings for the u,-e of the town I 1 Feb. 16, 1796, between the hou.r3 of ' 12 and 1, a pubiic ofiender by the name of Aidn Towner, from Vermont, was restrained and exposed to public disgr.1.cz and abuse in the pillory on the Parad_ in front of the state house, I agreeable to the fentence of the Su· Portsmouth _and v:cmiw had Indian preme Judicial Court, for forgery. 1 troubles as well as other parts of the \' country. Around 1690, (probably 1691) !Election of 1853 a party of Indians landed in canoes One man cast the deciding vote in at Sandy Beach (New Castle) where • the elect.ion of 1853. C. S . Toppan, who they killed and captured 21 persons. was elected mayor as a Whig, the preCapt. Sherburne of Portsmouth was ceding year, was the man who decided killed by this same pa.rty of Indians. the ::r10ice for mayor in 1853. The canOn Jan. 25th, 1692, the town of York dictates were Ho:ton D. Walker, Whig, was destroyed. Most of the houses 1 Richa.rd Jenness, Democrat, and BraeI were ..mguarded and were surrounded kett Hutchings, running again as a by t he Indians. When a gun was fired Free Soi! candidate. Walker received I as a signal by the Indians, those in :493 votes, Jenness 572, Hutchings 80 the houses ran to their doors and about ' (nine less than last year) scattering 13, 50 were killed on the spot and nearly a and no choice wa3 made, throwing the hundred capturec,. Shabael Dummer, election into the city council. They a minister, who was greatly esteemed, lcould reach no choice, the v9te being was &hot dead as he was ~oun~ing his j14 to 14 with the law calli~g for the horse at his door, and his wife and lmayor to break the tie, which he did 1 family were made prisoners. The In- and he cast his vote for Mr. Walker, di!!.ns &et fire to the houses, but four who was declared elected the fourth fortified houses held out against them. mayor of Portsmouth. Two of the four Help was sent from Portsmouth but mayors selected had failed of election arrived too late to afford relief or re- , by the people. The first was in 1851 tak_ the captives. when it was Toppan who, although he received the largest number of votes, Exe ter is celebrating the tercenten- was defeated in the city council in conary of the lanaing of John Wheel- vention by 15 i;) 13. Now two years wright and his companions who set- later as mayor he cast the deciding tied there. Nearly sixty years after the vote for the Whig candidate. It was town had been ~;:ttled the community t he first time th'1t the mayor had cast was saved from destruction in an un- the deciding vote. usual manner. The Indians had been The city councils consistea of 32 1 rem~,rkably quiet and n? disturbance members until 1868 when the number was ~xpected. However, there was al- of the common council was reduced to ways that possibility lurking .ir.. the 11, with eight aldermen, giving 19 votes minds of the men folk, and the women,j in convention. This change held for a , were not suppo,; ed to wander beyond, number of years. certah'1 limits without a guard. It was\ ' , on June 10, 1697, that a body of Indians had placed themselves near the · town, intending 1,0 make an assault in the morning of the following day. Contrary to the advice of the men, a pa,r ty of women and children went outside the town to pick strawberries. When they were gone, some persons to frighten them fired an alarm, which ,quickly spread throughout the town and brought the people together in arms. The Indians noting the excitement and seeing· !,hat the community was a:·ming as it did at the sound of such an· alarm, supposed that they were discovered, and after killing one man, wounding another and taking a child prisoner, made a hasty retreat, I I I I I I I I I Crime An'li Punishment For I.aw R,eake1·s On July 24, 1671 the selectmen agreed with John Pickering to build a cage 12-feet square with stoC'ks within it and a pillory on thi! top, a convenient space trom the west end of the meet• _i~g_-house. _ . __ __ _ _ ,--- __ _ �Veteran Newspaperma Had Been tditor And Publisher Of News~Letter For 50 Years John Templeton, for the past 50 years editor of the Exeter News-Letter and one of the best known newspa! permen in New England, died yesterday at his home, 11 Cass St., in that 1 , town. Although Mr. Templeton has been in failing health the end was unexpected. He was born Oct. 1, 1854, in Neilstone, Scotland, and came to Law- , rence, Mass., wh-?n only 7 years of age. , IHe learned the printer's trade on the . Lawrence Eagle. In 1873 he came to Exeter and 15 years later, following the death of William B. Morrill, took 1 over the News-Letter, which was / founded in 1831. Mr. Templeton was widely known to hundreds of graduates of Phillips Exe,ter Academy as the publisher of the ! •Exonian, school publication. Mr. Ternpleton prided himself in that he never ,took a vacation. During the past few weeks he had been active as a mem- j ber of the general committee for Exe: ter's tercentenary observance. He was a member of Star in the IEast Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and the ,New Hampshire Weekly Publishers' Association. He ls survived by a son, Ernest G. Templeton, Judge of the Exeter r.aunicipal Court, and a daughter, Mrs. Marion E. James of Durham. The r_uneral will take place Wednes-~Y _af~rrioon. / i 1 -"?~ ~ ~"""'-c40! --·---"1"'~ . IF.!L.i~J°'1.fl•.l.& 4u JID>JDliWJ -~ fi !1)11} JG the · NeWS:Letter, Exeter-·nrem.en_t-ths Masonic bodies, American Legion anri its auxiliary. The remainder of the auditorium was filled with. citizens from all walks of life. The ushers were Edward J. Campbell, Joseph T. Comings, Francis J. 1 Coleman Stephen M. Wheeler, Salem D. Charies, all past commanders o! the Pingree Post of the American Legion of Exeter, and Arthur E. EastIman, representing the Drum Corps. / The casket wai, taken into the church at 11 o'clocl< and the body lay lin state until 2 o'clock. It was banked with floral tributes from many friends and orga,1izations, including the New Hampshire Publishers Association, of Iwhich he was a member, the Exeter 1fire and police departments and em/ployes of the paper ' Stores and all places of business were 1closed from 1 to 6 o'clock, including the !Exeter Manufacturing Company, of which Mr. Templeton was a director, It was the first time In its long history that the firm ever closed for a funeral. 1 ,The town fhgs along the sidewalks , were flown :tL half-staff. I The impressive funeral .services were conducted by Rev. Paul T . Martin, / pastor of the church, and the eulogy , was given by Rev. James W. Bixler, 1pastor emeritus. Rev. Elvin J, Prescott of Hampton Falls also had s, part In the services. In his eulogy, Dr . Bixler said, "Mr , , Templeton had a. long and useful life. I He was not only an Exeter individual,/ but an Exeter institution. "He was full of charity tor all and a benefactor to many institutions, as ls shown in one way by the American Legion which is here in a body. . "He cared much for the improvements of our state and town. It led !him to be consclentiollS ln his work . He guided his ship through a .steady { ,course and the course of kindness and !justice never waned ." I Honorary bearers were Hervey Kent, ~~~fac~~; i~~r~~~;~:~/h~o::e:~ . Fred A . Moore, representing the business men; Frank H. Vladleigh, the seI ~ 1ectmen; Reg,s trar of Deeds John W. 1 1 o. · 2. A. Green Rockingham O:>unty; My,ron R. Williams, Phillips Exeter Acad' & fl emy; Reginald C. Stevenson, the Am- 1 I ll. •' Ii erican Legion; Judge Henry A. Shute,: Albertus T. Dudley and Judge John Scammon, friends and co- vork~rs; Kites for Vetera Editor William A. Young, the Ex~ter BankLrtg ' Company, of which he was a director, Exeter~--AH I and Harry Merrill the Exeter CooperaStores Closed From To tive Bank. 1 The active bearers were all employes of the News-Letter plant. Harold C. Exeter paid its last respects to Joh~ 1 Jenkins presided at the organ. The Templeton, veteran editor of the Exe• I funeral was in charge of Undertaker F . ter News-Letter, yesterday by attend-ing his funeral services held at the IL~~~~~~~--- - - - ------· __ _] Congregational Church at 2:30 o'clock; The church was filled to its capacity of several hundree:, and attending in a ~OEY were ihe wwn correspondents uf ifi'rl:.A;•r,D § JOHN . · . ·TEI~ji LEN'!ON -r . Held At i 6 O'clock -- -·------- ------ - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - - - - - r �Plans PlSC r New ri e Over Riv r A rov d Pro ect IF@r InteraState·Structure__ _ IQ 1 ,.ij Receives Sanction Of Assistant Secreta1ry Of War Johnson j Washington, July 6-Asst. Secretarycare of this . approved Plans made by the Maine-New , plans . for construction of the Maine- .Hampshire Interstate Bridge Author., New Hampshire . interstate bridge ity and now approved by the ·war De. across the P,scataqua River, the War partment consist of building a verti.-: Department announced. late yester- cal-lift joint highway and railroad bridge between Kittery and P-0rts1 day -· Construction of the bridge is au- mouth. Upon removal of the old thorized under the act of Congress ap - bridge at this site navigation on the · proved. July 28, i937 . The next step river would include larger ships and . will be securing an appropriation to ocean-going freight vessels. The ver•• 1 finance the structure. tical and horizontal clearances of tho i· . It is be!ieved the new mo'.1ey pro- pror.psed bridge are considered. acte .. , nde_ct_~? PWA by Congress will take quate for such navigation . l of War Louis Johnson has i an s Asked For New Portsmo th And Kittery •Bridge . ~ J available and it is estimated that PW'A I: financing to assure construcGion would .: permit completion of necessazy de!! tailed plans in about two months. ' Traffic studies have already bee!:!. made in relation to the volume which might be expected to be handled, the revenue which might be expected from tolls to liquidate cost of the f structure, and the schedule of retire.. . . _. . ·-= .j ment of principal and interest of Following closely upon approval on mission, w. H. Hinman, and Hottl3 1 , bonds which might be issued. Tuesday by the war department of Cole of Kittery representing the state · If approved the plan would permtt , . . . of Maine construction of a bridge which would 1construction of_ a new com~mattom Detour T·:-affic \ ! be of great value t;o the Boston an.di !railroad and highway toll bridge aq Application for PWA assistance in ; i Maine railroad which has long be,,n !Portsmouth and Kittery, Me., mem- j financing construction of the bridge , burdened by excessive maintenan.Je 1 1bers of the interstate authority creat- lland the new super highwa~r route · costs of the present railroad bridge •ed by interstate compact between the leading to it which would detour ex- from Portsmouth to Kittery and which two states conferred yesterday in press highway traffic around the city ; has several times threatened curtail1 ;Washington with Secretary Ickes in of Portsmouth over approximately five ' ment or suspension of th'!'ough rail ,order to personally present the case miles of new high speed highway had I service from Boston to Portlanc!. via !for federal aid on the project. been submitted prior to the confer- ; Portsmouth. j Members of the commission include :.ence. · It is understood the plan con temp•• jState Highway Commissioner Frederic/ . Necessary state authority for the !ates absorption by the railroad of :l E. Everett, chairman, Dr. James PoW- \" state share of financL.-ig the project· has portion of the cost of the bridga ers of Manchester, Frank Brooks of ' been provided by the · legislatures of through the toll principle. Portsmouth, all for the state of New both ste.tes. --:,. -<1 _--. ~ ... _-·IL · ---~ -~ · , J Hampshire; and Paul C. Thurston, Limited. appropriations have re~ 1 JW-1 ~ l l ~ chairman of _the __ Maine highway com- stricted advance planning for thP. _II , ~ ~ - \"\'38' ·· ·· · · · · ·structure but ~eneral . plans are now , -. ' \ Member$ Of Commission From New Ha~pshire And Maine Presfnt Request For Federal .Aid To Secretary Ickes ! �IS l l~ye lHarlmror Project Aij$® .Ap,rmne«H-Fimia.U Adfoim lExjtettied Slhi({})rti:Ily lFr@m C@imc@r«i! it was announced 1n Concord on vids local funds, i1as been approved by , Wednesday that the proposed con- the 1·eglonal office of the fede-cal ' struction of the interstate highway- PW A in New York and forwarded to . ·washington for final action, also the 1 railway b.ndge between Portsmouth proposed const ruction of Jetties and and. Kittery for which the states of development of Rye Harbor for re - 1\ ~~~aln~ and Ne'II' Hampshire will pro_:::~e~tlonal and. state militar~ -~~r!?.o:~:s.:_ 'rint., ~ Wi,i4i l ~ 1-\, 'i3g -· - - -- - = - -- - - War epartment ·Approves Back Channel Bridge At ittery 1 I w Stt:rr\Uldure o-und lRepfa<ee wooden 'fires!!Je Co:mJ1ednimg Badger1s Ilsiland W~tr1ii - lPlf<DJP)OSed Wfa.n1mfand An application of the Maine State Highway Commission for reconstruction, under authority of state law, of the bridge across the northerly or back channel of the Piscataqua river between Badger's Island and Kittery has been approved by the War Department, it is announced. The proposed bridge will be a con, tinuous deck plai;e girder bridge of five spans. The three middle spans y,ill each have a horizontal _cl~arance o_f_~8_!ee~- at the spring · line and a vertical clearancG of 19.8 fell\ above mean low water for a width of SO feet. It will replace a wood pile trestla with bents on lG foot center~. Th2 trestle will be entirely remm•ed. Navigation in the back channel of Piscataqua River consists of row boa~ and a few small motor boats, the de• partment said. All other navigation uses the main channel on the south side of Badger's [s1and where ample clearance is provided by the Memorlat bridge. ~~ ~ ~u-t.ci.2~ ""I~C\ . \~3'i �I I I The Malne--New Hampshire 1authorit1r at a meeting held Bridge at th0 ·= ======--J WAR DEPT · / :FAVOR~ HAI!!flMPJOlf1'\i I; I BR I E ' 1 1 1:~::~:~~~:ec,:e~l th:: th:ved:::i: 1 of bonds to take care of the amount .~ necessary to raise in order i:;o secure · the PWA gra.nt, was not feasible and ' . · favored the application to the Re~ construction Finance Corporation for Application Approved a loan and grant. · TJ::le full membe~ship of the auSecretary Of War :thonty was presem and also repre[ sentatives of the banking houses, the ! Se-:retary of war Woodring has ap1traffic engineers as well as the en- proved the application of the New . 1gineers of the authority. These en- :Hampshire State Highway._Department ! ,~ineers left this morning for W~h- !for construction of a bridge across the 1 mgton where they will confer with ! Hampton river at Hampton, the War : RFC and PWA to determine i.f a :Department said. The proposed bridge ; grant and loan are possible. , would replace an existing one and i Reports were made by the traffic :would be located about 111 feet down- I ·survey engineers, the bankers and al• stream. It would provide five feet · so the engineers during the meeting, gro1ater horizontal clearance and three j and it was decided that the cost of feet gret1,ter vertical clearance than the 1 floating a loan would be of such pro- existing bridge. Approval of the War portions that it would be better to try f.Departmer:t. is necess_a~y- before a state for the outright grant and loan fror.i or its pollt1cal sub~1v1Sl0ns can ereot the Reconstrucr.ion Finance Corpora• , ~ b~idge over a navigable stres,m. ltion. i 1 The totat estimated cost for ·i;he a-£:!'.. \A> ~ • I 1..Q'\ ~ ~ 1iionstruction amounts to $3,100,000 ~'1.-0 . l'\O~ land the request to Washington is font \grant or $1,400,000 and a loan of $1,roo,ooo to be paid by tolls o! · the ; highway bridge which will fake the ' traf:fic outside the business section of this city. _ __ _ _ _ __ _ __ I ! !By !? 'Y ~ ,....... :aS)-.,. ~ \ . \':) . \\,..u,\, ~ ~ �i '. Cincin11ati lLyrrncle §\l.lllillih,1al.ID1 Efode& Pr.·e$idelrllit At Se$~fon Heidi Yeishmdlay At l\lilemolfnaR Haili The New Hampshire Society of the Du.ring the past year four of th;, ' . Cincinnat i, at its annual meeting held members have died. They· were Henri . yesterday at the Memorial hall, in Exe- A. J. Merou, who died in France, LenPitts ' in Boston, Arthur Winslow l ter, elected the following officers : dall in Boston and Edward Tuck. an hon: President, Lynde Sullivan of Durham; orary member, who died in France. 1 vice president, William L. Willey of The Cincinnati prize in New Hamp~ : Cambridge, Mass. ; secretary, Horace shire was awarded to George W. Kirch• : Morrison of Peterborough ; treasurer, way of New Cannaan, Conn., for hi!J i Josiah C , Norcross of Cambridge, essay on "Benedict Arnold L'l the i ; Mass.; assistant secretary, Henry D. American Revo1utten." I ; Warren of Kendall Green, Mass., as'. sistant treasurer, William W. Lunt of : Hingha 11, Mass. \ Elected. to membership were James 1said that the attitude here we,s to "let 1 ·. M. Belden of Syracuse, N. Y., Capt. I George do it" and that this lack of I Stuart Farrar-Smith, U. S. N., retired interest resulted in nothlng bemg ac- 1 · ; of Washington, D . c., Carlile P. Win- ' complished. 1 ·: slow of New York, and Ewing Hill of '\ He told or a meeting of the State ; ; Rye Beach . - - - - - - - - _____ Plannbg and Development aommis- · slon at which he told those present that the people upstate were so interested Li't their sweetheart- the tnounta.ins -t.ha t they c9,n~t s .. e the jseacoast regicn. i He stated that f-:-Jm 4;0.000 to 80,000 rouri.sts pass thnugl1 PortsmouUt da.ily en their way in to Ilii:aine, or to I the northern part of the st9.te. He 1brought out that if they would stop , but a few minutes to see some of the : fine places here in Portsmouth they \ !would remain much longer. "We must I clean New Hampshire's reception ha,11," Arthur Harriman I ' he said. I Glenn Race introduced t.he spea,ker. ----- -- - -·--------. -' l !URGES HISTORIC ;ATTRACTIONS ·iBE PRESERVED I. Gives Talk Before Kiwanis Club I . Arthur I. Harriman gave a challeng~ ! : ing talk to the members of the Ports: mouth Kiwanis Club at the regular i ; weekly meeting on Tuesday evening f ' at the Rockingham Hotel. He urged ! ! them to appreciate the fine old t hings j : of which Portsmouth is the possessor, ! ; and to preserve the many historic at- ' tractions. In opening his talk he spoke of the landing at Odiorne's Point of David Thompson, and decried the lack of pride and appreciation of that fact on the part cf the people of that section. Turning to the subject of American. t lsm. he spoke or the patriotism which l was so strong in this city during the :Revolu tionary days, mentioning the i Battle of Bunker Hill, the Battle of ;Bennington. the raising of the Liberty i flag and. Paul Revere·•s ride to Portsi mouth. · Criticizing the ":.!p state" section of : New Hampshit'e for its unwUlingness ; to help southeastern New Hampshire ; he said "what ever they want up state I they go after like a flock of starlings . j and . they_ get what they_go_after." He : ! l'o.L ~ ~~ 7,"~ b, l~~& �!~il~!t~~iroR c~-1;_: iS"+.~~1~~:?[~:U!i:~:ti~ci~ ,· 1 ~i ~, 'EMiiE~EXHll~f 180 ES INDUST :· TA'A I times, Washington visited Portsmouth ' , · ,·' An astonishing amount of valuable 1 'i and 0ccupied the canopied pew of : · _ . \ "information about Portsmouth's old , former royal governors. The fire of 1806 · : houses has recently been brought to destroyed the w::.oden Queea's Chapel lo-ether by a group of citizens. All that ' and the present brick St. John·s · · '· JI :books 1.nd tradition can yield has been Church rose in it~ place. ;arranged to rendCi' a complete account ! j Quite apart from the interest of :PQrtsmoutll, 1s· indeed -f ortunate iof each house and historic sit~ . / ! building·s and event-s, this hill is notatavln!l an uHerna:tionally..known por;• There are, how&ver, recoras not to : , ble '.ln i>.ccount of the legend that its irait painter &ii;hib1Urtg.a_t1 the~\ Homa :be found in Port,smouth w_:iich rhe W. J steep side rising directly from the !tndusk10i, Shop on State_str~~.. Ed• _iP, A. project will gather. 111 fois proswift t:dd;1ing· tide, COVf!red with w_ild _ mund (,-.--Tarbell, who . is co~sidered I ject sma.ll sections of Portsmouth wili , strawberries prompted Lhe descnpt1ve aihong the most able of living painters,. ·1 be ,tudied at a l-.lme and all the re - ; name Strawberry Bank, by which this , · ·-was ' born in West Groton, Mass.; '· in· 1863. He has been painting since he 1i cords ;·dating t-o that .,ertion will b;i i settlement was first known. arranged and m,\pped before anothe;· ' An mterest i,\ past local history is Wl'1s 10 years of age and has painted i section is started. : not genernlly widespread. Few New many outstanding persons, among them i From deeds and wili,. ia:1d owner- i Yorkers have visited Grnnt'$ tomb, :iew iMarshal Foch, Robert Grant, Woodrow 1 s!1ip, house$, silops, ·;;l1iirns, taverns, ; Bostonians have climbed Bunker Hill 'Wilson and Herbert Hoover and now churchi;S, jails a nu forts ·.,;ill be located, ! Monument, and probably few ree!dents · i in his early 70's is painting the portrait 1>.nd an amount of miscellaneous in- · oi Portsmouth have been inside ol St. of Oscar Laigl;ton, )?rother ! of Celia forn1:i.tion will b~ <;;illect~d. To1-:n boo!,s l ,John's Church or the M:acphaedris- , Thaxter. . will g; ve a deli:.i!eci accoum of lan<i ' Warner HOL\30. Yet. to visiting people _1 1 Mrs ;' Marjory Hewitt, who recently g,·anrs, records 01 Lhe early transfer historic shrines and e;ommemorative ") replac-ed Mra; Lester-. Harditl.g: as man• of p1·operty, the op~ning of new streets buildings have e-reat interest. Visitors .. ager .of the Home Industries Shop, e:.nd the ·,videning of ol•:i ones. Court are n.ttracted to Portsmouth not alone states that many people are already records and d2jnsitions w;ll yield a because it is loc,;,Led on a cool, attrac• Jshowing an interest in this outstanding fasci,1ating· tale of l8nei intrigue and tive seacoast. It's historical importance, .J exhibl~. and are also interesl1ed In th0 dispute• that probably cannot be the l.Jeauty of its old streets and ,'_ 1 display· of new . hand-made I articles ·• rnatt:hed in ai1y cthel' colony. Pioneer~ houses and in particular the overwhich are coming in every d~y from · from Jancl-conLrolled s:,.-st,ems of the ton~s of its fin~ old colonial charac- ·, New Hampshire consignors. _ . Old World wer~ alway;: land greedy, t.er cast i1"s welcome spell of rest a11d but in PortsmouLl! in addition to in- contentment over the gli too hurried dividual greed, tl,ere was a triangular visitor. battle between tlle inhabitanis, John There is an increasing· :·ealization 1 · Mason:s heirs, ai1d P!.1ritan Massachuthat che weal'.h of New Hampshire : setts. OI later ci2.ys, newspaper adver- comes in a very LJ.1·ge pa ~t from tourist tisernents will g; ;,e cryptic descriptions trad-:. The completene,~ of historirnl 1 : of esates and houses for sale. i il~formation an1 anecdo te will add to j Visitor3 to Portsmouth will probably ; ~ourists' interest and it is hoped th.at be most interested in the maps of var- : it will also incce«se local interest and ious dates which will illust-rate the de- pride in pre,;erving old structures and velopmc::nt .of Purt-&mouti1. '·They will : the vncient ch~.rn.Gter o{ .Strawberry show · the settlement as originally con- Bank and Portsmouth. It is expecred fined by the river, creek and mil! that the Vl. ?. A. project will help to oonds and in laLer maps the gradual develop this la.tent wealth with whkh filiiag· in of the ponds a.11d encroach- P,:n·tsmoc1th is so richly endowed, ment on the water courses." "They --- ---····· ·-·-··---will ~how Captain Mason's first house I and the locatioi1 of farms and scat,' tered industries after the withdrawal of his respons1bi!ities... "'Later ma.ps wil! ,,how the 5 rn6ual development of the town, the increase 01 .houses, e~tabiisnment of roads, Lhe continual breat;:ing up of estates into smailer holdings, and fin8.ll:V the criss-cross of roads and small :toLs af the early 19th century. city of Portsmouth-prosperous and embellished with its incomparable houses:· The first secti0n to be studied lies norfo of Daniel and Market Streets and south of the river. Of interesting site& in this s£ction, none probably exceeds the hillt~;; where now stands St. John 's Church. This was probably land of Captain Richard ·Cutts which he accquired with Mason'& Grea,t Hou,;e. On its crcwn was a fort later known as Graffo1 t's Fort. In 1697 it was ordered that the fort on Graffort·s . hill was to be used as a prison and in 1723 John Penhallow conveyed to the ·. ward,3ns of the church, land on Graf- <,, fort's Hill wher;? the fort called Graffort's Fort formerly stood. Queen's Cha.; pel, supposed _!a. have been buil~ in, th__1e. , 41 I I·I ·I; I I I - �York~ Village to Re-Enact Early Scenes Maine Town to Open Historic Homes and Pub■ lic Buildings YORK VILLAGE, Me. - "The Days of Our Forefathers" will be re-enacted in this picturesque little Maine village Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 20 and 21, when the calendar will be turned back nearly 300 years. York, Maine, was the first chartered city in America and the King's Prison, or old York gaol, built in 1657, is the oldest public buildi11g in New England. This and a number of beautiful 'Rnd historic old homes will be opened. for public inspection for the two days. The King's Prison is now i:t museum containing priceless antiques, and the Sheriff's quarters are furnished in the style of the 1600's. The dungeons and court room with rare old documents are of particular interest. A little old schoolhouse, first built in 1745, and now being restored is expected to be one of the focal points of the observance and plans are being made to maintain it as a permanent museum. This is complete even to authenJ;ically-costumed figures of pupils, including an Indian lad, seated on the log benches. . Crossing Sewall's Bridge, built in 1761 and the first pile bridge ever built cm the continent, visitors will find the Piggin House (1686) where an underground passageway leading to the river · recalls days of smuggling in colonial times. The Piggin House is now t he private residence of Elizabeth Perkins. On Sunday, Aug. 21, there will be a special service in the meeting house. The tithing man will keep order in the congregation, every member of which wm be in authentic colonial costume. There will be hymn singing but no organ music, only a pitch pipe to keep t une by. Musket - armed soldiers will guard the congregation against sudden at tacks from the Indians. An hour glass will mark the time-in brief, it will be a faithful re-enactment of the worship service of colonial days. Summer residents of York are joining with the townsfolk in arrangements for this unique event, one of the outstanding in Maine this summer. OJd Schoolhouse Open JoJy .16 Tlle old schoolhouse used by the people of York In 17411 has been PISl"ohMed, moved to a cenb'al spot In the Village, and restored to Its initial state by Miss :Elizabeth Perkins, wen known summer r !dent. On July 16th from 8 until 7.llO o'clock everyone ~ invited to visit this true replloa of York's early day ■• FOREFATHER'S DAYS AT YORK AUG. 20 AND 21 Mrs. Barrett Wendell of Boston al\d Portsmouth 1s taking an active part in tnaking the coming York Vlllage "Re• llve the Days of Our Forefathers" celebration a success. The celebra.blon, which will ~ held on Saturday, Aug. 20, and Sunday, Aug, 21, will be one of the most h1teresting and picturesque historical house-wllll'mlngs ot the country. Thousands of vlsltorli are expected and York Villagers a.re busy preparing to Entertain and provide living acoommoda.tlon.s for the week end visitors, The commJU,ee on arrangements In• eludes many of the regular summer residents and many residents who are dl!·ect descenda.'nts of the early settlers. l]nder the chairmanship of MLss Eliz• e,beth Perkins, whose estate, Plggln House, at Sewalls bridge, York Village, 1s one of the famous houses of the state, the women are busy preparing the c~tumes they will wear as hostesses at the prlrnte residences and public buildings, also at the Colonla:l concert which will be held Saturday night, Aug. 20, at the town hall anti to religious services at the meeting hoUSe on Sunday, Aug. 21, when Father Moody, the eminent divine, will reappear in the penson of Rev, Walter H. Mllllnger, to hold wo1·shlp and pre:ich his famous sermon on the "Doleful State of the D mned." Among those serving on the committee are: Mr&. Miles White, Jr., Baltimore, Md.; Mra Frank D. Marshall, Portland; Miss Helen Oa.dwa.lader, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Fergus Reid, Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. Fergus Reid, Jr., Mrs. Seth Low Pierrepont, Mrs. A. Murray Williams, Mrs . John Cabell Breckinridge and Mrs. John Hill Morgan, New York City; Miss Katherine Marsha!ll, Miss Florence Paul, Miss Nellis Bemis, Mrs. Edward C. Cook, Mrs . Edward M. Cook, Mrs . Walter H. Millinger, Mr&. S . H. Junkins, Mrs. Gilman L. Moulton and Mrs. A. E. Sewall, York; Miss Eunice Wheeler, Mrs. Leonard Wheeler, Worcester, Mass.; Mrs. Harry E'.ungerford, Stam• ford, Conn.; Miss Helen Lee and Mrs. Francis Poe, Washington, D. o.; Mrs. John Emerson, Titusville, Pa., whose York Village estate is the old Woodbridge Tavern; Mrs. Henry Va:ughan of Boston and South Berwick; Mrs. John Howells and Miss Rosamond The.JC• ter, Kittery Point. Girl Scout-ti now being trained Miss Katnerlne Marshall will act guides. �''ii1i, A Copley Returns to Its First Home Written for The Christian Science Monitor There ls an historic as well as an art interest in the return to its original walls of the noted Copley portrait of Little Mary Warner. It has come back to the Warner House in Portsmouth, N. H., one of the handsomest and most interesting of the early 18th century houses which are now open to the public. Thi,s portrait of the daughter of Colonel Jonathan Warner, member of the King's Council, was painted in 1767. It shows the kneeling figure of a little girl about ten years old wearing a pink satin dress, with a tight low-cut bodice, playing with her tame finch. Copley sent the portrait to the Exhibition of the Society of \rtlsts of Great Britain. held in London the year he painted it. The canvas ls part of the collection of William Averell Harriman of Port Washington, Long Island, and its loan for summer exhibition at the Warner _louse was secured through Mrs. Barrett Wendell, honorary chairman of the Warner House Association. It hangs in the high-studded parlor of the Warner House opposite the "Polly Warner" portrait of the same subject by Blackburn painted when she was a young lady. This portrait belongs to the House, one of the five Blackburns hanging here. The Warner House was begun In 1716 by Captain Archibald ~cphaedrls, rich iron merclµmt, and completed in 1723 at a. cost of £6,000, an amazing sum for a house in a Colonial town of but a few thousand inhabitants-posslbily the equivalent of $300,000 today. Captain Macphaedrls Sarah Wentwortl1, one of the sixteen children of Governor John Wentworth. Their daughter, Mary, who married as her second husband Colonel Warner, was stepmother of Mary Warner, subject of the Copley portrait. An only child, she married Colonel Samuel Sherburne of Portsmouth. �A disUnguiBhed ember -0! old orth Shore f mlly ha just returned to her home 1n Portsmouth a • sence of m l'e 'than century d he.If, Little Mary Warner, <Who beoam • tematlonally ~ wn through tihe rtrait Oople pain d of her, .Is ain at the Warner House for a few weeks ld ''at home" l-0 visitors. Interest Js keen among Portsmouth society 1n the 1-eoent arrival from New York of th~ chnrmlng little girl ln a rose satin dress. who may be seen ln the "great e.l'!or" of her lrlhood home from 10 0 101 ck until 6 dally. Located at 160 Daniols street, corner of Chapel, the Warner House ls one of the best examples of early Georgian llKchitecture in America and ls also noted for its eollectlon of fine furnltur-e, interesting eh Ina 11.nd other object.s a~clated with oolonie.l lire, 'file 1oe. of the Copley portrait for summer e~ibition exclusively at the Warner H e was secured from its owner, W llam Averell H an·lm n of Jjo1-t Washlngt n, L. I., by Mrs. '.Barrett Wendell honorary chairman of the Warner Howie Association. She made the r uest r ecently while Jn New York Oicy nd it -was promptly granted. The other officers of the Warner House Association are all known f or thelr inten;11t in eRrly Amevioan architecture and art. They are: Mrs. Wil· 11am E. Marvin, c "B.irman; Mrs. Mary I. Wood, h911crary vice chairman; Mrs. Iilenry L. . .fil!st v.lee cba.:lrman, and Hon. Robert Marvlu, treasurer, a.11 of Port.amouth: Mrs. Seth Low .Pien·e• pont, second vloe cba:il!man, Yonk Ha.rbor; Mrs. Wallis D. Walker, 1>eoorcllng secretary, R 'e Beach, and Miss Helen Souter, c rresponding seore New Castle . The oard of overn rs of the BBOoiatlon are: Mrs . Paul H. Bonner, Rye: Mls8 Pa Bradford, Mrs. J. 11' mpleman Coolidge, Hon . Charles M. ]j)aJe Mrs. Le6ter w. 'Harding, Mrs. Ar D . Rill, Mrs. William N. Kremer, Mrs. John G. . Presoobt, Po mouth ; i phla Cadwale.der, Mr,S. Mile Whit , York Harbor; Miss EliJI• abeth Perk • York Vill e; . Wll• 11am M. Seabury, Mlss Ros ond Thaxter, Kittery P_oint; Mrs . .Henry G. Vaughan, South Berwick, M . , and Mnl. George H. Warren, New Castle. Mary (Polly) W mer was the daughter of Clol. onathan Warner, a member of tlie king council, for wh m the house was named, and Mary Nelson, The Copley portre.Jt hangs in the par• lor or the Warner House, opposite the "Polly Warner" portrait, painted o! her by Blackbum when she was a young girl aud now part of the permanent collection of the House, which includes four other Blackburn alnting.s. ur The Wa rner House was begun in 1716 by Oapt. Archibald Macpbaedri!l, r ich iron merchant. and completed in 1728 at a cost of 6000 poundt1, an amazing sum for a house in a co1onlal town or but a few Lhousand inhabitants-the equivalent of $300,000 today. Captain Macphaedrls mnrr1ed Sarah Wentworth, onr. of the 16 children of Qov. John Wentwol'th. Their daughter, Mu.ry, who married as her second hus• band Colonel Warner, was the stepmother of Mary Warner, subject of the Cople portrait. The latter married Col. Samu l herb e or Portsmouth. The rooms bf the W rner House are all unusually high-studded, three being superbly panelled, and beautiful tiles decorate the fire laoei;. Over the door• way and in the cupola are fine exam• pies of old bull's-eye gl s and on the southwest corner of the house may be seen the old hgh g rod 1nstailed in 1762 under the personal supervision of Benjamin F r anklin . A number of years ago the removal of wall paper in the hall disclosed a series of mural pair:itin g!S by a11 unknown artist no on view, hich credited to Langdon Tovvne. well known character in Kenneth Roberts' best-selling novel, ·Northwest Passage ... PLACE PLAQUE ~ ON WENTWORTH HOME SITE Yard, a resident of Newton, Mass., but a New Hampehire hfatortan, haa just placed on the site of the John Went. worth country home, near Lake Wen~ worth Jn Wolfeboro, a commemorative bronze plaque, on a big boulder, that indicate, that the IM\ royal rovernor of New Hampshire once maintained an estate then. Professor Mayo hlm.eelf pe.ld for the plaque and had 1t 1nstalled alm01t 1n l!eCJ'OOY, but 1t WU dilconred and photographed b1 Warren P. Hale, M• l!ietan\ at.ate foreater, 'Ibe plaque ha.s upon it a faosimtle of the Wentworth arm,, with the dates 17~ lmd 1820, on each side, and the followJna' lettering! Dome BlllH In 1768 "Here stood Wentworth hOUle, the country aeat of John Wentworth, the Jut royal governor ot New HampBhlre; built 1n 1708, dettzoyed by fire 19 Jn 1820. There also 111 the following quotation from Wentworth blmselft "Whoever may J)Ollless m:, eeat 'at Wol!eboro, I charge him no\ to dis• grace U.a name b:, turning the linger• ing feet of the children of calamity uncomforted from oo,. w oee hin881 Will gladly extend to receive IUch tr1enda of the founder.ff Prof8810d Mayo has writt.en two Im• J)OJ'tant New Hampah.lre b108l'aphl61!, one of John Wentworth and the other of one ol hll moat influential oppon• entB, John Langdon1 and he ha1 8Chined the literary miracle of treat. ing both men sympatheticall:,, despite iheir dlioordant ,1ews. Profeasor Ma:,o baa written iwo tm-slte ol the Wentworth country estate 1n Wolfeboro and 1n 1933 he deeded it to the at.ate of New Hampshire. Thia gift comprised. GS aoree of land, includ• ing a quarter of a mile along ~e Wol!eboro-Sanbomvllie highway and extending down to the shore, of Lake Wentworth. With the help of 000 crews from the Tamworth oamp, I\ caretaker's ho\188 has been nearl y com• pleted and it Is intended to put up another structure to be used ae a mu• eeum. The ancient cellar hole of the Wentworth house h u been cleaned up and the foundation of the old Wall have been restored. In the work of excava tion, such things were found as hinges, looks, old coins, btt.s of iron ware and part.a of crockery, and it 1a intended to place these 1n the museum, along with articles to be given by Professor Mayo. John Wentworth waa a road buildel' and he tried to interest the people of New Hampshlre, long ffilfore the Revo• lutlon, 1n projects to open up the in• terlor of the province by the buildlnf of highways. 'Ibe "Governor's road," from Portsmouth, through Rochester and Middleton to Wol!eboro, was ve17 largely a Wentworth enterprise. His original holdings along the mores of 8mlth'1 pond, now Lake Wentworth, comprised about 4,000 acres, but the mansion that he built upon the estate was in the tract that the state now holds ,through the generosity of Professor Mayo. �. Averjll Ba La Bonne Mere obert Treat Pa · Mary Warner's Picture Comes Back. on Loan 1- ·'\ Copley Portrait Featured in Warner House Fund Drive This Summer ------ There is an historic interest in the return this week, for a short time, of the noted Copley portrait of little Maify Warner to the Warner House in Portsmouth, N. H., one of the handsomest and most interesting of the early eighteenth century houses which are now open to the public. The portrait qf thl:l daughter of ColoneJ Jonathan Warner, member of • the King's Council, for whom the house was named, and• Mary Nelson Warner, was Pi!-inted in 1767. It shows the kneeling figure of a little girl about ten years old wearing a pm sa in dress, wit a g low-cut bodice., playing with her tame finch. The portrait hangs in the high-studded parlor of the Warner House opposite the "Polly Warner" portrait painted by Blackbum of her when she was a young lady. The Blackburn portrait belongs to the house. The Copley portrait is part of the collection of William Averill Harriman of Port Washington. Long Island, and its loan for summer exhibition at the Warner House was secured through Mrs. Barrett Wendell, honorary chairman of the Warner House Association, Mr. Harriman inherited the portrait in 1932 from Mrs. E. H. Harriman. Previously it had belonged to the Right Honorable Sir David Hanel, in whose famlly it had been for several generations. Copley sent the portrait to the exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain, held' in London in April, 1767. There are four other Blackburn portraits in the Warner House, which was begun in 1716 by Captain Archibald Macphaedris, rich iron merchant, and completed in 1723 at a cost of $6000, an amazing sum for a house in a Colonial town of but a few thousand inhabitantsthe equivalent of $300,000 today. Captain Macphaedris married Sarah Wentworth, one of the sixteen children of Governor John Wentworijl. Their daughter, Mary, married as her second husband Colonel Warner, was the mother of Mary Warner, subject of the Copley portrait. Mary (Polly) Warner, an only cl:illd, married Colonel Samuel Sherburne of Portsmouth in her early twenties and died about a year afterward. �The Athenaeum possesses an extensive library; Its volumes, many of which are very valuable, are for the most part hlstory, biography and other non-fiction. Included in the rare volumes are the Algonquin Bible, in columns of Indian and English translated by John Elliot; and "Good News from a far Country'' by .'ronathan Parsons. This book ls reputed to have been the first b:>ok printed in New Hampshire. A Latin bible of 1478 with beautiful hand PORTSMOUTH, N. H. coloring; a Dutch prayEr book Old Portsmout h will again open its doors for the annual sum- printed in 1578 and many old mer benefit of the Portsmouth Girl Scouts, on Tuesday afternocn, phamphlets and documen ts are July 19, wl;len several buildings of historic interest will be shown. included. There is also a fine This yec.>.r visitors will view the interiors of the Rundlet-May collection of old ship models, the h ouse and the Abra ham Wendell house which have rarely been most valuable being that of the "America". This was one of the opened to the public, as well as the interesting Samuel Langdon most outstanding ships built in house, now the Old South P arish hcuse, the Portsmouth Athen- Portsmouth; the heaviest ever aeum and Saint John's Church. laid on this continent and the The Rundlet-May house on Middle street is opened through first of her cla.."-S built by the the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph May of Boston and Ports- Colonies after the break with the Mother country. mou th. Mr. May is the gr aat--~L•o•n""!d•o•n- G~e-o-r g~i-a_n_t:--y-p-e"".-~T-e"' Congress presented this ship grandson of James Rundlet, who house is being shown through to France after the French ship bullt the house about 1806. At the courtesy of Dr. and Mrs. s. Magnifique was destroyed in the time it was built. it was con- F . A. Pickering, the present own- Boston Harbor. After the Eng• ash captured ,this ship from the sir:ered on the very outskirts of ers. the town and as John Mead How. The Rev. Samuel Langdon French it was used by the Britells says in his book, ''Architec- h_ouse, on Pleasant Street, oppo- ish Navy as a model. In the tural Heritage of the Piscata- site tl:le G:iv. Woodbury Langdon reading room there is displayed qua," "It is said that when James mans10n , for so many years the a model of the "Clovis," a frigRundlet built this house, )1e ho~~ of Mrs, Thomas Astonr ate of the French Navy in the could stand in his front door Harns, was built in 1749 by he time of Louis the Sixteenth, · h great• grandfather, the Rev. carved in white whalebone by a and as far as the eye could rea,: , Samuel Langdon, D. D., minister prisoner of war confined in an to the South and to th_e W-.st, of the North Church from 1747 English prison. a~l .~he wooded countryside was to 1774, afterwards president of Queeti Caroli~e•s Chairs his. . . . Harvard College. The house was St. John's Church (Episcopal) Thi~ lovely house, with its m- erected 011 the site of the first terestm_g coach house and yard, shapel (Anglican) built in Port- is the oldest cllurbh .hi Ports• 1ts delightful gardens, has al- smouth on the Glebe Lands in mouth. · The present church 1s built on the site of the Queens ways been o~e of the show places 1638, the neighboring parsonage chapel was guilt in 1732. of Old . P~r1,s~outh.. The old or rectory being close by. Shortly To this which small church in Portsgarden m its s1mpllc1t~ and ar- after, the Massachusett.s Bay mouth, the queen made rangement has remamed un- Puritans, taking over the juris- presents of English a Bible, two chairs, changed for well over a century. diction of the colony, suppressed a prayer book and a set of ComThe rosa trellises came from the the Episcopal worship, In 1657 a munion silver stamped with the John Paul Jones house, the home new church was built beyond royal arms. The Bible, printed of the present owner's mother south Mill Bridge, and these two in Oxford in 1717, is called the bsfore her marriage. In the gar- buildings were turned into the "Vinegar Bible." A mistake was den there ls a cat and dog ceme- parsonage of the First Church made by the printer and the tery marked with stones where (Congregational), the mother heading of a chapter• reads, the nets of the family are buried. church of both North and South. "The parable of the Vinegar" In this cemetery Iles "Flora," a In 1704 this manse was burned. instead of "The parable of the black pointer, found by Dr. For nearly three centuries, Vineyard." There are but three Jc>.mes Rundlet May, the present therefore, this spot has been other copies of this Bible owned owner's father, on a deserted associated with the religious and in America. In 1745 the bell was plantation up the James River, ecclesiasti<!al life of the com- brought from Louisburg. Queen during the Civil War, while he munity. Caroline's chairs were placed in was a medical officer on a Union The musty clinging odor of old the Governor's pew. This church gunboat. books, the invitin 6 dimly lighted was destroyed by fire in 1806-. , The font from Senegal, the Abraham Wendell House shelves containing leather bound The Abraham Wendell man- : lassies and vo11:1mes of over a bell from Louisburg, the silver sl:in on Pleasant street, opposite cen tury past---th1s is the atmos- Communion service, prayer book Haven Park, was built about 1813 phere of th e Portsmouth ~t- and Bible were saved, together by Abraham Wendell son of John henaeum . The charm of colonial with one of the Queen's chairs, and Dorothy (Sherburne) wen- Port~mouth llnge:s through the through the efforts of .Alexander dell. Abraham Wendell and his spacwus rooms, the same Ladd and others. The corner brother Jacob were successful s1le?ce and the same books re• stone of the present chi:uch was l11"rchants and importers and mam as th ey were more than a laid in June, 1807. The bell, which suffered considerably co;1ducted their ships cha~dlery hundred years ago. . . • • t t Th:! Athenaeum 1s a private from the fire, was recast· by Paul esuabhshment on State s ree . library and was establish ed in Revere. There are many other in· On <?c t. 24_, 1809, Mr. we nd ell 1816. The present building was teresting and historic . relics_ in married Miss Sukey Gardner, purchased in 1823. The first the church which will · be disd~ughter of ~amu~l Gardner and ptesid snt was Mr. Nathaniel played to visitors_ togeth~ wHh mece of ~aJor William Ga rd ner Adams; this portrait is one of the magnificent oil pa:lntmgs reof Revolut10na:Y fame. The h!l-11 many fine oil paintings which cently given to St, John's and ls very beautiful and interior adorn the walls of the reading the many beaµtiful and rare shows unusu8:l carvings; the door room and library. vestments which have been glv• is an es ec1all fine raceful en to t'he parish"in ;recent years. Antiques to Be Exhibited in Old Portsmo11th Houses '.Annual Girl Scout Benefit Marks Opening of .Many Private Collections to Public �cue • n e will be served at the Women's Cty Club near the Rundlet May mansion. Among the patronesses for the tour are Mrs. Valentine Hollingsworth, Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller, Mrs. Barrett Wendell , Mrs. C. Leslie Glenn, Mrs. Henry C. Vaughan of Boston; Mrs. Eliot Hubbard, Jr., Mrs. Louis L. Green , Cambridge ; Mrs. Frederick Wynant of Ipijwich ; Mrs. Sargent Wellman , Topsfield; Mrs. John Mead Howells, Mrs. William Seabury, Miss Llewellyn Parsons, Mrs. J . G. Stone, and Miss Elizabeth Perkins of New York. · �B&MOFFICIALS AT CONFERENCE IN THIS CIJY Invited 4ere To Meet Citizens In Regard To Train Service Curtailment An informal conference of considerable importance to Greater Portsmouth's citizens took place yesterday afternoon at the Olty Council Chamber in City Hall, the conferees being the president of the Boston & Maine Railroad, two other high officials ot the line, and r epresentative business men of this city, and surrounding towns. President Edward French of the Boston & Maine, Vice President Laurence Whittemore, and Traffic Manager Frank McCarthy, the latter a native of this city, came here in reply to requests for such a conference sponsored by Mayor Kcnn11,rd Goldsmith, Marland D. Knowles, representing the local Chamber of Commerce and Frank W. Randall of the Seacoast Regional Development Association. The letters requesting the conference protested against the steady curtailment of railroad service over the Eastern Division and asked assurances to allay the resultant apprehension in regard to Greater Portsmouth' future rail facilities. The conference opened at 2.30 o'clock with Councilman Charles Durell presiding. · President French was introduced and spoke briefly, introducing In tw·n the Boston & Maine's vice president, Mr. Whittemore. Mr. Whittemore read the letters presenting the apprehension of this section over the loss of five trains daily in recent years, the last to go being the 2.52 a. m., westbound train. The conference was the result of repeated curtailments 011 the Eastern Division for the past several years, a situation that was climaxed by the recent transfer of an early morning train from the Eastern to the Western Division. Frank McCarthy, traffic manager of the raill'Oad, was next introduced, Mr. McCarthy disclain1ed ny intention on the part of the Boston & Maine to make Portsmouth a "dead-end." He stated that this neces.~ary reduction in service saved the railroad a tremendous amount of money, and took up each item of curtailment. He said that economy had been necessary all over the system. That the present railroad drawbridge has a draw inadequate for the proper development of this port was brought out. The Boston & Maine Railroad has made a preliminary com- mittal !or payment of $35,000 per year for use of a projected new combined 1ail and Wghway bridge, it was stated. President French stated that he firmly believee that if the situation in regard to the Salem Tunnel and the Portsmouth Bridge should be taken care of then the Eastern Division can be developed as a high-speed route. Business men and others from tbla city who addressed the meeting briefly on the railroad situation included Frank Remick, representing the local Chaml:fer of Commerce; o. B. Henderson, representing the Seacoast Regional Development Association; Peter IDckey, Oouncilman Charlea Durell, County Commissioner Irving Marston of North Hampton, E, Curtis Matthews, president of the Pi.scat.aqua Savings Bank ; J. D . Hartford of The Portsmouth Herald, Atty. Arthur E. Sewall, Russell Sawyer of Rye Beach, Select: man Oharles Williams ot Kittery, Richard Shelton, Andrew Jarvis, Alvin Redden, Dr. S. P. A. Pickering, B. J. Frosdick, offlce manager of the National Gypsum Co. plant here; Councilman Thomas Downs, and others. In closing the conference, President French assured the gathering that tho Boston & Maine Railroad has no int~ntlon of taking other trains awa, from service on the Eastern Division through Portsmouth and also that, 1n the event of any further chang In the service effecting Portsmouth being contemplated, the railroad management will first dlsouss the question with the interested representatlv citizens of Greater Portsmouth. Happenings Of Years Gone By Indian Troubles in 1694 During 1694 the Indians were not troublesome, at least during the first part of the year. Having lost several of their leaders they were desirous ot some respite from the fatigues of war. On the 11th of August they sent to the officers of tfie fort at Pemaquld proposals for peace which were accepted and they delivered hostages for the faithful performance of the terms of it on their part. The war had been peculiarly dlstre sing to the inhabitants of New Hampshire, as well as to their neighbors of the other provinces. Besides the los.s of lives, and the continual expense attending a state of war, they were interrupted in thelr agricultural pw·suits; in consequence of which provisions had become very scarce and dear and their trade, which consisted chiefly of lumber, was nearly destroyed. The news of peace was, therefore, very acceptable to them. But the peace was of short duration. The Indians, instigated by the French in .Canada, determined on a renewal of hostilities, and, according to their usual practice, gave no cause for suspicion until they were ready to strike the blow. The settlements ot\ Oyster Elver (Durham) were fixed on, as the most suitable place for the attack. Accordingly 250 Indians, commanded by Villieu, a French officer, arrived at their place of desLlnation undiscovered on the evening of July 17th, 1694 and, having placed a small party in ambush near every house on both sides of the river, made their attack unexpectedly early in the morning. Some of Lhe garrison houses were defended with great gallantry, at which the enemy was repulsed, but they succeeded in killing and capturing 94 persons and burning 13 houses. They retreated the next day and carried off their prisoners, and scalps of those they had killed. A small party crossed the Piscataqua river and came to the farrrt of Mrs. Ursula Cutt, and killed her and three men who were at work for her making hay on her farm which was situated about two miles above the bank. Col. Richard Waldron and his wife, with . their son, were providentially saved from falling into the hands of this party: They were -just ·preparfog to go by water to Mrs. Cutt·s where they were expected · for dinner, but were prevented by the arrival of some friends at their house. While at dinner they heard of her death, li'rom an old Issue of the "Congregationalist" "In 1661 the duties of the S\:hool master at Portsmouth, N. H., were as follows: to act aa court messenger, to serve swnmonses, to lead the choir on Sundays, ~ ring the bell for publlo worship, to dig graves, to take charge of the school and to perform other occasional duties." The Municipal Election In 1854 Mayor Horton D. Walker was a candidate for re-election and he easily won. He was elected on the Whig ticket, polling 626 votes. Jeremiah D. Goodrich on the Democratlo ticket re• celved 456 votes, whlle Brackett Hutchinbs, who had been running for the past two times on the Free Soil ticket received 59 votes. �CHARLES Ee HODGDON DIES IN90THYEAR Was Widely Known In Fraternal Circles CHARLES E. HODGDON One of Portsmouth's oldest and most widely-known native sons, Oharles E. Hodgdon, died last night in his 90t-h year at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Albert Witham, 1572 Woodbury !lV~nue. On Nov . 30, 1933, he ob.served his golden w~d<ilng anniversary with his wife, who has since passed away. They were married in Northfleld In 1882 by Rev. H. P. Philbrook, then pastor o! the Methoolst Church at Tilton. Mr. Hodgdon was one of Portsmouth's most esteetn{ld citizens and very loyal to his home town and interested in everything for its betterment. He was an industrious man, devoted to his church and a constant attendant as long as he was able and his Ohrlstlan characteristics were such 11,8 made h1m have the respect of all who knew him. In his home he was a kind husband and father and nexer so happy as when with bis family and all were devoted to him. A kind neighbor and friend, he always had a pleasant word for those he met and many will miss ht/I cheery greeting and his memory will long be revered. He was widely known throughout the state for his activities as a Mason and as an Odd Fellow. He had been a member of Osgoocl Lodge of Odd Fellows for 58 years, a Mason for nearly 50 years and a member of Strawberry Banlc Grange for 29 years. He was born in this city Oct. 27, 1848, the son of Benjamin and Hannah (Frye) Hodgdon. At the age of 19 he began working in the Ice busi.I\ess, in which he continued fo·: over 50 years, retiring April 1, 1918. For many years he was active in politics, serving as a Republican member of the old board o! aldermen. He served as a member of the board of assessors at one time and for 27 years was a member of the board of instruction. He was .a member of the Middle Street Baptist Church and had servea in many an office there. Among his fellow members of Osgood Lodge he will be long remembered as having held a most unusual record. Mr. Hodgdon was appointed Inside guard by the late Jeremiah C. Shaw in July, 1882, and wa& also vice grand the same year, The next year he held the position of noble grand and was warden In . July, 1885. At the same time he . was chosen conductor, an office which he ,held for 95 terms. He was at one time a member of the state legislature. Another of his achievements was in June, 1901, when the initiatory degree was conferred on candidates, and h~· filled all offices, for whleh he received honorable mention. He- had been a tr1.LStee for over 50 years and was a member of the Odd Fe1Iows Home Corporation at Concord and a member of the Grand Lodge, He wa.s a past chief patriarch of Strawberry Bank Encampment and rei.ired as a major In the Second Regiment of Canton Senter. During his metnbershlp in Osgood Lodge he established many records and the members o! the organization will long remember him and be proud of the !act that he was a part of the order. Mr. Hodgdon was a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 1, A . F. & A. M. and a 32nd degree Mason. Until recent years he l'.ttended the meetings regularly. . He was a member of the Ineffable Grand Lodge of Perfection and Princes of Jerusalem of this city, New Hampshire Chanter o! Rose Croix of Dover and New Hampshire Consistory, 32° o! Nashua. He was president of the John Paul Jones Club of this city a,nd a member of the Massachusett.s Socletv of Son,q of the American Revolution. He is survlved by three daughters, Mrs. Albert Witham of this city, Mrs. Howard K . Gratt.eau of Miami, Fla., and Mrs. Lewie J. Wadleigh of Tilton, and 15 grandchildren. Funeral se1-vlce.s will be held at thll Middle Street Baptist Church Friday M 2:30 p. m. Friends Invited. �Historic Houses Open July 19 For Girl Scout Benefit The annual summer fete of the ! family and is now owned by Mr. Ralph (lreater Portsmouth Oouncil, Girl May, author of "Early Portsmouth Scouts, will be held on Tuesday, July History", who ls a great grandson of fa, when some of the famed houses of James Rundlett, through his daughter Portsmouth will be open to the publlo. Louisa, On Pleasant street, opposite the This lovely house with its interesting famed Governor Woodbury Langdon barn, sheds and yards, its delightful Mansion, 1a the Rev. Samuel Langdon garden in much its original state with House, for many years the home of a cat and dog cemetery for the pets ¥ts, Thomas Aston Harris. The house of the family ls one of the dignified was built in 1749 by her great-grand- places of old Portsmouth. It was for father, the Rev. Samuel Langdon, D. many years the home of Dr. James D., minister of the North Ohurch from Rundlett-May, who served as medical 1747 until 1770, and later president of officer In the United States navy durHarvard College. The house was erect- ing the Civil War. ed on the site of the first chapel (AnThe Abraham Wendell mansion on gllcan) built in Portsmouth In 1638. Pleasant street, opposite Haven Park, Soon afterward the Massachusetts Bay was built about 1813 by Abraham WenPuritans, taking over the jurisdiction dell, son of John and Dorothy WenOf the colony, suppressed the Episcopal dell. Abraham Wendell's father was an worship. In 1657 a new church was intimate friend of Capt. John Paul built beyond the South Mill Bridge Jones, and his brother was a cabin boy and these two buildings were turned on the Ranger, commanded by the into the parsonage of the First Church. great naval hero. Congregational. Abraham Wendell and his brother, The Portsmouth Athenaeum, also to Jacob, were successful merchants and be openea to the public July 19, wasi importers and conducted their ships established as a private library in 1816, chandlery establishment on State The present building was purchased 1n street. On Oct. 24, 1809, Mr. Wendell 1823 and the membership today 1J married Miss Sukey Gardner, da.ughmuch the same as when the library ter of Samuel Gardner and a niece of was founded, Membership is limited to Major William Gardner of revolutlon100. The charm of colonial Portsmouth ary fame. For many yea.rs this old lingers through the spacious book filled mansion was occupied by John Samuel rooms, the dimly lighted shelves con- Gardner, son of the builder. It ls now ta.ining leather bound classics and an• the home of ex-Mayor S. F. A. Plckclent volumes over a century old, ering, Among its treasures are the private Another of the famed show places of libraries of B~njamln Trediclt and Portsmouth to be opened for the Girl Charles Levi Woodbury, There ls an Scout benefit is St. John's Church, the Interesting Algonquin bible in columns oldest church in Portsmouth, It ls built of Indian and English translated by on the slte or the old Queen's Chapel. John Eliot. The library also owns The church was destroyed by fire in "Good News from a Far Country" by 1806 and was rebuilt the following year. Jonathan Parsons, reputed to be the The bell was brought from Louisburg first book printed: In New Hampshire. in 1745 by Sir Wllliam Pepperrell and There are beautifully illustrated bibles was recast after the fire, by Paul Redating back to 1478 and the ship mod• vere. Queen Caroline, who was pa.rtl• els owned by the library are outstand- cularly interested in this church which Ing, the most valuable on display being was named in her honor, made pre• that of the "America," This was one sents of a. Bible, prayer book, two of the outstanding ships built in chairs and a set of communions, sllPortsmouth, and was the first ship o! ver stamped with royal arms. The Bi• her class built by the colonies after ble was printed in Oxford In 1717 and the break with Great Britain, ls .known as the "Vinegar Bible" beTwo other houses to be opened for cause o! a mistake made in printing the benefit of the Portsmouth Girl in the heading of one of the pages in the Scouts on July 19 are the Rundlett-May Gospels which reads the "Parable of House and the Abraham Wendell Man- the Vinegar" instead o! the "Parable 11!on on Pleasant street. The Rundlett of the Vineyard.'' May manston, early 19th Century, was built in 1806-'07 by James Rundlett, a native of Exeter who went to Portsmouth about 1794 and who had become an Influential merchant conducting his counting room on Market street in Portsmouth. In this house he and Mrs. Rundlett, who was born Jane Hlll of Portsmouth, brought up a large famll . The house has always been in the �Portsmouth Herald Phol;Q Puppet.<t To Be Used In Russian Play For Benefit Of Rye Public Llbmry, A puppet show reaturing two plays wlll be given at the Rye library on saturday afternoon, July 16, at 3 o'clock. The first or the plays Jil a pkstoral sket.ch, "The Little Shepherdess," by Andre .R.lvalre, who Is one of the genuine poets or the younger generation. He has infused into his plays much of h18 poetic spirit and the power or the poet to construct a play at once dramatlo and beautUul. The econd play, "'Ilhe Marriage Pro~ pollal," 1s by Anton Tcheko!f, who .ls one of the masters of contemporary Russian literature , His plays are cousldered c!Mslca in Russia while his stories of Russian ll!e are !~moua for their style and insight into peasant IUe and the peasant mind. In "The Marriage Proposal," he shows a lighter side of Rustan country Ille, Infusing some of the plrit of the great Gogol into his broad character porLrayats. In this play he ppear11 to be asking his audience to oast of! restraint and laugh with him at the stupidity and naivete, as well as good-hearte1ness of the people he khew so well . The demand for tickets has ' bee11 so great that it has been found necessary to have two complete shows, 1one at 3 o'olock and one at 4:15. A silver tea and candy sale will follow the prod1,1ctlons. The proceeds will be used for the purchase of new books !or the Rye libtary. The puppets which are very cleverly made are the handiwork of Thomas Rand of Rye Center. The puppeteers who will present "The Little Shep~ herdess" are Miss Evelyn Drake, Mrs. May Bishop and Mrs. Jessi~ Herlihy, while those who will preljent "The Marriage Proposal" are Thomas Rand, Miss Emma Foss and Rev. Bertram Crocker. The committee in charge of the production is composed of Miss Helen Drake and Thomas Rand. �GIRL SCOUT B~NEFIT TODAY �~ ' t,~; :·~~L :-.• • \_/~ :·,•••; -~;,,-~::_ ....:-~ ' .. '•,. ~":'<'. ~ ~::.: .:-; .-·.. • • • ••.:i.:',:i.. '',. ::::;~ i ~ . >. ...... __ ,. ·:.-' ·.,.. ~- ':• _.·},. ~t~~ ;nalC~;oth~ Ricklef, -~~~~~'-R~-;;~;1: ~~iilip~ B~d;.~-l ~M;~. Ed;~~a\v~~~ell, -:: Mary Elizateth Griffin, Margaret IMrs. Ray B. Foye, Mrs. Harold s:n1th, Whitman Dorothy Whitman, Mary •Miss Rosam0nd Thaxter, Mrs. Willard Anna Pe;ser Jane Hazzard, Muriel · Grant, the Misses Louise Grant, Bennett Edith Salden Barbara Brack- Frances Heaiey, Mary Ellen Ganter, ett, Hel~n R ondeau, Jean Stephenson, Barbara Smith, yirginia Peyser, Ma_ri- · Lois Craig. _on Taylor, Loutse Matthews, Justme Girl ScoutA, serving tea: Jean Craig, Hartford. . constance Dennett, Alberta Furey, Miss Marg1.ret Freshm~n, ~1ss Edna Louise McGill, Sheila McGill, Con- Toenessen, Mrs . Ralph .,unkins, Mrs. stance Riley Virginia Robinson, Eunice Jo-el Sheppard, Mrs. Donald MacL~chSeveral Historic Houses Lewis, Meredith Coffin, Alice Seaward, lan, -Miss Pauline Bradford, l':'1~s_. RichOpen To Public Barbara Raynes, Marjorie Noyes, Paul- man S. Marr;:r~n, Mrs. Wilham C. ine Rowe, n-irothy Smith, Louise Frink, Walton, Jr., 1~1ss ~orothy . Vaughan, Yesterday Afternoon Nathalie Leav:.tt Felicia Webster, Eliz- \Miss Dorothy Corbm and MlSS _-DoroIt took more than the rainy weathe abeth Richards, 'carolyn Procter and ,t ·::h::::e=.a.:.K=n:.:.o.:..t:_t_. --:----,,---:-::---------' -4 ~ i of Tuesday to cause a postponemen Frances T:i:efer,hen. . , <_- --_ , -. sea. Scouts. Kittery: John Wheel, -~ _,-&--. _ ' . . . . -:.~ _1 .' ~.. _., ~d _, .[ of the Girl Scouts historical tour yes- Robert d'F.nt,rtmont, Robert Brooks. '\" ~ ~ - · terda.y, and although the weather The palrone.rnes for the event were: ·· ~ lC\ ~_&. might have kept some away, many Mrs . John Mead Howells, Mrs, William did turn out to take advantage of the SeE>,bury, Miss Llewellyn S. Parsons, opportunity to see some of Ports- M;s. · J. G. stone, Miss Eliza.beth Permouth's fine old buildings. The in- kins, New York; Mrs. Valentine Holteriors of these a.re as well preserved as lingsworth :Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller, Mrs. ' the outside and Portsmouth has a Barrett w~ndell, Mrs. c. Leslie Glenn, great many such places in which to Mrs. Henry G:. Vaughan, Boston; Mrs. take a great deal of pride. Eliot Hubba.rd Jr., Mrs. Lewis Perry, The Rundlet-May house on Middle Mrs. Louis ' L. Green, Cambridge, street, the Abraham Wendell house o Mass .; Mrs. Frederick Wynant, Ips- ,. Pleasant street, the Samuel Langdon wich Mass .; Mrs. Sargent· Wellman, ::':, ' i house on Pleasant street, the Ports- Top;field, M'.'lss .; Mrs. Charles B. :;:~ _ci ! mout h Athena.eum, and the St. John's Manning, Mrs . George Warren, Mrs. ': .. . · ' · church were included in this historic- Harry Jackson Mrs. Ha,rry Davis, Mr~. -al tour. At ,each house were hostesses Carl Fuller, Manchester; Mrs. Francis . who explained many of the articles on P. Murphy, N2.shua ; Mrs. Guy Swen- · exhibition, telling of their origin and ison Concord; Mrs. Huntley N. Spa.uld• , , ,_ history. The rain prevented a _close ling ' Mrs. Ro,land Spaulding, Miss An• -~ examination of the gardens of the old · 'i nie' Wallace. Mrs. Conrad Snow, Mrs. -South parsonage and also of the May \Lesiie snow, Rochester; Mrs, E. F • _. house, but the visitors got a glimpse Thayer, Farrrington; Mrs. Walter of these attractive places from the Hartwig, Ogunquit; Mrs. C. J. Ma.nhouses. uel, Dover; Mrs. Basil Atwood, Mrs. During the afternoon tea was served Austin . Ca.lei, Barrington; Mrs. Sher- · at the Women's City club. Those who wood Rollins, Durham Point; Mrs. ma.de the tour of the four historical Lewis Perry, Mrs Arthur G . Lea.cock, · points of interest, dropping in for tea Mrs. Samuel H . Bel1, Mrs. Arthur J • dur ing· the tour. Connore, M~s . Winthrop Fiske, Mrs. This is the first historical tour of w . Burt Folsom, Mrs. Hervey Kent, the season and was for the benefit of , Exeter; Mrs. Wallis D. Walker, Rye __ •"· ,. 1the Girl Scouts of Greater Ports- Bea.ch; Mrs. C. Christian Born, \mouth. Ea.ch summer in the past they straw's Point , Rye; Mrs. Walter B. Ihave sponsored some similar event, Farmer, Hampton Falls; Mrs. Cyrus whereby homes not usually open t,o ·. Cole, Mrs. ~ - S. Denig, lYTrs. H , R. the public, have been available for in- , Grrnnlee, Portsmouth Navy Yard; Mrs. Charles Jerome Edwards, Mrs. G eorge \ spection. I The general committee was as fol- B. Lord, Mrs. Chairles M. Dale, Mrs. ;/-, lows: Mrs. Morris C. Foye, 2nd, genH. Clinton Taylor, Mrs : Robert Undereral chairman, _assisted by Miss Rosa- wood Mrs. Chester Mayo, Portsmouth; ·,1mond Thaxi~r. Mrs. Alvin Redden, Mrs .' A. A. Mooney, York. ::f,'.:· ·) Mrs. Ralph Junkins, Mrs. Edwin -r. · The hostesses were: Mrs. Maxwell •-~-•_:.~_;_;~,.> \ Wendell Mrs W . M . Farrington, Mrs. Ganter Mrs. George B . Lord, Mrs. _ .. . Frank Paterson . · Willia~ sea.bury, Mrs. James Lowe, ~Publicity: Mrs. Ralph W. Junkins, Mrs. Robert V.'hitma.n, Mrs . Charles E . .Mrs. Ed win Wendell, Miss Helen Kelley Batchelder, Mrs. M. E . Leavitt, Mrs. ; RQstesses:· Mrs. William E. Fa.rringWilliam E. MarvL>i, Mrs. Charles M. ton, chairman. Dale Mrs. Edgar Blancha.rd, Mrs . . Tell.: Mrs. Frank E. Paterson, assist- . Cha.;les H. Batchelder , Mrs. Lester 1 ed by Mrs. Ro,P.nd Noyes, Mrs. Wyman /' Harding Mrs.. George Warren, Mrs. · !Boynton, Mr$. George Tref~th~.I.1 . Mrs. 1 Wallis D. Walker Mrs. Frederick Del: !Earl Webst.er M_rs. Elmer McAllister, ano Mrs. Marjorie M. ~rtford, . _ Mrs. Byron P erkms. , Mr;. John B. Mooney, Mrs . Benjamin 1 .;\.~, i T ea tables and waitresses: Mrs. Alvin _ Hartshorn, Mrs. Joseph P. Conn~r, .. ,_., · iRedden, Mrs. Roy Harmon, Miss Dor- _ Mrs. E. Curtis Matthews. Mrs. EdV:m ~:. •..; :othy ;Beesley, Ca.mp Pisca.ta.qua directs .. Kent, Mrs. Henry Reuter, Mrs. Vic, ors, a._n d Miss Marie Youngerman. tor Boss Mrs. Frank P. Rowell, Mrs. ,:_;-:._·_·:, · ·· _:I Gutdes : Mr-;. Roy Harmon, chairRalph F~obbher, Mrs. William Fa.r!man; . KacheriI'e Jarvis, Rosamond Engton, Mrs . No:man E. Rand, Mrs. I Raynes, Betty Schurman, Edith Fer"'--'--~ - -- :_GIRL SCOUTS .BENEFIT TOUR i SUCCESSFUL 0 T~ f< ., - t -~ _ . - ---·_--·- . - .·. - --- ----- : 1 �Two Local Girls~ Become Golden Eaglet Scouts :J Elizabeth Bovard And Dorothy Flanagan Honored At Ceremony At Camp Piscataqua ELIZABETH BOVARD DOROTHY FLANAGAN In an impressive ceremony in the small country church in which Camp Piscataqua holds all Scout's Own ceremonies Elizabeth Bovard and Dorothy Flanagan were presented with thelr Golden Eaglet award. This is the highest award a Girl Scout can receive. It signifies that the girl is upright, capable, fair and a true Girl Scout. Hazel Genereux of Quincy played the organ as friends, relatives and campers were ushered into the church by the unit heads. Miss Elizabeth Bovard is the daughter of Mrs. Dorothy Bovard of Lincoln Avenue. Elizabeth entered Scouts December, 1931, as a member of Troop 4. In 1932 she transferred t-0 Troop 11. Upon entering the Portsmouth IDgh School Elizabeth transferred t-0 Troop 1, the High School Troop. In 1936 she was awarded her first class badge and has also earned her five year stripe which signifies active membership in scouting for five years. She ls very active in school clubs and church activities. During her many years in scouting she has spent part of each summer at Camp Plscataqua. In the past week she has been the bugler and will continue to be for the next week. Miss Dorothy Flanagan ls tne daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Flanagan of Sherburn Avenue. Dorothy joined Troop 11 fn October 1931, and in 1937 joined the High School Troop. Both of these troo s were led b Mrs. WJil!am Page. Dorothy was regular in her attendance and earned either a gold or silver star each year. She also has a .five-year stripe for active membership in scouting. In May, 1936, she was awarded her first class badge. Dorothy has been a camper at Plscataqua for different periods of time for four years. In school she ls very active in sports and clubs. Dorothy Flanagan is the first girl of the original Troop 11 to receive her Golden Eaglet award. First class badges were awarded t-0 Louise Baker and Edith Fernald. Louise ls the daugl'lter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bak!)r of South Street, Portsmouth. Louise has been a member of Troop 11 since 1932. Edith Fernald is a member of Troop 2 which ls led by Miss Dorothy Vaughan. Mrs. Roy Harmon, Lieut. of Troop 1, awarded the first class badges. The candlelight ceremony, led by Barbara Watson, based on the Girl Scout laws and promise, was used in awarding the two Golden Eaglet pins. Mrs. William Page, troop captain, presented Elizabeth Bovard and Dorothy Flanigan t-0 Miss Dorothy Beesley, the camp direct-Or. After saying a few words fn praise Miss Beesley presented the two girls with their Eaglet piruJ. The ceremony closed with the singing of the -"Girl Scout Hymn." Those who assisted in the candlelight ceremony were: Margaret King, Helen SwUt, Mary Evelyn Dutton, Virginia Trott, Jeannette McAlister, Frances Rand, Audrey Piper, Phyllis Charlock, Joan Charlock, Eleanor Knowlton, Louise Baker, and Dorothy Rand. �LOCAL HOME INDUSTRIES BENEFIT TODAY Gardens At "Greetan," Summer Residence of Hon. and Mrs. Green At New Castle. Tea wlll be served in the gardens of "Greetan;' the summer residence of Hon. and Mrs. Louis Lawrence Green at New Castle on July 22 from 3 to 6 p , m. The gardrn party follows the opening of the historic Peirce mansion at 16 Court street. This beautiful old house which has not been open to the public for several years, Is occupied today by the great-grandson of the original builder, John Peirce. The house was built in 1799 a.nd it is prob• able that Bulfinch was the designer. The house is furnished with lovely antiques and ha.! a circular staircase set off by a mahogany settle designed to fit thA curve of the stairway. The house will be open from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. and its visitors during those hours a.re invited to have tea in gardens of Greetan, where there will be an exhibit. of articles from the Home Industries Shop, for whose benefit these beautif:.tl places are being shown. The Green estate ls artistically landscaped and overlooks the Plscataqua. The Ellzabeth:m rock gBJ:den is unique and the extensive lawn ls shaded by spreading fruit, trees and dotted with old-fashioned flower beefs. Tea will be served at .small tables in this restful setting by the M)sses Lois Tanner Green, Justine Hartfot·d, Rita Lock• wood, Louise Matthews, Priscilla Peirce, Betty Whittaker a.nd Mrs. Lester Harding, Jr. Admission to the Peirce house is 60 cents, which Includes the tea at Greet.an. Weeping skies dld not deter those interested in the Portsmouth Home Industries from attending the benefit being held today. The historic Peirce mansion located on Haymarket Square is onen throughout the day, and following an inspection of this very in• teresting place, tea will be served at "Greetan", the summer home of Judge and Mrs. Louis Lawrence Green at New Castle, from 3 until 6 this afternoon. The Portsmouth Home Industries, prior to the opening of its shop on l:jtate strj!et last year, for two years COQ.ducted a salesroom in the barn bAck of the Peirce man ion. The family havE: always shown an interest in the work and this year opened their home for the benefit. One of the finer examples of architecture, this house with its beautiful fan light over the front door, attracts the attention of thousands of persons as they pass through this city. Built duriqg the last of the 1700's, it is believed that Bulfinch designed the structure. The house is furnished appropriately t-0 its period, much of the furniture being handed down through the years from the first Peirce who constructed the house. From 10 o'clock, and lasting until 6, people took this opportunity to view the interior of the house they had admired so much from the exterior. Those who visited the house also went to Greetan for tea during the afternoon. Located on the waterfront in New Castle, the Green estate is a very beautiful place. The Elizabethan rock garden, old fashioned flower beds, all go toward making it very artistically landscaped. �h,'.,~ ;.,,-\';',!..,-"'I'\.'•': ', • • i • ~ ;.•,1J.~';..~\lo:'/: • ... •,.:.._r~~-(1~~ -•, •:r •....!,•;,,~(,• •~ '••,~'t_t,,~•.:•:i,•/r•"' ► ./\J'•1~-;"' • •;.\,t;'°;!• ,' ~~tu -- . .-· ~· • .\c:1··.·i::,~'.",;:;•~= :~1~~d~::;~,:;;~~ ,) ,,;,"C:'!~• : ~~°'~ '~~:~i::" -~~ ~'f~.;:~:': appenrngs f .ftea ...s· .,. fGone B(J ~:'.i -'.' I • ,':. , ::,[.. '"?\ fl't~+s~·~dss~-c.~-\~ :ft~ 'ie.~.k:~af~~~ri.Xv;;. ~~'~ · ·.· :-:,;,'' .:•!c- .::~ -- •_1.:_•:,\:_• :_ r/'io • ·" - ·, I , '.t'•·I ::o••i° W. " 'Indian L ~ War in lll<l6 and '9'1 ~-· ~ t tf:freakfaS . : ~it~·{~t1"i~:··:·::,:7'_'?.:;_')l~}-. ,; I ........ •":• '· P\' 3!i _.. ;:r '.~_•:_:_.·.•.;. 1 1 Hill-French Invasion f-?, On the 7th day of May, l696, John \ phurch, who had been taken and es(.Jcaped from the Indians seven years ;\' ;before was killed and scalped at co' ·, ' · :·,:checo, near his own house. On th e 26th a· ;of June an attack was made at Ports• E..,\mouth Plains, about two miles from ~:'ithe town. The enemy came ~rom York '~ iNubble to S~ndy Beach m canoes, ;1 jwhich they hid there among ~h~ bush;_·-, -es near the shore. Some suspicion was i{'! formed the day before by reason of 1as Otis, Mary Downs, and Mary Jones; those wounded were Richard , Otis, Anthony Lowden and Experience \ Heard; those captured were John TueI ker, Nicholas Otis, Jr., a_nd Judith i Ricker. On the 25th of August following, Lieut. Lock was slain by the Indians at Sandy Beach, and soon after Arnold Breck was shot at betwixt Hampton and Greenland. .:;; anothel' bond issue of $25,000 for per- .. ·? ,.,. ...... •:,: manent improvement o_n streets, /:', _ .c' :" ,. ,. , . bridges and parks, including new blea- _-... ~•. :. chers at the baseball diamond at the' ,.•·.. .'/· · ,, . . playgrounds. It was also acted to make :".? _.: i-.· '. ,; ?' ; -, a $20,000 bond issue for the paving of ,:·,0·'·:\f}, _'. _.-·-' A streets. General funds and water de- :-,./;}·c,, • /: · :Jl partment funds were made available 0~{\;?;;:_-; for July 1 to September. _, ,,- . : .. :..-. •. Councilman Charles T. Durell made "-".,: . '"';J->·.· a motion that the council thank Ar· ·;:f/;:f-,} 1 thur Harriman, chairman of the Ses·.1:.:.h1 :·-: ;;i qui-Centennial, for work in prep~ring ___ ;',~,~-::~t!-, , historical signs for this city and for ;_~-.:_i..-,,~.>if.1.'~:;t the splendid work he had charge of in ~~'{Jf?':~;::'•~%.;:-[':' connection with the celebration re- -.<-:.- •:\ 7 Jc-;, .. " cently held at Concord. ·,/,~_-;,;:~ "!'}-').: The Election in 1855 'After having been elected for two years as a Whig, Horton D. Walker entered the election of 1855 as the candidate of the American (Know Nothing) party. He was triumphantly elected by 324 majority, receiving 883 votes to 556 for J. D. Goodrich (his last year's opponent) Democrat, and three scattering. This was a very large [vote for those days. Mr. Walker was the first man to be elected for three . consecutive years as Mayor. He was · chosen again 17 years later but died '.-:_,_·. early in that year. :..\. ___ .. ,., _ ,, _ ,, , . ,;,3.i.'-;;~:.;._'{'i_-_:-£i:;,t,,•:~j:;• -';~ · ,,.,., '. · ~- ~ .%,~-~ 1':,;:!-';,\/· b_#_}_;_,J-tLh1·tet·lceatHtlearrbuonr,~inbugtoufatlsoef tahlearwmosodwsearet .-.,~_\f.;_J_';.:~_}_::-~"-··.: ;~. •c-·" _:,, ...;",. ? _ , Two Sites Claimed In N. H. for House , 'By $~de of Road' __ !,t":~:_i;._;_~-~ -~-~-~-'-~ _·:_ _1 __~~,f,_).·_:~.?,_:_/ Special to The Chri stian Science Monitor ; ·•·'\:.·.:~-- .;r, .· .~. "er~'',.·,~ • TILTON, N. H., July 7-There are j~i ~~:1~~~\:~i ::isth:a~~;:in~u~~e ~~= ~·ic··· 1·rv ·,'" co-u·<.•N·'· c·w1L· " . .. ·:~ ~~;g!:~e:o~:e\!~ ~~:pi:a~:~sh!~ was made on five h~uses at once. :;\ , -~ Sam Walter --.Foss' "The House by t;· 1Fourteen persons were killed on the : • the Side of the Road." For many nd ;;:~ •. :~~v!~:tdan~ f~:ftw!~~ ~, years a sign on the Manchestertaken . . The enemy having plundered "' , Candia Road has pointed the way to ' • th e h ouses Of what t·hey could carry . ' · A city council meeting was held at :_'··1! a farmhouse that was held to be the ; ·-; set them on fire, and made a prec1pi. _ i inspiration for the poem. •:;) tate retreat through the great swamp. · City ~all la st evening a nd was opened Now Tilton has placed a marker t-~;, A company of militia under . Capt, · by Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith with on a cottage on School Street in that ;_} Shackf_ord _!).nd Lieut. _Libbey pursue~, ,, all except Councilman T. J. Downs town setting it forth as "The House 7,'. and discovered them cooking their present City Solicitor Leo Liberson reby the Side of the Road.'' It was f breakfast at a place called Breakfast . ·th h d t r • · in this house that Mr. Foss roomed ~- Hill in Rye. The Indians were on the ported at work on t e us e tminawhile a student at Tilton School and ::.. · farther side · having placed their cap- ' tor at the National Gypsum Company · Fred A. Smart, an instructor in Engi_'·'.1f. . , tives betwe;n themselves . and the top . had started and is progressing satisfac!ish at the school, reports a letter f. of the hill, that in case of an attack 1 torily, i written to Mr. Foss by a daughter ;'. they might receive the fire first. The 1 A petition from Leroy F. Alley asking of Charles Forrest-who owned the t: lieutenant pleaded to go 'round the to purchase two lots on Sherburne st. house when Mr. Foss lived therehill and come upon them below to cut was referred to the committee on city . expressing th e general th0 ughts of the even though the poem was ;) off their retreat, but the C11ptain fear- lands and buildings. not poem, written until later. In other ~~ ing in that case they would, according Two claims regarding the spattering words, Tilton's claim to "The House t- to their custom, . kill the prisoners, -. of tar on South street residences were I by the Side of the Road" is based \-1 rushed upon them from the top of the -J received from Neil Schiott and Vir- J on the assumption that this letter t; hill, by which means they re-took the _) ginia B. Newton. According to the . ·l and the house where Mr. Foss lived ·, cap t·1ves an d p lun d~r, b u t th e I. n d'tans, · claims the tar was spa tte served as the inspiration for the . red . recen ti y •; rolling down the hill, escaped mto the : while the road was being oiled and po:i:;t a close friend of Mr. Foss ;f- swamp and got their canoes. , sanded. The claims were referred to the revealed a short time ago that he reVJ Another party, under another com- -.' committee on claims. membered Mr. Foss saying he had }[:' mander, Gerrish, was then sent out in : A letter of appreciation was received no particular house in mind when ~,: shallops to intercept them as they from Rev. R. W. Grasser and Olaf , i he wrote the poem. ;; should cross over to the eastward by Johnson, both of Benson Street, thankf'· night. The captain ranged ·his boats ing the city for improvements on the •. ·. in a line, and ordered his men to re- ·; streets there. Tc.ere was a petition serve their fire till he gave the watch- from John c. Shaw, manager of the word. It being a calm night, the In- Consolidation Coal Company, for in· 1 ,,; dians were heard as they advanced; stalling a gas pump and tank on Marbut the Captain unhappily giving the ket street granted by the Councilmen. '.}, word. before they had come within Clement R. Moulton, plumbing in:·;• gunshot, they tacked about to the specter, made his department report southward, and going around the Isles and the second quarterly report of of Shoals, by the favor of their light . Marshal Leonard M. Hewitt was ac- :f-'. - ·.,, :" '::i, [!-.( canoes, escaped. The watchword. was . cepted. There w:.s a report of the , :r. Crambo, which the captain ever bore street Commissioners for the second ~;, as an appendage to his . title. On the · quarter accepted. ._. .,. 1~ 2-. twenty-sixth day of July the people in : A resolution to transfer funds within . .., .. _, ..... .- .};''~ov~r were waylaid as they :"ere re- · the poor department was passed. The :'-t,,,;:,\ff<?"':,:;J/ J=;jf'' •"'•:._;f{ ,_. ,_ ·_ turning from. the public worship, when . act called for $200 being trans.ferred ~:>?--_~'_._.'4\{;.':_l~~ _·_. . ,'. ~~i >~ ,.~- three were killed, three wounded, and from direct relief to shelter. · ,,~;4:1~'.Ftt·',~~~/-,._;c_ ·;::- _thr!~ carri:d __to _ _!~?bsco~'. _ from -.:..- _ 1 '.i::.-:-_.,. .:-.... ;>:"f~- : '/~}i-il>.t,::_Jit-i:i~--'-1 ,;,::..._';.;':; , ,,; ~ tack ~~~~ ~~~ '·'. I ,.j HAS MEETING ). I t:~ }1:/(\~)::}~t;~/ .. ·~rJ ·, ·..:.,_ . ; _; . l\ t t_ :i t t t· t 0 0 ~-::'..'-:..-':;' .. ;_ ..._.. -,-:,~.:"r ·:.:;.;:_-:.-, �Mrs. Barrott Wendell <>i' Marlboro :ftreet, Boston. and Portsmouth yester• ~Y sent invitations to a tea at the ,;warner House in Portsmouth to a ;q.l.mited group of prominent local r.esiijents, to be held Monday, Aug. 1. The ,~ will formally open a t.wo-week e_x• f ~ibition of ra!e antiques and iamily ~irlooms Jn the famous old house • itter the first day, which is reserved the ex./ . r those attending the tea, ·' blt will be open to the public from ~ug. 2 t-0 13, from 10 a. m. t-0 6 p. m., f,bcluding Sunday, Aug. 7. · Mrs. Arthur D. Hill of "The Barns," · Portsmouth, , member · of the bou..oe ' ~mmittee · of the Warner House, is , ~airman o! the committee in charge of .t he tea. Mrs, Hill, who as a member of , tl;e board of governors of the Warner ·~ouse Assoclation has long been active OD: support o;: t-h.e house, will be assisted , by ·Mrs. Henry L. Green of Portsmouth, ifirst vice chamnan of the as.soolation, and Mrs. George H. Warren of New ; Castle, a member of the board of gov~rnors. On the m,·itations committee, in ad• joition to Mrs. Wendell, who is honora~y ch-airman of the Warner House Assoc1; ation, are Mrs. William E. Marvin, •·'\ !chairman of the association, Mrs. J. J Templema.n Coolidge and Mrs. J. ~ :, -- : Winslow Pelrce, all of Portsmouth, Mrs. ..,, . ,Henry a. V:iughan of South Berwick and Mrs. Miles White of York Harbor. \in charge of the entire exhibit pro'gram are Mrs. Wendell, Mrs. Marvin ' and Mrs. Louis Lawrence Green (Virs;inia Tanner) of New Castle and Cambridge well Jmown for her direction of eucces;ful pl\geants. ; Members oi the board of governors jwill receive and answer questions about · the collections in .the various rooms on the opening day and a number of girls and young women, dressed ln beautiful "" I<i<)lonial cost1imes, some of which have . ·, come down through their families, will .j ·• · ·. , &\ssist in the serving of tea. Miss Ro.sa.mond Thaxt.er of Kittery Fomt is n ~harge of these assistants, ,vho include N. rs. William Wallace And.erson. Mi.•s Mercie Tarbell Clay, Miss . Anne Decatur Miss Mary Fuller, Miss Lois Tann'er Green , Mrs. Lester Harding Jr. ML5s Justine Hartford, Miss j l'di,.cy L~x, Mlss Virginia Lowell, Miss Priscilla Peirce Miss Joan Powell, Miss Josephine RJce, Miss Margaret. Simes · ·I &ntl Miss Eliza.beth Warren . ' Some of tll~ ioveliest and me-st t.reas'·u;ed pieces of furniture, tapeSt.ry, china and p"lfntings now ornamenting ' the beautiful private colonial mansions_ of Portsmouth will be seen in this ex· hibit. The Warner House ltself, built ' in 1716-23 one of the most interesting l .I .1 _,._:....:..,'_ ., -=- - .....: - - - and mo~t beautiful of Portsmouth's !--The-Warner HC'use has hacCtiie ben~ historic homes is a fitting background :fit of much helpful advice from this l for such an u~usual exhibit. The hall i !flommittee, which includes Joseph E. cf the hous~ has frescoes of unknown Chandler, authority on colonialy. art, ' origin, men tinned in Kenneth Roberts' j who· r-estcr!!d ihe fireplace in the kitch1·oook "Northwest Passage," represent! ,en; John Mead Howells, noted archi• :lng ~arious subjects: Governor Phipps tect and author of "The Architectural , c,n his charger, a lady at a spinning ' Heritage of t,he Piscataqua," who- has ' wheel, a repH-5entat.ion of Abraham of- ;contributed his services in restoring the fering up I~aac, and numerous others, !house, including designing the summer. which were covered by four layers of i!l;ouse, and Fletcher Steele, well knownIwallpaper w:til accidentally discovered landscape ar•: hitect, who rearranged the 1 about 1850, when the removal of a planting of the garden. small piece o: the covering revealed a I .Others on this committee who are in• painted horse's hoof. !terested in t,he historic house are WllAlso in -~he hall hang enormous elk .l!llam Sumner Appleton, Mrs. Charles i antlers presenteo by Capt. Archibald , H. Carroll, John Templeman Coolidge, ·, MacPhaedris, builder of the house, by - Howard Corning, Joseph Downs, Nor• 1 bis Indian friends, while po~trait.s of man Isham, ~ohn Hill Morgan, Judge two Indians are supposed to picture the Thomas H. Snnes and Hon. John G . 1 hunters with whom the first owner Winant. Idealt in fms. Captain MacPhaedris J· Among those in the vicinity of For~, 1s report.ed to be one of the few Por~- !mouth who hiive to date made loans' ' mouth landowners who purchased his l!from their collections for the exhibit I property from the Indians, rat~er t~an ;:are Mr. and Mrs. John Te~pleman~ emiply confiscating it. The l1ghtmng 1eoolidge, Judge and Mrs. Lows Lawrod on th<' west end of the house was lr.ence Green . Mrs. Lovell Hodge· aml put up in 1'162 und~r the per_sonal di- IMiss Katharine Parry, Mr. antl._Mrs-._ rection of Benjamm Franklin and j:Art'hur D. Hill,_lion . and Ml18. William J was probably the first. put up in N_ ew Marv.in, Mr. and Mrs. J '. Winslo'.'. I Bampshire. , Peirce, Mr. and Mrs. Henry _G, , '\:Vaughan. and, Mr~ . Wendell. Mrs. Green· (Virginia Tanner) of Cambr.idg~;and· New Castle is chairman of' the: ex'" - bibition. I jE· ITEA WILL OPEN: I EXHIBIT AT :WARNER HOUSE' 1 Mrs. Barr6tt Wendell,, hc:mor.ary chairman and Mrs.. William E. Ma'l\Vlll, chairman'o'i the Wa~er HoW!e Assooia• tlon, today ar.no.unced the pourel'S: at j the tea on Monday, Aug_. 1, at the. Wall• , \ner House, which will formally open the. \two-week exhibition of heirlooms and'. ra-re antlqu0s, to be· open to· the public Aug. 2-13; ir.cluding Sunday.. l The pouren will be Mrs. John T. Coolidge, Jr. , Mr.s. Edward. Crocker-, Mrs. George Richmond Fearing, MissMargaret Flekher, Mrs. Alvan T. FuI:.., ler, Miss Ma:-y A. Harris, who-was born,· ,in the Warner House, Mrs. John Mead, : lrowells, Mrs. Fergus. Reid, Jr., and. Mrs. Barrett Wendell, Jr. The house will be opened t0 invited guests on Aug. 1 from· 2 to 6 o'clock. Throughout tl:e house offic-ers and, members of the board of governors will receive in the various rooms and will tell interesti.rlg facts about the furni• ture and other ct,jects in the collection. Tea will be s~rved in the garden in the rear, at small tables, by 15 attractive young women in 18th century gowns under the direction of Miss Rosamond, Thaxter of Kittery Point. J A feature ot the afternoon will- be !harp solos played by Miss Martha Bout!well in- colonial costume. Among those·· 1who are invited are those who have· 1mad-e loans to the Warner House a'lld' · .I members of the advisory committee . -·~'· :...:_:.=,.::-':-:-:;:,:::-=:;:-". -=--=-=---=-:--:~=-~!......-2.~ .-- -- ~-..::::..::=_= _ ' I·' ..._,,..: .:;.. ··,' ···•... 1• .:. f ',- �~~~-·~~!!,!~i~:~'t\i~ -~~~'~>- \hr.fh~~~~<>~~o~-k,o·~:~,.~ .,-.:S?-Y-n"'~-t ·-~o.~o.0·v-;··_~ ~:f,~~,·-,;;\ ~c, 'l u·ou·SES ' Marth_a. He didn't know how to tell r_,....tate ~a numoer of piles were unearthe ' "'"::?" ...•,_..: h_w fr!ends of the impending event, ; which substantiates t..'le theory that an · ' FAMOUS {' 9FOR OPEN Au ·; !D •N •A • BENEFIT . .1 smce it wns most unusual for a royal inlet, which Liberty Cap bridge crossed, . · t~ marry_ hi~ servant, _so o~ his made up to thf. _end of this garden and . · , , \) 60th birtho.ay he mvited all his friends that at one time a wharf was located · 1 • to an elaborate banquet. When the there. The Liberty Pole, erected In , 1 I feast was over he had Martha Hilton 1824, commemcrates the site of this , /, j come into t1,e room and called upon bridge. Rev. Arthur Brown, rector of the The first meeting of the District 1 Episcopal Church and a guest at the Nursing Association was held in this _ J _Portsmnul;h will open Its door more I banquet, to unite them in marriage. · house, Miss Susan Wentworth being r _. widely than usual on Aug. 9, when I The rector. wa.., astounded and hesitat- on:) of the incorporators and still an ·: ;~ 1 ' ·j three famo•J.; houses, not usually avail- i, ed, s~ !h~- impatient governor com- active membe,tsof th~~oard. t d' t· · l abk to the µubli ill . , man e un t<> perform the ceremony. One of P,,r mou s mos is m- , ; j opened by theb· c, w t graciously I Thus "Martha Hilton became Lady gui.shed sons \Vas Rev. Samuel Lang0 . J flt of the Dist~i ~c~an _s or th e bei:ie- , Wentworth of the Hall." don . .He was chaplain of the American :. _-· 1between b th~ mo~~~ng aAssoc_iation ,: There is much of interest in this troops at the Siege of Louisburg, rector aftf-rnoon10 ·r·h th g nd 5 m !he t house but perhaps of special interest to of the North Church and president of . Wentworth• house ese are e Gov. Bennmg • the great collection of ..paint- Harvard. . · 1 49 d · · at Little Harbor now 1(·1 some JS It was m 7 , urmg his : occupied J T • ings. The best known one is of the pastorate at the North Church, that he 1_e man Coolidge of{: Earl of St,:a!ford, a Wentworth .il Booton., OYt11,.; Thempompson-Wentworth die- built the house at 134 Pleasant street, i tat! • secretary in the ' Tower , now known as t he Lang don- p ic · k ermg -· house on Pleasant t t . ; ng to his by Miss sus.' n W s rtee 'thnow occupied I the day ':lefor3 he was beheaded. !I house. It o.::cupies a very historic po• en wor , and the Th . . t· H ·r b th· ·te ted Le.ngdon-Pickering house, also on ., Q ~re isHa pa.m mg of beautiful Dorothy lj ~1 ic16n38 e~lau.sehon l JS ds1 woas e,,rec of Pleasant ~treet, now the South Parish u.ncy a..n~or~. by Copley. There \ -m , .o 1e c ape an pars na.,e parsonage and occupied by the minis- are also portraits of Mr. and Mrs. the Establlsheo Church, later cl.estroyed ter, Rev. William Safford Jones and Sheafe and oth~r members of the by fire. Dr. Langdon took great pride Mrs. Jones. ' Wt:ntworm family. in his beautiful home, and when the Portsmouth has been described in a IJ . A1;5<> ?f u:::!!bua~ merit is Mrs. Cool- presidency of Harvard was offered to recent book as the most romantic city \ idgc s _fme ~,,llection of samplers. him, it. is sal<l he hesitated before acin New Hampshire, with more examples ~gam we 11 use Mr. Lon~fellow'a cepting it • . Ife felt that he was com,, of fine colonial architecture than any p~m to more adequately describe the fortably· situated and, moreover, J:ie other city of lt,<t size, so the opening of f ; ~ouse. . , ~oug~t that the rectorship of a church thes~ houses will be a rare opportunity ·,. It was a pleasan~ mansion, an abqde . m a. city as lmportant. as Portsmouth for those in and about the city to sup- '\ Near and yet hidden from the grea.t , carried as mue,h prestig~ as the presi• . jplem~nt tl,eir knowledge of early ! high road , dency of Harvard. He was prevailed : ! colomal houses and their histories. : Sequestered among trees, a noble pile : upon to accepL the latter, however, but !"Where his Great House stood looking I Baronial and colonial in its style; ' he_must have regretted his decision I out to sea I Gables and dormer windows every- many times, as his stay at Harvard was A goodly piace 'fhere it was good to be" where, ·1 stormy and after six years ne resigned. So sang Longfellow in his poem "Lady ! Ana stacks of chimneys rising high in He became pastor of a church at Hamp1 ton Falls and held that position until Wentworth," which has made the Gov ' air,Benning Wentworth house well known·. I Within, i.lnwonted splendors met the Ihis death. In his will he"left his house It is located f\t Little Harbor and com- i eye, ! in PortsmouLh to his son Richard, but mands a very fine view of the river. , ) Panels, and floors of oak, and tapestry; i as Richard mtended to leave Ports.1 Some histor!f\ns state that Benning t. Doors openi,:•g into darkness unawares, j mouth, he sold the house to his broth- ··_! Wentworth built this house in 1750 I My~terious passages, and flights of j er-in-law, Dr. Goddard. Dr. God- , · while others niaintain that his father' I stairs, dard's daughter married John Knight . -. in 1695, built Lhe original house and th~ : And on the walls, in heavy gilded I Pickering and the house remained in governor merely added to it. If this is ! frames, I this family until 1924. [ true, then the incongruity of the house The ancestral Wentworths with Old \ The house contains much to interest r is explained, because it gives the imScripture names.,. \ the visitor. It;;, colonial kitchen is prac- ! pression of r>eing a collection of houses The famous Thompson-Wentworth! Itica.l!y unr.hnnged; the smoke chimney \ rather than or.e, and so, architecturally I house is located at 179 Pleasant street,' ancl hooks on the third floor where in it is more interesting than perfect.' next to the ,John Langdon house. Bothl ,· ~olcnial days 'hams · were smoked, a~' Originally ti :e mansion was said to have J houses were b11!lt the same year, 1784. intact, and t,here is a child's staircase contained 52 rooms, but part of the j This house WM built by Capt. Thomas I from the second to the third floor built 1 · house_was detached, so at present It , Thompson, on • of the first naval om- . by Mr. Pickering for his daughter. / cor..tains cv!lsiderably fewer in num- i cers to be commissioned by the Con- Some of the outer buildings were also j ber. { tinental Congress. He commanded -1 bullt in 1749 . . There is an interesting ; However, if one is disappointed at the the frigate Raleigh. The barn was woOdshed an, a tool house wherein exterior, the illterior will more than built. on the spot occupied for years by - may still be seE:n the jottings of early make up any deficiencies. The ena Scandinavian meeting house which .I gardeners • . trance to the hall is flanked by bench was torn -:!own to make room for the ' ,, !e a_tts abohve which are pegs upon which ' bharn. bThe property _was later purf\._fl,,., _ ,: , ,. ip&:~ ~~cd~ ·, 1si or_s ung their coats. Nearby are c ased Y Mark Wentworth, one of the \\J~ • ten flmt-l'Jck muskets with fixed baydistinguished Wentworth family, and Is -.<I..... •; --; .~. \C\'.?:t · onets inscribed in French. now occupied by his daughter, Miss ~ . The largest room is the great council Susan Wentworth. chamber where the affairs of the colony Not only !.s this house an interesting , w~re d~cusSJ)d. It is a beautiful room, , ! example of a ce,lonial home, but its rare ' ":'1th high w_ainscoting and a beautiful collection of _portraits of the Went- · _fireplace which was said to have taken 1-. worths, attributed to Blackburn and , a year to ca1·ve, It was in this cham- ! Copley, is of exceptional merit. .,; . ber. s_o the sto1y goes, that the governor 1· To garden l<,vers the beautiful dis- -~ arned Manha Hilton, his serva·nt. I play of flowt!rs will be of great interest, _.. } governor had been a widower for a. i ~ot only for their beauty but for an in... mber of ye<trs and after his childre~•- : teresting dis~overy in connection with ·: · '' .l he was very lonely. After some part of the phnting . The story goes , that. some y.~arr ago, when digging ~ king around he decided to marry _ _ _:: :.. _ __. _ ·:';___ around the 1sard_:n at th~ ~:ar of the es- I govern~r r ·i '-- I 1· ·1 t ·' ! j .;t:J', f,1 I . •:, �~ i~NUAt iiit '.'i\:C?-~1 ::~ ~'~ w!~:£:21~~~~!!~: :i1:~~~ ~1~r : ; . : ; i;LD BY CHRIST ~i1 :'"-'• ft ~,y \parades. :·:·· ago went to Tulsa, Okla., where he beMrs. Andrew I. McKee in an a ttrac- .>· came active in community affairs ._;·· ( I tiv e costume, revealed the future to ,;_. since going there. He was president· of ·:,,;:; :' I patrons. ,i". the University club. At the time of his ; ::: Little Joan Wallace, aged eight . , '. death he was a partner in the Dixie ..., years, made a pretty picture as she .:· Oil and Gas co. Upon his arri~al in •<:, sold nosegays during the afternoon .'. Oklahoma he associated himself in .•., , nd th e flowers were readily pur•..: Despite the rainy weather and dam1· achased. · :, . the oil well supply business, later giv- -,, 1 /: grounds the fl!th annual street fair o · ing this up to go into the oil well f. Christ Church parish was held on Mrs. John S. Miteh ell in a peasant ·, "' business, and engaged actively in drill- · { .. costume, wearing wooden shoes, as ' · ., rf•.,.. Wednesday afternoon and evening. "Goody Two Shoes," sold grabs, the ·.~-~ short ing and oil field activities. Just a :01:1 time ago the company brought \, !;}:, While the weather made it necessary mysterious packages being much :In ·, to have most of the attractions in the demand. r_-, in an exceptionally promi~ing oil well. " r\~. parlsh house, there was a good atten- a·· ....•.•.. .,.. ,.. ......... •. • . . ,. . . . . ,,., 7 i·: Mr. Emery was always interested in \['i ~,. dance, the sales tables were well pat- ,'.°'.'~~'~ ; ~ ~.~ . :F'.~,~~~~:~, whatever would benefit the communi- ~\i:, cf-'. ronized and the s:oecial features creat• .. '. :~;·,. ""~:, ...;~i&i::fi.,: _:.,,':'\'3~t: ." /,,:-· , ty. In civic affairs he always found ·.'i. L . H ~\: 11ffi'RCH \, u PAR. ~u J[I. t ?~i f:2 ~\'c ;~{:.";:~;, :r;-;~.:'!. :~ ' BA[iy V. EMERf '':!,:.;:~::::~;~:iFt£:.':"t:; :, i, ;:~::":"!,~U:~;;':;:;~~:n!,~\ DIES IN TULSA ~:•~;:;-;.,::,:~:•:;:.'•! c,mpaign ::t every organization of the parish was ,if._' and financial success that it was. Mrs. Congressman Wesley E OKLAHOM A ""' ' Willis G. Meloon was in general .~t• charge of the entire affair. , ,. ~ ~; Features of the afternoon were the ·• it4.; decorated doll carriage parade and the tricycle parade. Owing to the unfavorPortsmouth was shocked today to ~::&.·. able weather the entries were less than learn of th e death of Bailey Van Ness 'ijf; expected but the parades were held-at ' Emery, ·a native of this city, who died ~:~i the church grounds at three o'clock in Tulsa, Okla., Wednesday morning. /t, and were colorful and pleasing. Betty His death comes as a great surprise, !t Marston received the prize for the best for only a few knew that he had not ':::. decorated doll carriage, and Billy Ja- been in good health. T cobsmeyer for the most attractively He was the son of Mrs. John W. , decorated tricycle. Rides on a pony Emery and the late Mr. Emery of this 0 ~ Disney o! · He never forgot his native city, and was always interested in Portsmouth, ':;·. as well as his adopted city. During his \.;:.: visits here he enjoyed meeting his old J:_, friends with whom he kept in touch ?{ ,. throughout the years. He was a member of st. John's Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ·~ of this city .'.:~ , He is survived by his wife, two chil· dren, Mary, age 5, and Sally, age 7; f~?. . his mother, Mrs., John W. Emery, and }\ one sister, Mrs. Edgar A. Blanchard. /:;, . Services will be held in Tulsa on :•.'· ,'.. Friday morning, July 22nd. :: '.~2 ~ ~·t(. ~-:i£::::: .: "'~:·: : . :F~k~:: :.·~,~::. ~"'~kl=~'. !~~y ::t;;:W~~ :Jt ft: tables attracted much attention and Bailey Emery was born in Ports~>f \ •!:,~ all were prettily decorated with crepe mouth, March 27, 1895 and attended · ff):', paper streamers and flowers. Home- the local schools, graduating ·:from : )f:\ i:ooked food, aprons, and household Portsmouth High school in 1912. . He ~}':' articles, gifts, home-made candies, was president o:f his class during his flowers and ice cream were on sale senior ye·a r at P. H. s. In the fall of ~~; and each table was liberally patron- 1912 he entered Dartmouth College ~. ·, ized. Afternoon tea was another pleas• and was prominent there, being editor ·_ f.i::. ing feature served at daintily arranged of the Daily Darti;itouth, and a memtables in charge of Mrs. Merton David- ber of Phi Kappa ·I 'i fraternity. Fol- ·.. ,, .~ ',1:.; •~i.,-"•?' ,r,;:-~ son with Mrs. Earle Webster and Mrs. lowing his graduation from Dart- .!;:{:;'.;~,:.:.t~~-{:! ,~"'5.:iJ:;· ('?~· Harold Freeman as assistants. mouth in 1916 he entered Harvard , ../,:~";!.:-·,.x ·., .,,., ·•~~:,1 ...,:•:;, ,,,. ( The following were the assisting Law school. •.. .:·. 1\~.: ,,:~-~;-i.t}',,\~f..\'fttt-~committees of the fair: When the World War broke out he . 1;')_:;'. Household table-Mrs. John Golter, was on a bicycle tour of the con tin• -re O ''· 0 •·0~: \ ,1:>~ · ..,,, ·'<' · -~ fli¼: chairman, assisted by Mrs. Harry ent with several Dartmouth students. ,,, '",-,,: _;.i.::_, Cri~hley, Mrs. Warren Holmes, Miss ' He came baclc trom Italy on a con-~f Dons Golter. verted troop boat which was bringing Cooked Food-Miss Alice Grice, stranded tourists back to the United ;•?.;; chairman, assisted by Mrs. Florence states. Following his return to this ':,,Jf ~;J~ Wood, Mrs. Alfred Bart-0n, Mrs. Ever- country he tried to enter the Platts- ' .~~(ett Marston. . . burg Training school, but was reject- .'.t,; V.if. Candy-Mrs. Maurice Fitz, chair- ed due to his eyesight. He finally · ~-:-t: man, with Mrs. Josie Davis and Mre. made his way overseas again with a J.:"if.". Alden Horton assistants. Harvard ambulance unit. He worked if.",'>; Gifts-Mrs. Bradley Clarke, chair- · on the docks at Brest, France, as a ,:c •. man, assisted by members of St. stevedore and after a time was pro- Y:_\ Mary's Guild. moted to boss stevedore. He also drove ·, ~cw. ' Flowers-Mrs. Cv . rll Jackson, chairarmy engineer trucks hauling crushed .,.: ..__(. : man, assisted by Mrs. J ohn Jacobsrocks for road building. After a time . meyer. he received an appointment to the ••,;~ q_;;, White Elephant table-Miss May D. French Heavy Artillery Officers' a':.'(:.~. • Meloon, chairman, assisted by Mrs. H. school at Fontainebleau and gradu- _.., K. Wallace. ated at the top of his class, being the Grabs-Mrs. John S. Mitchell. , ~; Ice Cream-Everett Marston. only person not French in the class, . Pf!.' t,:;~ Doll carriage and Tricycle Parade- · · and was assigned to the tank corps. t'fr,'J-: ' · -, .. As soon as he received his rank as Jiifij,-,· Mrs. John S. Mitchell, Miss . Frances ' lieutenant in t.he French army he j~}! /}f:1,, Caswell. .'•': joined his company and saw some ac- ':· •"'> :-:onv R~~:s-=-G_:a~,: M~l:~ ~; __.,__,__L.,:_.; .. tion in that service. ,r--i,•I_-.,.._ • ' ·I i"ft' ;J}:· J:.t "!.:il(f~\' v·,, .\l;{.:"~fJt~:tffr ,. , . ir.:: ~i· i~;:· it:i tf't, , ?:,~ ·-.·.'.1,•._:' ;f~I {1if: ;.: f:.,,,.-:_.{k :l.l-;f-~>.,'1,~ �Sales Mean Jobs Crusade Spreading Rapidly Aim Is To Lift Level Of Business Through Stimulating Purchasing Power In these days anything that will tend to increase business is worthy of everyone's consideration and that is why the crusade under the slogan "Sale Mean Jobs" is spreading so rapidly throughout the country. It is simply n effort to increase the volume of bll6iness through an increased volume of sales with the aim in view that this increased volume of sales wlll mea11 more jobs with resultant prosperity, The Nash Kelvinator Co., originated the plan with the idea. of helping its own business, but it possessed so much sound common sense that it has travelled by leaps nd bounds. When the sales department of the organization recommended an aggressive program of old-fashioned hard work to make active the buying power of the country it appealed at once to the president of the company, George W. Mason. Mr. Mason reasoned, and results have proved that his reasoning was correct, that, with unemployment one of the big problems of the nation, but with many families still possessing the ability to buy goods, purchasing power could be stimulated by hard-hit• ting salesmanship to the point where the resultant need for new production would create jobs. There is 110 idealism about this move, but realism which should appeal to every one. It was seen that no single group of salesmen could effect a sufficient increase in buying to make increased business throughout the country, so the idea was offered to business everywhere. A test conducted in Lincoln, Neb., with the cooperat!6n of the Chamber of Commerce, was ediinently successful, and so the plan has spread, and its success has proved the far-sightedness of its originators. It already has stimulated new production to an appreciable extent and created a. large number of jobs. With the hope of brin~ing some of this increased production and some of these new jobs to this secton The Portsmouth Herald has lent its support to the crusade, and is seeking the cooperation of 11 lines of business and all org nizations in bringing about the desired result. When a small child is frightened in the dark, he oringes in a corner-but if he felt his way he could pull the string which would turn on a welcome lightl Throughout the country, over a hundred million men and women have been behaving like small children, frightened by the dark shadow of the recessioni cringing in the corners of gloom •.. when we should have been stepping confidently forward, pulling the string of our buying power, ao that it might turn on the light of regained prosperity! Think of what happens when you make a purchase--a chair, let's aayi think of how many people must have jobs in order that you may buy that chair-the person who sells it to you, the truck driver who delivered it to the store, the warehouse workers, the cabinet makers and upholsterers, designers and even the lumber men who felled the treea from which its wood was cut. For any one thing you buy, there may be several, a hundred, a thous,nd jobs concerned. Don't buy, and business 11tops-joba must be vacated-don't buy and unemployment continues to grow. Buy, and business whirra with activity-jobs are held, and · new job& come into existence-they ust he filled to produce what the country wan ta, needs, and reaches out to buy. Sales mean joba. Jobs mean prosperity.. Let's all start buying-now! �Artist Depicts Yankee Clipper Ships Series of 12 paintings form subject for Wedgwood plates made in England and now exhibited in Boston-Subjects faith / ul in detail and treat• ment. <.'.S,111, J/./l1JS ~,i·•i~, )~, ,,, , ., . ,,, . , f-'- , . ,, "'°'. ... ~ , .. '::. ~ An unusual reminder of New England's glamourous association with clipper shlp days appears In an exhibit just opened at Goodspeed's Book Shop on Beacon Hill. The display embraces a series of 12 ship portraits by George C. Wales, on plates by Wedgwood of Statfordshlre, Eng, Tltls combination of art and craftsmanship Is significant to historically-minded New Englanders not only because Mr. Wales is pne of Boston's foremost marine painters but also because the greater part of the graceful subjects pictured In this series were the handiwork of do}Vneast Yankee shipbuilders. The collection represents a. selective cross-section of America's seagoing aristocracy In that brief mid-Nineteenth Century period Which spans the romantic reign of the Yankee Clipper. It Includes the celebrated little Baltimore highflyer Ann McKim, forerunner of that high-floWh era; Donald McKay's first clipper, Stag Hound; his Flying Oloud, fastest and most famous of them all; Sovereign of the Seas, Game Cock, N. B. Palmer, Young America., Witchcraft, Nightingale, Witch of the Wave, Red Jacket and Challenge. .•• Each with her special rrace, her glory, Her memory of old song or comrade' • story, And each had some special claim to sailing speed unsurpassed. Some Notable Records The Red Jacket Is typical of the lordly ocean fliers of her time. She was built by Deacon Thomas down in Rockland, Maine, and conr manded by the keen old Cape Codder, Asa Eldridge, who drove her from New York to the bell puoy otf the entrance to the Mersey at Liverpool in the record time of 13 days, 1 hour. The lovely Boston clipper Nightingale, Portsmouth-built, set the Shanghai-to-London record when she picked up her pilot off Beachy Head 91 days out. Another of the Boston clippers that made her mark was Witch of the Wave, likewise a product of the Portsmouth wizard, George Raynes. She sailed from Calcutta to Boston In 82 days. The New York ship N. B. Palmer, named for old Nat Palmer of Stonington, Conn., took only 82 daYJ! from Shanghai to the Sandy Hook pilot boat; and once on a voyage from China homeward bound by way of ~ ..: .... . ," .,,, 1f ,f t Red Jacket Trploal of lb• Fut- alllnr Clipper ,,,. 'lf',, .,. ,, George C. Wales, Designer blp1 or the Latter Part of the Nlneleenlh Centur, Good Hope, the New York clipper Young America unreeled a recordbreaking run of 25 days from Anjer to the Cape. This was the smartest Indian Ocean passage ever recorded. The Salem clipper Witchcraft was also right up with the pack with a 62-day run from Rio to the San Fransicco pilots. Mr. Wales' work as a marine historical painter embodies several widely-recognized qualities, outstanding of which is his devotion to technical detail. He belongs to the school of authentic marine portraiture. When he sets out to paint the clipper ship Challenge or Flying Cloud, as the case may be, his brush does not wander wherever fancy leads. Follows Facts Faitbfullr It conforms to facts. Only one with a feeling for ships could hew to this exacting line, which means poring over drawings of body and sail plans, not to mention studying the contours of half models and the like. This striving for historical accuracy Is strikingly evidenced in the Wec;lgwood series. The work Is fa~ioned from hand-engraved copperplates, and the design is done on Wedgwood Queensware in sepiathe traditional rich brown of early Staffords)llre ware-with Ivory background. This Is the more ornate of two editions in the Goodspeed display, The porder shows contemporary views of the harbors of New York, Hong Kong, Boston and San Francisco, reading north, east, south, west, respectively. The less conventional edition appears without the scenic border. • Game Cock One of the Beat Known Boston Clipper Blue Water hips That Plied U alllnr Record s �;~~~~Y-rc?'\ ~m,v' . o.i.i•.~(:· ,,<,-r• -'. _ _ __ __:i_·:,~·'_ ·_·._::--~,:..:~ ~b~~~,-~~?·s.·-r ._· -,_-_~~r;~-°"""~~~-~ ,j~:~'.-PEPPERRELL.. )-.PRIVATE VIEW Museum Loans li" FA.MILY MEE.JCJ ~~ · 1TO OPEN WARNER :l·1·Warner Portrait _-1 1 1 ;,~-·_:'.'.~ 1tS.tn,l\, 30,3?> !ffOUSF. EXHIBIT r· The 42nd annual meeting of the Written for The Christian Science Monitor Pepperrell Family Association was . .. ... The triumph of the Warner House :·· "1 held yesterday at the Community committee's efforts at collecting ~-' House, Kittery Point, Me., and was Plans are rtC'aring completion for the rare antiques and heirlooms for the '\, , well attended considering the bad private view and tea next Monday from two-weeks' exhibition in Ports,,.:;,~~:-. l weather. 2 io 6 o'clock which will open the twomouth, N. . H., August 2-13, is the }~/.' :l Mrs. Agnes Rogers, vice president, week special exhibition of heirlooms loan of the Blackburn portrait •1r :)f.H:,• 1had charge of the meeting owing to and antiques at the Warner House. the Hon. Jonathan Warner, from the :;:i'•/· the absence of its president, Franklin Mrs. Barrett Wendell has anBoston Museum of Fine Arts. ~;' ' S. Frisbee. Much business was transnounced the following hostesses for the The permanent collection in War. ~..i'· 1iacted and the association, which has tea: Mrs. Paul H. Bonner, Rye; Miss !ner House-built 1716-1723 and the •· , oldest brick edifice in Portsmouth( . ·1· been always known as the Pepperrell Pauline Bradford, Mrs . J. T empleman ; has been rearranged by the com·•. Association, will from now on be Coolidge, Mn;. Henry L. Green, Mrs. ·\ mittee to accommodate the many /~ 1 '. known as the Pepperrell Family AssoArthur Dehos Hill and Mrs. John G . F. \ unusual Joan exhibits. Th~ pieces i'': · lciation. The association is growing and Prescott, Portsmouth; Mrs. Seth Low . have been grouped to furnish sev' ··· lis in a prosperous condition, as 5 apPierrepont, York Harbor; Mrs. William i era! ty12es of English period rooms f;'r . plications were received for member- M. Seabury Fnci Miss Rosamond Thax- ·i from Jacobean to Sheraton. In . ~ , !ship. ter, Kittery p 0 ; 11 t, and Mrs. Henry G. : addition, there is an eighteenth i/). ,1 During the business meeting Frank- Vaughan of South Berwick, Me. I century "nursery" with fine P!eces ;';:.. 1lin S. Frisbee of St. Johnsbury, Vt., Miss Mary Aubin Harris and Miss I of children's a nd dolls' furniture '· and antique dolls from the notable \j. .'. was re-elected president for ~he fourt.h Eciith Harri~ of Portsmouth, descend- !collection of Mrs. Hemy G. Vaughan .,~ ., , ,,.-:, '.'\:· term. Other officers are: Vice Presiants of the Warner family, which occu- , of south Berwick, Me. "·· . ~ ' dent, Mrs. Agnes Rogers, So. Berwick, pied the famou~ old house, will be among,. The Warner House Association f · ·,;~, · -. ' ~.:1 Me.; secretary, Geo. Pepperrell Frost, the pourers, and. Mrs. A. w. Laughion, . l was organized in 1931 to pm·~ha;;e ,.·,• ·;, ·'. ')>;3:,." No. Hampton; treasurer, Mrs. Ag~es daughter of Mrs, William E. Marvin, · the house, preserve and beautify it -·. [,'}~~ · Rogers, so. Berwick, Me.; chaplain, chairman of the Warner House Assoas an example of the finest early ,~"' .... ,, s ou th Por tland • ! ciation, will be one of those serving tea Georgian architecture and as a re,., ' Mrs. Annie Hayes, · N ·5 · 1 pository for furniture and other ar{' Me.; historian, Mrs. Lillian orn , l I in the house. Mrs. Charles M. Dale, ticles revealing the life and habits ~-\ .· Eliot; necrologlst, Mrs. Annie Shap- r•·. whose husband Is the new recording\ of the gentlefolk of the Colonies ~,~,:_,_. !:. leigh, ·Eliot. b d L t C t secretary of th~ association, has charge The .Hon. Jonathan Warner, Committee on Tom an . 0 , ap · of nowers and their arrangement for whose portrait was mentioned ab_ove. ~?· John H. Pruett, Kittery Pomt, Me., the t.ea and exhibition. got the h?use t~rough marnage {:· Geo. Pepperrell Frost, No. Hampton. \ The life and customs of old Portswith Captam Archibald MacpheM~ . Ancestral committee, Mrs. H. I. Durmouth will be everywhere apparent at . r_is' daughter. Marr, m 1?60, _and he '· · ·t M' Er beth Bartlett Illved there until his passmg m 1814. gin, So. Ello : lSS iza • the tea . Mrs. Jonathan Sawyer of _:, As told by Ethel Fay Robinson, "His ,· f?, \;,, So. Eliot; Mrs. Marion Frisbee, Port5 Kittery Point will wear a dress worn by --1 commission as King's councilor . ii,.,;:,, mouth. . . lone of her ancestors at a ball given in •: lasted until the Revolution, but he , if{.;, • Pepperrell Mans~on and_ membership ·/ Dover In honor of President Washing• alway~ was impre_ssive, and attracL.ed ' it'{ " committee, Franklm S. Frisbee, George ton. Many other beautiful colontal m his long-skirted coat, small fl:\,• Pepperrell Frost, Mrs. John Rogers, gowns to be worn by some of those asclothe~. and buckled shoes as much ~ ', Mrs. A. E. Randall. \ slst,lng at the tea will make their first attention ~round Portsmouth_ when w~- · · ·ttee Geo Peooerrell he and his cane went walkmg as •· ;;,.'.',:Reumon_ co.mm1 · · public appearance in many years. Holrnes's 'Last Leaf.' This gentle, ·· (:,;' :·, Frost, cha,ir-man: Mrs. Agnes_ R?gers A special room each will be devoted to 11 man of the first brick house was .· · ,. , , ·, r-{:· Mrs. Evelyn R. .Frost, ~rs. Annie Ran- Sheraton, Hepplewhite, Chippendale, known as the 'Last of the Cocked . . .. · ' h;;-. dall, Mrs. Manon Fr1Sbee. • • English and Jacobean furniture. In Ha ts.' and was courteously saluted, " ..l Executive committee, F. s. Frjsbee, addition to foe permanent collection of · instead of l~ughed at, by the boys ':!,.'., Mrs. Agnes Rog!)rS, George P . ..Fr.o st, many beautiful antiques and paintings, c.:o:.:f:....::th:.:ce::....::t=-o'c:.v.:.;nc.·______. - - - ~ / • Mrs. Annie Shapleigh, Mrs. Marlon which is on vit w ordinarily at the War-~ ~- !.~Q.I ;:/ . Frisbee, Mrs. . Annie • Randall, Capt. ner House, many priceless pieces are ff ·, John H. Pruett. being loaned for this special exhibit. •~ h ; ; ·r' Auditor, Mrs. Annie E. Randall, Kit- Among thos'! who have contributed are f.f;·,-- tery Point: Charles H. Batchelder, Mrs. George B. The secretary read several interest- Lord, Portsmouth; Harland G. Little, 1\.;J· ►J:)\ , ing letters from p~rsons who were anSalem and Hampton; Charles Shercestors of Col. Wm: Pepperrell from burne Peni:lullow, Waban, Mass.; Mr. ~~,,~ ! Lincoln, Me., and Richmond, Va, . and Mrs. James Sullivan and Booth ,-i;i\ ! It was voted to hold the next ann~al . Tarkington of Kennebunkport. Mrs. meeting a~ the Pepperrell Hotel, Ki~- Henry G, Vaughan is loaning some ~t:' · tery Point, Me., the last Thursday m . dolls and dolls' and children's furniture ,;_"j July next. · . " from her famous collection in South -:..~. ·, 1 The member coming the longest dlS- Berwick. f,"· J tance yesterda~ was Mrs, James CulAfter the opening day, which is re't,\ . best of Columbia, Mo. _ ___. .served for invited guests, the exhibit :;, ··----------:;.:- · •will be ope1\ to the public every day /, -. .J',, · · · · I\ , · from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m., Aug. 2 to 13, T ~ 141 ~~~ -~ ~- · including Sunday, Aug. 7. The exhi.2) :· ' ·· ·. ·. •g'::--./f('~i , bitlon will benefit the Warner House , S f,.~~t),-~ · .,.XC'fo .: ·. ·-'.·,\•.":',::· Association, established in 1931 to pre- _ I I I t~: l I I r::. I ,1-~ - _:;•,(]#~;~-?· Y\~t : ;/f ; (•-~ I · .,·>_~·.:'.~ ,.ti-:-- :::r~,f.~t :,.;< .•.. · ...../ , : . serve and beautify the house, which ;,<,i.i _;)~ •,::' wouldhavebeensoldandrazed,asan .:-·;;,-~,,•:_,. · , , , Georgian l~, ·,,.'.\•· . •>' . • ·'-__'.-,.,f,' -~- · >'r'·.<,:, -:·,·,. architectureandasareposltoryforfur- ( .. __ . ·_ -.~ ··- ~' '- , .• ·\,;,/- -,;_·., ...', · ,.,,,''.-·\·.:'•' :·~· niture and at.her articles revealing the •, a~.;. .. ' , : ,,, ... ,..;. ... ·,::· :< .::\'.-'· ./.,.•• ·•.,,:.-, ,,,,,,. . '" ' ' ,.... •-l-w--a '.t .r'• " ' . . , . l",:::;~: life and habit• of gentlefolk of the ~~- ~ -~ ....._~i n .~~cw c';.•~-':>• \ _··;·~ ...,-. . .·._:::_. ·. -a·.·.•.,•.:,, _ ··- .. ·'. , .-, ·<· .. I. .<-,; '..f<·:-;'· --. -example of the finest early ~;.·~_L:[:~~-.~;~~~~.:~·:~~~::=-~-·_i_ ·~l~-~.-L~..-~.i~. ~;·:_ ,: ~1.: ·!~·~!~~f;~%,:;-~~8:~.\_,2~15:I~~t.~\·::~~ : ,'\·. �i~i:ti~'.!ti1~~l&?,:,~M~~i¥5~~~~%1i~-· : ·~-~f~J.?f}f~f{~ · . t r · Ra y ~o d 18 on F W · u ·. H .·..·:.~:...· 'D;es t lS Ome s::::!t:::s ~< _ I. A Ih -.·,·1n ls• if .'\. · a -~,. · :~.L~ · - _ _,_.~ ' · I : · · t . ::~'. \i ,'. . 9 . · · e ·7ianaso'Ulecompllment upon-ills e.st ~, campaign when they gave him nearly '.{~ I 2500 majority. However, his indepen- ~f' l dence did not meet with the approval ·,': of some of the leaders, and he failed -" ; I in his ambition to represent the state .'\: .e ~c. "- '.- - •7 :Y' ~·-!.·,L_/_;,:.~.-,~_, ' '\ ,; .- , 0 ":'.: Widely-Known Editor AndQE.Publisher Had · p n.. ~ ' in Washington . H:~:i~e~ a:dd~;g~i~~ ;many activities, During the World War .,,:7 . he was the organizer and seci::etary of ·.\;; the L. H, Shattucl_t, Inc,, which estab- .\/: lished shipyard at Newington, 11nd -·},~ was largely instrumental in poopera- ?•; : tion with the late H. C. Raynes in ' '.t bringing the Atlantic Ship Building ·---~3 °"~:~,~t." m,. "'· H,rtr,ro il has had many varied interests, He op- _ erated three theatres in Port.smouth, ./ ;i-'1;,:.i, one in Exeter, one in Concord, one in .,i :c:.'•·: F, w . Har tford has passed on, That Chronicle was· continued as a morning Manchester and two in Maine. He > ,f·,~ •• ·1 news flashed from one person to an- paper until abouL 15 years ago, The . operated the Concord auditorium at ?:;,j;;; • other throughoui' Portsmouth this New Hampshire Gazette is still pub· one tlme. He has operated hotels, hav• ·:· ,f; ;~, . morning, when the news of the death lished today, anrl is the oldest_new~- ~ ing been lea.see and manager of the · '' ~ ,:;_,, _· of one of this city•~ best known citizens paper in continuous publication m ,~ Hotel Champernowne at Kittery Point. ;;. 1 ;•'·~>, _became known. Death· occurred at his America. In 1925 he purchased tbe , • He was a pioneer in the moving pie· '::l ,':.;, home at 133 Miller Ave., last night I::'ortsmouth Tµnes and merged th at / ture business, opera.ting one of the first \ -;,~ '}::- about 10.30 and iL comes as a · distinct IJaper with The Herald. . , :i moving picture shows in America. \;, "( shock to the entire state. _His_ public career . began wi~hm a j During the Russian-Japanese peace /, tjtf§:;,;~ . Although he hai. not been in the best few years from the tune he arrived in conference held in this city, which re• ';B t'.;J.c{f;J· of health for _several months, he has Portsmouth, in fact as soon as he had ,. sulted in the Treaty of Portsmouth be• ·· ,, ·"',(:;;)~tt been around, and only ·two days ago reached his majority, At this time he was -; ing signed, he was very prominent ;. ~(. ff•:;: was at his office. The weakening of his c.hosen as a member of the Portsmouth ·· among the press representatives, serv• '.,~strength prevented his actively partici- City Council. In 18~5 he was elected ing the As,sociated Press, and had ,{ t;},~..; • pating in his business, but he never- to the New Hampshll'e .Ho~se of ~~pmany close contacts with the delegates ~· ',':,' :-.·-.·" theless retained his interest and car- resentati".'es. His interest in political of both foreign powers, ,.;-; 1910 t{~t _ried on to the end affairs continued and in he wa.s He spent several years in various \.,.,: , ; · . , As mayor. of the city, as editor and elected to the schrol board of this city · capacities at the Portsmouth!1 . 1publisher of the Portsmouth Herald, where he served for s~ years. The late clerical Navy Yard. At the age of 21 he was ';:"" \~:.:_ and as leader in many civic move- Henry W. Keyes, while governor, apchief bookkeeper there. He served sev• ··· ments, his influence was felt through- pointed him a member of his sta ff wi th l en yea.rs as chief clerk in the put'• . out the state and beyond its borders. the rank of major. Gov. Samuel D. .:,, chasing department of the navy and :: f"' · He had a very wide acquaintance of Felker appointed him a member of the · installed tlie labor board employment ·· ., • friends which extended even beyond New England Railroad Conference. He bureau, He has always maintained his ,I "· the co~fines of this nation. was a delegate to s_everal national con- .. interest in . the Navy Yard and the ,'i' Mr, Hartford was born in Cha.tea.gay, ventions, and chairman of one state ' Navy, -., ..,__, ., N. Y., Nov, 14, 1672, t he son of Mark convention. For the past four years he served as .;; t"f':_•f{'/ and Eliza J . (Silver) Hartford. He was In 1_920 he was elected Mayor of chalrtnan of Navy Day for New Hamp- _:·, ~fi',~ one of a family of. several children and Portsmouth and was re-el~cted the fol- shire. :.,:,,{}ti{~ at an early age went ~ work, When he lowing year. He was agam chosen to He was a member of the North (Con~-"- ,,,., was 10 years of s,ge ne _began to work that office in _1927 and f?r five gregational) Church and always main• t,'.:C/i (:. as a carrier for the Manchester Union terms served continuously making sev- tained a deep interest in the activities and at 13 years of age _was engaged en terms as Mayor, the longes~ ths,t of the church, He was a constant at- , :!',..;· by that newspaper as office boy, later anyone had ever hel~ tha~ offl?e, . ten\l,ant whenever able. ~{.l'.('-~ serving as book-keeper and general During his terms in office hlS m· He was known and admired by hun• ·· r~f).~ utility man. At 16 he was sent to Ports- est was always for what was best f~r · dreds, He numbered many of the out•. ,.: mouth to establish a branch off_ice the city. He devoted a_ great deal of hlS standing political rigures as his friends, , ~~?:-:,~\.- and to have charge of the circulat~on personal time to looking after the af- During his career c.s theatre manager, · ,,,,~fj~~ and a general news bureau. During fairs of the city. He evolved the plan ·he met some of the outstanding men ; '•' ';;:'~~:-fe.l: this time he had sttended Morse Busi• of interesting the tax payers in financ- and womeri' in the entertainment . ~ii(:-~:. ness College in Manchester, ing the city's needs when it became world and many of these people al• ~i.t;i/.•. From the time of his arrival in practically impossible to borrow .money, ways' stopped in Portsmouth to pay _ ~i~~~3~~~ Portsmouth, he bi:came a firm booster and this plan ha~ been followed ever their respects to him, wheMver they _ :t:-~·''.(sf;!,.' for his adopted city and w~enever since. ~e f~~esaw earl! the unemploy- .' were passing through, as did hosts of · tt!~"lh". there was any movement for its bet• ment situation following the ~ollapse others he had met during his lifetime. .::. \· ~' ·,_,;,£ terment he was either one of the prime in 1929 and even before the chief exe• · The death of Mr. Hartford removesf· ~i.};'.;> .: ~ instigators or one of the first to lend cutive of the nation called upon the ' a most familiar figure from Port.s- · <>l;':?: his aid when the movement was an- people to care for those who were un• mouth He loved Portsmouth and was ~··,~·?.~":: nounced. employed, Mr, Hartford had outlined always· ready to help advance the in• [•~:Ji~.:"-;.- In 1891 he acquired the Portsmouth a similar olan Jo...me.et the needs here, terests of the city, He was a man of . 1Herald, and two years ~ater the Chron- Mr. Hartford was a candidate for : keen vision and saw many things . ~-,.~~-c::I icle and New Hampshll'e Gazette. The Congress on three different occasions ., which came to pass, He dreamed of '· ;,,~~ :.t;,::..' •; ,:::..-,.__ ,. __- • _- . . ~ . <i , 1, ,, . : ,, . , •••, and his home city paid him a most · the future ro ess of Portsmouth and · -~~.~,~kt~ ·w-~:::6:it.d~ ·-'°~~-·. ~--.:~·t·rt~--1~:1--7:.:'~ ·y-~.:~·- -~if<'~~~~s~-~-~~-•~,~~ ____. ::;;T:/ .. ;._-~- ·•;:\;:~!._.\ ~ ~,_.· ..¢,1/;~--~7 ~~... ~~~1 Been Seven Times ayor I , ortsmoutn t fitt -~ ,f·:s~./ ' ;~r--~~ r;~ 11:: i;Lz; &$'.t:,\S ,· 1· [ifi~f; -u::.~11:;~/-~:: . ;~. �then went to work and made these dreams a reality, ' Keenly interested in the city, he was its greatest booster. He wielded a tremendous influence, and many people came to him fol' advice throughout the years. He was easily accessible and never hesitated to devote some of his time to help other1;. The young people always interested him, and during his administrations as Mayor he showed this interest by his efforts in their behalf, He we.a interested in recreational advantages for them and wished to improve those a.dva.ntagea, He was keenly interested in sports, and basketball ei.pecia.lly, Those who were members of the state championship squad of 1929 still recall with a great deal .of pier.sure the trip to the National tournament he ma.de with them that year. He was proud of the tea.ms which Portsmouth turned out, and whenever they ca.me across with a championship, he was very pleased and showed his pleasure in a material way. Mr. Hartford was a. director of the New Hampshire National Bank, and a director of the Portsmouth Building and Loan Associat,ion. He was a. member of nearly every organization in Portsmouth. Among the clubs and organizations with which he had been connected are the following: President of the New Hampshire Press Association; President of the New Hampshire Weekly Publishers Association; Secretary of the Portsmouth Historical society; President, Portsmouth Theatre Co.; Chairman, Rye Harbor Development Commission; President, Army and Navy Association; Press Photo Association of Boston; president of the Chamber of Commerce; Board of Trade; president of New Hampshire's Mayors Club; chairman, New Hampshire Port Development Commission; New England Council; St. Andrew's Lodge, A. F. & A M.; Ineffable Lodge of Perfection, Grand Council, Princes of Jerusalem of this city; N. H. Chapter Rose Croix, Dover, N. H.; Consistory, 32nd degree, of Nashua, and Bektash Temple, MyE-tic Shrine of Concord; Odd Fellows; Rotary Club; Pa.st exalted ruler, Portsmouth Lodge of Elks; honorary member of Veterans of Foreign Wars; honorary member, Order of Scottish Clans; Portsmouth Athletic Club; Portsmouth Yacht Club, Warwick Club, Country Club, New Hampshire Seacoast Regional Association; the Portsmouth Athenaeum and Strawberry Bank Gran1re. In 1890 he married Elizabeth Hill Downing of Eliot, Me., who survivea him. Other survivors a.re two daughters, Mrs.. A . Y{. Scarborough of thla city, and Mrs. William A. Nelson of Ansonia, one son, Justin D, Hartford of Rye, and two grandchildreq; Mls,s Justine Hartford and Justin Hartford, Jr.; four brothers, P. A. Hartford and Charles Hartford of Manchester, Grover C, Hartford of Frankfort, N. Y., and Fred E. Hartford of Fall River Maas., and one sli.t.er, Mrs. L, M. Langley of Ogdensburg, N. Y. The body will lie in state at the North Church Monday afternoon from 13 until 2.30 when services will be held, Hon. F. W. Hartford �- BLACKBURN PORTRAIT OF JONATHAN WARNER AT WARNER HOUSE~ The triumph of the Warner House committee's efforts at collecting rare antiques and heirlooms for the twoweeks' exhibition, August 2-13, ls the loan of the Blackburn portrait of Hon. Jon athan Warner from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, where it has hung for more than half a century. The loan of the portrait of the aristocratic Jonathan Warner , a member of the King's Council, from whom the noted house gets its name, was secur'ed through Dr. George H. Edgell of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts by the warner House Association committee. Members of the Association orga nized in 1931 to purchase the house-which would h ave been soldto preserve an d beau tify it as an example of the finest early Georgian architecture and a repository for furniture and other articles revealin~ t h e life and habits of the gentlefolk df the Colonies. Mrs. Barrett Wendell is r esponsible for the presence at t he h ouse of the Copley portrait of little Mary Warner, Jonathan's only daughter, which WEIS recently loaned by William Averell Harriman of New Hon. Jonathan Warner got the house ·through marriage with Captain Archibald Macphaei;lris' daughter, Mary, in 1760, and he IIVed there until his death in 1814. As told by Etbel Fay Robinson, "his commisstqn as King's counrillot lasted until the Re volution, but he always was impressive, and attl·acted in his long-skirted coat, small clothes, and buckled shoes as much attention around Portsmouth when h e and his cane went walking as Holmes' 'Last Leaf.' This gentleman of the first brick house was known as the 'Last of the Cocked Hats,' and was courteously saluted, instead of laughed at, by the boys of the town." For his portrait, in 1761, Jonathan Warner donned a suit of light gray, and with black cocked hat and powdered wig he represents Blackburn 's favorite h armony of blacks, whites and grays. With the r eturn of this delightful and kindly presence there is n ow an air of r eunion in the fine old mansion, wh ich has in its permanent cols lection five other family portraits by Blackburn, all painted in 1761. These are of handsome Mary Macphaedris, Jonathan Warner 's second wife ; one of her mother, Sarah Wentworth Macp'haedrls Oater J affrey) , a daugllter of Governor Wentworth ; two of Samuel and Nathaniel Warner, brothers of Jonathan, and another of Mary Warner as a young girl, called the "Dolly" Warner portrait. Both of the loan portraits have been away from the Warner house for many years. Jonathan Warner's niece, Elizabeth Warner Cazeaux, inherited his portrait, and it was purchased in 1883 by the Museum from her son, Lendall P itts Cazeaux. The Copley, which was acquired by Mr. Harrlman's mother in 1915, was for several generations in the family of the Right Honorable Sir ---- - rivate View 0/Jens Warner HouSe Rest Of Two Weeks Showing Of Priceless Exhibits Will Be Open To The Public The Warner House was opened to- ou e e 1 1 10n. day for a two weeks' exhibition. ToAmong the pourers today are two descendants Of the Warner family, day's opening was in the form of a Miss Mary Harris and her sister, Miss private view with tea for invited Edith Harris of Portsmouth, guests. The rest of the exhibition will I Booth Tarkington of Kennebunkbe open to the public. port, Me., is lending two English Miss Rosamond Thaxter of Kittery portraits of Lely's time, 1605 to 1681, Point will be hostess on Tuesday and from his co1lection, and also a will be assisted in the various rooms Queen Anne lowboy, One very interby Mrs. Horace Mitchell, owner of the esting contribution to this collection Nathaniel Sparhawk House in Kit- is an 18th century "gentleman's trav• tery Point; Mrs. Mary Safford Wilds, eling bookshelf"- compact little col• who owns the Sir Wllllam Pepperrell lection of pocket-sized classics, in a House, also on the Point; Mrs. George case about two feet long, which Miss Russell Cogswell of Belmont; Mrs. Thaxter has loaned, The Peirce famJames Culbert, Taos, New Mexico; ily of Portsmouth is lending a Mrs. William Farrington and Mrs. Queen Anne tea table, the smallest Harold M. Smith o! Portsmouth; ever seen in Portsmouth or vicinity Mrs. Henry Moore o! Kittery; Mrs. and, among a number of other treas• Morris Foye, 3d., Mrs. G. LeRoy Har• ures, their very rare set of green, mon and Mrs. Ralph Junkins, bone-handled knives curved to eat Miss Josephine Rice of Washington, peas. D. c., will also assist, wearing a Two remarkable pieces originally beautiful old brocade costume of Co• in the Warner House are a chest and lonlal times. Other officers and a lowboy, which are being returned members of the corporation will be 1n for the exhibit by Charles Sherburne charge on succeeding days through- Penhallow o! We.ban, a descendant of Samuel Warner, brother of Hon. Jonathan Warner, for whom the ouse is named. �To the Sheraton group Mrs. William E. Marvin, chairman of the Warner House Association, and Mrs. Wendell will contribute several kinds of painted furniture, which they describe as "an Interesting, different type of Sheraton." The oldest furniture in the Private Collections in Portsmouth and Vicinity exhibition will be the Jacobean oak chair and chest loaned by Loan Antiques to Special Display Charles H. Batchelder of Portsmou th, illustrated above. Accord . ..,..,~-.:-,,...,.____ _ _ __,.ing to the tradition in Mr. BatchThe historic Warner House at land. e a an ern w1 eider's family, these two pieces Portsmouth, N. H., will open an globe for one candle, about 1760, were brought to New Hampshire important loan exhibjtion of an- 1belonged to the House. and after by an ancestor, the Rev. Stephen tlques next Tuesday, August 2, its purchase was foun d in the Batchelder, In 1633, while recent featured by the loan of th e attic. The beautiful crystal · t· t· h' f Blackburn portrait of Jonat han chandelier, also about 1760, orig- mves iga 1011 on is type 0 chair byattributes Dr. Irvi gtheP. origin Lyon of Warner, from the Boston Muse- lnally hung as It does now in Buffalo to um of Fine Arts where it has the first floor living room. been on view for ~ore than half There Is an unusually large t he joiner, Thomas Dennis of a century. The permanent col- and i!1ter~~lng secreba_ry in ~he Portsmouth and Ip.)wich, about lection in Warner House the upstairs l1v111g room 111 which 1680. The chest is a companion oldest brick edifice in Ports- are many heirlooms, including piece of the same period. mouth and one of the handsom- books and personal belongingsBooth Tarkington of Kenneest of the early American home:; baby dress and shoes, party slip- bunkport, Me., is lending two built from 17Hi to 1723 has bee1~ Ders, etc. In a eloset In a rear English portr~its of Lely's time, rearranged by the co~mlttee to bedroom are se".eral very old 1605 to 1681, from his superb colaccomodate the many unusual ~arments- tw? eighteenth cei:- lection, and a Queen Anne lowloan exhibits. The pieces have t~uy gowns, m tattered_ condi- boy. The Peirce family is lendbeen grouped together to fur- tton. a; mans red coat wi th gold ing a Queen Anne tea table, the nlsh Sher at on Chippendale embroidery a nd buttons, a nd a smalles t ever seen in Portsmouth HepplP.white and English rooms: black fel t cocked hat which be- or vicinity. Also, In this group the latter including some J a. longed to Jona th an Warner. will be seen a remarkable three. cobean as1 well as Quer>n A11ne of Charles Penhallow cha1·r, ~ Waban, Sherburne a descendant of Jon- cha1·r·-back carved se•tee, u a nd Will.am a1;1d Mary J:'urni- a than Warner's brother, Samuel. mirror and burled walnut lowt~re. In addit1on, there 1s an is lending two pieces-a chest boy, all of the Queen Anne perie1ghteenth century "nursery_" on on chest and a lowboy-which od, from Mrs. Louis Lawrence the second ~oor with fin~ p1ece_s wr re originally in the House. Green of Cambridge and New of. children ~ anu dolls furmIn the Chippendale section Castle; an unusual Queen Anne ture and antique dolls, from th/3 there are a pair of American mirror with the original glass, notable collection of Mrs. Henry Chippendale arm chairs and two loaned by Mrs. Hodge and Miss 0. Vaughan of Hamilton, Mass., side chair loaned by Mrs. Bar- Parry, and a Queen Anne desk, and South Berwick, Me., also an rett Wendall and from the col- which ls part of the permanent l~teresting Colonial kitchen !(:ctlon of Mr~. Lovell Hodge and collection at the Warner House. nth restored fireplace. Miss Katherine Parry, one ribAmong the number of other The loan of the portrait of ban back side chair, a Chinese fin the aristocratic Jonathan War- Chippendale drop-leaf or Pem- very e old pieces being loaned ner, a member of the King's broke table, two ribbon back by Mrs. Hodge and Miss Parry Council, from whom the noter! side chairs in original condition are a Queen Anne chair, a Dutch house gets its name ls espe- from Mt. Vernon. two ribbon wing chair, brass fittings for a cially appropriate. Members of back side chairs with flowered fireplace, a fine candlestand with the Warner House Association linen covered seats and a side snake feet and a night stand organized In 1931 to purchase chair With ~ green sa;tin seat. with scalloped tray. Other inthe house-which would have Mrs. J. Wmslow Peirce is lend- terestlng items in the exhibit will been sold-to preserve and beau- ing a Chippendale arm chair and be two chairs once owned and tlfy it as an example of the a se_t of ladder.back dining room used by Sir William Pepperell, finest early Georgian architec- chairs of the same design. In and a chaise-longue belonging to ture and a repository for fur- the perm an ent collection, there him, which have been loaned by nlture and other articles reveal- is a Chippendale mirror, given George B. Lord of Portsmouth, Ing the life and habits of the by Mrs. Charles Ham}ln; a very and an elaborate Duncan Phyfe gentlefolk of the Colonies. Mrs. beautiful Chippendale table, horsehair carved sofa, the loan Barrett Wendell secured the which belonged to Miss Cather- of Mrs. Marvin. Copley portrait of little Mary ine Moffat (1723-1823), wife of Mr. and Mrs. James Sullivan Warner, Jonathan's only daugh- William Whipple, a signer of the are lending two chairs of the ter, which was recently loaned Declaration of Independence, late eighteenth cent.ury, which by William Averell Harriman of given by Mrs. William o. Rice of belonged to Governor Sullivan of New York. Albany, as well as five English New Hampshire and have never For his portrait, In 1761, Jona- Chippendale dining-room en.airs been exhibited before, and Mrs. than Warner donned a suit of presented by the Patriotic Francis P . Crowninshield of Mar. light gray, and with black Daughters of ColonlaJ Wars and bleh ead is lending some rare cocked hat and powdered wig brought from England last sum- pieces from her well-known colhe represen ts Blackburn's favor- mer. lec tlon . ite harmony of blacks, whites The Hepplewhite collection The exhibition, which will and grays. Ill l d . t bl benefit the House Assa1 In the spacious. high-studded w 1ave a iess ng a e and i t· ·11 Warner b hallway which extends straight chairs, loa;ned by Mrs. J. Temple. c a 1011, w1 e open to the pubthr_ough to the garden, hangs a m~n. C~olld~e; a bed and other lie from 10 to 6, every day, inpau· of caribou antlers which furry1ture f1om the Garv_an Col- ~ur~~g Sun1ay, from Aug, :C were a goodwill gift to Captain lect1on from Yale University, and Macphaedri's, the original res!- 3: smal! drop-leaf H~pplewhl_te dent, from the Indians in ap- side table, and a side chall", reciation of payment for their shield back, with spade feet, loaned by Mrs. Hodge and Miss Parry. RareNew Hampshire Pieces inWarner House Exhibition �eft: Jacobean Type Chair, about 1680, attributed to the earl joiner, Thomas Dennis of Portsmouth, N. H., and Ipswich, fro the research by Dr, Irving P. Lyon of Buffalo on that maker Lent to the exhibition of antiques at Warner House in Ports mouth Aug. 2-13, by Charles H. Batchelder, a descendant of th original owner. Warner House Exhibit Now Open To The Public Private Showing Yesterday Largely Attended -Exhibition Includes Pieces From Many 0utstanding New England Collections The Warner House exhibit which Includes objects from some of the finest collections in New England, was opened to the public today, and will continue to Aug. 13. The hours are from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. The exhibition is for the benefit of thli' Warner House Association, which eeks to preserve this · outstanding istorical building. Many widely known people at• nded the tea held yesterday after• oon which opened the exhibit. In• luded in the large number the fol• owing were noted : Mrs, Woodrow Wilson, Mrs. Louis R. Cheney of York Harbor, Mrs. Helen Boynton, Mrs. John C. Breck• enrldge, Mrs. Samuel Cabot, Jr., Mrs. Hugh Criss, Mrs, Christian Grl}llde• mar, Mrs. Katharine S. Hill, Mrs. Jefferson Hogan, Mrs. Lovell Hodge, Mrs. Woodbury Langdon, Mrs. A. W. Laughton, Mrs. George B, Lord, Dr. Davis Lincoln, Miss Sarah Peaslee, Miss Virginia deRochemont, Mrs. Anna Shackford, Miss Susan Went• worth, Mrs. Leonard Wheeler, Mrs, Elizabeth Perkins of York, Mrs. Hen• ry P. Straw, Mr. and Mrs. James Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. H. Clinton Tay• lor and Marion Taylor, Mrs. Wallis D. Walker of Rye Beach. Tea was served under the direction of Miss Rosamond Thaxl;er of Kitt.ery Point. During the afternoon Miss Martha Boutwell, attired in colonial costume, rendered harp selections. Connie Laughton, grand-daughter of Former Mayor W. E. Marvin and Mrs. Marvin, occupied the old-fash• loned nursery and was dressed 1n keeping with the nursery, Mrs. Louis L. Green of Cambridge, Mass., and New Castle, In chairman of the exhibit, Although the original furniture and heirlooms of the Macphaedrls-Warner family represent only a part of the permanent collection at the House, these things are very int.eresting, On the bonnet-top doorway with the ori• glnal bulls-eye glass, for example, there ls a large brass handle which has a protective trick: the door cannot be unlatched until the handle and the escutcheon plate have been slid up• wards. In the spacious, high-studded hall• way which extends 11tralght through to the garden, hangs a pair or caribou antlers which were a goodwill gift to Capt, Macphaedrls from the Indians in appreciation of payment for their land. The hall lantern with globe for one candle ,about 1760, belonged to the House, and aft.er its purchase was found in the attic. The beautiful crys• tal chandelier, also about 1760, origin• ally hung as it does now in the first floor living room. There is ar, unusually large and -interesting secretary in the upstairs living room in which are many heirlooms, including books and personal belong. ings-baby dress and shoes, party slippers, etc. In a closet in a rear bed• room are several very old garmen two eighteenth century gowns in tat. tered condition, a man's red coat with gold embroidery and buttons, and a black felt cocked hat which belonged to Jonathan Warner, Charles Sherburne Penhallow o Waban, a descendant of Jonathan Warner's brother, Samuel, has loaned two remarkable pieces-a chest-on• dhest and a lowboy-which were ori• glnally in the house. In the Chippendale collection of the forthcoming exhibition there are a pair or American Chippendale arm chairs and two side chairs loaned by Mrs. Wendell, and, from the collection of Mrs. Lovell Hodge and Miss Kath• arine Parry, one ribbon back side chair, a Chinese Chippendale dropleaf or Pembroke table, two ribbon back side chairs in original condition from Mt. Vernon, two ribbon back side c}lalrs with .flowered linen covered seats and a side chair with a green satin 3eat. Mrs. J. Winslow Peirce has loaned a Chippendale a1•m chair and a set of ladder-back dining room chairs or the same design. The Peirce family will undoubtedly miss these dining room chairs, as well as the Jesso mirror, Queen Anne tea table, Lowestoft plates and other family treasures they are contributing for these two weeks, but one thing they won't be inconvenienced by lending ls their set of green, bone-handled knives curved to eat �In the permanent collection, there Mr. and Mrs. James Sullivan have is a Chippendale mirror, given by Mrs. loaned two chairs o! the late 18th cenCharles Hamlin; a very beautiful tury, which belonged to Governor SulChippendale table, which belonged to livan of New Hampshire and have Miss Catherine M:offat (1723-1823), never been exhibited before, and Mrs. wife of Williar,t Whipple, a signer of Francis P. Crowninshield of Marblethe Declaration of Independence, given head is lending some rare pieces from by Mrs. William G. Rice of Albany, as her well-known collection. well as five English Chippendale dinOne of the most interesting heiring room chairs presented by the Pa- looms Is the forerunner of President triotic Daughters of Colonial Wars and Eliot's "Five-Foot Shelf"-"the gen-' brought from England last summer. tleman's traveling bookshelf." It ls a The Hepplewhite collection has a compact little collection of pocketdressing table and chairs, loaned by sized classics in a case about two feet Mrs. J . Templeman Coolidge; a bed long, which could be easily transporand furniture from the Garvan Col- ted by the literary man en voyage. lection from Yale University, and a This fascinating contribution to the small drop-leaf Hepplewhite side table exhibition is loaned by Miss Rosaand a side chair, shield back, with mond Thaxter of Kittery Point. spade feet, loaned by Mrs. Hodge and Miss Parry. To the Sheraton group Mrs. William E. Marvin, chairman of the Warner House Association, and Mrs. Wendell have contributed several kinds of painted furniture, which they describe as "an interesting, different type of Mrs. J. Winslow Peirce will be Sheraton." The oldest furniture in the exhibi- hostess on Friday morning at the extion wlll be a Jacobean oak chair and hibition of rare old family antiques chest loaned by Charles H. Batchel- being given at the Warner house. She der of Portsmouth. According to the will be assisted by Mrs. I. E. Stowe, tradition in Mr. Batchelder's family, Miss Judith Stowe, Miss Judith Lee these two piec~ were brought to New Dismukes, daughter of Rear Admiral Hampshire by an ancestor, the Rev, Douglas E. Dismukes, and Mrs. R. o. Stephen Batchelder, in 1633, while re- Underwood. cent investigation on this type of chair Mrs. Peirce and her assistants will by Dr. Irving P . Lyon of Buffalo at- have charge of the various rooms at tributes the origin to a joiner, Thomas the exhibit and will answer visitors' Dennis of Portsmouth and Ipswich, questions about the various pieces about 1680. The chest ls a companl9n which are now being shown in the piece of the same period. famous old house. The exhibition is on Another interesting piece is a public view from 10 a, m. to 6 p. m, "roundabout'' chair, which belonged to through Saturday, August 13, and conGeneral Moulton of Revolutionary trary to custom, on Sunday, August 7, fame, from the collection of Harland also. G . Little of Salem and Hampton. Mrs. Paul H. Bonner o'f Rye will be Booth Tarkington of Kennebunkport hostess on Friday afternoon il.nd her has loaned two English portraits of assistants will be Mrs, Edward Herlihy, Lely's time, 1605 to 1681, from his su- Mrs. Claude T. Lloyd, Mrs. Thomas perb collection, and a Queen Anne Folds, Mrs. Harold B. Gross, Mrs. H. lowboy. The Peirce family is lending a D. Curwen, and Miss Priscilla ,Peirce, Queen Anne tea table, the smallest who will wear a gown of early colonial ever seen in Portsmouth or vicinity. days, Also, in this group is seen a remarkaSaturday a. m., Mrs. Louis Lawrence ble three-chair-back carved settee, Green will serve as hostess, assisted by chair, mirror and burled walnut low- her daughter, Lois Tanner Green boy, all of the Queen Anne period, dressed In a beautiful taffeta gown of from Mrs. Louis Lawrence Green of eighteenth century style. Also assistCambridge and New Castle; an un- ing Mrs. Green are Miss Jean Kinnier, usual Queen Anne mirror with the Lynchburg, Va., Mrs. Charles H. Batoriginal glass, loaned by Mrs. Hodge chelder, Mrs, F. A. Tusler, and Mrs. and Ml&S Parry, and a Queen Anne Marjorie M. Hartford, desk, which Is part of the permanent Mrs, William Marvin will be the hos• collection at the Warner House, tess on Saturday afternoon. Among the number of other very There will be a new group of hosfine old pieces loaned by Mrs. Hodge tesses on Sunday with Miss Helen and Miss Parry, are a Queen Anne Souter in charge in the morning and chair, a Dutch wing chair, brass fit- Mrs. Marjorie Hartford, Mrs. Marjorie tings for a fl.replace, a fine candle- Hllwitt, Mrs-. E. M. Dodd, Jr., and Mis.Ii stand with snake feet and a night Lois Tanner Green as aides. In the stand with scalloped tray, Other in- afternoon Mrs. Charles H, Batchelder teresting items in the exhibit are two will be on hand to greet visitors as• chairs once owned and used by Sir sisted in the various rooms by Mrs. William Pepperrell, and a chalse- Arthur D. Hill, Miss Judith Lee Dislonge belonging to him, which have mukes and Mrs. Harry Davis. Proceeds from the exhibit will benebeen loaned by George B. Lord of Portsmouth, and an elaborate Duncan fit The Warner House Association, of Phyfe horsehair carved sofa, the loan which Mrs. Barrett Wendell Is honorof Mrs. Marvin. ary chairman, in its efforts to preserve and beautify the house. HOSTESSES AT WARNER t~OUSE �Portsmouth Restores Treasures of Past 4 Rotary Club launches drive to preserve all buildings dating back Lo Colonial er<t or the clipper .~hip days. By Robert R. Mullen Staff Writer of The Christian Science Monitor Now owned by the Metropolitan Museum of New York, the Wentworth-Gardner ·house, facing the Piscataqua, is one of Portsmouth's most lovely mansions. It was built in 1760 by Madam Mark Hunking Wentworth for her PORTSMOUTH, N. H., July 30They whacked a big door in the side of the old Statehouse here the other day-the Statehouse where John Wentworth was made Governor back in 1767, where George Washington harangued the citizens in 1789, where more New Hampshire history was made than could be crammed into a book-to make it into a garage. And Portsmouth citizens decided they had seen about enough, The reaction was spontaneous. The Rotary Club took it up to see what could be done towards saving the fF!any fine old buildings with their wonderful associations, dating back to Colonial times, from falllng to wrack and ruin, being torn down, son Thomas. The bonnet over the doorway mov_ed about or made into filling holds a pineapple, tinted gold. The interior is I stations. . . wonderfully hand carved in the Corinthian Committee Org_amzed style That Linden tree in the yard is one of ' As a resul~, a comm_ittee has been · . . organized, with Captam C. G. Mayo the largest and most beautiful in the state. of the Navy Yard as its chairman ~ ·and many of Portsmouth's leading citizens as members. Definite steps are now under wa_v to save and restore such notable places as James Stoodley's tavern, built before the Revolution, and familiar to many who read Kenneth Robert's "Northwest Passage" as the meeting place for Langdon Towne, Major Rogers, and other characters in the novel. Besides Captain Mayo, those on the committee include William S. Appleton, secretary of the Society for Preservation of New England Antiquities; K. E. Goldsmith, Mayor . of Portsmouth; Mrs. J. Templeman Coolidge, Charles M. Dale, Mrs. H. W. Englund, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. s. Harlow, F. W. Hartford, Ben Harts_horn, J. M. Howells, the Rev. Wilham S. Jones, J. E. Seybolt, E. T. Trefethen, Miss Dorothy Vaughan, J. R. Waldron, Mrs. Barrett Wendell, M. E. Witmer, W. C. Staples and Eugene W. Clarke. The most ambitious hope of the committee is that the town can be restored as it was during the bustling periocj. from 1750 to 1800 when Portsmouth ships contended with New York and Boston vessels for the honor of having the most trade with the West Indies. Restoration Is Goal Interiors of many Portsmouth houses reflect the charm of America's mellow Federal period plus the riches of the Orient, brought home by Portsmouth men of the sea. Here are three young ladies, gowned in the finery of their Portsmouth great-grandmothers. They will pour tea at the Warner House Monday afternoon, opening a two week exhibition of Portsmouth antiquities. From dresses like these came the Stars and Stripes for the Ranger. Such a restoration would include moving many structures, tearing down some modern ones, perhaps changing streets and o~herwise acting on a big scale. When completed, the town would almost be completely made over and the visitor would blink his eyes in a city where time oad been turned back a century and a half. No estimate has heen ms>.de of what such a job woUld cost In �It doesn't look like much now. It probably never was a beautiful building; but it has figured in much New Hampshire history. rt is the old State House that once stood on Market Square, but has been moved now to A less ambitious aim ls to pick out the more beautiful, or most historically interest.Ing, of the old buildings, buy them, repair them and preserve them for the future. If this can be done in one section of the town at a time, so eventually they can be joined as portions of the complete restoration plan, so much the better. It goes without saying, that all this requires a great deal of work. For one thing, it must be known which structures deserve preservation. So many stories have grown up al'ound some of them that it has become difficult to distinguish betweljn fact and fiction. Hlstorles must be checked and accurate facts secured. Then, too, some of the buildings have been neglected too long, They are past the point where they can be economically and even satisfactorily restored. They must be examined, checked by engineers, and otherwise studied. RecorJ)s Studied To take care of these aspects, the Committee, with the aid of city officials, has been able to get a WPA project through. Records are being studied, examinations made, photographs taken, and a mass of material gathered for the city's use. But other things must progress even while the e preliminaries go on. The Committee must work to maintain public enthusiasm and to forestall, so far as possible, the loss of any more of the ancient structures. For those who enjoy rummaging ~ through old places, where opporCou rt Street. Built in 1758, it served well fo tw1ities to make new discoveries and tu.rn up rare bits of informa• public purposes until 18 18. Now ma de into tlon or antiques are almost ungarage and filling station, it mutely spur limited, Portsmouth ls the place lo Portsmouth residents to protect other ancien go. One can, for instance, wander structures from · mutilation or disintegration. down a little side street, ljned with houses a century and more old. Over the front porch of one, the visitor will note a little iron balcony. There ls nothing In its wrought-Iron contours that tells that it came from the old Colonial statehouse, that Sheriff Parker read the Declaration of Independence from it to a cheering throng of Gtanite staters, that George Washington spoke from it. No, it doesn't speak, but there It ls and almost any passing Portsmouth resident can tell you the story. The new Federal Gulde lists no fewer than 43 houses and bulldings that have special historical interest, and this number doubtleSlj__ will be multiplied several times ovlr when the Committee has completed its studies. Dresses Made Into Flag To boys of the adventure-story reading age, Portsmouth is well known as the port where John Paul , . , Jones built the Ranger. Young ~-;._f~;c,.;...;,.4) ladles, too, recall the story of how ~J • ~ .,. "'· the belles of Portsmoutn cut up ' their silken dresses 1') make brave . , Captain Jones and hl's crew (many ~---• of them Portsmouth boys) a beau, '.t ii ' tiful American flag. 'iii ~ .,. This stars and st.ripes flew over •. the Ranger during the fight with the Drake, and was the first AmerlThis iron balcony came from the old Stat can Flag to be seen In Europe. It House. George Washington stood on it t went down nobly on the "Bon address the citizens of Portsmouth in 1789·I Homme Richard," the ship that cap• d tured the Sera pis In what the books sh en·ff p or k er rea d t he Dec Ioration of In e- call, "the most desperately-fought pendence from it. Now it serves the Hart- battle between two naval vessels reTreat HouseI built about 1840• corded in history.'• ' B tJ I Many times through these doors Daniel Webster. The house belonged to Jeremiah Mason, his friend and colleague. It was here that Daniel called to reap law, and here the Webster family came when burned out in the great fire. fi@f:'f•i']it.':,.~-.;• x,,~~:-·.•·:.,,,1 •· ... · - t:. t,;."'. ~-,: ,!i,.""l'·\ ... [B1:.iJ~:Ja~~:_:-\_~~-j ·, . •; i~-~1~~tt~ -"'"iJ.~-~---L~~~-~--,~~~~~-~-:~---- _ __ =~:.c~{•• -~--~---~·---1..... i·· -· .. ~.. / -- �many another New England vlllage, it is filled with old lace and lavender reminiscences. There Is, for example, the story they tell about old St. John's Church. It has to do with the way Nicholas Rousselet "popped the question" one bright Sunday morning when he , sat with Katherine Moffat in her father's pew. He handed Katherine a 'Bible open at the Second Epistle ot St. John, addressed to the "Elect Lady." He had marked the fifth -yerse : "And now I beseech thee, lady • • •" Answer in Ruth Apparently Katherine had her mind made up, for she returned the Bible with her finger on the sixteenth verse of the first chapter of Ruth: "Wither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people . . ,." In Portsmouth they add: "They lived happy ever after.'' Such legends, are all a part of the Portsmouth charm. And this charm is not so seedy a.s perhaps we may have suggested thus tar. Many of the houses are In good repair, glistening white, with yard:, and English-style gardens In fine trim. Such a. one is the home of Thomas Balley Aldrich, former Editor ot the Atlantic Monthly and author of the "Story of a Bad Boy," After his passing, a. collection was taken and his Portsmouth boyhood home has been restored, furnished as jt was when he accomplished the exploits that make his books so entertaining. Warner House, Portsmouth, Revives the Colonial Scene Reviving scenes ot Its pre-revolu- cherries on the left shoulder, hartlona.ry grandeur, the old Warner monizing wi th her large-brimmed 'House in Portsmouth , N. H., re- red h'a t t rimmed with roses and sounded to merry chaLter and soft mignonette. Among other prominent eighteenth - century music when guests noted were Mr. and Mrs. guests from many parts of the coun- Harry Toulmin, from Monterey, try attended the reception and tea. Calif., Mrs. Harry Taylor, Washingpreceding the opening Monday of ton, D. C., Mrs. Wallace Walker, a. two-week loan exhibit of art treas- Mrs. Charles B. Amory, Mrs. Russell ures and rare antiques. White, Mrs. Arthm D. Hill, Mrs. The lovely old brick mansion, Charles H. Batchelder, Mr. and Mrs. built between 1716 an(! 1723, was Clinton Taylor, Mrs. Edward Briggs, one of the most Important homes Mrs. Curtis Matthews, Raymond C. and gathering places of leaders In L. Greer. th 1 d hi Tea. as served In the garden. e ear y ays of t s country, But Those pouring were Mrs. John T. Portsmouth's business section hes crept up to its very door and this Coolidge, Jr., Mrs. Edward Crocker, hl.storlc pile was threatened with Mrs. George Richmond Fearing, coll}merclallsm. To save it, the Miss Margaret Fletcher, Mrs. Alvan warner House Association was T . Fuller, Miss Mary A. Harris, Miss formed l;>y prominent residents un- Edith Harris, Mrs. John Howells, Mrs. Fergus Reid, Jr., Mrs Barrett der the leadership of Mrs. Barrett Wendell, Jr. Assisting in the house Wendell o! Marlboro Street, Boston, and in serving tea was a group of and Portsmouth. The success of the young women dressed in original project Is proved by the enthusiastic :Eighteenth Century costumes. They response as shown In the loan ex- were :t-,,U.ss Marcy Tarbell Clay Miss hlblt and the number of visitors at ,Anne Decatur, Miss Lois Tanner the private view. Green, Mrs. Lester W. Harding, Jr., Guests were received by Mrs. Miss Justine Hartford, Miss Virginia Wendell, Honorary Chairman of the Lowell, Miss Prlsc1lla. Peirce, Miss Warner House Association; Mrs. Joan Powers, Miss Josephine }tice, Willliam E. Marvin, chairman; Mrs. Mrs. E. W. Laughton, Mrs. Jonathan J. Templeton Coolidge, Mrs. J. Sawyer. Winslow Peirce, Mrs. Henry G. Vaughan. Mrs. Louis J:.,awrence Green is chairman of the exhibition. In each room, furnished with priceless antiques many of which originally belonged In t he old house, hostesses told of the interesting historical associations. Among the hostesses were Mrs. Paul H. Bonner, Rye, N. H.; Miss Pauline Bradford, Portsmouth ; Mrs. Seth Low Pierrepont, York Harbor, Maine; Mrs. John G. F. Prescott, Portsmouth; Mrs. William M. Seabury, Gerrish Island, Maine. Much interest was shown in the portraits loaned, especially that of littll! Mary Warner, by Copley, loaned by William Averell Harriman, New York, and the Blackburn portrait of the same girl when a young lady; Blackburn portraits of Samuel Warner and Nathaniel Warner, Sarah Wentworth Macphaedris, Mary Macphaedris Warner, Jonathan Warner, loaned by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson was one of the interesting guests. She arrived with Mrs. Lewis R. Cheney, from York Harbor, wearing a navy a'nd white sheer print with a bunch of �! itfif~ sE f1 2 3 =1 , ..i • ._ ~J...1~• 1. -~ r, I IF. w.HARTFORD 1~1 ~ Services ~fhiJ~fi;al Tribute iTo Hon F W for the late Hon. F. ·uart~Or..d ~ 8 e w. ·. Hartford will be held at 2.30 this af;lf.l ternoon. The body is lying in state ·. ~ from 12 o'clock until the hour of the ·· lfil funeral. , lt~ Funeral services will be held at the ', • • ' North (Congregational? ~hurch and ri: Ii{ many clubs and orgamzations, as well • • · •, ~s busmess establishments will attend ~ lil a body. Rev. Arthur A. Rauner, pas- _ • SJDeSS f. t1 tor of the Nort~ Church; will conduct : r· .:r7i:--:'i ~ the funeral services while Rev. William ll '·! [1 S~fford. Jones of th.! Unitarian church •.' wi11 del!ver the eulogy. Honorary bear:~ ers will consist _of intimate friends of , The city vf Portsmouth ceased its ac- /served, for i,t>arly half a century, im~ Mr. Hartfo~d, wit~ whom he has been tivities for au hour on Monday, while its measurably stronger and finer , '.·~ a_ssociated m various. enterprises. Ac- . citizens from r.very walk of life and resi- 1in.°?ler. We are all the better, better · ~ t~ve bearers will be eight of his asso- dents frorr•. many cities and towns of the 1cit1zens,_ be~ter neighbors, better friends, ~ ciates on the Portsmouth He~ald, the . state paid th<!ir last respects to Hon. F. !or havmg i-nown such a man, for hav- : ~ ~~dest members of the staff m point Hartford, a man who had served for !mg come und~r t~e sp:ll o~ ~is person- • · service. .]seven terms as mayor and one who wa.s I ality • Contar.t with hlS spmt has liftea , The Ports~outh Herald went to vitally interested in· tne advancement us all to a :,Jgher plane of feeling and t press early ~n order that the entire of the city. Practically every business thinking and act.ing. ·. 1 .,,.~~:::so~~e ,.,~ -ig~\.a~te,~~ }~~ .:~~~~-~}· . house in thP. city was closed and flags : "The note struck in tllis service ~day ' ' ' :~:r,,£'r,:::~.\ .-.:,;;P:i'¾':.y;/~i.;;f. . . ~~L, .:!t'I' ,-:·);;;\.;.· ~ere. at half-staff throughout t}:le day should be the ~aster no~ o! victory ··•1~ :·•~ ''~ -~ ';!'t!~~\;::(. m tribute to 0ne of the best known over death, of life everlastmg. 'Death· !J~: .;:r~r'~/:,':;;';<'.i:· citizens of Portsmouth and New Hamp- cries Victor_ H11go, 'is the entrance in~ t ·'.·.'!•••, ~,;~ ~;:.:~:,:_t;'~.\-~-<?·\~~;-!~~~IJ'-✓\~~.}i. ::) ~;,\fj~5 '." shire. the great hghL.' Our friend has not ;~~!/'. ,, ..: ::; ,'.-.,1•: .,._-;-· , • .'··"'l•\·'.;7'''., ·, -::'.><:···, · ,.,,._;,.. Funeral services were held at the gone down into dusty darkness; he has •. ;·• "/ •.. .: . .,' 1,•...'.,'y' '"<,.};'{\-\: ,; North Church at. 2:30 o'clock. Previ- 1'gone on into a larger life of endless -', ~s,,,..,,-,:; · \ ~:.'.· .( .'/-: •· ,,:;·:,:.. ·"::/'·,\<' , ous to that for two and one-half hours hope, of endless opportunity, of endless · :~-,-,,:, ,,-,,, ,_..,:,.,,q,,, ;ir;,j t~~ body iay in state and hundreds o! se;,vice. /f Q~: ..· .;~\\';,<,.··. ·· :;e_ ,~,,:-';•s'>,•;~,,,, · ·'"' ':'',:, · c1t1zens passed oy to pay their personal : The out;tanding characteristic ot r'\·'\-,:y,:. :.,;/'; ,. farewell. It was a heart-touchino- •, our friend's 1ife was his civic spirit. '{J}i'lf "- scene, as ,nany who came felt his pass: Civic rlghi;eoumess was a passion with •,~~~;f\ ing was thei: personal loss and dis- I h~m. No man in our city-I speak ad• played deep feeling as they paid their 1 VlSedly-ever had more at heart the Jrespects to a man who had truly been i economic bettrrment of our people, the , their friend. , moral welfar,J of our families, the spiritThe front. of the church W'iI:S com- ual upbuildinp: of our communal life. ·,.,,· pletely banked with flowers, which ex- I For these nigh ends he labored incessf. tended into tne balcony. rt was per- 1 antly, sometlmes alas, in the face of , 'j/..:1/f;,-;J{: haps th_e most b€autiful and extensive I ignor~~ce and indifference and even r-.: fk1 ral display ever seen in this section. oi:ipos1t1on. But he neve: ~avered in ~i\ :.· ,...,;,Jfi~(.'. Rev. Arthur Acy Rouner, pastor of the I h1~, allegia_ncc, these civw ideals. ,-::~:\0.-:,· North Church, conducted the service. And th!S sr,mt of loyalty to a greater :. ::•r·fi\.,;:'21 Rev. Wilham Safford Jones pastor of Portsmouth flowed out into other fields ; "f:y the South Church, gave the e~logy. The and made hint the friend and helper ofl, ~ scriptural passages read by Mr. Rauner every worthy cause, not only the wise · were comforting to all who felt the planner for an expanding city and port, ,; great loss. but also fo,· a developing seacoast -. Amos W. Moody played selections on region. The Navy Yard owes much to ·. the organ prior to the service. . him. The F ederal Government always / Mr. Jonc?s in his eulogy spoke as foi~ counted on his cooperation. .';,,,._ lows: · "And with hlS civic spirit, so ardent, (f. " 'There is a kind of contempt of the so persistent, wr. must link his philan• ;,~\,/ landscape,' says Emerson, 'felt by him thropic spirit. Ev-ery charitable insti• .~~'?: who has j_ust :o.ss by death a dear friend. t~tion here was dear_to him. He gave {~~,,:,_.:;;,,,,;;;,~:--· ;f_ The: sky 1s less grand as it shuts down liberally, not c>nly hlS money, but his \··.-1.:,,''.., ,r,; ,!i '· OV<!r less worth in the population.' : time, energy and forethought to safe- )~ ·•' • "That is the way we all feel today as guard _them. Only a few know what he ' .i,. we gathet· in this house of prayer con-! did in the dark days of the depression. scious of the loss experienced by' the B~yond his seeing to it that ~very man /!?, whole community in the passing on of ~no wanted t<) work could fmd some- · a great-heart,fd public servant. Of thing to do, for example on the South /:_ varying religious faiths, of differing po- \ Mill Pond project, he carried individu- .lit,ical creeds, we are one in the aware- als and families on his heart and on his ness that fos• us all the community is ,i chrckbook. That I know, for as a the poorer for his departure. ~ friend I stood very close to him then. "And yet it is borne in upon us that ~ "He neve.: inquired as to the nation• such a rich and fruitful life-rich and ality or race or creed o!. one in need: i i1f~ Impressive Services Held yesterday At North Church-City Offices And Bu . .·' ,:)(;~1 Establishments Closed During T1"me Of Funeral :~w. ;!\ciifff}~'.:}1'? •:~:¥ 7 ./'f-.<'.\.·\'\, Jf>/( '.;/{\ ,:<. ·; ··: ··_.·:f{J'.tJt{,f\/t. : :;~1:f;~~~.\!~·;t;~;. ~.-~t:';d:~~;)~r~1;~,{:~~;*if~t<" 1 -~U.!JJ't'~- t~ j",.\ ·,fJ: l I I I' .~ f~~~~~~-~~~~v;~, s~:i;-h~= ~~:~~~~:?;;~~~~:,~e t~:e ~1''. �'. '5 :1;;.. .,•••Y,m.c-menOndWom,nWdj 7. .·ThIB ~,n " ,....,rom smile~b&ndTJ•m.::. Remkk of ··,:,W,cy- Point-I .: .' ;' .. children n_ius, be kept from starvation! Of hope to ri.se, fear to fall; !Frank w . Rar>dall, Richai-l D. McDon- · · -· -· -; 0 ! 01 and suffering. LOrd of him!'elf, though not of lands, 'ough, Supt. of Schools Harry L. Moore, - · "'Service above self,' that was hill!· And having nothing, yet hath all.'" Al.bertJ. Rowe, Edwin W. Gray, Thom- - ' ' Rotary creed• I r as F. Flanagan, Fred W. Lydston, , i •·The last quality of our friend's naCharles E. Bowen, secretary to Gov . . Fred H . Marden and Bertram M, Til' ture on which I must_ touch, th?ugh r~- Francis l:'. Murphy, :epresented the ~ton. servedly, because oniy those m hi& stg,te of Nevr Hampshire and Mayor I Active 1:>earers were present employfamily circle saw it at its finest and best, K!mnarq ~. _Qqlpsmit):l. and member_s o~ Ies of the POI t.smouth Herald, the eight , was his overflowing human affectlo~. the City Connell officially represented oldest employes in point of service. '. A devoted husband, a sympathetu, - the clty. Rea1 Admiral C. W. Cole, Theirs was R. labor of love as they cari father, an ur.derstanding grandfather, commandant of the Portsmouth Navy ried the bod,\I of their employer on its j a generous brother,-he was the center! /Yard, and his aide, Lieut, Comdr• J • J, journey to its last resting place. They of many lovmg hearts bowed down to- Curley, reprcSented the Portsmouth were William R . Dearborn, Patrick E. 1day with a sens~ of loss and desolation. Navy Yard. Rear Admiral D. E. Dis- Kane, Thomas w. Morrissey, Percy A . . 1 "But let them lift up their hearts in mukes, U. 5. N. , ret., a former com- Moulton, George A. Howard, George B. love and gr~ titude and thanksgiving ; mandant of the . Portsmouth Navy Ward, Everett J. Averill and Laurence · ,., for a life that, was upright before God ;Yard, and Mrs. Dismukes were also in Shorey. . and downright before men, for a life ; attendance. _O!her state officials . inUshers at the: church were Frank ' , that stood foursquare to the winds of : eluded Com~~c.s1oner of -Mot~r Vehicles ]' Paterson, Paul Badger, John Seybolt ) Here was no trickster, no i John F. Gmfln and AdJt. Gen. and Charles H . Walker, members of the 1 heaven. : demagogue, but a brave man who by toil ' Charles W. Howard of Concord and 1Rotary Club. 1 and ambition had made himself master •.' Oren V. Henderson, sp_eaker of the [ Interment was in Sagamore cemetery, "· \ of his fate caotain of his soul. '. House of Representatives . Former the committa~ services being conducted : .. '· , "Our fri~nd -reverenced the past of ; Govs·. Huntley N. Spaulding of Roch- at the grave in the family lot by Mr . .' l Portsmouth fie.· great merchants whose ! ester and .John H. Bartlett of this city IRouner and !Vu. Jones. Arrangements ships sailed.the Seven Seas and brought ! were at the funeral. Others present in- we~e under th<' direction of J. Verne , I home the goo.~s which filled the ancient ' clud~d Mayo~ Edwar~ J. G~llaghe:, Wood. •• l warehousE>s to overflowing. He ad- publi.sher of tne Lacoma Evenmg Cit1- r - - - - --- - -- 11- 11 ---:c •. ~-:•. , - - -- - - ' ,o fl mired the hardy sailors and intrepid ?.en, and Mrs. Gallagher, Lincoln W. ~~" • • ~ : ~&.l.:.ti) - -S ~ 'U:._': • \~ ·.' ' ... : cai:,tains who made the name of our . Fi~zpatrick, presiden_t of the New Ha~p· '. ., fair city known in distant ports. shire Weekly Publ1Shers' Association, 4 . ·. · '. j "And he believed in the present former State Senator William E. Har- , J. , 'i -~ Portsmouth, with all her shortcomings rington, forn~er Mayor Charles E. C~r- I :, ~ and failures and built his life into her, roll of Lacoma and Thomas O. Marvm, "~--_\ ; . '·'/ • freely, unre.; ervedly. former chairman of the U. S . Tariff 1 .a . J "Out of that rich past challenging the Commission; B. E. Warren, publisher .': -- · present hP. .~aw with clear spiritual of the Nashua Telegraph, and Charles vision the e!nergence of a future Ports- H. Austin, also of Nashua, past commouth, built cut of the travail, the mander-in-chief of the New Hampshire , sacrifice, the loyalty, of the swiftly Consistory, Among the former The prosp~t of a new bridg-e over the passing geneiations. For that insight mayors of Portsmouth present were Hampton River to replace the 30-yearI we honor him this day! \Harry B. Yeaton, Edward H. Adams, old structure, long famed as the longest "It was a Queen of England Queen Charles M. D9,le, Orel A. Dexter, Al- wooden bridge in the world, increases · .;·, Mary of old who once said th~t after bert Hislop, Dr. S. F • A. Pickering, D. with the announcement that engineers -~- ·• her death they would find written on IW. Badger and Dr. Samuel T. Ladd. from the :J!· f. War Department will her heart the word "Calais," the town Numerous organizations to which Mr. hold a public hearing Aug. 8 in the '/: . which meant so much to her, tragic Hartford ':>elonged were represez:ite!i fire station hall. ,, , , though the meaning was. )Among those that could be distinguish The engin-.?ers will hear arguments ;,.." : · , "Is it an exaggeration to say that if as officially represented by their badges for and a;;air:st the new bridge, which _ we could see into the heart of our wer_e the foll?wing:. Damon LOdge, is rxpected be much shorter than 1 1 friend we should find stamped upon -Knights of I ·ythias, Ensign Emerson the present one, reputed to be· a mile in it in indelible letters the word 'Ports- )Hovey Post, No . 68, Veterans of Foreign length. Representatives of the State mouth,' the clty which was the center Wars; Women's Auxiliary, Veterans of Highway Depi:.rtment and the state De• of his dreams and ideals of loyalty? /Foreign Wars; Portsm~uth Rotary partment of Forestry and Recreation \ "Where ran we find a better summing Club, Portsmouth Kiwanis Club a nd will probably be present to favor the : up of this indep~ndent and happy life !Strawberry Bank _Grange, !new bridge, which is included in plans ·, 1 than in Sir Henry Wotton~ noble Employes at City Hall came to pat \for the development of the state reser1 ·1 hymn? their tribut<! anti. there were many who lvation. . ,· •" had been associated with Mr . Hartford -:-,:. . " 'How happy 1~ he born or taught during his 1,crvice as mayor, fellow dl~ d . ... ·~:: : Who serveth not another's will; rectors of thP. New Hampshire Natlona.l . , . • . (-- • Whose armor is his honest thought, , Bank, and business men, all who came -:S·~ P{l • And simple t:.-uth his highest skill; j to pay their last· respects to one whom !they respected and admired. " 'Whose pas~ions not his masters are; I As the line passed the flower-banked Whose soul is still prepared for death, jca.;,ket there wern many touching scenes. Untied unto th~ world by care Old and young were represented. One Of prince's ear or vulgar breath; I especially heart-gripping scene was the ·. [ appearance ur several newsboys and a · '' .: " 'VVho hath hL~ life from rumors freed, [ newsgirl, carrying their newspa?ers ; Whose consi:ience is his strong retreat, : with them as they went down the aisle. i Whose state car- neither flatterers feed, [ Honorary bearers included the follow-~ Nor ruin make oppressors great; . ing intimate fnends of Mr. Hartford: ' \ William C. Walton, Fred H . Ward, ._.. ; "'Who God doth late and early pray l William J . Cater, Willis E. Underhill, •:c• .. -·' More of hi. grace than goods to lend; I J. Edward Pickering, former Mayor ,: \ Ano walks wlth man, from day to day, : !Charles M , Dale, former Mayor Orel 'c ·.. I As with a brat.her and a friend. \ JA. Dexter, Geo~ge_ B. Lord, Frank _D. •i ~-- ---,---. ___ _j ,µutler, Comm1SS10ner of Education .James N. Pril,gl!!_~n_cord, Jud~:, · I _-, · 'i .l ' l lHA . MPTo·N.·BRIDGE HEARING SET FOR AUGlJST 8 ,,r • > · "° f ':_-~: :.:;;. Jd,.. '.~ ~i"t'l, ,:_ i ,· • .I • · �Submarine Sculpin Launched At Portsmouth Navy Yard This Afterltoon ~-.~ Latest Addition To The Navy's Underseas Craft Leaves Ways At 12.50 O'Clock Amid Impressive Ceremonies-Mrs. Joseph R. Defrees Is Sponsor A product of the Portsmouth navy completed. The date of completion is yard-the submarine Sculpln-went approximately June 1, 1939. down the ways and into the PlscataThe 1aw1ching was preceded by a qua river at 12.50 o'clock this after-1 concert presented by the American noon as thousands of people who Legion band. The concert began s.t lined the shores in the vicinity 12 o"clock and lasted until 12.20. Durcheered. The whistles from the in- irig this time the launching party ardustrial buildings Jn the yard, and on rived at the commandant's office in boats in the harbor, added to the din the administration building wherd as the always impressive ceremony Rear Admiral c. W, Cole presented took place. a bouquet of flowers to the sponsor On the Memorial bridge, on Peirce and her attendants. The sponsor was Mrs. Joseph R. Defrees, Island, and along the shore on the Mrs. Joseph R. Defrees of Washing- , . New Hampshire side, were hundreds I t.on, D. c., wife of Rear Admiral Joseph Washmgton, D. C., Capt. and Mrs. H. of people who were anxious to wit- IR. Defrees, u. s. N., Director of Shore P. Greenlee, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. ness the launching, some of whom Establishments Division, Navy De- J. Curley, Capt. P. G. Lawnan and have seen every launching of a sub- partment. Her attendants were .Mrs. Mrs. Lauman, Capt. and Mrs. W. F. marine at the navy yard. At the J. H. Patterson (the former Eliza- Amsden, Congressman Charles W. navy yard, along the vicinity of the beth Greenlee) and Miss Anne Lau- Tobey, U. S. Senator Fred H. Brown building ways, every inch of space was man. Both attendants have been of Somersworth, Congressman Jamea Jammed with people, many of whom sponsors at launchings at the local Oliver of Maine and Mrs. Oliver, Concame from considerable distance to navy yard in the past. Mrs. Patter- gressman Alphonse Roy of New see the event_. son was the sponsor of the Subma- Hampshire, Former Congressman and At 12.15 the warning flag was rine Plunger whlcp was launched on Mrs. A. B. Jenks and family and Col. raised and three minutes later came July 9, 1936, and Miss Lauman was and Mrs. A. C. Crowley and family, a loud blast on a horn. There was im- the sponsor of the Pollack which was Comdr. and Mrs. Andrew I. McKee, mediately considerable action on the launched the following September. Mr. Moulton, Mtss Lauman, Mrs, part of the _workmen'. mak~g sure Following the taking of pictw·es ot I Patterson and other dl~tingulshed that everythmg was m readiness. On the launching party, and other pho- guests and families of officers at the the stands was a hushed expectancy. 1tographs the party left for the navy -yard. Then half a minute before 12.50 came Jaunchin~ stand. Upon arrival there In the receiving line "'.ere Lieut. the sound of two bells, a signal to the the band concluded its concert which Comdr. J. J. Curley, Adl:mal C. W. sponsor. All was silent. Twenty seo- , included populat· marches. \ Cole, Mrs. Defrees, Admiral De!rees, onds later came the sound of a lonP. 1 Charles C. Moulton, representing Mrs. C. W. Cole, Capt. and Mrs. H. bell and the sponsor, Mrs. Joseph the employees of the yard-the men R. Greenlee, Mrs. Patterson, Capt. Defrees, raised her arm, struck the • h had built the craft presented and Mrs. W. F. Amsden and Miss submarine on the bow with a bottle ~r~. Defree., with a dia:Oond wris~ Anne Laum~n. Many summer resiof champagne saying: "I christen watch as a memento of the occasion. I dents were 111 attendance at the thee Sculpin." Following the presentation of the launching, and also at the reception. At that instant the stays had been gift, Lieut. Comdr. A. E. stone, 1 The Sculpln, named for 11. fish, as pulled from the stern, and the sub- chaplain of the yard, gave the prayer are all of the submarines now being marine, ..which_ .~a~ officially been which preceded the launching. After constructed, is the 27th Portsmouthnamed Sculpm, slid down the way~ the launching the party headed by built under-sea craft to leave the to the tune of "Anchors Aweigh, Rear Admiral and Mrs. c. w. Cole ways. There is one more submarine on played by the Frank E. Booma P~st, I and Admiral and Mrs. Defrees, left the ways-the Squalus, which will be American Legion band of this city. for Building 22 for luncheon and re- launched on Sept. 14. Two are now in Immediately the band sw ung Into the ception. the drafting room, being planned for strains of "The Star Spe,ngle~ BanIncluded in the sponsor's party /the construction. They are the Searaner." As the craft lost its momentum were Rear Admiral Frank H. Clark, ven and See.wolf. tugs attached lines aboard and _towed U. S. N., (ret.> and Mrs. Clark of The Sculpin is No, SS 190 and was her to the berth where she will be I �uthor~ed to e u un er e aval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year of 1937. The Secretary of the Navy gave the order for the construotlon on Sept. 18, 1936 and the keel W116 laid on Sept. 7, 1937. The ceremonies relat ive to the laying or the keel were simple. The crew putting the first rivet in place was composed of naval officials from the Industrial department. The submarine is 299 feet long at the water line at sta ndard displacement. The maximum beam is 26 feet 11 inches and the mean draft at standard displacement la 13 feet, 8 inches. The estimated standard displacement of the submarine la 1450. The commanding officer is Lieut. W. D. Wilkins, u. s. N., who has been~ the yard awaiting the construction of the craft. With the launching ot the Sculpln another craft ls being made ready to Join Uncle Sam's underseas fleet. The Yankee craftsmanship or years ago, which resulted in the building of hundreds or sailing vessels here, has changed with the times, and now this skill is employed in submarine construction. The Portsmouth yard rates high for its workmanship, and this is due to the excellent craftsmanship as well as the guidance of the officers. PISCATAQUA PIONEERS~ TO MEET ~"UG. 13 The annual meeting of th e Piscataqua Pioneers will be held in the Town Hall at Newfields Saturday, August 13, where it will be called to order at 10 a. m. ill Dr. Frank A. Davis of Boston w read a paper on "The Story of the Capture by Indians and the Subsequent Release of Frances (Noble) Til• ton-Shute of swan Island, Me., and Newfields." , Dinner will be served by the Ladles Aid auxiliary or the Community church. 'Seacoast Mu ic Festival Draws Large Attendance Ted Shawn And His Dancers, Royal Dadmun, State Symphony Orchestra And New Hampshire Chorus Featured At Little Boar's Head Event On the large and spacious opera field 5. The 1"01ty- Niners-Rhythm ln a Goldrush Ca mp on the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur AcL. II. The Present Hobson at Littlf. Boar's Head the sixth 1. Campui,-1914 F ull ensemble annual New Hampshire Seacoast Music (al Call to arm..-&preadlng of proFestival wa held on Saturday and Sunpaga ndfl Sha wn day, with a vf?ry large attendance, !'4 (b) No Ma n's L a nd ideal summc1· weather. Saturday afha wn a nd ru11 ensemble ternoon 1500 people attended and the (c) Return of th e hero Shawn number was nearly doubled on Sunday . The Jazz Decade F ull ensemble afternoon P.t the concluding perform( With "BlUl•S" Interl ude, solo by Barance. Ted Shawn, Interpretative dancer, t on M UlllliW) and Royal Dadmun, baritone, with the 1. (a) Depression- "Modern ism" state Symphony Orchestra. and the Sh United New Hampshire Chorus were (b) Recove1·y-"Credo" featured on the t wo-day program. Sh wn Ted Shawn one of the world's most 5 . Olympiad-A suite of spor t.s dances outstanding m11le dancers, and his com(a) T he banner bearer pany of eight ma.le dancers, made their .B1u ton Mwna first appearance In this section for sev(b l T h ~ cheer leader Frank eral years a:1d at Saturday's performOverlees, Dennis Landers, Wilbul' ance their presentation of "0 LibercCo rnLac tad," a great American saga in three (cl Decat.h ton acts 1 offered a ciiyersion from the open(d) Fencing Ing prograw:. of fe~tlvals during the Fred Heam a nd Dennis Landers previous five years . . tel Boxinf! Wilbur McCormack The tnterprf? ta tlve dances were given (f) Baskotl;,tll outdoors on the opera stage at the upper Me!iSl'ii . Landers, Hea rn, MutnlLW, pa.rt of the lleld . The group ls so well McCorm ....ck, Over! trained In this type of dancing that 6 . Mobilliatlon 101· pee.ce many In the large audience r emarked Shawn a nd full e nsemble that the ln!erpretation could be fol- Act III. The Future lowed without the use of a progr!).m, Kinetic MC'lpal With the exception of the "Olympiad" Sh wn all the dance,1 v,ere created by Shawn. 1. Strife Those takinls part, In addition to Mr. Oppostt,ons 2 Shawn were Barton Mumaw, Frank Solvent . overl~. Wllbur McCormack, John 4 . Dynamic c ntt t Shubert Frert Hearn, Harry Coble, I} , Resilience Frank Delmar and John Delmar. Jess 6. Succes;,ion Meeker, who compo.sed the mu ic for 7. Unfolc:111111 and fol ing tile prog1·an, prt>,:;ided a,t the l}iau 8. Dirge T lle p1·ognun was f llow · : Limo Act 1-Th~ 1-'ll.!>L 10. Surge 1. Noche Tri;;te de Moctozumfl poU1e , i& 11. ha wn The Aztec nnpero1 The bearer oi bad tid ings uud~ Cone ert Barton Muma w F'ealureu Of\ the concert program D en na; Landers Suuday ait.e1 n r,on at o'clock was Royal Father Otmedc Bodyguard of pri nces Dadmun, we1 I known baritone, as guest Ensemb1e of six artist. . AL~o Oil the program was lhe '.! . Los He1ma nos P enltentes United New Hampshire Chorus under Full en ·emble the direction of Non nan M . Leavi tt (ueimis Lanciers the Chosen One) and the St'lLe Symphony Orchestra Peonage Fra nk Overlees, Wilbur conducLed by Earl V. Clay. The conMcCorm ~ck , Frank Delmar nci ce1 t brought lo a conclusion the .sixth Barton Muma w annual fesUval. Officials of the orH cendado de California Shawn ganl.7.ation re already planning for Full ensemble ano ther fest.1val next year . �_. · ii{?.· ···- .--~,,.·. ·,..:~ . ~ ~ ~ - _· ';::~~f~~'.d~~~:7?u-~hc.. _:-C;_~~~Y_y,')'. · ·: 75~) •. ·~r--Ene ·• tn~~~ii~!.~.::''.~i~~;;·.,:~:u~::~, :~~W LETTERs_F.ROM'. THE p PL 0 ,·.'.·· i~T!le chorus gT0u,J wliich participa -.•../I te d on the .;os:.~i,--c fe.51ival prngT~n1 was outstanding. It; ' sweet song, held the audience motion- I :;h e absence of Fabien Sevitzky, co - .I Jess as they li~te ned until the Jina! tone · · :ound~r anti musical director of the as - di ed away. B~ was greeted with pro· , ,Jciation, wiv> ii; spending par t· :>f t he I longed app!a11~e a-nd return ed to the . I JU 3ummer in Europe, Mr. Leavit t has been \J tage for a final bow . His accompanist 1ctnq musi<a' director and has fill ~d for thi3 grou p o/ songs was IVIL5s M1d-e(!ONCERNJ!NG ICONmT:S:ONS j : hsi posi tiJn . : 1 a n excellent manner. 111f ~ 1vr~rditll . 11 /.T PUBLIC LIBRARY J Bc:sides t il e ·,veil known ,oice of ! "Finlandia" by Sibeliu&, well knOWl l j Royal D adm•.m . thrilling the la::g·e audi- !Flt,nish folk:&e>ng, not only familiar in ]!!ditor of The Herald: I enc-e on the optra field, particular no- it.-l own righl., but well known ror ' the Coming over a long period of years to tic~ ·.vas taken of the excellent pre.5?.n - . church hymnR which are set ro its .!!Ummer in tl.c vicinity of lovely old tat ion.;; by t h~ State Symphony Orch!>~- : music, was pr~&ented by t ha orches tra ttl· m1. The JnJ1e.5tra ls s ponsored by anu· again M,. Clay demonstrated th Fort.smouth, my habit is after se mg t h~ WPA Frneral Music Projec r. and.; fine ua!ity or this group o! musicians. to make an eai-ly visit to the Public Li1 DL Nikolai Sokoloff, national director · The rino,l number on the program brary. It J.s always with disappointand former rnnductor of the Cl-eveland . was outsLanding . Th rtalian str.~et. ment I find nothing ha.s been done to Symphony C rc.hes tra , and Harry C. . song trom H~rt:'ert•~ " Na.t:ghty Marietta," reJ;,eve the very congested condition Whittemore, state director. a tte nded ~i featu red M~J R,bec::a Shedd of Nerti there, owing to Jack of space, the library tila performaac-e. , Conw;,.y as tlttl ·oloist. Mt.ss Sh.chi is having outgrown its quarters years ago. _ Among tha _audience ·11ere many well ; ,,ell irnowa in L111.~ .;,ect\0n, h3vin~ at- I could not ti;e great need there be called / known mus1•;1 ~n3 fron all over the . rended stoneleigh Co[[ege 0.t Rye tha to the attent!<..n of some of your resij sta ta . . :: pa, t i;w J years, frotn whtcll she graddents who are making munificent gift.s Hon. Charlfs M . Dale of Port.~mou th, I uated l<1.st Jufle, Her. pr-ojeci; during , in the way of public parks, or to some -'.· a men~ber of •he Governor's Ex:cutive ,•, the first of the year wa.s lu i;t1i.s . city I of the historic:.! societies which are re: .. / C unc1l. ~re~e'.1Led a bouquet or fiow~ whet't:: s h<J inade :l gre~t many fn~nds. , storing the f!ne old mansion houses? . t-'I'. 1ers to Mt_s. AtLhur L. Hobs~n, ~011nde1 ii She has stuaied recently unde_1 . Mr . The library 1~ a Bulfinch building and if''!-;', I and president of the organ1zat1on, on ,. Leavitt, who recognized her ,.btliGy, As l dates back to the early 19th century, ;:y"-~ , behalf of Gov. Francis P. Murphy. 1 t he -ololsi; anc~ musical dkedor 3,t the i first used as an academy, and later con~- •I Governor Mm phy was unable to be t Universal isl Cl1urch here d.urtng part ol !verted for it.~ present use. 'ii'•-;,:~~-~:. 1 · presen~, but h!i always shown much in- i tha,t, time her voice was reco,,: nlz~d a3 It is wholly inadequat.e for modern ,.,i:! ;'?"i.:,; terest m t he ,es tlval. . . • an )ur.:,tandlng one, but s11~ wa:i a& het' , practical use, only· the utmost contriv- ·t~f .~he _prog,~am _o pened with th_e ~.vri • besL it t .h!:! r app~9mace .V·<l~terctay Th~ . 1ance of your efficient librarian and her ,;::,;:~,;,_ _ . ·, ~•-: , ) ·, , tu1e £tom Russian and Ludmilla by swc t tones clear ,wd dl~twct, and het J llapable staff manage some sort of ser- J'_-.' ...;:i}•'·i.,hf),}: :.•· \ Mlcha,~[ I•ra novich Glinka, and "AdaR'lO I p ersonal radiu11ce, ai~t tile hea,rty ap - j vlcll for your people. What is needed :, ·"t'fo{::'3,:• ,_.:'" . _ Molto" a nd " A:tecro" from Beethoven's lpro•!al of th"' aucli nee. She gave J.n en• · above all <>lse is new stacks. The fine ->,,?.i',t;'•·,./,:-: ·. First Symp!!ouy. Mr. Clay conducted core and, wFh the ::horus, sang a PO<"·• collection oi tooks is being worn out by './,~' ':. _._ : :~ I and the members o! the orchestra re- I tlon of the :;c,ng again. ; lmproper hi,ndling for want of space, ' '··· "i' · · '· · sponded as a u.iit under his dir ection .. \ The State Sympho_ny Orc~~trtl Wall , For the United N., H . Chorus Choir assisted by t:1e !ollowmg mus1c11:1ns : Al- I there is no 'l'~ading room, no office for ! Mt. Leavi t t acted as director and as he fred Engel, Cr . .B . Whitman, D avid t-h e librarian. i appeared on the stage was greeted with Go!dberg, Ruth Peacock, Carl Zeise and · There is a very obvious relief for these : applause. Bach's "Now Let Ali the · Ant1!!l. Tracey , . conditions wit.hout any great expendi! Heavens Adore Thee" was the first se- 1! .• ,.,-;,, •,, ~ .. -;,~ ,fi:;;. ',·1:'. ·.. ,. ~~ .:·\., •·"~,-- ture of money one would think, · If ··,·~k).?' ,-1:- .it-' " J.f.· .• ,,.., ,•. ,..,:o.~~~t; *'-,.."' ·• the house on Middl-e street directly back II lect1on by Lht' rhorus and _orc~.estra, fol- [ ..,•.;J:i_~· ·• ·• ..:;.•1~:;' 1 lowed by tht: tver fam11tar The Lost •, --:f ~'-M~ -_ ½., i l l ' . ~. -~, o! the llbrary could be acquired and new / Chord" by Sullivan. "Hail Brightll . ! ·c; '. ·;·-_,ff..',, ·. ·,;· 7 {[::'-:,f stacks built b a corridor building ad• l Abode" brJu~h t the group of songs to a . . ,• .r ,,\.·~·?···;>y .. :~.,)'<"',;··. · .:/ j oining the two houses, all departments ' close. The last selection, from the , ._; ·.,.,., 0 •• • • • of the service could spread out, The pen of Wag,1er, brought out the flne •·. dwelling seems to the casual eye t.o be of . , tone qualities ol the singers . the same period ~ of the same toned j The orch estr~ continued with "His- r· ·. red brick ant! over by ivy so that it · i pama Suite" by Albert Stoessel. This '· would mal:e a harmonious and interest] suire consis,ej of "Sequililla," " La Jng group iI the corridor wae well 1' ~-~~~,:- ,;./.~_'.·_.,<:. "Mmuet in Old Casmatched in style and color. '; 1 Media Noche" , till.!" and "J0La." , With all its handicap the old library ; '-: · ; The appeftl'ance of Royal Dadmun ·, has a charming and pleasant atmos· ' wai. greeted with prolonged applause. phere and we who take very real pleas- ~ ·· '•( His first sol'g- was the aria, "Why Do ure in dropp•ng In through the summer · · i the Nations? ' from Handel 's "Messiah." month.s would iike to see lt flourishing. ;· ; The orchestr11 olayed the accompanlA Reader. / mrnt . Ml'. Dad mun was -forced to reuly 29 . . .. spond _to '111 encore by the prolonged .. -. . ,.. : , : . ,-' -. , _ ~ •. applau.,e, · \ u r.!>' • , i !).. .. \, (2)-(. •. -9 Follow ing t!1e intermL'-Sion the chorus, ~-~ .;, - : :,:: . ~, ~- ·"::·:,- , ~, •• ..-,-unaccompameC: sang the spiritual, . \ ':' ,:;:s:'. . ., ---~i)"' : ~\ , ~"Dee p River." 'T his is always a delighl- 1 "':.~· · .•;:: .:· ·' " I ful selection and the combined voices ( l1 in te rpreted the song in a vivid manner. ( · . T!1e chorus ,1ncl :>rchestrn next pre- • Our 1sented ths !!Pale from 'Land of · I Hearcs" l>y Cnadwick, . Mr. Dadmi;n then gave a group ox , s0n•'.s ·Nhlt;h gave him an :>pport u111ty to -~V>w : he range o! his voice, Han- r' de! '., '·Omi:>rn Mai Fu" and ·'The Min- . strel'' by Eas'11ops Mar tln followed by ,_; 1"P'.lrt of Many Ships," a poen: by fMa,ef!el:l wbch was set to mus1 by I K ee l, and' "Tli-e Song of the Flea" by . Moussor5.~ :i were the numbers present- [; , , I ect and as an encore he gave "Flow ,~ ... l I i ~ ~ :.· I t / ~ I f ~- qj°i:·\ -~::,_- .·. .~ ·I nm < B~ .~~=-i~·.v- ~~~~-- _,,·=.!~~· •'-'-·:.-.!::,d.~- �,·\ ,., . . ., . . I on Mar~ 1820; the bridges were'"j , Miss Noble told _of her family re~em' built and the carriage road made across I bering when tr,e river around the island the island and then stage coaches be- was frozen .;;olid on a January day 81 gan to run ilet.ween Boston, Mass., and ' years ago and that several of our cit!- . Portland, Me. I zens walked on the ice across to BadOn the site where now stands the , ger·s Island :ind that a prominent !~al Ihouse of the late Daniel H. Trefethen j physician at that time drove across with was the st,1.bJr where the horses and his horse an,1 sleigh and was followed Ann stage coaches were kept. In this stable by a young boy on a sawhorse . . Anniversary Of Her the horses that came from Boston She recalls when a small child, the drawing the ccach were fed and put to first time she cr.ristened one of the vesToday rest and another set of horses took the sels at the lnunching, using a bottle of coach on to Portland. champagne. Sht: was badly frightened , . Today Miss Ann Noble, one of PortsOn Oct. 14. 1841, the railroad was run when the ves;,ei went off into the midmouth's most respected residents, at- across the island. The stage coach was die of the strean, and it dropped anchor. 1 . tained her 87th birthday anniversary then a thing <,f the past and travel be- Later she hart the opportunity to chrisand has received numerous greetings tween Boston and Portland was in ten several others and enjoyed the exfrom: her relat.i~1es and friends and the steam cars. Shortly after the steam perience. . cars came the old stable was burned She first 'l\ent to school at the age of hope that good heal th may continue and all trac~s of the stage coach route seven, but .t,f'r uncle had taken much anc'. she may ba.ve many more pleasant were Jost . pride in tea-:hlng her when she often anniversarie:; . From the y!:ar 1794 to 1825 the Noble visited his office, so she surprised her Miss Noi)ie was born on Noble's Is- brothers, Rot,prt, John and Joseph, en- first teache!', who said she belonged in land and ha~ lived there all her life. gaged in the fishing industry and dur- intcrmediaw school and not the primary Her birthplace v:as in the old Noble ing these ye'1rs large quantities of fish ancl she was promoted . 81 !homestead, v:here she lived for were brought here from the Grand Miss Noble was graduated from the years. Since then she has resided in Banks. Portsmouth High School in the class of ;, • 1her present 'bc,me with her nephe~ · About th.i year 1825 the older Noble 11869. She a.nd her brother, Robert, /'·,.-_-. / Nine generat.'.ons of the Noble family brothers retired and Jeremiah and were honor nudents and each was nd have lived in Portsmouth . a eight Moi.es Noble, sons of Robert, took over awarded three medals while students at generations were born here· There are the busines., and carried it on on a much the high school. She recalls her ac'" 1\-. still nine of the Noble family living on larger scale. It seemed as if they cov- quaintance with Celia Thaxter while °' · -· the island. ered nearly all the island with iish acting as librarian at the school. Miss '. :.__ ' Miss Noble is truly a remarkable flakes, fittinp: out and sending fishing j Thaxter wa., interested in knowing woman with a most retentive memory vessels to the Grand Banks. The fish what books there were in the high school and she can recall events of her child- caught by •.his fleet of vessels were library and in that way she and Miss hood and da.t;'s of notable happenings cured on Noble's Island, packed in I Nol:le became very friendly and exin the past. She does not wear glasses ca~ks and sold throughout New England I changed visits later. and her hearing is unimpaired. Her and the Middle Atlantic states, there Long a cJmmunicant of St. John's th ro.ughout her being a great demand for the fish cured Church, MISS Noble once taught in the 1 healtn has l;>een good nd life until a few yea.s ago a since she by this firm. Fish was very cheap In Sunday schcnl. While she cannot go : occasionally has a slightndheart trouble, those days anrl. lobsters most plentiful. regularly to services she retains her love but af.ter medical care a a f_ew weeks Miss Noble ncalls how lobsters were for the church and was at the midnight ,. 1;1 bed she feel.!\ . very well aga_m. She raked up by the bushel, gropies were Christmas sP.rvice of last year and the nd · has no rheurn11.t1sm and can e a Jong \used as bait in hand nets and lobster year before. nd distance in ar. automobile a not feel boils then wc>re common. She has l~rt a busy life and upon the nds th tired. She usually atte e Noble nd I Jeremia.h am: Moses Noble carried on death of a brJther she cared for his Family reunion wherever it th is held a l.t?le-business until =Sept. 21, 1866, when several children. In past years she has Ls pleasantly anticipating e ~nnual the latter died and · the former retired made hooked rugs and done fancy work, -gathering of t.he Piscataqua ~Pioneers frQm. business. . but now reaciing is one of her favorite ·, ·.\ ;_ · this summer, being an honorary mem- .;F~om 1851 tv 1872 Stephen Tobey and diversions and she lives more quietly ,' .' - . ber of that society· · Daniel Littlefield built and successfully I and does not walk out any dista~ce, but A member of the Herald staff had a launched a large number of ships from I enjoys caller~ and Ls Interested m curmost pleasant call at the home of Miss Noble's Islaild. Another company, !rent events. Noble on Mflxket street, Noble's Isla nd , called the Union Ship Builders, also ,..:._::.::::..:__:__:...::..::_____________. this week and found her very ente~ta~n- built and launched a. number from ~b'tJt:o"'-u ',. !~ \ \ ~ ing and wi t~. a remarkable facul Y or there. Duri.!'g th e year 1857, Charles ~ remembering dates. Stimson fai;bcr of Mrs. Henry L. ' ~~ 19,o · Noble's Island is dear to her and the •Green, built two fishing vessels for the trains may GO!!le and go in front of her Noble family, "Yankee Maid" and home but w u.~d is she to hearing "Kamilla." Later on Augustus Steven...:., them 'that they never disturb her. She son and Joshua Pettigrew also built told her call~r something of the history and launched ,·essels at Noble's Island. of the island which she knows so well, During the year 1868 or 1869 Messrs. as she has ker,t accurate rec~rds a nd :Ls . Pryor and Plummer built and launched planning to have a book published later : at Noble's I&!a;1 d the steamer Appledore from facts so gathered . . Fro~ her pa- · and a fishin!; schooner, "Celia," for the . t ,' . pers she told the followmg .mtereS t ing- ' Laighton brothers to be used at the facts·: Shoals, I] • on May 24. 1796, Richard Jackson of The industries at present on Noble's Portsmouth, for the consideration of Island are the plant of the Standard 100 pounds, deeded to the Noble broth- Oil Company of New York, the Texas ers all his right of Jackson's Island. Oil Company and the Kopper's Tar .· " Thev Mark Robert, John and Joseph, Product Company of Providence, R. I. 'l \, '; wer; 'then {,,, possession of all this is- . On April JO. 1911, the Boston & ''· · ~ ~,( ~:: land exceptfr1g the part belonging to M:iine Railroad coal pocket went up in !, \. - Nathaniel aucl Benjamin Ham. As t.h e smoke and the Kyanize plant burned · \ Nobles owned the larger part the name down on April 23, 1880, these fires being ·1 was changed t-0 Noble's I~land. Jan. the largest that ever. occurred on 20, 1835, Moses and Jeremiah Noble ob- / Noble's Island. tained pos.seo;sion of the land belonging -- - - -- - - --1to Nathaniei ancl Benjamin Ham. . . _ , \' . •. I I Miss 87th Noble Observes I I Birth l I ,. ·I ?-;·; l i -. I 'l&__ .,: �OBSERVES HER 95TH BIRTHDAY Mrs. Carter was born in North Kittery the daughter of the late Cyrus and Olive (Manson) Fernald and is the last of her ~amily. She was lna.rried to Samuel Carter of York on July 15, 1868 and they were blessed by five children. Only three sons are now living, Samuel E. of Long Bea.ch, Calif.; Arthur W. and Chester c. of ' Eliot and also four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Mrs. Carter is a member of Eliot Congregational church. many friends extended to her wishes and the hope that many birthdays will follow. Rye Harbor Jetty Work Approved By Presi~ent HANNAil FERNALD CARTER Mrs. Hannah Fernald Carter, wid• ow of the late Samuel Carter, quietly celebrates her 95th birthday anniversary at her home at Kennard's Corner, Eliot today, receiving a host of birthday cards, and being hostess to many relatives, neighbors and friends who called throughout the day. Mrs. Carter was the recipient of many gilts and flowers were in profusion throughout the house. Several handsome birthday cakes graced the table. Mrs. Carter is very active and alert for one of her age and takes great pl'ide in being about her home, doing little things and strolling about her flower gardens. Mrs. Carter.of aquiet,loving disposition, full of humor and good wit, is an able conversationalist, keeping up with the current events of the day and always managing to spice any conversation with a joke or two. It is seldom one flnds one of her age so alert and spry, and it is hard to realize that this woman with an intellect so remarkably keen and a memory so clear can be so near the century mark. It is indeed most interesting to listen to her life's history and realize the many changes Eliot and Kittery have passed through and many an interesting story can she tell. Expected That Actual Work_On Project Will Get Under Way W~thin A Month PresidenUal approval having b'1en When a lo'\\I , bidder is agreed upon recei~e~ fot·. the $126,000 Public Works approval must again be received from Adm1111strat1on grant to construct . tl e N y k ffi f ti PWA jetUes at Rye Harbor, added to the 1 ew or O 1ce 0. ie_ , approJ riation of $154 000 by the state ter which all will be m rcadlness Legislature in 1937, it is expected that th e actual work on the project. actual work on the coastal project The Rye ~rbor project has an eswill get under way within a. 1nonth. .timat.ed cost of $280,000 and involves Preliminary work, stare offlclal.!I the construction of two stone jetties, believe, will take the best part of a one 1:unning ln a. northerly direction month. Plans and specifications m\.lS! and one in a. southerly direction. first, be drawn up and approved by The jetties will tiave a core of chip the New York office of the PWA. The stones and are to be capped with 12 next step will be the opening of bids to 16 ton stones. The purpose of the for the contra.ct to construct the jet- project ls to provide adequate ties. tectlon of small boa.t-s. �National Guard Goes Into Cam At Rye Beac 197th Regiment Numbering Nearly 700 Officers And Men Starts Annual Tour Of Duty The 197th Regiment, Coast Artlllery Corps, Anti-Aircraft, New Hampshire National Guard, went into camp at Rye Beach today. Thirteen units, representing eleven different cities and towns, began to arrive- early and throughout the morning hours came in motor trucks f1om various sections of the state. Today's program lnclUded establish• ment of camp, in tallatlon of communications and the organization ot firing points at Odlorne's Point, and Ragged Neck. The number in camp will be nearly 700 officers and men, and they ai:e Battery D; Dover. Battery B; Berlin, Battery F; Laconia, Battery C; Frankfrom the following places: Portsmouth, lln, Battery H; Concord, Regimental Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, Battery A. Searchlight; Nashua, Service Battery, BaLt.ery E, Medical Detachment; Keene, Battery G; Newport, 2nd Battalion headquarters; O!aremont, 1st Battalion, headquarters detachment and combat train, Col. Clarence E. Rexford of Concord, the regimental commander, is in charge of the cll.mp, as he has been for the past sevrra.l years. On duty with the regiment are fourteen reserve officers attache::l to the regiment for training purposes. They wlll be assigned to various duties within the regiment. Maj. Arthur L . Smith of this city Is commanding the first battalion, and Maj. Edes the second batta· lion. Sunday will see the completion of the camp establishment and possibly there will be some artU!ery practice sometime during the de,y. Plans for next week include the morning periods for infan'try drill and special Instruction. There will be a recreation period tor the men, The af.ernoon will be devoted to artillery practice, the firing of the machine guns and the three-inch guns. In the evening Battery A. of Concord, the searchlight battery, will hold searchlight drills, weather permitting, There will be the usual evening ceremonies with a parade, lowering of the colors, firing of sunset gun and formal guard mount. This is always an im• pressive ceremony and hundreds of people witness the event each day, Targets for Lhe artillery be towed by planes from Observation Squadron, 26th Division Aviation, Massachusetts Nation a 1 Guard . This same unit will fly night missions for tracking work of search• llghts. The 1trtillery work, It is hoped, will be during the afternoon period although it may be necessary to make some changes. The final three days of the 15-day camping it is planned to hold field exercises to take place on Aug. 11, 12 and 13, and this will include road marches to other P?ints in the stak Probably the most important event the entire encampment is the tar• get practice. This is the only opportunity that the men get during the entire year and this means a great deal to them. Col. Rexford has asked ' for the cooperation of all boat owners in keeping their craft out of the danger zones during the period of firing, In the past the presence of boats hM hampered the practice and this year Col. Rexford is asking that the area three miles out at sea from -Odiorne's Point, and south fon a short distance, be regarded as a danger zone and that boats be kept ciear. Another dange1 of ARTHURl HEA EY BUYS P RBR CK'S PHARMACY Herald Photo COL. C.E. REXFORD Commanding Officer, 197th Reg., N, ;n, r,f. G., in camp at Rye Beach. zone is in the vicinity of where the three-inch guns are located-at Ragged Neck. This area. 1a from Ragged Neck south to Grrat Boar's Head, and With the announcement of tl).e purchase of Philbrick's Pharmacy by Al:thur J . Healey, who has been a clerk there for the past seven years, an• other of the old-time businesses of Portsmouth change.~ hands, Mr. Phil• brick has been connected with the drug store business for over 63 years. He entered the drug establishment of avid Kimball & Co. in 1875 and, after earning the buslne.'>l, pas.-;ed the state board examination, continuing in that store. The busine.'>l was established in 1810 and has continued uninterrupted• ly to the present time. Mr. Philbrick's brother, the late Frank J. Philbrick, became the owner of the store, and two years later Mr. Philbrick succeeded him. Although he has sold his store he will still continue to be connected with the pharmacy. The new owner, Arthur J . Healey, during the time he has been employed in thi<; city, has become well known. He is a. member of the Lion's Club. �,,\,. · · ---· :-: ~ iff~ tit:~Jl~f~:i/ _:•:_._-~-,~_f__ i~}}: { ·Sc'll~t t;!}.:1{;.tf,~;:::.C~;'.~{;:/ ./::_.,·__:__-_._-·_;_-·,'-_._~-··_·;-·'~ --·~:--'·~:".. . .•:~._-·_,·-·_--'.- ---~~----. d C T b II mun·,', ar e '!fff:~~f:fi~r~i~~:~;::rtt~}tl~~ ·tc o.1es At Home ;;~'iJ:i.i·~~:~ti~:.~::r :_--~_;_!_f_..~_~.. J."_.-~,~_}_~:-·:.'_:,:;·_ ~-:_;_·:_· F-'IEd i,~ ·:.'j }:\:.- I, - e. - -· agoriv-er he purchased hisTwenty-eight present est-0.t.eyears on the front a_nd, 1 : ,.. · His studio, overlooking the Piscataqua River, is n, beauty spot and the up-river 1 sports. :t - ::_I,t_[_f:·.:_7_.._:_~.·~---~·.~---··~.'--·-;::,f_f_I__~.-~---~ -~::::.:_~-:_;!_:__-:.. _i:_""' _~-::_--,!_i_: _·~~:{_·._:_:___: ':_} _ _;:r_.:~---•"--~--·.:_~---_·_. - . -'-'--;;·C::1~-:...·:._··'"_- •_-·.,__:_---'-'_ - ::.: · ::. - ..:. --..:. · _~::,:.,cc...:..c '• .:.·-::.·~-:c: ·~·.::·--:'a."--~--;:'; - -- 1 t_~_I_i_[_l1I n New Castle As a golfer his ability on the ~§gi~~fD~il~ swimming ar.ct sailing as a younger, man and always :i. great lover of horse_s and dogs, He rec-eived practically all the various honors in this country, so many 1n fact that one artL;t once said, "Why, Tarbell, he has so many medals that his chil-~•-~i:· "\\f dren build houses with them." Among Edmund c. 'l'arbell, •one of America's Early in 169d, Mr. Tarbell, with nine the honors he had been awarded are others well known for their paintings, at, least thr~ Carnegie medals, the r · greal;est artists, di·ed at his home in New constituted a tand of secessionists from Joshua Temple medal of the Pennsyl':-_:;-), Ca.sL!e th;s morning after a short ill- the Society of American Artists, and , vania Academy of Fine Arts in 1894, the {l~J ness, With l~u. death the nation ioses called the.m5eJ\,es "The Ten American Pennsylvania A, F. A. Carole Beck , fr~) an outstanding artist, whose paintings Painters." For 30 years this group held medal, the exhibition contemporary 1 iJii had · gained. him world-wide fame. · His together ancl each year held an exhibit American oil painters, National Acad~' outstanding work has been his portraits, which came to be known as one of the emy of ~sign_ 1908; the Art Club of §i=/ but he did other work as well and his best in the country, PhiladelpniR, l.895; Penn . A, F. A,, fjt landscapes have always been eagerly Mr. Tarbei l's axiom always had been 1908; World's Columbian Exposition, tr sought; as he seldom painted outdoor 1 "rr..aking it live" and this he maintained 1893, and st. Louis Exposition, 1904. ti-,,,. , ,,.... scenes. , all through his work and no one had to In additio,1 t0 these awards he had\,,~~; Mr, Tarbeil wa:s born in West Groton, 1 guess what the artist was trying to rep- been given many one-man exhibitions --.-~;-;. ' Mass., in 186'.l, His early life was such resent when viewing any of his works. by large _soci~t.1es, one of th-e grea~t of as to bring out. his love for art, for his He was e. remarkable draftsman and his them bemg m 1918, when he was given -<:: :\;,:,'f:t".:.:- _;;~. · faLher and his .,ister both painted, the brush work, especially in his portraits an exhibition by the Copley Society of -:c ., :\,- ,(?(;:-''it'.{: ,, former bein; a marine architect who, was wonderful, making them, as the Boston antl ~-howed some 60 of his works. ).\§.;:;:,: ~"-"st-. unfortunatel:1 died before his work be- laymen woulcl express it, "a speaking Many of the art. critics-stated f..hat it )-'.{'V·-' if 5.· came genera!ly known, His mother likeness," was without . doubt the greatest one- ;),J-t . .., ;.i~~ married ~gai n and, with her husband, Mr. Tarbell's great ability was man exhibit ever held in this country "' Y.;/ moved to Minneapolis. Edmund and recognized by ihe art critics soon after or, for that matter, ever held. He was ; \~;•his sister mad<: their home with their he returned from abroad and, as a mat- given a similar honor in San Francisco ' ,-. -~;, grandmother. t er of fac t·, ne, American painter ever at the exoo_ &i!ion. '_:._ ~-' His fondne·;,; for drawing became ap- came into p;,:,minence as quickly as he This noted artist had painted many .,'{ parent early in life, in £act, as far back did. For a quarter of a century he outstanding rersons, among them be- :'._i &,,. as the kind.~rrrarten it was noticeable served as seniur instructor at the Mu- ing Marshal Foch, Robert Grant, f-J and, at the ag·e of 10, he had made up seum of Fine Arts in Boston and during Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover. ":-':,'('.,. .... , , :-:-,.,., h · his mind to i)fr.ome an artist and began that time brought the school to a point He recently haL1 been working on a por:_-: to paint at t\:a~ t ime, where it was iecognized as one of the trait of Osca,r Laighton. His grandf•-:.t.her, recogmzmg his qest- in the c:mntry. In 1919 he ten• Mr. Tarb?,11 also has been represent- ·,-r,:;,, • .- ·:,:(_.:-·n'-." talent, allowect him to attend an even- dered his resignation as instructor and ed in the following exhibitions: Cincin- --..:'/~.~f.((,i,'.·;-,;,'/ ing drawing £<:hool and later he attend• a great deal 0f pressure was brought to· nati Art Museum, Worcester Art Muse- ;);J:.'i';_-,>': .:Jfi/aii. ed a drawing class in an art museum, bear to get h!m to reconsider. During um, St. Louis Mus-eum, Corcoran Gal- S 1,'' ' -:" :';;,\~;:' He was makir,g excellent progress wh,en the period when he was in his 50 ,8 he lery, Washi.i.1~ton; Boston Art Museum, :tt{;f;i?:· tL ·his grandfathei· died and his mother was in great demand as a painter and Rhode Island School of Design, Buffalo · r;,! •P ;,i, ,..,, and stepfather returned from the West, a person was consi dered very fortunate Albright A1 t Gallery. ~\{ He was theu 13 years of age and wish-ed who got him to take a commission. Mr. Tar~~ll took his honors lightly, in to continue his ?ainting, but his Early in life Mr. Tarbell began mak- fact, he rather shunned them; He disr,;c mother wanted him to go to college . ing his summer home in ·New Castle, liked puliclty, He was always very ,,_., His_college cri,reer was very short, after coming here during the late 1800 ,s and thorough in his· work and spent 'hours , , w~ich he went to y;,qrk as an_apprentioo for the past quarter of a century had and hours cc:inpleting a portrait which, v with the W. H. Forbes _Lithographic been. a residmt of that town and spent in the eyes of many painters, would ( Co, For ihrea ~e~rs he remained wi_th the greawr part of the years there. have l:>een cm1sidered as completed. -· · the_ ~m. receiving much beneficial He first came t.o New Castle with Frank He was a member of the National Intrammg, He_ then attended the Ar Benson, a noted painter with a summer stitute of Art; and Letters, a vice presiMuseum, stnnymg under Otto Grund• school of students from the Boston d-ent-of the Guild of Boston Artists, a ,,., mann, and a_fter a course there went to Mu.s-eum of F me Ar ts , an d for t wo or member of thP. International . Jury of •t.'. Paris and sttd;ed under Boulanger and thiee a th, h d t di th Awards at the Panama. Pacific Expos!- ..... L f _ . . ye rs ey a a s u o . ere, t · . . <l ls t th s i .. ',s, , e evre, HJ.S ability was recognized Eventually tt,e many commissions re- ion _m 131 a R?, a o a e esqu cei:i,- ;J 1 .. there and upoi... his r eturn to Boston Mr. ceived by Mr. Tarbell caused him to tenmal ~,i;pc,.,ition at Philadelph.a m ,'·_ -_ - Tarbell became the leader of a group of gi·ve up h', , "' summer •...,ach'mg· but no t l 1926, Society cf Arts and Sciences and tal~nted men _ including Frank Benson, New Castle, and sine& that t~e he has the American Academy of Arts and Sci- ,-,;~(J;(_ ;!_".j _.: j Ch1lde Hassam, Willard L . Med~alf done most of his paintings at his studio ence~ : .. . - ·- . - • . . ' . .,'_/;:.:,f ~C..s'' .{ -- .1 Was Internationally Famed As ArtistRanked Among Highest As Painter Of Portraits ⇒1}~Il1~{i;[I'. {?\.,,., . ,;:~11}/ (t. f,,..,, ?t<_;:r,\'-=r~> :;: _,~~ ·Jp{'.{;{..f)~lff!J r. I \:1 !~~:=p~ : 0 ,j 0 ·:.~'"~ ;:::;. .,.,_ . . . Ph~~~1;:;:>.rt:i:~,t,.<: ,:: ..... / :;~~!~'.;~:~~~~fi ;,~f~if~10~\.l:if~: �i ., I ·.. I ' .-i-- . MaUHnew 1Hl<enns«m Was One Of Five-Men Wbo R(ead~e«I N@r.ftlln Poie On April ~1 1909 Special to The C/trtstian Science Monitor ;- >: • NEWCASTLE, N. H., Aug. 2- 1 JEdmund Charles Tarbell, prominent IAmerican painter, who passed on at ,, • l,h•1s summer home here yesterday, \ ::: ·. had been Principal of the Corcoran JSchool of Art in Washington. D. C., -'I·:. · ,,_- and Chairman of the. Council of ~;,: :, , ;· 1the School of the Museum of Fine / ' '.' ·,: Arts in Boston. :~ ,. -. Born in West Groton, Mass., in '.":··, 1862, Mr. Tarbell began as a sma: ,,":r child to show talent as an artist, 2;_ ;,;- · which was aided by his father's ..ml 1 (!!', his sister's interest in drawing. ais ;·_,.' parents were Edmund W. and Mary ' ( · .~ Fernald Tarbell. Eventually he obtained work as a ti-, , . draftsman rith the Forbes Lithograph Company in Boston. Soon after he began three years of study at the School of the Museum . Fine Arts in Boston which were fol' lowed by two years in the Academie .. Julian in Paris under Boulanger and Lefabvre. His work is represented in the Cin• cinnati Art Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy, the Worcester Art ~, , Museum, the St. Louis Museum. the :},l.:-'.~. Corcoran Gallery in Washington, the Boston Art Museum, the Rhode Is· r'\/r·._ land School of Design and the Al• \:'.:~~- , . bright Art Gallery in Buffalo. .. ~~ _. ._\·ft of :;. '.; ·:· · \" -- 1 ~-~:\·-- ~ ~ ;~i \ ... ·• ,· .. ' ,j•.·: ' I '.'.$ ~ ~ -\._,,~~ ~ .- . ~ ~ • .•~'t•i•;" __.~· \ . '&'" ' \C.~ •. _v· •{., t i The last survivor of the first scientific no bigger thap. two city blocks, for three / expedition to reach the North Polo, months," Mr. Henson said in an inter• \ ··; Matthew Henson, who was one of five view with The Herald today. , · ! men who accompa.nied Comdr. Robort The succesful. trip made Jn 1909 was j E. Peary when he reached the Pole on started across ice and snow from the . April 6, 1909, spent part of· yesterday base a.t Cape Columbia in GI'v"enland. , : and today in Portsmouth during a The ship, "Roosevelt," named after ' sight-seeing tour of New England. He President Theodore Roosevelt, a.nd used : made his headquarters while here with to cany supplies, was built at Bucks• 1: William D. Blank at 57 Salter ,<;treet. port, Me. . Twenty-four 1Mn started 1 Henson, the colored explorer w110 on March 1, 1908, and every five days I attracted world-wide attention when three men would return ·w the base Peary's expedition. spanned more than their sledges were nearly -ampt.y . With i 400 miles of ice in the history-making still 135 miles to struggle over ice ' successful attempt to reach the North fields, occasionally interrupted by ice l Pole, will be '72 years old next Monday mounds 150 feet high, and through de~p : and is still healthy and active. snow, six roen were left by the last The explorer now live.<; at 246 150th group to return and Mr. Henson then , street New Yorlc Oity, having been re• set the compass course wit:h a speed of ., tired ~s a clerk in the New York cus- about 30 to 35 miles a day. He broke ; toms House the past two years. Since a pathway through deep -,nowdriits on I : hi.s return to the United .States with snowshoes. · Peary he has twice been mentioned for In the group of six men who were the a Congr-essional medal in view of the first to reach the North Pole were , work he did as an explorer. Peary, Henson and four Eskimos , On As the thermometer soa.red toward reaching the pole observations were . ,._ 1 , •. 1 the 100 mark today it was hard to made which definitely established their . ; . ·· ; realize the tremendous strain the mem· location and made scientific data . A ·.' 1 I bers of the Polar expedition went piece of the American flag they carried i through, as the temperature time and was placed in a tube with other papers ·:'~ : time again dropped to below 60 degrees and left on the most northly spot on ·: below zero and rarely ever was warmer the earth, However, within 24 hours ! than 50 degrees below. the tube would ha,;e drifted seven mile.<; . i'" _:, l Previous to going on the Peary expe- as it was sea ice that covered that sec~ ; dition Mr. Henson was on an expect!- tion. Throughout the long perllous trip ! tion in Nicaragua for a time previous to the men were in constant danger of be• 1 : starting on the first Polar attempt in ing isolated from the rest of the world .. 1891. Seven times explorations w-ere ii the part of the ice field they were ·:. halted because of open water and the on should break away from the field : · last unsuccessful trip in 1906 ended and drift seaward , · when the men were "lost" to the en- !During the· 1906 expedition the men , tire world as "we drifted on an ice cake, Iwere lost for three months, during · ,. -,, which time they drifted hundreds ot miles before they landed at Cape Morris K. Joseph, named for the sponsor of the expedition and pr-esident of the Ameri• can Museum of Natural History. Before many days all the water we.a gone, as was an alcohol. fuel supply and to keep from starving the men had to jklll the dogs, one by one, and eat the ·. meat raw. Mr·. Henson said only two of the Eskimo dogs were left when they were rescued. I as \- 1· l I I �eteran Firemen's Muster Here To orrow Twenty-Fi e 01 -Time H~ndt bs To Compete In Pl y t At Playground-Parade To Sta t At 11 A. the townspeople, with every expectation of Winning high honora with one or both of their tubs. These are the boys with the reversible shirts "Triumph'' on one side and ''Vixen" on' tne other. The by-laws provide that there shall be seven judges, with the president of the league as chairman, in this case James F. Gallagher of Portsmoth. The other judges are Charles F . Shuffleburg of Portsmouth, Ce.pt. Frank Tarr of Wenham, Herbert H. 0. Bryant of Newburyport, Chief James Butler of Berwick, Leslie A. Hapgood of Marlboro, J, F. Lawrence, Jr. , of Riverside, R. I., Deputy Chief D. Edward Murphy of Brockton and Henry W. Way of Portland, The farthest "solid drop," determined by the three playing platform judges before the measurement is made, determines the distanoe gained by any tub , Rev. Henry Lyons of Haverhill and William J . Linchey of Portsmouth are honorary judges, Of, specJal importance tomorrow will be the work of' the special commltbee on Wprld'a lfair Muster, which has been Invited to make a full and detailed report of the event., of the day, with special emphasis on the r~poniw, of the public to \ql.8 .typa of attraction . A careful check will be kept by Harry Belknap of Boston and William H, Mason of Provi• dence on the attendance at the play• lng field and the interest of the crowd.s in the muster events, while George O. Clarke of Somersworth , publicity chairman for the muster, will check up the interest in the city and the patronage given to the retail stores and places of business by visiting firemen and their ladles and by the folka attracted to Portsmouth for the day . Leslie A. Hapgood of Marlboro, chairman of the committee, is one of the judges and will submit a detailed summary of the plays as his part of the report. A fully dep"rtmentalized report will be submitted by Sept. 1 to the World's Fair committee . The muster is being called The World's Fair Demonstration Muster . Twenty-five o dtime handtul s, built eluding all engines with cylinders measin the period from 1816 to 1895, will ing seven inches or over, and class 2, all compete ln Portsmouth tomorrow in the others. Class 2 tubs may play in class 1 47th official New England Stal,es Veteran Firemen's League Muster. Draw- If they so desire. TI1e "Triumph" of ing Io1 playing position will take place Berwick is a case in point of a class 2 tub whlch always plays in class 1, althis evening t the headquart.ers of the though lts cylinders measure only she host , ssociation, the Franklin Pierce inches Veteran Firemen's Association . After TI1e rules give each engine 10 minute.s the drawing an evening or good-fellowits playout, except U1at the first enship will be enjoyed, in which the of- for gine is given five extra min utes to ficials of the league, the board of juclgc.c;, representatives of the 25 contesting as- work the air out of the pipe . To show sociations, 7 members of the Wcstel'ly, that this position is a real handicap and very undesirable, no instance is R . I. Veteran Firemen's Association, rncorcled of he.ndtub winning a mu~who elect.eel to stay overnight in Portster if drawn first, as far as official musmou1J1 as a means of conserving their strength for the big contest tomorrow, ter.~ go . If only, 20 tubs are entered the "play" ls extended to 15 rninute.c;. This and members of U1e local association gives each tub time enough to get in and their guests will participate . three good plays. TI1ey must, however, Promptly at 11 a. m. tomorrow the attach the lee.cling hose, play and vacate 25 commmie.~ nd several late entries expect.eel to enroll just before the event the stand. Failure to do so within will line up for a parade through the I.he time limit dl.c;qualifies all prevlott, play . TI1e trick in the muster is to main bustness street.c; of Portsmouth. They must, under the rules of the hold the pressure and catch the wind league, partlcipaW in the 1parade if exactly right, a combination of pumpthey are to play in the muster. In ad- ing power, timin g, good judgment and But luck wlll not make up for a dition to their tubs, t\11 poll.shed up and luck. weak stream. decorated with bunting and flowers and TI1e first engine to play will get Jnt-0 Musters Since 1848 each in prime condition for the cont.est, act.ion at 1 p. m. TI1ere will be a ve,·y The first firemen's muster was held in the men wlll march in their ttre.ctlve red uniforms in the case of veteran brief exhibition play during the extra Bath, Me., on July 4, 1848 . At that time bodies or in their blue and silver uni- five minute.~ before this tub gets "on all tubs participating were in active serforms In the case of active com1 anies. IJ1 paper" for a demonstration, by the vice and the crews were the active of the various TI1e East Greenwich group of 150 men little "Manham,'' one of the oldest tub.~ vounteer firemen are all members of the volunteer fire de- in existence, built in 1816, This tub is towns. Each community was proud partment of that town, substitutes be- in perfect condition and j ust as capable alike of its handtub and its crew and a ing provided from nearby commm tics of throwing its full stream today as it contest to prove prowess was not he.rd to to take their places during this particu- was nearly 150 years ago when it wa& start, In those days the boosters for lar holiday . TI1ey will appear in the in act.Ive use. The tub is owned by the each fire company accompanied their famlllar uniform of the present-day North Reading V. F . A. It has a more favorites and rooted for them, celebratrecent tub with the same name entered ing their victories and sympathizing fire departmenl.c;. In line, too, will be a platoon of active for the regular competition, a newcom- wlth them, if defeated , firemen from the Portsmouth Fire De- er to tJ1e muster game in New England . • It was only four years after tl1is first It expects to take both tubs to the muster at Bath, Me . , that the city of partment and their apparatus. World's Falr next year. Cincim}atl brought out the first really Prizes for the event to the amount of All ctivitles for the day are free to successful stea.m fire engine, invented $860 are being given by the city by vot.e of the City Councll . •rwo classes of the publlc . A full military band will by one of its own cltiirens. At first the tubs wlll compete, namely, class 1, In- head the parade and many of the com- volunteer companies resented the intrupanies will bring along bands of their sion of steam engine pumping and at own, particularly the Triumph V. F. A. its very first fire the "Joe Ross,'' a,g the of Berwick, Me ,, which is bringing new Cincinnati engine was named, had along the Ee,gle Band and about 500 of its hose cut by the volunteers. In 1858 a contest was held In Bc\ston between the handtubs and a steam fire engine, with the latter winning by a wide margin. Two new fire enginea were purchased and In 1860 the entire department was equipped with steam flrA en Ines and hose wa11:ons, �the end of the parade was the Eagle Drum and Bugle Corps of Somersworth that represented the Berwick organization, the pumper Vixen of Berwick, Protection No. 1 of West Qulncy, Mass,, Triumph of Berwick and Neptune of Newburyport. Fifteen pumpers from the New England Veteran F1t'emen's association, some of them new aprtlcipating in the muster being held in this city, will be in an exhibition at the New York World's Fair next year It was reported this afternoon shortly before the competitions started at the South Playground. The winner this afternoon will be first in line to b~ chosen for the trip next year, with a,l expenses paid. The committa~ in charge is George C. Clark of Somersworth, Leslie Hepgood of Marlboro, Mass,, Frank Mason o! Providence, R I., John F. GallaRed shirts, waving nags and bunting gher, of Portsmouth, president of the N. E, organization, and Chief John F, decorations beside;;; the historic handpumpers from fire departments from Cutter of Newburyport, Mass., secrenearly every .ser.t.lon of New England tary, made one of the most colorful events The first steam fire engine in the for several years ill this city as the New world was brought out in London but England Veteran Firemen's Muster got . the English refused what is known today as "customer acceptance" and underway here today with a parade stuck to their handtubs. In 1840 the along the principal business streets. insurance companies, alarmed at the Some of the •·tubs" that were the frequency of fires In New York and priqe of their town or city in by-gone the inefficient means of fighting years were the main attraction here them, commissioned Paul Hodge, an today and several thousand spectators Englishman, to build a steam fire enare expected at tile South Playground gine that would throw a. stream over this afternoon to watch the spectacular the flagstaff of the City Hall. Hodge play-out contests. The parade sta~ted from the Court succeeded but the volunteer firemen made trouble at once, refusing to Street fire statio1, with the Frank E. Booma Post, American Legion Band, man the engine or to stand for anyone else doing so. They fought the and this group was followed by the active firemen of this city, The plasteam engine at every turn and even toon of local fin,men were followed . brought the matter into politics, deby Portsmouth Fire department apfeating men for office who were paratuses No. l and No. :t, This group known to favor a steam fire departmarched down Rogers Street then ment. The English engineer's engine along Parrott Avenue to Junkins Avewa.s sold to a box manufacturer. This gave Cincinnati its chance and nue where they hnlted several minutes John Gallagher of Portsmouth, while visiting firemen prepared to President N. E. Veteran Firemen's it brought out a new type of engine. The "Haywagon," a handtub owned stal't parading. League, Following the fire department, was the in New York, was placed in competiEureka crew or Portsmouth. They were ganization of Gardner, Me., helping tion against the new engine and dered, wide-brimmed cowboy sombreros pull the tub; Niagara of Brunswick, feated It, much to the delight of the and were led by the famed Eureka Me.; Plscataqua of Exeter, built in New Yorkers, But-the crew of the Drum Corps. Th£; crew was followed 1835; Nonantum from Narragansett, "Haywagon'' was exhausted aifter by the hand tub, Eureka, of this city, R. I.; the Winnismimett drum corps the test, while the steam engine drawn by two hor::es. of Chelsea, Ma,ss , Germania No. 2 of pumped doggedly on. This new phase The Niagara pumper of, Saco, Me. _Chelsea, Mass,; and the Hancock from of the question turned public opinwas next in line witl1 part of the crew A~hqurnham, Mass. ion and in 1860, New York bought its riding in a truck that hauled the ,h!S'- • Other colorful un.its in the parade first steamer, Lowell, Mass., bought t.orlc relic through Portsmouth· street.Ii. were White Angel :from Salem, Mass.; its first steamer in that same year. F.rqm Everett, MaEs., was the General Essex, Mass., Veteran Fireman drum Today the steamers, in turn, have Taylor being hauled ,by the company corps anct, the Essex pumper No. a; given place to the motorized apparatus. But the steam engine was not the from that Bay state city while it was fol- Protection No. 2 from York, Me.; Anlowed in line by the Senator Baxter droscoggin from Topsham, Me.; and chief foe of the handtubs, The installation of water systems and hyof Bath, Me. Others in the parade were Protection from Concord. William Hill from North Berwick; The last part off the parade was led drant pressure from 1870 to 1890 Post 181, American Legion Band from by ~he women o the Portland VF made tremendous inroads into this North Reading, Mass,; Water Witch of Auxiliary of Portland, Me., and they type of fire fighting apparatus. Most North Reading· Manham No. l ofNortll were ollowed by t_he Portland Vetera~ of the New England rural towns gave , ' Firemen's association and the pumper Readmg; Deflan.:e of Westerly, R. I.; Volunteer of East Greenwich, R. I. On Hecla No. l of Randolph, Me., with veterans of the Benjamin l:!mlth r·u ara e pens, Yete~R iremen's Muster Handtubs From New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts And Rhode Island Participate In New England League Event �-. ~:·_.: ~~ o'h:.<·<:.-. iQ~~~i, : €r~iS'~ '.~ , ,!~--~:-:--_-.. , . .?~-I ~ fi)?\:--·.~ -'- < ~... :·~-:~:; :·,- .__: !.\i_t.,i_(_•.2._;tF_ . . •'r-·---~- -=---·..,...- ,_,_ :~_-=·~_~_\_~:_,t_r_ 11 __._:.J_,_~_;::_ ·_:_,_,_·· ••_~-;_;_;_;_!..·~--;,?,~.:.:_i_.:_~;-·.•-:'.,-;___".,,·~,;~_-_:_-_,(_~-,...:..:_.~.I.~·-l!_·:._(_~:;;_:;_ ~_~_.::..{_- _-_-;\_::~_._-_'f}: _ -_:_:_~{•_~ -..,··- -c-·~·-:-·"-:~--,-__-_~up their handtubs in the nineties and ._,, Miss Sammis, who graduated from <":l 0.11! 1 ,~•,.· no new handtubs were built either ;·_ j Russell Sage College and later received ': .l .ri ,.:,}-' for fire fighting or for muster pur- . jher master's d_egree. from ~eachers .. •_"'.·.:" poses, after 1895, The rules of the , 1 College, Columbia University, 1s to be . _, League bar tubs built after January Idirector of dramatics and stage craft, The annual congregational summe .• 1st, 1_896. IShe has served in the same capacity conference opened Saturday at th ;;:·. But the spirit of competition con- . I at St. Agnes School for Girls in Albany Isles of Shoals with a devotional ser;_;~_v•·· tinues to this day and fortunately the --.! and at Russell Sage. She founded th e vice conducted by the president, Rev. ;--:":· sport is drawing to itself hundreds o! · IChildren's Experimental Theatre in Asa M. Parker. :~....- the younger men to whom the zest of Troy and has been director both of Saturday mornmg Rev. Philip A. ;:.-:· · · competition appeals today just as it this group and of the Little Theatre Swartz of the Federal Council of Con',\·,, · has always appealed. And so in this productions in T,· 0 y a nd Albany. She gregational Churches spoke while he :_·;,:_··,~-:_;__-_i_•:_. afternoon muster there wa~ youth; has also been associated wi tht th e also was the conference preacher yes~·. ~- directed and guided by the experiPlayers Guild of New York · Ci Y as ,_!?: terday at the Snnday morning serst t ::', .,. ence of age, Young, snappy crew& radio director and assiS ant age dir- · '· vice. Sunday afternoon there was a <; ~ from the hayfields of Maine and New · · ector. memorial service in honor of the late iY,: Hampshire; young and middle aged Mr. Schuszler will take charge of th e Thomas H. Elliott of Lowell, Mass., who ', · stalwarts from the mechanical trades ' photography department. He has _con- -. i founded the Isles of Shoals conferenr. ,_ . of Massachusetts and Rhode Island,· tributed as a frEe lance to national ! . Mr Ellio ·;-·,:.-~ ublications an l lias held a number of •. 42 years ago this summer. . , ... " active firemen, boatbuilders of uncerPexhi'bi' ti·ons. He is r epresented in the died last September at the age of ";-_,.· tain age, with muscles of steel, hardR L v Rutledge of Dedh ev. yman · ~. ened by years of use swinging the adz, · (permanent collection of the Chicago ._·_. gave [:•~·;, from Essex, and just enough of the ·_, Museum of Science and Industry and . >it;.~ . :.:..::....:=--:,:7 ;:;;.=c:-2---:---::;-:-:-7:,-7,-;;0 ;';:': · older men to retain all of the finesse ·I n the issue of U. S. Camera for 1935. ·-,.~/ . ,. · of the game, contesting against each .., In the same year he was awarded the \~~·,. ~:·/} other in the same spirit as has grand prize in the first nation-wide ,;:· ' }_'.-._~.:,:_~.:_·_: · . marked this sport for nearly a cenRolleiflex salo~. Hf~ tis af mAemhl:>_eter tsof : :: tury. the New York Soc1e y o re 1 c , .;_ tt'o~ U:} &:'.y•· tf i,.,;.u...•~:.:C\~·:. :'(.) ,-,.~:X, ,.~l:C, ~i Photographic Society of America and I'· c:~~L , . · ,._. • ~~- _:~~~ • · '------:"'\ ,, • is an associate m the Brooklyn chap1 _r _ - .....- - C . ational ongreg Conference At Shoals ~,""_: : ... · ~':: ..,":~ifi •- f·:::.:/S/J·; >1 ~'; _!_!± _,'l';•'f.3ii1f~ _ ,,,.; ·.;,, ·,.•r-:\,. 7 -~ I ~i STCHANGES IN . ONELEIGH 1,f.·_:_f_.~.tl ~.\_ J ~~~~:w::::"w:":~,:: :~, !:~ed~;~ui~ :i:: ~~ ~i:p :s:\~;:n~~:~! men and Miss Frances Prather of Ar-1 . I,' l lington, Virginia, as director of physical f , j education. 1 ; Upon graduation from Gouche~ Col-{ " lege, Miss Riddle _went to Baltuno7e,, _ ."':, Seven new appointments to the fa- Md., where she first took up social~ · i culty of Stoneleigh College for young service work and fa.ter became a mem- • .:..':·,.ber of the English denartment at the r ' ' - women at Rye Beach to become effec, -- :t•; - FACUL·TY ..-t·.,\_ • •f't\]}7''1,'.i;,:' , -~ :,1 r'ii! i:. :t- if5k :C~;~: ! 1 tive with the fall term beginning Sep- l ::r:~:s ~~dfii~~;\:;r:0 ~~~ .., _ ... tember 23, were announced toda.y by f committees and chairman of all stui~~:~1;~ Richard D. Currier, president. 1 dent programs. Miss Prather graduated i~;'.i;:1;i Among the new appointments is from George wa~hington University, ,,¾-::,_ ·1Harrison Lakin or York Village, who afterwards directing the Washington t{f_ ·F : w~l give a course in international re• playgrounds for several summers. $he t/t'\ lations. Mr. Lakin, who was a monthly has been a member of the physical ed:f< ,lecturer last year at Stoneleigh, is a · Ic;? former member of the American dip- ucation department in two hig lomatic service. He served as American schools. l:'J.i consul in South Africa for two years ft{' and spent another two years in the h::\, Philippines and Puerto Rico studying ~',\·,, our own colonial governments. He has f~~{' also traveled and lived in almost every other country in the world. Besides \\;',\;· · firsthand experience in the conduct of foreign affairs, he was for several ,;_"l, '. t~W years . In the Dtpartment of State, ;s-~ · Washmgton, D, C . ?f;:',· Four other of the new instructors f\{I/ come from New York, Miss Erla Blaine r-Y..f of New York City. Miss Esther Conklin of Willsboro, Miss Dorothy Sam\r mis Ot Albany and. Alajos Schuszler of ;if_; Brooklyn, '"'-tt · Miss Blaine, who will teach English, ~_:_.,__:{_~.-.,;, received her B. A. degree in 1935 from --~-. the Vniversity of Iowa, and her master's degree the following year from :;.'t,;,. . Columbia Uni varsity where she has ;',,1,:·~· since been working for her doctorate, ;!!1;:• A new course in home management will ~!-::-\: be given by Miss Conklin, who is study- ?,_ f~/? Ing toward her master's degree this i~S(:. '}:'°"-i•.,., . _ ,; i'.j . J(/t ··- · · - -i::· t\_ .( rtr: ;g:·, ~f-~ .,,:,,_, .,_. •, . .J. tk¥;,i Jtit~~!~~r::7.~;~r~~·tfE i~~Gsili.~~1~· · B{~ ""~'' _;~~~f~, �;i,.~~, '.{\ ,\{;~~~'i,bri~f~~-~~4':,_' c:~rn.~. :.· . . ·- •·1· ,, . ' ,. . . . • sf6Rif \ l 97th Regimeni \\:... r"kEt~1 ;HOUSES OPEN TO To.Break Camp PUBLICTODAY 1 ~er 1 {):, A large number of people today are ··' visiting o!'\e of the most delightful and fascin ating Colonial homes in this .\ city-the Benning Wentworth House at Little Harbor, and also the excep1tionally fine exhibition of portraits done by Blackburn and Copley at the I Capt, Thomas Th_ompson_ House, as : well as the Samuel Langdon House. These three houses were open for the benefit of the Portsmouth District f· I I Nursing Association and many people · planned in view of the fact th·e practice : took advantage during the mornin schedule is considerably behind beand afternoon to inspect these homes 1 which are so infrequently open. I,., cause of overcast weather or haze over the ocean which prevented firing on The Wentworth Mansion at Little 1 two or three afternoons. .. IHarbor is <!ne of the finest of the old The regiment yesterday played host houses, as 1t was the home of Gov. to nearly 2000 visitors at the encamp- • • 1 Wentworth and is well preserved in ment. The program of the day was -· , its original state. climaxed with a regimental parade. The · / . . The Thompson House, which waa camp was open to visitors and in the af. built in 1784, offers a rare privilege for ternoon there was a concert by the • 1 the lovers of art. The paintings of the regimental band, conducted by Irving ! Wentworths have been passed down to Pelletier of Nashua, warrant officer. \ the present owner, The house itself is l most interesting. Camp Notes •· The Samuel Langdon House-the A Catholic mass was held at Y. M. 1 South Parsonage-is well known, but C. A. headquarters yesterday forenoon is always a delightful place to visit. · I Here morning coffee was served from and the Protestant church services were held at the encampment headquarters. 1 10 to 12, and afternoon tea from 2 to 6. state Associate Y. M. C. A. Secretary ·--<·r;- ~- .... -.. '."' -~ -·-:r: ¥,. "\ : , . ,.. • _· Reid O. Besserer had charge of the services. The Catholic services were ~.·. >~-- ~~ " 1C\'j c. ~ '· . conducted by Fr. Cashman of Worcester, Mass. , who is vacationing at Rye Beach. Second Lieut. Chester T. Barton of the Combat Train was injured Satur• day when his leg was struck by a threeiuch shell being ejected from one of the t > . ., guns at Ragged Neck. Field inspection was held Saturday afternoon with Colonel Rexford in charge. Inspection was made during the morning in the battery streets, Ordinance Officer John Devlin, principal ammunition inspector, is at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital suffering fr.om a pinched cartilage in the knee, . ,. . :·;,.: .... received when he .stepped from his car .:..:,:· :· ,· . . .,_ . ,,. , and fell at the artillery firing point. '· · ·.•··;, ,.. ·. · •.:·· .... :;';·•. J;;? · i~;:?;\; -On Thursday 1 _:;!. , · ,. One "Provisional Regiment" Will Go 'fo Wolfeboro And One To Weare While SmaHer Unit Will Proceed To Concord Officers and enlisted men of the 197th Regiment, Coast Artillery (AA) N. H. N. G., will move from their encampment at Rye on Thursday in two "provisional" regim•e nts to Wolfeboro and North Weare, while the third and smaller unit ~ill go to Concord, where it will be joined Friday for overnight encampment by the entire battalion. Saturday .the 197th Regiment will disband and leave for the home stations. The war-like road march plans were completed by the officers of the regiment staff Sunday during two conferences, which lasted a total of three hours. Col. Clarence E. Rexford, commander of the regiment, presided at the meeting and those discussing plans were Maj. Albert E . Colburn of Som,1:- ' .• -~· ersworth, regimental executive; Maj. Lloyd H. Cogswell of Warner, regimental surgeon; Capt. Frank F. Wilson of Concord, adjutant; Capt. Albert S . Baker, plans and training officer; Capt. Cheney Lawrence of Nashua, supply officer; Capt. Norman M. Andrews of (j!.i~ Concord, transportatio? officer; First 17"~~~~.,· Lieut. William D. McPh-erson of Concord, intelligence officer; First. Lieut. Edward G . Hamel of Concord, comh~, .. munications officer, and Second Lieut. Edward B. Cole of Concord, staff offi,. .... . , cer. Observers at the meeting were f:.:,,'.!.';:. • Li:eut. Col. Willis McD. Chapin and ··:~·,,· ·::;:::·. Capt. William H. Papenfoth, members 1 ,,,,.. ~ } · j of the board of inspectors. ;,.'t,·~--" . ·~ During the first three days of this ~.~?'¥/· ": eek intensive work for the artillery, 'll~f,;,:; .. · earchlight and machine gun units is f1:~:," ;tr<.•.,. Rt~.:;· ~;i\;::-~·,; I I I ~- -:._,{ ?~~~-~-~" -·,~ ./4.. \: ,. ... / o\ ..._ ... t. <\ -.~{t}t_.'. / :~: )?i.· •• · v--;~·;.,,. �~O~-~ -l~dd G a...v-deV\ -iaa.v- t'{ ANNUAL.GARDEN PARTY OF COLONIALDAMES The annual garden party of the 1New Hampshire Society of Colonial D h ld t th to j ames was e a e his ric Moffat-Ladd House on Market street 1 with a very large number at tending in spite of the extreme heat. It was 1 I a most delightful affair, with the 1 charm of the old house, and the beauties of the garden making the \ setting most ideal. 1 The beautiful old house was open for inspection and many found it delightful to wander about the fine old colonial garden, which is in a class by itself. Mrs. Charles Carpenter Goss of Do1ver, president of the society, Mrs. IJohn G. M. Glessner of Littleton; land members of the board of manag1ers as follows: Mrs. Albertus T. Dud, 1ey of Exeter; Mrs. Harold W. Brown 1and Mrs. Montgomery Rollins of Do1 ver; Mrs . Samuel P. Hunt, Mrs. J. Franklin Robinson of Manchester. Miss Edith S. Freeman and Mrs. Robert J. Graves of Concord received during the afternoon. j During the afternoon selections were played by the Boston Symphony ensemble from the Hotel Wentworth. Miss Susan Stewart of East Orange, N. J., presented a group of dances. 1 ,Miss Stewart is the daughter of the former Priscilla Heffenger of this city. Her accompanist for the dances was , Miss Ruth deRochemont. In the old coach house was a very fine exhibit of flowers and herbs. The Colonial Dames of Exeter were in charge of the exhibit. Miss Elizabeth . Grouard of Exeter was in charge of the flower exhibit, while Frederick W. Baker, head of the herb project at Pembroke, had supervision of the herb exhibit. The flowers were very , attractively arranged and among the i flowers were many old-fashioned vajrieties in keeping with the setting. The flowers were from the gardens of the members. Miss Pauline Bradford of Portsmouth, Mrs. Carl Mead of Kittery Point, Miss Annie Wallace of Rochester and Mrs. Gordon Woodbury of Bradford, poured and they were assisted by the following : Misses Eliza• beth Beattie of Manchester, Theo- I· , dora Cogswell of Scarsdale, Frances I Parker of Manchester, Alice Decatur, 1 Anne Decatur of Garden City, N. Y., 1 . and Kittery Point, Georgia Goss of I Worcester, Robin Graves of Concord, Margaret Kemper of Manchester, LLou_i~e Quirin, Priscilla Peirce of this I I ! city, Joan Power of New York- and-Lydir. Sawyer of Kittery Point. spiritual life. And finally;-7.tremo-ves" I Mrs. Robert Flanders of Mancheswasteful duplication, over churching ter and Rye, was chairman of the and the like. 53 cities now have em' entertainment committee, and was ployed staffs in the field of inter• assisted by Mrs. Lane Goss of Wor- 1 church work, and many other centers have councils of churches on a volunJ rester, Miss Ruth Higgins, Miss Mary , tary basis, Fuller, Mrs. Harry Jackson. Mrs. Nor"The movement toward unity has man Milne, and Mrs. John L. Sulli- . received marked impetus from the t van, all of MancheS er; Miss Jose- · significant world gatherings held a phine Rice of this city and Miss Jane Jameson of Concord. year ago at Oxford and Edinburgh. , But unity, in the last analysis, must be ~~ v. -~ \.\ ~ ~ rooted and grounded in the local com• __ ~, .,_., ~ ,)t.l3~ll __·_ rn,unity. The national trend toward co GREGATIONAL ··unity has reached something of a stalemate because of the apathy of the 1 · " local churches. Money is the acid test, Unless the cause of unity is given ade• , · quate financial support it will fail." 1 In the afternoon the Shoals Guild, I \representing the women of the con• I ~erence, opened the annual Gift Shop i in the hotel parlor. In the evening, in / : Elliott Hall, Dr. Warren J. Moulton, The Congregationalists, now in sesPresident Emeritus of Bangor SeminI sion at the Isles of Shoals, at their ary, gave the second of two illustrated 23rd Conference, are enjoying fair and ' lectures on Palestine, touching this · cool weather, with refreshing and fra• l time on the fruitage of t he labors of grant sea breezes. On Monday morn- I \Bible archaeologists, of whom he himing, in the old stone church, the Rev, self is one. He outlined very clearly !Richard P. Carter, of Suffield, Conn., tqe treasures of recent excavations. 1gave the first of a series of devotional JThe usual candle-light service fol• '! addresses on the general theme, "Thus .. lowed. Spake Jesus." Taking for his text the J The program today started with a !familiar saying of Jesus, "The king- -devotional service in the historic old 1 \dom of God is within you," he pointed I ·meeting-house, during which the out that this is a radical statement to I :chaplain, Rev. R. P. Carter, gave the ,which one cannot easily find a paral- 1 ;second address in his series on the !el in the Old Testament or other sasayings of Jesus. In the middle of the erect literatures. "What Jesus is saying morning Prof. James P. Berkeley, of is that the heart of man is central. , 1Andover Newton Seminary, gave the Just as old abandoned farmhouses col- 1first of his lectures on the general lapse inward so life largely crumbles theme, '.'The Development of the Idea from within. And little insidious in- /of God in the Old Testament." fluences do the damage. A small leak In the afternoon Prof. Harry Prescan do more harm than a heavy ; ton, of the State Normal School at !storm. A tiny fault can undermine a 1Keene, N. H., gave an exposition of I character. But when we become con- the poetry of the war hero, Joyce Kil·scious that there is spiritual power la- mer, entitled "Joyce Kilmer at Home j' tent within us and welling up from and Abroad." our deeper selves, then our lives get a I This evening Dean C. F. Jackson, of 1 inew sense of direction., We sense the the University of New Hampshire, the / value of transforming ideas, realizing, director of the School of Marine BioIas some one has said, that nothing is logy at Appledore Island, will give an \ quite so powerful as an idea whose i illustrated lecture on the sea creatures time has come." ..:..a..:..t__ct..:..h:.::e_S =h.::.coa=l=s:..._ _ _ _ __ In the middle of the morning Dr. O 11 IPhilip A. Swartz, a Secretary of the '-' G"l.t'o ~ nvt.o...Od )Federal Council of the Churches of .~ . g . \ 9 ~ iChrist in America, gave a porch talk G ,· on "The Future of Christian Unity.'! After pointing out that unity can be / dynamic and free instead of coercive, I Ihe described the 3 levels, regional or ' j state, national, and international, up- 1 on which unity operates. "There are many national movements," he said, "seeking unity. The Federal Council · represents 23 denominations with 375 ' elected delegates. It performs four significant functions. First, it attempts , tasks too great for a single denomina- I tion to handle alone. Second, it represents the constructive Christian think• ing of the Christian community. _'IJ1i.I:_dly, it undergird~ ·- our national 1 CONFERENCE AT SHOALS a I �\N O:.'('V\e."° - Upon the arrival of the first truck load containing the frame work, highly skilled mechanics started yesterday the work of installing a new organ in the historic Congregational Church j 1ocated upon Greenland Parade. It will be recalled that th e edifice 1 was one of two used by the congrega.' tion of the Federated Church for its Varl·ous services until a little over a 1 Year ago, when. because of the condition of its 80-year-old musical instm1 me nt, it was decided to hold all ser1 vices in the Methodist church. This buildil1g though having a smaller seating capacity, had the better organ due to the generosity some forty years ago, of Mrs. Sarah Ball. Upon comple1 tion of general repairs to the building, the organ was modernized by the installation of an electric blower. Since then however, the use of th e Congregational church has been sorely missed. Recently, the necessity of reI opening the building has become more apparent. This is due not only to th e. Iconstantly • increasing at ten.dndance of j the combined, cong~egation 3i a_dded. j functions sil1ce the Rev. · Archibald Kerr has .occupied, the pµlpit, but ~ necessary for, the fulfillment . 9f future 1 plans of the board of directors for an extensi9n .of ::iervice.s a nd meetings of a musical and community nature. . In consequenq~ James Bar th olomay 1of Bath, Me.,' to whom the m~inten, ance of the organ~ of both churches Jhas been intrusted. for the last, many years, was asked to inspect the organ 1at the hist.oric • church to see what could be done to further repair a nd modernize . it. He reported th at it would i1eed a l~rge amount of work j done, since the, inS t rument · was not only old, but that someone pad ell.tered the church since it had been closed, and driven an iron plate through the bellows. Because of the difficulty of reachin_g this part of the mechanism, the cost of -repairs would be prohibitive. · · As previously reported, a meeting of the Congregational Church members was called on Aug. 1. Following a prayer for Divine guidance by the Rev. Mr. Kerr, the business session was opened. During it the advisability of purchasing a new organ was discussed. Charles Marden, who was elected moderator of the meeting, called on each officer and member present for reports and an expression of opinion. Miss Lillian Odell, clerk of the Congregational Society, gave a resume of previous meetings. Mrs. Carrie Beck, reasurer, reported on the present satisfactory state of finances of the society. Irving Rolston, trustee, spoke of /the efforts. made to repair the old I '1 i I I ,m gan. - - · - - - - - __.______ _ After a general discussion- the moci--l erator called for a vote, which resulted , unanimously in favor of purchasing another organ under certain stipulations. The members then elected the following committee to supervise its purchase ·and installatiol_l: Mrs. Carrie ! Beck and Mr. Clarence Gowen, both of i Bayside; Maurice Hamel of Portsmouth Ave.; Mrs. Richard Moody of the Post Road; and Irving Rolston of • the Parade. The committee held. several meetings last week with the result that an organ was selected, and on last Saturday the contract for its purchase and installation was signed. I Today the mechanics returned with another load of intricate parts and 1 the work of assembling tJ:ie organ con• ult' tilmed. Unless unforeseen diff1c ies arise the work will be finished within 1 ten days. In the meantime an archi, d · 1 f I tect is engaged in rawmg P ans or the _necessary changes . to .be made 1 withm the church. While the plans J have not been completed, it is known I that the organ will be placed in 'the I front center of the auditorium, to the I rear of the pulpit. The choir stalls will be located on either side of the orEtan, on the same platform. I t will be re1 membered that the old organ stood on I the floor level in a front corner of t he ! church with the choir seated between / the organ and the congregation. The new arrangement has many advant! ages inasmuch as the pastor, organist : and choir will not only be more closely · 1 grouped, but all will be on the same \ elevation. Though the acoustic proper··I ties are exceptionally good, the new location of· the organ will be of further , benefit. • The platform will be so planned that , its increased size will not only accom! modate t.he Iacilities ordinarily needed, l but provision will be made for an en'1 1arged choir and additional musical instruments to be used on special oc. . cas1ons. The carpenter work and paintin•g, made necessary by the changes, will I be started· immediately upon completion · of the installation of the organ so that· the dedication service may be 1 held shortly after Rev. Mr. Kerr re\ turns from his vacation in Sep_te_mber. I I l \tou.se.. 'INTER.STHIGH NWA NER llOUSE X IBIT I Appreciation of the contribution to American art made by the gracious liv1 ing of cultured colonial families is i growing, to judge by the interest in curl rent exhibitions of rare furniture and · antiques. From all parts of the coun!try visitors have been going to the !Warner House, for example, to see the remarkable collection of family heir• 1 looms, choice antiques _a nd fine portraits which give the 1716 house the at• ,mosphere of an 18th century home . Mrs . Henry L . Green, first vice chair• Iman of the Warner House Association, which arranged for the two-week exhl1 ' bition, on view through Saturday a!• ' ternoon to 6 o'clock, was hostess . this morning , Assisting Mrs . Green were Mrs. Edith Torrey, Mrs. Douglas E. Dismukes, Mrs , Charles M. Sheppard, Mrs. Helen Lowell and Miss Alberta Boger. Mrs. J . Winslow Peirce, who ha.s loaned many interesting things to the ,collection, received this afternoon, and · others in the various rooms were Mrs. James K . Cogswell, Mrs . Donald Stewart, Mrs. Arthur H . Rice, Miss JoseI phine Rice and Miss Priscilla Peirce. The chairman of the association, Mrs. William E . Marvin, will be the Wednesday morning hostess, and Miss !Pauline Bradford. Mrs, E. W. I ILaughton, daughter of Mrs, Marvin, 1 will be in costume. Assisting Miss Bradford will be Miss Mary A. Harris, Mrs . T . c. Treadwell, Mrs. Florence Cummings, Mrs . Halsey Lewis and Mrs. Rollin Sawyer. ~ I I Daniel H. Dickinson, chief engineer of the New Hampshire Highway Deoartment, was authorized to seek. Fed:- ral and stat,e aid for a checkup on the 'oast E:rOsion at the meeting of the ,~ew Hamc-shire Shore and Beach Pre,ervation and Development Commission at the Hotel Ashworth. The recent granting of Federal funds :for the protection and development of 1 R ye ?Iarbor was discu..-.sed. The commission members favored an engineer.ins. i::urvev to determine whether the jetties at the entrance to the Hampton River are protecting the 11hore line suf- ---- -- - - ---=--~ . e~~ ~ ~ - q .· ficiently. tq ~<i �- -·- ------- ,-H arold Rya;, Mrs. Thomas Doriovaii;1 Miss Barbara Frink, Mrs_. Paul Griffin and Mrs: Donald Twitchell. Pourers: Mrs. Frank Remick, Mrs. John 1 Seybolt, Mrs. Norman Rand, Mrs. John Mooney and Mary Anna. Peyser. The following young ladies took tickets at the houses: Misses Anna · Baum, Priscilla Warren, Louise Matthews, · Dorothy Matthews, Margaret Ward, Doro.thy Tredick, Mary ll...artge N\Ulmberr Of JPeoplie lP'ay Vnsi1i: Hartshorn, Winifred Rand, Margaret I Tlhnriee Of Poirtsmou1l:i-1/§ Hns1l:oriica.H Ho'O.!ses Preble, Priscilla P aul, Marjorie Ham, I r------~-----------a·I and Betty Whitaker. Nearly 400 persons took advantage The committees were as _follows: ~, Pul;1licity committee: Mrs. E. Curtis of the opportumty to visit three of The patronesses were. Mrs. J, I: Matthews, chairman; Mrs. Joseph Portsmouth's fine old homes yester- Templeton Coolidge, Mrs. John Balch, ,! conner, Mrs. Samuel Griffin, Mrs. H. •day. The Gov. Wentworth House, the Mrs. Paul H. Bonner, Mrs. Graham Clinton Taylor, Mrs. Edward Wendell, jThomas Thompson House and the Carey, Mrs. Harry Davis, Mrs. Arthur Mrs Thomas Donovan, Mrs. Harold :Samuel Langdon House were open for Hill, Mrs. Ralph May, ~rs. William Ry~n. Miss Margaret Ballard, Mrs. 'inspection through the courteJy of S~abury, M~s. Barrett Wendell, _Mrs. Harry E. Philbrook and Mrs. Con!their owners for the benefit of the Russell White, Mrs. Charles B. ,\1:an- I stance N. Richmond. iPortsmouth Distt-ict Nu.rsing Associa.- ning, Mrs. J . Franklin Grier, Mrs. ! ·-------....,-------.---:' 1 jtion. . . . . Charles Edwards, Mrs. John M. How- ~ ~ ¼ ' - - 6 ... ,~ . \-\vt.oJci - Ql...u...a. \Q . l<\~ : The historic tour met w,th popular ells, Mrs. George Warren, Mrs. H . • · , ·• ·• response an~ fr~m 10 o'clock in the : Clinton Taylor, Mrs. Geo. Lord, Mrs. 1mormng until 5 rn the afternoon these , William Marvin, Mrs. F . w. Hartford, !Jl M II: famous houses were being visited and ·,: Mrs. Charles Amhoff, Mrs. Fred people were charmed with the at- ,! Hayes, Mrs. c . c. Sanborn, Miss . 1 Ill MI U mosphere which these homes still , . maintain and have maintained down 1 Martha Kimball, Mrs. Mary I. Wood, / The Bost.on Museum of Fine Arts has I • I through the years. I Mrs. Robert Graves, Mrs. Wilham j .extended the loan of the portrait of I The Wentworth Mansion. home of Walton, Mrs. Henry Balch, Mrs. Hal- J Hon. Jonathan Warner by Joseph the Royal Governor of the Province I ford Greenlee, Mrs. Philip Brennan, 1Blackburn to the Warner House until of New Hampshire, Benning Went- Mrs. Henry C. Vaughan, Mrs. Fred- !Sept. 1, it is announced by Mrs. Barrett worth, is one of the most i.nteresting ,erick Delano and Miss Sally Crockett. )Wendell, honorary chairman of the houses to visit. Here the sLrnple colon- 'I The hostesses at t he Benning : Warner House Association. ial blends with the royal setting, !, Wentworth 110use were Mrs. Arthur : The Copley portrait of Mary Warner, where the little farmhouse had been l Baum, chairman; Mrs. Edward Wen- j~aughter of Jona~han, loaned by Wil1 enlarged as the rooms were needed.The dell, Miss Frances Wiggin, Mrs . lll~m Averell :a:arnma~ of New Yor~, council chamber 1S one of the most lwallace Garrett, Mrs. Earl Philbrook, will also remam on view to the publlc Ifascinating spots in the house, and is Miss E. Alberta Rugg, Mrs. Charles .for the duration of the month. •always admired by those fortunate to Paisley Mrs. Harry Peyser, Mrs. Wil- ! The special exhibition o.f family he.i r1be able to see it. Paint ings and fu~- liam Farrington: Mrs. Arthur Clark, !' looms and rare, antiques closes this af• ;msh1_ngs t.hroughout .the ho~e are. rn ,Mrs. Jeremy Waldron, Miss Priscilla ter.noon at 6 o clock, but . the h.ouse, ;!ceepmg with the settmg'. This ~ans10n 1warren, Mrs. Edwin s. Kent I built fro~ 1716. to. 172t will .be open to 1s the home _of Mr. and Mrs . .J. Tern- and Miss Anna Baum; at the the pubhc • throughout •~he season. • _rt pleman Coolldge. 'Thomas Thompson house: Miss Edith ,has a perm9:nen.t collect1on of portraits _ At thP. Capt. Thomas Thompson Harris and Miss Stella Webster, co- and 18th century fur~iture of unusual House, home of Miss Susan .J. Went- I . . . . . M ,lxlterest...... .. ........ ,, ••. ,... . . ... .. ..,,, ..... , ... . - - - . ! •orth one of the founders of the Dis- chamnen. Miss Helen Pie1cenng. rs. /~:ict Nursing Association, t here were j Gardne.1: Witham, Miss_ Marion Mcin-. o-\..[., ~ ~ ~layed portraits of the early ,.J'lent- j tire, Miss Helen McIntire, Miss Agnes 1 worths. The work of Copley and. Aubin, Mrs. James Culbert, Miss ~ . \ ~ .· .\ <\.~ <l. . 1 Blackburn, these portraits are among Florence Brine, Miss Bertha C) the few by these artists which have Vaughan ; at the Samuel Langbeen kept in Portsmouth by t he de- don house; Mrs. William S. scendants. Their work is very famous Jones, chairman; Miss Florence and these paintings were admired by Hewitt, Miss Edna Willey, Mrs. Evert those who pdd a visit t-::: the Thomp, Smith, Miss Grace Henderson, Mrs. son house. · P aul Brown, Mrs. Charles Chase, Miss Equally interesting with the other Marion Grace Mrs. Frank B. Chattwo houses is the Samuel Langdon .terton, Mrs. Norman I;arvey. i House, home of Rev. and Mrs. William Coffee committee: Mrs . Harry Phil• Sa.fiord J?nes. Mrs. ~?nes is pre.sid_ent ' brook and Mrs. Joseph Conner, CO • Nmsmg Assoc1at1on. chairmen; Mrs . Fred s. Gray, Mrs. 1 of the District ~ e~e the entire house was open to George L. Harmon, Mrs. William c. 1 I VlSltors and from the first floor to the Walton, Jr., Mrs. Morris c. Foye and garret every room was open, and there · s Mary M u11en. Pourers.. Mrs . 1 . .,Mis i were a grea t many ar t'tcles to admire. :Frederick S. Gray Mrs. John s. Guy. , The gardens were also open. • • . ' . ·1 12 t th S , rea comrmttee: Mrs. Samuel Grifl Fro m lo un t i , a e amue, . . . M · Langdon House, morning coffee was fin, chairman; Mrs. Wilhs Rugg, rs . · served, and from 3 nntil 6, afternoon ~ tea was enjoyed. ·--·-··--- ·-- _J ·strict ·1insing :Association eneli.t IComplete Success I TIOl I 1 lOAN OF H(-"RN IC'R pQDTRhUJ EXTENDEII\ 1 r I I l (:f 0 I r· �;V'e.v ---\\D."""~fo"°' - - -- ~ - -- ~'l"iclqe. . - - ------ Discus Pans tor Proposed ~ ew ExhibitiorY Of Susa~ Ricker nox Painting At Home !ndustries ·River ridge Changes Sought By VartnolUls Un.terresb At PulbHe Hearring Condiuided By VI/arr Depairtmell1lt Engme rrs Changes in the plans of the State the proposed $500,000 bridge of structural steel and concrete over the Hampton River were sought by various interests at the publie hearing conducted by the U. S. War Department engineers in Community hall at Hampton Beach yesterday, I In representing a group pf Seabrook Beach fishermen Lucien Wilbur Foote 1 requested a 25-foot clearance for the middle span at mean high water instead of the minimum of 12. 7 feet al• lowed in the Highway Department ] plans , He approved a fixed span rath; er than a drawbridge and sought suf' ficient dredging of the river on the : Seabrook side for the docking of large , lobster boats. I James H. Hutchings a.s a represen1tative of the Hampton Chamber of Commerce urged that the lateral spread of the central span be wide enough to : allow the entrance of a seaplane in case the plans for a harbor airport are carried through at some time in the future. The possibility of inland waterway traffic from Dover to Hampton 1Beach and Haverhill, Mass ., to the beach will mean the necessity for the dockinS' of larger transportation boats IHighway Department for ~~\.\~ .,!i~ \-\0t"t....0cf. Congregational Activities Of Shoal I· t isles ~ ') <J in the harbor, Mr. Foote pointed out. Lieut. W. B, Bunker of the u. s. Engineering office in Boston conducted the hearing. He was accompanied by E. A. Porter, civilian engineer, and Miss Helen W. Scott clerk , The plans for the '1200-foot bridge were presented by Chief Highway Engineer Daniel H . I;>ickinson, but he stated that they were only tentative and that the clearance figures would probably be higher when the final e3timate is made. In response to criticisms of the plans the highway engineer pointed out tha.t the 10-foot clearance of the present bridge will be increased to nearly 13 feet at a minimum and possibly 15 feet with the new structure, while the lateral clearance of about 40 feet will be lengthened to 45 or possibly 48 feet. The new drawspan can be opened and closed within a five-minute cycle. Mr. Dickinson believes there is no need for a huge structure at Hampton River and that a low 19-span bridge with a drawspan would be more suitable to the surroundings. Selectmen Edward S . Batchelder and Armas Guyon, commodore of the Hampton Yacht Club spoke in f!lvor of the plans. ... I ! I I I O . l~~°l? The evening lecture, in Elliott Hall, was given by Miss Ella Munsterberg, of th~- Massachusetts School of Art, who gave an address on Leonardo daVinci, whom she called the greatest genius of the Renaissance. This was the first talk in a series on "The Three Giants of the Renaissance." The usual candlelight ritual followed. ·, This morning a Sunrise Service wa., held at Sunrise Point; ·Mr. Carter continued his talks on "Thus Spake J esus." I The impressive candle-light services are held at the close of each day. One of these will be the sacrament of the Lord's Supper on Sunday evening, Aug. 14. Daily concerts are given at Hotel Oceanic by an instrumental trio. Motorboat tours of the islands on plea'sant days are much enjoyed by many of the guests. / Wednesday was a perfect day at the . Shoals where the 23rd Congregational Conference is now in ession with a I nor thwest wind, a few fleecy' clouds, and the water intenseiy blue. At the , morning chapel exercises, the Rev. Richard P. Carter-. the chaplain, gave ' the third address in his series on "Thus Spake Jesus." The morning porch talk was given by ! Prof. James P. Berkeley. of Andover , Newton Seminary, who gave the sec' ond lecture in his series on "The DeI velopment of the Idea of God in 1,he Old Testament." · At 11.15 o'clock, in the. old stone ~ church, the women of the Conference ~.... tr . • 11 ~ gathered for a spiritual retreat under ~'••.A • • 1,:(,-, t. he inspiring leadership of Miss Rulh o....i..u. 1 O . \ ~ t 1 I Seabury, a Home Secretary of the - · ·i · American _Board of Foreign Missions. ! I I ~ The Home Industries Shop feels highly honored to present an exhibit Ibeginning August. 15 of paintings by ' the well known artist Susan Ricker jKnox, who was born in Portsmouth and ha.s studied in this country and abroad. She has been pair:Ling all her life; traveling in the winter and maintaining a studio in York Harbor during the sum- I mer. She has specialized on children's I portraits, capturinf; the wonderment of •childhood and the delicacy and plialbility of youth. She has held 30 onewoman shows and at present has three water colors at Doll and Richards and about 75 canvas&cs at the Marshall House, which shJ decorates every sum- , mer. She has alsc been exhibiting at I Ogunquit and in many important galleries throughout the country. Susan Ricker Knox was a delightful person to talk with and told many interesting facts abnut .her work. In one period of her sludy she spent many ' hours doing portraits of the immigrants I on Ellis Island. I'.l;ews of her work was sent to Washington and she was requested to send 16 canvasses to be hung in the House of Rep. during its study of the first bill restricting immigration quotas. After painting at Ellis Island she wanted to study the more primitive rn :nd and turned to the Southwest and Mexico. In her selection I for exhibit here h er versatility of sub1ject matter is noticeable. Included in the showing are "Madam E from Moscow", Max and Red (an animal study), , Esperanza and El Chivito", "Lupe and Juanita", "Jose", and "Migela", The Shop is open from 9 to 5 :30 and all visitors are welcome. ~~~ ~ . Q.. o.q .\·-0 TO DISCUSS GREAT BAY PROBLEM < . rt was voted at an executive board ;meeting of the New Hampshire Sea• coast Regional Development Associa• !tion that the committee on public health and welfare invite service, garden and women's clubs of the region to ,be repre.;.,,nted by delegation to parlticipate in a meeting to discuss and ,consider the problem of pollution of water in Great Bay and its tributaries. A meeting will be held at the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce rooms on 'Aug. 16, at' p . m., at which time a general discussion will be held on this subject._ ----·~---~-·-·-·· . \q~~ I �cnrONIAl- CONCERl l TO ffATURE YORK GElEBRATION e~ ~\~d York, Aug. 12-A ve:ry interesting , feature of York Days of our Forefath• ,ers to be celebrated on . Aug. 20 will ba the Colonial co'1.Cert. which will take : aace in the enning. Tbe concert wlll be in the Town Hall at York Village, . / which is just a sl.one's throw from the ! Old Goal, the 1745 schoolhouse and the j meeting house. The hall will be Jight- 1 ed only by cand!.elight. The musicians will wear delightful colonial costumes and the program bids fair to be exceedingly colorful. The Emerson Trio, Louise Doucet, piano; Irene Forte, viol!n, and Julie Shaw, 'cello, accompanie,.1 by Eunice Wheel• er, viola, will play at the beginning and end of the program. . James J. Morriwn, Jr., of Portsmouth, whose ambition is to be a conductor and who has studied under Arth,ur Fiedler, will sing a group of son~. Outstanding . O!l the pr.ogi,am wlll be a group of ·colonial songs by Beatrice Bartol Brinkler and constance Wooster RundJette of Portland, Me., ! daughter& of th-1- late Col. Charles Banks. It is of unusual interest to I have Col. Banks' daughters · on thll! l program as their father, widely known as a , historian, was -the author of . I,ianks' ·.History or York. The com• I inittee in charge of the concert in• j dude Miss Nel,li~ M •. Bemis, Mrs. W. ,H. Milli __ er and Miss, Eunice Wh~lJ?• \ 1 P~u .• ,.sQ, ~ ~~ - '~ - 1q'3~ --We publicize-· -our -historic bacir:: I ground,. have we ~ost that one spark 1 o! sentunental pr;de that permeated 1 our predecessors ·o do noble things and gave to us these priceless heritages of today? There is absolutely no ex•'Consecrated To God A d L'b t ,,., cuse for this fJrsaken, forgotten, neI n er Y • _glected and deserted shrine that · Recently I had occasion to ride here just exists. 'Ihe evidence is there , over ~ne of• Nev Hampshire's rough- I ihe pnming cuts can be traced· ster~ ! est highways. The en'd ·of that rook• I justice should be meted out the strewn road revealed a most beauti- guilty and New Hampshire at this late ful scene'. one I dare say unsur..J clay should at 1east dedicate a befitIpasse~ w1thm om state of sceni_c i;ing memorial to her pioneers and splendor · or our natlon. Fol' there predecessors, an attraction that would a~ross the outer barbor 'stand~ out a be appreciated by the nation and state · b_it of ;he r~gged coast-1ine of our as well as at the same time in a way sister soa:te; m the distance the beau- covering up som.:? of our nast. neglitiful Isles of Shoals, and one vast gence. expanse . of grand_ ~Id ocean meeting ARTH,UR I. HARRIMAN, Chairman 1 the horizon, lookmg shoreward the Marking & Mainienance of Scenic entrance to the broad Piscataqua, the Historic & Othe1· ~ites Committe~. quaint, historic and picturesque old I town of New Castle with its olci forts, ~ W\lo -.u .i ti-. \\-~~ Li.tie Harbor, Little Tideway, inland ~ \'\~~ an everchanging landscape pleasing to the eye. Seaward Boone Island casts/ · its friendly beams as sunset shadows fall , while White Island, Whalesback and Fort. Point Lights beckon the way to New Hamp_sh~e•s only seaport. J While there w1thm a meagre in. closure, bounded by picturesque old stone walls, surrounded by brush weeds, rubbish and partially ienced in by barbed wire stands a silent marker dedicated to our nredecessors erected by the National -·s ociety -0f Colonial Dames of the State of New Hampshire with the following in- j ' scription: · !• HERE LANDED IN THE SPRING OF 1623 I THE. Fffi-ST BAND OF ENGLISHMEN 1 PIONEERS IN THE PLANTING OF . I to I f I NEW HAMPSHIRE CONSECRATING THIS SOIL TO THE SERVICE OF GOD AND LIBERTY 1622-1899 What has N~w Hampshire done m the past to preserve, perpetuate and l : beautify her birthplace as · well as her historic shrines? Standing there on the threshold of our Granii€ State, glance at the shore where landed ! the spring of 1623 the pioneers of our grand old state. Tons of refuse from the highways greet the eye-a por1 tion of an old automobile, a fair start \ for another automobile grave yard; brush, appletree-pruning, debris of all kinds, just a disgraceful dump that should not for onFmoment be tolerat' ed. What can_ the reaction be to thou- J sands of tourists or those who seek to pay tribute to the shrine of our forefathers, a shrine that should be held · sacred by every map, woman and child J _ly_ithin our state? mlI -------------- - -------- ,~. �1"~ .~--~-!.~ __\-h:i...v-bov- _ :r e"tt__y ~ o.v,,·q:itcn. Coa.,.~ G UQ.'f't:l .State Rye Harbor Je ·ty 111;ll Prn~.,;J.~ iPrnJ(i)ect l u '' t ~ I ' . ~., 280, 000 Man-Hou rs Oft!" '$To,,t ion. ·SEABROOK i n;i:~- Fol!"ecast Based On Pirojects Wlhidh Have AB.ready Received Allotments Underr New Recovery Progll'am I vate contractors who will build these projects . The remaining two- thirds of U1e total employment creawd i:Jy local projects will be in the state's and nation·s heavy in.fo~trl~s which wiil mak<! the materials for the local prajects. This forecast is based on projects which have already received allotments under the new 1938 billion and threequarter dollar PWA recovery program . Two-thirds of this fund has already been allotted. However, if local officials seek further aid it is possible that further PWA funds will be allotted to this area . t n To Vote 7 Guard n "te Speda] Town-a M(e(etnrag Called 'Jfo Stranghten Orint legality Of land Traimsf<er A special town meeting is to be called at Hampton to straighten out legality of the transfer of the land on the state reservation at White Rock point to the United states Government for tM construction of a new Coast Guard station . Because the papers had to be at the Washington headquarters by Monday in order to take advantage of the PWA grant for the station and boathouse, the :three selectmen, Harry D. Munsey, Ellroy G. Shaw and Edward S. Batchelder, met with the town counsel, Judge John W. P erkins, and John W . Silk of Washington at the Ashworth Hotel 'Sunday to 'give tentative approval of !the land transfer. On the previous day r.: )'T i~;~:":~:::.~~~,,~::b:i: 1 I Sl!iGIMG SANDS i ~Wf~fi' I~ Ii htJL ,1i1f\JJ Uif/¥1. Washington, Aug. 13-The Federal Public Works Administration , under Secretary Harold L. Ickes, :nade the first forecast in its five-year hi.story today, when PWA Engineer 0 . H. Wt!Iiams reported to Regional Dir. Col. M. E. Gilmore that the PWA program 1 . in Rye, N . H., will provide 280,000 man hours employment during the construction of jetties at Rye Harbor . Approximately one-third of the employment created here will be construeJtion site employment, giving jobs to local craftsmen at prevailing rates of pay. These men will be employed by the pri- · Sc:o.bv-oo\'{. S,~ i l'l i the government man secured the ,signatures of Go'v. Francis P , Murphy and individual membera of his executive council. The site of the new station is on land created from the dredging of the harbor when the jetties were built several years ago. Although it was understood that the land was deeded by the town to the state in return for the construction of the seawall, jetties and bathhouse, the possibility that the town might still have some right.s to the land arose as the F'ederal Government conducted the search for the land title. The special town meeting is necessary to approve the action of the selectmen , _ _ __________ = : qu;:;1 ~us oI a century of existence, ac'. co,dtng i;o William Boyd, 7S-year-old j na tive of Seabrook, Th-e sands are loI cated abOut 200 feet from Thompson's I Rodes iioward Beckman's Point above the average high Ude mark. During an early morning walk along ' the bec1.ch yesterday Boyd, who is, by [;he · way, the oldest of four William Boyds of Seabrook, told an interviewer of the unusual sands which only a few town residents have knowledge of. He located. the area of singing sands in the i .s!lme section in which it existed when · Boyd was a small boy . The singing sands produce whistling sounds as a J)"..rson walks ove-r them. The tone and volume of this natural phenomenon varies with the heat and humidity of the day, Several yeans ago an attempt was mad to find the sands. by William D. I Cram of Hamp-ton Beach, founder ol the "Goody" Cole Society, but at that time a thm·ough search of the beach availed the searchers. no succ-ess. This g·av-e rise to the belief that the sands aro not acttve every year. Telling many interesting facts of thiis small and unsettl-e-d section of the Nevi Hampshire coast, Boyd recalled th:;.t it was 5'7 years ago this month that the largest macke1·,el catches ever made in this vicinity were made between Beckman's Point and Sali.sbury , On one oo'i ca1,.sion only a few hours o.f fishing netted two men over nine barrels of the I I 1 I I fish. �of the Liberals coming into power, the community carried on as usual. Following Mr, Norcross' departure Is another period of which practically nothing is known. In 1652, when the Articles of Submission were signed, the church laws of Massachusetts Bay became e!Iectlve here and the City of Oorgeana became the town of York, Publlo worship, according to the Ohurch of England, was ended and the church became a meeting house which required a minister flt to judge of the Gospel. The next minister was Rev. Joseph Emerson, who must have been a good Puritan of the orthodox type. He lacked tolerance and tact, at least on one occasion, when, in 1663, he permitted himself and his wife to engage in a religious controversy with a band of mllitant Quakers in which the word "liar" was passed. · The last minister of the old church was Shubael Dummer. lie came in 1665 and was American-born. His work is well known ' and several books have been written in which his work is extolled. By the time that he came to York the center of population had shifted, and the little church building had become inadequate. On March 2 of that year Henry Sayward entered into contract to build a new· meeting house located up town on ministerial TABLET MARKING' FIRST CHURCH AT YORK lands which years had been given in The unveiling of a tablet in fron t of r,1::-1 1;:g:;:h:-= p-;;ltc ::-;h-ed-.-r_o_o-=-r.- Th =--e_r e_ w_e_r_e _n_o_ p•e•w•s• lands which years before had been givthe Emerson Hotel at York H11rbor as in the la ter Congregational period, en in trust. brings to mind the first church at only crude benches. The new building was completed York, which is believed to be one of No church or parish records of the Aug. 31, 1667 and it was provided that the first churches in Maine. It wa11 earliest period are in existence, pro- the seats in the old meeting house be then the plantation of "Accomenti- bably none were kept. It is known that removed to the new, What happened ous" which was chartered by Sir Fer- early in 1637 Rev. William Blackstone to the old meeting house is not known dlnando Gorges. The tablet was placed (Blaxton) was invited tQ set tle at but an early Colonial statute provided there by.. the Old York Chapter, DAR, York. He lived on Beacon Hill in Bos- that except by the consent of the auon May 13 of this year, ton, and that probably explains why thorltles of the town, but one meeting It is believed that the church wa11 he had no parish, being of the Church house should be erected br maintained built over 302 years ago. The Provin- of England. in a town, and that If any such exiscial Records of 1636 refer to the meetIt is believed that his terms were be- ted, it should be demolished and the ing house. It is also believed that Rev. yond the resources of this little group land whereon it stood be forfeited and Richard Gibson, who was sent over to of communicants. Rev. William sold. establish episcopacy in Maine devoted Thompson was called and accepted, The early history of York centered his efforts toward this little chapel. He was an Oxford gradue.te and had around this old• meeting house. Those These people who settled in thla ter- been a curate in England. For two famlllar with the history of that town ritory came from western England. years he ministered to the needs of kn0w of the many incidents wlllch ocThey had been communicants of the this forest community and then went curred here. Established Church, less tainted by, to Braintree, Mass. In 1640 George The inscrlp ion on the or concerned with, t he increasingly Burdett came. He had been preaching Here Stood bitter Puritanism which prevailed in in Salem, and, of course, this was the , 1,636-37 1 the east and north counties. coming Puritan Doctrine. What he preached "The Church, 1cn,appell or Orator beto this new country they were miles at York is unknown, but he remalne longing to the Plantacon ot Acomentlaway from neighbors. The nearest set- only a year. A letter from Governor cus," chartered by Sir Ferdinando tlements were on the friendly Piscata- Thomas Gorges in 1640 states "We Gorges, 1612, the "Cittle of Gorgeana," qua shores, while beyond at Newbury, have sent younge Mr. Ward of New~ Maintained for Worship according 't?, Salem, Boston and elsewhere, were the bury a call. I hope the Lord will be the Church of England until 1652; rapidly growing Puritan settlements ot assintinge to us in It." He did accept when Massachusetts Bay Colony rethe Massachusetts Bay company, the call and waa at York for two years voked tl'ie Clty Charter, it then be-:The Puritans of Massachusetts in before he moved to Haverhill, came a Puritan' Meeting House.1• " 1629 regarded the Royalists settlement Rev. Joseph Hull found himself un.. "In rear of the Chapel was 1Ye Old' a t Agamentlcus, sponsored by King welcome in Massachusetts and took up Burying Plaqe' , where lie many first Charles, as an ungodly spot, Like pastorlal duties at the Isles of Shoals, English planters under t he Royal PaRhode Island and Virginia thla settle- and in this new City of Oorgeana. In tent of 1631. The exact identity of ment was a refuge for those who were 164T he returned to England but later those here resting is 'Lost 'mid ttie forced to flee from Massachusett.6. came back to the colonies and his shadows of the eternal past whlcll K ing Charles had requested Sir death occurred on Nov. 19, 1665 at the thou ht ex lores in vain.'" Ferdinando to set up "with all con- Isles of Shoals. It la said that he was venient speed" a chapel, The site se- burled in York, but it is not known lected was on land held by Humphrey whether his last resting place is in the Hooke and others under the Grand old burying ground, or at the cemePatent of 1631. There is nothing to tery at York Village. give the size of the church, but a plan With the rise of Oliver Oromwell in of York dated 1656 which is in the England, Nathaniel Norcross came to British Museum, shows the church York and, despite the distressing news differentiated from other houses by a Happenings Of The Years Gone By �Discuss Problem Of Pollution In Great Bay Public Health And Welfare Comm. Of Seacoast Regional Association Conducts Largely Attended Meeting The •Public I-!----:--;-;-- : - -- ~ ~ = . - - - : ~ ~ Health and Welfare :found that one and one-hal( hours the New Hampshire after hiib tide there was :few bacteria, but t.wo houra alter low tide seacoe.st Regional Association · held a there waa a coruiiderable number of meeting last evening at the office of bacteria 1n the water, This ebowed, the association in this city in cpn- he gaid, that the bacteria came in nection with the problem of water with the inoomin(J tide and was not pollution of Great Bay, Frani; W. the result of aewase :from Durham, ,Randall, pre.~ident of the association, but 1n.8tead came :from other places presided., and. told of the first com- emptyin(J into the bay, He recommendplaints that came regarding t\1e pol- ed that sewase disposal plant, be lution or the waters in the bay. He built, and stated that the c08t for all spoke briefly of the situation and then towns and clt1ea which now empty inturned the meeting over to Dr, Ha- to the Bay woUld be $800,000 and sugven T. Paul, chairman of the com- (Jested intereetin(J tlle government in mittee. this work. The Public Health and Welfare D. o, McIntosh of Dover suggested committee has been hard at work on that it ehoUld be a 11tate or :federal the situation and have made tests project, and al80 11uggested that the and investigations in many sectiona University of New Hampshire might of the Bay, Dr. Paul told what these be interested, "The cOl!t ii immateri• investigations had revealed, He spoke al," h said, "!t bas got to be taken of the situation at Exeter and at care of." Newfields, and of his talk with the A. M, ..,, Adam8 stated he bad lived older residents who recall when there an h1a life at Great Bay and there were beaches al~reat Biur where wasn't any que11t1on about the wat.era now there is nothing but mud, ' He being polluted. He stated he underspoke of the past when sea salmon. etood that the B8Dl})lee were taken sea bass, oysters and c1a11113 iwere where there was lw J)robability of plentiful. ~ contamination. Dr. Paul said that the state .1:1oard of Health took samples of the water at Great Bay and found 'that · when the tide was coming in the samples were bad. · Dr. Pa.ul called upon Herbe~t Smith of Wellesley, Mass., a summer resident of the Great Bay section for many years. He spoke of the situation near the Durham side whe're Oyster River Joins the bay, and then read letters from the Boa.rd of Health of the state, He told that of two samples taken, one showed. a slight degree of contamination while the other was moderate. Mr. Smi~h said he consulted with a sewal(e engineer and told of the possibilities. Dis• cussing samples which had been t&,k• en at Durham he said that it was OUSING SURVE The State Planning and Development Commission began a recreational housing survey in this section of the state yesterday in an effort to determine the housing facil~les. Every hotel, boarding house, cabin, cottage and tent should be listed in order to give a complete survey. Ii will be the advantage of all who are !ntefested in this industry to have the' facts on hand, and the onl~, way this can be done is for all to cooperate with the group survey. The report of each unit Is confidential, but will be compiled to give a complete story of the situation in the area. Among the questions which will be asked will be the kind of heat, construction, whether or not the place has runnlg water, hot and cold water, toilets, baths and electrlcityJ where the food products for the dining room are from; the source of the drinking water; the sanitation; faoilltles for guest recreation; where the majority of guests come whether the possibtlity of winter business is of interest to the operator and many other questiona, �~ ,,~,~, ~ -u,,, , ,,,,~, , , , , , , . , , .~~.._-,--... ,~~~-,,. , . , , . , , , ,~ I;' T@ 'lffmte Cntfaemi~ Of Grtatt(eii P@libm@miftb Alm«i Vndl!linfry !~ i ,; ,; If if As the aftermath of a great fogs anci sorrow, and l! w!slt lt could have come about otherwrse, it has i'aUen upon me to carry on the work of our late publisher, my father, the I-Ionorable JFemando W. Hartfoed. rt l9 a i' privilege and an honor so to do. lit !s with a fur! understanding of the ,; importance and ;;cope of the 'respons!bHlt!es involved that ][ accept these I,; re·sponsibflfties and pledge myself to the carr5ring on of my father's work •~ to the best of my ability. · !~ His ideals, \1ision, sterling character, integrity, stalwart leadership, genius j~ and ne,Ter-ending efforts, white leaving us a heritage on a plane wh!ch is !~ difficult to measure u p to, wm nevertheless ser,re as guiding p°r!nciples fot< ): us of the Herald Staff to evet' strive toward, The Herald was dedicated to the interegts of Greater J?ortsmouth and, in j~ all things worthwl'li!e, whether civic, business, or personal, it has alway!! I(, striven for the g·reatest benefits for the greatest number. ' ~ ; I ~ 6 ~ ~ (, ; ~ ~ ~ ~ ? f J~ j~ • I~ j.~ We of the Her·afd Staff re-dedicate the mierald to the communiti, on i he above principles, a.s a. Hvfng monu~ent to our late P_ubrtsher, T he Hera,d hag ever been· a newspapel' for the people and as such is the people's paper. Your newspaper can serve you only to the extent that I~ • you, its readers, a.Uo,v !t to do so. lits columns a'r e always open to y-ou, for 1~ your use in e.:pressing whatever is of worthwhile community interest. We I~ invlte you personally to express your opinions regarding the many questio~ ~ of public policy facin g this city, county, state and nation in these fast • ~ ch an ging times. ~,Ve want your t'>ersonar suggestions in regard to ways fo r 1 !;; making Portsmouth an even finer city in whlcb. to live -and· do businE:SS. We I~ wani; to know what your opinion• is uoon the matters discus·sed in the 1~ Herald's editorial column, Do )TOfl. appi•o1Te of our stand upon certa.£n ~ questions ot do you disap11rove? We don't pretend to be right a.H the time, 1; Ha.-•e we overlooked ;1rour part!cuia.i- angle in consideration of some· matter. 1 I~ unde'r di..gcussion. in our edrtoda! columns? I~ !: ~ : ~ ~ • ~ .e (, ,1·-II 1·~~ '1 ; • 1 ' ~ ~ ; • , ~ , lSei; us know' w!1at you thinic about the trend of the times, the desirable course for this cltl' and it.'il neighbor-towns to foLlow, the problem!3 faci ng our youth todaJ', the matter of unemployment, the m~ed for close,· coopera• t!on a mong our business-men, needed mun!cipaJi improvements, keeptng the tax- r:i.te down, attracting and welcoming summer visitors to this historic ,;ection, a.nd a thousand othe'r matters of deer, concern all. of us. to wm continue to avail yom.'~ i;ehres of the oppot·t unity, maklng even greater use of it as time goes on, in order that the Her.a.Id may in fact be the people's paper whether ln youll' home, your business or your efforts for a bigger and better community, i!:t fs our ea..-nest a.1:1d since·re wish that. you Ii. .\ : lt~·~-~ Sincerely, J. D, Hartford, '"~~-~~~~~~~-~ -~' -- " -" ~ I (r~\,t.•~LL-t<l, ~ The Heta1d'i; columns a.t·e open to you, providing, of course, that yout letter is signed a.s evidence of good faith, your name, if you prefer, to be kept cor,fidenti.al, and also provi.d!ng that you,· letter gives your sincere opinion upon a. matter of pubUc interest without persl!lnaI attacks, 'ili'e ask for constructhTe criticism, exchange oi: ideas and ex~ressions oi wa.ys and means for us to better sen,e, in an ever-progre·ssive mamter, the interests of all., in order that the Hera[d's columns wm reflect your l.nter ~ est in the interests of the community, John H. Clilford of Portsmouth. de;part.~ent ~lstorian, he£ wrltten a~ inwesting h istory of the New Hampshire Dapartment of th& United Spanish War 1 1.V:eter!".ns, which was recently publlsh i?d , ! The 10O-page booklet, i~ filled With I tacts lµld ,1iglll'.e.s concerning the ~ 1tlvities of th€ m€n who took part in .the ' ,Spanish-Amer ican War and of the camps organized by t.h&.s-e VEt.erans efter tne· war with Spain. Jn addit!on to a hi.Etory Df the New Nampshlre Department, ._r, Clifford Who i.s a . past department commander'. .also has a brief history of each individu~ al camp, mcludlng Camp Patterson c,f Concord, Camp Ramsdell {)f · Nashua, · Camp Derwln of Mi:.nchester, Camp 1.S chley of Por tsmouth, Camp Tetley of ' Laconia, Camp McGl.l!en Qf Berlin, i Camp Miller of Claremont, Camp Stow: ell of Newport, Camp _•Ud:ich of K eene· , and Oemp Tuttle of Dover, besides the outpost at, Littleton .. . Other information included in th~ : oook lists the principal campf t-f the I Unit.Ed State, troops :n 18S8, brief his, rorles of the cities where there are -Spimish War veterans camps, chron oJogkal hu,tory of the war, roster of ihe .companies of th.a :First New Hampshire , Volunteer Infantry, 1898,, names -of de, t,eased comrades and a .~tory of the ; oedication of a Spanish Wa.r• Veterans 1 memorial at. Dover. ~ ~ ~ i ~ i l • ~ ~ ~~-~"'~-~-~~~:: : .: d~~:·~~~j ':2-() . \ ~'?>~ �1t{, - ·HUy· n.-npti)fTJ'ra~ fJ_ . f• iea"r:f'~ 0 Gone B:y - ----- -- - ---- -- - - -- - - - - He- was- succe-~ded by his associate, Rev. Timothy Daiton, who served until ~ his death in 1660, when he bequeathed "§~~l:Jfl~~ ,to the town minil,terlal funds. For a. brief period he served under Rev. John ' wheelwright, fo11nder of Exeter. . ff ,i:Jj Next in line oi ministers came Rev. Seaborn Cotton, son of the noted Rev. John Cotton, and so named because he I I '1 Iwas born at sea. He died in 1686. Ten years later Rev. John Cotton was or- dained and servC'd until his death In Rev. Nathaniel Gookin imme1\ Fifteen years ago when the Memor- diately succeeded to a pastorate of 24 ial Bridge was .opened to the public, it years and was fellowed by Rev. Ward was believed tha.t this artery would I Cotton, the third of his name to serve \ care for all of the traffic which would the church, whose; ministry extended pass through for years to come. But from 1734 to 1765. Rev. Ebenezer Thaylfifteen years has brought a great deal[ er served from 1766 to his death in of change in the mode of travel. The 1792. His successor was Rev. Joseph Ichange from rai\3 to the highways, Appleton who in 1807 was elected presiand the big inct ease in motor cars dent of Bowdoin College. As a mattetc have resulted in a. traffic tie-up every of interest, it may be worthwhile to 1week end. note that Appleto.1 became the father A survey of the traffic for the past . in-law of FranklL.1 Pierce. Rev. Josiah few years show~ that on an average ' '\l\l'ebster was insr.d!led on July 8, 1808, lweek end 20,000 cars, trucks and busses land served until ms death in 1837. His , a. day pass over the bridge, while on sons had distingmshed careers in the holidays the numt·er advances to near- army and as profe::;sional men, and Dr. ly 10,000 more, On a week the aver- Claudius presented the parish with the age runs from H,000 to 17,000. Days Webster Memorial Chapel. picked at random for the past three Brief pastorate., followed with the 1years shows the following number: longest one bein that of John A. Ross, 6 1 I Aug. 29, 1935 (Thursday) 17,428; Aug. who for a number of years served as 28, 1936 (Friday) 18,224; July 30, 1937 pastor emeritus. He participated in (Friday) 21,930, both the 250th and 275th anniversary Those who rP.t.1.1ll the occasion 15 observances. Rev. Edgar Warren, who years ago last Wconesday will remem- now resides in Hampton, also was a ber the extreme heat in which the pastor there for a time. crowd waited for the officials _to co~e i Rev. Herbert Walker is the present and take part in the ceremonies. Fm- 'pastor of the church, but he will really they arriv~d. the opener~ of the tire in September after more than 40 bridge, the governors of Mame and years as pastor. He will be succeeded by New Hampshire znd the ribbon was Rev. Floyd Kings,ey. cut, opening the bridge which is dediIn observance of the 300th annicated to the men of Maine and New versary of HampLon there ·will be a Hampshire who served their country service at · this c,hurch, which is the during the World War. As the lift came sixth edifice in which the people have to rest the gai,<)S were opened and 1worshipped. FollJwing the -preliminary · there was a rush on the part of the dedicatory servic? on Meeting House crowd to be the first to get on and green, the site of the . first meeting across the bridge. house, the people of the church, attired At the end of those 15 years there in Puritan costumes will march a short comes demand for another bridge, and distance to the church where a histhe figures as shown, clearly indicate torical pageant union service at 10.30 that something must be done to relieve will be held. · the traffic situat,or:i on a day in which I The service will be conducted by Mr. automobile travtil 1s heavy. l' Wallcer and five of the earliest mini.~Ter- ters will be represented and excerpts In connection wi th Hampton from their printed sermons wlll be ; centenary celebra.tmn which officially \quoted. Old metrical Psalm hymns will · gets under way tomorrow, it is inter- be sung, with \ precentor lining the esting to know sume th ing about th e hymn. There will also be armed guards · history of the Congregational church I outside the chu,ch, and inside the ' where the historical service is to be tithing man will lie on hand to see that · held. ,no persons fall asieep. The sermon to The first IJastor and the founder of be given by Mr. w al ker will b e o?e the town was Rev. Stephen Bachiler, \ originally given by Rev. Nathamel ' then 77 years of sge. He came to Am- Gookin, Nov. 1, 172'1, in which he intererica when 70 years old and on the Ipreted an earthqc1ake occurring on the third day after arri val in Boston or- I previous Sunday night as a visitation ganized a church at Lynn. In the ex• God ceptionally cold winter of 1637 with a Ia nd warning of · , 1110. I I ! I l ! I I few followers hJ went to Yarmouth, 'll'he election of 1856 Me., where he planned to establish a j The election was very close this year. church, but abandoned the project and c. s. Toppan was the candidate on the returned to Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 6, . American Party ticket, while Richard I1638. The General Oourt of Massachu- Jenness received the Democratic noIsetts granted him permission to settle 1mination. Mr. J enness was elected by in Hampton. He 1-:ft Hampton in 1641, a majority of 17 ;otes, having received returned to Englu.ud in 1650 and died 756, Mr. Toppan had 732 and there near London in his moth ! were seven scattering. This was the last i year in which the American party was in the running. I f>~,..._. •A••fQ., - \ - \ , ~ ~~~ . l'\~8 �ummer _ er ShoW Proves Grea Succe s Portsmouth Garden Cbnll> Ewen! featured By Large Attendance And any Beautiful Exhibits Perkins o! Dover, Mrs. Victor Amee, Mrs. Dean Howells and Mrs. J. C. Tonkin of Durham . Mrs, Tonkin made the awarding of the state award ribbons. Practically every type of New England grown flower was represented in the large variety on exhibition. Several commercial exhibits commanded considerable attention and comment from the spectators, while individual exhibit.q were examined with pleasure by the visitors. The awarding of prizes re.suited as follows: ass - a. as a . Decorative type, one bloom, Oscar Brigham, fir.st; Oscar Brigham, sec• ond; Mrs. Charles Tolman, third, b. Decorative type, three to blooms, one container, Charles Greene, first; Charles Weaver, Kittery, third. c. Cactus type, one bloom, Mi;a. Charles Tolman, first; Mrs. Oscar Brigham, second; Mrs. Tolman, third; Mrs, Benfield, honorable mention . d. Cactus type, three to six blooms, one container, Charles Weaver, second. e. Any type, one bloom, Charles Greene, first; Mrs . Qscar Brigham, econd; Mary Succi, third, f. Any type, three to nine blooms, pne container, Mrs. Charles Brigham, lrst; Charles W. Greene, second, t lasa II, Gladioli a. One spike, large flowered, J. M. lark, first; Mr.s : Rosa.lie Hatch, seoond; Mrs, Louis deRochemont, third. b. One spike, prlmulin\18 type, J. M. Clark, first; Mlss 8. H. deRoohemont, second; Mrs, Hatch, third, Class III, Lilies: only true blue a. One stalk auratum, Mrs. Cha.rle.11 M. Dale, flr11t. b. One stalk speciosum, Miss Alber• ta Bennett, first, d. Collection, three to eight stalka, varied, Mrs, George Warren, first, and state ribbon. Olaas IV. Hemerocallls Portsmouth Herald Photo. Mrs. Charles Amhoff, president of the Portsmouth Garden Club, hown m king last-minute touches at her "roadside stand" exhibit th t represents one of the vh ll.'I of the club's work. Roadside Beautlfic11tlo Amid colortul array f flowers d 1 ts in th 1 1 state Armory an P an e oca fternoon and last evening, •hundreds of lovers of the beautl!Ul enjoyed the seventh annual summer flower show. TI1e show, sponsored by the Portsmouth O den Club, one of the largest and · most spectacular in the point of arrangement of exhibits, was considered an outstanding event of the summer social season here. Representative of · the work of the local club in its roadside beautl.flcatlon movement, Mrs. Charles Amhoff, president of the local organization, displayed a roadside fruit stand. The stand was of natural wood finish and on the shelves were displayed a large a.c1sortment of fruits and vegetablE!s with other !arm produce From 3 till 6 o'clock tea was served in a. section of the armory which wa.s decorated with growing shrubbery, plants nd cut flowers. Mrs. Virginia deRochemont was in charge of the tea. pouring and the tea pourers were Mrs. Gillespie, Betty Whitaker, PrLq- · cllla Paul, Dorothy Carter and Marga.ret Ward. Another elaborate exhibit was the lily pond in the center of the Armory exhibited by Mr. and Mrs. Victor Amee and Mr. and Mr • F . J. Morrow. The pond was about five by six feet square and the surface was covered with pink and snow-white pon\l lilies, The exhibit received both first prize ribbon and the state a.ward ribbon. Judgings of the exhibit were made from 10 o'clock in the forenoon until 2 p, m. when the show was opened to the public. Judges were Dr. Latimer of Durham, Prof. James MacFa.rland of Durham, Mrs. Hattie c. B. a.. first; e. stalk, One stalk, Mrs. Frank Watson, Mrs. a. w. Emery, second, Amaryllis or other types, one Mrs. Harold M. Smith, first. Olas.s V, Roses a. Hybrid tea, one bloom, Dr. Bla!J!dell, first; Mrs. Ruth Glllesple, second; Mrs . Alfred Little, third; Mrs . Louis deRochemont, honorable mention, b . Any specle.s or variety, one l;>loom or spray, Mra. Charles Amhoff, first; Dr , Blaisdell, second; Mrs . Adelia Duncan, third; Mrs. Charles M. Dale, honorable mention, e, Collection, Dr. Blaisdell, first, • Class VI. Perennlal.s a. Phlox, J. M. Clark, first; J. P. Morrow, second; J. T. Roby, third. f. Delphinium, F. J . Morrow, first g, Any perennial, Mrs. 8, W. Emery, first; Mrs. Harold M. Smith, first; Mrs. Amhoff, first, �c . Any foliage plant, Mrs. Charles a. One bloom, large, Mrs. George Class XVII. Arrangement of not more than three M . Amhoff, first; Mary Grice, first; Spiers, {lrst, Mrs. :ft. c. Green, second; Mrs. Spl-ers, third; Dr. Blaisdell, hon- .flowers, Mrs. Frederick S, Gray, third, Mrs . Robert Lord, first; Mrs , I. E • Rlntz, first; Mrs. Fred Hayes, first; orable mention. Mrs. George Ogilvie, third. b, Collection, Clementina Kana, • Class XVIII. Silver, pewter or similar container, · Special class. Mr. nd MrR ~n...i-.first; Mrs. J, T. Roby, second; Mrs. stressing gray foliage, Mrs. Harold Archie Bent, third. A~e and Mr. and Mrs , P. J, Morrow. Smith, second. c. One bloom, small flowered, Mrs. Claaa XXVI. J . T. Roby, first; Mrs. Roby second; Clase XIX. Commercial exhibit.a Mrs. Harold M. Smith, third. Breakfast tray arrangement with d, Collection, small-flowered, Mrs. flowers, Justine Hartford, first; Mrs. · Roadside stand, Mrs. 0. M. Amhoff, J. T, Roby, first; Mrs, Harold M. Harold M. Smith, secondJ Mrs. Fred• first; Seabrook Nurseries, first; Katkln Nurseries, first; Poore'a Nurseries, firsb1 Smith, second; Mrs. Arohle Bent, third erick 8 , Gray, third. e. Collection, novelty flowered, Mrs. Breakfast tray for sick-abed child, Austin Ellingwood, first . Arrangement of vegetables, Roy Tay• J. T, Roby, first; Mrs. G. R. Spiers, Mrs . Charles Gray, first: Mrs. Leona.rd first; Mrs. Rosalie Hatch, first; Mrs, Alkon, second; Mrs. Betty Gray, third. lor, fir11t. Tea room conducted by Elsie Catlin, third. Garden Club, first. Ola& XX. Class VITI-Annuals Economy tables John Goodrich, second . · a . Breakfast table tor a. Aster, double, Dr, O'Keefe, flrst1 Charles M. Dale, second; e. Marigold, small, Dr, Blaisdell, -Hartford, third., second; Mrs. o. H. Batchelder, third. b, Luncheon table for two, g. Petunia, single, , Dr. ,Blaisdell, Charles M. Dale, honorable mention: first; Mrs. E. C. Matthews, second: Mrs. Marjorie M. Hartford, honorable Mrs. Matthew1,, third. mention. k. Sunflower, Olementlna Kane, first; ThQmas ~uxton, honorable men• Olass XXI. . Arrangement In miniature tlon. m. Any annual, F. J. Morrow, first; frames a . Size 4 1-2 by 6, Barbara Staplee, J. M. Clark, first; Florence O'Keefe, first; Marie deRochemont, first; Sid• first; Barbara. Smith, first; Edna TOenney Trueman, second; Mrs'. Cbarles nesen . b. Size 61-2 by 9, Margery Hedden, Tolman, second; Mrs, George Warren, second; Florence O'Keefe, second; Mrs, first; Mrs. Marjorie M, Hartford, first; 11 Osoar Brigham, second; 1 Mrs, Oarrla Miss Priscilla. Warren, second; Mrs. Downs, third; Mrs. Archie Bent, third; Harry Davis, seco11d. J. F ¥orrow, ' hoporatlle mention: Class XXII . Frances Hatch, honorable mention. Arrangeme11t of flQwer11 by a ohlld a. Under eight years, Carolyn Class X. Oalen!lula., Three Inflorescences, Mra. Victor Hughes, first; Roy La Plante, seoond: Amee, first; Mrs. J. T . Morrow, second Virginia. deRochemont, seoond; Helen Kane, second. b. pnder 12 years, Louise Hartley; first; Cynthia Weaton, second, OlassXI. c. Under 14 years, Louise deRoche• Artlstlo arrangement of flowers or mont, first (state award); Olive Tao• foliage, or foliage and flowers In a. cetta, first; Joan Dale, first; Margaret prune juice bottle, Mrs, Harold M. Badger, first; Helen Kane, first, Smith, first; Mrs. Margeson, first. d , Variety, Marion Marden, firsti Miss Annie Magraw, second.; Ml.ss Mary Helen Kane, second. A. Grice, third; Miss Alber~ Bennett, third. Class XXIII , Novice claM a , Arrangement by a peraon had never before exhibited, Mrs, R. Bouquet of petunias, Thoml!,S Ruxton, Campbell Gillespie, first; Mrs. I. ,ii. first; Ml.ss Clementina Kane, flrat; Mlsa Rlntz, first; A;mle Chapman, first; Gertrude Magraw, second; Mrs. Mar- Mrs. Frank Butler, second; Mrs. H. M. jorie M, Hartford, second, O)ark, second; Mrs. 8 , W. Emery, sec• ond; Mrs. George Bieber, third; Eunice Olass XIV. Arrangement of herbs, Mrs, Harold Carton, honor9,ble mention; Justin M. M. Smith, first; Mrs. Granville Burns, Ohi.rk, honorable mention. Special cJass, Mrs. Louis deRooM• first. mont, first. Ola.s.s XV. Arrangement of vegetables In wooden Olass XXIV, ,Arrangement of flower11 In any con• container, Mrs. Victor Boss, first: T. J, Mrs. Marjorie M, Hartford, Millette, first; Viotor Boss, 11econd; taj.ner, flr&t; s. w. Trippe, first; Mrs, Ivan Mrs. George BC>.98, second; Keith Boss, second; Joan Millette, third; Mrs. Meloon, first; Mrs. Victor Amee, first; Frances Hatch, third; Florence O'Keefe Rosalie Hatch, third. Arrangement of flowers In kitchen third; Mrs, Oharlea M. Dale, honorable ware, Mrs. Fannie Millette, second; Mrs. mention. Delia Boss, second, Class XXV. Pot grown plants Class XVI, a. )3egonla, Lillian Hayes, first, Arrangement of foliage without flow• b. Vine, any variety, Mrs, Harold ers, Mrs, H. B. Carpenter, f~st. Arrangement of foliage without b&r• M. Smith first. rles, Mrs. George Warren , honorable mention. �No more songs of happy workmen, No more sounc:18 of hurrying feet, What wa.s once a business highwa., Ha& become a quiet street. ~ Of it.a industries forgott.en Naught is left now but a name, Yet tha.~ quaint old Jackson homestead Gives the street a lasting fame. / A Nonagenarian. Portsmouth . The above clever poem was written by a Portsmouth nona.gena.rlan. The au• thor wishes to remain a.nonymouse. Tourist., In this city often visit Chris• tla.n Shore to view the old Jackson House, the most ancient wooden building in the city, if not in the state. The house is two-storied and more than two a.nd a-half centuries old, built by Robert Jackson, probably as early as 1664, a rare specimen of the architecture of early ·times, The roof on the north side extends to the ground, covering a wood-houae in connection with the dwelling, The frame is of oak and when built the timber which formed the sills projected into the lower rooms, making a continuous a.nd stationary - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - • seat for the children of six generations. !n this old historic Portsmouth, Only these two olden houses The house is one of the favorite subJust about a mlle from town, str eet1 jects for local picture postcards and Near the entrance of Northwest street Once were standing on this With the din a.nd rush of buslnea, many visitors here on their ta.cation Stands a house of great renown. It was not a "rest retreat. " mail postcards of the Jackson House to It.s construction ls unusual, their friends, Many other lntereats flourished Its lltyle, too, 1s quite unique, On the&e shores ao still today, And the sharp roof, slanting downward, Bricks were ma.de and sent by bargelf Plainly shows it 18 antique, To the olties far away. This "Old Jackson Hou.se," 'tis stated, . Is of very ancient date And the oldest wooden structure That 1s standing in the state. Long ago this was conducted, And those enterprising lands Aft.er yea.rs of arduous labor Then passed into other hands, It was willed to Richard Jackson In sixteen a.nd sixty-four, And six Jackson generations Have pa.s.sed in a.nd out that door, On the shore which Is adjoininll) Now from Industries so free, Stood a shipyard from whose passwar• Many ships went out to sea. Of the lands Which were adjacent, Then of value once so great, Nearly six and twenty a.ores All belonged to this estate. This, too, waa an active bl.lilin888, And on all sides, left and right, sounds were heard of busy workmen From the early mom till night, I In these early days this highwa.1 Ha.d it.s Industries galore, For those farmlands most productive Reached far out, from shore to shore, Now those sounc:18 a.re hushed forev~ Those good ships pass out no more, But still onward flows the river By that once so busy shore, All the labor on these acres Then was done by negro slaves, Where for long, long yea.rs thereafter, Could be seen their lonely graves, Many of these flelc:18 now idle, Years ago with skill and care Were devoted to young nurserl.ea Of trees valuable and rare. Somewhat farther down the highway, Almost hidd~n by tall pines, Stands the ancient Rogers homestead With it.s wealth or flowers and vines, This great industry so thrivlnfl WB& with profits most replete, Bringing many eager buyer• Down this busy llttle street. This was built, it is reported, Most two centuries a.go, But so frequently remodelled That its quaintness does noti show. All those nurseries most attractlve Long years since have passed from view, And now houses a.re erected Where those thrifty trees once greW', LOC.J{E REUNION AT RYE ON WEDNESDAY The annual reunion of the Locke Family Association, composed of descendants of capt. John Locke, of Locke's Neck, now known a.s Straw's Point at Rye Beach, who was killed by Indians in 1796, will be held. a.t the Rye Town Hall on Wednesday. There will be a business meeting a.t 11 a. m, and dinner a.t 12.30. At 2 o'clock there will be a.n entertainment when the two puppet plays recently giver. for the benefit of the Rye Public Library will be repeated. �1nv1tes you to re-live THE DAYS OF OUR FOREFATHERS on August the twentieth and twenty-first, and visit: THE KING'S PRISON-1657-See the Sheriff's Quarters, the Court Room, and the Dungeons. THE SCHOOL HOUSE-1745-and see the benches, the books and the whipping post, where children and adults learned the three R's. THE WOODBRIDGE TA VERN-1700-(private residence in possession of the Emerson family since 1793.) Here John Adams frequently stopped and the landlord offered hospitality to the "Sons of Liberty." THE SAYWARD HOUSE (private residence)-1660-From where Hannah Sayward was taken captive by the Indians. THE BARRELL MANSION (private residence)-1760-Where possessions have been in the family for one hundred and seventy-five years, and where the invitation to the Coronation of George III may still be seen. THE PIGGIN HOUSE-1686 (private residence)-Where an underground passage leads to the river. SEWALL'S BRIDGE-1761-Where the first Minute Men of Maine hurried across to fight at Lexington. THE GRAVEYARD and WITCH'S GRAVE-1774-Where a large slab of stone is placed to keep her from rising and again dealing with "Speritts." SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUSTI 20, in ye olde Towne Hall a Colonial Concert will be given. �Hundreds of people from all part.~ ather Moody ot New England vlsited these histort- da " Observed ·C ur.ch cal buildings which also included the Woodbridge Tavern (1700) where John A(Jams frequently stopped; the Sayward House, (1660) from where Hannah Sayward was taken captive by the Indians; the Barrell Manston (1760) and the Piggtn House, (1668). In the evening , a colonial concert was held in the Old Town Hall at· York Village. Music was furnished by the Emerson ensemble, consisting of Irene W, Forte, Julianne W. Shaw, and Louise Doucot, Miss Eunice Wheeler assisted. Unique Service Provides FnUing CUmax For "Daysm9f-Our-Forefathers" Program HAS REUNIO oi' Bradford W. McIntire of Durh8.ftl was re-elect:.ed president of the Ml.cum McIntire Clan at the 22d annual reunion Saturday at "The Oaks," the home of Mrs. Malcolm McIntire at York. Other officers chosen are: John McIntire, Mrs. Marion B. Mc• Intire and Mrs. George Young of York Vl.llage; Herman Saywaro of Alfred, Hora·ce· Eaton of Laconia., and Mrs. Pauline Wentworth, Nashua, vice presidents; Mrs. Grace N. McIntire, York, secretary and treasurer; Miss Martha S. McIntire, York, a.ssistanl; J!eCl'etary and treasurer; Miss Alice R. McIntire, York, corresponding secretary; Mrs, Sally Moody Cook, York, historian. Among the speakers were Maj. Harry Davis of Washington, D. C., and Col. Willi.am McIntire of Chicago. Approximately 100 descendants of Mlcum Mcintfre attended. I Portsmouth .keraid Photo. Rev. Samuel Moody lives again and delivers his sermon on "The Doleful State of the Damned" at the third anual Tercentenary observance of the founding of the First P rish Church of York, Me., yesterday, Rev. W. H. Mtllinger, pastor, shown in the character of Mr. Moody, Yesterday "Father Moody Sunday' he opening of the service .Rev. was observed in the First Parish Miliinger came up the a!sle followed Church at York as a fitting climax to by the tithing man, Howard Moody, and James Morrison, Jr., ot Portsthe "Days of Our Forefathers" pro- mouth as the singing master. gram and this was highly interestlng M ny who attended came in cosand successful in etery respect. Nearly tume and Mrs. Harold Kimball came 650 people ttended the service, many in the person of Mrs. Ingraham, who of them being in Colonial costume. was reprimanded by the minister for Rev W H Millinger, the present being tardy usual. Miss Katherine pastor, clothed in robes to represent Marshall, attired in colonial costume, Rev. Samuel Moody, who was pastor was seen to enter the churqh with a of the church from 1698 to 1747, read salted cod fish under her arm, as it a sermon delivered by Parson Moody was the practice in the old days to on Aug. 24, 1710, on the subject "'The take dinner, as the se vice lasted two Doleful State of the Damned ." to three hours, The service was opened by Dr. EdA .fitting climax to the affair was ward Cook, whose wife, Sally Moody the wwe!ling of a picture of Rev. MilCook of York, ill direct descendant linger clothed in his Father Moody of Parson Moody. costume, painted by Miss Susan Ricker Two soldiers In the persons of Carle- Knox at her York Harbor studio. ton Nowell and Raymond Staples, were The "Days of Our Forefathers" obstationed utside the door bearing servance was started by the Old flintlock muskets to keep hostile In- York HL<;tortc I and Improvement Sodians away while Carleton Nowell also ciety with Miss Elizabeth Perkins rolled the drum to call the soldiers to chairman of the committee in charge. worship, H!storical buildings were visited, one Inside the church Willis Staples and of the most interesting being the old Roger Grover, as deacons, and carry- school house, which was built in 1747 Ing old muskets, directed the people and King's prison built in 1667. to their seats and saw that order was �ANNUA~LOCKE acted as accompanist. A reading by Mrs. James also added to the program and the closing number was by the Parsons orchestra, Mrs . John Parsons presiding at the piano and Priscilla, Rob• ert and Donald Parsons playing on different instruments. The following were present at the reunion: Mrs . Mary S. Allen, Amesbury, A large gathering was present on Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. George Ryan, Wednesday at the 48th annual reunion Derry; Mr. and Mrs . George Trefethof the Locke Family A.ssociatlon, com- en, Mr. and Mrs . W!lliam c. Locke, Kittery; Esther Drew, Ernest Drew, posed of descendants of Capt, John Mrs . Harriet Drew, Union; A. E. Locke who was killed by Indians in Draper, Newfields; Rev. and Mrs. Wil1796 . ' The reunion was held in Rye liam Locke, Derry; Mrs. George MayTown Hall, where it Is held each year in nard, Mrs. Charles Hall, Miss Rachel August on the Wednesday nearest the Hull, Mrs. Evelyn Rowell, Concord; date of the anniversary of the death ot Mn,. Alberta Coombs, North WilmingCaptain Locke of Locke's Neck, now ton, Mass. ; Miss Eugenia Locke, Ja• known as Straw's Point at Rye Beach. maica Plain, Mass.; Mrs. Louisa Chute, The event Is like a large family party Mrs. Georgetta Fairbanks, Worcester, where relatives and friends meet each Mass.; Mrs . Etta Stevens, Harry Stevyear, some coming from a long distance. ens, Concord; Miss Hannah B . Locke, \'teV . George Locke of South Braintree, Miss E . M. Seavey, Wells, Me .; Miss Mass ., a retired Methodist clergyman, Elizabeth Waugh, Arthur Cass, Boston; has been Its president for several years Mt· . and Mrs. E. S. Locke, Wells River, and takes much interest in the associ- Vt. ; Mrs. Mattie Cogswell, North Wilmington, Mass. ~ Mrs . Margaret Goration. Cordial greetings were exchanged and man, Dover ; Prof. Charles E. Locke, friendships renewed as members of the Brookline, Mass.; Mrs. Charles Ellingassociation arrived in the forenoon. Ji. wood, Rye ; Thomas L . Dunbar, East business session was held at 11 a. m ., Lynn, Mass . ; Miss Prisc!lla Parsons, when report.s were read and last year's Mr. and Mrs . John Parsons, Robert D. officers were re-elected. They are as Parsons, Erle, Pa .; Mrs. Wentzell, Miss Dorothy Wentzell, Hom~r P. Wentzell, .tallows: President-Rev . George Locke, South Mrs. E. P. Philbrick, Somerville, Mass.; Mrs. Alice Tasker, Concord; Braintree, Mass . Vice presitlent-Rev. William Locke, Mrs. Ada Patrick, John Patrick, Rye; Derry; George Trefethen, Kittery: Miss Annie Locke, Miss Carrie Locke, Prof. Charles Locke, Brookline, Mass . t Miss Alison Locke, Jacksonville, Fla.; David "B. Locke, Corinth, Vt.; Mrs . Ar.. Mr. and Mrs. T . B . Stevens, Harry F . thur Dewey, New Bedford, Mass. Seward, Center Barnstead; Mr. and secretary-Miss Eugenia Locke, Ja- Mrs. Edwin J . Roberts, John C. Roberts, Laconia; Mrs. H. s. Marston, maica Plain, Mass. Treasu~r and historian-Mrs. Ar• 'John E. Marston, Mrs. Lenore Hamthur H. Locke, Penacook . mond, Mrs. Ida J. Leavitt, ManchesAuditor-Prof. Charles Locke. ter; Lawrence Goss, Rye; Mr. and Mrs. Tne president appointed a committee O. F. Hussey, Kittery; Mrs. Roy Dixto tart plans for the observance of the on, Portsmouth; Mr. and Mrs. E11,rl 50th anniversary of the association. Lucy, Orrin Lucy, Josephine LUC)' BarThe oldest person present was Mlsa bara Lucy and Earl Lucy, Jr., Rev. Hannah Locke of Wells, Me. , aged 91S George Locke, Miss Margaret Locke, years, and the youngest, Richard Burt, South Brain~. Mass.; Mrs. Edith Jr. , of Lowell, Mass ., aged 15 months, Burtt, Mrs. Ruth- Burtt, Richard Burtt, Dinner was served at 12 :30 o'clock Miss Oarolyn R. Meersman, Miss and nearly 150 were served. The tables Catherine Burtt, Mr. and Mrs / Harold were beautified with bouquets of fall Hill, Miss Alma Hill, Lowell, Mass. ; flowers and the catering was done by Miss Louise Meinelt, Lawrence, Mass.; R . Jenness Locke. An appetizing fish Miss Avis G. Cross, Mr. and Mrs, chowder was served, with rolls, pickle!!, Harry C . Brunel, Concord; Mrs . F. L. cold ham doughnuts, as.sorted cake, Ice Lovejoy, Miss Berenice Lovejoy, Hollis; crea1h and coffee . ' Mrs. Carolyn Wallace, Alton; Mrs. At 2 o'clock a most enjoyable program Avard G. Thompson, Mrs . Emma L, was presented in general charge of Mrs. Thompson, Mrs . L. G. Thompson, Eliza Marden of Rye, Mrs. Della Dixon Medford, Mass .; Donald Parsons, Erle, of ehls city and Mrs . Grace Hayden of Pa.; Mri,. Ernest J, Moulton, Mrs. Dover . Eliza Marden, Mr . and Mrs. Thomas Two pleasing puppet plays were given Parsons, Mrs , Langdon P11,rsons, Rye; by a group of Rye residents, the titles Mr. and Mrs . Harvey B. Locke, Amesbeing "The Shepherdess" and "The bury, Mass.; Mr . and Mrs , Joseph Marriage Proposal," both having re- Nash, Somersworth; Mrs. A,. H . Locke, cently been presented for the benefit of Penacook ; Mrs . Nettle Bowden, Kitthe Rye Public Library. tery; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Locke, Barcomedy, "Millie and Tillie in New . rington; Mrs. Connie Macdonald, York," was well acted by Mrs, Mabel James Locke, Darien, Conn . Gerrish and Mrs. Winnifred Fuller. Carolyn Hughes gave a drum tap dance and Marilyn Lee a toe dance, both wlnnmg much applause. Mrs. Hattie James FAMILY REUNION HELD ��f!rN;·p;;J;~fo;~;, •/c1~; ~;irt{i .::;<; C I/Hampton Bridge W!~~NewT~!e,s, ) 11:Are Available t:.~t::,Alter :j The Portsmouth public schools will 1;;,.,. __ ,1_,, ii. ~ brPi_dogse,:ailt:H,!atm~pato~n~,B~eoa~cdh?w:ll:l:e.:rAe:~,~D::':m~t:,,:a:(~n:r:~ .- ~ ~ g~ ~ y t g ; fl~g•~;~ u, applications for seacoast; improve,/J;j__. placed with a new half-million-dollar ments amounting to more than $2,000,- · dent.5 and assigning them to }.."?{;. steel and concrete structure faded to- ooo. classes and classrooms . -. ,{${-{' day when Highway Commissioner The applications were made in order Miss Viola Landry of Rockport Mass. : f't, '~?C.f: Frederic E. Everett announced there to obtain federal grants before the , will be the art director, replac~g Mis~ ''/ Y;-;,.•,J~ will be no money 1n the Highway De- available federal funds were exhaus- .• Eleanor Deshon, who was recently mar- !t; ~::·-·: partment's accounts to pay the state's ted by applications from other states. ~. ried to Stewart Campbell of Boston. . .. s,;'t,t· share of the project. It was expressly an attempt to "get ;· Miss _Priscilla Noddin of Rockland, :'~~ His announcement followed an al- the applications in under t he wire," ' Me., w1I1 teach in the English departlotment of $260,000 from the Public before other states beat New Hamp- me~t at the Portsmouth High School, ,?:,: "":;.,,. , Works administration to finance the shire to it. ·•. filling the vacancy made by the mar- ;rt ~<~,,.:-~. feder a,! government's share in the con- When the council authorized the : rlage of Miss Lillian Trombly to Rob• •.-.i struction of the new bridge, which is request for federal money, officials ex- . ert Lamson earlier this summer. .{J;. estimated ro cost $581,000. The PWA pressed a hope that sufficient fw1ds Miss Anna Kushious of this city will 1:JJ: ~~{;.'~. grant was made contingent on the would be appropriated by the 1939 teach the opportunity class at the <;: :Jjf'' state's ability to begin construction Legislature to finance the entire sea- Junior High School, filling the vacancy ~;~ ~~J~:- .'. before Jan. 1. coast development project. I t now made by the resignation of Miss Doro- :,;. ½<, · With no highway fw1ds available, it seems likely that the state must for- thy Boutwell . ?:,,.:_: appeared that the state will be forced feit its grants, due to lack of funds to James CUiberson will succeed the ·,, ::~} ,f· to default on the project, and thereby ma tch the federal allotments, since the late Ralph 0 , Brackett as physical di- .• :"' ~1,-,.~/·. lose the grant made by the federal Highway Department cannot pay the rector . .:: :;:.;,-,V\ ... agency. When the Governor and Exe- state's share and the Legislature will , Miss Jean Bickford of this city has ;.;:_ ·~-. cutive Council made the application to not meet until next January, after the ·>, returned from a year's leave o! absence, ·i:\\ -.' the government for a grant to aid in deadline for beginning the projects la ~ during which she studied at Keene · i1 .;. building the bridge, it also authorized passed. ,t· Normal School. Definite plans as to '.-~~ '·.. ~ -, , • . · · · • , · ~- ·,.... , ·• , · ... · , , • · · ... _, _,:,.'-:<:'f what she will lieach have not been com- ·):-} "..,;;;_.•. · :•.·.:! ~,,,.-,;~ ·,•:,· :..-i· ':f.-<l;-: ·-l\'\._,. •.u. · ·:,,· ·''·. ',;.( ~ .• '2!'11··,\C;l · ·.·,.•::: .·.·.;_• pleted y-et . ,·..",.:,.... . -:."; ·, ~~ U <•:0.•,:_._ :·· fi:::-:-----"\,:· ~ :-·,., ,·~:-3'~ ,..,.-.. ., ..... .,.1.-_.~,',...:::_,~.',. _,.. · . ·•~'/'.f/- Another teacher returning from a l:t;:_; ~--.-;,t.,.; Year's leave of absence is Miss Bertha ·:., l.l l . :::t , . :? f:-.~.~_ij_/.' • ._'{'i r-2<;· ~- ., \;.",'•·~·,., Town Forest Pays Dividends in Wood Wfh~le ·Gro'~r1 · ng ·Tre·e· s B1111"ld ~urp ' luceo 'i't .._ n u . ·: , __________ ,IL ~.<.- Bennetttof this city, who will resume .. ;:, Lafayette •·'::0 :_!);; her posi ion as head of the .. ,'<,,\ School kindergar ten. ~~~~:';• f,X,,~ C: , ' Special to The Christ i an Scien ce M onit or NEWINGTON , N. _H., Sept. 20-:· ;),, . In 1710, a sizeable piece of land Jll ~,•;-:-. this community was set aside for_ a -:-...:t~'. town fores t, "the first -~rn child · .'; ~mong the 2,000 con:mumty forests ·" m this _country, writes N_elson C. . ·t Brown 1n the current issue of 1 :;.(:>'/ "American Forests." ft::ir'.,:•, Actually this 112-acre forest cost /f:!f._·Ji:i? the town nothing as it was _set aside ,.f.~.., ,"".' from unallotted land. From 1t lumber ~~~~.'! --~~~ ~~~ _ ... _:.:~. . $6,000 has been received from sa_le ·./f;;"i'.//_- :;.__,.,, ... ·,.: ., ·J_,,_:;,,, ·;:,,\ ·,'. ,:·\ ·,\irl.,' .;; ,,: of wood harvested from the lot, m .:;:~,~•;<.'~:f;--[.-.,.': .::,~ ·i¾ , · · !·. S•3~~,-:;/'.~: addition to what has been used . ::·~ ifK-.'.~/:f:1-(,0:-?;,:,s~>::.-.· ·,'.---~ Cl'.~?}?t ::{!4)1\~{1 by the town. . '..'J·:f'..;i<"·,~:~J( ?i.·•~··\\::;::~-:'~'}.-~':.,:':.:t,:,'·,;t\\ . In order that production .of wood : ;:<: . ?>'·_;,. '..ci.·Jf.y.; m the forest may be mamtamed, · )> ,}~~-. sf;/~;';.::_f_ :-_;{<'it\';_ ..1_.::,f:,·t Prof. K~ W. Woodward and L. C. . '.t.~~\C\S{~.,··::rt:~(,..J. _-;~·.•·it":;~'l.r,.j.itt;i\i{.:'~~~~~~\}J>:.~·-;,{i.~~: Swain of the Forestry Department . ·"""-:J/#!,10'./!:fi:i.'r'c),:t.,:.z;,~~~,.,.~,.~,R\;.·~'i<j;lf;~~<i"'' :'1•'.,i,\'.-,:,,;;; of the University of New Hampshire · ~·.'e•\:f:~·<{ ,;.fr( 1· :[;':'Jfti::;~\i:·'t/:;'~,•,~,t.;i;;,\~J~<''.~; have been providing technical information. ..,.....,._.~,.. ,;:--:-':c,,·'·•·, -. :-, . t .. "-" · .,,::-~·.. .!;.'!-. :~--::.:s,i.~:''f:•,· ',·.:-:,.,,,)-·· t-,,.:,:, .;,r,". I on the plot is placed at $5 ,800. Some 5-:,;~:~,:£,-,,';'f:I;~ ~~~•--,. ·,:t )t'i~iS::\?2~,~->~~ -~~:a,:~?"·t 0 0 x~~& . . :i•<t:;· <(;}.~~ . ,;/~}:;; <~··•;'. .>:: -~) ;:,~·Nfl0-J1.:?:_;.t::;:j;;?;;::i_':f.\~..:f\j.fJt;);j.t".f[ :.r , . •f, ~'t. i'.:"~.~~~~.:~~~;-1~-~~;~,r.•~~~~~~~-~~I~ --~~~~ .,., ..,. ,, ,.l ~1~~ii1}.~~f~~1 �Council Approves Request For New Fire Apparatus Vote To Call For Bids For 500-Gallon Pumper-Considerable Other Business Transacted At Meeti g Last Eve ing Purchase of a new 500-gallon pumper A resolution rescinding a fire truck for the fire department was transfer of funds pertaining to the approved by the City council last even- tennis courts was adopted and a resolution to rescind previous allotments of· ing and the councilmen vol:f.ld to call funds pertaining to the Maplewood avefor bids for the new apparatus, after nue bridge and Ohapel street was voted, specUicatlons and the need of the ma- It was voted to transfer $33 from City cine were explained by Fire Chief Hall maintenance to City Hall malntenGeorge Cogan. The meeting opened t ance extra labor, also to transfer funds 8 o'clock, with Mayor Kennard E. 2'70 -to the wimm.ing !JJOOl 1m(l nusGoldsmith presiding and Councilmen m!ll:ane exJ!}8DBeS 'The eoun.oJl John Burkhardt, John J. Leary, Fred paaaeil a fllutian jo make 6 iwiillSchlegel, Wyman P. Boynton, Thomas -aID.e :ror pair of e oitv 'lllodks 'On • J . Downs and Robert M. Herrick pres-orth OhuirJJh and Boutb Wurdroom ent. and mard the first .reacllng of-a The council ordere a bill of $99.58 for tlon to make the oity,dlark'i;:iml the toxold cancer clinic be paid after a 00 m· annum, lttarttlng Oot. , J.n iew motion by Councilman Herrick. of eJftra-wol'k fltte 'to ,the w JlllBl'l'iage A petition signed by 39 citizens was aw taking eot then. brought before the meeting by John motion 1>:f Onunollman Hopley, who explained the reason for -was -votetl to ~Oilk he ew Shire the request that the six-Inch waber :as 'Electric Oo. or !he us.e of its main ba extended down Lafayette road .inhale. or at the ::fire station 1IUfl as far as MacArnold's Lobster Pound smfilng a .man to .irultruat tthJ! men and presented a dlagramed map of that ill the use of t. lrhe sl.tua.tion 1lll 'l'arsectlon showing proposed house 1 t.s. rott avenue, where many windows 1n the Mr. Hopley explained that during the Junior High Sch.Oal b ve been brokml, last year several from this city have was called to the attention of the aounmoved to Rye or surrounding towns to 1lll. build homes because suitable lot.s ln ~he meeting-we l\d ·ournetl this city were not available, but the ex~ -of the chah-. tension of the water main would be an inducement for ·people to build In that seotlon of the city. On motion of Counoilman Downs It was voted t,o turn the petition and m p or pi-opo.sed lots over to the Board ·or Publlc Works to bp reported on at the next meeting. A petition from the N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. for a joint pole location on State street was granted on motion of Councilman Downs. A petition from ChesAn exhibi aintinga ter Bromfield to purchase land on Es- Jate Edmund o! Ne sex avenue which ls held by the city for and th o , Frank Be overdue taxes, was considered and on who often m llkl!tcl:ies in the motion of Councilman Boynton t e lty of Por held mayor was empowered to draw the nec- Museum essary papers for the sale. exhlb It was voted to empower Oity Solici- 11peola tor Leo Liberson to appeal the decision lli to of Judge A. J. Connor of the N. H. Su~ period perlor Court on the Scott gasoline sta~ tlon case which was recently returned in favor of Scott. Councilman Schlegel presented two bills, one for $5 and one for $15, from South street resident.I for damage to their property, which were ordered paid. �HAS DEEP AFFECTION FOR PORTSMOUTH By Justine Flint Slttlng in his restful book-filled atudy in his hlst.orical home Oll Pleasant 1treet Rev. Wllllam Safto~d .Jonea, minister of the South Parish ,in Portamouth, explained to us why he chose this old New England city 1n which to conduct his life work. "Portsmouth 11 rich in the flavor of antiquity and hia· t.oric background," he said, thoughtfully, "and I enjoy working filld livin, within the pervading cha.rm of thl.s old seaport." Rev. Jones as educated in the Bos• ton public schools and Is graduate of Meadville School of Theology in Penn• ,ylvania and of Harvard University. Hta flfflt ministerial duties e performed at the Ohanning Memorial OhUl'Ch 1n Newport, R. I., where he"l'emalned fol' 17 years. In 1822 he came to Portsmouth to suooeed Rev. Allred Oooding at the South Church. He we.a drawn to t,h1s part of New England be• cause of the fact that his family genealogy traces Its ancestry to this locality. Mr. Jones as born 1n Exeter and is of the eighth genera,tion descend• lng from Mary Gilman and John F ol• som. In 1638 this family emigrated from Hingham, England, t.o colonize 1n Hingham, Mass. , but early In 1655 made a permanent .settlement 1n Exeter, "I an .strictly a New Englander," saya Kr. ,Jones, "and therefore I understand New Englanders and ·can be happlelt preaching among them." Mr . Jones ha..s a deep affection for the beautiful .stone church on State etnlet and 18 always pleased to .ebow lt. interest-m g interior to visitora. The church w11.11 de.signed and built by Jonathan Folsom, of whom he 1a a kinsman, in 1824, It 18 an Impressive structure of Rockport granite, with a heavy. square bell turret and a classic portico f the same material, Clinging Engll.sb Ivy covers the wa.lla and tbe grounds are enclosed by an iron fence brought from England over 100 yeara ago by Captain Spaulding in a Bailing v 1. The gilded b06S over the central door 1n l.b.e vestibule is a relic of the Old South Meeting Holl.!ie of 1731, 114.r. Jonea formed us that Rt. Rev. J-Obn 'lbomp. aon Dallas declared the South Church to be one of the mor.t bea.uW'ul Hamp.shire. 1Jl _spit.e of J t.ory, the South Pamb bad minlste • In one church p upllft.l.Dg study ot th youthful Obrist Mr . Herbert Sparrow o W , D . • It called "Oom ion" and 18 well worth lfl8 g tor its 1n ~ 5ion of sadn and beauty. In the dlnlng room o bis Jone, showed us one o th aluable pieces of colonial sllver in America today, It ls 11. pel'30nal tankard given to the church of the South Parish "to be u.sed by the ministers thereof f or the time bein_g" by Mrs. Mary Shurtleff, widow of one of ite clergymen, Re • Will.tam Shurtleff, 17331747, In memory of her husband. It wa.e made over 200 years ago by Jeremiah Dumer, tamou.s .silversmith of Bolton. The paraonage, which ls the home of Mr. Jones, 18 commonly referred to .as the IAngdon-Pickering hoUl8 and wa11 built 1n 1749 by Rev. Samuel Langd u, mini.eter of the North Church and president of Harvard University. The ,pacioua rooma atilt retaln the quiet charm of years gone by. Al! If a part of the atmo.sphere of this ar18tooratlo old house, an old-fashioned garden lends its qualnt beaut,' to the ext.enslve grounds. In early spring violets form a deep-hued carpet around the covered well and a.a the aeaaon progl'e&Se.11 phlox, ho!lyhoolu, climbing roses and pride of London b in oolorful profusion. the left of the garden .e ds the tool and barn, which Js today used garage. Mr. Jone.1 polnted out an antlqua yoke leaning orlomly de mobile. "That might be call evolution me.rked with .mi.Ue. the tool house can legible, early accoun denerB who did tbe1r walls, recording dates !hen oorn, rye and other gralrui had been bought. Mr. Jones revealed tha J.1ke.s ro spend quiet evenings 1n his 1tudy with hil books, and oceasionally write Jlbort essays and articles or hl.e own pleasure. Re derives a. !teen enjoyment from the early classics and hi.storical boo of non-fiction. chara.cteristlcs and ple and through the ye baa known Ior Wa comtant an forts in rvlng the community. He president of the Portlmouth aeum, on of the trustees o th mouth Public High School Education, flrst Family Welfare l'ecently elected the Mlni&teri outh and r of the ampshire e anci inisters, ays. In his e-1 alt of Rev. William Safford ainted in l915 by one of his form arishlone11:S 1n Rhode I11land, Anna dlie Berry. It is a study in light wi darker background and sbows bun Is pulpit; a lamp lghtness about his ce. Mr. Jones cleela ays been glaZ! tbat try as his profession. •1 hav grett.ed my cho oe," he rem ly, "and I wW say tha I en preaching more than anything el Of eo:un;e,• he con lnued, "that o on.e pect ot my calling, but it d hold a tremendous interest !or me. believe that .a man, In order to be a mlrust.er or religion 1n a oommunl ought to feel that certain divine n slty la1d upon him that l compel h to utte his inmost u1 . He will follo rs what he regaros �~iJ~1~7~~~fS~~~!~~•¥'I_ ______fit!'0\' l1~~,it~ t,t11i~)!;':~; ~t' IDedicate Marker At m~t~~~~ ~:i~~TS i)Historical Spot At J~~,~;;,:t;;~~~\~ )ft: ~;:;.~ Dover Poinl ~:~;:.:!:,,,;:;~:~ ::;e:,:i:::'~,;;;; 1 ••·, · , · il:;~:f: ,., :-, .~ · · area, and Mi.ss Dorothy Randolph, sea• ~~¥~~g~~;i~~~:= Memorffll Placed At Pomeroy Cove In· Honor Of Those Who Settled There Prior To 1650 -· the population of New Hampshire 1& · predominantly rural and heretofore :,•f ; Junction of the Dover, Durham and Ralph E. Wiggin; Jr. , a descendant or only urban districts have been able to Gov . Thomas Wiggin, Gov. Thomas " support liibraries . Mrs. Stearns said ·· ;;,_.·.>· that 15,000 people in the state have to .·• ;.·/. \. -,·;_,:.,. I; Portsmouth roads was dedicated yester~ Roberts and Edward Hilton, made the · },, ·1day afternooq. with interesting cent• presentation of the marker to Governor .· use libraries which are allowed less than Y.!.',.; monies, · Murphy, who accepted it for the state. · a $100 budget. · ~ \.:{ Governor Murphy accepted the mark· ! About one-half the peop1'e of the I _ \ ·.:.:,·,;~,· \ ( ( ?· ; er on behalf of the state and delivered The opening speech was given by Lila · I state (121,000) use libraries with lesa 1 -·\!.:/[?(0:::> ;I,,'/l the principal address, in which he for- B. Roberts a nd the invocation by Rev. :; th~n $_1000 _a y~ai: for an appropriati_on. /.. :3r}i;-}.;\i/;:; \f(j mally dedicated it as an "enduring Lee Hall of Dover, a desce nd ant o! . . This situation lS inevitable under i;ha f ;/~,.;, 7~,?:f;}",;•i: r. .. .,,, • t to th e days o.r New Hamp- Deacon John Hall.. Unveiling of the ·;. 1 present system be caus•e areas of smaU ";l/·' , ,.. ,.. \~r}fo:;i>,:,/ 1,ui ..,.,, • i<,;••H monumen . ~t>i shire's beginning. " mai ker was by Wilma L. Roberts, R~g- \ and scattering population cannot sup,- 'i/li! · · · f.', t f~l) The governor told the group that "the er V· Ma th es of Dover a nd Beatrice .·1 port an adequate library. _ };J:f';;'; :;:; [g:.'Jstate will beautify and maintain the a nd J~mes Wood of Pawtucket, R. I. . served by libraries which have lees than #{:;\~:;;~ ;• i~;; ~'i;f] grounds surrounding the dedicatory An ivy wreath was placed at the '.'.'1 $500 a year to cover all their expelll!es," ·.::;,,{·;~i;fg}:. i\,:,..1 j marker in a manner which would make monument by Alice K. Hill of Durham : said Mrs. Gertrude -Stearns, treasurer ,-,(,/,'•\i:•{/V ';:'.: cl their private efforts seem worthwhile." and an American ~lag was presented by . j of th~ New Ham~hlre_Library Ass?ciai'L{ J Letters of greeting and two flags wers the Margery Sullivan Chapter, J:?· A. _ 1 ti?n m a panel d1scuss1on on "Regi?na,l ,:;:{:,i'.~\;,t3>} ty., received by the committee from J . H. R . , and accepted by Mayor Denms M. 1 Library Service for New Hampshrre,-• -,•. ,:, .. \:.-;.;_'.:,' 1conducted at Durham Wednesday af- ·,;'•:,;_o'2,(·;''l''', ;i\, Cairns, mayor of Dover, R:ent, England. McDonough of Dover. i).';_' One of the flags was the flag of King The flagpole was presented by Maude ternoon as a part of the program of the }':'/;/',t/,0'.:: t:' · James, who reigned at the time the first F. Smith of Elkins in honor of her an- _ 49th annual meeting of the association. i.1i"-_;,r: ;' -~. {\. settlers landed here, and the other was castor, Edward Hilton. Others who Miss Edith Gantt, specialist in pub- '.:-I\:;,:'.··,1}}'.;:j: the official flag of Dover, England, at participated in the program were Fred · lie libraries, Unlted States Department i)<->•;:;·,f:// -~{f the present time. E. Everett, commissioner of highways; •. of the Interior, began the program with -.{t.~f:ti:f,'.0~ ;,; _;, The money for t he marker was re- Rev. Edwin L. Noble of the Northam ·,·, a talk on regional library service in the "}fj:;i'}ff!:Jet ceived from the . ~escendants of ths Colonists; William R. Paige of Dover, ') United States, following which Miss .~:r: founders, each givmg $1 for each an- Walter Flanders James T. Young and _,':!Margaret Grant led the panel discus- ·<,•,;,;:-:,:,";'f.},).-\ i1~: cestor. One woman contrlbuted $34 to N. O. Whitford: land engineer. :f1 sion, stressing the wide need for ex- t•~:r,.,'. tt~rf'! f{i/ the Eund in view of the fact that Mrs. In dedicating the marker Governor ; tended library service in New Hamp• ·"::;~·.; t1 1_Th~ Pomeroy Cove marker at the White Mountains. 0 '' ••· ; f' ·.\.· · ·.-· •. ,; ' ·<·•·· ':."•,'.,_.' I I }{ff}:\-~< <. · r::.• rt i;'"fa;f:\t;J'{J; <· ::;;_-':· !~~~:~f~i:;;I~ ~~j;~;~~J;~t~~~. i~:;('i~~ii#liijJ~":it, t::~ necticut, Maine, Rhode Island, Call- ners of an important province under the · \"(: fomia, Washington and North Caro- !{Ing and a great commonwealth in a ;,\;, lina union of democratic states. \{ T;wns and cities in New Hampshire f}: in Which descendants of the original "Somewhere in th is neighborhood, ;i;_i\', founders were reported are Durham, within a stone's throw of the spot where · · Dover, Somersworth, Rochester, Man- this ma·rker rests, seven men landed li? .. , . from the English ship, 'Providenoo,' 313 :,, , chester, Portsmouth, Exeter, Madbury, years ago. ,, · ),} Rollinsford, Elkins, Claremont, Notting, . . . . .. , ,;f'~ ham and Hanover, •· /:;j -.:- ~- ,' .- . · · . . ,.,-,,. . f;,t~ The marker was dedicated in honor '-.--. \ J . ~ ~, ~ c : f:.' · , ' . -{ :t/. or the men and women who settled here ' i, ', ~ '.;,;~~'.c_i... prior to 1650, especially Edward Hilton, -i l 1.,. / , >_ _:-: ,... :·,,. •rhomas Robert.sand five boatmen, who <:. ·:.< ·\:.',-_,-;)': · · ·.;;h' .".. :/. ,: ' -' Granted to Benjamin Scadgel the ·:' · were the first white men to land in New · · . ,: ,, · _';, .--. ; ', 1;;. 1 , -.:.- • ••' • •• , so-called Joseph Langdon Seavey \.-.• • . . . ._, ·,-: .•.'-. ·. • , , • .. • .. ,. 'a property -at Lang's Corner, Rye. :i:./· Hampshire, and Darby Field, who was , ', ,• : ~-: ,.-_ •,>,,: . ,_ '(,' ~ ·, ·· 'a Operated as a tavern 1702-1755; '.:r the first man to make a path to the ·, • ~ sold to Ebenezer Wallis 1755; sold to :.::I:· ,·• _· •1 , , • .• _ ,•· ·. ~: ·-··,,,_-,· . ,:':,>;:::··.... -./.,·:,'.'~· _;~ ·.::'.,·:_,; _f,c;_~ ~Amos.Seaveyin1758,!lurntandre-, ·· ··•'•" '' c. . ; , • , c , , , •i' .y. • , Shunt ,n alwa,s,n the s,.,., 1702 :n:: i? His ·Majes:t y '< ,:-:' ',:_ rfr:1c"7-~- :,: ·~(n·et·'_,-,._.' ~, :, . The King {lt i~: \-..,> !+·... -..,.,:.,:.• ·: ·,._- . ,)_,", ·{:',-, -•;~· ,: _ ;d, , . ; ,:-- . . . , m, EXCLUSIVE AGENT · N. 8. ,- \ij~t-·-_:~\-i\.,;; �--~-~ --~ ·~\.'~~~ ~i}.?.i' -~~~ ~, f~~Lti: /. .·· · .,_::.:~:~/~ ~Ji?/?'·i~-J- •·: .::_-: - ~- , ... ; '·<1::f;➔t~-~'\;/, ,h}:t·?:,';'·:J/ t'. :., -< ,N'~ ")3,wo ~:th ."<:it ~·f,,8•.W\&~~Jto ~~·c,; _1' · ~_v-:tsr-oa°l>.tb ,. \ e.'1'.C.,cnti'f\~ ff\.· -V;t,l~ . ::;;-'-/;i;; 0 \,. c~.~~-·TsEEK TO KEEP . .'\ ~rr~~:~~~,a~~~=~~~fi~~~~:i~~~:J:f 0LD HOUSES IN ).Q,f appe, i gs ;~;t!~:,;.,E~~fi{::~•Frl ' ieais ; I; rl . . - 1 1 , PORTSMOUTH 1 . An appeal is being made by a group of ....-··. people interested in preserving the old ~-~-~-_(_,_·:-':_\: homes in Portsmouth to raise a fund to . . purchase and endow the Wentworth• ::_,.s.·'._:.:,/ :._' r-r_(Si_r:~ - - i5::l(· :-,/~"·,. · 'G 1 ~~~:e~f '. Thursday morning there was a. tour L ; about the city, conducted by John H . t·_.; hNLseatol, . as laa town Acriler, who pol:>lntl:d. out fl nc P ces , arge num er Joined [. nd nd With the tercentenary celebratiOM of ~l :h~:: i~~!~.Ives' Ba , a the settlements of Exeter and Hampton f! In the afliernoon Ives' Band gave s. '-:J which have taken place during the last~ c?noert at the Playgrounds, and the tf, One ~~~::erw!~~s:h:~~th:n:i~ias hister~~ houses of the South End. Some time ago the Metropolitan Mu- B fireworks, Featured in the display was i the battle between the Bon. Homme [ ,-: ' Richard and the Sera.pis. ( ::• i\} 'J . ~:r- ;j ~!~~e:t: rln 0 !~: , t- f f\ h~~;f :~: ~i:~~r:;t:ed two months: it may be of interest to I ~~:dgi:r:~:~~~~~ ~~iv!~:ary P:i!:~~ moving it to 'that city, where it was to stome to review the Portsmouth Tercen- ance to a close . f~- -· be incorpora . t ed in . i·ts en t·ire tY in . the Ports enary program t • Just . 15 years ago Li Perhaps people have wondered how 1i•.. ·· ~ .,,.::·.' · American wing. This plan proved im• mou h was ge_ttmg back to t: 0 rmal f- the town of New Hampton got its r fr-"<.-~·,c· - practicable. It was felt it was fortun- haftedr one of th e biggeS t celebrations it ; name. Situated so far from Hampton,1' .,. st th th ;,.;_~•J_~;_~,·,·:,?,·_:,;_~-~'._···:· ate at that time that Portsmouth was • , a ever aged . For mon s e peo- ,i Hampton Falls, North Hampton and · ·. ;,-,, ';-:_ not to lose one of its charming old ple ~f th e city planned th e celebration j south Hampton it ls only natural that i , ')•Ii: •••,-, houses and those who love the old at- ·, a nd it was very outsta nd ing . ~nyone should 'wonder if there wasj ,'. mosphere of the city rejoiced. The , ~e observance began on Aug. 18, any connection between New Hamp-\ .:: i- Museum wished to see the house pre- 19 3• and la ste ~ one week. There were ton and the Hamptons in the south ;·.,: (- served and gave an option to purchase many outstand mg events and thousa~ds part of the state, I·:-: ~ to the Society for the Preservation of of peo?le came to Portsmouth during In the "Drama of Winnacunnet " (Y,, '· . •t· ·that time ' it :-: 't ;3,, "t",:;, ... _. New England Ant1q~1 1es and, through ··,., B . .' f the pageant presented in connection f.:$~"?- a Portsmou~h committee, the society _-, egmn~g on ~und~y, Aug. 18, there with the Hampton Tercentenary, th!s 1_·~ has main tamed the property for the ! were special services m th e variow 1 is explained. In the third episode, de- p .'. : '.t' past five years. The option is about to ·( chu:hes. At 2 :3o p. m, Ives' Band of ! 1ipictlng event.'! at the General Moulton ;, :~:• expire and the Museum has received B?s n gave a sacred concert at the I, House the scene depicted Benning . · several fine offers for the house, all of I: Pines. Open house was observed by _.' Wentworth, Royal Governor of the .'.-': ? which involve its ct.emolition or removal. 1manythpeople fro~ 4:3o to 6 o'clock, : Province of New Hampshire, stopping :] ·· However, the Museum does not wish to ; In e eve_mng the ! 0 rtsmouth ! at the house. Col. Jonathan Moulton · see this done and has consented to a I Theatre was filled 00 capacity as the i had sent the fattest ox on hia farm to short extension of the option to enable ,?ate Rev· ~lfred 0 ,?oding gave a very the governor as he decided to name his · the committee to make this appeal. :complete h 15 to;.y of Portsmouth In the , new son Benning. Gov. Wentworth is • "' .. ~. ;• Another famous old house, located (1 8th Century· · . The Ives Band and a j shown the Infant and told that the · - ,:::_{ ] nearby, is the Tobias Lear House 011 _j°horus of 2oo_ voices prese:1ted a musical baby has been named Benning. His '. }·/ Hunking street: This house is nearly !program durm~ ~h~ evemng • , , reply is that he is honored and re- ,,: • \.:J:~'..::,>i·.' 200 years old and was the home of i Mo nd ay mornm~ the states orat.or, I quests to honor Col. Moulton. The Col- . "":J Capt. Tobi!l.'l Lear who outfitted the l the late Judge Leslie P • Snow of Roch- onel stated that he desired a grant of • · ,, , Ranger, and also the birthplace and !eSt.er, gave an hiS torical address. Mon- a "small gore of land" next to his :.:; 1 boyhood home · of Col. Tobias Lear, Jday ~fternoon th ere was a big parade township of Moultonborough. This !a '-. nd f secretary t,o President Washington and i~ it was one of the longest s-een here granted. In the pageant, Col. Moulton y.J consul-general to the Barbary States, years. Twenty bands were in lins turns to his son, as the party leaves for ,,,'if, , ,,1\ . He was very close to the first President )~nd th er~ were ma:1y floats, all depict~ · Boston, "My child, thy father is now 7 ljft,t: ;:" and _washington regarded him as an 11~g certain events m the history of the the largest landowner in the whole il~:i::·· adopted son . George Washington vis- j city· • IProvince of New Hampshire. I am rich :: ited this homestead when he came to · / · The tercentenary banquet was_held a~ / in lands, Ha t the 'small gore o! ~and' ~,A ...;.;e.:~:' Portsmouth in 1789. , the Wentworth Hotel that evening at the Governor hath granted me IS a ½.-1.-&ff:>. An effort Is being made at the sam~ ; 5 :3o ~nd .was followed by a concert at .i whole town. I shall name it New ::{·:t\?,· time to raise the additional sum re- ·: t~e Pmes by_ the Ives Band, also a huge ! Hampton. It adjoins my township of "._ quired to secure this historic building I display of f1rew~rks, . / Moultonborough. I shall form a new ,, for the Society for the Preservation of , Tuesday t:1°rmng saw the starG of : town to be called Center Harbor on :-: . · New England Antiquities. It.s grounds th e golf mawh at the Country Olub. l the lake where I killed countless hea- ·,c; adjoin those of the Wentworth-Gard- I this being won by John P . Ii. Oha nd• j then Indians. My child, thou art too _,,. ,/t ner House and the two would go well to- / ler • . . I young to !mow that thy father o:,vn~ :-: ry,'.t~J{:~; gether. . . . ! In the a~ternoon a marathon run was j 80 ,000 .acres of land, and most of e1ghi; \ \::/_~_%_,_·./_. ownership of the properties when ob- 1 .staged, which was won by _Jack Lamb of towns ln the Province, All this land '.., ;::,:-,·'\f•-, . tained will be vested in the Society for Biddeford, Me . The Fifth Regiment · sha.ll be thine, son." (;·£;:}:/··· the -~reserva~ion of New England An-- I Band presented a concert and a baseball _ _ •~-:'~\-< tiqmt1es. It is planned that the money ! game was played at the Playgrounds at t 'Jl'fne JElect1ol!I. ofl 1851 ~;?"-':°": ' raised be allocated first to purchase the 3 o'clock, The marathon also finished L The election of 185'1 saw two new i:f{if, ., Wentworth-Gardner House from the i there. . candidates running for office. Robert ;···. _.,._:;__.z___·. Metropolitan Museum, second to com• 'nl.e first presentation of the pageant f Morrison Democrat, was elected, replete the sum required for the purchase , took place that even!ng at 8 :30. This !j ceiv!ng 794 votes, while John Chase rei~:tf"=f1 of.the_ Tobias Lear House, end third, to .! wa.s a most dramatic and spectacular fJ ceived '110 votes, ;t::; ,;:t~i::: est~blish a permanent fund_ for th~ , performa~ce. Written and directed by i_, , ,.,;, ,. ·;"·, iC. •'; ,'.· .; -' ; ..-. __ . ·..·:,;\ ...?? ,ltZ:/;.\:, mamtenance of the properties, Approx- .1 Mrs. Loms L. Green (Virginia _Tanner) ' ·,,,::_ C',.,,·'.ff / ":'~ · r_ ~ ~·-•ir,_:.;:--('\ _-J,:~l':t?.'t· t.i{"J.'..;'.tt imately $15,000 is needed to obtain t he l of New Castle, the pageant depicted the [,:;,,,'\'.~,,· ,,.,;(''j.Ji-~ :'7-f '\f~/,(· &-:;':}'",/'/'.. houses and $25 ' ooo more .~hould be 1 history of Portsmoutht from the early ;;;~;1,:;·i\•.,~~; _;~irJ. 'f-~1-•-"·•......,)· •. din ·1','._;.."(,;f;;';;.f' ·. •·,,.-,t•,. .;1 ~.. ,,.,-~.. "',,.v·, •.~,-,~it:··~-,,.,,.~. .-:.,_.., .... ,,-.,.•:, raised to endow them. . i 1'1th century through he auccee g 1:,;.~_,2p~,;-:g ·:~.;}:~I•\.: . :.. ~~':,. ·· ·;, '-':;.;-,f,'.\J',~: t_-·;_-,·..:•;::_,.,:_·;;_·• ""l ~o i i ;m {i\tJtt · t:" i' I j ti ;;~°":,\''. 1· ,/ "<, ·>·· ,::.·' :.-; t1\:r.~~ctl ~:< :~;:s~~(~~~:w~;~~~~~~~1~~i:;:J~t;,t~r.k:~,:~1~~ 1 ��It_ ~ ____ S,e~ -~!~_vi ~~_._:i'o_·,~t - ~ •H•IStor1•caI -~~~ ~ -'-=o.'f" .hP.v-Y-_b_ ~ l.\'!:V i nC\_ G ...-o ,.u, ~ ----- __ ___ ___ _ and Samuel Wentworth, Sr., who ai'ea. 1 Of romantic interest is the table-ltke f in 1690 and was the father of Lieut. monument of Col. George Boyd, who ~ . Gov. John Wentworth• The Vaughun died m 1787. During his last sta in ! family tomb is also situated here. Manv I England Colonel Boyd had this skne '. ID \ ?f these_ stone_s are ~ery old. and off_er an I cut and on his return voyage to Ports- \ mterestmg gltmpse mto the past histoty mouth braught It be.cl< with him. Two ' of Portsmouth. The skull and _cros5- days before the ship reached port he . bones was a popular form of ca.rvmg on died. It is said that his wife grieved \ the~? ancient slabs and it leers emptily by the sudden death of her husband and , By Justine Flint at the reader as he kneels to learn that deeply, regretting the fact that he had f '. Point Of Graves !: "Here lies buried Mrs. Elizabeth Blum, not been able to greet him al!ve aft~r As early as 1623 a b~nd of pioneers ! the a~_iable co~sort of Capt: Robe1·t ! nrnny years of separatton, would go ln was sent by the La.coma cor:ipany of \ Blunt. The wtves o;, th?s~. times "were I the dead of night to his grave and lie England to found a plantation on the I commonly listed as rel 1<:5 or con- weeping beside this stone, which today Piscataqua River. This group of hardy, ' sorts," usually accompanied by one of lies crumbling in the long grasses of the fearless colonists landed at Odiorne's i the frequent phrases, "She lived Be- forgo tten past. Colonel Boyd had five l Point, today a part of the town of Rye, 1loved; Died Lamented." sons and five daughters, few of whom ; and established the first settlement o~ j The oldest stone now legible is that lived over 30 years. Of the odd names , that rugged lonely shore ~ what is ·of "Anne, ye wife of George Jaffrey, found on numerou,s tombstones these of now the state of New Hampshire. Here Esq. Aged 18 yrs. Died in 1682." The his daughters sezmed most nusual. in a clearing at the border of a dense majority of the women were married They were Submit, Abigail and Supply. \ and virgin forest, with the endless roar and died at an amazingly early age, and In the Nor th burying ground can al~o of the Atlantic and the dreaded war- very often we found the dust of a hus- be found the grave of one, Abraham 1 I Iss,ac. Mr. Isaac and his wife, Rachel, 1 cry of the lurking savage familar sounds band resting among the remains of at to their ears, the immigrants suffered least two or three wives. were natives of Prussia. During th~ir _, ' every hardship in their fight for e;:istIn spite of, or perhaps on account of, )lives they wer-e the only Jews in Portsence and a burying ground became on its crumbling antiquity, the Point of \mou th. He was an auc tioneer and > of their· first necessities. A few rods Graves is one of the most pleasant and ·1 built a variety store and residence lln \· north of the fort, their graves unmarked ! ~icturesque spots among_ those rema~- ~tate street, opposite where the_ Rocksave for simple field stones, were placed mg m memory of a thnving colomal , mgham Hotel now stands. Their shop · those fir/it brave colonists whose names Portsmouth. was v~ry popular and the dea.th of Ir. or deeds no 'one now living knows. · · dlJ-,1, , • .. lSI., +4 ~ 1 Olu\ ·'I· -a Cf: 1 Isaac m 1803, aged 49, was mourned by . tsmou..~or Pemeter1es • C ; I 1• I I HISTORlrAL \J J ) • As time went on and more colonists . 11 th~ ~ownspeople . The f?llowing epitaph · \. arrived to settle here the town of I wnLen by Portsmouth s poet, J . M. 1 P ortsmouth came into being. The prin, Sewall, may still be read : . cipal business was conducted along the i "Entom'd beneath where · earth-born ' waterfront near the Point of Graves, troubles cease; \ where ship-building and fishing ware l . I A s~n ?f faithful Abraim sle~ps in peac~; ! extensively carried on. \ In llf_e s first bloom h: left hlS native air, i p · t fG t f th t r A s03ourner, as all hlS fathers were; 1 1 om o raves was a par O e vas · l\ Through various toils h's tive s ir"t Neck," ,1 · ac P • estate, known as "Pickering's ran; 1owned by one of the town's most worthy (By JU TINE IFLIN-!f) A faithful steward and an honest man. t citizens, Capt. John Pickering 2nd. I At Point of Graves was buried i~ 1669 I The following is the second of a se.. His soul, we truS , now freed from mor;,• . , tal woes, •;' • · Captain Pickering's father, the original \ries of articles on historic Portsmouth \ owner of this land, and, according to ]ceme teries. The third will appear on Finds in the patriarch's bosom sweet • ··< . ,· '.. PORTSMOUTH CEMETERIES 1 · 1 ....-, _;;· ·, ' \ ' town records in 1671, Captain Picker- · Aug. 25 . repose•" · ing agreed that "the town should havo , . Also buried here are Ammi R. Cutter, th full liberty to enclose about half an Al th ough not s.J old m years, e old M. D., and George Gains, Esq., promacre upon the neck of land on which ha 1North Burial Ground on Maplewood. inent for their faithful and unselfish liveth, where the people have been wont Iavenu-e is equally as interesting in his- work during the terrible yellow fever to be buried, which land shall be im- torlcal and loca l color . This cemetery epidemic of 1798 in Portsn:iouth. The I1propriated forever into the use of a is quite large and became town proper t:1r ! dr~a~ed fev~r raged for eight weeks, burial-place-only the said Pickering in 1753 , when Col. John Hart sold it , prmc1pally m Green, Russell and the 1 and his heirs forever shall have liberty .for 150 pounds on condition that it !east end of Deer str·eets and from the of feeding the said with neat cattle." !should be kep t for a burying ground . · waterfront down Market street. The In 1673 John Pickering gave a highway COionel Hart gave his servic ~s in the ship "Mentor," unmindful of quarantine two rods wide through _his land to th<? ' Colonial war while we were yet laws, docked here from Martinique, dam and this was the opening of Pl-ea.;- I.subj ects of Grea t Britain and died nf where yellow fever pr~vailed. A laborant street. i the smallpox at Louisburg in 1758 _ He er en_gage~ m unloading the cargo was th Today the cemetery at Point of is buried in the northeas tern part of the I e _fir.st vtctim and the fever spread , Graves is grass-grown and forgotten. ·1 cemetery. He had three wives and 11 '. rapidly·. No one could be found to bury i The waterfront which it has faced sons. I the _deaa and as soon as death came the through the centuries,_ is no longer the ! A~o~g the many interesting par, bodies, u1:recorded and unmarked, were 1 . busy place of former times. A few ·\ buried m the North ceme tery was Dom · wrap~d m a tarred sheet ~nd rough 1 \ fishermen's huts rest languidly along tnicl< Peduzzi, a native of Val-di-Inie- box, slid from a bedroom wmdow to a the rocky shore and the strong smell of glum, Italy, who was one of the first of cart below and conveyed to the North fish permeates the air. Partly enclosed that country to emigrate to Ports- ?emetery, where_ they were unceremon11 by a wall of stone, the cemetery is en- , mouth. He died Feb . 16, 1840, aged r-;,; iously dropped mto one common grave tered by an old turnstile which creaks II years. His wives were Jane of Amherst, or trench. protestingly as it turns on its rusty who died at 30 years of agJ and MarAt this same time was buried in the : hinges. Rubbing the moss from the garet, who died at 58 years.' North cemetery Eleazar Russell. He did \ lichened gravestones we discovered that Thomas Harvey is buried here. The i not die of the fever, but was in such fear here were buried many of the better inscription on his stone r-eads: "A of lt that he refus~d to have anyone known people of their time, including worthy soldier of the Revolution. Died I come near him and he died alone, aged Capt. Tobias Lear, father of the secre- 1837, Aged 84 yrs." He crossed the l78 years. Mr, Russell was a forbidding tary of George Washington, on who:;e Delaware with Washington and at the Iold bachelor with ,a rough exterior but stone we read this quaint epitaph: "A battle of the Brandywine, when General ,. a kind heart. He was a fimiliar figure , wit's a feather and a Chief's a Rod; an ' Lafayette was wounded, he carried hhn r in cocked hat, wig, light coat with full 1Honest Man's the Noblest Work of God," from the battlefield on his back to a ,_skirt&,yghl breeches and enormous - - - - -- - - - - -- -----·-·- - · ·-- · _place of safety. _____ ____ \ · ' I I I I �t: -- .- -~o_~! ~. ._-c:e Y'tl Q;+;ff~~,~i(«s~,: c•Ct..m e.-~c.~ Y, .__ ,:irb.:t? ;~:i knee and shoe--buckles~conducted · ;Tng·cemetc,,?-,-, The C,tr~,n ~-:•r•.1'::i- · take:;. l.cfo-=-r~t-r-op_h..,_i__e~s-. Th;-e- --c::::--~,--. ~~_-,· I the Customs House and was the first : was enclosed •,<:,,z,;·,;,,t,:o,r, ~hs .-~r.,aml1.. h,,i't'i:a. to her jewels, found difficulty postmaster in New Hampshire , !Iand being "1eci a;; a ,;tawing field and ·; in removing them and therefore sevIn this cemetery is located the famiiy 1it was here that Capt. John Pickering •ered both her hands at the wrist and tomb of Gov. John Langdon the first , first drilled his Puritan Company. The bore them away, president of the U . s. &mat~. Also field was later used by the ministers Rev, William Shurtleff and Rev. Job · found here are the graves of Gen. w·n- 1,of the South Parish as a pasture and 1strong, ministers of the South Parish, :_. liam Whipple, signer of the Declaration finally laid. out as a burying-ground. were originally buried in graves under ... • of Independence, and his valuable Because of ~he fact that no funds were the Communion table, but their reNegro servant, Prince. · ,available for the upkeep of the ceme- mains were later exhumed and removed Many stories can be told about Gen- tery, in 189'7 the State of New _Hamp- to the South Cemetery. Rev. Mr. Shurt-~- era! Whipple, for he led an eventful life. · shire incorporated the Society for the leff, perhaps because of his mild dis• ·:-~:, In his youth he became engaged to a Care of the ~outh Cemetery with Rev. posit!on, found hi~se:f forever in do{;·'. very attractive and popular belle of Alfred Goodmg, Ch_arles H . . Mendum, /mestic troubles. ~1s ~1fe was a beautiJ~';- Portsmouth, Miss Mehitable Odiorne · , Gustave Peyser, Edwm C. Blaisdell, and ·ful woman but fiery 111 temper and ofAt the hour for her wedding she w~ Henry c_. Hewitt_ as the first trustees. /ten at the hour for chu:ch _on t~e Sab- . 1<' suddenly found missing and her anxious /The Society _receives deposits from lot ,bath she w~uld lock hrm 111 _his room ,r · bridegroom was informed that she had owners, th mcome to be used for the 1and-walk blithely off to meet111g. After changed her mind and did not wish to care of theit' lots. Any balance is used l1ong waitin~ for their pastor, the deabe married on that particular evening. · ,,tor the upkeep of the ~oads. Out of_ the Icon and a committee would be dis.;. ._ William Whipple remonstrated but to several thousand. lots 1n the combined patched to find the harassed clergyno avail, and therefore declared his in- oemeteries, 550 of them are under this Iman banging desperately on his. beddependence and left his Mehitable P.erpetual care, and it is from the excess !room door. " never to return. He afterward married income that all the improvements are ; Rev. Strong died at the early age of · Catherine Moffat, and left no descend- ~ade, The firm of M. J._ Griffin & Sons / 27, the day after the death of his in- . ants. It is said he had seven children is employed. by the Society to care for I fant son, th e cen:i~tery, T~is fir~ h_as been _in / A nost harrowing scene took place at '_'.}(;.,} ;'. '.',· ~11 of whom died in infancy, One, wh~ th e Grnfm family for th1 ee geneia- ' the South Cemetery on the 30th of 1. • "\-;. ·. ·_ • :·-. · -·- _;, ft." l!Ved one year, is buried near him. ,:; . Pi·1·nce Wh.1pp Ie an d h'is bro ther, Cuf- G tions, proprietors are J. P. •.',, . :·.-;. ;_.- ,_,.,..,!',· >;,' ·ff' the present h' 1 t ·1 December in 1768 ' when Ruth Blay ' a '. ·:..,./:_ _.1;<:.-:'./!< is. fee son of Af · · n 111 a nd tS son, Pau • a gradua e school teacher of South Hampton was ..·,·.-.·•..N:••i 3:•-,.;, .,_.,~••:.• :..• ,.. , · s an ncan prmce, were f w h. . u • •t Th e t rus t ees \ hung here for concealing the death ' . ·,':""-'-'"•'·'·'· -,,,.{·:·, \," brought 1;o this country when only 10 , 0 as mg_wn mversi_y, of :--::-::-;:_::;:;\., >·/. •'· 1 ; . years of a e b General Wh. l to ,. . of the Society serve without pay and an illegitimate child. She was carried ·_\;: ';),"'.:" .\_'.C'.,;. ;- , ,.. . .g Y . ipp e, ue upon the payment of a sum to be de- I t t ts ·· d · ·· ·. · ~- ~- · .,.,., · r retamedmslaverv. Prmc-e wasalar!!'.e. · . . _ 1throu~h he sre~ _moanmg _an ,_;-·-f''•'",.>-:c:·':'_: ":'.· gentlem~nly Negro 'fnd attended Gen-: . termmed by the Co~mittee on Ce1:1e 1shriek111g, dressed m silks and driven ·~-c.·.·t.. •: era! Whipple, then i.n command of the tery the Trustees will make a contract under the gallows in a cart. Her guilt . ~-·., .....::,..</:', First New Hampshire Brigade, in the to take perpetual care 0 ~ a~y. lot i?] lwas not proven to the satisfaction of · :\·}:: ·:,_·) L;i_: .:• ··/ batt'.e at the northwestern frontier. On the South Cemetery com~'.ttea w their 1the townspeople and they had sue, / •.1 ··; ,', :· :;· - the Journey Prmce appeared sullen and charge, The . present tr_ustees are as ,ceeded in .acquiring a pardon for the -., - .. ,d, General Whipple upbraided him follows, Edwm C. Blaisdell, D.M.D., 1 • 1 f th b t •t had .. · . . " . . P 'd t· G B L d s t . . g1r rom e governor, u i,,s 1 :· Prmce replied, Master, you are going reSi en • eorge · or • ecre aiy not arrived and Sheriff Thomas Pack1 . 1to fight for your liberty 'but I have none and Treasurer; Harry W. Peyser; H. 1 ted to "0 home to his S'.lpper · J to fight for." Gen~ral Whi·ppl Clinton Taylor; Frank D. Butler; The . er wadn d th ° t· t b rm· me~ • ~ e f p ts th K d G Id . he or ere v execu ion o e j manumitted his Negro fiiend immed1._ mayor o or mou , ennar o - • . /I a tely and th f th p . smith• and Norman E. Rand, I d1ately performed. Her pardon ar• en~e or nnce performed ' . . . . rived shortly after death, Ruth was ,, ,_. his duties vallantly throughout the Among the settlers of this vicmity .. buried a rod or two from the north · f ;ampa1gn. _ pwrev iousHto "'1646 wasthJohf~ tcuptts _fdromt side of tl1 e l)ond. ~-?~~ "~ ,.,.,~ ~ a 1es. e ,.,ecame e us res1 en 1 A few rods west of her grave wa~ bur·, _ . • ---:i of New Hampshire and he and his ried in the road the body of Ehphaz 6 family_were buried in the orchard b~- Dow, who in 1755 was hung on a gal....•.. '· ---~ ift, ;fl · side his house on Green Street. This lows in that neighborhood for murder • . _ ,/f.-~ . •·.; .· . . li ii. lL ~ ll. old ct:mete;y was_ later moved to the · Of the . odd verses at the South Ce- •.: .-. ·: ../ · .. ·..Proprietors Burymg-Ground, and in• . ,metery we found these worthy of list·· · · eluded among the ancient stones is ing, In the cotton Cemetery on the ~. . · that of Mrs. Lydia Sloper, who was grave of William Russell, 1854, "A span compelled to marry Capt. Henry Slo- I is all that we can boast; How short the : · l<il' . ·3 . ,· ~ iii' per an? died at the early age of 16 yrs, , !fleeting time; Man is but vanity and :.: . J ,.,_!I ,1:1..,,11 = Olymp_1a P_enhallow, 1693, her sister, dust; In all his flower and prime." ). . .. who died smgle at 19 yrs. of age, and j Others were: "My husband ·fell asleep, :,_ .(By JUSTINE FLINT) .,.,. . Hannah Cutts, the first wife of ·John Feb. 1865 when will the morning:_ /j' ·· Cutts, who died at the age of 42. No ' .: : South Cemetery record of his second wife Ursula is . come."; "A Kind Affectionate Husband. 1-'1 · found but it is said that she also ~as ' and Father, A true Democrat," .,. This is the third in a series of arti-• buried there. She outlived her husband ..-: lilies describing the histoi-ical cemeteriefl and inherited from him the "Pulpit '·' of !Portsmouth. · Farm" about two or three mil~s up the The south . cemetery is more recent river. This was a pleasant but deso- · ,:. than the others previously mentioned. late place and she was often in danger · of Indian attacks'.' In the summer of ·.. in. this , series, and includes the Pro1694, while three of her servants were . 1prietors, Harmony Grove, Sagamore l ~nd cotton's cemeteries, adjoining haying and she and her maid were ' each other. Of these the Cotton Burial- ' busily engaged in the kitchen of her 9-round is the oldest. In June 1671 , ·, farmhouse, the dreaded Indians were ·-: Goodman w. cotton agreed with the .. stealthily creeping toward the house. ' j- town to clear and fence the land whico. ::. The maid fled to the safety of the ~ , : water, but Madam Ursula and the · · '·· /'_:now comprises this and the a_~?~~ lthree men wer~ _shot an~ their scalps ->,\-<·~f3·· - I r :. 1 ··.<<:. 0 ft; . I "'~-a. u1sTonl-'C 'L '· ·. ·. }_ fl PORTSMOUTH ,CEMET!f' 'RIES ,_t:~g I I I --:r. -; �~-() _.: C .. f('~g'?i½l'e'it~\'\+.·' ~~·--· ·i s(,~+::f~u' ~ ::~~ c~ ~ d Jij'?:,Q.:\(i~1-~1\ti·s :,<B01'd:1 i~~~i ',,,, . . ·_·- •_ ,;,i:!:c:,,·,,. ··. - .•, >' ~' .. > ~ · :·. ·•.,;.•,·-~- -.,·.,.-,_,c,'.f~~--!;'· ~~~;),';?.~~".';~~~ ,~,-· ._,l':m. e.· ..,:·~c,;'.f-:,>·~ef.' ~-.-~.k•.:r-jl_··u ···'1·-s· ___ ·r··oR·.• 1·cAL - -t is cei . iPORTSMOUTH , ?{(.' I 1 f\'·· ] CEMETERIES 1i7i_:.J /JBy st ~~:h:: ~~:.eM~r;~a~~:;a:~/~:~ the date 1773. Above the epitaph is ,-~~fNOTED .WRITER c; (?l1 I .. , I. - ::~i;i siRSNININN KITTERY, /·; 1 ;;~;f~~el~!~ii~t::f:::~ 01£ 'i ur~~:;h~~;~,:t~;~l;:~:~om ChriS t i Life eads't to death, and death to Ju ine Flint) t\: ·j 'This is the fourth in a series of ar- ' 'l-·.C;::_·. j ticles describing the old cemeteries of 'J'.:tJ~,i Portsmouth. ::t\:·-f': i e 8 e f.' Served On Staff Of Governor John D. Long Of Mass. In 188 j And 1882 In ~~v:~!\1 happy place; frail ' things despise, Live well to gain in future life the prize.'' A majority of the stones were placed previous to 800 and bear the n0.mes of the Mannings, coues, Salters and wendells. While the monwnents in the other cemete.ries in Portsmouth have few in- l-·.f ~ \ tC:0 ~). '.::"'.i Funeral service for the lat~ W11lis i\:'. right Boyd Allen who died in Crawford ':i~ j' red lettering on the crumbling m?ss Not.ch, N. H., on Friday last were held !. · 0 ,?.,r·' grown doorway of a century old brick in Boston today at noon. ~·::H!:({'. I tomb. This congruous fact, scribbled so Mr. Allen was a native of Kittery '<'.a!,•,,<-· ·l J:>Iuntly on an aged cavern of the dead, Point, Me. He was 83 years of age and st sto '::;;;~\:!"! demanded our attention as we passed · scriptions, a.lmo every head ne in a noted writer. He attended Boston ·'- "· '' · among the ancient mounds in the old this burial-ground has a verse to com- Latin School and Harvard University, :_-,.-,f_)_/,.: ~ ..,. grass grown cemetery on Pleasan t memorate the dust beneath each rude graduating in 1878. $'ir;,-~.i i,;.:}g:''') Street. slab, After practicing law for a short . ·; It is evidently the recent result of a The grave of Capt, James Shores Ues, period, he retired in 1888 to devote his ,. .. :l childish prank, but it adds a bit of . fittingly enough, between those of his entire time to writing. His prose and '.? ?:]1story-book color to the decaying vault two wtves. On his right is buried "Lydia verse appeared ln approximately 50 .:1" ;/ of a past age. The tomb a~ the foot Shores, his virtuous consort" and on · magazines and other periodicals, in- _.,-·1 .'; Jof the cemetery on which this word is ~i~, left rests "Elizabeth Shores, _his re- eluding the Atlantic, Century, Scrib- .:::;~ ·.,] written was built in 1818 and in :t ~.ri: Ile . Both stones are the same size and 1, ner's, Harper's, Lipplncott's, Munsey's, 't· ~r..;.-~'. / buried a Wendell family. both are adorned with_ urn and weep- [ I North American Review, Nat.ion and ,:;: ,;f:tl'l.~:;;1 The Pleasant Street Cemetery is one ing w:llow. . i Dial. !;!Jffq::7 of the most scenic of Portsmouth's h!aThere is one other tomb in the ceme- ! 1 Among 'his books which numbered -~·, L1'..c.:&.r.· . ·'·1' torical spots. Huge trees form a stately tery which, however, bears no names of l more than 30, were: "Around the Yule ~s:f:1t<.: line through the middle of the ceme- ownership. It yawns open and forgot- L Log," "The· Boyhood of John Kent," f?=j,\{'.- 1tery to the water's edge. The spaci?us ten. It's iron door hangs hesitantly on "Called to the Front," ~christmas a.t ·r't ,. :.: ;grounds of the Portsmouth Hospital rusty hinges and the bodies which once Surf Point," "Navy Blue," •·snowed .. are in view. The long grass, growing must have lined its dank interior have l In," and "Under the Pine 'Ii·ee Fla~." r·.·~ •.· f~''-}'., protectingly around the ~ncient grave since been removed, Unmindful of From 1881 to 1893, Mr. Allen edited-._-. '. f. /r-~. :. ·1 stones, seems to add a picturesque aa- ~.! snakes and spurred on by curiosity, ., the Cottage Hearth Magazine, The /:, t:1!:' :;~,:- pee c to the old grave yard. 'J one wades through wet grass to peer ./ Wellspring and Our Sunday After- ·, ;':· · \ \ 1 The stones are remarkably preserved.'?.,. inside. The walls of the narrow vault i noon. In 1881 and 1882, he served on •~Ff.Jand each one is clearly legible, perhaps . are covered with green mold and t he 'l the staff of Gov. John Davis Long as ·;~ -~~:~ because the majority of them are made only occupants in the empty decay are lquartermaster-general with the rank .-_:} 'i of slate. a crawling family of multi-colored in- jof lieutenant-colonel. At the time of ~• :'.) Pleasant Street, which was given to -. sects. Its walls are loose and a musty .. his death he was a member of the . :\: o~ the town as a path leadrng to the dam odor permeated the air. It is with plea- · -; Authors Club, the University Club of ·,\, ,;: br John Pickering in 1673, was once sure, therefore, that the visitor climbs ·•·; Boston and Saint John's lodge, A. F. ., ~ :.:, regarded as the most attractive street back over the stone wall which encloses · and A. M. · \-i; . in Portsmouth on which governors, · _ · · . .. _, . , . _ . , ':· ,'. th e ceme:ery and makes h_r.s wa.y up :.:f>~,~ :{ lawyers, clergymen, and merchan ts had ;,\.k.~ :&;._·. , _._; ..{./1.•:-.,: ·:: their homes and hence it and. this cet?e sunn:1 thoroughfare which so fit- . ~-., , ~ ·}~, , -;: i.\i ~ ;; , , '., ,~ i:'. me,e:-y derived their name, tingly is called Pleasant Street. ,_ 1 •-. -~ " " . ' •• { ~ - \ , , ~ • • • ,• ~;,(,5. J J!>!eaGant Street Cemetery tf:z:-t' 1 "Death" scrawled in uneven, foJ.,;:<., ?) :J_: 5_.f\;,::\ <0 .::i ·.;~ :i.,_ ~!..·~. ~· ~~a -~j!\~~r.~ · · · ,:,:- to the "town Portsmouth for a bu·• GLUDD fH'iti:'J UlA~ '?.rial -place by of Capt. John Pickering in :,:- CAHB:ffA m ll:. 0 :?J.'' so!~~~me~u1:!~!;r!~ :1~s t~~w;i:~~rin~ ,,.,_ or Wendell Cemetery, It was deeded. : . ,·! EXHIBIT OF I.j' ~ ·J./ puoT.oGRAPHS AT ·._-J: LOCALUBRARY t.: '.i-1··--.·.:·...... FIRST fAll MEETING ~;>:;~:.,:~t~~~1:;~~:~11~1~;sb::r:~~::eu:: ,:. fy';:t71V' two children of Dr. Samuel Haven,, The first fall meeting of the Pi.scatam~\i,T.: daced 1761, which were later moved to qua Camera Club was held Wednesday ~Jt,/ the south Cemetery. Dr. Haven, it is evening, with a record attendance. ~);\;: ,; reported, came to Portsmouth in 1752 Four new members were added to the as a minister to the old South Church, rolls. The club regrets the resignation (' ·· :.. · tor which duties he received a salary· of Mr• Kingsbury as treasurer but is ¥,§'.J/;0: of 70 pounds sterling money yearly. He fortunate in securing Douglas Armsden ,}t<\~-, built a home on Pleasant Street at th~ of Kittery to fill the vacancy. ~ii>.~ head of Gates Street and it is said that A lecture on compo.sition was given, he. was bl~ssed with many c~ildren. It .~. il;~!tr~ti~~s.m:~~tour besttpirtiints _.,• -- :ls mterestrng to note, that. m spite o( :,: cu _ Y compe on.s ,,-.·.,:,,, ,; the fact he was a man of peace, wheIA :._,1 may be seen at the Public Library the \"';~--· ·~· - --d . ' f 11 win th t· fi":"i,.·.-'.~'.1 the Revolutionary War broke out an •'., weeK o o g e mee mgs. ¾:i.fI-f.:I news of the Battle of Lexington reach- ;; Dr. F. G. Procter and Douglas Armsed Port~mouth, he sat u~ half ~he · jden have had prints hung in the Bar . /1'.,.:,,,- 1 night with hi& large family makmg · HarborAnnualSalon. ~}t,t.;-_. ;~.;.&.:tt~.:. ~0i~, ·' :~! il;:·:_.··.. 1 _ The Public Library has on exhibi~ ,.• tion the four photographs judged the . _ "best of the month" by members of .the , \ Piscataqua camera Club. They are: \. · 1 "Soft Dusks in the Noon Day" and ( . ·. "Purissima" by F. H. Procter, Jr. -:_ . "Becalmed" by o. w . Marvin, ·. · · "Potential Power'' by Kenneth , , _.' Grant. .,.-,..,_. •·~ ·•i.•'..- . : ..-.,<-•,· .• ,'.··/.-.•..•,, •.•.· . .,......,. ·.•. , .• ,., _:.':i,\, ·.. ~ir.~•:.w ;t~'!i).;:.!t ~: :.t5 ..• · ,.~,t~·-;_;~ -0..'..f:i,:,_';~.f,~• ,1'-·~'.ll'.•• ~-~--...._~•>'L.--11 ·•-~ ··~:i~~ •-<\jt'·1/-'·i.:.r,.·.,4,~fi~;-:--:,6;;>:;ffe ..,~r,.~·~.:'i:--t\•.-·~ ·····•.· • . ;:;:~~.,-\:. 1 f~ };;.,:?:.:•,l/t.:• '' ' "'.'•< ~,i ( f l ~ ,. -"~JJ:); -J~(:.ii\\j:.!.;:,t:\, '~(~i;~/{4':\;::/,;:/;:~:J1;){ ··.. :•·, ,·,,··-y_,,.•:··· ,,. "· .,,.,,., ...-..,~,. ··'"':,-:.• 1i~t~~~~fi;~;::~:~1~:1~t~~::IY~~~[~i#~~~~~~~il �z·on1·st Group Holds Sessl•on ~. In Th-1•8 ci·ty Rabbi Stephen S. Wise Of New York, Presl.dent Of American Jewish Congre s speaker At Banquet ael Olasner, Lebanon, and Harry Khar- <v , t~!~~~-llght of the"afternoon meeting was an address by Mendel M, Fisher of New York, director of the Jewish National Fund, who said it was only natur:::~:~!::i:e:h~ul<:ie~~~~~~o~!: ed because the Jews are a cosmopolitan people who.se influence on culture and economics is felt throughout the world. P1sher outlined a three-point program tor the Jews of America, saying it WlU be necessary to acquire land from the Palestine Arabs, raise money here to buy that land and to generally .strengthen ~ Zionist "';;'.:,~:•:,_::,::•lhe P"'••= eluded four Prominent rabbis, Abraham Hefterman ot Manchester, Harry Llberson and Samuel Epstein, both of Portsmouth, and Chaim Golden of Newburyport, TheMass, opening greetings were extended by Albert Woolfson, president of the Portsmouth Zionist district; Harry Winebaum, president of Temple Israel; Mrs. Lottie Nannis, president of th~ Portsmouth Badusab, and Mrs. Harry Winebaum tor the Council of Jew.I.sh Women. th With a very large attendance e sec- .;;_;;;;,;;;:;::;::;;;;:;;~,;;~~~~~~i;., 7 ond annual convention of the New Hampshire Zionist Organization of America was held in this city yesterday, sta with members present from every P rt of the te. there was great interestWhile throughout the much sessionofthe highlight was the presence of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York, who was the guest speaker at the banquet held In the evening in the Masonic Auditorium, Rabbi Wise, who is known throughout the world as a Semitic leader add who ls president of the American Jewish Congress, gave a very eloquent address and brought out many points of great value and interest. He predicted that an invasion of Czechoslovakia by Germany is the next step in the plan of Adolf Hltlel'. He ch1u·ged that Arab persecutions of Jews in Pale.stl.ne was with the support of the Did you know that Portsmouth had Nazis, and said, "If the Fascist and about twenty vessels engaged in the Nazi powers prevail over democracy D • STEPHEN S. WISE whaling trade in the olden days? Such then the death knell of the Jews will he own; in a land where the Jews could is the fact revealed by the research rung-but it wilJ not come to pass." constitute and could live as the majority of George A. Nelson, U, a, collector He continued by saying: "When a. rather than, as now, the minority; in a of customs here, who is the author of nation wages a racial war within it.,; own land where the ambitions of the Jews, a book upon the shlps and shipping of boundartes, then annexes the neighbor- as the dominant race, might be lim1ted Portsmouth, ing country of Austria, it is only one only by theft ablllty as a great people Mr. Nelson is compiling an addition• step removed from the invasion of rather than as a minority whose dis- al chapter for his book, setting forth Czechoslovakla, That must come aud tlnctlve aspirations conflict with and of this port. He has delved into re• we must not fear it, for it ls the only are tempered by the plans and the the facts in regard to the whaling ships way Hitler will be stopped," ) ideals of the majority." cords in New Bedford, Mass., for llla.• He said that five years ago the presThe all day session held lt.s bwlness terial in addition to that available here. ent situation might have been averted, meeting in the Rockingham Hotel in the Among the many interesting facts wben Great Britain and France took a afternoon when Abraham Machinist of disclosed is that the very first whaler neutral stand between the oppressor Manches~ was re-elected president, to sail out of Salem, Mass., was built and the oppressed Instead of asserting Samuel Green of Manchester, secretary, in our neighboring town of Newmark• a concerted strength, stating that as a and r. A. Brodie, also of Manchester, et. Mr. Nelson's book also discloses the result of the indecisive stand of th ese treasurer. The eight vice presidents tact that at least one Portsmouth sbip two nations the world today face.! an were elected in the following order: Al- mgaged in the African slave trade. abyss, bert Woolfson, Portsmouth ; Harry He made a. strong and eloquent ap- Shapiro, Concord; Louis Rudnick, peal for American Christians t.o give Nashua; Israel Barg, Franklin; Kaind their sympa.thy and understa ing man Alterman, Laconia; Charles Brody, to the efforts of the Jews to re-establish Berlin; Aaron Allber, Keene, and Alexa. homeland in Palestine after an ab- ander Budmltz Newport. sence, as exiles, of more than 1900 years The executlv~ board ls composed ot Gov. Francls P. Murphy was also a Harry Winebaum, Joseph Levitt and speaker at the banquet and gave an out- Morris Silverman Portsmouth; Maurstanding message, saying, "I can well ice Eluto, Jacob Schwartz and Hyman unden;tand the earnestness and th e in- Relngold, Manchester; Morr~ Stein !',nd tensity of the desire with which th e Philip Porter, Nashua; Samuel SteinJews have wishes that their race may feld and Samuel Flett of Claremont; secure political unity In a land of their obert Wein, Laconia.; Loul! Slelgman, Concord; H man Davis Berlin; Mich- r WRITING HISTORY OF PORTSMOUTH'S WHALING SHIPS I �T$33,6 IVIDEND H. L. Washington, Several Years In U. S. Consular And Diplomatic Service, L1ies Suddenly In England Yor\::, Me., Sept. 14 -Services were held J.t the Trmit,y Episcopal Church, York Harbor, for Horace Lee Washington, 74., who retired 111 1929 after 34. years in the United Stales consular and diplomatic services. He died suddenly Aug. 27 in Liverpool, England, as he prepared to board ship for New Yori< to come to his summer home here. Thu Rev. Dudle} S. Stark, rect.or of St Chrysostom's Church of Chicago, officiated. Burial was in the Village cemelery here. Honorary bearers were Boylst,on Beal or Bost.on, Dr Richard F O'Neil, John C. Breckinridge, Jefferson Fletcher, Hoffman Phlllii:i, Col. Morris Locke and Alexander LeGare of Washington, and Van Ness Phillip of Claremack, N. Y. Born in the city which bears his family name, Mr . Washington was graduated from the Boston Latin School and, in law, from the University of Virginia. He was admitted to prnctlce in Texa · in 1888, practiced tor a time in Fort Worth nd was traveling attorney for the Fort Worth and Denver railroad. With a backgroun d of travel to European capitals a: a youth, he was appointed a confict<!ntial clerlc in the tate department by James r . Blaine in 1892. He left Washington in 1894 to become viceconsul-general at Cairo. He became Lhe first, American consul to ·li'rve at Alexandretta, in 1896, and at Valencia, SpEl.in, three years later. He was made consul at Geneva in 1901 , anj consul-general at Capetown in 1905, relinquishing that office to become consul inspect.or for the district of 'North America, which included Mexico, Central America and Canada. Mr. Washing-ton was consul at Marseilles, then at Liverpool from 1909 to 1924 and brought his long career to a climax by serving as consul-general at London from 192-1 to 1928. He leaves l\ls widow, the former Helen Stewart Williams; a son, Sidney Horace Lee Washington, and a daughter, Miss Helen Lee Washington. Increase Of $1,562 Over 11937 Amount, $732,309 To Be Collected By State Portsmouth's share of the tax on interest and dividends to be collected by the State Treasurer, F. Gordon Kim• ball, will be $33,635, wnich ls $1,562 in• crease over 1937. The total collection called for by the state tax commission Is 73 ,309 as compared to $667,069 in 1997 and $469,• tlS6 two years ago. The rate of taxation this yeal' ls $3.41 per $100 or income as compared to a rate of ~3.43 in 1937 and $3.17 in 1936, While collected by the state the ta Is returned to cities and towns of origln less the costs of collection. Comparative amounts for the other ten cities of the state for 1938 and for 1937 were: Concord Berlin Dover Franklin Keene i,aconia Manchester Nashua ;Rochester Somersworth. 1938 54,443 5,329 14,848 6,971 23,691 9,653 108,105 51,118 31,344 2,287 1937 I 49,187 5,419 14,776 8,251 22,749 9,321 97,484 44,070 33,364 2,387 MOFFATT-LADD MANSION GARDENS MUCH ADMIRED t-i town. At the time it was built }.{arket street was a ehoice residential seotlon of the olty and there were other flne homes about lt. Even now there is a charm about its stately sett-mg, facl.nlJ as lt does the river and with the vl&w across to the Maine shore. But the beauty and privacy of the garden could hardly be realized until one strolls through it, as high fences, trees and shrubbery hide lt from the street, Each summer the New Hampshire Colonial Dames hold a garden party here, which is one of the social events of the season and attended, not only by members of that organization, but many summer guests in this vicinity. The proceeds of the same are used toward the upkeep of the home and grounds. The garden was, undoubtedly, laid out when the house was built and every effort is made to keep it as of olden times. At present It ls very lovely with its trees and wealth of flowers and shrubbery. Over the rear of trni house is a very large wisteria vine that attracts much attention. Blooming now in the garden are gladioli and phlox of various shades, choice Illies, roses, larkspur, heliotrope, pe~unia.s, marguerltes, verbenas, hollyhocks, zinnias, blue a.pd white monks\lood, alJ• tars, marlgolda and other flowers. Here~and there about the garden are inviting seats. There 1a a bird sano• tuary with lts bird bath and here have been planted berry-bearing shrubs and the blrda flnd · llttle to disturb them in this heltered nook. Outstanding features of the garden are its different levels and its grassy steps on the central path attract much attention. It is said that an old da• mask rose bush at the top of the steps hd been there since flrst the garden was planj;ed and that seven genera• tlons of brides have taken a slip from it. 'I; Few beautiful old-time gardena are more admired each summer than that of the Moffatt-Ladd mansion on Market street, the home of the Colonial Dames of New HamM,_hlre, and visitors are charmed with its rare beauties. The stately old mansion with its picturesque garden came into the possession of the New Hampshire Colonial Dames in 1912 from the heirs of Alexander Ladd, a direct descendant of Captain John Moffatt, who built the house in 1763. Many visitors have each week day during the summer viewed its rare treasures. From almost every state in the Union there have been tourists this summer, according to its register, also from abroad, Paris, France; London, Liverpool and Bedfordshire, England. They have viewed with admiration the skllled architecture and antique furnishings of this grand old mansion, known as the first three-storied house built in New Hampshire and upon its erection in 1763 was the wonder of the Groups from various garden clubs have visited this charming garden this summer and have found pleasure in viewing its beauties for the MoffattLadd House with its garden is one of the show places of Colonial Portsmouth and our residents may well be proud of lt, Visitors there a.re received most graciously by the attendants and flnd time passed in viewing this attractive place well worth while, �n_.~ :f--oe.v-~,tj~-·-,o~ · WO"f\~Y\·:~ du.lo,. ,. . .~.- __ :,, ;'e.'d· ~r--at,-·o'_ n -..._r-ca· ·v "·•·~ o~~ r~ ~ ~ I ~ .State ,i fiurchase Of Odr·orne's Pil. §_{_f~~~~-,:~<~oi~~~{_:_':'t. -~:~-~";\: 't~ r; Chc:i!sa:e~~ ~ege~/~h:~ ~~l~~~.t --,~~---~-'. participate in the large federation chorus which will sing at the annual /State Clara meeting next spring. /Mrs. B. in st.Hanover Clair presented . the new state song. Club membership may be increased by "selling" noJ; just "telling" of your club, Mrs. Ronald P. Bach of Keene -:: j' Large y ttended Meeting yesterday ;; stated, treating the problem of "how to gain members." She also urged uni:i, .. · .·• j ernoon versa! me~be'.ship in the Gei:i~ral Fed- ·., ;,.·, ; I,, · ( The New Hampshire Federation or I trlai program. ·. eration, porntrng out that umfled clubs ;•: ,· _- r·-' '.~ ·\ Women's Clubs met yesterday afterHe urged espacially that the blind be j mean strong clubs. · 1noon at Hotel Wentworth. A very in- given an opportunity to live and work ~wo loa~ were made by the scholar'. teresting session was held and it was :normally . The bllnd are not asking for s~1p committee, Mrs. Carl 1:fOOkin~ of jlargely attended. :, charity or partiality, he pointed out, as L~bon reported. Also speaking briefly i Mrs. Louis P. Elkins of Concord, the , he explained ways in which blind folk were Mrs. Char~es R. He~ly of ~an. \president, presided and greetings in be- 1 are made self-supporting through the [ ches~er, new chairm~n of_mternational !half of the Graffort Club were extend- / manufacture and distribution of Urelations; Mrs. Dame! Dmsmore, Con, ied by Mrs. Edith _Hayes, the president. brooms, through placement in private ·, way d!s_trict cha!rman, and Mrs. John. The response was by Mrs. Frederick industry and through weaving, knit- s~n ~fames, chairman of the Plymouth 'Prescott of Manchester, first vice presi- ting, sewing and basketry projects. MI'll. district. . :dent of the State Federation. Leah Bertwell of Whitefield is chairman , At the close of the afternoon session · 1 The club collect was led by Mrs. Bach of the club's public welfare division. the members visited t~e estate ?f Mrs. 'and the pledge of allegiance to the na"'.. , Expressing . "h :. . , e h ope th a,• con tin ue d Arthur th L. Hobson • t at Little - Boars Head. • t i by Mrs, Helen Wilkms of Nashua. The I· ork might be done to better individual In e evenmg h~re was a banquet a treasurer's report was given by Mrs h lth d h ' lif the Wentworth, with Mrs. Elkins and Trevor Gautier of Nashua. • Mea Man aDc ie ve ~ 1odnigert e f sptahn, Mrs. Walter Seavey, chairman of the 0 . . rs. ary , aVJs, rec or o e p ts th d' t i t 'd' M · - ; I The federation voted to support " ,'public health nursing division of the or mou is r c • _pres1 mg. us1. ·' resolution asking the state to purchase ,State Board of Health, outlined the cal selections were given by Dorothy ; Odiorne's Point at Rye the site of the mo th ercra ft program f or th e year. Th e Soule of Goffstown and . . Lovering t th f . • mov- . ', first settlement in New Hampshire. 'state board, she said, is offering 25 mg p1c ures of e our seasons m New l ; Mrs. Harry Davis of Manchester stated courses and to carry them on will have En~land w~re presente~ by Miss M, ! ' / that Odlorne's Point marked the birth- to arrange fo 300 lectures by lay and Dorothy Gibby and MISS Irene M, / , ' place of New Hampshire and was the lprofessionat people , Clubs may spon- 1Gurdy o! Rye , Raymond .. stevens of I . ., ., i spot where the pioneers landed in 1623. ,sor such courses by getting in touch , Landaff gave. ~ ta)~ on Your Taxes i , I She stated that the monument at the jwith Mrs . Davis and opening the talks ! and Tax Rev15ion. •, ,. Point, erected by the New Hampshire other members of the community. . / · r.· Society of Colonial Dames, in_ behalf o! In the work to be done with war vetPod;,~~•- ·•, ◄.. ~ \ \ - ~~ ; ·_'·/·• · which she s~ke, had fallen mto a de- :erans next year, Mrs, Gertrude E. Haw• . \ · •~'... .,_ • , \I.\ . -\'\~'& ,.:... :J , "·_.: ... . - plorable condition and appealed to the ;ley of Manchester, chairman, asked .. , ,._ ~~ ; . _.. _:: . ! · •, ·,; >}, women of New Hampshire to work to 1women to forward money, rather than · · ... · · ' -~ :.\(i -~·:,,., .. ·• make the place a credit to the state. A gifts, to the chairman, so that the gifts ,_; -1· • .'•,·· ;, 1 • -~ .·. motion that the federation cooperate in !distributed could be made more uniform ~,. •· · .. ,. ,.' f•· · •' · { the work was made by Mrs. Abbie A. •in value and mor,e appropriate for the ~ · L. James of Northwooct , /particular man who is to be the recipMrs. Sara Dickey Simpson sang for ,ient . Her department, she showed, disthe first time the New Hampshire Fed- Itributed 85,000 cigarettes last year. eration song, "In New Hampshire," the I New Hampshire has a little over $3000 \ words of which were ~itten by Mrs, 1to its credit in the foundation fund and ; G. Osborne of Oossv1lle and the music has two years to reach its pledge o! i by Mrs. Florence H . Burtt of Hancock. $5000. Mrs . Harry W. Smith of Durham Mrs. La.Fell Dickinson of Keene, sec- reported. Speaking of the work of the ond vice president of the General Fed- N. H . Field Army for the Control o! I 1 ·, ·, eration of Women'a Clubs, brought 1cancer she said that mor-e than $6000 . l greetings from the national organiza- had been raised and that there was now tlon. ia woman working in the cancer field ::The work to curb obscene literature doing follow- up work among patients. w.ill never stop, Mrs. Clara B. Fellows The name of the late Mrs .. Olie George . of Tilton reported, appealing to every was plaoed on the honor roll. · mdividual woman to fight obscene litSpeaking ori "The American Home," J ?rature and thereby ~ help put a stop Miss Helena Putnam, chairman, pointed oo the degeneracy which such reading to the need for adjusting democracy for · brings even in.to the best families and human welfare and emphasized also th$ _I the sex crimes which it inspires . subjects of family finance, safety in the C!ubwomen ~ay help the . blind . in home, a better understanding of ch!INew Hampshire by explaining to , dren of the teen age and the health and · friends the projects of the blind and I ,spiritual aspects of the home. · l by purchasing brooms made by the ' Mrs. Irene M, Shook of Concord, ' blind, Frederick Ward, who ls in charge chairman o! press and publicity, out1of the industrial program for the blind, lined the do's and don't for press chairpro- men, Mrs. Cyril D. Athearn of Man·i:. ,, . .. .- .,_ . . 1; a.sserted, outlining the fourfold gram for educating t)1~ blind child, ~d- chester, radio chairman, described = ,, ; . • ,. :~~-- • '1 •· · , - · • :, :: justing the adult blmd, conducting ,radio activities, and Mrs. Olga Jeffries . . : :-. · ;_'_,;.,;, .\ -': . home teaching and mapping an indus- i of Portsmouth spoke of broadcasting in ·, •' \: · ·s:''· ,. '\· ,· · -- ~-T--·-------·------~-..--- - -· - ~] the Portsmouth section. [. ~ 1 .. , ;_-_,,.·,,.7~ · :l, I ., ' Resolutions To That Effect Adopted At / \'-'J A ,:... Aft __JI' I -.I: , 1 , I Ito •# t:• . j :.l I .,I I •• i ' .~ ' - - - - - - -- - - - -- --~ ,.,.. '- •..•,, ~." I .,: �~ : \/ :('Ji:.:!:~:>r·"t.~~._;~;;,;~~:!.K;tt .,:c~iv~? "-f -'·, /-. ';-/;,< -~., 1~._·:1Ce!:. ·~ UAfv'~ts!~t'Y· ;...'r ~. c..\;~#~' :'.>,tt-·, sto.~ ~ _,l . ~ .·(,.!~- _.~-- .:- -~-~'1~;- '.f l't :tf~_ ·i\ r:>---~<_..'_~:-~:{ ;-"."~.:.f~:r~~~ -,·~· ·-•~-- :.\_ .. / · :<·. ~-A 4-. ,. ;>~:t--. ; ,.1:-v,· ;~;u;tY~~~g- Peop··1e '?'-~~:~~;~t~~~~~~1=:~ti·~ ~V\ _· ,.. •r.;: 1 :1•_: :---~·_.:. :.~_·-~;;.-\ ? '( •• ---~ -, t _i~~ ~r,tu =·: n_. . · ... 1 _.:' -'Ga·thQr For Ann'U]aI (·.,_; ·: :followed the activ1t1es closely. Noah · ,Parker, (a black and white smith), a ,i 1man of large thinking brain and a soul ': }:;,' 1 aglow with the love of the gospel, was ' ''J 1, / •. ~ la ·· :encouraged to become the minister. ,X3, '_. i After three or four years of diligent · ,\I ·1 study and prayer, with such help in ; · j the way o· preparation as Mr. Murray ·, t i • , ~ ·{."-'. coul~ render on his vi_sits here from time -:~·-\:, }it\i • • • . .c.':~'!':J to time Mr. Parker in 1777 began the '.;,:,:; (~: ! Rew-,. Ben.Jamin B. Her$iey Of Po:rdand, Nfo. 1 >:'.tJ work of his sacred calling, Servicef! · -,~t i'!:;,_, _! TI ..:S 11rr> D were held at times at the home of ·:Ji. c':'r, .l ahona.11. iries1uen{l., 0 oe pea er \I. D&lril.Q\Ue i,;'i George Massey. Mr. Parker continued _:;,,j ~·-f ·'J) TLJ!JlJl• . el!ll:ang . t er f or 10 years un tll h'1s d eat'h , ... , ◄j as m i ms ~- -:, ~;;::/., ,_.,..,.-=-=--=--:=----:::~:-'7= =~=:=r==;:'·,: He was one of the 16 New England ":~·~ V•.:;-\ Universafot yowtg people from all At 7 :30 Professor Berkeley will give '., _:: ministers who accepted the doctrine of -t'.. : tef{ ~ over l;he sta~t are gathering in this Sity an addr~s, ~is subj~ct being "1:1-e Use · :_:..' · Univers~l salvation, who attended a· :.,:_::J ;K_,. · . ft f • h opening of the of the Bible m Rehg10us Educat10n To- •.. 1 convention at Oxford, Mass., in 1785, · · fi: _ this a emooCl or t e . . . day." Professor Berkeley i professor . - i the first such gatherin~. George Rich- · -~ · convention of New Hampshire U~iver- of religious education in the Biblical ___ ards who succeeded oah Parker, wa.a f :,-. 1 salists . The Young People'~ ChrJ.Stian d-epartment of the Andover-Newton also in attendance. f ,:~'='~'i?( · Union oe New Hampshire wilt convene Theological School. He ls also a 1 The first meeting house of the Uni-\ .,,,,, f1l,f_·: l this afternoon. Reglstratio~ wtu take teach_er at the N~rtlifield Conference of •. versalists was the old Dearborn school- ·_:-· -_·.· _·• J7~ .1 place at the local church during the af- Religious Education and the Ocean house on Market street, corner of com- ;,.;', '1,r,~-~ ternoon and m the evening a banquet Park School of Method.,., He is a mercial Alley, where Adams' Drug _( ,·. will be held, at which Rev. Benjamin B. member of the ctepartm~nt of Religiou-, Store is now located. This became too, _' ·' ~J(:' Hersey of Portland, Me. , national presi- Education of the Massachus~tts Counsmall, and the Episcopal church (then \'\i'. B<i;~ 1 dent, will be th~ speaker .. William E. ell of Education and a writer of junior · without a rector) was tendered and ;,. cl ~JJA Gardner of Bosoon, executive secreta,ry, high graded lessons for the Judson accepted. Later the congregation moved ,rri I r--'rt,P is also on the program. Press. His address will close the Sun- . to the Sandernanian meeting house on ',;, .. · I -~if') A social hour will follow the banquet day School convention, /r<, what is familiarly known even today as -~i'/ %W;_ and at 9 o'clock a beach party wl!l be ·-_; ,,.. ·, •'·:.;-~/-' ;:; - :,. : :•:.ifi: -·:\:?, "Brimstone Hill.'' · /,ti f.'.t;;_t held at New Castle. A frie ndship circle ":-· '::· ··:- .:_·-:·~,(':', "- ·.•~. · ·:,i''(;ft Mr Parker continued spreading the .-:"·' {,,:':,: will bring the ev-entng's activtties to a · · .., ' .. '--· · "· ~ ·-;,:' .,_t seeds' of Universalism and gained many :·· : if::. _close. . ie ~•-,~:,.~ converts. In 1784, after being seven ·..:\ ;;\1'·' Saturday morning the business meet• . ·_',-_-:./ years at the Sandernanian meeting '.!]:/. .' ing of the convention will get underway ~ ·.-· house, a house of worship was built on _~;;r..:· at 8:15, following a 15-minute devotionVaughan street, the site of the present 9 ;l;}i:·: al period. The business meeting ls :' 11 Il\faplewood Garage, There they wor- :} ;;,::,, ·::-. schedu1ed t? last half an hour. -:.."i </t~)t-<. shipped for nearly 25 years. >{ ''.\ The concluding evems of the conven- .·~-", : · •2;)',;f~;:r,s• Following the death of the beloved . ;>• \ tion will be a lecture and discussi?n of 'tf· · -~ '\0~:g::,; Noah Parker there was no settled min- ·}(i:~ th-e Old Testament by . Rev, f>hllip S. '. l;,:;,_;;,,_;c. lster until August 1793 when George -.->H . . ' . Na.son of the local Methodist Church, • ,:. ?- . Richards of Bosto~ was called and soon ,?J;.._·/~t and an address on "Your Church In ' / U ~J;~~-\. after entered upon his duties. The ac- "'A~_· ~,.,.,.,,:,;·· Action" by Rev. !!':merson Hugh Lalone, l.,_-;:::;;;::::;;::;:::::====~~;;;;=:~,;2,·'..: 1·-.·., t!vities of the society meanwhile had --,,: t4\l}: D , D. , manag-er of th& Unlver;;allst · \' •-•~:.):~"-', -~- ' been carried on and services were held Publishing House and editor of The -·, · 1 History Of The '._.~;;.;.:,·:.,. as often as supplies could be obtained. ... 8_ :[l'.i'.'\: Helper. -_1 A petition was presented to the Geri• ·•:/• i.l;l Sunday afternoon the Universalist rganizabon na rowt eral Court of New Hampshire for in- ·.,~; i~*~.: Sunday School oonvention opens. At Of The Universalist Church corporation under the name of the ~'s}:i:·,_- 2 o'clock the devotional service will ba l-=~~;;~=========:===:=:========,--J Universalist Society of Portsmouth• . ,.,, !;f'\,·· led by Eugene Adams. Rev , F. B. In connection with the 106th con• . This was granted and Gov. Josiah t,?-';$!,:i Chatterton, pa.star of the local church, :;{.··vention of the New Hampshire Univer- ·: Bartlett on June 18, 1793, signed the . will extend a w~lcomQ. to the visitors and -f-J Ii t Ch ch which begins hi this city act of incorporation and the following · _ [$';;~,''. the response wil~ be by E_. Roy Burk~ of ,, sa s ur_ . _ , " hat ;:' month the society was organized un- ·.\: 1 st 15 'fA_,"t;.,> Claremont, pr~s1dent of_ the_associat1011'1 ,. tomorrow, it imer_~ ing to note t th : i. der this charter. . :{ &-.f:~' The first busmess session LS scheduled J he Universall~t Society of Portsmou ," ·. George Richards was here for five •·..: nd i:~_ -_-.,. to start at 2 :20 and the r~ports of the -~_•·1 1s the oldest m the st ate a one of _ J~· · years and then a service of ordination : :-, i!}T:; secretary and tr_easurer wm be given,:_. the first in the country. , . ho ;· was held. This was the first Univer- .: ·, (,_;;;::·.-:•:. also the recommendations. On Nov. lO, 1773 , John Murraj, w .- salist ordination held in Portsmouth •.· ?.¾\"..; , At 3 o'clock a panel discussion will be .. ;was everywhere recognized as the apos- ; Richards received less than $300, per f-;$)=-:~ - held on "The Effective Church School." ·. \t!e of Unlversalis~ in America, _came .;,. year and his efforts were tireless in his ._.,. _ ~,-,,~- Prof. James P. Berkeley of the Andov- 1to Portsmouth. He was here fo~ some . work. It was under his ministry that -~ er-Newton Theologica School \\ill Jtline and referring to his l~b~rs ~~ ,. the building, now spoken of as the l· ;:-;,\· lead the discussion and among the · ;Portsmouth Mr. Murrey wrote. I w · Old Universalist Church was built. members will be Mrs , Sarah )received with mo st ~lattering marks of . This building which was burned March .:': ;t:.f~~/t;. · Morgan Mercer of Nashua, Mrs. Lewis ,.: !kindness. The pul,pit of the separat~ 28, 1896 was considered one of the most ,:-,'i !'}f-; i Pike of Nashua and Rev. J. Wayne ,.,/ minister, Mr. Drown, th en recent!~ dt .•. beautiful colonial church_ edifices, from / ~;c".: :·, Haskell of Concord. ·,;., ceased, was thrown open to me. M} a .. an architectural standpomt. ,-· il4L{·;·:• At 4 o'clock Miss Katherine E. Yer• . O: herents were truly respectable, ~nd I ::'' On Jan. 29,· 1807, plans were made ::: ~;-c:r .:, rington of Arlington, Mass ., will give a ;/, was urged to take up m residence 1 and the church was dedicated the fol• ,~•talk on "The Value of Music LT\ Ch:1rch ··: among them. The meeting house oi :·\~ lowing year. It was the largest church · 1 ~fn:-',.-1 Schools" and the concluding busmess ·:· :,, Mr. Drown so~n becoming too small, -: · in New Hampshire. The church ante((::;;.\_,_.-_ ,.-J, :iession will follow at 4:30 at which of- .,; \was invlted mto th e pulpit of Dr. t1< dated st John's by about four months; ;.,<Ji,•·' • I • I prea ched • two • :,;-.i {· ;·. jficers for the year will be' elecred, ··, · iLangdon, wnere ,. cler- 1r_,c: the cornerstone of each was laid in 1803 t'~:;f'' • . •·.' < <>;:,; ~-~- . _: . ·>''{"1 gymen occupying seats th er~in._. . _,•, )::·• but the Unlversalist was the first to be 1 oh~~c~ ••. -"-. 1 !•·'. J ,!fJt: •·.-~-; conv·~nti»IOD p N • E • :- -;' T S k t -~·:·: -. ' A11- • •_y Jz~· w-r ,i ~-r1 0 ·fRapp,(Jning_s --:==~~~~~====; ;, -O1 Yiears I··<· , • IGn ne BiJ \} 0· : ; · : , l ~:r'<. I~~; < \O. .. . A G h ::J ~Tffi~,;1· ,< i".;~~·_ 1 + h,i?? rrr. :c l:;;:/ it~:l;.i,;:,i;,L~;i~:;~]~~}~~s2 -~-~~£~1~&~t~i0l~~~t~:E~ \; ~{-~~'.<i~;(~i~~i~~ ~~~~~:?·~80~~ ~ ::s .~:~:~: ~:. �'}i,.l~.~.~;'./J'r.'ti:\:;,:· Rev. Mr,. Richards remained het·e 1e '1 pits in the local church were convino- t~ which ~PP~~p;li;."t~d mor~ m~ne~· ~;e~ ·e years. and was succeed~ by that dis- r ing_ and sincere speakers. The pastors f.: the Unitarian, Middle Street Baptist '/!~\ ·,::<" :· . . tingmshed leader of umyersalism, Rev. ldwing th~ second 50 years included the and Episcopal. ?J"-~\ ,;_ .··' ;, . ~q:r:~;: Hosea Ballou, who was installed Nov. tollowlng. :_ -Mr, Hebbard resigned June 1, 1876 :.\, /: ·, · . :_-:·. ;~/;-' a, 1809 at a salary of $800'. a year. BalRev. Edward Tl.U'ner, 1824 to March and withdrew •from tlle ministry. La- l:/'.'':'-_', 1 ·. r.r;;y,-: Jou !.s recognized as · one of the men :· 18~8, was follow~d by Rev, Thomas F, i; ter he resumed the practice of law in ,:\;.',:•'..: t:-:." />. tt;\,t· who ~de ~at c~ntribut~ons to ~e ~ King, father of the noted Rev. Thomas :"\ Taylorsville, Ind. 1.,,,;,'}\,'{~\~, ,· -~ f;.;/i{.. cause of Umversahsm. His "Treat1Se · I St.arr King, July .1828 to 1835, Another , ; Rev. Eugene M. Grant ser\'ed from '\·➔·'~',:,,-;-•. ,. ;· .,·-: ~;t: On the Attonement" the 1frst stdctly i Ballou followed in the pulpit of H~sea HOct. 1876 to Oct. 1881, followed by Wll·.:!}', f,~':;~, Unlversa,list book published in this Ballou. This was Rev. Moses Ba,lou ' liam E ; Gaskin, July 1882 t-0 May 1, '. Jg::\{',:,.:f'/1::;:\ ~1'~},' flountry, and one of the most convino- . Wh~ was pastor from June 16, 1836 j 1884, and Lee H. Fisher, Sept. 1886 to ~ ~i/g' ,.,, ~c1.,-.:.·1-. mg books on the subject, was largelyj: until 1842, He was recal~ed ,thi·ee yean •., Aug, 31, 1889. Mr. Fisher was married r, ;.\r.,'c;_. ,.•.:; · · · .· ·,_ planned, if not written, while he wa.s1·· later _and was here until 1848. In the 1 while here, his wife being Miss Mary E, I. :fV,,:_-:,-~;-'; here. . ,, mtenm Rev. George W. Montgomery l Blaisdell F 1cJ.t'i ,, Ballou ·was a Btrong supporter of the,', was the pastor. From Aug. 6, 1848 to j Henry R. Rose, just out of theologi:rJ.::·~ itw;,>I War ot 1812, while sentiment in Ports+ 1850, Rev. Silas S . Fletcher was minis- '; cal school, served as pastor from July ! _ i{-'.:-mouth as well as the rest of New Eng-( ter. Rev. W. A. P. Dillingham served 11, 1891 to Feb. 1, 1893. Dr. Rose also ,:ii_.~ l.A.>:·'·;·:. land, was against it. The war brought: trom 1851 to 1852, resigning due to 1ll ·.: married a Portsmouth young lady, Miss r.:•:.,\'.•.·. •-.· ·~r.:.f-\·. tf£:) ruin to New England Bhippmg, andJ• health, He was followed by Rev, Lem- ; Ida Jones. He had a most successful l;,.i~';J-it~?,.,};:.: ,_.,_,_ jB,f,_..1 that had a great deal to do with thei r uel Wlllis who w~s here from 1852 untU \ Pastora:te and his evening services fill- t_;;;':,•:.;:~;i.{,;fL\· '.t '?,'\'.');- attitude o:f New Englanders.• ms teel- · 1855, Rev. Adomram J. Patterson was , ed the church to capacity. Dr. Rose is :· ::c:.---::.('.-t;·tf./.)' f~;.;,:: • ings were voiced from the pulpit, and . i the next ,minister and his pastorate was •i still living, the oldest minister in point \.;.j:.\.;,ef::-;)/r •,. -.:ft, it was not uncommon to have some of the longest with the exception of Mr. : of service,· of the Portsmouth church. f.:· ,:;f;"'tfr\•; i· ~JJ}, the congregation walk out in the mid- : :Richards, being here 11 years, from 1855 . J Rev. Curtis H. Dickins came here ,';:_t,,~:\~;.'/(('.?i ~ .. -,,,.,.," die of a sermQn, never to return. He re- to 1866. The city directory ot 1857 list- i Jan, 9, 1894 and the most outstanding ::•:' Si;/~:tM' 0 ,, maained in 1815 when he acGeptecl a call 4ld 150 pupils in the Sunday School, : events were the burning of the beau- *,. 'it. ,:•} :-::"·~ '; t-0 Salem, Mass. He returned to favor ,tmd 5oo volumes in the library. It was I tlful colonial structure and the build- :" .+if.·..;/,~ • following the war, evidently, for there ·., during th e pastorate of Rev. A. J, Pat- . L>lg of the present edifice, There are ::' ~i.;_ was a united effort on the part of the ·,. terson that the interior of the church · people who well remember that morn- ;, :. local society to keep him here longer. ·., was remodeled. This was in 1858 and > ing on March 28, 1896 when the entire ~, It was while he was here that he was new pews replaced the old pews. The , South End was threatened by flames. ·, ·. called to task by Rev. Joseph Walton, •. ?~•dedication service took place on ?ec, 1 • It was a dark day for the parish, but f i . pastor of the Independent Congrega- ' !B of that year and Thomas Wh1tte- 1 before the ruins of the building had tional church for the comforting . more of Boston, noted editor, who was , ceased smoldering plans were under '_; '" ... · ·'.·.· thot:ghts _Ballo{t h ad given at a funeral r known as ''The Chri.st!an Warrior," was w_ay for rebuilding. The services con- 1_:i:'.'ft?z: ')f}'h . .service. t I the speaker. ' ·: tmued regularly, being held afternoons r.:. ~}(:)/ Daniel Webst er occupied thE desk at ( ! Mr. Patterson s pastorate was dur- 4 at the North church. The church edi• .. _ ~\f., t.he Universalist church on J uly 4, 1812 jlng the Civ~ War days and hG request- fice was Insured for $5000, and $2,000, .,; ·,:_-~-U i;;::'.:."'.'. delivering an_ oration on the occasion • . $d P;rmlssion to go to _war. but the : ~ad been rai~ed to _refurnish the old ,_. ,., t:f/?:'· t~g.'·'.t'.· Rev. Sebastian Streeter came as min- Wls~ion~~Al be~j~~<i _the wlnl.ster ?o~lld / structure so with that amount the stout- :·:'.fi\):}~!,!s(}'_;t./:_:: :"r.'iit:. ister the followi."lg year. He remained better serve his callmg b! rema1mng 1 , hearti,d members of the parish set out . ,-,1':-',,1•.j;, ~.-;j i"1,~;r2 tintll 1824 and it was while he was pas- l here. ,However, he did obtam a leave of J to build & new church home. A cross .\ tor that the Toleration Act was passed, f· absence later _and for several months -1 which now decorates the front of the ·, People today have no idea of the in- h was in Washmgton where he serYed i present church was made :from some tolerance toward the Universallsts be• i.J as chapl~in. · , . j of the ~imbers of the old church which ··· fore the passage of that act in 1819. f Follow,ng the pastorate o. Patterson i did not burn. 1 Barstow's history of New Hampshire came Russell T. Ambler, June 1, 1867, ' When the meetings were held re. says: "Before the passage o:f the Tol• 1to Mar. 1869 and <korge W. Bicknell, garding the rebuilding, there was a J eration Act, people bore, with aston- ; ; Nov. 14, .1 869 to Oct. 29 , l87l. Mr, .Bick- question of moving to another location · _;-,,'r 1shing patience, the support of a con- '.~ nell was the father of_A. Ingram Bick- and a vore was authorized that the >%t~';\ gregational order by law. Year after : nel~, present treasurer of the Univer- new site be at the corner of Middle year had the honest quakers, Baptists ; sallS t qeneral Convention. Street and Miller Ave. However, that :.;f;~·~:r and the Universalists, been taxed •for ! Orson F. Van Sise, at the age of 22, vote WM! rescinded a.nd the "Dresent ""' the suppo1·t .of a religion in which they l after serving for two years as pastor brick building rose . on t~1e old site. The f;t•' ~\itt{ did not belleve, and when he refused ~ at Auburn, Me., came here on May 5, /church was deqioat-ed, i;nat •la-st part of ;._,.--:%_. · ·· · payment was sent to the dungeon or i 1872, On Dec. 1, ten days before he was the year 1896, ·, - ; • · --;r,« · ruined by III never-ending law-suit." ~ to have been !nstailed, he resigned due Mr, Diet.ins -stayed for two y,ears ; · Continuing the history says "the Godly ill -health. His resignation took ef- and his successor was Rev. George E. · folks have fought hard and long for! l feet on Jan. 1 of the following .year. Laighton now of Somerville, Mass. Mr; religion, but the wicked ones outnum• 1: ! Seven years later he recoyered his - Dickins later entered th~ United: States bered them and religion is clean goneJ 1health and began a pastorate in Algi- :Navy as a chaplain, retiring some years { This was from a congregational view• na, 0 , While he -was here the ve-s try I j ago t-0 his home ln· 'Br-06kfieid , CentEr, , point, In 1819 -the toleration act was f ' was remodeled and rededicated, This i IConn. , '· ·' :, · ' . , 1 ; · ·' :. passed in New Hampshire, placing au [ j took place on Dec. 19, 1872, at the Uni- ;! One of the outst.a.ncilh1(-everits: dur':. · . t,::l': religious societies in the !tate on an \ ] versallst Sabbath School Convention, ! ; ing the pastorate of Mr.''La.ighton was •.!;'. ··· \;. e~ual tooting, dependent on free con- f] After the resignation of Mr, Van Sise, L; the bttrning of the inOl'tgage qn 'the . '.-:i: ,·. tr1butlons." l l the church was nearly two years with- i' church, This was a big event a'nd took J.t,l',.,,.:. ,. j' ' Thus the :first 60 yea1·s of Univer-l' j out a permanent minister. In April a \.i place wit.h appropriate ceremonies. Mr. '..'\/~}! '.;: eallsm in Portsmouth came t-0 an end.l'l call was extended to Rev. S. s. Heb- ;) Laighton concluded his 'duties in ·· l909 • The next 50 years include many out- (; bard of North Bridgewater, Mass., to J and his S'Uccessor ·was, Rey;'. ~h~rl.~s. ii. :,·' 11 standing men ·1n that denomination t , become the pastor at a salary, of $2,000, ; Emmons. ·Mr. Emmons is·· now · one· 'o! , l!s ministers of the church. Records of f~ He accepted and commenced his pas• j the · vlce presid~ilts ··of, the' Uniy~rsalist · ·,)· the earll~st periods are not available [:i toral duties the first Sunday in MaY, ,I General conventions:- During the 'l)eriod, , ~- and those of a later date are not very ;_; In June he received an honorary de- 1; he served as minister h~re_. ttt_e· p~rson:.· ,?,. inclusive. · As w~s true with Universal- Hgree of Master of . Arts at the 17th an- \; age located on Daniels ·~tr~et was, sol~'. z; ism throughout New England, :less at- p nual commencement of Tufts Coll~ge. ~ . George 0. Boo~·came ;t-0, Pbrtsoio?tl;l ,:'~ ! tention was paid to organization than ! o In a list of churches appropriating I' m 1913 and remained ·,for :one yeai;. _, .. '.-:~ to and the men who occupied the pul- !.: money for music, the Universalist I He was a young maii"anti' this was ':liis 1 0 :1°t~~t ti:;~ 1 ~1·:.~;:-,.~.:·j fi·Wt·,q t14:l::' f: ! i <· i'; ~;:g1'.(/;- ,r. 0 ~9i;;1 i? ,. . r;:, ~ ._. ! 1 i ! 1. ifl fitJ. l tfl:~t(~ }}1~ f~.to ?i 't lii}i;):_Lto •·pr~~~~f~~~;: :~·~:=~~~-;,~,~~~~,~~ ,~~~~)) :;~~6~~n~:~e: ~~~c~~: :i~; ~7~. p~~:~·..:::'. :, ~: \~~~·. ~~~;~~~~ ~)i,=;·fa_;i~:~f.r= �'\b -h,,,.,n·amngmlsdo- Wo,k"ln th•f· 1· t Of n1versa IS S · ·u·· ---~-;--- :;;I?t=::::s5::;rtt:1t!~~;~=-··: - -- ~ ~ --·------ New Hamp~. h•ire·. . -- . -------· ·-....,···-~- !"; 1 . ary .Association. 'Following 1_:l,ev. Mr. Boorn came Rev. Luther W. Attwood, . w!1o remained from 1914 to 1916. Mr. . . Attwood ranked very high as a speaker : '. and Mrs. Attwood was a celebrated or• '_,:; , ganist and writer. · ' · · ' \ . Following the·1>astorat€ of Rev. ·F. ·A. Dllllngham from 1917 to 1920, the war, ; , years, the church closed for a brief per- 1 +: ~ :iod due to several difficulties. Although ( · · ; the church was closed the Sunday 1 .,_., ; School continued its sessions, ilnd the l :I· . .,; : Ladies Social Circle !tept active. Th_e · . l 21Sll .; opening of the church ·tne · following • ,,: , year was due in Ii, ' great part to t:11-e l. Jill -'\ · .; ladies ot the church, who then 'as well 1as now, are always on the . job in sup, porting fr. Rev. Alfred J. Cardaffserved . I i until 1926 when his ·health was poorly challenging talk, "Your a book called "True Specim~n of Apoo.- I:! and he resigned. Mr. Cardall built ·up With a. tolic Christianity." which consisted of I : the - church greatly. His successor was Church in Action,'' Dr , Emerson H. L)l,• excerpts from the work o! the ~nglis~ 11 =• ; Rev. Allen Brown, who was one of the of Boston, manager of the Uni• Universall.st, Reilly, togetner with 1-u.s , . :- ~ i most beloved ministers in the ·long list . !,\ lone versalist Publishing House, last evening own comment. " Dr. Lalone mentioned r . ' of pastors of the church: But his ad• . , , :- : mlra.t.ion was not confined to the people ; closed the annual convention of the the worlc of Rev. George Montgomery : Young People's Christian Union Of the (who in 1843 was pastor of the Ports• r' ,. · of that church but to t1;e city as wen. ! Universallst church on a very high · mouth Unlversalist Church> and h!s / · . · · · He came here 1n 1926 ,rom Rumford, Me. During the spring of 1928 ·the city : plane. The convention, which opened book "The .Law of Kindness; · which f'. here yesterday, continued throughout em~died the gospel of Universalism, !, was stunn€d with the news of his sud• c' the morning, ending with Dr. Lalone's which had a great influenc~ o 19th den death. He was to have received an : talk. "We are doing things worth century thought. f' honora1·y Doctor of Divinity degree In discussing the establishmem of the ~ from Tufts College at the commence- I while in this present world," stated Dr. Lalone, as he told hls listeners that, Christian Leader, the denominationa[ : ment within a few months of his de• mlse. He was the first minister of the 1 like the disciples of Jesus, some of the paper of the Universalists, he spoke of / church to die while actively engaged as l Universalists fwl discouraged and con• Hosea Ballou, another e0,rly Portsmouth 1pastor. In the fall of that year Rev. : fused. He brought out that the early pastor, who, with the assistance . of l-, · Christians received a vision and went to Henry Bowen, established "The Umver: f Frank B. Chatterton, was selected as work and rediscovered that kingdom salist Magazine," a direct ancestor or i , the mlnister and he started his· minis• which their Master had told them was "The Christian L~ader. •· He paid r : try the first Sunday in September, 1928·. within themselves, and by the power of trlbute to i::>r. Frederick Bisbee for his ·.:.---: For ten years he has been pastor, and that kingdom conquered the kingdo,ms able work in spreading the gospel of r · .-~.·-; has built up the church considerably. 1 of their world. So he drew a parallel Universalism by means· of the Christlao. l. ,, . ( \ .. - From a one day a week church the a~:. 1 with the church of today. "I am con- Leader, saying: . ;.<\/ .; tivities include something each day, vinced that the spirit is speaking to the "The Apostle Paul, once wr iting to :}~ : j making a sewn-day week of activities. , men and women of our church today, some of his converts, said: . 'Brethren:, ·.::t: :;: He has been responsible !or •a large and bidding u.s all go to work for our liberal I beseech you that ye present your :-:·, ·• : active group of young people, as well Christianity, and I am convinced that bodies a. living sacrifice .' Dr. Bisbee ·, ; as one of the largest organization of ".i women that the church has ever ,, we are beginning to heed the voice of came very near to literally fulfilling :.~-,;· · !known. As he enters the 11th year of . 'jthat spirit more· now then we did a few that admonition. He presented h!SI body 'a living sacrifice' to the spread• ·1 ministry he gives promise of estab- 1vears ago. "I find a strong, healthy morale ing of the Universalist evangel of God's ~ ~. · I Ushing a new record tor the number of I fatherhood and man's brotherhood, as · · ~ years a minister has ever remained at lamong Universalist people today, j also find that there are folks who are editor of the Christian Leader, ~or man:r f''" . I the local church. . . .. ' Idiscouraged and question the value of years, because for years Dr. BJSbee WM r All such, I in almost constant pain, yet he carried 1their church activity. . think, should look at their church as a on, and carried on cheerfully . · whole, and I want you folks to think "Some day the story of John val\ with me about the Universallst .c hurch Schaick (the present editor) will be .told in action in the different phases of its and credit given to his sacrifices for h!a · / "ctivity," he continued. . church. He, too, carries on . " · i Discussing the summer institutes, he Telling of the Clara Barton Camp at ' : spoke of Ferrf Beach, which was es• Oxford, Mass. , he mentioned that th!& , j ; ablished by Rev. Quillen H. Shinn fol• was an illustration of the Universalist'a . I lowing the establishment of a meeting Christian valuation of childhood, as it Li ... :place at The Weirs. He mentioned the a camp for diabetic children . "Here la eight other institutP.s, at Murray Grove, a project that was started and carried N. J.: Turkey Run, Ind.; Shelter Neck, on successfully by Universalist poople 1 !· N . C.; Caledonia, o. Hayes Park, through the years of the world's great- F Mich.; Camp Hill, Ala., Northern Cali• est economic depression, It has grown)· / fornla and southern Cal!fornia, where in its service through everr year since · Universalist and Unitarian rel!giou.s 1929 ·• he stated, adding, "there is Unl• '. educators and churchmen gather, vers~list action that any man may wen· l The speaker told of th~ Universalist be proud of and proud to be associated l Publishing House and of its establish· with. " . . _. l ment three-quarters .of a century ago. Under the heading of Neighborhood .'· · 1 "The importance of the printed word in houses he mentioned the Prescott Me• the spreading of our gospel cannot be morial Neighborhood House . of the 1overestimated. John Murray was pub• Church of the Divine Patermty In the , 1lishing in this country seven years be- crowded WesL~ide of New York City, · .. \ fore there was a single Unihvedrsfairl_!stt; I . . ' ·...,__., . ::,./;.·_·· He publis e. ~ "...J,;.,_.•""'_.:~.-"-'-'--~--- ~ -_. .;...,;. ·' tchurch - · r.:-· •· in existence. .. .. Mee·t•1ng Here iJ ' O d ]L Young People's Convention -~ene0 Evening-Sunday School Sessmn This Afternoon i· l.. i r. ! I 1 r I )J I l �the Unity House in the city of Minne• a polls, Minn., and the Friendly House, a settlement house located in the moun• tains of North Carolina. Homes for the aged were discU&Sed next and he spoke of the Delos H. Thompson Home for Aged Women, which for years did a great work in the atate of Indiana; the Chapin Home on Long Island, which for many years has housed scores of aged folk who other• wise would have known a lonely and uncomfortable old age; the Messiah Home in Philadelphia, the Doolittle Home 'in Foxboro, Mass ., and Bethany Union, a home for business girls at a cost within their means, which was carried ·on through the depression years at no small cost of energy and financial .sacrlllces on the part of Universallst laymen. Turning to the question of local churches he called attention to the fact that a thousand men and women as new members came into local Unlversa• list churches during Lent and the East• er sea.son of 1937, and, according to the partial reports to June 1 of this year there were over 1000 new members. Asked why they joined, fie said "be· cause there is something vital in those churches." Telling about some of the activities of individual churches, he -,aid: "I know a small town where a mlnlster and his Universallst people have worked together over 30 years, minis• tering both to the village and the surrounding rural area. This minister and people saw need and courageously tackled it. They built a parish house, which is the education and social center of their community, and today 'Clint' Moulton ls known and respected and loved for miles up and down the Mohawk Valley over in New York state. His church is the center of education and spiritual uplift for miles around the village of Dolgeville, N. Y. "I know another minister and people who built not only a parish house in a small town, but built that parish house into a community library, and I think of another small community, in which there was once a kind of perpetual conflict situation. In the local Universa• list Church there was organized a little frank forum group. For three years the group continued in the Universalist Church and then by request of several other organizations in the community it moved into the public library, where for several years it has been and still is an important community forum. It Is a primary factor In ironing out situations which once were dangerous to discuss In that community. "All of this is Universalism in action, unselfconsciously giving itself to the nearest needs of humanity out of the deep riches of its spirit. "This Is the kind of church you are called upon to take Into its second century in your state. It is best described by Charles Rand Kennedy'a immol'tal prose poem, 'The Servant in the House.' 'You must understand this 18 no dead pile of stones and unmeaning timbers. It Is a llvh1g thing. When you enter it you hear a sound, a sound as of some mighty poem changed. Lis- n ong enough and you will learn that It is made up of the beating of hwnan hearts, of the nameless ·music of men's souls, that Is, if you have ears. If you have eyes, you will presently see the church itself, a looming mystery of many shapes and shadows, leapillg shear from floor to dome, the work of no ordinary builder. The pillars of it go up like the brawny trunks of heroes, the sweet, human flesh of men and women is moulded about its bulwarks, strong, impregnable. The faces of little children laugh out from every cornerstone. The terrible spans and arches of It are joined hands of comrades, and up in the heights are inscribed the numberless musings of all the dreamers of the world, It is yet building and built upon. Sometimes the work goes forward in deep darkness, sometimes h1 blinding light, now be· neath the burden of unutterable anguish, now to the tune of great laughter and heroic shoutillgs like the cry of thw1der. Some times in the silence of the night-time one may hear the tiny hammerlngs of comrades that work up in the dome, comrades that have climbed ahead.· " extend a welcome, which he d d mos heartily. Russell Spangler of concord, vice president, and Erlan Woodward of Dover treasurer also spoke briefly. Oth~rs who spoke briefly were Kath• erine Schnelder, president of the Con• cord union; Olivia Willis, a representa• tive of the Manchester Y. P. O. U.: James Young, president of the Dover union and Rev. Arthur A. Blair of Nashua, superintendent of the New Hampshire Universalist churches. William E, Gardner of Canton, Mass., executive s~cretary of the National Young People's Christian Union, was also called upon and spoke briefly. The principal speaker was Rev. Benjamin B. Hersey of Portland, Me., national president. He took for his subject "Some Challenges to Our Faith" and took his text from Paul's message to the Hebrews. He challenged his lis• teners to think of what Is going to happen in the futw·e and that they must take some action for the people who follow. "As a Unlversallst, I consider it a positive challenge to better the past, correct the present and build for the future." He spoke of the oft-repeated statement as to the smallness in numbers of New Officers Elected the Universallsts, saying, "Do you real• At the election of officers the fol- ize that the whole Universalist church lowing were chosen: grew of a little band of 17 people-17 President, Russell Spangler of Con- people who formed the Independent cord. Christian Church of Gloucester? Vice president, R . S. Pettigrew of Think what you could do with the•enPortsmouth. thuslasm with which those 17 started Secretary, L. Forrest Bergulund of out. Too many people," he said, Manchester. "think of the Universallst church as Treasw·er, Robert F. Morgan of only a century and a half old, but," he Concord. poillted out, "today in other pulpits men Advisors, Eugene Adams of Ports- are hearing as new discoveries those mouth; J. Wayne Haskell of Concord. things which were preached in the Member of the national committee, Unlversallst church 150 years ago, It Ls Russell Spangler of Concord. something to be a whole century and a Rev Philip S. Nason, pastor of the half ahead of our times," he said. • M.eth~dlst church, gave a very interIn closillg he spoke of some of the esting lecture on "The Old Testament" and presented it to the group In Unlversalist pioneers and cautioned his a very interestillg manner. He called hearers not to rest on their laurels. "There is no standing still. That attention that the Old Testament was written primarily as a book of which apparently stands still starts to religion, not as a book of history or move backw rd," he said. "We have opportw1itle undreamed of by our slcence. He spoke of the attitude fathers and our grandfatl1e1s," he conwhich college professors .have taken, tinued and spoke of the great religious as well as others and spoke of the move~ents in the land, sayh1g, ''We contradlctions in the New Testa- have a faith that is at once satisfying ment, telling how they occurred as and uplUtlng and here we are in a they are written fJom a different world which for many people means viewpoint. discouragement and the sweeping away "The Old Testament Is a great of their faith. Here we have a religion book. I urge you to search its depths that goes hand in hand with silence. and know its teachings," he said in We have inlinlte possibilities and we closing. can rise above the present turmoil of Following the talk by Dr. Lalone, this world, even as Jesus rose above the convention closed with a picnic his," he stated. lunch at Peirce Island . Following an hour's social period all went to N~w Castle for a beach party. Convention Banquet This was tSrought to a close with the The convention got off to a goo.I start tradltlone.\ friendship circle under the ith the annual banquet which w leadership of Eugene Adams. held In the vestry of the church. A Sunday chool Convention very fine supper was servl!<i by the The N. H. Universallst members of the Ladles Social Circle ot school convention will open the church. Robert F. Morgan of Con. o'clock this afternoon. Following cord, state president, presided as toast• devotional period the first business master. Rev. Frank B. Chatterton session wlll be held at 2.20. gave the invocation. o'clock a panel discussion will Following the supper Toastmaster held with Prof. James P. Berkeley as Morgan called upon Richard s. Petti• grew, president of the local union, to �Miss Katherine E. Yerrington Arlington wlll be the speaker at o'clock 011 "The Value of Music in the Ohurch Schools." The concluding business session be held at 4.30 at which time resolutions wlll be adopted and officers selec~ed. In the evening at 7.30 Prof. Berkeley will be the speaker. His subject will be "The Use of the Bible in Religious Education Today." Pilgrimage Day on Sunday The Unlversallso churches in the state wlll be closed so that all can attend the opening sessions at Portsmouth. Thls will be observed as Pilgrimage Day and Universallsts from all over the state will attend. At the morning worship service Rev. Barron F. McIntire of Marlboro will be the preacher. Holy com~ munion will follow. In the afternoon at 3 o'clock the women's meeting will be addressed by Margaret Slattery. Her subject · wlll be "Morning Must Come." The church offlcl'als' meeting at 4 will b!;l addressed by John M. Rat• cliff, secretary of the Universalist General Convention. Dr. James Gordon· Gilkey of Springfield, Mass., one of the best known speakers in New England, w111 be 1the speaker at the evening ser-vice. His subject is "Four Momen• tous Developments in Europe Today.'' Dr. Gilkey •teturned recently from Europe and his facts are from his ob ervatlons there. The convention on Monday morning will open with a ministers' breakfast at the Rockingham, with Rev. Robert Cummins, D. D,, as the &peaker. Dr. Cummins, the new general secretary, will take for his sub• ject the theme of the convention "Unlversalists-On the March." The business session wlll begin at 10 o'clock with the usual welcome and reports. At noon a recess will be , declared until 3.30. In the interim the Women's Missionary Association's annual meeting wlll be · held. Rev. George C. Boorn, a former pastor of the local Uuiversallst church will be the speaker. He was pastor here 1n 1913-1914. The concluding buslnesa sessions will be held Monday at S.30 when the reports of the sessions' comhlittee will be given and the offlcers elected, Rev. Mr. Oummlns will be teµdered a reception at 6 o'clock. The annual banquet will be held at 6.30 with Andrew Jarvis catering. Speakers will include Dr, Cummins and Dr. Fred Engelhardt, president of the University of New Hampshire, State Universalists Final Convention Co11duding Day Of Various Meetings Which Started Here On Friday The New Hampshire Universalist convention oUiclalJy got underway this morning, a business meeting being held, Col, rg Danforth of Nashua, president, called th-e meeting to order at 10 o'clock , Rev. William Safford Jones, minister of the Unitarian Church and president of the Portsmouth Ministerial Association, extended a welcome to the' delegates to this city. Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith extendecl a cordial welcome in behalf of the city. Following came the usual reports and greetings . Rev. Arthur A. Blair, secretary and state superintendent, gave a ~rlef summary of the situation in the churches of New Hampshire. Robert N. French of Nashua gave the treaslll'• er's report and Mrs. ~abel Cooper of Nashua gave the auditor's report. The final report was that of the Fellowship committee and was given by Mr. Blair. Greetings were extended from the Young People's Christian Union, the Sundav School Association, Women's Missionary Association, Universall.st Publishing House and Tuft.s College School of ·Religion. The Women's Ml.ssionary Assooiation's annual meeting began at 1 o'clock, the principal address being given by Rev. George 0, Boom of North Carolina, a former pastor of the Portsmouth church. This afternoon at 3 o'clock the concluding business session will be held, at which time the convention committees will give their reports and officers be chosen for the coming year. A reception will be t.endered Rev. Robert Oummins, D. D., the new g~neral superintendent, followed by the convention banquet, at which Dr. Cummins and Dr, Fred Engelhardt, president of the University of New Hampshire, will speak. This morning at 8 o'clock a Ministers' Breakfast Conference was held at the Rockingham Hotel. Following the breakfast Rev. Robert Cummins, D, :formerly of Pasadena, CalJl., who last month took over the dutlea of general BUperintendent of UnlversaUst churchea throughout this country, Canada and Japan, gave a Tery fine tallt to the min- D., isters. PilgTimage Da7 Bunday was observed as Pilgrimage Day by the New Hamp.mire Universalists and the churches of that denomination throughout the state were asked by the board of trustees of thil .stat.a convention t.o close in order t.o make it possible for members of the oongrega,Uons to attend the .services of Convention Bunda • Sunday morning groups from all the Universallst churches in the .state, a.s wen as from Unlversalist churches whlch have been :federated with other denominations began to arrive at the DR. JAMES GORDON GILKEY 8peakvr At 8unda7 Enninr Semce local church and these. added to the groupa which had OOIDit previously, filled the church at the morning service. Rev. Prank B. Chatterton, pll.'ltor of the Portsmouth church, conducted the service and the sermon Wll.'I preached by Rev. Barron P, McIntire of Marlboro. Mr. McIntire took for his subject "The Church That Survives." He spoke of the theme of the oonventionUniversalisui on the ~ch-and inquired if it Wll.'I merely a collection of words or whether the \heme Wll.'I pointing to a definite goal. "We must know that we are building on a solid foundation. Is the church of today such an institution?" he asked. Discussing the drift away from the church he said that respect for the church has been declining and inquired what could be done to malre the church survive. "People are complacent because they feel the church would get a.long, anyway. That the church h~ lasted so long seems to me to be a miracle of Almighty God," he.said. · In order to survive the church should try to meet the needs of the men about it. "Je.sus did not build up beautiful churches. He went about doing good,'' said Mr. McIntire, adding that "Churches are bound to grow when they do a lot of good 1n the community. Such a church will be blessed by the world it serves. Roger E. WOOd and Mrs, Thornton �Weeks sang as a duet Galbraith's "Lead Us, O Father." The vested choir sang the anthem "Break Thou the Bread of LUe," by Sherwin. Holy Communion was administered by Rev. Arthur A. Blair and Rev. Frank B. Chatterton. They were as.slsted by Rev. Clarence B. Etsler of Claremont, Rev. J. Wayne Haskell of Concord, Rev. Sidney J. Willis of Manchester and Rev. Edwin L. Noble of Dover as deaoowi. La.rge Attendance at Afternoon Meettnr There WM a very large attendance at the women's meeting In the afternoon, at which Miss Margaret Slattery was the speaker. Her .subject was ''Morning Must Come." She discussed the situation of the churches throughout the world today, t.elling of condition.s in Germany, Italy and Russia. In discussing the latter she eaid she was In Rusaia when they were taking down the croas from one of the Russion Orthodox churches. "The Russian Orthodox church forgot it.., purpose;' she said. In discussing the threat of war, she told of the unholiness of war and said that in the last war she went up and down the country raising thousands of dollars to help the men who went to Prance. "I wouldn't do it again," she said. "I couldn't. You need not call me an '1st.' I am not an '1st.' 1 am not interest.ed in Isms. I am only trying to face straight in the dark when the light burns low. I am only trying to :face straight the matter of trying to follow Jesus." Dr. RatcWf Speaks Dr. John M. Rat.clllf, professor at Tufts College School of Religion, was the speaker at a meeting ot church officials and la:mien at 4 o'clock. Henry Speaker Al Women's Meeting the meeting. Professor Rat.cliff spoke <>n matters pertaining to church organization and what the church oould do. He gave a number of valuable ideas to his Hsteners. Dr. Rat.cliff stressed the value of reading the Unlversalist re- ligion and said "if we have something to help people to live it ts something we can pass on." He brought out that thl.s religion was something which would be a help to people and that if his listenen knew of anyone who would profit by being a Universalist they should get that person to attend thefi church • that country bad been scheduled Saturday, May. 21, but that four unexpected event.s forced a postponement. "On Friday, May 20, t.he British secret agents succeeded in getting word to the Czechs that about 150,000 Germans were massed against them," he said. "During that night the Czechs succeeded in mobUlzlng nearly 500,000 soldiers and bringing them to the western frontier. The services of every telephone and telegraph operator In the country wa.s commandeered by the gov• ernment as soon as the ma.s.slng of the Germans was lea.med and the C:IJech government did 110mething which had never been done before in such a short time and when morning came the Germans found 500,000 soldiers a atting their advance. In addition a squadron of Russian planes reached Prague, giving evidence that Russia was ready to in tervene. That morning the British legation In Berlin asked :for a special train in which it.s representatives could leave Germany. IDtler saw what the odds again.st him were and realized that the swut and easy Austrian ooi:iquest would hot be repeat.eel, and halted the German advance. By a hair's breadth margin Europe thus escaped a 5eeond Evening Session The evening session was also largely attended, as the speaker has a wide reputation. Dr. James Gordon Gilkey of Springfield, Mass., pastor of the OI1vet Congregational Church, was the speaker, his subJect being ''Pour Momentous Developments in Europe Today." Dr. Gilkey recently returned from one of his annual visits to the Continent and his talk, although rather pessimistic regarding the possibility of another war, was based upon his actual contact.a while in that section of the world . Listing the four developments, he devoted some time to giving details of each and telling of the incidents which led up to them. The first development he listed as the downfall of the League of Nations . • The second development he listed colossal war.,, was the conflict between European The third of the developments Dr. Fascism and European democracy• As Gilkey listed a.s the large scale oppresFasclsm grew there was a demand for i!ion and cruelty. more territory and after the conquest of The fourth development he 11.sted as Ethiopia the attention of the Fascist the widespread and ever-increaslng nations turned to Spain• "There ls fear of another great war and he seemed now no shadow of doubt that the attack confident that this could not be escaped. wa.s conceived in Italy and Germany In concluding he told of two different and that t1'!e attack has been main- theories which are favored for this talned the past two years by means of country to adopt. According to the Itallan and German support," stated first thl.s country should immediately the speaker. intervene on the side of the European Turning to the German situation, be democracies. Those who hold this brought out that Hitler saw the success theory maintain that if any aggressive Mussolini achieved in Ethiopia and the Fascism ls permitt.ed to gain control in reluctance of other nations to interfere Europe America will eventually be exand he immediately made plans to en- posed to a Fascist attack. large Germany's territory. The second theory, which the speaker "It ls increasingly evident," he said, said he bel1eved was held by the over"that Hitler has no intention of at- whelming majority of Americans, is entempting an advance on the We6t; Ger- tirely different. It points out the fact many's disastrous experience during that this oountry, protected by two vast the World War and the new French oceans, is reasonably safe from any atfortifications on the German frontier tack and approximately 90 percent selfmake that move unlikely. But an at- sufficient. tempted German expansion to the ''I hope with all my heart that Amsoutheast is already underway. In erica will stay out of the impen September, 1937, Just a year ago, IDtler European war. 0 1 America, protected and Mussolini made a momentow by two great oceans, your opportuniti agreement. Hitler promised to send and your responsibilities lie here in th~ enough men and ammunition to Spain west. Try to build here in this last to guarantee Franco's victory there, comer o"f our war-cursed world a new and Mussolini, in return, agreed to and peaceful civilization," he cried as abandon his alliance with Austria. The he brought his talk to a close. price Mussolini paid for this bargain Rev. Frank B . Chatt.erton conducted was a heavy one, for German absorp- the service. Miss Emesttne Hayes tion of Austria meant that Germany sang "King of Eternity." The church would reach the Brenner Pass and be in choir also participated in the service. a p06ition to snat.ch subsequently the German-speaking sections of the Sunday School Convention ' But Mussolini was so eager to conclude The Unlversallst 8unday school conthe Spanish venture that he finally I vention was held Saturday afternoon agreed to Hitler's demand and in that and evening and officers were elected moment the fat,e of little Aust.ria and as follow&,: Schuscbnlgg was sealed." Presldertt, Rev. J. Wayne Haskell of DiscUBSlng the present c»eahoslovak• Concord. Ian situation he revealed a number of Vloe president, Mrs. facts which were apparently little cer, Nashua. known. He stated that the conquest of Tyrol. \ �Secretary, Mrs. Florence Morgan of Concord. Treasurer, Mrs. Dora Priest of Manchester. The meeting began ut 2:15 with a welcome by the local pastor and the response by Mrs. Morgan, vice president. The brief buslne$ session was followed by a panel discussion led by Prof. James P. Berkeley of the AndoverNewton Theological School. Miss Katherine E. Yerrington of Arlington, Mass., gave a talk at 4 o'clock on "The Value of Music in Church schools." At the concluding business meeting resolutions were 11dopted and officers chosen. The concluding session was held at '1:30, Rev. J. Wayne Haskell of Concord conducted the devotions and Professor Berkeley gave an addi'e.,s on "The Use of the Bible In Religious Education Today." A Vi/lit to the local Public Library on Islingtjon Street is well worth the while to amateur photographers and snapshootelrs, who a1·e at all interested 1n good photography. There .are four excellen~ pititures now , on display and each qn~ is commendable for the ~mpositlon in it. Outstanding l',mong t):,le group is the photo of a number of sail boats in Portsmouth Harbor caught in a lull , of the breeze and labeJ~d ••~ecalmeci." The pictlll'e was taken by , O. M. Mhvin, a member of the •local camerb. club. · ' ' Fout pictures wlll be exhlbi(:ed at the library each month after a selection baa been made by the members of the camera club of their varlo\,\S entries submitted. , , Poor Eunice "Goody" Cole, vindicated witch of Hampton. Her remains-at least the symbols of her life-are looked up in the town vault In the Hampton Town Hall and the selectmen there are still !aced wtih the duty of giving her a decent burial according to the vote of the townspeople. A number of the townsmen feel that services for her were a lot of nonsense but it certainly put Hampton in the spotlight of publicity for a time. The real story behind Goody Oole 1a a lot of "bunkum," according to one of Hampton's historians. The well, her grave, and the site of her home, were all fl~ents of a man's imagination put it didn't take long for the active Secretary of Hampton Beach Chamber of Commerce, James Tucker, to recognize it as the best publicity story in this section for a good many years. As a matter of fact, the history of Hampton devotes only a few sentences to Goody Cole-but all of the stories written about her during the past two nmmer seasons could have happened, he author of many stories about her states. t. Launch Submarine At Portsmouth Navy Yard Mr . Thomas C. Hart, Jr., Sponsor For Underseas Craft - Completion Date Set For June 1 Next The Squalus, the second submarine to '!'~~~~~~~~~~---•-• be- launched at the Portsmouth Navy S. N. , commandant of the yar , comYard this year glided down the WIU'S mended the men for their faithful work Wednesday ar~rnoon amid the cheer& lin th e construction of the submarine. of the crowds on both sides of the river Richard K . Marr presented the gift of and the whistles of the Navy Yard th e employes to Mrs. Thomas . Hart, _plants and boats in the harbor, The th e sponsor. Thl.s was a silver plaatter, submarine was begun on Oct 18 1937 engravtd with a design of the submathe keel being laid at that thne 'but ~ rine and containing a suitable inscripgreat deal of work had been don; in the tion. drafting room previous to that dat.e. Chaplain A. E. Stone, U. S. N., ofThe vessel was authorized by the naval fered pra~•er and this was followed by appropriation act of 1937, It ts 299 th e warning flag at 3:40, Three feet long nd has a width of 26 feet, 11 minutes later came the final arntng inche and has a standard displace- and a moment later came the signal to th e 'sponsor to be ready. In 20 $8C• ment ~f 1 450 'A very iarg'e crowd witnessed the 0nd s came the final signal and Mrs. launching, as It la thrilling sight as Hart raised the bottle of champagne the streamlined craft slides down the and struck the bow of the submarine, gre sed ways into the waters of the Pis. aymg "I christen thee Squalus." The cataqua. Peirce Island was lined with band struck up "Anchors Aweigh" ,and spectators, as were other advantageous tbe ya rd whistles sow1 ded, the people points on the New Hampshire side ot shoute~ and th~ boa~ in the harbor the river. A number witnessed the ,Joln~d m th e noisy welcome to the sublaunching from the Memorial bridge, marine a i~ gained n~omentum and while hundreds were on the yard In the floated out into the river. The tugs immediat ly steamed up., made fa.st their lines and towed the sub to the berth where the craft wlll be completed and engines Installed. As the ship truck the water the band swung into the opening &trains of "The star Spangled Banner." Folio,. inf!; th launching a Ncept.!on as held at the Officers Club. In th receiving line were Lieut. Comdr. J. J. urley, Jr., U. S. N.: ai<te to the commandant; Rear Admiral c. W. Cole, u. . N.; Mrs, Thomas C. Hart of Washington, the sponsor; Rear Admiral William Tarrant, U. s. N .. of Bo.~ on, commandant of the First Naval District; Mrs. C. W. CoL, Miss Tarrant, Capt. H. R. Greenlee, U. s. N., and Mrs. Greenlee; Lieut. 0. F. Naquin, U. s. .. pro•p~ctt,·e commanding officer of th(' submarine; Mrs. Naquin, Mrs. J. C. Martin, m t1on of honor; Capt. W. F. Amsden, U. S. N., and Mrs. Amsden and Miss Dorothy Folz, maid of honor. Others in attendance includro Congressman James C. Oliver of the Sponso; For ubma;tne Sgualus First Maine District and Congre=an cm1ty or the building ways. J. 0. Fernandez of Louisiana, a memWhlle the people were assembling the b r of the House Appropriations subofficial party met at the Administration rnmmit building and at 3:15 the launching party arrived at the launching stand. In the meantime the American I..Egion Band of this city played a n ber of 6e• lectlons. Rear Admiral C. • Cole, U, �,. :~\·:; P . L~ N HO p T lifilJ !' ' ~ u . D_ANC[J_ ln~ i\ Ii F .p · EXPENSES H\ ic, _. _-_. -~ -~~-•~-c.~.~u.·_, :~1"-;'°rQ~lt'\_.~ ·.~ · u.l-c~yci.:-cl- ··· :·,7 1 _ ·; CHURCH YAR. D · CONTAINS MUCH '/· OF INTEREST · ). ·:.',:.". :· ,o ·,. ~~= '.:·:.·_:_.->~: ! l : ~~:!~gth:f~~ve~~~:i~::o~~~~d- 1::, Rev. Arthur Brown, one of the guests, ·. L that he wished to be married immed' lately to the comely Miss Hilton. Thus the kitchen maid became the governor's lady and we are told t-hat. 1:1he , made a most excellent wife. .__ · 1 ,1 In the next ~omb ar6 found t.he At• :.-,· [ Por'tsmouth ',i\.nd By Justine Flint ' kinson family, In 1746 when John ;,\:: 1 Manchester Institutions Beside the stately vine-covered ' Tufton Mason sold his title to New church and enclosed by a high iron Hampshire, T~eodore Atkinson bought :_:'' · i First To Agree To fence, lies in tranquil solemnity t-he j 1-5 of the entire sta~e. ~e was a man ,,, . <,:' ).k:_?, t historical st. John's church yard on of great wealth and m his house could • ,·. . ,.,., .., rrangemen Chapel street. Salt sea winds from the : be found more sil!er ware than ln ~ny -'-.; \' ,, . _, Similar in plan to group hospltalizaPlscataqua blow gently over the an- [ other hous~hol~ m New Hampshire, . ' ... • ;-· . ! tion arrangements in other states, the clent mounds and among the well kept ,; When he died m 1759 he left a legacy . •·-. ; first group insurance for hospital ex- I ¥raves the pleasant charm of old New . of about on~ ,t~ousand ~~Bars t-0 the .',.•· lpenses in this state is now being made ' England pervades. Here in this mem- Episcopal Cm.rch of this city t-0 be ! available according to an announce- i orable old cemetery are found the re- expended in bread to be distributed on ~ment made Tuesday by the Hospital j mains of provincial governors. coun- Sundays to the peer of that, time, Hon, . ' Service of New· Hampshire. cilors, and other men of high office , Theodore Atkinson had out one child, ! . Both the Elliot hospital in Manches- I and worthy position under the crown • Theodore Jr., who wa~ for several years -/ ter anq. the Portsmouth hospital have I of England in colonial days, . Secretary of the Province. In May, 1762, . i agreed to the plan, according to the It was first used as a burial ground [ he married Frances D:ering w:nt. ·\ annou'n cement made by A. R. Kendall in 1732 when Queen's Chapel, named In I worth, a lady of r.are oeauty, S~ven ; of Portsmouth and George B. Glines j honor of Queen Caroline, was erected . years after his marriage, he died at the (. ::ol Manchester, state managers. Ion the present site of St. John's \ eahrilldy ag\of dthirty-tt reeh,. l~aving ~ .,i ' Additional hospitals are considering Church. The ground being high, a c ren, en ays-a er is unera1 i the plan, including the Sacred Heart ·I bank wall extends around a uart of ; the same church and by the same rec; ln Manchester. The New Hampshire j the yard, permitting street er:trances ' tor the lovely Frances wed again, this •. : Medical Society has given approval to ·1 to a row of tombs. Several of the t-0mbs i time her cousin, the gallant, Governor .. :·: the general idea of hospital insurance, I are secur6ly wall6d in with brick. ' John Wentworth. · : and has turned the matter of this par- j Others are barred with heavy iron · Soon after the ceremony, t.he Rev. ·· I ticular organization over to its com- Idoors and pa_dlocked. Industrious [ Arthur Brown, perhaps in a moment · • _; mlttee on public relations, which, with I$piders have spun gauzy webs in out- l of_ aberration from wonder t wh~t · ; a committee of hospital superinten- : , Eide corners. Woodbine, beautiful in I might happen next, fell and broke his : \, . dents, now has it under advlsement. , autumnal browns and crimson, sways arm. This worthy ministe: of whom we , The organization, which has the ; in stealthy whispers, creeping like cu- • hear so much in Colomal history ls \financial backing of the Vermont Ac- 1 rlous fingers over the aged wallE, buried in the Wentworth tomb ln this · cident Insurance company, and which On the Bow Street side the first church yard. '. is under the supervision of the intomb on the south ls that of the Went- , Other well -known names carved o:o .., 1~ surance departments o! Maine, New , worth family: in which lie the re• the moss grown slabs are the Sher ·,; ' ·.-; Hampshire and Vermont, was formed I mains of Lieut. Gov. John Wentworth .,' burnes, Sheafes, Peirces, Marshes and \,,. l some seven months ago, and now has • and Gov. Benning Wentworth and their Jaffreys. The oldest inscription to be ,.· \., i a state offlce in Manchester. There is '. families. This family was one of dis• 1 found ie on the headstone of John ·•, - . :t · ,. 7-;'.." · at present an agent of the service in tlnction and aristocracy in Portsmouth . Bradford, 1736, Among the mscrip.. ;. :•·.',:. · ''J •·~ Portsmouth and in Manchester, and its members served town and ; tlons on the many tombstones we con• ' The managers announce that as \ - state through many years. Samuel : sidered ihis one worthy of mention: . . . :. .' ·, :··: · soon as arrangements have been com- \ Wentworth, the father of the first,: "Near Those Dear to Him •.· ··-:· ,· , •· · pleted with other hospitals, offices will i Gov. John, was the first of the name : The sensible warm motion >--·: be established in those communities in in Portsmouth. He died of the small ,· of James Brackett Parrott \ order to give service on the plan. i pox in 1690. In 1741 Benning Went• l Died 1890 · • I · It is pointed out that the scheme is ; worth received the commission of Gov. j Here thaws and resolvell ' practically the same as that used by i of New Hampshire and in ·-1750 built " Itself back to Earth, U. S. Steel, Woolworth, Telephone I a home at Little Harbor, which ls still i The common Mother of Mankind." companies and other large organizastandL11g in excellent conditlcn. He had I Another epitaph which catches ihe eye tioris. three sons by his first wife, all of is that of Mary Purcell who died at the ·- ! Briefly, the plan calls for group 1whom died, and In 1769 he was left a age of 21 in 1788. It reads: . '. membership, at least five being rewidower and childless. The story is "Tread soft, Maria's dust '',.·. )quir·ed from each participating con- : told that, being lonely, the governor Lies Here enshrin'd -; . ·1 cern. Rates, based on a monthly, quar i "'· proposed to lV[iss Molly Pitman. Much Once the sweet mansion ' · '/ terly, semi-annual or annual ba.sis, to his disappointment, she refused him, ; Of her spotless mind ••.•• /. ·-: amount to approximately three cents a saying that she had given her heart : The rest is lost ln the ground, rui her •, day, or $10 per year. . to a mechanic, Richard Shortridge ; tombstone has !Unk deep into th;; ; The plan provides, in ge~eral, fo.r I She declined riches and honor to live '. earth. ' al~ usual hospital care, lnc~udmg oper- i a humble life. The governor did not : Several persons are buried under the l atmg room and maternity service. I' forget this indignity however and church. When the wall around the : Physician's charges and cost o! care when an Englis_h frigate came into the I burying ground wa.s rebuilt, the tombs J for quarantlnable diseases are not inc , harbor, a press gang was sent to the I were opened. They were large and 1 · eluded. house of the mechanic and he was I quite full, some containing ov6r one forcibly taken aboa!d to 1::ail from i hundred persons. One was, however, home. The governor then proceeded to : found to conceal the remains of only 'f..:-'i~. ·. renew his courtship, but Molly remain- [ one person in the centre of the tomb. • 1 :.,f_:·..:-,._· .~ · · Ied true to Shortridge and after seven · The importance of the occupants in .-·: .. ··,_ ,. , ."., •, ~.... years, he made his escape and returned these t-0rnbs was designated by the es.•-, . "--• ._. .• . ,"· , ,:-:;_) to her. cutcheons, coats of arms, lion, etc. that , -~, : .. ·_ •·, .:- • . ' '. • ·! '· · : • • It is said that the governor next ttm - were placed on the coffin lids. The 1 ,,. . . ·J_· .: . :. ·.'·. - ··· 6d his attentions to a laughing bare rusty remains of a once polished sword < . :~ ~'.,~·. · ·• '.. -:'t\ _ -~ · •~ :~'i Q.~I!\"'4.- _·,\; .. foot maid_, Martha Hilton, wh? worked stood guard over one crumbl~? coff~ · .., , , - -. ~ <;- ·" 't . ~ . .. •. '· ,. .. ,:~ the kitchen of hls mansion, One 1. ,_.;·_·;- i ;: .. · . , ,i A r~~\ I I ! i . I l I· •, · ,I ·_~ :'.;_..•.,·.1·•···.::.•::' ..• -..:1 \~-V\~.- ·_,,.?.--i~··. ~~lt ~-. ,·._ .• _· ... 1'/ ~:r'._ 7.-=,~2; ~ .: -"·, _ . ,_.} . ~• . . ~ . , r ... �This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO 239.48-1992 (permanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts m 1999 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. 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Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbook 1938 V.14 Subject The topic of the resource Scrapbooks Portsmouth (N.H.) Description An account of the resource A scrapbook of news articles from the Portsmouth Herald and other papers, 1938. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library (N.H.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i11079812 https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/8d9fa7501bf86e5df152cbbdfc37ca36.PDF 297e9df67ae5c1611557023e5e7c6a78 PDF Text Text �n ~ . ~ i l 11 1;~\=-~-~-~--~-----""'""=--------===--....,-....-,.,..,.-,---,---,:,--;-:.,,-:-..,,--;-:-,-r-.;:;-:".'-:-"--:;-,,--:r;-:;-:C-7,.--:,:,: ·- - - - -,- ---------f;s~-~--:'_f~~-~~~~·:;:~~~t~:~~~~~~f~\X/~5';~ ~~~,. y:,i.::~~))~~1Jf~<.. ···--·;_~~:~~,Li~-~·~;.:?_:/!}· ~;;:_:;('.~~ii-~---~-;~· t•:;s-~-·_. :.~. ~ ;:·~, ·Portsmouth Herald andTim~s PORTSMOUTH, N. H., FRIDAY, JUNE 1'7, 1938. Portsmout h Dally Republican · Mer~ed with THE HERALD, Ju.iy 1, 11>oi, -:;?:Jt' * * * ** *· * * * * * OFFICIAL WELCOME TO PORTSMOUTH * '.!,•'.. Portsmouth is . proud to welcome once mon·e the men of the olive d r alb, and the navy blue, a great many of whom, not so many years ago, w ere st&•• tioned in this vicinity. We are interested.in you today, just as we were interested in you 21 years ago. We again welcome to our city those of you who were here ·,b efore, and extend a most cordial welcome to the stranger who has never visited ·New· Hampshire's only ·seap9rt city. We lknow the New Hampshire State Department, American Legion, and' we know its activities. We are proud, toda:y, to have you here for your 20th annual conve~tion and we hope that you will have th·e best convention ever and will want to return again at no great distant date. KENNARD E. GOLDSMITH; Mayor of Por tsmouth, ·,.t •J'{~ . ;-, .(i;;~)( -:~ ~;;, .,;,.\' ~ ·,·'~- ·=·~ - .~~-¥~ii~~~{~~5~:i-=:;(-~~:3~~~<.:···, ~;-\:~;'.-~-~\'; <; }~)~:·.):·{ :;:·~;-~-,~ �·---- ----.-._,,.-.- --·-,-'".,. ·--- . . . .. ' ,• s)~ir~l~~'.,~l:-:t: . .- ' ~$~£~~~¼.?7~~~~~~~~~7,z,f.~0?,(~;t;~ ff;;~:~~f , }1Local ., po~t .". A:n1er1can ,l·:JLe@' 1on "f,::: ( · . -:, , -~ ;:JFormed . In 1919 . ./ .,) 1 : : i,. ! . ! i ,•;:- Named For Lieut. ,.,_~T~~_:,(}~:_·z.~ agencies and_did a great deal · of work. :~:'t·)0~ More recently, in the flood of 1936, the·::.;-::,':·\;:;· >',)i}-:<~r-, · "'· 0 I ! :-~~~~~s:::~~~s~1!t~:;,~~\ v~fu:et!.~ Fr~~k E., : Booma, First Man j 0 ~fflt~~t-:::},.:1})iI{ ~:?Jff;J&!S~\i]f l~! to1~ ; : ~ ~:r;;i~·an Legion Ju~ior .I B~eball League Was formed - 8.nd was 2:.;)J( ~~t;.(;~1:::/1(il1li~'t )!r6ITI Ac;t10n 1nios~ ~uccessfuL A number of teams :r;;/$'.r;J(,;,,~}J;f{_t;' .•·,,] , • : , . : •11 ,, • ·, , ·· • l part1cmatedandtheseasonbroughtout ··· •·''<;~ .. ~~->';,·s,~ >;:• · ·: The Frank E. Booma ~~~' 'Yh,k_h is mer._~I:iarit, ~bout 181Q. It_was later: uc- !i a.great d~al of baseball talent, some of , . ·,. 1host to t.he New Hampshire Depart- cup1lld µnt1l 1850 by Geor!;e. Manent, a 1whom pa't ticip·ated in the Sunset t-,.,,::.,z.;-",')',C,-i.c/_ : ::jment's annual conventjon .t his· year, re- ' b~oker, until it was _Pi.irchase~· in 1853" by , League in recent years. _During the first \':/ .. ,,~_ ,.___.,_'-_"'en · tl .. , • a ·' d • ·•· . th ' b' •h' d · .h• . . Capt_._ John Edward _ Salter, .from whom few years of the orgamzat10n the post _' _ •. -_· · .· ,.,, 19 ..., y, p, . sse. 1..s rrt ay, avmg it tak es~i•ts name.· · A ,sea capta·m ",.n.,,,, sponsored a team in the Sunset League ·~--\,~'.-;;';":.:f\S:i'.s ",· ·_·,_,f'.o;, ,,,(,'•I.' ., , . , , ._ ,- 1., ·,. , ._·:,,_.been organized on Jun,e 7,, .l9~9. It has 1µierchant hiirJS-elf, _lSal):.er, · ")\'as . the , and it made a name for the organiza· ":,(t:{J :};_) 1ad a ~os~ active care.e r ap.d_during the gran_d_sop of Capt. _,!op~ Saltei-1 ~nd, ,an I tion. Amateur boxing was also spon- , .:i?\iJ_'1. ·i·.-,(': tr>ast few years has taken a spurt, not ,officer . on t_h e ,RE)VOl,µt;onary _privateer, ) sored for a number of years. -;,,~_.,i\J ·.;:t}mly in the usual Legion activities, but ln Genera~ Sullivan. · ,. ,, , · . j Flag Day has had special sig·nificance :•·• ;i .· -:i''{. .:} ··'':'~many others as well , . · Sold m 1902 by the _Salter estate to , to the American L-egion . The Frank ::(',.'·,;/~'"·'. _ ,,, :1~i '!/ \l The post came into. being as a result ' the Portsmouth Athlet'ic ·club it re- i E. •Booma Post at times has joined with ~;::{)},jf,:~:t:.-,:,:1~ :>.£_ ._Jof severai con~erenc~~ _by -a ;_number of . maiped· in_ that org~i\ization as_ a ciub- r1 the Portsmouth Lodge of Elks in its ob- r_¥l_:_~_j'.)_}_i'_•.$,~~~~::ir_>.S ,1 )~men who had, re~ntly COJ1i~ _home from h~use until a y_ear ~go, when it was servance: .· Oll June 14, 1925'. one of the · ,...Jthe war. War was not glorious to them, : bought by the Frank E. Booma Post largest crowds ever to attend a Flag Day ;~l,1;;1, . ,,-;, ·,,,, ,, ••_,;,:.J , ; :') they _had faced the ~oJd, cr~el facts of Iand'~~~r~ugh1y ren1vat.ed f_o r use of the . observance in this city gathered at the ~-. \w.ar and its horrors : _were .still _.viv!d. local Legion member~. . . . . I park at the Plains, where the fl~gpcle. j:'.· ,,\When the move for .a,n .. orgamzat1on . A pure Georg!an _type, it cont~ms jj erected by Booma Post, was dechcated. :5jff,::'.(){'-' '._·_. :_] came a group of seqice -_m en . met with , prlce!e!;s_ ~xamples fin~st colo~lal Ii Thousancs of people were_in attendance · ·' '· "'···• o'ia/ _jJUdge Jeremy R. Wa)di·.on and carefully c?nstruct10n 9:nd wm se:ve ·convention ~ and, in addition to the Elks and the J:_,;_ Jconsidered the- orga11ization. After ! _tsltprs as one of _i:n_a11rmt;orinal gath- ~•1 Legion, the Grand Army of the Repub, ·· , several such meeting,s it was finally de- er,ing places In the city; . · ·' . · lie was represented . . / . ; cided that a post wouia be formed here. . ' TJ-\e f/rst Armistice Day''wds a ·'g ala . Each Memo,·i?.l Day tlle post has _., . ,_ The Portsmouth 'Lbdge of Elks gave . ev~nt '! or·t~e American Legion Po.st of ,i joined with the ether patriotic organiza' _. the use of its hall 1o1 mee~ing purposes ·t~is City: N~t only was _it _a ~ala eVent, •,\ tions. The graves of their comrade~ ., . at the beginning. During the fir,s t few but-it' also _brou~h~ ~err:-o:Ies of fof:11er who have passed on have been decor.-.~ week.s there was a discus:sJ.on of the comrades who still remained _o n the ated. --th ilaris for .the future,' and a ·_ name to be other •side of :tM Atlantic, some buried j-. ..The· Booma Post was the first post in , '\lecided··upon. Lieut'. Frank E. Booma beneath the 'cr·ossei; '. gleaming. '' v-'.hite; i New Hamp.mire and among the first in -.._:_.;:J was the first l'ortsmouth man to lose ; wliile"·othiirs w~re·· ";n:te'rely · . reported i the nation to institute the American :{f(j' his li~toh the battl~fi!!_ld aric:l his name '~'mis~iri~." T;1e ·sole_m n -~~servanc~ ·_of . L-egion awards to Junior High Schoel ;,;-:.h wa,.s :Selected a.s the..name of the local ."the _s1gnmg of ,hat-documen~the A'rrn- : students in the eighth grade for out.-...-~{1 Legion Post'. . . . "· .;.·. . ' · ' · lstice2which ended the fighting, was i_ standing achievement The first award ;;j:J_ The .applicatioi:1 f~i ~ charter . 'Was followed_m the evenihg b:Y the first ·an- w·as made in 1926 and. only one medal ' · _-=,;,i_t~ made .?-nd _the _first 'e½ddrsement was )~U~1 Ar?:1-istice Da~.b'all; which was l'le. ld was presented. John Tilley received -~ --.:-,:,,.! dated Aug. 8, 1919, and sighed bY Frank -m 'Freeman's Hall. · Governor and Mrs· \I that awari:L Abbott! theri 's~cr1t,ary ~f th{N. H . 1/Ohn H;. Ba~tletn".ete,in atre,i:dance;_as 'l · The next year ~:1 award was made_to Department. . The second enqorsement were· the city officials _at that time• A .both the outstanamg boy and gll'l. bi the_ Nationai ~~e_c~tlve qoinm_ittee 'at s~n'~ of ,'hationa;l ~o;tir~ ~as 'pres~nted .The basis of the boy's award is _ honor, , __ ;, Washington wa.s s1gri,e.~ on :Aug. 11 and [_to th~.~,o st by M~s.f .~· R~~z, sis,~ of ! courage, schola:-.sh1p, leadership and 1 ':•:.r,j the third endorsement announcing -the jUeu'tenant Booma. · · · ·J- service. For the girls the basis includes / accentance can'ie . '. ei~ht days later.· ,' .. '1.'hh>~ficers"·of thif\fost wl'l'o _·guided it '. courage, scholarship, service, character ~ \._-/i ThOSE!° signing the application included i through its_ "f'll'st yea:f 'incltided the ''.fbl- J and companionship. Only a short ·. · '.:-·i J. R. Waldron, Nelson T. Wtfght, 'Arthur j lowiriit': ':_dommander',"Jeremy--~. ~al- l time Rgo the medals were presented to ; L. Mccaffery; John H.' Perkins, Edward j;dro,n } ~omman_iie~,'_E~w~rd J · Nev: ' Meriam Ng and Charles Morang for the '.;')J, Neville, George R. Dawson, 'Newe11 j jlle;. adJ1:tant, Arthtn,' k McCaf}ery, 1938 achievement awards . ~ \'.' 0. Howe; Bennett A: De Coste, 'Louis fih!),nC~ o,fflcer', Chatl~_s H. Walker, h~Three years ago the Central Ve.terans -y.'J Paquette; Philip B. Dennett, ·waiter ·torian, L:yman MacDonald; chaplam,_ Council was formed, bringing together :\?j Stratton, Floyd R. Walker; Ftedei·ick E. c >yrar~o Pickett. ' . . · ': . . : . representatives of the United Spanish ::_,·_:\! Harmon, Mark w. Ahthotly and Fred . :~r.?~gh?ut the years_ ~e _post .!1-a.s II War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign J"} J. Folsom. : .. · ·· · · · ' participated iil many llct1v1ties. It was !Wars am'! the American Legion. This ·--·-'./·i Following ·the first ·few ··m-eetings at the Frank E. Booma Post, A. L., which ' ha.s brought about a closer bond of r.'.'__'.,_\jl the Elks Home it was decided hat ·the held the first poppy sale in this . city, friendship · between the organizations i.:• . · organization should have a, · meeting which was the first poppy sale m _the · and has worked out to the advantage of ?/t] place of its own and for.,a time met in a state. This was for the decoratioP . of all. hall in Freeman's Block, ,then, · follow- I grave.3 overse~. Since that time it In 1930 the Booma Post, · .-, , ing the renovation of' . that ·. building has been carried on each Saturday be- Legion Band was organized and since ,. :.1 moved to Memorial ·,Hall on . Parrott : fore Memorial Day and after the fir st that time has achieved outstanding sue- ' ·:,·/,j avenue. It also met,i.n the Union Vet- ·j two or three years the proceeds have cess for-the local post. It has attended r !.erans'. Union . hall in. the. building for:. · been used to establish a graves decora- numer0us national conventions since , ,-. ;,•;rpierly,.located whe~e . the Par~ Block is tions fund, 'with which comes th e ex- its conception and all the state con- ·., now • . Then it returned -to . Freemii.n's - penses of funerals, annual expense· of ventions ... It is recognized as an out: ;" : Block and stayed_: ¢ ,lli;e. 1;1i;i,tn Jt werit' to dec 6rat!11g graves, . etc. In 1925 , whe~ standing band among Legion bands and :'.)fit , ;;; , f, !-he olq.;Eianover str.e~.t ,fn:eh,;mse, wher~ the national organization of th e Amen_ . ·is in popular demand throughout this :,;;7f,i:::ci':,:;,a'--s-')'.:,;.·.;; ,... ~pt remained uritll itp1.n:ch~q.the P: ' A: can Legion .sponsored ,a drive for $S,, \' section of New England. ., ~~;;}:;f;_,;,,~,c;:·~--..t•_-\__ ,: building. asJts ,pe;rp.anent. home.- · 000,000 for th e widows au d orphans , The post is ever ready to give military ;~7r,,,;-\ ,'··J:, ·;·\,t<t:: 1 1C.The present Legio~ .;Home. ~ an out~ fund, the quota assigned to Portsmout_h honors ·to anyone who is entitled to stap.ding exa~ple. o! ,a. g_ri,i.ceful. archi- by the state organization wa.s more them, whether a member of the· Legion ''5/:.-,/ {"'.\ ;'.:'./:.,..;.)';~ ~- , ·: tecture that is bemg rey1ye.q.._in New than doubled. . . . er not. · As Ieng ·as he is a veteran the l-:;:::'':..:_',? ·.. /·;<•;J-,,-::c, I i, England . .Its ~xac~ _history. is obscl'.ired , The l~cal post h~s takex_i part m the post willingly gives him a military fun- ··\~;\',;){:_:-: N\i}: , ,. -.--: by the years, but ls believed · to have I alleviation of suffering during the _floods era!. .....-,, '- - - -- ---~~ ,, :,,-,/,'·:/ "\\· ':·,t:_ . ·~; F l : • , • ,. ; " , ·~ , , Th~s City .Killed In 1 • • 1 · 0 tf~::J.~:JJ'i,i'.;-,_~fi5; ,;-,-~'.1-~ 'l ! i \:ttf?~~:t': /i·; z;;t; 5-J.::?t'.!(l:~:t;,(':t¥: r.-;.•,.-,~-:?rr:.·_:t~Iftf o! ~1:e I I I !. .\_''·<i\j°J. ~-rj rrce: ._;fj t_ ;<:·11 .-,·I ,:,j :-\--! ,/;i':'.~\:tc:tW'.'.'.f(t,jp l"~>J .> [~~-->,~b~e~:·~u_i~-~-~~.:~.a ~~~~~ ,· :~ -~t~~: :\~~a~;~! v~~~~~~~~;~~:~.:l~~:. ·'.:!~'.;•. ,~~-7-~]~)~::': : · ., C. ~>- ' , ; ...~ , . ' " ' : ~ ' - :~221£~~/(:t~¼~:{f'.i �--;~ ~:--~- ,.-'. ·;;'F;i<. _f. -:·., ~!~~~::.;~iJ, p:·!:~·~.-~:- ·~~ ·_:·:-:·~~·-.i~ f.;.-~~_;,-:_-~/.t:·-~;:~tf~:~%:t~r-~; LEGION .DR f' OGRAM esponse Memorial Services Dept. Chaplain Presentation of Distinguished Guest.~ ·'.i;&-1 most active, not only in this city but in · Dept. Commandet' 'ft'[(•\)! district. Manning Under the leaderv_,y. Annual Reports )'::fj -the ship entire of Scoutmaster Stires and ,JI Dept. Cemmander )1't~"I Asst, Scoutmaster Lawrence Hamilton Dept. Adjutant :;,;_·--·J the troop has carried off a number of Dept. Treasurer 6'..:·,:j honors and also participated in variConvention Committee Assignments .,/24:"j ous activities. Dept. Adjutant _.'.•.'•-:-'·~! The 1ocal post has done a great deal Announcements Dept. Comdr. -~:if.T.j of community work, much of which has Twentieth Annual 1 Chairman, Convention '-'. ;t};,:f;J been done quietly and without any ob: Committee.~ · ject other than that of doing a service to Convention Of State :Nomination of Officers others. Department Now Under Retirement of colors Sergt.-at-arms ,. Today •. the membership has increased Adjournment ii~~';l lnore than 100 percent. The number is Way 2 p. m.-Meeting of all Convention ~ now well over 225 and compares with an ·average of less than 100 a few years ago. The 20th annual convention of the Commlttees-Y. M. O. A. :'•w,e:.-. At one· time the membership reachP.d New Hampshire State Department, 3.30 p, m.-District Caucuses · over ·5"Qo, but this was shortly after its '.American Legion, is being held ln .. _, organization, when the men as . they Portsmouth for the first time in the Sat.urday, June 18 were discharged· from the service found history of the organiZation. In con- 9 a. m.-Business session ,,;;7,;:;.i_. 'ready wor'k in the shipyards and other nection with this convention the an-Call to order Dept. ,- ,;,i& places of ·business in this city. Follow- nual sessions of the orgaruzations alAdvancement of colors ·:i_';~,~ Jng "the' slackening of business in 1921 lied with the American Legi-on are i Sergeant-at-arma · 1"many of tli.e meil were out ·of work and : also being held in Portsmouth. J Invocation Dept. Chapl!'cl!l 'drifted to thebi "former homes or other : The business sessions of the Legion, Announcements pla~es 'Where there was work for them. will be held at the Portsmouth Thea•• ·! Dept. Commander !!:"~•,.\ "ti 'h§.i;:: The ·C'losing of the shipyard also threw '· tre and for the convenience of th ose !l Department Adjutant f~- ¥', , a great many out of work and as the men · of the general public who wish to at·• President, Convention Corp. · -· left for ·others fields the membership ·. tend, the gallery of the theatre wtll Convention Committee Chairmen · dropped -to an all time low, be open at all times. Presentation of Convention Com· Undet the readership of the present ~, Among the outstanding highlights mittees: commantler, Clyde Robinson, · the post addition to t.~e business ~ession will A-Rules has assumed many activities and now. : be the Conven,1on ball Frida! ev~nB-Credentials ln thelr'new home, the-former clubhouse ~ mg at the Hampton Beach Casmo with C-Child Welfare of the · Portsmouth Athletic Club the ~. Ruby Newman and his orchestra pro-D-Membershii;t & Other Awards plans for the future look very 'brlght. ·J Viding the music, the Conventio~ banE-Veterans' Affairs The coming to Portsmouth for the quet at the Armory on Parrott Ave~ F-Resolutions first tfure of 'the annual State Depart- t" Satu~day evening followed by an enG-Constitutlon & By-laws mei:lt convention is a big · undertaking tertamment at th~ playgrounds as well Time - Place of 1939 Department for the' local post, but the members have . as Bittle of Music and Fireworks. Convention been a:t 'viork for a number of months · Among the speakers at the BanBudget for the ensuing year gettlng everytlilng in shape to make this , quet will be Assistant. Secretary -of Chairman, Dept. Finance convention the most outstanding one of '.' Commerce J. Munroe Jonnson _and .AsCommitt,ee a.II time. •: sista!lt Secretary of War, Lew1S JohnRecess . The following ·men have served as .: son. Representiz:-g the National De• ll p. m.-Announcements .i) commanders of Frank E Booma Post :. partmcnt American Legion will _b1' Dept. Commandet JNo. 6: · ' : Philip Conley, National Vice Com-• 1 Report of Committee on Credentials ,;J 1920-Jeremy R. Waldron. ,, mander,. of West Virginia. . Chairman of Committee .192l-Nelson T. Wright. The biggest feature of course will be Presentation of Awards 1922-Edward A. weeks. · the _Pa:ade on _Sunday after~oon,, Department Commander 1923-0mer J. Comeau, Daniel s. whicn will be the biggest in the h1stor:f '.Address, Governor of New Hampshire of the Legion Convention. Fifty Musi·· O'Brien. Hon. Francis P. Murphy , cal organization will be ln line. as well 1924-C. Waldo Pickett. Unfinished business as all of the posts in the state. whi\<, 1025-Ralph G. McCarthy. New business-Election of Officers visiting Legionnaires V/ ;l\ aL~o partici1926-Ralph G. McCarthy. Installation of Officers pate in this event. 1927-Wallace H. Garrett. Retirement of 1928--Robert M. Bruce. P ';" hi.l:·-::,n. ..i:t :;;.e 10 1929-R. S .. Grant. !:_.l P m. "° 10 ~,i},-i,1.-Registrat!on of 1930-James A. McCarthy. - delegates-and alternates, Convention ll::c,-,---,-,-...-=--,...,..,....,.,,,.,,,,,,_..,-,-,-,,.1931-0scar Johnson. Headquarters, Y. M. C, A. 1932-Ralph W. Eaton: ' 18 p. m.-Meeting of Department Exe, 1933-Herbert E. Hoyt, Jr. cutive committee 1934-Herbert E. Hoyt, Jr. :, 193~oseph R. Baird, Harold Mar• Friday, June 1'7 ' ?-/ :1ston. 8.30 a. m.-Registration of delegate1J · ,. ,, ' 1936-Mark F. O'Brien and alternates · •·.: [ ,{i·t-•-:· '.··.: 1937-Clyde G. Rofiinson. 10 a. m.-Initial business session 1938--Clyde G. Robinson. Call to order Department Comdr., Advancement of colors The New Hampshire State Depart• Sergeant-at-armll ent American Legion has a member• Invocation Department Chaplain ·p of 6000. This is the paid up mem• Reading of Convention Call and · an increase over the Roll Call of Posts Dept. Adjutant ._,,.~, t--)··,. ' '.Address of Welcome to the city of ?;"~j;'Portsmouth _ The Mayor ;.<-,.,.~Address of Welcome on behalf of 1938 ""/·\" onvention Corporation , ',t;,,. f'f:_it Clyde G. Robinson A few yea_rs ago a Boy Scout troop was b -;:,_··v/7 formed which has become one of the U ,'.:;)J_;,,;J s H.A' MAN. FINE F~ATUD~~ L . _ l\LJ 1 :it~-r,;J'· . :l · ~ Ji lin 1 t: '. I :h:.~'.~L<•u;;f ---~~1e, }];i~1~~t:'~J:;!!:g~~i:· ==-""-'=.cc·· �FORTY AND EIGHT HOLDS PARADE THIS EVENING Annual Meeting Of FJun Loving Organization l~ow Being Held The annual meeting of the Quarantt Homes et Hult Ohevaux, Department of New Hampshire la being held ah the V, F. W. Home. Opening yesterday, the sessions will oonolude this evening with a Grand Voiture Wreok: The program is aa f-0llows tor the remainder of the session: Friday, June l'T, reglstratl.on i,.t oon• vention headquarters and at the V. '11'. W. Home. · 2:00 p. m., Grand Oheminot, V. I'. W. Home . 3:00 p . m., opening of Ori,.nd Promenade, V. P. W. HomG. Opening ceremony. Presentation of color11 Introduction of gue.st.8. Reading of Grand Promenade. Reports. of Grand Promenade oom• mittees: rules, credentials, resolution, and constitution. Reports of Grand Ohef de Oar.a, Or!Uld Voiture officers . Remarks by visitltig omola!R Address, Sous Chef de Chemin de Pin\ J. Howard O'Niell, Burlington, Vt. New business and election of offtoer9. Election of delegates and alternat,e,, t.o Promenade Nationale t Los Angela,, Cal1f., in September. Installation of newly elooood ow.oars. Retirement of colors , Adj ournmen t • 6 :30 p. l.11.. ,Grand 40 and 8 banqueb M Rocklngham Hotel. 6 p, m., meeting of P. 0.'s for inlMation. 7:40 p. m., parade formation at ff, '11. W · Home. 8:00 p. m., Grand Volture parad<J. 9:00 p. m., Grand Vottur& Wrook, V. P_._w_._H_o_me_.__...,.._ _____...,. EIGHT AND FORTY NOW HOLDING ANNUAL M.ARCHE Ladies Of The Legion Gather For Their Annual Convention The 8 and 40, officially known M the La SOciete des Hult Chapeaux et Quarante Femmes, of New Hampshire 18 holding its annual convention in this city, The sessions of this organization are being held at the Rockingham Hotel. Greetings - Department President, Mrs. Adelaide C. Owen, Maine. GreetL'1gs - Department Secretary. Mrs. Anna Lovely, Maine. Report of New York Convention Mrs. Fannie W. Smith. Report of Rehabilitation-Mrs. Mattie Pettenglll. Gri!etlngs-Mrs. Eva M. Coleman. Chapeau Departmental 8 et 40. Rei)ort--Department Historian, Mlss Annie V. Bryant. Friday, June l'7 Repcrt, Legislation-Mrs. Irene McIntyre Walbridge, _ 8:00 p. m. Parade with 40 and 8. Report, National Defense and Americanism-:Mrs. Josephine C. Adams. Selection-Naahua Glee Club. Reporl. of Radio-Mrs. Helen Beau• chesne. ReporL of National News-Miss Annle V . Bryant, Address-Mrs. Josephine C. Adams, National Vice Pre&ident, Eastern Division. Greetings - Department Adjutant, Frank N. Sawyer. 4:45 P. M.-FIDAC Program and Tea, Mrs. Lillian B. Trombley, Hostess. 5 :-15 P. M.-Distrlct Caucuses, 1-35-6. 8 :00 P. M.-Conventlon Ball-HampThe program for the American Le-- ton BE.ach Balll·oom. glou Auxiliary convention, now ·being held in this city in connection with Saturday, June !8 8 :00 A. M.-Past Presidents' the 20th annual convention of the New Breakfast--Hotel Rockingham. Hampshire State Department Ameri9 :30 A. M.-C~ll to Order. can Legion ls as follows : Advancement of Colors. Flag Salute-Led by Mrs. Josephine Friday. Jw1c 17 • C. Adams. 3 :30 A. M. - Registration, Parish Invocation - Department Chaplain. House, North Church, corner Middle America. a nd Congress streets. Report of Credential Committee. 10 _15 A. M.-Memorial service with Vocal Solo-Mrs. Dorothy F. Nute, the American Legion. Address-Miss Elizabeth Murphy, : A. M.-Advancement of Color ... 10 45 State Board of Education Invocation, Department Chaplain, Address-Rear Admiral C. W. Cole, Mrs. Mattie Pettenglll. Flag Salute, led by Mrs. Josephine Commandant United States Navy Yard. Adams. Report, Ohlld Welfare-Mrs. Helen ·'The National Anthem." Greetings to convention-Miss Nel- E. McCoy. Report, Publicity-Mrs, Roslyn Breslie L Fifield, Convention Chairman; Mrs. Leah A. O'Brien, President Host- nahan. Reports of Caucuses. ess Unit. Vocal Solo-Miss Elsie Gerrish. Response-Mrs. Joyce L. Ray. Report, Poppies - Mrs. Fannie Greetings-Mayor Kennard Goldsmith. Smith. Report, FIDAC and Muslo - Mrs. Welcome-Clyde Robinson, ChalrLillian. B, ~bley. man Convention COrp. Report, Constitution and By-LawsReacting of Conventlo11 Call. Ratification of Convention Appoint- Dr. zatae L. Straw. Report, Parliamentary Procedure ments. Mrs. Eva. M. Coleman. Report of C~:lential committee. Report, Mothers' Aid and UnemployAdoption of Program. ment--Mrs. Helen Conant, Report of Rulos Committee. 12 :OO M.-Recess, Report of Department Secretary. 1.30 P. M.-Address-Oovernor FranReport of Finance Chairman on 1939 ols P. Murphy. Budget Election of Department Officers, Report of Department Treasurer. Election of Delegates to the National Report of Department President. Qonventlon. Report of Resolutions Committee. Yocal solo-Mrs. Margaret Hodgdon. Report of National Executive Com• Address-Mrs. Malcolm Douglas, Namitt~ewoman, Mrs. Emily B. Feather. tional President, Amer. Legion Aux!• 12 :00 M-Recess. Joint Child Welfare Luncheon Meet- liary. Reports, Unit Activities, Community ihg ,rnd Conference. 1: 15 P. M.-Memorial Service. - In Service and Junior Activities. - Mrs. charge of Mrs. Mattie Pettengill, De• Madeline A. Gladu. Address-Department President, Woparcment Chaplain. man's Relief Corps. Nashua Glee Club. Address-Department President, Vet. N0mination of Department Officers. Greetings-Department Commander, erans of Foreign Wars Aux. John L Sullivan. 3:00 p. m. at Hotel Rockingham. 6:30 p. m. Banquet at Hotel Rockingham. 8:00 p. m. Annual Marche Departementale, Hotel Rockingham. Reports of officers. Election and installation of departementale officers. Election of delegates to Marche Nationale. Distinguished guests. AUXILIARY IS HOLDING 19TH CONVENTION Mrs. Malcolm Douglas National President Will Attend Session �Present state officers are1 Vocal Solo-Mrs. The woi-k of the American Legion 1s Captain, Erne.st L. Bell, Jr., of Keene Presentation of very dear to the heart of Mr. Roblnson. First lieutenant, Gordon Dunbar, Awards. He is a charter member of the Frank Manchester. ' Unfinished Business. E. Boom& Post and during the years Second lieutenant, Paul April, Nashua. Presentation of Department Officers. 'has done a great deal of work for the Finance officer, Thomas Brown, BerAwarding of Cedar Chest and Other ·post. He haS worked his way thrQugh lin, Prizes, the varloua offices and on Oct. 20, 1936, Adjutant, Franklyn Ayer, Keene. Joint Banquet with the AmericaD became Commander. He bas shown a Historian, ArthUl' Brault, NeWPOrt, Legion, great deal of vision In his plans, and Sergeant-at-arms, John Briggs, Dov• ~ - - - - - - • • • • • - -... under his leadership the organization er. has progressed steadily. Their memberChaplain, Walter $harpies, Newmarship jumped from an average of 92 ket. ' to 220 and this increase bas won for the Frank E. Booma Post the coveted ,Bowen Trophy award which will be officially presented during the convention. Under his commandership the post first made plans to erect a new 'Hotne, but the opportunity was given to purchase the Portsmouth Athletic Club building and thli; was done. Now the organization has a very fine home, which Is a great pride to them. The dedication of this home was held on Armistice Day, 1937, and was attended by Gov. Francis P. Murphy and other notables. The work of the Legion has 'progressed steadily during the past two years. Among the outstanding aohlevementa was tbe Moblllzation held' in oonnectlon with tbe state-wl(le call of the Depl;l,I'tment. , Oomml!-llder.. The Po11t/,mout.p re~ponse was quiok and' · l)lOljt satlsfl\Cto\'Y, , '' In addltlpn tp his in~est in Legion aotlvitie., l\e is a membjlr of St, : An.!.' d;r;e)V.S Lodgll of Maso11s, ScotUsh 'Rite and ftose Croix. He Is Jllso I\ past-state · P,resldllI)t ,of tile Letter Oarrijlr~ Asso- · elation. ' LOCAL COMMANDER IS CHARTER MEMBER 0f BOOMA POST 40 AND 8 CALLED STORM TROOPS OF THE LEGION SONS OF:LEGION IS- , NEYiEST URGANZ'ATION, 1 Clyde a. Robinson, President of the American Legion Coi'poratlon, and Commander of the Frank E. Boomll. Post, American Legion which Is. playIng host to the 20th annual New Hampshire Department Convention of the American Legion, has spent most ot ills time working for Uncle Sam. Fir~t as an employee in the Post Office 11n this city, and later he served in the Army, returning to his duties at the Post omce following the ending of the World War. Comdr. RobinSOn was born in Dover, Oct. 23, 1894. At the age of /!IX be came to this city with his parents, to live. He attended the local schools and graduated from the Portsmouth high school In 1912. The following year he entered the postal service and with the exception of the time out for the World war, has been employed there ever since, a. period of 25 years. lie went Into service, April, 1918, im<! on July '1 of that year went overseas. He was attached to the 303rd infantry at that time but afterwards was asalgned to the 871st Transportation Co. at St. Nazaire. He was discharged from the service on June 3, 1919. On Sept. 26, 1917, he married Beatrice Oldfield. They have one daughter, LUUan, who Is a student at the Univerlflty of New Hll,ffipshire. They reside at 306 Aldrich Road. The,. youngest. of th• , ·, m-ganlzatlons of l\'lanchester allled' wlth the AmericanlLegiort· 11 the Grand Chef de Guerre .~ris ot ~e 'Legion: ' ' Tli-e ~oup lil\d a. The Grande Voiture, Department of $1I\a\l peglqpl,o_~~.~a_y'fu~,bee~·sra_rted orl New Hamp.shire, La ·s oclete des 40 Jan. 12, 19~4. 'J'.hls Vfa8 the first Hemmes et 8 Chevaux, whtch holds its sq1i1\\(1rot,1 and ,n:9~. a. sj;a,~-'f'lde group. 14th annual grand promenade as a fea1 Under the cUr ectlon o~ Peter J 1• Flynn of ture of and in connection with the 20th Mancpestl)r ~e first SQ.t1adron WM organized in Berlin four years ago. Since annual conveI\tion of the state Department, America;n Legion, was organized tliP,,t tlIP,e it ~as assumed lmJlliessivei pro' portions in New HBJJ)'.pshlre. ' Official in 1924. Its present membership comrecognltlonvof ~he otsari~tion '· was prLses more than 300 active Legion• 1 made bY the Department of New' naires 111 all parts of the stil.te. The Grande \Tolture was organized , Hayp.pshlrr, ~erlcan. Le~ion, twp y~ar13 aftet various 'o ther voiture.s had been ago at the 01mventlon in NeVfPort. · ·1 1 'I'bL, organization ' has a. ·· five-point formed in dl!!erent counties of'the state. The first of these W!\4 Volture'Rocklngprogram biu;ed on citlzenshlp, ;patriot.. ham, organized hi 1921. The following Ism, discipline, leadership and Legidn:. · Ism. The progress ot the New Hatnp• year voltures were formed in Coos and shire Sons qf the Amerl~n Legion ha.!! Merrimack counties, and in 1923 in been due In a great measure to ·P eter Hillsborough, Cheshire and ·Belltnap Flynn, the first detachment 90mmand- counties. 'A voiture was organized in er, and Oilman o. Gunn of K;e1me, who Grafton in 1925 and twb years later an• served also as ,detachment conµnander, other was formed in sttaffortl county. The first Grand Ohet tie Oare was the as well as to Erneat L. Bell, Jr., of late :Dr. Charles Walker of Ket:ne, who Keene, who is not only a Legionnaire a.nd a past department colllD)ander of was also a past department commander the American 'Legion, but the son of a of the American Legion. The present Chet de Oare is P'rit.z Kane of Manches• Legionnaire as well. ' TWO years ago & boys camp WM con• t.er. The 40 and 8 la a secret &001ety wlth• ducteq. Last year suitable arrange• ments could not be made, but steps have in the American Legion. The box car been taken to assure tbe estab11shment of the French railway, tn whloh over• of a permanent summer ca.mp 1n future seas !nen used to ride during the World War with tbe lnscri' tion ".0 Hommea years. 1 �8 Oheva'us"-40 men, eight horaes--Ja the society's Insignia. It Is used t,o i>er'petuate the satirical conception of rela• tive war values between man beast, the man being valued' one-fifth of the h<irse, or m~n be_lng the eq~yalent of eight h9:r:¥a, re~ar<Jle.!fS of how ~ey are shpd. , , The national organization was owi• oelved and organized in March, 1920, 1n Philadelphia, as a fun-making grou~ for a local post /:iy far-sighted V6yageur Joe Breen, who b'"J1t better than .he realized at tile t)me. Its 1frat ptoinenade, Or initlatfon, was held in A1111ntown during the Pe,nn.srlvanla ~tate ~onventlon of the Legion and ,spread rapidly 1n the Department of Pennsylvania. ' Later the Pennsy\vanla boys ~ttend-' ed tlie convention In blevelarid ' and initiated ~anr , ~gl9nna~es·: · A!~~ which the growth of the 'organization was rii.pld a:ria soon spreali ~ all ' sec- ' tions of th~ country. The 40 and 8 was officially recogn'lzed tiy tlie .Atnerfcan ,Legion a~ the Natlonal col'IV~rltl<ln in KallllilS City hi 1921, when' It ·was ·adopted as the "playground" 'of the Leg'ion. The late Charles E. Perry of · Kittery Point, Me., was at oh~ 'time hea'd' o! the natJonal or~'ahlzatlon. ' . ' The ' 1sl\O<ll!: troops ot' the Iie'gion11 1ll what the 'Forty and '.!\lighters Moe called. 10 They .haVe won thl.8 t'itle by giving au~' per-se~vlce fu'. i\;lmes of' 'great I.egfon •o 't an~ NATIONAL COMDR IS FROM MASS. Daniel Doherty, Head Of National Organization, Native Of Woburn Secretary, Judge Advocate and Commander of the Middlesex County Council; Deiiartment Vice Comman•der; Obalrman of the Department LegJ.s\atlve and War Orphans Committees; membei; fpr three y~ars of the War Oi:ph,ans QQJ;nmlttee. In lp33 he was honored with election '~ Comm~nder of tJ}e Massac,husetts Department and bece,me a ~ember of Area A. WfJ,.r Orphans Committee, serving one ye11ir aa tp.e Chairman; he was named also as the Ohairmai;i of the ~ea A ~habimittlon Committee for one 1e01, anfi served as a member of warJ elected National Vice qommander thJa committee for three years. He at the 1934 National Convention at Miami, Plor,ida. He WAS chq~en National Oompu,.nder at the N11w York Oonvent(on II\St, ye,ar. 1 , ~y MWPhY, ,w.qo Wl'3 tben ~ational OollWlander, ,~ppoint.e,d, J.(r, Doherty aa Chairman of the Nat11mal .:ij_ehabllitatiqn c~p~ tn Nove~ber, 1935, to aerve one year. ~- Dohert'y 'wal borq 11it Woburn on 'Jan1 ~. 1894, wail educati!d. 'in the public and llJgh schoola of hi~ native olty, attended , and graduated from Burdett College, Suffolk Law Bchool and the Bentley School of .A'.coouhting and Fi• nance. 'He was adm'itted to t'he Massachiisett.a' bar fn 1922 and to the Federal 1 bar·1n 1923. ' Choosing the naval service after the United States entered the World War, · Mr. Dolierty enlisted In the United States Naval Reserve Force at Bostbn, Mass., being assigned t,o Yeoman classification. He was called immediately to active service In the Naval Censorship Bureau In Washlngbori. , Subse~ querit,Jy he was appointed a warrant· oflfcer, -U, S. N., Pay Corps, and was assigned to duty at Norfolk, Va. He was veleased •from active duty at, Phlladelphia on September 22; 191'71 after elgh·teen months of service, with the rank of Pay Olerk. He 111 'now a 'Lieutenant Oommander, J-V ; (8) United States Naval Reserve 1 abtaohed to ,t he F!Jst Na.val iDlstriat. 1,1 • , Mr. Doherty ls a.n attorney by·profes,sfon, IJe ,l.s ma,rried .. He has alwa;ys been• ,active jn civic affairs o'f his home ·clty1, having served in the Oity Oouncll for two ,Yep.rs anct 11,ls~ ~ Se.oretary ,to the Mayqr, He,,aJso s11rveq aa Mslstant J:?lst~iP~- 4ho!ney, qf ,]41ddll!Sex Coun'ty. ' ~ 0 f FACTS ABOUT THE · WORLD'' WAR . : I Total armed forces'.' ~~ cludl11g Axmy, Navy, :t\,1:ai;~e qoi;ps, .~tc .., ,T,olial .men ln • ~e. Army ·M en· who went overseas Men who fought irl 'France • Greatest number sent in ' ' on'e month ' Greatest' number 1'eturn'ing in one month Tons ot supplies shipped · from Amerrca. ro France Total 1eglsteted in draft Total draft lnductloru; Greatest number inductea irl one' month Graduates of Ll,1e 'Offl.J cers' Training Schools Oost of war t,o April 30, 1919 $21,860,000,000 Oost of Axmy to Aprll 30, 1919 $18,980,000,000 Battle fought by Ameri1 can troops Month of American participation in the war :pays of battle Days of duration of Meuse-Axgonne battle :Americana 1n MeuseAxgonne battle American Casualltles 1n Meuse-Argonne battle American battle deaths in war Americana wounded in war American deaths from disease Total deaths ill ih e Ann¥ • • ' , + f , The c9angp µi th!,! date, of ~e- an1\'lal ,110.nvf:!ntloo, v.:.as made :from ~ept;eJ,nber to Jlll'lll e,t the pes.,vqns 1held Jn. Manchester last .rear, T\lls will al-. Jow. tqi: srea.tei;. at\;el.'l.\!anqll, as it wlll not' be held to confl~t . wJm tl}e t National Qg,nventioQ,, wh,1,()h a.lways draws 11,: .number from ~ljlls, state, e~pecially when the 'convention IJ/ hfllcj. in tl:111- ea.st. , , · National Legion Commander Daniel J. Doherty of Woburn, Mass. .National commander, has bee)} active in Amerlc1m Legion affairs since he help~ to .organize the Qeorge A,, Campbell Post No. 101 at WoburJ\, as a charter member, early in 192~. Elected one of the. f!I:st commande.rs of his post, since then he has held many high Of• fices in his Legion county, dJ.strict, area anli department circles. These in• cluded; l 0 t , : ~ , t.• I I ' r ' • T 1l,•1 • • ,, • 1 I f' ~ 'f f, • r~ ' ~ I t ,. ,. <,>t the 20 .me11 who hJw,e ~rvect as 1l)epartment CommBJ1dere of ;the New .,¥ami;>sh4:~ State . pepartm~nt, only ~qe }ias ~~e<! .~way_. The Depf'.rtment ,.<fomdr. 'who died was Dr. Oh!!.rles S. .,}V,l)ter o('Ke~ne. ,He waa also the ftr11t Grand Chet ~e _O are of the 40 and 8. ' �State Department,. .American tegion, Organized In '19.19. ~t Meeting · Held At Mancbest~r • f' 19 when a large part of Naab• 1; 11a wu devastated );>y one of tne word , conflagratlom ever to 11trike a at.ate 11 the lig\on worked untiringly and unceasingly t.o aid 1n rest.orlng ord r and to help feed, clothe and house the hUndredl rendered de.stltut.e by the names. However, it la not on\y in times of The Organization as een ery ctive disaster that the legion stands out, During The Past Nineteen Years And ls A ·:1 It helps b~d the citizens of tomorrow with its constructive programs for boys, Leader In Legion Activities Throughout Nation the most widespread of which Is the H B V :• A O The American Legion of New Hamp- At the first convention,, a pjlr.manen "Little World Serles", c n duct rgani:;.ation was set up , and the f<>n- ed annually. Boy3' baseball teai_ns reshire held the first state convention stltutlon and by-laws adopted, Perma- presenting posts all over the nation vie f any department. This was in Au• nent headquarters were establ4!hed 1n with one another for the honor of st, 1919 at The Weirs in conjunction concord. At this Ume there w,ere 42 playing In the finals, . "11th the annual reunion week of the posts and sinoe _t.bat time the nl.un-: ln another department of civic serNew Hampshire Veterans' Association. ber has increased to 78 /\C~lve posts' vice the Department o~ New HampThe convention was held the same and lnclud!S over l),OOO members. shire, as _well as the legion as a whole, year as the forming of the National These po$ts have been active t.hrou~h- has contmually distinguished itself. Its ganlzatlon in Paris. out the yelj.rs. They, as we)l as the de- AJJlerlcanlsm classes ~re ever seeklh1g The New Hampshire State Branch partment have taken p~rt in many' to make better Americans. Classes n f the American Legion, now known proj~cts. ' ' J • civic, American history and allied subas the Department of New ,Hampshire, '· jects nre conducted 1·egularly by posts was formed in Manchester on May 5, N. H. Leads Country ' all over the state for the benefit ot 1919. Forty-seven veterans from nine In the endowment campaign held in ' aliens who wish to better understand New Hampshire communities - Man• 1924, the oranlta State led the entire tp.e country of their adoption, and who chest~r, Nashua, concord, Andover, country on a percerttage basis, ralslhg wish to become citizens. In this Im• Peterborough, Laconia, Canterb\ll'Y, three times its quota 'of $13,000. In portant work the New Hampshire legEast Jaifrey and Woodsvme-attended. the same ~ear New Hampsl\ire'II mem- ion bas not lagged behind and each Three days later the national caucus berstilp lc!ll not only tlie' rest' 6f New year the countl'y Is richer by many was held in st. ·Louis and delegates Ehgland, ' but ail" dthei'I Eastern 1de•' olt~n~, presented her by the legionfrom New Hampshire, chosen at the partments as well. In ' 11.ddl'tibn, , the nalpis. ot this state, Manchester meeting, included Col. standing of ~his c1Eipi1rtment "etttred the . Frank Knox of Manchester, Judge Jer- nati6MI average. i..' , ·' ' ,,,;, , •1. , l\lo1Jllbatio~ Oall emy Waldron of this city, Elliot A. To the New Ha'n'ipslltrb Depn'rtdlent, Durtilg the spring of ' this year the carter of Nashua and Maj . Frank J. }..netical'i Legl:ori 'b.1so• goes ilie , dis;. legion arranged to mobilize 1ts memAbbott of Manchester. tlrtction of 1•ha\/Ul~ had·6ne bf the •<feW' ,bers and a'ut6moblles, to assist in ev,.. American Legion posts oomp<jsed 'en-· ent of ah emergency. TlUll test call Legion Made Permanent tlrely of , iwomenu who •• servetl in " the• came without warning and various At the st. Louis caucus, which was Wo'rl<I war.t' ., • ,, .. ,,, " 1, posf.:! reported bow many men, nurses, pened by Col. Theodore Roosevelt, the . Tbi! Evelyn Petl<le pba1J , of' . POl'ta.. doctors, automobiles, and what supplies American Legion was formed a a piir- motith wM org-anlzedo1 in r•Febrt1ary 0 .r they had available. While this was the manent organization and the de)e- 1920i,Named: .ron a,,nutee,wh<fWaa killed , first such call, it was remarkably suegates votetl tor the rejection of rad!• 1n an acmdenlr dW'ing . the •war; . itll cessful. The other depal'tments in the callsm, issued a call for the deportat;lon membership waa ootnp.osed•'OiiiY'of<Wf\1'1 nation ~atclie(\ with Interest these arof all r.Jien slackers, and made a de- nnrses who had serYed with the·troop11 rangements and have patterned their mantl upon the government for pro- The- pott• suui,ntleffd/!lt.a charteiMn mobilization organ!zatlot1s like New per :functioning of agencies operating l924 after four •- ,ears·l, ~f., existence,• Hampshlre's. Once agalrt New Hamp:for the care of disabled veterans. There were 55 names on the roll, b\i& shire led the way. This Idea of mobll· The first national convention was 60 nuiny of the ,membell left ' he dtf-; lza.tlori was to assist in case of a diheld at Minneapolis, Minn,, on Novem- elttrer on-daty or-to• return to privat-e saster or any other emergency - to ber 10, 11 and 12. The Department of life. that the organization went out of work with the Red Oross. New Hampshire sent 10 delegates and existence,- , · ,The state Conventions were held antwo alternates. The delegates were Or· nually at The Weir• until 1934 when, vllle E. Caine of Keene, Maj. Fran~ Pine Rervlff ~or« according to a vote ot the previous · J Abbott of Manchester, Col. Frank\ From its tncep~ion (!own to the p'rl" year, the 111th annual conclave we.a Knox of Manchest.er, RObert 0. Mm:- 11en.t t.he le1lon pre,enta an enviable held at, Berlin. Slnce that time Man• chle of Concord, Francis J. McDonald :record of achleven.1ent and se,rvlca to chester, Nashua and Newport have of Dover, George Wingate of M11,n- the 1tate In times ·ot atress, The first been host to tbeae men who served chester, Joseph Killourhy of Manches- opportunity of the department to ren• their country during the World war. · ter, Nelson T. Wright of Portsmouth, uer assistance In a time of emer~ency This }ear 1s the fll'st time tbat PortsH. K. Davison of Wootlsvllle and Wil- came with the floods ot 1927. In No- mouth be.a been selected aa the "Oon• J!am A. Molloy or Nashua. The a~ter- 1vember of that year, when large areas ventl6n Ciity." nates were C. Fred Maher of Lacpnla of Vermont and northern New Hamp• The present officers ot tbe Departand Winnifred F. Robinson or Hln.s- ebire were Inundated by rising waters, ment · of ~e-W Hampshire, el~ted at dale. the legionnaires did yeoman servtoe, th</'Manbhester' convention, are: Atty. Follcwing the national caucus New leaping to t,he asalstance of the at- John L. Sullivan of Manches~r. com• Hampshire veter:1ns set about building 111ot!d with men, money and supplies. ln&nder; Wlllltl.m D. McPherson of a state organization, They' worked Again when tbe Merrimack and the Concord, Leo A. Ray of Gorham and rwiftly and Jess than three months al- Connectlout verfiowed their banks 1n Artl'tur J .'Pimer of Lebanon, vice com• ter the Initial meeting in Manchester, March, 1936, New Hampshire's legion- manders; · Percy H. Bennett of ManNew Hainpsbire boasted 42 posts. To naires showed the spil'lt which bl\l chester, auditor: Frank N. Sawyer of the Frank W. Wilkins post of Lac!lnla made the American Lesion the great- 'Weare, · adjutant! George W. Morrill went the distinction of being the first est organization of its kind in the · of Concord, treasurer; Oapt Maurice rounded in the state. The Laconia post world. Mobll!zlng awUtly, It moved In• F. JJevlne or Manchester, national beat out the Henry J, Sweeney post t.o place11 where it wu most neede4 conurtiLteeman1 Eh A. Marcoux, alterof Manchester for the honor by a sin- and rendered invaluable service to the nate national committeeman; Harold !'le clay. etate and to the people of New Hainp- B. Tremblay, department historian and lhlre. Rev. A. William Jones ot Exeter, chap• Jain. �As the years have passed, the New Hampshire department has become stronger and its accomplishments have; been greater. It has long since won the confidence and admiration of the peo• ple of New Hampshire thro1,1gh its 1 progra'm of consttuctive sl!rVices to the community and the state and it is re• cogniv.ed as an drgantza.tton that ex• em profound iniluence tor the general welfare within the atath boundaries. 1 Jn" the· Natttinal organization, the New H ,. .... pshire department ' is· most out• ..w standing' and rank.a wcli' tow~rd the tron't! ··Mant policfes Which were first, 1!'11!.~iitated fu ' this sta¼3; have been tlt'lopttd ·by' the Natlonat qrganlzation, · " ',Department · Comltlandei's l' , The •fOllowlng have ·served a.ti depart• rnent •commanders of tiie ·Legion in 1 Newv-Hampshire1 ' ,· '' · Cdl. Prank' Kttox, May &, 1919~,l\ug, 28, 1919, l · •Maj, Orville E. Oa:lne, Keette, Aug, 28, 18l9•May '22, 1920, ' . • · Regmald O. , St.&1imsori, 'Exeter, May, 22, ltiO-Jll.n, 1 1 1922, · ·, 1Dr1 Robert 0, BloOd, 'Concord, Jan. ,1,, 1922~Nov, 6. ·1922, , Dr, ·Oharlea 8. Walker, ·Keerie, Noy. I, 1922--Atig, 1923, ·' , Ool. William E. Sullivan, Aug, ,19.23• Kay 8, 1924, Jla.rold K. Daviaon, Woodsvlllo, Mny 8, 1924-Aug, 1926, MaJ, Oscar o. Lagerquiat, Manohester, Aug, 1925-Aug. 1926, Ool. Osoar P. Oole, Berlin, Aug. 1926• Aug, 1927. Ralph O, McCarthy, Portsmouth, Aug, 1927•Aug. 1928. Harry ~naon, Lebanon, Aug. 1928· Alli, 1929. Harry W. Dudley, Tilton, Aug, ,1929• Oct, 1930, Dr. Forrest J. Drury, Londonderry, Oo\. 1930-0ct, 1931, Wendell D. Orowell, Hancock, Oct, 1931-0ct. 193!1, Samuel B. ildeJ, NeWpOrt, Oct. 1932· Oct. 1933, · ElJ A, Marcoux, Berlin, Oct. 1933• Oct, 10:U, Oharlea E. Green, Pittsfield, Aug. 198(-Aug. 1935, Erne.at L, Bell, Jr., Keene, Sept. 1935Sept. 1936, · Earl Mellon, Nashua, Sept, 1936-Sept. 1987, . John L, Sullivan, Manohester, Sept. 198'7-June 1988. Both the Booma. Post and its auxiliary took prizes for their membership .increases during the past year. The Booma Post won the Maj. Bowen oup, while the Auxiliary unit was the Winner of the Irene Wall>ridge cup. Many Ships Have Been Built In The Portsmouth District Shipbuilding Began In Th_is Section d D In Early Colonial Days And Contmue own T. hrough The 19th Century ,_~-:--=.::-:--;-:-;:-;:-::-::;-:;-:;;:;,:::~-;:"".~ History informs us that it was not long after the arrival of the first settlers at Portsmou th th at a sawmill wa.s erect• ed at the headwaters of the Plscataqua. Into this mill came the logs from the virgin forest . Pine and oak, straight, tall and of massive girth, these were soon reduced to planks and boards to be carrled overseas and to be wrought Into ships . Then, too, there were spars for the king's ships and on the best trees was placed the broad arrow, the symbol of crown property. Woe betide the unwary settler caught In the act of felling one of these t.rees, for the best was only for the crown . ·J ust when the first ship was built on the banks of the Plscataqua Is a matter of conjecture. However, it Ls reasonable to assume that it shortly followed the erection of the sawmill. The harbor of Portsmouth Is deep and wide and affords a good anchorage from the inclemencies of the weather. From the beginning trade was attracted to the town and in the early days its only vehicle was the sailing vessel. As the years rolled on the port thrived. On the river bank the sound of axe and maul was heard from dawn to dusk as the frames of ships arose to supply the ever-Increasing demand. The records of shipping and shipbuilding on the Plscataqua in the early days are for the most part lost. Those records that are In exLstence show us that a flourishing trade wa.s In progress even in the 17th Century. Rum a nd molasses from the West Indies, manufactures from the mother country, even slaves from the shores of Africa entered, to be exchanged for the products of forest and fishery. For the most part, however, trade was greatly restricted by the mother country, which sought to monopolize it. Hal! the ports of the world were closed to our vessels. England's long and co 5tly wars had a disastrous effect. Yet in spite of these adversities merchants waxed wealthy and the town grew prosperous from the sea. As early as 1690 England recognized Its position and the skill of its shipwrights by ordering the construction of the "Falkland" of 54 guns . Six years later the "Bedford Galley," 32 guns, a nd i a" 44 guns became th "A in 1749 e mer c , • an addition to the Royal Navy· During the 18th century hundreds or vessels were built on the river, Dovi8~ Durham, Exeter, Newma1·ket, Berw c and Kittery each contributing its share. These vessels were mostly small craft, or at least, would be consideretdl smablli ln this age They were mos Y r gs, snows a~d ships, their tonnage rarely exceeding 250. Capt. Eliphalet Ladd did build a ship to d the Archelaus at of 500 ns, name • Exeter. It took nearly three years t,0 complete her and all sorts of dire predictions were made for such a monster. Apparently she was quite successful an~ made money for her owners until wrecked on Cape Cod. With the coming of the Revolution Portsmouth contributed many vessels to the patriots' cause-the "Ranger," first to receive a salute from a foreign power, the "Portsmouth," the "Belluca" and the "Raleigh,'' whose fine appearance so leased the English that after capturing ter she was placed in drydock to be opied. During these days Portsmouth ent nearly two-score privateers to sea to harry the commerce of the enemy. In those days It seems that it was not necessary to be near the water to build a ship. At least capt. Robert Parker didn't think so, for he constructed the brig "General Sullivan" on j:1.ls farm at Lee, then took the vessel apart and hauled the pieces to Newmarket, where they were again assembled, launched and put to sea. The "General Sullivan" was one o! the most successful prlvateers out of Portsmouth during thl.s period. Here, too, was built the "America,'' 74 guns, first shlp-o!-the-llne on the continent. Her subsequent presentation to France sent her commander-to-be, the mustrlous John Paul Jones, to seek serTice with another nation. It was during the period from the Revolution to 1'799 that our trade was at Jts peak. Portsmouth ships carried the !lag o! the new republic into strange ports In far lands where hitherto It had never been seen. Still the troubles of our merchants and sailors were not over. England began t.o assume an arrogant attitude with her right of "search and seizure." The French be· gan to plunder and the atrocities of the Algerians ran rife. To appease the grasping Dey o! Algeria, Congreaa ordared a frigate to be constructed in Portsmouth to be presented as compensatlon for not fulfilling the treaty stipulation on time. Thus one of the !!nest ships ever to be launched Into the Piscataqua sailed from Portsmouth •to serve under the crescent of the Infidel. It l.s also Interesting to note the work. ditlon• nd wages of this period. mg con •.., a I January 1799 80 men were em• p~yed upo~ the 'construction of the f igate Congress The workmen labo~ed six days a w~k from dawn to dusk. In the morning they were allowed 30 minutes for breakfast 10 minutes at 11 m for grog and the usual hour at ~~on :' Their wages ranged from $4.32 to $7. 20 per week. �The stories of adventure, privation and suffering of our seamen would In themselves fill a volume. The capture of the brig Rebecca by a French privateer and her recapture is an epic of the sea. How Moses, the Negro, sought single-handed, to bring the brig Betsles back to Portsmouth from the West Indies after kll11ng her captors . The sufferings of the crew of the Narcissa, 79 days adrift on their water-logged hulk. Of the escape of Capt. Titus Sall:,er and his men from the Moors when cast away on the treacherous coast of Morocco. These are but a few of the Incidents that seem to prove that these were Indeed the days of wooden ships and Iron men . The 19th century found shipbuilding on the river progressing rapidly. DurIng the first year of the new century nine ships, four brigs and one snow were built within the district. Building continued at this rate until the advent of the War of 1812, which caused quite a slump 1n the industry. However, the activity of our privateers during this war The Sn ttuok Shipbuilding J.>lant Ai Newington ShorU1 After The War more than compensated for the losses sustained by the building trade. ually drove thQ commerce or other At this tlme Portsmouth merchants nations from 'the sea. equipped no less than 20 vessels as priPortsmouth built 24 clippers, ranging vateers, with varied success. Of these from the twin schooners Winna and the Thomas was perhaps the most sucBrinda, of 300 tons each-built to carry cessful and the Harlequin the least, the opium from India to China-to the latter vessel falling a prize to H. M. S. mighty Sierra Nevada of 1942 tons. Bulwark soon after leaving port. The Typhoon crossed the AUantlo from Portsmouth to Liverpool In 13 1-2 The tale of the strange cruise of the days. The Tinqua, ·built by George privateer schooner Macedonian Is rather interesting. This vessel sailed Raynes, sailed from New York: to the THE TYPHOON. from Portsmoulh 13 days after the Equator In 13 days, which record waa Many words have been written a.bout treaty of peace between England and never equalled. The Witch of the Wave America had been signed. She was out holds the record of 81 days from Oa.1- clipper ships, those fast sailing vessels to Boston. The Wild Pigeon cirfour months destroying the commerce of cutta cumnavigated the globe In the best time built 1n the 1850's when speed was the England and refusing to believe that ever made by a salllng vessel. Even the foremost requisite. Even today, the war no longer extsted between the two little Winna took but 10 days from San names "Flying Cloud," "Sovereign of countries . Franctsco to Honolulu. the Seas,'' "Nightingale" and "Witch After the war the ships returned to The highest prices were obtained by of the Wave" bring visions of ships their more peaceal:lle pursuits, but the Portsmouth builders and their work- carrying clouds of white canvas ba.tdeath knell had been sounded for the manship the finest. Witness the rec- tling storms and unseen perils to caronce flourishing west India trade. ord of the ship, Dashing Wave, bulit In ry their cargoes to the far corners of Ships were growing larger and voyages 1853 by Fernald & Pettigrew and de- the earth. The equal of any ever bullt, longer. An extensive trade was carried creed by the Inspectors to be In sound altho never having received the credit on with Europe, particularly Sweden condition In 1920, 67 years after her due her, was the Cllpper Ship "Tyand Russia . Voyages to India and the . phoon." East Indies were becoming more com- launching With the passing of the clipper ship Built on Badger's Island in 1851 by mon, but gradually the trade turned building waned. The depredations of Fernald and Pettigrew for D. and A. toward the larger centers of Boston and the Confederate privateers and the gen- Kingsland of New York and launched New York. era.I stagnation that followed the Civil fully rigged, the "Typhoon" of 1611 These were the existing condition In War forced the sale of most of the tons burthen was the first clipper ship the 40'8. Portsmouth still held her Portsmouth ships to foreign Interests. built In Maine and the first vessel out place as a ship-owing and building cen- The year 1888 saw the Ia.st sailing ves- of Portsmouth over 200 feet In length. ter, though few of her ships ever called. sel, the schooner Grace K. Green, She left Portsmouth under Charles H. At this time over 200 vessels were owned launched at Freeman's Point. Salter of New Hampshire's port city ln this port, including two whalers. The World War saw a revival of mer- at 9 a. m ., March 12, 1851, for LiverYear by year the ships grew larger. chant building, with the construction of pool on her maiden voyage in a gale Ships of 800 tons and upwards were no steamships at Freeman's Point and and thunder shower during which the longer uncommon. In 1844 the first Newington. However, this was dlscon- ship was struck by lightning twice, ship of over 1000 tons to be built within ttnued soon after the war, again leav- but In spite of, or possibly due to, this this district was constructed by the Ing the navy ya.rd to carry on the glorl- inauspicious start, the Typhoon arfirm of Raynes & Fernald. Then in ous tradition of the past-flne work• rived at her destination March 26th, 1846 Raynes and Tobey built the Am- manship in fine vessels. in 13 days and ten hours, a record erica, 1137 tons. In 1847 the Columbus, that has never been equalled by a sana three-deck ship of 1307 tona wa.s built ing vessel. After being placed on exhl• by Fernald & Pettigrew. bltlon in the Thames River, the return The came the most glorloua era in the trip was starl;ed April 20th, arriving annalll of American shipping-that of In New York May 17th. the clipper ship. These vessels, bearing The next voyage was to San Frannames with which to conjure-Sea Sercisco, London, Liverpool, returning to pent, Typhoon, Red River, MorninlJ ew York December 8, 1852. It was not Light, Water Witch-to mention but a tll June 111, 1856, that the Typhoon few-carried with them recorda that were never broken by tall ships and vlr• THREE Cl.IPPER SHIPS TIIAT HAVE MADE HISTORY �vlslted the Unlted States agaln. Dur• lng the four years she had sailed to Ban Francisco, Honolulu, Bhanghal, London, Liverpool and Calcutta. On her return to Llverpool from New York, the ship was placed in service between Liverpool and Bombay and for a part of the tlme was used as a transport ship. Her career nearly came to an end in 1862. On December 24th of that year, enroute from Manila to Cork, the Typhoon encountered a severe storm and put into Fayal in distress after the first officer and ftve seamen had ao• tually worked themselves to death to save the vessel. The next year the clipper was sold in Blngapore for $39,· 000 and re-named the "Indominata• ble." The vessel was wrecked at sea ln 1871. Two other clippers of world re• nown were built in the year 1861; the "Witch of the Wave," 202 feet long and of 1499 tons burthen, and the "Nightingale," 178 feet long and , of 1066 tons burthen. The first was built by George Raynes for William T. Glldden of Boston and the other by Samuel Hanscom at Ellot, Maine for contract parties who refused to take the vessel on completion. The "Night• ingale" was sold to Sampson and Tap• pan of Boston. Both were noted for their beauty and both were extremely fast sailers. "The Witch of the Wave" The "Witch of the Wave" was launched from Raynes' yard with elaborate ceremonies. Among the hun• dreds of spectators was a large group from Salem headed by a band who had come to Portsmouth in a special train. She sailed on her maiden voy• ge May 20, 1661, from Boston for San Francisco and Hong K<mg, arrivlng at the latter place in the fall. She returned to Boston via London and Liv• rpool. On June 22, 1862, the Witch sailed for San Francisco and 0hlna. arriving at Hong Kong December 29th with ~mallpox in the crew. After stopplng t Singapore and Calcutta, she sailed ror Boston, April 13th, arriving at Boston July 3, 1863, in 81 days, a record run. She made a similar trip n 1853 and n September 6, 1854, sailed for Batavia and Am.Bterdam where she docked 'February 16, 1856. She was then chartered for a round trip between Amsterdam and Batavia and on her return was sold to Van E!ghen and Company of Amsterdam who re-named her the "Electra." Later the ship was sold in Stavanger and re-named the "Dort.'' ern New Hampshire (except Hampton and Seabrook) and the Maine towns along the Plscataqua. This grouping was done to simplify customs proce• dure and not for the purpose of submerging the smaller towns into the larger. The "Nightingale" under 0aptain Fiske sailed from New York October 17, 18n for the Orlent and Australia, being the flrst to sail to Australia after the ftndlng of gold in that section, and did not return to Boston until three years later. On that part of the voyage from Shanghal to Deal, the "Nightingale" competed again8t the British "Challenge," winning the race by one day. Although tha shlp was engaged in trade between China, Australla and England, she dld not vlslt San Francisco until 1859. She returned to New York under 0aptaln Peterson, January 30, 1860 and was sold to unknown parties. On September 18, 1860, the "Nightingale" sailed for Liverpool under Captain Bowen, fttted out as a slaver and cleared for Saint Thomas, November 24th with a cargo of guns, powder and cotton cloth. on April 20, 1861, the vessel was seized by the U. s. Sloop of War "Saratoga" with 961 slaves on board, and Captain Bowen and a man by the name of Valentino Cortena were arrested. Under Lieutenant Guthrie the "Nightingale" sailed from Kabanda for Monrovia, Liberia, where the neg• roes were to be released to the Reverend John Seyes, but African fever broke out soon after clearing causing the death of 160 of them. She put to sea from Monrovia, May 7, 1861, for New York, arriving June 3rd, and on arrival it was discovered that the two prisoners had mysteriously disappear• ed. The cllpper was condemned in Federal Court July 8th, and purchas• ed by the United states for $13,000. Equipped with four 32-pounders, the clipper was used as a supply and store ship during the Civil War and at Its conclusion was sold at auction to D. E. Mayo for $11,000. The "Nightingale" sailed from Boston March 9, 1866, !or San Francisco where she was sold to the Western Union Telegraph Company. After several changes in ownershl she was abandoned at ·sea in 1893. 'fhe ''Nightingale" The "Nightingale" was rom the yard of Samuel Hanscom, Jr., t Green Acre in Eliot but before goIng into her interesting history, It may be well to point out an error com• monly made and a misconception as to her place of construction. The mls;ake Is the adding of a "b" to Hansom, making the name "Hanscomb" Instead of the correct "Hanscom.'' The hip was not built at Portsmouth but ' ln the district of Portsmouth," which included In addition to tJ;le port city, 11 the shipbuilding centers In south- ubllsh. t of b the preparati 1 l businessman, Is es subject of ship bulldJ study of that indus e article on that sub �Launching Of Submarine At The Portsmouth Navy Yard ownership. It ls interesting to note that during the early part of the present century when the late Horace Mitchell of Kittery was a prominent political figure in York County and Maine politics, that he alwayii spoke of the yard as being the Portsmouth Navy Yard. As a result of this, Largest Number Of Men Employed There in the Maine legL,lature, he was spoken Since The War Are Now At Work of as "the gentleman from New Hampshire." Building Submarhies A survey of the employment !igurea The Portsmouth Navy Yard, famous Thlg demand fer a larger fleet finds shows that since the first of 1938 there throughout the world for its submar- the p or ts mo u th N av Y Yard has been an increase In employment ine construction, is today employing force both Civillans and Service men, to more than doui:>le the rolls. The toits largest numoer of men since the anxi~us to carry out the aims of the tal number of civilian employees, both boom days of the World War. The na- government and as a result of this men and women, on Jan. 1, 1933 was tlon, faced with the problem of build- the number of employees has been in- 1476. The following year the number ing up its fleet, finds the local yard creased each year. Already this year increa.!!ed by 119 to 1595. Jan. 1, 1935 ready to employ every facillty in order I there are 125 more employees than saw 1811 employed there. The year to do its part. The force nas been do- there were at the first of the year. 1935 was a boom year tor the yard and ing fine and speedy work durlng the Thl'ee shifts in some shops, t ':'1'0 on the first of Jan. 1936 the number past few years, but with the increased shifts in others, has brought the list increased to 2579. By Jan. 1 1938 thlt demand there is need for better and of employees oo the largest number total number employed rose to 3142 and larger facilities . since the war, more than 3000 now on June 1, of th:S year the total num• President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who being employed therti. This compares ber was 3267, This compares with an since his service as Assistant Secre- with a few over 1000 sbl: years ago. The all time high during November of 1918 tary of the Navy durin~ the days of majority of men employj:d there re- of 5722. At that time the World War Woodrow WLlson, has always been side in this city, but there are a great was in progress and everything was keeniy interested in this yard, has ask- many who live in Kittery, Eliot, and working at top speed in order to com• ed fo~· an appro1,1riatlon of over a mil- York. Many also come from Amesbury, plete the crafts wider construction. lion dollars to be spent on improve- Newburyport, Ma$$., Dover, Exeter, Portsmouth Navy Yard and the ments here. On Apr. 10 he requested Rochester and Somersworth in this workmen in this community are well $1,137,000 for these improvements. state, and from York, thfl Berwlcks, known for the construction of submarOnly last week the House Appropria- and Portland, Me. ines. Since 1917 twenty-six submartlons committee recommended that Known as tho P~tsmouth Navy ines built at the Portsmouth Navy $1,407,000 be appropriated for the Ports- Yard, upstate Maine and New Hamp- Yard have been added to the United mouth Navy Yard, to be used for im- shire are often at sword's point over States Navy. The first submarine, provements. An appropriation of $370,- the location. It ls situated in an island known as the L-8 was launched on ooo ls asked for Improvement of ship- between Maine and New Hampshire April 23, 1917, and sinoo that time the building ways, $50,000 for services to and Is owned by the government and workmen have ei;tabllshed an enviathe shipbuilding ways, $492,000 for ad- has been since 1800, twenty years be- ble reputation for submarine construc• dltlons to the shlpfltters' shop, $170,000 fore Maine became a state. At that tlon. The Portsmouth-built submarines for alterations to the shipfltters' shop, time the Island was a part of Massa- have achieved many records in tests $25,000 for a crane to handle weld- chuseLt.s. The Piscataqua river, whlcp mado by the U. s. government. The ments, $223,000 for replacements ln ex- is the boundary between the two states, t rials in a great many Instances are !sting shops, $69,000 for additions to flows each side of the Navy Yard, the made at the course off the Isles of existing shops and $58,000 for collat- back-channel, being on the Kit- Shoals, 10 miles from the Navy Yard. eral in "addition to shipfltters' shop ." tery side, and the main channel on Since those days of the first submarTwo submarines, the Squalus and the Portsmouth side. The namfl is of- ine building at Lhe local yard there Sculpln are on the building ways and ficially the Portsmouth Navy Yard, have been many Improvements, a great the stt~gray, which recently went In and the post office address is also many of which have been developed comm1SSlon, is now 011 test cruises. Portsmouth. The controversy over the here in t~ls navy Y!U'd, The workmen Two other submarines, to be designat- location, appar,mUy does not disturb have kept abra11st of the times, and ed as the Sea wolf and · the Seara ven, the re~idents of Portsmouth and Kit- workmen from this yard are often which were awarded to the local yard tery, who reali~ it is a community sought to go to other stctlons of the last year, are being planned. industry and the1efore neither claims country for work in ship yards. With two submarines on the ways, two more to be buUL as soon as there is a chance on the waya to lay the keela, Portsmouth Navy Yard Has Many Facilities For Submarine Construction l �\- i~~~~,.. -~ ~\,l~I(\ [:~ ·._:_~... - _.... . .. .. . .J- ~- - ,'~ ~!{:_'' {~~ ~---i.,;_._~....:..·_____ . •.:.•. . ., .. r ( - t -; . Y-,... • • . ''·/.. , .... l :• there is need for more facilities. TM 1813 when Co=odore Hull l!,ssumed L the question the Secretary o! the Navy need for additional building ways for command of the Portsmcuth yard, and 1• asked Congress to make an approprla.,_ submarines was voiced by Assistant on the 9th ot April the ,secretary of ; tion for three submarines oi about 800 · Secreiary of the Navy, Charles Edison the navy, for tho fir~t" time addres~ed ' tons each. The idea being that one of upon his official visit to the yard last Hull as "commandant or the Navy these boats would be taken by tho October. At prc"ent there are but two ·Yard, Portsmouth, N. H.'. ' Two y~ars 1I Navy Department to design and built available. later the "Washington," a frigat~ o! , complete itself. The contract for the The Stingray is the most recent of 74 guns, was launched ai;id fitted out other two would be awarded to private the submarines to be launched here. as a flagship for CommodQr\! Chaun- contractors. This was done. The gov• , She 3l!d down thl:l ways on Oct. 6, 1937 ! cey, who took command of our squad- ernment-bullt submarine the S-3 was • and only a few months ago went into ' rpn in the Mediterranean: ·,It . was ' in J to be constructed from designs which ' commission. The ~ubmarine Snapper, 11818 that the house which ha<;!. been I were being made by the government · \ which is now on its way to the west · fitted out for the commaI,1-dant from and the Portsmouth yard was selected r coast to join the Pacific fleet, was the old building originally on the is- • as the yard at which the submarine launched · on Aug. 23 of last year. She I land was remodelled and rel>uilt ·· and ; was to be built. This navy yard was ' i~ in command of Lieut Comdr. the grounds enclosed. This is the fine decided upon, for one reason, because Franklin o. Johnston, while Lieut. ] residence which is today occupied by , it was a navy yard under industrial Comdr. Leon Blair is in- command of I the · commandant. · \ management which would facilitate the 1 the Stingray. l The Franklin shiphouse was com- /close cooperation necessary in the preTh~ largest submarine ever con- I pleted in 1838, The first ship to be parat!on of plans and the actual constructed for the United States navy was l built in it was the sloop of war "Pre- struction of a submarine, where everybuilt at this yard. This was ttie sub- ble." On the same ways, and therefore thing must be worked in together wi~ marine V-5 built here in 1929. The V-5 1, within the famous old shiphouse was the least possible interference; and m _ is also believed to be th_e largest un- built the frigate "Congress'! which, it the second place because at that time - ; ·· 1 ,. , 1 underseas craft ever to have been built will be remembered, was burned in two submarines, the L-8, for which. • t :..;, ., ..;':"'l in the world. This was 371 feet in Hamptim Roads in action with ,_ the the plans had been purchased from .;.•· 1 , : • , . j lengLh with a breadth of 33.3 feet and confederate ironclad "Merrimack." The the Lake Torpedo Boat _Company, and ·-'.?,', j •1a stanciard displacement of 2760 tons. ! yard took its share in the building of the 0-1 for which the plans had "·,- ,,w .~ · • • -~ \ She had about the same speed as a steam frigates for the naY7 and set been purchased from the .Electric Boat · battl~&hip and in fact was truly a sub- i afioat the "Santee" and the "Mohl- Co. were under construction there, the , mersible warship with a long cruising ;· can." building of those submarines having radius and dangerous fighting ability. l • But next to Paul_ Jon~s• . "I:tanger", been undertaken with the id~a of givHer cost was esLimated at $7,500,000. the most notable ship built at Ports- ing the yard practice on this class of f' The history of the Navy Yard goes mouth '. was the :"Kearsarge''. which will work in the event that the department •r back· to the middle of the 17th cen- ever be of interest to Americana be- should decide to build submarines tury. cause of her t:amous · encounter with largely in its own navy yards. In 1645 Richard Vines, who had the Conteder~te. steamer . "Alabama" The designs of submarine S-3 were come . to this country acting for Sir which· she sank ,off the .port of Cher- 1. completed in January, 1917 and the Ferdinando Gorges, possessor of that bourg, France. • L!mitationa · of spaot 1order placed with the yard to go ahead section of the country commonly call- prevent ~ r;fe;ence "tomany- h~ppen• I at once with the work. To handle this {i ,- , ed New England, granted two islan~s ings at this yard which possess interwork it became, of ~ourse, nece~ now known as Navy Yard and ~eavey s . est for the naval historian, but it to build up a drafting force, which Island on which the Portsm?uth Navy should be recorded that while on a at that time was particularly difficult Yard is situated, to one Thomas Fur- visit to Commodore Pennock, Admiral j having in mind also the fact that ,, nell, shipwright, for a yearly _rent _of Farragut died in the house which is skilled men were required. I • two shillings and six .pence. ,Shipbuild- still used as the residence of the comWork on the ordering of materials ing was an early and active ?ranch mandant. It was t(, this yard that the and on the preparation of plans had ', ,·" of industry on tht , Pis~!litaqua a,nd in survivors of the Greely Arctic expedi- ,hardly been well started when in Apr. ·: i 1 1690, "Falkland" a 54-gun ship, ,t he first tion were brought in 1884, and finally ) 1917, as a consequence of our enter• '1 war ship built on this side of the ocean, it was at the Portsmouth navy yard, ing the war, and the increased ap.1 was constructed by a J9hn Taylor, by and at the then recently completed propriations for new ship construction, ord~r of the British gov~rnment. _;' 01 - General Store building_. that the pie- the construction of ten additional sub•-\ lowmg ~er, . came the Bedford, 32 nipotentiaries of Russia and Japan marines of the same type as the S-3, ·.: guns, built m lfi96. The third :essel ~ met, at the invitation of Pres1d~nt I to be called the S-4 to S-13 was as•' 1 1 launched at Portsm?uth was the Am- , Roosevelt, and signed the treaty which \ signed to this yard. ~-=---··. 1.. , , ] erica" 44 guns, which took th e water I brought the war to a close. I The Portsmouth Naval Hospital Is ; , · ~ . • i,: ·_--, \· in 1749. . · · ' It was about the year 1912 that the located on the reservation, and ii pro- ,,: .. -:. \k ~:'::-· t·} Congress authorize~ a nd pass~d an Navy Department began to move in bably 1n· the most slihtly place on tba : :.?f:, :"'!:!!,./•·;: th , ·: act i n 1755 for the buildl~g _of irte~n the direct ion of designing and con- · Yard. Ten beds in the hospital have < •~ .. ,. ' cruisers, and t_he firS t slup to be built structing its own submarines. The op- been allotted to the use of New Hamp,' ! for the Cont11;~ntal. ~~;Y at Ports- erating personnel of the submarine:, 1 shire war veterans, and veteran, are 32 ..guns. The was becoming more experienced and admitted here from the N. H, Veteran•• ,. 1 • • mouth was the Raleigh, 'j nex t sh'ip was t·ne "Ranger" . .: a ,sloop of was able to Jay before the department Bureau. Befort the economy axe out ·. ·',' · ' - \ war ·mounting . sixteen srx-pounders. the features of design which they con- into aclmin1stratlon expense thil _~ f I This ve~sel will e _v_e,r be famous sidered should be incorporated in these pltal waa filled and there wa1 ~ 11' ·.· I because it was laentifiyd wt th th e sea vessels and during the latter part of of waltinl war nt.eratu1 desiring tNM,. · ,,. · service of one Paul Jone~. It ,'Vfas on 1915 and the early part of 1916 a con- men•. ·f. • the 14th of February, 177.8, that Paul siderable aaitation was carried out by · · 1 • " . increase the size of our known, . Tht and olimatio oondltiona "" Jones, in command of th e "R anger " the fleet to are moat fe,,orablt.ai,t>w1Pi received the first s_a,lute , to the Star~ new submarines considerably and to the regime ot Theo<\!>1'0 Roosevelt ~ . and Stripes of the United . States· of build vessels of about 800 tons displace- Portsmouth NaVJ Yard "'"' .seleoW · · ,,, .. , . America. ment which haci apparently bee!\ I th · t'n"' l t th a,..·..,J. ~ .,. ·': Immediately follow,!ng ,the _ creat_Ion found' to be tho most satisfactory size u - • mae ..,. p &9'- or • ~ ~ .-. ·. . . . ' -i of the Navy Department 11,nd the .~P- of submarines in- the English and Ger- Iand Japanese tnYO}'f Who were[I _· - .:. . ; ) , tempting to brlris t}it RUl80-la .' · , 1 • pointment of a fecretary of tt1ie navy, man navies. In this connection it may watt to an end. The selecttoii , • , 0 the government determined _to own its be noted that the submarines under ..,, · t ' 1 own navy yards, and on the 12th day construction at about that time were Portsmouth Na'T •.!r<l "'., d\lt tg · of Jur.e, 1800, ';he present siti: , of the from ~o t;o 620 tons surface displace- excellent climate lteN, and 1' • I Portsmouth Navy Yard was purchased ment. h.l a conse(luence of this agita,,, ·) for the sum of $5,500. A t1otable day tion and to obtain complete data upon ! in the history of the yard was April 1, ,----.. · - · · , .. I ! I. i 0 ·\· :. ! j 'l .• '. l 1· I ·<: ;.t-.~ <;.: l ~~ ~~-:3:____ L' _· -= --- -~~ __;_:~:--=~.:.~ __.· -- - ~ '-; �·: . -:·• -. . . ,,.. ··' ~ ·, .' '~ .., \. ' ,1 ; · j~\:/f. / ;~~¼- ... . 1-:-...... ·:t,. ~ ~-:: �MRS. O'BRIEN HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE AUXILIARY MRS. LEAH O'BRIEN Dr7 D ook At The Portsmouth Navy Yard a e en's Hospital in New York. She later entered the Boston Homeopathic Hospital and graduated from that institution on Dec. 29, 1914. Following her graduation she was engaged in private work in and around Boston. She served as district nurse in Portsmouth for two years and her work among the poor and sick of this city will long be remembered. She was one of the first of the Red Cross members to volunteer her service when the United States entered the war. With the end of the war there was a great deal of work In this city and many of the yeogirls stayed here working. Joining together in an organization of the American Legion they applied for a chartet whioh In due time was received. Among the leaders in the work of that post were: Mrs. Ethel Seavey Hill, Helen McCarthy, Anna Portsmouth at one time had another McWilliams, Mary Gordon, Mary KilLegion post and this was unique in the roy, Lucy Hogan, Myrtle Manson history of the State Department. The Woods, Uha Badger Schurman. Gladys yeomen, com- Bruce and Margaret Price, as well as monly called yeomen (F> or yeoglrls, several others. The first meeting place of the organformed a post of the American Legion. ization was at Carpenter's Hall at At that time there were many in the Freeman's Block. During the first few city. On Feb. 1920 the post was organ- years of the organization, the memized and Una Badger Schurman was bers were exceptionally active, working the first commander. The name select- to carry out the objectives of the naed was Evelyn Petrie Post, which was tional organization. named for the first yeogirl who lost her . As the 1921 depression came, work life during the World War. Miss Petrie slackened and many of the gh-1s moved. was killed In a runaway-horse accident, away. At one time there were 55 memMay 26, 1918, at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. bers, but with the slump in membership. ShorUy after this tragic accident the and very few eligible, the charter was Massachusetts Homeopathic Unit, returned to Concord where it is now with which she was serving, left for held. This organlZa.tion had short life France and did valiant work among the but did excellent work and it was with regret on the part of many of the sick and wounded. Miss Petrie was the daughter of Mr. members that they had to disband. and Mrs. A. R. Petrie of Cass St. and However, they still hold the distinction volunteered in February 1918. She was of having heen the only po t oomposed a native of Vinal Raven. Me. The first entirely of women. work of her profession was performed SS-180, Pollack-Sept. 15, 1936 SS-185, Snapper-Aug. 24, 1937 SS-186, Stingray-Oct. 6. 1937 Under Construction SS-190, Sculpin SS-192, Squalus Now m the Drafting Room SS-196, Searaven SS-197, Seawo1 r PORTSMOUTH HAD ANOTHER LEGION POST The President of the local unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs Leah O'Brien, has seen a big increase, not only in Interest in the auxiliary activities, b4t in membership as well. Mrs. O'Brien has been active In the auxiliary since Its organization. She has served as historian, treasurer and vice president before accepting her present post. She ls also assistant district director, having served in that capacity for the past two years. Mrs. O'Brien ls a native of Chelsea, Mass., but came to this city when a year old. She attended the local schools and graduated from the Portsmouth High School in the class of 1909. During her High School days she went to work part time in the telephone exchange and now is Chief Operator. She went through the various operating grades and was appointed Junior Supervisor in October, 1915. Two years later she became a full fledged supervisor. From this position she was promoted to Central Office Instructor In February, 1921, and assutned her duties as Chief Operator on Sept. 6, 1924. She is a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. Outside of her home and work, her time is taken up with work for the Legion and auxiliary. She is a charter member of the auxiliary and under her leadership as President the local unit has increased over 500 % in membership The group of women, allied with the Legion have become one of the most active organizations ih the city during her term of office. She has supported the work o! the Legion in addition to their own objectives. Mrs. O'Brien is married to Daniel S. O'Brien, past commander of the local American Legion post and a past district vice colllffiander. They reside at 251 Thaxter road. Thev were married May 11, 1918. She was the former Leah Walsh. �She is now serving as co-chairman of the auxlllary convention committee with which the Legion committee ha put in so much time to arrange th program for the convention. EIGHT AND FORTY ARE ACTIVE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE An organization which ls less familiar in this city Is the Eight and Forty. As the 40 and 8 i., the playground of the American Legion, o its companion organization, the 8 and 40, officially known as La Soclete des Huit Chapeaux et Quaranta Femmes, is the playground of the auxiliary. The first steps toward forming this organization were taken by the auxlllary's national executive committee meeting at Indianapolis, Ind., in June, 1922. The first annual Marche Nationale was held in New Orleans the same year. Membership In this organization is restricted to those members of the auxiliary wh11 have rendered some outstanding service to the organization. The 8 and 40 in this tate Is stlll In its Infancy, having been organized just seven years ago. The chapeau departmental of the Departmental Salon Is Mrs. Eva Coleman of Exeter. There are four petit salons, the Granite District, No. 248, the Connecticut Valley DI trict, No. 255, the Rock ingham County District, No . 264, and the Hillsborough County District . Among the work wh ich this organization Is doing is the field of juvemle tuberculosis prevention work and the group cooperates in very way possible with the National Tuberculosis Association, all state, county and city branches and all local health agencie and carries on an lntensi4"e educational campaign. The Hillsborough County Salon has assisted the New Hampshire branch of the association by selling Christmas seals. Its services have been welcomed and its program commended by officials of the association. Other salons in the state have been active in serving their communities . While the primary objective of the 8 and 40 is the promotion of fun and fellowship and the creation of a playground for it.<. members where wholesome relaxation may be enjoyed, the society at the same time r enders a real service to the American Legion Auxillai:y, the nation, state and community. Departementale officers: Chapeau, Eva M . Coleman. Demi-Chape11,u, Zatae Straw . Demi-Chapeau, Dorothy Wilson. L'Secretaire-C ssler , Helen Be Uchesne. L'Conclerge, Verna Sawyer. L'Archivlste, Joyce ~y L'Aumonier, Lillian Howard , L'Surintendante, Gladys Williams . Pages of Departementale March: Verna Sawyer and GI dys William . Booma Post Auxiliary Its Membership Local Unit Leads In Securing New Members, Winning The Irene Wal bridge Cup On the evening of Sept. 24th., 1920, a group of women gathered to form the Auxiliary of the Frank E , Booma Post. Nelson Wright, who was Commander that year of the post, explained the purposes of the Auxiliary and qualUlcatlons of eligibility. Tempoi-ary Officers were elected, and it was voted tQ hold two meetings a month. In the following month of March, it was voted to clo;;e the charter on Mar. 15th, 1921. The charter was signed with 81 members. Seventeen of the original ctiarter members are members of the Auxiliary today. The Auxiliary 1rom then on carried on Its work In cooperation with the Post in all its phases. It has been of particular help in Relief work, working with the Family Welfare Ass'n of this city; doing other Independent Child Welfare work; visiting the Veterans' department at the Naval Hospital ,with boxes and cheer at Christmas time; aiding and contributing to the Boy ScouLs and Red Cross. In all community work, thi! auxiliary has worked along with the boys to do their share. ·In 1927 they coutributed to the relief of the Mississippi Flood District, and more recently during the serious flood.II o! 193ti which struck New Hampshire, they rendered prompt aid in the work or relief and rehablUtatlon. The Auxiliary has aided the Post in their Poppy drives at Memorial time, and throughout the years have help,ed the boys 111 the raising of money for their various activities. Last year, the organization aided in the financing of the new Post Home on Court Street. The membership of the Auxiliary to~ day Is 115 members, with Mrs. Leah O'Brien as presl~ent, one of the original charter members. Meetings are held at the Post Home on the thlt-d Thursday of eve1·v month . Following Is a list of members who have served as President of the Auxiliary, from the time of organization, up to the present year. Mrs, Matie Wright. Miss Charlotte Wright, 2 years. Mrs. Edith O H11rra. Mrs. Ellen Thompson. Mrs. Florence Thompson years. Mrs. Anna Winn, 3 years. Mrs. Nora Greeley Wendell, 2 Mrs. Alice Hoyt. MrJ Elizabeth Baird, 3 years. f'ack 'lw: Mrs. Bf\atrice Robin. on, Mn. Edna ..auli ~ Conlon; fr11nt row: 1!,1n;. Alice Jameso O'Bri. n a1 et O'Bri n. Mrs. Ali Jameson, ecretary o! the Frank 11. Bopma Unit, American Legion Auxiliary, pr pared the history of the local Auxiliary which appears on Page 6-B. She transferred from th Benry J . Sw eney Post, of Manchester, a year age and while a mem r of. that post served as prtvate 8eCJ'eta.ry to Dr. Zatea Straw, who Department Pr08ldent of the Auxlllary. �N. H. State Legion Auxiliary Now Has Seventy-Five Active 1Jnits With Nearly Four Thousand Members Organization F ormea In Concord Seventeen Years Ago Has Given Valuable Assistance To The American . Legion comp e y e g r . here are now 13 active groups with a membership of 600 members localed In Berlin, Gorham, Claremon~. Lebanon, Sweeney unlt, Jutras unit and Manchester unit of Manchester, Penacook, Na-Shua, Peterborough, Hudson, Concord and Conw y. Depat·hnent Officers President-Mrs. Emily B. Feather, :Keene. First Vice President-Mrs. Fannie W , - ------'--....;....;;;....• Smith, Whitefield. 'l;,he organization meeting of the De- Father-less Boys Aided second Vice President-Mrs. Madeparbment o! New Hampshire, Amer!During the years of the de[> rtment line A. Gladu, Manchester. oan Leglon Auxiliary, was held at ths auxillary's existence . consltdherabflemiasll -· Secretary-Treasurer-Mrs. Helen E. e a ea Saltmarsh, Concord. rd P 21 slstance has been given headquarters of Conco ost, No. • o! needy veterans, and children left Historian-Miss Annie V. Bryant, on March 30 and 31sL, 1921. During the. fa therleS-S whose dads were killed in the Peterborough. 17 years since its organization, the war were given the same op ortunltlea Chaplain-Mrs. Mattie Pettengill, Auxiliary has spread over the state and . they would have posseS-Se<l had their Concord. b r active in community enter;- fathers been alive. Veterans in hosp! Sergeant-at-Arms _ Mrs. een ve Y tals were remembered by the units Thon1as, Keene. prises, in addiUon to being an efficient. which distributed gifts, cigarettes and righL hand to the men of New Hamp- flowers and brought them messages of District DireetotS shire's American Legion. oheer. District No. 1-Mrs. Anna Joy, Keene. Mrs. Adele A. Walker of Keene The poppy program was taken over District No. 2-Mrs. Verna S . Sawservea as Lemporary chairman o! the by the auxiliaries, and arrangements yer, Weare. initial meeting; Mrs, Madeline Smith, were made whereby disabled veterans District No. 3-Mlss Nellie L . Fifield, Manchester, temporary secretary. Mrs, and non-compensated veterans made ·Exeter. Harriet Knowlton of Exeter was elect- the blossoms in hospitals and workDistrlct No. 4-Mrs. Marjorie Plaied as U1-- first department presldent. shop From the sale o! th poppie The first annual convention of the de- the welfare work ls annually increased sted, Manchester. District No. 5-Mrs. Christy Howe, partment was conducted at The Weirs ~nd makes possible further work ·among Penacook. on Aug. 24th, 1921 and Mrs. Flora A. the needy veterans' fatnilles, Dl3trict No. ~Mrs. Lillian Howard, Spaulding of Manchester was named Lebanon. dep11rtment President. Members hip Grows District No. 7~Mrs. Florence Foster, Mrs. Spaulding served as president Under Lhe able leadership of proml_ for three years, when at the fourth an- nent New Hampshire women, the de- Wolfeboro. .Oistrict No, 6-Mrs. Joyce L, Ray, nual convention at the W.eir , Mrs. partmcnt auxlliary has grown steadily, ' Gertrude E. Hawley, also o! Manches- both in membership and in service to Gorham. ter. was named as President. The fol- the community. It has been steady Dep rlment Ofl Jnnen lowing year, Mrs. Irene McIntyre Al- growth. From 35 units in 1921, the year · Rehabilitation and Coupons - Mrs, bridge of Peterborough, who later '?f organization, the number h in(Sepl. 1927) was to become National' crea-Scd to 76. The member hip ls now Mattie Pettenglll, Concord. Legislation-Mts. Irene President or the auxiliary, was elected well over the 3800 mark. department President. She served .i'.or Among those to serve as leaders or Bridge, Peterborough.'' NaUona:I Ne\V&-Miss Annie V. Brytwo years and IL was during ehe last the auxiliary are : ant, Peterborough. year of her adminisLratlon that perMrs. Harriet Knowlton, Exeter. Poppies-Mrs. Fannie W. manen t headquarters for the departMrs. Fiora A. Spaulding, Manchester. ment, adjoining those occupied by the Mrs. Gertrude E. Hawley, Manchester. Whitefield. Unemployment and Mothers' AidLegion, were established at Concord. Mrs. Irene McIntyre Walbridge, PetIn 1927 about $400 was contributed rborough. Mrs. Helen Conant, Concord. FIDAO and Music-Mrs. Lillian B. toward Lhe purchase of the Franconia Mrs. Anna B. Butler, East Jaffrey. Trombley, Meredith. notch, a project in which the auxiliary Mr . Sylvia Snitcher, Rochester. · Americanism and National Defense cooperated with the New H mpshire Mrs. Helen E. McCoy, Derry. Federation of Women's clubs, Mrs. Alma F. Pion, LitUeton. -Mrs. Josephine, C. Adams, Deny. The people of devastated communiMrs. Alma J. Gallant, Woods'lilli;,, Unit Activities, Community Service ties ln Vermont during the flood of 1927 Mrs. Josephine C. Adams, Derry VII- and Junior Activities-Mrs. Madeline A, were assisted by the auxlliary which lage. Gladu, Manchester. raised $1,000 within the units and sent Mrs. Eva M. Long, Berlin. ChUd Welfare-Mrs. Helen E. McCoy, Laconia. the money for use wherever the need Dr. Zatae L . Straw, Manchester. was greatest, Through the nation 1 orMrs. Eva M. Coleman, Exeter. Publicity-Mrs. Roslyn Bresnahan, g nization the New Hampshire units Mrs. Emily B. Feather, Keene. Nashua. sent $500 in the spring of 1937 to assist Mrs. Feather, who 'was elected to Radio-Mrs. Helen Beauchesne, Manthe stricken people or the Ohio river head the aUX.lliary at the 17th annual chester. Constitution nd By-Laws-Dr. Zavalley. convention held last September in In the spring of 1936, when the flood Manchester, has capably carl'led on tae L. Straw, Manchester. attacked New Hampshire, the units the work begun by her predecessors, Finance-Mrs. Joyce L. Ray, Gorgave immeasurable assistance in the and under her guidance the auxiliary ham, devastated communities. In addition has continued a steady forward march. Parliam~l}l,a,ry Procedure-Mrs. Eva to expending about $5,000 ln cash, and M. Coleman, Exeter. ooliec!ing thousands of dollars worth unior Grou1,s Active Membership - Mrs. Helen E. Saltor clothing, bedding, household goods marsh, Concord. Junior auxiliary groups were organand canned goods from any available Convention Ohairmen-Miss source to aS-SisL in rehabilitating tl~e ized bout five years ago under the L. Fifield, Exeter; Mrs, Leah O'Brien, fauilliei,. Lhe unit members worked day ponsorshlp of a junior chairman from Portsmouth. and night during the flood glving food the se,nior auxiliary to keep alive the Pianists-Mrs. Lllllan B. Trombley, 11-nd shelter to victims ousted from their work of the auxlliary. In each group Merfldith; Mrs. Elsa Hornig, Keene. the senior auxiliary program has been homes by the overflowing rivers. Parliamentarian - Mrs. Irene Mcfollowed as closely as poS-Sible and considerable eitccllent work has been ac- Intyre Walbridge, Peterborough. �Storer ·post No. 1;· ,Grand '. Last Member · Of Post Died On Apr~I ~ixteenth a.pd Post Organized'.70 Years Ago Had Colorful Career And' Was· Active In Community Work . l ,, I Less than a; month ag'O storer P.ost, No. 1, Grand Army of the· Republic, '· dr · went out of existence. Henry A~ '.M ~ gan, the last surviving memb~r. died, in .Atlantic City on April 16,. axid the post, which at one time had a roster of nearly 500 members, becam!l 'extinct. Gllneral Wn1J?ple, ~n , e saf!ie _year proposep , that }lw new sch901 .o'n Jilgh Street be . named Farragut'. This was granted eaph school' :"a~ pr~ierttetl with por.t,:aits of each herb fpt' whom they were named. The presentatipn of• t11e .poiftra{ts was a big event and was h~Id ~t :Music H~ll. About this time the Poi;t was en~ gaged in. an e~ort t,o establish a Memorial Hall to , retain mementos of thei+ generation and its struggle, to keep alive the lessons in patriotism and love of home and country. An effort was made to lease the Portsmouth Academy for a period of 15 years with privilege of pm·chase at the end of that period at a low price. Arrangements were made to sub-lease the lower floor to the city for the Public Librar;v and to have the top floor as a Memorial Hall for the use of the Post during the life of the Grand Army. Several hundred dollal'S were raised to make repairs and get the builaJni in shape, but a change in city government resulted in the incoming city authorities re1using to ca,rry out the :;ub-lease of their predecessors. T,his was take~ to the New Hampshire courts, and resulted finally in the purchase 'of the Portsmouth Academy by the city, ahd 1ts use for the Public Library ~olely. I George Washington Storer, for whom the post was named, was a rear admiral in the U. s. Navy. He was a native of this city, having been born here in 1789, the year that President George Washington visited Portsmouth. He was a descendant of Tobias Lear and when Washington called upon Mrs. Lear (mother of his secretary) among The post had a colorful and useful the grand-children . presented was a career. Many were its achie~ement/! in soh of Samuel Storer, a dry goods the past and the work which it did merchant of Portsmouth then residwill be of lasting benefit to the l)re~ent ing in the same house, ;ho had been and future gf:!:1eratlons. . After over,. christened "George Washµlgton." seventy years thIB post, whic~ has_pas- storer died in 11164 and in announcing sect on the traditions of patriotism an~ the death Gideon Wells, Secretary .of service, is no more. the Navy,' said; "As an ~icer ;in . the On Nov. 6, 1867, Maj. A. S. Cushman, Navy he has served faithfully and has commander of the Department of filled with credit many impprtant Maasachusetts, G. A. R., _signed a positions, both ashore and lj,fl~at." charter authorizing the estabhs):ling ?f The first public ,appearai;ice of Stp1·Storer Post, No. 1 at Portsmouth m ( er Post was on May .30, 1868, wben the the Provisional Department of New graves of the soldier an<l sailor qead Hampshire, witl;l 10 charter mem):ler~. were decorated at the Nox:th anq 'Ole authorization was . made , after a south cemeteries for the : fl,t:st t!m~. conference with the Senior Vice Com- There were 80 or more veterans in the mander-in-Chief and ~ubject to ~he procession, which was headed by the approval of the Commander,- in-Phiet. I Portsmouth Cornet Band. The parade Two days later, Nov. 8, 18~'7, Stofer was under. co~and of P~~t Cq~an; Post was ofl'icialJy_ orga~d, the. ger Daniel J. Vaughan; Ever ,sin?e that meeting being _held m Reohabite Ha.II time the ,graves have been ,deco~ateq. on Market St. qapt. Matthew C, , B~t- As the ranks of the l)oys in ,blµe diton was elected commander ;w_1tbi • minished and there were more, i;rraves George E. Sides and C~arle~. L. TJdd to decorate, loving hands laid their as Senior and Jµnior Vice .Coipman- tributes upon the graves. Ably assisders, Edwin A. Tilton, ,'\djutant, • and ted by the , Storer Relief · Corps and Reuben Kimball, Quartermaster, ';l'he, Thomas Ai,ton Harris Ci\mP, Sons of ten charter lJlemberi; w~re; . veterans and more recently by the .John S. McDonald, 2nd Lieut. Co, 'K, veterans' of other wars', the ,memory ·of 2nd N. H. Infantry. these brave men· live on in the hearts William J. Marrison,'. Sgt. .9p. B, ~rd of all. . . N. H. Infantry. on Nov,. 16th, eight days · a~ter the Charles Dwight Hanscom, c;orpqr!l,l, storer Post was ,offici,ally ~orm~d, Maj. Co. I, 2nd Mass. Infantry. , , QUBhman requested that tlw post no~Matthew I. Betton, 13th .:N. JI. Cap- mate and submit to him a U~t of ofl'1tam Co. K. 1 ,1 cers for a Provisional Departmeht. Frank (Francis) E. Good\'{in, 25th Capt. Matthew T. Betton was named Mass. Captain. . , las Provisional Commander .!md' Edwin Reuben Kimball, Jr., 45th Mass. . ·A. Tilton an Adjutant General. rhese James Arrington who died on MemorJal ,George E. Sides, 2nd N. H. Captam nominations were apprqved, a,1;1d the Day, was the Jast slll'Vivor of the Civil War residing In this city. Companies D and K. Provisional Dtipartment ~as thus duly Charli:s L. Tidd, 48th Mass. . organized 1 and .began the worlj: of i:sEdwjn A. Tllton, 13th ;N. H. Fmt tablishing the Qrand Army of the l;teLater G. A. R. Hall on Market Sergeant Co. K. and 11th Veteran Re- public on ,a Jlermanent ·basi:,. Jn N,ew 1 Square was secured and this has been serve Corps. Hampshire. , •. Daniel J. Vaughan, 57th New York During the period from June 1874 hallowed by traditions during the 1st Lieut. Co. D. until June 27, J.878, the cl;l!U"t.er wits years past. So endeared were they to The name selected was in honor of smrrender~d bl1.t upon rec~iving the their "home" that when a move was an outstanding m~m who served for ~Qond charter, wit!?, ,:i. ll)l~rter n;ie.111;- made to have all veterans organizanearly 56 years- in the N_avy-George 'lfftship ,Af 29, ,the pps~ ,p~c~me,; y~ry tions join together with a common Washington Storer. Edwm A. :;nton active ~ntj carried on· as l~~g,_as .a s.m- meeting place, they preferred to climb was the "Father of Storer Post and gle member existed, Durin,g tp,e n~ltt the two flights of stairs, although old it was he who requested the granting 2(1 . years, :(rom · th.e recelv/n~ . o{ thf age was creeping toward them and the charter and arranged for Comdr. sec.ond charter the i;,ost was flldst ac- their ranks were growing thinner. As the years passed, the activities Cushman's visit to Portsmouth to ~ve. . .. , , ,. , . ,'. . muster the charte1· members and oron June 3 1890 the post memonal- of this gallant group lessened. One by ganize the post. He also suggested the lzed the Boa,;·d 0~ 'Instruc~\on,l to. :Il:~~e one dm·ing the past few years the have answered their last buname of Storer for the Post. ille state ~treet school . in · ponot 6f members gle call, but the spirit of the a. A. R. �J\rmy, Had Lo._g Existence post of this city lives on, despite the fact that the last member died on April 16, of this year, Throughout the years the annual visits of the members of Storer Post to the public schools were keenly awaited at Memorial day time. As the years passed, and the ranks thinned, the pupils were keenly aware of the honor that was theirs in being visited by these men . On Oct. 9, 1890 the St6rer Post presented flags to the High School, Farragut School, Whipple School, St. Patrick's School, the Haven School, Franklin School, Woodbury School and Spaulding School. This was a big occasion, not only for the schools but the G. A . R. as well. Since that time the G. A. R members visited the schools, as long as they were able. Flags were presented to schools and various organizations as well. The last f!J\g to be presented was to the , City to be used in the Council Chambers. Henry S. Paul, who was the last active commander of Storer Po_st,· made the presentation to Mayor s. F. A. Pickering. At one time there was another organization of men who bad served in the Civil War. The General Gilman Marst.on Command, Union Veterans' Union was formed and continued for several years. There was also a ladles' aux:il!ary connected with this command which did valiant work for that organization as has the Storer Relief Corps No. 6, for the local G. A. R. post. This organization superceded Storer Relief Corps No. 1, which was organized ln 1887 but soon sun-endered its charter only to be re-organized a year later. The Henry L. Richards Camp No. 12, the Marcus M. Collis Oainp, No. 53, Sons of Veterans, have also served, but circumstances brought about theit disbanding. The Thomas Aston Harris Camp, No. 3, which has been in xistence for 21 years, has servetl faithfully with their parent organization. ' · While the storer Post, G. A. R. has go'ne out of ' xistence, the work which they• began is being carried on by othet ' patriotic organizations. During the 'Civil War Portsmouth 'men · responded in large numbers to the call. The following is a list of men \vho ·setved ' heir country during the fouf yeal's' when the union was threa~ tened, enrolling from this city. As will be seen, very few of the natnes with which , we. are so familiar-those members of ,the, Stater Post who were active , during the past decade, appea;. Thi~ ls ~xplained by tl;ie fact ,t)lat,m,any of these veterans came her'e /o)lo;1yln_g ,the .wari or enlisted elsewhPrP. •• • S. ARMY Second N. H. Regiment, Volunteers ustered into service June 8, 1861. Marched from Portsmouth, Jµne 20, 1861 Co. D harles A. Talham Fifth Regiment, N. H. Volunteers Marched from Concord, Oct. 29, 1861 Co. B, Jonathan S, Sides, lieutenant Frank C. Sweetser Samuel Adams Charles N. Allen John H. Locke Co. D Oliver L. Allen George , A. Alton John Avery Caleb G . Bean· Michael Brooks Rufus L, Bean Allen P, Bell Co. K Michael Brooks Nathaniel Danielson Peter Brennan Oharles W. Burleigh John F. Dearborn J. T. Gammon Mlchae) Harr Walton M. Hatch omas Gannon William H. Goodwin James Stearns Rpbert S, Dame Joseph E. Gordon Clarence S. Gray Sixth Regiment, N. H. Volw1teersJohn Harvey Harlan P:'IHoogdou Charles E. Huntress Benjamin J, Lake, Marched from . Keene, Dec. 25, 1861 Co. H William H. Lawson Na!Jban M. Lear Edwin H, Leslie Robert Lever Andrew J. Sides, 2d Lieut. Havillah F. Downi,ng James I. Locke Michael L. Long James Berry Dennis Kane Sedley A. Lowd Jeremiah Mahoney• Pierpont Hammond Alvah Manson C. J. Marshall, Bickford L. Rand , Ir:ving W. Rand Sam s. Sides Oliver F. Maxwell John S. McDonald. William H Re~den William Wilson Morris F. McGraw WiJJiam C. McIntire William G, Tripp . James Daley Jeremiah Murphy E . B . Newman Edward McDonald .B~am l:layes Wllliam F. Osgood N. F. Palmer John s, Dora William K~p Charles W. Patch John Pollock Wllllam A, Hoi;ton Edward Martin George R. Rai t Oharles Ridge Franklin Jones Richard Norton James Ricker Jose}lh W; Rogel'S Hiram Merrow Daniel Quinn James Rutledge James Seavey John O'Brien R. H. Ricker William w. Shaw Andrew J. Sides• Charles H. Thompson George E. Sides Roblrrt Cl. Sides Washington Sweatt Daniel F. Smith ' Horace M. Smith Seventh Regiment, N. William 'I'. Spinney James W. Taylor Marched from Manchester, Samuel Taylor Freeman B. Teague 1862 Henry Walk'.er ' Charles H. 'warren' Co. D Dan1el D. Wendell Charles E. Gleanson George P. Parker Bickfdrd L . Rand• -John' Beil Co. G Charles M. Robinson John White • I I William 0 . Sides, captain • Third Regiment, N. H. Volunte'ers Ninth Regiment, N. H. Volunteers Marched from Concord, Sept. ~. 1861 · ' Marched from Concord, Aug, 25, 1862 I '11 John H. Jackson, c9Joni:l Co. C David Binch Alfred ¥· lllll., adJutan~ , I ' Wllliam H, Co.rnellui;;, captain Co. l!: Edward, F. Good'\Vin Cp, D . ,'· Thomas M . Jackson, 2nd Lieut,, , Tenth -Regiment N. H. Volunteera James Burke Warren G. Gates Marched from Manche ter, Wm. Horrocks Harrison E. Johnsqn Sept. .22, 1862 Joseph T. Moore Qeorge W. oqiome Jas. W. Plaisted Thomas E. Sto,odl~y . Co. G Leonard G. Wiggin Thomas En~wiljtle George w.' Towle, Cavtain' George C. Harr.is (,Jh!,U'les E. JoJ:inso,11. George, E. HOdMon, 1st I.lieut. · Daniel Kimball James Neal Slmon It, Ma,t-ston, 2nq Lieut., , William B. Parks Ezekiel C. Rand Hor.ace H. A,d~s . He_n ry L. Adlington John 11. Tredlck Thom11s .Archil:lalll, · JllJlles s. Ayers John 0. Ayers · ,M~schack Be\!, ,Jl·. Co. B Henry T, ;Brill , G~orge Ii,ro)Vn William J. Morrison Abrar:n p. Bqrnham Jo~.'.'B. J;lµrnha.D) John .H. Carlton Hira~ Carrjg Co. K 1Iiram Cowen ,· .Thoma,s A• .Di¼Y Charles w. Moulton Richard 'l'hom!\S William :E. Deiu·born · Benj, :f', ]::vans John . E. Fiel.d1i° · • . ,Ric~r(\ Fit~efalQ. Fourth Regiment, N. H. Volunteers john Flint F. E. Gardner Marched from Manchester Sept. 27, Lucius Giimor~Michael Gfl).igan 1861 Frank L. , Goo~ Walter S, Gray Co. A Wllliam GJ"a.ves William Green Harrison Hartford John Grif.C{n _ Thomas Haley Co. B Michael Haire Pierpoint Hammond George F. Towle, captain Owen Henward John Higgins Jacob Ambrister Alberl C. Berry William Hill George A. Hodgdon John W. Brewster Stephen Conner John Hodgdon Harlan P. Hodgdon Luther Harmon John Henderson Charles L. Hoitt James Howes Seth H. Huntress George H. Perkins John E. Hoyt Edward Jervis Co. G. Joseph F. Keene George M. Kimball James Donovan George King B. Stowe Laskey Charles Lolley John H. Ma1·den �arles Mayse John H. Moore Oeo. 0. Murray Charles H. Muchmore J. S. Patterson Edw.ud B. Prime Chas. W. Pickering Edward 0. Randall John H. Ramsdell Eugene Reistle Thomas Rutter J. Albert Sanborn F. F. Sanborn Joseph S. Seavey M . Sheridan, Jr. Alfred S. Sweetser Oliver Taylor John Thompson Andrew D. Walden Richard Walsh Andrew W. Whidden Sylvester Y. White Henry J. Willey Thomas Williams Wm. H. Williams William Wingate Aaron Sias Peter Sullivan John H. Stringer John s. Sheridan Horace J. Willey Marched from Concord, Nov. 23, 1862 , (returne(l t-0 CQncord, Aug. H, 1863) . Sylvester Campbell, Asst. Surgeon Charles Wagner Samuel W. Walden James A. Waterhouse James E. Walker Benj. F. Watkins Daniel Watkins James Webster George A. Woodsum John F. Woodsum Co. K Sevepteenth Regiment N. H. Volunteers Joseph H. Thatcher, Capt. , ,., , T Wild t L" t Co. B 0· eor.,e , · es, 1s , ieu • . t Mustered Nov. 13, 1862 Wm. A. H a.ven 2d L1eu . Henry B. Adams , George E. Allen Isaac F Jenn~as, Captain Janieli ,Aqderson 'f}'loma~ Brackett, Jr. Frank D. Webster, 1st Lieut. Samuel Blatchfprd . Henry M. Carter Joseph w. Ackerman James Cunningham Daniel Danielson William J. Andrews 11---•---•-------_._______,___,..,. . __ :Marched from Co~oord, Sept. 11, 1862 Co, A Francis F. Batchelder Marched from Concord, Oct. 6, 1862 Jacob J. Storer, Major W11Jlam J. Ladd, Sergeant-Major Co, E Adams Henry Nutter Co. F H. Leslie Oo. K Ma thew T. Betton, Captain ' Enoch W. Goss, 1st Lieut. Nathaniel J. Coffin, 2d Lieut. Samuel Abbott Henry Be~n John W. Brown Ferdinand Barr D. Webster Bamabee Joseph B. Brown Thomas Critch!ey Ly,nan Clark Wm, Critchley, Jr, Joseph H. Coche Joseph R Danielson George David , James Davidson Thomas Falrservice N. Gunnison James Gilchrist John K. A. Hanson John Harmon Henry 0 .. Hodgdon TABLET A!' G. :A.H. LOT, SOUTH C$METERY Benry A. Huneytield , Michael Hoy t-----------------.J~o'!"h-n-=B=-a_r_ry_ _ _ _ _-::T::-h:-:o-mas---:;B:::r:-:o::wn::Ephraim Jackson Franklin Dow Isaac O. Drew J. c. Canney William carter W,n. H. Jellison William Dutton Charles E. F.dny Daniel M. Clark Warren Coggswell Francis R. Johnson Martjn Johnson Henry O, Ellinwood J. H. Emery Thomas Cook Charles Davis Wm. H. Lear James R Morrison Hollis W. Fairbanks Israel s. Fle tch er John Fernald Thomas H. Fisher Otto Franck Joseph Fuller john H. Mawbey John Moore John Flynn John F. Gallagher Frederick Franz Chas. F. Goodwin Hiram Gove Martin Moore John Mottram Charles A. Gran t Thos· J · Goodwin Clarence S. O ray J ames H a1ey John May John McMillan Thomas Goodwin Wm. Mitchell, Jr. J. L. McIntire Charles E. Gray JaJcoohnb HHaddig_::~ Joseph A. Ham C. W. Harrold H enry H arr i s Ch arl es H unte r Peter Mitchell Georg~ Maruung Otis F. Haley Daniel H. Plaisted Wm. Peirce, Jr. ~o~~~l=b!: ~::: Charles H. Kimball John H. Lambert Thomas E. Parks Henry s. Paul Joseph Midgley Thomas Mitchell Charles Powell Isaac H. M. Pray PhiHo Krans· John Leary Chas. E. Morse John S. Perkins c. w. Leavitt Patrick Mahoney John I,, Randall Owen H. Roche Ammi 0. Rand • Louis H . Ran d William Mason Angus MoAntlre Ro Ezeki~l o. Rand Robert ~"nct John Mcintosll James H. Robert Henry V. gers Chas. W. Randall Reuben Randall Dame! McCormick Edw. D. Stoodley Robert W. Stott tch Moses Rowe John c. Stevens James Mi ell Wm. J. Mills James Tanguey Richard Turner Joseph E. Nash John W. Walker Storer E. Stiles Daniel J. Spinney John H. Morrill John A. Walch Timothy O. Leary Henry A. Whitton Th omas H. w·1 George Stott Enoch F. Smith Franklin w. Neal 1 son Albert- A. Payne Chru;. A. Payson w· te Robert M. Spinney Cha;; G. Smtth William A. Rand Henry mga George L. 'sides Edward w. Sides John H. Pearson Samuel Ruvill Oren Seavey United Stat~s Navy Horace S. Spinney Patrick Sull.ivan James Shaw, Jr. John Shaw John Q. Adams Edwin A. Tilton Henry G. Thomp1;011 Robert Smart James L. SmitY George C. Abbott Samuel To,ylor Benj. F. Winn Nathaniel Spinney Charles Stewar Charles W. Adams Woodbury Adams Joseph Barry Robert B. Welch Wil!lam1Warburton John Sullivan John Taylor Geo:·ge E. Ancte1son Wm. Warburton, 2d John F. Welch h Mark w, Tucker Joshua Bartelle Andrew Bayne Daniel H. McIntire Isaac T omas Freeman Beal Daniel F. Bean P: e.-- !: ~1i::! �Joel Bean Charles E. Bee Charles E. Berry William Black William w. Black Geo. c. Boardman Elijah Brown George W. Brown Joseph Brown . William Brown Wllliam Brown William BroWll Michael Buckley James Burk George Butler Wllliam Card Joseph W. Carlton Frank M, Drake 'Henry A. Carter Josiah P. Carter Henry H. Cate Joseph G. Cate A. Chamberlain Horace J. Cha.se Walter Chesley Chas. W. Clark Edmund Olark Wallace W. Clark Thoma& Collins Kiesan Copley James Courtney George Cox Michael Crowley Wm. Currier Charles Cummings Fred. Danielson Wm . H . Danielson Joseph Davidson Francis Dema Jame.s M. Devine Michael Devine Jon. M. DeRochemont Castine B. DeWitt .Al:thur Dorrlty John H. Downs Nelson Downing Franklin Ellison Horace Ellison Wm. Elilspn Wm. H. Emery Wm. Evans David Faulknel' Win. H. Fields Albert Fisher Joseph Fitzgerald Joseph Foster Chas. E. Freeman Wm. D. Freeman Tboma& B. Gammon Thomas, S. Gay I. Nelson Gootifich Benj. Gray Charles A. c. Gray Henry Gray Samuel Gray Frank W. Hackett Wm. H. Haddock Allison Hadley Mark Ci. H1:1m Benj. Harrill Thomas 4,. Hai:rls Lyman H. Hartford Joh,11· Hartnett Fran~ F. Hastings Chits . .F;, "Hawkins Henry Hayes Win. ,,C. Hazlett Fred Henderson Georg ~erj:l rt Daniel Hennessey Jam~ Hennessey John A. Holbrook Chas. w. Holmes .Allred Hook Andrew J. Hough Wm H. Rowell Hugn. :aunt.er Thomas Bunter James Hurley Michael Hurley Patrick Burley Wm. S. harvis Henry JenJ!:ins John Jenkins Abraham A. Johnson Aug. Johnson. Abraham A. Johnson Qeo. N Jo.hnson Augustus Johnson Geo. W. Johnson Charles C. Jones John, Jones ... Michael Jon( 'I Oh BS, K • Kno,. :a. Chas. W. Pickering lmeon P)ckering TweUth l\lassaehue&&@ Regiment Wm. P. Pender Alonzo K. 'Place Wallace W. Gove JOl!eph J, Locke Chas. L. Place Leonar Place Fra'nk Plaisted Jamei; E. lalsted Thirteenth Male. Regiment Patrick Quinland C 'rne'lius Quinn Reibert B. Henderson 0/ ut.) John Quihri ''Thomaii Quiim' John R. Caswel,l , Joseph Raynolds 01:iarletl Ricker, Thomas 'W. Ridge John M: Roberts Fourtee!lth MMI!, Re · enl Alexandet RObinson Jtfoharii Ro1llnson William 11· Smith Charles H'. Ross Obas. 'H. '.Rowe Jab'ez 'Rowi;: John Rutledgl? Six~eenth M Lewis Rutledge William Rutledge James W. Leverton Frank C. Sawyer Wm. 0 . Seawards George E. Smart Ivor:y Smart , Seventee.n~h Mllfll. Regiment Charles J. Smitn Jam s Smith E!zekiel :\\{ann John W. Woodman James H. Smith John H. Smith ,, Stephen Smith Wl1llam 'Smith lneteenth Maf!111. Begime~J Chesley Spinney William T. Spinn~ Geo. w. Moran Samuel .A. Brtdgtit I James A. Snow Lyman G. Spaulding Geo. E. Stackpole William stan.Iey George W. Storer John W. Stott . T~~nfy-Seconcl Ma#i!, Regimetu , Jo ·epb Drew William P. Stov.ir Jol!, W. Stringer Charles Drew Dennis O. Sullivan Warren L. Sweti Samuel A. WJggJ11 Charles Tate -Anchew Tetherly • Twenty-Third .MftfJ, Begun~ Samuel Thomas Remy Tuoker Robel't F. Foster i!hneon S. 2Wt Thos. L. Tullock, Jr, llldwin UnderhiU Jos. B. Upham, Jr. Obas. L. Varney EJg-hty-Nin,h New York Regiment Fred A Varney John L. Vennard George A,, Eclny James Walch Asa Walker Daniel Walker Wm. Walker 'T hird Wisconsin Cavalry Joseph Wallace JBdw, L. Warburton ' Co, G Benj. Watkins Frank Watkins cieorge w. barr Thomas Watkins Riobard Watldn.s Wm. Watkins ll~nry 0. Webster First, Minnesota. Regiment Wm. Webster ildward B. Weeu Oliver, .A. ~lght Geo. W. Weeks John Welch Joshua Wetherell Thos. Wetherell F.irst Regiment l\lass. Cavalry Andrew White Joshua W. Wbioo Daniel B, Sawyer Geo. F. Whitehowe Samuel Whioo).lowse Wm. H. Whittemore John W. YO\mlf Second Regiment Mass. Cavalry California Hundred Bordan's Regiment lilhaJ1>-Shooien Allred S. Laight.on ' Twenty-Fourth Mass. Regiment Co.F Henry W. Paul Heruy L. Rlchardfl James H. Frost Thirty-Fifth Mass. Regiment Alvin H . WoodWafd, J)ayml\111.er Sam. B. ' Shapleigh Chas. W. Shanno Major Albert H. Hoyt . First N, H, Battery G eo. G erris · h , oap t • lldw. R. Maim I ' John ,H. Kno..1 Thoroa:; KeµQe First Regiment .New Etigland Cavilq Irving W. Laighton Wm. Lalghton Robert E. Shlllaber Wm. M. L,i.ighton, H nry ~- Lambert John L. L,i.mbert Edwru-d D. Lane Fifth l\f~lne Re bneni Harvey V. 'tang Thomas W., Lang 1 Jo~ T. Larrabee Samuel Leiµ; John E. Moran •• LafayeLte. Leary John C, Lewis Fiflcenth Maine Regbn'mt , Edwin W. Locke Jeremiah S. Locke . r Olive H. LockQ Wm. W. Locke sa°'uel ~lackrord James Lynch John F. Lyons Wm, H. Mansw Robert B. Marden Iaine ,Jltifbnent Albert s. Marswn Geo. E. Martin Addison H. Beach Gustavus w. M&Eon John McAwl~y David McCllskev MJcha l McCliskey First l\1assacb111ett1 Regime t Daniel M<;Donati Robert McFadden Wm. :U. 0<1N John McGraw John McKenly William H. David.son Alexander McLeatt Cornelius Mead William H. Huntress Henry Melvin liver Messer Second JUassacll~Ue ~ a t Thos. J. Mitchell · Thos. Moor~ Charles D. Hanscom Edward Mo es /Dhn F , Muc~ore Isaac c. Murch Jame Murynck Ninth ~tassaehuse,te Regltulitd wm. Newick )er mlah l{ewman Leverett W. Noyes Wm. Nuckett William Tate John E Odiorne An<fr w R. 'Faine Wm. PS.lne John F ! Pru-ks Tenth l\Ia.ssa h ~ Regiment Wm. Parks Eno h G. Parrott, Wilber F . Lamb John A. Payne ' Geo F Pe~tsoh Wm. H. Pearson .Albert P~mbell Eleventh l\Ia aadlaetis Jwgbnent Edward Pendexter Ge'o. W. Perry_ William Petti rcw Samuel Ph'ilbrlck F~rty-Fourtb Mass. Regiment Ezekiel Fitzgerald Albert Dodge Benj. Chandler Fred. L. Dodge Forty-Seve~1th Mass. Regiment Char.les C. Haley Forty-Eighth ?,Jass, Regiment Charles L. Tltld I i Filth New 'fork Artillery John Swindelh; Fifty-Seventh New York ltegiment. Daniel J. Vatuwan. . Heavy Artill ry at Fort Constitution Christopher G. Harrold, 2d Lieut. Stephen 8. Blaisdell Henry M. Davis Andrew Goldthwaite Joseph H. Graves Clarence s. Gray John Haley Samuel P. Hol t Chas. E. Morse Alanson Ordway George B. Roofe Amos B. Smith Stark Spinney Jesse A. Tobe Chas. E. Young Charles E. J~hnson, George W. Lolley, Charles A. Nutter, Albert S. Mars- ton, William H. Maxwen, Alvin B. Murphy. �Th Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument a t Goodwin· Par:ir on Islington St, ls a memorial to . the men of the Army and NaVJI, wh:i ~rved their country during the P.ivll War. Th~ monument was dedicated 60 years ago this year. The Park ls named !Qr Gov. Ichabod Ooodwin; Civil War Governor of New Jiampsi.jre, v,rho lived across the street from the paiik. The lllte of the Park was purchased by Marcellus Eldredge from th Goodwin estate and presented to th city for .a park. Charles Kent, last member of Storer Post, No. l, G. A. R., residing In this city, He died Oct. 14, 1937. ·with the death of James Arrington of this city, the last Oivll War vetfran rt:sidlng ln this city, on Memorial Day, the number -0f veterans of that war had dropped to 31 In the entire ltate. The "thin blue line" Is steadily growing thinner, Mr. Arrington, a member ot the Balem, Mass. Post, had resided with bis son Charles B, Arripgton for a number of years. The following a.re the surviving soldiers of the Civil War residing In New Hamp&hire : George L. Almeder, Georges Mills Frank E, Amadon, Keene , Oscar F . Bartlett, Manchester William H. Bunton, No. Woodstock Lyman E. Butlufield, Manchester Wilfliun S. Ca.bot, Whitefield Joseph Cadera.t, Keene Eben C. Chase, Hooksett •Oscar F . Collins, Enfield Ch'll'les F . Davis, Somerswortn Oharles W. Davis, Durham Charles R. Dodge, Nashua John E. Ellis, Winchester Charles H . Emerson, Lancaater Benjamirl Evans, Bristol JI', Plummer Foss, Manchester George A. Gay, Nashua George Gilmore, Merrimac Alonzo Jones, Pittsfield Charles LaPlant, Lancaster Antoine LaPorte, North Woodstock James Lara, Lebanon James M . Lurvey, Goffs Falls Thomas D. Marsh, Dover William , R. MJJlf.r, Bristol Henry C. Mitchell, Manchester Edwin S. Nelson, Gilmanton Iron Works Granville F. Plummer, Derry Charles H. Putnam, Enfield Jame& Tangney,· Soldiers' Ira A. Taylor, Bethlehem Robert: E. Wheeler, Manche ter Joseph Willis, Woodsvllle George W Woocls, Laconia ortsmouth Has A Number Important Small Industries 'A Large Numher Of Lpcal Men Find Employment In These Smaller .C oncerns Portsmouth is known throughout the texture, poured into specially prepared oouhtry for its one main indU8tt'y-the /paper bags, automatically sealed, a nd it NaTf Yard. However, there are numer- ta ready for shipment. The finished oua !!mall industries which go to make product looks not unlike flour, very up the city. Among some of the better white and very dry. It has physical known local lnduatries are the follow- j qualities peculiar to itself. Ing: Richard R . Hall is manager o! the DlatomHe local plant, having been with the firm One of Portsmouth's most recent for th e paS t six years. hldustrlal developments la the process- Seaboard Fibre co. tng plant o! the New Hampshire DiaOne of the newer industries of Portstomlte Company located along t he mouth Is the Seaboard Fibre Co., locatPlscataqua River on Oosllpg Road. ed In the No. 6 building at the NationThis company Is engaged in the man- al Gypsum Co. This industry was startufacture of diatomaceoua earth' pro- ed last August and manufactures wood ducts and 1a the only company east of fibre board for industrial installation the Rocky Mountains capable of pro- and cold storage and wood fibre duclng all of the highly specialized acoustical board for sound proofing grades demanded by the various in- and acoustical correcting in offices, t duS rles. theatres, restaurants, hotels, etc. A few of these grades are Opalex- , This board weighs approximately oneKrystal-Flo, a filter aid used in the Ithird b t 0 ther simllar products weigh clarlfloa.tlon processes of sugar, beer, w a oils, fruit juices, and a large v11,riety of and it ls the only plant of its kind. other liquids; Opalex-Paratex, a filler The products are marketed by Insullta and reenforclng agent in rubber, as- Co., of Minneapolis and most of them phalt, and similar compositions; Opa- go to the middle west and the Paclflo lex-Glosstex, a mild abrasive utilized coast. by silver and automobile polish manuThe fibre board is made from waste facturers ; and Opalex-Transtex, an products from paper mills. Raw mater!., extender and flatting agent for use in !al waste products from a newsprint paints, enamels, and lacquers. pulp mill is the source of the supply Upon completion of the installation and It Is made by a vacuum process of the new equipment now uncier con- patented by the comp!llY, struction, this plant will be the most Ralph Frobisher .Is president of the cientlflcally controlled and up-to-date 09mpan,v. The plant manufactures diatomlte production unit in the in- about one million board feet a year. dustry. This company manufacturea dlato- 0fP1WD Plant maceous silica, a product which does The Gypsum plant has been looated not mean -much to the ordinary read- aj; Freeman's Point for the past n er, but which has an important part years, but there are probably only a ln the refining of sugar, in which It 1s few people who have more than a used as a fllter-ald. It 1s also used in idea as to the extent of the conhigh-temperature Insulation, in the oem's operatiom. Originally built for manufacturing of rubber goods and as the Wblte Mountain Paper Oo., about a filler in various processes. 30 years ago, this plant has seen many Taken from earth deposits in which different Industries. About 1926 the Atmicroscopic diatoms · have lived, died lantlc Gypsum Products Co., estaband accumulated for thousands of lished its plant there and a little less years, the silica Is produced through a than two years ago the National Gypburning process, in which all the im- sum Co. purchased the plant. Gypsum puritle are burned out. At the Ports- board Is one product manufactured mouth factory the earth passes through and thil is used in building construceight huge successive hearths of vary- tion. ing temperatures, usually ranging from The gypsum rock is brought in during 1600 to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. It is unloaded for then round u in l if the summer months, I vague �'i,~/\ -);:· .;__·;•~•~.(·.-,-:::..·:.,, .:· ..:, ,· ··· ·~ .' ,. •;,. · ,.,··.·. tt ' r-'. •-·,... ;·~ ,1 ;·,c1./_·),·_· .:..-·· .• _. • ·• •_·• _,\ t_: ·:···· ·!r,·- ._ ·i... ··' ·-·,-'. •··,. • •• •• . ~- j ·• storage and the amount used each day and is a former United States Shi~ping ' Chadwick & Trefethen ill taken to the mill by motor truck. Tte Board steamer. This vessel was built In For the past 25 years this firm haa ..:,. process for the manufacture of the .-_ . May, 1919, and went into the freight been manufacturing reamers. During I. ; gypswn board is complicated and first, .1business on the west coast. Inside of that time the reamers have become well after being ground, the moisture is re- ·.1 five years there was no more freight t.o known and are in demand, not only 1D 1• moved. The material becomes stucco carry so she was tied up to rust her all parts of this country but in Canad~ .._," or plaster of Paris, and is pumped by 1 life away. Some one with vision evolved and the principal countries in Europa, I automatically controlled compressed . the idea of a floating power station . south America and Africa. The junior air, through pipe lines to the differ- and a company was formed and a cus- member of the firm, E. T. Trefethen, Is ' ent departments. Gypswn plaster ls one tomer found. The boat was completely in active charge, George B. Chadwick • of the products manufactured. Wall• remodeled and became a floating pow- having died within the past few years. :, . _ . ~ 1-:•· board is manufactured from this stucco. er plant. J · "~"'-""'.-,,.~,-:-«•· ' l:· Roy Neher is the manager of the local Before coming to Portsmouth tha ; Ice Cream boat was set up for the use of the The Portsmouth creamery, in addlr \~ . plant. Maine Seaboard Paper Co. at Bucks- tion to its mUk routes, does a large bust., r , , Morley Button Oo. port as a stand-by until that com- ness in the manufacture of ice cream, i· · The Morley Button Manufacturing pany's hydro-electric plant should be Many of the local stores carry this proI~. Co., owrus the largest plant devoted to in operation. As soon as the plant duct and most of the stands at ~ was ready the Jacona was towed t.o beaches sell ice cream made in Port.a• the manufacture of buttons in the world. Located at 865 Islington street, Portsmouth and has been at the sta- mouth. The industry has expanded tion near the Newington line ever since, considerably as the people have come tAI, the company has an exceptionally except for a short overhaul at the demand different flavors from the pop• large plant. Its products include tufting buttons which are made !or the larg- Navy Yard. Roland A. Sukeforth is in ular strawberry, chocolate and vanilla,~ of the ship. 20 yeans ago, and they have numeroUI i. est mattress · manufacturers in the l charge The power ma.king machinery is driv- flavors now. , ;. world. Composition buttons for clothen by oil and this company _uses more \ ,..•\>'::· i:'. Ing, shoe buttons for export, clinch fuel oil than any other industry in the Granite Work ['-A;•-':-~\\ buttons, and the newest venture is plascity. There are two granite works located In f:~; ;£;;'';. tic buttom. In addition to buttons the this city, the John H. Dowd Co., located •;~ company manufactures insulated head Carbonated Beverages Market street, and the Fred C. Smal~ t~ I.: nailll for telephone work as well as up- ·For a good many years manufacturers on ley & Sons Co., now located on Hanov8!' -~ • holstering and fibre washers for the of carbonated beverages have found street. The former is owned and oper• ;.J:: automotive industry. Another product Portsmouth a ready market. At ths ated by a local man, while the latter la is newsprint matriX. This is one of the present time three firms are engaged in operated by a Dover man. Both_ do confour such manufacturing plants in the- . manufacturing this product. siderable business in the making country and the product is shipped to · Trade names of the different manu- monuments· and are old established v~rious places in this country aa well ; facturers are known in this section or firms. A year and a half ago Mr. Smal~ as England. This is the source of sup- the country and their demand come& ley moved his establishment from 11 1 ply for the matriX used by The Portsfrom quite a large territory. Each Marcy street, where it had been locat.e<l ,. ,,.,,, f. mouth Herald. have their own popular brand. These for 30 yeara, to the so-called Hanovet r· . [: Parker W. Whittemore of Boston is include the Boynton Bottling Works, street fire station. 1· president of the company, and Henry Thomas D. Loughlin Bottling Work.I B. Tilton of South street, this city, ts and the Hartford Bottling WorkB. Oontlnental Shoe Corp. ' vice president. Portsmouth, which in the past · · Frank Jones Brewing Co. · been a very important shoe center, The name of Frank Jones in the P~ has but one small factory. Oomtng h A.nnstrong Cooperage was synonymous with Portsmouth. The last November the company found Although in existence for a number city received a great deal from this ·1' this city which at one tima was WI of years, the end of the prohibition era benefactor. With his passing in th• known for its shoe industry, waa wt meant a great deal to the Armstrong first part of the century and the coming out 11 single factory. The wor Cooperage, situated at 225 Union of national prohibition 20 years ago the skilled in th\l art of makinS llh083, street. The concern manufactures three breweries in this city went out ol l either moved away, found other barrels and kegs. The industry has business. With the coming of light _ployment or were without jobs. grown during the past ten years and wines and beers into favor again the El- company is the Continental Shoe \ its work is of exc~llent quality, dredge Brewing company started up poration, a branch of the comoll 'i and a couple of years ago a group of men · ed National Shoe. Hyman Aurback: Olga.rs connected with that brew~ry purch:sed · µianager of the local factory. The f A few years ago the manufacture of the Jones plant and combined the .wo. ·!tory moved here . from Marlboroug cigars began in this city on a small scale The Frank Jones Ale is we!~ remem• ~Mass. The firm makes sport sh 1 and shortly afterward the Portsmouth bered by the older generation. The (lo Brand of cigars went on sale In this city. younger generation does not remember .,.;:,~~-~~~,._;:.:::;:,=:;::::;;::;::-:-:;:;~:;:-;::;--:.::-;i;-;;;,_~ ~ichard Pennewaert of 141 Maplewood the product of the olden days. How- ;_';: avenue makes cigars which are a popu- ever, the new company had many orders · lar product with cigar smokers. They for its product from the start. Both t are manufactured by hand. Eldredge and Jones plants are beln used. The product is pumped through Signs pipe from one plant to the other to be An industry which has developed into bottled. 11. thriving business is the manufacture. ofNeonsigns . T. JohnDowns,amElm- . Sa.ilmaking ber of the Portsmouth City council, tsL There W!L1l once a time when there the proprietor of this business. He 1a were several sailmakers in Portsmouth, a metal worker by trade and as the de- all of whom were busy making sails for mand for this popular type of sign de- the many ships which were bullt on the ·1 veloped he began the construction of · Piscataqua. But those days have be them and today has built up a very fin& , history for a numbe~ of years. Ho , business. His establishment is located ever, there is one saU~making conce f at 8 Hanover street. , in business and that 13 operated by t · . Lemuel T. Davis & Son at 65 Mechanio ,~ ' The Floating Power Plant t street. This firm, in addition . to it.a ·.:'.t Portsmouth has the only power ship t, sailmaking, and there_is considerable .;;'2f in the world. The Jacona, owned by the L bus~ess for small sailing craft, makes ~~ Public Service Co. of New Hampshire, I awmn s. ":"!is tied up just above Atlantic Heights, f 1__- ---~--:-:----:---:---:c:--:-~ - ~ \"~~ I <-' :-.:.-; : ,:,.,.-. :.· r °' ,d I -~~~·:i;&~~~: :1:·~:~- :_.. ~ ! :~~:?!;_f.;;t ~:-"-~ '* ~~ �- - - - - -- - -- - - - ·•·-·--· -i ~~-:~}\f L,i.:.....·.·~ ~__:_;_._~..;_ ;i1/'.~f1~tThe New Hampshire Seacoast Offers \i,)),:Numerous Recreational Facilities . .. •,. )". •;, .,... ~..y The New Hampshire coastal towns ' There is great need of a new high- A~on~ t~e outstanding are th~ Ash;[ way artery running north and south W?rth, at Hampton .Beach:. the Far- .. . :' have many attractions. Hundreds of in t he rear of the present built-up sec- ragut, at Rye Beach, and the Wentthousands of peop_le visit the pumerous tion. It is a tremendous task to keep worth at-New -Castle. At the latter, dur. ~.;: ·>,:~ ':;;,,-/ i resorts during the summer each y0ar. traffic moving during the rush of busi- \ Ing th_e summer of 1905, the_ Russian 1 Although but 18 miles in length the n ess in the summertime. I and Japanese Peace envoys were quar. \;.i,)[,."/. :.•,:,~_;':: coast offers sandy beaches, rugged One of the unusual attractions for tered while negotiating the Treaty of ,. • the youngsters at Hampton Beach is Portsmouth. Other hotels, somewhat cliffs and excellent harbors. Every mile the white Me mo r i a 1 Play- smaller, but equally as popular, are lo•. ·;;·,,· • has its attractions and there are many grounds. In an enclosure on the beach lcated in this vicinity, Summer cot~ prospective developments planned for sands, is this playgrounds where the tages dot the shoreline at various ..., th future The coast line runs from small youngsters can be· left in assur- points, while, at Little Boar's Head, se:brook Beach at the Massachusetts ance that they will be car~fully super-. 1 Odiorne's Point, in Rye, and New Cas- -~· line to the Piscataqua river, separating • vised and that they can enJoy the many tle, are many summer homes of the Maine and New Hampshire. There are devices arranged for them. wealthier people, attractions all along but the main recreThe Hampto~ Coast several years atronal center which has been developed ago suffered severe damage, due ~ . The Seacoast Regional Development , . is Hampton Beach. An excellent bath- high tldes resulting from northeas~ I Association -, . . __::-. ,.... ing beach, in addition to high class sto_rms. Two breakwaters have been Three years ago there was organized · ) '.'·:'- :' · · ··1 amusements, which are closely super- bmlt along the Han:pton and North in the coast region the "New Hamp. _ ,·, · ,; _,: . ;vised, brings thousands back to enjoy Hampton shores. This has prevented shire Seacoast Regional Development "'-·, : · t- 0 ,. : themselves during their summer vaca- any serious damage since they have Association. A group of men, seeing the ~ . \'';;-.': :./,, tions at Hampton Beach. Located be- been built. advantage of long range planning and coordinated effort, planned the organ·· .,. ·'.1 /·C:···>; tween Great Boar's Head and. Hampton Rye Harbor :: .;~. :~.J:•. · 11 River, the business at the beach is conization. This association has been ex'</-." ', /·.,] duc ted on an approximate area of two About mid-way of the coastline ls ceptionally active. '!'he towns and cities ;; '.):·, , ' square miles. Hampton Beach is a part ?..,y'e Harbor. Plans have been made to on the tide water are included in the of the town of Hampton, and is the develop this as a recreational center. region and through their organized .-/;;::-•.''~.;·,.;'..:'. best known coastal summer resort in A long-range plan will make this one efforts some outstanding work has been ·, -~~, t · &:\·.,.:' the vicinity. of the outstanding attractions on the done. "' · · · New England coast. Rye Harbor is a . t/'<,'i'J,Jc:· Seabrook Beach extends from Hamp-• natural harbor, located between Rag- . The seacoast region includes Dover, ;,·; <:~·:::',,\; .·,,:,,', · ton River to the Massachusett.s llne at ged Neck apd Straw's Point, and af- Durham, Exeter, Greenland, Hampton, 9 ·:t;· Salisbury Beach and this i.c; devoted to fords a fine haven for small boat.CJ . Two Hampton Beach, Hampton Falls, Little ~-.•_\_•·.~.:.:.•·;.· ·.,:.•· ;.•,i.\:'i.; summer cottages. · jetties have already been approved for Boar's Head, Madbury, New Castle, · · ~:/ . the harbor. summed up, the plans call Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, · =~: · > .·; ' · ·.:::: •Hampton Beach for the improvement of the harbor in North Hampton, Portsmouth, Rollins",:-:.<:,., ·.. ·) / Just across the river from Seabrook order to provide a safJ haven for ford, Rye, Rye Beach, Seabrook, Sea• '· .I Beach is the State Reservation which boats, launches and yachts, provision brook Beach, and Stratham. This makes j includes -_the recently erected bath- for a protected swimming pool and 14 towns, three precincts and two ; house, built by the State last year at bathing beach; the creation of areas cltles combined to work for the bettera cost of $100,000. The bath-house was for out-of-door sports; parldng areas ment of the region as a whole. . a busy _Pll\ce l_ast summer and there is for automobiles; the protection of a The organization has 17 committees . ;· every mdication of a b~ier season section of the state highway from dam- J and all are active. A few of . the com- · · this_year. This reservation 15 located at age by storms and tidal erosion, the mittees are: Mosquito Eradication, ·: White Island and the made land at elimination of two sharp and danger- IMarket and Trade Relationship, Ur- · the mouth of _the rl~er has prevented ous curves; the provision of a location ban Relationship, Educational and ; .· • . . : , .. , . the coast erosion which wa.s a serious for a new base for the United States Cultural Facillties, Marking and Main: i}'..:.:: ;__ thre~t several years ago. · Coast Guard service; the protection tenance of Scenic, Historic and other . i.<·}';- · · ,:·1 ~earby is the 1:ampton Yacht Olub and probable extension of the lobster /sites, Safety, Public Health and Wel; .'.•:,: ,., . ,,,..,.; which was orgamzed two years ago and fishing industry, and the construe- ' rare, Planning and Zoning, Industrial [: .,:,'-,.'(-:°.~:1.i;:/' and is one of the most active yacht tlon of an emergency landing field for Development, as well as several others. ; , ,:· . ,_... . . clubs in the state. . airplanes. i These committees have done excellent \ ·,. :;:,. . ',. ,_, Hampton Beach has a valuation of ·Work was started some time ago· to \ work and are on the job to assist 1n 0 , i ~:/>,''., :. l $3,000,000., which is more than half of establish the summer camp of the 197th the development in the Seacoast Re. !the valuation of the town of Hamp-• Regiment, New Hampshire National gion. There ai-c, many long-range plans .. .: J ton. Wages last year amounted to over Guard, there. This was a W. P. A. pro- , which have been made. Some may seem _.,, 1$200,000, divided among 1214 persons ject and considerable amount of work too far in the future at the present ·", ' employed there. was done on the lend recently pur- time but with the plans drawn up, There has been a growing enthusiasm chased by the state for that purpose. ther; may be a time for putting them among people from all over the New :i:,1ttle Boar's Head is the scene of . into being, England states to spend some time dur- the annual New Hampshire Seacoast tj ing the ·-summer season at Hampton Music Festival. . Fabien Sevitsky, well f;Inland Waterway Beach._ It is also a popular res?rt with kriown Boston _conductor, has present•• / An Inland waterway between the Canadians and ~housands visit , there ed festivals there. on the Arthur L. ; Portsmouth Navy Yard and the Boston for a two weeks v~cation each sum-- H~bson estate during the past several . Nayy Yard may seem like a~_Jmrul§sl-.. mer. It has been est imated that if the years. Mrs. Hobson is one of the lead• 11 - • • number of visitors from the Canadian ers in this music festival and she de- ;bility but there is an interest on the provinces increases in the nex t five votes a great· deal· of time and money :part of some people. A section of the :~\ years at the same ratio as the past few 1n· arre,'nging this annual affair. · ;waterway be!ween Hampton and Mer-: ·1 years, the business from the provinces All along the shore line are excellent :rimac rivers 1s already being construct➔ alone will tax the present facilities of beaches. At advantageous points all ed. The plans for this region _would _be •1the beach, along the coast are excellent hotels, to connect the Hampton River with '· . --...,~ --- - - ' Great Bay, through the marshes l\nd ~ -=-'- .. _._ . _.. ·-~....;.._~ . -·~ _ . . . . ;i1/J<~~r~. -·:-,d -~.; .)i{~; t' : ! .·,'tZ)f;'. ~/ ·.· .f: '\ ·'•. p:...<,".. · "l I I II I l~ :. _~~· . ... -·-.·-~/·.-•:~. ~- ~-- __ ..__ . . . __ . . ;__:_ �then turn inland, reaching the ay. n addition to an inland route, in case of war, It would be a place for small motor and sailing yachts. Wa ter pollution Is one thing which is causing the Public Health commit• tee concern. They are working against such things, but recent news have brought grave concern, as thill hampers recreational development in the region. Plans to remedy places where the water is already polluted, are being made. The Isles Of Shoats Marine Laboratoq Located partly in Maine and partly In New Hampshire the Isles of Shoals are known throughout the entire contry and beyond. Once the home of Cells. Thaxter, Appledore Island is now the location of a Coast Guard station and the home of the Marine Laboratory of the 'University of New Hampshire. The laboratory opens for its 11th annual sea.son on June 20 and included among those attending will be graduate and undergraduate zoology students of that university. The course continues eight weeks and the University o! New Hampshire Is the only college having an ocean laboratory in Amer• ka. Founded i]l 1928 by Dean and Mrs. Floyd Jackson of the University, the school first occupied two well-built but neglected buildings, leased by the university. One served as a girls' dormitory, living quarters for a part of the staff, kitchen, dining hall, laboratory and classroom. The other, completely without windows, housed the men students. Fourteen students in all were accommodated. The next year the quarters were enlarged somewhat and 20 students were accommodated. From 1930 the enrollment increased each year, more buildings were taken over, reconditioned and occupied, until at the present time all five of the buildings left of the firerazed Appledore Hotel colony ow11ed by the Star Island Corporation, are used by the zoology laboratory. At capacity last summer, the buildings housed an instruc tional staff and an enrollment of 60. Star Island Across the harbor is Star Island. 8eV• eral years ago both these Island& wer\' noted summer resorts. Star Island I.I now owned by the Unitarians and sum• mer conferences are held there by both the Unitarians imd Congregational• ists. In 1936, the Leyden International Bureau, an organization composed of religious liberals throughout the world, held their annual meeting there. Thi.I was the first time that the meeting Wal held in America. With a possibility for the future, plaru, have been made for the rebuilding ot Gosport, at Star Island. Once a. thrlv• ing fishing town, which sent a. repre• sentatlve to t he legislature, the island is now a part of the town of Rye. Plans include t he building of number of stone cottages to care for th06e who now stay at the Oceanic Hotel. That would be remodeled Into a one-story building, serving a.s a hall, dining room and meeting place for those attending the conferences. The stone church, a. shrine lctured in thousands of Uni• tartan homes, Is the scene of the im• pressive candlelight services held each evening during the conferences on the Island. Possibility of Harbor Development Portsmouth Harbor offers great pos. slbllltles for development. Once the 12th city In size in the nation, Ports• mouth has stood stUJ whlle other cities on the Atlantic coast have been devel• oped. The harbor is one of the flnest in the country. During the first of this year the Fed• eral Maritime Commission held a hear• 1ng ln this city which brought out the advantages which might come if ade• quate facilities were available. As a. result of this hearing the State Plan• ning and Development Commission made a survey to determine the poten• tlal use of the Port of Portsmouth. The survey indicated that a number of New Hampshire firms would find it to their advantage to use this port in the event that there should be adequate dockage and shipping facilities. According to the survey at least 742,000 tons of Import and 60,000 of export commodities would flow through the port annually. These were the actual figures of the answer to the questionnaire and this tonnage of 800,000 is more than three times the average annual tonnage of 275,000, during the period from 1923 to 1932. Due to lack of time the questionnaire type of survey had to be relied upon and but 160 replies were received from 750 questionnaires sent out. It is estimated that should a complete sur• vey be made, the tonnage might be In the vicinity of 2,000,000 annually. The survey brought out that New Hampshire business concerns would find it to their economic advantage to use the port of Portsmouth. The outstanding Import items in the figures were oil and oil products, coal and coke, which together totaled 631,• 542 tons, mostly from Atlantic coast sources. Other imports were gypsum, grain, textiles, cement, wood, wood pulp. lumber, chemicals, stone and water of several smaller rivers, the co, and miscellaneous. Potential exports through Portsmouth included gypsum products, grain, scrap iron, stone and clay, textiles, chemicals, metal products, food supplies and m1soellaneous. The report completely itemizes the potential Imports and exports by firms the locations of the firms, the commo• dltles, annual tonnage, and places of the origin of imports and destination ot exports, whether Atlantic coast, Pacific coast, or foreign. An interesting sidelight of the sur• vey was a letter from the Public Ser• vice Company of New Hampshire which, in connection with its state• ment covering its use of oil and coal, pointed out that when the new inter• state bridge is built, its proper location and adequate draw span will enable the company's floating power plant, Jacona, to receive oil directly from ocean going tankers. This would result in a saving of from 10½ to 12 cents a barrel on about 150,000 barrels of oil in a year. The letter also gives the opinion that, if the har- bor were properly developed, someone would probably be attracted to build an oil re!inery in the upper harbor. The added expense of reloading oil from ocean vessels to lighters was brought out also by the petroleum in• dustrles replying to the survey. Natural Advantages of the Harbor At the time that Portsmouth was one of the ranking cities in the country and shipping industry was all important, ship building also flourished. After the revolution came the golden age o! BEACH ABROOK BEACH �maritime trade, when Portsmouth ships carried American commerce far and wide and Portsmouth wharves were piled high with Imports and exports. Then came the railroads and centers of population shifted and about all there Is left of the one-time prosperoua shipping industry Ls a limited coastal traffic and the natural advantages of the harbor. Portsmouth Harbor ls formed by the Plscataqua River, into which flows the water of several smaller rivers, The Cocheco, Salmon Falls, and Bellamy emptying directly into the Piscataqua; the Oyster River Into Little Bay and the Lamprey and the Squamscott into Great Bay. The importance of Great and Little Bays to Portsmouth Harbor must be given due consideration. 5,541 acres in extent, with 40 miles of shoreline, they form a tidewater res!)rvolr with mean tides of nine feet. The big volume of water they hold comes Into them and goes out of them via the Piscataqua. Thl.s condition, in conjunction with the rivers mentioned and the tremendou.a depth of Portsmouth Harbor, ranging from 66 to 90 feet, ts respon• sible for the unusually strong tides In the Placataqua, which, while they in no w11,y interfere with navigation, means Portsmouth Harbor is never fro• zen over, and that there never haa been and never will be any necessity for dredging to maintain from 35 to 60 feet of water along dockage posslbilltles from 15 to 20 mil88 In extent, Nor has there been or will there be under these conditions any shoals or sandpars to be considered, The tremen. dou.s depth of water moved by strons tides extends seven and one-half miles upstream from the ocean itself, and backing this are the stretches of Great and Little Bays, making a natural flood control reservoir of backwater, where much of the silt borne by the rivers mentioned ls deposited whenever flood conditions prevall, Portsmouth is tha most northerly port on the Atlantic which Ls open to navigation the year around. With no ice to tie up shipping, no channels to be opened in winter by the expensive process of modern lee-break• ing, no possibility of shoal or sandbar formations, no dredging to keep chan• nels and docking areas at proper depth, and with navigable water of unusual depth extending to the very shore Itself, Portsmouth offers exceptional advantages for maritime development for craft of any size. Completely landlocked, the harbor ranges from several miles in width at !ta mouth to a minimum of some 800 yards at its narrowest point. There are, as stated, seven and one-half miles of deep water stretching from New Castle on the New Hampshire &hore and Ger• rlsh Island on the Maine side of the river to the new Dover Point bridge at Newington. Deep water extends to the bank practically the whole distance on the New Hampshire side, and It would require no vast length of wharf to reach deep water anywhere on the Maine side. Little and Greijt Bays offer a possl• ble development, both Industrial and recreational. Summer camps are numerous and there Is more interest in that seotlon each year. AIR VIEW OF HAMPTON BEA may make this region better known An Old Colonial Vlllage than it Ls at the present time. Many of Architects, famlfiar with the old time architecture of this country, enthuse ove1· the fine types still in existence in this city. There are various styles of architecture which were in vogue during the colonial days and the early 19th century. Especially ls this true in the South End, Middle Street, Deer Street and Christian Shore sections. Perhaps the section of the South End, which forms a triangle, the boun• daries being State st., Pleasant St., and the Plscataqua river, Ls the largest section which contains scores of old houses. Plans were made, and the m. tlonal Parks Division of the Interior Department is stlU interested in mak• Ing a National park of that section. An early New England village would be reconstructed, using the present suitable buildings as the nucleus for a .real colonial settlement, such as has been reconstructed at Williamsburg Va, This would insure the preservation o.t many l;\ouses, in that section, connected with early Portsmouth History. There are other possibilities which the inland towns, which are member of the Seacoast Regional Association have plans for their development. The New Hampshire coastal region offers a great many attractions to the tour ists, and even the winter sport.a enthU8iasts are finding that there are some places here where they can en• joy the thrills and spills which the UP• state centers offer. While these are shorter, they are also near and many skiing enthusiasts are finding that what few hills there are in this section offer many afternoons of amusement during the winter montha. The New Hampshire Seacoast II known throughout the country, and many people from all over the country, as well as Canada, come here to spend their vacation each year. Already the l).otels and rooming house.11 are booked far into the season. ��-----------·---------- ---- --- -i'~: • ~ i Parker, Nathan, Sermons, with a Memoir o! Henry Ware, Jr., 1835. j Payson, Aurin, M., and Le;ighton, Al• 1bert (eds) Poets o! Portsmouth. 1865. Peabody, Andrew P. Lectures on Christian Doctrine. 1863. Peabody, Andrew P. Memalr of Charles Burroughs. 1871. Peabody, Andrew P. Sermons, Ora• tions and Addresses. 1843-1859. Plumer, Wllllam, Jr., Address, July 4, 1828. · Roberts, Edmund, Embassy to the Eastern Courts o! Cochin-China, Siam and Muscat. 1837. · Shillaber, B. P. Knitting Work. 1859. • Shillaber, B. P. Lines in Pleasant Places, 1874 Smith, Elias, Life , Conversation, .::,, Preaching, Travels and Sufferings o! Elias Smith, written by himself. Vol. 1 -- - . .-'"City Of The Open Door" Has M_ucb Of lnterest To Offer Those.Who Visit Here I 1 i Many Important Events That Marlcect: The· Early History Of This Nation Occurred Within The Boundaries Of Portsmouth ) Portsmouth has been c.alled' "The the Portsmouth Navy Yard has become· . •· • a submarine building yard·, and !7 :oity of the Open Door," for its door- submarines have been constructed f 'ways, flecked by sunlight dancing there; ! ,through great elms, are . fam~us : Like Bostoi this old city by the sea [ ;throughout ~e count_ry. This httle city has its- Athenaeum, a private libra.TY is instilled with tradition and the an- 'owned by 100 stockholders. This was cient atmosphere of by-gone days min• ;established in 1817 by several promi• gles with modern in a most charming 'nent men of Portsmouth who pur!ma~er. The "open door'' of the city :chased the present impressive building • Invites the traveller, not only to tarry ;for their purpose in 1823. The reading 1. 1816. 1 a-while, ?ut to enter the open door. '. room on the ground !Joor is adorned Stone, C. E. Whiton, Sonnets, Songs jOnce Inside it is a fairly well estab- .with portraits by Symbert, and among and Laments, o 1891. .. ilished fact that here he wm wish 1:<> !the many books in the library are at Thaxter, Cella, Letters, 1896. ; remain for as long a t!me as he possi- jleast 22 Incunabula, old pamphlets and Thaxter, Celia, Poems. 1896. Thaxter, Celia, Heavenly Guest ed jbly can arrange it, perhaps for the rest ldocuments of colonial days and a col'of his life. i1ection of ship models lln~g the stairby Oscar Laighton, 1935. Some of Portsmouth's homes contain j a!L Thayer, Lucius H., The Religious 'l' beautiful stairways that have echoed to Iway w ~. Condition of New Hampshire at the • tread of such men as John Paul !Early mstory --~ Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, · the Jones, General William Whipple, Dan- 1 · ,. ~ 1901. lie! Webster and Levi Woodbury. In I In 1603 Captain Martin Pring salled : Thayer, Lucius, What l.e Your Portsmouth are: the home of the first lup the Piscataqua River and in 1614 the \ ~ , • i. _ Life? 1933. ,President o! the United states Senate; :adventurous Captain John Smith ex- · ·: • · ·· ·· :, Webster, Daniel, Works, 6 vols. 1853. '. a lightning-rod instaJJed by Benjamin lplored the adjacent coast and gave his . ,,· ·. ' t:_~ Webster, Daniel, Writings and 'Franklin; the birthplace of Washing- I name to the islands now kn _ own as the .-"'-1·•~:~., ·. ·.'-'i,• Speeches, 18 vols, 1903. ti! rune years Ia- :. . 11:_." _ , . { I ' ton's private secretary, Tobias Lear; : I sJes of ShoaJs. N-• \JI, un 1 Wiggins; S. A., Sprigs of Acacia, 1886. a copy of the "Vinegar Bible," and a ,! t er, h owever, was a permanent settl_e• '. · ,'.l--··:-! ··t··1 Woodbury, Levi, Writings, a vols., :beJJ captured at the siege of Louisburg. pment started at the mouth of the Pis- ·.., .: .., ·, ,· 1852 · ' And here is the Thomas Bailey Al- ·1:. cataqua. Word having been carried back :,:-,)!· '- .,: ·, Directories. '---Portsmouth - - - - -,-,---:.::____.= ~=b.1 •": drich house, known to readers of "The ti to Plymouth, EngJan d, ! rom the Pi!- _;-·'.-, :" ; , ,_1,.· . 1story of a Bad Boy" as the Nutter ,I grim colony at Plymouth on Massachu- ., ";", ; · House, which was the boyhood habitat !setts Bay, concerning the abundance , ·.'·. ·M·~ _· of Aldrich. It is furnished even to the of fish in the waters across the Atlan- . ·~' ;_ ,·. ~minutest detail as described in "Bad I tic, three men ln the English city- -· · ,. ·· · - Boy" with flowers blooming in adja- ; Abraham Coleman, who had been May- .._, ~; · · cent gardens like those Aldrich wrote or in 1615; Nicholas Sherrill, who had · ..:.~:. about in his poems. , held similar office in 1618, and Leonard ., · Portsmouth is situated on the banks I Pomeric, at that time the Mayor-saw · . of the Piscataqua River, three miles an excellent chance to establish a lucra. from the mouth of that deep and pie- tive, business· in the- New World. Jf.c,,. turesque stream. It is on the direct i oord!ngly, they. made a proposition to route, beth by rail and motor, from Bos- David Thompson, a Scotchman·, who ton to Portland, also from Boston to had a !Jal% foi; adventure, with the re,-... the White Mountains. Its harbor is one 1 !ult. tha.i: Thompson, his wl!e, and eight /of the finest in the world, with 90. feet other pioneers sailed· for America. In . of water and strong tides, which, while 1623 they landed at what is now Odi• •in no way hampering navigation, pre- orne's Point, erected a huge palisaded k.::.-, ··· vent it from ever becomlng frozen over. house there and called the settlement -;-, With the present congested condition of Parma.way. other Atlantic ports and the natural Thomson was in close touch with the facilities of this harbor, it is but logi- Pilgrims at Plymouth; which accounts cal that at the present time Portsmouth for the visit of Miles Standish at PanNavy Yard should be the main place naway in June, 1623, when he sought where submarines are built, repaired provisions after a Jean winter and spring and refitted. Here on banks o! the Pis- at Plymouth. Later other small com-cataqua River, since the settlement panies of traders and fishermen ar. of New Hampshire, the men have been rived and established themselves- on. -, building ships. -First boats to carry Great Island (now New Castle) and at ·1them across the river, later l!a!ling Strawbe,rry Bank, site o! the present ~ crafts, then warships, ships which sailed city of Portsmouth. A simple form of _; '·'•, ·, _ ,1 the seven seas and established an en- government was adopted there in 1635 . I viable record !or the shipbuilders 1n -though later1 before becoming a this section of the country. Later the Royal Province, this region came under · _ steam supplanted the picturesque sail- the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. In ing !leet, and still the Piscataqua work• !1635 by petition of the inhabitants, the f 1 1men found work to do. During- the , ; name of Strawberry Bank was changed 1 .\ · , World War both tron and wooden ves- ! to Portsmouth. : ·.·· . isels were built here as wen as the first i The hundred years from 720 to 1820 : submarine ever to be constructed by the .were the most colorful in the history t , United States Navy. Since that time o! the· colony, for it was. during that ,, -_____, time that Colonial and three-story I >,. I ':-----1 I '1 �OUHII were lruiUf, wealthi ... cumulated and aooiali lite nourished. Dlll'inS the Bevolution Po:ci.mouthrs recOlld waa brilliant. The Declara.tl.011 of Independence waa, l!etuli 1n 1.'176 from th balcony ot the st.a.ta House, then standing 1n Market lllqµare, the- name of King. street was cbangedi to Collgllea& street at that time.; 1n 1'1771 John Paul Jones oame here tlo oversee the Gutfitting the sloop of war Ranger, being built at BadgeJl'a Island. TJlis was tlie craft whioh received the salute to the flag from the French, the firltb flag to receive a salute from a. foreign power. At- the beginning of the 19th century Portsmouth had grown to be the ltJth largest cil;y in the country. Although ih has long since lost that olMIJifloation it retainB, 'besides ita hlstorioal bacltground; a great dee;! of obarm. ot Sllhoue Copley, Stum anli Trumbull wem painting portraits when; on October ~ 1808, the folio.wing adveITt1tsememl appeared in the "New BlmlpsblreGazett.e": "Wllllam King, tlaker ot. Pi!ofile likenesses, respeu:tfUll!\l intOrma the JOHN PAUL~J:.,O:.:N.:.:E::.:S:::....:ll::.;O::..U=SE=-...,.....,----,----,-~-----J ladles and gentlemen o Poirtlsmoutlh. ltam Henr:ii; Brown, He, tioo, wrote. a the. maidenls plntur into. hie nooke~ that he will talle. a room at <i1oL Wood,- book about.. his sitters and 1ll118t'ra'fi!dl for he knew there was: 'but one "boun,. ward's on Wedne&da,y next, and will the work with 12 of li1l! sllhoue1/t:e.BJ terfeit pre,sen.tment of. hen ill existence, stay tAlll da only"tlo take profil& lllte- mostly full length.II withi elill>omte and he had.lo! " nesses. B1I price for 1lwo profflelt ot one backgrounds, as well a11 with. faosimlle person 1s twenty-five cent.a and be autograph, lettem of tbe J&BODB: wb.098" An Early Tavern, 1ramea them ill a handsome. mann&l! portrait,s are reprodUOed 1n th'G' volllmll. I'n. colonial tlines the. T.olll.es U8ed tn with black gJau in el&gantt, oval, l!ound gather nightly a.fl th& Ea1ili o lialltmr or square franleBi gilt or lllaolf. Prioe Daguemt.otYl)H' Inn, drinking to the ltli1g and. oo lHa from fifl;y oenta to. two dollars. each." Ill thafall of 1839i Portsmnul/h.peo]Jla oontlnued. prosperity. 'l!o suoh an oSllhouettea at the l'aile of two for- & were especially intere&tedl 1n the lU!l11Yali tent. waa thi& hoate}lW a. plao11; of. esori quartar, according t,o a. book oalled ill New England of Fmmoois G'01Jll8l!d; for "the. :cuffled and lac gpvemmlent "Social Lile 1n Old New Englandi" a disciple of Daguel'll&j, the. lJ'mnnhl officials" the.ff John. St.a:vers, if.a. pro. would seem to be within the reach of "apothecaiw pie.t\11'8 mani" wna, 0mam,-, prietor, beoama unpopular wilJi 11ome nearly anybody who wanted to have ated the daguerreotype. Gbnra.rd 1• on ot his to.wnsfollt. Tn.a Sons o:t: Lllllil1l.v' a picture taken. Black i,en ploture11 arriving ill this country, 1811\lfflL a. Dam,, especially J.oolM!d' w1.tJb. hoslale. 9ll8. upon were called silhouettes :first in Eng- yhlet giving "a provisory m.etho :ro:11 the Tory gathemngs in, the Ea.:nl! of land and by the Frenllhman chiefly 11e.s- taking Human Portraits." This m.eth- Halifax, and one day-wflen Hopley Y.eaJ>Qnsible for this great vogue there and od was by no means simple. NOt only ton was marching a company of rein America, Auguste Edouart. Edouiut must the room be of a O ta.in shape orults down the streat, he threatened bad beeIL obliged t.o leave France for and kind, but "the chair on wliiolL 1/he to smash the fun's wihdbws m lffll'OD8 political reasons and having lost nearly person.. sits must be. or yellOW' wood. looked out. No one looked out, as 1\ all hla property 1n Holland, found him- The person, if a man, mus dlle&sed happened, and' apparently,- fflUI! 110 dis.. 1elf In England with scaroely any in a crear gray coat; panifalbons of IP appointed. PortimuruthI!! llberi/y..loven1 money, and so advertised that he would llttle deepen hue;, a vest of. f ~ that th6Y" resolved to make- an OlllJOl'• &1ve French leasons. 'Dhllt not proving IJ.l'OUnd-yellow, orange, if possible- tunity tio af'fi'ontt Lllindlbrdl l!Jt&ve1181 & sa1!1sfactory aource of. Income, ha be- with. figures oj II aoloir tio mllke ff' aum-- Accordlhgl~ a ft!w days, Jafur, a mob gan to make portraits out ot human. tmrrtL 'l1lie wliit.ene!IB of ffi.8' shl oror.. gathered in i'J:onit (!f th liwse and' Ile.. hair, proceedinlf from thla to out pro- tlmatl1ng with 8 cmva; 0 gm;v gro:un: gan to choir a t1fi pol!tt upon, wDlch fllea by hand, as a form of protest either a. Jltrlll lellll dark w mom dlmp IIWUD!f agllinat the dlarepute Into which thla than the ooa '1'h1l ooe:tlume. of II l!ld.y "Tfie Portrai ~ tille Earl, o El!.Jlfa,f work had !alien by the illtl10tiuctlon of ahouiit be of tha sam"' llhacillf!j, an 1n In sclll!lett ooa1t am( }JllriWi~ of fl.ax: mechanical devices. ms portraits were all OB8ell \Uaoll: mustl be (l(Jiltdimtlg,r I'nnlieeper Stfave!'I· armed' hie l!To.ve nearly always out. ill full length, be- avoia:edl as. well 88 gll8Blll. amii rad ,. with an &Xlt and liad lllin prote<Jtt ttilJ oaUN he believed that. thia wu the That thtr eyes of the mbjlmil lilioulil be property: The slav JOlltf nie- selr 1romonly way to make an aaourate ltkeneSII\ olosed, WM, a f1rstl, ooJJBiciered: IU.Ultll1lm mand anti! stmio tlh:e gDoundi with, and he waa quite. aucceasful, 10 his ell- aondlblon nemmsacy, ttr 8U06 'Illie illi.& side: of'fill,weap_oD\ ona;Manlt.Nobl~ ants 1n Portsmouth thought, 1n oat.ch- time of. tli.e expoSUlle W8II :from 101 wha waa· wieltilnw tli.a enonoachmg axe, Ing oharacteristlc poses and gestlll!ea, , 2lr minutesi Nbble l!UllVJ.ved.l ~ altnrougll: liB lived In 1835 Eaoua.rti wrote a book which An uthor Wl!itling dumnir tdill' latllml flJ:r 40 yea.Mi waa. ftt.emle, T.Jnlr assault he called "Silhouette Likenesses". Ed,. pari th~ l11bh oenilul\Yi OD' "'lm stlllll :!\ultliel" lntftm!lm!d ffi.11' crowd, ouan kepb a oareful record, t.oo, of the J!Jagul!l'l'eojjype 1n Amemlla,,. baa :re,-, oausing, them; ta 8IDRSD: ev,en:r window. people whose profiles he perpetuated, oorded that "Monda w ltJOkedl upon, 1h ffllu l!m) wliila; IDF JJmdloruh escaped1 and he bad a very high sense of per- aa the best day for bllllineBB, 1ienauafi ot Jolin ILangdtJni attmnptilnir oo handle sonal honor 1n the matter of guarding the Sund!cy night/ oollllttllilp, tli.e fm!t' ttie · mo») m.miv a.it llha fiotlel 1Uali in features committed• to bi& oare. "Lad• outcmm oi whiolt was. th& pmmJB 1/CJ 1tbne tbJ save an- ailJ!gmt., Illll'MJ: :ntom, ie11 a.re never exhibited," he advertised,. exchan:e daguerreotypes. No less sure wanton destructiom "Stop " saicL. L.anll"nor duplicates of thell' likenesses el- than Monday U;self, oam.& the gentle- don 1xJ tli.u YllUlllf m:aru w held the ther sold or delivered to anyone but ma scortlhg his sweetl\eart Be se- ofia1l! thMt wu poised. fo "' lieliYeDY o~ themselves or by their special order." lec~de the most expensive o~11es and a blow at. tliJr mil'lloir, "Jmv a a.esh a.ti Another who praoticed this so-called paid, foi:. both pictures. And it was ai 1me first: you may perh&P,~ be doing Black Art lh those early days was Wll- happy man ih these instanoes 1a:Jat put mo:ne hBllDl than sood. here. The. nui.n :r I �its social life, these subscription dances were the chief glory. Washington and Lafayette were the assembly'• J\)eats of honor on the occasion or their vis! ts. These assemblies had two managers, who "with powdered hair and chapeau under left arm, looked the impersonation of power and dignity. Each lady was taken into the ballroom by a Jnanager, and seated. The ladles wore low-necked dresses of sllka and satins and velvets. The gentlemen appeared &n prescribed costume, which was blue coat, with bright buttons, chapeau llllder a.rm, knee breeches, silk stocktngs, pumps and white kid gloves. "At the appointed moment the numbers were caned for the new dance, af• ter that the cotillions, which were voluntary. A manager led the first dance with the eldest lady or a bride, if one was present, and everything was conducted with great state. About 10 o'clock &andwlchea or tongue or ham, PORTSMOlJTH LlBRARY with thin biscuits were handed around, disa»pearedl In the. cnowd and. Langdon, ly mistil.tdedj aa Martha. an.ct bhe. DDrtl!I'! In turn with sangaree, lemonade and was th.a hero, of the day. Gnvennoir wer jplnew "ac11osa th.lb wal.. chocolate." 111 wu this !lame tBvenn whena Mnr- nut.a and• wine!' by Re:v. Antlhun Bnowntha. um wu ohlded beoDlllle of lun.'1 of fflle :matabll.shed Church. Present Day Attrutlom appearanae by Mistress Sllavers, but And, now,, 0 aOIW!e; MantJ!ta. hlldi he Attractlon11 for visitors Martftta llv.edi ro Sllff the <ia~ wlum, she llballioit; f!1om. wltlalt ah.e aoultt 1 mouth today Include the Public Libra• did rlde 1n him clUIDiae:e. a& ska he.di down, aa- dJsdalntully aa. did, th.e Eani- rf, designed by O)1arles Bulfinch, who sal<i she wautch IBhlr beaame II.ad of Ealltax on humble !lllks, who. need4· also designed the Massachusetts Btat.e Wentw0Dtll1 wif.it otBenningWenb.womd1 1 muatt walk. The. sucicie elevam.on Bouse and the Oapltol at Washington, and 1hfs smey is: tald 1Il1 Eong:tallow;'a. 11eem:si lndeed1 to have gone to•!llN' IJidr/1 D. o.; the Rockingham Hotel, built on "Tales of a W~ailiw Tom.'' lillt tilla 1tn,- head J11oI1 tnaditlon SR,ys th:ab Vfil!Y *he Bite of the Wood bur J mortal ballad, Mturlll:ra Elllton 1S. well1 8hon1Jle after he!! IIlJlJlll1ll.ga MautOJa,, Langdon; Hot e 1 Wentworth-BY• remembered! as a slenden girl, :nagged dro])Ded, hflll 1!1nir and slllllJllOned one of, the-Sea, where 1n 1905 the envoys of with negl&llted ha1I!, beaDln!I', frrun the her late kilillmn. a_olleagllElli to neoo.ver Russia and Japan were quartered durwell it from the fioor, but the colleague, hacl mg the negotiations preceding the "A pall· o! w,aten dl'itln!nlr throulltL th:e quillkl;v beaome shantslgb.ted, and Mar• Treaty of Portsmouth; Isles of 8h08.11, iha., <llilmissl.ng: bar hasW~. picked UD. nine mileii seaward (scene of the sumAnd baffltll:Qr aa ehe: wenl! lu!r naked the nlmletl hersell. mer conferences of the Unitarians) ; feet." · Before, he died, th.a. Revc. Market Square and Old Parade, former Along comes., the obher aulDll !ru fuis, Browne hadi th.e ogpanliunlhy: Qf m elte of State House, town puml) and d11amB-, upon, whiolh the. E or I,IaJifilx eying, Malltha to e.notwm WentwQlltlf,. whipping post; St. John's church, smiledJ benign} : a man. ot solcilen]¥ clisbina.bion. (11edlt where Washington attended service, and "A po1Jta¥ pell8011! wJ:bb. bbr.ee--oonn.ered coated! Miahael, a! lllilgland). , the Cutter House, built in 1750. hat, Iai.1782; when tha Frenah fleet visit Other points of Interest Include the A orlmson velvet coat, head high. in Pontsmouth., all. the of!lcers a.tayed Gov. Langdon House, built In 1784 by air, the Inn. John Hanaoelt, Elbnldie Oe Gov. John Langdon, delegate to ConGol~!!~ed aane; and nicelf pow~l!Mdl andi Genenal Knax wer.e other d111t1.n1 ~ental oongress, President of the ..._.., ulal:ied llUSflts a that hoateley. W Vnited States Senate and signer of the And• diamond buckle sparlding a h1a ingt:on also stopped therp when Visit Federal constitution; the John PaUl ltnees. Po:ntsmoutll In 1789. The ~ • ~ Jones House, erected in 1757 by Oapt. Digmtleli, stiaiil!N, 11.onld muchi at e1U1e.; ohang d fl-om Earl ot Hall!ax ~ Fo ~ WSII (!}()wrnmr Witntlwmlth:i William Pitt. in honor of the 1 Purcell, merchant, whose widow maintained it as a boarding house In 1777 dl1iW.n3 dawru statesman who defellded tlle oolani and there entertained Capt. John Paul To Little Harbon, jusb beyoruii the tOWilj ac.tdon. Jones while he was In Portsmouth suWhere hi.a GllB.llt RoU!ill W)QOd\ looklnfl, ou 1XJ sea, The Assembly House , l:'lnte~d1ng the construction of the A good.IN" pl :e, where Ur wa.s gprut PortsmOllth had !ta dlstinclr soolf4 nger • Tobias Lear House, ?irthplace be.'' llfe in the Assembl Ho b llt 14 of Tobias Lear, who was private secIM was 1n ilb.ia' h0UliB> that. Mantha fG owned by Michael ;:_ere"!. retary to Washington; Wentworths v:en yeam sl!1117edi her :fiuture lo gan!zed' dancing parties were held. Gardner House, noted for lts fine doorThorai aotl\1e witlh mop, and pallj This house was of woocL and pai1>.,ed way and Interesting wood carving (in "A maid of all works, whether ao1U1se white. On tta lower floor were three th e ki tch en ls a huge fire-place equipor fine, large parlors, a kitchen and an Im• ped with an automatic device for roastA servant who made service SB&m. div- mense hall and stairca.se. The assem- big and turning meats.) A linden tree, inlll" bly room took the whole front of the more than 200 years old, stands beShe grew from ahildh.oGd 1nlxl the eecond Btory and was about 60 feet by side the house, which ls owned by the veny lovelp woman. whom <!zoveunor flO feet, with large windows and a National Museum of Arts; the William Wenliw01'!4i wooed and won. A1J tola. m, gallery over the entrance. Back of it Pitt Tavern; Warner House, built in "Olcii New. England! Rootlbnwls,'.' tlh.e stloDfc were two dressing rooms. Chandeliers 1722, noted example of early Georgian l'UllS!• "In tbe Mrurohi oli 1760., It w&Alj, tor wax candles, deep cornices and architecture ln America, (this was one Uh.at the hoaltatLLltmle Harbon exolaimedJ richly gullded carving decorated these of the most costly houses in this reabWDtly tA> 1hll good neoton alt tt apartments, Here, from the days of the ston, being built of brick brought from Johnie, whlll had, beelll dining sumgtu~ Revolution until Franklin Hall was HoJland, with walls 18 inches thick. 0usli at thll' manon-houa&~ "Thia la mY( built, about 1820, the flower of Ports- The lightning rod was Installed by b!J1lhda.y; it llhall llkewille be m:11 wed• mouth was wont to assemble, for 1n Benjamin Franklin.) Gov. Benning din& cl&!, andI~U\IUlalL llllUllly. me!" No the town, widely noted for the elegance Wentworth Mansion at Little Harbor, wonder-~ llstanlng, llJl&slla. were IP'tiiur,, of its entertainments and the grace of built by Governor Wentworth In 1750 and contaln!n the famous i ~hi~:~. �ORTSMOUTH· Settled 1n 1623. Incorporated u a town 1n 16113. Incorporated M a city 1n 184~. Area, 9,702 acres. Fl!ty-seven miles northeast Boston; 61 southwest from Portland; 489 miles from Washington; 411 m1lea from Concord. PopuJatlon 14,496. A clty of homes. Labor troubles unknown. Splendid fire department. Excellent schools. Numerollll ohurohes. Banks: National 2, 8avinge a. Excellent climate condition • Drinklng water unexcelled. :Finest stores north of Boston. Excellent stre~ts. Perfectly lighted atreets. Playground and park syatem. Abundant factory sites and 1k1lled labor available. Twenty-five miles of J)OSBible dooll:age. Center of mmmer reeorta region. '.River that never freezes. Ohannel depth of river to forty-five feet. Deepest harbor. Largest shiJ)II that wlli ever be bull• can enter th1a port. Many colonial residences. Pine public library. Best of hotela. Junior High Sohool bulJding, Ing .260,000. Children'11 Home. Home for Aged Women. Home for Ohronlo Invalids. Three theatres. Oountry olub. The home of the world's largest button making plant. Excellent police force. Chamber preserved in its original sta_te. These are but a few of the highlights of the outstanding attractions of thii city. The lover of antiques wlli find it hard to leave alter once coming lnside the Open Door. There are many 'other places, as interesting perhaps, but space will not permit enumerating the many more places of interest. Anyone who might plan to spend an afternoon visiting these interesting places, couJd extend that afternoon to a week, the week Into months and then return year after year and enjpy the thrills of the charm and fascination which at. tncts to the city historic. �ments in these pages so yellow with age t.o the present methods. There appeared very little or no local news, but mostly reported happenings in Philadelphia, Bost.on and New York. Shipping news was much in evidence and in many editions is a list of the people killed by Indians and accounts of people moving away because of Indian attacks. The following news Item Members Of This Ancient Organization Have was taken from an early edition: ''We hear from Hanover Township in LanAccess To Many Outstanding Books And caster Oounty that a few days ago one Periodicals man was killed and scalped there by -a,;-:----.--1 Indians and a woman and child oarThe musty, clinging odor of old and includes much of the solid rea • rled off." It seems easy t,o imagine the booka, the inviting, dimly-llghted Ing in travel, biography and poetry. trembling hands and sinking hearts of ahelves containing leather bound clas- This library has been th e recipient of the readers of over a century ago as Ilea and ancient volumes of over a many legacies of treasured books these same lines •wld th em of th e among which are the private Ubraries th th •- th Th d ,..,....ntury past, dust of the ages left un- of Benjamin Tredlck and Charles Levi dea w em. rtl.s s of ts ose dear th f te e abe •- the atmosphere of Woodbury. Many books of the latest ve emen are wor ylloth nol" disturbed-th'"' "' t cause hey picture so we e ue an d the Portsmouth Athenaeum. flotlon have recently been purchased, o The charm of a colonial Portsmouth oust.oms of those early days. ne however, and the library owns In all which was particularly appealing anlingers through the spacious book- aome 26,000 volumes. nounced "Run away from his master, filled rooms. The same silence and the Included in the extremely old vol• Mr. Elijah Jenkins of Berwick, a white aame well-loved books remain as they umes are the Algonquin Bible in servant boy named Thomas Barnes, were over 150 years before when the columns of Indian and English trans- about 13 years of age, a short thick• honorable gentlemen of the t.own with lated by John Eliot, who was called set lad had on an old beaver hat a their powdered wigs and scarlet waist- the apostle t.o the Indians, and "Good dark c~lored jacket and breeches' no coats climbed the winding staircase to News From a Far Country" by Jona- shoes or st.ockings. A Two Dollar 'Reenjoy the wealth of this quiet old Ii- than Parsons. Thia book la reputed to ward Is offered for his return." brary. City noises seem far a~ay for be the first printed in the state of If you are curious you'll want t,o see the walls of the building are thick and New Hampshire. The first edition, th ttl b t h · g must be forgetfulness ' d a ted 1756• oons,., '-ted 0 f fl ve cop1es; given e a for c, itu l.s ere a warmn 0 f transIent a most unusual place. steals over the vi.sit.or as he browses then the printer, Daniel Fowle of through these friendly shelves. Portsmouth, had to wait for more pa- In the semi-darkness at the top of The earliest records available con- per t,o arrive from England before he the narrow, ateep stairway looms the oeming the estabUshment of the could continue in his business. The gaping jaws of a huge stuffed alligaPortsmouth Athenaeum go baok t.o library also contains books rich in the tor whose unexpected appear&nce oan December of 1816 when a number of hist.ory and adventure of old New prove both startling and awesome. Be respected gentlemen met for the pur- Hampshire t.owns, old pamphlets, do- looks . scornfully down on rows of pose of founding a reading ;room and ouments, and letters, and a Dutch neatly stacked books and the dim lllibrary. Sixty subsorlbers paying six prayer book, printed in 1576. Other lumination from the lkyllght above dollru:s per annum were readily ob- curiosities include a piece of the elm lends a gruesome aspect to a ghOl!ttalned. Those first elected as a board tree formerly standing in Cambridge, like arrangement. of direct.ors were John Pitman, George Massachuaetts, under which George Framed at the foot of the winding Jaffrey, and Nathaniel A. Haven Jr., Washingt.on t.ook command of the staircase Is the guest list of a large with Nathaniel Adams as president, army on July 3, 1775, and a l.,atin bi- ball held on May 21, 1823 in the old and Timothy Farrar as secretary and ble of 1478, which Is one of the earliest Franklin Hall. On this paper the treasurer. The present president, la printed books with hand coloring, re- guests wrote their names and ages, but Rev. William Safford Jones. A room in calling t,o mind that this bible was oddly enough few of the women put the oust.om house was used for the read even before Columbus came to down their ages. Among the well Athenaeum, free of expense and here America. Here also we found a mall known New England names of Sparthis 'private library' was maintained. box, scarred and dented, used during hawk, Penhallow, CUtt.s and Rloe was In 1823 the present building on Mar- the Revolution for conveying the that of Daniel Webster and his wife ket Square was purchased from the United States mall between Ports.. Grace Fielding, One, John Ball, was New Hampshire Fire and Marine In- mouth and Bost.on. It took three days painfully honest. He gave his age as surance Company and thenceforth it by carriers on horse-back t.o deliver 29 "4, but a certain George Humphreys expanded and grew very popular. this mall box t.o Boston. and three perhaps was not so accurate, as some Quoting a report of 1836, "the Athe- days t.o make lt.s return. Encased 1n sporting friend had scribbled the word naeum is now the mart and exchange glass are several bills of confederate "doughtful" after Humphreys• reportof Portsmouth, as well as a deposi- money and a letter dated Bost.on, Oc• ed age of 39. t.ory of knowledge, where merchants t.ober 18, 1783 written by John HanAt one time the Athenaeum condo love t.o congregate." The method of cock t.o a friend in which he remark s, tained a museum of minerals ooins ownership was much the same then "My llttle boy, th anks t.o heaven, ls and products of foreign art a~d in~ as is in practice t.oday. The member- returned to me well after th e Small dustry contributed for the most part ship la limited t.o one hundred and t.o Pox." by shlpmasters and traders on return belong it is necessary t.o purchase a The Athenaeum owns th e original voyages from the far east. Much of share In this corporation at $100.00 and first copy of th e New Hampshire this collection has unfortunately been and $7.00 a year Is t.o be paid as dues. Gazette printed October 7, 1756· Thia Jost or scattered and there remain It the owner of a share wishea t.o sell, l.s the oldest paper in America, boast- only a few interesting relics of the he must allow the Athenaeum to buy Ing a continuous publication for It ls past Among these are arm and leg it back for $50.00. TJlere are now 94 still being published weekly at the bon~s supposedly found on the battlemembers. plant of the Portsmouth Herald. File field of Waterloo st.out lndlan war The Athenaeum possesses an exten- copies of Portsmouth's early newspa- clubs made of h~wed stone, Indian alve library. Its volumes, many of pers include The Portsmouth Journal, spoons, heavy boot spurs shark's which are very Yaluable, are for the The Portsmouth Oracle, and The N_ew teeth, and a pair of clums; wooden most part non-fl.ctlon. It has a large Hampshire Gazette, and it 1.s amusmg shoes worn once by a trim maid of reference library of standard books, t.o compare the news and advertise- Holland, and quaint flat-bott.omed Turkish sandals. Portsmouth Atbenaeum Possesses An Extensive Library As Well As Many Cwios I �Downstairs in the reading room are placed a few of the remaining ship models. One, "the Clovis,tt a frigate of the French Navy In the time of Louis XVI, was carved In white whalebone by a French prisoner of war confined 1n Fortune Prison, England, and brought to this COWltry 1n 18111 by Capt. W. W. ThomJ)IIOn of Portmnouth and given to the Athenaeum. Among the adventuroua names given to the ehips whose model.a llne the stairway are "Witch of the Waves" 1851, "Ocean Rover", 1854, "Neptune" 1870, and "Typhoon" 1851. These ships have all had glorious careers, but perhaps one of the most valuable ship models on display la the America. This ship was one of the out.standing ships ever built here. The keel was laid :following the order of the American congress for the building or purchase of three ships of M guns. The America was the beav1ef!t ship that had been laid on the cont1nent and she wa-s also the ·first Bhl.p of her class ever built by the confederated colonies after their break with Great Britain. John Paul Jones was selected to command her and be ca.me to Portsmouth about the end of August in 1779. Believing that there was need for a guard to be on duty during the night, and Congress falling to provide him with one, Jones, in a small row boat, kept a lone vigil to see that nothing happened to the ship he was to command. But something did happen to prevent his commanding her and that was the loss of the French ship Magnlflque, which was lost In Boston Harbor, and Congress presented this ship to France. This was the 10th command of which Jones had been deprived in the course of the revolution. The America was designed by Col. Hackett of Exeter who had never seen a ship-of-the-line, yet it was such a fine eKample of that type of vessel that in later years-after the British had captured lt from the French-it was used by the English Navy as a model. One of the existing charms of the Athenaeum today ls the oil paintings of former wealthy citl?.ens of the times hung effectively on the walls of both reading room and llbr&ry. The majority of these men were connected 1n some way with marine life for tbey a.re portrayed often 1n a dark background of rolling sea and ships. The portrait of Nathaniel Adams 1756-1829 ls particularly life-like and presents 1n a realistic beauty this kindly and learned gentJeman bo seems t.o gaze approvingly down at the quiet room below him where he In bis life must have spent many leisure hours. Perchance a hundred years :into the future his portrait -wm look on a new generation ot book lovers and the Atbenaeum will still be esteemed as an institution of knowledge 1n hlstorlcal Portsmouth. CONVENIENTLY ARRANGED TOUR OF PORTSMOUTH The st.&rting point of the s.lght:!eelng tour of historic point.a of intere8\ On the same side of Chapel street, at tbe junction of Daniels street is the (L. B.) Warner House built by Archibald Macpheadrls in 1716. Lightning rod installed by Benjamin Franklin in 1672. Bricks brought from Holland. Turn right into Daniels street. R. G. Stoodley Tavern, built by Col. James Stoodley in 17111, mentioned 1n Kenneth Roberts' "'Northwest Passage." Home of Elijah Hall. L. B. The Old Oust.om House 1813. (Corner of Daniels and Penhallow st.) L . G. At same corner Hart House (known as Noah's Ark) built In 1740. Into Market Square. R . B. Athenaeum 1803. Market· Square was the site of the Old Colonial state House 1758 to 1836. The whipping post was also here. Around traffic signal to left. R. B. North Congr('gational Church built in 1854, site of the church erected 1n 1712 whioh Wa& attended bJ patriot.a ot tbe Re lutd.on. Here 1be tea party wu held and George Wash- In Portsmouth and vicinity begins at the Historic St. John's ohurch, with the history of which all are undoubtedly familiar. For your convenience kindly ~ote tho following instructions to better acquaint all with tbe type of building t.o be on the lookout for. G. Gambrel roofed. Sq. Square, usually three toriei;. H. Hip roofed wltb dormer windows B. Brick, S. P. Square pitched roof. R and L before the above letters denote on which side of the street t.be ington alt.ended houses are located when following this vlalt to Porismoutb. Right into state Jmtine F'iini, a recent graduate of Trnlp special route. fl.o aign&l. Academy, Kittery, is a special writer for the Portsmouth Herald. Sbe ls the author of the article on \he Fortsmouth Athenaeum on Page 9-8 aad. otber arUcl by her have appeared pre,io tn the Herald. d hll �<chUMh of t in 11126. The partsti in 17H. R. s. p . Treadwell ODie of the YWOA) . l'l61. Right 8. P , ouae (Benning 50. L . S . P. Tram Sp nee ho · R. H. Col. JOlleJ)h 5J. L at traffic signal L. Ba)'Dlarke d ha.l' scales. L. R. R. R. L, Sq. John Sq. Langley Boanlman ~ t Sq. Samuel La.rldn B. Larkin-Ladd h S. P. Long-Upham 11 li. Turn right a er l51reet. Middle t, Just y the Rundlett-Ma , built in 1806. aeoond right in late . SQ. Jeremiah Maron om;e lleeD Da~l Webster at one time) , 1797 Continue to- llfJddle tJu:m traffic signal. R. o. John Paul .Jon houae,, l'r.i'l. Here resided C!lbn Paul 3 lffi, and lffl-.82. H the home Portmnouih :~ ~ ~ . nation." Oontinue acr and Just ore en Ave. R. 0. Boyd-Ray JHO. Right, into Maplewood Arve., after eroesing ttie bridg you tian Shore. Right into Northwest str t. R. S. P. The Old Jacll80n boule, old• est house in Portsmouth, buiJt ltlK. Returnlng to Maplewood A e., tum L . a. P . Collin s-Rart house (back from 1/treet), 737. ' Tnm r1ght to 111[a.rket street. R. O. Thomas .slleafe, built before 178'1. B.. Sq. Moffatt-Ladd house (Willia.Ill WlllP. resided here) built l 763. ContlD tumm,g at Bow st. to the rlgh d then A s harp r ight through Penhall.ow , to state s t . to Mal'Cy S~ Turn r~t at Cow·t street. L . O . The Oracle house, built about 1760, moved in 1800 to Haymarket Square and last year removed t.o it:s present location which is the site of left. R. B. P. Watemouse-Ham H . R. Old North Bartat Oround-ttle resttng place of Oo'f. John Lallgdon and wmtam Wb1pp1e and 1.be marked graves cf 1'1 other RevoJutlona.rJ Pa'riots. Crossing railroad traclre, tum tnto Deer meet. the G r t .Ho 163L L. Sq, On com , Underwood hOIM a. 8 . P . art of the Old Colonial 17110, l St.ate House uilt in 1758, moved 1836. L. 8 . P . Whidden-Hill house, 1741. L. S. • Will.am Pitt Tavern, 1768. L. S. P. Hart-Treat house, 174a. BalL. .13. P . ~drlch .House, 1190. cony and steps· from Colonial State L. 0 . Ch81.e Rouse, 1730. House. DecluatJon of Independence Cont1nu .alo~ Court sweet and read the first time in New Hampshire tum left at easant st. and PJ'esident. Washington addressed R . 0 . Rev. Samuel Langdon, 17t9. tbe dtbens of Port.smouth from tbe Parsonage of the South Church. balcony. Removed 1n 1836. L. H . Gov. John Langdon, 1784. L.B. ~-ruce house, l'llll, Across the street is the Unlversalil!t Church the 80Ciety or which waa L. R. 8heriaume-Kennard, 1'125. John Murray. L. Sq. Hut-Shortridge. Before 1781. founded In 1'1'73 Ti1tlbe:tils H ouse, before 17'1-l. eadelil. House, 1'189. ('Dll'ICJlilgh Park) Mattb.ew Lldell, :about 18 1'154. cemerery, le Printing Offi ?shire G1lzel 7, 1756. g street. , 1.732. fill!., left ee1Jion of is unobtainab their archltectu a. century and ds e Li Jan. 9, 1766. wa5 placed there July 4, 1824. Right t.o Vechsnlc ekeet. R . Point or Graves Cemetery, \.o town 1n 1672. St.ones Shield �Artlnn- I. Harriman has written much abcm Portsmouth. A member of the Liberty Pole Assolliatlon, he was chosen by Gov. John G. Wlnant as a member of the commission to study Into the proposed State Park at Liberty Pole. He hu a wealth r material at hand on almost any eubJeet on the hb!tory o1 Portsmouth. He pre,. pared the tour or Portsmouth printed on Page 9-S, which will enable one to visit many outstaod:lng hlstorto places, without the services of a gulde. WENTWORTH-GARDNER HOUSE Brldg at 1e!t leads . to old Fort tngoon, wbo v1s1ted here in 1789. Left to Marcy street, across 13ridge. Washlnginn. Ramparts erected by Gen. John Bulllvan 1n 1775. R . S1te of the Old Meeting 1toul!4!1, R. H. Wentworth-Gardner Houllt!, l65'f, L. o. capt. Titus Salter House, 1741. 1760. '.rum ngh to Bunking street. Oontinul.ng o New Castle are many mg mces well worthwhlle vis• R. H. To ias Lear Hou e built 1760. 1n Home of Seeretary of Prerldent Wah- 1ting. �The Part Portsmouth Played In The World War 1rst Company Called To -Uuty Apiril 13, 1917 Those At Home Also Served. Portsmouth Was A Very Busy Place At That Time The first New Hampshire outfit to report for duty was the Flrst Company, coast Artillery Corps of this city which went into the service on April 13, 1917, just one week after Congress declared war. The company with a roster of 93 men had bel!n on guard duty at the time. Other companie;; which reported on the same day were the Second, Third and Fouth companies of the Coast Ar· tmery, composed of men from Dover, Exeter and Laconia, completing the artillery battallon. The arUllery battalion of which Co. B. was a part, wai: under the command of Major Chauncey B. Hoyt. The commandlng officer of Co. B. was Capt. Clarence Bodwell, who Is now connect• ed with the Velerans' bureau and has been adjutant of veterans' hospitals in MassachuseLts. The local co.npany was placed on guard duty on Lhc Connecticut river in the western part of the state and then went to Camp Devens, after which they went to ;::;p~ingfield, Mass. Soon the regiment wus broken up Into various units and practically all of the members saw service in France. The First New Hampshire regiment, commanded by Col. Michael Healy of Manchester, reported all of the_ 12 Infantry companies and one machme gun company recruited to full strength of 150 men each on July 25, 1917, and assembled at Camp Keyes in Concord two days later. The regiment was mustered into the United States Army on August 5. The larger part of the regiment was assigned to the 26th or Yankee Div!slon and joined other men from Maine at camp Bart ett near Westfield, Mass. Officers which were with the transferred unit were Capt. Samuel H. Edes or Newport, Capt. Charles S. Walker of Keene, and Lieutenants John C. Taylor of Manchester, William H. Burnett of Keene, George I. Nye of Manchester, Clarence C. Twitchell ot Manchester and Jerry Cochran of Con• cord. What Went On "Over Th~re" Touts of the several 103rd Regiment or the sion: First Battalion Bois Dherly (Front line-) 19, lS 18. vr..,e;ny (Reserve) Feb. 20 Pillon Forest (Front line) March 7. Vregny (Reserve) March Feb. 8 to 27. E·eb. 2'1 to 7 to 19. The Yankee division was the first National Guard unit to reach France. Second Battalion on Sept. 25, 1917 Regimental head• Nanteuil, the Oave (Support), Feb. 1 quarters, Headqui.rters company and 9 to 19. · he First Battalion left New York on Bois Dherly (Front) the "Celtic" the Second Battalion left March 1. New York on ,he "Saxonla" and the Nanteuil (Support) March 2 to 11. Third Battalion left New York on the Bois Dherly (Front) March 12 to 19. "Lapland". The cfinvoy assembled at Vregny (Reserve) March 20-21, Halifax, Nova Scotia on Sept. 29, for Third Battalion the overseas voyage. . Vre n (Reserve) Feb. 8 to 18. on Oct. 8, 1917 land was sighted and ( Na:t.e~ (Support) Feb. 1 9 the following day, at noon, the convoy M h 1 passed the outer. lighthouse of Liver: ~~~s Dherly (Front) March 1 to 12. pool Harbor, Eng1and. The second bat Nanteull (Support) March to 19. 12 talion debarked on Oct. 9; the Third battalion debarked at 3 o'clock in the The units were cited for their work morning of October 10 and First battalion debarked with the headquarters in the trenches near Solssons by the co. and Regimental headquarters at French Commander. 9 o'clock on Oct. 10. To The Front The First and Second battalions left On April 2, 1918 the whole regiment Liverpool tor training at Oxney Camp, was loaded on trucks and taken to the Borden Haunts, near Borden, Engla nd _ front at Toul, where the term "Trench The Third Battalion went into reS t warfare" applied to the well-organized camp on the heights_ outside the city system of defenses. There the unit op• of Southampton. Their stay was short, erated under the command of the 32nd however, and the Third cross~d the French Army corps, General Passage. Ohannel Into France on the night of commanding. Montee towered above Oc~. 16-1'1. The Second made a rough them with an alert enemy army obcrossing on the night of ~ct. 19-20, serv~g all moves. and the First made the ~rossmg of ~f:te On May 10, 1918 the regiment underChannel on Lhe followmg night. AU went a gas attack and artillery bqruunits landed at LeHavre, France, one bardment, Gras.i, trees, rats and cats of the principal debarkation ports. were killed and even the ground was Each battalion moved out of LeHavre burned, so great was the concentration the nighL following its arrival, travel- of phosgene and mustard gases sent !Ing two nights and a day in the fam- over More than 200 men of Companies ous "Chevaux 8; Hommes 40" box car c. ~nd D. were killed, but the units to Llffol-le-Grand where they went held out until relieved. No enemy atinto intensive training. They stayed tack followed the gas baITage. there until the rlrst week In February. Other New Hampshire outfits saw After a review by the Brigade com- much action in the world War, but mander on Feb. 2, 1918, the 103rd Re- the concentration of Granite Staters gtmenL moved to the front at Bois was in the active Yankee division, only Dherly, near Soissons. Of Lhe officers a few of whose engagements are rewho marched out, of Llffol-le-Grand, corded above. 25 per cent Jived to see the Armistice They were In practically all of the and vf the men, not 50 per cent sur- engagements of the American Expedi• vive tcda . ttonary force, including the great of• fenslve in Ar onne forest. I �TABLET HONORING MAINE'S WORLD WAR VETERANS, AT JOHN PAUL JONES New Hampshire boys at the front made a great name for themselves and with the other divisions, as well as the famous 26Lh-the Yankee Division, Lhey were rr. the midst of a great deal of action. Several of them during the past years have received decorations for outstanding valor. What Went On "Over Here" But what of the people who stayed at home? The fathers and mothers, wives, sweethearts, children and others! How did they fare and whaL did they do? Portsmouth was a live city, as one can well imagine. considering Its part in other wars. A little after ten days after the war was declared the Red Cross branch in this city started classes in first aid at the old Court House on State Street. There were many who came to take this course. A recruiLing station was opened here and many enlisted. The war of course created a demand for vessels, and work at the NaVY Yard was speeded up. The first submarine built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard was launched on April 23rd and this was a big occasion for the city. Registration day for all male residents between 21 and 31 was on June 5, 1917 and 1037 registered. Of that numbered 89 enrolled immediately In th!! several branches of service offered. Previously many nad answered the call for volunteers. The First LiberLy Bond campaign held during May and June of that year found that Portsmouth subscribed $761,650, which was more than double the quota of $300,000. The request for funds for the Red Cross went over the top also. A little over a month from registration day, the first number to be drawn from the honor list was 268. This was T.liomas S. Morris of Newcastle, as the county was included in the territory. The first Portsmouth man to be drawn was Jeremiah Donohue, whose number was 1436. In all 500 were drawn from thls district. Of this number 150 were called in a few weeks before the draft board. The second call came on Aug. 14, the third three days later while the fourth on Sept 8. As the days passed the people began to feel the effects of the war. Huntley N. Spaulding Oater Governor) as food administrator on a visit to .this city issued a warning that there might be a shortage of wheat and sugar, but that seemed impossible to many, however within two months the sugar scarcity was a reality, and it became worse as the days passed. As the men answered the call of their country, they were given a hearty sendoff. Of com·&e all this time propaganda was being issued telling of the horrors-not of the war, but of the Huns. Full page newspaper advertisements, mass meetings to raise funds for the various causes, and to stimulate hatred against the enemy were frequent. The Red Oross branch here became an independent chapter organlred Nov. 14, 1917. The next liberty loan found Portsmouth again going over the top with more than a million dollars being subscribed. The total amount 1·alsed was $1,150,000. of which the NaVY Yard took $304,000. During August the Salvation Army sent an ambulance across, the money being raised in this city !or its purchase. The Christmas present for Portsmouth that year was the announcement that the White Mountain Paper Co., at Freeman's Point was to be turned over to a ship yard where transport ships would be constructed. This meant many more people coming here to work and the further demand for homes. Thus Atlantic Heights was conceived and as the year 1918 came into being and sLarted on its way, the work of constructing the village got under way. Going Without Llghtless nights, wheatless, meatless days were the vogue. It was unpatriotic to eat the article which was banned on those days. A coal shortage came and trolley service was curtailed due to this. Then came the workless day on Monday, in ord~r to conserve the coal. This was observed on Jan. 21, 1918 for the first time and there was a considerable rotest over his. �man territory. The Portsmouth Herald of July 29, 1918 announces the sad news as follows: "The fil'st Portsmouth young man to give up hla life for the flag, freedom and democracy Is Frank Booma, aged 24, who was killed in action July 11 in France. Thia announcement was made today in a telegram from the war department to his mother. "The death of this young soldier will bring much sorrow to every acquaintance ot. his ln thla city where he has always been active in school athletics and Y.M.C.A. He was a graduate of the Portsmouth High School, class of 1911. ''While a student at New Hampshire college he entered the officer's training camp at Platt.sburg and was successful in his military studies. He was commissioned a lieutenant In August, 1917, and was one of the first of the newly appolnted officers to volunteer for overseas duty. Following a short leave of absence, and a visit to his home he gallantly took up ,his duty following the flag on foreign battlefields for the freedom of his country. "He was attached to the 151st Division field artillery. He had been very faithful In corresponding with his mother and letters have reached his home nearly every week since he left this country. His last letter explained his new duties. He had been assigned to a small town taken by the Allied troops as acting provost marshal. Previous to entering New Hampshire college he was employed as clerk in the office of the Silas Pierce Company. ''He was captain of Portsmouth High School football team of 1911 which held the state championship. lj:e has always been active in basketball and other s,POrts. "He Is survived by his mother, one brother, Scott l3ooma of Swampscott, Mass., four sisters, Mrs. Irving Rlntz of this city, Mrs. M. J. Lenney of Charlestown, S. C., Mrs. J, D. Thompson of Las Animas, Col., Mrs. Jackson Cannell of Everett, Mass." This was indeed a shock, as it was the first casualty of the war from this city. On May 26, Evelyn Petrie, a former Portsmouth District nurse, who had enlisted as a yeogirl was killed in a runaway horse accident. There was fear in the nearts of all that their loved one would be listed among those killed, missing or wounded, but here was the first of the Killed in Action to The Flnit Sacrifice lL~trd from_ Portsmouth.. Bastlle Day was observed in Ameri- be The "Flu" Epidemic ca on July 14, and Portsmouth had a As the days passed the drive concelebration in honor of the tall of the French Bastile. Five day11 later there tinued into Getman t.erritory. The was cause for rejoicing as a big cele- end of the war was in sight, but the bration was held in honor of the vic- question was how much longer. Septory of the Americans and French in tember and October came and the Inadvancing severa.l miles into German fluenza epidemic which was very territory. This was dampened shortly deadly all over the country struck after by the new of the death o! Portsmouth. Many a promising young Portsmouth's f1rst soldier killed . in life was cut off, many homes in adaction. Lieut. Frank E. Booma had dition to having a service flag in their been killed in action and It was on window, were given the added fear of July 28, 17 days following the battle, this fatal epidemic which was taking that his mother received official word the lives of as many as a hundred a from the War Department. He was week at the height of Its run. The killed in fierce fighting around Long- Elks Home was turned over into an pent when the French and American emergency hospital and the doctors troops began the drive which resulted were worked 24 hours a day in their in driving the enemy back into Ger- attempt to check the "flu". The library was closed and on Sept. 29 all churches were closed. The sugar sl1'Jrtage can best be illustrated by the citing of a sugar line which occurred on Jan. 10, 1918. The line extended from the corner of State Street to Junkins Ave. as the house• wives hurried down town to try to get the two pounds of the precious sweetening. Whe,1 the news first came of the shortage in one local restaurant, the proprietor immediately removed the sugar bowls from the tables while the customers were still eating their dinner. Portsmouth was not backward in Its loyalty whether the financial drives were loans or outright gifts. The third Liberty Loan found over $800,000 subscribed. The quota was $393,000. ·The Navy Yard averaged $99 .48 per man, in their purchase of the bonds. The quota was $390,000. 'Ihen farmer~ttes came Into existence. The demand for fool re.ultect in the raising of garden produca. B~ck ya1:ds1 any vacant plot of ground w given over to these would-be gardeners. There were war gardens at the Almshouse field and also at Christian shore. The results of the summer's labor, perhaps in some cases did not come up to the ambitious dreams of some of the gardeners, but they learned a great deal by experience. In the meantime the L. H. Shalltuck ship yard had opened at Newington and wooden cargo ships were to be built for the Emergency Fleet Corp. One of the 3,500-ton ships was framed In thre,;, and a half days, From the beglnnlng of the war there had been many rumors. Spies were reported frequently. An airship appeared, it was claimed, and after belng heard in the vicinity for a while, turned inland again and disappeared. On June 2, the summer residents of Rye reported German U-Boats off the Isles of Shoals. They claimed they saw four of the deadly crafts. There were many such rumors, but as far as can be . learned there were no German submarines in this section. Once again came a call for draftees. Thia was In June and 154 was the first number drawn. Umberto Valeriani of 21 Wall Street was the local man who held that number. The first launchings at the Newington shipyard were the triple launch• Ing of the Roy H. Beattle, Chlblabos, and Milton. This occurred on _July 4. e ep1 em c ran course people realized that it was only a question of time before there would be no fighting. Peace was In sight. Peace, Nov. 11, 1918 And peace came. The news was first received in this cny at 3 o'clock, coming from the Associated Press. The news was received just 10 minutes from the time that the State Department made the first announcement In Washington. Mayor Samuel T. Ladd was notified by this newspaper shortly afterwards and at once arranged for the opening or- the demonstration at 6 o'clock, when the watchmen of all plants opened up their steam whistles after Chief W. F. Woods o! the Fil'e DE)partment had given a preliminary alarm on the flre whistle. The bells then took up the chorus and in a short tln1e, the people were out on the streets and everyone was shouting the news to their neighbors. The celebration, which started as soon as the people could get Into thelr cloth'ls and out on t.he street, continued throughout the entire forenoon. It was the impromptu type, wit.h two "hangings" In which t.he Kaiser in effigy played the most important role. The schools closed at noon and the youngsters put on a parade. The largest parade was that of the men from the Atlantic shipyard, who formed and wltl;)heir band leading marched about the 01ty and at the Federal building stopped for a few brief addresses. Later the plant along with the Shattuck plant closed for the day and the Navy Yard also closed at noon. All or the business places closed thelr doors and at noon only a few were open and these were engaged in selling flags, and Implements whose maln function was the making of noise. During the morning Mayor Ladd called a meeting to arrange for a suitable celebration. F. W. Hartford wa.~ chosen marshal or the parade and at 2 o'clock everything had been arranged and the parade started. Quick work was needed in Ql'der to arrange this parade but everyone was wllllng to cooperate and it was a glorious occasion. Assisting as chief aide was Major C. B. Hoyt while aides were Dr. E. B. Eastman, Eugene Mccue, Mrs. Mccue, Russell Mccue, Sec. Gosnell of the K. C., J . W. Newell and Morris Hurd. Miss Corinne Parsons rode at the head o! the yeogirls. The paraders included the following: First Division Platoon Police, Deputy Mal'Shal George H, Duck~r commanding. U. S. Naval Il!md .' Battalion U. S. Marlnes, Capt. Henry A Rickers, commandlng. Delegation, Storer Post, 0. A. R , Con1pany B. N. H. State Guards, Capt. C. P. Wyatt, commanding. Division 2 Portsmouth Firemen, Chief W. F . Woods, commanding. Color Bearers, Judge T . H. Simes, Stanton Trueman, Luke Ashworth. Mayor S. T. Ladd, Councilmen George J. Kaula,, F. A, Gray, R. J. Klrkpatrlck, Stuart Humphreys, T. C. Leckey, and City Clerk Louis Soule. War work Cam111itt~... Capt. Frank W. Randall oonunandln • �Memorial Bridge, dedicated in 1923 to the World War Veterans of Maine and New Hampsblrt. U. S. N. Naval Band, Frank Zangori, Parochial school with Drum Corps, leader. headed by Rev. D. A. Sullivan. Nayy Yard Workmen, headed by Division 8 William Hillman, Alfred Mccourt ClifAutos, trucks with decorations. ford Pike. • In the evening the city was jammed Division 3 Oltlzens, President F. M. Sise, Cham- with thousands of people and It was ber of Commerce, commanding. United a joyous, good-natured, fun-loving Jewish Societies, David Brovitz, H. crowd. Two bands gave a continuous Goldman, Abraham Shapiro, leadlni, concert program from 7 until 9 o'clock. They alternated in their selections. At Atlantic Corporation Band. Employees of Atlantic Corporation, 8 o'clock the IVhistles about the city opened up for a few minutes as a part0. E. Downtown in command. National Engineering Corporation, Jug salutation to a day that meant so much. 0. A. Dodge, commanding. The telephone office reported the Officers U. S. Shipping Board. busiest day since the Russian-JapanDivision 4 ese Peace conferer,ce. U. 8. Coast Artillery Band. After The Armistice L. H. Shattuck Incorporated. The third submarine at the Navy Division 5 Yard was launched in December. The Morley Button Drum Corps. second sub bad been launched during Morley Button. Co. employees, Ernest July of the previous year. On Jan. 18, Tucker in charga. 1919 the first of the 8,800 ton vessels Gale Shoe Co's. employees. was launched at the yard of the Atlantic Corporation. - Four others were Division 6 launched there that year, and seven at Women's Division the Shattuck plant making 15 ships Teachers of Public Health. constructed there, eight having been Auto with Red Cross Nurses. launched during 1918. Patriotic Girls League. With the return of the soldiers and Red Cross Workers. sailors they were given a great welDivision T come. School children. The returning soldiers and sailors Salvation Army Band. " as they returned to Civilian life, rePortsmouth High School, President turned to their jobs. Everything was Henry Margeson commanding with As- busy here as the ships were being consistant Principal Cushing. structed and a great deal of building. Whipple school, Principal a. L. On June 7th, a number of the former Howe, Albert Lydston commanding service-men organized into the Frank boys and Winifred Weeks, commanding E. Booma Post, American Legion. girls. Memol'ial at the Plains On August 10, 1919 a Memorial Service at the Pia.ms was held and the tablet to tho§e who made the Supreme Sacrifice during the World War waa unveiled. This was a bronze marker on a granite bQulder and contained the names of all the men and women who have died in the service from this city. Miss Doris Pearson, a niece of Carl Pearson, the only Plains boy who gave his life in the war, unveiled the m_arker. The trees at the Plains are living memorials to the men who gave their Jives for their country and at the same time these trees were dedicated they were marked with small nickel bronze markers with the full name of the dead hero, his or her re.nit and date of death. The names of those as follows: John J. Connors Lieut. Frank H. Grant John Panco Armedio Priori Lieut. Paul C. Dennett George R. Dura.rd Corp. Hugh Conway Hill Michael Lynch Capt. Francis Scott Corp. John P. White Corp. Harold H. Dutton Capt. Frederick S. Towle Par! Peterson Lieut. Frank E. Booma Sidney Pickles Arthur T. Patch Eugene Fay Hatt Floyd Barker Lieut. Theodore Schmidt �About this time came the political Christopher Smart campaign and the slogan was ''Bal'k Harold Currier i-0 Normalcy". With the decline in the Lieut. Edward Mack demand for the &hips, the governm,,.,~ Chesl.er Brock and Stephen Henry Taylor (Cana- cancelling Its contracts, the city began i-0 return to normalcy and although it Ian Army) . , never would be the same as befoi-e, things resumed their normal course. The shipyards clo&ed and work at the On Feb., 1920, those from tbls city yard slackened. Many of the young who had given up their llves while men had fallen and some were buded ;;erving their country 1n France, were 1n foreign soil. As the dead, who were honored by the French government. brought back to this city arrived, they Certificates from the French govern- :received a great tribute from their fel__. ment were given to the nearest or kin low citizens and fellow comrades. to those who had made the supreme Portsmouth felt the effects of the horsacrifice. Exercises were held 1n the 1ors of war. Some or our promising Colonial Theatre and were attended young' men and women lost their lives, by Gov. John H. Bartlett. Those hon• others were wounded while still others ored included the men, and women as came back with an encirely different well, from this city and surrounding outlook, disillusioned to the part this towns., who !;lad lost their lives. Certi- ountry played in its fight "to make ficates were ])resented in memory of the world safe for democracy." heroes to their neare t living relatives as follows: .Lieut. Frank E. Booma-Mrs. Frank . Booma. Floyd Barker-Mrs. Floyd Barker. John J. Connor5-Mrs. Patrick Connors. Harold Dutton-Mrs. Julia Dutton. Amedio Priori-Alber~co Priori. '.Mothers who lost their sons during 'Lieut. Theodore Schmidt-Mrs. qaherine Morrissey. tbe World War now llving in this city Eugene Hatt-Mrs. ll:va '.M. yarney. capt. Francis Scott-Mrs. Down!l'lg are: mother of ott. Lieut. Paul Dennett,-.;...Mts. ennett.. Harold Courier-Mary Lane. George 'R. Dund-Mrs. J . M. Durard. Wallace E Rnnd-Jeremlah Rand of GOLD STAR MOTHERS ye. Edgar I . Norcross'-Edtth Norcross. Edward P. Wing-Mrs, :I{. ~. Wini f Hampton. Alexander E. Wllson-4al'e. '.Abbie Walton, Seabrook. Wllliam A. Peterson-Sidney Peter• aon. Hugh Hill-Mrs. Hayd811 Wood. Sidney Pickles-Mrs, .t\Il® ,Pickle& Oheeter Bock-Mrs, B~. Michael Lynch-Mrs. .Amlie lt1nch, Lieut. Edward Mack~ai. IJ. I, Mack, Oarl Pearson-Mrs. Ben,r Detlbro. Francis W. Daley Lieut. Louis J, Fingleton-Georgia D. Fingleton. Evelyn Petrle--Mrs. Evelyn Fetrie. OhrMopher · Smart-Mrs. Obrlstopher Smart. Jobn Tanco-Mi68 Tanoo. Capt. Frederick 8. Towle-Mre. Martha Towle. John P. Whlt&-Mrs. John P, White, Arthur Patch-Mrs. Arthur Patch.' Lieut. Frank H. Grant-Mrs. J1'tanlt H. Grant. William J. Ring-Mrs. F, Sweeney, North Hampton. Mrs. Anna Plckles, mother of SidDey Pickles. Mrs. Hulda Themas, mother of Gunnard Thomas. Mrs. Martha Booma, mother of Frank E. Booma. Mrs. Frank Dennett, mother of Paul O. Dennett. One of Port&mouth's Gold Star Mother's made a pilgrimage to her son's grave In France. This was in 1930 when the Government voted to hav~ the Gold Star Mothers who wisbed, make a pilgrimage to their sons graves. Mrs. Hulda Thomas sailed on Aug. 27 and returned home the first of October that year after visiting the grave of her son C. Gunnard Thomas, who is buried in the Belleau Wood cemetery. Mrs, Thomas ls the widow of Carl A. Thomas and she was one of the 18 Gold Star Mothers from New Hampshire making the trip . Her son did not enllst from th! city, Mrs. Thomas moving here several years following the war. c. Gunnard Thomas was a First Sergeant in the 26th division and was killed In action, July 20, 1918,, at Alsne Marne. He was 211 years old at the time he was killed. Mrs. Thomas has two other sons, Anton Thomas of Eustis, Me., Hugo Thoma of Mapiewood Ave., and a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Rand of Kearsarge Way. �ames Of Wo Id War. ·eterans From This Cit ,SCENE AT DEDIOATION OF ~ORIAL AT BA~KET SQUARE, wmce Than 500 Answered Country's Call Memorial Bridge And Tablet At Haymarket Square Dedicated In Their Memory Llst of names on the Memorial Tablet Aµen E. Brigham Herbert Broomfield at Haymarket Square: Austin W. Brown Edward A. Brown H. Manson Brown Harold H. Brown A Otis O. Brown David F. Adams Ralph a. Adams Daniel 0. Brown Harlan M. Bryant Souren Ajemian Wallace s. Akerman Robert M. Bruce Herman W. Bunker Earl C. Amazeen Pietro Anania Harry E. Bullard Franklin E. Butler Mark W. Anthony Frank R. Bunker Oscar P. Anderson James E. Butler Patrick L. Butler Cipolla Antonio Theodore R. Butler B 0 Carleton B. Badger Phillips B. Badger Russell D. Badger Ant-Onio Caggiano Edwin M . Campbell Ralph •W. Badger Dennl.s J. Carey Volney c. Badger Walter A. Badger Ralph C. Campbell Ransom Carlton Paul Balley Walter R. Carkin George E. Bailey Earle W. Caswell •Floyd Barker Arthur E. Carr Robert J. Ballard Leslie T . Chilson Clarence A. Barrett Daniel F. Barrett George R. Caswell John F . Clancy' William M. Barrett Charles W. Barutio John Clair George Clough Philip B. Bennett George M. Clarke Joseph Belmont Corne.Hus Coffey Ralph G. Berry Joseph F. Co~fey Clilton Berry Henry Bick.ford James K. Cogswell Abraham L. Cohen Edward Bickford Thomas E. Collins •chester A . Bock Clarence P. Bodwell Chester H. Colby Omer J. C:omeau Andrew P. Bowe James E. Colprit •Frank E. Booma John T. Connelly William F. Bowe Charles E. Brackett Chester L. Conlon Ray 0. Brackett Christopher M. Conlon John Connor Guy H. Brackett TOOK .Tohn J. Connolly •John J. Connors Patrick J, Connora William M. Connors Paul S. Conover Patrick Conway Edward J. Cooney George W. Coram Frank L, Cornish Wilbur a. Corn.I.sh John M. Cotton Patrick A. Coughlin Loukos N. Coussoule Horace Craig Arthur H. Craig, Jr. Frank G. Cragin Flurry J. Cronin Harry J. Cronin John F. Cronin William F . Cronin Daniel J. Crowley William H. Cullen John F. Cullinan D Eugene F. Daley Arthur F. Davis George R. Dawson Bennett A.-l)eCoste •Paul O. Dennett Harrison A. DeCourcy Philip B. Dennett Sumner F. Dennett Ralph O. Dickey Charles W. deRochemont Stacy Downs Alvah F. Dockham Herbert K. Dolby Joseph J. Donahue Warren O. Donnell Thomas F. Donnelly James P. Donovan Irving W. Doolittle Harold L. Dow John H. Dow Lawrence T. Dow Oliver H. Dowd Ralph E. Dowdell John H. ,Downey Jamee T. Downing Benjamin F. Downing, Harry R. Drew Lawrence E. Downing Dennis J. Driscoll Charles E. Dunton Elmer 0. Durard John W. Durgin • Harold L. Dutton E �Leon L. Roberts Clyde G. RQbie Oomellu.s J. Kane Thomas Kane James Falvo Geo. Edward Ross Shnon Katz John J. Kelleher Roland 8. Faulkner Apolinalre J. Rlndeau Francis F. Kellogg Henry W. Kennedy Trevelyn E. Fernald s John J. Kennedy Charles H. King John Fiore Morris Salden Peter Samartoo Frederick U. King Olinton R. Kingsbury Arthur J. Flanigan Patrick J. Kittrldge Harry P. Klglns Saverlo Santoswosso Edw. L. Sarette Charles A. Fletcher Samuel H. Kingsbury Jooeph Krook LeRoy C. Bchmalzrled, *Theo. Schmidt Justin D. French •Francis A. Scott Minot Shaw Peter V. Kuhn Earl C. Fuller John J. Shlllaber, Wm. E,.ShUtUew(!rth L 0 . 1i'ercy S!U.~11 Harold Gardner Arthur C. Lambrou Angelo Lattanzio Ira Small John Gammon Earl ~- Smart Qeo. E. Smart Paul H. Lew1s Leslie H. Gardner Charles W. Gerrish Charles W. Lewis Arthur L. Smith , , Charles W. Sm\th Stanley •r. Gilkey Harold J. Little Willis H. Little George W. Gilbert Frederick 0. Smith James V. Smith Frederic Gooding Horace W. Locklln Percy A. Lowd James Gillespie Geo. J. Soucie' Walter H,13pain Charles Gouse Isaac Wm. Locke Albert J. Lonergan Arthur Gorman Paul Spanajas . Chai;les A. Spiker •Frank Grant George W. Lonergan Philip R. Long Maurice J. Splllitlle'' Augustus Spinney Patrick J. Grady Stephen Gray Alfred E. Gray M Edward L, Srote .Abraham V. 'Stickles Ptederick A. Griffin Philip B. Green Jer&. J. Lynes Lyman P. MacDonald Geo, P . Stott Samuel P. Sullivan Charles Grover Philip J. Griffin Roy A. MacDonald •Edw. J. Mack Joseph Sussman tazarus Sussman Edgar R. Grover James B. Mahoney Ray. S. Manning Saul ~ussman Harold C. Sweetser Harry Manson Fred L. Martin T Harold A. Marston Philip H. Taft •John Tanco John A. Mason Moses Matosslan Louis W. Tawbe Mablon K. Taylor Fred. V. Matthew11, Arthur L. McOa«ery Charles E. Thomas Leon E. Thompson Fred. J. McOaffery John H. Mccann Walter D. Thompson, Renfrew Thomson John w. Toner •Frederick S. Towle James A. McCarthy, Jr, John H. McCarthy George A. Tredick Clarence J. Trltler Paul B. McCarthy, Ralph G. McCarthy John J. Troy Austin H. 'rrueman Dan McDonald John L. McDonough V Ambrose S. Mcinnis Ken. F. Mcinnls costa.wzo Vecchio Nich. o. Vergadoes Frank Vinciguerra ' Hector A, Mcisaao, Thos. J. McKenna Chas. L. McKenzie, Daniel A. McMaster w Geo. A. McPheterii, Jos. M. McWllllams Jeremy R. Waldron Chas. H. Walker Wm. E. Mercer Chas. E. H. Miles warns D. Walker Walt~r Warburton John R. Miller Joseph Mirosole Ernest M. Ward Wm. E. Ward John Miteska. Ernest O. Mooney Israel H. Wallhburn James Y. watt John J. Moran Russell B. Morgan Edward A, Weeks George A. Wendell Harry W. Morrill Wm. Morrissey Sherburne S. Wendell Justin Wendell Thos. Morrissey John E. Mowe Alfred E. •Whalen Samuel S. Whidden •John P. White A. W. Muchmore, Cornelius D. Murphy James E. White Philip H. White John D. Wilkinson N James K. Wilson Cecil M. Neal Oarl O. Wilson Harold B. Wood Sherman P. Newton Harold I. Winn Harry H. Wortman John B. Wrlghtl Clarence 8. Norton Nelson T. Wright Seward M. Wymer Phillp Nlwcblck Frank A. Nolan y 0 LIEUT. FRANK E. BOOMADonald F. Yeaton Harvard W. Young James E. O'Brien Mark F. O'Brien whom the Portsmouth American Philip o. Yeaton Wm. H. O'Brien Geo. E. Odiorne Legion Post was named, Dennis P. O'Leary Micha.el F. O'Leary NAVY John J. O'Leary A Patrick O'Leary Oscar Olson FraIU5 O. Anderson B Charles A. Ortla B p Bicknell Hall, Jr. Asa Ham William Bates Albert P. Bauer Albert Hanscom Karl W. Hanscom John P. Palmer Arthur G. Pandelea William Becker Edw. J. Beauregard G. Leroy Harmon Frank L. Harvey Louis Paquette Ohas. A. Parker James o. Berry Joseph A. Harvey John J, Hassett Wm. H. Parks Henry A. Patch Wm. F. Becker Geo. J. Bieber •Fay E. Hatt George B. Hatt Frank E. Paterson Karl M. Pattee Matthew T. Betton Joseph R. Bonin Henry W. Blaisdell Charles W. Heffenger Arthur L. :Uersey Orman R. Paul Peter A. Pauze o. Victor Boss William A, Hennessey Harold W. Hersey •earl A. Pearson Obarles B. Pearson Philip P, Borden Robert J. Boyd Howard O. Hersey Perley D. Hersey Charles G. Perkins John H. Perk.ins Howard L. Boyd Earl H. Bruce James L. Petrie Obas. A. Boyer John Hett, Jr. Leonard H. Hewitt Lawrence B. Perry, John M. Buckley Harry W. Byron Lawrence E. Pevear James J. Hickey John W. Hickey Peter Petron! 0 Allison W. Phinney Chas. W. Pic~ett Edward C. Hicks Carl D. Hill Michael J. Burns Richard T. Oall •sidney R. Pickles Robert H. Pike Oyril D. lllil •Hugh C. Hill George J. Cannon David H. Carrick Guy E. Plaisted Frank W. Plumer Harold W. Hodgdon Philip W. Hodgdon John L. Cash William o. Caswell Evan M. Post Carroll W. Hodgkins E. Ralph Hoitt George H. Pond Winfred I. Caswell, Oulseppe Cavaretta George Poulls · Jame.'! R. Holland William J. Holland Charles Poulls Leopold Champagne, Joseph P. Chase Fred G. Proctor Edward C. Holmea Charles F. Hooper • Amedio Prioro Chas. W. Chick, Christian Christenfen Maukee Pyoubbe Gay N. Horrocks William H. Howard Wm. R. Purrler Harold P. Clough Francis Cogswell John S. Hoyt Chauncey B. Hoyt Perley A. Quimby • Albert Quinn Thomas Coleman Harry H. Commer F. Roland Hoyt Leon E. Hudson Joseph Quinn Thomas J. Quinn Chas. S. Conlon, Robert J, Connelly George E. Hunt Roy Hurlburt John I. Quirk John Connors, Timothy Joseph Connors Francis P. Hutchh15011 R Timothy Jerome Connors James Oook J Harry Rammer James F. Rand Chas. L. Cox , Louis Coyle Louis Jacobs Kingsley Jacobs John w. Randall Franklin s. R&ynes Thoma:, .J. Craig WUliam Craig Forrest L. Jenness Felix Jankouski Cornelius J. Reag&n John J. Regan Jeremiah Q. Crowley Fred. S. Currier Oscar H. Johnson Charles E. Johnston Lawrence V. Regan Irving Rintz • Harold N. Currier Lawrence Currier James J. Jones Fred S. Jones George Farantoa o..yen J. Feeney Patz Ferara Charles 0. Fish Paul E. Flux Charles H. Foster Peter A. Fullam H: 4 I �D Guy A. Davis Martin Damm Andrew DeLeary Simeon D'Entremont Leslle H. Dewitt Robert J. Denny Jos. G. DeFllippo Curtis H. Dickens Edward Dodge Arthur H. Dodge John .K . Dore Mlchael P. Donnelly ~uis Dreller John F. Dowd Robert L. Dunn Henry L. Dunn Ralph Eastner Jacob M. Durard E-F Jack A. E. Eldridge John Farley Joseph Fernald Herman Feuerban Joseph P. Fingleton, •Louis J. Fingleton Chas. J. Flanigan Sverre Floethe • John F. Flynn Robinson A. Fogg Fred J. Folsom Joseph P. Fowler Alex. J. ;Frazier Sylvester G. Frizzell Warren L. Frizzell Walter R. Fritsch James A. Fullam Peter R. Fullam G Ralph M. Gerth Arthur R. Garant Freel. A. Gibson Thomas Gibbons Crawford J. Gilbert Forrest P. Godfrey James J. Gouse Mark T. Goodwin Geo. 0. Gray Geo. R. Gore· Chas. 0. Green Wm. M. Gray, Jr. Lewis Y. Green Cllas. 1 D . Green Eugene Grenier John Greer Walter D. Qulney Tony Gubitoso H Wilbur J. Haley Artl'\4r F, Hacker Frederick H. Hall Ephriam S. Hall William Hand Charles Hand Fred. E. Harmon Francis J. Hamett Wilbur C. Harv. y James J. Hassett George R. Hessell John J., ¥elljSOi;_>. Harry L. ffiltori Wllllam L. Hill William P. Howard Newell O, Howe Robert E . .Hoyt · •Rotheru.s F. Hunter I J < B: 'Folsom Jenkins " ' Albert Johnson James J. ·J oyce George E. Jones 'Ill James A. Kearney Dennis J. Kelly Josepb P. Kelly lJohn B, Klikpatrlck George ·W. Ktrvan Richard A. Klrvan George . Knot~ John T. Knox Frank Krause ,William T.:: Kusky • L Guido Lamberttne, Octave B. Latourelle Arnold E. Leavitt Milledge P. Lee James Lemkey , Hugo Llljeh1,1ltFrank B. Lincoln James S. Littlefield Harold Littlefield , Wm. L. Lorenzo James T. Loughlin Michael J. Lynch Terzo Lugareso Frances H. McCarthy Oustt.ve O. Petenon Prank Peterson Susie W. Moulton Martin Phllan Frank A. Pilgrim Teresa McCarthy Tommasso Pierro Richard A, Pinkham Helen O, Newton Katherine T. O'Brien Florence c. O'Keefe Geo. H, Pratt Ba:sll Paras Anna O'Eeefe Charle, A. Parker Jessie W. Perk.Ins Jeanette Pratt May A. Rutland Ethel M. Ryan Q Agnes L. Searcy Jame& Quill Edward P. Quirk .Ethel R. Sandford Isabelle A. Sullivan Mae L, Warren Jamee J. Quirk Elsa R. Wendell Ruth Wilmot B Norman E. Rand Frank o. Ricklefs Daniel J. Reardon Willlam o. Rutland 8 Philip H. Sanderson s. Ray Chas. D. Saurman Peter Schiot Frederick Schlegel, Bernard H. Schmidt Wm. H, Schmlgle Harold H. Shaw Ray F, Shaw Nathan Shutzman Shttley B. Slmpaon •Christopher Smart Henry Sosvellle Emerson Spinney Otis P. Steams Bert T. Sterling Manning P. Stevena Wm. H. Stevens Leonldus St.outter Alfred E. Stulb Dante! J. Bulllvan Jos. D. Sullivan Edward Sweeney T Reinhardt Task James O. Tharlngton Lucius E. Thayer • Francis J. Timmons, John P. Ttmmon Patrick J. Timmons Thos. J. Timmons Harry H. Tingler Ernest F. Truema1' Harold J. Trueman Fred G. Tuckel' w Floyd R. Walker Wm. H. J. Walsll Charles L. Weaver Henry R. Weaver Perley M. Wentworth Harold Weston Claude D. Wentworth Ralph Weston Joseph P. Whidden David White Edward 8. White Wllson A. White Benj. A. Widger Edgar F . Wood Ralph T. Wood Peter P. Woods Willlam E. Woods W!lllam O. Woods Walt. J. Wortman, Lawrence. B . Wright z . Frank Zangari MARINES Wm. H. Brooks •Floyd B. Brown *George R. Durard John Dean James A. Gordon Walter J. Griff.in Patrick Hamedy Walter O. Jackson Ernest James Patrick J. Kelley John E. Lesage Wm. ~- Mason MlobaeJ D. Meehan Ed. J . Moneypenny Wllllam Scully, John ijallsbury John Sise Earl Smith Marvin Weed Claud!) Wllson· M; ~LLIU Ralph E. MacDonald, John D . Maclnnls Sherman F. Burke Roy K. Madill GJarl O. Magnusson :ti;arold F. Burke Francis C. Malley George P. Marriott BaH~y V. Emery •stephen'. H. Taylor Arohibald Marshall Fred W, Marshall I NURSES Michael S. Martin David P. Marvin William B. Marvin Frank J. Massey Eva P. Canfield Dorothy Foster F'red. T. Maves Harry E. Mccaffery Oatl\erine Fingleton Obas. s. McDantcl Harry J. McDermott J~ie L. Jameson, Muriel E. Noseworthy •Evelyn Pettie John D. McDonald And. J. McMullen 1!:llzabeth A. Nyham Harriet Sullivan Bernard W, Mills Stanley Mills noMEN F Michael J. Mooney Benj. H. Morris Hope Akerman Ol&yton F. Mugridge Theo, F. Munz Dorothy Akerly Una Badger Eleanor M. Barker Oornellus P. urphy Eva M. Bohan Frances K. Brackett N Mark A. Nevllle Gladya M, Bruce Nathalie Olark James s. Newton Marie 0. Collins, Oatherlne F. Coughlin Robert A. Noble James H. Noseworthy Helen T. Orowle7 Nora F. Orowley o . Marte A, Cullen Annie M Cullinane Daniel B. O'Brien Dorothy A. Doolittle Pearl E. Foust Angus J. O'Brien Ohas. A. O'Barra Lucy F. Gorman Dorothy N. Rand John A. O'Brien Joseph T. Orr Ethel S. Hill Lucy A. Hogan Edward P. Oliver May E. Hoitt Ellen V, Keefe Phlllp D. Oulton Margaret Kiley Julia M. Klrvan p Mary L. Klrvaq Anna F. McWllllams Sarah E. MoWllllama �neatness and comfort. Pretty .{:hints curtains hung :it the window and a patch quilt of more colors than Joseph'3 coat coveted the little truckle bed. The patterns -of the wall paper left nothing to be desired in that line. On a gray background were small bunches of leaves, unlike any that ever grew in the world; and on every other branch perched a yellow bl~d, pitted with crimson spots. That no The Thomaa Balley Aldrich Memorial ,--;;.,:;-Im==a-::g-;:it'.:".1e:--'.a~lo'.:".w~-s'.':"t-u-.,d-.,d-ed~...,..s-:-tr-·u-c'tu-1-.e___,, such bird ever existed did not detract locat.ed on Court street and known to w[th a wide hall running through the from my adtmration of each one. reader ol "The Story of a Bad Boy" as middl e. At your r lght as you en te r There were two hundred and sixtystands a tall, black mahogany clock. On eight of these bhds in all, not counting the "Nutter House" ls open to the public each side of the hall are doors opening those split where the wall paper was during the summer months . into larger rooms, wainscotted and rich b9;dly jomed." In the year 1908, one year after the in wood carving about the mantlepieces After enumerating the various artldeath of Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the and cornices. The walls are covered cles of furniture, the boy names witll house wherein he spent his boyhood with pictured paper representing land- enthusiasm the books on the two days was purchased with funds raised by scapes and sea views. There a1·e shelves over the bed. In the restoration popnlar subscription (the house havmg neither grates nor·stoves in these quaint of the room the books have been put been out of the family's possession for a /chambers, but splendid open chimney back on the shelves, the many-colored period of about 40 years} and refitted places, with room enough for the corpu- quilt is still upon the bed. Even Tom and restored e,cactly as it was when Al- lent backlog to turn over comfortably on Balley himself would see no difference drich lived there. the polished andirons. A wide staircase between his room of today and the reThe house was originally owned by his leads from the hall to the second story, treat of his boyhood. grandfather, Thomas Darling Balley. which Is arranged much like the first. An irregularly flagged walk under It is two and one-half-story frame Over this i.s the garret:" an old-time vine-hung white-trellised structure, the main entrance from Court The interior of the house 1n no way shed outside the back door, leads the treet leading into a broad, wains- reflects the atmosphere of a museum. visitor t-0 the old-fashioned garden 1n scotted hallway which passes complete- One has the feeUng that the house Is which are cultival,ed au of the flowe;. ly through the house to the large old- being llved in and that occupants have menii0ned in AI-:lrich's poems. A high fashioned garden in the rear. but stepped out for a few moments. white fence, with urns on the posts, On the big front door is the original One feels like an interloper, so com- and green shutters instead of palings, door-plat.e bearing the name of T , D. plete in every de ta il has been the res- surrounds its irregular beds. Truly a Bailey, and also the big brass knocker toratlon. garden, of one hundred years ago. which did service when Mr ..Balley and To lovers of the "Bad Boy" the little his grandson, T. B . Aldrich, were room or which he speaks so lovingly A little to one side, and formmg a alive. in tellmg of his arrival at the "Nutter part of the garden with its vme-covA word picture of the interior of the House" after a journey from New or- erect walls is a fire-proof building house Is best given by quoting from "The leans, is the center of Interest. "Noth- which serves as a repository for the llStory of a Bad Boy." "The Nutter ing among my new surroundings," he terary collection of T. B. Aldrich. The house has been in our family nearly 100 aid, "gave me more satisfaction than contents of this building have no conyears and is an honor to the builder, the cosy sleeping apartment that had nection with "The Story of A Bad supposing durability to be the merit. been prepared for myself, It WM the Boy," but belong to the later lite of Such timber and such workmanship do hall room ov~r the front door. I had the author. The collection formed durnot often come together in house.;; built never before had a chamber all to ing the life time of Mr. Aldrich has nowadays , myself, and this one was a marvel of been loaned to the Memorial by his heirs. It consists of several hundred rare books and first editions, several thousand autographed letter~ and manu3cripts of a literary nature together with many historic things collected by Aldrich ; such as Napoleon's drinking cup, a beautiful Russian Icon, a vase which belonged to Benjamin Franklm, a Wf'ter pitcher and glasses which were at one time 1n the posseslon of George Washington, a bust of Edwin Booth, and many other mementoes and curios. Here, also, is the table I upon which was written "The Story of A Bad Boy," Boyhood Home Of Thomas Badey Aldrich Now A Memorial Nutter House, Where Author Of "The Story Of A Bad Boy" Resided, Purchased In 1908 And Restored Pa JaOC!lan of the Thoma of Portsmout11 ·s m OWi au the Al • Patch ill the a.rtic;le relat �300th Anniversary • rv1ces s ar y s I638 n ortsmouth To !his smal. c urc 1 n New England the EngUsh queen made presents of ~ folio prayer book, a Bible, two chairs, and set of Communion silver stamped with the Royal arms. The Bible was printed at O,xford, on the best velFirst Church Located On Pleasant Street, And lum by John Basket, the King's printer, in the year 1717. A mistake was Services Held There By Missionary To Maine, made ln the heading of one of the THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND tatlon divided up the lands and live- pages in the Gospels which reads, "The IN PORTSMOUTH. 1638-l938 !Jtock. <ind in 1640 set up an indepen- parable of the Vinegar," instead of "The It was In 1622 that Sir Ferdinand dent ,;overnmenL. Francill Williams parable of the Vineyard." For Lhls Gorges and Capt. John Mason o.f Lon- was c'1osen as the first governor. This reason the Bible is' called the "Vinedon received a grant of "all the lands tndep ndent org,rnizatlon Immediately gar Bible". Fifty copies were struck of! s!tua~ed between the rivers Merrl- made a grant of fifty acres of Glebe before the printer discovered his misdditlon to the Bible which 111 ck and s'agadehock". Gorge ' share I nd to Thomas Walford and Henry take. In being north of the Piscataqu was Sherb.1rne, wardens . . . twelve cres is still preserved at Portsmouth there what is now the i:;late ot Maine, while sltuatcJ in the compact part of the re three others in America owned resMasd1i's land was to the south of the town upon which had already been pectlvely by The Lenox Library,. New said river and became in time the pro- built ti1 chapel and parsonage house. York; Christ Church, Philadelphia; The Hev. Richard Gibson sojourned nd Christ Church, Boston. vine of New Hampshire. The original Queen's Cnapel was a wooden bulldgrantee formed the Laconia Company, In Po:• mouth :or a number of years, a syndicate made up of English mer- J{is rc:.,idence in :t-lew Hampshire came ing with a steeple adorning the westchants, which was to finance and en- io n abrupt close In 1642 when he ern end, in which was hung in 1745 cour.i~e the set~lements to the north Was summoned l>eforn the Court of the mellowed bell brought from Loulsand south of the Piscataqua. Mason's Purit n Massachusetts for "scandaliz- burg. There were two entrances, one first plantation was established -at tug t:1e government by performing Qn the west end and another on the manr3es and baptisms at the Isles i.outh side of lhe church. Rows of Odiorne·s Point m 1623. Eight years later, in 1631, Mason yI Sh 1 Is. He was finally discharged rched windows llned the north and senb over to the Piscataqua plantation Withou t fine or punishment on the south walls of U1e building, while in fifty men, twenty-two women and eight groun Js that he was a stranger, and the center of the north wall, elevated D ncs and a second settlement was !),bout to leave the country. After his a little above the other pews was the made at Strawberry Banke (now Ports- dismi '.l! a nwnber of preachers came Governor's Pew, topped with a wooden mouth.) For a number of yeat·s the co- .to S .J.wberry Bank to conduct rell- canopy and hm1g with red velvet curlonlsts were busy building homes, for- glous ,;~rvices at the little chapel, none talns. Queen Caroline's chairs were th '11 being c,f the Episcopal faith. ulaced in thls pew and were occupied ti ylng them against the Indians, and For nearly ninety years after the by the Royal Governor and the offlestabiich ing trade, which was their par'. ure of Richard Gibson the Epis- clals of the Ptovlnce. Queen's Chapel real r ~ason for ~eing here. Just when pali..,n of Portsmouth seemed to be consecrated in the year 1734, and the~ began to think of their religious th, minority. The strong Puritan among the names o! the first Proprie~ life L~ not quite clear. However, from The Story of 11, Religious Democracy rule oi Massachusetts had made Itself tors of the church is that of Benjamin During Two and a Half Centuries, by felt i 1 both church and government Franklin of Philadelphia. Th Rev. .Arthur Browne, who was the lat Rev. L. H. Thayer, we learn in Po ~mouth and vicinity. About 1732 "In 1635 there were available for Reli- enoug I interest was aroused and suf- settled over K:ng's Chapel in Progloua u e; 1 Great Bible, 12 Service ticien funds raised to establish an- videt1ce, R. r., was asked to come and books. l pewter flagon, 1 communion pth r place of wcrship, for the early take charge of Qm. en's Chapel. He was cup and cover of silver, 2 fine cloths ~haprl had been destroyed i,,- fire. The the son of Rev. John Browne, a Scotchand 2 napkins. Provision for worship previc •.; year John Rindge, an influ- man, and was born in Droghcda, Ireh d bf'en made at. the Bank as e rly ~ntial ~ortsmouth merchant, had been land in 1699. He received hls M. A. $ent i London mLh a petition from degree at Trinity College, in Dublin in a 1638." The first church or chapel with a the C 'Heral Courl for a settlement 1729: and soon after was ordained by parsom ge adjoining was undoubtedly ~f th' boundary b~tween New Hamp- , the Rev. Edmund Gibson, Bishop of m de of logs anct was situated on what Shir 'lnd Massachusetts. While in London For a time he assisted in the la now Pleasant Street in the vicinity Lond' 1 he intei·csled a number of per- church 'at Drogheda, and in time marof th\" Universalist Church. From 1638 ~ons 1 helping to re-establish ~he ried the rector's daughter, Miss Mary to 16 lO services were held here, con- Chur , of Englan l m New Hampshu-e. Coxe. With his bride he set out for ducte .l in accordance with the Episco- Capt .John Tomli:ison, gentleman of Amedee., having been assigned to the ', (and an_ old friend _of church at Ne~ort, R. r., by the society t;>al ri U'.ll by the Rev. Richard Gibson, amu a mi.Aonary who had been sent to Rine. 1 made_ it !us duty to ra!lle for the Propagation of the Gospel in 'lOll~ h_is ")llds and colleagues Foreign Parts. AfLe1 a year at Newport Mame to minister to the fishing plant- func!c ' buildmc Qf the church ln he removed to Providence, He was a II tlon owned by Robert Trelawney of tor i'orlt. ..;th. Mr. L ; nry Hope, Esq. of talented preacher, a brilliant scholar, Londo 1. ThJ death of Capt. Mason in 1635 London and Bost.on gave the land on and commanded the respect and conflm de things rather difficult for his which the edifice was to be built on dence of all who knew him. (Reports colon .ts. He had been liberal with his the gentle slope overlooking the Pisca- of his splendid work in building up the mon v and supplies, and when his taqua. Queen Caroline, consort of church in Rhode Island soon reached wldo .v failed to cc,ntinue this upport George II, was particularly interested Portsmouth anti the Proprietors or th s i!wards and agents of the plan- in this church which was named Queen's Chapel were anxious to secure Queen's Chapel in her honor. the services of this young and energetic of E was �clergyman.) Lt. Gov. David Dunbar, who had helped tremendously in the building of Queen's Chapel, was able to bring about Mr. Browne's release Crom the parish in Providence and secure his appointment to Queen's Chapel. In 1736 Rev. Arthur Browne nd his family of several small children arrived 19 Portsmouth. Marmaduke, the second son, was graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1754 and was appointed curate in his father's church in Porl,smouth. The Wentworths, Warners, Atkinsons, and Masons w .>r3hipped at Queen's Chapel and endowed it with valuable gifts. Theodore Atkinson, Sr., Treasurer of the Province, gave the lot of land dJoining the church for a church-yard, and on this property the t.ombs o! the ptoinlnent parishioners were built. · In 1745 Louisburg, the Gibraltar of America, was captured by the English. Col. William P epperrell and his men from MJl,lne and New Hampshire were instrumental in bringing about the fall Portsmouth Herald Photo of this mighty fortress. The return of the heroes was a gala event. A group Bell Oi' t. John's Church, C ptured At Loui burg, N. S. By William Pepperrell. of New Hampshire men brought home, as a wuvenlr, an old bell whicn had Hilton, house maid in the governor's ington came to Portsmouth 0)1 his tour hung in the French cathedral and pre- mansion, who was a daughter. of Wll- o! the easter,n 3iate6. On AU Saints' sentM it to Queen's Chapel. This old llam Hilton one of tbe heroes of Louis- Day the fii;st President, attired in hls bell, known as the Louisburg Bell, burg. It was also the Rev. Arthur tradltl:mal suit of black velvet, attendhangs in the belfry of St. John's .Browne who married his Excellency ed by his secretaries, Tobias Lear, and Church (the successor of old Queen's Gov. John Wentworth to his Mrs. W1111am Jackson, and several New Frances Wentworth Atkinson on Nov- Hampshire dignitaries, including Pres. Chapel.) John Sullivan, Col. John Langdon and About 1755 a parsonage was built ember 11th, 1769, less than a fortnight John Parker, Marsha.I of the District, after the death of the bride's first for the Rev. Arthur Browne. It was came here to w.irship. built on the Glcl>e land, to which the husband, Theodo~c Atkinson, Jr. The President's party occupied the The Rev. Anhur Browne died in Episcopal Church still claimed a right, Goveri.or's Pew, which had since the and wai; situated on what is now Court Camoridge, MaSJ., on June 10th, 1773 passing o! the Royal Governors been Street, near the corner of Pleasant· in his seventy-fpurth year, having called the Warden's Pew, and listened Street. The Episcopal Church heid that completed thirty-seven years as Rector to appropriate music PY the choir and it should enjoy some of the privileges or Queen's Chapel. He was buried in a sermon by the Rev. John Ogden. of the early Glebe land which had been the Governor's tomb In Queen's Cha- (That afternoon tht President attended originally granted to the church. While pel burying grmmd, clo e to the chrn·ch the North Church and listened to a. on a visit to London, the Rector of he had loved and &erved so many years. sermon delivered by the Rev. Joseph Queen's Chapel tried to bring about (The great respect and admiration s. Buckminster,) During the pastorate a settlement of ihe question of the which the community had for him Is of Rev. John Ogden the parish changed Glebe in Portsmouth. It seemed that shown by the tribute paid him in the the name from Queen's Chapel to St. a case precisely like this one had arisen New Hampshire Gazette published the John's and In 1791 It was incorporated In Kingston, R. I ., and had been trle~ week following lus dea.Lh. "The death as such. In 1793 Rev. Joseph Willard in the English courts In 1752 with the of so respectable a pastor must, t-0 his became the successor to Mr. Ogden result that the church which was in parishioners, be a most affecting stroke who had resigned because of poor possession of the Glebe was allowed to of Providence. Hrs great ability as a health. retain it. This being the situation, Rev. divine and eminent preacher is too Early in the morning of the 24th of Arthur Browne abandoned hope of his well known to need an eulogy.") It December, 1806, m. John's Church was church ever receiving any benefits was well perhap, that the Rev. Arthur destroyed by a fire which had origifrom the ancient Glebe, which had Browne's earthly services came to a nated in Bow Street and had demobeen In possession of the Nprth Con- close just at this hour before tb,e Rev- lished many shops and homes. A burngregational parish for about one l1Un- olution for he ws.s too loyal a subject Ing shingle from a nearby building ever to have titken the Patriot side had blown into the steeple and kindled dred years. An ancient marble font captured in and the upheaval of .life and govern- the flame which spread throughout Afrlc!l by Capt. John Tutton Mason ment brougl;\t aboul by lhe war would the entire building. The font from Senwas presented by his daughters, the have made life very difficult for him. egal, the bell from Louisburg, the pray(In 1775 Christ Church of Boston er books, Bible, f'ilver and one of the Misses Anne Elizabeth and Sarah Catherine, lu the year 1'761. On the brass appolnled Rev. Matthew Bylei;, Jr., to Queen Anne chaiJ.s were saved through cover is a Latin Inscription, said to succaed the la~ Rev. Arthur Browne, the efforts of Alexander Ladd and a have been written by the talented but for some unknown reason the ap- number of others who were first on Wyseman Claggett, the King's Attor- pointee never came to Portsmouth. the scene. It was a sad Christmas for ney, which tells of Its capture at Sene- New England W!lS by now in the throes St. John's parish. The North Churcl} gal and of Its presentation to the of the war and Queen's SJhapel wa invited the bereaved parishioners to left without a re~tor, a condition which join with that parish for the Christchurch. mas celebration. The invitation was It was the Rev. Arthur Browne who prevailed until 1786.) . The Rev. John Cosens Ogden of New most welcome and the Episcopal serperformed the marriage of his EKcelJersey, who had been ordained at Trivice was conducted by a lay reader. lency Gov. Benning Wentworth, at his mansion at Little Harbor on the oc- nity Church, Boston, by Bishop Sea- Mr. Buckminster's sermon was most apcasion of the ola governor's s!Ktleth bury, assumed his duties at Queen's propna te being based on Lhe text "Our birthday. This story was retold by Chapel at Christmas-tide in 1786. In holy and our beautiful house, where Lon fellow. The bride waa Martha the late fall. or 1789 P1·esldent Wash- our fathers praised thee, ls burnt up with fire." �St. John's paru,h was flourlshing at that was followed by the laying of the engmved upon ib; this time, and on January 10th, 1807, corner stone by the Grand Master and "From St. John's Stee!lle the energetic proprietors and parish- his assistants; dlld oration delivered by I call •the people, ioner.;; met (In the east room of the the Grand Cll:tplain followed, after On Holy day~ old State House) and a committee which the closing ode was sung." The '.l'o -prayer n prai: e;• was authorized to rebuild the church procession returned to tt;ie Court House on the same site, and to make sale oI (the old State House In Market Around the riI11 w e r e all seats and pews to be available in Square) where the Invited gentle1hen these words; "My mouth shall show the new edifice. Trinity Church oI were refreshed by the Grand Master, forth Thy praise." It Is Interesting to New York sent a substantial gift of after which ·t he Brethren repaired to note that this bell became cracked $1000. for ttie rebuilding of the church Davenport's Hall where an elegant and had to be recast again In 1896. It and with the g!tts which were made by dinner was served, after which these was sent to Boston again and the sucthe wealthy parishioners the committoast were drunk. To the memory of St. cessors to the Revere Casting Co., addtee was able to start immediately on John; To the prosperity and peace ed new metal to it and made It as good erecting the new church. (While the and harmony of St. John's Church; as new, and at this time the entire parish was without a church services To the orator of the day, Brother hlstor·y was Inscribed upon It. were held In the old South Meeting The walls o! the Interior of St. George Richards and To His Excellency house, for the SQuth Parish was at this Oov. John John's Church are frescoed In tones LangJop. time without a minister.) The new St. John's Church was built oI gray. Authorities state that this The corner stone or the present st. of brick on a larger scale than the ear- work was done some time after the John's Church was laid on June 24th lier church. It had a gallery on three church was built and that it was proby the St. John's Lodge of Masons, side In which were box pews, occupied bably done by Italian artists. This whose Grand Ma&ter was Capt. Tho- by the colored folk who served the old form of wall painting la today considmas ·Thompson. This lodge had been famil1es of the parish. Some or these ered a lost art, although similar exclosely associated with - the church old style pews may, be seen today In amples are frequently seen In the since 1775. The laying of the corner the south gallery; while In the north churcnes throughout Italy. The ceilstone was an occasion long to be re- gallery are examples of the high-back- ing la arched and Is painted In panels membered. An account of it has been ed pews which were used In the church whlch gives it great depth. Upon the handed down and Is as follows: at an earlier period. In the new build- walls of the chancel are painted the "The distinguished company assem- Ing were lnstailed the marble font, the Ten Commandments and the Apostle's bled at tho Lodge Room and paraded prayeL· books, the Bible, CorrunuQion Creed. A wine glass pulpit with soundto the site. The procession was made silver, and one of the Quebn Anne ing board above were originally a part up as follows: Washington Lodge; st. chairs. A second chair has since been of the furnishings of the new St. John's Lodge; Band of Music; Princi- mad to go with the one sent from John's, but these were removed at some pal Architect with plate; Architects Engla11d, so that today two old maho- later period. The Brattle organ, the oldest organ with implements; Subscribers for the gany ch lrs occupy a prominent place rebullding oI the church; Committee Just back .of the altar rail. There is a in America, la worthy of mention. This or Subscribers; N. H. Military Officers tradition that the chair which escaped small organ was Imported from London or the town; Selectmen of Portsmouth; the fire was the one In which the by Thomas Brattle of Boston. Mr. N. H. CIVil O!flccrs; Gentlemen of Dis- Father of Our Couutty sat when he Brattle was one oI the founders of tinction; Foreigners o! Distinction; attended Queen·s Chapel ln November the church in lhat city which bears Clergymen; Or9.nd Lodge; Gov. John 1789. The Louisburg Bell suffered con- his name, and m his will he left this Langdon and his aids Immediately siderably from the heat of the fire. It little instrument to his church propreceded by the Grand Master. At wa recast by Paul Revere and hung viding It was acceptable and that "a tw[eve .noon the singing of an ode in th. new steeple. These lines were sober person could be found to play skillfUlly thereon with a loud notse." marked the opening qr the ceremony �Otherwise it was to be given to King's Che.pet It appeared that the Bre.ttle Church did not comply with the donor's will and King's Chapel received the organ, which they stored in the gallery for a number or years. Muslo was not ln vogue in Purltii,n Boston at such e.n eariy period. In 1756 St. Paul's Church, Newburyport, purchased the organ and used it for nearly eighty years. It we.s finally purchased by St. John's parish and placed in the Chapel ln State St Later it was removed to the north gallery or the church where It became the object of much curiosity. Within e. few years the little organ has been entirely restored e.nd brought down to the main floor of the church, where it is greatly admired and even played on certain occasions. The week of May 8th to 15th, , 1938 was set a.side for the observance ot the 300th anniversary or the coming of the Church or England to New Hampshire. On Sunday, May 8th, the special speakers were the Rt. Rev. John T , Dallas, Bishop of New Hampshire, and the Rt. Rev. Benjamin Brewster, Bishop of Maine. The celebration was brought to a close on Sunday, May 15th, with a patriotlo service in memory of Ensign Emerson Hovey, U. s. N., son or the former rector, and Lt. Frank Booma, a World war veteran who died overseas. At thla service delegates from all patriotic organization were present. His Excellency Gov. Francis Murphy and staff, Rear Admiral C. W. Cole, Commandant of the Navy Yard and his staff, and Hon. Kennard Goldsmith and city offlclala were the special guests at the mom ing service, The story of thla old e.nd hlstorfo parish is one or which Portsmouth may well be proud. It& history la so closely interwoven with tnat or the town it$el! that it Js often difficult to determine where one has its beginning and the other its end. recognlred u • Pew people ut 1o delve into the pa.st hiat.ory of ouUl, fail 1o aeek ber advice. She la the the art.tole &bout st. John's church a. Miss Vaugha.n dld considerable r r Kenneth Roberts, which he used in nt boOk "Northwest Passage." She 1s th nt librarian of the Portsmouth Public n Portsmouth portraits has ���i~iW)J "Since our last, came home to town '. · Large fortunes ·were made In_Ports• from New York, Nathaniel Mes~rve ,.· mouth 1n those_days and Coloma! Me• Esq~ Colonel o.f t.h e New Hampshire serve was one of the men of wealth of forces." the city and the colony. Distinguished ./,}? · Again 1n 1759 another expedition as a large lan_ded proprietor, as ·a ship:·:·-;?:,\ against Louisburg was_determined un- · builder and shipowner he was also the -(;,;.;',/ der the leadership of General Amherst . first citizen of . the city in a military ._:;·•::::·· and Admiral Boscawen. Again New . way. He had onjoyed the experience ·::,.-~i<.J Hampshire raised a regiment, giving ; of · travel which included the dlstlnc· ·· :,1the command to Colonel John Hart • tlon of having visited Em·ope. He en·:. who had been Lieutenant Colonel of joyed the favor of the King. •' Mese1·ve's regiment the previous year. · The colonel contributed to PortsNathaniel Meserve was again com- : niouUt · two · historic colonial houses, missioned Colonel and placed In com• : the one built in 1740 In which he lived mand of a corps consisting af 108 car- . until his death, the other in 1758 the penters and sailed from Portsmouth on · year of his death, and which was ooApril 3, 1758, for Halifax where he ar- · cupied by his son George. These homes rived about a week later. His services are still standing with many other old in this expedition were to be of a Simi• . houses in Portsmouth of pre-revolular character t-0 those by which he had . tionary times, which recall the Colodistinguished himself In the former ex- : nial days of affluence and grandeur. pedltion In 1745, but a road was con- :,..,,, structed by the besieging army this :j;{; time, which relieved the troops of the hardships of drawing cannon over it. The siege of Louisburg commenced on June 1, 1758. On June 23, General Am• herst's diary read: "Col, Messehvey and most of his carpenters taken 111 of small pox which is a very great loss to the army." This diary record shows that Colo• nel Meserve and his men were _destined for important service 1n the reduction of Louisburg. On June 28, 1758, the diary reads: "Col. Messervey and his son, both died today; and of his coinpany of carpenters of 108 men all- but 16 in the small pox who are nurses · to· the sick. · This Is particularly sad at this time." Th& news of this ·when reaching Portsmouth about the middle of July produced a profound sorrow. The New Hampshire Gazette of August 11, 1759 said: . . ''Cot° Meserye was a gentleman of · fine mechanlca.l genius. Being a ship'!!.. wright by profession, he attained emi• nence in his business and acquired a i handsome fortune. His moral and so- · clal cbaracter were unblemished and '_' in a military line, he was highly res- ~ : :oected,''·. 1 Within a few days after the untimely death of Colonel Meserve Louisburg fell to the English. The following year Quebec surrendered to the English and the dominion of the French in : 1~ Canada, was at an end. Colonel Me• serve did not survive to witness the (~f . complet.ion of the purpose for which he i·· *' :. had striven and to which he had sac- ·,•,.,.... :; rlficed his life. He sleeps In an unknown };_ _':_i_ and unmarked grave at Louisburg ~!-:i~amld the scenes of his early triumphs. ) \ \ l:p,,0t·\ -.:;l\L;·:>•-fl:. f i:. ~ ~-.;!JJ; Colonel Nathaniel Meserve, a man of unblemished character, was one of the f~:<·~~-~ . ': prominent men of affairs In the rich ~:'(-:i:..1_~. and rare old Colonial days of New "'.'Eft~~;, Hampshire. His service to the colony '":..f!:tiJ,.i;' was brilliant, unselfish and patrioti~· l•''-~•-·'· He was a true chevalier, faithful to his f king, his colony and his word. The will I'. ,., . ., .,. of his father gave him a pittance of ten pounds but before his father's :;: death he had be;come the owner and f'· operator of the · largest shipyard in Portsmouth, if noL in the colonies. r" t, ""''· b: ; ··Barry Merrlck Sutton Barlow is another man ~fff~ . who 18 tremendously interested in_ Portsmou~h. He baa· the great •advantage of bemg an amst s1$ . . , , _ and. h1s studio on Dennett Street is a treasure (-[;{~ house of Portsmouth in the olden days, sketches "-:t't and paintings of' scenes of the days gone by, all \;;(&1 fl'om the work of his pen and brush. He has-done ·:-0,$ a .great deal to preserve old Portsmouth for the ,:;.,s.f-i;iture. ID addition to his painting and drawing, · ,he- has prepared the article on Col. Nathaniel Meserve, old-tin1e ship-bullder, which appears on Page 13-S. , ,:1Jt 1 ".; ~ ~,, ; . �~o,-. ja• ,,:~- • ,._ ,~ \. -•r'• lit.: ¥',\\,a.~ - - oIV\_4>~o.."'t- . -..,-.,• • I \_ - • .__~ .,1 & • - ·.\. -_. ·-: ._,. __ ':., . .. . --~-~...:. _ _ _ ••--- 7, They were met by some ••.,•• a . • • •. • . -; ,.;•, •.-. 150 men from I - _ ·:F-1·rs~t Over··t Act Of \: :~;;;~•rlfJ:•r:•::=~·' ·;Revo-Iut1on • w .as \ At New Castie · 1 1 iin his 01fic1al report. He had been by Gov. John Wentworth of a -possible attack and In his report I warned I ,~y i : ·. :1 _\'?i. ~~ ? ·_1i 1 ,·I · -i ;: '· i . ! ~ · :,.:..., I ..• 1 sa!f prepared to ma~e the best defense : I could and pointed some guns to I those places where I expected they ' would enter. About 3 o'clock the Fort was beset on all ·sides by upwards of four hundred men. I told them at their peril not to enter. They replied they would. I immediately ordered three , , _; ~ , -·: :. ,,:··I l I ;, , - . ·,. •·. f • Sons Of L1"berty From Portsmouth Under \ f The Leadersh"IP Of JOhn Langdon Capt ured Powder And Ammunition At Fort William And Mary On Dec.. 1.4,., 1774 open the powder house and took all the I powder except one barrel and having . !~~~-Pt~:n~:~1 !7n:t~n~n :~:~ a:~ ; could be ready to fire again we were !, stormed on all quarters, and they Im!! mediately secured me and my men and 8 (\!e~~1~. ::;:;e:h~~~~;~et:e~urbr~~~ i , 1 · - - - -=1·1put into boats and sent it off, they reAlthough Paul Revere's ride to Ports- member of the local committee. He leased me from my confinement." , . jmouth, at least five months before the bore a letter from Wllllam Cooper of This was written on the very day of th e ~ 0ston Committee announcing th8 the assault but he evidently -forgot to ..,: · .- ride which took him to "Every Middle_ 1, kings order in Council -which forbade mention that they gave three huzzas . I sex Vlllage and Fa.rm" and despite the the exportation of arms and munitions and hauled down the king's colors; . · ifact tl!at the first shot of the revolu- of war to America, and stating that two Ialthough Gov. John Wentworth did in : tlon was fired-by Portsmouth soldiers regiments were about to be sent to re- ,a letter to the Earl of Dartmouth. This , ~ i-at Fort William and Mary, in New inforoe th e garrison of Fort William !Jetter was dated Dec. 20, 1774 and he [ . .'.j Castle, was many months before the em- · a nd Mary in New CaStie, on Great Is- describes the situation as follows: ' _' battled farmers at Concord and Lex- ~::bott th e entrance of Plscataqua On Tuesday the 13th instant, in the · ington "fired the shot heard 'round the A m~eting was called, and it was afternoon, one Paul Revere arrived with . world" the claim of this section of New decided to capture the fort and remove letters from some of the leaders in ~ , Hampshire to fame in the spotlight of the owder stored there. Boston to Mr. Samuel Cutts, merch. i the first open defiance of the King's Th~ next da Portsmouth was the ant, of this town. Reports were soon , .; soldiers, has _been ignored by poets and Iscene of a gre;;, deal of activity. Sev- circulated that the_ Fort at Rhode Isj• -' many historians. eral members of the committee and a land had been d1smant;1.ed and the ,. . , The citizens of Portsmouth on No~. number of the "Sons of Liberty" par- Gunpowder and other military st~res , : 1, 1765, when the Stamp act went Into aded the streets with fife and drum removed • •• These rumors soon raised , -.- , ! effect protested the law by tolling calling •the citizens to arms for this an alarm In the town; and although I ; bells, placing the flags at half mast, desperati, enterprise, Although it was did not expect that the people would and during the afternoon a funeral not a difficult enterprise owing to be so audacious as to make any attack _i procession was formed bearing the _cof- _the smallness of the garrls~n, it would on the castle yet I sent orders to the . l fin of Liberty. On depositing it m a : be an act of treason placing all con- captain at the tort to be upon his ,. · ., _ 1 grave, signs of life appeared, and the \cerned beyond the pdssibillty of a par- guard. ! muffled drums beat up a lively air, the ndon. ' I On Wednesday news was brought to . i bells, which a short time before had ,j The guiding spirit of the ins.urrec-lme that a drum was beating about the -; been tolling, began to ring out a . - ·· town to collect the populace together . challenge to the enforcement of the 1tion was John Langdon, : ~ wa: in order to go and take away the 11:un. :j Stamp act. In January of the follow- of New ~~mpshlre's grea s P~:/ of Imediately sent the Chief Justice of · 'l ing year, when the stamp master's com- He was a er congressman sttto th I powder and dismantle the Fort. 1 -lmthe N.t_H. Asshiehmfbly, ddeltehga C t·t e !the Province to warn them from en1mission arrived, the "Sons of Liberty" , . conven 10n w c rame e ons 1 u- , . ,. took the commission and bearing it on ti Pr id t f th U 8 8 t d i gaging m such an attempt, He went to 1 [ __ - · • j the point of a sword marched to the ixont, . es Gen ef N · Rena e ha: ithem where they were collected in the ,. :Swing Bridge Oater known as Liberty s rmes overnor O ew amps e. · centre of the town near the townhouse, · - ; Bridge) and erected a flag bearing the Another leader was Capt. Thomas i explained to them the nature of the ·· ·; motto, "Liberty, Property, and no \ Picker!11g· Learning of the order from : offence they proposed to commit, told , Stamp." the King, he called upon Major Lang- them it was not short of Rebellion f 1 On June 11, 1776 a commit tee was don and invited him to accompany him and intreated them to desist .from it 1 ·' •· • appointed to make a dn!.ft of a Declar- to Fort William and Mary at New Cas- and to disperse. But all to no purpose. i atlon of Independence of the United tle to take a glass of wine wi th Captain They went to the island and being I Colonies of Great Britain and four Cochran, Its commander. "It will not joined by the Inhabitants of th~ towns days later the report of th~ committee do, " Maj. Langdon is quoted as of New Castle and Rye, formed m a ' calllng for Independence from England saying in Brewster's "Rambles About body of about four hundred men and_ was adopted. Once more New Hamp- _Portsmouth" it will not do under the Castle being in too weak -a condishire led in the fight for independ,;!nce. ~·the present state of public affairs 1tlon for defence (as I have in :former Despite the fact that no blood was ,to take such a step." The Ram- ,letters explained to your lordship) shed 1n the first battle of the revolution ,; bles continues : "When Capt. Picker- they forced their entrance in spite of at New Castle, t he first shots were 1• Ing fully disclosed to him his design, Captain Cochran who defended it as · ·· fired on Dec. 14, 1774 when an assault l w1th the remark· that if twenty-eight long as he could; but having only the on the Royal fortress was made by 200 !like themselves could be obtained t<i assistance of five men their .numbe;rs patriots from Portsmotith. join them, he would undertake to lead overpowered him. After they entered On the afternoon of December 13, In the capture of the fort, Maj. Langdon the Fort they seized upon the captain 1774 Paul Revere arrived in Portsmouth heartily: gave his assent to be his com- and triumphantly gave three . huzzas . "express from the Committee in Bos- panion." and hauled down the King's colours. ton," rode post haste through the streets The party embarked 1n gondolas They then put the captain and men nn- 1 of the town and dismounted at the ("gundelows") and went down the river, der confinement, broke open the Gun- I '' • door of SamueJ Cutts, merchante a ~ anchoring near the fort~d ashore. owder magazine .and carried off about_j '! . il I J . !'-- . •I, ..;,_~~.: r:.: I >-. ° •,· t �100 barrels of Gunpowder but dJa- som and company. With the IUU889 of HUJ and four montba before the Ba'charged the Captain and men frdin the enterprlse,-that General Salllvan tle of Laington. their confinement before their depar- was then p1188ing up the river with the As Ocrr. .John Wentworth described it, loaded boats of powder and cannon. ture." although .lament.lng more over the 1088 The guard at the fort was small; no The powder which was \aken at the of Ule supplies and the damage to the fort le believed to have been aenL up resistance was made." Oen. Nathaniel Folsom arrived from fort than over the acts which w re tbe Placate.qua 10th a letter addressed comm 1 U e d, "the£e acts w re to John Sullivan (a deletJaLe to the Exeter on Friday, Deo. 16th, with a l n open Hostility and dlr• considerable body of men, and, Uio ioo <Jontinental Congress) consigning U ect oppugnatlon to his Majesty's Govlate to take part. in the aotual Jalde to hie custody. In a letter wrltLen on em_~nt and in the most atrocloUI May 3, 1785, Gen. Sullivan said that on the fort and prevented by the arrl• Contempt of hie Crowh and dignity." val of the warships from going on there were 110 barrels of powder and ';['bus t)le CiJtlzens of southeastern New that he and others depoelted 1h19 ln with Its dismantling, la &aid ,to b&Ye BamJ)6hire J.ay claim to this being the aided in the distribution and, conceal• "places ol security." scene ot the first battle of the War for In a letter written at thl.e time, ment. ol the powder In Tat1oua places. Indepeooence. Henry W. Longfellow, The euppUes were taken up the river which has been preaened, the places In~ Tala 9f A Wayside Inn, although and number of banela of powder stored to Durham and landed Jn safety Ulough wrJtJng of , Colonial Portsmouth', the sudden freezing of the river a~d are given. Kingston, Epping, Poplin, skipped thls Important incident and Nottingham, Brentwood, Londonderry, the necessity ot breaking the toe to lei lm.mortall¥d, Pe,uJ_ Revere's ride whlcb the boats paes rendered the )Mt part Exeter and Poruimoutb are sh'en as ot the journey arduous. A vote of the he made on the 18th of April In 1775, places where the powder was l&ored. Durham town meeting Bbows that rather Ulan the ride made on Deo. 13, Major Sullivan arrived with a com• 1774. pany from Durham in relJ)ODl!e to a Thomas Wllley of that town was emIn the ~ue Story of Paul Revere" ployed to repair the small arms and request for aid ln further plondennf by Oe1~, oredlt Ja given to Ne,r and dismantling the fort. Be waa the put them In condition for use. Oaetle for ,its claim. "There la hardlj principal leader in the oocurrencea of The morning alter the second raid ~ doubt t.bat this affair at Fort the day and evening of December 111. formd Portsmouth still in a fever of 'WD1iam aDd Mary, which happened A group of people aurrounded the unrest. n Wal! rumored that 700 men four ~Ul,9 before the light at Lex• Council chamber where t.he . Governor were on tbe march from Exeter and lngton, and )ll(lre than two months be· and Council were in seaak>n and eent neighboring towns, and would aooxt fore the episode at the Salem Nor1.b In a committee to 1nqu1re whether arrive, to fJnlsh dismantling the fort Bridge, eonstltuted the first act bJ troops or shlpe of war had been sent ana to throw- the heavy cannon re- torce of a mllJtary nature committed tor or were expected. Tbe Oov~r maining- about 70 in number-into the by the eolonlsts agalnst the authorltJ said he knew of none, and proml!led sea. of t,be moUler i:ountry; and it Is, more-. to pardon the rioters 1l the K1ng'e J)(JW• Oov. Wentworth was In a panic and oTer, ~ ~~ on this occaslon the der should be returned. feared the seizure of the Custom Houl!6 eolonJsta :were the aggressors." In writing of this the Governor said, and tbe Provincial Treasury. He comThe Balftll Incident referred to above "Instead of disperalng, the people went plained that he was powerless to pun- was all!o a blood.Iese encounter be ween to the Castle 1n the night headed )>y isli Ule i:ebels, as no Jail could hold the, colonists . and the King's trOOJ)t, Mr. Sullivan and took. away sixteen tbetn and nQ jury would convict them1 whlch occurred Peb. 26, 17'15. General pieces of cannon, about slxty ~ue~eta and that the civil and military author- Gage sen Capt. Leslie with 300 troope and other military stores and brougbl ities were alike unable to bold the dis• from Out.le :wand in Boston Har• them to the out Borders of . the town." mders in check. His appeals to Gen. bol', to Salem to capture 17 cannon Continu1ng, the last Royal Governor Gage finally brought relief, as the whlch John Foster of Salem had bl of the Province of New Hampshire said: armed ship Canceau arrived In Plscat- his charge. The cannon had been turned "On Friday morning the 16th Mr. Fol- aqua Harbor on the 17th, to be fol- over to him by Capt. David Mason som the other delegate came to ton lowed by the Scarborough on the 19th. by lnstluc~ of a cotnmltt ap,that morning with a gyeat n'IJmber of The powder which was taken to poin~ by the Provincial congr armed men who remained 1n town u Dmbam for safe keeping was later These cannons wtre being fl ted wUb a guard till the flow of the tide In the ta.ken to Charlestown and used in the carriages. evening when the cannon WM eent 1h Battle o:f Bunker Hill. An article Learning that the Brltlah were c ~ Gondolas up the river into the coun- publJshed b:i the Granite State Month• lng, Col. Timothy Pickering with 40 try and they all di.aperaed wi~t ha'f• , ly, Jlllle 1906, states: "It is an indlspu• armed mllJtia prepared to reels the Ing done any personal injury to any- table fact that during the winter of advance of the Redcoats. He stationed body In the town." , 1'174-75 Major Demeritt took an ox-~am hle men at the North Bridge. B1.e for°' The New Hampshlre Gaze~te pub-, load of that powder from under hls wa& lncreas~g as the colonists learnect llshed Dec. 23 1774, under a dispatch barn and carted it to Charlestown and what waa taking place. dated Dec. 16, aa,ys: "The OoverDOI' placed U in charge ol the Massachu• Oapt. Leelle,1arr1vlng ai the brl~ and Council sat yesterday on the af- eett.s officlal8 al the bead of the Pat- found b1a way blocked. He gave an fair, and are now meetlnf again. riot came, aa they were in great need order for a company to fire, bu capt, men wJlo came down are thoee of of it. John Pell of the Patrloui warned Lettu. beat proper~y and note In the proT• Prof. o. L. Parsona of Durham, In bil filat mould hJa men fire not a man o4 Ince." .1 address before the New Hampshire 'Ulem would leave Salem alive. Tbt Gideon Lamson of Exeter, one of the Historical Society on the capture of orde1 waa countermanded. party from Exeter, about IO Ye,rtl af. Fort Wllliam and Mary, December 14 The B'.riUab next made efforts to ter the occurrence, aald: "We rode Into and 15, 1774, said: "It has always been aorOlll the river , In boat,a, but tbtl Portsmouth after daybreak, .·' and the vadit1on In southeastern New utote atrove to defeat "111 monm stopped at Major Stoodley'■ Inn; no HampshJre, founded upon the atatc-:- bJ scuttling tile boe.ta and castina th appearance of the design; nothing .w u mente of persons who claimed to have adrift. said about MaJ. Sulllvan'e par y, We the facts hom the actors themselves. Wbile the- matters were protJl'N&Ull had coffee about 111nrise. Major Btood- thai Major Jolm bemenltt took a cart- toward a battle, the Rev. Thomaa Bern• ley looked queer on 1uch l{Uests, wUh load of powder, captured at Portsmouth ard of the North Ohurch arrived <>n ihe guns and bayonets. Colonel ~ett, from Ute magazine ot his house to scene and acted as peacemaker. He with fifty or sixty foot, 1100n after Cambridge and reached there just ln succeeded In compromising the affair eight o'clock stopped a\ the haymar- time for Jts opportune use at Bunke, by persuading the Pickering command ket, and waited for infor~tlon from Hill." to allow LesUe to croaa the bridge ancl General Folsom. The Inhabitants, on If the war had not followed It woul4 proceed 30 rods beyond on the promise Hackett's arrival, looked on In wonder. have doomed all who took part in it that he woUld counter-march hie troope Llttle was said In answer to Jnquiria. to Ole fate of rebels. It occurred and return to Boston. At nine, Oolonel Langdon came io six montba before tha Battle of Bunke, Stoodley's and acquainted General Fol- 3 �So another overt act of the RevolU• tlon occurred before the Battle of Lex• tngton and Concord. New Hampshire's claim to the honor of starting the Revolution gained con• sldera.ble prominence in 1936 when a controversy developed when Congress• man Sol Bloom questioned "the shot heard around the world." Even Oov, James M. Curley of Massachusetts ad• mitted the authenticity of New Hampshire's claim, and thereby aroused the 1re of the people of Concord and Lexington. All honor to the men of Massachusetts-the Minute Men-and their courage under actual fire In resisting the march o! the Britishers. But to the Patriots of New Hampshire goes the glory of the first real act of war• four months before. New Hampshire- has been backward In her claims, It took high courage to participate in such an a.ct of rebellion for they were adequately warned what the consllquences of their act would mean. But this act of war on the part of New Hampshire troops instilled courage into the hearts of the patriots of Massachusetts and the rest of the colonies. They made ready for the inevitable struggJp out of which was born the United Sta.tea of America. �;:.:~~~;::%~~~~: ·,_.;::,.~~$\°iv-:~~S~£:~;:-~;:r.v-~;:.;c?!.5:«~~7 " ' _, · • ~ The records of the Salis!>1;1fY church {;~~_., .. ··-:.c: .,-. ,. · · ···· · , ·- · '·' ·• · ,. ··• ·· · ·· "· .,. -~ v webster •q • • • • Lived In :IP th At One 1•Jme l~(}:, ortsmou ... •tJ\•~1"IDan1el ?:E{'.1 read that on Sunday; May 29, 1808, Daniel Webster and Grace Fletcher ':'li were married. Th~~wedding took place !1,t Judge Kelley's house "in the middle west room," by Reverend Thomas ,l;'{-:l, Noted State·sman Cam""v Her""'"" Young Worce ster' pastor or' th e Salisbury j i:ii]'::C. 1 Oenter ohurch. 1:A:c·\ Lawyer, Before Taking Residence The happy bride and groom oame fl!) :;·~-:,:J In Massachusett.,. Portsmouth and rented the lovely t-wo::,'..~•;J ._ . .,. ~ --------,--,--==== ===:! story gambrel roof wooden ho1lll8, oq, ;t~j-t{ ·,_ -. Thompson, the next door ne gh5orto Vaughan street opposite the Assemblt ~1\J Da~1el Webster, one of our greatest his father, as a student of law, from house, (where the beaux and belles o~ . · American statesmen and jurists, was there he went to take charge of the Portsmouth held their balls and oth.. born January 18, 1782 at ·Salisbury, N. t Fry b M a er social functions) This was coDBid• · t fi Id M t academy a e urg, e., on sa1. ft.- ,,._~ H., and died a Marsh e , ass., Oc • · $350 0 J 1 1'T ered to be centrally located, being onlY, ;ii,fl 24, 1852. His early education was very alBryOA ofh. ptertoa~umto. ~ e:iered a short distance from the business cen• ~?.'1 scanty. When the village school hap.. e ;'en ffl os In than p· ing 0 # tre and in what was then a very de• ~,,,',:''~ . · Mr. Gores aw o ce. n e s r • , f,,.,;:;fi pened to be kept near h_1s home, it was I 1803 he was1admitted to the bar of the sirable· locality. This house w_as built by {;'~ •. ,. easy to go, but sometimes he would in Boston Col Nathaniel Meserve for his son •' -·· · court of common p1eas . · '2·.10' 7-i have to ·wa!k daily to_and from school _ 'd d to George, a noted gentleman of the town, ;,t;;,1 2 1/2 to 3 miles, sometimes he would be In 1807 Daruel Web ste~ _deci e who married Miss Newmarch. Many 1i,;J fortunate enough to get a lift from the . come to ~~rtsmou~h to live. Certainly men of note have lived in this house J{!>~I miller or the blacksmith, but more fre- th ts ambitious young lawyer might such as Hon. James Sheafe, Dr. Nath•\:.•,·-- quently going and returning on foot. have chosen a worse spot _in which to_ aniel A. Haven Hon. Jeremiah Mason, When school was at a still greater dis- s~ek his fortune, for, at th at time th is Daniel Webster'. Gen. Timothy Upham. A/,i tance he was boarded at a neighbor·s. city was a place of some cons~uence . Hon. James Sheafe (second time). Slender as these opportunities were, Settled first in 1623, it had ac,qmred by Capt. Elihu Brown, Dr. Robert 4 ;~J they were afforded to Daniel more lib- the close of the eighteenth " centurynda Thorn, Major Edward J. Long, Joshua W~~.' erally than they had been tp his broth- population of more ·t~an five t~ousa I B. Whidden and John H. Sheafe. · t"'· ·:~ ers. His first master was Mr. Thomas and was_ twelfth among the cities of I The Websters were very hospitable Chase, who it was said, "Could read tol- tpe '2'll!~ ~~_!lte~. P~~~m~outh had ' people and entertained a great deal. erably well and wrote a fair hand, but the . only harbo~ a nd was the largest I Their friends loved to wander through was not strong in spelling." His second city in New Hampsh_ire, a nd it was I the house, sit in the parlor on the sofa. master was James Tappan. In 1851 Mr. quite abl_e to hold its own_ in c~mmerce seats, under windows guarded by the 1 Tappan wrote a letter to his former with its Massachusetts rivals, _ Salem white shutters and iron bars; walk pupil, then secretary of state, recalling and Newburyport. Everywhere, 1n ,the through the hall which ran through the to his recollection some of the incidents I Portsmouth of 1807, ther~ we~e ev~- centre of the house, got up the broad, of their early relation as teacher and l·denc~s of prosperi~. It w~s a _hustling easy stairs, and admire the quaint balpupil. Mr. Webster returned him an , comm_unity: there _was gre9'.t a~tivity_ usters alternately fluted, twisted and answer from Washington, enclosing n I along the wharves, as ca_rgo~s wer_e un- flask-shaped, stop to look at the dlaliberal present, and full of minute rem- iloaded. For the moment it w~s flourish- 1 mond cut "Sally" in the staircase wininiscences and kind feelings. The best I ing, _and Webster had selected i~ _the dow. One would linger the longest in . part of his early education was prob- : belief that its future was· R\l_ prom15ing the front south chamber which was ably derived from his father and .as that of Boston. But_ the Emb9:~g_o ~c,t wainscotted to the ceiling . . mother. He also derived some benefit , w·as 'soon' to falJ •1ike a bllght _~pon its_ Among the most frequent visitors of from a small social library which had foreign trade, and the _~ar of 1812 was the Websters were Mr. and Mrs. Jere. been founded at Salisbury by Mr. to bring with it an · even great:e~. · de- miah Mason, who settled in Portsmouth _; Thompson. It is worth noting that, like :.cline in , shipping. . . · _ . . . . some ten years before. Mr. Mason was _ Franklin and Washington, he was, even / Portsm.o µth ..yas so small _tl).at ~hear:- one of the strongest lawyers .in the _· at this early period of life, fond of '. rival of a stran~er-e_s~cially a strarig-- state, and is known today as one of the f;;e.rf'.'l. reading the "Spectator." In 1796 \he 1er like Daniel We~_ter aroused the cu- grfeatest common-law lawyers this ~-'.fiJ was sent to Phillips Exeter. Ac~demy, 1rtosicy of its inhabitants. W~ are told country has produced. Durmg the nine ,.f.'·1.,<i•:_1 under the charge of Dr. BenJamm Ab- lbY. Mrs. Eliza Buckmins~r L~e, ·v.:1:10 successive years they were at the same bot, but only being able to stay at the · afterwards was a very dear friend of [ bar, although generally taking opposite . a<:ademy for a few months. Daniel re- the Websters, that, when he first was [ sides, they still remained the best of !ates himself, that while at the acad seated next to 't he minister's family in f friends. When on circuit business they emy, he made good progress in all stud- the Old North Church, c_alled the I travelled, boarded and' roomed togethies, but riever could make a declama- · "three decker" because ~f its _tier~ ·_ of 1 er. The chaise, with the trunk tied un. tion. galleries, her eldest sister reported i der it carrying these two lawyers over In February 1797, he was taken home that "there had been a remarkableper- i the state became a familiar sight. The and placed in the family of the Rev• son in the pew with her, arid that she tall figure of Mason, six feet and a Samuel Wood of Boscawen. On the way was sure he had a most marked char- '1 half-the tallest man who walked the to Rev. Mr. Wood's, Mr. Webster told acter for good or for· evil/' Mr~. Lee j streets of Portsmouth, discussing with his son it was his intention to send described him as follows: "Slender a~d li Webster as they walked side by side, him to college, an advantage which apparently of delicate organization, his j the questions of common law, presents Daniel never thought of having. "I re large eyes ai:id massive brow seemed j itself today to the historic imagination r,,.., -,.· Amember" says Mr. Webster in an au- very predominant above the other fea- , of one walking the Portsmouth streets. ~1fj toblogra~hlcal sketch of his early life, tures, which were sharply cut, · refined l Mr. George s. Hilliard said of the two "the very hill which we were ascend- and delicate. The paleness of his com- men, "Mr. Mason was a great lawyer, -· ing through deep snows, in a New plexlon was heightened by hair as black ; but Mr. Webster was a great man prac'." England sleigh, when my father made as the raven's wing." i tising law." The friendship of these known this purpose to me. I could not Having rented bachelor quarters not ! two men and their families continued speak. How could he, I thought, with f~r from the Buckmins_ter~• home, l in Washington, after they . beoame so large a family and in such narrow Webster was soon the centre of an ad- 1members of Congress. There they ha4 circumstances, think o! Incurring so miring circle, but to the ladies , he was J lodgings together, shared, jlach other'• great an expense for me? A warm n9t attracted, as he had already made , joys and sorrow, while their children . , _. glow ran all over me, and I laid.,my his choice. The young lady was Grace l played together. Webster worshipped t;rsf:;. head on my father's shoulder and Fletcher, daughter of_the Reverend Eli- j at the Congregational North church, '~i!il; ·v.,,,.-~t~i wept." Daniel entered Dartmouth in jah Fletcher, the minister of Hopkin- ' Mason attended the Episcopal church. .: -;;, §j;:/J the autumn of 1797, graduating in 1801. ton. · .,. "·.I . .. ,-;-;)i',f1 Soon after he entered the offl ce of Mr. ,;,-;·,;.,·.-,,· -r.:{.'.';::-f'.'·}fi•.':,;, As A Up it~~J l lll: ~'.r:, !t::1 4 i 4 1 fj[li?;~rt.::}i;(t,f1LtJti:tri~l¥iiiJf i i~i~:~:e· .- �,'5 l.\ . ..- ' ~~e ;h~~h --.~:-i/{. --;;;;;;;;;;~::::::::::::::::::=::::::::::::::::::::,:::::==;-ifre~'~d'-a house on H~~h st;e:t i,~;~t~e~:.-· occupyi~g · place yo~ n~w .':: ·'. . .-. ,;J they occupied until they moved to ,_ fill, were my associates and friends, I - •.('; -1,, ,:,,.' Boston, Iishould do injustice to my feelings not · · : ::,. ' ,_ · . , i Webster's offic~ during the greater f to respond to the call that has now 1 part of his residence in Portsmouth I been made." ,,,. 1 •• was on the west side of Market street, ! He closed his address with this re- I 1 · only two or three doors from the f mark: · Square,. in the sec?nd_story over what is "The future is not within our power ( today Peyser's clothing store. Mr. : -no one knows what is assigned to his ! Ticknor wr_ote: "His office was com• lot; human life is uncertain, human mon, ordinary looking, with less fur-[ destiny is unlmown.:.__but we have a niture and more books than common. country which will be . spared for fuHe had a small inner room, opening I ture generations; human life is short, r from the larger, rather an unusual but institutions of government should ' thing." be made to enciure; the creatures of This office was only a short distance today may be of but small importance DANIEL WEBSTER ~ from the houses in which he lived. It -but this Constitution of the greatest -------------➔- was but slightly over one hundred Republic in the world, extending over . Mr. and Mrs. Mason's visit to thl.!I. yards, tor instance, from his third resi- so vast a territory, from its effects on -i the first home of the Webster's, ha4 dence on High street to his place o! the prosperity and happiness of untold . ;:; ! other than the attractions of friend• business. From the windows, he could ,generations, has a value incalculable . .< - 1 ship; for in this house, as tenants. ; see into Market Square and could be / However it may happen to us-how_1->1 they had spent some of the happleat l easily reached by anyone in need of lever it may be with the events which ·:: ::· ; days of their married l!fe before lea•- legal counsel. / are beyond our control-let us see to · ···. ~-J ing it for their new home on M1160n-. He left Portsmouth with his .family, / it that the basis of our free institu. ~- ) Hill . '· · August 1816, for his new home in Bos- tions, so long as le!t in our keeping, ,., , ~ ...--,., . ,, \ It is also safe to say that the hap. t-0n. Although then but thirty-four is sacredly preserved." /· . .' I piest days of the Websters' lives were years of age he had reached the high• At. the Cameneum that evening, Mr. '\,. .,·. j ·spent in this house; Exactly ho.w Iona est professional eminence in his own Webster met those of his old towns?.r,. :, they: remained here · is ·not• known, bu• state, and was a leading practitioner men, their wives, their sons, and their }·.' • · '" 1 w_ e do know that · he soon purchaaecl in the National Court, having been daughters, who wished a social intro~ . ~. - j for six thousand dollars a small, mod• admitted to the bar of the United ductlon. He stood among the~ not as . _. . i est, wooden house, .on the northwest states Supreme Court in the winter the Statesman or the polit!c1an, but ' . ..'. ,\ corner of Court and Jaffrey · stree" of 1813-14. After his term of office as as a ·neighbor aud old townsman, who :: ''.'.' j which are now, Pleasant and Court member of Congress from New Hamp- had returned to g!·eet h,:s friends after streets, only two blocks from Markel shire, to which he was elected in 1812, a long absence. The house was filled l .,., J Square. · · · . · · l he retired from politics for a time. and made a very touching scene. In his _ r;, .f.. . While Webster wa.s on his wa1 to Massachusetts elected him to congress short and feeling address he sa!d,1,~ ·-;'0._ __,I Washington· in 1913 a very · disa11trout in 1822, and in 1827 he was made Uni- "The nine years of the most active ~ ·•;_ ,,j fire broke out In Portsmouth. ~ b~ ted states Senator. . portion_ of my life spen~ here, are treal: -;;::. -:, 1 , , .;-,~../ was discovered in a barn belonging ~ In all his cares, sorrows and growing sured m my heart with my d~arest, , : / ;; ) ,-, _:,-; . 1Mrs. Woodward, on the · comer ot fame he did not forget Portsmouth or , my most endur~1g recollections. The · ·/,' , t" -~'.i;i Church and Court streets, just back of ,her people. He visited the town several , tender sympath1e~ of the ~eart no -_. . '.:.-:,,<',,/ · t' ·\ _ · Webster's residence. Within half an times, but only once did he have a truly great ni_ a n IS so powerrul as to , , . ;':!'~..-i · ... . j hour it had spread to 'the heart of the ; public reception. This was on May 17, . overcome. Tears checked his speech \. :-~½. V ' · .- • J town. The flames caught hill · house, ,- 1844, when an opportunity was given ! but after a short pause, he went on ~ , .. ~f;.,J ' ·; . ; I which was speedily consumed, includ• 1 him to meet in Jefferson Hall his old I expressing his warm attachment to the .,,C 1 ~: .: ··: .;, i ing his furniture and library all of .friends. Twenty-eight- years form a I institutions of hls native State, and his r t··, ~ ,._ J which was a very great loss to . him, portion of time in which one genera• gratitude for the good feeling of our _ j there being no insurance to cover it. tion gives place to another. AJJ the citizens toward him. After a social ~ l When the conflagration Vfas checked, people gathered around him, he co.uld i hour Mr. Webster retired amidst the i 1 at about five o'clock on the following see here and there a countenance with c~eers of his friends. This was his last · morning, fifteen acres lay in smoulder:, !which he was once familiar but the- ( visit to Portsmouth but to the end of ing ruins, and 272 buildings had been i number was so small, that he could ii his life, a few years later, he rememdestroyed, included 108 dwelling.houses, n:ot •address them as his audience. 1bered Portsmoutn .as the place of most 64 stores and shops, and 100 barns, with 'Your fathers-·Nere my associates and tender memories. a total loss of more than $300,000. ruy' •friends," : was -the ex:pression ~ - - ---.- - -- - - - -------1 When Webster reached ·washingto~ prbmpted by the scene. His speech was .. .. _ . ." , he found a letter .telling .·him of the delivered· in a •slew distinct and im- ,, .. · -:_..:.:.. ' ~ · ,., _ disaster, and he promptly wrote Ezekiei pre35lve manner which enabled .every : 1\./~.::_; ''. ;;~;. -~ ' , ;~ , ,.__........ • ":, i,, Webster: _ ·one to ttnderstand ·and remember. Aq.- ·. ~~~·-~, .f:-:: · '''., • 1 arrived here Ia.st evening, an~ dressing the presiding .officer of th~ -:',;.; ·· :-t _.-, -~-,-, \ /;X'.j~, :, .'/, here learned of the Portsmouth fir~ meeting (Hon. I. Bartlett) he said. . ·•~•· ,:', ,•, :...·, '·'-.'.,.:.; 10 and the consumption of my house. I "I hardly· know whether personal or ··; • : ·' • -·· hl\,va only time to say that the safety p611tical friends in any .other part of i': of m_J family compensates: the loss of· 'the ·country, could at this time -have the property .•• L have not ' time to induced • me, even• •briefly,. to .address say more, but thought you would be them in · a · pubiic manner. I have gls,d to hear that I am in possessio~ deemed it a duty incumbent on me to • - , .. /'' ., · .. of myself after the knowledge of suci. decline addressing public . assemblies ; a I9ss." ___ _____ for the business of popular addresses · . . : ,, _ -·. Mrs. Webster with her four-year-old seems to devolve more justly upon • :-:, .' · l · · ' ·' ·, __. . j daughter, Grace, and Daniel F1et<;h.lll' 1· younger men who are coming forward i · -· · _·:! . ~Webster, only a few months old, spent among us, and on whom the responsi• I .' , ·; ·1--" . the remainder of the winter _-partly bility of sustaining the purity of our f ' _,; .: with the Ma.son family and partly with political institutions must rest. Nere:r;- l · . ,. , __: - - · Ezekiel Webster who lived in Boscaw- theless, visiting as I do the town in , . · l en. In the spring when Daniel returned !which I spent many years of the most [I hM.anon A. ·Harlow, wife of H. M. ~· Ha;low, is .. I from Washington he with his family !active portion of my life when your I t e au t bor of the story on Daniel Vi ebster, . • . ' . w.mted on Page 14-S. She also ls very interested ·, ' -:, ·' ' ., · ~ · ' · ·, :In h)storica;J. ·Portsmouth and works in conjunc• ., _ _, · ·, , ; tion wi~h her husbamt,ui the preparation of his. . ~- , ,. . torlcal data 1_o_r_hl£ _ _P_ic_t_ur_es_.- - -- -~--....J ··', · ' I I ,. j I I )~)~~ -'I • , ,. ; i ;:.~:- •-··: l l <, •:\,: 0 ~,. ~ ' 1 I·~. ·'{,:. '. ·. · · -:.-·, .... • I �Tobias Lear, Secretary To George Washington, Had An Interesting Served As Consul-General To Career Also The Barbary States And NegotiaJed The Treaty Of Tripoli, Which·Was Very Fair, Although Unsatisfactory To The Senate Near the waterfront e.t the foot of narrow Hunking Street in the oldest section of Portsmouth sl.e.nds e. venerable mansion of unusual historic importance. For noL only w this ancient hlproofed structure the birthplace and home of Colonel Tobias Lee.r, buG through him it attained e.n intimate association with George e.nd Marthe. Washington ~.nd their fa.mi.lies. In fact, no other house In New England ce.n boast of such a long and close connection with the Washlngtons. Built about 1740 by lhe Colonel's grandfath er, it has been little changed through the years and today, except for the removal of a reat· ell, has practically the same appearance within e.nd without It had when Washington knew it. It is, perhaps, unfortunate for the fame of Tobias Lear that his name is so closely linked with that of Washington. He is too apt to be recalled only for his connection with our first President while his dlstlngulshed and substantial services to his country are overloaded or forgotten. Our hi8tory records few example of patriotism as unselfish as Lear displayed when, in virtual exile among the pirates of Barbat·y, sacrificing home, friends and an assured position, and with only rare opportunities for intercourse with civilized people, he continued for years in a difficult and distasteful Post, in constant personal danger, because he felt that there his cow1try needed him. The Lears were one of Portsmouth's old and prominent Colonial families. Two brothers, Tobie.s and Hugh Lear, c:ame to It from Devonshire in England shortly before 1660. From Hugh, the younger, descended those branches of the family whose male members have so often been di8tingulshed l;>y the names oI John, Samuel and Alexander. In the senior branch the he.me of 'robias was borne by father and eldest son for five successive generations. Rather strangely for those days of large famili~ with the exception of the second Tobias, none of them had more than the one son. He, however, had three, two younger being named Nathaniel and We.Iker and these names have been carried down among their descendants. COL. TOBIAS LEAB (from a painting by James Sharples now in the possession of Mrs. Decatur :Wright, probably done at Mt. Vernon in l'798.) Colonel Lear, born in the old hot188 in 1762, was the fifth • Tobias. His father, as well as hi3 grandfather and great-grandfather, was a sea captain and large landowner. The fourth Tobias, also, was a ship builder and during the Revolution took charge of the shipyard of his cousin, G~vernot John Langdon, on what ls now Badgel.''s Island, where he built the frigate Ranger, Paul Jones' first command and the famous privateer Portsmouth, He was engaged in building th~ ship-of.the-line America., then the 'largest vessel ever to be constructed l,n this country, when he died in 1781 beforb she was completed. There is a tradition 1rt ~he family that when fitting out the 'Ranger in the summer of 1777, Paul Jones of- �have named the boy for Washington, The young secretary toolt his first but felt that would savor too much of ferred to make Tobias the fifth a mid· shipman aboard her, but that the boy's v&catlon in the spring of 1788, return- adulation, so did the next best thing mother opposed the plan and shipped ing l,o Portsmouth for several months. and named him for the old General him off to school. There seems to be He arrived there a few weeks before who had secured him hill position, no reason to doubt the story and in New Hampshlro was to vote on the George and Martha Washington were any event young Lear entered Dum• question of the adoption of the new the baby's godparents. Two montha Washington believed later Madam Lear went to Philadelmer Academy at Newbury, Mass., Constitution. about that time. At the Acadetny he strongly in the necessity for ratifying phia to see her grandchild and made a found a fellow student by the name it and, having 110 official position at visit of several weeks to Mrs. Wash• of Edward Prei:>le anp. a. friendllMP the time, had no hesitation in express• ington, beginning a friendship between arose between the two which later we.s ing his views. Naturally hla opinion the two ladies which lasted until Mrs. to have far-reaching consequences. bore great weight throughout the Washington's death. From Dummer Lear entered H'.lrvard coW\try, but there was dlfflculty 1n Unfortunately Polly Lear died in the Col1egc in 1779 1md graduated in 178;3 making lt known, authoritatively, espe- yellow fever epidemic In Philadelphia with high honors, Besides bPing a bril- cially at a distance. Ratlflcatlon by nine in 17 • Washington broke the rule he states was requll'ed to put the Oonstl• liant student, he was handsome, at• tutlon into effect; when Lear left had made, to ati.e,;id no funerals dur• tractive, and evidently well thought of Mount Vernon eight states had already ing his Presidency, and went to hers, while Alexander Hamilton, Thomas by ~Is elders, so when George Wash• lngton asked General Benjamin Lin• acted favorably or it waa known they Jefferson, Henry Knox and three Jus• would do so. The rest were doubtful, tic~ of the Supreme Court noted coln to find him a suitable young man with New Hampshire the most likely as her pallbearers. Lear was greatly afto become his private secretary, the General recommended Lear and his to vote for adoption. That Lear's va- fected by her death and. undoubtedly cation began at such a orltloal moment: It had much to do with hill decision endorsement was by such eminent persons as President Wlllard of Harvard, can hardly have been a coincidence, to give up his position at the end of John Langdon and the Reverend Sam· especially as there are letters to prove Wi,.shington's term the following he worked actively as 80011 as ha March. uel Haven. bed Portsmouth to make Washing• But in making thill move Thus In the spring of 1786 Lear be- ton's attitude plain to everyone. New gan his association with our first Pre- Hampshire, of course, voted for adop• also the direct encouragement of sident that was to continue for nearly tlon and probably would have done so Washington himself who strongly refourteen years and to end only with without Lear's prE86nce: but: It would commended it, believing it would be to Washington's death. During much of seem, from avaiiable dooumenta, that the young man's advantage to engage that period he lived as a member of he succeeded in making the matter a in business in the new City of Wash• ingto11 which he expec'ted would have the Washington family and was treat- foregone conclusion, a great commercial future. Lear spent ed and regarded as one of it. Both the In the fall of 17811 Washington made the summer of 1794 abroad, making Washingtoris became much attached his famous tour of New England and to him and it ls probably no exaggera- Lear accompanied him. It was while business connections, and then organ• tion to say, as was frequently said at in Portsmouth on this trip that Wash• ized the import and export house of the time, that the Oen,:ral looked upon ington visited the old house to call on Lear and Co. in Washington. Although him as an adopted son, Lear returned Madam Lear, his secretary's mother. he left the Wasi1!.ngton household, he their affection in full measure. He de• He first sent a note to her, announcing by no mean,s, however , severed his veloped a deep reverence for Washing- his intention and then proceeded to connections with the President; he be• ton, regarding him more as a father the house on foot, probably followinfJ came Washington's business agent, colthan as an emp,oyer, and undoubtedly a course along the waterfront. Tractl• lecting his rents., handling nls western was closer to him and enjoyed more of tlon says he was followed by 1m ad• land and even dtaling in the produce hls confidences than any other man miring crowd, much as would be the of his estates. He was also elected President of the Potomac Navigation who ever lived. case today under similar circumstances. When Lear first went to Mount Ver- It waa reported in one of the Boston Co., a position which Washington him• non, in addition to his secretarial work newspapers and ia undoubtedly true self had held before he accepted the he acted as tutor to Eleanor and although not mentioned 1n hls diary, Presidency, which had been formed to George Washington Parke Custi.s, Mrs. that while In the city he attended a improve navigation on the Potomac Washington's two youngest grandchll- small party to announce the engage- River and whlc::i. was, unquestionably, dren. But after Washington assumed ment of his secretary to Miss Mary Washington's pet scheme. It was Iargethe Presidency in 1789 and Lear be- Long, a daughter of Oolonel Plerse 11 supported by funda contributed bT came chief secretary, he necessarily Long and conslderef the most beau• the States of Maryland and Virginia dropped the role of schoolmaster al- tlful young lad7 of Portsmouth. The and waa generally believed to be certhough still retaining his other old engagement was the culmination of a tain of great financial suocess. Undoubtedly it would have been even• duties. Even so he had a tremendous romance begun in childhood, amount of work of the most extraorTobias Lear and Polly Long, as she tually had it not been for the coining dinarily varied character and it la was always called, were married in of the railroads. In 1795 Lear married the widow of amazing how he accomplished it all. Portsmouth the next April. Lear took For one thil\i he was practically Trea- his bride back to the Washington Major George A. Washington. Her surer of the Washington household, a household and there she quickly won maiden name was Frances Bassett and duty that seems rather strange until the affection, not only of Mrs. Wash- she was the daughter of Mrs. Washit ts realized that Washington, as Pre- ington, but of every one who knew her. ington's oldest sister. She had been sident, refused to accept any salary, She at once made herself usetul, prao- living with her aunt since soon after agreeing to acoept only his actual ex- tlcallv taking charge of Mrs, Wash- the Revolution and the Major, Wash• penses. Under these clrcwnstances it ington's entertaining, and her beauty ington's favorito nephew, had been was necessary for him to keep an ac- and charm contributed a great deal manager of the Mount Vernon estates curate record of hill disbursements. In to the brllllancy and success of the for several years prior to hill death, actual practice this amounted to hav• "drawing-room" or receptions which The President and Mrs. Washington ing Lear draw his money from the were held every Friday evening, were greatly pleased with the match, Treasury Depa1·tment, keep the acso delighted, ln fact, that the couole When the capital . WB.£ shifted to counts and pay the bills. So far was were given a piece of the Mount Ver• tnls system carried that Lear paid for Philadelphia in the !all of 1790, Lear non estate for a wedding present. But all the food and clothing for the fa- took charge of the moving of the the marriage was of short duration, mily and even the President went to Washington domicile and prepared the a.a Mrs. Lear died suddenly a few him for pocket money. The nickname new house for the President. His son months later. of Honest Toby that was so often ap• was born In It the next spring and was Washington :retired from the Preslplied to him probably originated at this named Benjamm Lincoln Lear. Tl\e secril&arf said he would have liked to tlme. �dency n , u was a most Jmme lately called back into public service to command the army slnce war with France seemed certain. He promptly asked his old secretary to return to him, this time as military secretary with the rank of Colonel. To Lear such a request was a command and he at once rejoined his chief to remain with him until his death. He was present constantly during Washlngton's last illness and sat beside his bed, holdlrig his hand, aa he died. It is well known that, shortly before his death, Waahington had become fearful and dl:ltrustful o! Jefferson's policies and had been outspoken on the subject. In fact, the feeling between the two had become extremely bitter. Lear was, o! course, identified with Washington and thm it was a remarkable tribute to the Colon~! that Je!!erson should turn to him tor assistance as soon as he became Presl• dent. At that time to all outward appearance11 the dllficultles with France had been settled, but below the surface there were indications o! more trouble to come, Toussaint L'Ouverture, the great negl'o, had made himself mas• ter o! the island o! Haiti, then usually called San Domingo and which nomin• ally was a French Colony, During our quasi-war with France we had aided him with munitions, both as a military measure against France and because of our large and important trade with the island. Jefferson felt Napoleon had some scheme on foot in connection with the island which was certain to be opposed to the interests of the United States. ImmedlatelY after his inauguration he commissioned Lear to go to Haiti as his personal representative to Toussaint, the mission being disguised as a mere commercial one. For a few months everything went smoothly, then Napoleon bought Louisiana from Spain and sent out a large expedition under h18 brother-in-law, ostensibly to recapture San Domingo, but in reality with the further purposes of oocupylr.g his new possessions along the Mississippi, reconquering Canada and forming a great French empire in America. Lear passed through a series of extraordlnarr adYenturea and eventually was ordered out of the island by the Prench; but the encouragement M secretly gave Toussalnt'a forces undoubtedly stli!ened and lengthened their resistance so that ultimatelY, through fierce fighting and disease, the French expedition was decimated and Napol• eon's scheme collapsed. As a result the French Emperor was wllllng to sell Louisiana. and Je!{erson bought it. Meanwhile war with Tripoli was in progress, but the accomplishments of our naval forces had been unsatisfactory, In fa.ct, all our a.flairs In the Mediterranean were in a mess, our consuls to the various Barbary States were at loggerheads with each other, with the Barbal'y rulers and with the Commodore. Again Jefferson sent for Lear, a new policy was lnaugurated. Edward Preble, Lear's old sch00lmate, Doorway to the Tobias Lear House, Hunking st. was placed in command of the nee Previously he had been almost unknown in the Navy and undoub was selected largely on the Colonel' recommendation. Lear became Consul• General to the Barbary States, to re• side at Algiers, and was also appointed Commissioner to negotiate peace with Tripoli when the proper moment arrived. Preble and Lesr sailed for the Mediterranean aboard the frigate Constitution in September, l'W3. Just pre• viously the Colonel had married his third wife, Frances Dandridge Hen• ley another niece of Martha Washingto~. and she accompanied him, While Lear went to Algiers, Preble proceeded to attack Tripoli where, in spite of his initial loss of the frigate Philadelphia and the capture of her crew, his astonishlng victories with the small force under his command amazed the world.. But Tripoli remalnecf defiant and Jefferson despatched a larger force to finish the matter. Unfortunately this meant that Preble, a junior captain, had to be superseded. However, there was no more fighting; under the th:r,eat of the larger squadron, Trlpoli expressed a willingness to make peace. Lear at once went there and in June, 180a, dictated the tl'eaty. Although Preble had offered $150,000. for the ransom of the prisoners, Lear accomplished it for $60,000. Throughout Europe, where the Barbazy pl'Oblem was well •mderstood, the treaty was regarded as the best ever granted by one of the pirate states to a Christian nation; but at home it was vi• ciously attacked by the politicians anxious to discredit the Administration. So far was this carried that a hostile Senate committee actually declared Lear guilty of treason. But without going too deeply into the matter, it can be said that under the circumstances Lear was right and made a wise and excellent settlement. However, the politicians were noisy, Lear was where he could not defend himself and the Administration was quite willing to let him be made a :,cr.pegoat if that would satisfy the oppoeit!on. Colonel Lear remained Consul-General to Barbary for seven more years. Algiers and Tunis were constantly threatening to declare war, or, what was worse, to twn loose their corsairs to prey on American merchant ships. But Lear was equal to the situation. Throughout those years, almost singlehanded, he kept the Mediterranean safe for American vessels. Again and again threatened with personal violence, subject to constant insults and indlgnitles, and cut of! for years at a stretch from all communications with his country, he naturallY hated the llle, which must have been nearly unbearable for his wile, and in every letter asked to be relieved from his position. But he always qualified these requests by saying he would remain 1t his government thought it necessary and, since he knew bett.er how to handle the piraLe rulers than any other American, he we.a kept at his post. Governments are proverbially forgetful. In the end he received no 'thanks. Ultimately even Lear could no longer prevent Algiers from declaring war, But the War of 1812 wlth Great Brit• alt1 had begun, our merchant vessels had disappeared from the Mediterranean and the corsairs could do no harm. As it turned out, Lear had done all that was necessary, since at the end of the War of 1812 the pirates' power was broken forever. He got back to the United Staoos In the fall of 1812 and was at once appointed Commisslonet to arrange for the exchange of prison• era with Great Britain. This assign- �ment was carried out succe11Sfully and then, in view of his great services, he naturally expected to be given some important diplomatic position. Now, unfortunately for him, Lear found a changed world. With astonishment he learne-d for the first time how he had been pilloried· for the treaty with Tripoli. The influence of the Washington name had gone and a new set of politicians, almost unknown to the Colonel, were in power. The best they would do was to make him Auditor for the War Department. Promisea of something better were m!lde In plenty, but not fulfilled; in despair he waited for the reward which never came. Finally he realized that hia years of sel!-sacrlflce meant nothing to the politicians. Completely dill• 1Uusioned and heartbroken, he died in October, 1816, supposedly by hla own hand. The country has never had a more unselfish publio servant. During the year following Washington's first administration when Lear was generally living on that part of the Mount Vernon estate which the Presl• dent had given him, hl.8 mother made yearly visits there. The intimacy which arose between her and Mrs. Washington led to many exchanges of gifts, so that in time the old Lear house in Portsmouth came to be filled with _W ashington relics, Later, when Lear was in Algiers, his son attended Andover Academy. Several of Washington's great-nephews were there at the same time, and they frequently accompanied Lincoln Lear to Portsmouth, staying at his home. Then the Colonel's widow, Martha Washington's niece, who lived until 1856, spent ma'!}Y summers there, so that all together for over seventy yea1·s the house maintained its close connection with the Washington family. It is fortunate indeed that the ancient mansion is to be preserved for posterity. For, In addition to its historic associations, It is a quaint amJ interesting example of the transitional period of Colonial architecture, well worth preserving for that reason alone. Now, under the auspices of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, it is to be specially opened during the week of the American LegIon Convention and undoubtedly most of the visitors to the city at that time will take advantage of the opportunity to see it. _ .. _ .~-L-- - - ~·-- __ en , a &'UJIUJler reside11t of Kit- rt Point,, au\hpr o 1be article on Tobias Lear, is' one_'of tl\e. na,v al ~ · He is a descend ~ of capt. Tobi, ;Lear, fi'ttber of the secretary Georg · w ~ n. Be bu oontributed se I l arti Jes the N York S\lll, and I& a frequmt contrl 'u'tor to the magazine "American con tor" B'Js article on Col, Tobias Lear appears Page 14-8. - �.• ;· '·1~ ,. •,:.. I .--"-· - - - ...--· . : . - ~ - - - - - ·, - ~ ---'--~-_.:.:.. _.\... ., Baron von Steuben and his interpre- •~-. 1ter remained In Portsmouth for a few 1 ; days, just how long or where they 1stayed It ls impossible to learn_. They! . 1 , left here for Valley Forge. When he! first saw the American army at Valley Forge, his astonishment knew no ; bounds. He declared that no European I army could be held together a month · under conditions of such misery and . . , Portsmouth's connection with many 1want. The sturdy, warm-hearted Ger, - :, , -· ! incidents of the Revolutionary War are i man at ·once set to work to teach the men di~cipline and the tactics they ! ;, · , j well known among Portsmouth people, . needed. He was sensitive enough to j ' -. - ; but there are some which are quite :- the difference between these men who ,, _I unfamiliar. _The first strike for liber- i were giving everything to the cause of[ freedom and mercenary or conscripted 1 1ty in the capture of 'Fort William and ✓- Mary, John Langdon's offer QI assis• , troops, so that he adapted the Euro• ; pean discipline to their particular sl t• '. tance to Gen. Stark; the first salute ' tiatlon. · ,, of an American flag by any foreign I Eager with all his heart to· make an ;' .. , power; and parts the Raleigh and Ran• : excellent ' fighting ' machine tha:t would ! ger played during that war are quite j W~ t~is ' war • for liberty he went at 1 , _,,;._ 11 k b t 1•thefr• •training with terrific vigor. He •/ we ·nown 1oca1ly, u th ere is not ;- swore' a.ti ' their failures with round ·1 an d then , , . ,, ) much known about Frederick William ,i. G . er11;an oa th s w1·thou t . ava1, 1 j Augustus Henry Ferdinand von Steu- m -desperation, -It is said, would call in :: , ·; ben. Baron Steuben haa a great deal to hlS Interpreter and aide, to swear in , do with the success of the American . Engf!sh:"-So genuine and devoted was ~ : Revolution and he firs t set foot upon _ the good ·Baron, that the men accepted ! American soil on Dec. 1, 1777, in Ports• , sven · his swearing In excellent humor l mouth. !and !began. to ,take pride in ._ their In: Baron Steuben was born in Prussia · creased · prowess under his able direc. ! in 1730. His father was a captain in the . j tion, 'llhey appreciated his -praise for ! Prussian army and he served with his · -·their· efforts and -realized the· justice 4 father there. In 1777 he had retired to with whieh ,he blamed officers and men . .i:nis country estate, after having ac- , equally tor their ,mistakes, -or ,praised '· ; ',, l cumulated considerable wealth. count !.au ,with lmpartiaJ. eye for their achieve' ; St. Germain, French Minister, was in- I ments,,, . , ; l terested in the cause of the American · i•••, !I'h~ ,hoiaest, loyal German, was one ; colonies and endeavored to interest the l~t the · bulwarks o! the spirit of the 1Prussian Baron. The French minister I brav.e•American troops who lived thru ; explained to him how poorly organ• that,• terrible • winter at.. Valley , Forge, ~ •.•· ; ized and impoverished the struggling I Washington saw his troops being trans' army -was and said he felt that the r ,formed, and realized that he and his . ! baron's services were needed. The Bar• '. officers were likewise gaining in .mili! on's _experience with the army of Fredtary skill through the tireless, generous erick the Great during the seven years' f work ,of, Steuben. He realized even ,• ;• , war equipped him with military skill mQre that -in him, as well as in Lafay! of a quality desperately needed by the , ette, who.. was also at Valley Forge, he .,: · _. , : raw American troops. He came to Paris ,had s~uncn s1,1pporters of the cause ,, · · j at ..the time when France was giving that was close to his heart. When he . ~ secret aid to the new country which was able to bring about the replace• \ was struggling for :freedom. He was ;.ment of Conway by Steuben, as inspeo• 1.··, ,. urged to seek a commission in the army, ' tox:-general, both he and his men real• .., / At that .time the Baron was in a posi• ' ized ,t he tremendou5 difference between 1 1- --~· • tion of some prestige and wealth, of the stalling tactics of the careerist who · i . -', · -~ _'. whic?- the American adventure would ' wanted to destroy Washington and his · -• · • l deprive him, so he had to have some army, and this man whose zeal soon : '·. · .. _ ) assurances that he would be rewardM effected amazing changes. , , '. ; In case of the victory of the Revolu• The results of Baron von Steuben's '· ' ~" ~• l tlonlsts. He asked nothing in · case of ' labors showed as soon as the army -:,--: · i their defeat. He met the American en- . took the field again. His own activities '!. r-.',/: 1 I voys, Benjamin Franklin and Silas jin the army in the North and _Soutl} Pease, but they were in no position to i aided still further the cause of the Rev• ~ ._, '! offer him any large sums at that time, j olutionlsts. ( • , so he returned home, l After the war was won, the Congress ; A short time later came dispatchei; ; was slow In rewarding his services so '· · \, l assuring him suitable remuneration, i he was :tor a time reduced to penury• . ·>., 1Announcement also came that th~ iThe efforts of Washington and others - •• , i :French bark Frank was to sail wi thirt ' who ha~ seen him 1n action finally 1 a short time so the Baron made ar~ l won him an annual stipend of $2500, · . : rangements to take passage on that . Two or three States gave him land • _: '·, i vessel. He spoke very little English so grants, He finally settled on the 16,000 :: - ,,. l brought an Interpreter with him. Aftei j acre estate granted him by New York · - j 56 days on a most eventful trip,' he ar- , State, and lived there simply and ha~• .·• rived in Portsmouth. During· the voy. 'I plly to the end of his life. He was much -~; age there had been several fires· in th\l loved for his bluff, honest and untail• , ., ,_>' : _forecastle where there was stored 170~ /-:/ ing generosity, pounds of powder. The crew m'utinied ·.·--·· · . · . i · \ ,., , -~-~ore than once on the v<y~e. · I. t' ·' "j I l l ·· ('· · ·! I , .,i :• ' t • .,.t ·~ < ' ~ .·-1;. V ·•}• �- - -- ------- -------- - - -- ------ - ------ - -- - - -- - -- ----------- ----------·-·7 '/ : ~~ f1 l :. ; &?~:~:\t{1t _._ .·.·,. ,-. Ham.p'sh'i_re 'S partI- ifill JlLu.e s·1gn1n.g: . ;,;. N ew : Of Th f d V•-,,.,. ,' e· r· C t4)i f'. ~ ,G I~ f•:.i•:,'/:'-t. ~ ~. -', -'.·~:·1· , \':,:.:_ . .•·:··.~-..... ::.·-.~::'<:,., _:·,._•·::,., .,-.·. ..· ·~··: ·_. -._ :~~:-·:~. • · .• :: ....• . ",, . __ri ,1ll '!)\ 4) ~ , . ~ .' 0 $ l a,'UI, JlOllJ. :~'.:'*}~~l~J)~;.it\·:)::~%~t ~\tffFlti1~t~l\J¼i This was a decided victory for the ,::·:t/t:::c't&I ,I friends of the Constitution. +t afford- /·iVit!'{{ili~ ed time for the people in some of the '·:.;,,:,:',\-.,t,,,?;,\ more. remote sections to thoroughly understand th:i · importance of this .! ··,t-•~(;_?: ·'l ,~/;'?' 0r:,;:;~{tf How Celebrated Event 150 .Ithe bte:h:;~;~~t!!1:~t;:i~~~~~io~~e!i y ear~Pm:tsrpouth A go, ~n A , ·d H N HThe h" w·11 Constitu.t1on and did not mtend to ;,~;.,.-.,, ~ ".~,.~:_.:p:;., OW , e w amps Ire l i favor anythmg until they knew about ;1';}.';''{:~~·:·:.,:_.;Observe The Sesqui~centenniai Next .Tuesday it. _Learr.iir.ig its true value, changed ~}t<tffj}'j}. I ===~ =~-- - - - - - - - - ~ their opm1on. •)·' .,·,,lt(.l Constitution Day ,co,mes o~ Monday Meeting the next •day at 10 o'clock l Wi~h New Hampshire failing to rati- ,;:~ '~{-ti of next week and in ':i;10nor of the ses- about 100 members were present and :.I'. fy the Constitution, people on the out- ·.·.:~.:i;;. . 4 ,;~/J; · t·10n was ,armed. z •v..:·• ,,.:"J ·,-··'·',\/i'S :. ·.. ~, ·, quice;1tennial of the-ratffication of the a permanen t orgamza ,] side of the st~te _were .somewh a t d.1s- "<t;Y· ···• ··°';'.,;'j 1• • F de" C t', t' · . b ·th'i t t John Calfe of Hampstead was chosen•4couragEd and its mfluence.-upon other ;~;J;\>;;, ~~ ! ~. . e .a1 . ons iau •10n ,.· Y. s s a e, secretary and Hon. John Sullivan · of l conventions. was somewhat feared. On ::rDF'.;f r@ ''\ t~ere wm be a :•ery , elaborate state- j Durham Pr~sident. In the afternoon j April 9, Gen,. ~enry Knox wmte to -l~F°' ptJ 1'.(,r,::! .; wide otservanc~ .m ?oncord, the place the convent10n ordere.~ a new town- : Gen. John Sulliv.an that "the unfor~- ;:!~:::.,· ·' ... 1 .};::l?r-'i where the rat1f1rat10n occurred. New meeting for the ~lection of a delegate l unate check which the new Consti- ·t». ,:'.?;ff?t.•"f..•.J}i '. t\}',;:*.J Hampshire was the ninth and deciding from Newington and then after a dis-• : tution has received in New Hampshire .-, i(•Y'/f-;;..z,'ifJ •,'.J.~t-t_'.?.,~I state to ratify the Constitution which cussion adopted a motion · omired . by ' has given new life and spirit to the ; ·.-.;'.,\.:{:"J~ (f'.;.J.:'i~ .. had. been drafted t.he p~·evious Sep- Mr. Livermore to, proceed to a c<insid- ; opponents of the proposed_system, and ·_:-::.·:;.ft>,.\'.}::t.' . temo~r, and as the . Granite St~te put eratlon of the new donstitution . by I dampened the ardor of its friends." .•/1' ~1 i ·:{~{.0,,1 her personal approval , upon 1t, the paragraphs. · - , . ·' , · ,. ;.. IIn the same Jet.ter he also sai.d ·"I am · :_--J.tf}')j;;j constitution officially became law. There was no discussion of. the fjrst ,' happy that you· have such . confidence ,;;¥-:~;,;f1 But New Hampshire's ratification articie, but the · second · provided· ma- ~in the future conduct of your , Con:.,"'" ·-,1 did not come without a struggle upon terial to keep the convention Jh; debate , vention. I hope to God you may not i ... ,." the· part of those sterling patriots who for two days; This article' provided for i be disappointed." . · were anxious that the .untied colonies the election of l'epresentat!Ves in con- : All who understood the . reasons for become united states. The convention gress for a term of two -years and Mr. '1 adjournment anj the drift of public ., met in Febru.i.ry and then recessed Atherton led the ·attack upon· this. Mr. _ opinion in the-state, felt confident that ·~ until }u~e when the state ra tified· the ~iver1noi:e, Mr. Langdon; Mr. •Pick~!- the ~onvention would .ratify the Con11 • ,. ] cons~1aut1on. mg, Rev. Dr. Lingdoh, · and Rev·. Ml'., , stitut1on upon -assemblmg for the secI .~?f.f"i; The first seJs:011 of the convt:ntion '.J'hursion replied to the . charge. ' ond session in June. SlX ·days after ad• i :;7,":J,1¥' to a~t u~on the proposa~ to ratify the Continuing thr'ough the session t he · journment the Massachusetts Sentinel -.:il--~.;;.-::. cons,1tut1on was held , m ;;he court- articles were taken up and discussed ., a paper which kept itself accurately :•-.t~t'f- house in Exeter. This was a conven- day by. day, ·sunday · excepted, •.for tii~_.i informed of the . action of the -convention "fo~ .the. Investigation , Discussion next : seven days. ·. rt was' hoped at pne '. tion, gave ·to its readers a full account ,J . and Decis10n'·. , . ,, time by the Fedcra1ists that they could I of the cause and object of the adjournc . .· )~~~· There were 113 delegates present at , secure' a ratification without •a · recess, ' ment, under an lllustrated caption con- _,i··-}:f. the Exeter session_ a:rid. there is no I for although the· greater numb.er . of ' sisting of six . upright columns, in- k;.J:-;c : .'i-'.·~•l:;l,f·'· doubt that ~he _maJonty were opposed the members ·from the upper ,'Plirt of scribed respectively, Delaw~re, Penn• t . ::._ ; . ~ :, to the Const1tut1on, It has been alleged t he state were rather opposed to jts sylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connec• k·'J :.. ·· · that· before the delegates had been cho- adoptioh when · they arrived,'. it, was ticut, Massachusetts, and of a seventh 1·•.:.~.•.:. i sen, active Anti-}'ederalists had visit- hoped that on ' 'the filial question.· half way up representing New Hamp- ''I?. ed many of. . the towns .which a majority woulct be found to •favor lt; shire, to which ,was attached ,the mot- ·Y-0; were off the more public Jines, of tra- .some ·of the members :had come .in~ to, "It will rise." In , closing its article ;;f,, ·j vel, and induced their citizens, who as strutted to vote' against the 'Const!- it said "We may .venture.to assert that , : · yet knew little regarding its provisions, t ution and although · they had·· been the cause of Federalism in New Hamp- Ii!/ ·:--1Jf' ·. to instruct their delegates to vote won over to the 'Federalists, they felt shire ·wlll not su!fer a diminution, and i. \l~_,;--:::.: (5';{Ji.1f: ~gainst it. Leading the Anti-Federal- bound by their ihstructioris an,d 'frank.ly . that their pillar of the Fe~eral Edifice, L ::f' rft,C. ;sts were Hon. J0shua _Atherton of Am- said. that If a final ·vote was taken· tney . .t hough now it .resteth, will most as- 1:_:.:;/;:.'herst, Capt. Ch.-,rles Barrett . of New would. vote- a:gain'st' ra:tifi'catiol'i,' unle~.S I suredlY· rise.'.' · .. . ·· . ,·-~: ,;~. Ipswich, Hon. Abel ,Parker of Jaffrey there was time for them t-0· 'con~u1t I At this tune the Cons.titut10n had t:...-~,) ! l'~*•'. and others. . their constituents/'· · -; , .. · , . I· been ratified by .six of the .. nine states f :Jt, The talent of the Convention was This would ·re~ult in' the defeat of.. required to put it in force. The states·l :.;f decidedly on the side _of the Federal- the Constitution !;'o it ·was thought ,the '•ratifying it were: Delaware, · Dec. 6, /.":f" [;•''"'.i·; lsts, and a m_ajority of the ables~ m~m- wise thing would b? to recess , untH i 1787 by a unanimous -vote ; Pennsyl• [ \ .. , f· bers . were m favor, of ratification. these members ·could consult th'eir fel• Vania, Dec, 12t 1787, by a vote .of 46 to l .· · Among the leaders of the group fow ·townsmen, an'd also to ··bring .to 23; New Jersey, Dec. 18 and Georgia, · ·:t,~; . J{-if0.:vJ striving. for favorable endorsement these places argfunent_;s ' which · would Jan. 2, 1788 (by• unanimous · vote of {~::J;'.·c,'.~..,.,... _if.~\ '.' .-....,.. were His Excell:ncy, Joh1: Sullivan of convince them that , the Constitution, conventions of both states; ' Connect- ·:~::r·:{.:;;?lt~ , Durham, Hon . .::>amuel Livermore, re- aihould be ratified by New Hampshire. icut, Jan, 9, •1788, by a vote of 128 to ./;[\.\::.,:ft~:-/·~"!il (-;.;~~;'if, presenting Protectworth, Holderness,. John Langdo~ tr~d the ·battl~ for a l 40; Massachusetts, Feb. 6, 1788, where . c. 0:,, ·~.ce,;, Campton and Thornton, who was Chief :recess,- and ·he mtroduced the -· resolu- 1the vote had been 187 in favor apd 168 •.: .. ',::'•/: · 1 1 ·.'.:::''.~::f' Justice of the Superior Court; Hon. tion to that effect. He· made a passion• 1 against, only a majority of 19. ~n•othe,; .- •:, <·/J ;:-,';';}"..:t Taylor Gilman -of Exeter, Hon. John ate plea for its acloption and this waa · ords, in three of these states ratifi- .;.~_,.;'?/,\ ..;:•,~ :/~,;~li Langdon_ of ..Poi-tsmouth .and others. as eloquently opp.osed by · Mr: Ather- Ication bad been unanimous, ~bile in , 0.~-;( The first day found but, about l!0 t.on, who endeavored to show that by j the other three, .it had receiyed 361 · :"-};-/;;?? · , ' ,:'"'.:{:i.f; :members ~ttending. Hon. Josiah Ba~t- , ratification of ·the constitution the votes ou~ of ·an aggregate of 59~. . ,· ~ti%\,.,. ., .,i \ -:/4:1 lett of Kingstown was chosen chair• fruits would be "tyranny in the eJt• Wha,t mfluence. the small .maJonty }•'t1v,1,, .,!k•',::i man, l'!.nd Hon. Samuel Livermore,_ Hon, treme and despotism with a . ven• for the Constltu\.1on so. recent!~ given [ John Taylor Gilman and BenJ~mln , geance." Others also , voiced their op- ln Massachuse~ts may have had m New •..'•·· .::1:<t~i,t51}. , West of_ Charlesiow~, were appomted I positioi:1- but after a_ sharp debate_, the Hampshire lt IS .impossible now,. to sa~. ?(::,k\}:f'.'J;',',~ 1,..,,,, . _a committee to examme the returns of 1 resolution was carried by a maJority That it must . have had considerable .,_(:;,,:''i::•;;:~,:;o;,,, :~~rf::, the election_ of th~ ·. several members I of five the vote being 56 to 51. Ad- influence may be assumed considering · ·.•·;Ji<;{{,f'~ 1 tj~,\fI{~ and to prepare :md report to the CEln• 1,.; journm'ent was until the 18th of June the fact that the two states were .olose- . ,: , •r j1:~iil.J ..,., , ,_~·. •·· ventlon a code of ru_les and regulations I! with the cession to be held in Con- ,Jy connected. · , . : · ·• • · >·,·•'.:,'c _.·. ;,:;~ 1 ·i\·{;·~·~ of iw proceed!n &. ·, cord ~ i:':.;-,: .. , ,. . ,:. ';~ :~. ::,.~~.':T.!.}1 3 71 ,. ,_,.._-~.,,,J ' ',''f!;i:;..,·1 i:\i:;~~. 1 :J., I ,:(',:f;-r: lle:' I· ··,:fi)}t~l: f< . l'tP?~·;: W·f''""' (.Jf~: !·~(:,;.:~ •~/-i~ l;,-: ;~ I :rt\X (?ht.<f:Jiwtit l \~·tC::~):~ 1-,::~h.:':1 f ..~,--" '-:. 1:1r1r,~=1~iti~ 'ti~l~a.,/i,i/0~it\if1:,::,j}ii±tii:trtii~:;~~ttr:i~i~il~ �by Mr.: Bartlett, "to postpone the motion made by Mr. Atherton, to make way for the following motlon, •viz., That In caie the ' Constitution be adopted, that th!! amendments reported i>y the committee be' recommended f.o congress-which motion of Mr. .Atherton being pdstponed, adjourned to 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.'' This was a te,t vote, and indicated clearly the feeling of the convention. The majority, though small, Wl\i un• hlistakably !or ratification. But Mr. 'Atherton and Ws friends were not yet satisfied, and the contest was to continue a little longer. ' l!eequJoentennial Medal In Honor O.f New Hampshire'• of The Saturday, June. 21st. Upo:n reassemUnltedr Statft Constitution. ~~~~""""...,.":':'"'-~~~~~~~-~~!1!111~~--~~-...Jbly the un!inl,shed debate o! the day , Those favoring , the ratlfica.tion, spent'. determined. Itr has been 1:aid that· Ath- before wa.s resumed. Pending thi&, Mr. a busy period , ;from. · time. o( adjourn- erton was the most capable man among Atherton moved ''that the Convention ment until the opening t>L the .~nd the anti-Federalists and the only one adjourn to some future day," Mr. Hoomeeting, "While the long ~ter in- who was able to make an even contest per seconded the motion but it was tercepted the labors ot.husljlan<;\cy, the with Judge Livermore who was consld- not carried. Thereupon a motion was fir~sldei; of . the Ireeholdt;~l! in .,lts hun- ered an able nnd 1orlnldable oppo- made by Mr. Livermore and seconded .dredsof t-0wnsqips .becamethe!fcepe,!or1 nent 1n a debate. Ath~rton .., had by Mr. Langdon. "that the main ques.dlscu~l.ng the merits- ~ ijle r Feder~l 1ess able supp6rt than 'did tbe Federal• tlon be now put for the adoption ,of the C,o,istltution, _with the ,. ~!~gates o! tat.a. ' ' Constitution.'' The 1upreme moment their choice aJW., with one, aµotil;lEµ:". AM: A sllrrtfhary ~f the oonventiorl' aay had now come. The roll was called &nd ;the F(lderallst-s contlnue.<1 tbeitr,flffo.rts,, by' day follows: · · ' the following result, Yeas, 5'7, Nays, 47. they were cheerf/d ,by :tbe,results of tJ:i.e ' Wednesday; Ju'Qe 18th. The 11l'st '1a'9' Th\JS the Federal Constitution WIYI ratconv.entlo~, ,held, ro Mar-y land And, Jn of Convention was occupied lb set- tiled by New Hampshire by a majority South Carolina,,--in the 11,rst of,. wh,lch· tlement ot disputed claims to seats, of ten votes, By tha~ vote New Ham'p,ratlflcation waa ,qari-ied .on . the 2i,th and a general discussion of the C<>n"' shire became' the ninth state to ratify day of Aprll b31: a ,vo~ of .60 .to 11; and , stltutlon, the Constitution. Had it not been for ln the latter by 1~.1 to 6:J• . ,. ,. · Thursday, June 19th. The ·second day the recess, N. H. might have been · , With bu~ on13 .more state, ~ d to was mainly devoted to a general dis- either the sevench or elghth ' to ratify. make . tl,e. Constttutio;n effe<;tlvc;, tha . cusslon similar to that of the day be~ ' The delegates voting in favor or rat18th day of June, 1788 arri11ed,,apd the fore. iflcation were as follows: gonventl,Qn .r~eJ:Pbl~ .l,Il _ttie Old Friday, June 20th. During the forePortsmouth~ John Lang(lon, Nortl:} ,1\{eetlng Hoµi;e ll} Concprp,, with noon of the, third day a committee 01 Pickering, Pierce Long. a. •full lqlowl~E~~ ~at , the ,fay9.ratjle, 15 consisting .. ·o! John Langdon of action of b"t· ime mpr.e ,l!tate. ~as peed- Portsmouth; Mr, Bartlett, Joseph BadExeter, John Taylor Gilmam ed to make a . .fi.yoriple vo~ al}~ that ger of Gilmanton, John Sullivan of Chester, Joseph Blanchard. ,1fµ-glnla , al].d .. New... York i;ippy,entlons Durham, Joshua Atherton or Amherst. Newington, Beujamln Adams. were j,i seS/!)On 1,, ':gte_V~glnia ,c,~nven-, Thomas Dow of •Salem, Benjamin BelGreenland, Dr. Ichabod Weeks. ij<;>n hap been, ii} t,esi;lon.sin~ the sixth lows of Walpole1 Benjamin West of Rye, Nathan Goss, of tpe month, p,nd New York bad met; Charlestown, Samuel Livermore of New Castle, Henry Presoutt, the day befqre. ,y.arious consiqetations Holderness1 Francis Worcester of · PlY• North Hampton, Rev. Benj, Thur•• had delayed ~fl:111,l -actlon, l~ the,1ormer, mouth, Abel Parker of Jaffrey, John ton, a,nd there ba4. ~'I'· been, 1,no, time tot it Pickering of ·Portsmouth, Mr. Smith, Hampton. Christopher Toppan, 1n the latter. ,r.. i-, , ·, ', · William• Hooper · of Madbury' and Hampton Falls alid Seabrook, Thi) meI) ot New Jiampshire had ~1- Charles Barrett or ~ew Ipswich, were' Samuel Langdon, sion, they realized that Jn their hands appointed· to ''oonsider and ·report·upon Stratham\ J6nathan Wiggin. wa1 the P0Wlll' ,to bec-Ome the decid- such articles.. a,g' they shall think prd• Kemlngton, Jeremiah Fogg,, 1ng .state to ratl1y the constitution. To per to be · proposed ·as amendments to . Kingstown Josiah · Bartlett, them wa1 the decision whether they the •Federal C<>nsbltutlon, and , lay t:rte 1 BrentwoOd, •Dr. Thomas stow Ran• were to have· the honor, which was to same before this •Convention." , , · ney, grow brighter an_d more bright as the · At the , afternoon session, Mr. ,LangNew Market, Nathaniel Rager,, decades and centuries rolled on . Would don, for the committee, made a,,report Nottingham, Thomas Bartlett;, they succeed in getting a vote before recommending twelve amendmebts. · Deerfield, 'Dr. Edmund Chadwick, the conventions of the other two states 'l;hi.6 report ,wa.s oooepted, ",and the Northwood, Epsom and Allenstown, should do so? amendments 1Were aqopted;by the- con- Maj James 'Qray, So great was th 6 interest ln the re- rVentlon. Mr. , ,Atherton thenr • moved Northfield\ Charles Glldden, sul of this session of the New Hamp- "that this convention , ratify the proHampstead, John Calef, ,..og th - . nJ. th Wyndham, James 'Bettan,· shire convention, that persons from posed Oonstitutlo;n, " e er "''""' e· di1ferlmt sections oi. the state, as well ~mendments, butJtha,t said constitution Pelham, Rev. Amos Moody, · as others from bayond its borders, do- not, operate in New Hampshil'e , Dover, Dr. Ezi'a Green, flocked to concord, and, filling the . without -said runendrnentB," amt his ' Durham, John Sullivan, wid 11 i f th Id tin h motlon ..was .fleconded by Mr. ·;Barker. Son1erswdrth, Moses Carr, " e ga er es o e o mee g ouse, , That was t-b e •beglnnlng of thtt final ! Barrington, Maj. Samlilll Hale, watched the proceedings with a great t sandwich and Tamworth, Daniel amount of interest. General Sulllv'an, s rugg1e, ,,n was .ehatp, 'brief and con- 1 John Langdon, then governor-elect of elusive,,, Tbe- Feder.SJ!l.sts , 11W Instantly! eede. the state, Judge Livermore, suppor\;ed that 1the , adoption ,01 fMr: Atherton's; Hopkinton, Joshua Morse, by the 50 and 'Jdd members In sym- motion was the same ias a rejection o(, Boscawen, Col. Joseph Gerti h, pa.thy with them were not the men to Ule Constitution by New Hampshire,. Charlestown, Benj. West, neglect this great opportunity. and that ·1t would be, fatal to 1111 their! Alstead, Capt. Oliver Shepherd, .., b :te ,,.,_ .., , ' Keene, Rev. Arron Hall The opponen•a of the Constitution, h opes. Afte r ' som e ..,e a , ••.u-, =ver• , 'ed an~ / .Swanzey, Major Elisha Whitcomb , lead b•• Joshua ""Atherton, but less ably more, wh o was as clea,-'bead " J ii t h'd d t ' Winchester, Capt. Moses Ohamljerlin, supported than were the leaders ot v g an as " was rea Y an ea.mes ,; the Federallsts, were active, strong and made a motion, which was seconded Westmoreland, Archila.us Temple, Walpole, Gen. Ben Bellows the �Cornil;h and Grantham, Oen. Jona~ than Chase, Dublin , and Paokersfield, Samuel Orl1lln, . Moultonboro, Tuftonboro, Wolfeboro, and Ossipee, Nathaniel Shannon, Ba.mst.ead and NE!w1 Durham; · N.''D, Gore, Jonathan Chesley, ·, ' ' · ,., · Dettyf!elt1, Lt. John •Hall, Raby and Mason,' ' Deacon · Atnos Dakin, . , , ;, , 1 t •Wilton, William Abbott, Henniker and Hillsborough,' t..Rober B. Wilkins, ·•. ' }·J Plainfield, Major Joseph ·'Kimbal), Proteotworth, Holderness, Campton, and Thornton, Samuel Livermore, Plymouth, Rumney and Wentworth, Francis Worster, ' New Chester, Alexandra and Oook~ ermouth, Thomas Ora.wtord, 1 , Enfield, Oanaan, Cardigan and Ora.t.. ton, Juse Johnson, Hanover, Jon:iUlan Freeman. Lebanon, Col. Elisha Payne, Lyme and Orford, William Simpson, Lincoln and ]cl'ranoonia, Capt. Isaa-0 :Patterson, Bath, L.rman, Landaff, Littleton and Dalton, Major Samuel Young, Lancast.er, Northumberland, 8tra.tford, Dartmouth, Piercy, 06okburn and Qoleburn, Oapt John Weeks, Those opposing the resolution 'Were( Londonderry, Ool. Daniel RuI1nel1, Arohib MoMurphy, South Hampton and East Klnast.on, Benjamin Olough, Ohlchester and Pittsfield, BenJa.mln Blas, 1 Canterbury, Ool. Jer. Clough, Loudon, Jonathan Smith, Concord Benjamin Emery, Candia, Stephen Fifield, Raymond and foplln, Thomas Ohaae, Hawke and Sandown, Nehemiah Sleeper, , Atkinson. ~nd PJatstow, Ool. BenJ. Stone, Salem, Lt, Thomaa Dow, Newton, Capt. Robert Stewa.~, Rochester, Barnabas, Palmer, Madbury, Rev. William HooI)6l', Qilmantown, Joseph Badger, Sandborntown, William Harper, , Dunbarton and Bow, Jacob Green, Flsherfleld, Sutton and Warner, Na.• thanlel Bean, Richmond, Jonathan Oasklll, Jaffrey, Abel Parker, ., Chesterfield, Dr. Solomon Harvey, Rindge, Ca.pt, Othniel Thomas 1 Claremont, Deacon Mattliias , Stoni:, Newport and Croyden, John Remmele,. Acworth, L~mpster and Marlow, Daniel Grout, Wendell and Unity, Moses True, Stoddard and Wa&hlngton, Thomaa Pinneman, Wakefield, Mic,dletown a.nd Effingham, Nicholas Austin, Conway, Eaton, Barton and Locations, David Page, West Nottingham, Eben Cummings, Llk:hfleld, Daniel BiXby, Dunstable, Deacon William Hunt, Merrimac, Timothy Taylor, Bedford, Stephen Dole, Goffstown William Page, Holies, Capt. Daniel Kindrick, Amherst, Joshua Atherton, New Ipswich, Capt. Charles Barrett, Francestown, Thomas Bixby, Lyndeborough, Dr. Benj. Jo~es, Temple and Peterborough Shp, Deacon John Cragin, New Boston, John Cochran, Weare, Jonathan Dow, Marlborough, Jedediah Tainter, FitzWilliam, Lieut, Caleb Winch, Haverhill, Piermont, Warren and Coventry, Col. Joseph Hut~hlns, Names of representatives not listed as voting included: Nathaniel Ladd, Pembroke, Samuel Daniels, Lea, Capt. Reuben Hlll, Salisbtrry 1 Col . Ebenezer Webster, Surry and Gilson, Col. Jonathan Smith; Peterborough and Society Land, Major Nathan Dix, Hancock, Antrim and Deering, Evan, Dow, I , Hinsdale, Uriel Evans, Towns not rep1esented Included New London, Andover and Gore. It may be of Interest also that 12 years before this, Jan. 51 1776( months before the Declaration of Independence) New Hampshire had adopted a consUtutiori-the 11rst or the 13 colonies to do so. �----·--·--· ----.-------- -- - - }~~? '. How Poi:tsmouth-Celebrated I: impo~tant on th e. --~iver bartit.s, ~J:lipji a . Brit-ish c~own province : Fcaptains, seamen and shoremen closely •sent day Officials estimate j.150 Years Ago ~ followjng; truckmen, millers, bakers, , parade, two and one-half the ;re:-[ .--.:/~, -.: 'that the -· ·, ·._. ,:,,v·• miles in ·,,,· _.'- ·. :~,l Portsmouth's attitude t d th I' tch ers, tanners, curriers, co rd wa!ners, leng~h will take more than.three hours ·\. :,,,: · .-.· ' _, . owar . . e 1• llow chandlers, tailors, barbers, hat- to pa~s the reviewing - stands to be - ·' · · ... _;, adoption . of the Federal Constitution : ters,k housewrights' masons , cabinet . ,, cons true t ed on th e sta te House p1aza. . can readily be learned by a check-up i m~ ers, wheelwrights, saddlers, chaise Fostered with appropriation 'of funds · iof the votes of its delegates. Three del- · trunmers, upholsterers, goldsmiths, \from dozens of individual towns in · ·'· Jegates represented the city, John Lang- '. :a~! founders, tinners, bottlers, brick- :the state, the pageant will be _one of " : don, John Pickering and Pierce Long, · a rs, wi th kilns in operation, leath- the greatest single events of its kind •J all of whom voted yea. !n the· final . :-1 dressers, cord makers, printers busy lever held in New Hampshire. Every • vote, , and John Langdon was one of : di ~\ at press at work, and . pressmen ;section of the parade will be immortal. '1 : the leaders of the Federalists, So it ! 3 r bu Ing songs in celebration of the ! ized !n permanent · form by colored ,} can ·,be·- .read!ly. ·seen that Portsmouth jeven~ fresh from th e rollers. Clergymen, moving pictures authojlzed '11f'tlie gov.Jwas heartily in favor of the Const!tu- :physicians a nd sur~eons; Sheriff, pre- ernor and Executive Council at ' a cost j tion. In -fact most of the surrounding ceded by his deputies; Judges of Com- estimated at $7,500;· • -i ~wns were also in favor. Exeter, New- ;ion Law a nd .Admiralty Courts; Clerks The pageant will be split into. three mgton, Greenland, Rye, Stratham, Courts, Gentlemen of ~e ~ar sup- sections. The first t-0 .p_a5:8 the stand_s 1 jNorth Hampton, New Castle, Hampton, port~g th e Federal Const1tut1on; the on the No. Main st. will be a prologu~ .. ~esident of the Convention; Secretar- to the main pageant, which depicl.11 1 Hampton Falls, and Seabrook, Newj marlcet, Dover, Durham, all sent re- ies of th e state and Convention; Mem- the New England wilderness before the ·j presentatives who voted for rati!ica- bers of ·the Convention; ' Members of invasion of the white man. The first 1' th.e Leg15Jature; Treasurer and Com- section of the parade, after'tne prologue, '· j tion. . , . / The vote for rat,ification came on a . _missary-General; Militia. officers In i will be devoted to 'New ~~mpshire as I·.• ..f" ~atu!'day; and on Sunday the news 1 '4n!form. Every ~ro~esslon was distill- \ a Colonial province, .a:nd the last sec.- t '· .• , ,;: ; ,• ... j reached the city of Portsmouth. It met gui~hed bY. . so.me msignia or badge pe-1 tlon will depict th~ ~tare's deyel?~men:t . · .'· ,~ • .·: 1·-with enthusiastic response, public cub\l,r to _it. All lnteD:de<l to repres!)nt under the federal Constitution. ·. · :' . ' -:::. · I .-'.· thanl~ were -returned in all the , that in consequence of this union, . . The _order of ~ar_ch of the first sec- : 1.... •,·. -:•:. I churches. In the New Hampshire Ga- commerce, and all the arts dependent t10n will be as rollows: . ' ., -~; zette of June 26 the following extracts j on it, would revive and flourish. Dur• 1623-First white ; settl~·ment, ,spon- . · ·' ' • 1i are taken which shows how the news ing the procession several Federal sored by the town of Rye'; '!629-John · .. j was received in this city: songs, composed for the occasion, were Wheelright and four ;Sagamores sign - J "On . Sunday last we received the sung, accompanied by the band. the . deed, sponsored by the town of agreeable and interesting intelligence A cold collation was prepared at Exeter; 1652-Endicott · Rock, · spon:. . - ·.. l of the Ratification of the Constitution . Union-hill of which the company par- sored by the ci~y of Laconia; 1660-'- . · by the convention of this state where- took; and after the repast nine patrio- Witchcraft invades New · Hampshire, ' , by we have in effect laid the ~P stone , tic toasts were drunk. The procession sponsored by a g1ou~ ·fr~m ,the t?wn of of-the grand Federal Edifice and have ; then formed in the same -order and Hampton; 1698-the Hannah Dustin · happily raised 'the Ninth Pillar." · I was saluted by 13 guns from th'e ar-1 massacre; 1759-Rogers' Rangers·:• i769 ~ "President ~angdon on ,Monday af- f tillery; which. was . called a Federal -Dartmouth college . es~blished; 1772 : • J ternoon; on his return from concord I salute. On th err arrival at the Court- -Gov,. and Lady 'Wentworth, spon- .. : J was met at Greenland by Colonel I house a salute was fired from the ship sored by the town of Wolfe_boro,; 1774- · Wentworth's Corps of Independent J "Union" which was completely rigged, -John Langdo,1 raids., fort . William .. • Horse; Capt. Woodward's company of · armed and manned, Thomas Mannion, . and Mary, sponsoreq b:y th_e (?iti~ns of , J Artillery; and Colonel Hill's company Esq., Commander, from Concord, out i New Castle; _The Spirit of '76, sponsored . ·. . . ... .. , ' ·,' J on foot, together· with a large :number five days bound for the Federal City. t by the Sons of the ,American Revolu- ' '-~ . 1 ;: .,~-':.• ,~ · : ' ! of -Gentlemen m carriages and on The ship wa_s .ilevated on a carriage 1j tion; 1776-New Ha_ mpshire,. Colo~al .,.' '·,.: :·. horse?ack, and was escor~d into . drawn. by mne h?rs~s'.- a 10th (em- ' tro?ps, s~onsored by. ~e ~!)ad 'Build- • , · :, :,': : · ,1 i1 town:' . .• . IJ blemaucal of V1rg1ma) completely ers. club, _1777-the . F,rrs~ Jitars a1:1d _r· . -:·•~ ,;.. ,.· _. ,l' Thursday, the 26th was the date set j harnessed, l~d and ready to join the Stripe_s, sponsored by D~ughter~.. of t,he . : :_. .--;,_,,,._-::_., I as the ·ctay for the official celebration I rest. The ship fired aonther salute as American Revolutio~: .. 177~ ,-;- . "The 1,/·- ••.• •• . ; a~d y1e townspeople celebrated 'the ac- 1 she_yaised the President's house. Upon j Ranger,'' faµious _s~ip 9~ '. ~o.h ~ Pa)ll '- '." ;~•;i, '·1:::-. \ t1on in ·a •manner worthy of 60 impor- 1 arrival .at the court house the com- ; Jon~s, sponsored by the . cfj;y , 9f Por.ts-. . . .\ • ' ':,·., ._ , .• ( tarit a· measure: The parade was term- pany disperse~. j mouth; 177_8:-Jol'\n ~tar~, 'sponsor!ld' J - :.. . · : · • -, -ed• an- Industrial procession and well I In the evenm6 the Sui.te J;iouse lo- . by the town of Dunbarton; !782-'Dan- ..• , . • · , . ,. · , ~~ \ susta:ned· ·its·' name-over 60 various I cated on the Parade, now M;rket lj !el We?ster, sponso~~d. ~)'. ~ity"·,of . , ~ · ,-, . '. :; :· • l· : , trades ·and industries were represented. II S~~are1 was );;{)autifully .illwninated, . Fra):lklm. ., , ._.... : . : ,, . . .' ,, : · ':. ~ ._-: . ./ , At 11 o'clock in the forenoon of June _i w1tn__nme candles l).t each windQW, and i . <?~Jer of ,~arch o~ _th.~ s~cpn1 !iEC;, ~- ,; . .'~ .. · . .·._:._~. •·.. ,,::: 26, .,Market Sq~are _was a bi.;sy spot, ; a la,,se company of ladJE:s and gentle- l tfon,_ . 17BS--:::the Constif~tJpniµ .., C~n~ ·: · ·:, ._' · -·_: _. /,1a ,band of music seated in a barge or l! m.:n on parade were entertained j_vent10,1 meets_ at S?nc~:,d;, f7,89,..;d~.q. · \.:'· ·.~;;, ,: ~ i coach, drawn py six horses, finely de- . with music by a band playing from the I Geo!ge Washmgton_s . yµ;i~, .,spq~so~q. .· :: :: . ~:. .-: cerated,. headed the procession. Then I: balco!'ly. , : by _the towz:i _of Dublm; _ 179~~f~1;1r po~"' , ·,·,.•..;,; ~allowed tl}e long line of organizations· ! ta! rout~s est_ ablish.~d? . 11?,6-,0ld N'e,"7 .;'.>'$.' •.. in the following order: Husbandmen New w·11 _Hamp~~lre . turnpike,. s1?9l'ls?J.~d·,~y on floats, _-dra,wn by nine yok~s of ox. P~ ire ,1 . stat~ ~1ghway _Depar,tment(~~o.~ w,1j,t-_' -..~ ,;" ·.; .. :;~.~ en. These included reapers, threshers,· Celebrate Sesqu -centennial ~r trans_p?~tatio.1;_ tl)e Solg!er _of. ¾812, · - . '. ·, ,s . mowJrs and hayinakers. Then came . . ,, , 1833-f_rrst Free Librar~\ .sPO):lSOr,e~ ' j.flax s~inners at work~ nailers operat- Of The Event · . · . , .,f! the towJ:I _or Pete,x:!)cir_ol}~l;l; }he f:!ol-: . < ing a 1orge; shipwrights, caulkers, rope . • II d1ers of 1846, . 1849-G?1d. rusp .Qf Cali- . ':'.-.j-makars; riggers, mast makers, ship i It i~ e~pected tnat nearly 100,000 p_eo- 'I f<;>r1:1ta, sponsor~d. '!>! ~~j. 4-,. Erl~hd. jo!n';!t;;, ·. block makers, mathematicar \pl~ .will mvade Co~cord next Tue~day to [ Goyett~ of Peterborpµg):l; }~59,-;-rail- · ' ~trument makers, boat builders, car- witness the huge sesqui~entennial pa- road tiansportat1on, _sponsore~ by .~ e ·•: , vers, painters, glaziers, plumbers, coo- , geant-parade, in which -a lmost ever Boston and Maine r,a1¥.'_oad; ,_ l86l-Civ!l · . ! pers; cullers of Jish, pilots stevedores j . . Y War veter~ns, spo~s9re~ . by the. Si'Wl .,. ~;-] and a full-rigged ship on 'an elevated commumty in the state will _pardci- of Vetera~s; 1865~9en·. •UI_ysses . f3. ::,." float, which sailed along by the aid !pate. .Grant visits ~ew ~~P/lh~e; , ~86~. ,·_>".:,.; of. nine horses, and well repri?sented ' The. historical p~geant will depict ! President Fr!!,nklln I'i~rc~ .l~a~eii for ~. 1 the ·jndustry of shipbuilding, then \; every important phase in the develo_p- ! Washington, sponsored by th~ town _Qf 80 · · · -r.jment ol the state from the time it was '. Hlllsborough; 1870-C9aching Days l.p ,· . -'· the Mountains, sponsored by the White . :1 i° I <. I '/: 1· l ~-1 \j;:_.:~t <; . ;: . . : ~f i :he <': 1 1· How . tt , . .• Ham h. -!re . ,. I '. -- •. - \ , L, ... : . '\ '-..\. - ._,, . . ·-<.L-•~ -~.-, ... ;. �~,s: ·;,"~lf~ \l> 9 ·t :.~\;~~-- -~~ 4 '/ ·:r}/(~· -:-:,:/:. _:;,,-..,,,,-,;.,..,,."""'- ='""' ~;:· f,~~,~ oun ain otel asso~iatlOni ,l89q-Tr ';~l= I I i.' ®om1fili!llJJii11nn1inillllfnM1iITJ11llffilWI mom nunomiinlii1firniinilniili1ii@~""?.'.'..f .'.f;'.•f:.~ Old Homestead, f.POJ?-SOred ~y ' the N~w .~ i 1 .c:. .-./'.~ .ef( ••->.:::'"}1;.'. ', •·''fl Hampshire Garden clubs; 1893-the ll..t If lt, ;;s:~~'.":"il. ;_ J;, -· . .;"l.(r. horseless carriage, 'sponsored ~y Maj • . ew amJl!lll.!il!'t :,.c_;,f•'j A. Erland Goyette of Peterborough; I.. 12 ...,.AM"' ,....,. ""Ol!il'io . ~/ ;f:\,:1 agriculture, sponsored by the State I_ = n "' 'UI"' "' 11!!!1 ,~ COMM~"iJD,B~ ~.. _. -/:i-:;:1 grange and state Department of Ag1 Frank w. Will.cblS :Dana A. Beane ~ ,° ... . ·: • :, ~ii,, riculture; educat.!on, sponsored by the · 1.aconia 11 Chester Court ~ '.j:''J~\:~---(; ..•.~ ,_:".: state Department of Education, the 'g a Henry J. s weat1.ef Prank J. Downs University of New ,H amps¥re and the Manchester 32 Sherburne stree{1 ~ _:fr i;,:;,i't'.' state normal schools; industry, spon• ;._jis 3 James E. Oo.ff~ William J. Johnson ~;~ ·£.~ sored by the '.:\1:anu!acturer's assocla• _·g Nashua 102 Amherst Street ~ !:!:, · -~~:·.~ tion; 1898- Spanish -American war, ·-,~ 4 Gordon-Bl.s.%lt Clarence R. Northrop ~ "::·· •'il .,~~-'>~{ sponsored by Spanish-American War or.~ Keene 76 Cross Street -:·. veterans; 1903-the first a~plane; 1905 5 William I-£. Ob.en.er, Earl c. Bagley " -the Russo-Japanese Peace treaty1 '.'e Peterborough 38 Pine Street 1917-the World war, sponsored by the a Frank E. Boom.& Olyde G. Robinson .,J,.:.o&,,,;f.• American ~egion; recreatlon-_sponsor• .'· · Portsmouth. 806 Aldrich Road ·; ~;;~- ed by the stata Fish and Game De• : 'i Rochester -Albert D. Grondin ~ ·t~.?"'. ~-~:i. ~t;:~ .'ii?'\~ partment: forestry, sponsored by the '. Rochester 4 Common Street .),;"2/"..c state Forestry and Recreation Depart- -·. 8 Dover ~tephen R. Mason \}/_;; ment; arts and crafts,' sponsored by ~ Dover 'l Belknap Street ' ·:;1 f;J;'r the Commission of ArUI . and .. Crafts; . I§ 9 Lester W. Ob.a-116 Benjamin F. Adami · P-:j.:;:(:_ 1938-review of the entire New Hamp- --~ Derry East Derry, N. H • .~:/}£,, shire National Guard; Girl_ Scouts of _. .,;;; 10 Roy Bent David J. Barry ~~'r.5 America. and ·Bo:, ·Scout~ of America.. Wilton ~·· ·= 11 John Humist.oo. Forrest L. Simmon& ~~ East Jaffrey Edward L. Kelton 9t S.urnmit Street UI Sh&\Y Ovid Guenette New Ipswich, N. It, a . ~~:-KvfiieLeoJIJJ;, Horace L. Wetherbee 1!', Dio'1WAOII Abraham L. Davis, l'fJ.. _ · . .15 Ezra Duputll '.i~'-';,._ 1 n 1933 over o,000 School Award me- ' § Ashland Samuel Sands \<T~~·J dais were presantEd by American Le16 Wesley Wyro.&r.t gion Posts -and Auxiliary Units. ~ Goffstown Louis Normandeau 1,415 Posts carried on citizenship •.e 1'f FredonwareU schools for foreign-born. · 1= Groveton N'oyeo V. Moore 82i3 Posts carried on occupational in• 18 Harry Hani.ma,!'l troduction activities. . ,- ~ Wolfeboro William E. Leland Over 108,000 copies of the Flag Code -§E 19 Emerson-Bailey~otovet were distributed. · New Boston Jame5 J. Powers Over 600 Post Education Committees 20 Tracy Ros.~ ·:~~~ were formed to work with other local ·_ Wooiisvllle William D. McPherson ~;';~1¾~.1 interested agencies on plans to keep _ 21 Concord State House -~~;;,-;~-i1::' the schools open during the economic Concord Robert G. Dow i:•'.~~- depression, ,~ 29 Arthur O. Ouy·al! West Lebanon, N. It, :~i) Prac~ically all Po~ts cc-operate wit Lebanon Earle C. Roberts -'?<1;.j/ educational groups m the promotion o 23 Ricciardi-'Etarl;sb.o,:fi Amherst, N. H. Amer lean Education Week and .con• Milford Charles L. Weston ·,;;:;.r.f ~-• stltuticn Week. 24 Clarence J , Orote~ ·"·" · 1,914 Boy scout troops sponsored by Marlboro Maurice J. Downill3 American Legion Posts. 25 Claude J. B.cewijteff: · Over one-half million boys particiNewPort E~ene F. Perkins :_ pate in the Legion Junior Baseball pro26 George Minot OEl.'ffl Bndgewater, N. IL .· gram each summer. · · ·::.: Bristol Myron Ellis = Frank A. Hattlnlt.ofl The Legion helps in the enrollment !§ .2'? Londonderry of candidates for C.M.T.C. camps and ·' g Edwin M. Annis J . Mag~ in the maintenance of R.O.T.C. units '• ~ 28 John Dearborn Road suncook in high schools, colleges and univer- ~ Arthur F. Lavaucht Claremont 68 Mulberry Street sities. · 29 Claremont Hundreds of Posts help promote Na• Leo Collins Arthur P. MEl.hMM!f, tional Youth Weck, , _ 30 Lancaster MEI.in Street Junior Rifle Clubs have been organ• .) Perley A. Ketchum. Penacook ized by hundreds of Posts. - 3l Penacook 36 Charles Street .. .• , . 4-H Clubs ha,e received the atten- • George Frame ~ Almon R. Pingl.'08. RFD tlon of a large number of Posts. · I~ 32 Exeter , .,.,. .;.;;; 7,101 Posts interested themselves in ~ Wtlliam J, Story 33 Roy H. Orig~ the elimination o! fire hazards, · ·i Meredith 3,000 Posts now have organiz~d em• . Bert Cammett i er enc e . . 34 Oarl O.,Davla RFD No. 1, Westville, M', Re_ •-:;,j\,-~----''--'~:.::_=-=~------_; Plaistow · ·: Joseph H. FergUSOl\ 3!J Hampton'~ Hampton Albert J. Letourn~ 36 Ryan-Sct1.mmo1t. Box 1126 Berlin 3'f George E • .M(m·W. M. Te~ ; .· Hooksett John Whipple 38 Monadnoc!« Fit illlam I ->~ N i • : ; '. ff _,aod ~~@1·.i.ro~t and Co)mmann«ll<er1 i / :i1 . :-I_ '' ;\- ·. ,. \.:_•~ >\i ff >· -~I :1= ·~; V 1: }jt~f-.?J}tt'. \\/ftt~~-: '~ --~~?il PLISHMENTS E NATIONAL RGANIZATION :~!~~r~- :_,; t: J ,~I I 14 I;~g~hy i i :I j ·= ~~t't: 1- -;~b~-:; 1 :g~n~~: f' ... - > )~~:~ \· :·.~ .. _:~ -~ ....i: �. ..,, ,• .----- . •-. - ~ -.. ·;/(~}~ '.;;;,v:_;;l.~: - --------------·-----~------------- ---~--------,,-- -•~ ': - •...-. •. ,: : ~ ;;,·•.:- _·:.~-;__. ,/!,-•.·- ~- -•_;_· .•_· f_:__i._~-r-_'..-.-~--··..,_,_:,~~--- . ·- I:°"•-/ ..'"-:- '.-•~ iT 5 ;.;.:./ ·:?\~:\:.:~~tf ~ _{_~-:. t.~~,.;,~-~:..~~:. :_··~/~:-_ . ' =- -~---~-·:,.._...:-:;.-..,-~·.,.·.....-c.·""•._"'_:\';··~--·.:·~-;;;:;~-~t•:r:.~ ~,;_-~-\i- ,. ;f·-;· -·~-~ ae · Laurenc0': o, ,W arner · 40 New . L6ridoq. New Londori. -~_"11•·:_:-_-.·,· Willd.DI 41 b _ew~y i~ger,mr.t Whitefi~ld. 4a Earl B.' Clarl,g 'Barnstead 48 .William ' 1c; Ju.tr-as Mancfiester ' ';' 44 Minatt-Ri11ei,w Winchester 45 . Hinsdale Hinsdale 46 Ralph ·w .. Shitlef; Conway 4'1 William 'k Ma.cW, Salmon Falla 48 Hudson Hudson 49 Frank ·o.' Whlte«i.Afl Tilton 50 William M •.M:yer.~ Antrim 51 Richard A. Mitohalt Epping 52 Harry L. Curti& North Stratford, 54 Stevens-BUl3well Bedford · 53 Verne H. Weld. Canaan 56 Edward l3ouffoi:d Troy. 57 C. P. Britto.11. Alstead 58 -Charles ·Kilbont Belmont 59 Glea~on You.rig Hillsboro 60 Clarence L. Perldr,5 F'armjng'ton · 61 Oscar a. Morehoufl@· Milton . · 62 George L . O'Neil Colebrook 63 Ernest W, Young Salem 64 Fred Evans · Enfield 65 George A. Phllbrl<m Weare 66 Otto L. Durand Plymouth 67 Robert G. Durgio. Newmarket 68 Riley V. Strong Littleton 69 Somersworth Somersworth 70 Richard E. Walton Seabrook 71 George Ryder Hanover 72 Claude R. Batoheld81f Alton 73 Everett J. Boru·doti Northwood 74 Frank E. 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' Members of Auxiliary un\ts fromt Wolfeboro Ashland · A1ton ·Tilton Conway Plymouth Laconia Meredith Franklin Belmont Bristol District No. 8 D}strict Director and Staff Massed Colors A. F. Mahaney Post, No. 30, Drum Oorps, (Auxiliary) of Lancas~r Units from: Whitefield North Stratford Colebrook One alc1e of latl1et at B;1:rmarket Square honprlng men and ,romen who Lancaster fought in the World War. Gorham Groveton Littleton Woodsville Lisbon Berlin District No. 5 District Director and Staff Massed Colors Concord Auxiliary Unit, No. 21, drill team of Concord Auxiliary units from: Barnstead Concord Suncook ��The site qf the first white settlement in New Hampshire, at Odio rr.e 's Point near Little Har.bor, ls marked this monument shown above which bears the date of the first teltling of white men on the shores of David Thompson led a small group Into Little Harbor in 1623 an::l named his settlement " Pana• way.'' ~ "'('<\' A.AJ - - -- ~ ..,,- BY ARTHUR I. HARRIMAN en oppor unities or 1e erecl10n Like a sentinel, While Island Light of tide mills, well adapted for bar- directs the w ay to Ne\'l Hampshire's ter with the Indians, yet situated only seaport. in such a way as not to be exposed (First of series of h istorical by surprise attack from the wily articles fo'r The Union-Leader savage foe of the white settlers. On. a rock-bound shore, sate fr om prepared by the New Hamp• the fury of the mlghty Atlantic, shire Constitution Sesquecen• with soil of good quality, the source tennlal Commission, in celebraof supply for their fish industry tion of the 150th anniversary of close at hand, a plentiful supply of the Constit · fresh water from a living spring, here in 1623 New Hampshire began. The first while settlement in New Hampshire beyond the shadow of a doubt, was made at Odiorne's Point by David Thompson in 1623. The Grand Council of Ply.Q1outh, England, granted Thompson. then a resident of Plymouth, · England, 6,000 acres of land to be selected by him in New England, Nov. 15, 1622. In midwinter the foret,thers ot Named "Panaway" our Granite State sailed from PlymThompson named his selUerdent outh, England, in the "good ship "Panaway" which undoubtedly was Jonathan," disembarking at Little ol Indian origin. Harbor early in the spring of 1623. Here was erected the first house Planned Plantation on a foundation o! sea sand and Thompson's partners in this un- small stones, without a cellar bedertaking were Abraham Colmer, neath, laid up of slate shale in blue Nicholas Sherwill and Leonard clay. Nearby lhe foundation of lhe Pomerie, merchants of Plymouth, "Stone House" was found another, England, whose contributions fi- supposedly a blacksmith's shop. The remains of lhese. early strucnanced the founding of the new plantation. They were to share the tures of our lorefalhers came · to property at the expiration o! the light years ago. The first settlepartnership, Thompson's design ment comprised not over 10 men . being to found a plantation for David Thompson's wl!e resided with trade and .fishing near the Piscala- him and probably had the comqUa river, he having visited New panionship of the gentler sex. Here England previously and being :fa- it is believed that John, the son o! David Thompson, first saw the light miliar wilh the coast. The site selected was wisely of day, the first born of New Hampchosen on a promontory at the shire. Al Odiornc's Point, where New smaller mouth of the Piscataqua, a harbor that afforded sa! anchorage Hampshire began 315 years ago, for vessels of light dra!t, salt creeks there loday is revealed a view unOcean ward Smith's that spread their arms inland surpassed. around picturesque islands, through Isles on the Isles of Shoals and the inland waterways affording excel- broad Atlantic meet the horizon. ---- �o e aco n ians, 1e made the first ascent of the White Mountains. Th~ first deed granted to Wheelwn,ght an~ his . friends a strip of land 30 miles wide extendin_g from the Merrimack river to the PiscataWheelwright 'Combination' Given Credit qua patent; the second was of the ~ame general purport, except that, m defer~nce to the claim of the Bay Colony, its southern limit was set at three miles north of the Merrimack. Exeter is not mentioned by name, but only the falls of the Squampscot. Wheelwright is given a residence in "Piscataquake," the general name for the river region. Quite different !1:Qm the other Piscataqua selllemenls, Wheelwright's colony was e~tablished lo obtain religious freedom . Massachusetts, indifferent at first, soon began to look with suspicion on the nest of religious rebels settled near her boundaries. The general helple~sness of the colony, together with its poverty, made its inhabitants anxious to be on better terms with the powerful neighbor to the south. The sentiment for a return to the fold o · Massachusetts •grew apace. Wheelwright, foreseeing that another decree of banishment was inevitable, obtained from Sir Ferdinando Gorges an authorialive grant of land on the Maine coasl In 1~42 he withdrew to form a new retllement at what is now Wells He never returned to Exeter. After Wheelwright's departure the colony -at Exeter lived through a period of very bard times. The best of the company had lett with lhe founder. Living was difficult. and danger from the Indians to the north and east ever present as a threat. It became an outpost of dubious future in the wilderness. Yel the town organization, established by Wheelwright's "Combination" in 1639, was maintained. Thi!) organization for government was the first in the territory of the four towns which was later named New Hampshire. In fact, the Combination makes Exeter not the third but the first town in the area. It was the gift by Wheel• wright to the littel colony which Founder of Exeter. From the picture In possession of H. Stoddard he was forced to abandon when it Ruggles of Wakefield, Mnss., copied from the painting made In England was about to abandon him. As the when the clergyman was the guest of Sir Harry Vane, Cl/\\ l.C. first step in formal government re'Wood's map, dale f635, the head corded in New Hampshire, it has a BY ALBERTUS ~ DUDLEY of the Squamscot river is marked place in any history of the deThe town of Exeter owes its be- simply "The Falls." The rpot was velopment of our institutions. (Second of a series of histori• ginning lo John Wheelwright and well known both as a good fishing cal articles for the Union· his little company of loyal friends ground in the season of salmon and Leader prepared by the New . alewive runs, and as a regular reHampshire Const itution Sesq ui• who estabhshed themselves . about sort, if not a perman1;?nt camp, of centenn ial Commiss ion, In ce le• the falls of the Squampscgt m the the Indians. Except for the rights bratlon of the 150th annlver• spring of 1638. Exiled ffym Ma5• of the Indians and the occasional sary of the Constitution,) sachusetts because of a theological , cabins of squatters, the area heresy which we of the present day unoccupied land. find difficult to understand, h felt Gets Grants from Indians that he had complied with the rder One of Wheelwright's first acts of banishment by removing himself beyond the limits of the territory was to obtain from the local Indians granted to Massachusetts by its grants of the land he wished to occharter. This limit was set at three cupy. This was done through two miles north of the Merrimack river. deeds still in existence, both dated Coming to the Piscataqua by April 3, 1638, but one evidently a water late in 1637, Wheelwright lilUe. later than the other. In this passed the w.inter with some oni;: of undertaking he had the assistance those already established in the re, of the two most vagrant and vengion, P<:!rh;:ips with Edward Hilton turesome characters of lhe Pi11caat Dover Point or the site of New- taqua country, Edward Colcord an d fields. There were already in ex- Darby' Field. · Colcord was a born istenc;e at certain points along the rebel , litigious in the extreme. a river and its tributaries _infant plan- protester against regularity his life tations, trading stations and loca- long. Field was an Irishman with tions of fishermen. Wiggin was al- a passion for wandering. We fin d ready in possession near Great Bay him on the Merrimack at Penacook in what is now Stratham. On in 1636, and in 1642, with the h elp Exeter First, Not Third N. H.Town· �ht Merrim ck Ran W st t Discovery of True Course Led First Whit s to Laconia -Photo by Theo S. Jewett, Laconia. Said to be the ite upon which white men first made an dppearance In the Laconia area I Endicott Rock above The rock , on which are Inscribed the name of the first explorets, I preserved In II granite build ing, and Is located at the pot wher Lake Winnlpesaukee empties Into the channel connecting It with Lake Pau gus. By THEO S. JEWETT. ,-------------------longed to them. claim as made till the 31st of the Quoting from the Illustrated La• conian, we find that the first authentic record of the appearance of the white man in what is now Laconia is found upon what is known as Endicott Rock in The Weirs channel near the outlet of La ke Winnipesaukee. Strange as it may seem, the territory now occupied by the city of Laconia vas once claimed as a portion of the premises granted to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. John Wentworth wrote in his journal on Oct. 11, 1638, as follows: "Captain Wiggin of Pascataquack wrote to the governor that one of his people had stabbed another and desired that he might be tried in the Bay if the party died. The governor answered that if Pascataquack lay within the limits, as it vas supposed, they would try him." Thus early we find by the history of the American Historical society, had the mf'n of Massachusetts Bay begun to claim more land than be• Their charter gave them all those lands "which lie and be within the space of three English mVes to the northward of said river called Monomack, otherwise known as Merrimack, or to the northward of any and every part thereof." When this charter was given Maren 4, 1628-9 nobody doubted that the Merrimack river followed a course from west to east. The grantees expeeled nothing more than U1e land that extended three miles lo the norlli of the mouth of· the river. When explorers learned that the Merrimack changed its course and ran far to the northward avaricious land-grabbers and ambitious found• ers of a state saw the opportunity· to enlarge their borders and gain extended territory. The claim grew until land three miles north of the Merrimack came to mean all land east of the Merrimack ind also all lands west of the Merrimack ven to the Pacific No formal third month 1652, when the General Court made this record-"on perusal of our charter it was this •day voted by the whole Court, that the extent of the line is to be from the northermost part of ye River Mer• rimack and three miles more north, where it is to be found, be it an h(.mdred miles, more or less, from the sea, and thence upon a streyght line east and west, to each sea, and this to be the true interpretation of the lermes of the lymitt northward graunted in the patent." Therefore in 1652, according to McClintock's History of New Hamµ• sh·re, the General Court vas held by a Mr. Bellingham at Hampton, Salisbury, Dover and Strawberry Bank, and George Smith, Richard Waldron and Valentine Hill were appointed associate justices. Cap~. Simon Willard and Capt. Edward Johnson were appointed commissioners lo determine the most northerly boundary of the Merrimack. They accordin ly em lo ed �John Sherman of Watertown and Jonathan Ince, then a student at Harvard coHege, to determine the latitude of Aquadahian (Acquedoctan?) , the name of the Merrimack where it issued out of Lake Winnipesaukee; and on August 1 they found the latitude was 43 degrees, 40 minutes and 12 seconds, "besides those minutes which are to be allowed for the three miles more north which runs into the lake." Inscription Intact, We, therefore, n:iost interesting objects connecte with the early history of New Hampshire, yet one that is little known to a great many people, and that is the Endicott Rock, named after Governor Endicott, which is situated in the channel at ~he Weirs in Laconia. It is probable that the exploring party who left their names chiseled' upon it, were the first white men who ever gazed upon the waters of this beautiful lake, and although nearly three centuries have elapsed since that time, yet this inscription still remains as a monument to their bravery and endurance. The inscription can be easily read, and the rock is now protected by a beautiful granite covering or building. The Winnipesaukee Lake Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing company, on whose domain it stands, have had several plaster casts taken, one of which is in their office at Lakeport in Laconia. When and by whom the discovery of this interestina relic was made is not definitely known, but is supposed lo have been made by Stephen Lyford and Nathan Batchelder of Meredith Bridge, now known as Lakeport, they being the constructors of the steamboat known as the "Old Belknap," ,,s they built dam across the channel on the Meredith side in 1832, for the purpose of deepening the other one in order that the famous steamer could pass down through The Weirs channel and through what is now known as Lake Paugus to Lakeport, which was then a thriving village of about a dozen houses. Others claim that Daniel Tucker and John T. Coffin, president and cashier of the Meredith Bridge Savings bank, were the original discoverers. T'1e inscription on the rock follows: "E. I. s. w. W. P. Iohn Endicovt Gov. The initials on the rocks are those of the commissioners, together with the name of Governor Endicott. a Great Blunder Madf: It fs now known that a gr~at blunder was made in not following u. the other branch of the Merrimack and tracing the Pemigewasset l'iver up into the mountains of Franconia. Thus just as valid a claim could have been made to a greatly enlarged territory, but the wilderneES was unexplored and the surveyors seemed satisfied with what could be easily reached. In 1740, however, the bounds of New Hampshire and Massachusetts were established, and the boulder on the shore of Lake Winnipe- sau ee was en ire y orgo en un 1 about 1832-3 as above mentioned, when the marks were discovered by workmen enlarging the channel. In 1885 the Legislature of the state made an appropriation for raising the rock anq surrounding it with a substantial granite memorial to preserve the record of the first white men to visit the city of Laconia. (Third of a series of historical articles for the Union -Lea der prepareC: by the New Hampshire Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, In celebration of the 150th ,ilveraary of the Constitution.) �'M4J\ ·lb .I~ ~ Thal nigh t, w ith the aid of Mary Neff and the boy, Hannah Duston executed her plan of escape from a !ale worse than death. The savage Indians retired to rest as u sual, lillle dreaming of the fate thal awaited them. Awakening Mary Ne!! and the Escaped from Indians at lad, Hannah Duston gave the signal; then with lightning like rapid BY FRED W. LAMB. ity the tomahawks began their deadIt was the year 1697. The peacely work. Silently they wenl about ful litUe setUement o! Haverhill, the task. In bul a few moments the Mass., had awakened from its slumwork was done, 10 of the Indians were stretched lifeless on ihe bers on the morning of the 15th of ground. Two, one an old squaw, March, and its citizens had begun who fled desperately wounded, an d their usual avocations. the other a boy whom ihey had inSuddenly the terrifying sound o! tended io have kept with them, also lhe war whoop was heard, and a fled. murderous band of savage Indians Taking one of the canoes belongburst out of the nearby forests and ing to their captors, Hannah Dusdescended upon the ill-fated settleton and her companions prepared ment. Il was t1,le work of but a few lo escape, by floating down the moments for the savage band to Merrimack river. But there was make havoc o! the settlement, setstill something lo be done. Back to ting fire lo many of the cabins of the scene of carnage went the inthe settlers, and to massacre and trepid woman. A knife gleamed in kill many of its inhabitants. her hand. In a few moments she Among the settlers of Haverhill had secured the 10 scalps which she was one Thomas Duston or Duslin. tossed inlo the canoe and they then This family consisted of Mr. Dusshoved off. They were free. On their ton, his wi!e, Hannah, a nurse by way down the Merrimack the party the name of Mary Neff, and eight stopped al the home of one John ~hildren, the youngest only a few Lovewell, now within the confines da ys old. Mrs. Hannah Duston, of the city of Nashua. who had given birth lo the child bul Upon their arrival home, the a few days before, was still conparty was greeted as though risen !ined to her bed under the care o! from the dead , and upon the scalps the nurse. being presented lo the authorities Children Escape. of the Province of Massachusetts Upon the alarm being given, Bay. they were awarded the sum o.f 50 pounds reward. The governor Thomas Duston who had gone into DUSTIN. o! the Province of Maryland also the fields of his farm to begin some Monument at Penacook marking made them a valuable present. work, started back to his cabin to The island where this event took aid his wife and family. However, exact spot where the Intrepid Hanthe savage tribe reached there be- nah Duston tomahawked her Indian place has always been known as fore him. His small children were ca ptors and escaped down the Mer- Duston's Island. There is a large statue o! the redoubtable Hannah able, however, lo make their escape rimack river. The nurse w_a _s_c_a_1_-r_y_in_g__lh_e__-l-n--""' erected upon it at the exact site and started to run towards the nearest fortified garrison. Janl when one of the savages, think- upon which she killed the savages. Seeing that he could not help his ing it an incumbrance, seized it and Another large statue of her adorns wife in her peril, he turned toward dashed its head against a nearby Duston Square in the city of Havcrthe children, urging them to make tree. It was inslanlly killed. Some hill, Mass. Such was the story of redoubled efforts to reach the gar- o! the other captives, becoming the bravest woman who ever lived rison. Duston, fortunately, had his weary. were instantly tomahawked in New England. ( Fourth in a series of hl~gun, and was mounted upon his without mercy. The party of Intorical article• for the Unionhorse, a circumstance which con- dians conducted their captives on Leader prepared by the N. H. tributed nol a liUle towards their a journey of about so miles, to a A number of the Indians, wigwam belonging lo one of the Sesqui-Centennlal Commission, seeing the party making their party, which was occupied by 12 in celebration of the 150th anescape, followed lhcm. They !ired persons. niversary of the Constitution.) al him, bul missed their aim. He Gauntlet Threate ned. returned the fire, and retreated ,11Lale in the month o! April the ternately. Keeping this up for the party broke up camp and started space of more than a mile, !acing on the march to a certain Indian the savage foe, and returning their town, the captives being informed fire as often as possible, and with that when it was reached, they good effect, he was able to keep his would be required to run the gauntpursuers at bay, and the little party let, through a great number of Infinall y reached the safety o! the dians. There was also in the party garrison. a boy by the name of Samuel Meanwhile, what o! his wife and Leonardson o.f Worcester, who had the nurse? Another party o! the In- been captured some time before. dians entered the cabin, and cap- On the 30th o( April, the party artured Mrs. Duston and the nurse rived al the little island in the Meras they were on the point of making rimack river al the mouth o( the their escape. They ordered Mrs. Contoocook, and here they pitched Duston to rise instantly, and before their wigwams. she could complete dressing, obliged The boy, Samuel Leonardson , was her and the nurse to quit the cabin, able lo speak some o( the language which they then plundered and set of the Indians, and because of !his on fire. In company with several fact, Mrs. Duston asked him to find other captives they began their oul from one of their captors where march into the wilderness-she to strike with the tomahawk when b eing feeble, sick, terrified b eyond one wished lo kill quickly. The lad measure and only partially clad, one complied, and found one of 1he Ino! her feet being bare, and the dians who was only too glad to give weather being totally unfit for him the information, thinking it a real compliment to his prowess. lravdin . Story of Bravest N. E. Woman Fred Lamb Tells How Hannah Dustin Penacook �as captain. It is said, that like Washington he led a charmed life, as throughout his entire military career he was never wounded. Once during a conflict w ·th the French and Indians, a ball broke the lock of hia gun, sei zing the gun or 11 fallen enemy he carried on. Returning home on a furlough , he married, Aug. 20, 1758, Elizabeth Page, the daughter of Caleb Page Esq. of Dunba rton. Tradition says, that he rode lo the P age homestead on his horse and said lo Elizabeth, "Belly, if you are going to marry me, it will have to be now." The gallant Belly folded her sewing, mounted the horse qehind her captain and they rode away and were married that day. During the war they had no setlled home and his wife continued to live with her father in Dunbarton, where the first three of their 11 children were born, When the township of Dunbarton was granted in 1751, John Stark and his father received grants of large tracts of land in this town, then called Starkstown, and later Dunbarton, for Dunbarton in Scotland whence the family o! Slark em!~ grated. As an encouragement to build a saw mill, John Stark was given a grant o! land in the northern part of. the town on which lo build a saw ~nd grist mill that should be put m_ operalio1~ ~ilhin a year. Tl)e mill was bmjt 1n the 1·equired time but on his land in the northwestern part ot the town, where, it is said, wa~ a ~von~er!ul old growth of w/11le pme timber, which Slark gave selllers permission lo cut, and lo be s~wed in his ~ill !or one-half the timber. A part of this land is still, lo~ay, the property ot a Slark. There is now a bronze marker, mounted on one of the old mill stones once used for grinding corn near the site of the old mill. ' While at work in his saw mill he received word of the bloodshed at Lexington and Concord. He immediately mounted his horse and started for the scene ot action rallying men by the way. In th~ hall of a tavern at Medford, by a unanimous hand vote, he w.:is elected colonel of <1 regiment' containing 13 full companies and about 2,000 New Hampshire men, This regiment known in history as "Stark's Men" were behind the double r.:iil fence filled with hay, at the famous battle of :Bunker Hill. His son Caleb, aged 15, who had run away from GEN. JOHN STARK hi~ grandfather's home in Punbar~ - -- - --,....,..-:--:-:-------t ton early that morning and joined nd Captured by I ians his f.:ither, fought beside the veteran BY ALICE M. HADLEY In March, 1752, he was taken pris- soldiers, the youngest there. It was Gen. John Stark was born in Lon- oner by the Indians while hunting at Bunker Hill that Slark comdonderry, Aug. 28, 172~, the son of near Baker's river in Rumney, and mandcd his m en to hold their fire Archibald and Eleanor (Nichols) taken to Montreal. Becaus~ of his until they could see the halt gaiters dauntless courage and boldness, he of the grenadiers. Stark. When he was eight years was adopted by the sachem and He fought at Trenton and Princeold the house in Londonderry was known a·s "Litlle Chief." He was ton under Washington. In 1777 he burned and the family settled near well treated by the Indians und learned that Congress had issued a Amoskeag Falls in Harrytown, now while with them, obtained a knowl- new list of promotions and his name Manchester. The isolated meadow edge ot their language and war, was omitted. He then resigned from in Derry where the l Slark house fare, that proved ot great service to the Continental army and retired stood is now marked by a granite him in his military career. to his estate in Manchester. HowAfter six months he was ran- ever, at this time, he outfitted all boulder. He received his education from somed for $103.00. He acquired his family and servants and sent his father, who was a graduate of such a reputation for exploring the them to the army. With the capture of the fortress the University of Glasgow, Scot- country, that upon the breaking out land. He was well acquainted with of the Seven Years' war, he was of Ticonderoga in 1777, the leaders the labors of the !arm and torest, commissioned as second lieutenant of the Revolution were desperate. was a good shot, a fearless hunter, of the famous "Rogers Rangers" at- This was one of the gloomiest quick, decisive, and tireless in en- ·tac.hed to Colonel Blanchard's regi- periods of the war, when every ment. He was later commissioned durance. �hope of 1he counlty w as concenlraled on the su fferi ng troops on the banks o! the Delaware. Vermont c~led on l~e Council of New Hampshire :for immediate aid. In this emergency John Langdon agreed lo give, "his money, h is plate, and 80 hogsheads of rum," for the service of his stale, and that "our old fr iend John Slark" shall command the regiments raised. Slark cons~nted to assume this du ty condilionally, that he should use his own discretion as to his movements and be responsible to none but the Stale of New Hampshire. Benn ington Turn ing Point Then followed the Battle of Bennington, the turning point o! the war, when Slark rallied his men wilh those memorable words "Tonight the American flag floats over yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow." This battle was not fought on Vermont soil, b ut on t he New York side, and Slark always called it the Battle of the Walloomac, but Bennington was the nearest town and the battle has gone down in history under that name. The battle of Bunker Hill and the battle of Bennington w ere both fou ght on Saturday commencing a t nearly the same hour. After the victory, Stark carried to his beloved "Molly" a souvenir from lhe ballle, one of the six brass cannons captured !rom the British, w hich was ever after known as lhe "Molly Slark cannon.'' Washington had great confidence in Stark fully appreciating his ability and influence. General Slark once told Washington, "Your men have too long been accustomed lo place their dependence for safety upon spades and pickaxes. H you ever expect lo establish the independence of these states, you must teach them to place dependence upon their firearms and their courage." Congress censured the New Hampshire council for giving Stark this independent command, but later gave him a vote of thanks and a commission of brigadier-genera l in t he Continental Army . . He was in command at Saratoga during the time of the surrender o! Conrwallis at Yorktown. He saw 14 years of actual service and after the war retired to his farm in Manchester. General Stark built his house in 1765 upon the same site where his father built his house in 1736. The Slark home was burned May 23, 1866. A marker designates lhe sile of lhis house. The original doorstone of granite is pre• served. In 1819 he was the last survivor o! the American generals. Regarding the events of the French and Indian war his memory was clear and distinct. The events o! t~e Revolution had mostly escaped him. To a question respecting Bunker Hill, he answered, "All I know about it is that we gained the victory." He died in Manchester, N. H., May 8, 1822, at the age o! 93. He was buried with great military honors in the small inclosed cemetery on his own farm, now known as Stark Park. He was o! medium height, broad shouldered and very athletic. His manner was simple, frank, anrl manly. He never wept and seldom iled. His deeds are fr aced in deep lined characters upon the page~ of United States history, and to hi m tha American colonists were greatly indebted for lheir success. A statue of bronze on a pedestal of granite was erected by lhe Stale of New Hampshire in the Slate House yard at Concord in his m emory, an d dedica ted Oct. 23, 1840. Fifth of a series of h lstorlcal art icles fo r the Unlon-Le;ider prepared by t he New Hampshire Sesuicentenn ial Commission In celebration of t he 150th ann iversary of the Cons t itution. �Canada, he accomplished the movement, in face of the enemy, without the loss of a man, a gun or a pound of supplies, though fie found the army more than 50 per cent stricken with disease. As a soldier he was recklessly brave and a good tactician, though unfortunate through the fault of others. On Long Island, against forces superior four to one he was taken prisoner and later exchanged. At Trenton and P rinceton he was brilliant in success. His expedition against Staten Island, ably planned, failed because of the ignorance or treachery of a guide who led the army to the face of the enemy instead of to the rear as ordered. At Brandywine the army suffered by false information brought to General Sullivan by a trusted officer. The Rhode Island expedition i,1 1778, of which he was in command, failed because the French fleet and forces refused at the last moment to cooperate as agreed. His Last Exploit. BY OTIS G, HAMMOND, Gen. John Sullivan was born in Somersworth, Feb. 17, 1740, son of John Sullivan of Limerick and Margery Browne of Cork, Ireland, who came to America about 1723. They were people of superior education for their time and the elder John was chosen as a school teacher in Dover in 1723, and was said to be able to speak five languages. He was often called "Schoolmaster John." The younger John studied law with· Samuel Livermore of Portsmouth, married Lydia Worcester, and established a home and practice ' in Durham, where his home sUi}l stands, occupied by his descendant, Lynde Sullivan, and in front of which is a granite monument erected to his memory by the state of New Hampshire. Great MI lltary Abll lty, While he had a General Sullivan's last exploit y.ras the expedition in 1779 to destroy the powers of the Indians of the Six Nations, which was a co\nplete success. For this and for the Rhode Island campaign he received the thanks of Congress. Politically, he represented New Hampshire in the First Continental Congress in 1774, again a member of Congress in 1780-1781, of the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention in 1782, attorney general 17871788, and speaker of the House, president of the slate, 1786, 1787 and 1789, chairman of the New Hampshire convention to ratify the federal Constitution in 1798, U. S. district judge, 1789-1795. General Sullivan died Jan. 23, 1795, a great soldier, an able statesman, brave always, too sensitive and too generous for his own good. We need such men now. No greater tribute to his character and ability can be paid than to say thllt through all his public life, both military and civil, he had the unswerving faith, trust and friendship of George Washington. Sixth In a series of article, for the Manch~ster Union• Leader prepared by the N. H. Sesquicentennial Commission In national inclination for military ce lebratlon of the 150th annl• versary of the Const it uti on). fairs and politics, in both of which he developed extraordinary ability. He received a major's commission in the militia in 1772, was made brigadier-general of the Continental army June 22, 1775, and majorgeneral Aug. 9, 1776, the only New Hampshire officer of that rank, though John Stark was commissioned brevet major-general in 1786. With John Langdon, Sullivan was the organizer and leader of a force which captured and stripped Fort William and Mary at New Castle, a royal fortification, Dec. 14, 1774, the first armed action of the Revolutionary war. This expedition was the immediate result of a message brought to Portsmouth by Paul Revere of the royal embargo on tll'e shipment of munitions of war to the colonies. His military ability developed rapidly. One of his most notable operations was also one of his earliest. Sent by Congress early in 1776 to bring the American army ou t of �,~~"3! Gilman Family Furnished Many Early N. H. Leaders Nicholas of Exeter Most Distinguished, Active in War and Poli tics, Wa s One of Sig ners of Const it ution BY GEORGE B. ROGERS The American Gilmans, we are told, are descended from Edward, who was born in Hingham, Nor!olk county, England, and who, like many others, for religioµs reasons came to this country in 1638. The Gilmans of this period were perhaps the most numerous, cer• ta.inly the most distinguished, family in Exeter. The town records are full of Gilman names. The eminence of the family depended less on its numbers than upon its unvarying capacity of public spirit. They built houses arid churches, founded industries, administered finances, guided affairs in times of peace and assumed leadership in perils of war. Half of the moderators of the town during the first two centuries bore the name of Gilman. In the family there have been senators , nd representatives and many captains and colonels. In the general catalog of the Phillips Exeter academy are 'found the names of 65 Gilmans, more than that of any other name except Smith. within a few days. In :Jlness as in health he was serene, and exhibited Signer of Constitution Nicholas Gilman lived the great all the firmness of character for which he was remarkable. part of his mature life in the house From the article on "The Gilman belonging to Phillips Exeter acad- House" in the Bulletin of the T'hilemy. It is called the Gilman House, lips Exeter academy for March, 1906, is used as a dormintory, and is sit- by the late George B. Rogers. uated opposite the town library, on Front street. He was an officer in (Seventh In a series of articles the Continental army. After the for The Manchester Union• war he engaged in foreign trade. Leader prepared by the New By this and investment in governHampshire Sesquicentennial ment securities he amassed a conCommission In celebration of siderable fortune for those days. He the 150th anniversary of the was sent by New Hampshire as a Constitution,) delegate to the National Convention of 1787, and was a signer of the Constitution. Its adoption two years later opened to him a career in national politics. During the 90's he was elected to the House of Representatives for four successive years. In 1805, while his brother was governor, he was elected to the national Senate from New Hampshire, and died in his second term. Though diffident of his ability in public speech, Nicholas showed in his letters a vigorous intellect and broad views. In personal appearance he was carefully dressed, graceful, erect, of medium hei&ht and great dignity. His long familiarity with General Washington's leading officers and with the cultivated and polished society of southern cities was reflected in his courtly manners and faultless dress. These must have made him a striking figure in !he little New Hampshire town. When Washington visited Exeter in 1789, his former staff officer, Capt. Nicholas Gilman, was naturally appointed to do the honors. As Senator Gilman through Philadelphia on his home from Washington in spring of 1814, he was taken rlPnl ""d viole tlv · . d �-3 so important /\ part, ,Judge Livermore was elected by the people ln 1789 one of lhe first representatives in the new Congress held in New Yo1·k. As there was no provision in the stale Conslil.ut1011 lo prevent his holding a judicial posH1on while a member of Congress, he conlmued for a short period to serve the stale in the dual capacity. He resigned as chief justice the following year and was succeeded by his compatriot, Josiah Bartlett. He was reelected, BY HAROLD A. WEBSTER in 1791, to Congress, held in PhilaLivermore is one of the honored delphia, making the journey. from and distinguished names o1 New Holderness with his family in his Hampshire histgry. Samuel Liverown carriage in 18 days, The same yea1· he was a member and pre,;imore, the most eminent member of denl o! the convention for revising the :family in America, who contribthe Constitution of the stale, over uted much to the stale through which, ll i~ said, he exercised almo t his public servi<;es, was born May absolute power Al thrs ilme Dart25, 1732, in Waltham, Mass. mouth rollege ronf Prred on him the His youth was spent in his native honorary degree of doctor of laws, town and after teaching there and 'I'he Lrg1slature of New Hampin Chelsea for two years, he· enshire in 1793 elected Judge Livertered Nassau H;ill, now Princeton, more, as uccessor of Paine Winwhere he was graduted wilh disgate, a .enalor of the United Slates tinguished honor 1n. 175ll. Aller refor the term of six years. He was suming teching for a short period a prominent member of this body he studied law under the guidance and during two ses 1on!l of his term of Edmund Trowbridge, and was served as pre ident pro lempore. admitted at l_& Supreme Judicial In J 799 he was ree lected lo this imCourt of Massachusetts in 1756. He portant office, again serving as removed to Portsmouth the followpresident prn tempore; but he reing year and. at once entered upon signed his seat in 1801 on account a most lucrative and successful of ill health and the infirmities of prac:tice o~ his -profession, which ex .. age, after having served 15 years tended beyond the bounds of the as a member ol the national legisprovince. lnl.ure and continuously for While th~re he married, OJl Sept. 30 years in public life. 22, 1759, Jarie, a daughter of Rev. SAMUEL LIVERMORE Olea at Holderneu Arthur Browne, the first Episcopal l---,A,...,lc:-t::-h-o_u_g::-h-n-o7t__.e_m_o_v,..in_g_t,...o-..,.t,-h-e-t 1 Judge Livermore immediately reclergyman in New Hampshire, who town of Holderness until the winte1· is celebrated in Longfellow's poem, of l775-76, he began its selllement tired to his home in Holderness "Lady Wentworth," ahd frequently as ca1rly as 1765 and had, during where he died May 18, 1803 and was mentioned in Kenneth Roberts' cur- ihe intervening years, devoted environs of rent historical novel, "Northwest much lime to perfC'cUng his titles buried within the which he had Passage." therl', having been one of lhe orrg- 'l'rinity church Moves to Londonderry. inal grantees (1761) He eventually erected on his own properly in It was but a few years afler he became, by purchase, the actual 1797, it now being the second oldhad established his residence in proprietor of more than one-ha!! of est Epi~copal church in New Hampshire. Portsmouth that indications of im- the township. ( Eighth In a series of articles pending trouble bel\\leen America In 1788 the memorable convention for the Manchester Unionand the mother country caused the was called to consider the proposed Leader prepared by the New citizens much apprehension. Al this Constitution of the United Slates Hampshire Sesquicentennial time Mr. Livermore was judge ad- submitted to the people l)y the gr al Commission in celebration of vocate of the Admiralty Court, one convention at Philadelphia. The the 150th 11nniversary of the of the most honorable offices in the first ses ion was held in February Constitution) province; and it is evident that in at Exeter but inasmuch as grave conview of his position he preferred lroversies arose, it was voled to adnot to take an active part in the journ le meet at Concord the folcontroversies ·which were arising, lowing June. The deliberations o( andnd asnd early as 1764 removed to the convention wrre watched with Lo o erry. the grealesl anxiety, and the final His superior abilities were imme- result was considered of the utmost dia tely recognized by the sturdy importance to the safely of the Scotch-Irish of the community, and country. Eight of the original 13 he was chosen to represent the slates had already assented to the town in lhe proymcial Assembly. It was while living in Londonderry proposed form of government, and that ,Tohn Sullivan, the future the vole of one more slate was sufmajor general in the Revolutionary ficient to insure ils adoption. army, and president of the slate, Moves for Adoption was II student in hrs law office (auChief Justice Livermore took a thonty-A1·thur Livermore, grand- leading part in the convention and son). It was also during this period it was he who moved that New that M1·. Livermore went lo Quebec lo defend MaJ. RobPrl Rogers, the Hampshire adopt the proposed Confamous partisan in the French and slilulion. After his powerful and Indian wars, who was accused of convincing speech, the question was misconduct in office. Mrs. Rogers decided in the affirmative, a deciwas a sister of Mrs. Livermore. sion which sellled once and tor all In 1769 Mr. Livermore returned lo the Lale oC the measure, and made Portsmouth, having been commis- the Constitution of the Unil.ed States sioned king's attorney general by the organic law of the land. Governor Wentworth, which office Under this Conslilulion, in I.he eshe held until the dissolution of the fablishment o! which he had taken ro al overnment. Samuel Livermore Eminent Among Early N. H. Leaders Adoption by State of Federal Constitution Followed His Powerful, Convincing Speech at Convention in 1788 �9· Webster Did Much to Make Constitution Effective Contributions o f Famou s New Ha mpshire Statesman Recalled in Ninth Article of Sesq uicentennial Se ries By DR. CLAUDE M. FUE S S. I Daniel Webster, (1782-1892), New Hampshire born and bred, was only a child when the Constitution was adopted but probably did more than any other citizen of the state to make it effective as an instrument of nationalism. His birthplace in Salisbury- now Franklin- has fortunately been preserved as a memorial to his great~ss. Educated first at the Phillips Exeter academy and then at Dartmouth college, where he was graduated in 1801, he later practiced law at Boscawen (1805-07) and in Portsmouth (180716), before moving permanently to a ~arger community in Boston. In 1812 he was the author of the famous Rockingham Memorial, pro, testing against the policies of the Madison administration. For two terms (1813-17) he served as congressman from New Hampshire, as 1 a staunch· member of the Federalist party. DANI.EL WEBSTER Famous Dartmouth Case. His Later Career. It was after his settlement in With the later career of Webster Massachusetts that Webster made his great contribution to constitu- this article cannot deal at any tional interpretation. In the case of length. He was, of course, twice secDartmouth College v. Woodward retary ol state-once under Presi(1818) he defended the inviolability dents Harrison and Tyler (1841of the charter of 'an institution of 1844) and once under President learning and persuaded the Su- Taylor (1849-1852). Another great preme Court, under Chief Justice speech on March 7, 1850, reiterated John Marshall, to decide that the in the Senate the doctrine that the legislature of a state has no power, Union must prevail. For him the under the Constitution, to modify Coqstitution was a sacred compact or abrogate a charter legally to which both North and South granted in all good faith to a col- should scrupulously adhere. It has lege. In McCulloch v. Maryland been declared by competent his(1819) h.e argued for the supremacy torians that the Seventh of March of the national government as speech postponed the Civil war for against the dominance of any state. more than a decade. He died at his In 1824, as one of the attorneys for estate in Marshfield, Mass., Oct. 24, the plantiff in Gibbons v. Ogden, 1852, after a rich and full life. It was the special function of he maintained that congressional regulation o! commerce must be Daniel Webster to keep the young "exclusive," and that the authority republic from breaking up into of Congress necessarily overruled smaller parts. As lawyer and statesall "inconsistent or repugnant state man he helped to create and foster legislation." In these and other cases a sentiment favorable to national he took a position ,in favor of a unity. He had a glorius personality; liberal construction of constitutional a vigorous mind, A ' commanding phraseology and a strong central presence, and amazing power over government; in fact, his function men-and all these l1e devoted to as an interpreter of the Constitu- the great end of pr~serving the tion was fully as important as that Union. In all our history there are of Madison in framing the original only two nobler figures-Washingdocument. Finally, in the Reply to ton and Linooln. Among the sons Hayne, delivered on January 26 of New Hampshire he stands foreand 27 when he was United States most for geruius and accomplish• senator from Massachusetts, Web- ment. ster made the noblest oratorical e!(Ninth In ~ series of articles fort of his career, elucidating J;iis for the Manchester Unionconception of the nature of the fedLeader prepared by the New eral linion on the theory that the Hampshire Sesquicentennial Constilution was sufjreme and that Commission In celebration of the final appeal rested with the the 150th armlversary of the judicial branch of the federal, govConstitution. ernment. Through these utterances as attorney and legislator Webster exerted an immense and salutary influence on the political history of our country. �Constitution Faced Defeat at Convention in Exeter Many Delegates to 1788 Gathering Were • Ratl•f•ICatlOft, • I nstructe d to V Ote A gaanst So AdJ·ournment Made to Concord history of the slate. Evidence of the interest that had been awakened during the time of the adjournment is indicated by the crowds of private citizens that flocked to Concord and filled the galleries of the Old North Meeting House where ~heRi~~~~~;~ ~~~v~~~roe;ui;d s~.et on June 2, 1788, where su~h great Revolutionary patriots as Richard Henry Lee and Patrick Henry were m the opposition as Samuel Adams BY JOHN MAYHER, ~ - - -.....-~--.,.....--,-----liand John Hancock had been at the Adjourns to Concord. commencement of the MassachuArticle VII of the Constitution After adopting the rules, the setts convention. The New York provides that, "The ratification of, convention immediately took up convention opened at Poughthe conventions of nine states, shall the Constitution by article, section keep~ic on June 17. There the opbe sufficient for the establishment and paragraph. From Thursday of pos1l1on had a majority of the conuntil Tuesday the vention, and it was only by the of this Constitution between the afternoon states so ratifying the same." The 19th (the convention did not, of fine leadership of Hamilton, Jay course, meet on the Sabbath) the and Robert Livingston that the General Court in New Hampshire entire time of the convention was Fedei;alists ultimately won the day. on Dec. 14, 1787, passed a resolu- sp_e nt on the First article which Ther ewas a race then between Virtion providing for the election of deals with the legislative depart- ginia and New Hampshire for the delegates to a convention to be held ment. A whole day and a half was honor of being the ninth state to in Exeter the following February devoted lo Section 8 that enume- ratify and, thereby, to put the Confor the sole purpose of considering rates the powers granted to Con- stitulion into operation. gress. By Thursday afternoon, the the new Constitution. (Tenth In a series of articles Even before the New Hampshire 21st, the convention was ready to for the Manchester Union-LeadLegislature had acted, conventiol}s lake up some general observations on the Constitution. On Friday the er prepared by the New Hampin two states had ratified the Conshire Sesquicentennial Commisstitution. Delaware on Dec. 7, 1787, 22nd it was "voled, that when the sion In celebration of the 150th had done so unanimously. Pennsyl- convenlion adjourn that it be to anniversary of the Constituvania on Dec. 12, 1787, had ratified meet again at Concord on the third The tlon.) py a vote of 46 to 23 in convention. Wednesday in June next." And before the New Hampshire convention then adjourned. The New Hampshire Mercury and convention met in Exeter in February, four more states had ratified General Advertiser, a newspaper the new Constftution; on Dec. 18, published in Portsmouth by Robert 1787, New Jersey by a unanimous Gerrish, in its issue of Feb. 27, 1788, vote; Georgia· followed with anoth- records the vote on adjournment as er unanimous vote on Jan. 2, 1788; 56 voting for it and 51 again it, and Connecticut, on Jan. 9, 1788, by a goes on to state that, 'the reason, vote of 128 to 40; Massachusetts by we are in formed, which induced a vote of 187 to 168 on Feb. 6, 178i!. many of the members to adjourn Six states then had accepted the was their being tied up to instrucnew form of governmeht before the tions to vote against the Constituconvention · in Exeter. tion, of which they could not divert themselves without incurring the OpposltlQn Develops. As soon as the Constitution had displeasure of their constituents." An extract from a letter dated been submitted to the states there was an immediate and enthusiastic Exeter, Feb. 22, 1788, appearing in response. This is seen by the una111- the New York Journal and Register mous ratification of three of the for March 3, 1788, throws further states. But it was not long before light on the acljournment-"So conpowerful forces of opposition got fident were we of the prevailing into action. Both in Pennsylvania voice in favour of the Constitution and Massachusetts the Anti-Fed- that no pains were taken to couneralists showed great strength and teract the intrigues of a few noratification was brought about in toriously vile characters, who were too successful in the dark and dirty each case by a compromise. The "honorable convention for business of seducing a great numthe inxestigation, discussion and ber of the interior towns by false decision of the federal Constitu- representations to fetter their deletion" assembled at the Cour\ House gates with positive instructions to in Exeter on Wednesday, Feb. 13, vote in all events against the• con1788. On that day there were about stitution. After discussing the sub50 members present who proceeded ject seven or eight days and findto elect Josiah Bartlett of Kings- ing many of the members, who town the temporary chairman and were instructed to the contrary, a committee on the returns of the convinced of the expediency and elections of members and rules necessity of adopting the r,lan, and composed of Samuel Livermore, desirous to consult their constituJohn Taylor, Gilman and Benjamin ents, the convention agreed to arWest. The following day when the journ to June next, when, I have convention convened there were no doubt, the ratification will take about 100 members present. There place." seem to have been 113 in all reRaces With Virginia. tutrned from the different towns, Since the adjournment of the with 108 attending the sessions. convention at Exeter, Maryland on Portsmouth sent three delegates April 28, by a vote of 63 to 12, and and Londonderry two. Gen. John South Carolina on May 23, by a Sullivan of Durham, president of vote of 149 to 73 had ratified the the state, was chosen president of Constitution. Thus eight states had the convention. Commencing with already joined the new government the afternoon session on February the New Hampshire conven14 the convention met in the Meet- when ing House. At that session the com- tion reassembled at Concord on mittee on rules made its report anrl Wednesday, June 18, 1788. It was an excitin moment in the the rules of procedure were adopt ed. �m ,:i.,t Salmon Chase Ranked High Among Noble Sons of N. f-1. As Chief Justice of Supreme Court He Ruled Against Measures He Had Approved as Treasury Secretary BY HARRY F. ,LAKE Few men in America have had so full a lile as did Salmon P. Chase, and few men have touched so many diverse interests and in them all played a part so capably. Born Jan. 13, 1808, in Cornish, a town settled by his own grand· father and named for the English town from which originally came the Chases of his line, he spent some years of his early boyhood in Ohio with an uncle, a bishop of his church, thereafter returned to New tJ:ampshire, was put into Dartmouth college in 1824 by his widowed mother, did the quite usual thing of teaching school in the college vacations, and graduated in 1826 at tl1e age of 18. After some little time in Washington, D. C., for the study of law, he finally settled, at the beginning of his career, in Cincinnati in 1830. From this dale to his deatl~ in 1873, in Washington, almost his whole life was spent in public serv· ice, divided among the three arms of government. SALMON P. CHASE Abo lltlon 1st Leader Casts Deciding Vote After his distinguished service as leader of the political Abolitionists in Ohio, with a wider sphere of influence through all the northern states, from 1841 to 1849, he became, as to legislative service, United States senator from Ohio, and then secretary of the treasury under Abraham Lincoln. From 1864 to the time of his death, he served as chief justice of the federal Supreme Court. All these positions he filled with distinction. As chief justice, he made a notable mark, although his journey there had been by the political and by the judicial route. As such chief . justice, he had the unique experience of sitting in judgment on some of the acts of himseli while secretary of the treasury in the cabinet of Lincoln. It had been the duty of Chase to lead the way for the payment of what at that time were the enor· mous expenditures of the war and lo determine in large part th 11, ~ntire fiscal policies of the United States. ~ater, in his position as chief justice, he had the rare opportunity fo review judicially the statutes which he, himself, had set in motion as an administrative officer. The most famous of these cases were the legal tender cases, so-called, which in· yolved the constitutionality of the issues of the United States notes during the war, the same being es· ta blished as legal tender for the satisfaction of private debts. Mr. Chase had reluctantly approved these measures as being necessary for the financial operation of the government. However, on a proper case before it, the Supreme Court, equally di· vided except for the determining vote of tpe chief justice, decided tM legal tender acts unconstitutional. The acts o.t Chase, secretary of the treasury, did not meet the proper legal tests applied by Chase, the judge of the Supreme Court. The expectations and purpdse of Lincoln, fairly .well authenticated, that Chase on the court wou!d take care of the legislation approved by Chase in his own cabinet, were not met. For snot er unique experience, Judge Chase had the responsibility of presiding over the impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson, fortunately the only one of the kind in American history. In these precedings, by his calmness, good judgment and his efforts to raise them above partisan objective,11, he averted a great public dangE!r. · Judge Chase stands among 'the very first of the noble •sons of New Hampshire. There is probably real measurement of the man in the estimate of. Lincoln. "Chase is about one and a half times bigger than any other man that I ever know." (Eleventh In a series of articles for the Manchester UnionLeader prepared py the New Hampshire Sesquicentennial Commission In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Constitution. �It John Langdon Outstan ing Among Early N. H. Leaders Active in Revolution, Attended ·First Continental Congress, Declined Honor of Vice Presidency in 1812 BY DOROTHY MANSFIELD VAUGHAN. One cannot read far in the annals of the Granite Stale without coming upon lime and time again the name of one of our greatest statesmen, John Langdon. He has been called the John Hancock of New Hampshire. John Langdon was the second son of John and Mary Hall Langdon and was bcirn June 25, 1741, in a humble farm on the shores of Sagamore Creek just outside Portsmouth. His mother was a granddaughter of Gov. Thomas Dudley and his father was a grandson of Capt. Tobias Langdon, a Cornish fisherman, who came t.o New Hampshire in 1623. John was educated at Major Hale's Latin school in Portsmouth and later entered the counting room of Daniel Rindge, a prominent merchant. He went to sea in Rindge's ships, first as supercargo, later as master, and in time commanded his own vessels. Seize King's Powder, over which he was presiding as speaker of the House, that he made his well known speech in which he pledged ,3,000 in hard money, his family plate worth as much more and 70 hogsheads of the best Tobago rum to help finance Stark's brigade which was successful at Bennington and was instrument.al in bringing about the great victory for the northern army at Saratoga. John Langdon was president of New Hampshire from 1785 to 1786, and from 1788 to 1789. In 1787, he and Nicholas Gilman were sent as delegates to the Constitutional Oonvention. Langdon's name was the first affixed to that great document which that convent.ion drew up. It was due to Langdon's firm st.and and untiring efforts that New Hampshire ratified that instrument of government on June 21, 1788. [n 1789 President Langdon resigned from office to represent this state in the U. S. Senate. It yvas his duty as president of the newly formed Senate to notify General Washington of his nomination as President of the United Stat.es. In the spring of 1812, John Langdon was nominated for vice president at the Republican caucus whose candidate for President was James Madison. Tempting this When the Committee of Safety was formed Dec. 16, 1773, Capta,in Langdon was ·one of the six chosen to serve. On llec. 13, 1774, Paul Revere rode to Portsmouth with letters from the Boston Committee of Safety for Capt. Samuel Cutts of the Portsmouth committee. England had forbidden the importation of arms into the colonies, and there were rumo~·s that the British were , soon to remove the stores from the , fort at New Castle. The town was \ 1 in a furor. The following day John I Langdon and Tom Pickering led a band of patriots to New Castle and took away 100 barrels of the king's ' powder. John Sullivan of Durham made a second attack on the fort, accompanied by the Portsmouth patriots, and carried away the small 1 arms and cannon. At the second Provincial convention held at Exeter, Jan. 25, 1775, John Langdon and his friend Sullivan were elected delegates to the first Continental Congress to be held in Philadelphia. Langdon was ever active in that first Congress. He was appointed to a number of committees, the most important on;i being the Marine committee, a :fore-' offer must have been to John runner of the present Navy Depart- Langdon, he declined it. He had ment. It was the duty of that com- served his slate as governor from mittee to build an American navv. 1805 to 1809, and from 1810 to 1812. John Langdon returned from Con- He was by now an old man and gress in January, 1776, and began lo eager to give up politics for he felt build ships. He supervised the that he had earned a rest. He wantbuilding o! the Raleigh, the Ran- ed to spend his last years quieUy ger and the 74-gun America. He with his ever kind and understandmarried Betsy, daughter of Judge ing wife in their charming mansion .John Sherburne, on Feb. 2, 1777, on Pleasant street, Portsmouth, and by this marriage .tllied . himself where he died Sept. 16, 1810. Ho with some of the most influential had lived nearly 80 years and had families of Portsmouth. given unselfishly of his time and his wealth to his town, his state Finances Stark Brigade, It was at the special session of and his count,ry. One of his contemporaries once the Le islature, July 17-19, 1777, said of 1m, ' e was perhaps the rrtost perfect gentleman in the state, dignified, yet easy of deportment, urbane and courteous with a native grace which won ll;e goodwill and respect of all who approached him." (This Is the 12th In a series of articles for the Manchester Union-Leader prepared by the New Hampi;hire Sesquicentennial Commission In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the i • �J Hillsborough Birtliplace o Only President from N. H. Meteoric Career o'f Franklin Pierce Reviewed in .One of Series of Sesquicentennial Articles BY L ISABEL GAY Hillsborough is unique among cf . Ne Hampshire towns, for it is the birthplace of Franklin Pierce, the only President the Granite State has 1 thus far produced. ! In an imposing white house on 1 the "old turnpike," now known as the Pierce Mansion, the future President spent his boyhoo.d It was a well-to-do home, with its old time culture and hospitality. He learned of courage and patriotism from stories told by his soldier-father. Coming in contact with prominent politicians and other notables during his father's political career, he heard much of stale and national affairs. . Pierce attended Hancock F rancestown academies and Bow-• doin college, graduating at the age of 20 in the class with Nathaniel Hawthorne. Three years later, he was admitted to the bar and opehed an office in Hillsborough. Father Was Gov ernor FR A N K L IN PIERCE He was naturally drawn into r-----P-e-rl_o_d_o_f_U_n_r-es_t_ _ __ politics and elected to one high The four years Franklin office after another. He first represented Hillsborough in the Legis- spent in the White House were lature when his father, Benjamin years of great political unrest prePierce, began his second term as governor of New Hampshile. He ceding the Civil war. His attitude was sent to Congress, spending four toward slavery ditl not help matyears in the House and four years ters. Outstanding events of the of his term in the Senate, resigning administration were acquisition of lo return to his profession. 1 Arizona from Mexico, the passing In the meantime, he had married of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and Miss J ane Appleton and moved his repeal of Missouri Compromise. home and office to Concord where Returning to private life, Pierce he had a large practice, being one and his wife spent four years in of the ablest lawyers in the state. Europe, hoping to benefit her health, He was a convincing orator, and his but she died soon after reaching effect on a jury was truly magnetic. home. Throughout his meteoric He had a most striking personalily, career, tragedy seemed to follow was attractive in appearance, fas- him. His three sons died in childcinating, even courtly, in manner hood, being killed in a railroad democratic and warm hearted, and crash just before his inauguration. he made many fine and lasting Death had claimed his friend, Levi friendships. Woodbury, at a critical time and In the Mexican war, Pierce served his lifelong college friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne, while they were enas colonel and brigadier-general for two years. joying a trip through the White Although he had refused all over- Mountains. Pierce lived only live years after tures to accept the nomination, he was nominated for President in the close of the Civil war. Among New Hampsihre's famous June, 1852, -and elected in November. That summer Hillsborough men, Franklin Pierce is outstandheld the greatest celebration it has ing as one of the greatest lawyers ever known. Speaking and feasting of all lime, as well as ils only Presitook place in an oak grove along dent of the United States. The Pierce Mansion, now state the Contoocook river. Even now, the old barbecue oven in which a prbperty, is open free to visitors whole ox was roasted, may be found during the summer months. amid obscu·re surroundings on the (This is the 13th in a series river bank. Famous speakers and of articles !or the Manchester other notables came from all over Union-Leader prepared by the the country. New Hampshire Sesquicentennial Commission in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Cons ti tu ti on.) �high. It was constructed of panelling with a handsome stairway. \ There was a sumptuous red damask pillow on which rested the big Bible, gorgeous in scarlet and gold. History of Old North Meeting House Three massive galleries encircled the east, south and west sides o! this structure. Recalled Object to Heat When the Constitutional Convention met there in June, 1788, after adjournment from Exeter in February, some of the members must have held their breath. The first enlargement came in 1802. In 1809, a bell weighing 1,200 pounds was bought. In 1821 a box stove of moderate size furnished the first ·heat in 70 years, and some people objected to it. In 1826, despite the Toleration Act of 1819, which put an end to town ministries, the meeting house had to be enlarged again so that 1,250 people could be accommodated; but it was the beginning of the end. Other faiths were springing up in town and the Congregationalists started to swarm. From 1833 to 1842 there were three great departures, the West Concord, the- South and the East Concord churches. The great building lost more than half its congregation. The 50 huge windows, each with 40 panes of glass, rattled in the furious Winter winds. It was no use. The· old North church, what was left of it, had to build a new house. Housed Institute From 1847 to 1867 the old If!eeting house had congenial 6ccupants when the Methodists General Biblical Institute was moved here from Newbury, Vt. The int~rior was cut into dormitories and lecturerooms; but the outside remained practically unchanged. The Civil war split the Methodist church and the institute was moved to Boston university. It seemed an awful desecration when the old building was bought and rented to tenants of a low order. It was burned Nov. 28, 1870. In accordance with Puritan cus• Shown above Is a sketch of the Old North Meeting House In Con- tom the building had served nd cord, the frame of which was first erected In 1751 on a lot now bou ed town house from 1765 to 1790; by North State Church and Fiske • stre&ts. In 1783 and 1784 many Im• sessions of the Legislature were provements we;e made. It was In this structure that New Hampshire's held there; murder trials had taken deciding vote was cas.t ratifying the United States Constitution. place within its walls; a slavery de~-------,,...,.,,--.,..,,-r-:-TT.:--:r.~---.bate between Franklin Pierce and mprovements a e John P. Hale is still remembered, BY FRANCES M. ABBOTT But the town continued to grow and no meeting house in the state In 1751, the• little settlement on despite the Revolution. People's had heard so much secular oratory. The ratification of the Constituthe Merrimack, now the capital of ideas had expanded, and they deterthe state, felt that it had outgrown mined to have the best meeting tion began Dec. 6, 1787, when Dela house in the state. To accomplish ware registered a unanimous vote. the primitive log cabin which had this took two years, 1783-84. Two Five other states followed in the served for Sabbath worship during great porches, 12 feet square and next two months, the only hesita25 years. They were determined to two stories high were put out at tion being shown by Massachusetts, build a real meeting house. They either end of the original structure. which gave it a small majority. The chose the lot now occupied by the The east one was surmounted b:y a action of the sister state undoubtedly influenced our own. During Walker schoolhouse, named for the belfry and a steeple whose spire, st first minister, an irregular triangle 123 _feet from the ground, boa e~ the four months' adjournment two other states ratified. It may have now bounded by North State, a g1~ded ~eathe~-cock of ooppeI, fou~ fee~ high wit~ glass eyes and been a lucky accident which gave Church and Fiske streets. big tail. . New Hampshire the supreme power The frame was of heavy oak tim- a The pews were square with pan- b t b • • ' bers and the "raising" took three elled sides surmounted by balisters u we never can e sufficiently days in June. The building was of with a mould ed rail. There were proud a nd grateful for the result. great simplicity, 60 feet long, 46 cu~hions and the seats hung on feet wide, and two stories high. no (14th In a series of articles for hinges. The seats ·were turned up There was neither gallery, porch, when the congregation stood, as the Manchester Un Ion-Leader steeple nor chimney and no pews, they always did during the long -prepared by the New Hampexcept one built especially for the prayer, and then fell with a de- shire Sesquicentennial Commisminister and his family. On either lightful slam when the "Amen" sion In celebration of the 150th side of the aisle, leading to the pul- sounded. The imposing pulpit with anniversary of the Constitupit, were rude benches, those upon its ponderous and elaborate sound- tion. (he east for the men and upon the in -board mi ht have been 20 feet west for the women. Where U. S. Was Born �dren, all boys, -are also recorde between 1769 and 1774 inclusive; three of them received the name of Daniel, so it ls e ident the first two died as infants. During thii, period Cario's name appears frequently upon petitions to the Governor and Council and in 1773 he was a signer of the famous "Protest Against Theatrical Performances," an extremely interesting an.d entertaining document. On it his name follows closely after those of the three ministers of Portsmouth. Carlo Spoons a Legacy. About 1775 Caria moved to Newmarket, N. H., a small place a few miles back in the country from Portsmouth. Perhaps he retired from business at that time, , although he may have continued to work in tha'!!'""then flourishing little town. Jn 1776 he signed the "As"Central Park, Winter-The Skating Pond," one of the rare large folio sociation Test," as a resident of Newmarket, showing himself to be Currier & Ives prints at th·e Michaelsen Galleries. on the side of the patriots in the - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - • confroversy with Great B'rltain. The date of his death has not been discovered, but as his name appears on the census of 1790, he was evidently still living at that time. The Society for the Pre8')rvatlon of New England Antiquities has recently received a bequest of four tables oon,9, th ~ ot which bear the mark of Wm am Carlo, while the fourth has that of Benjamin Burt (1729-1803) of Boston. OrigiBy STEPHEN DECATUR. naUy these spoons belonged to The name of William Cario, silversmith, is well known Jacob (1715-1791) and Hann a.fi' Sheafe of Portsmouth and are ento collectors of early American silver, although it is sel- graved with thfa!lr initials. All are dom that a piece bearing his mark appears on the market, exactly alike, so that it would seem one of the silversmiths copied the and then it is rarely more than a spoon. But even these work of the other; but unforture quickly snapped up, for his work haS delicacy of form nately, of course, there is no way to determine definitely which of the and excellence of workmanship. ~ - - - - - - - - s p o o n s was made first. The design In spite or the esteem in which he Although the exact date of Wll- of the spoon:;i would indicate, howis held however, practically nothing liam Caria's arrival in Portsmouth ever, they were made between 1750 has be~n known concerning him ex- has not been ascertained, it ca_n be and 1760 when Burt was too young demonstrated almost conclus1vely to have attained any prominence, cept that he was born in New York that it must have been prior to so it would seem probable, if this in 1721. On the strength of this in- 1748. Actua11y it was probably date can be relied upon, that Caria formation, he has always been about four or five years earlier, or made his first and that, at some listed as a silversmith of that city s 00 n a rte r he · c ompleted h'is appren - later time, possibly after Caria had tlceship. His wife wa~ Abigail, left Portsmouth, Jacob Sheafe, deand it has only just been proved daughter of William Pevey or siring another spoon to match that this is incorrect. Undoubtedly, Peavy of Portsmouth, as is proved those he already had, commissioned however, he ~as the soi:i or a close by a deed of 1765 disposing of her Burt to make it. relative of Michael Car10, a native father's estate and in which Cario of London, who came to this coun- is called a goldsmith (N. H. Deeds, try probably about 1720 and became Vol. 91, fol. 417). a silversmith of New York and Marriage Record Lost. Philadelphia. This branch of the Pevey family Wife Buried in Portsmouth. were members of the church at the The clew to the recent discoveries Portsmouth Plains whose records concerning William C a r i o came have disappeared. ' But since this from a tombstone in the old Point church ceased to exist in 1748 and of Graves Cemetery in Pottsmouth, since after that date Carlo ~as a N. H., which marks the resting member of the South Parish whose place of '.'1-:{rs . Ab(gail. Caria, wife recorfls are complete, the f~ct that to Mr. Wilham Cano, died Sept. 17, the record of the marriage has not 1767, aged 41." Since Cario is an been found would point to it as c1n_usual nam~, t~e appearance of a having taken place at the Plains William Car10 m Portsmouth, at church before that date. Also aU the time the sllversmith was !mown the examples of Caria's work whose to have been W?r~ing, could har~ly history is known origina11y behav~ be~n a comc1dence and an m- longed to families of Portsmouth or vestigation revealed that they. were Its vicinity and from their design, one and lhe same. Further, it ap- as wen as from established facts peared that Cari? lived and worked concerning their original owners, for many years m Portsmouth and several of these pieces must have tbat t~erefore. he should be list_ed been made very close to 1750, if not as a s1lversm1th of that place m- slightly earlier. Unquestionably stead of New York. Of course no Caria was working in Portsmoulh direct proof was found that the when they were made. person born in New York in 1721 The records of the South Parish was the sllversmilh of Pol' smoutil, show that William Caria married but under the circumstances this is Lydia Coxcroft, April 16, 1768. This hard! to be doubted would seem tu be a second marriage of lhe silversmith; if a son, he would have been designated as Junior. Th~ baptisms of four chi!- Cario Portsmouth Silversmith Though Horn in New York He Worked All His Life in ·New Hampshire. �Church In Seabrook Interesting History Daily thousands of motorists pass sawed by two members of the church, The Line Church on Lafayette High- The carpenter who framed the buildway in Seabrook, N. H., but very few Ing was paid $45. know it by name and there is little Rev. David Sutherland, the first doubt that any know the history of preacher at the church, was pastor for the little church that has struggled for part of 1836 while during the remain• more than a century to exist and to der of the· year and until a new pastor hold services every Sunday. For short was settled the pulpit was supplied periods of time the church has been from the Theological Seminary in Anclosed but only one year since its dover, Mass. Organized with 22 persons organization has the annual roll call from Hampton Falls church and the beel). omitted which was in the year old Seabrook church, it was called the 1918 when influenza thr~tened the First Evangelical - · Congregational community. Church of Seabrook and Hampton The Line Church, so called because Falls, The term Evangelice.l was use<;l of its original location on the Sea- because the Unitarians claimed to be brook-Hampton Falls town line, has a Congregationalists. large memJ>ership now and is prosperStephen Green was chosen deacon Ing und~r the leadership of Rev. H. and the pastor was authorized to proHawthorne Benedict, joint pastor for cure a book !or records o! the church, the church and for the Rand Memor- The book is still in use. · ial Church in South Seabrook Dr. Edward Dearborn, for 50 years a However, it is little wonder that the practicing physician in the town, and church has survived for a century, Miss May Knight gave the society a during which it many times faceil the pipe organ in 1838. In his will Dr. problem of a pastor, because the peo- Dearborn gave $4000 to the society pie in that town are God-fearing peo- with the provision that the same gOll• pie as were the first settlers of the sea- pel a,lways be preached. He also pro• co·a st region of New Hampshire, -vided a fund for establishing the Dear• Hampton was settled ·In Oct. 1638 born Academy in Seabrook. and with the small band of settlers The only year since its dedication came a. minister, for religion was near- that the roll call of the church waa ly as important as the three necessi- omitted was ·in 1918 when it waa ties of life-clothing, food and shelter. closed the first three Sundays in Oo• The town of Hampton grew until, on tober because of the influenza epideni• Dec. 13, 1711, a church was formed in io, That winter services were held 1n Hampton Falls and as the years passed Dearborn Academy to conserve on some people in what is now Seabrook fuel. ' thought the Presbyterian form of govOn Nov. 16, 1924 Rev. Hawthorne ernment better than the Congregation- Benedict preached as candidate and ii; al. This clash of opinions caused Sea- was voted to unite with the Rand brook to be a separate town from Memorial Church 1n calling him. He Hampton Falls. accepted the joint pastorate. A few years previous to 1835 some churchmen in Hampton Falls and Seabrook had opposing ideas as to the views of the church government and a separation was due to follow as it had twice before. In 183!1 a lot of land was purchased and a new meeting house was built on 0 the Seabrook-Hampton Falls line, The lumber for the building was cut and TO DEDICATE ~L\ ·MEMORIAL 10 GOV. WENTWORTH Wolfeboro-A memorial plaque is to be dedicated Aug. 20, on the property presented the stal;f; of NE:W Hampshire last year by Lawrence Shaw Mayo, West Newton, iw;istant dean of the Graduate School of Business. Administration of Harvard University. The land includes the site of the summer home of Sir John Wentworth, Bart., last Colonial Governor of New Hampshire, with the cellar of the mansion, and a small building 11,rranged as a museum of Wentworth relics, some of which were found in the cellar debris. The plaque was designed by E. Palmer Clarke of Ossipee, and New Haven, Conn., and cast by a firm 1n Nashua-, making it almost entirely a New Hampshire product. The design includes the Wentworth coat-of-arms, and the following quotation from a letter writt'ell by Sir John when he learned that his beloved estate had been confiscated by the Crown: "Whoever ,nay possess my seat at Wolfeboro, I charge him not to disgrace its name by turning the lingering feet of t he children of calamity uncomforted from that door whose hinges will gladly extend to receive such friends of the foup~r,"· , \I Also the facsimile signature or ®v. Wentworth, traced from tnat on a letter dawd ~ 17119, th~.. :i:ear,Jie ~?ved into his Wolfeboro mansion. · ' Dean Mayo owned the land for a number of years, and has a summer home close by, on the shore of Lake Wentwo'rth. ne is the author bf a fine book on the lUe and times of John Wentworth. · The Misses Helen and Estelle Stevenson of East Boston, who also have a summer home nearby, are members of the committee on arrangements for the ceremony, which will be held under the auspices of the Wolfeboro Historical Society. In the event of rain:, Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Hemenway of Newtonv1lle will be hosts to those who attend, at their summer home, "Birchmont," also part of the Gov. Wentworth estate, and known to Lady Wentworth and her friends as ''Mt. Delight." The program includes a talk by iJam~s W. Goldthwait, professor of geology at Dartmouth College, on the roads built 1n New Hampshire by Gov. Wentworth. The Governors of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut have sent their respective state flags, which with the national colors will be used 1n the ceremony by Troop 151, Boy Scouts of America. A British flag has been provided to be used as :,. veil for the plaque, by Sir Rona.Id Llndsf.y, British Ambassador at Washington. John Wentworth was born at Portsmouth, Aug. 9, 1'737. This date, however, was by old reckoning, and tbe revised calendar changed the date to Aug. 2Q. · �~}if~!Ports~;;~th~~~ ·- - --·--- --- /, ~~rai~?11~AE .;~~?:i:ir ,' Iwires Re'covers r~ro ..,~-,•_··1·', R j m :.o~:: :: "Ii :t:;:;tli"ie,::n~' Supt. David Smith of -the Street de• partment requested that an emer- , 1 -: · 2 the poles were bent over into ,_, ·' ' gency appropci,tion be made ro, tM \;\i eav"J Wind Storm i~:!f[:.i.~~~~;?~f~ _,_._ _ ., -.; ., 1· John Henson called the meeting and . :S"';, . :.· :-:\, -~Councilman T. J. Downs presided - . · ;:.:;;,.· .U llgillllL ~f:t°Wll(Cf ID>S.tllll. : during the absence of Mayor K , E, , \ ' ' : .· 0 ~:c~it~ the ha.voe in this vicinity ·' .. ~a.s caused betwee~ seven and nine o clock when the wmds reached a. 90, o f th =~~=';;'=;';=c:'7'=====- --...! mile-an-hour force. The high velocity · i1r. ne o e worst wind storms • fol- 11 Lack of light cause4 interruptiom wa$ officially recorded by the Coast owing upon the heels of a four -days' in the movie houses ·and the doors · Guard at the Portsmouth Harbor sta•·.. .,,:··, ' 1 . )rain descended upon this city la.st were closed early as the patrons re- tion,, . ,· •..-,,, i n_ight and by the time it was over the ceived tickets for another per.form- . Mail is arriving in Portsmouth from : .. . . . ·.. ,.! city was left in nearly total darkness I a.nee. · · · i Boston today, besides Portland and :··:,_;t--' · j and many of the, streets wei:e im- _The local radio station was off tho I Manchester, but the mail service .;_:•; • _. i passable, and more than 1000 tele- air during the last part of its day's ; south of Boston Is still interrupted, ,·. ,-,:~. ] phones were without service. progr~m, but resumed operations this according to reports received here. Throughout the night crews from the morning, .Bus transportation remained on • ·: .. New Hampshire Gas and Electric Go., A second emergency order arrived schedule to Portland, Manchestel' and •.,: _ the New England Telephone and at the local police station from the Boston from this city but south of 1 _- ,. , · · Telegraph Co. and city workmen New Hampshire state Liquor com- .Boston and toward Springfield, Mas."!., · -:_:,t_;>, .-':·'f' 1 · ··, j worked frantically to restore service. mission today and City Marshal the local terminals report there Is no ;,_, ,.\: ,-. ·., '~ _,;\ _.·,~:: ·· 1 The City Council held an emergen- Leonard M. Hewitt notified all beer service. : "'. .' ,.",;,.:'' · '.'.:<>;=~-' ·. -cy meeting · this morning and made and liquor dealers, including cafes, A chimney on the Warnet· House at "~' ~,ft:)'?; ·; .· ····.. funds available for the street depart- clubs and the state store, that no the corner of Daniels street and :~,,f-?)J,t.i; ,_,.1. •· :;I ment to carry on the work of remov- beer or liquor should be sold until Chapel street crashed to the side• '.:"::•-./,:i:;:;-i,.. :; ·_', . ·J ing the debris. · further notice. The order included all walk, The faling brick."! tore a large ·--;:· .l,'_'7;:,.{; ·/ . { When dawn came th_is morning a dealers except drug stores that were ' hole in the roof ot the westernmost fc_-- 1great _deal had been accomplished. allowed _to sell it on prescriptions. Io! the ~ve_gables on thLs house whtch · ";,~·,__,~t;~J · ·· • All of t he streets of the city were Because of telephone connections wAA built m 1772. _ _ ____, ~:."!-'~: .;•.'; ;- _;··;· _ passable, most of the lights in the between Concord and Dover the local . Dam~e totaled to more than $100,000 t :0 ·. ': • -:·.• city limits were restored, and a great department relayed the message 00 j,n outlymg .sections of ~his city t:octay, as i- ~ '-;t(),-· , , _ , , . many of the telephones tn the com- Dover and Somersworth. During the workmen s.art:ect clearmg debris and t , ··:,- - ·':: .. ..-- ,, ' ; pact area were i.n working condition period that the electric power was off. w:eckage le!~ m the wak~ of the worst i- · _Between 80 and 100 trees were l!:.st night an order to stop the sale wmd storm m years to hit this section ;.:·;.-;_,.,,,.,: th either blown down or snapped off, of beers and liquors was also made. of e coast. J,.):,_ .;_,,,_;-:., some narrowly missing .smashing During the night while ma.nl' ot Boat owners at Hampton Beach to- ._):'.,.\li:'.;-?· through buildings in this city. The the streets were blocked by fallen day foun d their large craft blown many -:-::r; :,;:bt{• main highway through the city was ~rees and dangerous conditions exi.qi;,. /eet out of the water onto the marsh, :'-._''¾ik;:,".;, blockaded by the falling of a huge m~ caused ?Y the low sagging elec-, nearly two miles from the moorings. ,, ·(,:;:)~;::.:-:::' elm tree near t he corner of Middle tric power Imes the local ponce were Other boats had been torn loose from :-- •· ·· '· . street and Richards a.venue. This called on to keep spectators from the ,their anchors and pounded on the rocks, huge t ree, more than 150 years old, danger zones. Police were also · kept causing unestimated damage. was ripped out by the roots and fell busy relaying emergency message/I The greatest damage for home and a.cross the s_treet, crashing through during the storm . land owners was caused by huge falling 1the fence on the opposite side of the ~uch of the damage ca.t1sed by trees striking hoU?es and fences and .: street. In the fall the tree carried falling trees was on Islington street., completely destroying small buildings. \ ' ~ -;;' l away all wires on the street. South street, Richards avenue and A large section of the roof on the Polish short distance away, between · the Middl~ street A tree blown over by Hall on Bow street, Exeter, was torn off . ,_, •.,: .,., •,·]· residence of Dr. E. A. Vlckery and the the wmd caused considerable dam- :"hen a giant elm crashed onto it late ·· •\ '. , . · · [ Walden [nn, another tree fell but not age when it struck a section of J . L , m the evening and other sections of , .'.,f · 1across the street, along the ·yard, do-- Coleman's home on Chestnut street Exeter suffered heavy losses from the ing but slight damage. A large chest- and the tree was one of two planted high winds. , 1 nut tree at the Coleman estate on in front of the house nearly two cen- 1 A 65-foot tree at the corner of Hobbs , , JDeer street was snapped ofI by the turies ago, road and Atlantic ·avenue in North " ! gale, narro:wly missing the house. Damage along the waterfront Hampton broke 25 electric wires as it , __,., •· The force of the wind broke one of caused _by the tidal wave was not as crashed on the _ground near_where two .•·_-,., '·. -. j the plate-glass windows in Good~ severe m this city as in many other ~irls we_re walkmg and a third was rid- ., l man's store, _and ripped down numer- ports along the coaBt but several mg a. bicycle, but the trio miraculously .. '. ous signs about the city. boa_ts anchored in the harbor dragged I escaped without injury, As the giga.nThe power lines were shut off due their mooring, while others broke · tic tree toppled over on them Mary Wil- , . • .1 to the hazard of live wires. The f loose altogether and were washed liams, 13, daughter of Austl.s Williams, a _r _ city was never in total darkness, as ashore. A section of the Portsmouth : diver a.t the Portsmouth Navy Ya.rd, . "'. ·•: ... i1 the hospital was furnished power Yacht club float was damaged by tbe I jumped from her bicycle and a few ._ /.:; t,. :j throughout, and the Atlantic Height."! , heavy sea but the boa.t.s anchored In. , mome_nt.s later it was found tangled in .. ; · -~ 1 section also were give_n uninterrupted the cove there ,escaped damage. 1the highly charged, electric wires. The , , ·i service. _____ other two girls in the close call were ! ' ·',_\: Ruth stover and Marie O'Brien both ! , ··: , . ,· · 12, all of North Hampton. ' \. .: --: , Crews Wor11-: liiaDg JO ; ormaJ; Section Ami O ll a. )I) Drlng 0 ~ ~ limiclh [))amage lBy StolrJin I r~ "- ·I lllm '1flhlls ij II ;".'' I - ":·, , ! ---•ri·>:. ;,_/·;:_:_J? :--~·?.-~g :,,y_~.-- ·.-, ,_-, ,:':,,;_'.\'·: l -~ • .,:~_-_. ~· ,, _. ! 0 I l >~ '-- ' I , .· , �- - -- - �STORYOFTHE WHIPPING POST IN PORTSMOUTH By JUSTINI: PLINT 8t-0p thief I stop thief I cried an extlited shop keeper as he mahed frantically from hl8 st-0re In pursuit of a running figure. To continue this story it is neceslal'Y to explain to the reader that tll18 ecene transpired In Portsmouth on a cold January' day In 1764. A woman, who had entered a store on what 18 now Congress Street, was seen to .sllp a tiny pair of children's shoes beneath her wom hooded cloak. Bbe was not quick enough, however, and was soon caught by Goodman Newmarch who lived next door and had heard the commotion. She was conducted to the house of the Hon. Hunking Wentworth, Justice of the Peace, who lived near the North Church to the west. As she stood defiantly before him, ti·emb)lng with the cold and In the fear of disgrace, her gu.llt was proven and she was sentenced to be publicly whipped. 1teps at Market Square on what was then ealled King Street, cheers split the air and hats were thrown Into t.be ltreet. Breaking through the tumult the loud compelling voice of Thomas Manning was heard. His words were: "Down with the King's Street; Huzza for Congress Street!" Thenceforth this busy thoroughfare has held this name. In former times quite a large village was located at Portsmouth Plains and here many exciting incidents have ooeurred. 'lbe , most interesting event from lt• put history talr:es ua back to the 26th of June, 1696, the date of the dreadful Indian massMre. The savage.a ftrllt attacked Dover, and thJ,s In a way lhould have prepared the people of the plains that their settlement might be Invaded next. As there seemed to be no immediate danger, powever, , the colony remained quietly in their reapectlve, homes. At dawn they were awakened by the light of their buminS barns and the 1 chilling cry of the In• dian. The women and children fled to the garrison botlse, while the men tried In vain t.o repel the horde of on~ ref1 1µien .. 'the .~emy easily overpowered them, burning their homes and maiming and killing all within their 'r~h'. At, the close of the battle the dead and wounded were found in the; patpways and arotmd the houses. Mrs. Mary Brewster, who was through nµi,rria.ge a direct descendant of Elder Wm: Brewstei of Mayflower memory, we..s a woman of fortitude and courage. As her frientls came uJ)Cln her stumbling from her ruined home, she was thought to be dying. Her scalp had been \ entlrely removed from ' per head and she was deeply Injured by a tomahawk. In spite of all th.ls, she reoovered co~wv,sness· and, gave ' birth to a child shortly afterward. Later the cut in her head was closed by 'F1 silver plate and a wig substituted for her 1088 of hair. During the remainder of The whipping post in Portsmouth in her Ute she became the mother of tour 1764 was the town pump, situated ,qn 110ns and died at the age of 78 ·years, Market Squa1·e. Here, with her bands The Indians who had committed tied up to iron bolts, her shoulders and this insurrection were never, caught, back were bared and as the biting win- They made their 86Cape by biding outter winds swept the snow into the eyes. side the Isles o( Shoal~ A war party of curious onlookers, the sherlff ap- W'-8 routed at· Breakfast Bill but It J)lied the cat-o'nine-tallsl To us today discoV'ered that these were cmly a it seems almost incredible that not so small numb411' of the original pup, many years ago such a scene took The Indtans and their cap~v~ had J)lace in the center of our business c&-1 stopped to bre&ldast on that ~ and trlct. The newspaper of that time it 1s from this occasion that the loe&blandly reported the event as follows: tlon derived its name, Bre¥fMt B1ll. "Last Friday one of our female plllerOf the odd names of~ found fu ers received a flagelatton at the whip- Portsmouth hiatory, these of a group ping post, who had a great number of killed in the massacre seem mos• hiepectators to see this gooa work per- terestlng. They were Tom Oni~ ~:. formed; and it is hoped that others, ter Moe, and Betsey Babb. who so Just.ly deserve lt, will soon be b.rought to the same place to receive their deserts." Too little is known about the everyday incidents and courageous deeds of those first citizens of Portsmouth whose names are often discerned on the moss-grown gravestones in our historical cemeteries. Thomas Manning, whOlle family Ill entombed in St. John's church yard, was a man of great popularity in the clays previous to the Revolut.lon. When the Declaration of Independence waa read in Portsmouth on the state House was �Commission. She helped to found and gave much time and effort to insuring the success of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Club on Fayette street in Boston. She was for a number of years chairman of the executive committee of. the of the National Oivic Federation . In 1932 she was a member of the Unemployment Campaign Committee of Bo.~ton which sought to raise $3,000,000, and also of the Job-Finding Committee. In 1932-33 she was- head of the Women's Division of the Emergency Campa\gn for $5,000,000 . She was at one time vice president of the National Council of Girl Scouts. -Mrs. Wendell had been a parishioner of Trinity Church In Boston for many years and a member of the committee to purchase books for the Trinity Library . She was also a reader for the Boston Public Library, of which her father had been president of the board of trustees. Mrs. Wendell was one of the original members of the Chilton Club and had been a member of the board of governors and chairman of the entertainment committee from 1927 to 1933. MRS.BARRET WENDELL DIE§ IN BOSTON FUNERAL SERVICE ~f~LDFORMR '.VENDALL Mrs. Barrett Wendell passed away at Large Number Attend her home in Boston on Monday and her death Is heard with profound regret bY her many friends. Sl;J.e was widely Boston known and throughout her life had been most active In affairs for the betterment The funeral service for the late Mrs. of conditions and humanity. Edith Greenough Wendell, widow of Much of her time was passed in Prof. Barrett Wendell of Boston and Portsmouth at the anc.estral home, the Portsmouth, was largely attended by Jacob Wendell residence on Pleasant hoodreds of friends and delegations street and she recently was strlceken ill from many organizations In the Trinihere. In the death of Mrs. Wendell ty Church, Copley Square, Boston, on Portsmouth feels it has lost one of its Wednesday. best known summer residents and one Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill of the Episcopal dioc~e of Massachusetts ofwho was greatly interested in the town ficiated. Among the delegates were and the p1•eservation of its colonial those from the Massachusetts Society buildings. of the Colonial Dames of America, of Mrs. Wendell was born at Swampwhich Mrs. Wendell had been presiscott, Mass., on Aug. 2, 1859,.the youngdent for 20 years; the national council, est of the children of William Whitwell 011'1 Scouts of America, of which she Greenough and 111s wife, Catherine was a former vice-president; the Civic Scollay (Curtis~ G1•eenough. She was Federation, Army and Navy Club, and educated in private schools In Boston. On June 1, 1880, she was married in the Chilton ClUb. FUNERAL NOTIOE Bearers were grandsons, Thomas Quincy, Mass., to Barrett Wendell, late professor of English at Harvard UniDled:-WENDELL, Edith Green- Gordon Wheelock, Barrett Wendell, 3d, versity. ough, in the 80th year of her age, at Francis A. Wendell and F. Lee H. She Is survived by four children, Bar· her home, 368 Marlborough street, Wendell, and two nephews. Hemy V. rett Wendell of Chicago, Mrs. Mary Boston, on October 3rd, 1938, widow Greenough and Malcolm W. Green(Wendell) van der Woude of Eastry, of the late Barrett Wendell, daughter ough. The ushers were Dr. 'Rol;>ert M. Kent, England, William Greenough of the late William Whitwell and Wendell of Hartford, Conn., and Mrs. Catharine Scollay (Curtis) Green- Green, Seth T. Gano, Samuel Eliot Edith (Wendell) Osborne of Auburn, N. ough, and mother of Barrett Wendell, Morrison, George P. Glll'dner, Jr., and Y. Besides her children Mrs. Wendell Mary Wendell van der Woude, Wil- Francis C. Oray. A private burial serIs survived by seven grandchildren, liam Qreenough Wendell and Edith vice wall held at- Mt. Wollaston ceme• Thomas Gordon Wheelock, Barrett Wendell Osborne. Funeral services at tery, Quincy. Boston society was widely represenWendell, 3r ' and F, Lee H. Wendell, Trinity church, Boston on Wednesall of Chicago, Francis Appleton Wen- day, October 5th at 11.SO a. m. Inter• ted at the service including many who have for years assisted Mrs. Wendell in dell of New York, Barbara Wendell ment private. her trorts to preserve hisrorical sites. Soule of Boston, Agnes Devens Osberne of Auburn, N. Y., and R. Gerrit van der Woude of Eastry, England, and two great-grandchildren, Christopher Soule and Nathalie Alsop Wendell. · Mrs. Wendell's activities were many and diversified. She was president of the Massachusetts Society of Colonial In the death of Mrs. Barratt WenDames of America from 1903 to 1923, dell, Portsmouth has lost a devoted during which time the Quincy home- citizen. In the many summers that stead In Quincy was restored. She she had spent here she had been acwas a commissioner from Massachu tive in promoting philanthropic ensetts to the .Jamestown Exposition in terprises and historical Institutions. 1907 and helped to erect the chapel Her work for soldiers and sailors which enclo&es the foundations of the during the World war, her organizing fµ-st church built by the colonists. the Greater Portsmouth Council of From 1919 to 1925 she was secretary or Girl Scouts, her carrying through of the National Society of Colonial Daµ-ies plans for the restoration of st. John's of America, when the society erected the beautiful colonnade which now c~urch and the building of the ft• surrounds Plymouth Rock. Her last nances of the Family Welfare Association, her keen interest in the prescontribution to the preservation of In• terestlng New England monuments was ervation of the Por~mouth J\thenthrough the Warner House In this city, aeum, these were some· of the chanwhere she was for several years chair- nels througn which she poured her energy . and enthusiasm. But her man of the board of trustees. During the World War Mrs. Wendell greatest Interest was the restoration took an active part in-various projects. of the Warner House, which we owe She was president of the Massachusetts to her, for It was her persistence and Special Aid Society for American Pre• ardor tnat made possible the purparedness in 1915, 1916 and 1917, chair• chase of this fine old Georgian man• man of the Women's Liberty Loan Com- slon .. As a memorial to her, the Warmittee for Massachusetts and vice ner House Association is creating an ,resident of the National Allied Rel!ef endowment fund to be known as the "Edith G. Wendell Memorial Fund." As Memorial To Mrs. Barrett Wendell 4 Rites In Trinity Church �Leaves $20,000 for: Upkeep· Of· Historic Houses Provisions Made In Will Of Mrs Barrett Wendell For Preservabo Of Jacob Wendell And Tibbetts Houseg Two of Portsmouth's old houses will to her son, William o. Wendell. be preserved, according to the will of The residue of the estate, after payMrs. Barrett Wendell, who died last ment of taxes, etc., la to be given in week, The will was filed 011 Monday equal shares to the four children. The ln the Suffolk Probate court, in Mas- will was signed Jan. 28 of this year sachusetts, and makes provision for and the two s6ns, Barrett Wendell of Greenough the preservation of ihe historic Jacob Chica.go, and William Wendell House , and the Tlbbett& Wendell of Hartford were named as House. She le!t $20,000 in trust to help executors and trustees. preserve and keep in repair the The provision of 'the will, providing houses, which she stated have been for the preservation of the two associated with her husband and his houses located side by side on the family for many years. property between Junkins avenue and The buildings and land are owned Edwards street, assures the continuby William O. Wendell, having been ance of these old homes for some conveyed to him by Mrs. Wendell in time. The Jacob Wendell House was built 1934, and in the will Mrs. Wendell expressed the hope that ownership of in 1789 by Jeremiah Hill. Jacob Wenthese properties may remain with dell purchased t he building in 1816. some one of her husband's descen- This is one- of the house& in Portsmouth where the furnishings have dants. Her jewelry, laces and articles ot been kept together throughout the clothing were bequeathed in equal years. It is one of the show places of shares to her two daughters, Mrs, the city. The Tibbetts house, located just Mary Wendell van der Woude of Serndon, Eastry, Kent, England, and nort};l of the Wendell house was built Mrs. Edith WEmdell Osborne of Au- prior to 1774, but the exact tlate ts burn, N. Y. The proviso is added not known. In 1774 a notice of its sa.le that "my said daughters or the sur- by Thomas Jackson to Dr. Daniel The vivors shall give something personal Peirce. of Kittery was made. from the property passing under this house was sold in 1799 to Capt. Richsection to each of my daughters-in- ard Salter Tibbetts, who died in the law and to each of my granddaugh• West Indies about 1831. It was from that owner that the house received rs". by which it is known toThe house and land at her Marl• oro street, Boston home, was HISTORIC LOCAL . HOUSE IS BEING TORN DOWN The Meserve-Boyd-Raynes house, located near the North Mill bridge, ill being torn down. This \10use is located on the east side of Maplewood AYe,, at the corner of Rayn~s Ave., and ·wu built by Ool. Nathaniel Meserve about l'HO. Ool. Meserve spent his early days In Newington, He married Jane Libby Jn thil city on Dec. 16, 1725 and a short time aft.er the marriage came to thil city to live and became very prominent In the affairs of the colony. From • oarpent.er he started out upon a career aa a shipbuilder and 'from the year 1740 unto his death waa the owner and operator of the largest ship yard bl Portsmouth, if not in tl\e entire colonies. In the same year he began his career as a shipbuilder he erected the large colonial home adjoining hl.e place of business, where he resided until h1I death in 1'158. Col. George Boyd purchased the place about 1768 and considerably enlarged lt. He had a fine large garden which utended to the present site of the Bolt.on c1s Maine Railroad station. It wu an elaborate affair, and from it.a numerous outbuildings and peculiar decaratlonl received the cognomen of the "What Vfilage." Col. Boyd took no part In the Revolution but retired to England where he remained until aftel peace was declared and on his way back died two days before reaching home In 1787. He brought with him a monument, which la placed over h1I srave In the North Cemetery. One hundred and six years ago 080Jlge Raynes bought the shipyard and many of the out/ltandlng ships of the next 211 years were built there. �Seacoast Exhibit At Springfield Wins High Commendation From All Model Of Fort Point Light Attracts Much Attention At N. E. States Exposition ing the days of the exposition i is considered that placing the replica of the Fort Point Lighthouse at the World's Pair would be worth while. Bradley M. 0la.rk and· Arthur Harri• man assisted Alvin Redden, executive secretary of the association, in planning the lighthouse and the exhibit at Springfield. Frank W. Randall, presi• dent of the local 0hamber of 0ommerce, attended the fair and assisted the men in charge of the exhibit in the New Hampshire building, Working plans for the model liahthouse were drawn at Portsmouth High School, in the mechanical drawing deparbnent under the direction of In• structor Francia T. Malloy. Every detail of the-model W118 built to !Cale with the Fort Point light. The construction of the lighthowe was done at the tinsmith shop of T. J, Downs on Hanover street. while it was built by George Jefford.II. Bertram Kenney is credited with tht excellent work of painting the small structure so that the side-walls, al• though made of metal, r868mble the cement walls of the original and much larger one at New Castle. While the Imodel llghthou.,e towers aix feet and nine inches and Is only three feet at the ba.se, plus the bell house with a ringing bell, there 1s a flashing light in the tower. Because of the hurricane and storm at Springfield the expoeitlon oloaed after a three-day run and now regional a.ssoolation officials are waiting for the return of the model: It will be placed in the office of the New Hampshire Gas & Electric Company, Mr. Redden announced, after which action will be taken as to whether or not It will be ex hlbited at the World's Fair. ANNUAL MEETING OF HISTORICAL SOCIETY HELD ilon. .. The highest commendation of the ew Hampshire exhibits at the Ea.stem States Exposition at Springfield, Ma.sa., went to the display of the N. H. seacoast Regional Development Assocla• tion, which featured a replica of the picturesque UghthoUBe at New Oa,sUe. Its white circular wall:i towering into the air, Its flashing bea-oon and the ringing bell, warning .!Ulilors of shallow water at Port Point was reproduced in miniature and to soale. Tlle model lighthouse is six feet, nine inches in height with the reall.,tic touch added to the structure. On the wer w , the lighthouse keeper is seen smoking a pipe as he stands calmly surveying the ocean off Portsmouth. Officials of the association have had such an exhibit ID mind for more than a year and in view of the exp061tlon at Springfield and the World's Fair in New York next year they felt that now would be an opportune time to have such an exhibit. From the favorable comment received at Springflelft from an average of 25,000 per80ns a day who view the New Hampshire exhibits dur• At the annual meeting held at the Paul Jones House, .home of the societ,y, on Thul'sday, the following of.. flcers were elected: President-James A. Borthwick. Vice presidents-Charles H. Bat~ chelder, 1'4rs. Woodbury Langdon • Secretary-Frank D. Butler. , Trustees: George B. Lord, Thoma.a H. Sims, J, K. Bates, ' J. T. Coolidge, Ralph May, Horace Morrison, Wy• man Boynton, Mrs. W. E. Marvin, Mrs. Barrett Wendell, Miss Martha Kimball. CS , '3 O ��·-~-~-lJU:. ~Io,·R.··u'1·Gu·•'· ;nonI LUBS HOLD \, .· .\FRST MEETINGS art classes. Throughou: th/yea~· - ~e....'T . umb!~gclu~, -~~:- i~ ~dienterta~ents _and an assembly pro• I rection of Herbert Hagstrom, is for • . ,." . , gram will be given. Ruth Chalmers, i boys who are interested in gymna• ... , ' ·1 the art teacher, is the adv sor. . sium activities. Individual and team · . lj The Dramatic club will have for its stunts will be practiced. . ! activities the reading and producing Plas_ter Modeling club includes the ;, of plays, Each year the club sponso1·s modehng of wall and table decora'. . ,· . , r.n entertainment. Miss Minnie Swin• tions cut fl'om the plaster. Francis ' l ·-1 r, ,_, l_ll.erton heads this group, Tate heads this group, which le com• :., . event no 1g t uraa6 The Dennison Paper Craft club is posed of both boys and girls. ·un~er_ the dir_ection of Miss Inez Bray. i1 The school paper, "The Purple and i1 ThlS 15 for girls only and crepe paper Gold", will be in charge of the club decorations, favors, flowc,rs, etc., are of that name. This is the custom of . I made from the bright colored paper. past years, and members of the staff Today the first meetings of the ,1 The direct-Or of the music in the , of the school paper are th e members , ·, ~ olubs at the Junior High school war& 1schools is in_ charge. of th~ Glee club. of the clul;>. Miss Edith Mospan is the , :: ·• held. Each member of the 7th and , Ernest P. Bilbruck nas this elub un• Jeadet· of the group. 8th grades of the student body joins f der his direction. It is for _both boys I The Metal Handicraft club mem• • , th t and girls, and several publlc appear• \ ntrs will make articles from brass and one club, and d urmg e pas years ances will , be made dmmg. .· the _yea~. 1~ opper and aluminum hammered into ; "¥: these have been very helpful, some of The Travel club, under the direction shape. some excellem; articles can be . the students finding their vocation of John L. Phelps, is open to boys made from discarded pieces of metal. from their work in the clubs. Each and girls who are interestM in travel 1'.•liss Pauline Putnam is in chai-ge of l ,. . . clu~ has one of the teachers ~or an talks and pictures. Guest speakers this group y.,hich consists · of both , · .; , ·.: , adv1Sor. There are 25 , clubs m the I who have visited various places will boys and girls. school and all got under way today. I be on the program. The Mathematica1 Drawing club Is '.Among the clubs •are ·the following: ! Boys who are interested in cooking for boys only, and for beginnere. Choric speaking club, which in• have a club of their own. This is the Those who are interested in knowing eludes both· boys and girls interested Ohefs' club and the work includes the the elementary use of the ruler, eom- :· in ~earning and participating in preparation and serving of food, table pass, protractor, etc., have joined this group speaking. Miss Helen G. May• manners, as well as the buying . of organization which is under the SU• . . nard is in charge of this group. \ food and the planning of menus. Miss pervision of Miss Ruth Shapley. , /. ·: ' . Variety · club, composed of boys and .'\ Edna Sheldon will supervise this The students selected their clubs : • <. • · girls interested in making posters, group. without knowledge of the iden• · ,.. ,;'_ painting milk pine cones, wood carv• 11 The history of aviation and the tity of the leaders. They list• . ,;, , · . ing, candle painting and oth~r ~es j constru~tion of an airplan~ will _be ed their first three choices, . r;. · of hand work. The leader IS Ml!IS .1 among the things studied m the Air• and were given wherever pas• t'~J> Vera B. Tibbetts. I\ c,raft club. Miss Iva Stiles heads this sible, their first choice, but in ; : ._, .:,:.,,, .. Photographers' club, in charge of I group, which is for boys only. _Dur- some instances this was not possible. , , •·. ?· Adolph Volkman, who Is very much \ ing the year small gliders, planes &.nd Cleon E. Heald, submaster at the , ;.:, • ,t- interested in the subject himself. This models of famous ships will be con- school, is in charge of the arrange• 1 , · :=;.,•. · :- i is for boys really interested In obtain• structed and an air-meet will be held ments, and he supervises the various ' i :'j,~ ;, ,:. ing a general knowledge of photo• for competition of the models, Avia• activities throughout the year. ·: .... '. graphy and the work includes the tors will be present from time to time The activities of the ninth grade is ! . .;' • ; taking of pictures, developing and to speak to the club membei·s. ?onflned to th? Senior c_orps, which : printing them. Handwork Activity club is for boys is a most active organization each · ..>;.-...;, • · Girl Scout Merit Badge club is of and girls who are interested in decor- year. Leaders of this group from the ; · ,'' ·I interest to Girl Scouts, although open ating wooden articles, linoleum faculty include Mrs. Helen !5'· Do• f . ';._.',' ·; to other girls. Articles such as burnt blocks and making of greeting cards; herty, ~s. Edith Johnson, Miss Flor• · ·. •. , book-ends, painted tea tiles, head clay modelling of pottery, masks, etc., ence Tarr, William Volkman and bands, bracelets and other artic~es are also included. The club is under r'W_il,... ~i_am __R_._R_o_s_e._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _..J 1 will be made during the season. Miss the supervision of Miss Anna Kush• '°i::>-.tl'" .1.\ ~ ~.,...,.,..:: ~'"' ~ n .,_... ,:. · Felicia Gray is the advisor for the I ious. ' Y- U\»O;I . -'!1 _ " · ~ ~ '.., · • ..... · "!,-~-. ·- , ---;-\_,. ·"' . ,, , group. Boys and girls who are interested in , . ,. ' , ·,. · · · '' · · • ,. .(.: ·· ~-. 1 , Leathercraft club is for both boys music are mem_bers of the Musical I . :. . .1 and girls. Many an. older boy and scrapbook club. The lives of various j fl', _ _ ... -Ii· ;- •• : girl has some article which he composers, their music and their All - ·,;; ·;,-_;;_.·_ '! made while In that club. Belts, place in the musical world will be (1 a 1 . •~\? :<: 1pocketbooks, key cases, bill~folds and studied during the year. Musical In, Ii\~ . . , ~]~ ~ :':) l' ::: -· ·~.:·c, · 1 other useful leather articles are struments and their origin will be ! · .. ~ .. · ,.:i....,, .... · ;:','.'·, ;'.' \<:'·-:' l made, This year a new Jh1e of pl'O• considered and radio concerts will be ' '-~ ,' :'."' , jects may be undertaken by th~ club reviewed and discussed. This club is .., - . '., .i members. Mrs. Ruth Johnson is ad• in charge of Miss Keith Bickford. ". ·,. _i ~::: visor. Touring the World club finds the Portsmouth Harbor And . -·-:•;. Glorified Glass club is devoted to boys and girls making imaginary trips -· , painting pictures on glass with melt• through the various countries they Hampton Beach Receive ,'' •. : . 1 ·: _... ed sealing wax. The lea.der ls Miss are interested in. Through iscussions, , , I1 Angelina Raino. newspapers, magazines and pictures, I :;, __ .: } , \ Art club-Open to _both boys and they will arrange these trips. One I Washington, Sept. 28 (AP)-The .:: · . I girls who are really 111:terested In art. specific project is a trip through Eu- I PWA administration gave $695,250 to , .. This is for _bo~s and girls wh~. ha~e rope on a bicycle which they will plan. I the Coast Guard today for · structure~ · ',--'~-{~ 1 proven th~ir 111:terest and ability 1•11 i:liss Nora FLB.ynes supervises the ac• , a11. d equipment at 17 stations. Part .. 1 \ regular art periods. Landscapes, am• lvities of this group. of the funds allotted today will be , ,. , , ma.ls e:nd people are among the su~• Miss Irene Blake is the leader of the ·l'used as follows: Portsmquth. Harbor, · .., jects drawn throughout the _year. Ml~s Radio Broadcasting club which is Kittery Point, Me., $24,900; Hampton . - I Charlotte Powers is the advisor. composed of both boys and girls who Beach. N. H .. $28.000. . · : Marionette club-This is to teach are interested in learning the art of -- - - - - - · · · the construction as well as the opera• i·adio broadcasting. The club will astion of those popular figures. This sist as announcers and technicians at 1lkewise is limited t-0 _boys an~ girls the school broaeca.sts over the local I 1 who have -~hown ability and _l?terest radio station which are given from j 1 ,_!!le building, N. ; •:.·· /:'.11 • '·.. .:_,; :. . I 1 \ S h A E' h h.· ·· 1 Students Join School . Organization ! '; i I i !. +, I MONr.YALLOTTED ·' "~'• '.\' I F D ST r,' RD . ,: ~- -:-.-\ . . . :.-·..t STATIONS HE·R\_t'r. Funds From P.W.A. ;·;., • • 1 I· I • ··':','};'~:,; ' ;.: ,f )/, _. ~.\ �F CApproves : !Application ·For New Bridge 0 - -- 1 >' l l ., j ; !Loan Is Assured If WPA ·will Make A 45 % Grant In Building Toil Bridge Across The . . l?iscataqua ! ' Word has been received. here by the - New Hampshire 'Interstate •. ,.,:. · iBridge Authority from Dr. James J. _ r. \ Powers, of Manchester, a member frcim ,,.:· ;: ! New Hampshire, and Senator Fred I-I. l Brown, that the Reconstruction Fini::'<'.·:.,:! ance Corporation has agreed to puri.,,.;-' ,: ··; chase the bonds of t he proposed toll : : '. bridge between Portsmouth and Kit~, ; : )tery across the Piscataqua . river. This •...,. ·,:... i opens t he way for t he quick approval · j by the Public Works Administration of ~ a grant to cover the cost of the con;')' . Istruction. Announcement of the P. W. :'.-} . )A.'s decision is expected to be made at ·•.",, • 'I any time. · • The acceptance of the bonds by the •. \' ·, Reconstruction Finance Corporation :.,:·· is contingent upon t he Public Works : •: , . Administration providing a 45% grant. );' ' · · Dr. Powers and Senator Brown, who 1 ~ -'. \ · : . J are . in Washington, are • in hopes of ,:;:.-,, I gettmg the R. F . C. and the w. P . A. ;'. ' , : ·j together to bring their application to · :· ;'i', a .successful conclusion. .... , \ .Approval of the RFC loan comes -~ :; I after many weeks of negotiating. The i PWA tentatively approved its own 45 iMaine .' :< ;':' per cent grant for the btJdge, but has stated it would refuse to allot the money unless the Bridge Authority could get a loan Ior the remaining 55 per cent of the project's total cost, PWA officials have said they would /·., probably allot the money as soon · as ' , , the Bridge Authority got the loan. ,,.:. The RFC and PWA have been jockey- '. ' .. ·.. J ing around, each waiting for the other .. ,: / to take the first step. This noon RFC .:'.;'':, announced the loan through Senator ,. · Brown of New Hampshire and then hastily rescinded its announcement, stating that "transactions were not completed". It is believed the RFC was waiting for · the PWA to signify it would approve the project. The Bridge · Authority has the approval of Congress, which is necessary for an interstate operation, and Congress also passed legislation necessary for construction of the bridge as a toll bridge which will be free when paid for. The War Department has approved t he plans for the bridge, necessary for all. bridges which cross navigable streams. ~ ·11 I -~1~ "::ti~~ :~¥ r . ;~. ,_ -< :I - "'. • •~- • ·2_:( ~~ ' :t ,,: ~ .,· ·' , · · \ I_ .• --~ ��ULD MEAN NEW INDUSTRIES A meeting Is being held today in the rooma of the Chamber of Com• merce by the Industrial Committee of the New Hampshire Seacoast Region• al Association and the Chambe1· ol Commerce, to start some action toward securing industries for thls city. This meeting was called following the announcement made by Gov. Francia P. Murphy at Rye Harbor yesterday that Portsmouth faced very . fine op• lJOrtunlty for industrial advancement, !lbe governor. in telling posslble developmen~ 1n section stated that Proct.or & Gamble Company ~ea negotiating for a- location at Portsmouth, He •tated that the Chamber of Conuneroe should get into action at once to assist in securing this and Qther companies !or Portsmouth. Gov. Murphy stated that another concern, ~hich he could not 11ame, was also interested in coming here. The Regional Association this morning, in discussing the coming of Proctor & Gamble to this oity said that with the assurance of the new bridge across the Piscataqua, with an adequate draw, located in a more suitable place in the river for navigation, that there were many in• qulrtes regarding sites for business locations, A great amowit of work has to be done in order to interest these com• panies and the Chamber of Com• merce, and Regional Association's in• dustrlal committee have made sur• veys of different locations and for• warded them to the companies in• terested. It Is pointed out that many times the request of information re• garding the possibilities as well as the attitude of the people toward civlo interests, the availability of work• men, and other information, does not come direct, but instead from the New England Council or other organizations, and it is infrequent- that the group knows just what industry makes the inquiry. The construction of the new bridge will open territory on both sides of the river, and there will undoubtedly be a splendid opportunity in both Portsmouth and Newington, as the rail facilities extend to Dover Point. of Ohief Engineer Nell MoGllvery of Loi Angeles show.It at the coutrols of the submarine S-49. Former United States Navy submarine S-49, sister ship to the HI-fated 8-61 in which a crew of 33 died off Block Island, has stopped at Portsmouth for a few days after barely missing destruction by the hurricane on its first trip into the Atlantic Ocean from the Great Lakes where it has been exhibited for the past several years. Because of certain international laws, according to officers, the boat was entirely decommissioned by the Navy before being sold and it was not until five years after the sale of the craft that the new owner was allowed to place auxiliary motors In the hull. The original motors had been cut to pieces with acetylene torches with only the shell intact while the submerging valves have been padlocked. United States Navy by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company of Bridgeport, Conn. It was commissioned June 6, 1922, and was the largest type ot S-boat to be built with its 240-foot. length and a displacement or 1,000 tons. The contract price, including the equipment, was nearly $2,500,000 and it remained 1n the Navy service until May of 1931 when it was sold under the disarmament terms of the Lon• don Naval Treaty, It was towed to the Great Lakea and exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago and at the Cleveland Exposition. Since that time it has been ex·htblted in various ports on the lakea and now for the first time since it was towed from the Atlantic Seaboard it ls returnlng to waters where it once saw much service. The boat was tied up at the Portsmouth Navy Yard many times during the nine years that it was under Naval command. �sec on we owar he cen r o e chimney place and oaUed forth to the waiting visitor to pour the promised gold down. At first he rested the boot• leg on the brick bottom ot the fire• place, but as, the gold began to reach the top, he lifted it inch by inch until the almost constant flares of lightning, Arrangements have been completed which lllµminated the place, showed a. in this city so that the group hos• growing heap of yeUow coin which pimllzation plan, known as the Hospleased him mightily. But still he calpital Service of New Hampshire, 1s led for more and more until at last he now available to residents of thia dared not answer the inquiries as t-0 section. A branch office ha$ been esWith the tercentenary observe.nee of whether the bootleg was not yet full tablished at 3 Market Square, the ofHampton many historical. tales have with a flat denial. So regretfully he alfice of John Sise & Company, and been brought to light, and retold to lowed tha.t the agreed amount had applications for the service may be made there. The Portsmouth hospital, · the present generation. In the pageant been deliv6red while he inwardly conmention was made of the General gratulated himself on having obtained along with the Elliot hospital In ManMoulton house, which ls now consid- many times the amount o! the originchester and various other hospitals 1n ered a haunted house. It is a fascinat- ally speclfled quantity. the state, are cooperating to the .full• The peculiar powers which accoming place and the1e ls an eerie and est extent with the hospital service weird look about its general appear- panied his trade were shown when, on plan. A local advisory board has been ance. General Moulton owned Moul- one occasion, going fishing on a disformed, composed of Hon. Orel A. tonboro, and received a tract of land tant pond around which he had beDexter, Samuel T. Ladd, M. D., Frednearby wnlch he named New Hamp, come possessor of the land, he lost a erick s. Gray, M;. D., 0ol. H. 0ll,nton silver piece overbpard. When the colTaylor, Norman E. Rand and Stowe ton. There may be other houses which ored slave went to dress the fish which Wilder. This group has heartily enhad been caught for the morning meal, dorsed the plan and all have ex• are considered haunted in Hampton, he was surprised to find the silver · but if so the knowledge is not widely pressed their wlllingness to cooperate piece which his master had lost, in one with the branch office in furthering 1rnown. But there Is usually some sort of story connected with such places, ' of the fish. it in this section. On another time a vessel which he When a physlci.Jln pre!icrlbes hos- and there Is one connected with the had sent out on a .fishing trip had pital care as a bed-patient, either Jonathan Moulton house. The General became unpopular and scarcely reached the fishing grounds through accident or illness, EoSJ)iteJ perhaps he was likely to keep himself when bad weather and discovery of service of New Hampshire will · pay_ aloof from his neighbors. Anyway, Jack of drinking water made It neces1or bed and board in semi-private acsary to teturn to the landing place on commodations for 21 dan in onj! or whisperings developed into rumor and the Hampton river, but greatly to the rwnor into gossip until at last he was more admissions in the first contract charged with having made a trade wonderment of the crew as they went year and 30 days after the first con. to bring up the few fish they had triwt year, use of operating and deliv- with the "Evil One,'' himself. caught, they found the space below · Of course people were, at that time, ering rooms, ordinary medlcatlo,:is literally jammed with excellent fish. Inclined to pelleve in witches. and dressings, routine laboratory and But all too soon the allotted time for According to the story which ls told pathological service, general nursing his. enjoyment of his riches came to the General arranged with one of the ervioe, maternity service, nursel'IY emissaries of the devil for a personal an end and just at the midnight hour, care of the new-born during the hosinterview, and when this story was re- when for a few minutes the evil powpital stay of the mother and other peated there were plenty of people who ers have full sway, the devil appeared oUBtomarY routine care. If prlvat.e and called for the completion of the accommodations are desired, :HOIIPl· believed it. Continuing, the 11tory says trade. In torment and agony the Genthat amid the ruins of a witch's tal Service of New Hampshire allows dwelling by the riverside, darkly shad- eral delivered up his soul and passed a credit of $15 a day. At the expiraowed by trees, and while the reve1·ber- on while for the third time the heavtion of the contract period a discount atlng thunder and the teITlfic flashes ens were convulsed with thunder and of 20% on semi-private charges is alof lightning scared away any possible lightning beyond the recollection of lowed for 28 da.ys if further hospltallintruders from the scene, His Infernal even the oldest inhabitant. za.tion 1B necessary. As the neighbors and villagers gathMajesty appeared and the General Membership in the Hospital Service was believed to have bartered away his ered for the last rites and final wo1·ds of New Hampshire ls divided into soul for a bootleg full of gold to be had been spoken by a troubled ministhree cla.ssUlcatlons; an employed presently delivered and certain other ter before an awed assembly, the subscriber, either male or female, perquisites which would render him bearers selected to carry forth the adult or minor, a subscriper and hua- during his life free from all fear of form to its last resting place picked up band or wife and a l!Ubscriber and penury. their burden. But even as they reached family, which Includes husband and The time for the delive1·y of the gold the outer door they felt the casket wife and all unmarried children un- duly came and again a wild tumult o! lighten and from between their legs der 19 years ot age. . storm during which the devil came to there dashed out a dark form whose Membership11 are low in cost, there the General's house and taking a posi- sembiance they could compare to that l>eing a subscription Qf only 8150 a tion on the top of the chimney the1•eby of a dog and with fear and troubled month tor a single 11ubscrlber, $1.150 a leaving an unerasable imprint on cer- haste they completed the interment in month tor a subsorlber and hUBbe.nd tain bricks, he called to the General, the village burying ground and none or wife and $1 monthly for a family who was waiting him in front of the of the youth or elders of that generafireplace below. Having figured that tion could ever be persuaded to visit eubscription. The organization has the :financial the evil one was not going to split the lot where the General was buried acking of the Vermont Accident '.ln- straws on the tulfllment of his bargain when the midnight hour drew near, General Moulton put over a shrewd for there were tales of awful visions to eurance 0o. of Rutland, Vt., and ii Yankee trick on the unsuspecting be seen. under the. supervision of the InsurSuch is the tale that has been hand• fiend. With commendable thrift, he 11nce Departments of Maine, New took one of his oldest long legged ed down through the years. Goody Hampshire and Vermont. boots whose sole was already well past Cole's protectors might come to the and trace the source or this repa.iring, and removing It entirely, held the generous! ro ortloned top HOSPITAL SERVICE IS NOW AVAILABLE ~ IN THIS STATE Happenings Of Years o· Gone By �South Eliot Church Obser·ve 100th / • nn1versary Interesting Services To Be Held By Methodist Society Next Sunday With Services Throughout The Day The South Eliot Methodist Society emy m~sicians under the direction of Will ~bserve the centennial of it• David Kushious, will be present. foW1dmg at appropriate services to be "The Lost Church" has four scenes. held at the church next Sunday. The cast has been hard at work in Extensive plans have been made and rehearsing for the production. The the committee has been working for cast is as follows: several weeks to present a ftttlng an- A Man of the World Ernest 0. Searles Lucy Spinney niversary observance, His Wife David Spinney All Day Sunday a program of in• Their son terest to all will be presented. Sun- Their Little Daughter Elizabeth Spinney day morning the service will begin at 10.30 and special music will be fur• Her Sunday School Teacher Jeanette Gordon nlshed by the choir under the direcHerbert Wood tion of Charleii Anderson. The guest A Neighbor minister will be Dr. Elmer A, Leslie, Spirit of the Church assistant dean of Boston University DoroU1y Spinney School of Theology. Dr. Leslie served Spirit of Ignorance Elizabeth Jones as pastor of the North Kittery Metho- Spirit of Social Injustice dist church between 1910 and 1913. Carolyn wood H1e subject will be "Ohrlst's Dream Spirit of Sin Jeanette Spinney for His Church" and it will be an an- Spirit of Spiritual Darkness niversary sermon. Madelyn HUI Sunday afternoon at 3.30 the fel- A Poor Woman Grace Fernald lowship hour will be held and thfl The Centenary committee is comwill be in charge of Rev. Ernest W. posed of Advlll A. Spinney, Giles FerRobinson, superintendent of the Pon- nald and Mrs. Lucy Spinney. Mrs. land district. Rev. H. O. Megert, pa,- Conrad Everson and Mrs. Wallace tor of the church will extend a wel• Manson are in charge of the decoracome, and greetings will be given b1 tions and they have arranged some neighboring clergymen and two for- very effective decorations. mer pastors, Rev. F. R. Welch of Ernest o. Searles has painted a Sanford, Me., and Rev. Fred Staplee very fine drop which hangs back of of Cape Porpoise. Mr, Robinson will the pulpit. The inscription "1838-1938 give the address of the afternoon. Mr, - 'Hereto Hath the Lord Helped Us' " Robinson was former pastor of the ls painted upon it in attractive colKittery church, ors . The history of the church wlll be Extensive prepitl'atioll6 have been presented by Advlll A. Spinney, presl- made to make this an outstanding dent of the board of trustees, and occasion for the church and it is chairman of the centenary committee. hoped that a great many will avail This hlstory will deal with the begin• themselves of the opportunity to nlng of the Methodist Sunday school make it a real celebration. in the summer of 1838, which was the work of Hannah Remick and Harriet Hanscom, and then of the organization of the Methodist class. This waa the year of organization of the church society which has continued down through the century. Two special selections will be given by the choir. After the afternoon service refreshments will be served in the vestry for those who are to remain -for the ' opening service. The evening service will be featured by the pageant which has been under rehearsal for some time. "The Lost Church" is the title of the presentation which is under the direction of Ernest O. Searles, and Mrs. Advill Spinney. An orchestra. comprising a selected group of Traip Acad• HOLD SILVER TEA FOR BENEFIT OF N,EW 41 FRANKLIN PTA o· For the benefit of the New Franklin Parent-Teachers' as!;ociation Sliver Tea and ~xhibition of p~intinlr' \vas given ~ MI. and Mrs. Har• M. S. Harlow n Frldar afternoon fl'Oni three to five o'clock at their home, 307 Depnett, street. It was a most enjoya_ble social 'affair and 1nany were in attendance. Mrs. Harlow met all as they a1Tived and after cordial greetlng8 the guests were shown the exhibition of paintings which was a highlight of the af• ternoon. The pictures were exhibited in the living room, the front hall and the upper hall. Mr. and Mrs. Harlow and the latter's father, Charles H. Magraw told interesting facts about the subjects of the paintlhgs as the guests viewed them. There were over 200 and included in the collection were portraits of well known people, cllppe1· ships and ship-builders, some of Portsmouth's outstanding colonial houses and street scenes. In the exhl• bit were 35 doorways of old-time local homes; a copy of a map of 1813 and a map of the Glebe land copied by Mr. Harlow, also numeroUs old trays artistically painted, , Mr. and Mrs. Harlow are much in• terested in , the New Franklin school, which is in their neighborhood and Mrs. Harlow was a pupil at the former Franklin school. Laat November they presented a portrait of Benjamin Franklin to the school and it now graces the upper landing of the entrance hall. Durlrtg the afternoon dainty sandwiches, frosted cup cakes and tea were served in the dining room, The table was handsomely set with silver and china and beautified with pink candles and flowers, Mrs. John Mooney anil Mrs. Paul Badger poured. The teachers of the New Franklin were present before the opening of the schood and the sixth grade went in a body to view the paintings at that time. A good sum was realized from the affair for the benefit of the New Franklin Parent-Teacher association, of which John Mooney is president. Mr. and Mrs. Harlow were assisted in the arrangements for the tea by members of the Association and the opening of their home for the benefit was much a reciated, �-- - -- --- --------- - ----- -- - WILL PRESENT MONODRAMA s . , F8R NAVY REEIEF ASSOCIATION By Justine Flint A distinctive and unusual ent.ertaln• self. Hers is a creative work for ihe went I.I being planned by the Navy Re• he.s also written her own script. "I feel Uef Association of the Portsmouth Navy th at this performance 1s absolutely jfard. It has obtained the services of mine," she said, "and it is satisfying t.o Eleanor Lent wife of Lieut Willis A realize th at its success has resulted • · · from my own efforts " Lent, u. s. N., an actress of renown, T 0 · who will enact "The Loves of Napoleon" give us a brief glimpse into a. monodrama in which she portray~ programs, she spoke Interesting bits through the women who at one time o: from her special sketches and, in spite e.nother played a part in his life, the of th e fact that she WM not in costume, meteoric rise and fall of this glamoro\111 her lmperwnatioru were most oonvlncflgure. Ing. In compelling illusion her artistry Mrs. Lent attended the Leland Pow• is complel:e and from , poised and atera School of the Spoken word in Bos• tractive young woman she transformed t,on and has appeared in st.ock company herself entirely lnt.o the broken and plays and group and community thee.• weeping Petlzla Bonaparte. Her coif• tres, especially in New England. !3he fure ls simple, setting off t.o an advanhas given her interesting and hlst.orical tage her fine features and deep black monologues in navy relief stations in eyes, Which are much a part of her '.Annapolis, Maryland and Honolulu and charming personality. She seems not will be presented here on the evening of t.o act her parts, but in the short mo .. Oct. 3 at the Navy Yard Auditorium: ments when she speaks her lines she fa The Navy Relief Association, which Josephine or Marie Walewska, as ugly exists in all parts of the world where or as beautiful as she feels their disnavy persons are stationed, is a most tlnctive lndivldualltlea. worthwhile society. It handles c?untHer .future plans include a serlea of less cases of minor and major problems. monodramas based on the lives of great The president of the Portsmouth as• American women. soclatlon is Mrs. H. R. Greenlee. Funds are raised by card parties and other entertainments and every year a membership drive ls conducted through the various stations and even on ships at sea to contribute to its support. Aid la glven to all who are in n~d and are in any way connected with the Navy. Numerous cases tnclude those of alck• neaa ln famllles, when the assoclatlon sends a committee t.o arrange for · bis· pita! care, or, if the circumstance arlae1, to assist in the management of NaVJ children whose parents might no\ be near. For those with financial problems work Is obtained, if possible. Eleanor Lent has presented thll drama and one other, "The Life of Leonardo da Vinci Through His Portraits," In many parts of the globe and has received much acclaim from her audiences. For over a century militarists, hlst.orians, novelists and biograph• ers have written of the different phasea 1n the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, the great genius of the 19th century, Mrs. Lent's monologue Is divided int.o five soenes, each one depicting an eventful episode or his career, with three-minute Intervals betwe6n scenes for change of costume. Accompanying muslo ls ctiosen to suggest the mood of each character. To the question a.a t.o why she had chosen the complex figure of Napoleon for her portraiture, Mrs. Lent Ill· wered readily, "NapoleOn haS always ntrlgued me. He was such a brilliant haracter and the women who influ• nced his life were so very appealing, I eel that I can express their temperaent.s more vividly and with under• tandlng," Mrs. Lent began her monodrama on apoleon tour years ago, after spendin8 ver a year in extensive research, both or historical background and tor ex• ctness In her costumes of the Napo• eonlo period, which she dealgned her• �NAVY RELIEF SOCIETY PRESENT ENTERTAINMENT On October 3rd at 8.16 p. m. the New Hampshire Auxiliary of the Navy Reli f Society will present Eleanor Lent In "The Loves of Napoleon" at the Navy Yard Auditorium. To quot.e the critics on previous preeentatlona of this particular monodrama Gregg M. Sinclair, professor of English a\ the Unlver ty of Hawaii says, ''Eleanor Lent's 'Loves of Napoleon' is a distinctly Interesting treatment of certain phases of Napoleon's life. Mias Lent portrays five unusual women so clearly that the presence · of other actors and actresses on the stage ould be superogatory. The change of tempo and the marvelous spiritual change in character in each of the five women made the audience most enthusiastic; the evening was a distine success." The comment of Professor Alice M. Kerrigan of Teachers' College, City of New York, was "Yoltt livid b.u;torleal portrayal last evening in "Ibe Loves of Napoleon' was exceptionally brilliant. The deliveratlon of characters from the coquette to Madame Mere was delightfully and delicately handled, I marvel at the insight and underetandlng of your characterizations." The Navy Relief Society feels confident that in presenting Mrs. Lent they have obtained an outstanding actress wh0110 performance is a highlight and sbOUld not be overlooked. Mrs. Lent ls giTing her eervlces ui the Navy Relief through the court.esY of her manager. PRESENTS MONODRAMA o-~ AT NAVY YARD Mrs. Eleanor Lent Gives "Loves Of Napoleon" For Benefit Of Navy Relief Society "The Loves of Napoleon," presented by J.li(l·s. Eleanor Lent at the Navy Yard Auditorium la.st evening, was an excellent interpretation and the audience was most enthusiastic over the clever manner In which this artist portrayed the different types. She writes her own script and this monodrama, which 1s one of her favorites, Is exclusively her own. She studied the life of Napoleon for some time before creating her coo• tumes and script and has a performance which 1.s exceedingly smooth and Inter• estln . e women e eo apo eon, from the time he was just an ordinary soldier in the French army up through his career as king and emporer, to his second exile which ended when he died, were shown. Her portrals were moat realistic and the manner In which she changed from one character to another demonstrated her remarkable ability, She has presented this monodrama In various parts of the world and has received the acclaim of many audlencea. Last evening her audience was most appreciative and she was accorded continuous applause at the conclusion of each character presentation. There were five scenes in the drama, each clepicting an eventful period in the life of the ambitioUs emperor, In these sens Mrs Lent skillfully blended her own personality into those of the women who at one time or another influenced the Jiia of Napoleon. Her artlstcy ranged from gossamer comedy to classic trag .. the live., of his family were in grave danger. Marie was clothed In a bright blue velvet cape and bonnet and as she paced restlessly across the fioor she breathed a mad prayer, screaming into the silence, "I shall not be carried to the scaffold as you were, Marie Antoinette I" In her last scene the versatility of Mrs. Lent displayed effectively for her audience the bent and pathetic figure of Letizia Bonapaarte, mother of Napoleon, as she sat by candle-light at her home mourning the death of her son and in a voice trambllng with age and emotion she said "Christ's ls the only empire not built with bands and stone and not supported by cannon, yet it la the only empire that will endure." Music, which was selected to suggest the mood of each personality, was played during the three-minute intervals between scenes by Alice Peterson, pianist, and Mary Hewitt, violinist. The monodrama was presented for the benefit of the Navy Relief .Association, which is so valuaable for its outstanding work. Mrs . H. R. Greenlee 18 president of the local association, which aids In various ways those who are in anY way connected with the Navy. The committees were headed by the following: Stage properties, Lieut . H. W. Englund, U. S. N. Tickets, Lieut. M . Q, Stormes, U. S. N, Finance, Lieut. A . L. Prosser, U. s. N. Publicity, Mrs. Allen Hoar and Mrs. H. W. Englund. MRS. ELEANOR LENT In a "Lovett of Napoleon" Characterization edy and from youth to old age and with each portraiture she st!emed to completely transform herself Into a differ• ent individual. The opening scene took her audience back to General Bonaparte's quarters in Egypt, when she appeared M the pretty and coquettish Marguerite Foures, with whom Napoleon was en• gaged in an amourette. Her accent was definitely French, as were her scarlet frock With black bodice, and short dark curls. In the second scene, becomingly coctumed In a gown ot delicate pink with a blonde wig she irttrodUced the appealing Marie Walewska, the only woman, besides his mother, to sincerely love the emperor, Mrs. Lent next characterized the Empress Josephine as she futlly pleaded with Napoleon not to divorce her be• cause she had given him no heir. Dressed In a flowing nlghtrobe of deep orchid, her long ha.Ir falling over her shoulders, Mrs. Lent convincingly depicted the tragedy of the distraught and weeping woman as she uttered the prophetic words of her dream, "Luck came with me; It shall go with me!" In the fourth act of her <1rama she became the tempestuous and selllsh Marie Louise, Napoleon's ,c;econd wife, at the Tulllerles just as the la.st ot hla campaigns had ended In a fiasco and �!4AHlNE CORPS, for five years. Bix !Dollars per month will be given, and 1!0od clothing and provisions furnished. SAMUEL ;EDMISTON WATSON Oa,p. Command! Marine Bar:raclrs, Portsmouth, • H. "1>1'il 27., 1822. i n4&....l, f?ome time ago we receive a a.,~,_ oin Waltel· P . .Btu1ple, Of '1:zymi, a na1 ti.ve of Jilllqt~ ,;who ..tor DlQl'.8 .th&JJ._ 6~ )'ears was em_p1o)'ed ,on .the ,01,<1 ~ I Rallrood and Ballroad. is l!te ~w letter he enclosed \' t Boston • { · 'Ma)ne eth-84 &114 Jin 'Di8 October 'I was the 182nd birthday of the New llampshire Gazette, the old.eat newspaper in continuous pub1ica'iiion in America. Printed in thi.s city ltbe newspaper llas seen, and been a ,partt o~. gireat dhnnzes. A glance at the 11.les of the early u;mes brings one in -00ntaat with the lu\Ppenings, en be:IW1e tbi.$ na111:on was founded. Daniel Jl'owle, a Boston printer, who CJonsidered bimself "pei;secuted" in number ',ot clipp- ltbat otty, -moved Portsmoutih in 1756 lDIJS wbtcb he ad Jn &Old '1Klr&P1 and opened job l)rlntlng offllce. In GIOk. ll'rcim. -ti$! ~ !th.flR ~ those days, and or that matter, until Inga wm ~ e,PJI~ dn ~ .oolumn. ncent -years -weekly JJB,per waa conSome are ·' dvertlsemen'ts' a1l4 111«,y 11idered the lli!CeSll8TF adjunct to any w1ll Jihow ft! dld atylll m,m df aitver.:. BUCh lnudness. The Guette WU only tlsing. Some' of ,the ~e1'titlemllfit.- m and three-eights by seven and one follow: half ilnobes in size, and "could be had ~lice-'() • .at Dne -0ollat' per annum or an l!lquiva:rt is ~ that en. ·~ye Oellt Jn 1Bllls of Credit, oomputdng a Will vi.Sit tbis ttown on WedDesoay next, l.>ollar th _year, Pour Pounds Old and it is ho~ that .no ffl11011deit1Y oon- ''l'imor." duot will ta'.ke place ,on that day. 11'11 Fowle -w.as described as a "true papromote this pbjeot the iBoa:rd of -Po- ilriot" altb~gn n1s .newpaper u nelice give notice, that a.ll :flrblg •i>l IJUllll, er very -rem&J!kable for ita poUtical uibs, m'aCE1'11 or any JlrlU)IU'a1lion -of features. Once he !'e'Dlomrtnied against ~powder <except db as may lie ~e right estatJJisb a government at authoriffll by the Oommit.tee of Ar• l!lxeter, 1>rior to the close of the Revonngements) is ereby ~ prohi- Ntion an wu lJUIDDloned to appear bited; and- bhat all improper conduct ilefore the Oongrel!S ln that town, n said dll,Y will be duly :no~ and IWb e ••sevene1y censured and e pel'J)etrators prosnou.te.d .aaaorcllng to law. ~Y Order of the Boarll, · D. P . Drown, Seel. . Mee tng ~ the Truckmen to join Jn the oa,•aleade or of General LAPlA~ s ourned to Monday evening at Jefferson Hall at half oolc: A punctual Attendanc is :wai,ne Dever to p:dbllsh any llllticle reflecting upon that CongJTess, the Oontimmtal ongress or the cause of ~ -" oug the -years the Gabas been published, and it is 11111 being publlshe<'l today. Other paper aspire to the distinction claimed by Down New Bampsllire Gazette, but when it co es to the .final analysis, the Gazettte is the only newspaper published con'tin ously, i or that length of time an stliJl .reta· it original name. Oliver -Nuwell William lllame John Olfrord, i/1•. Committee l JORN W. FO TER ..3300k-st,o~ No . .2 Market Stire¢ Bas IIOWltantly for Bale, a great ar1et}> of the most fashionable Bilver mount.eel SPECTACLES-Also steel & biiass mount.ed Spectacles at VII.I'ious prices, and ~table for all age.a, ,r.ome for verr, aged' persons. Concave Glasses tor neai· sight.,; Green Glasses for -weak eyes. ~taole Oases of various kinds, Persons beginning to wear Spectacles often injure their eyes by using improper glasses. At the above store the Qlll!oJJtment ' Ill so great, tbat the most tlllltable ldnd can be- chosen; and exchanged until they suit. Dollars month, and well Clothed! l w~t M> Enlist Twenty able bodied to .serve in the United stat.es Six per connection with the 182nd anniof the Gazette, there comes to busihess office a receipt !01' the tte elated Jime ~ 1858. 'Ibe eoontains the usual style and is · ·am to Study Life And Work Of 0 William Dean Howells The Riverside Woman's Club opened its fall season with one of the most outstanding literary programs in its history, having the rare opportunity of meeting in the library of William Dean Howells, through the courtesy of his son Mr. John M. Howells and Mrs. Ho~ells, for a study of the author's life and works. Miss Mabel Jenkins introduced guest speaker, Dr. Benjamin Woodbury of Harvard, Mass., formerly of Portsmouth, who has made an intensive study of both and gave the prin• cipal address in which he emphasized the great contribution which Mr, Howells ma.de to American Literature and brought out many instances which portrayed clearly the love and interest he had for his fellowmen. Judge Justin H. Shaw also has devoted much time to Mr. Howell's works and gave an interesting talk which included perllOna.l association and experiences. Each one of the speakers quoted briefly from the author's writ• ings. "Uncle" Oscar Laighton of PortsmJuth wrote a special tributa for yesterdays meeting in observance of the 101st anniversary of Mr. Howell's birthday anniversary which was read by bis niece Miss Rosamond Thaxter, and made a fine contribution to the program. The host, m lghbors and friends added interesting reminiscences. Many interesting books and personal articles of the author .,ere exhi• bited and of specie.I interest was the drawing of a seating plan of _, JJts urvited to a dinner at which Harriet Beecher Stowe, James Russell Lowell, Henry w. Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittler, Henry We.rd Beecher and others were honored guests but Samuel Clemens, better known as Marie Twain, was given a place outside the famous literary circle. It was quite evident his writing ability was not even recognized at that time. Mrs. Benjamin Woodbury of Harvard, Ma.ss., Mrs. Clarence Sanborn, president of the Portsmouth City Club, Mrs. Fred Hayes, president of the Graffort Club and Mrs, Chester Mayo of Portsmouth, Supt. of the Kittery School, E. O. l:!mall and Mrs. Sewall of York, faculty members of Trai!> Ac• ademy and several local people were invited guests, the attendance munllerlng oyer fifty. Mrs. Allan Wiley, president, presld• ed at a very brief business session of the club when plans were ma.de for the annual Bridge Luncheon benefit for the Girl Scouts of Troop No. 12 for which Mrs. Robert Whitman was named chairman, A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. and Mrs. John M. Howells for the happy occasion ma.de possible for the members through the courtesy of their opening their home to them, and to the guest speakers, The committee in charge was Miss Mabel Jenkins, Mrs. Merle Mitchell, Mrs . Wesley Rogers, Mrs. C. Blanchard Robbins and Mrs. Susan T. Low, �~:•,.~_-i;~~tv-.~,C~;i~~:i :~.:<~~~-i;;-~-i~~~-,--~:~j-·~·----,-..-:-:i.\-.. • ~Jt'LLs· L · wo·nK 'n ', OF··. <-;:•·,:;;~~:•;~:·· t_:'_·'_. ·__ :·-1 ,> _,· , ti ..: <i I ---- - ,, ', ' ', ' <\0 a r;,c. .'l there wouid J:,e no dinner bea~use she'- ._-. ~ w-e_asked her t<r fist the l'equisi~ of - ·:,· < __ ;i;;:: \ had none to prepare.. . ·' a social worker. and afte1r a minute of -~:" - :t'' FAM·IHY L w~LFAR" 't , .E.! ~so111, A T1: n N I J · \ J • . \ :.Ji . : AMrs.. Dorothy llovard',. ,) ':~;{? br~i::i:~s t~:s=~te::_ion~~ th!-~ ~~; :: ::~u:e~er~:: t:~;e:r:d•w;~!i~t ~:~:; t ·Welfare Society- every• week. Various , them sense it, therefore· don't. be· aloof - ·... ·• ·, ' . .. . · · ' problems of minor and· major im-i,or- ; Be willing to' mingle with-them,. If yo~ ~an~e are placed' trustingly into: the ; ; experience a sincere·· interest jn; thell' nands. of ~s. Bovard( Some merel;y:· in- ..; troubles, you. wlll show-· it•. ' A humble . , ; yol~e questions of meals and· transpor-- · attitude is necessary. Often •those who!· .. tatlon for vagrants, usually· young; and· , are less fortunate· can teach· us- a· leslC" ~iddle ~ged men passing· through- the ; son- about life," she· continued;. ~and· ···_- < •· Genera ecretary,, Is ' city_ asking· for food;· other· situations I we are. all open to suggestions. Re- , ' .. Friend And Counselor Of .1, illegitimacy,_ ~ent~~ around ~omestic· disagreements, : member that. nearly everyone. 18' adidelinquency and; ill: health . verse· to cdticism, so- do. not censure·.; 1 such as tuberculosis. There· are· many ' merely · suggest." ' : -/ insta_nces of mental disorder. Last year \ Mrs; Bovard has of.ten been asked: :_-, By JUSTINE' FLINT , :five· _women . ha:d' to· be committed' to· ·: how she· can work among such dis,- _-' · ''The majority of. the· people. assisted , hospitals for· the insane·.. M-1's1. Bovard j couraging conditions without: elfPer. ·by · the Family Welfare· Association- ; state_d that often I'esults=are• intangible· j fencing an aversion for her job. She. ., • come to us for help and advice. and do , bu~ m. most matters better· living- con- : explains that even. the little she· can n ot a_sk for re~ief," said, Mrs-. ·D~ro.thy ! clitions and· happier· home sit uation!_ ; do is felt and it Is satisfying. to• anyEo~ar~, ~eneral Secretary of, this• as,- .. ! ax:e worked for. ; one to know that he has· tried, to· make sociati~n m Portsmouth·. and counselor~ _ Th~ association is supported: ent irely : someone a bit happier. Her. kind and and fnend to thia: city's. h1mgry and' ~Y ~rivate. contributions and. its bu dget :'understanding eyes tell us that me· needy. . _ is limited especially at Christmas and·) p aves p·e?ple. Because of her· intense Mrs.. Bovard m collabor ation wlth Thanksgiving. Mrs. Bov.ard explained-I : mteres~ m human beings sh·e never· will . ' the 9~icers and directm:s ml! the Family· , 1 that among the people of Portsmouth,\. t ir.e of taking- the· l'esponsmillty of the· ., ·- _- ~elfare' ~ociety has. worked. unceas- ' ; there. are many who have offered· a·> problems: of others on hei; own· should~- ..• - -· .. ..•. ,: . : : :gly to aid, those. whom. aircumstanc.e• great amount of kindness and: r.ea1.: ers; :.~-~--··_·:,t}.:1_._·::2' ·_ "<.-:~>):.'' .. . as, p~ace~ in-unfortunate and depress-- charity, but who refuse; to have: any--i . . The. ofl'ieers of the' Portsmouth· Fam:. _. --. ,.-. •(•~·:,· · . mg. situations .. Many and• varied· cases· one outside· of the Society know.· about [:; ily· Welfare: .A'.ssociation- are· Charles H. · · :·.'. tT:'~ ., __ ;: _.-·.·,, __·\ are brought to her. a·n d: no·, one who 1 . ~;· "They give · retiringly,"· she said; Walker, president; Re:v:erend Wm. Sa!-- f°?~_;I._·_·_.'(:_,_·:; ., ,· .• :_ , ,, ·,-J ap~als is turned· away. Many, families- , ·I and they ask us not to make their ford. Jones, first vice pres, ;, Miss Fran·- i ';.:. •:,;;, 1 ': •. ''':' ,-:,::. _I hav.e been spared' the; necessity· of ask- ) : generosity known."· ces· E. Broo.k;s,. sec.a nd' vic.e, pres,:, Hon, I; ·, -Ji'::-~; ing-p~blic i::elie! by referrin_g to her for 1 ; Eac_h week a small committee; com- ; Robert Ma:nv.in, third- vice· pres;;.-Harx,y, k, . : :,- . ·\:': · pra?t:cal. solutions· to- thell! problems- •j posed partly of Dn·ectors and' partly of' W. Peyser, seci::etacy;, Frank. E. Braok-s;. / : :':):;-',/ ·· •: _._._:;., ..' j and ror· temp?r_a ry ser.vices whieh lrave. others interested in the work, convene., treaslll'er., and. E. Curtia Matthews,. au- · · · ··./_'. ,.~· ' I proved sufficient ro: CmT:'l them , 1 to review the most urgent problems / di~r.. l\{iss. Ruth- M-. Maguire aa.ts: a&• . :·, :--~' -~: . "· - - through until they were' able to main• / , and decide· in w~at ways the _funds.(. assista.nt_. to, Mr.s. Dorothy Bovar_d. , .,. ·.:~:,-- - :;_;:: •:-·~··= tain themselves. .1may be spen~ to give the m·ost Oeneflt. t.:-~. : · _.>:· · ·, . ~ ·, _ . . . . _- \ -'.!, .-·,:···.~~-:-.-~ Cases. are taken, regardless of reli- ' ) There is .- biit'- one class: whom- · ·:Mi11. r -~ - : · · . ·· · . · -::·.~- / ,. · _j _-_ e · . · ~ ·:.:".~ gion· or· nationality•. Last- year 60 %. of [· j Bovard. does not. believe should:•-<:ome: l ~ -.-:,\·~ cl. -~~ ,-~·-.,· a· -r ;✓ ·,. -·,·:- ·i those: calling on the: association were j ' un~er. Family ' Wel_fare. supervision-; _ ·· ·; · · · '.f ' · ··· ..,., · ; ·. - ~'.:!· _._.. :_.,;_,:; , Protestant,. 30 %. Roman Catholic and , TilLS· group- includes those· who a'.r~. so·:~/-,.,-:t;·,:,, 10% professed. no- religious connec- 1 cially; mentally, ol' m:orany· unfit ·· to, Ill · tions. Of the· 590 families· helped last live ~s others, in a community; "ll the /lfll D 6 Ji./ •· year 91 ½.%. were American:. and. 8¾ % public cannot. realize/' she· deela--r.ed;__ 11.VM D •< ·'.:0 ;,: ,'.,:,;were. foreign b.orn. "that. laws of.' society- must. prev.entr. -"."= :·•s•, .:,_'\ A, ragged forlorn· li~tle boy was seen , large· families to come- from, feeble: The members of _the Piscat94uB. ~ , gazing with, wistful eyes. into· a baker's ' 'I minded or immoral pa:nents, and- that Camera club were privileged to hear · . ''\ -, ,j shop window. His f.ace;, pinched' with f_i family limitation Is an- immediate· and.• Walt~r Staples at th~ir monthly c-.'-(;· _· ·1 hunger,. was pressed against the cold l ·1, pressing problem, then. it should: also meetmg held at the Rockmg~am Ho·: --•::, ,· glass: and his nose waa ;flattened in · J be the public's responsibility to care tel OI): Wednesday evem1;1g, M:r, , .:· 11 grotesque: form as he bent nearer to _ for these unfortunate people." Staples has had _long _experience m · .j watch the busy bakers. The warm ap- .1 In her contacts with people Mrs, photography, startmg m the wet : ·: petizing_ odors· from the big• ovens '\ Bovard tries to- give them a deeper plate era in 1898. The subject of his it::' ,: j wafted· out of. the: open ctoor .. When I -) realization _of. their own innate p.owers I lecture was the history and develop- .. ,. 1 .. ·.-,. ·• . _-, ·· ' fOl'. a moment he. saw himself unob- : J for good llving and better human. re- )ment of photography. After the lee- , -, · ·_ ,_ : .:\r ,:"·-- 1served,: he_l'pached out an eager grimy · i lat_fonships. "We try not to· expect too ture _he ga~e _a complete and_compre- . .:·:.:·~- / ,\: .- fist and . quickly clutching a handful i qwck results.," she explained,. "for we. hensive criticism of the prmts en- .. , _· ·.: of fresii cfouglmuts, he was seen run- ': understand that it takes a long· time to, tered in the monthly competition. i · ,:, ·,;_', rung :swiftly:• down the street. He was ' build up the characteristics that. the:11· Capt. O. W. Marvin has a timely '_,. ·•:. ·. \' .,._ ; stopped' a;nd· his theft reported. The · have- lost. We encourage: self reliance article in the October issue .or -:,; r ohlld's. ·case.:- _ was investigated and it '. and help them to regain. confidence in. "Camera," on the legality of photo- . . . · · was learned that his home environ- i : t,hemselves t-0 carry·_ out. their own graphing private citizens and public '- .. ,.- \ :- · ment .was basicly to blame. for his ac- • , plans: Even if those plans'., do not -se'em officials. . ..-. •,. tions.: ·He; was' one of se.ven children. [• ; feasible to us, at least it shows. us that . Douglas Armsden brought honor, · . : ;~ · · , ·· ,: . ·. Often, they .went. withGUt, meals· and , they are trying." 'to the club by having t hree out or · •. ." : ·, '· ''., •· .,- ·- 1- warm , clothing because· their· parents I ; Mrs. Bovard has been connected with four prints accepted and hung in ttie .· . ·· .·;/ . · :·. · ::- · · were-" unable 'to provide for them. -Their , the Portsmouth Family Welfare .AI;so- Bar Harbor Annual Salon. Dr. F, O. I ' ·:,t··,;·. ,:, . father: was. : an honest; hard working : elation for eight of this societ y's 23 Procter was also represented e.t the vt ,. - · · man b.ut. h~, could not ea.rn-. enough to : years. She was born and brought up in , Salon. • \_::_. ' j care for hiS: large family:· and· his re- • Portsmouth and is a graduate· olf, Mt, The four prints to be exhibited at . sponsibilities were. more than he could '. Holyoke College. She· has always been the Public Library during the coming b:ear· alone. Th-e little, boy, was not ,. _; deeply interested in sociology• and psy,- week .are as follows : Pride of . the -,; -, · bad child. He· was a hungr-y, youngster , chology and was formerly engaged- in• Pond, Douglas Armsden; Patsy and .... ,; :, ,;:_ '(f'.i' . who had heard· his mother 5ay that .,; social work with the. Family Welfare Pop, Cuyler A. Lakin; Summar • · ··:_, ·. ,' :·, t· . Association. in Boston, Mass., r.nd with Morning in Maine,. Dr. F , O. Prooteri ' the. Red Cross in- Springfield.. ,i Ba~l' Pranks, Kenneth Grant• .,. I'• . . ' ; : : \ :: • •• • 1 . lS : 0 • The Needy· ·, II ~:i•,:i/f.>·I .,.~\:?Lt I I: 0 _· l~TAPLES ADDDESSES /A -MERA CLU :I\J r~·:::;,t:, i\t:f\ 0 -_;/"·_ if f{J-:_t." l <, ;;, ,· : ._ 1: -,- ,, " .. - - --- ~ --'--_;_ ��Their rellgkfus ferver and r.eal 8000 aroused suspicion so that when they talked about building a Methodist church they encountered a great deal of opposition and hindrances in find· ing a fitting plot of ground on which to build a church. These pioneer Methodists were praying people, so they prayed abou~ this whole matter. After much prayer they felt called of God to build a church in spite of opposition. Nehemiah 4:6 we read, "So bUllt we the wall; for the people bad a mind to work" can be said of these people for Joseph Spinney, Levi Remick, Asa Brooks and Washington Remick with others went into the woods, cut down and hewed timber for the building of a Methodist church. It was during the year 1843 that they began and 1n just one year the work was completed. n was dedicated by the Rev. Elisha Adams of the N. H. Conference stationed at Portsmouth. The first Methodist Episcopal church building was built where now the house stands In which Chester Bridges lives. Presiding Elder Rev. David Copeland sent Josiah Hooper as the first pastor who did a fine work. The Rev. Wm. C. Clark, a Wesleyan Methodist minister, was invited to become the pastor of this church. It was under his pastorate of three years .t hat the present cbw·ch bunding was erected and dedicated 1n June 1854. Rev. Wm. C. Clark tried very bard to get the people of this church to agree to have this church become a Wesleyan Methodist church Portsmouth Hera1e1 !:'hoto. instead of a Methodist EpiseopaS 0 TH ELIOT IETHODIST CHURCH church as 1t bad been, but after hJa The 100th nnlversary of the form_ _ _ _--,1leaving, the church appealed to the mg of the Methodist cbmch In South In the afternoon at 3.30 the Fel• Maine Conference for a pastor. The Eliot was observed swiday with flt- lowshlp hour was held, being featured Rev. Mr. Whittaker was sent from the ting services. Throughout the day by the presentation of the history of Confer~nce. A year or two later there there were three services, and each the church, Bs well as a brief address was a great revival in the church was devoted to the observance of the by Rev. E. W. Rot,lnson, dil!trict. su- which stirred the whole community, centennial. perJntendent oi Portl d. Greetings This brought about the reorganiza• There were many in attendance, or neighboring Qlb1', nd former tion of the whole church program to and among them were a number o! pastors were 1lven a Ill ervioe meet the needs of the times. former residents who came back for The history of the church was of exDuring the years of the Civil war the ocoaslon. ceptlonal interest and was the result this church experienced some very The program was• outstanding. In , of a great deal or research work. It hard years, so that it was without a the rooming the assistant dean of was as follows: pastor for a year 01• more. Two stu:eo.,ton University School of Theology It was 1n the summer of 1838 that dents from the Biblical Institute at ;was the speaker, in the afternoon the Hannah Remick and Harriet Hans- Concord served the church between district superintendent of Methodist com after they had visited from 1864 and 1867. Their churches gave an address, and in the ho~se to houae, started the Metho• Carter and Thompson, In spite of evening , very fine pageant was pre- dist sunda.y school, meeting in the the difficulty they encountered, tbey sented. school house. They had felt deeply did a very fine piece of work. The The morning service began at 10.30. concerned about the soul weUare of work was revived so that wben Rev. There war. very large attendance the boys and girls in the community Alvah Cook came in 1867 he found and the cholnvas under the direction or who did not go to any Sunday the church responding to his minisCharles Anderson. The theme of the school. So after much prayer they be- try with a great spiritual awakeninl entire occ slon wa'! one of eladnPs.'l gan this work. The wonderful devo- Which qUlckened the life and pulse and the hymns and anthems were in tion to their work soon awakened 1n of both the church and the commqnkeeping. Hymns included Methodist lty, Many were added to the fol<1. 1'Now We the men a desire to have Thank We All Our God," "The services also. A num~r of these The ch9oh saw real gains until the Church's One Foundation" and people had been Methodist.s for a de- beginning of 1877. "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spok- cade or more, attending the MetboJust what did happen we do not en." The anthems wel'e "Make A Joy- dist Episcopal church at Spruce mow, but under Rev. B. Freeman's ful Noise Unto the Lord" and "He Creek whenever possible. Being ;>astorate the morning preaching serLeadeth Me." The sermon subject was earnest Christians they began to feel vice was discontinued, a thing which "Christ's Dream for Hls Church," and that something should be done and so was disliked by some for they had was given by Dr. Elmer A. Leslie of the Sunday school was organized, but been in the habit of having two aerBo.ston, assistant dean of the Theologi- it was not long before they asked the vices every Sunday. The Sunday cal school of B. U. Dr. Leslie served pastor from the Spruce creek church achool was put in place of the momas pastor of the Methodist churches to organize a Methodist class and Asa Ing sermon. Mrs. Freeman was a in Kittery about 25 years ago. Brooks became the first class leader. areat worker 1n in the the Sunday school. Be inning r1n of 1886 Church Observes 100th Anniversary Large Attendance At All Services At South . Eliot Yesterday-Pageant Feature Of Program �The next three ministers were all give dollar for dollar for the remainuntil the coming of the Rev. David trained at Boston University School Ing cost. It Is the greatest united efPratt, the church was being supplied fort of volunteer work done for the by pastors from either 'Eliot or the of Theology. Under Allison J. Hayes church that the writer of this history the vestry was much improved, the Kittery First church, has ever known. It was through the The Conference sent Brother interior being entirely changed. The tireless effort of Advill Spinney, who Pratt in the spring of 1892 to see celling was raised, thus giving the was constantly on the job getting what he could do to put life , into room a hall-like appearance, a new men to work in relays and doing the things. He proved to be the man for bard wood floor was laid and the work they were best fitted to do. Few It was then the task and many needed improve- walls nicely papered. churches can boast of a more up-toments and repairs were ·made . while named Epworth hall. Electric llght,J date vestry. were also installed in the church. he was there. He had been a carpenThe eagerness of the people workter by trade, so he could work with Brother Hayes remained four years- Ing in getting the vestry built greatthose who were building. The Ladies' the last half of 1911 and the first Aid had $800 to put Into a new ves- half of 1915, and then entered the U. ly pleased Mr. Flood, so that when try, but were persuaded to have it go s. Navy as chaplain. A few made a this last spring the men talked about painting the church Mr. Flood agreed for the building of a new parsonage, start under revival services held. Rev. Wm. M. Forgrave also did a to pay for the paint if the men of the after they had been promised they could have the old parso age to build very fine work in this church, and did church would put 1t on. The church over into a vestry. The parsonage was much to bring the yourtg people into and the new vestry all painted white built in one year, completed in 1893. A the church, having quite a revival looks ):)ea.utiful as we celebrate the 100th birthday of the organiZjl.tion of vestibule was built on the front of the during his m!nisbrY here. this society. The next steps will be The Rev. J. F. Jenner followed church which did away with the long the beautifying of the grounds about unsightly wooden steps, and adding Brother Porgraves and was with us to the close of the Conference the church. much to th looks of the church. A historic poem by Mrs. The Junior League was very active year in 1920, almost three yea.rs. He at that time. They too wanted to have had electric lights installed In Ep- Dyer, was also read. Following the Fellowship some part In this general Improve- worth hall. Under his leadership an ment work. So they suggested that evangelist was procured and a series refreshments were ser ed to those held 1n who remained over for the evening horse-sheds be built and paid the of revival meetings were which a goodly number confessed the service. largest part of the cost. The evening service began at 7 One other thing that Brother Pratt Lord Jesus as their Saviour. Brother was Instrumental in doing was to have Jenner left the church in excellent o'clock. A selected group from the . Traip Academy orchestra under the . a new organ placed in the church condition. The pastors following were godly direction of David Kushious presentwhich added much to the services. Rev. E. w. Kennison followed men and kept up the good work, each ed musical selections, and this was Brother Pratt. The church being stm doing what seemed needed to be done. followed by the presentation of the in the spirit of making Improvement.a Brothers Welch and Staples were pageant "The Lost Church." .!l'bis pageant drama was under the direcfound in Bro. Kennison an able lead- much beloved by the people. Brother tion of Ernest 0. Searles and Mrs. Staples had the men dig out the er. A furnace was put in to take the Advil Spinney. This was ably prechurch basement and had the furnace place of the old stoves which with the sented and most impressive. The cast long stove pipes were unsightly. An moved so it would better heat the of haracters Included: Ernest O. Epworth League Chapter was formed church. This was a much needed Im• Searles, Lucy Spinney, David Spinwhich did much to bold the interest provement which made it much bet- ney, EUzabeth Spinney, Jeanette Gorter in heating the auditorium. It was of the yotmg people. during Brother Staples' pastorate the don, Herbert Wood, Dorothy Spinney, This church was fortunate to have Elizabeth Jones, Carolyn Wood, three strong pastors and able work• question began definitely to come up Jeanette Spinney, Madelyn Hill and again about a new vestry, It was back men. The Rev. Elbridge Gerry underFernald. took the task of renovating the au- in 1893 or a year before that the Grace The largest congregation ever to atwhich they ditorium and the vestry, transform- La.dies Aid had $800 wanted to use toward the building of tend any service in the church was Ing the whole church. The walls and present in the evening. All seats were celling of the church, and the walls a new vestry, which, however, as has taken, and extra seats brought in but of the vestry, were papered; new pews been mentioned, they were persuaded were put in, and so arranged as to to have it go to the building of a make three aisles instead of two: new parsonage, after they had been thus making it more convenient for given the use of the old parsonage to the sexton. A new wainseott!ng, and be made over into a vestry. As was an altar were put up, window bllnds quoted before from Nehemiah, "the were put lnside, the choir platform people had a mind to work," has been typical of the people of this church. beautlfled with a screen and bOOk• rack, the old work painted, the floor It was, however, not until in October carpeted, a new and large chandelier, 1935 under the pastorate of Rev. and large hanging lamps for the Frank Kirkpatrick that a committee was formed which definitely underpulpit and choir-useful and ornamental; partitions were taken out of took the building of our beautiful new the vestry, thus enlarging its seating vestry. This came about through the help capacity; and other minor improvements. The church was re-dedicated of one of our fine young women, Miss by the Rev. B. O. Wentworth, who Dagny Everson, R. N., who bad a paalso preached the sermon of the oc- tient at the time by the name of F. A. Flood of Brookline, Mass. She told casion. Mr. Flood what the people of the It was in the spring of 1910 tha\ church wanted to do. Her interest in the Rev. P. c. Norcross was appoint- her home church appealed to him, ed as pastor of this church. He, too, and he told her that he would be glad undertook the work of added im- to give $500 to get the project started provements, such as putting in steel if the men of the church would give walls and ceilings which greatly Im• as much volunteer labor as possible. proved the looks of the auditorium. Seeing that they were willing, and Brother Norcress was also a very fine realizing that It would cost more than preacher. His work strengthened the was at first estimated he offered to church greatly. �W. Randall and John Leary, Sr. City ANIMAL RESCUE o · LEAGUE GETS SHELTER Se>licitor Leo Liberson was named an ex-officio member. A l'esolution asking exemption of taxes on the third story of the shoe The Animal Rescue League factory on McDonough street was received and referred to the city soll- Rockingham County is engaging citor for a report at the next meet- many activities, among which is be. friending homeless animals. Recentl1 ing. Con iderable Routine Councilman T . J. Downs presented what was thought to be a whlte cola resolution transferring $250 to the lie was reported straying unfed in the Busine Transacted account of salaries, ·and this was Atlantic Heighte section. Members, aft Meeting Last Evening passed. The change in ordinance, fix"' ter much effort, caught the dog, which proved to be an Alaskan husThe city council, at a meeting last ing the salary of the city clerk at kie, and carried him to the kennels $2200 was read for its third and final evening with Mayor Kennard E. of a friend of the league, where he Gold. mlth presiding, passed a resolu- time, and passed, with o y one dis- was bathed and fed. Investigation of tion makh1g fw1ds available for the senting vote. Councilman Charles Durell pre- the case indicates that he was left belast quarter of the year, to take care sented a resolution making funds hind when a Norwegian ship left the of the budget for the final quarter. available for the permanent paving of Gypswn plant at the Atlantic Height.I Commw1lcations were read from This and that his failure to respond to call the Board of Education, l'egarding th ~treets, amounting to $9,600. was due to his inability to understand Is for permanent paving of ~Uddle teachers' retirement plan, and from English. The league has placed him in street and Lafayette road. the Highway department requesting Councilman Sukeforth presented a a good home upon a farm. the council to make funds available The league has recently held a. card for the 1 t quarter of the year, A bill for 1937 of M. J. Grifftn, which party at the Hotel Rockingham, and was ordered paid. Councilman Leary communic tion from the Board of a rwnmage sale to increase its fund3. Street Commissioners regarding the asked for the transfer of $72.55 from At a meeting last week of the board proposed extension of the water main the contingent fund to cemeteries and of . directors many matters of Interest 4200 feet 011 Lafayette road, estimated this was so ordered. A resolution re- to all animal lovers was ta.ken up and the cost at 10,000, was received and gardin the Teachers' Retirement act acted upon. Walter A. Gove of Rye, placed on file. A letter of appreciation was presented by Councilman Freder- was appointed agent to represent the from the Haven Parent-Teachers' ick Schlegel and passed. The sum of league in Rockingham County, al• Association, i-,lgned by Charles Black $4,600 was made available for the though at present his actlvltlea will Poor department in a resolution prewas received and accepted. be more or less concentrated in and Harold H. Pendleton, who former- sented by Collllcilman John Burk• around Portsmouth, Rye, Nort ly drove a taxi for the late Ernest hardt, and a transfer of fund3 was Hampton, Hampton, Stratham made within the Fire Alarm departLee, petitioned fo1· permission to Greenland and Newington. Exeter ls operate his own taxi, and this was re- ment. Mayor Goldsmith called attention l'epresented by the league's agent ln ferred to the chief of police with that between Oct. 1 and 10, every the person of Chief o! Police Thomas power, econd year, election inspectors were R. Chrysler, who for the past year or The committee on street lights rerequired to be named, and he submit- more has rendered invaluable service ported favorably on the request for a the league. light on Salem street and the report ted the following list which was ap- to The lea~ue is pleased to inform it.a proved by the council: was accepted. Ward 1-Willlam Littlefield, Paul member11 and the public that it has Under new business, Councilman now secured a temporary shelter Roland S keforth presented a. peti- V. Sculley, Paul O'Brien, Nelson E where lost, neglected or unwanted tion from· the residents of Atlantic Jewett, Edwin Johnson and Francis dogs and cats may be taken, and will Heights asking that the street in Plaisted. Ward 2--Jeremiah Horan, Charles be given proper care until good and front of the business block there be suitable homes can be found for swept twice a week. This was referred R. Kimball, T. J. Downs, Edwip W. them. The league Is planning on hold• to the Board of Street Commissioners Gray, Guy E. Corey and Garrett ing several more card parties, one or Laighton. for action. two illustrated lectures and a few John Durgin, engineer, appeared Ward 3-Patrlck J. Duffey, A. I. food sales from time to time. Infor• before the council and -presented a Harriman, Dennis Driscoll and Mal- mation that is of much Interest to the drawing with a tentative plan for the colm McDonald. embers of the league, comes from widenh1g of Green street, by the Ward 4-Ichabod B. Williams, Earl a member of the league who has straightening of the lot of Armour E. Rowe, Fred R. King and Ernest L. traveled extensively, both in thla co. The mayor was authorized to Bogart. country and abroad. make any necessary conveyences, in a Ward 6-John Burkhardt, E\'erett Prof. Earl A. Barrett of Exeter h!lS resolution presented by Councilman Phinney, William Alley and Dennis J. consented to give for the benefit of Wyman Boynton. McGrath. the league an informal talk accom• Collllcilman Herrick introduced a City Solicitor Liberson spoke re- panied by mustrated pictures of some 1·esolutlon transferring funds from garding the National Gypsum Co., of the points of interest acquired one division of the fire department saying he had brought a bill in equity during his sojourn in foreign land&, for the purchase of coats, ·helmits and and that from reports he had re- announcement to be made at a later othe1 equplment. ceived from the people in the vicinity date. The league wishes every one to Arthur Brown of the Morley Butof the plan the dust nuisance had not avail themselves of the privilege to ton Co. appeared before the council, bothered for some time. become members, who are lovers of Councilman Leary asked if any re- animals and Interested in the league'a and at length discussed a problem which ls facing that company. AJJ a port had been made from the Board wnane efforts to care for lost, aban• result of his appearance a. committee of Health regarding the Pond Laun- doned, neglected and abused animals. was appointed, composed of members dry, and this was answered in the Donations and annuities large or of the council, business men, and negative. small will be greatly appreciated and chairman of the Board of Appraill• Adjournment was at the call a.cce ted conditionally or outright, ers, to look into the matter. The chair. committee was named as follows: Wymau P 1 Boynton, Roland A. Suke• forth, Thomas J, Downs, James E. Whalley, William 0, Walton, Frank �REVa H. J. WILSON RESIGNS AS ·> ADVENT PASTOR 0 record are as good at any time in the church." He mentioned that dw-ing his pas• torate other and larger chw·chea have suggested his coming to them, but none were accepted because he felt that he should remain where he was. Turning to the future he said: "We have not, at this date, accepted any other pastorate, and we are not certain as to what the days ahead may bring. We covert your prayers that God may guide." In closing he urged that the chw·ch continue on its chosen path, and that the church members "seek the salvation and af• flllatlon of that group who are loyal friends of the church." GREEK PASTOR tEAVES HERE TO 0 '~ STUDY AT YALE Rev. H. J. Wilson, who has been pastor of the Advent Christian church in this city for the pa,5t 13 years, read his resignation on Sun• day morning. Mr. Wilson stated in hla letter of resignation that he had not accepted any other patsorate and Is yet not certain as to his future plans. The resignataion is to take effect on Dec. 31 of this year. Mr. Wilson entel'ed upon his dutieJ as pastor of the church on April 1, 1925 and this was his first pastorate. During his pastorate in this city the church has made great stride$, both in membership and activity. The church has purchased property at 40 Islington street for a churOh parson• age and also the property at 114 Ia• • gton street for a site of a new . urch building. With one exception, Mr. Wilson II · e oldest minister in point of ser• Vice in the city, He served the long• est pastorate of any Advent minister In the history of the church. Durtnr the time he has been here he haa been veey active in denominational work. He served as state ti·easurei• of the N. H. Adventi/lt convention, and for seven years was dtrect.ol' of the P\lbllcaUbrt soclefy. For five years h., waa a member of the executive com• mittee of the American Advent Mia• slon Board; and for six years as exa• cutlve chairman of the General Oon• ference of America. h1 the eastern re• gton. In hfa letter of resignation he called attention to the situation in the local church at the time of hfa coming and stated that "losses have been re• placed and rains made until today, the church membership record, the attendance record and the financial ARCffit\1 EZEKIEL TSOUK LAS Rev. Archim : · ,ekiel Tsoukalas, pastor of the Hellenic Church of this city, who came here from Greece nine months ago, ls leaving for New Haven, Conn., where he is to be a student at Yale University. Rev. Tsoukalas, preceding his departure from this city sent to The Herald the following letter; Editor of The Herald I am ol:>llged to leave this city after being here for nine months, because I came to America with the desire to learn the English language and to fol• low superior lessons in Theology and Philosophy. Before leaving I want to express my sincere thainks to all the American people of this city for their kindness and politeness to me. I would also like to add my special thanks to my parish because of their respect and the inany facilities they gave me to make my life here easier. I am also indebted to them, for giving me permissloµ to leave, even though :I was to serve here for three years. For all these kindnesses to me, I will never forget Portsmouth and my first parish in America. Wherever I will be I 'll always wish for their progress. KIWANIS CLUB HEARS REPORTS 0 ON ACTIVITIES < The Portsmouth Klwanla 01ub at it. meeting last evening heard the reports of the various directors on the activities which the club has undertaken. The boa.rd of directors carry on the busimss of the club and each one present spoke on some phllJle of the work. The meeting opened with President John W. Hopley presiding. Dr. o. s. Conery presented a birthday cake to Pa.st President Sidney S. Trueman. Plans were discussed for the observance of Ladles Night Which Will take place on Nov. 1. The president .spoke of the coming election of officers and said the members .should be looking around to find his successor as he did not wish to be considered for another. term. Rev. John Drake, ne ly elected lieutenant governor of the Seventh District, was present. Mr. Drake has not officially taken over his duties, but was introduced to the members and spoke briefly. He told of his interest ln Ki• wa.ni5 and devoted his talk to democracies, under which Kiwanis clubs are governed . "It ls only in a democracy that the civic organizations can work," he stated. The meeting wa.s then turned over to Olen Ra.ca, vice president, who presented the various directors. John Phelps, a past president, spoke of some underprivileged work the club has done and also of the cbaxaeter chart which wu presented to the Junior High School. F.dgar A. Blanchard spoke of the highway safety patrol plan and Harold Syphers of some underprivileged work which ~ club had sponsored in Greenland. Jack Fenwick told of the scholarship loans that had been made. Vice President Donald Ewer told of the meeting with other service clubs and reported on civic work. Vincent Taccetta gave a report on the activities of the 130)' Scouts at Oamp Manning and the president of the club told of the Hampton Beach Camporee, the R,egional Development Commission, Red Croas, Salvation Army drives and work in connection with the muni,cipal court. Olen Race told about the library which the club is purchasing for the Portsmouth Hos Ital. �-- ,':;,"'..~';t"\,~.,• ,,._. \,:\; ·'yi1~.,."o:"J"'•~ :;>· :;~~~~-" w:•~~ ,.• -- - --~:--c--:--~-,-,-:::-,--:-::--:-- ----c----,, - - - - . , - , - ~ - -- - - - - -· - - - - - - -- - --,--- - --.,,.------,,--,-.......,.,--,:-::,-:-7"~ ~• . .},_.:•~•:,~/;..,.. '<..,_.'.,._"'1~••'\ •• •.~ .. ,:',·,,,•:-. );_;'~~y..,. 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Mr. F'o ·'l was organized last evening at a meeting stat.ed that the departm~nt store gr()u . . :j of representatives of various groups ·or w~lch .includes many of th.e · small At a 1neetmg of the drrectors of the •:j merchants held at the rooms of the stores which for general purposes cp ortsm.outh __ Chamber_ of Commerhce "·'\ Chamber of Commeroo and officers und~r that classification, were 18 to ast mght it was decided to call t e • h f · agamst keeping open Paul Bro embers together on Monday evening, ·1 were 0. osen as 0 11 . ows: . · stat.ed that his group· was 4 to 2 agai . ,. ...,. o . 17' for the purpose of officially -l Charrman, William Hrrshberg. d M Hir hb t t.ed th t t ,,. ;,-s•(• ci;. · 1 Vi hairman Ralph Margeson an r. s erg 8 a a ,'.\''~;; disbanding ·the organization, . \ ce c _ ' · members ·of his group were qpposed t:;}i{ It was brought out that a review of j Secretary treasurer'. PauJ V. Brown. the suggestion, :,-diJf. the affairs oi the Chamber for the past Next Tu~sda_y evening_ the group will Mr. Hirshberg, speaking for the sh t, ~,-.-,.. few years showed on the one ha_nd mee.t to brmg m s~gg~tions ~or th~ b'Y· merchants, stated that t~ey had sett ever-increasing number of vaned ·.1 laws of the organization, which will be. following hours for their stores to hlic services rendered by the Cham• '.\ acted upon at the meeting. Later the open: 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m., wi r of Commerce to this com~unity, group will ,go before a group composed 9:30 p. m . as the'Closing_·hour on Sat d .on the other hand a steadily ~e- ,1 of all the merchants to lay the plans be• days, They had decided to close ·easing measure of public support ior :1 fore them for ratification. . Armistice Day. He brought up t activities. A relatively small group ,1 Those attending the meetmg last question of dues which the group h local business and professional men · ! night were Ralph Margeson, furniture discussed. Mr. Brown stated the jew o have realized the tremendous -'{ group; Morris C. Foye, department ers had agreed to open at 8:30 and clo ope of the organization's work and ; store group; Paul V. Brown, jewelry at 6 o'clock it taking a half-hour top preciated its value to the city it was .~1 stores; William Hirshberg, shoe stores; away their' valuables. inted out have staunchly supported i Clarence Pearson, clothing stores; Jo• There was a demalJ.d that the pres! and loyally attempted to carry on in , 1 seph Everly, chain stores, and Meyer P. ing officer continue to serve, but he e face of an extremely meager bud- j Alkon and Laurence G. Peyser, the fused, stating he would be only too gl t and lack of public sympathy. ·; latter two being members of the com• to assist the organization in any w With the aid of the Seacoast Region- ·) mittee selected to form the organization. but could not accept the position Development Association, which has .\ • Laurence G. Peyser presided until the · lped to defray office expenses d~r- election of officers, when he turned the ,....,,,,,,,.....,.......,_.,='"""" the pase year and cooperated with ,.1meeting over to the newly elected cha e Chamber of Commerce in its pr~- 'j man. tional and routine work, the orgai~i- ·) At the opening of the meeting M tion has managed to carry on its ; ! Peyser told of the purpose in form rvice to Portsmouth, but the lack 1the organization. . Each ~epresentatl iunds and moral support has pro- . j of· the groups present was called up ced an impass ~·l and all spoke regarding the proposal The directors state that they r~gret• ~-l keep open Friday night.s. Mr. Eve Uy face the iact that the. c_1ty of j spoke favorably for this, stating that t rtsmouth is unable or unwillmg to ,,l chain stores group he represent.ed we rry on a Community organization ··) unanimous in this: Clarence Pears ose value to the city is definite, tan• ;\ speaking for the clothing gro·1p, sta le, varied, and wide in scope, and ·1• it was opposed to the suggestion. eir· decision to bring a'bout the aban• Peyser read a report from the hardw nment of the Chamber may have a .'·" group stating that the poll was 7 r-reaching effect. ! against keeping open. Mr. Marg Those present at the meeting last ,:"l stated that the group of ening were: Marland D. Knowles, .,?-\·.:, cretary; Alvin F. Redden, Secretary '/\}::· the Seacoast Regional Development )~:-J) •;,!, sociatlon; Frank E. Brooks, John J •. .:,ff l!'. ssett, Anhw· F, Brown, Frederick D. ·.. ~l'.f; !: . ·dner, Frank C. Remick, St.owe .- ;c;,, ·thur Clark. · ~,::;: ; 'j l :'J •• 0 • • 1, ,~:~ ''i"• -<; fi,~, I, ' •'• J r·..::o.~' *' i~-:-~----'t. . .~ ;".:t, '.i .,:; -:. ,,,; 'J't .}{;~:;~t•.~•, h--,~}; }f~;}~:J:~j~;~~~:~ " ,,c .<,,sc,,c,,., • . ,': > I ¥1: __ :,,~rifK: ;Jp -·- ti~ilt~f �J. :Vote To . . Disband o· :Chamber·Of Commerce : Action Taken At Meeting Last Evening Called By Directors I· l The Portsmouth Civic Council and '"'t,..w=o=ye=a=rs = $ss7""o"" o""h=::i=de-,ebe=e . =n= ra=ies==ed=e=sf=o= r ""'d,..e-c-'""' ; - ' Chamber of Commerce went out of ex- orations, and he thought if a concerted ,.~...·1istence last night at a · meeting which drive was made money to carry on the · · · work of the Chamber could be secured. ) was attended by 16 persons, of_which Mr. Gardner spoke again stating th e organiza- that the securing of money for Christ1 only 11 were members of \ tion, despite the fact that cards had mas decorations was a -tangible thing, : -;: , been sent to all members notifying them that those who donated could see .'· ! ·_../ of the importance of the meeting. · something for their money, but that --.. , , The final vote on disbanding was 6 85 percent of ,;he work of the Chamber l to 5 in favor, and included in the six of Commerce is not seen. that it is in.:, '· ! voting in favor were some who had been tangible, and the people could not un·; very active in the work of the organiza- derstand why they should support sucbl ! tion, but could not see their way clear an organization. In closing he said,. ; to continue on as they had done. "aa much as I am in favor of its ooni;: · Among those in attem;lance were: t1nu1ng, I can't see how 1t is possible .;- ' - ; William Tilton, Frank C. Remick, Ar- to do so." .~j thur Brown, Frederick Gardner, Jos- Mr. Jones inquired as to the number . , 1eph Levitt, Meyer P. Alkon, William in the organization and the answer i B. Hirshberg, Marian Knowles, Oscar was 120. He suggested that there waa ",\ Neukom, Alvin F. Redden, Fred Cush• too small a representation present to I i man, Rev. W1lliam Safford Jones, take action at the meeting and suggest]George Pitts, R. Nehr, Frank Crowley ed a poll of each member. : and 0. A, Howland. Mr. Remick replied that people --:...,. i Marland Knowles called the meeting would say they wanted the Ohamber . _-::,., ',j to order and explained the purpose of 'to continue, but did not want to sup. ·: the gathering. He read the financial port it. He said that he had heard the ; ·-! statement to Oct. 1. This included re- expression too often, "What hu the ' ; -' l ceipts of $2,374,03 and expenses of Chamber ever done for me?" when it $2,237.40, leaving a balance of $136.63. should be "What have I done for the 1 ,· j He explained there was one b!ll out Chamber?" as the organization is run ) which would make the balance to date for the benefit o! the city and not for ·_.' _, ·_ j $114.83. He also stated that there was any one person or group. ' ·l back rent amounting to $585. which Mr. Hirshberg inquired if there was remained unpaid. The secretary called any way in which the Chamber could • . j; attention that during the past two close with the debts paid, and there , ·.: •.~ : years the Chamber has been self-sup- was a discussion regarding this. The 1 j 1 -' . r .: . porting, adding that the back rent presiding officer stated that if the dues ., • · 1 had been left over from previous of this year which remained unpaid '-: 1,- i ! ·: . I ·' ·...I :' \_s ,lf ye;~~ mGetlng was thrown ~pen to the ::{i:r~a~i ~q::~~~ c~:~yr~:~~ a few members, and · the first speaker was After a brief discussion, the vote was ·J Rev. W!lliam Safford Jones. Mr, Jones taken which resulted i,Jl s1x in favor ' · :., ... spoke in . favor of the organization of disbanding and fl~ for remainina continuing, suggesting that an effort in operation. .- ' "-. be made towards that end. Frederick · Gardner was the neKt speaker, and said that although he would like to see the organization continue, he did not see how it was poss!-. ble and he made the motion that t he : c-.,_ J . ·.·I Portsmouth Civic Council and Chami " , . ber of Commerce disband. There were a few seconds silence, and then the -, motion was seconded by Frank C. Remick. George Pitts spoke of th'al Merchants' Bureau which is being formed, and William Hirshberg, chairman of that organization, stated that he could make no report on that, at the time, but added that he was in favor .of the Chamber continuing. • Joseph Levitt stated that he thoughtj; · the Chamber could continue, .and statIed that at Christmas time _for the pa,~t 1 ..... ), •·• ~. - . ·. ' - - --··-----~-- - - - - - . ------ ·- - ... �. , . -~ ':\ e.. ;-~ _o.v-.r-,o 'f. . ·-~ ·-·· _ _ __., _ _ . . , ------'--·--'..'-----~~-~-_,·.LI.:...-•_ _:_:___ 0Bids Open For · Rye Harbor Jetties ., ,' I ., No Award Made As Five Bids Received Ranging From.$174,582._ To $252,569.80 'j}\\:i .'T 't:i:J Bids .for the Rye .Harbor Jetties were ,. -"·i opened in Concord on Tuesday after• ::-1noon at 2 o'clock, after having been postponed from Sept. _22, due to the flood conditions. The lowest bid was irom Wyman and S;mpson of Augusta, Me., and the highest William R. Far• . rell and Son, Inc., of Boston. Over $75,• ' 000 , separated their bids. Officials present at the 01Jening were Thomas A. Murray and George H. :'~:>t{.- Rolfe, members of the Govrenor's ,,.,:';'-' :,, . council; Arthur E. Bean, assistant comptroller; Chief Engineer of the :·::;}:t ;_t,)1\ Highway Department,_D~nie~ H. Dick• inson, and H. B. Dore of this city and A. E. McAfee, Resident Engineer in• specters, representing the -Public Works Association. The bids were as follows: William R. Farrell & Son Inc, Bos• ton, Mass., $252,569.80. Tuller -construction co., Red Bank, N. J ., $239,454.00. ; Littleton Construction Co., Littleton, N. H., $205,110.00. Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp., New London, Conn., $196,524.00. Wyman and Simpson, Augusta, Me., 7~:; Vl.c.Jlcl. S. $~ )i}work On Rye \-·, lg ;:a'(. Harbor 8 A ~ ., ... .•. Ji{Development Gets Under Way~l{~1tJ ':.:-.tit.:'. -,:- _, 1· . r ':{7_·:_~_:_,L_·.. __.. 1 . ·~::_'<'> ;; _.. . ·! Gov Franc1·s·p Murphy Re.leases Lever TO Send__ First ·Boulder.For , • • • · Formation • Of -Jetties Into Waters i_;';it~_ _/_t_ ,of ._'_ ,,_ -· NewPortsm9uTh; Hampshire executive Seacoast secretary, Regional , '. -',i~_:-;;,,•,·1 ~;1:,e~:p~;n·~e!~~7r/· 0:a~~~~~i Frank _W. Emerson of Hamostead. -··/- •· ,-_- '-'. - ·,_ · • 1 \~~~~ ~~~;:~~::~~ ~-_)~;~_-·;:i:::?f:~:'.',\l 0 ~~~~!r:~rX-!~fisi~ __ :; :·_:}\( ./ , er of the Portsmouth Herald; Edmund - ,. Jewell, assistant publisher -of the Man- : ,--:": !'·\· 1·_!;' :'- j , chester Union; Capt. Charles E. Bowen,_ · . ·. _-- ·_.: · \:' , · -·--:·:,•:-. J . . . . r-;-:;="':"'""':'.+":~-::,--=-=:--=-- :---~~d secretary to the governor; -Speaker of ·- : -.· ./ · . 1 ~_.,_f:.·_· -l As the result of an effort ~tarted sev- ident of the Hampton Beach prec net: the House of Representatives Oren ' .t·:/:-'.::;v ';-·~,--?: eral ,years -ago -and suppcrted by far• Elihu T. Adams of Seabrook; Abbott He~~erson of Durham; Judge John W. ; ; sighted residents of this section today ·B. Drake of the Rye Beach precinct; Perkms of Hampton; Burt_ Warren, r W. Simpson of the Wyman-Simpson publisher of the Nashua Telegraph t. )f.},:>'· marked the actual ·opening of work on firm; County Commissioner · Irving W. and Maj. Boardman M. Randall of , );~;·tJ ~he first step in the Rye ' Harbor pro• Marston; Benjamin H. Orr of Concord: Portsmouth. Not all of these· _were able . ;:_-:":." 'J1 Ject. Hon. Charles Greenman of 'Hampton, to be present. ': ,).,--, ' I At 12 :30 o'clock today Gov. Fraricis : member of the Governor's ·council; Following the ceremomes in connec, . ; · .· ;. ., P • Murphy pulled the lever of a motor I Charles Francis Adams of Hampton: tlo_n with the starting of work, the party ; . '.,' _,: ;' true~ which dum~d a large boul~ H. Russell sawyer of the Rye Beach went to Saunder's where a lobster din- . ·. '-.. . :,.· ,Ider 11:1to _the harbor and the work ot precinct; Shirley s. Philbrick, member ner was served. ' • \ _! ; bulldmg Jetties got underway. , of the. advisory committee on , the Rye It was regretted that Shirley S. Phi1\~ ',~i The list of guests invited to attend \ Harbor Project: Adjutant-General _brick of Rye Beach"' was not able to ·, '.V ?:, l the observances was as _follow~: Gov. ' Charles Howard of Conc9rd; K: E. a_ttend, being in Idaho at the present /-:\::, . jFrancis P, Murphy; Daniel H. Dickin• J Gillis of Portsmouth; Freder_ick · E. time, as he and the late Hon. F., W. __ .,:: _: '·!son, chief engineer of the New Hamp- Everett, state highway commissioner; Hartford _wer~ prime movers i!'.l .. the , :,t,<·:,- i shire Highway department; Clifford Frank W. Randall of Portsmouth,'pre11• work of securmg tne harbor develop- . _ : -1- / ", , • · :Broker, assistant to Engineer Dickin- , ident of the New Uampshire Seacoaet ment. · ·son i Hon. Charles ;M. Dale, member of i Regional Development Assn.: Harry B. Construction of the two jetties .- ,; ,.__ ,,, .,) the governor's council; Frank Mccourt i Dore of Portsmouth, resident WPA en• at R~e Harbor as a coast line , -: ,:,; _: · ! of Boston; Hon. George H. Rolfe of ,: gineer and inspector; Hon. Thomas A. protection project was approved by a ::- .1 ; .. ,~ ;i:·' '. Concord, member of the governor's :; Murray of Manchester, member of the special_ legislative commission created , :- , - • ·, , ··.\:. council; R. T. Wyman of the Wyman• ~ governor's council; Virgil D, White of to adv1Se the governor and council o n ~ ~ - '· · ; . - >,. ; Simpson Construction Co,, of water- ! Ossipee, member of the governor's public works projects under the state's I,;"- · · - · i·, '. \ ville, Me., construction firm in charge I council: Col. Charles T. Patten, Oon- million dollar construction p'rog.-am ap- ~ & . c.£_f_!._he ~rk; .9:,~~ge H . .Ash~_o,:th,~~- !~~d• state~om_ptroller; - ~!vin~edde~~~ov:d by the 1935_ s~ ~ legisla_!~e . ~ Ocf 1'q .?) i ' j' _;·-, Of Harbor :· ·.,,,>.f;\•(-..1· ~-' · ' ;'· :·<,.': ; ttf _1 : \'·'• '\ '.' .,:.. . ' - , i , - . ' \ ' ·~ -- · -- - _ __ ·.- .......... __ ______ __ ..,__________________. •·.· ·~-~<·!, I • I • ! �n the place of honor in the memexhibition of the Guild of Boston i ifa.~,f;.: Artists on Newbury street in that city · '.~:'C:i\i there was recently hung the last por1·J?~:,'i,'i'i~·t trait (unfinished) painted by the late / }j:F'i/:Jf;; Edmund C. Tarbell, one of America's '·;:;i 1~~::t-,: greatest artists, who passed away Aug.., < 1 at his estate on the river front in New Castle. f"j The portrait was ihat oI Oscar Laighton, brother of Celia Thaxter, ::: "Poet of the Isles of Shoals." As he _ and Mr. Tarbell were close friends "-! this portrait was very much a work of ·-.f., -, . _ love in which the noted artist dis :,•<: 1 --.,~,%-.. t~ !ii;,:;f~'~"'~{I~l51f\ 5il~1~ll.iflt~fd �Rev. Robert McClure Preacher At North Church While there he planned the houses for Chinese and foreign faculty at Pu• )den Christian University, helped FOO· chow College re-arrange its finances that it could continue its High School and as a lay member of the Willis P. Pierce Memorial Hospital staff helped them plan for the erection and equip• Ing of a new plant. Mr. McClure and the pastor, Rev. Arthur Acy Rouner, administered the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. A number of persons united with the church at this service, some by profession of faith, and others by Jetter. The chorus choir sang, "The Shep• herd's Good Care," by George B. Nevin. A special offering was taken for those representatives of the Congregational church In China, Rev. and Mrs. McClure. At Ii p. m. a County Young People's Rally was held in the parish house with about 200 of High School age in attendance, those present including young people from Exeter, Hampton, Rye, North Hampton, New Castle, Hampstead and other points. Mrs, MC• Clure gave a most helpful and inspiring talk to the gathering and refresh• ments were served. Twenty-Two Years do As Missionary (By J1JSTI E FLINT) Jlved In many ew England villages during her chlldhOOd. Rev. Mr. Graham's last past.orate was at the Congregational church In Kittery Point, Me., where he died In 193-1. He was loved and respecttd by e eryone in this locallty where members of hil 1amily still res!'1e, Mr . McClure Is a vaduate of Bates Oollege and it was there that she first became interestd in· Ohlna specifically. While stlll in schoo~ sh(! corresponded with Miss Elizabeth Perkins, formerly of Alfred, :Me., and a teacher in a girls' high school in China. Through this wom• an's letters she became acquainted with the need for more teachers and missionaries in that country. When asked if she didn't find it xtremrly d11flcµlt at first to accustotp h~self , to th time-worn and tradi• tlonal ways ot the eastern world, Mrs. McOIµre replied, "It is always hard to adapt oneself to anything new and happiness in China depends entirely on the way you take It. I realized that if I began by disliking the smells, sights, sounds, etc., I would ne;ver become successful in my work. A missionary must expect hardshlps. I have never regretted my choice of profession and I have found pleasure in my surroundings in spite of the sometimes deplorabl conditions." She found the Chinese a congenial people and i,he stated that she had made some fin friends among them. ome of whom she' greatly respected and admired. Living conditions of the lower classes are exceedingly necessitous. Homes are composed of tamped earth walls with a tile roof resting on wOOden posts, and dirt floors. In •---------------Mrs. Robert McClure has spent 22 yf:ars of her life as a missionary among poverty stricken and illiterate Ohinese peasants. Three of her four children were born and ·reared in a barren country station In the hills of Ohina where within a radius 'of a hundred miles there were to be found carcely more th~ five or six white people. She' h!\S conducted her house• keeping in WO\)den huts and has adapted herself to Uivng a llfe de• old of even the most trifling com• forts enjoyed by an average American. Rev. Robert McClure, of Foocbow, Mrs. McClure first sailed for Qhina Ohina, was the preacher at the North as young bride in 1916. She was marOhurch on Sunday momlng and gave rieda In South Bridgeton, Me., and with a most able talk. her husband left fot the Far East to Mr. McClure was born in Pennsyl- help bring Christianity and a knowlvania and ls a graduate of Dartmouth c'lge of the English language int6 the College and Bangor Seminary. He ser- humble homes of the yellow race. ved a pastorate in Vermont before he In describing her first impression sailed for Ohina in 1916. HiB wife was of Onina she said, "I was prepared for formerly Jennie Graham, daughter of the worst and was therefore surprised Rev. John Graham, of Kittery Point, to find the houses In the cities much and they were married in 1916 and better than I expected and the food, then sailed for China. at least in the international settleMr. and Mrs. McClure have done ment, was varied and well1 cooked." outstanding missionary work In China The first stop of this cour~eous and and Mr. McClure stayed at his post in adventuresome couple was i't Nanking Foocbow for a year after Mr1. McClure where they 1emained for one year to CB1De to America with the children. study the Chinese language and preBombs have fallen and war has con- pare themselves for their future work. Mrs. McClure was born in Bangor, tinually cast its fear over all, but Mr. McClure In earlier days traveled much Me. Her father, Rev. John Graham, through country areas where banditry was a Congregational minister and she was rile and once he waa held up and robbed by bandits. some houses floors of wood or rough till' are found In the bedrooms. The population of a Chinese town is determined by the number of stoves there are in the villages and then at• tributing five people to a stove. Ohlldren of about fifteen or sixteen ears !\re not Included In the census as they are usually married and have children qf their own at this age and mak llp another famlly in hat or some oth· er town. The average Chinese ha~ from five to ten children. There are few 111egitl,mates as the standard of Chinese morals ls quite high. Mar• riages are arranged by the parents through a middleman. The two •middlemen, one :from each family, get tpgether-and form the marriage planF. The boy's family pays a dowry for the girl. In the Chinaman's opinion he raises daughters and receives nothinj?; for them. Under this system, he gets his money back; although often the girl's f~ily uses the money to buy supplies for the wedding. The educated young men of China loath this family arrangement of marriage and many of them are now cl)ooslng their own whres. Mrs. McClur described the styles of Obinese women as being simple yet attractive. Girls wear long gowns which are clo e fitting and plain with high collars, Tailors are used extenslvely M ·nothing can be bought rer.dy made. Coiffures are styled more or less the same. The matron wee.rs her coarse black hair pulled tightly Into a ��Children are- m18l'eiiniii , menu In the h4'1111o ffHsjifOU.t ., na- Happy Children tionality or At Chase ·Home ( .' . :Conducted:\As·A He1me Not Ar, A~ J1,ts-itut,on ' 1B Ju.tine P11nt "The far~er's In the .-lell, the farmer'& QB the dell, heigh-ho tl1e JIM!lTY-O, the ja~r•s in the dell," . ' 'Db.a familiar •train.8 of this o~dhalli:I! rn,tne echo .through the halls from a nearbJ .reore• atlon room wheie rpeup ot happJl younp1-ra imr .spmdlnlf an, ff.mD11 at mes. "Baton Rouge 1.8 the oapibM,et ~ui.sianll.,. declare4 a child.lab treble nliffmt. l'i• GfJJllsna have been enrolled In recent yff?8, Nearli, an, have ~ a tat.her .., moth&_. 1 _ . ~ no it. fJa11 11o aue tw-. llDfartua• atacy, tl:le majGrfty'., t.be ]llal'lnta .,... aume ~ the ehH main~nanee. Sfferal, heweffl', do aencf clothm(J a116l eecufanali:, m&il small contrillutlilqs t.awarcl the!¥ support. JJntrant.a. an SUIIJMIHd to taken from Portsmouth or mm HamP11hin ctllies and t.ewn1, ht if a worthy case is reported from eut ot thii state and the child Is in trouble or has no home he may Irie accept.ed, The namu llf applk:an &111 plaeed on rue anct the l1IQlt wwthJ e taken. Twmty-s!x children can be aocommod ted and there an t presenl •NliltJe M- ui.- next • • ...PtttllP Jwn, la ,mdilcl m a ~ de,mataln 1n the home 13 bo.r' IIJld 11 llV1na JlllalD•. In aalur •'1111¥ many .,l whem have,li Olen 1111 .-mblf' et ...a aa,a lend< m. dlll- tbey were three or four years ment we were "One Is apt w be bit sweater Ol" If Jse into thLs sa1111tua11." with a snur.. "'l!I and naturally tbq pt • We try not to fa. =-·,..!:!a ~ • "rUb ntbllen 01 all en s for their owne the corner con ta. ment.a, dfscanled cornea in. We wensleepin~ qmrrtem. What you'll find h maned. The 15 llecls, P the r at dustinl" and li:ffl)in wuhrooms l!!ellft. A., t mu:e er th1iy l'lave rOffllS ot t old. Ia an ample cwiais cl fently fl'ITO pNbllJH lD uJttuMete. There •la n definite. ._ Dmit and the shelves amt under each is Glar studm wu attmut 1Slll I..a the ages now Jlst.ed are lltom four to 17 lmo¥1ab aerawl the "aaeial ll1lh lllhal 11all _ . talll 1n another years. At 14 a l!j'rild is sehe ed to be pnnmt& thffNIL " ,a11hel'in9, lf you ll'lould happen. t. oall a the familY at 1!lM mlaN l!lome sne fJf the.ae ~ fall evenm,s yeuo WU:Ulcl: ~d them thU& enpted UJddll dfttrl a; quuter at .even, when, th~ JCIIJIIPF memben ot tbt- household atutl up1talrs tor Htt. The Qhue Ram~ ilR (lhllifra ii eonucted in. the m11DMJ1 iliat It.a name Im Jllea. J1a moffl1ul~ mi\ upall• m... tron, Mn. Pl9J!9114!~ Bill', npJ&Jned to tnat it& inmaliea are l(lveB 8Vff'1 priV'• JJe,e autaidf anti! !Di ilh• :bamc that othel' ahilan. m!QJI, "WJun ls at m institution," she aaid eislv , "it 11 a home." Over a. half-centu,y qo a nan,l man while sta.tloned In Portsmouth was·left a.: widower with two small childreJjl, a boy' and a girl. In order to insure care for them when he was sent away h~ turned his residence, which was situ• at4!d on Mt. VffllOD, atreeil, into an inatitution · fo~ homel children and a .matron was 1nta8'ed. ~ h plva tunlls and by the efferts of Rev. (lhuJM A. Holbrook, ~tor of st. John'I Church, the home was managed Ille◄ ceutully. Although the h11tory tih eue hu axawn. ao1DEwhat indeml through the years, it Is said that tJ'le na.me of thl& orJ.iinal benefactar wu CllaN an that flie llame ,,.. called at. him. '1'be locaaion of ~ home WM Jatn ellana-. th~ ll Me• marilu 011 'CGul!t atw..t. then t.e Chue houae on the car.nu ef aeun a.all Wuhington streeta and fiDallN t.e the larp- and JBGflara blicll. gulldfna whioh wu bum for this p.urpase ·n Wddlt l'O&d. We are told that MJM Elizabeth Jane Hannaford, an aunt of today's president and physician of the home Dr. c w Hannaford, wa.s the t!r.s.t matron' and she devot.ed much of her life to the happiness of the small boys and girls enl!IIUsted to her ear1t. DI!. Hannaterd succeeded Ill'. John Panon 1B'7l·l 1:l 9 who gave his services th~ whenn ' needed tor mny yaiw. als.£harged, but Mta. :wn in.tomied us that if he Is getting along ell, Is willina to study and the board deem., hJs record lln!ditable, he ls allowed to mriaJn and era" Is prlnt4!d In black let~tiD en front of one shelf. 1ui a ~ abo dll\l' llnt.s luJt be w em ln bum )J()fl1flllm 10, t.o hilh schQQl. " t have ne-,er bad to take anyone out et sdlNI: foi mt.sbe~ havim' or pear marill," Ille tol ua. Of eeune tJile e Jupiia have. dulM out&We tbe helnc whenl>J tuy ... part et their '8ud. vwialll,y UJate ele who have been further assisted In ahJs • a , &DO way IJIOYe themael,_ mniwl101». A finally come "play sboe ," worn thin '6 IJirl who hMl Hen all the . . atw:• ahe the busy f,eet i th wa.a t&lllT wu pmal.ltl to lift happy d~l! of fleeaai». while attendinl a naf11eaud'J . AJt.a The aame syst.e~ of clothing arrange. &raduatlon she obtam.f a jfile n.. ment Is used ti 'I'l\la '.rhit 1Joud tr.a t.e f.lDd ,lclN rm Ulme atarch d dre liaDI &OiD8 out. Otte Ura a 1111d J& clooeu, and everybody aeell hilher: etbwatdl>n IID4 ~ t<m>- prid in keeping their b1elonld~r..s mff inmates a.re DOW' emp~ in at- erder. In the girls sla~EI' r fices or as teael'rmJ and nurses. one nicture11 of Shlrldy TempI • ttt C3a.t• :la a dietithm in P!dladi:JJM upt.. bo and other stala of the screen Ehow tal. that; its occupants are ardent movie fam 'nle visitor 1iaa ClmM me far In pie girls wamroom we noticed a Obildrm a moat pleuani and t4!resl• dlsli of ice which Mrs. Hill disclosed Ing place. It ii 1.... ud crowded was used unfailingly each evening and ea{:h child is given individual a,t. onei01 the older girlslor her oomplenon tention. Mra. Bill CGDdM~ u. first In one of the bedrooms a little girl of llitchen, wl1fdl fa well d four, who had been put to bed .for a amt .scru11ulo~ 1aa. Fram U'le na.p\ was !ying blissfully chewing her adjoining room we entered an attract- ba.rette. She grinned sleepily at us Ive and homey living room, which i. as e ent.ered. Removin~ berette, ai... u • a.a eMQ -.,. Mrs. HIJI remonstnted, "a'T»g girl tour tile board of dfreeters tor btr 111eeo- years old knows enough not to do that." lnas, .an.tho~ r . . . Ill Ht aa&de Aft.er a. short lesson on what happens where the. bildlta Q'JIIIUt-a.111 to little girls who accidentally swallow their e.s • Tbe w · 1 · n,- ba~t~ and with a final tuck in of tion m have eell6"$ fa J.llaJlY y I the blankets, we left for the girls pla.yto the ringing sh.outs ~f ;plar.mg ll- room, which contairu! doll houses, dolls dren. Here they spend Uleir eve,n,iqgs and othet toy&. · and learn oo adjust Utenuel"lea a A hospital Is shut otl from the rest 111 With others. of the house and here there is every• against a. sH, DHIIIJ.ziJles.. th~g neceM&ry to care for .sick children. varioUfl pm.es, inelwl.m& the eight. yeanl Mr& ! Hill'has ·been' ilt are stacked neatly a n~ the Home t'liere · i:i~• ·liem: one dren study muslc. ~dem1c and that was scarlet·• tever. violin and anothef ,p . en -c~lds ·b'reuk out ·'those'.· amfoted Markham, who ha.s been,heard in Ionil a,re ~pt ·in th1$.• 'Part· of the 1 • b\Uldmg enterta,inments1 1:1u aa e•M:<11!J.leln VQ away from tale other bhillJreb, ,., " t , 1 and receiv tree voe t.ftilli 111 . ,The hOSprf.al roon:is ' w~re ··eirlpt,y one of Portsmoutll's • in mg save one, wh1C'h- WIiis oc~upied by a sniall ~~ ~~~~~~h~~ ing as a punishment. "He persisted in throwing slippers and caused confusion every nlgbt w he is leeplng up here ----------- ---- v 1In '\>rut �away from tll.e 1rest," the matron -explained. · f ,I Contrary to· genera] l>l!liet, dl.scip~e Is not a serlous 1,prolllem' all •tll.e Ho1ne. Mrs. Hill (lealared ' that fO!' the : tn<llit part· the children are' 1'OOmpe.nionable and ra,rely need more, than·an OCcaskm,· al private talk in •l:ier offlee ' to' lns\D'e good behavioi,, Prequenily she sends some.one to' his rootn :to sit;qtiietly .tori an hour. Of ·course they have ,,, t:ettain rules tofollow. ·a s •do·ohildl'en ·ln · ·.any household, · but they are -iallowed -much freedom. • 11n the ,dining •.room·., d 'there' la aometlmes · heitrd- a·,pll¥intm ·1 voice· protesting "I don't •want"•all ·that YegetabJ~ or<';I wontt ·<Irma my•milk.'l To Which Mrs. Hill blandly replies "If I take away half your vegetable I ahall also have .to remoYe- half of your -dessert. Invariably the question is settled without :further dispute. Little boy& often must be reminded\ tb11,t gentlemen don't pull ladles' -hair, ' and ( apoloJies always follow a quarte'l. The children remember each other at birthdays and Christmas. One boy goes to dancing .school, Saturday nights. A short time ago eight girls attended the Girl Scout .supper. They were all taken by fam • mes outside the,Home, "W}µch proves ,what kind people wi; ~ave_. lb Portsmouth,1' pointed out Mrs. Hlll. Invitations are · received from ,local people during the warmer Df>nt~s t,o picnics and other excursions. Once a year a trip to the Isles of Shoals is enjoyed 1, Funds for the 'Home's :i upport de~nd for the moot part on bequests and private coritrlbutions. 1 Ff~ue,t gifts ' of ice cream, apples and other -treats 'dear to the hearts of small :Children are received 'from local business firms and other Portsmouth donors. , The following is a list f the officers and board of directors of the Home: President, Dr. O. W. Hannaford. Secretary-treasurer, William C . Walton. Board of trustees: Charles II. Bakh•elde,r, William J. Cater, Rev. Maxwell Ganter, Benjamin Green, Dr. S. W. Hanna.ford, Fred W. Lydston, Rev. Arthur A. Rouner, Charles H. Walker, WWiam C. Walton. Board of managers: president, Mrs. Wallis D. Walker; vice president, Mrs. J. Verne Wood; secretary, Mrs. Charles H. Batchelder; treasw·er of current expenses,, Mrp. Norman E. Rand; auditor, Mrs. H.1 Clinton Taylor; Mrs. Phillips B. Badger, Mrs. G. B. Ohadwiok, Mrs. Joseph P. conner, Mrs. W. A. Dorney, Mrs. Albert Hislop, Mrs. AlMrt G. Hunt, Mrs. R. Clyde Marge~n, ¥1's· :E;. Artis, ¥.!l~thews, Mrs. Boardman M. Randail,'Mra, ,1ohn E. Se.vboJt, .Mrs. Jeremy R. Waldron, Mrs. Charles H. Walker. '¥a.4-on, Mjrs. ,Florence Hill, '.Auistant matron, 'Mlss Florence J. Bill. Assistant matron, Miss Virginia Doll• oft, ev.e opmen -o· s Annual l , I- Oren V. Henderson, Speaker Of House Of Represe~tatives, Elected President At Largely Attended Gathering Oren V. Henderson Qf Durham, speaker of the House of Representa- tives, was elected president of the New Ha111pshlre Seacoast Regional Development Association at the annual meetIng of the organization, held m Dur- · ham on Friday ·evening. Mr. Henderson succeeds Frank W. Randall of this city who has been president of the organiJ zatlon since it was founded. Pressure of business prevented J:lis accepting the position another year, and Mr. Henderson, who has done a great deal of work . as vice president of the organization, was advanced to the presidency. Frank C. RemicK of this city was chosen Vice president,' and '.Alvin F . . Redden, also of this city, clerk and 'treasurer. The members f the Board of Dlrec• tors, including one from each city and precinct in the region chosen, were as ,follows: Dover-Ge011ge T. Hughes Durham-Arthiµ, w. Johnson O. V. HENDERSON EKeter-Waltilr o. PeIU}ell New President Greenland-Hargld A. Syphf!rs N. H. Seacoast Regional Association Hampton-Charles 'E. Greenman Hampton Beach-George Ashworth Foster of Waterville, Mr. and Mrs. L, Hampton Falls-Wallace H. Batch- o, Fogg, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert U. elder Smith of Boston, summer x·esldents of Little Boat''li Heafi-Marland D. the Great Bay section; Fred Davis of Knowles the Rumford Press, Concord; Harold Madbury-John S. Elliott Hart of Wolfeboro, secretary, and New Castle-James W. Pridham President Hugh Hescock and Mr$. HesNewfields-W. George Nixon cock of the Lakes Regional AasoclaNewlngton-Albert E. Hodgdon tion ; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gardner Newmarket-Fred J, Durell of the White Mountain region; Mr, North Hampton-Paul W. Hobbs and Mrs. Edward Ellingwood of the Portsmouth-Frank .W, Rand.all Monadnock region; District Highway Rollinsford-Lorenzo E. Baer Engineer Ralph Kimball and Mrs, Rye-;lla'nest A. Tucker Kimball; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mey• Seabrook-Harold Secord er of Newmarket, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Seabrook Beach-Elihu T. AdamB Clark, Dr. and Mrs. James Powers of Stratham-Frank H. Pearsoll Manchester; Donald D. Tuttle of ConRve Beach-Shirley S. Philbrick cord, Mr. and Mrs. R. o. McGrath, Mr, There wer~ nearly 175 present at thil and Mrs. Richard B. Shelton, formerly meeting which was one of the largesti of this city, now of Cambridge, Mass.; at~nded _meetings held by the organi• John Lyle Harington of Kansas City, zat1on. Dmner w_as sei,ved ln the Com• bridge engineer, and also Engineer mons, at the Umverslty of New Hamp- 1Rlchard Talwell 3rd of the bridge shire, and students of the univer11lty lauthority. ' served the meal. . Comedy songs added to the enjoyOren V. Henderson presided at th, ment of the evening. Charles w. Gray opening of the informal meeting and d F d rick Gardne~ presented these introduced a number of guests lnclud• an ltyre e b nove num ers. Ing Rear Admll'al O. W. Cole, USN. Mr. Henderson next Introduced PreOommandant of the Portsmouth Nav, aident Frank w. Randall who called Yard, and Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Allen Holli.I the business meeting to order. The re• of Ooucord, Mr, and Mrs. Robert M. port of the last meeting was given by the secretary, and then the report of =.«'T~~.t:w:!~M'.r~a:=J= �·,~~;L:1:,~fL:LJ,.;;~,;;~;.~;'{~,~'f~*fl, ~f.~ L~,;;;;.:·~'li:~1 2-!;.,,:~.•~,;~,;_·> ·• ·; jt;r' ~-: '.~::·:~ report he covered a great many of the of workers He called this the out- ·: Dr. Haven T. Paul told of the be- .l· i .-::~~:\ activities and mentioned some of the · standing d~velopment in the past year. l ginning of the study of Great Bay, and :%tr \ ~:'f '?-s ?;1~!:'t::i : f . fit projects .~:;!J; which are actually in pro- : The president spoke of_ the w_onderful I spoke of ~he great amount of work \i's'i.••.•/-i,W.:;;1 : :_,\., · gress and others receiving favorable I spirit of cooperation which exists be• necessary m the future. j}l,>,_:~·, ':';· \'·'.(,j.:t i ' 'J'{. consideration. , tween t~e communities in the region. Dr. f'.aul then introduced Dr. L. C. }fj;:';::j~~\:::~~{ 1 , _{•{>• Among them are: The Rye Harbor : He mentioned the development at Rye Fogg, drrector of the Marine laboratory ·.).. •i:f •,;;.,};'~~ , ·::;7;,~ Development for which jetties are now Harbor as a typical case, stating that ; at the Isles of Shoals, and he devoted ·',}.\.ij,'.;;}:r9'1 under construction. ·. it was originated as a town project 1 ~is talk to the possibilities of dev~lop,. .-;;'!;;;:• The short -cut highway between . and was then brought before the re- j mg Great Bay from a recreat10nal •i).;,:,;>:' ~,t,·::.t :,:,,(iJ.Y; Newmarket and Stratham, now being . gion. "It supplemented, but did not in- 1standpoint, as an occupational area ' ··-· ,. '.<B .-,,'';:-\, rebuilt. The proposed Hampton Beach · terfere with, the planned development j and also for a residential section, Un. {Jt auxiliary highway, scenic and secon- · of Seabrook, Hampton and other der recreation he mentioned the pos- i, ;t-Jt~;· dary highways desigi,md to relieve con- · beaches·." sibllities of game fish and suggested _;·: :..··t+~ gestion. Desi_gns prepared for distinc• · In · calling attention to some of the · striped bass, shrimp, salmon, cod, had- \\ tive regional highway direction signs reasons why the organization has been doc~ and flounders. He spoke of the !],.t:,,7,::Yf:t with the hope that such signs may be . able to record so many accomplish- possibilities of a demand for lots on made and erected by the State High- · ments during the year, he cited four. the shores of ~~Is body of water, and ' •>l{ way Department. , The first he si,.id was due to the work also its possibilities for industrial de• •·'stf::{' Endorsement and encouragement of - of the b;ard of dlrectors, the second to . velopment. the Inter-State Bridge project which the work of the committees, and the j Frank E. Brooks, a member of the 1 • ),:,;',: has recently reached a successful conthird to the increased number of cit!• 1Maine-New Hampshire Bridge auth- cefclusion through the effor_ts of the In- , zens who have enrolled as members j ority, gave· an interesting report on the ~: ·,x,:;if. ter-State Bridge Authority. Also the 1f as giving financial as well as moral I progress of the proposed new bridge _; {{:t} approved Hampton River Bridge. support. The fourth reason he called J ~hich has received the official sane- ;: · 1 ':¥XZ2,\ A section ot an Inland Waterway :: to his listeners attention was the ex• ; tion of the federal government. He ,· f;-·.¼}.t!.. b~tween the Merrimac and Hamp~on '. cellent work of the executive secretary, i ~poke briefly of the history of the work ·-f<:>:_"(!, Rivers and possibly beyond, for which ,Alvin F. Redden, and paid him high j m obtaining the bridge and explained ·:i}.-\:~~ surveys by War Department Engineers 1tribute. I the plan for the traffic routes which s~r~~ are nearing completion, • . ' Discussing the future he said: "I be- w~uld re-route traffic out around the ir· ?, ~ State Park at Odiornes Pomt, Rye, ·· lieve the regional association has dem- , city, . r:· which has won support throughout the . onstrated its value and is here to stay. The final speaker of the evemng was State and_ is now being given serious ;' I believe our organization has before it Allen _Hollls, a member ~f t):le state , co_nsiderat1on Toy the Governor and the ,. unlimited opportunities. To fully capi- , pla~mng board and pres~dent of the , -_,.,t:,-;; Highway Department. talize on these opportunities we must Society for the Preservation of New ,:~~: _The New Hampshire State motion have appropriations from each city llampshire Forests, Mr. _Hollis is also picture, nearl~ completed and to have and town to finance publicity work, we ~ member ~f _the comm1tte~ to assist ,;-"' · - its first showmg at the New York ., ust have a much larger membership m _. the reclaimmg of fallen timber, and ►- · World's Fair. . . _. . :: order to have the necessary funds the restoring · of the _forests .of the t/:J.idi Concentrated attention IS being d1- , for the routine operating expenses." ,s ta,te, which has been faced with the .. ,•,?,fl!:,t: rected by committees on Portsmouth A . bl s of the future he men- problem of caring for the trees felled Harbor Development for which a hear- ·: tion~f\~e e:llowing, cal!lng attention by the September 21st hurricane. ,: ing was held before the United States · that these were not all: Development He called the greatest problem the Mai,:itime Co~ission 011 April 6th. A . ' at Seabrook Beach, new Hampton Ri• utUization and restoration of our forproJect of 1mport~nce to the whole ~ ver bridge, four-lane highway in rea1• est land ~ a state. of reproduction so State and one which should be ad- ;; of Hampton Beach· new ocean boule- that our grand-children and greatvanced with th? building of the new ~'. vard; development ~f Portsmouth Har- grand-children will enjoy the forests Inter-State Bridge. Following this .;j d , .., as we enjoyed them from our ances13 ·. . . . hearing an exceptionally fine report ·', -dln 3 t{l Wo ~u!~o:rt~~ J;r~:tst~t tors. :' . ',¾_-.,g,. showing t h te t· l to '~ r ver sec n , ; ' , ''.':,{~-; e po n ,a nnage move- 'J bridge; development of standard road ~e spoke of the hurricane and stated f.:;:'.'~',t. ments of _the harbor, was prepared un- / signs for the seacoast region; improve- that there are resolute men and worn_. !:;, • der the drre~tion of Frederick P. Clark, · ments of highways throughout our en in the state an.d that they have ''., 1 .' state plannmg director. · 1 communities; planned development of been working to pick up the pieces t{ · · Great Bay.;,purificatlon and develop- _j recreation; mosquito eradication, and d~·itjg the past flv'e weeks. Coming to ;,\ ment. Con{erences have revea!ed a vast ] cooperation with the agricultural, edu• the subject of timbe_r, he stated that amount of time devoted to this. Its im· J catlonal and industrial agencies of the the state has been organized right portance and wonderful possibilities ! region. · , down to the last town. "Those commitare fully recognized. It calls for the Mr. · Randall introduced the new tees are now doing the things which utmost cooperation. ,, ) president, who pledged his best efforts ought to b'e done and they are enlisted Mosquito Control: •At the request of ·.·1' to carry on the work of the organiza- for the duration of the wart he said, this Association a State Advisory Com• ' tlon. , , adding that "in most cases of disaster ;:1mittee was ·appointed by the Planning •j Fred P. Clark, of the state Planning the loss is_ not reco~erable, but ~!} this :.l and Development Commission for and Development Commission, was I case the timber which is down, IS val• 'i study and recommendation -Of meas• ·1 the next speaker, and _h e spoke of at~, uable." . . · . '., ,. ures to be taken. . tending. the first meeting when the He estimated the fumber which :IS i1.:: ·our study of Planning and Zonmg ,1 association was organized, J:le spoke ; do}Vn at , 2,000,000,0,00 , board feet of }1~' ls advancing toward better coordina- J briefly of the Rye Harbor ProJect, and merchantable lumber, valued at $60,- }::;. · tlon of communities. , •. j introduced Shirley S. Philbrick, who 000,000. which ls the nominal amount ' . The executive secretary paid tribute 'j served as vice chairman of' the ad_vis•, of lumber to be cut in 15 years. Not ~,:to the three members who have passed •. ory board of the Rye Harbor ProJect. only is the lumber concerned, but the {~: ~1 away since the last annual meeting- ! Mr. Phllbrick had retw·ned that after• lumber industry, This m_eans that the three who had been very active in the I noon from Idaho and he told of the industry will have to mill the ~umber t¥J\ft;N;fiiin: work of the ·association. They were: early work on the project and traced for 1s.7ears in a very short !'enod of :"~.;iJ: · Hon. Charles H. Brackett of Green- j the work of the project from March time. We haye to save th~ timber .~nd • •'- · . . . land, Hon. F. w. Hartford of Ports- i 19~4 when the town of Rye voted to then we have to save the mdustry, he ,. _ ,..? '· mouth, and Walter G. Marston of Rye. i raISe $10,000 to be used if the state ap- said. . . . -~~&:t<>i, ;/ ·\, ., The report of the president, Frank ! propriat~~: ~umd b to :rry out t:e ' _Mr. ~?l~\ssp;ke mam!y a::u: t'f:.e J•::;\I ·.'ti ·~ ,_; w. Randall, was next on the program · plans w 1c a een awn up. e pme w 1c own, saymg a ~ ti>f( :\! \ '-1 and he began·by telling of the increase told. of the beginning of the engineer- ,must be salva~ed by' next sumni:er. ThJS ,,·,. ,.-' in financial support and, most impor- ing survey and traced the work up lcould be P\lt mto v.ater, he ~aid, a_nd ,;;:t:v-.,;r:,l,r;'.:'/ , .. ,_,..., '-·k , .. . . . . . . , ., .• through to the present date when work kept 4 or 5 years before sawmg, which ,~}1,':li:,,--~•.•-:,,.e_,.-: ,({;:~;f r::'.~f.0.{ [t;ff .//f'1 I ', t:.B :}'~t h ! l\ _, ., "' 1, l ::iJJt:\~;,,,r,:;; ~:{?r{:,; ~;~;~±f~~(f~:,J,;~~;f ~.,;~~i,:r\;,f-:</t, ,,,~:,;,,\'..;c;i•.;. ~~,i~N·i:,.<~~;~~1~~~; C~c ;,'.~-~C �·tri· --~ ~ ~·1 -'::·· w -.f,:s, · · ~ : .. ---.....:..:... __, 1 IU ess G, ts ., 1 ~ '.:,,' -:s: • would spread· out the work for t e ' < e: sawing industry. He stated that this would take 4400 acres of water, but ·, -~J::. · there were more than enough ponds. All this would prevent flooding the market, he said, and stated that it was necessary to control the market, and Jan the New England states have sig• nified their willingness to cooperate. , 1j -Another problem is to see that the · , woods do not get afire, he said, adding that next spring it will be worse than at the present time. He stated that .. " ,, _, i there was also the problem of seeing ":: :·. ··:""jthat the l_and is left so that timber will ';..<t~ • • grow agam. ..,.,:•·:'.i-._; In closing he spoke of the willing"'. · ness of the people as well as the states •' to work together. "It seems to me that we really need adversity to bring us together. When we have things too easy we seem to think of ourselves and drift apart. It is trouble that makes us a family." Mrs. Frank W. Randall was presen:·. ted with a bouquet of roses by Mr. · · : Henderson as a token of her coopera• . . tion during the years the organization ~ has been in existence. \ ·· The committee on a,rrangementa '. ,, consisted of Oren V. Henderson. chair• . · · ·' man; J. Guy Smart of Durham, For1:_'';.··\<t/,-;rest W . Eaton of Portsmouth. George , _··:':! . : -.,iT, Hughes of Dover, W. George Nixon ... ; ·· .. •· jof Newfields, and Alvin F. Redden of ,,.·~,;'. _:·; this city. ,'; '~1.:,'j_ :·~,· t · :. ~~ ·...: . ;,_, ~ . ·1 · , •. , •·: ~ ,_ :- . I' . ~,, f . ' ' ,." it·.,.._ ; • ·•· ':~b;f :· .' l >.. . ,~·:\c:•· "2. i ~ • j j An d MefflOl'IQ • JS At the Solemn Eucharist. on Sunday rector o.r St. John's will ble,ss several · recent gifus and memorials. An oil painting recently brought from Ital.y ha-, been hung on the epistle aide ot the altar of the Lady 0hape}. in the gallery. It W'8.1I painted abeut 1520 tor a chapel: in the Spezia. Palace in Florence. At the top of the painting God the· F'ather, t.symbolized. by the .face of an aged man with the triangula.r· halo of the Blessed Trinity; God the Holy Ghoat ii! -represenU!d as a descending dove, and God the Son in the human · · i!.hape ot Jes.us Ohrist 1s at the left, .. while his Mother 1!I at the right, Be11eath them a little Mgel is pouring from a vMe tlle wa~r of ille upon the 110\lls in purgatory, while another small · angel 111 a.s.s.lsting them up into heaven. ' The Blessed Virgin is depicted a.s "Our Lady of Sorrows," with seven sword& piercing her heart. These typify ( 1) •·· the Prophecy of Simeon, "Yea, a sword shall pierce thy own soul al.so;" (2) the Flight into Egypt; (3) Obrist loot by his Motlier; (4) the Betrayal of Christ; (5) theCrucUixion; (6) theDepositionfrom the Cross; (7) the .Ascensio11, The new te-,tal cope is made ot ma• terials brought from China anci ls sim'·. ila.r to one in use at the English cathein Pekin . The satin of which 1t 1a · e has a faint lavender tinge and 1g · crwted in a gold pattern of roses and butterme.s. The orphreys and hood · · are in red and blue embroidery with ,. jconventionalized roses a.s a design and ·1 the morse Is composed of three large uncut semi-precious stones in a setting . ' 1 o! chased gold, Christianity has always '; been skilful in adapting pagan symbol- · to 11:6 own use. The butterfly symliua the Resurrection and the r<>!e 11 our Lord, the Rose of Sharon, 'i There will al.so be blessed a handsome r ml.s8al in memory ot Frank and ' ·1 Phllbrick and an alb of hea. y linen memory of JOlieph Belmont• 1the • • i • ., •. , ';r .. ;. - ..... . -1:~v..ru.u-. ~ .\\~· ·:• ~~-:~:: . ~ �INDEX TO VOL. 15 42 ' Aldrich memorial Am. legion convention, 1-15 1938 Athenaeum 30-31 Brattle organ 104 Carlo, -William 85 _carter, John { concert) 104 Chase home 115-116 Chase, Salmon P. 81 . City counci~ 107 Concord, .N. H.- No. Church 84 C-onsti tutional convention 1789 . 80, 84 Constitution, ratification of 60-64 Decatur, Stephen 85 73 ·, Dustin, . Hannah · Eliot~ 'Me.-Meth. Church 99,105 71 . ·. Endicott rock Family welfare Ass'n. 103. - .Fort Constitution 50-52 - Gilman, Nicholas 77 ~-- ijJ3._r low, Harry M ~ S. 99 -Bow~l:-ls, ·-Wflliam Dean . 102 '· Hurri,.cane, 1938 87-89 Langdon, John 82 · Lear, Col. Tobias 55 Li v-e rmore, · Samuel 78 McClure, Jennie " Irohert 113-114 - Me.- · N. H. Interstate . Bridge 95-96 Marvin, William E. 93 · Me·s erve, Nathaniel 47-49 Meserve~Raynes house 91 Moulton; Jonathan 98 Navy relief Society 100-1 Navy yard, history l0-13 Nightingale · 9 Odiorne's Pt. 69 Petrie Post 13 Pierce, ·Franklin 83 Pomeroy cove 112 Portsmouth-authors 25-26 Portsmouth.- books 25-26 Ports.- Churches.st.Johns 43-46 104 " tt " II n 118 Portsmouth- history~World War 34-41 Portsmouth-industries 20-21 Portsmouth merchants Bureau 109-110 Portsmouth.- ships 7-8 " " -clippers 8-9 Portsmouth- Historical Soc. 92 Rock. Co. Animal Reacue league 107 Rye harbor . 111 Schools.- .Jr. High 94 Seacoast Development· Ass'n. 116-118 Star1f; John _, . . ..... -75 Steuben, Baron von s-torer post Sull,;tvan, John Tarbell, Edmunc C. Typhoon -~, -·-· Webster, Daniel Wendell, Mrs. Barrett Wentworth, Gov. John Wheelwright, Rev. John Whipping post Wilson, Rev. H.J. Witch of the wave u. s. s. s.49 59 16-20 76 112 8-9 55-55, 79 90-91 , 86 70 89 108 9 93--,ir �This book is a preservation photocopy. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i11079824 https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/aebaeacfbdaabac0e09d3224821cda50.PDF 93bb14972cae5792359ad726ed389e08 PDF Text Text �INDEX TO VOL. 16 Appleton, Gen. Francis 8 Brides, pageant of 36-37 Carter, John ( concert) 9, 12 Choir festival, 1939 34-35 Clipper ships 13-14 Fast day 28 Federal fire society 6 Girl Scouts 32 John Langdon club 36 Laighton, Oscar, 1839-1939 9-10 Lee, Rev. Dorrall 12 Lewisohn, Dr. Ludwig 27 Lilacs-Wentworth mansion 26 Me.- N. H.- Interstate Bridge 3-5,21-25 Mildram, Alice s. 34 Morrison, Anna L. 2 Navy Club 27, 38 N. H. Fed. Women's Clubs 14 N. H. Gazette 6-7 Portsmouth-churches-Methodist 15-20 Portsmouth Dental clinic 8 Privateers 30-31 Rodehaver, Rev. Myles 10-11 Rock. Co. Animal Rescue league 31 Seacoast music festival 1939 6 Shaw, Capt. Thomas 30-31 Ship models 39 Tarlton, Emma F. 8 U. s. Navy yard 37 U.S. s. SQUALUS 40-107 continued in Vol. 17 2-23 Weston, Samuel 36 Williams, Capt. William 26 Witchtrot road 37 World Fair, N. H. exhibit ( 1939) _33, 34 �The EASY REFERENCE SCR:AP BOOK of w ORLD WIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY INC, NEW YORK �~J~.i:.2:, p:.s1 t:ii· Annie L. Morrison Celebrates 50th Year As Teacher cl ~:::e w~:-~:. ~2- ;l ~1-0 o.:: I":-1r . s ~z.1:ej 1.1~~~:1 :.:c:· a G, ~ r-C... -,.,~~-;-,'"'-:."• .L _,... _., _j_,...,.., ., fi-... ,':11· ..,,..,1..., Gi1ur~h r..z--.. ~l '=' ---11~01 ~ ...... ,.d JO.. I-.....; .,. •• ~ ... 1 ie-::1 re:r;:r::~~ - : c:. :::; rt:::.::,·:::: 7',T.S 2.s::::1 t~ l\~1::-.:e i:~ !:2~: ·o·.7_·: ~:::·.:-~1:~:.~:le v.r:.J 11::Y; :t ~s:::s to ~... -:-.1e t~}..:-::_·~::.~. 50 31c:.:-s r.:--.. ·:i :::1~ t:::.i c:: s::-:-:.1.~ :-,f :..:.~:: E;~~)~:::.~:1::;3 . I.C:·.s. ;.,:;E::.:1 G:::::~.:l~, i".(~~s~:\~SS of c:::.·c:i.:C!t~..23, r:·zsz::~=j tc l\C.:.i!s ~.S:c~.- :..·~s('~l c:1 ·:-:hr.l:Z •j~· ev:.:·y fr.Jn:l? :·-3~::-cs.::::~::: ::-. t:..:: s~l:~::., ~-~ 1 :~c:·:-_·:::;r Principal Of Lafayette School Honored By Parent-Teacher Assoc iation ,t:. An~:::e,,!"~~~1..,~~:~ ,I~tf~, ::i~r~:~t£: 2:!:. ~ t}t;;;F~{:t•t1t~;;;~::~r:~1; teaching 50 years ago on Feb. 1. tion which are mainly to promote I' :1sr y;;;11 ? ::o·.:.~;.;:t •Jf fl:iwal·s ;..'1 Miss Morrison has been teaching at i the welfare of children and youth 1:,':::nc·:y C: I ~',ss IJlsie ::)l::0:1 a !:):·. the Lafayette School for 24 years in home, school, church and com- ;';lsr t::-,:;_::·: :;.: ~f.t,.::z~te s:::-.c::l. • .;.iy, ., and on Monday evening the Lafay- munity; to raise the standards of £:,:.;::::::::, ,;,e T:it.:2:· t~-J.:::1:::i:s wh,, ette Parent-Teacher association, of home life; to secure adequate laws i ,.,;2::cY. ~:>:::;,:·,:'; \··::·3: IE:·3. :;:,,:c::::::::: which she is the founder, observed for the care and protection of c'~l:::,,,_:; c: ~r.i;';2::y ::=c:nt, :;:,,:::::., ,.,,;: .. s. Founders' Day at the school by· children and youth; to bring into J;i:.:•e:· i:.C:::l, l'.:t;;::, :,~:·s. I:rvi:J. ::-:::-.:·t :,;£ honoring this woman who has been closer relation the , home and the :-,2~t.0 I::·:;. ~:::r.:·::::'. ?.yz.:1, ! :::s. ~:h::l instrumental in promoting educa- school, that parents and teachers :::. ~:,:::'.'::S, TC::s. :=:.s,:Jh )?_ ~:::::s,1i;, . .. t. : ;I! j tion in the city of P ortsmouth. may cooperate Intelligently in the 1f:':. -;;:_::~.:,, ~:::·.:;·,;::~, LT:-•. 7.':,::,~0 An eager group of nearly 200 per- training of the child ; and to dev- c, :.,::.;::.:::,. I•C;s , ?ic:,s,::d ~:::-.1! a:1::\ • ,-- sons greeted Miss Morrison as she elop between educators and the :ci"s =::·c:·.::r E.':·;~·::11.,::~. ::1, o: · entered the assembly room. Through general public, such united efforts :?::·,~:-_:::.:~l:. ;,r::3 ~;:::t,::::::::1e C:::~! _ •,, .. :, the kindness of Raymond I . Beal, as will secure for every child the 1·:1 ~,f 7' •>·~,~. ::F.~s., r,1:-:: IC,s. 1 principal of the Junior High School, \highest advantages in physical, :::12s~ei· ="~c,,·a ci ::}:·,:;::, en:·~ u::s.·:?:?:J.~--:'. a portable loud speaker was ar- 1:1e:-.1.ta:. sc.:::2..1 snd s::t·ittl::?.l e:.u.~?..- ;.::e t'.) ::z l)-ZEz:1~ :.:-"Jt se::t E1e:i.· l:es~ ,,!si1es tJ ICs: ticipate in the program. and p:.-:::::.~~d c:1~ c-:~ his :-2:)':i:·~ A t:~0 ,.. _. ____ ...,· -... c~ "7'-~;~--: ... :It was an informal affair and the ,: 2.:•ds he :·e-::::·.Y~:l ,:;(r"le:1 r-.c~.: 3 r,~or- ·.3~:-_ir:~i-, •.J:1£.::!es G:·r.y r.!l': I:.r. I ·- ' · •~:k··\ ' ,~_:;✓' ~~~!:\!~ ~~~1t c~~~~\!~r ~~~i~:: ~'.o~~·/~~ c;igJ; ;;\~;~:·;.~~/;;; ;:- fi~:~;~'J~~, s',1:: 1 program opened ,vith a "get ac-. !.'~s 0 :1 v 2.s 11:s 22 :~-::;:--, ~7 ·•~.j~h h~ I "'.'::-,-:-:;:-i~_.. ,..'.h ,S.s~:~y s=_;::g s:.7z::-rj s.;l1 quainted" song followed by a sel- c~~'Et::~~.1::; v~~-~- r:t:.:.~i:.. ~ c~L::~3- -:·::-.::h c..:!:.:zd ·~:-11 ::1 ~-~ t::~ 1 ection by the orchestra which was I .... · e -·· r ,~·og:..2~-r.. . r:•:~ zy c::s:!z:l z1!t!1 r.. ::::.~·-composed of former p~plls of the c,1 '':L·e f.:::.._': ?.:o::cy·• to Lafayette school; namely the Miss- ~~~ e'·'·~-~~, ,,•-~ ,,.. __ ,_. __ 5 c' L' • ::.~·:3 lC::·:- s·:;~ .:::ic·;· t~··c oI J~ St;;:_•-:: ~~~-,~~~~. ",:':/t"L~:/;:t:~/2~ I :: > 0 ~;;~::::;i"'.;;~;\' t;'·,:._ 3"'-t,"5';;:~ t::;~ ;~~~ l :::s3 r:::·::o:in·s Iz:;c:·:,tss; -· , . , . es Barbara Beal, Jerry de R oche<.~~_-.:..~:(.:. mont, Betty and Mary Wood H ew- • ,\ ;-: ,<· itt Maxine Libby and Miss Winni- " fr~d Claus, assistant Musical Director in the Por tsmouth Schools. Miss Morrison was the first speaker on the program and she told her ·-~,:-11-, Lit~7"e-=-·, ?.~~:.!.·e~-~~~ti::1 i. l:3: :..::.-~-:-;:: Ci1u:·:I1 i:;1 tl:= ·v~J-:.'' e,nd :f rF.iss , :::··:ic:::'s tl,C::::n!,'.:E:i1.,; ~.:.:·. E::,:,,.::· :,z.:;s "..,::,,..,;~ .:·::;1 lh~ :---=:·.ts. ~:::·.': ::,:·::,,_•,:', :::s:.:." A l:':',le h:-;-ri?r A,_ 5,1~~::s:':,; z:,.,:.::•,e er tl:: I. "'?.S c:.:.::~:\ '-''C.8'."'. :E:·. C::.:<-:~,• 2,,, d !J:·c 6:·a,.1 w2.s tl:~ ;;::·":en:e cf ali , - r.. 0·:·,.:· s~,:~:;- "·:::z >:c ., 0:1 tlle :.:c:::::z:::- 1r~ 5 :,: ,-•t w'.,h e::,~-.,;:,~'.o:1 i, :::'ly,:ig '::':·2-,:2ze.'' 3 30 1 ': ~":~.~; j c:;;~ ::; 3 2,eeo. 2,:,:l :::.:.::,:;:: ::::.'::.1 . ::?.ch c:-, 3 -::·:::.its" . •::-:1e o;:-c:;:=st:·a i:i:::rc:l a "11 t·.::•:1 , t::::: 2. ::,~:.:,,e •:o :·z'.:.'.e :·~::::~::,J;,~.l \7l1ile tl:e rec=r,ti:m was ~:,:-,1e ple;,sr.:,t ir::'.:. 2:~~ fa:;:,t o:;:~:r- n.. ,,. , ,:,:e:i -,-_-2:'.}le, vi:::: 1::·zsire:l. c:m·;c1.g l:'.s 8.c:·.::i:::::;t:·;,.L::n r.s C::;:;;, ,:,i:ll rJl pr.:t p:·,23'.:J.e:i~s w::re e:~r:1.·es~::i i_;!"'a':!:..., t~at:~~~~ ;;::~~~~~~• ~ee:s~~:r ~:so~~tf;~zi~ and of the benefits she feels have been derived from the association, ; She said that all P ortsmouth ,,: "'· ¼ schools are greatly indebted t o Miss I '., 1 association has brought about a cooperative feeling between the ," ·~;,t._:· ·',;,'"·-!1 teachers and paren ts , w h 1c " h 1s " one 1' ,:'. ['</'.<<:::\! of its objctives and that their interest at all time is for the wel 1 1! fsaproekeof fthtehechailcdc • mMp 1s_sshmMeonrtsriso nf . ~ .,~.-. ._:-.•.',·:;;,"._,,·._' 0 11 0 0 1 ': :_;."'_,._, .,. I I •-· ~ the association and its growth since ":. '.. ,;J.· j '-': :·:'~,.>:,-,::.: i1 ''"' : '· ·· It was first organized 22 years ago. The guest speaker of the evening, Thomas Marden, State Treasurer of the N. H . Congress of P arents and Teachers, gave a very fine talk on the original founders of the Na tional Congress, Alice McLellan Birney and P hoebe A. Hearst, which had its beginning Feb. 17, 1897. He stressed that the parentteacher movement is at all times .··-,'4. '}.' ', i non - partisan, non - sectarian and , , , _,., : • ' non-commercial. He also spoke of I l ;;i~~;·.-:::7~~:e b~~~l~1;~! t'~M~ ,::·,:s'.C:i::-_(. ':':1:::e !:~'c:e:,~ ·:;2~: : ?.. ,;s::s:·s. 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Mrs. G·2.· i~.D::l ~uc!::::. :-:-.·2~~.11c ?2.~-=rson, R-::,~rt :E.ing r~:1d Jcl1n Jacobs - �'i ToStartWorlrOn ri~ge ·~riOge lntfenture :subst.ructure Soon z_:c Equipment And Materials Being Assembled At Boston & Maine Docks On Noble's Island With the arrival of construction equipment, active preparations are being made to begin actual con- · struction of the sub-structure of the new PWA financed Portsmouth- ·. j , - Kittery bridge by the Frederick Snare Corp. I Four bargeS', towed by the tug --1·;: , "Delanco" have arrived here from ··1 . '. Kearney, N. J., and are now at the · ;: . Boston & Maine Railroad docks on Noble's Island. Two of the barges ,-, ]were load~d with heavy equipment and mater.1als and the remainder of · : the tow consisted of a derrick boat · . ,... ; : and a coal barge. Two tractor type .,_ ·.··. cranes, part of the equipment, im.. - • -. mediately set to work repairing the : · · ·1 docks, operating from the barge · :-: : decks. It is understood that this :... ·: dock will serve as moorings for the barges and aS' an unloading wharf ,;.. ·. · for the contractor during the bridge ... construction. Considerable repairs ,·· will be necessary as this dock ·has ' · not been in service for a number of !years. A complete replanking of the ; . : ,.J dock is necessary. A deep sea diver .-,. ...- iwill make an examination of the unde_rpinning to determine if any 1repa1rs are needed . •• -· 1 The work of the contractor con,.- · •. lsists of the installation of some 29 :piers and abutments extending from ...: ., 1rock to ten_ feet ~bove the water . .. 1surface. This requrres highly specialized skilled labor and equipment as the deep water piers are to be i constructed by the pneumatic caisson method. I Raymond Howard of Newington has bem hired as a diver by the · Frederick Snare Co., and will inspect .the piling of the docks. Tendeel by Ralph Montgomery of Portsmouth, he made several trips under ~ this morning. i-. •. I -~.,. ·· r· ' --•-"! .. • - - · _,....,..--·-•--·------~·- 1 J· Largest Recorded In This Cou·nty The longest document ever recorded at the Rockingham County Registry of Deeds is now being co- ,, pied at Exeter. This is an Indenture , Igiven in relation to the· bond issue · of $1 ,600,000. for the construction of J the new bridge across the . Piscata, qua river between this city and Kitjtery. This indenture is issued by the Maine-New Hampshire Interstate bridge authority and was filed · for record on June 5. It was signed on Feb. 1, and the First National 1 /Bank of Boston was named as trustee. . This indenture is contained in a , . jprinted book of 104 pages, 8xl2, with ~• the type 8 v. 4, 40 lines to a page. It , cites that the enabling act was passed by Maine in 1937 and by . New Hampshire in 1936, that the bridge extends from Portsmouth to · Kittery, and gives details of its 1 1constructlon. Continuing, it states that the estimated cost of con- . struction is close .t o $3,000,000 . ,with the federal government contributing 45 per cent, or an .! amount not to exceed $1,309,090 . The act stipulates that the bond is- . . ,sue is $1,600,000 and that the auth. '·, · ·..-_<•.-'";··l ority may issue $400,000 . additional · .• \• J:}.. ·- bonds five years after the bridge .. . _ shall have been opened to provide for needed improvements . The act defines the tolls to be · coJJected, the creation of a. sinking ' . fund, the payment of the bonds. and · . : ....,_. · _ ]interest as well as how the receipts . - •. :· .· .. / ~•1are to be handled. the First Nation. ' al Bank of Portsmouth being desig~;. » :-·: nated as the legal depository. Provision is also made for the use of the bridge by the Boston & Maine and the payment thereof. This bridge will relieve the railroad from the necessity of building a. new , bridge, same as has been contemplated. The only document ever recorded at this registry, of deeds comparable in size is a similar one recorded a few years ago in relation to the " Frank Jones Brewing Company, .only slightly smaller. l , ! �. . . ::.~ ~,::~_(,~-t~.~ir·•.,1. ~-~ ,..., T ~•'-0 1 ·.·.t~,.-·•.~.' ..- ~ / :.., .• ..., · ,,; -, . -.: •~ -, ~ ~ -· . --- ------.•• •,, • _., .>. ,j · ',;, ' J A h• p k ~ •·• ,, , __ :,. l·r;-. .,. · r!~ ., _, · - ✓' . ,. · .. -~,' ;~. • -~~- ~~-- ' be inaugurated. I ('J pp roa c mg ea , , , t_::_14_:,I.+1 ·---·- - ---...... - ·-- -··---· ."' ',•· • • I ~• ...._,_ j --..!.---'-- - - - - ,;.r~· -- - ·"' Br,·dge Pro1·ect-·w ~-.-ork l·s ~-.~·_.·::_:i .. . ·. .1 ",;... .. Please advise me through youryou regional Aug. 31 what expect director to do." by The Portsmouth - Kittery project · is one of 67 projects with a combined if:ih:l, 7;~~~~:~;5; ,~:r: In order to clear up misappr .Five Approach Spans Already _Erected-Much Mad·e -~--~~,./?"_:. '•.:·c!....•.1 - · 1 ·:.·:~f\;1' Progress On ~v::~:s:iver hension in interpreting Colon Clark's message, Regional Direc 2i:!~!1~~P~i:: ;:~t~r:;~:1 0 span. The foundation -:'· \ /4:';-; Construction operations on the work is completed on two of these will withdraw all assistance from the ':<--! \ new Portsmouth-Kittery Bridge piers near the New Hampshire shore project. It is contributing $1,309.090 "-.\'. ;_ ·, project, the largest PWA project in and work on the third pier Is now to this cost. •· r New England, are now approaching being carried on at a depth of 80 "The Public Works Administrati _. < ;;_~~ their peak construction schedules, jfeet below water. is compelled under the cur re ·. ·. PWA Engineer J. R. Gardner stated The Lane Construction Co., subagreement to cease its disburseme today, with over 500 men employed contractor for the concrete paveon work done after June 23, 194 ,-, J, at the site daily and weekly payrolls ment, has completed pavement from which is the completion date set f ~\ ~.,,.. amounting to $20,000. · Eliot road to the intersection with the Portsmouth-Kittery pro j e ct -~-·,_.,: · Steel erection on the Portsmouth- Route 1 about one mile north of Colonel Gilmore said. ''f;s'.'lf • Kittery Bridge began Aug. 7 when Kittery on the Maine approach, and '. "Any work done after that da , ~. /k, the Phoenix Bridge Co., contractors has now· begun paving at Myrtle will therefore have to be done who! , --~~?~-ij~] for the bridge superstructure, start- avenue . working south on the New -J at the expense of the public bo ~:,:;i;;';f ed to unload the first shipment of Hampshire approach. j sponsoring the work. To adopt a fl structural steel. To date five apAnother two weeks should see •' ureas an example: if $100,000 wort proach spans of the plate girder type Bethlehem Steel Co. placing the . of construction remains to be don have been erected. The spans s ee - on tlie overpasses on the, New · after the dealine, the entire su erected so far are all on Noble's Hampshire approach, three of which - would have to be paid by the loc Island, and the contractor is pre- are now ready for this operation. authorities. PW A could not contri 1 , 1. >-';;;'·; paring equipment for erection of The most difficult of these, namely bute •he $45,000 which would repre ·1 · ·t "·.. , steel both ways from that point. the Boston & Maine overpass will be sent li;s grant allotment of 45 pe '.) /f\. This steel ls visible from a consider- completed before Sept. 1 while the cent. of this cost. ~ z le distance and has been the remaining two structures at IslingAt the local office of the PW urce of comment by many users ton street and Maplewood avenue it was said that the project had the Memorial Bridge who are able are held up temporarily due to com- been 28 per cent completed as of observe the progress of this work plications arising from relocation of . Ai,g. 12. This represents, a lag of om that point. . existing water lines, sewers and 14 per cent as compared with the , The Frederick Snare Corp. is other public utilities. , contract time elapsed or 12 per cent I hing the ne · caisson work The construction schedule shows as •compared with the original con= ;:....:.===-===--"-"= -=:=.-=-o.=-;n;=; s tc:cru.ccc'°'t'-i"o""n:;;.,1 that the project will be completed by struction s ch e du 1 e. Officials ex · .. June, 1940, and the project 1s now 30 . plained they hoped to overcome thi ·' per cent complete. The peak of ac- .._ lag by the deadline date, as the sev ity on all parts of the project will .. era! contracts in their present stat eached in Septemb · of advancement are In a position t . • _ . _ , ·.: realize on a great deal of preliminar , • "-! l ;, work performed in connection wit ,.)-'...:..;.'--"'-'--'--..:....!."--'-'--'~-=--'-'-.:.--.:;__..:...:.._ --'' - - - '"--'-.:.....:-..c.....-......:....::..._..__'~~ ' installation of equipment and plant This does not appear in the prog ress statisti_cs but has a great effec on production in the latter part o th :e~:~~l ~nforeseen contingencle ., , ·l have contributed to delay the con . · ·, struction. It has been found neces .,_ · ___________ • sary to excavate to a lower elevatio . than contemplated to secure ade quate foundation for several of th Warning Issued By Acting Public Works bridge piers, and unforeseen diffi culties have been encountered Commissioner Says Reports Indicate Work connection wiht securing adequat Lagging Somewhat foundation condition at the Bosto & Maine Railroad tunnel on th Col. E. W. Clark, following a con- ' Maine approach: As most of these Local officials and representatives ference which all regional directors · specific difficulties have been overthe Public Works Administration of the Public Works' AdminiS t ration · · come, It is hoped that with no furday sought to speed up work on held last week with Federal Works ther causes for delay arising inAdministrator J'ohn M. Carmody. ti e Portsmouth-Kittery Bridge, the Colonel Clark's telegram said : ' creased produc on on this work can ,909,090 project being built under arises as to ability to complete promake up the time lost. In order to a PW A grant allotment requi'ring be sure, however, efforts will be gress seriously lagging and doubt d to th k f d in --l.· completion of the work by June 23, e wor , arises as to abilit yto complete pro- m~ e to pres_s •-1n th torwar i t .'' 1940, on which date completion is re., oraer . mam... e s r c con., quired uncier the contract with the ject within schedule. Since this pro- . struct1on schedules laid down when -~: PWA ject must be completed within th e · the project was first undertaken. · date agreed upon, you cannot expect Th d · · f PWA ff! · J to · th e pro- grant on work done after that date. o ot c1a s t··· .\.· A request fo r acce1era t mg de ec1s1on t ram, local officials sa1·d, was conspee up . he program, no only lo- -,' Situation called to your attention .g tained in a warning sent by the act- now so that corrective measures can .. , l · ing commissioner of public works, ·----.- - - - - - - ~ - ·,l~·::;; 1 0 •, , ¥• s e .0 pee p n Br•. dge Pro 1· ect O rk .. l l ·~•..'-~~- ::~-::--- - - L ·_.=_,:_ :_-• __ •-7 ·--,·- 1 · �rcal!y Brid9e Construction , 10ver Half Complete but nationally, followed close . on the heels of an announcement I that administrative employees of the 1 j orga~ization will reduced 50 per · cent m number within the next few /weeks. This was due, it was said, i both to the fact that the PWA proI gram is well under way and to the fact that PWA, along with several other construction agencies, has been combined into the Federal Works IAgency for purpose of efficiency and economy. -1 ?e No-; r I I I }-.'.' I Operations On Piers And Steel Work To Be Carried On Throughout Win.ter I I Work On Bridge \ Progressing s, ,. ' Comtruction operations on 't he Islington street and re-routing of new Portsmouth - Kittery Bridge the high tension power line at project, which is included among Maplewood avenue. All this work the largest PW A heavy construe- was necessitated by changing the 1 tion projects in this country, are grade of the city streets at these now more than half completed and points. Preparations are being made ' are maintaining constructions sche- to continue construction work on dules established for completion these structures t,h roughout the I about July l, 1940, PW A Engineer winter months. •. I 1 J. R. Gardner stated today. The concrete paving on the New ' J The steel erectors working • from Hampshire approach was completed · Noble's Island closed the remain- for this season on Friday, this work 1 ing gap Friday when. the first gir- being suspended on account of the _.._, '! 1 der was landed on the south abut- cold weather. The C':.ompleted por- ./ ment. Steel work is also progress- tion of this four-lane concrete suing northward from Noble's Island per highway extends from Maple:v·· where falsework is being comtruct- wood avenue to a point just north ed to carry the river spans. of the Morley Button Company 1 Compressed air work on Pier 17 plant.· A two-lane strip of paving was completed Thursday with the was completed Friday at the in·. ; sealing of the caisson. This is the tersection of the new highway with j pier whose construction was de- U. s. Route No. 1 which is to by; layed by the railroad wreck that pass northbound traffic through the i occurred adjacent to it. Air work business section of Portsmouth. The . I will be resumed within a few days paving has been placed only at secj on Pier 20. tions where the fill was considered ·. .·.· : Construction of the piers and in proper condition for paving and · 1steel work will be carried on comprises approximately one-half · throughout the winter and exten- of the total concrete paving for ,. sive preparations are now being· the project. made for the coming of cold weaPreliminary surveys were made I ther. Heating facilities are being la.st week for handling traffic at installed and air and water pipes the various intersections of the city insulated to protect the various op- streets and highways by the traferations during the severe winter fie engineers of New Hampshire and weather. Maine. The John Iafolla Construction The Littleton Construction Co., Co., contractor on the New Hamp- contractor for the Maine approach, shire approach, is proceeding with is rushing the concrete work on the erection of the structures on the Boston & Maine tunnel struc1 Maplewood avenue and Islington ture. This w!II substantially comstreet. The work at these points plete this contract, with the excep1has been delayed by the re-laying, tion of a portion of paving which of sewer, water and gas pipes at will be laid next spring. Unusual activity is reported along the projects in the construction of the new bridge and highway around this city in contradiction to a rumor - work had stopped. The Frederick Snare corporation, putting in the substructure of the bridge is working 24 hours a day. The Littleton Construction are working two shifts, , 8 hours each, and the John Tafolla Company is one shift but is working the entire length .of the New Hampshire approach, according the Maine-New Hampshire Bridge Authority. On account of the possibility of settlement of the fresh made fills, · · the authority announced through its recently appointed executive secre. tary, Wallace F. Purrington, that the ' laying of the concrete pavement might be delayed until spring. This would allow the fills to settle. This refers to the New Hampshire approach between Myrtle avenue and the Concord and Portsmouth railway tracks. Two e,1: the four lanes have been laid, Tl:e Lynn Construction Co. has moved its equipment to Scarboro, Me. to complete a job !there, and will return later to finish ;the pavement on that approach. ___ ,..,_ _ _ _ ____ ,,._•--.....-••• - w•7 r - - - - . . . - ! I I I. I. I' I I ! . .~ . I ...-., \ ------- ·:--••--~.- . I I \ . ' ' I. I I !· :, ·._ , .. i ., \ ..,, . .._:.., ��..... -···-·· -··--··-- - ·-- -----------·--·--· -- ··--·· lt~ triumphs~-\t·s succes~es, --iti-~ntlre} - lJec. 18, 1832, ~lbert Greenleaf beup until the present time, when I came a partner with Mr. Beck as Beck - ·-•1 ,_.,- ·,: .' 11t has become the greatest nation in I & 9"reenleaf. July 4, 1835, Thomas B. . ·- - • ., -•/ the world. · [. La1ghton and Abner Greenleaf, Jr., . · _.,. · _. .. ·, ! The New Hampshire Gazette has : bec.ame the proprietors. Mr. Laighton , · · ..-. . ,. !shared these struggles, it has fought I retired Dec. 27, 1836, and on Sept. 8 , . . . ' '. l for its v_ery existence· through ·many f 1840, Mr. G:reenleaf's father became ~ . · ·· ' · ·"·:'., i ~ark per10ds of d~pression, but always i member of the firm of Abner Greenleaf ·. ·, ·} · · · •.✓- ~t has kept pace with our country, mov- i & Son, !mt on March 23, 1841, Abner, _.. ': mg onward and forward, striving hon- r ~r., agam appeared as the sole pub- / ' · .;• :-. , · · estl~ and fai~hfully to ~o its bit in the ! hsher. . . '..:··; 1makmg of this-the Umted States. ! On June 22, 1841, Joel C. V1rgm and At the junction of Pleasant Howard f Samuel W. Moses took over the Ga- c .. and Washington streets in Pdrtsmouth zette and carri~d it on until Jan. 1 ; <_ •-·,_ ·_ :··;~•}:,\,'. ;. · . Daniel Fowl€ published the first num- 1843, when Mr. Virgin retired and M/ j ,. ;. · ,~:/ · ;_:· "_;. : ' ber of. the Gazette on 9ct. 7, ~756. On Moses was alone until July 4, 1843, (· ,;:,;,; J :': ;· '. · . 11the masthead was an 11lustrat10n de- when he took for a partner George 1r ,; . '!;•, · _ ' ,;< picting the Fox and Cr.ow, a decora- G~eenleaf. On Feb. 23, 1847, William P. '· . . • · ' -_-:... tion previously used by Fowle in an Hill ~f Concord undertook the work of j .-,,.. __,;._ ,,, ~ , •'. :. · edition of Aesop's Fables. . runnmg th~ paper with indifferent ::. :. ,__.i.·J :;-< ..~:: .· . / .. j • In the first number Fowle empha- success -until Aug. 20, 1850, when Gid- ~ ;· .· _.·.::..;" ;_~: .., .. -,,\ sized the fact that he was a firm be- eon H. Rundlett became the publisher. ·,: '£-} -.<:._.,;;,~<{ _1• · ;, . : lie¥er in the freedom of the press and •. Edward N. F~ller of Manchester be- ,. · :t_."',t·,''- :~::::_r ,'.: ,_., . ~-/:: · assumed that the majority of his read- ·. came th~ pubhshe!-on March 23, 1852 ._ d\/t:. .\'t:t· ·(; 1 '-,~ ers were of the sa!Ile opinion. ~t the and contmued until Jan. 9, 1858, when . •·i>\' .,.. time of the American Revolut10n tlre ; Amos S. f'-lexander took the paper over ~ ._< Gazette was against freedom from and ran it about a year. -_-~ ;,'/·. -~.:•;tJ ~- . t,>,_; England, but when the citizens ·of In Feb_r1;1ary 1859, Samuel Gray, one c·•. - ·,:'.;; · ·.: .. ~,;-, j · \> Portsmouth criticized this policy, the of the origmal_Proprietors of the Ports- '. ,;_::-,'.· ,.,.,·r\\);·:;Ji\ · paper be~ame an ardent ~up porter . of · mou~h Chr_omcle, t~ok _the pap~r and ; .;.:\ -~\ -~.' ,t:,:i;~;, ... '-/}' the colomsts. In 1765, durmg the ag1ta- i contmued its ~ubhcation until Oct. . );:· ·.: ',;,.. "·: :·;, .,:J. i\~ \ \tion ab?ut the _Stamp Act, the Gazette i 18?2, _when he d1sp~sed of it to Frank · }.;,C'(';:7-\:~ :·: ·<'< .Jw~_s ~r1!1ted w1 t~ a deep black border I Miller pf the Chromcle. . (~/if,;-.,,?,:,.)~s_-::.r-L ,.. , "t: s1gmfymg lost liberty. 1 The next owner was Washmgton ;·:-··;/!~;C:: ·:::'"-'~tf·,,::-." ::i/, ·; In 1785 Daniel Fowle turned over Freeman, w~o later sol~ the paper to ·--:\:?-~~-ft\ :•s-::t:t;,,:;,;_,; >i· . the ~ew Hampshire Gazette to his ap- W. Scott Smith of Washmgton. ·_:.:<J~·-;'f:,·.~,~:-~::•/· ·-·_., prent1c~, John Melchor, who continued W~en F. W. Hartford and Bertram .'·<~--<.:/,>\·,. to publish the paper until 1802 when he M. Tilton purchased the Portsmouth · ·: t.> < ._,:-, . -. . · .. sold his interests to Nathaniel and H~rald they acquired the New Hamp~ '. '· '. f',:; _.<Washington Peirce. The brothers car- shire Gazette, and on July 1, 1902, Mr. ·:., \/-~ !;.;;;;i- 11 :_~~' "· ried on the traditions of · the paper Hartford became the sole owner and · __:1 •. ~- ·:.J • :---•. changing the politics of the publicatio~ conducted the pape_r for 36 years. ·,....:· ,/ · from Feder~list_ to Republi~an. April Those. early publishers .of the New ' · · · ~ --., · ·. ' ~v> 7, 1804, BenJamm Hill became a part- Hampsh1r~ Gazette ~eserve the greatJ::_; ner under the firm name of Peirce Hill est of praise . for their efforts during ·¥' · & Peirce. ' the early days of its existence, but to :;. : On Dec. 14, 1813, Gideon Beck and the late Hon. F. W. Hartford, goes the ~\.:.~, Davis C. Foster took over the paper credit for continuing it through many ,:~;- · and the Gazette office was removed to ye~rs ~s a labor· pf love. He took a just , -._; _ :- Penhallow street. Upon the death of I pride m the rec_ord of the Gazette and ': ..:.. Mr. Foster, Mr. Beck became the sole I 1ear af~er :year attended personally to · ·(,. - owner and proprietor on Nov. 11, 1823. its P:lbhcation each week, seeing that : .. ~~-. In 1832 the office of the Gazette was nothmg happened to mar its record, . : , ':· re~o:7ed to the .t~ird story of the Glebe and the Gazette in its n~w form will ·-.-: ,_.. Bmldmg, remammg there until about stand as a monument to his efforts al·,· - 1847, when it was moved to the corner though actual supervision has pa~sed .,_ i;' ·-, of ~enhallow and Daniel streets and on to the P!esent publisher, J. D. Hart,·. _it-" contmued there until the paper was [ f.9rd, who 1s proud tQ c_ontinue this la- _ 1 •• , . · J sold. bor of love. -•-- ....-- ·.---~-~----- ,-- - · - - ' : •• .:.:· 1 .\~: i ~1story • • 1 ' \:'.·:t···. t~>".\ _··t -;'· :···; ··· ') ' ' -- ,... . I \ .. • I �~-f, -~ ~]~r' \-~r .<;j \'f'\.\ c.. ·------ . 0 ~ Fine-R~~-uit~ From Dental ~ov:\ton -_,. j 'e~~c:l -- <l~~t~:t~n. ~t) . ., .•. 71::m:,:::~~::;~::'~~'1:a r-~~;~ili: i I tact must be used with these small :Patients . One little girl who entered the chair had evidently been rather frightened on her last visit. ·1r--::----::--:----:--:----------...J "I'm glad you cried •the last time " under this dental care. The work said Dr. Farrington, "because y~u "Open wide, please" said a man in covers needed dental attention to have used up all your tears and you white as he bent over a little round school children whose parents are will be one of my best patients from mouth, while its owner clenched his unable to meet the usual costs or are now on. " . fists and stared wide-eyed at the ·tignorant the need of such atten0 ne o f the major rl!sults of the .,__-,. 1 · • th of hil 1kindly dentist before him. ion m e c d's early life. dental clinic, besides the great Such a scene as this takes place During the first year the clinic be- health work that is being accom~every Wednesday afternoon of the gan its work with children of Grade plished, is the keen influence·toward 11 school season at the Portsmouth 1, after which those of each suceed- careful dental hygiene created. It j dental clinic held for the underpriv- ing grade were taken, with the result can truly be said that the dental I ileged children of the local ~chools. that in the cour~e of its birthdays clinic is making all the children _, After visiting the clinic last Wed- much work has been accomplished , "teeth conscious." ·1nesday afternoon we formed the that without the clinic would never The proceeds from the annual i opinion th~t the children who at- have been done at all. Emergency charity ball of the Portsmouth x tend are unequalled for their courage I cases are treate~ from any grade. A Lodge of Elks which will be held on •· and gameness. An occasional tear 25 cent fee which is charged each I the evening of April 10 are to be might be seen trickling down only child, plus contributions, make up given to the fund for the dental · to be swiftly and shamefully r~bbed th~ fund out of_which the dentist is I clinic. -· ;"',~ · · \ away by a grubby finger but as a paid and supplies are bought. The 1-------,--......,-----------1whole, there are very f~w c~ses of dentist works three hours a week . ""'~u-~ \+~tjst_& disturbance or rebellion. Dr. Wil- and Is paid $2 an hour. · \"Vlh •'-'\.· -~qliam M. Farrington, the clinic's den- Dr. Farrington remarked that :~T tist, and Mrs. Velna Gorman Ports- the younger a child is when he is mouth school nurse and assi;tant at taken to a dentist, the better he will · Miss Emma Francis Tarlt~n Miss Emma Francis the clinic, both of whom are greatly behave and the better his teeth will • ✓• responsible for the children's fine be as he grows older. He also told . daughter of the late Capt. and , · '. __. conduct, explained to us about the US t~at a child who coi:i1es to the Mrs. Lewis Tarlton of Portsmouth, · • --'t 1clinic and its history. dentist alone lS much easier to man- died on Wednesday at the home of ', ., , . age than if he is accompanied by a her sister-in-law, Mrs. Lewis B. The children who are treated are parent, As we sat and watched . Tarlton at 31 Garfield Street, Waterselected by Mrs. Gorman as the the children troo · to h th · · ,. ,; . ones most in need of dental attention .P m ave eir town, Mass. Interment will be in , :::,::.-: · ~i and whose parents are unable to teet~ cared for, it wa~ unusual an~ Proprietors cemetery in Portsmou th at 3.30 o'clock on Satur:.·, ., .! have the work done otherwis am~lng to see the smiles and eager /( ! . . e. ness with which they approached the day. ·: When the Junior High School dentist. · Few of them were bashful Miss Tarlton was born while on building was erected it was suggested and they lover to talk about their board a ship in the Indian Ocean 1 ! by several far-sighted men of the dental troubles . They went into while h er paren ts were on cruise. I· ._ -J School Department that a set of minute and rather dreadful detail rooms be included for a dental clinic, about extractions and were delighted Gen_. Francis H. A!lpleton ! although little had yet been done with our interest. Each one was 1 Gen. Francis Henry Appleton, 1 toward organizing such a clinic at greeted with jolly bantering from for many y~ars a summer resident that time. The necessary equip• Mrs. Gorman and Dr. Farrington 1 of York Beach, died in Boston on , •··•.') : ment was gradually acquired, how- I and any fears they might have had Wednesda y at the age of 92. Gen' · · ever, and after numerous discour- were soon laughed away. The ma.agements and a long period of pre- , jority climbed into the chair with eral Appleton was widely known , ~ . . parat!on, the clinic opened at the a calm that was enviable, while their for his agricultural experiments. A ,' :;;/ ,_ · Junior High Sch~_l building on Jan . I classmates peered at them from the former state senator in Massachusetts, h e was named commissary•-· . 8, 1936. The clmic has proved both doorway, grinning sheepishly. general in the administration of 1 • :-:, .. ' ) effective and popular and it now has In one instance we squirmed in Governor Wollc'o tt. ~ _ j the opportunity to do more work sympathy as a tiny tooth was drilled, · ~·-·'"" than it can handle. It is hoped but the small patient merely twisted that in the near future there will be his toes and tightened his hold on ,'?- ~-~ sufficient funds to make it possible , the chair arms. He was well rewardto double its working hours. ed for his bravery, however, when Dr. While the School Department was Farrington pronounced him "a little instrumental in the formation of the soldier" an~ wrote out a certificate , ~ clinic, much assistance was also re- to hang up m his schoolroom. These i ceived from the City Council. Start- certificates are furnished by the · : ing with an original funci of $40, de- state Board of Health at Concord ; rived from miscellaneous sources, and give each child something to . the clinic received the remainder of work for as a reward. The certifiits funds from public-spirited organ- cate expires in six months and an izatlons. The Parent-Teacher as- examination is necessary before it . . sociatlons of Portsmouth donated can be awarded again. ' :,.:,. \.:.·- •. $120, the Rotary Club gave $100, I The clinic is held in three fairly "':- . :-.··. • $21.50 was receved from the Graf fort good-sized rooms, a waiting room, a ;,, •. .-_'. and City clubs. A $2 subscription \reception room and a large dental -~ ·, · , . ' was taken in from the New Frank- !room. While waiting their turn Mr3. ,· ·> ( Jin School Junior Citizens Club and JGorm~n entertains the children . t :- I $84. 75 was realized during the year with picture books and furnishes 'i bl'...._the 25 cents charged each child '- ----· ___________, h I ' lcl ·,n·1c·Of Loca IS a C 00 S ! > • . \ r.1,-:,,, •/ · I "-?ovt_t J ·- • ·-' ,;.. • I <· 0 •::, />>:. I I - ----,--- .......,---~- '>' ' . ·~---- ---- \. , .21_._.,_ l -- _:.l.i..._.. ·- �John Carter To Sing Here Tuesday ~ , 0 In Chicago he sang at Grant Park before an audience of 130,000, attaining such popular favor that he was re-engaged for a second appearance on the following night, the first time In the history of Grant Park concerts that a soloist had been held over for Immediate re-appearance. Other cities hastened to engage the tenor. Thus, within one year, he established himself in opera, radio and concert. Oscar laighton Dies At His Home ct Would Have Been 100 Years Old On June 30 John Carter, tenor of the MetroOpera Association and of concert and radio fame, will be presented in this city on Tuesday evening at the Masonic a_udltorium as the guest artist of the Portsmouth Cooperative Concert Association. Mr. Ca:rter was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., and attended Manual Training High School and then the College of the City of New York, where he studied engineering. The depression interposed financial difficulties, however, and John Carter could not continue his training for this profession. For a while he worked on his uncle's farm in Rockland County, but all the time In the back of his mind was the conviction that he could sing. Returning to New York, Carter began to study voice with Helen Steele, who encouraged his ambitions in this line. The first important opportunity for John Carter came when he entered the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air. He was chosen for first honors from 707 aspirants, and given that coveted prize of all singers, a contract with the Metropoll• tan. As a result, radio and the movies sought him, and out of the offers made him he accepted the stellar role on the Sunday evening hour which Nelson Eddy was leaving temporarily. Carter was an over-night success, so much so that when Eddy returned, Carter was offered concert engagements in several large cities, including Chicago. Oscar Laighton "Uncle" Oscar is dead. That news flashed through the city shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon. Oscar Laighton, more affectionately called "Uncle Oscar" had not- been In very good health durin1t the past few months, but had been looking forward to spring, and going back to his beloved Isles of Shoals, where he had spent the greater part of his life. He would have been 100 years old on June 30 of this year If he had lived, and he had looked forward to that occasion with a great deal of anticipation. Early in October, 1839, Thomas B. Laighton sailed out of Portsmouth Harbor bound for the Isles of Shoals. With him was his family. At the Shoals Oscar spent a happy boyhood His playmates were his sister, Celia, who was older, and his younger brother, Cedric. Their father attended to their education. When Oscar was 16 years old he had a great desire to come to Portsmouth and, much against his father's advice, made tihe trip. It was on that trip that he saw his first horse, which frightened him, and trees as high as the lighthouse, and many other strange things which made him homesick and he sought his boat and started for home. For many years Oscar La!ghton ran his motorboat, "Twilight'' and during the season to?.k out parties. 'l'wo y,ears ago he maae a trip a.lone to the Shoals Jn his motorboat, as was his custom. Oster Laighton months old when his father, Hon. Thomas B. Laighton, was appointed keeJ;>er of White Island Light. As the years passed, and Mr. La!ghton grew to manhood, he still retained his interest in the Isles of Shoals. He was a co-owner of the Appledore House when Appledore Island wits a noted summer resort and visited by many men and women of l!terary fame. As the change in ownership came to the islands, and the decline Jn their popularity came, Mr. Laighton still c_ontlnued his Interest In his home there. After the Unitarians purchased Star Island, for their summer meeting place, he spent considerable of his time in taking parties about the islands on his boat "Twilight" which he sold only a. few years ago. Retaining his summer home there and residing In the winter at Hobkirk Inn, at Camden, s. c., with his old friend the late Harry Marvin, he enjoyed the sunset years of his life. Only a. few years ago he decided he wished to see another New England winter, and his selection brought him one of the worst winters in years. This winter he also felt as though he was unable to make the trip south, and he remained at his colonial home on Franklin street, which he purchased At one time Oscar and his brother, Cedric Lalghton owned all of the Shoals, but White Island. In 1847 the family moved to Appledore Island when the Appledore Hotel was built. His sister was Celia Thaxter, the famed "poet of the Shoals." She died in 1894. Ten years ago Mr. Lalghton wrote "Ninety Years at the Isles of Shoals", a story of his life from his birth to his 90th birthday. Only four yea.rs ago he edited a book of poems which his sister had written, entitled ''The Heavenly Guest" and other poems. He was a man with a keen intellect and was always interested in the better things of !Ue. He did some painting and his room at the cottage at the Isles of Shoals was an interesting one to exhibit. He was t>- grand old man-a man who meant a. great deal to his friends, and one who will be missed perhaps more than any one man in this city, as his acquaintance was so wide, and his counsel much sought for. �As the sad t dings of his death spread throughout the country, many are the people who have visited "those precious isles set In a silver sea," who will recall that white bearded gentleman, who loved to sit on the porch In his favorite rocker and tell tales of what had taken place during his lifetime. Services w!ll be held at the South Unitarian Church at 2 o'clock Thursday aftemoon. Final Tribute To 0scar Laighton People From Far And Near Gather Here To Attend Funeral Services Funeral sei:vlccs for Oscar Laighton were held on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Unitarian Church, with a large number of people gathering to pay their tribute of love to the "Grand Old Man of the Shoals." Organ selections were played by Carroll Evans, church organist, and Mrs. Mary Whittler Priest sang "I! I Have Wounded Any Soul Today," a hymn which was dear to the heart of Mr. Laighton. The scripture selections read by Rev. William Safford Jones, pastor of the church, were most appropriate, one in particular seemed to apply to Mr. Laighton as though it had been written about him. That dealt with "the wisdoin of grey hair" beginning "Oh, how comely a thing is judgment of grey hair." He concluded his readings with a poem by celia Thaxter, sister of "Uncle Oscar," who also spent her life at the Shoals. This poem was "Faith" and was especially fitting for the occasion. Rev. Lyman Rutledge of Dedham, Mass., a summer resident at the Isles of Shoals, and a great friend of Mr. Laighton, delivered the eulogy. "Uncle'Oscar has put out to sea," stated Mr. Rutledge as he began his eulogy. "Not in the Twilight, but with every sail set and in a craft that was dear to his childhood. I have not yet heard anyone say that Uncle Oscar is gone. Those words do not seem to apply to Uncle Oscar. Uncle Oscar is present. We feel his beneficent spirit as if his hand was raised, and he was giving to us at this moment-, that beautiful sw,lit benediction that has graced so many of our occasions. "The thoughts that arise In us cannot be expressed in words. How feeble are all of the words at our command and yet sometimes it ls that the simplest words seem to express our feelings, and so the words are simple words, which kindle within our hearts the love which we hold for his dear self." Call!ng Uncle Oscar a jewel link In a golden chair whioh held us with the past, Mr. Rutledge told that it was just 100 years ago this fall that Hon. T. B. Laighton took his wife and Cella, the little girl four years old, and her little brother Oscar, to White Island. He told of the love and devotion of the parents to their children, and of the undying love which graced the fireside which held the family to its course, and which sent out so strong a light, that when in the year 1894 Cella had left for the last time on her glorious voyage and a friend asked how she was Uncle Oscar answered "our mother came In the night and took her away." "It was not so much which Uncle Oscar did," Mr. Rutledge said. "The generations w!ll not point to great accomplishments in any field of art, but it was a character and 11uality of his life-the essence of his being, which charmed us. The simplicity, the sense of humor, the knowledge, his strong and stalwart integrity and above all his sweetness of character. He was never In a clerical circle, yet he had the most beautiful benediction which it was our privilege to hear." Mr. Rutledge spoke of the home on Appledore where C~ia Thaxter resided and quoted from poems of John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, who was the first to recognize her genius, and finally from Cella Thaxter herself. "Uncle Oscar has not gone," he said in concluding. "He has set sail on the sunllt seas and the light of radiant morning with all its glory and brightness of color ls mingled with the white hair and flowing beard and he has heard the voice of those far off, calling his name." Rev. William Safford Jones gave the prayer following the eulogy. Flowers from old and young, from far and near, expressed in their language, the love for this man, whose personality and charm had endeared him to all. Mr. Laighton died at his home on Franklin street, which he hasowned for a great many years, on Tuesday noon of acute bronchitis. He 1s survived by three nieces, three grand nieces and one grand nephew, and several great-gr.and nieces. The three nieces, Miss Ruth Laighton, Mrs. Edward L. Farlee and Mrs. William B. Durant, all of Cambridge, Mass., were present, as were the three grand nieces, Miss Rosamond Thaxter o! Kittery Point, Miss Katharine Thaxter and Mrs. Elias Hubbard, Jr. The grand nephew, E. Lincoln Thaxter, is in Europe. Bearers included V. D. Harrington of Andover, Mass., Carl B. Wetherell of Boston, president of the Isles Corporation, Herbert K. Miller of Winchester, Mass., whose birthday, which falls on the same day as Mr. Laighton, they had celebrated together at the Shoals for a number of years; William B. Durant of Cambridge, Mass., Arthur T. Chase of Haverh!ll, Mass., and Maj. Frederick Delano, U. S. M. C., fret.) of this city. Attending the funeral were many prominent In Unitarian circles In Greater Boston. Dr. Baker, vice president of the American Unitarian Association; Weston Howe, of the Unitarian Laymen's League, and representatives were also present from the Young People's Religious Union, the Women's All!ance. The Girl Scouts of Troop 1 of Kittery Point attended in a body. This group only two weeks ago paid a visit to "Uncle Oscar" and sang t-0 him. He often told them that he was a member of the Girl Scouts, as his grand niece, Miss Rosamond Thaxter, who is the leader of the troop, has been so actively engaged in scouting and he was always vitally interested In this. Ji. delegation from the Portsmouth Fire Department, headed by Chief George Cogan, was also present. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of J. Verne Wood. The body will be cremated and taken to the Isles of Shoals for Interment. A memorial service w!ll be held on June 30th, the 100th anniversary of his birth, at the Shoal:i, conducted by the Unitarians with whom the name of Oscar aighton was synonymous with e Isles of Shoals. Called As Pastor Of Local Church ~ Rev. Myles Rodehaver Coming To Uriiversalist Parish At a special meeting of the Unlversal!st parish on Thursday evening an invitation was extended to Rev. Myles W. Rodehaver to become oastor of the Unlversal!st Church. (r. Rodehaver is a native of Wausau, Wis. He was ordained as a minister in 1935 and since that time has held pastorates in Annisquam, Mass., and Waterville, Me., where he is now settled. He is married and the famlly consists of his wife and an infant son. Mr. Rodehaver was the guest preacher at the Sunday morning service on Marc~ 12 and favorably unpressed all who met him. The vote on extending an invitation to Mr. Rodehaver was unanl- �o ecome astor ~ New Minister Of local Church ~ Assumes Duties At Rev. Myles Rodehaver Accepts Invitation Of local Church Universalist Society Rev. Myles Rodehaver has accepted the invitation of the Portsmquth Universalist Ghuroh to become minister of that parish. The invitation was extended several weeks ago and announcement of the acceptance has just been made. Mr. Rodehaver, who will succeed Rev. Frank B. Ohatterton, for 11 year5 pastor of the church, comes from Waterv!lle, Me., where he has been residing for the past two years. He did excellent work in the parish there and comes to this city highly recommended. He will begin hls duties here the first of May. Mr. Rodehaver is a native of Wausau, Wis ., the son of the late Joseph C and Louise B. Rodehaver. He attended the Wausau High School and then entered the University of Wisconsin. He transferred to St. Lawrence University at Canton, N. Y., where he took the combined theological course, graduating in 1935 He was ordained on Nov. 10 of that year and since then has held pastorates in Annlsquam, Mass., and Waterville. Mr. Rodehaver ls'marrled and has People's Institute at ~rry Beach, Me., two summers ago. Each summer he attends the summer sel!Slons at the University of Wisconsin where he is working for his Ph.D. degree. During the la.st year he has been president of the Watervflle Ministers' Association and a member of the executive board of the Maine State Universal1st Sunday School Association. Mrs. Rodehaver ls a mlnlster's wlfe in every sense of that phrase, and gives great assistance to her husband in his work. She, too, ls a native of Wisconsin, having been born in Arlington. She attended the University of Wisconsin, graduating in 1931, with the Bachelor of Science degree. She received her Master of Science degree two years later and for a year taught in a southern college and for two years In a continuation school in Wausau, Wis. She has had considerable experience In settlement work in Chi- , cago. During the past year she has been a member of the executive board of the Women's Universallst Mlsslonarry Society of Maine, being in charge of the State Olare. Barton Guild work. The couple have an infant son. They will reside in an aoartment at 461 Middle street and Mr. Rode- REV. MYLES RODEHA VER haver wlll have his study at the church. Rev. Myles Rodehaver, who this week assumes the position of minister of the Unlversalist Church, comes to this city after holding two parishes in the east. He Is a native of Wausau, Wis., where he attend- / ed the local schools. During his 1 youth he attend•d the Unlversallst Church School and was active in the young people's organization of the church, the Young People's Ohrlstlan Union. He entered the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and after one year transferred to St. Lawrence University in Canton, N. Gardner Elected President Of Rotary Club Frederick D. Gardner was elected In 1933 he graduated from St. president of the Portsmouth Rotary Lawrence with the Bachelor of Sci- club at a. meeting of the newly ence degree and two years later re- elected board o! directors, held on ceived his Bachelor of Divinity de- Tuesd11,y. The directors, who were gree there. His first parish was in elected at the meeting on Thursday Annlsquam, Mass. He remained of last week are ll9 follows: John there for two years, resigning to go Chabot, Dr, WJll!am Farrington, to Waterville, Me.. where he has Frederick D. Gardner, John Greenbeen for over two years. His resig- away, Paul Hobbs, Richman S. Marnation at Waterville became effec- geson, and Stowe Wilder. The complet,e list of officers ls as follows: tive last Sunday. President, Frederick Gardner, He has always been active in comVice President, Dr. William Farmunity life and has been a cfub leader in the Y. M. C. A., a coun- rington, Secretary-Treasurer, Edward H. selor In a boys camp for two summers and served as scoutmaster Drew, Sergeant-at-Arms, E. L. Paterson. while at Annlsquam. He was a member of the faculty at the Young Y. �Following a brief Intermission, Mr. Carter sang "Aria-Le Reve," from "M~non" by Jules Massenet. He captured completely the 'V sentimental melancholy of this composition and his listeners felt the pathos in the music. "AriaLa donna e mobile," from "Rigoletto" by Giuseppe Verdi, thoroughly delighted everyone. "Ah, Moo of My Delight" by Liza Lehmann wa• followed by "A Spirit Flower" by Louis Campbell-Tipton, which Is a delicate arabesque of melody in keeping with the beauty of the words. "Floods of Spring" by Sergei Rachmaninoff is a gorgeous deThe rich tenor voice of John scription of abundant nature and Carter was received wlthanenthusl~ was well liked. Mr. Carter ended by giving "'Fhen asm not often 'expressed by Ports- his program mouth concert audiences. In spite You'll Remember Me" from "The of the inclement weather last eve- Bohemian Girl" by Michael Wilning the Junior High School audi- liam Balfe. After answering about five entorium was filled to capacity. Mr. Carter, who was presented by the cores, Mr. Carter smilingly ended Portsmouth Cooperative Concert with Rudolph Friml's .iAmour, Association, sang -with command- Toujours L'Amour," and as the ing ease and poise and his audi- closing strains of this lovely melence responded eagerly under the ody lingered through the hall the warmth and personal quality of his audience accorded Mr. Carter a la t hearty applause. voice. His appreciative listeners scarcely gave him time to rest as they forced him to answer many and frequent encores. Mr. Carter has an outstanding voice of beautiful lyric texture and his songs were additionally colored by his exuberance and charm. The program opened with "Where'er You Walk" by George Friedrick Handel and "Nina" by Giovanni Battista 'Pergolesi. This was followed by "La Danza" by Gioaohino Rossini. Most of us know Rossini chiefly th.rough the "Overture to W1lliam Tell" and the familiar "Stabat Mater;" It Is in the lighter vein that Rossini was really most successful and Mr. Carter perfectly interpreted the B,e Dorn I 1, P. 141 rising tones and rushing gaiety of ton streH, who today observes his this composition. Franz Schubert's "Ungeduld,'.' 91st birthday anniversary, st111 which means "Impatience" Is a keeps apace of modern day trends fast, ecstatic song and is a fine me- and events through his daily newsdium through which the fieJJ.lbllity paper and radio. The nonagenarand extraordinary range of Mr. Carter's voice can best be revealed. ian says he has also proven the The fervent emotional outburst adage," A thin horse wins the race." of thanksgiving from a restored He explains his statement that soul to a beloved Ideal was vocally during his young manhood in Engportrayed' next as Mr. Carter sang land where he started his minister"Zuelgnung" by Richard Strauss. ial career in the Congregational As he launched Into the haunt- Church he was In very poor health ing melody of "Schubert's Seren- and finally, afLeT a lengthy trip ade" his listeners accorded him a Into the Holy Land failed to comtremendous applause. Mr. Carter pletely Improve his condition, docfollowed this with "Wldmung" bY tors advice sent him to this counRobert Schumann. try. But today, he says, he Is well on Mr. Carter was accompanied at hi& way to the century mark and is the piano by Karl Kritz who also enjoying every minute of !if~. played two solos, ''Prelude In A Age seems to have slowed down Minor" by Bach and Nlcode's Rev. Lee very little, if any, and "Tarentelle." Mr. Kritz proved he is very happy at his home In this himself a true master of his art and city. On Oct. 6, 1933, then a widowhis excellent playing was much er and 86 years of ag-~, Rev. Lee married Mrs. Eva G. Taylor of this enjoyed. Large Attendance At Concert By John Carter Presented Under Sponsorship Of Cooperative Concert Ass'n. Rev. Dorrall Lee 91 Years Old Local Resident Spent 55 Years As Congregational Minister city and the couple reside at the home where Mrs. Lee has resided for the past 35 years. Amid scenes of the romantic and historic midlands of England, where many of the scenes of Sir Walter Scott's story "Ivanhoe" were laid, Rev. Lee was born and educated. Born April 13, 1848, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Lee, in the hamlit of Barkby, Leicestershire county, Eng., he attended the public schools there and at 14 years of age was engaged In the drapery (or dry goods) business. But he knew his life's calling was the ministry and church work so 11 ? spent 2'~ years training in Ashby then took a 3-year course In theology at Airedale College from which he graduated as senior student-the one holding the highest rank in the graduating class. On Sept. 16, 1876, Rev. Lee was ordain•~d into the Congregational Church ministry while he held a parish at st. Helens, Eng., and on Dec. 2 of that year he married Miss Sarah J. Halford of Glenfield, Eng. She died in this country In 1920. On the verge of a nervous breakdown he tendered his resignation and then spent three months in a trip to Palestine, Egypt, and Syria. It was this trip, with his theological practice, that in later years brought him much popularity as a public lecturer. Upon his return he preached in Utoxter, Staffordshire for seven years and then upon his physician's advic-e came to this country In 1882. Among the Congregational churches that he has served are Corry, Pa., Derby and Fairhaven, Conn., Middleton and Blackstone, Mass., Presque Isle, Me., and Webster and Kensington in this state. He retired 14 years ago while pastor of the Congregational Church at Kensington and at that time moved to Portsmouth. He had spent 55 years In the service of the church, He is a member of the Rockingh am Congregational Association and the Plscataqua Association. He is also a member of the Portsmouth Ministerial Association. �,1?~~,~ ~--c:.\~ PP-~,,-:-,~~; fr>s- - - ---- - - ---,--··-- ~· -~·•_'_ ~ _;_,____ -~- --·___ }r~:,;.:f<<\r----="-----~· '' · , ·· ____,____ ~-::____ The release was as follows: •j ,. ~-~- ,·" : ·-.f~lt- :.,,<r~if ~:t/'!J; "In 1860, she was fitted up in [ · ~-_. , : .. "The United states Maritime England for a slaver and in due , . - ~ :. , ·',t·?;'.. : l Commission announced today that time she was seized by the U. S. ,· • ~•t:... - · its C2 ships now under construe- Sloop of War Saratoga for having I tion will be named for 20 of the 961 slaves on board. Condemned I most famous American clippers. ' and purchased by the United "The first of these vessels will be States government, she was [ launched in April, and at short in- equipped with four 32-pounders i tervals thereafter one or more will and was at Hampton Roads, Augcome off the ways of the several ust 21, 1861. In the early part of builders. October of that year, she went "The 20 ships will be named: aground on a bar in the Mississip· Collector of Customs George A. "Donald McKay, Flying Cloud, pi River. On October 12th, the \ Nelson in connection with the Nightingale. career of the Nightingale nearly · maritime history of the Piscata- Lightning, Rainbow, 1 qua region that he is preparing, Stag Hound, Shooting Star, Flying came to an end. Orders were given . \ has done much research and re- Fish, Sword Fish, surprise, Comet, to fire her if the Rebel ships came cently has been In communication Raven, Challenge, Northern Light, down the river in order that she with the U. s. Maritime Commis- Sweepstakes, Sea Witch, Hornet, might not fall into their hands. That same day a Confederate steamsion regarding naming of ocean-go- i Twilight, Sea Serpent, Meteor. "Nightingale was a pioneer in er did come down the river but ing freighters after famous clipthe Australian trade, a remarkable turned back just as the firing of per ships. the forty-two the clipper was to take place. Mr. Nelson's letter to the com- ship and during years of her life she sailed every "In 1862, she was a supply and · mission was as follows : Portsmouth, N. H. ocean on the globe." store ship with the Eastern Gulf March 25, 1939. I In regard to the naming of Clip- Blockading Squadron, the ·next U. S. Maritime Commission, · per ships Mr. Nelson writes: year an ordinance vessel at Pensa• Washington, D. c. "The United States Maritime cola and in 1864 was ordered to Sir: Service announced on March 27 Boston where she was sold at aucDuring the past eight years, I , that 20 freight ships now under tion to D. E. Mayo for $11 ,000. have gathered material for a mari- conS t ruction will be n~med for. ~o "The Nightingale sailed from time history of the Piscataqua Re- of the mos~ famo_us cllppers. Citi- Boston March 9, 1866, for San gion which now is in manuscript zms of th1 s section are gratified I Francisco where she was sold to the form of about 800 pages. You may j to find th at th e Clipper Ships Sea ! Western Union Telegraph Comreadily understand that the infor·- \ Serpent a nd Nightingale are to be pany. After several changes of mation carried in the newspaper so honored. ownership, she was abandoned at concerning the naming of ocean"The Sea Serpent, pro_babl_y not sea in 1893. th going freighters after famous clip- as well known as e Nightmgale, "The United States Maritime per ships is of great interest to me. I was built by George Raynes at Commission has honored the PisWould it be possible for you to Portsmou th in 1850 for Grjnnell · cataqua with its selection of the send me a list of names adopted a nd Minturn a nd Company ! Sea Serpent and the Nightingale ~uld you tell me. New York. On January 11, 1851. and it is equally certain that the by Y'ou? If not W v if any of the following have met th e Sea Serpent sailed from New vessels now under construction with your approval? · York, the John Bertram from to b d f Boston, the Gray Feather from have every reason e prou o Nightingale-built in Eliot, Me. New York on January 12 th and the names they will bear. It Is (District Portsmouth) 1851. the Clipper Barque Isabelita Hyne hoped that at some future time, Witch of the wave-Built in from the same port two days late.r, two additional clippers built in the Portsmouth, N. H ., 1851. year and launched into the Iall for San Francisco. The Ports- same same river as the Nightingale will Typhoon-built in Kittery, Me.. mouth built vessel made the trip receive similar distinction. (District Portsmouth) 1851. Iin 114 days, the second fastest of "The first is Fernald and PettiPorts• 1the group. grew's Clipper Ship · Typhoon of Ocean Rover-Built in "She remained in the China tea 1611 tons built for D. and A. Kingsmouth, N. H . 1851. time land of New York. Under Captain Dashing Wave-Built in Kittery, trade unt il 1874 during which rd many fast sailings were reco ed. Henry H. Salter of Portsmouth, she Me., 1853. In May of that year she was sold sailed from Portsmouth March 12, Truiy Yours, · \in Norway and r enamed th e Pro- 1851, for Liverpool and completed GEORGE A. NELSON, gress. the run in 13 days, a record never Portsmouth, N. H. "The Nightingale had . the most equalled by sailing ships. After Mr. Nelson received the follow- colorful career of any clipper . being placed on exhibition at the ing reply: Built by Samu e 1 Hanscome, World's Fair at London, she en- . United States Maritime Jr., a t Eliot, Me., in 1851 • she was tered the British sea trade. In Commission, considered a beaut iful ship. Some- 1854, she made the trip from CalWashington. what smaller th an th e Sea Ser·- cutta to London in 80 days, and March 28, 1939 pent. the Nightingale being of 1066 1 two years later, made the New Mr. George A. Nelson. tons burthen compared to th e I York to Liverpool run, deeply laden, Portsmouth, N. H. Serpent's 1403 , she was probably a in 15 days. The Typhoon was charDear Mr. Nelson: bit fas ter , winning many races tered by the English government in Enclosed is a press release · on and establishing many record s. 1860, was sold in Singapore during the naming of the C-2 ships for In fac t, her owners, Sampson a nd the Rebellion and renamed the In20 of the most famous clippers. I Toppan, were so confident in her d · table She was wrecked in hope this will answer your question ability that they offered to bet . 1~;i;ma · of March 25. You will see that. $50.000 that no vessel could beat t he \ · '· the only name men tioned in your I Nighting ale from any English port '_'The other was t.he Clipper Ship letter which was chosen wa, l l etorc ,c_hin_a a_nd retur. ~ -w ith- no _tak- Witch of the Wave constructed by Nightingale. ~ ~George Raynes for Glidden and , Very truly yours, Williams. She was a worthy rival ' ROBERT W. NORTON, [ . . -~ of the Nightingale, Sea Serpent l'Director, Divis-ion of Ma.ritime · -and Typhoon. Proudly called the Pride of Salem, her launching .. ' ' / Promotion and Information. ·.. . ~ Iwas made a gala occasion with ,, ·;, i dignitaries and a band arriving Freighters Named IAfter famous ,/' Clipper Ships J I i i I ° > I l I : �~· .1-~~~t~.:.~~~f.~~ti~;"~~5:.~~~:.~~~;~flltt~t.i~~~t~:~;i:t~)~~~;;~f~f:¾At~~·'·~.r• : . JC£. from the witch city ~ a special '(;,~, train. No other section of ~he . •/.•~ country can boast of t~e launching .. ,•.{'( of three such clippers m. one !ear. "Other Piscataqu~-buil: clipper ·_;;J~ ships worthy o~ con_s1derat10n are ·:·'!} the Roman, Wild Pigeon, Red Ro)\-< ~er, Midni~ht, Noonday and Dash- . '.:~j ond highest cause of . death in the ~ soon to leave her office to be re·-~ world today. "Cancer can be cured :·1 placed b~ Mrs. Florence Preston . .·+ •-.,:~~ ·,: j if taken early," said Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Elkm~ gave much credit to !': .... _;;,:;_,~,.~')f/f../1-: .. 1"It is necessary to educate the Por~mouth s Mrs. Mary I. Wood ::.,.,.,/:-.·,:·:!•,"Wt,:.'>t, people about it, and to bring the for interesting her in women's ;.:.'.-;'.:;~-'.Sft. ,. subject of cancer into the open.'' club work. Sh~ . concluded _ . her ~.J,l_ •. l It was voted that the club make speech by descnbmg her VISlt to .,.·""',2·:\1 ;.;,,-. -~ :: ·i donations to the Crippled Child- Philadelphia as the representa- t: th mg ' ~ .: ;.: .: -.. ·.;, __, ,'''./ ··.. ,,. . ·,:~•.·.\.".·~.Y~Y.".,"• ~e:~~e;~in:Cf ~:s !:d vo~~ ~:;e~~e:::· H::~~~!~~o:.t ~N~n; ~.-.· ·,.1,\~;~~~1~J ~ 0 ,}~> ~:~ Y4'~ _;;3,':;'. to c?ntribute the proceeds of the :1ampshire pla~ed th~ ninth star ·" ·· ., ~&3:i- ~1j\ - • ~-'-'- · charity card party, held recently m ~ur .~ountry s flag, sai~ Mrs. , , :_;.fc,,s,.,) to the District Nursing Association Elkms, . and by rememb~rmg this, /:~. and to the fund· being raised to let us clmg fast for we do not want_ -.'if'.: -~~1 sfate pres,'dent .i;]~.~ ~;~~.- V1s1ts City Club · ,.;J/J 1 1 0 . .,L J J ·f.·;/.:j ;:;:;:,?·J:f.A ~ -~.., 1~~~u!.lasses 1 ,1~~9 ·I for needy high school 1 !~e!~~t w~:~1tf:i:e:~:1e:r!~ th;~~ t~:· f'. close of the business meet1j ing,At athepleasant interval of songs kms was then presented_w!_th a pie- ,,:;-,. ture of the old Benedict _doorway 'i ;,-,jj!i, ____ was given by a group of members by Mrs. Sanborn .. ~ a gift from _;,!:'.'.:',JJ . from the chorus of the General the women of the City of the Open ~~j Federation of Women's Clubs. Door." ~t~ft\ They were led by Mrs. Sara D. l~s--;:--:::;;:~~='T"c~= -,,..,..~ Simpson and Mrs. E. Bliss Marrig ner accompanied at the piano. Their selections included "Before ..:. ,1 r• A most enjoyable supper meetthe Paling of the Stars" by Kra- '._ ~·-,.;,--::,/ ing was held at the Women's City mer, "Music When Soft Voices ";;;.yJ'J.~c\· Club on Thursday evening ,and a Die" by Dickinson, Speaks' "Song '.i ,;J.·-~:-: very large attendance greeted Mrs. of Gladness," "Wings" by Fib!ch- · ,~ Elizabeth Elkins, president of the Deis, and "The Old Road" by J, P. New Hampshire Federation of Scott. Women's Clubs, who was the guest The guest of the evening, Mr of honor. Elizabeth Elkins was introduc At .6.15 o'clock a supper was by Mrs. Sanborn. Dressed in a gown .:"· served, the menu consisting of • of powder blue, Mrs. Elkins made ' 'l" chicken pie, mashed potatoes, f, a charming picture as she delivered ··. string beans, banana fritters, coleto the club women a stimulating "\· slaw, rolls, relishes, orange tapioca address on subjects, not particu- .•~~ pudding with whipped cream and _.1 larly relative to club work, but ',.:/, coffee. Mrs. Frank Rowell was in dealing more with charge of the supper committee selves. She told amusing and hu- ;, and assisting her. were Mrs. A. C. · ·, j man interest stories of incidents (·; Warner, Mrs. Harold Swazey, Mrs. . 1 that had occurred during her trav- ; -:: . Walter W!lland and Mrs. Earl Ne!- ' els while ~arrying. out her duties •'-( ./.j son. , as Federation president. ·:.. Those placed at the head table ''j She mentioned also the antholo- ··::: with Mrs. Elkins were: Mrs. Clargy, recently published by the New ·'.:. ence C. Sanborn, president of the ·,· Hampshire Federation of Women's {:-.:'{. Partsmouth Women's City Club; ,c Clubs. This has proved to be very ,;<;-§ Mrs. Frank Fletcher, past presi- •· successful as the first edition has :}·1 . dent of the Colonial Club of Littlebeen entirely sold out and there ~; ton, N. H.; Mrs. Edwin Tasker, ·., are only 500 copies left of the sec- ·:"' Mrs. Arthur E. Baum, Mrs. J. P . .· ond edition. "This anthology is '/ Conner, Mrs Harry W. Smith, past ·:, very correct," said Mrs. Elkins, "but '':!president of the New Hampshire some day I hope we may publish '.:/' Federation of Women's Clubs, .• one that may contain the poems ·/:; Mrs. Ralph Badger, Mrs. H. B. ,.. which do not scan perfectly, but -J~ ., Carpenter, Mrs. Wallace Garrett, are beloved for the feeling behind Mrs. James Griffin, Mrs. Sara D. them." Simpson, Mrs. N. -Hendricks and Mrs. Elkins described her official Mrs. W. H. Hartwell, president of visit to Washington where she at- .. _ the Durham Women's Club. tended a meeting of the Board of ~ Following the ·supper, a busiDirectors of the General Federa- ,: ness meeting took place with the tion of Women's Clubs. She picpresident, Mrs. Clarence C. Santured Mrs. Roosevelt as one of the ,f.':i born, presiding for the first time most fascinating women she had -•~ . since her illness. A report was ever met. On the afternoon when 1 given by Mrs. A. C. Warner, chair- _j th~ President's wife entertained t_.;;_,-;!;' · man of the New England Publicity I this board of directors, she wore a .ix.~:,; .,., Project at the New York World's · ]long black skirt with gold blouse. ; ;. ~ !i-<: . , Fair. It was announced that 'J "I was struck by the animation -~:i,...;.:.~:-• .._,,..,,. f, $87.50 was taken in from the ' in Mrs. Roosevelt's face," Mrs. El- ,';~ ';:-~ f cooking school held in March. Mrs. kins declared, "and she seemed -:.:~f ·• 1 ',.}....,,,.i Harry W. Smith of Durham, spoke : always to be interested in the f!c/;, 1 ' :""·" "' on the great work being accom- r things that you were interested in. · ;1=i pl!shed by the Women's Field Army There is a light behind her eyes .-.'_,\· For Cancer Control and she ex- that denotes that interest." ·;~•1;;,,,.;:;:0 ~ :~1,, plained the importance of the na_Th!~ _was Mrs. Elkins' last offl- ',{;-f':(:'{'.'.{f?f'.(';\ ,,M,-~.:-·";.,•,!c.. t,'-· -· tion-wide drive against this sec- cial visit to Portsmouth, as she is ·.;r~~;;~ .<' ,S/-1-- i;;:,;.,. :. · . ', Mrs. Elizabeth Elkins . Guest Of Honor Last : Eve nin ·j "j' ''l ;.! 1 ft;~ f. <.·· 1/. _ , , ~..;J~ ~~}¥i:~.:iY:1,.. ~-'£~::-~~~~~·'.;~~-i.'. "~· 'f:r'f.f•:.,.tf ·;~[Et{;.:~~; · ·'t:: /:: ·~1Jt~\::~_i~.·•'ii~-~~~;-~.?;, ~"'-'.:t1:"/~'- �di t Conference ~le! e th O s • • 11 o d ,. \ ff C aa y pene ~~It;:~;~d Holy Comm Tuesday afternoon there were t committee meetings, prior to t I opening of the conference, Ii Board of Ministerial Training · the Committee on Conference rela ,';; t ----------tlons meeting at the Christian Sc ~?,i,.;•• ence Church. 1t_·~1 In the evening a t 7.30 there w ':.ii-. a large attendance at the Hym Fest. Gilbert Wieting directed th 8,,- --.,...,,,----.,,,---,=-::::--::-:-=:-:;::-:-::1 e.ss·embly, and the Ministers' Chor ., ters residing 20 miles or more from assisted in the service. The 110th New Hampshire con- Boston. Prof. Babcock told that the Following the noon lunch, whi 1 };~~,;l ference of the Methodist Episcopal library was rendering a great ser- w~s held at the Baptist Chapel, an Church opened in this city this vice, but its income did not meet served by t he ~ing's Daughter t~;!"::- morning with two meetings, the expenses, and urged the group to the lay conference assembled. At ¼':;;, laymen and clergy holding separate support the library's activities. o'clock Prof. Norman M. Guy de! ~-._,.-· sessions. The resolutions committee was vered an address on "The Chur ~~f, The opening of the conference named as follows : John T. Lord of and Our Democratic Institution was in the Methodist ?hurch on Mil- Lawrence, Mass., Mrs. Hattie San- Frank P . Fletcher presided. ~«%· Jer avenue, and Bishop Herbert born of North Haverhill, John Han- At 3 o'clock the united se;;s!.:;,. ~)it Welch of Boston called the session na of Concord, John W1leks of convened . Rev. Philip S. l~a.•~:·,.,,._ to order. Bishop Welch led the de- Chester and Glenn MU!s of Lancas- , rn.1. uastor of the local church , -was votional service, and this was fol- ter. . . . . 'the ~Nosicting irricrr; and Mo.yor lowed by the business of the conThere was ~ brief dis~u.s sion as Kennard E. Goldsmith 'e xtended a vention. c. Walter Frye of Man- to the suggestion of obta1mng some t in In oehal! of city. Rev. chester, secretary of the last con- outstanding Jay conference spea~e:· :~in~ sarrord Joncis ~epresented ·,~ . .,, ference, read the roll call of full Mention was made of the possibility lhe Portsmouth .. Mli,isterial Asso- , members, members on trial and ac- of changes in t~e conference areas. elation. Bshop Welch im1de the re- · ,4i[,tl:J. cepted supply pastors. A representative was sent to t~e , spOnses. This was followed br t,b(; ,';•:fj At the election of the secretary, it conference stating that the group reoorts of the district superin t ::nd(•J • .1' was announced that Mr. Frye had had organized and was ready to en.ts. 1 1 requested that his name be not join in .a united sessiqn fo.r the deThis evening l\t 7 .3□ ~1c Boa rd or considered and the nomination of votional address by the Bishop. Home Missions and Church E:- ten- ' 1;r.ii Rv. W!lliam R. Lock, who had Herbert F . Quimby conducted the sion wUI hold an anniversary meet - '. 1 ./1'.": served as first assistant secretary, annual Memorial Service. Two men •lnr;. Rev. Leon J. Morse of Dover was endorsed and he was chosen. who had, a t one time, been most preside and the addr ess of th~ A vote of appreciation for the fine active in the New Hampshire cor,- , 'evening will be given by Dr. E. D. 1 work of Mr. Frye was also made. ference were given tributes at this Kohls t.edt on "Bulldlng a 3ett.er ' Assistant secretaries included Rev. service. They were Rev. Irving C. worid." , J. T. Copplestone of K~ene, Rev. I Brown of Holllston, Mass., the tnTh ursday's sesslo11 will open at Clyde Kiml\.1.ll of Groveton, and bute being read by Rev. D. E. Cook 'a.~s wlth a United S~lon an d Bl - · . Rev. Berton Robblns of Warren. 1 of Manchester; and Rev. T . E. era- shop Welch will glw ~h~ devo i.lom.1 ' {~;-~~; Assistant statisticians named in· : mer of Manchester, the tribute be- c.ddress. A buslm~s , mectln., w1il tt.£.:l:~ eluded Rev. Reuben S. Holthaus of j ing delivered by Rev. J . N. Seaver follow. The concluding evenl on the '!./:: · Salisbury, Rev. J. Norman Barrett , of Rochester. morning's program will be a !ectJ>-:('. of East Rochester and Rev. Delphas ; Following a 10-minute recess at. 1 ture by Prof. Guy on ''A Chrlsllan s. Barre tt of Lisbon. Rev. B. L. i 10.30 the devotional address wa~ , QQc.l!!..l. Qi:.<ler." l : ___, l;\,~~:'. Thompson of Enfield, Reverend · given by Bishop Hertl'.)rt Welch . . '~-.,,,.:.~ ,,.: . •,,.·:·...•..: Sven Albert Laurin of Salem and ' Bishop Welch took for his subjed . :;;:":·,~ ·.,,,t;,- :·'. ·:1-:, . < Rev. Raymond Proudfoot of Peter- "How Can We Tell Christians from , \J -~;;7. :~}•. · ,,, 4 boro were named assistant treasur- Other People? " He stated that ·· ""·• ·•.'.""" ,::,.;·• ers. was not possible to tell a Christia Rev. Berton Robbins of Warren by the way he worships saying th was named assistant auditor, fill- a Christian can be told only by wh ing a vacancy. is in his heart. "If a man has bee There were numerous other mi- baptized and has become a memb nor items which occupied the of a Christian church he is sure greater part of the morning ses- to be considered a Christian," ft.fr. sion. said ; "Perhaps yes, perhaps n Simultaneously with this _ session, There may be true Christians w ~.!!'•1,', the Jay conference was bemg held are not memlnrs of any church a ~?~ at the Christian Science church. C. there may be members of church ~ /-~.'~ W. Webb of Dover presided and who are not Christians. In ord r?utine business occupied th_e atten- to know who is the Christian rz;"'"'"'.J!-.' tion of the members. Various re- must go below the surface. We mu ~ •-~.'; ports were given. The organization look deeper than the creed or t r~~~~, was delayed until afternoon. . church relationship . We must, Ii 'if,,:.> Prof. Donald Babcock of the Um- God, look into the heart." . /f..f versity of New Hampshire spoke for continuing his talk, he .{. a f~w minutes in behalf of a cause upon the spirit of Christians, say ~ :,i:}t which he said needed support. He , ing that God is love and the spir' :'l);'.t.'- ·. spoke of the General Theological j of God is the spirit of love, an j bk, Library of Boston, which he said that Christ is the human expressio \~}-\: was of great value to the ministers. of God. and the spirit of Ch · He called a t tention that postage on must be the spirit of love. '?JJ,;;,,•!~ books was paid each way to minis- 1 < , · ·~ • i fj_ ~~-, ;_~~if Bishop Herbert Welch Of Boston Presides And Makes Devotional Address ____ t-9'.JJ r-;~i: ~~:,r the tf t·. ~;1ltf ti{:;~ will I .~tft f )~&-....'!;:.'.A. i ?-.\ t§;Jf·. l l nt,:::? ::' ' 1 1:~Y;}l1.iS;&~;:~\~~:t:.: 'J i: �~ - - -- - - - - - -- ------------. --J~>; : ,:\j/~c.¼hCld.i{f ,· ~:<;.o.i1i/i~~~h c:. ·e: ,-,: -·~·:·~ ·---------;~;·--:·:, -. -;-,:~:~nFir~-;;B~~-i~~-~ ,;.M~~;i.ng _ --··-------···--· c\ ~ ; ~ ~~~zt ~ t ~ ~~, t 4 t : ~ · . _ : .,:.;i~I{~i Conference Held ~',;~· E::~;f:;n;f.;ttJf:~g · I :,_,_~,-;"{ Of .. "' . i''<·~· <,ff gr;~rio:,~:~~~~~~i:~~talkabrief recesr; was held, and this was followed by a talk by Prof. Norman M. . ·, •· t\ 'i Bishop Herbert Welch Presides At Methodist Session And Interesting Reports Are Received The second day of the 110th an. nual Methodist Conference contin.. .. . '·, ued today at the First Methodist .. Episcopal church in this city, with Rev. Frank T.' Cartwright, D. D., ,· .., well known authority and lecturer : ·. '. 1'.,_ on F·ar Eastern conditions, as the speaker at the anniversary meeting , , ' i/' •,. of the Board of Foreign Missions ~,:'.,,"; ' which began at 2 o'clock this afternoon His subject was "Reunited Methodism and Its World Task." Dr. Cartwright recently returned ,,, ..._ " from an eight-months investiga, .r'.:'...,•.··,'.',:, tion of missionary and social and .·-·,-' . ' t . /;,.., )f'-:' poli ical conditions in Asia, a jour:·,°'.;,,_._~ .·.; ney that took him across China, .' .,: .'.:_t_t. __, .. ~- into Japan, Korea, the Philippine : '. , · './-.,· Islands, Sumatra and Borneo. He . ··_\'. ·.: ~~ is a native of Wheeling, w. Va. He ; • · -~-- .l first went to Chm' a m· 1917 as a a .-,: .t -~:-_,.;_ • ,: • , - • . (.;i:, .:11 Method1St missionary. Few men : 1_._;;;.<_j have had the opportunity to know l,?<,;~;;j· China and the Chinese people as :'•--(·\~·-<( ~as Dr. Cartwright during his years .;.:.• •.'•'--~-'r of mL55ionary service and his more ·\ ',.it.;;,j: recent travels in Asia. :. ;·:i::'-;..:~· In his talk, which was of great , 'l/'::'i,~: . interest to the members of the de- :· v,· ·, nomination, he told of the reunited •· •...,.I' Methodism, and gave in detail some :_·_~:_·\:_i_;_,_~•::.;___·,_,_·~.:. of the tasks which it faces in the ., world today. Its task to spread the · · ~~., ·•. gospel to the far corners of the workl., was elaborated upon by the .. .,.-/.'{: speaker and he told of many personai experiences ·in Asia's missionary outposts. Th,~ morning session opened at 8.45 with a devotional service and Bishop Herbert Welch gave the de-' votional address. Bishop Welch is ·. an excellent speaker and his talks ·;( .:,31. are inspirational 1 Dr. Coons Makes Report The noon luncheon was served by The annual report of the Board members of Rivermouth Chapter, Order of Eastern Star at the Maof Education of the New Hampshire sonic Auditorium. conference was submitted and considerable discussion followed. This Assembling at the church followcarried various recommendations ing the luncheon, Rev. Oscar M. for the educational activities of the Polhemus of- Woodsville, presided, f . .th th1. and introduced Dr. Cartwright. con :irence. In connection wi s Following Dr. Cartwright's talk report, various other reports were . -11 b th d· d b · given. Among these was that of Dr. i Wli e e ~ Journe usmess sesJames coons, headmaster at the I s on. . Tilton s hool I th'15 t h _At 5.30 the Educational Banquet c · · n repor e will be at th M · A d'to · brought out that the new dormitory e asomc u i num, which was the gift of Mr. and Mrs. and ~t 7.30 the _anm~ersary of the H en r.v Pf e1ffer an d wh'ich was open- Boara of Education will be observed ·t d 1 J d te 64 wi h an address by Dr. H, W. Mceu i.al Hanualrlyd, atteccommt· Otha tsth Pherson, . h1's s11bJ'ect bem · g "But p p s. e ca e a n ion a e H · ., . Tilton-Northfield Union School ave Not L~ve. Dr. McPherson is Dist::c • t 1s b u ildin g a new Jun . i or- B the , executive . secretary of the <e ior high s h 001 b ild' h' h 15 . oaru of Education of the Metho~ n c u mg w ic dist church. expected to ?e ready for occupancy Dr E. D Kohlstedt of Ne•w York at thP. openmg of the school year · · . ' in S~ptember. This will mean, he ~r~tary of the Boa1d of _Home said, a loss of approximately 150 day Missions an_d Church _Ext~ns1on of studmts from the Tilton School. the Methodist denommation, was He spoke of the opening of the the speaker at ,!he _W~dnesday even!junior college in September of 1936 !ng s~sion. . Bmldmg a Better I and stated that since that time 119 World" was his subJect, a_nd he brought out the need for a democt boys have been enrolled, The firS racy whose structure ls "girded · ·L:\}:' · }1!lt :~!:!;.t:U::~~FJ!\;E Welch presided and various reports were given and acted upon. The first report was that of the treasurer of \ ;:,. , . the trustees of the New Hampshire Conference which was submitted by f :- the treasurer, P. T. Wolcott, and ~:-_:_.__.; _,-~._: ,·, _· : showed assets of $59,157.09. The general income amounted to $18,',; --:::/ ,·:· 203.55. Bonds called were listed at ,• • , $22,488.14, and funds for re-invest1 ments were set at $11,937.50. New :-,-/:>,.;:,''• funds amounted to $5,603.50. ·:·:· ·_,.:·t:T_\~ Under expenses were listed as • : · . ~;),',}: new investments $42,455.57. Benefi.':;'·'£.\( :_\~' ciaries $13,675.37, and general ex· · '>.;· penses $1,780.46. This leaves a, cash I · -~~\ balance of $1,245.69 on hand. . : ' :,.. 'l [.'.,i<-t-'./ I I . . . :' ";_~·t//~~ ,_ by the fundamental doctrines of Christ; first, the fatherhood of God; second, the saviorship of Jesus Christ; third, the brotherhood of man, and fourth, the infinite value .·~• ; of the individual as well as collective , ,_.· : dife, regardless of racial antece- '. .';·i:." ::-.:;,:;··•,;- • ,-~ ' dents or background." ·.,:·,•.. j_'._:,,,.·,· .'_;_·;·_:·_,_;i__:}·_.::,\,,_;··. Rev. Leon J. Morse of Dover pre, sided at the meeting and the minis\") ters' chorus, under the direction of · ·.:~ Rev. Gilbert Wieting of Newport, t•::~ presented musical selections. . -:1i{,t District Reports , • ... The annual reports of Rev. John .. :\{fi 't{!I ,r:~E ;£:rci~t.~!'~. :~t~:~~~:.:: \:'f.~;£:;~,t~::;~trE:; · ••.:_:,::;_.,·.~-·.•.'__ l __· . graduating class held its commenc~ment last June and several members transferred to senior colleges with full credit for the courses taken at Tilton. The report listed the church preferences of the students at the school and junior college, showing the many denominations represented. The largest showed preference for Congregational with 97, next came Catholic with 76, and Methodist with 50. Episcopal 26, Baptist 13, Jew!:;h 9, Unitarian 6, Universalist 4, Christian Science 3, Presbyterian .,_ ~ - ~-...I Discussion of the educational re- · of Concord, superintendent of the port continued, and the presiding i Northern Division, were· given . officer called a recess, holding the ! About 30 of the 65 churches in the report over until the business ses- ; Southern District made various rei;ion which is scheduled for this af- : pairs to their buildings or reduced ternoon at 3 o'clock. l their indebtedness during the year Dr, Ruth Richards Miller; dean of ! to the 11.mount of $15,834. Sums the Northern New England School ; rangeq_from $2) 5.QQ__~pended by the of Religious Education, was intro- IPortsmouth church in preparation duce:.i. and spoke briefly of the for entertainment of the conference, school. She called attention to the i downward. Some of the repair~ part which Methodism plays in the I were made necessary by the gale and schoo:, mentioning that Bishop Iflood of last september, notably Welch is to be a member of the staff j Grace Church, Keene, and Arlington this year, as are others prominent ! Street Church, Nashua. ~n ·the denomination. Among tl:_ese .. 0 _ , • ..• , · •· , •• • '· ,, .. ·' .•: :.~i '.,:'~, _.. ,;;:, :; :, ,\-J\J ·;,.:;' f( .t" -. , ·;·.>, ,, /, · } ·· '•' ' · -: . ;..,' ·, I . ~ ..... :-,;~. .;·~ • -r,; ./":;.}; ·: ·- ✓~~·. . I..· ' \. ' --.. :· .. : ---~----~"·- �BISHOP HERBERT WELCH PRESIDING QFFICER Bequests were made to churches: St. Paul's of Lawrence, $2000; Grace of Haverhill, Mass., $1000; Amesbury, $1000; Hillsborough, $1,206; Exeter, $500; Ma.In Street, Nashua, $500; Moultonboro, $465, and East Kingston, $200, totalIng $6,871. Only six churches reported a deficit for the year, with four churches increasing the salary o! their respective pastors, st. Mark's of Lawrence, South Tamworth, Hampton and Peterborough, while two churches reduced the amount paid their ministers. Approximately $20,000 was raised by the Ladles Aid societies and similar organi21atons. New organizations were reported in nine churches. Daily vacation Bible schools were conducted at Oenter Sandwich, Epping, Exeter, Hillsborough, Keene, West Swanzey, Peterborough, Raymond, East Rochester, Haverhill, ,Mass., Salisbury, Mass ., Smithtown and Fremont. Included in the pastoral changes which took place during the last year were Greenland, where Rev. Archibald Kerr succeeded Rev. D. L. Warmouth, and Exeter, where Rev. Wayne F. Ransom sue ceeded Rev. Archie Lung, who was called to Ohio. Other changes took place in Moultonvi!le and Tuftonboro, Moultonboro and South Tamworth; Oenter Sandwich, Marlboro, Auburn and North Chester. The Northern District reported but one pastoral change during the year and that was at Pittsburg. Rev. Hlliwver paid a tribute to the two ministers who have died since the last conference, Rev. Thomas E. Cramer of Nashua and Rev. Irving C. Brown of Holliston, Mass. Both had been eulogized at an earlier session. The report stated an increase of 16 1-2 percent was registered in attendance at the Lake Wlnnipesaukee , Portsmouth Herold Photo to right: Rev. Philip S. Nason, postor of locol Methodist-Episcopal Church; Rev: ~i~hard Kellogg, treasurer of N. H. Conference; Rev. Claude E. Adams, stohshcran; Rev. C. Walter Frye, trea~urer. camp meetings last summer the previous year. The hurricane damaged several churches, the estimated damage being set at $3000. Included in the list of churches damaged were the Baker Memorial of Concord, Contoocook, First Methodist of Manchester North Haverhill, Oanaan and Cana~ an Street. The damage has been repaired. A!ter the report of the superintendents, Charles Webb, president o! the Lay Conference, was presented to the group and spoke brle!ly. Bishop Herbert Welch also spoke giving a summary o! the peclal ses~ sion o! the Vermont Conference over which he presided on Tuesday.' Bishop Welch came by plane from Vermont to Concord, where he wa~ met by an automobile and driven to this city !or the opening of the New Hampshire Conference. Additions to the committee on accepted supply pastors were announced as follows: Rev. Franklin P. Frye o! Laconia, Rev. George Wolverton of Lancaster, Rev. J. N. Armltstead of Nashua and Rev. Gilbert Wieting of Newport. Two requests for retirement from active ministry were made known during the afternoon, Rev. Samuel B. Enman, pastor a,t, Sandown and West Hampstead for the last four years and for 28 years a Methodist minister, and Rev. Charles E. Savage, supply pastor at Canaan since 1929. Rev. Enman's petition for retirement will be acted upon later in the week, whlle that of Rev. Savage does not have to come before the conference, he beng a supply minister and not a conference member. Lay Conference Officers The adjourned meeting of the 1ay conference was held after lunch on Wednesday at the Science Church. were as follows: President, Charles W. Webb of Dover. Vele presidents, Northern, Birney B. Sprague of Manchester ; Southern, Stanley N. Haynes, Haverhill, Mass. Secretary, Miss Bessie M. Edson, Littleton. Asst. secretary, Charles W. Varney, Jr., Rochester. Treasurer, John F. Thompson of Tilton. The le.tter was the only new officer, a.II others being re-elected. Mr. Thompson succeeds Chester H. Smith o! Exeter. �oundary Lines _ _ _ _ _ a.JM.\~ Lengthy' Debate This Morning· At New Hampshire Methodist Episcopal Conference Of this amount $20,549 went for salaries and expenses of two district superintendents, the conference bishop, pensions for retired ministers and widows of former mnlsters and general adminlstratlv expenses . The total paid out for the world service work, to the Women's Home and FLoreign Missionary societies and the 1Children's Day fund, a revolving college assistance ference, following the noon recess The highlight of the morning Thursday. He stated that slon t.oday of the 110th annual there 1s need to face the facts and MethOdlst Conference, which is be• give deep and honest study to the Ing held in this city this week, was conditions. Although the truth the debate on the report pertaining may be unpleasant, he said, everyto the boundary of the New Hamp• . thing possible should be done to shire and Vermont conferences. change existing evil conditions. After a, lengthy discussion the con- Dr. Cartwright spent 11 years 1n ference voted that Its preference China as a missionary and has been was to have the boundary remain In many of the mission outposts In as It is at present. the Far East. Through the edu· The report was given In conneo• catlonal program of the Christian tlon with suggestions which have churches In these places, he said, been made to change conference many of the existing conditions boundaries to follow state lines, were being changed, but called atThe report submitted, In addition to preferring present boundaries, tentlon to the need, for contlnuanct' favored the Vermont conference In deciding whether It was to remain as an Independent conference, join with the Troy Conference In New York State, or the New Hampshire fund, made up of contributions by Conference. Sunday school pupils, wa $14,717. The report added, however, that 'fhe sum of $4,463 was expended for if the Vermont Conference looked various other items, Including pub• with favor upon merging with New llcatlon of the conference journal, Hampshire, the New Hampshire area office expenses, supplementary Conference would not be favorable 1 work among the :;mailer churches, unless the entire state was Incontributions by ministers t6 the cluded. The suggestion had been permanent retirement fund, the made that part should go in the New England Deaconess Hospital New York Conference and part In and for Christian work at the Unithe New Hampshire Conference. versity of New Hampshire and It was brought out that In Vermont Dartmouth College. a minister Is not required to have a Rev . H. J. Foote, treasurer, gave college education, while in New the report of the Preachers' Aid Hampshire that requirement Is necSociety. This. showed a treasury essary. balance April 15, 1938, of $17,355.93, Rev. Edward T. Cook of Man1 with a balance this spring, as of chester, w. R. Clark of Derry and April 4 of $17,909.88. Supt. H. Daniel Hawver of the There was so much unfinished Northern District were among those Dr. Frank T. Cartwright, Associate business to consider that the meetobjecting to a change in the pres• Secretary, Board of Foreign Missions Ing adjourned until this morning. en boundaries. There was conOf Meth11dist Church. The educational banquet was slderable discussion, with many held at 5 :30 at the Masonic Auditorparticipating, but the report was and even an added amount of enfinally adopted. Announcement ergy to keep up the start which has ium. Banquet Served was made by the presiding officer, been made. A banquet was served by RiverBishop Herbert Welch, that the ab- The adjourned business session solute power of conference bound- was given over to the hearing of mouth Chapter, Order of Eastern aries rested upon the delegates of reports, and the report which had Star, in the Masonic Auditorium. that Jurisdiction at the United oa\llled considerable discussion at Bishop Herb€rt Welch, conference Conference. the morning session, again occupied president, acted as toastmaster and Calling upon the members of the the center of interest and, follqwing the presiding officer was Rev. Methodist faith, which numbers various discussions, was referred Charles C. Thayer of Amesbury, Mass. Greetings were brought mllllons, to use their strength, both back to the committee; In money and other resources, to Rev• Richard Kellogg of Con- from Tilton School by Headmaster meet the needs of the world to the cord showed that the total receipts James E. Coons ; from Boston Unilimits of their strength, Dr. Frank in the treasurer's r port from the · versity School of Theology by Rev. of T. Cartwright, New York City, asso- churches In both the Northern ·and Adolphus Linfield, professor elate secretary of the Board of For• Southern districts amounted to practical theology, and from the eign Missions of the Methodist $39,729. This includes the 131 Board of Education of the MethoChurch, gave a talk before the con- churches in the districts and a dist Church by Dr. H. W, McPherslight additional sum from outside son of Chicago, executive secretary of the board. A group of boys ses•1on �1r.;:-:. ~.-. ·l '' ,.., . •-.•, - il - .. •. -}~;:,.~- ~l 1•• • •"'-~'·"';',-''·'<..~:=..•:c..•·.c..::.-"-"=-'-'-'-''---',...-, . f1l4· e 11 s 0 f Ch ure hAnd Ou • r Econom IC • sys tem ,.,,:r-~ \ f_!_r_::~;~- :~~ciJil~~~u!t~~l t~:ov~:o~ra:~ J;The song~_by this group were . es- \ '~: pecially enJoyed. :, The evening session at 7 :30 was ~j addressed by Dr. McPherson, .who '• r-zpresented the Board of Education ·,;," at the conference, and this meeting H~• _t.- ;-,;~-,:·-~_'_.-~::_' _~ __:__ :i;_· . ~h~s b~a:d~norT~e t!~oj~~t;;r~f:~af! , ::7'.\t was "But Have Not Love." . > . ., ~~ Rev. Norman Guy Concludes Series_Of Lectur At Methodist Episcopal Conference ..., ,' Stressing the importance of edu~- cation, Dr. McPherson called edu- -;~:~ . ____ ·' :r----------,.---:-:-------:-:-:--;-~-~'f, cation with a Christian emphasis \; · · Viewing this question positively, · ~'it the only solution of the problems of 1f. Listing what he termed the four the speaker stressed . three contri- · ~ti the world, saying "While education .-lj· great evils that afflict our present butions which he bellev-ed the church ·· ~~,! cannot save the world, it is just as ;;; economic system, Prof. Norman , could, and ough_t to, make: "She • certain that the world cannot be ;:;, M. Guy of Drew Theological Sem- 1ought to proclaim courageously the f~e; saved without it." He cited the 1:}\ inary of Madison, N. J., concluded social implications of the gospel; _..• real purpos~ of education as being l;; his series of lectures at the llO_th I she ought to sponsor a program of :;fr,;: Jf;.~: to keep one off the rocks of pessi- I'.\ annual New Hampshire Methodist 1 enlightenment and mutual under- :'i'-s mism and to help to know the ·'.; Conference in its session here this , standing, and she ought to cultivate .!z~.:;i universe as a whole and to show morning. The four evils, he listed the spir-it that should govern within } ,..,- .. that each is a part of the great pro- S were: "The periodic breakdown an order that would be truly Chris- :,f · of our production-consumption tian. {:. Rev. Leroy W. String(ellow of _ process; unemployment; gross in"Moreover," said the speaker, "if it Haverhill, Mass .. district superinequality in the distribution of the church fails to do this there is tendent, presided at the session. wealth and income and a stifling no other organization on which we Following the adjournment for sense of insecurity with the result can depend, and we shal! continue to business, Prof. Norman M. Guy of that today we witness the anomaly have peace pacts which do not proDrew Thwlogical Seminaary of of devastating poverty in the mote peace; prohibition amend- · Madison, N. J., continued his mids_t of plenty. men ts which do not prohibit; comorning 1-;;: ctures. Taking for his "Moreover," he said, "the only operative societies which do not co- , subject this morning "The Relation remedy we have been able so far operate, and economic Utopias ;--f; of -sects to the Corporate Life of to devise, is not to cure the pov- which exist only for a season and .1',.· t.he Church," he brought out that c,:; erty but to do away with the then fade away." !~ the church has always had within it ,; plenty." Following the devotional service, · minority groups or sects. In the · "To this situation there are three which was conducted by Bishop past, he said, they were largely ;;· reactions: the conservative would Herbert Welch, the business doctrinal; today th;;:y are · social ·,·: not destroy our present system, but was continued. groups that would commit the :i~ he would so control and regulate T~ere was considerable discuschurch to militant action on social '..j it as to modify or eradicate its sion regarding Kenneth Carmichael, ' questions. )· present evils. The radical, on the who has been minister of th e Ea st ,: During the morning Dr. Henry f other hand, believing as he does Haverhill Methodist church for the ; H. Meyer, dean of the School of ? that the present system is basi- past eight years. ·Rev. H. D. Haw- ~ Religion and Social Service, was :; cally unsound, would destroy it 'in yer, superintendent of the Northern introduced to the delegates. ., toto, and substitute therefor a District, presented a resolution ' The morning session opened a t .·a. ' planned and planning economy. which called for the revokation of . . 8 :45 with a devotional address by :; There is yet a third group, ~a mid- his various licenses. The superinten- . ~1'f~ Bishop Welch and this was fol - :; die of the road group' who would dent explained in detail the action f":'1' .'.' lowed by the business session of the ,' not destroy the capitalistic system, which had been ta.ken, in an effort to get him to leave the church at :. morning . r but would build therein spontane- East Haverhill. This included a At noon the Ladies Social Circle ': ous, co-operating societies. of the Universalist Church served a c-ourt order by Judge lunch in the v-e stry of the Universa"Now," asked th e speaker," con- Young. ordering the ' fronted with these grave social turn the keys both of list Church. · d b Y propa ga nda and parsonage over to the confer' ev1·1s an d b es1ege Following the meeting there was ,: for one panacea or another, what ence representative and also to rea joint meeting of the Woman's ·._ should be the role of the church frain from interfering in their ac- -,;:; ,· 1 Home and Woman's Foreign Mis- : in econdmic change?" tivitifs. Mr. Hawyer called atten- {~: sionary secieties. The ladies of the , Replying t-0 the question negative- tion to an article which appeared in (iil':;. coufer-m ce will be tendered a recep- '. Jy, Professor Guy ~aid there were a stat-e newspaper stating that the · ·· tion at the Women's City Club •. two attitudes he was convinced the minister had resigned his pastorate, later in the afternoon• J church ought not to take : calling it misleading to the people This evening will be given over to •1 1. She ought not to hold herself and said he favored full publicity. the_ conference entertainmmt, the . absolutely aloof from political and There was a great deal of discusartists for which include Ecti th economic issues. sion over the matter, the question Marshall Clarke, Elizabeth Nichols 2. She ought not to go so far as seeming to be whether he should Cary and Della Louise Hart. Miss · to draw up and l!:.ponsor detailed eco- not be given a hearing. Various Clarke plays a variety of instru- nomic programs. rules in the by-laws were read, and ments and her offerings this evm"She ought not to do this," he a large number spoke on the matter. ,; .. "· ing will include Swiss hand-bells, said, "because, generally speaking, Sunday's activities will begin with :~~ xylophone and lyre solos. She /will . her leaders are not trained to do it, the Conference Love Feast at 9.30 r::•'. 0• · be accompanied by Miss Hart. Miss nor are they sufficiently broad- with Rev. Edwin s. Tasker, D. D., a Cary is a comedienne and her part minded to commingle fairness and former pastor of this city, leading. }\; in the program will consist of read- virility in such a way as to make the An hour later the regular morning f'.i\; ings. . .support of technical programs ef- worship will be held at the Audi- ·:~•< ;"\--:?"~/i:l.i;tJt:f.~--,~:. fective. A good heart is not a sub- torium of the Junior High School. -~;iJ!f:l~i,fo~l)~.~~~~fi~~1 ~: •:i~:;,,;; ·'.r:i ~itute for a good hea<:1 ," _ .. _ .,. 7 Rev. J : R. Coppleston,e will_ preside .r,r••.- ,., -_ -•.'·•.,,I-.-,.•'·";;<•,,.,. •' ,, .....,, • ·.-, -: · ,..;-: • ·•·. '-';:(· _,.. .•, and Bishop Welch will deliver the I It ½j. ;,i:.: ~if ·:J ·J J? .-;rfztr;;.{-3{~ttf~ ~c¾,ft :;rtf~~fr11~~ , ;,~J~~;!~~~~,, i~~~i~1~~11f 4 ~;:,~:Ff,{~_:_ ~··"_.~_,_<~-~-' - " = - �- .. l , '·...: · - ✓- �~it~f~t{:_~ ·::~-~-\~:_<-:~t?ftk~P·.· ;~~-~-~~c;~.?~(.! ··,.\ :,_ ~~~~f,~ -~6'(J~;;~:b~~t~11~t}~-<''· - 'i/;f,J the_ first week in ~ay. The B ' ice Marshall o! this city. ( sq~~re inch, nitrogen is forced into decides the defimte date. 1s op Welch spoke of the ant!- [ the blood stream and the diver has Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Savage of ; j cipated unification action on the I. :. to work the nitrogen bubbles from Canaan, who are to take up their I women's mission societies at the r his blood stream before coming into 1 residence in Virgini~, were intro- 1 coming session o! the United \.. the low pressure area near the su duced to the gathermg. Mr. Sav- Methodist Conference at Kansas I'.· face. age has been a supply minister for City two weeks hence, which may Because the Boston & Maine w 21 years. ' change the entire present setup. use the Maine-New Hampshi Rev. Ernest Converse of the New ,· The bishop described the work bridge now under construction it Hampshire Civic Christian League . which must be done to establish . likely that this month's inspect! was present and made an unoffl - :· Christianity as a real, living, vi- . a bi-annual one, will be the 1 cial appearance. He spoke against •' tallzing force in foreign countries. made of the 1,950 piling in the brid liquor business and the Rocking- ( Popular education, he said, has and it is expected that within t ham race track. I · never come, except where the in- . next two or three years the The question of the federation1 J fluence of Christ has been extend- ;.' structure will be razed. th 1 0 ;~~nze~ap! f:~ ;:~ .:. -;~ _ ,.· :=· .··,,;ft ch;~: !~~~ec~~c:y\:t~:~~~~ti brought before the conference with 1·:;;;~ ~ ~-·. :S ·' -:0:i" caused by borers. Two of the mo_ the committee reporting favorably. \ ;;:;:,,,I~ .~' . ::;· ~I;;:f destructive species are the Lemnona !,;~•: There was a discussion of the situ~rt_ :' c ':.~t-:5; G1 • \:y_,:1 borer and. the Taredo borer. T~e ~,'.: ation at West Swanzey. Rev. G. T. ~•• · ., .•. _ ~ J ~ ~ ,_ '=';: JLemnona 15 the most dangerous m Carl of Winchester, pastor of a '' \;· that it will often burrow out the ~{;' Federated church, told of the need \ inside of a pili:1g, just l~~ving a [~ for a sympathetic attitude on the shell on the outside. Bad pilmgs are 1 part of the conference toward such -;'i replaced. . . ~ l a federation, or the church would j. -~- ·, ,· Two _of the oldest oak piles ~ ~, be lost to the conference altogeth- h the bridge were placed there l "ft r. This report was endorsed. ·· 1881 and Mr. MacIntyre reports th Rev. Ray H. Cowen presented the ·, ~oth are still. in 1rnoct condition. T "Th state f th mspectmg diver, who has operat t epor " onTh' e 1 th O de in all parts of this coun t ry, an d h urch · is was · eng Y. an f marine engineering projects in covered many of the phases m de- f t' f the world stated that tail. "Too_ few see beyond ~he local ~:~i~~: ~he spliced ;iles in the lo congregation and community. And ·1 B. & Structure ; brid e are the only "lock splic these are usually they who bear . . ·1 • g · t t' the chief burdens of their own beAcross P1scataqua .' piles ever used m any cons rue i ~~~~~es 1!i ~!!! :!1l~1-: t z~· ;:;f '1' ~L;; Making F,Ina '•, . Inspect'1on Of RaI•1roa dBr1'd ge I: I ---M. 119 ~( ;' .._,; . ·. OId ,{, I loved ~hurch. All honor to_ t~e~. River Is Yea rs w%~·. MacIntyre, who has inspect Our tribute also to the Ladies Aid ____ ·• th 1 1 bridge a number of tim Societies and . kindre_d groups for _·. One of Portsmouth's old land- ~- du:in~c\is 20 years of experien the loyal service which . they ren- 1· marks the 119-year-old Boston and . as a diver, has watched during t der. But it is an expenditure of v~- r. • . . . ,:. oast few years the decay of a bric !? ta! energy which should be di- ~ Mame railroad bridge over ~he Pis- ,: iaden barge that sank on the upp ~,· rected to spiritual ends. Servmg • cataqua river, underwent its last ,. id of the bridge about 30 yea ~,. ., of dinners, suppers, fairs a~d _rum-, underwater inspection this month :,.. !g: Except for about 20 feet of · ~Ii mage sales is work.1 But it is not when Frank A. M;i,cintyre, 45, of ::;, bow the marine borers have ea ~ ; church work! Selling. can?Y, pop- Malden, Mass., ~eep sea diver,. de- '. away the hull leaving only the ou ~: cor~ and pean~ts ls llke'_"1se. work. scended 90 fee~ mto the deep cur- :~ line of the barge, and the car i,,~ It lS not a ~n~ary service m the rents . . The bridge, he ?ays, _Is the of bricks are still piled the way th :,~~- cause of Christ. oldest p1lmg railroad bridge m this were the day that craft sank. It ~*- The report decried the lack of section of the country and it is . l :~ passion and fire which Methodism the oldest bridge over the Piscat formerly possessed. "In many qua river. places Methodism has become a In telling of the dangers of divi dead sect. In our excitement over where the currents are unusual social issues· we have lost sight strong MacIntyre said that a re of the individual soul. We fought able tender is very important. E for and gained prohibition for a ward Mader of Somerville, Mas > time only to discover that the roots has served many years as Mac! •, of the liquor traffic lay deeper than tyre's tender . .,, 1 :· finite law could reach." The inspection period of the loc Rev. G. B. Van Buskirk of Sun- railroad bridg; requires about o apee and Rev. A. B. Thompson of month becaus~ of river~ effected 'Vi • ymouth reported for the Board of ocean tides the local river has o wards. · ( of the fastest currents in the wor Bishop Herbert Welch, confer- [ :-~he principal reason why the por~ , ce president, delivered the ad- lS ice free the year_ round. The diver ; ess at yesterday afternoon's can work only a little more than a [. Int anniversary of the Women's half hour at the turning point of .. ome and Foreign Missionary 60 _ each Ude .. Ther~ is a 12-knot cur- ~-eties. Presiding officers were · r ent m this sect10n of the river. t;, s. Fred G. Crowell of Concord, ; An?ther re,ason why a speedy. inesident of the Home Mission So• 1?pect10n cant be made by a ct1v_ . .. 1s because of the dang er of bends t Y, an d Mrs. E ugene C. Wi.11 iams . North Haverhill, director of rapid ascents from deep water. ng people's work in the North c deep water, particularly at 90 fe th 0 rd dist_rict. Sol · was Mrs. f ,where e pr.:s~ur~ ~~ .:~ : ~~~n~~ .... • .! ' ,", '.:!~-:.::.:-.;:- . I~?~, ~t J-. 2.- ,,.> _.# ~E<~_~ _;;...... --~!...~:t'--,, - ·.\ , · ·· · ' · �'. -----------•-•-------- ' ~Ji~~~:~~-~~-=-~-~----~~-~-:_~-~--'---J..---·-·-----~ ' -\}fbperations Progressing Rapidly . .~;~i: .bn New Bridge Project ·! -~ .. ·•;,~ -~{.!:};1 ;1 ------------ _,. -·" J::·,, ,,,, \--1 •;{\,\Excavations For Piers Started - Work -~-~~--'{it'lUnderway For Re-Location Of Boston ·--~:-f;::\'1 &Maine Railroad T racks •0 -:,~ ' .---~_?_I-__::: .._· ; ,· j! I 1 •. ,;, "\, B •d O • A· re AdnVagen CI•nperatlons R • d I g a pI y ,----· ~\~~ff {~ 1 Considerable activity is not.ed in J\iJ:: :'.";::,.".:~:::~::~,:' ~,:.:; , ~- ... • ·.::_·,. ·! project. - •- .._ _ _ _ _ _ ·-• - - ~ - . , , , _ • .., ..... __ ►--. work has been necessarily _ delayed due to the unseasonable 1. ·,;-1, ·{,- weather during the past week, but ' -:··'_;;~:::-} ._,_ James P. Gardiner, P.W.A. engineer !,<: ;':-)''\i1" of the project, announced that there /;!.;";_ are 155 men on the payroll, the I H If !_ :rr;'·; ,i,; ,. greatest number employed since the Bases For Shore Piers Approximate y a ·-.~---::/\, project was started. The Jobs furCompleted-Work On New Hampshire -· ,,:;:','',1 . :. ~ nished by the project have been ;;,;;.,.Ji!:. , steadily increasing and the ~ak of Approach Well Along ~ ; '. )\ ,, ; employment is expected late m the ;,, -..,.:.,,:,~.![,-~,;- summer. on the New Hampshire approach J.:r."<•.'➔\ The Frederick Snare Corp. have The first annual meeting of the the John Tafolla Construction Co. , --,;. :"~-';,: · ; begun excavation for several of the Bridge Authority for the new Pis- has completed the Harvey brook !- :.;;{•/'·~;~,--" bridge piers in addition to the erec- cataqua River bridge was held this culvert, a concrete structure which ·-~ttYr'<t\' tion of the construction plant. A mo;ning at the offices on Pleasant will serve both as a drainage outlet novel feature of this construction street. and a cattle-pass, and 50 percent of •· j;, ··..-~~-- ,,:. plant is the installation of two During a tour of inspection of this the new roadway has been graded to ;:-;{ }-'\~ :,,·, large "pumpcrete" units, which will $3,000,000 project with J. R. Gard- subgrade. Foundations for the .~',"'.'.·. ·_',- force the mixed concrete from th~ ner, chief inspector for the Public Mi'ddle road underpass have been .. r .-,,,-.. ,!,t, •.,~_<·;-;,' l ... ,.:.1,,:<;>/· · central mixing plant on Noble's works Administration, all opera- started and the Boston & Maine un- ;::. '· · '· !"::t?\~ (." '.. .: '· \(:~ Island to the various piers through ttons were found to be well in their derpass has been cut under the main • •. -~ ~ ;., ·. a heavy six inch pipe line, this being advanced stages. line tracks at the· Morley Button 1.;:;:;:' ,.. :• • the latest development in the methAt the scene of construction of the factory and is now ready for footings : ,. :~·,-:,,f ··/ od of placing concrete in this type main structure on Noble's Island, H. B. Dore, who has baeen reside:tt ' '·. :-'~'\' ·, of construction. the Frederick Snare Corp. ls pre-, engineer inspector for the Federal , ·.:·\,.~•' · ·, The Littleton Construction Co. paring to sink two of its steel cats- Public works Administration on the ·," "'.,( , has resumed hauling fill for the sons, concrete containers for bases Rye jetties project, ~sumed his new ' .ZtJ''..:/ · Maine approach from the pit on the of the deep water piers. A new duties on this docket today• Mr· _,,;: :"::-lj;_,\ ·.., Langton farm in Kittery, after shipment of unassembled steel cais- Dore reports that the jetties are 90 • -;::, -~",.:;;\· •:i: having ceased temporarily due to sons arrived via freight yesterday • percent complete . ·''r£i:~·-:"',~" the state ban on heavy hauling on The bases of the shore piers are _ . ''. 1 ,. • ~ the state highways. Foundation approximately one-half completed · · ·· · · ~ · - · "t · · · l.~-t::~\:•,t{~'::>.";· work has started on the Eliot road t and crews working from a derrick . \ ; ~~~ ;_~ - ·,. ,' . .,. · I rfi<•';·,;;~·;J: overpass near the American Legion · boat are drilling and blasting ledges ·.'-.. ~-. ,_:._: :, ,_._'o~-:.:_:_'.>'~ ,C_:\ ! _.~,,.,:•/:.~ :) hall. in the river bottom until a natural l .,,,~·-'., ,,-.Jf·-:,. The John Iafolla Co. has begun foundation of rock ls hewed for I ~'Jt'.. ·;._.:,,r:.: work on the Boston & Maine Rail- Pier No. 14. i ; ~;~ road re-location near the Morley Route 103, from Kittery to Eliot, !• ~•·; ~,. · ,-:•. Button Co., driving timber piles •for ls now open to traffic and the Little•· l· ... - . • ,,· , ·' -:i the crossing structure and placmg ton Construction Co., havmg I ,· ·,. -_:· ;.·-~-- ·, fill for the re-located Concord reached subgrade on this piece of , · /:·, '.!'. ,l · branch which will join the main road, will attempt to keep traffic ·-~ ·· ··ih; _~~, : tr'.'-ck near this structure. _ , moving through here wh!le they l .. ,' ·.11 ;: :.' _'_. ' :__ • •• • • , ., pour the last pier on the Ellot road it~~,.. ,.. ,/!•+ '•~;:•.\. -0,~ -\iol.i • o!'IL ~ structure today. This contractor .... ~.,,.\.r: , .. ~~ ·~ ~ ~ .... ~ .... ~ . '• · t· f th .,-.-~~,.;.:.~;c•·'.·,;':ti :.,t,:,,,;_, ~- · ~ii -,_ ' · ' · -• has also begun excava 10n or e /· {-;::--·("-f.%::i, • '2.o new Boston & Maine tunnel Just ~t·~··~?~~:: :~ ~;: . "-~ .t · ,.f ... -.1 south of her::e.:..·____________., ,, ..);t~-:- ( '',> • ;,/"'ti,~~ l'. (_;·/ :.'.':;-~; t."::• \ ·-t, _ .;t,:-' ; _· ~ :.. J i "" • t-,, -!_i,l~',,. ~•). • i·lit(f,f.:" .\~ : 1 :} ":/,~:i -:: ~~ ~ . . ,..._:~ici~ .... f.~ - • �The massive footing for the west abutment of the B & M Railroad overpass was poured this past week and work Is now in progress erecting forms and steel for the concrete overpass at the Lafayette road Intersection. The new one-way bypass at this point, which Is to carry traffic Into the city of Portsmouth, has been completed and Is practically ready for concrete pavement. The new roadway between Route 1 and Middle road, although handicapped by ledge obstruction, Is rapidly assuming final shape and the Lane Construction Co. Is planing to start the concrete pavement on this contract within the hext month. Portsmouth Herald Photo View of work in progress of New Hampshire approach ta new bridge where it crosses Islington street near the Morley Button Co. plant. - - -. ~ - '!) Rapid Progress Olil New Bridge Being Made / First Pneumatic Caisson Has Been Placed--5ix Piers On Noble's Island Ready For Steel Girder Spans Construction on the new Portsmouth-Kittery Bridge has now advanced to a point that enables the public to visualize something of the final ap pearance of the project. Many o the seemingly isolated points of construction activity are being connected and the project as a whole is beginning to exhibit a more coordinated picture of its final form. Many interesting operations now underway were described by PWA Engineer J. R. <;iardner. The first pneumatic caisson for the river piers w11s placed last week by the Frederick Snare Corp. Concrete is now being- poured In this caisson, accomplishing the first of the sinking operations. Further sinking of the caisson w!ll be performed by men, commonly known as sand-hogs, working under compressed air, excavating beneath the caisson allowing It to sink through the overlaying stream bed to the ledge below. It is expected that this caisson will be put under air by the end of this week. Considerable difficulty was encountered in placing the caisson due to the extremely swift and uncertain tidal currents In the channel, making conditions for this type of work fully as difficult as an ever encountere.,d..r,___ 7 ix piers on Noble's Island are now complete and ready for the steel girder spans. All piers in North Mlll Pond are now In process of construction and have reached a point where progress will show up rapidly within the next few weeks. The Littleton Construction Co., contractor for the Maine approach, is constructing a tunnel for the Boston & Maine Railroad crossing, The road work north of Eliot road is now complete, including the base course. The Lane Construction Co., ~uh-contractor for the concrete pavement, ls now setting forms on this part of the job and w!ll start four-lane concrete paving within a few days. The John Iafolla Co., contractor for the New Hampshire approach, has completed the substructure of the Middle road and school crossing overpasses and these are now ready for steel. Having CO!l1P1eted Harvey brook culvert, has been placed to subgrade over this structure, and thence through land which was once barren and waste to the B & M Railroad OVllfPRSS thus completing final subgrade from Noble's Island to this point, a distance of 1 3 , miles. �Bridge Work Progress Close To Schedule o~~ Operations Practically Half Completed-Second Payment On PWA Grant Received By Maine• New Hampshire Authority The second payment of the Public Works Administration 45% outright grant or $1,300,000 for the construction of the new Piscataqua River bridge and approaches '.has been received by the Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority, P.W.A. Engineer J. R. Gardner stated today. This check for $291,000 from the Federal Government is the second outright grant of the Federal funds for the new project, $436,000 having been received last February-making a total of $727,000. This contribution represents 25% of the total estimated cost of the project and has enabled the' Bridge authority to pay the contractors, engineers, and property owners for land necessary for the project, a process which not only has helped local employment to the extent of 310,000 man hours of work and $300,000 paid in wages according to officials in charge, but has aided the nation's employment two and one half times much through the production and delivery of materials for this job. A check-up on progress shows that the work ls very close to schedule as 45 per cent of the work has been completed while 50 per cent of the time allowed has elapsed, which difference of fl ve per cent is due to certain construction difficulties encountered through no fault of the contractors. The Frederick Snare Corp., contractor of the substructure of the bridge, has resumed work on Pier 17 which had been held up since the railroad wreck on Sept. 10. Work on the other piers has been proceeding normally, but as a result of the accident it was necessary to suspend temporarily operations on this pier until the interested parties had completed their investigations. The Snare Corporation moved the pier caisson back into position on Wednesday, and are preparing to start sinking the caisson. It wm be necessary to add addition weight of concrete before air work can be started, but it is expected that this w!ll be done before the end of the week and that air w!ll be on by the first of next week. The Phoenix Bridge Co., contractor for the structural steel, is followIn close! on the heels of the pier The Frederick Snare Corp. 1 rushing work on the north abutment of the bridge so that by the time the Boston & Maine Tunnel ls complete the Littleton Construction Co. can complete the f!ll and make the roadway complete from the river to tpe lnteraeotlon with the Maine end of Route 1. It Is expected that all work on this end of the project, with the exception of the paving, will be completed this fall. The John Iafolla Construction Co., contractor on the New Hampshire approaooh, has completed the structures at Middle Road and Franklin SChool, which w!ll be soon be ope'ned to traffic. The steelwork for the Boston & Maine Railroad Bridge near the Morley Button Oo. plant has been completed and the railroad ls now passing over the new bridge. Track has been laid and ballasting nearly completed on the Concord branch of the relocated portion of the Boston & Maine Railroad adjacent to the bridge. Paving operations are to be resumed this week by the Lane Construction Oo., subcontractor for the concrete paving. The portion of the New Hampshire approach to be paved this fall extends from Maplewood avenue to a point between Harvey's brook and the Concord branch of the ra!lroad. The paving of a short piece adjacent to Lafayette·road, known as the north bound traffic bypass, ls expected to be completed this year. The completion of the whole project ls expected before July, 1940. work. Steel has been erected on nine spans, starting on Noble's Island and working both ways, Erection of steel will proceed as rapidly as progress on the piers will allow and erection of the first truss span of the river crossing w!ll begin next week. The Littleton Construction Oo. has been concentrating on the work at the Boston & Maine tunnel structure between the Eliot road and Bridge street. This structure ls nearing completion, both main walls and half of the roof being In place, Ith workmen employed da and night in an effort to complete It before freezing weather. The Eliot road overpass is now completed with the exception of painting. �Overpass To New Franklin School Across I The highway overpass to the New Franklin school, erected by the Maine-New Hampshire Bridge Authorlty, in order to carry traffic to and from the school, safely over the highway approach to the new bridge across the Plscataqua river, will be opened to traffic very shortly. This school drive structure ls 120 feet long with a 20 foot roadway. In a,dditlon It has five foot side- Iwalks on each side. seven-foot woven wire fence of two inch mesh A will serve as protection along the guard rail of the bridge. The school property wlll be protected by a similar type of fence of the same height, for a distance of 1200 feet along the schoql property on both sides of the new highway. The entire right-of-way will be fenced with a four strand wire fence, the strands being 12 inches apart. · I �He had many distinguished callers from among the summer colony, and many of them were not averse to staying to 5 o'clock tea. In personal appearance, he was a tall spare man, dignified and refined; a gentleman of the old school. He had a soft low voice and his English was marvelous for its simplicity and purity. };le had an optimistic disposition, nothing ever worried him, and he never got excited. He was neat and methodical even in performing the New Hampshire off !ally obsimplest task. He read the daily served Arbor Day today with plantpapers, and kept abreast of the ing of trees and shrubs by schools times. He had remarkable eyesight and organizations and special exand never wore glasses. He was ercises at the sta.te house. strictly temperate and never used alcohol or tobacco in any form and Governor Murphy planted lilacs was active up to his very last; days. from the former Governor Benning He was the oldest Odd Fellow in Wentworth estate in this city now Was Keeper Of Boon Kittery, having joined that organiowned by J. Tenipleman Ooolidge, at zation in 1873. Island For the entrance to the state house He married Mary Seaward, Nov. Years grounds. The lilacs were shoots from 28, 1866, and three children were the oldest plants in this country, born of this union, Mabel, Bertie and were brought here from EngCapt. William Convers Williams and Charles. His wife died about land in 1750. of Kittery Poin t, died at toe York ten years ago. He leaves to mourn In planting the lilacs Gov. Fran- Hospital Thursday, aged 93 years, his loss, one son, Charles S. Wilcis P. Murphy spoke in part as fol- 10 months and 24 days. In the pass- liams, one of the board of selectlows: ing of Captain Williams, Kittery men of Kittery, two granddaugh"It is a pleasant task to come here loses its oldest resident, and one ters, Mrs. Roland E. Bedell and this morning and, by planting these of the best beloved men of tlie Mrs. Mary Lewis, three great wonderful lilacs here beside this town, Oaptain Williams was born granddaughters, Marjorie and Euarch honoring the memory of our on Gerrish Island June 3, 1845, the nice Lswis, and Susannah Bedell. soldier and sailor dead, to give ma- son of Captain Josiah and Nancy He held the Boston Post cane for terial recognition to the beautiful (Mitchell) Williams. Captain Wil- a number of years of which he was !lowering shrub which by act of liams was known along the Maine very proud. the General Court 20 years ago was coast as the man who spent 26 Funeral services will be held at made the first of all our flowers, the years of his life on Boon Island, the First Christian Church at KitNew Hampshire state flower. a barren ledge rn miles off shore, tery Point, Saturday afternoon at "Strange to note, this pre-emin- He received his appointment Aug. two o'clock. ence was not long ago given public 5, 1885, and retired Sept. 1, 1911. Relatives and friends invited. recognition by planting the lilac In all the years h e was there, he here on the State House grounds never asked for a ,ransfer to analong with these other great re- other station, and at that time, it presentatives of the kingdom of took a man with a clear head, a strong arm and a steady nerve to trees. "This year, largely through the live up to the requirements of Boon erat!on of Garden Clubs and es- Island Light. He commenced his sea-faring life pecially as a result of the energy of its president, • Mrs, Champlin, this in his early teens, but during th.e oversight of past years is to be cor- Civil war he worked at the navy yard, and from there he went to rected. Fort Mcclary, and was working "With a view to lending interest there when President Lincoln was to this ceremony, Mr. Templeman assassinated. During his life he Ooolldge, present owner of the his- had many thrilling experiences, toric Benning Wentworth mansion among them was saving the life at Portsmouth, has graciously pro- of the 1.1ate of the brig, Hattie vided six roots taken from the fa- Eaton, which was wrecked on the mous trees in the garden of the shore of Gerrish Island, March 21, first colonial governor of New 1876. This was the only man saved Hampshire. out of a crew of eight. After he re"So, today, we are placing in the tired from the lighthouse service earth of the capitol grounds· root he spent his declining years in a cuttings from the very first lilac little white cottage on the banks ever to come to America. of Chauncey's Oreel11, and strange "We are very proud of this little to say, his hobby was flowers, and flower which is uniquely ours and, he never was happier than when as I plant these roots today, I ask showing them to his numerous you to join with me In the hope friends, calling attention to their that they may thrive and, in the delicate shades and markings. course of time, grow into full beauty." Plant Shoots From Local Li lacs At Concord Taken From Oldest Plant In Country At Gov. Benning Wentworth Mansion Capt. Williams Of Kittery Point Dies Light 26!\o �Dri. lewisohn Gives 'Lesson Of Germany' "The Lesson of Germany" was the subject of an interesting lecture by Dr. Ludwig Lewlsohn, outstanding speaker and writer, at a meeting sponsored by the Portsmouth Zionist District at the Masonic Auditorium Monday evening. There was a large attendance, including people of all creeds. Dr. Lewisohn gave a masterly presentation of the situation tn Germany and brought out conditions that exist 1n other countries as well. In an effort to show how much some of these countries owe to the Jews he asked bis audience to think with him of the conditions In Germany and Austria before Hitler, saying: "What the German Jews did for German civilization in the past 50 or 75 years cannot be measured. It cannot be paralleled by any other comparable group to any other civlllzation in history. It is these people, precisely these people-not the Polish Jews, not the Rumanian Jews, at least not yet-it ls these westernized Germanized, de -Judalzed Jews who gave of themselves and got nothing for themselves. It is they who are being exterminated as we exterminate rats in a sewer." "What are we going to do?" he asked. "How are we going to take those people out? They cannot stay. The older people will have to stay. The Joint Distribution ,committee will have to feed them and clothe them and the committee is dolng it. That is really the charitable thing." Dr. Lewisohn defined chanty as very often being a gesture of fear, and told those present that they should not turn their head away from what is happening, even though they have helped, but should continue to lend their support. "What we need today," he said, "is not only money, but we need people because what are these German Jews to do? Where are they to go? The world is closed. The gates of the world are closed. We get, under the quota, about 19,000 a year, maybe 20,000 and that Is a great blessing." Dr. Lewlsohn told of the committee which is vouching for these people who come here -the people who have no relatives to put up bond that they will not become public charges. The lesson of Germany ls the same as man:il years ago, he stated, calling it fundamentally the message of Zionism that people living In a tiny and powerless minority group at the mercy of a vast strong majo1·ity, is not safe anywhere and cannot lead a normal life anywherl:!, The speaker claimed that the Jews were pacifists in 1914 In Germany but that when the war came, they took a prominent part in it. "Jews always lean over backward," he said. "They hsve to be 170% paJ triotlc in order to be accepted as 84% patriotic. He stated that the Jews were made the scapegoats and in speaking of the claim that the Jews were not at the front, said that an investigation showed that 60% more Jews were in the front line trenches than any other group of its size. He next told of the suggestion that the German Jews go to Equador, In .an effort to find a haven for the refugees. After 50 or 75 years he predicted there would be an Equadoran literature, Equadoran music and famous Equadoran universities, all started by the Jewish p~ople. He compared this 17ituation with what happened in Hungary where there were but two classes-the nobles and the peasants until the Jews came in and gradually created a middle class. They put Hungary on the map, he said, adding "now they are being stamped into the dust in Hungary." · In closing he gave some interesting matters to think over. He stated that there was a need, not for a refuge, but a.land and a home He told of the situation in Palestine where the quota is 1000 a month, and stated that the gates could be opened if enough pressure is broughL to bear. As a means of this pressure he suggested a united front, and told of the large number of Jews in this country, but stated that few belonged to the Zionists movement, Following his talk there was a long period of questions, with Dr. Lewlsohn going into detail as he answered the queries, A. H. Woolfson, president of the Portsmouth District Zionists, presided as chairman of the meeting and introduced Dr. Lewisohn. Previous to the lecture Amos W. Moody presented a piano interlude. The committee was as follows: Benjamin Tober, chairman; Edward Shaines, Samuel Goodmai:i, Benjamin Singer, Joseph Posternak, Joseph Levitt, Benjamin Cohen, Earl Fox, Joseph Schwartz, Philip Borwick, Max Freedman, Dr. E. L, Levine, Rev. Harry Llber- FormNavy Club Of Portsmouth 0 On Tuesday the Navy Club of Portsmouth met at the Memorial Home to elect officers for the ensuing year and a large number 9f exervlce men affiliated themselves with the organization. The following officers were elected: Commandant, John W. Thrunk. Senior executive officer, E. O. Morgan. Junior executive officer, M. S. Remick. Shlpswriter and treasurer, s. S, Morrow. Cha.plain, E. Harvey . Boatswain, E. B . Gren1~r. Master-at-arms, Nell C. Bierce, Officer of the deck, J. H , Dowd. The meeting Vf.8.S called to order and the purpooe of the organization explained by the organizer, after which the commandant was elected unanimously. Commandant Thrunk is well Informed on naval affairs, having served In the United states Navy for 31 years, and in many naval engagements, having retired from the service as chief boe.tswain, He was twice elected as commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and organized the Order of Cooties, a social organization of the V. F, W., and has held many other pooitions of importance The club will hereafter be known as the Navy Club of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Flagship, New Hampshire Squ!l,dron, Ship 19, First Fleet. The next regular meeting will be held at Memorial Home on May 5 and will be open to all who are Interested, and men eligible for membership can afflllate themselves with the club at this meeting. The charter will remain open until June 15. �History Of Fast Day In New Hampshire iv "the scene of blood may speedlly In the state house at 0oncord be closed." ah original proclamation Many attempts have been made by Gov. John Wentworth, written to abolish New Hampshire's Fast Day. The last and most serious March 24, 1724, appointing April such effort was put forwai;d In 1, now known as "April Fools' Day," 1917, when a bill was introduced as Fast Day in New Hampshire. It into the legislature to abolish Fast Is proclaimed "in consideration of Day, and establish a new holi~ay our absolute dependence on our on the fourth Thursday in Aprll Oreator." That day appointed was to be called stark Day, in honor of a Thursday, the first In the month, General John stark of the Revoand during 197 intervening years, lutionary Army. the date of the holidays has vaThe bill met with considerable ried but little. favor until the admirers of Gen. The proclamation of 1724 prayed John Sullivan, also of the Revofor "a suitable seed time and a lutionary forces, succeeded in plentiful harvest," also "that our convincing the legislative comfrontier may be guarded from th e mlttee that Sullivan was as great a Insults of the Indians, and that the New Hampshire hero as Stark. persecuted Protestants in France The House of Representatives may be supported and delivered." thereupon passed the bill, with an Fast Day ls known to have been amendment providing for creating celebrated In New Hampshire the holiday under the name of earlier than 1724, although not as Stark-Sullivan Day, an April holiday. It was observed In the senate the claim was on July 10, 1690, and again on May raised that John Langdon and 23, 1693. Governor Dudley pro- other patriots ought to have recclaimed Fast Days In 1703 on Sept. ognition and rather than change 1, and again on sept. 23. War was the name to stark-Sullivan-Langin progress and days of fasting don Day the senate amended the were frequent. At Dov()r, where bill to c~ll it America Day and terror of Indian attacks was felt, let it go at that, The House reAug. 19, was a public ,Fast Day· fused to agree to America Day, and These early New Hampshire a committee of conference between people were hardly ~ble to defe nd , the two legislative branches went themselves with their ~rmed for- to work. ces and on Fast Day committed The conference committee comtheir forces to the good conduct of promised by changing from Ameriheaven that they might be success- ca Day to Patriots' Day, which is ful in taking just revenges of th e the name of the holiday that is obperfidious enemy," and offered a served one week earlier in Massabounty of $40 for each scalp. chusetts. Thereupon the Governor Wentworth ordinarily' passed the bill, but the appointed Fast Day on Friday in- killed it, preserving Fast stead of Thursday. He also set preferable to Stark Day, them upon Wednesdays in some Sullivan Day, America Day or Payears. March 28, 1746, April 3, 1760 , triots' Day. Aprll 1, 1763 and April 20, 1764; During the Revolutionary were Fast Days that all came on the Fast Day proclamation, Friday in the Wentworth colonial stead of being ls:,ued by the chief administration. Sometime:, Good exi:.cutive, was generally drafted Friday was named, but not often. by a specal committee of the legIn 1727 Fast Day was especially islature and passed like any legproclaimed, "God in His holy prov- islative resolu'tion. In 1777 a proidence having lately visited our clamation was issued by President land with a terrible earthquake." Weare, and then submitted to the On March 24, 1776, about three Legislature and approved, and in weeks before the battle of Lexing- the final form the document ton and 0oncord, Gov. Went- showed the words "by Meshach worth's Fast Day proclamation be- Weare" cross~d out and substltutseeched God to "pour His bless- ed therefor are the words "by the ings on the British empire." 1Council and House of RepresentaIn 1776 Fast Day was proclaimed tives." by Meshach Weare, president of Beginning in 1890 the Fast Day New Hampshire, instead of by the proclamation was Issued "by His royal governor, and he prayed that Excellency, the president of New Hampshire, captain-general, commander-in-chief and vice admiral of the same." These early _proclamations were much more e1aborate than those of the present day, and in addition to exhortations to the people to observe the customary virtuous conduct, there were frequent references to political subjects and an appeal for partisan support. The proclamation for the early Fast Days bore the postlude, "God save the King" and after the Revolution, ''God save the state of New Hampshire." This has long since been omitted. The proclamation which Governor Brown issued in 1921 for the observance for that year. was the briefest document in all the history of Fast Day pronunciamentos up to that time. In 1938 a move was made prevail upon Gov. Francis Murphy to change the day Thursday to Monday, but Governor refused to change. This year a drive was made by business men throughout the state, urging state legislature to authorize the change from Thursday to a Monday. thus giving a permanent week-epd holiday. This was making considerable headway until there was criticism of the manner in which the hearing was conducted, and when the legislature came to vote upon the change, the legislators rallied to the support of their fellow member who had been criticized, and the bill was lost. �Legislative Committee Tours Seacoast Section saw the proposed sl bridge over Hampton P.roposed State Pier, Odiorne's Point Park# Rye Harbor Improvements And NeW Ham Pton Brl. dge Among PrO J•eC t $ Cons1·dered ~~:b~~~~ewft~~~d~spectlon of the proposed site of a rotary traffic cirle at the southern end of the new ampton River bridge. ·The arrangements for the tour were in charge of Rep. Ernest Tucker of Rye, committee clerk, and -1'----------------_.iRep. Charles Adams of Hampton, he explained, and the field could be chairman of the committee. A possible site for R state pier in used for the New Hampshire NaPortsmouth wa~ viewed by the Sea- tlonal Guard summer encampment, coast Improvement.,; Committee of therefore making It a recreational the state legislature yesterday dur- and military project. Ing the annual tour of this section o. v. "Dad" Henderson of Durof the state. Other projects at ham, a member of the governor's Odlorne's Point, Rye Harbor, North council, said, "J am one of the bigHampton Beach, and gest boosters for the 18 miles•of New Seabrook, were also viewed. The Hampshire seacoast." He also gave committee commenced its tour from a word of commendation to the the Boston & M,.ine depot in this projects in this section of the state. city at 11.20 a. m. and made the The conception of Rye Harbor first point of inspection at Noble's project dates back even further Island where Donald Patterson, re- than 1929, State Highway Commissident engineer, explained the pro- sioner Daniel H. Dickenson of Congress on the new Portsmouth-Kit- cord said when he told the brief tery bridge. story of Oen. George Wa.shington's The committee's attention was visit with Marquis Lafayette to Rye called to the fact that the site of Harbor section. Washington, who the proposed state pier might be later became president, was quoted near Noble's Island or along other yesterday by the commissioner as sections of the waterfi'ont which saying, "That is a wonderful opthey viewed from the bus while en- portunity for an Inland harbor." route to Odiorne's Point. Asst. Sec. of State Harry Jackson TI'le site of the proposed state of Concord made a few comments park at Odiorne's Point, "The after which Col. George Ashworth, Birthplace of New Hampshire," was Hampton Beach precinct commisvisited and their general opinion sioner, spoke in favor of the proseemed favorable. Arthur Harriman posed bridge over Hampton River of this city, a member of the Sea- which, he said, will be "a self-llquicoast Regional Assocla tion,' pointed dating proposition." out points of intere~t and stated Alvin Redden, secretary of the that the sea is washing away part Seacoast Regional Association, of the point which will make it pointed out to tl:le representatives necessary to build a protecting wall that the seacoast in New Haqipalong the front. Representative Er- shire was larger than it appears nest Tucker of Rye showed the when the "18 miles of shoreline" is committee members the site of the mentioned because there are many first house in thi6 tate. · inland towns in this district which After viewing this historic shrine are touched by the tide waters. He the representatives made an in- also explained that improvements spectlon of the Rye Harbor jetties in this section of the state are helpwhich are now about 73 per cent ful to other areas ln that visitors complete. attracted to this section often make Following a shore dinner at Saun• trips into other parts of the state. ders' there was a short program of At Little Boar's Head in North speakers with Rep. W. O. Pennell Hampton, Rep. Forrest E. Knowles of Exeter acting as toastmaster. of that town, showed the represenShlrley s. Philbrick, Rye Beach tatives the site of a propos~ drainprecinct commissioner, spoke in fa- age of Little River. An approprlavor of the Rye Harbor project tion of $10,000 has been asked for which is planned to make Rye Har- the purpose of installing a large bor a. "harbor of refuge." The con- drain pipe from the marsh into the ception of this plan was in 1929, he ocean, which would afford an opensaid, and since then state-wide in- Ing for the river which would not terest has been taken in the pro- be closed by the tides. ject. In dredging the harbor a drill At Hampton Beach the commitfield across the road is automatl- tee visited the state bath house and cally made from the silt and sand, I �Home Occupied By Captain Thomas Shaw At New Location It is an acknowledged fact by naval authorities that the Yankee privateers, not the public armed shi~, won the war of 1812. As soon as possible after some of the prizes were taken they were refitted, rearmed and remanned, thus the guns of the enemy were turned upon their own shipping with great success, so much so that in less than two years 729 vessels of the enemy were taken prizes, as listed in the Naval History of the United States, Sea' published Jan. :i, 1814, captured but the exterior and nterior con- JJrt>,stly by private owned ships and Int~restlng hlstorlcaf information struction and finish reveals a peri- not by public armed vessels. has been brought to light, as a, result od approximately 1750, being one The privateer Thomas, the first of the moving of the large hip- of the earlier hip-roofed houses privateer Captain Tom Shaw comroofed house to the Marcy street pierced by two dormer windows, manded, was built at Durham, N. H., project. This was the home of Cap- while those ~f a llttle later period by Stephen Paul, was sloop rigged, tain T1'lomas M. Shaw, better known carried the three dormers with two registered 99 tons, owned by Abraas Captain Tom Shaw, captain of chimneys. The Tory spirit of the ham Shaw of Portsmouth. So let fancy take us back to the the privateer Thomas in 1812 and two wars with England spitefully re1813. Arthur I. Harriman, one of ferred to the privateersmen as pi- dark hours of 1812, almost within the best authorities on Historic rates; be that as it may, these hor- the shadow of our Liberty Pole. Portsmouth, has brought forth con- nets of the sea certainly made the From the halyards waved the insiderable information regarding ocean safe for commerce in later fant :flag of our country, with its years by their devotion to their flag fifteen stars and its fifteen stripes. Capt. Shaw and the house. The date of erection is uncertain and to a c;ause the felt ·ust. Hale's map of Portsmouth published in 1813 places Shaw's wharf as just north of Liberty Bridge, the shore end at Liberty Square. The scene, the summer of 1812, when the ship Richmond, a vessel of 14 guns, manned by 25 men besides the officers, of 800 tons burden deeply laden witll West India produce, valued at $200,000.00, was captured on its way from Jamaica to London, England, and brought into Portsmouth by Captain Tom Shaw. Proudly the little Thomas with her prize sailed into port docking her prize here, the ship Richmond, a vessel of ten times her tonnage and of heavier armament. A little later the ship Falmouth, 14 guns, 30 men besides officers, from Jamaica for Bristol, England, with a cargo valued at $200,000, was brought into Portsmouth by the privateer Thomas. Captain Thomas Mr. Shaw. Recorded in the New Hampshire Gazette under date of September 10, 1812. The ship Dromo, 12 guns, from Liverpool for Halifax, with a cargo of merchandise valued at seventy thousand pounds, sent into Wiscassett by the privateer Thomas of Portsmouth Brig (name not given) sent into Boothbay by the schooner Thomas. Captain Thomas Shaw of Portsmouth, with a valuable cargo. These two vessels produced for the captors $500,000.00. Reference United States Naval History. Thomas M. Shaw, in command oi the Thomas inbound from Havana. This item appeared in the New Hampshire Gazette December 17, Copt. Thomas Show House on new location on Morey street, having bee_n 1813. The following appeared in oved from its old location nearby. The top picture shows the house ofter ,t the N H. Gazette August 24, 1913. :as moved to its present location, while the bottom picture shows _the hous.e The Brig John Pete, ship <no name while it wos being moved. This picture wos token by Arthur I. Hamman. o! it given) and the Liverpool Packet, wos brought post the Liberty Pale as it wos necessary to turn the bu~l~•ng captured by the privateer Thomas, around to face in the opposite direction from which it stood on the origindl Captain Thomas M. Shaw, sent into faun-dotion. Portsmouth. History Of The Captain Of The Privateer Thomas Is Most Interesting-Capt. Shaw One Of The Most Colorful Of The 'Hornets Of The --:-:==========~~~=~~~~~~~~~~~~=~===;-, �- - - - -- ,- .. I I a ~~~a~:;:r:e~~m~~c~~!· I I!Packet, but the name Liverpool , Packet seemed to stick. Sailed under command of Captain· Watson. I In 1814, Captain Shaw commandI ed the Brig Portsmouth owned by Abraham Shaw and E. G. Parrott, I · captured the ship James, which was _ sent into Portsmouth in charge of 1 prize master C. Hopkins Sept. 28, 1814. Later the schooner Columbia captured by Captain Tom Shaw sent into Portsmouth in charge of Trefethen prize master. Records and newspaper files are incomplete, because the daring privateersmen, so anxious to comb the ocean for British ships failed to inI·_ terest them enough to record their t incoming and departures. They had a real job to do and did it well. Many privateers hailed from this port during the war of 1812 to 'l I ·- · I 1815. I: iI I I I· \ • ,- - - - - - - -r.,- - - - - - , - .·-- - - - ;::~:~u~~ >Ju~nior[eag ue:\;]\r,.-1j~~~~ -. .·-. )Those that appeared most prominently were: the privateers Fox, Thomas, Governor Plummer, Portsmous, Nancy, Squanto, and Liverpool Packet. " Captain Thomas M. Shaw resided in this hip-roofed house until April 6, 1838, when he passed on at the age of 68 years. It was his widow's residence, Rebecca N. Shaw as late as 1861. From 1821 to 1875, sixty-seven wharves are found listed in each directory of Portsmouth as well as their owners. To be sure not all were ocean-liners that tied up at these docks, yet they netted New , Hampshire a handsome revenue. There was then and is today a depth 1 of water and sufficient . navagable area to dock the largest vessels afloat, and it would not require dredging to do that little trick. As we look at the great seal of our state with its laurel wreath, Raleigh on the stocks, the rising sun, and the nine stars for the ninth st_a te as well as the date of 1776 it seems really to depict the glory of long ago. The Raleigh, the Ranger, the first salute to this flag of our nation, of John Paul Jones, of the old clipper ships and privateers, when Ports·1 mouth captains and Piscataqua built ships and sailors were known and · '1 famous the world over. So let this ,: Great Seal of New Hampshire stand - out prominently, representing not only the glorious heritage of the past but for what it should repre sent, industry and commerce. New Hampshire's only seaport where New Hampshire first began can once again come into her own, with the .,. finest harbor on the Atlantic, every possibility for its development, can through loyal cooperation again become one of the leading commercial centers of the east. The port of Portsmouth will not only serve but will prove a blessing to the entire state as well. And the great seal of our state will really stand for something modern, the port of Portsmouth. 1 Arthur I. Harriman, April 14, 1939. I 1'~ .~ ~ ' f'n~ -\ - _~ J.f -Qrj i rn.c:J .I l ,,tr~C.l.(..C._. . ~e~uc - A ardsMade f w ' \· . · . ,, An µiteresting meeting of the Junior Branch of the Animal Rescue League of Rockingham Coun - · ty was held Friday evening at the Rockingham County Court House on state street, at which time the prizes were awarded in the essay and poster contest recently conducted by the league. ·1 Lawrence R. Craig, chairman of the board of directors of the so·ciety, presided at the meeting and presented the prizes to the winners. In the senior group of essays the first prize was awarded to Muriel Kiley, and the second prize to Nicholas Coussoule. In the junio:group of essays the first prize went 1to Ann Moody, and the second to Helen Hobbs. In the poster contest Albert Vannier won firs_t prize and Frederick Bauer second. The prizes were very appropriate books on animals_ and animal life, and were presented to the winners in an able manner by Mr. Craig. Af(ter the presentation the winners ·'1 read their essays to the assemblage . · ,and were given favorable applause. ' - Honorable mention was made in j the essay contest to the following: ,-John Burkhardt, Carlotta Dondero, · I • • !June Hodgdon, Mary Frances K1.-ley, R. H. Laig):J.ton, Ann Randall and Selma Wilson. In the contest . · lhonoroble mention was made to 1Carlotta Dondero, Margaret Dow- , jaliby, Solange Maher, Matthew l ·Donnell and Farnum Stevens. I A short program of entertaintment was presented and consist- - · f'd of an accordion solo, "La Golon1 1 drina" by Eunice Carlson,; two ! readings, "Faithful Pal" by KathIleen Mulhern, and "The Lion" by . ; Nancy Brackett; a drum solo by j Farnum Stevens, and a group song by the Junior League, Mr. Craig spoke briefly to the , · gathering, explaining the purpose · of the Animal Rescue League and · of the Junior League, and said that, the spirit of kindness to animals was apparent in the essays and posters submitted. He outlined the ' method of selection and explained \ that the names of the writers had . . ,· ·· · been r~moved or erased from the · · ' essays, and then numbered, and · ' thus presented to the judges for their consideration, t'() that the 1judges did not know whose essays had been chosen. There were 90 essays and 24 posters submitted in 1 the contest. ! Tnose who serv.ed as judges were Mrs.i Frederick Delano, Miss Florence Hewitt and Harry M. S . Harlow for the senior --,group; and Miss Edith K. Harris, Mrs. Ells · worth Hodgdon, Mrs. Clyde Marl geson, Mrs. Wallace Lear and Mrs. 1Paul Brown in the junior group . The posters w~re judged by an : ~~o~ymous committee. f I I I, .. �1 -~ - t ·,. ~-~+a,,,.; ._.,~~tt~~~-~ . :, .ci~/:~_-_;,-""-~--=...c..c~,~~--~-=~~-=-c..--'----r.::ia2-~::.·~··':,:.':;;:,..-"'--:":~::---~--..;·,:..._...,_-"~_:;.,::.:..,:;....:.;~;.::i . ,.. •:"~ii', r:.:,· irl Scouts Of er ar,e Orthwh ;le Act,·v,·t,·es ~:~i!1~~::~n;~:,:~r'.::t:, n operating expenses to a. minimum of $2.50 per girl each yea.r. The camp a.t Barrington which ha.s the · approval of the Na.tiona.l Organiza.The Senior Girl Scouts ha.ve an tion, serves more than 150 girls each By Justine Flint . interesting program. The Ports- summer. mouth Girls recently held a conIt is possible for friends of t "On my honor, I w.ill try: to do structive course in their Arts and Girl Scouts to become associa --;::;;-:i;- my duty to God and my country, to Crafts subject. They had authori- members for $ .oo, or honora 2 or more a. ye i:t'(. help other people at all times, to tative persons come . in to teach members for $5.00 ' )~ ,.. obey the Girl Scout laws." them correct posture, the· care of The council feels that if this A ·-;;:;i;tl This is the promise that all Girl j th e hair, .' complexion, nails, etc., soclatlon becomes large enough, -~ ]f,'.t1 Scouts must learn before they may a nd th ey l!S t ~ned to a speaker from · will no longer be necessary to co ·'~i~~..i attain even the Tenderfoot rank. th e Telephone Company who taught duct several benefits during t .- .-:•;: ;<J The words in it are simple and un- them how to bring personality and year. If you feel that the c;. affected, but what a great deal_ of spontaneity into th eir telephone Scouts of this community me •~f~:,\ meaning they convey! It ls gratify- voices. your support, why not help in th Y) ing to realize that a majority of ! During the February vacation in membership drive? They wouid a the growing girls all over our coun- j the public schools, the Girl Scouts preciate your membership. Fe · .~< . try are finding recreation and edu- serve a daily luncheon of hot soups, may be sent to Mrs. Ralph w. Ju ~c,;\ ,:- cation in an organization that in- crackers, milk: an~ fruit to the un- kins of 190 Middle Road in • -'a'..".:'. stills such !deals into the minds derprivlleged children of Ports- city. :;}~., of Its members. mouth. This is a real charity as r-,-·"+~"' ' ..","; ;,---_:,-_-..~ - "_':-,' t,., ...,·-· ,-.:-~- ~ .,~-,--, ~-...,...,.,...,,.,.-.....,........,, ih\·. The program of the Girl Scouts these children are much in need of :~ ~--'%;, /f;?'"'· · ~;/;•. includes learning combined with wholesome food. The Girl Scouts of "'~,,-- ,..:. ~.,;_ , _..., -,;,s--.:~ ;1:{t pleasure. No matter what these girls Portsmouth also maintain a library ·,4?,~,.,::i\'-:·.::'/"~"'·.. ,~_ are doing they have an enviable service for shut-ins, and at Thanks- .,;,;''" -·: , _ -.., ·,- · -;i.;.~~ time doing it. Their laws require giving and Christmas they are al;?;} them to be cheerful, thrifty, cour- ways ready to help the Family Wel·a·I;t, teous and loyal. They are acquiring fare Association with baskets for ~a knowledge of carefully selected / th e needy. subjects that will help them enor- , Perhaps the activity most looked mously in their future lives. Part forward to by Girl Scouts is the of their training includes commun- Girl Scout Camp. Here under the ity Sel"Vice and they fill this re- competent training of be 1 0 Ve d quirement admirably. Scout leaders, they live In the open The Girl Scout program for girls and enjoy the beauty of New Hampfrom ten to fourteen contains ac- shire's · mountains. The Portsmouth The Coastwise Improveme tlvities concerned with the follow- council's camp is called Camp Pis- committee of the House of Repr ing subjects: out-of-doors. home- cataqua and it is located at Swain's making, international friendship, Pond in East Barrington, N. H. It sentatives has reported favora arts and crafts, community life, is twenty miles from Portsmouth on two bills of interest to the peo sports and games, nature, health and about nine miles from Dover. in the southeastern part of N and safety, literature and dramatics, Camp Plscataqua is divided into Hampshire. This calls for an e _•.·) and music and dancing. CoUld you four units. Each unit is complete penditure of $160,000. Approv pick out ten subjects that are more with its own staff a?d outdoor kit- is subject to an amendment · ;~~/: necessary or more worthwhile to chen. "Star Moss" will be opened to each of the following bllls: -Ji:: growing girls? Before a girl scout Brownies as well as girls of ten H. B. No. 376, asking $140,000 ':__,t~· attains First Class rank which is and eleven during the first two developing and dredging Rye Ha ·~f;f. held usually by girls from fourteen weeks of camp. Under expert lead- bor, providing Federal aid can to eighteen, she must choose one ers the Brownies will get their first obtained. program field in which she wishes thrill of camping. Hostel trips, H. B. No. 312. requesting $10,0 to concentrate. Then she must earn mountain climbing, and overnight for the acquisition by the stat.e ten badges as follows: not fewer treks will fill the exciting program land in the town of Rye and than four or more than seven for the older, experienced campers estabiishment and maintenance badges should be selected from her who this summer, will live in what a memorial park commemorat· chosen field. The remaining badges the girls call "Juniper Rocks". Girls the English pioneers who land should be selected fr.om two or three wishing to take Junior or Senior near the site in 1623 and built t ,-..,r,.,. other program fields. This plan of- Red Cross Life Saving will be in- first house in New Hampshire. :;JJ.f fers Girl Scouts an opportunity to I spired by the cooling breezes from land is adjacent to the prese ,Jpw_r, specialize in one or more program . the lake at the unit called "Grey monument which was erected fi~lds. A_ Girl Scout who has at- 1Birches" . ~here ~ill be a pre-coun- i the Colonial Dames of New Ha !- ~t~;i~ tamed First ~lass _rank may ~ en- 1selor tram~g unit at th~ camp this shire in tribute to the , ''d-r couraged to mvest1gate other fields, · year. This 1s a new umt and it is -~; ., ·-:· .... : ·,:?-~_•:_;. especial~y _if sh~ is not old enough! opened to experienced campers of :-..,_ iPfj. ,, {•,-: .: ~ ,,;&: to part1c.1pate m t.he Senior Girl seventeen and eighteen years old. -~ X:'ii i ;f.':'"i Scout program. , The badges which This course is primarily planned to ~-i.:},.;'.,'.: '·· "'~' are awarded on the completion of . bridge the gap between the camper (:'i)t:. ', the rank or the badge activities, I point of view and the counselor ,~{~-\.-· are symbols of the knowledge, skill, [ point of view. Each girl will be able .·-~ and interest . th~t girls acqu_lre Ito test how things are done by as- ~: ' through part1c1patmg in the actlv- 1sis ting under supervision in the ac- ·. . ities. The embroidered emblems tlvitles of camp. To broaden this : .~ ·-t::~ which you see on Girl Scouts' experience she will visit other • 1 -:{~ sleeves indicate _that they ar~ pre- camps to observe their set ups and 1-::··?:- pared to use therr knowledge m the leadership. ,:'!,[~ services of others as well as themThe Portsmouth Girl Scout Count';,- ;• selves. · · Girl Scouts. 9 I _::\~J "'i_'~,1 ··tr1.~' pprove Od1'ornes pOIn' f AndRye HarbOr B'I11 s ;.-;;J:' f''tfl ! I ~ ~. T . , ''Ii, ' ~ ·~ ' }}~[ �_;~ttd).:;:,;;t,t.::·!·•:;,·--:.,-.·,:~~~},·.•(;t-::t~~.:.:F-J?#.:i~~:i ✓•• ·>; ::- ;:t-:,J::;..:r~t· •. ;~;..~?-~.:\;1,r....... t ._;~ , . ~ ~,•';; ,;, ,:, .,"\··. 'r. ·'., ~....:...':i~ >,.. ,tl•,._l'•""'''• ~ r 1·• '•'1 ,~,,'-/..>,' ... ·•t- ~ .. .-. .i.;:,,-.f , ... • l~-~t).,._ ~r- ::..~ .~-.:;._~:~:. <; -~ .-~:~ ~.......~, :-·_ ~:~J1~_.._. ·r ::~~:~. :z:.,.~ C ·~-, ~.,. ~l~~~r~?~~~;.~::~::-,:!~:t.:;:~~:\:::, i\ This Section Is Represented At State ~-l Exhibit At New York World's Fair } mountains, white rural houses, green V-. f grass, colorful flowers and a large t: .. : !!~~1~; h·tf~J,Js:f~ .i,. IJ !~~g~t;~:da;i~;e::ic:da:~~ rugs by Arthur Pease of )~1 ~~ . j Warren may also be used. f.},;.':5 1 'ii4 Desk Table Last item in the display is the ..•,. th ~;j Portsmou handicraft is to be on A tavern type desk table from the ; little white house sign so well known ~· display at the World's Fair in New workshop of Ernest Kunberger, ) to league patrons. State Highway York, which opened on Su nd ay· The Manchester artisan, holds a double I Department workers made and ',,} State Planning a nd Development soapstone inkwell fashioned by painted the sign which they doif( Commission, although not yet ready; Raymond Baldwin of Orford. Also j nated for the good of the cause. ~\ will have an exhibit representing a pottery ginger Jar from the wheel l On the right of the entrance is ~ New Hampshire a nd it is planned to of Ann Rutledge, student at the the Seacoast regional section of the :: make it one of th e most attractive of University of New Hampshire. This state Exhibit. The State exhibit in~::,. the state's exhibits. ~ has been converted into a lamp with , eludes dioramic scenes. The Max~ With the exception of Maine, the shade l>y Miss Helen Souter of field Parrish painting of the typical K. New England states are joining to- Portsmouth. The jar has a teak- New Hampshire scene is the central ~ gether for the exhibit. The whal- wood base, carved by Roy Litchfield theme and other dioramas make this .? ~I ing ship, the three-master so typical of Andover. A braided mat, finely a novel exhibit. There was a delay :::.; ~•· of the early days of New England, plaited by Mrs. Maude Wood of , in these scenes which has also re- :/ tr··, will occupy the center of the at- Manchester is another table orna- . suited in the exhibit being delayed. 1 ;-'''!:,tractive exhibits, while on each side ment. It is believed that the shore drive at ·. 1 ,.;{ will be the warehouses and these Turning to wall decorations one Little Boars Head showing the wind • ~Jt will contain the. exhibits. finds two sets of handwoven tapes• I. blown <;edars will be the center. of.. ~- New Hampshire's exhibit will be tries by Rober t Heartz of Exeter, ~ the Seaco~st exhibit. Other sections 1 w.:'in one building, shared with other league weaving teacher. A pine I of the region will also be featur~d. ~ states. At the left of the entrance wall shelf by Cliff Rogers of Warner [ L~uls P . Elkins of Concord IS to , ·s the information room, which bears two object;; without which a be m charge of the New Hampshire ~. represents an old New England league exhibit would be decidedly Exhibit. Miss Marguerite Stevens €~ itchen. Inviting, as are all kitch- incomplete-Grandma and Grand- , and. M:s. Bernadette . Charois _of ens, the furnishings are supplied by pa New Hampshire, carved by Mary Greenville are to be assistants. Miss t,i!".·.• the New Hampshire Arts and Crafts Whittier of Bow and a wood Stevens at one time was in charge ,I L carving depicting 'a sugar maple of the Maine state information kl,. eague. th hl A large Welch dresser by Ear,e camp scene by Bristol's Nell Lam- booth at Kittery and is oroug Y ., , familiar with the state of New Griffin of Meredith contains wood- son. Hampshire as well. Many believe en plates made by Fred Brown of Not yet hung are three pencil she is the best qualified person in ~- Manchester and William Ward of sketches of New Hampshire schools, t :;. ,.,,J Nashua, combined with pewter and now in tl'.).e process of being framed th e state, to represent th e state a ~ the exhibit. She has been in charge r7"· copper ware from the Wolfeboro I by Harry P . Hammond, 205 North of booths . ' metal class. Pewter scones were Main street. These are of Dart,~ also made in Wolfeboro under the , mouth College, the University of New · direction of_ Andrew M. Nicoll of :~· Hampshire and Phillips-Exeter Bow. H-hmges of the dresser are Academy. _':: the work of John H:rrick of HillsMost interesting of all, perhaps, is '. •';' borough, who also did the spoon 1, the book plate made for Mrs. Eleanor , {} rack and pewter spoons hanging be- j Roosevelt by Dorothy Sturgiss Hard- · !'?~ side the fireplace. , Ing of Portsmouth, framed and hung ~ f,~ Above the mantel, on which rests i near the mantel. . a striking copper pitcher by Max- I John Spinney, bridge tender at \ well Coulter of Manchester, hangs a Portsmouth, carved the spread eagle . '. i~: painting of a rural couple by Rich- which ornaments the window top. "':.' ~~ ard Moll of Somersworth. Other Chauncey Wells, league bookkeepmantel decoration is lent by a pair er, has made a pine fireside bench. of wood-carved oxe.n with sled by A handsome antique chest painted t,/ Omar Marcoux of St. Paul's School. by Mrs. Horton L. Chandler, Kensington road, adds a note of color. Fireplace Utensils Pine bannister back straight chairs A variety of wrought-iron fireplace utensils comes from the forges were done by t.he -Sandwich wood l~~ of Allen Crosby of Concord and C. class under the direction of R. Rasmuson of Waltham, Mass., and fitted .~\: P. Trouffant of Francestown. A hearth broom from the workshop with rush seats by H. L. Herrick of Hillsboro. Cleve Wood of North ~\ for the blind leans against the _fir eSandwich contrived the large maple ~~1 place and on the hearth is a dellghtf¾'fi:: ful hooked rug from Mrs. R. A. Eg• arm chair with John Batchelder, Manchester, supplying the rush seat. i~ gleston of Claremont. At its left is a serviceable little drop ~'. Native brown ash was used for a leaf table of pine from Cliff Rogers, ~½!i, capacious basket for wood by Ar•;-:g thur Corliss of Tamworth. Wilbur Warner. No room is complete without floor -~', Gilman 0f Sandwich made the pine coverings but league workers were · ~~;i., child's chair with basket-weave in something of a dither this morn.,1,,;,- seat, which stands cozily beside the ing as to just what will be sent to t:~l--~s hearth. An early American pipe New York. At present a large oval -~;'#,Yj box hangs beneath the mantel and rug braided by Mrs. Edith Davis of ~1f close by there is a copy of the first Northwood serves very well, indeed. ~~}: mirror used in New England. Both Hooked Rug f'' are by C. V. Rollins of Exeter. Under consideration is a la · ·;. hooked rug of a Sandwich (ft ____ i~ '(\'\ (•. •. ·\ \ ;1 braided ! ij 1 ! i ~l.\ It4 f, f: ;:i;; f:l-~. ~J4; ~~ :,-, ·~-~.5.t.£ ~·'."·.,J[:_:- · ·• �o- t:\--=-r-_-i. . .cl....__r_a.._rrt_ ,- a..-=\c-,_-c.--e.- s,._--. ----_=:=-=-=====:::::=======--~--t.-!k'~ lo - ·,.,.-_F~~;-~ ~o..-,-l -- , ;_>_:~. MiSS · .• Mild ram Dies .lAt w eII s i M~~t:~cier!l : ~ i : : of M~s· Alice S. Mildra-m were held Wednesdav afternoon o'clock from were he~ la.te home a.t in two Wells, Me. and , :J • j , largely ~ttended. ·l Annual Choir 1 1, Fesf'1val Here Next Week Rev. Austin I. Davis oonducted i the services· and paid a well-deserved . as onnected With I,tribute to the deceased. There were I J p t many beautiful floral tributes. {•. or smout raining I Headmaster Clarence C. Sanborn Sch 00 I FOr 35 rs of the Portsmouth High School, 1 The 38th annual festival of all the Raymond I. Beal, principal of the · :boy choirs in New Hampshire will .· . . .. Junior High School, Ralph Lizio of :be held at Christ Church in this •-.: __ . The death of Miss Al!ce Muldram the Portsmouth High School faculty _city on Wednesday evening at 7:30. 1 of Wells, Me .. for many yea.rs a and Ernest P . Bilbruck, wperv.isor The music will be under the directea.cher at the local Farragut : of music 'in the local schools, acted tlon of H. ·c. Whittemore, guild choir School, occurred on Sunday at her as bearers. director and organist of Grace home in that town. Interment we..s in the family lot 1Church, Manchester. The organ prei W II M i Jude will be pla.yed from 7 to 7:30 Mildram had . been . a,a"tend ance were by Nelson K. Ward, organist of st. · MiJJ h It · in fail- nAm~sg, =• thane. o.se 1n mg ea h for some tune and sever- Rev William ·S aff d J John's Church, Porti,mouth. The al dav t •k . I · or ones, repreJ s_ ago was_ s r1c en very Ill senting the loca.l school board, Har- Guild service will be played by John and failed steadily to the end . . ry L. Moore, superintendent of local S. Mitchell, orga.nist of Christ jShe wash onetof the best known of 1~ch9<>ls, and Mm. Moore, principals Church and will begin promptly a,t · . . / !1oca1 s~ ool. eachers a_nd made her 1of local schools, representatives from · 7·30 :-,, ', ·' ,, · 1 home m this city until her retir_ e - 1the Farragut Pa.'!'ent-Teacher Asso· The public is cordially invibed and ,. ' " ment about three years ago. Miss ciation and the Farra.gut Trainln all are urged to come early in order Mildram taught at the Farra.gut 'School Alumnae, teachers o! loca~ to obtain good seats, since• there School for many years. For about schools who had been pupil:;i o! Miss are no seats reserved. 35 years she taught at the Ports- Mildram and other friends from this The program will be as follows: mout~ ~aining School, becoming city. Organ Prelude: its prmc1pal at the death of Miss Miss Mildram, who erved as prin- "Air for the G String" Florence Ham. cipal • of the Portsmouth Training "Fugue in G Minor" She was the founder of the Pa- 1School and the Farragut School for "Intermezzo" .•. ,;; rent-Teach~r Association move- many yeans, concluded her diuties in "Hallelujah Chorus" ment in this city and organized the June 1936 and at her retirement "Largo" first one here, that being at the took up her residence at her former · "Arioso" Farragut School, and was also act- lhome in Wells, Maine. Choir Processional: ive in helping other schools to or. . :, Hymn 522-"See the Conqueror gani:re such an association. · · Moun~ in Triumph" Smart : Through her efforts later, with the , Hymn 289-"Stars of the Morning" \.:: help of other Parent-Teacher assoIC Smart ,-. . elations gates were placed at the Choral Evensong (The Order for . Vaughan street railroad crossing. Daily Evening Prayer) Tallis She was a member of the NationPsalm 93 p. 457 Gregorian Tone VITI al Education Association, the State IO Ir Magnificat p, 26 Simper Teachers Association and the Ports---\Y c; ••. Nunc Dimittis p. 28 Simper mouth Teachers' Association. She The historic Wentworth-Gardner Anthem-"Hallelujah, Amen" . ·· · attended the North (Congrega.tion- . house or Por~mouth is expected to ·; ("Judas Maccabaeus") Handel ·. , .. , .:;'' '. ·,· 1 ' al) Church and until leaving this ' be pictured in the New Hampshire j Presentation of Solo Meda~ '· · · ,{: -:.. •. , ·. :•, ,. city was a member of the Graffort diorama at New York's World's r soprano SOio: "The Lord's Prayer" ·, ,:, ·:· ·• Club and the Women's City Club. Fair this year, officials of the Sea- I Malotte _ :· '·" ' -· , ,\ ~-..,. At one time she was on the lit.era- , coast Regional Association said to· ' Alto Solo: "He Shall Feed His \ · ture department of the former club ' day. Another picture officials were Flock" Handel A very efficient and popula.; quite sure would be used in the By the Winners of the Soprano teacher, Miss Mildram made many , diorama is the photograph of Little and Alto Competitions friends among teachers and pupils Boar's Head; North Hampton, where Off~ry A~t~e~-"Jesu, Joy of and others of the community and a group pf poplar tre~s grows near Mans Desiring Bach _/ was held in the highest regard by the rock-bound coast.. . Te ,Deum Laud~us p. 10 (Con. ;· all. However. despit.e the. fact that the greg_a tion St3:11dmg) Willa.n She is survived by one brother Granite state exhibit opened this Choir Reces.sJonal: and a sister. _week prospective visitors of the "fair'' '. Hymn 255-:-"0 Wor.iliip the King, · · Funeral services will be held at have been told that next month All Glo:-ious Above" Croft 207 ·• her lat.e home at Wells Corner, Me ., will be the best time to visit "Th8 Hymn -"Round the Lord in · .j Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. World of Tomorrow" on Flushing Glory Seated" Cobb ~ ~ . Kindly omit flowers. Meadows, N·. Y., as the exhibits O~n Pos_t~u~?• "Chtjsto · ,:/ are not. complete. · 1 u,umphant ·Yon i .-,r · ,' , Donald D. Tuttle of Concord, pub,~ 8:-tXA .'-•· 11 1 . ~ , 1 licity drector of the State Planning , {).::_,... '. · •i , ., 1Development Commission, returning · :. '·· ~ ·~ -~ ~ , ·-from the fair grounds warned the ~ . ~ . t_, i .,1.; · 1 .- . • . ••: -~ · g_, .·· ·4<t _· ... . ladies how to dress their feet. He ·,. , · said, "There must be a great deal of walking to see the exhibits, and a person wearing high-heeled shoes . is bound to be very uncomfortablt> · before a day is half over." And officials here pointed out that the very best time !or the tourists from this state to arrive at the "fair" would be on June 20 and to be sure to be on ha.nd all day of 1June 21 when New Hampshire da.y -'', \will be observed. ,.._. · I ____ W C hT • · yea I , I ! I p• t Qf L I ure oca HOU Se pIanne d For D• At f • ram a a I i I l ."r f l �Annual Choir Festival At Christ Church Stanwood Sterling Of Goffstown And David Bissett Of Manchester Medal Winners , ·service . The choral selections were as follows : by the EpLcopal Diocese of New Choral Evensong Tallis Hampshire, brought out a capacity Psalm 93 Gregorian Tone VIII. attendance at Christ Church last I Magnlficat Simper evening, as choirs from various Nunc Dimlttis Simper churches in the state took part in Anthem, "Hallelujah Amen" Handel the 38th annual event . During ~ e Soprano solo, "The Lord's Prayer" day competitions had been held by Malotte Individual singers and the winners Stanwood Sterling of the contests took part In the even- Alto solo, "He Shall Feed His Flock" Ing program . Handel In the evening at 7 o'clock Nelson I David Bissett K . Ward , organist at St . John's Anthem, "Jesu, Joy of Man's DeslrChw·ch, gave an organ recital, playing" Bach Ing the following selection : Te Deum Laudamus William "Air for the G string" Bach Choir rece:isional "Fugue In G Minor" Bach "O Worship the King, All Glorious Bedell Above" Croft Handel "Round the Lord in Glory Seated Handel Cobb Bach The organ postlude was "Christo The combined choirs took part in Triumphant," by Yon. processional, singing "See the The Choir Festival, held each year I State Choir Festival Winners Portsmouth Herold Photo Stanwood Sterling of Goffstown, left front, and David Bissette of Manchester, right front, winners of the solo competition at the New Hampshire Episcopal choir festival. Second row, left to right, John Briskay and Gordon Carbin of Portsmouth, honorable mention soloists, ond Horry C. Whittemore, Manchester, festival director. Rev. J. Walker Sheafe, entertaining pastor, left rear. Others, left to right, ore: J. W. Logan of Manchester; William Syn of Goffstown; John S. Mitchell, organist at Christ Church and guild organist; and Ernest P. Bilbruck of St. John's Church. t e singing of the soprano and alto solos the medals were presented by the festival committee. The following were announced as the winners: Stanwood Sterling of Goffstown, soprano medal; David Bissett of Manchester, alto medal. Honorable mention, John Brlskay, St. John's Church, Portsmouth, soprano; Gordon Corbin, Christ Church, Portsmouth, alto. Mrs. C. L. Welfs of St. Catherine's Guild wa.s hostess for the soloist luncheon, and Mrs. Harold Marston was In charge of the which was served by St. Guild. Clergymen present at the festival included: Rev. Austin Reed of St. Matthew's Church, Goffstown; Rev. Franklin, St. George's Church, Sanford, Me. ; Rev. Franklin Dowdell, Trinity Church, Saco, Me.; Rev. George Seavey, St. Mary's Church, Penacook; Rev. Erville B. Maynard, Christ Church, Manchester; Rev. A. Reimer Kline, Church of the Good Shepherd, Nashua; Rev . Maxwell Ganter, st. John's Church, Portsmouth, and Rev. Sheafe Walker, Christ Church, Portsmouth. The officers of the Choir Festival are as follows: Patron, Bishop John T. Dallas. Warden, Rev. Sheafe Walker. Chaplain, Rev. Laurence F . Piper Guild choirmaster, H. C. Whittemore. Festival organist, John S. Mitchell . Secretary-treasurer, John Mitchell. The judges in the competition were Harris Shaw of Boston, Clifton Lunt of Haverhill, MB&S., and Rob~rt Buxton of Exeter. �Oldest Resident 0 Porfsm ufhDie -- ~ 1 Samuel Weston Observed His 99th Birthday Last Feb. 3rd His birthday anniversaries been observed as family gathering~ and he always enjoyed them. Last February the observance was qufet but he nevertheless enjoyed it as much as ever. Mr. Weston had the reputation of always being square in his dealings witn his fellow men, a,nd those who knew him best said that he never did a mean act in his entire life. He had a fine disposition and n friendly nature, and was a great lover of his home and family. He was a member of Christ Episcopal Church and a constant attendant until recently, He is survived by twosons, Richard S. Weston and William R. Weston, both of this city, one granddaughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Lamson of Amesbury, Mass., and four grandsons, Richard S. Weston, Jr., Harold Weston, Ralph Weston and John Weston, all of this city. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 11 o'clock at Christ Church and all who desire may view the body at the Boutwell Funeral Home at any time prior to the services. n Langdon Clu Elects Officers Samuel Weston, the oldest resident of this city, and the second man in his 100th year to die here within six weeks, passed away today. During the past year h had been growing quite feeble and has been unable to come down stairs, but ha.ct hoped to live to reach the century mark. He was a native of England, where he was born Feb. 3, 1840. As a youth he worked on a farm in England. He has resided in this city for 45 years. For a period of 20 years he was employed a:t the plants of the Frank Jones and Eldredge Brewing Companies. Mr. Weston led an active life, even after he retired. He was fond of gardening and, until a few years ago, always had a garden. But as advanced years began to descend, his health became impaired, his hearmg failed and his eyesight dimmed. But he maintained his cheerful outlook on life, and enjoyed his radio to the last of his life. Mrs. Weston died nearly 20 years ago, and the couple had spent a very happy married life. They had three sons, two of whom survive. The third, Police Officer John Weston, died several years ago. The annual meeting of the John J;.kngdon Club was held on Friday evening in the North Church Parish House and officers were elected as follows: President, Donald Margeson Vice President, Dr. Kenneth R. Steady Secretary-Treasurer, John B. Mooney. This meeting was also observed as Ladies' Night, with many of the ladles taking part in the evening's entertainment. The program consisted of moving pictures and a talk by Lieut. Comdr. Floyd A. Tusler, USN. Movies of Alaska , big game hunting and of a trip from Alaska to this country were shown. Commander Tusler gave a very int~restlng talk in connection with the showing of the pictures. Pageant Of Brides Given At North Church Chapel ri' ~ Unique Program Conducted By B. & P. Girls' Club Quaint wedding gowns of 100 :'ears ago, once worn by the brides of this seacoast region and preserved through the years by their children lfnd grandchildl'en, were the high-llgnts In ' the "Pal(eant of Brides" p1·e~ented 111.st evening by the Business · & Professional Girls' Olub at the North Church chapel. The gowns were exquisitely fash• oned. The styies il1 and around \886 ' Urpt•lsetl the spe tator , M th se weddlnu: dresses were in 11omber blacks Rnd browns Instead of the t,radH,lonal white, The program opened wHh musiclll selections l:>Y Mrs, M11rjorie He• wltt at the piano and h l" daugl}ter11, Betty and Mary Wood, with their cello nnd violin, Their music ao, companied the pag ant and the m lod!es were 11ppropriately cnosen among those popular in the days of each wedcUng g9wn. An amusing Tom Thumb Wedding preceded the Parade of Brides antl was pvB111>nted by children of the Farragut aonool. Tho children made a charming plctun and the "bride and groom" reoeived much applause as they stood before the "minister." Those takimt part were: Bride Loui11e Maldine Groom Bruoe Woodland Maid-of-Honor Star Grimlllas Best Man Lincoln Tosi Bridesmaids Betty Gerasis, Eetty Larrabee Flower Girl Constance Bosen Ring Bearer Gordon Ferna1d Organist Selma Wilson Soloist (violin) Paula Mangano Ushers, Louis Fusegnl, William Guilietti, Bernard Jackson, and James Genlmatas Minister James Colombo Those attending the wedding: Helen Fulls, Donald Soule, Marjorie Brunette, Alfred (Hullett!, Earlene Robinson, Irene Thomlts, Jean Babl:>, Mary Cumbo, Virginia Hilton, Daphine Coussoule, Robert Pike and Tommy Muscarello. The first wedding gown in "Pageant of Brides" was worn in 1886 by Lucinda Linscott Whittler at her wedding in Portsmouth. It was modeled by Estelle Winkley. The ~econd was an off-the.shoulder gown worn August 2~, 1840 &t the wedding of Sara Oarollne Lewis of Portsmouth tQ Robert Follette Ger• rlsh. The dreM was modeled by her gri,at, granddaughter, Marion Ger• rlsh, of Kittery. Although the dress ls almost 100 years old, and of a silk ma t.eri11l, it ls In perfect condl- �-~t: ~~--~- ti~~-. ; ,-, _- ;..·;-_:. ~ _; ~/ i-~ _·:·~,-.--::-~'. -_(_.--r :r.:,~ ·}-=\'•~; __ ::.'{.: Frances Haigh ~odeled. a. beau~i--: k~. s e e m i~-a'ti1e~ine !ul gown that was worn by Lucy · Quirk modeled the bridal gown of ', .- Spinney Noble of Eliot at her wed- ,. her sister, Ellen Quirk Wilkinson, ·"f' ding on May 5, 1844. The fragile veil ( which was worn on September 4, ,-: of lace is the same age as the gown j 1917. In 1922 Agnes Graham mar.r and was made entirely by hand by r ried Joseph W. Cutts in Kittery and the bride. . \ her gown was modeled by Beatrice ; ,., About 80 years ago Anna Matilda , Arthur. The short skirt and low . · ":.\:' Andrus Slack of Norwich, Vermont, l w~istline of the dress of Elizabeth I ,{' j wor~ the lovely old gown modeled by f O Leary Dalla Mura of Portsmouth '"I The York County tOWJ;}, ot We -~'-,1 Louise Musgrove. The dress was of I revealed the date of September, . can lay claim to the sP.cond old ': --_A delaine and was worn with a white f 1927. This was modeled by Mary ·· church in Maine. This is the Fi ,;r,;;_1 shawl. It has been used in severa1 L Chandler. Louise Musgrove modeled Congregational, est:i.oli5\1ed O (f,~ historical pageants th!oughout New t the gown of Alice Champagne Rush -~ 2, 1701. One of the refugees fr ~:;-7~ England, and last year it was worn F of Portsmouth worn at her wedding ·:, the Easte::n settleme,1ts was Re ~t the Sesquicentennial celebration ::. in 1933, and Mildred . Peterson mo- ~- Geo~ge Burrou~hs, a man well fitt ·_~;~ m Concord. f: deled the very charmmg blue velvet .'<? fight as well as pray. He tuil ;~ A gown of white muslin dating\_ gown worn by Frances \','hittemore ,)'imong the people !or several ye ;Q{ back to June 22, 1874 was_modeled Haigh at her marriage in the North and endeared hhns~lf to faem. T ~!:;: by Katherine Quirk. It was the wed- I" Church in Portsmouth in 1934. : . Massachusetts authcriti~s came a :~- ding dress of Mrs. Mary Goodwin ! On Easter Sunday, 1935, Claire -', took him to Salem . As his cap· '}•\:'. Perkins of Maine. Mrs. Perkins' go- [ Early Hughes was married in Ports- ·• took him through a lon'!IY forest 1f;f ing away gown was shown also. It (. mouth and her dress was modeled -- the town of Berwick a great ihund f.~ wa.s _in a do~e grey shade and_was [ by Frances Haigh. Of course, the . storm arose and they reported th -__·_< fash10ned with a bustle and was , final gown of the pageant was the "_J their horses seemed tobe lift ¥::>.;! modeled by Polly Putnam. m9dern wedding dress of today. It :,i and to be trottinis through ~he air ~~) . 1 On Sept. 24, 1885 Mrs. Frank Fa• 1was modeled by Mary Joyce and :j The road has been -::al1ed ~l t;;r.:J gan of Newfields was married en- was worn by Grace Belcher of Rye ::1 witchtrot road to this day. On Au irely in black. Not a. relief of ·white I at her marriage to Louis Ogera in 1j 19, 1692, Burroughs was hanged f •as seen in this old gown and Stanford, Conn., on Thanksgiving ~ witchcraft. On Oct . 29, 1701, Sa as extremely attractive on · its Day, 1937. Eleanor Sandford, as :J uel Emery, a young Harvard grad runette model, Mary Gerry: ~ Maid of Honor, modeled the dress ;· ate, was ordained and became pas Heavy brown silk with lace collar [ which she wore at the original wed- ;0 of the First Congregational Chur and cuffs and a quaint little bonnet , ding. Jackie Joyce appeared as ring ,: of Wells, an organizg,tlon of 12 me with a feather was the wedding en• \ bearer and Betsy Davis as flower :;; One widow was admitred t semble of Mrs. Helen Elizabeth An-'\ girl. · months later, but no other worn drews Skofield about fifty years ago. Those in charge of the affair -~ came into the church for ah?ut It was modeled by her granddaugh-1 were: ? ,year and only 16 women had JOI ter, Frances Skofie!d. I Genera.I chairman, Eleanor Sand• ·;;. bY 1710. , On October 20, 1897 Mrs. Charles \' ford. 'JGi•~ ·;· .-· ·- -- '· ,, ,' -' - -;i ~Tarbell of Francestown was mar:. Music, Nathalie Moulton. .--?-~;:.,.~,, ·,,; _,. ried in a gown of Lansdown with Flo_wers and bouquets for brides, ,;.::··:..:. ' c:c-~-.:....:..-::·=~--'~-=....::'!1-~~!.L~ t.-:.~ - tJ -1~;. . t The r&,,. >, . r: t~J::l fl l I 1q senate Approves I pearl passementerie trim. This was Mary Joyce. · a lovely dress and was well modeled Brides' gowns, Pauline Putnam. .:. by Polly Putnam. Miss Putnam Decorations, Lola Landry. wore the pointed toe pumps, so po- - Tom Thumb Wedding, Louise ·. pular in that day, with the dress. Musgrove. : Satin brocade with jacket and ~ R~freshments, Ag_nes Quir_k. ':· lace sleeves and lace trim with a I Miss Eleanor Smith, president of · h~gh neck was the elaborate wed- . the club, was on the general com- \ dmg gown of Mrs. Evelyn Woods at mittee. .: her wedding in 1900 at the Kittery ,f:--·,,..:·'.,,,, _;,;,-·,.-:::,:;;;:;:;-:::.< .:,, y>'\' ' _ · ·. ~ Point Church. This was modeled by .:'il':\::_. it;.\fi}~,J[,t~,\?'.f\J~:~1),1:i;-. Louise Musgrove. {(-:~ ~-~ f-.·'r", ., ; ~:; The white organdy gown with :t,.,,:;,.,.;IJ.·, -:; :-,;-..g:"$,;' -~-~•-.•- -- _•.,, tulle veil of Mrs. Fred Pette of Francestown worn at her wedding in June 1900, was modeled by her niece, Polly Putnam. On May 16, 1901 Mrs. Chester A. Becker of New Castle wore a gown with an 18-inch waistline at her wedding. This was , .. modeled by Lillian Lilljehult. ·.-{;i<~ Dorothy Place modeled the gown i:.,,~f.'. of Mrs. Waite~ E. Smith of Provi- f:-'~ '-'· dence worn m September, 19_01. r.) \.' Anne Quirk modeled the wedding r· :;!· ;_: dress of Mrs. George Scott of Ports- I Vf1~ mouth worn in November 1901. on f~~--~. . J~ne 24, 1903 Una Elsie Clark mar- _;/\":'..-:~ ned Frank L. Farr in Oakland, Me., a.nd her dress was modeled by Es- [-:-~j;::.tell. e w· t•,'£•1·. m k ley. The dress of Mrs. ·;_~~_,:,{. Jeremiah Reagan of Portsmouth, ':},if:' w~rn !n 1903, was modeled by Mary ;~'};,' Chanr,ler. A gown, dating 1904, was modeled by Mary Gerry. In 1908 \ Miss Edna Wilkins married John Hooper at South Wakefield and her ': ••,_-..,, gown was modeled by Mildred Pet~.: · · -~['$:t erson. The wedding dress of Eunice !' ·__,;; -?":'\.\,). ,., :•·);:.~,, Varney Winkley worn in Strafford , :,.,; l?.:~~ in 1910 was modeled by her daugh- · ;;;, New Submarine .. Barracks At Yard t:,:%--:~. ;~1 '{~o/'7-_-._~ ' - .. )'-~_:.-_ .- :.e:=- ,':,~•~:--'~ ·-~ -·_ . --- -~J~: , . ,: Building Authorized In Navy Bi II Wi II Cost $270 000 ' The Senate yesterday approv e expenditur of S270 000 co ined in the ;avy Public ' wor ·11 for the construction of a ba cks and mess hall at the Port outh Navy Yard for submar· ews. This would replace the den barracks, constructed in w e as a t?mporary building. · esent structure is believed to yond repair and the new build' badly needed. The new buildi ill care for over 300. The request for this structure w ntained in the annual report e local yard a-s it was believed an absolu~ necessity. The 1 tion will probably b,e in the vi of the pre;ent ball ,grounds. ... ·. •, ... . , . · .. · • · .,. .. · · -~:,; - · · '-~ .:' �-! i~ ~)\' n~~t_· -'-~---=t_:__ .~_h:_: .. _,--·'. -~\~-•a,'. _.-_·: ' Off• . 1cers. Of Navy .· CI ubInsta11 ed ·~:·. _ ;, -::·--:- _.... ~ .·.. . _,.,. ., !anci reha.bilit~tion officer_. repre-=-rr earnest and since Americans. 1sen ting the D1Sa.bled American Vet- . "I think I may say without contra\ era.ns, and Lieut. Comdr. John J. diction, that the Navy of the United Curley, Jr., a.Ide to the commandant states has always been composed of at the local navy ya.rd. earnest, sincere and loyal men; that Rear Admiral COle was the princi- 1the Navy has always stood only for !pal speaker of the evening and his . stra.igh t shooting and square dealing ', ~ · 1talk was as follows: and the best inter€sts of the nation. "To be present on this occasion is 1The Navy has tra.dltions that it Is mpreSStYe eremonteS indeed a pleasure to me. During ) proud of. It is earnest in its enHeld .Members my 4l years of service I have, from 1dea.vor to live up to those traditions time to time, been present at the l in peace or in war. ew Organizat1on commicsioning of ships in our Navy "A club made up of men who have ·i and have always sensed a .certain · honorably served in the Navy; who · The Navy Club of Portsmouth in- thrill as the colors were ·hoisted and have been brought up, so to speak. stalled its first officers at a meeting the commission pennant was broken in thooie traditions, can not fall to held at Peirce Hall on Wednesday ·. for the first time. Thoughts always be a stabilizing influence in any evening and it was a gala occasion fla.ro through the mind · of what community of the land. There ls a for the men who have joined this previous ships have done toward es- : closeness of fellowship, a steadfast. , ,.. newly formed organization, which is tablishing and · maintaining the i ness of purpo.se and a mutual ,sup,... compo.sed of men who have served in principles of our great nation and port among shipmates that exists in • .• the Navy, Marine Corps or CoMt what this new ship may ·ao in the few other organizations. 'ShipGuard Service. same service. . . . mates'-what a glorious word that . The meeting was opened at 7 :50 p. "Tonight we comm1Ss1on this new is! · m. ·by T. F. Munz, organizer of the ship-th e Portsmou th Unit of th e "And so-shipmates-I know club. Henry Lavin of Amesbury, Navy Club of the United sts.tes of this club will be a success. Mas.s., was the soloist and sang "The · America. I have read over th e that, if emergency arises in wh\ch . Star-Spangled Banner," "Anchors specifica tions of her building-th e the general weal is threatened, this .•) · .· . ,., Aweigh" and "God Bless America." comititution of th is club-a nd find &hip's crew to a. man will again join · :::{.:-;·.\ Private Randall, attached to the U. th em good. I have every reason to the colors in whatever ca.pa-:lty . ''·'~F- S. Marine COrps at the Naval Pris0n believe ths.trd th isthship was built in they can be us,eful and will stand th0se specifics.- steady in the ranks of th~e -'.·:• .: ·.~ sang the marine hymn, "The Halls · st rict a.cco wi _:-_: . ;'"' of Montezuma" and the American tions a nd is th0refore staunch a nd would preserve our principles , . .:'. :··:· Legion Band, under the direction of trustwor th y· I have looked over • institutions. :!" , 1. Dr. Kenneth R. Steady, presented the officers a nd crew th at are to "America will recover from 1- )·::several &elections. man her a nd find th em to be · present sickness, but it is going "':· -' At 8 o'clock the American flag was worthy· I believe th ey will hand1e · take intelligent and corucientio raised by Pr.e sident ba:niel Mullens her in accord with the best traditions nursing to bring her through. r ·i of Branch No. 7 of the Fleet Reserv~ of the service in which they have is our Job. It ls the Job of 1 ,,./ ..... Association. The commandant'.; been brought up. st.eadf!llSlt American. """ ,.. pennant was rai~ed by Past Dep~. "The commanding officer of this ''In closing, let me thank you for .,,,:;,, COmdr. James Kelly of uamp new ship-your commandant-has · asking me here on this occasion, and ·. :'.< Schley, United Spanish war veter- shown me a copy of his sailing or- let me congratulate you upon this ..,. t· ans. The ship's commission was ders, which he calls 'something to • commissioning ceremony, and assure · · presented by Lieut. Comdr. J. c. shoot at' or a tentative program. I : you of the cooperation and support Delpino, U. s. N., ref., commander have gone over this carefully and ' of those of us who are still on active of Emerson Hovey Post, No. 168, find it excellent. If the various · duty. May this club thrive and live \ ~r, ·:.-, Veterans of Foreign Wars. • projects outlined therein are carried up to the best traditions of your oe t · ·- · , The ship's officers were Installed out they will be beneficial not only vice." by COmdr. James .B. Mahopey of to this club but to the whole comAt the close of the ceremoni Frank E. Booma Post, No. 6, Ameri- munity. "taps" were oounded by Virginia ,_ • • 1 can Legion, assisted by Past COmdr. munity. Yeaton and Isabella Black, members · '::''= · · Omer COmeau of Booma Post . "This republic ls today in grave of the Girl Scouts. At the sound of '·. ,.. The following officers were indanger from possible enemies with- "taps" the assembly stood at a.tten- ,., ··,. stalled: out our confines; but is more griev- tion in memory of the officers and Commandant,.....,J. w. Thrunk. ously threatened, as I see it, from men of the Navy, Marine Corps · Senior executive officer-E. c . enemies within our gates. There and coast Guard who have sacri- _ ' . organ. a.re citizens of this great nation who !iced their lives for their country. Junior executive officer-M. s . . ·1 seek to tear down what our fathers ·' Dancing completed the remainde I N . C By : . I , Of . j .· ..> >· emick. ·\ have built with the sweat of their :· of the. pro_g._ra_m . ... . . . . _'. _ .. ·-. ·.-•.. Shipswrlt.er-J. M. Barnett. .. brows and the blood of their hearts. , ,; :o · ; , "\ .\;:\.,. ,. £\ :·. •'°·\·· Paymaster-S. s. Morrow · There are those among us who, :: 1 7 ~;.. \.~ .::.. .'':;'·.< Chaplain-E. E. Harvey. through la.ck of l)!!rception or ,· \ -~','.':; · ·--~ •.1..1'"1.V~·-· '. . Boatswain-E. C. Grenier. through evil intent, would destroy ·· ., '~-- ·. . ) -· :. ··:>- ,,,. · .,_ Officer of deck-J. H. Dowd . the verv orincioles uoon which this · •· · First lieutenant-Guy Overlock. government was founded; the very Master-at-arms-Neil c. Bierce . · principles that have made this the Executive committee-A. C. greatest nation on God's earth toGraves, H. A. Moore, T. L. Pea- . day. Gangsters, racketeers and body. · mobsters of every description are Organizer-T . F. Munz. abroad in the land and a.re gaining ·· Sergt. of guard-A. Horning. power through strong-arm methods Captain of head-L. E. Ross. every day-some of them even aided _. ~ . Special guests included Rear Adand abetted by our law-makers and ,; .,.,·_ miral C. W. Cole, U. S. N., comencouraged by the spinelesmess of · ' · mandant of the Portsmouth Navy · some of law enforcement agencies. Yard; Lieut. Col. Robert L. Denlg, These mobsters are organized. It U. S . M. C., commandant of the ls essential, if this tide of lawlessNaval Prison ; Lieut. COmdr. C. w. ness is to be stemmed, that the red- · Thomas, U. S. C. G., from the blooded, fearless and patriotic memBoston headquarters of the Coast bers of our society organize also. I?uard, representing Ca.pt. T. A. That is the reason that organiza- •· l:'han~-~~~ward D. Ro.s6, adjutant / tions such as this club should be 1,,whole-heartedly supported,- •by all >_·. ~ - - - , -.. �Builds Unique Model Of Full-Rigged Yacht ~'1, Portsmouth Herald Photo Jacob Marshall is shown making the finishing touches to his model twomasted yacht now on display in the window of The Herald business office on Congress street. As picturesque as the boats that plied in and out of Portsmouth Harbor many years ago, is the model, two-masted yacht built by Jacob Marshall of McNabb Court. Mr. Marshall spent all of his spart time in the past seven months in the construction of the model, which is on display in the window of the Portsmouth Herald business office on Congress street, The model is exact in every detail-the hull is planked and beamed, the sails are fully rigged, and all the deck equipment is exactly like that found on large sailing vessels, and is all workable. A glance at the small vessel, which measures 27 inches in length, with a 61 i-inch beam and a depth of 5 1, ~ inches, reminds one of old shipping days in Portsmouth, as they were nearly a century ago. And it is little wonder that such a thought should occur, as the wood used in the boat, then in the form of piling, was bei11g placed along the Marcy street waterfront 95 • to 100 years ago. "I started building the boat in the middle of last October, using most of my spare time since then," said Mr. Marshall, who was employed for many years as a carpenter at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, "and I value the boat at about $100. Besides everything on the boat working in exact scale to a full size craft, the model is unusual from the fact that I built it without the use of plans.'' Building this model boat is the fulfilment of a desire that the 70year-old Portsmouth resident has had for 52 years, since the time when he used to help his father build boats In Newfoundland. Learning much about carpentry while helping his father, Mr. Marshall later got a job as joiner, a carpenter's trade, at the local navy yard where he was employed until four years ago. �Sub. Trapped escue Boat The Surface Sixty-Two Men A.board Craft Which Took Practice DiveAt8:40This Morning And Was Unable T,o Come To Surface The submarine Squalus is trapped 240 feet below the surface of the ocean, outside of Portsmouth harbor, where it has been since 8.40 o'clock this morning. The submarine was carrying on routine diving operations and when it was due to appear on the surface, no report had been received. The commandant of the navy yard, Reor Admiral C. W. Cole, U.S.N., directed the U. S. Sculpin to proceed to the scene of the operations to attempt to establish communication with the Squalus. A red smoke bomb was sighted, which indicated that the Squalus needed assistance. A few minutes later the Sculpin observed a marker buoy and within a short time contacted the commanding officer of the Squalus by telephone. The telephone communication brought out that during the diving operation one of the openings, a high-induction valve, was not completely closed, admitting considerable water to the ship and that before she would be able to come to the surface the opening valve must be closed from the outside. A message from the ship, received at the navy yard, stated that the crew's compartment and the after engine room had been flooded, There are six offlcera, 51 men and five civlllan officials aboard the distressed vessel. The submarine made its first dive at 8.40 this morning and was due to the surface an hour later. The first contact was mada at 12.14 this noon. The vessel ls In 240 feet of water, and a diver will have to descend in order to close the high in• ductlon valve. The U. S. Falcon, submarine rescue ship ls enroute from New London and the U. S. Wandank, a seagoing tug, is enroute from Provincetown. Among the Navy Yard representatlves aboard are Harold c. PNlble, naval archlbect; Charles M. Woods, electrician, John R. Curran, machinist; Jesse A. Thomas, machlnlst, and Lieut. (jg) Malcolm E. Garrison, USN. Don Smith of the General Motors Corporation is also aboard representing the contractors. Officers aboard include Lieut. 0 F. Ma4uin, USN, commanding I o fleer; Lieut. W. T. Doyle, Jr., Lieut. (jg) R: N. Robertson, Lieut. (jg) J, C. Nichols and Ensign J. H. Patterson. The pfficers and crew of the Squalus are as follows: · Lieutenant O. F. Naquin, USN; Lieutenant W. T. Doyle, Jr., USN; Lieutenant (jg) R. N. Robertson, USN; Lieutenant (jg) J. C. Nichols, USN; Ensign J, H. Patterson, USN. Aitken, James A., Batlck, John J., B l a n c h a r d , B 1an d , Judson T., Boulton, William D., Bryison, Allen c., Casey, Joshua; Chesnutt, John A., Coyne, Gavin J., Cravens, Eugene D., Deal, Elvin L., Elvina, Fel!clano, Fitzpatrick, Wm. J., Fletcher, Lionel H., Ga,inor, Lawrence J., Garrison, Jenneth R., Hathaway, John P., Hoffman, Eugene A., Isaacs, William, Jacobs, Theodore, Keegan, Alexander B., Kuney, Oharle.s S., Maness, Lloyd B., Marino, John P., Thompson, Robert P. Huie K. McAfee, Gerald c. McLees, Francis Murphy, Jr., Carol N . Pierce, Carlton B. Powell, Charles A. Powell, Alfred G. Prlen, AlfNld C. Priester, Frank H. Schulte, Bascom S. Scyphers, Shermlln L. Shirley, Jack J. Strong, John M. Thomala, Marlon L. Ward, Robert L. Washburn, Charles Yuhas, Warren W. Smith, Robert L. Coffey, Roy H. Campb-ell, Donato Persico, Robert R. Weld, Robert F. Gibbs, Arthur L. Booth. Galvan, Basilio, Medeiros, Leonard, O'Hara, Raymond F . The u. S. S. Squalus was launched on Sept. 14 of last year. Mrs. Thomas C. Hart was the sponsor of the submarine, and it ls the 28th submarine to be built in thli; yard. , It is 299 feet long, has a width of 26 feet 11 inches anct has a standard displacement of 1,450. !twas authorized by the naval appropriation act of 1937. The work was started on Oct. 18, 1937, the keel being'laid at that time. �Off Local _Harb Of S ualus 240 Feet Below �'m~'\,.: Rescue of Men On Submarine Is Under Way Giant diving hell brings up first group of seven as work of saving crew is speeded. Twenty-five members of the crew of the Squalus are alive on the ocean floor, authorities on the rescue ship Fa.le.on reported at 3 p. m. This is in addition to seven already rescued. "Twenty-seven others are in the flooded compartments. There Is little hope of finding them alive," the Navy said. "Among the 25 remaining in the sunken craft," the Navy said, "are Commander O. F. Naquin, Lieut, W. T. Doyle, Jr., and Lieut. (Jr. Grade) R. N. Robertson. This means that all commissioned officers were safe." By John L. Blackman, Jr. St aff Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May 24 -Navy officials announced seven members of the crew of the submarine Squalus had been rescued by means of a diving bell at 1 :18 p. m. today. This marked the first use of the bell, and the first time in U. s. naval history that men had been rescued from such depth-240 feet. It was announced that the men would be rescued at the rate of seven every hour or hour and a half until the 32 men definitely known to be alive are bro_u ght to the surface. This information substantiated earlier reports, tapped out from inside the S(lualus to divers, that 32 of the crew of 59 were accounted for. It was believed the remainder were in the aft torpedo room which-it was feared-had bee~ flooded when the new $4 000 000 submersible became disabl~d yesterday during trials 15 · miles off shore from the Navy Yard here where it was completed March 1.' First Rescued The rescued were: Lieut. (J.G.) J. C. Nichols, fourth in command of the Squalus; Roland Blanchard, seaman, 2d class; Harold C. Preble, naval architect, attached to Portsmouth Navy Yard; William Isaacs, seaman, 2d class; Theodore Jacobs signalman, 1st class; Gerald C. Mc~ Lees, electrician's mate, 2d class; Charle Yuhas, machinist's mate, 1st class. Lieutenant Nichols was one ot the first brought up-in contradiction of the rule of the sea that makes officers last to leave a ship- - - m or er to direct those e a oar how to facilitate the rescue operations. All of the men were able to step from the bell without help and walk across the deck of the Falcon. Half a mile away the Hospital Cruiser Brooklyn stood by, ready to receive any members of the crew needing assistance. T_he huge bell went over the side agam and naval authorities ann?unced that the procedure would be first to bring up remaining members of the crew ih groups of seven, send divers below to explore flooded compartments then apply air hoses to the hull, f~rcing the water out and raise the submarine to the surface. Huge Bell Dropped The _huge rescue bell was over the side of the Falcon and on its way to the depths at 11:40 after the fi~•st d_iver_ had completed lashing his guide lme to a ring on the main hatch. Officials said attaching the bell might require fully half an hour, depending upon the list of the submarine. Just at this time came the latest message from the men: "Conditions comfortable and satisfactory." This was the second message officially announced by the naval authorities, although it is understood constant communication is being maintained through the oscillator of the Falcon and the taptapping on the hull of the Squalus by the men inside. The earlier message was to the effect that the men were "reasonably warm" and had plenty of food and clothing. All the resources of the Amer• ican Navy were marshalled, by personal command of President Roosevelt, to the scene. Some 13 vessels under direct command of Admiral C. W. Cole, commandant of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, wheve the Squalus was just completed, were in vicinity of the sunken craft. Chief of these vessels was the Falcon, described as the "best equipped submarine rescue ship in the world ." Arrived at Dawn The Falcon, which steamed from New London, Conn. and reached here at dawn today, brought the nine-ton diving bell, never previously used in an actual rescue, air compressors, decompression tanks, oxygen, helium, cutting tools, diving suits, helmets and cranes. The bell, upon which centered chief rescue efforts today, con• tains a cylindrical chamber at the bottom of which is a rubber suc. tion gasket which fits against the wide skirt on the submarine's main hatch. Within the bell is a water-tight rescue hatch, a few feet above the bottom of the bell itself. By means of a cable inside the bell, it can be lowered to the sunken craft and guided over the hatch by divers. Inside the bell are turnbuckles which hook into the skirt of the hatch. When the bell is firmly attached to the hatch and the rubber gaskets have made the connection water tight, the inside of the bell is pumped out. - --- - ~- ~ ·· · Harris & Ewl © Lieut. Comm e a then opened and eight men at a time enter the rescue compartment of the bell, where they have electric lights and telephones. The bell is then pulled to the surface and the process repeated until all surviviors are removed. Accounted for 33 No official word could be obtained confirming the number of men believed to be forward in the submarine but unofficial ·sources reported that signals tapped out on the hull of the Squalus were to the effect that Lieut. Oliver F. Naquin, commander of the submarine, "has accounted men. Capt. H. R. Greenlee reported rescue boats had not been able to make any contact with the aft torpedo room although communication had been established with other sections of the Squalus. Naval officials .are positive of the vessel's location in the bluegray mud. At 7:10 this morning the Squalus sent up a second red sig~al bomb to ·give her position. This bomb came up directly off the port side of the Falcon, riding a choppy sea on four - point anchors. The appearance of this signal bomb gave confirmation to ,a report that the rescue boats had temporarily lost contact by buoy and other lines with the sunken craft. Built at Portsmouth The Squalus, the Navy's newest sul;>mersible, was built at the Portsmouth Yard at a cost of more than $4,000,000 and was commissioned March 1. Formal test trials at sea were scheduled for June 13. �1ke o er navy craft of this type, the Squalus takes its name from a fish, the shark. It is pronounced with a long "a." The craft is 290 feet long and is rated at 1,450 tons. The men aboard are said to constitute a normal crew. With the building of the Squalus went a great deal of advancetl safety apparatus, much of which was developed since the sinking of the S-4 and the S-51. These included the diving bell or chamber to fit over the main hatch, a rescue chamber .in the ship, the Momsen "lung," and a communications system consisting of a buoy and tube equipped with telephone by which contact could be established with vessels on the surface. List of Survivors Is Completed PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May 25 Robert L. Washburn, Greenwich, (JP)-The complete' list of the 33 Ohio, seaman, second class. survivors brought up 'from the Brought up in third trlpSqualus: Lieut. Robert W. Robertson, Quanah, Texas, engineering offlBrought up in first trip of escape cer. bellArthur Lagrand Booth, Milford, Lieut. (J. G.) John C. Nichols, Conn., radioman. Chicago, gunnery and torpedo ofRoy Henry Campbell, Omaha, fleer. Neb., chief torp_e doman. Harold C. Preble, naval architect Gavin James Coyne, Sacraattached to Portsmouth Navy Yard. mento, Calif., machinist mate. Roland Blanchard, Hersey, Mich., Feliciano Elvina, Manila, mess fireman, second class. attendant. William Isaacs, Washington, D. William Joseph Fitzpatrick, C., ship's cook, second class. Woburn, Mass., torpedoman. Theodore Jacobs, Staten Island, Leona rd D. Medeiros, New Bed. .ford, Mass., torpedoman. N. Y., Signalman, first class. Carlton B. Powell, Cardiff-by. Gerald McLees, Richmond, Kan- the-Sea, Calif., machinist mate. sas, electrician's mate, third class. Alfred G. Prien, San Francisco, Charles Yuhas, New Salem, Pa., machinist mate. machinist mate, first class. Brought up in second tripBrought up in fourth triPJudson Thomas Bland, Norfolk, Lieut. 0. F. Naquin, commander, Va., electrician's mate. Alexandria, La. William David Boulton, Luton, Lieut. William T. Doyle, Jr., Bal• Iowa, seaman, first class. timore, executive officer. Lawrence James Gainor, HonoAllen Carlisle Bryson, Green.s• lulu, electrician's mate. ville, S. C., machinist mate. Bagilio Galvan, Ibajay Capiz, P. Eugene Donald Cravens, Thayer, I., mess attendant. Mo., gunners mate. Lloyd B. Maness, Greensboro, Charles Smith Kuney, Tulare, N. C., electrician's mate. Calif., yeoman, second class. Francis Murphy, Charlestown, Donato Persico, Amsterdam, Mass., quartermaster, first class. N. Y., seaman. Raymond F. O'Hara, Elmira, N. Carol N. Pierce, Kansas City, Y., pharmacist mate. 'Kan., machinist mate. Warren W. Smith, Jr., La Porte, Charles A. Powell, Leesville, La., Texas, signalman, second class. radioman. ~,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , , ........... ,-,i I I I I I I I I I ,,I ,, I I I ,, I I I I ,, ,, I I I I I I , I , I I, I I I I I I I ,, I , I, I ,I ,,I ,,, , , , I Submarine Log An unofficial log for the Submarine Squalus, sunk in 240 feet of wa,ter off this port, follows: TUESDAY, MAY 23 (Ea.stern Standard Time used throughout.) 6.30 a. m.-Submarlne Squalus departed from the Navy Yard on cruise to practice la~t dive. 7.40 a. m. -Informed Na"y Yard it was preparing to descend for one hour. 10.20 a. m.-Navy tried lo rontaci Squalus by radio but was unsuccessful. 10.30 a. m.-Submarlne Sculpin dispatched io investigate. LUO p. m.- culpln reported by radio finding smoke bomb and engaging in brief telephone conve!'satlon with Squalus ,•la marker buoy. Contact broken off. 2.15 p. m.-Captain Richard S. Edwards, commander of the . S. Submarine Base ai New London, Conn., left for the Portsmouth Nava,) Base, the submarine rescue ship Falcon haying left New London earlier. 2.30 p. m.-Cnliser Brooklyn ordel'ed lo pl'ocecd from the Brooklyn, N. Y., na,·y yard for Portsmouth. 9.00 p. m.-Contaot resumed with fol'warcl compartment of Squalus whirh reported "Conditions satisfactory, but cold." 10.00 p.m.-Coast Guard cutter Harriet Lane leaves Portsmouth navy ba,5e for scene with diving gear. 10.30 p. m.-Slxteen diving experts arrive at Portsmouth from Washington, D. C. WEO ESD;\Y, MAY !4 2.26 A. m.-Coa~t Guard cutler 409 Iran~ Port mouth for disMier ~crne wiih 16 divers and 6 officen. 4.30 a. m.-Submarine Soulpln repor{~ arrival of Falcon, submarine rescue ship. 9.22 a. m.-Dlnr reache~ deck of ·qualus. 12.18 p. m.-Seven rescued In first trip of re~cue bell. I I ,, : , ,I, ,, ,I ,I, , I I I : : ,I I ,,, , ,, I , I ,,, , , I ,,I , ',I ,, I I I ,, , ,, �even Reach a ety Latest Reports Indicate That On Stric en Su marine Geraid C. Mclees of Kansas. William Isaacs of Washington, D. C. Charles Yuhas of New Salem, Pa. It is indicated that there are som casualties and if the members of th (Special To The Herald) crew in the after compartment ar SEVEN MEN WERE RE CUED trapped. It may mean 30 dead. ROM THE SUNKEN SUBMARI E For the first time in the history of the Unite •18 p M DST TO States Navy the rescue bell successfully operate UALUS AT 1• • •1 •1 • under actual emergency condition from such CJ AY WHE HE ESCl:JE CH~MBE depth. MADE ITS FIRST ASCENT F OM According to word received from the rescue THE HULL OF THE ILL-FATED SHIP men as they were taken from the bell and place TO THE SURFACE OF THE WATER on board the rescue ship Falcon all of the remain 40 FATHOMS ABOVE. THE BELL i~~ men in the ~orward section ~f the ship are stil BROUGHT FREEDOM TO MEN WHO living as far as is known. . HAD BEEN IMPRISONED IN THE Now that !he chamber has proved ,ts purpos successfully, Lieut. Comdr. Charles H. Momse SUBMARINE FOR NEARLY A DAY directing the diving operation, ordered the rescu ND A HALF. to be speeded up so that all of the trapped me • could be taken from the ship as soon as possibl 1ihe men brought up 1n the farst trap Two navy divers are being sent down at a time s of the rescue bell: that work will not be hampered in the great depth . (" ) J C N" h I f p h of the ocean, five miles southeast of the Isles 0 L1eut. Jg . . 1c o so ortsmout . Shoals. The rescue from the submarine was ta1 John J. Blancharcl of. Hersey, Mich. quicker than even Naval officials had dared ·hopE Harold Preble of Portsmouth. for. The first descent and ascent of the bell wai so accurately executed that officials are proceed Theodore Jacobs of Staten Island, N. ing with utmost precautions to prevent any acci Y. dents, but orders also indicated that no time mus irst Time Safety Device Has Been Operated Successfully Under Actual Emergency Conditions Fr.om Such A Depth 1 be lost in the operations. �First · Trip Diving Bell There -May Be Some Casualties The fatigued and tired rescued victims were immediat~ly given medical attention and first reports were that none were badly affected physically by the long ordeal. The men will be given an oportunity to rest before interviews take place. After rescue operations have been completed Naval officials will immediately start plans to raise the sunken submarine and informed observers believed that it is possible that the ship will be raised to the surface by tomorrow. An air hose will be attached to the flooded section of the boat to force the water out and the air in so the ship will be buoyant enough to be easily floated. tf\()~ '2.'-\ Rush Blankets �he submarine rescue ship Falcon (abavel was one of two veuels immediately dispatched from New London, Conn, o the assistance of the submarine Sctualus, no scenes of weeping. Assured by Simon Lake Ready to Come Here Simon Lake, pioneer submarine navy men that everythin..z possible builder, stood ready at Milford, was being done, they moved quietly Conn., today to come to Portsmouth away. To the yard's telephone' switch·· should his assistance be asked in the rescue attempts to save the men on board, however, came so many the Squalus. The 73-year-old Lake calls from anxious friends and relawas a member of the rescue parties tives that officials finally made a that tried to raise the S-51 off radio appeal for callers to desist Block Island In 1925 and the S-4 off closing the yard's four trunk lines. Not even when the navy's crack Provincetown in 1927. He was reluctant to commeqt at outfit of divers entered the yard length on the plight of the Squalus with their paraphernalia was the until he had more complete inform- disciplined routine of the place dis• ation, but said it appeared that the turbed. They, too, were quickly esdepth of water where the craft sank corted to the waterfront where a -240 feetr-offered the greatest dif- cutter threw off her lines , for the ficulty to rescuers, saying that It start to the disaster scene. It was was difficult to do effective work at as though the men of the service were holding a routine drill In very such a. depth. famlliar business. All through the long, squally At The Navy Yard In spite of the tension at th!' night men aboard the surface vesNavy Yard yeslnrday everything sels tapped out cheering messages in the moved efficiently and smoothly. to the imprisoned men Nerve center of a quickly estab- Squalus. There · was an eccasional lished communications system for answering tap, but so far as could land, sea and air rescue workers, be learned ashore no definite mesthe Navy Yard outwardly reflected sages could be interpreted. little of the excitement it houser! within several of its buildings, At Intervals groups of rescue workers arrived by automobile but they were whisked to headquarters quickly by attendants trained t.o work under stress. Pre~ and radio representatives found things to their liking as government men set up headquarters for fast, accurate dissemination of reports between shore and ships of the rescue flotilla. Through a night marked by intermittent showers whipped by a light east wind, a few relatives of the men aboard the Squalus came to the Navy Yard, but there wer" The Operation Of The Momsen Lung Nerves of steel are required to withstand the "climb" from the ocean depths if the Momsen lung method of saving men on a sub marine is necessary. It takes a long time, naval experts said, for a man to reach the surface from a stricken craft under technique which requires men being rescued literally to "counL ten" during numerous pauses aloni,: a. life line to freedom. They must wait along the line a in order to become aceustomed to gradual change~ in pressure from deep depth to the surface-and navy men say the temptation is to "count too fast." The life line has knots In It mark the resting stations, each graded at a distance calculated to fortify climbers against the dread ailment of divers and sandhogsthe bends. And even before the first man could start such a climb, there would be another long wait within the submarlne itself .until pressure within the craft was "stepped up" to outside sea pressure Lhrough a. method of gradually flooding a special compartment. In that compartment, the men would don breathing masks, gradually become accustomed to new pressure, and then step out to grasp the lowered line. Actual 1 e.ocue work on the scene, about 15 miles out of Portsmouth Harbor, was started early this morning under dull and overca.st skies when the members of the diving unit made final preparations aboard the submarine rescue boat, USS Falcon, to dive down to the Squalus. The first diver was expected to go over the side between 7:30 and 8 o'clock. Navy Department engineers announced that the accident occu:-red when the submarine was making a "fa.st practice dive", and the higliinduction valve, hydraulically operated, failed to clo!e1 allowing nearly half the ship to fill with water. Little fear was held for the safety of the men who escaped to the forward part of the ship after officials deciphered a code message tha,t read: "Conditions favorable but cold." �Throughout the ni~ht the USS Sculpin, in which Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, USN, commandant of the ya: d, ha established emergency headquarters, stood by and radio operat;ors with an oscillating sound set listened for any messages from the trapped men. The first inkling or the submarine's distress was received by officers aboard the Squalu.s' tender, the USS Penacook, when the ship failed to rise to the surface after more than an hou:- under water. The dive, de.scribed by naval officials as a "fast practice dive", started at 8:30 o'clock ye-terday morning. A few minutes after Penacook officers became alarmed, they reported that thP Squalus was missing, and Rear Admiral Cole immediately ordered the sister ship, Sculpin, to the Isles of Shoals testing area to earch for the Squalus. the Sculpin, repo:•ted to have been delayed at the yard for a few hours as It prepared to start for South America on a shake-down cruise, under the command of Lieut. W. D. Wilkin, USN, made the first communication with the sunken submarine at 12:14 p. m. thi:ough the buoy telephone line. The location was indicated a few minutes earlier when the man on watch reported seeing a red smoke bomb-a submarine distress In a bri«:f communication over the emergency telephone •line, Lieut. Comdr. o. F. Naquin, USN, commanding officer, reported that the ship was lying on the ocean bed, 240 feet below the surface, and that there was apparently no immediate danger to the men in the forward part. An engineer of the Port•mouth Navy Yard construction co:J)s explain11d that the reports from the sunken ship indicated that a hydraulicaUy-operated high-induction valve in the top pa1 t of the conning t-0wer failed to properly close, allowIng a 31-inch ~tream of water to gush into the crew quarters and aft engine room. He said that about 12 men would be trapped in the aft tor do :oom. There are two induct.ion a.Ir lines x arge naval boats scheduled leading down from the conning tow- to be on the scene throughout today er, one to supply air to the motors during rescue operations were the during surface cruising and the oth- US Destroyer Semes frcm New Yo: k, er, a 17-inch opening, to furnish air the USS Falcon, the USS Wandank, !or the ventlllatlng system, it wa.s the USS Sculpin, the USS Brookexplained. There are WA.ter valve; line from New York, and the USS at either end of the al:- tube. the Penacook from Portsmouth. The outer valves being operated mechan- Falcon arrived in the area of the ically by a switch in the control Isles of Shoals about 4:30 o'clock room, and the inner valve operated from New London. Two other govby hand if the outer valve fails to ernment. boats were the Coa~t Guard close. patrol ships, Harriet Lane of GlouIt i likely, the engineer said, that ceste:- and the Thetl$, the latter to if a man as igned to operate the be u .ed for accommodation of 63 manual valve In the aft battery room newspapermen, photographers and r€mained at his pest to close t,he radiomen. valve he would be drowned if the There is a tore of oxygen aboard, flow of water was too great, or if enough to last several days, and the ter: ific pressure threw him also a sizeable supply of carbon dioxagainst the wall of the small com- !de absorbent to purify the air. partment. The only escape for rnme Emergency orders aboard the sunken of the men in the crew quarters submarine are fo:- the crew to use would be into the aft torpedo room. as little energy as nece,sary and to There is no way of communicatlo,n go sparingly on the food ra,tions between the men trapped in the aft which con-ists of cold baked beans torpedo room and the larger group and canned beef and ham. There is of men comparatively safe in the also a supply of drinking water. forward compartments. Profound experiments by naval Theo:etically the men can escape technicians and engineers since the from the submarine even if the first two submarine tragedies, sinking of few hours of rescue work fails, naval th e s- 4 and the S-61, will be actually officials said. In either end of the te- t,ed in th e present disaster. Every ship there are about 105 Momsen known undersea safety device ls submarine escape lung, which the used aboard the Po: tsmouth-built men can fit onto them,elves and subamrlne Squalus and this mornlng float to the surface with compar- officials were confident that the ative safety. However, Lieut. Comdr. men would be rescued before nightCurley announced, the escape lungs fall. will be used only as a last measure. However, ln the event that divers The inventor of the lungs, Lieut. are unable to close the higl::-inducComdr. Cha: Jes B. Mom•en, USN, tloi, valve, and that workers fall also the world's outstanding expert to raise the submarine to the suron diving operatiom, wa.s flown from face today, the government has orWashington, D. c., to Portsmouth dered about 16 submarine floating Harbor, accompanied by Lieut. l)Olltoons to be towed to the Isles of .Comdr. A. R. Benke, USN, <MC). Shoals for use, ir necessa:y, later in The naval plane carrying the two the week. A naval engineer explained men landed in lower Portsmou th early today that the pontoons would Harbor at 7: 15 p. m. be sunk in_to position •urroun~ing A few minutes after arriving Lieut. th e submarine Squalus, then d1~er11 Comdr. Momsen was taken to the usmg high-pressure water lines scene of the disaster where he held Iwould tunnel_ out under the sub to conferences with Rear Admiral Cole place large lifting chains under it, in making del,ailed plans of re•cue a nd finally float the pontoons by operation. The famou navy inven- forcing out the water. tor will supervise the diving units All 0 ! the office ' listed o_n the on board the USS Falcon submarine submarme are residents of thu; city re,cue boat. ' and membe:s of the crew living in Diagram Of Sunken Sub WATER LINE STEERING GEAR CONNING. TOWER MOTOR ROOM 1 ENGINE ROOM CONTROL ROOM BATTERY ROOM ANO QUARTERS TORPEDO ROOM his cross section of o submarine of the S-51 type shows the gencrol layout of the trapped orts indicated the ofter quarters, near the motor room, were flooded, �01 mou 1 with their wives include: Judson T. Bland, John A. Chesnutt, Lawrence J. Gainor, Jenneth R. Garrison, Eugene A. Hoffman, Marion L. Ward, and Charles Yuhas. Innluded among the men aboard the submarine are Harold R. Preble of this city, well-known naval architect, and Charles Wood, an electrician, who resides in Rye, and is a native of Kittery, while 11 of the members of the ship's personnel have their famllles in this city at the present time, Lieut. Comdr. Momsen, after viewing the disaster scene and receiving information of water depth, ordered that divers would have a mixture of helium and oxygen pumped to them instead of air. Official· explained the mixture is used to prevent the "bends." From The Scene Of The Disaster Fear, anxiety, then hope followed by more fears gripped the men aboard the tug Penacook as. well as those of the submarine Sculpin, while they hovered over the scene of the tragedy Tuesday afternoon, In an attempt to gain contact with the submarine 240 feet below the was ordered to proceed with all possurface of the ocean. It was a try- sible speed to the spot where the Ing time, not only for those below, Squalus was submerged. Nearer trapped In the submarine, but to came the smoke, and finally the hull those men who were working so gal- of the vessel was plainly visible. The lantly to get in communication with Wandank arrived shortly after 5 p. the submerged sub. Many below the m. surface were their friends, and there In the meantime the news of the was every willlngness to do all pos- disaster had spread. Radios were sible, and yet everyone seemed so broadcasting the news, telegraph and powerless to be able to do anything telephone wires were humming and to relieve the plight of their com- suddenly airplanes began to appear rades. from the direction of Boston .. First News of the disaster first was re- came a seaplane, bearing newspaperceived from the commandants office men and photographers. Before that at the Navy Yard as the tug Pena- plane had completed Its circling and cook was ordered to proceed to the photographing of the scene, another scene, about five miles south of the plane arJived. Then came smaller Isles of Shoals. Under forced draught vessels, also bearing photographers the tug sped to the side of the U. S. and newsmen, More planes, came Sculpln, which, shortly after noon, and at one time there were three planes hovering not far above the had located the reQ .sn oice bomb, as spot, as c11mera men le11ned out over well as the marker buoy, showing the side of the cabins to snap their the location of the stranded vessel. photos. The sea was too rough for Arriving at the scene, the tug hov- the seasplane to land. ered in the vicinity, communicating The tug John G. Chandler arrived with the Sculpln, and endeavoring to get in touch with the submarine. on the scene about 6 p. m. bearing The Pena.cook left the Navy Yard newspaper men. In the meantime shortly before 3 o'clock, and in less the C<l'st Guard boat, the new $25,000 craft, arrived from the Portsthan an hour was at the scene. mouth Harbor station to assist in Hope came with the sighting of keeping the area clear from the smoke to the south'ard where the idle curious. The smaller craft besubmarine tender, the sea going tu~ ·gan to arrive as soon as news of the Wandank, was speeding to the scene. disaster spread. This tug was at Provincetown, Mass., The Coast Guard cutter Harriet scene of an earlier submarine disasLane from Salem, Ma s., was the ter In 1927, and when the newi; of the disaster was received, this tug next boat to appear on the scene, Sister Sub Stands By �and stood by to be of whatever assistance possible. Word came that the U. S. S. Brooklyn, and other naval vessels were speeding to the scene, while the Falcon, which had left New London, Conn., at the same time the Wandank left Provincetown, was speeding as rapidly as possible to the spot. Telephone communication was but of short duration, as the connection was broken. The new secret method of communication, which Is not revealed, was used and this brought the message that conditions were satisfactory. Later, a,t about 9.30 came the welcome news "Condition satisfactory, but cold." This was tapped out in the Morse code, and hope, which with some people was beginning to fade, again took an upward turn. And so t 1roughout the night. Operations continued displte the fact that wind was East and a moderate swell was reported. A Jlght 1•aln fell most of the night, while at times this w.as increased Into a heavy rainfall, .mixed with thunder and lightning late In the evening. Throughout the night came news that other vessels were speeding to the scene as fast as possible, and this brought more hope to those who were waiting-waiting for some chance to assist those comrades forty fathoms below. Red Cross Opens Relief Office The Portsmouth Chapter of the American Red Cross has opened emergency relief headquarters at the office of the Seacoast Regional Association on State street. The local Red Cross workers are offering every cooperation to relatives of the naval men trapped aboard the sunken suomarlne Squalus. Many desperately worried relatives and friends of these men from throughout the eastern part of the nation have arrived or are on their way here and the Red Cross will attempt to secure rooms for these in this city with the cooperation of friendly residents. Those able to furnish such housing or who can volunteer the use of cars for their transportation are urgently requested to get In touch with the Red Cross head· quarters or to telephone 1882. John Mooney, disaster rellef committee chairman of the local Red Cross chapter, Mrs. Frank Randall, and Mrs. Mary Warner are among the local Red Cross members assisting in this fine effort. Humming Wires-Things happened quickly at the Portsmouth, N. H., telephone office when the submarine Squalus sank off shore. In a very few hours extra toll circuits to Boston and New York were provided, and connections for radio pickup, telephotograph, and teletypewriter were made. Two yachts equipped for radio telephoning by way of the Green Harbor shore station were on the scene under charter to newspaper interests. A portable short-wave radio telephone was placed on Star Island-four miles from the salvage operations. One reporter had a telephone installed in his automobile. The wire photos sent to newspapers all over the country were the first ever transmitted from Portsmouth. �Position Of Sunken Submarine Squalus ~ t #/ {J 0 ~ ~ p l .J ~i,uc:t<•• ~ (J l::1-Pf)LUX>fU:. I, ~ ~ ~ t1 " ~ ~ e, ~ . ,,ST-"R I, ~w,.\IT~ I. i, ,. 1 I _ l;oye m r p sh ow s the po1ition of the Squalu1 about flye miles 1outhea1t of White I.land of the lslH of Shoals group. Cross in lower right-hand corner indicatet approximate position of the submarine. On Board The Squalus ALLEN C. BRYSON, R .F .D ., Greenville, S. C. Father, Marlon Bryson, Greenville, S. C. ROY H. CAMPBELL, 3821 Franklin s t., Omaha, Neb. Wife, Vera Jean Campbell, 129 Pequolt Ave., New London, Conn. JOSHUA CASEY, R.F.D . 1, Grand Ridge, Fla. Father, James W . Casey, Grand Ridge, Fla. JOHN A. CHESNUT!', 29 Latham s t., Groton, conn. Wife, Ellen Chesnutt. ROBERT COFFEY, 328 Balcom Ave., Fullerton, Calif. Wife, Pearl L . E . Coffey, 2737 Mass Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. GAVIN COYNE, R.F.D. 6, Sacramen to , Ca l'f 1 • W if e, Rose c oyne, 935 Broadway. San Diego, Calif. EUGENE CR.A VENS, Thayer, Mo. Mother, Mrs. Lulu Josie Cravens, ~E _N_S_IG_N_J___H _ . _P_A_TI' __ E_R_S_O_N_,-1-40-1---t The following is the list of officers West 20 th St., Oklahoma City. and men aboard the U. 8. Squalus, Married daughter of Capt. Halford with their residence and their near- 1 R. Greenlee, industrial manager est relatives: of the yard. Portsmouth residence, Lleµt. COMDR. O. F . NAQUIN, com249 Islington St. nd mandlng ofl!cer, Alexa ria, La. JAMES A. AITKEN, 1480 East Main Portsmouth residence, 1'71 Aldrich St., Bridgeport, Conn. Father, An· Rd. Wife. drew Alken, 652 Seavle Ave., LIEUT. W. T. DOYLE, Executive Bridgeport. officer, 3727 Gilford Ave., Bait!• JOHN J. BATICK, 295 Thornton St., more, Md. Portsmouth address, 19 Portsmouth. Wife, Margar~t E. South St. Step daughter, 9, and Battlck. son, 3 years of age. JOHN J. BLANCHARD, Hersey, LIEUT (JG) ROBERT N. ROBERTMich. Father, John T, Blanchard, SON, engineering officer, 900 MerHersey, Mich. cer St., Quanah, Tex. Portsmouth address, 69 Richards Ave. Single. JUDSON BLAND, 1236 Seaboard Ave., Norfolk, Va. Wife, Nelpa N. Thayer, Mo. LIEUT. (JG) J, C. NIOHOLS, TorBland, Albany St., SChenectady. ELVIN L. DEAL, Copper H!ll, Tenn. pedo man, 6705 Stewart Ave., ChiMother, Pea,rl Lea Deal, Copper cago. Portsmouth residence, Ports- ARTHUR L. BOOTH Milford, Conn. Hill, Tenn. h th mouth Apartments. Married, Wife, Edi M. BooL . ELVINA FELIOIANO, 1219 Leverlzi daughter, 1 year. LLIAM T. BOULTON, Luton, Ia. St., Molate, Manila, P. I. Cousin, Toribio Ablquidil. 24 Lopez St., San Ro ue, Cavlte, P. I. �WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK, Brown St. and Boston Rd., Billerica, Mass. Mother, Vera Fitzpatrick, Billerica. LIONEL H. FLETCHER, 927 Twenty-Second St., San Diego, Callf. Sister, Lourlne Fletcher, 416 South Water St., Crawsfordvllle, Ind. LAWRENCE GAINOR, 1049 Sixteenth Ave., Honolulu, H. T. Wife, Mable E. Gainor, Honolulu. BASILIO GALVIN, Ibajay, Caplz, P. I. Wife, Estrella Galvin, Caplz. JENNETH GARRISON, 506 South Cox St., Joplln, Mo. Wife, Ellen Marie Garrison, Joplin. ROBERT F. GIBBS, Lexington, 8. C. Wife, Mary Betty Gibbs, 18 Mu Ting Rd., Tslngtoa, Clilna, JOHN HATHAWAY, 3082 East St., San Diego, Callf. Wife, Estelle Susan Hathaway, 50 Marine St., Groton, Conn. EUGENE HOFFMAN, Brooklyn, N. Y. Wife, Garnet May Hoffman, 2043 West 10th st., Cleveland, O. WILLIAM ISAACS,222 C St., S.E., Washington, D. C. Wife, Myrtle, . ...Ji13e)l_evllle Ave., Bloomfield.1..!t..!!: THEODORE JACOBS, 412 Lynn st., Oakwood Heights, Richmond, Staten Island, N. Y, Father, John Jacobs, 22 Simon.son St., Staten Island. ALEXANDER B, KEEGAN, 818 West North St., Quakertown, Pa. Mother, Mary Keegan, Quakerstown, Sailors of the U. S. S. FALCON are shown as they tested the FALCON'S newly-invented rescue chomber. This will be used in an effort to save the men trapped in the SQUALUS, CHARLES s. KUNEY, 206 North H. ~BASCOM WOOD, Cable Rye. Pa. - - ~...-8. - -SCHYPHERS, - - - - - - 406 - .CHARLES .------ -Road, --St., Tular, Calif. Father, Harry Spence St., Bristol, Va. Father, Wife and children, Kuney, Tular, Calif. Campbell G. Schyphers, Bristol, DON L. SMITH, representing G. M. HUIE K. McAFEE, 1 a Wornich Ave,, Va. Corporation, the contractor's repEast Point, Ga, Mother, Eugenia SHERMAN L. SHIRLEY, R.F D, 10, Ellen McAfee, East Point Ga. North Little Rock, Ark. Mother, Mary M, Shirley, R, 4, Box 81, GERALD C, McLEES Richmond, Little Rock. Kansas. Father, Mason McLees. WARREN SMITH, Jr., La Porte, LEONARD MEDERIOS, 72 Division Tex. Wife, Beatrice M. Smith, La St., New Bedford, Mass. Mother, Porte, Tex. Adelaide Maderios, New Bedford, JACK J. STRONG, 868 Case st., Mass. Milwaukee, Wis. Mother, Mary FRANCIS MURPHY, Jr.,. 256 Main Strong, Mllwaukee, Mich, St., Charlestown, Mass. Son, Gerald F. Murphy, 537 North Shore JOHN THOMALA, Royalton, Minn. Drive, Portland, Ore. Mother, Marlon Thomala, RoyalRAYMOND F. O'HARA, 1116 College ton, Minn. Ave., Elmira, N, Y. Wife, Thelma ROBERT THOMPSON, 616 Jefferson E. O'Hara, 6025 Narraganset Ave., St., Nashvllle, Tenn. Father, RobOcean Beach, Calif. ert H, Thompson, Na.shvllle, Tenn. CAROL N. PIERCE, 20 South Six- MARION L. WARD, Drumright, teenth St., Kansas City, Kan. Wife, Okla. Father, W. M, Ward, DrumMa_ry Jane Pierce, 327 North 20th right, Okla. St., Kansas City, ROBERT L. WASHBURN, 39 Bilton CARLTON B. POWELL, Cardiff-bySt,, Greenwich, 0. Father, John The-Sea, Callf. Wife, Evelyn L. M. Washburn, Greenwich, O. Powell, Cardiff-By-The-Sea. ROBERT R. WELD, Kooshla, Idaho. CHARLES POWELL, Leesvllle, La. Father, Robert B. Weld, Kooshla, Aunt, Mr.s. Minnie Powell, LeesIdaho. ville, La. CHARLES YUHAS, Box 114, New ALFRED J. PRIEN, 3271 Twentieth Salem, Pa. Mother, May Yuhas, St., San Francisco. Father, GusNew Salem, Pa. tave A. Prlen, San Francisco. The civilians aboard are: ALFRED C. PRIESTER, 243 145th HAROLD R. PREBLE, naval archlSt., Rosedale, L. I., N. Y. Wife, ect, Pinehurst St., Portsmouth. Jeanette Priester, 9088 Tenth st., Wife, Mrs. Florence Preble, sons, Cristobal, C. Z. Edwin 8. Preble, a senior at the FRANK H. SCHULTE, 4238 WyoUniversity of New Hampshire; ming St., St. Louls, Mo. Wife, Mrs. Carleton Preble, a student at Ellzabeth Schulte, 8061 Ninth st., Portsmouth High School; daughNew Cristobal, C. Z. ter, Margaret Preble, a student at the University of New Hampshire. �Notes Of Squalus Disaster Mrs. Lawrence J. Ga1.-or is on her way to join her husband, a member of the Squalus crew, in this city. She comes from Honolulu and is expected to arrive here shortly, intending to make her hpme here while her husband is attached to The submarine tenaer Wandank, and the Falcon, a submarine rescue vessel. which are taking part in the salvag,e operations, were both doing the same work 11 years ago in the unsuccessful attempt to save the men aboard the S-4 off Provincetown, Ma.ss. The ,vandank was the first vessel at the scene 11 years ago and it was also the first vessel from outside the local navy yard to reach here yesterday. This tug was at Provincetown, Mass., and under forced draught sped to the scene, arriving about 5:15 p. m. The Falcon arrived later than the Wandank, 11 years ago, bringing pontoons and other apparatus to use In the rescue work. As soon as possible, following the news of the disaster, The Portsmouth Herald sent its representatives to the scene and they were the first newspapermen to arrive by boat. Others had preceded them, coming by plane, and this method ot transportation was looked upon wtth envy by The Herald men, as they spent an hour and a half each way making the trip. Airplanes were numerous over the scene. About 4 o'clock the first plane arrived and from then until dark planes came and left the scene. The first to arrive was a seaplane, but a heavy swell prevented an attempt to land. At one time there were three planes hovering over the spot where 240 below the surface of the water 59 men were awaiting rescue. These planes carried newspaper men, some coming from New York, while many of the Boston papers took to the air in an attempt to secure quick newsphotos. Several o! the planes remained at the Portsmouth Airport during the night. Airplanes were used to bring divers to this city, coming from Boston. The Coast Guard sent a seaplane about 6 o'clock in the afternoon from its base at Squantum, Mass. Ensign J, H. Patterson, U.S.N., who Is aboard the trapped submarine is a son-in-law o! Capt. Halford R. Greenlee, U. S. N., manager of the industrial department at the local yard and Mrs. Greenlee. He and Miss Greenlee were married a short time ago. It was at first stated that Lieut. ( (jg) Malcolm E. Garrison, U N, John R. Curran, civilian machinist, and Jesse A. Thomas, civilian ma-0hlnlst, were aboard the vessel. This information came from the official sa,iiing list, The family of Walter Staples, yard photographer, at fin;,t feared he was aboard the sunken cralft. He had originally planned to go on a previous trial trip, but his orders were cancelled. When he left his home this momlng he told Mrs. Staples that he might not be home until late as he expected to malre the trial test with ,the submarine. When news of the disaster reached the Staples home anxiety was felt but a son hastening to the navy yard, discovered that his father did not make the trip af,t,er all. Harold Preble of Portsmouth, naval architect, aboard the Squalus, that the Squalus carries enough emergency noon the wife came In alone and rations and oxygen to stay down for while she was inquiring about a cera week, This is a hopeful aspect of tain picture, glanced at the afterthe situation. noon issue of The Herald, ,and learned of the disaster to the vessel Rooms were at a premium on In which her husband was trapped, Tuesday evening. Reporters from all 240 feet below the surface of the over New England were In the city ocean. Remaining calm, she stated early in the evening and hotels were that the ship had food and oxygen filled. enough to last some time. She showed no alarm and finishing her There were over 60 reporters from business, decided she ought to have newspapers, ra.dio stations and phoa Herald to read about the disaster, tographers gathered at the navy so made the purchase and started yard during the evening. In addi- for her home. tion some were outside the harbor in boats and others were remaining In the city, keeping close contact There were numerous telephone with the newspapers. So busy were calls to the He,·ald office during the the telephone lines in the Navy Yard evening asking for news of the that the Associated Press reporter Squalus. This was practically imcame to this city in order to call the possible to give, as there was no real Boston headquarters. news, except the mid-evening message of "condition satisfactory, but The Her Id office was visited by cold." K een apprehension was ap. the variou reporters from paper parent in the voices of the inquirers, from all over 'New England as well bot.h men and women probably relaas New York City. One young man tives of some of the men who are walked into the office, stating he .:pending-who knows how long?was from the Chicago Daily News. below the surface of the water. He stated, when questioned that he did not come all the way from Chi. Although the weather was far cago but was studying at Harvard. He ls one of the winners of the Nie- from being favorable a ride along man Fellow hips given under the the beaches appealed to many people terms of ,the Lucius W. Nieman and on Wednesday evening. A great Agnes Wahl Nieman Fund to pro- many cars made the trip along the mote and elevate the itandards of waterfront hoping for some signs journalism In the United States and of a-0tivity. This was disappointing although he Is forbidden to do any to most of them, as the scene of opnewspaper work, the reporter's In- erations was some 15 miles offshore, stinct was so strong thSJt he wanted and too far to sec. Anyway the gasoto be on the scene, even though he line filling stations did a good busiwas not able to do any professional ness. work. Portsmouth was certainly in A few days ago a member of the news. Every news broadcast paid crew of the qualus and his wife more attention to the di--patch from came Into the Herald office and Portsmouth than any other one, and looked through the files for a certain in most cases than all other disIssue of the paper. Wednesday after- patches. Yard officials stated �The Herald received the first news of the disaster shortly before two o'clock and representatives made a hurried trip to the Navy Yard where Lieut. Comdr. James J. Curley, Jr., aide to the commandant, gave the details. It was a quick trip back to the Herald office in order to get the story in that afternoon's edition, but the paper was but ten minutes later than the usual time In getting on the street. The members of the prl!fs left at 8 a. m. today from the Navy Yard for the scene of operations. From the observation ship Bill Elliot of Hampton a,sisted in !.he announcing of operat,Jons over the Columbia Broadcasting System. Paramount News had a cameraman on the cene as soon as po,sib!e after news of the sinking of the submarine reached them. Portsmouth Herold Pho Submorine Sculpin ond tug Penocook ot Scene of Disoster crew of the trapped submarine The first telephoto pictures to be I The cost was In the vicinity of $4,· Squalus." The Governor also ex• sent from Portsmouth were sent on I 000,000. pressed regrets that the disaster oc\'Vednesday. The Associated Press curred. set up their apparatus in Marden's President Roosevelt watched with tudio and tran.s mltted their photos keen interest the new· as it brought It has been more than 25 years to their headquarte~s. The ew York to the White House the progress of , dhce newspapermen converged upon ews leased _a special wire and were the rescue operations. Mr. Roooe- j Portsmouth in such numbers, on an se_nding their telephotos over that velt knows the territory of the disas- oDilclal duty. Of course during the wire from the Rockingham Hotel. ter and exp:e <ed hope that the ' last of the 20\s when the Georgia submarine would be raised. quickly. p:ess a.s,--ociation came here on a Eddie Quinn, representing the The President is keeping in touch tour, there were more newspapermen New York News, is no stranger to wHh developments through naval pre.sent, but today there a.re :inore this city and neither is he any stran- radio. newspaper workers here than at any ~er to submarine di•rns ters. He covtime since the Japanese-Russian ered the sinking of the S-51 off There have been four submarine Peace conference in 1905, Jllock Island, the grounding of the disaiiters. The first occurred on 8-48 at Little Harbor, and also the lllarch 24, 1915, at Honolulu when The Postal Telegraph t·escue work on the submarine S-4 the F-{ was sunk. Twenty-one men closed Its office in this :>ff Provincetown. lost their lives at that occasion. economy move, opened an emergency On Dec. 17, 1919 the U. S. Submar- office here during Tuesday evenlnir. Several broadcasts were made dur- ine F-1 was rammed and sunk by the The Western Union sent more press ing the evening from the Portsmouth Submarine F-3 during maneuvers reports than at any time for a avy Yard. These were listened to off San Diego, Calif. Nineteen died number of years. eenly, not only In this city, but by in that tragedy, On Sept. 25 1925, istencrs all over the country who the U. S. Submarine S-51 was sunk It was on January 29, 1925 that ere anxiously awaiting news from off Block Island, R. I. when struck the submarine S-48 went ashore at by the steamer City of Rome. ThJrty, Little Harbor and that was another (hose they knew aboard the ship. thl'ee l ere killed in that ,crash. The big news story. The craft was towed There a.re a number of s tates last disaster occurred nearly 12 years to the Navy Yard on Feb. 7. A mi'Xrep: esented aboard the sunken craft. ago when the U. S. Submarine S-4, up in the lights along the shore was Eiome addresses include : Missouri, a Portsmouth-built vessel like th~ blamed for the disaster. All men South Carolina, Connecticut, Ohio, Squalus, was rammed by the Coast were taken off the o: aft by Coad Virginia, Arkansas, Texas , WL, con- Guard cutter Paulding and sunk. Guarcumen, shortly after the ve.,-sel tin, Minnesota, Tennessee, Louis- Forty men lost their lives a.board grounded at Frost's Point. ana, California, New York, Penn- that underseas craft. Eight divers arrived from ;ylvanla, Massachusetts, Oregon, The salvage boat Falcon was due lngton, coming by airplane, to be kansas, New Jersey, North Carol!na, Georgia, Nebi aska, Florida, Indiana, at the local navy ya.rd during the of assistance In the work of rescuing New Hampshire, Idaho, Oklahoma, early part of June, and had shipped the 59 men trapped &board the Maryland, Illinois and Virginia. In ahead considerable diving apparatus. Squalus, 11,d ditlon the wife of one member of Upon learning of the dlsai!ter and ,h e c: ew Jives in Tsingtao; China, the pos~ible need for this apparatus, Many have asked during the past m e at Ibajay, Capiz, Philippine Is- workmen spent the afternoon get- 24 hou~- why the submarine was an ds ; two a t the Canal Zone, one ting the appa: atus down on the dock named Squa.11.115 and what the name ~t Manila, Philippine Islands, and In case the Falcon needed. It for its means. Submarines a~e being named re.;cue work. :>ne in Ca.vite, Philippine Island . for sa.tl-water fl.shes, such as the Snapper, Stingray, and Sculpin, Gov. Lewis 0. Barrows of Maine which were built at this yard, and The keel of the Squalus was laid ~n Oct. 18, 1937 and the sub was wired Rear Admiral C. W. Cole on the Salmon and Shark. Also, before aunched on ept. 12 of the follow- Tuesday evening th.it "all th re- the na'rnes of fish beginning with S ing· year. On March 1 of this year sources of this state are at your was used there were the Dolphin, lhe ship was pla-0ed in commission. disposal" and asking the navy of- ca.cha.lot, Porpoise, Pike, Plunger The ship was authorized under the ficials If Maine "can be of any as• and Pollack, a.II locally built. aval Appropriation Act of 1937. sistance in rescue operation!! under way to bring to the surface the �The Sculpln was due to leave the Navy Yard on Tuesday morning on a shakedown cruise to outh America, then return to the yard before It joined the west coast fleet. However, a delay occurred, and before the vessel was ready to sa.11, orders were changed to send It to locate the missIng submarine, Its sister ship. The Squalus, according to the dictionary, is pronounced with a long A with the accent on the first syllable. lbs definition Is "a kind of sea fish" and its zoological meaning Is "a genus orig. comprising all the known sha:ks, but now limited to spiny dog fishes." John J. Car:oll, a member of the yard civilian force, who for 20 years served in the navy, and had much experience aboard submarines, was a v~ltor at the Herald office Tuesday evening and was also Interviewed over the CBS chain. He etated that the simplicity of the Momsen Jung "makes It next to infallible.'' The first submarine to be built by the U. S, Navy was built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. It was the L-8 and wa.s launched on April 23, 1917. The test runs of the Squalus had no•t been completed, but we:e expected to be the first of next month before the ship was finally accepted and joined the U, S. submarine fleet. In fact, the vessel was on a trial :run when the accl'dent occurred. John J. Battick, Electrician First ClaM, who resides at 295 Thornton St., married the former Miss Margaret Robinson, sister of Walter Robinson, well known local athlete. Ensign Jo.seph H. Patterson holds five naval acactemy track records. He was captain. of the navy track team In 1936 and finished fouvth In the 400 metre hurdles at the 1936 Olymplc.s in Berlin. Crews of the yard shops were notified that they might be called at any time in case an emergency arose. Welders especially might be needed in case a call for pontoons was made. Twenty-eight of the navy'., diving experts, Including th: ee medical of ficers, whose chief resporu,ibility wiJI be decompre.,:ing men returning to ocean surface, we:e flown from Washington late yesterday. Among the naval experts Jrom Washington was Lieut. Comdr. Charles B. Momsen, inventor of the escape "lung" that bears hJs name. Other diving experts were flown from Washington t-0 Newport, R. I., where they picked up diving equipment and then drove to Portsmouth by automobile. They arrived with · sirens blowing, as they brought helium, now used with oxygen in deep-sell, descents. E. Curtis Matthews, who played quite an important part during the rescue of the members of the crew of the S-48 when it went aground 14 years ago, was al.so at the scene during Tuetday afternoon. Fourteen years ago, Mr. Matthews arranged that the highways be kept open to Rye and New Oa.stle in order that the Coa.,t Guards could reach Little Harbor and also arranged that the WallLs Sands co!IJ5t gual'dismen were called. He was aboard the Mitchell Davls at that disaster, and Tuesday went to the fCene aboard the tug John G. Ch1mdler. Arnold Belcher of East Kingston, well known free lance photographer, Is covering his fourth submarine disaster. He was at the scene following the sinking of the S-51, the S-4, the S-48 and is now here at the scene pf the rescue work on the Squalus. The new 10,000-ton cruiser Brooklyn, which sped to the scene carrying rescue equipment, wa,, delayed 1.;omewhat by ''thick weather". Capt. W.W. Smith Is the commanding officer. The ve,sel carries besides diving equipment the best in hospital faclllties afloat. The telephone operators at the Navy Yard, as well as the local exchange operators were kept busy. The salvage ves,el Falcon arrived ahead of schedule tMs morning. It was estimated that the ves.sel would al'rive at a)Jout 6 o'clock, but the ship arrived at the scene nearly an hour and a half before schedule. The ve.;;sel plowed around Cape Cod from New London, and despite the "thick" weather, made excellent time. R~ar Admiral Charles P. Snyder, USN, of the Newport Naval War College, a former commandant a.t the lollal navy yard, arrived with the group of three automobiles bearing the navy divers last night. Squalus Mate Who Shut Door Tells Details Commander praises men for bravery-Five men came through door before it was closed. By a Slat! Corre,ponttent of Th.e Ch.rlstia1, Science Monitor PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May 25 -To the epic of the sea written in the h~roic rescue of 33 members of the crew o! the sunken submarine Squalus was added today the Commander's story of the fortitude and discipline of his men, his thanks to the man who slammed the bulkhead door which cut off the flooded compartments, saving their lives, and that man's account of the swiflly moving drama of the fatal test dive. Electrician's Mate Lloyd Maness of Greenboro, N. C., told newspapermen how he acted in the emergency. Five Men Come In "I was detailed in charge of the bulkhead door between the control room and the after battery," Mr. Maness said. "At the instant that the Squalus settled to the bottom, we were at a sharp up angle and down aft. "The water was rising rapidly in the after compartment and I realized that the time was short if I was to close the bulkhead door. Due to the angle of the ship and the fact that the door opened from a down angle, I had to exert all my strength to swing it into place. "I had partially closed the door when several men shouted to me from the rapidly filling after battery. "They yelled: 'Keep it open! Keep it open!' Whereupon I let the door slip back on its hinges to allow O'Hara, Blanchard, Isaacs, Boulton, and Washburn to pass through. Immediately I swung the door shut, and turned down the watertight screw and walked forward to join the rest of the crew. "I realize, of course, that there must have been men trapped in the after compartments, but in an emergency of this kind every bulkhead door in all sections of the ship must be fastened as a measure o.C · safety. 'Even those doors forward in the dry section had been closed, "At such times as this, there is no time for sentiment. We are trained rigidly to act, so I gave no consideration of the fate of my shipmates anymore than I would have expected similar consideration had I been in their place. �Mr. Maness said no order issued to close the door as that was considered the bulkhead guard's initiative in an emergency. "It was our good fortune to have the storerooms containing food, flashlights, and necessary equipment in the control room. "We did not have the key so we broke the lock and each man was issued a Momsen Lung for emergency, although the use of this Lung was not immediately in prospect. The only lights we had were hand lamps and the only food 'iron rations' (emergency food). "Nobody ale much at anytime, but the greatest lack was fresh water, the available water having been tainted. I don't think any of the men had a drink of any kind from the time of diving until we wer e rescued by the Falcon. "The cold was penetrating and we got blankets .from the officers' quarters and we sat down or stretched out to conserve oxygen and energy. The forward bulkheads were soon opened on the order of Commander Naquin and those of us who had survived were reunited. Commander's Praise "I wish to make it clear I acted according to the requirements of my duty in closing the bulkhead door. I have the utmost sorrow for my shipmates, but I would not hesitate to do the same thing iI similar circumstances required and I want no credit for having carried out something that any other member of my crew would have done in my place." · "Maness is the man to whom I owe my life and so also do all of the other men who were in the control room," Lieutenant Naquin said, at the Naval Hospital here after being brought ashore this morning from the rescue ship Fal•• con." Diving Bell Called Engineering Triumph By a Sl aff Cor res p ondent of T he Ch.rislian Science Mo n i tor WASHINGTON, May 25-The diving bell which is hailed today as a triumph of naval engineering for its rescue of 33 persons trapped in the submarine Squalus is itself a miniature submarine-except that its essential services of air, light, etc., are supplied by a feeder ship on the surface. The bell with its 18,000 pounds of weight is hoisted off the Fescue ship by a crane, and floated on the surface. A diver then takes the steel cable which pays out underneath, down to the sunken submarine and fa stens it securely onto a special hook eye. When he returns, the crew-normally of two men-clambers down a hatch in the top of the bell, avoiding the ballast tanks which fiill the top section, into the control compartment which is the middle and largest of the three sections into which the bell is divided. There they have air pumped in steadily from the ship above, electric light, spare flash lanterns in case the light should fail, telephone, and all the control devices to operat the bell. Cameramen at Navy Yard Get Lecture on Invasion of Privacy By a Staff Correspondent of The Chrl~tian Science Monitor PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May 25 -'.!.'he question of invasion of the privacy of individuals by the press was raised here by Capt. W. ~,. Amsden, Captain of the Yard, in conni,?ction with the rescue of 33 survivors of the sunken submarine Squalus. The Captain forebade the taking o.f pictures. of relativei, of men aboard the Squalus, although he had relaxed the usual restrictions against the presence of cameras in the Navy Yard. 'l'he Naval officer, while unusually lenient in regard to photography of actual rescue operations, took the position that taking pictures of individuals who were spending anxious moments ashore waiting for word of those aboard the submarine was a needless embarrassment and annoyance to those individuals. Nothing New The prohibition of photographs in Navy Yards, of cQurse, is nothing new. Normally, such pictures are entirely taboo. The novelty in the action of Captain Amsden was the distinction which he drew between news pictures of the rescue work and tile photographing of relatives who were under an emotional strain. Officials at the Yard here went out o,f their way to co-operate with the press and radio services to facilitate their coverage o! the news. Two rooms were made available in the Administration Building for the close to 200 newsmen here from Boston, New York, Philadelphia and other cities. Official bulletins were released about every half-hour describing the progress of rescue operations at sea. Cameramen were given the freedom of the Yard. A Coast Guard vessel was provided to take reporters and photographers to the cruiser Brooklyn which was anchored near the rescue ship Falcon. But an incident that occurred shortly after announcement had been made o! the names of the 33 survivors brought a ban upon photographs of relatives Squalus crew. A yo\l]lg woman entered the Administration Building, holding a tiny baby and accompanied by an older woman, who might have been her mother. She was crying, and cameramen immediately sensed that she was the wi!e o! one of those not nan1ed by, the Navy as saved. As lensmen snapped her, their flashlights going off brilliantly, she dodged them as best she could and went upstairs to make inquiries. , Ban Ordered When she came down, it seemed that the entire commissioned personnel of the Navy Yard preceded her, their eyes flashing with indignation. An . immediate ban was ordered on further pic'tures of the young woman. A hush fell on .the crowd as the mother came down the stairs of the old Colonial building on the arm of Captain Amsden, her baby still on her shoulder. "Please don' t take my picture," she pleaded, tearfully. "Madam, your picture won't be taken!" Lieut. Commander J. B. Longstaff assured her, his voice raised to maximum emphasis. "Thank you."' the woman said, gratefully. Gold - braided commissioned officers helped Marine orderlies push back the cameramen Captain Amsden escorted woman to her automobile. As · he returned, the Captain faced the press, his eye~ flashing with anger, and gave them one of the b1·iefest but most moving lectures on journalistic ethics ever delivered. "Have you no feelings?" he demanded. "Have you no consideration for her? I know you must have pictuxes for your papers, but I was in a wreck once myself and I know what it means to those at home. "This woman is the widow of one of the men still unaccounted for. For 24 hours she has been waiting in uncertainty 1 and then all at once-it comes. Think of her feelings!" �escue �- Plans Are Laid For Salvaging Of Submarine Naval officials confer following announcement of hope abandoned for 26 trapped in craft. B John L. Blackman, Jr. Slaff Correspondent of Tht Christia" Science Monitor PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May 26 -Rescue efforts ceased and the Navy turned today to the work of salvage at the scene of the sinking of the U. S. Submarine Squalus, lying in 240 feet of water, 15 miles southeast offshore. This course sent divers over the side o[ the salvage ship Falcon on a more thorough examination of the hull and the position of the submersible, following the report from a diver last night which ended all hope for saving any of the 26 n1en trapped in the submarine after 33 other members of the crew had been brought to the surface. The diver's message was: "Opened after hatch. Found torpedo room flooded. Closed hatch." Plans Discussed Upon receipt of this word that the men, as feared, had been caught in the flooded compartment, Rear Admiral C. W. Cole, Commandant of the Yard, suspended rescue chamber operations and immediately called together his technical advisors at the Navy Yard to discuss means of raising the vessel. As a result o.f this conference and subsequent meetings today, Commander A. I. McKee and Commander A. R. McCann, who was in charge of the construction of the rescue chamber in 1930-31, left by plane at 11:25 a. m. for Washington for a conference with high navy officials who will decide the method of raising the Squalus and the 26 victims in its hull. At the same hour it was officially announced at the Yard Hospital that 30 o.f the 33 survivors who have been under observation since their 29 to 40 hour confinement in the SUl}ken ship, have been released from the hospital. Three members still at the hospital are Lt. J. C. Nichols, C. A. Powell, radio operator, and C. S. Kuney. Admiral Oversees · as executive of- turned to the Falcon before noon to oversee preliminary salvage steps of laying the groundwork for the attachment of air hoses to blow the water out of the submarine and raise it through ils own buoyancy, if that method is decided upon instead of using pontoons which arrived on the scene late yesterday on the Navy Tug Sagamore and a scow she had in tow. These preliminary steps included, first, fastening a permanent line to the deck gun. This, it was I Pxolained. will be ilie up-anddown pne for uiv~rs V(orking on thl:'! wreck. The next step will be to clear the deck of antennae and other detachable equipment which mighl be in their way, Actual operations, a spokesman said, will get under way as soon as the delicate mathematical computat10ns are completed and checked and approved by the Bureau of Naval Operations in Washington. An officer said the bodies would not be brought up until the submarine is raised, unless they interfere with raising operations. Cause of Sinking At the press conference today, Capt. H. R. Greenlee, manager of the Yard and father-in-law of Ensign Joseph Patterson of Oklahoma City, the only officer not saved on the Squalus, said in regard to possible cause of the sinking, "No one knows what happened because there was no one there to see. Whatever has been said is pure conjecture." Inference Doubted On the inference that an open engine air induction valve allowed water to pour into the submarine as she was making her last dive, Captain Greenlee said that if the lights in the control room were showing, as reported yesterday by Machinists's Mate Alfred G. Prien, that meant the valve was closed. Captain Greenlee said he did not consider it a "very likely possibility" that the lights were out of adjustment. This particular valve, he said, was of Navy design and was manufactured at the Portsmouth Yard. The Saualus. accordinit to Caotain Greenlee, had made ,18 success.fut te t dives since commissioned March 1. Officers and crews of five submarines stationed at Mare Island, Calif., today sent $500 to aid families of men trapped in the Squalus. Lieut. 0 . F. Naquin, commander of the Squalus, answered with "deep appreciation" for his men. It was also announced that from the funds of the Navy's voluntary relief association, fat ilies of the men who perished will be given assistance. This. mor,,.ey, officers said, would be in addition to the regular llkmp payment of six months pay. If the tragedy had occurred in wartime, officials said, widows and orphans of the men who went down would receive I --- - - - ---- ------- �Preparing for Sa SA Equipment Is Rushed hy Navy Lo Portsmouth, Above-Pontoons to be used in the salvage work at the scene of the sinking of the United States Submarine Squalus. These pontoons were brought from the Brooklyn 'avy Yard by the Navy 'l'ug Sagamore, which performed a similar service when the S-4 went down off Provincetown, Mass. Below-Loading salvage equipment aboard the Sagamore before departure from the Brooklyn Navy Yard for Portsmouth, ' ' ' �Rescue Chamber of Diving Bell Device with which Navy experts rescued 33 men from the Submarine Squalus is seen while still in the experimental stage, Commander Allen Rockwell Mccann, then a Lieutenant, who was in charge of the development of the bell-shaped deleft and Lieut, A. R. Morgan are shown testing the telephone communication system of the chamber, A special board of naval and civilian experts suggested the bell as a result of the S-4 disaster in 1927, in which ,40 were lost. The use of the bell in rescuing survivors of the Squalus from 240 feet was the first practical test. �Squalus disaster, also took part In an attempt to keep the submarine S-48 from being carried away by the tide. There was one Portsmouth man aboard the submarine. He was Seav man John P. Walsh. Comdr. Bray remained on th~ bridge from 6.30 o'clock Thursday morning until 3 Friday morning when he was taken ¥--.,..---,-,-,----,------,---10ff, the last man to leave the craft. Harbor. This was true and it was The work of salvaging the vessel The submarine S-48 grounded at later picked up by a searchlight took several days. Comdr. H. E. Little Harbor on Jan. 29, 1927 and from Fort Stark, and located partly Saunders, submarine construction that was also an exciting night for submerged at Frost Point. SOS sig- superintendent, was In charge. nals made with a flashlight by one Headquarters was established at the the men of the Navy. The subma- of the crew could be seen coming old life saving station at Jeffries' rine was on its way to the local from the periscope. Point. navy yard and in some manner the Capt. Kay Herson, caretaker at On Feb. 7 the craft was towed to vessel struck at Jeffrey's Point and Fort Stark and Private James S. the navy yard, after considerable drifted into Little Harbor where it Martin of Fort Constitution, made preparatory work had been done to grounded in the mud at Frost's an attempt to reach the submarine, get it afloat, and went into the dryPoint. First news that the vessel but were forced to abandon their at- dock for repairs. The crew had was in distress came from the SOS tempt for the time being as their been previously taken from the temmessages sent from the craft, It boat leaked, but upon returning to porary quarters at Fort Stark and was a bitter, stormy night and this Shore they secured a dory and made brought to the submarine barracks made rescue work all the more dlf- three trips to the S-48 brjnging men at the navy yard. 1\cult. ashore. The SOS calls were picked up In the meantime Coast Guardsabout 7.30 In the evening by the men from Wallls Sands had sucnavy yard wireless station and the acting commandant of the yard, ceeded in getting a line aboard the Capt. C. T. Owens, U.S.N., was noti- vessel, but suddenly a large wave pushed the submarine past the secfied. Capt. Owens immediately got ond breakwater into the calm water in communication with the Portsof Mud Point, 500 yards from Fort mouth l{arbor Coast Guard Station and Captain George Haqd and a Stark. crew of six men set out In search It was not an easy matter to take of the submarine. They experienced the remaining men ashore but this com;iderable difficulty owing to the was accomplished by means of boats. severity of the storm, in locating the Lieut. Comdr. s. E. Bray, U.S.N., underseas craft as the first report commanding officer of the submawas that it was aground on the reef rlne, was the last to leave the ship. at Whalesback light. The tugs James The men were taken to the reslWooley from the navy yard, and the dence of Capt. Herson, U.S.N., where M. Mitchell Davis were called and Lieut. Taber, U,S.N., and others who put off to the lower harbor. They had been sent from the navy yard were unable to get near the S-48 In trucks with food, blankets and and could do nothing but stand by, supplies rendered first aid, waiting for the wind to diminish. Aside from suffering from exposThe storm raged on, and, althougn ure most of the men were all right. the Coast Guards had been standing w. F. Fenderllme wa~ the only man by since they had discovered the of the entire crew of 36 Injured. He sub, they could not get a line aboard. received slight injuries from a fall. The calls from the submarine "We W!lllam McCarthy fell overboard, want help, rush" continued to come but was i:escued by the commanding into the navy yard until about mid- officer, wh!le H. H. Bedford was night when they grew weaker and knocked over the rail by the breakfaded completely. The Coast Guard ers and fell onto the shoulders of station at Wallis Sands was i,um- men below. moned by E. Curtis Matthews and The submarine, after the all night they brought the breeches buoy. Mr. pounding by the waves, lliited 45 Matthews arranged that the street degrees to starboard. It had a puncdepartments of Portsmouth and Rye tured forward torpedo room and the should keep the highways open for forward quarters were flooded. The the coast Guards. About 2 o'clock high seas continued to break over the following morning the Coa,t the sub all day and It was feared Guard arrived on the New Castle that It might go to pieces. shore hoping to get a line aboard The men were endangered by the craft. Two men on shore, who chlorine gas from the storage bathad been watching the submarine, terles. In fact, they were taken off left their posts to assist the Coast just in time. Guards In getting their rigging on The submarine S-51, which later shore. They were gone from their was rammed and sunk by the "City post a little over 10 minutes, and on of Rome" off Block Island, R. I., was their return, could not see the lights standing by to assist in rescue operof the submarine. Investigating as at!ons and fears for her safety were well as they could they decided that expressed during the night, but this the incoming tide and wind had was due to lack of communication. swept the submarine f.rom the rocks, j The tug Penacook, which Is now and that it had drifted from the en- at the scene of o eratio s at the trance of the breakwater to Little When The S-48 Grounded At Little Harbor ~ �The submarine S-4 was sunk Dec. 17, 1927, off Provincetown, when In collision with the . Coast Guard cutter Paulding. The Paulding was on patrol duty and was making for Provincetown harbor about 4 :30 o'clock in the afternoon, when the lookout saw the S-4 running submerged dead ahead. There was no time to swerve from the course and the vessels crashed. The patrol boat made port with her lower hold flooded. The Paulding was struck amidsh}p, but the point at which the submarine felt the force of the blow Wll6 not known untU divers made an examination of the hull. The S-4 went down Immediately. Boat.s cruised about the scene for hours, but found no survivors. There was a fresh breeze and rough seas hampered the work of the small boats taking part In the work of rescue. The S-4 went down a bare 1800 yards from the slaore of the Wood End Coast Guard Station, which Is situated on the ocean side of the harbor. As the Pauldi.ng's wireless message reported the colllsion a rescue fleet from the New London Coast Guard base and also from submarine bases In the northeast section of the country went to the ~ene. Assistance was sent from the Portsmouth Na.v Yard. Portsmouth Herold Photo The first to reach the scene of the Submarine Sculp1n Standing By. Capt. W. F. Amsden, U. S. N., captain of the collision was the submarine tender yard, and Lieut. W. D. Wilkins, U. S. N., commanding officer of the Sculpin, Wandank. are on the bow. Hope was held for some time that some of the men would be rescued. The collision occurred on a. Saturday afternoon and by the next MondAY a gale arose which prevented ~ontinuing the work and delayed It fvr 0 several days. ~1, The Portsmouth Navy Yard played an Important part in the early con ucted on both sides b_y_r_a_p_p~ln-g-s·_. activities following the brief mesIt was a ]lttle over 11 years ago on the steel hull. The only sounds sage received at the yard that a that the people of Portsmouth, as of life came from the forward com- submarine had been rammed by a partnynt. As the days passed, destroyer off Provincetown, and to well as throughout the country, were and It was found Impossible to raise send whatever help was possible. listening with their ears glued to the the sunken submarine, although Rear Admiral W. D. MacDougal, radio and eagerly scanning the pontoons were Immediately sent to USN, commandant, immediately new;pa.pers for news of a similar the scene, all sounds of life van- summoned the heads of the departsituation when the submarine S-4 lshed. Air tubes were connected as ments connected with such work was rammed and sunk off Province- soon as po.s.sible and fresh pure air and In a. remarkably short time evtown, Mass. The Squalus, how- was pumped Into the hull, but It was erythlng was In full motion for reever, was not rammed and therefore too late. The men had lost their lief. there Is much more hope for the lives. The U. S. S. Bushnell, tender of survival of the occupants of this unRescue operations continued for the 12th squadron, of which the S-4 derseas craft, and also in the fact some time and then the winter gales was a. part, was Immediately orthat modem Inventions have made compelled officials to abandon their dered to get ready for sea. Lieut. it more po,sible to save the lives of work until some weeks later. Fin- Comdr. H. M. Branham, USN, In the 51 officers and men aboard the ally the submarine was brought to command of the Bushnell, at once craft. the surface, the bodies of the men began rounding up his crew and ofHowever, there Is considerable of a were recovered and sent to their flcers. As It was Saturday a.fterparallel in the two disasters and a homes, where their loved ones had noon many of the officers and men brief review of the sinking of the S-4 waited, hopefully at first. Finally had lef~ the ship for a week-end and the subsequent rescue attempts this hope val)lshed and they became leave, but in a remarkable short Is of Interest. resigned to what was In store for time they were all back on the ship, First communication was estab- them. and the boat was ready to sail at 5 11.hed by means of tapping on the The submarine was towed to the o'clock. walls of the sub, with the men an- Boston Navy Yard and later to the In the meantime construction ofswering from within. It was known local yard, where it was cut in two !leers were busy, and Comdr. H. E. at that time that six men were alive. and lengthened. The submarine Saunders, who was in charge of the Divehs who went down to was equipped with an escape door salvaging the S-48, began assembthe hull of the sub- and this was used in exp~rlments ns ling his material and at 7 o'clock marine brought back the pathetic the men were drilled in the e.;c 11 pe the Bushnell pulled away from the story of an underseas conversation methods. dock and once outside of the har- When The S-4 Was Lost, Eleven Years Ago �bor proceeded under forced draught to Provincetown. Accompanying Commander Saunders were Lieut. C. Shugg, USN, and Lieut. L. Kap• lan, USN, of the Construction Corps, Chief Machinist Frerksen, USN, and Chief Boatswain F. Kidston, USN. The Bushnell carried three deep sea divers and all of the necessary diving apparatus, and none were taken from the yard. The submarines S-3 and S-6, sis· tershlps of the S-4, were ordered to sail Sunday morning, but the S-6 developed engine trouble and could not get away, but the S-3 left shortly after 8 o'clock, and as she was an exact duplicate, was an impor• tant factor in the salvage operations. This vessel sailed on the Tuesday following the disaster for the scene to assist. Mrs. Weller, wife of Lieut. Donald Weller, one of the officers of the S-4, resided in this city and left for Provincetown as soon as learned of the disaster. Mrs. F I t c h, wife of Lieut. Graham Newell Fitch, another of the officers, had been living here but left the day before the tragedy for Boston from where she went to Provincetown. The S-4 was operated 1f New England waters for much of her time after going into commission, and was ordered to the local yard to undergo repairs. She left here only two days before the disaster to undergo her standardization test over the measured course, and planned eventually to proceed to New London to undergo her deep diving test off Block Island. The S-4 carried a larger crew than the Ill-fated S-51 which sank off Block Island. Her extreme breadth was 21 feet 10¼ inches with mean draft of 18 feet one Inch. She was driven by twin screws. Her equipment consisted of four tor· pedo tubes In the J;>ow and one fourInch gun. The crew of the S-4 consisted of five officers, one civilian, a draftsman from Washington, D. C., and 36 men. Lieut. Comdr. R. K, Jones of Halethorpe, Md., was the commanding officer. Two members of the crew were left behind in this city when the submarine sailed. J. A. Guldy, a gunner's mate of San Antonio, Tex., was ordered to the naval hospital for treatment just before the submarine sailed, and James B. Rice, a machinist mate of Los Angeles, wai; under treatment for measles at the hos Ital. President Praises Rescue Operations By a Slaff Correspondent of The Chrl&tlan Science Monitor WASHINGTON, May 26-The final capstone of praise for the Navy's work in rescue operations on the submarine Squalus was bestowed today by President Roosevelt, commander-in-chief. The President emphasized that the submarine rested at a depth of 240 feet, 100 feet deeper than that of any American submarine requiring rescue and salvage operations in recent years, and about at the maximum point where rescue operations such as were used would be practicable. He said he was very happy that all the re arations and the care- ful traning in rescue work seemed to have worked under very difficult conditions. The results, he said, fully justified all the money and effort that has been spent in perfecting rescue methods. There were circumstances, he added, which human ingenuity could not meet, and some machines which could not be rendered foolproof. They had been responsible for the accident, he implied. As a former Assistant Secretary of Navy the President understands the technique of the rescue operalions, and closely followed them throughout. �Work Rushed This Afternoon To Determine Possibility Of Others Being Alive Robert L. Washburn, Greenwich, 0., seaman, second class. Sa,,ed in . Third Trip Lieutenant Robert W. Robertson, Quanah, Tex., engineeering oflicer. Arthur Lagrand Booth, Milford, Conn., radioman. Roy Henry Campbell, Omaha, Neb .. chief torpedoman. Gavin James Coyne, Sacramento, Calif., machinist mate. Feliciano Elvina, Manila, mess !.t• tendant. Following the repairs to t.he huge diving bell, thrnugh _William Joseph Fitzpatrick, Woburn, which 33 men have been saved from the sunken submarine 1 Mass., torpedoman. U.S. Squa1us during the last 24 hours, work began this of- \Leona rd D. MedeiroS, New Bedford ' · . ff d . "f f h . . I Mass., torpedoman. ternoon In an e Ort to eterm)ne I any O t 8 rematnmg Carlton B. Powell, Cardiff by the 26 members of the crew are olive, and also to salvage the · sea, Calif., machinist mate. )lt,t'.r:';I\i Divers To Endeavor To Enter i::~l~};};/ Stern Compartments= Methods _:_ Of Raising Sub Being Considered ,.,"·•·-·..-,, . . ,,., $4,000,000 newest submarine of the navy. Alfred G. Prien, San Francisco, maThe morning was spent in repairing the diving bell, which . chinist mate. th was damaged. on its, fourth trip Wednesday evening when :Lieutenant Saved in Four Trip . . . , 0. F. Naqum, commandthe commanding officer -of the Squolus, and another officer er, Alexandria, La. and six men, the remaining· survivors in the forward coin- Lieutena.nt William T. Doyle, Jr., Baltimor:, executive _officer. . Partment' and perhaps the lost . survivors of the entire crew k Allen Carhsle Bryson, Greensville, of 59 were brought up. Previously 25 men had been ta. en s. c ., machinist mate. to the surface. Eugene Donald Cravens, Thayer, Efforts are being made this· afternoon to attach the buoy Mo,. gunners mate. · h b • Charles Smith Kuney, Tulare, Calif., to t,e I a f ter hatch; and gain entrance tp t e SU mcrnne veoman second class. there. This will enable the diver tq enter the stern D~nato Persico, Amsterdam, N. Y., compartments to determine if there are' any survivors of seaman. . N. Pierce, Kansas t he d1saster wh'1c h sent t he 299 -f oot vesse/I to t he bottom ·in i Carol machinis t mate. a crash-dive early Tuesday morning._ . : Charies A. Powell, Leesville, La., raThis method of rescue work is comparatively new, being i ctioman. · • h 1Q years · · It f th S S• 4 .· Believed · Dead as Cl resu O Ensign Joseph Patterson Oklahoma deve Iope d dur;ng t e past disaster off Provincetown, Mass. during December of 1927. city. ' The 33 men were the first ever to be rescued in a bell. Don Smith, civilian, General Motors · ·IS f oun d to be ·1mpOSSI"bl e to raise · t he SU bmc:mne · bY•...Charles corporation. M. Woods Rye electrician If It blowing the water from it and bringing it to the surface by attached to Nav; De;artment. that method the use of pontoons will be called for at th.a , James A. Aitken, Bridgeport, conn., fire J. controlman. scene, ontoons f Or t IS WOr . ave not arrive at e }'Ord .' John · Batick, Portsmouth, N, H., OS yet, Electrician's mate, first class. ,P ' . h' ·kh · d::jh . 0 . ~; _ __ ) Joshua Casey, Grand Ridge, Fla., . ~ Charles Yuhas, New Salem, Pa., ma- : fireman, first class . . Here is the comple~ list of eurchinist mate, first class. j John A. Chesnutt, Groton, Conn., "· vivors and those belleved dead in ; chi-sf machinist mate. ·, 1 nd the submarine disaster: . Saved in Seco Trip , Robert L. Coffey, Fullerton, Calif., . nd Saved In First Trip of Escape Bell Judson _T ho~as Bla ' Norfolk. Va., i electrician's mate, second class. Lieutenant (jg) John C, Nichols, .:1~ctncian ~ mate. · ! Elvin L. Deal, Copperhill, Tenn., maChicago, gunnery and torpedo of- Wilham David Boulton, Luton, Ia., ' chinist mate, second class. fleer. . seaman, firS t ~lass. . Lionel H. Fletcher, San Diego, Calif., Harold C. Preble, Naval architect. Lawrence J. Gamor, Honolulu, chief electrician's mate, third class. attached to Portsmouth_ Navy · el:~trician's mate. Kenneth R. Garrison, Joplin, Mo .. Yard. .Bagiho Galvan, Ibajay Capiz, P.I., chief machinist mate. Roland Blanchard, Hersey, Mich., mess atte nd ant. Robert F. Gibbs, Lexington, S. fireman. _,,ec.ond.. cla,&.s, . .. .. Lloyd B. Maness, Greensboro, N.C., 1 tor edoman, first class. / Electrician's mate. . ... . . ,, JohnPP. Hathaway, s an D'iego, Cal'f i ., . :, I saacs, W as hin gton, D . C ., , sto"m, Mass., ; fireman, first class. ship's cook, second class. 1 Francis Murphy, Charle Theodore iacobs, Staten Island, N. R quartedrmFastOe~H•first Ecllas~. N "" '. Eugene A. }foffman, Brooklyn, Mich., . aymon . ara, mira, • ,. ·• , h. · t te first class Y,, Signalman, first class. . , mac ims ma , • pharmacist mate. Alexander B. Keegan; Quakertown, 1 Gerald McLees, Richmond, ·Kansas, Wai:ren w. Smith, Jr., Laporte, Tex., Pa., seaman, first class. Electrician's mate, third class. signalman,_ second class. •.----~,----· ·---~---··--;-.. ·, ·.'.. --" - ' . ' ✓·'"-:~- ___ - ' _·: ··- ' ····-·•-·----.:i-; ✓---:: ..:.. - -- -~- - ~ ! . "'~-<-~'_,__,_ ��~~ltr:-_: :;.-.,:~,. :~;}~s, .. · - - . ·'K:,O'i:l \?1}lCommanding Officer Of ·,- :'.-l Squa/us Tells Of Tragedy Says Officers And Men Performed 100%Never In Doubt Of Rescue lungs only as a last resort. If there Lieut. Comdr. Oliver F. Naquin, had been any leak in the ship or U.S.N., commander of the sunken any other reason why we should submarine Squalus, told today the doubt our safety, of course, tragic stoi:y of the sinking of his craft. would have uszd the lungs to "I was in the control room at the the men out at all costs. time of the dive. The accounts are "Lloyd B. Maness, an electrician's too technical to attempt to discuss mate, is the man to whom I owe before the ship is raised and I do life and so also do all of the oth no t intend to discuss them. men who were in the control roo , :[~;\; "My officers and men performed Maness, acting speedily s.nd instin 100 per cent. There was never any tively, closed the door, shutting o doubt in my mind at all that we the afte:r compartment and keepi would come up, especially after we the water out of the control room heard from the Sculpin that the It was a job that required supe Falcon was underway. The Sculpin human strength because of our was over us first and did some grand angle and the pressure of the wat work. I released my one available pouring into the after com marker buoy and communicated i~.;.::_;;:.:.:..-:;_~~~~....,...,.,....,.-.,.,--,--.,~-,r;,..-', from the forward torpedo room. ·f "Lieut. Nichols was able to get off the full story of our condition by telephone to the Sculpin. I later went to the torpedo room and e changed greetings with Captain Wi kins of the Sculpin and then t buoy line part-zd, apparently as result of ocean condition• . "The lives of the men in the aft ·'f~'.1 compartment, in my opinion, we j':'f.0.~:. snuffed out immediately by the Jar :•'#;.'.:;. , :· quantity of incoming wate . I kne at once, from the angie we took, th ¥-.,~•·;),;- the after compartment;!! were prob· .'f-¾,;/ ably completely flooded . "We first took water af t.e r diving f:A};'.:'. and leveling off at 50 fe~t. We \_'.'. ..:{~,\' blew all our ballast tanks a t once )~J·;·;•·· and the bow took an up angle 'f~/•ih5· about 30 degrees. and then " t ·· ;J,l~~~} dropped to the bottom and remain · · · · at ~-n a11gJe · of about 11 degr :es. ,_ "Somebody barely mentioned the men in the after compartment and ; I immediately let it be known that ~ there was to be no further discus- · sion of them. There was nothing we could do for them and there was no ~cn~c in discussing them . "We rationed out our Momsen lungs and sent up smoke signal5. "There was a civilian observer, Mr. Preble (Harold C. Preble, naval architect), in the control room with lTif' and he, too, performed 100 per c°'n t. He w~s given instructions in ~ the u~e of the Momsen Jung and re- · sponded readily. ,.' "There was . no gas in the control ~room at any time except possibly ,·_ the carbon dioxide we created by . . ,... , ,... our own breathing. -; "Because of the icy conditions of ~ /· :-.:.,;.· the water, we decided to use the · ~~r: ,t,~/ .§t:~· jl f ~,· i~1f:;; '~.:~~~} .'·--· ••~-, •" :; :. l• . ·:·,~ t ~ -. :.·. . : :£~ �I · I _., ~ f"" \Ot ,, •, I ~ J ·- ~. •• >:.': :, - . ,. ' (.y . ·~- · ' ,. ,. ;ff; H . a~-0· Id prebl;T Oi--·-~::l_ sU bmarine Dlsa c:_,ter I . ~-:;;• •;. .- ,• ·"'";' 7· - •_f"' :_}'--!-~~~~-~-~~-:-s:,-:-: --:~-.l'l-:~,-:-~:-l:-~n.,..l~ -/ -0:--,~..,.:'~-~ -- -:~n-'1"-~~ l'I beef that had been rationed to us. l Because of the excellent training 1of the navy_ men there was not a · · ;;;, I: bit of fear or panic. Probably it will '\ sound unusual to you but yesterday ! forenoon after the morning meal I j:! washed my teeth. Of course, we had •' ' I Praises ~to go sparingly with drinking water · ·l A ·11 so I used one of my stocking to ... ';. ! clean my teeth with. I hope its th<e '. '·., '•-! last time that I'll have to do that ' . . ! '.:.~ :::. i ---And then, too, it was a feeling of J\ bu:, of course, that'.s ju~t one of the .- ·1 Br HAROLD PREBLE greater safety when we heard the 1l thmgs that necessity m an emer'. · / · Civilian Architect at Navy Yard sculpin crew hook onto our emer - , gency like that makes yot~ do. ·· ·:;~·/. j (As told to a Portsmouth Herald gency marker buoy, and establish 1I i "Just exactly what was bemg done f .... , Reporter) tel hone communication between , by the rescue crew on the surface th:Ptwcr subs. Comdr. Naquin told ·, none of us kne~, but we did kn~w i.··.. . I was out o;~marine Squalus them our circumstances, and they jl that Rear Admiral Cole was m assisting in teaching the officers advised us t.hat every bit of emer- i charge and t~at there was .no need and crew for the trials, when the gency equipment owned by the navy to worry . ~1th him up there WE; all i . disaster occurred. I was standing would be available to rescue in a knew that tne rescue operations ,.. . .. , ,. •· where I always stand. taking time few hours. , wou'.d be efficiently and speedily •.. · , . for thP. various operations. The dive But then the chafing of the line learned out. 1·was perfectly normal and similar on the side of the ship snapped the Our first clue as to. the . actual •• to several dives \Ve have _ made be- line and the rest of the communi- method of saving us was when we 1 , ~.'::· ! . ~ .. •.. fore. also like divrs that t-he sister cation was through hammering on heard divers placing the · rescue · ' · ;,-: _ ship ~:;ulpin had be.~n going the inside of the hull. Not knowing bell down haul chains on th-e l ,. '·,, through. for· sure that oscillators would pick joutside of the submarine. And t • • 1 ':'·· 1 I have been on 28 other Ports- up all of our messages some of the i then a little later we knew imme, - · ·,: , mouth-built subs and · have never crew were busy throughout the diate rescue was at hand as the _,_, been with commanding officers night hammering out code. sound of the bell closing over the : . '·y' who conducted themselves in any The only thing I worried about ' forward hatch was heard and the _,\.:J,:.;. :, bett-er manner than those on the were the men back aft. and my fam- 1inside operator started unscrew.,. Squalus. Untold amount _of credit is !ly being distracted. I was particu- Ing the hatch fastenings. ""\;::, due the commanding officer for the , larly concerned about my family, · I was selected by the command .. .-,:--.. . " way in w~ich he ~andled the ship. not because I was worrying for them, :ing officer to go to the top in the , •;':i;_.,· • As I said, the dive was perfectly but because I thought they might be \first trip up in the bell from the ... _.., ,. ,,. normal. and we were leveling off at worrying about me when there was submarine. And. believe me. there ' ·,~;: •,:· about 75 feet below the surface. not need of it. !was an unexplainable relief from : ~;;·/~:~ · Everything was fine and the dive While ,<'e were at the bottom we / the tension of waiting when I finwas "_'ithin the usual time limit. Ev- wrapped our~lves in blankets for i iaily · stepped · ·root on the rescue.· ... ,. eryt.hmg was apparently in perfect relief from the extreme cold. We ~' boat Falcon. i -~ 0 \ . - : ' · : · order, and there was a normal bow had food, which was rationed out to When I reached the boat I was , · ·angle. the men, and there was some con- fall right. I was permitted to walk Then something happened, caus- versation, mostly about what might ! on the deck and stretch my legs and ,/ -, •· ing the ship to tip at a very sharp : have caused it, and wondering if : then smoked a cigarette which I had 1 "... angle, and we started. shooting to- I everything was all rigiht at home. · longed for the past day and a half. , "/· ward the bottom. All the tanks were During that time the men were all My only regret is that we could : __,. -:'/. blown dry. The door from the after at ease and there was ~bsolutely no not have brought out every man on batteries to the control room . w~s undue commotioi:1 during the day that crew. I would enjoy making slammed closed by Electr1c1an s and a half we waited for the rescuers the same trip over again with the - Mate Maness. It must have taken Most important in each man's mind .same officers and even diving again. · a lot of stre1,1gth-almost super hu- seemed to be his family, whet~er would rave liked to have been . man strength. they were all right or not too warned brought in on the Sculpin and to . .·. ,~·-, The water came in through the And, too, we were anxious about have taken a dive on the way in . . ,i .__:,"-::, .. _ ventilation line. Only a little water the fate of the men who were iso- !That's what I think of the Navy ·:~...~•., ' came into the forward compart - lated in the aft of the boat or possi- and its commanding officers . . ;, :,~: ment, but as soon as Maness closed bly drowned when the water gushed The experience I have had will ·•:· . ', the door and we struck bottom we I into the quarters of the crew. I not effect me in any way, in fact, I · · knew that it was only a matter of hope that none of the men are dead, want to continue my operations and ~ ·'~. ·,; ; time before a rescue would come if but the way things happened, I I diving with the subs on trial runs. '·' we were once located. n:ea.n so quickly, I don"t think some When I arrived at the hospital I Though, really, I never warned ; of them had a chance. Anyway, met my family and had a reunion ., once. Knowing Admiral Cole and f I'm just waiting in hopes that all of I with them. what he had done on another job I them will be taken out of the rear 111_- - - - - - - - - - - - - - ; " ,_ ... and the efficiency of _the Navy De- / hatch alive. I know if any· of the partment in making salvages, I had f men still live there is nothing the '·.· · no cause to fear. I also knew the 1 Navy Department will not do to save , .. _.• .,. Sculpin was at the yard and knew · them, as it did us. ,·.:, .• "-"··· ~-, · it was onlv a matter of 35 hours be- ' I really didn'. t suffer much down :,• ·.::: fore we w~uld be reached. there except from_ the cold and lack i ··· ·~ The only time there was anxious jof rleep . I was lymg down, wrapped ' '1waiting aboard the sunken ship was !~ blan.kets, mo~t _of the time, but : .I from the time that we fully realized when you are VI a1ti~g to b_e rescu:,d that we were helpless to move on under 240 feet of v.ater you ,1\ll,t , our own power, until we heard the ; can't take time to sleep. . ~crew~ cpropelJersl on the sister sub 1 _ ~:of course,, while you are down _m 1 ._ ·, l§£1:!!Rin shortly after noon . __ ~ b you cant smoke, and I did miss II II Naval Architect, O!'!e Of The Survivors, M · Work Of Officers nd en ,' ··' · I •1 I ·. .· >· J I -,:' _,_ .-. II I I I •·- . , . 0 I I) _J �commandant of t.he yard, went to the scene where he boarded the The first diver to make t.he 240 foot descent was Frank P. Miller, a diver at the navy ya rd, and he spent 15 minutes hooking on the descending line to the forward torpedo room hatch. He stated "As I walked across the deck of the sunken craft noise of my heavy boots apparently penetrated to the men inside. At every step I could hear them tapping from within. Every time I ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' moved tapping was the answer." He though news photographers had also stated that he heard no sound Many- an eye remained unolosec! circled over the location in several from the stern of the craft. He also for more than 36 hours from the planes. To the southeast appeared stated that it took 73 minutes to come up and recover from the eftime the news that the submarine ,. of th e ch an ge of pre ss u r•e . Squalus had sunk off the Isles of a tiny whisp of smoke, which grew f ec...., larger and larger until the hull of In the meantime all were anxiousShoals was flashl!d to the nation. Portsmouth was. and still i , the the Wandank.l was sighted, making ly awaiting the appearance of Miller. nerve center. Never before hacl a hurried trip from Provincetown. At the scene all eyes were glued to The coming of the Wandank was the spot where the operations were there been such a, disaster here. Never before had such a. news followed by several other vessels going on, waiting and watching for Tues- the ascent of the diver. Following story "broken" here. By train, by which arrived throughout bus, by taxi, by airplane, by boat day night. With the arrival of the his appearance everything was in and by private car came men to Falcon, the submarine rescue ship, readiness for the diving bell to be get the facts of the disaster, and Which had been steaming here un- lowered. From then on the tenseness inwhip them into shape to give to the der forced draught from New Lonwaiting and anxious public. The en- don, Conn., at 4.32 a. m, Wednes- creased. A short time later the divtire facilities of the navy were ex- day morning, came the feeling that Ing bell, that apparatus which had tended lo the Portsmouth Navy things would soon begin to hap- been developed as a result of the S-4 Yard in an effort to do everything pen. After maneuvering !or about disaster, was lowered. This was the possible to save the men entombed two hours the correct positl6n was first time that the bell had been used in actual rescue work. It had in the submarine, and also to raise secured and a diver went below. Throughout the night many had proven its value In practice tests, but the sunken craft to the surfacr. Everything that could be of any kept an anxious vigil. Relatives of npw it was actual experience, and assistance, ships, apparatus ancl the men aboard stayed close to the everyone was "on edge" as they men were dispatched. Plane3 radio and telephone to learn the waited the result. Suddenly the top of the diving brought helium, divers and diving details and any word of their loved one . Here in Portsmouth wives of bell came In sight and it was swung experts. Coast guards sent boats several of the crew resided anci to the side of the Falcon. The first and planes to render all possible they, in common with the officers' man to step outside was Lieut. John assistance. wives and civilian loved ones, were C. Nichols who appeared through a Converging on Portsmouth came fearfully awaiting the news. hatch in the roof of the chamber. men-men from the Navy D 0 partPress headquarters had been set Here was drama. The first man to ment, men from the Coast Guard, up in the Administration bullding be brought to the surface after bephotographers, movie men, radio at the Navy Yard. The room where Ing trapped in a submarine had apmen, and reporters, all intent on court martials are held, and prob- pea.red, and he had the information doing their jobs. ably where the court of inquiry wUI regarding others in the trapped The news that the Squalus had sunk during a test dive was given assemble to determine the cause of submarine. Oheers rose from the decks of the to t,he public about 2 o'clock Tues- the disaster, was thrown open to rescue ship Falcon as each survlvday afternoon when two members the press, photographers, radio men or stepped out of the diving bell. Tables Answering cheers came from the of The Portsmouth Herald staff re-· and movie camera. men. ceived the information shortly be- were brought in and emergency ships anchored in that vicinity. The Fifteen direct seven In that trip included Lieut. fore press time, from the Jlps of lines establlshed. naval officials at the Navy Yard, phone connections were made, in Nichols, John J. Blanchard, Theowhere they were called by the of. addition to other means of com- dore Jacobs, Gerald c. McLees, Wllmunicatlon. There was a demand 11am Isaacs and Oharles Yuhas of ficials. A w!ld ride back to the city re- for more phones on the part of the submarine crew and Harold sulted in The Herald carrying the newspaper men, and It was a busy Preble, naval architect of this city. first printed news of the affair, time for the telephone workmen as Preble seem~d. to be the most affectwhile the Associated Press and they endeavored to keep the phones ed, but It was a. grim looking lot who other press services were notified. in order and install new sets. had faced death bravely, who apIt was .iust 24 hours after the first Wires for radio broadcasts were pea.red at the surface. The information which they news of the disaster was given out needed, as throughout the night, 1 that the first seven men came and all during the day broadcasts brought up with them was that 25 to the top of the Atlantic in the were going out over the air. Four others were stlll alive below, but companies were at the scene. In apparently the other 27 had been diving bell. sets trapped In the flooded after comThe Portsmouth Herald sent a addition radio broadca ting were aboard the USS Brooklyn, partments. boat to the scene, leaving the harNow the scene shifts to the press bor at 3 o'clock, arriving at the which arrived during the forenoon, New York room In the administration bu!ldscene about. an hour and a half after speeding from when~ the boat left at 3.30 Tuesday Ing. Things had been quiet. Of later the first civllian boat at the afternoon. course there was the thrill of hearscene. The submarine Sculpln, a sisAbout an hour before the Fal- ing that the diver had been on the ter ship of the submarine lying 240 con arrived the Coast Guard cut- submarine, attachln(I the down haul feet below the surface of the sea, ter 409 left Portsmouth for the line, and that a message had been anod the tu~ Penacook were the scene of the disaster carrying lti rec lved telling of the safety of only vessel there at the t.lme. aland at _30 some of the crew. The news had 6 Cole, USN, come Irregularly, or course, as it As The Nat ion Kept Its Long And Anxious Vigil Tense Drama Marked The Many Hours From The Time News Of The Sinking Of Squalus Was Received Until First Rescue Was Made �was sent as soon as it happened. The scene in the press room was this: One of the radio men was broadcasting, Telephones were ringing and reporters were giving stories to their papers. The president of the Yankee News Service was broadcasting himself, and eagerly and with gestures, was telling the story of the scene which was being unfolded lJi miles to the southeast. There was a group of semi-bored newspaper men listening, wnen suddenly the speaker stopped. He was not on the air. He made another start and this time his talk was being broadcast. The delay caused him to be the first from shore to send out news of the safety of the men. As he was bringing his broadcast to a close, Lieut. Comdr. John J. Curley, Jr., aide to the commandant, appeared. It was electrifying. "Stand by for one moment please" said the announcer and Comdr. Curley announced that the dlVif!L bell had started Its upward journey, bringing seven men. Fro!I\ then on there was action. To reach a phone was the ambition of every man, and those who had their own private phones, found the operators were flooded with calls, and they too had to wait for a short time. The public telephone was in popular demand, with a long line waiting, Then came the period of waiting and wondering just how long It would be before the tnen were a'Qoard and .how they had endured their imprisonment. Suddenly Lieut. John C. Longstaff appeared, coming quietly. He was standing In front of the member of The Herald staff with the message In his hand. Emily Post might not have done It, but who would have looked over his shoulder to read the list of names? The name that stood out on that radiogram was "Preble" amt then began the task to copy the names and get to a telephone. From the vantage point, over th Lieut. Comdr.'s left shouldet, the names were sei:ured and a mad dash for the phone made, before t)1e naval officer had reached the third name. He had waited for the reporters to gather and get their pencils ready. But the telephone was in use, the user was sending out the news In a previous dispatch, and missed the announcement. The best bet for a phone was Kittery so a mad dash was made out of the yard and the news sent from there. Throughout the afternoon the drama was repeated. Especially at the scene was it most tense, as people watched for each appearance of the bell. The hours passed. At 4 o'clock 9 more men were brought to the surface. Half an hour later the bell went down for the third time and on its third return broug)lt up n e more, r g e num er 0 rescued to 25. The fourth descent was lwthout incident and the ascent began as the last man in the forward compartment, Lieut. Comdr. Oliver F , Naquin, commanding officer, climbed into the diving bell with Lieut. William T. Doyle, second in command. The ascent began and when about 100 feet from the submarine stopped. This was about 8.30 and the cable had become snarled and divers worked four hours to free the tangle. This was more dramatic than any other incident. Here was the commanding officer of the submarine, the last man who was believed to be alive to leave the ship, trapped half way to the bottom, after being entombed in the submarine for nearly 36 hours. For four hours this group of eight remained in the divii:ig bell before it was released and at 12.30 this morning the huge shell reached the surface. These men had been "jammed like sardines" and forced to stand while the divers were working to free the diving bell. Still more drama had occurred early ln the evening when a group of the rescued men were brought to the Navy Yard and Immediately taken to the naval hospital in waitIng ambulances. Wives greeted their husbands, on Dock No. 2, as the men, numbering 16, were brought 11> shore at 6.40 by the "Harriet Lane". All were taken to the Naval Hospital and, with the exception of Laurence Gainor, chief engineer's mate, all walked without assistance. He was carried in a stretcher having been injured. Mrs. Gainor ac.• companied her husband in the ambulance, The men stepped firmly across the gangplank and although each wore the grim look of those who have come close to death, they spoke no word and walked In single file to the shore and to the ambulances. There was a hush from the crowd, as the group silently came ashore. There were many dramatic moments, moments that will live long in the memory of those who witnessed them, even among the men who are used to "covering" the biggest news events In the country. Falcon to direct rescue operations. Both at the scene of the tragedy and at the Navy Yard we1 e nerve centers of information. 1 Naturally the former was the most spectacular, but word was flashed to the Navy Yard as soon as possible, tellIng of the developments as they occurred. The coast guard boat Thetls Jeit the yard about 8 o'clock In the morning, carrying 71 newspaper men, and returned to the yard at 11.30. The men aboard were near enough to witness operations, and It was thrllling to watch the news in the making. But probably it, was more 1 dramatic at the press headquarters at the Administration building at the Navy Yard as the wireles~ messages were received and the messages read to the waiting newsen. Shortly afler 9.10 o'clock came the news that the diver had reached the deck of the Squalus and then there was the feeling that things were about to happen. Previously, although of course it was necessary, there had been the feeling of waiting-waiting for the Falcon to arrive, and t-0 get into position, but here was a diver actually on the submarine deck where inside were 59 men, hum~ beings who had been trapped for over 24 hours. There was life, because news had been received at 9 o'clock stating, "stlll hearing tap si als." Bland, electrician's mate aboard the Squalus, who gave the first interview to the press, telling how he and 32 others were rescued from the stricken submarine. "There was no panic at any time," he said, "the men knew they would be �Survi¥or tells Story Of Long Hours Below The Surface ').-':, ~o>'\ Judson T. Bland, Electrician's Mate, Interviewed _At Navy Yard After Rescue Though tired, weary and on the verge of a nervous breakdown, Judson T . Bland, 30, electrician's maw, first class, was interviewed by a representative of the Portsmouth Herald and 34 other newsmen last evening after naval officers under Lieut. Comdr. J . J. Curley, USN, aide to the commandant, arranged IJle unusual interview. The interview took place in an upper hallway in the Administration Building and reporters were lined against all four walls before the rescued victim was }J.elped into the hallway and seated beside two officers. Reporters were told to ask questions in a quiet and orderly manner so that the man would not become confused because of the "great mental strain" he had just passed IJlrough. The Interview lasted nearly 15 minutes. It was obviously a strain on the man to recall all of the details of the ordeal and there were deep wrinkles in l\ls face, apparently from the long strain of uncertain waiting 240 feet under the surface of the ocean. The electrician mate's own story w~~ as follows: We thought we were making a perfectly normal dive. The navy yard test superintendent was standing In the control room and I heard him say It would be a good dive. '!'hen ... the submarine took a terrific up angle. rn· my judgment It was a 45 degree angle by the bow. The water came in the ventllatlon llne aft. "The Instant the diving officer re lized the water was coml11g In af he gave orders to blow the tanks and this order was carried out. One man closed the door t-0 the affected part and I'll say he had super strengt to do it. I don't see how he did it, but he did. "These are the details, but before go into the entire story let me say that I am very happy to be here. Of course, I am also happy to say that I was with such a good bunch of shipmates. I never saw men handle a situation any better. The captain gave his orders and they were carried out calmly by every man. "We were taking a erfectly nor- tlon with the excellent equlpmen which the Falcon has. I am not afraid to say that there was not one man who at any time said he was afraid he would not be rescued. "We knew we would be saved. The air got a little bad toward the last due to the fact that we were trying to conserve It, thinking that we would be down longer than we were. However, we continued to conserve oxygen and when the first rescue party arrived we sent up the weakest man In the first party to be rescued. "I had been in the forward compartment where the all· was bad and after the first rescue party went up I moved forward to a bet ter compartment and went up In the second rescue party. "I hope all the rest will found ." "Was there any sign of undue excitement or anything bordering on panic at any time?" a reporter asked. "No-none whatever. Everyone was keeping in high spirits and it was cheerful for us." "How long after the dive started did you realize you were in trouble?" "At least a minute." "Was there any both r from chlorine gal\.? Was there any present?" "We only had chlorine gas about an hour prior to my coming up. It was discovered in the forward battery to a very small extent. We had our masks ready in case we needed them." "What dld the crowd do to pass away the time?" "We passed the time by thinking and talking about the various ways they would rescue us 1tnd things we would tlo If certain occasions came up." "How Jong have navy?" "TWelve years." "How long has your Jlstment to run?" "Sixteen months, of a four-year enlistment. We were naturally anxious all the time and we were prepared to make our own escape If that was necessary." "What Is your age?" "I am 30 years old. I am from Norfolk, Va. I am married, my wife's name Is Nadyne and we have a 14- mal dive at the time. We were making a fast dive at the time, as I said before. I can't say what really happened. When we went to the bottom I was sent to the forward compartment. I knew they tried and tried to telephone the men aft, but couldn't get them. "Whatever it was, I'll say It could happen to any mechanism that requires complicated parts." "Were you in a position to see any of the activities of the induction valve?" a reporter asked. "No, I was not. "However, we began taking In water through the ventilation line and we knew In the control room that something had gone wrong aft. The captain had been below prior to that time and I heard him say that everything was all right. "Men began working fast to shut off the flow of water. The instant the diving officer saw the water coming In we started to blow the tanks. This order was carried out Immediately and well. Certain other valves were closed to stop the flow of water. We kept the forward part of the ship pretty dry, "All the men were gotten out of the aft part of the ship we could possibly get out, I don't know If compartments In the after part were flooded. I hope they are not. If not, more men may be gotten out. "When we went down we lost all power and communication aft was out. Throughout the day no one was excited and everyone was llv· ing In hopes that we would be found. We fired smoke bombs at Intervals and then we heard the Sculpln's engines. We knew they were her engines because they are the same type we have. "We were very much relieved then because we knew we were found and had nothing to worry about. We month-old child, named had not any communication with chelle Bland." "Where Is your wife?" the top side other than beating on "Right here in Portsmouth. the hull. All electrical power was was at the boat when I came gone. "Two men forward and two men in the control room continuously beat signals, all night, as cold e-s it was. We were getting very good resuits. We were told that the Falcon would arrive about 4.30 In the mornlng and we all knew the Falcon had excellent equipment and also that she had skillful divers aboard. "We knew also how the divers would work, especially In conjunc- �Before -Disaster Overtook the Submarine Squalus I The photo at top was made at the commissionin51 of the $4,000,000 1ub-1 off Portsmouth Harbor, not far from where the ill-fated underwater era arine Squalus recently. Bottom, the Squalus i1 shown during a test run went down in 240 feet of water with fifty-nine men aboard. How Thirty-Three Were Rescued From Trapped Squalus DIVING BELL TO BE SENT DOWN TO SUBMARINE DIVING IELL CARRYING ITS OWN OPERATING ENGINE IS LOWERED FROM RESCUE VESSEL TO THE SUBMARINE WHERE RUBBER JACKET AT BOTTOM OF BELL FITS OVER HATCH OF SUBMERGED SUBMARINE This A11aciated Press drawing from the Chicago Tribune shows how the rescue craft Falcon lowered the Navy's new "diving bell" and rescued 33 of the crew of 59, trapped in the submarine Squalus. The bell, which fits over the 1ubmorine'1 hatch, wo1 ordered by Admiral C. W. Cale, Portsmouth Navy Yard Commandant. Inset is an enlargement of the bell, which will accommadote six or ei ht men. �Charles M~ Woods Well Known Here~ Ensign J. H. Patterson, USN, Among Those Feared Dead .rv~ :,(,---------- Ensign J. H. Potterson, USN. The Squalus disaster comes doubly hard upon Capt. H. P. Greenlee, U. S.N., lndustrii-1 manager of the yard. In addition to the tragedy of the danger to fellow officers and navy enlisted men, is the fact that his son-In-law, Ensign J. H. Patterson, U.S.N., ls among those feared dead. Ensign Patterson mar.ried Ellzabeth Greenlee at a ceremony at the quarters of Capt. and Mrs. Greenlee at the navy yard last June 11. Following this Ensign and Mrs. Patterson went to New London, Conn., where he attended the submarine school. He came to the local navy yard on March 1, and was attached to the Squalus. Mrs. Patterson was the sponsor of the submarine Plunger which was built at the local yard and launched on July 8, 1936. She is a graduate Potterson, nee Greenlee. of the Vis!taUon Convent, Georgetown, D. c. Mr. Patterson attended Oklahoma state University and graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1936. He was prom!· nent In sports while there and held five track records. He was captain of the Navy track team in 1936, during his senior year, and took part in the 400 meter hurdles at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, finishing fourth. Thought Of The ,,1 Grief Of Others ~o'\ 1 From the wife of Ensign Patterson, the only officer the Squalus disaster, came a message Wednesday night which heroically spoke not of her own grid, but of that, others must have. "Our hearts are with you," the simple message read. It was sent to Rear Admiral C. W. Cole, U. S. N., in care of Capt. H. R. Greenlee, U. S. N. Mrs. Patterson ls Captain Greenlee's daughter. The numbering of Charles Myron Woods of Rye, an electrician, as among the missing and belleved to be dead, In the Squalus disa.ster, brings the second tragedy within a few years to the immediate family of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Woods of Kittery. Known as "Myron," Mr. Woods resided In Kittery until a short time ago, when he took up residence on Cable Road in Rye. He was married and had two children. He was a sergeant 1n Battery D, 197th Reg., NHNG, of this city. The first tragedy In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woods was the sudden death of their daughter, Dorothy, who died only a few days following her marriage to Kenneth Warren of Cornish. The couple were stlll on their honeymoon when she passed away. Myron was the eldest son. Other children Include Mrs. George Metrolls of Washington, D. c., Philip Woods of Gardner, Me., Eldredge Woods of Providence, R. I., and Mrs. Eleanor Hamm of Kittery. Myron wa.s a nephew of the 1ate Chief William F. Woods of the Portsmouth Fire Department, and al.so of Harry H. Woods of this city. Rear Adm. Cole At Scene Many Hours.Jf ~ Rear Adm. C. W. Cole, U.S.N., commandant of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, who ha.s been continuously at the' scene of rescue operations, 15 miles off the coast, returned to shore late yesterday afternoon. Shortly after the Sculpin, a sister ship of the Squalus, made contact with the sunken craft, Admiral Cole went to the scene and boarded the Sculpln. When the Falcon arrived he transferred to that vessel, and remained at the scene directing operations for more than 48 hours. �To Hold Mas Impressive Tribute For Those 'l,~ Lost On squalus Planned practical because of the section flooded by t.he water. And, t:.oo, the water t:.onnage within the boat while being towed into Portsmouth In what would be at least a four or six hours haul would present constant danger of It sinking enroute. While the gear aboard the submarine rescue-ship Falcon would be Armed with confidential government infor- completely ready within 24 hours It will be likely two or three days, and mation about the submarine Squalus tragedy off possibly a week, before the po~ons Portsmouth, two Portsmouth naval officers left are lowered and anchored to either of the sub Squalus. today for Washington, D. C., to confer with high side Authorities announced that all but officials on sal.vage plans and disentombing bodies three of the 33 survivors had been discharged from Portsmouth naval of 26 men who died in their country's service-the hospital thk morning. The men detained for &light colds were: Lieut. navy. John o. Nichols, USN, gunnery and And for those men, who so valiantly died in torpedo officer, Chicago; Charles S. Kuney, yeoman second cla.•s, Tula.re, the aft part of the submarine struggling to cut off Calif., and Charles A. Powell, radioa 31-inch stream of water into the engine room man, second cla , Lee.s<iale, La. The problem of raising the sunkan that their fellow shipmates might live, a military ubmarlne Squalus Is occupying the funeral will be held at Portsmouth Navy Yard- Rt.timtlon of resoue workers at the na VY yard t-Oda;v. With the actual probably the largest mass funeral ever held in New informll. tlon from the diver who the investigation of the subEngland. These bodies of strong, youn_g men with made marine below the surface and who "lonely courage" will be brought 'to the surface attached the diving bell to tlle aft that when he opened the from their watery grave during the latter part of hatch, hat:<:h he found water, final hope the week as six to ten large 40-ton pontoons raise vanished. Life would be imp=lble, the wa.ter must have gone from the ship to a spot near the place it was operating for the center of the submarine, through the various compartments, on a "quick practice dive" Tuesday morning indlcatlong that the ve6sel back of today ten large p·-o-n...,.too_n_s_w-er_e..,. the portion where the 33 survivors The naval officers, Comdr. A. I. placed Into the water at the navy found a haven of sa.fety, waa oomMcKee, (CC), USN, yard pl9,nning yard and workmen fitted out the pletely flooded. officer, and Comdr. A, R. McOann, large floating cylinders to be towed Divers, who after a. brief rest, folto the scene of disaster. Navy men lowing their arduous ta.sk of bringUSN, were dua to arrive in Wash- believed that six t:.o ten of the pon- Ing to the surface alive the 33 men lngton around T J). m, In a Nav toons each 30 feet long and 13 trapped and their subsequent atseaplane and thert would be rushed feet 1~ diameter, will be needed to tempt t:.o determine whether there to the 1Navy Department headquar- raise the sh! half filled with wa- were any survivo .s ln the stern of ters to confer With salvage experts te to th :;rfa e the submarine, were again ready to on just what course ill to be taken i.rhlle t~e two c y·ard officers are begin the task of bringing the cripin operations to raise the 11unken planning their salvage work with led $4,000,000 submersible to the sursubmarine. The two officer~ carry Washington officials the divers and face as soon as they a.re given word with them extensive conndentlal crew of the Falcon made ready to to start operations. The divers details on how the disaster occurred, send down a score of divers t:.o tun- had worked continuously for 60 what happened on board as It sunk nel under the sub I! necessary to hours. carrying 26 of the 59-man crew to encircle the disabled submersible A naval spoke6man said that their death, and the location of the craft with chains to haul it up by. actual operations will get underway ill-fated ship where it lies in several For a time It was believed that as soon as computations can be made feet of firm blue mud 40 fathoms the ship would have the water and approved by the Nav I Departdown. blown from it by high-pressure air ment in Wa.shingt:.on. Officials last Preparatory to actual salvage op- lines today by salvagers, but it was night spint two hours In conference, eratlon on th e sunken submarine felt this method would be too im- Yard Officers Fly To Y(ashington To Confer With High Officials On Methods Of Salvage �Funeral At Yard ..-.t" • -.J '_ • r-r- • ... ............ - ,. , ' ,~•-'"""'!~/··-7·-··¥-.r--,--1·. ·'·· ~-·- -- -·----~-~-----1, _ ~;~-t~c.··~--- H0Id Memona• I •-J'~~ ... but no formal decis10n was an"It is not possible," he added, "for ., nounced. However, technical math- the lights to be on if the induction " ematical work was begun at once. valve is not closed," explaining that ··1 Salvage operations have been halt- the electric contact which puts on ,. ed for the time being in _order t~at the lights is at the base of the valve. :: experts may have a chance to decide Asked what was the possibility of ,, uopn the b~st pr<;Cedure. Exper!- the valve opening once it was closed, ." ence g8:ined m ra1smg the aubm~rme . the captain said the- tendency of a 8~4 a_ little ove~ 11 years ag~ will b~ valve once closed would be to re- ,.I u,ed m determming the be~t meth main closed, j odtobeu~~d. I "We have finished the job of lifeThis valve had ,been blamed as the ,. The annual memorial exercises of '·. th saving and our task has turned to cause_o: t~e smkmg of e craft ?ut } Storer Relief Corps, No. 6, for the ::" that of salvage ," an officer said. M~chmi st s Mate Alfred G. Pnen · sailor-soldier dead was held at I_., Another explained that 50 intri- said he pulled the proper switch and . . . . :;. • · d saw warning lights at his post in- Peirce Island bndge this mommg at ,· cate is the problem that one ooun · t ·t of buoyancy either way ·couid dicati:1g the valve was closed when _: 9:15 o'clock and wa~ an oppor um y "make a!J the difference between the dive started, •~ for all to pay tribute to the memory success and failure." · An almost "Lights flashed on to indicate th e · of the brave men who lost their . . as pe rfect balance must be struck in main induction valve was closed," he ,, . . said. "I could not understand what . llves in the submarme Squa1us, buoyancy as water JS forc~d out and happened." · ' .' well as all others who lost their air pumped in to bring the 1,450-ton ~ Consensus in naval quarters -·~ lives at sea and a larger gathering craft to th e surface. . . · seem"<i ~ll !;la th~l. mechanic?.! fail- { than for years was present at the Should too m_ uch air be for,ced m _ure caused the light to flash despite · th bl O . e Squa Ius _m1g ht . ow ou t c'Ome f the fact the valve remained open. •. exerci.;es. its ~alves, flll with water and sink _.· ormal investigation of the disaster >_ The custom of having this beauti8:gam, h~ continued. S~ould too :_, y a special board of inquiry in :: ful memorial service for thooe who llttle go m 1t would not rise._ If t?e ;Washington was deferred until the ·· loot their lives in service on the sea balance were wrong it, might nse 1s ualus is raised. . was first carried out in 1903 by nose first to strike the rescue ship q ="'"=-:::=,,,--.,,..,..,.~:-7~~,..,.,,-=r,,.i. torer Relief Corps at the New Falcon or break its lines and shoot · astle bridge and pupils of the free, perhaps to sink again, arious schools took part, marching "It is a delicate task,'' the officer · procession from Market Square ;,aict. the bridge, carrying flags or flower The bodies of the men will be left in their hands . Later the exercis in their tomb until the Squalus is were held at the south Mill liridg raised and towed 15 miles to · th<! < and of late years at Peirce Islan navy yard here, officials said, unless bridge . Owing to automobile traf they interfere with operntions of fie and its dangers, the long pro jivers, in which case they may 1:>e re~e~~ion of school children was omitmoved in the escape bell which ted in later years and but one schoo orought their 33 comrades up 240 participated each year. feet to safety. The program of today's exerc~ The cause of the sinking of at the bridge o~ned with singin ;ubmarine ls still unknown accordby the Whipple School pupils an tng to Capt. Halford R. Greenlee, . the Portsmouth High School Ban U.S.N., industrial manager of the ·; rendering "Nearer, My God, t navy -yard, who stated today "Any- ;· Thee." The Relief Corps ritual ser thing said about the (induction) / vice followed. Rev. Myles N. valve is merely conjecture." " Rodehaver, pastor of the Universa It was originally believed that an · list Church officiated as chaplaiI open induction valve allowed water .' and offered prayer. The bana.·the t,o pour into the Squalus while she rendered another s-election and th was making a fast dive. Yesterday, flowers were cast on the water b Alfred G. Prien, 26. machinist's ,., Miss Edith M. Paul, past nationa mate, asserted the control · board <-::, .. " junior vice president of the Woman' lights indicated the valve was j.J\&;W. . Relief Corps, and Cleon E. Heald closed. ,, ;?~? · ,' past department commander of th "No one knows what happened," :?;,: ' Sons of Veterans of New Hampshire Captain Greenlee declared, "because /it~ Exercises appropriate for the oc no one has gotten down there to ;;.y" _ , casion were given by the Whippl see." i=' :.-• ·~· School pupils and the progra He said that all submarines dive i..G:_ closed with the salute to the flag, th and operate with the assumption : rendering of the "Star Spangle that...tbe_ lights _indicate _j;_he _p_ro_p~r Banner" by the band and the bene condition of the valves, and that diction. The school pupils cast the' the Squalus had made 18 similar flowers on the warer as they left th dives successfully. bridge for the return march. The induction valves, he cm The fifth and sixth grades of tinued, were designed and co \\'hippie School participated in th structed by the navy, as was the c · exercises, being escorted to th il_l sub.m arines ~uil~ i:ere. .. jscene by the :_ortsmou~h . High .·~~-~'JX ).~. Exerc,ses • Dea d For Sailor £ 1r·+ ~n ff':'?i~S_~~~--~y · /~-~;·Yt~}":} _ :' ----·· ___ -------· ·- 2_~'-'1 :~~~ti!!~~er::~r~::~:~\t ~~; ~,;/§t~;, ___ �14"··.,:.-·· \ ~:~•\· '· .. > •.·.,. - r Electrician's Mate Maness Tells !President Praises,?;: How Five Men Were Saved iRescue Work ,~ · Had Charge 9f Bulkhead Door Between Control Says Navy Deserves Great Credit For Successful ____Operations Room And After Battery Compartment ,, '-.,.c' '·\ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' * - =ced""iv=e=.==Ia"'":'h a""ve"""':;<fo~r=g=o"fttte~n~n~o;;;w;;;--;;w:;ih:;-;a;it:'i •. . <By Associated Press) he said, but it had something to do Washington, May 26 (AP) -Pre,.. .. Electrician's Mate Lloyd B. Man- with Sunday's wedding. So when I sident Roosevelt said today the ,_.:,.-, : ess of Greensboro, S. C.. whose had time to think I hoped that Shir- 1 navy had done a great job in res- · •. "superhuman" effort in closing a ley was fortunate enough to be in a . cuing 33 men from the sunken subwatertight compartment door, saved dry section, though hope was pretty . marine Squalus. ~-.. the lives of ..33 men aboard the sink- remote. I don't know whether I He expressed himself as very haping sub.m arine Squalus, told today I mentioned anything ab o u t my PY that all the preparations and . ,·. how he held the door open long ' thoughts. Bu t I do remember hear- training that had been carried on ' ··,·._ enough to save five men in the next ing commander Naquin ordering no for years and all the work that had · · ' compartment. · mention of the men in the flooded been done on special devices had ., • ~: "I was detailed in charge of the , section. worked out. . . :' bulkhead door between the control "He realized that such talk wo~ld Talking at his press conference, ;,··, room and the after battery," Maness be demoralizing and that nothmg , he said there had been no case in ·., ... told newspapermen. "At the in- could be done for them anyhow. the past of a submarine that re,;-, - stant that the Squalus settled to the "It was our good fortu~e to have quired rescue work which was suci'~r.;. .,· bottom, we were at a sharp up angle the storerooms contammg. food, cessful in a depth of over 100 feet. '--'.< and down aft. flashlights and necessary equipment The Squalus, however, was down ': ,J--. "The water was nsmg rapidly in in the control room. . 240 feet. • ,. -- , the after compartment and I real"We did not have the key so we The re cue mechanism, Mr. 5 ized that the time was short if I broke the lock and each man was proved that it is worthwhile to . was to close the bulkhead door. issued a Momsen lung for . emer- Roosevelt remarked, therefore was 1 . ,., . Due to the angle of the ship and gency, alt~ough ~he use_of this lung iput to the , most ~evere test. \ ' ' · the fact that the door opened from was not 1mmed1ately m prospect. 1 The rescue operation, he added, a down angle, I had to exert all The only lights we had w~re hand spend a lot of money and a great my strength to swing it into place. lamps and the only food iron ra- deal of experimental work in pre,. "I had partially closed the door tions' (emergency food)• . liminary precautions of thls kind. · -·;.. when several men shouted to me "Nobody ate much at any time, but He said he had no information ·':;.. · from the rapidly filling after bat- the grrntest lack was fre?h water, . which would indicate the disaster tery. the available water havmg been \'las the result of sabotage. • -~. "They yelled: 'Keep it open. Keep tainted. I don't think any of the it open.' Whereupon I let the door men had a drink of any kind from ··~; slip back on its hinges to allow the time of diving until we were resO'Hara, Blanchard, Isaacs, Boulton cued by the Falcon. and Washburn to pass through. Im"The cold was penetrating and we .,_!\i't,; mediately I swung the door shut, got blankets from the officers' , and turned down the water tight quarters and we sat down or · · -. - screw and walked forward to join stretched out to conserve oxygen · \·· ·• the rest of the crew. and energy. The forward bulkheads "I realized of course that there were soon opened on the order of must have been men trapped in the commander Naquin and those of us after compartments, but in an em- who had survived were reunited. ergency of this kind every bulkhead "I wish to make it clear that I door in all sections of the ship must acted according to the requirements be fastened as a measure of safety. of my duty in closing the bulkhead Even those doors forward in the dry door. I have the utmost sorrow for section had been closed. my shipmates who died, but I would "I know of only one man that was not hesitate to do the same thing ': , : ,· shut in in the water-filled control if similar circumstances required · · ·· room, John J. Batick. I had talked and I want no credit for having with him just a moment before the carried out something that any ;·,' ·, . accident. other member of my crew would · '.· '·i "At such times as this, there is have done in my place.'' · :, no time for sentiment. We are :,·\;.';: trained rigidly to act, so I gave no consideration of the fate of my ship., •·;i? :· mates anymore than I would have · :(.:,_,. expected similar consideration had ·:-..,.· : I been in their place. ,•·'.:;,.,"It was not until the first impul- ,;. •·-· -·~ ~-. sive action was over that I began ·,' ·.·,. to feel the awfulness of the men's { \ : -;.:: situation in the after section, par- . -:; .. -..- ... ticularly I thought of Sherman ·' -...;:,. -· Shirley, my chum, whose best man I ,~ · was to be next Sunday, when he was to marry a Dover girl by the '.'· .- name of Desautels. In fact I had : ..l.: talked with him just before our final ! ~ I ;:"t :t;i~ :<" / I L!_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ -::--_ _ _ , :._;:. J: . ·-_~ ·' •• r•• •• - 1 '.'·· ,,1• - ' .. .. ··. w ...._ ...... , ....... �message came through to the control room that water was coming Into th~ engine room. I checked tihe control board lights and saw that every valve was working properly and that none of the llghts showed there wa.:; trouble with the valves. When WP tllted backward at a 45 degree ang'.e still was looking at the control Brief Interviews With Men Aboard The Stricken Iboard and could see that all the 1,1.P lights were on and this meant to me Submarine Squalu s ' that all the valves were closed ancl I - - -----could not understand what had hapFrancis Mtuphy, Jr., quarterma.s- pen~d . ., (By Associated Press) ter, Charlestown, Mass.: Here are terse tales of duty and "So you're glad to see me, eh? Well, Wllllam B. Boulton, heroism as told at the Portmlouth you're not half so glad as I am to sean1a.n, Bronx, N. Y. : Naval Hospital by survivors of the see you. I'm not qualified to say "I was in the battery room when sunken submarine Squalus: what happened but I don't mind the boat hit. We went down at a 46 Theodore Jacobs, 29, signalman, saying that this is the grandest or 50 degree angle. The boat hit Staten Island, N. Y. : crew I have ever worked with. easily enough when it landed. No one "Part of my job was to tap out They're all topnotch men, every one was scared. We asked each other signals on the hull o! the ship to of them. Everyone was as cool R.;; what we would have to eat for our those on the surface, and it would be ice. first meal and began kiddlng about Warren Smith, signalman, La- when or what they would send down hard to de.scribe my joy when I porte, Tex . : heard signals coming back from the for our supper." "When the rescue chamber finalout.side. I was pretty sick, due to Carleton Powell, machinist's ma.til, bad air. In the forward compart- ly wa.s fastened and it came time for Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif.: the first group to leave there was no ment it was just a llttle wet. Law"I was in the pump room dlrecLly rence Gainor, the chief electrician, appeal to the commander. The men below the control room when and I were in the forward battery just sat in the darkness and said electricity went out. I think we room and the chief sensed some nothing." owe our lives to Maness. He closed danger there. He went down and Roy H . Campbell, chi,.f torpedo- the door. It was a matter of closing threw the big knife switch. The it against a terrific angfe and it t-0-Jk man, Omaha, Neb. : connectors on the batteries were hot. a great deal of strength. ' I don't "The only thing I can say abou When he pUlled that switch he prethis whole affair is that the men think the men in the stern ever had vented an explosion." around me did a great job in keep- a chance. We started tapping ns ing calm. Not a. man's voice era.eked soon as we were down and we never Charles Yuhas, 27, machinist's heard an answering tap from the during the whole ordeal." mate, New Salem, Pa.: stern compartment. We thought "I was in the control room. I was ComRobert L. Washburn, £"eaman, right then they were gone. just saved by luck. One man saved mander Naquin did a wonderful Greenwich, Ohio: that whole compartment when he "Sure, I'm going to stay 1n the subclosed the door. (He was referring marine service. I've been in a year to Lloyd B. Maness) . The worst part was that we were so cold. Of and a half and I stlll like it. When course the blankets came out and we the accident happened I was in thz had to double up in the bunks in the after compartment next to th~ one forward torpedo room. It was that was flooded and I grabbed holcl pretty cold in there. You would of some bunks and pulled myself take your hand out from under the through. I was holding the lockt>r blanket for a minute and it woula door open and the water washed get numb. I was a little sick, too." me a.ft through the after part of the sleeping quarters. I finally ca.mr up by going around on the port sldJ. Basilio Galvan , mess attendarlt, I got awfully short-winded, but I Philippine Islands: guess I'm all right now." "I was in the crew galley and went at once to the ward room when it Alfred G . Prien, 26, machinist's happened. That's my station. I mat.e, San Francisco, CalU. (whose was confident that everything was job it was to close the open induction all right. That's kind o! drllled in- valve): to us, I guess." · "My duties are to handle the lever:; and machinery controlling the Raymond F, O'Hara, pharmacist's vents, flood valves and the main inmate, Elmira., N. Y.: ctuction valve (the one which Is be"Commander Naquin (Lt. 0. F. lieved to have allowed the water to Naquin) gave up his own coat In or- enter and flood the rear compa.nder to ease the chill of one of the ments). I pulled the proper valve, men and he was the only man on closed the ma.in Induction valve so board who then did not have the pro- that water would not enter the subtection of a coat. And, believe me, marine when we dove. I could te1l it was plenty cold down there-less that the valves were working propthan 40 degrees, I should say, The erly and that the main Induction boss never showed any strain during valve was clo.sed because lights the whole time and didn 't get a wink I flashed on and the light.s will not of sleep during the whole 30 hours. show up unless the valve ls closed. I'd never be afraid to dive again in As the ship leveled off at 50 feet a any submarine commanded by Lieut. Naquin ." How Members Of Crew Performed Duty Under Stress rI 0 �FRANK P. MILLER, CARRY! G HI There are many unsung heroes of the submarine Squalus disaster, and among the group of men who have done a great deal of actual work ls Frank Miller, diver from the local navy yard who was the first to reach the deck of the sunken submarine. It was the noise of his heavy boots on the deck of the submarine that indicated to the 33 men inside that rescue was near. Miller descended through 240 feet of water to the deck of the S ualus. His work on DIVING UIT the first trip was to connect the down haul line on which the giant diving bell descended to the forward hatch. It took 15 minutes for this work to be done, but due to the tremendous pressure of the water, the time required to make a complete trlp was 73 minutes. He was on duty for many hours. Miller resides with his wife on Government street in Kittery. He has been here but a short time, Expect To Place Pon~Qon Chains In Place Soon May Be. Ready By Late Tomorrow Present Work On Squalus Indicates Air bubbles rising from under the port side of the a.ft hull of the sunken submarine Squalus today gave naval salvage officials reason to hope that the pontoon llft chains would be in, place by late tomorrow. The air bubbles, officials said, ind!cated that it would be only a matter of a few feet before the tunnel under the Ill-fated ship would be completed. The air bubbles, it was announced tl\is afternoon at the navy ya.rd were seen by Diver Shahn c9min~ from under the hull on the port side, while Diver Fiddler operated he air-pressure tunneling lance on the starboard side. Meanwhile, workmen at tbe yard were completing a flexible metal rod which would be run through the air pipe from the starboard side to the par side. After the "leader" Is placed under the submarine the pipe will be removed, wires wlll be worked through the tunnel until a cable strong enough to pull the pontoon llft chains through, and then the operation of placing two huge chains under the aft hi.Ill .will be started. ·· · It ls po.sslble, if nothing unforeseen occurrs to hamper the work, that the cha.Ins will be placed under the hull by late tomorrow. It Is expected that before the four pontoons a.re placed a.bout the a.ft of the submarine to haul it to shallower waters that some more of the water wm be blown from the flooded compartments were 26 of the crew were trapped. Three battleships, the New York, Texas, and Arkansas, arrived late yesterday afternoon and anchored nearby wlth about 1000 midshipmen from Annapolis a.boa.rd for a training cruise to Nova Scotia. The ships wlll again anchor near the scene, the next time in Portsmouth Harbor, when the midshipmen visit this city on August 6 and 7. Rear Admiral Andrew W. Johnson, commander of the squadron, came a.cross in a barge as the ships passed wlthln a. mile of the scene of salvage opera.tlons. He boarded the Fa.Icon to pay a brief visit to Rear Adm. c. W. Cole, hls classmate at Annaoolls. Yesterday afternoon thirteenmen lined up In grease-stained dunga, rees on the deck of the salvage ship Filcon and received diplomas cert! ylng that they had graduated from the navy's special dlvlng school In Washington. To the class, whose final work at Washington was curtailed by the necessity of brlnglng them here for the Squali,s rescue and salvage work, Rear Admiral Cole, commandant of the Portsmouth Navy yard addressed less than two dozen words ln an impromptu "commencement oration." "You have worked hard to get these certificates," he told them as the entire crew of the Falcon stood at attention on the deck. "You are now working the hardest you have ever worked to make them worthwhile." The diplomas, sent here from Washington, were presented by the admiral to Lt. F. W. Long, Robert Agness, Richard Clarke, Frank Conwell, Harry Friokey, Ben Morriss, Arthur Owen, Orville Payne, James Phifer, Alvie Phillips, Floyd Simons, Theodore Smith and Wilson Tuck. �Drop flower/ Upon Water As Tribute To Squalus Men MR. A D MR . J, H. PATTERSON Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Patterson of Oklahoma City, parents of Ensign Joseph H. Patterson who lost his life when the lll-fated submarine Squalus went to the bottom on Tuesday, came by plane from Oklahoma City as soon as they heard of the disaster, but upon arrival learned that all hope had been abandoned. Ensign Patterson, who graduated from Annapolis three years ago, was the only officer aboard the subma- rine to lose his life. \--(' At the Chicago Airport, where their plane stopped, they received a message telllng them that their son was listed as probably dead. Arriving at the Navy Yard Thursday, the Ensign's father Joined Capt. H. R. Greenlee, industrial manager and father of Mrs. Patterson, Jr., and went to the scene in a motorboat. In the afternoon they returned to the Greenlee residence with the sad news that there could be no life aboard the sunken underseas craft. Heroes in Squalus WASHINGTON, June 6 (JP) Heroism of Navy rescue workers and efficiency of new life-saving equipment are credited by Rear Admiral C.vrns W. Cole in saving 33 men from the sunken submarine Squalus. Three men were mentioned prominently by Admiral Cole, Commander of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, in a report last night to Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations. They were Martin C. Sibitzky of Pedricktown, N. J., William Badders of Annapolis, Md., and John Mihalo vski of New London, Conn. Mr. Sibilzky was the flrnt diver to descend to the Squalus, on the ocean bottom off the New Hampshire Coast. He attached the line which enabled the rescue chamber to be hauled up and down on iour trins. Mr. Badders and Mr. Mihalowski went down to the submarine, after the known survivot!s were taken off, to determine jf any of the missing were alive. Th ir feat was described as particularly hazardous. Admiral Cole said the rescue chamber, used for the first time other than in practice, justified fully the expectations of the naval experts who developed it. The tribute of several people at the navy yard, citizens of Kittery, and the House Naval Affairs Committee, In the form of flowers were dropped from a. Coast Guard airplane on Memorial Day. over the slate-gray ~ea. at the spot where the 28 men &till are entombed aboard the sunk submat'1ne Squalus. 4s guns boomeifin sli!u're rrom the haval vessels anchored near the.- scene of the disaster, the officers and men aboard the vessels paused in their task to observe the navy's traditional Memorial Day tribute to its dead. While the 21 guns, fired at Intervals of a minute, soundetl from the cruiser Brooklyn, and the destroyer Semmes, an echo of 21 guns came from the navy yard. As the last report died away the flags of each ship were raised to full staff. Rep. George J .Bates of Salem, Mass., a member of the National House of Representatives naval affairs committee, flew above the salvage scene with Chief Yeoman Emile DeBrouln, USN, of the navy yard, and dropped two floral wreaths and a spray of flowers. DeBrouin was chosen· to accompany Bates because as a chief petty officer, he represented the highest rank held by a naval enlisted man, and because he was acquainted personally with all members of the Squalus' crew. �To Use Pontoon To Raise Sub 'f'()CW\ ')."\ Divers Using New Helium-Mixture Descend To Water-Filled Hull Of Ill-Fated S ualus closing the valve and seeing the light :flash to Indicate it was closed. "Anything said about the valve ill mere conjecture," Capt. H. R. - - - - - - - ~ ~ - - - - . - . ~ ~ - - - - - - • Greenlee, USN, industrial manager of the yard said. "The cause o! the disaster will not be known until the submarine has been examined in drydock." But even then and after the board of 4'quiry meets the st.cries of what the 26 dead men saw in the tragic, macabre few minutes of the "practice fa.st dive" will never Salvaging of the $4,000,000 submarine Squalus, was the be told. The bodies ot those men momentous task that faced the United States Navy today will be removed &t the yard here while officials were confronted, also, with the question of from their undersea tomb, and then the flag will be lowered to half• what actually happened to cause the disaster that claimed mast-symbolic of Navy respect to the lives of 26 men of the 59 men aboard the submarine. the men who went to death while in It is expected that a board of inquiry will meet at the their country's service. How long the job of raising the local yard shortly, but no official announcement has been ship would take remained a, question made as to the date or place. A naval spokesman said to- today. The task 1s a. delicate one day that there had been no appointments to the board as and before the Squalus can be yet, but that c\.lstomary procedure of questionir,g the crew brought to the surface perfect buoyancy computations must be made. and men connected with the operation of the boat will be some officers believed tha.t the job made during the inquiry. might be done quickly but others Navy divers, using a new helium-oxygen mixture recently felt more strongly tha.t the salvaging might take up to three weeks. O icers Return From Washington Bringing Approval For Intricate Plans Of Operation developed by the navy, were lowered to the water-filled hull of the submarine shortly before noon today to complete the groundwork for raising the craft and its cargo of dead. They were assured of being able to work a longer time at the great depth because of the new mixture. if it should be needed. Also in readi· Meanwhile, Lieut-Comdr A. I. McKee U, S. N. and Lieut-Comdr. A. R. McOann, U, S. N, submarine experts, completed a. round-trip flight from Washington, bringing approval !or the intricate plans of operation to raise the 1450-ton hulk, They left Washington at 8:18 a. m. and landed at Portsmouth at 11 :17 • m. On snore, the huge rescue chambused to rescue the 33 survivors re aired and ready to be ness at the Navy Yard were the huge pontoons which were brought here to float the submersible. Although wea.kened by their Jong ordeal all of the 33 survivors ha.ve been discharged from medics.I treat• ment, the last three leaving the naval hospital today. Meantime, the cause of the tra• gedy remained a mystery. The high induction valve falling to operate properly was first blamed tor al• lowing tons of icy water to flow in and flood the after compartments, but a. contradiction of that theory came after a crew member reported �arvar pro essors, ey known authorities on respiration, ventilation, and industrial hygiene, left several helpful suggestions with salvage unit officials, and took with them much practical knowledge from what they saw yesterday afternoon aboard the Falcon, and where the Squalus salvage work ls revolutionizing the science of deep-sea Use Of Re-Circulating Devise Successful- · diving. Widely known for their Invention Pensions Asked For Widows And Orphans Of of the Drinker-Shaw respfrator, or Men Lost On Sub "iron Jung," Prof. Philip Drinker and Asst. Prof. L. A. ,Shaw watched with Interest the work of the divers Progress in tunnelling under the World War. as they demonstrated In actual use Diver O'Keefe made the first, the improved recirculating system sunken Squalus has been handicapped by a wall of ha.rde~ed mud dive this morning from the fan- of the l\ellum helmets. The new helunder the starboard hull, but to- tail aft deck of the salvage-ship met no longer turns Into a mechanday naval engineers felt they had Falcon and after being down for ical refrigerating plant, forming ice overcome 'the handicap by the use a period of 34 minutes made the at the intake valve. of recirculating divlhg helmets, af- report that the new helmets were Associate Prof. Constantin P. re-circulating Ye.glou saw In use for the first time ter one of the divers came up with "successful." The the report that its use proved suc- devise permits mixing of a. larger several of his own developments In cessful. Every effort to conquer the amount of helium with the oxy- the flow of hellum through diver's hidden obstruction Is being used by gen, enabling divers to remain be- helmets. Robert M. Thomson and the salvage workers and officials low for longer periods, Previously Charles R. William, Instructors In feel confident that the tunnelling most• dives were limited to 15 to industrial h ygiene, noted the exwill be finished during the week. 20 minutes, most of the time In cellent and clear-headed condition Meanwhile, In Washington, full the diving operation being spent of the divers working under great service pensions for the Widows on the ascent which takes about pressure. The Harvard men listened to the and dependent children of those an hour and a half. voices of divers through the teleCompletion of the tunnel wm who lost their lives when the submarine sunk 15 miles off Ports- permit looping of heavy cha.ins phonic loud speaker, and heard the mouLh, was proposed In l~glslation about the stern, and the fastening difficulty that has bothered the Introduced by Senator Maloney of of pontoons for the first lifting Falcon diving officers since the "helium ha.ts" were substituted for Connecticut. The pensions, offi- operation. As soon as the pontoons compressed air helmets. This was cials expla.nled, if granted, would are attached the sub will be moved the roar of the Incoming gas in the be the same as those paid sur- for the first time since it went down helmet, so loud that the diver, vivors of naval men killed in the In 40 fathoms May 23. straining his ears, still hll.d difficulty in hearing the tender on deck. The Harvard experts sat down witfi Lieut. Comdr. Charles B. Momsen, Comdr. A. I. McKee, Comdr. A. R, Mccann, Capt. Richard s. Edwards, Lieut. Commander Floyd A. Tusler and other salvage unit officers, and, before long, they 1 had developed a muffler that eliminated this helmet roar · to everybody's satisfaction, Then, after the Falcon's medical officers, Drs. 0. D. Yarborough, A. Rear Admiral William T. Tarrant, U.S.N., To R. Behnke and Thomas L. Wilmon, Preside At Hearing had exolalned thf.t there still was the possibility of a slight carbon ¥-'.c~ei~v'."'e-:; . d'"'h=er:'.e"-,--a"'n-.' d:-::R:-e-a_r_A~d-=-m1r-=--a-=-1 11:-_-al dioxide build-up Inside the "helium A new type undersea water noz- liam T. Tarrant, USN, will preside hat," they offered a change in the zle, similar to those used by fire- a.t the hearing. The plans, officials absorbent chemical, from caustic men, was working with apparent say, are to start the Inquiry withpotash to calcium sulphate, that apsuccess today as navy divers started out waiting for the salvage of the pea.red to be a direct Improvement. anew their efforts to force & twmell ship and recovery of the 26 bodies For the Har;yard men, the day under the aft hull of the sunken a.board. However, present orders are was a success, showing them In opSqualus. buried in blue mud. The that the board should not conclude era.tion many of their own theories first diver forced the water pressure their findings until after the 1&l• and dl.seoveries. lance 10 feet into the mud on the vage. starboard side of the ship. In addition to Rear Admiral Tar· Diver Metzger made the first dive rant, commandant of the First Na.this morning, descending from the val District, Boston, Secretary ot salvage ship Fa.Icon, he was lowered the Navy Clyde M. Swanson named 240 feet below the surface and then as members of the board, Oapt. after several minutes work there Thomas Withers, USN, chief ordlnreturned to the surface and report- a.nee Inspector at Newport, R, I,. ed that the lance had been forced torpedo station; capt. Wlllie.m R. Into the mud under the hull a dis- M~oe, USN, assistant director of tance of 10 feet. nave.I intelllgence of the Navy DeThe board of inquiry on the sink- pa.rtment; and Comdr. Charles Ing of the submarine Squa.lus will Wilkes Styer, USN, now on duty at convene on Monday at the local the nave.I observatory, who will navy yard, according to word re- serve as judge advocate. ew Diving H-elmets Used In Squalus Work' Squalus Inquiry Board To Convene Monday ~ --w= �Hearing Will Be Held At Administration Building And Is To Be Private The naval inquiry of the submarine disaster, one of four unexplained underwater tragedies since Feb. 2, will start Monday, officials said today. The inquiry, Lieut. Comdr. John Longstaff, USN, aide to the commandant, said will be held in the Administration Building at the local navy yard. The inquiry board, headed by Rear Admiral William T. Tarrant, USN, commandant of the First Naval District, will meet in an effort to learn just what caused the aft ..ectlon of the Squalus to flood during the "practice quick dive'' on the morning or May 23. Nation-wide interest will be centered on the findings of the board of inquiry, and its decision on what caused the disaster 15 miles off Portsmouth. The submarine sinklhg was the second of four submarine disasters to occur this year. The first was on Feb. 2, when 81 men died In the sinking of the Japanese submarine I-63, 400 miles southwest of Tokyo. Then the Portsmouth disaster with the loss of 26 men, followed by the British submarine, Thetis, sinking in Liverpool Bay nine days later with a loss of 99 lives. The French submarine, with 71 aboard, went down off the Cam-Rarh naval base In French Indo-Chlna. The inqull·y at Portsmouth will be private, a naval spokesman said today, because of the "confidential knowledge of submarines that will likely be discussed." survivorii and others connected with the construction and operation of the submarine are expected to be questioned by the inquiry board, but the hearings will not be concluded untll after the salvage of the Squalus. In the meantime, divers working hard to force a tunnel through the sticky mud under the partly buried aft hull of the Ulfated submarine. So far the second attempt to force a tunnelling lance through the mud by using an Improved water-pressure nozzle, similar to a nozzle commonly used by firemen, has proved successful. After drllllng through tlte mud a distance of 22 feet on Thursday salvage operations were held up yesterday because of rough seas. Diving operations were resumed today when Diver Frye made the first dive to attach a 10-foot lance extension to the 22 feet alrea y bored in the m~d. Tunnelling operations are scheduled to continue over the week-end. One of the 33 survivors, Lloyd B. Mannes, a member of the crew who was responsible to a con lderable degree for saving the men in the forward compartments, was under medical observation today at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital, officials said. He is being treated for a stomach disorder it was stated. Divers to �Lieut. Comdr aboard the Falcon and directs the diving from early morning till late afternoon. Only a few days of rough weather have held up the diving so far. , While divers are dressing for their undersea descent, the diving officer watches them closely, observing that every bolt, gasket, air and life line, and safety equipment, ls In place. After the diver goes over the side of the ship. Lieut. Comdr. Momsen listened closely to the reports over the telephone, and when the diver is standing on the deck of the Squalus he directs the work so that there wlll be no lost motion while the diver is below. , Throughout the dive Comdr. Momsen is obviously anxious while he waits for a diver's return to the deck of the Falcon. Every few seconds the diver is asked how he feels and then after he is down 10 or 15 minutes he is ordered to the surface. Portsmouth Herold Photo Two important figures aboard the USS Falcon, naval salvage ship, are Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, USN, commandant of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, and Lieut.-Comdr. Charles B. Momsen, USN, officer in charge of the diving unit. They ore shown here watching diving operations. un ·en Suh1narine To Be Ready Shortly For First Mo emenl PORTSMOUTH, N. H ., June 10 (IP)-Laboring to remove an obstruction which blocked tunneling work just as .it neared completion, Navy divers were confident today that the sunken submarine Squalus would be ready soon for its first movement since it went to the bottom May 23. Just as bubbles broke through on the terminal side of the hull the specially designed, 35-foot long Officials In Charge Of Operations Are Handling curved air pipe being used to gouge through the blue mt.Id under One Of Biggest Problems Ever Faced By Novy the stern struck an obstruction. "f--~--.....,...-,---:--:-~-------IDivers were unable to determine Rear Admiral Cole visits the scene Floating the partly flooded 1,450- every afternoon. Yesterday, for in- what the obstruction was, but salvage workers contrived a heavy ton submarine Squalus so that it stance, he arrived about 2.30 o'clock, wire device to try and fish it can be overhauled and used again boarded the Falcon and, for a time, t watched the divers descend over the ou · Capt. Richard Edwards, senior by tile U· S · Navy ls the b1·ggest sal • side of the ship Into 240 feet of waaide to Read Admiral Cyrus W. vage problem ever set before nava1 ter. He heard their voices coming Cole, in charge o[ the salvage, engineers. And directing such a over the two-way telephone system, said that i[ all goes well divers will task calls for a Jot of level-headed- reporting their progress in tunnel- be able to fasten pontoon chains ness and practical knowledge, cou- Ing under the aft hull of the sunken next week and begin the first liltpied with engineering skill. submarine. While he listened the ing operation soQJ1 after. These requirements are filled ln report came up that the lance had Present plans call for lifting the the two officeri; In charge of the saJ- . been forced through a: total of 31 hull about 50 or 60 feet from the vage work. R~o.r Adm. c s w. feet, leaving only a few feet more to bottom, 240 feet below the surCole, U.S.N., commandant of the go. face, and towing it in three stages Portsmouth Navy Yard, and Lieut. ' While the gear was being made to shallower, warmer water where Comdr. Charles B. Momsen, U.S.N., ready for the divers, Rear Admiral divers can work with less risk. head of the diving unit. Rear Ad- Cole and Lieut. Comdr. Momsen miral Cole ls also commandant of discussed what work had been done the "Squalus Salvaging Unit." during the morning and laid plans Dally the two officers meet aboard for the continuance of the operathe salvage ship Falcon to confer tlons. and plan a program for the next The commandant studies every bit day's work. Both have ordered that o! progress made and lays plans divers use extreme care in their for the future accordln I . operations so that no mishap will Directing Salvage Work On Squalus Big Task �Squalus Inquiry Under Way At Local Navy Yard Rear Adm. W. T. Tarrant ·U.S.N., Is Presiding Officer At Hearing , Board Will Endeav.or To Determine Cause Of Submarine Disaster \lu' The court of inquiry, held to deter- officials said they felt that "the high mine what caused the submarine Induct! on valve was Improperly cloo• Squalus to sink c11.rry!ng 26 men to ed when the practice dive was made.' With all the color dictated by natheir d~ath 15 miles off Portsmouth, opened today at the navy yard ad- val regulations and traditions, the ministration bu!ld!ng. The hearing, board entered the hearing room this conducted under Rear A(:!mlral Wll- morning. llam T. Tarrant, U.S.N., commandant Besides Rear Admiral Tarrant the of the Fi rst Naval district, Boston, board includes Comdr. Charles W. opened at 10 o'clock. Newspaper men Styer, USN, of Washington Naval were admitted to the hearing. Observatory, as judge advocate; After the formal opening of the Capt. Wl1llam R. Munroe, USN., ascourt, the- 33 6-urvlvors were assembled sistant director of Naval Intelllbefore the board and then the first gence at Washington, and Capt. v.·ltness, COmdr. A. I. McKee, Indus- Thomas Withers, USN., inspector of trial department, was called to the ordinance at Newport, R. I., torpedo stand. station. The president of the court asked First to be called before the !>Oard Lieut. COmdr. Naquin, U.S.N. com- was the surviving members of the mander of the SquahJs, if he had a_ny Squalus crew, accompanied by their complaints or any accuse.ti ons to commander, Lieut. Comdr. Oliver make against the crew. Naquin. All of the 33 survivors were "I have nothing but praise," the summoned to appear before the commander replied. board, Including Harold Preble of A s!m!lar question was asked the this city, naval architect. crew and they replied that they had Other witnesses that will appear no complaints to make. before the board wl11 be experts on COmdr. McKee was questioned ex- submarine qeslgning, naval engintensively In connection with various eers, draftsmen, and men connected valves on the submarine, particularly with the Squalus before its ill-fated the main engine induction valve, re- plunge. ferred to more commonly as the high The board of inquiry's activities Induction valve. are 11!mllar to that of a grand jury, Apparently following through on one naval spokesman .said. They the first theory of what caused the have met to determine just what accident, the deta!ls of the high in- caused the accident and, if any duction valve featured In the ques- member of the crew or its officers, t! oning of commander MeKee. ~t dead or alive, were to blame. The was alro brought out that lt would be court will make the report to Secpossible for a signal l!ght to indicate retary of Navy Claude M. Swanson that it was closed when it really was stlll partly open. This would take at Washington. The basic duty of the court is, a& place, commander McKee testif!ed, a fact-finding committee, to deteronly if certain mchanism was not mine just what happened on board properly working. on the afternoon of May 23 when the submarine. the navy announced the ship with 59 men on board was missing Within a few minutes of the scheduled hour, 10 a. m., Rear Admiral Tarrant drove up to the Navy Yard gate, where he was met by Rear Admiral Cyrus W. COie, USN, commandant of the yard. Besides having the power to recommend a court martial, the board has the power to make recommendations in drastic changes of submarine construction if evidence at the hearing should warrant it. The USS Sculpin, s!st:.er ship of the Squalus, was dispatched from the salvage area late yesterday and stood ready at the yard today for an inspection by the board of inquiry. Both ships are built on the same design. In fact, most of their parts are interchangeable, a navy officer said, and by studying this ship the board will fam!liarlze itself with conditions as they were on the Squalus when it made the "practice quick dive." The board ls expected to conclude the questioning of witnesses in a week to ten days, but will not complete the Inquiry, officials said, unt!l an inspection of the submarine Squalus has been made some time after It has been floated and towed to the navy yard. However, some of the divers who have made an underwater Inspection of the ship, are subject to be called by the board. �Commanding Officer Tells Of Tragic Squalus Disaster Lieut. Comdr. Naquin, U.S. N., Testifies Before Inquiry Board Discusses In Detail Fatal Dive Of Sub ma rl.ne On Ma y 23 rd, f I"ftee n M·les I Off POrt Sffl0U th Har b Or ')..-0 W () and Paterson reported to Lieut. Comdr. Ollver F. Naquin, Lieut. Doyle that their comp!lrtU.S.N., commanding officer of the ments were ready for diving." submarine Squalus, told the court of The first diving blast was sounded, he said, and then when the reinquiry the undersea drama that oc- port came that the hull was secure curred on May 23 when the ship and all openings closed, the second went down 240 feet into blue mud blast was sounded. The ballast tanks carrying 26 to their death. The were filled, he continued, and then the ship started on its last downmorning session was devoted to his ward plunge, making record time testimony ln connection with the to a SO-foot level. operation, stationing of the crew, "All the conditions were appardiving orders aboard the ship, and ently normal at that level," he said. the last dive. "I had been comparing the time His testimony was prefaced by a with Harold Preble, naval architect, statement that he felt no blame was and commented that the dive was attach d to him in the sinking of the best we had made. ffe craft. "I had time to walk over to the He told, in detail, just what hap- periscope then before the pressure pened on the day of the disaster. was felt, and before word was reHe said that on the day of the ceived from the aft compartments fatal crash he was in the conning that something'was wrong," he contower and when the time for the tinued. dive came he passed the word into commentinll' on the ship's complethe control room to rig the ship for ment, he said, "I had an excepthe dive and then the order was tlonal crew and my officers were passed throughout the ship by word also well qualified." of mouth. On the day of the acciLieutenant Commander Naquin dent additional word was passed, said that adjustments had been "Trial crew man your stations." necessary on the ~ain induction From that point Lieutenant Com- valve previoUB to the last 17 dives. mander Naquin detailed the prep"There has been informal talk aratlons for the final dive in meas- about an unfavorable history of the ured sentences, saying that Lieut. main engine induction valve but, to William T. Doyle, U.S.N., was in the best of my knowledge and becharge of the forward part of the lief, there never has been any meshlp and Ensign Joseph W. Patter- chanical difficulty in connection son, U.S.N., was in charge of the with the closing of this valve," he after compartments which were sub- said. sequently flooded, trapping him and In the opening of his direct tes25 others atththeir posts as the ship timony Naquin said the ship was plunged to e ocean's bottom. commissioned on March 1 and com"I did not personally witness re- pleted on May 13. He then ol\tlined ports to the diving officers," Naquin briefly the history of the dives made told the court. "but I am told both ~b~,;th;;;e=~u:a.lu.s.,._ _ _ _ _ _ ___. 0 After giving a. brief history of the submarine up to the forenoon of ~~al~!· !!/~~~~~a:at f~~y : : fateful dive, Which was ma.de with four main engines running, but it was never carried out. "I was standing on the bridge and passed word down to rig the ship. It was received by the man in the control room then passed throughout the boat by word of mouth. "Completing the rigging Ing was reported to the room then the diving charged with rigging the and pumping rooms and conning tower, ma.de ready. Officers charged with rigging ln the forward and aft of the ship also ma.de ready. "The· diving message wa.s radioed to the commandant, then came the report from the diving offleer that the ship was rigged, except for the high induction, engine exhaust and conning tower. "The diving signal was then sent out after I descended into the control room. Then word was passed throughout the ship by b~ttle phones to be ready. "On the first blast the hydraulic manifold operator wat.ched the hull opening indicators to see that everything wa.s in orcter. The report ca.ine back. that ev.erytblns was ready. "With the conning tower Closed, engine exhaust and engine induction, and ship's ventilation closed the ship would be alt tl'ht, so the air pre::;sure was built up inside the vessel. "On receiving the report that the pressure was right the diving offlcer ordered the second diving blast sounded." It was only a few .seconds after this last signal was sounded, according to the commander's testimony, that the ship levelled off at 50 feet, and a few seconds later was plunging to the bottom of the ocean. �rs Work At Squalus Disaster Scene Alone 240 feet below the ocean's surface and under hundreds of tons of water, salvage divers pushed forward today the tunnelling under the aft hull of the lll-fated Squalus. As they work on the deck of• the submarine the only break In that Isolation from the sar~ty of the Falcon's deck, is the two•way telephone. So much depends upon that ~lephone. Orders from above are sent down, what the conditions are below ls reported, then the tunn~Uing progress are flashed to the waiting salvage crew and almost important of all, If anything goes wrong, up comes the emergency call, and the diver' ls haulelf to the surface. The equipment ls comparatively simple but, as eveqr,...dlver knows, it is nearly as unportant as the air he breathes. Inside the helmet at a slight angle from the mouth, there is a comulnatlon phone-speaker, the wires running up the hose line to the transmitter, and then on deck is another phone-speaker. Because of the telephone's lmporw.nce before each ascent the telephone communication system Is tested. The operator asks, "Can you hear me 0. K .?" and then the tenders send the man over the side of the ship if the reply comes back, underneath the waves. The cold temperature from the deep water, that would ordinarily numb them so that they could not work, is taken care of by use of a "heatin~ pad" suit, worn just inside the diving si;it. The suit is electrically charged with storag~ batteries and h Jps maintain the body heat Inside the diving suit. Dry Ice ls largely made from carbon-dioxide and the recirculating hellum-oxygEn helmet takes c~re of that. The gases circulate through a canister filled with "shell natrol" to remove the moisture and carbon dioxide. The canister can be easily ''0. K. 0 the rear of the diver's he!There ls another fight fQr the divers after they reach their station Upper right view shows Diver James E. Baker going over the side of the salvage ship Falcon for a descent to the deck of the Squalus. Upper left shows Electrician's Mate Pugh conveying to a diver, over the two-way deepsea telephone, orders from Lieut. Comdr. Charles B. \ Momsen, USN. The "bends" and air two conditions feared by tjlvers, are almost a thing of the past now because of the decompression chamber aboard the Falcon. After being raised from 240 below to 50 feet below in several easy stages the divers are then taken from the water, and placd In the chamber at a pressure equal to 50 feet below. While in the chamber they breathe pure oxygen help dissipate any nitrogen bubbles In the blood stream. Air emol>lism Is a rupturing of the delicate lung tissues, and lhe decompression chamber prevents the risk of the divers suffering from that condltmn wh,/x1 the} are taken from the wate.t. to �Says All Lights Green At Time Of Fatal Squalus .Plunge Ing had service in the engine room. The engine room referred to ls In the aft of the . ship, the section flooded and where 25 of the crew and a civilian perished In the disaster. Lieut. Robert N. Robertson, USN, engineering officer, testified that during his inspection the gear funcI tioned perfectly during the tests, ~-.-,I--d--d-N--3--d------Jparticularly the last test. He exLights that should be red Jf the or o. i an d ere th No. 4 vents plained, however, that after the high air induction valve was still ::n:11 ~~~:n.se~~!n I a~e~;eu:i:~ first installation there was some open when the submarine Squalus fingers for the second diving blast trouble with the latch which held made its fateful plunge into 240 to be sounded, and ordered No. 3 th e gear open, and that a larger feet of water 15 miles off Ports- and No. 4 ballast tankl! to be flood- latch was placed there by navy mouth on May 23 were green- ed," was his reply. yard workmen and the repaired part meaning "O.K. to dive," Lieut. Wll"If an Interlocking device was be- of the valve replaced. 11am T. Doyle, Jr., U.S.N., diving off!- tween the vent and high induction Yesterday Afternoon's Testimony cer of the ship testified before the valve would It have prevented the Chief Electrician's Mate Lawrence naval court of inquiry today. If the accident, presuming it was caused James Gainor was named /as a hero high air induction valve was open, by the improper closing of the high of the submarine Squalus disaster as some officials have theorized was induction valve?" the court asked. by Lieut. Comdr. Naquin during his the ca,use of the aft of the ship "If so rigged it would not allow testimony yesterday afternoon. Had flooding one o! the Jlghts should the outer valve to show closed on it not been for Gainor's presence of have indicated the valve still open, the indicator board until the inner mind in operating a switch all on Lieutenant Doyle testified. interlocking one was 1 closed, so it the sub might have perished, the Another witness called to the stand would certainly give a further in- commander indicated by his testltoday was Lieut. Robert N. Robert- dication all outboard valves were mony. son, U.S.N., engineering officer, closed," he said. "I feel that the pulling of the whose testimony was scheduled to During the testimony yesterday switch, which disconnected the batbe followed at the opening of the afternoon Jt was brought out that teries, required heroism beyond that afternoon session by Lieut. John c. an interlocking device had been of the normal call of duty," he said. Nichols, U.S.N., gunnery and tor- suggested for use by the navy 19 ''He 'lmtered the forward battery pedo officer, and possibly one or years ago following the sinking of tank and by pulling the switch savtwo members of the crew. the submarine off the coast of Del- ed a battery fire, which might have Lieutenant Doyle testified that it aware. However, the valve had never prevented those people in the conwas his duty to inspect the ship, and been perfected and installed on the trol room from going to the forward see that the control room and pump later type boats. torpedo room and subsequent resroom were rigged for diving after Substantiating the testimony of cue. It was done on the man's own the first diving alarm was sounded. Lieut. Oliver Naquin, USN, com- initiative." He testified that he was standing manding officer of the sub, LieutOther men were also recommenin a position to see the hydraulic enant Doyle said that the present ded for commendation. He testified : manifold operating board lights design of submarines was weak . in "I was told by one of the rescue when the diving alarms were sound- one point-the high induction valve party that they had endeavored to ed, and that all lights were in order -saying: keep us awake and in good spiritl: for the dive when the signal came "The first thing to be ruptured in by sending us Jots of messages. Once to flood the ballast tanks. He said case of a depth bomb charge would we were on the bottom we had no that Lieut. John C. Nichols, U.S.N., be the high Induction air valve." means of tapping other than on the and Ensign Joseph W. Patterson, Capt. Thomas Withers, USN, of hull. We did this." U.S.N., charged with inspecting the the Washington Naval Observatory, At this point of .Jhe inq_ulry Lieudiving rigging In the forward and and member of the board, brought tenant Naquin told of the hardaft compartments, respectively, had out In one of his questions the point ships of the four men who had to made the repor~ to him that the of time in the dive, indicating that do the tapping on the hull. He said ship was in trim for the dive. possibly the "practice quick div.e" they had to use great force a~d The court asked the witness If he ' was made altogether too fast f 0 r th great energy. could see all the control indicator crew on board. e He then announced he would like llght.s from where he stood. ,. . to "Yes, by turning my head slightly there sufficient time with the commend for "their fortitude In could see the whole board,, he assigned men in the engine room tapping out messages," Theodore 1replied. ' to close the valves there before the Jacobs, signal man, third class· "When the dive was made you \ high induction valve goes under Charles A. Powell, radio man, sec~ could see the board?" the court water after the second alarm is ond class; Warren W. Smith, signal asked. ounded ?" Captain Withers asked. man, seco nd class, and Arthur ,'I thlnk so; , was Lieutenant Booth, radio man, first, class. "Yes," Doyle replied. "Was It green, and did it remain Doyle's reply. After naming the men for the green?" Lieutenant Naquin explained to navy record, he said of their actions "It did. It was all green," he an- the board at this point that a wit- on the bottom, as the submarine swered. ness to be called later in the trial crew did not know whether death "What did you do then?" the court could go Into considerable more de- or life would be theirs, "these four asked. tail on that olnt the witness havpunishment than Lieut. William T. Doyle, USN, Diving Officer Of Submarine, Testifies At Inquiry That Everything Was "O. K. To Dive" · !s �any of us. They had to use tremendous force t.o pound the hull so that they could be heard on the top," he said. He believed a recommendation made after another undersea disaster 19 years ago might have prevented the Squalus tragedy, provided it was the failure of an air insent his craft In response to a question from Capt. William R. Mumoe, USN, assistant director of naval intelligence, as to whether the accident could have been avoided if there had been a device to prevent filling of ballast tanks with water, necessary before a dive, until opened air induction valves were closed, Naquin replied: "I believe such a device could have prevented this tragedy." Captain Munroe explained that his question was based on the suggestion of a board of Inquiry which probed the sinking of the S-5 off the Delaware Capes In 1920. At another point In his testimony, the Squalus commander, who is technically the defendant In th~ hearing, asserted, in a startling statement, that if any of the four pipes which feed air to undersea craft during surface maneuvers was ruptured by a bomb or mine, the entire ventilating system of the vessel would be flooded. He recommended Installation of ''automatic, instantaneous, snap action" equipment for closing those pipes. The fact that q1.1estlons based on the air Induction valve were rephrased at the direction of the court to avoid any Indication that the valve was the specific cause for the accident Jed observers to believe the cow·t intended to reach no fll)al conclusion until the Squalus was raised and dry-docked. Lieutenant Naquin, after recounting in dramatic fashion the work of his officers and crew at the time of the fatal dive, made three other suggestions for safety Improvements. One was for sever;i,l air hose connections for each compartment and a ''ftc,:k" at a central location, another was for some type of signalling equipment in the sub and the other was for a cable cutting device under the rescue chamber to sever the down haul line If It fouled. Expect To Begin Lifting Operations Next WeekC-t' ,a Salvage Workers On Squalus Hope To Install Pon,toon Chains During Weekend Salvage divers today sought to push the steel "snake" through the tunnel under the hull of the sunken submarine Squalus, but thick, sticky, blue clay continually interrupted the work. One end of the "snake" stuclt In the mud. Engineers were busy on board· the submarine salvage ship Falcon devising a plan to work the slender, flexible rod through, so that th'e pontoon lift chains could be placed under the flooded aft of the ship. Fog did not hamper the work early today. Divers continued to make the dives, and every diver's report was more encouraging, indicating that possibly the pontoon lift chains would be placed under the ship during the weekend. Capt. Richard Edwards, U.S,N., senior aide to Read Adm. Cyrus w. Cole, U.S.N ~ commandant of the navy yard, in charge of the salvage, said that if all goes well, divers will be able to fasten pontoon chains next week, and begin the first lifting operation soon after. �-~ ·. . I . s-0{--~ Ha ro Id-P - ~-e-- -b'- - 'l-e--T ---~ff ;: 1 ' •...i Fa ta I D·•·ve Of sub {}.c:,_:·97 ...- l ifl-: -:~-i:h -i:e_: : _: :_: _~-::!-:[-;--r ~=-:-n~-m-::-:d -i -~-~-.~'-~-- t-:___,: j Yuhas, " machinist mate, testified he ~ - .·. Qi, , -\ ' ,, ~:_;~~: ··, . heard the air being blown into the , boat as the crew sought to prevent it from sinking, Others to testify this morning were: Lloyd B. Maness, electrician's mate; Arthur Booth, radioman; Gavin J. Coyne, machinNava I Architect, Survivor Of Squalus Disaster ist mate; Feliciano Elvina, mess at- I Testifies Before Boa rd Of Inqu iry' tendant; William J, Fitzpatrick, .,_ i torpedoman; and Basilio Galvan, j --¥<""--- =·--=----- --,..----,--- ,mess attendant. • . Capt. Charle.;, Styer, USN, judge j J1 Harold Preble of this city, naval advocate of the board, asked the Yesterday Afternoon Testimony architect, testified before the $Qua- Iwitness if there was any variation ' It was established before the court !us disaster court of inquiry today in this dive. yesterday afternoon that the disthat the dive of the submarine, on "No. It followed along the lin<es aster was caused by flooding from its fatal plunge before water rushed of dives made by her sister tihip," the high induction valve when' the through the air induction intake; Preble replied. He further explained, ship's cook, William Isaacs, testified the fastest crash dive he had however, that he noticed at 35 that he saw a wall of water pouring ,.I was ever clocked on Portsmouth-built f•eet down it was two seconds ahead into the engine room from the main submarine during the trial off this of other dives he had made. engine air induction system. But ··\ port. His testimony indicated that "We dove with a perfect (hywhen the . court convened later in I som~thing happened to t~e high in- draul!c manifold) board indication :the afternoon the question of what duct1on valve, assuming 1t was the and 1t stayed that way until the caused the water to make its way cause of the flooding, after the sue- water started coming in," he fur - 1/into the i1:1duction system had not ,, cessful descent to a 50-foot level ther tefitified. When he mentioned been definitely answered. was made. the water coming in Preble comIsaacs testified: "I was in the Fu~ther testimony today sub- l men ted that the offic,ers and enlist- crew's mess in the aft battery room. \ stant1ating belief that the tragedy \ ed personnel of the ship acted "as II heard a terrific noise so · I stuck was caused by floocl!ng through the through we had some emero-,oncy on my head out the door. As I did I high induction system was given by every dive." ., . Isome water splashed on my head. Machinist's Mate Allen C. Bryson. It was brough t out in his te ti- Then I felt air escaping. I looked . One of the heroic clead, his voice mony that h e acted quickly in an ~f- into the engine room and saw water unidentified,. was quoted by Bryson, fort to save the ship by putting on ,pouring from the flapper valve of. w~o he~:d him ~ver the batt1e,,tele- a bank of air. "I tried to put on a !the high in~uct~on line. I didn't . p~one. T_he" voice was hazy, the bank of air. I believe I got it part- !see _ anyone m sight, and _the door 1 witness said, when I first heard the I IY open when I was forced down to which leads from the engme room ,- message from tht! compartm,ents, the deck by water coming in the Ito the compartment I was in was · now ~looded, "Taper up. Induction , control room ventilation." Ipartly O_Pen. Water :-7as_ s~eping j open. . . . An inboard emergency valve, Ith~ough !t . .I dogged it tight. : • The court llstened intently to this quick closing and operated by re- 1 By this time the water was over 1 : j statement for it was like testimony Imote control on .the air induction my knees. The ship was at an angle . i from the men who saw just what , line, might have saved the ship, I yelled to Blanchard and started happened and who if alive could Preble told the court when asked for the control room. Three men . , .: ~ell the court of inquiry just what \ for any suggestion for safety im- came into the control room right it wants to know. The testimony _of provements of submarines. At pres- after me. They were over behind ~.J. • Brys?n was viewed by the court ~s ; ent the valve is operated by a the b_unks. _I could have told the . . . ~nmistakable evidence that the ship wrew _gear and the operator has to electnc_1an, if I had known he was ·· 1loo~ed through the main air in- : stand under the ventilation open- d-0wn m the lower _b attery room. . . duct1on system. mg to operate it, which would be Keegan stayed mannmg the battle 1 · A few second after t.he first mes- 1·an impossible procedure with wa- telephone. The door was shut in · ~ sage, Bryson said, the same voice , ter gushing into the compartment, the control room and the ot her comr:ame again , saying "Engine room 1he said. . partment flooded. " floocling," . i While a number of witnesses had _In those few words t ha t opened Harold Preble testified before the :previously acclaimed an "inter- hlS testimony the wi tness told the court that he is assl$tant to the hull ilocking device" in the induction story of one of the crew who per2nd machinery superintendent at .syst&!!!i Preble was frank in his !shed that the others might live. the Portsmouth Navy Yard and comment that it would ~ot be feas- Seaman Alexander B. Keegan, post was on the submarine Squalus, ible, and that it "would be too •.ed at the telephone, warned others May 23, in the. capacity of test en- plicated ." In its place he re~~:- throughout the ship, sticking at his gmeer. He testified that he had 22 mended the remote control, quick- stati~n while the compartment he years of tiorvice and had been out closing emergency valves saying was m flooded. There was nobody, on every submarine built at the that "the whole top (structure over Isaa.cs said. to. tell Ke.egan that his. Ports mo~th Nthavyb Yard, about 25 1 the control room) of the ship could' whord dhad behe_n hifeard and that he m a 11, smce e m 1ding of th'c · be blown off and th h . Id b s ou1 save IS 1 e. . , •: S-3 during which time he had had safe." c s Ip wou e Roland Blanchard, :,Vh~se job it an opportunity tr.> see many crews. Robert L W hb was to close two ventilation valves Ak . . as urn, seaman, sta- . th ft b tte t tifi d h .s ed by . the court what his re- tioned in the aft battery was being itn_ d etoa I a thry roomt' es! be t . e1 t ac ion was m regard to the crew of treated for Id h te t 'fi ne c ose e por va ve u m the Squalus, he tiaid, "During the the accidenf ~: •e:ed :~de~•a:hen vain and, when the wa~er became .. s~a trials I had observed they were to th PP to too deep, ran for safety m the conv~ry well trained and the entire c~aw I . I' e control room up a trol room. th crew knew the tun'ctions and opera- s arp me me when e ship p'.te h ed Still substantiating the diving ' tions of the submarine." on an angle. Raymo nd F. O Hara, officer's testimony earlier in the day !. . He testified that he was in a van- pharmaclS t mate, subS t antiated that the hydraulic manifold lndi- 1 tage point of the control room and Washburn's t~S t imony, and teS ti fied ca tor board showed all green lights, l could see the variOUlt indicators, he followed O Hara out of th e com- a signal that the ship was rigged for ( including the barometer_._ _ _ _} >arj;_rn_e!!t. . diving, R~y H._Cal:1-pbell, a chief _tor~ , 11 a ·, ·.; - ~_{,:1• _:'£;~r.-:,:•... I j ", .;- -, ,. ;ti~ I i' �pe ornan, stated that he saw the Om ma ndant Praises Work Of DIve • · rs .During Squalus Inquiry ~:~1nv~i!:stscl~~~d~n to indicate the,~c Chi~f Electrician's M~te Lawrence . J. Gamor, the man who pulled the ~. · disconnect switch in the forward ij battery room and by so doing pre- ; vented a fire in the submarine, fol- . lowed Campbell to the witness stand. Chief Gainor said, under cross- '' . examination, that he closed the in- i. duction valve on the hull. the day before the accident, in contradiction to regular procedure while diving. "Yes, I closed it because one of the men thought he saw water and didn't. I opened it again when I was sure everything was all rigl:!t." Yeoman Charles C. Kuney, stationed list.iening to and reporting what he heard over the battle telephone system as the submarine made the dive, testLfied all · cornTwo divers, facing death, descend· to the aft partrnents reported to him that they ed in the rescue chamber were watertight and ready to dive. Squalus esca~ hatch to make The man who was at the manifold "doubly s~re" that no living man in the control room and who actu-. would be left in the aft tor edo ally pulled the lever that should P have closed the high induction room before actual resc~e opera. . . tions ceased, Read Admiral Cyrus valve, Alfred G. Pnen_, a mach1mst w. Cole, u.s.N., commandant of the mate ~eco1:d-cla5?, testified he pulled Portsmouth Navy Yard, told the the high mduct1on lever, _af~r he court of inquiry ,today, and recornnoticed the exhaust valve md1cator mended th fo n d h d g ee h "d . em r ava1 cornrnen as ,?we r n, e_ sai. · . tlon. They were Divers William I pulled the high mduct1on lever . Badders of Washington, D. C., and all thet k" way out. AsteI heard • th that .we John Mlk a lo ws k"1 of Wo rces t er, M ass. were 11- mg on wa r m e engme In his recommendations, Rear room I gave the lever another pull. Admiral Cole said that he hoped I looked at th e_ dep th gauge a nd six new and' improved rescue ships s_a w we we~e fallmg. I looked a~ t~e would be built, and one of them llghts . ag~m . a nd t?ey ~ere still stationed at Portsmouth Na green, md1catmg the mductions were vy rd closed. When we reached the bot- Ya · r I' ed l k . t l Capt. E. Edwards, U.S.N., comt om s ipp a oc m O Pace rnander of the New London subrnawhich would hold the induction lever ·to a position of closed. I left rine base, and Comdr. R. Alan Mccann, U.S.N., who designed the resthe padlock open.". Machinist Mate Carroll N. Pierce cue chamber responsible for saving 59 told the court he was in control of ;~u~fus sar:~n 1 ;e~ort~~ the Squalus when it made its death , mouth on May 23, were other witdive. He said it is his opinion th e nesses to testify during the forenoon water came in the control room ven- session. ' tllation line. .Electrician's Mate Juds On T . Rear Admiral Cole, who is in . hi . • • charge of the _Squalus salvage unit, Blan_d te st~ed th a t m s opmion · in · his testimony said that within the mduct1on valve. reopened from an hour of the submarine's schedpre~sur~ after t~e- dive was started. uled surfacing time that the yard Lieutenant Wi!llam T. Doyle, Jr., officials had taken action fearing the Squalus officer who gave the that so thi ' d. · d t ffi d h th , me ng was wrong . . ivmg or _ers, es I e e saw . e A dispatch had been received that md1cat?r llghts g~een and also wait- the ship had submerged, he said, ed until tw~ officers ~eported. per- . but when it was due to come to the sonally to him the ship was rigged surface no radio message had been for diving both forward and aft. received. "Wh¢n_no_ contact with the ship could be made, I . began to get worried, thinking that ·possibly something had gone wrong with the radio or something really serious. I immediately thought the Falcon might be required, so called the New London base asking to have the Falcon ready· for an em~rgency call," the commandant testified. He also told of notifying various officers at the yard to stand by for the emergency. "Meanwhile, the submarine Sculpin was ready for her shakedown cruise. The Sculpin was dispatched to look for the Squalus, but reported back it could not be sighted. Later we got a radio message that a red smoke bomb was seen. That was at . ,,- . ;~ ✓ Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, .USN, Tells Board Divers Badders And Mikalowski Faced Death To Make Sure None Were Alive On Sub t~fi:~ 11.41 a. m. (EST)," Rear Admiral Cole stateli. He further described the operations that followed, how the naval boats in a swift, efficient manner reached the scene of the sunken submarine, and that early the next morning ·officers were preparing to start rescue operations. The rescue chamber was, for the first time in naval history, successfully operated in an actual rescue, the commandant testified, and in detail the anxious waiting when on the fourth tr"ip down the chamber was delayed for a long time. But during that time the men's morale was held high, he said. "One man called up to have his beef steak cooked rare." That, the rear admiral said, showed that the · men remained cheerful. Then after the men had been taken from the forward part of the ship it was the decision of the commandant to make "doubly · sure" that there were no men still living in the aft end. Rear Admiral Cole said that all felt no one would be alive, because no communication had been established to that section from either within the ship or outside the hull.· Asked by Comdr. Charles Styer, USN, judge advocate, had any recommendations commendation in connection with the r~icue and salvage work, the commandant replied, "I have general commendation for the entire rescue crew." Speaking of the two divers, risking their lives to make sure no life wa.s in, the aft end, he said, "Div-. -ers Badders and Mikalowski went down the last trip of the chamber. They went down with full knowledge if they were incapacitated in any way there would be no chance in the world of being rescued .The chamber was attached to the after hatch and practically was an integral part of the submarine. They w,zre under high pressure and great personal danger, but performed their duty magnific,ently." Another commendation two commanders. "The on the fourth trip of I �All Expenses Will Be Paid By Veterans Council 1 �- - - - -·------ ------•------· - �Submarine Will Be Moved Before Being Raised '. S h or L__ ____P_I___A _d _____d_O _______ ,11;-, T_ ~ = ~ = =- - ='l',,_h.,..is~l,...a.,...tes--,-t_p.,..la-n-=-w-:-a-s-,dr-ev'"li=se=d;=:= w=.=h=:=e1:=; 1 atest QM Opte Wing O 1 :i PreSSUre A n d I ntense COId Of Water -~ Wh"IC h Hampers . ork Of·o·1vers ·; 1 ;_: w (I ____ ~~- - - -----------,- accomplished by pressure hoses. The With the decision made that the second method was the possibility U submarine Squalus, which sank on of fastening the chain links to the 1;;) May 23, 15 miles out of this port, is sturdy propeller struts. \j to be raised in several stages, the Whatever method is used, the ;l navy divers today tackled the prob- next job to be done will be to at, blem of fastening the heavy chains tach the pontoons. It is estimated ·.::1on the after sections of the sub, that there will be need of four to which is the port~on of the un~er- raise the stern and two for the bow. .'i seas craft filled with water. This is I Then air will be pumped into the one of the most difficult tasks in 1\ Squalus to help the big pontoons :"· towing the submersible nearer to raise the 1450-ton craft about 50 :-1 shore and to shallow water. fee t. When that is accomplished she 1 ;,_. There are two possible methods of Lwill be towed in toward shore. '• fastening the chains. One may be i This process will undoubtedly be '.:'. by looping the chain under the stern repeated, and present plans call for ~S by tunneling beneat h, similar to the doing this three times before she is [.•.- me thod of raising the S-4 some 12 finally raised t o the surface of the r.J .l ? r ~~ years the intense cold of the water at such a depth as 40 fathoms, hampered the divers and threatened serious . accidents. There is 109 pounds of · pressure per square inch at that 1• depth, and air has been pumped into the forward sections of the sub in order to prevent the hull a bulkheads from bucklini in und the pressure. More than 50 divers are at wo a t the scene, and Rear Adm. Cyr W. Cole, U.S.N., commandant of t local navy yard, is directing the sa vage operations from the deck the Falcon, submarine rescue shi The divers are working on a rig! schedule. They are dropped ov the side of the Falcon in pairs an remain on the bottom about 30 mi utes. While it takes but two three minutes to descend, the ne essity for pressure changes requir I a considerable length of t ime for t ag_o. T~is t~~~e~in~ '~ o~l~] ~:l ~aete~a~~dy~;d~d to the dry-dock at '--re_t_u_r_~___tr_/.c..~-·~ - - - -- - - - - - ' . . ... :~-- . . ·- ' u,r. ; Prepar,·ng O ow ut t) )!._,.ll Squalus Compartment \ I . + i '1 ,j ___________ ,l /" l ,·l° f',:.- ~ ~~e~rstliftwillbe~b:~~y50 _o r60 "'.·.· \j feet and then the Squalus will be tow~d about two miles toward shore : Into :and shallower water. Another lift . another tow shoreward wou bring the submarine into warm water at a depth of only appro mately 120 feet instead of 240, where Be SI ow T as kWork Of Ra ising Su bma ri ne w·11 I Operations Start At Dawn Each Day she now lies. So difficult is the work at the 40fathom de_pth that officers reported it "takes two men two dives to com,_· ---. plete any given operation." ~ The forward sections of t?e vesThirteen of the 33 survivors taken Work of salvaging the submarine sel have been placed under air pres- from the Squalus joined the salvage • ;J· Squalus continued slowly today. Ex- sure, and when the water Is blown force yesterday to relieve membe I cellent weather, which continues out of the aft compar tments and air of the deck crew aboard the resc ; i during the day until late afternoon, replaces the water, pontoons will _be ship Falcon. It was their first du '-·, has brought about an order that brought out for the actual raismg since the submarine went down actual undersea work wlll continue process. the Isles of Shoals on May 23. from dawn until the time the wind It is estimated that 600 tons of A chain already has been attach shifts, and kicks up a rough sea. water will be blown from the :flooded i to the buoyant forward section f Rear Adm. Cyrus W. Cole, U.S.N., section and when that is done tech- tifontoon·s and those unflooded co commandant of the Navy Yard, who nicia_ns hope it will allow the sub- 1 oartments have been placed und is in charge of the salv_age work em- marine to lift sufficiently from its : ioo pounds air pressure to preve phasized today the importance for bed of mud. 240 feet below the sur- ]buckling, by neutralizing the 10 the public to realize that this work face, to ease the divers' next job of \pound pressure on the bottom. of raising the submarine "necessar- looping a heavy chain beneath the The Sculpin, sistership of t ily is a slow, tedious task." stern to hold the pontoons. Squalus, completed surface soun Work is proceeding according to For every 10 minutes of work by ings of the course to be taken the plans announced yesterday to a diver under the 40 fathoms of towing the Squalus shorewar raise the submarine in easy stages, water, there is 45 minutes "dead" Deemed best was a northeaster bringing it nearer shore and to time, while the diver Is being low- route in the general direction warmer and shallower water each ered and raised. Portsmouth, 15 miles from the see time. Efforts now are underway to James H. MacDonald, master div- of the tragedy. blow out the water-filled compart- er, agreed the task would be slow ments in the aft section of the sub- but added : "we'll get her up." mersible, where 26 men were Using pontoons, four astern and j, ;.· {raI!_P._ed. - ~- --,,-- --'.J.wo forv.:ard, the salvagers will raise I ' r ~ - '.==-~- ---- �"•sq·u& ~ILIS b~-v~rs Narrowfy· ~fu~~,i~~ Under.., EscapelnJury ~] HullOfSquolus f 'ct '; Continues:t:::'. ___ Series Of Mishaps Reported At Salvage Scene- ~) Start Tunneling Operation Next Week ......c.:..,=-'--"--'......, __ _ · -- - - - - - - - - jSalvage Operation~ T~mporarily He ld L Officers directing salvage opera-I the. connection b~o_ken. - 'Yesterday When A,r Pipe Becomes Cm.!:-; tions on the sunken , submarine Squalus said today that they hoped to begin tunneling early next week to clear a path to the craft's propeller struts. The construction of these tunnels, it is said, would permit the fixing of chains to the struts, and the attachment of pontoons for the first attempt at lifting the submarine so that she may be towed to shallower and warmer waters, in order that the work of the divers will be less hazardous. Three divers narrowly escaped injury yesterday In mishaps under the sea and a fourth was "lost" on the bottom for a time. Another accident caused the work of three divers to go for naught. One had carried an air hose to the bottom, another moved it to the designated position on deck and the third went down to attach it only to find h -, · '""' -,... - Diver John Sibitzky lost his • footing on the sub's deck and fell s'. The work of tunneling under the <' 15 or 20 feet to the muddy bottom .. aft hull of the sunken submarine but "floated" himself back to the · . job with the use of his air valves. : Squalus continued today after tllree Divers Roland Fiedler and H. W. successful dives before noon result• Ross popped to the surface from f ed in freeing the curved air pipe af• ' the 90-foot depth when their suits ter it became stuck yesterday •. :,. filled with air and had to be sent . against the sub's keel. It was re- \~ down again to come up i1: the 10- - ported that salvage operations were "f:;: foot steps of decompressi?n. , .: temporarily held up yesterday af• ·,;'~, R. J. Agness found his Imes ~ ternoon when the nozzle of the air r':)t fouled during a descep.t and by the ;: line ran afoul of the keel. :" time he had oriented himself and ·, The undersea workers seek to free "~ found the submarine the time paths beneath the flooded section of '".' limit for his dive had expired and : the ship in order to attach chains l. he had to be brought up, and pontoons to life the vessel. -;; Nine dives were made during the ,; Chief Gunner William s. Lough- ;_ day, more than on any other day '.- man, attached to the Boston Navy ·· since the salvage work started } Yard, returned to the Hub today af• shortly after the Squalus went ~- ter conferring with salvage operadown in 40 fathoms off the Isles ~' tors on the Falcon. The petty off!• of Shoals May 23 with 59 men ~, ver, a veteran salvage worker, took aboard. _ . ) part in the naval salvage operations .. - · ·· -· ·· · •." off Honolulu after the submarine ~ F-4 sank on March 24, 1915, in 306 '. feet of water. When divers de- ,l •- scended to this ill-fated ship in deep, warm water it marked the world's d~epest dives. Previously the deep' (,,;, : dive record was held by England, the - depth being 236 .feet. 7 .c) . APP a ra t usMa·de At y a rd.,: USe d In Sa rya ge Wor k , C' Special Curved Airpipe Developed By Comdr . . A. 1. McKee, U.S.N., And Lieut. Comdr. Charles Momsen, U.S. N. · ��Make Plans For Squalus Benefit Fund Concert ,-i~-- .,. •' Squalus Tag Day ,Contribute $2,545. At Navy Yard For Collections To Be .Squalus Relief -\ -? Made By Veterans.~ .. .; '.,' ~:·~~w-, 0 Membe;s of the Navy Yard Improvement A.ssociation at the Portsmouth Navy Yard have contributed $2,545.42 for the b«:nefit of the families of the men Jost on the U. S. S. Squalus. A notice signed by H. J. Chandler, the president and W. P. Hayes, the treasurer has been posted on the bulletin board at the yard with a list of the contributions from the various shops and departments as follows: Drafting rooms $120.00 Clerks and Scientific Force Paint Shop Pattern Shop Inside Machine Shop, Bldg. 80 552.75 Public Works Office 25.00 Building Trades 60.53 Riggers and Laborers 41.50 ' Smith Shop 29.50 Foundry 99.50 Outside Machine Shop, Bldg. 89 257.05 Shipfitter and Boiler Shops 319.55 Estimating Section 20.00 Joiner Shop 96.19 f Electrical Shop, Bldg. 45 159.50 Electrical Manufacturing Bldg. 79. Bldg. 13-Administration Bldg. 12.00 1Q3.75 · Sheet Metal Shop 44.25 Supply Department 37.00 Transportation Shop 73.00 Power Plant ,:i., " Three states, Maine, New Hamp<.., shire and Massachusett.s, will be given an opportunity on Sunday, July 30, to hear :the U. S. Mar;lne Band, if its appearance is provided . for in an act pending . in Congress, and al ·the i,ame time make substantial contribution to the Squalus All of the collections in "the tag , Relief Fund-a !Und set up to help · day to be held on Saturday under the widows and families who survive the 26 men who died when the sub- the sponsorship of the Central marine iank. At a meeting of the Veterans' Council for the benefit ,Squalus Benefit Conceit executive c.o~mrttee-helid.-a:t· the ' home of •Mr. of the families of the Squalus vic·and Mrs-. Arthur Hobson' of Little tlms, will be made by veterans, and Boar's' Head · last evening, plans for there will be absolutely no deduction from the funcl. for expenses, e.s the concert were made. The bill, appropriating $3,100 for ' all of the overhead will be taken the band's expenses., will come be- care of by the council. Every penny collected by J:1eprefore ·. Congress tomorrow af.ternoon, M:is. John ·Wingwte of Hampton, sentatives of Frank E. Booma Post, chairman, announced to the com- American Legion, Emerson Hovey Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars; mittee last evening. other memCamp Winfield Scott Schley, Spanbers of 'the committee present at ish War Vete-rans, and the Portsthe meeting were: Lieut. Oliver F. mouth Branch of the Fleet Reserve, Naquin, USN, Squalus commander; will be turned over to Comdr. A. E. Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller; Rear Adm. D. Stone, USN, chaplain of the PortsE . pismukes, USN ret., and Mrs. Dismukes, of Port;mouth; Lieut. mouth Navy Yard. Everyone connected with the event Is working with enthusiasm and mouth Navy Yard; Capt. W. F. Amsexcellent results are anticipated. den, USN, captain of the Portismouth Navy Yard; Mrs. William S. Hill of Poramouth;-• Mir. and Mrs. Arthur .L. Hobson of Little Boar's Head; Atty. Thomas E. Dolan of Manchester; Robert Cleveland of ' ~\ North Hampton; Mrs. Charles Amhoff of Portsmouth; Mrs. Richard! Currier of Rye; Mrs. john Swinnerton of thl:s city; Marjor Cha<rles E. Greenman of Hampton, member of the governor's staff; Miss Adeline Marston .of Hampton; Philip Hobson ·· Five more days of good Visa?ility of Little Boar's Head; ·Edward Seavey, Jr., of Hampton and Alfred an'Cli calm w~ather are needed before Rosser of Hampton.· George B. Lord, president of the Squalus salvage workers w!ll be Portsmouth Savlngs Bank, was ap- · ready to place the pontoon lif,t pointed treasurer of the organlzachains• around the aft hull of the tion by a vote of those present. Besunken ship, Rear Admiral Cyrus sides handling the finances of the . W. Cole, USN, commandant of the o:ganizatlon; the treasurer will acyard, and commander of the salvage cept donations for ,t he Squalus Benunit, announced today. If the presefit Concert fund which, after the ent program of work-that is, the concert, will be turned over to the attaching of high-pressure air hose Squalus Relief Fund. . on the submarine, and preparations Lieut. Naquin sa.ld the relief fund, to blow out oons of water from the a fund Eiet up to provide for the wi:dflooded . aft section-<:ontinues, divows and families of the 25 dead, el'.; will be ready to place the ponhad already grown , consideiraply toon chains early next week. since It was established a short time The placing of the . chains, officafter the disaster. ials explained, w!ll be the last -divMrs. Thomas C. Har.t, sponsor of · Ing operation before the pontoons the submarine, and wife of Admiral are put intio position to lift the ship T. C. He.rt, USN, who: he.s taken - from the ocean bottom. If the challis command of the Asia,tic Fleet, will .were placed a,t the present time the be among thase invited tio attend danger that divers might become the concer,t it wa.s stated. tangled in them arises. • During the early part of today diving operations were suspended because of low visibility, it was reported to the navy yard from the si.lvage EhiP Falcon. All Money To Be Turned Over To Chaplain A. E. Stone Of Navy Yard ~~i:· ·~~a~~~fa~f :~~NPo:~ , . Chains Around('_/': Squalus Shortly -~;•;, '. \:~ . ·,:' ~•----~ ' r~;. .. • '4 t ·; ; -.f~" ~ ·. !~ :,:~ ,~ -~··-~ ' ,~,;_·,·.:_~~ :fr >4·J �• \., J ·lfa·k:P~nto~n-~T~ Scene :\ Of Squalus Tragedy I ·-1 Others Will Be Transferred From Navy Yard As , l Soon As Required I 'l ~--------------.. j ' -1 \ Two pontoons were taken from their way to safety by means of a ·the navy ya.rd today, where they diving bell. Salvage operations will continue \had been waiting for several w~ks, over the holiday.· \ !on the •sunken submarine Squalus. Choppy seas, whipped by a 30'of the sunken submarine Equalus. mile-an-hour northwest wind yesThey were taken from the navy yard terday, forced salvagers to postpone transferring the pontoons and 1 • at 10 o'clock thi5 morning and the , others remaining will be taken as chains, and interrupted _diving op, they are needed. The two now at erations. However, before the divers ,the scene will be attached as soon quit work they attached a tow line to the submarine. as possible. . It will be used to drag the craft • Seven pontoons will be required to lift the ship which sank in 40 fath- shoreward after ehe is raised to - oms of wate:- en May 23, wh.ile doing various levels from her 240-foot · a: ;_ · , ",:) a crash dive. Five of the pontoons depth · by the pontoons. A ho.:e line att.ached to one of the will be employed to lift the stem · of the craft, which is the flooded submarine's main balla.;;& tanks besection in which 26 men perished. came disconnected yesterday and Two w!ll be atita.ched to ,t he forward must be replaced before the pon~ection from which 33 m~e~n~m~a.d~e....:;to::::o::::n::.::' s -...:a:.:r.:;.e_::lo::.:w::..e::::r:;e:::d::.·- - ----,---' -· 'Two Pontoons Sunk At Disaster Scene Navy Works At Top Speed to Complete Last Steps Before Raising Submarine With two pontoons already down and two more being rusned to the salvage scene the Navy worked at top speed today to complete the preliminary steps before raising the sunken submarine Squalus. The first of seven pontoons was · lowered 200 feet into the water yesterday and the second was sunk to a depth of 180 feet shortly before 11 · o'clock this forenoon. Officers in charge of the Squalus salvage unit said the sinking of one a day would be considered good speed. A two and one-half inch cabie was · •looped under the sunken ~raft alsc, ·l and officials expressed belief that ' !the line might be strong enough t-0 lower the specially built chain to be used in actual raising operations. The huge chain-ach link weighs 76 pounds, is 15 .inches long and 2 1-2 inches thick-already is at the scene of the disaster which claimed 26 lives on May 23. The heavy chain is necessary, 0!ficials explained, because of the . ' 1 c:b::i~: ~~ :: ,.,~:-.·.., ~~~i:~b::i:he~u:e being towed. The pontoon cables are attached to the large chain and then wedged into the pontoon fastenings. Current plans call for hookin;:- five pontoons to the after section and two to the buoyant forward section, then lifting and towing the Squalus sh<?!'.eward in easy stag,.::es=· _____, _ • : '::<.-- .::-: -.··· -: •.;. i,' '., : ... ,,' , , - ' , .~;_;{?f T_\/\~:{}?\::?f;.:~~<~{. /·.· , -t · · . : , .>< :; • "'), ,-. ;> ,·::• ,, · •' ', �,. ~ ~ ~~ - . '~"'~~.f~~l~ii~~:_\1,.?·~,~/~- ~~·<'(-~~,trf1~i , ·;. ~;1~'~:i;,~ · ~ ~~ = ~-'-'""""'--'~ '-'--""'"""'""".:'-'-~·""-~~-- ..,. ;• To Resume Attach ing Of;Now Ex~ect To Move Pontoons Tomorrow ,:_-\ :1Submanne On-<\-'\ Thursday 1 ) : Divers Busy Today Preparing Lines And Gear At Scene Of Squalus Disaster A one-day delay in lifting the Squalus, so that divers could thor:-preparingl~n_e_s_M~-g-e_a_r~o-,-'-.-a-a=c=-=1~_, oughly check cables and airlines ; The second of two pontoons was ing the five pontoons to the after , today prompted naval officials to floated to the surface this afternoon section, and, providing the wea!;.her : continues favorable, offic_er., said ·. set Thursday as the date to start j at the Squalus salvage area, where attaching the pontoons wouid be '.: towing the sunken submarine tothe Navy is preparing for.a new pro- rerumed tomorrow. ward Portsmouth navy yard. gram of sinking the seven huge ponTwo pontoons will be atta::hed to Two pontoons which remain for toons deep into the water in tl!t- at- each of two of the chain.:::, one at a attachment to the bow of the vestempt to raise the sunken subma- dep th of 200 feet a nd t,h e Ot11er at ;' sel were towed to the lower harbor rine. 180 feet. A second ch'l.111 wi!l hold :: by the naval tug wandank and were Salvage workers prepared this af- , one pontoon at a dep th of lBO feet :- waiting this afternoon for orders to ternoon to draw all three of the ' a nd th e second pontoon will be low- proceed to the salvage area. When cha.ins necessary to attach five pon- ' ered 85 feet. Only one ;:,oz:toon will ,'._ the pontoons are dispatched from toons to the flooded after section be attached to th e th ird cnam a nd -' the lower harbor it will be only a 85 -:'.j matter of hours before the navy beneath the stern at the same time, th at, too, will be lowered only instead of ,reparately. FoUled lines feet. . . . '~· will anxiusly stand on the fantail forced the salvage unit to raise two Officers believed two _a?ditional , deck of the ship Falcon waiting for pontoons already sent down. Wire po:1toons would be sufflcien~ to ' the submarine to be pulled from the ropes became entangled between a lra15 e the buoyant forwa rd sec~!on of ·t suction of the blue mud 240 f et chain sling Md the hull of the Ith ~ Squalus, _from which 33 of her · below the ocean•s ·surface.' e Squalus. crew were saved in a diving bell in ; · Divers have determined, officials In any event, the officer said, the the first reicue of its kind in sub- · said, that water seepage into the mishap wo,uld delay by two or three marine history• . bow of the sunken craft had been days the raising of the sub, which Each pontoo has two hawse only what engineers calculated and went down in 40 fathoms of v,ater 15 pipes through which opposite pen- · that the two pontoons yet to be'sunk miles off Portsmouth on May 23. nants, or wire tails, to the chain ' would supply sufficient bouyancy for Divers again were active today, slings must be passed. that section. ~ ,~,-:~, ·.'!,_,-,. f'•·.~·,w,,·::,.•,, ·;,\, ,~-;~,-.. . -.-:,:::::,-;,;F? ,.·_ ,· ...~.;~,-r;;,:,ic,.,.,f.\"!'' i If everything goes properly Thurs~~~i ·:(:~1~f(i~~~~~~~~~~~~~}{(f;:f;}?}t~.-\r~t,,l~~J:f;i;t•1~&1~·/2~~ dya will probably see the 'squalus ,; moved underwater about four miles until it is grounded in shallower w~ter at a d~pth .of 155 feet. At this ·~ pomt t_h e ship '.Vill be lifted to a sec. .' ond . level and towed to still more ~ ) :~ shallow water. I { Expect To Have P0 nt 00 ns :; In Position Soon "S' ~ Squalus May Be Raised To First Leve l In About A Week , Naval officials at the Squalus salvage area today expected that all ven pontoons would be sunk and t cables wedged in by next Wedsday, as the program for re-sinkg the two pontoons which jamed earlier this week was well unr way this afternoo~. offials said that the sunken submare Squalus would probably be :raisto the first level, barring fu:·ther cidents. in about a week. he three pontoon lift lines have The lre_p acmg he single line expected to be used in salvage _plan. Five pontoons will be fastened t-0 that section and two to the buoyant · forward section . Commander Henry T. Hartley, commanding -officer of the submar- ,;"i-,.,: ine rescue vessel Falcon during the S-51 and S-4 salvages yesterday re- ·:~· lieved Commander Allan I. Mc- t~ · Cann, inventor of the rescue bell in (. .' which 33 of the Squalus' crew we rescued. Mccann, who had be 'th the Squalus salvage crew sin job began, was ordered bac Ji:f.: - ----- -- - - - �J~:;-~~::-,..~--:~~~~- ~~-:-:~ ;_ -------;;;;_;f:, ·-~~/.:,.;.::.:ti.~?· ,.J~~}fi :·/; i~:•tf~i:.:ir~;:$.,;i~:~-; E t T O Ra .I Se sqU a IUS ~;:·...,.:; c;Afr{:#~iJ't, . ·~ . ' .)-: ~~ X peC Yli;,~fgf:.;f~l:f~~f "v,1:<:' ,·,:; 0 n wednes day \'" :. 1t/r;_;rt"'~~~9i.\'' L "'' -~- -<'"ii be at their station on the Falcon . . to start pumping air wm . i-..:;_ :\ · be sent to the three submarines, .~:,;"'f~:.•-:f,!f-;'.' .•. 27,~?_,,,1 Sculpln, R-10 and R-13, --~ :1:L-ili..;'.:"-'.:;·• ;I \.J . I As the surge of compressed air · .···.,-,',.'.·\:C.,~:.\.-':;'.:, ,~:-.:·. :~~•' ;!, flows in three lines a distance o! . : :_';.. ·:{-. \.::._ · several hundred feet from the subs . .1",·,-_"?!.f'•\/[:'~'\}~·}.~~.:...,£.!:;,~·: . 1 to t-he salvage ship Falcon, It will .. J_;,~~:f ·,-:,!-1:"c':·~.~ );, :. .be piped into the "Calliope" valves, ':"\~~!({;3~;·.~;•:~;·;'?J/7' and then down the 40-odd alrhoses : to the pontoons and submarine bal- .";2f.:i~-•t-:"it'•:; :iXf!'/2'.::,f' 1 T T Sh ;·:l 0 n I O ·-,·1· 1asttanks. 'i;f:~dt>:/•H'-:''\''-r:-<',"'\'. =====.=-=.-...-----,--,--Emptying the pontoons of water ;· •· ';;'.' .J Naval plans today were to have ,, will add a bouyancy strain on the f. ;1,:.;_ •: ~I The submarine Squalus will prob- only t hree o! the pontoons, those _:, cables that will, officials hope, ease './ft -~~ ably be lifted from the ocean's bed sunk to 85 foot depths, break the .·,. the aft hull of the Squalus out of tr.-! :.~~ on Wednesday, according to latest surface o! the water on Wednesday ::(':' the mud. ~it: ;·~'. word today from salvage unit offi- lwhen it is raised that distance from ::<··. "This is the most vital operation ::? %,: cers. While divers spent most of the bottom and made ready for tow- .... · o! the. whole salvage work," Capt . .:/ :fc;J1 today checking pontoon lift cables ing. The four other pontoons vary :;;: w. F. Amsden, U.S.N., captain of the I¾J;' :;.1 and towing lines, a tugboat at the in depths. :,,·. yard, said, explaining that if the '•it";.:;,._,.,,.,,,,., .. navy yard stood ready to attach the When the water is blown from the : ·, operation is . successful it Is likely ·/;,t';t~J'.,f,;,:?c-;~ last two of seven pontoons. ship's ballast tanks, and from the :'._~ that the ill-fated _ship will be dry- ,':)''.'A;....:r; The flrst move toward Portsmouth pontoons, It will be the most crucial , ~ docked within the next week. :: will be made while the craft is still moment In the entire salvage opera- ·(: After the submarine Is lifted a /~:~-;i 155 feet under the surface, as pres- ti~~. . ., . _'.',.- little more than 85 fee~ from the i.;.," :_t~ ent plans are to first lift the ship The ticklish part, Lieut. Cmdr. , _.· muddy bottom the towmg of the ·' ,}: only 85_ feet fr~m where It now rests. Jo~n . Longstaff, U:S.N.,... said, ex- '.,:, craft toward the sh~re ~ill begin. ~.• li/$1The tnp, a d1Stance of about four , plammg the operation, 1s to keep .f.;_; When the su~manne 1s grounded, ·.:: ;;--._1miles, would be the first of three ll!tmg power under c~ntrol at all abq_u~ 4 miles m !ro1!1 Its present ~ operations planned to get the 1500- times. If to~ mu_ch lift is put on -~ ; pos1t1on, the Falcon will be moored, -~ '.i) ton submersible Into the Portsmouth t_he bow, which 1s ~nflood 7d and JJ,_ pontoons again sunk to lower levels, ~• ,:::1 navy yard drydock. light, this end may rise straight up .;.. :£. and In a day or two the second leg · To the officers, technicians, and out of the water, with the aft end ~r:;. of the trip will be made. ·li heroic divers who today were in still on the bottom." • When the tua boats and the subtheir 48th day of .prepa;ation !or Then, officials said, would come ~' marine reach the mouth of Portsthis ponderous and technically _deli- the task of•flooding the forward sec- )? mouth Harbor, officials will wait !or cate lift, It would be the near-cli- tion to get the bow do~n. I! /_>." high tide before bringing the ship · ;·~ max of one o! the most amazing such an accident occurred 1t would . ,·', to the dry dock. :-t,; rescue and salvage jobs in historv. endanger the other navy ships ,,./ =-=""'7'="'<C: Thirty-three of the 59 men trapped standing by. 1{ In the ship when it sank off this city After the Squalus is raised to a Y -;;. on May 23 were rescued on May 24, 155-foot level it will be towed to- ' :{f and the task of salvage has contin- ward Portsmouth until it grounds, '..s i\. ued ever since. and then the second lifting opera- :,;: j The signal t :;;,~t::,t%{)1r1't{~f:-*•tfiJ Craft Will First Be Lifted 85 Feet And Started ·:· ts rip ore ffL ____ ?/ "Jf;.:,1" tJ J~ 'Ji~ ,·.\1 ! ~-;.1 ,·~1 iq ·•~.J i 1/. (~'.~!!~~i!':~:~!!~;!!:,~~~\~r· t Early Tomorrow t.;: ~')h i\~, if' , Su bmarine May Reach Portsmouth Navy Ya ~}. On July 17 -· ---- . . . ~~: Two R-class submarines arriv ~~ Th e •~os\ vital" operation o! t~e from New London, Conn., shor 1 :;; navy s qua us sa vage program 1s ly before noon to assist in the ope '·:-; scheduled for early tomorrow morn- ation of raising the $4,000,000 wrec · 1 Ing on the low ebb o! tide when the ed submarine. The vessels ea .;,_,: first at~mpt will be made to lift the carrying three officers and 24 m :-t, submarine out of its bed o! blue are waiting at the yard for orde , •.' mud. I! the operation Is successful, to proceed to the salvage area whe .t a naval spokesman said, It Is possi- they will moor alongside the subm ii\ ble that the ship will be brought Into rine Sculpin to assist In pumping >:1; the Portsmouth navy yard about air to the compression tanks of the · ~-'. noon on July l7. Falcon when the warer Is drawn ;~ The_ last two o! seven pontoons from the pontoons. :( were m place rea~y for sinking this There was a slight delay in oper,; aft.ernoon, according to latest word / atlons this morning because of ;'. from the salvage ~rea. The sinking heavy swell, but ofl'icials hoped ~ of the pontoons will be the last ma- have the two remaining pontoo _. jor step in preparation for making secured by nightfall. . · r, the first lift to a depth o! about} At daybreak tomorrow according ,;~ 155 feet. . . dto present schedule, all han · 1 0 ~::: •1.":..:~· ·'•' • ~ t:; ·.. ! . .:. ~~ · ,. �French Officials Inspect ~escue Equipment At Navy Yard ' . \. ,s\ :" "The chamber has proved worth many .times over in the rescue off Portsmouth," Capt. Green.Jee said, "because, of course, you can't measure human life in aoJJars and cents." I ·The naval official · also expla1ned that tlae plans and designs for this ~-ra-n-c~o-1s-~r~1=e,-...-re__n_c~-co,,..,ns_,.u-,-1-. country's !!~-saving• · equii:tment at Boston, headed the delegation, has been made available . to foreign which included former Assistant powers at their request . . Secretary F. Blancho of the French The representatives of the navy and L. RoJ.Jand of . the French government also visited the French Chamber of Deputies. supply building where the . RussoThe official party arrived at the Japanese peace· treaty was signed. Navy Yard at 10.20 a. m. and was After an hour's · visit in -the yard greeted at the yard gate by :r,wut. the foreign officials· ·left, carrying Comdr. John Longstaff, ·USN, aide wi.tl'l- · them information which is to !4e comm;i.ndant, ·and taken to likely to result in the re-designing the Administration building. of French submarines so that the R>ear Admiral.• Cyrus W. . pol~, French navy . can eff,ectively use USN, commandant of the yard, diving bells to prevent extreme Joss gave them an officiaJ , greeting a.nd of lives in any future undersea disthe party, accompanied by .Capt. aster. Halford· Greenlee, USN, manager ·Upon their leaving the of · the vard. made an inspection gun salute was fired: ·· , · of the re~cue chamber. · · Former Assistant Secretary M. Blancho, the former assistantf Blartcho and Deputy Rolland have secretary of the French navy; ! been in this country for ·a bout· a showed particular . interest as Cap- .week · and are planning their retain Greenlee's explanation of the turn to · France soon. They arrived 9-ton cell was . translated into his by air_piane Jin , Bostoi;i late yesnative language by the Boston con- terday from ,Washington, D. c., and sul. wll! leave Boston this aft.ornoon by plane for New York. Former Asst. Sec. ·F. Blancha Of French Navy Member Of Delegation Here Today .· · · Three representatives of the French government t,c;aay inspected the submarine rescue· chamber . at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in their government's first step to equip the French submarine patrol with safety equipment similar to the United states fleet. The party, including a former assistant secretar,v of the French navy, returned to ' the French consulatie in Boston to make a "favorable" report to their government on the deep sea cell responsible for saving 33 lives on May 24 from the sunken submarine Squalus. · Prompt,ed by •severe Joss · of life when the French submarine Phenix -sank in deep water- off Satgon, French-Indo China, the three offlcials • were ordered to- the local Navy Yard to inspect • the re6Cue chamber which was so effectively used 15 miles o Portsmouth. French Experts View Res.cue :Oiving Bell Bu the A,sociated Press Portsmouth, N. H., July 11 Seeking new life-saving . means against possible undersea disasters in the future, ·. three representatives of the French Government inspected today the nine-ton diving bell that m·ade history in the rescue of 33 men from the sunken submarine Squallls. Capt. Halford Greenlee, Manager of the Navy Yard here, told the Frenchmen they were welcome to the plans of the bell and that drafts of any of the Navy's life-.saving de. vices were available at any time "to any foreign government." Twenty-six men perished aboard the Squalus, and the French suffered a much greater loss in the subsequent ·.sinking · of the submarine Phenix off Indo-China. �·-=-=--. __:==--~=-=-~~::-~--:= ~~.-------·------- :~~:~-=- - -~-=~:-~-~~- - ·- . - . . --•W - Stern Pontoons Reach Surface I I• f :-. 't Of Water At ·2.53 P. M. ·: ~fl-ope To Sta_ rtTowing Squa,us/;.:::, : Toward Land \bn Ebb Tide-,About(' i in l Squalus To Point About Four Miles s Of o·1saster 1·,'\ rom cen.e \, ,~. .F , _________ :,t/1i/·';•\~·::: :·,kt~~::-/) C.harles Momsen; 1::S.N., called his ( divers to the fantail of the salvage ·. . :•; :':':·~':;·j.'1.'·'·'·,>•-.~ ~,., ship Falcon to instruct them in the ' •-.·;·:_, ·.·.if::'.:YZf.·':~·\, i final preparations for blowing air ·: >:_';{:;'i,,. /.·if';,. •({'·3 1into the pontoons and flooded aft ·-·> ·~•;.: 'i· ·:· :o).,·\,):_::. i "· ·:· : ! a clear eastern sky, Lieut. Comdr. . . · ::.. _. :., .: ·.. :. · /· ; ·.· I -'S' , · ~ 1 · ·' :'.: of the sunken submarine. . · •.:• ;~< ~'/,.'.·",.·c. .::;;,i······:~\~...: "..~'.' Rear Adm. Cyrus w. Cole, U.S.N., :/:I,·./ \l ) )\?'::\<fthad ordered that all lines and ·. · ;,~. •' -j;..,, "-+:: }' :; ~ 1~:/ ' cabl~s be made ready for ~he e~rlieS t '.\ I possible start on the vital lifting · /,, .. :··, · ·. \·•>;;,:;,• :'t,;r;·, 1section The top p·ontoons on the stern of the subma- : ·.' .·_.· ·.: rine Squalus broke the surface of the water at 2.53 ;/> o'clock this afternoon indicating that everything .··:' is working out all right, and undoubtedly, a navy op:;;~;~onF. E,- smith was lowered over the port side of the Falcon and '/-, ..: [' rt."!-//:,:", descended to the deck of the Squalus - ..-"-:"·/•··: ·\•·:.::\\~· i·/·• 240 feet below the surface. He first ·.. ;: ; :; :;'i : . >spokesman said, the sunken submarine will be ready ,·:c<.''-~ ~~~;ee~~~ ~~~e~:t ; ; · to be towed toward Portsmouth on the low ebb of .: tide this afternoon. t~al~~i;e t~~! submarine compartment valve. After he returned to the surface, With virtually the e·n.tire length of the sub ma: ..·.· i rine lifted clear of the muddy bottom by its cradle ' :·_- :.;.:· of seve.n pontoons, it is b.elie.ved that the tremendOUS Weig ht Of t he Water- f I11 ed Stern heId t hat en d Of ' . the craft on or near the bottom temporarily. :~k~:\~~s I . -... I !· ..1 t•· ;-;~:-t'f::?t:~::?? ,~.:~.,~~{:5::,:?>·}J-{}} 1;: ·., ·:·),;;/\}-.:>:t,;i. ~?;:!~~r~~::~ !; 0 :; . ' flooded aft of the submarine, the ballast tanks and seven pontoons, the message was radioed to the navy yard that the salvage unit was prepared for the "final blowing." Naval tugs, Coast Guard boats, ; and a light .house tender maneuver- • According ~o schedule it is hoped to start towmg the submarine toward the shore at about 5 ' I k h. f h bb ti·d e. ; i OC OC t IS a ternoon On t e e !!dab:Ut:i~~ ~~~:t1;!1ganli:~ hi~~ moorings to prevent the maze of air hose and cables from the Falcon to i . the Squalus from snarling when the ' J three topmost pontoons broke the :, :' :·, The raising of the ship, and eventual drydock- surface of the water. The Falcon J• h d 'I I I h I was re-located in a position 150 feet i:, : mg at t e navy yar WI Comp ete t e greatest Sa · astern of the sunken submarine's 1 ; ··1vage operations in the history of the U. Navy. location in order to cl~~r a large · · Th e comp Iet'1On of th e f'1rs t step, th at of rms• surface. area for the pontoons nsmg to the ,: ,~; ing and towing the craft four miles toward shore 'I Diesel motors on the Sculpin, sis.I , • . ter ship of the wrecked submersible, i' _. . .- WJI be followed by two more tows before 1t IS In ry- !started her large air compressors . dock in operation at 9.53 a. m. and, aboard , • Ithe Falcon, officers stood by to give ___ .,_________ - - - · --~-::- i_!_,~ orders to operate the "calliope" 1 · · '1 s. d ' )• Ji .:·;;',';: "(,I::, ,;.~ ..-, · ·•,. -~:·..·.:.. '.' /q;_:.\ ' \' ·; '.: ·.: • .- ._-. - . '-,•:·>~f..: �:¼~i~t):/:'. also mean the reopening from which 40-odd air hose lead to , midnight, and at daybreak the 75- Squalus court of Inquiry, 1 the seven pontoons, submarine bal- foot boat CG-109 left · the flatiron , To Proceed at Low Speed last tanks and the sub's :flooded aft , wharf carrying Lie~tenant Doyle, The extremely low speed, a naval compartments. ;j U.S.N., executive officer, and sur- : spokesman said, wm be hardly perNaval engineers' computations Qf i1 vivor of the Squalus, to the salvage • ceptible to spectators. If the ship the air bouyancy 1n the pontoons operations. Forty-five minutes later is in position ready for towing at 5 were that the two topmost stern ; the CG-110 left the wharf, carrying ; o'clock this afternoon the ebb of low pontoons would reach the surface •'1newspapermen, pewspaper photog- ' tide will be changing and currents first and would be followed a short ~ raphers, newsreel photographers, · sweeping toward the shore will assist time after by one of the two pon- and Capt. Halford Greenlee, U.S.N., naval engineers in their carefullytoons attached to the forward end ' manager of the yard. , planned program to move the Squalof th~ ill-fated ship, A crew of care- ·. Rear Admiral Cole stayed. at the us and Falcon In their relative posifully trained salvage workers stood ' scene of salvage work during the · tlons so that the Intricate maze of by to mount the pontoons when they ;: night, and was with. the first group hose and cables won't became tanstruck the surface and bridle them · of officers to start outlining today's gled. into position and at the same time \~ program before daybreak. . When the sub is about to ground secure the air hose. The same :; A one-inch die lock cham, 60 the wandank will take in the 60 procedure was called for the for- · fathoms long, has been attach~d to fathoms towline 10 fathoms. ward pontoon · when it reached the the stern of the Squalus to be used the sunken sub grounds, about surface of the ocean. . for towing it towards Portsmouth feet below the surface, the Wandank While the air was being forced into Harbor and, according to the towing drum will slip and there will the pontoons and partly flooded hull plans, shackled to the hawser on be a noticeable cessation of motion of the submarine bronzed .salvage . the Wandank. Another hitch on of . pontoons. . workers, stripped to the waist, check- the sub, a 60-foot preventer line The successfm completion gf toed Jines an'Cl• hose connections aboard . on the bow, consisted of a 60-foot : day's salvage work will be marked by the Falcon. The decks of the salvage l small wire cable with l 20 fathoms the Wandank sounding two short ship were lined a foot high with of 7-inch manila rope attached to-. blasts and one long blast. ropes, hawsers, chains, diving gear the tug Wandank. The wrecked submarine will and rubber air hose which have been ' The plan ordered that the Fa!- grounded In a new position late toin use during the long preliminary . con shift from Its blowing position [ day, according to schedule, and then salvage work. abeam to a towing position astern Navy salvagers will start the second of the pontoons after the three task of bring the ship tp within 85 Bubbles Rise To Surface pontoons were bridled and hose feet of the surface before making the Word was received at the navy connection secured. When the second tow. yard shortly after 11 o'clock that ) Squalus grounds, probably late to- '· bubbles were seen rising to th.e sur- \ day as it is being towed Into shalface and Increasing so rapidly that I Jowerer water off Portsmouth, within a few minutes the water over ' the Falcon will be secured at the the submarine's position was churn- ', new position by six spar ing as though a gtant_ egg beate~ ':"asl , ings. being used. This indicated, offlc1als Meanwhile, the Hibiscus, said, that the three topmost pon- , house tender, wlll move the can toons. had been filled and the n:ext buoys from the area 15 miles off step in the navy's . plan to raise the Portsmouth where the salvage uni~ flooded hulk ~~s to start pumping has been located for nearly the ,the four :r,emaining pontoons at low- past two months to the new area. er levels. A list of the boats taking part in From the Falcon while ,the pump- the salvaging this afternoon was ing was taking place workmen could released as follows: USS Falcon, see up ,t o 20 :s,mall private craft cru!s- salvage ship; uss Sacramento, naing about the 1,000 yard salvage val cruiser; Wandank, Sagamore area. The small boats continually and Penacook naval tugs; Hibiscus, change their positi?ns as spectators lighthouse te~der; and coast guard watched the salvaging of the $4,000,- boats 409, 410 and 991. 000 vessel. . The "most vital" talk of the salAlong tne shore people lined the . vage operation is half over at the beaches and high points of land from point of the three pontoons breakKittery to Ipswich, Mass., to waitch ing the surface of the water. Affor the raising of the pontoons. ter tugs secure their position the The most popular places to watch · Falcon will give the orders "tow the salvage operation at this poi~t get under way." Then the proceswas from Little Boar's Head in : sion will start toward this city at North Hampton, Great Boar's Head • about one-half a knot per hour. in Hampton, and the picturesque ., The third tow, possibly on Mon- . bluffs at Ipswich that mark the · day at the noon ebb of high tide, . water's edge there. ' will be into Portsmouth Harbor and Despite the delay earlier in the . Into the dry dock at the navy yard. day naval officials said at noon that • The dry dock has been cleared, the the salvage operations were not far ' submarine Sargo, which just under- ,. behind schedule. The delay in went several weelr); of o,,,erhaul- " operations was first made known_ to lng, having been removed earlier newspapermen in the eatly morning this week. hours when Lieut. Comdr. Longstaff, . When the submarine is towed inU.S.N., said he had received a radio · to the yard the "no visitors'? orders message from the salvage unit that will be strictly enforced, and specproceedings would be temporarily tators in the yard will be kept out- , delayed while lines were checked. side a deadline around the dry dock. The navy yard tug Penacook was The arrival of the submarine will tj �1j i-·~t~:";-- .:: -_~-~~--- -·---- ----------- - !I1 Navy To Continue Effort oi! 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Two 25 •foot whale boats, carryin -,· ·" h d 21 men, had been poised for 30 secDespite the occident lot~ yesterday tha t s otter~ : ands at the edge of the circle o f,1¼-~ weeks of careful naval planning, a navy spokesman said foam ready to start toward the pontoday that a second attempt to lift the wrec ked submari ne · toon. Their job was to bridle the · N y d hose and secure the pontoon from from the bottom and tow it to the Portsmou th ovy or floating. I ~,;<'l: ____ ~;:=c== ==:;==~~~=:::::-:::::::-.:~i7' 1 Then something happened. 'JJt· today. The first theory was that t, A patch of green water spurted up Througho~t the nig~t and today when the submarine popped to the \ near the pontoon-two, three then I ;;JJ.S salvage engineers studied plans to surface the tremendous air pres- dozens of bubbles broke the surface. 1 ''.<:1' determine if the same method would .sure inside the ship snapped open · "Get out of the way, the bow's [·j/}: be used in the second attempt or the forward torpedo tube hatch with coming up," one of the crew in the whether, if the ship is_not entirely far less pressure of the atmosphere · small boats shouted at the top of , ·flooded, to send divers mto the sub- pressing against the outside. . his lungs. 1-: ' marine through the - rescue bell so With the torpedo tube open the · Then came a roar of warning b · that the submersible can be entirely forward compartments would be , from the crew on the Falcon, who :. . cleared of water, and floated by its flooded beside the already flooded saw the black outline of the bow : .; own buoyancy. No decision will be aft section. . furrowing up toward the surface. ~ made, however, until divers make a There remains several methods of The propellors of the two smal . ;t,· thorough examination of the ship raising the craft beside the one al- boats made their stern bite in th ·:/~•;.• to determine what damage, if any, ready in use, but until the divers watl!r effectively. The boats, on :~c was caused yesterday when it was complete their observations in the carrying Lieut. Comdr. Charles B ,·Jtt~f blown bow first out of the water. darkened depths no one plan will be Momsen, U.S.N., inventor of th y,::::,·;.;_ Divers were unable to reach the adopted. However, it was general- Momsen lung, surged backward, es deck of the Squalus· today because Jy believed among officials tod~y caping by very few feet bein , Ji#;. of the r ough seas and heavy ground that there would be some change m crushed and splintered to match:~1(!'.0i/ swells stirred by a southwest wind. the salvage program. wood by the towering bow, threatenRain and fog today followed in the I The ocean's surface in the sal- ing death to all of the men. :. .;,. , ·-:f;"::."! wake of the blow to the officers and . vage area had cleared today of , After the bow had gone back into ~-:fit.· ,..P,;~\'.'.0 140 salvage workers aboard the broken bits of wood, frayed piec:s the water, tearing fiercely at the :·~}'.;-~ .,5, h-;:~.\;,,i:; Falcon. of rope, and torn sections of air pontoon cables; officials saw four '.":,;,it • , · · "•1 t,>" '-l What caused the ship to shoot to hose. The scene, too, was a complete of the seven pontoons start drift- .'< ~•· ·;; the surface amid the boiling foam reversal of yesterday morning, when ing toward the Isles of Shoals. ~'t,J· / f'£f.,h1.c~ in the patch of green sea, and then officers and salvage workers were '.,..,,,,Ji · t It seemed to Lieut. Comdr. OJ' ·'. '.:IN•?}f apidly slip out of its intricate net hopefully expectant of seeing he 'r "I:Jf:f. ,of lifting gear to the dark depths operation prove successful on the in, U.S.N·• Sq :-~ .,. ;\ v;ras a. matter of official conjecture ~ - - , .. ·.7 . ,·· , , ; .-c. __ ,. • . ~.;:.-... , .. : : ·:·· '<·,:~:-· .-!'~.~\.~''~·•:.. [ft - ___________ fl' ,~~0\,: iNfi [·~t ; ~)t ;·fifJ [' .ii}\: f·J;_,_\' 1;~;: 1·;:;t£f: t:tt'lt hf½-,,.- 1\fi-;, l _] l (";~~'.tr~!(;~flrt:_iif~~f~~;~~f:(1'~!,~ii1!'.%l~tr~1" ~~'-Ijf:~g~f,;,?~:~1:.:~:-~~0~~~f~~ 15 �tO"lt . __ .· . : , ~ancfer~ 1md LieuC William___T. '' Doyle, U.S.N., Squalus executive ofi,.-i fleer, and 12 other crew survivors _ l that their ship plunged toward the ! surface at the same angle it took -; on the fateful dive on May 23 . .I The men who so narrowly escaped l death yesterday in the two small I boats were all of the Squalus sal1vage unit. Those in the boat with v-: Commander Momsen were William '" Badders, N. H. Shahan, Rob5rt Metz. ger, J. w. Thompson, J. E. Dun.· can, Henry H. Frye, Raymond Wnite, ·.- Forrest E. Smith, and Charles H. · Millette. In the boat with Lieut. ~- Joseph K. Morrison, U.S.N., were . Lieut. K. R. Wheland, U.S.N~ James MacDonald, George Bugnu, G. F. J. Crocker, F. H. Pugh, Marshall Bartholomew, Edwin F. Mathys, and Raymond J. Stengle., After brief observations at the · scene the following report was made by the salvage unit: "lifted stern of Squalus with 5 pontoons, about 85 -' feet clear of bottom. Then lifted bow with two pontoons, blowing for. ward ballast tanks. Pontoons sur.,. faced, followed by surfacing of _ ship's bow. Forward sling carried ·· · - away and bow sank. One sling aft carried away and two lower pontoons surfaced. Stern sank with remaining pontoons, possibly dam". aged. Ship sank on even trim. Two -. ·1 chains under stern." ·" •: · One of the four pontoons which ' · broke loose were hauled to Portsmouth navy yard, and workmen ._.· .- .· started to make repairs on them to~-:; . day. Two pontoons at the yard a~e · · . available . to salvagers for immed1ate use. ··-. The angle and distance which the ./;__ , sub's bow came out of the water for 10 seconds were determined today by Lieut. Comdr. O. F. Naquin, . U.S.N., from a picture he made during the spectacular episode. The picture showed that the submarine t d wa-S 36 feet out of water a nd ti! e at a 44 degree angle. Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, U.S. :, N., commandant of the yard, reY_ ' turned to the navy yard late last · ,• · night and this forenoon prepared _.' '· to leave for the salvage scene in the , I afternoon. :.·:, ... ,.. . 1- - ---- - -- - - --::-. ~ -- ,1 -:• '; I j rPre-pare For Resumption --"---~-- . . . . - - - - - ---- .. -- - ····----·-·-----·--· [Of DivingOperations ~-;. , Experts Believe At Least 25 Dives Will Be Necessary For Full ~tudy Of New Situation ¥-•--------------Divers stood today on the fantail about 20 feet in the mud._ deck of the salvage ship Falcon, 15 Others thought the rearing . ,: miles off Portsmouth, ready to start plunge, . which disastrously ended the first of 25 dives estimated nee- the first lifting attempt just at the essary to determine whether or not moment of success, might have ramthe wrecked submarine Squalus h ad med the stern even further into the plummeted to an irre trievable posi- blue mud at the bottom, a contintion in the blue mud when it slipped gency · wh ich also would hamper out of the navy's intricate ne t of salvage. lifting cables on the first a ttempt to But to all of them one disheartraise the ship on Thursday. Mod- ening fact was plain-seven weeks · erating seas at noon was a promise of laborious and dangerous work · that the diving might start before had been wiped out in the single, the middle of t he afternoon. awful moment when the grey nose Meanwhile three pontoons, dam- of the Squalus knifed through the · aged when the submarine made a water, pointed straight at the sky ·, ten-second appearance on Thurs- for brief seconds, then disappeared day before it plunged back into 240 again beneath the waters which feet of water, were being hauled have covered her since the first fa.alongside the Falcon, and crew ta! plunge May 23. members hopped aboard the bobbing Only one of the seven pontoons cylinders to untangle wires and used was undamaged. One was very cables preparatory to repairs and badly damaged and three were, in lifts. The lift cables will be un- I the language of the na.vy, "unacreeved. counted for." They w-ere below with , As they waited, the experts spec- the Squalus, but whether still hoo~- · ulated on what might have occur- ed on, smashed beneath the vessel . -~\ red. One feared the submersible or washed away, none could say. / . .: . .:..:· - :. might have tumbled 011 her side, an The weary men of the Falcon I!:·-•--:,;. accident which would make the had t heir first night off last night 1 •j;~ ;-":;-,; ·1lifting task extremely difficult. Pre- since they arriveg at the scene to ;· •;/:,:, -,,_, _.., ·;,: , ;'.,:·' I v!ously she had rested on an even rescue 33 survivors in the new es- ( · / ': · " ' ·•--:,-.,-.. -,i;, I keel, the flooded stern imbedded cape bell on May 24. : ; · I ! I I :,r·.;::, :_. ,'.. /' <: :- . •:. n•Ivers prepare To lnvest1· gate \ squa· I_US Plunge ~ 1· Heavy seas have blocked a sec- ·· ithd start on the task of raising I 'i the $4,000,000 craft, and salvage experts were unable to draw up a i new plan of action until divers completed their survey. Officers said at least 25 dives would have to be made for a full study of the new situation. More than 150 dives PORTSMOUTH, N. H., July lS were made during the first salvage effort, from six to nine a day. (JP)-Wi th seas gradually moderatAs they wa ited, the experts ing, crack Navy divers lined the speculated on what might have deck of the salvage ship Falcon occurred. One feared the submertoday, ready to descend to the sible m ight have tumbled on her side, an accident which would sunken submarine Squalus to de- make the liftin~ task extremely -·, ·'- termine the extent of damage to difficult. Previously she had rested the craft in her second plunge to on an even keel, the flooded stern the ocean bottom Thursday. imbedded about 20 feet in the mud. Meanwhile three pontoons, Others !hought the rearing ' _plunge, which disastrously ended damaged when the Squalus reared the first lifting attempt just at the her he.ad and broke away during moment of success, might have the first lifting operation two rammed the stern even further into days ago, were hauled along side the blue mud at the bottom, a contingency which also would of the Falcon and crew members hamper salvage. hopped aboard the bobbing cylinBut to all of them one dis- / ders and untangled the wires and : heartening fact was plain-seven . cables preparatory to repairing j weeks of laborious -and dangerous . work had been wiped out in the the lifts. . . slngle moment when the gray nose Naval officers said repairs would of the Squ?lus knifed through the be made at the salvage scene, if water, pointed straight at the sky · possible, but if the damage was for brief seconds, then disappea~ed j found to be too great the pontoons again beneath the ~aters which ! have covered her smce the first , _\':_'ould be towed to the Na':x_x_aJ._<!,_ fatal plunge May 23. _____ j 1. __________ - - · • - �1 yesterday. After comparing his picture with a blue print of the submarine, Lieutenant Naquin \ estimated unofficially that 35 feet I of the craft had shown above the I surface, slanted at an angle of 44 degrees. He took his picture from , the bridge of the salvage ship :Falcon. Beginning at daybreak yesterday, the delicate, but ponderous, · task of lifting the submersible proD iving is · delayed as navy ceeded slowly. The flooded stern, which holds the bodies of 26 memchecks cause of fail- bers of her crew, had to be tugged ure in effort to raise for · hours before it broke away from the sucking mud. craft. Cole's Report Admiral Cole told just what hapPORTSMOUTH, N. H., July 14 pened in the following radio mes(.lP)-Heavy seas today prevented sage to his aides ashore: "Lifted stern of Squalus with Navy divers from determining five pontoons about 85 feet clear how much damage had resulted of bottom. Then lifted bow with from the wild surge of the U. S. two pontoons, blo..ving ballast submarine Squalus that first shot tanks forward .. Both pontoons came to the surface followed by bow. the craft above the surface and Forward sling carried away and then thumped it back upon the bow sank. One sling aft carried ocean floor late yesterday after- away and two lower pontoons on noon. · sling surfaced. Stern sank with Rear Admiral c. w. Cole mes- remaining pontoons possibly in damaged condition. Think Squalus saged the Portsmouth Navy Yard on even keel on bottom. Two from the salvage ship Falcon that chains still remain under stern." a heavy ground swell and a falling The last sentences led shore barometer would delay diving in- officers to express belief the new definitely. lifting job would be "easier than . it was originally." At least it was Until men can be sent down no , proved the Squalus could be lifted, one can know for sure whether j and the Navy-from "brass hats" the dry forward compartments 'I to enlisted men-quickly cast aside have been flooded, whether the , the gloom which enveloped them, three big pontoons still attached to set about the continued task to the Squalus have been broken of getting her up and into a Navy or how badly the ship is tangled yard dry dock. in the broken net of lifting gear I A naval board of inquiry investifrom which it broke late yesterday. gating the cause of the May 23 Until these points have been settled _sinking is in adjournment pending the salvage experts can only guess : the arrival of the submarine in as to when another lifting effort 1_d.,......,ry'-d_o_c_k_._ _ _ __ _ __ t1Heavy Seas ·Halt Squalus Salvage Work I 1 , I I can bes:~:~\veeks of Work I n one swift minute yesterday a surge of buoyance made the Squalus like a live thing, throwing its bow clear of the water in an explosive smother of foam and broken pontoons before it sank again, nullifying seven weeks of salvage effort just at the moment 1 of success. Signaling a complete halt in the renewal of salvage operations, \ Admiral Cole and other officers came ashore from the Falcon this · affernoon. As they landed, members of the group revealed that 13 air hoses still were attached to the I Squalus, some of which may be useful in the second lifting atI tempt. It was added, however, j that changes probably would have to be made in the general salvage plan. Lieut. Oliver F. Naquin, Com- . mander of the Squalus and the last man to leave the vessel, was full of praise for the members of the salvage crew who narrowly escaped being swamped when the I bow shot up within a few feet of I their small boats. . Lieutenant Naquin was calm 1 ' enough to take a photograph of the , craft when it shot to the surface I --- Lowered TOT WO pon t· oons ~ Divers Aft Are Clearing Way For Resumption Of Diving To Deck Of Squalus The navy t-0day re-a~se1r..bled the dangling lines and broken air hose. Squalus salvage plan, sending divers Two pre!:minary dives yesterday down for the first step in clearing revealed that two of seven pontoons the water so dives could be safely \L~ed in the firs~ unsuccessful effor t made to the submarine where it to r:l!se the Sl,nken craft were in I landed !as~ T!n.:nc!ar after its brief ! good coridi~ion. Divers located the appeara:-ice abo\·,; the surf::.:e of the I pcntoons 80 f°"el belo·.v the surface. water. I Naval oflic1als said they hoped to The divers were lowers)(! only to lower o diver to the deck of the subthe t wo aft pontoons, No. 6 and No. mersible sometime soon to deter7, with a program of clearing away mine her position and obtain other hos,~ and broken li nes, before the data to be used in a new effort to . ponderous barrels could be floa ted. raise the craft. P reliminary soundThe pontoons. naval officials said, ings taken yesterday indicated ,the will be surfaced and towed to the vessei was resting in several inches yard before divers descend to the of mud, but apparent!y in a better 1 position to be raised than when she l deck of the sunken submarine. f At 2.30 o'clock this afternoon re- first plunged to the ocean floor. Surface salvage workers spent yes- ·1 ports of six dives had been received terday. clearing broken lines and at the navy yard. F uture salvage plans will depend other debris and making the salvage 1 . i upon V,'hat_ the divers find working ship Falcon ready for another tedi- • _____ · · - ' .. __ . _ ... _ .. _ . _ .... ---· __ .. 1.Jhrough a treacherous · maze of ous job. ,_. r l -1-.·• .... �, ~ . ,,,;.. '.,. :_·_:.,:.:_t:~_-.~,\.~~;-~.·:_:!: . . • ,· ACortnhduur cft_,iecdolenrcelrqt\.)' ;_; - : .' -.~,c:---- ;~~~:~~:iE'.n~~;~= i\~~r"""' 1 -=-P~o-n-to-' .' . :. - -o"' -n --'~. ·/1: 'f- l oca· I Navy yard / n=-g~- · that many requests for t ickets are being m_ade. In case of rain the program will be givien at the Hampton . -1 . . T-M :~:ei~s;~i' =~~~ :~~~~s~~~ ,.. for Repairs ;_: ·_-:,._• :· ~- '._·:'.:•_ for Squalus Benefit 0---'----, . . .·-.,,.,:,it~ , . •:ir- ~-<i.~:i;~i-p,fj: A~- : j direction of Arthur Fiedler, will pre" -, - - -·, ~nt a program which will appeal to <_-:J While the b.ill, authorizing th-e · all music lovern. In order to come s•.ttj U. S. Marine band to come to . for this concert, Mr. Fiedler can':.\~' \ Little Boar's Head to give a con- ,, oelled the final concert of the season cert for the benefit of the depend- ··; at the Charles River Esplanade in ~~-if ent.,s of the victims of the subma- Boston. . . "--·'.,~ rine Squalus, still is being delay-zd Tickets in this city a:e on sale at One of the three pontoons that r in Congr-ess, hope has not been ,. the Rockingham Hotel, the New aifled attached to the aft of t abandoned by the local _commit- Hampshire Gas & E:ectric Co., and recked Squalus after the first u -~i;. t se. Arrangements have been made ) the reside~ce of Mr~. Charles Amuccessful attempt to raise it t -~~'.:- to secure the Boston Symphony or - hoff on 1:1c_h ards _Avenue: Many of ·:,-.;~, chestra for the concert but the · the American Legion poEb~ througheeks ago was brought to P ort committee is still wo;king with .. out the s,tate are _a.ss_isting in this _ mouth navy yard today for repairs. '/,;?.';;:--, Washington in an attempt to h ave I benefit. Anyone wishmg to secure '"·· . /·? the Marine Band also come to this [ ,. boxes may telephone Mrs. Alfred :.·-. The salvage operations were re,,-:;:.;::,-· • it ·_,_ Rosser, Hampton 127, Robert Cleve- ··. GUmed today after a day's lapse be.... :• ·, v 1Cln y. ._: 1 d R B h 8 M RI h _., ,,;;,-,:: Th ·tt h ded b M ,,. an ' ye eac ' or rs. c a,u• . cause of rough weather f?}.(·5 e comn:ii ee ea Y rs. · D. Currier, Rye Beach 17. ·.J · :·.-..· 'l.. Margaret Wmgate of Hampton, re- ,,.,, ,,.,:,. .,._~,~,, ..-., .. ,,-,;.-:,. ,,, .. ,., ...,, ., ., -,,.~ :/ The No. 7 pontoon, damaged when 1 1 _oeived a communication from the ·- ·~-~'1l_ttt..~}z,f~•_:-_;.;::~:p: \ ,r¥·0f:yJ;;~'¼t'?.:itl'.)'1 the submarine broke loose and re. secret ary t O th e P resi'd en t saying ··•,•~~,,.;.;;t._""· ,·.,·••i;:,~-~':!1~'•t,;.:.....,..~i• ,.~:.::.;-..,, _w·...,,.L _•:•,.-,· ..,,, .. ,;.,·.: !::.f{"j,f-,,::~;;:. turned to the bottom on Jul 13 on that the White House as well as the ', -..,.~ Y Navy Departmetn is interested in ' }:f the first attempt to lift it, will .be re.=,,., .. this benefit. The N-ew Hampshire .,:paired at the machine shops at the -.>f:'i:·' . Congressmen and Smators are ./;.1 yard before being ret.u rned for the ·e~ . :~{'.:,l doi..ng all they can to speed actioi;i : second lift. on the m-!?asure. · '. :·'.· The next operation scheduled for ,:<(~.:.., The concert is scheduled to be , ~~' : the divers of the salvage boat Falcon Jf:11,;_': held on July 30 on the opera field will be reeving a new line under the 'Jt!}_l of the Mrs. Ar thur L. Hobson es·t aft hull of the ship, and refloatidg -t;':';:~/ tate at Little Boar's Head. . :J the last two pontoons for inspection --;,.:~~-,'i Arthur Fiedler, ccinductor of ---,\< and ossible re airs. ,,, ·., Boston's outdoor summer concerts Plans are completed for the con- )~ - •.· ''"· on the Charles River Espl_a nade, cert to be given at the Hobson Opera 1'/ :W'r;_<i:i announced today that he and 70 ,;.- Field at Little Boar's Head Sunday ,-.:; ;J,,fl' symphony musicians had cancelled ·· afternoon at 4 o'clock for the bene- -/· 'if-;\{~?f\the final program of the s-eason to ~ fit of the dependents of the victims :·:;; ttf6) play a t the concert. . of the Squalus dk-iaster. ,0.,.. , ;.1~:9 Expenses of tran~porting the The concert will be given by th€ .~J: :~:$.t:clorchestra h ere, within sight of the Boston Symphony Orchestra of 70 ~;ff ~~'{i,"f;,;• slavage vessels, eight miles off pieces under the direction of Ar- ;;,:• ~}~:,i} shore, _will be borne by a group of A thur Fiedler, who today announced (ffi:'i,'. Bostomans who summer at the ·: the program as follows: ,.;,?;'\"1 beach. !-- Overture to "Oberon" Weber Symphony No. 5, in C Minor, Op. 67 ·,.. 1 · · ··._, Beethoven ~I. Allegro Con Brio II. Andante Con Moto III. scherzo IV. Allegro Intermission Roumanian Rhapsody, No. 1, in A Major Enseco .. Finale of the "Pathetic Symphony" · Adagio Lamento (In Memoriam) · ., Tuchaikowsky .•/~ Salvage Operations On Squalus Resumed Today [~\~ 1 :ft < i'~j ·tr:t squaIus Ben efI'f '.,.,, ·:,< {i~ ;_~; ~;i-"' ·,,> , -:; Concert Program .=,: ; !:~\;:_Jl Announced > :-~J:'' .,,,.; 11To Hold Squalus < ~iri Benefit Concert -~; i~ Sunday Afternoon -~ : The concert for the benefit of the dependents of ,the Squalus victims, will be held at 4 o'clock on Sunday afbernoon at the opera field of the '- • A t te t L'ttl B , H d Hov.$un es a a i e oars ea and indications are the attendance will be one of the largest ever to attend a production at the opera ,,..,,-:,:w- field The stabe has been well organ·-;.-1\t+:, • d · • d' t lb ti f t· k t wtih .~5)\o: ~· 1ze 1n L£ r u on o . 1c e s, :t~,:•i,J many of the larger places repo::ting ;\.: !~it, an excellent re~ponse. Already 25 1 Prelude to "The Meistersingers of Nuremberg" Wagner "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" (Navy hymn) Whiting-Dykes The advance sale of tickets is re'. ported to be large and it is exf;Act~d ' there will b.e a much larger a ..,_n ance at the Opera Field than at any of the outstanding events held there in the past. •· It is believed that all of the survivors of the disaster will attend the concert and eight of them will act as ushers. ·;; ... . -, .- . .-'.;;\,, •· f'',¥ ·.. · · :. 'i1it;J;3ttf'~S.:; \:,,t;\.~L ;'?\'. t 0 •• • • • '~,i,:_._ ,'.·(;_,._; ~, . ,:. :·•,;,(.:, ..tt·t •-:...; <. ',,,_:,_,_s · '·' '' :, '' ~· _..,_ . :: ·:_,,_ '-".i 4 ..,..,:; _ ':{?"~ ~,:\AH.';,,.•,_ .· ·. •·• j'. �'1 1Squalus Benefit Concert · ·1·, qualus Relie u _:i ~: Tomorrow Afternoon ~- ::1 ·-1 Has Reached ! {$2772.76 Total Program By Boston Symphony Orchestra At Little Boor's Head Will Start At 4 O'clock The Squalus relief fund for t benefit of the families of the victi f. one of the highlights of the conthe result of the concert given lt Tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, cert. The "Star Spangled Banner''. th ~ Arthur Fiedler will direct the 75- will bring the concert to a close. e Boston Symphony Orchestra ·, piece Boston Symphony orchestra Following the concert the audi• · the opera field on the :_ in a concert at - the Hobson estate ence will be invited to walk down \· l thur L. Hobson estate at Lit i at Little Boar's Head for the to the shore to witness a final trib- jBoar's Head is $2772.76, the trea i· benefit of the dependents of the ute to the Squalus dead. A plane l urer, George B. Lord, announced ,: v'ictilris of the Squalu~ disast er. The will leave the mainland for the day. ~- concert is not only for a cause of scene where the salvage opzration:; • The books will be kept open a great merit, but sl",culd provide one are now going on, in _sight of Little ' any other contributions will be ta ; of the best musical programs held Boar's Head, and drop a wreath en care of. ·1· in this vicinity fO!: some time. Mr. over the site of the submarine sin The fund is being turned over , Fiedler and his mus1c1ans have ling. ·eut. Oliver Naquin, U.S. N., co ;; been playing for the Esplanade ; To increas,e the fund deriv nding officer of the Squalus ~. concerts in Boston, and in order '\ from the sal-e of tickets to the co ~1- to appear at Little Boar's Head, cert, the committee. is accepting v cancelled their final concert. They juntary contributions, which are b 'f are giving their s,ervices in the ;ing received by the committ (;:, unified effort to swell the fund for !treasurer, George B. Lord, pre the Squalus dependmts. ident of the Portsmouth Savin ,· More than 5,000 tickets have al- '! Bank. realy been sold, it was 9.nnounced A sou~nir program also has been "i,; today and there has been a good printed, with cover and memorial 1 response for the boxes which hold pag-e designed by Dr. Donald ~~ ~ight persons. A t elegram was r e- !Leonard of Exeter and will be on 1 celved yesterday from G. W. Cod- ,sale for 25 cents. Lieut. Oliv-er F. /( drington of Cleveland, asking fqr a Naquin, commanding officer of t l-· box to be reserved for him. Mr. Sqalus has autographed 100 cop! t; Coddrington is employ,ed by the and these will be offered for sal ~ General Motors Corp, and a memIn addition to the large numb ber of that corporation lost his life of patrons and patron-zsses, t ;i,; when the submarine sank. committee is anxious that thos-e w ;1' Although the weather man pre- are not able to give large sums w diets generally fair weather for take advantage of the opportunl f)_, Sunday, the committee has made to attend the- concert, as the re arrangements for the concert to_ be music lover knows ..,,.,hat is In sto ;;~ held at the Hampton Beach Casmo, when Arthur Fiedler pr-z&ents ~I in case it should rain. concert. Single tickets are with 1 Eight of the 33 survivor5 who reach of the person of modera ~; were rescued by means of a. diving means. Pric~s include $1 gener beH, act as u~hers. They wil~ be !admission for adults and 50 cen ;.:.;il a.:s1sted by a deta:l of U. S. Mannes for children unde-r 15 years of a f:·om the navy yard. _The decora• Rear Adm. William T. Tarra t,.. tions have also b;;en m charge o! . u. s. N., commandan~ of the F . ~- the m en from -the navy yard, un- : Naval District. has reserved a b ~~ der the direction of Lieut. W. T • : and officers from the Boston N ;',;·:ij Doyle, one of the officers who was . Yard will occu ~\ rescued from the submarine. ;,0"~;,t,. .-,,.....;-:-~..:-·•-:_....f -,_:;..-=---~ - ~ - ~ - - l t-l The program liS announced by <"''..-.,,0~/-. ,, : ] Arthur Fiedler has met with hearty -:-.."·-,1>~Wfi:·, t:·l' approval by music iovers. The first .,;\-~~-~1,;i,•i ,)J~.l. ...···; section includ~s Weber's Overture •::/..;,\,"~ .... t ~• ,'J..,... {' } 1, to "Oberon" and Beethoven's Sym- ':-" 1 f}:;;.>:i~ f? phony No. 5 in C Minor. Following ~--·;:__:f.,.:·--;; 'ff_.: the intermission the orchestra. will ::' i~;~:,f\ · {,~- play the Roum.anian Rhapsody No. iC:.J\(:,'§.! 1 m A Major by Enesco the finale it,,,_-; f 'k . :· . . . ~-...-~:>'.,-2 t,6 o Tcha1 ·cwsky's "Pathetic Sym- -;Sl-•..:'.~1,..,: l'-' i~.:', phony" "Adagio Lamentoso" and ··•:·~.,.~~-;-r-' f-% Wagn~r's prelude to • "The Meis- 'f,'.-? - ' :,~" tersingers of Nuremberg." The ·'._. ~~ .i;t Navy hymn, "Eternal Fa.ther, ~.' ave" is to ~ fea ::---------,--,-----:----:-:-,-------1 -· I i t: . :J r~- s ? t t t-~ t:] ti :wm ?J r;: ~t ~~ ~ -~~}n 1 ~ -~~ . ::~ �. \.Ob i ,.•, -1~-~.~- ·.7·~~· -\: . .. . f•' ' ' May Try Again To Raise. .'[Complete Reeving 10f Chains Under Squalus Next Week I Condition Of Uninspected Gear And Weather Prevent Definite Prediction As To Time Of Attempt _:Forward Section 1 Balance Of Pontoons Taken To Salvage Scene 'J,~=-- ·:· ¥•--------------- Barely a ripple showed on the : tion of No. 6 pontoon this aft ernoon smooth calm sea at the Squalus sal- to determine the extent of damage. vage unit area off Portsmouth to- A radio message to the yard this afday as divers pushed forward pre- ternoon reported that the second of liminary work of a second attempt three pontoons, which remained at to raise the ill-fated submarine and tached to the Squalus after the [ · · her crew of 26 dead. plunge July 13, had been floated . With continued favorable condiOfficials of the salvage crew, de• . ;. · : tions, unofficial observers predicted clined to make any predictions on ·. - · - , the salvage unit would be ready to the next attempt to raise the Squa'· start raising the ship toward the !us, said the next immediate task . end of next week. Two factors, how-I was to raise the remaining pontoon ... -,., ever, condition of uninspected gear for inspection. t '· ·•, and the weather, ·stood in the way of Although the ocean was blanketed ·-(:·· definite predictions relative . to the by fog, today there w~re no ground ,·•. · . time the new effort at raising the swells reported, making excellent ✓-· $~,000,000 craft, which plunged ~ 1 condi_tions for diving. During the \. (. disaster May 23 and plunged again remamder of the week divers w1ll 1 , <,. just at the climax of the first lift- make fur ther Inspection of cables •• ::• i · Ing try July 13, would be made. and air lines to the submarine from Salvage officers started an lnspec- the salvage ship Falcon. . , :.1 l .-~_. •:· , .;. I With continued good weather officials look for the second llfting at' tempt of the partially flooded nhip 1 some time next month. In the second attempt 10 pontoons will be used 1 ifour forward and six aft. The pon~ 1 toons damaged in the first 11ft attempt are at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, several having undergone mln1or repairs . . ) ! I Several of the survivors of the • • I . I Squalus crew on duty aboard the ;..t .; ' ~ .• 1 11· Falcon wlll return . to the snore D so that they can attend the Squalus I ~nefit concert with the other memlbers of the crew. Lieut. Comdr. Oliver F_. Naquin, commander of the submersible, will head the eu.rvivors and during the concert wm· auto: Heavy ground swells forced t.em- graph copies of the souvenir proporary suspension today of Squal- grame. ___ · - · - -- - -- -- -----' us salvage unit operations off Portsmouth, while most of the 33 survivors of the tragedy planned to attend . , the benefit concert Sunday afternoon at Little Boar's Head for dependents of their 26 shipmates entombed in the sunken submarine. The heavy rolling motion, naval officials said, would have made diving hazardous. Divers aboard the salvage ship -. Falcon today awaited calm reas to ' '·,· .complete lifting oerations of , ~, pontoon No. 31 which plunged back · to the muddy bottom when the submarine sank during lifting operations two weeks a o. Heavy Seas Force Temporary Halt In ~\.,. .:lSalvage Work ! . l Divers, working from the rescue ship Falcon, today completed the reeving of chains beneath the for~ · lward section of the sun.1<en sub: marine Squalus. Work was halted yesterday after one dive had been made, but today calm seas and clear weather prevailed and diving was , resumed preparatory to the lowering of four bow pontoons, which will be one of the final t~sks before a second attempt to 11ft the $4,000,000 submersible ;made. ,_ .... ..-.-;~ . ~;::,;·~ . The tug Sagamore brought two •. ~ · .., . .-- , .': :/, of the pontoons to the salvage • · -· · ~~- · ' .. ·':'·.· 1scene just before noon and the tug I· , r • ·"' .~·:..•.-·. Wandank was ordered to bring the . other two later in the day. · \ :, -, . , .,,., It wa&, believed by navy yard off!' : ..· i;; ', , y~\ · clals that the actual lifting of the .-•~ . ':. · .:• ~;. ;_,. ,1 sunken submarine might be under ·:,'.;k,.-: way Saturday or the first of the ·: • ' •f: ',::·.. ,·~ ~·. · :-• ~~.::::>· .. ' ' ,•·('·_ .. ..;. wee_k. According to plans two of '. :~.· ·•· :-,.:.; '~.;:.,-)··.•. ',···.n t··· II t h e pontoons may be lowered today, ,.• •:~,: , :'~~ · >:'.: and the remaining two tomorow. .,, ,,.,. ,',,, "•.-~ There were seven pontoons used .,.. • :,::;;·,,.:_;_ ·,/'\µ, in the unsuccessful attempt, July 13, --": :, ··,<;'ft, -fi/.; 1 but plans this time Include the use ·'· ' : } of 10 pontoons, six on the aft sec. '.. -. '~' tlon and four at the bow. i\'<:,, ·;-;:j ·.,.,;,,,? · <}f\·, ,J. -r:·'; >/-.', '·' l - ~ ~-. ~-~ -~ - ,- ~~~~ t) ~ .· ·, , ·' .,, . ' . ',\ L ... k,. ~" .(' · A C . IVerS Wait a m Seas To Complete Li fti ng Of Last Pontoon ~~ ... :\"·•-'" ... . ·'( . . .. �. 11:.. ·,.:._~~~~- ~· ,. _--~---~~-~ . ·, _ _ •• ___ ·•_. - ,• .• '--. ____ _,,__-:~/_\_ .. \;~-·l,( �This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO 239.48-1992 (permanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts m 1999 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. 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Navy tug Wandank ( right) taws the pantoons attached to the submarine Squalus toward shallow water off the New Hampshire coast. Just as this phata was ,napped, however, the sunken sub struck an underwater pinnacle. Navy Salvage Crew Wades In �Pontoons Break Surface As Squalus Is Raised hotographed from the deck of the salvoge ship FALCON, three pontoons bob to the surface in a welter af foom, indicating that t'1• bow af the ill-fated • S. submarine Squalus has been raised eighty feet above ocean floor. Three liftings were scheduled while the sub is being towed into shallow woter. �Concert For Squalus Fund Held At Little Boar's Head On Sunday :~ Persico, Seale ; Carol N. Pierce, MM2c ; Carleton Blair Powell, MM2c, and Robert L . Washburn, Sea2c . I At the conclusion of the final number, a great many went to the I shore, thinking It might be possible that Warren Frothingham of the U S Plum Island airport at Newburyport, might be aple to make the trip and fly low over the vicinity ¥--- - - - -- - ~~ -- ----1of Little's Boar's Head. However, Intermission the heavy fog prevented him from Undaunted by fog and threats of Finale of the "Pathetique Sym- making th e trip. rain approximately 2,000 music lovphony, 'Adagio Lamentoso" Mrs. John P . Wingate of Hamperlj attended the concert given on Tchaikovsky ton was general chairman of the Sunday afternoon a t the Opera Prelude to "Die Meistersinger" committee and George B. Lord of Field at the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Wagner this city was treasw·er. The execuArthur L. Hobson at Little Boar's "Eternal 1''ather, Strong to Save" tlve committee was as follows: Head, and felt amply repaid by Whiting-Dykes Rear Admiral Douglas E. Disthe superb concert given by 70 mu- "Star Spangled Banner" mukes, USN, ret., and Mrs. Dissicians from the Boston Symphony The audience sang, in addition to Jenks, congressman Foster Stearns, orchestra, under the direction of the navy hymn, the National an- Bridges, U. s. Senator Charles W. Arthur Fiedler. This was the long tehm. Tobey, Congressman Arthur B. anticipated concert for the beneThe stage on the Opera Field was Jenks Congressman Foster Stearns, fit of the dependents of the Squa- decorated by Lieut. W. T. Doyle, Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller. Arthur L. lus victims, and practically the en- executive officer of the Squalus, Hobson, Philip Hobson, Maj. tire amount raised Is clear profit, assisted by a detail from the navy Charles Greenman, State Senator the greater part of the expenses yard . A huge American flag formed Charles M. Dale, Mr. and Mrs. being taken care of by several the background, while signal flags Richard D. Currier, Mrs. Mary I. prominent residents of this vicinity. were also used in the decorations. Wood. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rosser, It was an audience that enjoyed There were 40 boxes occupied, Mrs. William Marston Seabury, good music. Neither fog nor threat- with many of the summer residents John L. Sullivan, Thomas ·E. Doening skies deterred them in their present. The forward section ofthe Jan, Dr. Donald W. Leonard, attendance. alt.hough without r eserved seat area was 1llled. Many and Mrs. R . c. I,. Greer, Mr. and doubt the attendance w o u 1 d other tickets were sold, but th e Mrs. Charles Amhoff, Mrs Katherhave been doubled had there been weather kept the attendance down. lne Sweetser H111, Mrs. John Swlnclear weather. The audi-ence was Members of the Frank E. Booma nerton, Miss Adeline C. Marston, most appreciative of the excellent Post. American Legion, and Aux!- Robert Cleveland and Edward S. concert provided . Jiary of this city, and of Hampton S€avey, Jr. To be a member of the Boston Post and Auxiliary were on hand to The 26 victims of the Squalus disSymphony means that a musician assist In any way posslblee while aster Included Ensign J. H. Pat,termust excel In his work, and this Boy Scouts from Troop 183 of this son u. s . N ., of Oklahoma; Charles group composed those selected for city also assisted. M. 'Wood, Rye, N. H. and Don the Esplana<le concerts of the very Lieut. Oliver E. Naquin, USN. Smith, Ohio, civilian electricians and best of Greater Boston musicians. commanding officer of the subma- the following enlisted men: represent,::d James A. Aitken, Connecticut; Arthur Fiedler, who ls widely captain of the yard, known as a conductor, had per- Rear Admiral Cyrus W. COie, U. S. John J. Batick, New Hampshire; A. fect control, and as his ba,ton In- N ., commandant of the yard, at the Joshua Casey, Florida; John dicated various phases of the concert. Rear Admiral COie was Chesnutt, California; Ro)lert L. Cofnumbers the mm,icians gave In- conferrlng with salvage engineers fey, California; Elvin L. Deal!, Tenat the Squalus salv ge unit. Cap- nessee; Lionel H . Fletcher, Callforstant respon e. A nmarkably well balanced pro- taln Amsden also represented Rear nla; Kenneth R . Garrison, Missowl; gram was presented lnoludlng Admiral William T . Tarrant, U • S • Rober t F . Gibbs, South Ca.rolln1t; works of well known composers, N ., commandant of Naval District John p. Hathaway, California; Eugene A. Hoffman, M1chlga.n; Alexsuch as Beethoven, Wagner Tchai- No. 1, Boston. A detachment of marlnes from the ander B. Keegan, Pennsylvania; kovsky and Weber. A most appropriate number wos the Naval navy yard was present, In charge of John J. Marino, Iowa ; Huie K. Mchymn "Eternal FaLher, Strong to Lieut. Alton D. Gould, U. S. M. C. Afee, Georgia; Alfred c. Priester, Enlisted men of the Squalus sur- New York ; Frank H. Schulte, MlssSave," and all joined In singing the vivors who acted as ushers were Ro- our!; Bascom S . Scyphers, Virginia· entire four stanzas. land Blanchard, F2c.; Gavin J • Sherman L. Shirley, ,Arkansas; Jack The program was as follows: John L. Overture to "Oberon" Weber COyne, MM2c; Lawrence J. Gainor, J. strong, Wisconsin; CEM; William Isaacs, SC2c; Ray- Thomala, Minnesota; Robert P. Symphony No. 5 In C mond F. O'Hara, PhMlo; Donato Thompson, Tennessee; Marlon 67 Ward, Oklahoma, and Robert Weld Idaho. • 8 a d wea th er C On d·tions DeSplte · t eIy 2 000 Heard A pprOXlffla 0 t t an d.Ing p rogram By Boston rchestra Yffl PhOny O s �~&''T:ifi~~,.7.:,, .- ;:t;i1>,.::,,...~~•>' " - ., t~.Y.•,:(~~~7\~£; •"t • ~~•. .,..:,..f.:;,~:.r~.-~ - --~---· i~{ Local committee were as follows: ~-. Na"'hua-Herman H. Davis, chair :--·-~· man; Mrs. Ruth Coffin, Hazel M. j Rollins, Mrs. Duane Clarridge, Mrs. · Carroll B. Wilkins, Earl F . Mellon, '\ . Mildred Johnson, Mrs. Sarah M. ;_·. Mercer, Edith April, Allan G. Saunders, Edward G. Blomberg and Mrs. · Seymour T. Cook. Dover-Mrs . Katherine S . Hill, ~·:1. chairman ; Mrs. Alice Da,hill and Salvagers Expect TQ Sink Final Four Of Ten •::: l Mrs. Joel· F. Sheppard. Pontoons During Today ;-..• Hampton-Harold Keene, Regin 7 ,) ald Grenier, Mrs. Hetty Parr and -•. ____,, .' vagers will -start work with hopes of ;! . Mrs. Henry Fleming. .Working at top speed Squalus sal- sinking four of the forward pon. Exeter-Dr . Donald W. Leonard, :~ toons during the day. \· chairman ; James A. Pirnie, Mr.;. vagers today predicted that the secThen with t he ten pontoons in Mary H. Leonard, H. Gray Funk- " ond Ifft of the submarine would be position-four forward and six aftr-hauser and Renfrew A. Thompson. attempted on Friday or Saturday if the stage will be set for the second ·,.:.-. ~anchester-Thomas E. Dolan, fair weather continued. lifting attempt. The first attempt, · chairman; Miss Marguerita BrodJuly 13, failed when t he nose of the · k d 1M h t With six of the pontoons attached . enc an Samue ere an • . ship rose above the surface shaking Portsmouth-Mrs . Charles Am- ·'j to the aft of the sunken submarine itself loose from the cobweb of lift- . i . hoff, Mrs. Wallace H. Garrett and in 240 feet of wat~r, 15 miles off Ing cables, and plummeting back to _' ~} ., Mrs. Katherine s. Hill. · Portsmouth, the divers expect to the bottom. . . 1~?, ,-;- Concord-Miss Lena Minot, chair - ;~, start reevi ng a chaln u nd er th e forThe tug Wandank with a lighter i '; {: man ; Mrs. Charles H. Carroll, Miss ward hull of the ·ship early tomor- carrying pontoon gear, c·ables; and . xi£ ~;·, Margaret Emmons Mrs PauI Farr.- ·...:. row. The navy tugboat Sagamore b · th t harbor· th1·s .,,3 ., ' · · '· · th t ouys was m e O u er 1f ham, Frank N. Sawyer and Mrs. ~. towed the fi fth an d six_ pon oons afternoon awaiting orders to pro- . -;.;; !t:·~ ne1er ~~c,C~y:. . , ; ~ . ,.;,'-'·• ·.. ' . ;;~: !~ri~~~g s:~v~i~30u~'~lo~~'.s forenoon, ceed to the salvage scene. . 1',1"'.•~-·•1•-. ·,•. _;,,.'L~'\l'i'. .,.;.,J.• :'•,.\:."s9·,., _.t Th e sa 1vagers will m ove forward The salvagers yesterday, racmg ·..'·':<.,. ,., '•· ·}Ji •. ,. .,·'. . -. ·~:,.;' '.9J •-" - ,,:\ ·.. ?]:···. :-·,;.', . ...ir .. " -:: .,.. -.··\. over the submarine ·and, with the I f~;n~~:::i~b~~etoh~~eeakp~~= · ~~ 7pIO n se·cond Attempt To f~.;1 · Lift Squalus Friday 'I f ·g; .. ,_·. ::;~~t ~.',{•; Dropt., Wred-th 0n !-. :> Site Of Squalus ~·ct Disaster IToAQClin Try To Raise k[. f._ cable .now under the hull of the sh'.p, ;toons, sinking four into position dur- . will reeve under the pontoon hft I ing the day, and they hoped to equal ·"< - chain. At daybreak tomorrow, pro- that record again tomorrow in se- ~ -;1, ,;-, 1 !;~:~; ; ; ; : e ~ : r z : : ; ; :x s·a ~~·.' curing·:~~~\.l a s ~ 8 _ The wreath in memory of the 26 7,en who gave their lives in the subn.a.rine . Squa.lus was dropped on the oc-?an above the spot where the sunken underseas craft lies on Monciav af•t ernoon at sunset. Pilot Warre~ Frothingham of the Plum Island Airpor-t notified the committee in ch.lrge of the SqualU:.S benefit concert and they contacted a number o! people, who went to Little Bo.n's :~'. Head to witness ·the event.. The pilot , soon put in an appearance with his '-· plane and after circling over Little t Boar's Head a few times started out }: to sea. There were about 50 people ; · on hand to watch the scene and the sun was not far above the horizo:-i, :2 with its raj's reflecting, it seemed, f upon the very spot where the Squal:'.i us lies 60 fathoms below the surface . >. t£!._the water, ir ·.',~.; .. ·;:;;:.~·'..i~. :.·. ·:~.,'·_ : . ; ___ ·;.: ; :_ . ~-, :~ i:-r" :,·.i , '· 'f..i} '• ,., r~~.::fi I !., ~~ '~~; t• •. • .. · ~ Squalus Next Week · ·. ' Salvage Workers Lower First Two Pontoons Today-Others Sent From Navy Yard /' .' ; .'. .' _ ··. , ·~~r,.( · The navy looked forward t o mak- mulating final plans for the second ing the second lift of the submarine lifting attemptr--the first failed July Squalus sometime next week after 13 when the Squalus shook off her reassuring news from salvagers to- pontoons and plunged back to the day that the first two pontoons for bottom 240 fee t below. the attempt were being lowered. The pontoons taken from th e harThis afternoon two more the bor this morning by the navy tug third and fourth, were . disp~tched Sagamore were hooked onto three from the yard, being towed by the• chains already under the submatug Wandank. rine's stern. "Ground swell somewhat deWith the present progress of work creased. Starting pontooning, said under favorable weather conditions 't'~ -% ;'-' . 1'f! J:;J f .~ . -tJ / .\•4 fr. -~ ;/ ~~::;:~;af~~°md~i:~:i~!~et~eni~c~ ~n:;~~t:;P:a~l~h:e~t:!~:ft could "'\\);\ little later a message for t he other I The navy r~ported that Diver Ed- ,•-?1,:;-~\l two pontoons ;.-,c· ' received. 0.: - to be sent out was mundthB. Cfirosbty, o.! t:ensFacri?dlaa,y Fla ,f, was e rs v1c 1m 0 (~,-,t,:,_1;f-,~:'~t':l•~"~''?:~-'•r··;:i}:"i~,(;'; Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, "bends" since salvage work began. , .i{.;>¼· 1i.j U.S.N., commandant of t he yard, Hospital aut.horities said he had .. · <,.,· was scheduled to go into conference r-ecovered sat1sfactorlly and . "i ·~, •~~•.;'i: ,d:g~~~tgd~-~~:1~~;d]t.~~~;:~f,'.~,·~~:~~~f;.~i;~~ik~:1~(_;ifR~~~·.~.·:.:~~~:~r_ was .. aboard the salvage ship Falcon this being given a thorough checkup beafternoon as engineers started for- fore being allowed to dive again. . :.-,~ �,•".°:·.• •.; i.i -~-s... ·... ··,.·,. • . - ~- - ;- _____ ___ ·., ·;- ~-··,• :··"," • , .:' ....~; •• ,__ - . - . ·- .·I ._,. .. -~·:::._...:..._ ___ . -- . ____________.. :, ,:· ,. , ·::,~..:::._:__- _.;.. -- ·--- .... ·----•---- t(~Still Opportunity To · Heavy Sea Chec~s \;~_ 'Contribute To . Salvage Operations ~~_;: Squalus Fund , i'i(, __ ,,,,t Books Of Recent Benefit Concert Are Still Open ~~ ·};;_i:, . . Expected Storm May Delay Raising Attempt Until Next Week -:r:: work thus far this week had given -· A possible delay in lifting the sub- officers hope that the lift would :,_·"_.:''.".. '>-,.. : marine Squalus' by the "blow and start Friday. , . . Believing that there are still a ' -.. tow" method, setting the date for The salvagers were determined to '· ~'/ number of interested people in this • , the next lift to early next week, was avoid a slip-up similar to· th e one .•'" which brought disaster to the first ··-. .. • section who would be pleased wi:th , ·, ', seen today wheh work was suspend- lifting try July 13. Officers said the : , · ·Ian opportunity to contribute to the ,, . · ed aboard the salvage ship Falcon submarine itself would be given less fund for the families of t~e sub- , 't after storm warnings were received. buoyance this time, explaining that --.·, marine Squalus victims, it has · The weather bureau has issued a they hoped the ten pontoons, three •.: ,(: \been decided by the committee to _"small craft" warning and a heavy \more th_an were used on the first try, . _-;'.'_, Jkeep open the books of the re- , sea is being whipped up by the would lift the S~ualus SO-feet from · ~:/ '; Icent benefit concert given by the southwest winds according to re- the ocean floor without the necessity , Boston S!mphony Orchestra at the :T •.· ports from the s~Ivage unit, operat- Iof pum~ing a great deal of air into ~: .-', _'· , Oper~ Field of the Hobson estate _, .·.f ing 15 miles off Portsmouth. Ithe s~b s ballast tanks. , f<:;; . at Little Boar's Head._ -'<:,~ Early today salvagers began reev- l While two pontoons remained m _ t'. '.'. · George B. Lord, president of the .,:· ,:_, ing the lifting chains under the bow 1the outer harbor and salvagers were (;L;; Portsmouth Savings B-ank, a~d • ;,•.); , of the sunken submarine while the ! busy early this aftA:rnoon tying doW? X":~. treasurer of the _ben~flt fund, will /,. naval tug Sagamore stood by in the gear, buoys, and air h~, yard offii~ ,'.'. receive any. contributi_ons that_ any- · ':, lower harbor awaiting orders to take cers said th~ remaining two pon. :;:·',. one who wishes to aid in this exthe first two of four bow pontoons to toons for the bow had been inspect\\:;,_,._ ceptionally worthwhile p.roject . the salvage scene. Yard officials ed and repaired, and were ready for :\';;_: may care to make. said this afternoon that the ponder- towing to the scene whenever the S,;,} . The souvenir programs of the ous barrels would not be towed to officers aboard the salvage vessel ,,,. --:- benefit concert are still in demand the scene until the weather cleared. Falcon gave the word. ~'{:, and any one desiring a copy may . 'i':f; · ·t t th b · ffi f ' The actual date of the second hft- , ' ' ·D:':/;, procure i a e usmess O ce O_ ing effort depends on the weather, --~ -.-,c:\-:-\"1~~-~o.,()')°~' the Portsmouth Herald on Con lthou h the record speed of the ' t.., ;:, "gress street. The price is 25 cents c,.a_ __,g'----,-- - - ~ -- - ~ 1 t{~•~~- er copy• .. ~, '5'. -~, ' ./1 '.· f: . :J 1- I l:J(f~ ~-~ ·' ..._ } -'~ -A,-a{{ _>?-·' . , t,1l' Last Of Ten Pontoons Secure ~jW_,This Morning - Start Work fl\1Saturday ·At Dawn •j y~j - -- - / 1~~:~~d a~!s ~~~~::\1!~ ~!~ :f· ~1,\:::r?t Att Preparations Complete For Se~ond • SUbmers1•bl e :;r\·lL ·.· empt TO Ra1se 0 secured early this morning. At 3.53 o'clock it was reported at the yard , ~· · .· ,, ____ .. j 19 dives had been made, three ponThe blowing is scheduled to start I toon lift cables attached to the bow 7- ,_. · The stage was set today for lifting ,soon after the sun breaks the dark• [. chain, four pontoons secured in posi~:: :u_:,_:-:. the sunken Squalus from 240 feet lness on the eastern horizon . and ,tion, and that weather permitting ,._·,.t,\ :_ 1- • below the surface 15 miles off Ports- jthen, if all goes -well, the ship will the first blowing and towing opera.,":· :: . . · mouth where it sank 71 days ago to ibe towed underwater to shallower tion would be completed tomorrow. : ·,:.:.. •• · !• a depth of about 170 feet and navy 'depths near the Isles of Shoals. At The submarine Sculpin, sister to ·::;..- --:,;. 1salvagers radioed to the yard . that I dawn salvagers will be ready for , the ill-fated ship, left the navy yard ):,;I._,.:,,;,.,,~_11 "weather permitting the blowing i duty and then water will be blown · this forenoon to l!n~ up alongside ;::•:':..j.',:. ;·i. ;''. and towing" order would be made at \1 from the pontoons, making them . the salvage ship Falcon to · secure ;'.·:,.:;_ . '·.- dawn tomorrow. bouyant enough to lift the 4,640-ton airh.ose lines to the flagship's "cal:,>-..::;::;·r.'.;, ;~ With the report this morning of vessel which is partly filled with · liope" for ,blowi~g: air into the sub·,-:- ·,: '. ,--.:· the last of ten pontoons being se- ,water. merged pontoons. The submarine ·::·_.<:;''_:;· 1cured in place, the salvage engineers i Working with enthusiasm that the ,sarge is standing ·by at the navy •:· ':'< /'. 'imade final plans toda~ for lifting most import~nt step of the salvage jYard ready ·_to. furnish additional -~-, ;<: ··· 1the par~~ally ~ooded~!1.!~ _ operatic!}~ will be suc~essfull_y com- 1/_c~mpress~d air 1! _~~lv~~ant to ·· f, ", .. ;'>>'f::, ·. • ,1· ~......-...:...:... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - - - - ~ ' - - ' - .•. • ,· · .• _ _.·._..............:•~--1. ··.·, • .. -. ·, '.-· .• ~_,__~---~------ ' . ;. ;. .."' · ·, < -',: \" ·f : ·, . ,.: ,, ~ �:/J~:;:;~!:i~~i::::~:: ~O;K ofT-OWillQ Subnl arrne-ToWcirdjf~~ ·J\:~:~,::~:~;;,:~;ff,E /shore~ tOl'l',DTti.;ate Dry Docking Af •'.·J.f_\1 !level to 60 feet, allowing the stern to '-== Way: .. IPortsmouth. Navy Yard / 1_Now Under . 1~:a~~!e~0~i~~: ::::~es~~:~s~!~ .. lsaid, was to prevent the ship's r~d., "i' der and propellors from groundmg ,.::::::::-. . .'. first as the ship is hauled stern-first ]toward P_ortsmouth. _ According to the p18.n, three of ._ 1 1 I ,, ~~~ ~~r;::t\~~t~:\~rr:i~~ 7 \Th ree Ste f n Pontoons Come . · . : . -_ _ ; >..::'.r====== ==== === -~-= . I · .•·: ,:j,;)•·:,;::;.~ ·· ·,"' , . •1 :~:.1f O i~-p--Sh~rtly Before 9 O'Clock ·<_---~ :~:)??~{;. 1 . -·'.. · ~i;f:;t ~e;~~f:; ::~~e~ ~1~:~o~ · ·1 · /. · ·. ~ · I d.ff' - ~ -~---.,,---:-:-- - - - ~-:--::::-i I h f h' k' I ICU .t p ase O a ,story-mo 1ng operation was brought to a SUCm ' ~· ..:},:,., :._;',;,,;.:·. · ,_ . .',.·:···.":. ' , :,:.- -·.;~:~:::•"1' . climax shortly before noon today when the submarine Squalus was lifted from the. floor of the , 2\hree of the pontoons attached to -: ocean 15 miles off Portsmouth Harbor where it . \the stern lifting_ chains will lift that had rested since the tragic dive of May 23 .last end of the ship, the :flooded end • ' 'Iwhere 26 men were trapped May 23, when the submarine went down with the loss of 26 8 · ;:c~.d~t~:t! ~t!::t:0~:0~h1~ ~~: i men. Thirty-three of its crew were saved by use of secured at a 160-foot level and two ; the diving bell. ~ at 200 feet. The stern pontoons are Th e t hree pontoons O tt OC hed t O th e heavy numbered 32, 3, 2, 6, 7, and 9. . Then, according to salvage plans, stern of the croft broke the surface shortly before : - - after divers have bridled the pon, • • • d· · h ft - ' toons into place, a processicn of ' 9 0 clock this morning, '" ,eating t e a er comships will s~owly move toward Ports- partment had been lifted 80 feet from the botmouth towmg the Squalus, unseen • .. h f' 1·f and still far below the surface of the tom, the height designated for't e 1rst I t . . water, on the first leg of the trip to · The aft pontoons came up at 11.51 and every. the navy yard drydock. • • • $ 000 000 SU b• . With the pontoons filled with air, th mg was in read mess to tow the 4, . , 0 ~-: !~\:;u:~~e:~~n~~~:r ~i:11: 0 ;: : mersible nearer shore to a shallower spot, where a . ' the Falcon 1;-as bee:1 disconnected. \ second lifting operation would be undertaken. pontoons are numbered 1, 5, 10, and · •,l ocean where the ship plummeted on j 1July13whenitsnosesurfaced,shak- ; ---=-=-· Jing loose !rom a cobweb of lifting I The most cables, while a fourth bow_po1:toon, naval salvage 1 · I cessful -.--· - ·.. , .. · · . ·! I l ~-, Slowly, the sister. shlp of the sunk• starited forcing the air into the four ,, en submen:ible will mark the route . --lower pontoons, the stern pontooru l. of the tow ships to the shallowest The sunken ship was lif,ted from fir.s.t. Each pontoon, with a lift pow- . , ;:._ point of water'. toward the Isles of the blue, muddy bottom shor-tly be- er of BO-tons, strained at the cable , :) Shoals, sounding out the exact fore noon, navy ya;rd officials an- until finally at 9:46 a. m. the three ., !depth along the course. nounced and only a few minutes la- aft pontoons broke the surface of I From a position abeam of the ter a t~wing signal was sounded. the white foaming water. \wrecked Sq~alus to tak~n the The first three pontoons to ap- As they appeared at ~e surface 1Falco~ durmg the blowmg, the Ipear on the surface were seen at the boiling wate~ geyse<rmg several jflagship wil~ be maneuvered t<> an 19 :46 a. m., indicating thait the flood- feet into the air, salvagers grew ;aft position, assisted by Coast Guard ed afit had been raised to a depth of tense until the ponderous bar. _; boats, 4_10 and 991, so that it will 160 feet and ,t hen :shortly before noon rels settled on an even trim follow m the wake of the pon- , the three topmost bow pontoons in the water. It was then ' toons. : broke the surface of the water mark- engineers felt that this second lift . The navy tug Wandank will be the ing the completion of the most im- would be accomplished without a . , tow ship, a tow rap~ to the Falcon portant operation of the _navy's en- ,mishap like the one nearly a month . · , and another down mto the water tire salvage progra,m. Iago when at the same stage the nose ' ,-- being attached to the Squalus' stern. At rlawn today the salvagers were 1of the Squalus reared above the ' ..: The tug Sagamore has been as- on deck of the salvage ship Falcon 'surface shook loose from a cobweb - . signed as "hold back" ship with lines making the final prepraatlon for the of cabl~s then plummeted back to the ·. , to the Squalus and Falcon to keep . "blow" that would lift the 4,650- ,bottom. them in position. ton vessel a,bout 80 feet above the Salvage officials watched reports The tug Penacook and CG 409 will spot where it rested on July 13 when of the tropical storm off the Florida 1assist the Wandank into towing the first lifting attempt failed. As coast today, anxious that it would 1: ,j positlon while the lighthouse ship .the meticulolhS operation started dissipate before reaching this sec'i Hibiscus will remove old moorings this morning the Falcon. moved 150 tion of the coast if it should twist ~nd lay new ones after the Squalus feet abeam of the Squalus' position, in this direction. At noon _today _the ) 1s grounded. ,then air hose lines were attached reports indicated that this section, ' ·: While the blowing, about a 6-hour to the Falcon's "calliope" from the however, would not be affected by ; i operation, will be started at dawn high-pressure ak tanks of the sub- the strong winds . . ! the towing Isn't expected to start marines Sargo and Sculpin. With good weather it was the hope ·:j until afternoon. Then as soon as • . The air ban~ o~ the two ~ubmar of officials that the submarine _·: ...._, ,~:·,·•'/ •_.:_,_·.:•,·· ..... ' ·~'·_·.·•,·: '/1 the salvage ship Falcon is moored mes were emptied mto the six Up• would be dry docked in the navy .. - _ ··. j again divers will start lowering surpermost pontoons, three aft and an- yard in another fortnight. After the · _?._ .~~!-. ~:.' \ ~.:,'_?.. ' •·1 . face pontoons for the second lift other three forward, emptying the ship is brought into dry dock the 26 . _ _ •,-J and two nearer to the na~;v YJ!~d..,__.., ., wate; from them :s.ho:ilY before sev- bodies will be removed by men ·•_,,. 1 ; ·. . . . -, .. . . ~-... .. /·,, en o clock th1s mornmg. . . wearing gas masks and placed in ., ., >._\'_ ·. ~ :· ~\--:~~-".-.: , ,· . Then aiir valves to the air-f·1lled caskets which have been stored at I «'·\. . .. .. - ·/. y. ·.. :::/pon~~ !{~:r;~-~i~~~--~~-salyag-=.rs .LthEL )JA.VY. .Y.~N.J..qr_s~y_eral _y,~_ ekl;i_ .~· .• , 1 b,: ~r I 1 l >:1~~-- '. r~;, .'._ ·: i '· "'--1.. _·. -_,\ --~ ... . . l' _.:._ ·.:__'.:~- - , . - - ! �isit Harold Preble, First Survivor To Go Down In Sub Since.Tragedy of the salvage · , to r11,ise the ill- �To Start Towing Squalus ITomorrow Forenoon · ____ RR I Expect That Everything Will Be In Readiness About 9 O'clock With one aJ,t pontoon removed and lwo more being lowered into Ufting position navy salvagers were Teady day to stairt the second "blow and ow" of the sunken submarine Squaus, 14 miles off Port.lmouth. The three of the four forward ntoons sur.faced Saturday during ,he navy's succ&sful lift were low.red Into position yesterday. One of the aft pontoons was renoved today and two others, sur'aced Saturday, were being lowered nto a pol>itlon to 11ft .the submalline 1bout 80 feet above the mud bank t grounded on at the end of the first "tow". The towing operations tomorrow, weather permitting the blowlng to stan before daybreak, will start around 9 o'clock, officials said, and the ship will be towed underwater for a dLstance of four or five miles until It grounds In shallower water. This afternoon while the new submarine Sea.wolf glided down the ways into the waters of the Plscata.qua River a pontoon was being towed Into the yard by the salvage ship Sagamore from the salvage area where the Squalus, which slid down the same ways several months with lts 26 dead, is grounded. Exp_ectTo LiftSqualusAt r Noon Tomorrow , To Use Nine Pontoons Instead Of Ten-Believe I Mystery Of Open Hatch Solved / Naval salvage officials were cerYesterday two stern surface ponain today they had solved the mys- toons were lowered into position, r h t h th b about 80 feet below the surface, but ry O an open a c on e su • when a check was made on their narlne Squalus as divers completed levels today it was found that one ast minute readjustments on pon- was nine feet higher and it was reons for the second lift and tow, adjusted. . hkh Is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday the Squalus was lifted eather permitting. It Is believed 80 feet from Hs bed of mud and he tow will start about noon. towed nearly a mile until it groundThe open hatch on the after bat- ed on a mudbank 160 feet below the ery compartment, a section of the surface. Ten pontoons were used in ubmarine where 26 men perished that lift but only nine will be used n May 23 wa reported last night In the new hoist, officers said today, ust before officers decided to re- five on the stern instead of six, and [l.rrange thr pontoons, thus qelaying four at the bow. t,he new 11ft, originally set for dawn The carefully - mapped salvage t.oday. plan calls for another lift and towThe myst ry may not be solved perhaps four or five miles further i:>ostlvely but it was almost certain inshore-and then another lift which 1n the mlnds of officers today that the salvagers hoped would surface II' diver had accidentally kicked the the Squalus for its final ride to the <-'atch which held it shut. . navy yard drydock. I �Submarine To Be Raised Again L te This Afternoon Bring Vessel To Depth Of ween 80 And 90 Feet Of Ocean's fqce Officers said an open hatch found Tue..'lday on the after battery compartment wa.s left open since the is.tern wa.s flooded any way. The puzzle of how the ha,tch came to be open was not solved but some experts expressed belief a diver might "'!P!l!""l!'!!'!P.n~o!l!r~ere=~~m;o;o~vi':e~v;;:e.;r~y~srnroww--1 accidentally have kicked a dog which With water being blown from held it shut. After completion of the second lift lne huge pontoons attached to the ly,Offlcla.ls looked for no mishaps 1n today's operations that w111 bring and tow, the navy hoped to surface unken submarine Squalus, navy the ship fTom the dangerous depths the Squalus in one more i1tt and alvagers this afternoon expected Into a. point of shallow water be- then tow her :to a Portsmouth navy have the ship lifted •from the tween White Island, a. mem ber of Yard drydock, where the dead would Ud bank where it struck Satur- the Isle.s of Shoals, and Fox Po In t be removed a11d where experts would examinewhat her in an effort deteray, and towed five miles toward at Rye Beach. mine caused the to craft to ortsmouth into shallower water Shortly after 9:30 a. m. (EST) plunge to d~aster May 23. arly this evening. the pump$ aboard the .salvage vessel The completion of the second alcon began Ito force air Into the 'blow and tow" will bring the ship lne big lifting pontoons attached into water between 80 and 90 feet to the SquaJus, resting on a. mudbank deep, where divers will find it com- HIO feet beneath the surface. pa.ratively easy work, a.s they make As the order to blow was given, a.rrangements for the final hoist near perfect wea.ther prevailed at that will bring it only a step from the salvage scene. Only the slightest the navy yard dry dock. ground swell ruffled an oth~rwise The preliminary blowing of water fla,t sea and a threatening cloud from the ship's oil tanks and par- bank on the southerly horizon was tially blowing the ballast tanks disslpa.t.ied by a. light breeze and a started about ' 10.30 o'clock this bright 11un. forenoon. An hour and a hail after blowing Moderated seas that followed in ,began, a.Ir bubbles showed on the the wake of a severe electrical storm surface indicating at least one of during the early morning hours was the po~toons was. full of air and a stroke of good fortune to sa.1- sp1lllng over. va.gers, who for several hour.s afterSo uncertain were the ea.rly mornward feared that another day's de- Ing conditions, howeve-, that Rear lay would be necessary in the lift- Admiral c. w. Cole announced at the Ing attempt. Portsmouih Navy Ya.rd the lifting When the storm broke during the effort &ppeared "inadvisable" a.t night it threatened to tear away ail' altn<J6t tile very moment actual blowhoses and cables but a long vigil Ing began. of salvagers was needless for when Within a few seconds a new mesthe storm clouds cleared this aag,e arrived from the saJvage scene morning a check-up showed that saying all repairs had been made none of the intricate cobweb of lines under a e&lm sea. And Ree.r Admiral attached to submerged pontoons Cole departed lmmedla~ly for the and the ill-fated ship had been dis- :Pa.loon. rupted. La.st night's stiff breeze caused The final blowing started at 12.45 oonaiderable da.mage to the maze of o'clock this afternoon, according ·&e.lvqe gear attached. to the Squato a radio message on the lifting llll!J. After dA-wn divers a.ttached new progress and at 1.05 p. m. the three hose lines to one of the pontoons stern pontoons broke the surface. and also to one of the s1.1bmarlne's Naval salvagers reported this ba.Uast tan . It a.loo was necessary morning before the preliminary to untangle twisted Jines before the blow started that six pontoons, three lift began. forward and three aft were secured Using nine pontoons, one 1~ ,than on lifting lines 80 feet about the the number ca1ltidl into play last sub's keel and at 40 feet above the Se.turday when the $4,000,000 craft keel were two pontoons attached to was tugged from its muddy bed 240 the stern and one to the bow. feet below the surface, the salvaget At the completion of the towing hoped to hoist the Squall.l6, tomb of this evening, probably around 7 or 8 26 men, about 60 to 80 feet more o'clock, lf everything goes according and ,tow heir :four or f.ive miles fur to schedule, the ship will be at an ther. easy working depth for the divers. The first succe ful 11ft ended unProbably the tow of about five miles, expectedly Saturday when t he Squasched1.1led to start around 3.30, Will !us grounded ea.5ily on a previously take five hours, the procession hav- uncharted mud pinnacle 160 feet below the surface. �1·- ~-'- .• ·. __ . ~'-. -- ----- - ···- - -~ - - - - - - - ·:... -----·1 -\~ Expect Final Lift Will Be ·Made In Two Wee s I 1 / I "i, II ,, 1 I \. Submersible Towed Five Miles To New Resting Place Late Yesterday :rpontoons close to the hull so that One of the greatest salvage tasks ;when the water is blown from the .l ever undertaken by the U, s. Navy !ponderous barrels it will bring the I • t· tod l&qualus to the surface ready for a was nearmg comp1e ion ay as ,tow into the navy yard, where the 1naval engineers discussed with Rear bodies of the men are expected to I Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, U.S.N., com- be removed. mandant of the Portsmouth navy Whichever plan the naval engiyard, and commander of the sal- '' neers decide upon it will be an oper1vage unit, plans for the final lift. :i ation that has never before been ., 1 There are two possible methods of !! accomplished in naval history, and lifting the ship from the layer of ii because of the many details that acsoft sand, a mile and a half north- , company the preparation of this west of White Island light toward . lift it will take a full two weeks of Rye Beach, where it grounded safe- good weather and calm seas before . ly yesterday after the second sue- the final ''blow and tow" order is f cessful "blow and tow." given aboard the salvage ship FalSalvagers and divers were resting con. a little this forenoon after the long The time element at this point of strenuous day of yesterday which the Squalus salvage is an important brought the navy's $4,000,000 sub- one and navy officers realize it be- , mersible, with its crew of 26 dead to cause autumn storms can be expectshallow water where its keel rests ed at this time of the year. 90 feet below the surface. The only Divers can stay down from half to mishap in yesterday's operation was three-quarters of an hour at the when a towing hawser broke. This new depth, and it will mean, that delayed the procession by only a more work can be completed during few minutes, however. a fair weather day than was possible l Now that the ship is resting safely during the work of preparing for in shallow water, Rear Admiral Cole lthe two earlier lifts, The pressure today told a Portsmouth Herald rep- at 90 feet is a little more than four resentatives, it will be easy for divers pounds l'.?!r square foot. to speed their work in preparing the ~:. _;.. ·:: . . 1 J underwater craft for the final lift, -_~_ ; ,:_:_a__·:-~-~-' ·_·_ .. __1g . i a· that will probably come in two i weeks. The time of lift, however, he explained, cannot be definitely set as there are many details on this ~ coming lift that have not before been encountered in any operation of salvaging history. First in the preparatory operation, officials said, will be the removing of pontoons from the hoist lines and ~ .-- ~·--.. : towing them to the navy yard for inspection, preparatory to their use , in the next lift in the event that pontoons are used for surfacing the Squalus. ; Also this afternoon, while navy / salvagers waited for Rear Admiral ' Cole's arrival aboard the · Falcon, 1 they were checking air lines, cables 1 and salvage gear that cluttered the I fantail of the salvage ship, and float- • · ed from bouy to bouy at the unit !· area. One plan of lifting the ship wi11 be , to seal the high air induction sys1tern, probably by closing the hull ·1 valve, and then pumping water from the flooded section of the ship so that it wm float by its own bouyancy, 1 1salvage officers said today. The oth- j' · er plan, which is likely to be an al!ternative, depending on conditions ! -~ - !!1.:._~iP.!_ w~ll_b_". __ t.9- s~cure th~l I 1 I I �. ..... : It~ May ~AttemPt To-Ra-ise-squ-aiu-S ~i Without Use Of Pontoons · :;:;~. t7: .:,;;· 0:t:. Salvage Experts Believe Submarine Squai"us Resting On 1 ;f:tf/ May Be Lifted By Her Own Ballast :\tt- Tanks · ~--~ .•· .. Even Keel ·r ' ., I ' Hull openings of the submarine acing that wiil cap the Squalus Squalus were secured by navy divers Hemmed in by thick fog, salvagers operations as the most successful ::-~.,.:: ~ . set about today to prepare the sub-- chapter in any navy's salva,ge his- today after ca;bles and air hose were marine Squalus for .surfacing in tory. remQved from the sunk:en ship, now ~•-·._ about t.wo weeks under its own bouyIt is much more than just reach- 90 feet under water about four miles ·· ancy ing down and turning a couple of off Rye ·Beach, where it will be liftThe navy's new plan, which it hull valves on the ship, resting on ed in a little over a week, probably :'.;.··-\_:, was said at the navy yard today is soft sand 90 feet below the surface, under its own buoyancy, almost certain to be adapted, would that will bring the submarine into I After removing the last two pon- , .\ !:/{Sc; bring the now flooded ship to the the light or day above the water. It !toons yesterday, naval salvagers de- ,. :O,:.':;/:/{;.; surface in the same manner that it will be a long, intricate study of the · termined tnat the ship was resting };:r:,:::\ would have emerged around 10 ship, a complete check-up of condi- · 1on an even trim. ~"~- · o'clock on the fateful morning of tlons existing below the salvage ship I During this forenoon divers .)'::.·,·Y,},' May 23 had the hull openings all Falcon, and then the complicated cleared the aft deck of cables and :/}-~~-- been closed as a diving board indi- process of removing the water from air lines used on Aug. 17 on the sec:,-:'·,, cated. Salvagers are ready to start the flooded aft where the victims . ond "blow and tow" toward the removing pontoons to lay the ground perished. Portsmouth Navy Yard. _.' f ·· work for this plan. , The new plan has one danger, j Divers clo..'1ed the hull valves to the ,, ·,. . However, while the engineers and however, and that is if the ship, sud- air induction to the forward and aft .,, salvagers work around the clock to I, denly becoming bouyant, should slip !engine rooms, closed two valves on ... : hurry the final lift before autumn out of control, come rocketing to jthe ventilation system (supply and .' '.. · · storms set in, there still remains the the surface and possibly puncturing jexhaust) and tightened all hatches, f/L question of what really caused the one of the salvage vessels that will •including the aft battery room hatch, [t.J:~•-' disaster. That is one question that circle its position. jtound mysteriously open a few days ~-~fr{ the Squalus court of inquiry,__ now Realizing the danger of what /ago. ~ft:{~- adjourned until the submarine with , might happen engineers are taking I The air salvage valves to the fuel ": '. \'),f;._(;,\ its 26 bodies is towed into the local ! ~very pr~aution as the plans to _lift 1011 tanks No. 3, 4 and 5 were opened . • • ?:''.-';,'-l··l navy yard, will strive to answer. 1t under its own bouyancy material- Itoday in preparaation for blowing, 't'' .S:. I The probable answer uppermost lze. As the water that now floods Ithe water out of the flooded sections ~'--)';'--~ in the minds of naval officials is the compartments containing the 26 iof the submarine, so that by the de2/':''··. that the high air induction valve bodies is pumped free, it ls hoped IJ watering proce.."19 it will rise to the closed improperly as the ship that the salvage vessels, formed in ,surface without the use of pon~ ~_ .. :- -1 plunged toward a SO-foot level set a clock-wise position, straining at ltoons. · , / . '· for the practice dive. cables attached to the sub, will be All the pontoons, however, are :.;:· -;,,; ' But there is another mystery that able to hold it in control as it being held in reserve at the navy ~·:\\ Ithe court probably will want to clear rises to the surface in a caldron of :yard for use in the event that navy , ,.,,,t,-· up, and that is a diver's recent dis- white foam and bubbling water. jengineers . should decide on an al- )".:-· ,' ::;__ covery of an open aft hatch. There During the weekend the lifting i ternatlve plan of using the ponder- ! · \,.,,,&}::·~ is some question whether a slight gear w!ll be removed and probably, J' ous barrels, secured close to the hull, {/· t)f,-:<kick of a diver's foot would move the starting Monday, divers will begin to hoist the 111-fated sub to the sur- · •• · 0 .1~~r;-: · dog enough to allow the hatch to be descents to the ship to lay the :face. - ,.,-;-~_L _ . ··\ j. W~~i-, ·' "'\?[':.:_j I ,~->·' I :t.'.,'' · I r. 1jf ~i?.n•:::. :'~~•~:~:: o::.: \~:~:•:::,::'wil~:, :::. :: ;~Et_~ .:~-·,{ ~-~-~:_,·_·._·-,\~.\~1.:._\,::,',·~.· _. :_;_'·- ./.;'> ·. -:.,·,:.;· . .. questions that concern the coutt Portsmouth navy yard where they of inquiry, just cannot be answered will be inspected and held in re' "" · - · 1 '::.•> _. until an inspection of the ill-fated I serve in the event that the alterna' ship ls made by the naval experts. tive plan of using pontoons in the ·· •.· · ~-· -... According to the present salvaging IIft is decided upon after a thorough , .. - schedule it will be around Sept. 15 inspection of the wrecked submarine when ·the court again sits at' the ls made . ., ,. . Portsmouth navy yard. · Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, U. ,.,._. -., Meanwhil~ salvagers will be kept s. N., commandant of the yard and •. -;! busy; worklnl carefully step by step, commanding officer of this salvage . , ~ , , -. . -•i untll the ship is prepared for sur, unit, said that possibly divers will -· : .... · ·, ,-;-;:--··~:-~-:--. . - -~- --, enter the ship at the 90-foot depth .'. · ,,: 9- ·.! :, , • j > ,-, •..:_.:··:·,__'.· · . _ · ., · • to determine conditions inside the , -. ·,· -\ ~-:-- · , . ; . r· submarine and to operate hull valves ~- _, · · ; ~ . to prepare for the de-watering of / . ,· 1the partially flooded submersible: __ _1 . • '· (\f/.·. ... -{),•• & •• 1.,: ----- ~ . ... ♦·~·-·- ~ _,__ ,.~ ~'r,:.·:,...;:-·-----·,---~ , .. 7 ·-;;- \ •-1• ,. ; , L - - -• - · �last Pontoon s Expect To Raise Nearly Ready for Removed From ~ Squalus In Week Or Air-Tightness Check Squalus Toda · .)l?- Ten Days On Squalus 2 First Inspection Dive To Be Made Tomorrow Working under excellent deep s~a diving conditions navy salvagers today pushed surfacing lift preparations on the sunken submarine Squalus that indicated a week or ten days of good weather will bring the 4,650-ton vessel to the surface to be wed to the Portsmouth Navy ard drydock. For the first time Ince the tragdy on Ma • naval dlv&nrt{ere a close the emergency vent In the o. 2 main ballast tank. Closing the vent was one of the necessary peratlons for dewatering the navy's $4,000,000 submarine so that It come to the surface under its own buoyancy. The next job for divers aboard the salvage ship Falcon, whose sister ship, the Pigeon, ls engaged In salvage work off the coast of French Indo-Chlna, where the French wbmarine Phenix, steel tomb for 71, Iles in 330 feet of water, will be to attach new hose lines and check the air-tightness of the Squalus' partially-flooded compartments. Afterward the salvagers will attempt to blow out the water, lift the f11bmarlrie 90 feet 1to the surface by her own buoyancy and tow it to the drydock from Jui present position off Rye Beach. Offlcers estimated the Job could be done in a week or ten days with calm sea and ood weather, The last of nine pontoons used in Saturday's lift of the submarine Squalus was being removed from the stern hoisting cables this afternoon and yard officials said they expected the first Inspection dives to the submersible would be made tomorrow, weather permitting. The inspection of the ship by navy divers will be comparatively easy in the 90-foot depths where the pressure Is measured by the navy at 40.5 pounds per square foot, against the 108-pound pressure at 240 feet where the ship rested after its fateful plunge carrying 26 men to their death on May 23. The inspection will be made before navy salvage engineers determine the exact method of lifting the submarine to the surface, probably within the next ten days, for towing into the navy yard drydock. Blowing the water from the flooded section of the submarine," then pumping the bilges dry so that It wlll rise to the surface under its own bouyancy is the most likely method to be used in the final salvaging operations, Rear Admiral Cyrus w. Cole, U.S.N., commandant of the yard and commander of the salvage unit, stated. The alternate plan, if the first ls not advisable after the divers' iµspeotlon, he explained, wlll be to use the pontoons, secured close to the Ship's hull, Jn surfacing the $4,000,000 vessel. The nine pontoons used In the last succ~ssful llft that brought the 4,650-ton vessel to 90 feet below the ocean's surface, four miles off Rye PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. 26 Beach, will be held at the navy yard /iP)-Barring bad w eatl)er, or unIn the event that officials decide looked-for rever ses, the Navy may on the alternative plan. ra ise the $4,000,000 submarine The salvagers radioed to the yard Squalus to the surface tomorrow. today that the sea was smooth alThe craft's h ull appeared presthough It was very foggy. However, sure-light in a test Aug. 25, except the fog. officials said, did not hinder for a leak in the mai n air-inducthe salvagers in lifting the pontoons. ·tion ,·alve, the hull ope,ning With hopes that the sea will conthrough which testimony has intinue to be smooth and without the dicated the vessel took on the high ground swells that so worry t,ms o[ water that sank her May salvagers, naval divers were prepar23. ing aboard the Falcon today to make Salvage officers hoped to be ab le the initial inspection dives to the lo close the air line, although they lll-fated submarine tomorrow to bring back Information as to its exact location, position and hull openIng valve conditions so that engineers can start at once to draw plans for the final lift. wlll Only a. few more dives to the sunken submarine Squalus are necessary before it wlll be ready for the complete air-tightness check that will show navM officers whether or not it can be lifted by its own buoyancy without the use of two pontoons attached aft it was Indicated by a unit progress report radioed to the yard this afternoon. During the later part of the afternoon, yard officials said, the engineers aboard the salvage ship Falcon are expected to determine whether the partially flooded ship can be dewatered enough to rise by its own buoyancy. However, pontoons are being held in reserve at the yard to use, if necessary. Divers today closed the emergency vents of the No. 3 main 1:Jallast tank and attached hose lines to No. 1 and 2 ballast and all-fuel tanks. Hose lines to blow out water in the Squalus' compartments were attached by divers with a speed that made salvage officers jubilanb. In two days, divers have completed 22 dives averaging an hour each, indicative of the progress possible now that the submarine is only In about 90 feet of water as compared with 240 in which she sank on May 23 when 26 men perished. Two tows have brought her four miles off Rye Beach. With good weather for · the next few days, navy officers hope to have the lll-fated ship into the navy yard drydock during next week. Navy Set to Lift Squal~s were hesitant about touching the "alve. They would prefer it left " as is" until it can be inspected by a court of inquiry when the Squalus is raised. Once on .'.1e surface, the subma rine w iU be towfd up the P1sca taq ua River lo a navy yard dry dock. The Sq ualus no w rests m some 90 fe el o[ waler off · Ry e Beach. Two underwater tows in the last two weeks have brought her to shallower wa ter, some fiv e miles sh oreward from th e point where she sank in 24Q feet fiv e miles off the Isles of Shoals. �Squalus Bow Breaks Surface, Sinks Again PORTSMOUTH, N. H. (JP)-The bow of the disabled submarine Squalus broke the surface today but again disappeared beneath the .surface as salvagers prepared to towner to the Navy Yard. A radio message from Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, in charge of salvage operations, reported: "Bow surfaced at 10:44 (E. D. T.) at 50degree 11st to port and slowly sank. Started blowing aft section and surfaced stern pontoons at 11 :28. SWp apparently righted herself to some degree and now endeavoring to raise bow." Navy Yard officials said they believed operations w~re progressing in an entirely satisfactory manner and they expected the Squalus would be surfaced momentarily.• Resunli Squalus Fails to PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. 2!l (JP)-Undismayed by their failure to hoist the submarine Squalus to the surface as planned, salvagers called for two more pontoons today preparatory to another lifting effort Wednesday. The pontoons will be attached ismay Rescuers to the bow of the $4,000,000 craft which thrust itself above the surface of the Atlantic yesterday only to return to its resting place in 90 feet of water. Although the stern of the Squalus, with two pontoons at- tached was brought practically to the surface 45 minutes later, the salvage crew was unable to force the bow back to the surface after hours of pumping air into the hull and Rear Admiral C. W. Cole finally issued orders to drop the craft back to the ocean bottom. Squalus Makes Reappearance The United States Navy submarine Squalus with a burden of 26 bodies was again brought briefly to the Atlantic's surface off Portsmouth, N. H., yesterday. But the craft was dropped back to the ocean bottom after hours of pumping air into the hull failed to bring both ends to the surface, Photo shows the bow of the Squalus as It struck surface in a smother of foaming water. The two tugs in the background are the salvage craft Fa.Icon and Wandank. �,'/", ~: . . lJf \ . - - - - - - . - -- • - - · - - - · - ' ---- - _ _ ,._ _ _ _ _ _ _ --~-- .., ■ /Salvage Work On Squalus Seems )Near Successful Culmination a.,'• '. 1 : After 2 o'clock this afternoon tli.e-· : ship was very near the surface, ac- 1 I co rd ing to observers at the Isles of ,• Shoals where, through high-power- , 1 I ed telescopes, the black form of the ; . , O 300-foot submarine could be seen at ' i ____ . a sharp angle, probably its stern i "Started blowing aft and surfaced- less th an 20 feet below the surface. · A nine-mile course into the Ports- pontoons at 11.28. Ship apparently The two pon~ons, attached_ to_ the f mouth navy yard from four miles ::ighted self to some extent, Endeav- ~ft, were low m the w_ater, md1cat- i· off Rye Beach was charted for the oring to raise bow." mg th at there was still a tremen, ill-fated Squalus this afternoon When the bow of the ship broke dous weight of water In the subwhile salvagers expected the ship's loose from the suction in the soft lrm_a_r_ln_e_.___~ - - - - - - - -. . .. complete surfacing momentarily. sand the added buoyancy brought it ~ ~ The ship has been lifted from the to the surface more quickly than ~ Q' ·~' ~ - :, ·,;.>s· ,._.~ /ocean bottom, 90 feet below the sur- the partly flooded stern was able to : _ff.:;:.., :: • .jface where It grounded after the rise, a navy yard officer explained. ··-,,.,_;::: ·i second "blow and tow," and at the · And then, probably spilling out . 1 ,navy yard workmen prepared to much of the air from a hull torjdock the ship at Pier 6 about 7.40 pedo tube opening it lost its buoy1o'clock this evening. ancy enough to settle back under The operations today climax three the water. months of hard work to divers and Lieut. Comdr. Oliver F. Naquin, engineers who have worked from USN, commander of the Squalus, !sunrise to sunset almost every day and several member of the crew, Ion board the unit's flagship Falcon. who survived the fateful plunge dur1 Bronzed, shirtless salvage workers, ing a quick practice dive, were ·1with their officers, kept a long si- aboard the Falcon ready for orders 1lent vigil during the morning hours from Rear Admiral ,Cole to go •i as the heavy air pumps of the l!al- aboard the Squalus as 1t started on con started blowing water from the the shoreward course. · submarine in which 26 perished on The navy orders were to bring the May 23. ship Into Portsmouth Harbor on the ,<1 For a moment there was an added slack tide as it would be easier then ·-· tenseness at the operations area to tow the $4,000,00 vessel up · when the bow was seen surging Jthe cha~el. _ _ through white foaming water to the The ship lS due to be docked at ·' surface. It almost appeared that 7.40 o'clock and yard officials said 'the ship had broken out of control ,they expect 1dentlflcatlons may be I''.j as it did July 13 when its nose shot made during the night and bodies _high above the' surface before will be claimed by relatives of the · jplummet!ng back to the blue bed of men . . mud, 240 feet below. Identification will be under the ·1 But today, after the bow of the direction of J. W. Taylor, civilian disabled submarine broke the sur- identific~-~ion expert of the Navy 1. face, where it shivered in the light Department, who has arrived from , . of day for a few second, It sank back Washington. into the boiling cauldron of water Newspaper photographers have (. ,, slowly, in no way disrupting the been told they would be allowed to / ; course to the surface planned by the take pictures of th.e boat's docking '. -navy • this evening and the dry docking [ 1 • At the nav~ yard there was con- sometime tomorrow. However, when _:s~derable anxiety as a report wa:5 ' the bodies are removed from the !circulated that the sub had been / ship the yard will be cleared of all 1 -ibrought to the surface, but had I spectators and workmen. , · gotten out of control and dropped Lieut. John H. Patterson USN the 1· ,back to_ the bottom, but this anxiety only officer who perished in the • WIies relieved at noon with a message tragedy, will be buried at Arlington 1 from Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, National cemetery at Washington, ! U. S. N., commandant of the navy where lie buried many of the nation's : yard, and commander of the salvage heroes relatives said today If rela- I. ~ unit, indicating that the ship had tives ~f others wish it ~ll of the f • . settled back to a fairly easy .sur- victims would be buried' in national facing trim. cemeteries officials asserted, and it i The message read: appeared probable this forenoon j "Bow surfaced at 10.44 (EDT) at that a number of the relatives would · apparently 50 deegree list to port make such request, designating Ar- ! · i:,nd sJ_owly s~nk . . _____ ·--.~ g _ t on _and other cemeteries. Expect Submersible Will Be Brought • The Afternoon ;lT Surf ace Durang ,j ·· .(j>-. -._'. 01.Jto :. • ·.. -. - -n, , ;._ ', l I I· r • <~i~tii;;~ �~~-~- ~--~-- -·· . --·- . -··-· -·-, . frtStart Preparations For Another :_~ ;Lift Of Sunken Submarine .; .·. J \<:tTwo Pontoons To Be Attached To :~:~/T;.forward Hull In Addition To Two Aft .1 ~•'-~ ·iln Latest Plan Of Salvage Workers ', i •. -: ., . / Naval engineers undismayed by . ~ · 1 yesterday's failure to lift the par• tlally flooded submarine Squalus on schedule started this morning preparations for a final lift from 90 feet of water. New plans, the navy announced 7~·•> today was the use of four pontoons, ..,•r~·•. two ~ be attached to the forward hull in addition to the two already ~::½.,· attached aft. They hope, with the .;,~ added buoyancy, another attempt •·' to lift the ship can be made tomorrow or Thursday at the latest, wea, ther permitting. The 4,650-ton ship came to the surface yesterday, first the bow em' erging In the sunlight and then aft, .,,.,, 1lifted by pontoons, coming to within "·. . ~.·· l a few feet of the surface. After only ,:: a few S€Conds, however, the bow ·(":.,, · slipped back into the water. ~ . , -.1 The ship righted itself to some :·\ jextent. As It appeared on the sur· · ;, •• face its top deck was tilted to a 50degree angle but later, when a diver \•-, ·. made a descent to the deck it was ·.. ,. , , at a 30-degree angle. A short while after the bow dis( (1 appeared the two aft pontoons ap. ·. peared on the surface, but were held low in the water by the tre" mendous weight of the partially ·I flooded ship below. ,$ .. I Then efforts to raise the bow 1again were started and continued 11,-~t:: until late in the afternoon when ·'·; 1.-· Rear Adm. Cyrus W. Cole, USN, ::;,~,.• commandant of the yard and corn-,·• mantling officer of the Squalus sal,', l vage unit, gave orders to lower the ·'-• j ship back to the bottom for inspec•::' tion dives. Officials declared that failure was apparently due to the weight of the ,/ · , water In forward compartments. ;·, The navy tugs Sagamore and ,.; . Wandank arrived at the yard this ;, ·, I afternoon from the salvage scene. ;:;, ' ., The Sagamore prepared to tow two t .,.,;_, · ,:'. .,~ <\ 1 ~, · j •." I ; ' ______ . of the ·pontoons to be used on the forward end of the sub to the scene, , while the Wandank carried a load of fuel oil to the Falcon. , Although navy salvagers hoped to I. try a second surfacing lift attempt on the $4,000,000 vessel tomorrow many inspection dives and the low- · ering of two pontoons will possibly delay the hoisting of the sub until Thursday. , After surfacing the ship it will be J towed to Portsmouth navy yard where the ship will be drydocked and the 26 bodies removed. Officials say it wlll be towed into the river during a slack tide. Coast Guard stations received a 1· northwest storm warning from the federal weather bureau at 9.30 o'clock today. The warning said the disturbance was moving slowly up the east coast toward this section. It is possible, local weather observers said, that the storm will last from 24 hours to a week when it strikes this area. I' ·1;;/:· ,t.. , \. . . • I -D o't,½; ~ ~, ~ ?-'\ , i ~ . ' ../ ' . �.. . ':!Storm Holds Up Salvage : ! Work On Squalus ,. 0 About Two Days Of Good Weather And Calm Seas Needed Before Another Lifting Attempt Can Be Mode ,,·1 :-- l :; .I -cfa.y -afternoon except for a c;!angerous swim through heaving water by , Chief Shipfitter Alfred W. Pickering, 37, of Camden, N. J., who saved , a mile of air hoses from possible , rupture yesterday. If Pickering had not dived overboard in his underwear, with a . knife in his teeth, to cut a threeinch line holding a bunch of hoses away from the tossing Falcon, offi.. cers feared the strain might have torn three miles of hoses loose from their connections with the submarine 90 feet be1ow the surface. Soon after Pickering's exploit, the Falcon's crew capped and buoyed the hoses and took their vessel into Portsmouth harbor for shelter. It ' was the first time since the Falcon I ' left New London, Conn., May 23 that ! she had entered a port. Other ves7 , sels of the salvage fleet also went 1 back to port, leaving only the gun· boat Sacremento standing guard · ! over the boys. :.i. -:_.. ~ \ !,-~'\-/ -~ ---- T-he !ury of ithe A,tlantic which to the navy yard will be a matter of comparatively few hours once they start to dewa~er the 310-foot ship. . ,t hree long months, was felt so serThe disa·bled undersea boat was iously aboard the unWs flagship surrounded by such boisterous water Falcon tb.&<; for the fi~t time since t1:1day that salvage workers could not May :l~ it W-t i~s vigil o,;er the sun- be transferred to and from the scene ken sub:n~.rlne and cargo of 26 dead ,this forenoon while orders were givar-./.! re.;un,ed to the navy yard. en to hold the two pontoons, deemed Wh:.pI),'d by a s!;tm1g nol'ltheaster necessary rto lift the Sqaulus' bow, in mou::t-.11.ous waves pounded against port pending more clement weathe:-. _.· the Fa.loon's · hull throughout the Rear Adm. Cyrus W. Cole, USN, , 1forenoon. commandant of the yard and in 1i_.1 While the stor.n 1·aged along the charge of the salvage unit, was '. coast, the nav::, .,..,.ivagers marked among those who were kept ashore : : :, time before a second ~l'facing at- by the unfavorable weather. Until . tempt on the cn·aft, thrut has al- ,t he storm abates, naval officers said, ' ready been succ~sfully moved from they would be unable to say when 240 feet of wate:::- five miles off the the lift could be made but, at least, ' Isles of Shoals into 90 fee•t of water two days of preparations are neces, only nine miles from the navy yard. sary before orders to "blow" the 1 1 It will take about two days of -tanks are given. ~ good weather and calm seas to make At noon, the salvage ship Falcon, ·· aieady for the surfacing operaitions, radioed the navy yard she had dis: officials said today. This attempt connected 15,000 f.eet of air lines to will be made with the use of four the submarine and was coming into · pontoons, :two alreaK!y atltaohed aft the yard because of extremely !rOUgh and two more to be attached to the weather. ?: bow. With the added buoyancy of The USS Sacramento, famous :'.-' these pontoorus and the added con- "Galloping Ghost of the China ·'.jt rol to salvagers in keeping the ship Coast," will be the only vessel to re·. in trim as it ri:ses ,to the surface, main stationed at the scene throughnaval engineers expect the opera- out the remainder of the storm, yard · tion of lifting th~ ~ub ap._~towing _it officials sai_~ - --._ _ _ . · ISqualus salvagers have batiled for I l ,, I H1·gh Seas~·nelay Lifting Qf squa}US uflt}•1 satllfday . ., PORTSMOUTH, N. H ., Aug. 31 (JP)-A sea-churning northeaster whipped flying spray high Ithat over the salvage ship Falcon's deck forced navy officers today to 1 ! ·,. '• •I.;:' ' .• \ j defer final lifting of the submarine i Squalus at least until Saturday •. The salvage task would have been set back many days, salvagers agreed, except for a dangerous swim through heaving water by Chief Shipfitter Alfred , ~ . ~ . 1~q ~. ~ I ·:_a .._.•· :_ .,\ H.• gh.Se as st·, 11 HOId up .Sa Iva ge work .i , ·~\ I :hop:;::i:g:iii~! ~a::::~:~e~~/~ possible rupture yesterday. If Mr, Pickering had not dived 1 ,·_.·,!I overboard in his underwear, with a knife in his teeth, to cut a threei '" ·\ ., inch line holding a bunch of hose , away from the tossing Falcon, offi- · ! cers· feared the strain might have Believed Several Days Must Elapse Before torn three miles of hose loose from ! its connections with the subAnother Lifting Attempt Con Be Mode ' marine 90 feet below the surface . 1 •1 ---- . :·brought the ship nearer its uffimate Soon after Mr. Pickering's ex. A southerly wind to calm bolster- destination, the navy yard drydock. 1 ploit, the Falcon's crew capped 1 !ous seas along the New Hampshire The Falcon returned to Ports- and buoyed the hose and took their .. !jcoast before the weekend was the mouth navy yard yesterday through · navy's only hope of being able to heavy seas and remained at the dock vessel into Portsmouth harbor for shelter. It was the· first time since make a second attempt within a few today after refueling. jdays on the sunken submarine It will be a matter of two days the Falcon left New London. Conn., May 23, that she had enlsqualus, riow grounded in 90 feet of after the heavy seas abate before tered a port. Other vessels of the ,.\water nine miles from the navy yard. the surfacing attempt can be made salvage fleet also went back to The USS Sacramento, alone kept ibY the Squalus' salvagers. Four pon- port, leaving only the gunboat ·'..lwatch today over the underwater jtoons will be used, two forward and Sacramento standing guard over ' )berth of the ill-fated submersible. 'litwo aft. the buoys. -' Since the time of the sinking of the : At noon today the weather indica' !submarine May 23 the navy has been 'tions were that the nort_heast winds · f.avored with comparatively good would continue to whip up a heavy •'! weather and has made two success- sea until the weekend. _lf!E__'.'._~3:?~._,?,,n~J;?.:,1:'.: __?.~:~~~:1! __~~~t- Ttbhe skalvage tdask "'.to~ld ah_davyeesbteeern .. . . se ac many ays, 1 is s 1 ~~\._~'1 - I i I ,, I .. r. '. :_1 l ~~-:~~~~-· ~~~~'~ ~---~~- <· . ~.--,··==~:-.:.- . •:-·•::.-·-------~--~--;-·~-- ··· ~-.___.__:..::._ __:__ - ' I•• �I lo .. ·rvra_y___Raise Squ.alus I 0ver Weeken d: ! I·_,,, I i ,- : 1 Expecfl0Ra1se·---·-1 :!~o~~~e -f~~r-~~h~~: ~1!:c~w~f I SquaIusMon day \l ,· . ... ...::""'. -·. '• I the end of the second "blow and -~\,, I I tow.", The two aft pontoons were levoff this forenoon and the sug Sagamore stood by at the mouth of Piscataqua River ready to tow the two forward pontoons to the scene of operations. A number of metal workers were called back to work at the yard this afternoon to make some air valves and fittings to be attached to the air hose that will be used in the surfacing operations. !elled Portsmouth Navy Yard officials ~tated this afternoon that sal- For the past few days the fall winds have dogged the Squalus salvage operation off Rye Beach, but · officials optimistically hoped the surfacing lift on the sunken submarine would be made this coming weekend. Hoisting the 4,650-ton vessel to the surface can be started after workers aboard the salvage unit's :flagship Falcon have two days of fair weather and calm seas to make final preparations. which include the attaching and lowering of two ) . .-- --·... ;.,.- vagers plan to surface the sunken submarine Squalus sometime Monday, weather permitting. The announcement came after several days of expectant waiting for calm seas, but with a good weekend forecast there was little doubt hi the minds of naval engineers today that the submarine : would be lifted to the surface from E T R• s b xpect o_ a1se u marine _ · _ . _ . ===================================='-..::..._, . ;:w:;~:~:~f~~::r~:s: r: 1 · This Afternoon And Bring It/•· To Nav_yYard Early Tomorrow I pontoons on the forward end of the I ::tr~~i~{;o:~P~:~~~;~/~~ad;a: enough weather between today and Friday to allow operations aboard 1 ~ ~ 1. _ 'i=, i' · · . "blow and tow" the weather has been the chief obstacle that has de- ~ layed the navy. se:~:::~~~v;r~e~i~~~~t~~~i~: moment that the unit is ready for the pontoons they will be towed to the scene by the naval tug Sagathat now stands by at the navy !more yard ready to bring the big cylinders ; scene. Ij to Inthethe final lifting attempt, four -l pontoons, two forward and two aft, 1will be used for added buoyancy and stability as the ill-fated submarine lis dewatered. '~ -¥ ' i /., ~/.\_ ~_'\· Squalus Lifting Plans PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Sept. 5 (JP)-Naval officials said today it appeared Thursday was the "earliest possible" date for lifting the submarine Squalus and her 26 dead to the surface of the ocean beneath which it ha~ rested since , May 23. Salvage workers ignored · the Labor Day holiday to press forward with arrangements for what they hoped would be the final lifting effort. . I-,--.- - - Another Squalus Lift Is Forecast for Monday PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Sept. 9 (JP)-Officers predicted today that the Navy would be ready by Monday, probably, to attempt the difficult task of resurfacing the subj marine Squalus. After being hampered for 10 1 days by heavy seas, the salvage workers made so much progress yesterday that officials advanced from Wednesday to Monday the probable date for the final lift. The submarine plunged in 240 feet of water May 23 but two lifts and tows have brought her . to a point nearer the shore and · only 90 feet below the surface o! the sea. w· r-:------=--=--=--:-:--~~=:===:=:=======:=-=.::======..'...::====-----------..:.. Stern Of CrQ ft In k$ It h pOn t 0 0nS . IAf ! , ter VeSSe I HQ d Been BrOUg ht T0 JS f I W· ur ace- Be ieve Tons Of ater Draining To Aft Compartments ThrewTooHeavyLoad On Ste rn i Pontoons s· It was reported from the navy ya rd at shortly after 2 o'clock that the stern of the sunken su bmarine, which san k to the ·bottom afte r being resurfaced this morning, had , again been brought to the su rfa ce, and that indications were tha t th e raisin g operation would be successful. This afternoon, yard officials . Disappojnted by, thP, !allure . of declared, a third surfacing atthe surfacing attempt shortly be- tempt will be made and, if sue. fore noon today, naval · salvagers cessful the Squalus will be towed this afternoon started on a third into the Portsmouth Navy Yard on attempt to bring the ill-fated sub- · the high slack Ude about 2 o'clock marine Squalus to the surface from tomorrow morning. ~O feet . of water four mlles '. off Rya j Early this morning, before dayBeach. ~: break, salvage officers, including Even the disappointment of see• Rear Adm. Cyrus W. Cole, USN, ing the forwarci _deck of th~ sub• commandant of the yard, and commarine sink back into the water mander of the Squalus salvage unit, · after several minutes' appearance, left t~e yard to board the unit's brought encouragement to the na- flagship Falcon to start surfacing val engineers because it was the operations. first time in the 113 days since Dewatering the flooded compartthe vessel sunk tr.at it had men ts of the submarine and "blowpontoons was started 1reached the surface on a nearly ing" the \even stem to stern keel. shortly after the arrival of Rear 1, . • < ·1. :,">\ ~;-' ,,_- l,.',. I ------ - - - -- - I --~·-· ·------•··- ·-···--•·- - . -------·---···---- ·-- _./~"' _ --,;,.:.,. .-::,'-,-· ,' ....... �~{I~j/~f(fI~~1'.!fJ?:·:':?"/'';;':: .. :~t}J Admiral _:>_--?C·:·~~~p-: t ,. for Cole and at 9.15 a. m. the 1.;]?1 stern pontoons ca~e to the surface, ,/::'(,:,,~· indicating to engineers that the ':.,;;'/ operation was satisfactory up to ·;?.'·~ that point. '> L'· A radio message from the salvage unit to the navy ·yard read: s,·/ •: "Stern pontoons up at 9.15 in satr,,,:\ isfactory condition." {\'{ Comdr. A. I. McKee, USN, the ii,{_.; planning officer, and Lieut. Comdr. ~(;t' Floyd A. Tulser, USN, the salvage officer, then pinned their hopes for }~:,:,:: the completion of the successful lift \t,;f:,. on the two bow pontoons added af- '.f;){ jfJ~> ~~;'~~i:~- 1 ·-.:':,ii~?i?'!Fj/;'.f •:<T!:!s ~~d ·~ :cstr~t;~:t:~1 u.s:··N.~ ·1 services will be held on Thursday. .. Lieut. Oliver F. Naquin, commanding officer of the Squalus, was on board the Falcon this afternoon waiting for the successful surfacing of th e ~,ubmarine, when, with about a dozen of the crew survivors, he will board the sub and raise an American flag on the mast. One of the first activities when . the ship is docked at the navy yard · will be the removal of the 26 bodies I which are in the aft end of the ship, · where the men were trapped as it · was flooded on May 23. . ,: ~ .· •. '\'3 , .C\ .1 i Alexander B. Keegan ' Accompanying Alexander B. Kee/ gan was D. A. Persico. The funeral i will be held on Thursday at St. Isa: dore's Church at Quakertown, Pa. ; A group of members of the Legion 1will assist in the service. Interment ' will be at the St. Isadore's' Cemete~y at Quakertown. He was a seaman firS t class and was 27 years of age.' ,, :t::::iF:Jil:::1::'.~\~1 · Na;y 'Lift,:s· ·s· 3 _qautorpa,diumans, S~CSO t .ce ,,lasrs·wllas: ac~ .J:· :...;~. ' the st.ern pontoons, were expected ~{' to have lifting power sufficient to hold the Squalus until pressure was built up in the· various tanks and compartments. Salvagers continued to blow air into the forward pontoons and ballast tanks until the bow came up to the surface, 40 minutes after the aft pontoons had appeared. · Except for a 40 degree li st to th e starboard, salvagers felt that their three and a half long months of salvage work had been climaxed by a successful surfacing. Workers aboard the navy boats watched the black hull come to the surface through boiling greenishwhite water and then the conning tower appear above the water. The number ''192" stood out brilliantly in the sunlight as the black superstructure of the Squa~~:. sparkled in the dripping wa- Alfred C. Priester The body of Alfred C. ·Priester 29 nd To Surface Second T1·me,· The World'!, Day-At a Glance Sept. 13, 1939 Salvage. Crew Pumps Ship's Bow Pontoons PORTSMOUTH, N. H. (JP)-A Nav·y salvage crew that returned to work after seemg the .submarine Squalus settle back to the ocean's · bottom following an initial lift this morning, tugged the undersea craft from th e sea floor a second time this afternoon. . Hav~g pumped from the interior of the subm:ersible tons of water t~at dragged th e stern back down after the earlier lift, the salvage . .x. ,;r,..""""" ciew agam inflated st ern pontoons and brougp.t the after-section to·. the surface at 12:25. p. m. ( eastern standard. tim. e). · · Th_e next st ep in the task of raising the undersea boat was the blowirig-out of th e two bow pontoon~, designed. to bring the bow, the · forw~rd deck and a part of the connmg tower out of the water.· 1 _ .::. 'Squalus V,ictims Enrou te F.or..Bun•.aI ; companied by relatives. Burial will . i be on Thursday at the Arlington j Na~iona.J Cemetery. But the vessel had been on the I surface but a few moments wp.en j James A. Aitken the stern pontoons began to settle ) The body of James A. Aitken left back into the water and then soon 1 on Monday for its final resting place . disappeared with the ship making a considerable list to the starNine more of the victims of the j in the National Cemetery at Arling- · board· submarine s ·qualus, the last of the : t~n, Virginia. Mr. Aitken was a Fire Controlman, 3rd Class, on the Rear Admiral Cole radioed the following message to the yard: recovered 25, were dispatched on ill-fated Squalus. "Bow pontoons and bow of Monday to their last resting places. Squalus . and conning tower fair- Of the nine, seven will be buried in Joshua Casey watl'r surfaced at 9.55 with Ji.st of the National Cemetery at Arlington, The body of Joshua Casey, fire.,. 40 degrees 5tarboard, Blew star- Va. l man first class, on the Squalus, was ~/ board ballast tank and vented port i sent to Chattahoochee, Florida for ·-'[,_ tank to right sub. List gradually Lieut. J. H. Patterson t1 1·nterment. The naval escort for' 27 increased and stern sank to botLieut. Joseph H. Patterson, • who !this body was F. Murphy, Jr . ., received a posthumus commission as .l f~} partment." tom. Will attempt to blow aft comlieutenant, was the only officer to Kenneth R. Garrison f Apparently after attempting to lose his life aboa r cl the sub~arine The body of Kenneth R. Garrison /;.' lift the ~,tern back to the surface, Squalus. His bodY, left late m ~he , will be buried Monday in the Arlingit, but with unsuccessfuJ results the after1:oon on ~ 0nd ay accompamed ton . National Cemetery at Arlingl:, naval engineers ordered the bow to by his fa~ller-in7law, Capt. , H. R. ton, Va. Mr. Garrison was chief t. be lowered am. an attempt to level it Greenlee, d1nd·B ustnal · t' s ma t e, us . manager of the mac hi ms .. N ., an d one ;J off 'was made. na': yar · una will be at th e j of the victims of the submarine dis:(i Call!:ie for the stern being Arlington Cemetery on Wednesday , aster 1 · r weighted back to the bottom, offic- afternoon wlth full military honors. ,, --r ials at the yard theorized, was that I Robert R. Weld t when the bQW came to the surface John P. Ha th away .. The funeral of Robert R. Weld, '.'. -tons of water remaining in -the·· ship John P. Hath away will also be aged 20, will be held on Friday at :\ drained to the aft of the various buried at · t~e Arlington National the Arlington National Cemetery. He · "'.., compartments, throw1·ng a tremen- Cemetery. He was a chief machin- was a fireman, first class. :..~.• dous load on the stern pontoon"'. ist's mate aboard the submarine and Prayers were said at the railroad t However, after levelling off the was. 26 years old. Reia~ives accom- station by Comdr. A. E. Stone, ;,'. ship it was the hope of naval• offi- pamed th e body ,. on its ·way to Ar- Chaplain's corps prior. to the de;l, cers to make another surfacing at- i lington. . . .• . parture. ] tempt and, if successful, before or ' . . _- - · . ·,~·-·--c-·---.....:..~~-------"":1 even a s~ort time after nightfall Hme K. McAfee . ·· 'fj the ship will be towed to the navy . The bod_y of Huie K. ·McAfee, was f1 yard on the high slack tide early in accompanied by _·h is brother, J. T. ij the morning. · McAfee of Hams_o_n! _.9~c~fee ! rf r . . ?t~~--· .-::.· .. ,·1·. }.-_ =---··.,__.,,._,.:.~~-==- _..__..·· -- - . �qualus ., k success fuI a vage or W SI . ays Af te r 114 D ••• J , 1 Dy~u~ w. Cole, USN, Cornman an ''(,l\~i::'.' '! !f." 1 Jf the navy yard, and commander ~·i. _~_·;,_)f;,{J~ __ of the salvage unit, said last eve- :~t·:.," ,., ·,-:,.:.:,· ning as the · vessel was dragged ._f.: \ ·/-t;~ ~longside the coal pocket. . fip;,.:,,;'.,J;)/; Other officers viewing the - ·sub's (.C::\;,kf;:(_;~:i,'.t conning tower as it came alono-sid the pier, that the greatest sahrag·; ' job in the American navy's history ';;\J/J.",f 1-/tX.~·• was only one step fro_m completioi:i, The Squalus, subJect of their · i \Jo':.if',,t'.:,:'t;_,'., hardest endeavors for the past 113 \'.'('ft':":f-.·.'::)~ days, had reached its destination, ~f.,~~:;,;l,/?·t 15 miles from where it plunged to -;\ti,t;; \r;.,_,;_,;,:t the bottom carrying 26 to their :'.';'"/1?' · ' ';}i~/ death on the morning of May 23. J~C,. ·· }: Just one year to the day and hour after the submarine caused They hoped, too, th at just what :.:I<r ·· the $4,000,000 ship to flood li'i5rSqua Ius, amid a f an f are of cheers and band music, glided in the aft compartments would be ;.:~ down the ways at the yard, Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, established, so that if any correcU. S. N., commandant of the yard; announced today that tion in building could prevent an- ·. other such tragedy it could be made :, the bodies of the_ 26 victims who perished May 23 would be But in the event there is any car- · removed later this afternoon and that the court of inquiry rection to be made it will be up to ' th e Squalus c;our_t of inquiry to . would convene tomorrow to continue its investigation. . d ·h h" . make the suggestion to the Navy Th e Sh1p, covere Wit rust, W 1ch however seemed the ' Department. ·'), gold of victory to the navy divers and salvagers who have When the procession of boats • .-, spent 114 days of sometimes heart-breaking work to bring mo_ved slowly up Portsmouth h~r- -:.'· ;,. ;,: '"'~Z·x h h· · p h fl d f . ! bar toward the yard last evenmg ·>;,·,•·.· .)\,.< '. t ~ s 1p into ortsm,out , wa_s oate a ongs1de Pier N~. 6 the shores _in Kittery and New this afternoon at 2 o clock-Just a year after the launching. castle were_ !med with people, thou- ·\,:~~~i8')?-,~:~-' sands flockmg to the waterfront to -v;; "·' · ''··· :' watch . the operation up the river }:{( ~ It has been a long hard y~ar for ter as the submersible sa.nk, .saving past Pierce Island, The island was .'/:' ·,. the submarine and during the next the lives of the majority of her crew. covered with cars and people. eight or 10 months, officials said, it The relatively slow progress of From the crowd that covered ev- ·.- " pumping indicated it was unlikely ery vantage point there rose a cheer ::: will be in the drydock while yard the Squalus could be drydocked for the navy as the boats, pan- ' 'workmen make a complete over- before late today. The deck for- toons and still partly submerged hauling and repairs. Greatest dam- ward of the conning tower was out sub, rounded Henderson's Point. age to t-he undersea craft will be to of water but tons of water remained Like a thrashing monster t he the engines that have been awash in the stern compartments. Squams sunk back to the bottom • with salt water for the past three A crew of men with blow-torches early in the day but like true navy and a half months, cut away the fairwater, a, section of men the salvagers did "not give up Salvage workers brought their. job the sheet iron superstructure which the ·ship." Instead when it went ,. ··. to a successful climax when the was bent in such a manner as to to . the bottom their efforts to lift nine-mile haul was compleied last block entrance through the conning it were more vigorous and at 3.05 ,_rf. evening, the ship having been tower. in the afternoon the ship was sur- ",.· brought alongside the coal pocket, That the Squalus is not out of faced with only a 25 degree list to .only its conning tower above the comm1SS1on despite the long th e st arboard. surface, This slow moving tower, en- months that it has been under Naval tugs swung into position route to the yard, marked the steel the ocean's surface was shown t.o• and the tow to the Portsmouth navy tomb of the Squalus victims whose day when members of the surviv• yard was started, the procession arbodies, officials said, will be remov- ing crew hoisted an American flag, riving off the harbor at about 7 ed as soon as the after compart- a :.1aval flag, and commissioning o'clock, Rather than waiting for ""'£,YSf ments are opened. pennant on the :flag-masts when the high ebb of tide at 2 a, m., to- · ),~:';::? When the floating opocations they came above the surface. day, officials ordered that the ship ':!;:,.;";/~,, ·" started this morning a powerful Observers today congratulated continue until the ill-fated stl.b- i: ·'· . .,,_ ,. !,?navy y,a rd fire engine started pump- Lieut. Comdr. Charles B. Momsen, :n,ersible_ was alongside the ?ier or ing water from the after-section of USN, diving officer, on the fine re- it was impossible to move 1t fur- 'i, ,-:"'•:;/:·,,. ,:;~ the ship. Meanwhile, .salvage cord accomplished on the salvaging th er. ?..._t ... ·, workers, accompanied by Harold c, work, 628 dives without a single faNearly ·75 small private craft ·,~y~ Preble, civilian naval architect, who tality and only one case of the spotted the water about the slow ,?/ was one of the 33 men rescued from "bends," After testifying before the moving procession, ::,~#...,,., the &hip, surveyed the dry forward court of inquiry he will take comThe trip from the point four miles .,.-;.,~,.-:,,{>'Wt~ compartment of the battered craft mand of the USS Sirius, a naval off Rye Beach where the sub lay .!,'\,l¾:>-~:,;f~}i!S as she lay at the wharf. Initial ef- transport, now docked at Norfolk, for nearly two weeks in 90 feet of -t:,i{}l/j},-:J,/f~i forts failed t.o open the alter-battery v water was uneventful except for '. {:::::~~;,);;M·<" compar,tment door, which was · fine job, well done. I am a few minutes that it grounded in .' ~!-\:,:J<·::'{i') slammed_ag~inst the inrushing wa35 feet of water off Jaffrey Point ;;j}.,, },;; , , ..... ,,. . . , . ,. ,,.• ·r·- . ~reatly pleased and proud of the and again for about a minute off :~:~;;i)A .,.. N.} 1 '.',_ ,, . _, • '.,:. -,,";,'::-• ··· ·., 3qualus salvage unit," Rear Admiral Fort Point at the mouth of the :),;:.,';:,~J,¥J;,-:;!-c-.: {)~::.~/,·.~~~--;-:..:~_:z;.J:~;1i(·t:~;.-~~h;t;{,r.:---.~•>.t-,. ,- ;_r:.:,~'i:f.<Yt",,..::;1 r~v:r.:.., ---- , - - ~-=--=--- Bodies Of Victims May Be Removed Late This Afternoon-Board Of Inquiry To Reconvene Tomorrow f:;: 4 ::i }::'i/;;.;:;:f )i;;p{•tf: : .~·: . .· .•.\ ~ " ' /_.;,;i"'~/r:i:;f:·~ -A i\ ;\/l~/ff{J{ ~A ~tl~tm �avy Var The haul into Portsmouth was led , ing to the long line on the highway Sackett, u. s. N ., anaCapr.b"'h1rTe by the Wandank, skippered by 1 were cars waiting at nearly e-:ei-y Holt, skipper of the tug John G. I · Lieut. Comdr. Frederick J. Silver- driveway and road off the main Chandler. Captain Holt skillfully nail, USN, while the Falcon hauled street. One man, reported that he directed the course the ships were to astern of the Squalus during the had been in Boston that day, and ·, ta~e up the river. tow, starting at 3.20 p. m. and end- arriving late, stopped in town for j Attached to the Wandank was the ing at 9 o'clock. ,. supper, not thinking about the Chandler, and then came the subSt was a real feat navigating the Squalus. From the New Castle l merged submarine, with only the 850-foot flotilla up the river with Bridge to the Wentworth Road, I conning tower visible. The four its 4,550- ton submarine burden. The took him 85 minutes he said. A line pontoons were attached to I Falcon, commanded by Lieut. of cars extended from some dis- end. With a snub line was the 1 Jsharp, USN, and home of 150 saltance on the Wentworth House ,rescue ship Falcon, looking somevagers during their long grind at road, road, through New Castle, to ' what the worse for service, but nevsea, is the he:~o am~ng nav_al crafts. the second ?ridge at. one time, and ertheless there was an atmosphere She was a World War nune layer in some sections the !me was double. of triumph, as for the second time it and raised the S51 in 1926 and the , The spectators lined the banks of had triumphed over the Atlantic, • J S4 in 1S28. Assisting boE:ts in yes- j t he river and the shore of New Cas- the first when on May 24 r escue opterday's procession were the China j tie and K_ittery in every poini; where . erations from that ship resulted in . gunboat Sacramel).to, Commander a good view of the scene could be ' 33 men, for the first time, being Jerome L. Allen, USN; the naval obtained. It was a silent group, all I saved from a trapped submarine, , tug Sagamore; the coast guard along 1the line. There were many 1 , and the second in bringing the sub- ; lighthouse tender Hibiscus, Oapt. thing.s in people's minds as they marine into the harbor after many a Osmond C. Faulkingham, and coast . watc~ed the ships towin,g fou~ pon- set-back. W1th the Falcon was the guard picket boats 409 and 410. toon,, while between the.:e four pon- Penacook, the navy yard t ug . . Capt. Shirley Holt, Jr,, who not _I toons was about six feet of a conning Steaming some distance behind were ·. long ago successfully navigated the 1tower, th e only visible section of th e other ships attached to the salvage ' [ USS Texas to the navy yard, as- i tomb of 26 men-peacetime hero:!s · fleet. The Coast Guard boats, Nos. sisted the Wandank in the tow with of the navy, 409 and 410 which had been runn· 1his civilian tug John G. Chandler. · _T here were ir: th rut st eel hull to and fro~ th;i scene, were off 11 The naval tug Penacook, command- , fne nds and relatives of many who · ,t he sta.rboard during the tow. 0th ed by Chief Boatswain David L. Ull- were watching the proceedings th ose smaller Coast Guard bo-ats assisted I;1 man, USN, helped steer the Falcon, J same people who 11 ~ days ~efore had After the first of the processio ; running in reverse to hold the tow · gone d~wn on. a trial crmse of th e went up the river the other boa IIin check, by nosing against the sal- submarme, which m~ny of th e men j came into the harbor and anchore vage boat's port side. The Sculpin, on_th e banks of the nver had helped for the night. First came the ligh l sister ship of the Squalus and skip- build. Some who watched th e pro- j' house tender Hibiscus, then t pered by Comdr. G. W. Wilkins, / g_re.,s of th e silent cort~ge up th e . Sagamore. A little later. the Sc : USN, furnished air for the blowing I: iver. had been trapped m th e _s~eel I pin, sister ship of the Squalus, ca and made soundings during the run I tomb but by means of th e divm,g ' around Fort Point Light and a , to P ortsmouth. · bell h:d been snatched from death 5 chored. Later the Sacramento, kno 'I : very oor. i as the "Galloping Ghost of t Then too there were those who , ch· c t,. b ht th 11 C st Traffic Jam At New a ie knew the divers had worked unceas- 1 ~a Ofl:S • • roug up e re :1 Never has the town of New Castle ingly for days and days, in order that of ,he pro_cess10~ and, as the anch seen such a traffic jam as develop- the scene which was unfoldoing, could dropped, 1t marKed the end of th th •[ ed following e towing of e be made possible. It was with a feel- .,_,s.,.:_a.;. lv_a,e,g.e_o_,p~e'-r-'-......,.-=---..:---:------:-.:'· 1 ' Squalus up the river. Newt Ca~tle . ing of relief that many saw the sub- ·_ 7 0 1was one of the best place~ v_iew , marine come up the river for it , .. ~HJ< [ the salvage fleet as the submanne, ·· meant that ithe dangerous dives, were . •.. , ' ·· ·· was brought up t he river. All along · over. Men had risked 1their lives hunthe ocean front of New Castle, al_ong . dreds of times to descend 240 feet the beach, around Fort Pomt Light below the surface of water in or111 and up the river. people gathered : der t hat the salvage work might be '/ to watch the progress of the pro- fruitful. i cession. Thousands of people saw · But :probably those men, joined :in 1 the ships from that town as well as death by others who gave their lives from the Kittery Shore, the Memo- , were paramount m the mmds of rial Bridge, Pierce Island and Rye. i most of ithe spectators, those men Field glasses of all sorts of descrip- ·.i and itheir loved ones It wa:s, a sad, tion were brought out to better view i and yet a joyful time, for man had the scene. j finally, tri_umphe<cr over many a After the procession had passed I heartbreakmg setback through th all who were in cars, started for / long stages of ithe salvage work their destinations, but found much j A Moment of Triumph to delay ·them. Some, apparently j With weary ~ace, yet triumphant anxious t o see the submarine, had was Rear Admrral C. \V. Cole, U. S left their machines in places where · I N., commandant of the Portsmou they prevented other machines Navy Yard, who was in command o from passing, as the lines formed. the salvage operations throughou It was a long procession that h!!_lted the long weeks marked by failur traffic for some time. Traffic .rom and success. He was on the Wan Portsmouth to New Castle moved dank as it led the proce::-sion alon with frequent interruptions. but the I the coast and into the river to the traffic headed toward this city was j navy yard. . Wi~h him in the pilot at a standstill for a long time. Add- ihouse w~~ ihJS a1d•e, Comdr. Earl L. I ! I I i I j I· I : I I , I: I I ;/;o . : ·, :j :i f- - -- - -------=-....,..._____, -------------~~ "'- �!\1}3:J±-- -: _____.·. -'• -_____· -;-... --------- -·-·-- ·---- ·------------- -------------·····--·- ------ . . . ·---·-·--· 1 ?~Remove odies rom Squalu ·-s . :-·. ':\ '. ·.. '.•.\~ = = = = - - - - - - - - ~ ~ = = = = -- I J_\_· .t:_~-_r- F· ~ :,:'_x._)<_iJ15~ .'., : t·' \~~t~~Drcimatic Scenes Take ·- .;, Place At Navy Yard ~ Lieut. Comdr. Charles B. Momsen, I: USN, inventor of ih.e Momsen es'I cape lung and a key figure in rescue j and salvage efforts, said he believed ·., . 1 i those tra,pped in ihe after compart- , I ment.s had died a relatively merciful ;·· death. · _., "I believe all must have died in a · ·, 1 few minutes," he said. , , . •. ;, ' II . ,}_:,·_;;. _•-:_ .· _~:·._',; \:._ •·;,_ ::,;~;~t~~tl~~:~;:~~~i~:!d~\~:!i;~oni ~~~rt~;.fi~'tf ·.:,i:{{1 0 I men ts recirculated with fresh air. \ The climax to the greatest salvage . .,_ :,, ~ .•;•. 1 The goal that naval salvagers The step that really climaxed the ll operations, in American history saw i· ·-r . -~----:,, ~i;",f, "r-,-...<·/·. have sought for 115 days was won long months of salvage operations many weary, tired salvagers relax as - -.- ,';.;i -against the Atlantic today when the was the opening of the aft hatches the Squalus ~ettled down in the ·- ·. -_', ·, ';.;\'. submarine Squalus was safely dry- during the night and the removal II drydock on the cradle that will hold t.,~ , docked at the Portsmouth navy , of five bodies shortly after midnight it for the neext eight or ten months, _, ,. _. 1 yard. · which preceeded by only a few mo• / during which time it will be placed Twenty-four bodies of the 26 vie- ments the tow of the submarine on an overhauling status. Rear '··' ,'. ·' , . ,· tims were removed from the ship by into the drydock. b Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, U, S. N., .l 1 ' .. noon when metal workers were usThe first movement of the su • commandant of the yard, and all · ·1.,_ •.-·c-••::.-:;l, ing acetylene torches to free an- marine on the surface for the first the salvage officers and workers ,,:::;\~ ! . ;- -~ other while crew survivors searched time entirely :floating by its own w,ere given high praise today for the ....., "< '' _ I +-: :-_;~ ,.'?l{: . · ::a::: ;11y~~~~i~~£~~e~;:~~~;t~:r~ ·:~:~::!~::}:;:!aC:c:!E~:~t i ,-, _.·-:·-.,_· : .·.,-·~: 1 ~; s::::t:::::Y, :ff ::: 1 when 26 died in the aft end of the members of the Squalus survivor ' gang plank another search of the ship, as it :flooded May 23, was told crew helped man the lines. interior was made but still only 25 today in the positions in which the While the sun still gleamed in the bodies ·could be found . The theory ;~:e; :O:~ . :~;!e~~e°a'Zw~~:~:~ ~~rtt!m:!;•toa~irk::~~ fi:~r;:~~ ::!e a:~:~cJdo~~a:f t~ee b;~\:~:; ·. partments were opened before day- plank to the ship was lowered and room hatch found open on the lift ,·... . break, One man stood at his tele- later bodies were carried over th15 only a few weeks back, but officers phone station, beadphones on, walk, . . would not discuss this supposition, against the wall in an upright posiMedical corpsmen, wearing white Included among the. first of the tion. unfforms and rubber tloves, lifted bodies to be removed and identified How near rescue 20 of the now the victims, wrapped in a white 1\ were: Ensign Joseph H. Patterson, dead men found in the aft torpedo sheet and tied · to a, stretcher, USN, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Joshua room came can never be told, but through the hatches and then they Casey, fireman, first class, Grand many of the crew feel that had the were carried up ;the gia.ngplank )Ridge, Fla.; John A. Chestnut, chief bulkhead into the torpedo room to waiting ambulances that took :machinists' mate, Groton, Conn.; from the aft battery room closed a them to the ~ospital. . \Robert L. Coffey, electrician's mate, number would have been saved. But It was possible to make identi• 1second class, Fullerson, Calif.; Liona body was jammed in the door fications of all bodies as they were :el H. Fletcher, electrician's mate, keeping it open and allowing the taken to the hospital. third class, San Diego, Calif.; Euvery aft compartment to :flood. One of the victims, tentatively gene Arthur Hoffman, machinist's The court of inquiry, headed by , identified by a, shipmate as Alfred mate, first class, Brooklyn, Mich.; . Rear Admira,l Wi1llam T. Tarrant, \ Charles Priester, ~rpedo ~an, of ,Alexander B. Keegan, seaman, first USN, of Boston, commandant of the Rosedale, N. Y., aled at his sta,• class, Quakertown, Pa.; Huie K. First Naval District, re-convened tlon, telephoning what was hap• McAfee, electrician's mate, second this afternoon to hear further tes- pening in the aft as it flooded. He class, East Point, Ga.; Marion L. .. timony in an attempt to decide what was found in an almost upright Ward, radioman, t.hird class, Drum...__ _. happened on the Squalus the morn- position with the earphones on his wright, Okla.; Robert F. Gibbs, toring it sank 15 miles off Portsmouth. head. , pedoman, first class, Lexington, s. C. One of the first activities the court Anotp~r._victim, W~Q___gied _a,t his · Funeral plans for the victims Wf:re listed for this afternoon was board- post, shipmates said, was und er being handled principally through ing the submarine Squalus after the the aft battery room deck where the Navy Department in Washingbodies are remov~~1 _ and compart-_ it w~ his duty to make hydro- ton. As each was identified notice . , , . ~ .,, -~etric measurements. was sent to the Bureau of Navigation, which in turn notified the next ,...... of kin. . . -----~--~ --- .. ' . -- -·-· - --~· --·-- -· --··- -------- ------ J: _:_t_;_;_;_'..l_!:·,·:';_:_t_. _i _ ,"' ;· , - · ·, ·.y./: ~- ·:•_:'.;,{,;)i~ .- ,,:, ·-, . t ::· . . "·: . .'-t~(;, 1· '1 ~~~- -~-~- �Officials here said they believe between six and eight would be given a final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, while the families of two of the men expressed a preference for burial In The Presidio, in San Francisco. The widow of Don Smith of Detroit, who was on the Squalus for the General Motors Corporation, said he would be buried In Detroit. Unofficial sources at the navy yard today estimated the cost of salvaging the $4,000,000 submarine Squalus, which sank off this port May 23, at about a quarter of a million doJJars. Heaviest cost, these sources said, wab for materials. especially hose lines-about 13.900 feet of which had to be replaced times, Where BodiesOf Squalus Victims01 Will Be la ken ?' The 26 submarine victims found yesterday will be sent to the following places, it was officially announced today: Lieut. (junior grade) J . H. Patterson, USN, to Arlington National cemetery, Fort Meyer, Va. James Aitken, fire controlman, third class, Arlington National cemetery. John Batick. electrician's first class, Portsmouth. Joshua Casey, fireman, class, Chattahoochee, Fla. John Chestnutt, chief machinist's mate, Presdlo National etery, California. Robert Coffey, electrician's mate, second class, Veterans' Administration facilities, West Los Angeles, Cal. Elvin Deal, machinist's mate, second class, Copper Hill, Tenn. Lionel H. Fletcher, electrician's mate, third class, Presidio National Cemetery. Kenneth R. Gan-Ison, chief machinist's mate, Arlington National Cemetery. Robert Gibbs, torpedoman, class, Lexington, s. C. John P. Hathaway, fireman, first class, Arlington National Cemetery. Eugene Hoffman, machinist's mate first class, Brooklyn, Mich. Alexander B. Keegan, seaman, first class, Quakertown; Pa. John Marino, seaman, class, Marshalltown, Iowa. Huie K. McAfee, elect1!ician's mate, second class, Arll~ton National Cemetery. Squalus Valve Found Open m ,I Special to The Chri stian Sofence Monitor PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Sept. 15 -A Naval Court of Inquiry seeking the cause of the sinking' of the United States Submarine Squalus on May 23, was told today that examination of the submarine after it had been raised showed its main induchon valve was open. This testimony by Lieut. Colnmander Charles B. Momsen, inventor of the Momsen escape lung and one of the experts aidihg in salvage of the $4,000,000 submarine, given as the Court reconvened at the Navy Yard here this morning, confirmed previous testimony of survivors that water entered through this valve. Dove With "Mouth Open" It meant, in the language of Navy men, that the Squalus dove on May 23 as if "with her mouth open," taking in water unknowingly. First testimony did not state, however, whether examination of the submarine had shown why the valve had not closed. Officers and members of the crew previously had testified the proper levers to close the valve had been turned prior to the dive, and the possibility of a mechanical failure of the equipment had been hinted. Commander Momsen also told the Court that the Navy was not as well prepared for salvage work as it might have been and suggested a group of salvage exJ?erts be named to perfect plans fdr use in the event of future salva e o erAlfred C. Priester, torpedoman. second class, Arlington National cemetery. Frank H. Schulte, machinist's mate, first class, St. Louis, Mo. Bascom s. Scyphers, electrician's mate, first class, Abbington, Va. Sherman Shirley, torpedoman, first class, Little Rock, Ark. Jack Strong, machinist mate, first class, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes. John Thomala, machinist's mate, Royalton, Minn Marion L. Ward, radioman, third class, to Drumight, Okla. Robert R. Weld, fire man, second class, to Arlington National Cemetery. Civilians Charles M. Woods, civilian electrician, Portsmouth. Don Smith, General Motors Comany representative, to Detroit. ations. He said some of the submarine valves were too close to ~he railing of the craft and that ~t J~e~ 1:~l~~~n;0 ~fv!lv~~e~~hw~ asked by the Court to make formal recommendations as soon as possible. Restoration to Service While the Court met in the Administration Building, the Squalus, which had been raised and towed to port on Wednesday, was being prepared for restoration to normal service. In the drydock, into which she was floated at high tide at 2:15 a. m. (E. D. T.), the Squalus flew the American flag and a commission pennartt to show she still is on active duty, despite the 3½ months she lay on the ocean bot• tom following her foundering. Further evidence that the Squalus is to be returned rapidly to usefulness was given when her commander, Lieut. Oliver F. Naquin, who was rescued with 32 others from the sunken vessel May 24, boarded the salvaged submersible prior to her flotation over the sill of the drydock. With him on the Squalus as she entered the drydock were 27 others of the 32 survivors. This morning naval officials rontinued the removal of bodies of the 26 men who perished when the ship sank. The first five were removed last night before the S ualus was dr docked. �Photo shows the U. S. S, Squolus in the dry dock at the Novy Yard, after its dead had been rernoved. Workrnen are now engaged in cleaning up the subrnersible, preparatory to a visit by a Board of Survey frorn Washington, headed by Adrnirol Harry Errisen, USN., wha will orrive this week. a'rd of inspection and survey, headed by Admiral Harry L. B:insen, USN, from Washington, will make an inspection of the submarine. Bhcourt The court has much testimony to I review in their private conference and observers expect that mo.st impo1,tant of their discussions will be the cause of the Squalus sinking. Unofficially it has been said t hat Visits Submarine Sculpine Compare Valve the rush of cold sea water came in through the large iar induction Operations In Effort To Learn Cause Of The valve opening. Squalus Sinking Bodies of seven victims were sent to Arlington National Cemetery at .,,_fore the court their findings in en- Fort Meyer, Va., and two were The Squalus court of inquiry today tlfying the 25 bodies taken from the 6hipped to Presidio National Cemeboarded the submarine Sculpin, sis- submarine last week. tery in California while other vlciter ship of the Ill-fated submemlble To establish the presence of Robert ltims were being sent to their homes. that sank off Port.§mouth Maiy 23, P. Thomson, ship's cook, third class, to compare valve operations in an aboard the ship the day it sank two effort to determine if defective oper- survivors of the crew testified. Fellatlon of the high air induction valve ciano Elvina mess attendant, testicaused the tragedy. fied he had seen Thomson at breakThe court also prepared today to fast and Raymond S. O'Hara, pharhold a privrute conference to review macist's mate, first class, told the t~timony of 33 survivors, engineers, oom,t that it was only ten minutes officers, and medical men prepar- before the fatal plunge when he noatory to making a finding possibly tlced Thomson Jydng in his bunk in later this week for the Naval De- the aft battery room. partment in Washington. O'Hara's testimony strengthened Meanwhile, Rear Admiral Cyrus some officials' t heory that Thomson W. Cole, USN, commandant of the atbempted to escape through the aft yard and commander of the Squa.lus battery room hatch and was blown Puzzled over the i,.pparent failure salvage unit, was preparing a lengthy from the submarine through the of the high air induction valve and and detailed repo:,t of the 114 days hatch when it opened during a liftlthe appearance of a light indicator of salvage work that was climaxed ing operation. by the successful drydocklng of the Navy yard workmen today started ,that it had been secured, the SqualUs wrecked ship, 16 miles from the 240 clearing of the sub of debris and con- court of inquiry today recalled to the feet of water where it plunged oar- ltinued the drying process inside. The stand the ill-fated 5'1lb's diving offirylng 26 men to their death. principal damage to the vessel, of- cer, who was watching the "ChristWhen the board convened this ficials said, is to the electric motors mas tree" board on May 23. Lieut. William Doyle, Squalus' mor~ they first heard Comdr. and engines although the ship strikJ, T. Stringer, (MC) USN, of the ing against the pontoons caused diving officer, testified before the naval hospital, and J. H. Taylor, rome superficial damage to the for- court that he was positive that the high air Induction valve was indicivlllan identification experrt;, who ward deck and conning tower. came from Washington to identify However, before the engines are cated closed by the flash of the ismall the S ualus victims. They placed be- dlsa&embled for repairs the naval green letters "sh". (The letters mean Naval Board Of Inquiry Continues Sessions To Officer Again On Stand , ? · \ 9-. shut>. �',,;,,:.,.,!;i''.t,''r· . : . ', ·;c;,:,~c.: .. /(. " )'.;;r Afte;;-thedemo'nstr~ti~n ·of t11t;::- ·E?i ~~ct:~~ ~ . __ >-~:-~ .... j ::u:~ .1Sq uaIus Vct·, ms 1 :~~ee;se~~~~;~~~'.yth : : ·: found that the Squalu.s' valve was f'; ::-,:'. j not locketi into a closed position and ,\-:· ·· l, ordinarily failure of this lock to work would mean that no. light would I··,. '. ~:~:.on the "Christmas tree" indiI : ·1 Senf To la st Resting 1 p 1ace :~I ---· _ .. s. ' ( I I Fi!::t, ..vas · a M;chinist'; M-ate · Class. · Interment will take place at So. Phicago. Ill. :~·~- .. -~-~; :,'. Marion L. Ward The body of Marion L. Wa,d, Radioman 3rd Class was sent to Drum.right, Oklahoma, at 12.23 today. Interment will take place at Drum'right. Okla. The Naval escort was C, A. Powell. Comdr. Charles W. Styer, judge \, · : advocate of the court, questioned : : Dooye, asking if it would be possible ! for the engine induction indicator Thirteen of the 26 men who lost · John A. Chestnutt ,i to be out, thus increasing the blank The body of John A. Chestnutt their lives on the submarine Squalus ( : space on the board, and be unno· was sent to San Francisco, Calif., / ., , ticed. wh.:n it sank off the Isles of Shoals Interment ,~": _ "No, sir. I don't think so," the · on May 23 have been sent to their ' at 12.23 p. m. today. 'will take place at the Presidio NaI' · diving officer replied. . last resting place. The bodies of Asked again if he had seen that · the 13 were sent by train over the <tional cemetery . , ._, particular light, the witness said, "I weekend, going to various parts of -Robert L. Coffey am positive that I saw it." the country, the farthest being CaliThe body of Robert L. Coffey, With navy thoroughness, the court fornia. Accompanying several of : electric;ian's mate, 2nd class, U. S. planned ,to make an examinrution this the group were some of their ship- :Navy, left Portsmouth today for ,. afternoon of a switch-box, con:tainmates, who had served on the Squal- : west Leis Angeles, Calif. \ '· · ing a number of micro-switches ~. but had been among the 33 men which are operated by the gentlest f who were rescued. Elvin L. Deal touch, in what observiers believe is ,' Funeral services will be held at the I The body of Elvin L. Deal was an effort 'to determine the possibility / various destinations. i sent to Tennessee at 12.23 p. m. } · of a switch operating while the in- f The following victims were sent to today. -Mr .. Deal was a machinist's duction valve was in a closed po.si- 1 ' •·;, it.ion but still unlocked. f the place designated for burial: mate, 2nd class, U. S. Navy. InJohn M. Thomala . terment will take place at Copper•·r· The court today also continued 1· The body of John M. Thomala, their review of te:;timony andi evihill. Tenn. The escort for this body dence taken during the first session · machinist's mate first class, U. S. was A. C. Bryson. held at the navy yard while Rear ! Navy, was returned to his home at Admiral Oynts W. Cole, USN, com- I Royalston, Minn., on Saturday a·t Lionel H. Fletcher mandant of •the yard, still led salva- / 1 :23 p .m. The naval escort for this The body of Lionel H. Fletcher gers in what has proved their sue- I · body was the deceased's brother, Jo- was sent to tne Pres!dio Nation~! ~eph L. Thomala. Services and in· ceS:.iul recovery of the $4,000,000 vescemetery at San Francisco, Callf. terment will take place at the sel. Mr. Fletcher was an electrician's Parkston cemetery at Royal~1ton. Meanwhile, workmen continued mate, 3rd class, Th~ naval escort their rehabilitation of the wrecked for this body was A. H. Prien. 1Robert F. Gibbs and rusted submarine so the naThe body of Robert F. Gibbs was . Eugene A. Hoffman val board of insoect.ion and sursent to Lexington, S. C. Mr. Gibbs The body of Eugene A. Hoffman, \;• vey, headed by Admiral Ha.rry L. Brinsen, USN, that will arrive at , was a torpedoman first class. The machinist's mate, 1st class, U. S. naval escort for this body was his Navy, left at 12.23 today _for the yard tomorrow can start their wife Mrs Milania Borisovna Gibbs. [ Brooklyn, Mich., where serv1c~ .. two-day inspection of the craft. Ser;ices ~nd interment will take and interment will take place. The The board was scl1eduled to place at the Carter cemetery in Lexnaval escort was C. N. Pierce. make an inspection of the subington. marine Squalus a few weeks after 1 John J. Marino its accident on a routine inspec- '.B ascom S. Scyphers tion as they do all of the navy ; The body of Bascom s. · Scyphers, j The body of John J, Marino was boats, both commissioned and non- •E lectrican's Mate, 2nd Class, U. S. 1 sent to Marshal~wn, Ia., for in• commissioned. It is generally be- :Navy left Portsmouth at 7.22 this j terment. Mr. Marmo was a seam~, lieved at the yard that the ship imorning for Abington, Va., v.:here I I 2nd class. The naval _escort for th!S I will not be decommissioned dur- ·services and interment will take I body was W. N. _smith. 'place. The Naval escort for this , j The P . J. _T1mmo~s F~nera1 ing the repairing of the craft but ;Jody was G. C. McLeese, •·j Home of this city was m cha1ge of . · '· will likely be put into an "over; . I all of the arrangements. The re.· hauling status." Frank H. Schulte 1mainder of the victims will be sent It has been estimated that the · · cost of overhauling the ship will · ,: The body of Frank H. Schulte was I to their destination as soon as pas- : ._ / mount to $2,000,000 and that it 1'.3ent to st. Louis, Missouri, at 12.23 ,! sibl!!, f)_ ~~ . · ~ · __;! will take from 8 to 10 months be- · p. m. today. Mr. Schulte was ll machinist's Mate, First Class, The r:afore it will be re;;dy for use 'val escort for this body was E. D. ~~ t:\ t 7 t8 :3 \ ,:. . ,.'' again. .Cravens. ~ , . '1 :·• • Comdr. Edward Ellsberg, USN, , ,;: ,'' ret., sent an advance copy of his bherman L. Shirley newly published book, ''Men Under I. the Sea," to Lieut. Oliver F. Naquin, • 1 The body of Sherman L. Shirley, ., irorpedoman First Class, U. S. Navy, Squalus's commander. The book i;; ( · .,.· d-edicated to "Lieut. Naquin and ·.. :eft Portsmouth at 12.23 p. m. today I• ;or Little Rock, Ark., where services . crew, living and dead, of the USS ~-/ Squalus, Heroes All." In the last · •nd interment will take place. The .\faval escort for this body was L. B . ..1part of the book the retired com- ·:.•·.':'.·~anness . .·•j mander and well known living au, thor of undersea stories, relates in )ack J. Strong ··1 dramatic form the rescue of 33 su-r The body of Jack cl, Strong left •' vivors of _the Squalus . dis~ster.____ _ :it 12.23 p. m. today for the Naval "f'I . · . ,·I H'.ospjtal at Great Lakes. Mr. Stro::_~ ,I ~~~~f> I~.~ I,; \-.< I . . :~'.: .§,~ r ~..'·· ~.. b - ; \,..~. ·,, ~ ·, . ' . ,. q. ., ;_.i.. ~.~:;:,.; . . •. ;;~ -~:, . ·•-.,;,i-; I :f)\ ·,' J;.'· ;,}}.;;·~ ~~\"~ !~: �:sa ~~<· J-\•~ r~l (" . s .c--. .;:bltX~,._._-_._ 'i· .., " -~ ·.'ir.,'>'.J,/"'1'· :.,_,,,,.'':••. ~ Ab I C ' • • _ _ _'·• ' C ,, ,. C" : . -.. ·..-.-~,~,,.,. ... -:"-• J; -~.• · · , ffs_o Ve s Om ma nding -}_l 0 Ice r Of Any BIa me / .:-r:,.. ~t~~ot SU~- join in the inspectie ·o Duties of the board, it was ~~:r~~· r:~~l:i~gtot::~:::e w~l t be worth the ship's value when It is •-~•.- 9 ·~•r. ·,_;/, "• ~• scheduled to arrive at t he yard q -.t.~_;:_,;_:_: .../~:_;-. ... - ~ -<° \ returned to service . , Commander A. J . McKee (CC), f:~~~~~:~Mo~:~~:~:~:~: : l~~~~~~~ff~~~~~ 0 :~~::~~ ::_.:~.t.t.l.l.:.:_:.,. . -~ After exhaustive testimony and F. Naquin he is not a defendant .1 rest L. Becker and Baxter Curtis .. ~-~,. evidence in the submarine Squalus before the court." . civilian pipefitters at the yard and • ''!~u.t-== ,:-; tragedy was completed before a Lieut. Naquin still holds his com- residents of this city, testified they . · naval court of inquiry, Lieut. Oliver mand of the submersible now in had applied a pressure-test to the . Francis Naquin, commander <1f the drydock and being prepared for Squalus' hydraulic system since sh~ ' ,,__·_ ill-starred submersible, was today overhauling by yard workmen, al- has been in drydock and found it _. .... ,:. · ab-.rolved of any blame in the under- though the fate of the ship will of- : \satisfactory. The hydraulic system ':.t1 sea tragedy that tock the lives of 26 flcially be determined by the find- controls the air induction valve .',;if\ men on May 23. ings of the naval board of inspec- •\ through which previous witness ;"·~ The court finding on this point tion and survey that started a two- . , expressed the opinion water e '/- >I' was read by Rear Admiral William day inspection this forenoon. ·i_\l tered, flooding the aft section. ;f$.~j T. Tarrant, commandant of District Members of the board arriving ' The court also tested the air · i:f ,";,1 No. 1, Boston, and it was the decis- from Washington today included duction system on the submar· ~:~~~- Ion for which the young commander Capt. L. s. Border CCC), Capt. ."J Sculpin, sister ship of the Squal L~ ·· had waited for three months. George A. Alexander, Comdr. E. B. ~~j to determine what . possibly ha The court of inquiry adjourned at Rogers, Comdr. F. R. Dodge, Lieut. ,-~ pened aboard her sister vessel . 11 :44 o'clock this forenoon, about I Comdr. R. R. Wells (CC) and '·':J,...,t-;::h.. .,e. ,fs::-a..ta;,:l:;:p~l-::u:c-n,;'-,g-::e.:-_-,--:-..,,.---::--,,-,.,--..,,,.J:' '•. ~n ho~r after the last evidence, an \ Lieut. Comdr. Arry Sander/ Adinduction valve . demon~tration m~al Harry L. Brinser, presiding '.'·s:,_f);t-~ "•;_."<;;•: <':'.,.. ,, ~.f>' aboard the submarme Sculpin, was officer of the board, and Comdr. R. ':'-.f · · entered in the court records. A. Dyer, both of Washington, are ~·· ·,.:·:~:, · · ~ · ,, ... . During the clooed conference that · , · ,,. ·· · ';: ~ preceded the formal closing, they dis..... ,. cussed the cause of the Squalus' fa.• ··.c· t,al plunge into :140 feet of water. 1 t;;'" Testimony before the court ~hawed .1 PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Sept. 19 "Can y9u say positively that t ..r_i;,>jthat the aft end of the ship flooded j<A')-Checking the possibility an high air induction indicator w .f/ti1! by an inrush of cold sea water electric indicator board showed the lighted?" through the high air induction sys- 1high air induction valve of the Lieutenant Dolye, seco,;id ··:.-~'•$. tern when the hydraulic outboard · submarine Squalus closed when command of the $4,000,000 su valve apparently failed. :- actually it 'remained open, a ~aval mersible which sank in 240 fe The court's finding, together with Court of Inquiry ordered a sub- o! water May 23 and was salvag recommendations directed toward marine switchbox brought before it and drydQcked last week, tes prevention of repetition of the tra- today for inspection of its opera- fled before · the Court last Ju gedy, will be reported to the Navy tion. that the indicator board showed Lieut. William F . . Doyle, the green light when the Squal Department in Washington. While members of the court, Squalus' Diving Officer, was the began its fatal dive, indicating headed by Rear Admiral Tarranr-, only witness before the Court's ventilation valve was closed. Testimony has indicated t presiding officer, and including morning session. He replied afwhen Commander submarine was flooded through Capt. Thomas Withers, chief ordi- firmatively o nance mspector of the Newport tor- Charles W. Styer, Judge Advocate ventilation s stem when the of the Court, asked him: pedo station, and Capt. W!lliam R . Munroe, of the naval Intelligence Bureau, discussed the evidence that /ihad been entered on the record~, Lieut. Naquin and Co~dr. Charles w. Styer of the Washmgton naval ,.,.., observatory, waited most of the time .:~ in the lower hall of the Adminis- ..... tration building, not far from where ·.: the vital decision of the court was . being made. •.. During the court of inquiry hearThe fate of the submarine Squalu .. ing, earlier in the summer and this was in the hands of a naval board ~f J ;\!(' ,week, Lieut. Naquin was techn!callv : ". survey and impection after it left· ·:,,.!'.~i~.•~a ddendant, before the court, hav- · Portsmouth yesterday at the con- : -f(;!f:-:jing the right of counsel or to call ' clusion of an inspection of the ill- · , -..::.-~:.\: itnesses, but he exercised neither fated ship. It will determine : .;:-,{~- right. And only a few times during · whether the submarine shall be re- ~ ··t_t~ ~-.;_~ the first session of the court did he : turned to service. Rear Admiral ·, , .... questlon any of the navy's witnes- ' , H arry L , B rinser, ..,../yr.~:f:..j• · u . s , 1N ., h ead of :· · ·-:"});:' ses. .:· the board, said the report would be ,:-<fi"r!~ When the commander was called • ~-- made to the secretary of the navy ., · ;·~<>·. • 1. into the court after its conference ·.-,. '-p_on_.__ 11 "'.:·,-: ! today, Rear Admiral Tarrant read \">.:·' ~ • .11 '.· · the following: . •~.>: ti .·/rftIW :r:.1,ti_;·. :r_ ,._\ . :;;.> ;- :: :;,::_.~: Squalus Indicator Checlied ·•}tZ t: nspect'10n Of qua Ius Complete s ~·-----------...J ... ~ ~.~ __;__ - ......,__ �""'.A~,.-, •·"-.js~ \:;~;:t;:¾~~-~~~;.~f~\Jtlil}.7,.,-~~;~;:~:;,: '~ ·{ :_ ,. , ' .' ·,o· a•-..-r ' '•,. ··:-1 ,, '}~:.>g!lt'~•·.~ ~ign Wars. Readmg of John A. Lo.:- '"j He emphasize? the r_esponsibility of}! , gan's Order, No, 11, by Past Dept. c.j the architect m tending to his co~- L., .·! Comdr. James Kelly, Unit~d Span- >~ munities the talent. and tram~ng 1 ish War Veterans of the Dept. of N. j that he possesses toward extendmg i _'.:'. .j H. Selection by Veterans of Foreign ." a greater understanding in, and ap- /'.' (y Wars Band. Remarks by His Honor, ·.'. : preciation for, the cu_ltural develop.I Kennard E. Goldsmith, Decorat10n ment of his commumty. . . I .>_,<; . . of comrades' graves with flags by The architect must also give his L-'.'? . James B. Mahon~y, chief mar- Sons of Veterans. Volley by U. S. ) counsel for the prevention of th e [' /:} ;' shal of the Mem~rial Day -, atrocities that are being perpetrat- · ' ·· th parade Marines. Taps by bugler. : in this city, today issued e follow 8. At the conclusion of the exered, particularly in the commercial rd ing general o ers: cises, line will be formed and will district, through the lack of fore - . :: .' General Orders No. 1 . · return through South to Pleasant to sight for those things_which reveal } , 1. In accordance with G. 0 . No. , state, passing in review by Army good taste, He cited a number of m - _ :, 1, Central Veterans Council, James and Navy Officers, Grand Army Vetstances in prominent cities through- 1;J., / B, Mahoney _is appointed c~ief mar- erans, and other officials, at Hotel out the 1:nited States in which . th= C/ shal, memorial da~ committee, and Rockingham, After passmg the re- _,.! commercial zeal for advert1.sin., :.e,';,t r charged with makmg all necessary . viewing stand, the chief marshal and •.· over-ran the bounds of decency and : .;:-:,_'f: . .-: arrangements for the duties incum- · ,staff will join the reviewing party , attractiveness by complstely obliter_, _ }.·-bent upon his office. '1 and the units of the parade will proating an otherwise fine-appearing '· \:·, ij.(,~{:.. 2. The divisions will assemble at ·i ceed to their home stations and be business section with huge and poor~;".:':JtE~. 12.00 p , m., Tuesday, May 30, at the Idismissed. . ly di.;:played signs. These signs various points hereinafter stated. , i ;,._:-_ :,::J,('.'-\,•.ftf •;,,o.: : J-: • · should give the impression of an m' .fi>",f. · 3. FIRST DIVISION will as- -' 'V~ '.: .:L,,,•::;:_: ' 1.; ~, •·;.,:--· ~ -- -2.l i Q dividual handshake and welcome to 1 evsry shopper, he said, but instead a \{-0,:,J-;: semble upon the east side of Pleas- ./•-~·:,;_;•._-· ·; ·. · :,.;.:::J;;",s.t. ant street, right resting at the First mass of these beaco~ make a be,:· National Bank, Market ~quare, and f: wildering and confusing introduc. will consist of the followmg: Platoon -;, , tion to the wares that the merof police, chief marshal, chief of _,· chants are endeavoring to sell. . staff, · aides, honorary staff, Ameri- _ He told how successfully a bm,:1- : can Legion band, u. s. Marine :-,: ness district _might maintain a far ';\ corps, Battery D, 197th Artillery ;·, more attractive appearance by co- ,'-';· (A.A.), N.G.U.S. ·operative effort and thoughtful <:,;: ·4. SECOND DIVISION will as- _ consideration. The Fifth Avenue {i semble upon the east side of P leasAssociation of New York City has ant street, right r esting at the cor- ·. ____ received high respect, not only from , ner of S tate. !he _division will be The annual meeting of the Newl the casual visitor, b_ut from shoppers . in charge of Chief Aide James Kelly, Hampshire Society of Architects , m that section as ;;ell . .( and will consist of the following: was held in this city yesterday Mr. Maginne.;s commmded __ .:,' Veterans of Foreign Wars band, afternoon and evening. j New Hampshire society for· its ef- •·,:;.-? { Frank ~- Booma Post, ~o. 6, Ameri- · Architects from all over the state! forts to incorporate and_ develop ,. can Legion, Henry Wallmgford Post, . d pl asant day in our his- \· the assistance of the Jumor mem- ·_'::'~-.•· L · Emerson enJoye a e · · t th ., . No. 89, American egion, _ toric city. A number of the archi- '- lbers of the profession m o ~ moq! • ; Hov~y Post, No, 168, Veterans of -, tects spent the afternoon visiting \_ responsible duti-es of the society at Fore1~n Wars, Camp Schley, No. 4, ·', several of the beautiful and historic _ large. He stated that this is . be- .Sp_amsh War Veterans. _ homes under the guidance of Eu- coming more generally the attitu~e , ;:,, THIRD DIVISION w~ll assem- gene Clark, The latter part of the f of the American Institute_m foste1 - : ble upon Market street, ngh~ :e_st- afternoon was occupied in the an- \ ing anii developing t.he ability of _the · ing at Market square, . The_ division , nual business meeting and in elect- young-er architects in the profe~s1op . :~. will be in char~e of Chief Aide B. E. ing officers for the C01Tiing year, Later in the ev~ning the architects ': Rutter, and will consist of the folAfter the business session, a ban- enjoyed stereopt1con views . of the ,; lowing: Girl Scout Bugle and Drum quet was held in the Colonial room Williamsburg, Va., restoration, ac- , Corps, Girl Scout Troop, Boy Scout . of the Hotel Rockingham. Follow- companied by a descriptive talk ~Y .· Troop, Sea Scout Troop, Sons of ing a brief message by the retiring Prof. George ~omas of the d~'> Veterans, Camp Harns Post, No. 3, . president, M. E. Witmer of Ports- j partment of architecture_ of the Ummembers of Storer Post, No 1, G, , mouth the newly elected officers versity of New Hampshire . A. R., in autos, Disabled Veterans were introduced. They are Prof. .,.. ,._, ·'· and guests in autos, Gold Star Arnoid Perreton of the University Mothers in autos. _ of New Hampshire School of Archi6. Guests will be received at City O tecture, president; Eugene Clark, of ..,. , Hall on Daniels street, a t 2.00 p. m., Durham, architect and director of .\[{f taking autos in the following order: _ the Historic Portsmouth restoration ?fff..;.:-t,;:.c\.-'.: Commandant, U, S. Navy Yard and , committee, vice-president ; Harry G, ·:,1;_;;.:~.:,.::;;; staff, His Honor, the Mayor and City . Forrest, architect of Concord, sec- _.-:,'!;\:t.-/r'f',f Officials, Chapl~in of the Day, Rev . . retary and treasurer; M. E. Witmer, '.,~·)'!;/),;';':'.;::. _Philip S. Nason. They will take posi- architect of Portsmouth, member of {°:/'f{f,.)1;Jl tions upon the west .side of Market the execi..tive board. "····:i),';'..;.;/·,J · street right resting at Market The new president, Professor Per::, 1 reton expressed his appreciation of ;":<;-':,.-:<0~"';;~r 7, At 2,30 p. m., the parade will . being' elected to this office and he } , ·;{}::;:;:£,· move over the follow_ing route: Con- ,. !.'.ssure_(i Uie ,:ocieti, of his earnest de- 1:·~~~!iit:"•·:• gress, Islington, Cabot, Middle, i- sire to broaden their activities into Richards avenue to cemetery, where ·, extensive fields of value to the pro- .:?4} the program will be as follows : '.'. fession, __.;•·" · Selection by, American Legion ~\ The society then enjoyed a very \ band. Prayer by Rev. Philip S. Na- __ illuminating address by the Presi- ;'. son. Reading of General Orders No. f'. dent of the American Institute of ·: 2 by Past Comdr. Jeremy R. Wal- :,· Architects, Charles D, Maginness oi '-:,, dron, of Frank E. Booma Pos '., No, :~ Boston. In his talk Mr, Maginness .<:; 6, American Legion, Reading of Lin- ,,: stressed the need of the architect ·i;J coin's Gettysburg Address by Julius in the field of civic development. :il"J· C D 1 · Co d Veterans of For ·$. ~ · - ...... · • -:-. •• ~~~w:,::;.. · --,-,.~~~~,J_!_{!~z~li~t-:~:~:11~. , rder·s ·:_ ·\ !: I r '. I ,11 •j if.:S "}1?>·· f ;•,-::<>~:.:.•. · ~ ':f · •_, · N H Soc,·ety Of ArehI'fecfS HOIdS . Meetmg , Here . I tR I ,J/)q?J:,, ni~~i' :._~-~~~~ ._ ~~~~_;~ /! .:.!.:-. . ..."'1;. ..-:~~---· ; .,;; ~ ll~:f3.~~V-:·~:~~£:. .1:,•- ~ ·.= -~~~;..3-;1;t~it?:;.,::::·~ ~1;__._:.:::t~~~:.. -~ �· A£;~Y¢.Gl"l\0-nd. Y-_~1,c.-rc:t\"\.$ ~re r-n :-P~-,\1.· :: ·:> ~ ~-: -..:.. , . ·-;.- -· . · -N\~·vvi .o.- i oJ ....Set· l9~~ ' -- r- Einersori- Hovey Post, V.F.w. '.,.and patriotic instructor of Storer Frank E. Booma Post• A. L. ,.·; Post, No. 1, of Portsmouth and was .. ,... --~•'f.'i-'" ',-·· I , ·1 Hamptqn Post, A. L. . .\ one of its most loyal and popular ':-/~ .t" -. \ Greenland Ve terans' Impr. Asso. · 1members. 1 Hampton School Ba nd I "He was one of Portsmouth's Y 1 Camp Schley Auxiliary U s. w. V. 1most respected citizens, dearly beHove PoS t Auxiliar V. F. W. · poved by the school children to : : / )1 • ] Booma Unit, A. L'. Auxiliary • lwhom hz spoke on patriotic occa:i._' Silver-lined clouds covering a Hamp~n P~t Unit, A. L. Auxiliary sions, and he was in constant de.:.:,.:· .1. ,. blossoms of fruit trees Ladies Auxillary of the G. V. I. A. mand as a speaker before adult > .,, ., summer ,un, . Greenland Grang-e groups," Mr. Heald said, "The passnd , ,'"-.. against a backgrou of fre_sh gre·, n Breakfast Hill Council Jr. O U A M 1· ngof Joseph Dool1'ttle was a d1'sfoliage a profusion of bnll!ant col-. Boy Sc ts B 1 dD C - ~_,_..._ lored flowers surrounded by neatly ou f ~g ~ an th rum orps tinct personal loss to me as I consid0 trimmed lawns, white monuments Bo Sc t Tor smofuP ts th . '· ered him one of my closest friends. !?". ::s;·, t • Y ou roop o or mou "He was a man of sterling charl:'.\f;':./ . ~race~ by Old Glory gen ly wavmg Boy Scout Troop of Hampton · acter, a staunch patriot in peace as ·' ' .-·-"•~« m a light breeze garlands of remem- , B Sc t ,,... f St th :;,~,(;:·, brance placed by loving hands on oy ou .._,·oop O ra am well as in war, possessing a perl , ;·:~'.•':•:· .. th1! place where lay buried those who Sea Scouts,_ S.S. Ranger, Portsmouth I· - sonality which attracted both young , 7{:- ! . t . 1 Girl Scouts of Rye , - and old, a man truly having the .,.... fought a losmg battle, ye won, so Girl Sc t f N H t 1 ,.•., -.. ,. \· 1diers of many wars marching with G' Sou s to f os.t athmp on 1· courage of his convictions, and a ·, · th • f ,. Ir1 cou s o ra am , champion of truth, honor and clean rhythmic s t.ei; to e mustihc O mal n, Greenland Student of Portsmou lh living. bands and arum corps, e co ors High School staunch_!~ held and d1li~ently guard- Greenland Students of Portsmouth sh•~~~e G~e~~r~.en~a~f 1:~w a:a:t ed, aux1_hary members m umform Junior High School · .:.f,, . d h Ild l hite and blue standing comrade; his home com. an c ren n w . ·· Greenland Bo s 4-H Club !. ,~\ • such was the scene- which greeted G d YCh'ld I munity a beloved citizen, and the I ren ::;, ', · b · d reen1an state and nation has lost another · · ·.:• ~ -~·• ,,·, many hundreds of neigh ors ~n. Greenland Girls 4-H Club '. ' .·.·: ru~:~-:~'"ued'1cat'e uark At •;.{:,'.":·I ', :_:~-·lGreen Ian d ', ·,. ' , _' r ··f. :] ~·:t-:-.-,(•. I ~;t/":J· / ~~~::,1~=:: 1~:~~~:~~d:~:;e~'.:~ I~~-~ ~?,. .~_._• ,_;_,_:_; ___ ._. ·· },·,;~,~-~-,:_:,:~:,,.~.,-.:' .. .•;·~-·-;:_~,--·~s···~,·,·.; _·_..·,:.,·.. G~~:~n!a~e:~;:eade'd not only the r,-,.:.;,,·_/.·.·.', finest parade to be held in Green.'f--· land, but the largest of those held in -_~;:_-'t ,::~~~f~~~e<;;r::t; ~:;~ :t:;;3/!~ ;-;,, :· , ;·; m. Notwithstanding there were }:t,, -~ l many units and that they arrived ,'I , : from nearly every community for ·\ miles around, the Increasing crowd •\;·'.·\ caused no confusion, ,:;:y/-::;~·; Within two minutes from the time !:, :-' :"· · the American Legion Band of f'qift'.~::·l Por tsmouth arrived to lead the par{\-4:,{;-- \ade . the long line started the march. j.;-i;~'.- iNever was there a finer example of ;.):.:~:.;?)' !the value of military training. Each ti,' "'"···j l{i\~"-:,,r1knew his duties ana proceeded ~ f-\: ~· · parry them out. While there 1s !ilif.~./ · !nothing exceptional about this in ~-;;,..1 '. things military. what is remarkable •~:i"'.f.;;;. ~ '. is that the G. V. I. A., which spon1sored the event, is but slightly over t'~:.. ; ia year old and the small number of ;i.'.."P .· · 1its members made only a mere hand;~·,' ,ful available to direct the several ~J;J;;, ]events. Were it not for the fact that ': each organization that participated •1 Jin the M::morial Day observance had •~1\:.- fine leadership and experience in -~:°-J similar events, the degree of success :;)..::,,: !could not have been attained. /:,~. • 1 Th~ parade was made up as fol":\)(":;-;.,.'-7 •lows: New Hampshire State Police Marshal George Packard ~'t'~B -, .1 Chief of Staff Arthur A, Peterson ;.,,:;;,,'.~ 1 Aides, Vice Comdr. Maurice Hamel, ·/,::~·-·· -~ ArthurN. Gagnon ::':i.,.;-~- ; Dignitaries: .Rev: Archibald Kerr, ~(::,~:.:,: ; Hudson Van Etten, D. S. C ., Col. 'i;!J',;Fl Godfrey, Lt. £omdr. Godfrey_ f:_,<~:.i. ! Rep. James L. Miller and Select-,:'iffr ')t1 l men Arthur Sewall, Clarence f1J:',\;:'.' j Gowen and Thomas Brackett ff.:f\.~. JAmerican Legion Band, Portsmouth Battery D, N. H, N, G., Portsmou th 'J,.' .,··, 1 , ,U· S. Schley CamE, U. SW V .. 1 •_:\.• · , IPay Tribute I t·t :· • t:?.~?}; ;,~J ;\,: ,1 ,-~~r,\ -;--- ~ ~t-~~ i ~~~~~:;1: f:~~!: ~!:~~;E~1eD~~= , - ' ~->; ·•, ;~;~:."r" .· ~,\fr-·:; . To >~~~>_; ' :V-. "As we stand at this grave, may 0 ::c~!:eg:;\~~w,u~~e~:e~n!: ti~: '.::,'.'~:~,:; Iflhagllcame to us from our fathers, it ' . Memory Of Former LoeaI Man 1!-r/. 1t'• •4." I and the veterans' Memorial Park at -,-- - - - - - - - - - - - - ---, · .,,t,,~, 1 '. s a ':'•• :"'i r.· :~..-~~-.: ' _ml.t -~\ '- .1.·--~> -: _:' ' ' ' . ' '. To Visit Grave Of ·t . 1 ____ A fitting tribute was paid at the · grave of Joseph S. Doolittle, a well known G.A.R. member who resided in this city for a number of years, wave over our graves. Joseph ·____ Dool'1ttle~,:·-<,: ,· I j · '- / .·•'','·: ., ·•.,• ' f:· . ;._ :· Atty, Stewart . E. Rowe, a past de- .. partment commander of the ·Som :, ,-./ :~~ l of Union Ve~rans, will be the speak• ' .',:::,_./ at th e Woodla nd extension ceme- I er at the annual memorial servi01 '"' tery in Keene, special exercises be- I at Ke_ene. The John Sedgwick Po&1, Jng held there on Tuesday afterNo, 4, G. A. R ., is in charge of the :i,:· :I noon, following the regular memo- service, and Comdr. Frank E. Arna- , :: '· · rial exercises at the Keene City hall. · don of the New Hampshire G. A. R. Cleon E. Heald, a resident of will be pr-esident of the day. Cleon ' Keene, but a local school teacher, , E. Heald of this city will be ehairconducted the G.A.R. ritual serman of the day for the G. A. R. vice. Atty. Stewart E. Rowe of this \ Following t!}e program which "{ill city, who was the Memorial Day . I take place at the Keene city hall, orator, placed a wreath on the grave there will be a parade with a memo• in behalf of the Capt. Thomas Asrial service being held 'a t the buri&l r · ton Harris Camp, Sons of Veterans. •:_ lot of Joseph S . Doolittle at Wood- , Mr. Rowe is a past department land Extension Cemetery. Mr. Doo- ·' -, commander of New Hampshire. Mr. little was a ·resident of Port.smouth ·-,. Heald placed a wreath for the pufor many years prior to his death pils of the Lafayette School, and several years ago. Memorial Day also a bouquet of flowers for Storer services meant a great deal to him ' Relief corps. '. and he always took a prominent In his eulogy Mr. Heald spoke of lpart in them. Mr. Doolittle being born in Win- . Portsmouth will be well reprechester on Jan. 9, 1835. He enrolled 1sented at the exercises at the grave. in the army with the 14th New '· The ritual service of the G. A. R, :. :•,. Hampshire Regiment and served for will be given by Mr. Heald. Stewart three years. He was wounded in the E. Rowe will place a wreath for th• . battle of Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, Capt. Thomas Aston Harris Camp, 1864, and was honorably discharged Sons of Veterans, and a wreath tot the follo\"ing June 1' the pupils of the Lafayette School, Of th~' 20 0 Civil War veterans ., and flowers for Storer Relief Corps from Winchester, Mr. Doolittle was will be p~aced by_Mr. Heald. the_ last one to survive. He _he!d the .. ,, ·· ' : offme of department patriotic ini structor of the G .A.R. and chaplain . " . I I ~st~:·< .... -~. ,· . ~· .· ·,.' ' ' ~ ' :. -~-- ·- I rt\ ~ :~~ .< >. . '._, ~L-/L._c~- ~ -=.. \. __,__ :---~. _'M :-J."~~~/ ~~ ::~"~ �%;: ;: . . . .. '.-"\i;· . , _\,\·Jo~~~_;:,'5:~:"' ,l'(;.S e-,.. ~'---- ( " ffj> ~ y--.--lm p~es-~ive f ;i bu te 1;:,::;;~i~•:::~::~:~:.ir;:i;:;:r ': 1 t1on; / nay, with Justifiable pride, ;: .iTo Men Of The qua Ius ,_ '!~~: ~~:'i!f:''.;:· .;~::;,:;~: 1 j fident that, in the Divine Provi, dence, they have not lived and died m· va1·n." ,,. Memorial Services Held Yesterday Afternoon The background of the stage was "' '· 1 y a large American flag, while on I At Navy a r u Itori um either side were vases of lilacs. At 9•'. ____ ~..__ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _""."':__:-"'.""TI the front and on each side of the '.::i · Chaplain Stone next paid his stage were two bouquets of carAmid the quiet of mid-afternoon tribute to the men whose names nations. if· on Memorial Day, survivors, rela- have so recently been placed upon Following Commander Stone's ~' · tives and friends gathered at the the roll of honor of this country. tribute, all sang the wen known ( · Navy Yard auditorium to join in a His talk was as follows: hymn, "My Faith Looks Up To :. '. I tribute to the 26 men who lost their i"Dear members of our navy family 1Thee." concluding with the third .,._ l !ives in the smkmg of the submaand friends: verse: rine Squalus. Comdr. Arthur E. "It has seemed appropri2.te that "While life's dark maze I tread, :; Stone, USN, chaplain of the ya.rd, we gather here today as a family of ' And griefs around me spread, .f- · spoke feelingly in a brief talk, men- service people to pay loving trib- , Be Thou my guide; ~ tioning the performance of therr ute to the memory of thnse who so \ Bid darkness turn to day, (~ duty in the best tradition of the recently and so suddenly were Wipe sorrow's tears away navy. called upon to give their lives in ! Not let me ever stray" l''.,.I The members of the crew of the the performance of their duty as ·1 From Thee aside." [:; sunken submarine who w~re saved, navy men. / For a brief moment all sent up a were seated in a body, wh1J,e friends "All over our country on this : silent prayer, and this was fol- ~.·:,,.':l and relatives occupie_d seats at the Memorial Day the people have ' lowed by the benediction which was front of the auditorium. The ser- been placing flags and laying pronounced by Commander Stone, ~; vice was simple, dignified and yet wreaths upon the graves of the and all flied out quietly into the , : heart gripping and there were men and· wom~n who died in ser- afternoon's sun, comforted by the [~.- many who were unable to stand vice in peace and war. Our na- ·words of tribute and sympathy $ . the strain without showing emo- tional day of remembrance takes !which they had heard. f tion, as they thought of their dear on special significance for us here, · :.:. ones, who were trapped below 240 for our loss is so recent, our grief · ~ feet of water in the steel hull of so fresh. We have scarcely begun to ~ · the underseas craft. realize that the roll of honor of ?.\ • ~'t 1: At 3 o·clock Lieut. Comdr. 0. F · our country has been lengthened s;. Naquin, USN, commanding officer by the names of those near and { of the Squalus, entered the audi- dear to us. torium, followed by Commander "I am sure that these loved on~s c--: Stone. Commander Naqu-in re- would wish no fulsome eulogy at " mained at a table in the front_ of .a gathering like this. They lived ~' the auditorium during the service,· like ourselves, simply and without ,;,· which was conducted by Command- ostentation, and the performance er Stone, who opened the service by of duty was ihe chief object of their reading a prayer. which was fol- lives. It was in this performance·. lowed by all repeating the Lord's every man at his appointed station Prayer. -that they were cut off from us . ;:: "The Lord is my shepherd. I shall 'In the best tradition of the navy,' • · not want," began Comdr. Stone 25 , fitly describes both the manner of ' he read the scripture ~eg~nning . tMir going and the manner in with the 23rd Psalm. Contmu111g _he ; which you, who were rescued, 1, read other comforting words, lll• I carried out your assigned tasks, f_'.: eluding the 14th chapter of John, IAs service men and as citizens of "In my fath~r's hou~e !re many j our nation I believe they wish no rl,. mansions." His c_oncludmg selec- , greater praise." !~', tion was from the book of Ro - ! "Some of you here have cause to mans, 8th chap-ter, 37th verse,· be unspeakably g-ratefui t.h'lt,:,· " . • • in all ~hese things we a.re 'i your lives were spared. In Gods more than conquerors through Him ,providence, some were take_n: so~e '.- that loved us. were left; but the same spmt amL' "For I am persuaded U1at neith- !mated all-a willingness to make I · e1· death, nor life, nor angel~, nor the supreme sacrifice, each for the ·; principalitie.;, nor - powers, nor iother. '?'reater Jove hath no man things present nor thiugs to come, than this, that a man lay down his "Nor height, 'n or depth, nor any Ilife for his friends,' and that love ~,- other creature shall be able to has had full expression. . ~ separate us from the love of God, 1· "It appears inevitabl~ th~t, m :~ which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." . the great pattern of thmgs the ?- F ollowing another prayer, James : mind of the Supreme Architect, ij- J . Morrison. Jr. of this cit; sang 1who is also our Heavenly Fathe:, "Lead Kindly Light"' being ;;ccom- j suffering and sa~rifice have their ;/.". panied at the piano by Mrs. Ruth _1places. Certainly 111 the life_ of the : ' Price Marshal~---- ____ \_ \.\· ,: ___________ ', 1 d A d· r-. · t.. I i ,t I i f· ·t *~ .~- ?' t.· ,r L1 ~ ~ t r I µ f &/ I m i f ~- ' - ~ ~ ,.:i~ ,;:1·:•} j ·· �,. rts·"m (' _:o _.):u '.~ h 0 . '.~A~;~;~~j:. ._t_ s.-c._ _;;·_ -·-=':~~fL~;; pn rted He roes ~ 0 \,A ·, • '('s Largely Attended Exercises At South Cemetery ::. 0 ~.:; "~'.:~lt 2f}_~~t, I\ dedicaj;ed_to the men of the Grand 1 . " t.'.':/?)c' ,:"-•'. .,_ Army of the Republic, has become ·:-~:t•~-1• ,:r--:~,•-;Z a day apart from all othe_rs, wh~n people from all walks of life, umte •'·... :~y,.,.· __ ,..__ ·· ·.,:,~0t in its observance, to pay respect to ·• .•~:,~~j} its departed, who played so con- 1.·;, 0_\,)J/,}· ,t.':';''µ;:,: spicuous a part m the welfare of ~,·~ --··J, :::.Y..:.\· .,,,.., . ._·. ,;~ .-'~·~?.:·\~i~\-t52h::,t_-f _:'"'~ff:.:~; : ;,i;i:;;-;;~J(: ~:/\ ~i a ,::!ion~re citizens, pat.riots, aH united in the common cause to pay ,,.;;:,Z\'':''. ·,:"'.•f'' •::Jr~ respect to our departed heroes. ~:/,--, ... ,, 1 whether these heroes be wartime or ~ i'~~;,~S,.-,i•:'£::/; Lieut. Comdr. J. J. Curley, Jr., rep- peacetime, and we decorate their A tribute to the honored soldier resenting the Navy Yard. Rev. Phil- graves with the nag of our coun- , ~ :...;,\• ..t ;,·;_;,.";i,'-1: 1 .: and sailor dead was paid_ by_ resi- ip S. Nason, chaplain of the day, try. May the true spirit of this day · ~'jf~~:.:;:}··J,•'J '. dents of Portsmouth and v1Cimty on 1 Gold Star mothers, a nd 0th er serve as a constant reminder to us -"·'· ,.o:-:,::Y:"1-<"•':,!.--•·:;-:':t -::;;...z,:; Tuesda y afternoon, when a large guests. who carry on, that those who have i'J.l{i:f~f ~:;\..;,..,; ,<'J,s} ~:@;;t number of people _gather~a,_~t the Rear Adm. C. W. Cole, USN. com- ; gone ahead are not forgotten, that ~:•:>)fJ:,}~t-_'\}~·,.-,(:\t ~ .J;; South Cemetery m t.he Hc..uty of I mandant of the Portsmouth Navy their deeds live on forever, that the }.:-'·'}ffei//;";~."-\.f:.;'{:?.'. :. the G. A. R. lot. ·1 Yard, was represented by Capt. H. examples they have shown 111 their ·.. \f'•.;,;,;-,,';::'.,·-·::,,,,..-.:.:tfk ~:- For t_h e first time no veteran ~f iR. Greenlee, USN, ind_ustrial man- lives and actions constitute a per- .. ::j_<;_:~'{it-~ i_-;k ·., the Civil War was a resident of this Jager of the yard. Adm1:a1 Cole was pe tual record, and that they have · ·-, · ._, ";-:,,' ,_,,;?:· · ., r:;,:;.,L city on Memorial Day. The last i directing salvage operations 15 miles not 'labored in vain, neither have \1~,'::;~:; './. member of the local G . A. R. post out to sea and during his absence they died in vain.' )JJ./i/Y ' has passed away, and just a year from the navy yard, Capt. Halford "Endowed with the principles that -Ji):--r-· · •. ago the last veteran of the Civil Greenlee is acting commandant. actuate these martyrs, may we :i¼~~ War, who was a resident of this city, The parade started from Market show by precept and example, in died. Charles B. Arrington, a mem- Square and proceeded up Congress our everyday lives, that the p eople ber of t he Phi! Sheridan Post of j street and Islington to Cabot, down of our nation remain bonded by the Salem, Mass,, but a resident of Cabot to Middle to Richards Avenue love of God and country, 'one nation Portsmouth, died late in the after- , to the South cemetery where, with indivisible, with liberty and justice noon of Memorial Day a year ago, muffled drums and measured tread, for all', proclaiming to the world making 1939 the first year in which the marchers ,proceeded to the lot at large that America still lives in there was no living Civil War vet- of the Grand Army of the Republic, peace with all mankind, that the . eran to honor. where 'repose many of the honored , sacrifices of our forefathers were not 0,:N./ All honor was given to those who dead who served their country in Vwasted." have answere~ the last bugle call, , the years 1861 to 1865. , I The graves of the men who lie f~ ·,:!_ and the exercises were attended by 1 Ea.ch group took up its alloted beneath the green sod of the G. A. s~hool children, vete:ans' organiza- 1position and, · augmented by hun- R. lot were decorated by the Sons ~-'.;,.l< •1 tions, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, ser- r dreds of onlookers, witnessed the of Veterans, a volley was fired by a vice men, Na~ional Guardsmen, and usual s~rvice in hon~r of the sold- firing squad from the Marine deinterested citizens. . - . , iers, sailors and marmes who have tachment, and "taps"was sounded by -: The parade formed m ,t he busi- l served their country throughout its the marine bugler, with another . ness .section, and at 2.30 clock got 1152 years. bugler presenting an "echo" from , under way in charge of Chief of The American Legion Band play- the opposite side of the pond . staff James B. Mahoney, comman- ed the opening selection which was , Re-forming the parade continued der of Frank E. Booma Post, Am- followed by the prayer by the chap- i out of the cemetery along South erican Legion, and a past comman- lain, Rev. Philip S. Nason, Judge i street, to Pleasant street to State der of the Ensign Emerson Hovey Jeremy R. Waldron, a past com- .' street passing in review by the Post, Veterans of Foreign Wa:s. mander of the local I?_ost of the Am- ! Army' and Navy officials at the City Marshal Leonard H. He,~itt erican Legion, read General Orders \ Rockingham Ho tel, and then went headed a platoon of police w~ich No. 2, pertaining to Me~orial Day. • to their home stations, where they -··.-;;(~ marched at the head of the parade , Comdr. Julius C. Delpmo, of the ,were dismissed. , ~ ,,,;, Next came_ the chief marshal. chief veterans of Foreign Wars, deliver~d : iv- .:,._...u n ~ -f)- - ·,;•\.:.~;?)fir 7 of staff, aides, honorary staff, Am- Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, while 0:r ~ .;·H ~ --·. '.::':i':,;:, · ' ·,,-ii'. 1 erican -Le~ion Band, detachme1:t of the orders of Gen. John A._ Logan ) l•},;,~{,t' u. s. Mannes from the Navy 'Yard, designating the first Memorial Day j: ••.,.~·-.,."...•--• • ,and Battery D, 197th Coast Artil- were read by Past Dept. Comdr. I · lery Corps, National Guard. James Kelly of the Spanish War ··, and The second division was in charge Veterans. [ of Chief Aide James Kelly, and inFollowing a selection by the Vet- [: eluded the VFW Band, members of erans of Foreign Wars Band, Mayor I ,·y; the Frank E. Booma Post. American Kennard E. Goldsmith was intro- · 1-., 0 Legion, and Henry Wall~!ford duced by the Chief Marshal. ---'¾_ ~~_}_ · Post of Kittery, Emerson .novey Mayor Goldsmith said in part: The oldest tree in the town of , .. Post, VFW, and Camp Schley, No. 4, "We gather here today, to observe York is a white oak which Banks' :J Spanish War Veterans. . ; in solemn remembrance, the pass- i_ History of Yor~ says was probably R. E. Rutter was the aide m 'i· ing of those brave men, who with \ planted five centuries ago. The ancharge of the third division, which hearts courageous, and steadfast in i cient oak is sending out fluffy pink was composed of the Giri Scout principles imbued with the Jove of [ leaves unconscious of the fact that Bugle and Drum Corps, Girl Scouts, country, have passed to the Great I: it is making history to the extent . Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts, Capt. Tho- Beyond. Few indeed, of us h~re f of being ~onv1:Yed by ~eed from th~ .;. mas Aston H&.rris Post, Sons of gathered, who have not been stnc- 1_. Maine Historical Society of P~r t "" Union veterans, Disabled Veterans, ken by the Joss of someone, who an- 1J land to the Old York Histo11cal :;, '"' Mayor Goldsmith_, members of t.he ~wered the call to arms for_ right, , ] Society for_ a do!lar and other val- :~ city council, City Clerk J . J. Hen- security, and the perpetuation _ of ,-1 uable cons1derat10ns. _T he oak, and ·\'~f! son, Capt. H. R. Greenlee, USN, and the ideals upon which these Umted the land on which it gro~s, was , __ Follow Usual Memorial D~y Parade t~:f:-?f::i ;~~~'7f:i;,,C:/;~(ff~ I -:;\·;:,~~'J;i} _ I J\{t :$,·;. ~ J I ° ft _ ,_;·' ,_..,,__ He re There ,. ·;f ,:~~1-,t~~~~(q~1~t,~~ ,j~~~t;,~[; ~§~ff~~~?i :;::~~.~~~~~1 ~ �• . . "':>.Q' ~tt;,fiJ. :/(f ~ e ¥i-c.0.:.vi~/~i&:C\ ~:O ~,• ·.q_ ~~v ~1 .--~ -, .. . ,1Q: l-;) I .\. _ t!~~-*12:~~··~- : . -· -- --- __'·_,_:__·' ·' . ,.. Jun'IO 'r.H,'g hAwards .r-· : '1 Md ae 1 '""r;l l . '.· ;.J __. ; : i~ _.,. ,. .--- 1927, .Ri~~~;d . Jameson, Dorothy ,·- The · rirsT7temoi1th.eir program is to publicize naval events, past Lo:9~8, William Rose, Elsa Steel and present, and the second, which . is of much importance, is to seek 1929, Ralph Pickering, Rosemerld the support of the proper authori'i Boyan rF 1 :t':1 'j_ -I .,'.__·.,; ·' 1930, John Turci, Louise Mat- ties to have the plot of land bound; ed by Wright Avenue, Dutton street ; and Scott street at the entrance to the Memorial Bridge, named Nav?J· th '\ .j ?; j . Ralph 1-. ·, / - c:.._ t_. -.,, . _ ~\ -__ ::,;,... /_- ___v_-:_ "' D. Brackett and Muriel L. '· · j· Kiley were selected as the outstand~! ing students of the eighth grade at I. j ews 1931, Laighton Carter, Ledora Da- Vl~932, Philip Hodgdon, Elizabeth ,.·. the Junior High School, and gold Remick J medals were presented to them by I Jette 1933, Gerard Griffin, Frances Mil0 1934 Wal lace Garrett, Jr., Doro' :sa b:::t, up::e::~ thy Watson ; · erous qualifications. The event is 1935, Russell Beal, Virginia Drew 1936, Ralph Morang, Doris Fer,.. sponsored by the American Legion guson : :~m:~~~t:~re~~da ~o~~e:tr~ ·1 t:1~~i&1• :~:: I this park dedicated to the officers . and men of the United States Na VY, Coast Guard, 1 Marine Corps.• and • : who have sacrificed their lives m 1 the snvice of their country. The club desires. if possible, to have this j park and monument dedicated on • and the local post has complete 1937, Gordon Wilson, Mary Jane I I I next Navy Day, and asks all veter- , charge of arrangements, and sets Hazzard an . organizati.011~ to expre3s Lhe,r · the qualifications. Members of the / 1938, Charles Morang, Miriam Ng /I, opinion on the subject. '.· .. class vote for their choice, while the The presentations were made at club plans spon,nr an es.-~- members of the teaching staff also ' the annual memorial exercises and · sayThe contest on theto local history of ?,·.. i vote. Each group counts 50%. The representatives from a number of : the United States NaVY, for 5tud~ votes are turned over to the officers patriotic organizations were pret ents of schools, the ninthpublic, gradeprivate in all sec~:;· of the Frank E. Booma PoS , who sent. The Junior High School Or- jIondary and it_ count the ballots and reveal the chestra played under the direction I parochial in Portsmouth.and vicml: winner at the annual Memorial of Ernest P. Bilbruck. Stewart I ,~-i Day exercises of the school. ' d Rear Adm. C W. Cole, cJ.S.N,, ,French, president of the Senior 1ity. jcommandant of the navy y1,,rd, has _ .i'.·'j1 James C. Mahoney, Cornman er lcorps presided, and Doris Holiday jpromised to cooperate by detailing ~; of the Frank E. Booma Post, pre- j gave "Lincoln's Gettysburg ·Ad- three naval officers to ~,ct as t.,: sented the awards. . lctress." Cleon E. Heald, a past na- 'judges in the contest, and the com"'ll The winner of the grrls awa rd , ltional vice commander of the Sons mandant will present the awards 1 ~• Muriel L. Kiley, is the daughter of Jot Veterans, introduced the various · f t , th Ad · · t ti 1,Building m ron at o,the nav~• e yard mmis on /i1Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Kiley of representatives present. on raNavy 1Woodbury Ave. She was 13 years / commander Mahoney of Booma !Day: ·.-· old last March. As a student at the IPost, prior to announcing the The r:l•Jb plans to r~cr1cst the I New Franklin School, and also at La~ards, gave a short address. ichief cf naval operations er tile Junior High School, she has !Navy Departm"!n~. t,,, order a crmser ;. / been in the honor division in her ·. ~-,_°I·~~ to visit Portsmouth on Navy Day. f J studies. She is prominent in the Also included in the program is I t l Girl Scouts being a member of I the plan to request the secretary of I Troop 2, a;d just received four the navy, and a.II United States · ~: badges for Scout work. Her attendsenators and representatives in Z:1ance both at school and in scouting I Congress, and U. S. Senator Walsh, 1 kj is nearly 100%. At the Junior High chairman of the Senate Naval Af- ~. I School she is president of the home I fairs Committee, that a cruiser be (' • room, and assistant editor of the -1 named U. S. S. Portsmouth in the Purple and Gold, the school paper. United States Navy, ~- Last year she was also on the staff · They also plan when the club at•• 1 of the school paper. , tains sufficient numeral strength l Ralph D. Brackett is the son of to support a club house, to seek I .' Mrs. Ruth Brackett, and ' the late ways and means of obtaining the .' Ralph D. Brackett, who for 13 years • Army and Navy Association build:. serve<i as physical director of the I Qt her Thing S ing on Daniels street as head quart; local schools. He resides on Miller Dedicate Park As / ers for the club, so that the buildAve., and is a popular OO)'. He will ing can be used for the purpose for iJ be 14 years old in July. He is promNaval Shrine Which it was originally .built; a inent in many activities, playing in place which all men of the Army, the school orchestra and band, as The newly organiz.ed Navy Club Navy, Marine Corps and Coast ~- well as being a member of the Ra- of Portsmouth, although in its in- Gus.rd may use as headquarters f. dio Broadcasting club at the school. 1 while on liberty. · t ~ He is very fond of sports, and is ac- fancy, has already adopted a pro- T h ey PIan to se t up an efficien tive in basketball and tennis. He gram, which reflects much credit service system with a complete list ,.- attended the Whipple School prior upon the officers and members of of vacant apartments, rooms and ··,] to his entry into the Junior High. the organization, and which should I houses to let, and to furnish in.I The distinction of winning these prove of great value to th e com- 1formation and help to all service .',1 awards is an outstanding achfeve- munity. • I men an_d their wives and families. ment. I The program is aptly termed, They intend to request the local -•: The first award was made in 1936 "Something To Shoot At", a nd its Fleet Reserve Association to join -~ when but one medal was given. The aims a nd objects are some th ing of /in the effort to make the program ;J next year two medals were awarded which th e members should be proud, a success, and also to share the ··l and this -practice has been followed l and in carrying th em out th ey / Army and Navy building with the ,, ever since. The winners of medals in ,j should have the whole-hearted co,_._ii h N avy CJ u b• ---- ~ l operation of every resident of t e .=.,1 the past have been as follows: community. --~-_ _ __ --~-;,........J.9M. J oh.!L_':t._ille_y__ ___.,.....-,-- -,--;:;- _ C, l ~ . ·.➔ the ~ f~ ·tl ~ ~ lPortsmouthN - . I avy 1' Club To Present . : Excel lent Program l:j ;:II :I. I H tj r1 I ~i I t~--.. ~-:' \_ . . . - Will Seek Among TO 1 _.J- ; �:~:;~~t:.:i~..f~~t_·\_:--:·:,' = = ~- -'-'-_,-~--':-::-·!~-; ._).( ~~:~~-~1t?t~·~:~~~~~~::'.y;~;'.;~~f~Y.t-~·-. ~-~-f:p:~:~e< : ;::•-:i:\ ',c·. ~~;:p;1::tf.::~~t;;,~:F.·~~: fiH ou se Fa VO rs R}'e Ha r bo r "~4 1 . mandant and officers of the local yard. the mayor and city / council, the American Legion, Vet;i'. erans of Foreign Wars, Spanish ·· War Veterans, Fleet Reserve Association, Disabled Americ11.11 Veter·.: ans and all other organizations and •ri navy ~ i Improve me n·t B1·11 .·.·.-·,.?:::..~.r_:_j .-· •:: .•: ·. · .:_·_·. ·. .• , _.. ;:\ ____________ ,;,,ti, '"'"m w~~~: ~ : _.; p M C~~•~~ue Wi::-~~;J::~i~o A • $ 00 000 s!na.te .i day p~sed a bill appropriating • i ., .. -•~· To :·· ,:. '·' ~}$. -r~;:~.f £:~h';,}::'.:~;.~fii Hea Id Bros. fBuy jth:h;,: ::n::,:::'::~::.";' Co Id sPring a'"..r_-, ~--· ' i ~~o ~f b~~~~~~~ ~~:k;~~~:~ 0 • J'.· ... $100,- work lS bemg done_ there and <two I , ._.,.. l1) R~: :i;e;~~t haa~d ~~r::inxd:~=:~~ omrnended favorably by the coast- I and the state co~bined_ to build . , ,,.; ~i,:,;.-:r-..;-- 1 I wise committee, which durinb' April these structu::1c.S, which will p~event .~:'l''!:~~- Announcement was made today ! made a tour of inspection along the I damage to th e highway and also ;_ ::;:i .• ,,-r':] .. • , . . . provide a haven of refuge for small · ·,, .. •.~-,t,_·_,,...' of the sale of Cold Spring Farm ·1 New Hampshme cc;,ast, ~•topping to ~ bo ..__ . to . f :c;"r,: 11 as a sa e -~·: _·_-,•._~,.·,.·.•,.:_t!: · th au:, m is for rms. as wecrafts. •,,,.__:,;;~;:-. ~:.'!\\.:;,~t1 and Cold Spring Farm Ice Cream ''li ex· a~me · e si·t,, f th e R ye Harbor : anchorage sailing _,"'.: :<.\/·•,·i:~.: Co in Greenland to ·H eald Bros of . !p:·,ToJhe~t. k •ct· •t •· •th ~ Plans call for dredging of the • ,,;-, . • -, 15 wor , provi mg i mee~, w1 Ii harbor and ge , ts :-:5."-' ',,,j Keene. The farm, which has been "'j-the approval of the senate and the U in tha ' s . ~era•. 1mprovell;1en -;.i{:; 1 in the _Brackett :atsmilyf .J , ?V:rnor which, is)yr,. expected~ wm j etc. Gu arc/ ~ina.·~·:·N g,.·~r·a•o>~,i.~n >d<.,.,as··,l'_;:_;.~ ·::'·.·•:.·._.:~. generations, consis o for~ se1vaeral ge :;';).\ · '•f ,.c· .. -~•,;J,G;,'._.:_;':.,';j 7 house, dairy and refngeratmg ~~; · ~ .~',l:!":.l'l~;.~~'if,. • • plant and two buildings housing the ~·t """'"'"'""' ,•:/w (7::~ -,!.,;,r.-_ :~ };':l:,.t •t!r"Jf'.i;>:~,""'·r"··•""' ice cream plant. The milk busi- i_:.,:, . t~~:{:f;'.;:P '/'.· ·':?;i;/,tf}1:,~~\; ),,_~. -. _, ,:~ ·•·,.',.y::'·;;-'~ ,;'-'t?;,; ness, cattle, milk route, trucks and equipment were not included in the ., purchase. The ice cream business . ; was :;tarted by the late Ralph D . .•· -:.i N >·· ° "<'- i~~~~• ~:~:, Lau nc hIng • of sea Roven . ·':;·_,:.✓\_-~·;~.:, •..••_~.:~.::·'_1;_·:·-':_,·' .•~-;.., dTI:9~ 0 w; I Be pr•. va te Brackett, and his sister, Mrs. HarB •/ old Syphers in 1928. I :-; In 1930, Heald Brothers of Keene, tiE?rF:'( becoming interested . in the ice ~ i\ · '-' cream business, opened a stand on Park avenue in · Keene, having purchased a half-interest in the formula used at Cold Spring Farm. The new owners will concentrate upon the ice cream business. No building changes will be made While the work of attaching lines this season, but renovations are ·. to raise the sunken submarine contemplated at the end of the Squalus continues, navy officials summer. Mrs. Ruth Bmckett of announced today that the launching this city will remain as hostess at of the submarine Sea Raven, now the ice cream store and Carl Hold- under construction at the local navy en of Keene has become resident yard, will be. strictly private. The the new company. The launching is scheduled to be on Spring Farm will be June 21, and only navy families, service employees and a few guests ·l wilbl be _on hl~dnddt.o wattchh the niew _· su marme s i e own e ways n· {; ! to the Piscataqua River. .The · ,, -· launching of a submarine is always a gala affair, with bands playing, '· flags flying, and whistles blowing. With the Squalus tragedy so recent, however, there wlll be no gay and colorful atmosphere. Instead the affair will be as simple as possible. Thursday seven dives were complel:ed to the deck of the submerged vessel, during which the undersea workers replaced two descending , ,.,_,._ ,<;t~·-~,:~s·~~:·•, ., , lines carried away during the early ~~:t~~ltr~•\1'. ',.- hours, A fourth air line was also ~:r:':}r_r:;;;~_ 1. sent down. 1 I . · ~.- ,. ·': ..\ ,·-. ;. t···: ~,.)# Ceremonies Will Be Simple Owing To Squalus Disaster-Salvage Work Continues ~~: '-'' '¥'------------------ ;;/f{ /K~~ -,~;,, ·-1 to replace the lighter anchors on ..,5,i~j the rescue ship Falcon. The Falcon 7·_ was also refueled, which is believed ·,.}i{!f; to be the first time that refueling · t~~ has been done on actual salvage '.Y:,tS work. Forty .thousand gallons of '. J.f,,~•fuel oil .. was -transferred from the ·._.Ji( barge's tanks to those aboard 'the . ".')~. ;,4f Falcon. .;..:.--:.:..~~ :)1f~ Contributions for dependents of the men lost when thhe Sdquatolutslwasf ·.·._,:.~.r.t,{ sunk on May 23 reac e a a o ;. $3,868. Tnis does not include, how- ':~\tt ever, contributions from navy yards, j\~:1r, air stations and bases. It is expected ";:?1?. that the total will reach at least ·:;;;;;:,,., $5000. '.~i-¥.t{ There was considerable interest in :+,':.').;'.., the news of the sinking of the Br!- \J_:_l,-.'. tish submarine, Thetis, which went ,> , down off Liverpool, Eng., yesterday. ,,,·;\·} Salvage operations were being -1· watched with a great deal of anx- ' ::;i·;:-/1 iety as the wor-11: continued on both \({/,'./ sides of the Atlantic in an attempt :_:;.r.:~i;"; to raise sunken submarines. There ·~\~( was a parallel between the sinking ··· ' ·" I Six big anchors, weighing from of the two crafts, as both were mak- 1~·;_ ~:, ~ · ouse buoys to mark them, arrived number of civilian technicians. ·_;_·.•_~•:·-:,•·:_.· , .:· 1 . ., i ·_--',:_·,·'.i_'..•-:-_:_'_: ' ___~,~.;.·.'.:_: o,:.:',-..,.r').•, .~ .., "i'.1 our to sllC tons each, with light- ing test runs, and each contained a . ,~-~i{i:f.'~~~~i\" , . . ,....li~~~:\;~~~~ ,~-l~~j~f �Assign Construction O Three Subs To Local Navy ard ~ Navy Orders Work To Start On 24 Warships- Largest Order Since .World War The Navy Departmen t yesterday aft ernoon wi thout waiting for fund to become a va ila ble Jul y 1, start of the n ew fiscal year, ordered work started on 19 of the 23 ships for which Congress provided in the $773,000,000, as well as seven other vessels which had been previously authorlr.ed. The v ssels to be built include two 1,475- ton subm arines and one 70-ton subma rine to be built at the P or tsmo uth a vy Yard. Actual prellmlnary work will also be started on two 45,000- ton submarines a nd the new armada ls expected to cost 350,000,000. The Navy's action in ordering 24 warsh ips at once, aimed at lopping months off the time required to build them, appeared todaY. to reflect official concern over Japan•! mounting sea power. Announcing the $350,000,000 order-the largest since the World War-Asst. Secretary Charles Edl.ron expressed belief that Japan already had shortened to about 5 to 4 the 5 to 3 margin of United states superio,lty In total tonnage, which wa.s established by now defunct treaties. ''Even with our 10-year building program we won't be able to restore th e tr eaty 6-5-3 ratio In aJI categories and total tonnage," he predicted. "J apan and Great Britain wen building ships In the years when w' were idle." f Edison Indicated this country', tonnage was not equal to Brita in's now, as provided In the 5-5-3 ratio. The United States' 10-year build Ing program was laid out by t he billion-dollar fleet expansion bill which Congress approved last year, authorizing a 20 percent increase in tonnage. In the number of combatant ships in full commission or fully manned, Japan leads both the Unlted States and Britain, Congress heard recently from Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of operntions. State Pier Survey Is Assured Bill Approved By Sl!nate Committee Concord, June 10 (AP) .-Portsmouth in terests seeking a state pier for development of the harbor were today assured that .a requested survey will be made. A bill directing the state Planning Commission to make such a study has been approved by a senate On Jan . 1 Japan had 223 warcraft committee and Is scheduled to be In service, compared with 199 Amacted upon the first of the week. erican and 204 British. J apan was credited with about 150,000 officers and men, compared with 110,000 sailors and some 12,000 officers in this country's fleet . The undeclared Sino-Japanese war was believed to be at least a par tial explanation . The picture is d!Iferent for the future, because the United states has far more ships building than Japan. The 24 ships of 159,800 tons ordered yesterday, added to 74 V€Sels already on the ways or being fitted out, represent a future fleet reinforcement of 617,000 tons. By what Edison termed "our best Concord, June 14 (AP)-A study information," Japan on Jan . 1 was believed to have 40 vessels of 234,040 of the need for a state pier tons under construction or appropriPortsmouth by a ,s.even -man com ate<;i for. Congress Wa<i told by Adm iral mission, to be named by Governor Leahy, however, that "Ja pan main- Fra ncis P . Murphy, was approved tains a policy of extreme secrecy today by the state Sena te. T he House of Representatives concerning her naval construction had already approved the bill, but program." provided for the study to be made Brita!J1 on the ame date by the st.ate Plann ng Commission. credited officially with 718,324 building or ready to start. Confident that the Navy had hi t its stride in turning out warcr aft with a minimum of delay, Edison told reporters the construction of ships already on the ways "clicking. " Senate Approves Study Of State Pier Need Here Bill Already Has Passed The House �Rev.-Rodehaver Installed As Local Pastor Largely Attended Service Held At Universalist Church Last Evening Perhaps then we might say in the Rev. Myles w. Rodehaver was third place a minister's obligation installed as minister of the Uni- is to his community." "I would say In the long run the versalist Church at an impressive minister achieves the greatest sueservice held on Thursday evening. cess in any' community will be the A number of ministers from this man who preaches th e best gospel,'' section were in attendance, as well he continued, "the man who lives as delegations from the Universal- the best life, but that takes t ime. 1st Church of Dover. It cannot be done over night n or Mrs. Marjorie Herrin, church or- in weeks nor In a year. Th e ground ganist, played as a prelude must be well prepared, the seed Tschalkowsky's "Andante Canta- must be sown, it must be nurtured . REV MYLES RODEHAVER bile." T)1e processional hymn was So a minister's obligation to his li!l••lll!l!lll-111!1IIIII~~~-~~~ "Come Thou Almighty King." community to get away from a ister quite as true as a minister Rev. Frank B. Chatterton, pas- technical phrase ls t he preach ing helps to bulld a church," he said in tor of the First Unlversallst the true gospel of Jesus Christ and beginning. "You have the obllga. Church of Cambridge, Mass., a living the best life that he can pos- tion to aid him in further equipformer pastor of the local church, slbly find to live with the people of ping himself for any work which gave the invocation. his commun ity." he may be called upon to do here Rev. George E. Huntley, D. D., of Rev. Arthur A. Blair of Nashua, and elsewhere. The obligations 01 Cambridge, Mass., pastor of the superintendent of the New Hamp- a parish to its minister migh t be First Universalist Cnurch of Rox- shire Universalist Churches, listed said to be fulfilled when a parish bury, Mass., spoke briefly on "The three important obligations a min- fulfills all its obligations to itself," Minister's Obligation to His De- ister has to his parish. The first he he said. He then proceeded to give nomination." In opening his talk said Is to preach religious t ru thG a list of suggestions of the attitude he spoke of a charac r in myth- and sprltual inspiration. He cau- a parish should have toward its ology that h ad 100 arms, adding tioned against spending too much minister. "Give your minister th e "every Christian minister needs to time doing the chores of the co~- benefit of the doubt," he said, and have at least a h undred arms." In munity rather than commumng urged that all support hi m in every the arms to be emphasized the with God. The second obligation effort to CQnduct the program of speaker said there must be one the speaker stressed was the Im- spiritual culture and ch aracter good arm to devote to his denom- portance of pastorlal work, saying development. He stressed the need !nation. That means, he continued, that calling UPQ.n your people, a nd of a free pulpit and tha t the congrethat he must keep himself posted, being friendly with them, means a gation must not expect all of the and know about the organization great deal. "There is nothing mor snmons to be preached on the and about its officers. "He must lmpontant for you a nd more help· truths that we know but that they use this arm in the service of his ful for your people than the parish must listen to new pri nciples. denomination" continued the calls," h e said. "Ano th er obliga- "Don't expect h im to confl;rm in speaker stating that the ministel' tion to a m inister is to br ing your his sermons what you already bemay be called upon to ~st the church into the organization of th e lieve," he stated, and stressed th e denomination and must be ready to denomination that your peopl importance of attending church answer this call. may know what this is all about." regularly . "Not only should this man of a Churches are bound together with Another important sugg~stion hundred arms keep himself post- ties a nd all churches of th e de- made by the speaker was th at the ed and active in regard to th8 de- nomination muS t work toge th cr parish should assist in making the nomination, but he should regard for the best in terests ~f the de- new-comer feel at home, the newhimsel! as a teacher and leader of nomination, was the third admon. comer wbo is attracted to the L his people m denominational con- lliOO. Rev. Lyman Achenbach, pastor chureh by the paachlng of sciousness and denominational loyof the oldest Un lver salist church miister, 01' by the minister al ty," he continued. "The Minister's Obligation to His in the world, the Independent self. "Go directly to him with Community" was explained by R ev. Christian Church of Gloucester, Rowland C. Adams. In opemng his Mass., had for his subject, " The problems," he said, and men tion ed which come to l,alk as president of the Ministerial Obligation of the Parish to Thell' the criticisms Min ister." Mr. Achenbach is pas· many ministers. He likened the · 'i on, h e br ought .,.,.eetings Assoc1a. b• tor of the church which John Mur- minister to an employee with at from that organization and exten dleast 200 bosses. The Job of t he ray, founder of the )ocal churc11, ed a welcome to the new minister. th m in - minister is to "please God pr11 "T_he mln lster'sh ,P, rhimat·ay _dduty"A isftetor· f_sotue1~dfeodlloawn!gse~~~e'!niss~~~a~; work marily< and his employers secondhis own c11urc , e 5 1 · .1 unity arily," he said. "Remember he and that obligation the minister's duty, 11 th 1s comm · . his family are in most cases cut I feel, is to his wife and family. "A church helps to build a min- loose from their home ties," )1.e said and called attention that in the present Instance the distance 1 l �. -~ . /~ 4, _:;.-~1;'!f ~~oo~~;~~-:T~r~~;a~;-r:1 i:~:~1~1fli;~~:~;;s!t\~~=-=b~:! _- - portunity to return home for relaxation. The final suggestion that was . made was to r egard the minister , and his wife as people "with the Isame emotional needs and desires j as you have . Don't try to birds p n gilded cages. ". He a_lso cautioned ihis hearers to live with the mm,. , --]· ister the virtues which they be· , lieve to - be necessary in the main/ , :j tenance of a truly Christian com lmunity. · In closing he congratulated the .---. Portsmouth parish on the oppor., tunity they have in being allowed to work with the new minister and his wife. The act of installation was given by Rev. Frank B. Chatterton, and the benediction was by Rev. Myles W. Rodehaver. Mrs. Florence Weeks wa.s the ·l soloist, singing Hammond's "Be·hold, the Master Passeth By." The vested choir, under the ·direction of Mrs. Weeks, sang "Send Out Thy Light" by Gounod. '..lhe choir was assisted by Rev. Arthur A. Rauner. The recessional hymn was "For__ ,· ward Be Our Watchword," and i the organ postlude was the "Gloria" :• from Mozart's 12th Mass. Following the service an informal ' reception was held in the vestry lot the church to Mr. and Mrs. IR.odehaver. In the rece1vmg line Jwere Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Witham, Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Pike, Rev. and Mrs. William Safford Jones, , and Rev. and Mrs. Myles W. Rode$~·- haver. !~?~:__.~:-~.' . ~ ~'. ·. ' 1· years from now, the will directs its owners it to sink in the ocean off Portsmouth. After the first season since Mr. Ducker's death the "crew" had the ship hauled up on the ways at Kittery, and during the past winter it was completely overhauled and repainted. The navigation license owned by its late owner, is still on board with many other original documents pertaining to the boat. The ship is said to be about 35 years old . .I_ ~, .. ' · .f.P~.1\-~ .T~.'\-~1 .,. 4 • • _,. :·-' · ' . ' ; .:.;,-.. ~Iilaunch 'The Witch' .. .~: ·. . . · . ··;:;~;.~·; After Overhauling ·J The gaff-rigged sloop "The ..:' · Witch," which has an interesting -~,, history, was launched yesterday at i,:.-1Kittery after a general overhauling, ·.:_:'. and was moored o:ff the Yacht Club '.:·-1 at New Castle today ready to take / its initiai cruise of the season to, morrow afternoon. Under command of the skipper, Warren F. Robinson of this city, the 30-foot cabin boat bequeathed to "a crew" by the late George H. Ducker, for many years city marshal, will sail from Portsmouth Harbor Saturday afternoon with about eight of its crew ·, of a dozen aboard. · The ship Will someday be towed .'.j· to_ deep waters and then sunk and , . will for everymore remain at the !- ·: bottom on the ocean, according to ,: the terms of the will. The boat was , , left to the crew with Mr. Robinson, the skipper, as trustee. When the ~-i-(i/· ~:~---·------- 2....., �- - ----- �op row, "9 t to e : illa Wyatt, y v,a an enber La · ft to right: Carolyn Jackson, Louis Levy Joseph O'L g, ~• •b•i Redden, Catherine Ahearn, Dorothy Folz; lower ro , eory, ,. 1 on Warren, Anno Boum, ·V ger Way, Miss .Jackson was one the few students specializing in laboratory technician work. Louis Levy of 46 Jefferson completed the secretarial curriculum, receiving a Bachelor of Science degre~ from the College of Liberal Arts. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Levy. Joseph R. O'Leary, an economics major, wa.s awarded a Bachelor of Science degree from the Liberal Arts College. A Kappa Sigma fraternity man, O'Leary was on the crossand the Outing Club. She delivEleven young men and women of this city received their diplomas at ered the class history for the gradu- country squad in his freshman year impressive exercises today at the ating seniors at class day exercises. and served on the senior cane comand mittee this semester. He Is the son University of New Hampshire. This She ls the daughter o! Mr. of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. O'Leary of 263 group of Portsmouth tudents in- Mrs. Arthur E. Baum. Sylvia C. Blankenberg received a Islington etreet. cluded several who have won high Edwin S. Preble, senior class from honors throughout the four years at Bachelor of Science degree president and vice pre ident of the the Liberal Art6 College. ComDurham . In addition to the 11 undergraduate from this city, Mrs . Ruth Conant pleting th~ home economics curricu- Student Councll, Delpino of New Castle, a former lo- la, M~s Blankerberg was a member governing body, received a Bachelor the of Science degree from the College cal school teacher, received her of the Home Economics Club Outing Club, the Women's Athletic of Technology. Chosen "best all Master's degree. oo!l Catherine C. Ahearn, daughter of Association and the Association of round" student in a class Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Ahearn of Women Day Students. She ls the Preble was prominent in underg~ad~ 100 Chapel street, received the de- daughter of Mr. and... Mrs. Bmja- uate activities. He wa.s president of gree of Bachelor of Arts from the mln Blankenberg of 352 Miller ave- Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity in his junior year and served on Gasque College of Liberal Arts. Miss nue. Specializing In French, Dorothy G. and Casket, intrafraternity governAhearn majored in Latin. Active He received three in student organization, she was a Folz, daughter of Lieut. Command- ing council. Folz, was varsity letters in football anti two In member of Chi Omega, social soror- er and Mrs. Arthur ity, the Classical and French clubs awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree lacrosse. A major in mechanical and the Newman Club. from the College of Liberal Arts. A engineering in the College •of 'Ilech! A major In English, Anna Baum transfer student to the university nology, he Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. of 360 Wibird street, was awarded a from Bates and William and Mary Harold C. Preble of Pinehurst street. Louise Redden, daughter of Mr. New Bachelor of Arts degree. A high- colleges, Miss Folz came to ranking student, Ml.\:s Baum was the Bampshlre in her junior year. She and Mrs. Alvin F. Redden of 52 recipient of a $200 Cogswell scholar- was a member of Chi Omega na- Mendum avenue, specialized in the field of sociology, received a Bache' ship and was elected to Phi Kappa tional social sorority. Phi, national honorary scholastic Carolyn F. Jackron was awarded lor of Science degree froom the Libin society. Social activities included a Bachelor of Science degree from eral Arts College. Prominent Sl}e women's athletics, Ml.\:s Redden membership in Alpha XI Delta sor- the College of Liberal Arts. baseball and ority; Mask and Dagger, dramatic was a member of Kappa Delta sor- played basketball, society; Mortar Board, smlor hon- ority, the Glee Club, the Outing hockey and this year was on the allShe be. orary women's organization; the Club and the Women's Athletic As- star basketball team. and longed to Theta Upsilon, social sorYacht Club, Tau Kappa Alpha, na- sociation. Daughter of Mr. tional honorar debatln soclet Mrs. Robert L. Jackson of 131 Ran- oorlty; the Glee Club and the OutIng Club, Eleven From Portsmouth Receive Diplomas At Durham Seventeen Others From Rockingham County Also Members Of Graduating Class �Albion W. Warren, Jr., received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of Liberal Arts, majoring in political .science. A Sigma Beta fraternity man, Warren served for two years as news representl\,tive for the university and was i;ecently appointed as..<dstant in publicity and publications, untverstty General Extension service, effective July 1. Former editor of The N'ew Hampshire, undergraduate student newspaper, he held membership in the Int~rnatlonal Relations Club, the Outing Club and the Yacht Club. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albion W. Warren of 50 Willard avenue. A major in mathematics, Willa A. Wyatt of 11 Sparhawk street. Bachelor of Arts (College of Liberal Aroo)-Ellzabeth M. Adams, Elizabeth Colby, James M. Rowe, Exeter; Margaret W. Boyd, Newton; Barbara Cram, Newmarket; Doris E. LeClair, Brentwood ; Audrey . Pettengill, Fremont; Elizabeth W. Pickard, Seabrook . Bachelor of Science (College of Technology)-Henry J . Lawler, Fremont; Wilfred K. Wilson ,Newton. Bachelor of Science (College of Liberal Arts)-Barbara Berry, Stratham ; Melvin B. Kimball, John G. Rodrigues, Louise M. Webb, Walter M. Webb, Jr., Newmarket; llliam M. White Smithtown. Boston University Graduates Graduates from Simmons Colleg~¥ ~ DAVID A. TOBER Edward Preble, President of 1939 Class, University of New Hampshire. awarded a Bachelor of Science degree Irom the College of Liberal Arts. Recipient of a $100 Cogswell scholarship prize last September Mlss Wyatt has been a high-ranking student and received an election to Phi Kappa Phit, national honorary society. She has served on the editorial staff of The Granite, class year book, and The New Hampshire, undergraduate newspaper. During her four years Miss Wyatt has been employed in various university offices for clerical work and recently received an appointment as statistical clerk for the university, beginning July 1, She ls the daughter of Claude P. Wyatt. Ruth Conant Delpino of New Castle received a Master of Arts degree in social sciences. Mrs. Delpino received a Baehelor of Arts degree from Bates College in 1927. Other county students receiving degrees include: Bachelor of Science (College of Agrlculture)-Henry F. Sheffield, uth Ham ton. SHIRLEY GOODMA Miss Shirley Beatrice Goodman daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ma~ Goodman of 220 Cabot Street Portsmouth, received her Bachelo; of Science degree from the Simmons College School of General Science at the annual commencement exercises today. Miss Goodman gradu11,,ted from Portsmouth High School in the class of 1935. She has been a member of Menorah Club, Ellen Richards Club and the Athletic Association. ' David A. Tober, son of Mr. Mrs. Louis Tober of 308 Broad street, has received his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration at. Boston University College of Business Administration, his special field being accounting. He is a graduate of Portsmouth IUgh School, class of 1935. His sport at B. U. was tennis and he was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma fraternity. He was on the dean's list at the university, Others from this section of the state who received degrees include Alena Frances Wilson of Rye, who was a warded a degree of Science in Education at the B. U. School of Education; Walter Earl Batchelder, S. B ., of Durham, degree of Doctor of Medicine at the School of Medicine, and Eva Bigelow Clarke of South Hampton, Th. B., A. B., who received her degree ot Ma.ster of Arts at the Graduate School. �State Senator Charles M. Dale welcomed the Ahepans to this cit.'/ RS "despendants of a great noble race." Supt. Harry L. Moore of Portsmouth School Department, brought the greetings of the educational deparLment. The convention officially opened yesterday morning when member5 from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island reg,.-a_s_a•,-w - e-a• l-th_ y_ m _ a_n--to--m-y--h-o_m_e.lll 1ster6d at Peirce hall after which The Northern New England Dis- town." -.ervice were held at st. Nichola~ trlct. Order of Ahepa-AmericanHe said that all of the Greeks Greek Orthodox Church. liellenic Education Progressive As- made more than they expected The f€ature of the afternoon was sociatlon-was today In the sec- when they came here but few re- a parade starting at the South ond day of its eighth annual con- turned to their country with their playgrounds, and at, different invention which opened yesterday wealth, for they found here, in the tervals along the route drills were when Portsmouth gave the mem- United states, a country suited to given by various chapters. Charles bers a hearty welcome to this sea- their ambitions, and a place where D. Reveliolis of ~ynn was chief puort city. The opening day fea- , they could raise a family Uie way a marshal and among the chapters tures were a colorful parade, a de- family should be raised. In line that he led were Manchesbate, a band concert and welcomPresident Chibithes said the ter, Nashua, Portsmouth, Keene, Ing banquet. Greeks of the Ahepa organization Dover, Biddeford, Saco, the H. W. A large number of the residents place Americanism first, pointing Longfellow chapte11S of Maine, of this section turned out to wet- out that Americanism nnd Hellen- Haverhill, Mass., and Lynn, Mass. come the Ahepans as they paraded Ism were synonymous. He also re- The route was from the playU1rough the business section of the called that Greece was the first de- grounds to Pleasant street, to Concity. Impressed by the city's hos- mocracy. It having freedom of gress street, to Islington street, to pltallty and the hearty welcome, speech and press and placing the Cabot street, to Middle street, to one of the out-of-town speakers "law" ahead of their rulers, and for Richards a.venue and back to the at the evening banquet said that reason the Greeks, with the playgrounds. "Portsmouth is one of the . best, culture and ambitions of their Foilowing the I have ever been ancient ancestors Imbued In them, ing of the Sons Pericles in make good United States citizens. Peirce hall was featured by a de MR,ny of the large stores and He concluded saying, "The Or- bate on tile subject, "Is Democracy restaurants owned by Greeks der of Ahepa, an educational organ- As Expressed in the United State throughout the United States had iza.tion, is to teach Greeks in Adequate and Responsive to th~ llieir beginning in "pushcarts" or America how to live for the better- Needs of the American People?'' In other small beginnings, Supreme ment of the country." Dino J . Lewis of Newport, R. I. , President, V. I. Chlblthes of WashPast Supreme President Harry presided and the Manchester negaington, told the Ahepans and J. Booras of Boston acted as toast- tive team won a 3 to O d-ecision over their guests at Rockingham Hotel master, being introduced to the the Nashua affirmative- team. The at the convention banquet. He gathering by Andrew Jarvis, gen- Manchester team was ma.de up of oolnted out that the Greeks were a era! chairman. George Enonomou and John Belprogressive people, and made good Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith satsis, while Micha.el Morados and citizens because of their cultural background mixed with their will- welcomed the Ahepans, saying, "It Nashua Papadeonos comprised the ingness to perform tasks set be- is a pleasure and privilege! for me Nashua !;earn. Judges Were Charles University, fore them no matter how menial it to bring this greeting from the B. Ellis of ,Harvard people or Portsmouth." WHliam R. Rose of the Portsmouth might seem. Mr. Chlbithes, who Execut:.ive Councilor Oren V. Junior High faculty. was first president of the Ahepas Band concerts w-ere rendered on and then elected again after a Henderson ol Durham brought the wishes of Gov. Francis P. Murphy Market Square by the Frank E. period of about nine years, said, ''We, as a people, have every right for a "successful cQnventlon" and Booma Post, A.' L., and Hovey Post, to be proud of our accomplish- also, the regrets of the chief ex~cu- Veterans of Foreign Wars, bands. The annual business session was ment-s, because we are the youngest tlve that he was able to ,t1,ttend the and most r-ecent of Unnle Sam's opening banquet. Supreme Govern- held today at Peirce Hall willi or ,Pino J. Lewis of Newport, R. Dist. Governor L. Sardonis of adopted children." Few Greeks came to this country I., told the Ahepans about the Nashua presiding. Officers will be before 1900, he said, and when they work of the Sons of Perlcle11 or- elected this afternoon. The conven did oome they came without capi- ganlzation, a Junior order of the tion ball will be held .this evening. tal, without a t,rade, without knowl- Ahepa, and after his talk Oity edge of the English language, Marshal Leonard H . Hewitt and without friends and relatives here, Fire Chief George Cogan, both Portsmouth, were Introduced but they came with the willingness th th . to work. e ga ermg. The speaker admitted that when Masaschusetts District Governor he came to this country it was to Peter Bell, a Worcestsr attorney, get "wealthy" then return with the gave a short address in the Greek money to hi; mother country and ianguage, and District Governor be the pride of his home town. "My James L. Sa.rdonis of Nashua, comdream when I left Greece was to pllmented th e general committee come' to this country and and In on Its work, saying that he felt a five or six or seven years at the "sincere satisfaction" for tile wonmost, to save $500 and then return derful perfor~ance of the Portsmouth committee. ~s. o 1ng 1s r1c o·nvention ·Here Business Session Being Held Today-Convention Ball This Evening Will Be Closing Event �Rye Harbor Jetties Are Nearly Complete ~ Believe Work Will Be Finished In About Two Weeks The Rye Harbor jetties, being uilt by the State of New Hampshire with the aid of a grant by the Public Works Administration, is 96% completed, H. B. Dore, resident engineer Inspector on the work, announced today. The jetties will be completed in about two weeks, making a safe refuge for small craft in case of storm. The state of New Hampshire has planned to dredge the harbor inside the jetties and use the dredging for filling the marsh west of the highway. This reclaimed land wlll probably be used as a landing field and a military reservation for the N. H. National Guard. The state of New Hampshire has made an appropriation to over this work, the appropriation being conditional to receiving Federal aid. Work on the etties started last Knights Templar Preparing For Sf. John's Day ~ , On st. John's Day, Saturday, June 24, the Knights Templars will make their annual pilgrimage and hundreds of Knights will gather in this city for the observance of the day. A large attendance is expected of Knights Templar from New Hamp- Dr. H. I. Durgin ( Dies In Eliot Had Been Practicing Physician For 50 Years October and was expected to take until Aug. 2 to complete. Wyman & Simpson, the contractors, are now 42 days ahead of schedule and will finish their work in about two weeks. The work was estimated to cost about $175,000, but when the jetties are completed, there will be a saving to the state of about $40,000, due partly to under-run of estimated quantities of stone in the jetties. The north jetty was completed on April 29, and contains about 19,000 tons of stone. The south jetty at this time contains about 16,000 tons of stone. On June 1 H. B. Dore, the PWA engineer, was assigned to the new bridge between Portsmouth and Kittery. He wm carry on this work in conjunction y.rlth his work on the jetties. a large rent by Caterer P. C. Hicks of Lynn, Mass. Following the dinner an entertainment l:)y professional Boston ta~ lent w111 be given on a large stage to be erected for that purpose. Carl H. Needham, Eminent Commander of DeWitt . Clinton Commandery, w111 be in general charge of the arrangements and a notable gathering is expected. The following Commanderies w111 be represented: Portia.net Oommandery, Portland, Me.; St. Alba.n's, Portland, Me.; Bradford, Biddeford, Me.; St. Armand, Kennebunk, Me.; Bethany, Sanford, Me.; St. Paul, Dover; Newburyporf Commandery, Newburyport, Mass.; Trinity, Manchester; Mt. Horab, Concord; North Star, Lancaster; Sullivan, Claremont; Hugh De Pa.yens, Keene; St. George, Nashua; St. Gerade, Littleton; Pilgrim, Laconia; Palestine, Rochester; Pilgrim, Lowell, ¥ass.; Haverhi11, Haverh111, Mass.; Reading, Reading, shire, Maine and Massachusetts. Upon their arrival by special train or bus all will gather at the playground where light lunches will be served in the state armory. At 11.30 a. m. a parade will be held which will be reviewed at the Masonic Temple on Middle Street by Rt. Mass. Eminent Commander Willis N. Rugg, grand commander of the Grand Commandery of New Hampshire, and distinguished guests, The parade wm end at Peirce Island here a shore dinner wlll be served siclan, occurred in Eliot this morning, after a long illness. News of his death brings sadness to the entire community, for this old-time family doctor, was not only physician, but advisor and friend to many people. His circle of friends extended far beyond the town of Eliot. Just one week ago t-Oday the Maine Medical Association presented Dr. Durgin with a 50-year medal, in recogntlon of his having practiced at his profession for half a century. The medal was presented by Dr. E. E. Shapleigh of Kittery. Dr. Durgin was admired and respected by all who knew him. Not only as a physician but as a man, he was recognized as being an integral part of the life of the community. His interest was centered upon the community where he settled as a young man, and everything that was of interest to Eliot, found him its strong supporter. For 50 years Dr. Durgin had been a familiar figure in the homes where JL physician was needed. His waiting room was a friendly place, and many people who waited there were not only coming for advice pertaining to their health, but to seek his counsel on many matters. He belonged to the age of doctors ��Approximately 300 M_en No~ Emp!oyedEquipment And Materials Arrive Daily -i'.- ~ .'(:-"' Construction o~rat.ions on the •'. ',~- new Portsmouth-Kittery bridge ? . project, aided -by the existing favorable weather conditions, are now approaching their peak production schedules PW A Engineer J. R. Gardner ~tated today. Approximately 300 men are now employed on the project and new units of equipment and materials '" '·•· · ·, are arriving daily . The Frederick Snare Corp ., con~ t ' 1 tractor for the substructure of the :J_ j Piscataqua River ~ridg~, is engaged ~•!} ,, l in solving the engineering _problems Cf,:t .j encount~red in co~ructing the t,<, ,.-, foundations for the river piers. The l< -"' ~- ·swift tidal currents and the depth of -1 water combine to make this job one :;, · · of unusual difficulty. Nine of the :~;. 128 piers and abutment structures ,,,~ •· · jwill be placed by the pneumatic ;j. caisson method . Caissons for these '.i; piers are being constructed at the · ·;· Frederick Snare corp . dock and will be floated into place and sunk to -~ "' their final positions. Two of these J~·_:~~ · ~ caissons have been launched and a ,;;f: 0 ,.; third is in process of construction. ;/'~-~. ;: Another derrick boat ha.s been added 'f-:li;·~ to the floating equipment during the S,..ij::\ 1 past week and will be used to speed .//4';:]~ up dr,zdglng operations for the river j·,,' ., milers. >i ., t,\ (•,J ff· c~t, ·), Seven piers in the North.Mill Pond will be placed by the use of coffer• dams. Two of these piers have been completed to water level; a. third has been excavated and the concrete footing poured, and a. fourth la now being excavated. The balance of the piers are on land and are built in open excavation. Two of the latter are now complete and four others are rapidly nearing completion. The Littleton Construction Co., contractor on the Maine approach, has nearly completed the rough grading and is now directing its ef• forts toward completion of the EUot road underpass and the Boston & Maine Railroad tunnel. Traffic on the Eliot road, which had necessarily been interrupted during excavation of the roadway, is now being maintained through the work. The John Iafolla Construction Co. is making excellent progress on the New Hampshire approach work. Four gas shovels and a large fleet of trucks are at. work on the grading operations and concrete is - being poured at the Middle road overpa.SB. The Boston & Maine Railroad over• pass near the Morley Button CO. plant is being excavated and the large culvert for Harvey ~<>Ok is now comple~. I• ·,_;. "• I I I I PayTribute To Miss Morrison Mi$ Annie Morrison, principal of the Lafayette School, who ha:s reitired after 50 yearn' service in the local schools, was tendered a tei.timonial banquet by t he teachers of the city and the Board of Education at 6 o'clock last evening at the Junior High School. Following the banquet a reception wa,s held for t he many friends of ' Miss Morrison attending. The decora.tions were of cut flowers, many of which were supplied by children of t", ~ ~ . the Lafayette ~chool, the Port.9mouth l ' Garden Club and other fr,i ends. m -a~n_d_e_ry-,-K -~:--_- T =-.~;-=p=-o-r-=ts_m_o-u7th;--C;::;h;--a-:p'The guest of honor was presented ter, Order of DeMolay; s t. Andrew's with an autogra.ph book which all Lodge, No. 56, A. F. & A. M.; St. \present signed. From the 'reacher's -P~ . -'t\ ~ ;r.-. ·.-~, .- Annu·aI Mason I•( Service Sunday. l The annual meeting of the Tho- / mas Bailey Aldrich Memorial was held at the Nutter House, and Dr. I Lewis Perry of Exeter was re-elected president. Other officers elected were Dr. William W. Howells, vice president; Mrs. Wallis D. Walker, • secretary, and Dr. Wallis D. Walkl er, treasurer. It is of interest to note that the summer house in the garden of the Memorial has been copied for use : in one of the garden exhibits at the New York World's Fair. A small pamphlet written and il1 lustrated by Henry Curtis Ahl of Newburyport, giving a charming account of Aldrich's Portsmouth as l depicted in "A Story of a Bad Boy", .1 will soon be available to the public. ,- ,l - ·\~ .\ . [bjl ... f~~:~~~~!~~:oeol~~-a!de~ ~- ~.. \ ~i]~!;?(Ei~tt:~~::Is::;i; ---The annual Masonic service at St. John's Church to commemorate ,,.:,_, :- the feast of s t. John, the Baptist, :_._;',:,.{;;:, will be held on Sunday· morning, ~ ,. June 18. Each year on the Sunday a::½-,:, ., .. ·, · 0 !_,,,:;·,; : , ~eer~~:t iss~e;d ~t~t~~ht:.~ ~~~~~~~ ff;:~· the cornerstone of the present church - {,·· ~~:·:··· , l.;::,,-:';: ·., ,, The march will start from the . GaArdmeruu·•a1·ca s. 1 e-"-rtamm·ent was preMasonic Temple at 10:15 a. m. ~ '""" down Middle street to State, to sented by a group of gLrls f:om the h high ::.chool under the direction of Chapel street, to the churc . Rev· Ar th ur M · D un S ·an " , rector ' Erne,-t P. Bilbruck. Hoste,ses included Miss Pearl of St. Thomas ' Ch urc h , Dover, and grand prelate of the Grand ComHoitt, Mi:;s Irene Craven, Miss Ag-_ mandery of New Hampshire, will nes Ronan, Miss Priscilla Warren, give the address. The vested choir · 1Miss Avis Nogle, Mit;5 Mazie B. "' • Iof s t. John's Church will add to the Lewis, Miss Dorothy Reardon, and having been laid on June 24, 1807, 11 impressiveness o! the service. \M;• Boy~n. Ushers in,. -=~ R osem~rld v ~ " by St. John 's Lodge, No. 1, A. F . & - ~-~- - - ~ - -- - - -- - eluded Miss Vesta Thompson, Miss • f l . .• M. This service was first inaujLouice Mll!:grove, Miss Julia Butler, · - j gurat~ th~ same spo~ in 1;ss :< Miss Jean Bickford, Miss Ma,,y ,.;., , ;_: j Rev. r ur rowne, w o or · . , . . !Walsh, Miss Muriel Morrill, Mi.,s • .," lJ,':;.~<t ? •: years was rector of Queen's Chapel. -. / ~'t Gertru·de Corey, Miss Louise Tobey, _ · .. The lodges to particiate in the ..• ," . ·• · ..'. /.;:. .,:'-'.\ Miss Ruth Johnson, Cleon E. Heald, . ,, tr:;.;:,: service will be: Naval Lodge, No. 184, . ' c iWilliam Volkman and Rolfe Banis,:-.;,£,.,, of Ki ttery_ DeWitt Clinton Com· . J,er. ~--• W}J- '.: t1n5t;- > ,;: l / :'· > ~:~ttJ;~i~.. ~ ~~ y~ .;,41.~ ~ ,i :-r~ , 4 ~ __ . ¥. _,~ ..-: , ~- - _c .~ ·"-= ·- -'-· ,: .. ' ' �,~~r~x}r:_,: n. , ".~·i:_?_i "'-~l ,;s.;~§~>~,:e. v,:.~~.":).: 2~\\. .~\:;:, TN. E. Ubrti"ry Corl erence .··"- ~:_1:~, __ .-, . :._ ;u6rarvMeefing~-~_JWill Open Monday peakers -Are 1S /Widety Known ( Interesting Progr~m Arranged For Gathering At I l. Hotel Wentworth ' I j II j The State Library Association business meeting will be held this The Columbia School of Library j afternoon at 3.30 and will be one of The New England Regional Li"'· brary Conference will be held at the service break~ast will start Wednes- the highlights of the New England ,, Wentworth Hotel beginning next day's- meetings off at 8 o'clock. At Regional Library Conference, which Monday evening and continuing 9.30 Flora B. Ludington of Mt. : is now under way at the Wentworth through Thursday. There are a Holyoke College Library is to speak Hotel. Earlier in the afternoon the number of outstanding spe~kers on on "The Library in the Junior Col- Speaker was Dale Warren, who gave the program, among them Prof. Ro- lege." Gladys Hasty Carroll's sub- I a talk on "Ireland: A Publisher's bert P. Tristram Coffin of Bowdoin ject is "From Among My Books and Holiday." College; President Fred Engelhardt Papers," while Clarence E. Sherman / This morning's breakfast was the of the University of New Hampshire, and Alice V. McGrath of the Provi- I Columbia School of Library Service -~., and Gladys Hasty Carroll, well- dence, R. I. Public Library, have for i· Breakfast. At 9.30 Flora B. Ludingknown Maine author. In addition their joint subject "Library Radio ton, of Mount Holyoke College Li'l ·,,_ John Jennings, who is making his Broadcasting; Entertainment, Pub- , brary spoke on "The Library in the ::J . j Junior College." Gladys Hasty Cart , initial bow to the literary world licity or What?" .I, ., In the afternoon Dale Warren will Iroll of South Berwick, Me., author · , with an historical novel, "Next to ,j Valour," with its background laid in speak on "Ireland; A Publisher'.s ·i of several books of rural folks in p; t Portsmouth during the War of 1812, Holiday," and this will be followed · Maine, spoke on "From Among My by the business meeting. Books and Papers." Mrs. Carroll •· · will be the guest of honor. ·, "Stephen Daye ; Man or Ghost," 1wrote "As the Earth Turns," "Neigh•.· The conference will get under way on Monday evening at 8.30 o'clock is to be the subject of John Hooper · I bor to the Sky" and "A Few Foolish ,,_ ·J.i,::S--" with Prof. Carl J. Weber of Colby of the Stephen Daye Press, who will j Ones." College speaking on "Trailing Tho- speak Wednesday evening. A sketch i The final address of the morning mas Hardy Through Public and Pri- entitled "For This Week Only" will - · was "Library Radio Broadcasting: vate Libraries." Prof. Robert P. be presented by the members of the · Entertainment, Publicity or What?" with Clarence E. Sherman and Alice Tristram Coffin will speak on "My Providence Public Library staff a V. McGrath, both of the Providence . Experience of Poetry." Mr. Coffin is the concluding event on the day' : Public Library taking part in the the author of several books, one of program. Thursday will be the final day o subject. , his latest being "Kennebec;', a story Tuesday evening's conference was -,.,; of the settlement along the Kenne- the conference, and will open with a panel discussion on "Cooperative given over to a discussion of prob\,: bee River in Maine. lems in library administration by ,-.·, Tuesday morning Prof. J. Duane Book Buying." E. c. Kyte, 0 ~- · Squires of Colby Junior College at Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. !Harland A. Carpenter of New Bed- ."~ ',, New London will speak on "Credu- will give an informal talk. Anne _· ford. The second speaker was John ', lity or Skepticism; The Problem of Carroll Moore of the New York Pub- Beecroft, Editor of the Literary . Propaganda Today." He will be fol- lie Library will speak on "Children Guild, whose subjec~ was "Sex and ;~~~~~ Conversation of Modern . -',oiY . lowed by Margaret C. Scoggin of Free Libraries and a New World." the New York Public Library whose The final business session will be • ·.;:, ,.,; · held at 11.30 and at 12.30 the Pratt This evening John Hooper of th e .• , ""i'-i,-./;c.fj subject is "Let's Be Human." The Simmons College Library . School luncheon is scheduled for f 12.30. Dr. Fred Engelhardt of the •' University of New Hampshire will ~_1,i_¼.~-~-;_[,i ,. be the first speaker at the afternoon · will be presented by members of the , ,, . session. His subject is to be "The table meetings. ·j Providence Public Library staff. · ~t:~;.;;f·· ' Library in Educational Institu. tions." wi~e~~~i;:~~iog ;dil:enb:P:!~~ "-'~ .H· ·:. ,; ,: . - ; , .. ,·. :v,-" ;'~-~t.t.!.:_:-_f.i_~,:~.•-: , . At 3.15 there will be five Round on "Current Trends in Book Pub- .... 'if·l·; ,_:1 --:: ., ·:rr. - . · :~ ~ l -:~ __ 0 s • • ·" • ' • ;. • • '-'~~-~•,.? 1/. · Table meetings, pertaining to var- lishing" and an address by Oswald , ; · • '' ; · Garrison Villard. · ious kinds of libraries. The evening session will consist of r - - - - : - - - - -- - - - - - - - - ' two talks. Harland A. Carpenter of ' . : ' . , the New Bedford Public Library will . speak on "Some Problems in Libra• f.,., . \.1 . 't' _; ry Administntion" and John Bee, .. :,, -:,'-r..!. -· croft, editor of the Literary Guild, will speak on "Sex and Bar-room . · Conversation in Modern Fiction." l ! ( j .<tj~!t s1 '" " . ;;~;:z~=~~~~~ 2g:.~I:;;3::;j~tfi~ t· •:;;·..:-: -~, . .- ,f:'.J~i/. '.·.· -_,~~::l.·°t \:•. .,;_ ~i:..__..--.~:::: ~~.:.::··;~ l .. �-.:.- ·. ·,. _, ;, \i ,·\i{{i~:A':!.1f:> · /··.i~~~-·,;•J:fr~~{f,{9;:,t... -·-'.· H OId .Li bra ry CO nfere nCe ··:/\/~,ir. 'Y:;;;e:/:~~a~ u;~e~.:oeu:::~e:; ·, Brockton, Mass., and "Cataloging ~s At New CastIe · • .. ~ ···t~ <t :~::~:m:•; ~:;;s~~:we;il~f ~yn: · ;Mass., Mrs. Elizabeth A. Howell of .,, ,· Medford, Mass., and M i I d re d ; O'Connor of Boston. ' ·.• ) The closing session will be at 8.30. ·'. ;1' ; Archibald C. Ogden is to speak on I : ','. "Current Trends in Book Publish- ,,::.7 ing" and Oswald Garrison Villard ·::,· •·::. is to give an addresi;. '.¥.-"-','. 1 Readings by Gladys Hasty CarThe New England Regional Li- University of New Hampshire will , , be the main speaker in the after• roll, noted au th or ; an address by ?l);'; Dale Warren, head of the publicity ·.f:1y 1 brary Conference opened on Mon- noon, his subject being "The Li~;~{-: day evening a t the Wentworth ~o- brary in Educational Institutions." department of Houghton Mifflin · ::;,,.; ~j'k.i tel at New castle and the session Following Dr, Engelhardt's talk Company, Boston publishers, on his '~"\ fl".,;;;J., recent trip to Ireland, and a talk by :_•,·;';J ;,._4:.~.~:.:,,,_._ ' will continue th.rough Thursday. there will be round table meet•"- v.: d p f c 1 J rn · gs. Ma'--l R. . Buxton of the Sargent Child. ree:ional suoervisor ,#if/.'<••: Mon ay evenrng ro · ar · ""' of the Historical Records Survey of ;.';;;jf.>, Weber of Colby College was the Springfield Public Libbrary will the Works Progress Administration, ~ •:•,. (}.'.}\ first speaker, telling of "Trailing lead the round table on "Branch fea tured t he 2nd days sessions at the •·. ·A Thomas Hardy Through Public and Libraries" ; Alice M. Jordon of the regional conference of New England , .:'? r~)~1;::!> ~rivate · Libraries." Rob~rt P. Tris- Boston Public Library on "Child- Sta te Library associations at went- ·.. i:::,~.:;;_ , tram Coffin of Bowdorn College, ren's Libraries;" Sigrid A. Edge of worth-by-the-Sea. ,;-,,, .., ~f,i,\; well known author and poet, spake Simmons College on "Adult Edu· J•:~ th , on "My Experiences in Poetry." cation ;" E. Kathleen Jones, Mrs. The appearance on e program ~-tiY.: . This morning the sessions got G. M . Hughes on "Hospital Li· of Mrs. Carroll, whose home is in •.. {}h under way with a consideration of braries," and Dorothy Randolph Sou th Berwick, Me., prov,ed the {??'\ . "Credulity or Skepticism: The Prob- and N. Orwin Rush on " Complete principal attraction . Her offering, . lem of Propaganda Today." This Library Coverage in Vermontand given at the general morning meet - ··)ii\r; '.I was discussed by Prof. J. Duane Maine." ing, consisted of the presentation i';l,,,,'ffi, Squires of Colby Junior College of ao htVtimiUw· enhle a'flsv HHM of excerpts from her writings, in- ;t/J.#-, New London. Francis H. Henshaw The evening session will begin at eluding "New England Sees I t ~:/;v; of Berkshire Athenaeum of Pitts- 8.30. Harland A. Carpenter of New Through; " a selection from her sec- ;.ht:• :'.' field Mass. spoke on "Certification Bedford Public Library will speak ond book, "A Few Foolish Ones," i{)~ or Civil Se~vice," and Margaret C. on problems in library admlnis- and a port10;11 of a new 1:1ovel on '?,~ ;p,:(; Scoggin of the New York Public tration, and the ' final speaker of which she is now working and ·}{' $:,:.:,;,~;.· Library on "Let's ~ Human." the evening will be John Beecroft, whose title has no t yet been chosen. 1 ',. ::~f.f:.;;;/ The noon luncheon was the Sim- editor of the Literary Guild. His A capacity audience of about 200 ; ··./),, ~~:,}:Y mons College Library luncheon. subject will be "Sex and Barroom persons filled "The Ship," Went- '.\•:':J:J .,·i~~•-. Dr. Fred En elhardt of the Conversations in Modem Fiction." worth-by- the-Sea water's edge the. [·:~~ · '·1 -- ~ •.·,· ·• _ti · · .·, · ._,. , ,. ~ .'tci ,,; _ atre, to hear Mrs. Carroll, and a 1 e. . ·.· ·~.:....j · ··· .-- • score of others had be content with hi{W, = c="""'--c~ standing room. I'~~~ I Interesting' Program At New England Regional Gathering f_>t. ~;j.;!L Jr/:: ;t) I J J :f:T ~ ~.~,· n ~ < ~t,:J~ 1 i:~,Library Conference Will ~~.; f~f.\0,#S&~ iffiClose This Evening Farragut Players To i~t~ Open July 4 .-.·, ..., r,;-.,,..~,.,,. A-:,- ---- Widely Know_n Speakers Address Gathering At Hotel Wentworth The annual session of the New The noon luncheon was devoted England Regional Library Confer- to the Pratt Institute. ence will come to a close this evenAt 2.30 this aft-ernoon Julian A. ing. Beginning on Monday evening, Sohon of Bridgeport, Conn .. disthere have been many interesting cussed "Gadgets for Libraries." The speakers at the conference and the round table meetings began at 3.15 final days' activities will bring sev-1 and continued through the remain,,,,,·.;,,, eral who are well known in library der of the afternoon. Katharine ~tl.t\ circles. Wead led the meeting on small libray;,((.~ ½. The morning session today op- ries, and the speaker was W. W. :1ened with a panel discussion on Shirley of Pratt Institute, Brook-.,, .. "Cooperative Book Buying". Stan- lyn. Mrs. Lawrence K. Miller of t1.t;J9-f~· Iey W. Walker, Thelma Brackett, Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, . Alexan dder thLaing and F . H. Hen- was in charge of the meeting de· shaw 1e e panel. E. C. K yte, of voted to "Friends of the Library." Queen's University, Kingston, Ont., The College and Reference: Library gave an informal talk following the Instruction in School and College, panel. and the final talk of the will be in charge of Mrs. Gladys Y. .W· ,-·,. morn~g session was "Children, Fr-~ e ' Leslie of Bennington Col!'ege. The ::;!&";1 j Libranes and a New World," by I "microphotography" question and ~~)l~~ The Farragut Players' summer schedule at Rye Beach will be as follows: Week of July 4-Pursuit of Happiness. Week of July 11-Night Must Fall Week of July 18-Satan's in the· Pan try, a new play by Do ty Hobart. Week of July 25-0ur Town Week of Aug. 1-Susan and God Week of Aug 8-Shadow and Substance. Week of Aug. 15-You Can't Take It With You. Week of Aug. 22-Colin Stanier, a new play by Harriet L. Green from the novels by E . F . Benson. Week of Aug. 29-What A Life . The productions open on Tuesday evening of each week. The Company ' will include the following artists: Miriam Battista, Walter Coy, oseph F . Foley, Lauren Gilbert, .· · 1Jean Guild. Harry Irvine,, Berilla '1Kerr , and Merritt Stone. ~,f -':\~; ,., ,. \~~ ,.>. '·.:.:; ','.~' .· .'·.·.•.·•;·.-·." . '-.•·•"-' '/ •. C '· · ·: ~ ·i><,.-.~.'.:;_ \S ~~r~.r;~~·.~-~h~_:~J:;le{~~:;,"~,;::..;:~::~;!::~\i~-;{,L~~~J,~;;,~,£~~ .,· :~.'. ::~);:i;;;~;~~:=::~if:t~,;~;'. :?i~~i �--~----,_,~,fi.,~~}J&fr: :- ~ librarians Close <. ,: ·: f:t:?,-·~N~e-f :_<;;· -. ;,:\f , .Nt::-, . .11lOld Impressive Flag _if! Day Services fN. E. Conference •:f(j -,:-J-' ~ l ,· Oppose C~_nfirmation ;<cj Of MacLeish By ·'.:. l Rooseve lt iil ---~ Program . Sponsored By Elks And Ame rican Leg ion He ld At Playground { ~ \:I The New Englan~ regional con- ·-~·· i{..:, I1 ,./ - --tion for those who were assisting in The Flag Day services sponsored the observance. He then introduced Utions at its closing business session ;';f~jbY the Portsmouth Lodge of Elks, Atty. Ralph G. McCarthy, as chair- .,, at the Hotel Wentworth Thursday ~/,;;,l and the Frank E. Booma Post, man of the day. Mr. McCarthy i.s ·· ted 1 ti ·,:~~' district deputy grand exalted rul- ~. Pevening adop . a reso u on. op- ~./ri:1American Legion, assisted by er of the Elks, and a past depart:- · 1 posing c?nfirm~tio~ of Pres~dent,..,::-.. many other organizations, and held ment commander of t he American -f Roof-ev_e lt s nommatio~ of Archiba~d ,~•-'l at the Playgrounds at 3 o'clock r· MacLeish to be librarian of the Li- ·; ., t J:i d th t Legion. Rev. Maxwell Ganter, pasbrary of Congress. . ,.. ,su nd aY af ernoon, _a. e Iarge_s tor of St. John's Church, gave the i-. ;; The action, according to the reso- •.-,:; atte nd ance of any sumlar event m invocation and Charles Amhoff read ) \'. lution was taken "on the ground 1 !Years. the history of the flag. \, of 1adk of training and knowledge · ; A parade preceded th e exercises, Following the selection . by the r. : r? of a librarian's administrative duJbeing headed by Thomas J . band, Chief of Police, James F . · . t. ties and al.so because of the im- ·.- :Loughlin, a past exalted ruler of O'Neil of Manchester, a vice i portance of the post to the libraries · ithe Elks; In line were representa- chairman of the American Legion ''' of the entire country." ,,,) tives from the American Legion, Americanization commission, was ~ Copies of the resolution were sent ·::) Frank E. Boom a Post, of this city introduced as the speaker of the ~ to the Se~ators of the six New Eng- /.[ and Henry Wallingford Post ~f day. Jan~ states. _ . Kittery, the _Frank E: Booma__um~., In opening his talk he ._:: Hiller_ c. Wellman, llbrana_n at ,:~, of ~he American Legion Auxillary, 1! his pleasure at r-eceiving the Springfield, ~ass.: Ci~y Library, ·,-·j Ensign Emers~n Hovey Post, Ve~- 'I tation to participate in what he ~/ was elected president,_ MlSs ~elm~ /: e_rans of Foreign Wars, and auxi- caned a "very worthwhile patriot ic ;?Brackett, Concord, vice president , t·i llary ; Portsmouth Lodg~ of_ Elks, 1 service" and told about attending ;r-: Katharine W. Wead, Hartford, /') Emblem Club ; Massasoit Tribe of an assembly of high school students Conn ., secretary; Lou!~ F : Randlett, J_ Red Men, Piscataqua Counci_l, J?e- on the Pacific coast nearly a year .,· Bangor, Me., treasurer , Nila H. Milgree of Pocahontas; Constitution \:: ler, Montpel!er , Vt., ~enry B. van > !circle, companions of the Forest ; ago where there were young people yet all were t_:_:i Hooen, Providence, directors._ Clar- ;.. _l Ancient Order of Hibernians, Navy of various races, ~:; ence E. ~herman of Pro~idei:ice ·. - Club of New Hampshire, Disabled Americans. In discussing what. ~- was c?airman of the nominating ,__··;1War v ,eterans, Boy scouts, Cub American glory was, he suggested ~ committee. . . · ·_=7.'j Wad Veterans, Boy Scouts, Cub what different people might Oswald Garriron Villard of New , :,1 S ts Fl t Na 1 Reserve Odd ~ii York gave the concluding address /'.;/ F c~t ' e~ R bv: h ' swer and summed it all up with ~- on "Can America · Uphold Its De- ;>'.'~ e ow_s an .ef e ai hs. d b the quotation from Woodrow Wils ~, ra y?" 1;.;,1 Music was urn s e y /> ..·/:r:~,:;•·.' ,,_'.;-q Americ~n Legion Band, _ with Ne!- in a ~hicago ~pe~h in_ 1912, when 1 ;•-;,';:-~~- ,., .,. '"-,.,. · :-;;.~;;'.;·I son Wright as drum maior, and the he said "America llves m the heart -~~ ;-_ '"'fr';''. :··:••?. · i/ Veterans of Foreign Wars Band, . of every man, everywhere, who ~;•~ ~;-,; -· {. .;~J\:,}'''f:" ':} .' with Edward Ross as drun: major. wishes to find a region where he .·.l.ff_~\ 'h' :;:-: .-.. --~.;',-=,:~ \ii\' Each drum major was assisted by will be free to work out his destiny f· .. ,;,1/i:\t'?;· ): .·. ,• . ':\. :. :/1~ ·,~::;-?;, others, and as they manipulated as he chooses" and also from Vera t'f·~;; :;~)f!!i'.( '.?I< .·::.:,1 :'~./},-\,~ ·:i1:-_t their batons along the line of the May Brittain, English author of ,::\~,;'\_iJi•::·.:\/\\-.;.;" ·"··f parade, they added much color to "Thriste, a Stranger" who pre 1 '.~~;-'/['.f".'.:::-_-:,cf ij: the event. Mr. Ross was dressed in faced her book with the statement : .. ,, ' ··'·t,://':/_-:,:~·,,\rt)-';, ~i~ a Scotch Highlanders costume. "America represents the beloved · r•:: .:'.;, •_:.,.. ·. ·:::-c} :r,P,~ :.:::- Following the procession were refuge to which I would gladly ... r 'i/::,:/\;•-;':.•·! several cars in which guests were entrust the lives I hold most dear! " •..• .;.;:\:\'X . riding. Capt. W. F . Amsden, USN, . Continuing he said "We have iv,;"·.· . ' representing Rear Admiral C. W. . everything here in America tha t .. 1'-•. ~ .•~·-~'·.· ~·.... ,,;},;?•··,.-:.1". Cole, USN, commandant of the everybody, everywhere else, aspires ")'.'<1-&.i: •.- · Navy Yard, accompanied by to and wants. We· have freedom of -1<:f·,:r:\ Comdr. John Longstaff, USN, were thought and the right of private ·:·~~t-,.:?;_.,~.:·"... ,_, 'eel , included among the special guests. judgmen t in matters of conscience! '.,";~1,J,,.,.,,.v,:-,,:, John Griffin, the oldest member of we have freedom of speech and ;,;,,\r~;--.:,'.f,f; ::~:_. w'¼',&.~<-;;/~----"~'E!'_•:t{,ij the local lodge,• was also a special freedom of assembly! We have -~.:-.i:,;i-.·=i. ~•~'...,t. ~ •,;;; f\.i.-~·~··,,..,M:;....:·- .._.;~.~1_-,; . • • ~~~.:,1·-~f::'.:\·/_•)~;.f,~-;;}(t:tt:':'-J~·,'l guest. Others ndmg m automobiles fr€edom of press and freedom of ;i;-•, -;~{i-~,"':_.')f,/·i ;t,!t;:' ·,...r: · • · .1 included the speakers, the clergy worship! We have peace and se- · ~.:!'{·:· ~ and oth ers t aking part in the pro- curity that peace brings to life and . gram. · property ! We can say what we ;t·: The exercises at the playgrounds please, live where we please, hear J were received with great deal of in• what we please, go where we please, 'if terest. Following the playing of the marry whom we please, eat what ::-~, we please and work where we _:.'_' ·,. "Star Spangled Banner," Joseph J. please! We have no dread that any /·:j •·, Shanley, exalted ruler of Ports• ·· , mouth Lodge of Elks, extended a. seer.et police will _be yapping at our ~-r,:,.:;,;.,:_ welcome to those attending the heels, day and mght! Instead of ·-):.:'. (~(;' a:; service and expressed his apprecia- concentration camps we have rec- •Jf.,:·:i~}:~;,, •. ,... . . -.-_.-,-.,..----...--. reation camps, dude ranches, and :·,'.·:{ii-_,:t-,·· ~ vention of state Library . Associa- ,:,:.;;~·/ f i f Jtj •r I l; ! f:.~;":. ·._. I ~:•~'.~i· r .... :·_•..-:··.,..' ,. ;_;?\{\fsJ ~-.(\:~·.,,, . . ;i,:~t<::Yt .· < ; ft~0~¼J=·:~>~;~h-~-.<- ..· -+m:~<. Boy Scouts." .. -~/-~-~~..~:-~:;~~-:·;-- :.~~":t-~.:-s·~l:.:_ �r'.r~ "t ,:•. ~ '~&·'.',-,i,·-.,; ,, \.,,,,, ,,-: •·. S;I~-::: • ~~ (!~ "'":, -A~~~f!:i~~ .. ,,,,, -· -· :..·, ' • ~~~:~~w:~1 ·- ·, h:~~;:~ --n~n-ua· ~ ,--s-t·_ _._:c..J--"-"h-'-'-~,::__~ ~ I ~:~~ O nS : Day Serv1·ce Held I Sunday :-A · ~n~·:--n_t_ th ~---'in '----e~i;~~t~~::;ii \~' _everything that anybody wants : • ed Masonry, which, in tne Providence ( , (Y :- liberty, opportunity, wealth and j , Iof God , was brought to these shores ,g;:·'• security! We have t-he best govin the time of great emergency to ·. 1 ernment in the world help create and support this naiion. ii§~:' -j "Every citizen in ·America has Let us thank Almighty God for the ,/ ,, j the privilege to kick, squawk, good example of its ilving signs and compla1n, fuss and protest about speaking symbols, and for the Civic '{ anything he doesn't like. He can J and Religiou.s Virtue for which the ,.. criticize the government and govI Fraternity is esteemed by all gener:•);:~. ernment officials whenever he \';.;.;,• f"els the d t' Masons Of Portsmouth 1'. ations." As solemn act of thanksg1'v1'ng the ~ ~, ~ urge, an as many rmes 6 SJ( as he feels_ the urge. He can give And Kittery Attend II To Deum Laudamus by Healy Wll~·. -: · effect to his remonstrances by votf Ian was sung, followed by the read~'-::-'- ing at the polls as he wants to. He nnua Event ing of the l$SSOn by the rector and 'k:~> h th · singing by the choir. ~,...t,._·.. :.' where, as e isright to petition. Where, oh, In commemoration of the Feast of : i By order of the Eminent Comthere any other govern1 J(' m-ent that gives its citizens such I St. John the Baptist the 184th an- 1 mander Carl H. Needham the ~,.:.-. _. leeway? ! nual Masonic service was held on ! K_n igh~_yen)Plar drew swords tJ,efore %'~ "Yet there are people in this I Sunday at 10 :45 a. m. with a gath- ( ~he Apos les Creea was said, return. ering that filled every pew in st. ~ng them at the conclusion, this be, they would r 'i:'i, I1 country, thousands, perhaps even John's Church and with all the im- mg a cus to m signifying · -,--·/:, , millions of them, who have never pressiveness of past years. On the ~efrnd the fa ith , even with their life/ ;..; ~\! stopped to count their blessings as Sunday nearest st. John's Day this 1f neces:;ary. After the Lo,-e1·s Pray- I the entire congregation\ ~;:::· ; American citizens! They take all notable Masonic service is held at · er _m · wh 1ch · ~;~ ; these things for granted. They 1 st. John's Church, the corner-stone Jomed, the rector ~:aid prayers for· never give a thought how it hap- of which was laid on June 24 1807 our country, the church and the I pened that they are enjoying these j by st. John's Lodge on the site of , brethren. blessings. Worse yet, they never Quern's Chapel where the first MasThe congregation joined with the ~";}i' give a thought to contributing ·•1 onic service was held in the year 1755. l choir in singing the hymn, "Jerusa- ·, !');'• .: something to the preservation of This service was inaugurated by Rev. !em the Golden," after which the 1 Arthur Browne, who for 37 years was these bles&ings." sermon was delivered by Rev. Arthur ~.,; \ .. James B. Mahoney, commander ! r-ector of Queen's Chapel and each M. Dunston, rector of St. Thomas ::;0 • of Frank E. Booma P ost, American I year is carried out with the same Church, Dover, Prelate of the Grand • 1 ;,. · · 1 Leg10n, and a former commander I impressiveness as in days of old. Commandry, Knights Templar of (J. of Ensign Emerson Hovey Post, v. \ OWing to the large attendance of New Hampshire. Mr. Dunston gave ·, · . • F. W., paid a tribute to those who · Masonic bodies many ot the parish- an ~ble d1Scourse suitable for the oc:.{ • have departed, whether a veteran Iion<!rs absent thmselves from this ca~:on and held the close attention / •• : or a civilian. He extolled the work service that there may be room for f of the congregation. ·~·:, , .\1of the Elks in their patriotic ef- Jthe visiting Masons but after the During the offertory which followth t~ ":-/orts. At his suggestion all stood I special guests were seated the ser- ed e sermon the choir rendered th e ;~ · .. ·at attention while the bugler played vice was open to the public. anthem, "Hallelujah Amen" by &"-':;:· "taps." The procession formed at the Mas- \ Harold in _a fine mann~r. ~;;) The benediction was by Rev. F. J . Jonie Temple on Middle street, the Ji The closmg pra! ers and blessings ~½_··. .";_,. Crowley, and this was followed by \line of march being down Middle to ,i followed, after which the entire con,~ ·'t th 1 . State street and through Chapel gregat1on joined in singing one verse '1f ;: e P edge to the Flag, and th e :street to st. John's Church, the Am- 1 of the na tional anthem. The serv1·ce t_··_, , ·,·1;'_,Pl.aying .· of "Arrterica." erican Legion Band and the Veter- ended with the hymn, "Stand Up , ... l~ns of l".oreign Wars Band furnish- s t and Up, For Je:;-us" by Duffield. -• mg music. Nelson K. Ward, organist of the I Orders represented a t the service church, presided at the organ during jwere: St. John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F. the service. __ / , & A. M., Wor. Master Rufus W Fer1· · I guson ; Naval Lodge, No 184, A. F. & 1A. M., of Kittery ,Wor. Master Leo · M. Young ; DeWitt Clinton Commanj dery, Knights Templar, Eminent •: Commander Carl H. Needham; I Portsmouth Chapter, Order of De..:;s, .<- .. : -~,::; j Molay, Master Councilor H. Leslie ~ ' :-'_;,' ! Whitehou.se; s t. Andrew's Lodge, No. ·, · i 56, Wor. Mast,r J . Henry Concannon. Sir Knight Harry H. Foote acted as -! chief marshal. j The service opened with the pro1cessional as the large vested choir of , men and boys under the direction of ! Choir Director Ernest P. Bilbruck · . came slowly down the middle aisle, _ • .l singing that beautiful well-known hymn, "Onward Christian SOidiers" 1and in which the congregation joinI ed. '! At its close the rector, Rev. Max. , well Ganter, greeted the Masonic ' . '·:. .. ; fraternity a.s follows : i "My Brethren, we are met together · '. in Divine Worship to commemorate I the Feast of the Holy Saint, John the -,_. ~ptist, and to give ·thanks to Al- ~/'. 1 I A I! I I :t:,· i;,-· w;~\ ~:.1<· · I 1· ·J. t]i<{.l,/·r I ! · ·, ·j �Each of the figures In the murals of the Dismukes' home symbolizes some particular historic fact relative to the age about which painted. You wlll readily recognize Bow street In the first mural. This shows the old warehouses with a sailing By Justine Flint vessel in the background. The rich -r-s,-lo-n-re--ru-c_e..,d~to,--a_mi-,-,n""i_m_u_m___De_s_l_gn- owners standing in groups, and the Let's climb a high hill. •A hill is very important and each of Mrs. seaman rushing to "make" the sallthat will give us a view of Ports- Branigan's figures relates intimately Ing of his shlp are reminiscent of mouth; not the Portsmouth we to every other in the section in Portsmouth's golden age of merknow today, but the thriving sea which It functions ai; a part. She chant-men in the halcyon days of port town of the old sailing vessel avoided Including small details in far flung trade routes when Portsdays. her paintings. This makes them all mouth's ships literally sailed the To find such a hill you must first the more significant and beautiful, seven seas. Ancient St. John's prefigures the resort to your imagination. To gain for detail is obnoxious to good mural this panorama of long ago, you have painting. The entire s.cene must be place which this church has held in only to visit the lovely historic home viewed as a whole and the story it Portsmouth history since it was of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Douglas tells must be more or less obvious. founded by the royal favor of Queen E. Dismukes on Livermore street. A large wall space must be covered Caroline, consort of George II, paIn this atbractive old Livermore in a glance and therefore, the de- trons of our town. A fine appearing House has been painted by Mrs. sign as a whole ls Important, and carriage ls shown awaiting at the Gladys Branigan one of the finest must be taken in with a sweep of door and two fashionably dressed sets of murals'ln New England. In the eye; pattern, color-spotting, op- ladies are seen leaving the church. light and full-toned sepia is depict- position of figures, et cetera, a sim- The artist has cleverly reminded us ed authentic scenes from old Ports- pllfied yet distinctive compositional that Portsmouth once had slaves by mouth-painted so realistically that arrangement and treatment. Puvis the introduction of the little slave one feels that he ls actually stand- de Chavannes the French muralist, boy following the carriage. ing on a hill looking down on this an example of whose work can be The dignified, yet beautifully sirnearly New England town and · its found in the Boston Library, taught pie architecture of this city's statepeople. the modern world what a fine mural ly houses, running the gamut of deBelow you is an interlacing road should be. The post-impressionistic velopment during the entire 18th beside the placid-seeming Piscats- art movement has modified this century, ls signified by including in qua, the thin church spire of be1tu- somewhat by adding more pattern, the mural sequences the Moffatbiful old St. John's yearns hea,·en- more color, more action, and more Ladd and Warner houses (the formward-,-even the old fashioned fan- spirit of contemporary life. But the er the earliest three story typelights over the weather beaten doors principle is the same, now as then; 1763). have not been forgotten. A most a mural is a wall decoration, not a At the lower end of state street arresting feature of these murnls is picture-a truth demonstrated and is seen another historic house. It is the magnificent sweep with which proven beyo nd dispute by Raphael of brick and particularly lovely with Mrs. Branigan has formed her trees. in his great frescos. The murals of its decorative iron work of remarkThey 11ft their branches high; boldly Gladys Branigan follow this tract!- able craftsmanship. they stand, steadfast against time tlon; they are truly wall decoraThe Livermore h ouse naturally or storm. tions in the fullest sense of the defl- figures prominently in these wall The old market section of Ports- nition. paintings, since it ls host to the mouth ls the locale of these paintMrs. Branigan studied at the Cor- murals. It is shown as it originally ings, including scenes from Market, coran Arts School, the National stood on the opposite side of the Bow and Chapel streets and con- Academy of Design and the Arts street. tinuing down State street where the Studio League of New York and From first to last this stately home busy wharves and warehouses stood. has traveled and studied abroad. of colonial architecture has housed Around this section, especially down She was a student of mural paint- distinguished personages. Originally State street (then known as Buck ing under Kennyon Cox and George it was built by Matthew Livermore, street) the principal business of the Maynard. The latter artist did the an attorney, who was appointed attown was transacted. Pavilion of Travel and Exploration torney-general of the province and Here sea-men abounded and the in the Library of Congress. She has advocate for the king in the courts out-door markets of the town were been awarded many prizes and re- of the Ad miralty. Here lived, durfound. The salty tang of the fresh ceived honorable mention in many Ing the administration of Gov. John sea breeze mingled with the odors exhibits. She has exhibited in Cor- Wentworth, Samuel Livermore, one of drying fish, and the smell of tar- coran Academy, the Pennsylvania of the most famous jurists of Portsred ropes called attention to the Academy, Brooks Museum in Mem- mouth In this pre-Revolutionary pemany vessels, resting in brief respite phis and various othe1· museums. rlod. (His story Is related in "North before another long voyage, strainShe has recently completed the West Passage"). Under his tutelage Ing at their moorings with the tide, first two of a series of mural panels, the great John Sullivan, hero of the Proud sea captains and their fami- "Assembling News of the World" Revolution, and close friend and lles lived along these streets and to- and "News of wars" for the News- associate of George Washington, rose day their rapidly declining houses paper Room of the Library of the to eminence as a lawyer. Mrs. Gladys are tangible reminders of this phase University of New Hampshire, and Branigan, herself, once lived in this of Portsmouth's past history. with Mrs. Alice Cosgrove of ooncord historic home and the present resiIn these murals in the historic painted the murals on the walls of dents follow up the fine tradition. home of Admiral and Mrs. Dis- the Junior High School auditorium. mukes, Mrs. Branigan has worked These are in lour panels and consist out her values with fine technique of a scene at Breakfast Hill, the visit and her key ls extremely pleasing to of Lafayette to Portsmouth in 1824, the s,,nsitive eye. the Washington vi.sit in 1789 and the The figures In a mw·al must ap- Flag of the Ranger. pear flat on the wall. They must be two dimensional, the third dimen- Portsmouth's Past Preserved In Fine Murals In Dismukes' Home �Colonial Dames Hold Annual Meeting Here Betsy Ross flag Being Flown V A Betsy) Ros.9 flag is flying in this city today from the staff of the Hantford building. This flag contains 13 stairs in a field! of blue, with the customary 13 red and white stripes. This flag was presented to the Portsmouth Herald by Ralph Newton in memory of the late Hon. F. W. a.rt.ford, editor and publisher. It Is fitting that Portsmouth should fly ch a :flag, through its part in the early dayis of the founding of the neJtion. It was in Portsmouth that one of the first flags was made, by several Por~mouth young ladies we.sent to John Paul Jones who ed it on the Ranger. It flag that received the first The 47th quarterly meeting of the New Hampshire Society of Colonial Dames was held Friday at the historic Moffatt-Ladd house on Market street. Mrs. Charles Carpenter Goss of Dover, president of the socle~y, presided and 10 new members were admitted. The report of the secretary, Mrs. J. Franklin Robinson of Man chester, revealed that the ship room of the Maffott-Ladd house has recently been redecorated through the generosity of Mrs. Foster Stearns of Hancock, Mrs. Stearns also gave a valuable rug for the room. Acknowledgement of a gift by Mrs. Louise Hovey Kautz of another rug, a family heirloom, was also made by Mrs. Robinson in her report. The gift is in memory of Mrs. Kautz' mother, Mrs. Henry Emerson Hovey, whose husband wa~ for many years rector of St. John's church here. The society has also renovated the counting house. At the business meeting Mrs. Goss was reelected president and Mrs. William H. Schofield of Peterborough .was chosen honorary president. Mrs. Robinson, who has served the past 10 years as recording secretary, declined reelection and Mrs. Winthrop E. Fiske of Exeter was chosen to the post. Mrs. Fiske is a former vice president and treasurer of the society. Other officers chosen are Mrs. John G. M. Glessner of Littleton, honorary vice president; Mrs. Harold W. Brown of Dover and Mts. Carl A. Mead of New York, vice presidents ; Miss Elizabeth R. Frost of Dover, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Robert J . Graves of Concord, treasurer; Miss Edith S. Freeman of Concord, registrar and genealogist; Mrs. Samuel P. Hunt of Manchester, historian ; Harry H. Dudley of Concord, auditor; Mrs. Norwin S. Bean of Manchester, Mrs. Fred Fernald of Nottingham, Mrs. Winthrop E. Fiske of Exeter, Miss Nina Nightingale ot East Jaffrey and Mrs. Charles P. Woodworth of Weston, Mass., board of managers for three years, Mrs. Robert L. Manning of Manchester was chairman of the· .nominati~g . ·committee and other members were Miss Dora N. Spalding of Peterborough and Miss Elizabeth c. sawyer of Exeter. �Front row, I. to r., Rear Admiral Douglas E. Dismukes, USN, ret., Rear Admiral William T. Tarrant, USN, commanda11t of First Naval district, Boston, Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, USN, commandant of Portsmouth Navy Yard, Miss Ruth Ann Greenlee, Mrs. Cyrus W. Cole, sponsor, Capt, Halford R, Greenlee, USN, Capt. W. F. Amsden, USN, captain of the yard, and Lieut. Comdr. John Longstaff, USN, aide to the commandant. Second row, I. to r., Mrs. Am1den, Comdr. T. T. McKee, USN, Mrs. Hale, Comdr. J. I. Hale, USN, Howard Jackson, Mrs. Charles Styer. Third row, I. ta r., Mrs. John Long1taff, Mn. Douglas E. Dismukes, Lieut. Gordon Remay, USN, prospective commander of the Searaven, Mrs. Dunham, mother of Mn. Amsden, ond Mrs. Gordon Remay. Simple Ceremonies Ai Launching Of Searaven At Navy Yard I I Exercises Of P.rivate Nature Due To Squalus Tragedy Lacking the usual sounding of whistles, and the cheers of workmen and 11pectators, the subml\rine Searaven, latest of the submarines to be built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, glided silently down the ways, and into the waters of the Piscataqua river at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The launching was private, due to the disaster to a sister ship, the submarine Squalus, which on May 23rd, sailed out of the harbor, and today lies 40 fathoms below the surface of the ocean a few miles off the Isles of Shoals. Odt of respect to the victims of that disaster, the ceremony was vei-y simple. As the clock In the tower of the administration building, the only clock of Its kind in the world, began to strike eight bells denoting the time was 4 o'clock the sponsor of I �the submarine, Mrs. Cyrus w. Cole, broke a bottle of champagne over the bow of the vessel, and It started to move down the ways. There were no cheers but, instead, a hush of reverence, on the part of those at the navy yard as well as at other points where people gathered to watch the launching. Undoubtedly all had the same thought in their minds-a thought of the sunken sister submarine and its victims. At the instant that the vessel struck the water's edge, the strains of the "Star Spangled Banner" brought everyone to attention. This was played by the newly organized Navy Yard Employees Band, composed of musicians employed at the yard, and directed by Roland Hinkley. The sponsor is the wife ot Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, U.S.N., commandant of the Bortsmouth Navy Yard. Mrs, Cyrus W. Cole, wife of Rear Adm. C. W. Cole, USN, commandant of the Portemouth Navy Yard, was the sponsor, and previous to the launching was presented with a diamond-studded '\Vrist watch from the personnel of the yard. Only navy men and their families, yard workmen and newspapermen were permitted on the yard for the event. Among three who witnesSlld the launching were three admir· a.ls: Rear Adm. Cyrus W. Cole, USN, commandant, Rear Adm, William T. Tarrant, USN, commandant of the First Naval District, and presiding officer of the inquiry now in progress into the sinking of the Squalus, and Rear Adm. Douglas E. Dlmlukes, USN., (ret.) of this city, a former commandant of the Navy Ya.rd. Chaplain A. E. Stone offered the traditional prayer. The Seara.ven is the 29th sub· marine to be built at the Navy Yard. It is the fifth of the new type of S-boa.ts to be built here, and is similar to the Sculpin and Squalus. Its keel was laid on Aug. 9, 1938. The completion date is set for about Fzb. 1 of next year. The ship has a standard displacement of 1450 tons. It Is 299 feet long, with a maximum beam of 26 feet 11 inch• es, and its mean draft at standard displacement is 13 feet, 8 inches. The order for the construction was placed on June 23, 1937. The name Is in keeping with the practice of naming ships, since the early part of this decade, for fish. A sea.raven, according to the die· tlonary ls "a. cotto!d fish CHem!· tr!pterus Americanus) of the North• ern Atlantic coast of America." As soon as the speed of the new• ly launched submarine slackened from !ts momentum gained going down the ways, lines were made fast and she was towed to berth 6 and ed u . Knights Templar Gather Here For Observance Of _St. Jo~n's Day Commanderies From Maine, New Hampshire And Massachusetts Participate In Annual Event More than 1,000 Knights Templar Nashua. Unattached knights in from all over this section of New th!;, state were in this division. England came to Portsmouth today :;rhe second division, in charge of Millard W. Gardner, was headed by on their annual St. John's Day Pll· ·the American Legion Band. In this grimage. Coming from command· division were Trinity Commanderles in Maine, New Hampshire ery of Manchester and Mt. Horeb and Massachusetts, the estimated Commandery of Concord. Ralph total of 1,000 began to swell with Atwell was in charge of the third the arrival of each train, bus load division, which included st. Paul'$ and private car. Commandery of Dover, the New· The Maine delegations arrived by buryport, Mass., Commandery and special train and headed by Prich· unattached Massachusetts knights. ard's Band of Biddeford, marched The Pacific Mills Band of Dover up Deer street to Vaughan street, provided the music for this div!along Chestnut street to Rogers sion. street to the Playgrounds. The marshal of the fourth The para.de was one of the long- s!on was Edward Gorman. Hanest that the Knights have held on son's Band of Rochester proSt. John's Day for some time. Begin- vided the music and the comning ljhortly after 11.30 the lines, manderies represented were Paleswhich previously had formed at the tine of Rochester, Bethany of SanPlaygrounds, moyed over the fol- ford , Me., and Hugh DePayns of low!ng route, along Parrott a.venue, Keene. Richards avenue to Middle street to The Rochester City Band headed Cabot, down Islington street to Con- the fifth division, which was ungr.ess street to Market Square, turn- der the direction of James Gilles· Ing down Pleasant street to Gates pie. The Portland and st. Alban's street and acrass the bridge to Commander!es of Portland, Peirce Island, the scene of the acti- made up this division. vlt!es for the remainder of the day. The sixth division was headed by The reviewing stand was at the Walter L. Evans as marshal. Pin· South Parronage on Pleasant street. chard's Band of :atddeford, Brad· W!llls N. Rugg, heaq of the New ford Commandery of that city and Hampshire organization, and other St. Amand of Kennebunk, and ungrand commanders viewed the attached Maine knights made up parade from there. There were six this division. bands in the parade. At 1.30 a. shore dinner was served Harry H. Foote was chief mar- and the group of well over 1,000 was shal and his aides were John L. seated in a huge tent, erected for Brownell and Louis B. Janvrin. The the purpose. Later In the af· Veterans of Foreign Wars Band ternoon the program will include headed the marchers of the first several acts of vaudev!lle by division, which comprised the fessiona) talent. Grand Commanderies of New The Tri-State St. John's Day Hampshire and Maine, DeWitt committee was in charge of the afOllnto11 Commandery of this city, fair and received many aongratund St. Georg,e Commandery of la.t!ons upon the fine arrangements. I �Grand Lodge Of New Hampshire To Hold Big Meeting On Friday And Saturday ::i- The observance of the 150th anniversary of the New Hampshire /''· Grand Lodge of Masons to be held l '•>j in this city on Friday and Saturday .:.-~-- .. -··, is to be an occasion of unusual ' I\';:~~ ' ~,} interest. ~~~ As the grand lodge was organized •,_~i: '· here in the Earl of Halifax Tavern .•·~ " ', on Court street, it was Invited by .~~;_-~.; "·/ St. John's Lodge, No. 1, AF & AM, ., -'. j to observe its anniversary in thi ':,/.•1 city and the opaning observanc ./,. will be heid at the old tavern. 1,,••· On Frida,y evening at 8 o·cloc ~>_{) t here will be a service at St. John' .,- ;:2 Church to which the Grand Lodg /:· : and members o( the fraternity · wil ·;\: ! attend. When the lodge was forme ·: .,:. ] 150 years ago a service was held fo ,;-_ j the fraternity in Queen's Chape •:,· J and St. John's Lodge of this cit . \ ·.\ laid the corner stone of the present j church. In the yard of St. John's ,_,,·," ·1Church are buried many outstand- _t:,; . ; ing Masons of colonial times. :; -: · ~ The sermon at the church ser- .,: ~! vice will be given by Rev. Howard ·:,. _. : D. Perkins of Saint Luke's Cathe- : ,·: ,::-~ dral at Portland, Me. · ,, .-1 The Masonic bodies will form a :C•j the temple at 7 p, m. and march the chul'Ch with DeWitt Clinto {';-iJ Commandery, Knights Templar }:] acting as escort. The lodges repre1 0 t_._J ::t:w: ~f ~~iss~lt:, ~:~a~:~ Kft~ (,] tery, Moses Paul and Strafford o j•'· Dover, and others in the First Masonic District. ,..,, Qn Saturday morning there will •• · be a special commumcation of the r,_.": Grand Lodge at the Masonic Tem;f1pie at 10.30 o'clock and the grand /; master's luncheon for distinguished ;.:; guests, grand officers and their la:;_.- dies will be held at the Hotel RockIngham at 12.30. · The commemoration session of the grand lodge will be held at the ;,; Masonic Temple at 2 p. m. There :( will be special music by the Schu: bert Quartet and an historical ad{: dress by J. Melvin Dresser, grand :_i: secretary. Portsmouth members in •·-· costume will depict t-h e formation of "Ye old ' lodge of 1789." :,: At .5 .30 and 7 there will be a ,- banquet and at 8.15 Charles H. 1 Johnson, grand secretary, and past ~ grand master o! the Grand Lodge }- of New York, will be the principal I:'.' s eaker. ,,. .. ·t· tJ < L,.; 'J:, 1t f tr ·~ '};\,zt/Jt{~;; ~·-1,-,~ - ·:: ' 'i.!. ~;:1~f~jf2~f~I-~;,'~--~tl£~L,, ' . ����Masons Gather Here For 150th·Anniversary is a past grand master and grand secretary. Following the address, a pageant -will be presented entitled ''The Founding of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire" William B. Randall wlll take the part of Gen. John Sullivan, the first grand master. Others in the cast include Reginald E. Goldsmjth, Scott Sommerville, James E. Whalley, Charles H. Richardson, Rufus W. F_'erguson, Thomas C. Taylor, Chauncey C. Hodgdon, Edward H. Adams, Harold The 150th anniversary of the James J. Morrison, Jr., was the solo- A. Marst.on, Thomas B. Buxton, Alforming of the Grand Lodge of ist. Dean Howard D. Perkins of -St. len 0. deRochemon t, Charles H. Masons of New Hampshire is . being Luke's Cathedral, Portland, Me., was Brackett, J. Wallace Lear, Paul H. held in this city where, on July 8, the guest speaker and he took for Joy, J. Henry Ctmcannon, Percy 1789, a group of Masons gathered at his subject "The ·Power of God 1n Burgess, John T. Davis, John H. William Pitt Tavern and formed the Human Life." He told that the time Yeaton, Raymond E. Bemis, Gerald D. Foss, Homer E. Curtis, Frederick organization. has come for t he church, the nation, There are representatives present and all God-minded men and wom- E , Harmon, Howard Blake, Robert from the various Masonic lodges in en to arouse themselves from the M . Herrick, Chas. Prescott, Chas. L. the state, ·as wen· as grand masters self-complacency and the self-satis- Hinckley, Carl H . Needham and Wilor their i:epresentatives from M4.'!s- faction that has characterized so liam F. Tilton. The Masonic Home and Temple achusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, many years of our recent history. are tasteful!y decorated· wtth hunNew Jer~ey, Mar.Y.land, ~or th Carol"A period of 150 years ,extending ina, Connectlo::t, West Virginia, fro m the adoption of the Con- dreds of rooes. Mrs. Charles H. Amhoff ls in charge of the decora tions, Costa Rlc11,, and Mexico, stitution of t he United States ls of 'rhe Grand Lodge session opened tremendous significance," he said. and she has received many, compliments for her work. on FrldaJ afternoon at 4 o'clock, re"Any organization which has enAn interesting collecbion of paintconvening in the "Earl of Halifax dured for that length of time and ll1gs and drawings ~ on display at Tavern" Oater known as the "Wll- has survived amidst storms and tuUam Pitt Tavern") located next to mults, stress and strain, successes the Masonic Temple. MO!'e than 200 the Thomas Balley Aldrich House on and failures, and which ·stlll con- cene.s of Interest to Masons, 1ncludCourt street. The lodge room was tinues strong and vigorous and serv- fng many scenes of buildings where there wer a number of Masonic fixed as it was 150 years ago. A flag ing the world . today in iiuch power connect.ion·, as well as paintings which was Used when there were but muse have and does have within It• of people connected with the organ13 states was prominently displayed self an eternal principle of survival lza~lon, are on exhibition through in the lodge room, and the original and renewal. Upon us and upon all the kindness of H. M. S. Harlow. bible of the lodge was also used. Masons rests today the responsibilThe ladies who accompanied Thomas B. Buxton was In charge of ity of doing our part in spr•ng their husbands to this city are bearranging the lodge room. the power of God. Let · us not mis- ing entertained by a local commitIn the evening there was a par- take the fact that the warfare is tee. The program for the ladies inade from the Masonic Temple to St. already on between the forces of cludes a tour o! the various historic John's church. H)nry H. Foote of paganism and the forces and power places in Por.tsmouth and vicinity, DeWitt · cilnton Commandery, of God. Let no man or Mason forget with tops at several of these places, Knights Templar acted as chief that fact for a moment. and also visits to some of Portsmarshal, and DeWitt Clinton Com.' "Human diplomacy, human states- mou th's fine old gardens. The tour mandery acted as escort. Music was manship, human treaties, pacts and will end about 6 o'clock at the Wen t.furnished by the DeMolay arui the agreements have failed, Only God worth where Lhe ladles wm join Veterans of Foreign Wars bands. himself, with our cooperation, can their escorts for the banquet. Lodges taking part in t he parade make our boasted civilization. The main speaker a,t the banquet included:· St. John's and St. · An"It is either the power of God or will be Oharles H. Johnson, pa.st drew's of this city, Naval of Kittery, the power of pagan forces, call them grand master and grand .secreta ry Moses Paul and Strafford of Dover, fascism , communism, namm or what of New York. and Star in the East of Exeter and you will." The committee in charge of the Rising Sun of Newmarket. This morning t he sessions opened celebration includes War:·en H, A group of local Masons dressed at 10.30 o'clock with an introduction Tucker, Alexander Maclnto.sh, Melin colonial costumes, and consisting and reception of distinguished guests vin Dre.s~er, Robert C. Laing, Harof Elmer Starkey, Harold Webber, numbering about 75. Grand Master old H. Hart, John 0 . Lovejoy, Ha,rErnest Wentworth and Justin Nor- Tucker gave the address of wel~oltle, old 0. Cady, and Reginald E . ton carried an improvised altar. while the response was made by Ar- Goldsmith. They were accompanied by Thomas thur D. Priµce, Put Grand ;»aster B. Buxton, Allen C, cleRochemont, of MUl!achusetts. 'rhe .§chubert Frederick E. Harmon, . Robert M. Quartette furnished music at the Herrick, Charles S. Prescott, Thomas close of the morning session, and C. Taylor, Charles B. Richardson, will also be present at the Uterari'd John R. Pearson, Jr., similarly noon and evening services, . attired, who carried the lights. The Grand Masters' Iunchebn The reviewing stand was in front held at 12.30 o'clock and the afterof t he Hotel Rockingham and noon session 1s scheduled to begin a.t Grand Master Warren H. Tucker of 2 t his afternoon. This will be & comKingston, and other members of the memoration session. J. Melvin Grand Lodge, were in the stand as Dresser of Concord will give the the parade passed. historic address. Mr. Dreseer The service at the church was conducted by Rev. Maxwell Ganter. Impressive Ceremonies Mark New Hampshire Grand Lodge Observance was �Portsmouth Herold Photo. The Holy ond Exquisito l,.odge of Moaon,, loter becoming St. Jcihn's lodge, No: l,, of this clty, wos repreaented by the 11bove group lost evening os they prepared ta march, carrying the ancient altor, in the New Hampshire Grand ~odge proce11ion from the Mosonic Temple to the St. John's Church service lost evening. In .the picture are: front row, I. ta r .. Robert M. Herrick, Thoma, B. Ruxton, Elmer Starkey, Justin G. Norton, Charles H. Richardson, and Thoinos C. Taylor; second row, J. to r., Frederick Horman, John Pearson, Horold Webber, Allan C. deRochemont, Ernest Wentworth, and Charles Prescott. Gliand Lodge Ends 150th Anniversary Program o I William B: Randall Of Portsmouth Receives High Masonic Award William B. Randall of this ciLy received a. high honor during the: clo.sing session of the 150th anniversary celebration of the Grand Lodge of Ma..<()ns of New Hampshire, when Grand Master Warren H. Tucker of Kingston presented him with the John .Sullivan Distinguished Service Medal. This was the first such medal ever given in New Hampshire and Is for out.standing service In Ma.sonry / 1t Is the highest award the lodge can bestow. · The 'medal, a recent craaLi,m 0f the Grand Lodge, has on one side the seal of the Grand Lodge of the state of New Hamp.shire. On the other Is a raised design rteplctlng Gen. JQhn Sullivan, the first grand master of New Hampshire. Mr. Randall is a 33d de~ree Mason and for 24 years has served as secretary of St. John's Lodge. He Is a past district deputy grand master, also past eminent commande1· of DeWitt Clinton Commandery, K. T., past high priest of Washington Royal Arch Chapter, past t,hr L:e illustrious mMt,er of Davenpo~"t C-Ouncll, past thrice potent master of Ineffable Grand Lodge of Perfection and past sovereign master of the Grand C-Ouncll, Princes of Jerusalem, A. A. S. R . , of this city, Mr. Randall Is also a pa.st grand master of the Grand C-Ouncll, Royal & Select Masters, of the state of New Hamp.shire. He received the 33rd degree at Indiana.polls In 1933. The se.:slon came to a cJos~ Sat,urday evening with an address by Charles H. Johnson of New York, a past irand master a.nd grand ·.secretary ot the Grand Lodge of New York. He devoted his talk to Free Masonry, his subject being ''Free Masonry Jn the 20th Century," sayIng that the principles of Free Masonry may well serve us as a guldlng light in the chaotic times of today. First, he s&!d, the Masonic fraternity crea~ an Inspirational valuP for individual& of various creeds and a.11 kinds of national backgrounds. Second, the fraternity has cievel- �t1 an \\ Hold Open House oped a very practical spirit of goodwill, which ls shown in th~ magnlrlcent chain of philanthropies which l t has created. Third, the fraternity, as a patriotic Institution, ls a stabilJzing force In our mixed world today. In every lodge room there Is an American flag and at a time like the present, when there ls mueh economic dl!trese a.nd people are hearL'lg the voices of tho-se who offer many kinds or solutions and panaceas, Jts influence cannot be dlsregard~d. The forces at work championing Lhe various lsmUs and looking for reception from us, will find that the Masonic ground ls 11- barren ground for all these un-Amerlcan ide~. "Finally, the organization ha a religious atmosphere. Every Masoh must have expressed l1ls faith ln God. This, also, Is o! singular importance at the preeent time, when there are world trends which seek to exalt the state or the machine in the place of Deity. We cannot conceive of a civilization worthwhile without this religious faith." New England's pleasant sum- by the Hon. Langley Boardman; mer pastime of opening its historic the Langdon mansion, built by homes for the benefit of worthy the Rev. Samuel L.angdon, chapcauses, goes on apace. Owners of lain of the colonial troops, in 1749, where he lived until 1774 when he lovely old houses, rich in early became President of Harvard ColAmerican traditions as well as an- lege. tique furniture and art, appear Stowe Wilder, President of the most generous in allowing the Family Welfare Association, is being assisted, in planning this public to browse around their event, by Miss Frances E. Brooks, homes on special occasions for the Robert Marvin, Mrs. Willis N. sake of raising funds to help per- Rugg, Mrs. I. E. Stowe and Mrs. petuate landmarks, or for some Edward T. Wendell. J. J. J. charity. Salem, Plymouth, Newburyport, and Marblehead have enjoyed Pepperell House Open brilliant social affairs grouped An historical tour of old houses around the opening of some of in Kittery, Maine, will be conductheir leading residences, and this ted Saturday afternoon when sevweek Portsmouth, N. H., and Kit- eral of the most beautifl\l mantery, Maine, are offering elaborate sions will be opened for the beneprograms of house openings. fit of the Girl Scouts. Miss RosaOn Wednesday, colonial Ports- mond Thaxter is in charge of the mouth will be on view when five list of distinguished patronesses of the City's most historic build- which includes Mrs. Sargent Wellings .will be opened to the pub- man, Mrs. Frederick Winant, Mrs. lic for the benefit of the Family Robert Clark, Mrs. Valentine HolWelfare Association. In these old lingsworth, Mrs. Henry Vaughn, Portsmouth houses will be seen Mrs. Andrew Williams, Mrs. J. C. classic examples of hand-carved Breckenridge, Miss Elizabeth paneling, circular stairways, well- Perkins, Mrs. Henry Hungerford, balanced doorways, and in many Miss Helen Caldwalder, and others. cases, the original furniture as Open to the public for only the well as silver, glass, and wall- second time in its history will be paper still in possession of de- the Sir William Pepperell hou;;e, scendants of the early occupants. built by Colonel Pepperell in 1682 The houses to be opened !or his bride, who was Margery Wednesday afternoon are the Bray, daughter of John Bray who Athenaeum, built in 1803 and con- built his house in Portsmouth b taining rare books, manuscripts, 1660, Kittery's oldest house, which prints, and an unsurpassed col- also will be opened, through the lection of models of Portsmouth- courtesy of the present owner. built ships; the Jacob Wendell Mrs, Tabor Low of Cambridge. house, built in 1789 and furnished Other houses to be open are Mr. throughout with the original fur- and Mrs. Farnsworth .Wood's Cape niture placed there by Jacob Wen- Cod cottage dating from 1794 and dell when he purchased the house containing priceless antiques; in 1816. It is now owned by WilSparhawk Hall, built in 1740, now liam G. Wendell, son of the late Mrs. Barrett Wendell; the Peirce owned by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garrish, descendants of the orighouse, on Haymarket Square, con- inal owners. sidered one of the finest examples Each house will be presided over of colonial architecture, and built by the hostesses in colonial cosby John Peirce in 1799; the Board- tumes and tea will be served by man-Marvin house built in 1805 Kittery Girl Scouts at the home of Miss Rosamond Dana Wild. �to see a1ong country roa s1 estwo stories, broad-beamed, each with a single great chimney, and seeming to share the so1idity of the earth itself. Doubt1ess tkese were the humbler homes in the l 770's, when the city's prosperity was at peak. In Search of New England Whoeve. sees this extraordinary Tenth of 18 Articles survival of old-time homes is ofWe~n_,,t,w - _o_1··t.,..h-"'H=-o-m-e-...,f-or_ _ __. likely to ask why it has hc1.ppened Portsmouth, N. H. People, corner of Pleasant and here, morE. than in other New All the essentials of a modern Wentworth Streets. There is a England cities. The reason seems small city are to be found in the ],½ark Wentworth house at J79 to lie in the slow growth of PortsPleasant Street, and the Went- mouth, and correspondingly slow civic organization and conduct of worth-Gardner Hou:,e, at the car- expanding business area. Figures P ortsmouth, New Hampshire's ner of Mechanic and Gardner often are dull .reading, but here only seaport. With a population Streets, was erected in 1760. It was they seem illuminating. In the of a little more than 15,000, it has built by the widow of Mark Hun- l 770's there were about 4,800 resiking Wentworth as a wedding dents; 80 years later in 1850, 9,700 ; schools of high New England present to her son, Thomas. 40 years after that, only 140 more; standards, the usual municipa l All these and others seem to be- altogether, an increase of but 61 public services, a dozen churches, long properly to the seat of Roya1 per cent in the last 99 years. Carl Greenleaf Beede hall as .many banks, an excellent Government for the P rovince. It hotel, a daily newspaper, an a~ - was the center of wealt):l a nd of port, and is less than two hours brilliant social life that gave to the town the manners and gayety from Boston, by rail or motor. suited to the King's representatives It is the trading center for a con- and their circle. To the end, many siderable area, and on motor route of them remained staunch LoyalU.S. 1, to Maine and New Hamp- ists here. The advised round of noteshire resorts. The Portsmout h worthy places includes about 30, a Navy Yard is just across the P is- few /of which are open to the pubcataqua River, which puts jt in lic, and all typical of many that Kittery, Maine, but it is an in- d isappeared. The State House, dustrial and scenic part of t he which stood in Market Square up P ortsmouth picture, The great to a century ago, held chambers summer-resort-hotel Wentworth tor meetings of the Court a11d the is also credited to Portsmouth'~ Council. This gone, only a church The 150th anniversary of t he oraccount, but it is on an island or two remain of the public buildganization of t he Gran!! Lodge of large enough to be a township by · ngs then freauented bv tha arisitself-New Castle. There are tocracy. But happily the homes of Masons of Nefi Hampshire opened many other islands in the deep- many families are left, and intui- t h is afternoon with registration of water bay, two miles by three, at tively we imagine them as hand- guests a.t the Rockingham Hotel, the head of w.hich Portsmouth lies, somely furnished, peopled by arid th is eveninii ~ rvlces v,,111 be and the boundai•y line between the richly gowned women and by men h,eld at St. o ' Oh~ h. two states taj{es a winding course dressed in brocades, laces and gold Tomorrow t re will be a. special thr ot.1gh them, following the ship braid, with silver-buck1ed shoes. communication of ,the Oranli Lodge channel. at the Masonic Temple at 10 :30, folSouth of Bridge . With all this said of PortsThe least-changed part of the lowedt a,t 2:30 by t he g,r and masters' mouth's modernity, its character is of the far past, as Americans see city is that south of the bridge to luncheon to distinguished guests, history. Outside the business cen- Kittery. There, along Water and grand officers and t heir la.dies at ter , streets are narrow and wind- 'Mechanic Streets, were the old the Rockingham. The oommemora: tion session of t he ing,. many shaded by arching trees docks where ships of local builderand lined by houses over a cen- owners unloaded their cargoes Grand Lodge will be held ait t he tury old. Warner, Wentworth.- from West Indian, English, and Masonic Temple at 2 o"clock and in Gardner, Moffatt-Ladd and Gov- European ports, to which they had the evening the bll.nquet will be ernor Langdon homes, are but sailed with loads of sawed lumber, held at t he Masonic Temple followed typical mansions that are likely to masts anfl saltfish. Some of the by an address bY. Charles H. Johnstop one's motor, so proud is the fine old homes are near the sea son, grand secretary of the Grand dignity with which they call for here, and an extensive project is Lodge of New York. admiration and arouse respect for under way clearing away shacks Wives of the vi.siting officers and t he Colonial princes of commerce and sheda of recent years and guests will be emertalned b y .a bringing back some of the old diswho built and occupied them. committee composed of wives of tinction of tbe neighborhood. Wentworth Home Along State, Court, and Pleasant members of St. John's and St. AnAmong these the Wentworth Streets are found the greater nun;i- drew's lodges of this city. The gmieral chairman of ,t he comname is most conspicuous, asso- ber of better earliest homes. Spaciated with several most notable cious, th1'ee-stories-and-attio, hip- mittee is Mrs. Chairles H. Amhoff, residences of pre-Revolutionary roofed residences of the early Bl:Sisted by Mrs. Frederick Beals, 1800's stand for later generations Mrs. Willis N. Rugg, Mrs. Philip days. Benning Wentworth was first of prosperity, along both sides ot Bennett, Mrs, Charles H. Brackett , Governor of the Province of New Middle Sti•eet, as the motorist Mrs. 4 rthur Olark, Mrs. John DurHampshire. Appointed in 1741 enters the city from the south by gin, Mrs. Rufus W. Ferguson, ¥rs. when it was made independent of Route 1. But there are scores less Harold Mairston and Mrs. Orman fine, in ..:;roups 01 scattered about, Massachu5.etts Colony, he held the' that would be thought remarkable Paul. Tomorrow lllfternoon the la.dies office for 26 years. He built in 1750 if seen 3ingly in places less rich in will be shOWll some of the beautiful a house of 45 rooms, still standing such houses. The streets between the water- gardens and places of h!Etorlc interon the road to Little Harbor, with side and Pleasant have had no est in this seotion and will be enlittle change from his day . His suc- publicity, but tpey are lined with te11tained a.t a .dinner at the Hotel cessor was a nephew, John, whose such houses as one is always glad Wentworth. house built in 1769 forms one wing Relics of Colonial Days Linger in Portsmouth, N. H. Masons Here ·For Anniversary Celebration ��.l:jJS:~---~ . '-·--·--- --- ---·-· .C.- ~ --~----- · ------ -~~~:-~1 to ~u~~~/~e~~r~he l : Atlantic Coast. .... .. . ..... _. ·~ : "Can we of today imagine or , estimate the influence of Celcia's home upon the cultural life of the time as we scan the names of her .< guests? Macdowell, Childe Hassam, Appleton Brown, William Morris ! I Hunt, William Mason- and the BowI families," he said. Impressive Exe rcises Held Yesterday At Isles Of ditch "There are many who at this hour · . relive the happy memory of visits Shoals to that·parlor, and the chance meeting of illustrious guests, but for Oscar Laighton, the patron raint home _where ,t he spirit of Uncle Os - most of us, Uncle Oscar is the bond of the Isles of Shoals, was laid to c~ will forever dwell. And you who estimate the influence of Celcia's rest on Friday 1n the Laighton h ave learned wit hin a week to love sanctum of that island shrine of these rugged shores, the long low culture. He and sister Celia were cemetery on Appledore Island, of chan t of breaking waves, the cry devoted to each other." tho.se isles that he loved so well. of ,t he gulls, and the ligh thouse " 'Uncle Oscar' was himself the The windsswept rugged island was gleam, can you imagine the fond- embodiment of a spirit which is . the scene of simple ceremonies as ness-the pa;ssion-of one who known and felt by the increasing the ashes were interred in the watched t he dawn and dusk of a home. His life was in itself an in_,.·, Laighton ~metery, lcentlury even as you watch the terpretation, In his simple joyous While the intermen t was going dawn and twiligh t of a single day? caravan of visitors to his island , :· on, a memorial service, as simple We have entere,d, his home. He is manner of living he expressed what , . , . and as .impressive as the committal ou:- gracious host. He welcome.; us to poets feel and artists strive to j ;,- ·:· · · service, was being held on Star his beloved islands. We are, by our paint. He lived through a century 1 .·, ~- •• i~ Island by members of the Young presence here, numoered among the of alternate storm and sunshine. ·· -/;: 1 People's Religious Un ion of the happy throng who share with h im He battled heavy seas, and outrode :i,'.. Unitarian Church. the ~pirit ownership of th is island the mightiest gales. sorrows and ( '. At th e little famil y graveyard home. disappointments beset him, but i. · -where sleep the Laighton fam ily"One hundred years ago ,today he with the fine courage of a seasoned i·sJ Hon. and Mrs. Thomas B. Laighton, was born in Portsmouth, and in the sailor he kept a steady course; <:·) Cedric Laighton a.-id Celia Thaxter, late summer' of the same year he always cheerful and hopeful, and :-.:- Ithe earthly remains of Oscar Laigh- was cradled in the little cottage on with all sail set for victory. His .,. ton, who died in April, were laid at Whi te Island at the foot of the IU-e will remain both for its re·., rest upon the 100th anniversary of lighthol.L!e tower. From the:·e his . markable span of a century and for his bir th. Rev. Carl Wetherell of ear!ie.!;t view of t he larger world · its inherent quality, one of the rare ~.: '. Marblehead, Mass., conducted the centel"ed on the little stone meeting distinguishing features of our visits committal service. Reading of the house where we are now assembled. and of the varied island history. ,Psalms, some of "Uncle Oscar's" Mr . Rutledge quoted a poem by There was an inspired kindliness in ·own writings and a pray€r, also Sara Orne Jewett as follows: his nature which prompted him to ;-:- · written by "Uncle Oscar," completmany courtesies. How character,. ._~., ed the service. The children of Mr. "High in the lichened ledges, like istic is the .story of Londoner's cot">..\• and Mrs . Edward w. Forbes of A lone sea -fowl" on its perch, tage where he laid a fire in the Cambridge, Mass., sang a selection. Blown by the cold sea wind it kitchen stove, left matches nearby, fl:... Mrs. Forbes is a grandniece. All stands, provisions on the shelf and a note to t'f!° of the grandnieces were present a t Old Gosport's quaint, forsaken shipwrecked sailors that they , ~-. the service. church." should partake of his hospitality. ~.: The flag at the Oceanic . Hotel, Even so he has laid the fire for us. "{ where "Uncle Oscar" loved to sit Continuing he s~id: He has stored these blessed islands •• ... l ·. on the porch and meditate and talk, "Today we look across the sunlit' with the bread of life that we may was fl ying at half staff, as the group channel to t he lighthouse where he be his guests-and share his beof sorrowful relatives pushed off in played 100 years ago. And we see loved home." a small boat for Appledore Island. there in the light keeper 's cottage In closing he read a prayer which As the bell in the steeple of the the beginning of a saga quite with- was written by Oscar Laighton: Gosport church called the island- out parallel in all our literary an- "Our father, hear my earnest ers to the chapel, the sky was over- nals. Father and Mother and Celia prayer. cast, the wind blowing and the rain and Oscar have come to Jive on Help me to hold myself upright, falling . The chapel was fil led , and White Island. Soon little brother To live more blameless in Thy If;:·: a trio from the hotel, consisting of Cedric comes to complete the tamsight, ~ ,,,. volin, 'cello and organ, played iJy. But instead "'o f losing the culture More worthy of Thy gracious care. ~\- a t the memorial service. The chapel which the teeming city boasts, they (; · was decorated with white roses proceed to build a culture of their I ask these precious gifts of Thee, · . and candles a·t the front of the pul- own . They presci•ved the best from To make m y ways less selfish grow. ;>1 · pit-, and bowls of daisies in the t he mainland, and gave it new With sweeter thoughts my heart ;: ··,, front windows. meaning on these lonely shores. bestow; ·-'."'.'_' "Thy · Way, 0 Lord, i9 in t he sea. Mother surrounded the children _ Thy peace ls in the sky, with an a tmosphere of love and de- Send love and hope to dwell with me . /: : And lo, I gaze far off to glimpse vot!on. With only the crudest ma. •· · Their merging mystery." terials she built a home which the So sang th e group who gath e-red gilded palaces of civilization could 1' , .,· to pay honor to one whom they loved {., ·. upon the occasion of his 100th birth- not match. All his life Oscar said ;- . ,. d ay anniversary. tha t the influence of his dear mothRev. Lyman Rutledge of Dedham, er was the greatest thing in his life." ,, : · Ma.,s., who has been a ;!,ummer resiThe speaker told of Celia Thax\f dent at ithe Shoals for a number ofpter, and of how she was influenced J_-_~'_ _ 1_·, years, and was a clo.,,e friend of by t.he atmosphere·. created by their · 1,·. "Uncle Ol;car", gave a sincere talk mother, and called that the secret s.-:,"<Jabout his character. In his talk he of the building of the home on Ap: .· ,spoke as follows : pledore Island which "'as destined 'i~: "You who have come to these - ---.-.- ' • -..- happy isles have entered the long · . . , · ·· :...-,, . · ' _-. f Memo ria I Services For I - -; :,.·_ .'. ~:- .'.·_Oscar Laighton II .. l I I ~/j- ;J_ 4 ;~ - i.:.. •• : '.I .• • .• . - ~-·'---'.•~-_:___,:: r - ''' -'" = '·~ - ~;,._;_;:_:___:..._~__::_:;_:____:;_;;!.;.;.!.;,....,;,:,:..!:.;.;;;;....;...:.:;_:__:__ �To Open Colonial Houses For Family Welfare Association Benefit .'? Colonial Portsmouth will be on view on the aMernoon of July 12 when five of the more famous historic buildings in the city will be opene<i to the public for the benefit of the Family Welfare ksociatlon. Lovers of antiques will delight in the '!"are pieces which make up the regular furnl,t ure of these famous homes, mo.st of which are still in .the po.sse.:i;ion of descendants of the original owners. Students of architecture will fin.ct classic examples of hand-carved paneling, circular stairways, entresols, Inside shutters, well-balanced doorways and graceful exterior lines. The famous Athenaeum, on Market 8qU1!re, with lt.s Geo:·glan influence, bum in 1803, contains a priceless collection of rare books and manuscripts among its 10,000 volumes. Many Invaluable prints adorn ,the high -ceillnged walls and the collection of models of Portsmouthbuilt ships ls without equal in New England. This building was built by John Pelxe for use by the New Hampshire Fire and Marine Insurance Co., which was wiped out by the War of 1812. In 1817 the New Hampshire Legislature authorized the to: mation of the corporation known as '"Ilhe Proprletons of the Portsmoumi. Athenaeum" which still retains Its membership of 100. Cannon in front of the building were taken by Captain Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813. The A,thenaeum is one of the gems included in the Open House. Opened to the public only on rare occasion the Jacob Wendell House at 222 Pleasant Street is furnished throughout with the original furniture placed there by Jacob Wendell when he purchased the house in 1816. The house was built in 1789. Its hip roof and graceful doorway are out.standlng examples of Colonial architectural detail. The Frencl influence is noted In the walst-hlgJwainscotlng and in the graceful staircase with its interesting "entrerol". Prized among ihs furnishings are the Chippendale pieces and the priceless Fleming cut glass. Considered by a:chitects throughout .the country as one of the finest examples of Colonial three-story construction, the Peirce House on Haymarket Square is famous for its paneling, pilaster- and ornament.s. This dwelling, stlll occupied by the Peirce family , was built ln 1799 by John Peirce. Its long circular tairway lend.s dignified charm to the spacious hallway while the furnitu,re Is in keeping wLth the t:adltlons of the family. Topped by a high cupola and graceful chimneys in each of the four corners, the house is outstanding in Its beauty. �ppo, e Peirce Hou•e st.ands ,the Boardman-Marvin, at 152 Middle Street, built in 1805 by Hon. Langley Boardman, New Hamp.shire Councilor and State Sena.tor. Its Ionic portico was one of the first in New Hamp.shire and lt Is still considered one of the most distinctive, !or !ts solld mahogany door with whalebone trim dlstlngulsha; It f,rom the r~t. Inside, the house retains Lhe historic charm of ' Colonial days for the In ide shutters and furniture take one back a century or more, In the hallway, wallpaper, showing scenes from Scott's "Lad y Of The Lake", hµng In 1816, still retains it.s original deta il. Rev. Samuel Langdon, chaplain of the Colonial trnops a t Louisburg, in 1745, and the d~tlnguished preacher who offered prayer to the Continental Army prior to the famous Battle of Bunker Hill, built a beautiful mansion In 1749. Here he lived until 1774 when he became president of Harvard College. This house is a,t 134 Pleasant Street and has been preserved in its antiquity, wLth its rare pieces and silver belnl!' among Po. t.smouth's priceless poss ,ions. It is now the home of Rev. William Safford Jones. The fine houres which are to be opened to the public wlll give visit ~ ors an authentic cross-section of old Portsmouth, bo th as to architecture and furni ture, for each house is furnished throughout in genuine Colonial fashion . The Family Welfare .Ai•socia.tion for whmie benefit the houses are to be opened, is a wort hy organization which annually does a gre;it deal of helpful work for underprlvlleged families and the cause justifies whole-hear.tect support. Stowe Wilder is president of the Association and general chairman of the committee. He is assisted by Mi!s Frances E. Broolm, Hon. Robert Marvin, Mrs. Willis N. Rugg, Mrs. I. E. Stowe and Mrs. Edward T. Wendell. tiiistoric Houses To Be Open On July 12 For Family Welfare Benefit . The charm of Colonial Portsmou th will be open. T his is possible through will be on view on Wednesday after- the courtesy of h er son, William G. noon, J uly 12, when the hi:torlc Wendell. This splendid home still houses of this city wlll be opened contains nearly all the original furto the public for the benefit of the jnlture placed there by Jacob WenFamily Welfa:e Association. dell when he purcha.sed the house You will now be able to visit these In 1816. P:jzed among these are the beautiful old homes whose stately Chippendale pieces and the pricearchi tecture has so often captured less Fleming cut gla,;,s. your Interest as you p~sed them. The famous Athenaeum on MarFor t he first time since the death ket Square, built In 1803, w!ll keep of Mr.s. Barrett Wendell, the Jacob the visitor engrossed for hours. Wendell House Jt 222 Ple!lf1lnt St. Besides its ex tensive library which contains a priceless collection of ra: e �book,s and manuscripts, and the disSamue Langplay of fine models of old Ports- don house at 134 Plea•ant Street mouth-built ships, there a: e many may been seen wtlh its rare pieces of more historical objects to fascinate silver. Lt wru- built by Rev. Dr. Samthose who are intrigued by the rom- uel Langdon in 1749. ance of ,Lhe pa.,t. Included in the exThe opening of these Colonial tremely old volumes are the Algon- houses for the benefit of the Famquin Bible Jn columns of Indian and ily Welfare Association offers a fine English trarulated by John Eliot, opportunity of viewing the charming and "Good News From A Far Coun- interiors of these famous old homes. try" by Jonathan Parson . Thl.s book The Family Wellate ha.s done a reis reputed to be the first printed Jn markable work in its twenty-three the state of New Hampshire. The years of consecutive service to the first edition, druted 1756, consisted hung:·y and needy of Portsmouth. of five copies; then the printer, The as;ociaUon deserves the int.erDaniel Fowle of Po11tsmouth, had to est and financial support of every wait for more paper to a.rrive from ci,t!Een in a position to assist people England before he could continue. le.ss Iortuna,te than themselves. There ls also a Dutch prayer book printed in 1576, and a Latin bible of 1478, which is one of the earliest printed books wl.th hand coloring, recalling ,to mind that this bible w'as read even before ColumbllS came to America. Framed at the foot of a winding s taircase leading to the attic, i tl:1e guest list of a large ball held on May 21, 1823 in the old Franklin Hall. On this paper the guests wrote their names and ages. Among the well known New Englartd names of Sparhawk, Penhallow, Cutts and Rice was that of Dainiel Web&ter and his w!Ie, One, John Ball, wa.s painfully honest. He gave his age as 29 ¾. Among the various curios arud, products of foreign art contributed years ago by shipmasters and traders on retm n voyages from <the fl\J' east, a.re quaint flatbottomed Turkish sandals, Dutch wooden shoes, and shark's teeth. There a.re also arm and leg bones supposedly found on ,the battlefield of Waterloo, stout Indian war clubs made of hewed stone, and Indian spoons. The Athenaeum was founded in 1817 whe11 the New Hampshire Legislature . autllo:-ized its formation. The cannon In front of the building were taken by Captain Pe11ry at the Battle of Lake Erle In 1813. One of the mOEt imposing and beautiful mansions in the city ls ,tile Peirce mansion, located on HayShield On Liberty Pole market Square. It is famous for the Tomorrow will be the 115th anpaneling, pilasters and ornamentts in its architecture. This dwelling, niversary of the erection of the listill occupied by the Peirce family, berty pole at Liberty Bridge which was built in 1799 by John Peirce and bears the shield shown in the acat that time none of tile larpe companying picture. The pole and shield were erected houses were standing in its vicinity. Its long circula:· ~talrway Is one of through a subscription paper passed among the residents to which some the most charming features. 150 persons contributed. Also included in ,the "open "house" is the Boardman-Marvin home at 152 Middle Street. This was built by Hon. Langley Boardman, a cp.binet maker and a New Hampshire Councilor and State Senator. Among its noteworthy features .ls the front hall, which in 1816 was hung with paper illustrating different scenes in Scott's "Lady Of The Lake", and Is yet in a fine 1;tate of preservation. Pole With Shield Erected 115 Years AgoTomorrow ~istorical Tour Being Held Today The historical tour of tile old colonial homes of Portsmouth Is being he1d today for the benefit of the Family Welfare Association and a large• number of people are taking advantage of the opportunity to view these fine residences, many of which still contain rare pieces of original furniture. T\1e houses open to the public include the Jacob Wendell House, 1789, Rev. Samuel Langdon House, 1749; Marvin-Boardman House, 1806; the Peirce House, 1799, and the Athenaeum, 1803. The hosts and hostesses who are acting as guides through these charming old homes a.re: At the Athenaeum: Mrs. Stowe Wilder, Mrs. Walter F. Lane, Miss Mary Hanscom, and Miss Cornelia Mugridge. At the Jacob Wendell House: Mr. and Mrs. William Wendell, Mrs. Willis N. Rugg, Mrs. Thomas D. Noyes, and Mrs. Edward T. Wendell. At the Peirce House: Mrs. J. Winslow Peirce, Miss Frances E. Brooks, Mrs. Richmond Buswell, and Mrs. James P. Griffin. At the Boardman-Marvin House: Mrs. William E. Marvin, Mrs. Katharine S. Hill, and Mrs. I. E. Stowe . .ttt the Samuel Langdon House: Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Safford Jones Mrs. Edgar Blanchard Mrs. Calvin D. Lear, and Miss Florenoe H. Hewitt. VISIT HISTORICAL PEPPERRELL HOUS E -i, And Others. ~\' Kitte ry P'o int, Ma ine. Soturday, July 15th, 1939 2:00 to 5:00 o'clock (D.S.T.) Sir Williom Pepperrell Hause, 1682 Sparhawk Mansion, 1740 Bray Hause, 1662 Gerrish House, 1700 Woods Home, 1794 Congregational Church, 1730 Tea ot home of Miss Rosamond Dana 'Wild . Adm ission For All: $2.00 Benefit Kittery Girl Scouts Tickets on sale at Congrega tional Church and Bray House �fit Miss Cornelia Mugridge. At the Jacob Wendell House: Mr. and Mrs. William Wendell Mrs. Wllli.s N. Rugg, ' Mrs. Thomas D. Noyes, and Mrs. Edward T. Wendell. At the Peirce House: Mrs. J . Win.slow Peirn,i, Miss Frances E. Brooks, Mrs. Richmond Buswell, and Mrs. James P. Griffin. At the Boardman-Marvin House: Mrs. William E. Ma."Vin, Mrs. Katharin,i S. Hill, and Mrs. I. E. Stowe. At the Samuel Langdon House : Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Safford J ones Mrs. Edgar Blanchard, ' Mrs. Calvin D. Lear, and Mrs. Florence H. Hewitt. Editor of The Herald: How often the hl.storic background of our grand old city ls mentioned, heritages possible. The.5e grand wl'lo.se efforts made these priceless )l~rltages possible. There grand old mansions, admired, copied and praised by thouse.nds annually, are a real asset to our city. Somehow I think I oan enlighten you bit on that subject. You will tin9 merchants, builders, te&.ohers and ; heroes who served our nation wtn resting in God's acres, their hea<;lstones buried knee deep to wal.st high in w~eds, iirus a.nd brush, and the sad part of the ploture ls that t'hese forsak:n, neglected and desecuated areas are municipally owned. Generally funds are approprlatecf:,in fact, enough so that there is absolutely no excuse for the present existing condition . Neglected cemeteries are a grace and detrimenfia.l to any · community. The reaction from visitors is' far from complimentary and we are condemned by tourists and citizens for our l[lck of civic pride. Our parks and pl11,ygrounds and our big cemeteries are . a credit-our old cemeteries-municipally owned-are a disgrace. a front hall, staircase ond "entresol" in Jocob Wendell House, 1789, which will be visited during Family Welfare Association Wednesdoy afternoon. The historical beauty of Pornsmouth including the pacious Colonial homes, many of which are complete with valuable pieces of original furniture, and the Athenaeum, that famous old institution founded by the book lovers of t he past, will be open to ,t he public's inspection on Wednesday afternoon, July 12 for the benefit of the Family Welfare Afsociation. The Jacob Wendell House, built in 1789, will be among thooe on view. A picture on ,this page shows the front hall, staircase and "entresol" in this fine old residence which still contains nearly all the original furniture placed t here by Jacob Wendell when he purchased the house in 1816. This house which ls at 222 Pleasant Street, will be open for ttte first time since the death of Mrs. Barrett Wendell. This is possible through the courtesy of her son, William G. Wendell. Also included in the tour are the Peirce House on Haymarket Square, the Boardman-Marvin House at 152 Middle street and the Samu-el Langdon House at 134 Pleasant street. The Family Welfare Association, for whose benefit the houses are to be opened, is one of Portsmouth's mo-st worthy organizations. It aids hundreds of needy families each year. Such problems as inadequate income, unemployment, illness, delinquency, domestic adjustments, rehabilitation and ,transpor,tation a.re continually being brought to the association, to be solved. It ls a constant source of friendly -!stance and advice. It deserves the interest and financial support of every citizen of Portsmouth in a position to assist people less fo11tunate than themselves. The h oslls and hostesses who wlll guide visitors through the charming old homes open on Wednesday, will be: At the Athenaeum: Mrs. Stowe Wilder, �Thomas Wentworth And His Family ~ ~ By DOROTHY M. VAUGHAN The Wentworth-Gardner house considered by architects to be one of the finest examples of its kind, faces a sad future. It was built in 1760 for Thomas Wentworth. For 179 years this fine mansion has been a vital part of Portsmouth's architectural heritage and now its future r'ests entirely in the hands o! the people of Portsmouth. It ls doomed to disappear unless sufficient funds can be raised to save It. Thomas Wentworth was born In Portsmouth in 1739. He was the second son of the Hon. Mark Hunking and Elizabeth (Rindge) Wentworth. His father was one of the sixteen children of LL. Gov. John Wentwor th. Mark Hunking Wen tworth engaged in shipping and became a merchant of great prominence. His wife was the daughter of a prominent Portsmouth family and inherited, as her share of· her father 's large estate, the house which later became known as the Mark Hunking Wentworth mansion situated on Daniels street (site of the City Hall) . This was the birthplace of the three Wen tworth children; John, afterwards governor of the province ; Thomas, the subject of this sketch; and Anna, who married John Fisher, Collector of the Port of Salem, Mass. The Wentworth boys were prepared for Harvard by that noted pedaiogue, Major Samuel Hale, whose Latin School was considered one of the best. John graduated from college in 1755 and was sent to London to supervise his father 's business there. Thomas was graduated in 1768 and became associated wi th his father in Portsmouth. An excellent portrait of Thomas, painted by Blackbum in 1761, has been preserved these many years, and the likeness depicts a slender youth of twenty-two, whose soft brown eyes and finely cut features prove that his brother John was not the only handsome member of the Wen tworth family. He is shown elegantly clad in a suit of lavendar gra y with silver trimmings. This portrait was painted about the time of his marriage to Miss Anne Tasker of Marblehead, Mass., who came to Portsmou th to preside as mistress of th is magnificent colonial home which had been built for Thomas and his bride. Thomas Wentworth, as well as his brother John, was one of the proprietors of Wolfeborough, in New Hampshire, and in 1765 he was one of a committee appointed to investlga te the feasibility of erecting a light-house at Odlorne's Point. On Thomas Wentworth Reproduction of a painting by Blackburn in 1761 July 3, 1768 the town was saddened to learn of the dea h ot Thomas Wentworth Cin his thirtieth year) which occurred following a lingering lllness. He was buried in his father 's tomb In Queen's Chapel church-yard. His survivors were his young widow and a flock of five children; Mark, Elizabeth, Anna, Annabella, and John. After two years of widowhood, Mrs. Wentworth was married to Capt. Henry Bellew, commander of His Majesty's Ship the Beaver, the marriage being performed by the· Rev. Arthur Browne of Queen's Ohapel. About 1777 the Bellews took up their residence in Exeter, England, where the captain died in 1791 and his widow remained un til h er death in 1802. John Wentworth, who had become governor of New Hampshire, assumed the responsibility of educating his brother's children. Mark, the eldest son, had a nautical mind and was sent to study with Rev. Daniel Emjlrson of Hollis, who was a Harvard graduate and a noted educator as well as preacher. When he was old enough Mark went to sea. His first appointment was that of midshipman on the Liverpool friga te, commanded by his stepfa ther, Capt. Bellew. Lt. Mark Wen tworth Is said to have died on board the Scorpion, enroute to the Barbadoes in the yea r 1793. John, the younger son, was a great student and after preliminary stud , In New England he took up the study of Jaw at the Inner Tpmple In London. He was the author of "A Complete System of Pleading" published in ten volumes in the year 1799. At this time he received the appointment of Attorney General for Prince Edward Island, and a year la ter he arrived in Portsmouth, his childhood home, where he practiced law for a number of years. In 1802 he married Miss Martha Wentworth, daughter of the late Col. Michael and Martha (Hilton) Wen tworth. The young couple made their home in the famous mansion at Little Harbour until 1816 when Mrs. Wentworth inherited a fortune from her father's brother in England. They gave up their home in Portsmouth and took up their residence in London, where Mrs. Wentworth died in 1851; her husband having died some years before while on a visit to Paris. Elizabeth Wentwor th married at Exeter, England, Edward Minchln of the Royal Navy, who afterwards became a merchant in Boston, Mass. She died in Boston in 1799. Annabella Wentworth married Major Francis Gore of the 17th Light Dragoons, who was afterward Governor o! Bermuda, and in 1806 appointed Lt. Gov. of Upper Canada. Anna, the youngest daughter, never left her native land. She was brought up by her grandparents after her mother went to England. In \786 she married Wllliam Sheafe, son of Jacob Sheafe of Portsmouth, who was associated with his father and brothers in the mercantile business. The Sheafes had eleven children and from this large family have descended many of the prominent families of Portsmouth. Anna Wentworth Sheafe died Jn Portsmouth in 1806, aged forty, Thomas Wentworth's house has come to be known as one ot the best examples of Georgian architecture in America. Among Its outstanding details are the finely molded cornices and medallions, the fluted pilasters and Corinthian capitals which decorate the well proportioned rooms and halls; the ten fire- 1 places, with -their decora.tlve mantels, some most elaborate and others beautifully plain and simple. ' The flreframe in the bridal chamber is finely carved in a delicate Georgian design. The graceful balustrade in the hall with its three distinct spindle designs Is a very unusual feature. One of the most interesting details in this famous house Is the keystone of the huge window on the stair which bears the countenance of a lovely woman, said to have been Queen Caroline. The Wentworth-Gardner house is owned by the Metropolitan Museum o! Ar t and was loaned in 1932 to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, with the privilege of purchasing It. The Society is now makin a drive to raise funds �to make It possible to keep this house In Portsmouth where It right• fully belongs. The Portsmouth com• mlttee, known as "The Friends of the Wentworth-Gardner House" asks for the support of all Ports• mouth citizens who admire this house either from an architectural, historical, or patriotic point of view, and solicits the help of all students and lovers of fine architecture throughout the land. Contrl)iutlons should be ma.de to George Trefethen, who Is serving as treasurer of "The Friends of the Wentworth-Gardner Officers Named By Warner Housel·<\ Association The annual meetmg of the Warner House Associa.tlon was held t.his forenoon and office s elected LS follows: President, William G. Portsmouth. Honorary vice president, Mary I. Wood, Portsmouth. First vice chairman, Miss tne B. Bradford, Portsmouth. Second vice chairman, Mrs. Seth Low Pierrepont, York Harbor, Recording secretary, lion. Charles M. Dale, Portsmouth, CoI1!'esponding secretary, · Miss Helen Souter, New Castle. Treasurer, Hon. Robert Marvin, Portsmouth. Board of governors, Mrs. Paul H. Bonner, Rye; Miss Sophia. Cadwalader, York Harbor; Mrs. Lester w. }farding, Little Harbor road, Portsmouth; Mrs. Arthur D. Hill, Portsmouth ; Rev. Wllliam Safford Jones, Portsmouth; Mrs. William N. Kremer, Portsmouth; Eliza.beth Perkins, York Harbor; Mrs. William M. Seabury, Kittery Point; Miss Rosamond Thaxter, Kittery Point; Mrs. Henry G. Vaughan, South Berwick; Mrs. George H. Warren, New Mrs. Miles White, York Harbor; Miss Mary K. Harris, Portsmouth; Mrs. Wallis D. Walker, Rye Beach; Miss Frances Brooks, Portsmouth; Mrs. Edward S. Crocker, Kittery Pomt; Mrs. William G. Wendell, Portsmouth; Mrs. Charles Osborne, Auburn, N. Y.; Mrs. William E. Marvin, Portsmouth; Mrs. Henry L. Green, Portsmouth. �Historical Tour At Kittery Saturday For Girl Scout Benefit Right, sta irway af Sir William Pe pperrell Mansion at Kittery ,Paint; teft, one of pair of chimney wi ne cl will be amon g those opened by th e owners for th e· Kittery Girl Scouts benefit on Satu rday. J" I The charming historical h omes I in Kittery Point wlll be opened to the public as a part of an historical tour to take place on Saturday afternoon, July 15, from 2.00 to 5.00 o'clock for the benefit of the Kittery Girl Scouts. Open for exhibition for only the second time in its history will be the Slr Wllllam Pepperrell house built by Colonel Pepperrell In 1862 for his bride, who was Margery Bray. She was the daughter of John Bray who came to Ki ttery about 1660 and built a h ome there for his family. This house ls the oldest in Kittery and will also be on exhibition through th e courtesy of the present owner, Mrs. Tabor Low of Cambridge. Other houses to be open are the Cape Cod cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Farnsworth Wood which dates back to 1794 and contains many priceless antiques; the sp,-rhawk Mansion, built in 1740; and the Gerrish House built in 1700. The Congregational Church, built in 1730, will also be on view. It was during the pastorate of Rev. Benjamin Stevens that President George Washington visited t here. Across the road ls the old cemetery which contains many quaint inscriptions. One especially is the epitaph written by Robert Browning for the st.one which marks the grave of Levi Lincoln Thaxter, husband of the poet Cella Thaxter. The lines were cut on an irregular boulder which was obtained at Cutts Island. This is the only epitaph ever written by Mr. Browning. At tl'ie close of th e tour tea will be served at the 'home of Miss Rosamond Dana Wild. This is included in the admission price and Miss Wlld's home ls also of interest as it ls one of the historic houses of the town. The patronesses of the tour are: Mrs. John M. Howells, Mt's. H. H. Beckwith, Mrs. Horace Mitchell, Mrs. Tabor Low, Mrs. Alonzo Wildes, Mrs. Eugene Williams, Mrs. Charles Gerrish, Mrs. A. Farnsworth Wood, Mrs. Edward Newcomb, Mrs. Lovell Hodge, Mrs, James Remick, Mrs. John Thaxter, Miss Rosamond Wild, Mrs·. Decatur Wright, Mrs. Valentine Hollingsworth, Miss Llewellyn Parsons, Mrs. Andrew Murray Williams, Mrs. Henry Vaughn, Mrs. Harry Hungerford, Miss Eliza.beth Perkins, Mrs. Fergus 'Reid, Jr., Mrs. John Breckinridge, Miss Helen Caliwalder, Mrs, Robert Olark, Mrs. Mildred Burrage, Mrs. Sargent Wellman, and Mrs. Fred Wln ant. The general committee Includes: Mrs. Allen Wiley, Mrs, Olarence Hackney, Mrs. Ellmer Burnham , and Miss Rosamond Thaxter. The hostesses will be: Sparhawk House, Mrs. Horace Mitchell, Mrs. Elmer Burnham, Miss Lillian Lee Biddle, Mrs. William Goodwlh, Jr., Miss Channing Brqoks, Mrs. Cyril Armsden, Mrs. Jesse Wilson, Mrs. Jonathan Sawyer, and Mrs. Samuel Hollis. Host, Horace Mitchell . Doorkeepers : Mrs. John Smart, Mrs. Justin Shaw. Sir Wllllam Pepperrell House: Miss Gladys Quimby, Mrs. Eugene Wllliams, Mrs. Alonzo Wildes, Mrs. �Eben Corey, Miss Rosamond haxter, Mrs. Garland Patch, Mrs. Sadie L. Ricker, and Mrs. Waldo Emerson. Host Stephen Decatur. Doork~pers: Mrs. Robert Whitman, Mrs. Loma. MacGray. • Bray House: Mrs. Tabor Low, Mrs. Leonard Sacclo, Miss Ma.be! Jenkins, Mrs. Richard Mohl, Mrs. Edgar Hinton, Miss Grace Treadwell. Door• eepers: Mrs. Horace Billings, Mrs, yron Day. • Ger~sh House: Mrs. Charles Gerrish, Miss Marion Gerrish, Mrs. Clarence Langton, Mrs. J, Byron Ph1lllps, Mrs. Linn King, Miss Rita. Des Ja.rdlns, Miss Catherine Tibbetts, Mrs. Judson Hannigan, Mrs. Hollis Cole, Mrs. Charles Ma.cGray. Hosts: Charles , Gerrish, Robert Craig. Doo11keepers : Mra. Robert Abram&, Miss Azalea. Boyer. Woods House: Mrs. A. Farnsworth wood, Mrs. Alfred Sterling, Mrs. Roy Benson, Mrs. Walter Savage, Mrs. Merle Mitchell, Mrs. Howard Millett. Hos~: A. Farnsworth Wood. _D oorkeepers: Mrs, Norman Dinsmore, Miss Mamie Hurley. Congregational Church: Mrn. Edward Newcomb, Mrs. Joseph Cutt.s, Miss Ll)llan Walker, Mrs. Charles Woods. Cemetery: Messrs, James Walker, Edward Newcomb, Oscar Clark, John Howells, Justin Shaw. The tea. committee consists of: Miss Rosamond Wild, Mrs. Arthur Seaward, Mrs. Stephen Grant, Mrs. William Seaward, Mrs. Arthur Paine, Mrs. M. F. Chandler, Mrs. L. E, Seegali, and Mrs E. R. Tarling, Waitresses, Scouts: Eunice Lewis, Frances Page, Carolyn Fernald, Frances Pike, Barbara. Raynes, :ijl\,rbara Wiley. · Committee on Nosegays and Boutonnleres: Mrs. Victor Amee, Mrs. Frederick Morrow, and Miss Clara. Oram. , Flower Girls: Miss Helen Manning, Miss Caroline Manning, Miss Ruth Corey, Miss Ann Decatur, Miss Allee Decatur, Miss Hope Wilson, Miss Judy Pa.tey, Miss Betty Allen, and Miss Lydia Sawyer. Favors and Scout Cookies: Alma Whitman, Alice Sea.ward, Betty Wiley and Elrlta. Gunlson. Publloity committee : Mrs. A. Farnsworth Wood and Mrs. Merle Mitchell. Tickets: Congregational Church, Mrs. John Whitehurst, Mrs. Roy Fernald; Bray House, Mrs. Walter Lemont and Mrs. Leon Coffin. Those in charge of Boy Scout, Girl Scout and Sea Scout guides are: Cyril Armsden, Miss Ruth Robbins, and James Barnett. I . q -Mrs. Mary Montgomery BrackeCt Charles E. Trafton Word was received In this city on Sunday of the sudden death of Mrs. Mary Emmeline (Montgomery) Brackett of La Jolla., Calif., formerly of this city. Mrs. Brackett was a native of Portsmouth, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. David H. Montgomery and sister of the late Horace Perkins Montgomery. She had a. beautiful soprano voice and was prominent In local musical circles, and had many friends. For a number of years she was a member of the quartette of the Middle Street Baptist Church and teacher of voice. Her marriage to Thomas Thayer Brackett of Minneapolis, Minn., occurred on Oct. 7, 1890, at the Middle Street Baptist Church, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Dr. Alden, Mr. Brackett died not 1ong after their marriage. ¥rs, Brackett had made her home In California for some years and was active in musical circles in ·La Jolla. Some years ago she returned for a visit to this dty and enjoyed renewing acquaintances with her schoolmates and friends. She had a delightful personality and news of her death Is heard with much regre,t by her friends .here. Charles E. Trafton, one of oldest Insurance men in th"l s~ate, and a widely known Port..~mouth resident, died at his home at 169 Lafayette road on Sunday afternoon after several weeks illness. For 53 years Mr. Trafton had engaged in the insurance business, which be entered at r,he close of his ·schooldays. On Nov. 1, 1882, he entered emp'!oy of Claude M. Gignoux, general agent for the Mutual Life Insurance CO. of New York . With the exception of a period of service as depul.y collector for the United States government; Mr. Trafton followed his chooen profession and for 50 years had represented the Travelers Insurance Co. in this city, being one of the two last general agents in the country. Mr.. Trafton was born In this city Nov. 12, 1865, the son of Alfred S. and Frances Seaward Trafton. On June 3, 1890, he married Helen P. Marshall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Marshall of this ci y. He was a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M., Davenport Council, Wa.."Shlngton Royal Arch Chapter, DeWitt Clinton Commandery, K. T. , the Ineffable Lodge of Perfection and Grand Council, Princes of Jerusalem, ali of this city; N. H. Chapter of Rose Croix of Dover, N. H. Consistory, 32nd degree, of Nashua; Bektash Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Concord; Strawberry Bank Grange and Porl.smouth Lodge, No. 97, B. P. 0. E. He had alwaya been interested in the activities of the organizations and kept that Interest throughout his membership. He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen Marsha.II Trafton; three sons, Stanley P. Trafton, Tax Collector Philip M. Trafton and Reginald M. Trafton; one daughter, Eleanor F. Trafton, and several grandohildren. Funeral services will be held a,t A Portsmouth boy, Raymond Dyer, the home, 169 Lafayette road, WedIs the designer for an official lndlcla nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. to be installed in the new postage Friends invited. meter of the University of New Hampshire. Appearing on a.II outgoing mall as a part of the postal stamping, the rectangular design shows a sketch of Thompson hall, administrative building, and the coat of arms. Beneath the drawing is lettered the year of the institution's founding, An old wooden-frame building, an 1866, and the words "Art, Science, ancient landmark, between Market Industry." The work was done as a class as- and Ceres .streets, is being razed. The building, owned by the New slgnmen t in an architectural course. of Colonial Dyer's work being chosen from Hampshire Society Dames ,is located opposite the Mofamong 10 designs. A major in a.rchi~ tecture in the college of technology, fatt-Ladd house on Market street. Dyer Is a junior at the university. The removal of the building will give from Last winter he set>ved as scenery di~ a nearly unobstructed view rector for Mask and Dagger, under- the historic house across the Plscll,taua River. 1rraduate dram,a tic society. He ls a irra.duate of Portsmouth High School th the clasa of 1935. lndicia For NHU Is Designed By ~-~ Portsmouth Boy_ Tearing Down Old Waterfront Building ~-'" �various Jewish phrases. Often the tables of the law are inscribed with large lions standing on each side of a. tablet and representing the strength of the law. Duting rivers ceremonies the dressed Toral1 Is topped by either one broad crown sitting over the two long handles or a smaller one for each .y-c-om ---=e- p' 6-;-lu-t;--:ed~-;-b--:y:---.t~h--:e- p:-:a-g_a_n_w_o:-,r-_-l handle. These crowns are usually shippers, and there was left only e1aborately formed of silver, and By JUSTINE FLINT one cruse of consecrated oil. This often adorned with tiny silver The Jewish synagogue In Ports - cruse was used to illuminate the bells. mouth ls a straight dignified Temple and Its oil las te d, by mlrRabbi Epstein also informed us structure with wide steps leading acle, for eight days. This ls the orig- that in the Jewish Church a boy is up to its entrance. It is not an elab- in of the Jewish rellg4>us holiday, considered a child un til the age of orately designed building, yet it is the "Chanukah" or Feast of thirteen, but at this age the Jewdistinctive, and seems definitely Lights. ish boy assum>es religious duties fitting as a house of worship. You The quiet spirituality of the In- and ls considered an a.du:t Jew. have noticed it many times, per- terior of the Portsmouth synagogue Another object of beauty in the haps, as you passed along State is 'immediately felt by tpe visitor. Portsmouth Synagogue is, a seven street and doubtlessly you paused The altar is beautifully adorned in branched silver candelabra . There to puzzle over th~ ornate .plaque shades of deep blue and purple. An are three candles )Jranchin~ on which is placed high above µie evening sky studded with stars either side with the Star of David treet and is one of the discrimina- looks down over the reading desk rising in the center. tive features of its exterior. and guards the enclosure in which We were most interested In Lhe This decorative plaque is out- is kept the Torah-the scroll which shofa.r which the rabbi pointed standing in its beauty and omni- contains the five books of Moses. out ls blown on special Jewish hol'ipotent in its meaning-it bears ilie Other embellished ceremonial ob - days such as In celebration of the tables of the ancient law of Israel jects are place? about the front New Year. The shofar ~s a sort of still conforrt)ed to by the followers of the synagogue. The pews ar trumpet made from a ram's horn of Judaism. much the same as seen in any and Rabbi Epstein explained that Below the crown of the law an1 church, cushioned ·in dark red. At its tones p.re not so much of a muthe six-pointed star of David! char- the rear of the synagogue ne sical quality, but of the nature of acteristic of the Jewish fai th, are placed in rows the memorial signals. It is blown to remind the inscribed in letters of wood cov- candles. These signify the souls of Jews of the inwnded sacrifice of red· with gold leaf the pillars of those deceased and the name of Isaac, for accol'ding to tradition, the Lord as given to Moses on each departed member is placed braham attempted . to sacrifice Moun t Sinai. These are the ten under one of these candles ~d on Isaac on that very day on the spot commandments written in He - the anniversary of his death the where the Jernsalem Temple was brew. Only the first two words of candle will remain llt for twenty- later erected. Since by the comeach commandment kre listed here fom· hours. mand of God, a ram was substitutand the ten laws are divided into Rabbi Samuel' Epstein, who has •ed for Isaac bhe sages say that the two columns of five command- been the kindly and understand- blowing of a ram's horn reminds ments each. Ing teacher and leader of the the Jews of God's providence. It The idea for the plaque was pre- synagogue for nearly two years, is also said that the sound of the s,ented to the rabbi of the Ports- coslderately explained' to us in a shofar has the quality of making mouth synagogue )Jy various mem- careful and clear manner the va- man conscience of his sins and debers who had seen such inscriptions rous ceremonial objects of the Jew- sirous of living a better life. To 011 other Jewish' churches. They ish religion. He showed us the Tor- construcb the slrnfar, a ram's horn desired some such tangible orna- ah, which is a remarkable and is first softened by boiling ; then ment to signify their building as a valuable piece of work. It is In the scl'aped inside. After its .hollow Is Jewish house of uraver and the form of a scroll and ls read In the smooth, it ls well hardened so that plaque Wal$ chosen and placed on synagogue by learned readers who it will be vibrant. the synagogue In the latter part specialize in lbs interpretation. It's Among his . many duties, of 1938. oontunt-s (the five books of Moses) rabbi ls also required to teach the No matter what hour you en- are never printed, never Inscribed young Jewish children to wrlte ter the synagogue, day or night, on paper, nor bound. Its manner of and read Hebrew. The Hebrew you will always find a small light prepa ration Is minutely prescribed prayers are also taught. Rab)Ji burning at the altar. This is the in Jewish law and consecrabed by Epstein holds his classes each day Jewish "Ner Tamid"-t.!le perpetual uninterrupted practice from Bible in a small room equipped with or eternal light. This light symbo- times to the present day. It is made desks downstairs in the Synagogue. lizes much ln the Jewish faith. In of parchment from the skins of He is evidently quit,,e !ond of this the synagogue, v11,cant or occupied, ritually clean animals-perfect phase of his work, for he told us it has always burned and it has skins, specially treated-and cut to amusing inqidents concerning his created an atmosphere of eternity, regulated sizes and sewed together. smRll charges and showed us bhe of hope, of the continuity of the The Torah Is written In the square textbooks from which they learn Jewish people and the timelessness Hellrew letters without vocalization this ancient language. of God. Electric llgnt has replaced by special scribes who are educated Rabbi Sanrnel Eps~in Is a nath3 oil lamp, but it is still formed to this work. tive of Montreal, Canada, and is in the shape of a oandle or an oil The Torah is read wi th a pointer, graduate of the Jewish Theological bowl. Ancient legends tell us that the end of which Is formed like a Seminary in New York City, and in the year 162 B. C. E., a great bat- small hand with an extended Index McGill University in Montreal. He tle was fought between the Jews finger. This is to prevent th e ink alao attended Columbia University. and a Syrian King, and the from becoming )Jlurred. The rolled His last position was held In were victorious. The oil for Torah is ncased in a rich velvet Kingston, N. Y. temple lamps, however, had Plaque On Synagogue Bears Tables Of Ancient Law Of Judaism •({~~ a �The Synagogue in Portsmouth was achieved in 1922. The bulldlng was formerly a Methodist Church and was bought by th~ Jewish people for their House of Worship. In the entrance hall of the Synagogue are found the names of those who were instrumental in realizing this accomplishment. They are Harry Sussman, Louis Shapiro, Samuel Tawbe, Goodman Brothers, Joseph Cohen, Jacob R. Cohen, Louis Tober, Samuel hen, Samuel Katz Louis Abrams, Nathan Levine, Bessie Tawbe, Annie Tober, Alex' Salden, Max Gelman, Morris Silverman, Myer Siegel, Morris Salden, Simon Shapiro, Jacob Hooz, Peter L. Hooz, Moses L. Nannis, Harry Cohen, Bessie Shapiro, Rebecca Cohen, Messie· Salden, Rebecca Sussman and the Portsmouth Section Council of ,Jewish Women. Above these names are inscribed the following words: "This· Perpetuates 'the Names of Those Who Conceived the Call of God and Man Have Caused this House of Worship Dedicated to t.he Service pf God anct Brotherhood of Man to be Erected." I �Pneumatic Caisson For Pier 15 Reaches Final Position-New Location Of Concord Branch Of B. & M. Ready For Track Laying t'. r.i ---- ~·---------------- The operation of major interest present Portswouth to concord f now ·being performed on the Ports- tracks . T·his latter uorticn of track l; mouth-Kittery bridge is the sinking is to be retired, thu.:avoiding a, pos'::- of the pneumatic caisson for Pier No. sible grade crossing of t.i.e new toll ,: 15 by the Frederick Snare Corp. PWA road and the Portsmouth to Concord J.:' Engineer James R . Gardner today tracks. ,,,. outlined the progress made on this With 81 percent of the New Hampwork. shire approach ready for gravel ··~ Sandhogs began the work of sink- pavement and the sub&tructure work .:~· ing this caisson July 13 and the cut- on five of the seven overpasses nearly t' ting edge of the caisson has now complete ,this contractor should be t reached its final position on a ledge able to turn the job over to his sub/ at an elevation of approximately 56 contractor for final completion of •· feet below mean sea level. As soon concrete pavement ahead of schedas this foundation is prepared, the ule. 1- working chamber will be filled wi~h On the Maine approach the Lane ! concrete and the remaining upper Construction Co. of Meriden, Cann., : portion of the pier completed. It is subcontractor to the Littleton Con;, expected that No. 14 caisson will be firs.t lane of the four-lane highway, in place and ready for sinking as firs lane of the four -lane highway ,;. soon as the air work on No. 15 is between the Eliot road and the in• completed. Work under compressed tl!rsection of the new highway with •· air is carried on on a 24-hour basis the Portsmouth -Portland road. The and every effort is being made to paving of this section of the Maine make this operation a continuous approach will probably be completed process without interruption, in a month. The new location.. of the PortsThe construction of the tunnel mouth -Concord Branch of the Bos- which will carry the new highway ton & Maine Railroad is now ready over the Eastern Division of the Bosfor the track laying. This is a part ton & Maine Railroad is now begin. of the John Iafolla contract and ning to make definite progress. 1 the relocation parallels the main line Deep concrete foo tings for the first to the track to the Morley Button 85 feet of the east wall have been t shop, where it starts its new cours~, poured and °the wall forms are now · thence across Barberry Lane and on being erected. This is the largest ,· through the George Davis and Shut- structure on the approaches and will ,,:.! '. tleworth properties to a point about probably be completed early in De ~ ,,{1 1- 2 m il es f rom the depot along the cember . ··~ :,,~ ,.1 t f J /?~~ I ?;l; :o; ~f:i~J•RI?~t,~~J&i~~~:;-~ }t/'. .,,~:.", .,,,,;;; ,.,:'~~•' ~·•,};f:-:~ •1.,.,;rl,'-'rt'_':t_;:.f . • r, <'•• ~• C , •• : ~-!':; · • .,.-...,·. ,.; • ti'(,:>,i?<: ·, .r_;,;: .' ,.;., )·••< ·.·: £- !i,?ti'.~i!il~''j~~~;~~~~~,1!:'.S~4JP~. 1 �~fr(fft?@J./;t -cin'n'e. :-co.'( 1 ~ r. _::!~~,' t~rvi,ew W ith-Anne! - jC. ~arrO 11 MQOre _). -, , ' ~Q ( ':: • t.~.~-~--. 'W o.v n.::~. 't\oQ.~·e..· -, <'' Durham, July 22.-Unlike the old ,\ , ·, woman who lived in a shoe, Anne "":.. " "--.: Carroll Moore, director of work with · :-·· ·, · children at the New York Public •--·'/ . .,.. .,. Library, who has been presiding /;; s ~ over the Charlotte Thompson room .~:~:e:~ ~hoen:~fffi:!/u:~e:i~:i:~:· 1 critics do not want too much help !f_rom,, "a lot of stiff-nec_ked librarI ians. They must be guided gently • and every aspiring author of chi!dren·s books must remember that 1the first end of his writings should be to amuse the child, whether or not he is able to drag in the moral lesson. ·:_·-:,·:_;-._·~,"-_.•_, :_~··_·:.:.•,_.·..J. Lfo1.rbrcahryildtrheni·s atwteheek H~:oi~n e~:~hy MoAorneawtivilel roeftuL1·inmetoricDku, rMhaem., aMfteisrs ·•i·o.;: - · f.:.•·.:,.;_. . _-',_'•.•~·.,:::.· " __ ;.;: ; . ·.. ::,1- ·. ._- j ---- _ _ • a.. • what to do no matter how many a week spent near Camden, in order ·.·.::~- · boys and girls come clamoring to hold group meetings and conjrt_.-.~--~:._•r: . around her. Miss Moore's course at ferences at the New Hampshire . the Library Institute, sponsored by Writers' Conference. Her work then \;c,-,; . the University of New Hampshire will be to help students interested in for the purpose of giving instruction this branch of writing in which she to professional librarians over a has come so far herself, and in two weeks period, has been very po- which she is important as a critic pular, but as she sits after classes and columnist. She has strongly apand holds court among the brightly proved the Library Institute and its colored picture books and maple 11purpose, and commented on the furnishings given to the University large amount of practical instrucby its Alumnae, it is impossible for tion the faculty was a~le to give in older interviewers to have her un- such a limited time . Her hearty , 'ijt·-,,1,: divided__ ~ttention beca_use of · the praise went to each one of them, to l~j►,-, children who have _discovered m . \Marvin A. Miller, University Lithis short space of time that she ,brarian, and to Jennie D. Lindquist, ~1-.\,•~ can settle their reading problems in !child~en·s !ibrarian of the Manches·K/ <.} an understanding way:··ter Cit Library. Between - answering requests for "J ').')' r'•:;:/.:-:·· Mary P oppins or The Secret Garden, / it:,;}', ·r however, Miss Moore did find time r t't?·. to point out some of the newer de!<'.1/\: velopments in children's books. Most ~--i· :· . important is the part which illusi':,::,. tration is coming to play, she point,_;,:<_;ed out partly because of the newer 1'', technical devices which make betr';.~. . ter pictures possible, and partly be..,;~, '. cause many authors now illustrate .!;t.-;,; ,·· their own works, and these two ____ ::.\:,~~· portions of the book are planned -,,~·; · from the first to go together and A world trip is rather a large un. J,., .. not paired off hit or miss. Writers dertaking, but you can cover it all in 1 ~'\'-: • know children better than they did one afternoon if you visit the unique 1 !ast~rs;a:;pr::c~~go~~eg;~:ft~i~ !~nt~ f~r t~~ fa!;o;1~ i-n, . brary, and altogether the literary old Warner House. ·'".)-: There will be an exhibition in the 1 world is more conscious of the im)>,-:,,_: ·portance of "juveniles" than it used Army and Navy building opposite the , ,,.,,; r to be. This is a good thing and a Warner Hou~ on Daniels skee~. of a 1i- ·: bad thing too, for the awful truth is foreign collection gathi!rect by Mrs. _i.[ ~-..., out that there is money to be made Edward Savage Crocker during her ;,_ , in writing children's books, and a extensive visits to all parts of ',he ;::({\,··. great many commercial writers are globe, accompanying her husband, going into this field, not to the ben- who is in the American Foreign Ser"!,t•,~~-,· -11 eflt of the children. vice . Included in the collection are ··J Miss Moore, herself !he author of foreign doll villages, pictorial maps ;, ,, _ .. Nicholas, a Christmas story of Man- of the world ,British horse brasses, 1 ~ : 11.:._ i hattan, mu~h beloved by_young foreign bells and Japan€se Noh readers, believes that children's masks. ( . ~~--- j books are not apart from the main The historical and valuable War!;~.:>· ,{'· ., currents of our literature, but an ner House is one of the finest examr,;, i : ' 1important part of it. The Yearling, pies of early 18th c~ntury architec1by Marjorie Rawlings, one of last ture in America. It is owned by :~,'.. I year's most popular novels came the Warner House Association, r'..>'-'ii·. · / near to being published as a chil- which was organized to preserve the ;::i:';\ dren's book. Children are as canny house for the benefit of the public ~-~;t.~.·;·,. . and critical of their reading . matter as a monument of the early archi· as their elders d tend m th tecture, life and history of Ports':~\. ·1 1ong run, to ke~pa~alling ~gain an~ mouth and as a repository for furniagain for the good books "that ture and other objects ;,ypifying the 'l bre~~1:!:,....~1;e breath _of life," while life and manners of the people in the -.\ J: ',: ·. -. . ; f~ )·/··. 'WorId Tnp• for BenefI'f Of warner I House ~ ~~::~~;i;::f ~_1i~t_:; 1W/;,..•·, : f!;/~ r·· ·.,., ; t>:-. _ l~s-:;::.;;·z.~. I ;"l ~~f',, •fl:.::.::'•.':.:~:.-.>... •~ / The recently elected offfcers-;f the association are: i President, William G. Wendell, son of the late Mrs . Barrett Wendeil, 1 who was very prominent L".1 ~he forming of the organizaLion. Honorary vice pre..<:i:ieut, Mrs. Mary I. Wood, Portsmouth . First vice chairman, ~1iss Pauline B. Bradford, Portsmouth. Second vice chairman, Mrs. Seth Low P ier:epont, Ytork Harber. Recordmg secre ary, Hon. Charles M. Dale, Portsmouth. Corresponding secretary, Miss Helen Souter, New Castle . Treasurer, Hon. Robert Marvin, Portsmouth. Board of governors, Mrs. Paul H. Bonner, Rye; Miss Sophia Sadwalader, York Harbor; Mrs. L-ester w. Harding, Little Harbor road, Portsmouth; Mrs. Arthur D. Hill, Portsmouth; Mrs. William N. Kremer, Portsmouth ; Miss Elizabeth Perkins, York Harbor; Mrs. William M. Seabury, Kittery Point; Mm. Henry G. Vaughan, South Berwick; Mrs. George H . Warren, New Castle; Mrs. !Miles White, York Harbor ; Miss Mar~ K. Harris, Portsmouth ; Mrs. 1Walhs D. Walker Rye Beach; Miss ·Frances Brooks, Portsmouth; Mrs. 1Edward s. Crocker, Kit.tery Point; Mrs. William G. Wendell, PortsImouth; Mrs: Charles_?sborne, Auburn, N. Y., Mrs. Wilnam E. Marlvin, Portsmouth; Mrs. Henry L. I Greene, Portsmouth. The Warner House was starLed !n 1716 by Capt . Archibald Macphealdri51, wealthy iron merchant, and was built to be the outstanding house of Portsmouth. Its walls are 18 inches thick and in its construction were spent six thousand pounds, an amazing sum for a house in a colonial . town of but a few thousand inhabi- ~q- J}f;-( ,,;, ~.> <',:·. ' ~ Le.a.rh'_days of America. :n~~~p;';~~~ ~~:r~:~:eotbn;i~:1~~ and it was finished in 1723. Captain Macphe!<dris m· arried I Sarah Wentworth, one of the 16 j children of Gov. John Wentwor th. There was one daughter, Mary, who in 1754 married, as h.<;r second husban, Col. Jonathan Warner, member of the King's Council until the Revolution ended his commission. From him the house takes its present-day name. The rooms are unusually highstudded, thr€e being superbly panelled ; beautiful tiles decorate the fireplaces; over the doorway and in j the cupola are fine examples of 0ld ; bull's-eye glass, and on the southwest j corner of the house the passer!Jy , may see the old lightning rod inI stalled in 1762 under the p<?rsonal l supervision of Benjamin Franklin. i1 A number of years ago the removal of wallpaper in the hall disclosed a , ' 1 series of mural paintings by an unknown artist: Governor Phipps, life- · -· · size on a white horse; a lady at a · I -~inning-wheel: scenes from ~~-rEe �~tf~-;;J\\ ~,;~-r--~~cc. _· \{o~~e f~~•-,:...-.-"..:...=-..:.:...:...,;....::__ __ •--•--••~ ~.~ - -- ~d ~~!te~~l a c;~~iptu~ai':~p~~:e~:~: 1· i:1 j tion of Abraham offering up I:s.aac. ! '-! When the house was bought and ;,: l the furniture taken away oy ~he own- ·.,. ~ -o.~1~~;+"1-~-~~;~ ~-~v.-: ~~;t _ ~~ • •P ~:..• _;:_:_._7~ - - •-•-__• -• :-!0-p-p --~o-r-tun·,tyTov·,s·,t I'Wentworth •Gard ner House ,·· ----•-. • ~~-, ••-,•::--:-=....- •- _ -::.· --.. . ···"-·,..._( ·~ ~.;gt"'~\ ~rw:. C '_ ·j. ·1 t, ·--- ers, the removal of a large piece of ~, furniture showed the whole side of . k one room to be marbleized; t.he tf-_ rest of the room had been painted ' over at a later date. 'j r.. The Warner House is one of the rarest survivals of the fine mansions j In order that . everyone may be [ erected in New England in t-he first I given an opportunity to visit the t; quarter of the 18th century • Its historic Wentworth-Gardner House, ~;' earnestly wished, and the efforts of the "Friends of the Wentworth;i; preeervation for the iutu~e is most, Gardner House," a committee of the Warner House Association will Portsmouth people which is endeavr;11 comment themselves to the support I oring to raise funds to preserve this {-'i' of every lover of early America. II noted Colonial mansion, has ar!f'.,P~ _~ 'j;.(l •. '-'l ranged to prin~ a coupon each day 1 t -• ____ '-"-""'1 _....:..____ : this week which will permit the fi - .-[ ,91,os)ili:~sCili ,~ ~,7~'</•£"'-~a: ~. JI _.._, ! ..,; •,·. ~ . f-' k' .- ~'i Old Portsmouth ~-,·:_-,•·_- Landmark Be1'ng •f,~_. \· Razed 1~1;'~~-r to visit the house for ten The members of the committee desire to make it possible for every ~.{,:_!: :}'. _ '.s'/tit'. · [' f ·,,_,, :person in this section to inspect this Colonial house, and become familiar f-, with the beauty of its architecture l and furnishings and, therefore, have made arrangements so that during ,this week everyone may have an opportunity to inspect it at a nomilnal charge. The chance to visit the Wentworth-Gardner House, especially in 1 Iview of the danger that it may be removed from Portsmouth, should I not be missed, i The coupon will appear on the Iback page o! The Herald each day - during the week. 1 ~- Another old local landmark is be- f: ing razed to give way to business, { this being what was known as the 1- Spence house on the southwest cor' ner of State and Fleet streets, built many years ago. With its spacious hall, running from the ·front to the rear end of the house, attractive stairway and old-time wooden man.... 1 ,' tels, well carved, it was once one of residences of the ;, the attractive ,.. town. ~~ In early years it was said to have ~ been the residence of Robert Traill, a native of the Orkney Islands, who , was Comptroller of the port of ;. Portsmouth until the Revolution. He was opposed to the Revolution, and ; left the province at its beginning. ~ He married the sister of General t Whipple. I ( According to old records the gov- · I , ernment in 1766 granted him the '- exclusive right to brew strong beer in the province, and the building in ~ the rear was spoken of in old times / as the "old brewing house." The leases of both of these houses ;, were held by Keith Spence and the }: Spence family is said to have resid, , [ ed in the State street house for : ··- many years. A son, Robert Trail Spence, was a captain in the U. S, Navy. One of the daughters, Harriet Spence, married Rev. Dr. Lowell of ' Cambridge, Mass., in 1806 and their son was the poet, James Russell . Lowell. The Spence house was later owned r by Dr, Curtis, a well known old-time [ local physician, who was very well I to do. His wife was a sister to the ~ late William Cotton of this city, : They lived here !or many years ; with their daughter, Miss Adelaide ; Curtts, who continued to make the ~Spence house her home unt_il sh_ e aJ died several years ago. ____ _ ·1 f. -, --_i~~mi~ - -..,. :.- ./t .. '. :~ ,.:,~,'.'I;•:-- I 1 This coupon and ten cen ts will admit bearer to the WENTWORTH GARDNER HOUSE t f ~,'!.:.:: ~-. .. . :.__ Portsmouth, N. H. Mechan ic Stree t Ju ly 24 to July 29, inclusive between the hours of 10 AM and 5 PM Chi ldren must be accompon ied by an adult, �~¼JCity Council Passes Appropriatio~.ii ii BilL Carrying $611,452.45 . ;;;:'' !;~~ -·\ petition of John H. Greenaway and ---. Amount To Be Raised By Taxation ; $14,000 Less A Than Last Year-$50,000 •>~-ili'l.t,:~ Bond Issue uthorized-Committee r··""-·., N d T C f w h Ad m. tit~/ ame O on er it Rear ' . · . C• W• C0 Ie, U. S. N .-One Parking ,,;:MJ/' · -· 0 d • Ch p ¾:h'- ·-E~ r 1nance ange assed ~>-- ____ ~~he~:~t:sk;~;eet ;~~ite:n:oa~:~~~ -,; that an ordinance would be introduced to cover it. The committee on street lights reported favorable on the request for a light on Summit avenue and the petition was granted. The special committee on sewers reported favorably the request for the Woodbury avenue sEwer. An ordinance amending the park- [ :,:! ,..,,. ~rt ;-,,: ·;.· ;. .;• ¥~-:-:-----,---------===!I~!.;ads prek~ented and passed . .. ,/ 15l~~s . ·:: · • ~ of the project along Marcy St., was imi e par ·mg to. an hour on . ,, ·-·• -· "!'~- The annual appropriation bill for requested by Hon. Charles M. Dale, State street from a point approxi- _; ·1 5 ~; the City of Portsmouth for this year and this was granted. mately o fee~ from the Junction of •'· Residents of Mt. Vernon and State and Middle streets to Marcy '{t;: :.·,; . _ .•. _." was passed at the meeting of the South streets protested a proposal 15t ree t and on t he southerly side of ;"::.:~ •,~' mayor and city council held on which they sta_te would _be deteri- j State_street from Chestnut street to :Y;;_; >,. Friday evening, The total amount ment and a nmsance. This referred a pomt 60 feet easterly of Fleet .;?;\ :::: to be raised by taxation is $611,452.45 to the rumor that a saw mill is to street and the nor~herly side of )} }p: which is $14,000 less than a year be built there. As there had been state street from Middle street 65 '::,,i '.~,:'- ago. A bond issue of $50,000 for per- no permit asked for such an in- feet ea 5te rly and the opposite south- -:x; 1·"~ manent improvements was also au- dustry, there was no action. erly side of State street from Middle :;:_·-~ thorized at the meeting. A bid of $75. for a lot of land street to a point 45 feet distance. ,,~: ~\:-)~'Ii', . A_ committee ~as appointed con- adjoining 507 Dennett St., was re- A 350 bill authorizing the expenditure · · ;)'.t'·:-,;,)" s1stmg of Councilmen Paul Chan- \ ceived from Roy Fernald. This Jot of $ for municipal publicity was &!i:-(;>(f~;· dler, Frank _Hersey and John Leary adjoins his property._ The matter presented and favored. :-·,! i'•~--~t~.. ,; to confer with Rear Admiral C. W. 1 was referred to the city lands and 2Additional funds amounting to .., • ':1' \ , Cole, U.S.N., commandant of the building committee. $ 500. were made available. This in- ,, { · •~;.,'· Portsmouth Navy Yard, on the visit ,I A petition to store and sell gas- eluded $2,000 for street payroll and .. •:: :.tr~_ of• the Annapolis midshipmen to the oline at the corner of Raynes Ave. $SOAO for . . ·-·.·i • resore1uota,irs. 10n au tt1onzmg a d'1s- ~-.~~ "· ·, city in August. A change in the and Maplewood Ave. was received ' ."·f 11 · parking ordinances to limit parking I from the Atlantic Terminal Sales i count of -~ per cent on all taxes --j .1 to an hour on State street from 'i Corp. This was a transfer of per- ; paid by Sept. 1, was passed. :; Middle street to Marcy street was mit, and was granted. : Councilman Chandler made a mo- } ..,• ·-~, .~(·.\' voted. \ Former members of the Ports- tion that a committee. consisting of :-C~ -"~;-,},. Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith mouth Fire Department sought per- ; three members from the council be \._ _ . ? called the meeting to order and the mission to organize a Volunteer Fire · appoint~d to confer w:th Rear Ad- · ~{<i};•.· following councilmen were present : Department to answer all second miral Cyrus R. Cole, U.S.N., com~:'iif&. Paul L. Chandler.' Frank w. Her- alarms and to. man Engine 5. They •mandant of the navy yard to arr~i-t!!7,-il;_: sey, Frank Morns, Charles Allen, are to serve without pay. Those de - range for a suitable entertainment t{.§fF--;~-:F· John Leary, Jr., Fred Schlegel and siring to forming the company in- upon the occasion of the visit of John Burkhardt. elude Forrest Fogg, J. D. Adams, the midshipmen next month. The ,~R•·.:, / A communication from Hon. James Humphreys, Frank Hersey, committee is to be enlarged by the w'.,;i;t'i) Charles M. Dale, seeking permit to Willis Wallace, Frank Gustavson, chairman. Mayor Goldsmith aplt;!t:.r : dredge in front of property on Me- Jack Tilton, Gardner Witham, Wil- pointed Councilmen Chandler, Her- .,. ·' chanics street, north of the city pier liam Palfrey, Edward Weeks, Wil- sey and Leary. to Pierce Island was granted. lard Gray, and Ernest Ward. The , John Cavaretta addressed the A communication from the Col - matter was referred to the commit- council regarding the open stwer ' . ,.,, ".,~·.• onial Beacon Oil Co. asked a per- tee on fire department. on Cutts street. The matter has •,1 ~l¾'f mit for storage tanks on its proper- I A communication from T. J. been refErred to the board of health. 1 ~~~1-',,, ty up river. This having been ap- \ Downs called attention to the conA bond issue amounting to $50 ,000 ·,;c, proved by the board of adjustment ity of Lincoln, Richards and Par- was authorized to be used for per~{JJ\; the council granted the permission. dition of an old sewer in the vicin- · manent improvements. Thiss passW.:~).i;i Th~ New England Tel. & Tel. co. rott Av~nues. . ed its three readings, and the money ;; ~~-;~·~ re askea a permit for two pole locations Building Inspector Clement R. will be used to do considerable work ;_;;,,,.fli.}{·T and these were granted. Moulton made his quarterly report, which is being planned on the ·· ' Residents of Ward 1 and 3 re - showing 32 inspections made and streets and highways. quested a street light on Woodbury licenses amounting to $7.50 collectAve., between Myrtle Ave. and Bad- ed and turned over to the city treas- Appropriation Bill ger's Hill, and this was referred to urer. . The AppropriaLions Bill is as fol· the committee on street lights. The quarterly report of the city I lows. "Permission to build a sea wall marshall was also received and both A Resolution Raising Revenue And j and rip rap along the westerly bank reports were placed on file . !\'laking Appropriation Thereof For of the Piscataque ·river, along Marcy . The committee on parking pre- The Fiscal Year 1939 . . street and also to dredge in front sented a favorable report on the Resolved: by the City Council of '~''··' c':i,'7..,.. ,,· ,-,.;. -~ . . :c,:,· . •. . ,. ;.- .. . , .. ,· .. "· . ...... the City of Portsmouth, assembled ,. ·'-r'L~~•,~{J;eif.~/~1:;:~;j- j__ ._,i-_:,~~;· :i.;?i\f:,"" ;._~ - ~s~f~o.;.cll"'o..,_w"s:..;: ' _ _ _ _........._>-....i....··: _ _ _- _...,_, :..-!:. ~,:._;f _".•;,_•.~..•:~ ~~ ;~7'<'<~~;.. l .,., '.,'-: .,rf r1,~{!ft, <: e~-; ~r-~ I 1 L':~ ~:±,.ciBi+.;:~~-·1;:b1;_:~ ----- - ,._~.. -,.,, J., �. .~..., ~ . ,. __ . ., . :. ., ·; . . ,,··~.~;>:~- ~~> ,- :''1; ?,t·,.;tI6f/:?Yf··,":_ ·~---:._._·.··· -~:::--~--. .• , ,-,1 That there shall be raised, and J.•--s=-l-t_p p_l:-:i-es--~~ - - - - - - ,2:-:0:-:0:-:.0:-:0: r Exchange of Automotive Vi_; there is hereby ordered to be raised . Maintenance of Trucks: Equipmrntflj on the polls and ratable es tates Gas and Oil 200.00 Motorcycle 359 .70 · ( within said Ci ty, the sum of Six 1 Other .350.00 Patrol and Ambulance 1,121.00 ;;a Hundr ed Eleven Thousand Four Electricity 300.00 Cruising Car 330.00 . W1 Hundred Sixty-Two Di>llars and .l Telephone 200.00 Forty-Five Cents to defray the exFuel 700.00 Total 45,216.45 f~ pense of the City for the present Water 40.00 1 Poor Department '.il fiscal year, which. togethEr with Incidental Expense, in./j Direc t Relief: :,:l the sums that may be received from eluding special exFood 8.230.00 fines, interest, taxes on railroads, pense of $50.00 re I Shelter 2,620.00 i savings banks income frqm in tang Diamond Match Clothing 214.00 • poses stated below and shall be Company fire Fuel 200.00 1,304.00 •' appropriated for the specific purInsurance - CompensaMedical Care 866.00 ~ poses stated bclo wand shall be tion, Liability and Hospital Expense 1,093.00 ;, made available to the several de- ' Property Damage 700.00 Gas, Light, Water 25.00 partmen ts named in such amounts Special Items I Cash Allowance 200,00 !\ as the City Council shall allot. No New Equipment 170.00 Board and Care 5.317.00 ~ transfer shall be made except by Reconditioning AmerOther 621.00 ~ vote of the City Council. ican - La France Ind irec t Relief: : Departments pumping engine 175.00 S2wi ng Project '' Appraisers Life Net 105.00 Rent Salaries of Board: R epairs to Ladders 300 .00 Material ~· 2 Mem]Jcrs $1 ,000. each 2,000.00 11 Other ~ 1 Member, Clerk 2,200.00 To tal 23,939.73 Administration Expense: Office Expense 1 4oo.oo . Fire Alarm Sal!o>,ries ~ Salary of Superintendent 600.00 Overseer Total 5,600.00 General Repairs 400.00 Investigators ~ Jury Drawing 60 .00 Electric Power · 60.00 Clerical Salaries Blowing Whistle 100 oo O ther Services Mayor 1.000.00 , Time Signals (WestErn Clerk 2.200,00 (Telephone, etc.) Union) 22 52 1! Office Supplies Auditor 3,000.00 .15:00 Miscellaneous Treasunr 50.00 2.100.00 , 1 , Incidental Expense Messenger 1,300.00 · I Tot Solicitor 1,197.52 Total 25,477.00 1 200.00 / a1 O!cl Age Assistance Tax Coll~ctor 2. oo.oo Health Department 7,700.00 5 I ' Public Buildings and Places Building InS!):ctor l.000 .00 j Salaries City Hall Maintenance Physician 1,800.00 Building Supplies ~ Toial 500.00 Other Members of 14,300.00 Building Repairs General Expense 625.00 Board (2 @ $50.) 100.00 Fuel ' Prin ting, Stationery and 890.00 Plumbing Inspector 200.00 Light . Supplies 590.00 Meat Inspector 1,800.00 400.00 , Equipment Supplies and Expense 350.00 100.00 Extra Labor 936.00 Premium on Bonds 315.00 Miscellaneous 200 Mayor's Incidentals Total 2,000 .00 2,600.00 Cemeteries 175 Miscellaneous Expens e 300.00 · Municipal Court Care and Main tenance Telephone Salaries 360.00 of Clocks 350. C!e:rical Justic 6 400.00 1800.00 Insurance 3,944. Vital Statistics 800.00 Associate J:ustice Bell Ringers 28. (53.00) a session) 200.00 General Repairs and Total Clerk 12.325.00 600.00 Incidental Expense 600.00 Financial Expense New ·Boiler in Veter•'. Bonds Maturing during Total 2,600.00 ans' Home-Parro tt 1939 ,;, 65.000.00 Police Department Avenue 457.00 Interest on Bonds PaySalaries able during 1939 17,686.25 Commissioners Total 9,295.43 .,, Discount on Revenue (3 @ $100.00 ) 300.00 Public Library ..-,. Notes 383.18 Clerk of Board Salaries 50.00 5.575.00 ' Discount on Taxes Marshall 2,400.00 New Books 1,000. ($400,000 @, 1 % % ) 6,600.00 Assistant Mar~l1all Binding 2,200.00 400 ,.,. . Expense re Revenue Captain 2.100.00 Periodicals 200:00 ·', Notes (cost of enInspector Supplies 2,098.75 275.00 graving, registraP atrolmen -15 @., 5.50 Heat 504.50 tion,etc.) 300.00 per day Light 30,112.50 200.00 Extra man - from Gas 15,00 Toial $80 ,969.43 7-15-39 to end of Water 20.00 Fire Departmen t year Ordinary Repairs and 929.50 Salaries Telephone Incidentals 600.00 125.00 Board of Engineers ·1 Auto and Motorcycle Chief ---2,100.00 l Maintenance: Total Expense 8,314.50 First Assistant 1,aoo.00 Gas and Oil 400.00 Less Estimated Income Second A:;sistant 200.00 I O ther 300.00 from Trust Funds 800.00 Cl~rk 25.00 Sundries 500.00 I Permanent M : n (7) 11 ,734.73 :/ Special Police 100.00 Total 7,514.50 Call Men - 36 ri, l 00.00 3,600.00 Insurance -CompensaHighway Division 8 @ 105.00 840.00 tion, Liability and l Management: Property Damage 900.00 Total Salaries 20,299.73 .j New Equi ment l__salati,E\S.·~ ~-:----:----,::---;-----' ~I,-,;,.,,_..,. z~-=;,.,-:·~~-;---,._-__-c-·•-._,--~--~,----...-,, ,_•. ;·_ 115.00 . . , ~:. ~-~--.\ -~.{_·-·\c.~:.:.. ~ tJ ~ i f r ~ f ·! ti J , i . . ' . . . . , •<>4 ··t\,. l j ------------' i'L ~~!;~~~;15.:ff;)fi~t~~~ �-47::o~ I :- --~:~~~:-t:~~=---· - 1,750.00 I 714.00 ~ 300.00' 1,350.00 2,650.00 1,927.08 Retirement Fixed Charr, es : P er Capital Tax (to 5,832.00 State of N. H .) Ou tlays for Construction and Equipmen t : Alterations of Buildings 1,550.00 2,500.00 New Equipmen t Office Expense Highway Maintenance: 24.000.00 Street Payroll 7,000.00 Collection of Ashes Incinerator Expense6,800.00 Operation 1,000.00 Tree Expense 232,634.46 Materials and Supplies 1,500.00 Total 1,000.00 Less Estimated R evenue : Tools and Equipment $2,000.00 1,500.00 Tuition Repairs to Equipment 1,000.00 9,000.00 Dog Licenses Road Material 50 .0i:: 800.00 Miscellaneous Asphalt Plant 127.00 Revenue from Junior Stable Maintenance High School R ental Maintenance of Auto1,000.00 Acct. motive Eqpt. 3,800.00 Less Balance of RevGas and Oil 2,500.00 enue received f o r Other ,...,. _ 2,500.00 1938 in Excess of Sewer Maintenance 1,785.61 Public Safety Signs and Estimate 375.00 Painting 25,835 .61 Snow Removal and I Total 8,000.00 Sanding 3,000.00 Amount to be raised by Insurance 206,978.85 taxation Sidewalks: 24,000.00 800.00 Street Lights Maintenance 775.00 1 ,Veights and Measures: Construction (50-50) 400.00 Salary of Sealer State Air Class V Main1 100.00 1,000.00 1 Expense tenance 200.00 Memorial Day Observance 600.00 78,716.00 Fourth of July Celebration Total 1,000.00 i Miscellaneous Parks and Playgrounds 3,200.00 I Parking Area Expense: Payroll 718.00 Supervision 400.00 Equipment and Supplies 182.00 Other 100.00 Light Permanent Improvemen t 50 .00 Water 4,000.00 Projects Supervision (Playgrounds) 675.00 200.00 Skating Rink~Operation Repairs to Bleachers 250.00 Testimonials to P.H.S. a n d Playground Mun icipal Publicity and 200.00 Building Seacoast Development 3,700.00 Special Playground R e900.00 Swimming Pool pairs to base ball fa 5,000.00 Contingent ~: .·,~. cilities, i n c 1 u ding 1 '.'.'# ~ · ' I toilets under grandTotal Appropriation 950.00 I stahd for Municipal Purposes 580,134.91 5,575.00 Total County Tax 114,377.54 School Department Expenses of Administra tion: State Tax ~ Excess Salary of SuTotal Appropriation perintendent (pay694,512.45 For All Purposes able to S tate of New 3,100.00 Hampshire Less Estimated R~venu e Salary of Supt . 5,100. 1,600.00 Fines and Costs Amount contribInterest on Taxes and uted by state 2,000. 2,200.00 Tax Sales Clerks 2,500.00 3,200.00 Licenses Truant Officer 700.00 Auto Registration Other Expenses o f 20,000.00 Permits 350.00 Administration R evenue from Ta x Expenses of Instruction : 3,500.00 Deeded Proper ty Salaries of Teachers 170,000 .00 State CreditsText Books 3,800.00 Interest and Dividends 23,000.00 Pupil's supplies 4,000.00 Insurance 100.00 Flags 35 .00 Railroad 6,300.00 Other Expenses of InSavings Bank 18,700.00 1,465.00 struction Building and Loan 400.00 :-;,: High and Junior High Estimated Gain from , •. Clerks 2,000.00 Sale of Land (re ~~/- __· \ Expenses of Operation of Plant: new in terstate bridge 2,000.00 ·" • Salaries of Janitors 14.000 .00 Water Depar tment-Ren t 2,000.00 50.00 I Miscellaneous I I i l I I {}/!.· I 7,!~~:~~ I ~U:~r ~.tl; ~~jp~~f:~'and ::::: 2,750.00 Insurance 75.38 . ~uxili af ies_: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ , ;'\ ;:_ . ~. .... - ' !. .... ")~ ~_. I . •~ i \Amount to be Raised by :raxatlon !-Ar6err ·R.-Ju-nk1 ns~ ·veteran Mason, -; 'Dies At 86 The dea th of Albert R . Junkins of 659 Middle street. one of the old-est and best known members of ~he Masonic fraternity in the st a te, occurred th is morning after a long illness. He was 86 years of age. Mr. Junkins had bee n the head of more Masonic orders than any 'other man in the city and for years his great-est of pleasure has been \in his lodge work, and even to the lend, he main tained his gr-e at interest in Masonry. For over 50 years he was a mem,ber of St. John 's Lodge and re jcen tly rec•eived a 50 -year medal trom the lodge. In 1888 he served as 1 master of the lodge, and at the 200th anniversary observance three years ago, was present and took a 1 !prominent part in the activities. He was a member of Washington Royal Arch Chapter, No. 3 ; of Davenport Council, Royal and Selected Masters, No. 5, Dewitt Clinton Commandery, Knights Templars ; Ineffable Grand Lodge of Perfection ; Grand Council, Princes of J erusalem, all of t his city ; New Hampshire Chapter, Rose Croix, of IDovtr , and New Hampshire Consistory of Nashua. ' He served as high priest of the Royal Arch Chapter of '::his city \ and is a past grand high priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of New Hampshire; Past Thrice Illustrious Master of Davenport Council ; Past Thrice Illustrious Master of the Grand Council of New Hampshire, and Past Immin ent Commander of DeWitt Clinton Commandery, K. T . F or many y,e-ars he served as s ecretary of the V•et-e rans Free Masons. For 35 years 1 lhe served as Prelate of the DeWitt Clinton Commandery. He is one of t.he few 33rd degree Masons, being a member of the Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General of the 133rd d•e-g ree of the Northern Ma. sonic jurisdiction of the United States. He received this high honor 25 years ago. He s,e·r v·ed for 53 terms as chairman of the Mech anics Fire Society. Mr. Junkins was a native of this city, being the son of David and Betsy (P earson) Junkins. He was born on Sept. 7, 1852, and obtained his education in the iocal schools. He became inter ested in the . contracting business and for a I I ' ',., · '· , ·. · :- ' • ,l ' · : ., r i,., ,· ·' . , () ,.. >~· •. ':... · · _, · .~< . J- . ' ; - - - , :~:~::s~fe~:::r~i~:;:: ~~t:i~;r;~ , --~ t'-~ _i_,\~,·,:.:_/ 611 ,462.45 ly,e-ars ago . . 1 _____ _ _ _ Hr. is survived by his wif e and ·~ ·-· _··. ·.,·. ·)_ ·.l; ·.·· ~L. , -; 3·~.-"-;, ,.,. · · _ ~ ) 1several nieces and n ephews. ·· I Privat·'" funeral tiervices will be .. . , , , /held from his la te home Wednesday at 2.30 p. m . ', Kindly omit flow __e_rs_·- - - - --'-'-- '~ �World's Fair In ~I Portsmouth t· J Pierhaps everyone in Portsmouth tr~·- 1·and cannot go around the world in trains ships, but at least everyone can ff-j go to the "Around the World" exhi~, bition that will be held at the Army t' j and Navy building on Daniels street t. for the benefit of the historic WarJuly 31 to Aug. 5. doll peasants from . ·c ! Yugoslavia spinning and · weaving, c;;:_ I Hungarian peasants dancing to music by a Tzigane orchestra, Lapland 1peasants driving a sleigh and lassoo*- i ing a wild deer, Polish pea&nts I watching a cock figh t, Italian peas; ants around Lake Como, Swiss peas',-- i ants climbing the Alps and other :;;,:_} peasants from Salvador, East Africa, .,. i China and Japan and Indians from ': I North Dakota. ~~u There is a perfect Japanese dolJ \J house in the exhibition with the in:;.: Iterior furnished exactly as most of 0::-; the Japanese houses. There are f'T i figures representing true characters - i in Japanese history in elaborate au::- i then tic costumes, among them being ?. :1the Empress Jingo, who was the Joan ,.. of Arc of Japan in the third century, ,, -J and Nitta Yoshisada, a famous war·:: rior, and others . .., The exhibition of British horse · brasses will furnish a wide field for :i: thought and to those who are interested in family crests, bits of history and characteristics of all classes of life. Horse brasses were used in ancient Greece and are mentioned in Homer's "Illiad." This collection contains brasses used by horses from the royal stables at Windsor," brasses used by horses from the stables of Gladstone, King Edward VII., ,. Knights of the Garter, the Duke of Norfolk, and others . The foreign l>ells on exhibition ~ consist of camel bells from Bagdad, '.:I reindeer bells from Lapland, cow :'l bells from the Tyrol, temple bells ~:7 from Tokyo, a donkey bell from the Great Wall of China, a large iron bell from Mongolia, a Buddhist bell from Japan and many others. The Japanese Noh masks, also on exhibition, are all over 100 years old and were carved by famous Japanese artists. The Noh drama is mo;, t important in Japan and has contin.'. ued over five centuries unchanged. ;:. I The pictorial maps on exhibition are of absorbing interest to those in '.~- whom the spirit of wanderlust j~ reigns. There is a wine map of ~ Italy, a chateau map of Sweden, an author's map of Great Britain, maps ,1:! of Peking, Ming Tombs, Mexico and -~ 100 others . The entrance fee is very small . .,; after the first day, and it is hoped ~- that everyone in Portsmouth wil: come to "fl y around th e world on men tal wings" and also to help i11 ~~ the preservation of the beautiful olct f Warner House that is the pride of . all Portsmouth citizens. ·i : ner House, from #,;. 1 There will l>e •,.: I ·,. ~t- ~- 1 f t' J..., .. -r------------ I �Early Georgian in New England -11 ~~ ,--;~~==~1 -~;:·;::'.1 \.· NA;:~;;,~ t~:7.:,~• ;:;:~~;.;~;~~;~~~~{ ~;,~ ~ ;~ ~;~ ~ ~b~:1'.~ •;: :' •~: ~•nt- tf\:'.J~~ 1'.I �t Af''•·· .;; · o.v .,.,., ,." ,ouse'.'""~ '<:1-•· - ...,·, • · . t· ,· · , ,~~:i~:;~;s:~:7~~~Eir~!:.::~:ti~~·~3rd .'&~,~~~,1¾] I ~1 FamousOldHouse y Interesting Gathering Held Yesterday At Hotel Spe cia ltoT h eChristianSci enceMonitor ;) · Pepperrell At Kittery Point ~:/ PORTSMOUTH, I~ ~;:.~=d ;:~~tis N. H.-Re- ·"~1- ____ _______________ ,c:' : ti •.··-rJ}. ·'"c:.,ft .· b:~'.~! t[i ;tJJ?i; i;1/;::;::.7to We~tworth-Gardner l ~J house on Mechamc Street. !lj';i: The house was built in 1760, a period _w hen Portsmouth, which ftr.J flowered a little earlier than Bos~;;-,l ton and Salem, was enjoying con- 1 The 43rd annual reunion of the:f.trude Conant, Cape ElizabetJ:i, Me., ·_._l,_:_,_:_:_:· .(_·_:_; :.\_:__·;_:_::~-::,.:_,_' ; .,f_L,;_~_!_:_i_;_, Pepperrell Family Association was Annie Randall, Kittery Point, Myra, . ·<c. . :J.\:;'j held yesterday at the Hotel Pep- Emerson, South Berwick, Mrs. Jes- _ .. ,,, -'(if· . . sie Willet, Port Washington. .: ·.:.:_ -~?~"" .'.::\;;terrell at Kittery Pomt, wi th a Membership znd PepperreU ... }\?)';jt~: ·,•,c·. 11arge attendance and a program of mansion commit.tee-Franklin s .. · .:: {, ;jJfit· . ·.-'s'.jmuch interest. Frisbee, St. Johnsbury, Vt., George ,; ,'~.;,,_,J;,;¼/i st 1 0 ,_~;] :·10~0 b':,~~:~ i::~tinih:as iog!:s~ ' ~~-i Madam Hunking-Wentworth to officers elected Randall, Kittery Point, Mildred ,~- ,:\T.;;:,-.:o..~ ··: .,._,,:,'·' [d her s_on, was one of four similar P:re.sident-F.11anklin S. Frisbee, Frisbee, Portsmouth. •}",,.:_,.,.if,?,~' ',., h,,,-s: [-i,_,I mansions that were designed, and , St J h b Vt R • ·tt -G p · '· · ··~· ·· ,,, ,lf:) partly constructed, according 10 ·•, ·" .. o ns ur!, : . euruon comm1 ee eorge • '';, ,, ,.<f,-.;. old reports in England d ; __, Vice pl'lesidents-Agnes Rogers, Frost, North Hampton; Agnes Rog- .,_·'.·_.;·,/:_.·>g t .: , , an were :::r l . th t ,.. · · · ~-. then shipped to this side assem- :·:-, South Berwick, Me ., Capt. John H . ers, Sou Berwick; Evelyn Fros , .·. ;<(;~;>:'\ ?led and finished. Hence, the house ;?)t: Pruett, Kittery_ Point . North Hampton; Annile Randall, ,•>2.\}Y 1s pure Georgian, and offers illu- ".'.;;·'.·· Secrztary-Miss Barbara Bart- Kittery Point; Gladys Frisbee, ' ;.<''°f ~] minating contrast to the Federalist (,f;~ lett, Eliot. Myra Emerson, South Berwick. •~;\_;,i i>1 houses of Salem that came a fe w ,:·,~ Treasurer, Agnes Rogers, South Executive committee-Franklin ·~:;;;;-< i,,'', decades later. ·_.,1.;;:,.:;_: Berwi·ck. S , xr ..., i·sb "e, st. J 0 h nsbury, Vt .,· A g- "', ,,,, .:;~ ;,,:· ·"·:-· ,i A few years ago the Metropoli- ,:·J'· Chaplain-Mrs. Annie Hatch, nes Rogers, South Berwick; George '.; ~) tan Museun, of New York bought _tf{_: Portland. P. Frost, North Hampton; Annie :~th e house: ~nt:nding ~o i·:mov_e ~t, -_{;;\ Historian-Lillian Norris, South Shapleigh, Eliot; Annie Randall, /,;,:i,j piece by p1ec~, and re-erect 1t m '.,~_,:· Eliot K ittery Point . th e famous American Wing. This /~... c · t d ' f to b d lotFollowing the excellen~ dinner ,· ,,, plan ho wever , b d d ,_ •,· us o ians o m an " .,_,, ' ' vas a an one , ·, -.c,• c t J h H p tt K 'tte d · 1 h th fte . and the ~ociety for the Preserva- : (' a? . o n . rue , i ry an a socia our, ie a rnoon Jf hon of New England Antiquities Pomt, Georg.e P. Frost, North was given over to a discussion of ?;, has been giv en an option for pur- . Hampton, assistant. various matters pertaining to the lf.:.i\ chase. A price of $10,000 was set Auditor-Annie P. Randa'.!!, Kit- good of the association. w;, of which the Society has to dat~ tery Po_int. It was voted .to hold the 1940 re"ais~d $2,000. Ancestorial Ger- union at the Hotel Pepperrell. ~~~ the ·famous f¥l ~~~~~~~/ ~~~er~:;'us~ ~ ~~~ts~~ :? ii~;h :::~~• !:~! ::-·\'.%~i}l~~fitJ'f) ~'.,; r!~~!;; 0 J;, -: 1 I, ;i1 ~f'tJ ~ti· 0 �fffli~;1:\:· ~ oJ \ \ t)f'f I_.~r::·RR_ : __ ~.:_; ___.1_;_· .. . . . , 'tn ~~ o.it;•·_\.,Q.ch!.:'.:. -t16 u.~e. eamzionvg""oS' fl.~nl ddsm ·-aailrk : oft u · <ii.,, ,- ..., : ·. .,, · · .-.. ____________ Was Scene Of Much Activity During Earlier Days :_: _i._:;.~_;;_J . ,~ __ ; i, and two or three on the front. Each Another local landmark, which h ad an elevator, as goods from the ~.tt'l_-_:;:,:_:. has been razed this weekt,howin dg to w .e st Incues were swred in the base, ;the ravages of time, 1s e o1 sa1 1 ment and the upper stories until • , : . - · loft, the ancient wooden building on needed. _!l Market street opposite the MoffatOne of the old-time local meri,}.'. . Ladd House, and owned by the New chants, the late Thomas Neil, a cen,:·· 7 - Hampshire Cqlomal Dames. tenarian, who died about eight years 1.~ , The age of this old structure is Iago, was one of ihe well-known _- .. hardly known, but 1s thought to have store-keepers on Market ~,treet in been built before the year 1812. It I earlier days. Mr. Neil, who lived to ,·., was built in two parts, one bemg add- : pass his 101st birthday anniversary, ">}:.,..-~ ed later. The story goes that the ihad a most remarkable memory. r. - framework was put aboard a vessel I Upon attaining the century mark in :>;~, to be sent to the West Indi-es but ' 1928, a member of the Herald staff ;1_.•:\:···~:·, never reached there as the craft was who called at his home on Middle ?/" chased by a British man-of-war and street had the opportunity of hearing had to turn back. him tell something about the activit_.~f0_."_.., For many years this ancient build- j ties along the waterfr<>nt as he knew '.;i/f'?,_/! ing was used as a sail loft and a them wh_en a young business man. \J}/··(<·/ thriving b,usiness was carried on, as, 1At that time Mr. Neil was in the r-t·· , ! in olden days, Portsmouth had con- ship chandelry business, the firm •~>{1< I siderable shipping and lower Mar- name being Raynes & Neil. The 1ket street was a very busy part of our business was conducted in the brick seaport town . It is the last one ·of building on Market street now occu,;: -;; '.. the old-time sail lofts which were so pied by the Waiter S. Jackson Com\. · numerous in other days. pany, the buildings in that section ._- -.i -· Facing on Market skeet, the mil bei_n g known then as "Merchants' 'i '. · ! loft occupied one long floor extend- Row. " During the five years that · .j ing back to Ceres street . It con - the firm of Rayne,,1 & Neil was in this I tained a basemen which was below business many ships built in the Market street and reached to Ceres various shipyards were suppli-ed with street by a long flight of steps. The necessities. At the time of the Civil lower part of the building was rented · War Mr. Neil was in the flour and for a boathome . grain busineo:s on Market street, The late John R. Holbrook, old- Portsmouth being a distributing centime sail-maker, occupied the sail : ter for these commodities at that loft for many yeare, as did other sail- I time. Packets would come from makers before his time . About a j Nort.11 Berwick and South Berwick, half-century or less ago the front of i Me ., Exeter, Dover and other places the building was altered and a door 11 and return with large quantities of . and a large window added in order flour and grain . From 1860 to 1865 < . that it might be rented as a store. Mr. Neil had rour shiploads of salt Sail-ma.king was a profitable consigned- to him from Liverpool, business years ago and the wharves Eng., each ship carrying about 1500 on the waterfront presented a scene tons. Much of the ~,alt was sold of activity. It is said that 20 or 30 at wholesale in Gloucester, Mass., as t•\. _·. ?::ir"":.. - •.\'.y_ :!ff~~:::;:;;;g~:;~; ranged for the visitors they found it ' a pleasant place to wait for an incoming boat. No cooler spot could ;::::,~:~:7:'F!;&:;~°.;,?.£:~; points and the steamers and tugs !plying to and fro, was interesting. I Captain Fernald was employed as ? city teamster for 10 years. At one time he was a member of the !Portsmouth Fir.e Department and jd~ove the first pair of horses this 1c1ty purchased and its first fire entgine. He followed the sea for many Iy~ars but later in life was occupied !with boat bu1ldmg and repairing. He also stored boats and at times had 35ormoreoftheminhisshop. , The boat-shop was later occupied lby Joseph Thomer as a fish market i for 17 years, -until three years ago, when he moved to Bow street. While the old sail loft building had ... ?utlived_ its usefulness and was going!··~ ,odecay,_itwasanoldlandmarkthat _..,-,'· was familiar_ to many of_ our res1- ; ,-. dents, a remmder of earlier days. r: .._: ., /~); ·1 ! •, ·..,: '- 1 ~-~:: , . . I i ~.:_·.\.:~.-.· .·_•.'·. ;__ vfoersseflsor ~ould oftten bedlssehen l~adingt , -, . e1gn por s or c argi.rig a , . ·local wharves. Trade was principally with the Weet I ndies and one 1._·_,_:·•·.-.'_'.'.:-:_'· ,. , often would see a sign over a st.ore . .- . lettered "W 1 Good and G 1_:\/t -··· . ,, C · · f 1 bs b frocerk, 1es. argo.es o um er, ee . por , fi.sh and live tock . d f . s were carne rom here, while the return cargoes were principally molasses sugar, coffeer um and other products. Sper~ and whale oil were u.-ied for lighting purposes in those early days and every grocer carried in his stock a w., barrel of oil. zf.'.\~:-,,.· :. There were also a number of vesi{t'::,• •· sels engaged in the RUl!7Sian and )t;.~· ~\. South American trade .and some in the India trade. The substantial ::{ •·"'; --,J bnck buildmgs on lower Market J street, owned by some of the early prosperous merchan ts, were made to :,,{', ,.'--,:1 house many of these cargoes. Some i~"- '.\ _J were five st.ories high on the back •1t::··::··i lt;.:..-~\ ~-:·: ~7. J r;"'_:.~:~:~.S :·_:~.:___· ::L__ •• • 1 well as retail there. In the rear of his store was a wharf where cargoes of salt were stored in buildings kept for that purpore. . Years ago the Portsmouth Nav1ga! tion Co. rented the old sail loft b .1d. h th Ul mg w en ere was more activity on the river. . In later years the lower floor of the building was occupi-ed by Capt. George J. Fernald as a boat-shop. Captain Fernald was one of the best known men along the waterfront and occupied the place for over 40 years. His cheery temperament and kindly disposition made for him friends ..: from every class. He was ever ready to give information about the coming and going of the river steamers to the. stranger who was seeking facts. For years some of the retired businec1.; and professional men found the boat-shop a pleasant place to con- . \ •. , .. /.:__·-~~- · _:... \.:. .. �Wentworth-Gardner Mansion Home Of A Great Patriot B y DOR OTHY M. VAU GHAN The old Wentworth-Gardner house, whose days in Portsmouth may be numbered, was once the home of the distinguished patriot, William Gardner. It was built in 1760. for Thomas Wentworth and occuped during the Revolution by the Nichols family whose sons were sea-faring men. W1Iliam Gardner purchased it in 1782 and lived in it for some forty years. William Gardner was born in P ortsmouth in 1751. He was one of the six sons of J ohn the tailor whose shop was in fashionable Buck street. Young William received his early training in the counting-room of Col. Joshua Wentworth; afterwards he became a clerk in the flourishing mercantlle establishment of Major John Langdon. This was the beginning of a long and lasting friendship between these two men. Langdon looked upon Mai or William Gardner Gardner as a son, and the younger i,-------------:--:-1 m an regarded his friend and asso- There was no further argument, th,e elate with the greatest of respect merchant received his pote, Gardand esteem. With the outbreak of ner obtained the blankets and hurthe Revolution William Gardner ried them off to the clothier general. adhered closely to the patriotic cause In after years when Gardner apwhich Langdon so firmly upheld piled to the government for reimand sponsored. In 1777 Gardner bursement h e found t hat the counwas appointed local agent for cloth- try was almost bankrupt and he ing for the Continental Army and was obliged to bear his loss like the in this capacity served his country true patriot that he was. faithful)y and Well. An ex•1 I n 1778 h is f nen • d J oh n Lll,ng d on • ·act from One Of hl·s letters to M~shech ' organ ized an independen t company Weare, president of New Hampshire, of volunteers, made up of personal dated Sept. 16, 1777, Shows the f r j ends and men from hi s shi p-yar d ; care and attention he gave his this outfit he equipped as cavalry. work. "I have wrote the Clothier Langdon's company of Light Horse Gen eral Some time Past respecting Vol un teers, as they were ca 11ed , ro de the cloathing being forwarded to to Newpor t, R . I., to support Genthe Army with all dispatch and era! John Sullivan in his campaign dally expect his answer-however th ere. Th e o!flcers of t hi s ga11 an t You may rest a.s sured that they sha.11 1ittle company were ; J ohn L ang d on, be sent on the next week ensuing, captain; James Hackett, master Whether I hear from him Or not' as bulid er of th e R anger, l 1eu . te nan t ; the situation of our troops really and Wllliam Gardner, ensign. Two gives me anxiety of mind which I of Wllliam Gardner's brothers were h ear tl·1y wish to have removed." on the roll of t,h ls smal 1 company. Whlle serving as agent for cloth- During the years 1788 to 1791 Wiling he was called upon to supply liam Gardner served as treasurer of blankets for the army and finding the state and apparently was held none in Portsmouth he made a m · th e hi g h es t of es teem for on trip to Newburyport, Mass ., where June 17th 179l it was "Voted unanhe found enough to Serve his Pur- in1 ous Iy th a t th e th an ks of th e H ouse Pose. But the mel·chant was un- o~~ R epresen t a ti ves be g1ven to Wll willing to sell if he had to extend 11am G ar d ner, E sq,, f or hi Sf- tte n ti on credit to the Continental govern- to and fidelity in his offlce of Treasment. This attitude provoked WI!- urer of this state." llam Gardner, whlLknew the great In 1790 President Washlng tori, ·in need there was for these blankets recogni tion of his great services to and who would have willingly have his country, appointed him loan given his entire fortune for his officer for t he state of New Hampcountry. He informed the dealer shire. Abou t this t ime William that h e had implicit faith in his Gardner built an arch over Garner government and that as a proof of street which stood for many years it he would take the blankets and and was always called "Gardner's give his personal note for the same. Arch," and in this arch there was a small r oom in which he conducted his business as loan officer. His military commission of major was given him in 1792 when he was assigned to the 12th New Hampshire Regiment as major of the Second Battallon. The major was thrice married. His first wife was Sarah, daughter of Capt. Samuel Frost of Portsmouth, who died In 1782, aged twenty-eight. He married second Miss Betsy Hewes of Boston who died in 1818, and the following year he married, Sarah Purcell, daughter of Capt. Gregory and Sarah (Wentworth) Purcell. The third Mrs. Gardner was a great granddaughter of Lt. Governor John Wentworth and was a cousin of Thomas, the fi rst occupant of the house over which she presided for twenty years. Major Gardner lived in this house untll his death in 1834. For a num~ ber of years prior to his death he was practically blind, but in spite of this affllction he was always intensely Interested in publlc affairs and took great pride in the town he had served so long and well. He died at the age of eighty-three and it ls said that he was buried at the Portsmouth Plains and that his last resting place has been unmarked these many years. Re owned a farm at Peverly Hill where he enjoyed spending his leisure hours so it ls no t unlikely that he wished to be buried in t he vicinity. He was a kindly gentleman and his courteous manner and generous deeds endeared him to all who knew him. On the grey walls of St. John's Church, where he was a communicant for many years, may be seen a tablet erected to the memory of this devout patriot, which reads: "William Gardner, an honest man A friend to his churcµ and a sincere and liberal patriot Who died April 29, 1834, aged 83 ·" The Wentwortl\-Gardner house has a most picturesque setting, facIng t he east, and overlooking the wide river, shaded in summer by the giant llnden tree which is higher than the house il!!;e!f, and just as old. This tree ls one of the most magnificent ones in Portsmouth and it is said that as a seedling it was brought from old England and set out at the time the h ouse was built. In early summer when it is in full bloom many people are drawn to it to admire its great beauty and marvel at its•t great The fineh old ,_ age. i house w1 h J.., h pped roof, uge chimneys, fifteen-panel front door (topped with its gilded pineapple, the ancient symbol of hospitality) a ttracts many architects who admire the manifold details which the house has to offer. There are many evidences throughout the interior which are definite proof that the work was done by ship carpenters, and it Is said that the car ving alone �took three carvers fourteen months to complete. The lovely stairway is particularly worthy of mention, and should never be confused with the old staircase recently assembled at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, whioh came from the old Samuel Wentworth house, long since gone. In order that the WentworthGardner house may be saved a group o! Interested olt!zens have banded together, calling themselves "The Friends of the WentworthGardner House" and are assisting the Society for the preservation of New England Antiquities In its' drive to raise funds to buy tttls house. Some years ago the Metropolitan Museum loaned the house to the Society with an option to buy if sufl'!clent funds could be raised within a certain length of time. It is hoped that before the explrJ1,tion o! this period enough financial support will be pledged to enable the Society to make the final payment on the house and establish a fund tor its upkeep. Contributions to this wor~hy cause should be made to Mr. George Trefethen who ls serving as treasurer for "The Friends of the Wentworth-Gardner House." Other active members are Mr. Robert Marvin, chairman; Mrs. J. Winslow Pierce, vice chairman; Mrs. France Randall, secretary; and Mrs. Edward Wendell, chairman of publlcity. .To Hold Exhibits At Two Local Historical Houses One of the outstanding exhibitions of the year will open at the Wentworth-Gardner and the Tobias Lear houses on Aug. 17 and wm run two weeks. At the Wentworth-Gardner Houre there will be an exhibit of primitive American paintings, loaned by Miss Betsy Howard of Boston, and also an exhibit of old ca:ctume accessories, shawls, fans, col,lbs, etc., under the direction of Mrs. J. Winslow Peirce and Mrs. Arthur Rice. At the Tobias Lear House there wm be shown a coliection of intimate material relating to George and Martha Washington. This is one of the finest private collection in existence. Proceeds from this exhibition will go toward the purchase fund for the Wentworth-Gardner Hotl!'e. The friends of the Wentworth-Gardner House are making a determined ef· tort to save this fine old house for Portsmouth and it is hoped Portsmouth people will help make this exhibit a financial suoceu. �~,~~~~{~~t~tf'\ -.'._L~ . . :.:~~ ~~~.. ~~ ~- .-~~ci;~,f{~Y.~>:,4_o .u. ~~~[~~~;.::::0 ·,. -~;_J~,t·t: Sh.ow nIque :r;;f the most ·.;;_~~ble ofP~uth'" tJ fi~ult to make people ~ o ihistoric homes. Her "around the \.'. what she was ;-eeking. u• l1JT, .~~~~f~~: understand When she t1 · I world fair" will be held in the Army I asked "Could you please tell me %, • ;and Navy building on Daniels street. : where I can find horse tag·s ?" the Mrs. Crocker's collection is es- i answer invariably was, "Who? I pecially interesting because she has I don't know him, Miss. " ,(ll · ____ gathered it together, piece by piece, , A hor~e tag or brasser usually rewith great care and excellent tas~e , veal- something about the owner of Remarkable Exh1b1t while living in foreign lands. Her the horse. The family crest is often ,:1/j W e H husband is in the American Foreign : placed on the tag. In Mrs . Cror;k~~ Or arn r OUSe Service and since her marriage she i er's display is one bearing the !lead Benefit has lived in Central America, War- of Queen Victoria, cut well a.ncl '. !E ---saw ,Rome, Budapest, Stockholm and mounted in a circle; another shows [: By JUSTINE FLINT for the past five years has been liv- the crown above the rose, the th i.;tle ; ~"j Dreamy melodies played by a wild, ing in Tokyo, where her husband 13 I and the shamrock, a symbol of the ~~ dark-eyed gypsy orchestra in far- first secretary of the United States royal household. Ot.her.s ha vt away Hungary-A quiet sun-kissed Embassy. ;:•hining brass lions, swans, deer, fleur '. 1? village· in Switzerland with the soulAs you perhaps realize, it is ex- 1de-lis, stars, crescenis, crovms, ~- ful echo of a distant cowbell lending tremely difficult to make a distinct.- I beer kegs, porcelain ball~:, peacocks, { a sense of peacefulness to a bucolic ive doll collection because of the fac~ Iacorns, daise1s, shells and beamin; . ~-: setting-A thriJ!ing, awesome fight that most dolls are given the face.s of sun-faces . Mrs. Crocker tells us :i' to the death between two proud , children with no racial characteris- that one of the charms of this hobby \:. brilliantly plumed cocks in Cracow, tics. But it has been the doll with is the attempt to unravel the my.;,ter - : Poland and watching the scene with ·, an adult face- the doll that shows ious past hidden in these varied patmixed feelings of enjoyment and an- distinctive national features that terns. t; tipathy are fat peasant women and , Mrs. Crocker has searched for. Her Among her foreign bells you'll find Ii a dashing viJ!age youth standing be- dolls are, accordingly, ethnologically a Japanese house bell, sleigh be:ls , fore a row of quaint thatched cot- correct in face, dre~ and occupa~ tages with lighted windows--A tion. from Lapland and Sweden, .ship's ~- family of Sioux Indians in handsome Among the fascinating puppets is ,: bells, camel bells from Bagdad and ~. buckskins and elaborately-beaded a wizened peasant from rural France a very old donkey bell picked up by trimming their their dogs and tents called "Jean." His face has been Mrt·. Crocker from the Great Wall in t -A Japanese home richly fumish~d ; remarkably fashioned with wrinkled · China. ~. according to Oriental tastes. Wake and ruddy cheeks and eyes that seem You'll be delighted with the Jap)I up! You've been around the world to twinkle as if he knew a ser,ret. anese doll house furnished exactly ,.: and back again, all in one afternoon. Then there is "Ching-Ling" from as most of the Japanese houses. The ~ You need not resort to your imag- China, "Loui~" from Paris, "Ma:ia'' slant-eyed family of ten who live ~- ination, however, in order to travel from Menaggio, "Ingrid" from Swed - here are shown in various activitie~, ". to these distant lands or to view the \ en, "Mihal" from Rumania, "Lean- such as eating a typical meal of raw :·. scenes we have just described. der" from Greece, and so on, ea~h lfit!h, seaweed soup and hot rice wine. i' Portsmouth is having a World's Fair with it-sown personalities character- I The Japanese Noh masks are all 1 of its own, beginning on Monday, \ istlc of the country from which it lover 100 years old and were carv~ti by ~ July 31, and continuing to Aug. 5, and came. Most of them are exquisite- famous Japanese artists. The Noh .,, you are invited to attend. Besides ly fashioned, but, just as delightful drama is most important in Japan , foreign doll villages you'll see for - ,. are those made by poor peasant,, and has~ continued over five cen~ eign bells, pictorial maps of all the such as the Salvador dolls, which are , turies unchanged. ;:,c; :, world and a remarkable collection I very primitive. so-to preserve the Warner · ·,lie ~ of British horse brasses and Japan- ! Mrs. Crocker's collection of pie- House considered so old in America, •~f!:c, . . •• 1torial maps contains some verJ' an- the w~rld's youngest country, you may : "}¥.;,•Jt '· ; ese Noh masks. 1 ~ Greta Garbo, Maurice Chevalier, ··'! cient drawings. A Hungarian maµ !travel to the far-distant lands of the ·.yf_J;:, : Charlie McCarthy and the Duke of :! bears the date 1595 . Other fine ex- Old World and enjoy for one afterI Windsor sitting amiably together ; ample present Saxony, the Rhine - 1noon the pensive strains of a gypsy · :'• ·\,;:/ t enjoying foamy drinks and a pack of . land, Lubec in Germany in 1571, Mos- orchestra, the gay costumes of a .. .',\i;J;.c,Z;f-t:,~ ~ cards. Nowhere but in the fantas- -.i cow as it is now, Rome in 1570, Vati peasant holiday, the spring fra- )/t,'.t/· \'. &' f tic world of the dolls would you ever ... can City as it is today, the chateau grance of an Indian de,:ert--for "no ,, \:-0;:;'';f-i;'.;;~J,i\.i,,. 0 i, find these four in a like arrangement . country of Sweden, ;•bowing the one in the world is too old to play t -but you'll marvel at the extraor- . beautiful old castle: China in 1931. dolls with Mrs , Edward -C.:.i;•;?~:,.? · ~1-1 ~1 Doll Collection ,// . h; ~;1 ;!~ . . f f; I I fl iS t• i .,j¥>> ~ ~!n:~P~~~~!\;\;:~:e~:al:~:~: ; , 1 /:<:,::;~{,J/%:.f{ f:ea~~1::na~~~al ~~~tle1:::tngpt~~ ' French Concession, with diver3e ·! warships in the harbor. Then ·,j there are Japanese map.s which de I scribe pictorially Tokyo, 1810; Yoko·j hama and the rice patties and pa.pe, houses so common to that country, and Nagasaki, 1750, where Madame . Butterfield Jived. A map of Ala~•:rn gives you a vivid impres.sion of tnat , country. With one quick glance nL each of her maps, you acquire a . .• Jdefinite idea of the country, its resources, its dress, its population, i',S : architecture, and so on, that could ;•,1" never be derived from books or the ::· lecture platform in twice that ti:ne. . When Mrs. Crocker first decided to .' collect horse brasses, which are us ;.J ually placed just below a ho~:;e's . ,, . j ears as a decoration, she found it dif~ · •Fischer. This unusual collection is 0W11ed t by a charming young woman who has made the accumulation of these objects her hobby-or, we should say, ~ one of her hobbies, for sbe is the sort ~ of person who is intereested in practically everything, and whenever she : discovers a new subject it isn't long , before she's eagerly learning all about it. '. She ls Mrs. Edward Savage Crock: er, 2nd, who for a few months each , year is a resident of Gerrish Island in K ittery Point. She has consid, erately loaned her collection and , spent long hours in arranging it for the coming exhibition, which is for the benefit of the Warner House, one :i , .. , . . t_.,_j."~ ~~",•:. _·_- -·· .. _.._.::.:-r. --:-..,.·.. :·-:.~.·: , . .. ,::_. !:£..;::±::.:...i.. . • . O F-~_,'-,.._.,,_,,,... '·v~~~;;.i,) '{._: �ft~,,-.. 150th Anniversary Of Se rvice To Be Observed The historic Moody homestead at 1 ':;-';';,,•:1 York will be open to the public for :~it;>;· · the first time on Wednesday. The opening is being made possi~~-? •.. 1ble through the courtesy of the ~-.:"':'· I owner, Mrs. William J. Neal of :}::.:":- : Flushing, N. Y., and , the proceeds , Tomorrow is the 150th anniver/:.. will be for the benefit of the York !sary of the establishment of the 1 '· •· Girl Scouts. United States Customs Service, .,,._ The Moody homestead, land title and in observance of ihe event, of which dates back to 1674, was ' the P ortmsouth Custom House will built in the latter part of the 17th !be open for inspection. Deputy Colcentury by Joseph Moody, the great- · lector George A. N·elson has extendgreat grandfath r f th t ed an invitation for all interested ; e some o e presen ,:;_....._·_·,· \iowner.• Moody for years pre- to visit the building and the of,,: vious had been a teacher at Dum- fices on the second floor. Many old '; mer Academy in Byfield, Mass., irecords and other interesting ma/ where his brother, Samuel Moody it zrial will be on exhibition . . I was the first preceptor of the acad~ · J In connecton with the observ. ·; emy .. At first the house here was , ance P or tsmouth merchants are 1 1small, consisting of only two room s. \ planning to display their sidewalk :Later it was enlarged along the flags . .· . _1lines of the Mansion House at ByDeputy Collector Nelson · has ' (',•j field, where Mr. Moody had made !Planned much of interest for the . , his home for many years. j visitors and it is believed that a · · ! There are a number of interesting large number will be present dur·( exhibits to be seen in the house, '--i_n::.g_;.:th::.e:.....:d::.:a:,Y'..'·._ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ l . i including rare bits of china brought ·.. , by Capt. Charles Moody from for - · eign countries, choice pewter, silver, and antique furniture. In addition ·~Jj~. there is the old clock made in Eng~. . ~ · land by Henry Thornton and ... brought to America in th; 17th cen~-::. .... ~..;: , . · turn, and the dairy, which was proA,;•· ··,.: · bably the cellar when the house l~.'.:l;t··.. consisted of only two r ooms. {/C- ·;·~- Mrs. Valentine H ollingsworth of '· ., ·;-:; .i · Boston, summer resident at York .\. ! ' ;'_;.->:'_' Harbor, heads a long list of patron\::_:·.~ 1esses who are helping to make the . _,. jevent a success. Mrs. Hollingsworth ._ . . Jis a former commissioner of the iBoston Girl Scout Council. /J/z}_i I ti:· ,-,' · ✓ )> :. , + ' ·. 't~J:. - ~ - &~ .J~t ~:7 .·.:~·~ ~ '-\-\-~-- . ·" .., :. . •;• -~· ·~. ~· ;:,:::i:- '..- \;• ~,.OL ?>I ' 7 · . .' . ~ .- ' 2t:'._ '.,/· ' . ?;•f- �· U ·'- _ c... '-'-s to rr, !I _ rso tE o..-n n i v ;:~:11SOth An~iversary Of U.S. .;)_;~~f¢: ~:t~ ~(-:- · _ -~- · · ;· ! iCustoms Comes In August I 1 · 1 story, sitting upi:ight on a horse, The year 1789 was a very impor- his legs tied und,er the horse's belly ~ tant one in the history of the followed by a jeering mob . . United States Customs Service, a Th e next article will deal with the trouble between Massachusztts year in which the first tariff act and N<. w Hampshire caused by cusfor the nation was passed July 4, toms formalities in which the fort the customs service establish-eu at New Cast!P- nd the Piscataqua -'. , Aug. 1 by an ·act passed July 31 and R.1 1 · t t t :· ;· - became effective in Portsmouth ,-::..:::.v:...:e::r__.!.p=ac--y-=a:::n~_-r-i:::m:,,Pc.:0::rc.:.=a:..:n.=....=a=-r=·-~ ,l, ,.J., •'-";': Aug. 11. In commemoration of this 150th anniversary this se: J ·s of the claim that she had an equal short articles has been prepared 1' right to assess fees and tonnage t ax by Georg,e A. Nelson, deputy col- 1 on such vessels. Furthermore, while , lector of customs for the Port of ' I she did not like the idea of fees be. Portsmouth to cove:· some of the , ing charged against her vessels ! highlights of this service which ' bringing supplies ,to New Hampshire .j actually dates back over 253 y-ears I towns or taking off lumber, she a,b· ·1 and ihe persons connected with horred the pra,ctice of assessments \ • ' it. (This is the second in a series of against Massachusetts vessels des• 1 Al though duties were collectzd at articles by George A. Nelson, deputy tined to Massachusetts ports. ,. , j Portsmouth prior to 1665 to cover collector of customs for the Port of "You cannot have forgotten," the .. ,. '' c the expenses of ihe provincial Portsmouth, in connection with the communication from Massachusetts ~/-- government, it. was not until 1678! observance of it.he 150th anmven ary continued, "what charge this prov. that England appointed a coll·ector l i j of the establishment_ of the United ince was at for your assistance in •!: ... and searcher for New England, this t I States Customs Service.) the time of the late war nor can you -.. first collector being Edward Ran- I ·i On iirst thought, one may doubt be unaware that it is not a difficult ) , dolph who selected Walter Bare- f ' that in the late 1600's the Piscata- thing for the Government of the . foot, Thomas Thurton and Wil- 1 j qua River formed a boundary be- commonwealth to take such meas,, ' liam Huskins for his deputies for 1 tween New Hampshire ~nd Massa~ ures to the disadvantage of your '~- , New Hampshire . Walter became- a ; chusetts, but it.he ,t ruth IS_ apparent trade that you can reap no benefits , leader in this state, holding the j when one recalls that Mame was a by the impositions." positions of deputy governor and ; Massachu.setts territory for many Pleas and threats were of no avail captain of the fort on Gr.~at Is- \ , years: So ~t was _possible tha~ vessels for a short time la,ter, Robert Mitchiand in 1683. but Thomas/ Thur- I , entenng the Pis?ataqua might ~e ell of Kittery was fired on by the ton who wa~ made searcher of \ , destined to Berwick and Kittery :n fort. for failing to halt and al tho • · -t J t O Massachusetts as well as rto Ports- Willlam Pepperell fought the case 25 1681 ~u\ omst a.n. ' ' was no s t· 1mouth, Dover or Exeter in New for Mitchell, the latter had to meet £..'.' or um, e. . . ' Hampshire. ] the New Hampshire requirements {·· Soon aft~r his_ appomtm,ent, t~e The province of New Hampshire, before his vessel was released. nd ," thre~ deputies s_eized a boa . a m ,weak in numbers but strong in spirEven as la,te as the beginning of trthe trial that foll owzd, Thomas . iit claimed jurisdiction of the river the Revolution the newly appointed :,. Thurton called the fiv_e member_s j~d ordered all vessels entering and Maritime Officer at Portsmouth ;:-<>f the New Ham?shire Council leaving the Piscataqua to stop a t pointed out "Occu!)ying Fort Point rebels a.gamst the kmg and a part he fort at New Castle ito pay the would be keeping possession of the eel of rogues," for which he was fees exacted by t heir customs. ,river which New Hamp.shire ever .' \.· fined 20 pounds and forced to serv·e I Joseph Choune.s sailed into the had tho it is now often disputed by one mon th in the Hampton jail. lower harbor one day, was ordered individuals of the other State who Upon his rel zase he retw-ned to I to halt by the fort but he kept on claim a right of going to Kittery or ·· · Portsmouth whei--e l:.e received a -1 •going until the sound of a cannon Berwick without being subject to the .~•-' jl cool reception. Proceeding to Wilshot and the quick eruption of a laws here-but it is a point I have liam Vaughan's wharf he attemptfountain of water beside his boat never given up." ,t · ed to search a vessel there when I made him realize his danger. He surBut when the United states took ·--~ - William pounced on him, beating rendered and had ,to pay for the over the ~uston_is 1_789, it div~ded the ·-., ,.i' ,. him severely with Thurton's own cost of the cannon ball as well as country mto districts, Berw1ck e,nd• . ;__ . cane. Thi,ee years later, Mr. the fees. . Kittery being placed under York and Vaughan was arrest.ed and jailed In 1700, New Hampshire customs the only result of vehement profor the assault. ·' charged a tonnage itax of 12 pence tests o! the Collector at Portsmouth rt seems too bad that Thurton : oi, one pound of gun powder on ves- was to give captains of vessels desdid not allow this episode to rnd his .sets regardless of their destination. tined to those two towrus the choice public career. but in 1684 he ac Massachusetts immediate!~- ~t ~ o! ~eporting either to Port.smouth or cepted the position of provost ~ York. New ~ampshire's ~ominamarshal. ., After being nearly mobt1on of the P1Scataquft which had bed in Ex,eter and Hampton, he , 11asted a ce_ntury "'.'as a~ an ~nd. . ~:-, attempted to arrest Samuel Sher- • (The thir~ article 1;_11 this ~nes ,,., , burne of the latter pla,ce but he ; commemoratmg the l:>0th anruver' / d G · t the s11~i·burn~) of the United Staites CUstoms 1·sary r~ omg o • Se · ill ... l ·th El R 1 escape . home he exected to find Samuel r . 1 rvice w uea Wl eaZ<;'r usb t • t d . t d by sell who served as Naval Officer for -: , •• u , ms ea. , was gi ee e . a Lit.he Crown and the United States.) ·,, . •· ..--•_ , · group of mcensed men who tied ; • -~ • P~--:~ I When N. HI Charged Ton nage Tax I ---- I I ! t, i· ·' 1 l I I f'~ ,..,.•., ' him hand and foot and threw hin1 !;- .--. across a horse. So Thomas Thurton \ · Irid os out of th e state and our our ;\' • '• ••1 .._:~ "'I';'.• -. �1:~f•t-f,';.:;-~• ,, -~~~•.\.-~.-.::-.?;.~Ji;~~ -4 ~¢.- ir:< @' ( • .,::~-r;;:,:.,~ -. o '(' , :: 1-.tJ'f;~:.i lrl ; Ill IA le.·: >I• :_~_-,• .:,_'(!/, EI ea zor D· 5~p n , --i1 _ , m· ' ' Became .l,\~.:irnh,t_, ;:< Officer Ju iy 5 'i 116 ': -,• , -', • i:;•, 7/:~~~t'•,,,<,~---.-~•'t:I "J-J' ,_:- • ,•' ~I i.~~l'itt':: ,/•.''._~.:;:~.::- __ -·~;-_,: _/·_S_-::· .-_t_i_._':_·.·.. ., • i_,,,':~.--:_·...-·.•_:___:.~_ - -.··.:_:._}.'.-:,·_, . ,. __ ._,_:-_-_:_._ ~. "-. ,. 'r J_.,~ t: -•:i:;.:' ··:\ :. _. ). ~- .-'-:~ --=-·-:-"-----~·.:;..::.·...c~:,- :.:...::_ _ ~ •··-~:fl II Custom House was in Mr: Russell's · r<5t1e of the first acts of the collec- '. :.~;,~ f{ home a.t the_foot of _ th·;_ present tor was to suggest to the secretary } .-- ·;c;,•.'.:,~:;-:A • I " -h "" >,11 • · · Russel str.eet named m his honor. of the treasury that a fast vessel :· ··i , , jThree years later, on August 1, 1789, be assigned to partol the coast from 1 ,Q : the United States took over the Cape Ann to Cape Elizabeth, a sug,· , 1iLJi ~ w J a Customs service and George gestion which led to the establish - · ··. ~ , ; Washington appointed Joseph ment of the Revenue Cutter service. ; th nd r ;~:plt~e; h:~ea=~~~~s:n to e :-,.,: ____ : In 1798, vellow fever broke out in commander, Hopley Yeaton, went ~~~that sectio~ adjacent to the Custhe honor of receiving the first com-.. ;} This is the third in a series of tom House. Greatly fearing all his . mission. . ;)~j articles by George A . Nelson, d Z'P- life that he would contract some I In 1791 , the New Castle lighthouse : . _-·.-: ; ut:y customs collector. in conn ection l disease . as a result of his contact . I was ceded to the United States gov- \;-:·)' ~~, with the coming anniversa ry of the with vessels from foreign countries, ' 1 ernment and Joseph Whipple had .. ·:~\}i; ._J;.z., f::';:11; customs service. his worries led t o his death in that ·l the duties of superintendent of _ -~-;.;· ~'"f'7·ear at the a e of 78. , lighthouses added to those he had ,:~.:. '! ""·.,;?, •- ' . . , • ~t,;if'7\ When the royal cus toms service :·,•r.;-, · ·:ti: 1 I- ~-• ..- ·.. ;, A .• •:-r,: 'O, ll already acquired. At the same time, ~-:'c('t°>' ceased to function 111 New Hamp- ·l-r'\'.l~ ' .~ the fort came under control of the ' f;;;_iJ;i'.,.. !shire, its government appointzd .---"--'---'-- ---=--- - - -- - -- federal government but the cooperafi:':-:'.'"i --,'. Eleazor Russell as Mari time Offition between it and the customs ser- ,.':'.·.,:· cer, the date being July 5. 1776. ·VV j vice before 1789 ceased in that year . .·.., ~~-t~/: ,1 Eleazor had been postmaster when • r The year 1798 was an eventful one. ,_ ~· ,.• •.:,:_c:;.:j P ortsmouth had the only post of- 11 . ,,· It was in that year that Elea zor ;. fice i_n the state and naval officer ·: Russell, the naval_ officer, ·wh o had '.i,:7;. ' ,. - ' ' ·: ... ' :'·' .··;;:;,. o~•-----'- . .,,_,;:-4~- t" r ~~e!~~g~~t~~:~a~\~i~~-~~:~ofi~~ I -i ?. .3~1 \J ~ -- Josep h \A/h'IopIe . 0nIyCO ecto r _ :~\~i;:f·J >: ·?: ;i ~~zi~'.::;:!~::fri~:~I.~;::, Under S;at~ Ru le ,:ni~~1iPEfJ~~:~~~;:; ~ fl::,::::.~~~:;,:;r~;::r~E J:.~ £.e~~p::~y:~~1~ur:~:,,::rE~~•:; ~~~~:~;1~~1:\~~;;:~,ii:_· :_ ;,:_;_i_l_,! :•_:_'..•_~-.~:_ CuS t oms Service will tell the story , 1' of Jose P wh·1PP1es ' co JI ec t orshlp , ,{q; from 1801 t th ' d th · 1816 · ·' ·!..,,, , ,, _ o IS ea m . ;-;r:t:f ,' -/~:-~ ·,::';,, ,.;,, .,, _, -~ ,-:,:_~,.. , ::_::.,;;,,Q1 , · - -' ">'"' k',>'i'-'-'-";;:..,~(\' - · f.,.' --.- ,-_. ' "'-,-.. · ', --: • · •· ;-. :',,"" .-e;,-:• cC·"¥· · .; .. '~ if>'. :, .. 1••··· ,,,;: riots who signed the Association est signifying willingmss to take p arms against England, if necesa_ry, but in a letter to the Com- the Port of Portsmouth in connection with the coming 150th anniversary of the U. S. Customs service .) Everyone has a particular hero itt.ce of Safety he set ;ijJ minds a t and mine, if you will pardon the est. "It was and is merely to se- '. personal note, is Joseph Whipple, r~ the morality of ray mind ihat ; the only collector of customs under was reluctant to put my name on- \ the state regime and the first under it," he wrote. "Solemnly to bind . the United states. A pioneer, Inself to the performance of that dian fighter, colonel in the militia, ich nature and necessity ren- \ statesman, an office holder who red imossible. I started at the -I measured his services, not by the . ought of. The _article . of shed- · salary attached thereto but by his 1g human blood m me 1s not an patriotism , he embodied many of mor but a principle, not an eva- I the qualities necessary for greatness. n but a fact. It was received in l I Born in Kittery, Maine, in 1737, rly life and has grown with my he moved to Portsmouth prior to ·ength. Not parlicularly for Brit- the Revolution, his home (still ·· -~ morz- than savage blood, for all standing) being on the northeast ·cumstances considered, I think corner of State and Chestnut streets. e latter more innocent than th e In 1772, he settled the town of Jefmer. ferson where he remained until 1786 rom the first injuries don:: rendering valuable aid to the proverica by Great Britain. my ince by keeping · track of the unoughts took fire on the subject · friendly Indians during the Revolu d have been conc-eived and ut- tion . . ed on one unvaried strain to the Joseph Whipple was appointed ghest personage and down to the collector of customs by the state of eanest enemv without hesitation : New Hampshire in 1786 and served reserve so that I can challenge ' in that capacity until the United mankind to impeach me with . States Customs was formed August , countrv." · ! 1, 1789. On taking over the office, In 1778, ·Eleazor Russell was ap- he wrote to the secretary of the inted naval officer and a custom treasury· as follows: "It will naturuse was established by the state ally occur that the first who are in Portsmouth although no duties ' the exercise of these offices will re collected. l have greater difficulties to encounOn March 4, 1786, an Impost Act ter, having unbeate:1 paths to excame law, Joseph Whipple being · plore and to reconcile a people acointed Collector of customs and customed to almost no laws but · · sell naval officer. The -. their will to strict observance of ,. revenue laws which are generally in i>-.r-:· . ,,-,,:::_:-:.;·:.'~ -·· their nature obnoxious to such a -:c ·_-. ·:_/,·,_~_:_/ /-~",/~,~- }-,~\}J,~. ! I JJi2iiBi%1titJ.tI~~-:ft.:':~p~~·- _,. ~~: , J. ~~L , :', : ·", <.:$ _":. ·i· ·:· ._ . _i ,:) .. ·-~~ f' z0-.~12-~:Z,li:~ -~~ ~- ·-d~.,J~ �>j--~~- -·-~-------\· :.\,.,~ ~ pVl~~-~-l i ~o'.~ t · '._...___'-'-, ,~~:e;pho~~~~~ '. .r:w~~~~:~~hm-;~~~· 'j i;~~~~r~~~a~fcl/ ~1Thomas Jefferson 1 (Th~. thesi>th in""'" of ,,_ i (This is the seventh in a series of deputy \articles written by Deputy Collector The following is the fifth in a Collector of Customs for the Port of /of Customs George A. Nelson in • series by George A. Nelson, deputy Portsmouth, in connection with the /connection with the 150th annivercollector of customs, in connection 150th anniversary of the U. s. Cus.sary of the establishment of the U. ;~:: with the 150th anniversary of the toms Service). ; s. Customs Service.) Customs Service. On June 12, 1812. war was decla:-ed . ; The vacancy caused by the death One of the early acts of President -·· between Great Britain and the .,..: i o! Joseph Whipple, the collector of• {,_' Thomas Jefferson was to reappoint United States. Por tsmouth's sea- i customs, was filled in 1816 by th , faring men rumed privateers to sea, ; appointment of Timothy Upham. H 'p : his friend, Joseph Whipple, to the · the first being the tiny "Nan_cy;" , was born in Deerfield in 1783, th 1 iX collectorship at Portsmouth. A I built at Salem. Mass., m 1770. L1tt.e son of a minister, and moved -~:· year later, in 1802, a new revenue · ' was expected of her, but exactly two 1 . Portsmouth in 1807 opening a stor t}'. cutter was placed in service and Hop- ' months after the declaration of ,: on Market street where he remaine Jey Yeaton, who had been removed m war, much to the great surprise and / until hostilities broke out with Eng favor of John Adams, was chosen delight of everybody, the British brlg land. In June of that year he wa by Collectpr Whipple to command "Rernlution,'' with a cargo of 728 · ,/ put in command of the troops ord ,.. h er. barrels of flour, 270 tierces of peas f: ere d f rom New H amps h'ire t o garr 1· ~ Portsmouth was visited by the and six coils of rope for the British son Fort Mcclary. After a very sue first of three conflagrations on Dec. army on American soil, arrived in the ···: cessful career in the army, he re , 22 1802 the custom house and post- -', harbor. Within the year prizes to .. ·\ signed his commission and lat_er ac •~': office being consumed along with the value of S100,000 were added. cepted the collectorship. ~ many others. Most of the papers •j Portsmouth was in high spirit,:;, ·, Dissatisfied with the location o ;:_ and furniture being saved, the cus - ·, The different privateers sent recruit- 1\the custom House in the home o ~ tom house was then moved to a build- j ing parties through the town, bands the late Joseph Whipple, he sue f:I, ing on the southeast corner of State ·1 played and cheering throngs linr,d ceeded in getting the government ;.·._. and Pleasant streets, diagonally op- 'j the streets. But 1813 was to brmg ~urchase a building on the corne posite the present Cqstom Roi.We. sadness, disaster and loss. T'ne ' 'of Pen hallow and Daniels street f' Prosperity soon returned to the privateer "Thomas," Thomas M. \vhich had been constructed for tha 1 1~ port town, but not for Jong. PrivaShaw commanding, arrived at Ports,object. In 1818, John F. Parrott re,t teers were preying on Americsn mouth with her flags at half-mast isigned his position as naval officer , ~, commerce and England was imfor William Thoma,,, had been killed and Elijah Hall was chosen to take ' :._ 1> · pressing American seamen. Con- ' in action with the "Liverpool Pack- ;his place, completing a trio of heroes gress passed the embargo act, then i et." Of the eight privateers which ' hard to equal. One was the collec/t.: the less severe non-intercourse act. J sailed from Portsmouth, six never ;tor, the other two being Nathanie The result was complete stagnation returned. ' •Kennard, the master of the revenu f of New Hampshire's trade, los;;, of Contact with foreign ports which ../cutter a t Por tsmouth who had 1:J fortunes to many who had invested had supplied the town with some of - served valiantly in the Continental in maritime pursuits and lo.ss of the necessities was considerably re- / Navy, and now Elijah Hall, who had t_,-.. j~~s to the great bulk of Por tsmouth's duced · In 1811 there had been 61 I been a lieutenant in the Ranger unt citizens. arrivals, in the year 1813 there were {der John Paul Jones, captured at i; But it was the law and Joseph · 21 , six being privateers and their \Charleston, refused to give up his ~ Whipple proved most active in the prizes. In addition, in th e early !commission, and would not accept a ,: enforcement work. E'e sent the evening of Dec. 22, 1813, fire broke /pension. revenue cutter to Eastport, York out near th e CuS tom House, destroy- i Perhaps the highlight of the coland Newburyport on the appeal of ing a considerable portion of th e pectorship of Timothy Upham hapfil the collectors or other interested business section a nd many dwellings Jpened on the night of Feb. 1, 1826, a ;] persons. He manned a vessel with befort it was extinguished. The /'night when the thermometer regis~- a few guns and several oofficers -I CuS tom Hou..c.e was consumed, fore - . tered 15 below and the wind blew a '.· without awaiting authority from j ing th e tranSfer of th e office to th e :gale from the northwest. Between ~ Washing ton when he d~overed that . ·.·1 st home of Joseph Whipple on st ate ,9 and 10 o'clock, the keeper attempt. law evasion~' were being made ln · reet. ling to enter the New Castle Light' Rye, North Hampton and Hampton. ;_. It is always darkeS t just befcre >ihouse, found the building full of He placed another boat at the I sles i ' dawn, _th ey say· 1814 , th erefore, was ,smoke. The soldiers at Fort Conof Shoals when he found that it was a ?rilhant ~.ear at_ P~rtsmout~. The /stitution adjoining the light, were being made a depository for smug- ' privateers America and Gra,id \n bed except the guard, but on the gled goods. And on his own initi!l- · 'I_'Urk" of Salem, th e "Harpy" of Bal- ··1alarm of fire, were soon on the tive had the fort stop all ves.rels on timore a nd th e "Fox," "Portsmouth.. . scene. After a Yigorous fight, the entering or leaving the Piscataqua, as . ' a nd "Macedonian" brought goc,::s ,¢ire was brought under control just : in the olden days. · .j valued at s224 ,ooo a nd 216 prironers - as it threatened to envelope the · War put an end to these difficul- · captured_ on th e high seas. Five . whole b..uildin11:. _ ., ties and brought a new series to take · prizes wi th goods value~ at $70,000 , The particular hero was Sargeant '; · their places Fire again brouaht a nd 19 prisoners, mcludmg John Chickering who, at considerable risk, tragedy and loss, this time on the Thompson, his wife and seven chi!reached the platform under the Jannight of Dec. 22 1813 and again the j dren, brought th e totals to $300,000 tern and from that strategic posi- · customs was bu'rned: The custom •.;: a nd 235 · . . tion, fought the flames until he was · house was re-es tablished i the oneThe closmg year witnessed the arforced to quit by the smoke after / story ell of his home on s~te street ~, nval of th e pri~ateers "Ranger," most of his clothing had been . " ~ f P or l_swhere it remained until his death ·; "Fox" an d "Mace..dom~n burned from his body, , in 1816, at the age of 78. ·.1mou th , th e ship . Antigua and tne The saving of the lighthouse by "Fox" th e so Id'1ers b roug ht Joy · t o th e so IThe six"tn-· article in thi$ series of "· ~,1' brig "Ocean" . •.. pnz ~ s to.. the . , eight in commemoration of the 150th .\, a nd th e 5l: 1P Somerset, prize to the dier heart of Timothy Upham. In a :- _::, · I "Macedonian. " t I J tt t C t · · · ~, anniversary of th_e establi.!hment ,of .:-_,,_, _ . ·. .'...~?n~r,a u atorr ; e er o ap am .. ;:_~ :i:;, 1818 <';/; I ticles by George ---- A. Nelson tfk· f. 1 r -J f. # i: fl ~ H l ;,j ,·_ j I ! ~j . ' ·! 0 I~~~!~:c~~~ o~~~i2~' ' ~i~ i~~~ -~ ~-~~; ;,·;(._~~i2~~-~-~-:· <", ... ~--,, ,. '•i·!i4'.:;, J;,1~J,:Y~2~ _-;~~;: 1 �~-f:~f ·w7:~[~.-;/;_:·. _•,~~?,~? ·_: ._.· > .., ie.tdtc1-o01n1~ta0ifn.be·d·ovkeerg·swoafsrsutomp,pweda·sas~e.diz'ead:1·.~!,·A· ".:"T~t~r~-,~~bir__ ~u:.:.,troe·~t _·m ~-~~!_9·,. ·:?.~~~r.-~. -p' hiting, in command at the fort, he J ... •••• ,:'.' f · concluded, "Few opportunities a_re . , · ·; presented in times of peace for bnl- ' Believing that there was a possibil- 1 , liant achievements, but services so ·; ity of another one officer remained : Mrs. Mary Montgomery Brackett nd I d d while the other drove the truck to The many friends of Mrs. Mary frequently a voluntari Y ren Montgomery Brackett were grieved by ·the officers and soldiers at ere the Ij the Portsmouth Custom House. fort, and their readiness on all occaLightning struck twice in the same to learn of her recent passing at La · t ed bY th e 1,place for another truckload Jolla, Calif., where she had re::ided .•.;... ,. sions is fully apprecia th t tof wh1s,:.:,-.;.;_ public, and is acknowledged with Ikey came along and a, oo, was for the past 20 years. Mrs. Brack;·,;:: .. •··., pleasure by one who has no_ grea t er I aken. Later_, when the trucks were ett, n,ho ~ wa;:,- a native of Por tsmouth h t sold at auct10n, a mystery dev~loped and a graduate of the Portsmouth th ,:~.,:-~: pride than in e recollectwn t a that will never be solved. Biddmg Eigh School, is survived by two t,\•.'.._·~,.' was next once article, a soldier." on one of the trucks had reached nephews, Hugh Montgomery of Roi• .·,.,_:..·_· heThe the last in the ld f ,.... , $800 and it as was about to_ be so . or · lywood, Calif., and Rev. David K. ,;,.,•,;;,: series of eight written in commemthat price when a man m workmg Montgomery of Morristown, N. J., 5 th ~·\:if; ' oration of the i o anniversary of clothes who had not, up to that sons of the late Horace P. Mont?.i'i."'_.·.'_~'. the United states Customs Service t th time, shown any interes in e progomery of this city, th \};L· on Aug. 1, will deal wi Ports- . ceedings shouted "$1000", The heart Through the years she lived in La t:--.;:-· mouth 's part in one of th e · recent of the auctioneer was in his ~outh Jolla Mrs. Brackett was ~n eager ;,,ff'.: probiems. for he believed that the new bidder pursuit of m~iic and cultural pro·:::;had no thousand dollar~ but angra~ of any sort that she might I.'._. other bidder raised the bid t~ $1lOO ·- bring them to La Jolla. In her while the man of the lone bid disearlier life she sang at the Park .\Al, appeared. Did he have the $1000? Street Church in Boston while the VY Perhaps the funniest of their exfamous Dr. Gordon was pastor, and periences were the seizure of a car at the New Old South Church, also and a quantity of alcohol in tins at Meeting Hou::e Hill in Dorchester. at 2.30 a. m. at Rockingham JuneShe had a studio in Boston and had 1.; , tion. The car came into view but, wide experience in concert, recital instead of stopping when requested, and oratorio singing. f~t,_lf;.., (This is the final article m a sersped up the hill. The patrol gave As the bride of Thomas T. Brack-xn·., · t c 0 II tor chase endangered by alco,hol cans . i ett, whose father built the wagon tf:{;'.','. ies written by Depu Y . ec_ th rolling down the hill, but fL11ally I road over the White Pass, Mrs. ~-f\:· George A. Nelson in connection wi made the seizure, picking up the Brackett lived in Skagway, Alaska, · ··-•· ·,, the 150th anniversaty of the es tab cans as they returned. during the first two years of the his~,1.j:~.~.;_;._:_:.···;_:'·.·:_···. lishment of the U. S. Customs SerIn the trial that ensued one of toric gold rush and her stories of this .·_ vice.) . . the occupants of the seized car was northern pioneering were always · The intention of this concludmg called to the stand. He claimed that •e njoyed by her friends . t article is to honor Wilfred A. EaS - while at Salisbury Beach, he decidWidowed after only four years of man and Ralph Segars who were , j ed to visit Rochester although it marriage, Mm. Brackett returned to 0,-_, _ stationed at the port of Portsmou_th ' was then after midnight, that in her musical career and in recent during the last several. years of tne passing Rockingham Junction, they years became a director of the AmProhibition Era, formmg pr_obably saw an officer signalling in the road phion Club of San Diego and was on / ;. ·:, . the most successful patrol m t~: · but thought it was a railroad offithe women'~ · committee for the :.\'.;.,.r·· country. Through their efforts, 11 1cial indicating that there was no Philharmonic Orchestra. She ,;:~{;( : quors valued at_ many thousand dol- , train coming and that he had no sponsored many leading artists in nd lars together with man~ trucks a . idea where the rolling. cans origin- j programs during the past several S<,t::.S.>: automobiles were confiscated and · ated. The story was reJected by the I years. 1~~;,.7• i rum runners were taught _to f~ar court. - Her cheerful, brave spirit was an ;:."·:>: · 1going through New Hampshire wi th Wilfred Eastman and Ralph se- . inspiration to all those a.s sociated their contraband loads and ~argoes. \gars are continuing their successful I with her. ~'-·•.(' Many believe~ that th ei_r wor~ careers, ,"Bill" at Calais, Me., an!I 111 i:. ,,<"·1 was helped contshid~rably byn Ralph as an investigator, in the At• (P • ~ - -~ .--. ·~}. [, •(' · I ers, but it was eir uncan Y cohol Tax Unit, working out df .·, ~ ·. to outguess the wrongdoer and the Portland Me. • , :··. extraordinary number of hours they . . . :·'\\; ' spent night and day that accounted •,( ) ..,.·,ft- , ~ ·· ~ -~' ?,> "'. ·,::,_ for their unusual success. They ,, Q ~ . ·:: "' .- · .1 . , ,,,... I knew that the direct route between 1 .i:c./:. , the liquor supply and the demand ' ' ·.: ::.--··:'" in Maine and northern New Hamp·\,·'.-.'-· (~,;{_' shire was Route No. 1. They would .. . . , './{-':( ('{" . cover this main highway for a time. ,:• .. ....,, :'· _.,. ...,...,. .. The runners would then take the I ork Of Segars .And Eastma n , \.· ____ . . ~;&.b ,, .............. j .:r-·_:. ..;-,, ~;J' k-t\ : ·:/·_>j :~~~y I ._,. '. 1 ~-'l ,. 9 f. ,. _,. ~>tt : \~;~~{ ·· ~~~~d ;~~;;~mEt~::b~:d orD!::;, only to find, much to their misfortune, that the patrol had shifted, .,· to · , ,· -~ Space does not permit going into i'.. l their work here to any extent, so j a few episodes in their activities ;\':-" ,,·,, will have to suffice. The case that \::"'?'- brought them the most satisfaction t;s<,{/,;: happened one cold winter's night. :,.;;yo? A rum vessel had come into the riv1~/.{f, ·•· er during a heavy snowstorm and "t;/D·( , had landed a load of kegs of whis;:ifJ.::<:' key. Early that morning the patrol .°7,:t.~; ~ i was working in Stratham, when a i.f.;;-".,'. j heavy truck coming from the dir·:~~J~f ~ ~L-~-c ~ ~·.__ ~-;..:.: - - -·- <·' ;/:t:-:·· ' l:... . :.:...... ...... .. �Millionth Visitor To N. H. Exhibit lo Be Here Friday ~~\ Portsmouth And Vicinity To Entertain The Misses Corbin The seacoast section of Hampshire will join with the rest of the state in welcoming on Friday Miss Helen Corbin of Manson, Wash., who, because she was the millionth visitor !l,t the New England exhibit at the New York World's Fair, will be given a tour of the New England states, accompanied by her sister, Margery. The Misses Corbin will pass considerable time in this city, Rye Beach, New Castle and Kittery. While in Portsmouth they will attend the annual garden party of the New Hampshire Society of Colonial Dames at the historic Moffatt-Ladd House. Previous to this they will be entertained at luncheon at the Farragut House ·at Rye Beach and w!ll go for a swim in the spacious pool at the Rye Beach Club. They will next visit Fort Constitution at New Castle, and then proceed to Portsmouth. Following their visit to the garden party the Misses Corbin wlJI leave at 4 o'clock, meeting Kittery 1·epresentatives of Maine for a two-day tour of the state. They wlll enter New Hampshire at Seabrook, Friday morning at 10.30 o'clock, coming from Massachusetts. They will visit the state swimming pool at Hampton Beach and the Hampton Coast Guard station, and then continue on to Rye Beach. Returning to New Hampshire they will be met at 4 p. m. Sunday, Aug. 6, at Fryeburg, Me., and will leave for the White Mountains, arriving at the Mt. Washington hotel about 5.30 p. m. They will swim In the Mt, Washil1gton pool, will dine at the Mt. Washington hotel, and at 7.30 will take the Boston & Maine train, the Mountaineer, at Fabyan. Eight minutes latllr they will leave the train at Crawford ;Notch, spend the evening at Bretton Woods and return to the Mt. .Washil1gton hotel !or the night. Monday, August 7 After breakfast next day, at the hotel, they will start at 9.30 a. m ., for the Mt. Washington base station, will ascend the mountam by the cog railway and after about 30 minutes at the sun1mit will descend by the will ascend Cannon moun n n Franconia Notch by the aerial tramway. At 3.15 they will leave for Wolfeboro, on Lake Winnipesaukee, and hrive at The Prescott in that town for their evening meal. In the evening the young westerners will see the Barnstormers give the play, "What a Life," at Tamworth and will return to The Prescott for an overnight stay. They will have breakfast at The Prescott on Tuesday, Aug. 8, and from there will travel to White River Junction, where a Vermont group wlll take them il1 charge for a tour of that state. �Colonial Dames Garden Party On friday Afternoon A large attendance is expected at the annu·a1 garden party of the New Hampshire Society of the Qolonial Dames of America at the historic Moffatt-Ladd House on Friday, August, from 3 to 6 o'clock. There w111 be music by the Symphonietta Ensemble, Peter Bodge, conductor; and in the recently renovated coach house, an exhibition of painting by members of the Boston Art Club. The Moffatt-Ladd House was built in 1763 by Captain John Moffatt, and was later t he home of General W!llia.m Whipple, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. An exceptiona.Uy fine example of its period, the house is especially noted for its large hall, with the French Bay of Naples pa.per dating from 1815, and its beautiful carving. Surrounding the house ls the lovely eighteenth centucy garden, banked with terraces and containing the damasy. rose bush which has .furnished roses to eigl;lt generations of brides. l Adjoining ls the countln a~ almost unique exa.mpl of n early 19th .century office, which has just been restored and furnished in its original period of 1830, a.l)d has only recently been opened to visitors. The committee in charge includes: Mrs. Robert Flanders, Manchester; Mrs. Charles Lane Goss, Madbucy; Mrs. Harry E. Jackson, Manchester; Mrs. Robert P. Burroughs, Manchester; Miss Jo.<sephlne Rice, Portsmouth; Miss Mary Fuller, Manchester; Mrs. John L. Sull!van, Manchester. nial Dames Lawn Party At Moffatt-Ladd House House ' I Although rain interfered with the : assisted by Mrs. Robert P. Burplans for the colonial Dames Gar- 1roughs, Mrs. Harry E. Jackson, Mrs. John L. Sullivan, Miss Mary S. Fulden party on Friday afternoon th e ler of Manchester, Miss Josephine annual event proved a most enjoy- Rice of Portsmouth and Mrs. able affair. The party opened in the Charles Lane Goss of Worcester, beautiful garden of the Moffatt- Mass. Ladd house on Market street, home In the receiving line were Mrs. of the Colonial Dames, the rain be- Charles Carpenter Goss of Dover, gan early in the afternoon and ne- president of the society; Mrs. Harcessitated the event being held In- old W. Brown of Dover and Mrs. doors. Carl A. Mead of Kittery Point, v10e A musical program was presented presidents; Mrs. William D. Sawyer by the Wentworth Hotel Symphon- of Dover and Miss Edith Freeman Jetta Ensemble under the direction of Concord, also officers of the New of Peter Bodge .. Also featured were Hampshire society, paintings, an exhibition of the BosRefreshments were served by the ton Art Club which was held in the following young women: Nancy coach house. Mrs. Wa111s D. Walker I Floyd, Joan Beattie, Mary Flanders, of Rye Beach was in charge of the Georgianna Goss, Priscilla Peirce, exhibition, and this will continue at Ann Decatur, Susan Stewart and the location for the next two weeks. Lydia Sawyer. Mrs. David W. Parker of Man- 1 The Moffat Ladd house, which chester pr,esided in the recently re- , was built in 1763 by John Moffat, novated counting house, an exam- was beautifully decorated for the pie of an early 19th century office,,· occasion with flowers from the garand Mrs. Lane Goss of Worcester dens at Rye Beach and Little Boar's was in charge of tickets. Head of Mrs. Arthur G. Leacock Mrs. Robert Flanders of Manches-1 of Exeter, Mrs. Charles B. Manning ter and Rye B.each wa-s chairman and Mrs. Carl S. Fuller, both of of the general committee and was Manchester. I �-A;,"!vJd:...'f!'V'l·t:'t' : > .,- • •. : : •.l.J . •, •,.'. ,;:.:,_.,_, ; ,,:c.f-"··~• ;......_,::-&-,;' :.~:-<,' , _.·.:,t_ ,-.. ¥ ) .:; •: -,;,, .•,1,.·.s. C . 0 ~,..,_...~,'.c ' _;-_·o' lI O ."' 1·. ~ nous~---·<•·.,., ... ,.-,,., ...,"·. .. , ,.. ,., ....., ;c::"•. . •'. .'t'\;i,, ..:."',:•~ , :Hl ,_ · Y• ·:r•·,f~ .' -~·/ ''.t- _ , · . _.; .:· ::· ·.~ {:_"':~'.~;\:t-,:.;Jx::·· •'.· ,-_·; :·~~'~'t:-~·.(·\. ·- - ~~"~"'-?.~~j°~i' ._;:; ,:.•.~:J ~/ : . • ~ ,_ l;),:',~;: , . , . !. 'l Jones Mrs. Katherine Hill, Mrs . ! Helen' Lowell, Miss Helen Soute,, I Mie.s Rosamond TI1axter, Mrs . ! Charles Dale, Mrs. Marjorie Hartford. Committee on exhibition-ChairIman, Mrs. Edward Savage Crocker; r, I Mrs. John Mead Howells, Miss Mary , Marvin Breckenridge, Mrs. Fergus : Reid Jr. . Co~·\ 1ittee on exhibition booklet- ' '; '' p Warner Club Benefit Is largely Attended 'Around The World Exhibition' Proves Unique And lnterestitng Attraction . In spite of the torrential ram which flooded Portsmouth's stree~s yesterday afternoon there was 1 fine attendance at the "around , Id . 'b't' ., h ld t th A & "'or ex 11 ' ' ion e a e rmy Navy building on Daniels street for the benefit of the historic Warner Home. Visitors were fascinated · by the unique collection of Mrs. Edward Savage Cro,:;ker, among which are foreign doll villages, pictorial maps of all the world, British horse bras.ses, foreign bells and Japanese Noh maslcs. Her collect ion is espec.laily intere"~ing because she gathered it th: ,: . ~~:;1'~i:~na~r~r;'.~l~~~~:;w;;;:,~ Decatur, Miss Gurdon Howells, Miss - -. I 1t is under the auspices of the War- Hope Williams, Miss Mary Lex, Mis-.;; r.1._:; ner House Association that this ex- Alice Dooli ttl e. ·:{!}. • ] .-....,'.= --·· .,... ,~ -~ • l hibltion has been arranged. The Committee on invitations-Chair - :~;:?~,:!:!}-~':>L_' · · -· • jpr~ervation of this famou~ and f man, Mre . William G . Wendell, ·;_~f}t,'iJ,f_ historic old house is a ta.;k whi ch · 1Mrs. John G , M. Stone, Mrs . Fergus "l£>-\';:~-·; Portsmouth and the summer re5i- _ !Reid, Jr. _ ·::i-f,:;.~_~!_, '.:· Idents in this locality are always will- ·: '>c'r:i>_ . f> _· ;··· / '';··,, ; :,,-1l,:' ;._ -.'czi ing to undertake. . -~ ;- U~CJU'.,o •.'· . ; ...; •i ..: _·,.. 1,: The committees in charge of · ~he . -" ;,.;":--.· ·. ' ·' · ;?i, '1.,..,;-,_;;,f.''· · \\ benefit include : . · · ,_:, ·:.... , · •":">:.r:\t,ft;,~:1~1 General chairman, Mrs . William •, '• ;,:,~•>::. ·. •.,..,. ,f-'.1 ,.., . •. Mareton Seabury. Patrones£es - Chairman, Mrs. William N. Kremer; Mrs. John Breckinridge, Mrs . Woodbury Langdon, Mrs. E . H. Winterbothem, :/ , Mrs . Herman Burr, Miss Cadwa!a- J ·Y_·.·_~_:',i.:_•.~-·-:_:_, ·n:, ·:j· · w1,II •,am 0 . ·. ·,. . . •._ ~~ •-•~f,- 1;1 /f FowIer Heads Colonial ;~;;~~-!;~: :-l warss0(1,efy ;~~~~:;gt1~:d~: pi~=~ :~~a~~in! 1~~nM~\f~~~0 ::~r: in the American Foreign Service Marvin, Mre . Arthur D. Hill , Mn . · and since her marriage she has lived William Hov.:ells, Mr..- . Lovell Hodge, ',. in Central America, Warsaw, Rome, Miss Katherine Parry, Miss Frances Budapest, Stockholm and Tokyo. Brooks, Mrs . Robert J. Clark, Mrs. Yesterday marked the opening day u sell Al er, Mrs. J, Templeman William P. Fowler of North of the exhibition, which will continue through Aug. 5 and the day·s Coolidge, Mns. Miles White, Mrs. Hamp ton was elected governor of even•• ""· included a reception, tea and .Charles c •Hallam Keep, Mrs. Cyrus W, the Society of Colonial Wars in New a trip through the famous old War- o1e, Miss Elizabeth Perkins, Mrs. ner House ac-ross the street . _ Du:ing Henry G. Vaughan, Mrs. Storer De- Hampshire at the annual meeting j the remainder of the week Girl catur, Mrs . William G. Wendell, at Exeter Friday. Scouts will ~ ad mitted a t a special Mr:;,. Seth Low Pierrepont, Mrs . 1 Other officers elected are deputy price. John K. Mitchell, Miss Helen Cad - governor general, Edwin Lorraine "' One of the outstanding object.s in walader, Mrs. FergUs Reid, Jr . , Mrs . Edgerly of New York City; deputy the collection is the Chinese junk, William Marston Seabury, Mrs. Ed - governor, Herber t Edwin Gage of which is remindful of Columbus' ward Savage Crocker. Atkinson Depot; lieutenant gover"Santa Maria" as it would stand Publicity committee-Miss Eliza- nor, Herman L. Smith of Exeter; high out of the water at both ends. beth Perkins, York; Mrs. Wallis secretary- treasurer, Norman S. Mc- ·.,, This model came from Shanghai. Walker, Rye; Miss Florence Paul, Kendrick of Exeter; chaplain, Wil- ·.. ,1 , The Japanese doll house received Ogunquit, York and Booton; Miss liam N. Jones of Newtowne, Conn.; ~ historian, Dalton Boynton of Hamp- ·-:f., much comment from spectator.;;. Roslmond Thaxter, Kittery ; Mr-,, This is made of frail wood, glass and Harold Smith and Alvin Redden, ton Falls; registrar and genealo- •. gist, Win throp Fiske of Exeter ; .' ·~ -:-..... ., ~ paper, not because it is a doll hom·e Portsmouth. but because most of the Japane3e Army & Navy building commitr.ee chancellor, Robert Marvin of ,.:-<;:2; i;-:,,--, : houses are made of those materials . -Chairman, Mrs. Katherine Sweet- Portsmouth; auditor, George Henry }~Y{~lC"'" ' '/i;Y:7i-" . It is au thentically furnished and the ser Hill ; Mrs. E. C. Blaisdell, Miss ' Selleck of Exeter. After luncheon members present .~/,'· · slant-eyed family o! ten- who live Martha Kimball, Mrs. John F. there are shown in various activith, , Swinnerton, Mrs . Julius C. Delpino, _were addressed bv officers of the )f national society, Gov. Gen. Robert '·'' such as kneeling before the art Mrs . Charles S. Ohare, Mr.s. A. E . treasure and the flower arrangemen t Sherburne, Mrs. Charles M. Dale, ·. Boyd, Jr., of New Jersey and Sec. In the formal room. q1othes in the Mrs . A. D. Foster, Mrs. R. Clyde : Gen. Edgar F. Waterman of Har yard are hanging on bamboo poles. Margeson . \ ford, Conn. · There are 150 pictorial map,s on Hos tess committee - Chairman, . \.-;,~ .•,... _._-,.-.-, -,,.-_-. - i - -'- .-.-,- -.- - - - _- __1 . d~splay, many of which are very _an~ Miss Pauline Bradford ; Ml"£. Ed - ,_ .-,:·:/{@~~"'.'-.~ :·-,b~':! c1ent. Among them are Rome, l.:>70 , ward Green, Mrs. A. E . Sherburne, '}'.L,,,, '''.~0,:,?•··t•t~7:;)'.'1':;.:'<1:,,'"1\ 1 New Palma, 1593; Hamburg and Lu- Mrs. Percival Jacobs, Mrs. Harry '-·.f[,·'. -~;' ~·'.~' ~ '.~"\ ..~~~'; ' ,'\, \. ",I)''' ➔ •l ( bee, 1571; copy of a 1524 map of pre- Taylor, Miss Elizabeth Perkins, Mrs. '·:i'!. f'," · • ·.,.' Hispanic Mexico-Tenochtitlan : G . H. Warren, Mrs, Dana SteP.le, ·' ·.>, Egar, Hungary, 1617; St. Nicolau~. Miss Josephine R ice, · Mr.s . A. w . 1595. There are large maps of Laughton, Mis.s Ro.o--amond Thax ter, China, including Peking, the Sum- Mrs . Charles Chase, Mrs.. Cord mer Palace, Ming Tombs, Shanghai Meye,r, Mrs . F . G. Cummings, Miss and a rare map of China and Mon- Mary Harri£, Mrs. Alvin Redd en, golia. Valuable maps from Japan Mrs . Henry Vaughan, Miss Elame are alro contained in the collection. Freeman, Miss Hoeveiar. The h orse brasses of th e exhibition Tea commit tee-Chairmen, Mrs . , ,. ,~ -: , ; ". provide an interesting field for the Henry Green and Mrs . Arthur D. ....--,_<· .~'-'k-,:;,/;i s tudy of family crests, bits of history Hill; Mrs. Willia m Marvin Mrs , ,: .\·. ;,'.;.~:•·,,', and characteristics of all class€~ of William N . Kremer Mrs . Wllliam -~J~~t_~l ~-- ·~~ •; s. ··:·::'.,~{ ()~: !/ 1~1?~~~L~-:=~~S~~l~~~~:~~.",' : ~?{i~;~~t~~:~i~~~~!J~~~~(: :~'.;ik ~.:_c~.;:~ , .. .;J/ ·-··-•. 4 1.-~);_: ; :_ .\ .: ' ! • �l)f{lt:/~---·-·•-._::~~. ·,,,~ --~ I - - --- --- ,, -·- ___ ~ ,; _... - }~~:Remarkable Exhibit ·Public Forum . ··>·I " · 1Open To Public :-~·~ \~ ·· · -- ' 1 .... l' - • .,, ... • - • · - . . - .......... - • ~t :·.. \ : ..... ~-· - · - • I I ·-~-~:- I I; ·' ____ ~-· Dolls From All Parts . I Of W or Id On DISP ay For Warner House ';;,~._ .':. · -·:.., j ,· , j I Benef1"t . ;u,•-, ~ ',.r.'.· t,_:· .-.. ~ One of the most interesting and ~- ~~ fascinating exhibitions ever held in ::::'· this section is now on display at the Army & Navy Building on Daniels street for the benefit of the .; :' Warner House, and an opportunity ,. is presented for everyone to see this outstanding display for 25 cents, with the presentation of the coupon printed on this page. , . , . The exhibit consists of a unique display of dolls from all parts of the , world, and probably is the most complete in existence. The collection f,,_i-:: ,. was gathered, piece by piece, by · :,'-: ; Mrs. Edward Savage Crocker, while 1i ·. · lliving in foreign lands. There are dolls from all over the .-,. ·· ; world, from the Hungarian Gypsy '·" ' Orchestra to the savage Sioux In{ ~i~ns of North America, or a real , , istic Japanese home gathering. It is · ,,.. : i a veritable tour of the world in t miniature, and is of great educa· !tional value as well as providing fascinating entertainment. , .. ·, It is extremely difficult to make ·;_'' i a distinctive doll collection because ,f;~{ of the fact that most dolls are given the faces of children with no racial r_-.··'· · icharacteristics. But it has been the rir_. ': doll with the adult face-the doll { that shows distinctive national fea · itures that Mrs. Crockett has :searched for. Her dolls are, accordf.,· · jingly, ethnologically correct in face, ; dress and occupation. In one afternoon by viewing this )' : remarkable display you may travel • • •• to the far distant lands of the Old ·1World, and enjoy the pensive strains .... of a Gypsy orchestra, peasant fetes '..;... -- j in various sections, or the glory of f;' i an Indian desert sunset. :'.' _',: .j Mrs. Crocker also has on display •.· ..;;. pictorial maps of the world British -· ·•- horse brasses, foreign bells 'and Ja-' . . '·~ panese Noh masks. .. .; Those attending the exhibit also ·}~-: , have the opportunity of contribut}: - ' ing toward the preservation of one \,:,'; of Por.tsmouth's most famous his< torical buildings-the Warner House i>:' , Jt, ;_ r .: r- .'; l ·.\/: l .J ....,. . ,'----...::..:==~ -'. · ;_:. ,_ ·-~ Q _. .,._ · . , A O 1 1" ' - ~ '.,:; ;,-0 ~ " '·.!\., . '.'::;: · ,,,, .-.. 1:_.~:·_;,": it? ~. ';~ '•-::-- r,'.·. ...,, ~ - ,I _:i:,-_:_ {>' ··, - :2 • 3 'f •• · .\ This depa rtment is ~o~ducted for the purpose of g,v,ng the people of t his community a chance to express thei r views on matters of public interest. All sectarian, and nan-personal letters of a non-partisan, nancharacter will be pul;lished provided t hat t hey carry the correct name and a ddress of the writer, not neces:1aril y far publication, but as an evidence of goad fa ith. The opinions expressed are e ntire1y those of the writers. All communications should be ad- dressed to Public Forum Editor . A FASCINATING EXHIBITION 1 I I· Editor of The Herald: , I wonder if the general pubii!: is 1 •aware of the extraordinary character !of the "Around the World" exhibition for the benefit of the historic Warner House being held this week I in the Army and Navy building. l These remarkable collections of Mrs . j Edward Savage Crocker have been •• I brought from far-away lands and •. cover wide fields of human interest. i :, • / The skillfully carved dolls come .-, .. i from Hungary, Switzerland, Lapland, ·' :·. · Italy, Sweden, Labrador, Poland, ,,. • Quebec, Yugo;lavia, France, Serbia., Roumania, Japan and China . The Japanese doll house fascina:e 5 everyone young or old. : Many linger at the collection of , bells which once rang across the seas, ·.I in Switzerland, Sweden, Egypt, Japan, China and Persia. Lovers of. maps find 150 pictorial maps ~n this amazing collection . There lS one of Rome _in 1570, one of Hamb_urg and Lubec m 1571, one of 1 • Egar m Hungary m 1617, one of St. '. !"icolaUs in 1595,one of Amsterdam ,· m 172 7 and one of .~agasaki in 1750, 1where4:,he scene of Madame Butterj fl y" is laid. Among t~e old Japan; ese maps 1~ one of Sh1moda, about 17 86, show mg the temple used as 1 ; the r&11dence of the first ministe:: t.o · Japan from the United States, _/ Townsend Harris, 1856-1858. r Hor~e brasses most of _us know ,; _very llttle about . Here is a chance st th , to udy em. I The mas~s worn by the principal f characters m the Noh drama, wh:ch ! appeals .so strongly to all classes in ; Japan, may her,ehe seen. There are ; 18 Noh theatr~s m Tokyo alone. A Chinese Junk and _a Chinese . r1cksha stand side by s1de-clever:y made models. With the reasonable admission charged this exhibition 1,hould be seen by many. Don't miss it! WILLIAM SAFFORD JONES. Portsmouth, Aug. 2 I ! I. ( ·• j .. ,_ '... ·/ ( ,. .- �< ,, ~-.. ,c/fr ;11s Of P r0 g--ress 7 · rs!r~SG::;;;e~0.s~~~~d~f a~~~i:7£ : decompression it takes a mm'.lte I for every pound of air over the atmospheric pressur-e. He stated that ) ~ / the "sandhogs' get $14 a day and · ____ / at the present time they work about r. one hour. This is actual labor bef·. f Resident Eng inee r low the water under pressure. .! S k Bf R The speaker explained the self.·\ pea S e Ore Otary liquidating plans, stating that the ·1 Club (;.•·, :estimate for 1940 is that there wUI .. j ____ be 5,000,000 cars and trucks pass -., . from Portsmouth to Kittery, and ' J Detailed information on the new one out of every five is expected ;bridge and highway around this : to go over the new toll bridge. (city, was given by ,James R. Gard- 1This is based on three surveys. At a jner, resident engineer inspector of 110-cent toll for passenger cars and b ' 25c for trucks, the time estimated ;1-h e Public Works Administration to free the bridge was set at 30 - ,. 1industrial division at the weekly ;meeting of the Portsmouth Rotary years. 1 Club at Lhe Hotel Rockingham this Following the talk there was a inoon, Mr. Gardner, who came to Iperiod of questions which Mr. lthis cit,y shortly after actual work Gardner answered. Paul Badger was began on the Maine and New ' chairman of ihe meeting. A past district gove;\,or's bar I._Hampshire highway approaches, ! has been located here since that ' was presented to E. Curtis Matth- · ; · j time and is in close touch with all ews. :-' ,J operations. Q ~" It •, ·. i He first gave a history of the U ~ · ·· bridge from the time that the ' -/ bridge authority was formed on · c1 June 3, 1937, and explained how ·: the project was financed with the Public Works Administration mak. ing an outright grant of 45 percent and the Reconstruction Finance 'i Corporation a loan of 55 percent. j This loan is to be paid back by j means of toll and rrntal of the j bridge to the Boston Maine Rail- .-, .•"-,:1 road. He stated that an estimate of -; J 30 years was made when the loan ~. l would be fully paid . .,. _! The speaker paid high tribute to the work of the engineers who •·;; - 1/ came here on Oct. 15, 1938 to pre·, pare the estimates on the pro_jects before bids were asked. In : two months' time, he stated, they lhad the $3,000,000 project ready for 1 bids. These were advertised on Dec. 2, and opened two weeks later. Work actually started on Dec. 23 last yEar, and to date the contracts are 25 % complete. ''The approacnes follow the most ,'i, direct and economical route obtain.. able,'' Mr. Gardner said. The New ,-:_J·lHampshire approach is 2½ miles .;.: long; the Maine approach ls l½ , , Jmiles in length and the bridge ls ·, ,'approximately one-half mile long. The paving will be four 11-!oot , • lanes. Northbound and southbound · , traffic will be separated by an l .. , . ► · ' ·.. )eight-foot 'island' on which will be ; _/Placed soil suitable for growing ·_jgr ass and shrubs. A feature o! un-: j usual interest is the construction o! the bridge is the use o! the ·, · neumatic method of sinking nine o! .·: the 28 pier structures. This meth' ., od Involves the excavation o! the pier site by hand labor, performed ~, by men working in a chamber at the ,. i bottom cf the pier caisson. This ,.! chamber is open at the bottom, wa·i ter being excluded from it by air 1 - under pressure in which the men !wort.''____ _ ,,_ ,On New Br1'dge 1 ·.' i :,- · I :j ',;.d;,;-., ,:s.... a~;/ ,·....;,>;': . .:. :.. ~- · -·.; ~-- - :: "'- . ' �Council Authorizes Addition To Four Rooms To Be Added For Use Of . Art And Physics Classes And As Study Rooms .\ :/ · �·.t"': · . . . -; a· . L ' ~ . 'V.. 1' 5,~.•~~ , , ·, Sn •.f> t:l"'l ~n . ,,-4:~, {. , .• ...•'! ,.. , .. , ~ .;""' .-,:,:·_-_,:. .. · :,;, · ~J: '•· ..,;:'~":' . , -- ,,;,,.,_;~_,-·~,-.·:.;.,_,.",\·--:-\ . ···,:· ~:.'" ' .~ _.. . -· . ·.~ '. :f .-~.. ! Event Will Be He ld Saturday Evening- At Junior High Gym Much Of Interest On Program Of Coming Visit . ·.'~ <· ~~•".~f:; \."?_.":.-,•·•:J.i'"";-.,~- ~~~•~:•~• ... _ ' ~--- - -••-·- --~~~ - - ----, --;.:~.:::~• . ;· :· :(-,t!;•~f.t~:~.1i'.~f'5 ~::-;< · --~--- ·...,; '/ Dance ~oFeature "/Midshipmen Will IEntertainment Of I Arrive Tomorrow t Midshipmen I 450 F,o-m-Naval ~· For Reception To Midshipmen ~,:,: ~ .ff_,~,-_' . ~- ,. . ~ t.., .... ••-7.._\ • ~ ; : ,. ::,,,...;:; h~ I Plans Developing I ?°J?·;'f';.-~• • "';:-t·,,'t"~-:>-::-, , :;c.., ,, ·~·,, ~i ~l Academy To Visit Here Over Weekend The u. S. s. Texas, commanded by ____ Capt. R. R. M. Emmet, U.S.N., and With two hundr~u and fifty midcarrying 450 midshipmen from the U. s. Naval Academy at Annapolis nd shipm~n planning to atte a · is scheduled to be here about 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and the first 1dance tendered them by the city -1 when the USS Texas visits Ports- events on the entertainment list As soon as the USS Texas with 450 midshipmen aboard arrives at 1__ . the P ortsmouth Navy Yard Satur;2;,. day afternoon a hearty welcome ~-:k-'. cw1_iltyl abnedexnteavnydey~r: behalf of the i brings them to this city aboard the i'!'nigllhabme aatdi7nno~crloactk tfhoer hthoteelofRf1?ccekrs. The "middies" ·wiil be entertained important. problem toda.y before th e of the Texas and a dance for the at a dance Saturday evening and committee on arrangements to be midshipmen at the Masonic Audi~Lj' on Sunday afternoon they will be ·' sure there will be enough girls at torium in the evening. ~JF escorted to the South Playground ; the dance Saturday €vening. Charle T. Durrell is in charge of i::&,i to watch what promises to be a The dance is par t of the program the banquet at the Rockingham and ~t;:. lively baseball game. planned for the visit of 400 mid- I reservations may be made through For the first time since the sub- .• shipmen, students at the United 1 him by those who wish to attend, marine Squalus sank on M?.f 23, . States Naval Academy of Annapo- I according to announcement by f%, the yard will be open to visitors .· !is, Md., when their annual cruise ·J Councilman Paul Chandler, chairwith a r estricted route for cars to . takes them to ihis city aboard the i man of city council committee. P ier No. 6 where the battleship . battleship for a two -day stay. j Mr. Chandler also announced that Texas will be docked. . The city council committee, · any girl in Portsmouth wishing to City officials plan that all hospi- headed by CoumMman Paul / attend the ball should call Mrs. tality possible will be shown the Chandler. realized. that the dance · / Frank W. Randall and her name ~:i midshipmen during their two- day . would not be a success unless there ' will be added to the invitation list. stay here. were enough girls to dance with, On Sunday there will be a feature t:' The city-planned program opens / so Mrs. Frank Randall was giv,en ball game at the south playgrounds with a dance for the midshipmen I charge of the list of girls to whom between the strong Portsmouth City on Saturday evening while the offi- , invitations wiil be sent. team and the team from the USS .,_.. cers from the USS Texas will be j Plans for the dance were comTexas and this is expected to prove ·.. feted at a dinner at the Rockingham • pleted today and it was arranged a popular attraction. \ ;~ft Hotel. The city committee, headed to hold the event at the Junior It was first planned to hold the by Councilman Paul Chandler, was · High Sch?ol au'ditorium. It will be ball Saturday evening at the junior today completing plans !or the semi-formal and will commence at high school gymnasium but owing \i!/4'.j dance. 8 o'clock and continue until mid- J to some work that is being done ~;:i The ball game is planned for 2.30 night. l there it was decided this morning ··· '.f:~1 o'_clock Sundav afternoon when the The committee ha..~ also planned J to change the plans and hold it at · ;}}r,;-Portsmouth City Team expects to a banquet for officers of the USS . the Masonic auditorium. . · f,;,=c~ '.':~'.·. !ace a team from the USS Texas. I Texas for Saturday evening at the ~-.:;--,·_ y:;-·\ .~;q.- .. r-J _. ·,.• ., .. l • \'.(-~· E'./ The local committee is making fi~al Rockingham Hotel. About 100 of '.: _;. '.;~ ? lY:ot-1,-it, f 1/ ~ - ;: •• ( ;" -~'!,:·-'', _./ arrangements for the game, await- '· Portsmouth'• leadm · g cit izens are ~ -- :;.: ~ }~t / ~ 1 :)l& ,. ·'H. . •-~ ~ ·; ;--,.-..!' (.j , / ' , ,,.... t,.-.., ~f;' ing an answer from the team mana- being invited to attend the affair, -, '"'<;·;, ·.. -· .:., · t;·· f;i ger aboard the ship. when approximately 25 naval offi· · · ·, · :·. '~:---.-. ~ Navy. Yard officials were _p~epared . cers will be gu~s t..s oi honor. Into handle thousands . of_ v1s1tors to -~ eluded in the official party of g,· the yard Sunday. If it 1s agreeable . Portsmouth will be Mayor Kennard ~, to the commanding officer of the . · E. Goldsmith and members of the , 1: USS Texas, v4sitors will be allowed ·. city council. .~·: to ~oar~ the battleship a few hours According to naval plans the bat~-. durmg its stay_ here. tleship carrying the midshipmen t,;i The battleship, now at Marb~e- will arrive Saturday afternoon /<: head, Mass., is scheduled to arrive around 5 o'clock when navy yard [\,' at the yard abo~t 5 o'clock Saturday officials. headed by Rfa.r Admiral · -~ afternoon and_ 1s due to leave early ,1• Cyrus w. Cole, commanc\ 1 nt of ·: ,'-; M_o nday morning. , ' the yard, will greet officers of the / •.• -~ ·:: ~:fl •i;·~: : · - battleship after it is docked a t. Pier ,. 1 ~i~:·::. -;::~ 'J~ ~~~-~~ i~.~:-i'-P:,: 1~. No. 6. ¼~-'-~'~--,_. · ·'- iift; ;·.~';j.·'· · ·-- '< ~ - -· Sunday will bring another feature ff;p_;f~' ·· •~~ · ? . of the midshipmen's visit to this ; ;·•···· · city when the Portsmouth City -1baseball team is scheduled to face 1 ; the baseball team from the USS ., T•e·xas. ·. Also during Sunday, the navy · yard will _b_e opened to vlsit~rs who wish to vmt Pier No. 6 to view the / •·:'..'.tw, _,,-..;;_;;( ;•, :-· _,.0 1battleship. ~·d 1;iff ~-~". a~r-~~;, -., 1:he visit. to Portsmouth will end ~j/',~ \. · ).' ! t- if.;, ~ ~I: ~J! :¼ :.ri !f ffr {f! fj f i{ r:~ l X ~t.,. .,. '"" • I.ft• .. , ,.. ' • , , M'._, "~>-· -~ . .·-' .:. __- :-~-~- -'. · ,,, • • ff i:::\ <, Ci): -'--~-, • l ,l - . ·,, 8 _~' _~?;,',' . -~ . v,/ l :it~?~a~iy__M?~~ ·~· :;_:_"7;~J;.: ·~-r.--c---c--- - - ,-J ~l~·d~~~tii\:~~~rl:::\&];fl , .. _ ,.6~.. , ~//'/ ~~;1.~·~1 �~tt1!tx-t::./ ·.·/• ·,: -·'~\i:;t~:>;. -.· · ~., ,: /· ; ~-· t·\ . ~;j'K,fi"dshfp~~n Wiff ArriV~~" t\) This !/~fternoon f< Future Naval Officers To Poss Weekend Here, g:'. i Leaving Monday Morning ¥--------------J:~; ! :\z1 1 Portsmouth will welcome this af- guests of honor at a banquet at the 450 midshipmen from the Rockingham Hotel at 7 p. m. while ;\'1---;;''j U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, the midshipmen will enjoy a dance · ;'i\ ! future officers of the Navy, and an this evening at the Masonic audi_.:;,.,,,j interesting program has been plan- torium where Roland Hinkley's Or,:- · ned for t heir entertainment while chestra will furnish the music. I<., · : here. Members of the crew of the USS ;' I The midshipmen are aboard the Texas have been invited to the VFW •· ., _,:! U. S. S. Texas, and the battleship is building where they will be given a J!;}_j expected Lo arrive in the lower har- danc-e and to which the city commit_-:;,li bor about 3 o'clock, arriving at the tee has issued a general invitation -· . Nav,· Yarc: about 4.30 and half an to Portsmouth cilizens. Admission ~;\ hou;. later the midshipmen and is free and the Streamliner OrchesXJ:·'.-., liberty parties of the crew will ar- tra will furnish the music . r{f"!; rive in the .cit.y. Sunday afternoon there will be a ~. / ~;'·•·; Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, baseball game at the South Play- ·,;.\ i£.'',;-' USN, commandant of the Navy grounds at 2:30 o'clock in which the ,:,, &11:;,. Yard, and several other Navy Yard Portsmouth City Team will play a )f)-' officers, and the city committee, in- team from the Texas. The city com~... , eluding Chairman Paul Chandler, mittee has asked that the grand- · ;/;_\·' Frank Hersey and John Leary, will stand and bleachers be reserved f:,r form the welcoming group at Pier the Navy men until the game starts. \'i ·, No. 6. During the day there will be golf ,;:, · i The Midshipmen and the crew of at • the Portsmouth Country the USS Texas will then be carried Club and at the Wentworth course \ \·. to Portsmouth in liberty boats, land - for the midshipmen, while for the !;\.,._-, ing at the Portsmouth Fish Co. crew -of the USS Texas the Elks and ;;,::~ wharf. \ American Legion are holding "open Officers of the battleship will be house.'' _ · ~· .,,'. r~f',_,:, ternoon ff~ f-: ·.\ tl.: I ~. !~~ht1 il1-:/~{~:s,•}Ji\::;;; �I Representatives of the city and the navy yard, first to board the USS Texas when it reached Partsmouth, made the afficial greeting Saturday afternaon. Councilman Paul Chandler, chairman of the city council committee, center, shown as he welcomes Capt. Robert R. M. Emmett, USN., ship's carnrnonder. The group, left to right: Councilman Frank Hersey, Councilman John Leary, Camdr. E. L. Waodside, USN., executive officer; Councilman F'aul Chandler, Capt. Robert R. M. Emmett, USN., Capt. William F. Amsden, USM., captain of the yard, and Lieut. Comdr. John Longstaff, USN ., aide to the commandant. . 6--\~ • Portsmouth Host To Annapohs Midshipmen·Over Weeken·d the lowdr Port,mout.h Ha.rbor &long the channel to Pier No. 6 at !lhe Na,vy Yard, the big- battleship having no trouble in contlng up the harbor to , lt..s berbh,, Welcome Extended At the Navy Yard bhe officers and ,members of the city government "'Tor the remainder of the mldshlp- ·gathered about 4:30 o'clock to await ll'our hundred and fifty midship- men's cruise. In the early morning the landing of tJ:!.e battleship. men from the United States N11.val light bhe huge battlesl1ip dl5apAs soon the gangplank wa.s Aca.demy 8 t Anna.polls, :j\(d., a.board pea.red below the horizon, from the secured, the welcoming committee, • ·' • .,,. · • sight of Portsmouth, where, during Including two navy officers and bhe u. ·g: S. TeX!18 sailed from the the weekend, the city sponsored two three city official$, boarded the Portsmouth Navy Yard and down dances, a. banquet. golfing and a battleship to extend a. welcome to the harbor this morning, carrying baseball game !or the entertainment the ship's officers, crew and the with them the recollection of their of the visitors. midshipmen. The group two-day visit to this city, which, The first appearance of the ship headed by Councilman ~ey said, was the finest visit of their was on Saturday afternoon when It Chandler, chalrma.n of the city July and August cruise. neared Portsmouth Harbor and committee appolnt.ed to plan the The ho.splta.lity of Portsmouth waited for high water slack before program for the two-da.y visit. Impressed the midshipmen , who, coming up the Plscataqua Rlyer to Accompanying C ou n c 11 ma. n with the officers and crew of the u. Pier No. 6 at the Navy Yard, As the Chandler as representatives from S. S. Texas, the largest battleship to battleship came up the harbor the city government were Counever enter Portsmouth Harbor, en- thousands of persons gathered at cilmen Frank H. Hersey and , John joyed an entertaining program. Peirce Island and other vantage Lea.ry, while the navy yard offiAfter the ship left the harbor this points to watch for the 33,000-ton cials in the party were Capt. morning it sbeamed rouward toward vessel's appearance. ' William F. Ams en TSN ca taln Norfolk, Va., where it Is due to arHartx,r Master ~i(fey H. Holt, rive on Saturday to take on supplie.s Jr. ca b lloted ~ ship thrOU,h Visitors Pleased With Royal Welcome Extended To Them In The City And At The Navy Yard as �of the yard, and Lieut. Jl>hn Longstaff, USN, aide commandant. The welcoming party was M. Emmett, USN, commander of the USS Texas, and the ship's executive ofncer, Comdr. E. L. Woodside, USN. The ship's officers, midshipmen and orew were then told of the . program of activities planned for their entertainment by the city. Banquet To Otfloel'! First on the program was a banquet at the Rockingham Hotel · at which the officers of . the Texas were guests of honor and which upwards of 100 Portsmouth citizens attended. Mayor Kennard E . Goldsmith extended a welcome on behalf of the people of :Portsmouth, saying that the city was ''always proud to welcome anyone of the United States Navy, and that Portsmouth Is proud of her naval heritage." Charles T . Durell, chairman of the banquet committee, and acting toastmaster, then introduced Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, USN, commandant of t he Portsmouth Navy Yard. "I find it a pleasure to be here," the commanqant said, "because Portsmouth Is very dear to the navy yard and the navy yard is dear to Portsmout,h, and I join you In welcoming Captain Emmett and his good ship to Portsmouth. "Today he brought In the biggest ship, as far as I know, ever brought into Portsmouth Harbor," Rear Admiral Cole ooncluded. Capt. Robert R . N. Emmett, commander of the ship, spoke of the harbor and that he was impressed by the welcome given him. Others to make comments after the banquet were Capt. W. F . Amsden, USN, captain of the yard, and Comdr. E. L. Woodside, USN, executive officer of the ship. Besides the speakers, those seated at the head table were State Senator and Mrs. Charles M. After the banquet the guests were Invited to attend the mid· shipmen's dance at Masonic auditorium. and Mrs. The Midshipmen's Ball American flags adorned the walls and stage of the Masonic Auditorium and the hall was filled to capacity at the the dance Saturday evening in honor of the midshipmen. There were about 300 cadets present at the auditorium and the presence of between 350 and 400 girls as dancing partners for the future naval officers made the ev.ening a most enjoyable and successful affair. · Aside from Portsmouth, girls were present from surrounding towns and several came from Manchester. Portsmouth Herold Photo The U. S. S. Texas, bringing 450 Annapolis midshipmen, arrives at the navy yard Saturday afternoon after trip up Portsmouth Harbor. Roland Hinkley's r es ra urnished music and the floor was filled with dancing couples, the girls in attractive and colorful evening frocks and the cadets in their smart white uniforms. Among distinguished guests present were Capt. Robert R. M. Emmet, U. s. N., commander of the U. S. S. Tex-as; Rear Admiral Cyrus N. Cole, U. S. N., commandant of the Navy Yard, and Mrs. Cole ; Comdr. E. L. Woodside, U. S. N., executive officer of the Texas; Lieut. Comdr. T. F. Wellings, 11. S. N., in charge of the midshipmen; Capt, W. F. Amsden, U, S. N., and Mrs. Amsden, Mrs. Douglas E . Dismukes and daughter, Judith L.ee Dismukes, Mayor Kennard E . Goldsmith and State Senator and Mrs. Charles M. Dale. The midshipmen expressed their appreciation for the fine reception given them in Portsmouth and remarked that this was the first time on their cruise that they had a suf!lcient number of girls as dancing partners. The chairman of the dance was Councilman Paul Ohandler. The committe.e consisted of Councilman John Leary, Councilman :Frank Hersey, James Mahoney, John Trunk, Jahn Gamble, Charles Durell, Jetta. Ernst, Eugene Grenier, John Dowd, Charles Black, Bradley Moody, Daniel Mullen, Ralph Rutter and Albert Suits. Mrs. Fi-ank Randall and Miss Irene Severance were in charge of invitations, The chaperones included Mrs. Charles Johnson, Mrs. John Dowq, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Durell, Mr. and Mrs. Oharles Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Rolfe Bannister, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph VoUcman, Mr. and Mrs, Harry Moore, Mr. and Mrs. John Greenaway, Hon. and Mrs. Oha.rles M. Dale, Mr. and Mrs. John Gamble, Miss Virginia Dow, Mra. Douglas E. Dismukes and Mr. and Mrs. J. Verne Wood, Also for the first time on the cruise the members of the crew of the Texas were given a dance . This was held at the VFW building and music was furnished by the Streamliner Orchestra. During the •evening Mrs. Wingate of Hampton made a short appeal for the benefit of Squalus. Sunday morning many of the visitors attended church services in this city and during part of the day officers and midshipmen were in.vlted to enjoy golf at the Portsmouth Country Club and at the Wentworth course at ·New Castle. In the afternoon the baseball team from the U. S. S. Texas was defeated at the south PlaygrouncLs bY the Portsmouth City team, 11 to 8. During the afternoon nearly 8000 visitors went aboard the Texa.s to walk about the decks of the famons battleship, The yard was open to visltors-<>fficia.ls opening a restricted route to Pier No. 6 for the first time since May 23, when the submarine Squalus sank 15 mlles off Portsmouth. Rear Admiral Cole, with Captain Emmett of the Texas and several midshipmen visited the Squalus salvage unit scene of operation, where the visitors were welcomed on board the salvage ship Falcon by Comdr. Charles Monsen, U. S, N., who is surv!s!n the salva e o rations. ��fd~ ,,,:· \.... ✓- • l JV"".if:' v'f 0,.y n ~.ci;;-...>l.' f~f;,, !i, ' ,;.,; ':...ll ~ If' ,;_ ~ · ~e. -~ - - __ , S1'de l'1gh"1·S On 'Around The '''orla'' /V ! Exh!'b'1t1on ", - ,' ialute as he stood spellbound be-fore the _mall rep:·esentative of his home land and his voice rang through the hall. It was he who was !giving the information this time in .~tead of the hostess who was guioing him around. l 1 A young mot-he-r-was absorbed in the lovely Japanese Doll House, and the time flew by. She suddenly 1 !called her ~mall son, aged ten, to come home at once. The small boy turned to her with beseeching eyes. "Oh, Mother, I mint read this Pirat.es' map! I have never seen one before in all my life and I love it! Please let me finish it!" The mother relented and -the boy hurried back to where the Pirates' Map hangs on the wall, and to the surprise of everyone he took out a pencil and began to make notes on a piece of paper in his po~ket. The committee in charge trusts that no harmful influence on a future career will resuit. There is not only a Pirates' Map, but a Musical Map of the World, a I Litera:y Map, a Map of the Stars, ' the Map of the Land-of-MakeBelieve, and a hundred others to enI thrall any vigorous mind that comes ito this remarkable exhibition of 1 foreign miniature villages, British Hor~e Brasses, Japanese Doll House and Chinese Junk. The exhibition closes on Aug. 12. As Rev. William ISafforC:. Jones wrote to The Herald, ! • , "No one in Portsmouth Ehould miss . __i-'-t_!'_'_____ _____..-~----( · The extraordinary foreign exhibi tion that is continued for th is week at the Army and Navy Buliding on _J Daniels st:eet for the benefit of the famous old Warner House, has , /proved to be of increa,ing interest, . , but not all of the interest lies in I the exhibits. There are many touch es of human characteristics that shine out and lend a delightful charm to the whole exhibition. A sweet old lady was studying the ' pictorial map of Honolulu, when a pretty young hostess approached her and ~ked if she could help her. "Yes," said the little old lady. "I have a friend in Honolulu who wants me to visit her, but I am ve:y olo and all alone so I am afraid to go , ;·,~1 · but if you could show me where she (::. lives, I know the name of the street, ;.Y and where the ships from San • , ' Francisco come in, I should be so : glad." The hostess pointed to the ; picture of ,t he Aloha Tower on the :t/•: \ map and told her that the ~hips ".J- .,: I from San Francisco went right up ~)' :to the dock next to the tower, and 1 I that there wa.s always a band that ,... ,, 1played "Aloha" to ,t he coming passengers to welcome them. "And what is Aloha?" asked• the little old lady. tJ. · "That is the favorite tune of the 1 \ • Hawaians," replied the hostes.s. "It goes like this," and to the surprise , :1 , • of ,the persons around her, she sang h ..,j . the opening bars of the plaintive . ..u IAloha. Then as she sang she pointed · •;to the town and the street where the ~, j friend lived and the road to Waikiki Beach and the beautiful Diamond ' Hea:d, and when ,t he little old lady · , left she had a bli.:sful smile on her face, and she ~aid, "I feel that I ,. I have had a wonderful visit to Honlolulu!" I I f·· ·- j <>· · I - - A Greek citizen of Portsmouth came to the exhibition. He wznt all around the tables of displays and was int.erested especially in the objects that came from Yugoslavia and Hungary; count!·ies near to his native land. But when he suddenly spied the Greek soldier on one of the tables, he EPrang to attention, his eyes flashed and he -exclaimed: "That is one of the King's Guards! I know them well. Many a time I have watched thousands of them march down the streets of Athens. ,, !. · J That co.stume is absolutely correct, ;) :·· I each soldier muot be 8X feet and ~· ':. . two inches tall, and that pleated \·:~ .'.·. white i,kirt always holds its shape ; ..· /,:::-. ~s \,t i.s_ made of six layers of mater"':.:'~ · 1al. HIS heels wer.e clicked toge-ther ,.~'-':- ·' .1and his hand was s~etched out in a "; """' ' .,_- �Edward Savage Crocker of Kittery and Tokio, shown here with on view for charity in Portsmouth . ...,...e'"'a,-s.,,.,.-=-oo=-=e:-:,-m:-e::--r=e..,.1""e"'x;,-;;orthe collector's family crest. S,1 she bought it. F,om then on she was seeking more, tracking down the old horses of London and often facing the Cockney dialect to get the tags off some quivering neck. Mrs. Crocker first started collectBy LAWRENCE DAME inz when she was a girl of 10 (and Herald Stall Reporter that was not so awfully long ago). PORTSMOUTH, N . H., Aug, 5How do collections start: where Then it was book plates, Sir Oliver Standing In the midst of one of the do the ideas come from? Asked that Lodge, the English spiritualist, gave most unusual summer exhibitions as- question, Mrs. Crooker, descendant her the first one, and John Addingsembled In the Army and Navy Club of an old Portsmouth preacher and ton Symonds, the poet. followed up. here for a benefit so that the his- now summering with her husband on She has several thousand now. torlc Warner House across the street Gerrish's Island near here, cited the At least once, Mrs. Crocker has may not be razed, Mrs. Edward Sav- example of the bells. been able to resist that insidious age Crocker revealed some of the F'rom a North Cape visit, Mr. impulse of collecting. That was when secrets of a collector. Crocker brought back a reindeer she saw the fascinating sword "I try my very best not to collect bell for his wife, As they heard Its guards of Japan. Usually oval, made things," declared the petite wife of tinkle, they fo•md memories rising often of iron and sometimes of gold the first secretary of the American of the majesty of the capes and the and silver they too much resembled embassy In Tokio. "I resist, and gorgeous colorings of sky and stone. in shape 'the beloved horse "brassthen I see something and the col- Wherever the Crocke,·s went from leotlng fever sweeps over me. Then then on, they picked up bells- ers." In San Salvador. where Mr. I know I'm off again on a new sleighbells from Lapland and Swe- Crocker continued his foreign serquest." den, camel bells from Baghdad, vice career It looked as though the ship's bells and the great cloches for collector w~uld be left with nothing the cattle of Switzerland. to collect. But finally she concenHundreds were admiring the min"Here's a bell which makes me trated on coral rosaries, which the iature villages of many lands, with think of the Great Wall of China, human effigies set to scale; the pic- of how It runs mysteriously to disap- women wear and decorate further torial maps of all countries, the pear Into the horizon," said Mrs. with old Mexican and Central foreign bells, the Japanese masks Crocker. "I bought It from a boy on American coins. When Mr. Crocker was stationed and the British horse brasses or the wall, who took it from the collar Identification tags for equine chests of his donkey." In Rome, the aim of collecting was which Mrs. Crocker has placed on painted red and green chairs, made public view. By popular request, the HORSE TAG COLLECTION in the Abruzzi mountains. The shc,w will continue every afternoon The collection of horse tags or Crockers carry 18 of these chairs for another week. "brassers" got Its start during a cas- with them wherever they go. And "I suppose under all my collecting ual walk by Mrs. Crocker through whatever their home, in Italy or in In so many countries ls the idea of London's Caledonlan market, which Japan, It is decorated exactly in the bringing something back, something corresponds to the Rastro of Madrid colors of the fine summer place typical of the various lands, wblch and the Flea Market b Paris. She here. The family portraits and furother$ who cannot travel can ad- saw one of the tags, which are even nishings go along on the Crockers' mire. Then, too, you might call It now used In England !or the Identithe moss which the rolling stone fication of horses. It bc,re a unicorn, travels. "When we have our own things athers." and at first glance Lhe legendary with us, in a decoration typical of us, we always feel at home," exlalned Mrs. Crocker. CAN'T STOP COLLECTING, MRS. CROCKER ADMITS �Coleman Reunion Held ' At Newington Saturda); Officers Elected And Interesting Program Enjoyed At Annual Gathering In the h istoric little white church m Newmgton on Saturday morning and afternoon, the 15th annual reunion of the Coleman Association was held. The weather was ideal tor the event and members of the Coleman family llvlllg m other states enjoyed viewmg agalll the picturesque beauty of Newm1ton's countryside. The day's program was crowded with lrtstructlve and entertaining activities, and there were 14 town• represented in the attendance. At the open forum m the mornmg there were guests from Eliot, Ocean Park and Portland, Me.; Newmgton, Portsmouth, Rye, Durham and Dover, In this state; Belmont, Boston, Melrose and Brooklme, Mass.; Olen Ellyn, Ill., and Berkley, Cal. Among the mornmg's events Rev. Edward McDonald, pastor of the Newmgton church, led the prayer and letters of communlca.tlon were read. Speake~s at the open forum included Dr. George W. Coleman of Boston, Dr. Walter S. Coleman of Portland, Mrs. Addle Mitchell of Dover and Mrs'. Myles Watson of Newmgton. A very mterestmg paper was read by Manning Hoyt on the historic old church and the busmess of the a.ssoclat ion was discussed. The president, Rev. Louis Ellms, also gave a short talk. Lunch was served at the town hall and the afternoon's program commenced at 2 o'clock. Mme. Sara D. Simpson of Portsmouth was the guest soloist and her selections were most appreciated. She was accompanied by Miss S. Mmnette Foss of Rye. Miss Hannah Goldberg of Boston spoke on Present Trends In Fiction In which she gave :fine reviews of the following best sellers: "Rebecca," "All This and Heaven Too," "Grapes of Wrath" and "Mr. Emanuel." Pollowmg thl-,s, Chester E. Merrow of Center Ossipee gave a clear and :forceful address on Law and International Relations. Mr. Merrow, who was chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee in the recent session of the legislature, also a speaker and writer, complimented the members of the association upon their practice of conductmg a reunlnn annually. He stated that the Co1eman family, as many other families throughout the country, has contributed to the fiber of American character. Stressmg the significance of creatmg an enlightened public opinion, Mr. Merrow emphasized the importance of every group as a factor in developing national policies. Using the rapid development of the airplane as an Illustration, the speaker pictured the almost unbelievable transformation that has taken place withm the last three decades. He said, "As much as I glory in the development of commercial aviation that has brought the nations of the world withm a few hours of each other, I often feel ihat it would have been far better U the secret of flymg had remained unrevealed. Bombers m the next war will be used to terrify the civilian population, to destroy the art of the centuries, to wreck buildings that have required many years to construct, and to bespatter houses with the blood of human victims as was recently done ln Spam." In reference to the political and economic issues which must be considered m the light of tremendous scientific development, Mr. Merrow listed the recent reversals of the Roosevelt administration, the impunity of Japan In the Far East, the stramed relations between the United States and Japan, the mllltary talks m Moscow and the general tension m Europe as the most vexing problems of the present day. Emphasizing the necessity of an enlightened publlc opmlon m developing the proper (orelgn policy of the United States, Mr. Merrow stated, "I believe that In the event of a European war we should keep our men on this side of the Atlantic and U we do this, their blood will not be shed. If this ls isolation, then I am an isolationist, When Europe agam begins slaughtering human beings, this nation sllould keep out of the !ray and att.empt to preserve the fine thmgs that exist In western civilization. If this Is isolation, then I am an isolationist." One of the outstanding talks of the afternoon was that of Dr. George W. Coleman of Ford Hall Forum in Boston. Dr. Coleman related amusing and educational incidents which took place during his recent trip to Mexico. A model of a Plscataqua River Packet, made by Edward Adams of Durham Pomt, was exhibited at the reunion and received much favorable comment. Mr. Adams has made many ship models, some of which have been placed In the Smithsonian Institute m Washmgton. Also on exhibition was a violin exquisitely fashioned by Dr. Walter S. Coleman of Portland. Dr. Coleman Is a dentist by profession, but engaged his spare time m this hobby durmg last year. An election of officers was held and the new officers for the coming year are: President, Rev. Louis Ellms of Old Orchard, Me.; first vice president, Ruth Hoyt Williams of Glen Ellyn, Ill.; second vice president, Mrs. Louis Steuerwald of Dover; third vice president, George E. Coleman of Wiscasset, Me.; recording secretary, Beth Hoyt Rand, Newington; corresponding secretary, John F. Hoyt, Portsmouth; treasurer, Margaret Plckermg, Newington; chaplain, ·Rev. Edward McDonald, Newmgton ; historian, James A. Coleman, Dover. The nommatmg committee consists of Lydia S. C. Lear, Wendell Coleman and Edward C. Adams. The program committee Includes: Dr. G. W. Coleman, Boston ; Mrs. Analesa F. Adams, Durham ; and Mrs. Florence H. Watson of Newington. The hospitallty committee has as Its chairman Mrs. Wendell Coleman and she ls given the privilege choosing her own committee. �While a request wa.s made a flow.ers be omitted at the funeral, the casket was covered with a blanket of choice rooes, a tribute from the associates at the Home. A large spray or whit.e lilies from the Home corporation and other pieces were a.llSlo arranged about the casket. With heart.s 68.ddened by the passFollowing the service those in at- • ing of one who was so dearly loved in tendance passed in line to the front the community and wh~ life of of <the church to take the last look Chrilltlan service and beautuul deeds a,t the face of on~ who will be ro enriched the lives of others, many greatly mlS6ed 1n the lUe o! our gathered at the North Church (OOn- city, whose lile Wll6 a power of good , ' gregational) on Tuesday afternoon to many, The honorl\4'y bearel'\S "were Dr. at 2 :30 o'clock to pay their last tribute of respect to the memory of Charles W. Hannaford, Dr. Edwin C, Blajsdell, Wlllls E. Underhill, Mias Jessie MacFa.rlane, late matron o! the Mark H. Wentworth Home on Frank D. Butler, Charles H. Walker Pleasant street, whose death oc- and James F. Borthwick. curred on Sunday morning, The The remains were taken to Alservice wa.s conducted by the pastor, monte, Ontario, today, where further Rev. Arthur Acy Rouner, Amos W. .!\.ervices will be held on Thursday, Moody, the church organist, presidwith burial in Auld Kirk cemet.ery. MiSs Tena MacFarlane, aunt of the ed at the organ. Judge Thomas H. Simes, William deceased, and Miss Emily Swenson C. Walton, Henry B. Tlliton and 001. wlll attend the' service.s and burial. H. Clinton Taylor, members of the Previous to the church service Wentworth Home Corporation, act- Rev. E. K. Amazeen, a member of the ed as ushers. Members of the Home Home family, conducted a. service at family who were able to Sitt.end oc- the Wentworth Home for thCBe uncupied pews at the front of the able to be present a.t the church. church . Twenty-five members of After scripture reading and prayers the Portsmouth Hospltai Alumnae he paid a. tribut.e to the memory of attended in a body. Miss MacFarlane, telling of her high Rev. Rouner paid a beautUul idea.ls and faithful service at the tribut.e to Miss MacFarlane and told Home. By request, the beautiful old of the l<>ss her d~th was to the com- hymn, "Rock o! Ages," was rendered munity, speaking of her as "a saint ,pn Ule piano by Herbert Dunbar, the upon earth." He toltl of her remark- benediction by Rev, Ama-zeen able work as matron of that unique ending the service. a.nd plendld Institution, the WentJ .Verne Wood had charge of the worth Home; of her courageous splrlt funeral arrangements. and heroic readiness ever to meet all emergencies; the sympathetic understanding that made her especially keen to the suffering of others and of her readiness to glve of her tlme and strength to make lUe easier a.nd happier for tho.se about her. He spoke ot her love of the North Church, of whlch she was a devot.ed member, sa.ying that when she could slip away from her manf cares she loved to attiend the vices. Miss MacFarlane throughout her life lived as if her motto wa.s "It is more blessed ,to give than to receive." Service to others was her joy. Old a.nd young delighted in her company and never failed to find inspiration in her presence. It is said, "He climbs highest who helps another up." Surely she cllmo.ed to gre111t heighbs as, with a heart of pure gold, she was ever helping others to look up and live, bringing courage and cheer to the sick a.nd suffering by her radiant spirit and kindly ministrations. She fought the good fight. She finished her course. She kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for her a crown or righteousness. Fin al Rites For Miss Macfarlane Batchelder Family Reunion Held The Batchelder Family Association held a reunion at the Hampton Falls town hall rec'ently. At noon dinner wa.s served in the banquet hall, with many Batchelders In a.tt.endance. A business meeting followed, at which the secretary's and treasurer's reports were read and accept.ed. One death, that of Henry S. Bailey of Andover, was reported, and resolutions adopted thereon. Report.s of the nominating committee were accepted, with the following ' elected for the ensu1pg year: president, Lawrence E. Wadleigh; vice president, Wallace H. Batchelder; secretary, Miss Mary J, Gr~ne; treasurer, Howard T, Moulton, all of Hampton Falls; llt.erary committee, Miss Ethel Foss of Portsmouth, Mrs. Mabel McDevitt a.nd Mrs. Helen Batchelder of Hampton Falls; executive committee, Miss Martha. Batchelder of Hampton Falls and Mrs. Charles S. Batchelder and Mrs. Frank Brown of South Hampton. The following program was next presented, with Rev. Gordon Batchelder in charge: readings, Mrs. Florence Batchelder; descriptive talk of a Western trip which was recently taken by himself with a party of friends, Rev. Gordon Batchelder; selection, trio, composed of Harriet Laughlin and Ruth and Evelyn Edgerly; piano sol06, Dorothy Swain; general singing by all present, with Mrs. Laura Wadleight as accompanist . Forrest Batchelder o! Pitts!leld, Mass., Herbert Prescott of Kensington and James E. Brown of Harristown, Ill., spoke. �WM. CARIO'S LIFE HISTORY ~ ~ LESS VAGUE , 'v Silversmith Born in 1721 in New York Died in New Hampshire 1809. By ltELEN BURR SMITH, of the shadowy figures early American silvers miths has been William Cario. H e w a s supposed to have been a New York maker, because he was born h ere In 1721, until the publication of an article by Stephen Decatur in The Sun of October 8, 1938, showed the: he removed to Portsmouth, N. H,, prior to 1748, where he worked until about 1775, w hen he removed to Newmarket, a few miles back In the country, where he was living in 1790. More ot h is w ork haii now been discovered a n d It has been learned that he lived till 1809. Carlo's mark appears on th11ee tablespoons in the possession of a descendant of the original owners, Daniel Rindge Rogers (1756-1825), son of the Hon. Daniel Rogers and Mehltable (Rindge) Rogers and Hannah (Cutter) Rogers (;1.7601840), daughter of Dr. Ammi Ruhamah Cutter and Hannah (Treadwell) cut~er. Car lo an Engra er. A s ilver tray made in England In 1750, originally owned by t h e Hon. Theodore Atkinson, whose wife, Hannah, was a sister ot Gov. B enning Wentworth, Is now owned by the New Hampshire Historical Society. On the back of this trllY is engraved a list of forty-eight na mes. These persons Wf!re nearly all connected by marrigae with the Wentworth faml)y. The engraving was done by William ct:ario, H is name appears in the lower righth a nd corner ot the frame, "W. Carlo-Seu I . " Several of the names on the tray are t hose of members of the family of Daniel Rindge Rogers for w h om "William Cario made the spoons. The names are: Name Died Ag• BenjamtnPlummer,Esq.,March 8, 17.J0,, .2,t John Rindge, Esq ........ Nov. 6, 1~40 ..... 45 Ohrlatopher Ryme8, lilsq.,Aprll 3, 1,41. .... 4,1 Shadrack ~ •allon, Esq.,.~ct. 3r.! 17,!1...; .... -~! Joshua PeircP Esq., . .. . l 1 eb. ,, 1, ,L ..... 1EIIZRheth Wlbird ....... , ~•eb. l2, l742 ... .'r:! John Downing, Esq.,; ... Sept. ,16. }714 , .. 8~ Jo••Ph Sherburne. Bsq., Dec. 3, 1,44..... ,64 ll{a.ry Sherburne ...... , .. March 6, l!4~-6 .. 61 Mary Husl;;e ... ........ . Ma1·ch , 1115•6 .. 4:l Arth11r Slllde .............Jan, 12, lN6 .... 64 Dudley Odlln, l,lRq.,. ,. , ,J.'eb. 1:1, lJ47-8 .. :l! Jotham Odiorne, Esq,., . . Aug. 16, l 148 .... 7,1 Ann Peirce .............. Oct. lil. 17 ◄ .•... !!~ Mary Westbrook ..... , .. Qct, 23, 1748,. ... 7~ Geor,e WR.Jker .......... Dec. 7, 1z4 , .... ~ George Jaffrey, Esq,, ... May 8, l ,.rn .... ,86 Jane Frost. ... , q , , , .... ~ay ~~, 1!~9 .... ~4 Mary Sherburne., ....... ov. 21, l,aO ... ·Ellzabetb Vaughan ...... Dec. 7, 17~0 ..... II Jotham Odiorne, Esq., .. May 19, 1751 .... 48 Nicholas Daniell ... , .... June 24, 17fil. ••• :11 Sa.rah Odiorne . , ...... , . .1 une 23, 17~2 .... 76 Capt William Pearson .. nee. !!, l'if>:.? .. ... fir, Mary Moore ....•....... Maroh 12, 17~3 .. 4a Elizabeth Solly .......... March 13, !7~3 .. ~~ Mary Willson ........... April 16, 1,1\3 ... ,1 Richard Waldrnn, Esq.,. Aug. 23, 1753 .... 60 Dorothy Sherburne ...... ,T,rn. 3, l iM ..... 74 saran Downlng ..........le.n. JI, ,754 .... 70 Mi.t'Y Wentworth,, .. , ....lune 13, 17:jl'L .,,32 Henry ~herburne, Esq". nee. ~O, E5i .... 8~ Elizabeth Waldron ...... Oet. JG, 1,J8 ..... 51 Mary Ma.rch ......... , . :fl..faTch 22.! 17fi0 .. 80 3lr Wm, Popporrell, Barl.,JuJy 6, l1?i9 ..... 69 M&O' Meserve ....... ,., ,Aug. 8, 17!\fl. 1-• .47 ,Ann Tuh, ...... , .... ., . Aug. ~5J 1759., .. 6!1 John Wenll\"otth, l-Jsq. , ... ·ov. , ]750 ..... :m Samu,! Smith, E&Q., .... May 2, 1760 .... ,74 Dorothy GIiman .......... Jan, ~'):, l761 .... 49 Ann Packer, .............lan, l-, 1762 .... 61 Hannah Sherburntt.,. , .. Ji,eb. ll>. 17i;2 .... l'i7 Margaret OIJ•mbers ..... Aug. 6, 17R~ ..... 82 ht.me. n . . _ ·ewmarch .....lan. 8, 1763 ..... ns M Gambling ............ Aug. 20, 1764 ... .7fi Jo'hn Downing, Plaq., .... T•'eb. lJ, 1766 .... 82 Hie Excel. B. Wentworth,Oct. 14, 1!70 ..... 75 T. Walllngtord, Esq., ... Aug. 4, i,n ..... 7~ W. CARIO, SCULP. Life Ln ewflelds. On further research we :find William Cario, "The Silversmith of Newfields,'' bought lan·d in Newfields (a part of Newmarket) in 1790 from Stephen Hardy. WJIJiam Carlo was active in Paris& affail'S 1794-1800; with Rev. A r th u I' Brown and others he petitioned a gainst theatrical amusements, January 13, 1773; he signed the Association Test July 12, 1776. "In 1809 he was among the last of our townsmen to wear the gentlemen's short clothes with knee-buckles." In 1770 he made the silver Communion cup for Dean Joseph Judkins, later bequeathed to the Congregational Church of Newfields, which was the old church of Newmarket org-anized in 1730 when Newfields was a art o! Newmark "'he Will of Joseph Judkins dated February 22, and p r obated March 28, 1770, contains this item: "I give and bequeath unto the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Newmarket, whe1·eo( my ancient, Cordial and faithful friend the Reverend Mr. John Moody is now PA.star, a handsome Silver Communion Cup at the descretion o( my Executors in convenient time after my decease." ("History of Newfields 1638-1911" By Rev. James Hill Fitts.) The church became inactive in 1920. The eup is now in possession of the, New Hampshire His~orical Soci.ety. rt bears the mark "W, Cario''. Dr. Phi'.neas T1•ull, born in TewksburyL :Maesachusetts. 1781, 1•emoved to Newfields in 1819 and occupied the house of William Cario, the silversmith. The house, situated on Swampl!"cott street, was later known as the "Cario-Trull House" . It ls still standing. "Previous to the Revolution our village boasted of a skillful silversmith-William, Ca1·io,'' writes Rev. James Hill Fitts in his history. William Carin died intestate on July 20, 1809. The following notice appeared in the New Hampshire Gazette of August 1 1 1809: Died-At Newmarket on the 20th vf July very suddenly. Mr. Wllliam Cario, formerly of Portsmouth, aged 75, leaving a wile and one child to mou1·n the loss. '.l'o highly paint the character of a deceased friend appears superfluous: suffice it to say Mr, Carlo has been the kind husband, indul• gent parent and affeclionale friend lo his numerous acquaintances, which, wllh many other pleasing lralts In his character, rendered him worthy o! imitallon. On August 1, William Blasdell was appointed administrator of his estate. The inventory lists the following goldsmith's tools: 18 luge and •mall hamm•rs ......... , 6.00 :is lo.rge an!I •mall tile•..... . . . . . . . . . Lot or Do ........... ,. .. • .. • .. .. .. .. • ~ PJlirH pl) er& ... ,.................... 4.fiO fiO 2.00 3 pairs :thears .......• , .•..•.. ,...... l .;')0 pa h·s tongs. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . • . . . . 1. :!5 =~ H t ot wooden nien.sures.,........... .76 :i ]}8\\ te1' Jlll'tiS\ll'CS,.,,, .. , , , , , , , , , , , , ].OfJ 1:'nlr bellO\HI ............ , .. . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 Rmnd1· o( <,oldsnttth'a tool ot all kind 10.00 :! pail·s dividers...................... ,jj :W ounce µlate <o 1. HL .......... 1 . . . . a:~.64 8¾ ounl'eH old sllvel' . ....•.. , ........ 8.71'i I gold ring.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. 1.00 Pait• large Rcale:s ........•... , , .. ,,... 1.2r1 �OlfP . ,-ru £>.~ & \\ r,\ght. ............ . I air ~rnnll Rt•Alf>~ .. , ..... , ........ , •. Pair sleirl }nrds .... .. .... ....... .... . . I lanrn nn\'ll, fl6 lh:'4. (ri .12, ...... • , . l lllmall ttn\ll . ~.t )h.,: CQ .IH .. , ...... 1 l»rge , iflf'. ru1 :um, 2 h~nd do. rg. .60 ~lllall poll bt>llo,H1.. _. . . . . .... s pnlr~ plAlPd ~hor hut•k lPs ..•....... !! 11th M· fftoc ·k hul"klP'- & 1 hat buckle ~ pnli s fl.I Pr, r buttonH. ~ pR it" kneP -b1wklPfl &- ph111 . . . . . . . . . 1.42 2t lhEI, nld l'OPPf'r ,. hn=u11:!'I .• ,.. ... • • . • ·1.20 :JO lbs. IPud and pewter ...... ...... ,.. 4.00 an .20.............. . .. 7.R0 Iron, ............... ,......... 2.00 Ht 11111nnlR ol goods ln ehop........... 3:00 :;u lhs. lbR, J)l'WtPr @ Listed with his wearing app.arel is a silver watch, silver stock and knee-buckles, a large Bible and a "pew in the Meeling House, $6.00." The presence of pewter indicates that he also worked in this metal. His house, barn and other oul houses, with about half an acre of land, appraised at $300, were sold lo pay the debts. The following notices appeared In the New Hampshire Gazette Tuesday, October 3, 1809. 'l'o be sold at aucllon on the 16th of October al the dwelling hous, of I he late William Carlo of Newmarket, deceased-A quantity or householil !urnllure and other articles belonging to the said deceased William Cario. Notice is hereby given that the aubscrlb r has been duly appointed administrator of the ealate of WIiiiam Carlo, late or Newmarket, goldsmith, deceased, and has taken upon him the trust by giving bonds as the law dtrects-Willlam Blasdell, Adm., Oct. 2, 1809. Burial Place Unknown. A search of all obtainable records covering Portsmouth, Newmarket, Newfields and Exeter as well as the graveyard markers of all cemeteries in the vicinity failed to reveal the lace of his burial. Since he died Insolvent, It ls probable that that the marriage had probably be was buried in the Town Burial taken place in the church al PortsGrnund In Newfields, his grave mouth Plains wh'ere this branch of bearing no mat·ker according to the lbe Peavey family were members law prohibiting the purchase of and from which the records have markers !or persons dying Insolv- disappeared. Since bis publication ent (unless a gi!l). To those dying Mr. Decatur has discovered that solvent $30 was allowed !or a the matTlage took place in Boslon marker. and the inlenUon was published The dale of death of his widow July 5, 1759. Lydia (Coxcroft) ario is given in Ablgall Peavey was born In 1726, "History of Newfields 1638-1911" William Caria in 1721. This slight by Rev. James Hill Fitts as Novem- difference in their ages, the marber, 1831. riage having taken place in Boston, The age of William Caria, given lhough Abigail Peavey was of as 75 years in lhe newspaper notice Portsmouth, their removal to of his dealh, appears lo be an Portsmouth where she died on Seperror. lember 17, 1767, eight years after "Arts and Crafts in New Eng- marriage, his second mar!'iage on' land 1704-1775' by George Francis April 16, 1768, to Ly<Ua Coxcroft at Dow contains the following adver- the ,South Parish In Portsmouth, tisement: and the notice of his death in NewWllliiam Caria-By applying to Mr. market mentioning him as forCarlo, Jeweller, may be seen a Silver merly of Portsmouth, leaving a Spoon that was taken up In the Street abclut three ·weeks ago and widow, Lydia, could scarcely be cohas not been advertised -Boston, inciden lal. The age given in the dealh notice is Incorrect in any Mar. 7/14, 1787. The da e of this advertisement case, since clearly William Carlo gives rise to lhe question whether dying in Newmarket in 1809 and or not this is th& same William William Carlo advertising in BosCaria born in New York in 1721, ton in 1737 are one and the same. which seems improbable due to Advertising in 1737 and dying in his extreme youth. This may be 1809 necessitates a span of more explained by the possibility of his than 75 years. The birth date of having bePn born a year or two, Abigail Pevey (1726) and marriage or more, earlier lhan 1721, which in Boston are strongest points of dale was taken from a baptismal proof that she married William Cario of New York. record. Mr. Decatur mentions In his article in The Sun the marriage of William Carlo o! Portsmouth and Abigail Peavey or Pevey, daughter of William Peavey of Portsmouth, and of his inability lo locale the mari'ia e recoi·d. He' concluded �In recent years Mr. Langtry made his winter home at the Hotel Kenmore, Boston, spending mers at New Castle. In politics Mr. Langtry staunch Republican. He was a member of the Republican state Committee from 1902 to 1910. During his long career as a newspaper publisher, state official and ardent worker for the Republican party, he acquired a very wide circle of :f<rl,mds, particularly amoing those in public life. He was much In demand as an afterdinner speaker, for he possessed a large fund of anecdotes concerning persons In the public eye, and his facile pen wrote editorials and articles which were widely quoted. During the two World war years he spoke on an average of twice dally, in all parts of the state, urging the purchase of Liberty bonds and contribution to the Red Cross. He was the author of a book, "Traitors to the Church," and editor of a history of Greater Boston. Hon. A. P. Langtry Dies At Waltha.m '\, trA Was Summer Resident Of New Castle Many Years Hon. Albert P. Langtry, who for many years made his summer home at New Castle, and a newspaper man of wide repute, died yesterday at Waltham at the age of '79 year1. Mr. Langtry took a great Interest in the affairs of this section, and being an orator of exceptional ab111ty was a favorite speaker at many gatherings. A man of genial personality he made a host of friends throughout this entire section who wm deeply regret his passing. Mr. Langtry was born in Wakefield, Mass., July 27, 1860, a son of Joseph and Sarah (Lakin) Langtry, and was educated In public schools, leaving at an early age to enter the employ of c. L. Jones & Co., Boston soap manufacturers. At the age of 19 he went to New York as representative of this concern. His long newspaper career began in 1880, when he became a reporter on the Brooklyn <N. Y.) Times, later going to the Brooklyn Union, In 1890 he became editor and publisher of the Springfield (Maf&,) Union and shortly after wards became the principal owner. He sold his Interest In the Springfield Union in 1922 and the following year purchased the Waltham Evening News. A few months later he acquired the Waltham Free Press Tribune and merged the two dallles under the name of the Waltham News-Tribune. Mr. Langtry was elected secretary of the Commonwealth by the Massachusetts Legislature April 26, 1911, to fill the vacancy caused by the death ln the same month of Secretary William M. Olin. He wa.-; re-elected by popular vote and served to 1913 and from 1915 to 1921. Previously he had served two years in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as a irepresentatlve from Springfield, and during his term was chairman of the committee which drew up and reported the direct primary law. In 1913 he was chairman of the commission to build an extension to the Massachusetts State House, and was for several years a mem ber of the Salem and Beverly Water Supply Board. He was a past president of the ~atlonal Association o! Seoreta.rles of States; a member of the Theodore Roosevelt Club, and of the Kiwanis Club of Waltham. In 1902 and 1903 he was a director or the Associated Press. Mr. Langtry was married Aug. 3, 1886 to Sarah Cowing Spear of Boston, who survives him. He leaves also a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Bkaklc of Newton, wife o! Alex T. l!!ka.klll, treasure of the Waltham Publishing Co. and general manager of the Waltham News-Tri• bune an one andson. �f.ri.~:I Of Recreational ·::t~:~::.~~he"~~:w:~t=a~ b;::~ ;_~:,1 _;: Advanfages ,~ j •. :j \~{, ,~,; ~-~..f H. Frank McCa rthy ., . Speaks Before Rotary ~: r,t±'..~:~,_;·: ::.:_:, :::._'' 1· !there were many places that n_eeded Club ---- H. Frank McCarthy, passenger r_;_f traffic manager of the Boston & .~::~~ize<i Hl:a~~r~i7t ti~ n:~:rtfo~ .. ! New,·ngton ·_ _ _ . .movemen t to make this city attractIt was years a;;o that Martin 336 jive and appealing to the visitors, .·· Pring sailed up the Piscataqua 1.1 He mentioned that during the ter- . the Spl!edwell. On the Newington1 centena,ry celebration many of the . houses WeI'e marked with th e dates ehore above the General Sullivan of their erection. "We need to make ··.· bridge another S~eedwell was these places more representative of /:: lafunche<ilOOoninteSerpest.ted3 mpetch~top::sence Portsmouth," he said, He spoke o! ' o over . s . · I the avenue of trees which greets boat is a cabm cruiser, designed an !people coming here from Boston, built by Myles Standish Watron tellir,g what a fine impression it Newington. _All th ed 1f;ber ~ I 1made and how that street could be on tbe pr,emises an e a . been craft nearlywas twotowed yearsonmskids bulldm ma de more a ttlr ac t"ive. The fro ,; ~;_ ~\,; ~, .:tf ~t:,. Mame Railroad, a native son of Portsmouth, who has always retam'"' · ed his love for his home town, gave :f; '.;i::, a straightforward talk about the / As an example of leadership he - the ~,hop to the shore by a trac city and what might be done to spoke of what Connecticut has and two trucks. 'ii: make it a greater and more im- done and cited Bermuda as a strik- . ,. The Speedwell was christened portant center of recreational ac- ing example of intelligent planning. '.,,_ Dorothy M. Watson and as the ti fi: tivity at ~he weekly meeting of the . "Port..~mout-h doesn't just want 7·_ rose floated free from the crad ,~ Portsmouth Rotary Club at the to just ride the tide. We have a. •.. After a basket lunch at Shackfor Rockingham this noon. 1history and we have a foundation." f .. barn Mr. Watson piloted the par ff Portsmouth, he said, should not /he said, as he concluded his talk I·-': in groups up the river. neglect the recreational_ field be- ·by ~rging his ~isteners to assist _m _, Fr.lends were present from Boston, ,_j,. 1\·;_ -~- .· cause of other outstandlllg advan- maklllg the city more attractive ,. : 1 . Gardner, Worc~.ter, Beverly, Ips- .,,_•--~·. ,· Jii tages. A good business man must and appealing to its summer vis- '· ::/ wich, Newton, Needham, Medfo_rd, ':_:,_ , ' ~~~- make use of his good business lo- itors. j Melrose, Lynn, Dorche.;ter and Wm- --~·:i"'.-.,-,> ,. V':- cat,ion, he said. From an economic i Charles H. WaJker acted a.; . chester, Ma~:.; Eliot and Portland, ·· _·. .. : .,-,. f, · standpoint Mr. McCarthy stated './ chairman of the meetmg, intro\ Me.; Little Rock, Ark .; Ports- . :•'·::: · that there . was need to replace lost •ducing Mr. McCarthy. There were . I mouth, Dover, Rye, Greenland, New .. -_,,,i indust.ries with recreational activi- , 17 visiting Rotarians present at ·: Castle, Lee and Atkinson. ;f·i ties. "It is especially desirable that the · meeting_ .'---,.---,_ _ _ _ ___j j~_'. · New England .and Port:5mout~ take 1. ·1._ f:. • Jl .fl ,, ,,, r O : 3 G · ·., · · ;i;;,. advantage of its God-given chmate, _. _ ~ . ~ , 1 · ·' {r f''i~ ft\r iJM ~~; r:•· p_· t~; ;~ed ~h:h~1::es~~~sh~\;~d~oo,ooo peo- ;.- j He spoke of Portsmouth in the ':,::':; days before the automobiles brought touri~ts for brief visits. At that time ~'( he said, there were many all -sum::( mer vacationists. "Portsmouth was I k.;. a recreational center in the days of i ~f my childhood. The business came }_ .:,__,_:':]· from the so-called summer people," f~. he continued. "Wi th the automobile 2:. came t he tourists. Whether or not ~: that will continue, we do not know. The prese~.t market still is a fluctu- rJY ~ t) pIan Twenty Ore e s FOr NaVO I HOS pI•ta I , , _ : 1 Gen. Frank T. Hines Says Increase Will Be Effective In About A Year \";.' atmg one.th • Washington, Aug. 11.-Installa- i a request that in fairness to Urging at it was import.ant t o tion of 20 additional beds for vet- state more veteraM beds should F·>:.:': direct attent.ion t.o the youth, Mr. least be allotted to the Portsmou -~, McCarthy stated that if • the ,Young . erans at the. P ortsmouth Naval Hos. . hospital. ~~ people are . influenced to come to ., pita!, makmg a total of 40, is General Hines' letter to Sena ~;:;_ New England each summer, by the Jplanned by the Federal Board of Tobey follows in part : ti~e tha~. they, reach 45 they Will ·1! Hospitalization. Gen. Frank T. "The study of the Federal boa ;]~.! become reg:ular visitors, and with Hines, chairman, has informed Sen- indicates the desirability of increas- • jf this '. appeal continuin_g the number ator Tobey (R) of New Hampshire ing the allocation of beds at the .· -f;:: will continue: to increase. : who had requested such action. The Portsmouth Naval Hospital and we :f, The speaker mentioned the need increase would be effective in about have been advised it will be feasible • _,~·· tor. zoning: stating that Bar Har- Ja year, General Hines indicated, in I to increase the allocation there fur - · :•-' bor found that mixing the lower stating he would ask the funds for/ ther: so this action is being taken. '-'. ;~l class brackets and the upper class the fiscal year starting next July. In the request for funds for the next ;_ ~} was distinctly unpopular. He also Meanwhile, if funds permit, he will fiscal year I am asking for an allo- .·, 13. spoke of .the demand for informa- install additional veterans beds at cation of a total of 40 beds, which ~-- Uon, saying "We have got to know the hospital as need is shown. is an mcrease of 20 over the present :'f- ', hoi· to reac)i the market. " With the failure of the Board of allotment. If during the present ~~··) ;, All of the people here share in Hospitalization to allot a veterans fiscal year funds will permit add!- ";;:-;, ~ the summer tourist business, hospital to New Hampshire, as asked tional allocation, beds will be made ;~ "'he ther directly or mdirectly, he by Senator Tobey and other mem- , available as need is shown. I t~°?::-(:,;l ,.: >·;7 , a,-~:':7:;::'. ~ hers _of the New Hampshire Con- / hopeful that this will relieve ?:,~ · ,_: · ·· \.:·:·'·j gress10nal delegation, the senator situation as it is in line with ~'. •. ,,,;.:;:-,- J recently put before General Hines suggestion you made." l%·;i,; *"· r~ I ·-~'t, ~ <:.'· ' t. \ _){J1'.}. ;~~:,;,,Ji}< ·.tii;::,,\. ;/;:fP}i~k; •:·, .. ., ,. -, , .,: ~~J.: :~'1 ~ �}g:_~j ~~:: f hill'~L~bo.~ ~ - ~ ,.. ~ \,\• _,:!."':~: ~r ' . ·,"."· .. -··, . --- --- ---------- - ··\;{{?•, · - -. ,.. ,.t'1:11;-cap~i~•;'ii-~om ~::;··. ·":!,-.1]Whales-Back, One Of TheQMost I' . L. h h \Picturesque IQ t ouses n .- Th e cQCS t \ ' .. ·y ·- The captain's room is above the kitchen and here, as everywhere 1·· ; elseatWhales~backlight,thingsare ' • • 1 neat and orderly. A barometer hangs on the wall and we were informed • i that a weather log is kept every four hours and the report must be acBy JL1stin e flint curate and complete. Over by the window stands a desk and chair. A · ____ ~.!i -========'T;"'=-c:=,~=:=='i~':1-, 1 mirror, bunks and radio complete ! ' the shutters, so the- ·wi nd ow had I the furnishings. A ship's medicine · The sea pounds relentlessly been wall£d in. The water_ supply is : chest is kept here also and this is , against his door and the salt spray stored in th e cellar also 11:1 a large I equipped with all instruments and : spatters against th e windows of his . tank which holds a quantity suffl- : medicines necessary for first aid at a nd tall spiral house but the k,eeper of ed from Sebago L Lake k d .is reserved ved i, sea. Iodine and other medici·nes a e an is reser which might deteriorate are replacthe light laughs at the green ocean's from Sebago II fierce demand for supremacy - and , in 2000 ga on c.ans. ed each year so as to be continually 1/ Nai·row wi·nding stairs lead up to If r~s • 11 • Ster ile n ee die s are encase d i n vigilantly tends his beacon which "' · no t require · d has warned all ships against de- the Snug compact little kitchen, This I· a Icoho! , The ca Pta·m is · structlon on its rocks for over 107 i·s a deli"ghtful room, comfortable ' to apply f;~~st ai'd u n 1ess i·t is imand cheerful, with good sized win- ! possible to reach a doctor. Usually a /. · -/ ye~~~ fog horn sounds dismal and 1 dows to admit air a nd sunshine. ' doctor is sent for and he knows ' eerie to us on shore. but to the I Here Captain White and his com- ' that in every lighthouse he will find hours , entering ship it means a sa f e course panions must spend pleasant to th ! all requirements for almost any em- ,. ";, into the harbor. on cold winter days listening e ergency. In one instance, however, j Did you ever wonder how t h e thunder of the sea as with the tide a summer resident, visiting the 1i·ght, ,.;-. • 1 accidently lost her footing on the :.:. .:· , keeper of a lighthouse spends eac h it creeps toward the lighthouse t ··.,,.· \ day - if he is ever lonely, or bore d walls. A telephone connects hem boat landing and in her fall cruelly ci,,: ,:! or misses the companionship of · with the outside world and the -fur- cut her arm on the barnacles whi'ch 'f'~· - · town or village life? We called on ;. nishings are simple - a table, chairs, are always found clinging to such ~,;-. h 1 st ove, lamp, clock, sink etc. T e places near the sea. Captain White -1 · jone the other day to answer these . ht - room was spotless and the stove rushed her to his quarters hurredly questions and we found that a Ilg •: .... - ·• ... ·/ house keep ~r is one of the fines t shone as if in merriment that we and thoroughly cleansed and dressed ', · hosts you could ever mee t , should be amazed because a group the wound and bandaged it. On her '"':·· , I The difficulty in visiting ~ light- of men were such excellent house- return to shore she immediately vis.1 ·· ' house lies in the fact that you can't keepers. Almost all articles are made ited a physician, but was told that -. drive your car out to the front door, of brass and are kept as bright and the lighthouse keeper had ac;iminist!_',•, Iand you can't very well walk. Two glowing as a mirror. !ered dthbee correct treatment and it pilots were found "But what do you eat?" we asked, wou 1 unneces:11.ry to remove the 1 accomodating j among the Herald staff, however, and Captain White patiently replied / bandage for several days. ·.,. · I and we chose Whales-back light as that th£y each cooked their own We noticed that screening had ::,; ·: . . ) our destination as it is often re- food and ate what and when they j been placed on every window and .\< -{ !erred to as the most picturesque of pleased. At one time, they ate to- the Captain explained that even .':, :-. -: those in this yicinity. geth€r and one ma'n acted as cook i though they are far from shore, the ., ., ,· . On arriving at the landing-stage for t~e day, but this plan prove.d j ordina:y h ouse-fly comes in swarms f( ·:'· of the ligh t, Captain Arnold B. I unsatisfactory, as t hey found their and brmgs all his relatives with him. f,.r.· ' White, the keeper, was waiting with j tastes and appetites differed. Broil- , The enormous stone walls of the ?: '':. .a smiling welcome. The sea was as j ed lobster is a favorite lighthouse ; lighthouse are five feet thick, bu t ·· j calm as a lake except for the end- ; dish, and an easily ob tainable one \ even through their density you can ;,'_·_ ! less . sound of the waves crashing I at that. Peaches and cream is a pre- j hear the pounding of the sea. The i agamst the rocks, bu t it was- •, !erred dessertr-but dumplings, Cap- : sound of the fog horn keeps the n't difficult to imagine t-he ferocity tain White's dumplings, are an epi- I~roup company too, and even though · . and tremendous force this same I curean's dream. They have to be pre- , it seems loud to us, the captain and ocean m_ight present on _other_days: , pared by absolute rule, we were told, 1 ~is companion~ don 't even notice · Captam White has hved m this I and there is a trick to making them it. Captain White told us about som 1 .,,,. solitary wind-swept setting for 18 that few people realize. Captain friends who came to the lighthouse , __,; __: .· years and once during that time I White seems to have the art of pre- to spend a day or two with him. ,: ·: • _ when ice filled the Piscataqua in I paration down to a science and we , "They liked it so well, they stayed a :~:·, _ 1924, he was unable to go ashor e give you the recipe just as he told it , week';'t he remarked with a chuckle; for 14 days. Because the government : to us. If you want dumpling~ as "At first the horn kept them awake ·, rules that only members of th_e crew I they're eaten at "".7hales-back light, all night. Afterwards they couldn't :;:;'. , j may live th~re permanent!~••. his wife follow t hese directions: sleep without it." r, • "Use two cups of flour, salt. Then In each bedroom we saw a small. 1 must remam 111 town. V1S1tors are : . :j welcome, however, and Mrs. White lard _ but don't use too much lard, round bottle with a sealed top.! .often spends several days with him. and work it in like biscuits. When "What it is? " asked the Captain, i Captain White is assisted at the you make dumplings, you want a and we were forced to confess we -' light by Maynard Farnsworth and little shortening, too, and 1 ½ tea- were puzzled. "It's an old fashioned Warren Alley. All repamng and spoons baking powder. Now here's hand grenade to be used as a fire care of the machinery is done by j the trick to dumplings . ... Always extinguisher," he declared, "you these three men. The lighthouse and put the dumplings (don't make them rarely see them any more." Modern the many duties connected with it I too large) into the stew which fire extinguishers have also been . _.,. are entirely in their charge. should be bpiling hard. The most im- installed at the lighthouse. Our tour of inspection began with , portant thing is to be certain that In his desk Captain White keeps i,:i:··_,• _ the cellar which was round and , the stew is boiling when you pu t the old shipwreck reports. The first ;.,-7:-:.,l dark, but scrupulously clefln . Here 1I them in. After all the steam is what wreck was recorded in 1855 and the t~-.:.s-· spare rigging is kept and food sup- is going to cook them. Keep boiling ancient book with its yellow pages ~1; \: plies are stored in a cupboard which minutes. Then they are done. has passed from keeper to keeper . ;1i\:i...-,j was ~nee a window. Captain White I And if r do say so myself," said until it is now in the present Capw.:;,.•\ ,_ expl ~med that the sea has smash~d ' Captain White, "they're the best . t3:in's posse~sion. I t is a f_ascinating ;_·,~:~,: ,: ' :. J dumpling you ever ate in your life." 1..m~~QI~.~!!-.n.g__1~ the various -~ep·.- ·~.-\\f.~f.~·}~.·4,~.- \:•~~----;~f~~·' ; I -. - ' · '· •••• •. ·· •. I I I I l I , l _. I i \/t·~·. , .:i.'.._ I t;:·.-:-'1 I 113 ~--c--_,.,_________ �,' J ..... :'it.~ I~-----·-··•----- -- ~~ ers' handwriting of the wrecks that .. 7=>, s; c..~C..-4~H~.. ~ \ 0 ~ e.._e;_ V-b __ _ 'PfSCOtaqua Pioneers In : ·:_ ·have occured around Whales-back. The 1ightho11se at Whales-back was first built in 1832, but the original building was demolished in a storm and a new one was con! structed. The present light was installed in 1912. Its light is furnished by a mantle and the keeper informed us that during a storm , J some time ago the ma_ntle ha_d to be changed twice in a smgle mght. It By ,.,: is a mercury floating light of 39,000 candlepower and when future ---and prints, old deeds, Bible records, changes are made in the lighthouse No m'Jrt fit ting place could be etc., for the library, of which its cur, ·. in the month of September, this will · · be increased to 50,000 candlepower. found in the historic town of Green- ' ator is in charge. Its membership is land for the annual meeting of the compo.sed of those whose ance~tors In order to look at it the keepers Pisca taqua Pioneers that was held resided in the tidewater region of the use colored glasses furnished by the there Saturday than th-! one chosen, I Piscataqua river. The pre.sent 1' government for this purpose. '! the Central School. Not only were membership numbers over 180. That j There are ten plate glass windows in the tower· of the lighthouse. The the modern appointments of th e the members strive conscientiously ihandsome structure conducive to to attend the meetings is proved by glass is half an 'inch thick and is the comfort of the distinguished as - the splended record made in Greenset in pine. sembly, but the site of old Brackett land where over 75 per cent were Whales-back was awarded the efAcademy brought back to many de- present. Particularly noteworthy , ficiency pennant from the governlightful recollections of the Green- was the attendance of Mrs. Edith W. ~- 1 ment last year. This is the first land of many years ago. ' Carr of Scranton, Pa., a past presi-::' \ j time that the award has ever been President Edgar M. Stone presid- dent of the society, who at the age of :,,'. west of the Kennebec river. To get ed at the business ses::ion that 85 made a special trip to be present, · I this a rating of 95 per cent or bet!. opened ai 10 o'clock, with Albert H. I and Mrs. Ellen s. Rounds of 142 Center is necessary. /Lamson of Elkins as secretary, Law- tral avenue, Dover, and Miss Ann :5 There is a small walk-way outrence R. Craig of North Hampton as Noble . of 444 Market street, Ports- . ·- , side the top of the tower and here treasurer and Mrs. Mary Safford ;mouth both of whom are over 90, the wind blows constantly. A fin e Wildes of Kittery as curator. Arthur !who a~ain a.dded their graciousness •;. view is obtainable on a clear day inJ. Sewall, chairman of the board of to the gathering, cluding much of the surrounding selectmen of Green lan,d, welcomed During the business session consea-coast. Below you the ocean the members of the society and later :siderable discussion was held as to swirls into a white foa m. Four ! the best way to expedite the work of years ago 1800 tons of rock was · ,gave an historical address. I After the reading of reports_ . by :improving the space surroun~ing the brought and placed around the foot of the tower. Previously there was : various officers and the adm1Es1on , Odiorne's Point monument m Rye, I no dry place outsi~ the lighthouse, •of new members election of offlc:rs so that it would be further beautified Iwas held. Mr. Stone. the retumg and made more accessible. T?e matbut now, according to the Keeper, president, was succeeded by Mrs. ' ter was finally referred to the board they have a "back yard." 1wendell B. Folsome of E.xeter. Mr. of directors for action. We found no need t o inquire as Lamson. Mr. Craig and Mrs. Wildes On invitation of the president- !· '._~_-.-.: to how the Keeper spends his j were re-elecced to their oifice.,1. Mr. elect, Mrs. Wendell B. Folsom, New time. He's usually so busy he doesLamson has the honor of hanng Castle was selected as the place for n't think about being bored - and been .ecretar_y conti_nuousl; . for 24 next year's meeting, Following the f :' the sea is his home. He couldn't Jive years. The vice presidents will con- custom inaugurated several years 1 anywhere else. He and his assisttinue for the ensuing year, the last ago to publish a. year book every 10 • ants recently finished scraping the named being the only one added at yea.~s. another was authorized . The section housing the fog whistle, Saturday's session. :rhey are as last one was issued in 1930. giving it a priming co.at of paint . follows: Dr. Frank A. Davis of Bos- Historical Address and a coat of red enamel. "There ton, Miss Lottie G. Woods of San Arthur J. Sewall in his address, an is no excuse why you can't operate," , Francisco, Calif., George G. Towle outline of the history of Greenland Captain White asserted. "The government tolerates no excuses. You ,~ of Dover, Mrs. Alice K. Hill of Dur- stated: "The town of Greenland was ham, Harry K. Torrey of Portland, settled about 1630 by pioneers who must anticipate trouble and have Me., Mrs. Marguerite D. Stearns of came up the Piscataqua river and spare parts on hand at all times." Manchester, Harold Clarke Durrell into Great Bay. As these men deWith a final trip around the rocks, we waved good-bye to the keeper of . of Kennebunkport, Me ., Mrs. Mary pended upon fishing and trading for 1 the ;: ...!Whales-back. In the futu~e w_hen • t R. Jackman of Concord, Daniel R. , their livelihood they followed - i Smith of Newfields and Miss Sophia -streams and were attracted by the 1 f the slow steady gleam or its hght · O. Hoyt of Newington. The directors 'fertile green fields which gave the . ': ; penetrates through fog to the shore, will remain the same and are the fol- town its name. This name was first l 1 : ·1 and the weird sound of the fog horn lowing: Albert H. Lamson of Elkins, used for the farm of Champernowne l' " is heard, perhaps you, too will think Ju_st!n Henry Shaw of Kittery, Rev. on the shore of the_ bay, probably not .,. · J of the . solitary beauty of Whales, W11l1am Safford Jones and M1S::J far from the location of the present , _-~I_ back-and keeper White's dumplin$S __ Edith K. Harris of Por tsmouth and •Badger farm. Hon. Charles I. Pettingell of Ames"Originally, Greenland was a. part I .... ··, bury, Mass. . o! Portsmouth, but in 1706 was set The society, which was organized off as a separate parish. ' 1 June 15, 1905, is interested in his- / "Strangers are often surp_rised and . 1torical and genealogical work in this / amused at the name of 'Breakfast ~ 1 area. It solicits old manuscripts Annual j Meeting ·I Interesting Gathering Held At GreenlandHistorical Address Arthur J. Sewall I l l I I I II ()~~ ~ .J-~:'o9 I ·'. ', .. �. . . ?I;;:-: .:y,;:.~-;j;: . . 7t ~~: . :JJ;t~·:~, _, _·:·:·.>?0{;'.~fIf~ft~i~r;tif~f(;:t;~\:t:tr · . , ·v. ,,~ f:~ - ,. !i~~~!~~1:it !8:;;~~i~:~cee~ ' . . 't'Phoset1b·b1y tthbe Ths~nd ~ldestho~st ~~h·~tr;a~· ·: /;h'~?~;:~:: ~~ ;,~ ;\• a s :scJ;., ~"'°'" • ·[ 1sBreakfast a u11H'll Y . omas Berry near sis · te d by Mrs. Cla.rence Gowen, • ~{,;:').·, On the 26th of June, 1696, Indians . • Mrs.• ;:·.1., 1 .' m. 17 36 · This hou~e James L. Miller, Mrs. LeRoy Dear- ·..'.{ . ;'.,;t,}, descended upon the residents of . als h tt"'{'.' Portsmouth Plains, burning build· '· . 0 fs remamed m th e. same family born, Mrs . Harold Caverly and Mrs ,. ,:;. ·,:·',;,;f,;,_'.\ the pres- Ruth Rolston Mrs I• :1' .t.,,;,.:• ings and killing and wounding 19 , smce twasbeing built,ofmthe y wife, ~;,~ ent owner s-eventh · · zene Bennett· ·..'·):J;·•,,:Y , •.•.·.-.· ,, $t$;;~ people and e~caping with four cap. ' . . and Miss Pauline Hughes had . '/}:/..~,fr,;;~ ..~~ s,,.< ~~,.;f,: tives . They crossed the 'Cedar eration in direct !me of descent .rom charge of the following h ,·;.-.,,,._\.~'.; ·:.,··:~. ·.,.·.y,::J.,-.;, ,,i.,.,... . . . Thomas Berry . 'w o served .. ,.. ~·.,,.;t~:'":'d•i· r.'•" ~}:,:: Swamp' to a hill, which is now at · as waitresses: Misses Priscllla :, :,~·:· ';:_:'.;:\;TT:;;3~'l'j,i \,'~i}:, the boundary of Greenland and Rye. "There are a number of other Brackett, Katherine Hussev Carolyn· i>"f~,'.'. .•·;1.0:•.':,"\·,..'k; While they paused there for break- houses of very nearly the same :ige. McIntyre, Ruth Nelson and' Dorothy ;,/jf, 1 fast they were overtaken and routed To mention a few, there is the one Caverly. ·: '?;/.','. -'.;:J~.;(-:I,;;~S;;;~, by a rescuing party of white settlers . . occupied by Arnold Holmes, wh ich . The menu. which wa.s much en- ,c:.1h:);{fz,t;l.Ji1t1 1 The suppo.;:ed spot of this histor,c , was built by Robert Weeks in 1740 : Joyed by the visitors, was as follows: ' ~iJ1 , ·· breakfast is marked by a tablet ana the William Weeks house at B~ vFruit Cup .,.,c• the name Breakfast Hill has persist- [ side, the Gowen and the John Baked Virginia Ham ,i[J-',Hi. ed through the years. Brackett place, which was recen t!v Mashed Potatoes cucum~ers ' · "I do not know that Greenland has purchased and re.stored by Mr~ . Corn on Cob Tomatoes ever had any very famous men. How- Scarrett; the Brackett-Weeks inn, ;Buttered Carrots Pickles •r etver,d _there ha~e been several ou~- AbuiJlt Beabout 18d00than~ now occupied by Salad ·.,·•.;..,~·,;,· •.·.'•'·- •,.·' _' s an mg men m. its early hi 6 u,ry. • . rg, an e 1ower parsonage,' Hot Rolls ·: P.;-'~' T'ne most noted lS Rev. Samuel Mc- now occupied by the family of RayAswrted Pies .. , .., .. ?!;,.,.,•. Cl!ntock. A son of a Scotch farmer mond Sturtevant, Coffee .·.f ,, ~X1.-.:: th~ "The present Congregational bIn M the afternoon the members ' led _,,., . >;;·~•;::,·:·{di\;,.}: :i .,,."'' . he accepted the pa.s torate of ''• "·"•''" ,.• kt~~:: Congregational Church in 1756 and Church was built in 1756. This was Y rs. William Beck of Bay.side, : .';\~?ft:' ' · ~rr. there remained until his death, a the second edifice to be occupied by made a tour of a number of the most ·••'.,· .. period of 45 years, He attainf"d. his '. the society. The first was located m historical buildings and locations . ..> chief distinction in ~iervice during ,: the corner of the old cemetery ,vhere ~aving the Central School they vis- ·::•· the Revolutionary War, He was Jn .,:j the Holmes and Foss Jots are now to- . ited the . Congregational Church, ~. ·.. . the Battle of Bunker Hill and it was :a cated. It was said that the In<iians around which so much of the town's ~"f' said that he knelt on the field with ·_ came up the creek and shot two men history has been woven. Inspection '"· uncovered head and, while the bu!let.s :. as they came out of church. was made of the Frink mansion; the whistled around him, prayed for the "There are also several fine ex- former home of Hon. William Picksuccess of his compatriots and the _·.- amples of colonial architecture of a ering, collector of customs for the deliverance of his country. After the later period in town. The Frink Port of Portsmouth and of whom . prayer he took his place ln the ·. house was a tavern in stagecoach Hon. Samuel F. B. Morse painted a ~•" ranks and shot as he prayed. When days and regular stops werP. made 1portrait; the grave of Rev. Samuel :, the me~ w.ere getting out of wadding . there for food and change of horses. Mcc;,mtock in the old cemetery, and '.'.t'.¼,i,:• ~t- for their r1Hes he took a hymn book , It was there that Lafayette s\opped 1 . the lower parsonage." Through ·.i}f..t?il' ., ~,.,, from his pocket and distributed the while enroute on one of h is visits to ; the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs, Thorn- . ;,_,,1'~',. .., ', leaves with the words, 'Give them ; Portsmouth and was crowne.i wi th j ton Wee_ks, the members alighted 'f/~C:, Watts, boy~, give them Watts.' The ; :i. wreath of roses as a token of es- i from their cars to be shown through \{ ,j:;~\ h grave of this sturdy patriot, with the 1 .~em from this community. I t e interior of the Old Brick House .r<:,;'J ·i.-,, inscription on the tomeb.stone com- ·j "The 'Colonel Pickering house' i~ IProceeding again the cavalcad~ . posed by the par.son himself, may b~ '. 1cross from the Frink mansion and passed the Week6-Holmes hou.se, ;;een in the older part of the _ceme- '.1 thought to be of about the same a.gf.. crossed. t~e Winnicu~ River by "Lib. ~rY. ~ere are also some other very 'i Wllliam Pickering, father o.! the erty Hill and the Brackett-Weeks :. _,,,.- mterestmg graves nearby. '.j colonel, who built it was stat.t treas- mn toththe home of Mrs. Scarrett. ~~- "I said that Greenland had no · j u~er for some years and Franklin . Here_ e par.ty was e.xten?ed an in:i,.,'?t really famous men, but we can lay j Pierce stayed here for a whHe as a vitation to view the mterior. Prob- . )f~C: claim to a famoUg woman, Lydia ! you th. ably no better example exists in ;t:,(i/ Pink.h am, whom it is claimed was ; "The March place on the road to Greenlan.d today of the possibilities t born here. At least she lived for · l Portsmouth, has been not~d for of reS ormg to its original prestige f'f:[ some years on what was then called many things, including its very fine an hi~itoric old building which has /,:;;, 'Haines' lane,' now known as 'Tut- j ~tone wall ,which was made of g-ran- been. allowed to fall into disrepair. ::;): ~tl;; ties' lane.' i 1te from a quarry in Raymond which Passmg the Gowen residence the ),"One of the familiar name wh· h JMr. March owned. It was cons ,ct- motor party proceeded to the Weeks -'.~ ~.t.·.~'} has been handed down from t!e ea~. , ered the han~somest stone wall in farm, whe:e many fine pi~ces of an- ;,~ ~::., days of the town is 'Weeks' and th~ ;:, New Hampshire. The original tique furmture were exammed. Due -, , most interesting house in town i · th ·-j house was burned and the present to the. lateness of the hour and the . ~~• 'Old Brick House, It . th ~t e ~ 1 one erected in 1826 had to 1 long distance that many have been built i~ 1 ~: thoeufath;~ ·:-.] - "Some of the older people ·sti!J re- t~avel to reach their ho:nes the_group 638 has remained ,·1 member Br~ckett Ac~demy, a private dispersed after extend~g then· cor~~%i· o! Leonard Weeks and !..;:;;:t in the family ever since. At present '1 school of high standing, founded in dial thapk,;, to the gm?:· Many, ~;,'. it is occupied by the eighth and · 182 4 by the gift of George Brackett howev_ e_r, . who had a.ddit1onal time th /;,.5\ ninth generations It i th Id ·t ./ and smaller sums from many others . at 'e n disposal used it to advantage brick house in the. state, ~:b~y t~e ;:) I believe it wa_s in the 1880's that it by VISlting other historic spots, as iI':'. oldest in New England. The walls :~\ became a publ!~ school. The build- the Parrott homeste_ad, the March ' ~, are 18 inches thick, built of brick _.' mg, an old lanamark, stood just back farm and Sewall residence. t!;t burned in front of the house Doubt- · lof the pre~ent stone ~,choolhouse :n From comment heard a.round {S::; less this house was built as ~ fort for which you are_now seated. It was G.reenland after the de~art~re of the ~g: protection against attack by the / de,~troyed by fire 1919._ P1scataqua Pioneers it !s difficult to ~;(! Indians. Although slightly d u This is a brief outlme of some Judge whether the v1S1tors or :1}\1by fire a little over a year ar~1t!e ,· . of · the most interesting facts of to~•nsfolk, their hosts, enjoyed ~fj been restored and retain -~0 • i . as! J· Greenland's history." VISlt the most . ..;.'< sis origm:i •'.c Short! ft th t":s0Z:'?f:;::~J:';'0:-::-:z::7-z:=r-= c--;-: "';'::.: features. These include a huge ·: ~ . Y ~ er e con~lusion of fireplace which was discovered after :\\MI. Sewall s address dmner was :··--.. ..;-•:, •~. ,:/'. "-"!.;' i ,::-, the fire. It was concealed by t ..v-d- > :'.·•· · (~served . the and invited }.?- c¼i · guest th members di · ··.: · ;Y,.·,... r .. -::J:,'t...' J,, ~ };,'·~ others of smaller size, built at la tP.r f.' s 1,n e nmg hall by thP. ·_ _,/~:?>; ,~<Y ¥,'..", ·~ i . dates, one within the other and both ;-: •LWomen s A111ance of the Federated :. . -.;::i;.1~.:., • -.;-':r':·'f',J.::.t:, ,.,""" . , _:,,'~, yrn- ,\t;t/:JNi;;[~ i½''~- L. ~/ff'":: ··\Y-': j l ~~:r l ~t'. ~j.r I ~l f~ ~~; )_;._'.<1~}~~~1}~,,~~,,i,·~ m l"'l. ,1l " -~ within the original one. · , · ... • " ' ; ·,,, f£.~ J ~:~l .:Jf1 ; s:_~: ~~\ : ~~~t};t:~;-~n~t:j~~Jlf}tif~?ffi~~f~}[lj}tfti?J �ubmarine Seawolf Launched t Portsmouth Navy Yard .'?> The standard displacement of the submarine ls estimated at 1450 tons. The dimensions are the same as the Sculpln, Squalus, and Searaven-299 feet long, 29 !eet 11 Inches at maximum beam and 13 feet 8 Inches mean draft at standard displacement. The completion date ls set -;--;--::----:-:---,:-:-----f a t April 1, 1940, Dawns Early Light," as the Navy The Seawolf, ls named for a fish , Silently, slowly first, and then Yard Band, composed ot musicians as Is the practice o! submarines, and swiftly, the submarine Seawolf slid employed at the navy yard, began the fish ls defined by Webster's, as a Into the waters of the Plscataqua to- the national anthem. wolf fish and an European bass. day as hundreds, lining the banks of Previous to the launching, Mrs. Following the launching, after the the river, watched this newest ad- Kalbfus was presented a wrist watch speed of the launched craft had dltlon to the underseas craft of the from the men who had been en- slackened, lines were attached and United States. Simple ceremonies gaged In working on the submarine made fast and she was towed to marked this launching as tbey did during Its period of construction . Berth 6 where she was tied up and that on June 21 when the sister ship This was followed by a prayer by wlll be put Into comm1ss1on. of the Seawolf-the Searaven, was Comdr . A. E. Stone, U.S.N., yard chlstened. chaplain, and as he concluded a While the work of launching this warning flag was shown, announclatest type of underseas craft was Ing that the time was nearly there. under way, workmen were engaged Then, as Mrs. Kalbfus received the on the sister shiP-the U. S. Sub- signal, she raised the bottle on the marine Squalus in an attempt to bow and said, "I Christen Thee Beabring her, with her 26 dead, Into the wolf." harbor from where she sailed on May Only navy yard men, their faml23, on a trial test. In memory of lies, yard workmen and newspaperthese 26 men, one officer,' two clvll- men were permitted on the reservalans, and 23 of the crew, the cere- tfon for the event. Among those monies were simple and of a private that wi tnessed the launching were The time of the launching of the nature. two admirals, Rear Admiral C. W. submarine Seawolf at the PortsIt was just 12.45 p. m. when Mrs. Cole, U.S.N., commandant o! the mouth Navy Yard tomorrow will be Edward C. Kalbfus, wife of Rear navy yard; and Rear Admiral E. C. 12.45 p. m., and It is expected that Admiral Kalbfus, president of the Kalb!us, U.S.N. Peirce Island and other vantage Naval War College, broke the bottle Thirty submarines have been poln ts will be filled with ·nterested of champagne over the bow of the built at the navy yard. Since that spectators. submarine and she glided down the day in April 1917, when Miss Nancy ways, The clock In the Admlnlstra- Gulll broke a bottle of champagne tion Building struck three bells as over the bow of the first government the signal was given and the boat built submarine, the L-8, the Portswas launched. mouth Navy Yard has established a The launchlnit oartv consisted of repu tation tha t ls most enviable. the following: Mrs. E. C. Kalbfus, Here on the New England Coast, lss Jeanette Phllbrlck, during the days of sall, rugged and maid of honor; Rear Admiral C. swift sailing vessels were built by W. Cole, commandant of the Navy Yankee workmen who have passed Yard, and Mrs. Cole; Rear Admiral on to their descendents the art of E. C. Kalbfus, Capt Halford Green- shipbuilding. Portsmouth and KitJee,. Industrial manager; and eut. tery workmen together with others Comdr. John Longstaff, aide to the as far as Portland, Me., Manchester commandant. and Amesbury, Mass., have all had Lieut. Frederick E. Warder wlll be a part In the construction of the In command of the Seawolf when Seawolf, and are justly proud of it goes into commission. their accomplished product. No cheers greeted t his product of The Seawol! was authorl2:ed to be workmen of Portsmouth. On the built under the Naval Appropriation shore of the navy yard there was a .Act for the fiscal year 1938, and the hush, people ceased talking as the secretary of the navy placed the or299-foot craft began to move, and so der for construc tion with the local it was along the shore elsewhere yard on June 24, 1937. Between that where people had gathered. The time, and the time that the keel was thought of those 26 men lost on the laid on Sept. 27, 1938, the draftsmen Squalus was undoubtedly in the and others made complete plans for minds of many who watched the Its construction. The ship was ready launching. for launching In less than 11 At the Instant that the Seawolf months, which is rapid work on the struck the water, came the strains of part of all connected with its con''Oh, Say Can You See, By the struction. Ceremonies Private Owing To Recent Squalus Disaster- ls Thirtieth Sub Built At Local Reservation Seawolf Launching At 12.45 Tuesday �caught a few hours sleep on theil' blankets spread in the drill room of lhe Armory. But throughout the night the officers and their staff were working on last-minute plans so that once the trucks left Market Square there would be only routin stops until Fort Ethan Allen in Vermont was reached late Sunday afternoon. Hardly had the men settled for a good sound sleep when the bugler ,,__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.......,....,..-1; called them to action and they were Early Saturday evening the enlist- soon on their way . Even before the sun's first rays ed men reported at the State Armory A reconnaissance car headed the appeared along the eastern horizon on Parrott avenue to Capt. Edgar A. pr=sion and the convoy included two officers and 56 men of Battery Ladd, commanding officer of the lo- three 2 1-2-ton trucks, a 1 1-2-ton cal unit, and First Lieut. George A. truck, a prime mover and a large D of this city were riding over the Wendall, Jr., to make final prepar- truck to carry the three-inch antlroads In large Army trucks Sunday ations for the long trip across New aircraft gun. morning t.oward Plattsburg, N. Y., Hampshire and Vermont into New The next two weeks will see some hard training for the men, but they where, with other uni~ of the 197th York . Later in the evening, after trucks looked forward to the two weeks at eglment, N. H. N. G., they will take part In the First Army Corps war had been checked and the battery Plattsburg with eager anticipation. games In upper New York state dur- was ready to move over the road like They will take part 1n a hypothetical a. motorized caravan, the members defence program when the "enemy" !n the next two weeks, attery D Leaves Army Maneuvers I Local Notional Guardsmen To Join In Extensive Mimic Warfare �advances on the section from the north. Tomorrow will actually mark the beginning of Portsmouth' active part in the Plattsburg ·area, where they are to have two weeks of real army !Ue. The roster of the enlisted men of Battery D who are engaging In the war games ls as follows: First Sergt. John W. Noel. Sergeants: Armond J. Beauchemin, in charge of mess; Herbert H. Erickson, in charge of range section; John F. Erickron, in charge of director; John A. Grant, supply ; George L. Gray, communications; Norman H. Leyden, No 2 gun commander; Vito P. Massarro, No. 1 gun commander; Charles H. Oxford, battery clerk. Corporals: Stanton G. Remick, in charge of motor transportation; Robert F. Bamburger, William J. Capone, Ernest A . Hayward. Richard T. Parsons, Gordon V. Renner, George F . Walsh. First Class Pivates: Paul E. Brewster, Harold V. Burke, Raymond H. Colby, Ray Gannett, Philip W. Hanson, Alfred L. Hill, Maurice D. Levy, 'I11omas J. Massarro, Jr., Herman C. Moore, Robert F. Moreau, Sherman A . Remick, Justin C. Renner. Guy N. Shinnick, Elmer G. Wenhold, James H. Whitney, Theodore zeldman. Privates: Robert H . Alexander, Allan M. Bushold, Joseph H. Cohen, Frederick L. Cook, Frank H. Daley, William H. Copeland, Earl E. Eldridge, Russell R. FRnjoy, Peter H. Finck, Charles GaluskR, James Gefstakys, Owen 0. Gray, Richard H. Ham, George C. Hand, Lawrence E. Height, Francis T. Hughe , Guy J. Lazzaro, Charle L. Mathewson, Earl C. Mugridge, Michael J. Mullen, George L. Murray, Benjamin M. Norton, Edward J. Pllarczyk, Brandon W. Shaw, Lawrence Succl. Fence Viewers To Act For First Time In 25 Yea rs •\ .- Ci For the first tin1e in 25 years the members of the Board of ,Fence Viewers has been called upon to perform the duties of their office. Believed to be sort of an ancient and honorable position, the duties ot those who have been appointed during the past decade have been far from arduous. Each year the mayor appoints, among the long list of appointive officers, the fence viewers, who, in turn, are con· firmed by the members of the City Council. Last week, a petition was received from Mrs. Ella B. O'Keefe of 384 Union street, requesting that broad view and make division e e between her roperty and the property of Agnes Quirk of 101 Wibird street a.nd also between her property and that of John P. Fullam at 91 Wibird street. Following the receipt of the pe• tition, the board met for the first time and an organization meeting was held this week. Laurence Shorey was ,named as chairman and Nelson Ramsdell as clerk. The third member of the board is William. Genin1atas. carrying out the provisions of t.h~ 11t,ate statutes a hearing will be held on the petition. The law requires that 14 days elapse between the tin1e that, the order of hearing is posted, until the . date of hearing. The fees of the fence viewers are on a per diem basis, so the cost of that department of the city has not entailed a great deal of bookkeeping for the past quarter of a century. The last time that the fence viewers were called upon officially to aot. was about 25 years ago. At that t-ime it was an unusual occurrence and excited considerable interest. Work At Local Navy Yard er~• 1\ Washington, Aug. 19 (AP)-The Navy awarded yesterday an $18,387 contract for lntallatlon of a combustion control system and auxiliary oil supply line at the Portsmouth, N. H., navy yard to A. Wilson & Co., New York. A $14,511 contract for additional groundways at the Port.smouth navy yard went to Walt.er L. Ritchie, Somerville, Mass., and a $5,600 contract for a concrete chimney for the shlpfitters' shop at Portsmouth went to Alphons Owtodls Chimney Construction Co. New York, �ells Importance Of Historic Houses Wllliam G. WenduJl, president of the Warner House Association, was the speaker at the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis Club at the Hotel Rockingham last evening. Mr. Wendell, who is now on the faculty of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn,, is µie son of the late Prof. and Mrs. Barrett Wendell. He devoted his talk to the historic houses of Portsmouth emphasizing that people should do something to preserve them. In closing he Invited the members of the Kiwanis Club and their ladies to visit the Warner House. The invitation was accepted and the Kiwanlans and their ladies will make the visit on Aug. 24 at 6 o'clock. Mr. Wendell said in part: "I feel that the beautiful old houses In Portsmouth, a number of which are open to the public, are not fully appreciated In town as to their artistic value, and what is more, their commercial value to the city. To mention only a few, there is the interestl{lg building of e Historical Society, the Warner House, which is one of the finest examples in America of a house of its period, the Wentworth Gardner ouse, which every effort is now being made to save for the city, the Moffatt-Ladd House, which is remarkable for the beauty and the unusual design of its hallway, the Aldrich House, which, although simpler, is an extraordinarily interesting relic of a period of something over one hundred years 11,go, The Portsmouth Athenaeum, too, is an interesting, beautiful building, and there are others which I have not at this moment time to touch upon. In addition to the Houses which are open to the public there are, of course, in Portsmouth many beautiful examples of early houses which are privately owned and in many Instances being llved in by descendants of the original builders or owners. The work that the Misses Prescott are doing in restoring a portion of the waterfront will be of extraordinary interest and beauty to this city. Portsmouth Is unique in this regard, and I for one !~l that the merchants o! the town do not fully appreciate what they have here in the way of interest and beauty to attract travelers to the cl , The ex- tremely interesting pa mph 1 et s called the "New Hampshire seacoast Region" emphasize v er y strongly the Interest of the old houses. The city of Portsmouth has an excellent pamphlet mapping out a tour of the principal sights, yet, a man who is earning his living here either in business or a profession does not visit the Houses and gives no support to them. The Wentworth Gardner House might well have been removed from Portsmouth as it was purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of New York but they have agreed to allow it ~ remain provided the sum can be raised !or its purchase. In the case of the Warner House, in which I am particularly Interested, it would have been destroyed had it not been !or the efforts of my mother Mrs. Barrett Wendell and other public spirited citizens, who raised the money to purchase it and formed the Warner House Association. It costs money 'to maintain these old houses and gra-dually to restore them to th~ir original condition, and every effort is being. made to raW! the sums necessary !cir their maintenance. This support is, often given by people who have but little association with Portsmouth but who believe in maintaining for future generations these 1 r rep I aceable monuments of early America. All of the great cities or the country take Just pride and pleasure In their museums which are becoming the depositories of great works of art collected through America by Individuals. Portsmouth has got something which few, if any, other cities can boast of. That ls this group of beautiful old nouses which In time could be made into museums of enormous Interest to the public. The reason is that furni ture and other domestic articles of 200 years ago can be shown In the very settings for which they were destined. The great art museums in Boston, in New York, and in Brooklyn now have whole series of rooms which they have taken bodily from early American houses and put up again with great skill to represent the old settings and surroundings, It is much more Interesting to see something in place and realize that it has been there for a long time and that no modern art or industry can reproduce the patine and dignity which age alone can give. That Is why, in coming back to Portsmouth to live as I am happily able to do in the summer, I am so tremendously anxious to have us all realize here what treasures we have In our own city and which, unless we look out, might be taken away from us." �tworthse Benefi Portsmouth resident- and summer visitors will find a real treat In Portsmouth during the two weeks beginning Aug. 17 when two rare and fascina ting exhibits will be opened in an effort to raise funds for the purchase and restoration of Wentworth Gardner House. At the Tobias Lear House on Hunk!P.g street, will be displayed for the firs t time, a choice collection of items relating to the family of George Washington . It Is most fitting to have this collection shown in the old mansion which was the birthplace of Tablas Lear, who was private secretary to President Washington. Washington visited Madame Lear, mother of his secretary during his visit to Portsmouth in 1789. Tobias Lear held a very Intimate position in t he Washington family circle. After the death of his first wife he married Frances Bassett Washington, niece of Martha Washington . His third wife was Frances Dandridge Henley, who was also a niece of Mrs . Washington. This collection of letters, official documen ts, etc. contains a wealth of materi al relating to the earlier years of Washington's presidency. Items of great interest are the little china figurines, once mantel ornaments at Moun t Vernon, which George Washington sent to Mrs. ar " for the children" ; a poem on lack velvet worked with George nd Mar tha Washington's hair; the air was sent to Mrs. Lear by artha Washington. There will also e found a specimen of fine lace ade by Lady Washington. At the Wentwor th Gardner House a truly unique exhibit is being planned to be called "Old Costume Accessories" and will Include priceJess heirlooms from old Portsmouth families; shawls, lace, embroidered, India and Paisley. carvey and lacy fans; decorative combs and other Items of feminine adornment. There wl11 be a showing of priml· tlve American paintings, collected by Miss Be tsy Howard of Boston, at the Wen tworth Gardner House at the same time. The,Wen tworth Gardner House was bullt in 1760 as a wedding present for Thomas Wen two1· th, brother of John Wen tworth last of the royal governors of New Hampshire. It Is now owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and has been loaned to the Society for the Preservation of Antiquities with the privilege of buying. A group of Portsmouth citizens, called "The Friends of the Wentworth Gard1~er House" Is enavorlng to raise funds this Largely Attended Tea Opens Unique And Valuable Exhibit 1. 'l . ' Many Visit Historic Wentworth-Gardner And Tobias Lear Houses Summer residents from the near- field and Miss Marla Deyo. One of the most fascinating a.nd by resorts of York Harbor, Rye Beach, Little Boar's Head, Kittery remarkable collections ever shown in Portsmouth was on exhibition Point and the North Shore were at the Tobla.s Lear House. The the opening present owner of this collection, and valuable Stephen Deca.t,ur, ls a direct deexhibitions at the Wentworth· scendant of Tobla.s Lear. On dis· Gardner and Tobias Lear Houses play a.re a. variety of old letters, acyesterday a.fternoon. count books and souvemrs kept The Lear House contains the by Col. Lear, who was secretary to letters and papers of George and George Washington. COi. Tobias M-a.r!Jha Washington collected ho' Lear married lh succession two his private secretary, Col. Tobias nieces of Martha. Washington. Lear, and many lntimat.e articles In the small low-ceiling livingpertaining to the Washington room In which it ls said that family. At the Wentworth-Gardner Washington visited with Tobias House were shown a collection of Lear's mother, innumerable extra.American prim i ti v e paintings ordinary papers and historical loaned by Miss Betsy Howard of articles are shown. The original Boston. wall-paper, remarkably preserved, As the visitors approached the may still be seen on its walls and it stat.ely door of the Wentworth- is with a feeling of awe that the Gardner House over which is the visitor enters the pleasant room. carved pineapple, the symbol of It seems almost a.s if he were stephospitality, they were greet.ed by ping back into the past and soon Miss Josephine Rice, MLss Allee white-haired Mrs. Lear ln her Decatur, and Miss Lois Green quaint bonnet and shawl would dressed In beautiful brocade cos- suddenly come upon him examlntumes. Proceeding further through ing her furniture and private pathe wonderful paneled rooms, the pers. Among tjle collection here Is guests were met by other young an original broadside of the Decladles wearing shawls ' of every color laratlon of Independence, presum· and texture. The models were Miss ably given by Washington to ToJudy Allen, Miss Margaret Under- bla.s Lear. There are also china wood, Miss Mary Josephine Ferrell, images which have been identiMlss Ann Carrington, Miss Theo- fled by the Victoria and Albert ctora Cogswell, Miss LIIJa Deyo, Museum as Derby of the period, Miss Elizabeth Oolie, Miss Margaret 1755-1760. When Washington vis· Garfield and Miss Susan Stewart. lted the Lear House in 1789, he met The exhibition of even more val- his secreta.ry's sister, then Mrs . uable and exquisite shawls was Jn Samuel Storer, and her small charge of Mrs. J, Winslow Peirce. children. On his next visit to Mt. The costume accessories were most Vernon in Sept. 1790, he took these interesting and Included dainty old- three china. llpa.ges from the manfashioned fans, combs, bags and telpiece and sent them to the Storer other treasures dear to the hearts children for toys. Two fragile of ladies long ago. These were chairs were in this same room at the shown by Mrs. Arthur Rice. time of Washington's visit. Tea was served at the Went In the dining room which Is clevworth-Gardner house and was in erly arranged to appear as If the charge of Miss Frances E. Brooks. Lear's were about to sit down to The pourers at the tee. were mem- dinner, Is a set of green stoneware bers of the Wentworth-Gardner which also originally belonged to House Preservation Commit tee in- the Lear family. eluding : Mrs. Carl Mead, Mrs. J. Th e kitchen has a set of old Winslow Peirce, Mrs. Te.bar Low, china, not as valuable as the other, Mrs. Arthur Rice, Mrs. Wllliam but dull from long use. Marvin, Mrs. J. J. Edwards, Mrs . The bed rooms In this house are Stephen Decatur and Miss Rosa- ' attractive and · each one contains mond Thaxter. The group of girls a canopied bed and a tiny cradle. assisting were Miss Elizabeth Mead, In glass cases In the upstairs hall, Miss Ann Deca.t.ur, Miss Susan many of the oldest and most valtewart, Miss Margaret Ferrell, uable pieces of the collection are lss Peggy Harding, Miss Priscilla kept. There ls a mourning ring of Peirce, Miss Mlll'y Lex, Miss Ruth George Washington given by Mrs. Corey, Miss Nancy Garfield, Miss Washington to Tobias Lear just af• Lydia Sawyer, Miss Margaret Gar- ter Washington's death. It con- �talns hair of George and Martha Washington. In such rings widows of that day frequently Included some of their own hair. The Inscription inside reads: "G. and M. Washington." Also on display Is a part of Mrs. Washington's plumcolored cape, a water-color painting by Mrs. Washington's youngest granddaughter. The inscription on this reads: "Done at Philadelphia by Miss Eleanor Oustls, granddaughter to Mrs. Washington and sent as a present to Mrs. Lear, 1792." Nelly, as she was called, was then 13 years old and was studylnll nalnting under the famous William Dunlap. There Is a book of letters containing 17 letters of George Washington; six letters of Martha Washington ; four of James Craik, Washington's doctor; tour of Anna Maria Basset.t, Mrs. Washington's sister; five of Thoma.s Jefferson ; four of James Madison; one of James Monroe; two of Alexander Hamilton \and many others Including the Dey of Algiers' copy of the original treaty between Algierij and the United States signed by Washington. Tobias Lear kept Washington's ac• count books and several of these are shown, One explains that Washington paid 16 shllllngs per yard for his Inaugural suit, a sample of the material of which is given. This was of brown homespun. Other curiosities are la.ce made by Martha Washington, and two verses under glass worked with hair of George and Martha Wash· lngton. Lady Washington sent the hair to Madam Lear, mother of the secretary, with a letter dated Nov. 11, 1800, The General Fund Committee for the Preservation of the Wentworth· Gardner House ls Indeed fortunate to be able to show such an exhibition as this, which after yes terday's successful opening, will continue for two weeks, until Sept. 1. The committee is as follows: President-Mrs. Oar! A. New York. Vice President-Mrs. Peirce, Portsmouth. Secrebaey-Mrs. Tabor Low, Cambridge and Kittery Point. Treasurer-Mrs. Arthur Ric~, Portsmouth. House committee-Mrs. Mead, Mrs. Peirce, Mrs. Rice, Mrs. Mrs. Robert Clark, BOBton; Elizabeth Bliss, Washington; Lewis Sargent, New Haven; Henry Perry, Little Boar's Head; Harland Little, Hampton; John Mead Howells, Kittery Point; Clipton Sturges, Portsmouth; Mlrs. J. Templeton Coolidge, Boston; Mrs, Charles Osburn, Port.smouth. Lear House Committee-Stephen Decatur, Harman Little, Sumner Two of the collection of George Washington relics now on exhibition at the Tobias Lear House, In connection with the campaign for funds to be used for the purchase and preservation of the Wentworth-Gardner House. The upper picture shows three exquisite china ornaments which Washington himself took from the mantelpiece at Mount Vernon and sent to the Lear family, and the lower picture shows an oblong of black satin on which Is embroidered a two stanza poem, the first verse worked with the hair of George Washington and the second with that of his widow. The exhibit will continue until Sept. l. �. ~-.. · >~;;ietciii". Mrs. Lou~ L. Green:-Mrs.7 ;: -T { William Goodwin, Jr., J. M. How- f. ·:] 0 t ens, Miss Rosamond Thaxter, Miss :·. _- 1 ..... Dorothy Vaughn. ·., ;,: -~:~~nJ~~:n~m~r~~~~nir;~mm;;~: :: ~:· ~~f~ge~~rs~~i~e. L. Green, Cam~.-. Flower committee-Mrs. Sargent, ,,. New Haven; Mrs. George B. Lord, f,.[ Portsmouth; Mrs. Justin D. Hart. ford, R.ye Cen te r. ~-,. Publicity committee-Mrs. Smith, •\ Ipswich; Stephen Decatur, Garden ~~; City, N. Y. ~ Friends of Portsmouth Commit:;;·, tee for Ways and Means-Presi~-i:< dent, Robert Marvin, Portsmouth; ~- vice president, Mrs. J. Winslow f~: Peirce; treasurer, George Trefeth~.,: en; secretary, Mrs. Frank Randall; V Mrs. Edward Wendell, Mrs. George i_}· Lord, Mrs. J. J. Edwards, Miss •;, Frances E. Brooks, Mrs. Frederick ~~-, Delano, Mrs. Norman Rand, Mrs. Fred Gray, Mrs. George Trefeth(-( en, Justin Hartford, Mrs. Stowe Wilder, Mrs. Jeremy Waldron, Mrs. William Walton, Mrs. Fred Gardner, Miss Dorothy Vaughn, ~- Mrs.Frank Wendell, Mrs. Buswell. ;f/ ~ -1 i:.·. t -1· -·· 1 k--- ·o····· · 1ve a n ·1 w h' as 1ngton ,., Col lecf '1on C ·G- ·; --·- - The joint exhibitions at the Wentworth-Gardner and Tobias Lear houses, which are to run until Sept. 1 continue to draw many visitors. A special feature has been arranged · ·;:,~ for the afternoons of Aug. 30 and 31, .- · when Stephen Decatur, author of 1 · the "Private Affairs of George Washington" and part owner of .. . the collection of Wash!ngtonia dis. · played in the Lear house, will talk on the various items shown. The collection, which is being I publicly exhibited for the first time, - ' was formed by Col. Tobias Lear, pri·. 1 vate secretary to George Washing· ,'.'' ton for many years, who married : successively two nieces of Martha ;: ·:,; Washington. Consequently it is on9 of the most important and interest. ~W,:~•t~t-./it/·, .,i ~ ,' •,,._ tl~ -~ ~-i? /:J, ·- '.),. . ::::;~~e f}':\" .<t1' ~. _,., .. ,;:.,- . ·.·>.·_:._. 6-i / .._··_:;y:., • -~7- /' ·,· · _ ,. ; ·, '-\" ._ 1 •• _ _ 1 . -----·.· ._,__ _ _:jUnusual Exhibits !Still Attracting Great ·:Interest ! w·d · te res t con t mues · in 1 espread m the unusual exhibitions now being held in two of Portsmouth's historic houses. The Wentworth-Gard. ,' ner House, for the purchase of which funds are being raised, con. tains a beautiful collection of old Portsmouth shawls of various deI signs-Cashmere, Paisley, Indian, woven and embroidered. They are arranged by the chairman, Mrs. J. Winslow Peirce, so that the different examples may be examined and studied. Delicate laces in harmony _with 1 . I high combs of carved tortoise-shell · •· . or wrought silver, and painted fans ' l so fine they are only displayed on · · great occasions, have been collected · l by Mrs. Arthur H. Rice. Hung on [ •! the walls are portraits ana. paint- · 1· I I ,_··· ing assemblages of such material ill ;;\ ;~~~•io q~;~ist:~:;ees H~;:d t~~ nd c~~~a!~ett!ma.te a per• :·_ Boston. A Portsmouth primitive lent Since Washington made his fam. by the Athenaeum is a portrait ous visit to the Lear house just 150 painted on wood, carved to almost years ago, the exhibition at this time life size proportions. It was painted and place has an unusual appeal. 1. by an eirly minister of ihis city, t:e~:; :~:- ::;in~~ams, a picture of his superb exhibits of Primitive Amerl• In the Tobias Lear House where, Washingtoni_·q; w!~~~~~r~~~;t :~~:etoa.~~e r;il::~--1IOn Exhibition ~\j At p ortsmouth . ~,[,S;j f.,I of t he 150th an- wo;~~-~::r~~::s!o~~:-Mr. Decatur'! talks are: ~!:i~r~~r~h~f T~~~:!e L!~s~~1~1tt}~ ·~ de~r~~~ino;- ii~~=r :~:/tte~t of the most Mrs. E. Lawrence· White, Pride.s )t~;' impo):tant . exhibitions of Wash~ · Crossing; Mrs. Frederick Wynant, ',)'/ ingtonia extant is · being, publicly_,· Wenham; Mrs. Henry Vaughan, displayed there. . .. . South Berwick; Mrs. Miles White, t,,;. Col. Tobias Lear was · fo r ;m any _ Mrs. John Hlll, Mrs. John Brecken[;': years Secretary to President . ridge, Mrs. A.. Murray Willia.ms, Mrs. ;'/' -Washington and successively ·inar- · Fergus Reid, Sr., Miss Elizabeth :·ied -two nieces _of Martha Wa~h- , r Perkins, Mrs. Horace Washington, l ·•, mgton, Items 111 the collection Mrs. Robert Goodwin, all of York ~-, therefore are mamly of a personal . , Harbor ~:;::] nature ~nd gi':"e ~n inter~ st ing pie- , · Mrs. John M. Howells, Mrs. Lovell 1 th ~~~h:,,t~~e fate life of e · · Hodge, Mrs. William Seabury, Mrs. Included in the ydisplay are' let- _ Ed~ard . S. Croc~e:, Mrs. Fergus ~J~:i• ters from Geoi·ge and Martha . Reid, Jr., Mrs. Wilham W. Howells, ~~-~ Washington, account books of the , Mrs. Stephen Decatur, Mrs. Decatur ~-.:, Washington household kept by _ . Wright, Mrs. William Goodwin, Jr., Colonel Lear du1·ing the General's . •.· Miss Rosamond Thaxter, all of Kit• ,,!·:::':! first term as President, pieces of tery Point. Mrs. Washington's famous plumMrs. Louis Lawrence Green, Camcolored cloak, a collar edged with ·, bridge and New Castle; Mrs .. Georgs ,,e;-, lace made by her, and three ornaWarren, New Castle; Mrs; W!lliam &', f+i, ments which Washington is said to Kremer, New York City·, the Misses ,t ;· have taken himself from the Mt. Burrage, Kennebunkport; Mrs. Wllt,t'., Vernon mantelpiece and sent to .. liam Wendell, New York City and "'• ·· th L f -1 ~·-- e ear am1 y. Portsmouth; Mrs. Sherwood Roll!ns, ~•t.c: On Wednesday, Aug. 30, and -)· iDover Point; Mrs. Huntley Spauld- t::--,-l Porthmouth, N. H .. one t::" ii- f~~!\ ~'7 ~~t, · t~•;-: ~'/'.j t-( · •·t·> Tobias ..,, ,. . Lear house. i'" '. . ~ t\-~t~~ - ,City; Mrs. H. H. Beckwith, Brookline ,, , ,: and Rye Beach, ···n.~-- -~~..,....., : ---:.-:-· ., : i . ~ -·- ~ . ';.~ );'.'.~:.\~: ~:i:~1.~;_\r.·. . 1:~ra~~er~~~n, ~;~f:ae~ Dr:!:~ a~; . ,:C_·.I_X; George Washington," and part own- , ,y . , ., -·.:·-,~,.. er of this collection of Washing- •, .:'•\, ··· ', ~~ 1-~-~:;. ,,_.,. tonia, wvl talk on the items there '·:· - '.\ ,;,_-~·T ·:;. ·'.-<;'.-:: 1 shown. · ·:.:•···,,'.j.'.'-,;; 1 ··>'. •. i Among the patronesses for Mr. -' l: Decatw·'s talks a!'e: . Mrs. William W. ·Howells, Mrs. iFergus Reid, Jr., Mrs. Stephen De· ·I catur, Mrs. Storer Decatur, Mrs. De. , catur Wright, Mrs. William Goodwin : ! Jr., and Miss Rosamond Thaxter, ·· _j Kittery Point; Mrs. Lou:s Lawrence .. Green, Cambridge and :.-: ,;w Cas;le; .. Mrs, George Warren, 1'. !?W Casule; ·, 1Mrs. William Kremer, New York -'.) City; The Misses Burrage, Kenne·1 bunkport; M~s. William Wendell: :1New York City and Portsmouth, f ., .l Mrs. Sherwood Rollins, Dover Point; . ;. 'i;') _)~ :;:::_,, . _._,,:·,/);-''.._' •· ;,; Mrs. Huntley Spaulding, ".Little ir:s-~t£'.;f', ,. •, ,, ·· ·. IBoars Head; Mrs. Walter Hartwig, ...-~- ···... _'::- ·~•, . · ·_.:.\. ·. ,_' Ogunquit; Mrs. John Alexander, · - _ . -: , . . _. · . 1 t ! Ogunqui and Ne:,r York Ci_ty, and :• ; . - . , -,Mrs. H. H. Beckwith, Brookline and .,·. ,,,: ._·_,,_._..- ..,·· ·:, · · ,. > ·.·, · ,... ·· ,. •· · 1·-Rye Beach 'G:,;. .. tr:. ";".].~ " -·: t:;J.t>;',_'-{/../ . ~ ._ - ~ ,:~! t -~}.. · ,.:·~\:L<~> 1 ,·. ?/f~_':;_\i~i_7l:-·/'.;;;tci;2'.i~.~ :~:r~~\~t~:s~:;~;~~:i;;d reTomorrow afternoon and Thurs- I, . ,.,.... _., • •, , _.:/_· ',. ·'-:. . ·;: • • ;: • ••• • .• 0 44,:·49,:;(8,?, ·- · ,· J • ii: r;~~:;~!h~:1~i~~~~;r£:iff~!~ >)l?:~r·~~:~:P: •-1~~nw~;~ (. . . ~,~-- owner of the collection, wi ll talk H/£ on the various items shown a t the r ~o hr:al:ar~g~h:as::g:~e~e~;: Mrs. Lear, the mother of his private · ~~~es:O~~~!i~~!re~~-dPr:~~:dsc~~!u: the preservation fund of the Went• ~\: 1 In observ ance . ~·:::.' .- \ - . ' ,. ~ ~4,·~-·~~tr'.,_, , __..-:.: 1 · ,,., ' • . .... '· :\'],'._(;_?~?:< . 1 · �~c~•·A;:;2~:;t::l::,~.Jf~~{[~~~~f~f;~;~,.~~~~t~~!~~~i,~ ,~--- .h.-, · •.· -----· · ,fi~-L~:-~/ _. \ ·&J Was ·,ngton - -( 1ex~~;tlonally ~o~d Jo;~ coilectlon o··r:~l-i.s charmu;;~l~ j:r_,~"_ ··~?t. f~rnished and seems :.: costume accessories. Ports- :;· to be the most liveable of all the \mouth's beautiful old houses have ' houses. ,,f:_,;,2-:f-';';.'~ 1 ·;:y.:;U;/ ' been ransac~d _for old .shawls, fans, ,· Among the_ privately owned houses, ·'\:;_,_;\_··.,_O'_'±~_-'~_-~.f_\,·.-;}}./_'. combs, and similar articles and the many of which are owned by the de_-:·ct:\'! ".':". r\ 1, display is not only "."ell chosen but scendants of the builders or or~ginal _-, "','..';;'"" ~ - •,1 is also most artistically arranged owners, that Mr. Wendell mentioned r:-; •· and the magnificent house forms a were the Peirce House and the .-· ,,;,__ /-)' -· ' i,'.,<;,,l'.'i;=',, r superb background. These exhibi- I Woodbury Langdon House. He L;-'.{'.(,:7_'::'·-<t~lt:~ ~ tions are of such an unusual and mentioned the fine work that is be- ._.·_.<_.;:~• ;,:':'"'--~'cf.J<i':'\i t< · outstanding ch a r act er that they ing· done on the Mary street water- ·~/,,"· . One of the most important collec- . : should not be missed, especially as front calling it "a great thing for the }!,'-,{ _. ::- tions of Washingtonia in existence [) it is highly improbable that the Lear town'." . (:ft\,r(.~ .. " is being exhibited for the first time ,~~ collection can ever again be shown ~1 "There is a danger," he said, that ~{,~Y:t,:{~.iJ-( ". - __ ,._;/ . t the old T O bias Lear -in its entirety. The pr o c e eds we, as ci:tizens, must look out for. •-·:.\;?i:i;l,r~, yt,ii:f;;;\;_ publlcly a . . . !· will go to the fund for the purchase : : The Wentwor-th-Gardner House is in ;{l:l}-;t,;,: House where it will contmue. to thbe and preservation of the Wentworth- a precarious situation." He told -' ;~::;,:\~'E:'.', _•. '~d'-i°':./r • on display until Sept. 1. It JS e ,- Gardner house. , of its being purchased by the Met- .::::_'/j~';1i'. t)~?;-:i material relating to George and 29.:-:f/·_ ropolitan Museum of New York, J .1\t,.:;f"-," ~-<$~~di(' Martha Washington gathered by Col. _: • which intended to transp_ort som: :>f · Tobias Lear during h!s many _years 1 ite interior to its Amencan wmg. _'.~:.,~~_.;:!'';;;-,(, '.f'i!tfC"'.. as secretary to the first !'.resident. f However for some reason, it >:';,'.iJ<i;.'{{:~; --->- · .:_r_-:, Since Lear married successively two · 1 changed' its mind, he said, and wish · '::/ •· ~-- nieces of Martha Washington, the ! to se!J it now, An active campaign •?-t_ items are mainly of a ve_ry person-jJ is going on to raise the purchase :/( al character and thus give an ex! - price, he stated, and urged people tremely interesting picture of the • to visit the exhibition and also to intimate life of the Washingto~ _fa- d hear Stephen Decatur when he mily. Washington himself VlSlted .:J : speaks next Wednesday and Thu~s; the Lear house exactly 150 years ago :"' ____ " day in connection with the two his:- and so this exhibition at the pre- ·toric houses, the Wentworth-Gard~•"Portsmouth's opportunity, with its ner and Tobias Lear. . st ,,.,i;, sent time and place has a particular l -:c,;<r,·:• significance. old houses and historical setting, · James A. Borthwick was chairman ,.::'.-if · Among the many items shown, was pointed out to the members of , of the day, Pres:ident Frederick ::}t:_ ;..- for instance, is a letter containing the Rotary Club Thursday by William _. Gardner announced that the Ports- :jt· ~ . samples of homespun cloth from G. Wendell in a talk at the weekly . · mouth club led the district in at- , ..c:J:: ) 1which Washington made his selec- f meeting of the organization at the tendance during June with 94.12 per tion for the suit of clothes he wore ~ Rockingham Hotel. Comparing cent and during July was third with ~:.\~\~\'; ,· at his inauguration; there are pieces : what we have in Por-tsmouth with 90 .69, Rockland, Me., being first ?:,}/fr\·• of Mrs. Washington's famous plum- Williamsburg, Va., he stated that if and Dover second. ?'- - ·,:; colored cloak and a collar edged we had only got hold of Mr. RockeL - - - - - - - - - ~- ----::-> with lace made by her. Even more feller this city would have made Wil'. remarkable. is an oblong of ~lack sa- [ j liamsburg look sick. tin on which is a embr01dered a I J In mentioning some of the old two stanza poem, the first verse houses he listed those first which are worked with hair of George and the _: publicly owned, the Jackson House, Mrs. l'\fary G. Myers ·; second with that of _h'.s wid?w. There the only house built here prior to Mrs. Mary Glover (Chas~) . My. are also three exqmsite chma _orna- l700, and the warner House, built in ers of this city, widow of Wilhs G. .- ments which Washington himself l716 in which the speaker stated he Myers, passed away at Peterboro ,\? •j took from the mantelpiece at Mount was 'p articularly interested, as he has Friday afternoon. :.::•,:, · Vernon and S\!nt to the Lear family. taken the place of his mother, the j Mrs. Myers w~ 80 years of age. "-'{f; Many Jetter from George and late Mrs. Barrett Wendell, as chairShe was born m Harwich. Mas~,, :_ -:.},,,' _ _ Martha Washington, from members man of the board there. Built at a 1, the daughter of , Capt. Edwi_n ,Jo};r" ::./.'\\:f of their families and from their as- very great cost at the time, it was in- - ,J and Lydia (Doane) Chase and is .3 •sociates are to be seen. Included, ·. tended to be the finest house on the .. survived by one daughter, Mrs. ,,., >;:\ also, are the account books of the seacoast. "There aren't a dozen In Raymond M. Anderson, one son, '. ;._ Washington household kept by To- ·. the country today that are as fine Malcolm H. Myers, and two_ gr~d- ·. ,', bias Lear during the general's first ,,, as the warner House," he said. children. Also several cousms, m- :. ,.,,_\ term in the presidency. Lear acted · The Wentworth-Gardner House, eluding Mrs. Edward c. Matthews ·: '-(fi. as treasurer of the family and meti- -·, constructed in 1760, is another ex- f. of this city. , .Q,~: ,¥,°:\ ': ample of a house built regardless of For many years a loyal and de"-'>t':<1 ,._.:;, culously recorded every expenditure, kt ?-!::;JVJ from small. sums for poc e _money ;_ cost. "I think the stairway and _ voted member of the North Confor the pres_1dent or for stockmgs for _ hall there is one o~ the greates~ arch- :.·· i gregational Church, Mrs. . Myers W••~ ,•f; , Mrs. Washington, to payments for itectural masterpieces," he said. attended the Sunday morning serquintals of salt cod fish for their The Tobias Lear House, near the vices as often as her · strengt_h, ~1Saturday dinners or for pipes of Wentworth-Gardner House, is ex- - lowed. She shared the activities f{f((:-"· Madeira wine for their mor_e formal tremely interesting historically, he of the Women's Guild an~ c~r- .~~.'.?~{,"· entertainments. One amusm~ note _said, because of Lear's connection , ried to the meetings a qu:et _m- c, ,f;~,.-~.i"" reads, "Will Mr. Lear take his soup with Washington. He then menfluence of strength and. inspiration. ; •~~1;::-':f;.r en famille today with Thomas Jef- tioned the Moffatt-Ladd House, 1767, .r· Always a thoughtful listener and ,~ ~.i}kt"'i1 ferson." This is, of course, in Jef- beautifully maintained by the Co- .•_; reader, she was constantly al~rt ,. ~ ... • • · ferson's own handwriting. " >. Joni·a1 Dames. The John Paul Jones '" te · terpreta· };· for and Her grealifer was_ m an e~This exhibition at the Lear House -~ House, he said, is also beautifully ,_!:. tion more of truth. o Col lect'1on Sf'I11 n if)~;::. :/:ff!-H v·1ew -,_ ____ 't· .early l :'}Ji;;, tit;.J~J,i "}:S:;.~\?;f :II TeII sOf H'stor'1cal I ~.:E~Jt; Houses And c·tI y's , pportun1ty 0 ~ ._ _. -•• 0 . '".. • Ob,'!tuar,·es '? ·;-t %fi/ ru ir(~'..f:~ij ~~;!;-,J-;,I ~f-•r:': ~is!~~~g a~el!t~~;t:~~~h~d::1~:~ house adjoining, where may be seen an excellent assemblage of Primitive American Paintings as well as an t? presslon of and service. / :~~:t:~d a~~i~~::ains ;i~~tr:c~ ❖ ;/.f .'t1 somewhat later, he stated, was the ~~t :i Thomas Bailey Aldrich House, which ;;;,, · . .. : •• Chrisitan friendship Funeral services will be ~eld , at the Buckminster chapel, this city, Monday forenoon at eleven 1,; o'clock. ;"",-~ · Friends invited. •{ , ·;.,'J.....,"l,.~· .. • c..''·" _ ,_,. , , _ ,,:: " l.-Ut<:>,2~~-!::,.l,..»;&~ 1]!:'\ ._., .....~"-'\l'.. •- ..;,'.Z ·-:__'-,.S �·~t:;{§Jr :.·~·.- c;r~ ~-•: . . :~ -~ ~. ::1~}~., ;~,<~io~.:~~~::· ~:·: ·~)1v:J :::.-~~-~-~~.;_~'l?:~-~\~;;:~'~~~-~r.=~:t;~;£!iJ{~~f'::..t~· ,. ~ -rf.;jJ~if\·:, -~ \·'~·~ ~::~~\~~·,.:\::1:'<>:r.:-,\~-1. JJ,C:.. - x;.9~ ~ --~~ ')?l t::,;y~_-U ~"f_ ..,~- ,. '.~•"- ~ ;;,~. __ .. \. ~-5"-F ,"!f.,,(-_;;t",." ,: ;· ,- .;,~$;~,-- ,, , ... :, • T. . o.(::." ~1 ·u·rn ,,· Yo-.,r:k_: __ B~'.ck ·Fl~:i;~~~d~~ ~E~..:=.:£~j~~'S ,~r~~n'()fii 8t,rl~«:t I ·.j m IPages Of History iit}; .1be the ongmal 1;_45 schoolhouse will ; ihe Mi:.ses E,1za\Jeth and Ann \y ; f i~.,;~11~,';,;~:~;~;:;: A Ay k .\:'.}ffbfft ,.·.,; ;_,; ,~/(; ears go t or I ~ :iE~:;f:~lt£:~~:~g~ ~~2_: ~#.~;~r.:~f.i:l~:;1~ jC~I~~~~•uing th nd in r-e cognition of ese days su ay will be observed as "Father Moody Sunday," and Monday will be Open House day, A stranger paE-sing through York Village next Sunday morning about lrf' of the activities and r esidents r-~~\ will blueand 1buff and buckskin of colonial days , ,J;,._/: · · . and is an example of the transition from the Piggin house of earlier date ·j to th e type of house with the lean· 1to. ,, ' ·. A short distance away is the In, dian Hill residence of Mrs, D. W. · Cre.sey. This is an 18th century ~~/~;:~~;e~o~~-:~~l ~!~~~ ce:e; ' ~-} llie r:r:fl,ttf1 ~~~~fj)~~~ '·~1J;. stood on guard outside the parish (f;,?if/ ;~·i,~Jr; church at York Village Sunday as ffriGi;'S~ •t ·f;;'£t 1 500 members o~ the congregation at-:;_,E}1·k1 tended a service that was almost J. /,;i :,:\ _;·--/·,,:I an exact replica of the one held in /;.:. ji,:~t:t,:::ff?·:, · June, 1721, when the eminent divine, "'--"·';. ;:.. -.;:.:,.\hg:'t,-, .•.. J· · ~/~~ ~~: f!:~u:a~e~~o: ~:;!d~:g t~:\:~:a:ebt~~~ f~: the sea. Assisting Miss Florence State of the 00 ~ih:r;~~:f:~ Damned, Especially . ?\~it1~t~111Jt:}{ ~:i·t,::~:;'/?.f'/::i: '"' --~•1,t(/i.:; start to meeting, Some may be e.een ug·err~ns~oseI: ~~~::~ey::, s:1:,il~~ty1r~i:i~~ Thfroomseuwndhe~ HYeavGe ospGei°.•~e to Rell :l._:_ f.f.t.~_:t_~_t_:,l? ;;}:: ,r iding to church· on a pillion; con~, .. ~ ~;}:/ tinental soldiers will be on guard M~ Mary Markoe Holsman and Father Moody, as portrayed by the :_ c,tz';(. f~~l against a pos"ible attack by Indians, Mrs. Powers Dunn, Rev, Walter H. Millinger, the local ·._,_~,.,~ i!4j: while the sound of drums, instead of Next is the Piggin House at sewpastor, instructed his tithing men 't'• ~ bells , will call the worshippers to · all's bridge, built in 1686 and added •:~ to punish anyone who snickered or prayer. to by successive generations, There ,·: slept during the course of his serThe women will be seated on one is an underground passage and a semon, side of the church and the men on cret room, probably used to hide While he was outlining his policy '.< the other, The tithing man will keep · women and children during an In- . for maintaining order in the church, ~ order and psalms wfll be "line~ · · dian attack. It was over Sewall's a lady entered late, attired as a while the correct pitch will be given bridge that the first Minute Men oi colonial dame. with a "pitch pipe'' in the hands of · 1Maine hurried to join the ranks at In the stern fashion of that day ,!;;}{ an old-time 1,;inging master. The jLexington, and this structure is now "Father Moody" rebuked her with a •: l};I,;-; tithing man will receive his orders restored as it was originally built in warning that she would "sink to f:tr{ admoni:,hing him to see "that no ·! 1761. Hostesses a ; the Piggin House the depths. of hell for such wickedt&/ strangers be allowed to pass throug!1 : will include Miss Elizabeth Perkins, ness." ~,t our town this day." the pre~:ent occupant, Mrs. Frank Members of the congregation wore f ;j;;i) Rev. Samuel Moody, for whom the Dennett Marshall, Mrs, Ro!J.ert ., the garb of colonial days. In line day is named, who preached in York Sands, Mrs, Seth Pierrepont and with the custom of the times, the ~t long, long ago and who lies in the old M~s Helen Cadwalader, men sat on one side of the church {jl graveyard, will be impersonated by The Col. Jeremiah Moulton house, and the women on the other. Snick~!,.i; Rev .W. H. Millinger. He will preach . sometimes known as the Putnam ering was punished by making men M ~, on the terror of "Hell Fire and the . hom·e, will also be open. This is the or women sit with members of the · ~;:)J Bottomless Pit." Prayers will be of- ·· home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Peck, . opposite sex. ~~ ;- fered for the health of the British which they purchased about a year '· "Sleepers" were awakened by ! {fo.-:nff'.;. rJ1(\'. Sovereign, ago. A:~sisting Mrs. Peck will be _-. sharp taps from the "furred end" Many members of the congrega- · Mrs, Ralph W, Hawkes, Mrs. Samof a tithing stick. ~;i-~: tion will be in the dre::s of years ago uel H. Junkins and Mi:;-s Florence A. ·. "Father Moody" warned young , and the entire service is planned_ to Paul. bachelors to refrain from misbehatt,:'/, be a prototype of a service which It will be a big· day for York, as the vior and to "buy no more liquor };\{. might have been held when Father pages of history are turned back and than they could hold." r,-£:;:-jMqody actually lived and preached the town crier walks through the ' During his prayer the clergyman ~• m York. .;:treets, while many wearing cosexpressed the hope that none of his ·«;,~. Five hou:,;es of the 17th and 18th tumes in keeping with the day will parishioners would be bothered by centuries and two public buildings be about the town. Indians during the coming week. are this year being opened for Open Open house will be ob~:erved from /' The services were conducted with House Day, These include the Fro.st 10 o'clock until 6 and at 4 o'clock ,... , great dignity and reverence as par t Garrison, Eastman homestead, In- will be the presentation of "Brides of ·;', of the "Father Moody- Sunday," dian Hill, the schoolhoU:o,e and the Four Centuries," which will take The Rev, Mr, Millinger in portray·old York Gaol. place in the barn on the Andrew ing the historical character used ., The Frost Garrison is located Murray Williams estate, close to the Father Moody's own bible and de ~J about two miles from the village ana McIntire Garrison. In this pageant livered excerpts of the sermon from , ~:,{µ is filled with rare pieces of furniture, wedding dreE~:es of the 17th to the ·_,.-: the original manuscript. <;{'';,c old documents, with old family por20th century will be shown. Among The church was candle lit and an ~~;: traits to examine, frescoed walls to ·, the ;,bi:ides" wil! be Miss Priscilla · hour glass took the place of the admire_ and the_ garrison, which is ,_ M~ulton, Miss_ Lis~ena_rd Croc~er, . more conventional modern clock, . !,L<>,;f". the barn, to VISlt. The present oc:\',11.s. W, H. M11lmg,er, Mi.:15 Josephme Members of the church arrived on cupants are the 10th generation of _ Ri~e, _Miss ~risci_lla Peirce, both of ..·, horseback and pillion, accordmg to Frosts to occupy the place. Mrs, :- th:s city, Miss El!zabeth _Rollms a nd ;'- the ancient custom. The psalms and , ,;: Howard Moody, M1::·s R uth Nowell, , ; Miss Frances Pepper ':7nght'. as w~ll · •·. hymns were "lined" and were sung · "· Mrs, Raymond Blaisdell and Mrs. ~ as several others, Miss Peirce will ··:'. with the aid of a pitch pipe, iif_ :~· James E. Nowell will be hoste.;;ses wear a weddmg gown that dates There was on~m _ a_rked difference . . _.,.:l ) back to 1777 and ,was worn by Gov.. • c::·;,:_-;,J:_;:,--/:c:_,.,,,._.,.-. .,::-'.· ,,:.·_ -~-~ there. , • • Jt_,,:<.";D , .:,,>j ':. ;~•1',.d'- ,. (3l'.i'~ Hostes:;.,es at the old gaol will be 1:_. I ernor Wentworth s bnde, and MLSs .\·,,;_'. · ':;S '.l;_;;,, ⇒?:'1 '.('i;:f:'::'_:_/".':li. t~i;c/2'1 Miss Nellie M. Bemis Mrs. Dean ,,,.; Rice will wear her motiher's weddmg ·,,~>•IFZ::f,~. ,; '~.;,.~i',(:,"'.'':.:t·tf-'·~,. ~,.;~ Woodward, Mrs. Lo~is N, Duval, Ji gown. . ~f;/' ,,..X~(i-,'i-:-''i:i,~t· -~ ?\, ~r:t_i 1 ~?? I ~it • j ifl iJ ~1 " : I ;f I .,~, :i /'I' •'' 1• <:r. t{I~tl '•Kl·.•,.,.._.~~'\. , ·,~liff i1~!;Y'f,~ , ~~t~~i;~~ik~~;'.:j~i~lll~:ti~j})1:c,i 1 1/_ i}:t:-~., .~·~·_.i\{ti~ �iFl le'l·'.~\1:?.· ~·},<~~ ~ ·'..~~~-l'.F'?\~i.'.'--:.. ·. •, .,_., ,_. u ..... t,_ . ,;(/'.,.\ ', --" " ' 0 j most · o • • · Pageant Of Brides Presented As Feature Of Program Yesterday Dress worn at wedding of Sir William Pepperrell, 1735. Presented by Miss Alice Decatur, Kittery Point Wedding dress of Mary Miliquist, 1806. Presented by Miss Doris Foster, York Harbor. Wedding dress and bonnet from I · ,' 'j K1'ttery Pt. Church To Acq u·,re T'1tle To residence of Mrs. Andrew Murray Cherry Valley, 1820. Presented by Williams in York. Miss Carol Hawkes, York Village. This presentation of the "brides Wedding dress of Miss Sarah I -; , · '~.: :.:: ·· ! B'Id•mg ·"._-, ..\''-~ 1\ ::,' _._,:. ,:_··~-UI -- .' - I ! -:J), ~ <f .~ - j On a high hill overlooking the old \ York River, with the McIntyre Garri~:in House visible in the distance, the "brides of ye forefathers" passed 1 in review at 4 o'clock yesterday af• · ·· 1 ternoon at Ye Highland Farm, the ~ · . ·. · .:'.~~ ·:;\?:(,1i~1 I 't.. ;\--· . L · ' <_.·-. · -~ t.:t:.=u:::m::..e: :s::..·------------~ i::_:·:~ ·\ •D_•. ft-' •. j.J . . • (\ .,, lJ. O'(...t,o J ~ \ ~-.\~ -.<LA..\ bse--r--v--,..ng io·a•y's' Of i our Fore fath ers/ of the Sabbath with an hour out for "nooning." The one Sunday ' I was only an hour and a half in length. The Rev. Mr. Moody occupied the '._:. :,: . /,, pulpit of the meeting house from - 1698 to 1747. The services are an .• / · • · I annual feature of the "Days of Our ' ,: \ Forefathers" celebration which con'•.• · · tinued today with a parade which :.-.. -:i · ·, · ·1included the "brides of four cen,,.... .. , - turies" attired in the original cos'· .-- • ' ~ ~ -c. __ ~-- . ..'" \:'. :: . ~-:_\ ~~ ...,-., , ,~ •. ' :_)_.l_ _ _:__~--•~'.. .. ~_Y·: ~-,;l ;h~e :i]vd-: · M~t~::v~~~~ t~::~.,_ ·-v o·. r--·-k"-'-·-o.:. ,_1 .. i"'> ·; ·: · I of four centuries," showing the ela- Randall Lane of Salem, 1825. Pre'·: borate wedding gowns worn from , sented by Miss Hope Douglas, York I the 17th to the 20th centuries, was _I Harbor.. . held by the Association for the Weddmg dress and veil, 1835. PrePreservation of Historical Land - sented by Miss Elizabeth Rollins, marks as a part of its second an- ,Dover. nual celebration of the "Days of Wedding dress of Mrs. Charles ~-_,;•: ._!:_/_.~_' :·' FiTrshteCsopengcrieaglamtioeentainl gchcuralcleidh, bfyKtihte- Our Forefathers" at York. It is the Wilcox, 1840. Presented by Miss purpose of the association to raise Louise Cutts, York Village. 0 tery Poin t Wednesday evening was - money for a foundation for the pre- , Wedding dress, 1845. Presented by ~c..-. • · the most interesting and important servation of historical houses and IMiss Priscilla Moulton, York Har{,i: _ held at the old parsonage in years. . ,· landmarks that their history may ibor. ,,, For 30 years the title to the hisbe visualized and appreciated· by I Wedding dress of Mary Stuart, 870 · Pre~en~ed by Mrs. ~harles D. V" toric building has been held by the · present and future generations. J 1 ·_:) Maine Congrega,tional Conference. The scenic beauty of the extensive I G. Breckinridge, York Village. · ·, Cex,tain nece.:sary conditions were Willlams' estate was an ideal setting I Wedding dress of Mrs. Hilton, !prescribed by a legislative act which, for the re-appearance of the deli- j 1870. Traveling hat Of period. Pre,. j if accepted by the church, would encate gowns of long ago with their ' sented by Mrs. Eugene Southall, j able it to receive back from the state bustles and sweeping trains. Each York Harbor. 'i conference the title to the property. . model seemed as lovely in her dress Dress of Mrs. Greenough at wedThis transfer will be consummated I as her ancestor must have looked ding of her daughter, 1870. Presenin the near future as the legislative .j when she wore it at her wedding. To ted by Miss Susan Pearson, York act was approved and accepted by .I the soft lingering strains of well Harbor. a unanimous vote of the 74 present. j known melodies of the past, these Wedding dress of Mrs. Fann:, The mee ting wa5' called to order attractive "brides" marched slowly Kimball, 1870. Presented by her by the clerk, M~s Alice L. Patey, down a narrow carpet of white, great-grand niece, Miss Eleanor No. who read the warrant. Reginald F. ' th roug h th e gar den of th e es t a te , well, York. Berry was chosen moderator and the past the picturesque old well,· and pastor, Rev. E. H. Newcomb, exI into the charming rooms of the Wedding dress of Mrs. Lowell plained the proposition. house itself. · Grant, 1870. Presented by Miss Ruth The second article of ,the warrant ou tsta n d'mg Mathes, York Harbor. One of th e mos t called for ,t he conside:ation of im. gowns, both for its smart styling j Dr~ss of Mrs. Jacob Wendell at · 1provements of the community house. I and its trimming of exquisite lace \I weddmg of her son, 1870. Presented _ ::},'.: ··: I I ·., -..,·. I ··i--·· •.. ·:·: . , . -• 1 ¥:F-~)!ttf!~!~~;~:!~·:1 ~~}~!~;~!i~~il:~i _ ~~\~~~~~;!~;~~ ~- ' ':. (omm1tt1;e to act with the trustees ,m carry mg out the plaru_.- - - ' - . J \ 1:"°" . ;,_'".':_;,·_·,·._, •:_'_·:.jQ,~ j'', , ....~-. f._.··. .•··, ~· .~I-,:;.. ,~· ,. _.,_ •·' ·. _ Arthur Rice at her wedding in , Al1c_e Decatur, Kittery Pomt. 1 lMrs. 1908 and presented by her daugh Wedding dress of Louise Ander- · ater,Pa1:isian Miss Josephine Rice. satin This and was Ison, 1880. Art,_ Loaned gown of white Costume New 1 :,t "~-•-·. _-_·-:-~!!•> ;,'~-;f_ ,_:•~_:. :_.· ~__ .~_-_·.·.~-~--·;;_:_:,:_:~_c_-:,·.>..·,·. ,._.·.. - ' . _ _ I lace. Her veil was caught in a cup shape around her head and she · f . · • '\li1ore a ~orsage of lilies of the valley. The "brides of four centuries" appeared as follows: Ye Bride of Governor Hunking Wentworth, 1730. Presented by his great-great-granddaughter, Miss ' •, .• . - . ~- . _ · Priscilla Pierce, Portsmouth . ',:./~ ·... ,:·.'J/•i...,•):(-.\:::,:,··: · . ,,.:,;, .. , :.:;·] Wedding dress in Ye Wentworth 1 .,--:1 ;;, .<) -'·-?:·cJ:y :,::.'. -~-;. : : ~ · ·> ·: -· • · · • -:.-, ...: family, 1735. Presented by Miss ;,, ___:.._; ~':i_:~_-;_~.:~.~-•~-~.~.-.·.·.,~_;:_;_1 ~ _--~.t_l_~,:_._::,~_~,--~-(_' : .._;__ ._~,ii_:~¾_:_'_~.:~_f_i,1_··-:~.:~ .. YI~:.~_:_;'._-_:_:_:_:_..,_•_:_•-·:_·_:_~-•-i_:_' _ ._;_;\ __~_:_-_r_:_;_: ;r:. :_-:__·~_,:_:_;·_(~- \_.,--·~ .,-._•.M~P•, .··=·- ~;i:~~~~ .:·~,.Lex, Philadelphia and by Museum of York City, Presented by Miss Jean Sewall, York Village. Wedding dress in Elwell family, 1880. Presented by Miss Lispenard Crocker, Kittery Point. Wedding dress of Mrs. John Tha~ter, 1887, Presented by Miss Harriet _Mathes, York Harbor. Weddmg dress of Mrs. Gordon Wendell, 1889. Presented by Miss L di~ . Saw~~'- York. _ _ ___, _·'. );k .}/:">.. · f£\/-J.·_}i ·_ , -:~ -.. ' · · .···· ·, · .•· · ; -~ •' -~ '' - ,,, , /),Sf.· J; r �~f-:-:;f: '., ·: __/ _, ~:,L~~- :~:_ .--~~ _·._. _ - __:•·~s, , _om F 1 _:ii\11£'~;•,Y \ ~:;~,t~p;:. <' , ' :National GuarlPl'el)areS :j for 'Finish Fight' Dress at wedding of Mrs. Hunger~.-. ford, 1889. Presented by Miss Eliza:;;, beth_ Cutts, York Village. ;:-_. Wedding dress of Mrs. Spaulding, (: 1889. Presented by Miss Anna Lit-;, tlefield, York Village. \':: Wedding dress of Mrs. Arthur /. Rice, 1908. Presented by Miss Jose·j pl; ine Rice, Portsmouth. ,, ! Uusic ' 'iaS £::cT .ished by tht Hotel ,·n ,:,,r .. , .,-,.,. ~,.. <• · ,_ .f ,· I! ....~'-•-SO~- - • -~ pose~ _ - , .1,1:.~s Ag· Ci tizen Soldiers, 16,000 Strong, Consolidate Positions Near Plattsburg· of _ ,.. · Lo u ise D oucol , plan!,,L; Ml,:~ Irene Forle, v iol lnL~t; an d Mrs. D e lwln ,f, ;., Shaw, cellist . I ,. · 1:1 T~~ musjc comrnit tc,:/ ' Jncludeci ;: Mi~-~-tmlcq Whrclrr itlld !vfbs N<'l· - lie B i ' [;j .•m s. I ' The costume comm it lee wn ,~ h e?.ci - . -, 1 eel by :--1 rs . .Hu i:ii Cr bs anc: M~s E 11. W ln t.nb<>ll rn m. ·· · _ •1 1 i: · · · ... , - ,. · . . o't··cf't-;,. _,:i):_)z__#.!.:G.Pl> ··· ·.. · · " Plat~burg, N. Y., Aug. 22 (AP)-A black force of some 6,000 regular army troops, under orders to hold 1·t.s . " ,, . I ground at al_! costs, clung grimly , today to a five-mile front in the ! ! face of -a determined offensive by a . 0. i ft..(,,i,, =:i :;i .. ~(]'·! numerical!! superior "blue" enemy. 7 ·· : M€anwh1le, 20 miles to the east in - J this mock war zone, two opposing ; forces of national guardsmen each approximately 16,0_00 strong,' con, '•· · ~ olidated their positions in an ur:]' _ related action preparatory to a "fin-· ,-:_-· ish" fight. ·_ :·_o::;. In the regular army maneuvers ·;. _>{ · the speedy mechanized seventh cav• Local National ~-Guardsmen In ~ Motion Pictures ~~ Members of the Portsmouth bat.; tery of the 19th Reg., N.H.N.G., now _' engaged in war maneuvers at Plattsburg, N. Y., are appearing in moving pictures. When it was decided to take ·. movies of an anti-aircraft battery in __. .._.I ' "(\/ ] ~~i;;';rnt~d~ii:1 -;~~to~~~rii~~c:!;:: _·., : .,,.1'• temporarily, at least-the advance of .. ": ,' ;·: the "blue" forces which had driven '' · -· the "black" back six miles since dawn yesterday. Swinging southward around the . enemy's right flank in a demonstra• · . ·i~:~b~~itfu:~~v:~:~~r~o:7~ '' j cessful in disrupting operations of :°' . . _. -,, the i6th and 18th infantry regi- t~~ ,-- ..Jrted by two battalions of the 68th 'field artillery equipped with 75 mil, . --,, llmeter howizers. , I~ the opening engagement in this action, scheduled to conclude at noon today, the 18th attacked in an attempt to bottle up _the first division, advancing eastward in two columns. In the national guard maneuvers, the action evolved on a 20-mile front along- the Saranac ri.ver, theoretical boundary between two "enemy" states-the "red" and "blues" , In the early fighting, portions of the 71st infantry succeeded in cross- . .,':._.,,;:,_L_(: :. ,, ,, - . · !~fa ::: "b~~:~nl~~et~~ly p!n~~~~~ ven back across the stream . Returning to their encampments _-, 'i:. : . this afternoon after more than 30 ·.· .. - ·' hours in the field the 62,000 men of . >~<<;,:_ ,. the first army will have a day of ·, >;:·,-:·,: ~•-',.-'//.-:_.,:;:-;:-_ 1 rest before returning to the wars ;:,'.,':);,),,/;.- _\ \ / '.-f-::t}i'.; fo~nth:h;:bi!ni~:~::n~.ur~~~~h will .. -_:,: \t conclude the current maneuvers, a - ·. , -:~ !"~lue" force of defending re·g ulars ., ,: ·,.:/ '·- ,:·,,, · ,\,,' Ii :~~;r~~;~?{~:~~~i~1~ 0j;~;j;~1!'~~~:f; ~~l; ~:~l~~F:~!:~~f:~&~;,~~if.~ ~{~~ffli2)t{ · cer of the First Corps, and scenes ' :;~;~~~e~~:w:~;l~~:-~i~t:::et~; , a searchlight drill by Battery A of ' Concord were also taken. Col. Clarence E. Rexford of Conregimental . commander, Maj. L. Smith of this city, batcommander and Capt. Edgar . ?;. ·. :: J ., .· .,.' ,· ' '- fJ itA , ~ O.i.t.</'12.~ ·2~ ' ;t ~:,:~;~f',,;· ,~_,', B1-'g Wa r M . a-neu,V. e'..r·s En. d At pIa tts burg 1 I ,, ',, ,:, -r, ·tt\}?\ National Guardsmen And Regulars, Numbering 52,000, In No-Decision Combat-Three Guardsmen Killed By Lightning Plattsburg, N. Y., Aug. 25 (AP)The &econd ba.ttle of Plattsburg, fought just 150 years af.ter colonial troops made history on t he shore~ In a s-tatement marking the en of hostilities, Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, cemmander of the first army, chalked the whole thing up to . -· training and declared- the most important objeeit had been accom- ·.;/tW\2G1f>• ·_ ~::~:~;::~~:~~~:£ie~:i:i~e:~ r:.~1~t~:~;i:;:i::i~~:r:::.e ~w::; and 16,000 regulars Jocked in a war-weary after two nights in the -.' >t<": .~. -..1,-.' ;,>-i.~ .~. · :;,,:, bloodless, no-1decision combat. field with bare ground for a bed, the ,;:,,'}T'.:-f"·).' ;:, :;;,-,:' While reports filtering in from ' ?essation of fighting meant immed- \\::;°/t\J/\tj:-·S.:'f .': the _"front" at dawn indicated an in- . 1ate return ito their home stations {~ -?.'_ ''. ---r-i;;;~:i_:~_'., /_"<_:_/_;·.-,,· .. vadmg "black" army of guardsmeI1 ' and a well-earned rest. .,V-,~ / (Y:F~:,:,,:.· >spent the night hammering a A thllllderstorm which swept the · ~ ~ ·:,?, ·, slowly yielding "blue" corps of regu- / area late yesetrday left_ dea-d _in _it.s .':' ' ._),\::_,{ · :: "..:.;,.,:• -. '-t lars, umpires said no rutitempt wouid wake three Connecticut national . ~-~ made to decide "who won the guardsmen, members of the •43rd ·, .= }"'J <>•-> ... · war." ------ ·-------:division, who were syruck by light- --~ "_ J '."-:/;: ' I :/?ll~-,- !ff~},.. -• ,> :;~~:?,:f:3·: ( •~ . I ��INDEX TO VOL. 17 Ahepas convention, 1939 34 Privateers 82 Aldrich nemorial 37 Rodehaver, Rev. hlyles 30A-30B American legion awards Russell , Eleazer 81 1939 28 Rye harbor 35 Batchelder family 98 SaiY loft 75 Brackett, Mary MontSchobls-High 89 gomery 83 Soc. of Colonial Wars ·86 Cincinnait, Society of 54 Segars, Ralph 83 Brannigan, Gladys 42 State Pier 30 Carlo, William 99-101 Traill~Spence house 68 City council, budget,1939 69-71 Upham, Timothy 82 Coast guard 117 u. s. Navy Yard 102 Cogswell, Capt~ Francis 117 u. s.s. Searaven 29 , 44-45 Coleman reunion, 1939 97 u. s. s.seawolf 106 Colonial Dames 43,85 u. S. SeSqualus 2-26 Customs , u. Se- 150th Whipple, J oseph 81-82 anniversary World's Fair, N. H. 84 79-83 exhibits Durgin, Dr. Henry I. 35-36 Eastman, Wilfred A. 83 York, Me.- Foref a thers Day 114- 116 Greenland, N6 H.- historic houses York, Me.- Moody 104-105 house · 79 Greenland.- Veteran's memorial park 25 Junkins, Albert Re 71 115 Kittery.-Cong 6 Church 52,54 , 62=3 Kittery,- llouses Knights Templar 41 , 45 Laighton, Oscar 54-55 Langtry, Albert P. 101 Library conference, 1 39 38-40 Lighthouses-Whalesback 103-104 42 Livermore . Bouse 94,98 MacFarlane, Jessie hle.-N e H~- Interstate Bridge 2'7.1)66,88 Masons, Grandlodge 150th anniversary 41,46-52 ~a.sons, St. John's Lodge 37,41,45 Memorial day, 1939 25-27 Ivi idshipman' s visit, 1939 90-93 Moore, Anne Carroll 67 Morrison, Anna L. 37 Myers, Mary G. 113 Navy club 28,49 Navy Park 49 N. H.- National Guard 107-109,116 N. li. Soc$ of ~rchitects 24 Newington., Langdon Libo 48 f enryerrell Association 74 Pi;cataqua Pioneers 104- 105 Ports. Churches.- Temple Israel 64-65 Ports.-Houses Boardman-Harvin 56-59 Langdon, Samuel 56~59 Peirce, John 56-59 Wendell, Jacob 56-59 Warner 67,72.78,86-7, 95-6 VJentworth-Gardner -31,53,60-61,68,73-74,76-77 , 110~113 �This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39 .48-1992 (permanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts ro 1999 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918-1920, 1932-1949 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="http://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i11079848 https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/d87c549434d439b5f2fa8cc1b014eeec.PDF ce29815e1d42621002e15b39dd17105e PDF Text Text �Adams Edward H. (Obit) Ameri6an Friends of France Animal Rescue League Armistice Day Athenia Survivors Blaisdell, Edwin C. Bridge. Portsmouth-Kittery 55,34 15,16,78 33,47,53 5,6 16 18,63-66 75,76 10-13 Bridge Collapse. Engine in River Carroll, Gladys Hasty 48 Chaffee, Olive G. (Obit) 99 Coast Guard Station. Rye. 7 Cole, Rear Ad. Cyrus W. 67 Council of Jewish Women 71 Cushing, Dr. Harvey (Obit) 19 Cutts, Joseph C. (Obit) 84 D.A.R. 17,24-27 Drake, Abram J. 89 Federal Fire Society 43-45 Federated Church-Women 46 Finnish Refugees 83,84,99 Foghorn, New 16 Gentleman, Martha A. (Obit) 99 Gerrish Family uociety 50 Girl Scouts 17,21,32 Graffort Club 35,43,98 Great Bay Development 36,37 Greenland. Cong. Church 62 Guy Fawkes Night 45,46 Hanscom, Mrs. Mary (Obit) 58 Hovey Memorial Fountain 16 Intracoastal Waterway 74,79-81 Joy, George H. (Obit) 78 Junior Women's Club 13 Knox, Susan Ricker 39 Lambert, John T. (Obit) 14,15 Lee, Rev. Dorrall (Obit) 96 Magraw, Emma 55 Mugridge, Cornelia. Trip to 41,42 Russia Myopia Hunt Club 31 Nash, Ogden 4 Navy Day 28-31 Northam Colonists, Mtg. 58 "Northwest Passage" 94,95 Parmlee, Rev. Charles A. 22,50 "Peruke Maker" 12 Philbrook, Harry E. (Obit) 23 Piscataqua Camera Club 46 Portsmouth Coop. Concert Assoc 34,39 Portsmouth City Council 70,71 Portsmouth. Craftsmen 56 Portsmouth. Doorways 85 Portsmouth. Garden Club 21 Portsmouth High School 20,70 Portsmouth. Historic Buildings 22 see also name of house Portsmouth Historical Society 16 Portsmouth. History Portsmouth Industrial Associates Portsmouth Navy Yard S-29 (Submarine) St.John's Church St.John's Lodge,Masons Salvation Army Searaven (Submarine) Seawolf (Submarine) S.P.C.A. Squalus (Submarine) 8,9~93 3,4,19,47 89 20 78 73 72,87,88 90-92 55 49 67 48,82, 89,99 52 28 94,95 99 38-41, 97 Streets. Closing Streit, Clarence K Vaughan, Dorothy M. Walden, Nellie (Obit) washington, George, in 0/:· - ~~ '_;·' 1l?ortsmouth Weeks House 61 Wentworth, Susan (Obit) 95,96 White, William H. 97 Women's City Club 51,52 Woodcarver (Hans Brustle)68 YMCA 77,96 0 :. ,; �Will Raze Carter-Taylor Shoe Co. Building .• Carl,er-Taylor shoe Factory On Islington Street ing the se.ssion were the following: Mr. Eaton, chairman, who called the meeting; Frank C. Remick, vioe president of the Seacoast Regional Association; Alvin F. Redden, secretary; John CJ Shaw of the Consolidation Coal Co.; Frederick Gardner, president of the Rotary Club; s. D. Eastham, past president of the Kiwanis Club; Paul Chandler, representing the Industrial committee of the City Council; E. Curtis Matthews, president of the Taxpayer's Association; J. D. Hartford of the Portsmouth Herald; Ralph Margeson, president of the Merchant's Bureau; and Mr. Meyers and A. E. Coleman, of the State Planning and Development Commission. A report of the progreas made during the day will be given at a meeting which will probably be called for Friday. There remains but a sl}ort time before some definite action must be taken or the city will lose the industrial plant. Mr. Meyers is experienced In this work, and has been successful in other places in this state. The plan Is to prevent the building from being razed, and then bring industries to this city. The Newmarket Industrial Associates followed a similar plan, and obtained excellent results. Small Industries as ~l! ----------------ill Prog reSS In Move The Carter-Taylor Shoe ManufacLuring Co. building, located on Lslington .sLreet and one of PortsmouLh's few factory buildings, will be i-azecl, according to an announcement from Col. H. ClinLon Taylor. At a recent meeting of the board of directors, iL was decided Lhat the exJ pense of maintaining the building was more than the firm could carry, .~ the plan to raze the five-story v; Temporary brick structure was approvoo. Bids have been asked !or on the work of Organization Formed removing the strucLure. Move Underway To At Meeting Yesterday The sLrucLure has five floors and Acquire Land And a. ba-cment, is 340 feet, long. with Work is going forward today in one section 135 feeL long and 42 feet Building wide, while the balance is 53 feet an effort to save the manufacturwide. The floor area of each floor is ing plant of Carter-Taylor, Inc., on The work of raising money to pre•• _,,,,,..,. __ 16,370 square feet, or, for t he fiv e Islington street, from being torn vent the Carter-Taylor Inc. plant on floors a >total of 81 ,850 square feet. In down. Lawrence Meyers of Concord, addition Lhere is extra space on t he of the State Planning and Develop- Islington street from being two lower floors of 7,500 square feet, ment Commission is in this city down began Saturday and within a on each floor, making somewhat ov- again today, and is in contact with short time $2,200 was 1·alsed, but er 95,000 square feet in the entire several business men in connection much more is needed to acquire the building. with the plan to purchase the plant land and the property, as is the inThe ~ection of Lhe building which and prevent its being razed. houses the office was built in 1887 At a meeting on Wednesday called tention of the Portsmouth Industrial buL the original building was erected by Forrest Eaton, chairman of the Associates. It is hoped that the rnme 25 years earlier, for t he Ports- Industrial committee of the N. H. mouth Shoe Co. by F:·ank Jones, and Seacoast Regional Development As- business men really underst:md for a number of years it did a flour- sociation, there was a frank di&:us- what it means to them to preserve this building for fmure industry and i.~hing business. slon of the possibilities and all The Gale Shoe Manufacturing Co. agreed that everything possible that they will support the movement of Haverhill occupied the building should be done. The price Is most to raise sufficient money to puruntil about 10 years ago when Col. reasonable, with the owner being cha:oie the building and the site. Work of forming the association is H. Clint.on Taylor, and George H. willing to sell the building for the going forward. Lawrence B. Meyer, Cart.er of Haverhill, Mass., formed price that he could get for its razing. the firm of Carter-Taylo:·, Inc. As Industrial engineer of the State bu$iness decreased, a section of the It was decided that a temporary or- Planning and Development commisganization be named to form the building was leased to t he Snyder sion, is working with local busine£S Shoe Co., which continued for a few "Portsmouth Industrial Associates", men not only to preserve the buildForrest Eaton was named chairman, year•. Ing for Portsmouth, but also to bring At one time the building employed and Frank C. Remick secretary. The industries here to occupy the floor committee included E. C. Matthews, several hundred men and women pace of the five-story brick strucMr. Eaton and Mr. Remick. and the output was very high. ture. The group will form the The meeting lasted until late afThe building is a-sessed for $30,Portsmouth Industrial A£sociates ternoon. Among those pre.sent dur000. and will be lnc,-orporated. Fon-est M. To Retain CarterTaylor Building Working To Save Loca I Factory �Eaton ls chairman of group. Through error Norman E. Rand was mentioned as treasurer. E. Curtis Matthews temporarily ls handling the funds until the association's trell.'!urer is appointed. The respon.<:e of the citizens of the community to the appeal for funds to purchase this building will determine whether or not the building will bt> torn down. There is need for immediate response to the appeal in the form of pledging support to the movement, which will do much to bring a new Industry to take the entire building or several tmaller industrle to occupy sections of it. "Portsmouth Industrial Associates" In Process Of Formation Association Being Formed To Save Carter-Taylor Property For Industrial Purposes And For Promotion Of Portsmouth As An Industrial Center aging and aiding the industrial devA meeting of business men of the elopment of the city, to the end that city was ca.lied today by Forrest M. employment may be provided for ,its Ea.ton, chairman of the Industrial citizens and residents, enabling them Committee of the seacoast Regional to be self supporting· and thus reAssoclatlon, regarding the plan to ducing the tax burden of said city purchase the building of Carter-Tay- caused by public relief necessitated lor, Inc., to prevent its destruction by unemployment, and particularly, Plans had been completed to raze without limiting the generality of the building to save the expense of the foregoing, but to accomplish Concord, Aug. 22-A total of 239 its upkeep when a group of Inter- said object to engage in the followjobs were filled by the Portsmouth of- ested business men gathered to- Ing activities: fice of the New Hampshire State gether to see if something could not 1. To advertise the industrial adEmployment Service during the be done to prevent this property vantage of said city. month of JU:y, it was announced by from being lost to the city. 2. To make or cause to be made Mrs. Abby L. Wilder. state director. Among those present at the meet- studies and surveys of the posslblliThe local office accepted 124 new were Mr. Eaton, Samuel D. East- ties of said city for industrial devapplications for jobs during July, ham, Alvin F. Redden, Paul Chand- elopment. bringing the total number in the act- ler, Harry Wineba.um, J. D. Hart3. To promote good relations beIve file to 1510. ford, Reginald Trafton, Sherman P. tween employers and employes in Private Industry jobs throughout Newton, Samuel Shapiro, Norman E. said city. the state continued to lncreue ac4. To investigate the reliability, cording to a. report made by the Rand John C. Shaw, Frank C. Remick 'and A. E.' Colburn. character and financial condition of Employment Service, which shows Lawrence M. Meyer, Industrial any industi·y which may desire to that during the month of July the combined offices of the service suc- Engineer of the State Planning and locate in said city. 5..To co-operate with the Slate ceeded In placing 1493 persons in Development Commission of Conprivate employment. Of this num- cord, who has been assisting in this Planning and Development Commisber the report shows that 1147 were in work was present and outlined some slon or any similar agency negotiaregular jobs, that is, jobs of more of the plans.' Immediate action is ting with Industries contemplating 2 than one month's durata!on, an in- necessary and over the.weekend $ 500 locating 1n said city. must be raised in order to acquire 6. To cooperate with the State crease of 118 over June. Temporary jobs numbered 346, or 70 less than the the building. Thk. must be done by Labor Department or any similar Tuesday noon, in order to prevent agency, either Federal or State, in previous month. Total jobs filled for the month, ln- the wrecking company from starting averting or settling any labor disclullng private and public place- work. Individuals who believe this I putes or disagreements which may , ments, numbered 1981, 488 of which large industrial plant, one of the I occur tn said city. largest of !ts kind in New Hampshire 7. To aid deserving industries dewere 1n public operated projects. In commenting on the breakdown should be kept intact will be asked siring to locate in said city by means of the July placement..~. Mrs. Wilder to show their interest in their com- of helping to secure loans, or grants, stated that the forestry, shoe, pa.per munlty to the amount of $100. This or other financial assistance and to and hotel Industries and dome,c:,tic is a. non-profit organization, and is aid in a similar way any deserving 11Crvlce were res.ponsible for the ma- organized for the purpose of bring- Industry in said city which may need such assistance to continue in busi· jority of the job openings, while a. ing industries to this city. The same steering committee, con- ness. good representation of several other 8. To purchase, lease, rent or othIndustries e.lro prevailed during the sisting of Chairman Forrest Eaton, Secretary Frank C. Remick and E. erwise acquire title or possession or month. Approximately three men for every c. Matthews, will continue to carry control of mills, industrial plants, one woman were placed by the ser- on in their effort to save this build- sites, easements, water power, or vice on private jobs according to Mrs. ing. Norman E. Rand was named as other property appurtenant and inWilder. Male placement for the treasurer, and the finance commit- cidental thereto, to hold the same month of July numbered 1457, while tee consists of Harry Wineba.um, and to sell, rent, lease, grant or othchairman; Paul Chandler, and J. D. erwise, dispose of the same and to 524 were for women. Applications for work dropped In Hartford. execute the necessary deeds, leases, The articles of agreement are as mortgages or other evidence of title July, 1618 having been taken as against 2320 for June. The number follows: necessary to effectuate said transArticle 1, The name of the cor- actions. of persons registered throughout the stale numbered 28,526, of which 20,- poration shall be the Portsmouth 9. To solicit and receive contribu- .,.,..,_,,••.,, 613 were men and 7,913 women. In· Industrial Associates. tlons or to borrow money, issue cluded in the total number of perArticle 2. The object for which said notes, bonds or other obligations sesons registered were the applications corporation is established is the pro- cured by mortgage or otherwise, or of 11199 veteran5. motion of the growth and prosperity unsecured, of the corporation to obof the city of Portsmouth by encour- tain funds for the above purposes or for any purpose :for which It ls co orated. 239 Jobs filled By Local Office G~ ~) �10. To employ agents, attorneys, accountants, industrial consultants, engineers, &urveyor. or any other persons or agencies necessary for the purpo. c of carrying out the above object or for any other purpose for which it is incorpora te.d. 11. To do any and all other acts and things incidential to the above provided they are for the sole purpo~e of promoting the growth and prosperity of the City of Portsmouth by maintaining and developing its industries and furnish ing employment and not for the purpose o! making profit, it being specifically provided that should any profit inure to this corporation by means of said transactions or in any other way, or should any moneys, property, bot11 real and personal, or other assets rcma.Jn in said corporation at its dissolution, said moneys and properties shall be paid to the City Council of the City of Portsmouth to be used for any public purpose which the City Council o! said city shall design~ le. Article 3. The place in which the business of Ihis corporation is to be carried on is Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham and St.ate of New Hampshire. Article 4. This corporation shall have 100 shares non-interest bearing, 110 par value non-asses~able capital stock but ils officers, directors, and members shall serve without profit except as reasonable compensation for expmses actually inc~rred. Day Of Diversion Held Yesterday At Rye Beach J; 'Y ,.. Varied And Interesting Program Presented_,: Ogden Nash Reads From Latest Book In the evening there was a concert The North Hampton Woman's by the American Legion Band from Club's third annual "Day of Diver- 7 to 8:30 o'clock. sion" was held at the Farragut Members of the North Hampton House a.t Rye Beach yesterday after- Woman's Club, who worked long noon, with a. large attendance. on preparations of the program were The proceeds of the affair will be well repaid as the affair was a. comused toward the club's scholarehlp plete success and I.hey were favored loan fund, Mrs. Ray Merriman, pres- by the good weather that followed In the wake of a three-day northewst ident of the club, stated. The fund, she said, is to help finance the col- storm. lege education of deserving girls, Many of thoee who attended signed North Hampton girls ha.vlng first a. petition for the reopening of the preference. Rye Beach Coast Guard stations, A feature was the presence of Og- that has been asked for in a moveden Nash, well known auU1or and ment started !nee the drowning of humorist, who read from his latest six persons in that vicinity a little book, "I'm a Stranger Here Myself," more than a. week ago. The petlat the Pla.yhou..,-=e. tion, printed on cards, were passed Colored slides of the Washington to the patrons by Miss Vivian Cathedral, called the "Westminster Brown, president of the Junior of America," were hown and the Woman's Club or North Hampton. musical portion of the program inBecause of choppy seas and the eluded vocal solos by Norman M. fact that they might be called upon Leavitt, baritone, accompanied by at any time to render assistance to Miss Madeline Meredith at the .some boat, Hampton Bea.ch Coa.st piano, and several harp selections Guardsmen cancelled their schedrendered by Miss Martha Boutwell uled beach drlll which was to have of this city. been held near the Rye Beach fish. - - - - - - - - - - - - -....-----, houses In the late afternoon. Much of the success of the program wa.s due to the efforts of the commletet which worked dlligenly p'n preparation for the event. It included: Mrs. Alfred Rosser, general chairman; tickets and information, Mrs. Chester Seavey, Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson, Mrs. Charles Craven; candy, Mr . Laura. Allen, Mrs. Francis Leavitt, Mrs. Leslie Loveett; fortune telling, Evelyn Drake, Mrs. John MacKenzie; lecture, Rev. Floyd Kinsley, Miss Irene Craven; lee cream and tonic, Mrs. Harry Naves, Ml.58 Margaret Brown; balloons, Miss Leavitt, Miss Priscilla Leonard, Mis.~ 1 Martha Boutwell; flowers, Mrs. Richard Currier, Mrs. T. J. Morris, Mrs. Archie Hurlburt. I OGDEN NASH Noted Humorist, Who Read at Day of Diveniion In addition to the program there wa.s an em1ibltion of antiques in charge of Mrs. lielen 0. Henderson of Hampton and an exhibition of books, novelties, children's books, etc., and the Bookmoblle Traveling Library, as well as a. demonstra.tlon of dermetlcs. �Two Kittery Men Aboard Torpedoed-Liner • Charles E. Prince, Sr., And Charles E. Prince, Jr., Reported Scife Although No Direct Word Has Been Received From Them M A Ab d w::: 1tte ry en re oa r c I•ty Of F1I•nt Two Kittery men, father and son, ' ~::::: :: :::::: ~~::· 2~~· K• aboard the to~pedoed liner Athenia, lp which sank 200 miles ,northwest o! ~ J Ireland, while enroute to Montreal / and, while no word has been received from them direct as yet it is believed that they are safe, as it was announced by the State Department Charles E. Prince, Sr., And Charles E. Prince, Jr. at Wa•,hington today that they were Rescued When Athenia Was Sunk among those rescued. The fat.he:· and son 3ailed from New York on August 14 aboard the , Queen Mary to vi.;:it friend, in England, and relatives expected them to ' .start, on their '!"etum trip aboard the Scythia, scheduled for sailing on Friday, The sailing was cancelled because of wartime conditions. When 1-hey !ailed to leave port on I this ship, Charles, Sr., cabled his family at Kittery that he was leaving England on Saturday. Relatives ~aid the~e was no mention of the Athenla, it apparently having been deleted by Brjtl.sh censorship. When news of the ship being torpedoed was broadcast members of the family at Kittery feared that the father and son might be aboard but waited definite word. The first they heard of the relatives was through new~paper sources when the names of the Kittery men appeared in the list of thO!e on board. The family was still waiting today for an assuring cablegram from them saying that they are safe and uninjured. CHARLES E. PRINCE, SR, CHARLES E. PRINCE, .JR. Whether the Kittery men were saved by the Engllsh rescue fleet that worked under protecting gun.s Word has been received in this to their many friends in this secof deHroye~s or if they we.re among the 200 picked up on the Southern country that. the two Kitte~ men tion. ros~. one of the largeEt yachts in who were among the passengers The City of Flint is on its way to the world, owned by Alex Wenner- aboard the British steamer Athe- North America by the northern Gren Stockholm millionaire, is not . ·h i to route. Capt. J. A. Gainard reported know~. ma, w en t was supposedly r - that he does not. expect to land for The Princes are members of a. pedoed by o. German submarine, a. week and gave no inkling of hls ~--~ta,t.'l:{~:':,-••~:.. !:i prominent Kittery family. The late are safe. position for fear of submarines.,...,,,,,,,,_,. -. Clarence M. Prince, father of Charles E. Prince, Sr., and The City of Flint is expected to Charles, Sr., i, well remembered Charles E. Prine~. Jr .. who reside reach Halifax by Saturday. there as a successful business man, on Prince avenue In Kittery, a.re The Flint has · 106 American and and for 27 years was town clerk. . / aboard the steamer City of Flint. the AthHis 1;011 graduated from the Umv1 News of their safety brought relief oi.•·· r •c.n •r ersity of Maine and has been em ployed at ,the navy yard as el.ectrlcal engineer for a number of year.s Charles, Jr., was graduated fro Traip academy in Kittery and fro Wentworth Institute in Boston. �Kittery Father And Son Home After Harrowing Experiences Charles Prince, Sr. And Charles ~ · Prince, Jr., Bailed Out Leaking Small Boat Fo~ Nine Hours After Escaping From Torpedoed Liner Athenia They then started for t,he way helping as they went other diners who found themEelves in the .•ame predicament. From the chaos below the decks, !,he two Kittery men were able to finally find their way to the deck. Then after it was established that the ship would not immediately sink they went to their stateroom A •lory of horror that would grip lhr mo~L hardcnccl advent,urers wa•, t,olct loday by t.wo Kittery m en, fn I her and son, Charles E. Prince, Sr., and Chari,.,~ Prince, Jr., aft,er I heir ~ afc nrnval la le yesterday by ,tir from Halifax N. s., the first por they 1ouchecl af!,er being res cued with other ~urvivors of the Iorpccto <l Alhenia off the north <'rn co ,sl, of Eneland. Th!:' were ea ting supper when the torpedo explosion nearly up.set the Brit,ish ocean liner, throwing the diners agamst one wall amid broken !,ables, splintered chairs, scattered dishes and in a shower of glass from broken chandeliers. The hurry !,hat followed on !,he upper deck of t,he Athen!a one that the Princes say they never forget. And after that the father and son spent many anxious hours in an overloaded lifeboat with an open drain In the hull, let.Ung water pour into the boat, keeping the passengers busy bailing "for their lives." "Wr left Liverpool at 3 p. Saturday <Sept. 2) and we m11ny hours out of the harbor when we were told that a of war cxl.~tcd between Great ain and Germany," the elder Po rtsmouth Herold Photo Prince said. , Ch arles E. Pr(nce, Sr. , and Charles E. Prince, Jr., bath af Kittery, gre eted a t The :;on had the more complete I Po rtsmouth aorpa rt by Mrs. Prince, Sr., after arrival from Halifax . The fa the r story of the westward passage, 1 a nd son a re su rv ivors af the British liner Athenia which was sunk by a torhowevcr, because he made a diary pe do off th e coaa t of Ire land, 11 of the trip, including every thing r:-sh;~lp~t,";'h""a~t~tl~1e~f~a"!t~e~riia~1~1ips!lo'!'!nl!ll!,l!l!"l!!lerl!l!·e•rl!lo■r•11:11flle■-■p■re•s e•r•v•er•·s•.MINRia••• lhat h11.ppened, including the times eating with shipmates In the dining Returning to the deck they saw he wa.s i;eas!ck and when he and room <7.30 p. m., ship time) when that there was litt!E chance of his father had to share the same the torpedo. which the British finding room in a lifeboat so built toothbrush. Admiralty claim was fired from a a small raft on which !,hey planned "During the time that followed German submarine, struck the to pin their hope of rescue but,, as the declaration of war unUl the ship. the time neared when hands must ship was torpedoed many of the The ship listed heavily, send- leave the ship, they spotted a lifepassengers were A. little fearful of ing all the movable furniture boat, one deck below, with a litwhat might happen-and It did," against one wall. Injuring many tie room left. young Charles, who is well known of the people, and when the father And little room it was, but it in this city and by fiEhennen In and son were able to find each seemed better than just trusting to Portsmouth Harbor where he has other ell Charles, Jr., was able to a flimsy raft and their life-belts spent many hours in his own mo- say was, "I guess we're done for in the cold ocean. When the boat was lowered into the water the ocnow.'' lar boat., rlrdared. But the youlh's father was more cupants were not long In discoverIt wns only iPn homs nfter t,hr hopeful and said, "We've got to in g that a drain plug in the bot";.tnt<' of war" wn~ reported to get out of here and up on deck." tom had not be~n re Jlacccl in the Survivors Of Athenia Reach Home �meant bail "for your lives'' so bail th y did for t.he next nine hour,s until they were picked np by the Southern cros.s. During the nine hours lowed there were countless periences that the pair forget. Seas washed over the boat, time after time it threatened to capsize in the trough of the waves, and even when they pulled along beside the Southern Cross they found it precarious to climb out of the smaller craft and up the side of the larger ship. One scene that still stands out vividly in their minds was when a Swedish sailor, carrying a small baby, about to be swept from the boarding ladder int-0 the ocean, held the bab ·'s clothing with his teeth and then canied the tot to safety as a mother cat does its kitten. After a few hours on the Southern Cross they were transferred to the cargo ship City of Flint where they were greeted by 30 passengers crossing to Halifax, N. S., and were given dry clothing. Father and son were given a toothbrush to share wit.h each other-and at that point it was a real luxury. They were able t-0 wash up and the men who wanted to use the "community razor" had their first shave since the torpedoing of the Athenia. Then during the westward passage on this ship the two Kittery men were enlisted in the crew, ti1eii: duty being to stand watch on the bridge. Other survivors also took various stations along with the crew. All in all, despite their harrowing experiences the first few but seemingly long hours after the torpedoing, the Kittery pair say they had a wonderful experience. They arrived in Halifax o'clock yesterday morning and left there by plane at 2 p. m., arriving in Portsmouth about 7 o'clock. Although the Kittery men did not share the experience of other passengers who reported seeing the submarine on the surface and watching the torpedo drifting toward the ill-fated Athenia, Mr. Prince and his son told of Sc<!ing the submarine hovering near the tossing lifeboats during the night. "I understand the boiler on the Athenia might have blown up, according .to some quarters, or that the English sank her to create sympathy," the son said during an earlier interview at Portland, "but the Athcnin was torpedoed, nnd nobody who was 11board doubts it." He said passengers who attempted to rC'ach their cabins after the impact and explosion found debris on D deck, slightly aft of midship, strong powder fumes nnd onrushing wa tN. Some passengers reported seeing "one or two persons who had been killed, appnrent.!y while in their cabinR where the torpedo struck," he said. 0 May Consider Reopening Of Rye Station e; l9 Report Of Board Of Investigation Into Recent Tragedy Being Prepared And Will Be Sent To Washington Reestablishipg a Coast Guard st.ation at Rye Beach, possibly at Rye Harbor, was under consideration for recommendation today by the board of investigation Into the drowning of six persons off Rye Beach on Aug. 21 as the records of yesterday's hearing at Hampton Beach were being prepared for the Coast Guard Department at Washington. The hearing was held all clay yesterday at the Hampton Beach Coast Guard station where testimony in connection with the loss of five men and a girl when their 25-foot fishing boat burned, officials believe, within sight of one of the recently closed Coast Guard stations at Rye Beach was heard, and criticism of existing condiLions stated by officials and persons supporting the efforts to have a Rye Beach station established. Testimony that the present C-Oast Guard mot-0r patrol from Wallls Sands to Merrimac River affords little protection to the coastline, ls being considered today by Lieut. Comdr. Frank B. Lincoln of Bost-0n, acting operations officer of No. 1 district, as he wrote his report of the hearing to be turned over to Capt. Thomas H. Shanley, commander of the Boston district, before it is sent to headquarters in Washington. The hearing opened at 10 o'clock In the forenoon when Chief of Police A. Manning Remick was called to testify as to his part in the discovery of the tragedy when the six bodies were fownd on the beach at Varrell's Point, Rye, being followed by John Locke, summer resident of Straw's Point, who was the first to see the bodies as he walked along the beach with his sister, and Mrs. R. J. Meigs, a summer resident of Straw's Point, who said she heard cries for help on the night when the Nodska sank off Rye Beach. The present method of motorized patrol of the beaches in this section ls inadequate, Boatswain's Mate Hallie D. Larrabee said, explaining that, although three summer residents of Straw's Point heard the desperate cries for l1elp about 11.15 o'clock that night, it would have been impossible for the surfmen to hear the cries as they atrolled in the truck. The officers also stated that not only the noise of the truck made the present method unreliable, but the patrol's view of the ocean Is obstructed more than half the distance along this section of coast. Other Coast Guard officials testified during the early part of the session in connection with their part in the search for the missing boat, f.i~i1'1t:·.•'1.'1'::.if, ~,r,;,,~,,.." and the last witness called, u. W. • Seavey of Rye, lobster fisherman, IJ!'!ll!Jt.t ...~•,;Jlf,•:• and former Coast Guardsman, asserted that about 60 boats are using 11\,J'!i..:!"-':\!....,. . ,, Rye Harbor during the summer months, and many have to be aided at that point when the smaller boats get caught in rough waters outside after engine trouble develops. Included in the group at the hearing were those interested in the move to reestabllsh a Coast Guard .., '"~,.,,,...,, _.,,.,r-~• station at Rye Beach to afford complete and adequate protection to both the north and south portion of the New Hampshire seacoast. In n.::tti1,,1;·,~,.,.,"!>'-.. -~·,..•. this group were Precinct Commis- •.,~_..,.,,,."' sioners Shirley Philbrick, Russell Sawyer and Abbot Drake, all of Rye Beach; Publlsher J. D. Hartford, of Portsmouth, and Mr. Robbins and daughter, Mrs. Russell Davis, of Fair Hill Estates. �1 ..• , .. i ""?o-c--\,s. ~~~-- o. l l -----·~..-::·=-·__;;,__ > ,___ , -'-a--'--'s- be - in_g_ c~nveyed to his l~st ;;_ -( 1-w pose and Aldrich joined the sad pro_ ,, cession. • According to Charles Brewster, [ 1 colorful recorder of Portsmouth his-,1 . tory, "the old jail on Islington Street 1 was built in 1782; the stone cells I about 55 years later. Before the old ~ wooden jail was burnt in 1781, this By Justine FHnt site was purchased for a new jail. The eastern half of the lot was :t=:a==m=e=n=1,;=be=r=o'""f-:P=-o-1-:-t--s-mo_u..,t-=--h""'s--so_c_,i_a,...,.,lli..fe....i,, bought in 1779 by Major Gains, as Portsmouth history is noted for dancing with ladies of the wealthy j commissioner of Rockingham counits fascinating background of adven- families of the city. His literary ty from John and Samuel Penhalture and romanticism. Books have acquirements, though he was not low for 400 pounds, then about been written about its exciting par- educat$d, enabled him to make a $2000." t~cipation in the various wars, espe- marked impression in society and he I When this jail was finally torn ~!ally the Revolution, and many of made the most of his abilities. down to be replaced by a modern · its alert and industrious men and But he couldn't resist the tempta- one on Penhallow Street, many inwomen live on today in the realm of tion of getting into trouble. He terest!ng findings came to light. The the printed page. seemed to enjoy it. His talents, work of demolishing the cells of As in any other thriving commun- however, covered his tracks, and he the old wooden jail showed evidence ity, particularly near the sea, Ports- was cordially received for his em!- that the place was constructed with mouth had its share of charming nent ability and social graces. Fin- the view of safe keeping of the in• scoundrels who spent half their time ally he overstepped the line of pru- mates. Over, beneath and all around in jail and the other half in delight- \ dence and found himself incarcer- each cell the walls and ceilings were · · ing and captivating both the young I ated in the cell of Portsmouth's old lined with solid 8-inch timbers to / and elderly of socl-ety and swindling II jail. Undaunted, he blithely called which were added about every ten them the while. The jail was then ij it the "Hotel d'Adams" after its inches flat thick bars of iron secure- • one of the most inexorable yet inter- / keeper, Sheriff Joseph B. Adams, ly bolted to the woodwork. est!ng and enlivening places in town. and informed his friends that they , Among the recollections of the As perhaps you know, Ports- could reach him at that new address. strange inhabitants of this build- mouth's jail was originally located i He was imprisoned for obtaining ing is the case of "Old Daniel" .;. on Islington Street near the pres- J money in an unconventional man- ~odgkins. He was subject to fits of ent location of the Knights of Co1- r.er. msanity, but was perfectly harmumbus hall. It was ma~e- of wood Thomas Bailey Aldrich wrote less at all other times. He was full solid ·a-na ·- ,veH-guarded, - an.a it~- about Watson !n his history, "The of queer fancies, one of his favormethods of punishments seem amus- : Friend Of My Youth ! ' In this, he · ites was his personal recollections of ing and inhuman to us today. tells about his meeting with Henry the -Great Flood and Noah's Ark, · One of its most frequent and yet w _a tson as a young boy over a glass upon which he would comment with mo_st brilliant and debonair inmates of soda at Walls' store (which once I all the assurance of an eye witness. was a man named Henry Noble Wat- stood on the corner of Market Street From an old Portsmouth Daily son who called himself "Gov. Dorr." and Market Square) and how he Chronicle, the date of which has While confined he was a regular became his great friend and admirer. been torn away, we read of many incorrespondent of the "Rockingham Aldrich's peach lost its bloom when stances of the corporal punishMessenger," published by Thomas he found out that his "friend" was ments inflicted in the days of the J. Whittem, apd he wrote many ex- a gambler an_d that when he left old wooden jail. cellent characteristic articles under town there went with him Aldrich's It seems that the old jail yard saw , this signature. favorite copy of Shakespea.re. a number of instances of the bar1 j Henry was a bright and forward After Mr. Aldrich had gone to barous customs of more primitive student at the Portsmouth grammar · New York and was in the editorial times, and the whipping post and - school which was located on State room of the Saturday Press, he had pillory were frequently in use . .1 J Street, and although he pursued a ~all one evening, after hours, from Mr. Timothy Gerrish was keeper edu_c ation no further, his natural in- this same "Frien~ <;>f My Youth." of the Is,l ington Str~et Jail from telllgence, excellent memory and sur- He had lost all his Jaunty airs, his 1800 to 1815. Previous to 1800, _., passing genius did the rest and led coat was thread-bare and seedy and criminals were often whipped on , him into the extraordinary career h~ came to ask for aid to enable Market Square; but after that time which called him into public notice. hnn to leave New York for New the whipping was done in the vicinHe was born in New Castle in June 0 1:1eans, where he was going, he ity of the jail. Sometimes the cul1822. His father was Asa Watson, a said, to be an honest man. Aldrich prits were lashed up at a post which sergeant during the war of 1812, had a five dollar bill, but needed two formed a corner of the fence be- I his mother, Mary Locke of New dollars for a purpose and could not tween the prison and the barn. Here Castle. His parents kept the "Pound break his five. Henry thought he the iron staples to which their hands "· Tavern" at the junction of Middle could change it and much to Aid- were tied remained for years. and South roads and he was one of rich's disgust, he brought forth a The names of but few of the many nine children. portly pocket book filled with bank culprits can now be recollected, alHe assumed the character of "Gov. notes. When Aldrich tried to use though scarcely a year passed withDorr" at the time of the Dorr Re- the change Henry had given him, out several being tied up to the '- bellion in Rhode Island when the h~wever, it was found to be counter- J whipping post. One of the prisoners, real Gov. Dorr figured in history in fe1t. named Morse, between 60 and 70 1842-47. It pleased Henry to take Needless to say, Watson did not years of age, who had been guilty of ' him as a prototype and to pass him- go to New Orleans, and he did not passing counterfeit money, was sen.'1 self off as the real governor, while reform. In Ipswich he assumed the tenced to stand in the pillory and the latter was a refugee in Massa- role of an army or navy officer and aft:rwards received 39 lashes, and chusetts and New Hampshire. became engaged to a lady of that tI:e work was done by deputy sI1er. He_nry came to Portsmouth pre- town, while he was really an escaped 1ffs Low, Gerrish & Eastman, 13 . _ tendmg to be a comparative strang- convict. , lashe§__ea_ch. _ 1~_11!_~4 Samuel Hogg\ ·P~. I J ~r, dressed elaborat,ely and assum- When Aldrich came to Portsmouth was branded and whipped; Nehe-j (' -· " :1_ _,:.l m . g the st-yle of a high born _gentle- on a vacatio11, he says he chanced ; miah C:am wa-s placed in the pillory. -_~ - <=t • ~l_; : , / man. He was able to deceive the upon a funeral on his way from the I and whipped. The last person to be ·' l~~ el~,S__ ,:3-nd for a tim_1 :_~e station. -~'IJ~ __!,rie!)d of his youth" 11 branded was John Bickford in 1810. '<. · -_, . · , - · -:- --:------··!_~his took place in front of the jail. •i Amus1ng And Historical · incidents From Portsm·outh s Exciting Past lI j l 1 i 1 I J ~ -· . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - -- . , --- ~ �-~ -- •• J ·: . • • • • / I •• - '. '. · ] a piece of cork, the India ink was -·: -· 1rl::dw:/~;i::· J;l~!~ 11::! ~ Olo -.i ' o\\ -~ ... ~A!;\c.·. A d C ~~el~i:~~ E ngIne n One. a··r·-.. pIUnge IntO R•1ver A . S.,,·· Br• dge Co apses ,- .:.·•·;ft With several needles-projecting from , -- • "------~~ ~~-.l---. --•-·-· - - -·-- • , 1 ~h~~~::~f ~~:u:e:;1e:Y~~r~:! ~ , ,side to the hair on the temples on 1 !the of the by aot~er lme ~ide m the sameforehead, manner and in- .· • < . serted from the line aforesaid to the end of the nose." He was not . permitted to wipe the blood from his face for some time, that the ink :~!~!e~ot a~~r!~;~~bei~b:eti~~! with a shoe brush so effectively, that the marks were completely eradicated from the nose, and those on ', the· foreh ead were much effaced. -. - . 1 Although it's hard to believe, there used to be two pillories connected with the jail in Portsmouth, and in these prisoners were raised in the air, their arms extended, and their necks securely enclosed in a piece ·" of plank. Boys were permitted to throw rotten eggs etc. at the culprits while they were thus helpless in this ...-.'·., position. The pillories were in use t ·.; as late as 1812. The instrument used for whipping was a "cat o' nine tails;" a whip with nine lashes, each of which wa.~ knotted and terminated with iron wire. To make the cuts more se•• -·"- vere, they were sometimes soakec' \· f , ; • I 1 j \ \ ) iEngineer And Firema~ Drowned In IAccident As Train Passed Over Structure Between Kittery And This City- No Passengers Injured ·•j An investigatio,n was under way today by the ·Boston.& i iAaine Railroad in an effort to establish the cause-1of col• · kipse of an antiquated railroad bridge over the Pisc:ataqua . Rh-er here which plunged the englne and O!'I empty COCiC~ ' °'~- - f~1.,str,,r1 -bound train ir. tc 70 feet of water Jost night' ",1{ pickle before using. The culprit~ were invariably so much injured b: · i :·oo!: ·the 'iivcs o·f two railroaci cmp!'oye·s~ o·ri·c· a · ria.ti·~~-o(E::.. J 1 ... 3/ .~ tpe application that medical ca.rr- : . ,. ··--:-:; ~as required to heal the wounds a.no ! · . ~ :~<· ·.,,;••,::lhruises. · !I ...) '' ;--:>- · · Such were the punishments in- , -, . ' fl!cted by the laws of New Hampshire which were not repealed until the erection of our State Prison in :· ,,: _· . 1812-and in fact, for some crimes, the punishment of whipping was i allowed by law until 1829. ! Old Portsmouth- and its historic past furnish an endless supply of actual facts and stories dealing with its exciting background and the people who lived here when the towr. was new. Old files frequently reveal _:; some word or· line that opens new 1·· fields for research. The loc~tion .. , :~•- :;- of Portsmouth's old wooden jail, at fr '·_·_'.i,:_1:_;i;,'. which the average passer-_ by never , ;, ,.,.:- ·, •i gives a thought or glance, 1s haunt. ·· '/· ":'·. ~- ed by the startling instances of long •· :.';/'-' ago. We've tried to give you z. ,:· .,. glimpse into some of them, you'll ' · \ . · , find many more in the yellowed .. ~~=- : pages of the city's oldest newspapers, The New Hampshire Gazet.:-, or in the Portsmouth Dail;,· Chronicle. i 11 /I -·_._' ·;;__ , The dead ore: Charles D.' Towle, 49, of Exeter, fireman. Engineer John Beoha of Somerville, MQss. ; .who:rn , body was not recovere~ immediately. ' .. A doxen posseng_ersl in · three rear coaches w,~re SQl.?C?d I from death when t~e coupling be~een the first and \s.~~ond cars parted, allov11ng the occupied etioches to rem.o,n' on · the ·track when the automatic brakes were applied.' Har.dears transferred some of the survivors to the Kittery;side of the bridge from where tne y continued their trip to ,Bost~n in busses. ---- ' . :;:. -· ·---- . - ---- . .. omcials began investigations nrt.er ln:ght, prior to the •run from_ North observers reported they bel!evcd the Berwick to Boston. The tram was , : 108-year-old bridge had b«n weak- lprcceeding at about 3 miles per ' ened by blnstlng !or. the new bridge :hour, officials said, which was the ; bc!ng con8truct.ed pnrallcl to I the order for trains during the past s~v- . ' old structure, nnd a. swirling WMh era1 years because of the condition i of waler around the cnlson plnccd I of the bridge. about 60 feet from where the struc- Only a few moments after the 1 lure gave way under the weight of front section of the passenger train ; thc ~nglne. i ph:nged into the water as though A spokesman for the rallroad \!ln- thrown from a catapult, the fireman. , nounced the bridge hnd been •·under was heard screaming for help as the -· ·-_.:, ~ ,~ .. . constant iru;pecllon by rallrond !en- iinc:oming tide swept him upstream. , glnecrlng forces since the bei:;lnnln;: ·Automobile lights ,were directed :· :.. ,. f or "the new construction, whlct1 ls I;;cross the water in the direction of ,· ~ .'·. · · '· ' about 60 feet downstream from the screams but all witnesses said ... ex'fstlng bridge" nnd thr,t there Jwas ·.b :-y could . see was th_e sp]intered :_,._: .. ;, "no evid ence or dernllmcnt or I the :lei.iris of the wooden bridge bein~ ., · l:-nln prior to the plunge Into the ·wept toward Great Bay. . . river." . . --·· .,.uu5c; .lmO L.:~: Towle's body was found later by ~r." Capt, Shirley Holt, Jr.; harbor-maa- . .o : The announcement said that "ei•• ter, who headed a rescue party that t·.;, •., I r:~ything was normal" when the t..-at;:, formed immediately after the tra.g- f. "· -<), Iproceeded from Portsmouth to ady. • 1. · .i. 1 :;' ' North Berwick, Me., e11,rlier in 'ihe Engineer Beattie was trapped .·. -:-;-..- --·--ir.e engine, officials believe, and was ., ---- . . ----~. -~---- ~. -- <. ,• ·l the I . ... , ~ ·... . :.- ; . ; ,,.. ------. fn j . t _.:· ~''i:;' �✓• •·•:· ",:,-.;: ,.-... +a ·,,. ,• .~ .,_,_ ,,, • • ... •,. • lJ ,.,,$ :• ''-;:),,-.., .,-"~ , .... , '.,,;:_ • !, ,·· , ._,..:.';.~:._-.. ,,l ;. . • ., .~ ' .', . -, ~-;~\,,.11:i,• .:::,, ~ •\: •; • · '.'-/. either drowned or killed when th,!, . Ing the forenoon many came to Uiel ! side and apparently not seriously ~l'>l~q•<\,'.~:,'{"'-~~•.:"" , .;.iJ:. fire-box under the boiler probably : river banks to view the scene but t'. damaged by the car that followed i~ · •!-''~- exploded as the cold water poured ' were turned back by railroad police. into the river. The empty coach , .•:· in. ' Boston & Maine railroad officials was toward the Kittery ~hore from , Towle, who was probably standins arrived at the scene during the ni~ht · the engine as both lay on the bottom ·:<;.:;;,;._'.x · · " ·' in the rear part of the cab. is be• and made an inspection of the splin- of the river. ;".'i~;.c.•, __.. . . . ~ . lieved to have been able to jump • tered timbers and twisted tracks in Another dive and search for the -;i i~'c' ~!i~.i?i,i'.,;_; clear of the empty .coach that. fol• an effort to learn just how the en- engineer's body will be made at 5 - . ,1..;~ti-;'h.!-·' ;,; ~-~V•-. ,; :· lowed the engine into the river but . gine plunged Into the water at o'clock this afternoon when there f7- 'ii, .., ;,.. with his clothing soaking wet W!',~ nearly the deepest section of the- . is a low ebb of tide. . .h),i .'ff" unable to stay afioat until ·help river. Boston & Maine officials stated .,~,,· reached him. _ _ __ ,,: The engine and passenger car could th~,s after_noo~ that: . ~~;:{< '·,_-.;/;, Unnerved, but unaware of really , not be seen under the turbulant Investigation during the early t'-:f:,,8 how close to death they came, the ·. rush of water. Offi,i:ials fe~l that daylight l1ours indicated that the :, ; t,.F'.: passengers were taken to ·the -Kit- ·., there is little hope of salvaging the supports of one of the 80-foot spans · · !\~?:: tery shore then made the rest of first three units of the Ill-fated train . of' the bridge was displaced by the . trip to their various destinatiomi :i;y ·· without the use of heavy marine . movement of the caisson which was :, /~,;; bus. . . · derrioks. being sunk nearby. l1 The passengers told newsmen they ·:; As soon as the report o_f the a_ccl- · "The condition of the pile~ a: the ::, l ,"'.'•t: had no idea that an thing serious dent reached Coast Guard officials, easterly end of the span md1cate \. f \\}/ had occurred because ~he ·felt onl . two boats, the Portsmouth Harbor that they were pulled out of place :.:, slight jars. y Y '·.' surf boat and the C. G. 409, attac~1ed I before the train came on to the ,: ~.':{· ·The women and children wei:e car- , to the Squalus salvage unit, were ! bridge. i ·tf ried from the scene to the dra~ti- ·,:· dispatched to the upper harb~r and "Perfect working of the air brakes i-'i'!:\t,,(/- der's shack by a handcar becauiie ·:, river to search for any bodies of , on the train when the engine and , ;;(-;'_ some of the planking along the ;' passei:igers at first believed to have · first car, which was bein_g deadheadj~< bridge catwalk had rotted.away and , been m the coach that plunged into . ed to Boston, were precipitated m!-° other sections were-ma.de slippery,by ·::. the water. F_or more tµan an hour the water, saved_ the other cars m . r -?i'"~- the rain. ;-_ after the accident the Coast Guard the tram from d1Saster. There 1s no ,, - . • boats flooded the surface of the indication of structural failure and ;. ::1~', P2.SSengers on the train we.re: ·.. water with searc~ lights. . : the disaster was caused by orces , .; ::' Mrs. Edith Goldman, 40 Park St., But later when it was establtshed . having no connection with the ', :f; Lynn, Mass. that there were no passengers in the '. bridge itself. ~'•.' Mrs. Henry French, 59 Chatham car and that hope for the engineer "There was no evidence of derail..\}~,. St., Lynn, Ma_ss. was abandoned the Coast Guard ( ment prior to the plunge of the ·,\,t;-·:. Daughter, Arlene M. French, :- boats were ordered back to their sta- equipment into the river. ! -~~1; about 10 years old. tlons. "While there has been a bridge at · 1:_{~:Margaret Cawthron, aged 8, 53 Fireman Towle, 49-year-old native this point ·for 100 years, this struc' ?~} Chatham St., 1:'ynn, Mass. of Exeter, was listed by officials as · ture has been entirely rebuilt sevl. Ji;/5:: W. W. Hodgkins, 104 Lafayette St., of Portland, Me ., where, it was_ re- era! times, and all parts have been ,\{J;· Salem, Mass. . ported today, he had a room m a renewed repeatedly." -!ffi': Chester Matthews, North Berwick. boarding house. He _is survived by 1 >!~· George McCarthy, -6 Boardman one daughter, Mrs. Mildred Bartlett, · -,i:~ St., Salem, Mass. , of Haverhill, Mass., and two sisters, ~¼ , R. E. Mailes, 68 Dane St., Beverly, · Mrs. Mildred Field and Mrs. Charles .~~·;f Mass. Kidd, both of Exeter. Walter Smith, Beverly, Mass. Engineer Beattie, 68, of Delaware , (-~-"i Roland Smith and son, Duane, streJt, Somerville, Mass., was the •.:Iii Rockport, Mass. father of two children. k::;,it{J~ Harry C. Bedell, North Berwick. The pa~senger schedule to ·_,;,'f~: The foll_owing composed the crew from this cit~ has practically re- _ [_-if~</·· of the tram: turned to normal this afternoon, t ·';•fi•::;;; Conductor, L. H. Storer. ·:. railroad officials declared, except :· Engineer, John Beattie of Somer- i for an express train which has been i" ~c-.J ville, Mass. - routed through the Wes.tern DivisFireman, C. H. Towle, of Exeter. ion. The expre;s, the Pine Tree :it!:' Baggageman, D. R. Gee of ·. Limited, will go from Boston to Port- '' //;;,,. Swampscott, Mass. _ land, while the midnight run of the •,: ·• Brakeman, J. J. Claffy, of Salem, -- streamlined Flying Yankee is exMass. ·, pected to end in this city and pas,.- ~JI;·. Upon hearing the cries from the :~ sengers going to Portland will be ·. •,~- drowning fireman, Holt and Willie ~- carried by bus to Dover and taken :.: J::'1,:';.#1Viens put out in a skiff in an effort .,_ by train to Portland. }'. to reach Towle who was being carThis afternoon most of the splint- ,·. I ::Jr;, ·i ried upriver by the tide. Roscoe ·. erect debris of the span had been ' ;iJ;_'f;_.· Williams and Joseph Crippy, who '. washed away and railroad officials ·; ; }(!;'.{, live nearby, also put out in a boat ·;-- and engineers viewed the scene _;, to assist in the rescue attempt. The preparatory to making plans for f'al- . ~- J_{i.,;j victims body was found later at a / vaging the train's three front units. ! ;;:11\ point near Gra.y Lodge. Dr. Charles · It is expe<;ted that a lig_hter from I ;JJ~-i Kinghorn, York county medical ; Boston or ~ew _York_will be called r{{f,·1 referee, was called and pronounced · and the tram Wlll be lifted by marine ;;,;;:~,· the man dead from drowning, then :, derricks. 1 ,· ordered the body turned over to the A diver went down to the wreckage '· undertaking rooms of J. Verne _.- today but was unable to !ind the ( t· Wood. The body was carried to , body of the engmeer, officials de- !· ., : this city from Kittery in the Ports- / clared. He looked il~ the cab of the ['~} 1 ','°"·; . mouth police ambulance. , engine before return mg to the sur· ( .. !: !--,~\,:,_ \.,,;:,"'i ;,+\•· ' i\:ttJ:i When news of the tragedy spread ·'.'. f ace. . . 1;(\',,)>, ,, _ , .. " ::-,;':',:~,: through Portsmouth more than 500 ,1 The divei, making his descent at ., ,.,,.~ !,,_i:...\•'"·:,-:;:·:,f' •. v •:·,!~C persons gathered at t.he scene on • the noon ebb of tide, reported _to c . ,.'.• --f,_·~~- ·_ . "~· ~,.. •,.. . r ;,r,t"'~ '•~ff ' · 1 th t th ngine was on it., .:i:; \l.{\':~,.,., ,.,,_,-,., •• :~,:, t,:-::, either end of the bridge. Even dur- ~- 0 icia s a e e . , , ~-;;- -a. , ._ .. :- ..:,,-,~,-- •..1<,--,~~)' f.i::~fp:1f;{,,. c,,,:i'i. -J.!;_, + , :.'t :-·/Y>-~~- t ._)~¥} \t:;; the . i,J•~- : ':r f * \itb. i ;?\i l•-;S,;:~ .!W: ;-~\W1 f:i~t,, .:~.;1~:::i~~~~}~!i' ,r~:15~Jt~,0~;;:~r::,~~~¢/'; :r:~~;,1~~-~j~~,~~~~;~~~~~ttf~:i~ �oil rood Bridge announce that the three units resting under 70 feet of swift tide waters will be salvaged, Laurence F. Whittlemore, president's office representative, said this ttfternoon. There are a number of aspects that must thoroughly be studied, he explained, first the position of lhe engine, tender, and coach, the damage to the units. and possibilities of lifting it through the tidal waters. The engine's original and new value was $90,000, and although the valuation has probably decreased sorneL--.....,.....,.,..----,:--:.=-----::-::-:;-:--r.=::-t what since the time it was purLlmited through Dover and a ram, chased. officials said, it has been reCivilian and railroad salvage en- replacing it on the Eastern Division, built. gineers today viewed the wrecked leaving Boston for Portsmouth 25 If the salvaging project is despan of the wooden railroad bridge minutes later. clded upon It was reliably believed across Piscataqua River through Salvagers admitted it was a big that lighters would be sent to the which three front units of a Boston task to lift the heavy steam engine scene from the Merritt-Chapman & Maine t rain plunged Sunday eve- out of the water but that it was and Scott corporation of New York, ning carrying two employes t o their entirely possible although it would Railroad officials said that a repredeath and after studying a diver's be strictly "a. lighter proposition." sente.tive, George W. Tooker, superreport are said to have hopes of Boston to Portland trains, gener- intendant of the derrick department, hoisting the 123-ton engine from the ally scheduled through this city, was viewing the tragedy scene, 70 feet of water. have been detoured through Dover studying the problem of salvage. Meanwhile members of the Ports- and a bus connection will make a Although 30-odd years ago when mouth Harbor Co&Bt Guard crew link in the service between this city another locomotive tumbled through continued their search for the body and the up-river city. the open draw at the Kittery end a of Engineer John Beatie of SomerTrains to Boston will leave Ports- heavy crane was able to operate ville, Mau., that had not been re- mouth at the following times from the wooden bridge officials ported found this afternoon. (EDT): 4.47 a. m., 6.27 a.. m. 7-36 a.. considered the.I, in its weakened conPassenger service to and from m., 3.22 a. m .. 10.12 a. m ., l. 23 p. m., ditlon the bridge would not support Portsmouth had been resumed on 5.09 p. m. and 7.06 p. m. such a. load and the lifting of the an almost normal schedule, PassenArrival of trains from Boston in engine and coach would have to ger Traffic Director H.F. McCarthy this city are listed as follows: 7.o4 be "a lighter proposition." announced this afternoon. The only a. m., 9 a. m., 12.30 p. m .. 3.30 p. m., The bridge authority announced out8tanding change in schedule be- 4.55 p. m. 6.01 p. m., 7 p. m., and 11.35 that the caisson for the new bridge cause of the bridge failure, he said. p. m. was not damaged. However, when was the rerouting of the Pine Tree It w111 be several days before Boston end Maine official can definitely Plans To Salvage Engine And Car Considered L·ig hte rs Will Be Used In Raising Heavy Equipment Officials State-Body Of Drowned Eng ineer Not Yet Recovere d ��It does seem that we are delving told him as a joke that the woman into the past a great deal today, had left, because she had changed The second meeting of but after you have read the follow- ~=~cer::!i~ ~h\e~:r:b~~d~~~~" a~~ .. Portsmouth Junior Women's ing poems, you'll appreciate the .proceeded to commit harikari with was held on Monday evening at -~_; fact that we clid. his bridle reins. the home of Mrs. Walter F. Lane of :;\ These poems were written way 'Tis odd, the erring Vulgar say, South street. '\':,° back in the eighteenth century by That things have so miscarried; There were about 45 persons at- :\;:'_ Portsmouth poets of that time and John hang'd himself the very Day, tending and the chief business of D· were prinred in the New Hampshire F He was to have been married. the evening consisted of forming a .7-'.j Gaz7tte, ediped and published by But talk not, Friends, without your ·. \ definite organization. Mrs. Lane ',,._;: Dame! Fowle: Book, ;,,,:, opened the meeting by presenting ,..,: • The followmg verse was prefaced Nor blindly blame a Brother; the slate of office candidates as .\:;'. by an explanation of the episode in- For after all, he only took drawn up by the nominating ~om- ;/:'. spiring Its response - a suicide -. One noose, instead of 'tother. mittee on Sept. 21. This slate was ,;\ It was ~rin.ted on February 11, 1774 'Tis true that one of Hemp, was approved and t.he officers are as . a~~ begms · made, follows: president, Louise Tobey; ·_:..~..- The_ mos~ comfortable_ of all So coarser was, and rougher; vice president, Priscilla Noddin; Conditions m ~uman L1!~, last The other's silken, it is said,secretary. Mrs. Helen Peterson· 6,f: Fortnight, met with a shockmg afBut Silk we know's the tougher. . ' ·,:,:'i;" front." The explanatory paragraph And he that's fated to a Noose, Treasurer, Marian Herse!. Mrs. J-: relates that a middle-aged man, afAnd would not suffer longest ~ane th en turne~ th e me~tmg over \ ··1 !lanced to a woman of similar age, Were he allowed the Power to th e n~w president, Mi~ Tobey, •t~~l called to see her very shortly before choose, who presided for th e remam der of 'fa'd they were to be married. Someone Would never take the strongest. the evening. #11 ·,"'. ,. ,..·,J ))f"·i.,.:t After a general discussion, It <;/,~ -----voted to hold the club's reg- ,~?:ij . . . . . ·f.}: ular meetings on the third Monday .:. j Our next choice was prmtea 11: the young men of that day, mstead of . ... of each month at 7.45 p . m. at va- :;,:; j New Hampshire Gazette on Friday, dancing '.'cheek to cheek", poured :_ . ted in a dvance. .••·.· f.ugust 13, 1773 and shows how the their feelmgs into poetry: ,· rl·ous pl ac es des1gna ~ · • The next meeting will be held on . f:; Fair Mistress of my best, Affections! Monday. Oct. 1, at the Y.W.C.A . .:•:?'~ The following . members have of- .i: The following Midnight Hour's Reflections, fered to open their homes for sue- 1":'' Spring from a passion pure and lasting, ceeding meetings: Madeline Becker, . ::, I send this Morning, fresh and fasting. Phyllis Hodgdon, Mrs. Catherine ', •1 Your Face Your Tongue Farrington, Louise Musgrove, Mrs. ?i{ Your Wit, : Helen Peterson and Prisc!lla War- '<ti So fair, so sweet, so sharp, 1 ren. Two supper meetings were :?,! First bent, then drew, then hit, also suggested. _-·j Mine Eye, mine Ear, mine Heart. A committee was selected to draw up a constitution and con- :.:;'. Mine Eye, mine Ear, mine Heart sisted of Pauline Putnam, Mrs. Es- :J\) To like, to learn, telle Kinkley, and Grace Saurian. to love, A refreshment committee for the Your Face, your Tongue, your Wit, next meeting was appointed and ·: 1 Doth lead, doth teach, doth move. included Keith Bickford, chairman, ;;; l assisted by Mrs. Edith Hagstrom, ~;.:i Your Face, your Tongue, Your Wit, Miss Ruth Johnson, Miss Edith -:?:! With Beams, with Sword, . with Art, Mospan. and Mrs. Velma Gorman. :~:.:S Doth blind, doth charm, Following the serving of refresh- ,.;,·j doth rule, Mine Eye, ments, a brief meeting was held mine Ear, mine Heart. by the officers for the purpose of discussing future plans. -~~2'Mine Eye mine Ear, mine Heart, This group is being sponsored by ;,~;:; With Life, with Hope, with Skill, the Portsmouth Graffort Club. f~.".' Your face, your Tongue, your Wit, Doth feed, doth feast, doth fill. "/I .-+~ l;~ I ~•~-1 '>j ,t1 1' ,.;.'j • Oh Face! With Frowns, Wrong not, Mine Eye, O Tongue! with Check, vex not, mine Ear, 0 Wit! With Smart, wound not, mine Heart. This Eye, Shall joy, Your Face, This Ear, shall bend, your tongue, to tr~st, this Heart, shall swear, your Wit, to };it:t;/-:· ,~~ :~ ;[' ·t; ,r,_,,..,'-;·~(.~ •:•1:'-' ''1 .· ...:tl �And this for our elders who feel that the dances of today are de.moralizing. They will feel a kinship with this protesting gentJeman of ., something more than a This poem was written Bart. and appeared in the Gazette of July 26, century ago. by Bir B. B., the lasue of 181'. On Walt11in1 What! The girl I adore by another embraced? What! The balm of her. lips &hall another man taate? What! Touch'd in. the whirl by another man's knee? What! Panting, recline on another than me? Sir, &he is yours-from the grape You have pressed the _1SOft blue; Prom the Rose you have shaken The tremulous dew. What you've touched, you may take: Pretty Waltzer, Adieu. his early days. He had many .sterling qualities that iru:licated even ' in his school days that he would become a &uccess in whatever field of endeavor he might follow, and the events of his later lite amply proved this fact. \ He was an honor student in school · Of p · h and was known as a fine example of Nat1ye OrtSmOUt clean young manhood, being held in Publisher high esteem by_ all who knew him. • • Following his service with the Portsmouth Herald Mr. Lambert went with the Worcester Telegram John T. Lambert, native of Ports- and later joined the L!taff of the Bo.smouth, and nation·a11y known news- ton American and Sunday Advertiser, a position he held for a number paperman, who ro.se from a report- of yeau;. He was state house corre.ser to become publisher of the W!Wl- p.ondelllt of these papers and his ingiton Times, died suddenly from keen insight into things political a heart attack while playing golf combined with a clear and vivid style yestea:lay at the Woodland Golf of writing soon brought him nationClub at West Newton, M888. al attention. · Mr. Lambert was one of the best During his term as state how;e known political writers in the coun- coITespondent Mr. Lambert became try. He represented the Hearst or- an intima;te friend of the late Presganizaltion at all of the national con- !dent Calvin Coolidge while he was ventions and was considered among governo::- of Massachuseitts. He the leading commentators on affalra went to Wash!ngoon as special corof a political nature in the enltlre respondent of the America.n during United States. the Coolidge presidential regime. He left the newspaper field in De- ·He later returned to Boston where cember of last year af-oer a dlstin- he became chief ecliltorial writer for gulshed career when he was elected the Bo.ston Evening American. a director of the Eastern Racing AsHis wide knowledge of politlc.s and sociation, Inc., operators of the Suf- politicians and his experi-ence of folk Downs race track, and was ap- years haJCIJ fitted him for bigger pasts. pointed to the po.si-t ion of exiecutive ao, in 1934, he was assigned to Washvice-presid1mt. angton as head of the Universal wire Mr. Lambe1;t, who was,54 years of service. age, was the ron of the late Fred and Jan .1, 1936, he reached the peak Ellen Lambert of this city. He was of his career when he was named gradutaed ft-om Port.smouth High publisher of the Washington Times, with the clll.58 of 1904 a-llldJ was one of -a position he lield until August, 1937, the mo.st popular students in the when the paper was sold by the schools, ~ing president of his class Hearst organization and _M r. La.min his semo!· year. bert returned to Booton to become He was very prominent in athlet- associate publisher of the Boaton ics and starred in football, baseball Evening American and Boston Sunand basketball while in high achoo!, day Advertiser holding that posiand kept up active partlclpa,tion in tion until 1ast' December, when he sports for a itime after his gradua- became affiliated with the EIIBtern tion. . . Racing Association, The fm,:.t step in a career which Althou h Mr Lambert had been was to bring him wide fame was -away fr!m P~rtsmouth for many taken In this city shortly after he h t inter t in his left school when he became aMOC• years e never 1os es lated: w1th the Portsmouth Herald. childhood home and was a frequent Mr. Lamber.t is well remembered visitor here, where he never failed In Portsmouth by his schX>Olmates to renew acquaintances at every and other friends and associates of possible opportunity. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. They re.sided at 100 Beacon street, Boaton. While he was at Waroington Mr. Lambert waa e.ected pre&ident of the White House Correspondents Alaociation. Other affiliations included membership in the Gridiron Olub, Congreailonal Country Club and National Press Club of Washington and the Clover Club of Boston ' Anna Lambert. John 1. Lambert Dies Suddenly S'\{ Was Former Of Washington Times Committal services for John Lambert, a native of this city and well known Boston and WIWlington newspaper publisher, and executive vice President of the Eastern Racing Association, was held In this city on Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock in St. Mary's cemetery. Funeral services had been held at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Bo.ston with scores of national, state and city officials attendl.Dg as well as large numbers of leacUng newspapermen . of Massachuse~ts. The honorary pall bearers were: Lieutenant-Governor Horace T. Cahill, his military aide, Major J. M. McLaughlin; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.; Mayor Maurice J. Tobin, Charles F. Adams, Robert Choate, Raymond Clapper, Frank D. Comerford, Carl DreyfullS,_ fo{m~r Governor Joseph B. Ely, T. J. Falvey, William G. Gavin, Michael E. Hennessy, Walter Howey, Edmund I. Kaufman, Clement B. Kennedy, Judge Leo H. Leary, Louis Leventhal, Edward G. Mitton, John H. Noonan, Robert L. Norton, P. A. O'Connell, Thomas W. White, V. C. Bruce Wetmore, Frederick A. Carroll, James H. Bal~win, Jay R. Benton, Philip J. Callan, Armand Ohanalian, Dr. Frank H. Leahy, Denn!R W. Meade, Thomas W. MU1TaY, Rocco Parella, Arthur Race and Dr. Martin H. Spellman. , Active bearers were: Bartholomew A. Brickle John E. Conway, Ed- �ward Dana, Bernard, J. Doherty, Leopold M. Goulston, John H. Moran, Charles W. Mulcahy and Francis J. Ryan. The ushers were: Thomas H. Carena, chief usher : Robert T. Brady, John J. Bums, J. Edward Downes, Arthur V. Grimes, Michael T. Kelleher, William A. Grimes, Robert C. M'. Mulcahy, John J. Mbran, William E. Mullins, Police Commissioner Joseph P. Timilty, Samuel J Shallow and Maurice J. Sp1llane. Rev. Paul A. McDonough officiated at the services at the grave. Portsmouth lodge of Elks of which Mr. Lambert was a past exalted ruler was represented by a large delegation headed by Exalted Ruler Joseph J. Shanley. Mr. Lambert spent his early life in this city and obtained his ·first newspaper experience here. Representatives of several former papers where he was employed, were in attendance at the committal service. Animal Rescue t:; '.'v~ League Does Fine Work To Hold.Tag Day In This City Next Saturday "I've lost my dog" mumbled an unhappy small boy as he rubbed one tear-fllled eye with a grubby little fist. "Have you seen my dog?" he uked hopefully of varloua passersby a.s he searched frantically through the city streets. "He's not much to look it," admitted the boy, "b\it he's awful smart and he's got the cutest, foolish little tall. Have you aeen my dog?" "Why don't you go to the Animal Reecue League?" suggested some.t one. "You might find him there, and even if you didn't they'd help you hunt." A acreech of brakes-a policeman's whistle-a. dog's surprised yelp of pain. The driver stepped out of his great lumbering truck and picked up a little hurt dog. "Take him to he Animal Rescue League" ordered the policeman. "They'll take care of him." Traffic, whose busy rush had halted for a tiny dirty "pup", moved on. Many boys and many dogs have found each other--80me for the first time-in the warm friendly shelter of the Animal Rescue League. Many homes have been found for abandoned or neglected animals, medical treatment hu been Wendell, Mrs. R. R. Blaisdell, Mrs. Dexter Vinal, Miss Helen Dedes, MIM Helen Leary, Miss Lois Noyes, Miss Mignon Green, Miss Doris Sykes, Mrs. Percy DcRochemont, Mrs. James Verna. Those who wm assist In sell1ng are Mary Richards, Amella Paras, Dorothy Smith, Ruth Mor!. Theresa Harvey, Scott Gray, Miriam Johnson, W1lllam Pierce, Mona Chadwick, Belle Schwartz, June Hodgdon, Bernice Hersey, Barbara Johnson, Jane deRochemont, Muriel Hoyt, Nancy Brackett. Adrienne Shannon, Helen Harvey, Edna Buckley, Norma Rowell, Marjorie Peterson, Barbara Badger , Mary Cocchalro, Marjorie Chick, Gloria Verna, Tosca Gobbi, Clara Higgins, Harrie V111ers, Janet Smith, Kathleen Mulhern. Marjorie Blaisdell, Jean Craig, Rebecca Seavey, June Averm, Wal~r Gray, Donald Pridham, Barbara Johnson, New Castle ; Olive Taccetta, Evelyn Marston, Gloria Vanderhoof, Ruth Lathrop, Ethel Hurd, Paul Milliken, Margheurlta. deRochemont, Nancy Shattuck, Joan Hazzard. Bobby Blaisdell, Norma Frost, Irene McMahon, Be tty Paterson, Frances Gray, Mary Evelyn Dut·ton, Josephine Cocchairo, Ruth Hayes, Dorothy Spencer, Mary Biognanl, Ruby Woodward, Mary Cumbo, Mary Mulhern, Ann Mulhern. The Animal Rescue League of Rockingham County was founded by Miss Mignon B. Green of Portsmouth and it wa.s incorporated in the state of N-ew Hampshire in 1937. An animal shelter has since been establlshed on the Wal\1s Sands road in care of Walter A. Gove. To stimulate interest in the League and its work, Dr. M. I. Boger Shattuck and the committee are sending the following letter to all friends of animals : Dear Friends: Greeting~I We h ope- you h ad a fine vacation. The Animal R,escue League of Rockingham County l.s asking f c,r funds for its winter's work and t o extend the same if possible. Our record is a fine one fo:· the entire year, and we Invite your attention and ln.speotlon. Our shelter, under Mr. Walter Gove, cai;ed for 160 animals including 96 cats, during the current year. Many of th~e Plans for the tag day to be ob- were str ays : eturned ,to their ownserved by the Animal Rescue League er.;-. One was ,returned t o ithe state of of Rockingham County on Satpr- Minnesota. Others were orphans day, Sept. 30, are getting under way which were placed in good homes. with fine cooperation from local per- The sick were cared for and t he sons interested in furthering this maimed were released by palnle.ss cause dedicated to the kindness of methods. As a lover, and we hope an owner animals. of animals, are you not proud to Captains of the teams in charge know we have an active organizaof the selling are: tion to protect and care for the anMrs. Howard Lee, Mrs. H. C. imals Bowerftnd, Mrs. Rita Bragdon, Mrs. If a member, wm you make an efMargaret Sweetser, Mrs. Elmer fort ,to extend thh Invitation to at Pierce, Mrs. Walter Gray, Miss Dor- least two 1ntere.~t ed frlend,s othy Winn, Mrs. Thomas Harvey, Mrs. George Frost, Mrs. Sherburne given to numerous homel8118 cats and dogs. Stray animals when found to be suffering beyond medical a.sslstance have been taken care of by a competent veterinarian. The Animal Rescue League of Rockingham County was incorporated in the state of New Hampshire on Pebruary 11, 1937. The league has an animal shelter on the Wallis Bands road tinder the care of Walter A. Gove and the purpose of the society Is to care for any lost or injured animala in this section, to correct any and all abuses to animals, and to feed and shelter any lost or abamloned animals. The league Is supported by membership fees, donations and bequests ; donations large • or amali are always appreciated. If you are a lover of animals you will be interested to 1tnow that Beptember 30 wlll be observed as a tag day by the Animal Rescue League of this county. Your contribution la needed. The tag day activities are under the management of Dr. M. I. Boger Shattuck, Miss Mignon B. Green and Joseph Cullen. Officers cf the Rockingham County Animal Rescue League are as follows: President, Hon. Charles M. Dale, Portsmouth; Clerk, Joseph H. Cullen, Portsmouth: treasurer, Lawrence R. Craig, North ·Hampton; Vice-president, Dr. S. P. R. Chadwick, Exeter; Mias Mignon B. Green, Portsmouth; Dr. Le.wls Perry, Exleter; John Greenaway, Portsmouth; Dr. WalHs D. Walker, Rye; directors, Earl A. Barrett, Mrs. Amell& A. Shute, Mrs. S. P. R. Chadwick, · Mrs. H. L. Bweet, Dr. W. H. Gillespie, and Philip M . Ham of Exeter; Miss Mignon B. Green, Mrs. Fred E. cusnman, Mrs. G. L. Bowerflnd, Mrs. Dexter o. Vinal, and Dr M. I. Boger-Shattuck of Portsmouth; Mrs. Henry L . Green, and . Mrs. James Morrison of Rye ; agents, C11ief of Police Thomas R. Chrysler, p;xeter, Walter A. Goss, Rye. Fine Response To Preparation For Tag Day Saturday ~~' �W!ll you take an active part in ihe coming tag day Sept. 30. I! so, please contact M. I . Bog-er Shabtuck 116 Middle st., Portsmouth at once'. Last but not least send us your personal check. Very truly yours, M. I. BOGER SHATI'UCK. Chairman-Committee Cha:·les M. Dale, President. Lawrence Craig, Trea.sw·er. Is Honored By (6 Dental Society ~:), / nnua ee1ng isforical Society?• At the annual meeting cl! the Portsmouth . Historical Society held Thursday at the Paul Jonel!I House the following officers were elected: President, James A. Borthwick; vice presidents, Charles H. Batchelder and Mrs. Woodbury Langdon; secretary, Frank D. Butler; treasurer, G. Ralph Laighton; trustees, Oeorgei B. Lord, ThomB.B H. Simes, J. K. Bates, J. T. Coolidge, Ralph May, Hora,ce Morrison, Wyman: P. Boynton, Mrs. W. E. Marvin, Miss Dorothy Vaughan, Miss Martha Kimball. This see.son there have been the largest number of vlaitors in sev- · eral years, and the number of members interested in the Society 1s also increased. Any individual interested in helping maintain the ancient historical atmosphere of Portsmouth and its old houses, 1s invited to join the Society with an annual membership. fee of $2.00. Applications with $2.00 enclosed should be sent to the Secretary Frank D. But- emorial Fountain Is Decorated The floral adornings on the Hovey memorial founta'.11 . postofflce ory of Ensign Charles Emerson Hovey, u. s. N., son of the late Rev. Henry Emerson Hovey and Louise Fol~om Hovey, who was killed in action during a Filipino insun·ec·tlon on Sept. 24, 1910, while commanding an expedition against outlaw Moros. Ensign Hovey wa.,i a popular local boy a.nd hla death brought much regret. He was a graduate of the Portsmouth High School and the U.S. Naval Academy . Each year on the anniversary of hla death the fountain, which was a gift to the city from Mrs. Loui.,e Hovey, is decorated In memory of one of Portsmot1t.ll's brave 110ns who gave his life !or ltis country. Many Startled By New Fog__Horn _ ?:J Dr. Edwin C. Blaisdell, !or 56 years a practicing dentist, was honored yesterday by the New Hampshire dentists at the fall gathering of the state Dente.I Society. The dentist, well known for more than the pa.st half century in this city, wa.i; presented with a loving cup. Dr. W1lllam A. Young of Concord, treasurer of the state association, made the presentation. Dr. Blaisdell was graduated from Harvard Dente.I School in 1883 and was instructor there for a number of years. · He has been active in community affairs and is a charter member and first president of the Portsmouth Rotary Qlub. Pres. J. H. Kiley ot Manchester presided at the business session and talks by Dr. M. E. Sawtell of Brockton and Dr. Walter E. Briggs of Attleboro, Mass., featured the sessions. A new fog horn at whaleback light broke the slumber of late sleepers in Portsmouth, Rye, New Castle, Kittery and Kittery Point today as lighthouse department officials at&rt!!d their two-day test of the · latest type Cunningham time diaphragm whistle. The Portsmouth Herald office and local · Police station were bealeged with telephone inquiries from residents who heard the loud groaning noise, new to this section of the coast. Capt, Arnold B. White, keeper of the light, announced that before the operation of the new whistle is otficially reported to · ships at sea a.nd for navigation use that Pederal inspectors from the lighthouse depot at Portland will approve its operation. The timing of the blasts must be absolutely accurate and adjustments were being made this morning. . Members of the lighthouse crew, under Capt. White, Leonard F. Farnsworth and Warren A. Alley, Earl Webster from the lighthouse department at Portland, and Warren White of New Castle and Jack Keams of Portland, made the installation of the fog horn and light during the pa.st month. While the old fog horn and light were being replaced a large bell · buoy waa set off Whalesback. Besides tlie fog horn a 50,000candle power lliht will be put into operation 80011. Included in the equipment are two generators, turning up 110 volts, and insuring electric current all the time, even when storms cut off the mainland supply. · Also included in their electrical syabem are 59 storage batteries. The whistle la sounded four times within a minute, a.s follow& two-second blast, two-aeoond interval, twosecond blast, 24-second interval, two-6eoond blaat two-aeoond interval, two-aeoond blast, 24-seoond interval, etc. The diaphragm whlatle has three horn ampll!iers, a la.rge one pointed at the Isles of Shoals and two smaller e, one directed toward Rye Beach d the other tows.rd Boon ~and. �· Camp Piscataqua Enjoys Successful Season Judging from the large number of ' out-of-state girls, the reputation of ·. ' Camp Piscataqua for a vacation of · ) fun while learning is decidedly on , the up-swing_ Scouts from all parts of New England and points beyond spent part of their summer vacation at Barrington enjoying that part of the new Girl Scout program which stresses particularly outdoor activi. ties. As always, Portsmouth was ,. , .. well represented at camp, and this . ..:';l,·:.~ • year, when Brownies were admitted ;:: >)f'-'.~~,,;5-"· , " ,._,d~.,;. for the first time, several of Ports- _>(.:_:"'_;:-~,,f·• r, ••..,"<··' t scou t s en- ·.,•··""''•<7., -'·••· ~~ ·. , 1. . · :-:\J,t, mouth's very younges 1~:·,~':i.•.,.._,/.," M<' joyed their first thrill of real Girl ;/,~>.:-~;.,. . ~·::]::.._~;, Scouting. . _ _ _ \. ~J:::{]~~-:)\::;:)~~-:-..: �::,=:. :_:t:·.,\;~~~?,,~- ,~~~~~~k:<'z~;i,it:~~£~-%i~1~j;~{;:~>~:£~.:~~~c,?:0:.it~ ~~~~~~ ;.:.~,rnt~,~--, '. cI•ty In Ag re em en t w . • Ith ·· · · :. Mayor Goldsmith claimed that such gains were offset in part by ,. ;)~l damage to the city _highways done by -~ .'••·;· ,,. heavy trucks workmg on the bridge r;. · ·~';;--. ·- ., ·, approach and that he felt tha,t the ·1,/\~-<.' :.:~:r_,I\ ·.1 taxpayers were e·ntitled to _some re:::"'!!,.••· turn for givmg up a capital asset f: ..,_. · "i;'i:F · ,., ·, l such as land. He suggested that ~~,c:fi(.,:., ;_,C,;j,:J, ----------,...,. ~-:_, · $5 000 be added to the original figure f ,;/. !.·, ;~• 0 $6,000 ~i~c~u~aes S:::~t:~~ere~~ ~!:1:t~ r·< ·,,\~~, tlon was passed subject to confirmationbytheR. F .C.andi'.W.A. Several resolutions transferring funds within the various departments were pa;,sed. In the highway avenue sewer extended 100 feet to . division were transfers of $212,:;_ The city council Monday evening take care of houses he was build- . 56; $530 and $1,170.60. These were all J. ·,, ''\ passed a resolution through which ing. This was referred to the board ' -transfers within the department. In :-': ,~·,.,, ·1 the city will be paid $6,000 by the of street commissioners for an es- the water department there was a ,.,/ Maine-New Hampshire Bridge Au- timate, to be reported to the coun- transfer of $600. !; .') · · · · •. thority and in r.eturn agrees to cil. Funds amounting to $4,000 were ;'·..·:;I waive all claims to land taken or The petition of Lawrence M . . allocated from the bond Issue. - Of ~ ~:,,/) rghts granted for the approach to Tucker, requesting permission to this amount $3.500 will be used in re .,:·;,r\i{ the new bridge on the New Hamp- erect a gasoline pump for his own building the Atlantic Heights bridge ·,~f.~· -~.; shire side and also undertakes to use, which hat! been referred to and $500 for the installation of a new -t build at its own expense any sew- the board of adjustment, was sent heater at City Hall. ers or water mains. back with the statement that it The sum of $900 was made availThis is subject to the approval of should be passed by the council, able for relocating and rebuilding the R. F. C. and P. W. A. as it was for private use. The peti- 'the baseball diamond at the South The Council accepted . a favorable tion was then referred to the city · Playground. reporo of the parking committee, lands and buildings committee for The annual water department apcalling for limited parking on Dan- recommendation at a future meet- propriation bill was read and adopt-:.,,,(,,-;,;, iels street with the exception of the ing. . [ ed ~nd, under suspension of r,ules, f$J:;{J;. strip between Linden street and , A resolution was mtroduced, , became e•ngrossed. •..:J}t:f;,,;;, Bow street, where parking will still waiving all claims against the } Funds from the bond issue, f' ,.);~zg~~; be prohibited. This would return Maine-New Hampshire Bridge au- r amounting to $879.42 for the P arrott t ·,. ,. •·• · hourly parking to both sides of thority, and granting the city the ~ avenue sewer were provided in a res- f·. the street, where last year park- sum of $2445.70 to be used in the [ olution. Ing was banned on the northerly changes necessary in the reloca- . Councilman Leary, chairman of side. An ordinance changing the tion of sewers and water lines. the commit tee on street lights, gave parking laws to that report, was Judge Arthur E. Sewell, represent- a favorable report on the petition introduce<i ,r.nd passed its fir~t ing the bridge authority, was pre- l for a light at the corner of Sheafe reading. Three readings are re- sent and there was considerable I and Penhallow streets and also for quired before it becomes effective. informal discussion over the re- ! a green arrow and traffic light at tha Councilmen Paul Chandler, quest. I corner of Middle and State streets. Frank W. Hersey, Frank Morris, It was claimed that the authority I Both were accepted. John Leary, Fred Schlegel, and had failed to live up to a "gentleUnder new business the mayor ,. John Burkhardt, were present at , men's agreement" entered into at was autthorized to spend the balance .". . · the meeting and Mayor Kennard the time of the start of the work on of the money a.ppropriated from \.-· E. Goldsmith presided. The min- t he bridge a.p.proach. This agree- f municipal p~blicity at his discretion, _· utes of the last meeting were ac- ment, accordmg to Mayor Gold- , The committee on claims asked for ·: cepted without being read. smith, consisted of a guarantee by authority for the city solicitor ta , In opening the meeting the may- the authority to put in all necessary t et.t le any claims that may be .i_: or read several communications, sewers and mai_ns at its o~ expense brought against the city as the result ,,;; the first being from Arthur E. and also to build a hurricane fence . of accidents. ;\ sewell for the New Hampshire- around the grounds of the New [ Adjournment was at the call of ;· Maine Bridge Authority. Franklin School in return for ihe [' the chair. A petition for pole locations city's free granting of the necessary :·.,1=,.~,=;;~.1-;.~·-~-,-, i~-:-'!,-.0-~--~ >~i•""~·,..,,k.,.._-,-. ,--:;,-~ -,_,.~____, · was granted. land to the authority. The city 1 •l' <r« '.··,.!;t •'f'-<<; · . . ' ,,. . . ' A petition for hourly parking on asked payment for land damages -(, Fleet between congress and Han- and this brought forth a suggestion ~• over was requested in a petition that the city settle for $2,445.70, said signed by D. F. Driscoll and sev- to be the price set by the John Io- ., • eral others. This was referred to falla · Co. for the necessary work, 1 i-~ ·f the committee on parking. Judge Sewell said that the fail[ ,:")f several · parents, headed _by ure to do the work promised was an I Charles R. Perkins and others m- oversight which would be corrected · r •.>;!,,It-- :, terested asked that a police officer in the future and declared that the !' '\ be stationed at the corner. of Mar- bridge was to benefit Portsmouth .\'t-:;?' f. ; cy and Pleasant streets during the more th an any other one commun- -'':'/:;!,: hours when the children were on ity, that the payroll brought to the r,:,:' .:::-:: their way to and from school. This city was worth some consideration v~~:~:,',: was referred to the police commis- in r.e-turn and that the bridge, by re- ,, ,':t~z . moving the cost of repla.cing the ) · '•;:'.i~" sion. db 'd d . 11 'ded ...: .-.Joseph A. Martineau stated he '.allroa rt i ge,,~a fa.t ena / aith i ~ -\";· would like to have the Woodbury m preven mg " e c osmg ~ .is :;-,:..""' ~ . , ,,, , , . . .. .. . .. . branch of the Boston & Mame Rail- 1 - ::r0 _, ;.:t~.,, . BrI•d·9e AuthOr I•ty. ;</:~.· ;2.;;r )t}t{ ; I 1-L._1t~_t''i/~:~f To Receive And Waive All Claims To . La nd Taken-Would Ret,JJrn Hourly Parking To Both Sides Of Daniels Street .:j }~{tt1 r i:· I t r f t1,~--,~ · > 1 ,-< . - ;J![f~'it:,11rf· ' './-'~t1iil~i:~;:/2i1 -i~~t~'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - 1 - - �\~r- 1'll•ts tno«-tei •'.lil-> P;;s,t~iai C"I ""°" ,_.,J.51~~ ~ ·;_;-_;_;,;C~J~;~<I, :ti\": R_O.,~r\tt;lijfi;{;;i~~ \:1Portsmouth Industrial Associates ,:.';f/iJtt: Complete Purchase Of Carter '' --\ ' ·<?1 aylor Plant -· 1 ../iJ ! ' ~,.,\ f . ,. I • '- . · • • • <-(JPla~ Movi,~g ·R~pidly Fo·r Furthering ;~(>- Industry In Ports.m outh-Several ,;.\· Prospects Being Considered :! Dr. Cushing Dies At :· . :·] New Haven ...., ) ; •;-,.,;. , . ·r= .,--· " ·· · ·· -- ;.· _ ·,·,· Little Boar's Head Summer Resident Had Won World-Wide Fame The Associates, · as an organization, ·-,j are preparing a prospectus in col· · lab oration with . the state planning and devolopment commission to be --. distributed among those interestEd prospects, Inquiries have already been received by the owners Dr, Harvey• Cushing, summer resifrom industrial management or· gantzations in Boston and New :: dent of Little Boar's· Head, whose York, and full information in re- rpio,n eering in modern brain surg gard to the building is rapidly be- j ery won him world-wide renow ing assembled ~or _the information ·-,1 died at New Haven, Conn., today of t~ese orgamzat~ons. . . the age of 70 years. With the_ expansion of mdustn~l · Dr. Cushing was the father plants, w~ich has taken place m ·1 Mrs. James Roosevelt and the Roo the l_~t six weeks, due to impro~ed velts have passed considerable ti conditi~ns and the re_sult of i_n- ·, at the Little Boar's Head summ crease m orders there is a defimte · 1home of the fam!ly. feelmg that the movement in tak· _, He was professor emeritus of ne mg over the C-~rter-Taylor p,r_o~ rology at Yale and had been i perty was most timely. ; poor he.al th for' some time. He di The fact that the Portsmouth at New Haven Hospital at 2.45 a. Industrial Associates is a complete (EST) of a heart ailment. community movement has done Dr. Cushing whose medical se much to interest industry in Ports- I vice during the world War w mouth as a possible location. The I rewarded by the United states with movement is being publicized by the distinguished service medal, was the Associated Press throughout admitted to the hospital Wednesday. New England as an indication of His name was placed on the danwhat community spir,it can do. . - ger list immediately. _.~, .. ·--._.,•.~ ,_ . .i'' •'.·., ·<.,-- \-, ". ·.t'•?.- He was the author of the 1926 · ,:· ·." · ' : · ::,"',:,:,\O~:?A..., ,~ ,\{L-'·-_;::,• .: Pulitzer prize-winning biography t, · ;:;;> ,, 1·:i/i'.•-: ,;.;)a,:-·:: ·,:,,::---~ · " ife of Sir William Osler." Yale university, his alma Mat official statement on h lauded the surgeon as a '.,. reat physician and teacher, the .' ·. . under of a school o~ neurosurgery, ·,\J: l :·-. • • ¥ a humamst of unusual : :~ ....- ~- The purchase of the plant of the -','.• :- Carter-Taylor, Inc., · on Islington •· :; : street by the Portsmouth Indusconsumated 1 :~. :"c:· trial Associates was ·, / •.' · Tuesday afternoon by officials of ! .' :i'"'; the Portsmouth Industrial Asso'. ..·_,y;\, ciates through their attorney, ·'° ·• Judge Thomas H. Simes, and Col. .'.: -..Ca H. Clinton Taylor, owner, through : . his attorney, Robert Marvin. ~- The city abated the tax for this ·,:.'.'f year. amounting to $897. which · .,\':· made it possib'J.e for the Industrial · '':.:\/; Associates to apply this amount .· ~-... · against the purchase price. , Actual work of reconditioning }';!,.. ', the plant to the extent of clearing r~----;~.'..' up excess material, removing ob'•:'\.:., · solete fire escapes and obsolete and , .,, ;"v unusable boiler equipment and , ·•• ·. '': a general cleaning up of the out:. :,;_:, , side of the property will begin at , ·-::···,. once. ·., ?\_:· The State Planning and Devel· j • ·. : opment commission, working j· ' - , ' Lhrough their industrial engineers, i ;~ :.::. have several prospects with whom , · _ . (: they are negotiating and in their !. -: . . work are cooperating fully with the Portsmouth Industrial Associates. l 1· . .,. '~ n";. :·'·< _.. -~ 'tn. .;,'t-- ~ . -1.,,, ci ·~-.....:....-=----------<. .-~ .• .\• i-i . .: 'i- ,'.f ,, ·.. l ~ ... . ~-~ .. --~::t'"'·.-~J\-.. ~r":,-~ t~ • C -• .'t 1•· . • •. . . ~ .r-:~--7",_. "l\s·.-·'½.. ·~;. ·-/( ... , ·"" :, ' ,;:. ~ ··:ii·-· . .:::_;. �h r. Portsmouth public school officials today saw only slight relief in the student overload ait the high school, ,,,. event with the scheduled completion ~.}~ ,'; of the four-room addition on Nov. 1. 1 ;_;_;_}_:.·.~;-~ of'::: ~~. ~!=g:u~:::c~~~~ . Co. of Ware, Mass,, reported that the ;_\ ..- $25,000 structure would be completed f'·"'t-: ·bY the end of this month, school of"[>·:. ficials declared that the added ca~\;'.,'. pacity would not-overcome the men' ..''.:· ace to the high standards of the :~(.:> school by overcrowding of the stu,{/~ dents in the present building. Supt. >" :t Harry L. Moore announced that the \-\j, present enrollment is the largest \-· .:-'. high school enrollment in the histocy of PortsmoUJth and that therei <,} are prospects of an increase instead \!?··· o! a decreate. • ;;/.'Superintendent Wood said that ;:},'.;: the roof and floors are being com~·, , pleted and that the brick work on the outside is finished. Meanwhile, he said, plumbers have the plumbing and heating sys,tem more than three-quarters completed. ,. The new structure, ading the ' " four rooms on the second and third · ~. floor heights, is o! yellow brick the :,, .., same as the rest of the high school •·..._,._ building and is located over the an. , . \ nex where home economics classes A~.$ are held. ,:. r The existing condition, Headmas;:/f); ter Clarence C. Sanborn said, are c:-i~ really threatening to the scholastic --;._,; :;,_ standard of the school which is \L currently listed as one of highest; :···:·· _~, in the · state. Inadequate room for study period groups makes it hard for students to complete any o! their studying while at school. Three girls were recently called to the headmaster's office · after a __ . teacher had reported them' missing \;I ) from a study period group in the :·"-;.-;: back of the room where a French ,if,l: class was in session. They told the -~,;/ hE:admaster that they had gone to :?i\ the girls' basement to study !or a ?I-;' , quizz the next period because they ?, 'I couldn't coherently study where the .-::~- I French students were reciting in '· _·,;_ the front of the room. ·:: t :'r,/ ~ ---=-~-.-·~ submarine was originally placed into service 15 years ago. The keel of the vessel was laid in ( i·, 1919 and <the · craft was placed in '. · commission five years later. Harold C. Preble, civilian naval architect, and , survivor of the Squalus tragedy on May 23, near ·., That case, the school official j where the dive took place . this pointed out, is not singular, but, of forenoon, and Lieut. · A. M. Zollars, · course, the problem will be relieved USN, planning division officer of somewhat with the use of four t.he industrial department, .were . . .. . .. '. more rooms, each having a seating aboard the craft in the position of capacity o! 40 students. '· observers. · sometimes at the high school The S-29 is one of the most nuthere are 104 students studying in ' merous group of submarines, emthe assembly hall where there are bracing four distinct types. They only 75 desks, it is said, weigh about 1000-tons in surface · ,, .. ,.,_ . ,., ,_ .,- '•~ ,-.;; ., ... , ,., displacement and vary considerably ,:·: ,,_;~, ci:tc:.\jr;;_,:,,;;'.·.\,. .J 't ..• .,i: ._ ,;,··.n . .e\'.,. -1 .: ~ · 0 ;'\ · . ,., , " , in appearance and performance. · ·· ·· · ..-. · · · ·-.~: ' "'Tt':u~ • ~~. -~ ~~ ~ '~,:, . -~ "' · , t ..l ·- " • ' · .._,: .' . : -· ._, ·. ": . ,. . ' The ships' were designed for deep .,; · ,< J diving and are well protected against ~ .-- ~--'--- ---'--- -',,.___ _ _....:._~ , depth-charge attack. They carry 12 . torpedoes. -· S-29 Makes Dive Off The Shoals· :.. / ">''· ,) ' :- ·~ .~-~·;~;~ Oldest Submarioe Makes Successful Plunge__ The oldest commissioned submarine in the United States navy, S-29, returned to the Portsmouth Navy Yard early this afternoon after a deep-sea test dive in tlie submarine area off Isles of Shoals. During the dive the submarine Sculpin, stood by as the black hull of the ship disappeared from sight under the water, amid a wake of bubbles that marked its course as it plunged deeper- into t he wa.ter. Navy yard officials said the ship was down for an hour and a half · ·before retmning to the surface and then, with the Sculpin, returned to the navy yard arriving at the entrance of the lower harbor a t 12 :20 p. m. The Sculpin preceded the S-29 a.s the vesels came into the harbor. The old ship would "normally be :· decommissioned now," a naval . · spokesman said. The ship Lieut. R. E. Palmer USN commanding arrived at the local yard about five weeks ago and since <then has been fi tted out for a dive. The dive wa,~ .scheduled for ,t he same depth as when the ---.-- - - ...·· •, ' . ~<-~ :'::::' -~:~/~-- .: ' , - !:,~;?~}~. hl.b~ Ji;,. . · -: !~- ~ \ < ;·.,;, >; ,J.r {j ~; �National Girl Scout Urges· Stimulation Worker To Visit City Of-- Art Jnteresf' In Portsmouth MISS THELMA. TROTT -- t7 0·1 MLss Thelma. Trott of Boston, member of the Girl Scout national field staff, will be in Portsmouth Oct. ·10 and 11 to meet local council members and leaders. -T he specie.I sessions for counc!l members .w!ll be held e.t headquarters at 3 o'clock on both days, wh!le the leaders will 1,11eet at 7.30 in the evening. · MIM Trott, whose offices a.re in the New England .Regional office in Boston, gives national training courses for the adult members in Girl Scouting. Dur!ng her assoc!e.tion with the national carganization, Miss Trott has travelled extensively and has given these courses for bot.h volunteers and . professionals I in nearly every state in the nation. A graduate· of Boston University, Miss Trott served ·as local director of Girl Scouting in that city before she became a. member of the national .staff. Portsmouth workers who fortunate enough to meet Trott during her brief visit here last year will undoubtedly welcome this opportunity of seeing her age.In. Her talks e.t that time on 'the new program proved td be among the most worthwh!le offered un- Development of some project whereby interest in art might be stimulated !Ii Portsmouth was suggested by R. Orawtord Livingstone, noted American artist, .speaking le.st night before Qie Lions Club at the Rockingham Hotel. "There is much· activity throughout the country no-+.r in art cirelee," Mr. _Livingstone told his listeners, "many cit!e.s a.re extending a.rt museums or planning new ones. In New York 60 or 70 exhibitions open ea.ch week. There should ,be some interest here, yet Portsmouth is e.s far removed from the world of art and its app~ciat!on a.s any city I have seen." A hobby cl&SB, wherein citizens of Portsmouth might study and practice art, was one suggeetion offered to increase interest here. Another wa.s the pr9v!d!ng of a. place where exhibitions might be staged. Ch!l· ,1ren's classes also were mentioned. The speaker briefly outlined the development o! modem art and explained its' source, its goal and achievements. He 1llustraited his mention o! art foi;.ms, impre.sslonlsm, cubism, surreal.!8m and abstraction with paintings of his own.. Also presented was a film entitled "News in the Air." This depleted in graphic form the system employed by large news gathering agencies in getting the news and presenting It to the public. The club heard an announcement by President Gerald Foss that the next meeting, Oct. 23, would be marked by an official visitation by the district governor, Dr. C. E. G!lman of Lebanon. Garden Club Has Annual Election . Mrs. Charles Amhoff Again Named As Pres_ident The annual meeting of the Portsmouth Garden Club was held on Monday afternoon at the Women's City Club with Mrs. Charles Amhoff the president, presiding. ' The annual reports. were read and approved and the fcillow!ng officers elected for 1939-40: President Mrs Char!& Amhoff; 1st 'vice pre;ident: Mrs. Louis deRochemont; 2nd vice president, Mrs. Thomas D. Noyes; recording secretary, Miss Lucy P. Pray; corresponding secretary,. Miss Alberta Rugg; treasurer, Mrs. W!ll!am Dorney; historian, Miss Emma. J. W. Magraw; custodian, Mrs. Victor Boss; directors, Mrs. Ernest Gupt!ll and Mrs. Adella Duncan. Mrs; George Warren of New Castle presented bouquets of attractive garden fiowers to each of the officers. Plans a.re already being formulated for entertainment of the National Federation of Garden Clubs which 1s to be at the Hotel Wentworth next June. Announcement was made of the October State Federation meeting in Manchester, Oct. 25. The feature of the day is to be the talk in the afternoon on "Flower Arrangement" by Mrs. Anson Howe Smith. Tea was served by Mrs. Arthur Clark and her committee. A feature at the tea was the presenting of a birthday cake to Mrs. George Warren. Mrs. Warren cut the cake and shared it with the members pruent. The outlook for the club year is full of promise. �wiped out the entire Market street Traces History Of Portsmouth 4$,... .i:I Buildings · "'- ',.. \• Eugene W. Clark, he&d of the WP A Historic Sites and Bulld~g project at the University of New Hampshire, :was the speaker last evening at the monthly meetlni o! Ranger Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. At t,h e opening of the meeting business was discussed and final plans were made for the state. conference · to · be held Tuesday and Wednesday of next week at the South Unitarian church in th!s city. Mrs. Phlllp H. White who ill in charge of the conference registration gave her report. Two .additional appointments to the tea committee were made and these are Mrs. Fred Hayes and Mrs. Ch&rles Gray. Mr. Clark's talk was both entertaining and instructive and was of particular interest to this group a.s he traced the history of old Portsmouth buildings and told of vuious interesting highlights in the llVf'.s of the people of this section lonii ago. He described the work beini done 1n the Portsmouth historical project and explained that the project was started · in order to have authentic material on the h!story of Portsmouth's 11ite11 and build1ngs so that future restoration and preservation of the 'city can be made. For over -a year Mr. Clark and his force · of 17 workers have been studying old deeds, probates, geneologies, books, and legal papers of Portsmouth. By indexes artd cros.~ indexes, maps of the city, and great flies of vital statistics, these men and women have delved into. Portsmouth's early h!story to see how the city started and grew. Their findings now fill several rooms at· Ballard Hall on the University's Campus. With- the information they have available they can not only tell who owned a certain piece of land in 1675, but also something of the,, owner, his house, and even the furnishings within his house. In his talk Mr. Clark described to his audience the exact location of the ·village stocks. In 1675 the stocks stood at the ea.stern end of the city square, directly in front of what is now the Atheneum. 'with seven large maps· he traced the history of colonial buildings and their owners, showing how narrow footpatl1s gr&dually became city streets and how cow pa.stures grew into a thriving merchant center. Hill maps showed the damage done by the great Portsmouth fire of 1802, which section of the city, and he told them l}ow the village fathers were divided 8.11 to the location of a town market. One group wanted a market to be located near" the springs, now Merchants' Row. The other faction urged that a market be built near the old Negro buryini ground. This second- group got ahead - of their opponents by having a .frame for the market delivered at the site near the .burying grounds. The otber town fathers retaltated by moving the frame near the springs and building the old Sprin1 Market. Later a brick market was l>ullt on the city square and the Old Spring Market was moved nearer the river to serve the river· trade. Early last ·summer Mr: Clark and his assl8tants relocated the two ancient· Bj)rings which served 'Portsmouth for over a century. An approximate location of the springs was found on a map drawn in p66. Using a divining rod ·Mr. Cl&rk' and his workers found· the actual location of the springs. Hostesses for la.at evening's· meeting were · Mrs. P. a. ·Procter, Jr .. Miss Ruth Raynes, Mrs. Fred Hayes, Mrs. H. I. ·Durgin, Mrs. P. P Grant and Mrs Clarence D. Pike. ' ' New Pastor For Advent Church Rev. Chester A. Parmley The members of the Advent Christian Church and paril!h gathered at the Pwril!h House Wednesday evening, for the annual fall and harvest supper with about 125 people p:·esent. One of the most plea.5w•able events of the evening was the meeting of the people with the pa.5tor-elect, Rev. Ohester A. Parmley of Walli11gford, Conn. Mr. Parmley, who has accepted the unanimous call to the pa.st.orate of this church lll.9t week, was in ithe city on several important Items of business. The time was opportune for an informal meeting with his new pa,rishioners and he and his wife were warmly greeted by eve:·yone present. Mr. Parmlee · was born in Sharon, Conn., and educated in the schools et that place. He ha.s ~tudled at Hartford Seminary and Wesleyan Unlver.:ity, and, is a graduate of the New England School of. Theology in Brookline, Mass. He holds several state offices in ,the Connecticut conference, is on the board of directors of the American Advent Mission Society and is a regent of the New England School of 'llheolog.y. He has held four pas,torates as follows: Attlebo:·o, Mas,., Bridgeport, Conn., Peacedale, R. I., and for the last five years has held the pastorate of the Advent Ohris·t lan Church in Wallingford, Conn. Mr. Parmley has a strong and pleasing personality and is by nature foriendly and of a geniaL d~positlon. He ls a young man of decided ab1llty in his chosen profession and has been much beloved in every church in which he has serveCil. He will begin his pa.sto:·ate Nov. 26. The Ladies' Missionary SOciety serv,e d an excellent supper. In one of the upstairs rooms gay with Hallowe'en decora,tions, the handwork of many of the ladies was on display. Sparkling jeHies and jams/ fresh candles, attractive aprons and potted. plants tempted many a purchaser. Du,ring the evening, · color films of the New York World's Fair, both motion and st111 pictures, we:·e shown by Dr. F. G. Proctor, Jr. These were much enjoyed and aprecia,ted b all. �Harry E. Philbrook Dies At His Home Was Prominent In Business And Civic Affairs__ t) • ,> Barry E. Philbrook The death of Harry E. Philbrook, which occurred on Wednesday evening, at his home at 392 Wlbird street, removes a man who had long been active In civic affairs of Portsmouth. He was greatly interested 1n the welfare of the community and was prominent in many projects here. Coming here from Laconia over 30 years ago, he engaged in the grain business under the firm name of H. E. Philbrook & co., purchasing the w. H. Kilburn & Co., business on Market street. He soon found a place in the community, and both through his buslne88 and his personal contacts, made many friends, and he retained these friendships throughout his life. After 20 years he retired from the grain buslneS!I, In July 1926, and became actively engaged in the garage buslne158, having been one of the organizers of the Hislop Garage Co., Inc. He became president of that company and remained with the organization until 1937 when he organized Philbrook Motors Inc. He was aBSoclated with his !IOU Earle E. Philbrook, In this 11rm. He wa11 prominent in the Republican party, and 11erved aa a member of the city council for three years and later as a member of the board of public works served the city for three terms. He waa prominent in many of the organizations In this city, serving aa president of the country club. He w&11 al8cl president of the MechaniCII Fire Society, a member of the Warwick Club, and president of the Boa.rd of Director11 of the National MechanlCII and Trader11 Bank. Intere11ted in the Ma.sonic fraternity he wu a member of st. John'!! lodge No. 1, A. F . and A. M., Wuhlngton Chapter, 1t9yal Arch Ma.sons. . Davenport Oouncll, Royal and Select Masters, DeW~t Clinton Commandery, Knight!! Templu ; New Hampshire Coll!lbtory, 32nd degi:ee, Bcottl&h Rite, and Bekta.sh Temple, Ancient Anblc Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He WM l)romlnent In the organization· of the Rotary Club. He WBII al8cl a member of Porumouth Lodge, No. 97, B. P. 0. E., and of Alpha Coun'cll, Roya.I Arcanum and of the Porumou.th Yacht Club. Until a few months ago he was actively engaged In buslne85 but was taken ill, and although had recovered somewhat, wu not able to resume his activities. Before coming to Port.smouth he was engaged in the livery business in Lakeport, which he conducted from 1900 until coming here 11lx years later. He was born In East Tilton, June 2, 1877, the .son of Lester and Anna (Johmon) Philbrook. His father WJLS engaged In livery bus!, neS& in Laconia for aome 20 years and was al8cl sheriff of Belknap county. Harry E. Philbrook received his education In the public achools of Tilton and at the Tilton aemlna.ry. He wag married on Oct. 10, 1900 to Evelyn F. Bemple of Laconia. He la survived by his wife, one 80n, Ea.rle 8., three brothers, Olin L. Philbrook of Meredith, Percy W. Philbrook of Laconia, and Verne H. Philbrook: of Weat Newton, Mass.; one sister, Mrs. Marie P. Collins of Laconia, and one granclM>n, Robert E. Philbrook. Funeral 11ervlces will be held a,t the home, 392 Wiblrd atreet, Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Friends !nvlt,¢. �•, !, The afternoon session, which will . begin at 1 :30 o'clock, will include : \ selections by Mrs. Sara D. Simo- I \ son, a roll call, reports of chf ✓:er regents, report of the credentials , committee by Mrs. Willis E. Under- l hill and the presentation of court.- 1· esy resolutions. The chairmen of committees for l the conference are: reservations l and banquet, Mrs. Philip H. White ; credentials, Mrs. Willis E. UnderO f hill; decorations, Mrs. John E. Sey- · ~=~....---,..,,...- =....,====.,....,.,,...t bolt; hospitality, :Mrs. Douglas E. vmittee by Mrs. Willis E. Underh\l!. Dismukes and Miss Sally Crockett; Portsmouth looks forward with A memorial service will be conduct- · pages, Miss Virginia Peyser, Miss pleasure to the 38th annual confer- ed by Mrs. Edward D. Storrs, state Margaret Ferrell, Miss Frances ence of the New Hampshire Daugh- chaplain, and Mrs. J. Wendall Kim- Rand, Miss Martha Boutwell and ter~ of . the American Revolution ball, state registrar. Silent prayer Mrs. Ju~th Clark Cole. . · which will be held here Tuesday and will be followed by the Lord's . , . . . , ; .,) ·. Wednesday of this week. Mrs. Henry Prayer in unison. A solo, "Still, Stlll ~~ .'l~ · -~ ~ .,· , . , ·· M. Robert, Jr., president general of With Thee" by Mrs. Sara Dickey f'. i_;···':'- · . ''t '.• · ,· • ,: .; ,' the National Society, D. A. R., will Simpson will be enjoyed, followed ·,' ·· ··· :·. :· ',' be the special guest at the confer- by a Scripture reading and roll call. ·;. ': _ ence of which the Ranger Chapter Mrs. Simpson will then sing "Faith --;., is this year the host. of Our Fathers" and the benediction ',..,- . The program opens Tuesday will be given . .:: • ·. morning at 11 o'clock with a meetAfter the adjournment of this ;' '.. · ing of the chapter regents and com- meeting the members are to have "\ : ;'. mittee chairman with the board of the privilege of visiting several of ,;~:~. management and honorary state re- the beautiful old houses in Ports. ··',?·, \ gents at the Rockingham Hotel. mouth and tea will be served in the , ,: _:_ Tuesday afternoon_ at 2 o'clock North Church chapel through the _';_, : the official opening will take place courtesy of Ranger chapter. The · , · ,_.., ::. at the South (Unitarian) Church hostesses. will be past regents of · . · where much of the session will be Ranger chapter, Dr. M. I. Boger_>',,. :;. held. Mrs. Ralph L. Crockett, state Shattuck, Mrs. Henry L. Green, Miss :~· J regent, will preside and the Invo- Phyllis Hodgdon, Mrs. Walter F. j : .)· -- cation will be given by Rev. Wil- Lane and Miss Sally Crockett. · ·-'.< liam Safford Jones. The pledge of On Tuesday evening at the Rock1 -L~,:. · allegiance to the flag will be led by Ingham Hotel a reception will be . '',/~:._~ Mrs. Alonzo Morris, state chairman held a~ 6.30 o'clock and a banque ,;, ,; on the correct use of the flag. An at 7 o clock. At the conclusion of ''. · address of welcome will be deliver- the presentation of honored guests, ed by Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith greetings will be extended by Mis -~.;, and Mrs. Albert A. Fagan, regent Jean Shirley Tebo, New Hamp! ·, of Ranger Chapter, will also extend · shire's 1939 Good Citizenship Pil, ·. '. · ·; greetings to the group. Response grim, and the program will continue , /, . : · will be expressed by Mrs. Robert F. with an address on "The Student _. :. Crosby, state vice-regent. other Loan" by Dr. Fred Englehardt, pres!.;_·,~; ~ greetings will be given by Frank M. !dent of_ the University of New ,: I · _; •• Cilley: president of the N. H. Sons Hampshire and a talk by Mrs. Henry '.. of the American Revolution and M. Rober ts, Jr., president of the :·· Mrs. Earl F. Newton, state director I General National Society, D. A. R., L, r. N. H. c. A. R. Following the greet~ on "Have We Traditions?" Music ings from honored guests, the re- for the banquet will be furnished by · .,t . port of the state conference held at the studio quartette composed of ·;:• Concord in October 1938 and a re- Mary Shaw, soprano; Sara Dickey , ;· · port of the state ~eet~g at Con- Simpson, contralto; Clarence Schir- ; .f, _, ·1· tinental Congress in April, 1939, will mer, tenor; James Morrison, Jr., . ' · ' be read by Miss Eleanor H. Allard, bass; and Esther Johnson, piano ac,, "• , ·'. state secretary. The reports of the companist. ;. · ._:, / state officers · will be presented as _9.30 _o'lock Wednesday morning · ,_.. follows: state regent Mrs Ralph L will brmg the conference group to1Crockett; state vie~ re~ent, Mrs: igether again with a processional Robert F. Crosby; state treasurer, played by Gladys Hollin_liswort~ Mrs. Charles L. Jackman; state au- Smith, F. A. G. 0., and Devotionals ditor, Mrs. Dana A. Emery; state! conducted by Mrs. Edward D. Storrs. registrar, Mrs. J. Wendall Kimball; I Reports on membership" will be state historian, Mrs. Frank c. Foss: given by Mrs. Frank L. Nason, regisstate librarian, Mrs. Ralph w. Hop- trar general, to be followed by a , ., ,,: kins; state chaplain, Mrs. Edward report of the resolutions committee, ~ , . . D. Storrs; and the report of the a re~j.sion of by-Jaws, reports of state Junior American Citizens by Miss chairmen and reports of chapter reEleanor Greenwood, national chair- gents. man. Luncheon will be served by the 'The meeting will continue with Women's Guild at the North I the appointment of committees a_n d ._ C_h_u_r_ch__;ccch..a:F..,;;-"1. c. _ __ _ _ __ __, l the report. of the credentials cbm- __:J . r·': )~~~ State D.A. R. Conference I , ·_:~ Opens Tomorrow Rang'er Chapter To Act As Host To New . B d T d A dW d d y ues ay n e nes ay Hamps h,re ~ -= ,· · .>~:··c r · >. ,. :_',/t · 1 .:. : :__ - ... __:. . . :_ - -~~- '~-~··_?'~··_::l~~~, ' . �if il~~ii ~-1 New Ham ps hire D A • Here ,,. ,. • ., ._.-,. 1n Con v·en t Ion -=~'--.::......--'-"-""--'·-'-'~ " ' " " ~ - " ' .....~ - - - . .r~• ,,,_ _ _. __ . Charles C. Goss, Dover;· M~s .'.i .-,--,~H Annie Wa!lac~, Rochester; Mrs. ·-:_ .-...~-"-. ,,,!. 9 19 °".~.--.~---:_f_{,:_· -. John G. Christopher, Claremont; . ,t,.;~~~-iJ;:':;~'C<' :. Mrs. Lester P. Snow, Rochester; Mrs. 1 George H. Warren, Manchester; /r:Bj{,f< ,., Mrs. Charles H. Carroll, Concord; :-1£1..:J{t.~'';,_>t : Mrs. Harry C. Sanborn, Laconia; ":t:, ~'"" -· h te .,.. ~:i-.:\4::.-: ,., ..... --..~:,t ,• Mrs. Arthur F. Wheat, Mane es r. '.,~:':,,,.;:,;,·-.;:·,,..f· ;, Mrs. Ralph Crockett introduced 1-r".i.f.kt:.,?•· K; the first spe_aker of the evening, f~f:;•.' ·';)'>'·l [:. M~s Jean Shirley Tebo of Ho.oksett, ·'i New Hampshire's 1939 Good Citi/ zenship pilgrim, and at present a. freshman at the University of New ·:_;;~;£'. The New Hampshire Daughters of smith, Mrs. Albert A. Fagan, re- Hampshire. Miss .Tebo describ~d in -~;'!, the American Revolution were ex- gent of Ranger Chapter; Frank \. he~ talk h~ reactions and new i~eas -· ,,0·, ·d t f the N . H . ·.-.. ' tgamed durmg her trip to Washmg... - , te d d th I d h ·t J't M . G'll I ey, pres1 en o ~-•.~-_·v,:.',·_,__ n e e we come an osp1 a 1·y . R 1 t· • on _ . sons of the American evo u 1011; -_.: · . M' T bo pre• •ed ;.i.-;;f; o! historical Portsmouth today as 1n cone1us1on 1ss e ex .,.s :;~,..';;· an_d Mrs. Earl F. Newto~, State ", he'·-thanks to the D. A. R. b" sa"in"', \,:; ·')'-~:...-:..-:·· memb€rs from all over the state D t NH c AR V re • ' ' "' r , irec or, · · · · .. arious • · "My simple sentences could never I''. gathered here to attend the 38th ports. of the state offl_cers w~re ,. express my obligations to the D. A. t~~}+J annual conference of this organiza- also read and a memorial service • R. My only regret is )that every girl i 1i~'.\:1 t!on. was conducted by Mrs Edward D. \i "l,ho entered the contest couldn't go. '. ~t'1t•j An instructive and entertaining Storrs, state chaplai11, and Mrs. J. lit seems too bad to have all of those " , ··;:1 program will be carried out today Wendall Kimball, state registrar. . wonderful things tored up in just · · and tomorrow and Ranger Chapter, After the adjournment of the · me-the most grateful girl in New ': host this year to the conference, is meeting the members will visit sev- : Hampshire. I sincerely hope that all putting forth every effort toward era! of the old houses in Ports- · of the chapters of the D. A. R. in :,<<:~:. making their stay in this city a mouth and tea will be served in the : this state will give some girl the ~ :, pleasant one. . North Church chapel through the , chance to meet with others neXJt year t, !',...· At lhe Rockmgham Hot.el this courtesy of Ranger · Chapter. · when a new Pilgrim will be chosen." ·· ·,~i;'i morning a meetir.g of the chapter This evening a banquet will be , The next speaker was Dr. Fred . '.i~~'(,t: regents and committee chairmen held at the Rockingham Hotel at '.: Englehardt, ·pre.;ident of the Univ. : with t.he board of management 7 o'clock, which will be preceded by : ersity of New Hampshire, to whose and honorary state regents was a rec-eption at 6:30 o'clock. On this - talk last evening the members of held at 11 o'clock. occasion the principal speakers will ·, ,the Daughters of the American RevThis afternoon the conference be Mrs. Henry M. Robert, Jr., · olution had long looked forward with -t1J&; offic!a.Jly opened at 2 o'clock at president of the General National .. a great deal of anticipation. His ex•,;Y/t:. the South (Unitarian) Church Society, D. A. R., and Dr. Fred En- -~ planations of the problems of yourJi :f,i'Ii;.;, a.ddresses of greeting were deliv-1 gelhardt, president o~ the Uni- · and his sincere and diligent .efforts ered by Mayot Kennard E. Gold- versity of New Hampshire, ~· to solve_ these unfortunate c1rcui_n•· .v ,,... · ·'•.•.,·.?e<<_,_· :•,~ !V , ~~~:;; ,.:-i'l,r "·•:,Rf,i.,;. ',, ;·1 stances m student hfe has made hnn , '--1.!••<'·· ,.. •.•., :,,...,.,,;i·.··, ,•. ~: •' • 1 W, i . ,•,:,,...,_l(.'1,•1f:~ if.,,.,..,.,· ,,"f.1.tf_,p:·""., ·.J!~-i;-., .~-~· ~J/ ;_;'f\f.c"'-','..\ ::;,, " · '"i: \ti{:~f.\' · .• ;.;:'..;ifi:t1~-J:i'}f> a popular and respected man, both ,i;··•'!;,.,t .. . f:i~:c';:-::<1~· -~,,::i1•i • .• :,,:!',·•c··•ti~ ;;:,~ ~.- fN•:·,"'1'·•\ '<e;, as a speaker and as a UniversLty ' · · ~·· ~ ..,_. ' · · ·. president. Dr. Englehardt took as his subl ject, "The Student Loan" and inter- , preted the vital funct~ons of organ, !zing such a loan fund. He expressed c).,. / the opinion that a girl has a hardel' \<;~'.~-] Cl -~i , 'E ,~ruggle in gaining a college educa- .. 8 1tion 1f she doesn't have the means, •. ,1:f;.:i;.5::;~J . •-.~):i':/ ----------.. Ii1 than does a boy in the same situa- ·, .:.f...,i«f· . ([4 tion. If the girl marries shortly af ter · Speaks\J -her graduation! she, her_husband, . 1 1 • must start therr marned llfe paymg ; off back bills. If he, also, has re·J ceived his college degree through · ! the financial aid of a loan fund, be , The 38th annual convention of ily Lane Hersey of Hingham, Mass, .f has a double debt to pay. He sitre1:~d •, the New •Hamp.shire Daughtet'S of state regent of Massachu.s.ett.s; Al- the fact that more scholarships are '", the American Revolution l>eing held bert Lamson, president .. Piscataqua needect-money that the worthy boy in this city, was featured last eve- Pioneers; Miss Eleanor Grllenwood and girl need not pay back. ning by a banquet and reception to of Pepperrell, Mass., national chairIt was with alarm that Dr. Englethe president-general of the nation- man Junior American Citizens; Mr;;. hardt revealed it.he fact that fewer 'JJ{ al D. A. R., Mrs. Henry M. Robe:,r., Albert A. Fagan, regent of Ranger . young people are now going to colj;'.'~f Jr., of Baltimore, Md. chapter; Mr.;. Robert F. Crosby, . lege than attended in 1917. "The , };~y At the banquet those seated at De:ry, state vice regent; Mrs. proportion has decreased enormousthe head ,table included Mrs. Ralph Charles L. Jackman, Concord, state ly," he ~aid, "and one of the prin- ·..,. ~~~_.,,,., L. Crockett, state regent.; Mrs. Hen- ,,treasurer; Miss Eleanor H. Allard, cipal reasons for this decline is «' ..•i',-•. r,: j M. Robert, Jr., president- 1 North Conway, state secretary; Mrs. · money. The majority of these boys general; Mrs. Carl S. Hoskim, Lis- J. Wendell Kimba!l, Lancaster, state . and girls who canno,t · consider colbon, vice-president-gene.ral in New registrar; Mrs. Frank C. Fo,s, Roch- lege because of lack of funds are ,.. "f)'r,'A.:?a~ IIamp.;hire; Dr. Fred Englehardt, e.ster, state historian; M:·s. Ralph W. qualified, are capable and eager to · ~,;.~7 :.J:':;:.'-''t('-. ,; 1 president of it.he University of New Hopkins, Claremont, state llbrarian; learn. We must irealize that you ~;~:~~>-' .)•t'f:$ ;•, .. Hampshire; Mrs. Victor A. Binford, Mrs. Edward D. Storrs, Concord, - can't make good citizens in a demo- '7itt· J:<":.;_: ·.'.(;;~:Ji :~.:~ n~tion_a l chairm~n of the National state chaplain; Mrs. D~na A. Eme~y, .· cracy without having inte!Hge~t and r·•:'.;{;':;f_ .:.~Ji_A::_:_.~.i_~_:·,_~ :~ HLStoncal Magazme; Mrs. Prank L. J Manchester, state auditor, and tne educated people. You can't bmld up -·~:{\c:,;';,_:;'5;\:{/;;-\~ t: Na.son, registrar general; Miss Jean I followmg honorary state regents: · a democracy today when there is an JS:-~:,,r_,},•'/·;fr.,f;,1•;} i:oC)i%it( - Mrs. Henry M. Roberts, Jr., National President To Be Guest Of Honor At Banquet This Evening· ff----------------- r:. f;; . ;tf ,~1 - !:: :...'t,~f ·~*~· National Pres. General :t:Jd '. Gues t of D"A R Mrs Henry M. Robert Of Baltimore Md. Of World Crisis At Annual Banquet , 1 !l 0-: r· 1· I ~~~~~~i~;_~~~~r:1;~h~~ i~~ N]~~i;• ~.'.?;I:_>~'-) ~- :t}~;jii:i;~;~;t:.;•: --~"ffl¾JlJ:.A:·~·',·.,.,•.•,'·i!~1.~~I:;::sm2~::~t11~ �· a "for ow nation to approac ita ideals, there must be effort to etabllsh a common. political and cultural tradition, something to e!,lable . our . people to . understand their own · differences, something to be passed on an American way of life." Tracing the ·110eiety since Robert said: "As a. society we have given much in the preservation of na.tlonal traditions. ' we approach our 50th anniversary in a period of doubt and ~ewtl4~~t. t4r(>ughout the world. A quel!tioµ' : or ~i-teat 1Diportance to us· u ·''Di.ugh~rs ·of the American Revolution ia: Have we met the challenge, not alone, of conservatlng the traditions <if the past, but also in absorbing those of- the ~present and safeguarding ·.them for the generations to come?" Following her talk; Mrs. Robert was presented with' a amall model of the submarine, Sea Wolf set on a granite baae--symbollc o! Portsmouth _a nd the Granite State, by Mrs. Crockett on behalf of the New Hampshire Daughters of the Am• erican Revolution, "It ls symbolic and fitting that your convent.ion be held in hlstoric Portsmouth Herald Photo Portsmouth which might justly be ~rs. Rolph L. Crockett, of Redstone, atote regent of the D. A. R., extreme right, shown 01 she opened the state convention at the South Church in this called one of the cradles of .Apiericity. Oth_ers in the picture ore Mrs. Corl S. Hoskins, of Lisbon, vice president can Liberty." These words of hOl!general tn New Hampshire, left, and Mrs. Henry M. Roberta, Jr., president i>itable recep~on were spoken yesgeneral of N. S. D. A. R., center. · terday afternoon by Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith in his speech of increasing number of persons each replace the -material force of arms, welcome at the South <Unitarian) year who cannot pursue a higher between patriotic effort and a wish Church where the opening session of their 38th annual conference education." To maintain an increas- for peace.'' ingly, stronger and finer group of In speaking-of Congress, which is took place. The conference opened with a young citizens, Dr. Englehardt now engaged in shaping the neuurged his listeners to give what aid trality policy of the United states, processional of state officers, honorary state regents, and honored they could · to secure an education Mrs. Robert said: for America's young men and wom''To. question its sincerity of guests, escorted to the front of the en. judgment in one respect is to ques- church by pages, and the meeting A call for main,tenance of a strong tion it in all -respects. The Con- was presided over by Mrs. Ralph L. faith in representative government gr~ ot , -the - United states has Crockett of Redstone, state regent. by all Americans during the present again and again shown itself re- The invocation was given by Rev. worldi crisis was issued by Mr.s, sponsive to -the expressed will of the William Safford Jones followed· by Henry M. Robert, Jr., p~es.ident gen- American people." the Pledge of Allegiance to the eral of the national society, D. A. R ., Mrs. Robert, now making a tour flag led by Mrs. Alonzo Morris, in her talk le.st evening on "Living of 13,00() ....miles during which she state chairman Co1Tect Use of the T.raditions" before this group of will speak before many state con- Flag. At the conclusion of the NaNew Hampshire women. ferences in the East, Mid-West and i'tlonal Anthem and the Amerlcan"s Mrs. Robert warned that unless Northwest, stressed the point that ,Creed by the assemblage, Mayor that faith endures our national the D. A. R. always has maintained Goldsmith expresaed his greetings hopes will crumble. She declared : and those of the people of Portsa stand for peace. She said: "Let us set an example of trust in "While actively supporting the mouth to the members of this pathe Congress · of the United States nation in the ;emergoncy Of war, the triotic organization. · regardless of agreement or disagreeMusic for the banquet was fursociety has consiatently upheld ment, let every Daughter of the Amnished by the studio quartette comerican Revolution set an exs.mple of every sound effect toward a basis posed of Mary Shaw, soprano; Bara respect for honesty of opinion of for permanent and lasting peace. "The Daughters of the American Dickey Simpson, contralto; James her fellow cLtlzens. Whenever opinRevolution counted it · a privilege Morrison Jr., bass; Clarence Schirion of our citizens crystalizes into decision, let it be recognized and re- that the Conference upon Limita- mer, tenor; and Esther Joh1110n piaho accompanist. ' spected a..~ the will of the people in tions of Armaments in Washington He _stated that _the forefathers of accordance with the true principlt'.s in 1921 was held in its own Memorial Continental Hall, dedicated as the D. A. R. inaugurated a deof government by majority. "The American people are united It is' to the perpe tQB. tion of the mocracy second to none and that in their de61re for peace. Let no memory and spirit of the men and today this democracy is being placed Daugh_ter of the American Revolu- women who achieved American in- in a precarious situatiQn. "It is your dependence. . . privilege as an organization to 'car·tlon, therefore, be heard to say: ' "A few years later the 110elety was ry on your family heritage and " 'I'm afraid that we'll be drawn •the- first natlon&l organization to that this · democracy is preserved," into it.' "There is • no .. oonflict today be- endorse the Kell01g-Briand Peace he said. Mrs. Albert A. Fagan, tween loyalty to country and hope Pact. Leading into her theme of "Liv- Ranger Chapter, which that. the moral force of right will ing Traditions," Mrs. Robert aald ing State D. as .see �&11 host to the state group, waa the next speaker and accorded the group a sincere and cordial welcome. ·"The lives of Portsmouth people are simple and uriostentatious," she declared, "It Is the · ho~e of real Americans and a fitting place for your conference." Response waa given by Mrs. RobDerry, state v;ce regent, in which she expressed the pleMure the members of the conference felt in holding their meet• Ing In the city of Portsmouth. In the absence of Prank M. Cilley, president of the New Hampshire Sons of the American Revolution, Albert Lamson of Elkins, presideni. of the Pl.scataqua Pioneers and a past president of the N. H. D. A. R., extended greetings to the group. Mrll. Eatl P. Newton, state director, N. H. D. A. R., also delivered greetings. The report of the state conference held at Concord in October, 1938, and a report on the state meeting at the Continental Congress, April, 1939, were read by Miss Eleanor H. Allard of North Conway, state secretary. The report of the state officers included those of the state regent, . Mrs. Ralph L. Crockett in which .she 1tre1111ed the importance of the junior group; state vice regent, .Mrs. Robert F . orosby ; state treMurer, Mrs. Charles L .. Jackman, who spoke in her account of the N. H. l:!tudent Loan Fund which has a1111lsted 26 young people in their college expensea so far ; state auditor, Mrs. Dana A. Emery ; state, registrar, Mrs .. J. Wendall Kimball, whose report listed 37 chapters and 2,094 persons in membership in the organization ; state historian, Mrs; Frank C. Foss; state librarian, Mrs. Ralph W. Hopkins; and state chaplain, Mrs. Edward D. Storrs. Miss Eleanor Greenwood, ... national chairman of the Junior American Qitlzens, gave a stirring and infonJ?.atlve talk on the need · for more members in this group. There are about 118,000 persons belonging to ihis society and it 1s hoped to reach a roster of 200, before the end of the year. A memorial service was conduct ed by Mrs. Edward Storrs and Mrs J. Wendall Kimball followed b several solos by Mrs. Sara Dicke Simpson and ·the benediction. A vi.sit to stately . old St. John's Church and the historic home of Rev. William Safford Jones was followed by the serving of tea at the North · Church chapel th.tough the courte6y of Ranger Chapter. Hostess ·were past regents of Ranger Chatper, Dr. M. I. Boger-Shattuck, Mrs. Heney L. Green, Miss Pl;lyllls Hodgdon, Mrs. Walter ·'J!'. Lane and Miss Sally otockett. ·en P. orosby, of D. A. R. Closes 38th Annual Conference Here Various Reports Heard At Session YesterdayTotal Registration Of 195 ,. The 38th annual conference of the New Hampshire Daughters of the American Revolution came to a cloee yesterday afternoon, followIng an all-day busina.,a se1111lon held at the South Church (Unitarian). The opening meeting was featured by an addresa on "Mem~rship" by Mrs. · Prank L. Nason of Plymouth, MIIBS., registrar general' of the Natlona.l Society. In her talk Mrs. Nuon pointed out that the manner 1n which each member of the D. A. R . lives her l!fe is refleeted in the organization and that a continuance of honesty and sincerity will aid the society to even greater accomplishments, both 1n state and national affairs. Her explanation· of membership and what It Involves was concise, educatlonal and . extremely Interesting and at its conclusion her audience acoorded ;.her· a grateful acknowledgment of appreciation. The program· opened with an organ prelude by NelBon K. Ward, followed by devotionals conducted by Mrs. Edward D. Storrs, state chaplain, and a pledge of allegiance. The reports of the Resoutlons committee was then given. Mrs . Carl S. Hoskins of . Lisbon, a past state regent and also vice president general of t he national society in New Hampshire, teported for the committee on revision of by-laws. It was yoted to change the date of the annual conference from the fall to the spring between the dates of March 15 and the convening of the Continental congrellll at Washington. Reports of the state chairmen and chapter regents were also given. Luncheon was served by t he Church Guild at the North Church chapel and at 1.30 o'clock the afternoon's program opened. Mrs. Sara Dickey Simpson entertained with several appropriate selections and a roll call wu taken. Reports of the chapter regents continued and Mrs. Albert A. Pagan presented her account of Ranger Chapter's activities for the ,past year. She said in part: "During the season 1938-39 ~anger Chapter held ten regular meetings, one special meeting, and Its annual card party. One new mem er was admitted to the Chapter and two associate members. An essay contest (which Is an annual event) was conducted in the Portsmouth High School by the C~apter, the subject of which WM 'The Early Exploration of the MaineNew Hampshire Coast.' An excellent response was made to this and medals were awarded _to the two prize winners. The chapter also participated in the good . citizenship p!lgrlmage, and Portsmouth's candidate was entertained at the chapter ~eeting and presented with a Good Citizenship pin and certificate." Mrs. Fagan continued by reportIng th at •th e usual contributions h~ been made to the D. A. R. approved schools, M well as local charitable organizations, and all national obl!gatlons were met. The regular annual Christ.mas party for the chlldren at th e Chase Home WM also held and gift., presented to about 25 children. Mrs. Willis E. Underhill of this dty, chairman of the committee on credentials, reported a total registration of 195, which Is the largest of any conference to date. Following the adoption of court~ esy resolutions, the conference adjourned for this year. with the retiring of colors. Chairmen of commJttees for the conference were : reservations and banquet, Mrs. Philip '.H:. White; credentials, Mrs. Wl!Hs E. Underhill; decorations, Mrs. John E. Seybolt; hospitality, Mrs. Douglas E. Dismukes and Miss Sally Crockett; pages, Miss Virginia Peyser, Miss Margaret Ferrell, Miss Frances Rand, Miss Martha Boutwell and Mrs. Judith Clark Cole, �Outlines Union Of Democracies Of The World Clarence Streit Speaks At Stoneleigh College Gathering ·.,._ Uniting 15 world democt.cles into a federal union, with executive, legislative, and judicial branches like those that now exist in United St11,tes, is the one solution for international peace and economical security, Clarence K. Streit, New York Times reporter, who covered the League of Nations at Geneva for ten years, told the student body of Stoneleigh College at Rye Beach, and 12.5 guests last evening at Stonelelgh Playhouse. · President Richard D. Currier of the college opened the program and introduced Dr. Joseph Ray-back, heao of the history department and charter member of the IFU, who introduced the speaker of the evening. Mr. Strf;}.t, ls touring the eastern states, l~cturing on the Interdemocracy Federal Union. The movement, less than a year old, has already gained international acclaim and Streit's book, "Unlo!l Now," is b_eing published in a nwnber of foreign translations, including German. This ls a proposal for another federal union like the United States, the speaker said, not feeble and falling like the league at Geneva was but strong and elastic, the mos& freedom-creating system that man ha,; ever known. It would be founded . by about 15 of the experienced de• mocracles, and membership would be open to all na Ions u democratJc rights are restored or made in the 1 countries. • The union 1s not planned !,o be a bloc· or alliance, he said, but men1• bershlp would be so advantageous in every way that all nations would wish to belong to this great org·anlzatlon that would stop all_dictators by offering their people a Utopian way of living and of government. The idea, he stated, Is not entir~ly new but ls a proven one, as in the case of United states, where 48 states are united under one govern• ment. The proposed 15 founder-de• mocracies-United States of Amer!· ca, Canada, the United Kingdom . of England, Scotland and Wales, France, Ireland, Switzerland, Bel• gium, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa-are the ones that can most easily and quickly join hands, most of the popuiac.e reading either English, French or both. Too, no~ one of these countries have been t-0 war with another for over a century. With 60 to 95 per cent of the war material at this union's qemand no war could ever be waged against the international organization, Mr• Streit point"ed out. The set-up of the union ls so democratic, the speaker said, every citizen of countries belonging .would gain a new, direct control over world affairs. They would elect candidates to the world office as citizens here now elect Sert'ators and Congressmen. Mr. Streit suggested that the. Union would have two senators for each country, with an additional weighting for the 'l arge populations, so that, for instance, France and England would have four and United States would have eight. The lower house of the Union Congress, a representative for every million population, would_..be as follows: Australia, 7; Belgium, 8; Caµada, 11; Denmark, 4; Finland, 4; France, 42; Ireland,. 3; Nether• lands, 8; New Zealand, 2; Norway, 3; Sweden, 6; Switzerland, 2; Union of South Africa, 7; United Kingdom, 46; and United States, 124. Both colonies and dependencies, alike, which do ncit govern them.: selves at present, India ·for exampte, would become terr!:torels of the union, being eligible for admission as member nations when they de• velop into self-governing democra• cies just as the western states were ad~ltted to the United States. Appealing to everyone is the pre• diction that all taxes would be re• duced, armaments could be cut tremendously, and the · union wciuld still be stronger than any cpm\>inatlon of enemies. . The speaker also said that the uniQn's stable and reliable money would start new enterprises moving, ending depression and unem• ployment, and products would move as freely and profttably among the member nations aa they do now among the states here. Proclamation For,~ ' . Navy Day \) .'v ·t Gov. Francis P. Murphy has issued the ,follow!ne proclamation tor Navy Day: "In these tim'ea when the European War is so much in our thoughts and when anxiety that the United States may in some way become involved makes us more thankful than ever tor · the wide ocean wast.ea which prot.ect our 11hores, there enteri into our hearts renewed conftdence, admiration and affection for the great Navy which holds the front line of the nation's defell888 and upon which we lavish our hopes. On Friday, the 27th day of .October, the Navy Department wW cooperate with the Navy League of the United stat.ea in sponS-Oring a day especlalJy devoted to the Navy and all that pertains to the Navy, an occaaion upon which the public may endeavor to acquire a broader understanding of the purposes and functions of the Navy. "It is highly proper that, on a day devoted to those who go down to the seas to defend the nation's frontiers, · deserved tribute should also be paid the great ftgure who had so much to do with the making of our modern Navy, Theodore Roosevelt, himself born on the anniversary of the day on which the Continental Congreas laid the foundations of the American Navy. It is well that we hold before the manhood of our nation and state the example of that remarkable man who, though handicapped by physical weakneu in his boyhood, by sheer willpower and perseverance succeeded, transforming himself into a strong man and thenceforth used his strength for the public good. "It is, therefore, with a sense of high privilege that I hereby appoint the 27th day of October as 'Navy-Roose\e1t Day' in the State of New Hampshire this year. Before that day arrives, let ua consider well all that our wonderful Navy means to us. Let us thoroughly inform ourselves relative to its tremendous responsibllitles. Let us refresh our knowledge of the duties and the service record of the Naval Academy, of which we are all 10 proud; of the Navy's glorious supporting unit, the Marine Corps; of the efficient builders of the :fleet; and those powerful adjuncts, the Naval .Reaerves, upon which the nation has learned to depend with conftdence in time of need. Knowing these things and realizing their vital importance to us as a free people, we shall be able to ob.serve 'Navy-Booaevelt Day' with a profound aense of appreciation." �·l , ··;-'.-- · • · - J)Oi-J~y_ l)~tp:)1?t<l· }rocl-.~m~ : :L.: :. c at~ion..::::.._::.. .~,/ Navy Day Will Be Well ·:,!NavyDay 0bservedHere o>r 0 -} ~j .. i , Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith has ! issued the following proclamation for Navy :Oay: "Whereas the city of Portsmouth has been a cradle of our Navy since 1 1 Several Gatherings To Be Held p •· • Q · • atrtOtlC rgan1zat10nS Py Local __ _ its inception, and our citizens ever Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith, Hon. among the chief proprietors of 'The A change in the observance of Charles M. Dale and James MaNavy-Defender of our Sea Fron- ;Navy Day has been caused by th€ honey, commander of Frank E. tiers' and , j ban on visitors to the navy yards, Booma Post, American Legion. '' "Since in these times of Old !but in this city there will be several Following the banquet a Navy world and Asiatic chaos 'a good ievents in honor of the day, Which Day ball will be held at the Amer: Navy is not a provocative of war. It I for a number of years has been set icanLegion ballroom under the a.u. is the surest guarantee of peace.' j aside at the navy's day at home, spices of the Legion. It becomes the privileged duty of . ; whm the first line of defense is inAlso, during the evening the •. us, who are so fortunate in haV1:1'1g ·j spected by thousands of people. members of the Navy Club and the · been born in, or adopted by a city I The Fleet Naval Reserve and Emerson Hovey Po.st, F. V. W. and so rich in the honor and glory of Auxiliary in the past have bee1, its auxiliary are to hold an enter,_.; past accomplishments and present most active in this observance and tainment and dance in v. F. w . ._: deeds, to cherbh our traditions, but this year the American Legion and hall on Parrott avenue, beginning ,;, we must not hide them away in the its auxiliary are cooperating in the at . o'clock. This is a semi-public 8 and there will be an enter; , hidden vaults of our hearts and . celebration, while the Navy Club affair ··. minds, rather it is for us to pay _J and the Veterans of Foreign Wars tainment, dancing and refresh. homage to the United s tates Navy, lare to hold an entertainment and ments. th 50 , ,:._~ around and about which ey dance. The big feature of the day 'l'here will -be special assembljes th · ·•-:. closely revolve, by setting em · will be the annual banquet, which in the various schools with speak'" · forth as an example to the world. throughout the years has developed ers albout the navy and its activ!- · As James Morgan has recently said, into a large and fine affair. The ties._, Ll~ut. Bruce L. Carr or the •rt is a great trust we hold, not for speakers will be the former region- Portsmouth Navy Yard will give ourselves alone, but_ for all peoples , aJ vice president of the Fleet Nav- , short address o.ver the local ra and for their posterity. ~ur peace i al Reserve, John Hannigan of Bos- station on Friday afternoon at 2: is its necessary saf€g~ard. . d _ , ton; Capt. w. F. Amsden, U. S. N., .'. . , ·., -: :. · . : , , , . , • • • • ~l · .: 1of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, • ·,. -.'. '..'. ·•. 0 . "Therefore let us jon:~ in remm ·.t.Qo:.. ing ourselves, our neighbors and _ , ,. 1 • c:, - . . • · • . i . • . , - our children that ours is a beacon ___,.c..:._~...:..__ _.._..c._ _ _ _ _ _ _ of hope to the world of today and 1 7 tomorrow, made possible by the I United states Navy, your Navy and my Navy. I "Now therefore, I, Kennard E. I ··,_ Goldsmith, Mayor of the City of i· Portsmouth, do proclaim the 27th ~ day of October, 1939, as Navy Day, ' and urge that the people of the city Although present conditions . of Portsmouth make suitable obmake it impossible to hold open servance of that day, and, although house at the navy yard on Navy due to present conditions, the navy Day, a feature th~t has brought yard will not be open to the public, there are many places rich in the thousands to visitors to the resertraditions of the Navy which may vation in past years, there will be .· be visited; and particularly that the an excellent recognition of the day schools in this city <ledicate a por- in Portsmouth, and everything :s -~ ,.· tion of that day for patriotic exer- in readiness for th,' observa:t')e cises and instruction to the pupils Friday. The American Legion is 1 ., traditions of our cooperating with the Fleet Reserve I .-·i', . . ,... in the glory and ,, and Auxiliary in the program. : · ,~, Navy." There will be speakers at the ,;,'.;..'_;; l • , . : . • \."' ansI in the evening the . :_ . ·. . .-«},~. ~ .. i'}-: schools annual Navy Day banquet will be held at the Rockingham Hotel at 7 o'clock at. which the speakers will include Past Regional Vice President John Hannigan, Capt. W. F . Asmden, USN., of the Portsmouth navy yard, Mayor Kennard • E. Goldsmith, Hon. Charles M. Dale and Comdr. James Mahoney of Booma Post, A. L. A Navy Day ball will be held at the American Legion Qallroom Friday evening for which Roland Hinckley's 14-piece orchestra will If~n;sh music• ,, :\bcf. Navy Day To Be I Well Observed .'. �.,.···~-~~q~~-::,~ - -~-- - :i-\N~v}' Day Well Observed 6el1eve you ' ca~ beat our old Navy. be only improvement we have had in the personnel is that we 1 have got a little bit better organilzation. We understand a little bit /more of theory and practic'e of how I to go about a thing to get better 1results." Turning to affairs of the day, he spoke of un-American activities Varied Activities Feature Interesting Program and mentioned that the Dies committee has brought out much of Carried Out In This City this subversive element and then he paid tribute to the Americanism r.:c:-om=m=en=-.:::su~r;:::a:-.te~w;;;iith:i:;--;;-ou;;-r;:-;:n;--;;a:ttT.io:;-;n:;-;a;-i1~d;i:e;;'.-7'1 efforts of the American Legion and -'; The annual Navy Day observance fense shall be fulfilled," he con- the Veteran of Foreign Wars, and in this city included several activi- c1u ded· b th to every patriotic society in the th t . Hon. Charles M. Dale, a mem er country. He mentioned by name e ties in addition to e CUS omaz:y of the New Hampshire Senate, was American League for Peace and banquet and dance. The Amen- the next speaker and told of the security, and saict, "Let's nil hope can Legion and Auxiliary joined nd birth 81 years ago of Theodore that these societies when they say with the Fleet Naval Reserve a Roosevelt. Born to a New York they are a league for peace mean Auxiliary to hold the banquet and family of comfortable means and that they are a league for peace . dance, the former at the Hotel th of culture, he grew from a weak with America on top. It js usually Rockingham and the latter at e youth into a vigorous !).nd energe~ic a peace with Russia. on top that . American Legion ballroom. The nd young man. Recreational pursmts they mean." He urged an active ef-- Veterans of Foreign Wars a did not satisfy his yea.m ing for ac- ort on the part of all persons to ._ .. Auxiliary,- with the Navy Club, held th tion, stated the speaker, and he stamp out and W€ed out orga11iza,- :•. an entertainment and dance at e ormed the Rough Riders who par- tions that are working against the .- -•:: veterans of Foreign Wars Home on t!cipated in the Spanish-Ameri~a_n American ideals and principles. :;-· Parrott avenue. A party was held war in Cuba. From then his civic James E. Barnett was chairman at the Officers Club at the na_vy duties began and he became gov- of the committee on arrangements. yard and the Master Mecharucs ernor, and later vice president, sue- Others on the committee included Association held its annual Navy ceeding to the presidency. He was Louis v. Bouffard, President of Day banquet at the Pat1naway an opostle of preparedness an~ an . Branch , Howard L. Boyd, D. L . .,.- Club. Speakers at the var:ous advocate of expansion of Amenca:i Simmer, 7Eugene B. Grenier, Eugene · .· schools gave talks upon the navy life. Wyatt and Pharmacist mate C. V. _. ,·· and there was also a radio talk Continuing, Mr. Dale said: Banta. ·:: ;.. in honor of the day. "Roosevelt felt that the destiny of The radio talk in the afternoon . ·: The banquet, sponsored by the America rested not upon our tra- was by Lieut. Bruce L. Carr. USN. _:_ Fleet Naval Reserve, has become an ditions of valor and achievement, Navy Day was fittingly observed __ .,- annual affair. The various other but upon the faith, courage an_d by the v. F. w. and the Navy Club activities kept the attendance spirit with which we met the neeas at the V. F. W. Home on Parrott . •.--. down, but the aim of the associa- and duties of the present day. _He avenue with an entertainment and _ • tion is a city-wide oboervance of was an advocate of the expansion dance. The entertainment was by . ·..the day. . of the American life _more than the Emma Bilodeau Smith and pupils , John Hannigan of Boston, a past expansion of American ~ernto_ry, · and the program was as follows: · regional vice president of the Fleet the development_ of Amen~an _ 1~', Naval Reserve Association. acted as dustries, the efficiency and mvmc1toastmaster. The first spea,ker b!lity of our armed forces. He had Dance· Revue, Act 1 was James B. Mahoney, command- faith in a well trained and ade- Opening, tap dance F .. · er of Frank E .Booma Post, No. 6, quately equipped American army• Frances O'Keefe, Marion HubAmerican Legion, and a former He had pride in the American m~bard and Arline Walker commander of Emerson Hovey irnes. He had .a special interes~ m Ballet dance Corrine Hutton Post, No. 68, V. F. W. Command- and admiration for the Amenc~n Song and dance Rosalie Yosua er Mahoney advocated a strong navy and he knew that ihe ful,y Acrobatic dance Barbara Hain% ._ . navy, both 1n the Atlantic and Po- rounded strength of our navy re- Accordion solo Patricia Pepin _,..~ cific oceans, citing the importance quir.ed the building of an adequate & tap dance Estelle Pepin ~- ;· . of not depending upon the Panama merchant marine." " School days Joanne Philbrick ,:' Canal as a means of having one Mr. Dale called these days days Golliwog dance Waldo Dowhan _ fleet to protec tboth coasts. He we need to recall the faith of Am· Danse Bleue Marion Hubbard mentioned the extending of neu- erica. we have no desire for ter- Rhy thm tap dance _ tral waters from beyond the three- ritory in an yother nation," he said, Marjorieanne JoVInt:> mile limit and stressed that "the "we do not use our might in das- Jade Goddess Mary Philbrick estab!ishment of that line means tardly war on women and children, Tap dance Phyllis Duckers · .,. t.riat there must be a navy to guard we do not covert our neighbors Acrobatic dance Jackie Ganister fleet to protect both coasts. He vineyard, but we will not stand Lnterpretation Betty Larrabee paid a tribute to President Roose- idly by and see America threat- Acrobatic contortion velt for his interest in the navy ened by old world despotic powers," Valse Ezquisse Arlene Zeidman Inez Hirschberg a.'1d in connection with the pro- stating that we had assumed re~- Divertissement gram for expansion of the national ponsibility for peace in the AmenFrances O'K-eefe, Marion Hubdefense said, "We have gotten out cas. bard & Arlene Walker 1 . '. of the lethargy of economic securCapt. w. F. Amsden, USN, cap- Piano & violin solos _ ity and we cannot be niggardly in tain of the Portsmouth Navy yard, Josephine· & Alfred Diaut.e -.- the matter of national defense." was the final speaker and spoke of • Acrobatic fantasie · "It becomes your duty" he con- 'the new personnel of the navy and Maxene Campbell, Arlene Zeidcluded, "as alumni to petition you.:- paid a tribute to both the old and man, Betty Larrabee, Josephine congressmen and all of the time to new personnel by saying: "The new Lee, B-ertha Molifield, Mae bring before them, and bring it ln personnel ~s good. They cannot be Thompson, Patsy Dagle, Marjoria forcible manner, that a navy 1be~t, I do iiot ~lieve, but I do not 1_~a~n!.!n~e:.....!L~o:..:v.!!in'°"e"------~---:- In Portsmouth ~ :-. -~- ' I ./ ~ �:}~Y.--. • ,; ,. -..-, ·-· ,.,.:•:JInterpretation ':,_:,'!;.] song & dance .;,:: Mermaid 1 Marelyn Sherm Ursula Bur .; ,. , '.. :'! Impersonation -"Dickie" _Lydston _,,.-;:· Novelty toe dance Comue Byers :,,:: Acrobatics and controle -~ Judith Darby Up From the East Side L ,'f George Haley ··-J'. I 1 7-~.· Hawaiian dance Marjorieanne Lovine & "Dickie" Annual Navy Day Observance Being Held Here loday :l;} Lydstdn . /Ji, . A1 W lker ., Today 1S Navy Day, a day of gre -~ A Pirate Bold r ene a ,1 . • • f -.::.'?§ Le Bohemienne Frances Allen . significance to Portsmouth wh1 .'.;.;_~'. st. Louis Blues Frances o ·~e~fe _~ has always been keenly interes .-]< Irish Jigg Loretta Rod1 er in that branch of the United Sta , _:.jj. Acrobatic fantasie government. Even before the da ,,~-; Bertha Holifield when the colonies declared the : ·., ·.;:,~ Winged feet Charles Belmont independence of the mother co 1 ' .:~.·--~-~~.•.:_ Spanish nights try, the men of Portsmouth a 1 ,.,__ Frances O'Keefe, Marion Hub- ·. surrounding territory were build ;':l':i bard & Arlene Walker ships for the Royal Navy. 1 La Paloma Ruth Marshail ·· For the past several years ·::i Military tap Patricia Haley observance o! Navy Day in t : -~·~, After the entertainment, refresh- ,; section has brought thousands : ''~ ments of ice cream, coffee and cake "' people to the navy yard. Many Lii'ffk were served. Mr. and Mrs. H. G . ., the shops were open to visitors, a [ •~. Mohn catering, the Ladies' Auxili- ' there was much of interest to a ary, F. V. W., serving. After re- . However, with the orders fro ;:-~; freshmmts, dancing was enjoyed Washington several months a i' ~;f~C: until midnight. closing the Navy Yard. to all vi ~,~:.,.- · _,. . .....,,...,--_ · ·:.t ,, . , .: •r tors, this practice had to be d ~if)j-j{f,fa··c,/',t.; pensed with this year, and the d ·;: .. -~ - ~, ··.: ;;:.,.. ,. ·..,·:/. '.\ .;~-; given over to patriotic gatherin · .. · · -· " · .. · Entertainment, a banquet a :'.'-'~'.- ;if:, ·*· c i.~--.~.:.!._·· 1.,':1'>-- 'aHunf Iub o p I Y A IR as nnua un The annual fall run of the Myo1 ''S? pia Hunt Club of Wenham, Mass., ' ''-• was held Saturday afternoon over the Rye and Hampton courses. Ar.:·:\ riving by train at the Hampton de: ,, i(,'. pot the run got under way about t .(, 1.30, the riders following a course l·{t! toward Dow's Hill, then across couni· ·:.•,·• try via Centennial hall in North ', :f;} Hampton to Chesley·s corner, Rye, ·:\ where the "ct.eek" was made. After _;t. the check the course was to Rye ! , -~ Center and thence to the Peek farm at West Rye :'here the hunt ended. .t-.:i Gordon Prmce was master of ounds, and executive councilor ayard Tuckerman and Francis halifoux were the whips. There 1• F vere three who made the entire I ourse, making approximately 125 1 . _ umps. No spills were reported. The r•·-i bad weather prevented a greater ~-/§t munber from participating. The t. ;_,:;~were eleven in the first half a '::£:~~only three going the entire lengt II ,,-.-. :J.,-.? Following the hunt lunch w ' ;::"'.?,~ served and the horses were r I .)f loaded on the special train f :t·•"- reakfast Hill for the return [J. enham . l;:- Those taking part in the run we t• r. and Mrs. Gordon Prince, I nd Mrs. Gilbert Steward, Bay uckerman, Mrs. Francis P. Sea · l iss Phyllis Tuckerman, Edwa cNichol, Paul Fox, Francis 1 I arold L. Chalifoux. ls;;~~ •Jt;, ~}Ai ! dances will comprise the evenin celebration of the occasion, whi is so dear to the hearts of those w are navy-minded, as is true of th ~;:;~1:: N:::l t::s::ens~ ciation, which several years ago b . gan the practice of holding a ba quet on the day, assisted by seve other organizations, will meet the Rockingham Hotel for their o servance. A dance will be held the American Legion ballroo sponsored by the Legion, and entertainment and dance at · VFW hall on Parrott avenue by t Veterans of Foreign Wars. Speakers at the Navy Day ba quet will include Capt. W. F. . den USN of the Portsmouth Na ·( Ya;d; John Hannagan of Bos •'· former regional vice president ·, the Fleet Reserve; Mayor Kenn :·. E. Goldsmith and Comdr. Ja ,' Mahoney of Frank E. Booma P " American ~ "-,'.:..:_;.:.;Jc:. ·."' ·:r="·_". ·"'·.,~, -. ·"",.;:..:,..,....,..,..,...:-7"'.c::--,~-,---..-,-s;-=-:-:-, . ~:•.:"i·:,:;< ~-.l,;;· ' · �~t~ Camp Director Advises ,. /_) ;} Girl Scout Leaders )· . It Kitte~y Council Of ~!ft,,. ;~ ·: Girl Scouts ir1:t >;,;'j, •-s•• --~~~r~~mW~~n~~t1~r~t~:~s:!r~ewScout _____ "'--- - - -- - - - - - - - - - - .• ~ ~k1 Award WonBy \ ";i.lll' announcement was ..;1 atOfficial the Girl Sc:mt national made con- Miss Dema Kennedy, Camp Di- sometimes leads to the girls dis - i;ij vention in .Phil~delphia yesterday to . R . O f th N covering what they wish to follow ,\: of the award which was won by the .,,-.f., rec r m egion ne, or e a- for a vocation. t( Kittery Council of Girl Scouts for ;!:,,ii tional Girl Scout organization with :~, its publicity record for the past ".i;,, "The Natioi1al Organization is '., ·.:, year. ,:-~t- headquarters in Boston, stressed . . ri~ . . . watchmg with keen interest the -'· The winning entry is being exhibit'-"',·.::;.\';. two pomts on which the Kittery\ newly organized council in Kittery ; . ed this week at convention head;,1..1 Council members and leaders of the · and sends congratulations for the :;5 quarters in the Benjamin Franklin :\}.'.. Kittery Scouts could concentrate fine records the Kittery Council ·. Hotel in Philadelphia. This hon""<\:, for the year's program, during her has made in the work," said -Miss ;-.· orable mention was given by the visit in that town recently. These Kennedy. "You a1·e commended for ~';": members of the Girl Scout national :,.,, were namely, to get a camp estab- sending such a large number to :·•. public relations activities. Meml>ers 'fti·; lished to develop the outdoor phase Camp Pine Tree for training this of this committee include national• f,~· of Scouting and to use every op- year. And it makes me very happy ~\ ly known publicists, journalists, portunity to have all who are in- to tell you that you have won an ~h magazine editors, radio and adver,~. terested in Girl Scouting realize- award on your publicity book with }~G tising executives. ~¥1 the vslue bf the new program to I am told was not made to enter '·.:: The citation for the fif!i, the girl as an individual. any contest but only as a matter of '}.:. by the Kittery council is as HAfter a five year study by a personal 1·ecord by Mrs. Merle Mit- f~ lows: "Kittery Point wins an hon· ~~•: special staff the new program was chell of the Public Relations Com- !::~ arable mmtion for their very sucmapped out in which emphasis has mittee. Also, in the "Copy," a Na- } cessful historical tour of old houses. , been placed to build up the weaker tional Girl Scout publication which '½ The tour planned by the Girl Scout .J,jt;· phases of the work and omit that brings out the unusual features of ·? Council in 'the oldest incorporated .:;,' ;~~i which had not seemed to have prci- Scout and Council activities, there ''.} township in Maine' was the subject :<:., ;:?.:{; ven of special benefit to the girls as is an article on the Historic Tour of newspaper feature stories. It \' 1"3'{ a whole," she said. of old Kittery houses which was so ,., created good will, attracted more 1• th an 3oo visitors, and added m~re r.~ ·:}i: Miss Kennedy stated that while successfully sponsored by your }~- th :'~r the Golden Eaglet rated high in commissioner, Mrs. Clarence Hackan $S?O to th e coffers of th ~ ::Cit;?,~ public opinion and was commen- ney and Finance Chairman, Mrs. ;! tery P omt G1rl Scout Council. ,·· f~ dable and deserved in many in- Allen Wiley, with the cooperation -~_,'. Mrs: ~larence Hackney,. who is ( ·,· ta of all of your council members and .•, comm1.5si?ner of the G1rl Scout s ~c;s, yet the tendency in the parent&, of .the girls.'' =c: Council m Kittery and . Mrs. Merle {fi- pas ew years had seemed to place .·. c. Mitchell of the Publlc R.elations :.~' too much emphasis on the award At the Leaders' meeting held at i} committee, by whom the publicity .~'. and not enough on the actual de- the home of Capt. Rosamond ,;:c book was compiled, were assisted on lf..f, velopment of lasting personal quali- Thaxter at Kittery Point, the fol - ·,( the written report by Mrs. Farns1:"~, ties for the girls. Then, too, the new lowing were guests: Mrs. Alvin Red- c:.,'' worth Wood, chairman, and Miss ;t,)i program makes for a happier re- den, Mrs. Leroy Harmon, Mrs. ) Rosamond Thaxter. '.:i~~: lationship between the girls and the Harold Carter and Miss Edna Wil- ::c'·,, ., ,,..... , , -., . •,. , ·~\~:, leaders. There is more opportunity ley of Portsmouth; Mrs, Douglas ·~}{ for the girl to develop initiative Raeside, Mrs. Charles Lawson and +;• · · • f.'t/ and responsibility because instead Miss Virginia Bennett of Eliot; and -.;, }!,· of a mapped out course to be fol- Miss Betty Hawkes, Miss Myrtle ·~$;.. ht lowed strictly under the guidance Meek, Miss Alice Marston of York. •;.i.~·tJ:~•, ~; of the captain, there is a wide range Mrs. Walter Lemont, president of r;'.'"' ._, x,. · \'i,:(;; of choice for the girls which tends the Kittery Leaders Association S, ; to build up a responsibility which and 19 leaders and assistants of :r.' J:!g· m time helps to develop their judg- the Kittery group were in atten- .-:-, The new history ·of New Hamp~t,;.·• ment. dance also. :;.; shire by John H. Bartlett will con~ One special advantage in the The time given by Miss Kennedy •: tain portraits of Sir William Pepnew program is that it provides op- was devoted to troop budget mak- ·.; perrell of Kittery, and the following \': f portunity for more outdoor activi- ing and evaluatir,g last year's scout , ~ portraits of men who figured in n-, ties which promotes the wise use wo,k and ' long term planning or / Portsmouth's history, nam'-:ly: Govof leisure time. advance plans for this year's acti- - ernor John Langdon, Senators JereHomemaking is another division vities. . : miah Mason and paniel Webster, which gives them a good foundaThe first da y of Miss Kennedy's ·.. Governor Ichabod Goodwin, ·Frank tion on which to build for the needs time was spent with the camp :: Jones, Tobias Lear, the Wentof later years. Developing hobbies committee of which Mrs. John .t worths, Admiral John Paul Jones, Whitehurst is chairman, · and Mrs. · the Rev. Haven, Josiah Bartlett, L. E. Seeger with Mr. Whitehurst, . · William Whipple, caivin Page, ....·>'-·~· S_;. Fred L. Hoyt and other associate :, Ernest L. Guptill and others. Ad- , t},>;;; .,~I camp committee members, consult- ~ vance orders may be left at the of- :;t,·,-;.~ •71-1: Ing at various times. Plans were • flee of John H . Bartlett in Ports- ,:i'fi' t,\4, considered and various recommen- , mouth with check until delivery. ·,:;,,f.,' dations made. Announcement was · Price $2.50.- Adv. ·'fU: t:,;~.:~•~,-.;~--~--.· . .,_ ;% > f8 r.;t ,JS ~ff ;i ft -S' :*~..J:'.;ta:r~ff,'.i6.:'1 . 11 t;~ 1~~J~lti\l!~~,~~it2L =.:c. :=:- '.:.f~;=:~~~~;~;~~t -~- - - -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - �I ~;:·· ~ . •.;; n:: ,t_~Y'~\-c-·\4~.___ l\~ · .--___-.• . • ~-. . . ,- .' . . ~-.·. Choir Guild _ <)1 , \ . -·_,· .;_ '\~>~a.~~~1.-°'J~"<\~·:'~ ~,~~~,;..-:LJJ -"---'-e~rc--"'ha ---"n:.Lts_:_V -'. ..;_o_:.::te~ To~ Mas~n ic Services For I ',:; . ' ,~~; Meets -)"'-M ,.- 1;.. : ·• •:·. ,., .;. At Concord ,' Close Stores ·1st1'ce Day 1Arm The annual meeting of the New Hampshire Choir Guild was held _ ; Monday evening at •the home of , , ·- .! Rev. Sheafe Walker in Concord .I and there were present clergy, or:· •.:P ilj ganists, choirmasters and choir! ' · 1 men from Nashua, Manchester and , •. •1 Portsmouth. After a very fine dinner the business meeting was held and the following officers were elected: Patron, Rt. Rev. John T. Dallas, D. D. Warden, Rev. Sheafe Walker. Chaplain, Rev. Laurence Piper. Choirmaster, Harry c. Whitte. -;·-· c(·): more. . .,. •· Organist, John S. Mitchell, A. A. ,> , ,· Secretary-treasurer, Robert O. Clement. The invitation of the rector of st. Paul's School extended by the organist of the school, Mr. Thomas ,to hold the 1940 choir festival at the school was unanimously accepted. This will be the first time : .. ... in the history of the guild that the · - festival will be held at the very beautiful chapel of the school. ·, • ._ .., Those a,ttending from St. John's ,.,.r ,, Church, Portsmouth, were: Ernest P. Bllbruck, choirmaster; Nelson ' . ·- ·. K. Ward, organist; James Morrison, · :' ~::-· William Schmeigle and John -_<·'._,-:~ Batchelder. Those attending from :.- .._ •. Christ Church, Portsmouth, were: ! •..:~s'';,.;_ -· Rev. Sheafe Walker, rector; John l S. Mitchell, A. A. G. 0 ., organ~t; ,..:.' "'.- ··_. Morrison Weston, Clarence Schrr: , ,,, · mer, Allan Hall, Johr. Goiter and i · · .- · Donald Vaughan. . /_.J ·:.?\} : 1,/;..:j _i/,'.·t j ·:--~~~~t>~\~~~:: i ....... Adams, former mayor, was held at the Masonic Temple Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Masonic services were in charge of J. Henry Concannon, master of St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 56, A. F. & A. • M., assisted by Rev. William Safford Jones, associate cha.plain, and the other officers of the lodge. Organ music was rendered by John Mitchell. Shoppers of Portsmouth and During the services the offices at .•, surrounding towns will advance City Hall were closed as a mark of their shopping in this city ahead respect to the memory of Judge ;Adams. The city government was one day on the Armistice Day represented _ at the services by weekend a.s the stores will be Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith and closed on Armistice Day, Nov. 11, City Marshal Leonard- H. Hewitt. acording to a vote of local mer- Among those present representing chants recorded at the Portsmouth • the Masonic fraternity were Allen Merchants' Bureau meeting la.st M. Wilson, William B. Randall and evening. Bela Kingman of Newmarket, SuThe stores will remain open on . preme Council, Northern Masonic Friday evening, Nov. 10, and w111 Jurisdiction 33°; Warren H. Tuckbe closed the following day in ob· er, grand -master of the Grand · servance · of the signing of the Lodge of New Hampshire; Carl H. armistice at Versailles in 1918, an1 Needham, DeWitt Clinton Comin respect to the Americans who mandery, K. T.; Ralph Atwell, Infought, so valiantly in the first effable Grand Lodge of Perfection; World War. Harold Loveren of Durham, Grand The question of Armistice Day Council, Princes of Jerusalem. Also ·, closing was brought before the present were representatives of the merchants at the special mee~ing Portsmouth Bar Association and · held in the. ~embly· room over the Rockingham County Bar Asthe Portsmouth Gas Co. on Maric,,t ,. sociation. street. President Ralph Ma,g<!.,·m j Masonic committal services were presid~d a.t the meeting. ,I conducted at the grave in the famAt the open!rig of the meetin•f :t iilY lot in Sagamore cemetery, The was pointed out that most ne.trby !bearers were Alfred M. Barton, St. .. shopping centers would rem1:1,l·.1 Andrew's Lodge; Sidney S. TrueRoyal , Arch closed on the holiday and that a man, Washington poll taken of local n;erchant.s 1:Je- Chapter; Thomas Taylor, DeWitt , fo~e the meeting showed they fa- .. Clinton Commandery; Scott Somve:red remaining open on Fridav erville, Davenport Council; John •evening and closing on Armistice Anderson, Ineffable Grand Lodge . jof Perfection, and John H. Yeaton, Day. ArrangeMerchants in this city were be- \Princes of Jerusalem. j, ing notified today of the bureau's iments were in charge of J. Verne vote and also that the annual fall ,\wOOd, mass meeting to be held on Monday evening, Nov. 6, at 7.30 o'clock. The place of the meeting wm be announced later. _, -) ·•,i Will Keep Establishments Open Night Before ~oliday -'· G. 0. :_it<·;/•·~ . Judge Adams / . The funeral of Judge Edward H. ': · , '· · "~ · ,. ~. -·-·-· .:_ �:._ -. ';-4io;l'Tt-$,. _- _ . . J. 3°\.l.~-- ~~W,Q.v.~cf.l\~-· ·_·;·.-=-::-~-~~;-==---------------::::...--. _ H, ibrn ~,nt to ti,, u~,--'i -.d .. E H Ad.. . ~.; ~: ' "\.· Du ges di ams es u den ly ', I Membership Drive -~ :!~~Eg;~?eaEic:t~;ie]:l~:.H;Ei To Be Opened This Even,ng , in this city. In 1897 he was admitted to t.he bar, and followed that profession until his_ death._ He only , - -recently n1oved his office fro1n 1 Former Mayor Was Market Square to his residence. I Police Cou_rt Assoc 1· ate Hon. While studying in the off~ce ?f This evening at 6.30 o'clock a John Hatch he was active m I Justice For Many civic affairs. He was clerk of the c~mpaign dinner which will offi'· :,, J y · city council in 1895 and also a mem- 1c1ally launch the annual member•. -ea rs - - -ber of the board of inst.ruction from 11ship drive of the Portsmouth Cothat year until 1902 when he be- opera.tive Concert Association, will Judge Edward H. Adams, former came alderman. That year he also , be held at the Rockingham Hotel. Mayor of P ortsmouth, retired as- · served as a member of the constitu- i Fr~derick Gardner is serving as sociate justice of the municipal . tional convention, and again was a chairman of the affair and it is - delegate to a later convention. expected that approximately 50 court, and well known lawyer dropIn 1909 he was chosen mayor of persons prominent in the musical, · · ped dead this morning while· in the the city and served two terms as its civic, political, educational and soi. business section of the city. He had chief executive. He was the oldest . cial life of this section will be in come down town as usual in the of the ex-mayors. Following his attendance. - ··-- morning and had been at city hall conclusion of his mayor's duties he · Mrs. Edgar Blanchard, associa. , · and seemed in good health, talked still retained his interest in public tion membership chairman, and her with friends and acquaintances affairs, and three years later served co-chairmen, Mrs. Charles S. Chase about Market Square and was still as a member of the city council. and Mrs. Constance Richmond, have .. ·, on the square when death came. For two sessions he also served as been completing the campaign comHe was one of the best known a member of the general court. mittee to conduct the drive, and an :'J?. men of the city, and a familiar fig Not only was he prominent in unusual amount of interest and en":,:,.. ure to P ortsmouth's residents. He civic affairs but also in fraternal thusiasm for this year's campaign . 11 ., was one of the olciest lawyers in the and patriotic societies. He was a is reported. city, having been admitted to the member of Strawberry Bank One of the innovations of this bar in 1897, and practiced here since Grange, a past commander and coming season will be a section of that time. He was widely known as charter member of Thomas Aston reserved seats in the Junior High an orator of exceptional ability. He Harris Camp, Sons of Veterans, School auditorium, where the con... .. was. prominent in fraternal orders and a member of the Warwick club. certs will be held, for which a slight , , . -· and was a 33rd degree Mason. He was deeply interested in Ma- extra charge will be made. The -~-·; He served as associate justice of ' sonic affairs and was one of the two number of seats in this reserved the old police court, of the district 33rd degree masons in this city. He section will be limited to the de:·0· court, and of the municipal court. was a member of St. Andrew's mand. ·, His first appointment came in 1895 Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and a memMrs. Charles Chase, executive --~· at which time the old police court ber of Washington Royal Arch secretary of the association, and ..- ; -- was in existence. After serving as Chapter, Davenport Council, -and her assistant, Mrs. Constance Rich- · associate to Justices Samuel W. DeWitt Clinton Commandery, mond, will be at headquarters all Emery and Thomas Simes, he was Knights Templar. He was a past during the campaign. Campaign named associate justice in 1913 district deputy grand master of the headquarters will be established for -,•: Wh€n Harry K. Torrey was ap- New Hampshire Grand Lodge. He the entire week at the New Hamppointed judge of the district court. received his 33rd degree in Septem- shire Gas and Electric Company, Two years later that court was ber 1925, at Pittsburgh, in the su- telephone: 1420. abolished and the present setup preme cow1cil of the Northern MaAmong those who will be present . went into effect. An appointment sonic jurisdiction. He was also a at the opening campaign dinner this as associate Justice followed and member of Bek ta sh Temple. evening are: ·- from - tl.1at time until Nov.- 25~ 1934, In 1898 he married Florence E. Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Steady, ..... when he retired owing to the age . Sanderson of Stratham whose death Mr. and Mrs. John Mooney, Nor·' ,, limit he served in the same com- in 1927 was a great blow to him. man Leavitt, Mrs. Edgar Blanch.. · "·' ' mendable· manner as he had during i He was widely known as an orator ard, Mrs. Charles Chase, Frederick 1 :: :,;; h is previous appointments. : and his subjects, many of which Gardner, Mrs. G. LeRoy Harmon, . _ . J udge Adams was a descendant of were . patriotic and historical, Mrs. Sara Dickey Simpson, Mrs. -~;,,:, a family illustrious in early Am- brought him in great demand as a Constance Richmond, Ernest Bil.:-..-': erican history. He was a ninth gen- speaker. His travels took him into bruck, Mrs. F. B. Webber, Mrs. Har-~;~' eration descendant of Henry Adams many sections of New England. He ry L. Mqore, Mrs. Margaret Sweet-who came to Massachusetts from was a lover of music, oratory, poe - ser, Miss - Edith Shannon, Mr~. - England in 1623, and tile sixth gen- try, biograpl)y and history. Katherine S. Hill, Mrs. M. L. Naneration descended from Rev. Joseph He is survived by one son, Wood- nis, Mrs. Samuel Cohen, Mrs. John Adams, who was pastor of the bury S. Adams of Boston; two Lanier, Miss Dorothy Philbrick, Newington Congregational Church daughters, Mrs. Harold Jones of Miss Rosanna O'Donoghue, Mrs. C. _ . for nearly 70 years and who was also Columbus, O., and Mrs. J. E. Archer B. Robbins, Mrs. Arthur J. Rein>---' an uncle of President John Adams. of Stamford, Conn., and one sister, hart, Mrs. Alfred C. Lang, Mrs. He waa. born in Eliot, the son of Mrs. Irvin Davis of South Eliot. John P. Hayes, Mrs. B. T. Janvrin, ,___ . ·1 ., , I I j ,:; < =~r:~ ?.?~ :; ·od ~ ~:·: ~.-]5\ .' -~ !:r~~ ~;;~~d ~~\i:~:fie~~l~::: ~Ifi~f:!c:~;rn:ldt~;1 ;-:/{i£L.:- .:~-- · . .,<,<,·'. ,~- r~~:~:1~-=~~J~s~:1;~~:: r~~~, ~:e:; ~~~;::riit~~t~~~::e::e ~~:: 0 ·,.-y, Kent's Hill Me., where he was graduated in 1890. He had shown great . promise as a public speaker at that time and was chosen as orator of ~--_ ._. ·~ , ·, '·· :-;, ·=. >~ ·. !lie Si-.rgent, Miss Bernice Remick, 11 _ --:.. _ f\ .· ;"-' Mrs. Herbert Hagstrom, Mrs. Ju- ~ .,!.: · _- · ,.. ' lius C. Delpino, Miss Eva Hoffecker, · _JI. •·. ·: ~ 0 -~ .: : Miss Lucie Pray, Mrs. E. Bliss MarO_u · ~ O_0 ~ _\ riner, Mrs. Rolfe Banister, Mrs. E. C. Johnson Mrs. Ethel Gardner, , 1Charles Gray, Mrs. Harold Sweetser and Miss Winifred C!aus. ~ - --- - -- - - - - -- --- �,u4:>. ~01~.' .~~ , ;,; :~';.,.pc·,: .., ,, ; <;2-''.i_,:~•~;:..__:_: :.: •__.:::_:.£:_2¾'.:::.:.:~ '•:i::/t:".''; I l . ·~ ~.:·:~ if"""""---~~'-"=:.:!...=::.:..f.::!!..::._~"-"''-'-::,C:c.;.,:j ~.:-c::-..,:_.:.:,-~•·;-ii.:'o:. -'''..i·•_, ' •:!'..;,:]sf,•~;;j-.;!_<::: ·-;_: • ra or u pens Ifs 45th Season , , • , , . ..,. The oldest women's organization in the city and one of the oldest in . , .. :-,~ l»i.:t· the state, is the Graffort Club I .,,,,1,~.,;~~:'.'1:}f; which is entering its 45th sea.son of I .- :,.t",tJ; activity on Wednesday afternoon 1 ·,.tj{"t; at the Masonic auditorium at 2.30. '-""•,.,.-'t'·. ;' ,h;~, ! •/"':""1. Mrs. Ralph W. Junkins is fi"'"-"-'.a..-'--'_;__:-'-'-""'--__;,.,_.._.~a..;:..:;....2~'"""-':.c:....;· :en\~e Home Economics Depar Mrs. Fred F. Hayes Is the charming and competent president of the Graffort Club and Mrs. Benjamin M. Hartshorn Is vice president. Other officers are: recording secretary. Mrs. Walter F. Lane; corresponding secretary, Mrs. G. Leroy Harmon; treasurer, Mrs. John B. Mooney and custodian, Miss Marion . G C 11 a · • The regular club meetings are ·· held a t th e Masomc • au d1't onum • on the first and third Wednesdays of : each month from November 1 to May 1, inclusive, at 2.30 p. m. The executive board meets on the third Monday of eacli month. l· u ec ©fUfr» This deportmen~ ts condl.! d ed for the purpose cf givir.g the people of t:i1s community a chance to express their view, on matters of public interes~. Ail sectarian, and non-personol letters c~ a non-pc:rZiscn, ncn-charocter will be p;;!;list,ec! provided that they carry the ;;c:rect name and address of ~!ie writer, not necessarily for publicction, but cs en evidence of good foith . Tl,e opinion:. e::p:essed ore entirely those of ~he writers. All con,munications should be addressed to Public forum Editor. : ~):{F' This club was organized in May, ·, • 1895 and its purpose was listed in -1:{~i?i ;~its constitution as follows: "The ob- . The Graffort Ciub is an organiz~- For Relief in France .: ,,';t~'.'.; ject of the Club shall be to broaden tio1~ which sponsors worthwhile Editor of The Herald: ,,·- and strengthen the m'ciral, social, : proJects and combine American relief activities sore '·"·.f:if}_; , . ~ e.d ucat·ion , ;. fi~":;(, and intellectual life of its members with. plea.sant social d1vert1ssments needed in the present emerg~ncy and through them to make itself ' for its members. These wise words France are beginning to ge t unde power for good in the communit ~ o_f Hel~n Keller are among those reorganization of t Any woman who subscribes to thye :· 1.1sted m the c_Iub's catalogue an for Devastated Fran der the name of Americ spirit and purposes for which the ~ eem to sym bOIize th e th eme of tl1 Graffort Club: "My share of iends has been Club exislts shall be eligible to work of the world may be llmi adquarter.s membership.'' . · e fact that i i n will be at The club is named for Bridget _; i ·sne Pistrict. Mrs. Robert Graffort, the first public spirited ::,;, v,e tt is chairman of the N woman in Portsmouth. She was the ;;,t-, gland region, with headquart :. :i;;,:.i~.f daughter of Richard ~tt, one of :,;.· 521 Boylston street, Boston. _ 'I ..-~, the largest landholders m the to 1 Forbes ls the treasurer. Her uncle, John Cutt, was the f is organizat ion is incorpora t [ ;t:l!J1¾:~ president of New Hampshire. New York and registered · _'j;;~' chard Cutt left his daughter a Jar ashington." Thern is much s : ';; :'f?i<>: portion of his "grate field". Ye ing among the women and ch :· · afterward when she was Mrs. Th en who in this emergency ha ' mas Graffort, she gave to the to en evacuat~d in great numb , the land for a street to the riv large cities in France. T This street was then only a fo 1dition of the wo1,1en and ch path and was called Graffort Lai n in the count;-y distri:t.;, Mrs. Graffort widened the path a hetic beyond wcrds. There asked that it be called Daniel str at need for baby jackets 2 ' •, after her first husband. She s, also scarfs and socks for t 1.'\; gave a lot of land opposite er children and for the lit , ": dwelling for a schoolhouse. Her ck woolen shawls (crocheted) 1 - · states "For divers good causes ar to the peasan t women. ! -' considerations nie · herewith m There is aim need for ,110ney · ing, but more especially for ovide civilian relief for t love and affect.ion I have unto t ench people-to buy ambulan town of Por!:.,mouth, the place d motor cars for the transport my birth, I have given unto s n of supplies and evacuation town"-in 1700 land for a. pub ilians from places of conflict school. spitals and other places of r After appropriately choosing th e and to pay nurses, rncial wor name from this civic-minded w and hospital attymdants. man, the Graffort Club was fedAs a member of the Americ erated in the New Hampshire state iends of France committee I , Federation in November 24 1895. dly send the rule for the lit It was entered into the General . awls to any_one willin11: to ma Federation of Women's Clubs 011 , m and receive the above artlcl ,.,., ... .._..._\,, May 21 , 1898 and it b ecamea llf e s. d sums money and tothof hd t iforwa B k.;.;:...½ member of the Society for the Pro- ' em e ea quar ers n 1 ~ection of New Hampshire Forests • FRANCES E. BROOKS I \i:..!-:. m March 9, 1902. '-; Court street h-~'~, -Y'7. various The organization comprised departments iswhich are of ', ,.l:'._~ts~~~t~h~~o~• r mou • ct~~-;--:-r:=~f:GVl · ! :~-}' !~::>-\j only educational, but extremely e tertaining to the members Cha man of the Literature De;artme is Mrsa W1lliam M. Farrington; Mrs. Ancy D. Brownell is chairman of : the Travel Department; Mrs . . ,..,,.,., Charles S. Chase heads the Music -;':>[:; Department; the Di:-amatdc Del ;h;t,"f partment Is under the chairm '.i,;:):~ < · s. Albion W. Warren -~~;/]' '\}~{ref/?,~} - ·, ··,:-·> -' ... - -: ·:,> ··--~ ~ .. ~:· · < _(~,flfif~; . ·· ,.·,.,-. ,., ,,:,;,-,·- - ,,··~ :- �'.'jf:' Plan To Develop Great Bay '-Advanced At Durham Meeting l r Continuing the report said in ; part: ! "In legislative matters pertaining · to the region our members on committees or appearing at hearings were untiring in their support of - -"), ~' ! constructive projects. t. ·:· ·/ . i., . "While results indicate the need [ . ' of more careful planning, more ac- t ;,,'-u-r a=l~ a"'b-u"" " tm _ e_n.,.ts_a_r_e-th_ e_r_e_ a_n_d=..t=h=!J e tive interest in legislation and the j. A plan to1develop Great Bay was !length of the dam would be 1100 attendance of larger delegations at [. advanced alt the meeting of the feet. hearings, we gained much by the . · _;_);_. ./ ..\ New Hampshire Seacoast , Regional The speaker went on to explain , passage of several important meas- I ,, .."- , . Development Association, held. at some of the technical advantages ures. Among these were: enact- [ • -!" ,. Durham Monday evening. This and methods of constructing the men ts · favorable to further im- ! :}-.':'( ., plan, announced at the annual dam. provements at Rye Harbor, a new 1 ' <:::{·-':/·: meeting of the association, was adHe then explained that 17-22 of Hampton River bridge and a pro- . .;-,~•.'.'/.- vanced by Lawrence H. Hayward of the amount of water would pass in posed State Pier at Portsmouth for , ·::, .. .'-·• :/?;·:••: Rye Beach, widely known hydralic and out retaining but 5-22 with- which a plan of study will be an- · engineer. ·in the bay. This was ample for puri- nounced soon. He stated that a dam could be fl.cation he said. Bringing up the "A memorial shrine at Odiorne's :,j'_.' · ?uilt, preferably from ~dams Point 'j polution problem, ~he speaker sai_d Point, marsh drainage, develop- .. ·• ·_:i/f·,~ m Durham to the Newmgton shore, . that the fresh wat.r streams a1e •ment of marsh lands, mosquito era- ~which would hold back enough wa- !vehicles for the polution coming dication, further highway improveter to cover the flats at low tide, he from the manufacturing plants. He I ments, seashore improvements, insaid, this would result in an area brought out that the sewerage on I dustrial research, fisheries research, of 50 square mil.es being made avail- ~he flats drying at low ti~e _and giv- and Great Bay development all reable for develoi;;ment. Much of this mg off odors would be ellmmated. . quire more study and planning. · - · he said, has scarcely been touched Mr. Hayward suggested the ma"In our efforts to place distincby the hands of white men. He gave chinery for such a movement, men- tive entrance and direction signs a description of the area surround- tioning the formati~n _of a precinct in the region, some progress has Ing th~ rn squ~.re miles. of wa.ter. and that land restrictions could be been made. we have one entrance It is ..:nc,tgh to say that there is made at the beginning in order to sign of the lighthm.:se design, a ' at the present time an increasingly keep the area for attractive devel- gift of Thomas J. Downs, for accurate demand for high class opment. The mon_ey for th e dam which we are seeking a suitable loseacoast property whether it be land the marme railway would cost cation. The plan is worthy of greaten the seacoast of the Atlantic $200,000 and to improve road con- er effort. Ocean or whether it is · on the Pa- ! ditions in and around the area would "Our publicity program had to be cific Coast, he said, other states also need money. He suggeS t ed a fitted to a new situation this year. 30 l '~-.--.·,~-.i.:,,_:__i_,_..'._,.' have already taken man made pr,reecinbcast etdaxo, nstfhtie·ngnu~bater$;f· ac~:~ A World's Fair was to be held in means to develop additional sea- ac ' d' th b Id . , New York. Our large size booklet 1 ~- · coast areas. surroun mg e ay, wou ra:se . was not practical and the usual ·.·.:.>~:·_;-__·_._· I b • • 1 • talk h . . d the amount necessary. A bond 1s. . . d' . .,. ~ n egmmng 11s e mqurre sue of $500,000, he said on that basis I quantity msuff1cient ev~n for or I,. ,\'.J' •. : why Great Bay has not been dev- at the rate of $50,000 a year pay- 1~ary needs. It was decided to pub.· ., . •, : eloped, stating there has been an ment would take 12 years to liqui- l!sh 100,~00 booklets of a convenient •., tf .;'..," j agitation · for it for the past 30 date. He called this a good sound I pocket size. i years. investment and said t hat it would I "The results are most conclusive. ~n suggesting means of changing result in increased value for the The decision has been well justi::-=-·:;~: _. this ~e mentioned two methods. property in the area. fled and a second edition, improved · '.'.,,. ,, · · The first would be dredging, which by the addition of four pages, was would be very expensive, and would Report of Executive Secretary found necessary to partially meet ' '.: ;'·, result in an increased flow of the Telling of the work of the asso- requests at the World's Fair and the i .; tide in the narrow of the river, that ciation in his annual report, Alvin Eastern States Exposition. Also we I.• it would prevent any commercial F. Redden, executive secretary, de- were fortunate in securing a new . ,· . . activities on the river. "You can't voted some time to principal acti- supply of larger booklets for restrict! ··_/':'-~! · afford to increase that tide r ip", vities. ed distribution. We · have distribl ~ /;' : he said. The second method was by "For agriculture, educational and uted one hundred and fifteen thou- ' i :. ·: · 'I constructing a dam and marine mercantile interests, conferences sand regional booklets; ten thou(.;,·\,. ·:. 1railroad to take care of pleasure and a sales promotion program have sand are reserved for winter and · , .:"'·/ ;;:: · · crafts. This dam would not come been conducted in cooperation with early spring requests. to the top of the water level at the Farm Bureau, County ExtenMore mail inquires than ever be' - ·-'·. _·.· ' high tide, but would be tall enough sion Service, University of New fore were handled through our of. : fi · ; to hold back sufficient water to Hampshire and Retail Merchants. l flee. The multiple calls on our in- ' · ~:-~: < ~. keep the _fl_~ts flooded at low .!ii~~-. . Conference subjects included fores- : f6rmation service taxed us to the ;-.. iI The question of a dam would try salvage, future forestry pro- limit of our facilities. This service • · ,.. , .. , mean the selection of a site and blems land use and marketing of is extended to local people as well as . l , f ' ' , there there were three possible se- farm crops." visitors, covers every phase o ac1 • · I and includes an up to date , , .! lections, he said, but one was more •The report mentioned the obser- tivity . ' · ' ance of New England Days with directory library. , , , I advantageous. This was between vdisplays m . . ·t· d t "Our Eastern states exhibits in l •, · . various c1 1es an owns , . . · · :_ ~d~~~ Point and Newington,.: Nat- in th<> ,. .. ainn ! the New Hamoshire Bu1ldmg dur- Idea Proposed At Seacoast Regiona l Association Gathering Held Last Evening i ,'.fj'./}{ · :• ..t~:-. •?;t :( I ·". ~<:·: - I :._:: !'-<>· I j . �;.·- . ~~~r(~·~t~ -l ~ :i:..-.A~-:~ _-,._ ""·t-·~-~r. _ .;~. - ~ ·,--~'.f.i~-~/.:f::.,·~ ~.~' :} J~~~jf:~~~~:~.--: .·\-;....~r' ~- '. _:: : ,· \~~-/~.; -'.~--~--' ?~/:~:- ::::~~-j,.:i~-; '.:\~ - ~ , . l \'.!-{_:~ ingthesummerandthroughexposi- '.\ who was chi~f - ~ngine~~ 0 ~ ' th; 1i H '" b, ~ -to -th ' · ' ;,';' ,,'. tion week cannot be over-estimated Salisbury Boach Development ij . e tphai t rti u h e matny peep ·t' -"'''·' · " pro- , m e s a e w o coopera ed in t ' I ~ .. •ct 't.. ,":",:•-,;, ,.,j' inexceeded value. The attendance this year . ject for the Massachusetts 300,000." '; ment of Conservation 'I --~ De t 'I ki f th · t b par mti a dngtho t Fe dpic . ukre,G udt. me · .. ·.•·, · , on,e a re enc ar mer ' '_}'• Report of President Henderson Honorary members, voted by the I the state highway departme ':; .' President Oren V. Henderson meeting include, Mr. and Mrs. Al- : should receive the highest hone gave his report of activities Ian Hollis of Concord, Mr. and Mrs. 1 for meritorious service for his e throughout the year. At the begin- Don Tuttle of Concord and Mr. forts. Don Tuttle was also given ning of the report he spoke of being · and Mrs. Fred Gardiner also of a great amount of credit, as were ' I_ occupied ·with _legislative affairs in • Concord. This w~s for outstanding Arthur MacLean, and the commit- _: _;_''f'·~ Concord and paid tribute to the ef- work for the region. tee of 30, who took over the tre- ~1 f<Wt::'j ficient manner in which the vice li Off' EI t d mendous task of deciding what :_._ I •• ' presi"dent, Frank C. icers. ec e . ted f rom t h e many ; .:il'j,t:. Remick of .r couId be e1·imma Ift_~..•.*.;I;.•, Portsmouth, and Executive Secre- 1 Previous ~ the banquet, which attractions that New Hampshire · ~ tary Alvin F. Redden have carried was_ served i~ the Commons, the could put on a film. I :_.:;,- <:;, on. He sPQke of the need for bus~ness m~etmg was held. The fol_Mr. Hollis introduced Emers 1-,~ making surveys, calling attention J lowmg officers were presented by Yorke, who directed the film. M '"J;i/!f" to the proposed plan for the fu- Ernest A. Tucker of Rye, chairman Yorke told about the "shootin .;·: PY'. ture development of Salisbury · of the nominating committe and and how the musical effects were d · ·--:;} .. Beach, saying, "If and when that were elected: President, Oren V. cided upon. "Good pictures are n :~•".',; j beach is developed our beaches are Henders~n; Vice President, Frank easily made," he said. Alois Havril .f<': going to have a competition never C. Remick; Clerk and treasurer, is the narrator, and it had be before experienced." He urged a Alvin F'. Redden. hoped that he would be present, b ::,;;~~- survey by competent engineers and : Board of Directers: George T . he was unable to do so. Mr. Yor · ;);;;? some long range planning along 1Hughes, Dover ; J, Guy Smart, in'..roduced Solita Palmer, who was l\i{7•~ the coast of New Hampshire. Durham; Walter 0 . Pennell, Exe- in charge of the musical arrange- ,., Discussing the situation at Hamp- /l ter; James L. Miller, ' Greenland; ments, and they explained how they .:--, 'l·N· _., ton he spoke of the need for more . George Ashworth, Hampton Beach ; worked together in getting the mu- '-M authority being granted the beach j Charles E. Greenman, Hampton; sic for the picture. :·:;; commissioners or that the state Wallace A. Batchelder, Hampton The movie met with the approval ~ 1 should take over a larger portion Falls; Marland D. Knowles, Little of the several hundred attending. ·;~;j of the land. This suggestion came Boar's Head. There was much to please all, real- ':r.' as a result of hearing of criticisms Elon A. Adams, Madbury; James izing that the "ninth state" so cal- ,.J of so-called cheapening of the at- W. Pridham, New Castle; W. George led as it was New Hampshire that ~--mosphere at Hampton Beach. Nixon, Newfields; Albert E. Hodg- was the ninth state to ratify the The development of Great Bay don, Newington; Fred J. Durell Constitution, providing the number was mentioned in the President's Newmarket; Paul W. Hobbs, Nortl~ necessary fp.r it to become effective, report. He conceded the fact that Hampton; Frank W. Randall, Ports- had much of interest. Opening with talk on the development of this , mouth; Lorenzo E. Baer, Rollins- the breakers rolling in on New area has been discussed periodically ' ford; Ernest A. Tucker, Rye; Shir- Hampshire's coast, and continuing • ,, ... M: for many years, but stated ~hat ley S. Philbrick, Rye Beach; Harold along the shore line to New Castle 1 '·s-\({ Lawrence H. Hayward of Rye Secord, Seabrook; Elihu T. Adams, then to historic Portsmouth, ther~ ·, ' Beach, a hydraulic engineer, had Seabrook Beach; Frank H. Pearson, were many scenes· from the seacoast •. made a study of the area and had Stratham. region. Featuring the picture was _. suggestions for this project, Mr. An invitation to attend the New the Constitution Day parade held ,. ... . _;ii Henderson suggested that a England conference at Boston Nov. in Concord in honor of New Hamp_:--:$';.:..! special committee be appointed to I 23 and 24 was read and also an , shire's becoming the ninth state. In give this propo~al careful study. announcem€nt that the 1940 meet- addition to the recreational side of 1· Y•-·.::Turning to the region as a ing of the American Shore and New Hampshire, such as the moun- ,. 1 whole, he . called attention that the Beach Association will be at Hamp- tains, lakes and seashore, there were ··~ f ~-f-.,} area is not recreat ional only, but ton Beach, June 17 and 18. Presi- industrial and agricultural scenes. · :.a_+i?r:1 that there are problems of agri- dent Henderson indicated that a Educational institutions in<.Juded · · · ··· Iture. He stress-ed the need of Imeeting of the Seacoast Region · the University of New Hampshire, If-sufficiency on the part of the ; would be held at that time so mem- Phillips Exeter _Academy, Dart~ t, te, and cited that the dairymen hers could attend the conference. mouth College, and Colby Junior pended upon the West and M:..;;.~ Announcement was also made that College. The scenes in the summer .•:·-~-est for their grain to feed the the film "The Ninth State" had been and in the fall were especially good, :,;t~J,_, . . ws, saying, "Why not try and secured by Columbia pictures and and also worthy of mention were ·¼\'./?i; \~J: ise grain again in New Hamp- that a one-reel version would be re- the scenes at the Dartmouth Win- :~;'i::...- ·~1.~ii ire and not be so dependent on leased sometime in 1940 to be shown ter Carnival, as well as the Berlin -~;1;,,;~\~5-~: 1 e great grain belt of our coun- in some 3,000 theatres in the country . .. ski jump. •· ,s,<-,;;~fh-, ?" Altogether it shows many of t e questioned whether com can "The Nin th state" Shown outstanding attractions of the sta bought as cheap as it can be The prem~re of _the movie "The The selections were good, and the ised here in the state. In dis- Nin th State , showmg New Hamp- is every indication that when it ssing potatoes, he spoke of find- I s~ire in its four seasons in color and .. released to the nation much go g on menus of two hotels in the with sound, was held at the women's publicity will result. te, Idaho and Maine potatoes, gym~asium in connection with the ; '..... , , ·.{:,:.,,.,_,,:~ .: ..... _ ..... . d added that he did not object meeting. . '. ,... ,':"i~;:~·:;~'.'-'~' ·. ,· . · · 2·· those potatoes as potatoes, but . The movie was open to the pu~- <'. ~ ~ ~ 'd not approve of the idea of ad- Ile and many students at the Um- ., · rtlsing the products of the other , v,ersity as well as people f_rom all , ates when New Hampshire pota- over the state, c~me to see it. es would be as g d Allen B. Hollis of Concord, a In his close he i:g~d more self- ~ member of the Stat~ ~la~ming and fficiency for the state and for ~ Development Commissio~, who was : e region. · ;1 assigned by Gov. Francis P. MurFormer President F k W R j phy to the :ask of producing the w t d ran · an .1 picture, was introduced at the gym1 as presen e and in turn · " I nderson. ed Lawrence H. Hayw . . .. , • -lj ~-_>: ·;,:;:.. ·1 • • •.. J · Jf(t I I ~+ :; 1 , _,,;.t~ l ;,. it· I ~-. ?'.~· , i:· ~_' i,, .. 1 · ./;,( \)tltB~i( =="--'-~~'- li =~~..le. ;,'-~-~- , _ • �· .r...: ~}-?~~it%%7~?- ~}~~~1~ ~il ~i.\J~~~i.~;~·'· ,-,,~~~:!~ffi~~-i- ;';,~ G ~_:,t_:' __ . ti::_l_·_:·: ... ._t.:_1,_t.:_;:,···'.:. ; _·_ · -~"'< w. h. v· . -~ > after seven o'clock. Before dinner p:~~:out~~~og~:~rsA;:d ,/· l~i:!J~!.~~E:i~~~l£ t;;:;;~~-;::-~~~:"':''.'S'"=':'::"~-~ -::c-:!.J Presbyterian clergy of the State of ltj; One hundred fifty years ago to- Marshal of the State and m~ny otner Massachusetts and New Hampshii:_e, b;•.~ ,,i~.:_:_{,;_0, respectable characters; besides se!- , delivered at Newburyport-both of . day Wa.5 an eventful day for the era! troops of well clothed horse, m which I had been unable to answer ·.:,: citizens of the town of Portsmouth. handsome uniforms, and many ofli• , before. -:i; The chief executive of the nation, cers of the militia, also in handsome :;.\).' the beloved George Washington was (red and white) uniforms, of the Tm,sday, 3d.-Sat two hours in /{ making a tour of the country and manufacture of the State. With this the forenoon for a Mr. - - - , ·;r :i was coming to New Hampshire. He Cavalcade we proceeded, and ar- . painter of Boston, at the request of ' 4had left New York 16 days before, rived before three o'clock at Ports- Mr. Brick of that place, who wrote .J having stopped in Boston. He had mouth, where we were received with ; Major Jackson; that it Wa.5 an ' been inaugurated President on every token of respect and appear- ) earnest desire of many of the in)¾.,;,t, April 30, 1789 and a few days after ' ance of cordiality under a discharge I habitants of· that town that he ~ff-, the first session of Congress, held ' of artillery. The streets, doors and · might be indulge{!. After this sit• at New York, closed on Sept. 29, windows were crowded here, as at all ting I called upon President sumwith his two private secretaries and other places; and alighting at the van and the mother of Mr. Lear; ; servants he left on a tour through Town House, odes were sung and and, having walked through most Connecticut and Massachusetts t-0 , played in honor of the Pr-esident . . parts of the town, returned by twelve New Hampshire. From the Town House I went to I o'clock, when I was visited by a The President stopped overnight I Colonel Brewster's ~avern, the place l clergyman of the name of Haven, at Newburyport, and started from provided for my residence, and asked ·1who presented me with an ear and , . there in the morning - arriving in the President, Vice President, the j a piece of the stock of the dyeing !).t Portsmouth about 3 o'clock. It was ~wo S~nators, th~ Ma~shal and ~a- ·1 corn, and several small pieces of ·{! a big occa,;ion for Portsmouth and Jor Gilman to dme with me, which . cloth which had been dyed with it, a big reception was planned. The they did; after which I drank tea .Jequal to any colors I had ever seen, old watch house, which had stood · at Mr. Langdon's. ·I and of various colors. This corn on the south side of the Parade for i was blood red, and the rind of the · many years, was taken away and a Nov. lst.-Attended by the Presi- :'j stock deeply tinged of the same stage erected near the corner of I dent of the State, (General sum- . color. About two o'clock, I received Mr. Pearse's store east of the state van,) Mr. Langdon and the Marshal, : an address from the Executive of House. . I went in the forenoon to the Epis- .1the State of New Hampshire, and in , As Lafayette road was not open copal church, under_ the incumbency half an hour_ after dined with. them ·. then, the President came by the of Mr. Ogden; and m the afternoon . and a large company at their As- ; way of Greenland. At Greenland to one of 'the Presbyterian or Con- sembly room, which is one of the best he left his carriage in tµe occu- gregati?nal churches, in whi~h a Mr. I have seen anywhere in the United pancy of Col. Tobias Lear, and Buckmir:ster preached. Dmed at . States. mounted his favorite white horse. home with the Marshal, and spent :, At half after seven I went to the R He wa,; met by Col. Wentworth's ~he afternoon in my own room writ- -. l Assembly, where there were about ,_ troops and on Portsmouth Plains mg letters. · -' seventy-five well dressed and many i 1 the President was saluted by Maj· very handsome ladies, among whom ·: General Cilley, and other officers . _Monday, 2nd.:--Havmg made pre- . (as was also the case at the Salem :, in attendance. ; v~ous ?reparations for it, abo~t I and Boston assemblies) were a great- ,, Washington's own account of 'the I eight o clock, attended by the Pres1- er proportion with much blacker hair :.( fi-;_,:~~ visit is recorded in the Rambles, dent, Mr. Langdon_and some other \ than are usually seen in the south'" }j and it is of interest to quote from gentlemen, I went m a boat t~ visit J ern States. About nine I retu~ne_d \::, that book. The reading of the diary the harbor of P~rtsmouth,. which is ·7 to my quarters. Portsmouth, it is ~, to a Portsmouth audience was made well ~ured agamst all wmds, and / said! contains about five ihqusand ~~;,: at the Temple (formerly located from its narrow entrance from the inhabitants. There are some good where the Portsmouth Theatre now sea, a nd passage up to th e to_wn, .;J houses, (among which Col. Lang- ,"ii, stands) by Edward Everett in 1858. may be perfectly gua rd ed agamst 1 den's may be esteemed the first,) I\_·:; The account in Washington's own any app~oach by water. Th_e ~n- ;' but in general they are indifferent, b'. :' words is as follows: chorage 15 good, a nd the shippmg · and almost entirely of wood. On C'. Saturday, Oct. 31st.-Left New- may lay close to the docks, etc., • wondering at this, as the- country is .:·. buryport a little after eight . o'clock, when in t-0wn. In my way to th e : full of stone and good clay for and to avoid a wider ferry, more in- / mou th of th e h~rbor, ~ st0 PPed at •. bricks, I Wa.5 told that on account convenient boats, and piece of heavy LI ~ place called Kitter!, m t_he Prov- of the fogs and damp they deemed sand, we crossed the river at Salis- rl 111 ~ of Maiµe, th e nver Piscataqua them wholesomer, and for that reabury, two miles above and near that bemg th e bou nd ary between New son preferred wood buildings. Lumfurther ab-Out; and !n three miles Hampshire a nd it. From hence. I ber, fish and potash, with some procame to the line which divides the we~t by th e old _Fort (formerly bmlt visions, compose the principal arti- ._ .. .• State of Massachusetts from that of un ~~ thde English government) on cles of export. Ship building here I/~r an 1s,an which ii:; at th<! entrance d t N b •t l b -..t,;,. New Hampshire. Here I took leave of Of the . . an a ew _urypor 1as een car- :.}Ii Mr D It ( ·th h I h db k harbor, a nd where the light• ried on to a considerable extent· :w'-·; · a on wi w om a rea - house stands. As we passed this · . · . ' .'!-';<; fast) and many other private g~nrt . :· durmg and for some time after the .{\S tlemen - 1 Of G T"tc b h Fo we ":'ere saluted by thirteen ·~• war, there Wa.5 an entire stagnation ··'•{.._·\ , a so en. 1 om , w O guns. Havmg lines, we proceeded to it b · · :.?.'-.> had . banks, a little without . .;. to- , ut· it IS begmning now to re- <1' .: ~· . met me on the line between th e fi s11mg M1d_dlesex and Essex counties, corps the harbor, and fished for Cod,- 1 vive agam. I_ 'l: of l!ght horse, and many officers of b t 1·t t b · f t' f ·."':;, militia• and was received by the . t·~ no emg O proper ime . 0 · Wednesday 4th.-About half-past · :" Presid~nt of the State of New Hamp- 1 ~• h w~ 0; 1/ c~~ghkt two,t-Wl th · seven I left Portsmouth quietly and 'f shire, the Vice President some of ·; 11 ~ ' a 0~i ,end O ctoc we re urned without any attendance, having ~~: the council Messers La~gdon and · 0 d 0; 11 • k t ne tha Col Langdon's • earnestly entreated that all parade Wi1;gat_e _o r' ~he s_enate, Col. Parker, ·:~cle ~~nladi:, an~·\e:i~!~ : and ceremony might be avoi_ded on ,, ..... , ['t_ J I . 'I .j :j h: f~' j r ~~;:i: '{ . . .f~'.{~i~~;i~::ef:~~~;~~~c;,,·· .-:~~~;l:;~~i~f~{~ff~ IJ.1~~i,ib:,:::;':~it;;;1L•. �fourteen miles This is considered as the second town in New Hampshire, and stands at the head of the tide water of the Piscataqua River, but ships of three and four hundred tons are built at it. Above (but in the same town) are considerable falls, which supply several grist mills, two oil mills, a splitting mill and snuff mill. It is a place of some consequence but does not contain more than one thousand inhabitants. A jealousy subsists between this toV91 (where the Legislature alternately sits) and Portsmou,th, which, had I known In time, would have made it necessary to have aocepted an Invitation to a puJ)llc dinner; but my arrangements having been otherwise made, I could not. \ Open Drive For Concert Assn. Membership •/,\ The Portsmouth Coopei;ative Concert Association sta~d its drive for members at a meeting at ' the Hotel Rockingham ' Monda}" evening. There were 35 workers and members present and following a din• ner, Dr. Kenneth R. Steady, president of the association introduced Paul H. Taylor, New England :representative of the Columbia Concert Corporation. Mr. Taylor outlined the campaign for membership, and explained the advantages that result from thla cooperative organization. Announcement was made that Wilbur •Evans, well known American baritone, would be the guest at one of the three concerts., Mrs. Edgar Blanchard ill chairman of the membership drive and aaked that all consider that it was their chance to assist in making the concerts a succl!!B. Mn. Charles Chase, secretary, was called upon and explained the materials in the envelopes and how they wiere to be used. There will tie members at headquarters located in the office of the N. H. Oas and Electric Co. this week. Thursday there will be a checkup of .all captains. Mr. Taylor will speak throughout the week at various organizations, telling of the advantages of the concert. The campaign will cloae at 6 o'clock and at that time it will be announced deflnitely what artists will appear. The amount of members depends upon the artists selected. Portrait by On display at Doll and RI Indian an There are to be seen at Doll an Richards a few portraits by Susan Ricker Knox. They belong to a series of. American Indian and Mexican models. Miss Knox has aimed to record interesting personal types and to show clearly their costumes and · ornaments. Outstanding is "Adelina in Poblano Costume," a bright-eyed little Mexican girl. �~--~------------ ----- . . . ~- ~ ~j.h 'i¥"i . ·..i. _ ~i"~"\'s.,,·· v. f~f t .~:. George w . as • ;ng ton.v·ISi·ted Ago I Por t smou t ill,_ ,a 50 Yenrs u ' ·" c-~=---- - ·-·-•-- '--"-'- -··-·''"'-·- " ~ . +i,~ "'"P~_r-fs~o~r: · 71 1 re c,\: : 1·ved an address from the .towr.,. 1-··.. ·'_,; . .. . 1 ~presented by the Vice Pr€s1dent 't' ·:, · li and returned an answer i~ the eve- i, • 1 : I ning to one I had received from !J Marblehead, and another from the r Presbyterian clergy of the State of i J Massachusetts and New Hampshire, J· respectable characters; besides sev- 1i delivered at Newburyport-both of _1 One hundred fifty years ago to- era! troops of well clothed horse, in !. which I had been unable to answer · \ day was an eventful day for the handsome uniforms, and many offi- : before. ' cers of the militia, also in handsome ! . , i citizens of the town of Portsmouth . (red and white) uniforms, of the \ Tmsday, 3d.-Sat two hours m , The chief executive of the nation, manufacture of the State. With this ; the forenoon for a Mr. ---,---, the beloved George Washington was Cavalcade we proceeded, and ar- fl painter of Boston, at the request of making a tour of the country and rived before three o'clock ~t Por~s- Mr. Brick of t~at place,_ who wrote was coming to New Hampshire. He mouth, where we were received with , Major Jackson, that it was _an ., had left New York 16 days before, every token of respect and _appear- ;j earnest desire of many of the m- . having stopped in Boston. He had ance of cordiality under a discharge jj habitants of that town th~t he [ been inaugurated President on of artillery. The streets, doors and ii might be indulg€d. After this sit- I ' ·, April 30, 1789 and a few days after windows were crowded here,'as at all '! ting I called upon President Sulli- / the first session of Congress, held other places; and alighting at the ' van and the mother of Mr. Lear; at New York, closed on Sept. 29, Town House, odes were sung and ! and, having walked through most . j with his two private secretaries and played in honor of the Pr~sident. \ parts of the town, returned by twelve servants he left on a tour through From the Town House r went to o'clock, when I was visited by a Connecticut and Massachusetts t_o Colonel Brewster's tavern, the place !clergyman of the name of Haven, ; New Hampshire. provided for my residence, and asked ; who presented me with an ear and j I The President stopped overnight the President, Vice President, the a piece of the stock of the dyemg I j at Newburyport, and started from two Senators, the Marshal and Ma- corn, and several small pieces ?f there in the morning arriving in jor Gilman to dine with me, which Icloth which had been dyed with it, Portsmouth about 3 o'clock. It was they did; after which !'-'drank tea l equal to any colors I had ever seen, , ,- i a big occasion for Portsmouth and at Mr. Larigdon's. ~ and of various colors. This corn j a big reception was planned. The i was blood red, and the rind of the '1 old watch house, which had stood Nov. lst.-Attended by the Presi- : stock deeply tinged of the same ·! on the south side of the Parade for dent of the state, (Gsneral Sulli- color. About two o'clock, I received j·· many years, was taken away and a van,) Mr. Langdon and the Marsh~l, an address from the Executive of stage erected near the corner of 1 1 went in the forenoon to the Ep1s- the state of New Hai:npsh1re,_and m : : I Mr. Pearse's store east of the State 't copal church, under the incumbency half an hour after dmed w1tn_ them ·' l House . of Mr. Ogden; and in the afternoon and a large company at their AsAs Lafayette road was not open I to one of the Pr-esbyterlan or Con- sembly room, which is one of the ~st .1 then, the President came by the gregational churches, In which a Mr. i I have seen anywhere in the Umted .• · 1, way of Greenland. At Greenland Buckminster preached. Dined at states. he left his carriage in the occu- home with the Marshal, and spent At half after seven I went to the · : pancy of Col. Tobias Lear, and j the afternoon in my own room writ~ Assembly, where there WEre about · ! mounted his favorite white horse. ing letters. , seventy-five well dressed and many He was met by Col. Wentworth's I very handsome !adi€s, among whom troops and on Portsmouth Plains Monday, 2nd.-Having made pre- l (as was also the case at the Salem , ~ \the President was saluted by ~aj. vious preparations for it, abo~t ! and Boston assemblies) were a great~ i . General Cilley, and other officers 1\ eight o'clock, attended by the Pres1- \ er proportion with much blacker han 1 . , . · in attendance. dent, Mr. Langdon and some other I than are usually seen m the south- t ~ Washington's own account of the . gentlemen, I went in a boat to visit ern states . . About nine I retu:ne_d · · l visit is recorded in the Rambles, the harbor of Portsmouth, which is to my quarters. Portsmouth, it 1s . and it is of interes~ to quote f~•om well s-scured against all winds, and sald1. contains about five thousan~ f , , that book. The readmg of the diary from its narrow entrance from the inhabitants. There are some gooa ., to a Portsmouth audience was made i sea, and passage up to the town, houses, (among which Col. Lang- . at the Temple (formerly located ' may be perfectly guarded against don's may be esteemed the first,) , 1 1where the Portsmouth Thea~re now any approach by water. Th_e ~n- but in general they are Indifferent, :,l stands) by Edward Everett m 1858. chorage is good, and the shippmg and almost entirely of wood. On The account in Washington's own may lay close to the docks, etc., wondering at this, as the country is • ./' words is as follows: I when in town. In my way to the full of stone and good clay for · Saturday, Oct. 3lst.-Left New- 1' mouth of the harbor, I stopped at bricks, I was told that on account buryport a little after eight o'clock, a place called Kittery, In the Prov- of the fogs and damp they deemed and to avoid a wider ferry, more in- ince of Maine, the river P!scataqua them wholesomer, and for that reaconvenient boats, and piece of heavy J being the boundary between :N'ew son preferred wood buildings. Lumsand, we crossed the river at Salis- j Hampshire and It. From hen?e.: ber, fish and potash, with some pr~- . _,' -bury, two miles above, and near that I went by the old Fort (former!)' oml, visions, compose the principal _artifurther about; and in three miles ' under the E11glish governmm t:> en cles of export. Ship building here . 1 '. came to the line which divides the •1 an island which Is at the ent,'_ance and at Newburyport has been car~ State of Massachusetts from that of . of the harbor, and where the 11ght- ried on to a considerable extent; ··1New Hampshire. Here I took leave of l house stands. As we passed this during and for some time aft-er the . Mr. Dalton (with whom I had break- 1 Fort we were saluted by thirteen war, there was an entire stagnation fast) and many other private g€n- . guns. Having lines, we proceedecl to to it, but It is beginning now to retlemen,-also of Gen. Titcomb, who I the fishing banks, a little w1tho.it vive again. had met me on the line between I the harbor, and fished for Cod.Middlesex and Essex counties, corps but it not being of proper 'time. of Wednesday 4th.-About half-past of light horse, and many officers of tide, we only caught two,-with lseven I left Portsmouth quietly and militia; and was received by the I which, about ten o'clock we returned without any attendance, having . Pr~sident of the State_ of New Hamp- 1' to town. Dined at Col_ Langdon's r earnestly entreated that all. parade shire, the Vice President, some of and drank tea there with a large . and ceremony might be avoided on the council, Messers. Langdon and Icircle of ladies, and retired a little my return. Before ten I reached Wingate of the senate, Col. Parker, ' after seven o'clock. Before dinner . Exeter fourteen miles distar.ce. - Marshal o_!._t?_e State and many other j T~.Q!_1_sidered as_ __!d}e •.,5econd r q 1' 1'._ I I I l l l- .1 '.,: I -,;j ~l I i c.:;c _______ · -.:.: . t ~: ' \ . ' �: ~mi~;{~~i¾~;~~~?~~~:-f~t£~~;~;i1~i~t~~t}£~~~f!f~ ~~~~~ti~~~,~~~:~~~{~~r}·~1~~~t~g~:r~;t@·: · '·l,:,~-i~ town in New Hampshire, and stands 1: -~~,'.'('~_ at the head of the tide water of the ?if:\; Piscataqua River, but ships of three , ::.:.,;:,· and four hundred tons are built at : _. :;..:•.J it. Above (but in the same. town) 1 :/;;\.1 are considerable falls, which supply :·:i- 1:,•j sev~r~l gri~t mills, two o!l mill~, a L, ;t,• j splittmg mill and snuff mill. It 1s a ; .:{;{'-·.'l place of some consequence but , ·it>.:;:/-_••. does not contam more than one I· •: thousand inhabitants. A jealousy ;; subsists between this town (where 11 ,;J ..~'~., t!1,e Legislature alternately sits) and ·.•,}"-,/-· Portsmouth, which, had I known in time, would have made it necessary ."J,.'1X to have accepted an invitation to a 1 ,i~~~ pub'.ic dinner; but I?Y arrangements I :;;,_:;)-.:·· havmg been otherwise made, I could 1 { 1~"' not. . . .· . . . •'.;z'~~ -~ Later this ~alace was remodeled lery. , Here we saw magnificent ,. · for the family of Nicholas II, the paintings by Rembrandt, Van Dyck . , last o! the czars. Here we saw por- and many other celebrated artists. l ~.'.:;d.;:1;.- :--: .,_,_, ~ J traits o! Empress Alexandra's faWe went into the beautiful cathe- ·;<:(i~ ._ ,;i;.~. ·_;~,}iJ~t, -., ther, the Duke of Hesse, and of her l dral where Peter the Great and ,:::•~--,~.1;:-:,;•.:~;:·,; ;.\" mother, the Duchess Alice, daugh- Catherine, his wife, were buried. :-;-;,:-~-~·'._;,:;·-:.·;~,_-/f!,fti: ter of Queen Victoria, who was the Later in the day I went into st. ;::~'.":I~';·::}~t it$r'. , Empress' gran~other. Here were Isaac's Cathedral, which had been ~ ·-~';':-:;;;.- ,_.__,,, • many of the intimate personal be- turned into an anti-religious mu- ;.1¥' . longings of the late Empress-the seum, with the walls all plastered icons on the walls of her bedroom with obscene drawings, cartoons just · as she had left them; as you · crudely drawn and pictures absurd know she was religiously supersti- and disgusting, all ridiculing relitious. gion. Then it was that I learned We also saw some of the play- for a certainty that religion was things of the little czarevitz, in- · frowned upon by the government , eluding his bicycle and tricycle, and and I was quite upset and willing when we thought of the unhappy to leave Leningrad that night to : ending of this family-father, mo- continue on our journey, which we ;,:}j~~i~~#iiff:~{r ~;1_•'(f:)1;j~jf~{;:: ~~~; f~:ic:~au:~i.l :~g::~~;i::= !-. :,;;;'.: · · · ·: Of Russ·1a And\·:, ·:s ·-~· 1tsPeople . i ~11\ Tells · · · ·-----'-'~·- ..~fc\ 1·S}~~;'.: 1 :dM:~:o;~rived the next morning (To Be Continued) all said to have been taken to Siberia and shot in a ce~lar there, it certainly sent a pathetic wave over all our feelings. . 0 in~~e~e~ ~~t : ~g!ti~::g ft:~: ,: tory and it happened to be a ci: garet factory. We were received in The following is the second in- ~ a nice clean, well an,d modernly \,"~"'''' stallment of an article by Miss furnished office and in a few moCorneli~ ~ugridge telling of a visit '· ments a young Russian lady clerk '"f'''' to Russia m 1936: came in with several boxes of I~~~ The b~ildings in Leningrad. for cigarets to pass around to the visithe most part to me looked old and I tors while they were waiting. Whe1 :;'f._;/:i;: dilapidated-not kept up-the wood ther or not they were as enjoyable work or trim on the buildings not as some of the kind more freely freshly painted and looked very .. used in this country I could not much discolored. say. As to me they were no treat We saw funerals in Russia-piti- ; as I did not indulge, but those who . ful sights. I recall one, the casket · did pronounced them not the kind . was covered .· they liked. • . evidently for a child We then started to view i. by a red cloth of some kind and the factory and had to walk up sev•r . of stairs . • mto . a room was carried in the arms of a man, -j era! flights i -·~·-• h •1 t . k :~At!\' possibly the father, while trailing . y; e~~ gir_ s w~e. ato~ach m~i pac ~ :,:i;~~1t .on behind were the mo~ners. I mg e c1gare ill oxes. gare l ,~,.,,.... wondered where they might be , did not interest me so I went back : '#,'.;)-/· · · · te into the office and was more in1.:~;:Jf-'!' carrymg the little body for 111 r- · ! . .~, ment. terested to see the girls there enjoy In the afternoon with an Intour- th emselves; for not one appeared · d to be at all busy; seemed more like ist guide we started out agam an r- kill' t· h'l th smoked were taken in a ramshackle old ' mg ime, _w I e ey th sightseeing bus on a long drive, :: some of e cigarets. . TellsOf RussiaAnd 11ts People 1 . 1· p1;1\ The following is the third and concluding installment of an article ·by M~s. Cornelia _M~gridge,_ telling ,. of a v1s1t to Russia ill 1936. _ On arriving i_n Moscow we we_re .,_ I met at the station by the Intounst ', I guide ';;ho took., us _to a :i_iew hotel called Moscow, bemg built on th e modernistic . d hplan. i beWe were th dreadt . fully tire • av nfg tabeln )on e _rahmt (none e a11h tmg e, d th t oo com th or an e wea er was so o w were glad to be shown at once to ; .·. our rooms and were pleasantly 'i:~ i d to th fo t ,l· SUrpr se see e com r we :-,. were about to enjoy. They were · large rooms, beautifully furnished ; and with every convenience, quite luxurious, in fact; each room being -;;provided with a bath. The room c\ assigned to me looked out onto a ,,, over rough roads out into the counLier,f we :~~ takenh to a k~~er- court where "workers" were, both try to the former summer palace gar 11 or _c en w ose mo ers night and day, as the building was of the Czars, once called Tsars I were _workm~, a nd t~is seemed still in process of construction, and Koye Selo but later renamed by the . mor~ mtere stm~. The children were I dreaded the noise, but fortunSoviets "Dets Koye Selo''. and used .' playmg games m th e sunshme, ui:i- ately for me it was some sort of a '-t;r;:'.:.' _" as a health resort for the benefit I der th e in struction of a teacher m holiday for them and so work .::J,dt:)'t• 'i!' of the Soviet workers. This palace th e back yard of a tall brick ho~e. was discontinued for a few days . .·.tN'.-~-;,;;i · ..;:; was founded in the 18th century After lun~heon we were tB;~en m It was still very hot and the room, •%::k"i.;f',';/~ and great architects and painters two · fine Lmcoln cars to. Peter- when ;;: entered, full of flies-no .,,;-:,,.;.s;~:~.-·•·., were employed at an enormous ex- · hof" ano th er former residence of screens on any of the hotel win- · . pense to build this splendid palace th e tzars. . . dows. I immediately darkened_ it : L, _ . with its magnificent surroundings. Peterhof IS situated on th e coast and began to "shew" out the flies, · •. , ·.,;·._..,,j we saw here the grand pa1ace of theifi Gulf a bath towel and of 1,.,:.. , ,":'.,,·".!i·;; t of Fmland,b and ijt this fte waving · . some . '/J-l.;Y... chapel-the Amber· hall, which is ;a~n t~en G pa1~ce w~s bu d a ~ my own lighter clothmg m the :;-;;.:, • i world famous for its collection of _e ·tr Ve re a wThen ~t roa tahn t cause, until I finally succeeded in =\•. 1 . . en I Iwas ·th a lessening the number' afterward ,·.:, • amber articles, beside many oth er. hVISl ed • h dersail to es. . . •,·Jc·':'.i • _ e WIS e posses~ a pa.ac_e WI keep mg the room quite dark, -y;h1ch .,_,\ ""'.. 1 rooms on the second floor al com parks and fountams similar to lso . b th d ·,.>:,,1·.'.."•.. · I t · · d idea of a made it coo1er. A a an a ·1•··'<·,, P e e,_ gi~_mg a very goo those in France. The fountains were nap furnished new life after which ?"ft':\ the life m a palace. in t· th d e • -,:,, •Y1<· •• .. .. · a 11 opera ion e ay we w re I learned we had to go across the ·. :.;,:1:-·:·.":J,.V-.•. We also visited the Alexander there, and it was all a magnificent street to the "National Hotel" for )\?E{}?}::; \l, 1., Palace as i~ w~s called_. It was built · sight. our meals, as this hotel was not \ff{i}>·:~\/J/l\·\J £,1.~,,,;, for Catherme s f~vonte grands~n, The_ next day we all ~rove to the finished enough to provide meals {.~ritf/ \,;; · · i•~i ! -.;::J1{1~ Alexander Pavlov1tch, as. she m- Hermitage, a former ':"'mter palace ' for its guests. r.::{;;..;';'J .,i;f) :,..·,,.,;,,,,d tended he would be heu- to the of the czars, in Lenmgradi now After dinner that evening we .;:, .·,.-;" ,.· ;c;.. •:,,,.,\c•fr.:•: throne rather than her son, P~ul. used as a museum and ;Rict\ll'e gal- . walked around the city a bit and :~:;;,:{;;::}":\)1~4i'.t~;~· :•·:ti:\• ! 1:.-~=::~, Lli~ =· ~r:t~1s..1-.f~§:5~~~•::~{~%~tr$~~~1;!;i2(E~;i:if~?t~fa~r~::E:~ .:TI~~f~~;,~:. ·/~_:::·~~;:~,--.~~{~, . ?.~~7-~~-;f~t.1~~~if1f-~ : ~~-·" ~:~~!~}~~~1% �~:1;:~;br~~~;~: ~.; ~J~~:<:.:~-~gi,:t:~;J):~~~-:;4.i~j~'.r:·~:~Fit::~)\::~~~~-~~~~ti~ .: ·•.··· ·• 1 1 Hound tfie -Kremlin, surrounded bYlJ pattern and of aaark_ red ~ color. •!}·_ a strong wa.11 with towers. We -, Thousands of people visit this tomb , were ~ot allowed to go inside the f_, daily late in the afternoon. Many ~/ Kremlm wall, ·so walked around I· of the peasants visit it over and : ,: :, Lenin Red Square, as it is now \ 1over again. --~ ,/;;. called. We saw St. Basil's C3.theRussia is the first communistic · . -~ dral, with its 12 domes of strange ! government on a large scale that forms and color. 1 the world has ever known and wheThe next morning we began our l ther a success or -a failure tfme 1 ·.. sightseeing in Moscow by going to [ alone can tell. However, personally j jthe National Art_ Gallery. We 1:ad l: I cannot see how anything can be ,<,j a most mteresting woman guide, . a success without the help of God, ..,· who explained each picture in de- 1. and as I understand it Russia has · tail-she not only told the name of [ no religion at the present time and the artist, but pointed out the [· only the state is worshipped. we left that night for Poland 1 • beauties ~f each · picture, the_ date ~ , 1it_ was pamte~ and the story it de- li and I for one was not sorry to leave ! J picted; a.11 this in a most dramatic r· it all behind me, as it was more or l··j way, in very good En~lish, so we !. less of a depressing experience alall fe~t we had passed a marvelous though I appreciate the fact of hav .. morning, :., ing had that same experience and •..,.,, . We tried to shop for gifts in . while I was happier wlien it was ·-.~f;~';,~ ~ Moscow: but found it difficult; i:. all over, I would not have missed ,_i(}F,t;: everything -:"as most expensive and { . . . ;:.t_e1,.:t;.:;:'.' the clerks m the shops apparently i· it for anything. _ _,.,.,...,....,..._N•ti~ disinterested. We hunted all over jI~t, the city for fruit, but could not · find any, and, as the water looked r.'- questionable and the ter tasted unbearable we were ob!•. liged to drink tea, which tasted as if it had been made for days. •,, .• In the afternoon around 5 o'clock . •f< ,, we went out to visit Lenin's tomb, ,,;,~ found crowds on the square and i , coming from every direction. A · , .', long line of people were marching [,'.:' two by two barehead, filing through i the mausoleum, and coming out at :·r. r t· l Jf, 1; d:~~- :~~;:~~e ;:~!ri;s j;::i~~d : : march, having become separated , from my friends in some way, one .1of the guards spotted me and said !.t "Intourist?" I nodded "yes" and said "American." Then he reached i:" out his hand and I knew he was t \. asking for something but did not , " • know what-I then shook my head ·• t ';: "no" and left the file, wondering /.'i f~- what it was he was asking for; just '';~ i i• a . few moments later one of our ,tj i , party ran up to me and thrust a if I :; little green book into my hand, say- ; ;;f~ [. ..,- ing "go to the head of the line and :,~ \ 1'•::' they will let you right in whet\ they · · L.'.1:• see that book." I- t:ied it again with rt\ no difficulty, The little green book r·: was something they gave our di•~, 1 rector when they took away our 11]; passports and kept until we left the 1 J city . . ·. I walked by the side of a little peasant girl down several steps in- f :""1' to a square room filled with a [~;. strange red light in the center . of , . which was a glass case in which rested the embalmed body of Lenin, and as I .remember it his . body up , ~- to his wa1St was covered with a red silk shawl. He looked as if he were . asleep and had a short beard and '_; f:-i reddish hair. We filed around the , -'t glass case and up more steps out · f;'.::- into the air ; rather a ·gruesome r;f sight I thought. I,':" The tomb on the outside · is of a {{_' highly polished marble built in [~;: --~~~ , : _...~~~:1~,~ -'. ~~'.1 __ a . ~odernistic J r, !;I.i:: k~ l} ~f)~!~liK; ~I ::i~h~~ .J �- -- 4:s- ,.~~c,1. 'o . ft·:~l~:b ~- ., -~ '· ~- ~-. ·.< - ~c.qC,!,i'~( ; : -: Graffort Club Has }'~~d~r~l 'Fi;e Years Old Opening Meeting . I j The opening meeting of the sea. i son of the Graffort Club at the s:ci;;; Is 1sO. ,7f ; ·_ I j I I· I f, <,.· .:· ;l:.']_I:_:_·;_:_i_::;_-:.•,,_,,_i_r_._:t:: ,. _. - f , .' · · c' ,)1(_!_ -:_.:./_1_} .·. -· ·;. '.' -J~-~~r ;:, .. <+~ :; Anniversary Observance. At Meetin~ Held Last ·i Evening-Articles That Govern Society Interesting , Ma.5onic Auditorium yesterday af- ! temoon WB.5 attended by a large ·i group of members. ' The minutes of the last meeting were read by Mrs. Walter F. Lane, recording secretary. Mrs. Lane The Federal Fire Society at its also ·spoke of the Junior Women's meeting at the Hotel Rockingham ,'-' Club which was organized recently . : last evening officially observed the and is sponsored by the Graffort l50th anniversary of its organizaClub. She reported that this new tion which occurred on Mar. 6, 1789. . This is the oldest fire fighting so1club has now about 60 members. ,1 Mrs. Joseph A. Boylston read ciety in continuous existence in the "· resolutions in memoriam of four · country. Originating back in the members who have passed away days of fire buckets and goose-neck since the last meeting. These were ', engines, the society ceased to ansMiss Jessie McFarlane, Mrs. Wil- ._... wer the calls to service at the cry of "fire," but continued to function 1lis G. Myers, Mrs. James H. Smith and Mrs. Attilia Baker. as a business and social organlza·. •, Excellent reports were presented tion. Twice a year the members · on the State Federation meeting at numbering no more than 35, gather Hanover and on the N. H. field , at t.he Rockingham Hotel for their meeting at Durham by Mrs. Merton . two meetings a year. The constitu. o. Davidson and Mrs. Constance tion as drawn up provides for quar. N. Richmond. terly meetings, but sometime down The following students from the through the years a change was -' senior class of the Portsmouth ~ made to semi-annual meetings. High School have been chosen on Another old fire society here in the basis of scholarship to be this city is the Mechanics Fire So.... granted the privilege of attending '· ciety, a similar organization that the regular meetings of the club for was organized in July, 1811. Another :- ·:•· the year 1939-40: Virginia O'Brien, similar society existed here at one • Mary Richards, Catherine Stub and time. Ruth Walker. These societies were organized for close of the business meetI' ·.- ingAta the social hour WB.5 enjoyed, with : the purpose of safeguarding the tea being served by the hospitality ' property of ~e~bers 'in particular ' committee, including Mrs. R. Clyde , and the public m general. I Maargeson, Mrs. John F. Swinnerton · j At the time _of its organization, and Mrs. Willis E. Underhill. Their .- ·/ and for man:v. . years thereafter, in assistants this year are Mrs. Ed- •· fact for a great many years, the soward H. Drew, Mrs. Elmer Little- 1ciety was a practical factor in the field, Mrs. Hal'l.ey Remick, Mrs. • work o_f subduing fires in the town, George Trefethen, Mrs. J. W. I but in later years, as more improved \ Keen and Miss Anna O'Keefe. The \, methods have been iritroduced for Frederick D. this purpose, the society has 1 .• pourers were Mrs. . .. Gardner, Mrs. Forrest Eaton, Mrs. . J acquiesced in the altered ci~cum,;' _1Ralph D. Brackett and Mrs. Raystances and ha.5 relin~uished to m?re ., .I mond I. Beal. . competent hands thJS duty which >·. L ,. ___:-.:· · • ' was one of the orfginal' causes_ of (i::,i,i~ ~---~ -.--,'l..f .' ~~/t,'::;,, its organization. ·:· '·· {\...< . -- --. - -- -- --- t.°,'l_.C. -s~,~t..r f':r1ca'\ The crest of the society is an oldfashioned fire bucket, bearing the motto "Esto Perpetua.' The articles which govern the society are interesting. The original is ·in possession .of _Rob_~rt M_9.rvi1!, clerk, and is .follows : . . f' We the Subfcribers, inhabitants .-, .of the town of Portfmouth, in the ' state of New Hampfhire, from a confideration of the danger of FIRE, and the rifque of having our propery- at fuch time deftroyed-or plundered -agree to the following RULES to be obferved by us as a FIRE-SOCIETY; · for preventing as far ·as in our power, the evils before mentioned, and others attendant on accidental fires . ARTICLES agreed upon by the FEDERAL FIRE SOCIETY, Portfmouth, March 6, 1789. 1ft. We will meet for the purpofe of tranfacting f_uch bufinefs as may _ . . . ;,,._; . be thought beneficial to the fociety, L,1 \ · ,.•.,-_;' • .' . , ., : -;. the firft Friday .evening in the .·)f'.r ·,? ';"' -. /\'.f(-i months of March, June, September .j_:~;;_;_,-,7 -;,·_ , . ,.; >:{; and December, the lift to be called ·,· /f:. .:.•.;;:;.,:·.-.. '. .. ... .... 1.,-~ • ••.· ~....."' at eight o'clock, any member then . ··; ::;-: ..<: '·:~\:' abfent to be fined one fifth of a dol- :, ·,.:1 •, . :\::,'._\ }, ,, \;·-~ lar. Meetings for · extraordinary :_. ··,_.,_}•· '_-·, · • •. ,,- :·;: bufinefs fhall be cal_]ed by the Clerk · ''·;~: j',; when any five of the members def!re · '.', .. \-··. , ..., ., .· ,,, it. /\ .. ·: \:; . . ·: ', : 2d. Our number fhall not exceed twenty-five member~, and no bufiriefs fhall be tranfacted requiring a general vote, 'till the lift is called, }'. and a majority prefent of the mem- • ., bers then belonging to the foc!ety. -.· _., ~'' Sd. Annually at our March meeting the Officers of the society fhall ' :•, · be chofen, viz. a Chairman, Clerk, ..,,. ,.-,:\· and two or more Wardens; the chairman fhall prefide at the meetings as _'.,t/ .:_ ,,, ,: . , . ~- 0 ~fl~~~~~~~·Et{~ ~:~iJI7~~t?1;~~,,-! :-_ -: Pa.5sing the buc~ets along th~ line counts and record their tranfactions, · '. ·. . . , , on a cold winter night was ~o more / and fhall notify each meeting by _ ;: ~• _· , romantic in those day"s than it would tickets fent to the members, for ' · ..., be at present but the watch word I which fervices he fhall be exempt!1 ·'. • , of the society· was always r~ponded from the quarterly contributions. · ·- ,, to with alacrity, and many in- The Wardens fhall once a quarter · -: stances were recorded riobie effort , at leaft examine each member's , '. :·. ::-_ and well sustained endeavor in em- I buckets, bags and other fire-!mple- . •'· .. ._, ergencies of fire, cin the part of the , ments to fee that they are in order, ·. earlier members of the society. and flutll at the fame time by defire 1·. .. . -.,- ~ , . •. A study_ of the list of those who of any member, vif!t his apartments '~ ··· · '·· · .. ' · · · have belonged to the organization to know the avenues thereto.-In _ ·· :- ·: •. ·. --:· '·•.·._' j during its 150 years finds many r time of fire the Wardens fhall take · -. .• ·,,;, ."· • · 1names intimately associated with care of any m?mber's effects com.., ·.,; :\., '·· !' the history and prospliity .of · the m!tted their ,~har~e, and fee ... · ' ' ·· , community. f!lch art1c1es depof1ted m fafe~~~~ · ~. • l --------.--:-:-~---r· ---- r 1.. · ., of :° .~: · ·.,. ~~<(·. '•.; �,; -~_.~/:,-, -:.~·.: : ;8 ~~-,;!-;?\;-~1..•\!;'i.;\:•. ,,y;\}~(',.i:i/2,~-~-;;'\'1't~~;_;~~~;.~~1.;:r.,.~~3':~ :rff;<k~_:.~~:;,.~-{~\>'~:~f,,~,,0f~;~;:-~.~1-k!i~"";' ~'fi:;;" r ~-';~,' cording to their beft· judgement, and ;r who fhall refute to pay his fines - fociety, or complain to the Firewards. , fhall ftay by and keep the fame in ;J when demanded by the Clerk, or · Hot afhes or embers ought never to , cuftody 'till rel!ev'd. :1 who fhall unneceffar!ly abfent him- ·1 be put into a wooden veffel, and the ·\, 4th. Each member fhall be furn- felf from three fucceffive meetings ; moft proper time for taking them <:,fJ;;.? • , i~hed with the following impleme_nts, of t?e fociety, fhall no longer be . up is. the mornini· After the hearth !l viz. two good leather buckets, pamt- f·: confldered as a member, not be ,. round a fire be fwept, the brufh or •., -~~•).•".,.;,,· ;_:1.,i,,).1;?,.f.;. ,-,:t~' i' < • l~d :"'ith perpendicular ftripes_of red, (; again a?mitted without the ufual ?room fhould be carefully exam- <_;~l:i.~'f"{,,J:5,-\.i"C 1 iwh1te and black; on one fide the -- ceremonies or election. med.:.-·,.>;t~-t:-;., :;,f;•·,,••·-- · ifollo:wing words: 11th. The fociety at the defire of The utmoft care ought -to be taken ;~:;~;',\·r.·;'Jf:1;-r.. 1 ' Federal F. S. \· '. any member fhall vifit his apart- of l~ghted candles and their fnuffs , ...f'?{(~,'£.b.t"l;\; · 1..•1 ments to learn the avenues thereto, as mftances of damage done by ·.\•,,;,:,',,,; _\// Th fl ft I tt f th 's •· -, ~,~,~¾>i .., . e. r e er O e owner I and to know where his moft valu- , them are innumerable, therefore ,,,v.~;.;;J;-, .. , c~rift1an name, and the whole of I : able papers, &c. are depofited , childr.en -an~ domefticks who are t}ff;{;l~t~ his firname. ('; 12th. Each member fhall have '. intrufted with them, fhould from .,f' · · ~· ·. ·•·· On one bucket No. 1. 1789 I j the obfervations of the fociety time to time be cautioned of the dan. On the other No. 2, 1789. ( l refpecting fires pafted up in fome . ger, and forbidden to carry a naked Thefe buckets to be kept conftant- t'~I. confpicuous place in his houfe. , candle into a place containing light , ly hanging i~ tome convenie~t place L Every member muft alfo be provided .. combustible matter;-fuch combuf- ~ of the owners _apartments, with t"".o [;·'.. with a copy of thefe articles with the :: tibles .fho~ld alfo be kept out of _the . good bags, with ftrings at their ['• member's names, and times of ad- , way of cluldren as much as poff1ble, •. mouths, each .capable of containing ,~ m!ttance, which muft be produced : and no child at any time fhould be ;' at leaft four bufhels, and pai~ted :·; to the Clerk at eve:r-y quarterly meet- ; fuffered to play with fire. At bed _:_:":;-;1 _:~ : as the buckets except the !tripes. ·,j ing, on penalty of one tenth of a. i time but one fire fhould be-raked up, 'Vf}>{.? i Each member to be alto furnifh'd :1 dollar for every omiff!on. . the reft fhould be carefully extin- .,, l with a mop made of woolen cloths, :.; lJth All difputes to be decided , guifhed, and the burnt !ticks laid a " \ the length to be at least fifteen feet, -'j b th · . ity votes of the mem- · diftance apart, flat on the hearth, ; and a turn-fcrew for taking down ·. / e 7air . that if any stick fhould rekindle in l bedfteads, &c.-~very member who :, ers pre ~n · . r the night, it fhouldnot communicate \ neglects to furnifh himfelf with the ::- In testimony of a strict obfserv- ·: fire to the others and the brands ; implements aforefaid fhall pay a :-: ance of the fo~egoing article s, we could not fall to 'tcatter the coals. j fine of_half a dollar for each fuch hereunto ~ubf~ribe our names. ·' One or two pails of water . fhould be J neglect; the fame fine to be paid as · John Pickermg, fet on the hearth; and every door 1often as the wardens at their .vifits ii Daniel Rindge, .: in the houfe fhould be fhut when J fhall find any· of !aid implements ~;; Ammi R. Cutter, . the family retire, that the progress j miffing or unfit for ufe, of which ~'1 Jacob Sheafe, Jr., ', of a fire beginning in any room, , 'j they !hall without favour or affec- -.~! Thomas Sheafe, might be retarded by confinement, ! tion make report at the next quar- :~ James Sheafe, ·, and that it might not fo rapidly 1 l terly meeting of the fociety. ~ Joseph Haven, : communicate to other rooms, and its ;j · 5th. Any of the aforefaid imple- :· Nathaniel A. Haven, ', fmoke fuffocate the fleeping family. ,j ni.ents· being loft at a fire, !hall be f Benj_a_m in Dearborn, / As a live coal will !tick to the hair :i replaced by the owner ,within three ,< Wilham Sheafe, ~- of animals, they fhouldnot be left 1 '\ months, at his own expenfe. 1·· Samuel Haven, Jr., · where fire is raked up. The window ! 6th. On notice of a fire every ;: Thomas Martin, ,' fhutters fhould be left open, or have ; member fhall fpeedily repair to it ·_ •,i Oliver Whipple, ·. holes in them, that if the room •l with his buckets and bags; if any . Hall Jackson, ; fhould take fire, it might be obferved !- place in the occupation of a member '} John Jackson. ,: by thofe who pafs by. be in danger, they fhall ufe their \ The following "Observations" were ·: To Subdue a Fire 1 beft endeavours at the direction of : originally printed on a separate s r the owner, if prefent, or otherwife ,:: broadside: · As there is a critical moment in · according to the beft of their judg- '. Portfmouth, March 6, _17 89 , the time of every fire which carries ment to remove and fecure his efThe Federal Fire Society taking : it beyond the reach ot any efforts 1 fects. · into confideration the danger of fire, which can be made to ftop its ft!.r- , · 7th. No perfon !hall be admitted !. and the fright and confequent mi!- . ther. progrefs, every person fhould as a member of this fociety but by . management of many at the time, ,: be r·eady to attend at the fhorteft ,' the unanimous vote of the members ; think it may be beneficial to have ; warning, for which purpofe every ;.:,: , prefent at a quarterly meeting; and :-' conftantly expofed in their houfes • article of cloathihg fhould be fo :i -;,~ , n,o fuch vote fhall be put without , for the perufal of their families, fuch .: placed when taken off as to be eafily i:t{p.'.~,fi:i, fuch perfon having been previoufly \ obfervations . as may contribute to ::1found in the dark; the candle whould ~_,..'[ : nomin~ted at the quarterly meet!ng _; fubdue a fire or prevent or l:ffen any have one ftated place, and be evtin- • rl immediately precedmg that in which .· of its attendant cala~ities,-and as l1 guished in fuch a manner as to be ''lf he is voted for. , the greateft fires arife from !mall eafily lighted, and tome apparatus ti""'!N;,.:.i I · 8th. Each member wither prefent ,~ beginnings, they think no circum- ··1· for lighting it fhould be kept con- · ~;drr('.,:'~ 1 ; j or abfent, fhall pay to the Clerk by '.'. ftance too trivial to mention, which ~! ftantly prepared in fome convenient ; himfelf of fomeone for him, his pro- ,. has the remoteft tendency to their place. Buckets, Bags, Mops, Lad- · ·.. ).~;.: portio.n of the _quarterly and other { fecurity;-they therefore recommend · ders, and every other implement for • 1 expenfes of the fociety on penalty of :'- to each other, and to the families , fubduing a fire, or relieving or affift- , fj being difmiff'd therefrom by vote. ; with which they a~e refpectively _, ing diftreffed inhabitants, fhould be ~ :-1 9th. The fociety's watchword for connected, an attent10n to the fol- · kept in conftant readinefs; Every ., , .... , , 11 collecting the members at a fire fhall . lowing obfervations: . jhoufe ought to have a !cuttle on the •:i~~¥;j/\-~~'~2j~ ;,1 be FEDERAL; they fhall alfo have ., To Prevent a Fire :j top, every well fhould have a pump, : },I tY:.-.•,:.:;• Ua . counterfign to be altered at. their . All wood work in building fhould ', or tome other conven!entcy which . pleasure; a_ny member not being able "_ be fo fecured as to prevent _all prob- ·.; may be depended on for drawing ?~;;,.-/;d',\~'.;. , to anfwer it when demanded by the ._ ability of fire communica.tmg from ~ water expedit!oufly; every pum11 •t:l~~ ~-•.;, ~-~;, . ,Clerk, !hall pay one tenth of a dol- :_- the. places for making fire~;' and ) thould have its fear fo long, as that ,.'j~lli,r: :":. ... i Jar, any one who !hall divulge the every houfe ought to .be critically \the upper box may play below the f,/·ff.~.;,,;... -., 0;: fame, or any of the private tranfac- . examined by its inhabitants, efpe- platform, to prevent freezing, and a ., .;,•, • ., ' , ;;,: tions of the fociety to a perfon not s cially after burning a chimney, and ,jbox fhould be built with a cover at ~' ·:' ·.- .: . ;' :.; . , a member !hall pay one dollar. ,. if dangerous pla~es be found they ~jleaft two feet high by the fide of :~./,. }_t_'\' •~_,_~-f•-< ~- ~;:.l0th. Nothing but f!cknefs or be- ' fhould be immediately fecured. Any ,the pump, that a . pail may be let ~~~~ .,., .,'1~-,-1 ing out of town, except a vote of the . member who knows of a dangerous •down if the pump fhould fail. The J:•'·-~·- ,~ ,. ,..);;')./'. 1. fociety, !hall excufe a member from , building, is requefted to inform the 1 warm ftream which arifes in this -~~ :~.;J-_,'{.;· ·:,:< -~. ~'1 paying fines incurred. Any member ~~'~7-:;_ ;i;,; ., ,-\~-- ~ , '.;<3:-' box, is an additional guard againft ·,:Ar:·t:./'",~·•'. •~ I :~ ! :j ;>~t&'}fJ::.ii_~\t~~: "'i.- ~ • ,..-,. ~ r l I i 1--.····. 1 l rj ;f°:;!,!f}lfF. ;}-t;j.\~' i.j it~~;:.1.{~: ·-:,_~,~\ ~t~1{}r'.t!}i3t):;~,~~~:r~ -;?:: :;f:.'.~:-~)~~i~~i¥~~ir\:Zi~~~~~~~;i~t~~~-~\~ :''~:J}};,}~e;~:.ng_. ~~ ', ~~e ,. P~}~?,;. .. . . - t;:;:. :7~·:~1t1~11:~;.,.-;:-. . . ~ ~- _ . c . .. �'i 1:;;~;1ti~:;: ,., ~"{-..:1 · d ' •,• ·,~--,~- ,: -q>·:-- '-,.• ·-·~·''•:· ~ ~<'-1·'; '· - . ,:~·~d~::/~,;~ A building on fire fhould be kept Chocolate Cake Roll Ice Cream : as clofe as poffible.-The utmost Savoy 1 ·:.t':' 1care fhould be taken to pr.event the Coffee · wafting of water. Each ls extremely The members of the Federal Fire ., · ~hA ufeful in extinguishing a fire on a Society at the _p resent time are as " ·-:~,~ :floor, it fhould therefore be ufed . follows: :?'-}'. when it can. Thomas H. Simes 1905 To Lessen the Calan:ities Attendant J. Winslow Pierce 1908 '.1\;';(.·:. on a F'ire Ralph May 1909 1.:~- The fright which involves the Wallis D. Walker 1909 :•?/:i~ ;.:':ifflj November 5 \.}t_il. ' :-:i';J:J :a;::b~f ;::J~;: f:;:,Ui~~:i~ ~:n!!~P~! ~~o!~~;et J. M. Washburn Arthur D. Hill John Sise William B. Marvin Wilson Olney Charles M. Dale H. Clinton Tayor Charles c. Sise Adams Sherman Hill Robert Marvin George B. Lord Eugene A. Vickery Edward s. Marvin Arthur L. Hobson J. Hobson: Taylor Russell White Jonathan Sawyer Philip N. Hobson ,~7'~~~-~ \rt.~]:~.,:~-, i~i~' Guy Fa Wkes i!i! Is Only Ol~served In Portsmouth And Vicinity pofflble be avoided by frequently 1914 ---conve·rfing on what might- be the i 1916 "Don't you remember ·1 moft prudent fteps to perfue in . 1919 The Fifth of ~ovember, 1·"\. J time of danger; that fo the members . 1919 The Gunpowder and plot, ·~· .~ of a family may firft attend to the · 1921 I see no reason moft valuable moveables, and ~ee 1922 ·1 Why Gunpowder Treason . ).f'./ them properly fecured; for which 1922 Should ever be forgot." 1,.,;:~{ purpofe it is prudent that every 1923 So runs the first verse o! r.n o II ,.:•},.,,,..~ i :-:P~\. family keep a number of trunks 1925 English song about t.he discovery I! with ftrong handles, and the owner's 1925 the plot to blow up King Jsrne3 1 ,,t name on them; as alfo for the fhoj:)1925 and the House of Parliament 1 I:. t,. :;_ keepers to be provided with bbx 1930 the early 1600's. The fifth of N i counters on wheels. Children fhould 1930 . vember will probably · not be fo ; ,_/; (.f, have particular directions to watch 1932 . gotten by a number of the middl f >·· i,,. • in fome confpicuous place at times 1933 aged resident of this city, as it .,t.'·· of fire, and obferve the directions of lj·; 1934 . Guy Fawkes Day, and brings ma [,:-.~. the fparks, and to give immediate . 1934 ' memories of a great deal of fun l ; notice if any other building fhould <; 1934 · years gone by. -:}'-'. c~tch. Spies fhould be placed in ;: Portsmouth and the surrounding 1 , :: different parts to detect thieves in -, Norman E. Rand 1935 ~i territory is the only place where i time of fire. Papers and valuable .: Charles P. Heffenger 1937 ~:-; Guy Fawkes Night is observed. f :: effects fhould be compactly depofit- ' Lester W. Harding 1937 ·.._1 Gloucester celebrated it until some ,_'·' _ ed, that they may be fecured at fhort (' Paul H. Bonner 1938 j years ago and so did Newburyport. I·;:1/.-m,: notice. · · J. Verne Wood 1939 .:~ It all goes back to the time when 1 . .r · · A special observance was made in .,; Storer Decatur 1939 .-,;' Guy Fawkes, Robert Calesby and honor of the anniversary. One of :'John M. Howells 1939 ~- others, who resented the hostile at1.-._ j ·._ : the rules (unwritten) is that then; ; ~-•,.,:- '., ,:; ,r.,('.;'~·-~1;:i?;id,J~ai,,,.:/C"·;·'':•; titude of the government toward are no guests present at the meetin!ft 1~(>·-:?~}-;\~·:-•f''ii'f.tt1';;~~;ft;;5":;:t~;&i:'-' the Roman Catholics, made plans to . ,. with the exception of the presiding ., .• - · f · · ' .. , -'f • <"P. ., •'', ..,, ...,. · ~::·.i·- ·>t•::,, blow up the Parliament buildings. :)Zf~ ~-f:iJ:{ • J Two Booklets Of Grea,f vaIue .· I,.:.:• • ;_1, · ' : ; justic~ of the Rockingham County ,' The powder, 36 ~arrels, was hidden Superior Court and the C.ommand- ~ under the buildmgs and on Nov. ant of the Navy Yard. For a few · . 15, 16012, the conspirators were capdecades this hasn't been observed, · ! tured and the powder found . One but invitations were extended t o : of the conspirators had a friend Judge Francis Johnston, who is sit - · who was a member of parliament ting at Exeter, and Admiral C. W. ; ---·. and he, wishing to prevent his • Cole, U.S.N., Commandant of the · The two booklets issued by the friend from getting injured, wrote ' Navy Yard to attend last night's New Hampshire Planning and De- him a letter in which the member ' meeting. velopment commission, "At Work of parliament was warned not to One story which is told, and al- "i -Men and Machines in New attend the opening session. When though it cannot be verified, it is •, Hampshire" and "Your Home . the guides about the Tower of believed that the organization had ·j Town," are probably two of the London (known as Beefeaters) are •.,,,• .., •:<· met continually at the colonial din- 'i finest booklets published. by any . showing tourists about the Towers, /'if.~' · ing room of the Rockingham Hotel, ) similar group in the country. they point out the place where Guy · since their first meeting there long ,l They bring out points of interest Fawkes was imprisoned. The me-· 1 before the present structure was ,1 concerning New Hampshire, which mory of this man is also perpetuerected. When the hotel, loc1tted on ·. should be known to every person ated by a search of the House of that site was damaged by fire, pre- :J who has any interest whatsover, Parliament before every new ses•vious to the building of the present 1either business or personal, in New sion begins. structure, the colonial dining room ·~ Hampshire. In New England,, according to a . , ,_ ., V was damaged, but not destroyed, and Copies of these booklets should book printed some ' time ago on cus- },j:~'-:: / amid the ruins, the Federal Fire So- \be in the hands of the members of toms in that territory. The day .f;:ii ;)iet:11 members gathered to partake ·· every social and business organiza- . was celebrated with much noise _:}:}if1 l -,.·. .. . _,of .,:.;t - their dinner, and c:,t ransact their tion, particularly women's groups throughout New England for many ,}:,-.--•;;., ['"Jf:1;\: business. Other fires had dama~ed · of this nature, for rea~y reference. years by burning of bonfires, pre- -i~\f~~f; i }':JttJ~ the hotel, but the colonial dinmg • The bookl~ts are availab'.e to ~e ceded by parades of young men and •:;>,\t;~·~f''::c/ . 't':'J · room has survived, and the meetings .! general public, a small pnce bemg ' boys dressed in fantastic costume. ·•·, ;, ·, )~~, ,.;'.... ,._ .J_.'!-'··Y,.:.,..;,, ~- · have been held regularly in that part 1asked to help defray the expense I Fifty years or more ago the boys .'::•_.;:,;,:,.:;,~. of the hostelry. 'ff printing . an~ to make possible \of Kittery and Portsmouth made gi\_}:f~[i The menu, prepared by the Rock- ._; future publications of a like na- · more of a celebration than they do · ~ ingham Hotel for the 150th anniver- J ture. now. In fact as late as 30 years ~ '.< • F/.',:,.. . sary dinner was as follows: : The booklets can be secured at ago the young men were out in full .'Q -~,t·\ ~;-\ 7 t ·::,.;~;,;,;: Cape Cod Oysters on Half Shell the office of the New Hampshire force. One young man at that time, : ; . :-\·: _a'.';'•~',' Queen Olives Hearts of Celery Seaco~t Regional Development in speaking of _ the observance stated ;' · . 1 t ·:•:!}/:,, Gi'een Turtle Soup Association on State street. ·~ that it was no uncommon sight :-~· · , . · '.;,,.r;,,. -:·._-~.,~ ..... ', .,I . th e book - · on the dav following to find the' · . -~ .· •'•'J", '· l·'N"'"'·'i : ... ,.,-,/ Squab en Casserole '. ' "Your H ome T own " IS I ' • · · · •·I I t itt b ' " ' •,·•~· ·v· F • · ·• "·• "' ,.'i:r,{t(' Green Salad _. .. ,. , ., e wi: en . Y Fred P. Clark, state Plains filled with hayracks, wheel ··'Jc::tS:,:.J:,ii. ·· I I fi, •. I "<JJtit (, ~ l\:,"' -, -;- •: n1;r .:t t· ., -t ~'-":~;"'?_:J-;-;;~ >> ·:::-:;~,-~.·•,,~.,; 1 .K '"Jt~01~:~,,§E0f'O.~¥~l~S~·f;; ;;;0.,:·7;-:z~y;A"l~~'1;.t~:t~~:T~~f~~;~::.3~1i;~,t:''.' ' �1 : ~:, .•,,. ~- :., - . ,·,.®?Jfefz~~~r;:;~;;:3::);~::,;0:~ ~i$P~t&<~'+f~t,~,:.\~\\~~I:;tJ~t~~i~Will?,"~~~-~~~;-~t:f-~;, r/Jfand that farmers from all around -!~:-l came to that spot on the morning t:~j of the 5th to reclaim their lost artii '~ cles. [·[:', Another man, who was one of the ;<'. "celebrants" some 50 or 60 years '. ':'- ago said that from about 1875 to i · ;: 1880 t.here were some lively observ:: r ances in the south End on that : --) - · · -· · · · , . : . .; occasion. The bo~ s dlVlded 111to two '."·.· group, the "Puddle Dockers" and k· .. · ,. . . ';-,;' the tshouth Etndersl . L1bfertythBrb1dge 1,,,., was or t e oyIx, · h t ·be mee mg Pace t· 1,0.,; 1s n es and mee mg of hese two i•-t' It d · t m an annual figh . 1,-,,;}'< groups resu e • 1.~ i·fS'. At o~e time the observance meant l't:q that tl~e boys would be . out with ! .·> horns, wash bo1hirs and tin pans <_{ and . swarm throu~h the · stre_ets J:, mak111g · a considerable noise . n~: _i only in 1859. It is also . recoi:ded f£; Federated Church w0men Meet \\·' _l that the flft.h of November w_as _or-: ',), · dered to be kept as a day of Thanks- J giving fQl.revir, by an Act whloh was ) . not repealed for over two centuries. '." The gunpo,wder plot took pla,ce · a. ·' ·->< little less tllan _18 years before _the settlement of Portsmouth and vici,. nity in 1623 , but its observance still . The first meeting of the season ; is carried on, . . · ,l of the Federated Church Women of J . . Aid .ch . "Th l Portsmouth and vicinity was held :J Thomas Bai 1y n m . ' _'; Story of a Bad Boy" says that thee .;1l Friday afternoon at the Peoples : schoolmaster, Mr. Grimshaw, gave . : Baptist Church on Prarl street. The .. the boys t he sub.Jee t of "G uy . I, attendance wa s good and nearly 01 every church of the group was rept ·t· Fawkes" for the nex compos1 ion. ,1 But as th e years h ave passe d , so ..:l, resented ', some by . . a large group. has most of the enthusiasm for the At 2 o clock sewmg was don~ for , observance the night, but there will ;J the Wentworth Home. A busmess be somewhere in this city, . some i session followed an<1 the nominatyo~gsters out, mischief . bent. :j ing _committee brought in a list of .-,2 _.~,. '; ,, . ,,,,.·... , c,·,. y :~~:'.-.:>~.. ·: .'<'~,. -,! ooff1cers to be chosen for the com- ;J b fl ::~t:~a:~:~ ~~/e:~ ~~ea:e~:~ ::;r!j~;):ff~¥fr-.{·ll;:r,ii[i:zyfti!i.ft~~::;··:'.)/j :i:citr. The following · · ·· .. · ·, President, Mrs. Charles W. Brew1 ::! ster, ;repre~nting the North Church 1:·:,~, In fact it is doubted if anyone . • • • . ,; (Congregat1onal), actually realized just the cause of ·: Vice presidez:t, Mrs. Harry L. >¾ the celebration. It was just a time -, ____ , .,1 Moore, Methodist Church. L h th 'd bl 1 :J Secretary, Mrs. Harry Harlow, i'.'.ifl w en erteed wtahs cons1 e:at e ee- i: The second fall exhibition of the fj Middle Street Baptist Church. , ,:~· way gran e young, ers and ,, Piscataqua camera Club will be -; . I :·! th ey made ti1e mos t of _1·t. p roba bl Y -·. held at the Women's City Club _·'"- :- Treasurer, :,t t t Miss. ,Alberta Rugg, i •. ; the oldsters recalled their own bo . ~1 Court S ree Christian Church . i·_;_··_·_ • • Y _· from Nov. 6 to Nov. 11 , inclusive. ?.I The devotional service was led by hood days, and their pleasure on , Nov a at a p m an open meeting =:ri M Ph '!' s N Tw I \,,;· ,' ~ that occasion , ' ' ·. ., . · ) rs. I Ip . ason. 0 VOCa I ·i,, ·. . .· 0 ! the club _will_ be held, at which .} ·solos we11e , rendered by G. Francis · i j A few f~vonte tricks of about 25 ,, trme_ Frankl111 I. Jordan, F. R. P. } Bowles in ,an artistic manner, these (,; years ago include some of the c~m- : S., 111ternat1onally known photo- ,_;.J being ,"Tl:le Little Brown Bird" and · '.:; mon observances of Halloween, grapher, of Boston, will lecture on '-] "Mother o• Mine. Mr Bowles '.:': such as placing pins in door bells, ~•. -photogr_ap~y a_:1d give a construct- \~· who formerly resided in· Boston: c . and the use of bean shooters, but ,· 1ve cnt1ci,m or the show. ,, was heard with much pleasure by there were some- extra special, .·, He will be accompanied by Ar- ;~~ the gathering. Not only is he a !_,:,_ _ _ which. ~re not used . (luckily) ~o:r ._·-_.· _. thur ~ammond, also a~ F. ~- P~ _:__·.• vocalist of rare ability, but a pian' ; Halloween. That mcludes tick 7 S., . which will be e_speci~lly . mter ·,1 ist as well. He was -accompanied i\ tacks. and the answering of door '. est111g to amate_urs m ~h!S vicmity. ·;,,,1 on the piano by Mrs. Christobel i~): ?ell, only to receive a pail of water _,_ The F . R . P . S. is the high_est aw_a rd ,_'. _'_ Larkin, organist of the People's :-,.,~, m the face, or several handfulls of , of the Royal Photographic Society Baptist Church. It cracked corn. ':- of England and to become a iellow :·: Mrs. William B. Oliver of Boston, i :'.;_ It was not a destructive celebra- ~ in the society is an honor coveted ,i president of the Massachusettts ' " tion. No irreparable damage was ·· by all advanc;ed ·amateurs. :s: Federated Church Women was the f~;;- ever done and most of the trouble Anyone interested. in photography , .. speaker. She gave a most inter?~ was the inconvenience of searching ';" is welcome to atte nd esting talk on the migrant workers ,_-.:-· arid returning the property which of the United States and held the , I. might be farming tools, a gate cir close attentioµ of her audience to .'. a blind. None of the boys ever got : the end. in the lock up from any disturb- . A social 1• ance. was served i ·_•, Sometimes those that Church . i..,;1known. as the neighborhood grouch The Federated Church Women :.; received · a great deal of attention, meet three times a year. The :·.'.-" but on the whole, it' was in the next meeting will be on the Day of f:' words of the · old timers "whole. Prayer, Friday, Feb. 9. '' '!-: some fun ." A roll call of the churches is held I, , ,, To go back in colonial days, one at each meeting, The denomina; , finds that the observance probably 1· tions included are the following: . 'N·- · ·,«, ,i came over with the folks from De- /: North Church, Middle Street Bap- ~-·;};'{\~;fr..Ji f. :, von and Cornwall and so what has ; tist, St. John's Church, Methodist, '-i, • , .. ., Unitarian, People's Baptist, Uni- {);'(, i/ been passed on to the present gen- ' •:'i' versalist and Court Street Chris- :,;>'f ~,; eration is only a diminution of ' tian. · 1:-,, some more formal form of celebr_a - ' T<~'::> •:.. tion in the past. There is no doubt ' ~ ,.r,y -~i••" 1-;r that the anniversary must have been f - observed in the Episcopal ch_urches .-. i1 m the early days; and in accord~ ; :]· ance with the prayerbook were ser(' vices of thanskgiving and praise for f' the discovery of t he plot and for ,.._,.1·:J the safety of the King. : ~. 1 It is said that in the old English '' ~{ ,-:i prayer book there was a special '.,·:, ~'· ;.,1 form of prayer for November called 't:-· "Gunpowder· · Treason." abolished f\g; to remember of any scarecrow to J" · ·· f :) represent the 'effigy of Guy F~wkes. ;: U\ Camera Club To _ Hold Exh1b1t1on . ·_) "I i ;, -·1_; •-i,- I i~! f < , ~.. ,, ,·,,,~•, .... < • :• \f :i iJ ,': ~,~~~~~~}!~~:~~j~~{::~[\qi~J<t~~1~~~-~-~· f .~½~&l,~";~;'.~:t ~~t:;;;;:¥;s ��~·'i "'"~ I <;\":d~'~tit.: · : ·.· c;;;~9:~ L~~~,.Mf«!ron•:A ~~tc:~ ~ I ' qua us eco.n I ion Ing "i~:_~f\t~·;",:~~~:{. May Ta ke ·Ye ar : ,;.>l ,. :rs·' \ !1~k~r;~~;:~t~:fna;E:~fir ~fi~: :I! :::v':. by the host and tea was ' . Mrs. Edward Newcomb and Mrs. ' :Oscar Clark poured at the tea and . I Officers And Members Of Crew To Be T rans f erre d T O 0th er Sh .1pS And Sta t'IOnS ': i' members of the club aLosisting Miss Mabel Jenkins and Mrs. John Whitehurst on arrangements were . , Mrs. Fred Goss, Mrs. Merle Mi4;h. ell and Mrs. Norman Diru:more ' I t was announced late yesterday control equipment have been sent to that the submarine Squalus would the manufacturers. be decommissioned at the PortsThe main motors are being recon- ·l ditioned by the General Electric Co., , mouth navy yard Nov. 15 and the and the six eng-ines are at the Winofficers and crew will be transferred ton Engine Co., Diesel engine plant to other ships anci. stations. oofh1'0G. eneral Motors at Cleveland, . 1 ;I I The decommissioning order will _ not affect the work of reconditioning The engines did not suffer matewhich is now going on at the yard, rial damage but it will be necessary and it is estimated that it may be to replace all of the electrical equipa year before the submarine is ready ment on the ship. 1- W k D • S I to go to sea again. It is not thought likely that the Or . UrlnQ qua US Since the submarine was brought engines and other equipment will be ,I t o the navy yard Sept. 13 all of its ready for relnstallation before next ! propeller equipment, generators and May. Rear Adm. Cyrus w. Cole, USN, MedaI Awa rded T~' Rear Adm Cole ;·\' x _. ._ :c Cited For Excellent Operations , <)i~l:; (<t·- /~ -~ ;:;a;::t 11:: b!~~ :::~::U!~ -~L-i 9-· I ett, who lived in South Berwick, . Charles Edison, actL11g secretary of No,ted Author G'1ves I Rea d•1ngs At KI•ftery ,f OJn where Mrs. Carroll was brought up at Emery's Mills. Mrs. Carroll responded graciously, bringing special greetings from a beloved Maine writer of poems I and prose, Laura E, Ri~hards of j Gardner whom she had VlSlted this week. In her readings Mrs, Carroll ex:/ plained to her audience that there three periods represented in ..... Gladys Hasty Carroll, . a Maine were her book, "A Few Foolish Ones," author, famous for _h er tr_ue inter- and that she had selected the one · '' pretation of rural life, · _and the representing the year 1890 for her II med~l the navy, the distinguished service for his services in the sub- P 1 marine Squalus rescue and salvage l operations. I The award carried the citation: ·, -;,::~/},')f,'·:/f,,\ "By his efficient administration, _;,-, ' ';:; :;, , except!onal aQilit~ in ~annlng . the :.: ';,,;'; '\?· \ }',, )i~./~ operations and his untITing energy \\ / :{Y:.·;·,\•').:,,J/t-.,,_·/.i'(J: in the re~cue of the survivors and , •,.- :.::,t·:..'/·~•:.::~.'/.?1~!;f.i1t! the salvage of the stricken sub- _:;,"· _''~·:/t-·.:.;:;vf?,~~~, marine, he displayed leadership and '1· .·· .. : 'V"':·; ~:~/,;.'..}~;]~;.,::, perseverance of the highest order." .. · ··..J .., :,\•::.:\~t 1~:~,'df1 . .. ._,_ . '. .,;; . . ·. ., -· .,,,,_:'? ·.'·. ''"'-:-.,ft;/,c::,,' -, ,~~ ~0'-· \·1 : ~-9; ; · •.. , ,_{,,",t.,,;;: ,:; I ~~]~~~~YI~;~lt] ~ §;.?ItA~,~ir~~:;i}El ·. ·. : ~ Point. Mrs·. Carroll gave readings ~~~s:e~n~~~n~nt~~id ~:w ~~: . ... ., characters are selected each year · ''.;' fat·· the presentation of her play, 1 · · •\· "As the Earth Turns." '· -: Miss Mabel Jenkins who was pre:sented by .the cl~b president, :~!: i~!:u ~:i~~u;~~s:t:~~u~!~ her pleasure at bein_g able ·j pressed . to welcome so promising a young writer, who has portrayed vividly 1in her works many · of the sturdy characters found in York county. j It was especially fitting she should be met in the historic library ' where the unforgetable author, William Dean Howells, helped ·to set the high standards of ·literature. ·..] The v!sits of other noted writers • of earlier days gives an almost ha!-. : i lowed background to that . very inj spiring room. Among these au.. {thors were Henry James, Mark ,;.:<.-1 Twain, Harriet Beecher ·Stowe, ·_. __ ·] Henry W. Longfellow, John Green" ·. i leaf Whittier and Sarah Orne Jew- I .> :· .~,~-.---=--,-.,;.-=.: c:.;:=-=.:.:__:__:c.::..,_ • N •:, ;?\\xr;,-~:; . .a;> , .•.; ·. ~~ 0 \ . · . ·• '; \tl)i~ In referring to the play, "As the •.,:-;, 1 ~::tsh:u~~f wr~!~ ~;r;~pl:a~~ various characteristics whom she remembered -there at Emery's Mills · 25 years ago and she chooses her actors for the presentation of ,t he play each year from -the townspeo~~~t:f :e~~wic~•~/ v~~~~%ian!: have been a most happ_y experience and after all 11/ was Just a novel coming to life with the characters taking .their own parts.'! This is the fifth season that it has run, 1ncreasing from two to four performances, and, there has of necessity been a few changes in the personnel. Tryouts are held each year and when a change is made the .script is varied som~what to correspond to the personallty of the individual, The object of the production of the play each year is to raise funds for educational advantages and civic improvements ' in the town which might otherwise : never be obtained. ·:,__..~, _ -.•.· ,.{,.:i:•·•'.:.··::.j· ,;;\.. ·~··c }_:.".~·!·i_:.:•.~_ ...·•.·..'.{ : ,· t,~.:•_:_/_;_·_:~,.','._:,_:_;_;_;,,_~.; ~- . _, •.; .·, · ---- .. - - - ~ - - - -- . - - - -- -- ~ ~ ~ t o :,iC\•.• _·:._;·.:·:_,,.••·.·,:.?~,.,• ·,.. _ • .,...-:.: .... �1. ~~1f,:~~~~4!,tl?~~~!-¾;~~~✓tr•,'"' "·~'-i~Wft,1,,,-, ~~;, : .!~: Commission Submarine ·:l Portsmouth u1 JfiAt Navy Yard , jBoat launched : -- ·;,: .- .-1 1 iJ The largest of Portsmouth lob ste.r fishing boats was launched shortly before noon yesterday, when ~~ a number of residents of the water0 front section gathered to see the , trim craft, built by Hugo Marconi, ~·;~ ----was ready for launching in less than slide into the Piscataqua. ! ~The submarine Seawolf, latest un- 11 months. Just across the river from the : ':,;.. .. dersea craft of the United States The standard displacement of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, where sub- ' 1 ··-. .. submarine is estimated at 1,450 tons. - marine launchings have become ·:·'.:;~~~-1 Navy, built at P ortsmouth navy The dimensions are the same as quite common in recent years, the .S::J}f{/_: yard, was placed in commission to- the Sculpin, Squalus and Searaven, new 30-foot boat, Anna M., made I ;t\'/2_: day when Lieut. Comdr. Fred B. that is 299 feet Jong, 29 feet 11 inch- an unusual sight along the k·;-:,;.;.i~{ Wader USN took command of the es at maximum neam, and 13 fee t waterfront, as it was guided down 1 ?£,:.:~fi• stibme;sible. • 8 inches mean draft at standard the ways lby use of a rope and pul· · On ·the still uncompleted deck of displacement. The completion· date ·: ley. The new craft settled only a e Seawolf, 30th submarine to be has been set for April 1, 1940. ·; few inches in the water and was ilt at the local navy yard, the The ship's officers, Lieut. James _. considered well caulked for a new commissioning ceremony was held A. Adkins, USN, executive officer, · boat, little water seeping into the at 11.30 o'clock. The crew lined the Lieut. w. N. Deragon, USN, gunner bilge the first few hours of use. aft deck on either side when navy officer, and Lieut. W. T. Kinsella, The first trial cruise of the boat, yard officials boarded the vessel. USN, engineer, were on the deck of equipped with a 75 horsepower maWatching the ceremonies was the submersible dhring the cere- .' ririe motor, was off the Marcy Mrs. Edward C. K albfus, who spon- monies. The ship's communications street waterfront. Making the sored and christened the submarine officer, Ensign Edmund R. Holden, first trip in t he boat were Jack on June 21. She is the wife o_f Rear USN, is scheduled to report for. duty Ziedman, William Marconi, TheoAdmiral Kalbfus, USN, president of on the ship on Dec. 11. dore Ziedman, Dorsey Bowen, Bert the Naval War College. The comThe Seawolf commander, Lieut. : Philpot and Hugo Marconi. missioning was also witnessed by Comdr. Wader, USN, was graduated The boat has an 11-foot beam navy yard officers, their wives, and from the Naval Academy in 1925. and is a seaworthy craft. It is a group of navy yard workmen. He is a native of Grafton, W. Va. equipped with a winch and davit Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, U. He has just completed a 2-year tour for hauling lobster pots , The s. N., commandant of the yard, of duty in the industrial department .. 0"1-ner built in a fresh water coolCapt. William F. Amsden, U. S. N., of the local yard and is residing in ". ing system for the motor and the captain of the yard, and Lieut. ., boat is capable of doing between 8 omdr. John B. Longstaff, U. S. ~ ~b~::,-,.:---:--:-;-::,;:-:-::;:-c-;;-. '.·t.Ye£1;~. and 20 knots an hour. aide to the commandant, were The boat is named for the build; !corned on board the new sub· . er's mother, Mrs. Anna Marconi. ersible by her commander. Under clear blue skies and in usually warm December weath· , the ceremonies made a striking ~ ·cture . First Captain Amsden, } . s. N., read orders for the ship :: be placed under command of ieutenant commander Wader, U. '' N., and then, as a Marine bug- ,, r sounded colors, the crew faced i,. e s:tern of the ship and, with of- . cers, stood at attention. As the :' mer!can flag was hoisted and the _: mmission pennant raised ·they luted. Finally, Lieutenant Commander ader read his orders to take comand of the 1,ubmarine. The Seawolf was authorized to b ilt under the Naval Appropriati01 ct for the fiscal year of 1938 an e order for GOnstruction was aced. at the local yard on June 24, 37 Between that time and the . ~~ the keel was laid on Sept. 27, {: 38 · the draftsmen made complete -3': · truction. The ship ;;:. ~e:.;o~/ 30th Submersible Bu ilt At Portsmouth - ~Rf<!,'. t J -_, "•' . _; J ~ • .;; ~-v-·::-"" .;-_"; ;;,;: • . r::r~itX?!i/?· . ___ .,. e_~;~ :{. L ·• ,,.,... ,,~ ,. . 2--'~--~m~~ . -,.,.'>..''ft . ,:,• ~<f.J,0 •~":re\ ii';;-/.(~~ ,:;~;.,. ):{::.;;)f; '.' :·t";' f:,,:; i,;. :::,'.-\;\ {~;-;]:~:; :;;·~::':<£· >5l:r;.::, ••,:.i;{''.'>• _:':'..."•;' \ •• r .• .;•,"-':"" ~.--,_ /'i::, ;.1_ ft(4(i?t~ �New Pastor Will Begin His Duties . On Sunday A reception will be tendered r.nd Mrs. Parmley at the WomP.11's City Club on the evening of Dec. 8, and a fine program ls being arranged. On Dec. 14, a service of installation will be held for the new minister. This will be at the church and the president of the New Hampshire State Conference, Rev. Harry True of Manchester, and several local ministers will participate in the service. An effort ls being made to have Dr. C. O. Farnham of ·Bosdellver the Gerrish Family Society for med Rev. Chester A. Parmley, new pastor of the Advent Christian Church will begin his duties Sunday when he will deliver his first sermon on the subject "Right Hearts and Joined Hands." The church has been without a regular pastor since the first cir the year, when Rev. H. J. Wilson retired after a pastorate of a number of years. Special musical selections will be rendered by both the church orchestra and choir, at the Sunday morning service. Mr. Parmley arrived in thls,city th!.~ week, and has been warmly re·celved. He made a favorable impre~lon when pe preached in this city and was given an unanimous invitation to become pastor. He Is a native of Sharon, Conn., and was educated in the schools there. He attended Hartford Seminary and Wesleyan University and is a graduate of the New England School of Theology. He holds several state offices In the Connecticut conference, having served for the past five years as minister of the Advent Church at Wallingford, Conn. Previously he had held pastorates In Attleboro, Mass., Bridgeport, Conn., and Peacedale, R. I. The new minister is a pleasant man to meet. He has an excellent personality and impressed those who heard him with his ability as a speaker. He is a young man and ls married and has three children. Two are of junior high age and the third is nine months old. The family is residing in the parsonage of the Church on Islln ton street. Towns and citlea have been holding celebrations to observe 100 or 200 or 300 years of existence on this continent, but H la belleved there has been only one family to oelebrlfl:e it.e continuous name for 309 yea.rs In America. A group of Gerrish descendant.a met at Newburyport, Mass., yesterday to celebrate such a 1family tercentenary. A very Interesting first get-together was held and a. family BOCl~ty was organized, with election of a president and secretary. There were present from this locality Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gerrish and so~. Charles, Jr.; of Kittery Point. Others present were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pillsbury, Mrs. Mary G. Fairbanks, Misses Shirley Fairbanks arid EllzabeU1 James of Bosca"\Wn; Mr. 9illd Mrs. Edwin C. Gerrish, and Mrs\ Edith Gerrish Eaton of Webste'r; Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Broker, c. Gerrish Broker and Paul O. Boker of Concord; Miss Grace Colby of Byfield, Mass., and Arthur H. Gerrish of Springfield, Mass. The president selected for the family association was Charles Gerrish and Elizabeth James was elected secretary. Before the party started a .historic tour, plans were mi¢e to have a farther-reachiilg gathering of descen<lant,s next summer at Parker Ricer and environs of the early settlers. An attractive program is to be worked out, so there promises to be an annual reunion for purJ)Ollell of recreation, social interests and family infonnation of the past and present. A hint was made that perhaps next year a lass of the present generation will emulate ·a hardy early ancestor who swam the mile-wide Merrimac near the mouth of the · river evel'y years until he was over 70 years of age. This young lady may go to prove that the living deacendanta are rio '".sissies." Af•ter lunch at the Byfield church a tour of selected places was made by five filled car.s. The Capt. William Gerrish place wa.s visited near Gerrillh hill in old Newbury; where the first Gerrish settler lived for some time. A atop was made at the old Jackman-Willett house. Another very in1teresting spot was the landing place of the fil'st settlers near the mouth of Parker river. A foU!,'th place visited wa.s the old home of Moses Gerrish, who was of the ~ond generation in America. . , Three of the desoendant.s presen·t yesterday "\Wre of the· 12th generation 111 this country. Mention was made that Charles Gerrish, Jr., of Kittery Point wa.s of the ninth generation to carry the Gerrish sµrname in New ~gland since Wllliam Oerrlsh's arrival in 1639. �, w~"'•-vts .,~ ,1 t-H':11: . ,.::/·1 H,·sto .~tf-.:1· ry Of por tsmout h .. ,¼ ¾ ~, ·, ~~ ·'.i.,i women s c1·ty Club 1 .• .: I r<,;j ; The Red Cross Sewing Group, the Club Program Already G'1ves Ev'1dence Of .! Portsmouth Women'sof Club, and, of course,Junior on an average twice . Interesting Year Ahead ~,;::::"..';~~,;;'',:';:;':,:,;,;, ;'r\r , By Justine Flint ,,,,.::'] ,, ~i":~: Women's City Club. I ---- ']''--;:;;-::-:-:":"."'~-:""--:- - - - - - - - - 1 th;~:a~~~b o:;:ur:~~~:,rl~h~u~~t Classes of various kinds were Th urs day of each month being a .,. . ,· . versary of the Portsmouth Worn- st arted: basketry, painting, dress- . supper meeting. Since the beginning nd these ocu- of the club distinguished speakers ~; ·". ·.·]1 en's City Club. For two decades this making, rug-making, a 1 ·· . ·.. - women's organization has contrib- pied th e house nearly every day in who have been interested in the 1 b's a d vancemen t , h ave contrib, ·~~;/1 ,_..,. u ted w1'd e y t-0 the cultural, civic and the . week-its rooms humming with cu . I activities in Ports- ~ct1V1ty. Sewing groups, co-operat- uted to the programs. Eaton Sar1 ··_:·:.:/ philanthropic •· .- :-',:' 11:1~uth and it was through the un- mg wi th th e Red Cross or Family l gent, Frank Knox, Governor John ..;:'·;-.~ l tmng efforts of a group of far sight- Welfare, made garments for those I G. Winant, Robert Barr, Mrs. Fran_-\: Jed and public spirited women that w:o needed th em. A st udy of civic j ces Pa.rkinson Keyes, Mrs. Roland , _ /: •·:J it is today one of the few women's ~ eS tlOns of th e day was carried on i-Hopkins, then president of the Bos, i:_,y; clubs in the state to possess its own means of debate and_ discussion. : ton Women's City Club, Robert Lin\ )i?~,j1club house. . he_heads or represen~atives of state , coin O'Brien, Lothrop Stoddard and , ,: ,(\, In the days of our harbor town 111st1tut10ns were _111v1ted . to speak Judge James W. Remick were all ;'.=··,~) before the World war and the re- at open meet111gs 111 th e 111 terest of among the guest speakers at these sultant breaking down of barriers, th e e.ducatwn of women generally. · monthly suppers which have been ; .f>i women's club membership was very Cand1dates for offices at election l a feature of the club since its or.. ·"•.,J'.:l limited. Lat.er, however, there arose ti_me were a.sked to present their ganization, taking a definite place in , .., .; a need for social contacts for women views. a nd o~tline th eir platforms each year's program. These suppers . <, · and it was realized that women as a.lso 111 th e 1~tereS t of e~ucation, are prepared and served by groups i '.;' -·,·-l1well as men had definite contribu- Sl11Ce the club IS non-exclusive, non-1 of members in rotation , >,•~j tions to make to society and that sectarian, a nd ,non-political. An intellectual ' background for onl~ by the getting together of inMiss Martha Kimball was the ; the club is furnished by the various . ~t,;.~ elusive groups could the civic tone of club's first president and she was I department activities which inI ·,/·.:·, a commumty be raised. At this time followed by Mrs. Harold Smith, who I elude drama, education, home ecoa large nu~ber _of women, whose has again peen elected to the office nomics, literature and music. Heads ·:·.- ·, husbands or families were engaged this year. of the committees of the Women's l at the ship building plant at the In 1923 the Women's City Club City club include: Finance, Mrs. Navy Yard, often had only rented was incorporated and took over the Arthur E. Baum ; House, Mrs. Rob- .'f./1 Th'IS year marks the 20th anni;'· ·. :J} i I :.- ·:·;tf;] [···,/.:'.j :·:.:·:<J ~~:'\'.j !.:. ";;' I ~~r::~ti~~do:~ee:d:~~:~ .11.·~ \'..·.:~i=lai~:n with ~horn cultural, political, and , • educational programs could be enI: -··: joyed. A group of civic minded women I _,.,,.j mostly members of the Graf.'ort L. ·.r,Club, the oldest women's club in I. · Portsmouth, under the name of the :-J,-,; · ·"· · ·' . ,,_.;_.. ' I can 20th Anniversary To Be Celebrated In January- ,'.·'i ,;.·),~tY·:.r.st l Club,Revolution, the Daughters of The AmeriThe College Club, ----------- 11 .;";,-J ;,i I , l\ w1th small annual dues, the city l.-,.-... -.•. ·,·._.,c.s, ..::,•·,.•~~'.·.•''',.~. li club members have year after year f·'.;r·,1-'./'?< raised the necessary money for up- · i.,. . \ ._;: ,· -:; ·. '.' . :. i-?" keep and management of the house. lli1 At the present time the club · rooms :are used regularly by The Garden · .. ·.., j ·, .. , , \---- ----{. -.-~ ~ ._: ;~~t Z~~r: · · .··. •: ',-:_,: · · ' ·., · \ ..- · ... ·~;. ,. · .:,,''.:,: '. ·t ... ··•, ·. ;,:;, 0 ~.,f;}c,':..,_,;; .)':).3/,c. ~' .. :.·, ~ ·., ·:,.·.: ;.'7,,j}~(;t,f{\ ;-:~ 1:.:;:< '.° ·· ·~:i•--,'",'f}J;:t? • J,'.:,~~;~-:';-:;":.': {~J.c:.Jt:;} .,.:)/ ~/ .' ... , .. ··. :.;;f/'.\ ;.',-;,;· >;_: · .•: /:~:(;,~\;•·;'.t .·:• ·.·.::. ·;.. ;)':··~·S:/;/f .. ;; /{, ·"-;;;\.:;i:,)" ··,.\ ;,,''.:,-·//~.: :· ': / __t~{J"\} ; -.',, "'<:.:'..:(:- ",::,, ..t •,,;,;;;·\•;;?:,, '\:/;<:,;-;:.;. :-·fJ.}){ -.:·.'- .( '·, .:·. · ,:,:,,;~.~-i:J: :·f;.Y,\"::·'.,:'-',~;,,,.,-·fi{f';,"<; · ..... · ,.. ;! •';~'(' <~·•:,t'.f}; ; ,: ,,;"/' :·•: , ;,-•?:)i>{,{,~:- .-,,-J·{):;'. <,\:.>/:s:"c!{,c<'# :,;/-\/.;/"}j:\;•}?';~}J .· J: ?//.::;, •,' : ·,::,. ,p·:% •t.:;t·.,.:-.>.-':/?)ti:f.:{{ ~tu~:;~:n~:o~~:ea:i:7:/ :::~; :~ssca~1~::n•P:~1s~y;Ja~:m~:;:;;~, the leadership of Mrs. Harry car- Mrs. Ethel Winn; Publicity, Mrs. E. ,!_:' ;':"\\' :\~ ·. ,· ,-\_}:_~:_(;: penter the heavy financial obliga- T. Wendell; Ways and Means, Mrs. · -'·'·, • tions necessary for such an under- Mary I . Wood; Card Parties; Mrs. "'.'.· .': ,'..-..•.,;/: taking. Many of these women in Robert C. King ; Rummage Sales, :.\:<'.::(~'.'..:}\ 1 the Realty Company turned over Mrs. Donald Ewer; Suppers, Mrs. Ed_:-··, I ;:_; ;~;;. their holdings, in whole or part, to ward Johnson; dinirlg room, Mrs. ,, ,t~.::~"')}t:i the new club and shares were sold Alonzo Parks; flowers Miss Edith . r,)•"":t'.".';' Women's Realty Company, then pur- to more than 100 women, which with I Shannon ; Hospitality, Mrs. James :-·. .,,;/:,:..r 1 chased the modern al}d spacious the aid of a local bank, financed its · Griffin, Mrs. J.P. Connor, Mrs. John · ,_. ~., house at 395 Middle street in the beginning so that in October 1923 C. Dolan, Mrs. Arthur Duncan, Miss I :~:··, heart of the residential section, and a "house warming" supper was held Katherine Mahoney, Mrs. E. Bliss i' •' \' the Women's Building, as it was with a member of the Massachu- Marriner, Mrs. Theodore Hay; Prot}\·.: then called, began its useful career. setts Federation as guest speaker. gram, Mrs. Harold M. Smith, Mrs. : .."'.:: . . The group by whom this nne proThe sense of accomplishing some- , Wallace Garrett, Mrs. Kenneth : ' .,6, Ject was carried out was headed by thing worth while for their city lent Steady, Mrs. Sara Dickey Simpson; h MwrosmeHnelaens MRissdMTahrtha Kim- momenttum tdoheffortsf fo~ h~ortgagde Cte0au,nMc1r1s.RLe.pWre.sSatrgte·nt; CMo~muFn1ity . --.~t .. ,· ... ,. ,_..,. ; ... • • an ayer, Mrs. paymen s an ouse urn1S 111gs an en a ive, 1ss or- , JI,,-:,; .. •·"-- .'·:. · : 1 Woodbury Langdon, and Mrs. Fred- the next few years saw great activity ence Hewitt; Cooperation with War · ....,., ·: ·, ,_· ,J;/: .~. . .. erick Potter. in the attempts at raising funds. Veterans, Miss Charlotte Wright; ' '~, ·· ·•·( .· · ."'.,..-:,..}( It soon became evident that the The club house is, of course, a District. Nursing Representative, Mrs. ' Wo~:n's Realty Company was not non-profit proposition. The second Arthur E. Baum; Department , ~ -, sufficiently far-reaching to effect and third floors are now rented t o Heads: Drama, Mrs. H. B. Carpen!;:_·-.·,_1:L··~.·•.·..'[; the greatest good. It was realized nurses and teachers and business ter; Education, Mrs. Allen deRochethat a club formed now to fill the women in various occupations to mont; Home Economics, Mrs. Rolfe .-;•: new n~eds should be organized, not I whom the club house is Home. The Bannister; Literature, Mrs. Harry 1. f) ~s a .r1~al to the Graffort Club with I lower floor with reception hall, two 1 ·. L. Moore; Music, Mrs. Benjamin /:1·its... ll!IlJted membership policy, but ! club rooms, office, lavatory, large I Beane. i ,_. .:.,;:, as a supplement to the work that butler's pantry and kitchen is used I Officers of the club are president, '.;/ club was carrying on . as a home for the city club and vari- Mrs. Harold M. Smith; vice-presi;· . :•. ·: In 1920, Miss Kimball called to- · ous other organizations, as well as . dent, 1st: Mrs. Frank P. Rowell, 2nd: ·~ ;·.- ~ geth~r a group of women to whom for recitals, concerts, receptions, and , Mrs. Francis T. Houle, 3rd: Mrs. ; · ·; t~e mclusive club idea offered a vi- parties. Arthur E. Baum; recording secre, sion, and the new club, with a charIn order to offer these rooms at a tary, Mrs. Perry Pinney; correspond~- ter mem~:_~,:~ip of 125 was born. J'fntal Y..E~~ible to the organizations / ,.!_~?:[__~ecretary, Mrs. Wallace Garrett; \' ' ~~f I,. : ;._)/~:.'.-,}?; I 0 . -< · ! .! �, -~-~~~'n)t~~~fri·;. ;,;~_Yvo~~ i~'n • ., \9..?s~,"~"- ,~~-~j_- C,.o ~:tic...;\,_ . j treasurer, Mrs. R. W. Badger; aud1- '! acter, self-rell'.l,nce, patience, per- X.l this resulted in a committee being and tru st in God, have ·'' j appointed to confer with the Inter'j state Bridge Authority. The com.• !-.1rs. Jane Smith; Directors: Mrs., . mg tham::ful for survivmg severest ·, m!ttee from the council consists of · Mary I. Wood, Mrs. E. T . Wendell,/' )trials, we should likewise ?e grat~- !councilmen Allen, Chandler and _ Mrs. Flon;i;ice Cummings, Mrs. Mar - ;ful for _t he strength which their I Schlegel, Supt. Nat Stevens of the , jorie Hewitt, and Mrs. Clarence/ overcommg has given us. ·- Highway Department, and City Soli.' Sanborn. i' "May ~e, then, a_pproach this citor Leo Liberson. . The Women's City Club has beell/ ,1 gre~t festival 1~ ~ spmt of apprePermission was asked by George fortunate in having as leaders wom.J · .! c1atrnn; appre_c'.at1on for the enScott and William Allard to erect a en of unusual ability along man~ / durmg foundation of llberty and . 10-foot addition to the South End lin~s, as well as women of vision, democracy laid for us by those who j Market and this was referred to the and already is assured of able leac!j' have gone before; not underesti- · \ city solicitor for recommendation crship in the fut~re. The vision fo · mating th_e v_al_ue of the g!fts which , l and report. Two joint pole locations the future· is bnght, and the fin · we have md1v1duall yrece1ved from ', j were granted to the New England club spirit which prevails provide, . life; not overlooking the many haz- . - Telephone and Telegraph Co. Two assurance of success in whatever U ards from which . our nation has petitions were received to purchase ma undertake, I been kept free and clear; not for- the city-owned property at 188 Gates ··~.--·~ .-- ~ -~ ; ~ ~ getting how healthy, how wonderstreet. One was from John A. fully happy, and how prosperous Dowd, and the other from Henry ·. our people are by comparison with Downs, Jr. Both were referred to 1those of other lands, and the blessthe committee on _city lands and '• 1ings of peace which they enjoy in · , buildings. these days of ,var and alarms. · 1 Charles Zecchini, foreman for ·· Looking abou t us on Thanksgiving _I Gutterson & Gould petitioned to be Day, Jet us realize everyone that 1appointed a weigher, and his name .- -:/F--:, blessings untold have descended ~ was submitted by the mayor and the . , ·:· :; __ 1 tor, Mrs. Robert Campbell; histori- '·l severance j an, Mrs: H. B. Carpenter; custodian,f:'l been gen_erated, so tha~, while be~ I I ! l I Governor Names '. Novem'b er 30·AS ·. ·-.;_' Thanksg· ·1v1'ng ~ay upon llS and upon our country and ·,1' a?pointmentconfirmedbythecoun- ,,·, ,/:,:.' with thankful hearts reverently · cil. . . . . • .- \ •;;; t~;o: ~~~: 0 :eio:e ~~: trfea~ac~~ ;:th:~ . · 1 th:::f p6et~e~b:ir~r!tr!~c:o "Indeed the Lord is in this place,; chase city owned property adjoining Gov. Francis P. Murphy has is- J~:~~:f;i~; ~·~ :~;:ingth~o/ol~oow~! Day in New Hampshire: •·: "More than three. centuries have elapsed since that memorable day · , ·J when the sorely tried Pilgripl Fathers, providentially saved from death by starvation at Plymouth, fell upon. .their knees and with . ' . minds and hearts overflowing with , gratitude and joy offered profound thanks to God for his mercy and ihis tender care. That first of all i days of Thanksgiving, proclaimed · -'U-,j:11.0 ·,:i" . , . ·."•·::c:·-·.i',_ 0 :.. ., _ , . , ( ' · :: _ . . to A;;:i~ ::c~:~~:g a:f_~ec::::h:; ,\ ·~·.:/~01)t'.;•1zl~) we~~;~~::~ ~~:~a~.\~!s~~\ubmitted a resolution transferring ··::: ..; ';/.,- ..,.\.f-/,::y;:f·F' ·'. Maplewoo~ averiu~ and Islington . . ., . h!:,-,.· ,'·. ,....1°,,-.. str~ durmg the wmter, and the ac- I ~~!!~v~~;~~ r~~entth:o~iu:t;1:i: . '\;, cep nee of responsibilities for th e ground. He also submitted another ·., _- /: .. ;~<·•. ; •:::..,j_'. opening of oth er highways as reordinance as chairman of the park..- .,'~,;_.:-;•JC· ;:'/;.'\' ; qu~ ste d ~y th e Ma~e_-New Hamping committee, pertaining to park:::~.:;, -'> •:.;,_• . shire brid ge auth orities, the city ing on Fleet and Hill streets. These · .., .. ' ·.: '.>,/,_'.- ,:•,1;. •.-·,"-· . council voted_ at a mee~ing laS t eve- .·· passed and the latter went to the , '; ;;.t·:.),: i-tii\;;i'.:1'f,; ' n!ng to appo_mt a special committee ;. committee on bills of second reading. ·: '-;:·. ·:· ;.::> :-'°' c'/.f'' :, to confer with the Authority as a . . '" ,. ·,: 1:c:. ·-;·,, •.. fin l tte t Councilman John Burkhart offer- · ., •;-.:>~::>b,""'-:\:,,; , .. I a a mp to obtain a satisfac- .· ed a resolution transferring funds ·, i'';,·.-.',"·/;.;\:; -:~0· to~ se;tl~ment. . ; amounting to $100 from the commit•1 .(, . - '. ,E · ·• 1::;_,..:[:/t(. ·. rmfMssioln was asked for the clostee on city land and buildings to ::. '/:·-~,.~.;•,:_;._.: ,'rJ~mg O ap e:"'ood av~nue a nd Isling- ·t t · · "· ,+ . ,'·· .,;·. :i-·;'.' :, ton street, m sections wher.e the . , l!gh s and , his was favored. ,· r;· ··..,,.,;/'.!-',.: ,:>" overpass will be in order to build Councilman Schl!!gel presented a ,, :·' ,, ·. r-;':' ". 1 proper approaches. The suggestion , resolution transferring funds in the : ,.,:,_ ., .\:·• ·,. was also made that the city tempor- "· water department, amounting to $175 · •:_<· ··,,,::":·' ar!ly accept Middle road and the for office salaries, He also submitapproach to the New Franklin . · ted another resolution transferring school, accepting liability if any oc- - funds amounting to $2900, as follows, . curred. It is impossible, the auappraisers, $200, general expense $275, ..._,r thority said, to complete the surmiscellaneous $1250, and parks and facing until spring. playgrounds $1175. ,.,. c · '.: _;r'here was a long discussion reCouncilman Leary submitted a _ ;;- '• . garding this. City Solicitor Leo Liresolution transferring $839.72 within . -' _-_-. :.' berson was sent for and gave his . the highway division, and $81.51 ., . opinion as to some of the questions · within the parks and playgrounds. ~ -:.::° ·: i.· ... ,._ \· , put to him. Councilmen Paul , Councilman John Leary present-~ . • · _,,, ·,, · .. ,:: · · Chandler, and Schlegel participated r· '1 ;:oma ~:sol~~~~~ic tr~~~gf~~:ini:~~~ .·: ; •..•.. :, ~-~ ,:~ --~-in the discussion at some length. .:1 , Councilman Lmy suggested the · i playgrnund, to P•rm=ffit impco,e- 1 ·' · ' ·~·--------c--·-- - - l_p~1isib!lity of a jo_int meeting, and l ments of the New Franklin School i roadway on Myrtle avenue and this . ,'.) · ·.,.. .. . . "~ _ ~· i . w~s pa~~ed.,_.,.-_. -·--·--~ .•. , . 1 · tional festivals and one which, in the public affection, holds a place -· second only to the holy feast of Christmas, Since Thanksgiving Day ,bas this unique place in the calendar of festivals and since the custom of years h~s graced its anInuai occurrence with a quaint and . gentle atmosphere whose perma' nence I would not lightly disturb ~:. I shall persevere in the practice fol~ lowed by so many of the Governors who have receded me and for th1·s P . ' year, do appoint hte .I~st Th . ursday of November, the thrrt1_e~h day of the month, as Thanksg1;,mg Day. . . . In domg th1~, I am mmdful of the_ troublous c_1r~umstances out of , which Thanksg1vmg Day was born ;: and. of the strong and beautiful . ·. manner m which it symbolizes a ·. pe?ple's abiding faith that there exists a Power higher than any earthly power which on critical oc'':: casions intervenes to help them en·1 dure trials ,and surmount obstacles. ,! I am mindful, too, that it has been ·j. out of those very tribulations that the most pmio~ att,ibutes of chac- j ">'.~}!I~t;t.)/ ,~i~~\:~~~:i~e:u~~~;;e~~~m~t::e~ , .•.AletterfromSupt.Stevensofthe .: , .,.,. ·,f<'• ,, ·.> Highway Department, regarding the ,.. ':;/::,, "~.:-. e-'':c. ·:\(;,,; ...;,· 'l acceptance of Canney's Court stated ..'':,. .•._:;"\:'./{¥\ . •·,•·. •• ... ;,:\'.f' , ,.,,., , . that in his opinion more work should . ·; . ;.:. •.{:·::,.'.•.:<¾;::;_._ ._·; s · be done before the street was ac- ,, . . , ,· ~:.,:.,:-J.-;;:-->. 1 ·1 cept~d and. he enclosed a plan of " gradmg which should be followed. .~: , 1;:.._,-,,:;>:L·,.,;,;'<';'; :; ~--: ' The residents of that section request- ' . ·(:. :'':::· :;d':.<%r'f:f~,.;~):. ·_ ed the street be accepted and name · ·· •. ,} //,,~,';i~,;1;].flf· · lifI .,·cr, ·,., ...,.,~·:s:~-;~;•./·•·,,-.-,,;, changed to Bayc avenue, ,;"t.,).•;t•\ii"''/c:;·•.;,;;•X' .. :\, The quarterly reports of the in· . ·,., :,:\.>-n;'';.;;;\.i~f/;~.;. spector of plumbing, city marshal · ·_ •..:f,-'_.,.~,\JJ:'/·•. • and board of street commissioners .. , :. · '·. :, /:r.,,l j}.'..;' \l :.<~ ,,:iJ~?ff{i)a)f'.'- 0 <¥aesa~b:evhceo~m~ e;ro':nwe~io~fr:o:uar\:dg/r·:~a!ttin~a~~ /\r_·lt.~: . •_-::·: 0 - Coun( ·11 D1'scusses Req uests Th at St ree tsBe Cl osed . ,, X1.;:_:t,, f:if }:lt'; 0 1_ 0• j i \. I �' 'l::;- ... , ff:.:;;-.:✓•. I ·, i J~ <::Sr-~1i}>.. .. . 'f iJ Councilman : ' :';;4 troduced a resolution authorizing :,'1 purchase of a power grader wi ~-J snow plow attachment and appr l:71 priation of $5400 for this was passe Mayor Goldsmith stated that t sewer on Woodbury avenue had bee ·· completed under the direction ;: Supt. Stevens, and that $3200 ha ; . been·saved from the amount at fir ..~ estimated. ~~ Councilman Leary inquired ?,, garding the status of the request f ·,:.-,_.: hydrant on P everly Hill road, a ;, ':'.-"{•\ the mayor informed him that he h · ·•:. etved n o r epor t as yet. djournment was at the call • ..i ~ olorful Parade features local rmistice Da Observance rd'l:!1141, M=11·tary And c1·v1·c V.ata .__ ~ weu . :tttti Mrs. Anna Pickles and Mrs. Hulda ''.;,·~ 1 E Thomas, State Senator Charles M. , •.:;; i Deale, Rear Admiral C. W. Cole, U. ·' i ! s. N., commandant of the Ports.--- - -c:--:---:-- -- --:--:--.....--- - -- - -- - -- - -- ,ll mouth Navy Yard; Capt. W. F. Portsmnuth's obiervance of Arm- des 40 Hommes et a, La Boutique Amsden, U. S. N., captain of the istice Day Saturday was marked by des Huit an. Chapeaux and Quar- yard; Col. A. DeCane, U. S. M. C., an impressive and colorful parade, ante Femmes, Rochester American commanding officer at the Naval which was pronounced one of the Legion Drum and Bugle corps, Prison; Lieut. Comdr. J. B. Longbest held in this city in a long Fleet Reserve Association and Aux- staff, U. S. N., aide to the comtime. iliary, Navy Club of the United mandant; Rev. Maxwell Ganter, ~. Military, veteran and civic or- states. chaplain of the day; City Councilf, .. ganlzatlons were in line and there Charles Black was commander of men Charles Allen, John Leary, were several bands and drum corps the third division, which was , led Fred Schlegel and John Burkhardt, I ~'f< · .{~1~ and a number of excellent floats. by the Girl Scout Drum and Bugle Andrew Jarvis, John C. Shaw, Paul , ~, · ;;,~ ·' The streets were lined with people Corps, and composed of Girl Brown, Alexander Piehl and IX• all along the route of the parade! Scouts, Boy Scouts and sea Scouts. Vincent Taccetta, float , judges, ahd . · there being a large number of The fourth division, which was Mrs. Omer Corneal, R. N., aide to · • visitors from out of town in the under the command of Charles the Gold Star mothers. city, Conlon, was led by Emerrnn Hovey On arrival at the South PlayJohn C. Gamble was chief mar- Post Veterans of Foreign Wars, groond th'e marchers formed a hol'> shal and Daniel S. O'Brien, chief Band and made up of delegations low square and all units faced to -~ of staff ?f the parade, which start- from the Loyal Order of Moose, the center while the American Leg- 1 ·'.' ed promply at 2 o'clock from the American Red Cross, Portsmouth ion and Veterans of Foreign Wars ·: corner of State and Pleasant ;! Lodge of Elks, Knigh ts of Colum- bands played the "Star Spangled ! streets, being . led by City Marshal I bUs and Auxiliary, Ancient Order of Banner." The parade was then . Leonard Hewit t and a platoon of / Hibernians and Auxiliary and the dismissed, r: police and a delega tion of Golden ,l Somersworth American Legion The floats were very attrac tive. · Eaglet Girl Scouts and Eagle Boy I! Drum and Bugle corps. The American Legion Auxiliary's ,.a)._,. , Scouts. ,•: Jos e.ph Coffee was commander float was named as the prize win- ,.,, Ralph Ea ton was commander of of the fifth division and this was ner by the judges, but, owing to the J the first division, which included composed of members of the Ports- , fact that the Legion and its Auxthe Frank E. Booma Post, Ameri• mouth Fire Departmen t, led by the I iliary were not contestants for the .( :' : can Legion, Band, a detachment of ! Dover American Legion Drum and cash award of $25, the prize was ,;''. • U. S. Marines and Battery D, 197th Bugle Corps. giv~n to the Por~smouth Lodge of Regiment, N. H. N. G . The parade moved from the cor- Elks for its float. Comdr. Ph ilip Whit e was in ner of St ate and Pleasant streets The Leg;ion Auxiliary float was charge of the second division, up Pleasant, through Market very colorful and represented which was composed of the veteran square, up Islington street to Cabot, Flanders Field, with the brilliant organizations. This division was across Cabot street to Middle street, red poppies in bloom and white led by the Exeter American Legion to Richards avenue, to Parrott ave- crosses marking the graves of , Drum and Bugle ?°rps,. for_ several nue to t he South P layground, t hose who made the supreme sacri1; year~ state champion, with its bevy where it disbanded. f)-,"c; •.."t·.;, of mne clev~r ~rum _ma~ore~tes. The reviewing stand was in front Th e Elks float was alw beaut ij•l'f,Cj.~~~- The org3:mzat1ons _m line mclud- of the Masonic Temple at the cor- fully decorated and riding on it ! .-.~~"'~;· ed the Umte_d_ Spamsh War Veter- ner of Middle street and Miller were a boy and a girl, who reprel"' . • '- ,- ans and Auxiliary, Veterans of For- venu and those in the reviewing sented Uncle Sam and Miss Colu I· ~;:.i:~~ elg~ Wars and Auxi~iary, A~erican ;arty ew re two Gold Star Mothers, bia. ~ --,-~ - - ------: ! •'·?~ ~~.i Legion and Auxi11ary, D1Sabled . . :·. , " ~ ,'. •/-- ,.• .' c ~-·~?.:ti-' VP.tP.rans' Al-.sor.iA.t.ion La Societe j __ Groups Take Part In Procession j':~ ! <' tii'.¢:".i'.~ :1;..i;;,~ .,;c...;?;,-~ •.,,, · -~ ,.]; ~· · • �Police Station To Be Connected With N~H. Police Radio ,~ -'Q . A new short-wave receiver, tuned to the state police broadcast from Concord, 1a beinJ installed in the 101!&1 police station, it was announced today. Portsmouth Herold Deputy Sheriff Percy Larrabee af this clty,Chef de Gare af the Rackingham county voiture, 40 & 8, shown as flagman ahead of the voiture'1 lacomotive and box car, "Miss Rockingham", as it passed through Market Square In the Armistice Doy parade. Another float that won applause The Legion commlttes in charge all along the line was that of the of the evening: Omer J. Comeau, Red Cro111, which was divided into general chairman; Charles Bla.ck, three sections, th-e first represent- treasurer; Harvey Abbott, Ralph ing the woods of France in the Berry, Charles Conlon, Christ.opher midst of fighting, the second Flan- Conlon, Joseph Coff-ee, John Dowd, ders Field, with crosses· bearing the Ralph Eaton, John Fisher, John names of Portsmouth boys who Gamble, Andrew Graves, Eugene lost their lives in the World war, Grenier, Charles Hand, William and the third, "America for Peace." Holland, Ernest Hoitt, Charles In thes section the State Capitol Johnson. Thoma.s Kane, James B. we:; reproduced in miniature · and Mahoney; Bradley, Moody, W1lliam Uncle Sam and his att'endants and · McNeil, Harold Marsto.e, Daniel 6. Peace, with a white dove, were rep- O'Brien, Mark O'Brien, Guy OVerresented. "Taps" were sounded at lock, Richard Pinkham, Ludger intervals by Sergt. Kenneth Lan- Rondeau, Robert M. Smith, Leo kow, bugler from the marine bar- White and Donald Yeaton. racks . at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. The V. F. W. had a float bearing an excellent model of the Constitution and a replica of the Ranger preceded the Sea Scout contin1 gent. The Knights of Columbus float depicted a K. of C. hut with doughboys engaged in reading and various other forms of enterte.inment, showing K. of C. activities during the war. The Loya.I Order of Moose had a float telling of the work at th Mooseheart Home for Children. Miss Rockingham, the locomotive and box car of the Rockingham County Volture, Forty and Eeight, was also in the para.de an'd attracted much attention. In .t he evening the American Legion conducted a very enjoyable Armistice ball at th·e I.,egion ball- The purchase of the set for the local station . was ordered by the police commiasioners at the meet1n11 held last weejc. The set will be tuned constantly to 'the state police broad• cast station at Concord which made lt.s ftrst broadcast yesterday. A set will alao be in operat\on at the county jail on ·Penhallow street. The short-wave receivers will be located in practically all of the larger town ' and city police stations thro1Jihout the state. The operation of the state-wide broadcast of police calla, with receiving seta in state police cruiainlJ cars, some county officials' cars, and in police stations, 1a anticip11,ted to be one of the 11reate1t aids in fighting · crime in thia state. If there 1s a robbery or holdup in Dover, for instance, the upriver city officials will give a description of the "get-away" car to state police headquarters and then, through the radio broadcast,, all police departmenta in this vicinity of the state will hear the description, and, if the car should come throU1Jh, Port.smouth, police here would be waiting to make an arrest only a few minut.es after the crime was committed_. �PortsmoutJ, Herold Photo ndecl down Port1mouth Heritor ynterdoy oftornoon for fint aubmorgod lving tHtl off tho l1ln of Shool1. t.1 '{'I ,'), D Miss Emma Magraw Observes 86th ~ Birthday Today 0)' . Miss Emma J. W. Magraw, one of Portsmouth's best known real• dents, 18 quietly observing her 86th birthday today, No special recogn'itlon la being taken because of 111ness ln the family. Miss Magraw was connected with the local high school for nearly 55 years, 40 years of which were spent as a reacher of many subjects and 16 as librarian and teacher. She graduated from Portsmouth High School 1n the class ·of 1873, and the following January began her career as a teacher. Miss Magraw was the beloved teacher of hundreds of Portsmouth men and women who attendeJI high school during the many years that she was a member of the faculty, and they have -never forgotten her kindness and cheery ml\Illler, and she hllll • never forgotten them as !he always had a word of greeting for all of her former pupils when 11he met them on the , street. She received many congratulatory messages throughout the day. National interest/ 1n naval actlvl-1 The ship .under command of Lieut. tlea was centered on Portsmouth Comdr. Thomas G. Reamy, USN, yesterday and again today as the left the navy yard shortly after noon yesterday for the diving area. submarine Searaven continued her During the test dives the naval dlVjng tats off the Isles of Shoals. tug Wandank stood by. Newspapers and new1 services were The submarine's commander ranot alone ·1n their interest In the dloed Rear Admiral Cyrus w. Cole, 11ubmeraible's achievements yester- USN, that the dive was successful dar, there being news reel camera- and that the ship would remain outmen pre11ent to photograph the un- side the lower harbor last night, dmaltineraea..BhlPts lapvlngl"""ethe harbor and ready for further diving tests today. .. 1 ..... beneath the· The submarine ls expected to return to the navy yard late today. �. ··· ·---~-.--~:-::--:-· ;,•:l:. · .~0,1'.\!f~~ffi ,.~;.\.'1-c,~ ~~:-;," 's· : :.0c'.,--~\!IP~rtsmouth's Early Craftsmen , ,a·,','.- ·: ' •.. ,: 1 :.- • ' • r. _,,.. ,. I'• -'j'.{, .-J L. · '-'-· · ,_-,, '"' '· ,-: · \..__·"_; ___:..•,:_::_._._-_:_~---_·l, -...:•,. ·; ·<._•:·_·::..:·_:_·,_:._..·:,_:'·_~_::_•.;._;_'._·___,.__'.; , Old New Hampshire Gazette Reveals Struggles h T E A Of Ea-rly Portsmouth Silversmit S O arn Livelihood From Their Craft -,, ' - ---- - --------- ---,---,-.-,-..~.- - - · -': ::r:Xt ·,;,: . '. .· ,'./_;~~:iL--r;\i-'~ ,i)-. ·- ~;;;:;:;,~i~P:'~h~°::: ±t~IJfilt 1 particularly the silversmiths, ., .•·;·',.':,,--··.,<,r·.,1•;2,; ....,,... ,-,"-,f. skilled and creative, as the few ;_ '·. -,~· '•• _r,~ ::. _-, :;·;' I pieces extant reveal, were not pat- ,, '· ronized by the people of Ports'/",•.;;.'·. mouth, even after the Revolution, when the buying of luxuries abroad · :,,.,':::·::,,::t,:;.t~•; <·_·\-~: - : ~~'.-'.: ~:/,;Wt. t: . •. :f\\'?-;<'.c/~ ha~::~:-no difficulty in uncover- · ' -' This very necessity afforded by ing in Portsmouth hollow ware by . ; ,_r, }£; the Boston maintain silversmiths,, which we . :.,,,; •: ;:._i". ,•• · . : :: :':< ,: ) Portsmouth has an enviable rep- circumstance, formed a haJbit, but-. stubbornly ls no better ·.~·:\if · · · . }~:<--: 1l • for i•- domestic architec- tressed by the natural inclination C . , . .. . ,. , . . -... •,., utation "" 'd . . ... ported" In workmanship than a ar 1o, a ",. ;>:,,:,;:;,;'.c<)~' Whittemore a Gerrish or one of --,'\~_/'::c'J:;_rr}.I ' th t ' . , ... ,. the Drownes-not to mention a -.:-- •,\'>/, :.· ;!/>,;- . 1 ·ts d' tinctive toward pn e m owmng im -3:--r·,}~·:' ,t,ure, .part1c~lar y _1 . _is_ . Iarticles, which was difficult . to :" ,,·:::,:A, doorways, with their md1v1duallty overcome, when later, highly skilled . ,·:;-·,. •;'·., }i(;,! ~;::~~o~:~t:i~18l 0 I ;.; . 1::-,:-: \~ ,! early 19th centuries, form an : .\:;._1/·:.J "architectural heritage," (an ex. l!f:~;~:00~~::r~!;~: : :E [1#.~Et~:~Eff~f:~: '!~iii~Jt -and particularly silver. A casual examination of files of th·e old New pres.sion used by John Mead How- Hampshire Gazette, founded here i~ ells in his splendid study of these 1756, will bear testimony to this houses), equalled by that of but two struggle. ' These craftsmen were other American cities, Charlest-on indeed jacks-of-all-trades, for one and Annapolis, and surp.assed by of the finest silver workers of the none. This writer claims that town, an apprentice of Paul I_?,evere, Portsmouth's record is the least from the advertisements which he changed, despite the devastating ran consistently of merchandise ~f fire of 1813 which raged in the old- all sorts, could not depend on his est part of the city. The reason fine silver work to support him and lies in the fact that commerce and his family, not industry has been the occupaAnother silversmith, who has left tlon. e~amples of beautiful craftsmanThere are quaint little streets &hip in an occasional piece come down in the section once known as down to us, was engaged in si~ difPuddle Dock, which are unchanged ferent vocations. And more refrom the days when trod by the vealing yet is the sad testimony of Royal Governors Wentworth; and the probate records at Exeter that later, ev·e n our own Washin~ton some of these men died insolvent hallowed its precints when he visit- 1 although they were high in the ed Madam Lear on Hunking street. · civic life of the town, occupied parOne of these weather-beaten !sh offices in the churches and in buildings is the old warehouse on the stirring Revolutionary period, Union wharf, built in the ..J!i.,QQ;§ were ardent patriots. and which has been occupied for In the many books written on the many years by Capt, Charles H. arts and crafts ·of New England, Stewart as an antique shop. This there is very little space devoted to huge building ls literally crammed the craft work of New Hampshire. with priceless Americana. But Very likely there will be no menany one of these old hou.ses would tion of our cabinet or clock makers, ·,, be considered a museum piece in and perhaps a paragraph on the many a modern metropoUs. In- famous Whittemore patch box (now deed, as everyone knows, one of in the Baltimore Museum, but very th·em from this very Puddle Dock recently owned by the Marvin famsection, the paternal Wentwor~h ily), and another on the beakers by house, ls now a part of the Amen- Samuel Drowne in the Clearwater , can wing of the Metropolitan Mu- collection in the Metropolitan Mu- boys" to whom the orders for '· . ,; .' :.':,:·/·:\:;,;:::''F'. spoons were· given, but when it -:·+'~:;/';,i.;:".,:~;:z:{:f< ~ame to a teapot it must be by•~ _:.:~/,,,::,(J}Y;f/'f[/; Revere (or one ~f his group,) d . :;:'f·'.'.;';,;i:~:<·::\;,:-;#,'. were Dummer tankards and beakers ;'.:.f~'./)t/\:f,,"J/~" superior to those few we have ;:,_ ;.;'. ,i:;-.;:;;:,;r,,· seen by our own silver&miths? :i,,:f··;;tf;,F/ There are some good examples · c;'. /}i.i\)1, . of furniture to be seen by John ::;: cc\'.f/; · Gains ( _, ) and his son . :\-<~':F:{ 1702 43 George, known in our city annals _. ·,!'_·,__~-?>,:>,;.,,::.. . _ as the "Father of Portsmouth; (we :-,•··•~-'~' ~:. ,,,'r-w.:.~':!:.!::.' wonder, facetiously, if_ this ~akes John t he grandfather of this old ...:;;;,';>'f-. 'o>,;':: town by the sea?) There are sev- j\\-,;.'/{·:~\y'\;Jz-~0;:, eral identified pieces made by that ·.;>'.'J.t,:.::{~(.~:;j,11,;_; superlative craftsman and adaptor ·'.'·:>>;::!<::f.,_-.,,f,~,;,;:¢;._ of famous English fUI.tl:iture pat- .':/~; :.:,~{]t;;/(ft1~}fr; terns Langley Boardman. He is ·.-<~·-i\.;_,(°"::e~•.:;,,..;..; best 'known for his mansion on ,,_;-}<:Afi:,'.)~-'.~f,',""'>'•' Middle street one of the most '~A;~,:.Vi;:;_;''" beautiful on that famous street of three-st-Ory mansions, Brewster ,\"tJ./t(j~ tells us that at one time there we~e )1;'.{,'?P{:;~f~. many of these on this aristocratic · _:·,,,::(,ti~\ thoroughfare, and only one two- , __ ·::,)}i)t~.;' _ story house in the lot! ;,":,t-., ·,;\f_A•·;,.,..' f,: It has been called the "epilogue -':'> :~,,•· .-{'\(-J:. ,".:·-.-1: and apogee of Colonial dwellings ;_:,<:':f•t,? ''.;·'i:.ti:i•~ in t his section of N. England." Its ·• '.:\i;_:}')!;J; adaptation of the classic in its por- _: ·; '..;f_iJ?)/.f'.1t': tico, surmounted by the likewise ··::::/f•·:,-·."',<;}-.;/[J..',{ adapted Palladian window (Ital- ;... :;r;·,'/:n.~,,,~f{'. ian) and the marvelous beauty of i(:··. ::,t.;ic;;::;:'.)f •:. the' door itself with its oval panels '; ' .e; ,.:\.{·>',}. ,,:/. ;;:'i' set in whalebone, make its fame ,;,,.:,}.I{}~JAi';(f substantial wherever architecture ·· ·•'';L~~,'.:c,1/ ..tv~-:~;':_i• is esteemed. Since it Is quite like}{'.i"~ Iy that Langley Boardman had a ,::'.{;;t(::q,;t;-:\:\, t))ttS.ll\~?~:ts· :)~~}::r/>.f\ .:::A.::;;;/{Jj 1 :!:::::;:n,"'of~::: w,:,~:.:: :::r,;•~c:::=-::.~ P:~~otk:;• ~!~~};Pi};,~;~~;n;}r:~~ ' ;.:_'i•,;:i:~i .:< -:..} :r~:t</J. looking houses built by two sea captains, and now u,sed for tenmen ts, is said to contain over-mans ties carved by Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721.) Sir Christopher Wren engaged Gibbons to carve the choir stalls in St. Paul's, itself. such was the case in many instances, where objects of art were brought from the continent to adorn these fine homes, becau.se of convenience of transportation and -the ease of purchase under existing trade relations; also 'because in so new a country colonial craftsmen had not yet appeared in numbers to put up definite competition. ly so, in having Por.t smouth craft being given its ju.st due, to wonder about this silence. Some research into the subject revealed the reason: the difficulty in tracing, both data concerning tji.e,se craftsmen in the three particular lines in which Portsmouth production was distinguished, and the a,bysmal darkness in which the examples of work done by these men is concealed. Whether this be because it ·actually has disappeared in the century and a half since craft work here reached its apogee; whether because of reticence of those having the pieces and their lack of interest, ~" """ =<>•, '~"' ,'" 7•ling ~';.~:-__ ~- easily understood that this cabinet maker was a man of rare taste and personal craftsmanship. · His house .:was built in 179!l__and the advertisements in newspapers and the old directories afford proof that his shop, in which he employed a number of journeymen carvers and cabinet craftsmen, flourished between this time and 1821. That he 1had set up earlier, is proven by another advertisement in 1798 that he was leaving town and wished people owing him accounts to kmdI I ly "settle up." But he married a I Massachusetts gi~l the next year and evidently decided to come back I I .'' ' 1' ·"' ,. ':.·':-: :.-?T'. ;'>{;, -· · ;:'\ ·: ; '::-·: :· <' ·. _.·:, .---.'.;;' ~:\}·•,:{·:',, :'.·'·•·.•,·. '--..,-e·····,.';'':·~' ·,I· . . :. ,~ ,..:!. ~,: ,; .,_ . .. -;.;,j:f', ,_:, '.,;.:~: ..'. ,;, :.: -::~t\ . .,'{...:;::•· ·,~;,,\ic<' ·. ·•::}}Z.:·:}:-}[S;t: :,·::·,::_,.· i \.c·.[,t.~F: "'·' .-./:;,·fl;.fY.t., •.·· '';;:;".(.-. -~--- ,·.:\·~;•::~\,;, . ;"- \:•:,;•\:&,'. . _ '· \{· '.:-,· < . ··- r·J/ _..,t ... ,-''>·:,,:.'' . _ -·- .... ::tt·-~· <:,.:~,- if:;};}; ·- .-.~ -:;>~ �. ,:_-~~•-r\-;: .>.r~ M1 • sr;;~'.rl i-' ;~ ~-? ·tf:;;1'~2,~ /:c~·,;;:I~}~l;'!fl1.."'~::-;:..1.'7''.~~,:1... ?- ~ trA~~~. r.~J,~~;,11 ,:.;ef~--4 . .: ', •;:~;~_;-~.. ··'\ ~ ~o.;>) :1;.f1~~ <;t;J¾\, and build the ome . ,...;,::_i :-~_::;E.!-J stands as a monument to his love ·r ;·,;,, 1 ' ,:? ,: {;-;( of the beautiful. , . More about these highly skilled •_ '. •' -· ;_: craftsmen of Portsmouth, including · · cabinet makers, watch makers. an,d .'silversmiths will be told in Fridays ~ •-..~;~'- Women'.s Pa e. _ . --,.c I ·. ·,1:- <tf(. '°>.'>' '. -~-~~i! ~--~·A·,,::,.:·~. ,:,:0~ ¼\~?~ii~r;.:~:, . .. . . . .... · Atkinson wa-s secretary of state u der Governor Benning Wentwort it will ibe remmbered. 1 Where are the companion piec .f which must have been created · numbers, by men who could be e trusted with these important co missions? The tradition han heavy, that they did make the L . t.. 8 :Jr_;.:,-.,-. .1 ----s, .\ · Every collection has spoons, sug tongs, ladles, et cetera. Shall we The number of cabinet makers clockmaker to the .K ing-whichtah.d-t have to write them off to posterity, recorded as living in Porbsmouth vertislng was bad psychology at a as a group of "spoon smiths," which between 1633 and 1820 ls much crucial time-had his shop opposite label has been applied to them by larger than that for any other "Mr. Staver's tavern." other silver authorities, who have group of crafis.men, which is prima The open quarreling which wen t not been able to pierce the veil fe.cle evidence, that t hese, at least, on between those two young fellows about the work of this mafor gro were patronized, domestically. How- is convulsing as it ls read in the of silversmiths, known to be wor ever. we also have evidence that old advertisements, which were sup- · ing here in the 18th century tiler~ was a brisk furniture trade posed to attract trade. They slashed ; into the 19th, and as . large a nu between :Portsmouth and the West each other's reputations without . ber of lesser fame, which tedio · Indies in those golden day-s of New mercy, underbid each other in prices, research reveals, wrought he t.:•~~==·: England shipping, just after the and ridiculed the pretentions of the also? Did the thre e fires destr Revolution. An authority on fur- other, until it took on the face Of a it? Why then so much of oth , . {f{,/!t'~· niture making in New England farce. non-resident smiths, !fto/i.'.iii.;, has made e, check list of about 40 But our good American brand of here, intact? I C:;,-_;.]w:· joiners turners and cabinet mak- watch-making won. Sennet dropped In this rennaissance which ['}{'>•'., 1 ers Portsmouth, including from sight completely in about two yeasting the entire country, co · : Thomas Crockett, "joiner," working years, and Nathaniel signs the As- -. cerning fine early American silv at Plscataway in 1633, John Tan- sociation Test, enlists, comes out : (and craftmaierial of every typ · ner 1660 Naithaniel M-endum, 1680, safely, and blithly makes watches Portsmouth can well take an inte ,. Joshua Pierce, 1700, and Matthew until the end of the century, when est and bring to light all availa ,. Scale-s, 1723. From then on they his advertisements cease, though we · pieces, particularly the silver in . .'. multiply rapidly. Research re- have no record of his death. genous ot Portsmouth-and Ne t .. . ,': cently into Portsmouth sources has But it ls the obscure history, Hampshire, if there be any. For almost doubled the number, but craftly ispeaking, of the silver- mouth being -the seaport town, pr i ,,·},'{:i:' most of the latter worked between smiths to which our curiosity duced the most of such artlfac :::·· "· 1820 and '40. turns again and again. From the as was the case in all of the Col ,_;. Por-tsmouth had no less distin- -small but fine "cloud of witnesses" nles. r f..- .,.;; · guished clock and watch makers, as we have we protest that there must It would certainly be a patriot 1 1}Ji[.:: ha.s been cited. William Fitz, be many other pieces of hollow- · and splendid gesture if owne ·-:;:-.~-:~~ John Gains (son of George, the ware reposing in the domestic ar- would reveal to light of inqu· :,:;•}2(J;-it great furniture maker and inventor chives of Poritsmouth residents. what t reasures they possess, a l-,t'''?/,!11 of the itri-spindle stair baluster in William Whittemore (1710-70), a perhaps an exhibition of early si many of tJ-1e finest houses here,) nephew of Sir William P~pperrell, ver would surprise the interest and the Ham family, father and made three very beautiful com- . world. Mrs. Miles White, Jr., did t sons, All flourished in the last munion cups for the Congregaition- . service for Maryland. decade of the 18th and the first 20 al Church in Kittery and these are · to k 1 Portsmouth's Early Craftsmen A Long· ,Pst Of Distinguished Silversmiths Lived In Our City-Can It Be That They Made Only Spoons? ._ .'.{:; ;.--·· -:,':,;~'i~~ :.~.. I,. fl'}fjt{ :i 1n ;~!f".i{- ,, i~~ E~!i:~~::~~:t:-£: i;~n';:1:::~,~$; ;I'f1~~:;;~:~¥.PTr.:,J:!f :_ •:.~ I·.- 1• :fii:'~.'."\r,;- A g,r andfather clock made by him cas 1·on.s. in the Por•tsmouth room of the ·.:= 'XJ.~;}~/ Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and to own a Supply Ham watch is ;i~;;\F?.-f to possess a. collector's piece. '1 .i.·_,~~-:f:",~.•:.,__;; is· : '£.~)t~ 1 i ~i -:_r_l··••:··~:;_.·;.~ ..-: ..~_.~: .• th h b ·1ed but as yet - ,. mou as een comp! ' ' they are not well supported by testi- ,,, .. ,,,•. mony of work-except in spoons! • : i' ·· • . ; >i '.: · · - ·· '· , · ' :.-:,_:J,/'' q.{\; ~;:t~~r.~~r~;:~~f:1f ~~ri;~ji~~~,f~ \)/J,:i chokes the interest. In 1769 there were two watchmakers who settled almost in.the same month in Ports~•,. . ' mouth. Nathaniel S. Griffith moved ,. ;;,, .A, from Hampton and set up in a shop across from "Mr. Langdon's meet,. ~;\t ing house." Another man named !>_\;f:~:.· Sennet (he never gives us a hint :~,\tt:·\ William Cario, Cl 7341809), made /-h-e famoUs Jmeph ·• Judkins communion cup for the Newfields church. It is in the N. H. Historical Society in concord. ' ii in Portsmouth; also a very beautiful pitcher in the possession of another branch of the family in Boston. William Cario engraved th,e. 48 .,:.-~ ' \ .'/. names on the famous "Atkinson" waiter proving he was esteemed enough to be entrusted with this metaculous task, for the piece had il;c;J\;W~ :.:."J:~t.,,.·;j ~~:tm heLondon, even had been made in anda Christian assistant name) to a precioUs and _J,,J:J1it~':.::..~·-~.•~----:r-· ;.~i·;·k-~-. _;.."_; - -.L ...:.i:-,.j:._ London was very valuable.and Theodore ~~ _ •. ·t-:::~. ~.:.:...... ·.,, _., , ~ ;_:.'.y·~.~,:,:~.if:,· ;f?; --,,. _ ·. ~· ·.::._~_ ·..~:_•.•.:.·.,· _·,:_· ·. I..·':._~ ,.·: .:_:. ·,~._ .____ _ · .· __ _~ �.... ~')~:tt~~~iJt:¼t~f1:YJ}ij~~t~~11tir1f~~1~%i ~tl-':•,, ·•· . ..:Mrs ■ Kennard. (i'.:~;~f ·· ;.;/~~:.'.? ii_/]}Ji)t~lc_': Hostess T ·o.~\_. . :< t Colon·1sts ., .~·" \ ;:~~~~:~ ~~;:i.::~. ~r [ ~;~.;,·,r:,t.&,';. . ..~;i•,.,;; .. ··,'. I .. . .•7-;y~~;,:·•-~-•.:- :_: ';;,,~"'~;:")'.f 1 · ,. J r-/' Stavers took an oath of al!egia11ce a:1d, eventu~lly having. all su::.pi• c1on of Tory1sn} removed, returnt>d 1to the inn. \Vith the sign in fr:mt 1' r~?ainted to bear :he na~1~ of tl~at j fnend of the colomes, Wilham Pitt, ' • • • • • l many meetmgs of d1stmgmshed of- , against the Indians and . in \:'o;k- ~" : town at the surrender of Cornwal- ;:'-%S,1;"J:"·:-;;: 1 · Jis. · ;if'tf:t >, After the war he settled in Maine and was_ i11arshal by appointment }'.'.:_i_.':'_:··./~1~' of Waslungton. He was a n\Cmber :-);<...,·,+-~ • • ' ·• • .-• • of Congress two years and was >.hJ, ~~~~:do!h!h~a!~;~l~t:n~:~!.p!ace the cabinet of In 1777 came the Marquis de LaBack to niilitary service in the fayette and five ships of a Frem·h War. of 1?12·witldhe rank of majo1; ' The November meeting of the fleet lay iri. the harbor. Two thou- genci·.al, .he was captured at York . Northam Colonists ·was held at the sa nd Frenchmen were in the streets (now _T oronto) and at Fort G!)orge · home of A. Ray Kennard, 15 Arch of the town and several officers at :the_mouth of ' the Niagara, and ',, street, Friday evening. Mrs. Ken- put up at the inn. Also came in again exchanged. He was minister •,. nard was hostess, assisted by Miss vast dignity John Hancock, wear- to Po1;tugil! in the administration Alice F. Morrill. ing · "the raiment of a gentleman," of 'President Monroe. A Portsmouth accent was given Elbridge Gerry and General Knox, O_the_rs of .the family that Mrs. to the meeting by a paper on the «·who was· two officers in size and - Wiggin men_tioned were Abraham Earl of Halifax Inn, read by A. three in lungs." During the French Dearb.o rn. and his sons, Joseph and Ray Kennard. Much of historic Revolution came three sons of the · Nathaniel. J'he elder -went privainterest centers in the hostelries Duke of Orleans, Louis Phillippe teering with Captain Southwich unof colonial times and one of the and his two brothers, bowing po- der Pau!' Jone's, settled .in Greenearliest of these was the first Earl litely and aski:ng accommodations. lantl, but later in 1795 moved to of Halifax Inn at Portsmouth . John But the Earl of Halifax was full Milton. -· J _oseph, who went to MilStavers was first taxed in Ports- and the future king of France put ton with .-i1is· father and became the mouth in 1756 and kept a public up with Governor. Langdon. In ancestor :· of ·many Dearnborns in house for ten years in Queen street, l 78 9 convened at the Earl were that · viciriity, Jived with Governor now lower State street. The name John Sullivan and his council. Down Wentwoi·th when a boy and carried is assumed to have come from I Pitt street on foot came Wash- dispatches. To encourage the boy .Ch~:les Montague, Lord of the ing~on, president ~f- the new bor~ in thrift, the governor matc~ed all )_}_--:. British treasury \ a . 692, chancel- natwn, to pay his final__comph- 1 the money the boy saved with an "_', lor of the excheqW in 1694, who ment to the state authont1es. equal amount, J. became Baron of Halifa_x in 1700 . The Ear! of Halifax is still stand- 1 The Coionists have started a fund and Earl of Halifax in 1714 by the mg, occupied as a tenement house. to erect some type of memorial to ' patronage of George r. Surely spirits haunt its halls, and mark the bur"ial spot of the victims From this inn the proprietor mvl on windy nights it creaks of bygone of massacre at the garrison of hi·s brother, Bartholomew, operated days, Mr. Kennard said. Ch/ules Adams .a t Durham Point. the first regular stage to Boston. In a paper on "My Dearborn An- Indians swept down both sides of beginning in April, 1761. · cestors," Mrs. Abbie . S. Wiggin Oyster river in 1694 and when they , John Stavers · purchased -a sit.<:! began wi th Godfi·ey Dearborn, born reached this garrison on the south] from Theodore Atkinson and open- in England in 1603, who came to erly side slaug11terecl fourteen peo1 ed a new Earl of Halifax Inn on Exeter with Rev. John Wheel- pie, whose mutilated bodies were i the southwest corner of the present wright. He was one of those who buried nearby . in one grave. Court and Atkinson streets about established community government ..,. . . . . ., " ... · 1· f ~~~t::r~~~ !:~:~- ~}~~:~-;~t}t'.' -.~ . ., ~• x~~;~;q:; ~~~r ~~:t~~er ~:~1:r;r~~:~~. tl:it~~tli~:~ ~-~n :::~~:~tm!~ ings of ruffle and !ace-trimmed govT)1e farm of Godfre<l Dearborn ,,•,'. "'· ·: '. · · · ·' •.;-.. .,:•-- ,.,_,;.._ · 0Id es·t Res1'denf D,es ' ernment officials in the back rooms was hande? down from. generation .. were regarded with jealous eyes to generation, son of Simon Dear- ., by the Sons of Liberty, who looked born, and eighth in descent from ·:: upon it as a rendezvous of Tories. the original owner. John Dear- ? One <lay, a mob gathered and bl!- born served . Hampton in several :: ,i gan cutting into the b~se of thP local offices and as treasurer of . ! sign post. The angry landlord Hampton Academy. . Mrs. Mary Elinor Harucom ·', MaJor General Henry Dearborn, •. widow of Charles Dwight Hanscom,• ~l, l :, sen t ou t a bl. a~ 1··c save w1'th an axe ,j to warn the mvaders and to cut anotiler son of Simon Dearborn, and the oldest re1side-nt of this city, 1 down anyone if he <lid not desist. born at Hampton in 175l, settled passed away Sunday af,ternoon at ·. Not tlarink to disobey, nor seeing at Nottingham as a physician in '. her home, No. 23 Myrtle avenue. .,'.S'.: any intention ·of . stopping the as- 11772 and was one of the Notting- · Mrs. Hanscom was in her 99th :f./).·i_ , sault, the slave brought down the ham volunte:rs· who started for_ the : years and is survived by two daugh- fr.<: :_ oxe on the head of Mark Noble will' . , scene of action when they received .. ter.s, Miss Mary A. Hanscom of this i' ·. · news of th b ttl Of L · t ci,ty and Mrs. John H. Lawson of ;: · such force as to .rehder him insane e a e exmg on. · for the rest of J,is Ji'fe. He_ fought under Stark at Bunker (N. H.l, Karl W . ..~' • H · Troy Hanscom, and one a son, granddaughter, The mob · ransacked the inn anrl ill: He joined Arnold's expedi- Elinor C. Hanscom, both of Ports- .. ; found the negro subm.ergetl to tirn lt~on__th_!'ough the wilds of IVIai?,e and mouth. ;,-,_, '°'~, : chin in a large tank of water in Canada. Taken prisone1· at the Private services will be held · .. the cellar. Stavers fled, but was assault on Quebec, he was exchang- the Buckminster chapel Tuesday 23 later seized by _a conuuitt~e. of safe- 1I ed in 1_7 7; and ~ppoint~d m_ajor in . : o P. m.0 ty and lodged m Exett>r Jail. , Scammell s regiment m time to __ Ki?~Y, m1t flowe:s. .. . ,,:_.;:;: ,) . Leading citizens, headecl by John I serve at the battles of Stillwater ,- , ',,t;/:~~;s:-\c:,;:\i"··.f,:_<\/·,_·_,_:,::,-:;'·:·/'.r/;,) :,'Z t -::> i 0 fJ~~.; ;~'.fir):~;;~ifi~;~it;'¼iii£~;:~~n !' :;:.,]~~•~:;~ ~;{~llttJJitfJ;~:l~J,~}~~:,1/2~ ',, �S"\ . '::;1,------San-ta--'-CI~-~ On ~:_:!Annual Visit lo .·. : _: 1Portsmouth ,..; METCALF REVIEWS . BARTLETT'S HISTORY - Igravely with this last r~~ark, "As ~e s:: .' That ex-Governor Joh~ H. Bartlett should write a history of Nev; Hampshire is fortunate and fitting. l Fortunate, because he is a man who ' from childhood has drunk deep of . · New Hampshire's tradition and record. Fitting, because he himself has Is Given Royal made history of New Hampshire, has Welcome On Arrival affected the course of its developSanta Claus arrived in Portsment. His "Synoptic History of the mouth last night right on the dot, Granite S~ate" is, as the title in.· much to the delight of a vast gath- l dicates'. ~nef; but through its 175 ering of kiddies and their adult com- , pages, it is sharp and clear in its depanions who gave him an enthusias- · lineations. It is a work designed for tic welcome. the young New Hampshire man who Santa approached the city by the comes to the _history of his region way of Market street, and was met for the first tune. And then, it is a at the corner of Market and Bow book for the visitor who wants t.o streets by · the Portsmouth High know something of New Hampsire's J • School band and an eseort of police past wi_thout having to make too who accompanied him into Market exhaustive a study. Many will want ·::,~ . Square which was fl.lied with people to re~d- it who are neither young ready to give a real greeting to the nor ~lSltors. patron saint of Christmas time. This short work manages to be re~· .·;; Santa riding in a gaily decorated .. markably inclusive. It is a long road ; - •· truck and resplendent in a new over which Mr. Bartlett leads one • ._ •; • ' suit, acquired especially for his visincluding the first sighting and , _. ... it to Portsmouth, waved greetings to mapping _o.f New Hampshire's coast , , all as he passed through the streets by Captam John Smith in 1614, and of the business section. the sinking of the Squalus off that ,,.:v · The parade passed through Mar- same coast in 1939. A good deal has 1, ket Square to Congress street to happened in those 325 years, and ex.· , : Middle street, to State street and Governor Bartlett, still holding to back to the square, where Mayor his purpose of giving his readers a · ·.: · · Kennard E. Goldsmith extended swift "airplane flight over the past," ,.. ,.., , . greetings. through his clarity of sight gives ; ·, .. " · During this period the Frank E. them a broad view. We stand with :.i, •· Booma Post, American Legion, Band him in the back of a dimly lit church . :'. ~ , gave a very fine concert program in those exciting days of the 1770's from m front of the North Church. and hear the people ban with an an, Carols were broadcast by Station gry roar British tea from New Hamp.,.. t WHEB. shire shores. With "John Sullivan, A large majority of people who John Langdon and other distincame to witness the arrival of Santa guished citizens rowing their fish Claus took advantage of the oppor- • boats down the Great Bay and Piscatunity of visiting the stores and setaqua -River by night," we attack lecting their Christmas purchases Fort William and Mary, overpower from the attractive and up-to-the the guards and seize all the powder. minute articles offered by PortsLater in the '70's we hear John ' ' mouth merchants. Stark's cry ringing out, "We'll take Santa Claus will remain in Portsthe Hessians today or Molly Stark's _., mouth from now until Christmas a Widder." We travel swiftly through '·';, ~) i"-. and will be pleased to meet and talk those long spaces of time. We come '•'. ,.. ,, with any of his young friends. His to the administration of Franklin visit is sponsored by the Portsmouth P ierce, a man who fought for peace ,~, Merchants Bureau. between the two factions in tile • slave dispute and who consequently ' ,~<· h end this manuscript to the publish- , 1ers war is raging in Europe." -.) "A Synoptic History of the Granite I State" is a well bound and well printed book: Particularly, the illustrations are satisfactory. Ex-Governor Bartlett cites his appreciation to the H. H , Metcalf book, "One Thousand New Hampshire Notables" for the "cuts" taken from that , work. In the profuse illustrations -. one finds the same breadth of scope not ed in the reading matter. Many ' ' generations are pictured-from the Royal Governor Benning Wentworth to Mrs. Frank Streeter and Governor Murphy. Ex-Governor Bartlett has, in se~tlng before the people of this state in compact and accessible form the history of their past, done them yet another service. -The Newport Argus-Champion. Adv. / ! I I ' •· .: >, l":;i.~ . ~t-·. · · · ·i k\1 /,· '• · ·1 was hated by 011e group as too severe and by the other as too mild. We come to Bartlett's own administration of New Hampshire's affairs, to his own successful struggles for greater educational opportunities for the minors, particularly for the young people in the country. And so we pass through the years of Governors Brown, Spaulding, Winant, Bridges, till we come t o the administration of Gov. Francis P . MUl'. phy, and the latter's energy in the • 1sponsoring of the aerial tramway on Cannon Mountain, of a State Police, and also of a Milk Control Board. l Ex-Governor Bartlett's book closes j -. �Christmas Services At , Portsmouth Churches ~ "L,';> .1•1--------"'."'""':":'"~_,,._ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ · Congregational response, "All things Christ Episcopal, Church Advent Christian Church 'come ot Thee, O Lord, and of The regular Sunday services will The White Gift service and thine own have we given thee." be held at both the Eplsopal Christmas pageant, "His Christmas Prayer of Dedication churches, U1e Fourth Sunday in AdStar" wlll feature the Christmas Solo, "O Holy Night" (violin obvent being observed. Christmas will Sunday services of the Advent llgato) Adam begin at midnight, as always, and for Christian chw·ch. This White Gift Sermon, "Let Us Adore Hin1'' the first time in the history of Chrlst service, when all come bringing gifts Hymn, "Come To My Heart, Lord Church a midnight mass wll! be is a most impressive service and one Jesus" held. The music at the midnight t.hat brings a great joy to all at- Benediction mass wlll be as follows: tending. The pageant will be preChoir Response Organ Prelude, "In Dulce Jubilo" sented by the Sunday School and Postlude, "Romance" Wieniawski Bach church organizations. Organ and violin Solemn Procession, "O Come All Ye There wlll be special Christmas Faithful" · Adeste Fidelis music at the morning service. The Court Street Christian Church "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" sermon will be by the new pastor, "And On Eatith, Peace" ls the Mendelssohn Rev. Chester W. Parmley, subj~ that Rev. Ivar Sellevaa.g Introit, "The Lord Spake" Mart.in has chosen for his Christmas ser- Kyrie Mozart Middle Street Baptist Church mon at the morning service at the Gloria in Excelsis Plainsong Christmas Vespers at 4 o'clock Oourt Street Ohl"istian. Church. Sequence, ''It Came Upon the MidSunday afternoon will be among the The choir will sing Alfred Henry night Clear" Willis services at the Middle Street Bap- Ackley's ''When the Lord of Love Gloria tibi tll;t church on Christmas Sunday. Was Born" and "Not in Vain He Credo Assisting the choir in the presen- Came" by Charles H. Gabriel. Or- Offertory, "Gesu Bambino" tation of the vespers will be Wllliam gan selections wlll include Franz Sanctus, Benedlctus, Agnus Del Schmigle, tenor. The program is as Lachner's "Adagio and Andantino" Eyre and "March in G" by Henry Clark. Communio, "Silent Night" follows: Gruber The evening service at 7 :30 will Recessional, "Angels from the Organ Prelude, "Prelude" Handel carry on the Christmas theme, The Carol Singing, "It Came Upon the Realms of Glory" _ Smart topic for discussion ls "Immanuel- Organ Postlude, "Hallelujah Chorus" Midnight Clear"; "Holy Night." God With Us." The organ eelecPrayer Handel "The Hope o! The World", a cantions by Miss Beulah Chapman in~ tata for Christmas Schnecker elude "Allegro Modera,to in C" and St. John's Church Introductory Chorus, "Ring Forth, "Adoration." The choir selections St. John's Church will hold an Ye Bells" wlll be "There's a Song in the Air," organ recital Sunday evening at 11.15 Part 1-"The Shepherds" "Hark, Hark," and the Christmas with an evening prayer at 11.30. The Part 2-"The Wise Men" anthem, "We Have Seen His Star organ recital will be presented by Scripture, Matthew 11 :1-16 in the East." Nelson K. Ward, organist. At 12 Message, "Our Guiding Star" o'clock the midnight mass will beOffertory, "Cradle Song" Brahms North Congregational Chw·ch -gin, with the order of service beClosing Choruii, "Hail, Royal Babe" A Christmas pageant and the an- ing as follows: Hymn, "O Come All Y(! Faithful" nual White Gift service wlll bring Solemn Procession Benediction t11e Chr~1tmas activities at the Introit, "It Came Upon the Midnight Response NonU1 CongregaJt!Onal , Church to a Clear" Postlude "Hallelujah Chorus" close at 5 o'clock Sunday after- "Kyrl'!" Handel noon. This pageant Is an annual Sequence, "Silent Night" In the morning the subject of affair and the cast has been skill- "Gloria Tibl" C. Marks Rev. H. W. Curtis• sermon will be fully drilled in their parts. The "Gloria Gratis" C. Marks "Let Us Adore Him." The musical presentation of the gifts ls some- "Credo" C. Marks numbers will be by the chorus choir 1thlng that brings the ·· Ohrmtinas Offertory, "0 Little Town of Bethwith Norman Moulton Leavitt as L9Plrit closer to all. Music will inlehem" soloist and organist, Mrs. Gertrude clude excerpts from "The Messiah" "Christians Awake" Reinhart, violinist, and Mrs. Flora and "Adeste Fldeles" by Amos W. "Sanctus" c. D. Joy accompanist at the organ. Moody, organist, aud a violin solo, "Benediction" C. The order of service will be as fol- "Cavatina" by Roland •Tibbetts. c. "Agnus Del" lows: In the morning the children's Adoration, "0 Come All Ye Organ Prelude "Prelude" Battman story will be "A Lamb Wi1thout· ful" Hymn, "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Blemish," while the sermon will be "Gloria in Excelsis" Invocation and Lord's Prayer "The Newly Born King." The chil- Recess1onal, "The First Noel" Instrumental Worship, "Andante dren's choir will a...-<6i'St in the ser- Postlude, "Hallelejah Chorus" Religioso" Thome vice, singing the carol Gregol'lan, On Christmas morning there will Organ, violin harmonized in 1540 by St. Audrey be Holy COJ?InUnlon at 9,~ ----. Responsive Reading Luke 1 :68-79 Gibson. The chorus choir, wi-th Gloria Florence Adams as soloist, wlll sing Methodist Church The impressive pageant "Holy Anthem, "Sing, O Heavens" Tours the anthem "O Bethlehem" and Scripture Luke II:1-20 Verne E. Higgins will sing as a bll.56 Night" ls to be presen~d Sunday Prayer rolo, ''Cantlque De Noel." The or- evening at the Methodist church. Hymn, "Angels From the Realms gan prelude will be "Adoration" by Members of the parish will portray or Glory" Nauro-Cottone, and the postlude Offertory, "Largo" will be Handel's A1lelull.ah." Or an vio in �musical numbers in the pageant wm be as follows: Solo: "The Magnificat." Mrs. Ruth Price Marl!hall. Duet: "Watchman, Tell Us Of the Night." Philip Trafton and James Culberson, Jr. Solo: "How Beautiful Upon The Mountains." Mrs. Isobel King. · Solo: "O Holy Night" Adam. Mrs. Ruth Price Marshall. Solo: "Lullaby" Brahms. Mrs. Isobel King. At the morning service Rev. Phlllp S. Nason will preach on the subject "The Response of the Shepherds.' Special Christmas music will be follows : Organ selections : "A Carol Fantasy," Dlggle; "Virgin's Lullaby" Howe, and "Chorus of the Shepherds" by Lemmens. The choir will sing as anthems, "There Were Shepherd..~" by Vincent, and Slmper's "Sing, 0 Heavens.' Mrs. Willard Marshall and Mrs. Charles Prescott will sing as a duet, "Pa.storale" by Foster. as A special musical program will feature the church service at the Church of Christ (Universalist) Sunday morning. Rev. Myles W. Rodehaver, pastor of the church, will speak on the subject, "The Lesson of the Wille· Men.'' l\1rs. Marjorie Herrin will play as an organ- prelude "Christmas Prelude" by Gounod. The offertory selection wlll be Adam's "0 Holy Night," and the postlude "The March of the Wise Men" by Hosmer. The choir wlll sing "Behold, I Bring You Good Tidings' by Vincent, and Dlckenson's "The Babe in the Manger." Mrs. Thornton Weeks will sing Bl! a contralto solo "There's A Song in the Air" by Speakers. Of The Immaculate The usual masses, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, will be sung on Sunday with the Christmas festivities beginning on the stroke of l;l when a midnight mass will be held. Last year, for the 1'irst time in many years this service was held and many people attended. On Christmas Day themaSBes will be at the usual hours. South Church Unitarian At the Christmas Sunday service at the South Church the music wm be as follows : "Organ Prelude, "Berceuse" by W l l l lam Faulkes ; Processional "Adeste Fideles" violin solo by David Kushlous, "Adoration" by Telma ; contralo solo, Mrs. Mary Whittler Priest, "Voices of the Sky" by Matthews ; offertory, "Adoration' by Dubois; violin solo, "Pastoral Symphony" from Handel's "Messiah.'' The organ postlude wlll be "Fanfare" by Lemmens. Hymns will include "O Little Town of Bethlehem," and "The First Noel.' Carroll H. Evans Is the organist, and the vested chorus choir Is composed of the following: Mary Wood HewJtt, Ruth MacDonald, Elizabeth Knight-, Ann· Elaine Dunton, Jacquelyn Woods, Mona Chadwick, Doris Moore, Elizabeth Thomas, Dorothy Fernald, May Watson, Helen Pinkham, and Hazel Tebbetts. Due to the illneSB of Rev. WU!iam Safford Jones, Rev. Walter A. Smith who at the present is making his home In this city, wlll conduct the service and deliver the sermon. His subject will be "The Historic Christ and the Indwelling Christ.' , Copyright by Arthur Allen Peterson Flreploc1 At Old W11ka' House ' ~ .j,"\ The W~ house In Greenland, -f ruit tree. Upon completion of Its ,the oldet1t brick house In existence trimming the host and hostess were In New England, was the acene of assisted by t he guests In hauling a 'most fitting celebration over the Chrlstm116 holidays. Nothwithstanding its age of three centurlies, the ~ormer outpost against the Indians 1s modem compaffd with the ancient ceremony In which the hosts and their guests participated within ~ walls. Christmas eve all gathered before the huge fireplace in itrue old Engllsh custom, singing carols and toasting delicate eatables. Christ-mas Day Mr. and Mrs. Thornton N. Wttks and ',t heir son, Thornton, Jr., led their guests Into the fields of their farm, where ' the youngest m4j!?lber11 , of the famllY felled a the Yule log :to ithe fireplace. Here In traditional manner wine was poured upon the log by the oldest member of the family, Thornton Weeks, and,' wlth the hands of each. guest upon it, Thornton, Jr., blessed it. I-t was then cast Into the fireplace and set a.fire. Amid its COBY brlllanoe, augmented by numerous tallow candles, the party sat down to a delicious dinner prepared by Mrs. W~. Dpon its conclusion the table was pushed aside and, seated upon an~ t!que chairs and benches which re;placed tt, ,the group enjoyed old stories . and legend& �Church, located on the parade in Greenland, once again has been brought to public attention. Seemingly the venerable old edifice, from whose pulpit Rev. Samuel Mcclintock exhorted all the male citizens of the town to their duty to fight for their country, and as an· example twice left It to follow his parishioners in the army; and where from the same dais, the beloved Dr. Edward Roble preachect for so many ,years, wlll not allow itself to be forgotten . . A few days ago, Dr. Norman E. Richardson, a Dean of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Chicago, who has for many years spent his vacations at his old colonial home, located near the church, In Greenland, and who had admired the scene wrote the beautiful poem that accompanies the picture. Congregational Church, Graenland, The Path To The Church The path to the church is a path to peace, Where conflicts · an~ sorrows find calm release; For charity lives in the house of prayer And the Prince of Peace has his dwelling there. The path to the church i~ a path of joy, A manger once cradled a baby boy. At Christmas his message is broadcast again: Of peace on the earth and good will to men. -Norman E. Richardson. �.•~:~f-L.-. ::_<; .-:w; _-::,~~, ;.} /:1 6 tt~~,~ ,.:~-~l ~~'<t:·-~(~,~~~ ,:,:· - - - - -- . :{:,.--if;~·1 ~~;HGood Progress on Bridg~ , ~7/ Construction Work ~v ·" Compressed Air Work On Seven Of Nine Pneumatic Caisson. Piers Completed-Fifteen Girder Spans Erected . I \: ,>>-:._ : ·-,;,~, •;- ·. ·_',_ ; \t/} , · :, ·: "· ' '' ,. ,.•.• I '. i_- .tt~_:r >:.S,-';\ • ;·_ / ': •,,{ : ,:;t,'.t The unusually fine weather during the month of November has greatly aided the construction schedule on the Portsmouth-Kittery Bridge, PW A Engineer James R. Gardner stated today. The Frederick Snare Corp., contractor on the substructure of the main bridge, has completed compressed air work on seven of the nine pneumatic· caisson piers ineluded in this contract. There will be a temporary interruption of the air work as certain preliminary i>'.'!,;!;:/ ·i/ :, ?_::::;!,! ~~i::i~~! i ,. ~ r-j: 1 =================• Work On Bridge Started Year Ago Today -Excellent Progress. Reported-Expect Structure Will Be Completed Next July -~ r: ·._ • 1::t~w~°c!:so:r~:::~ br:;;\:: a~roac~:~:~:ee~v: sunk. It is expected that air work progress one year, construition havwill be resumed within a month. 'ing ,been started Dec. 23, 1938. Ex1 · : ~;._•\·:,': Meanwhile work is being carried on cellent progress is indicated on all completing the upper portion of. the parts of this project and it is now :;: '.:::': piers within the cofferdam sections po.ssible to visuall2ie ithe g-eneral i ·-:~ff of the caissons already placed. As scope ;of it.he e-ntire projeot. ' ·.:;,'-::, soon as this work is completed, the From the approach to the new : . :-'--~}' cofferdam sections will be removed highway on u. s. Route 1 on the ' ,:·,;~':/· and used again for the two remain-· outskirt6 of Portsmouth to the inI ,,_M,ff/ ing caissons. : itersection wiith U. S. Route 1 in .,<':\-~' The Phoenix Bridge Co., contractor KLttery, a distance of approximate[ ,· ;a:<i- for the structural steel, has com- ly 4 1-2 miles, the entire excavation pleted erection of 15 girder spans ha:s been comp1'eted and concrete ,t, !,, .··. from the south abutment across the ..paving placed over approximately 1 ; ·,; t) Mill pond and Noble's Island to the half of the distance. Six of the 1 _' , ' : t:3I river and one truss span on the New grade elimination structures 1: __t:,' Hampshire side of the river cross- · eightpractically complete and are I -.- .. . are . ,- _:.,,. _ mg. · now open rto traffic. I ·..H Ellis Snodgrass of Portland has The main bridge !,!self, extendi_ng i _;,, ·to. su?contracted the concrete ~ the - across North Mill Pond, Noble's 'isI ,· . ~;·: bridge deck from the . Phoemx Co., land and the Piscataqua river . to i _: .'/· : and has been_ averagmg nearly ~ the Maine shore, is a structure apt:: ; span a day smce starting to con, proximaJtely 3,000 feet long and crete, and is right on the heels o, represeillts more than haltf of . the ste 1·'.·\ \< the el erection. . · cost of ,the entire $3,000,000 proJeot. 1,:-,,,,;,,,_ The Littleton t actors are engaged in the •---.,·~;,\, I 1Construction ted the work Co., on Tw conr I _. _._';:'·' . has near Y comp e . construction of the bridge--;,-Freder. k 8 nare Corp . on the piers and I .... -,•. . the 326 foot railroadth.tunntl . d ine Kitwill ic ·s,-. ·_._.,•. tery and as soon as . is is on ' . the Phoenix Bridge C<>. on the f_ -.-\':' drastically narrow its operatl?ns steel work and concrete roadway i until spring .when the remainmg and including the towe-rs, lift span !,:_'\·/_,: road work will be completed. and life span machinery. -.:'i ,.. :;:, The Joh n I a fo11 a Co., h as com • In reviewing the progress of this f ' ;·· :: pleted the concrete substructu~e work during the period of one year , ·. : )\ work at ~aplewood av_enue and 1s since the contracts were awarded 1 ,,.·, now working on the Islington stre~t D 16 1938 it is evident to the , \. ·. I overpass. Work at thes_e points will m:t dasual' observer that these I be followed by steel erection by the rtlwo contractors have performed L:-.:~;:,\; Bet~lehem Steel Co. and by co~- much difficult and hazardous work. I t 10 n of .the road work and pavmg _The value of this work done to d~te Pe :_.;,;,er:< ~n the sprmg. __ _ _ is aibout $l,OOO,OOO, a very crediti :',":._:t.:;;::._·,_· _-.-7-. · ' · ·, · · ·\ · n;<-cle shonnng on !this type of work. • '\.;_; · · '..'',~·_·• · "'" fact"~• :· -,..\-/~>:; '• ' The that th·ese contracts are : ·_~\)c:;;:,/:. ·• "' both slightly behind their sched' -\.~~/;;;__ ,.,... ./ ulei is due to the schedules being j. : "'t<):~,--·... . . set so stiff 't hat only exitremely fav. . '-'. ..'r!'-i' -,~",11 . . ' , .. .•, orable conditions would have en•1 ··, . . i:··_/:::/· _: j>\/:-_[/ ·<>··'' I O i('/?- ° :/f~Y /:<.j "' I'{rr{; ,ri:~:Ji/;/ : : ,~ \~itt.'i~,, ~ I abled them to be followed up to this ra~~t. not~:! ;~:::-b~~/~~~ti= '\ _ u,i,l to e-x pect ithem on this type of · work. Delays due to a variety of rea:;:ons cannot be avoided nor can they be anticipated. .. :,:<·. After the award of the contra.Cit · :. · - V there was a certain period of un- .· 1 avoidable d elay in getting under- ·· way, so that actual work on the bridge itself was not stal'lted until Jan. 23, 1939, with the arrival of the Snare Corp. men on the job. During the balance of the winter the work done was all of a preliminary nature and consisted of unloading and settiting up equipm~nt and ,building offices and storage buildi·ngs, Actual construction work was begun April 11, 1939, with excavation for Pier 13 on Noble's Island. Work then proceeded on ithe six piers on Noble's Island and seven piers in North Mill Pond, the latter being construoted by ithe coffe-rdam method. . Five of the cofferdams were built of steel sheet p1·11·ng, while the ther itwo were built of wood. The dee.pest coffe-r·d am foundati·on was at Pier 5' whlch was 36 feet below mean sea level or approxima:bely 40 feet below high tide. Work on the nine pneumatic caisson piers was begun on Jul:y 5, 1939, with the ' placing of the caisson for Pier 15. Air was put on this caisson July 13, 1939, and a crew of sandhogs, selected from the many who " had been gathering. around the job for se,,eral weeks, was put to work. The beginning of air work and the advent of the sandhogs aht~ratcted considerable attention as t 1s ype of work is rather unusual in this locality. The high rate of pay and the novelty of working under press-ed air attracted many _o__ .2:, to:- . ,·r . ; . .r , -. . :,: "" _:·_ . . �... :, .__ -L ~: •'7_·~. ':. more a ··;~nturo11s local citizens an •.'j- -'-T-h_i_s~p-ro-J:-.ec-t is being constructed ' a considerable number were given 1 for the Maine-New Hampshire In~ , the chance to try this unusual type 1 terstate Bridge Authority a~c_o rding j of work. To date the foundation 1to the design and supervision of , . I work on seven of the nine' caisson Harrington & Cortelyou, Consulting piers has been completed, the great- Engineers of Kansas City, Missouri, est depth being reached on Pier 16 at with F. Norvell Larkin and H. D. an elevation of 91 f,eet below mean Peoples as Resident Engineers. Consea level requiring an air pressure struction is being carried out by of 44 pounds. At this pressure the _four contractors: Frederick Snare , sandhogs' working time is limited Corporation, bridge substruct1;1re; to one and one half hours a day. Phoenix Bridge Company, bridge · ,,_. Work on the caisson piers received superstructure; Little Construction · ·· a serious set back due to the train ~- Company, Maine Appro~ch; and, wreck on Sept. 10, 1939. At the time John Iafolla Construction Company, of the wreck the caisson for Pier New Hampshire Approach. The 17 was displaced 80 feet and the Public works Administration is repwork was suspended pending inves- · resented'- on the job by PWA Engitigation as to the cause of the acneers James R. Gardner, Harry B. cident. This caused a delay of about ' Dore and John H. Min_nich. W. J. one month and was made more seHenry is supervising engineer for ·_the rious by the fact that time was lost Reconstruction Finance Corporation, at the time of the year when the and Wallace F. Purrington is the weather was ideal for the work. local representative and executive However, in spite of this handicap, secretary for the bridge authority. ,:, the Snare Corporation has continued The expected completion date of i"· to battle high tides, wind and storm, the whole project is July, 1940. and has successfully built these . • -.- •., .. •·.,: seven piers under conditions so difti -~ _e · ,; ' .~ ~ -;--~'f_;~, flcult as to make each pier in itself a ! · major engineering feat. .. , The Phoenix Bridge Co., started • steel erection Aug. 10, l'!l39, and to date has completed erection of steel ,, ;·' · on 16 spans from the south abut- I • l' -.•· ment working north. The progress -': _-; of steel erection was considered re"· :-'i markable by many local observe.rs , :md is made even more remarkal:il~ by the fact that this work is limited by completion of the piers by the Snare Corporation anq in several ' instances the steel work has had to wait for completion of the piers. Ellis Snodgrass of Portland, who ,,. ·1 • is sub-contracting the concrete deck ~ · from the Phoenix Bridge Co., start'. "\ ed potu·~,1 concrete Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 h ·.-j completed the deck on 13 spans. ~vork on the concrete deck 'will be -suspended until spring as the cold weather renders this work extremely difficult. This project, costing approxi- ,J,~. ;·, .. -~.>. -'· '•i ~/ .,: .,.;·, ).' :-\. );fl-;~ ~ .. -:H,; ~ ~ ;:.:- :\ t J~~ ~.}'I,; :• ~. ~~ \", ;,, ~-f. ~t;·... ·;;~ ;,:.· ;,~ ~. !:· .... • .,..,,., r/_ ,., mately $3J000,000, is being financed ·· .. by an outright grant of $1 ,309,000 '. from the Public Works Administration and a loan for the rest has been taken from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The primary object of PW A participation in the project is to stimulate business and revive employment, which, so far, has helped local employment to the extent of $513,000 paid at . ~ •· prevailing wage rates at the ~ite for 480,000 man hours of work or the equivalent of steady employment for 200 men for one year. The records show that a total of 1,000 men have ,,: ; been ·employed by the contractors ;;-;·., _; through the New Hampshire State ,. Employment Service and local un,... f ions. Of this number more than 700 ,.·:' l are residents of this locality while · the others, mostly skilled men, were ,· brought in from other localities owmg to the highly specialized char- acter of some of the work. 4 '' -;,· - - i - · ·: - , -7 " " - - - - - - . . - l · -- - ' ;•. \~ :~ ,:.;~ �Th••• two pictures show the chant• that · a year has made In the work on the approach at the "Kittery side of the new bridge, The Jower photo was taken on Dec, 23, of last year, 1howln1 the .•pot where first operotion1 on the bridge approach began, The scene in the foreground 1how1 workmen clearing away the bu1hH, while In the center of the picture can be 1Hn the people who attended the offlclaf ceremoniH of starting work on the project. The pieturn were token nNr the spot where the highway cro1n1 the Eliot Road, In Kittery, The upper picture 1how1 the same spot as it looks today, ��Societies Hold /of°'Annual Meeting 'j The annual meetings of the New Bocieta for the PreveDtl.on of Oruelty to Animal! and Ohlldren ft1"e held today e.t the headquarters of the societies e.t 33 Pieasant street. AB the two fucietles have the same officers the meetings ,were held t~ther. OK1cers re-elected WeTe aa lows: · Presidelllt, John H. Ba.ritlett• . Vice presidents: Henry B. Tilton, Mrs. George H. WllllamLS, Miss Theodora Lyman, Mrs. Harold W. Brown, Mrs. 'En:le!t L. Guptill, Mrs. Woodbury Langdon, Mrs. Howard 0 . Nelson, Prof. T. V. Tirrell. Directors : John H. Bartlett, Henry B. Tilton, Emily L. Elwyn, Dr. C. W. Hannaford, Willis E. Underhlli, Calvin Page Bartlett, William J . cater, Ann Langdon Shackford, Dr. Byron P. Staples, George D. BouJJter, John L. Mttchell, Percy C. Sides, Wallace S. Nel8on, Harold W. Brown, Dover; Rev. Shee.fe Walker, Ooncord; Joeeph Geisel, Manchester; Harry B. Metcalf, Newport, and MJm Marion Howard, North Oonwa,y. Treasurer, Willis E. Underhill. Clerk, secret-ary end atate agent, Wallace S. Nellson. Deputy state agent, Mobt Bartlett, Ooncord. Trustees of permanent fund , Willis E. Underhlll, William J. Cater, Oalvin Page Ba.rtlett. Counsel and audttor, John MJtohell. The report by Wallace s. Nelson, State Agent, and Mott L. Bartlett, deputy state agent, showed that they have been very busy during the year. Mr. Nelson has travelled 16,009 miles, and Mr. Bartlett, who is a part time employe, 5,799 miles. Altogether 556 have been handled. The largest number of these cl1U1Sifled under a single headIng was stray cats handled numberIng 96. There were 57 cruelty to horaes cases handled, 53 complaints investigated for officials, 57 cats destroye·d humanely; 35 lost dogs and cats held at hospital and returned to proper owners, 50 dogs and cats ordered to have medical care; 31 dogs and cats treated at the expense of the society; 26 stolen dogs recovered; 15 dogs placed in homes; 39 cats placed In homes; 27 cases of attention to abandoned animals, 44 barns, pens and pastures inspected. Under the report for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children there were 101 cases handled. Arrangement.a have been completed to register •the children's cases with the New Hampshire Social Service Index at Concord. This enables each Ol'll'aniration to know the other groups that are interested or workIng with a family to provide a closer cooperation in all Bllllistan rtven. Hampshire By .. Stair Photoara.pher . CI ' tf\ j a I') 'l Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole Gets Medal Rear Admiral William T. Tarrant, Commandant of Boston Navy Yard (left), 111 seen presenUn« the Dlstln&"Uished Service Medal to Rear Admiral Cole at the Boston Navy Yard. Rear Admiral Cole ls honored: Pa«e 11. Rear Admiral Cole Is Honored Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, Commandant of the Portsmouth Navy Yard, today at .the Boston Navy Yard received the Government's highest honor for his direction of the rescue a ·,d salvage work after the sinking ol the submarine Squalus. The Distinguished Service Medal was pinned in place by Rear Admiral William T. Tarrant, Commandant of the Boston Navy Yard, before ·a company of U . :-,. Marines and all ranking officers in the Yard, assembled in its Building 39, the Armory, this morning. Before afflxihg the medal, Admiral Tarrant read the citation by President Roosevelt: · "The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Medal to Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, United States Navy, for services as set forth in the following citation: " 'Fqr exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great respqnsibility as Officer in Charge_of the rescue and salvage operations elf the U . S. S. Squalus on 23 May, 1939 to 15 September, 1939. By his efficient · administration, exceptional ability in planning the operations and his untiring energy in the rescue of the survivors and the salvage of the stricken submarine, he displayed leadership and perseverance of the highest order.' • "For the President, Charles Edison, Acting Secretary of the Navy." Admiral Tarrant served earlier as President of the Court of Inquiry which investigated the sink• ing of the SqUalus. cases �-·---/-::·~----_-;-.- - ---~-- ;:-~~~-- ·----------~~-·=-.----- -----~-~-:::~:::·--:~-8i/\~{:J~'\~~)_:,t~ >:?t°·:··::'.:0\ <,,:,f h s• k F tOf ;'.:.;.<! From T e iOC ores ': I ~-. ·, ,. - -~ - ' --.:::..------'-'- .] section of G~rmany is known ~or its ,-:.:. __ ;.- -:...r.~~-'----'--'c.....-~- - - .G f T Th s St Q ermany O e eacoa , ..' New HCl mps hi re . 'i _· . · ··I · r ' 1meats, espe~1allybacon,cured_mthe _-._:·· ·;•-';:~,. ,·~·'.\-·: •smoke of pme wood. The mam Vil- .' ; ,. ·/.: ,_-!ages there have in late years become famous as summer resorts and modern hotels.and spacious summer 1homes have been built. . ·\, I1,!:mhisB:::~~~o:~,,,:'t':,,'.,;'.,.~ Iand after attending the Art School ' ,; :i,'i;J ·· ·.· . ·:, } :,:,:=e.:j_'i};i{ at Furtwangen for three years, he . > ·-~ ·. :,,,'\ a'\ spent a year at the Academy of Fine '-;"·; ~- '-~ ''.<t;\:f-Wf: j Arts. He has studied various courses ''· J;,t!,C:::. 'it)-;3}}'.j: 1 ··, .. '. .~•..' ,;-:-\~~ 1in the fields of art at Freudeustadt, 1stuttgart, and Trieberg, where you · -~1 - ~,:·J _·, ·•.,,-...:,}:;;'r will remember, the famous cuckoo ·-.-- • •,·'/,';'.°Cf;-- ; clocks are made. He was employed _·_ :-' ._., ..,.-;:,:}~:~;~ in Germany in the various phases of -,• :,_. ; /·,-\i-{:;_,_;,{ furniture making and in the repro:-: .- :· ,:··/'t~)-.;t•' ducing of the finest types of antique . /' ~- · ";, ·;:,:..'•-;.;-!'>;; 1furniture, particularly th_e periodic_ ~ · ·_·- :__ .._,. ,~s,j . such as that of the Gothic and Re- . --::..· -.: ,,,:tifc:'.'-.,'. .. 1 naissance. He did architectural ··. : .· :- ·: : .:<,:.(~\:, adornments for libraries, colleges, . :.( S{i : ';> ·;:;\/,;( '.(-t" churches and other public buildings ·, .:::·, . ;,."' <,,,,(.L1-;,l,__ and his' work included decorative· ·' :;~,- · .-'.-/,•_:.:~; s;_,.% panelings screens, and the delicate · - i<<_,,,:c:, ·:'::•'.1;~•.j:,f; carvings 'of holy figures. All this ·: time his ambition was still keen and · -~}tt'_'.;:·:(:'~'.i,:,~~~ he was , continuing his education :.·t-B~:,;:-,.:;.;;;-1:,:;;:_,!i _:{; even further into the fields of mod- '. ·--.~~·t'-.,.::'.:~'.f:}~_i,; J eling in clay and oil painting. , . '·' ',/::-,:f~/:::-'.'0·,t·' An adventuresome spirit made .- -J?:/ ._~/(:ft1,~i; ,:: him decide to come to America, a .. ; ,,.. _ :--;f i',';,/11.:.;; ;; land that he had Jong admired, and , :~:::; ';:"'., in the fall of 1925 he left his family )t;-.)0 , ?/:tr:;·.~ in Germany where his mother, . ·->i-~'1, :· '!--;..f~·•-:i-/ ,: 0 father, broth~rs and sisters still live, ·•.:_·.~_.-,,;--_\, __ 0 1 1 Wood Carver Of Exceptional Ability Makes Home In Portsmouth By Justine Flint r;:::::;;:::;:=::'2"=:===;:~::;:7.:-=-;~:=:;::;:~ · But Hans Brus tie's achievement In the pastoral setting of a slop- I of his boyhood ambitions did not ing mountain pasture in the south : come about as quickly as we have _,_ , western section of the wildly beau ti- led you to believe in our story. To ·)· '. ·' ful Black Forest region of Germany, · become a skilled artisan-to be able ,,_ ·- ·· -1 a small boy sat in the sun with his to turn out from a stolid block of -~ l }back against a massive tree, trunk wood a masterpiece of intricate de., : Jbusily whittling with a pocke~ knife. sign and beauty! there must fi~st be l· - j As he worked, he glanced up occa- extensive study and experience. · ·.•_ , j sionally at the grazing cattle or From those first days wi th his pocket .. l turned his eyes t oward the blue haze knife his {amily _had encouraged , of the distant hills. The valley him and praised the best pieces in Jwhere he and his family lived was his work. Carving had always been ·! scenic and verdant, hemmed in by an art with his forefa thers and his J the dark green of pine and spr~ce family were all expert in forming · so thick that they made· in reallty admirable objects from wood. Some a Black Forest-picturesque and ro- , of the world's foremost wood carvers :· •;_, <.• mantle. have come from this region of Ger•-·.,·- : .' The boy was called Hans Brustle, many and here he faun~ excellent : :•. a name which not many years later training. He attended a llttle coun- I ~ I I i:/_-~. I i {.;:;;_;i.-;,,{;·t~1J,'i:i'f \i:t;_.'..,_~;'~ //':-iz::(~<°"; :~ ·\ :ic~f1 ~i::a~o:~i ~~afats::~t~f :U~~ 1 ~:u:~h:~l~nf:~: v~i;e~oa!~u!nad h~; . an;sa:ri;:~~;, t::~~ii::: !~a;e:~pe·-· . niture or an article of wood carving. l teacher, impressed with his work, cially talented German, knowing lit·.-.,/<·· Asa boy he spent much of his time [urged him to_ develop h~s talents tie of our language, he secured em1·_1: . tending the cattle among the green further. , . ployment in Naw York where _he _; <-, hills where he could also find oppor- In winter the bitter mountam worked in different firms domg •·_;,; ,. tunity to continue this leisurel_y winds and the deep snow made the architectural wood carving and m?re . ·); •, carving of small articles. Here it long walks to and from school seem reproductions, this time of the Chip~ was that while still a child he be- interminable but the hardy_ little pendale English design. He found came ambitious to make wood carv- German children didn't mind. Hans our native tongue fascinating and l·ng his· profession. As he grew older was the oldest of six-he had two bl 1 th elated himself when heunderstood. finally was a Hee he made an extensiv~ ~tudy_ of e sisters and three brothers and their was to make art in the higher m~titutwns 1 25 of companionship meant much to him. tells one very amusing story on himGermany and later m ~ he The pictorial-like beauty of the self, however, that reveals the poigbrought his talent to America. It mountains was ever an enjoyment to nant struggles and · fears ~f a forwas in October of 1939 _that Ha1:15 these children, brought up to ap- eign-born trying to make his way m Brustle came to make his home m preciate the country's majestic a new land. soon after his arrival Portsmouth. splendor. The snow transformed , in this country, he worked for an In this New England city by the their dark ~reen world of. summer IItalian, who was a~o an apparent sea . he will continue his carving- into a dazzlmg land of white. The stranger to the English tongue. The filling orders for all manner of ex- pines ar_id spruces were heavlly lad- two found it rather diffic~lt to unceptional pieces, some of his own de- en, their lower branches reachmg derstand each other at times, but 1 • :>... ·': sign, others fashioned accord in~ to nearly to the ground. Skiing was I Hans Brus tie knew he must keep his .--~• .. ; ~ the style requested. He has bmlt a dangerous, but a popular sport. The job by pretending to comprehend ·, . summer home at P awtuckaway Lake warm fires of home were welcome when sometimes he was merely ; · in Nottingham. It is a reproduction at the close of day and_ the _family guessing at what his Italian em,·· in part of the type of homes found gathered 'round, each with his own player was talking about. The two in Germany's Black Forest and in task, and Hans with his . carving. accents conflicted often and anyit he has done for his own pleasure They Jived in a 1.ittle wooden house one overhearing their conversations many handsome carvings. His house which for centuries ·had belonged would probably have found them , . • also boasts a stone fireplace bmlt to the Brustle family. Like many of more t.han entertaining. One day, by his hands and here in a ~etting the houses in the Black Forest it however, a mistake was made that that is most reminiscent of his boy- had a quaint thatched roof and I was to remain in Brustle's memory hood home, he holds his summer large wooden beams of hand hewn for years afterward. They were workshop. oak. It was situated in the valley j moving a valuable chest, elaborately In an interview last week Mr. surrounded by the dense evergreen 1carved, into the shop for repairs and :_ -,,. Brustle told us that he considers forest which gave it a charm never Iits bulk made it impossible to trans,·· ; Portsmouth ahd this par~ of New to be forgotten. fer without scratching. The I~alian · :·\__c:·· . England including the White Mo~nThe district then was scarcely :requested Hans to go out to his car . ; tains as one of the mo~t beautiful populated and it was a 15 minute ' and bring in the mattress he kept · · ,,.. ..,. sections in Amer_ka a.nu o,ie mo:;t j walk to the nearest neighbor. ~he J there for such purposes. "Mattress? . desirable for residence. Hendis th an principal occupations were farmmg, !Mattress?" said Hans over and over " Iardent skiing enthusiast ~ e l forestry, raising cattle and wood , to himself. Here was a new ~ord , -[ mountains of New Hampshire . offer carving. The valleys make excellent I of which he hadn't the remotest m~: _· him an ideal playground for his fa- farm lands and the Black Forest • · . vorite sport. ' -- -,--- ---- . , , ~ ,. . ' /\f;;{f\i:1~:~fi ; ..<- :-,';;. '.·::•?-;.:e:t{ .. -~;-;:,~_·,:,'.a:i:{;;.i:f no·'\·;.::,.,: a'.'0'\·;~?tf:, ._-,~_: ::::--~~":;-~;~i:':'-t~~~.·;;,_:;,.,;\,i;':'.,:/t;t.r_:~ ... --- c;_·",,''·t··:7 \.·ilf :.. ;: - ' -;.} ::,. /'-'.~ 'f:",; ✓-:·' ·'.i . • , ,..,,, ,._., '·( , •:_.;; x,·.-:.·:_.i,,' .: ,·, ,.,./'' <.". . ;.,. :;-'.•:,,(;{<i.,_·• .-:..:.. -<.~ ·'),·.\t : .. , ;:· :?.-;_-' ,:}_ · .--,·~:-~·-'._-·>t;\' .. . •/':3.:.:·/-. · . .-~,:-}.,\, : . :--.;.:. j~ I l I I ··- _,...,. .· ., . ___. - ~~ •J< <"-> :~-~ .-.. -::-,: _,.:.T:· · . . l~?:'51 ,~•---·· ' ' ·:.'i : :·.' ,.c"_- ;, ,-,,:· ;:" •..-., .. • -: ,, · .-:;- . , ,....: _•. ·:'.-_ �:l~~5;~r:~~~?~fi~:~1~1~:;~f~:i.~t~~~;~~r~~~~~,;£J2~~~:j~-,- !-•· • :N;;f.~j the auU:mobile where he searched in ful-but perhaps ours are more ;i has taken him across the seas from / £½ ,' ~- -,::v: ::/J~1- vain for something that might be a · comfortable. For _instance, she s~id . his boyhood home in the far away · ,'.,;. mattress. All he could find were that a German girl of that region ' Black Forests of Germany and ::..,,:.~;, •I .,. :;:yg some heavy chains, so he gingerly wears at her bridal ceremony a pair · brought him to New England and /'t%t-'>'t/»iJ them up and with hope in of "".hite wool and rabbi~'s, hair : th~ city of Po~tsmouth; and through ·<?;:;{;-;: his heart carried them back. Hans stockings. Of course, the girls le~s _ diligent application and constant ~.,·,,•.<:.\.• · · Brustle is / still grateful that his · look twice the normal size, but still perseverence he has already known :•:;<~{Ji/ ' •· Italian employer had a sense of these stockings are considered a : the satisfaction of exceptional ac- ;"ye·--~· humor for when he saw this young . much desired luxury. ' complishment. 1?\ German standing there bewildered .. Their dress is quaint and attracThe profession of the wood carver ·• with the chains, h,e roared with ·. tive. A waist of black velvet, em- · has many compensations, however, £; laughter and went into a lengthy · broidered with silk floss, is worn · for the Jong hours and assiduous :,, explanation of mattresses and their · over a white linen blouse_ with finely , labor it entails. The results of his •::: usefulness. Hans never confused pleated sleeves. The skirt of ankle craftsmanship remain for future ;, mattress with chains again. . length is of black linen homespun generations to appreciate and the ·~It is necessary to stop here in our . and ov~r this is P_laced ~n apron of · world is enriched for his having ~: story for a moment to teij you that black silk. In this section of Ger- lived in it. " Hans Brustle today has only the many one can easily tell if a girl is .-r,~-~!'::_;.4• ::,t%:t,;i;/''·f:'' slightest trace of an accent. His married by her hat-the married :{.-;,'. ..'':·''· ,\-/ ! -..·~:t F words and phrases are extremely woman faste~s a black pomp.on atop well chosen and his diction is much . her hat, while an unmarried girl . better than that of 1many of us who . wears a gay red one. , have been familiar with English all !n the home of t~e Brustle s 0;11 our Jives. Never does he pronounce Miller avenue we noticed two of his . - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - ; 1 paintings, one a scenic view in Flor"V" like "W", which is a. common ida, the other a panorama of a ____ I{ stumbling block for Germans who , mountainous section of Germany. learn our language, and neve~ is a Both showed excellent perspective : An organ concert will be given word used out of place, o~ mispro- . and as we admired them, he re- on the new organ at the Methon~unced .. The secret of hlS success . marked, "Yes, they are fairly good, dist church Sunday_ even_ing at 7?0. with English i~ hlS love of the class- _ but I am not proud of them." Like T~e concert o_rganist will be Miss ics. H~ doesn t need_to study them, : all fine artists, he demands perfec- . Elizabeth Manne ~arvey of Camhe enJoys them-Dickens, Shake- tion or he is not satisfied. bndge, Mas~. Miss_ Harvey ~as speare, Sco~t-he ha~ read them all · He displayed his carving tools, all ser~~d as gull~ organist of the Rivand appr~c1ates their worth. Fre- made from the finest steel and it ers1ae _church m New_ York Ci!Y, and qu_ently hlS expressions are uncon- . seemed he must own every implement has _given concerts m _Washington, sc10usly borrowed from them _~nd . ever called for in his art. He told ·_ Ba!tunore, New York City and Bosare a pleasant and unusual addition :· us, however, that in the equipment ton. For the past t.wo years she h~s to h!S speech. _· of every wood carver there must be been organist f~r W~UL, Bostons Mr. Brustle revealed _that the f~rm :: as many as 200 different tools. Many short wave station. Smee 1938 sne of woodwork f~om wh1?h he de~1ves ;_ of them he brought over from Ger- ha_s held the Samuel Carr Scholarthe keenest enJoyment 1s the design- many and as he explained their uses ship for advanced organ study, and ing and carving of center panels for ; -the chisels and gouges small and is now studying with Dr. Carl Mcspeakers' stands in colleges, of :: large-he fingered them' as a great Kinley of Boston. The concert is op€n which he has done a number. . pianist might touch the keys of his to the public. "The beautiful fact about wood ' instrument-for with these he bring carving," he explained, "is th at it ·- to life beauty hidden in the woo~ is all done by han~, but, bec~use th e •:. awaiting his touch, just as the mu. finished product 15 expensi~e a nd · sician brings out his own original,., extremely beautiful, there 1s not melodies. :,, always a market for th e carver's ·. We were next shown the honor [:,,, work. Through the ages art has · ·, shield of Stoneleigh College which always lived on surplus. In times . he has carved for the school. He of depression, art is ha nd icapped." fashioned this from merely a small As with so many ~truggling artists: print of the college seal. It is amazthe way was sometrmes rought, but ing how complicated and yet fascia~ain in this c_o~ntry he atte nd ed · nating is his art. With his hands he mght _school stnvmg always to per- achieves what would seem imposslfect h!S art. In 1927 he went to Bos- 1 ble. He explained that for all pieces ton and there he was able to earn a . of woodwork a sketch must first be good living. One of the well known · made. This can be accomplished firms for whom !;le was employed_ was from even a very small letter head. that of W. F. Ross of Cambri dg~, A drawing is the second procedure Mass. In 1933 he became an Amen- I and in this the exact dimensions of can citizen. the object to be are used. It was in Boston that Hans Brustle "In designing,," he stated, "ypu met his wife, who, oddly enough, must know definitely what you want.• ·-. p\ ,: had -come from the same state in It is a development of your sketch. -,.: -:;'ts. Ee} · Germany as he. She is a very like- From there on you are ready to c\·.,·· ·,:;,,: able person and a charming hostess. work with your wood on which first During our interview she served some . is fashioned the outlines of the finer delightful - German cookies which details." He named the woods most she had made· for the Christmas sea- frequently used as oak, mahogany, Shaped as stars, she callee! · walnut, and sugar pine. Of course. l them "Zimntsterne."_ She kindly .; in many instances the pieces are \ !'.£ translated the recipes for her :- cut from the carver's own designs, t-, . " . , cookies from a German cook boo_k : such as were the pair of book-ends, 1-2?;,_;l:k~ and we will print them soon on this ' exquisitely done in oak, which Mr. 11 · page. As we talked, she laughingly Brustle has recently finished. Re- ., i',: compared the dress of the American I pairing valuable carvings is also a 1·~',,. ,,-t· "· '·! part of his knowled~ . ; •t."~f.$: picked ! ..-.'': -~·,-:.: f.\/V • _>i:';-:';~(:\·>~:l• .~:/'•::•"11 Organ Concert Met'hod1'st Church --•r-,c ~- ,... ,:.<•· --~. ,: -- l-~~~Jj~~tf ::7 -~?<t~'.·.;,.':i:~ilf~~~'fl~ :,_;,; ::'\" .'.:i > , <:: · :-· -.:::'- - ~,,;;.-; __ - ~ �l:'~}4~~:~*~1lm~Bft~;y\Mfth:~~~:~ i~;,:~,~'.}\1~~~'}'.~~~r,;: ,Ji ~~~~.1-t:::t~.PW!.;.;:~;\~ i\:iff~;f'.f}I -- '.:::;·}.;;.;;·;.·•· Cl ~' /ii')' '!c.'.}\ 1./\}}, · ____ :.:);;if . -~~?.l.;tt,ik~':£f:~ ~I~r~·~~';.1~•·c.... : f. At PHS stressed : i.. f-..t;t:"; ii Committee Reports At / . Ed ti B d ,~ UCO Mee t· On OOr mg l;3tJi;))! id¾f(l} I ·,:._,.?;;:c; i.~___,.~~. . i .,,\tX), i L':;:};;.t;', ____ :j~li·:·.f, A report of the committee on the ·/ To 1·:+;>r}t{ senior high school building was read ·. ···, · ,, .• ·c • and accepted at a meeting of the ·. .\'. Board of Education at City Hall ,]J,i);t.QJ Tuesday evening. '1·.'.'.•.·'.·: '! ·., •• a University Extension course . In her junior year she was secretary here by Payson ~~ith, former Ma_ss- <:' of her class and a member of the : c; achusetts comm15s1~ner o! education ':) Dramatic club. Now she is vice presi~nd a leader of national importance ,,;:; dent of the senior class, a member m the field of education. The course '...-l of the _Girls' Hi club, and member commences _Feb. 8. .J of the Na~ional H~nor Society chap- \ . , The_ meetmg was aJtended by the i'tj ter of which she 1s treasurer. f followii:ig :11embers or ~he Board of 1\·1 Mrs, Ralph L. Crockett of Red- ': Education. John L. Mitchell, Harry i-J stone, state regent, will head the .\ t W. Peyser, Ralph G. McCarthy, John ~card of judges at the state contest f , E. Seybolt, Mrs. Pearl S. Gray and r-. when a state representative to the ,' ;,. Harry L. Dowdell. / Washington conference will be se- •: The board voted to hold _its n~xt / lected, and other members of the meeting ~e~. 13 at the semor high { board are Mrs. Edward B. Starrs of l SChool bmldmg. . . :·;/•,. Concord , Mrs. Elmer L. Larson , Dr. •"<>~~;~i}:ir~~f?·),i~ Fred Englehardt o_f the ~niversity ·: t; of New Hampshire, Miss Sally assroom space , . : ..,;: ,:·;t";; . i.}t[f) }1in Need Of Add 1t1onal . r.;'.,;}{ ::t'.t:\f: !:/:1:tJ 1 • • :: [/'"'~,: :Ife s~=~o~:s:;;~~E~::::h;: . Rep resent H·, gh · School At D.A. R. Pilgrimage 1- \v 1/ ' plans for obtaining the needed extra space. Twoo! these plans called for . erection of another wing consisting · ---- M·,ss Dor·,s Fer·g-uson ·:s. Crockett of Portsmouth, and Mrs. Robert F. Crosby of Derry. The one selected to represent the state at the National D.A.R. Convention will go to Washington for '; the week of April 19. :.i}:'.<:At[~}?~~&k~jf!t:r;,i i\i . : c·tI y Off l(la Is For ·_:,.__;.·~· OHfonSoerneidor Class Highly ·~. .:·,.:• I I Year Named ~~i::r~fa!~o:~da~ie b::m;~~~h ;~: committee indicated it preferred, . would entail the erection of a more ---,·, substantial addition to the present Miss Doris M. Ferguson, vice presi- .:'• building, containing not only class- • dent of the Portsmouth high school rooms but an auditorium with a .: senior cl2ss, will represent the local . seating capacity of 1,500. ·· high school at the Daughters of .? 1 The report urged the board to give ·. American Revolution good citizen :· • the matter further study as to costs '. pilgrimage at Concord, Saturday, of the proposals. . Feb. 10, when she will become a City officials. for · Although deferring the major por- , candidate for the honor of reprewere named at a meeting of the ; tion of his ann~al report until the ·. senting the state ~t the N~tional <·· city council in City Hall Thursda : February meetmg of the board, . D.A.R. conference m Washmgton, .,: · Y Supt. of Schools Harry L. Moore .· it was announced today. ·· evening. reported briefly on the cost perpu- i Miss Ferguson, who will be guest City· Clerk pil o.f . Portsmouth schools showing : of Mrs. Albert A. Fagan of Miller was unanimously re-elected and ' that the elementary school cost is .: avenue, Ranger Chapter, D.A.R. then was immediately sworn in by · $76.89 as compared to a median for regent, will attend the pilgrimage Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith in : i.> the state of $81.07 and that the cost ' that will open at 9 o'clock at repreorder that he might . serve during per pupil in Portsmouth high sch_ool ·: sentative's hall in the State House, the remainder of the meeting. ,~,:J,'1',,'.c,\ is $87.77 as compared to a median . Concord. Other city officials renamed by L,., ; for the state of $104.29. i The selection of Miss Ferguson, unanimous vote of the council mem- · · ·' Mr. Moore also revealed a. report '.] daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. bers were: city messenger, Aiden J . . t from the University of New Hamp• ·j Ferguson of 130 Crescent Way, was ,i Carmody; city auditor, Remick H. : shire on freshman English examin- i announced by Head:I1aster Clarence '.l Laighton; city treasurer, Frank P. · ' ations showing that t:1e r~cord ~f Sanbo_ri:i, at t~e h_igh sc~ool. The }: Hunt; collector of taxes, Philip M. ; Portsmouth graduates m th!S years .J D.A.~. cit:zen pilgnm_age _15 a con- •.f. Trafton; city physician, inspector entering· class topped that of any ~e st m which eac~ se~uor ~l~h school \ and bacteriologist, Dr. George A. other school sending a comparable , m New H~mpshire 15 privileged to ,); Tredick; inspector of meat, Haven number of graduates. · ~lect one girl, a member of t~e s_en- ~~ T. Paul; overseer of the poor, James The records of the previous meet- wr class to represen~ th at mStltu- O:i o. Pettigrew; superintendent of ing were read and a~cepted and pay- j tionthThe retresen~a~~e wa~ choi5en ) burying grounds, James P. Griffin; . ment of bills totallmg $1,472.81 was, . Y ~I ~em /rs O ·the t~m~r c ~ss ,•.; building inspector, Edward s. , Re-Elected At Meeting Of City Council Last Evening r:;f/t{i( ;f · au::~::~~n . for use of the junior high school auditorium was granted to the Alumni association and the . • Portsmouth Taxpayers' Association and permission for the use of the . gymnasium was granted . to the Boy . scouts. Superintendent Moore reported to the board the resignat~on of Miss Josie Rand after 38 years of teaching in Portsmouth schools. Mr. Moore also informed the board that between 45 and 50 Portsmouth teachers as we!i as a number from surrounding towns already had signified their intention to attend of 15 lectures to be given /:t e:~ '. l ;hec~a~d~~:t~~n•a r:1 selec:d DGowns; Tchicef of thefi firte de?atrtmt ent, ; . . . ,· eorge .. ogan; rs assis an en: ce11 mg m the followmg: : . f th fl d t t '·1.·lf Dependability-punctuality, truth- <; gmeerAot Ile re epar ~etn ' Gia:::J 1 It t 1 1. ence we · second ass1s ant en'. u ness, oya Y, and self-con ro . : . f h ' . t Service-cooperation, courtesy and f gmeer O t : fire department, Frank :. 1respect for proper authority and l,\ Eal·aAmatezelen, suhpermdtei:,tden_t of fitore .,' rights of others. [. rm egrap an _c1_ y mspec r :·.• ' Leadership-personality, original- 1.• of ~ires and poles, W1lllam I. Ranity, ability to lead and hold others, f/ dall , member ?card of health for · good sportsmanship, and responsi- r- three years, William O. Cleary ; m' bility. ~. specto~ of plumbing, Clement R. ; Patriotism-interest and pride 1n _' 1':1oulton; trustee of trust funds , family, school, community and na- William L. Conlon , term expires ·' tion and a willingness to sacrifice for January 1943; city solicitor, Leo : them. · Liberson. · Miss Ferguson was vice president The mayor then announced his of her class in her ·sophomore year appointments for the year, all of .. and a member of the Biology club. ·· which were confirmed by unanimous '/~., '.,, ::. , f . ,, vote of the council. · o! ·);i?;~W1'.4~•-{;::~rni:c·:~/t1;,:~>;~ · ~}1·:::· ·i·· ~--'--. ;, -, . · . _. ,. , ~' �~)\1,r;:·-·-T-J-1e_.'·-_•_'-:':.,:- -:o_·in-tm~'~•:-~-ts- :--'--"-~-~-r-e_._,'-~"":-'~:-r~<C.-v~~:w:~,nt '.I~u}i •~, .;' _,, ' of _weights and measures, William · T,. Rose; inspector of petroleum, Thomas J, Pilgrim; harbor master, Shirley H. Holt, Jr.; port wardens, John Seybolt, E. Curtis Matthews and Frank Crowley; lot layer, John W. Durgin, Jr.; keeper of powder . J oh n H . Wa sh; fence . magazine, 1 viewers, Laurence Shorey, Nelson Ramsdell and William Genematis; · board of adjustment for five years, George B. Lord, term expires Dec. 31, 1944; inspectors of flour, Frank Hersey and Stephen H. Goodwin; commissioners of airport, Frank Brooks, Frank Randall and Carl Kreider, manager; trustees of publie library, Henry w. Peyser and Harold M. Smith whose terms expire in June 1941 and Fay c. Gante rand Emma J_. W. Magraw whose terms expire in June 1943; mea- . ··\· •• ,. ·7 (;:i~{ : The annual reports of the fire chief and of the sealer of weights and \ measures were acC€pted and placed I on file as were the quarterly report.s of the city -marshal and the plumb- · ing inspector. i A report of the industrial reJ lations committee in regard to the Morley Button company was accep ted an d th e counc11 ex t ended a vote of thanks to the committee for its faithful service and dllligent work in acquiring information desired by the council. The mayor also went on record as thanking the committee for its work. ' Councilmen Paul Chandler, Walter Gray, Frank W. Hersey, Frank MorriS, John J. Leary, Jr., Fred · Schlegel a nd John Burkhardt were present at th e meeting. Adjournment ,.. was at the call of the chair. ➔---'---'--------~--'-'-. I I ~~nn!th Li~i::1;i!1d,JoS:~ertSou~: '-l :i: ~~• P~:dr~:h;:~ 0 :;:eaJ~imEI~~~ . !!ton, Dwight E. Knapp, James c. .-. 0 ::f:~• Ar~hurwo. ;:~iee:ing,s~;;!: ; cis Fuller, John H. Walsh, Jere:/:._.::F~~· miah ~gan, John C. Shaw, Fred - '.':;; ~,,. L. Hett, A. s. Teeson, Richard ·;'.ii.(: · Beane, Russell L. Davis, Herbert r, W. Pope, Bradley S. Moody, Horace . . J. Haynes, Albert P. Bauer, Walter ' '.i_;t> · Alvery, Helen L. Quinn, Anna E. : ' : \ _s_-_'._~,~-~_:_._::t)f,,, 1 - ._,it1:{: (~i>\ ~~~!~int::~r H:;01:1'.:~e~ro~!:ts A claim for $15.35 dama,ges to an : · ·-;,,,/. · a.utiomoblle caused by unmarked rer t: .r. _ -' pair work being <lone by ~he water 1 :·. ~., ,•·· 0 epartment on Lincoln avenue, was ,;·,' · '- referred to it.he committee on claims with power ito act. The payment ·· ,previously ha{! been approved by · ·:,'.f~/.;, rthe Boaro of Street Commission- .. . '':)Lt, i ~~_; [f{f. __ •:-"~ • :I~~[~:~<lr~i~:a;, ~e:= The local Council of Women met in the vestry of Temple Israel and a,n excellent supper was ~-e:e:::~:ra:!sf~e;:~annah Fernald, librarian at the Piublie Library, \Vho gave an interesting ' and instructive revie,w of current , books. The · musical program was . given by Mrs. Pauline Evans, solo{ i.st, and Mrs. Teresa Demarais, pianist. · joh!::e ~ut::s. t':;~;s~;:aun~!,who gave an address of welcome. l , Prayer was read by Mrs. Samuel .J Epth•steuin, wrho also said gra,ce for ,. ' , e s ppe . , i "God Ble.;s America" was then sung, with Mrs. Gordon Task leading. Among bhe routine . reports were l ! committee, Mrs. L. Braabard, Mrs. I :!:rTa~1::r~;~s:~~:!: , A petition signe<l by resMents of MMrsC. ~ Epsbein a nddMrsM. SamHuel . . Haven road asking for the instal. ouen; crrc1e 0 n ge, rs. y- . /::;)-;·· lation of a street light was referred , man FriErman; afghan committee, · to the comm~tee on street lights. Mrs. J . Silverman; trea.surer re- l A petition rby Edith c. Spaulding port, Mrs, M. Silverman. I .j for permission to conduct an emThe program ·was in cha.rge of / j i . ,, 0 1¥' ·,l._-_;_J.:.t_~.}_ '· -.. _~ _,- .,-. :./ _ployment agency at 167 Lin:oln I I::· m~~~:\ p~~g:: ~~~~~ by ~~s~ / 1 I;§:::~ ~:f , ~ ~f :7iJf:i . l j "God Bless America" and "Over the Rainbow," the Ia-tter a piano solo. \ A varied list of !books tfor discus- · 1 sion was cl)osen .by ML,s FlernaJd, : among 1hem ,being the following: ;· ',, , -· ·,, .:·z \f: ,'.-.~-·•.~- -. • · ·, .. " , )• . .' ': • .: . ,: , :-,~_•·· ~ '.). . f~ · · .:•~ ~{-~-;\~}-\,! )· · -· . . <. ·:,:·, Jewish i;·_, '._:t•_::_.-_·.r,.:,',-_·_:,',:_·.~ i · \ . : ;· ...., :1~~0::n::·,=: ;!,';'.~; ;:};:=i.°E':{!f: :~~:: . h ;;.J}t\F,t-f?'. Mrs. George Gelman. 1 I Ise;:: • of a parcel of land on the old alms- , by Ha.user, "Under the British Umbrella" by Helen Kirkpatrick; "Rea.ohing for bhe Stars" by Nora wayn, "Land Below the Wind" by Agnes Keith, "Captain Abby and Oa.ptain John" by R. P, T. Coffin, "Goodly Fellowship" by Ellen Ohase, "Johann Strauss, Farther and Son" by E. Jacob, "Maud" by C. M. Rittenhouse, "Moment in Pekin" by Lin Yutang, and "But You Are Young" by Josephine Johnson. Miss FernaJd's discussion was much appreciated. The committees for the evening were as follows: supper, Mrs. Benjamin Singer, chairman; Mrs, Harry Rosen, Mrs. Edward Shaines, Mrs. Louis Bradbard, Mrs. Tillie Shrupiro, Mrs. Goraon Task; entertainment, Mrs. Albert H. Woolfson, dhairm~n: hostesses, Mrs. EliJ'arh L. ~ Levine, Mrs. Jose,p h Pooternak and Counc1·1 Of Jew'sh I Women Meets :~- ~ ·,:_;- ·- H,: siµ-ers of wood, John Walsh and :i:::~~~lm!;~~n;_ Li~:evf~:~;,s Ha~: King and William Warburton, Jr.; ·I '•· weighers, William J. Linchey, . Charles E. Batchelder, Edward Mc- i L_{{_._i,_/ ( r,,~==~-,,:~, .. �Local Salvation Army Corps To Move Into Army-Navy Building ~, -1 I elation in the lease, and doing necessary work of the Association along with T.h e Salvation Army program. Following the meeting of the association E. Cur.tis Matthews, treasurer of the Salvation ArmJ' Ma.intenanoe fund! and advisory board member, with Major Pickering and Major Morrill met with the advisor,y board of the local corps when another discll5.."1on with regards tio the Portsmouth Corps taking over the building took place e.nd the move was approved by every member present. The S$.lVation Arrny'i, full program will operate in the new buildIng where -the commanding officers, Capt. and Mrs. C. Lowman, w!ll have li'.'ing quarters andi where 20 room:!I will •be let to help make up the larger overhead in operating the building. For :the past 11 months The Salva' tion Army has been .taking care of Portsmouth Herold Photo the le.s.s fortun11ite ex-seamen and Army and Navy Building, To Be Occupied By Salvation Army. .serv!oe men with meals, lodginglS', _ _ _ _ _ _ _..... trans~r,t ation _and clothing, cooperThe Army ilnd Navy building was ating with the Army and Navy asbuilt in 1916 by the Army and Navy sociatlon. This much needed phase , Association during the time when of work will be continued in the fuI there were many enllBted men m ture !l)rogram as well as continuing th~ city, gh-ing them a plKCe ~ assistance to many other stranded make their headquarters when on job seekers calling at the Salvation , leave. The building has been unoc- Army every day in the year. cupied for several years, the last ,The religious and gI"oup work actime it was used for any length of tiv!ties of lthe local corps will be time was as a hospital during, the <better equtpped to continue in the The local cor,ps of the Salva,tion building of an addition to . the in- new home on Daniels street. Other Army, after 25 years in the old stitution. The possibilities of using equipment In ithe Army and Navy school building on State street will this building for the Salvation Army building will afford the eXltension move shortly rto ithe Army and Navy corps was seen some time ago but of the program of the Salva.t'ion Army in that a public reading and building on Daniels street accord- did not materialize at that time. The need for better housing of writing room will be open, with ing to an announcement from the Salva1tion Army iheadquar,ters in the local corl)Q and the_possibililjes_ possibilities of public showers and New York, leasing the building of securing the Army and Navy a ;p1ace ' for many young people to from the Al·my and Navy As- Building were brought to the atten- occupy their time in recreation and sociation. This will bring the tion of both the divisional officer, hobbies rather ithan on ithe street. Plans ,are uhderway to publicly corps to a modern home, a place Maj. Albert Pickering, of Portland where ibs program can be expanded and the provincial commander, open this new home for the local 1to include many phases ithat it has Colonel Hoffman of Boston some corps in the very near future, and been una,ble to accomplish in ithe months ago who realizing the val.ue plans are also in the making to past. In the new building it of this unoccupied space and facili- opent.e the State street building as can carry out a program of meet- ties, put forth efforts to better the a self-suppoI'lting l!OCia.l service cenclothing ings and group work, including the building condition of the local corps. it.er, where second-hand After inspecting the building and and furniture will be sold to those children's organization, Girl Gua,rcl.s, Boy Scouts, band, Ladtes meeting with the president . of , the wishing to pay a small price for Home League, Men's club and many Army and Navy Association Board, needed articles raither than have others, where countless ne·edy per- E. Curtis Matthews, Major Picker- them given u charit • sons can receive all sort.s of ma- Ing along with Capt. Clair Lowman terial and .spiritual a.ssistance and were asked to submit a budget and wh ere the officers in charge will program ~ to the operation of the building. This estimate -was satismake their home. 1 All these things have been carried factory and was presented to the on in the inadequate quarters on association board. It was decjded State street for the last quarte~ of at this meeting that the local corps, a century. There has been a decided under the .direction of Captain Lowlack of facilities to carry on the man, take over the building to be operated under the name and confunctions already under way making trol of The Salvation Army, incorit impossible to add new work to porating the Army and Navy Assothe program. , Change Offers Better Facilities. f or Work Of Unit �Masons Pay Tribute To Retiring Secretary William B. Randall Honore·d At Largely Attende4 Gathering · . _. Last -evening t. ratherlnt of approximately 300 Muona from this oity and other parts of the state, inclu<ling grand of!l.cera from New Hampshire &nd Maine, gt.thered at the Masonic Temple to attend a testimonial to William B. Randall in l'ICOgnition of hla 26 years of aervlce M Si!Cretary of st. John's Lodre, during which time his work had been out.,tand!nr In m&ny way.s. The lodge was opened at 6 o'clock and at 6 :30 a roa.st tenderloin dinner was served in the b&nquet hall, a feature being llhe pre9entation to Mr. ·Randall of a beautiful cake, inscribed 'Twenty-si~ Years a Faithful Secretary." Following the dinntt all returned to the lodge room, where the following grand officers were received: R. W. Warren H. Tucker of Kingston, grand master of the ■ ;;;;========--==== Grand Lodge of New Hampsh4"e; M. W. J. Melvin Dresser of Concord, -grand secretary; M. W. Allen M. "Voted-that Worshipful Master Wilson of Manchester; R. W. Rufus W. G. Ferguson, · Sen-' George M. Stevens, ,past grand 6en- !or Warden Wllliam E. Dennett, lor warden of tJhe Grand Lodge of Junior Warden Raymond E. Bemis, Maine; R. W. Reginald E, Gold- Treasurer George B. Ward, Secrei;mlth of Portsmouth, junior grand tary Thomas B, Buxton, Junior Deadeacon of the Grand Lodge of New con Ralph E. Ramsdell and Wor. Hampshire; R. W. Chauncey c. William F. Tilton, be a committee Hodgdon of Port&nouth pe.st dis- to prepare an address to our wortrlct deputy grand master; R . W. thy brother, Right Worshipful Wll· Edward L. Getchell of Durham, Jiam Bates Randall, in behalf of the district deputy grand master; R. lodge on his voluntary retirement as W. William M. Ames of Somera- secretaty of St. John's Lodge, No. worth, p&6t <Ustnct deputy grand 1, A. •F. & 4, M., after serving in muter, and Mr. R&IJ.dall. that capacity for 26 years in a manWor. Master Rufus Ferguson of ner seldom equalled, and never, in S~. John's lodge presided, and the the past history of St. John's Lodge, ~ g s from the grand lodge were excelled. , extelided by Grand Muter warren "To Right Worshipful William H. Tucker. Bates Randall M. W. Allen M. Wll~n was the "Sir-The worshipful master, warspeaker and paid a very high trib- dens and brethren of Saint John's ute to the eftlciency and :faithful- Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M., beg ness of Mr. Randall during his long· leave to return their most cordial term as secretary of st. John's thanks for the particular honor you lodge. have done them, and Masonry in A framed parchment testimonial general, over a period of years, for was presented to Mr. Randall' by the respect you have at all times Wor. Master Rufus Ferguson, which paid the craft; not supposing it any was Inscribed as follows: diminution ·to the important ofllces At a Lodge of Ancient, Free and you held to level yourself with them Accepted Ma.sons, held In the Ma-· as Masons; and that in all your desonic Temple, Portsmouth, N. H., on portment as a gentleman and a the third day of January, 1940: Mason you have reflected honor on the fraternit and have ipatron- ized the Royal Art in all its branches. We feel ourselves affected with real sorrow, that reason which you feel compulsory calls you to quit your position as secretary of this lodge, whereby we shall be deprived of your august presence at the secretary's station, and your agreeable company and converse in future. "Wherever you go, wherever you may be, may the Great Architect of the Universe be your Guide and Protector. And we know that in moments of repose, I you can have nothing but feelings 1of great satisfaction as you reflect Upon the many and great sacrifices you have made for the advancement of Masonry m all its branches. "May God bless you and keep you safe forever." Following the presentation of the testimonial William F. Tilton in behalf of St. John's Lodge gave Mr. Randall a valuable radio. An entertainment by profeslsonal talent from Boston concluded the program of the evening. �J~1& 1nland Waterway Project To Be ]~fiPresented Tomorrow Evening ·'"\ . ~t FP=la=n=s=C=om===p=le=t::;=e=F=o~r=l= m=p=o=rt_a_n-.t------,---,-,r.:-.:----: . ,".':';-;,:--::.-i::_.::;-r- .. ··· ·· ._. .. ,-i.: M_eeting, With Prominent Speakers, At Hotel Rockingham Ballroom : Waterway Meeting At Rockingham This.Evening Plans are complete f0!" the meet- Durham, · president of the New ing to be held at the Rockingham Hampshire Seacoast Regional Dehotel ballroom ,t omorrow evening in velopment associaJtion, who will in- 1·· it.he interests of the project to com- troduce Frank S. Davis, vice presiplet:e the intra.coastal waterway be- dent-at-large of the Atlantic Deep- ·1 tween Maine and Florida by con- er Waterways association, and man- · structing the link between Boston ager of the Boston Maritime assoand Portland. ciat!on. Mr. Davis, who is in charge The meeting, which is pub- of all projects of the Atlantic Deeplic, will open at 6:30 o'clock er Wa;ter:ways as:.;ociation nor.th of The big. public meeting in the inwith a dinner and a la,rge at- Hampton Roads, Va., wm then take '. terests of completing the link in • tendance is assured. charge of the meeting. the inland waterway between PortGov. Francis P. Murphy of New The speakers will include J. land and Boston will be held at the Hamp~-h ire, Gov. l.Jeverebt Salton- Hampton Moore, president of the· stall of Masi.sachusetts and Gov. Atlantic Deeper Waiterways associa- Hotel Rockingham this Lewis 0. Barrows of Maine, have tion and former mayor of Phila- opening with a dinner •b een invi,ted to attend, and the ma- delphia; Roland B. Greeley, plan- o'clock. yors of all cities along the proposed ning technician of the National ReThe meeting is sponsored by the . route have sent word that they will rources committee for Region 1; New Hampshire Seacoast Regional be present in penson, or will be Hon. John w. Beal, commissioner of Development association, with the . represent€1d1, and Chambers of Com- the Public works Department of the cooperation of the Atlantic Deeper merce, bu!S,iness interests and offi- commonwealth of Mrussachusetts, Waterways association, which at its cials of all ithe cities and towns af- and Gen. Richard K. Hale of Bo.ston, annual meeting in November, un- -,; !ected will ,also be represented. The Massachusetts, director of ,the Am- animously endor.:.ed the project of ., meeting is sponsored by the New er!can Shore and Beach Preserva- . completing the waterway between :;, Hampshire Seacoast Regional De- tion association, director-at-large of Boston and Portland as a last link '. velopment = •ociation, with the the Atlantic Deeper Waterways a:;- in the Maine to Florida intra- • backing of the Atlantic Deeper wciatlon, and director of the Divi- coastal wa,terway. Waterways association, which en- sion of Waterways of the Public Men widiely known in maritime · .dorsed the proposed. waterway at its Works Department of Massachu- and waterway, circles will be the annual meeting in November. setts. speakers and the list will include J. The object of -the meeting is to The d~nner, which will open the Hampton Moore, president of the acquaint the residents of the area proceedings, ls under the direction Atlantic :Oeeper Waterways a..<socia- F· from Boston to Portland of what is of Alvin F. Redden, e~ecutive secre- tion and former mayor of Philadel- ·.\ proposed to be done in completing tary of the New Hampshire sea- phia; Roland B. Greeley, planning the inland waterway along the At- coast Regional Development as.so- l:technician of the National Resources ·:_:; lmtic coast and the many benefits ciation. Jccmunitbee for Region 1; Hon. John ··:{ which will come to eve"'" community Great inte1·est ho• be express ' ed · W. Beal, commii.,sioner of the Pub- ·::::·· through the establifh~ent of this in t he project thr~~h~~t this en- , lie Works Depar.tment of the Com- ~'{ . safe inside route for pleasure craft tire section, and the importance of , monwealth of Massachusetts, and :J~i;', and the coastal .trade. the work and the prominence of the Gen. Richard K. Hale - of Boston, }.:~;'.{' The. meeting will be opened by j speakers assure an exceptionally M~.ssaclmsett.s, director or the AmCouncilor Oren v. Hender.son of large attendance. erican Shore and Beach Preserva- ., ·) ~:;:;;,;:-:;sa:-u=""-r:==e-:;;C"'""'::-;-·-,--,-!-=-:=:,--,--,-,-.,.,..,.---,,--,-::-,..,..,--.-,,.,,.,.....""".--..,~-_Jl tion association, director-at-large the M-lantic Deeper Wa:terways ISDCiation, and director of the Di sion of Waterway,s of ,the Pub Works Department of Massa.ch setts. A large attendance of offici and representative citiZJens from e ery city and town affecibed is sured! as the project is of immea urable value to the seacoast; 5.ecti Prominent Men Will Address Public Gathering ,r~ l :',;;.,;if \t .:· .{:,. ;...._;~ ~.,..~~~!.~.;\.'... }~j· .:>. ,&;"P':t~,: {r , . ... _h·~v~~,;.,..,"li. '~,.,,;~t;,fz}~ ...;_--t-~,,; ·= •• ,; ,.- L'§.',;;'/{'t'.~f!,! ~'.'t.:::< ?'2 ;,,J •,:►•• A - --- > - • ' }" c, 1.. �Cold Weather Has Hampered. Steel Workers -<{ W1'th the advent of warmer weather construction of the $3,000,~ 000 Maine-New Hampshire bridge will resume & top-speed rohedule in an effort to complete <the atructure by ,the PWA completion date, June 23, bridge authority off-icials I Portsmouth Herold Federal Works Administrator John M. Carmody of Washington and Col. M. E. Gilmore of New York, regional WPA director, inspecting super structure o new bridge. The last caisson :was floated into position today by_ the Frederick Snare Corip, as engineers mapped out work to make up the schedule on the $3,000,000 bridge over the Piscataqua river which, Federal Works Administrator John M. Carmody, during his visit here yesterday, was told was seven per cent >behind schedule on Jan. 15. The delay, it was e:x:plained, was due to a section of. a train plunging through the old toll bridge last fall and the extremely cold weather recently. However, officials said, with the advent of warmer weather no difficulty is anticipated in making up the schedule. Early this morning tugboats moved the la.st caisson from along.side the old Consolidation Coal Company's wharf to its ;position on the Kittery .side of the proposed draw span. By mlde-forenoon the caisson had been moved into position alongside the old toll bridge. The group •of Federal officials arrived at Nobles Island to make an inspection of the bridge 6hortly after 11 a. m. yesterday. The' party was escorted from the state line by Sgt. Roger M. Perkins of the state police. Inspection of the bridge wa.s made by Administrator Carmody and Col. M. E. Gilmore of New York, regional director for PWA, and included in the group present were Highway Commissioner Frederic E. Everett, who ls also chairman of the MaineNew Hampshire Bridge Authority; Frank E. Brooks, clerk of the Bridge Authority; Hollis B. Cole of Kittery, treaslrer of the Au.t hority; Robert W. Strauss, assistant regions al director for the PWA; Frank X. Slone, regional engineers for the PW A; Wallace F. Purington, e~ecutive .secretary for the - Bridge Authority; G. H. Wllllam.s, PW A traveling engineer; James R. Gardner, Harry B. Dore, J. H. Minn!C'h and J. T. Feeney, PWA engineers; Randall Cremer, vice president of the Friederlck Snare Corp. of New York; H. D. Peoples, resident engineer for Harrington & Cortelyou, 90nsultlng engineers on the local project, and .W. J. Henry, engineer for the Reconstruction Finance Corp. Sub-freezing temperaturea bitter· winds have hampered workers and completion of bridge sub-structure is now 62 days behind schedule. Maine-New Hampshire bridge authorit y officials e~pect <the bridge approaches in both states will be completed soon after warm weather settles in New England. ,Yesterday Randall Cremer, vice president of ·the corporation, told members of the Dover Rotary club during their inspection of <the bridge that caisson No. 18, the last cals..."<>n, was being lowered to a solld foundation at the rate of several feet a day and that the $125,000 caisson would form ,t he nor-th lift span draw pier. Also pointing out various of <the construction to the Rotarians were James Gardner, chief resident PWA engineer inspector, and Wallaca- F. Puring.ton, executive secretary for othe bridge authority. Prof. T. P. Charles of the University of New Hampshire, president of the Dover organization, headed the group and other members were Edward H. Young, R. H. MacDonald, W. F. Ogden, E. J. York, J. Leroy Gowen, 0. L. Evans, James F. Dennis, secretary of the Dover Chamber of Commerce, and rtwo former mayors, T. Jewett Che~ey and Michael J. White. H was explalned to .the Rotai•ians that the construction was financed by an outright grant of $1,300,000 from PWA and the remainder of the $3,000,000 was loaned by t!ihe RFC, that caisson No. 17 extends 77 feet below mean tide, that there is a 200-foot c!earance in the channel between the two draw towers, under the draw span, that the draw towers will rise 207 feet. allowimz a 135-foot clearance under the lifted span and that there will be a clearance of 14 fe et under the lowered span at fuean tide. The Rotarians saw men working on the last caisson, lowering buckets to where sand-hogs were working and then hoisting back diggings of sand and gravel. Officials said they expect 1he sub-structure to be �Will Attefflpt To Complete New Piscataqua Bridge By June 23,(, Portsmouth Herold Photo Comparative views, lookin' toward Kittery across Piscataqua river from Nobles island, Small picture of the' aid toll bridge was taken in January 1939, and the larger picture 1haw1 the superstructure of the $3,000,000 MaineNew Hampshire bridge viewed from the same spot Jan. 31, 1~40. about March 15. After inspecting the sub-structure and the super-structure, which the Phoenix Co. has contracted to complete by May 16, the Dover group v!site,d the New Hampshire approach, which is under construction by the John Iafolla Oo. There remains 7,000 feet of fourlane cement road to be poured, deck slab.s' to be placed OD the Islington street and Maplewood avenue overpasses, sloping of banks, installing ~uard rails and erection of a high fence at the Ne'f Franklin scl;lool to prevent children from walking on the bridge approach. The Littleton Construction Co. has 21200-feet of cement ,t o pour when warm weather eettlea this spring, sloping of banks, erection of guard rails and landscaping the center strip. The two construction companies building the approaches can pour a single lane at .the rate of 1,000 feet a day, officials said, but it isn't advisable to pour the heavy duty cement untll after the fr06t leaves the ground. �Lawrence Man Su~eeds Reid Besserer Here ;.,o: ,o... Willis G. Symonds To Take Over Duties As 'District Y. M. C. A. S~cretary A& Reid O. Besserer baa sumed. his dutl:es as dlr~tor of Oamp Belknap, the state Y. M. C. A. camp, Willis Gayton Symonds of Lawrence, Ma&s., ha.s been selected by the business committee of the state executive committee as his successor a,g Southeastern District aecreta.ry of the state Y. M. c. A. Mr. Symonda will make his headquarters in this city and will move here March 1. Mr. Bes.serer, who has accom~ pl!shed a great amount of work I among the youth of this section 1 5 ince he has been here, will leave Portsmouth, with Mrs. Besserer and . their sons, Toby, David and Peter, ~LIS G. SYMONDS and Mrs. Thomas Miner, mother of Who Is to Come Here u Y. M. C. Mrs. BeMerer, on Jan. 29. They • A. Dlltrli,t Secretary will be greatly mwed, ~pecially , Mr. Bea.serer, who ha& made a host ••All!lll!th•o•ug~h~M~r.-::S::y=m:'.o:::n::-;d;::s:-;w;;;il111 -,be of friends throughout this .section working almost entirely in Portsand ha& advanced the work of the mouth and Rockingham and StrafY. M. A. to a. great extent. ford counties in southeast New Mr. Symonds who succeeds Mr. Hampshire cooperating with the orBeaserer, wa.s born in Beverly, Mass., ganizatlons there he will be\ on the in 1897, .a ttending Beverly High staff of the state YMCA receiving School and Classical High School, the cooperation of the other. memSpringfleld, Mass., Springfield Col- bers of the state staff, W. Willard Jege and Boston University. Hall, state secretary; Harold M. He served the Y. M. C. A. at Bev- Caldwell north country seqretary, erly a.s boys' work secretary from and (Reid o. Besserer, central dis1923 to 1931. From 1931 to th e trict J secretary. present time he has been boys' work Mr. Symonds is married and ha~ ecretary of La.wrence, Mass., a.nd a boy of 12. "Mrs. Symonds 1s a graddirector of the Lawrence Y. M. C. A. uate of Framingham, having Camp on La.ke Winnipesaukee. taught borne economics in Everett, During his directorship, the Law- Mass., and is at present quite acnce "Y" camp has practically had t1ve in church and club work in to be rebuilt twice due to hurricane Lawrence. and cyclone damage but each time The Symonds' will take over their it came back stronger a.nd better new duties in the southeast district than before. of New Hampshire a.s of March 1, His 17 years ,in boys' work and a moving to Portsmouth at that time. similar experience in directing During February Sec. Besserer camp, fits him unusually well to and state Secretary W. W. Hall of take over the duties of Mr. Besserer, Concord will ·supervise the local who will be leaving shortly to open YMCA under Francis Hett'II_ .1Jilll up the work in the centre.I district with headquartel'I! at Laconia and leadership and the work in the diathe active direction of Camp Bel- trict. knap, the state Y. M. C. A. camp on Lake Winnlpesaukee. Included in Mr. Symonds new responsiblllties will be the continuation of supervision of the work in the Portsmouth Y. M. C. A. building, opened up some two years ago by Mt. Bes.serer after having been closed for over :nve yeal'I!, the direction of the varioUB clubs and organizations in Rockingham county and Strafford county, including the direction of Camp Lincoln. I o. ·=;:;:;:;:;:;:;;;;;;==---------- Dedicate·Organ At Methodist Churcfi ~ ~ The new organ at the Methodist church was dedicated ait the morning service Sunday wLth appropriate ceremony. ~he organ was presented to the church by E. T. Trefethen in memory of his late wife, Mrs. Nellie E. Trefethen. In the dedication service mention was made of the fact ·tha,t Mrs, Trefethen joined the church as a. young woman. Later she ~oved to Dorchester, Mass., and became a. member of the Greenwood Memorial church of that city. In 1927 she returned with her husband to again make her home in this clity and again beeame a member of the local church. During her entire lifetime Mr6. Trefethen wa.s keenly inrtere.sted in the welfare of the ohurch. In the evening a.t 7: 30 a concert was given on :the organ by Miss Elizabeth Marine Harvey of Boston. Miss Harvey's program follows: , Psalm XIX., Marcello Prelude, Corelli Fantasia in G Minor, Two Chorale Preludes, "Sleepers Wake, a Voice ls Calling" "My Inm06t Heart Doth Yearn" Symphony, Widor Melody for Chim86, McKinley Londonderry Air Variaitions de Concert, �------ ~Jt /;roj:: (;~1:#;:!t< -~ _,.c,o,,p.fi; ·.u ,:t?c-, "- wO"-Afhc'¥~m ,, ,_,. _..,..c-a;s ~1George H. Joy Dies z:co;nfi{ Ani~al --'•\E1~ct Onic~-;;'At'' -:"' ~{i At His Home Rescue league . - Athenaeum ,~~ ,ir. ~;j"Y •\~~" ~.•;,. ktt:i,; !/I'~'!...:' .J~;~ 1%~U ~-&ii.· ;:~0f fi;!it$-._ :,:._.. ' Directors Meet --\=· · Was Connected With Grocery Business For ·-~- .·.· • Over -65 Years ff The annual meeting of the shar holders of the Athenaeum was he . The Athe L directors of the . ·Animal Res- •. yesterday aeum. The afternoon officers of at lastthe year we cu:,,; eague of ~ockingh~m County . re-elected and are as follows: The death early this morning of , • held an !nterestmg meeting Thurs- ·; President, Rev. William Saffo th George H. Joy of 921 Middle street, ,- day ever.Ing at e home of Philip . Jones .. Ham, 80 Court street, Exeter. There ta t . came as a distinct shock to his many · · tte Secre ry- teasurer, Norman wa;; a 1arge a ndance present and . Rand friends. Mr. Joy, who was 82 years Au ct·to . ._,· · Hon. th 1 Charles M.•ctDale, president of . i r,- Will'1s u n der hill old, was one of the best known resi- ,, e eagu~, p~esi ed. . . Directors: Frank D. Butler, Jam dents of the city, having been a ;. The fo1lowmg _committee chair- A. Borthwick, H. Clinton Tay! merchant for many years. He re-· ·;:- men gave very interesting reports, l Willis E. Underhill and William tired from business a little over four ./;_ Lawrence R. Craig, treasurer gave a , Walton. ars ago, and had been connected i detailed report of receipts and dis- , ,:, . , ,·:,,. , _,.•..,..,, "'' . •. ,. --;• ,-, .., , 'th the grocery business for over bursements, also the League's Anl,-'.,:-(!fr,~f:Y,~•:;,\fJ\ ' · years. ma! Shelter located at the home c" · · · '· • ·· · ' ·'· He was a native of North Berof ~alter A. Gove,_ agent, on the ·. ck, Me., where he was born April ., IWallis Sands road m Rye showed . ' 1857. When he was but six- \~1a big increase of animals taken irl onths-old his parents moved to •.:;Aa_n d cared for since the new addi• ____ .7 · is city where he has resided ever ·i:'."i t1on of several cat and dog runs. ce. His father, Charles H. Joy ~~.il Mrs .. Dexter 0 . Vinal, chairman One of the most beautiful .services } ened a grocery store on Congress -~:;j of radio program, has had many of the year was held at St. John's f reet. and when but 12 years of age, ,j distinguished and capable speakers _- church Sunday evening, when the ·., ·s son started workirlg there. As , ·I on her Saturday mornings broad- annual Candlemas service, or Feast •;,i e son grew to maturity he pur- - :) casts, ;md will continue with these '. of Lights, was carried out, this '• ased the store of Samuel s. Frye :'°':\ interesting talks in the interest of being an old custom at st. John's congress street where he con- . ; our dumb animals. church. In the softness of the cted his business for a number -~rs. Amelia A. Shute of_ Exeter darkened church candles are light• years. In 1912 he mover to Cabot ·,,\.\ aov1sed that the league will con- ed as the flame is passed from one reet and conducted a good busi- '. duct a _ _rummage sal~ in Exeter to another throughout the edifice ss there until 1926 when he solr:l ,.,~~: P.arly this sprmg, ano requested until it is illumined by candle- . s business to Glenn A. Race. With every n:ember to hold any _articles light alone. Old St._John's, with e exception of but one year when t'.t that might assist m the sale, its rare atmosphere of the past, .,S: worked for Howard Akerman in a :~~-, Mrs. James Morrison of Rye makes a beautiful background for ·: ocel'y store, he worked continu- :-::-1 Beach gave an interesting talk on _. this impressive ceremonial service, t.;:1 ly for his father or himself. He ti wa ys and means of conducting a linking up this ancient church with } d a host of friends and enjoyed ;;\ membership drive which will be in- , the mother church of England cus-· :/- . e respect of all who knew him. -i:1-{ a1:1gurated after the February meet- tom. On October 19, 1889, he married ·_·-·l mg. Prof. Earl A. Ban-ett of PhilThe altar of the church iss Annie Drake of Lafayette road, lips_ E~eter Academy faculty will .. beautt!ied with white cut flowers orth -Hampton and last October assist in the drive with several and with the many lighted candles 1 e couple obse;ved their golden ;..._·.:1 group lectures within the coun_ty. . gave a beautiful effect. dding anniversary. •'. Dr. S. P. R.. Chadwick of Exeter Rev. Bradford Young, rector of Mr. Joy was a member of New ,'i_ and Mrs. _G. F. Bowerfind of Ports- ,. Grace church, Manchester, was the ampshlre Lodge, I. O, o. F. .L~ mouth will assist Mr. Lawrence R. · special preacher, his text being He is survived by his widow, one •~:. Craig of ~or th Hampton in the taken from , the sermon on the ter, Mrs. Lilla J, Moses, and a -•~ managemen, of the shel_ter. Mount: "Th'd.t ye may be the chi!- :!'· ::!.·';:.;•.;. ther, Henry J . Joy, all of this ••f'. Several matters of importance · drep of your Father which is <".?-·J,p; ti were ~rought up for discussion and , Heaven." St. Matt. v.-45, _ .-, C"~mittees appointed. The comAfter the service the candles we 1ttee governing the activities of blessed and di~tributed to <the co e juvenile group have decided this gregation and lighted fro~ one a.r to spons_or a photographic another In the pews, and the pr ntest consistmg of pb_otographs · cessional of the vested choir a ken of animals ad anfrri'al life by t clergy was carried out through ken of animals an_d animal life . by a.isles of the church, being a ve unty from the first to and m- impressive and beautiful feature ding the Junior High. The meet- ·_. the service. The congrega.ti g adjourned at 10.45 p. m. to meet joined with the choir in the pr in Feb. 22, in Portsmouth. cessional hymns. ·- · •· < ;~: ':_. :,.,,:,, ..,:, ._ .::;,:.... large congregation· was pres· .?- t~i: Feast Of Lights st JO hnIs ~ ./ -''! l ':~f ~ :fl ·> t~;s:;-r, I ;.;_:,". .~i{-:,-+,;·,;,. ';• . • _,,-4,• ,..;\? ~ h ~ ! ............,,~ �lrlland aterwa • ins Favor Seacoast Region Meeting Here Votes To Ask Congress To·Study BostOn -To- Portland Link . . -ro..."~ Officials From Three· States Gather To Discuss Project Proposed- Rou'te Mapped; Would Link With Waterway To Florida Portsmouth Herd!d Photo J. Hampton ¥oore of Philadelphia, president of the Atlantic Deeper. Waterways association, pointing out at Rockinghom hotel last evening propoHd caurn of the inland waterway from Boston, through Portsmouth, to Portland, Left to right, Mr. Moore, Commissioner John W. Beol of Ma11achu1etts Public Works, Director Richard K. Hole of American Shore and Beach Preservation , association, and Frank S, Davis, vice president-at-large ef Atlantic Dffp■r Waterways association. A resolution gress to approve preliminary survey work for an inland waterway from Boston to Portland was approved unanimously by representatives of seaboard communities from Salem, Ma.as., to Portland, Me., at a meeting in the Rockingham hotel lB.llt night. Representatives of many business interests, officials of the three New England states involved and officials of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways association gathered at the session which was called by the New Hamps~~e Seacoast Reifiona1 Development association. The proposed inland water route, which ex-Mayor J. Hampton Moore of Philadelphia. forme: member of Congress and now president of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways association, said might cost up t;o $100,• 00,0,000 would connect with and be & continuation of the present inland water route which runs fr.om Boston to Key West, Fla. The latter 1s now complete and 1n use except for one short section 1n New Jerse • �... ~-- ·~ "·.8t>.;.,.. ::_. - Ore~ V. Henderso; of Durha?1-;i[ i ~r, Moo;e heatedly atta~k~d thel !further improvement would.also paY: '" ~'. }':?: i"~:.:''i.-: ·J~;2, president of. the New Hampshire , proposed st. Lawrence waterway !dividends." . 1· ~ .. ·,:, ~' ·: / . .:- '. ;·•' ' . ,_;,_" . . · i ::- . . . !"r. ·- , ...,,. 1,-4, .J . , _.-i,, ::,,,:4. - . .. ~ ... . -· ~ ""-~ -~ ' ~ ~- , ~ '~·•\'~V" "'.·"'..., y . . .· . ., .- . - .. ' . . . . ._.- . ". . ·. -y~- ,,.·,,:. :. -:. : ,.;. ~:.i. j Se~co~st ;Regional Develop~ent as- ' treaty with Canada. "We face As an example he cited the Cap: · :. _-: :, ·:~ ·: ·.• sociation, opened th~ meeti~ and f plenty of trouble if we enter such a Cod canal, urged for 200 ~ears be · · ; :,. . :' .' ,: .. , then turned the ~hairmansh1p over [· treaty with Canada, now at war," fore its start; finally bmlt by a _. · . '::,: to Frank s. Davis of Boston, vi~e • he said. "It is unwise to spend private concern; taken over by the · , president-at-large of th~ :Atlantia huge sums on such a projec~ when _ federal government ~n~ then fo~nd Deeper Waterways association and • a legitimate waterway project with- so worthwhile that it is now bemg manager of the Boston Maritime in the United States is left unde- made the widest canal m the wo~ld. Association. veloped." Also heard in favor of the proJect :As the main speaker of the eve• Mr, Moore traced the waterway was Mayor James F. Care11S of ning, Mr. Moore traced the history course now available to boating en- Newburyport who urged the sue., of the Atlantic intra-coastal water- thusiasts which circumnavigates the cessful completion of the plan. way to Florida from , its start in eastern section of the country using ,._ Mayor carens pointed to the glon1907 when a short section in the the intra-coastal route south ·•to ous maritime history of Portsmouth Delaware river was projected for Florida; thence through inland and Newburyport. "We should do improvement. watErways around Florida to the all in our power to gain federa1 as- . ~•rn addition to a commercial and Mississippi, up that river to the , sisfance in returning maritime inrecreational value this project is of , Great Lakes, through the lakes to dustries to this region as an ai_d to great worth as a· national defense the New York state barge canal our employable population," he factor," he declared. "It furnishes system, through the canals to the said . . an inland water connection between Hudson and down to New York, One Larry J. Hart of Gloucester pointthe various navy yards of the Atlan- part of that is missing, he said, the ed to the four-mile stretch of the . tic coast which is usable by tankers, . branch up the New England coast Annisquam river canal which repatrol boats and other small craft." to Maine. places the necessity for sailing · ·· As an example of the added safety John w. Beal, . Massachusetts around Cape Ann." This canal ,,:: to the many small pleasure craft commissioner of public works, spoke carried 13,000 boats last ye~r," he ,;;_ ·'._:.,.,/ :/:'\ going to Florida each season, he in favor of the project and urged i revealed, "yet we had to wor seven . ,_ . . ,._ I I ~ ?· :--. '1~<r. · sea. Answering critics of the expense of such a project as the water route ton, a director of the American was reported heartily in favor of the from Boston to Portland, Mr. Moore Shore and Beach Preservation as- · project by Roscoe H. Prior, its rep- i . ,:; /·/;•·~. ,\'f':• · reminded his listeners, "the Atlan- sociation. He pointed out that resentative at the meeting. , ·..-, ,,.,.. .::'+.-·.·_,. . •· ·:, -· tic coastal states and New England I ..... -~,. Massachusetts already had surveyed Others who spoke favoring the :::,,.:•~-'.'1 ;_ 1\;;/!ii\\'. in particular pay a percentage of a route from ca·pe Ann to Hamp- plan included Edward C. Adams of 1;<i">'.:"·'•. ··>·>'L·'1:. the national tax bill far out of proDurham· Daniel Smith of Haver- '··>' ·;\_.:,.t::;",;:',., \· portion to their comparative size. · ~r:ces Proposed R-Oute \ hill, reptesenting the Merrimac Re.;_.f,-.-;( ';-::;.:/:~ In return they receive very little." One proposed route for the Port- . gional Development association and ,··:'·\~·'c7s;,\.-.;\{:\ Lashing out at huge expenditures land to Boston water link was traced t the City of Haverhill; Robert Green·i}tft:"')!; . for such mammoth works as Grand . for the gathering by Roland B. way of Dover who represented the . •:)/ '.·r.;,'.•.;(,.j:_,~:~-;, ·-~·. ,..; · Coulee dam, Boulder dam and oth- Greeley, an engineer for the u. s. , mayor of that up-river city; Brain- :r ·<:-::-J>.f//Jt'.,; . ,;.,· ers, he asserted "If $100,000,000 Planning Board in the New Eng- ard Wallace of the Ipswich . board . ';.-:~;? i]:{\;:, '.:,:'s:,fr.J:: would build a waterway from Bos- : land region. He revealed the pro- of selectmen and Charles Priest of -·· . . ·-,: •.·.,.<i: /.::""J'J,, .·,..,·· - ton to Portland for 20,000 motor , . craft it would be a far wiser expen.• '.,:~ diture of government funds than 1 ; ,. _ _, .: j these huge federal projects in sparse: .: · · ''· ly settled sections. above Biddeford, it would cut over ing Newburyport harbo.r," he said, "If any of you are doubtful as to to the Kennebunk river, The route "but I believe we should look into ·,,·.~>,\,;:·:./·:.: the value of such a waterway let me remind you that a recreational boost is also a commercial boost. There is employment for thousands offered .in the building, outfitting, . operating and refueling and repro- Bay, the Exeter river, Taylor a;11d small sections of the project, setting a· visioning of small pleasure craft Hampton rivers, Black Water nv- the entire route as an ultimate goal. such as would use this route. er and Black Rock creek to New- "We paid the taxes for Florida's "Why don't you folks in New Eng- · buryport; then behind Plum Island, projects," he went on "why shouldn't land see that action is started by through the Ipswich river and Ips- we let them help us pay for ours your congressmen to do this work wich marshes to Beverly harbor, now?'' here as similar work has been done then through _marshland and inland Continuing, Mr, Matthews said, already in sections of the south waterways past Salem and Lynn to "New England has long been a land ~and west?" he asked. Boston harbor. of pioneers. It is time we pioneered Mr. Moore statl\d that a resolu- f In his introductory remarks as in common sense and led the nation • tion favoring the New England proj- chairman, Mr. Davis pointed out in a move to stop spending." ect had been adopted at the last that present plans are for a prelimFrank C. Remick, asked for his deeper waterways congress at Phil- inary survey which will result in views on the matter, responded L'1 adelphia and that he had written to public hearings. He suggested that favor of t(le propo~al. "We are, and the rivers and harbors chairmen in the work be done in units rather should be, tax conscious," he said, both the U. S. House and Senate . than asking for the entire stretch "but we are taxed for improve· urging the measure. from Boston to \Portland at one • men ts which will better the lot · of Our first step, he reminded his time. the people. Therefore I am in favor · listeners, is to secure a survey by "No waterway on · the New Eng- of this work which will give emthe army engineers and win an au - land coast that has ever been im- ployment, boost industry and imthorization of the project from proved by the government has fail- prove our ·recreational facilities. :,_. ,: · them. "If you don't win your point ed to prove not only that the ex- There are many in Portsmouth who • · at first, keep trying until you do," ,?enditure was justified but that . _foeLJ.hLsame ~yJ" ______ ,_ .. ·.. ·.. , 1K.a.d,d..e_cl.,_____ _ _ :;;/t.: ~1~~-q~:~:ff:~:1f:~~~ ; ~;ri:·~::js~:~:ii~ 'i:20J.1f{~.\ .~J~~~f2~~!~t£ ·~E:.: ~~iiYif~;t~~~:~~~ ·:t;;f0~!t:,;(:f �·;/1 ¥,; _•~L;1~/~:-~~;;~~~~~-- ~~ ;Y~ ;t~·;:;h·.;·rt·•~·. , ~:fi±:H:f~ifc.ilf'.J~t&:'.;?v .. ;Y,.~,zi,,',,,:•:•.,. lf•.;~~ t.,([df-:,1 J.', Portsmouth May Be Host '_,.·;¥1t 21 also favored the measure, suggest- f'.;-£'..:.!i ing that some unit of the project be ;_\_~. selected as the first to be pushed · .;· :,~. and that a local organization be :~,.,~•·:,,.. • {l : 1 formed to work for its acceptance. ~~f ·· He voiced his sentiment for co-oper,: .:f.. ation with the group. \:,, To Waterways Congress j\ J;.J-~ ~- ~;?;? In summing up the remarks of '\ft]t the evening, Mr. Davis declared he · .;{"f:)} had three objects in view in attend- _- ,,,. -~".i_>, ing the meeting. · First to secure _•:,:: ·1 '.,/~ passage of the resolution calling for -~;~: I i,·;;_ •.}.'\. a survey of the proposal by the army ;~ ·,: _ . engineers, in which he had been :2;,~ successful. Second to ask all those !J•'·l\ Possibility that Portsmouth might interested to secure membership in !'\;\ be the scene of the annual conven•·i ·_,,".",,..•;.'·f'•,:._; the. Atlantic Deeper. Waterways . as. •,:-~i, ,, . t·o 1 n of th e At! an t·1c D eeper Wa t erl,.i1,f-•'5\• soCiation, thus lendmg material aid 1 ' Jl1t to the project. Third, to talk with ways .assoc1at_1on 1940 was VO!Ced ::~fz'f..4 local persons regardmg a plan to 1··~t-. at the meet11;ig sponsored by the ; \t,:fr secure the next annual congr~ss. of ,><:.~ New Hampshire Seac~ast Regional , ithe Deeper Waterways assoc1at10n · >''"· Development assoc1at10n at the { ; '/<} for Portsmouth. ./Z Rockingham hotel last evening. .. , i;J .;i¥(J Iri the absence of Mayor Ken- J:l '. The suggestion that the ports of ;.~jj nard E. Goldsmith, who was called northern New England co-operate in "~- ~ ... l away by business, Charles T. Durell ~} inviting the association t o Ports- :i-r--~::::rtu j··/.;lf extended the welcome of the City Ht.·: mouth was made by Frank S. Davis, '.i: ;;:.}~t "· ·· of Portsmouth to the many visitors -{,0·:, of . Boston, vice president-at-large if{d> ..,., ·· at the session. :'#;; of the association and chairman of · ~ -~ The meeting, arrangements for ;J'f, the meeting. \,.:·;-. :·,;;t~, which were under the direction of f;!/ The convention is annually a t- · i :.:}r;~ Alvin F. Redden, executive secre- .· :c;·. tended by between 300 and 400 per- "\~ ";-f~,, .., tary of the New Hampshire Seacoast ~:'. sons including many members of the 0.fi< (-;' ' Regional Development association, ):,2'.' Congress of the United States. Dele-,: -~,~=;'' ; 5,,, - closed at a late hour with all ex- i.>::;,.' gates at tend from as far south as :t;~· 1•j:-•'· pressing their pleasure at the sue- ~ ',;·:· Florida and as far west as Buffalo, ti,( 1 ·:, cess of the meeting and their whole- ,<;t; N: Y. }~· 1 i, · hearted support of the proposal. ,'.'f,'~ Mr. Davis urged local leaders to : :.:;~,,,.. The session opened with a banquet {;~ work for the . convention and indi·., .~. '' · attended by about 85 persons. Later ~.:"'· cated that he would use his influa large number who were not there .·:;'.;- ence in the association to bring the f• for the banquet entered to swell the {"£ convention here if such a plan met · (: audience which listened to t he -"~:l with the favor of the New England 1·· speakers. waterway leaders. · ' '},lo. 1'- ,, \J "' .~ - , IV Northern New England Ports Urged To Invite Association Here for Annual Convention .)fii'\1 ,'\}t;l/• 7•\:. IJf': i . . . m . 'i0:'7 -~f '*>,, J./~f ~:·r: •t ~.:-:-~~.;.~~!~t.fi:;ti_~ _.. ,.•:/i' ·-=n·:-?i-~ .. ·;{ .--;f:,:·.,~':\!,J~: :.i'' .:i :if )½; ~:- •'. • , ~· "'~•l.,.r· , e,... .. . .J~i!!iL .:.;, ,. ~J . i~lif!t;; �,-;~: -;- ·../:.;;~ 1>' !f~{ ;,,,l'r In Sinking Of S~bmari~e Sqllalus _,\ ,!,._,,_~-==:---c-=:l'.?"-:,:--:-r:S?:;r;-;;: Navy Issues Report Of Finding By Board Of lnquiry- -M eans Of Preventing Repetition Of Tragedy ·, ' :ijtt !·•il~~\'. Recommended 1•.,,,t;i'.;: !:MW. Wash in gton , Feb. 2 (AP ) - An official .finding that {.:-A"': ltil{ the loss of the submarine Squalus with 26 lives was due pri- · [/' f ! iI I I I i l marily to mechanical rather than human failure was issued today by the navy. The sinking of the $5,000,000 vessel last May 23 off Portsmouth, was ascribed in the report by a three-man court of inquiry to a "mechanical failure in the operating gear of th_e engine induction valve." "No serious blame'' was attached to officers or men. k~ tJ. . ' . , U ---- At the same time, Secretary Edi- marines should be fitted to take the son, in a review of the findings, rescue chamber by which 33 survivors of the Squalus sinking raised an unanswered question brought safely to the surface. )':JX; whether the tragedy could have The recommendations, Mr. ! .Ycf:t : . been prevented or lessened by the son commented, "will be the subject l,::~tf :closing of four secondary valves of sepa::ate consideration and acf,/,1, within the hull. . t!on." r):·t;(:J They were found open when the They included a separate instru(~jf Squalu~ was salvaged, and Mr. Edi- ment board for the indicators showi-:,j;4,.__ so)l said there was "no adequate ing whether the two main valves on :. I iT:;;t_.i:: explanation" of the failure to close the outside of the submarine were ~:.::~~; two of these, leading to the after closed. 1 ·,ftkJ battery compartment. This fact, he The board, headed by Rear Ad1?:\lf:::} said, together with a "substantial miral William T_- Tarrant, USN., re~ doubt" that the inside hull stop ported that the valve failure was i: valves were habitually closed as a "not discovered in time" due precaution, suggested that train- either electrical failure in the valve ing and supervision was "lacking i,1 indicator or a mistake in reading emphasis." this indicator by the operating perA series of technical measures sonnel. was recommended by the board to Officers and crew were described .-. ' prevent a repetition o! the tragedy as "well trained and efficient," and ~to the Squalus, now being recon- the board added that Lieut. Oliver .\j..:,. structed at an estimated cost o! $1,- F. Naquin, USN, the commander, ;:tr.} 400,000 or to sister craft. "displayed outstanding leadership" ,;,it: I n addition, to facilitate future during the ~inking and rescue. The i'it ,, ! rescues, the board proposed that all j rescues and salvaging likewise were deck hatches of all the navy's sub- praised. - ~ ~ - - - ~ - - - ~ , ;, [· :~~r: ! lll!il t .!1:1 • . . ._ _ _ �· Former Finnish Refugee, Now •A Resident Of Kittery, Recal Is ,._.,. Flight From Homeland 1•-f''_i; .. • .. ·, ; -,,,.\' . Mrs. Ida Hanscom Describes Customs And Mode Of Living In Her Native Country : i:.. ·l•~~~({.i/~tif:ti~~ same everywhere. They have the i . \ .:,, ·•;--:~(':L;:,."· · same ,traits and <the .same ambitions. ,-:,. · ·. -'' .• -.·:,: ·•':'<:a,.,.;~?•· Even among the natives of the i,: -~.. '·· .. ,,; .}FJ:f,C:j, islands in ,t he South seas you find i' · '·· .; '\' . · _::2'/!/ characteristics identical wLth ithose l·· ~-, .'.' ·.\· .);\.;·: -, of the friends you might know back j ;\} .O'/ ':; lt{{ .\<; · in I~o~~:::tg ~;n~~e present war between Finland and Russia, Mr-s. f\//\{\/;\'JDlM~ >'~; ,•;•··.::-'>Ji'::.\ ~f.F~~;:#,f;.":~£~ :~t ;,i~)f) , ing :therefore they are quite ignor- ;,;.: 1· '· ·,: '.::./,;,,.-:r.:1:: 1 ant; their clothing is absolutely un- · .:}\,;':.. , ··· \i?l{~f;, suitable to the climate and the sol~ !ft:· . ':::;;;:~,SJ.:,0 By Justine Flint diiers are not properly fed. On the · /·>';;' :·e:' ·:.:,:.<:;.\'} phle ts in tiny basement offices and other hand," she pointed out, "the : -:.,Yl:,;;;:':;.~.:_,-.,;,;,fX'.\~ Fleeing Finland with Russian distributed these papers to the peo- Finns are wed ito fighting. They " ·l: ·.0 / ( ; : . ( ~ : - / } soldiers in close pursuit, Ida Kor- ple, warning them against repres- have been battling for existence in · ·.;_\·P,,/.:,.'.;\·~:,\'l\;/ 'pela at the age of 23 arrived in the sion. One day, long to be remem- a warring world for centuries, They ::_'. {'.;,~'./: :~:•·_t,';/{t.\~) ', .;'.ii,\ United States, alone, knowing no bered, she and a group of other I are u_nus~ally_ well _educated. They /:'•,::~:;.~;:):if,,}t·t;~i1 , ;;"\;, English and carrying a false pass- i girl_s were caught by the Russian are flghtin~t·m the:1"thownh' chounth,t ry :{/)' 1 ,'./,' y:.;/'{:..tJ! !, . •. \ port. I policemen, Miss Korpela was sus- under ~'.1d1 ions w1 w ic ey ',,J,Yi.\ '"'i'.·<;_; )":'. :_:./·:,i l. ':- .,·.. ••. During the interceding years she pected of being leader of the group are famillar for a cause that means . ,, \:. \~- ,)t·, ,;;:,,,~~;f 1 •• had many fascinating experiences and was held. The others, after freedom. ~ey are clo th ed prop- i',,s,\,{;> ,:' /·J:;r;,t/,:,~ nd skilled Olf skis. 1• .~:t: :· which took her all over the globe, ! qu~stioning, were released. The of- erly a The!~ _:'{::-s-,:};: ·:;,?'h~:if:}iti I _·:~,-::;..;: and finall y brought her to Kittery, flc1als tried to make her reveal the clever camouflage of white um -:-~ i ,• ·".•t:;.,;:;,;."~.s'.'.f:\.'.ti ~. ;_;.?{ Me., where s'he has lived for a num- . identity and whereabouts of other forms allows ,the:ll to approach the ::\• 'k'."·•·-J-<t/{f~!{~f I ,' 7 '' ber of years. Miss Korpela is today :youth leaders,_ but the _girl kept si- ~alf-froren Russian army b:,fore it ''\j t: .::~~::,;-~;.(}%i ; •.'\\·, Mrs. Ida Hanscom and her home len t. Fnends irl. that city caused a II JS aware that they are near. ._,.,, ,, , , . 1.·.;-.,,-.,·.,..,~,.,;;~~;: 1 is on . Whipple ro~d. Being a_ staid great furore demand.ing that she be ll She r~alled •the abject poverty of ,-;:·\~. ! ;Jr;;:... and bringing fr eed. Although thlS was accom- ·I the Russian people and named tax;. -...,.; ··,•: . •f-::.l't'":,·.:.,, 1 • ;. · , American housewife 1 . up three healthy children has I plished her life was in danger and /I ation as one of its chief causes. She ·': ·: }'t\\ ';'.;;/;f., ":-.~.t,~.i'.,'' caused her exciting background to she dared not be seen on the s~reets. dec~ared that the p~ple are taxed ·:;·:.:.-:.\~.•.c·:'·.'·..:{.:~.;.:,:.;'.;;,···•'.~.f.'.;·:·;·.';;',. I ,~lit be almost forgotten, The present She hid at the home of fnends, ! un.t1l they have nothing left. If a ·.;>,,,w_::':,:i\,·:"})J;i., , <,\f:j Russian invasion of Finland, how- while &.nother girl hurriedly applied family has no money their cow ls :::". ;.l\·/'.'··,.~.;..·•.,·'. ·.:.:;·-,.,·\.::4·.t;.f, . ·, ;:-/:'. ever, recalls former years when for a passport to Amenca. The girl taken. :,::,Y:. ·. ,. ;;, ,-.-.,::,?":1·,::~\-,r:\ , ·'.:/t.'' Russia was, as today, the aggressor. brought it to Miss Korpela and thus Education is considered mos,t im- ,?t:-:;:·;::1:/\,,\;'//t)? · '".• ·~•-,:. Mrs. Hanscom kindly told us in- WI th the borrowed passport she portant in Finland we were told. ' ·;:/(."'> ;'.J', f ,~. · '\ teresting stories concerning Fin- sailed from the harbor of Hango to All children are sent either to a ... ,.·,YtA?'-:;/ ';';"'l' land's eventful history. In an inter- America and never returned to her public school or to a church school. 1-.. • ·::Sf:;>'.?: .. .,.,;; view last week Mrs. Hanscom turn- native shore again. Her parents did Five hours a week are devoted to • , ;;j.jff:,ff:t~~t?.';F} • t!i;·l(' ed back the years to 1900 when she not even know where she was until religion and cali9thenics and mus- . ,.:, . ,..'·/,J':'fJ · t~::;,·, was a young girl employed in a she had gone , She heard later that ic are among the required subjects . •::,>;-.,}(::1t::; ,;:, ,. 1store in Helsinki, Finland. There the d~y after ~er flight police were taught . Languages are usually in \,,'::?tJ\::f.1_\•,,;;'J,','. · .;; . : was great strife in the little Nordic scouring the city for her, question- it.he curriculum. Mrs. Hanscom .. \ •.., ··t .,>, <,<'"'. ·~, ,.,: coll1'.try_ at that time. Just as t~e ing her friends and searching their spea~ ffve _languag~, German, . :,· , •· ,,· ., Ph11lppmes are now under Amen- homes. Russ1an, Finnish, Swedish and Eng- . f-":,:;~-:, ...,,,:.. 0~;,,'1f.'.\::> '.;-:, ,! can rule, so the people of Finland It took seven days to cross the l!sh. . . . .:.··')., .-''.'. ':-';!.t/{ } ~IJ \ were then under the rule of Rus- Atlantic and when the boat landShe explained that winte'. begms . 1• .'\ ·-:.-2: :;:.'b{-fic. i .•i -: sia. They had their own govern- ed m th e harbor of New York the in Finland about Thanksgiving ,t ime · , o :,•·". :·-,t·,~,,,r~·;.• : ?j.;;({ ment up until the time of the death young F!nnish girl was heartsick and that it ~omes extremely cold -:·, , ·;,•,·~. · of Alexander III when the ruling and warned. The language seemed during the wm.ter mon ths. Spring ·: ·.: ,·;:::,:.'-,. , _',,.T \,'.>:..' became tyrannical. Rus~ian officers impossibh! to learn at firs t, but ~he comes q_uickly, _h?wever, and 'the :,' ~"-· were sent to change the laws of obtained employment among Am- country 1s magmflcent rut that time. 1 ,\, .,: . .-:•,<,'/·,i:,;...,'.';-f-' '.~·.\:,?·t. :. Finland; the people were compelled ericans in the cit.y and gradually The lakes and streams are full and [' .'~~-\..<;)·'..;,··.'~.i.··.:"'.}~.·.:..,:;i.\{'.} :•,;-:\~g1j to substitute the R'.1ssian_ l_anguage mastered . it it by 11.stening and ,t he waterfalls tremendously power- . __ ,,:\;.'/}~};';;r\/;7-~,_:: ;,.:.C?'•f;, for the1r own; their rellg1on, too, I ,t.alkmg with them. Two years later ful. Soon the ground is wft and ·: ,-: :· -.<'•:;;,:,,::;_'\>7,c:' •\·>•t:. was to be altered. Russian men were she married an army officer and ' ready for planting. For food, rye J '"·/'":.•,;..\.·,::,;_- i\)}~~ I ~->,:~:, sent to Finland to marry Finnish ! set up housekeeping in the Phil- bread is the Finns mainstay. ·~· •'.' : ·· .':·,'.t;'~ ·y,•i I ··\'.'.:\ girls and Finnish _men were ~xp~c- I ipp_ine Islands. From then o~ she Wheat, barley and oats a~e grown , ,'. : .-··-:='c:·,'.tt :;.i{ .....'.'" ted to marry Russians, thus binding : v1s1ted Chma, Japan, Hawan and and like in Sweden, t h ere 1s a sur- . 'i ~ , "'._, . ::::;:,>,·_\(:;i , -.'t'" · '. the two nations more securely to- · many other por ts in and near the plus of butter and milk. Potat oes :, · · · _,;:-i'; ;;:"_ ·~•~';\ ::::: :- gether. The Finns protested, but as ; Orient. She traveled ex,tensively and other nge ta'bles are raised and :'.\\-,:/::/i··-·. r ·.,::,.. :, soon as they voiced their objections \ and has crossed the Pacific four stored for winter use in low cellars ··· -;;-.·,{'~.: ,: ../'t.' they were suppressed. It was or- : t imes in army transport boaits'. She dug in dry ~andy places on the ·:, i' ·:.:'; ;' ' ~~-~ dered that in no words, spoken or :j Hmarked that it took as Jong as 30 farms. The vegetables will keep 1· , .: :· . · •· "c•·. , wntten, were the Finnish people to , da ys to cross in one of those boats, here during ~he · coldest months . · :· /. _:· . ':.·,. express opinions about the govern- She alrn Jived in California. When without fre·ezing. Berries of all I' .-. ::, ,~, . ment, If _a nyone was known to re- her children became of school age, varieties grow in Finland and frui:ts Ir,, be!, he disappeared and was never .1however, sh e and her husband de• and even nuts are found in the t : :; 1 .rr•. · ~1;'.-_~~_)' heard from again. He may have cided to choose a permanent resi• -southern area. · f 1 ,(f'-; ?een engaged at his work or walk- 1, d~1:'.ce. A small town in Maine Mrs. Hanscom declared that the .· : ',· ·;.· mg down the street when he was ] was her husband's wish as he had Finnish women are exceptionally , 1 : :} Jt.., seized by Russian soldiers. It was . originally come from ith;t state, and fine cooks and meat pies are their i , .~,.:•.,· said that these persons who defied , Kittery was selected. specialty. These are made wit h ' 0 • :· ·'·· :; • authority were exiled to Siberia. : Although ~he has known many l>eef, boiled rice and eggs baked in · :-::_;Mrs. Hanscom, or Ida Korpela as different types of nationalities in i a pie shell in a square pan. Much , I 1 ,·., ' she was then known, was one of her life, Mrs. Hanscom maintains butter is included in all Finnish · the many young people amidst that "people are just people where- ' foods. Their pie crust Ls flaky I thi~ cha?s, who in spi_te of Russian ~er you -travel. They are it!1e ! because of the large amount of roll- j _.~:~~ .!1_on, publlshed small pam..!' . _ . _ .· _ : in1r An<l noun<line: i.t, i., 1riven. TbP. \. •<·i· 1 ·r,,'.;:;,. ,)'Tl ':.~t;.::.~mi '1 I .\ r:::.: ·:,\h , ?"':\J '.-:,;,'.'.~;?;Jt;\{i;i I. '. 0 l :'?:::i:' r/\.·/1 ;·.{;r~rir I. :-: ,·'..\\ '.,,:'?.,~:':\)rc.~~~! �i-~'.~: >~inn~- ~~o :-~~ar. -!;~,;' ,~~~a~~:: :~-~~~~~s ~j;· ;;:: -~-'.§,~~~~ '~s~ -~ ~racti~fTheir food Ls for the moEt part which the Finnish people are most · ·''' )1~'.~ ·, . whole.some and nutritious. A meat \ famous ls the steam bath. Mrs. : ,. : mixture wrapped in a cabbage leaf ! Hanscom described it to us. Almost fastened with a toothpick and I every horn~ has a private ·bath b~ked is another favorite Finnish t 1house. These are built of . wood and di5h. . · [ are very tight. A steel boiler at one \ The houses in Finland are much \ ·e nd of- the interior is placed over a warmer than homes here, she as- large brick fireplace where the water ,. ser,ted. The city apartment houses is heated. Loose round stones are are shaped much differently. The placed on the floor above a drain. · rooms in them are not nece.:-.sarily The water is poured over the stones square as ·they are here, but may be and thence the steam. After steam;--~--:/ round or ,three cornexed. ing for a short time, they run out '· The majority of the houses in the and roll in the snow. The Finns call ~ -: ,.r·. >. • country are built of logs, tightly the baths "sauna" and believe they ' · --:-:. fitted; the interior walls are plas- will cure almost anything. ·.-·, tered. Two floors with a layer of Mrs. Hanscom has never returned ,,, ., - sand between them make up for the to her native land. America i5 now Jack of cellar, and keep out the her home and she has adopted its -· cold. The buildings are almost all customs and mode of living. Two of of the one story type. A sort of her sisters have since come to make attic above is filled with sawdust their homes in the United States; with enough room left for the house- .· one is living in Detroit and the other wife to hang her clothes. ' in Boston. She corresponds regularly To heat their country homes, the . with a remaining sister in Finland ·,'. ._.. , .. Finns burn wood in enormous fire- whose son and daughter's husband ,. i. : , ;. places made of brick. A house are both in the present war. She 1 ',•.::i,:.·,i_;':_._'._-,· usually has one big living room received a letter from this sister on -,i ·- which is sometimes also a kitchen. Jan. 1. It had been 1nailed in ... , :--·::-.--'' Here the largest of the fireplaces Finland on Nov. 29. Although she is • .- .::·· can be found. The· winter evenings concerned about t,he fate of her homei , , ·: are very long. After the cattle are land, Mrs. Hanscom expressed the ~;- fed, the family gathers around the belief that her people will again be ., . fire and by the light of oil lamps, successful in repulsing their enemy · ,· --'· · . •' · the women knit, spin or weave and that their courage and forti' ~"" ; . ' '.':_::: while the men make harness, or re- tude, which has earned the admira}:~ pair some farm tool. Several sleep- tion of the world, will aid them once · ,-: r::::· , · ·,,,,,.- ing rooms are off the main room. more in preserving their freedom. -. ':-:'-;- t•,,/·i:. ·_,. :··:T,, •:;', ? :,i;t::,,--~- '}':':<£ ;-::· j'fi,'...~ ·:,:~· Although she comes from a country . ·, .. -~"·1 ...\,' ,.:-!' ~-.,;~{.,.:~~ ::..~: "'· ·. ·p~ .. ~ ·-... :.. , . . .t_~ •••:-·;~· ,.· •=,. .. ·-~¾_..-. -~•:1.!.Ji: '• • ,,.,,, .. ,,,,,,.--•',.'' ' , ' ' , ' , ' ' , ' • •••••· •-r · ,•,.,,·,h',. h th e te mpera t ure reac hes50 were L\. ~ .. .,,. {) ., g_ • , _ - -. _: .'• r_,··,;,:=t•'':J,,--_,~~--,,. ,\ ,.:.- ·:_-,'-,--:}~, ~·~· -;", to 60 below zero, Mrs. Hanscom says · ~ ~1 • :-..>t- ~.Q '..: ·.-,.- ___,,,,_,;·,·'.. ":(,_;. ·,: , '. -~- . .--<•.·,~ _:·'.:. · t-~: 1 that she was never cold until she -:·· ...,:.~;-,- ;·~:;..' , . ·\\:~ -.-··..._ • ••• • :·.· •• : ~ .~- .... r~;J . 1 .-· :j. 1>'..~~;;;\:~,.\',_,~;·: .•. ·• ~_..~ &;~1-. -.-: ·: : · .\\. :-~- -:~.: ~ 'f-v:.;_~;; ·t . Here he insists .- >·~.··::-::,- ,, !'I · / ; ' ~ • \ ·,,,. ' . "''\ ~:;r, ..~,£·;~:~;:- \.:~; ~ ~·- -r- ·.'.i, !......:;";--"j.J'l~~~•r,... ..;J:...-;:t}\.... came to Amer1ca. 1s , · .~ .... , ·· ~-;,~_'·._:--d,!,t?t: ► ;1.",_\~'Zt: . ::..;,~(\.;'~·:··-~·~-,1;':~-;;~ 1 -... '~~-~::1:.1:7 . .1_Jc~: 'i, . .,._ ,., · ---,,.... ...,., ,•. the houses are drafty and are n ot -.~:t,. \J, ..--:);.i ~-:~~;._~v. :/,··.: · .-.i: .:~:~• ·1.; <:: ·1 ~".,.r ~. .:.. ~.i::~:-:: r. \ kept warm enough. ,_;<-:;?-,.·;,;: ,:.. , ··::::>: \¼ ~' ·-;---:--;.,·,.; ,:: ...: ;:~ ,, . , •. ·--·{ • hi~~ ~~tttin:;\!~~is!it~rl~o:f:~ v -·-·-,-,.;w~ ;· f I I 1,,. J h Cutts OSep o·1es --,. · -.:-;.~,.. . ,- ~- .,._ . -· , . At Kittery Point : ~ I ::.· · linings and woolen stockings. In summer cotton is substituted for the -The death of Joseph Chester Cutts, wool, Silk is a luxury seldom a prominent resident of Kittery . known. Point, occurred at his home this ,,. Mrs. Hanscom showed us a dress morning. ; >. ·•. which she had worn in Finland and Mr, Cutts was born in Kittery, ,,. . -·- _,. '/ had brought with her to the United Feb. 16, 1864, the son of the late : ··, ;:. ·. States. Of course · the fashion is William W. and Mary Joanna Cutts, .- "'.:C,,_·q very different from that worn here. · and for over fifty years had con:·::-~~•- '.·1 First there is a white waist; over this ducted an ice, wood and lumber ~ ·:<-;_·:.' is worn a light blue sleeveless dress business at the Point. For nine , .··_\Jt:i · of the jumper type. There is ab- terms he held the office of selectman . solutely no style to the cut of the and was a member of Naval Lodge, '_-.,.,~: 1,';( garment, but Mrs. Hanscom ex- AFAM. , '' :'-'. plained that the fit didn't matter as Mr. Cutts is survived -by two sons, :. ~., ,;:· one wore a belt with it anyway. And Joseph w. of Kittery Point, and ,i~·~J'."-, such a belt!~It is silver with dangling Robert of North Hampton, four ' I. stars. Matching heavy silver orna- daughters, Mrs. Carl L, Brown of ments adorn the front of the cos- Norway, Me., Miss Marion Cutts of tume. The metal is almost savage in 'Brighton, Mass., Mrs. Russell Merappearance. The dress is made of rill of Hampton Falls and Mrs. han'd woven wool and ls attractive Philip Foley of Kittery Point, 18 and very soft, Along the bottom is grandchildren and 2 great-grandan interwoven design in red and children; also one brother, Edward · blue. A full length strip . of white Oliver Cutts, who resides in Caliwool fringe is sewn along each side ,. ::f,-=o:=..rn=ia::::._ _________ ,.._ _.., of the gown. A silver band with red . : - · . l. .. streamers to be worn on the head ·_,-. :,~ --~ - ' "i:-~ ~ 0 completes the ensemble. · · · ', ·' Almost all their clothes are homemade. They raise their own sheep • ,\., and spin their linen. The linen grows in swampy places. Its stalks ,.i are dried and chopped and as the I ' outer shell is broken away, the I. strong linen threads are found in- '.- ~>'.:,: j ·; :· ;/; f 0 • • •: , .• &i(;ie.,_ __________ ~-----·· ·-·- •• , • ·- , , , , ,_,;,,; -~- ,,·. "'., ,,,,.__ 7 · - - · ' • •- . . {.~ �H. M. S. Harlo w and Part of His Pa inting s Of Doorwa ys of Portsmouth Colonia l Ho uses. One of the biggest art exhibitions at the state library at Concord has just concluded and many were deeply interested in the display. This was of old Portsmouth doorways, showing fifty paintings of H. M. S. Harlow of Dennett street this city, who has painted the original door ways of some of Portsmouth's famous old colonial homes. During the month of January these paintings were on display in the State Library in Concord, and hundreds of people viewed them with admiration, not only of the work, but that any community has such 'Ii permanent rec ord of colonial architecture. There are 50 doorways portrayed, no two alike, and they represent a vast amount of research. Door"l'(ays that were built in the 1700's and early 1800's with three as early as the 1600's are represented. Some of these were on buildings long torn down, but pictures or descriptions have enabled the painter to make a likeness of them. They are all framed, about 14 by 24 inches in size, and have been done within the past eight years. This is something permanent that will preserve for future generations the colonial architecture of Portsmouth. The ability to portray these doorways is a distinct advantage for historical research, as in u ure ears a true picture of them will be available; The doorways are all named, the artist using the name of the original owner of the house. As an example the house that is kl'lown today as the Warner House is listed as the Archibald MacP headris house, as it was Captain MacPheadris who had the house built. Doorways that will delight the eyes of architects, taken from buildings that have been converted to other uses than homes, some from tumble down houses, are restored on canvad by this artist. Mr. Harlow is assisted in his work by Mrs. Harlow, and her father, Charles H. Magraw of 307 Dennett street. The painting is done by Mr. Harlow, b,ut much of the research is done by Mr. Magraw and Mrs. Harlow. Mr. Magraw who is a ·retired carpenter has worked ·on many of these , houses and he has a very keen me1nory of the appearance of some of these older houses on which he was employed in repairing. His technical advice is of great value. Mrs. Harlow is interested in early Portsmouth history, and has compiled much information that is of value. This hobby of Mr. Harlow's is a fascinating one for him. He is enthusiastic the architectural construction and design of houses, and his putting them on canvass has assured a picture record of these entrances. He is not satisfied with 50 doorways reproduced, but intends to keep on, as he finds more information regarding these places, to transfer from the word picture to the canvas, these doorways to Portsmouth homes. Some of the scenes are simply the doo1:way, while others include a figure of a person entering or leaving the house. True in every detail as far as possible, these canvases carry the date of the construction of the house. Some of these are approximate, and as investigation of other doorways progresses information is often times secured to give the original date. Only recently, during some research work, discovery was made that the names on the doorways were not the original owners, and Mr. Harlow repainted the names. Throughout the work of research many discoveries are made which are carefully filed for future use. The paintings include the following: Richard Jackson Samuel Wentworth Ursula Cutt Timothy Waterhouse , Archibald MacPheadris Henry Sherburne, 2d �George Jaffrey Portsmouth churches. His drawThe recent finding of a. 100-yea'l"Stephen Chase ing of Christmas eve at St. John's is old receipt in the attic at the home Matthew Livermore one of his outstanding church plcof George Moneg,han at Newfields John Newmarch tures. Others include the old of.fers proof that the wool industry Joshua Peirce Universalist church, Middle Street once thrived in our neighboring Dr. Samuel Langdon Baptist, Queen Anne's Chape\, and town. The transa.ciion deals with Gov. Benning Wentw'th 1750• the old North church. He also has two of :the Iea.d.ing citizens of :that Josepj1 Brewster 1750• completed an int~rior of the old ,time, Dr. Phineas Trull and c. a. Capt. Gregory Purcell 17513 Universalist church, and has nearly P. Moses. Dated Dec. 27, 1940, the Thomas Wentworth 17~o• finished another view of the intedocwnent shows that Dr. Trull George Gaines 1761 rior of the same church. bought "23¼ 6heep gray cashmere," Capt. John Moffat 1763 It's just a hobby with Mr. Harlow. .for which he paid $3.57. It was Gov. John Wentworth 1769 He was formerly a commercial ar- signed "received payment, C. C. P. Capt. Richard Salter 1769 . tist in business in Boston and Low- Moses · and Co." Dr. Trull, who Joshua Wentworth , 1770 ell, until his health forced him to died in 1848, was one of the leading Benjamin Austin 1782 retire and. he came to this city. citizens of that part of Newmarket Nathaniel Dean 1783 During his residence in Portsmouth which ls now Newfields. He occuGov. John Langdon 1784 he has taken great interest in its pied the house- known as that of C'pt. Thomas Thompson 1784 history and hopes sometime to have William Cairo, Ellversmith of early Jeremiah Hill 1789 a museum to hold the paintings, times. 0 Ichabod Rollins 1790 thus preserving them for the future. Dr. Nathaniel A. Haven 1799 A welcome is always assured those John Peirce 1799 who are interested in seeing the John Haven 1800 work of Mr. Harlow. William Jones 1800" Portsmouth Atl1enaeum 1803 Langley Boardman 1805 James Rundlett 1806 Capt. Samuel Chauncey 1807 George Libbey 1808" Jeremiah Mason 1808 Academy (public libr'y) 1809 Abram Wendell 1809 Edward Cutts 1810 Dr. William Cutter 1812 Samuel S. Ball 1812" Robert. Rice 1814• John Davenport 1814 Samuel Larkin 1815 Custom House 1816 Abram Wendell 1816 Thomas Haen 1818 Capt. William Briard 1824 Alexander Ladd 1830• (•Approximate date.) But doorways are not alone the only interest in old Portsmouth that Mr. Harlow has. He has many of the old houses painted, some are pen and ink sketches, some are pencil drawings, but most of them are paintings. Only recently two paintings were entered in an exhibition in Manchester. These were the Gov. Benning Wentworth mansion and the old state house, showing the Parade, now Market square. In his collection are many such houses, some painted from information gleaned here and there long after some of the buildings . had been tol'n down. Other buildings have been painted as t.hey looked when Portsmouth Herald Pliota first constructed, before additions Robert Leonard and His Model of Memorial Brid9• were made. All this has taken a great deal of study, to determine the appearance of the building during Robert Leonard Bechard, 15- high and the roadway three its early periocl. Many of these have year-old Portsmouh High school wide. resulted in discovery of hiformation The youthful builder, who hopes regarding others. In an effort to sophomore, whose hobby is building secure information for a picture of models, put the finl5hing touches some day to l>e an aeronautical enthe building located on the site of today on a match-stick miniature of gineer, has built many airplane models from balsam wood, ha.s the present Franklin block, discov - the Memorial bridge, Young Bechard, son of Mr. and carved submarines .from the soft ery of the building situated there of Daniels wood and even built a miniature much earlier was lllade, and this has Mrs. John Bechard been transferred to canvas by the street, has been working four weeks battleship that will fit in the palm on the model, spending a.II his spare of his hand, description that was obtained. During the bullding of the model small wooden A feature of his work has been time glueing the bridge young Bechard said he first hi,5 sketches of early Portsmouth matches into an exact replica of the drew a picture of the original churches. Started originally for the bridge that has spanned the Pis- structure and from those plans procataqua river since 1924. Hsrlow~• personal Christmas cards, The bridge ls 27 1-2 inclles long, ceeded to make the tiny structure he bas increased his drawings until towers 12 1-2 inche6 from match sticks. now he has near! all of the early the draw �-,_,_-:.,-~-_ -_--_- .,,,--__-_-_:--_-_-_-"'--~---_-_;--_-_- ---------- - - - - - - - - - - -- ---------- - - JArm y; Na vy--8ll-a-di-ng·--==----=----=::---c"'.""~-- f , ·' ,'. ,,:··,; ,,<'.,'·;·?~ fii3 1 i!; ·: '~ :- Dedicated At Impressive ::~ Sunday Ceremonies I I I was followed by the presentation of ,_ two flags. Capt. H . R. Greenlee, USN, in· dustrial manager at the Portsmouth navy yard in presenting an , American flag, gave a. brief hdstory of the Army and Navy association, telling of its being formed as a club for enlisted men and that as �!···1 -----· -· -~.,. -------=-=---------·--------· ---·- ·------~----.. . ------~. ·----·--------- ____ ....:.__ ------. - · ----- - --------· -· . :! ·----- In New Home ---7 · ----· reverently touched its fold, he safrf I _,__ _· "because of its standing, because · D~dication Address \ "we therefore on this occasion dedi1 of what it represents, I would live 1 The speech of · dedication was by I l cate 1:1 the name of God and the .. ,. : and die under its influence." ! Lieut. Colonel Norman s. Marshall, ' Salvation Army th~ _building-the · · nd ! i Following the selection by the ' field secretary of the Eastern terri- Armyth a Navy bmldmg of Ports- . band "A Hiding Place" and · the i tory. He began by extending his mou -to perpetuate and to carry ';.:· offering, Rabbi Samuel Epstein, \ congratulations not only to the on ~he ideals ~nd 111 s~rvice of the SalPresident of the Ministerial Ass-O- : local corps, but to Major Albert vation Army .~his community to · t· ts , p· k · f th . . . the years ahead. c1a ion of Por mouth and vicinity, \ ic_ ermg as we 11 ' or e d1v1S1onal The prayer of dedication was brought greetings from that organ- : officer · t· d d' of-- the - Northern • t New Eng'bl \ Rev · Arthu r A. R ouner, pas to r by of 1za 1011. He expressed the best 11an 1v1s1on 1s m par respons1 e the North Church. 1 wishes for a happy period of ser- 1 for _the success of the local corps. 1 Following the dedication the \vice, stressing the will to serve hu- ! Tellmg of the fine results. from building was thrown open for public ·' manity for which the organization 1 small starts, he said that 1f the inspection and nearly everyone pres"is noted. ! pages oi history cou!d _be turned ent took advantage of the opporMrs. Dimond, who with her hus- 1back to 1865 the begmnmg of the tunity to look over this new headband, Major. Victor Dimond, was I Salvation Army and its rise, would I quarters. The first floor is devoted , in charge of the local corps from \ read as a prophecy most fantastic. to the public lobby, recreation room, 1934 to 1937, sang a solo. . From one soap box to 1800 pulpits, library and office. In the second , The next speaker was Hon. from a handful of converts to a . floor is the senior auditorium, the 1 , ·:. Charles M. Dale, a member of the I marching army numbering a mil- officers quarters and private office. · Governor's council. Calling atten- J lion strong, from a local London The third floor will be used as resi1 •' tion that it was nearly 50 years ago ··:I mission to an int.ernational move- dence for men, while in the basethat the first citadel of the Salva- ment covering 120 countries, from ment are shower baths, club rooms, tion Army was established in Ports- one Fiddler Jim to a big band of lockers, kitchen and young people's mouth, he stated that the past 50,000 people from a little group of hall. inspires the future, as it points to- sinners to a million seekers, from one The visting Salvation Army ofii:_ ward a larger service of tn~ Sal- broken hearted erring girl to a · cials were deeply pleased with the - vation army, Bringin~ gireetings chain of maternity houses where new arrangements and especially from Governor Francis p_ Murphy there are 25,000 cases handled every with the dedication service. The and the people of the state, he ex- year from one Unprovised shelter, cooperation of the people of Portst.ended best wishes for a continua- to 12,000,000 beds and 25 ,000,000 mouth was especially noticable by tion of the fine work of the organ- meal~; he recit.ed, saying "Wlhat a these visitors who remarked upon izs.iion. He said that the greatest history. What a development for the fine representative attendance. . honor to anyone is to serve his any organization to boa.st of in less Refreshments were served by the ~ fellow men, and emphasized this · than 75 years and we feel that i localth corp_s, _following the inspection '.\ is what the Salvation Army is do- here in Portsmouth our cause has ' of e bmldmg. ing, and predicted that it would made its pro ratio of service." The young people's People's service Lein charge of the Young continue to do this in the future , Th~ speaker elaborated upon the I gion with Capt. Ruth Frey of Port\ saying that we should all help in prmc1pl~ of the Army and that a I 1and conducting. _ , this service as in it we will find person 1~ saved to save others. This i At 7.30 the Gospel service was in _ Y \ charge of Maj. Al~ert Morrill. This 1l true happiness and = ~rh1·eve the full- he contm1:1e d mak es for sympath est award. and const1t_utes,_ a _love for service. included several gospel .:;ongs, and •· E. Curtis Matthews, president of T_he service principle, that ofadap- · then Major Morrill spoke about the 1· · · '. :"' the Army and Navy Association tability he explained in detail. This work of the Salvation Army and the , board and a member of the advis- means help to the immediate press- Social Service center. The Social "j1ory board of the Salvation Army ing need, and service that is not Service Center will operate in the · _.~ was the next speaker. In his brief always orthodox er any precon- old building on state street. This · · talk, Mr. Matthews told of the idea lceived nation of ideas. He cited as will be in charge of Sgt. Samuel Mc.,:. being suggested some time ago, of an example of thlS the entry mto Clure, while Albert Legacy of Port the Salvation Army taking over the tlhe World War s~rvice. "In fact", land will manager the center. T building, but it was not felt to be he explained, "we were not wanted. transients will be housed and fed feasible, but when Captain Low- 1I_ happ~n to know from my associa- \ that building. Mr. and Mrs. Lega man was assigned here and showed t1on_ with the Salvation Army in I will reside in the building. · . -,1his ability as a leader, the board havmg had to do with the inaugur- f Music for the meeting consist '. :; · \ felt that their objections of the Iation of that service that certainly of a duet "Wonderful Story of Lov ; ': j past had been removed. The speak- our entry was not orthodox." The by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Garland . ' . •:.: \ er paid high tribute to Captain W. speaker continued by telling of the 1· this city, and a vocal solo by Myr 1 ; -, ... L. Hill, who, he said, had much to history of the entry into the World Morrill, of Portland. ; · '1 do with the construction of the War service, how one man and a few ~ -~-~--..! building as an Army and Navy followers went to France, after hav· · - ·_· ·' ·-,_ :-· · ;• ·· .', ' : , '.•/~ Home. "I am sure if Captain Hill ing been turned down in this coun. · ·; · ,:;~ ~ 0 , ._, ..,j I was with us today that he would I try, and offered their services to , ,··;<, feel very much gratified that the General Pershing and were accept·,\\/! building was being turned over to . ed; The results are well known. , , .•l the work of t.he Salvation Army," ·-1 'We try to adapt ourselves to the :' . j he concluded. .needs of the community" he stated . ·_,,_ I Th• Nosh= Songstm wm nextll In ie,d!ng up to th, d•dication ol •• on the program, presenting a vocal I the bmldmg, he spoke of the work 1 :·.. 1l selection. of the Army and Navy Association ~--l and stated that the Salvation Army --. · is grateful for the building which is · dedicated to the helpfulness of the American Army and the Navy, and ~ I g; 4',· 1 ,· ;l' I I ~ ~ L -~---- ,--,. - . ~ },.1·•..4· 'I:: .:,. '.;,. ·• �.-~%t~ -~:~t<ii·i\:\_,:; S.":'::~f:tr.. ~ / . ;~~-:~~ s... ·>\ ,~;:;, .· · .;:-".',:\~2- ~'- ~ :t~ ~ -Y:~'n t:~ro..',:> v.'~~ ~ri:;f•:· ]f Rotary Hears Story ]i~:,~ i~rl ;;;~;i;:;~~nt:~,;:iiio'·1d•,.e\.s R ,. .e·,s·1·d·.,,e'>nt'·~o';,_ :j_, 0f Squalus Rescue · c~~~ Rye o1 ·es ,t·: he was forced to come back. Still (':,-, ;J-·,, 6···-· ·f• .. · .. :.v:' :l 1 :·:;·-,Andsavage 1 : ''.: ·1 1~i:~::r;~v:~~?~;te:i:a!~~:t. -:_1 as the !me had begun to break, (all but one strand being broken) the attempt was made to haul it by . ! ,; hapd. This was done only after it J. ; · _ _ __ had been let down to the bottom and . water blown out of the chamber. In His 95th Year The story of the rescue of 33 men · Comdr, McKee explained that all - -l g'.;! from the depth of the Atlantic ocean , were placed in the recompression Abram J. Drake, the oldest re °'.;½~~- and the subsequent raising of the j chamber, not because they were un- - dent of Rye and a man wid ;:•:_{ sumbarine Squalus, from the view- ' der pressure, but because it was the . known, especially among summ quickest method of getting the sur- · residents who have been coming I point of a man who was on board vivors warm. They remained in the ' Rye Beach over a long period :j. the rescue ship, was told today at chamber for half an hour and then yeal\5, died yesterday, at his ho ( ;.:2. the Rotary club meeting. Comdr. A. taken out and put to bed, and then the Drake House, a,t the .:orner 1 .:r ~ I. McKee, USN,. who was aboard sent to the navy yard on dispatch the Ocean boulevard and Sou !t~e Falcon during the rescue opera- . boats. I road at Rye Beach in his 95th ye l ';.f, uons and the weeks of salvage work, The next job was to investigate · Mr. Drake was born Sept. 1 • :J was the speaker and he gave a most the aft torpedo room. It was not · 1845, the son of Joseph Jenne .1 \-Z:~ interesting account of the work. definitely known that it was flooded, . Drake and Clar1-'sa (Knowle 1-·i'.f Devoting the first portion of his and the bell went down on the af- Drake and had been a lifelong r , ~ talk to the rescue work, he began ternoon of the 25th and upon open- ident of R ye. with the arrival of the rescue ship _. ing the hatch, water was discovered. He founded the Drake House 1:-~~ Falcon , which reached the disas~r · The hatch was again closed and the may years ago. f;:!i., sce~e about 4.30_a. m. May_24. Upo_n : bell made its last trip back to the · Mr. Drake was the olda,.t mem~ ir;;,;.2' arrival, and while getting mto pos1- ~- top. of O...«g00d Lodge, I OOF, of this city [i{f tion, U1e divers who were to go over Lack of time prevented a long dis- having joined the organizaition Dec I. ./J, the side, were sent to the Sculpin, •· cussion of the salvage work, but the 16, 1869, over 71 yeans ago. He w [·~§if a sister ship, for an inspection trip, ; speaker told of this work that took · one of the oldest Odd Fellows i\?i for they could examine that under- • many weeks in as brief a time as the s.tate. 1:·}[ seas craft and prepare their proce- · possible. The work of attaching Mr. Drake was a man of sterli 1 ~-,t, dure as the Squalus was built on the pontoons for the first lift, and the .· qualities and had a host of frien !• 1:::;,,. same lines. subsequent lifts were related with He was always interested in i ...:\ After getting into position, the the speaker telling of the results of ·· matters pertaining to the welfare '. J;"; speaker stated the first diver was the attempts. Coming into the har- .., his native town. bor, he stated, due to the necessity ·:, He is survived by one son, Abbo 1• ).1-_ Chief Boatswain's mate M. C. Sibit, ;,,'('d zky and he slid down the line, for returning the ship to the bot- ,. B. Drake and two grandsons, He ; -~, making th~ first . trip about 10.15 _ tom and making another attempt, __: bert R. and Philip . S. Drake of R ; ?.-'. that mornmg. HIS plans were to high water was missed and the ves- i, Beach, and one sister, Mrs, Bl ' '--'1i land near the torpedo room and sel came in on low water, grounding [ .:;~· he land it within six feet of the hatch three times, once near Whales back, · ) ,·"./;~!i; ~J?]-T.I;,. , ,,':f the descending line was brought : again at Fort Point, and finally at S:;!f~.,•.:J?1\rt~1:. . ~•t down and then the down haul line Henderson's Point. These were but "" ,......... .. ..................... ~ .. ~-;.: ..· ! secured. The decks were cleared : for a few minutes. ;/ji,: of the telephone line, and as the Arriving at the Navy Yard, it was \11 · I Abram Drake Was .·.f .. /ti I :g~ 0 ;1l 'I 1 rtr :t~: Local Navy Ya rd ~ Recommendation r , Tota I $420 000 . ~~:·.:.·:_ ...,- speaker stated, the diver did a two days to bring the submarine :_:1·:1·-: i:/;~; complete job, and no one had to go to the surface, said the speaker, :'·:. : 1.·':.,.;; down again on that work. He was and then it was floated on its own· I k·:?' down abo_ut 25 minues Comdr. ~c- buoyancy and then docked. The first'? : / \ .· Kee stated, and explained the pro- repairs were made and then it was ·, . - -- · ! ·-::;: cess of coming to the surface, due undocked and ls plainly visible now. ;~ : Washington, Feb. 12 (AP) f ~~1 tot he sea pressure. . He estimated that it would be put .:."I' T~e House appropriations com r::(:,\ The speaker then described the ,. into commission about the first of mitte_e today recommended ex rescue chamber, giving a minute May and should be operating about -;_I, penditure of $420,000 at t he Ports description of the workingo of this ; the first of September, he said in mou~h navy 27 yard, divided as fol 1-:.i:J,;_i!f,. diving bell, which was used for the closing. •j, lows, S ~,ooo for barracks an first time in rescue work. He conWalter F. Lane was chairman of .:i: mess ~all ; SZS,OOO fo_r roads and ':-.:,t--r tinued his explanation of the work· th_e_ m_eetin , : walks, $lOO,OOO for pipe and maJ'f: ·. •All' f th f t • d ·:: -,.-. •. .1: chine shops and $25,000 for eleclt~ '.-!'! mgs, "' mg O e our rips ma e. :::..-~it,;.,~ ·1, t ric capstans for dr 1,~ .....................2"' r ~i~: On the first, seven peop~e ~ere · ,'-~F-t i :1,::- brought up. On the next tnp eight ~ -· : ~. J.'•:;·~-,;<··,~. '. . f:, had been intended, but the com- -1 :,\ . ,. ;_'It • .~I_' . • "• • ·mander of the submarine asked to . •. ·'"•,·f..-;.··· ·~~. · have nine taken, as two were small. _ Z(: Nine were brought up in tihe th · 1-(~""'~, . . 1 , ~..... trip and eight m the fourth, :1,~ stated, and then explained the re [ son that the final trip was delaye i</.i6 155 feet from the surface. This w I. k,?, · caused by a, wire jamming and t 1"·~•,.,,/ unsuccessful attempts to bring r •__ •~:fi_ r to the surface by the operators 1 '· f{:·; the bell. The speaker explained th ; ,,,.~,'.:, Walt.er Squires was sent over t :-:.\;- _si~e, ~is j~b being to d~c~nne~; t :,~~-~-,·j .~.i: !·;,:: .:'~*-·). ;.J: !}.a;, 1 , ;, 0 l t~t. ~c .....ls \?;; ,-:~·1r: r~ L~ •,'JJ', • • • . ' 1.. , , ... ~ ., ... , , ·' -~.:...-c (~.,;~,;..,r. "i< ~/~k:·>_;[,f~-t",:•:1 ·, - 1 ;q ,; " OS>.~ >!:?-· , •.-J<''M '/~~, ·-½:~~ ~p\: "~7,t • ~ "1:•'l:.l' '~ ,>,-.!~,r:•\·-, •. , •. J." ' I :· ,, , .•. ·· ~ . ., , .;, ~ �Salvation Army Dedicates .New H Army Moves To New Quarters After Many Years 111 State St.· Establishment Now Inadequate · Following a quarter of a century's service to the community, the Salvation Army corps in its new quarters is ready for an enlarged program that will render even greater service to Portsmouth. In meagre quarters in the old school building on State street the corps did valiant work and while handicapped by lack of room, achieved excellent results. Girl Guards, men's clubs; boys' groups, the Ladies Home League, and many other groups have all been organized and carried on successfully. The corps faces the future with great anticipation. Many. ideas for enlarging the work of each organization, and also for the corps as a whole, are being formulated. Capt. and Mrs. Clair Lowman for the past few years have directed the efforts of the local corps and under their guidance· the work has progressed in a manner to win approbation from the citizens as a whole. The new headquarters, the Army and Navy building is 24 years old, having been built to accomodate soldiers and sailors who were stationed here during the World war giving them an opportunity to hav~ a good room at reasonable rates, when they were given overnight leave in this city. Here there were recreation rooms, assembly halls, and showers av,-ilable. During the past year the Salvation Army has been taking care, of the less fortunate ex-seamen and service men with meals, lodgings, _transportation and clothing, cooperating with the Army and Navy Association. This valuable work will be carried on in the future. The full program of the Salvation Army will operate in the new building. Capt. and Mrs. Lowman will have their llving quarters there and there will be 20 rooms to let to help make up the larger overhead in operating the building. These larger more up to date, and better equipped quarters will handle the rellgious and group work, as well !I.!! make possible the extension of the program. matter . to the Salvation Army. man , is a man, and the Army will do, its best to restore a person sunk to the deepest depth to his rightful place in life with his fellowmen.• Such an organization is assured of the support of the citizens of the city and with its records of achievements in the past, the future outlook seems very bright indeed, for with the change in location to a much more attractive and accessible place, larger,· brighter, and modern, there is every indication of an increased interest on the part of the lt. Col. Hoffma·n· To Officiate At Open_ing Sunday To officiate at the dedication of the Army and Navy Building opening. Lt.-Colonel Edmund C. Hoffman A public reading and writing room will be included for the convenience of all and there is the possibility of public showers and a place for many young people to occupy their time in recreation and hobbies. The old building, which is owned by the organization, will be converted ·into a self-supporting social service center, i! plans go through. Second hand clothing and furniture will be on sale to those wishing to pay a small price for the needed articles rather than accept them as an outright gift of charity. Much of the work of ' the Salvation Army is well known. But there ls much fine work that is done so quietly and inconspicuoUB!y that few know about it. The support of the public in assisting in the Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners makes many a family happy on those two days, but the Salvation Army doesn't forget these people throughout tbe year. The understanding leaders in the work put many a wandering step on the right pa.th as a part of their work.' That no one ls beyond saving for humanity might well be a slogan of the or anlzation for it doesn't Lt.-Col6nel Hoffman is one of the most widely loved Salvationist personalities in the East, possessing as ~ does a disarming smile, contagious enthusiasm and a positiv_c genius for makmg -friends, coupled with thorough-going Salvationism and admirable Christian qualities. As a raconteur, he is tops in the territory. His fund of stories, appropos for every occasion, is practically inexhaustible and he has them right on the tip of his tongue. He is an inspiring leader and no matter how complex the problem or foreboding the difficulty, has the happy knack of smiling his way to victory with a company of men and women, whose best love, loyalty and sacrifice have been called forth by his action and example. Out of Lock Haven, Pa., at the turn of the century, Lt.-Colonel Hoffman served for nineteen years as a. Field Office, including an appointment at Nia.gars. Falls, N. Y., a city in which he remained for thirteen and a ha.If yel!,rs. Today, over two decades later, his name ls still a household word in that community. Since 1919 he has carried various headqua.rters' responsibilities, including service as Divisional Young People's Secretary for Northeastern Ohio, General Secretary in both the Northeastern and Southwestern Ohio commands, and Divisiona.l Commander for Northern New Jerse and Northea.s~rn Ohio. �History _Of Army In Portsmouth The first Salvation Army citadel opened in this city in 1885. In an extract from the Salvation War in America. of that year the following appears: "Early in ootot>er, Allegheny, Pa., was reopened, and the opening of Portsmouth,- New Hampshire was followed by that of sterling and Aurora, Illinois, both on October 11th." Captain and Mrs. Rober,t.s were appointed to the Port.smouth corps on April 28, 1894, entering upo~ their work in June. Np address JS on record as to the location of the corps, but in July a. postal address is recorded as 5 Warren street. (Warren street is now Portter street). In November of the same year Market street was listed as the address. Captain Scott and Lieutenant Falkner succeeded Captain and Mrs. Robertts, appointed Jan. 9, 1895. In April two women captains, White and Gage, were appointed to Portsmouth and they were followed la.ter in the same year by Captain and Mrs. Smith. These two were followed by Captain and Mrs. Morrill, appoinited March 25, 1896, w,ho were succeeded by Captain and Mrs. Taylor, appointed Oct. 21 of the same year. Another change of address is recorded, ba.ck to 5 Warren street. Captain Brundrett was next to come here and he was followed by Adjt. and Mrs. Fred Miller. A son of Adjutant and Mrs. M!ller is now active in Salvation Army work in New Jersey. Early 1n 1898 Ensign and Mrs. Dybing ca.me here and al.so during that year Captain Booth ca.me and also Lieutenant M!.els. Another change in address, this time to 17 School street 1s l!sted. The first of the year Captain and Mrs. Campbell and Lieutenant Ullom were appointed. The ·latter remained but a mort time and later in the year captain and Mrs. Laiwson came to ru;sume charge of the corps. From School street the headquarters were moved to 20 High street wtth Dover serving as an out~t. Following the transfer of Captain and Mrs. Law.son, Captain and Mrs. Dixon, and later Ensign Hanaen and Lieutenant Roberts were in charge, During the latter's stay another move is recorded, this time ,t o 4 Haven court. Others who served during the next two yean; were Captain and Mrs. McGrath, Capt&in and Mrs. Harris, En.sign and Mrs. Tilley, Capta.in Price and Lie-utenall't Andrews and Captain Norris and Lieutenant Osterberg. During their duties here another move in local headquarters was made, going to 12 Porter street. Here during the year 1903 others in charge were Captain Peter.son and Lieutenant M~wan, Captain Wheeler and Lieutenant Henry and Captain Williams. - Again the citadel was moved, going to 47 1-2 Court street. Following Captain Williams and Lieutenan't Henry were Ensign and Mrs. Parkins, Captain Wight, Ca.pta.in and Mrs. Hardy. These were succeeded by Captain and Mrs. '.Rudd and during their stay a move -t o 4 Hanover street was·made. Capta.in and Mrs. T. Haughn, Lieut. W. M, T1bbe1ils, Captain and Mrs. R. H. Veinot, Captain and Mrs. Fitzgerald, Captain and Mrs. R. B. Eva.n.s, Adj,t. M. E. Radcliff and Ca.pt. Charlene. Bushey, Captain and Mrs. Herbert Verrill, Capt. M. Ttbbebt.s, Captain and Mrs. William Wilson, Captain and Mrs. James Fftzgerald, Captain and Mrs. W1l11a.m Weatherly followed in charge. It was during the service of the Weatherleys' that the organization moved to its state street locaition, where for over a quarter of a cen.t ury it has remained. But prior to that a change from 4 Hanover street to 78 Hill street was made. During the period tha.t the Salvation Army has been at whe.t is known as the "old schoolho~e" among the older residents the following have been in charge: 1913-1914-Captain and Charles Olley. 1914-1916--Captain and James Beech. ' 1916-1919-Captain and Mrs. William Lawrence. . 1920-:?92~aptain and erick Farrar. 192-1923-Captain and Mrs. lam Addy. 1923-1925-C111pt, Charles Minors nd Ensign Fred Mc~innon. 1926-Ca.pta,in Atkl:Jtson, Ensign sie Te.ylor and Lieut. Helen conor. 1927-1928-0a.ptain and aymond Howell, 1929-1930-En.sign and Mrs. Arur Fox. 1930-1932-Adjutam and Mrs. All'lt Wilbur. 1932-1934-Ensign and Mrs. Ja,ckson. 193~-1937-Adjutant and Victor Dimond. 1937-1938-Adjutant and Herbert Martin. 1938-Captain and Mrs. �Dedicatory Service Sunday Afternoon, February 18th, 1940, at 2:30 o'clock Colonel Edmund C. Hoffman Presiding Opening Hymn - 11Onward Christian Soldiers11 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Major Albert W. Pickering Prayer ........ ,. ............................................... , ..... , , Major Albert P. Morrill Scripture Reading ........................................................ Rev. Harold J. Wilson Chairman's Remarks ... , .................. .. ........................ Colonel E4mund C. Hoffman Vocal Selection .................................................... Manchester N. H. Girls' Trio Flag Presentation (a) The American Flag ...... .... ..................... Captain Halford R. Greenlee, U. S. Navy (bl The Salvation Army Fla,g ...................... ....... .......... Major Albert W. Pickering Band Selection ........ , ......... _. ............................ Nashua, N. H. Salvation Army Band Offering will be received. Rabbi Samuel Epstein .. .... .. ...... .. ............... Representing Portsmouth Ministerial Association Mr. Paul L. Chandler, Councilman-at-Large .......... , .............. Representing City of Portsmouth Vocal Solo .......... ................................................. Mrs. Major Victor Dimond Hon. Charles M. Dale, State Senator .. .. ........ .......... . Representing the State of New Hampshire Vocal Selection ....................................................... Nashua, N. H._Songsters Hon. E. Curtis Matthews, Representing· the Army and Navy Association and The Salvation Army Adv. Board Dedicatory Address ..................................... : ... _. .... Lt.-Colonel _Norman S. Marshall Dedicatory Prayer ...........•.......... Rev. Arthur Rouner, Pastor of North Congregational Church Benediction ...... , ..•...................................... , .. Mrs Colonel Edmund C. Hoffman A musical program will be rendered by Salvation Army Musicians from the State of New Hampshire one-half hour prior to the dedicatory exercises. The building will be open for inspection following the Dedicatory Service. The Young People's Meeting will take place at 6:00 P. M. followed by the Evening Service at 7 ;30 All are welcome. p. m. n'.l ,~orr.n vate [~c~etary I ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,~ Ut,LJI!; ~e:;µurn;w,i, lVl' one 01 'l,.llt, swv nurseries. ui,i;uuung pn• in 1816 to ~e late uaKosa O,,!Ul" senior auditorium, officers' quarters . :'. ": • ·;. • . and private office. The third floor ..\ ;::· .,, . , \ \.. 0 ,--:,.'•• y· • '' . will ibe used as residence for men by day or week. In ;the basement will •·• .: :-·/;_?~•; ',,"' be shower ba,ths, club rooms, lock- ,'.,;. ·_,:,..,;c;: t-. ers, kitchen and young people's hall, ,, ';,(•/ ·. ·~;· r - --- - - -- -.. , · , · , · . · . '· ' _, : _' , .....,.,..- ... _·... '. :_ · .. · . · \ • _ "'.' .... ,:1. ·1. .', ,: -:_:,.,·. · '· • · ·· ·:.''';ii_'.:1t_,, ... --- , : . '. · · -'' ':t,.;:. - _, . Comrmss1oner Thomas Estill at The Salva~ion Army advisory Chicago headquarters: In 1918, he iboards ~onststs of the follow~g J directed The ~alvation _Army work mez:ibers. Mayor K . E. Goldsm1~, at Camp Lewis, Washmgton, and chairman ; Thomas J. Brackett, vice the following year became First chairman; Albert H. Woolfson, secLieutenant Chaplain of the 44th In, 1.•1 :-- ,· -· retary; E. Curtis Matthews, treasfantry at the camp '};\: <i/. . urer; Paul Badger, Charles M. Dale, With th•e creation°of the Central ~ : Charles T. Durell, J. D. Hartford. Territory In 1923, Lt.-Colonel Mar- ',· 1 • ~ 1.'.• !.,r.tr~c,' ('' ~ Peter J. Hickey, Paul Hobbs, John · shall became successively Secretary . . O -/ ~ ,\ I~· /-1, ..: ,,,'? ':/:'."" -;' .. • _. ~ 9?:' , --~, °'.'""5> · _.,._ · ;,.,,,\'.:/;• -'.-i:'> ~:/", , . .._< ;' ,· ,. , -._. '• . ,./,.\~'.·:,:-2- ·<''·:-\(·_''> :·: ;}?;;I:'._I:.·:it:~~F:~·;...,~; ,- •liit;i~§l:~=~~l'•. -:·•.· ~:. ::)2.·.;.~~)'\:t,iif~:~~~][i}t? 1 :· , , ·,: _,,_,. .- . , . .-~ ,-. · :~ , . . ~. •. , • soun Div1s1on with offices m Kaj · ;,, ;, ;;}:> -,,. , : -.C:',. •;;~::?;;: > --~ •- •• - - • - • • - - - - - - - - • • • - ,. --v•• • . • - -• --••• • Clty. •••• - - · - - - - ••••••~ •-•••· • •-• - - - - - • , ,:~•.- .,_, • .. -•• ·••- - • - 57 ,.. · . c•\ . , ·-' •:c ., - '.-c ' -- ' .::, . · ' ,..... · .11..,';:,:~? ,. : .. · . · · .:~~:};:;:;~:',1i::; ,, , :, -~-:.;,_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,..___ ____ �Morning Services Will Be Held At Baptist Church Lieut. Colonel Norman Marshall, Field Secretary for the East.em Territory with Headquarters in New York City, wlil be guest speaker at the Middle Street Baptist Church Sunday morning. The Nashua., N. H., Salvation Army band of twenty pieces, under the leader of Captain John Pickup, as well as the Nashua. Songster Brigade, w11I also be present at the Baptist Church for the morning 901onel Marshall will deliDedicatory address at the opening and dedication of the Army and Navy Building by the Salvation Army at 2.30 o'clock at which time the serlce wm be broadcast over WHEB. Colonel Edmund C. Hoffman, Provincial Commander for New England, with headquarters at Boston, will be guest speaker at the Court Street Christian Church at the morning service. Colonel Hoffman will preside at tJhe Dedicatory service in this afternoon. Major Albert Pickering, Divisional will be present for the day's serOfficer for Northern New England, vices and will conduct the Holiness meeting at 11.00 a. m. and the Gospel service at 7.30 o'clock Sunday evening at the Army and Navy Building. Maj. Albert Morrill, Divisional Secretary for Northern New England will also ·be present and will assist in the service&, , Captain Ruth Frey, of the Portland Headquarters will conduct the Young People's Legion meeting at 6.00 o'clock. Other Salvation Army from New Hampshire will sent for the services. I The public is cordially' Invited to attend all the services. I The extended progmm of the Salvation Army in its new headquarters will Include Boy Scouts, Life.saving Guards and Youth clubs. Junior.Group Holds Regular Meeting There / q.i. __· 1. ,~ \: and . • and sixty-two One hundred years ago toda.y, in :the Bay of Quiberon, France, the stars a.nd Sttipea received . in the fullest manner the first salute from an foreign power, Feb. 14, 1778. With stars and stripea proudly waving at the masthead of the Plsc&taque.-built ship, the Ranger, our inf-ant flag received the French admiral's aalute, gun for gun, Commodore John Paul Jones on Nov. 29, 1781, in Portsmouth, aa.id: "I itook your litltle Ranger to Europe. I was known to you per60llll,llY, but a. flag / WM made for that ship by the dainty hands of Portsmouth's daughters, of a. pruttern new to the world. That flag the Ranger carried a.cross the seas and showed it a.like to our French friends, who aa.1uted it with the cannon of their great fleet, and our English enemies, who twice lowered their haughty emblem ,to it." In the Ross home at Philadelphia in February, 1'181, by way of apology to Miss Langdon, he explained that his most a.ardent desire had peen to bring that nag home to America with all its glory .and. bring itoback into ,the fair hands th111t had . given it ,to 'him four years before. "But Miss Mary," he said, "I couldn't bear to strip it from that poor old ship in her la.st agony, nor could I deny my dead on ~er deck.s, who had given their lives ,to keep it flying, the glory of ta.king it wi,t.h them." "You did exac;tly right, .commodore," exclaimed Miss · Langdon. "That flag is j~t where we wish it ito be, flying at the bottom of the sea. over the only ship thrut ever sank in victory," on the Bon Hom.me Richard tha.t captured the ship thrut sank her. Today 35 new stars have been added t9 that flag sinee tt received tts first salute and as true· cH.izens of our glorious country we owe it to ourselves ,to e.pprecia~ the full signif!cance of Old Glory and the principle:, for which it stands. For the above we a.re indebted to Arthur I. HMrima.n. HELEN RONDEAU Junior Chairman, Junior Unit Booma. Post Auxiliary The first meeting with the new officers of the Junior group of the Frank E. Booma Unit No. 6, American Legion Auxiliary was held in American Legion hall Saturday morning with Helen Rondeau, Junior chairman, )?residing. It was announced that all future business meetings will be held the second Saturday morning of each month at 10.30 o'clock ; the drill team will , rehearse every two weeks on Wednesday evenings 6.30 to 7.30 o'clock, and the glee club and scrapbook club will meet next Saturday morning at 10.30 o'clock and w,!11 meet every two weeks thereafter. Other activities planned for the juniors will be announced later. The following chairmen of committees were appointed by Miss Rondeau to serve with her for I\ period of six months: Jane Hazzard, membership; Isa.belle Bia.ck, publlcity; Barbara and Virginie. Yeaton, rehabilitation; Eleanor O'Brien, child welfare; Elinor Benson, community service; Ann W!lliams, coupons; Ola McCarthy, drill team; Elizabeth Richard, glee club; Barbara Rondeau, musician. Mrs. John Gal:!lble, organizer of the juniors, and chairman of junior activities of the unit, was called upon and Expressed the hope that a.II the girls will soon be wearing the aux111a.ry pin, the official emblem of the organization. She also explained other activities that the girls are interested in. Following the meeting drill rehearsal was held. ments were served. �I [.. Behind the appearance of every great historical novel < there lie many .hours of hard work; research in order that I.:t~-{"l;l"' details of the story; may faithfully portray the facts of I. ~~•y.,,~ h" t 1s ory. r .t~t;t~,~ l~*IJJ In one such novel Portsmouth has more than pass- r;,;: h-'!~li'. ing interest, for some of its scenes were laid in this city l and some of its characters actually walked our streets in years gone by. �Local Woman Assisted In Filming Of Novel <,_'l,; Miss Va ughan Served As Authority On Old Portsmouth contained all the characters of the book, a.nd which M. G. M. wished to ha.ve separated into two groups, the real people and the "made-up" ones. This was followed by manuWhen Portsmouth's assistant li- script pages which listed all the brarian, Dorothy W. Vaughan, re- places found in "Northwest Pasceived an autographed edition of sage." M. G. M. needed to have these "Northwest Passage" as a token of places sorted out into the real and the author's indebtedness to her for make-believe ones. her assistance in the research .w)lich And, Miss Vaughan sa.ys, "in spite marked preparation for writing the of all the corrections I ma.de, M. novel, she might well ha.ve believed G. M. insisted in calllng Portsmouth, that her· work on that subject was N. H., Portsmouth, Maine, which 1 completed. will give the movle-boner-p1ckers Time proved otherwise. no end of thrills when they dlscovEarly in 1938 it •was announced er it I that Mr. Roberts had sold the mo"Most of these places and cha.rtion picture rights for his novel to acters I could classify for I had had M.G.M. dealings with them in the research With many scenes of the story on the book, but in one or two inlaid here in Portsmouth It was in- stances I could not be sure so I evltable that the film company had to fall back on the author who should send here for more informa.- gallantly ca.me to my rescue and tlon. Inevitable also was it that said that he was 'glad that M. C. M. they should tum to the sa~e per- had selected someone like me to son who had been of such great as- help them with their research insistance to Mr. Roberts in his or- stead of choosing Robert Taylor's iginal study of Portsmouth history. aunt who probably wouldn't be very One day that spring Mr. Edward Dobkin, of the M. G. M. office in well versed in the history of old Boston put in a.n appearance a.t the Portsmouth'.'' Portsmouth Public Library. He had ·----------come to see old Portsmouth and ftnd , - - - - - - -- - out how much was left of the old town that existed in the da.ys of Roger's Rangers. He was ta.ken on a sight-seeing trip and was very much impressed with the atmosphere of old Portsmouth. From books at the Public Library he had photographs ma.de of pictures and prints of the old buildings which existed In 1759. He borrowed from the personal collection of the Assistant Librarian, photographs ·of the old portraits · of Portsmouth men and women who were characterized in "Northwest Passage." He took a.bout two dozen of the photographs which were to l be used for the costumes of the ca.st of the movie version of the story; included were, Rev. Arthur Browne, Jane and Eliza.beth, his daughters; Samuel Livermore, Mrs. Wiseman Claggett, and Governor Benning Wentworth. These were sent to the New York studios where sketches were made for the costumes so that the characters in the cinema. would wear authentic Portsmouth costumes. After that Mr. Dodkin sent on sheafs of manuscript pages which Susan J. Wentworth Dies At Her Homer1 ' --- ~- Miss Susan Jones Wentworth, the la.st d~cenda.nt of the Wentworths, residing in this city, la.st royal governors of New Hampshire, died Saturday afternoon at her home on Pleasant street. She was in her 93rd year and one of the oldest residents of the city. She was a. native of Oinclnna.tl, Ohio, the daughter of Mark H. Wentworth and Susan Jones Wentworth. She was a. direct descendant of Sir John Went.worth, one of the fln;t colonial governors who was a. brother of Benning Wentworth, the last of the royal governors of the province of New Hampshire. Miss Wentworth did a. great dea.l of good in this community. She loved 'the city a.nd was greatly interested 1n its welfare. One of her philanthropies was the Mark H. Wentworth Home, which was established in memory of her father. This was opened Ja.n. 15, 1912, and she served M a. director until the time of her death. She was a. shareholder in the Portsmouth Athana.eum, and was deeply interested in the Portsmouth District Nursing Association. For many yea.rs she served as president of this organization and for the pa.st few years the monthly meetings of the directors have been held a;,_her home. The first meeting of Nursing Association was held at her home, and Miss Wentworth was one of still served boa.rd. She was a. member of the South Parish (Unitarian). She resided in the ThompsonWentworth house, located at 179 Pleasant street. This house was built In 1784 by Captain Thomas Thompson. It we.a · purcha.aed by Mark H. Wentworth and h85 been occupied by Miss Wentworth for many yea.rs. She took great pride in her home and garden, and her collections of portraits of the Wentworths, ·a ttributed to Blackbum and Copley il! considered outstanding, Miss Wentworth lee.vM two nephews, Strafford Wentworth of Wilton e.nd Dr. Mark H. Wentworth of Concord, Mass., and e. niece Miss Elizabeth A. Wentworth of Cambridge, Mass. entw Mrs. Woodbury Langdon ha.s purchased the property next to her home on Pleasant street, owned by the late Susan J. Wentworth. Transfer of the deed to the property e.t 179 Pleasant street has been recorded in the office of the _,. of d at Exeter, �WENTWORTH-Died in thill city on the 24th inst., Miss Susan J. Wentworth, daughter of the late Mark H. Wentworth, Esq., and Susan 0. Jones (his wife.) Funeral from her late residence; the ·27th of February at 11 o'clock a. m. Pleaae omit :flowers. f ~ Services For Miss ~ Susan Wentworth~ CV Funeral Eervlces for Miss Susan Jones Wentworth were conducted rut her l~te home, No. 179 Pleasant street Tuesday morning Bit 11 o'clock by Rev. William Safford Jones, pastor of the South church. Interment was in the Wentworth family tomb in st. John's church· yard. Susan J. Wentworth Estate Is Valued At $220,000 The will of late Miss Susan J. Wentworth, descendant of royal governors of New Hampshire during Colonial years, filed in probate court at, Portsmouth today, disclosed that her estate w.as valued at $220,000. Judge Thomas H. Simes, was named executor of the estate. The will filed with Registrar of Probate Frank Nay of Exeter ' at Legatees named in the will were as follows : Mark H. Wentworth Home, st. John's Church and Unitarian Church of Portsmouth, children of the late Isabelle J. McKinnon, Mrs. Martha W. Suffren, Mary C. VI'. Foot of Germantown, Pa., Dr. Charles W. Hannaford of Portsmouth, Banjamine Perkins of Portsmouth, Margaret Clark of. Portsmouth, Society for Oare of South Cemetery, Thomas H. Simes of Portsmouth, Margaret Greehy of Portsmouth, Susan Pierce of Portsmouth, Nancy Wentworth Morse of Chestnut Hill, Mass., Margaret Whiting of Wilton, Corustance Dodge of Omaha, Neb., Pierre L. Wentworth of Boston, Elizabeth L. Wentworth of Cambridge, Mll,SS., ancl Stafford Wentworth of Con- Rev. Dorrall Lee · Dies At 92 · ~\ Rev. Dorra,11 Lee, for 66 year!! a faithful and effective minister in Congregational churches both in England -and the United States, died early this morning at 1fls home at 144 Washington .street. Mr. Lee was greatly beloved by his brethren in the mlnistry, He •was born in Barkby, England, April 13, 1848, the· son of George Lee of Wymondham and Comfort Smith of Barkby, and received his early education in the schools of Melton Mowbray. At the age of 14 ht was apprenticed to the drapery business in° Newark, After serving only three of the four years required of apprentices, the firm, recognizipg his good service, promoted him to the position of assistant. · He attended the Congregational church, was converted under the ministry of Rev. Joseph Turdale, and interested himself in the mission work of the church, He later became associated with a large wholesale -drapery house in London, but whlle there, W&I! offered a})Oflition under the Leicester Home Missionary Society. During the following . two and a half years he made private prep&JB.• tion as a student for the mlnistry under the tutelage of Rev. Thomu May of Ashby. He then completed his preparation by three years of study at Airedale College, Bradford, under the Presidency of Rev. Donald Fraser, PD, Upon a-raduation Mr. Lee received several calls to varioua cburchel, but accepted that from the larp NJ.d important parish of Peaaley Orou, St, Helen's, and was ordained. aa its pastor on ,,sept. 16, 1876. In Decem• ber of the same_year he was married to Miss S~a.h Halford of House, Glenfield,' Leicel!ter. ' After three years, as a result of overwork, he suffered a serlo~ nervous breakdawn, necessitating the resignation of l'ils parish. H1il ap-, preciative parishoners thereupon sent him upon a long period of foreign travel to the Orient, Egypt. the Holy Land, and Syria. Retµrning ·to England Mr. Lee bees.me . pastor of . the Church at Uttoxeter, Btaffordl!hire, where he remained for three yea.rs. Again h1s health began to fail, and his physician advised him to leave England for America. In this country he has served important churches in Corry, Pl!,,, Derby, Conn., Fairhaven, Middleton, Blackstone, and Wellfleet 1n MassachUBetts, and Kenalngton in this state. In this ,latter church he remained for eight years, completinl 1vr 50 years in the Congregational istry, He then retired, living for a time in Exeter, then to Portsmouth. On Oct. Ii, 1933 Mr. Lee married Mrs. Eva 0. Taylor of Portsmouth upon whose devoted companioship through these years he has greatly depended and by whom he ii! l!urvived, coming Assumes -Duties As District YMCA, Secretary ,f Willis G. Symonds today assumed his duties as secretary of the Southeastern District of the YMCA, with headquarters in this city, Mr. Symonds will conduct llhe local YMCA in connection with his duties in the Southeastern District. A native of Beverly, Mass., he attended Beverly High school and the Classical High school a.t Springfield, later enrolling in Springfield college and Booton university. From 1923 to 1931 he served as boys' work secretary at the Beverly YMCA, resigning to accept a similar position in Lawrence, Mass. He alllo served as director of the Lawrence YMCA camp on Lake Winnipe.saukee. ' He comes here from Lawrence after a most successful administration in that city. Mr. Symonds has moved his family to this city. · ��~.f~~~,y~·~=~::~~Ji~k:~:;:~,; ~,- !.J~~;~;,~\~~:~f. 0 :?s0}1 /f)'.,i Bf pOr tSm Ou th Audience :·:y;~ e Ore -."./:! . '.·RtlAt Graffort Club <.;·~,· '.•!,.-i l ~~p./1 ·• ----------- .': var10us scenes by Mrs. Evert 0 . • -: Smith at , the piano; Mrs. Walter ;,; Evans . contributed several solos. The program was in charge of Mrs. . Benjamin Hartsh~orn,.,,,,..,.~ ·,.->,· 1t;, . ·,t""··~ Wife Of The Great Emancipator Was Woman Ofr\i: Varying Moods With Sharp Tongue But Warm 1. .·• .·;•_..:~i__•._i Heart-As Pres:; t:~,::.M~:!e E. Safford :.,L.,~·~.~.!.J :_:;_.•l_:_.·:,,i_,;.l_i_•·', · ,c:-\•_i.1 t·.. . D~~;~f' ~ ~f'i :e;h~f l ,· almost wistfully humble wd~m who . A supper meeiting of the Piscata- . A petite young woman, gracefu • : was most anxious to learn if she · qua Bu.sines,, andi Professional Wom- ' (;/l1 and with a spontaneity of expres- : was to become first lady. She : en will be held at the YWCA on ::,ftJidsion that lends a distinct charm to showed loved of her sons, and a -· Wednesday evening at 6,30 o'clock. rt as a visitor in t tender regard for her husband. :- The program will be in ◊.harge of ;,;:.•~,i her persona i Y, w : A ball at the White House dur- Mi.ss Edith O'Brien and Miss Jeandt;.;\]Portsmouth this week .. She came, ing the winter of 1862 was the back- ' nette Newhall, who have secur-ed as :-t;;:'J'lnot as Maude Ernestine Safford, : ground for the next portrayal. t h e guest speaker of the evenmg, ::)}i~;i:_jwhich is her. name, but as Mary Todd Wearing a ball gown of white s!lk , George .c. Carts:,r from Manchester. /' ~Lincoln, history's immortal first with locket, fan and long white -·.·. Mr. Carter was born m Boot~n, but ady of civil war days. gloves, Mary Lincoln took her place i has resided in New Hampshire for :• Miss Safford has become exceed- i beside her husband, Subtlety and ' over forty years and he is well known ·ngly well known throughout New I diplomacy were among her attrib- ·, a,9 the state manage:- for Dun and ngland for her original dramatic 1_utes and Senator Charles Sumner ;, Bradstree-t Inc. He has been for \ resentations. The Graffort Club .,\ was described as uileless in her ';, three years president of the Man·: )~!8was hostess to this talented young · hands. . . . i chester Chamber of Commerce. )?~;!~ lady _on Wednesd~y, and it was unMrs. Lincoln next appeared at the i, · Mr. Carter's topic will ~e . "An ! 'hi:F der its sponsorship that she gave a . war office in August, 1862, a few . ; Old-Time Businessman ," Th~~ is ·the :\\!\}monodrama of four scenes in V:'hich · months after the death of Willie '· story of the "Life and Times of , f'~,,.,;J she introduced a profoundly differ- Lincoln, to plead for a pass through ~:, 'Lord' Timothy Dexter," said to be ent interpretation of the character the fighting lines for her friend, ( the most outrageously of the much discussed wife of Abra- : Clara Barton. She waited for the " business man America ever proham Lincoln. t; President to finish his work, and :_ 'Cl,uced .. It di, an his,torical ~,tory cenHers is a c,reative work, for her t· then walked home with him through , tering arnund Newburyport and Exe• impersonations are written and pre- b the garden, pointing out with pride , ter and should therefore be of parsented only after careful research, •: the success of her flowers. She I: ticular interest. The club expects , :, and they are accurate in bot!: fa_cts urged her husband to discourage / a 1a,rge attendance and has i:s~,ued \,:"',.,and costume. Her characterization !-, General McClellan, and she express- : invitattions to Bu:liness and Pro-fes::f~;f/ of Mary Todd Lincoln is most tim_e- ;. ed a desire to accompany Miss Bar- ' sional clubs in neighboring cities and ·· ly-what with all theater goers dis- , ton. Mr. Lincoln dissuaded · her, !( also to friends ·of the club membens • cussing Robert Sherwood's play, and · however, and suggested that she '.'. in this city, ': . ·. :every book fan reading Carl Sand- · help at the local hospital. This ";,:.::,;..,,.,.....,"""'~'T:'"~7..-r-;Z;: /.,,,_ .,,,\burg's latest epic on Linco~n. Ma:y - scene was poignant and portrayed ,A\tJ;(Lincol~ has always been pictured m -, a woman who appreciated her hu~:-:'\:1:Hthe mmds of most of us as a selfish · band's greatness, who sensed his ,\{➔~:! and rather unscrupulous , wom~n. ·, coming martyrdom, who yet was not .\_; ~ ti?~JjMrs. sa:t!ord portrays. her m a d_if- : free from little tealousies, and who ,'i:/ i ·.::,-,> ferent hght. Her audien~e was giv- . perhaps placed too much stress on }", en a keei:ier under~tandi~g , of the •j trifles, in short, a very feminine ?,i problems m Mrs. Lmcoln s life and · woman. ~1 the way in which she was able to , In conclusion the audience was combat each ?ne. She was sho~m i, taken as guests at an informal eve- {l as an impulsi~e woman who dis- ning at the White House at the ~J played a fervid concern over her : close of the war in the spring ·';;,j husband's health and found fault · 1865 and here they met with the ]_:I ·',- ,,.•,,, 1with his manners and dress. frie~dliness wit ;md home loving }ft,~}b Mrs. Saffor~ ski~lfully bletndefd hther . qualities of' the first lady, ;'_'.f 1/.•..i.;,t.~"-;:,j,own personah.ty mto tha o e · ,,-../;~.:'."Woman who mfluenced the life of During the entire performance ', ''::ll~!the great emancipator, and her im- : Mrs. Safford seemed not to act her J~· Concord, Feb. 27 (AP)-A new buoy :)f~~ personations were most convincing. part, but as she spoke her lines, she / at Rye Harbor will be installed by ,":'.,<'(;;'J Attractive costumes of that day was Mary Todd Lincoln, as fine and / the lighthouse service and operated ,.,,.,,,, added color and a reality t ? t he per- capable or a!j garrulous and hyper- -t:. i·n the summer, state officials today ;:j;j~s) !iHif.({ formance. Brief episodes m the _llfe critical as she felt her character :'.l': announced. !,;;t'.)i!"!:( of Mary Lincoln, cove:ing the im- to be. Her imporsonation did much ~,c The buoy will be placed near a ::·'.\f."11 portant years of her llfe, made up to correct the false impression given 1\. point where a pleasure boat was : '.)~.;,:: the monodrama. The first scene of Mrs. Lincoln in History-she :f-; wrecked last summer, causing the 1 '_;)<::'! transpired on the evening of elec- brought to the women of 1:'0 r_ts- . death of several persons . . ,' tion day, November 1860, at the, mouth a portrait of Mary Toda Lm- :;J"'?,,~~:\;' ·'-.. -· ,;,;,n,}~;,. :. Lincoln home in Springfield, Ill. The ~oln that seems more unde~stand~,<-!,,,. . ;~~. ~ •" ~~-.., artist was gowned in a lavender mg and far truer than the dist~rted ;;;i,.'_:;:',:::,:,'.<"". ,.,. \,,,., ;·' . dress her coiffure simple in imita- image · of fi ct ion. B e1ove d m usic of ·;.f_i: ~,,j ,; .::;(-~:~:, ·~, ,"_:s.... , I · 11 t· "T t· . ht" . .~.,.. J'' ~,.,,. ,,"r.-·•·~i,:,. '!:•'lf tlon of that of Mrs. Lincoln. In this I civ _, war ime.....!!.!1_ mg T omg • ", .. ,::, '1· ·;.;:J,.' !Vi.;,, ,.. ,,,,;r 0-"7,.<;,,-"'7'._,,; !·•t.1:. . . ~1 1?- /.':,-,._;~,',,,~:,.!~,;,. ~,.~.,·;,:.•~f.J,":,~f'~~M1; %.~\~•,,1,,' h 1.~···.',,,.,.,,.,,w~;.:,, :A:..,.-?"!;.,f.-ri~-:..r , <.'.!'·1 scene Mary Todd Lincoln was give1_i ,··~ ,,A~,- - • , •,•,,,· '.<,-,,.,i·,·~·' ;;ar,· ,.,,.,, ;e,-.. ;;:,.;:., •·--rri·~ L Rye· H.·ar ' O T0 Receive N ew :d ,:;i ·1:1 0 1 0 , '•(' ,.,,' .,, d: t·.' ifit: -~~:~~k=",, ~;:?:L~"' ,. ;~)~;{1~1~1~·,]~~.t0 J~~~.-.dJi::,·t~: ~~--- -·.,): ;:•.•,,, ,S �P\'3" R-l'\n,·sh 1\4.\,~~ ComTn·,tt~ . < \ .~ ,..x-1- .~ ... Name Local Finnish l;Mi~s 'Nellie Walde~ ·\ Writes Book Based IDied Saturday ,, ,\ {On Squalus Tragedy . ~I Rehef Fund I I 1 , I Committee · c· :1 ... -·· I The many friends of. Mis~ Nellie M. Walden of this city were grieved / • 1 to learn of her death which occ'.11'red . on Saturday afternoon, following a very brief illness. She was well known in this city, especially in the South End, wher-e she had re;ided all her · life. She was the daughter of the • · late Augustus and Izetta CDritco) Walden, and was born in this city May 14 , 18 s4. For ove:· 25 years she was employed as a bookk,eper at the F. A. Gray Co. store, retiring from her duties about 10 years ago. She was very friendly and many people in this city were cheered by their , me,ting; with her. She was a regular attendant of the Universalist chur:h and a loyal and willing wo:ker. In all things pertaining to the church .I Nat A. Barrows, well known :13osto11 newspaperman, has written I "Blow All Ballast!" a dramatic story of the Squalus disaster . It tells what actually happened from the moment when the· submarine started 011 -its training dive • that May morning until the last · survivor reached the surface in the i rescue bell, and the craft was :finally returned to the Portsmouth Navy 1 ! Yard. The book pictures the work of the , navy divers vividly and accurately, and is a living drama told by an eye witness of the heroic work of navy men in which each day had its dramatic tale of struggles of men against the sea with the ever present dangers and the hard won · achievement. There is an interesting foreword by Rear Adm. Cyi·us M. Cole, USN, commandant of th,; Portsmouth 1 Dr. Martha I. Boger Shattuck has been named as chairman of th.e Portsmouth Branch Finnish Relief Fund, Inc., and the remai nder of the committee is as follows: George A. Trefethen, treasurer; Mrs. J. Winslow Peirce, Clyde Margeson, Dr. Rolfe Liwn, Dr. Ca,rey Allen, Mrs. Margaret O'Brien of th e American Legion Auxiliary Unit, Miss .. Rosanna O'Donoghue, Glenn Race, · president of the Portsmou th Kiwanis club; Hon. Charles M. Dale, Meyer Alkon of Temple Israel, Rev. Philip S. Nason, Mrs. Ar th ur • · _.., Clark of the Daughters of the Am::- erican Revolution, Frederick Gardshe was always anxious to help. ner, president of the Portsmouth . She was a member of tbe Ladies' Social Circle. : ·•~. ·.\ Rotary club·, Mi:ss Karin White and She r-esided at 395 Pleasa'n t street , Navy Yard; and the book is fully . Alvin F. Redden, until about a year ago when her ·i illustrated with actual photographs . . i ' Dr. Boger Shattuck is seu d ing out health began to fail. Later she took · Mr. Barrows who is widely known . , f the following appeal to peopie of up her residence at the Wen,tworth , throughout this section is a mem1 •· •· this section: Home. She had not been well for the j ber of the Boston Globe staff. 1 ·. DeM" Friends:past year, but had recovered so We who live in freedom and lib- · that she had· been attending church erty cannot visualize what Finland · , each Sunday. is undergoing at presen-t. - ,' Her on 1y survivors are three cous ....\J; Finland, noted for her courage, ·11 ins, Mi,s Cora Hicks of Arlington, industry, art and music, needs us · 1Ma.ss.; G,orge W. Norwood of Worin her ihour of trial. cester, Mass., and Mrs. Henry M. Let us give of our opportunity a Stoodby of Arlington, Mass. mite to help tl1e women, the chi!The death of Mrs. Martha A, Gen. dren and the wounded. We can tleman, widow of Edward Gentle, _;;: , minister in this small way for those man, and a lif-e-long resid1ent of this who are giving all. city, occurred this morning. She PleasE) send contribution to was born in Portsmouth April 14, ~ ··, I George A. Trefethen at the First 1853 . .,_. I National bank. Mrs. Gentleman waisi a. member of .-·· •1 cordially yours, St. John's church, and is survived · Mrs. Olive G. Chaffee, well known f. · r · Martha I. Boger-Shattuck, in musical circles in this city, died . by one son, Charles E. Gentleman · : • Chal!'man. Monday evening followin_g a lingerof Portsmouth; two sisters: Miss :; •'. •. ' ' • .• . , ~ I , ing illness. She was a native · of Lizzie Pottle of Po:tsmouth and Mrs. Fred P. Hoitt of Nashua; two Chester, Pa., where she was born lr' .. : -~ grandchildren, Rev. William B. GenAug. 11, 1880, the daughter of the late James and Hannah (Byas) . I tleman of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mrs. :· ',j Roy E. Boulter of Portsmouth, anci Gardner. She has resided in this city for a : several nieces and nephews, . nwnber of years and before coming to Portsmouth was a resident of Allston, Mass. Mrs. Chaffee was a member of the 1 Methodist church of this city and . was deeply interested in that church. •"March of Tin1e" carr.tram:: ~ere She was the soprano in the Metho! busy at York this morning taking dist church choir for a number of I ·. :-· pictures of the town meeting for a years and had been soloist in other i ' . coming film release, co;:isidering the of the local churches on different York 1:Tleetn:1g as typ'.cai of such occasions. She will be deeply missed 1 ·,.1: gatherings m New England. The 1 - not only in musical circles but ' · men were directel bv George R. among her many friends through< Black of New York City , out the city. J ,. Louis deRochemont, a summer re, A' She is survived by her husband, • sident of York, is or.e r,f the offiGeorge E. Chaffee; three sisters, 1 ,.._•· cials of the March of Time and arMrs. Elizabeth Newsome of Atlantic ~ ranged for the :filming. \_ • City, N. J., Mrs. Mary Ashworth of I •· Waynesboro, P a., and Mrs. Jeanette Hazzard of Chester, Pa., and two . brothers, John Gardner of Redbank, ~ N. J ., and William B. Gardner of ,. !Newark, N. J. ,~:.·· . <~, l l Mrs. ·Gentl.eman .:__· Died This Morning \!·, •':·.., I :Mrs. Chaffee Died ~/ Monday Evening ~ ~'1_-~·o l~.To Show Yo-;k Town (' Meeting In fi!ms. I !.ff/· �This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 600 book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO ZJ9.48-1992 (permanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts w 1999 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918-1920, 1932-1949 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="http://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbook 1939-40 V.18 Subject The topic of the resource Scrapbooks Portsmouth (N.H.) World War II Description An account of the resource A scrapbook of news articles from the Portsmouth Herald and other papers, 1939-1940. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library (N.H.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i1107985x https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/b6b4d9db89e21b2b39000588ebfb87bc.PDF dcbf4bfc3c6bcd9506e023029282a4d1 PDF Text Text �Advent Christian Church Aichel, Oscar G. Air Base Airport 81,105 Grenadier ( Submarine) 113 113 Hampton Academy 51 112,113 Hanson, Ole (Obit) 97,98 63,71,101, Henson, John J. 106,1Q7 102,103 Harmon Property 117,124 Aldrich, T.B. Mem. 32,84,85 Hodgdon, Frank E. (Obit) 127 57,127 Hopley, Ed. W., City Clerkl06 Alien Registration 41,47,57,60 Isles of Sho als 60 Am. Fr. of France 30,31,57,99 Jones, Frank. Estate,Sale 44 American Legion 92 Jones, John P . 9 American Legion (Ship) 88,109,111 Kellogg, Rev. Nelson(Obit)l8 American Red Cross 127 Kimball, Charles R. 131 As the Earth Turns(Play) 56 Kittery. Housing 68 Athenaeum 125 Kittery Pt. Historic 38,39,45, Blackouts 95,102 Houses 76 Bridge, Memorial 124 Knights of volombus 114 Bridge, New Castle 116,132 Knox, Susan R. ("Chucho") 5 Bridge, Sagamore Creek 88,101,117 Maine Turnpike 139 Bridge, Wentworth Road 97 MacMillan, Donald 19,20 Bridge, Portsmouth-Kittery 17,55,69, Maplewood Acres 64,78 101,102,105,110,lll,117 March of Dimes 133 Bulfinch, Charles ~~ Marlin ( Submarine) 136 Cairns, Rev. A.A. (obit) 116 "Masonian Claims" 82,83 Canine Cemetery 7 Marston, Margaret I. 104 Census, Portsmouth 25, 56 Memorial Day 30 Christmas Eve Service 124 Moffatt-Ladd House 64,76 City Budget, Tax Rates 23,57 Moody, Rather (York) 82 Clark, Arthur M. (Obit) 85 Morley Company 97,119 Cole, Rr.Adm. Cyrus W. 2,20,21 Moulton, Percy A.(Obit) 15, 16 Comm. to Defend America 89 Nat. Defens e Tr. Courses 59,87,89 Community Chest 6 National Honor Society 7 Cook, Dr. Ed. C.(Obit) 37 Navigation, Restriction of 57 Cushing, Anna Sheafe(Obit) 103 Neal Family Reunion 85 Dale, Charles M. 22 N.E. Tel.and Tel. 131 Dale, Thomas Marvin 56 N. H. Gas & Elec. Co. 93 Darby, Rev. W.J. 133 N. H. Employment Service 101 D.A.R. 95,132 N.H. Gazette 106 DeGross, Mary 115 N.H. National Guard 62,67,68,70 Dodge, Florence (Obit) 124 N.H. St ate Guard 96,97 Dgg Sled Trek 143 N.H. Tuberculosis Assoc. 115 Dondero, Mary c. 118 Noble, Ann (Obit) 44Earthquake 125 North Church 108,109 Eliot, Me. Storm 60 Noyes-Buick Garage 105 Erickson, Rev. C.T. 127,142 Nutrition School 107 Fernald, Hannah 114 "Opportunity Classes" 116 .I Fisher, Olivia (Obit) 5 Pepperrell Family Assoc. 85 Fleet Naval Reserve 105 Piscataqua Pioneers 80,81 ·Flynn, Bartholomew(Obit) 127 "Life of Walter Barefoote" Fort Constitution 46,59 Playground 61 Fuller Garden 44 Portsmouth. City Council 130,131,133 Gardner, Abbie R.(Obit) 116 Portsmouth Civic Patrol 89,90 Garrett, Wallace H.(Obit) 119 Portsmouth Fire Dept.(Biogs) 11,12,13 14 Gasoline Stations 63,66,68 Portsmouth Fire Dept. 117 ' Gerrish, Edith (Obit) 5 Portsmouth Garden Club 4,5 . Gerrish, Helen (Obit) 24 Portsmouth High School 33,91,92,98 9g Gerrish Family Reunion 88 136 ' Good Friday Service 2 Portsmouth Historic Homes 39,69,78 Graffort Club 14,108,115,125 see also names of houses Grayling (Submarine) 94 Portsmouth. Historic Records 23,31 Geeenland. History 24 Survey Portsmouth Historical Soc. 101 I �Portsmouth. Housing 64,138,140 Portsmouth Industrial Assoc. 104,105 Portsmouth. Localities, 99 Boundaries of Portsmouth Merchants Bur. 142 Portsmouth Navy Yard 10, 3 3, 45, 66·:;,97 113,127,132 Portsmouth Planning B'd 133,134,135,136 137,138,141,142 Portsmouth "Privateers" 19 Portsmouth Public Library 109,110,113 Portsmouth. Street Improvement 123 Portsmouth. Town Records 126 1645-1779 Portsmouth Yacht Club 37 Portsmouth Post Office 60 102 Quirk, Rev. Thos. N "Ramparts We ·watch" 100 DeRochemont, L. Refugee Children 86,93 Retail Sales, Portsmouth 16 Rockingham Hotel 99 Rodehaver, Rev. Myles w. 107 Rogers, Maj. Robert 36 Roosevelt, F.D. Pres. 72,73,74,75 Rowe, Stewart, Mayor 128,129,132 Sailfish (Submarine) 20,26,27,28 (Formerly Sgualus) Salter, Capt. Titus 8 Salter, Fannie 103 Salvation Army. Baskets 114, 126 Seacoast. Music ~tFesti:va:l 16 Shackford, Mrs: Ann (Obit) 28 Sheafe, Mrs. Clara 45 Sherburne, Alice (Obit) 20 Shipbuilding on the Pis- 32,111 cataqua Skating Rinks 132 Standpipe 51 114 Storer Relief Corps 46 Streets. Oiling Tilton, Helen (Obit) 7 Triton (Submarine) 2,3,75,79 Trout (Submarine) 29 lt larner House 16,40,44,59,79 88 Water Supp;y 52,53,54,56,58, 59,61,65,66,101 Wendell, Charles P. (Obit) 32 Winebaum, Harry 124 Women's City Club 119 Wood, Mary I. 114 W.P.A. 64 Y.W.C.A. Building 120,121 Zionists 70 Shipping 116 ��<The EASY REFERENCE SCRAP BOOK· of w ORLD WIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY INC. NEW YORK �.~;-, >u-:~ -~ --~~ '{f~n. • •..;.. j. of Santiago -·;board the USS Indiana and later saw service during the Philippine Insurrection while 0 aboard vessels of the Asiatic Fleet. The entry of the United States into the World war found him serving on the USS Rhode Island as ~i ,· executive officer. He was then or- I dered to command the USS Pastores, ~'4}f and later, the USS President Grant, ·I The program for the Good Friday afternoon service at the Universa- · both of which were engaged in translist church will .begin at 12 o'clock , port of troops and supplies to noon and continue for three hours. • : • France. For this service Rear AdThis has been arranged to permit . miral Cole was awarded the Navy those who wish, to drop in and· stay ~, Cross and a special letter of com;t~•~ for a short period, or as long as "F,t_~~ .:<:. mendation from the War Departthey wish. In carrying out the three ment. . hour service the various speakers Later service with :fleet included 1will talk on "The Seven Last Words" Rear Adm. Cyrus W. Cole, USN, the command of the USS Omaha Iand this will be supplemented by (:,]':! commandant of the Portsmouth and the USS West Virginia. read_ings and prayers during the ;_,,,•. Navy Yard, will retire from the navy · ,. · -~ " " 11 " c,;,, -:p~ -~ ffio>1. I\\. •-\:C service. ~- •.;_ service and, yard officials said to- _,, ·' •. .· • , ... The program will be as follows: f:'' .'. day, he will probably be on duty at · ~ , Organ Prelude ' · the local yard within a. day or t WO . Mrs. Evert A. Smith, organist 1>.._:;r nd )\::; of his retirement date, July 1. ,:_. Reading a Prayer "1~., ; Rev. Norval Kern i:0 •·~ President Roosevelt conferred the ,j invoca tion Rev. Myles W. Rodehaver ., ;.;; '.'. :· Distinguished Service Medal on Rear . Hymn, "Oh, Thou Great Friend 1 Adm. Cole after the salvage work , to All the Sons of Men" on the Squalus under his direction :• Scripture 1 was successfully culminated. with -~ 1 Rev. William Safford Jones . the drydocking of the submarme at , ', · •·1 Sermoi:i on the first word, "Father J§i:'i} the Portsmouth navy yard Sept. 15 Forgive Them for They Know Not ,••. ,,.._ '"'" last year. What They Do" Rev. Basil Harris · _•:;{,: On June 21, 1940, Rear Admiral . . \ Solo, "There Is a Green Hill Far Cole will reach his 64th birthday, .. · Away·• Rev. Arthur A. Rouner lf"'.) the navy's retirement age, and July . Organ Interlude ~:"'•:: 1 will conclude the duties as com; Mrs. Evert Smith, organist ":)t{ mandant which he assumed in the .• Responsive Reading .. ;-,~/• summer of 1936. Rev. Myles W. Rodehaver ff}:;~ Retiring from the service on the Reading and Prayer ~:~ same date will be Rear Adm. Joseph , I Rev. H. O. Megert 'fl/:"., R. Defrees, USN, commandant of Hymn, "Strong Son of God, Im.tl the 11th naval distr ict and ::ca.val The submarine Triton, mortal Love" • · · operating base at San Diego. Mrs. the 31 st underseas craft to Sermon on the second and third Def:rees was sponsor at the launchwords: "Woman Behold thy Son, .f .·., ing of the Squa1us on July 27, l:938, ,-. be built at the Portsmou th son Behold thy Mother" ,, at the local navy yard. A..'lother ,·; navy yard will be launched "This Day Shalt They be with .\ ~l-f prominent navy man retiring this from the yard Monday at me in Paradise" ': Vt~ summer will be Rear Admiral Ed- . Rev. David Klugh ·/~ 7 ~~ii ward B. Fenner, USN, commandani, 1.o p. m. · : solo "Calvary" of the 13th naval district and Puget ·, · The Triton was authorized to .·; ' Mrs. Constance Pilgrim ·,: ;c11 "· Sound · navy yard on Sept. 1, and be bunt under the Naval Appropri- , Reading and Prayer i/, ,. his retirement will be followed by 'J Rev. W. H. Millinger J;. that of Rear J..dm. Harry L. Brinser, ation Act for the fiscal year 1938 Hymn, "Jesus, the Very Thought , ,.., ~-~ president of the board of inspection and the ' order: for construction was of Thee" and survey, who headed the board placed with the local navy yard Sermon on the Fourth and Fifth itJ. then· inspection of the Squalus June 30, 1938. words, "My God, My God, Why while it was in ihe local drydock ;, The keel of the Triton was laid ; Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" , last September. He will retire Dec. 1. :· July 5, last, and the vessel will be · · "I Thirst." Rev. E. H. Newcomb · ' Throughout the summer, from the completed about Dec. 1. Organ Interlude time the Squalus failed to report The standard displacement of the Mrs. Marjorie Herrin. organist .. coming t o the surface after its dive submarine as estimated, will be Solo, "God So Loved the World" ~.'.;;,; 15 miles off Portsmouth, May 23, 1,475 tons.' The length at the waMrs. Florence Weeks ¥>.i' until it was brought into the ter-line is 300 feet 3 inches and the sermon on the sixth and seventh ~it~- navy yard drydock, Rear Admiral / maximum beam 27 feet, 3 1-2 words: "It is Finished" f-;;-,i},'. Cole as commander of the Squalus - inches, "Into Thy Hands, I Commend salvage unit directed the work that :, The sponsor for the Triton will My Spirit'' Rev. Edward Allen '}ff received world-wide acclaim as the · · be Mrs. Ernest J.' King, wife of , solo, "Hymn of the Last Supper" , ' · greatest salvage victory in the his- ..) Rear Admiral King, USN, a memMrs. Ruth Price Marshall · · 1 tory of any of the world's navies. ,;J ber of ,the general board. L· . Hymn, "In the Cross of Christ I On Jan. 22, 1936, Rear Admiral :t>•.'· • ·,. . • ·-;-:-~--.- -,- - .. Glory" Cole, then commander of the sub- \~,:;~ ,. '.. •t1)<Ui. (';)_f ; I i.f6,<·:1 Benediction ) · marine force, was named as com- ;..'--":3,' ,,, ··t.~ ;;,,.:.· · ,, •.. } · ,; ;. '\Ji Rev. Myles W. Rodehaver 1· ·t,· · · , "I.--~ ~, ··- · ,,,.,,,.,. ,.. ..,. •. I ' man d an t of th e · P or ts mou th navy .Jt::- ·:· .. :.,. . ,·11 ·~i;.i\~\;-.;:•·-,.-,,,,-:;•~;,>•:i'':"1;/·~: : organ Postlude yard, and he assumed his duties ."•$V:. "J~..~' "~t"';~-::•:";<'~·~0:' ·,- ::ic:;1 Mrs. Marjorie Hernn, organist June 11. ;.·.1-~-~ .. ~E ,._ .~·-{!~ -~:t!s:~~=-".~:.if{~ . 1 Dw·ing the Spanish war Rear Ad- ·'\: ~~ %, '. ·:·: •.;;· "_,_:,r, ·"..:':. 1'ri.:r.:.; · -~ · ..__;r,- ..;.......,.,:_;__ "', : 1.~ o '. -;_ •· . -.~ ~ . • . : • :..i'•-!. .-...,..-.,._ ~~- • ..... "- -C..~.\ - "\ 1niral Cole participated in the Battle Z:~;'f?, _,,-., · . ;-'; 1,,/ ',:-; .f';\, : .,'j·:. :tJ:":',:·/.;" "·· · ·· _?f:;·~~.r~\ !:/i · ~~-1_-:.' ·•_:_3-_ ~ I .. i-.i~:-··t~~:~i:~:,:._. :. -~-~ ~~-..· )\~.~~~-t-· ;-~~ ,.• 2,/ •-~- ~ ,,._._~_;_-: -; Re r ilcole. F ~)~ rom irJuly -·1service Friday jStarts At Noon Y ·' I ~!~ K· ~- I I Loca I yard . Jt_·/. T0 LaunCh' ·] Tr1ton • I Monday I fi i: iir... , t-~~ ~~•t:• _·:~~z- ·- ....., . .•· \·- , ......!I. • • ·..,~ • -~ .;.,,_, ,< ··; ~- �ubmarine Clunch • Submersible Is 31st Built At Local Yard - Mrs. E. J. King ·1s Sp91J1sOr Harbor Craft Welcom·e Vessel; Throngs Cheer Newest Naval Submersible 300Feet 3 Inches Long, Has 27 Feet 3 ¼ Inch Beam The first submarine to take to the water from the new submarine building sheds at the navy yard,-the Triton, · today slid gracefully into the river at 1:07 p.m., adding other in the large group of submarines that have been constructed at the Portsmouth navy yard. · The Triton, the newest of the 31 submarines that have been built at Portsmouth, was christened by Mrs. E. J. King of 2919 Forty-third street, Washington, D. C., wife of Rear Admiral E. J. King, a member of the General Board of the navy department, an-1 It was a, big occasion for the na.vy ya.rd, for it ls the first la.unchlng since the sinking of the Squalus last May, on which certain restrlotlons had been llfted. The launching of the Sea.wolf and the Searaven during the summer were accomplished quietly as possible, in view of the earlier disaster. Although the attendance was llmited, due to the restrlctlons of visitors, to fa,mllies of the navy yard worke1·s, officers and personnel, there was a large number on hand to witness this affair. Always one of the outstanding Mrs. E. J. KJng events of the year, many people who Sponsor of the Triton witnessed this latest launching, were also on ha.nd a.t the la.unching U-==.::;::;::;;~=:::;::::;:=;:;;;;;;;;.;_;;. of the L-8, the first government yard whistle and the band, composed built submarine, which took place at of muhlclans from the clvlllan workthe navy yard April 23, 1917. Some ers in new uniforms, bega.n to play. of these had witnessed every launch- The boats in the harbor added to lng since that time. the din of the cheers of the throng, It was just 1:07 when Mrs. King, on both sides of the river, witnesswith her arm upraised, holding the Ing the event. As the bow slld into champagna bottJn for the rhristen- the water the ba.nd broke into the lng, brought it down acr088 the bow strains of the Sta.r Spangled Banof the submarine, saying, "I christen ner, and the crowd, silently and revthee, Triton." As this occurred a erently watched the submarine conlong blast was blown on the na,vy tinue its first journey until it was �brought to a. stop. The tugs Penacook from the navy yard, assisted by John G. Chandler, got a. line aboard the 11ubmarine and towed her to her berth, and then nosed her in close to the quay wall. The liteboat from the Portsmouth Harbor coast guard station was on hand to assist in keeping smaller boats clear o! the area. Previous to the launching, the ceremonies Included the presentation of a. diamond studded wrist watch to the sponsor, the presentation being made by Frank Getchell, planner and estimator, tn behalf o! the navy yard employes, who had worked 1n building the vessel. This took place Immediately after the launching party arrived at the launching stand. The band concert, which had been going on for hal! an hour, was concluded at this time and the pres• entation was made. This was fol• lowed by A pray11r by Lieut. Comdr. Ston , u. s. N., cl\aplaln o! th~ YIU'tt, The Triton was authorized to be built under the Naval appropriations act for 1938 with the order beIng placed with the local navy yard on June 30 ot that year. The keel was laid a. year from the following July, tl,1e elapsed time required in the drafting rooms. It was on July 5, 1939, only nine months a~o. that the keel was laid. The demand for an increased national defense force, resulted in rushing work on this submarine, as well as other activities at the Navy Yard. The original date for the launching was about two months hence, but with the speed-up in work, the time was atlvanced, and although at times It seemed impossible to some that the vessel would be ready, tne workmen of the yard, came through and the underseas craft was launched on schedule. The submarine Is slightly larger than any of the submarines that ha e been built locally during the last five years. The Sea.wolf, Searaven, Squalus and Sculpln being but a foot shorter and very few inches narrow at the mazimum beam. The Triton is 300 feet 3 inches in length at standard displacement with a maximum beam of 27 feet three and a quarter Inches with a mE!an draft at standard displacement of 15 feet. The Plunger, Pike and Porpoise were 301 feet long, but had a three foot narrower beam. The Triton has a standard displ!l,cement of 1475 tons. Lieut. Comdr. W. A. Lent, will be in command of the submarine. He has been connected with the Industrial department since June 29, 1938. He was assigned to his new duties some time ago and has been watching the construction during the past weeks. The work of completing the submarine wlll be carried on with the date for completion set for Dec. 1 this year. The launcning party comprised the sponsor and high navy officials, Gov. and Mrs. Lewis O. Barrows of Maine, were also included in the official party. Garden Club Holds All-~ay Picnic The Portsmouth Garden Club held an all-day picnic recently at the Women's City Olub. Following a welcoming speech delivered by Mrs. Charles Amhoff, president of the Portsmouth Garden Club, to members of surrounding garden clubs. Mrs. Rosalie Hatch Introduced Miss Mabel! Jenkins, speaker for the morning. Miss Jenkins reviewed new garden books of 1939 and '40. She spoke particularly of how fortunate Portsmouth is in having Miss Hannah Fernald in charge of the Portsmouth Library. As besides her other admirable qµalltles, Miss Fernald is n. lover of flowers and Interested in alJ newest flower books. Miss Jenkins brought with her both to illustrate her talk and for exhibition, all of the latest garden books. She explained how most of them were written in essay or story form and were therefore easy to read. She took each book In turn, picked out and read interesting passages and described the type of book each was. Among the books she brought were: "The World My Garden", "Green Grows the City", "The Gardner's Progress", "Bouquets And Bitters", "Gardening Indoors", "The Gardener's Omnibus" and "East and West", which contrasts Japanese and Western floral arrangement and paying special attention to symbolism in Japanese art. Other books recommended were "Garden and Color", "Stories and 'Legends ot Garden Flowers", and "Fun With Flower," which is a book for children, but would prove interesting and instructive for adults as well. Miss Jenkins mentioned Boston as the only city in the United States which still maintains an old time flower market. The growers bring flowers in from 5 o'clock in the morning on through the day and dealers visit the market from all over the city. She also encouraged her listeners to try making their own corsages and offered several suggestions for corsages appropriate for different occasions. During the noon hour members of the club and others present partook of basket lunches. Miss Marlon Grace and Mrs. Granville Burns assisted by other members of the Po1 tsmouth club served tea and coffee. Everyone enjoyed the informal sociability. At 2.30 o'clock Mrs. Amhoff conducted a short business meeting. She spoke of the trip of the Portsmouth Garden Club members to Boston on March 13 to the flower show. The bus was filled and all who attended enjoyed both the excursion and the show. The names of two new club members were proposed. Following the bu iness meeting Prof. Thomas Marsden Jr., ornamental horticulturist of the Extension Service at the University of New Hampshire, spoke on the New York Judging school which he attended in January and on the artistic arrangement of John Taylor Arns who is considered the outstanding arranger In the United States. Professor Marsden outlined the program of the course he attended at the New York school and revealed that during the first day of his lessons Mr. Arns himself, spoke on "Balance and Mass Arrangement." Gerard Smith discussed "Exotic Materials and Containers" and Mrs. Roy Lincoln, an authority in the field of judging, delivered a lecture on demonstration judging. Dr. R. C. Allen of Cornell University spent an entire day at the school teaching the following subjects: "How to Judge Horticultural Specimens," "Steps in The Procedure of Judging Horticultural Specimens," "Problems Which Judges Have to Solve," "How Culture and Handling Effect Cutting Flowers", and "How to Stimulate Interest in Garden Club Shows." Professor Marsden described Dr. Allen's particular emphasis on the importance of knowing plants by their botanical names, as well as by their common names. One flower may have several common names, but can have only one botanical name. Identifications are often confused by a knowledge of common names only. Professor Marsden read a list of very useful definitions which were compiled by Dr. Allen. Among them were the following: Entry-A single unit presented for competition in a show. Class-A group of entries with the same specifications. Exhibit-A non-competitive entry placed in a show for one of several reasons. Display-An entry which is either competitive or non-competitive. This word is often confused with exhibit. Collection-An assemblage of a number of varieties of flowers in competition as a. unit. Bloom-One individual complete flower or one composite flower borne on one stem. Inflorescence-A group of flowers associated on one main stem. Novelty-A plant which is yet not introduced to trade; one which is never sold or offered for sale. Professor Marsden went on mention several courtesies which might be expected from committees in charge of competitive displays. They should, for example, see that entries are properly classified-that all entries are technically correct-and they should keep out exhibitors or spectators during judging. . Professor Marsden showed on a screen photographs taken from Mr. Arn's book, lllustraUng various types of arrangements and the diagrams by which they were judged. He explained the importance of shadows ��!l'f·. ,· -- < ' "fi:;9.... '"""""~'+1 i;,1:,_.,..rl::~~~, ;!•\::"::;,,~,~~: ~;f,: !~Will Study _ · \ . Portsmouth I :E~~;:~~·.;::~~ i:: ~,' !:,;::;, Com mUn •ty ,( . :I . ·'I 1 ..., :Ii, om mu·n1ty· Ch est PIan ;:. :;·Chest pIan "b. a• ·. ' pOs sI I IIty D·,SC u·ssed · . II fil ._.··11il 1 'i Suggesting that it would be necessary ,to have experienced help in the ytar, he estimated that the first ! fir3t cost would be between 10 and 15 per 1cen:t but !this would decrease after the first year. The response to the suggestion :1;!'e~~~~ ~~:otabl:om:n~nii~noC::; Mr. Wells wa.s asked a great many ? .:_.1 i~:st~~anis, Rii~~~en~~~esR~:~~ clubs remained to discuss the proposition in more detail. Pos.si·bilities of a Community · Stowe Wilder, chairman of the Chest fund being oro-anized by · .-· The advantages of a Com- ,.community Service committee, Portsmouth civic org~izations will , munity Chest for Ports- Iwhich arranged the program, was chairman of th e meeting. Gues,ts be ·the subi·ect of a J·oint meeting · I mouth were pointed out topresent included representatives of . of the Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions club3 . ' day by Lewis G. Wells of a number of the organization which and representatives of other organNew York City, at a joint would be benefit by such a move. 1 izations tomor-row at the Rocking.~_;';: meeting of the Rotary, Lions Among the guests were Mrs. Harold ...:-:- ·1h h tel . )'$',._·" am o . and Kiwanis clubs. Nearly Ryan, depu t Y G1r· 1 Scout comm1s'<__:,. . ;j At the meeting, under the ausioner, and Mrs. Alvin Redden, Girl t>.5·:!spices of the Rotary club, and held 100 members of the th ree Scout commissioner; Mrs. Arthur E. ·,_·-i on its weekly luncheon meetmg ··! service clubs together with Baum and Mrs. Harry E. Philbrook ;·· ; .• ,date Lewis G. Wells of New York, ·\ representatives of several of of the Por,tsmouth District Nursing ·:., ..:,•· ·ico~unity chest consultant, willt · .1the agencies · of th"1s c1·t y, a t - ' association, Mrs. Walter Lane of ./ •-.,· · I , . ~- :, be the guest speaker, his subjec the Young Women's Christian a.s- · :'' . ;,I being the possibilities of a Com- ·, tended the meetiHg a nd were sociation, Maj. Albert Pickering of f',i/ ! munity Chest in Portsmouth. enthusiastic over the possib- Portland, Me., and capt. Clair Low·.· -: ---1 "In many other cities throughout · ility of Portsmouth .i oining man of the Salvation Army corps, \\~-,:.\ the nation," Stowe Wilde_r, chairthe list of cities in the coun- Willis G. Symonds, secretary of the .· · >:. :' : man of the meetmg, said today, C Young Men's Christian association, · '!../···.\ "the Community Chest fund drive, , try th at support a ommun- Executive Secretary Hillard Hol:0'_·-::'__·.·· ·i eliminating in~!vidual organization ity chest. brook of the Daniel Webster Coun:ix/•:· d-r!ves week alter week throughout . cil, Boy Scouts of America, and ;_{_i_;;:·.1the year, has been highly successstating his definition of a com- \ Charles T Durell, chairman of the ;_,;.,; ':"'.1 ful. After the drive the proceeds mu!nty chest, Mr. Wells said "'a iSoutheastern District of Boy Scouts ~ ):~_;;_~_7(1 are divided among the civic organi- - community chest should be an or- -'Mr. Wilder and Frank E. Brooks ..:,:i"'' zations." ganization of givers-an organization ··\represented the Family Welfare asThis will take the place of the bunt, not by the recipients of the · jsocia tion. John B. Mooney, chair- °' _. weekly meetings of the Rotary and money, but by tho;e who give the · 1man of the Portsmouth Chapter, "''Jf;·,;,-:. Kiwanis clubs. Members of the money for the purpose of eliminating !American Red Cross, wa.s ;,,;:_'J;/: Lions club, who have already held a number of separate campaigns to '; present. ..·, ._ fen~~etin~u::s ::e!iz:;i~nal~:P~!= provide agencies with sufficient _ . . _,. ; : __ ,. 1 i r7' ,}i; ',j tjzX,i> t~::· ;'t ;/ 1:eentatives who will attend •~_;_!_. _,_;_,_,_i,.: .· .... rJ:/:: :j\"···•. t:~/:: ~}/· : ::/'.j: ;f :'.:-: t.{-~? ·· ,J;::; : · \U'-"" . .-~ tf ;, r. :P·~/ the meeting are: John B. Mooney, chai:i'man of the local . American . : ,-, ,R ed Cross chapter ; Charles Durell, chairman of the Southeastern Dis- :... trict of Boy Scouts; Willis Symonds, , YMCA secretary; Mai. Albert W. Pickering of Portland, Me., and :,:~ Capt. Clair T. Lowman of Portsmouth , Salvation Army represent.a.tives; Mrs. Alvin Redden, com1nissio11er of the local Gixl Scout.s; _:~-Mrs. Walter Lane, secre:tary of the · Welf.are association will be rePre- ;, . .;e,;, ·< ·. fu~:ts :::a:1:·r:/~i;!e;~ ~i;~~~~1th to make sure that when you have 1 ·' · a .communi:ty chest you have one which will be an organization of giver.;," he sad. Describing another type of community chest, that of agencies 'forming together to raise their budget, he stated that these usually do nc.t 10£,t but ·a few years. He compared ; .. -: this with an organization of the l givers, whose idea is to elilninate the annoyance of a financial camlocal YWCA, and Mrs. Arthur E. . ' paign, and of being a.sked to service Ba.um treasurer of the District · on different campaigns each year, as Nurs~g association. · The F amily . well · as the multiple app~als for · support; and to provide fairer di.s-- sented by Mr. Wild:er, chairman of · 1 tr~bution of the gifts, as he stated , .... ,, the meeting. ' that iit is practically impossible to Forrest Eaton, chairman of the distribute one·s gifts throughout ~he! '."' service committee of the Kiwanis, year proportionately to the service I \{f;_:_,i with Mr. Wilder, chairman of the· rendered; and a:Iso that it is much /Rotary community service com- , . eas!er to raise money through a com- ., m1ttee, and Wallace S. Nelson, Wil- ,~ . mmty chest ,than m separate cam- i1 ?'.,~..,___, liam A. Tilton and Marland • · jpa1g11s. _ _ _ ____ f Knowles of the Lions club, are a ',. · M;, Wells ~tated that.the agencies f:;;;.:::/, committee to investigate the possi- .. could do much 1~1tter work, if they ?fY "-~ bilities of a community club fund ·•• did not have the task of raising (//,.J being formed in Portsmouth, . money to cauy on their work for he , --;:- --:c-_·:- ·--:- ---~;· ' :': estimat-ed that between 50 and 75 per if:.\'.::· ... '} - ~~ :~ ,-C .,. ~-t°." ·' • ·· ·· .' •cent of the directors and rerp:esenta\ !iY~;~-time__ is occupied i1:_ __~a_i~d~g- !{~:~ \ N~i() JJ'ry_:j . 1 f:fF·: ri:\~i;:~'""':'~-:;----:--·:·~~ iT!J::J{!'.," ~r-" .: · · ' ·· · ___ ~ :, ~ ·~ ~<'t/~)';i: �--··---· ·- ··----· . - - - · - - - - - · - 1 \~oman Found Dead ·11n Her Home j Alarmed by the failure of Miss Helen Tilton to turn on the cella;: 1 l light when he tended her furnace 1yesterday, Arthur · B, Whitehouse, Ijanitor, shut-in the greater part of her · , life owing ~o lameness, her vision ; and understanding did not allow her to be shut in by the walls of her home. She early cultivated a ' love of beauty and was an artist of much ability and had done much decora tive and designing work ·in years pa.st. In her home were many sketches and water colors, the work of her hand. She was a member of St. John 's church and much interested in the affairs of that parish. For the past, few years Miss Ti!- . ton had been unable to get out at all, even for an automobile drive, buo she carved in her heart the spirit of triumph and with her optimistic nature never murmured, but ever cheerful, she found joy in the wonders of nature the dying sunsets, the mystery and beauty of the star.;. With a love for music, she enjoyed the piano and in later years derived much pleasure from the radio, remaining up late in the evening to listen to her favorite programs. Sile passed much time in reading and was ever interested in curren t e1 ents. The friends that called a: her home always appreciated her gracious and cheerful spirit, while the neighbors who , knew her well feel that a friend worth while has passed on. Miss Tilton had occupied the same home since a child and often made tl1e remark that she hoped to live there until the end of her life. 1 called police to search the at 269 Pleasant street, thus . bringing about the discovery of the ·J1body of the aged tenant, who died, ~ officials said, of a "heart ailment,'' j Miss Tilton, a tenant of the building since she was a young girl 11 69 years ago, was known for her ~j decorating and designing work and had a fine collection of sketches j and water color paintings of scenes J in New Castle and Kittery. One of her outstanding sketches was of ,1 the Block House at Fort McC!ary at Kittery Point, · About 75 years of age, she was . the daughter of the late Edwin A. .j and Elizabeth J. (Rundlett) Tilton. · ._1During the last years of her life _·1she was confined to her life-Jong 1home, able to get about some with . l the use of crutches. It was her practice to turn on the cellar light from a switch on · the first floor of her tenement when Whitehouse tended the furnace fire but late yesterday, he told officials, she failed to turn on the light even , after he shouted. J Patrolman Lloyd McGraw was 1sent to the Pleasant street home , - - - · , ] when Whitehouse reported it to the · police station. Miss Tilton's body was found on the floor, her crutches ' nearby. Dr. Herbert Taylor, acting ;. county medical referee, was called -, 1 and gave a report that the woman , " died of a. "hear t ailment.." · 1house i ' i I '.23 Pupils Inducted lInto Honor Society -~ ~.~t-'-H) .-J Fun~ralOf iMiss Tilton j He:7 The funeral of Miss Helen I. Til- ·l ton, whose death occurred sudden- ! ly on Wednesday at her home, 296 from the Saturday .j at 1.30 a. m. 1 Rev. Maxwell Ganter, rector of ! St. John's Church, of which the deI cea:;ed was a member, conducted i the service at the chapel and the -i committal service at the grave in . the family lot in Proprietor 's Ceme• tery. Miss Tilton was a member of ; one of Por tsmouth's old families, ; the daughter of the late Edwin A. \ Tilton and Elizabeth J. (Rundlett) , ' Tilton, and a truly remarkable wo'~an~_While she lived alone, was a . Pleasant street, was held I Buckminster Chapel on ·I The Maine-New Hampshire bridge . authority took their hats off to a lo- · cal veterinarian. an informant tells · . i ~s _ today, when they changed the .:mdge approach plans near WoodI bury avenue so f.he highway 1 wouldn't disturb a dog cemetery. I II ljl: :) lil rjll \ Running the road across the Icemetery would have given rise to I a number of legal problems, whereas the graves of 102 canines, a few once pets of wealthy masters, constitute leased land and if a few of \the graves_ were moved the veterin:arian, Dr. Haven T. Paul, insisted, \the entire cemetery would have to moved to a location as desirable as the prese::it one . * A Boston wool broker avered that if the authority tried to disturb the · · grave of his dog he would battle ', the case, But it won't be necessary .J because the highway was moved ' ·several feet a way from the ceme1 tery. I be l 1,! rjll • I The cemetery was started in 1919 Iand today there are 102 dogs buried there. The masters and mistresses of the animals, wh o pay $25 for a ,;: lot and perpetual care, often decorate the graves with wTeaths and 1 bouquets. I 1 [ I There is no love in trayed so true as the ' fm• its master. The tery in this city is love is appreciated. ! 1 literature porIon a dog has unique ceme- , ~ evidence that The a.s.sembly at the Port.smouth High School Tuesday was in charge Among the dogs buried there of the National Honor Society, Ten ' were the pets owned by Geraldine seniors and 13 juniors were inFarrar, opera singer; by Frank ducted into the society. They ; Booma, first Portsmouth boy killed were as follows: 1 in action in the World war; and a ,.' Seniors: Mary Bauer, Thomas / Pekinese, once mascot on one of - -. ,, • , . ,_; ":;~ • >t':,:.~. Flynn, Carroll Fogg, Elaine Free- I , the navy·s battleships. _ L _ _ _ _ _ _V_ _ • _• _ _ , ,. __ ,· man, Irene Jette, Dorothy Ng, Ter- ., Vivian 1 esa Rand, Helen Smith, 1 Smith, Catherine Stulb. I Juniors: Evelyn deRochemont, Taylor Greer, Mary Griffin, Micha_el Griffin, Robert Griffin , Mary Wood Hewitt, Philip Marriner Frances Marshall, Emerson Miles Edith salden, Louis Scliris. Normai Volkman, Bernard Winebaum. _J 1· I ~ l -~ ·.-<~-~-40 �dw~ ~ "! .... • • • · - +• . ~ •:'· • ·fi";.r ·7!,) tS.o...\te~. ~.Q:~-'r · 7f . . • t-u s. . Lif~- ••,,.. ! ,I, I . 0'1 11,et ·-R-~ ca 11 ;· .,. _A_ n_d~-'--, I ;flri·- r· Of C T"t s It . :if I mes a pt. I us a e r ,It~~.~ ~l: ~Cl';· ... ,Ai tered about in town and country I think it would be of service to have . collected together and fixtl 'P •· ,,-:_i_:::_i ;-;alofh~i::e~e~f":~n~:~E ~~t:,·rr \• A wallet belonging to Titus Salter ' =--· - The British ship of war Scar- . I, breakwater to afford a better har- I borough was dispatched to Ports- ;f ,;l was brought to the Herald office bor at 5tar Island and he was one ' mouth Harbor, following the revolt · f,;$;.l recently by Eugene Wi!liams of of the petitioners. However, the of Portsmouth citizens against t.he plan was found impractical and crown in their successful venture • :,;f.j of leather and bears the following finally was abandoned. at sei~ing the powder and cannon · inscription in gold lettering, "Titus In 1765 residents of Portsmouth at New castle. This ship was sent to Salter, 1755, of Portsmouth, New and adjacent towns petitioned the intercept provision vessels. In July }~~ England." Mr. Williams_ has. a. General Assembly for the establish - I the frigate's men seized the schoonlO'.:·Jµ collection of lnteresting articles m ment of a lighthouse at Odiorn'e : er Ann, of which Captain Salter 1;,.·,!)f:., his possession, including a razor Point Rye. Among the signers was i was the sole owner. She had reachthat was used by a Revolutionary ·the n~me of Titus Salter as a. mem- . ed Rye on June 21 with 30 quintals t(.l war soldier and one own~ by a ber of the Marine Society of Ports- ! of fish. This cargo was discharged '"'··I Civil war veteran at the time of mouth. 1 and 15 quintals of dry fish were put 'f}J that war, also forcejl3 that were At the corner of Salter and Marcy aboard to be taken around to Ports~:·}:;~ ~ed to pull teeth in the days of the streets, near the South M111 bridge, · mouth. Adverse winds prevented ~c::,:;:'l Civil war, as well as shot bags used stands the fine old ga.mbrel-roof , the vessel getting out before July by the settlers of the country. colonial residence where Ca.pt. Titus \ 5 when the seizure took place. The 'ii Undo';l'bt~ly the wallet has the Salter lived. The date of erection is value _of the ship and cargo _was _o;:;1l;.' most h1Stor1ca.l background of all jnot known, but on that site, or very : appraised at 105 pounds sterlmg; his articles. It is_ In excellent con- j near it, his brother, Ca,pt. Richard i Captain Salter sought legal redress, dition and was given to Mr. Wll- •Salter lived from 1739 to 1747. but evidently nothing ever came Hams by Rear Admiral Edwin Put- When' Captain Titus bought the of it. nam who lived for some time in land and buildings from his brother In August, 1775 he -headed a comthe Thomas Salter house on State May 29, 1747, for 275 pounds, •t here mittee making a report to the Prostreet, opposite the Rockingham were three lots, one "on the north \ vincial Congress on a plan for forhotel. Rear Admiral Putnam mar- side of the street that leads from I\ tifying the harbor, suggesting batried Annie M. Salter. great-grand- the road that goes over the mill teries at Peirce Island and Seavey's 1 daughter of Titus Salter. During damn and runs down to the ! Island in the river. Ezekiel Worthen the Civil war he enlisted i~ the I water," with dwelling house ~f ,! was the engineer. on the _project. United states navy as ass1Stant •I Richa,rd Salter therein; a secona, ·1 The labor was given gratis, but , paymaster. In 1901 he became a on the .south side of the street, and Captain Salter supplied the workrear admiral and was retked the ' a third on the north side of the ers with food at a cost of· some 96 ensuing year. Following ,the death thoroughfare. The purchase in- pounds, for which he was subseof Thomas Salter in 1907 Rear Ad- .eluded wharves and warehouse. In quently reimbursed by order of the . miral and Mrs. Putnam made their 1760 Titus Salter bought of Nathan- / Provincial Congress. Captain Salter ,; home in his former residence on iel Fernald a parcel of land ad- . was appointed to command the bat- ._.' state street, left to Mrs. Putnam i~ joining his own. It is possible th~t tery on Pei:'ce's Island, (Fort Was~- -~ life tenancy under her brother s Captain Titus lived for a ,time m mgton). HIS pay was fixed a~ six 1 . wlll. his brother's house, but it has al- pounds a month. Orders for the .. it:.•:~ capt. Titus Salter, who owned ways been understood in the family · muster of the company of "matros- · ~ the wallet, had _a n interesting life. ,t hat he erected the residence now ses" (artillery-men) at Fort Wash- '; ?-~f? He was born at the Isles of Shoals, standing. Hence it may date back ington were issued on Sep~. 2, 1775 . .• probably on Star Island, the son of to 1747. There were extensive It is believed that Cap tam Salter ~•,t·, capt. and Mrs, John Salter. In a grounds. A little gambrel-roofed was_ in command most of the time (;i• llst of Baptisms a_t t~e church. at , house on the opposite (~outh) .side untu the end of the war. ;":) Gosport his name IS l1Sted as bemg I of Salter itreet was built for his Among his company which num~t,;·c baptized March 18, 1722. He died I servants, probably slaves, of whom bered 82, appears the name of Titus ~:~, Sept. 20, 1798, in Portsmouth, where 160 were owned in Portsmouth in Salter, Jr. he lived for many years. He mar- 1773, when a census showed a popuOpportunity for retaliation for ~• ried El!za,beth Bickford, a. desce nd - lation of 4,372 souls. the capture of the schooner Ann· ~:.:,,, ant of a. pioneer Malne family, July Captain Salter had wide interests. came to Capt. Salter in October 11, 1745. In 1760, his wife's father, He was among the grantees of _four 1775, when the ship "Prince ~; Henry Bickford, deeded his home on townships in New Hampshire- George" put into Portsmouth har- · ·· .:./} the waterfront in Portsmouth to Poultney, Neshobe or Brandon, bor with provisions intended for .~~ 1-'kt· Titus Salter, the price being 200 Thornton and Success. He also General Gage's army then in Bos- .~': pounds. owned land in Barrington. . . ton. Captain Salter dispatched an · ir: Captain Salter was master of He also was prominent in military armed force aboard her and seized I ·: ~}: merchant vessels and later became activities. It ls not known whether 1,892 barrels of flour. Of thls splen- 1 ~-;,:~: one of the leading merchants of he took part in the capture of the did supply 1,200 barrels were sent ·: f;'>- '.Portsmouth. He is believed to have powder at Fort William and Mary, to Boston for the use of General '?/f.; settled in Portsmouth by 1746 as but in January of 1775 he wrote a Washington's army and the re'}~,: records at the South church show memorial to the Provincial Con- mainder was used for the soldiers ;~ that he and his wife began tak_ing gress of New Hampshire in regard , at the batteries and the townspeo- _: _. their children there for bapt!.Sm to armament at New Castle, and pie generally, who it was reported, . · about that time. However, in 1766 offering suggestions as to repairs of had been "in great want of bread" ,.;;;. a. number of Gosport residents pe- a boom which had been stretched for some time. •, titioned for a permit to carry on a across the harbor to bar entrance As in ·,arious sections there were lottery to raise funds to build a of British vessels, and which had complaints here of irregularity in ~• •.. ,.·.. , . "·· .. ,. . ·:,?.· given way several times. In his rece1vmg ay, on the f'~rt of the 1, · -:')'-1 Hanover street. The wallet is made tf•?J gJ..:• ~r f..~:· ~tL .-:- ' ttt~- -~~},:iI•~/, ::.;;~;;,\'.:;',}>.. 1 __ ,_ ..., :: C-.· ",·_., -j ;'•: .: .l C ,;_ ! ,·'·~L.. I ,c'.' \ , • .,. �rI~~1~\,~ };;'~~? -••.:·-.-'.,.\tit.:~ .:\X;;;~ri1i~~o ne.··~_;1-gh~::\~ll\)~j,_'( , r.~~-J(';·~:{: :_ ~-~;;t ,';-, 1 ,·,_ ':·_':_·,_/;r·i~ oldiers. Congress voted earl);- in l through hi.s bo,.hood acquaintance ,,::---:::;-;t · · -~:.. .. _ _ ._. .','.·, :,-r J t th , , Cap am Jones was the vict.or in f( • · anuary a e men should be · • . with Gen. '.Sorace Por ter, a freque11t th b •i the battle of the Serapis and the >'.·, ,' • pa1·ct mon ly, ut this was not al- ·.,J vJS· itor nea r Mr. Senior's early home . I· Bon Homme Richard, •• ' --<, d his COil• :;' .·.-:· · ways one. at Montgomery, in Orange county, ,(. .. .. In January Captains Salter and ·/ N. Y. Gen eral Por ter was aideo demned merchantman converted ;_ :,._--'.i Daniel were instructed to order all I de-camp to General Grant, presiinto a warship and named in honor . l'. ·, '. inhabitants of the Isles of Shoals l dent of the Union League club in of Benjamin Franklin. It was durto remove to the mainland, as in . New York fo r many years and ing this combat, one of the most ;~f ,. their exposed position they had / United States ambassador to famous engagements in all naval ;;g~ . _ been forced to furnish subsistence j France from 1897 to 1905 _ history, fougM in the moonlight on ii;,;; an d recruits for British vessels. In It was Gener ai Porter who, at his the night of Sept. 23, 1779, that he April Captain Salter was authoripersonal expense, conducted a care- made his famous reply-"I have not f~t:'j zed by the committee of safety to ful, sys ematic six- ye a seach that yet begun to fight"-when the cap•::-;( proceed to Boston and secure the resulte d in the discovery of Captain tain of ,t he Serapis called upon him retur~ of four cannon loaned to the Jones' body in Paris in April, 1907 , ' to -surrender while their ships were · , Contmental army the previous July, af.ter wh ich th e Revolutionary lashed together . ..,: and also to obtain a skillful enginhero's rem a ins were b:·ought back The Bon Homme Richard had ;.,.,;f;;-· eer to lay out fortifications at to the Un ited States for burial in a been riddled so badly that she sank ,/C:::Y' • ': Portsm0uth as soon as possible. special crypt at -the Naval academy · in the morning after the ships had ;~:(,t' Captain Salter was a member of at Annapolis. been unlashed and Captain Jones ,:(.>i;· the ill-fated Penobscot expedition Mr. Senior, lawyer and president 1and his victorious crew had trans;?i} ·. in command of the armed ship of the Cowham Engineering Co., of ,:i !erred to -the captured Serapis, in \. ;\\ Hampden. The expedition was reChicago, and ,t he Consolidated Ce- which they proceeded to Texel, ,t he pulsed by the British, and the Amment Corp .; acquired the Captain Netherlands, for refuge and ,J;;,'::;:: ..,. ,, . ericans destroyed many of their Jones com mi.,sion ·recently from a pairs . -:_f&;{~ vessels to prevent capture. In scatAt Texel, King Louis XVI. ·' ,,;,-, ::,;, tered detachments tl1e land and private collec t<>r in Chicago, and · wrote to Secretary of the Navy France offered Captain Jones '• naval forces made their way back Charles Edison : "It is not neces- commission in the French navy so \, to their homes, suffering great ."' sary to state th e r e asons why · this that he might sail out of the neuhardships on the way. · commission should become -the -tral harbor under a French flag Following the surrender of Cornproper ty of the United States navy, and not be molested by ,t he British wallis at the close of the revolution, nor ·why it should be permanently who were on his trail. Captain Captain Salter and a small force of ... ._ displayed at ,he United States Jones declined it, however, and ,,,.., ..,_ artillerymen were retained at Fort : Naval academy. leaving the battered Serapis behind, f~;1'r. Washington throughout the year Mr. S enior was detained in New he slipped ou t of the harbor a few ·5·~~ 1782, due to the unsettled conditions 1 j York by ill ness, but he sent the da.ys la ter in the United states \~}( in the colonies. On June 1783 he was document to Secretary Edison as a. frigate Alliance , fl ying his own -'·:·1"-f ordered to dismantle the barracks loan for the present to ,t he Naval flag, and successfully eluded ,t he ~;il\jf} a nd platforms at. the forts in Pis;_;'_ -i,:.,_\L.' cataqua harbor, and "the thanks of Academy Museum. The document enemy. -,-~ is regarded by naval authorities as Mr . Senior ~aid it was quite the ~ener~I Assembly returned to one of the most valuable in Ameri1i.kely t.hat. Captain Jonas carried 1tus Salter for all hlS i)/ ,: Captam can n aval histor·• and 1 t M ·: this commission with him when he ,_ - good services." l · J '. a _er r. :/ t ransferred to the Serapis from the · ._ ,, , .• _ • . .. . • . • . . . . ., 0j Senior probably wilf make 1t a per, .Yf'·i~~-:'t".'!,[i~ ,, -~:} j f~j:-t '. , manen t gift to the navy . J sinking Bon Homme Richard, which , ·.·.;.: ,:o,,,y' ;~,;., .,~~~m ,:~ -l i;:,,:; ~ -?tr--:, By special act of Congress in 1938 took many of his other personal '-~1;,fI:)~,J.-':>'.-.,:.:~~;_'~-''i.'·'.~;t~if(;,;'.}: ,:~( when it authorized the acceptanc~ belongings to ·the bottom. -He also . : ,:f';_~·:Ji-'- -~ .1; .•."'.: '.,_ ;: -~,: ·· , ( '-' ,- \~'. of $200.000 from the United States said there is strong reason to heNaval instimte and the Navy Ath• lleve the present frame for the letic associa tion for 1he construecommission is one in which Captain ·, tion of a. new Naval Academy MuJones himself had it placed. seum building, all gifts or beque.sts One of the outstanding items in for th e museum shall be exempt Mr. senior's collection of memorafrom a!J federal taxes, instead of bilia of ,t he sea fighter is his apentitling the donors only to the' plication ,to become a Mason, usual 15 per cent -tax deduction alwhich he signed "John Paul," his lowed for gifts. original family name. Born in The commi.,sion has been sen-t to Scotland in 1747, John Paul settled Dr. St. George L. Sioussat, head of in Virginia in 1773 after several the manus.;ript division of the Li- ,: years of seafaring, and generally ls New York.-Jolm L. Senior of ~f"',; i Roxbury, Conn., who presented to brary of Congress, for repair, re - / believed to have added Jones to his storation c.nd preservation treat- ''.''. roots, but 110 one can say what ;Q.P;, ·, ,t he ·United States navy la.st week ment simila to that given the \ would grow from them. the original commission as a captain !f}1~,:,· issued· to John Paul Jones by the 'rl"fi.\ Continental Congreos, confessed : : J : :!~ 1;t~~~~il~n::~~:}~\~a\~: '£.~t\ that his deep interest in the RevoNaval academy, where it probal,ly ~);·;-( lutionary naval hero was- inspired will be di.splayed in a special i.·:i'_'.}_i: originally by a famous United moun ting in the Captain Jones . - . States army soldier-diplomat. cryp t next to his two swords. Neither Mr. senior nor any other The co1:1mission, to which John ~~;! :; . member of his immediate family affixed his famous signa- , i\;.:L ever served in the · nav y, but during Hancock ture as president of ,the Continen ~f?:k the last 40 years he has e,tablished 1 ta! Congres.s, is dated Oct. 10, 1776, ~\(-1 what probably is the larges t private t~: {) collection of Captain Jones memor- : and, according to Mr. Senior, Capi tain Jones was as proud of it as of 1l~/: \. I.-"'-;·:·:_·J·· abilia in in thethe country, exceeded only his Amerk an citizenship. He was by those Library of Congress very careful to retain his citizenship iJ·r · and a · fe\V museums. whUe h e served Catherine of Rus·;_:,;1;. _;: Mr Senior said he became fas- ,:! sia af t.er ,the Revolution, explainf} .\:Cl"cinaU!d ·iby the study of Captain :v;: ·\ Jones' life · and the collection of I mg: _ . "I . can never renounce the the mementos of the daring sea fighter , glorious title of B, c1t1z;en of ~-~ ; .:.....:..:· . United S t . a ~ - - - - - -- --' ".'> ~ t .h I I 5; ·." ,. \ ¥:ft.:/"' fi;j ··{'>?.. f::-r~ l• <~; $ . .·ttl ,;; ~I_'.',"· t.ff:/· ;,f/? I '!' ·':'.'•·,t ··?,1f~1 ·~·r/?J'i , f,1<': .. :C,_;,~~:: · ;;:.'.-'. • 0 .:\"/~ ,'.-,':i , · f;,J .·:·:;,., ">, ·' i!{,;! HasGiven40 Years I!({ ToHisJohntoryStudy Paul Jones ~f,j\ Ji . ?i.'.~ ~!A;-- •1 +> ·. . .! ~J~ ':· -.,-•-· . '. 1~ . . ·~·:.. ' "_ , ,}/ ·. ,;. _ �~~::$~t·::_ -'._ :_ .__._. _ :... ·. . . -- ·-~-- ·------.------ ~~;itlBudget Bureau pproves •'.,·:. -. . ·1 ------ ij ~:; . - - --- - - ·- ·-------· ____,,__ _ _ _ _-::-=.7.=...-.:-.:~::-:..::::::::::=:!.-....~(._____.:..=__ - ~ -- -- ~ ~ . . .... (.- ,, ... .. ' t\Total Of $437,000 Involved; Work Would Include Extension Of Inside Machine Shop ·:.':·/:: ·Conversion Of Old Boiler Shop Into :/\._-:·:·. ·; Foundry, Extension Of Eiectric Service . And Addition To Office Building Also · Planned Supplemental appropriations of $437,000 for building extensions and conversion of other buildings at Portsmouth navy yard were approved today by the Bureau of the Budget at Washington, the Portsmouth Herold learned this afternoon from Congressman Arthur B. Jsnks of Manchester. The supplemental appropriations the annua.l submarine building profor naval shore establishments in- gram. Preliminary plans are already ad. eluded $185,000 for extension of the vanced for industrial offices being inside machine shop, $100,000 for moved from the present industrial extension of the industrial office building into the former supply building, $77,000 for conversion of building, vacated recently by the occupancy of the new supply build• the old boiler shop into a foundry, ing. and $75,000 for extension of alterThe $77,000 appropriation will be nating current electric service. used in the conversion of the old The largest item, it was learned boiler shop into a modern, up-to~ . at the local yard, will mean a large date foundry and the last item, extension of alternating cur.rent extension of building No. 80, the electric service, has already started ·' inside machine shop, which has at the local yard, officials said, a ibeen on yard plans for the general high-voltage cable already having Iincrease in building space here been laid from Portsmouth via , )along with an expected increase. ~~itter)'.__to the navy yard. l "'.; ... _ ·. ,, .. ..._.. ·.· .-.· . :.;,·_·. _...· ;,~.;_-r. .· ."· .,:·~:.•:.·.:.;{.i_,;.--;},.:.;.:,···.-, .. . · _ ~ · r·.\ __ -. . . . ~. '. ,, __- _ ~l\ · >-·=... ', L,,i_.~'.?--Jt~ -._.·, . .'~·~~'._>\~-~:1:;!~~t· -~} --~· .:-:--c;;_· ;:Er. -~ . .::,:- ·::(.\,.~ft .' ~<i·:·.:· - -__ ~ '-;~ .. ;.~ 1 t-~ -.-- ~9-, , ·•-.: . -•'. =...:·i-:\~ff\\:~-~/t_ .-~ ~:,. -~·_'i:.LJ~-~x-";-;t_. ~:.:.•-'--.";.....-....c...~ ~ ~ · __ �• Ch /e • f cogan L00kS 8ac k F/fe On Nearly 4 0 Years In Dept. . ~ 1.~ -:P:o: :r:ts:m=:o::-:u:th~iiii.iiii.iiii.iiii.iiiiiii,.-----._-.;_..JI Nearly 40 years a fireman, Fire Ohle! George T. Cogan has gained the confidence of Portsmouth people in his d!rectlc;m of the local fire department, made up of nine permanent men and 45 call men. The fire chief, a life-long native of Portsmouth, was .born in 1877, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Coogan of Islington street. He attended the local schools and served as a shlpfltter at New London, Conn., and at the Norfolk navy yard. In 1902 he worked on the Dakota, a merchantman, the largest steel boat to float in the early part of this century. Oogan's name was put on the call firemen's list in 1900; he was In New London and Norfolk a couple of years after that, but in 1906 he was appointed as a permanent man. The chief, a bachelor, has a fondness for children and leads the firemen each Christmas season In repairing toys for distribution to many children who would not ordinar!ly fare very well in the Yuletide sea, son. The practice was started under the late Fire Chief Wllliam Woods 1 who was succeeded by Chief Cogan, Clarence Atwell ls permanent assistant and other permanent men are John W. Connors, Ernest W. Weeks, John H. Weston, Frederick H. Crompton, Arthur C. Cox, Frank M. Amazeen and Duncan C. Cameron. Frank E. Amazeen is assistant chief of the 45 call men. p ortsm outh •. ,. persons You Should Know Ninety per cent of the Portsmouth firemen, both call and permanent, are natives of this city which is a record held by very few departments, Fire Chief George Cogan pointed out, and the Herald's interview today was with another of the Portsmouth-born firemen, Atthur C. Cox, formerly a house painter. At Christmas tl..tne Cox ls acknowledged as the No. 1 man at the station when toys for distribution to underpriviledged children are being reconditioned and painted. Each year since the firemen started the repair of the toys Cox has been assigned to head the painting crew. He was born March 16, 1885, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cox, and now has his residence at 33 South Mill street. After attending the local schools he was employed in the painting trade, and ma.cried Mabel, liodgdon of Portsmouth, has a daughter, Mrs. A. J. Annis of Baltl..tnore, Md., and is grandfather of. three children. He started painting in 1901 and eight years later went in partnership with his father and contipued in the trade until 1916, A few years after starting painting he signed on the fire department as a call man and nine years later, in 1916, was appointed as a permanent firem~~ce 1927 he ha.-; been treasurer of the Portsmouth Firemen's Relief association and is 'tlr!ver of Combination 3. Portsmouth Persons You Should Know Fourth of July is always &, double celebration for hl..tn-Independence Day and his bl!:thday-John H, Weston, 36-year-old Portsmouth fireman, ls always with fellow firemen in the midftt of the battle age.inst flames when the alarm summons local smoke eaters. Son of the late Alfred J. Weston, for 20 years a Pormmouth policeman, and t-'1e late Mrs. Weston, he was born July 4, 1904, in Portsmouth and attended the local schools. Before joining the fire department he wa:a employed with a spare crew on the Boston and Maine railroad and laiter served a.s a carpenter's apprentice. Dover and they have two chlldren 1 Dover and they have two csildren, John 10, and Robert 5. The family lives on Boyd road. Three days before his birthday in 1927 he was appointed as a call firemen and attached to Combination �Frederick Crompton Has Long Record Of Ser.vice As Fireman - - - - - - - - - - - VV\h,, Frede.rick R. Orompton, senior captain of the Portsmouth fire deiparbment and for 13 years secretary of ,the local Firemen's Relief aswciatlon, started his career as a fireman nearly 20 years ago, when he was a,ppointed a call fireman. Active as an officer of the Port.smouth Firemen's Relief association, Crompton aid today that the relief fund has grown to over $6,500 from rthe annual fees of all Portsmouth firemen anq donatiorls given to the department. The organization, he .,said, wa~ established Jan. Portsmouth Persons You Should Know 1, 1858. Injured firemen, call and permanent, hurt going to a fire, at a fire or returning from a fire are paid $2 a day, besidEs the""State association compensation during the period of disability. At death a fireman's family receives $100. Crompton, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman C. Crompton of 90 Daniels street, was born Nov. 1, 1903, and attended the local schools, He was employed for a time at a Bow street machine shop and was a machinist's helper at the navy yard. He married Miss Margaret Flanigan of Port.s.mouth and the couple have three children, Robert, Anne and Thomas. After his appointment as man Feb. 1, 1921, he served on the hook and ladder unUl March 19, 1924, when he was elected clerk and lieutenant of combination 1. April 4, 1927, he was appointed permanent man and se,rved as spare driver until 1938, when he was appointed as senior captain, John W. Connors Youngest member of the Portsmouth fire department, John W. COnnors, 25, o! Greenland road, ls an aviation enthusiast and looks forward soon to holding a pllot;s license. He has many hours of 1'Ylng instn1ctlon on his record and has been issued a. student's permit by the government. The young fireman Is interested in photography as a. hobby and has taken many interesting plctureG 'for his collection. He was born in Port.smouth, May 24, 1914, son of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Connors and attended the local schools. His .father, employed for about 30 y,ea,rs on the Boston and Maine rallroad, now serves as a brakeman. While he holds rthe dwtinctlon of being the youngest member of the fire deparitment, his brother, Paul, two years younger, is the youngest member of the Portsmouth police department. Bafore joining the fire depart• ment Connors was employed for 2½ years at a. local creamery and since his appointment to the fire department, May 31, 1938, he has been manager of the bowl!ng alleys. �Portsmouth Piersons You · v ShouldKnow a'i; Another Portsmouth-born member of the local fire department, Ernest W. Weeks, is spare driver on the permanent men's list and he first served with the fire department as a call man in May of 1931. His appointment as acting permanent man was on May 20, 1934, and the following year in September he was appointed as a permanent fireman. His home is at 327 Hanover street. He was born in May of 1907, son of Edward A. and the late Isabelle (Rice) Weeks of 310 Dennett street. After attending the local schools he joined the Merchant Marine, serving for two years on an East to West coast run, via the Panama Oanal. Returning to Portsmouth he spent six years as a garage mechanic, employed by Ira. Brown and Paul Gobbi. He married Gertrude Oaswell of Rye and they have one child, Dorothy, aged 7. Fireman Weeks is an active member of the Rockingham Oounty Fire Wardens' association. Persons You Should Know Senior member of the Portsmouth fire dapartment, Duncan Oameron, 68, recalls the "good old days" when a st1lwart pair of snorting horses would poulild down Lhe Portsmouth streets, d:aggi11g behind them the smoking, teaming apparatUs whenever 1he fire alann sounded. "When I joined the department in 1909," Cameron recalled, "the horse.; were housed In the old Central fire station on Court street that has since been remodelled into a garage, I was driver of Steamer No. 3 and the:e was plenty of excitement irt those good old days when we drove the galloping horses to a fire." Born in Cape Bretton, Nova Scotia, Aug. 20, 1873, the veteran\ fireme11 said he a,btended the public tchools there and then as a young man, about 40 yearn ago, came to Gloucester, Mass. When he came to Portsmout}l It was in the em-~ ploy of Frank Jon :s, brc .. ter he 'A8S fr·-ing stables on Woordbury avenue. He was appointed to the fire depa: tment Feb. 16, 1909, and It was a fuil-tlme jcb then at $780 a year with only one day off each ·th. He i! married to the former , .. ; ry R egan of this city. Portsmouth Persons You Should Know Last living member of the Ool. Sise steam fire engine company, No. 2, Frank Amazeen, 61, father of two call firemen, is still driver of Engine No. 2, Now it :Ls not horse-drawn as it was in 1904 when he was ap~inted to the department. "When I joined ithe fire department the fire wagons, except thooe a.t the Central station, were hauled by call horses," the veteran fireman said. "Lf two of the call horses on the ash cart were collecting ashes when the fire alarm was sounded the driver would unhLt.ch them and then drive them' to one of the sub-1S1tatlons." Arnazeen joinaj the Col. Sise company, Nov, 1, 1904. as a driver and he was appointedl fireman of the steamer \'.:11 April 1, 1911. His appointment as a permanent fireman came on Oct, 1, 1917. · The Col. Sise company is one o~ the oldest fire companies in America, being organized bn Dec. 21. 1807. Amazeen was borh in mouth, son of late Mr. and Mrs. John E. Amazeen. After attending the local schools he was employed in a local shoe shop, served for a time as a butj::her, and was a clvlllan employe for a year at Portismouth navy yard. Re married Miss Nellie Emory and they have two sons, Frank E. and Reginald c .. both ca11 firemen. His home is at 59 Sheaie street. �Portsmouth Persons You Should Know ~ ~ Well known to Portsmouth citizens, Clarence A. Atwell, 42, h11s been a permanent :fireman for the past 15 years with an excellent record of service. , He recalled that he first served as a call man on the hook and ladder, the last piece to be motorized about 1918, and for the past 2½ years he has served as first assistant engineer. He was born in Portsmouth, Feb. 8, 1898, a few days before the battleship Maine was blown up in Havana harbor, and his parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Atwell. He resides at 45 Richmond street. He attended the local schools and first started employment in the Gale shoe factory and then for nine years worked for H. A. Yeaton and Son, grnin dealers. Following his employment there he was appointed to the fire department. Grafforf Club Marks Its 45th Anniversary ~ A large atte nda nce of old and new members of the Gr11ffort club gathered 11t t he Masonic 11udl· torlum last evening to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the organization of the club. A dinner F as served a t 6.30 p. m. and the taqles were attractively decorated with flowers and green and yellow candles. The Tralp Academy orchestra under the d!rectlon of David Kushlous furnished 1 music during the dinner. · In an address of ~!come, Mrs. Edith M. H~yes, president of the club, paid homage to the women who formed the club In May 1895. Of the original charter members seven were able to be pre.sent and they were: Mrs. Helen Boynton, Ml& Grace R. Brown, Mrs. Harriett Lovell, Mifs Emma. Magraw, Mrs. Adelalcle Matthews, Miss Stel• la Webster and Mrs. Maibel Locke. To eacl:). of these clwtinguished ladies Mrs. Hayes presented an old· fashioned nosegay. A greeting in rhyme was read from Mrs. Frances N. Seavey, an a.~ent charter member, who is now living ln California., Mrs. Harold, M. Smith, pr-esident of the Women's City club wa.s an honor guest at the dinner and she brought greetings from her organization and expressed the pleasure she had gained during the 25 years that she had been a member of the Oraffort club. She also presented the club with 45 pink and red roses. Mr.s. Hayes <then introduced the toastmistress, Mrs. J. True Davis, who gave a witty and humorous opening address. Mrs. Thoma,,, D. Noyes lectured briefly on "Our Past Presidents", following which Mrs. William J. Cater paid tribute to Mrs. Bridget Oram:>r.t for whom the club was named, and related an interesting history of the club. Miss Emma J. W. Magraw spoke fittingly of "Those We Hold In Memory," the 66 charter members of whom seven are .st!ll active in the club. Mrs. Joseph A. Boylston gave a most instructive talk on "Our Club ln Our Community." During the evening vocal solos were presented by Mrs. Thornbon N. Weeks, including the beloved "Memories" andl "Under the Ro.re." She was irccompanied by Mrs. Evert O. Smith. Mrs. Ruth Sloan Chase sang "Let My Bong Fill Your Heart" by Ernest Ch4l.rl-es and ''A Winter Lullaby" by de Koven.J Her accompanist was Mrs. Sarah D. Simpson. The closing address "Our Olub of Tomorrow" was delivered by Mrs. John B, Mooney. During the evening community singing was enjoyed, accompanied by Mr,. Evert 0. Smith and led by Mrs. Walter F. Evans, and the evening closed with ,the singing of "God Bless America." This wrui, a most successful conclusion to an event commemorating the organization of the oldest women's club in the city and one of the oldest in the state, and all present were pleased to have been a part of the celebration. The club wai, organized with the followin g purpose in mind: "Th~ object ot the club shall be to broaden and strengthen the moral, social and intellectual life of its members, and through them to make itself a power for good ln the commum ty. Any woman who subscribes to the spirit and purposes for which the club exists shall be eligi!lle to membership," It ls named for a v.-oman who is said to have been the first publ!c spirited woman in Poptsmouth. The club was federated In the New Hampshire sta,te Federation in November 24, 1895. It was entered into the General Federation of Women'.s Clubs on M/ly 21, 1898, and It became a life member of the Society tor the Proin March 9, 1902. The organization tect!on of New Hampshire Forest.s is comprised! o! various depantments which are not only educational but extremely ente...rtalnlng to the members. Chairman of the Literature department is Mrs. Wllllam M. FM'rlgton ; Mrs. Ancy D. Brownell is chairman of t he Travel department ; Mrs. Charles S. Chase heads the Music department; the Dramatic department is under the direction of Mrs, Olaude M. Wilson, and .Mrs. Ralph W, Junkins ls ln charge of the Home Economics department. Mrs. Fred F. Hayes is the charming and competent president of the Oraffort Club and Mrs. Benjamin M. Hartshorn is vice president. Other officers are : recording secreta.ry, Mrs. Walter F . Lane; corresponding secretary, Mrs. G . Leroy Harmon, treasurer, Mrs. John B. Mooney and custodian, Miss Marion a. Call. General chairman of the anniversary dinner committee "¢as Mrs. Charles W. Qray. She was llfSisted by Mr.o. Fired F. Hayes, Mrs. Walter F. Lane, Mrs. Willis N. Rugg, Mrs. Joseph A, Boylston and Miss Marion Call. Mrs. William A. Dorney was chairman of decorations and me was a.ssl.;ted by Mrs. Alber,t D. Foster, Mrs. A. J. Lance and Mrs. Claude M. Wilson. �Percy oulton Dies; Was City Editor Of Herald For 16 Years Had Been In Ill Health For ~ .Month Percival Augustus Moult.on, who, for the past 16 years, had been City Edit.or of the Portsmouth Herald, died this morning, following an illness of about a month's duration. News of his passing stunned his coworkers as he had been improving and had been expected t.o return to work shortly. Friday he went out for a ride, the first time since he was stricken with a heart attack March 21. He had been improving steadily, and only a few days ago, when visited by some of his fellow workers, had spoken of being back at his duties within a few weeks. No one will ever know just how many people have been befriended by this genial man. He was very quiet and unassuming, yet he was most observant and never failed to be a friend, whenever the occasion arose. Anytime he could help anyone he was always ready to do so. He was born at Rye Beach, July 22, 1886, the son of Jacob A. and Emma (Philbrick) Moult.on. He loved New Hampshire in its entirety. He attended the Rye Schools, and Portsmouth High school where he was graduated in the class of 1904. Jack Lambert, well known newspaper man who dled a short time ago, was a member of the same class, and the two were great friends throughout the years. He was always interested in his class and his classmates. During his high school days he was active in sports, and always maintained his ___________..;.P.,e,.c.,.,.A••.,:,:M ~o:,:u:,:l~to:,::n;__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ interest in these activities. year, he was given the task of cov- characteristics for which he wa-s so For a time he 1·esided outside of ering the activities, and those who well known. He was also a singer, New Hamp.shire, and during these remember the excellent coverage possessing a pleasing tenor vbice. few years his work included hotel during that busy week, can underOf late his activities in organize.clerking in . Bermuda. He was al- stand his ability. tions had dropped off, but he had ways interested in newspaper work, Probably the greatest news story been a hard worker in many organiand he started as a reporter for the to break in his territory came la.st zatlons. He served as Noble Grand Portsmouth Tim s. He broadened May when the submarine Squalus in the New Hampshire Lodge No. 17, his experience by going t.o work for went to the bottom. Under his dir- IOOF and as commander of Thomas the Manche tet Union where he ection members of the staff of the Aston Harris Camp, No. 3, Sons of served as night City Edit.or for oome Herald were assigned to their va.ri- Veterans. time. ous duties, and the coverage of this He was also a member of the st. Leaving the Union, he went to event was most complete and ac- Andrews Lodge of Masons of this Dover as city editor of the Dover curate. city, the Seaside Council, Junior OrEvening News and for three and a He was very loyal to his job. It der of United American Mechanics, half years he served faithfully in was a job that brings contact with and the Portsmouth High School that capacity. He was called to the people of all types. He was ever Alumni association. Times as city editor and remained courteous, never falling to be friendIn politics he was a Democrat, and there for a number of years. For ly firm when necessary, yet fair in served as chairman of the Demoseveral years he was employed by all his dealings. cratic town committee until rethe Boston and Maine railroad, but Mr. Moulton was fond of the the- cently. again returned to newspaper work. ater and was active in amateur theOn Oct. 1, 1914 he married Miss From Sept. l, 1923, he had been city a.trice.ls for a number of years. His Ethel M. Spaulding, and la.st Octoedit.or of the Portsmouth Herald. never falling sense of humor, a rare ber the couple observed their silver Just before coming to the Herald, dry wit, which says much in few wedding anniversary. They were during the tercentenary celebration words, brought to the sta e the same devoted to each other and the symof Portsmouth in August of that athy of all oes out to her in the �ommunity. addition to Mrs. Moulto ved by a brother Ha ton, and a sister, Mrs. , both of Rye Beac Tribute Paid To Percy Moulton ~(Y) The following tribute to the late Percy Moulton, city editor of the Portsmouth Herald for 16 years, was paid in a letter from Lloyd C. Haley, former member of the Herald staff who is now a.If the Centrlll Maine General hospital at Lewiston, Me.: "I wish to pay tribute to the memory of Percy A. Moulton, from more than seven years of close a.ssociatlon as a member of the Herald staff under his direction. ·'No flowery requiem would he have desired, no high-flown praise. "He was a friend to man. "His desk, over which has poured the news reports, the joyful and sad tidings of many years, was, like the poet's 'house by the side of the road,' always close to the flow of life. Rich or poor, highly esteemed or friendless, all ·received equal conside1ation and courtesy at his hands. "He typified the finest qualities of his profession. We who have had the great privilege of his acquaintance and companionship will never forget the example of courageous and friendly living that he daily set us. "Mr. Moulton was quiet-spo\{en, calm, efficient, radhitlng good-lellowship; a peace-maker, filled with a deep love for his native state and a genuine concern for the welfare of Greater Portsmo\lth's people, both as Individuals and communities. "Sam Walter Foss had such a life In mind when he wrote his im• mortal poem. Mr. Moulton Indeed saw, from his editorial desk overlooking the highway of life, 'the men who press with the ardor of hope, the men who are faint with strife.' Well might he also have said: " 'But I turn not away from their smiles nor their tears, Both parts of an infinite planLet me live .in a house by the side of the road And be a friend to man.' " Plans Announced for Annual Seacoast Music Festival ~~'V The eighth annual Seacoast Music Festival will take place at Little Boar's Hie.ad in Rye July 27 and 28, according to plans announced by Philip N. Hobson, president of the restival association. Prof. Bjornar Bergethon, director o! musical organizaltions at the University of New Hampshire, has been appointed musical director for !the !estival and is formula/ting plans for the creation of a New Hampshire youth orchestra of 100 musicians between the ages of 15 and 25. The Seacoast Music Festival has received nation-wide £ecogn!tion during the past l!;;even years. Tholl6ands of music lovers from all parts o! the country have alttended the performances each season and the festivals have !:>ecome ,p, valuable cultural asset to the state. The N~w Hampiliire seacoast Music Festival association was founded in 1933 by Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson, who suppon,ed l!the frutlvals financially for a number of yoo.rs, holding them on the opera field at the Hobson estate. Fabien Sevitzky, conductor the Indianapolis Symphony chestra, was t~ co-founder musical director until 1938, The Seacoast Festival association wa.s incorporated under the Jaws of the state in 1937. It., object is: "to promote, encourage and stimulate musical entertainment and festivals of every nature, with special emphrusis on providing facilities and opportunities for young musicians to demonstrate their talent and to advance their interest and educa.ition in good music." Members of the boa.rd of directors are: founder, Mrs. Arthur L. Hobson, Little Boa.r's Head; president, Philip N, Hobson, Little Boar's Head; vice president, Mrs. John Paine Wingate, Hampton; trea.su.rer, Maj. Charles E. Greenman, Hampton; secretary, Robert N. Cleveland, Lilltle Boar's Head; musical director, Bjornar Bergethon Durham ; Mrs. Eries G. Bishop, Peterborough ; Dr Richard D. CUNier, Rye Beach; Dr. Fred Engelhardt, Durham; Mrs, Alvan T. Fuller, Little Boar's Head; Mrs. Robert S. Hoffman, Peterborough; MTs. B. T. Janvrln, Hampton Falls; Elery J. Lyndes, Roche.st.er; Walter M. May, Concord; Charles A. Woodbury, Keene; publicity director, Henry B. Stevens, Durham, Portsmouth Buying Power Tops N. H. Figure (Special to the Herald) New York, April 26.-How families in Portsmouth did more than just subsist or "break even" 1n 1939? How much was earned and spent in comparison with the previous year? How does Portsmouth "stack up" against other cities? These questions are answered in Sales Management's 11th annual survey of buying power, just completed after a year of research. There were 1,968 families in Portsmouth, or 55 per cent of the total number, who had Incomes beyond that necessary for the absolute necessities-food, clothing and shelter. In New Hampshire 45 per cent o! the fam!lles were in that class. Portsmouth, did a retail business last year of $8,727,000, an increase from the $8,570,000 done in 1938. The effective buying income in the city-a. figure that takes into account the cost of living-was $2,174 per family for the year, a rise from the $2,130 recorded the year before. The income for the average family in New Hampshire was $2,053. The importance ot, Portsmouth as a. focal point for sales over a wide territory Is shown by the fact that with only 3.18 per cent of the effective buying income it accounts for 5.71 per cent of the state's retail sales, Paint Removed From Warner House Paint remover is being used on the Olltside walls of the historic Warner House at 150 Daniels street ~ restore the bricks to their origmal red color as they were in 1718 when Capt. Archibald MacPhaedris completed the building. The bricks, now painted a faded yellow, were brought from Holland. The age of the bricks prevents the use of a sand-blast in removing the paint. ~ t-, �.' Portsmouth, Herald Photo Slowly r111ng into Portsmouth's skyline is the $3,000,000 PWA new MoineHampshire bridge draw tower which, when completed, will be within a few feet from the top of the boom or 207 feet above mean tide, Steel Work On Bridge Past Half-Way Mark Lift Span Tower Pushes Skyward As Work Is Hurried On N. H.-Maine Project The erection of the steel superstructw·e of the new PortsmouthKittery bridge is now more than lialf completed, according to an announcement from the WPA office by Resident Engineer James Gardner. The erection of the lift span, which now completely spans the 200-foot channel between the draw span piers, maria; another step forward in the construction. The erection of the north lift span tower, shown in the photo, is nearly completed with the erection derrick placed in final position atop this structure to lift the uppermost sections of the column into position. A final touch is also added to the structure by the Installation of the permanent Boston and Maine railroad tracks on the north end of the bridge and the finished concrete highway on the upper level extending nearly half of the entire length 'V of the bridge. • The paving work on the approaches ha been resume(\ tµld probably will take l!everal months to complete, While no anxiety is felt as to the eaI'ly completion of the approaches the steel work on the bridge hall been very much delayed due to numerous causes, and is now considerably behind. A check-up of the steel work shows that the steelworkers have worked only four out of every five days throughout the job, due mostly to weather conditions such as storms and high winds and this loss of time reflects a corresponding delay In the scheduled progress. The work on this $3,000,000. structure is being rushed by every practical method to insure early completion In time to relieve the congestion here caused by the summer traffic. ' �Rev. Nelson Kellogg Dies At Wentworth Home Here Was Rector Of St. John's Church For Nine Years to Trinity Church at Bristol, R. I., where he remained until two years ago, when he returned to the monastery at Cambridge. He was active in Masonic circles until his lllness. After completing his services here Father Kellogg taught for about a year at the University of the South at Suwanee, Tenn. He was a member of Sigma Phi fraternity. Three brothers, Robert D. Kellogg of Richfield, Calif.; David S. Kellogg of Sanger, Calif., and Francis F. of Newtonvllle, Mass., and one sister, Mrs. Arthur E. Pope of Wellesley Hills; Mass., survive. The body will repose at st. John's church from 9.45 to 10.45 Tuesday morning, prior to the service at 11 o'clock. Burial will be at Plattsburg, N. Y. funeral Services ~ Are Held for ~ Rev. Nelson Kellogg Rev. Nelson Kellogg, who for nine years between the period 1916 to 1925 ~as rector of St. John's (Episcopal> church in this city died at the Wentworth home Sunday afternoon, following a long illness. He had been living at the Wentworth home :for several weeks. Father Kellogg had been an Episcopal clergyman for 33 years, and had served as rector in Poultney, Vt., Brattleboro, Vt. and Bristol, R. I ., as well as in this city. He also was once situl\ted in Worcester, Mass. He was a. native of Pla.ttspl.l_rg, N ., where he wa born March 6, 1881 the son of Dr. D&vid s. and Elizabeth (Smith) Kellogg. He attended the University of Vermont and graduated !rpm there in 1902. Three years later he graduated from the General Theological Seminary in New York when he was made a deacon and the following year was ordained a. Priest. He first served as a curate in St. Clement's church in Philadelphia, Pa. He came here in 1916 and immediately won favor with the townspeople as well as with the congregation of the church. He was always interested in t he community and t he church and his n\ne years were happy ones for him as well as the citizens of Portsmouth. He retired from the rectorship of St. John's to enter the Society of St. John the Evangelist at Cambridge, Mass., as a novice. In 1927 he went Last rires for Rev. Nelson Kellogg, 69, who died here Sunday after a long caireer e..s a Episcopal clergyman, were held at St. John's chUToh today with a. large number present to pay honor to the former rector of that church. His body lay in state from 9:45 to 10 :45 a. m., with a. guard of honor, including Arthur Gairdner, Arthur Pace, ASa Ora.lg, Thurston Smart, Oeorge Jameson and Herbert Fose. Rev; Maxwell Gllillibex, rect.or of it.he church and successoir to Father Kellogg In 1925, was in ohe,a-ge of the services at 11 o'clock and the requlsm mass was conducted by members of the SOciety of St, John the Evengelist. They included Rev. Raymond MacDonald, Rev. Ernest Banner, Rev. Herbe11t Francis, Rev. Che.des Annseln, Rev. Terrell , Rev. George Weslnger, Rev. George Gibbs and Rev. Jo~ph Humphreys. Rt. Rev. John T. Dalla.s, DD, Bishop of the New Hampshire Episcopal diocese, read vile burial office. The music was furnished by the church choir unaea: the direction of Ema, t Bilbruck and organ music by Nelson Kellogg Ward, who was named for the late rector. There were ip.any friends of Fa,ther Kellogg, who served a.t the st. John's church from 1916 to 1925, at the funeral and Portsmouth clergy.:nen were represented by Rev. William Safford Jones of the Unitarian church. Oth~r clergymen and former associates of the late rector there were Rev. Malcolm Smith, rector of. st. James church of Boston; Rev. Jame.5 Hutchin.son of Newport, R. I.. weJI known here and former dean of the Cathedral at Milwau- kee; Rev. Oharles Olien of West Newbury, Ma..<1S.; Rev. George Keith, St. Andrew's church, Boston; Rev. David Norton, Church of Adrvent, Boston: Rev. Stephen Webster of Wru,ton, Mass., Rev. Raymond Randall, St. Michael's church, Br!st.ol, R. I.; Rev, W!lliam P . Niles, Good Shepard church, Nashua; Rev. Sh€afe Walker, Christ church 1 this city, and Rev. Alexander Cairns, Christ church, this ci ty. Honor bearers at the funeral were Dr. C. W. Hannaford, Dr. Wallis D. Walker, Charles H. Batchelder, Sidney S. Trueman, George B. Ward, Herbert H. Foss, and George E. Jameson. The body was to repose at t he church until 4 o'clock this afternoon and then it w!ll be taken to Plattsburg, N. Y., for committal services. A high tribute to the love and esteem of his former parishioners and friends and the regard in which he was held in this community during the years he was rector at St. John's Church, was patd to the memory of Father Kellogg at his funeral service. Father Kellogg endeared hhru:elf to many while serving as rector at St. John's Church where he labored earnestly and well for the interest of the p,arish and during the years he served the pa.rlsh increased in membership and strength. His friendly greeting and kindly nature, his human and sympathetic instincts and forgetfulness of self in the interest of others have been an inspiration to many and his memor will lon remain in their hearts. �Unitarian Group Hears Talk On Privateers William G. Saltonstall of Exeter of the James de Normandle Chapter, Unitarian Laymen's League Monday evening on "All Portismouth Goes Privateering." An mstructor of hl..$tory at Phillips Exeter academy, Mr. Saltonstall during the past few years has been interested in early mMitlme hlstary and has done considerable resea,roh on the subjeot. Previous to the talk a business meeting was held by the chapter and the following officers elected: president, A. J. Rowe; vice president, Paul V. Brown; secretary-tremurer, Ra.lp~ W. Eaton; directors, c. Waldo P1ckett, Maj. Frederick H. Delano, USMC, ret.; Lieut. COmdr. Ralph E. Dennebt, USN, and Myles S. Wat.son, The nominating committee consisted of Laurence G. Peyser, Henry B. Tll,t on and Ernest L. Cook. There was a. brief cUscusslon on the future of the chapter and then President Rowe introduced Mr. Saltom;tall 8!S the speaker. Mr. Saltonstall spoke generally at first, telling briefly of many subjects that would be of int.erest to -the people in this vicinity. He told of his early inberest in the region and of exploring the rivers thrut run into the Pisca,taqua., Al!, his interest in the history grew he continued to delve into the past ,records and he revealed some of the stories at the meeting lam night. Devoting his subject ,to the days of ithe privateers, he told of the antagonism to the war o! 1812, which was considered "Mr, Madison's War." Mr. Saltonstall explained thrut the shipping in POTU!mouth and other port6 suffered tremendously with. the beginning of the war. He mentioned the vast amount of trade from this port •that went to such places as the West Indies, South America, England, Russia, the Mediterranean port-,; and India. With the beginning o! the war most of the energy was spent in operating privateers. Mast these were built e.nd manned by Port.smouh . people, he e,q>lained, and the dates were from August, 1812, to 1815. MMlY a local fortune was started by prize money from privateers and the speaker mentioned specifically the Larkin fortune, established by Samuel Larkin, autloneer of the seized privateers. The crews numbered be· tween 50 and 150 so thrut when a. prize was captured a crew could be put aboard to bring it into port. These vessels were fast silers, he said. The speaker devoted m05t of his ,talk to several of the best known priv111teers. Among these were the Thomas. Macedonian. Poi,t.smouth and Fox. He gave many interesting descriptions of rbhe exploits of these vessels and read from the logs of some of them. M the business mooting Walter L. Quimby was elected to membership, r€60lutlon of sympathy to st. John's church on the death of 115 former rector, Riev. Nelson Kellogg, was passed. A supper was served by the members of the chapter. Comdr. Dono ld MacMill on Y\Vi i,., Talk On Greenland Given ByExplorer At RotaryMeeting Lieut. Comdr. Donald B. MacMillan, well known scientific explorer of the Arctic region, gave I\ very timely talk on Greenland at the meeting of the Rotary club this noon. Oomparing that ice capped country with the United States during the ice age, he explained that the very spot where he was speaking at one time was coverec} with 4,000 feet of ice, and this extended over a territory 4,000,000 square miles, as far south as Kentucky. One-fifth of all the world was at one time buried with Ice, he explained and then told of the melting of this ice. Calling attention to a remark that Congressman Hamilton Fish land be purchased, the speaker inquired o! whom. He further inquired if there ls any government in Denmark and compared Denmark to a child without a. father. COmdr. MacMillan next described the country, stating the territory included '760,000 square miles and extended from the 60th ]attitude to within 380 miles of the North Pole. Continuing his description he stated that 600,000 square miles ls covered with ice and called it absolutely worthless. The Ice ls about 8,000 feet thick. Telling of the history of that north country, the speaker explained that the natives work for the government, and in return are taken care of by the Danish government. He said that the Danes obtained codfish, trout, salmon, ivory, fox skins, elder down and whale and seal oil, but that their care for the inhabitants was a philanthropic venture. "I look upon Greenland as of grea,U scientific value," he explained, when he further considered the question of purchasing Greenland. He poke of the purchase of Alaska and the opposition voiced at that time, and stated that one day, within nine degrees of the North Pole he stopped his dog team and examined a coal seam tha.t was 30 feet thick, He stated that there are millions of tons of coal in Greenland, made by trees that grew there one hundred million years ago, The coal that you use In your stove was made three million years ago, he explained, and also that the coal seams in this country are considered to be of exceptional value, althou8'h they are about three feet thick. In his introductory remarks the speaker explained the early history of the country, telling that in Iceland, when anyone committed murder the punishment was not death. but to go away and live alone. Erle the Red had committed mur1:ler and he had heard of Iceland so he went to this land in the west. No man had ever before been there and after three years he returned and painted such glowing pictures of the country that he persuaded his !friends to go back with him. TwerJt;y-five shiploads of people sailed away, but, due to a. storm, only 14 succeeded ln reaching the land. Norway, Denma,r k and Sweden, bhen one counLry, owned Greenland, he said, but Denmark broke a.way, and late Sweden and no division was made, but it was decided eventually, that Greenland belonged to Denmark as the Dan~s had shown the most interest in the land. Finally during a period of wars on the continent, and J)O,S.$lbly the black death, suggested the speaker, the Norsemen were wiped out. All commtmlcntlon was lost. If1 1586, he stated, John Davis re-cUscove,red Greenland. Years went by and flnall a mlsslona named E ede �went there. This was in 1721 and he persuaded the King of Denmark to MSist in developing tha.t country. The &peaker explained that fishermen from various countries had visited those shores and finally an international agreement was made to keep people away as the dlsease.s of civilization were destroying the Eskimos. The last agreement with the United States and Denmark was in 19117, he continued! and explained that Perry had llved there and he himself had also llved there. Through the State department and the Royal Greenland Trading Co., permission to visit can be obtained. He said that he return~, from there only last summer as he had ~ecured permission for scientific research. ' There are between 400 and 500 Danes there today, he stated, and emphasized that much depends upon outside help which must be received at once. He explained that in the North of Greenland the people can exist for some time, until help people will starve. "Seventeen people will starge. "Seventeen thousand people are waiting for help to come. Who is going to send aid to those people taken away from their mother country?'' he asked in closing. E. Curtis Alice M. Sherburne Navy.To Recommission Succumbs Former Squalus May15 Miss Alice M. Sherburne, a native and llfe-long resident of Portsmouth passed away Tuesday ing. Miss Sherburne was born April 8, 1852 the daughter of the late Andrew and Hannah (George) Sherburne and is survived by one nephew Dr. Andrew E. Sherburne of this city. Miss Sherburne Rites Observed The funeral of Miss Alice Sherburne was held from the Buck11:Wter ch~m,J.. T.qursday after~ noon at 3 o'clockf The se1-y~ at the chapel and the · !,al at the,:grav ln'the ta ry on 'the ShePburne · hom ead' were conducted by Rev. Arthur Acy Rouner, pastor of the Norbh Congregational church. Submarine To Carry New Name As USS Sailfish-To Get Same Tests As New Sub The decommissioned submarine Squalus will be recommissioned as the USS Sailfish on Wednesday, May 15, it was announced today. After the commissionlng at Portsmouth navy yard, officials said, the reconditioned submarine will undergo the same tests and trials as a new submarine. The tests are expected to be held off the Isles of Shoals. The submarine will be In command of Lieut. Comdr. Morton C. Mumma, USN, previously on duty as an Instructor at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and Lieut. Hiram Cassedy, USN, has reported as englneering officer. The commissioning will come .Just a day and a week short of May 23a. year after the ship's fateful plunge off the Isles of Shoals. �Rear Admirial Cole Is Revealed As Sculptori Of Considerable Abili.ty Commandant Of Navy Yard Enjoy~ Hobby A bronze bust of Admiral David G. Farragut, famous Civil War navy officer, reposing today In the massIve living room of the house where he died at Portsmouth navy yard 70 years ago, was modelled by one of his admirers, himself an Important figure In the present day navy, Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole, USN, commandant of the yard. Both names will live forever in Portsmouth Herold Photo Rear Admiral Cole, USN, sh own working on his sculpture study he ma de from measurements of a plastic skull. Herold Photo (jg) C. C. Cole, USN, engineer officer on USS Stingroy o nd son of Admirol Cole, posed for this bust which his fother modelled. American history, Admiral Farragut, the first admiral of t he United States navy, for his heroic battle at Mobile Bay and Admiral Cole for his outstanding naval career anli particuarly directing the greatest salvaging feat ever accomplished by any of the world's navies-the salvaging of the USS Squalus. Few of the navy's admirals find themselves with so much to do as Admiral Cole with his daily direction of the submarine production and repair yard in this city and he finds complete relaxation In his attic studio, overlooking Kittery. ·'I have always admired the naval career of Admiral Farragut," the commandant of the yard sald, "and when I moved into this house and learned that he had died here I decided to model a sculpture." In the fine stately mansion, now known as Quarters A, the Commandant's quarters, on Aug. 14, 1870, Admiral Farragut, while on a visit to his relative, the commandant, died in one of the upstairs chambers. A duplicate of the Farragut bust was presented to one of Admiral Cole's old skippers, Admiral s. S. Robison, USN, ret., now proprietor of Admiral Farragut academy preparatory school in New Jersey. Admiral Robison once served as superntendent of the U. S. Naval Acadmy and was for a time Commandern-Chief of the West Coast Fleet. Another of the admiral's studies s a bust of his son, Lieut. (jg) Cyr4s hurchlll Cole, USN, who ls engineer officer aboard the USS Stingray on which Lieut. Oliver F. Naquin, USN, former commander of the Squalus, Is serving as second officer. The submersible was built at Portsmouth navy yard under the direction of Admiral Cole. Most unique of his work, now nearing completion in his attic studio, is the heard of a man modelled from measurements ta.ken from a plastic skull. First Admiral Cole modelled the features of the skull, then added facial and neck muscles and finally added the flesh and covering in the plaster. Now the navy officer ls modelling ash trays until he makes on that 'particularly strikes his fancy and then, he told t he Herald, he is golng to melt the gold braiding from his discarded uniforms to cast the unique ash t ray. At the end of the World war when Admiral Cole was stationed at the San Diego training station he became interested in t he art as a hobby and joined a class for study one night a week. Now the ancient art is a hobby to him but when Admiral Cole, at 64, retires this summer, after travelling around a bit, he plans to study into the subject even more thoroughly. �otJl--' Dale Announces ~ He Will Not Seek Post Of Governor state Senator Charles M. Dale of this city today announced that he would not be a candidate tor the gubernatorial nomination in the Republican primary. Senator Dale's decision was made in spite of a strong movement throughout the state in favor of his candidacy. In s. istatement t-0 the Portsmouth Herald, Senator Dale declcred that after considerable thought he had reached the conclusion that because of personal reasons and the pressure of his private law and other business such a step at present would not seem to be the wl.lie thing to do, Mr. Dale, who has served a.s president of the State Senate a member of the Executive Council and as mayor of the city of Portsmouth had been prominently mentioned by many state sources as a possible candidate and a statement of his decision had been awaited by Republican circles for several weeks. America today is a na,tion search of Its' past. New England owes a g,r,eat deal, today, to Oharles Bulfinch, her most famous archi• ,t.eot. Bulfinch and McIntire ,they a.re names to conjure with in arcMtectural New England, as is Jefferson at Monticello and Washington at Mt. Vernon. Buildings attributed to the men who created New England out -Of her marble, brick and lumber Include the staf\.e houses of Maine and Massachusetts, the old Congregation~! church, Pittsfield, Mass.; the Portsmoubh academy, now Public Library, Portsmouth, a bank, now the B-Oys' club of Salem, Ma.ss.; mansions of Salem in conjunction with McIntire; former Suffolk com\ty courthouse; Massachusetts General hospital; University hall, cambrldge; State Prison, Charlestown, Mass. His first work was the present memorial column on Beacon Hill. In 1793 he built the first theater In Boston and, fittingly enough, he was the architect who remodeled Faneuil Hall. More than 40 churches and publlc buildings in New England today owe their existenoe to Charles Bulfinch. ~ sign and symbol of New England, this architecture has never been surpassed. Bulfinch was a man of 11enius. B-Orn into a wealthy family, he would sacrlfice everything, family, friends ito perfect his work, and, in the case of the M~husetbts State Hou.se, this Is just what he did. Blow after blow came to him In life and each but stiffened his determlna.tion. Mr. Bullfinch Builds a State Bouse The cornerstone of the State House at Augusta, Me., wa.s laid July 4, 1829. And Charles Bulfinch was the architect of this gleaming edifice, four-square, with slightly jutting wings, high cupola, It was his second experience designing such a building and like• nesses can be observed at once between the State House of Boston, Mass., 1798, and tha1t of Augusta. Though one is of mellowed brick, the other granite, in the beautiful entrances of both there are the oval doorways, the Grecian pillars, the small-paned windows, all reminiscent of rich Ge-Orgian archi-recture observed by Bulfinch In Europe when a young man of 22. The cornerstone of the Ma.<:sa.chusebts State House was laid July 4, 1795. Gov. Samuel Adams arrived in a coach drawn by 15 white horses, one for each state of the Union. Paul Revere was master of ceremonies as grand master of the Masons. Forty thousand dollars was the amount given Bulfinch with which to work, but In the end the cost was four times that amount . Obviously, Bulfinch was a real artist. He was forced into bankruptcy, his rent paid by a brother-In-law, his family hurt socially, bnt he lavished elegance on the State House, a building he loved all his life. Only today he would resent the gold• leaf dome, so wi<;iely known as "the hub." For Bulfinch, of course. Intended the original copper roof to take on, with time, a soft greenish-blue color so fibtlng a complement of old brick. • • • • In Other Architectural Fields The Pitsfield, Mass., chw·ch, one of only four Bulfinch churches left standing, has recently been demolished, after falling !n·to decay. And this, despite the fact that in 1930 It was pronounced the most famous building in western Massachusetts. Its neglect Is an everlasting rebuke ito New Englanders, for this same beauty and history can never be gathered in the same fashion from wood and gl8.Sb and brick again. The first bell of this church was installed in 1793 and Its echoes were said to have been heard on Washington mountain. But the people wanted an even louder tone and put in a heavier clapper which broke the bell. It never seemed to get the respect which it deserved. Damaged by fire, u.sed as a gym and ballroom, tt finally went begging, But as a rule Bulfinch houses and churches are pointed out with pride in every community fortunate enough to possess one. The Portsmouth Public Library Is a fine example of restrained dignity In a1,t. It is not a dramatic building, but a a.tlsfy!ng one, with doorways of deceptive simplicity. Its character wears well. In 1806 It was erected by the proprietors of the Portsmouth academy and was used as such unW, in 1868, it was let to the dty for public schools. The next year Hon. Frank Jon~, then mayor of the city, gave one year's salary ($500) the money to be available for a public library when ,the citizens should raise $5,000 for the same pw·po5e. In 1896 the academy was remodeled without Impairing !ts architectural value, These are early steps in one of Lhe proudest buildings in a city of early architecture. �i!~f:zt:' /,' :_.:-_ ·\-~~t_f .?1 u~-~~r.-~~~£?- :\i Tota I To Be Raised _, _,. B T • · ;.-, 'i I Amount to be raised ; by taxation $606,844.51 i1 The item Miscellaneous includes the following:-Parking maruenaiciepxa-l ' pense $1 ,100; WPA and NYA and i other projects $4,000; rops Y axatlon . 94 From 1939·i:~5:~~!~~iit'n, •,, '"'''1-:i({'}t $4 617 :~;~~a~h::~,t,~~i:ts~~t:f/ \ ~~~:~:~(~~ ;:~;f§ftit1~!i; 1 "' t:~:~-) Item . .. 1 ?,_,_~·-··i.·.1 : ·. . - :,·<_,.-.;:) ~-~ . M ~ ·{l't -"-l U' . :t::~b~gi::::::,:::~ ~: 0 1 ~4: : $68s,s44.s 1On p rtsmoufh O f {?fil :if Portsmouth people will have an I_. · .- '-'::' ;-·'·:,;,?·. ' -~A,7', passed _at a meeting of the ci ty council at city ha~I last Jopportunity to see what has been 1ght. Est1 m? ted revenue_ was pu t at $79,000 leaving a i done, and is still being done, on / ,::Y. ;..,, ,;(:·,.;i;· . :-_•\·-._.!I total the project that was started some _·•\"·:;ct/-'i};';l; i, h to be raised by taxation for the year of $606,844.51 . lJ time ago in a historical study of ~ ,~:,--, ;, .,: ,(f-,/J-:J~'f £ is is a decrease of $4,617.94 fr? m the 1939 f! gu re. . •'1 the city. The movement for the :.:::•. Ma yor Ken na rd E. Goldsmi th stated th is morning ' study was started by the Rotary . ,·- -,.,.-::,:, ·\:-'.'"~'{;'.~£: · I th t · · f J · k b h i club, gained approval as a WP A · ·-' .. ·.., :-'-- -' .~:;~f';,, '"<.{$\,' -·· '~ , a in view o t ,e ac tion ta en y t e city co unc il it is : project and the city and University ' . :,,· :;-{f '.\!.};t\C:. ;__ Jreas~nab le to presu me th at th e 1940 tax rate will be op- · of New Hampshire joined in spon- 1 .,. ""( -j prox1mately the same as tha t in 1939. La st year's rate \soring it. ! , ,.,."{$;ii.;.'f.' -:; ,:_· . _· was $29.90 pe r thousan d valuation . ' so Now comes word that the work, ! . >_.·;,~_, ':.:,-, /,:~{,}-tr far done, .will be on exhibition · ~-: · :''f.-".:it\~1-, 1 ·::-\/ The budget resolution was read A bond issue of $55,000 for per- I at Ballard hall at the University of }; .i/\.i(1.:::-~;:) ,;,· :, _ by Councilman Paul Chandler who manent improvements and purchase ' New Hampshire m Durham. 'The :-',.{''"" , _-·,:,_;,,.-1: ;\;'::~,.,- commented briefly, pointing out of equipment was authorized also ; public is invited to attend the ex'~.: ': Y :;_:~;- -:;/: : · that with one exception city depart- by unanimous vote. These bonds I hibition and inspect the _work. The i '.'~ ·./,;.~f~ -/;(\{'.- ments had kept their budget esti- will be dated May 1, 1940 and will I exhibit will open Monday and re- ' _ .,;_,_;;s_:;_< ~;;'-;(:~: mates within the t otal appropriated be paid off at the rate of $5,500 i main open through May 25 . Hours -·:,·,--_; ··,_-:Jt_;; 0;: ·• for 1939. yearly for the next 10 years. . j are from 8 a. m, to 6 p. m . . ':'::/Pi.(':.;_ ~½_ · ~r -•, This exception was the school de - · Budget totals by departments fol- I The exhibition is a.rranged to ··_ ,',,·:;:-'/j';.:\{';, _ ..•. ,;· '.. ;··'i'\ Partment, whose budget had elicited low: : show the method of procedure, ... '-~-.,::)/ i,,,",l;'·,r;-. . • ··. considerable discussion at a school Appraisers $5,600.00 , which .starts with legal document s · 'c-:--)1{\-l!"'.::;J7/)f,~ - board meeting and at a finance Jury drawing· 60.00 I of land titles and will be completed , ·,· .:\· _.:, ''·;' '•'';;.'::i . · _ ,. committee meeting earlier in the Elections 5,000.00 j with maps at 25-year intervals ' <_ )) ,>\:· ·. week. The budget total for schools Salaries 14,300.00 from 1650 to 1825, showing the de , :;'""//!:\°$'"-.' __-:: as passed by the council was $233.- General expense 12,325.00 Ivelopment from the early •ettle · · "- •,:•-. · -.., 1 )< tt.-,. j'W~S ~•~Tl ? -·-\r'.'-IT r:/F-'.:J/{ /.4'.' -.{·:::-::,}tt}I~t;~ 0 >·<:,:f.t ;'.t',,,.''. 0 , -:-:~ ·< '.0. ( ' <. _:.,· ):_\{ff._', •~!'.,~!~i:~lr,~:fE~:~~~ E~f~~~~:nt :tili~ if~~f.~~;~~~~~l~~£ _};;~~{~~~;~~ I .:~~~}~:}!~f.~~JJ'.',!I~I~~!~~::n: ~es'.!I!! f~:li!:~!~~;~~~i~ i;;t;ii~! 1 There was no more discussion. !he budg_et was passed for its read mg· by voice vote with no dissenters. A suspension of rules was voted and the measure was given its second School departments 212,101.38 , '. ords of the city, deeds, wills and _, - , , ~:~· 7:·.,. street lights 24,000.00 , i many other documents at Exeter --: ·:, _: ·_ · Weights and measures 500.00 I and Con~ord m an effort to trace \' . : · '}'• j,;· Memorial Day observance 200.00 1 mformation about the early days Four of Jul y celebration 200 oo of Portsmouth ~ -~ - - - - - · · ' ; : ...-',;,r. ~ )fji',:!?!~,,::f~!::~~~~~~m~~~~~~:~,c>pru --~::::::;;; 1 ~~. :_ _d_ 1,-t>~ :. I • , :,· - - ~-• .:>ti:; •.,: :· · j ~ '.·,~;;-,~J ~- }i~i,, ~2~1.~,.:,:, .~ �:t!i. f unero~ N@\fa~;s·<,.7 Mis.s Helen Brown Gerrifih, C,.•'.). I a lifelong resident of Portsmouth, "\J had an unusually colorful ll!e of -;~;-'l GERR~S H---:-Mi.ss Helen Brownie nearly 78 years. Her deat h Sat- -·<·i· Gerrish died in this city ·May 18th. urday recalls an incident of many ·.· Funeral services at the Buckm!n• years ago, in Civil war times, and :' _ st.er chapel, Monday at 10.30 a. m. the following story is relaited by one ' under the direciton of J Verne of her relatives. Tile /frt.ory con- .;, ·iend; invited. · cerns the famous Confederate privateer ship, "Alabama," later cap'· ·• ·· · } -~ _:~o' tured by the U . S. S. Kearsarge, · :· ,,f ' . _. . which was built at the local navy a.rd. Miss Gerrish, then l~s than two -,~, · ears old, w~ on boa.rd the u. s. J.t eroha.nt ship "Rockingham," of P.z::; · hie~ her father, Ca?t . Edwin _A. rrish was master, m the sprmg <: '1 f 1864 off the west coast of ...:.;;...· . - - rica. April 22 of that year her · \'.-: An adjourned town meeting of athe_r's shlp was captured afiter an · ; - Gree~and voters was held Tuesday 1 11-mght . chase by t he speedy : evenmg. Plann ed last Mar ch to be "Alabama." The "Rockingham" ,t, held at this ti me, to consider the ·as fired after Caipt ain Gerrish, .J _ possibility of a water system, the , is wife Ellen and little daughter j~. origina,l question had not been ad and the ship's crew were taken ;t vanced fair enough to act upon. board the plrate steamer. The :f~ A committee was . appoin ted to risoners were put off at Cher- f-.~: look into the question of prepar ing ur,g . the middle of June, near -.t a h istory of t he t own. The come date of the libtle girl's birth· :, -·· mitbee consists of Miss Lois Beck ay, which was June 13. During _J Mrs. Carrie Beck, Mi~s Lillia~ e months of captivity on ship- ·-:· Odell, Mrs. I rving Rolston. Mrs. a.rd the child became a pet bf ~--_ Arthur Sewell and Dr. Norman e officers and crew. Many of ."·..cR:. :icc:.h .;_; 'oa~r;cd::.so=n::,::.... · _ _ ____;,._,~ e gifts they gave h er were pre- : · ,--.· · • · -~--· erved by her and in 1932 sh~ pre· ; _.,,;,.,: · ' .. , ·, . .. ented these mementoes to the Vir- ~ · ·· inia. Historical - Society. Among , -· em was a doll's stool made for ·-\ er by Lieutenant Wilson, a. chest _,; f drawers by the ship's carpenter, ~nd the ship's surgeon, Dr. Llewe yn, gave her a. framed picture o ------~----~~= · May Publ1'sh ·. ~r·1 Greenland History i~l_:~~~ •;-"B~!;, ~~ �1940 Figure Of 14;825 ' Tops 1930 By '330; Is Drop From 1938 Check Local Count Two Years Ago Showed 15,600 Residents-Wait Reports ·From Those Missed By Enumerators The population of Portsmouth showed an increase of only 330 over 10 years ago, and a decrease by 775 from the city census taken less than two years ago, according to an announcement by Thomas Lenehan, supervisor of the census for this district today. Mr. Lenehan announced that the population of P.ortsmouth was 14,825. This compares with the federal census report of 1930 of 14,495 and the city census of 1938 of 15,600. The work of counting the people of Portsmouth was begun April 2. Due to a delay in receiving the reports of a few of the enumerators the figures were delayed beyond the time that had been expected before their announcement. However, although the report hows a gain final figures will undoubtedly show an even greater gain, There are always some that are not reached by the first efforts and in order to take care of those who have not been counted Mr, Lenehan made provisions to have them counbed in the census of Portsmouth U they will flll out the accompanying blank and maij it to him. Anyone who has not been visited by the enumerators should feel it their duty to be included in the censu,, and such are asked to send in their names so they can be included in the population. When the first census was taken in 1790 Portsmouth had a population of less than 5,000 inhabitants. Since that time, except for the period between 1840 and 1900 there has been a steady increase. During that 60 years the figure stood in tM 9,000's until the turn of the ceqtw·y when it passed the 10,000 mark. A jump of 600 was recorded in the :fltst census following the 1900 enumeration, while the next count, undoubtedly due to the boom days of the World war, saw the largest increase recorded in any decade. This amounted to 2,300. The next enumeration showed nearly a 1,000 in- crease while the city census, taken only two years ago showed a 1,100 increase. The following tabUlation shows the census results In 'this city since the first census was taken 150 years ago: Year Population 1790 4,720 1800 5,339 1810 6,934 1820 7,327 1830 8,026 1840 9,887 1850 9,335 1860 9,335 1870 9,211 1880 9,827 1890 91732 1900 10,637 1910 11,269 1920 13,569 1930 14,495 1938 15,600° 1940 14,825 •Police census. HAVE YOU BEEN ATED? It not, or If you have any doubt, .fill out the blank and mail to Thomas F. Lenehan, supervisor of the census, 814 Elm street, Manchester. On April 1, I WM residing at the address given below, but to the best of my knoweldge I have not been enumerated here or anywhere else, Name Street and No. City - - - - - - - Census Lists r. 4,124 Homes In Portsmouth 'j Portsmouth has 4,124 homes according to the 1940 census figures on housing units of New Hampshire, which have just been made public. All but 127 are occupied. Of these 102 are for sale and 26 al'e vacant either held for absent households or occupied by non-resident households. Occupied homes in other sections of Greater Portsmouth as shown by the census: Epping, 399; Exeter, 1,540; Greenland, 178; Hampton, 653; Hampton Falls, 148; New Oastle, 194; Newfields, 124; Newington, 109; Newmarket, 678; North Hampton, 248; Rye, 385; Seabrook, 471; South Ha.mp ton, 87; Stratham, 190; Durham, 444; Madlmr ·, 117, �avy· Will Commission Sub Sailfish Tomorrow Former Squalus To Bear No Reference To Tragic Episode Nearly Year Ago The &ubma.r!ne Sa!lfish, formerly the Squalus, will go into commission tomorrow at 11.30 at t he Portsmouth Navy Yard. Just a week and a. da.y Jess than a year agl), the submarine made lt.s tragic trip which resulted in the rescue of 33 men, the firs t ever to be saved from a.n entrapped submarine, and the loss of 26 other lives. Today the Squalus Is no more, and in !ts place is :i reconditioned Sailfish, completely overhauled and bearing no resemblance at all to the rusty craft towed into the river, following the extensive rescue and salvage operations during the summer and aumtumn. Lieut. Comdr. Morton C. Mumma. is in command, and other off1cer5 include Lieut. Hiram Cassedy a.s engineering officer ; Lieut. E. T. Sands navigator and executive officer :111d Lieut. T. H. Henry, tor_pedo officer. The crew is of 55 men, including six who were former members of the crew of the submarine although only four were a.board it during its tragic dive. There will be no plates on the submarine that will make any reference to its former name. Her official records al5o wlll start· ane and tomorrow the ship Sailfish, comes into existence, after a refitting and reconditioning job estimated at a.pproxlma.tely $1,400,000. All work was done on the local navy yard where the submarine was built. �Comple tely Reconditioned Craft Is Compl etely New Vesse l In Eyes Of Navy Record Keepe rs II '· 1 Scheduled to be operating during early July off the Isles of Shoals wh ere she star ted operation just a li ttl~ more than a year ag o under the name USS Squalus, the recond itioned submarine Sailfish was today placed in comm ission, her naval history to start anew. · . - - - To most civilians the commis- pedo officer. sioning of the Sailfish late this The national colors unfurled in , forenoon meant only a change in the breeze as they were hoisted to Ithe name of the ve.ssel in which 26 the forward staff by Quartermaster •1 men perished nearly a year ago- s. J . Mar tin. the slender commisbut to the navy, the records of the sion pennant was placed over the ,-< Squalus a.re closed and the clean, conning tower by Seaman L. B. new ~og book of the Sailfish was MacLeson, and the blue and whiteready for its first entry. starred navy jack was placed by Unlike the commissioning of the Signalman D. W. VanHorn. Squalus, a little more than a year Assigned to the Sailfish were four ago, when the only photographen; . who escaped the Squalus disaster. on board. were the yard photograph- One was Electrician's Mate Lloyd er, W. C. Staples, and the Herald B. Manness of Greensboro, N. C., photographer, today newsmen from who closed a watertight door and Boston and their camermen and shut out he sea, saving all those news-reel photographers took their who were in the Squalus' forward place on the aft deck of the sub- compartments. He returned from : :t · me,.;iole to picture the Sailfish : the murky depths to the r 1 1~H""'"~1 Nothing in the navy's prescribed j world in the second trip of the res . close-clipped commissioning cere- • cue bell. ~ T· mony served as a reminder of the Another was Electrician's Mate tZ~·i", stark peril that hovered about _the IGerald C. McLees of Richmond, i . ~ now sleek metal hull from the time Kan., saved in the first ascent of '!.·;. . she sank i:1 240 feet of water in a Ithe bell ; a third. was Torpedoman , :_ .. \ coast, until the underwater craft Leonard de Medeu·os of New Bed,••,, city, until the underwater craft ford, Mass., who came up on the · • \was rail:ed and brought into a dry- third trip and who has served eight '\·· dock four months later. lof his 12 navy years in submarines; · 1 Joining the submarine's new ' while the fourth was Gunner's Mate ' 1commander, Lieut. Comdr. Morton 1' Eugene D. Craven of Thayer, Ohio, · ·' C. Mumma, Jr., USN, his three of- who returned on the fourth and .,, j' ficers and 55 men in the com- final trip, when the mechanism " ."' missioning was Rear Admiral Cyrus : jammed and divers played with ~ · , W. Cole, USN, commandant of the death for hours in a tangle of wire Yard, who will retire June 1, He rope and air lines before the bell 1 [1). was decorated for directing the was surfaced. •:. first actual rescue of its kind-the , Virtually all of the Squalus sur;:::;--- diving bell €!!:Cape of the 33 Squa- vivers asked to serve on the Sailfish, ! "_:. ·:· lus survivors-and for the conse- but only four were chosen to serve , {•:/-'· quent salvaging of the subma- on the shining craft, reconditioned · •· rine. at the cost of Sl,400,000 which bore ·{:, · Comdr. John B. Longstaff, USN, no trace of a four-month stay on ' aide to the commandant and acting the ocean floor. captain of the yard, read orders New paint covered the hull, from from Washington to place the ship which rust and sea-growth had been in commission and Lieut. Comdr. 'eradica ted. and below deck intricate 1Mumma r ead his Navy Department , machinery and fittings, placed in : - ·1 orders to take command of the ves- rigid economy of space, glistened in ·, ,. sel. The commander's officers are: tribute to care which men give :;· '.. ~Lieut. E. T. Sands, USN, navigator things upon which their lives de. ,. : and executive officer; Lieut. Hiram pend. ~ ,. Cassedy, USN, engineering officer; The submersible is expected to ,. . · and Lieut. T. H. Henry, USN, tor- be ready for her first tnals by the :; , · •r-;-~·--·--:·--- ·-:-_----- 1 first of July as work remains to be ·./;·.., • · · · done. Among the civilians expected ! ., , to ship on her first diving operation is Harold Preble of Portsmouth, naval architect and only civilian survivor of ~e. Sq~<J,11.lS. _!!'~ged_?'..! '·I I I I .t., �~;;:/ }~,:-~_ --~~-'Jk:,J{;; . . ; ~:.;c _:_~~~:t{f?;t:J)~ijZ·1f~i1 One Year Ago Today Submarine 1li?]~ Squalus Plunged To Ocean Bottom · ,:, if.: . . ', ' /\m1 LShackford ,.:.. : A year ago today news that the U. S. Submarine D' i W h' f Squalus had sunk with all hands in a faulty dive off the [ ~ec- sn OS Ing On .:_.--s.,_;f!i."-!./;_,,J;, lit Isles of Shoals shocked the nation and left it in suspense ___ r;:_,s,~~JAJ:,~ 1 · ... ' ~:.: while divers flirted with death 40 fathoms deep in the first Mrs. Ann L. Shackford, widow o/:·;J~{;:?-f · ~{~ rescue of its kind of 33 men. It will take many long years Icapt. William G. Shackford, died ,'/,,,,. h · f p h . We-dnesday, May 22, at Washington, !tr:. to erase t at tragic event rom ortsmout memories. I I D. C. She was a life-long resident of )\/:·· The others, 26 in number, perbut many engaged in the ~t:, rescue and subsequent salvage of , ',. ·- · the vessel remembered · vividly the · S-4 and S-51 disasters, when every occupant .of those disabled undersea craft died. · That, however, was before development of the Mccann rescue chamber. a diving bell apparatus shaped like an inverted milk bottle. The rescue of the Squalus sU1·vivors was watched by every major military power. Portsmouth became the base of world attention. London was frequently on the Portsmouth navy yard telephone and Germany congratulated the rescued and the rescuers. The diving bell was no military secret. The United States had made Jf~f ished, it available to all powers, but none had adopted it. Countless newspaper columns were devoted to the Squalus tragedy, but since then many submarines have plunged to the bottom in action with scarcely a paragraph to mark their passing:--0verdue and presumed to be Jost." Now, a year after the Squalus sank, the name has disappeared from navy rolls, but the salvaged hull has reappeared as the recently commissioned Sailfish. Virtually all of the survivors asked to remain with the ship, but only four were assigned to the Sailfish. The others have been scattered throughout the service, In about two months, officers estimated, the Sailfish will be ready for trial dives. Portsmouth, although for many years she has spent the winters in ''Vashington. , She resided in her home at the ·corner of Middle and State street during the summers for some time, ]. and then _took up her residence at the R.ocka:gham hotel gomg to ,j washington for the 'II-inters as us. ual. -1 . A_ sister, Miss Carrie Treadwell, ..,. , d1ea o er a year ago. ,, -/ Mrs. Shackford was the daughter ,,., . of the late George L. and Fannie P. -,! ' . .,.,, ~ Treadwell. She was born June 10, ;,:,,,r_./;.::i':j··, 1864 in this city, a descend~nt of , };;:}.rJ;ii:j,'i:.,./ . the Langdons of Revolutionary :.y{;r,~:;-f/? fame. _· .-, . . ,, .L"' ",,. ,, .. ·•·.•~ She is survived by three cousins ·. Grace W. Treadwell of Kittery, Me j-' Mrs. Paul Campbell of Wester, M~s~. and Em!i:y Campbell of Cam(~ 1 ;J~~~~·}ttf.t~/?}\~·~;1 {:~.---~i::n ·;_.,d~~<~ - ;;>;t~;·; M;~,t~ ~}:,-~,.if'' .::)_·: .,_,_. . , .. r an ites At Grave 1l M rs. Ann Sh ackford f Sq uaIus Victim '~i:~t;::;~i~~Ef1~~:rt::r~r;!r~~; FLI neraI He Id -\ -: ~e:n,b;r~ was made today by Capt. :"' ' .. ; '. ' - ' .. , .~'8'.. ~ - M l .. ,'• i Edgar Ladd, commander of the lo- · 1cal battecy, in the weekly pre.;s release. The release also stated :that l 1 National guardsmen of Ba<ttery D , 197th coa:; t ar t 111€TY, of Portsmouth will hold services at the grave of the late First Sgt. Charles M. Woods, ·who t perished bm just a year ago tod ay m he su arine Squa1us disaster, at the Kittery Point cemetery Sunday morning. The services, coming a year and ee daJ<'\S after his death , in the ,t flooded quarters of the subarL'le in a faulty dive 15 miles off rt:.;mouth, are scheduled for 11.30 lock on Sunday morning. Sgt. ds .Is the last deceased memof Battery D. ot only will this rervice by the tional guardsmen honor the ualu.s victim but will also serve r all depar:ted memlbers of BatD. The services will be held ar Memorial Day each year at a erent grave. he announcement for Memorial of past natio unit -~_;'\/?~~~1f~ff ~C:,i-',,•<'';'7:y doors. This drill is new to the or- 1 \ ·;-;;;.:,.;, '/,:1; ganization and was adopted in the - Ann Lang- _,.•.·_Ac,:_, :,;;:.:.,<;,-~ .''/;•:. ~ f The funeral-of-Mrs. .a11 O 1939 • . don Shackford was held from her ·' ;'·\. ".· ,_.__ :(',.•,. The batt.ery welcome_s the assLSit- late home No. 643 State street, Sat- ~i~/,2kti':: •f.1 ance received! from Lieut. Francis ur d ay a t 1 .30 p. m . .-•--~:" . ,,· .J __. •ii ,,_.,.,,''· k tl P. to I.I Rev. Sh ea f Wa lker, rector ··of :.': +..,,,_, '",.,_.:;:;~:-=:~::;-, th Tue·t er, f recen F. tYB transferred ~t 1. H d: :-,,_._,,.., .,.,~ e uni rom ~rs ao a ion ea Christ church conducted the ser- :l{;~_;(,.-::a,.,_-·, ,:•) quarters, and,.. Lieut. Leonard ~ vices • '::t . . Shea, . a t th e •h'ome an d th e comm1·t· - .,..j't-·~,_-,?/0:Xi _,.,.,,, , ,,;, a .reserve of' .'cer, who dnlls wilh tal at the grave in the family lot ,;_; th~ org~zat1on, ,the an:nouncem~nt , in Harmony Grove cemetery. said. Lieut. Tucker will function -1--~--- - - - - - - - - - J as range officer of the ba tte,y. 1· · · : ··. . Members of the Por~mouth Ki·::·.:-: • wanis, after co:nvening at Rocking'-:<fi.,a.,,. , , ..., ./' 1 \ ham Hotel, adJoumed: to the arm- : ;1 1 ! ory at this week's mee•ting to watch : ~.,. 1 the unit go through their paces · ·J, and to inspect the equipment of the _;, ') battery. It w~ announced that the · " public l:s invit ed to ±he a1mory on . any Tuesday; evening to obse,rve the drill and equipment and that or1ganizations wishing to attend a-s ! body can make arrangements , contacting the · battery comma ; er. ~~~~;;~i~5i~6,~£t;~~:~:~ 2 ~~ <.._ , �it}1::;;~~f ½•~11~~~%t;'fi.ir:·~~~irt., ;ri:,;;~i";:·;·i::~~~. COngress men see " I. /32nd Cra ft .Le ya ' l://it(i:jf~l ~ Po rt smouth ay~ ·:r: ;~;:~:~J~::h: i~~= Jt;t· .-,~~tendi~g t~; ·l ;~~~hi~:-:;;tt;,~~1';;,:,;.""" i membe:-s of the House Nj!,Val Affairs ·::i_rs.\•_; 1committee from W~hington, D. c ., , ··:f:'!~'./!; ,. . :,: . . __-_:-_.._·_: · 1· ." : who hrucl! been in New England for ; ... /(f:tii. . th t d t Th . · - ",w ,... ',?\;• ~ U i Ar~h~:sJen: o~rth:~irst ~in;::~ sional district of New Hampshire. ·_,_._·.f,',·'.·•_t·r_.·_'._t·!'.\.·-.z~i and Former Mayor George J. Bates ,;'.Li;-\J;_';,,?< of Salem, Mass., both members of " ·,bi-;,.,.),t,, ~ j,· t: ~ ,i 11 t ry became so national defense >' • conscious. They were greatly im, ----------pre~i.;:,ed wtth the facilities of the g B Navy Yard and .spoke of its value IS llp -;T in building up the navy to the p ~ ~ standard now planned, and men- <)•i'.<i' tj 0 S IS 10 Ce Me rh. tioned the possibilities of a much r c:,f,_;i:i: 1 i:;° ___________ greater increase in production there. I'.'·. ,;~ The submarine Trout was auWith two members of the House Naval Affairs com- thorized to be built un'd er the Naval i mittee on hand to witness the launching, the la test craft Appropriation Act in the fiscal year ,· ' . destme . d f_or t he de f e~Se Of _t h·IS country, Sj'Id dOWn t fle Ways Secretary 1939. Orders from the office of the of the Naw to construct ,;J into the P,scataqua river this afternoon a t 12.40. the Trout were placed at the local f~~ The submarine Trout a Portsmouth-buil t craft that navy yard on June 30, 1938. At once h b h I 'h · h . I ' h d ,the planning and drafting depar,t:t'\1 as ee~ on t e ways ess t an nine mont s, was au~c e jment went to work on the proposed f,i; today witnessed by a large throng who cheered lustily as . craft. · 1! the whistles of the Yard and harbor craft greeted the new- 'I Within two weeks from the ~:~d f h N y d launching of the Seawolf, the keel i', est pro uct O t e avy ar · · )of the T:-out was laid on the same The Trout, a sister ship of the despite the threatening, weather, buildings ways. Thi& construction ., 1Triton which was launched less than was smartly attired. As sne arrived ! of t he submarine was one of the two months ago is the second ship a~ the plat~orm, she was presented !quickest recorded at the navy yard. ·t ' . with the gift of the workmen and ' In t he speed-up program that 1s ~' to be launched this year a nd th e ya.rd personnel who had been em- !going on, the workmen have been ~;; 32nd underseas ?raft to be built at ployed on. the vessel. She accepted J making all possihle progress, and ":/ the Portsmouth i'<avy Yard. the gift with a few words of appre- , although the launching has occurThroughout the day there was ciation. Comdr. A. E. Stone, Navy red, it is far from being completed. ' ~~ that fee~ing of excitement: whi_c ~ yard_Chaplain gave the prayer: the The actual date of completion has i'. .11,. never fails to be in the air, pnor trad1t10nal m vocat1on of the d1vme · been set for Feb. 1 of next year. An- r· £¾., to a launching. Workmen had been blessing upon the craft. other keel will be laid as soon as ' . ...,;;, if£, busy for some time getting every- With two minutes t o go before pa;1sible on ,the ways vacated by the ~ thing ready for t he occasion. The launching time the warning signal, Trout. This will be the Marlin, a ·~ stands had been constructed, and a long blast on a horn sounded. A new type of submarine. ·.-; ~ everything was i_n_ readi~ess long n:iinute and a half later came the . The Trout has the sa~e dimen- '.\,: ~l before the first visitor arrived. Ad- signal of two bells and Mrs. Wood- s1ons as the Triton, which was g.-_. mission to the Navy yard was much son raised her arm, with a silver en- launch·ed on March 25 of this year. f;'1smaller than in several years past, cased bottle of champagne in her It is 300 feet 3 inches long at the ;~:, due to the restrictions that were grasp. As ano lher bell sounded ,10 waterline at standard displacement. "".: clamped dow.1 ~ome months ago seconds before the 12.40 time set for Its ;maximum beam is 27 feet, 3¼ ,•{;-',',<: t; against visitors to the reservation. the launching, she said "I Christ- inches and mean draft rut standard / "ft·.,:: 5;",' However there were several hun- en Thee, Trout" and firmly struck displacement is 15 feet. All po.;"cd-ble / I fr dred who were permitted t o witness · the bottle over the bow of the ship safeti" devices known to the gov- i ff- the launching from the yard, and at the same instant, through the ernment will be included in this -' m~ny more lined the Memorial proper timing of the work along the suibmarine as they are in all under- . :?:~ bridge and New Hampshire shore ways, the submarine began to move. seas craft constructed by the Unltr,-· at pc,ints where they could see the Gaining momentum the craft gained ed States. graceful slide of the 1475-ton craft, considerable speea by the time the Following its completion ff down. the greaseo. ways, into -the bow reached the end of the ways commi~sionlng. the tesits and . water. and slid several hundred feet be- will be ma:d•e ~>Ver it.he Ls[es or Sho_als Five minutes before the specified fore it was snubbed and the lines courses. Details of her construction ··..:' ,,; .:~-:. ~;;;_ time the warning flag was in evi- from the Penacook and the John G. are withheld from the_ public, . in .[ \,,::!dence. The band which had been Chandler, the two tu(7s were at- order t o keep that information ... }---;'•;:,;. . . giving a concert prior to the arrival tached to her. As the T;out reached , away from any fo~eign agent. Its ~) of the sponsor, Mrs. Wal ter B. the water the ~avy Ya.rd band, ! speed, defen~e umts, and . numer- L:;°:f,':~,-,.;. ;.,;;: Woodson , wife of the Judge Advo- under the direction of Roland I ous othe~ a1:1cles are not given out f:,__,,:"~'.::, cat.e General of the Navy, ceased Hinkley, played "Anchors Aweigh" 11 for publlcation. "°'i"'.:. 1·,, playing. The group mounted to the and this was followed by the strains It was 23 years ago last month J platfo~m where the preliminary ce- of t~e National an them. tha~ the first submarine was launch- ;;• ·"~:·'·~ remomes were held. Mrs. Woodson, Fo,Iowmg the launching, the offi- ed it the Portsmouth Navy Yard. ; _~ ~-', ... . -, .·:. .. ;·. -:. ·'. , . , , _. J,, :' cal party went to the Officers' club i This was the first government-built ~--· ,:,,.-::, ··,,r ,: . :. ·. ::,, .-',,';: · >~: i-;".,.,:1,.- where a luncheon was ~erved, ii submari.Jfe and was the beginning A~, ~.!;~~- \~::..Ja.. :il.-;..._;:;~-=•·.r."' . / ~..... l~'lllh::_~ ,_.=.._. ~· -~ : ,-,~~ -~t~:./..' :1\.t:~5~-~2:-.. ~.--:1i;l°<~-~.':'.7,i'.~~- ~~~±"~Jl~:::._~~'t .. ~-~- • . V esse1, s· t er Sh" Q!I. T riton, ~s O' 1 475 T n D• p f' 1;::1 r~. f ~I Ji1 I f w1 ff: £t, t z> ff r)L1:P,lf•:: {f{~f':::~~, :i~ l·:<;.oN,}t), l -"'~4~ �~~~i-~.i:~1~_:.:-:~· ·:·-~;-·., . : -.. ···: t:•/·":"1~ :-:i~-.; .··c:_·.·:., : .· ,:·~ . . .. '" . ·-.~: ~-?~\-/.... : . 0 v--A .1-~ - , OY' - Cl-w a.rd .s·• _\'~'~ 6 :,;';:1 de~ense. ·r..,,v:i--~ ---·--- _N_o_v_._1_0_,~ 1927 I. ·-··--·-· ... .. The Junior High school program, i~ea In ·national ;--•. ' s.· .r '-. j This was known as the L-8 and for V-5 Dec. 17, 1929 ·\ · . ---~- . :~.'-{;\' opening a t 11 o'clock, is as follows: }if :~ 15 years the submarines were known ' Dolphin March 8, 1932 , . Welcome to Guests, Wesley Woodjc..f,, by number and not by name. The .1 Cachalot Oct. 19, 1933 . m an; Call to the Colors, bugler; • (<' · ·· 0-1 was the second boat construe- 1 Porpoise June 20, 1935 J sal ute to the flag, school; Star Span/c·_ . ted. Then came the series of s- :I Pike Sept, 12, 1935 gled Banner, school; reading (Gen: , boats numbering 11 in all that were Plunger July 8, 1936 , eral Logan's Order No. 11) Jane ;;,;~ ·, constructed between 1918 and 1921. i Pollack Sept. 15, 1936 : Ward; selection "selected" Ports- · :_,_;f};i One of_ these, the S-11, the sponsor Snapper Aug. 24, 1937 i mouth High School Band/ recita- ' .-,c:-. was Miss Anna Roosevelt, now Mrs. Stin1?rav Oct, 6, 1937 ;j tion (Lincoln's Gettysburg AdJohn Boettiger. Franklin D. Roose- Sculpin July 27, 19~ ·'./·i\ velt, then the ex-assistant secretary Squa.lus (Sailfi',ih) Sept. 12, 1938 j dress) , Barbara Sharrock; trio, f,:{1'· of the navy, and his mother, Mrs. Searaven June 21 , 1939 l Elaine McMahan, Franoes Gray, ::-~J. James Roosevelt, were present at Seawo!f Aug. 15, 1939 1Jane deRochemont; Chorus by school, band accompaniment; in· · '· that launching. . Triiton March 25, 1940 troduction of guests, Cleon E. ~:~In the early 1920's the V type J Trout May 21, 1940 Heald; address and presentation of ·"-· submarines were constructed. One A. L. awards, James B. Mahoney, . I of the outs~ndlng of this type was Commander, Frank E. Booma Post, • ·,···. the V-5 which was built at a cost - ~ -----~ .---'--------'......C.-American Legion; song, "America," :-;,;: Jof $7,500,000. This was the longest · school; band selection, "March", · ••. ; -submarine ever to be built at the Por tsmouth High School Band. -I Navy Yard, hav~g a length of 371 ti;, · feet with an estrmated speed of 21 j Th e final exercise on Tuesday will / t· 1k,nots. It was the latest thing 1n be h eld at 1.45 o'clock at the Haven :t I submarine construction at that time school. The Wednesday exercises Jh ·1and carried a crew of 80 men and j will open at the Senior High school J,~::::--r eight officers. -· a t 8.15 when assembly will be held t{f. The V_-7 was the next submarln_e · with Rear Adm. Douglas E. Disf/t~~,- to be built at the yard and that too mukes, USN, ret., former commanwas an improvement over its pre____ dant of Portsmouth navy yard, as ;; decessors. This submaine was the the guest speaker. After the Peirce . . , . • -~·-: ,... ,,. . 1 ;!I first to bear a name Known as the Tossing :fiora.J bouquets-tributes · Island exercises at 9.30 o'clock the · ; . .-,_c;r .r. -:" :,/-. •. ~ Dolphin, it was sro'aner than the . to sailors who .have loS t th eir Jives final school Memorial Day exercises c;: i _,:·:,\\i "'\vl : ·,.•~ ft(.:: modern submarines of that time. It in the duty of therr country-into i, will istart at 1.45 p. m . · '' · · k -:-, was the first submarine in which el- · Piscataqua river from Peirce Island A boy and girl from each of the ectric welding had been used ex- bridge . Will be a fea_ture _of the other sixth grades in Portsmouth ·,,;: ·: tensively in the construction of the Memorial· Day exercises by the schools will a ttend the exercises. A -:;~' · pressure hull. The next submarine[' Portsmouth schools. • par ade will be formed near the was the Cachalot and this was The three-day schedule which in- _ Junior High school and with the ;f_}:-.': · sma~ler than the present day_sub- eludes all of ·the s~hools starts next Por tsmouth High School Band, un:--:/· marines, although the Marlin is J Monday ~nd continues until Wed- j• der th e direction of Director Ernest ., to be much smaller. The Cachalot nesd_ay_ with d~leg~tes of the local r'I P. Bilbruck, will march to Peirce r;;;:-, was 274 feet long as compared with j patriotic orgaruzations taking part I sland. the 319 feet of the Dolphin. Electric l in the program, School Supt. Harry · -:-- - - .-_kA - . .,......,._.-_-:-,-,........,- ,..-. -;--'.,, M'.4· welding which is now used exten- IL. Moore announced today. · J H · • ~-i ~ 111 sively i~ the construction of sub- : The Pe~ce Island observance pro- :-, J.· ~ "- .~ ;',. ;_ · ..·, ·: lfi,t""i marines, was used on the Cachalot, gra-~, which will be open for the ...,,. , ... _, ,. ,, ;it;::, instead of being riveted as had been publlc to watch, will be held Wed- · 'I! Ti::F~ the practice previously. · nesday forenoon at 9.30 o'clock, t\, ., During 1934 there was no submar- / · with sixth grade students of the ines launched, but from 1935 there Atlantic Heights school and the '- ,.A t{t. has been two submarines launched ·1 :women's Relief C~rps taking pa~t I ';,·'., _ each year. This year there have , m the services dedicated to Amenr 1· ::-/ · been two launched already, bu~ w_ith can ~ailors, both Jiving and dead. It ____ ·, · ' -, 1 the enlargement of the bmldmg I is climaxed as the members of the. For the first time in the 13 years ii• ,r ways to three, and the speeding up i corps and the sixth graders t hrow · of fo e a warding of the American , .,·,, :;; t• · of armament, there will be an in- "'I bouquets of flowers into t he water , Legion medal to the outstanding : "',,.-.: . crease in the number each year. Ifrom the Peirce Island bridge. •, •· · Th f • th b . eighth grade student at the Junior i . b_:·_.:,f_· e o11owmg are e su marmes j Assistant Principal Cleon E. . High school, two girls shared the [ I h onors. So close were the scores of ',., . that have been built in the Ports- Heald of the Portsmouth Junior 0,•:,~_i,. · mouth navy yard and the dates of · High school said today the organiShirley Sanderson and Helen Mar;;_'!;'.:, launching: zations which have accepted inviriner , that the committee decided n ·. L-8 April 23, 1917 tations to se nd a delegate to th e that two medals should be given in f_~; 0-1 July 9, 1918 various schools are th e VFW a nd th at classification. Stephen Morang, ;'i,.- S-3 Dec. 21, 1918 auxiliary, United Spanish War Ve tthe third of three brothers to ::f..,. S-4 Aug. 27, 1919 erans a nd auxiliary, Sons of Union . achieve (.hat honor, received the . V: : ~.(>· ~z'f- L .- - -- - - - -- C. ti; 1· 1 - - - - - - ' ..' Schools·Plan Observance Of Memona• I Day· fj'.;rW :\Jc f f\< l ~t:X i,~\~ Two G1' rls Sha re i',tedaI A .wards r···? ,../ I j I ~ ~. S-5 ~.{,'.'.. S-6 S-7 S-8 ~ \ S-9 ,.?· S-10 S-11 ~;(;': S-12 f\t,7· S-l3 ;~ V-l ;;.¾_1s V- 2 .·--'; v- 3 ~;:>~ ~:J' Nov. 10, 1919 . Veterans, American Legion and aux- I gold n1edal for the outstanding boy. Dec. 23, 1919 iliary, Women's Relief Corps, Fleet · J These awards were made at the Feb. 5, 1920 Reserve a nd th e DAR. annual memorial exercises held at . April 21. 1920 Monday the exercis· es wi·11 be held .. tl1e assem bly of t he Junior High June 17, 1920 at the Plains school at 9.15 a. m ., at school at 11 o'clock today. Dec. 9, 1920 . the New Franklin school at 10.15 I Seated on t11e stage in the audi- / Feb. 7, 1921 o'clock, and at the Farragut school · ·1 torium were representatives of the : August 4, 1~21 at 1.45 o'clock. patriotic and allied organizations. Oct. 20, 1921 j: Tuesday the patriotic group will, As the Portsmouth High schoc.l July 17, 192~ j conduct exercises first a t Lafa yette! band played the student body filed Dec. 27, 192~ i .I school, 9 a. m ., and an hour la ter . 1 ··,:--June 9, 192:i f j at Whipple school. ~~:_+\,. ~~.:- --~.::,,;: ...'~'o:,,:·-. I __ :__ __ ~,._:... -------' . ~--~~-~-- -~ -~ -~: .~ ~~ -, ��\N ~-~ J.>~\°'\ ;,~ . There is now, in the process of being written, a "R ivers of America Series" of books, th e au th ors being Inever ca~e back again''.; there wa~ the mvasi~n of _Seavey s Island by 1,600 Spamsh pnsoners m the summer of 1898 · the early 1900's when those, who, because of interest in, four-masted' schooners and barges and knowledge of certain sections unloaded coal, and lumber yards .,,. have been invited to ·write such and fish houses flourished. And bocks. For instance, there is the since then, motor power and pleasvery fine volume of the series, "The ure boats skimming its surface, the Kennebec" written by Robert P . old "Constitution·• on a visit to its ,,, Tristram Coffin of Maine. "The channel, submarines slip ping be~i'j Connecticut" has also been ably neath its waters, revival of . acht'.i. represented, and when this set is ing, and still another war activity. complete, should make an inter- The Piscataqua shall yet see. his~ esting item in any library. tory. But there are. smaller rivers too, • $ ~ ~ eloquent with history, tragedy, ad- Shipbuilding Era ,;\;:·: venture, naturally scernc. Such a Portsmouth's proud era of ship_·1;;i:.,"o, one is the P iscataqua, so~ce _in building is the most interest ing for , Gr eat Bay, its mouth deepening m - it explains much of the city. Pis. to the ocean off New Castle and cataqua -built vessels roamed the Kittery Point . This makes it but 11 seven seas from 1849 to 1860. Great miles in length, but, there its dis- names in shipbuilding included Tosimilarity to the great water cours- bey and Littlefield, Fernald and es ends. Pe ttigrew, Union Shipbuilding Com For the Piscataqua is broad, deep pany, Samuel Badger. "California and powerful; in its brief course it clippers·• went out from this ship has spanned centuries, events, and yard; others moved south to New lives; it has been a great source of Orleans, thence to Liverpool or wealth; upon it have moved ail London or Havre. And the barques · types of craft; it has created a and brigs made trips to West India Jt<fui::~t:;1 city; and if it were not known for with salt fish and potatoes, bringany of these things, it cou~d rest ing back molasses and rum !or all t.:-;Ji,!,~{':7 upon its laurels for variety of the grocery stores of the town ,dth ,. .! scenery. the sign "W. I. Goods'' over the There is Fox Point, Puddle Dock, door. old Fort Washington, views of Freighting was done by "gundo Portsmouth from Badger's Island, lows"; and passenger traffic by there is Green Acre and Church packets. Point, to say nothing of scenes The deep-sea fishermen of Portsalong the wharves, and Navy Yard mouth went to Labrador once a skyline. Probably Church Point or year, and when they returned in strawberry Banke as it is some- the fall, Noble's Island and Ma1·vin's times called, with its massed rose Island were covered with drying and grey warehouses sheer to the fish. verv water's edge, its tower of old It was the Saga of New England st.· John's Church above, is the waterfronts. most pict.uresque. Certainly it has • •· • • been used often as the original of Islands and Two Vie,,·s famous water colours and etchins. Many i~lands dot ~he ancient wa.'J • • • * terway. JThree Centuries on the Piscataqua Below Noble's Island once floated ·j Every inch of this shore is storied, the frigate "Raleigh" and the sloop•, for it has a long history, the Pi.sea- of-war "Ranger", the first warship taqua, from the tLme when the In- to display the stars and stripes a2. dians named the narrow crooked the American ensign . Peirce·s Isdeep -channeled arm of sea, the land forms one side of the Narrows, Pascataquack; from the time when, and the earthwork of old Fort in 1903 it was visited by Martin Washington, under command of Pring, by Champlain who landed at Captain Titus Salter can still be Odiorne·s Point, by Captain John seen. On Badger·s Island was for ,~;~-.:~'}1 smith. The latter called it "a safe many years a noted shipyard, more '§J~i~,2; harbor with a rocky shore." than a hundred vessels ha.vmg been :'····• ·'>'" With it are associated such names built here, including the "America·• Mason, Champernowne, the first 74-gun ship ever built tbhis _sihde · Wentworths, the Pepperells, who the At-lantic, superintended Y JO :i . made the banks of the Piscataqua Paul Jones, and launched under his famous as the maritime commerce direction. · and the shipbuilding era of 1840There is Goat Island and Great 1870 took place; then came the de - t Island; at Fort Point old Fort Concline when Aldrich in his "Story of stitution formerly Fort Willia:n and a Bad Boy" says, "Few ships come Mary. Seavey·s Island constitutes to Rivermouth now . . . the phan- part of the Navy Yard; outward a.rP, tom fleet sailed off one day, and small _islands, ·_-Gerrish Island, and {!./ 1 ~t;·. I .1.'?,;..,};'::;\,:; ,::-.:, :('( 1-:'- . .. at.f ~ CS~1i>:::j;j . ....... ,_ ·•• ,_ ,._...,..:____.c, ,·:- ...;:~ _ :;.-;_ -:~ ;,)~ ·,:;·, r, . .:~,~ ·.." ' S, ? : '\,,;, (Y ··; ,;.· 0'j· , ., · ,_;: '• , ~i:~~1::i~!:;~ ,t.• -/-··,. .,. :}}'t .• ' ; -~-; > ~-:, . :~~/~~~~ j~;): re~~:~~esoi'R;ti=~~e~ this morning at his home on the ~·;;,,-., Brackett road after a long illness. '-';~J 1 Mr. Wendell was born in Ports1mouth April 26, 1862, the son of the ;·:;:) late John Samuel Wendell, and had ..i.:.,;li;,·,:: resided in Rye since early manhood. /~~,;,Jl;: He is survived by three daughters, ·•,:,,:'.~; Mrs. Henry Dechene of Rye, Mrs. Benjamin Moors of Everett, Mass., : ·.:~ ): and Mrs. Toward Cummings of New . .- ,'i Haven, Conn., also three sons: Auburn D. Wendell of Malden, Mass., '-, ,t Charles P .. Jr., and John Q . Wendell, both of Rye, and eight grand- --<?:l: 1 \,,.... ,.,1children . . . , ?}/'1? :-------===::;:;;:::::::;:::::::==-...,..._--..J .,,, ·;,t;, .-,n,.~ >~::.;~ /'.\! ff~ 0 .,-:. _f~_:.:~ ;·:-.,.l /•.:i~t\i : -ttiir ·-,,•,:.~.·, •t-·i,; '(~ · .' ,· ·, ~ ,~:'~ .• ·•., ', ~. :;'i , •~ •• .... ~ 'r~'.i;'-;.,,-~· . I.<.'"".,'< • ·] Aldrich Memoria l j Directors Meet : The board of direc_tors of t~e •)~J Bailey Aldrich Memorial ,,.._;;.:-:,, met at the Nutter house on ~ourt ·. ·. \ ,. ) street June 12. After the busmess ,..-;c.)'meeting tea was served in the gar- "}~?: den, in the old summer house which : ,};'. has been copied in one of the Gar- . : :;:":-~ I dens on Parade at the World's Fair. /'/' ~ The house was restored by the '· ., __ ;.; · author's widow in 1907 and was the ':~-i'j;. first of the exhibition houses of · >'-.\11 ..j Portsmouth. The Stro1_1g , House ;.;/~{_wh ich contains Mr. Aldrich s very .:·',{:, · wonderful collection of manu,scripts .. :, ::.1 and letters from all the famous peo- ·.. :~r} pie of his time is a treasure house ,,, of interest, and hours could well be ,.:.;.;·i spent there. ·' < , ,_;,~,; I 1 1 Those present included Talbot Aldrich, Miss Dorothy Vaughn, Mrs. · Myron R. Williams, Dean E. S. 'llells •:.,::'-~.--. Kerr, Miss Mary L. Griffin, Miss :"' -~•~·.-; !Margaret Warren, Mrs. Talbot Aid- -~.;,·:_:.~_:.-.·,.•:_',: _•,·,f.,_·._ .;_· rich, Mrs. William w. Howells, Miss _ _. j Rosamond Thaxter, Mrs. Wallis ·: Walker, Myron R. Williams and Dr. '.}:'~}; 1Wallis Walker. , .::·.{' 1 Thomas l 1 ;:r:-- I -5;~;_\t! l -~:~~~ ltlr\)/\,:•:t~i!~ft;~1i;}i~:;§~6i~ft2~:i<L-' 'f~~/;;'.;:~ -· ~:,' , • ·- -~~. , ~1 l~,•._:r .•• _' ·, .'_, ....... ,: Charles P. \~endell . ::.ft IDies At Rye -.;: ~ ~t\~/J I : at the entrance to the Harbor is Whalesback Lighthouse; the outermost island of all, White Island, a ledge of rocks. Two camera views of the P iscataqua include tho3e taken from , Church Hill overlooking a panorama of river and shore; and that ' seen over the New Castle bridges, especially at sunset time, Venetian 1 like in splendor. • -~,~-•--· :-"~ ., •·, ~::_"7·_,•..·_· ..c·.,. ·;··:_·,·.·_ ~ ~.~ -.': '.~~~~~ -~ ·- -. --~ --,:_,·.~.'•·_•1 .•,·.~-.•.·•:'., __~'..'\..,_:.__~.~•-. :_~-,•: -•;_ ,;.•.·:_;:t.·.. ~_-_:_~,._:.~_-...~•·:.:;__.": ,:_.,;_~:-:',·_;~..-~.;.• •·••,,•.-~.-:•·~_., _;_:·,'. '.,·:, _~.__:,:·~•:_ ; ..•:::_.~.:; �(~:?i·'.;',r:'{!f4i:t'i:, I Jenks Studies ve To Gain iti Adequate Defen s For I. Protection Of local avy Yard i1. Lack Of Talk Before :--;--:,, ~/:," Congressman Raps Anti-Aircraft Guns In ~f: p:o::~~~~~:e:::. ~:,:~o:i:~ is being given : •}f~\ to the preparation of a Congressional measure calling for ~t5-ti\: installation of adequate defenses for th e Portsmouth navy I ~,{~};-; yard by Congressman A. B. Jenks, Mr. Jenks revealed here y yesterday. ~~;.;,f• 1940 High ( OQ !Graduating Class i', largest On Record The Congressman, here to ad- j many, !ta y and Japan, which is ; not a friend of ours, would be pos- i The largest high school gradua ~ ;;he New Hampshire Association of sible weapons against us." ing class in the history of Por ~,r:t:'/ Letter Carriers and the New Hamp- Other speakers at the dinner, held mouth will receive their diplomas shire Federation of Postoffice Clerks, in Simpson's pavilion, were Mayor the Junior High school auditorium : ',~:-~:.' made the statement to newspaper- Samuel B. Blair, Postmaster James Thursday evening, June 20, it was 1 men after his speech in which he J. Cavanaugh, who acted as toast- announced today at the central of- called the attention of his audience master; William J. Gorman of flee with the program of the clos- \ 0'~}<, to the fact he had been given to Washington, national vice president ing weeks of public schools which is <, }-;/h:t· understand there is no adequate de- of the national carriers organiza- scheduled to start next Monday. '; fence equipment for the yard now, tion; Leo E. George of Washington, Barely over the high mark set by '' ~.ti; not even an anti-aircraft gun. president of the clerks association; ; the 1938 graduates of Portsmou Scoring nations ior · their utter John T . Driscoll of Pawtucket, R. j high school, the graduates ne · 'J lack of common honesty and mor- I., sixth vice president of the clerks, month are scheduled to numb I ality among themselves, a condition and Mrs. R uth Watkins of Kansas . 226. In 1938 there were 224 grad- . · he blamed in part for the present City, Mo., president of the national I uates which was then the largest world conditions, Jenks asserted carriers' auxiliary. class on record and last year 192 · that "the currents that run underAt the carriers business session students graduated from the high .· . . _ neath public affairs in this nation the followin g officers were elected: 1school. ~},,;.~~ are not at all optimistic. William H. Brownell of Dover, pre- i The school fetes will open the """!·.' Congressman Jenks pointed out sident; David F. Sullivan of Nashua, closing weeks program and will · -that as a member of the Naval Af- vice president; J. Phillips Shepard elude the following: Atlant . fairs commititee. he has worked of Concord, secretary; Jeremiah J. Heights fete on school groun ,.t·.i day and night with admirals of the Buckley of Manchester, treasurer, Monday, June 3, 5.30 p. m .; N f.:;J\/ United S tates Navy and has learned and Shirley Spurling of Portsmouth, Franklin fete, school grounds, Tue {Nilft: much concerning present cond- sergeant-at-arms. day, June 4, a.t 6.15 p. m .; Lafaye tions. "In all se·riousne.s.s," he The clerks re-elected their officers fete, Wednesday, June 5, on sch declared, "the situation today is who are as follows: Fred L. Seavey grounds at 6.15 p . m.; Farragut more serious than you realize. We of Rochester, president; Charles B. festival Monday, June 10, on school are preparing for a possible in - Duran of Manchester; James H. grounds at 2 p. m. ; Whipple fete · vasion of this country lby any na- Case-jl of Concord; Thomas J . Burns Tuesday, June 11, on the school \. tion." of Berlin; Oscar P r€~cott cf La{:onia, grounds at 6 p . m.; and the Haven ,..:;-,: Mr. Jenks pointed out several and Roger Weare of Po:tsmouth, fete Friday, June 14, on school )~~ suppositions to support his belief vice presidents; Matth 2w J . Ryan of grounds at 5.43. ':1;, that this nation must prepare it- Manche.:;ter, secretary; J. Henry Class day at Portsmouth High .\...~ self and <lo it immediately. He i Concannon of Portsmou-th, ,treas- school when the class will and prosaid : "Suppose, for instance, that ur-e-r; Frank Butler of New London phecy wm be read is scheduled for ; •, not at all improbable-one of t hree sergeant-at-arms; and R. A. n '. Friday morning, June 14, at 8.30 ·. · things might happen: Willa:-d of Keene editor in chid o'clock. Only students of the high Gi!rmany Wins this war-which is ci the Granite st~te FED, o::gani- school and their teachers will hear ·.·. "1-The British might take their zatic,n publication. the program. navy to Canada and set up its At ~heir busine.,s session a t t he The Baccalaureate services, open '' . headquarters there. s tate Armory the clerb passed !€\S- : , to the public, will be held at the ;;. "2-Britain might sink her ships. olutions favorin o- adequate national 1North church Sunday, June 16, at · "3-Most serious is the po.ssibility defense, ano ther° for continued sup- 7.30 p. m. Following graduation .· that the British fleet might be port ofg their longevity bill, and Thursday, June 20, the senior !/;!taken l:Jy· Germany, which also is ano ther rela ti Ye to the deaths of · ception will be held Friday evening, .; · not impossi,b le-and, of course, several merr.bers. /June 21, at 8 o'clock in the Junior · she'd take the French fleet, too. The ca,riers vcte:i a resolut ion High school gymnasium. "Then," Mr. Jenks continued, favoring mor,e liberal retirement ~ · .. · ·' · t{~Ji~-- :::t;, dress the joint convention dinner of ,~~1:. :_' ~ifl Jk~;,, 7&'t.t;~ tl:-? :<~, ~~ "th ,/~ee,~ ~ . Brit~in . .:ier:3-_nce. Ger,- plans a-1;_d also voted not to make :.\·; :.;'·,•~_·;·.' :·: . .1ng th e p re.s.ent national defense . ~. :.".~!-~'."...> .,:~-',/\, ,:, ,, ,{' /·, · · ~ny iur.ner recommendations dur- ~-t_:;.,~ ::i.:~2"~ ·t ·t -~:~ ..-; ~·?, f ~ " ~~!.,''" · tu~~rrt~"'t__.-_:_j~·:·,.~ ~~ ~: :~.<:-,4~~:~~';,:·::...11progtiam. _ --- .:____.~;: _ 1 ·_._·_,:ii/ . . _ - ~.. : : ·___:~_;_.·:;·',:.· , 'ii~~ �~~~~~i'i( ·:: 1 C • ~ -- ~- ~ .---- .___;. __ :_.·_.·._ ' -..:........._ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ __;. __ __ , Z- t)r] First Of City's Old Houses -o-~·,n. ·• n. g · L .a_ w·· ·'/?t\. .• . :;,;.;,;~·./] Reopened To ·Public -For Season iShifts Voted lsy Council With the opening of the WentWarner house, 150 Daniels street, ; .,, , ,·. wor,th-Oardner and Tobias Lear week days 10 to 5, June 20 1to Sept. 1 .', t· · . hot.IMS for the season tod81.Y', Ports- 15. •.,.-7-:.-.C mouth onoe more moves into it6 Thomas Balley Aldrich Memorial, \,:..-<·-'· summer activities. 386 Court street, week days 9 to 5, '.~//:i :· Each year more and: more teur- June 15 to Sept. 20. /,.;:~- : · ists interested in the history of New Moffatt-Ladd house, 146 Market :•\:·,:; -land, a.re :finding tha;t history street, week days 9 to 5, June 24 prese::ved in Portsmouth's famous to Sept. 14. c,;,• · old houses. St. John's church, corner Bow Local residents, too, are awaken- and: Chapel streerts, open 10 to 12 ing to a realization of the true and 2 to 5, June to September (call value o! these relics of an architec- at rectory next door south ). tural and cultural era. of the past. Richard Jackson house, North, ~-~ · · The comple;te roh-etiule for the west street, open throughou,t the opening of these, colonial buildings year (call next door north ). I to the public is announced as folWentworth-Gardrneir house, corlows: ner Mechanics and Gardner stree,t.5, _ Portsmouth HwtQrica.l society or and Tobias Lear house, 51 Hunking John Paul Jones :Hoose, 43 Mdddle street, both of these houses are of- , street, open we.ek ~s 9 ll,. m. :to 5 ficla.HM Ol)e'.ll. from 9 to 5 June 1 to r(':,~.--~ ~1:; p. m., Jane ro ·to .()itj;. 1. Oot. •1. '·, ··'' . ···. •:" . >: - .. ..:/'·· I I Two changes in the zoning laws - , the city were passed by the city ' council at its meeting in city ·hall j Thursday evening. 1 One change extended the a.part' ment house zone along Miller ave\ nue to the center of South street. r Thp other designated as a local 1 business district the property of Cornelius Coakley at the junction 1of Woodbury avenue and the new highway to the Maine-New Hampshire bridge. The measure calling for the changes was introduced and passed after the council had accepted a I report- of. the Board of Adjustment recommending such action. · A number of fund allocations from the 1940 $55,000 bond issue were made. These included: A sum of $3,100 for improvements to the city incinerator; -_. , A sum of $5,460.90 to resurface · · J Pleasant street from the North '' ··>_;~-._:_(.-'"y church to Court street; A sum of $4,853.75 for resurfacing Vaughan street from Congress to ' the B & M railroad crossing; A sum of $5,000 fol.' sidewal_k construction; A sum of $643.17 to rebuild Court ,.. ...,.i ' street between Washington and AtThe Portsmouth airport will piay blacklog of trained personnel from , ! kinson streets. lff&::~- Ja part in the projected ·development which to recruit military flyers and Upon recommendation of the com,~t;r~_,'I-· Jof civilian aviation throu~hout .New ground crews -later. - mittee on street lights, Councilman ~,-';,_'i,::,--·i Hampshire and the nation it was Personnel training questionaires John Leary, Jr., chairman, it was ,,,;,.. _- · '', ·.1announced today by Warren Scholz, have been drawn up and may be obvoted to install a street light oppoin charge of the personnel training tained at the airport. site 848 Islington street and to in·¥ l program ·at the local field. Trnining courses will be open not two sodium lights, one· at the f i :;. '· -] In accordance with the natio~•s only for pilots but for mechanics. \ stall intersection of Marcy and Plea::;, · (-<-,- !announced determination to give Applicants for training as pilots sant ;;;treet and the other at the in\; •' • ·_ .,i basic training in aviation to 45,000 ·must be between the ages of 18 and tersection of Woodbury and Maple•:r... :_,,\: ·Jpersons in the next year, training 25 or have had previous flying exwood avenues. >' 'i..-::, ~'-' . j' will be offered at the local airport. perience. Applicants for training as The committee on city lands and ·,:c;.· i:).: <: Any young men, or women, inter- mechanics must be over 16 years of buildings wa5 granted it5 reque;;;t t !-'lf:,: ested, may contact Mr. Scholz at the age. for more time to get an opinion :;;:~--:-~:..' . airport. Courses are open to res!The first training classes in Portsfrom t.i-te city ~.olicitor in its investi•!{'';'~"•~· ~- dents of the entire Greater Ports- mouth are scheduled to star t June gation of the application _for a permouth area. 15 and will continued until Sept. 1mit to store and sell gasoline on La~--~E::\·r.->. This traini11 g program does not 1. Arrangement will be made for __ fayette road by Roger Young. ·:· ,';. ·:- · .. requir~ military ,service later. It is persons who are working to receive A request for a permit to store ,,,.,,, :~ : -~- ·. a program of civilian aviation train- their training during the long sumand sell gasoline at the corner of 'f.-;- ·_,;,••,..:designed to give the na~..:t::..io:.:n_.:_a:_:._m_e_r_·_e_v_en_1_·n..::g:..s_. _____ ____~ 1Myrtle avenue and the new bridge . approach, submitted by Charles J . ',, . {\_-,;~: ( _ ·- - - - : ) ~ I{. 1({ ~ 0 . Griffin was referred to the board ,. •· · · :-: ··,;,' , of adjustment, as was a similar petition for a location at 720 Lafayette road by E. L. Fogg. A petition for a permit to operate :.·~ "' a taxi was granted to Ernest Lamb. · i of (:•;:,.> :;~-~-; t I t!y.)~· ~~f?tf~- ', . ,,;;,· , -~-~f;,,;is'_.o - ~ttttoccil Airport Has Part l lft ln U:S.Aviation Progrnm 1~~/;;~:t/o!~hl:t;:a Mechanics Offer•~-'- It 1t~' i:f~1,.~.: } !S\.;~ ,~ .,:,llf I I ,);,'.,::_-;;1 ~> '· ~..f{} I ~. ~ ~ ~ ff. ft.1~ t!•:; ~ ~.,,,t, •b •· ' </.: ;\}'.f·f 0 Ju~e P;t~~st a~~!.e~ ~~rrcu~u!::1~ ~- :~ <_. Brothers Circus. 4 (.:.·'1 .. !iJt· l cil~:~~;~~te~u~~::r~~gL~~r~ 0 ~~~ . Frank Hersey was appointed to have charge of the fourth of July celei bration of the city .. ·1 ':' +;'~·:_{;,~,'. �Al honse Raynes sto e, :wll.o e the unllc llbrnr ex were rea polnted b a P""''"'"'="·-"1t!li.i~~.il.l.e-,:=-""""- A transfer of funds totalllng $400 within thEt highway · division was approved and a resolution making $2,000 available for permanent lmprovements to the south playground also was voted. The council approved the action of the mayor ln appoi11tting City Clerk John Henson ,to act as l)Ulld1.rjg inspector until such time as Bullding Inspector Edward Downs, who · · ill, can return to his duties. Councilman Leary asked the mB1Y~ or if Oity Solicitor Liberson had contacted the Maine-New Hampshire Bridge Autho:1ity with regard to a.Sli'Urances ,tha,t city roads damaged ln making the bridge approa<' hes will be rel$tored to their former condition. Mr. Llben;on said he had contacl;e{! the bridge author,ty an Highway Superintendent Na,t Stevens addressed the council to •tate he had received such assurance,. Councilmen Chandhr, Hersey, Charles A. Allen, Leary, Frederick Schlegel and John Burkha'l"Cit were pres,mt at the meeting. Adjournment was at the call of the chair. Annual Masonic Service Held In recfognition of the Feast of St. John the Baptist, one of the patron saints of Masonry, and observed by that order throughout the world, the annual Masonic service was held at St. John's church Sunday morning on the site of Queen'a chapel where the first Masonic ser~ce was held 1n the year 1755. Rev. Arthur Brown, rector of Queen's Chapel for 37 years, inaugurated the service which each year since has been carried oul: with the same reverential spirit as in the olden days-> The weather was Ideal for the march and a very large number of Masons we.e in the procession, which formed at the Masonic -temple. The line of march was down Middle to State street, through Chapel street to St. John's chw·ch, the Portsmouth city band and that of the Emerson Hovey Post, furnishing music. The order represented' at the service were DeWitt Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar, which headed the parade, Emmlnent Commander Earl R. Stockbridge, of Exeter; st. John's Lodge, No. 1, AF&AM, St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 56, AF&AM of this city, Naval Lodge, No. 184, AF&AM of Kittery, and Portsmouth Chapter, Order of DeMola . Sil' Knight Harry H. Foote acted as chief marshal of the parade, as in past years. The e.ttendance filled every pew in the historic old church. The DeMolay organization was seated in the gallery and the box pews on the other side of the gallery were also filled, although parishioners of St. John's absented themsel el'# or attended the earlier service that there would be seats for all of the Masonic fraternity at this annual service. Opening at 10 :45 a. m. with the processional, the vested choir of 26 men and boys, under Choir Dfreotor Ernest P. Bilbruck, marched slowly down the middle aisle singing "Onward Christian Soldiers" which the congregation joined. Before the Apostles' creed was said, the Knights' Templar, by order of the Eminent Commander, drew their swords, returning them at the conclusion, this being a custom signifying they would defend the faith, even with their lives, if necessary. · Rev. Whitney_Hale, rector of thp Church of the Advent, Boston, mem~ ber of Belmont Lodge, No. 474, AF&AM of Belmont, N. Y., and an outstanding member of the Masonic fraternity, delivered an Inspiring sermon. He said there was no more fitting text for bis sermon than the words, "In God Vve Trust," which are printed on the coins of the United States of America. He ·emphasized the importance of these words artd that the founde~ of our beloved country were men of deep religious conviction. In his discourse the preacher stressed the need of appreciation of the gifts God has given us, among them the gift of health that many of us do not appreciate until we become ill; of our country and now that the world Is sick unto death and we look upon the devastation and waste of war we Americans think more of our belbved country. We look out on its fair hills an mountains with an appreciation a never before. The altar of the llhurch w handsomely decorated with peonie and roses and he many lighte candles enhanced the effect. After the service the Masonic pro cession again formed and marche to the Masonic temple. ln �come, stepping carefully In s previous tracks. He knew a circuitous route around the high rock and on reaching the bottom, followed the hidden path and was soon past his obstruction and out In the open again. The Indians traced his footsteps, following their lead to the tGp of the precipice ..•. where the tracks suddenly ceased. Looking far down the slope they spied Rogers Great, Great Granddaughter Of Famous easily pushing his way through the snow. Evidence led them to believe Historical Character Tells Of Rogers' that he must have jumped Connections Here from the high ledge, and theiJ• --:=---:--;:;;:::;:;:===~------:--:-----::----:-:-\1 estimation of the man rose conHere is a woman you'll ~njoy Indians. Rogers continued h is siderably. In fact they were afraid meeting .••. via the printed page. splitting and as the crack In the to follow him further. To this day Do you remember the dashing and log lenir,hened he placed in it the place has borne the name, "Rosmall wedges which formed a. nar- ger's Rock." adventurous Major Robert Rogers row opening. He then Miss Rogers told us that the Maof Northwest Passage fame? Today's turned to the Indians and rather jor was born In Dunbarton, N. H., Woman's Page introduces to you ca.sually Guggest.ed that they-place and was one of five children. He. Miss Grace Rogers, great-great- their fingers In the opened crack. had three brothers and one sister. gra.nddaughter of this heroic leader Perhaps he said the wood was The town still trea.5ures a skirt worn of "Roger's Rangers." especially smooth or at least of- by his sister to the little red Portsmouth is her home at pre- fered some inducement to make schoolhouse Where she taught. Rosen~for she is very fond of ' our gers married the ambitious daughcity and spends much time here ter of Rev. Arthur Brown of Portsduring the warm months. It seems mouth. His future bride lived in the especially close to her because it Livermore House and there Rogers was here In Portsmouth that her called with his best manners and history-making ancestor met his his Sunday suit, wife, Miss Elizabeth Brown. A research into the life of Major Miss Rogers told us many a •lively Rogers was done by Mary Cochrane tale about the Major. When she Rogers, a. late sister of Miss Grace was only a very small child she sat Rogers. This book was called by her grandfather and listened "Glimpses o! an Old Social Capiavidly to his lengthy and exciting ta!" (Portsmouth) and ls obtaina.ble stories, each one dealing with the a.t the Portsmouth Library. exploits of the fearless Rogers and Although Grace Rogers has been his men, a resident of Wa.shington, D, C. for Ma.jor Robert Rogers was more 20 years, she never forgets Portsclosely connected with Portsmouth mouth and she calls this city "the than most of us Imagine. His grartdone perfect place to live." Its antison, Robert Rogers, who was Miss quity, its winding streets, its hisRogers' grandfather, was born in toric background are all an intrithe Livermore house which is the gulng part of Port6mouth's charm. present home of Rear Admiral and These are forever beckoning her to Mrs. Douglas E. Dismukes, USN, return to the place where so many Ret. He was baptized at St. John's family memories dwell. church and was a. rough and ready soldier In the war of 1812. Miss Rogers revealed, too, that her great-grandfather, Robert Furness, Js buried 1n St. John's cemetery. His daughter married Arthur Miss Grace Rogers, direct descendRogers, son of Maj. Robert Rogant of Major Robert Rogers ers. Northwest Passage fe.me. The dramatic stories, the ma.jority of which described terrific battles with Indians, made a deep Im- them want to put their fingers pre.salon on Miss Grace Rogers as a the crevice. At a.ny rate each Inohlld. The feats of the daring dian surprl.singly complied with the major astonished her and she major's suggestion . . . and found begged her grandfather to tell the himself caught fast in the painsame tale.s over and over age.In. ful grip df the wood as the wily Fortunately, he never tired of Rogers hastily removed the wedges. amusing his granddaughter • . . The Indians were certain that and thus the old man and the little Major Rogers was protected by the girl spent many pleasant hours Great Spirit • . . particularly art.er living age.in In their imaginations the following incident. Climbing the daring deeds of an unforget- a steep precipice in the dead Qf able man. winter with a. band of warring InOne story never fa.iled to bring dians In hot pursuit, Major Rogers quick laughter from the child and reached the top only to realize that a wry smile from the grandfather. 1~ would 1:>e impossible to travel It reems that one da.y while Major down the other side of the icy Rogers was busily engaged in slope. splitting a log far In the woods of He took off his snow shoes, put Maine he wa.s surrounded by a them on again backwards and progroup of curious and belligerent ceded to return the way he had Major Robert Rogers Figure In Portsmouth Says Decendant t-------------- �•. >- "''~ . •-r:. .-.-~ .0 \/.-..: . --½~~O...'(' .I'< ,·;.. ~ ,,<:~~ -'<;·• I,, ·: Dr. Edward C. Cook 'Dies At York Summer Season Soon To Ope n With Regatta, I Boat ROCeS An d Open HOUSe . ~ Dr. Edward C. Cook, 71 , prominen t among southwestern Maine physicians for many years, died at By Justine Flint , ·· his home a t York Village last night , He h ad been ill for several·-month.s, A calm blue harbor on a lazy sum- ,F. Drowne was club chef and at the Dr. Cook, who had been a pracmer da y. '_first busim~s meetings, the meals ticing physician in York for 45 A salty. breeze blows gently from ·,were always ser ved unde:- his mperyears, was active in affairs of the the ,;ea , , . Far in thie di.stance Mt. ;'Vision. • First Parish Congregational church Agamenticus rires blue tipped ; It was no t un til 1938 that the or• and was a trustee. He was a past .-., against the sky. ganiza tion bought the property for • master of St. Aspinquid Lodge o! ,:'-.:~- Like white1 polka dots in a deep merly owned by Captain Charles Masons and a past patron of Fa''-'. blue .seitting, the Yacht Club boa ts F . Drown a t. New Cast,Je and a new de tte Chapter, OES. He was a ~•, ·• t ug a t their moorings with the r ise 'clubhouse was erected . It was dedimember of the Maine and . York ~• j and fall of the tide. cated June 1, 1938. This attracitve county medical societies. :::}, i Such is a typical scene at t he buildL'1g is modern and seamanDr. Cook was a native of Vassal· Portsmouth Yacht Club. No m C!re like . •. and the rooms are arranged boro, Me., and was educated at f; : ideal site could be found for the in a n autic::>cl manner. Boating Oak Grove seminary and Bowdoin ;?{ club t han its pre.sent loca;tion m 1equipmen t deco~ates the walls and Medical school. New Castle. Even when the weather 1th e entire clubhouse is deoigned for He is sUrvived by his wife, Mrs. is sto: my, t h e hal'lbor is a safe ha- ease anci: relaxation so enjoyed by Sally (Moody) Cook, a son, Dr, ;'(;,;) ven for unall boats. The river a t its m embers after an exciting boat - Edward M. Cook of York Harbo this point is sheltered. On a gray r ace or a day on the water. - · a grandson, Edward M . Cook, J day when the fog rolls in from the T he present office,s of ·the Portsand t wo sisters, Mrs. Harriet Fe ~t ; ocean, Lhe members settle t h em- mouth Yacht, Club are: Commodore, · na.ld and Mrs. Glenn Starkey /:"j selves comfortably, in t h e snug Warran F . Robinson; vice commo- · Port! ~j- i quar ~rs of the ~lubh_ou.se and spen_d dore, Joseph P . Marden; rear com.. . ""t, 1:';''S./;l;;r··•_:: ~<- pleasant hours l~temng to the eene modore, Marvin R . salt; &ecretary'. drone of the fog horn a t Whales- treasurer, Herman J. Leibrock. The ;., ba~k lighthouse i1: the outer h~r- s taff of direc tors includes Warren . ·. bo•. On a ck ar aay an expansive F . Robmwn Joseoh P. Marden. view of the old, P ~ cataqua can be ' Robert Marvin. .John E. Seybolt, ,~ seen, including t he shores of Kit- Pa ul c. Badge:·, Leon A. Robm.oon, f~ tery, New Gastle and Portsmout h. Benjamin M . Har t..;horn, Marvin R. ;' · ,. •. :~f.~ ~1_} Portsmouth harbor is one of ~he Salt, E. Curtis Matthews, R obert J, '. .' t:,-,_rtfi; ~) finest in N-~w England for boatmg Boy;d, Lie.ut. Otto Johnson, USN, ~f.[,:'.3{<!1'\~ ~jJ and it was m ~898 that the ),ach ts - a nd William o. Walton, J,r, :•'-. - · :':',~ men of t he city oirgani2'led a club Since moving to th e new loca' ,;';\' devoted to those who spent t heir tion at New Castle there has been ~~l recreational hours a t the helm. great activity in boating by the The Portsmouth Ya{:ht Club was memb~rs. The club's social events t] officially organized April 5, 1898 and are highlights of the summer sea\2. { 1ts first officers were as follow~ : son and include four dance dates ,,§JI' Commodore. C, Fred Duncan ; vice scheduled for July and Augu t. On M_''i commodore, John P. Holman ; fleet J uly 4 open hou,:e is observed, and ~~.-> captain, Samuel H. Pilsbury; cec- everyone is invited to inspect the .;:_: ._-. r~ry, William 0, Cotton; tireasur-· clubhouie and its nautical equipi:;_1 er, George W. McCarthy; flee t ment. 'The committee m charge of surgeon, Dr. Freel S. Towle, and entertainment is composed of Wil~:,.. Measure:, Frank S taples. Trustees liam c. Walton , Jr., chairman ; '/!J..·;. included James H. Dow, William J . R alph s. Frobisher, Leon A. Rob ':f Fraser, Charles S. Drowne, Horace inson, J ohn E . Seybol t, Thomas H. i;~ P . Nrontgomery and Richard I. Syke.;, Vincent Taccetta, J . Hobson ('.:t Walden. The club started wi th 56 1 Taylor and Ralph T. Wood. Act!vichar~ members. I t was incorpor- ties -:>f J uly four th will mclude a ~,,, ated in 1899, and, for 40 years·occu- water re~atta and boat races which ~_?,,"t, pied quarters on Mechanics street. will be well wo:--t.h witnessing. ffc_ · Various editions of the old PortsDuring the summer ~-e--..son the · mouth Daily Chronicle of April, members take group trips to the ;:.~· 189~, report that the charter mem- Isles of Shoals and to other islands b t . Go od Templar's Hall in and coastal spots. _; ers me in The present • · .,,-'<-S,-,.Je:· ,~->; '::.r'-' ~~ f Portsmouth ito discuss their- plans m embership lists 138 p ersons. Ap- · ' . :." '.' ,;;-.!:,;~~ -ft.:~.J;: ~~ fora club which by; unanimous vo te p:oxi.ma.tely 50 of the group are ( ::;,~,---'~,__;-t ii['.: ~•' •· t l 1 beat ownePS./ Honorary members of ·",:.,,_._._ · ... !,.-~ '" ~~-: rece:ived the name "P or~mou · '·:. ~\,~ Yacht Club." The membership list the club a•re Rear Admiral Cy,rus W. ,. ':~ ·:•i(rj_ ~;,'.:, },'1,(l wa.s ma'C!e up of ,prominent citizens Cole, USN., Ca pt. w. F, Amsden, _•. ,, .,,;_,·•-·;;,: ~~ and the newspaper story declared USN, Comdr. Donald B. MacMil- :;.>V,..;:.,;_ ~;~ that the Mechanic sbreet club hoUISe !an USN and Shirley H Holt, · ..-.',,,~ • -1 was "sec • ' ' · ;i :~. on d ~ "'-' n one ,o his side of h arbor :nastpr of Portsmouth, . 1e'f!,".), ""'!'i'':.j Boston •" The, yell OWic-.u · " pages of th 1·s , Por tsmouth ha a ho.st 01 o:gan.i - ,.','i,:f. · '., • '"' · - ,·;r~ -.~-,.:►:·~::;,q, &Q paper also re_v eal that the club . zations, mar.y of which are social, ; : . · ·.:'f _ !';?;t!.;1,:"'t{~ off with a fleet of 22 boats, bµt certainly not one of them has ,;;:r,~.-~~:tJ. .£'T:;,.J~~ 1 ~;;:_. ~~~ -~,,.s~e ~~ feet_lo~ g, Charl_es better setting for 1ts activities than ,.. :.' ?-. ; :::~·· ::",,-,, .•. ,' ·: ·• ·· , ' ' _~r :,,; . the P or tsmouth Yacht Club with the .J~_.,)•:·. r-~·;,, ,,;:,:Jfo. .... . ~ ~, ' · . . '"'i:i.. ~ t'f 1 "h' to. p · . r.~ 1 •-,_.,!l;.,, " -r.... :, -:·-;.,,:--_.~-'? , ·, __ •.• ;,:,,·.~·••. u,:;-"'U 1 u an ., 1s nc iscataqua as ,;,,.:,:>: ·;-;,>.►..-, 1,:,.,,.,,,,· if ~: ~1i: . .~~~~\:Stf:.J · ~\~:~·~···-.:i::~Ji2::~.~1its playground. -:~j,J~·;ti;E-::~~ :~~; ~°"~' [Oi' r~J f~ ~i1 l'iJ l 0 -: J' I ¼,,! ~l ~f ijij '°~' ~ttartect, I al. . ,,.: .I ' 1 ... , • :-"t--i·?; ;,,:\, ; ?ff 4 .. ~"• ., ..... ·r. ' . �It was here that Mark Twain Ham! Jin Garland, Harriet Beecher Stowe and John Greenleaf Whittier were guests of Mr. Howells. Sparhawk hall, which is owned and occupied by Mrs. Horace M. Mitchell and son, Horace, Jr:, has been renovated and much of its former beauty restored. More than •three hundred years ' ago in the year 1636, Sir Ferdinando 1 Gorges of England ct,e·eded to his nephew, Captain Francis Cl:}amBy Justine Flint pernowne, the R oy.al Grant which .'i• Old New England houses-aloof in the digni ty of an- 1 had oeen deeded to him by the Eng,~ other era-quiescent now am1'dst the fad1"ng memo1·y of the I lish King James the Fir,st. This :,,,; grant estimated at abOut 500 acres {{ : exciting days when they were built. , included the · sit•e of Cham\,.-t'' Across the Piscataqua at Kittery Point is the historic I pernowne's first home, in what is home of Sir William Pepperrell, dynamic military figure 'th e town of Kittery Point. He ' · --{ h 1d N E 1 bmlt on the eastern end of the IsW O e ew ng and in many of the country's most vital land, now known as Cutts Island, {ii,...-,-:· affairs. -His influence is seen in the architecture of at least , commanding a fine view of the Isles r;);i-ih· two of this town's ancient homes. of Shoals. Here Champe-rnowne ~~'l:..~~)·,. ~'{g?. These old homes represent a past age, but a semblance ' lived and died and was buried in r-~,,-~ f th · f h . . / 1683. His grave ~,till mark,ed by a fii.i:(,::' o e1~ or~er g 1ory s t'll 1 overs around them like the mist I heap c-f field s,tones may be seen. that drifts m from the harbor on foggy evenings. As long as I The house passed bo the Cutts is the son of the late author. t> New England Homes Gracious Doorways Of Stately Kitte,y ·' ...., Point Mansions To Open Wide For Girl Scouts Soon , I I?)-:1 ·•.·, J: 't;z;,. .· ·., i\ f:f.: hotmte~ remain standfing, they will be surrounded by j bfamilhyt anb dLein. 1L880Tthhe tfarm Thwas . .._,, 1.}:.'._:_.: ~. tthhese e pro ec mg presence o . their memorable history. oug Y vi · ax er. e present home to be shown Satf.:'::~ The admirable Lady Pepperrell bears t ~date 1730 and contams urday was built about 188Q, the oth~:t ·-~- house, elegant in appearance with two of the original five old square I er building having been burned. It ,:.," 1 - __ · , , • 1 !' t .} _·, f'' ... : , ~\:_ ,,,.,,-. \it\< '. ,ill-:.;,.~ ~:•.::-.-- fi?/\~{ !ttt1:.: ~-rt ~,\'.,-\' ?'..,;~-·•_:},,· _ , __ . ,\ ~;, ~ :~ .- , -· f t1-§;.,:. its graceful old Colonial doorway, is probably one of the most beautiful of the local historic mansions. It was erected m · 1760 · 11 f , espec1a y or the great lady, herself. The handsome Sparhawk House, built in 1742 and originally the residence of Colonel Nathaniel Sparhawk, son-in-law of Sir William Pepperrell, has been the scene of mani a gala social event. In its sumptuous banquet hall ladies, elegantly gowned, danced the minuet with white wigged gentlemen in the colorful attire of the day. Little grass-grown cemeteries, many of them tucked away like pocket handkerchiefs in lone fields ~i ~i~h~~~~d~~~~/~::id ftf;r pews. It is fortunate that once each year several of the interesting old places at Kittery Point are opened to the public. This year, for the first ,time in three years, the splendid Lady Pepperrell mansion will open its doors to visitors for the benefit of the Kittery Girl Scouts. July 20, from 11 to 5 o'clock, this house, the Sparhawk mansion, the Congrteregat1t·ohnal·h church,h the old ceme Y, e c arming ome of the late William Dean Howells and the Thaxter home, "Champernowne Farm," will await your call. Girl Scouts will act as guides on your tour of Kittery Point and tea will ~::n;nn!~;~ ~s=:~1 ~~ld:11e home of Miss that are still heard in Kittery Point The Lady Pepperrell house is intoday. eluded in the group through the ;;,· · ~ Among the quaint inscriptions to courtsey of Mrs. Lovell Hodge and t, be found in the old cemetery across Miss Catherine Parry and there ;•:·- . the street from the congregational you will see portraits of noted per\->• church in this nearby town, is that sonages, including Lord and Lady "\\ of Margaret Hills, a "victim of the Sheldon (Richard) and George (_..'\ _. raging sea", October 31, 1803, aged Washington. Mrs, Hodge is a de' only 28, and the so-called Browning scendant of the Washington family ~-~- epitaph. The latter stone marks the and has in her possession two lad·0· • grave of Levi Lincoln Thaxter, the derback chairs owned at one time r:'.\ talented husband of -Celia Thaxter, by George Washington. Visitors ~l.,,;j the poet. The epitaph was written will be admitted to the upstairs f!;;,-:;;: by Robert Browning and the lines rooms of this house for a benefit "'-<;",;, were cut on an irregular boulder fund for the Red Cross. brought from the shore of Cutts The church parsonage, where t:·:,~. Island to mark the grave. The stone George Washington was a visitor ~-'.,:; is at the western end of the ceme- during the pastorate of Rev. Ben}h..: tery and near a small gate. jamin Stevens, is also to be open for ;:,\J.:; The church itself is of tremen- ins ection and here a publ!,~ .l~~ f§'t~ous - ~ ~rest_ to the 'vi~itor. ' _It ''•:· ~?··; t;r: , 1 •__ , ~~·"'.:..~·,.. -~ ...... ~ • ..................~ - - : . , • J , . . ... 1 was from time to time the residence the poetess, Celia Thaxter. The : h-cuse contains many interesting 1objects including autogra,phed copies of books which belonged to Ce- '.., lia Thaxter and her scholarly husband. Betwe.en the house and '·..,,· the s-ea stands one of the most beau- ;<•/ ; tiful Engli.!h elms in New Eng/' land. The tree has stood for at , · • least two centuries, buffeted by the , · . strcng winds from the ocean. This • location is byi far one of the most ' picturesque along the coast. , If you'd like to step back into . the past for one fascinating day ! and view the homes and the treas' ured pcssessions of the well known ,. , ! of I K~~~~r; 1 ~!~;o~ d~~v!o~g P~i;~~!~:~ :\·· day and you will be admitted with- "· ,,,. / in the r-ealm of history where in ·\::•. your imagination y,ou may walk with Lady Pepperell, George · /Washington, the Dearings, the Penhallows, the authors and the sol- · diers, of a m emorable era. �Historic Houses In Portsmouth In addition to the Warner House, Portsmouth aJso boasts several other historic houses which may be visited during the summer season. The firs t exhibition house to be opened in Portsmouth was the Thomas Balley Aldrich Memorial, an old house completely furnished and with a strong room containing Mr. Aldrich's priceless collection of manu cripts of his own and other authors' work as well as innumerable autogrruph letters anct pictures. The other houses which are open to the public include : the Mo ff at-Ladd House, built in 1763 and owned by the socie ty of Colonial Dames; the John Paul Jones House, erected by Captain Purdell in 1758, and owned by the Portsmouth Historical Society and the Jackson House, oldest house in Portsmouth, built about 1664 by Richard Jackson, and now owned by the Society for the Preservation of New E n g 1 an d An tlquities. Also open at last reports were the Wentworth-Gardner House a,nd the Tobias Lear House which have recently been taken over by a separate holding corporation organized !rt Portsmouth expre.ssly for their preservation. 0 0 Y ou In this view of the admlr at Kittery Point, Me. This ho time since 1937 on July 20 for y Girl Scouts. as ngton and a pair of ladderback chairs from Mt. Vernon. The upper part of the house will be shown for the benefit of the Red cross. Fdmous Kittery Landmarks Will Be Open to Public Benefit Saturday For Girl Scouts Of Maine Town Next Saturday from 11 A. M. until 5 in the afternoon, six historic landmarks In Kittery, Me., wlll be opened to the public for the benefit of the Kittery Girl Scouts. The Lady Pepperrell Mansion, built in 1760, has been shown to the public only once before and is beautifully and e.pproprlately furnlshed. Mrs. Lovell Hodge, the present owner, ls a direct connection of the Washington family wns two ortra!ts of Gen. The Sparhawk house, which dates from 1740, ls considered to have one of the most perfectly proportioned rooms in the country. The Congregational meeting-house has the original pulpit and high-backed pews and the parsonage, built in 1730, will be on view as well. The home of Wllliam Dean Howells is filled with the atmosphere of past literary days, and the home of Cella Thaxter, which ls shaded by a towering elm tree, has many mementoes, including paintings and autographs of her interesting intimate friends. Tea will be served at the residence of Miss Rosamond Dana Wild overlooking Portsmouth harbor. Among the patronesses for this benefit pilgrimage are Mrs. Louis Lawrence Green, Mrs. Sargent Wellman, Mrs. Fred Wynant, Mrs. Henry Vaughan, Miss Elizabeth Perkins, Mrs. Lovell Hodge, Mrs. John Thaxter, Miss Rosamond Dana W!ld, Mrs. Decatur Wright, Mrs. Eben Corey, Mrs. William H. Goodwin, Jr., and Mrs. Albert O II o �Furniture J,oa,ns Painting Uncovered Removal of Mantel Shelf Discloses Early Marbleized Woodwork in Warner House By CAROLYN TOWNSEND PORTSMOUTH Recent discoveries In the Warner House in Portsmouth, N. H., built. in 1718-23, have led to restoration of the old palntlng and marbleizing of the woodwork in the dining room, a portion of which was found intact on the removal of a large piece of, furniture. This work was certainly done before 1800 as it had already been painted over beneath a mantel shelf added about that time, and it is doubtless much earlier. The original panels have been kept intact and the rest has now been most skillfully restored throughout the room. Alct.g the frames of the panels are alternating leafy scrolls, surrounding the marble patterns in the p·anels themselYes . . o col aLera descendants until The -custom of painting m- 1931 , when it was sold to the terlor woodwork to Imitate mar- warner House Association which ble or in decorative patterns, now cares for its preservation . familiarly practiced in England The latE: Mrs. Barrett Wendell ' was. until her death in 1938, the was adopted In a number of the guiding spirit of the assdciation. finest buildings of the Colonies, In addition to the restored as shown in the restoration of _marbleizat!on, which should be of great mterest to architects the CaAitol at Williamsburg. and decorators because of its unOne of the mo~onspicuous ex· questioned authenticity and its amples is a l'Oom from Marmion, extraotdlnary richness of color, Va. ~n the Metropolitan 'Mu• the house possesses many other seu~ of Art a room with which Interesting features. The lower that in the' warner House now hall, dining room and parlor, and the great bed-chamber on the take~ ~-ank. se".onrl floor are panelled to the William. B_entley of .~ale!ll ceiling. Two of the rooms have wrote in his diary_ in 1816: Visit- their fireplaces in the corner, ed the Woodbndge ho1115e to an unusual feature in a New vtew Holliman's painting. He England house. died about 17~4- The great Early Murals Found southeast room 1s panelled, the ground variegated white and Many years a_go, the remov_al f of wall paper in the hall dis• b1ack shaded, ~he panels brown closed some very early murals: framed in white, abOve in the Governor Phipps, llfe-slze on a chamber the ground white a nd white horse; a lady at a spinred variegated shades. One nlng,wheel; scenes from some beam until latelY covered ex- continental city, as yet undeterhibit.s all the beauty of this mined; a scriptural represrntaman's coloring." tion of Abraham offering up The warner House, which was Isan.c : and two somewhat mysbegun in 1718 and completrd in tlcnl -::?st Indian figures. These 1723 by Captain Archibald Mac· pain ti ,q:~ have recently been pheadris, a wealthy iron mer· given l'::!W life b_y the conceit chant, is one of the finest early that t.hey were pamte_d by Lang18th century nouses surviving in don Town 7, ,t~~ h~ro of :KenA.merica. Built of_ brick, its wa!ls ~~~;,Roberts s Northwest Passare 18 inches thick, a nd on its Since the organization of the c9nstructlon was spent £6000, Warner House Association conan amazing sum for a house in slderable restoration- has been a colonial town of but a few carried on annually. An interthousand inhabitants. esting feature is the restoration Captain Macpheadrls' House of the old kitchen fireplace to Captain Mo.cpheadris married its original condition. Sarah Wentworth , one of the l6 The association owns five children of Governor John Went· splendid portraits 'by Blackburn worth. He died in 1728. They had one daughter, Mary Warner, of various members of the who married John Osborne of Warner family, some 6f which Boston and was widowed as_ a were painted for the rooms in young woman. She then marr1e~ which they still hang. The porColonel Jonathan Warner, mem ber of the King's Council, and trait of Polly Warner as a young a man of considerable impor- girl is among the most charmtance and fashion in Ports- ing examples of early American mouth. portraiture. It was sho,wn ill It is from him that the house 1939 at the Metropolitan M takes its present-day name. The seum in connection with their house remained in the ossession exhibition of the finest examples of American portraiture. · The association owns a number of fin€ pie-ces of early American furniture and also enjoys the advantage of loans of furniture from the Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Gallery of Fine Arts of Yale University, and a num• ber of private collectors. This spring the exterior painL has been removed from the bricks, bringing them back to Lhe old dull red, so fine in texture and so hard to reproduce in a modern structure. The trim of the house has been painted white sc, that its external ap· pearance must n9t be far o~ from the way it looked when people knocked at its door 200 years or so ago. At the east end of the house the brick wall has been clapboarded, and this clapboarding', though perhaps not actually contempora1y with the house, ls certainly very early. It goes to show that in building a fine Eng· lish house in New England, Captain M0.cphe0drls had, nevertheless, to take into consideration the rigors of the New England winter. The hJttse Is situated on Dan· !els street. close to the Portsmouth end of the Memorial Bridge to Kittery. It ls open to the public (admission 25c) froJn June 10 to Sept 15. The officers of the warner House Association are as follows: Wllllam O. Wendell, chairman; Mrs. Mary I. Wood, Miss Pauline B. Bradford, Mrs. Seth Low Pierrepont, vice chairmen; Miss Helen Souter, corresponding secretary; Hon. Charles M. Dale. recording secre· tary; Hon. Robert Marvin, treasurer. Warner House Asso. Directors Meet · The board of ddrectors of Warner House association dedicated to the preservation of the historic old structure, met there trus morning for their annual meeting. Newcomers to the bOard of directors include Frederick E. Gardner, Richman Margeson, Mrs. Frank W. Randall, Miss Dorothy Vaughan and Mrs. Edward T. Wendel. Of,flcers are: chairman, William G. Wendell, Hon. vice-chairman, Mrs. Mary I. Wood; first vice-chairman, Mlss Pauline B. Bradford; second vice-chairman, Mrs. Seth Low Pierrepont; third vice-chail·man, Mrs. Henry L. Greene; secret.ary, Miss Helen Souter and treasurer, Hon. Robert Marvin. �Friends Of France Benefit July 25 Indian cross, given by Jesuit t>riests to the converted chief of the Ottowas iu the middle of the 17th century. 'fhe cl'oss, which was excavated by Walter Channi11g Wyman front an Ju. dian grave at Cross Village, Mich., is in the Jiome of Miss Pauline Bra.dfonl &f Portsmouth, which will be opened July 29, 30 an,l :n to aid the Friends of France. ~o on thp afterncons of July 291 and 31 ~rom ~ to 6 P .M., the nome of Mt~.~ Pauline Bradford 166 Court street Portsmouth' N. H ., will be opened for th ' benefit of tho Friends of France. This is 1he first time the house has been opcriEd to the public and the first time that Miss Bradford's silver collection has been shown. '!he family sllver includes very large early Revere loving-cup with cover an English paten and chalice of' the 18th century, an English beaker dating from nrou11d 1678, as well as a few early 18th century English pier:-rs from the Hall collecLlon . In addition there are many pieces of antiqnp Persian plate, 200 year.~ old or more, collected by Miss Bradford in her travels in Persia ant~ Fgypt, Especially notable i~ a largP. bowl and ewer once used b · the Shah of Persia at. his banquet table for washing the hands. The Portsmouth unit of The American Friends of France is planning a delightful benefit for Thursday, July 25, when the Peirce mansion in Haymarket square will be shown through the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. J . Winslow Peirce. The Peirce mansion, built in 1799 1th its McIntire carvings, Windlni taircase, and beautiful antique furishings is seldom open for public view and this- opportunity to visit the lovely old town-house of a wealthy Portsmouth merchant will be one that the antiquarian connoisseur will nob wish to look. The officers of tl:ie Portsmouth branch of the American Friends of France are: Miss Frances E. Brooks, chairman; Miss Grace R. Brown, secretary; and Mrs. George B. Lord, treasurer. Assisting them with the benefit as hostesses and guides will be: Miss Helen Souter, Miss Rosamond Thaxter, Mrs. Arthur H. Rice, Mrs. Harry Taylor, Mrs. Frederick Delano, Mrs. Decatur Rice, Miss Pauline B. Bradford, Mrs. Richmond Buswell, Mrs. Mary Tarbell Schaffer, Mrs. William E. Marvin, Mrs. Katherine Sweetser Hill, Mrs. Jeremy Waldron, Mrs. Augustine Finnigan, Mrs. Thomas Noyes, Mrs. Arthur Clark and Miss Cornella Mugridge. Peirce Mansion To Be Open To Public July 25 The John Peirce mansion in Haymarket Square will be open all day Thursday, July 25 through the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. J. Win-' slow Peirce for the benefit of the American Friends of France. This charming Georgian mansion was built in 1799 by John Peirce, son of Daniel and Anna (Rindge) Peirce and has been occupied by the Peirce family all these years. John Peirce was educated in the counting room of his uncle Daniel Rindge and was a friend and a fellow worker wit-h John Langdon, afterwards governor of the state, who was a clerk in the same mercantile establishment During the administration of Pres. John Adams John Peirce was loan officer for the state of New Hampshire. He was an activE. member of the state legislature and was agenl: for the building of the old Piscataqua bridge at Fox Poini; and the New Ramps.hire Turnpike. While he was President of the N. H. Fire and Marine Insurance company he su- pervised the buildlng of the Atheneaum which was occupied by his company until it failed during the War of 1812. It is thought that the Peirce mandesigned by the noted Charles Bulfinch but there are no records e,ctant to e.s• tabl!shed this fact. However, there many details t-h roughout the house which reflect the work of the well known architect who is supposed to have designed a number of building in town. The delicately carved cornices, mecial!ons and pilasters which decorate the exterior are siinilar to those of lhe Sears house in Mt. Vernon treet, Boston which is known to be of Bulfinsh design. The most outstanding feature Is the circular 1!taircase which spirals gracefully to the third floor with its delicate spindles topped with the polished mahogany rail. The mahogimy settle which just fits into the graceful curve of the staircase is thought to have been designed by the architect for it is as much a part of the house as the staircase itself. Besides the lovely carving found in the Peirce house, probably by the celebrated McIntire, there are heirlooms pieces of furniture and pictures worth seeing such as, the pastel by the celebrated Copley of Gov. John Wentworth, afterwards Sir John Wentworth who governed Nova Scotia; and the miniature by an unknown artist of his son Charles Mary Wentworth who wa~ named for the Marquis and Marchioness of Rockingham, friends of the elder Wentworth. The committee for the benefit is headed by Miss Frances E. Brooks, chairman, Miss Grace R. Brown, Sec. Mrs. George B. Lord, Treas. or the local organization, who Will be assisted by the following as hostesses a.nd assistants: Miss Helen Souter, Miss Rosamond Thaxter, Mrs. Arthur Rice Mrs. H:irry Taylor, Mrs. Frederick Dela.no, Mrs. Decatur Wright, ¥ls.s Pauline B. Bradford, Mrs. Richmond Bu.swell, Mrs. Mary Tarbell Schaffer, Mrs. William E. Marvin, Mrs. Katharine Sweetser Hill, Mrs. Jeremy Waldron, Mrs. Augustus Finnigan, Mrs. Thomas Noyes, Mrs. Arthur M. Clark and Miss Cornelia Mugridge. �c.~e • ans1on pe iends cil France Will Benefit By ne-Day ening of Famous Old Portsmouth House By DOROTHY M. VAUGHAN PORTSMOUTH The stat ly John Peirce mansion overlooking Haymarket Square in Po ·tsmouth will be open all day on July 25 for the benefit of the American Friends of France, through the courtesy of Mr. and Mr . J . Winslow Peirce. This charming Georgian house was built in 1'.f99 by John Peirce, merchant, and great-grandfather of the present owner. Although there are no reco1.1ds extant toshow that it jWas doolgned by Charles Bulfinch, there are many details througilout the house which reflect ):lis expert taste. Since it is known that he designed a number of buildings in Ports, mouth, archlbeots believe that this magnificent house was one of his examples im t~ old seaport Heirlooms and Treasures town. The Peirce door has prob- There are heirlooms and ably been photographed and treasures to be seen at the Peirce copied n.iore th~lil any other mansion. The mahogany settle doorway in Portsmouth. . in the hall is thought to have The dellcateey carved cornices, been designed by the arcilitect pilasters and me~allions ?Jh:ich for it fits exactly into the gr cedecorate t~e exte1;1or are S1D11lar ful curve of the staircase. There to those of' the sears house _on ls the Copley pastel of Gov. John Mt. Vernon Gtreet, Boston, which Wentworth, 1ast of. the Royal govls known to be a Bulfinch ex- ernors who afterwards became ample. The mos~ out;gtandin_g fea- Sir John and governed Nova ture Is the circular stau·case Scotia also the miniature by an which spirals, gracefully to the tmkno~n artist of hilS son third floor, the delicately de- Charles Mary, who was named signed spindles topped with the for the Marquis and Marcfuioness polished mah~any rail. ot Rockingham, old friends of the Eminent Citizen elder Wentworth, as well as the John Peirce, the builcj!er, was miniatures of Stephen Pearse born in 1746 a\1d was the eldest and Daniel Peirce. son of Daniel aip.d Anna (Rindge) The committee for the benefit Peirce. He received his mercan- is headed by Miss Frances E. tile education in the counting Brooks, chairman; Miss Grace R. room of his uncle, Daniei. Rindge. Brown, secretary; and Mrs. Later he was entrusted with the George B. Lord, treasurer; asmanagement o;f the estate of his sisted by the following as host-asuncle Mark Hunking Wentworth ses and attendants: Miss HJ~lon (the father of Sir John, exiled Souter, Miss Rosamond Thapct~r. at the time o,r the Revolution) Mrs. Arthur Rice, Mrs. Harry who was one I of the wealthiest Taylor, Mrs. Decatur W.elght, men In the province of New Miss Pauline B. Bradford, Mrs. Hampshire. Frederick Delano, Mrs. Richmond John Peirce was a member of Buswell, Mrs. Mary Trurbell the New Hampshire Legislatm·e Schaffer, Mrs. William E. Marand loan agent for the State un- vin, Mrs. Katherine Sweetser Hill, der President John Adams. He Mrs. Jeremy Waldron, Mrs. was agent for tlhe building of the Augustus Finnigan, Mrs. ThomRs New Hampshire Turnpike and Noyes. Mrs. Arthur Clark and the old Piscataqua Bridge. and Miss Cornelia Mugridge. president of the N. H. Fire and Marine Insurance Company and erected the building which the company occupied (now the Portsmouth Athenaeum, also thought to be a Bulfinch building.) He married Mary, daug/hter of Peter Pearse and they Vf:!re the parents of a family of six children. In 1799 when he bllli!t his mansion house at the Haymarket the townfolk wagged then- heads and said that John Peirce must be a little out of his mind to build a town house in toe country, But the town has gropm and John Peirce was wiser th.at t):le town folk, for Haymarket square is now in down-town Portsmouth. Concert Planned To Benefit Warner House The Grand Harmonicon, rarest instrument in the world, will make one of its few public appearances when it ls played Aug. 2 at the Marshall Hou.s.e, York, Me. The concert which is for the benefit of the his• toric Warner House In this city, will have Louis Ruggier, noted musician, play.ing the instrument. The harmonicon consists of goblets, which are played by pa.s.sng the fingertip, moist with water, along the edge of the glass. By this means, 16 whole tones and all the relative semitones can be achieved. By touching several glasses at once, a chord can be sounded. The instrument is the property of William G. Wendell of PleaBant street and it has been in the family for several generations. The present owner is the son of the late Barrett Wendell, noted Harvard prof~or. The harmonlcon was made In Baltimore by Francis H. Smith in 1829. Such instruments were known as early as tbe 17th century, although they were never numerous anct are virtually un• known today, Both Mozart and Beethoven composed for these musica'l glasses and Benjamin Franklin experimented with various lnstrume based on the same principle. At the same concert, Mme. Lucie Bigelow Ro.sen, accompanied by her bu.wand, Walter Rosen at the piano, wlll play the Theremin, a modern instrument which gets its sounds from electrical vibrations. The program is being sponsored by the Warner Holli:e Association, whose members include Mmes. Seth Low Pierrepont, Lester H. Harding, William N. Kremer, William M. Seabury, Henry G. Vaughan, Wallls D . Walker, Edward S. Crocker, William G. Wendell, and Charles Osborne. Al.\'.o on the board are M~s Cadwalader and Miss Elizabeth Perkins. Recent discoveries in the Warner Hot~e. which was built in 1np-23, have led to restoration or the old pain~ing and marbleizing of the ·woodlwork in theidlnlng room, a portion of which was found intact on the removal of a large piece of furniture. The original panels have been kept intact and the rest has now been most skillfully restored throughout the room. Along the frame.s of the panels are alternating leafy ~rolls, surrounding the maI\ble patterns in the panels themselves. The original work is estimated to have been done before 1800. ��:_~:'·:,_~-g;~,.~ t?.~ ;t .~ '$ J ·a.,~e_. ----=---..::___:.,_~::..___·· . _:_ . . J.j Warner Ho use Offic~r~-- ---- . Ann Noble Rites At St. John's Church At the annual meeti.no- of the ~f the Warne;' House . : Association, the followino- officers were elected for the e~uing . year: Chairman, William G Wendell; honorary vice chair: ~an, Mr_s. Mary I. Wood; fl!:st vice chairman, Miss Pauline B Bradford; second vice chairman . . Mrs. Seth Low Pierrepont· thi d ;,i~e c~airman, Mrs. He~u-y ;.;rieen~, secretary, Miss Helen 8oute:, treas_urer, the Honorable Robert Marvin. Five new members o! the board were added: . Frederick E. Gardner, Richman S. Marge~on, Mrs. F rank W. Ran·, dall, Miss Dorothy Vaughan, and Mrs. Edward T. Wendell. .. _I -l board_ I t. ,I �Yard Will 'Launch' New Building Today Ma~ter Machinist H.J. Chandler To Take Command Of Machine Shop As Bands Play For the first time in naval history and employes taking par,t, Rea.t' a building wlll be dedicated this Adm. John D. Wainwright, USN, afternoon with the same ceremony commandant of the yard, wlll de• as a warship. Men wlll stand at liver a dedication speec~ a.s he attention, speeches will be made, turns over the new shop to Chand• and bands wlll play as the new ler. $225,000 Outside Machine shop at Ceremonies will be opened &t the Portsmouth Navy Yard is turn- 4:30 p. m. by Lieut. Comdr. H. o. ed over to Master Machinist Her- Glunt, USN, the new chaplain at man J. Chandler, who wlll command the yard, followed by Quarterman it as any skipper would command Machinist Roland Bedell, who will his craft. introduce the speakers. Playing of As the colorful exercises start, 725 "The Star Spangled Banner" by outside machinists will stand at at- the Navy Yard band will conclude tent!on in front of the modern brick the formalities. and glaas building, which is located Work starts tomorrow in the new on the site of the okli naval prison building, whose official site is the and where building No. 1 formerly Flatiron pier. This ls the last of stood. a series of new buildings completWith all the other yard officers ed recently at the yard, I Isaiah Wilson is soon to commence the bµilding of a new house on the pile of rocks on Pleasant street formerly known as "Brimstone Hill." 50 Years Ago-July 26, 1890 Frank ,T. Philbrick installed Grand of O good Lodge, IOOF. Eastei;n railroad holders of common stock are to exc,hange their stock for B. & M. stock before Oct. 22. The Mascotte boat club made a trip down a chowder dinner on Ger- Kittery Pt. Homes Open Saturday To Benefit Scouts The charming historical homes at Kittery Point a.re opening their doors to the publlc Saturday for 1:he benefit of the Kittery Girl Scouts. Included in those on exhibiton are the Lady Pepperrell mansion, the Sparhawk house, the Congregational church, the home of William Dean Howells and the home of Celia Thaxter. At the old parsonage a public lunch will be served and tea wlll be enjoyed during the afternoon at the home of Miss Rosamond Wild. Patronesses of the affair are: Mrs. Lovell Hodge, Miss Catherine Parry, Mrs. John Thaxter, Miss Ro.samond Thaxter, Mrs. John M. Howells, Mrs. Horace Mitchell, Mrs. Edward Newcomb, Mrs. Louis Green, Mrs. Walter Hartwig, Mrs. Sargent Wellman, Mrs. Fred Wlnant, Mrs. Henry Vaughan, Miss Elizabeth Perkins, Mrs. Tabor Low, Miss Rosamond Wild, Mrs. Decatur Wrigh t, Mrs. Eben Corey, Mrs'. William H. Goodwin, Jr., Mrs. Jesse Wilson, Miss Frances Brooks, Mrs. J. C. Wainwright, Miss Llewellyn Parsons, Mrs. David Lanier and Miss Emma Coleman. The general committee is headed by Mrs. Allen Wiley, chairman; Mrs. Clarence Hackney, Mrs. Elmer Burnham, Mrs. Merle Mifohell, M!ss Rosamond Thaxter, Mrs. Allen Dame, Mrs. A. Farnsworth Wood, Mrs. John Whitehurst and Miss Rosamond Wild. Marks 97th ~ Birthday Today Mrs. Clara. Shea!e, probably the Qldest resident of this city, attained her 97th birthday today at the Frizrell hospital on Monroe street, which has been hex home for the pa.st year or two. The widow o! Albert Sheafe, a, Civil war veteran, she was born in this city and has resided here the greater part of her life. She and her husband were devoted members oi the Middle street Baptist church, Mr. Sheafe having held the office of deacon there !or many years. Mrs. Shea!e attended the local high .school and when in Boston for some years taught a Sunday school class in Tremont Temple, �WPA Appropriation To Build Barracks At Fort Constitution Additional $200,000 For Portsmouth Navy Yard Announced At Washington Historic Fort Constitution, scene of an original blit%krieg in 1774 at the start of the Revolutionary war, soon will start a modernization program and take its place in an era of blitzkriegs as the result of an announcement today from Washington that $50,000 has been allotted to the fort by the WPA. In the same $17,000,000 appropriation $200,000 was allotted to the Portsmouth Navy yard which will continue . the WPA work already in progress there. ~~~~~:::::::::::::::~:::~~~~~~:::~::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-- Site Of Original Blitzkrieg ~nd recommen a. ions. , First .step m the improvement of army defenses here was the a.sslgnment of Ca.pt. Lawrence Guyer, USA, to take pver command of the Portsmouth harbor defenses, including Fort Constitution, Fort Stark and Fort Foster on Gerrish Island. Captain Guyer's headquarters are at Fort Constitution, Original plans called for a de· ta.chment of 150 enllstetl. men to be assigned here this summer-, but It ls now expected an entire coast defense battery will be sent. The fund of $50,000 and a. single battery of men are only preliminaries to the amount of men and money that will be needed to modernize the harbor defenses which, compared to modem needs, a.re In the poJ:1-gun stage, Fa er of Blitzkrieg Fort Constitution, which was known as Fort William and Mary w en I was originally built In 1630, had a. large stock of arms a.nd powder guarded by a. British garrison on a. bleak December night In 1774. In a. raid as swift and daring as any modem blitzkrieg, Ge7;J.. John Sullivan led a. group of colonla.Is through th e historic gate to overpower the garrison. The powder a.nd arms proved a welcome addltion at Bunker Hill a few months ~~t~oo,ooo Portsmouth's appropriation was p~rt of a $17,000,000 allotment an• nounced by the WPA at Washington today according to the Associated Press: Washington, July 17. (AP)Approval of $17,000,000 worth ot WPA projects !1Jr construction at army and navy posts was announced today by Col. F. C. Harrington, commissioner of work projects. Most of the projects call for construction or Improvement ot build• ings, utility systems, roadways, rifle ranges and airplane landing fields. There were 47 army project. amounting to $7,260,653 In WPA funds a.nd 23 tor the navy amounting to $10,000,000. One coast guard undertaking at Baltimore will cost $118,639, Many wars and many nations have rolled down the pages of history since the bricks were laid for this gate at Fort William and Mary, where New ampshlre Colonials staged the original blitzkrieg and renamed It Fort onstitutlon. Now it is to be modernized as America faces the dangers of another war, It ls understood that the $50,000 funds for this historic fort at New Castle will be used to build barracks tor a Coast Artillery battery which is to be assigned here. The battery is now being recruited and trained at Fort Preble at Portland under the command of Col. Robert Garrett, USA, in charge of the coast defenses of this area. The allotment of $200,000 by the WPA tor the Portsmouth navy yard will be used to continue the project already under way. This work ls similar to that of last year and has been under way for some time. It will be used for construction of railroad tracks, roads, walb a.nd surfacing, It is estimated that 500 men will be employed for a period of eight months on this project. Officer All6igned Start of activities in Portsmouth followed a congressional survey backed by Wa.r department llurveys 7½ Miles Of City Streets Are Oiled ')\ 1 Supt. of Streets Nat st.evens reports that the spring oiling of streets in Portsmouth, which was recently concluded, required the use of 27,550 gallons of oil. seven a.nd a half-miles of road were covered In the work, Mr. Stevens has devised a. method of rotation so that each street In the city will get this treatment at �.:iPeirce Mansion ·.'; In Portsmouth ·: 1Open July 25 , I • I · Benefit Exhibit r o Aid American ' •i I Friends of France by ~ -\J J I The John Peirce mahsion in :market square, Portsmouth, N. _,: will be open all day Thursday, J ~- .. 25, for the benefit of the Americ ~. Friends of France through the co esy of th,e owners, Mr. and M . Winslow Peirce. The house w uilt in 1799 by John Peirce, m bhant and member of the N Hampshire Legislature. 'j It is believed that it was design hy the noted architect, Charles B -:. finch, who is known to have d :' iigned a number of buildings ortsmouth. The beautiful doo .!-·_ ay, carved cornices, pilasters a : edallions, which decorate the e f Jterior, are admired and copied • )architects from far and near. 0 ~.,- of the outstanding attractions ;' the house is the circular stairca f which spirals gracefully to the th· · floor. Another attraction is t ; Copley pastel of John Wentwort last of the royal governors of N Hampshire, who became Sir Jo Wentworth and governed No · Scotia. There is a miniature of !- son, Charles Mary, who was nam · for the Marquis and Marchioness .· Rockingham, friends of Sir John. ,, John Peirce, the builder of t ; mansion, was the eldest son f Daniel and Anna (Rindge) Pe· -· and rec-eived. his early education the counting house of his unc :.: Daniel Rindge. He was loan offic ~- for New Hampshire during the Jo :tj Adams administration and agent ~A the building of the New Hampsh turnpike and the first Piscataq ' bridge. ·· The committee for the benefit ~- headed by Miss Frances E. Broo · .. with Miss Grace Brown as secreta : and Mrs. George B. Lord as trea • urer. · Hostesses and others assis .· ing will be Miss Helen Souter, M" :, Rosamond Thaxter, Mrs. Arthur , Rice, Mrs. Harry Taylor, Mrs. Fre { erick Delano, Mrs. Decatur Wrig ~ Miss Pauline B. Bradford, M ~,• Richmond Buswell, Mrs. Mary T r, bell Schaffer, Mrs. Katheri ;: Sweetser Hill, Mrs. Jeremy Waldro • I\'Irs. Augustus Fimmigan, Mrs. ,.. William E. Marvin, Mrs. Thomas Noyes, Mrs. Arthur Clark and Miss .,.._·,,,. . ;_ Cornelia Mugridge. .;/ ·~;-~· l ~;j l•j t ±}\~ <~~--~~' ~ •·-::J•: > :.-r~~-:\:~l �f•~ ~->c, i•':i:? '~'''& '~· ··,, ,. ~~ tit< ~\Ji~ �'i:v •. ,'J '·t i l~ } . !<c- ,•• Il ��;f ., M" .. I .• •.·.~•,;_ • , - •');·: =-,., • ,., ' ':?'" " • iJ Old Hampton Academy j Building Being Razed ·-I .,. Many Memories Recalled As Landma rk Comes To End Of Its Career Many a resident of Hampton and ;. vicinity is saddened today at the spectacle of workmen tearing down the old Hampton academy building, j u n ct ion of Winnacummet and Locke roaCb, which was clo.sed when the Center school was opened in 1921, also has been .sold to th e wrecking firm. a historic landmark in this town for That building was sold to primany years. vate interests after it was aibanWith erection of the new Hamp- doned by the town and was operton High school, which will replace ated as a tearoom for some time, the old structure, the building has ultimately being transferred back been sold to a Newburyport wreck- to town ownership. ing concern. The granite from the foundations The building originally was of the buildings will be used in finerected on Tuck Memorial green ishing the grounds around the new but was later moved to its present high school. site by oxen, the operation taking The historic bell from the acadbut 17 minutes. emy belfry will be preserved by the Many are the citizens of New town, but its ultimate resting Hampshire who rose to prominence place has not yet been determ ined. after receiving their early schoolThe land on which the two ing in the oiil building. buildings were located will be re The old East End school a,t the tained by the town of Hampton. ~- I ~ ~City Board Awards iContract For Standpipe $55,780 Bid Is Low For Section Of Big Wa ter Sys tem Project A contract for erecting a stand- ciner!l,tor Engineering Associates pipe was awarded to the Chicago I whose bid of $3,075 was lower than Bridge and Iron Co., with a bid of the $3,315 figure submitted by the $55,780 at the Board of Street Com- Eastern Refractories Co. missioners meeting last night. This The board approved a petition was an alternate bid to one of $63,- from the Christ church parish 621 under the specifications. The for permission to erect a sign. difference in construction, it was A further extension of the water : explained, is in the standard for the main on Myrtle avenue for a disI tank. No difference in safety or tance of about 250 feet was requesdurability is proposed but merely a ted by Peter Massaro and this was difference in outward appearance. granted. This firm 's bids were lower than Present at the meeting were Com; those of the only other bidder, the missioners Ralph Atwell, Robert "· )Pittsburg-Des Moines Steel Co., Herrick, America Fransoso, Mayor /which submitted a figure of $64,890 Kennard E. Goldsmith and Superand an alternate of $58,700. intendent Nat Stevens . . A contract for repairs to the city The board adjourned to Aug. g ·";:'.,,:;.,;,.~l,.i:½_,: ,~c~n~rator was awarded to the In- I at 7 . m. ',;i';(:,.,'/?C-:·';,~~{· : }l!\j;,'tJL"~ '.,:~.:S~;;h\ ~~id ;r,41 ;ii£~ :,,,J'.~J':ft~h!~'. · - �1~~,.-w:~ ~ - - --- -~---:..o•_. · ""-'--"- ----------·-- - - - ·--·-- · --- - ~'--------·-- -- -----···- ~Edward F. Hughes Co. Is Awarded $281890 \v:,·~,===~New Wells Contra_e_t • ~ ~ 1 Man Questions !Raised Regarding , I Qualifications f;:f; i:,.J:? ~::. ~ ,:'is-;,] Two Of Three Bidders Disqualified By Engineering Firm In Charge Of Pro1· ect Here ·-:-- 1 Only Two At the close of the session Mr. Howard reiterated hi.s views on the problem here. Commissioner Herrick remarked, "I told the boa.rd at the time that there wasn't anyone but Hughes for you ."_ ' Mr. Howard replied, "There were only t wo concerns, B. F. Smith and Edward F. Hughes. Portsmoutb , as fair a.s well and water supplies, is the toughest place I ever met. It is difficult !r:~:~ce~'d I didn't want to take Bids Opent!d The proposals, as adveni.sed, stated: "Proposals of qualified -· j ----------contractors only, filled out and left J Although there was only one qualified bidder, the with check or bid bond as above · d d directed and no other. will at the ~ : Board of Street Commissioners by a 2 to 1 vote awar e a above ~amed hour and place be ! $28,890 contract for driving new wells for the Ports~outh opened and read, and the under"water supply to Edward F. Hughes of Boston followm~ a signed re.serve the right to reject •.·. lively discussion at City Hall last night. Robert M. Herrick, any or all proposals or to accept the propo.sal they deem best for t-r. · clerk of the board, voted against the awar d • _ . the city." .i}: Only thr ee bids were submitted ~'In reviewing the contract and In spite of thfa provision , the t.;.,, · I for this · large contract and t wo of specu·icat·ion~ for "Driven '-'i-,,, C ti .. ·nWell the bids of the two unqua lif i'ed bi"dders • Work and Pipe onnec on.s i c. w. Lauman & Co. and Ralph them, _mclu~i~g the low bidder, city of Portsmouth, N. H., for which P. Hall, Inc., of Boston, were i~'-•; / were d15quallfled under the terms you invited proposals, we regret to opened and read. The Lauman rd , inform you that because of the un- bid was for $22 ,725 and the Hall :,•., 1 of specifications by Paul Howa representing W~itman & Howard usual uncertainties in th_e s~ecifi- ,bid for $32,195 . . I ;·,. of Boston, engm~ers who are cations we do not deem it wise to Main point of disqualification handhng the proJect for 'the city'. submit any bid." The letter was rested on the parag.raph in ihe :, , and who had been auth~r_ize~ by signed for the concerr by ~ugene specifications covering the diffi1 the board to pass on q_u~hfi_cations. M. Reppucci. Mr. Repp~cci attend- culties which Mr. Howard had r That under the specificat~ons, as ed the meeting last night, but made stated~ This para.graph said: written , only two . fums m New no further comments. . "Experience has shown that the England coul_d qualify, was the surMr. Howard also admitted. ~hat earth formation in the city of rd ti _ , prising admission . of Mr. H~wa , under the terms ,if ~!;le speciflca- Portsmouth is such that it i.s difduring the discussion on details of , tions Layne International, one of ficult to oliltain a proper water supthe bidding. In response to a J the largest firms 1n the world doing ply by means of wells and that a qu<'stion b:• '\t ty. Wyman Boyn- this type of work would not have water supply can be.st be obtained i. ton, representing C. W. Lauman & been qualified, Later, Mr. Howard by means of driven plpe wells. Co., of Bethpage, L. I ., Mr_. H_ow- defended his specifications by Therefore it is necessary in order , ard said, ":'nder ~he spec!flcations stating that so far as well and , to assure succe.ss of the project nd ~ only two bidders m New ~ngJa water supplies were concerned I that the contractor be very well l could satisfy-the B. F. Smith Co. Portsmouth was the- most difficult I qualified for the work and no bids of Boston, and Edward F. Hughes." problem his concern had met dur- 1will be accepted from contract~rs t . ing the 64 years his concern had who have not within the past five j No Bid been ln business. years put •m at least 10 !nstalla· The Smith company did not bid Mr. Howard said that between 50 tions for municipalities of driven and when asked today by the Ports- and 100 concerns had driven wells wellS' having the approximate ca·.. mouth Herald said that they were of the type under consideration pa.cities of those required for the .f • but there was no discussion l ;• ·.i-· I unable . to mee t . _the_ qua i ymg h asd city of Portsmouth, by means of ..~,,,f-_9clause m the specifications. to why other concerns which a the most modern methods of in~~ Another concern th at did not bid handled these various contracts stallation, development and te.stwas c. Reppucci & Sons, Inc., of ,had not submitted bids for this ing." ~•..-.t,J-1.·.•1· Boston, but instead submitted a let- ' work. - - -- - ~- ~ Executive Session s ·, ·_. , ter to th~ board which 68.id: low ---. " f. • - ,. Although Lauman had the 0 '·· bid, he was dl..oqualified as not 1, mee ting the specifications, as was · · · • . l the Hall bid, for whom!-~!.:...~o~.:.._ ~ - - - " - ~ " - ' - - · ....;_ -1...- . l - . - ~ - _.._ - _..._L.._..._.......-- - - - ~ ~ -- - i\ .! j ~: i r,:,,~, :/.·,I . 1 ! ' I ; j j J-J:-:, . . . �speclflca.tion&, am I quallfted, yea -of having these two submitted?" Well Controct<eonttnued from Page One> sad said, the job was too big. Before maldng their final deel.don the commlssioner.s went Into executive seaslon and gave Mr. Howard an opportunity to explain hl6 reasons. La.uman's firm which was represented by H. E. La.uman and Attorney Boynton challenged the bid of Hughes on Item 3 of the speciftca.t!ons which called for individual costs on 40 pipe connections. Hughes had listed the 40 itema a t $4,940 each. Corrected Bid As the bid was read Mr. Hughes corrected it orally, stating that was the tot.al price. This · correction was accepted by the boa.rd. The Lauma.n bid for the connections was $40 each or a. tote.I of $1,600. There were four major items required in the bidding. These were costs on two groups of 20 wells of 2½ inch pipe delivering ~o gallons per minute, known as items one and two. The third item was for 40 pipe connections and the fourth item for 2,500 feet of cast iron suction main. Comparative figures on the Lauman and Hughes bids, (lowest and second lowest) were as follows : Items La.uman Hughes One $M60 $8,275 or no?" Fra.n.soeo: "Wt hired Whitman and Howard to judge these bid8." Mayor Gol&mith: "We'll take our engineer's opiniona on these bids." Howard: "You submitted a. letter telling ctf work you have done. None of these wells were 2¾" !Mta.llatlons. Have you e'Vilr put in any of these?" Lauman: "Yes. Small, individual job6. None ln t he laist .live yea.rs." (This was required by the .speclfl.catlons.) 1 Howard: ';In 06terville :l'X)U sublet part of the driven work. Why did you sublet it ?" Lauman : "Because they could do it cheaper than we coiild do it and partly because it wa.s recommended." Howard: "Why?" I.e.uman : "We wanted to keep the work local." Howa.rdl: "That wasn't local." La.uman: "Local to New England." Howard : " These a.re ttie point.,, gentlemen, I wanted to ·bring out." Most of the discussion concerned the disqualiflca.tlon of the Lauman 0o. More pertinent parts of the dla· cusslon follow: Lauman: ''Lit.era.lb\ under the Wu Away Fra.naos9: "Mr. Lauman, I was out of town when the meeting was held oo decide to put the bids in the paper. I came into the office the next day. You greeted me by name and asked me about the water bids. How did you know so soon? There wM nothing a.bout it in t he paper11." Lauman : "You've got to give me credit for having my ear to the ground." Mayor: "Does the bee.rd want to recommend accepting the quallflcatlons?" Howard: "Under the speoifloatlons only two bidders in New England could 11&tiafy-Bmith and Hughes," Hughes. Boynton : "That was the sole ide11, !1$111MISI 111111.11 n III llllillg • I I II I TWO Three Four Tota.ls 5,680 1,600 6,985 8,425 4,940 7,250 $22,725 4:18,890 DilcDNion 1 I 111~11111111111:WU 11 I I 111111111 !1111 I ~ How The Water Bond Issue May Be Spent Eatlma.tes u submitted to ihe city by Whitman & Boward, Boston en,rineen, in charge of the project to ,apply Portsmouth with an additional half a million 1~llon1 of water a day : Well -~~~- ~~~~~~I~~: -~~~~I~~ ..•.••... $ .34,300 New central pumping station .. . . . . .. . . . • .. .. . • .. . . • . • . . . .. 181000 Endne, pumping equipment, controls, etc. • • . • • . . . • . . . . . . . . 40,000 10-lnch pipe line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 20,000 Building changes at Sherburne Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000 New engine and pumping equipment, Sherburne St ation . ... 17,000 ¾ -million gallons elevated store.re tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SS,000 Pipe connections to new tank . . .•.. .. ... . •.•••.• , : . • . • . . . 4,000 mi:!is~'~t~~~~~-~-t'. $198,300 Allowance for construction cont!nrenoles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,'700 .Ulowanoe f or engineering, le,al espensea, land dama,e, 1upervl1lon, eto, ....... ... . . .. . ...... . ..... , ....... . , . . 1'7,000 --- Total . .. . , ....,.. .... ... . ............. .. $233,000 Howard: "No. Nothing to do with it. The sole idea was a good job for Portsmouth. It would be disastrous to have contracoor11 with experience only in gravel tyr,e work." Boynton : "You're familiar with Long Island?" Howard: "Yes, but this is entirely in the city of Portsmouth, not in Long I sland." Lauman : "How i6 th!! terrain laid down? How about recet;oion of t he glacier? Did it have overfl.ow of It wa.s pointed out by -"'Tluanan, water? Let down below or above?" however, that he we.ii abs&nt a.t the Howard: "~bove, ctf course." previous meetlng, when 'the speciLauman: "Possibly laid down in !>!cations were accepted, and that recession. both Mr. Atwell &nd Mr. Herrick Howard : "Let me tell you that ms m u&t h ave been the ones vtho voted not a result of that, what watel' Ito accept them. there is." Mr. Herrick agreed, Mr. Lauman submitted & letter to Estimate High? the board outlining hill put experBoynton: "How many munlclpall- lence M qualification for the conties in New England have put down t act. In It he stated: wells of this type in the Ia.st five In compliance with your requlreyears?" ent8 on Page 8, Section B of your Howard : "I couldn't say. About specifications, we give you the fol60 oo 100." lowing list of Driven Wells inst&lled Boynton : "Isn't your e.stfmate.., a, by us for public water supplies: .little bit high?" (The yield !11 1n gallona per n11nute.) Fran.soso: "How do you know so Year Installed 1935 much &bout wells?" landome Water District, Plandome, Boynton : "I t rained originally as L . I ., N. Y •. . . .. .. . . ...... .. .. . . 700 & clvll engllleer." 1938 (Continues): "One of t he !arg- Village of Andover, Andover, est :firms in t he world is the Lane N. Y, • • • • • • • • • . . . , .. ... . . . .... . 100 International. Undet your. quall- 1937 :~~ti~ns bf;? would not be quailHoward: "I don't doubt it." BoY111ton: • Then you drew the.se qual!1loa.tlons to limit the field to one or two bidders." Howard : "No, I knew the.se wells were difficult-let me :flnl&h. We have learned from experience that the man who is a gravel.packed well man has no des.ire to make a. sucoess!ul inata.Ilatlon of a driven well, I t's due to the nature of the !~r1~~ .. ~~- . ~~~~~-e: .. ~-a-~~~~ 1939 Town of Esopus, Bort Ewen, N. Y. 250 Long Island State Park 0omm., Fire Island, N. Y . .. .. ......... .... . .. 600 1925 Heokscher Park, N . Y... .. ... . . . 500 1936 Wildwood Park, N. Y•..• . •.... 200 1935 bUBines,g," New York StateQueens Village, N. Y ... • , ••.••.. . 700 Asks to Withdraw 1934 La1 qian : "In this situation it woul ,not be to our be6t !nt.erest to make this J.nstallatlon. Is it all righ t for me to withdraw the bid at this t ime? I would not like to work with an uncongenial board." Howe.rd : 'Didn't ~ pin a. note to the speclfica.tlons and slgn it myself so that you would not come in on these speclflca.tlons? Isn't tha.t right,?" Lauman : ''May I withdraw the bid?" Mayor: "Motion ls made to withdraw the bid. Ayes have it. Motion is cairried." Fa.rm!ngdale, N . Y ....• , •...• • . . 200 1933 Sout h Huntington Water District, So. Huntington, N. Y. .. ... . . . 1,000 Roll Call On the roll ca.II dommisstoners America. Fran.so.so a.nd Ralph At · well voted to awa.rd the contra.ct and Robert M. Herrick cast the dissent ing vobe. "I remarked at the time we accepted the specifications that they were extremely rigid and that the Hughes firm would be the only one that could get It," 11&id Herrick. 1923 Cent ral Park Water District, Bethpage, N. Y. . . , . .. .. . .. .. ... .. .. 800 19'0 West Gilgo, Beach Association, West Oilgo, N , Y . .... .. .. . ........ . .. 90 The wells included In the above list range in diameter from 6 In. to 24 in. and in depth from 40 ft. to 700 ft. ���Air Student, Instructor 1\.1-1 Safe; Plane Hits Trees ' Friends of Student Pilot Thomas Marvin Dale of 32 Miller avenue, were congratulating him today on his esciti>e from injury yesterday when the training plane. he wa.s piloting struck a group of trees in a corn field at Newington. Aside from minor scratches, neither Dal& nor his Instructor Warren Scholz were injured when llhe impact crumpled the wing of the plane and pushed the motor back several 1nche.s into the cowling. . Practi~lng Landing Dale, who has made good progress as a student, was practicing forced landings at the Portsmouth Airport, at tne time of the accident. When the plane starting losing altitude too . fas t, Insbructor Scholz took over the controls but the plane was a l!tble too clo.se to the frees to regain a safe height. 'Ilhe plane circled over the Sherman Spinney place on the Goselin road and landed in the cornfield of John Knight of Newington, Scholz brought it back over the road to the port where it will be out of commission for about three week!; for repairs. Hope For Replacement M..:ianwh!le, the other tlraining plan\! at the field wlll be u.sed and it is hoped to have another replacement plane available during that period. It was a real loss for Scholz .tince no insurance is availa,ble for training planes. However, Airport Operator Scholz has one consola.t!on, the accident demonstrated the safety of training planes. They can have accidents but so far as passengers or students are concerned they can escape without injury. Water Supply Contract There are several features in connection with Portsmouth's proposed water system which should be thor_oughly studied. The rushing of the readings, the appointment of a special committee, and the apparent lack of general knowledge regarding an undertaking pf this size, should have been cause for the tax payers who are footing the bill to find out a few things for themselves. · As such was not the case, however, it does not seem possible that the circumstances in connection with the awarding of the bid to the Edward F. Hughes Company of Boston should pass unnoticed or unchallenged. Those civic-minded taxpayers should certainly ask themselves the following questions: 1-In the strict sense of the wprd, was there competitive bidding? 2-Does it appear that the specifications were written in a manner to favpr any one contractor? 3-Can the Edward F. Hughes Company verbally and informally correct an error in its bid which, as written, means an amount of $197,600? 4-In the interests of the City of Portsmouth, should not the proper legal pr.ocedure be to re-advertise for bids? We all agree that an intreased water supply is necessary for the City of Portsmouth, but how many of us have taken the time to give sufficient thought as to whether this increased water supply shoultl cost the tax payers $233,000? In these times, it does not seem possible that there could be such lack of interest, unless we are all thoroughly imbued with the magnitude of general unbridled spending throughout the nation. 'As The Earth Turns To Be Presented This Week \,iC\ "As the Earth Turns," folk-play of New England farm life which has now become a traditional event of the New England summer season, will be given Its sixth annual series of performances this week at Emery's Bridge in South Berwick, Me., Thursday through Saturday afternoons, Aug. 1-3. All proceeds from this production go to the Emery's Bridge Community Improvement association. The cast this year is as follows: Avis Harvey, Lorenzo Hooper, George Emery, Edwin Sargent, Ruth Emery, Mary Bickford, Donald Emery, Ethel Hasty Hooper,- George Sargent, Fred Boston, Winifred Wentworth, Olive Smith, Marguerite Harvey, Chase Boston, Ray Bickford, Cora Hasty Bickford, Betty Trafton, Marjorie Goodwin Sargent, Loriston Littlefield, Howat;d Boston, Ralph Smith, Pearl Thompson Boston, Ethel Young Hasty, Rev. George Carter, Frank Currier. The Janowski children: Carleton Boston, Orris Allen, Ray Bickford, Jr., Oliver Boston, Carolyn Hasty, Ardis Emery. School Children : Maxine Boston, Walter Boston, Gene Boston, Cecil Davis, Jr., Warren Carroll, Richard Hasty. Wedding guests : Winifred Currier, Ruth Wyman, Ruby Trafton, Burton Trafton, Jr., Arthur Currier, Jr., Abbie Brooks, Eileen Turnbull, Mabel Boston, Rose Boston, Roland Boston. Farmers' suppers will be served the public each evening in village church vestries at South Berwick, and on Saturday evening a Barn Dance will be held In the South Berwick Town hall for the benefit of the Berwick Academy Alumni s holarshi fund. Portsmouth Census.k\ ~\ Up 100 To 14,925 ~' Approximately one hundred more persons have been added to the Portsmouth census figures aa a re6U.lt of the enumeration blanks published ln the Port6mouth Herald last May. This brings the unofficial pre liminary tot.al to 14,925. Exact figures will not be known until the final count Is reported from Washington, but , Thomas F. Lenehan, of Manchester, supervisor of the cenSUs here, report& about 75 bla.nk.s ma.lied to him and others sent direct to Washington. Theee figures are still below the city census total of 15,600 made in 1938. �i;Ji{~ ,;l;tt~1:. , . ~\t8ooma Post Plans rlt/New Musical Unit w Tax Rate s29.50; Drops 40 Cents From Last Year f,t,:,; it< Joseph Lotlto, a graduate of Conservatore Milano, Italy, has ' f~;/ been chosen to lead the new band ~.l[, being formed under the auspices '{ of Frank E. Booma Post, American ·,.s; Legion. Mr. Lotito, a resident of /j: th!s country for the last 25 years, ,;': has during that period played both under Sousa and Creatore. Last year, while a resident of Beverly, {'A'• Mass., he conducted the WPA muf!.;: sicians' 'project and led massed ,.'.~ W['A bands. :t.i Practically all positions are expected to be filled at the next re~- hearsal Wednesday evening at the '£' ~;\;· Legio? roo~ on High s_treet. \; ti, It JS believed that this undertak- ) : f:f ing will not only give the Legion an ':'! efficient musical unit, but will also ~ ~I afford an opportunity for unatt:l tached musicians in this locality to · "'- obtain orchestration practice under a trained conductor. Past Comdr. Daniel O'Brien will be the business manager of the new band, f~:, t< Announcement Reveals Fourth Successive Decrease In Annual Levy On Property l~ Ji ;i A<s.,·.' :' ','. . t'....,t,-~·-~•: 1en eg1s ra ,on w,· 11 Beg,· nAug 27 A 1940 tax rote of $29.50 per thousand valuation 40 cents lower than lost year's was announced at city half today. . This marks the fourth succes- 1 The amount to be raised by taxasive year that the Portsmc•uth rate tion as provided by the annual ap- I ~o~fo:~~wn a decreMe. The record rr~-~ ~'.a~~: b!!i~t 'R •, ~-' !i· • • i Rl.-~.'~.-, ~:_,_:,;r~,:...,'.'!,..·,:'...•·_· ;;,-. I ( -.t'!f. ~ At The Postoffice ;_ .,~r~;~:':!:,~u':':~::.=~ ;;;;r 1937 1938 1939 1940 Large Number Attends E~bit Th·e i"' ~; will start on Tuesday, Aug. 27, and it;, continue over a period of four { months according to information I y;:~~~:~~; . Rate Boa rd of Appraisers was $612,315.91 , 34 .40 which leaves an overlay of $5,471.40. '<.:_ 3 2.4~ T_he a~ount raised by the ap- J·~ 31.4v / praise:.; mcluded $18,992 on polls, ,c· ·29.90 $3,297.90 on bank stock and $590,- . 29.50 026.01 on property. : $ ~~~~ ~J.;:_·lj.' H AareraboBreAtwndeeSnhoa. ls :_-,· Aga,·n Restrr'cted "'':'.r-:-·.·. . . .,__ " · ·.•.:._:i_.-.~.•.-·•: · three-day benefit exhi'bi' tion of Pe!"slan Sheffield and old co- ~ .,1 ~l: ~f just received from Washington by Ionia! silver from the collection of ,_:_:. :..·•. Postmaster Peter J. Hickey. Miss Pauline Bradford at her home : .,.;;: Until the latest census :figures are on 166 Court street proved most ,;· ~{ received, there is no way of estimatsuccessful as a large numbe: of lo- .. ffe::]: ing the number of aliens in the . _cal and summer r esidents called to ·{ As usual this summer the area . i%!-" city. Unofficial :figures indicate that •:,-~, view the rare and interesting disbetwe n ~ r1sm th h bo O :,\~ there are about 2,000 foreign born in if1'.lt play. Proceeds of the event which ':_: e ou ar r and P ortsmouth and it is thought that }\-:'(,,;-,· ended! yesterday are to be devoted ''.i,' the I~les of ~hoals has been temabout 80 % of them are naturalized ·_ entirely to the American Friends c.·:;_ , porar1ly _restric~ed as a _navigation citizens, which would leave about i. of France. ~¼: area as is provided for m the Riv400 to be registered. Miss Bradford, who has one of ~\ er and Harbor Act of 1917. F_u rther details on the plans and , the largest collections of Persian The area r~stricted is . wit:hin a various forms and equipment re: Sheffield outside a museum, donated ;,:tfJ 1,000-mile radms of a_ porn~ m the _. quired are to be sent from ~ashii:ig, one of the articles for the benefit. state of New Hampshire 1ymg wes1l~~ ton at a later date. Registration It was won 1zy, Miss Helen Souter · -~- .terly_ from ;he Isles of ~hoals, f''. will be conducted ~t all :fi,rst and if.,~f of New Castle. , bearm_g 273 ~rue from White Is- . ~ second class postofflces, at all post- )·l,; Those who assisted Miss Bradford ~and llg_ht, a dJStance of_6,6?0 yards, 1 off~ces in county seats . and at other in this unusual exhibition were Mrs . .. < is res~ricted to all navigation . f~r ,;\.,.":,~. (-;- offices that may be designated. ,,,,\'-".' L. L. Green, Miss Frances Brooks . , a period of two months. This JS ,·_;\•:,~:. " · ·tit,: Mrs. T. c. Treadwell of Washing~ ';1- necessary for ,the performance of ' ./::;-'f.;k: · ... ton, D. c., Mrs. George B. Lord ·t.;. certain naval tests. }sf ~Miss Cornelia Mugridge, Mrs Eli~ The presence in_ this vicinity of /;{ zabeth Bue.swell and Selwin Wat- "{ a ve:5-5e1 of the United States Navy ;;,;.\ son. . ..:' bearing a red pennant as a danger : , i ·•;',Va, ,· ../i;t signal shall be deemed ,to be suf- i · · ···, .(~;,-f} · ficient evidence that tihe tests are ,. ~if~;~ in progress and notice to all per- · ,;!; sons ·to avoid the area. Viola tion \: ,;~.; of this ordinance shall be treated ~as is provided for in the River and },,:_[ Harbor Act. · ,:};c.. ~II t~: >· fl,. {_t· ii)} s,t .-~©~~~r~&:.}::;.~~~;fs:~~-=.J._1\~i:i•.1.J-.i/u•~_:_._Ji•et-..-:.·;2.,._;_~_.;.· 4:-;~·::r~":~ �Charge ',Fraud' In ater Bids: IAsk Injunction On Award To Edward F. Hughes Co. Service Ma.de "That said section 10 of Chapter Following the granting o"f a re- 24-0, Laws of 1909 as amended, pro- I quest for a. hearing by Judge Conn01 Viding for competitive bid5, was en- 'i ,.tj t1'Js morning a.t Exeter, notice was acted for the purpose of ensuring a ·1! served on Mayor Goldsmith, and reason!l!ble number of responsible ; Ralph H. Atwell, Robert M. Herrick, bidders in ord€T to assure the City Americo J. Fra.nsoso, members of of Portsmouth and its tax payers the board. The mayor was served a fair return for its and their monsince he is an ex-officio member of ey; and that the conclusion of all the board. bidders except a single one is a vioArrangements for service on : lation of t!he intent and purpose of :j · Hughes, whose headquarters are in ' that law, and is a fraud upon the Bbston, Mass., have been made. Mr. City of Portsmouth and its tax- I Smith is represented in his pet!- payers. · t,ion by Waldron & Boynton. Optional Work ) After the usual identification of "The alle ed contract l.s !or a j parties concerned and a. recital of 1arge amoun o wor to be done 'j the conditions leading up to the andi mateTia.ls to be furnished at the I award including the specifications option of the eng1neer. The bids and advertising for bids, the petition required of the qualified bidders : continues: under items land 2 and 4 are lump 1 , "Your petitioner believes and sum bids for certain work, a large ! ! therefore alleges as true that said amount of which work is to be per- I ' -~ • • h h II t qualifications as written unduly re- formed only at the option of the en-11 11 11 • ~.! Charges of fraud m connection Wit t ewe wa er strict the possible number of bidders igneer. This saidi optional WOTk re- ': ~¾;1 contract awarded to the Edward F. Hughes Co. of Boston and that not more tha~ one ~on- quires the contractor to include in I were made in 'a petition for an injunction brought in Rock- tractor ~n Ne~ Engla.nd 15 qualified his lump sum bid~ sufficient .sums ·1 ;;', . . . d D "d R S • h to submit a. bid thereunder. to cover the maximum a.mount of , '_ 1ngham Superior Court at Exeter to ay. a~I ·.. mit , "That said qualifications unduly work wihich can be required of him J ~- former superintendent of streets, brought this petition as restrict the number o~ bidders and by the engineer; but the alleged J s_. a citizen resident registered voter and taxpayer. exclude properly .qual:fied contra~- contract contains no provision for t\ I ' ' .. . tors from submitting bids under said non payment by the City of Portsth th Judge Aloysius J. Connor, before In his petition, smi asks e proposal. mouth in the event that the en- , th th whom the petition was presented, court "to decree at e alleged Quotes statutes igneer finds such· optional· ·work : th rd has ordered a hes.ring on the request contra.ct a.wa~d:d by e Boa of "That said invitation to submit need not be performed, and in this ;, for a. temporary injuction on Thurs- Street con:imissioners t~ Edward :'· proposals, limited as hereinabove respect the alleged contract is a day, Aug. 15, at 11 a.. m. at a ses- Hughes ls ill~ga~ a nd vmd be~ause. mentioned is not an invitation for fraud on the City of Portsmouth, its '. sion of the court to be held here at "a. The biddmg under which the competitive bids within the mean- inha;bitants and taxpayers. . c1 Portsmouth. The petition asks both alleged co~tract was ~ward ed was ing of Section 10 of Ohapter 240, "That on· July 25, 1940 said Board :I ,,, a temporary and 'permanent injunc- , n~~ competitive as reqU1re~ by law. Laws of 1909 as amended by Chap- of Street Gommtssioners opened , tion. b. The a..lleged contract is a fraud ter 314, of the Laws of 1933. the bids submitted, that said bids ·I ;':· Bidders Disqualified u~?n the city of Portsmouth • "That bids under proposa3s_ as were three in number, and only ' . 0 · This petition is a,. result of the c. The alleged contract no~ above set forth are not competitive one of said bidders namely said : ,,"· award to the Hughes co last Wed- provide preference tfotor lotoca Mabor. bids within the m~aning of Section Edward F. Hughes, V:Bl!l found to be 1~ •. · . ·• It asks the cour s p ayor f l909 as • . 1 " n esday mght by the Board of Street G ld ·th d th 10 of Chapter 240, Laws o · quallfied by said Board of street .· 1 - commissioners of a $28,890 contract Kennard E. t Co sm: . an f e amended by Chapter 314 of the Commissioners. •J . . . Board of stree omm1ss1oners -rom f for driv~ng 40 wells, supplying 40 pipe . anything toward carrying out Laws o 1933 . "That the bid of said Edward .' connections and 2,500 feet of water domg t t· t 0 top Hu hes from F. Hugnes, as presented, was by main. At this meeting two of the h~ con ra~i• to~ard ca;r ·n out far the highest bid made. r,·~' three bidders were disqualified, and doing a.ntyt tng i·ncurri' ng Ylanyg ex"That said Board of street Com. l't t the con rac or . . , t h e comm iss1on sp 1 2 o 1 on ac- pense which might be imposed on m1SS10ners then and t here, after ceptance. the city, a.nd asks a.ll parties to stop all said . bids were ope~ed, altered · t once pending a hearing on the or permitted the alteration of said · etition. bid of said Edward F. Hughes. ~~~~~~~~.,..~ ~ ' ~-· , .. . l! Superior Court Hearing Aug. 15 I Petilion Brought By Former . Superintendent Of Streets David I R. Smith, Says Invitation For Proposals Was Not An Invitation For Competitive Bids Within The Meaning Of The Law ;I\ l ·1 tt ft �"That said Board of Street Com- •-;iJ missioners th~n and ~here voted to :i-r_~_:l accept the bid of said Edward F. ';'t~ Hughes. ·. ·•'I pIa n Defen se T ra I•nI•ng Cou rses In Portsmouth 1 Quotes Ordinance "That Chapter XXXX o! the Revised Ordinances of the City of > Po;:~1¥£.;E~:i~t~:! A schioo~la ,~w:hie~rte;yeouun:!'gdm;repn-~ ceapn.;:~~1; r~~~oca tiono I ;_,.L_!l?'"'".-" ,,, ,, ,' ,,s,-,,,v,, ,.Tu Hampshire, whether the same equipment that machine shop prac- • be a building, excavation, sewer, study national defense training tice dqes. or drainage construction, road courses, is virtually certain to open Tentative plans call for t he blue building, paving, bridge, or any ii~.: in this city within a few days, ac- print course to be 40 hours, to be other form or kind of Public cording to an announcement from held during the evenings, while the Work, preference in employment \l' the Board of Education's advisory other would consist of 400 hours ' upon said Public Work shall be ),. committee. The committee, repre- and would be held during the day. given to citizeilJS of the City of ::< senting local industry, labor, busiCourses at Nashua, Dover, ClarePortsmouth, New :Sa.mpshire. ness and education, is holding an- mont, Franklin and Laconia ha Persons other than citizens of ~~t· other meeting today, at which time been approved by the Commissio PortsmoUll:.h, New Hampshire, ''i Howard E. Swain of Concord, state er of Education, James N. Pring! may be employed when such ·::.: supervisor of indust rial education J former local superintendent citiz~ns are not available. ,.;_j will be present. , schools. Approval of Portsmout 'In each and every Contract ·"· . Blue print reading and machine application is anticipated as s for the construct ion of Public -:~. shop practice are the t wo courses as final arrangements are submi Works a provision shall be in- '~ that have been selected by the com- ted and this is expected to be duri serted that if this proviso is not ~: mittee. The later course will be this week. complied with, The contract limited, as only a small number of Federal funds are provided to me shall be void. machi_p.es are available for this the cost ·of this instruction but t "That said proposals or alleged •,_._;.·:_l co_ur~e, but there will be no r~s- classes are oper_ated by the. Sta_ contract as awarded said Board _ic trict1ons as to the number takmg Board of Vocational Education of Street Cemmissioners to said .:: the blue print reading due to the cooperation with local school aut Edward F. Hughes does not con- .. · fact that this does not require the orities. tain said clause. · -~~ 1:~. "That said alleged Contract was .,''°'··:,-· -· - -'·'·-_______,.,_;:_ _ ___ t:r ;·> I .~fj ':C~ ~.;a,·.~.. :_~_:'. : •;,_... . . Army Orders Two 1VIn H•ovu~o . T· Off,1cers Here ..-1· ~0[~ tfei'r omorrow .'f:.) . . ·,f£· /J ~at awarded according to 1 law; that .··::.; it is not to the advantage of the ;c:~~City of Portsmouth or to the inhabi- '. ..::'.' tants and taxpayers thereof that {!ti said alleged contract be performed; ~nd t~at sadi City of Portsmouth, its inh~bitan~ and taxpayers will suf- -~..-_, fer irreparable damage in the event «'."~ that said alleged contract is per- }iti formed. ·. -~: th u~~~:e~he ~on~~=~~fic!~~~ :~:~ within three days after its accep- _._ tance by the board. Practical effect ,~,., f th· t'ti f • • t· • .. o lS pe 1 on or an lnJunc ion lS to make any work done under the . contract at the Contractor's risk until the hearing is held and a deci- ;. - ···.:1 Pl ;.,ii r•':1@£.' • D= · f"' I i,/J "' ~ • J_ A co~cert featurm_g the . music . ____ . \J The <:ran~ Harmomcon, _rarest (I strum_nt m the world, 1s to t a have ···1 place t om~rrow aft ernoon at t Two regular army _maJors been ordered to duty m the Ports- Marshall House, York Harbor. T :ii :i~~~~i:~~a/~~r ::~:~rsd~e;:rt a~:~st7t~~on. h::; · ~~ni ;r;h~s tt~u!:n . M . J 0 h D M'tch 11 USA Portsmouth. Also on the p10., ra are. aJ. n • i e , , 1s Mme Lucie B·~ 1 r R coast Artillery, who has been as- · ' · i,,e ov. osen, ac' companied by her h usband, Walt er signed as an instructor at the Uni- ! Rosen at the piano, who will play versity of Pittsburgh, and Maj , Edthe Theremii,, a modern instrument ward Cowen USA now on duty at th o Uni·versi·'ty of ' New Hampshrr' e. . which gets its sounds from electrical ~ vibra:tions. sion obtained. __:p.r Major Mitchell leaves his staThe Harmonicon, which consists Should it be determined by the ·: ~,:r tion at Pittsburgh Pa., and reports of 24 goblets, wh ich are played by court that the contract was not ;:\· for duty here Saturday, Aug. 10. . passing the fingertip, moist with legal, the next step for the city -i6{~ Major cowen will remain at Dur- • water, along the edge of th e glass, is would be to start all over again -~~{~ ham until September and !:.hen re- · owned by William G. Wendell of with its specifications, proposals, "~t, port here. • Pleasant street, this city. The inand to advertise for new bids. Although no announcement has strument will be played by Lo been made, the assignment of ad- , Ruggier, noted musician. Both M ti , i(:~)'Y-u,'\'.' {1-Lt ~ti;, ~~: dition~l high ranking officers us- . zart and Beethoven composed f , -;-,; ,:;f'.,.. :?~\\ ;/,·· 1.~·,,t':jf'.f/,'\,1ually mdicates an mcrease in ,troops · the: e musical glasses and Benj ~--- .. ··1'"- - .. \'\."1<j;-...,<. • .). 1''t-''•"•"·,i.l..1,- • ' • • t t ,_.-,;~ '\'' ,. • ,.· .. <! .: , ,•·:: -,, ;:,-,· in an area and it LS possible ha · min F ranklin experimented with v ~, ~-~)~.t~l".,--;~:,._;,--:.,~·••<£:-~- :. the original detachment of 150 men rious instruments based on th e s .>·t}t}:..}:.~? ::.:/~'li; n_ow training at . Portland for _a s- principle. • .. \ : / , · · · 1gnmen t here will be substantial· , ·· ., t>: . . ,· .·, _. ._ ~~:~1, · ~~1:'l :x,;_~_~_;;i_·-.. ~--.-.•'<.l_'._~(__ -~ _ ,_ ·· · .-.:• ;-./:',,. ,{vcl.':,:": ;, • :::~\i.\::<(1· :-~°'.;t",,(?t°,'_.~ · · · '(~:./:C::. ·,; :·.,. 0 ::v·-,'\'i .' ] f~ ./'' /,' .,.. ,:. ,, "·l .., };' :.J ·;i, "_;'.\ ~( f '.1, =~-""="'-'--'=i-;.J. ====~== ·'· =-=--~'-""--"'"=~=- === = .i 2 �1 :t.~Jt::"-. '" .~~ ·•.:.<"/::,_ . t~:\ Rare Objects Shown A-~a.r~ opporl_u_n-ity-to view a fas- cinating collection of Persian Sheffield . • • each pi€<:€ at least 200 years old . • • is offered to the· public today and tomorrow h xhibition of this ,· w en an e .;,;~,-' ware and other valuable and interesting antiques is being held at _1~ .· the home of their owner, Miss · -·· Pauline Bradford of 166 Court street, for the benefit of the American Friends of France. An extensive traveler Miss Bradford has brought from all parts of the world delightful souvenirs of .' her visits. She assembled almost :··her entire collection of Persian ~::.-': Sheffield herself on trips abroad. ;f;"> The pieces a,re of copper lightly ~~-~:.·· 'plated with silver. Th~y were ith,r; ·: made by hand and no des1gr1S are alike. It is evident . that the ~~;,:, craftsmen who fashioned · them ~Ji..~;. used their own originality. '!'he · exact ages of many of the articles Jt?· are uncertain, but they are known µ,,?};; positively to be over 200 years old, i:\ ,·" j3:' l.t; %:t ' . . . . .. :e!h~hfse~:: a~te:o::re:i~d:e~= ·1 '-,-p---''.·:.: 1,000 Attracted r.f\ -ro El'1ot By Storm 1 :'·! i' l 1 "'1 ::_. •. · ~ \ . t.:.. · Record If0rMOn th Of JLI Iy 1· L • I J•'' .i ... Shoa Is Assoc, Has ' ~::::hi ,:.:,on; :.::i,.~.: ,;.::;: ,Annual Meeting~~~ !f ~:~~c:ilver, Abe!;srr::e~a; On another Hall piece is in- j scribed the date 1678. This is a I The annual meeting of the Isles cup owned at one time by Miss of Shoals Summer Meetings asso- Bradford's great - grandfather. ciation was held yesterday at Star · Much of the family silver, Brad; Island. Rev. Lyman Rutledge of ford and Baury, was in USe in the :Dedham, Mass., was elected presiearly eigh~n-hundreds. • I dent. Other officers chosen were: A prize possession of Miss BradRev. Dana Greeley of Boston, forford ls a gold catelaine once worn merly of Concord; Margaret A. . at the belt of her great-grandfathNichols of Hathorne, Mass., and · '. er. It contains tiny gold impleMrs. Edward Hayes of Medford, . ments, including scissors, coffee Mass.,k vice-presidents ; Miss Irene Buce of Watertown, Mass., secreSpoon, knife, Jetter-opener and bodkin. A pungent ls-fastened to each tary; h t Miss Marion T. McCarthy of side of the chatelrune. Its former C es nut Hill, Mass., Miss Eva B. owner, Baury DeBellerive, wa·s an i Wheeler of Marlboro, Mass., Mrs. and his portrait : Marion H. Koyl of Jamaica Plain, a ide to Lafavette , hangs in the living room of his · Mass., and Charles Bolster of Bos-: ' great-granddaughter, Miss Bradton, directors for three years. ford. /- This meeting marked the last day '""•e of activities for the . 44th annual ...,. unusual exh1·bi' t1·on will be open from 3 to 6 o'clock. Thnee Unitarian General conference. A "" .· ~ ~ ~i·~t1·ng Miss' = u~adford are Mrs. banquet was held · in the evening " -~,_ L. L. Green, M1'ss .L'i =-·ances Brooks, wi th Carl B. Wetherell of Boston as Mrs. T. C. Treadwell of WashingtoaS t maS ter. Speakers included Rev. . ton, D. C., Mrs. George B. Lord, . Lyman L h Rutledge, Rev. Ernest G. Ml:ss Cornelia Mugridge, Mr.,. ,. · ync • Dr. John H. Lathrop of Elizabeth Busswell and Selwin Brooklyn, N. Y., Rev. John C. PetWatson. rie of Houston, Tex., and Donald A. L.:.:..===---- - ,, ---------~ .' Adams of New Haven. I . ~- :_,_ It is estimated that at least a ',,· . thousand people have visited Eliot !/. since the storm of Tuesday afternoon to see the damage which was done when a twister struck one ,; neighborhood wrecking barns belonging to Ernest o. Searles and Everett Paul. ' -, The town was one of the hardest f-·· hit in the area and 50 great was the -; damage from the wind that many ' ~i telephone lines still were out of or·t'-·J: ct er yes t er ct ay. - · Cl ap boar ct s an ct even 1arge p1ank s · ct surpnsmg · · d'1st ances as ,'·,,~ were carne · ct s roare d across th e t own c"; th e. wm i~ leaving tangled debris in its wake. ~----- . -..- _---,--- - ei:iteen hundred~. The exquisite · 1 pieces of Sheffield were d..lscarded • for the china and glass of the cMlized wor!d, . Among MISs Bradford's posses- ~ slons is a larl;1l a.nd beautifully designed wash1bow1 .and ewer used by the ancient Persians at the table , for the same purpose as our finger~wl of :roctay, Breaking all records except for the She first began to accumulate i1Christmas month Postmaster Peter these odd dishes in 1923 when she , . ' was i'nduced t o accompany a , J. Hickey reported today that the friends to an antique shop abroad ! Portsmouth posvoff1ce had a $1,400 where they were sold. She has . increase this July over last year, since accumulated exquisite pitch\ with the postal receipts totaling ers, one designed with Persian fig· $9 ,800. ures, trays, serving dishes, unique Fees on money orders are not in·1 ;· objects of all shapes and dainty eluded in postoffice receipts under vases. She last piece she bought is present regulations and only stamps, as mysterious as it is unuual. Miss envelope and box rentals are inBradford herelf admits no know!eluded. If money order fees were in1 edge of its purpose. It is in the 1 eluded the total would have been shape of a bottle, ela•b orately de- , well over the $10,000 mark. For busi, ., signed, and it stands on a small · j nessmen of this section increased r .' ., , ' tray, postal receipts are good news as . , '•', ) Miss Bradford informs us that they are good barometers of gen'·· Persian Sheffield is becoming more era! business in a section. and more scarce and she finds it almost impossibie to add to her collection. 1 Also '"on display during these I three are many old pieces of family 1738. --~1<·.'.r_._, :: f . rloca.:____OS O-f-f~ice.-~-- ::,.~-=·· . . ·~· ~-: ;/!. /, . .,. . . _·.?.l _, ~~,-·;_~:-_,l _--~--------===-i ~~ ;: -.~,,;~ ~ -;, --.-~';~, · I ·I/ Makes At Benefit Exhibit -~-r ~ •,· --~· ., '.· . ·. , . , :;._ -'., ;· -. I 0 "~~"< ~b-~\ !,~1'.;.-~:> :.- ;·: ., ·~; _c:.c_::..c::..~ , :........-~--'-"'--'-'-"-~=-"- . _f ·, ,. ·, t\_~. :)/,l\<)_\ .\- :- •:! l_j , ! ' �jp1CJY9r-o~~d. Fe~;e"N~l'l&ard J\p;;~ves____,._. ·' . ,'~J;~1 ~ - !. .jBarrier To Enjoyment !Hydrant Installation ;] Solely For Protection Against Vandalism •i.~1_ ~':[; ~:sr;;,~:rrsOf Boo rd Of Street .. New fencing being erected at the South playground is solely for the . protection against vandalism and ·. no barrier for any youngster or youngsters who want to play there. This was the statement today of Americo J. Fransoso, a member of the Board of Street Commissioners who have jurhsiddcbion over the grounds and who, personally has taken an activ-e interest in the improvement of the grounds, Gates on the fences will be open from 7 a .m. until dark and all are welcome. The only restrcitions ever made by the board on the legitimate use of the playgrounds is in connection with the baseball diamonds. In order that two teams may not schedu<le games for the same diamond on the same day and hour, .individua;ls or organizatiom must apply to the Board for open dates. , This application is also of benefit : to those playing since the Board · will then provide umpires and ref: erees without charge, if desired, .•. and provide adequ8ite superivsion to ', insure safety. 7: Free To All ~; On Essex Avenue i ,. ' '· :;:~;::'?::r::.~:;~ people are and it is only a very few ! meeting last evening. who object. /.' '. Action was taken on recommeni dation of Superintendent of streets Increased Safety Nat Stevens and Fire Chief George '. ,.. "All our efforts have been to im- , Cogan after receipt of a petition . prove the playground and protect · I signed by 22 residents of the vicinity · ·: it. from the vandalism that has j in which they pointed out that their taken place at night in years past. · · 1 homes all were more than 500 feet This is the first year that there have : distant from a hydrant. been no serious accidents at the : John McEachern of Islington field and I am glad that our efforts ! street appeared before the board to toward safety have brought results." ask the board's plans before erecting In his statement to the Portsa fence on his property adjoining mouth Herald Commissioner Franthe city yard. He was assured that soso said: the board had no plans for erection "In view of comments appearing of a fence at that site. in :the press regarding the fencing · 1 of that part of the South playPay Boost Refused \ ground devoted to baseball, it ocA request that the board grant curred to me that possibly a stateincreased pay for tree workers emment from someone in auilhority ployed by the city was refused when might allay any fears that children it was pointed out necessary funds are to be deprived of the use of were not available. this part of the playground. I . j The board agreed on motion of speak as a member of the Board of 1Commissioner Americo Fransoso to Street Commissioners with the sup- ,:; approve repairs to the sidewalk on port of a majority of the board. jl Hill street near the corner of Bridge Plan Second Diamond , street, "A new baseball diamond has · · 1· been constructed on the site of the To Visit Concord old diamond and it is proposed to , ': Superi.'1tendent Stevens was aubuild another diamond at the oppo· , 1thorized by the board to go to con{·:-r< site end of the field near the , cord on city business. This is to re.. ,. .Junior High school. Instead of : gister with the state a protest curtailing facilities it is proposed · / against changing of the grade on to expand them. i Maplewood avenue which has put "The cost of construction already j city water pipes so near the surface completed! and that proposed, when i they are not sufficiently protected combined with the coot of the new I against freezing. steel bJ.eachers erected in_ 1938, rep- ·J It _is Superintendent Stevens' conresents an investment which should tent1on, he told the board, that the be protected and conserved. Of late , I state should pay for lowering the years much vandrulism ihas occurred · 1pipes below the frost line. They were at the South Playgrounds and it i left close to the sw·face by state is hoped that the new fence will . highway work. . ,, ,-_.. : .; , ; :·. ... , .. ,, ·~ - •. I . \ ',pl:t!~~ Commissioner Fransoso has asked Portsmouth Herald to stress ~ particularly that no one is compelled i;, to pay to attend any function on the ,:; playground. Ball games and all othC er activities are free to all. ·: , Sale of tickets is permitted, to .• those who care to contribute since ;:· without funds the city could not :·: enjoy the fine baseball games that j_ have been played there. Mr. Fran( lsoso added, "As all Portsmouth fai:is ~1know I have been interested m :)) sports for years. I have seen many it professional baseball games in Bost. .., ton and paid good money for tickets f there, toci. "Yet I have often seen better ff. games played by our own teams t~ here right at the South playground. fyrIn my opinion every fan should be 'f.] glad to pay the modest amount that in regard to the baseball field. t ~~_!ce_s them possible. In fact, most "The Board of street CommisH'.,- <; ·., · · · sioners has certain rules pertaining f the r l(t[; , ,r,. 0 ~,:,,;e.{ · '; . ,_-,s , . . . C: ·J': •. ') ~ :;{~{.\ ~f1;~;t~¼~{I~~ 1th ,-•,'<,/•: ,, Rockland stret should prove ade- g~Jti-~:lit\~•''.',;f1>~;:1:~L~:::ho~;~:::~~~,;\,c•. ·;.;,>,_~~~~~~-~ �In First Gr up t'ti under Plan In Congr ~1fti<? N. H Listed .., Battery Will Go To Rye Beech Sunday For Period Of Target Practice Before N. Y. Mane!lJvers . Preparations for a month of summer maneuvers that ;::~ may continue into a year's training in the federal service t: were being made here in Portsmouth today by 104 mem·t bers of Portsmouth's own outfit, Battery D of the 197th :, Regiment, Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) New Hampshire .: National Guard. �-~!_Mayor Will Veto Any----~----Urges City To Boost ;/ Furth_er illing Station Municipal Airport"~ ,j Permits, He Declares Former Local Flyer, Now Engineer For Large -r:-· - -----·-- ·- ., __ -- --~ ' Tells Council Of Determination After Lafayette Road Site Is Approved - - - ~-:.:ill Airways Firm, Says Now Is Time To Improve Facilities · Opposition to ,t he granting of any! recom'.11end ation brought in by ,t be Portsmouth will never have a bet- , hundreds of airports, Mr. Steele :' more permits for gasoline filling committee on street lights, Coun- te:- opportumty to improve its mu- 1spoke of t11e need for Jightmg, for ','.; stations in Portsmouth was voiced cilman ~ohn Leary, Jr., chairman. nicipal airport than it has ri ht improved runways, fencing and , . by Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith A pet1t1on from Charles Dodge T . . . . g hangars. th 15 _ in a statement ,to the City Council to purchase city prope,r,ty adjoining now, his e opmion of John The noted engineer offe.r ed h' :· at City Hall last evening. his own was brought in by tl1e com- Steele, Systems Service Engineer services for any suggestions tha · . Informing the council members mittee 011 city lands and buildings of the Pan American, Airways, Who as might be desired for an improve, tl1at what action ,t hey might take Iand was referred to the mayor with a former Portsmouth. flyer was one ment plan and such assistance _ after his veto was their affair, not power. of the mo-st mfluent1al persons in would be based on his many exhis, Mayor Goldsmith said, "I want Resolutions passed making funds obtaining the present field . periences since the days he flew , you council members to know ,that available included $275 from funds Mr. Steele, who has traveled all in tl1is section in one of the old. I shall veto any further filling sta- for permanent improvements to over the world on engineering time Jenny's, familiarly known as .- tion permits that may be voted purchase new batteries for the fire work on Pan American airports and "war-time crates," following the ~ while I remain in office." alarm system and $250 from funds bas.es, came through Portsmouth war and his service in the Roya.I t His action followed favorable ac- not otherwise appropriated for of- this week while returning from a Air Force. tion of ,t he council .approving a pe- fice expenses of tl1e Board of Ap- vacation trip in Canada. Since leaving Portsmouth . an 1 tition for permission to erect a fill - praisers. Government officials are familiar entering service with Pan· Ameri1, ing station on Lafayette road. The Funds For Playground . with the Portsmouth airport and its can, Mr. Steele· has made surveys in )ocation is near the junction of LaA transfer of $495.69 from funds problems as Mr. Steele, who is still I China, Japan, New Zealand . fayette road and the new bridge for permanent improvements •to im- an enthusiastic booster for Ports- French Indo China and had approach and has been before the provements at the South play- mouth, has talked a1bout it to every charge of the preliminary work on : city government for some time. jground was voted. one _in a position to help. When in~ trans-Atlantic clipper bases in EngFavored By Ziming Board A resolution authorizing the city terviewed by the Portsmouth Her- land, France and Portugal. Las Before action on the matter t.o acquire title to the Harmon aid Mr. Steele said that now na- winter he was in South America re. last evening Mayor Goldsmith in- property at the corner of Marcy tional defense plans had made funds organizing the Scada airlines at tl1e : formed the councilmen that he had and !Pleasant streets at a. cost not a_vailable for airports this was the time Nazi German employes were · communicated with the Zoning to exceed $2800 was approved. time fo:: the local committee, the being replaced. '. Boa.rd and had been assured that A communication concerning in- city gonrnment and the citizens Mr. Steele's technical assistance it approved the site, tallation of a sewer at Westfield to get back of a plan for airport im- in tl1e establishments of the PortsA proposal submit-ted by the ,?ark was accepted and placed on prove_ment. mouth airport is well remembered . Board of Street Commissioners and ~ile when Superintendent of streets No t bmg Done by members of tl1e original airport ' Supt. Nat Stevens urging replace- at Stevens told the board the esti- Mr. _- SteeJ.e, w_ho again _inspected commission which was appointed ' ment of tl1e Junkins aven_ue bridge ·1mate of $5,928 was incorrect due h. th e field on_ tl1JS v1s1t, said it ap- by the late Mayor F. w. Hartford. with a culvert a t an estimated cos changes in specifications and that peared nothmg had been done Members of tl1e original board were of $2,328.43 was referred to the fi- ,a new estimate would be forthcom- towa rd rmprovement since he was Frank E. Brooks, Frank w. Randall, nance commit.tee . ~ng. last_he.r•e in l937. Speaking on the j Boardman M. Randall and Hiram A petition from the Con.,<olida- I A claim against the city for dam- basJS of his experience in surveying E. Wever. tion Coal Co. for permission ,to fill ~ges to an a.utomob1le July 17 on _ 1 . in a. tidal section of their property it he Lafayette highway when the was held over pending a report of ;m achine struck a small ex~avation . the city solicitor, after Councilman 1was referred to the committee on Frederick Schlegel questioned k:laims. The claim was brought by i whe,ther the city of Portsmouth did 1George W. Gray. ' not own land adjacent to the site. l A joint pole location was approved. Mayor Goldsmith expressed the be- Rules Suspended : ief the city had deeded that par- j Under a suspeD;sion of the rules ticular piece over to the Consoli- moved by Councilman Leary, the ,dation company some years ago and 1board accepted a petition from Pat it was decided to delay action, nck J. Healey asking the city to , . pending clarification of the matter. issue a new deed to property on ; Seek to Buy City Land Fletcher street which had been ' Two petitions to purcha.se city- deeded to him by the city in 1936. , jThe original deed has been lost. AfOIWiled land were referred to the -ter City Solicitor Liberson reported 1:-bmniittee on city lands and build- that the transfer had taken place mgs. They were the offer of Wil- :as claimed the council voted to Jiam F. deRochemont of $50 for Jot rant the petition. 2, Map 90, on Dennett street, and Present at the meeting were Mayof Joseph B. Welch to purchase or Goldsmith, Councilmen Leary, ; property -,:,t 105 Thornton street. Schlegel, Frank Hersey, Frank Mor, Green arrows facing south street ris, and John Burkhardt; and city 11\-iJJ be ini-talled on the traffic Clerk John Henson. li;ghts at the intersection of South It was announced by the chair . st reet and Mil1er and Sagamore 'that there will be no further meet- -, a lvenues, in accordance with a ing of the council until September. !Adj?urnment was at the call of the . ,chair. ' I N 1 !·-· · 1 -·-- ftf':}->c::;-~ '. .;, > . -.: ~iii:·;:_ s; ·, �. ~:-·-·"""'---Fr?•'@·-.•.,." , ·•·:'·' .-, .o:·, , ..-.•. . lMay Ask U. S. Funds ,f H . H Navy Yard '!'PA Cuts County Relief Burden or 400 Employed; No Family With Able-Bodied Head Now Getting Aid; Commissioners State OUSI ng ere USHA Expected To Seek Tr@nsfer Of Funds To Navy For400 Dwelling Units or: Rockingham county, at the pres. ent t ime is not supporting any familv the head of which is able-bodied, · c~~ty commissioners stated today ' in a report dealing with the finances of the county. The WPA at the Navy Yard, how• ever, is employing approximately 400 men from this county, many of : whom are potential town and county relief cases and the county is also assisting by a co-sponsorship of certain projects in the town of Derry which provide employment. Wood · on the stump, purchased by the county in certain sections, has provided a means for able-bodied men during the winter season to work for their relief grants, and this }lro: cess has been of distinct material value to the whole relief set-up. A Change' Whl.ch added a great deal to the rell.ef load in the county Came about in the state settle·,. ment law of June 1, 1938 which ·• ssed as a resident only those who Cla 1 , had pent five self-supporting and " . consecutive years in a town. The '. county is responsible for providing . direct relief to those without town ' cir city settlements. Those receiving : relief from the county because of ; lack of settlement cannot gain a · settlement while they are receiving .I assistance as the acquiring of a setjtlement is dependant upon five self· ·1 s · ·1 supporting years of d om1c1 e. mce ~ this change the county has had large numbers of relief cases turned over to it, which previously had been supported by the towns for five years. Most serious The statement by the commis- . sioners called this the most serious The Associated Pre-"S reported staff was working overtime, studYI type of relief cases as indicated by from Washington today that' the ing the question of outright gran)ts, their need for having been support- U. S. Housing Au thority ma y ask because of a "bottleneck" in h01Jsed so continuously in the -towns. At Pres•i dent Roosevelt, possibly next ing facilities at key posts, and ti.-\.at the age of 65 in many instances the Tuesday, to approve direc;t alloca- proposed con5truction might be p}erecipient will become eligible for Old tion of USHA funds to the navy sented to the White House for a!.pAge assistance and the county will department ior construction of proval next Tuesday. be relieved of three quarters of the dwellings to house per.&onnel and . ~ ~ ~~~~-,-,-,,,-,c=c,,..,.-:-:-,-,;:-c,c= expenditure. To date the number civilian workers at Portsmouth. ,:;,:. being taken off the list does not Plans call for 400 units to be conequal the number who are being put structed here. on the list to be helped. The program would be part of a The statement of th e Commission- general program calling for coners gives the figures for June show- : struction of 3,950 dwellings at 10 ing that 213 families were receiving army and navy posts. direct relief as against 246 for the . This would be an entirely new period of last year. T otal expen d1· month s o f the procedure for USHA, which hereture for the firs t six · t 1· f $77 067 32 tofore !:;as made loans only, to local year for direc re 1e was , . · t $ 9 042 46 as agains 7 , • a year ago, housing authorities for slum clearese ance and low-cost dwelling~. makin g a decrease of $1975 , •14• Th . · Iu de cost · of S oId'iers A'd Authorities said the USHA legal figures me 1 and Boarded adults. Children boarded at the expense of the county . numbered 138, an increase of . five ·. Oi"tSIDOUt OUSe over last year. Cost of this charge was $14,966.14 as against $14,744.37 ~. for 1939, an increase of $221.77. r There was a decrease in those re- ,: ceiving Blind Aid, the number drop~,ping from 51 to ~6. The cost of this Special to T he Christian Science Monitor PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug 7is borne by the state. The 204-year-old Moffatt-Ladd f)~·::;.,:,:,:: /:'''..t.~, -· ·\,,;, house will be open Friday for the th Ol~l:g:;ida::is~!~ce recipients in fi~~~r S~~f1t~n oiag;7lo~1a1 ;a::; .r;c: " <e · :~:,.·: :<~~' "·'. June of this year n112.,,0Q1•ed 828 of in New Hampshire. . ·.,,;r,.·;:;,.,.;;,'•'_.-><'.•:.:<:·._:-:·~_::~--,-~_.-" · which 117 were cour:t; ~~ases. The house was built in 1736 by ;~ .'5,;.',•:{~.~:· -~ ..~!-~..~~£~~:"' · 1. ·--,· · ':-'': net expenditure ior the county foz Capt. John Moffatt, skipper of one ·....•..,,,.-...·._ these cases through June of thia of the King's mast ships, and at year was $4,521.72 as against ~;4,391.- . one time it served as the home of · William Whipple, a signer of the 36 LTl 1939. Th d't ~0 r the c~·nt-, Declaration of Independence. 1 e e:~en ur,es " .. ; -~ , "":'·4~ ·., The large entrance and hall of farm du.mg th,s P80 - 0 ~. ~"l ifL, · the house hold interest. The Ma,plewood Acres, the new de- showed a decrease of $<i,:o 9ah 5 but a, ·. French Vues d'Italie paper on the the net appropriation plus i·eceipts : walls dates from 1815. There are velopment at the former Frank · show a decrease of $4,135.38 tms , . ae, - many splendid examples of hand Jones estate on Maplewood av.enue pai'tment appears to be :::-unni."1g · carving. The 18th century flower · is now under way, The of,fice of the safely within its appropria.tion. garden has furnished roses to · Hampton Development company, The cost of the Mitchell rEemcrial eight generations of . brides. which purchased the property from hospital shows an increase in exAdjoining the Moffatt-Ladd Dr. Sarah Sidis earlier this month, penditure of $2,328.91 while the net ··_ house is the Counting House, an is now located in the mafri build- receipts show an increase of $10,- . example of early 19th century infi. The first survey for the colonial 655.32. This comparative gain will. .-:. architecture, which has recently village, which will be erected on the however be ·substantially offset dm·- .. · been restored. estate, has been made. ing the' remaining six. moni;hs ai ) The commit~ee in _charge of the . i,,;=-,,.;.-c:r,,,..-,::--:--.,-~....,,-.....,...,,.--cc--c;-:-~ , ,:-: .. P t .I comparative revenues v,m &"Jo;,; a ;, garden party .mcludes Mrs. Har~y , ·•· decrease due to certain re,·enue, ;. E. Jackson, Miss Mary Fuller, Mrs. · · durino- t'le firs'· haF oJ · ·. Robert P. Burroughs, Mrs. Robert _ comi~g ~ .. , 'Flanders, Mrs. Norman F. Milne, · this ;year wh1ci1 wer~~;ec-1,ed 1..ur - and Mrs. John L. Sulliv an, all of the last half of :;".5-:, . :. Manchester; and Miss Jane Jameson of Concord and Mrs. C. Lane Goss of Worcester, Mass. 0 t!ilf;.(.:,·~:'f,,. · , ., p hH Of 1736 Scene Of Party on Friday ·jti;f:f/%(1.'.njf{i Th; Work Starts At Maplewood Acres r · : 0 \. - , /, -~ • _,. ���They' re In The Army Now Portsmouth Herald Photo Portsmouth's Battery D, part of t~e itn\~aircra~t u.in~~fo:: e!i~~~i:,J-f;!:~:11:;u;;i!, ~fnisn~fC:ffh:~o![l 0 Beach for annual maneuvers ge w hse More than 2000 men and off 1,cers o arr1rgadruzteR ve a Ye Beach ni yesterday started &n Intensive training- prorram this mor ng. Miniatufe City Of Canvas Springs Up At Rye Beach As GuardSl!!.~R. Ar.rtx~wlll 58 Officers, 1,187 Men Open Week Qf Intensive Training And Target Practice Along Coast 04 § A miniature city of canvas filled with a bustling uniformed populatlon has sprung up overnight at Rye Beach .... and today 1,187 enlisted men staffed by 58 officers comprising the 197th Coast Artillery (AntiAircraft) of the New Hampshire National Guard settled down to the real business of annual maneuvers, starting with towed target practice along the coast. From a dozen New Hampshire cities and towns motor convoys yesterday converged on Rye Beach, purposefully bent on the forging of another link in the giant ch~in which Uncle Sam will employ to protect his shores. Veteran soldiers and tyros al.Ike pitched their tents in preparation for a week o! int.ensive training before leaving for Winthrop, N. Y. on Friday for two weeks in the 50,000-man maneuvers of the tent army. More than 200 young men slept under canvas last night for the first time and the same number awoke this morning to eat their first meal amidst the acrid and appetizing smell of campfires. Hungry young manhood carrying empty stomachs made emptier by the invigorating early morning air stormed mess centers in well-regulated confusion before embarking on the day's tasks. rt was army life in the rough and a particular part of Uncle Sam's answer to possible foreign aggression. AnU-Ail'Craft Drill While KP's polished up after the morning meal the enlisted men readied themselves for short treks by motor convoy to three paints along the coast where guns have been set up for anti-aircraft drill. Ragged Neck, Odiorne's Point, and Jenness beach bristled with the snouts of three-Inch guns primed to thunder their challenges all this week at targets towed by planes. pull the balloon-like targets across the sky arrived yesterday and established a base at the Portsmouth airport. They belong to the 118th Observation Squadron of the Connecticut National Guard and will remain here for four days. Neatl:i/ per!ed weather conditions th.ls mc.rnlng indl.ca ed t hat the antiaircraft unit wouid probably be able to get .In some intensive drill today, tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday when the three-inch guns and automatics will be fired. Added Strength Yesterday Col. Albert E. Colburn, regiment commander, indicated satisfaction at the smooth and uninterrupted mass movement lo the beach encampment. The spirit, he said, was excellent. He also Indicated th• this was probably the mo.st important f1€ld training the regiment has ever had. Meantime, promotions and reassignment.s are rapidly increasing the strength of the regiment and bringing it up to the anti-aircraft power of the regular army. Shortage of materials, however, is self-evident, a problem con- �_Zoning Bd. fronting a good many units of the U, S. Army at the present time. The 197th .should have av91ilable 300 tru~cks, but actual count of these vehlcll/,5 yesterday totaled 89 federal and four state-owne<l trucks to be used for transportation, In addition there Is a definl~ lack of searchlights and guns. The battery should have 16, but has only two at Rye. The other~ may be transported f.rom Concord today. Lack of trucks makes a shutlleconvoy necessary in order to transport men and equipment from the camp to the firing points along the shore. Obviously this manner of movement keeps the battery from peak efficiency and cau.ses a • general slowing down along the line. However, both officers and me,t are surmounting the difficulty of shortage remarkalily well. Bars Thriee 'Gas' Station Locations ~~ Night li'lring The first evening parade 1s scheduled for 5.16 this afternoon at the parade grounds. Music will be provided by the regiment band und-:!r Warrant Officer Irving Pelletier. All units not at the firing points will participate In the martial display directly across from the camp grounds. Tonight and every night through Thursday the 197th will ' hold searchlight and antl-alrcr!l,ft manvers. The flr.,t battalion a~ Rye 1s comma!lded by Major A1·thur L. Smith of Port.<,,mouth and includes units from Claremont, Cd,ncord, Portsmouth, Laconia, and Dover. The second battalion under Major Cheney Lawrence of Nashua Includes batteries from Newport, Nashua, Berlin, Franklin and Keene. The Portsmouth unit, Battery D, Is n charge of Captain dgar Ladd, Plan ·34 t1.1,1 New Homes At Kittery Plans f6r tlf constmctlon of 34 houses at Kittery are being formulated by the ,plamond Match Co,, it was learned toda,y. Already 17 house lot.s have been surveyed on the property which the concern has just purchased from Bertram M. Tilton in the rear of his home on Tilton avenue, The property was formerly known as 'l;'ilton Park. Work is to start within a few days on this construction project and according to present plans this development Is to be the first of a number of slzeaible developments pla,nned for this area to help relieve the acute housing shortage, which has arisen as the Navy Yard Increased Its force. Three applications for filling stations were disapproved ; two decisions on public hearing petitions were made ; and two officers elected at a busy meeting of the Portsmouth Board of Adjustment, more commonly known as the Zoning Commission, held last night at the offices of the Ports~outh Savings Bank. Orel A. Dexter was elected chairman at this organization meeting and becomes the first chairman since the death of f9rmer Mayor F. W. Hartford . Charles M. Dale was re-elected clerk. The three filling station applications disapproved were as follows : E. L. Fogg of the Lafayette Highway for a station near the new• State road; Cornellu.s COakley for a station at the junction of the Myrtle avenue and the new road and of Charles Griffin for a station at Woodbury avenue md the new road . Approved was the petition of T. J. Downes to establish a general resi.., dence dilstrlct on the south side of the Laf111Yette Highway between the Phelps property and the Creek. Mr. Downes plans to erect nine fourapartment houses there. Disapproved was the petition that would have made a commercial section out of the northerly &ide of Parrott avenue Included in the property of Rufus Wood where plans for a garage had been under consideration. Next step following d~clsions of the Board ui to refer the petitions back to the city council with the Board's recommenootlons. Since Ma,yor Goldsmith has already gone on record! that he will veto any more filling tation appllcatlona, the fa@ of these petitions rest.6 entirely with the council. �ime Limit On Bridge Extended u · To Sept. 30 Extension of time to complete the new Portsmouth-Kittery railroad and vehicular bridge to Sept. 30 of this year has been officially granted by the Public Works Administration, according to an announcement by local PWA officials today. The one last truss span adjacent to the present opening of the old timber bridge is all that remains of the steel erection. This span must necessarily be kept open to accommodate river traffic until the completion of the lift span. The paving has been completed on the lift span and the counterweights will probably be erected and weighted with concrete sometime this week. This will enable the electricians to Install the hoisting machinery for the lift span. The Phoenix Bridge Co. has falsework for the remaining truss span assembled and ready to place In post tion just as soon as the lift span can be operated .. The riveting and paving of this truss span will follow closely. The concrete paving must necessarily cure for several weeks before it will safely accommodate heavy traffic. About one• third of the bridge has received Its final coat of paint which is patina green. wor go g on now In installing the track on the opposite end of the bridge. The approaches are in such shape as to be readll~ opened to traffic al- 1,,.,._,___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _....,....,_ _ _ _ _-..::--..._ Jacob Wendell IHouse though oome work remains to be ~ done, such as grading the slopes and . • shoulders. The derrick boat Is now dismantling the old toll b..••kige across the new channel adJacent to the lift . span. This work is being doqe by the Phoenix company, and 250 feet o! the old bridge will be taken away in the vicinity of the 11ft pan. The remainder of the bridge will be taken B.W8!Y by the Boston and Maine railroad which has already started this project. The long timber piling 60 far removed appears to be In excellent condition, although they have been submerged in mud and water for a great number of years. t Approaches Nearly Ready The approaches are in such shape as to be readily opened to traffic, although some work remains to be done, such as grading the slopes and ne of Portsmouth's finest landmarks ls the Jacob Wendell House, built In shoulders erecting a guard rail and 1815. Through the court!lSY of its present owners, Mr. and Mrs, William .G 'h te tin ..,.. Wendell, it was opened to the public yesterday afternoon for the Distnot see di ng t e cen r P1an g "'"r1P Nursing Association benefit. The installation of ddrectlonal signals and traffic lights wllll be start- 1--.....;.----------·--~-.A-c:s-=-ar.e:-::ocr--n=ew=-""'a""n-:r--::-se;;-;c:;-;o::::n~dr;:h:;:a:;n;-;;dill Two Co Ion ·,a I /J·, 1 Homes Opened ToTh epub1•IC ed shortly, Traffic lights are to be books, political cartoons, and odd placed at the Intersection of the -..., pieces of chlna and glassware took new highway approach and Woodplace at the Woman's City club durbury and Myrtle avenues. ing the day. Coffee was served in The Intersection with s. Route the morning at the club house and 1 on the Maine approach Is being tea refreshed the visitors in the considerably improved from the afternoon. original plan.s. Several extra General chairman of the event traffic lanes are to be installed was Mrs. E. Curtis Matthews. ln adjacent to the present pavement charge of publicity was Mrs. Edward on the highway. A traffic light --T. Wendell, Mrs. Arthur Baum supmust necessarily be installed at The opening of two o! Ports- ervised ticket arrangements. Mrs. this point to take care of the, Kit- mouth's finest Colonial home.s yes-;JJ'rank Remick, Mrs. Clarence C. Santery and Portsmouth traffic. The born and Mrs. William Saffo~d Jones mater of a gra<le elimination at •te rd ay for th e benefit of th e D~rict head d the hostess committee. Nursing Association was patromzed this point has not been finally by interested persons from a numsettled. ber of distant states, besides a good The toll plaza near Maplewood attendance of local residents. The a.venue has been completed and guests showed visit.ors from Idaho, erect ion of the toll-houses by E. Oregon, North Carolina, Ohio, L. Paterson, local contractor, has Missouri, Michigan, Louisiana, Track in Position begun. Georgia, Iowa, Mlsaissippl, New The Boston and Maine railroad York, New England states, Samoa h s the track In final position on and one from London, England. t e north end of the bridge and Admirers of the architecture and Interior decoration of Portsmouth's early period were de!lgqted with the charming home of Mr. andi Mrs. William G. Wendell. The Jacob Wendell House, built in 1789, ha.& among its rare antique furniture, a number of American Chippendale pieces. Also on display was the Rund~ettMay House, 11306, surrounded by its beautiful old-fashioned garden. This spacious home 1s fl.lied with valuable period and pre-period furnishings. Especially slgnlflcant a.re the huge curtain rods . . . one design of which was copied by the Metropolitan Museum. The Portsmouth Athenaeum, 1803, drew a constant line of history-lovers who enjoyed viewing the rare books, the private library established in 1816 and the fine shlp models on display there. u. �Zionists Hold Installation Ceremony In Outdoor Setting The committees were as follows: The third annual Zionist instal• General chairman, Benjamin A. lation was held out of doors at the Pannaway club Sunday in connec- Tober Food committee, Edward tion with the annual picnic and was attend~d by Zionists from all Shaines, Barnet J,l'reedman, Benjaor the New England states and New min Singer, Louis Bradbard, Louis Tober and David Tober. York. Sample Fair • The festivities opened at noon with the installation ceremony Weisner, Harry taking pla{:e during the afternoon. Goldfarb, George The impre..c:sive service opened with Cummings. Entertainment committee, Morris the singing of "America" and "Hatlkvah." Rabbi Samuel Ep- Silverman, Harry Winebaum, Albert stein delivered the prayer and Jo- H. Woolfson, Leo Liberson, Sain seph Levitt, retiring president, in- Kline and Joseph Posternak. Spc;irts, William Bradbard, troduced Rabbi Israel Chodos of Worcester, the installing officer. Fox and Joseph Levitt. Publicity, Max Freedman The visiting rabbi spoke briefly before the installation, stressing the Louis Winer. Cashiers, Samuel Goodman, Philip importance of the men who are leaders today, emphasizing that Borwick. now Is the time that tests these men. He stated that men should not accept any office just for the honor, but now was the time to work. Leo Liberson, the newly elected president, was introduced and pledged himself to fulllll the obligations, purposes and program of the Zionist organization. :'tabbi Chodos Installed the folArthur Smith Raised In Rank lowing officers: At Ceremony In National Guard President, Leo Liberson ; VicePresident, Benjamin A. Tober; Vice-President, Harry Winebaum; Last night at Rye Beach Ma,j. ArImmediate past president, Joseph thur L. Smith of PorLsmouth beLevitt; Treasurer, Morris Silver- came a lleut.enant colonel when man; Financial Secret.i.ry, Ben- );lrug. Gen. Charles F. Bowen pinned jamin Singer: Recording Secre- on his new insignia of rank. cary, Max S. Freedman; Directors, During the same ceremony two Phlllp Borwick, Louis Bradbard, other officers or the 1~7th coast Rabbi Samuel Epstein, Samuel Artillery anti-aircraft, ew HampGoodman, Abraham Levitt, Albert shire National Guard, were proSados, Louis Tober, and A. H. moted. Captains Horton L. ChandWoolfson. ler and Carl A. Dahlgren were The ceremony closed with the made majors. singing of "God Ble;s America," Lieutenant Col. Smith won't imand this was followed by a recep- mediately give up his command of tion to the incoming officers in the the first battalion. club lodge. In private life a special clerk at the Portsmouth poot.offlce, Colonel Smith once was just a private soldier. He has attained, his present m111tary rank bY working up through the various non-commissioned ar,d commissioned grades. Before the World war Colonel Smi~h serv.ed as a, commissioned officer in the New Hampshire Coast Artillery. During the war he was assigned to special duty. From July 25, 1917, until Nov. 10, 1920, he was in the federal servioe. Then, joining the officers reserve corps, he was commissioned in the 197th Anti-Aircraft Regiment when it was organized. Ever since 19~4, when he became a major, L!euienant Colonel Smith has commanded the first battalion. Portsmouth Man Made A Lieutenant-Colonel L. Camp �Navy Town Host To Army Wings �Roosevelt To Arrive Early In Morning For Inspection Of Local Navy Yard Chief Executive's Yacht Already Here .FDR Will Come·By Train, Then Leave For Boston Aboard Potomac pect;ed to try his luck With ro an ?eel, At NeWPOrt he will inspect tb11 na.val training station, the war oollege and the torpedo factory, and at New London and Groton he wm Inspect the yards and submarines under construction. Defense Tour Mr. Roosevelt's tour through New England is but a part of an ela.bor• ate Inspection of the nation's defenses. More than a week ago he visited the Norfolk, Va., area. President Roosevelt arrives in Portsmouth tomorrow Accompanying the president on morning the present tour which ts expected · h Ifor an inspection of the Portsmouth Navy yard to terminate Tuesday when the wh1c wi I open a three-day tour of vital national defense party wm return to Washington. n. units in the New England area. c., by train, ate Secretary of the President ROO!levelt arrives In _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __.Navy Frank Knox who wm join Mr. In addiilon, state police details Roosevelt here tomorrow; Commerce Portsmouth tomorrow mornlnr for an inspection of the Portsmouth Na.vy yard whloh will open a. threeda.y tour of vital national defense have been ordered and two officers Secretary Harry Hopkins, Brig. Oen. from Rye and Chief of Police Fred E. M. Watson, secretary and mill• L. Amazeen of New. Oastle wlll in- tary aid to the president, Rear Adm crease the available man power and, Rosa T. McIntire, White House phyof course, accompanying the pres!- siclan, and Oapt. D. J. Callaghan, unit& In the New Engla.nd area. dent will be his usual protective naval aide. Besides Secretary Knox, Leaving his home at Hyde Park guards. Chairman Walsh CD-Mass.) of the sometime late this afternoon or to- Salute senate naval committee, will also night on a special train, the pres!Both the president and Secretary join the party at the local navy yard dent wlll spend the night on the Knox will be given the customary tomorrow. train and arrive at the Portsmouth salutes of 21 and 19 guns, respectHyde Park, N. Y., Aug. 9 (AP)station sometime after 8.'l5 a. m., lvely, from the yard battery and Pre&ldent Roosevelt arranged to daylight time tomorrow morning, welcomed by Rear Adm. John D. leave his Hudson valley estate tode.y where it 1s expected he will be met Wainwright, USN, commandant of for his second survey tour of the by Secretary of the Navy Frank the yard, Capt. John J. Brown, nation's defense facilities, heading Knox, who is flying from Washing- USN, captain of the yard, and into New England for a three-day ton this afternoon to his home In other ranking yard officers, swing that will return him to WashManchester and will motor over Details of the procedure to be fol- ington Tuesday, here tomorrow morning. lowed when the president arrives at 181 Million Following presidential custom for the yard were being worked out this In the area to be vlalted, naval .s,ecurttlyi of the nation's chief exe- afternoon betw.een Navy offlclai. ships which cost approximately cutive and commander-in-chief of and representatives of the president. $181,900,000 are under construction Its forces, exact hours of arrival and I the customa.ry1 routine is fol- or have just been launched. These departure are not made public but lowed, after the foimalities of Include the · $70,000,000 battleship from the president's announced greeting and salutes, the preslden- Massachusetts and two $18,000,000 schedule of plaoes he plans to visit tlal ?arty will enter cars and tour cruisers at the Bethlehem steel in Boston tomorrow afternoon, it 1.s the yards passing the ways and company plant in Quincy, Mass., evident that he will have to teave ships under construction, the site five submarines costing $27,500,000 Port.smouth. shortly before noon to of the new ways, the new $225,000 at Portsmouth , and nine destroyers keep hLs schedule, ma.chine &hop and other buildings, valued at $58,400,000 at Boston Na·.iy Police PreJlf>re stopping to' examine such points of yard and Quincy. Meanwhile Na.vy yard officials, Int;erest as the president sugg~. Back In Washington, Mr, Roosestate and local police completed Slx More Stops velt w111 confroI\t the need for arrangements for the trip from the From Portsmouth Mr. Roosevelt filling one, and poosibly two, places s~tlon to the Navy yard and for wlll travel on the presidential yacht in his cablneit. the procedure at the yard before Potomac to Boston for an inBpectlon One cabinet job will be open Aug. the president bOards the Potomac of the navy yard there where six 31, when Po.stme.ster-General James for his cruise down the c086t to vessels are under construction. La- A. Farley's reslgnatlbn becomes efBoston, accompanied by secretary ter tomorrow afternoon he will visit fective. The president accepted Knox. the Watertown, Mass., arsenal. Farley's resignation yesterday with Acting City Marshal Frank DeOther stops are s~eduled far "sincere sorrow" and best wlsh~s for mars announced the traffic schedule Quincy, Mass., Newport, R. I., and his success in private bu.slne&S, following a conference with the se- New London and Groton, Conn. Farley'a uceeseor (SWF) cret Service this morning (see Box Twelve ships are under construction Farley, who managed the camon this page) and called all mem• at Quincy including the 35,000-ton paigns which gave Mr. Roouvelt bers of the Portsmouth force to duty battleship Massachusetts. two terms in the White House, will except for those on vacation-City The trip to Newport will be a lel- ste down from the chatrmanahlp Marshal Hewitt (in Virginia), Timo- surely cruise with the president exthy Connors and George Olllespie also out of town. �-··- ·--- -~ :;?J~>"-- -- ·_•:: :if{';:~~9.~~~6!-bt;·t..;~\.f1;·~.~ ~-~ 1).~·~/ ):)::,:2!,:-; l~t!~: ~:::r:~-~cber:r~ r~f~q~~~= \;:/:'.·-,;[S-L·~--=-~ ~:. C-·-· ""'" . :~2~~r:r~~er?::;::,hi::- ::.f< ( S 0 ever, and thus retain · :the task of ''· ·-·. attempting to line up the big block .. ,. of Empire State votes . for the y,,: Roosevelt-Wallace ticket - even ,< ·:. though he has shown little warmth ',,.,·· · toward the third term movement. -~-4 . .-.: ..... ... the Henry A, Wallace, vice- ·:<>::_};, presidential candidate, may create \t,,:~; . a second vacancy in the cabinet by t\tf% .r esigning as secretary of agdculture once ha has accepted his nom- .:J;k: ination officially and begun cam- ;~W[ paigning, 4;/-:') The president and Wallace, at a ·:,.~.,;.,. conference yesterday, talked over D}: ' campaign issues and the date of :\,~( Wallace's acceptance speech, prob- ·c,tt.: ably about Aug. 20. The Democratic teammates '"''.'.,, turned up at a political rally staged ?J'./. yesterday at Mrs. Roosevelt's VaJ- Ji;'-L kill cottag,e by sevieral hund-r ed ,:',>':.f; women Democrats f.rom five mid- ·;1t/:), Hudson counties, and Mr. Roosevelt a.ssured thein he thought he and Wallace would continue to ar- : gue about "Dutchess county versus Iowa corn" for "the four years." \'.lWj He said he and his running mate [t:i,:1 were "co1;111t_~g on the Hudson river d · • · ·. ,. counties ~- ... · . . . . . •. ... •_ ;• .,,:.~tl':<'.1 !:.;,:.i d I; e Streets To Gre t ro .••h'-ck'<f, , .. - illil • ..:,~·--_-·.:_·~:---- ~--",· I Chief Execut·ve President Leaves ..J?On Yacht Potomac Heads For Boston After Inspection Of Naval Establishment; Many Notables Accompanying !;ts. Exactly 55 minutes from the time his speciar train d pu ed. into the Portsmouth_ railroad station, Presi e_nt Franklin D. Roosevelt had driven from Portsmouth to Kit/i\' tery; inspected the historic Navy yard where 27 million doII ors wort h of su bmarines · · d are ·in cons t rue t·10n; receive 'i:n::;;{f t;{h;!:}::·::r~¼,:!:lt1:\?{~1i1f~{~;i presidential honors; shaken hands with several hundred .,r;:;,;:.'','""'~.~/:.,~.·~,.. ,'-~,;-.,,,,h::'.f/,•,••'~•··"<'h.,J>'..!';tJO:½ ..l,' b dd h h P d •,• d .,.itJ/fl',0.':.•\►.,.':,.: ·~,.~'''. \ . f.·••,··>_',::!.~?">t · --- · :_•, persons; oar e t e yac t otomac _an was sa1 mg own .·. :;ih~{{{?~;if'5 ~,,::· :< Portsmouth harbor on a leisurely crui~e that w_ill bring him ; ., .... -r,_~,t,$: ·:' to the Boston Navy yard about 2:30 o clock this afternoon. II 'f!i Actual inspection of the Navy and wife Anne waiting. They h accomplished with , naval driven up over the road from the in an even 30 minutes, home at Nahant, Mass., and join . . . him to sail back on the Potoma rom the time the president passed Also making the return trip on t he Marine guard of honor at the yacht were Secretary · Knox, Se main gate until he passed it again I David I. Walsh (D-Mass.) head boarding his yacht. the powerful Naval Affairs commitSo thoroughly had the advance tee of the senate. arrangements been made under secretary Knox, who joined the ol. Edward W. Starling, who has president's special train this morneen safeguarding the lives of pres- I ing, was warmly greeted by many ·dents for 27 years, that every phase )friends as he toured the yard with f the journey went through like the president. clock work. . , streets were well lined with people On hand at the station to greet along the president's route from the president, who was accompanied the station up Deer 1$treet to by Secretary of the Navy Frank Vaughan to Congress, Market Knox, was Gov. Francis P. Murphy square, Daniels street, Memorial •, of New Hampshire and Rear Adm. Bridge and Government street to John D. Wainwright, USN, com- the ya~d ga~, with the exception of mandant of the local yard. Memorial Bridge which was cleared Governor Murphy and Admiral of traffic andl patrolled by Na.val Wainwright rode with the president , craft. on the trip from the station and l People started gathering at the during the yard inspection. Portsmouth railroad station as early as 6 o'clock this morning and No Speeches . by the time the five-car special Although the president posed will- pulled slowly into the station, sevingly for pictures all along the route era! · hundred persons lined Deer there were no public speeches and street and far edges of the station such conversation as there was he · platform. carried on privately with officials in Shortly after 8 o'clock police esthe presidential party. His eyes , carts and 31 ca.rs of the special ..· looked tired and only lighted up as party started assembling at the sta• :it he stepped aboard the yacht for a tion. Harry Barker, hea.d of the New :{.;:;:. sea trip which he loves so well. Englar.d office o'f the S~cret Service · -;; .. , At the yard Administrat.ion build- supervised the parkin°g, and cars .: ;t : ·l ing the president found his. son John were lined! up in order in the station :,~;'. l_,~<-~~!.-_:, _:·~ - - , ~~~--:-"-:: .....::._ .. ~~ ard'•- --~-~----·~---------' 1 I ., ·.,-;:,, '1, -~ · 0, '.:.' ·;, ·, . •..... ?(~:·:t~ ffffJ :4J~:l\' ·:'·~--:-., • I . Jit~~: �~.? ;j:.;2.:..:\~: .. :_· ·' I - ;:, ., .....,"::'l" . . ., ,, -, <---~----- '" ,:.:: ft ',:·j"'cycle - A-rr - iv-ing with a roar, 10· motor-- d.ign:itaries- including Brig. Gen:11-X1ew m.inutes later the pr~iderit officers of Ihe New Hamp- IOharies Bowen,_ adlutant general ·i saw the former Squalus, now the I 1 shire state Police and a do~n of New Hampshire, and Ex-govern- 1Sailfish, which is docked at the of t h:e Maine State I_'Ollce ' or John H. Bartlett. yard following her recent recondi1 arrived at tihe station to provide a j Othern "\\Tho joined the p_ a rty at 1tioning trials. · guard for th e president's car, which the yard mcluded Senator Walsh !/ Leaving the Administration I was parked ·at the fs.r end of the and Cong. A. B. Jenks of ;N aw 11Building, the President passed the J station platform, opposite the ' Ham!)6ire and the pr esident's Naval ' old supply building where in 1904, freight offices. aide, Capt. Daniel Callaghan. . \ his distant cousin, Presideni; TheoI1dore Roosevelt, had made arrangeWait By Car Leave In Five Minutes ments for the signing of the hisWaiting oeside the open car was Le.."S than five minutes after the toric Russian-Japanese treaty. · a group of Secret Service men and train had arriveq, the party was \ A drive around the hospital _and the president's chauffeurs, Monte on his way to the yard. Although \naval prison grounds brought the Snyder and Richard Floher. nearly every one of the thousands , party back to the drydock where s tanding 1n a group near the of spectators had a good view, two the submarines Bass and Baracuda t icket office were Navy yard of- painter.s on a staging of a Deer are being reconditioned. Frcm here ficiaJs headed by Rear Admiral street house had oalcony seats di- the party passed the covered ways rectly overlooking the president at where three :mbs are partly com1Wain,;,,right, accompanied . by Ca?t. . \J. J. Brown, USN, captam of tne the start of the parade. pleted and then swung down to the yard, and Comdr. J. B. Longstaff, There was some applause a nd a ldock where the Potomac was anUSN aide to the commandant. I few cheers along the rout e but for chored opposite the new glass and · . It ' was a colorful scene as the I the most part, spectators ol>served orick outside machine shop . 1 . )group assembled. New Hampshire in silence. Notable exception was the As the president wa., piped state police in tor:est g-reen, na:_vy I Kittery Fire department, which aboard, the 21 gun salute boomed ! had rolled out its truck to the cor-d out again in farewell . 1 l officials in white and gold, Maine ' police in light olue and city police Iner 6f Government street and hat The president, John and Anne, I .tlrens screaming as the par Y posed on the bridge deck for photos ".· 1 1 in the traditional dark blue. 1 d pass-e • as the crew cast off lines and the }:: . J Ther e was no confusion as the \ Every expression of ent~us~m naval tug Penacook swung the Po'.' b,, · , cavalcade assemoled for the pro- 1 receive · d the famous presidential · tomac down river: •::: , : cession to the yard. Local :police, \ smile. The president wore a white ~,/,. ,, . "' who were given special instructions l h t Ith bl b d light As the party pulled away Secre, . . panama a w ue ~n ' tary Knox was seen in earnest con,\· · - last night at city hall oy Colonel 1\ gray modestly checked smt and a jversation with William J. Donovan \1 • Starling, completed their missions dark blue tie. Secretary Knox also ,who has J'ust returned from a secret ., ·, ·1smoothly and many favoraible comd I een · , I wore a panama an a pa e gr mission abroad for Secretary Knox. t h rdi ·1 ments were heard rega ng eir summer suit. \Donovan arrived last night at Hyde work, particularly the work of. the 1 th ' J h Roo It w O _n Tal , m seve as Park and reported to the president Portsmouth force under acting city d 5 d i olive hued summer res e . n an . . _ , on the train on the way up, and ac- . marshal Frank Demars, who rode suit while his wife wore a rose col ! companied the party on its tour of in the first of t he two pilot cans that j ored <?'ess with white dots_ and a , the yard. preceded t he president. . red trimmed gray co:3-t, I The Potomac turned into the 1 There were no traffic halt:s due to I morning sun, picking up its 14-knot Police Peer From Train advance arrangements which had I speed with the tide. Its siren gave a As locomotive 3702 pulled into the c1ear_ed streets of parked cars a nd decisive blast and the first president station uniformed police could be · _traffic_ all along ~he route. Crossi:1g to visit the navy yard since Taft in seen peering from every door and the Pisca~qua river over Memorial had come and gone. window of the baggage car that bridge, which had been cleared of 1912 headed the train. Next car was a oath road and river traffic, the Ya.rd Record diner, then two sle epers and finally president's attention was called to the observation car, Roald Amund- the new three million dollar combinThe Navy yard which President" sen. ation rail and road oridge just up Roosevelt in.spected today is now at As photographers waited poised the river being constructed by the an ' all time high for employment. for pictures, firs t to appear was the PWA and .RFC agencies. Under Mr. Roosevelt, as Secretaryi president's army aide Colonel Edwin Once at the yard the president I of the Navy during the World war Watson, in whites and gold showed a keen Interest in the new ] the all-time high was reached in b-raici , After greeting Governor construction and Inquired of Ad- 1Novemoer 1918 when 5,72~ were emMurphy and Admiral Wainwright miral Wainwright as to the number ployed. TOday there are a little he invit ed them into the car to meet of WPA workers employed there more than 6,000. Abou t 4,800 of these t he president. Also meeting the (300) . are employed during the day, while • l pre.;id-en t in h is car was ex-GovernGuns boomed out the traditional there are 1,200 on night shifts. The o,r John H. Bartlet t of New Hamp- . 21 gun salute as the president en- president was a frequent visitor shire, tered the yard. There was no 19 here in his official capacity in the Meanwhile, the police escort was i;;un salute for the Secretary of the Navy department unde·r· the Wilson .,,,. a~embled on Deer s treet and when Navy Bince the President outranked adminis tration. This is the first the president and· his partyi en- him. Marines o! the ~; Guard of I· time that he has visited the y,a.rd as tered h is car, secret service men Honor .!itood at attention. president. · · cleared a path through the phoFirst stop was the s hipfitters In 1933 there were 1,476 civilian 1 tographers, and the president's car building where the president employes,' the depre~sion's low. Next fell into line just back of th-e pi- watched workmen welding the keel year that number had increased to lot cars. of a new submarine. From there the , 1,595, and a year later it had Major Ralph CasweJl, <1eputy party .!iwung around to t he admin- . reached 1,811. Between the years ' superintendent of New Hampshire istration building where the presi- i 1936 and th-e _pres~nt tlllle_~her~. ~as state police, who handled the ar- dent stopped and shook hands with '! been a steady increase. The numrangements along the New Hamp- half a l;undreci navy officials and ber employed on Jan. 1, 1936 , stoo d shire route, followed in a car be- • civilian officials ,introduced by Ad- ,. at 2,579; while six months later it J:\ind t he presiqent and his perS'Onal · · was 3 223 Even mo'l:-e men are needmlral Wainwright. Amc;mg them was 1 ' • d ffi . ls faced with oody guards. Harold C. Preble, civilian naval i ed, now, an cia are Then came other officials of the . . . J a lack of experienced men. party, Including the presidient's architect and the only clvillan sur- \ At the resent time there are 13 of the submarine Squalus disb . P thonze·d for build]__~ide, Navy yard officials and other ,, vlvor te su marines au · ! others I I I • ..: . . I i' I I °. :.-'. -~ r. ~ . . ., ' . . ,... ·., ..._~~~-- .... Jtv..,l·'li'~o ... ~ (. �the ways, these being the Marlin, Grenadier and Grayling. The work is being pushed as" rapidly as possible and two launchings are expected to take place before the end of the year. Already 32 subma~ines have been bunt at the Portsmouth ya.rd since the government started work in building its first submarine there in 1914. Over a million and a quarter is being expended on new buildings Thls new work includes a fourth building ways at the submarine building sheds, preliminary work which is already under way; a change in the Industrial department office, new foundry, new submarine barracks and new fitting out building. Th~ contracts have been awarded and It is estimated that 500 m~n Ifill be hired to do this work. A new supply building and an outside machine shop have been completed and are now occupied. Arra.ngement.s Seventeen members of the regular police force, one special officer, three from the Rye Beach, one from New Castle, from Kittery, 11 New Hampshire state police, and 12 Maine state police were on duty during the brief time that the President arrived at the railroad station. These were assisted by a group of Boy Scouts frpm this city, and also a group fro mt.he Rockingham County Voiture No. 70, 48 and 8. Local police off1cer.s were under the direction of Deputy City Marshal, Frank Demars. They were: Offlcers James A. Mccaffery, John Mccann, Lal'o'tence T. Dow, Joseph L. Thomson, Paul Connors, Francis J. Hurley, Edward Scarponl, John J. Sullivan, Roland T. Smart, Harold J. Trueman, Neil C. Bierce. Lloyd N. McGraw, Martin 0. Betz, Joseph Kelley Dennis Kelley, Capt. Dougal D. McLean, and Deputy Demars. U. W. Seavey, and Kenneth Blenner and William Eldredge from Rye, Chief of Pollce Fred L. Amazeen of New Castle were on duty. From the New Hampshire State police department, Col. George A. Colbath. superintendent sent the following: Maj. Ralph Caswell, Lieu t. John F. Lockwood, Stg. Roger _Perkins, Troopers Herbert Gray Louis Cleme:it, Dwelyn •Philbrick, James Brown, Jr., Arthur Bergeron, Wllliam Clayton, Fletcher Forsyth and John Merchant. Reaching Maine, state troopers from the Pine Tree state were on hand. Capt. W. P. Hancock was in charge o! the group. Others on duty The American flag included Sgt. G. A. Seamans, Sgt. mission pennant will Carl Wibe, Troopers Tristram Ea.ton above the i,ubmar!ne J. W. Littlefield, Ernest Hasson: morrow morning and~ anothe Henry McCabe, Sherman Clark Portsmouth-built submersible will George Beckett, Eugene Steveru/ have joined the United states navy. Stanley Haskell, and Rex St. Ledger'. Ceremonies will be held on the Kittery police on duty included Chie! after deCf of the underseas cra~t. George Smart, Harold P. Grace, Captain o! the 5>ard, apt. John J. Samuel H. Hodgdon, M. Morton Sea.- Brown, USN, will read the comward, Edward Thomson, Wesley n\lssionlng orders from t,he navy Davis, Albert Leach, Guy Amee, department in Washington and Wesley Grogan, Thomas Wilson and Lieut. COmdr. w. A. Lent, USN, will Allan Wiley. Members of the 40 and 8 who as- read navy oepar~ment orders to sisted included Chief of Police John take command of the boat.. The Triton was launched March F. Finn of Newfields, Luger Pondeau, and John T. Dowd of this city 25 of thls year, the first submarine to slide Into the water from and Harold Baril of Newmarket. Boy Scouts assisting In parking the new bulld1ng sheds at the local were under the d1reotlon of Scout- yard and first to be launched here master Lawrence A. Hamilton of since the Squalus disaster. The latest of the 31 submarines Troop 194. The following scouts usisted: Charles Benjamin Verne to be built at the Portsmouth Navy Benjamin, J. Woodlund, T.' Diener, yard Is 300 feet, 3 inches long with Joseph Mattoon, R. Bryant, J. Sul- a beam of 27 feet 31/dnches. livan, Richard Warner, Allen Dockham, E. Moore, P. Ficrillo, J. Soule, Llonell Levitt, R. Green, w. Allen, I . French, A. Farrem, R. Tibbetts, Charles Harmon, Joseph Ladderbush, J . Shea, H. Hobbs, J. Wells, s. Morang and T . Katsonas. At the yard gate, police handed the responsibility for the presidtnt's security to Navy officials. Commission Sub Triton At Yard Temor.row �Kittery Point Turns Back Pages Of History At Service As in days of old white-wigged gentlemen 1n scarlet coats and ladies in stiffly starched skim; and colored kerchiefs filed respectr fully Into the little white meeting house by the sea at Kittery Point for morning worship yesterday. The quaint historic Congregational church was fll!ed as members of the present parish re-enacted a scene which took place back In 1751. The colonial costumes worn by the cong,r egatlon added to the Interest of this unusual service. The first settled pastor in t he town of Kittery served the community for nearly 60 years. ·rhe Infirmities of age · having necessita,ted his ,retirement, Benjamin Stevens of Charlestown was callfd to the active pastorate. The unique program yesterday recalled this event when an ecclesiastical council convened at the Invitation of the First church In Kittery to examine the candidate and advise the church. Rev. Edward H. Newcomb, pa.stor of the ancient Kittery Point church, and Mrs. Newcomb, were dressed to represent the Rev. and Mrs. John Newmarch. Rev. Benjamin Stevens was impersonated by Rev. W. Edwin Collier of Philadelphia. Other characters In the church history were: Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Stevens, represented by Mr. and MPs. Charles H. Doughty; Judge and Mrs. Jonathan Trowbridge, Mr. and Mrs. George Trefethen; Miss Ma,ry R. Trowbridge (fiancee of Rev. Benjamin Stevens), Mrs. Ellen Sterling; Sir William and Lady Pepperrell, Reginald Berry and Marcia Bonney; Colonel and Mrs. Nathaniel Sparhawk, Mrs. Eleanor Hamm and tt;orace Mitchell. Members of the council Included delegates from York, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fowler; delegates from Eliot, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams ; from North Kit· tery, Robert -Billings and Mrs. Hattie Billings, from South Berwick, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brackett; from Wells, Mr. and M-rs. Fan1sworth Wood and Miss Deborah Wood. The sexton appeared In the per.son of Oscar Clark. Tith• lngmen were Joseph CUtts Charles Patey. An impressive service took place In the picturesque old cemetery acros.s the .street, where baskets of flowers were placed on graves of Rev. John Newmarch by Miss Gor• don Howells and on that of Rev. Benjamin Stevens by Miss Mary Jean Cutts. Thus the halcyon days of Kittery Point·s hist.Qry are recalled and the deeds of former townsfolk are re-lived. Sir William and Lady Peppel'rell walk once more through the little- church and the town turns ouL for the • morning service just; as It did tury and a half a.go. Colonial Dames Have Garden Party The haunting strains of the ; Strauss waltzes drifted In through 1 the open windows from the garden at the Moffatt-Ladd house Friday afternoon as an orchestra entertained the hundreds of guests who attended the annual garden µarty held by the National Society of Colonial Dames in Ne Hampshire. The music was furnished by a symphonletta ensemble conducted by Robert Brunton. Colored moving pictures of New Hampshire scenes were shown in the coach house. The guests enjoyed strolling through the delightful flower lined paths of the old fashioned garden where refreshments of ices in fonns, cakes, coffee and punch were served. The house, which was built In 1763 by a captain of one of the king's mast ships, was filled with admiring visitors. Each room was made especially charming by the effective floral decorations, artistically arranged by Mrs. John L. Sullivan, who gathered the flowers from her garden at Little Boar's Head. Mrs. Sullivan is the wife of the assistant secretary of the treasury. The committee In charge of the garden party consisted of Mrs. Harry E. Jackson, Miss Mary Fuller, Mrs. Rober t P. Burroughs, Mrs. Robert Flanders, Mrs. Norman F. Milne and Mrs. John L. Sullivan of Manchester, Miss Jane Jameson of Concord and Mrs. C. Lane Goss of Worcester, Mass. Those In the receiving line were Mrs. Charles O, Go!!S, honorary president of the National Society of Oolonial Dames In New Hampshire; Mrs. Charles B. Manning, president of the organization; Mr,s. Gordon Woodbury, Mrs. Robert J. Graves and Miss Edith Freeman. Mr,:;. Winthrop Fiske and Mrs. Norwln s. Bean and Mrs. George A. Huggins of Dove.r were in charge o! tickets. Pourers were Mrs. Arthur G. Leacock of Exeter, Mrs. J. Winslow Peirce, Mrs. Harold W. Brown of Dover; Mrs. P. Franklin Robinson, Manchester: Mrs. George ~tudebaker of South Bend, Ind., and Mrs. Carl S. Fuller of Manchester, The hospitality committee was headed by Mrs. ,J. Franklin Robin· son. Those who assisted in the serving were the Misses Carol and Polly Shepard, Judith Fiske, Martha Dunn, Joan Betty Jackson, Mary Jarvis Graham and Sarah Wood- �F-- �-·~: .,.l."':- r:~ .r-:. •. ,..z .-i~•:.. ·· ..:. \ - - . '.· L: . - .. '______~~ ' ----- --------·- ·----- -- rj~}, Portsmouth Urged To Wake Up, >/·-_;·_ ~ ~ /~:~-- ~ Capitalize On Its Heritage . ~~ .- -.-;.-,i,. .,. f.,_,-· { "Wake up PorL5mouth, you have one of the best things in the country to sell and you are asleep at the switch," said Horace Holley, noted writer and speaker at a meeting of the Portsmouth Kiwanis club last evening. Giving a straight from the shoulder talk the speaker challenged his listeners to be up and doing ··· something to put the city on the map. j~ >:··: 1 "Portsmouth has some great possibilities which are undeveloped," he said. "For example Portsmouth is a slice of American history that would be difficult to reproduce anywhere else in the country. This exists in its houses and architecture and is not merely in written books. .. · {:._. The location of Portsmouth, which through Portsmouth be given some printed information about the city's advantages. Mr. Holley also suggested that 'a map showing the location of the historic points be given to each car as it passes through, so that the next time the driver comes to this vicinity he will want to stop and see Portsmouth. He advocated that steamer excursions run from New York to Portsmouth, leaving there Friday night and returning Sunday, giving a moderate priced all-expense tour which would bring hundreds to this section. He also suggested the possibility of once a year getting a sailing vessel to bring excursionists to Portsmouth. Deep sea fishing, historical tours, regattas, a Portsmouth £t; ~~:~;b~fr:m7~~11~r:i:,; ~~~:~tf~;~jb~~J:;?i{ u r. - • :_!., ,..,.~...-~/:_· _ -· ·"' · ·: ' . · ,•~ .,,.~_ •. ;.;:;;_> ,-;.;__ ·£+;..:·':; "The American people are very cally endorsed by Mr. Holley who much concerned with trying to re- suggested that there should be an produce the heroism of the early exhibit at the state pier of New Revolutionary American and are Hampshire, and he also strongly falling back on their own history," stressed the need for an exhibit of he said. Continuing, Mr. Holley historical Portsmouth. spoke of the practical side of the Mr. Holley spoke as a summer re question and said that New England j sident of a neighboring communiy, no longer has the favorable econo- who said he was anxious to see mic advantages because of the cost Portsmouth grow. He has been a of transportation. "What Ports- resident of Greenacre colony for mouth has got to sell is not econo- many years. He has been a summer mic but cultural advantages." resident of Eliot, with the exception The speaker said that at the pre- of a few years, since 1917. He is sent moment Portsmouth is nothing secretary of the National Assembly . but a place on the map, and sug- of Bah'ai with offices at Wilmet, . gested that every car passing Ill. If?\Ground Is Broken . ··i ~ !r: For Housing Project Work Starts On Maplewood Development At Fo rme r Frank Jones Esta te c0nstruction ~tarted today on the Maplewood acres housing development with a steam sho•1 vel gobbling up huge bites of earth on the triangle next to the swimming pool. The development is on the site of what was once one of the most beautiful estates in New Hampshire-t-he Frank Jone,s home. Early in July, Harry G~rber, ., _ president and treasurer of the • - · . Hamp·ton Development corporation 1 ~· · announced purchase of the property ~~\ ~--l ' property from the Jones heirs and and deciared that his group was prepared to expend between $750,000 and $1,000,000 to repociel the .' :. ', ·., grounds and make a model village. :. ·.. 1 ·~:i They plan to build a colonial vii"' • · A ,!age with 97 houses. The cost of the ', ,.•· .\ homes is expected to range beJ tween $6,000_ and $15,000. All pre..,:.:..-, •. 1 sent bulldmgs except the 30- ·:t ~-. room mansion will be torn down. Already excavations have started for la.ying the foundations for one · of the model homes. Others will be started as soon as the ground is cleared. Elaborate plans are beir,g made for the preservation and the beautification of the trees and the woods which surround the estate. Mr. Gerber says that, all the trees which can possibly be saved w.lll be . , preserved. Even the r:hildren are not for gotten in the set-up. Two playgrounds and two swimming pools will be built within the development area . On .July 25, the treasur~s which Frank Jones had cherished over 75 years ago fell under the auctioneer·s axe. Rooms coated with gold and leaLher were stripped of : ,. their furniture piece by piece. �1 r,:. -~j · Rece?fion T~ndered r eet I : Admiral, Officers · At Warner House . •:~ubmarin !5½ Mont S Ah .d 0f Original h d Ie 1 The Board of Governors of the Warner House association tendered ·:·;: \, ~ a reception at t.he Warne1 house yesterday afternoon to Rtar Adi • - miral and Mrs. John D. Wain, __ . ·: _w'.·igh t an~ the officers and their , wives s.tat1one<1 at the Port.smouth 0 Navy y.i.rd. After tea in the parlor, the guests made an inspection of the other rooms in the house. An I item _of interest which a(.tracted attentiOn was a letter from John As the 13-starred, red and white barred comm1ss1on Paul Jones to John Wendell of pennant unfurled in the mid-morning breeze, the USS Portsmouth written from the Triton, largest Portsmouth-built submarine, joined the _- IRanger at Nantes jn 1777. The j let1er and envelope with Lhe seal United States navy today , of John Paul Jones have been Completed five and a half months This 300 feet and 3-inch era.ft · in the possesJion of John Wendell's ahead of schedule under the speed- has been in process for more than I descendants since its receipt. The . ed up defense program, the alst two years, since she was authorized II of" ncer;; and members of their famin 1938, rnd her order placed with J ilies that attended were: underseas boat to be built here, was the yard here June ao of th-a t year. . Rear Admiral and Mrs. John D. commissioned into service with traAfter a year's work in the draft- . Wainwright, Chaplain and Mrs. H. ditional exercises, starting at 11 :30 ing rooms her keel was laid July 5, 1G. Glunt, Lieut. L. A. Patterson a. m. 1939, and nine months later, March Lieut. and Mrs. J. C. Kinsey, Lieut'. In jaunty white uniforms the 25, she was launched, two months · and Mrs. J. B. Helvin, Miss Celia crew stood at attention, silhouetted ahead of schedule and the first Doucet, Mrs. Frank De Santis, Lieut. against the blue of the sky. A submarine from the new building C?md. and Mrs. P. S. Tambling, marine guard of honor stood beside sheds. Another eight months had Lieut. Comd. and Mrs. J. A. Sweeton, , the ship while Capt. John J. Brown, been allotted for completion. until Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Stanton, Lieut. i . USN, captain of the yard, read the it was cut three and a half months and Mrs. Floyd Tusler, Lieut. and •jcommissioning orders from the under the speed-up process. Mrs. K. A. King, Lieut. and Mrs. Navy department at Washington. Her launching was nota.ble, a~ Charles F . Brindupke, Major and Immediately following Lieut. being the first on which restricMrs. Dean Kalbfleisch, Comd. A. G. Comdr. W. A. Lem, USN, who has iions were lifted after the sinking . , Bisset, Lieut. Comd. R. E. Dennett, been stationed with the Indus'.rial of the Squalus, and was attended I Mrs. William Zalesky, Comd. and department at the yard here smce by many persons who had witl Mrs. J. B. Longstaff, Col. and Mrs. 1938 and has been watching the nessed the launching of the first H. D. Smith, Capt. Ralph E. Allwyn, construction, read his orders to !Portsmouth-built submarine, the Capt. and Mrs. H. F . D. Davis, Lieut. take over the ship. L-8, April 23, 1917. The Triton's and Mrs. W. W. Anderson, Jr., Comd. commanding officer then set displacement is 1,475 tons, and she and Mrs. Frederick Bowerfind, Lieut. i JtheThefirst watch, as his first .duty has a mean draft of 15 feet. Comd. and Mrs. G. S. Wood, Mr. George S. Wood, Jr., Lieut and Mrs. · in assuming the responsibility of As general visiting is no longer A. M. Zollars, Comd. and Mrs. H. G. his ship. permitted in the yard the comBowerfind, Lieut. Comd. and Mrs. When .the orders were read a boy- missioning ceremony was witnesse<i \'r. M. Arrasmith. ; ish young marine bugler blew the by only a small group of navy of';.... The following members of the :_, colors as a member of the crew ficials and civilian yard workers, ) hoisted the national ensign and then most of whom had had some part · ', ··,ard were present: Mrs. Paul Bon-· 1 ·. r, Miss Frances Brooks, Mrs. Ed] broke the pennant. in the work of construction, • rd S. Crocker, Miss Mary A. ,:,.i,,rris, Mrs. William N. Kremer, Mrs. William E. Marvin, Miss Elizabe th Perkins, Mrs. William M. Seabury, Mrs. Wallis D. Walker, Mrs. George H. Warren, Mrs. Ed,.l ward T. W·rndelJ, Mrs. Seth Low Pierrepont, Miss Pauline D. Bradford, Mrs. Henry L. Green, Mrs. Leester W. Harding, Rev. W. s. Jones, Frederick Gardner, Mrs. Mil~s White, Mr. and Mrs . .William G. Wendell, Mrs. Charles D. Os· borne and Robert Marvin. Others pre.sent were: Miss Agn 2s Aubin, Charles D. Osborne, , Lady Penelope Herbert, Mr. and Mrs. John Si£e, Miss Eve Steele, , George Steele, Jr .. Miss A. Wo!stenholme, Mrs. Frederick Gardner, •• • 1Mrs. William Safiord JonEs and 1 · .. 1Seth Low Pierrepont . . ·.~ ~-- ---. -......- , , If ·: ~ ~ i U i f__ . I. I Comdr. W. A. Lent, USN,.,. T@kes Command Of Uncle am s Newest War Vessel ' I I l I ~---- l ---- �..//~~ ;::_:,':}~~'.i'e~?·01~:<·.i/~{~\/.~- ~ ~_. ?; ·;· ?:1 ~_,· ::·- -.··:~~~:,:\J:}~,;f~? ·t\f,;:i~j'f =~~- r.;-,;_~-~_:_1_ .:'.!.~.~-~!'.1·:.t.: __~_: ..~_f_f_._:_;: ,;"': _,' · In his paper Judge Pet.tm~ ~~~~~lqS:s:~~nA~rsN~,~ i~stie f?ti~~~?~~:]}~!,. 1 '·•::· ! "abstain from Mrs. Tilton's House ;~ :. p· ataqua Pioneers meeting in ' had held the offices of councillor, at Exiter, especially her company." ! 1:,~:}1··,::~~ _isc ' · •on 'yester·day at judge, deputy surveyor of customs, "Just why Barefoote should receive ""''·"· ,,.... their annua1 sess1 · . d f d ·t· · · · ·· · '!c-;!:i.:t •·"" · h d deputy governor and acting govern- , 1 this km o a mom 1011 m court lS , vi--~:/, .. ·· New Castle, elected of!Jcers, . ear , or had occupied important military ~ not apparent" said Judge Pettin1 .,..,,•.. · ' Ch I I Pettmgell ' • ;-r';?',~. . a. talk by Judge ar es nd · . offices, and had died leaving what \ gell "or why he should abstain :::.•.:c"'1:,·:.; •·• on "Walter Barefoot" a enJoyed was for those times a substantial ! fro~ Mrs Hilton's house and comf{i~?-; 1" their annual field day and dinner. estate. j pany." · ~{'°- ·l,::;:: Frank A. Davis of Boston was i ~/J;!-";}: elected president. Frank E. Leavitt Often In Jail Held For Profanity :\~:;?~/;•:- of Hampton was elected firS t vice- "He fought with oificers sent to Barefoote was also held a& the ::}r,,f:_,~-U~,- president. . . . arrest him, was many times in Jail, Boston county court for profanely !']:{,£;;},} Ot,her officers mclude: vice-presi, knew enough law to baffle those who swearing and for leaving his wife ?;::.=;·:_;1,\,1 dents-Miss Lottie G. Woods, San sought to levy executions on his and two children in England, for Francisco, Cal.. George G. Towle, property or to arrest him on execU:- which crime he was sentenced to Dover, Mrs. Alice K. Hill, Durham, tion; once in jail he was clever in return to England on the next ship Harry K. Torrey, .?ortland, Me., Mrs. devising ill':gal _ways to g':t out. _All or pay 20 L, or to depa,rt from the '.,_-;-,.--, /} . . Marguerite D. Stearns, Manchester, through his life in this region, jurisd1ct1on. It was at this time _ -.;.. ',: •;_ :"ii/'H'l:-/{ ;,_:_\;: ···-•··•: Harold Clarke Durrell, Kennebunk - j there were many examples of his that he was debarred from practis- ·, :;' -~/;_,;;;, n '.},\(•,; · .;\.• -;;;-<:' :_ port, Me., Mrs. Mary R. _Jackman, lack of pnnciple; yet one of the fm- ing medicine or surgery in any paTt · -~.-::\,:c: ';Zt..if.,_:;,;_f.(·.:' . Concord, Daniel R. Smith, New - est demonstrations of mercy and of the jurisdiction. '· · · · fields, Miss Sophi2, 0. Hoyt, Newing- decency in our whole provincial hisThe paper also revealed that "some ton; secretary, Albert H. Lamson, 11tory stands to his credit. He was time prior to 1680 Barefoote removed · Elkins· treasurer. Lawrence R. ruthless, and he was a schemer, but to Great Island (New Castle) where · Craig, 'North Hampton and curator, he was always able, energetic and he resided until his death in 1688. Mrs. Mary Safford Wildes, Kittery, resourceful. His residence there must have been Me. "This man was Walter Barefoote. of some size and convenience for in -,,:;1, ,,,,. ::~,S Directors are: Albert H. Lamson, What his age was and whei1 he came 1 the years to follow, both Cranfield, './:'->/.\;{',::;,, ..•. Elkins ; Hon. Justin Henry Shaw. over from England, we do not know, ·j the lieutenant governor, and _later :_ Kittery, Me.; Rev. -Vlilii2.m Safford nor do we know anything about his . Robert Mason, the lord proprietor, . ,_,: '!, }'.f;\,,-~'f'\~c'j,,,•,<' l !1i',1i::;,}/t. I 1 ~~-~q,.;_.c:.J ~['.f{tr'j lt%;~}f•~ i tt ''.'.!~]~'Sf%7;t:}:j;.ff·? ~:If~,:::f:;l~~:r!;r:::; :f~!}'.fa:f,f::i:;:;til!i~ IE:£E£,if!~r~t~:;::1: 1~~Jl\ti~i~ It was announced that an in vita- gin. There was a report, current dur - the Naval pr1Son, and has long _ .; }i-f.i'.' . tion had been received to hold next ing his lifetime, that he had left a since totally disappeared. From 1680 ':. :~~ t':~: ~-- year's meeting in Durham when wife and two children in En1,land on, Barefoote became more and •'.:."'C". - the University of New Hampshire ; but there is nothing of substance to more an important figure in the -~: -' holds its 75th anniversary, show that this was so, affairs of the province. ., · Judge Reads P;;.p~r • "He was commander of the fort :,. The. story of U1e life of Walter at Great Island, New castl e a nd Called "Divine Visitation" : Barefoote, who figured prominently captain of the_ foot company ~here, "Some time in 1688, according to .. in New England history back in the1:eby acqumng the title of Cap• Rev. Joshua Moody, Barefoote 'fell .· ,:· 1657, and who .vas a. man of edu- tain Walter Barefoote'. He was also I into a languishing distemper where- • •· cation, a doctor and surgeon, and known as Doctor Barefoote, a nd r· of he died,' this being, in Moody's \'.f,' vet was perfectlv at. home in a. tav- many times was referred to as Cap- view, a divine visitation because of ~rn brawl. was 'the engrossing sub- tain Vlalter Barefoote, ~urge_o n." _ Barefoote's persecution of Moody. . ,., ~ .·· ject of the paper read by Judge PetJudg e P ettingell expl~med ll1 his This is all the knowledge we have of , .,.;, }1f;-.;;1:t tinge!!. · paper tiie vanous p_ursuits of Bare- hi:; death, but ili October 1688 he ::·,/•'; i/;;.1~'./: The tale of a raan who was at the foote, some of which were ra th er made a will. As it was proved, Feb- ·.-·=;:;; rj""-~$~_::-11 same time an unscrupulous rascal - ignoble, but kept him independent ruary 21, 1688-9, the death must ., ..:j_;,:, ·and a deputy governor. was cleariy financially., Transactions involv- have occurred before that date and •. ·i}":'. ;~i~<:."j written in easy st.yle that held the ing the buying and collecting of after October 8, 1688, whe11 the will -~--· 1t· i0i~f: attention of his listeners and show- navy tickets, and investment.3 in a was republished. ed long hours of research and clever sailing vessel, a warehouse and eel"It is possible that Barefoote died :, arrangement of facts. la.rs at Kittery showed him to be in Boston where the w!ll was sub- .-··' ' ··1 His vivid portrayal of Walter appar~ntly a very busy individ~al. sequently proved in the Suffolk ·.~.-·.)_:_i_':_'·i':.••. ,_. Barefoote gives a character study of Barefoote was consistently sumg county probate court. The witnesses the man, showing i.J.1 proper coloring _ someone or himself being su_ed. to the original execution of the will ··':\'{'.'_:_:~_:_::~_; and correct emphasis, his strength , He even went so far as to brmg wei:e Shadrach Walton, William . -. 1·! and his weakness, his shortcomings civil action against an India11 for Godsoe and Henry Trevethan, all of ·-·.-:.-, ';--:'( t 0 =-:\: lf> t'f~~;~ '.\0 ··•~·1 and ?;.' was his virtues. Walter Barefoote a unique figure in our Early -.. ;:-. Coloma! history and one whom ~: every student of the Piscataqua region finds colorful and distinctive. Ap11eared "In 1657 there appeared at York, Me., a man who, in the next 31 years, l was to play an important part in the development and history of the Piscataqua region," related Judge "about 100 skins:' having evidently financed the Indian in a trapping venture. l't' ant . "Barefoote appearsin~h: ~~;folk m at lea st 40 cases . court records," Judge Pettmgell continued. ·'Among his law suits there were several were b 1·ttwhich 1 fought drawn out and · d er Yb me • 'j Bi·mareesfo~~i~go~~t~s:/fs ~r~esids~n ~ 11 t_ . t pr•o·tect himself 1 clVll ~:arge t O t the hands or a j :~;~: s~r:~~~~ ,;~; ~~~,1 ~~~~§:~ly .~~G~:_i.·",,._:_-~.:..~~~•·'·~1}•.1,,·1,~. ,'! -~~-. .:..··~_.:.~~::_;~~ . . :.~~p., _.., _., whom can be identified as residents of Great Island or vicinity." It was shown that Barefoote left house and land with the appurtenances, situated at Strawberry Bank - to his brother-in-law and his sister, along with the majority of his propert". He bequeathed to Joseph " JC!at·k, so11 of_ Joh11 Clark of Great Isl~nd· 500 acres of his land in Maine •which he had purchased of Capt. IFrancis Champernown, 'adjoining . _ .. , __ . , ,._.. ..',,~.,;.,;:,,;,}: ·;·-:-::./5\~•·,c;;;~• ':;. {;:t ' · )_·.:-~_,,-►.. -·~,~:."·.·:.,,,_ . ••.·.,·~ · · '/.;_':,-',-,_·,_:,,_:*,.·~.~.:· ?~_'o\)/'ifi;. ,":; •:· ...... , .. _.,.;.~. .,, . _.,., ,:-:,,}f'.:. _, ,.:, :.:,· / ~·:::::1~3~;~i;]~il~~ H:, w~::~:~~ 2!S;f~1~.,i:J11&;f ··-·..!: .. J.•~.-:...:.~. ··:·•_.;·.·_.:,~-'.-·_:_'·.·_;_,-,.,_~ _·:'..··::_·.:_:, ,:,·.:_;.s �~~; • p A_ •• ,, I ,• ~ \~~~;i~~tJ~~~$\4':'::~ ';,\;I his island, beginning at ye step- /~iff-f{c.:-''"' :'.,_· sto11ea and running to Bra1:board ;;\:'..i . ;;: harbour/ and also 500 acres ly111g on -;/ -.! ..c '· "-' ::.. " ~ ~(j \ •=;,•: •>\ :~::/•~~ ~ . ~ ~ ~ ~ -"--'-~...c.:...~-'-'---~ - -..:...c-~= ..:...c--="--...'.:..::___';_~ :__- ; :...· hur Organization •. ;· the backside of the said 500 acrea · ·-"i purchased from Champernown. To \}· 1 1 '· his 'beloved sister, Sarah,' he be- ::,·•:,;. I ·,-. queathed his Great Bible. Other _~,•$. . . articles among his possessions, such ·1 as two chests and the contents (except ye writings, and so many yeards :\ 1of Dowlas as will make half a dozen :, . shirts; which quantity of Dowlas I '..(; do hereby give and bequeath to )'"''1Richard Chamberlain), money, · t\ goods, chattels and moveables a r:'·· feather bed with ye Bouleter 'rug ~-~,c'· and blanket, a best · beaver hat and •[t(?:' ,. a cow were left to otner ::-rlends and ' .'-~_:t, -·•• his relatives. Land in New Castle ···•: ·,; at Greenland, Spruce Creek f,_,• • Saco was also bequeathed to mem- · -·it~ bers of his family and various ·:: --, friends. · -,r. · ;•~. :·~.:~'-:~ A story was told, however, by a ,:...::, . ·, mai:i returning from England that ~.f@f, ;- dunng his stay he had met the wife ,,:,,::..;· A new ch urch edifice will be ,· , of Walter Barefoote. On _returning •· ?fr erected by ..he Advent Chr.is tian to America this man told of meet<,, society, as a r esult of the vote of ,.,._ ing Mrs. Barefoote and Walter did the meeting h eld las t evening. This not disown the existence of the wife new building ·will be erected on the ··p and children. site of the present parish house at Jr Sought to be Just 128 Islington street and work will In concluding the paper Judge _,,. ,.. . get under way as soon as plans ,:· P ettingell said: "If one stops here .., ,.,·. can be completed. This is not and ends Barefoote's story with this //::): expected to be for several weeks consideration of his will, much of . · :_,i:, yet. The work is expected to take ,'.' the bitter tasi:€ of his earlier con- _;_f_:_ from slx to eight mon ths. ·~_.,, duct and of his personal and of- 1 ,.,Plans call for a three -story ficial meanness is destroyed by his building containing an audi torium / obvious attempt in the will to be . l-', sea tin~ 320 persons, 16 class rooms, -. fair and •just. There is, however, a. pastor's room, ladies' pa!lor. The ~-;: ~: • To Erect Building n Islington Street r! Ions Accepted At Meeting Last Nught; Work Will Start As Soon As Possible and t; ':f/ ·:tt, .:·~ ,':f. ;;Jr ~;}y:~;. ·:v;.~ r_i i:=:,:. \: • ' coloniai type architecture and 1s to be built on the two lots owned by the society, The Israel house. situated next t o the Parish house will be torn down. A small section of the ·, Parish house will be ·incorporated ~ into the buildings. The building \-, .. , will be 90 feet long wi th an ell ex- :~;_:: tending on one end. ,, •'::.: The planning committee, consisting of Dr. 1<'. G. Proctor, Jr., Oscar P. Anderson and Rev. Chester Parmley, presented the plans for the project and these were adopted. The building committee will consist of the official board of \.~.'. one more thing to his credit. In _ rec rea~ion rooms will seat approxi- church. 1662, when the Puritan nersecution -~~"' mately the :;ame number as t he Tnis plan to build a new church of -the Quakers was at -its height, audi torium and will be fi tted up edifice began more than 15 years {!.:' Maj. Richard Waldron at Dover •, in the n1ost approved manner. ago. Rev. J. W. Denton, who served 1.':'.: pronounced his infamous sentence :__ Arland Di,·J am of Boston has for a number of years as · pastor ;,; against three Quaker women. The been enga.ged as t he architect and made the first pastorf.l gift f( dorder which issued on his sentence h\ watstepdres ent aTt the mee ting and toward a new church. Dunng the ,;.,· emanded the three women, Anna su mi P1,i,m . 11ese wer~ shown past several years there has been a '· Coleman, Mary Tompkins and Alice .. . on the screen giving all an oppor- movemen t toward this objective Ambrose, three • 'vagabond Quaker .:f'_;.: tunity to examine them. with the idea of building as soon as . women,' to be t ied fast to a cart's. '::l{i: The building will be of brick, it was feasible. : ' tail and, drawing the cart through ·T--,1(f,J"•'· • -.. ·.,__ · :, · · _,, · · · ·.• · • ... . _. · .~A•":-. ../''.J•• ,;;:,· .:: the several towns, to whip them ·1,::'.·'.--'' " '··. · ' l·;~-.;-,y;-,,. :-~ upon'their naked backs, not exceed• ·' ,\., ·~.:e,., •/ ing ten stripes apiece on each of , them in each town. The order was ,, issued ~c. 22, 1662 ; the roads were 'halfway the leg deep' in mud and .. snow, and t..½e terms of t he order ;-.. were l!terally complied with at ~-- Dover, Hampton an d Salisbury. ,,. However sympathetic the onlookers •. were they did not dare to interfere. ( "The credit for ending the cruel . .•'::-' treatment of the Quaker women . .';,:;,~ helongs to no one but to Walter ,?~:c",•,;,;c•"'·, '.~;:":· :, BMefoote and to him wholly and ,:.,-:-'/~ ''<·. ·. f- · . completely. The early auaker ac- · ; 0 \b' .,_' :.,,_.,, ·: count.s all agree that- Barefoo~ in- ~:;·\·:; .~,;_,:;"":· .;_' duced the Salisbury constable to ;;:.-·-·~·-~-:;?;'.:•:; ;. _; appoint him his deputy and that • ~~>~ ;_:;--,/ 7· •·. d te ' . - ,..-:. i-f:- '. - ,· . . .:-...·: ;~··1un '.: t er th pre nse of conveymg them -·\.,.-·,.; ' .1:;. ·.--,'.-•·:. 1 . , ~',; o e constable of Newbury, he \-· • /<,1 ~-:,;-:';~· ;,,.1 s~nt them out of the province. He :.;t;'.;-<;;:_.,:. ,. ~·.] r1:st sent them t o the house of <'.ii,: \j_/ -~ y r1cholas Shapleigh, where they re• ,_' ]$.!,>_,:' ' .::, .~e:v:d, k:11d treatment." \);-~ ·_._-~_;,; -:~--,..:~·_" '~:-, ~-: = ·~ : ·_·_.:~· _.'~ -~.,--' ; J.. .,-."" • , 0 • 1 _ ...... i ~~;.~Jl{~~~-2...!.;-!:;~ .~:> -: ::~t ?!,/.·.bi--,~., ,., .- ..:·-~-•· ,·-. ,-,,•. ~}, -C. _· _ ~~~~ _.1._,~1-;&~cCk~~_:}- ~-i~8;~:•t1~;;~·~ ;~~i\.fl~-~k\~~- ··;,~- .,-_ ~ ·.'. ,~, :'$ ~-~:(l. ,-.): i'f.'- _'. i.'i:,..;:~ ?;'f\;_,?J '-'.,~f: %~~; ,':'';:.-· ,'.{_;, 'i'=•":~:.-~1 '·~~ ...:c .. ,~...:-:~.b ~ · __- ·\' ,;t~ �:~i~;i~1<t_,·\?F::/':.•,-> . · · · ,~. , -~t::4~··/~':_. ~ ~thithing Man Keeps Order 111At Father Moody Service r?,~!f mo:~ol~~ /{(~lonists Have , iFine Program, I Name Off• , 1cers For the_ fifth succes~ive year t~e "Thou art to inspect the ordinary First Parish church m York Vil- and :warn the tavern keeper not ;:"'.:. i,t la e brimmed with people, even to 1sell llquor to those unable to carry it, ;1 ';:1, \,···; g . . . "Thou art to keep a special eye on :;ri/··: the vestibule, as the annual Fath er all bachelors that they get not into , ;.·<ft;, Moody service was held yesterday !mischief, ~{·f.V·' morning. i~..,,.,;--;An,--da-al-,.,.---,.,,---......,__,.-- - - -, .,:,,;'.·-,':;.:, . . •.~..•:;, astly thou art to see that Even be f ore th e drummer- boY, . ;·:. -:...:, William Foster stood on the steps •no strangers pass through town this and as was the ancient custom, ! Sabbath day-these are thy duties." }:~J.·.: 1 "dr~mmed" men and women to · The tithing man bustled to carry ·j worship, people were arriving out the commands of the minister, •:'•· '· ceaselessly. to maintain • order in the meeting ~~/"·· Marching back and forth in front house. Among "examples" were Alf.::';_,~, of the church was soldier Roger ; fred L. Moody of Fargo, N. D., and ><":... '·, Grover, keeping watch against a ., York Village; Mrs. Marion Glass of i;i'\-~', c..\o.~~$· '.'° . r.:·r: tt:·,·· fIf~i?~~~:! ;:;:f~~~lB:~s~ 1 Claims .and lawsuits, little known to the present generation, involving a major area of New Hampshire, · were coupled with the trials of currency depreciation during the colonial era of the province at the May meeting of the Northam Colonists Friday evening, which concluded forty years of local histori1j /cal programs. It was also the annual meeting : and a report was read that the Colonists have a collection of 58 envelopes containing manuscripts _j · and clippings of local and regional :~ '•. . history deposited at the Woodman <::' J_--' • Institute. ,. / At the election of officers, Rev. -! Raymond L. Hall was chosen 20th ::::i:e at:::r by the Indians. ; 00 5 Frank Dennett Marshall, reading For the Children ,f:_ ·,, the prologue of the morning ser- : The children's sermon, an originvice, explained its nature, a re- i al which had been preached in the :i~f,;;-:,:; plica of a service one might have I church July 25, 1721, warned the attended 200 years ago. j children t~at God cared only for lt,:r; Immediately following this, , GOOD children and further stated ~;f/;; Father Moody, personified by the I that GOOD children were few, posf-_;-: ·· ( minister of the church Rev W sibly not more th an two in the ft~f';' H. Milling::r, entered the p~lpit: meeting hOus~ tnat_ clay. r ,,1''1,'- Under his arm he carried a. huge James Morrison !med the Psalms, j president of th e society, wi th Mrs: 'f➔{::'., ;- Bible which had belonged to Father occasionally reprimanding the au- ,; Abbie S. Wiggin as first v_ice presit( 4 } \ Moody's succe·ssor, the Rev. Isaac dience and bidding them to a.11 sing ,· J dent and Miss Clementina Whitney r{~{J Lyn1an , an ancestor of former -and louder. as second vice president. Mrs. lfj:/ p!"Esident Charles Eliot of Harvard The sermon to adults wa.s . but ·.,' Laura M. Edminster, 344 Washing1-,</.· ,: university, With him were the one-s,i xth of another original ton street, was named secretary deacons, William L. Grant and preached in the church Aug, 24, and James Littlefield, treasurer. ~::j:;{f-7'. Willis L. Staples, the singing-mas- 1710. With uplift-ed hand and An executive board is Mrs. Kath~er, Jame~ Morrds~,~nd a1;1e t!t~- ~~rn ~isage Father Moody warned ''.. leen P. Hall, Mrs. Alice K. Hill, [t{Jr mg. man, owar O Y, C1a lil IS au 1ence on "The Doleful State .- c- • Mrs. Ruby Farrell, John a. Simp•~:-'!:J · period dress. of the Damned, Especially Such as ~~:--~'.! At the door, in the dress of the Go to Hell from Under the Gos- -~. son and Ralph L. Stirling. ;.·.'.;"t.?>:·:·~ long, long ago pei:!_od, were Samuel pel." Hell and its lake of brim- · .-:· The meeting was entertained at Storer Thompson and his grand- s_tone were made very real to the .'I the American House by the retir~:; , ,. · son Lane Thompson. llsteners. -Jing president and secretary. :({;/:':: ' · Even as Father Moody finished '. I The first paper, entitled "The ,ff/-~~-~ No Indians Arrived he was reprimanded by one of his ' l' · ,. h' 1 i Mason Claims," prepared by Mrs. t.-'._.·_.-~_::_.:,·,·,,.. Following the long prayer w 1c l deacons, Willis Stapl-es, who told · , ---'...::"", included prayers for good Queen him that the hour glass showed he -~/ Julia M. Noble, was read by A. J,f.' i;;f:,::i Anne, for safety against an Indian had not preached as long as he : Ray Kennard. The Council of ~t,:?,·:, attack, for a harvest of good crops should. Said Father Moody in re!Plymouth, England, was organized ff;;.;,::• and for members of the congrega- ply, "I mind me that there is a \ n 1620 by authority of King James _f:.,,:,,., tion who were sore distressed in roast of be•ef on the spit yonder in ' for colonizing in New England and (;~~,,~-~ body and mind, the minister gave the manse," and he did not con• JI nine land grants issued by it ra~.~.\:.ff<' tinue . .., ,, admonitions to the tithing man: •.. )ther conflicted. The first was to ~1(;t"': "Thou art to see that order is pre- There were many in costume, -~,· '"" · th' t· 1 th t Captain John Mason of London in Xi}·:·:~i-,;:·:j serve d m 1s mee . mg 10use; a among them Miss Elizabeth Perkins t~"?;~ men sleep not during the sermon; and her house guest, Mrs. Arthur ·.• northern Massachusetts, followed ~";i:,,v:.._ that boys are not naughty and do Ellis Ham, Mrs. Harold Fowler, Miss '· by one in 1622 to Captain Mas.o n not play; that women do not en- Nellie M. Bemis, Miss Jane Var- ; : ..'· and Sir Ferdinando Gorges, exU ;'.f:, gage In unseeming mirth but act rel!, Mrs. W. H. Millinger and her tending from the Merrimack to the g{ /~.,' with all proper decorum. To punish children, Carolyn, Phyllis and Sagadahoc (Kennebec) river, to be ti·.i·-\-~~ culprits thou mayst take them to James Millinger, Mr.s. Howard i" '• · known as the province of Maine. .~ ::- the opposite side of the meeting Moody, wife of the tithing man; h ouse an d s1·t th em w1·th th e •oppo- Mrs. James H. Nowell, Mrs. Ralph Before Mason and Gorges got ''~- . s1 te sex.'" ~ls~~::~r::s, ia~[rs~~t~~:~ ;~::ou7:yob~~nv~1 6~0ho;;:; a:! :,;f:' .,t, Religious Laws Announced Anna, E. Littlefield and many more. came over to Odiorne's point in •~ti,;;}. "Again," said Father Moody to the . -- . . ''" . • . .. ·-- -. . .-,, ·" ·.;.~···:•l.:.~_;(_~.:.:i,'.,~.•·,: 0 i - k.lJ(. t~i?~-· I ". • ,.. 1 ~ t[t,·~ ;i.::.\{~:~:., , ·f ·• \ . ,;;(~ f-tf;':\; .·1 ,~ :~(;?·:\ :t}( ~g[s'.: '''<«·•·'e: (./~',·;2~~::.·-.:~-:-/{f)i~f~:il}.·,:t.t~,_:).~' r~,<;fi:.:t';,~[i;ti.:~If.Atf?_:\~:,.( ~: :~etg man: "Remember . these }·:~ . "No one shall travel, cook victuals, '•~· ... ,; .. ,,• ... ;•. • tt?~:: :;! 0 ~~d~h:w;:~b~i:sJ~tt hair _ r ·ic.. .-'.'(,.- -,._.'.· ,, ','.'.;',c\•~• :·. _.. ··::. _... j\~j No woman shall kiss her child .-..., ,, ;.,' >,•·· .~2<·:,?:t..,:.(;~:,;·:,::_.-:.·(--;,:...,,/. 47:i.k:'. on the Sabbath or fasting d_ay. ·;\\;,,~ :··'.'· · '; _,.,;, . _}'::_,· ·~:•'-'~{." ';jr< · .' ·, !~!\,~~l~a~;7i~lt~~ar s!~atu:d;ha;~ stages eight miles up the river at ' ~~ ','; . i) -~ ;;:m~ ., ~:t::rt pf::! ~;evi~o~~~~s:; > outh for a point in Pascataqua .:1river in 1622. Some who have :-: ~ ~l~-~0{~iit~-t~·~y~;)t,i~\li~; ;t:£~;: ;J;(:i;~:;ti~~1:~; ~ht-~):~~·l~t~z:;~:~t~e~:~;: i~~~~~s~;;~~;~·:~;:! �some sef-1 r.:.. Finally-in-1746:--a ;urvfv;ng Yeir, John-- Wentworth complained rn near the mouth of the Co- 11 still claiming title to the realm of 1 -\ checo river. If this is true it pre- ' New Hampshire, sold it in fifteen 1729 his salary of 600 pounds was . ·ceeded by some little time his set- 1shares to ten prominent Ports- ] worth only 200 pounds sterling. \1ement at Odiorne's point and mouth men and one each from Rev. Hugh Adams of Durham and Jmakes David Thomson really the· . Summersworth and Greenland. Gov. Belcher later made s_imil~r lfil'st settler of Dover, but little is ' These twelve grantees, who became complaints. Mr. Adams said his I p . known of it. About three years known as the Masonian ropr1e- salary of 104 pounds was depreci0after his settlement at Ocliorne's tors released to all the towns the ated to 36 pounds. Counterfeiting was so easy that }point he abandoned it and went to lands which came under the old • it became fairly common and in !Boston. grants. I David Thomson's abandonment John P. Hall from the University i some instances more currency than /reverted the ownership. A fifth of New Hampshire, a guest speaker I_I originally issued was pres~~ted :or !grant in 1629 gave land to Cap- on "The Money Problem in Early · redemption. In 1739 the Pubhck ltain Mason, which tract it stated New Hampshire," said it is vitally 1'I Bills" of New Hampshire were so !"Ye said Mason intends to name . I interesting to re-live with our an- much counterfeited they scarce obtained a currency and New - /New Hampshire," thus being. the ·j cestors and find their problems so Hampshire money lost prestige in 1origin of the name of the province. , similar in human reaction to those , the other colonies, though other •It was followed in ten days by the of the present. ;so-called Laconia grant to Mason His address was a striking con- · colonies had their troubles. By 1742 a New Tenor issue of iand Gorges and under these aus- ltinuity of the difficulties over land lpices the founding of Strawberry grants. The Angelican merchants bills was declared valued in silver lBank (Portsmouth), began in 1630. . ,of Port~mouth clashed with the at 6s., 6d., per ounce and Old Tenor bills rated at one-fourth e>f the :Mason spent a small fortune on his ,· Puritans of Massachusetts, and value of the new issue. This issue plantations at Strawberry Bank their interest in taxes and money 1 likewise depreciated and the Crown :and Newichawannock. ldiffered from those who supported Point issue in 1755-1758 was even _ , It is by reason of these grants themselves and their families by ' more of a failure, making neces,to John Mason that the so.uth half ·1 by tilling the soil. Mason ~ad re1 sary a raise in the soldiers' pay . . •of the Isles of Shoals 1s New ceived rent of his tenants m corn · ;Hampshire territory. Additional land the struggle to maintain a sys- The speaker listed a series of financial manipulations in the adminis·grarits and charters were issued to Jtem of monetary exchange was a tration of Benning Wentworth and . him but his death in 1635 cut short long one. this governor seems to have been l antaVarious commodities were used 1his plans to promote great p_ more complaisant about paper istions. His widow attempted to caras standards in barter and taxes sues than his predecessors. iry them on but increasing expendi- ' that were receivable in commodiFrom 1759 currency issues began itures overcame her. She ceased to ties brought Joss to the government to be declared of sterling value and provide for the needs, of the setthrough shrinkage and price I were supported by sterling funds. tiers, leaving them to shift for changes. Duties on imports and \ Sterling gradually came to be the themselves. vessels were the subject of constandard of all contracts, ~r. Hall Naturally the settlers began to · flict with taxes on estates. said, and his survey gave his heardivide the property among themLieut. Gov. Granfield attempted II ers a remarkably clear picture of selves. Fifteen years after Mato give the money a higher value 1 the fiscal history of New Hampson's death the widow protested than bullion in 1682. Lieut. Gov. shire before the Revolution. timber cutti,ng on the lands and Usher passed a tax bill but was . three years later Joseph Mason unable to include an appropriation petitioned the General Court at for his salary because his appointBoston against the encroachments ment was influenced by a mortgage ~~~ of the settlers at Strawberry Bank. holder on the Mason claim and the l These efforts being ineffectual in assembly was skeptical of him. obtaining redress, in 1674 Robert Gov. Bellmont was successful in reducing the provincial debt b~t 11\faso~, grandson a_nd _heir of the , . · .captam, asserted !us title to New the debt incurred in Queen Anne s I /Hampshire in a petition direct to War brought issue of Old Tenor f ·i His Majesty, the King. Claims and · papel' money in 1709, to the extent counter charges continued in the . of 8,000 pounds in three years. courts for years. As late as 1705 These bills were first valued at there was put into the court receight shillings to an ounce of sill ords in defense of a suit by a Maver, about 56 per cent of the value I ·, · son claimant a docum~~t exe?uted of sterling. It was planned to reMarch 12, 1629, by the Council for deem them in taxes in five years · , the Affairs of New England in but they were reissued. 1 America," confirming to Edward The assemhly, representative of 1 Hilton the lands _ at Hilton poin~ smaller landowners, favorE:d paper •1a11d al~11g the river "Pm,eataquael,~ ' -- money, but the council, loaded wi~h on which he was already settled P ortsmouth merchants, opposed 1t, The Janel was a part of the 600 unless issued in the form of loans. acres in David Thomson's grant' In l 717 a loan of 15,000 pounds was ·, • '.i a~d this specifi~ :itle to Edward . approved. These loans were us~d Hilton was exh1b1ted to prove that · as currency and the frequent failCaptain John Mason never owned ,ure of their payment brought con1w~at is now Dover.___________ hequential depreciation. Lieut. Gov. :. ,-t,i;- pate-nt ~nd- effected ! · J tlement I l. t ~ ~-~ I I 1 ·I I ,· . -·-.: l~ __n-tt) ~ .-~·.-·.':_\l,~ �·· ....~ ef 1 "~ -' · ~\-~ ,.:)t,i \ T. B. Aldr ,...~7:,· · .:·_;_::~.~.f.~,I.:···:.~.~ __ ,,,,, ;JJ;.j• ,._:_••-'._\._[•,:_t_:,·.,r.·,.,,f.,,.;.·,.: ~_.'.!.. 7 · · . , ;. .:.~_-:;-.;--: ·... r ·~-.:1•.:..:: • , •• i'... :X:~J .,~' ' ~ '.eJ'~O:Y."."'f'~-A , , ''··'··•\/;;.\~r.·· !,. ~---~-t ~:· .',:, •.. t:1; •::.:-;:-.: - ~ . : : · •. ,., ·· ~- i.:" : •t;~t.. .,}.r- '~ './-:.\~ ·1ch Memor·1al ~ ~· _ ·1/1 ..;~f-;.~~ ,,7i~ .. ,, ..•,.~..., , ""·il.·?~Y;r.7:':.:'· ·.-ii.~-~- -~r:;;-;:.~ ·.~,:./ :·i~•~,~~:i::: . -;i\tf)i-:;;,J2:l?~':{:Lti:f(~t{{~ ... .;'<·· ,,,;;-,,;,',.•.,.,h;-•·· - O:~:,t·_,<,.;,• • "\ fireplace equipped including w[ffioTcl.itr:ITT! :.i\i'.i,1. cooking utensils, the :i:/f,' Dutch oven. •· '{{! r The floor is painted and cov- '.-~~;'.,: Home of the Bad Boy in Portsmouth Is One cupboard ered wi th braided rugs. In the :._.\'.~'. at the right of the fire- . /f' Of New-England's Favorite ~iterary Shrines !p~ace is a la~ge array ·of cooking ;?'.':\\ d1she·s and tmware . while at the ' 1.':; By DOROTHY M. VAUGHAN left may be seen the little back : ,/Ji PORTSMOUTH, N. H. stairs which wind up two stories ; .. ·;r.i; l : :~~,~:~:f5:fa:t#f~i~t~ttI)I~~~f~g ~i~:::Et~1rf£~l{{::.1i1 ,~ -· .--,:.~ Tom spent his early years is an old-fashioned two-story and a •·;;.;.;;.:,;. h alf h ouse on lower Court street. Clapb,o arded' and painted white £::;}J-';,,, it was built close to the sidewalk as were many of the houses in the seaport town. Behind the high white-washed fence is a ·.·:.::;.::1,:~'. charming o~d-tim~ garden with quaint summer house, sun dial :/;;;_,:! house and opens into the quiet ;if!Ji;." garden. <-:-:•.:Jl; ;:C;,"ff-e: Gra nd fa th er's Clock, :~N~ In the corner is the huge :._;;:if grandfa.ther\s clock which sol- ./}!r.r .... ·.•.•. .)T-.•-·'·:.•. garden and attractive In this swe€t -scented and secluded th emnly away the -hours and ·!,,J,a'{ .·•. •·•.;i-·.·•i•~.·..:·;-·, 1s Grandfather ·,/:~&:'~ may bebrick foundwalks. the fire->'==,-..--. ere ~icks Nutter's '·~\f/t proof memoria:l building which }{f% houses the Aldrichiana that has 1 ·)jf;•, be~n, coll~cted hez:e by !vfr. Al- Then came_ his turn to write; cane. just where he used to leave ,",;:,/~S,; th \~a~e t Of a!11ds~ill he it after a walk about the old ~rd. ancy I e a 1es tgwn. On the . wall is a large ~:;:-i;,§f;: ;/,~-?{-:i;;'idrich s ~riends ano relatives. And still' he won the laurelled map o~ Rockmgham County /';J,}, ;,~~--j~ ~ere JS :;he very table upoi;; • poet's fame :Which. gives the names of all the :'; [<:{·i{j""h1ch the s_tory of a Bad Boy With simple words wrought. mhabitants, and over the table :, !]};~iJi was written, ,.a case of. autointo rhymes of gold; is h~ng Grandfath~r's old spy- · r)-;,f~I{;] gr~phed lette.s f~om l!terary Look here 's the face to which r glass, under the stairs hang the ,>1 lfriends ~nd acquamta~ces, all 'this house is frame-leatJher fi.re buckets labeled Fed- . 1 :,;,; ,• alpthabetically arran~ed, framed A man too wise to let his !1eart eral Society, 1811 and Sailor .· 1et ers and manuscripts by Edd · Ben's sh! d 1 '. '. gar Allen Poe, Ralph Waldo Emgrow 01 ·. . . . I?1 mo e JS to be seen t'.!J.~ : erson, Wendell .Phillips, Walt Here, too, 1s ~n 1~1terestm~ in athprom 1:_1~nt place on the way ,~1/i.!Ji I' Whitman O 1 iv er Wendell plaque upon which 1s an 011 up e staus, •.. ._ ··"' ! .•. . Holmes, William Cullen . Bryant, paintil:~g by Elihu Vedder c~lled · . Across the h'.'1-11 is the dining ' ( .,_._,;~;~' Washington Irving, Henry Wads- "Identity." The poem entitled r~om. overlookmg the garden , '. Jfi:;;:0worth Longfellow and countless "Identity'' by Aldrich is en- "'.1th its ~rey wall paper of grape ; ; ''i--ii);,tlothers. graven under the picture. Ther,e vme design . On the huge side- , , :,'.fllki' There are glass cases of sou- is something . a~most uncanny board is. dis!)layed the family . ·:,,,,;f.-1":· venirs collected by the author About the pamtmg and poem. plate which mcludes the great / ·• · during his lifetime; original It happened that Aldrich and coffee ur!1 which used to look 1·; poems by Whittier, Browning, Vedder were at a dinner party very terrifying to Tom on Sun- . Keats, St. Gaudens, Celia Thax- in Rome and during the evening day mornings, and the closet is · ter and Matthew Arnold: book- the subject of immortality came filled with a set of Ridgeway cases filled with first editions up and was discussed at length. china over a century oid. · . .. e.nd presentation copies. Other A Poem and a Painting The parlor, used only on Sun'. ,.1~f ,interes~ing items include . Mr. Aldrich was so impressed that days and state occasions. is ?n '. ·?Ji~ :Aldrich s. flrst watch, a silver he returned to his hotel and t~e front of the hou.se. The m- . , -~;,t:l\/ mug which belonged to Napo• wrote the little poem before re- side shutters were always closed \. ; -_:;.t~: leon , a tea caddy once owned by tiring. Vedder was also in- to keep the colorful_ landscape \ ,•..,1, 10 ,•:;;,l1 Lo~d Byron, ai:i ei_nbos~ed ".'a~e trigued with the subject and paper f~om ?ecommg faded . )t~t '. ::,r.\l wh1ch was BenJam;n Fr3:nklm s. when he retu.rned ~o ~is lodgings The furmture is ha1r-c.lo~h and .,;f.' .' a lock o~ Rossetti s hair, and he made his pamtmg which . Tom. used to loathe ~1ttmg on 1':-<h 1 _.,::;-,?,J ether thmgs too numerous to 13hows two spectre figures meet- the l!ttle footstool while Grand-· >,~;;,-;., ; .;"" ,1note. mg on the barren waste and .father read the Bible, because _; ;,r;h , :1f-;-:·j "This Is the House" exchanging passing greetings. it was so itchy. I .~\)H Over the case of autographed Aldrich 's lines were as follows: Miss Albina's Portrait ~j~f(~ ; {'.""\:l letters is a l_ifesize portrait. in oil !omewhere-in desolate wind· Over the piano hangs an oil i~J.:,f\: Df Mr. Aldrich by the artist Alswept spaceportrait of Miss Albina Aldrich. · fred :i,:oughton Cla~k, 'Yhich was In Twilight land , in no-man·s whose turquoise ear ~ewels and """"'• ,; :S(:. , unveiled at ti::e ~edic.at1on of the land-_ bi·ooch may be se~n 111 the top :;~~{< i'}'-'J;~; memori~l buildmg m 1908, at Two hurrymg shapes met face to bm:eau drawer 1~1 the Bl_ue t\~; •:?),"- wh.ich tune the follolwng poem, face , Chmtz room upstairs. Oppo,site ~it, ! ·':l-h written by Henry Van Dyke, was ' And bade each other stand . t.he parlor is the sitting room. /°c;)/".''' 1 l<~;i read: ' ''And who are you?'' cried one On the west wall is a painting ;f. '}r,: . ! -:\)i; THE ALDRICH MEMORIAL agape, of Tom in his regimentals made ·~s.•/,;;; ,':'if;) '!'hi is the house where little Shudderin·g in the gloaming about 1846 when, he was_ captain ;t[r}J~ •·//1 s Aldrich read light. of the_ ~o,rtsmou_th Contmentals. :>t1}';; ·. '~.: J The early pages of Life 's In tnis room 1s the large arm ;,'-,.t..,t,;;> ;·.1·1'./ wonderbook "I know not," said the second chai~ where grand:father u~ed ;,,?:f':_ With boy's delight. Beside this shape, to sit and read the e_venmg ;:; · • : -?~ inglenook "I only died last night!" paper. alo1:1d t~ the family,_ by ,? ,..'-~.. He saw the driftwood of fancy Th d h . she fl1ckermg light of the little .· --. shed e ol ~~se where To~ Bai- tin hand-larnu from which ~he ,. · · -~;;/' Weird colors on the pictures blue ley spent his b?yhood win. be n,ews sheet often took fire which ::Ji/ and red. ~ound exactly as it was described caused Tom no end of delight. : ;f,.f;\·(··l Boylike he skipped the longer 11:1 th e st0 ry. One_ enters by the In the cupboar~ next to the fire•··-;,';k,{ words and took side porch. and from the entry place grandmotner kept the best .~. · .· :f.·,] His happy way_ with sBarching, one ~teps u~to the pleasant old- jl!:Old banded china, used only on ,+.~.~~ dreamful look fash1~ned kitchen with its wood· 1the rarest occasions. , -;.;;,-:.1 Into the deepest things most! en smk, clock with wooden _ Ascending the broad stairs, , '\·:G-~ simply said. _works, old coffee mill and huge _painted a soft gray and sp_~t- ;t< :~;:ft ~::;:,:C'.i~ ::t.,•:~i /:;i?l ·{ti~i :<?:~\- - • ~.:~. ~il..-...Y..'•··••!••,! --• ~ < ~.....:.::......_:_:__~••- ,..:::.~..._,,, .. -••• •- i I • ... • :.:.. 0 • 0 -'.!"~.:---•-. I ... _ _ _ - ...f:: · - . • ;.;, • ........ '-......:.....:.. :,:;_ ..;..i:....:.._,_'""-.l._ �tered with e right Aunt Abigail's room. She ca.me to stav a week and stayed 17 years. This room is over the kitchen and overlooks the garden. It is a quiet room with painted floor . rag rugs and high canopied bed . and in the closet hang Aunt Abigail's nightie and nightcap. Opposite was Mrs. Aldrich's room. a pleasant old-fashioned bed-chamber, with its neat little fireplace, high four-poster bed and bureau filled with many personal things. Over the parlor was the best bedroom, called the Blue Chintz room. This room has a dignified atmosphere and is a little more dressed up than the other rooms have been for it has straw matting on the floor. Tom's Little Room Next, and over the front entrance, is Tom's little room. JusL outside the door hangs the handle of the old stagecoach that he and his pals burned on the square one Fourth of July. Here are all Tom's treasures, including the little book-shelf hanging over the little four-poster bed; and over the high-backed chair hangs his blue-and-buff Conti• nental uniform which his mother made. On the patchwork quilt which covers his little bed lies his little embroidered vest ; on the dresser is the little brass candlestick by which he useci to light himself to bed . And there is the gun with the broken trigger which was Tom's most treasured possession . The wallpaper in this room was reproduced to have just exactly 265 birds in Lt, for that was the number Tom counted the time he was sick and had to stay in bed for several days. · Next to Tom's room was his grandfather's bed-chamber. On the table may be seen his Bible with his spectacles lying on the open page, while on the dresser may be seen other personal effects including his check-book. In the attic, reached by the winding stair, will be found the cozy little room occupied by Kitty Collins . She used the little winding staircase which came up direct from the kitchen. Rivermouth Theater In the garrett ls the Rlvermou th Theater where Tom and the boys put on shows on rainy afternoons. Still to be seen are the old painted screens and other properties which the boys used , among them being, an old fireman's helmet, old hoop skirt frames, carpet bags, and the old haircloth trunk whlch Tom hoped to improve with hair restorer. The Aldrich house and memorial ls governed by a board of directors whose president ls Lewis Perry, head master of Phillips Exeter Academy; vice president. William w. Howells, randson at Mr. Aldrich's life long fr end, WI !la m Dean owells; Mrs. Wallls Walker. secretary, and Dr. Wallls Walker, treasurer. Other members of the board are: Mr. and Mrs. Talbot Aldrich, Mr. and and Mrs. Bailey Aldrich, Mrs. Vinton Chapin, Ml~ Margaret Williams, Professor and Mrs. Myron Williams, Miss Rosamond Thaxter, Miss Mary L. Griffin, Mrs. William .W. Howells, Dean E. s. Wells Kerr, Ferris Greenslet and Miss Dorothy Vaughan . The house will be open to the public through Sept. 20, Pepperrell Family Association Meets A figure prominent In the early history of New England was honored yesterday when the Pepperrell Family association, descendants of Sir William Pepperrell of Louisburg fame , convened for the 44th annual reunion at Green Moors Inn Mrs. Agnes P. Rogers of South Berwick was elected president of he association and Franklin S. Frisbee of St. Johnsbury, Vt., vicepresident. Other officers chosen were: second vice-president, Mrs. Florence Tells, Portsmouth; secretary, George Pepperrell Frost, Kittery; treasurer, Mrs. Ruth G. Groton, South Berwick; chaplain, Mrs. Jessie Willett, Port, Washington, N. Y.; historian, Mrs. Lillian P , Norris, Eliot, Me.; auditor, Mrs. Annie RandaJl, Kittery Point; custodian of cemetery tomb, George Pepperell, Kittery, Neal Family Holds Reunion Abont 72 members of the Neal Family association met at Ham's restaurant Sunday for the 11th annual reunion of the family. Among the members In this city are Lieut. Comdr, and Mrs. Matthew T. Betton and two daughters, Margaret and Mary; Mrs. Charles W. Brew· ster, Cecil M. Neal, Mrs. John Neal, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Neal and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Seward. C. Richard Neal of Woburn, Mass., presided at the meeting and a program was presented under the direction of Miss Adaline Paul of Concord. Named to the nominating committee for the <:0ming year were Fred W. Neal of Dover, Rachel Neal of Lynn, Mass., and Mrs. Marian N. Perkins of Exeter. nown Master Mechanic Dies Arthur Marden Clark, of 344 Aldrich road, died shortly after noon today after a brief illness. He was employed for over 30 years at the Portsmouth Navy yard where he was master mechanic at the time of his death. He served as president of t he Master Mechanics' an.Ii Foremen's Ass'n. He was popular among Ws associates. Mr. Clark was a member of St. John's lodge of Masons and of the North church. He was a quiet man, very devoted to his family whlch was his main interest in life. His death will bring sadness to many people~ Among the survivors are Ws wife, Mrs. Margaret Wiggin Clark; four sons. Justin M., Arthur M., Jr., Charles W., and Norman F,., one daughter, Mrs. ;Elmer E. Cole and four grandchildren. Many In Tribute ~'), To Arthur M. Clark With a large attendance including Navy yard officers headed by Rear Admiral John D. Wainwright, USN, funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the North church for Arthur M. Clark of 344 Aldrich road, master mechanic at the Portsmouth Navy yard who died here Friday. Employes of the Joiner's shop where Mr. Clark worked, appeare,d in a body and all the Master Mechanics and several retlrnd Master Mechanics of this section attended. Other naval officers attending included Captain J . J. Brown, captain of the yard; and Captain Henry F. D, Davis, industrial manager. St. John's Lodge No. 1, AFAM was represented by its officers. Rev. Artl'lur A. Rbuner, pastor of the church, conducted the services with Amos Moody organist. The front of the church was banked with flowers. Burial wa.s In the Clark family lot in the Proprietor's cemetery. Honorary bearers were Master Mechanics William Monagle, Ralph Ham, Thomas Gamester and Michae J. Barrett. Active bearers, all associates from the Joiners shop, were J. Irving Howard, John McDonald, Charles Claus and Mylon H. Elliott. �Portsmouth Herald Photo .Tustin and Clare Lowinsky, English refugee ohlldren, standing on the steps of their new Amerloan l\ome at Rye with their new parents, ·~. and Mni. Paul lf. Bonner, with "Dlvi," pet of ttie entire family, Two Refugee Children Forget War's Terrors On Rye Sands English Pa·ir Find Haven In America Down on the shore at Rye a little 11-year-old youngster with a pneumatic life belt. It's a lot of fun splashing around with such a gadget. Just a week ago that life belt was no summer toy. It was a grim guardian against the dangers of sub- ��:.n•~i~~ ·,~ µ~.o,v-e.·>· ,~ ~:):,a1i:.\i~:'.;';'•·;:f,:-'/.>r;1c:>~~\,~-~-~1ili1{··•:, ' .1Ft~~0'.tt:S:\i,,:j:*fw1;1h,t~f~F;~.~;,~~~~ _:~~ ·,.·. · . New Bridge To Be. Builtft~riec;pti~~ le~d~~~d;J ~]At Sagamore Creek ':: /Admiral, Officers LIAt Warner House , .. :j _____ ,~~~ftjl Location On Up-stream Side Of Present Bridge Will Not Restrict t~r~}~~ ;j;-J The Board of Governors of the t/ : ,< warner House association tendered ./ 1 }·}·.;·.J ;es::.:~ :f:e:n~:: :oar:~rh°:~~ '.[·)·:. 0 .,t;l~ Traffic During Construction ./ - - - - - -- - - - ;:<.:,_~ miral and Mrs. John D. Wain- ·•Jf ~;~;] De~inite decision ~as been made to build a new Sa~a- ·:-\ j w~·ight . and the officers . and their ,:: ~-i'<' '·.)fi. more bridge a~d work IS expected to start before the fi~st ,./,1 w1ves stat10nect at th~ Portsmouth \~ ~I,~~?l of !he year,,· 1t_ wa~ a_nnounced yesterday when Chief . Navy ya.rd. After team the parlor, ,'; .'i-~ Engineer Daniel A. Dickinson of the State Highway depart- the guests made an inspection of ,::_ th th e o ofer interest rooms inwhich the house. An \} item at.tracted .-.,. Mc.st important from a. safety piers in Sagamore Creek and con- . attention was ·a letter from John ;; angle is the fact . that t-h e new crete abutments. Paul Jones to John Wendell of With Chief Engineer Dickinson . . Portsmouth written from the ':--C bridge will be built on the upstream yesterday was assistant chief enRanger at Nantes in 1777. The 1 ;~ side of the present _bridge. This will gineer Harold· Langley, Ernest A. is:,;( letter and envelope with Lhe seal [':; not disrupt traffic during construc- Tucker of Rye, chairman of -the ),¥,, of John Paul Jones ha,ve been r-,{;; tion and it will also enable tne high- Highway and Transportation com- .;cs;., in the ?osses.,i_on of_ John Wendell's !~: way department to straighten out mittee of the New Hampshire Sea~ t:\: des_cenaants since its receipt. The f, several bad curves at the approaches coast Regional Development asso- ·. · officer:; and members of their fam- lJ 1 to the bridge. ciatiun, who Jed the effort to obtain .. :·· ilies that attended were: )t This brici.gP. constitutes part of this improvement; Alvin Redden, ~{f B:ear _Admiral and Mrs. John D. / route 1-A boulevard, the main artery executive secretary of the associa- :,.· Wainwright, Chaplain and Mrs. H. ,.} between Portsmout h and the tion and. J. D. Hartford, publisher ~•··.; G: Glunt, Lieut. L. A. Patterson, ~'i beaches. Due to the bad curves and of the Portsmouth• Herald. ;:,.{ Lieut. a nd Mrs. J. C. _Kinsey, Lie~t. ;~ the surface of the bridge it has Mr. Tucker has been working· on !;'.-" a nd Mrs. J. B. Helvin, Miss Cella .,, been t.he scene of many serious this project for many months and Doucet, Mrs. Frank De Santis, Lieut. [':,:, accidents and the new 3-span steel has held many conferences with /fc C?md. and Mrs. P. S. Tambling, .• ~; truss structure with its beLter ap- statP. officials which have finally jf/ i'tut. ~omd. and Mrs. J. A. Swe~ton, ','.? proaches will remove many hazards. culminated in the decision to make /,;,,, 1 · an Mrs. J. E. Stant~n, Lieut . .-,·:• . t ,;;,~ and Mrs. Floyd Tusler Lieut and .'·1· . ,,.. . . ' and · Mrs. ;;:,.~ th e improvemen . . . . ,,..·-,,r: Mrs. K. A. King, Lieut. Other ImproHments th th1 l''urther improvements ir. other It rs expected at S will be Charles F. Brindupke, Major and .\ sections of this route a.re contem- asked by the first of October and :!f~'. Mrs. Dean Kalbfleisch, Comd. A. G. i-?! accepted by the l?t~, and with al- ;:.{'.· Bisset, Lieut. Comd. R. E. Dennett, '~( plated in connection with t-he new l~wance for prehminary prepara- .;fJ:. Mrs. William Zalesky, Comd. and ';'.,1 bridge which will have t~o concrete t1ons actual construction should r·•;;{ Mrs. J. B. Longstaff, Col. and Mrs. :"-'! ....·, ... · . ~t~rt ab~~t the first of the year. .<,•;; H. D, Smith, Capt. Ralph E. Allw n ;,-~: ;.,f\ci(F;.;-{it, N,\>_, Capt. and Mrs. H. F. D. Davis, Li!ut'. .==.:.._c__,;_:.::....:,..:.;,._:_--'~-'-......:;:-'-~·"""-~ · ...:,· 'ji:• ... ,· ,, · . · '-; '> and Mrs. W.W. Anderson Jr Comd •'."( andMrs.FrederickBowe;find,Lleut: !.-J Comd. and Mrs, G. s. Wood, Mr . . Or e rOSS OrpS r?," -:, ____ George S. Wood, Jr., Lieut and Mrs. (' .,:. Saturday Aug 31 the Gerrish , . A, M. Zollars, Comd, and Mrs, H. G, Women au1.omobile drivers of this t, . ' · '. Bowerfind, Lieut. Comd. and Mrs. (; section are wanted for the Red :•t1; family of nearby sections celebrated . :-;; T. M. Arrasmith. ·/ Cross Motor Corps, Mrs. J.B. Long- tile 301 years of the name's existence in ::ii•. The followi9g members of the ,)~ staff, chairman of the corps, reAmerica, meeting with the sons and ),;:::_ board were pr-esent: Mrs:Paul Bon- ~J1 port.s. At the present time the corps }~, daughters of the First settlers of /,.' ner, Miss Frances Brooks, Mrs. Ed- ·,,, · has 12 members and many more ,~; Ould Newbury, Mass. A small but ·-5\l;, ward_ S. Crocker, Miss Mary A. ).; are needed to complete its organiza- ;',_·, lively reunion was held by those /:iY. Harns, Mrs. William N. Kremer, ::.·•~ . tion, 'ti:c- bearing the Gerrish name and those · :,;4. Mrs. William E. Marvin, Miss To qualify, ihe woman driver must ];": of family connections. Among the ./: Elizabeth Perkins, Mrs. William M. '-" have passed the American Red ·;'.' places represented were, Webster, I;-,.;> Seabury, Mrs. Wallis D. _ Walker, Cross ,;ourse in first aid. One course { Concord; Bradford, Mass.; New- ., Mrs. George H. Warren, · Mrs. Edwas given t.his summer at the ;;;,,, buryport, Mass., and Kittery Point, · ward T. Wendell, Mrs. Seth Low · '; Portsmouth hospital and another :;; Me. The Gerrish Family association Pierrepont, Miss Pauline D. Bradcourse will be given this fall. Any './ was organized last year in observaford, Mrs. Henry L. Green, Mrs. woman -interested in obtaining de- ;_;~: tion of three · centuries of the Ger- ··: _ J:,eJ ester W. Harding, Rev. W. S. ·•\\ tails should get in tou<;.h with Mrs. if rish name continuously in this coun- ,fi ones, Frederick Gardner, Mrs. Longstaff at the navy yard. ',f try. The president of the associa- :k,:: Miles White, Mr. and Mrs. William t'.. ·';, :,<.;· •. , \ tion is Charles Gerrish of Kitterv ,>' G. Wendell, Mrs. Charles D. Os- ,.;,'.; · Point, and the secretary elected is ii~~· borne and Robert Marvin. .;,;;~ 1:iss Elizabeth James of Boscawen. ::it Others present were: Miss .~:\:~=.;r Jans were made to hold the third 11: Agnis Aubin, Charles D. Osborne; ~:l;.~'i:;'if•."'· . ··::.,,,;,",; annual reunion at Dover, N. H., on /,:;' Lady Penelope Herbert, Mr. and :;~li!.;;},},,t.§~i\,;,,,fJ! the first Saturday of August 1941 ii.'. Mrs. John Sise, Miss Eve Steele J, ment inspected the location • J S: Jif it· Women Drivers Wanted .• .F R d C C z '• G . hR erris . eunion · . /~:>{ :t -.:\., ,,, '.:J ;;'I t :'t '§} >Y<;,,:~~~0~,,~;:~~~,~l~?;~i((\;,. ~ ~:~Et~.~~~kAJO~;~~~ ~ �,2; J~~ir· ~) ·,_ ·.. ·,··;}1l, ~: >. "'Ji:~""r·.:.~~;?~~? _E:C__0_:::.:.cc.::..==== = =;: . ._;·:. .:-=~-'"". '\ specifie objectives · 'or Form Loca l Committees To Defend • Amer;ca the com~ :J mittee's program is: ·1 1-Prcduction of material sup- ·.. •I plies for defense with the gr-eate.st. .. New Classes To 1 possible speed by unified nation· ··t wide service and effort. 2---Creation of manpower for na- · tional defense by universal mili• ... 1 tary iraining, ·• 3. Immediate shipment to England ·· of ali materials of war which are \, I not necessary to our own defense and the amendment of our existing '•' laws wherever these laws interfere ·\ with extending such aid. •.. ( Po:- tsmou tll and vicinity v1 ill have 4. Passage of such legislation as . ____ 2.n oppor tunit:r to take part in the , may be necessary to prevent the : & a result of the conference yeswork of the commi ttee to Defend · shipment of goods to the enemies of · terday afternoon, between superAm <:ri .:a as the resul t of work being l England or to other cow1tne~ '!'!here intendent of Schools Harry L. don e -by th e local commit tees being jthey .may be transhipped to such Moore and Howard E. s wain, state formed all through this section. Or- enemies. supervisor of trades and industries, ganizin3" grouo~ started work yes5. Make immedia tely a vailable to a third class may be formed next terday a t Portsmouth and at Rye. ' England our surplus food supplies . Tuesday night at the Senior High Another group h~s already started . as needed. · · school .when the next session of the at Exeter and other groups will get ' 6. Passage of such legislation as . National Defense school is held. unjerway short.ly. ·. may be necessary to permit Ameri- ~':1 When arrangements were made Headmg the Portsmouth group \· can citizens to volunteer for mill- 1·•1 for only 45 students, and a gather• which will in turn recruit a larger .; tary service in English or. Cana?ian _-, ing of 107 arrived, the entire sched• 1 committee, i,; Judge Thomas H. :; forces without loss of citizenship. ule was thrown into confusion last Simes and with Mrs. Frank W. Ran- " 7 , A cultivation and promo~ion of / Wednesday and iust 45 were accept• dall, .sec:etary. Other members of ". a greater spirit of national patriot- •,': ed. The overflow of 62 had not been t.h1.s m1t1al group are: Jeremy R. · ism in our schools and colle es. . _.'. qualified by the Navy yard offiWaldron, Fr:-rnk C. Remick, Rev. ) ·r,ii> ,, ·_. .. ,·, .•:·, _·; .." /: ·.P,;. t(\_-".•:r,. · ~ cials but those who are qualified this William Safford Jones, Rev. Max- ;. ·.. •J:~~'0';'.· :;.:,-:,/·..::11.'.t,1(,,)J;.J)"{•'/G- week will be able to apply for the •Cl I JG.ff. -· ,_,.,,, ··•··_,",.--,~ .. ,j',>'•J>,,,,._,..v,- · . 1·:--:-·• we 11 G an""r, 1ar es . n 111, ,.-...~·.t/'•· ·..~·· .. :.-..,... ·, .. ·.r,;:1:c·.'~.,,_,.~,,:,~,~---·· ltll.iLd cla,s. . RobertMarvin,J.VerneWood,Mrs. (':~~r>.·:.·;:.·:· '.'-~c:,:.t;:''. , -:?.• · · ."\'·:'.· Irving E. Stowe, Mrs. Mary I. Wood, ~-I · Be Formed vocat•IOna1 s h00I ~ Rye Group it. ~{ _':_)Jc;: ·· · •· · ,{:; .•··· '··:/'/!; ~~:~s~ .·iJ Gloucester ·· · .. ;· '" t ~ I · .·t: .. No~:fnAE,:a~.l;:t:Uo~ ~:~~;, ingnam Count.y chairman of the New Hamp.shire Chapter of the Committee to Defend America, met with the group yesterday at the Portsmouth A t henaei.lm and dis cussed plai:is for a citizen'.3 rally. In C·,v·1c P.atro . Plan To Be Followed Following the Portsmouth meeting, Mr. Barrett met with the group at Rye where Paul H. Bonner was ;, ,,.~ chosen chairma.n. Other members ;?&}i\j of the committee are Abbott Drake, :.. Wallace D. Walker, Edgar A . .· Bla~chard, Edward Herlihy, Newell .,,~.-,•. <, Maiden, Blake Rand and J. D. ·/;.~€ Ha~·tford . Plans were discussed for Wh 'II e portsmout hI Eng Ian d' was f'19 hting · t he ravages .- .. a community meeting with a band ·l· ·.L •• concert and prominent speakers. ; of disaste r lost night, a group of lead ing citizens of Po rts- ' Committ_ees ·wm be formed in lJ mouth , N. H., met at the Central Fire Station here and ; other sections as fast as Mr. Bar- ,, · · I h' · rett can get t-0 them. New castle 1formed the Portsmouth C1v1c Patro to prepare t 1s sister ; .;,:_2 chairman is Oliver W. Marvin and j city ac ross the seas fo r anything the uncerta in future may ·. at Greenland James Miller is chair- ) unfold. ~ man. Local committees will be l formed in each town in a few days. 1·• Neither race, color, creed nor To Get Started In addition to Mr. Barrett mem- politics were of interest to the To get started hers of the Exeter town committee , group which assembled from Ports- pr.oblem, the group are: Corning Ben ton , Miss Mabel lmouth and surrounding towns to nigh t went to work Dana, Georg·e E. Dearborn, Hervey i prepare for common dangers that Richard Chase of 576 Sagamore ,·, Kent., Dr. Lewis Perry, Lawrence might threaten their loved ones, avenue was elected r-hairman of · · Mo:·gan, Miss Olive Otis, Edward N. i their homes and all that they t.he committee and Mrs. Frank W. Richardt , William H. Seward, Ren- ;held dear. Randail of 69!J Middle street was ·,...':~· ·, frew A.1 Thomson, Isaac L, WilWhat would Portsmouth do if it elected ~ecret,ary. It was agreed that f\t. . lia.ms. were hit. by ~udden disaster-whe- the name Portsmouth was t.o mean ·;:,tt· ther it be fire, flood. hurricane, Great.er Portsmouth including sur- -~~~J 1 Objectives ·: earthquake or war? Where would rounding towns. · ~l:r/ A summary of the immediate and ,· food, clothing, shelter. care for To speed up the work, a rnb - ~fl~ . : .:~. ·. ,. . --:- . \ '" . :, ; /t.f,/ children be c-btained? These were committee was . organized wit~ l.;i\"ii~·-r~:_f ·"• . ·t~;. ··~j'.~z.~:····.:,.:,.·::._:·_.:_,_,·.··I!': t.~~:·. ,~--···.~-:.··.··.·•.·,,;:.i'•.:,•.~;~;,:· · ·r,; ·.,_:, ··1 some of the questions discu.ssed and Cparles J. Gnffm ~f 243 Wibira .,;;;,;;}1.i' i,~•..;,:'r:.:~f/;t1_;.:/,,-: ..:.· ._:~·..~· ,.;_,:,:\_'~.. . . ;--f: the immediate question was who st.reeL named as chairman. Imme- .:-,<<•;:,;.,,.~ ··•:v.:., ·.,f::f,:,-';;~~1-"(.:,<? \ ·----~-- ' "·~~-~' are the people of this section bes t diately following the adjournment • .- ;..·'.;•., ... •.:•. "' :,~: ~--'!'.f,:$_ , fitted to handle the;e problems in of the larger committee, t.he sub- ,:•, .,;--;-,,.,,.,;\:)•,.,·,·.,;;f"'/;''•·','.·9-,;,. Temporary Sub Committee Chairmen Named At Meeting Held Last Night ~;;r;;-1 }~J";; :~~~?. r l { i~:At~ 1·.•,_·'.,_~_'._;:.·-~.,•.;. :fri&f{:~t}::,~::.-f}:.;_.ffl't :'j :i{fi{li;.~i~0i~~~:£,J~~~:1:~1~~i-~.L;;L~.~ 1~- L---~~;9:~ii~!~~o::'.~t to disctL~ te=~ra·~ -~~f!t~~~t:i::t~4 �!< • •~'(-'' ·\'".:- l',: . '.'• _-:;: __ .-_- •;r:"; .:l.o~ ♦~,t,°~'\ •• ~~-:.;:~\ :i.<·:.::~~.:,t.-~--·'..".~:,,:;.._·:_~,•.~.-···:\·'·'··· ...--~- ...•.·.:. •.·,h.1;_;·~:'.'."'.:.·.~.t:·-'.-.·.·...".".-~.·.:;i_:,-~.·.·.··... _ a framework ,,..~-. :" - .. ·. (iJ._ ., ✓ ~~ )~\%_1~.: ~~, ~ .: '.,1 • ~ • / • _., • ,;_/ :0, ••_'i'°1~•"7" .1 .. ·~ •• • ~• ~~ij :·;...:i_~ •?. '~---"'~--•-~·-•~"-<{~."'f-., for the Ports- ibe or ·she wasn't at the meeting mou th committee, it was decided 1· last night or named on any of the · to follow the general pattern of the temporary committees that their famous Civic Patrol of Gloucester services are not desired, \:J·{f which has for its motto "Forewarned 1 Every effort will be made to perIs Forearmed" To insure that pre- sonaHy contact everyone who mlg ,,. ..,, 1-'-, • -,-{:,;;~-:;J, parations were complete 1t wa.:. best be able to serve the co voted that plans of the Red _Cross munity in time of emergency, bu ;-J.[,.\;;,;, Disaster committee be considered with such a limited amount of time r··,/ j/ in planning the permanent organ- ava.ilable every person who feels he ization so t.h at every_pl_a n would co- ha.s something to contribute is asked ,., ,. 1 ordinate with a11 exis t mg p1ans. to get in touch with members of •.i>\t~ t;;?i-:~~'· Gloucester's Plan the committee. !;=t~:/ Gloucest~r•s Civic Pa trol, which The next meeting of the su ·,• 1-· .,,. h 1 d committee will be held next We ~.. Y..;t•..- Portsmou_th is _following, _as. a. rea. y >, .~~iCj? won nation-w1de recogm t ion an d nesd.ay night a.t t he Central F . t/:{ ;, recently was recognized by Govern- station at 7 P, m. f";, ,::. or Leverett Saltonstall of Massa- , . /.-~: :· ti~;'/: chusett.s who said, "Such commit· ··.\: ../'-.,. /( ., { '!ft· tees as you have organiz~d in ·.,:r·-·"'·"'·---- ~··~•·-'-,'c..·•_,~ - - - - - ~ - -- -Gloucester we hope will be set up in •/'..; all the communities of the state," . ~~,\ Indications are now that this idea · ::.,-,".'•,c,.· is spreadmg to every section of New ((;(-':;·. ,.· England, As &(,., l~ '•°' ~,:-•r-~7,j,.•}, ~6:•~'"i ~·· •/i .;.,· -4., ;.. /l ~~ ,J. • •• 'r ~ ' tJ.::~}G -~~~; f t:·· ~&.h--o\· ,.. ~ ;.\,[;/;_,:~-:~~~, ..~.;° l ",,. : ;,, ·· ·· ,._ 7 t •' '-. \-,~:;~ ~t]( ~'.Z;):5', i.'fK.r. l ~~?,_'-"·,: ~:t){;[; f;,,'.:i,1°· ~"'f<t<""'· Among the noted persons have endorsed the Civic PatNl idea ,?{,!-/£ are General John J. Pershing, USA, ·.' :~tAW:.J ret., Major General William D. Con- ·;:. . t.'"lt=}-:e nor, USA, ret., MaJor General c. C. . CIV • I•C a t ro I Me et Next Wee - - - - - ~ -- ____________ 1!!-"l''"I'•' ~3:i(,t':, Williams, USA, ret., a nd Je.,sie Lo- . of the ,_ ~:;~j;< gie, former field director ~i~_;'/ American Red Cros5 • ¢,,.wf.,•i,'r- ~:{iif/ Working· Committees l?::r.·F:,:\; Working ccnuniLtees ""--...:....--'--...;· _,. 1 /,.-~ .S General Committee Action , ., Planned At Session Of Subcommittee Last Night In Centro I .Fi re Station which were established with the idea that the ffJ;.;> chairman should find the person ·r :. ,\i:: th ~~~~::hit~ ~~re :rg~!::~ne:1 Plans for a meeting of the general I Chairman Griffin called for follows: ' committee next Wednesday night reports. First to report of the tern- ·': ;, :r- ·-"r· :-., Protecti&n, James B. Mahoney, were made last night at a meeting : po ra r y committees was the · '. commander of the Frank Booma , of the sub-committee of Ports- I Protection committee headed by _.; '. :,~ Post, of the American Legion; mouth's "Civic Patrol" held at the I Chairman James B. Mahoney, com- . : .~~>·r-i ~}~ Transportation, Alvin Redden, exe • Cen~ral Fire ~tation. Permanent ,! mander of the Fr~nk Booma Post of '.:-i ~}t,;.,:[Jj cutive secretaq; of the N. H, Sea- Chairman A. Richard Chase called i the American Legion. -.,,", ..... ~:·;·,,.•~ -.tj'lf;,,!J!,~ coast Ri..o.gional Development As- · the meeting for 7 p. m. at the 11 Mr. Mahoney said that he was q•~ !\:(?:'· sociation; Engineering, Joseph H. ·:, Central Fire station at which time !1 forming his committee out of memf";.J.}•,.' Cullen, commander of the Erner- temporary chairman will attend j bers of his post and that he had had :., 7-~'. ·1: ~ son Hovey P ost of the VFW here; · with their committee members. a survey made of all the essential Communications, HalTy Winebaum; Progress was reported by more places in the city that would require t:•:{'"r Medical, J. Verne Wood; Nursing, than a. dozen of the temporary protection in case of emergency and L!0'·::' Miss Rosanna O'Donoughue; Erner· · chairmen last night as Charles J. that his post was well equipped {l.•[ :;;;- gency Hospitals, Mrs. Nora. G. Wen- Griffin, chairman of the sub- with manpower to handle any 1/ !,'.I. :";;J.,, dell; Canteen, Andrew Jarvis; committee_ called for reports follow- \ problem that might arise. [/!'.(•<'•; Church Refuge, Captain Clair Low- Ing a. readmg of the mmutes of the He stressed the need of having ,~-~ :'.;., man, Mrs. J. B. Longstaff; Avia- · previous meeting by Mrs. Frank W. ]cruising cars available al).d making {J'.-;:i,:e;:::: tion Relief, Forest Knowles of .: Randall, secretary. 1advance arrangements for police &.'-Ji~/'".:. North Hampton; Surrounding As the Portsmouth group is lpower for men assigned to such ~-·1;~, Towns, Mrs. Shirely S. Philbrick, modeled after the famous Civic :work. He said that in his opinion ~',.I;:/~ of Rye. ': Patrol of Gloucester, . Chairman jthe Chief of Police should head up s:··,; __~.~.•.·.",~.:_'.,,.:,r.•.·.·.•,~...~.;.. This group will get in touch with .' Chase suggested that this name be I the committee. 1-'. ~., ;·_- - every person in a key position in ..J made the permanent name for the 1 That t he cooperation ~.1:\· ·· ";, the community to determine who 1 organization when the permanent j government was assured wa ::':F\ , · is best fitted to handle each detail • setup is formed. To impress the 1 brought out by the secretary, Mrs. f):.''.;; of the complete plan. ·. public with the serious situation it 11 Randall who said that she had re;i,1,;r:::,•: Describes Work was suggested that the sub - ceived a letter from Mayor Kennard ,&{/(:'-- During the meeting Mrs. Long- committee be called either a disaster E. Goldsmith which stated the city ,,,.--?v,,-·', staff described various phases of or emergency committee. government is willing to assist in t,:; :-.;). the Gloucester pa.trol as Natalie Mrs. J. B. Longstaff, wife of every way. ;_;d,::,: Hammond of Gloucester, daughter Commander J. B. Longstaff aide to Mr, Mahoney said that in preparf{/:! of the famous world-known inven- the commandant at the Navy yard, ing for every type of emergency the .• p~({i;ki:. tor had described them to her at who has studied . the . w?rk pf the problem of bombproof shelters and ;i)J#f:; ,<; a. recent conference. Gloucester patrol spoke m favor of gas masks arose and that he would ...['?~:,, . , .. <:-i It was stressed at the meeting the name "Civic Patrol" stating that attempt to secure further informa- ": 1_-/·\/".,.-__; ';' .'.;?;§.~ ,!;1{~\?;J that the entire setup at present is these patrols were being formed in I tion on the subject. He also men- [· ·. r-, •. lt'.4.;·I temporary; that the participation of many other sections and were j tioned the possibility of the citizens . :•:·• ·.~.J· : :f~~;:-1 everyone in the community is de- becoming a. nation-wide movement, ; cooperating with the Navy yard in i ·: ,:,'.,· sired and that suggestions a.re we!On motion it was voted that the .I a blackout. / come. No one is to feel that because recommendations of Mr. Chase on J t ·-: 5.-}1;'_ : .f.,;:/._ : ··{ ;.. •.;~r•;~·,l.-,.·. :/· , permanent na~es be referred to the / Medical Committee f:'- :: 9;::,;.'.'.,·',,';;:".; ~)·: 1~~: :. 1-:'-','cs.', ,:·;yf;,:~: •,. . ; , general committee for action. J. Verne Wood, chairman of the f~,:. if//·.j: ~r; W•,I~: I :'),:){}ff.~\ \\':fi) {;f,":'. ::· I Ji fi f~{l~: :t:i L: - • L~ }}{;~>2:brI~,'Ji /J.{}J'J3:il~·<;.\;,{;_:~· ·2 ·..<~_:.·;~;~'.>- .\~ ·. 2· _. :, ~~T::~}:.:--~.J.:vredical Commi~~·il ~~~ that (~·~:;_·-·, . .-/zi �A.p Ort sm Ou th he had talked with Dr. George Tredick, chairman of the Board of Health and that Dr. Tredlck was going to bring the question up at the next meeting of the local Medical Association some time this month. Miss Rosanna O'Dohoughue reported for the Nursing Committee and said she had 30 trained and registered nurses available and at • the next meeting of the Nurses' club will take up the question of recruiting a volunteer force. Andrew Jarvis reporting for the canteen committee said that he was working on membership for the committee which will Include restaurant owners, wholesalers and others who either handle supplies or are experienced in bulk fee ding. ;yi School Survey Mrs. Longstaff reporting for the Day Nursery committee said that Superintendent of Schools Harry L. A s Portsmouth youngsters return now, according to Mr. Moore was taking a census of school to school this year, the,, will find lacking prope:· facilities children shortly after the opening day and would include pre-school that the European war has effected commodatlons. children in it to give the committee far more than their history and The following table may explain an Idea of the number of children geography book.s. In fac t, its ef- the situation more fully, The list involved. was compiled by the superintenMrs. Shirley S. Philbrick of Rye f ects hav'e been so serious that Su- den t of schools. Figures on the left perintendent of Schools Harry L. reported she had made a survey of Indica te th~ accommodations for available buildings for children In Moore has spent many hours of which the arious school buildings Rye and that surveys would be study and held many conferences were built. The figuN!s on the right Lo determine the best solumade in other surrounding towns. trying tion. Forest Knowles of North Hampton While facu lty, organization and I said the Aviation committee would have its report next week, and equipment are thLs year, as in preChairman Griffin read the report of vious years, up to the standards Alvin Redden on Transportation, a-s which have made th" Portsmouth Mr. Redden was unable to attend. school srstem outstanding In the country; with high scholast.lc ranking, the real p~cblem Ls one of Supplies space. Joseph H. Cullen, commander of Last year there were 3,244 stuthe Emerson Hovey Post of the Vet- dents emailed for buildings deerans of Foreign Wars and chair- signed to hold 2,715. That was difman of the Engineering committee ficul t. This year, with Navy yard said his post had men all registered employment .s till spurting upward, and available for work, but the big Superintendent Moore hestitates to problem was one of supplies. He guess the figure. But It will be more plans to get lists ot available sup- - probably a lot more. plies. The exact number will determine The question of supplies came up whetha~ Por,tsmouth High school with several committees and it was will have two ressio115 or one. Adagreed that an Inventory of sup- vance preparations have been made plies on hand in Portsmouth should to handle the situa tion either way. be made and nearest available Ma.y Have Two esslons sources listed. "Whether or not the senior high Although Harry Winebaum was school is forced to draw up a twounable to attend, It was reported session-a-day school plan wlll be I Supt. Harry L. Moore that he had already formed his seen as soon ~ we ascertain the committee on communications and appro~imate total enrollment," ~x- 1 held a meeting to start action. Cap- plained Superintendent Moore thLs record the total enrollment at each tain Clair Lowman of the Salvation week. "La.•t year t he average en- of these schools In 1939 : Army was unable to attend and re- rollment was 854 students. If the port on Church refuge as he Is out figu re reaches 900 the senior high Building Capacity of town. school will be forced into adopting Senior High 675 a two-session plan." Junior High 750 Questioned a to possiblllties of Farragut 240 increased enrollment, the superln- Whipple :no tendent said, "I believe we can def- Haven 240 ini tely exp~ct a marked lncrea.-;e. Lafayette 210 The Navy yard boom Ls partly re- New Franklin 210 sponslble and for thLs reason there Atlantic Helght.s 150 is a distinct po. sibillty of two' ses- Plains 30 sion a day at the senior high build- High Schoo May Adopt ;Two Ses s Io n Plan , For This Yea Schools Originally Planned To Accomodate 2715 Pupils Now Used By Over 3200; Added Influx ~ Of Students Expected l ing." The partial results of thLs sudden influx have already shown themselves in the lack of living accommodations. Educational authoritles here are waitin~ to see the full impact on the school system which even 2715 The senor high school enrollment of 854 given up above differs from that in the table. The explanation is that the 895 figure ls the total enrollment of students. The 854 figure indicates the avera e number �of students attending throughout the entire school year. This average Is found by taking 5 per cent from the total enrollment. Using this as a standard 3082 pupils were housed in .!.chools built to accommodate 2715 in 1939,) Growing Pains However, the condition of community's finances became so solid that last year the interest on the money b<>rrowed for the buildIng of the new senior high addition was but l3', per cent. Remaining are five payments of $2,000 each. So It would appear that if there is building to be done, now Is the time to push the project through while interests rates for Portsmouth are .rn low. No one knows wha,t conditions wlll be five years from now but we do know what they are today, What Superint.endent Moore means is that the need for additional accommodations because of the rapid growth of school classes and the ~uge leaps and bound:; which manifested themselves in enrollment statistics, was visioned back In the early "thirties." In 1931, 545 pupils enrolled at the Portsmouth senior high. In 1932 the figures had jumped to 622. In 1933 it was 650, and then climbed to 669 the following year. In 1935 with on!)' three classes (the freshmen having been shifted to the new junior high) 745 enrolled at PHS. Tne number reached 759 In 1936, 798 in 1937, 804 in 1938, and last year struck a ne'\Y fortis•lmo with 854. A rapid climb, unquestionably, yet one which could be seen ~pproachlng from afar. Not that ther~•s anything wrong in a school enfolding 854 students. On the contrary, it's a healthy sign for-any community. Not so, however, 'when a building has been constructed to accommodate 675. The two-session plan is not a desirabl5 factor In any school whenever it can be avoided, according to Mr. Moore, "but,", he added, "it's our only alternative in view of present crowded conditions, And the fact that we need additional facilities and accommodations Is a fore gone conclusion that ls explained accurately and expertly in all our figures and estimations. "Safety measul'es as competent as we know how, are in force in every school. But with an overload of from two to three hundred students, there enters the factor of congestion in case of an emergency which must be considered. Commenting on the need for added bulldlngs, Superintendent of Schools Harry L. Moore said, "it was like the black clouds of an approaching stonn which climb the distant horizon on a sunnY day. The conditions whlcn we have today were seen long before they became handicaps and a mistake was made in not taking the time and trouble to p r e p a r e f o r the obvious 'Legion' Had 50-50 Chance Of Being Hit Cadet Matthews ~\ Tells Of Voyage oA Safe at his family's summer home in New Ca.sue John H. Matthew of the S. S. American Legion told & Portsmouth Herald reporter la.st night how It felt to cross the mineInfested seas In which the Legion's oaptaln said they had "fifty-fifty chanc~ of getting through.'' The courteous, unassuming cadet told a story of b<>mb-blasted wharves in Finland, of contradictory radio reports, of warnings by German broadcasting stations that the liner would never get through safely, of a. terrific line storm as the American Legion passed through mine fields. He described how refugees, whose eyes had seen a.s gruesome sights as have ever been known to history, rem11lned on deck all night wearing precious lifebelts and watching huge waves break Over I.he for'ard deck. He told of a pretty 17-year-old 11towaway who wasn't discovered until the boat was three or four days out of New York. Although the large vessel, loaded with refugees from war-maddened Financial Condition Today Portsmouth's financial Europe, docked at New York earlier this week, the 19-year-old cadet condition ls excellent. And this sound condition ls recognized by was not able to get leave until yesterday. He arrived here on the financiers. evening train. It cost $30,000 to build the Atlantic Helght.s school in 1924 and to Bea.led Orders More than a month ago the oany it costs 41 ., per cent Interest. American Legion had taken on carToday there are but five paymel'}ts of \ ' a thousand dollars each remaining. go in New York and was waiting The new junior high, built in word to leave for Panama when 1930, cost $370,000 and this also at new orders arrived he said. Cargo 4 L< per cent Interest. The balance to- wa.s unloaded and the vessel put day Is one payment of $19 ,000 and ten to :;ea headed for the North Atlan- I Ports. Herald Photo John H. Matthews, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Curtis Matthews of thl* city, Is spending' the weekend a.t the family's summer home In e Castle after having crossed the A!!anUo on the imperiled liner, American J,eglon. tic off Newfoundland. Sealed orders were opened and the liner pointed its prow tor tragic Europe w:ttere men and wome sought haven from the death-dealing thrusts of power-mad totall tarlanism. The vessel sailed far north. ap proaclhlng Iceland where there no such thing as total darknes during (,his ~!ll!On of the year, som pictures taken by Oadet Matthew were snappe(l at midnight with ob jeots and people plainly dl.9cern1 ible. Arriving at PetAarno in Finland, destination of the liner, the American Legion was obliged to anchor off ~hore and take ab<>ard t&fugees by means <>f small b<>ats. RUMlan bombs had smashed Finnish wharves and docking berths to utter ruins. More than 1000 men and women were on the ehlp when it weighed anchor for its perilous voyage to America. Diving Plane A huie American flag had been painted on the deck of the vessel and one on each side, Off northern Scotland near the Shetland and Orkney Islands the American Legion entered mine-infested seas. �Close ·tocal Power. Plant lo Visitors Passes Will Be Required At Daniels St. Plant; Fencing 1 Is Installed (Exelusive) Exclusive photo taken by a cadet as the liner American Legion braved danger on mine-Infested seas. Officer standing behind young refugees on the left Is John Matthews of this city. Brttlsh broil dcasts enabled the Ship to dodge these noating bombs ot death wlille contra.<l.fctory Nazi warnings broke !rt from time to time. Now and then the liner nosed along a~ a speed of from ll to 13 knots, reduced from the normal travelling rate of 17. Crew and passengers;;lheered atte the captain gave a grim warrtirtg an promised to dO his utmost to brin the vessel through safely. "We'v got a. fifty-fifty chance to ge through unharmeq," he said, "an the crew and myself will do o utmost to guide the ship safely." A sCMe was thrown into the en• tire personnel When a. tri•motored bomber dived out ot the sun and roared over the Ve!l8el. However, fear abated when British marldngs were noted on the fuselage, The plane circled several times and tben van• ished 1n a blue haze, Danger Meantime, a radio report from Britain instructed the captain to fly American flags both fore and aft while the boat was making 11:s way through the mine fields. On the last day of the trip through thill area, a terrific line storm struck the vessel. Throughout the rugh while the liner heeled and plunged, her fore decks awa.sh, refugees huddled on the after decks clutohl11g lite belts and pray• ing that none of these huge wavas would b bearing a. loose mine. And then the boat put the treacherous seas behind a.nd picked up speed for Ht! comparatively safe trip to New York. Three days oJt of the harbor a. young Swedish stowaway was discovered, Later o!he was taken a.boa.rd another ship and sent to Paris Lsland. No Panic Several times young Matthews described the total absence ot anything that could be cla,ssed as panic. For the most part, passengers and crew were confident. Youngsters too young to realize what they'd been thrbugh but yet having seen more than many persons five times their age, walked about the deck, tal~g to each other and to the crew, ilnmlndful of the floating death hat lay beneath, Radios were nearly always In use as men and women gathered around to listen to report.6 :from both Germany and Britain. The ship docked in New York Tuesday, 34 days after It had sailed and Cadet Matthews was greeted by his father who had left Port:smouth by train and from BO!lton to New York by boat. As part of the National Defense program the New Hampshire Oas & Electric Co., has closed its Daniels Street Power plant to general visiting and erected protective barbed wire fencing about the property, General Manager R. o. L. Greer announced today. Passes issued from the company offices at 46 Congress street will be required of everyone In the future who has to visit the plant. Numbers will be recorded and all visitors will register at the plant' so their signatures can be compared with the passes Issued. At the entrance from the old extended roof on the ferry building has been totn down; two ten-foot steel gates have been installed and barbed wire outriggers put Jn to prevent anyone getting Jn over the top. New fencing has been ins,talled at the end of ihe dock and use of the dock ls prohibited. At the main lift gate, a barbed wire gate has been added and at the old wall between the pl!J.nt and the Portsmoyth Gas Co., a new reinforced seven-foot concrete wall topped by three feet of barbed wire has been put in. Similarly at all other exposed places, new fencing has beer installed so that the entire generat ing plant is enclosed in barbed steel· or solid wall. At the Jackson Hill sub-station six 250 candle-power lights have been Installed so that the entire unit which is enclosed in steel fencing and patrolled by the city police Is bathed in light. �Gray.l ing Launched At 'd Is 33rd Sub Y a r Built Here sc\ Mrs. Herbert F. Leary Christens New Craft Wife Of Rear Admiral Leary Breaks Traditional Bottle Over Bow-Specifications Secret Sliding gracefully into 1the waters of the Piscataqua which will be her home until completion May 1st .next year, the USS Grayling, 33rd of Portsmouth built submarines was _launched this afternoon at 1420 Navy time (2.20 local). As the ' long, aleek ship started I H~le, Commander A. I. McKee, down the ways Mrs. Herbert F. Commander n.nd Mrs. J . B. LongLeary, sponsor broke the traditional staff and Master Machi$t Roland bottle over the ship's bow and in G. Bedell. a clear voice called, "I christen thee After ~ing for official photoGrayling." As the huge craft snub- graphs, the party went to the bed upon her hav.4Sel'S, in the launching stand where the Navy churling river, two tugs quickly ya.rd band was playing for the asswung her about and eased the sembled spectators. giant undersea craft to her berth Gifts Presented at Flatiron pier. On the stand Master !Machinist Bedell presented Mrs Leary, as A.embly sponsor, with the employes' gift Shortly before 1.30 the official and this was followed by prayer party aSBembled at the bffice of by the Chaplaln1 Lt. COmdr. H. G. the Commandant, Rear Admiral Glunt, USN. John D. Wainwright, USN, where Then on signal of' launching the Admiral presented a bouquet of Officer F. A. Tusler, a signalman. flowers to Mrs. Leary and her maid waved his semaphore. for the tugs of honor, Mrs. George K. Crozer, and launching crews to stand by, III. and the Navy Klaxon sounded a Othetii in the official party in- long blast. eluded; Rear Admiral Herbert F. !Poised beside the bow Mrs. Leary Lee.ry, USN, director of Fleet held the ribboned christening botTraln1ng, Navy Operations, Navy tie high as two 1>ells .sounded and Depa.rtmlent; Rear Adm,l.ral and then as the final bell rang threw Mrs. William T. Tarrant, Rear Ad- it swifit and true, saying "I christen miral and Mrs. Douglas A. Dis- thee Grayling." mukes, Ca.ptain and Mrs. H. F. D. With the yard whistle blasting Davis, Captain and .Mrs. J. J. and other ships of the vicinity Br9wn, commander and Mrs. J. I. icklng up the echo, the huge sub �·:J1t~~: ·. ·.-.·-.~~~--. -~- ~__ _. - - · . started slowly down the ways, the Navy band playing the Star Span\·- gled Banner. ,,, ·. On board the Grayling Lieuten·.·:.I ant Commander H. Ambro.se, USN, ··1officer 1n cherge of the ship detail, supervised the berthing of t.he · ·. · 1ship and at 1600 CDST) Navy time · set the shipkeeper watch , which ·. J will be maintained from now on · ·· j until it is taken over by the Gray- •• • 1 ling's crew. , . Order for construction . o! the / : Grayling was placed with the ·., Portsmouth ya.rd on June 2, 1939. , .. / The keel was laid on Dec 15 of last -~•; . year and with the launching to• t,~.. day there remains eight monthg ,. ·· work before the ship will be rea.dy •.. ~.. to take its place in the fighting fleet. Following the launching the o!. ficial party and invited guests re• >-- · turned to the Commandant's home was : :1· i!:- :~ Navy Blackout ·,, ;T omorrow (. ~:_ _,' I Five Minutes Of Total Darkness Will Mark Start Of Series Of Precautionary Drills Final plans have been completed for the first blackout of the Portsmouth Navy yard which will be held tomorrow night at 8 p. m. when every light in the yard wil: be out . !oi· a oeriod of 5 minu tes. I This- is ·the first of a series of !routine precautionary drills which !have been scheduled by Captain J. J. Brown, USN, captain of the . {a.rd, whose duties include security of the yard. Since the yard would ·.••s_; only loom up as a big- black target _ 1if all the lights surrounding it were • not al5o darkened, many citizens have ~uggested that Portsmouth and surrounding towns cooperate on the next dril. Voluntary co-operation on the part of the citizens would be necessary to accomplish such a test under present conditions but. from opinions expre.,sed there is no doubt that every one would be willing to cooperate if city officials issued a request. As practice is essential it is possible that th e idea may be co:1Sid~red at the meeting of the city council nexL Thursdayvnight. - 1 ·- 1Historic Tales L Of Old N. H. Told For DAR Exciting tales from New Hamp: shire's history made last evening Ranger chapter, Daughters of the Blackouts are serious business American Revolution, at their first and Portsmouth Navy yard officials meeting of the season held at the deserved the congratulations they Women's City club. received for the successful first test The guest story- teller, Mrs. Guy ~-- made last night. However, in this \ H. Speare of Plymouth, is a noted ,.·· .. world of troubles if we can't find a author of several books on old New f·•··___;_,;,_.._j' laugh out of serious things life will ,j Hampshire 1folklore and her vivid i,. ·. be pretty dreary. ~-;',: So we are passing on to our read- .. .accounts of incidents in the lives \\· ers this masterpiece of night photo1of the men and women of long · ago !£'::;; graphy ta.ken by that daring photo- · )who settled New England held her grapher Joe Blitz who hung by his '· audience in quiet appreciation. New ~;.. heels from Memorial bridge last : Hampshire legends and family tales ··· night to get this detailed picture. ,proved fascinating material for an ' evening's talk and Mrs. Speare Joe tells us that ta.king the picture spun her stories with professional :~'• upside down improved the quality. 't" He also adds that the moon was skill. A business session opened the , :-· decidedly 5th column and refused to , co-operate last night, so he blacked program, presided over by the reit out himself in the interests of gent, Mrs. Albert Fagan . It was :"! ·· good government. voted at this time to donate a sum \ / For Portsmouth photographic fans .c· to the American Red Cross. Host';,: ', who may want to try and duplicate esses for the evening were Miss ft- this amazing feat we secured this ·, . . ~ , information from Joe. Deadpan ' plates were used. Exposure was wind : \ .:.- from the bridge. Joe says a shutter :"· • is not important in a blackout. He ,:•:;:' cautions the print must be very carefully developed to bring out all /}'·I the details such as are shown in :,,· ~ .1 this photo. t··' :~:i.:~ .... ~:..L!-- -· __) _.L .. ..........:.: _:...__ - I v·, · r·. .l t; ,; \, I ,_ I Sally Crockett, Mrs. Jessie F. / Crockett, Mrs. Henry L. Green, Mrs. D. W. Badger, Mrs. A. M. Clark and , Mrs. J. E. Seybolt. 1 Opening her talk, Mrs. Speare 1 i made the unusual statement that "The future is the past." She pointed out that the future is made / by events past and pre$ent. She i urged her listeners to preserve their !J local legends and family stories. A 11 true account of the first tower bell I in Portsmouth proved most inter// esti~g. Another tale placed the "Mary Had a Little Lamb" story I in its proper setting of Sterling, : Mass. Mrs. Speare revealed that · the author of the first three verses of this loved nursery rhyme was . I John Roulstone. The last two verses were added by Saxa Hale in a poetry book for children. I I �.t .,~. -~ e,_-( ·..,-:.- ;;1.'.~:2:.Ll::,...C.:...:"--"~--~-- - - - · --·-- nt 84Men �Bui·ld Six Subs In ortsmouth Yard ·: ---~•..._•\~..... .,,..~;~ !tt :~~~~j. er''.· -,. ~· ~ ~- �---•----•L.--~• ;: \P ortsmout Sho !Enrollment Los -~~~~=======c:==~~ ~-.-./ 0 a s . T t I Th /:{ ~- .'yea r 47 ;.\ ~i- \ ~ n ., Is I 01 11 111 6 lil _ ,,,._ I ; two students, 1 \ 1 Plains 5Chool ~===;:::::==- from 677 to 679. The !Dover, who is a graduate of Keene \ jumped from 30 to 35, Teachers college wJll act as addit, indicating an overload of but five tional teacher in the mechanical .i s~udents over normal acco=oda- arts department. Mr. Crosby has had ! t1ons. The New Franklin showed an teaching experience in Dover. enrollment equal to last year's. la::t d~~~::. go::;e~;!~ti80 pils in 1939-40 down to 257 who enrolled this morning, Figures f,om - - -- - - -- -- - - - -~ l"U I the Whipple school indicated an alI I most equal le..<sening, dropping from · 241 to 221. U · Both the Lafayette and Farragut With the total enrollment , showed a d2cline of 13 pupils under ! for all the city less than last l the 1939-40 figure. The Atlantlc ' ! Heights school counted 126 today ; year and the increase in the as against 143 l~t year. Funeral services for Ole Hanson, .Portcmouth High school less New Teachers Five new teachers have been prominent architect at the u. s. ·..·_(~ than anticipated, only one · engaged for the elementary depart\,,.j_,: ~j session may: be necessary at . ment of the Portsmouth public Navy yard, were held yesterday from the Boutwell Funeral home, 314 the high school this year and . schools this fall. Miss Catherine E. Islington street, at 10 a. m. Rev. · Greenan of Berlin, a graduate of -: : , many of the worries about Plymouth Normal school who has I Alexander A. Cairnes, retired rector added crowding in other had experience in Berlin schools, i of the Christ Episcopal church offi• will replace Mary R. Shea in the ciated. Miss Martha Boutwell ren· schools will be eliminated. dered appropriate selections on the .. Predictions by sociologists that ! fifth grade at the Farragut school. harp. general school enrollment through- ,: Miss Jeannette C. Woodward of . Mr. Hanson was a man of fine out the nation in 1940 would ex• ·Gorham, Me., graduate of Gorham family background, carrying forward - \ perience a gentle decline, were · Normal school will teach Grade Four family traditions handed down to ~ confirmed by Portsmouth according at the New Franklin school in him by his father, Bant Hanson, a to incomplete enrollment returns place of Marguerite Jenness who is pioneer boat builder, who fashioned ·; · on a leave of absence. Miss Wood- much of the virility of his inheri1 ann!'.>unced by the local ~hool department today. . ward has taught in Southport, Me. tance and character into construc,,;_,, Miss Dorothy E. Matthews of Cape tions under his supervision. Ole 1 Although the :figures will not be 1 ! complete until later this week, enNeddick, Me., a graduate of Gorham Hanson in his own right incorpora-1 rollment in all Portsmouth public : Normal school with experience in ted this same intellectual under• r: , schools this morning indicated a \ York, Me. will teach at the Haven standing into his work as naval' , drop of 47 pupils from the 1939-40 school, grade five, in place of Irene architect, making many valuable : term. Last year's .students numbered Craven. Miss Inez Oliver of Lowell, 1contributions to government proMass., who is a graduate of Lowell ductions both here. and for the 1 2874 as aaginst 2827 who enrolled today. State Teachers college, will replace Winnifred Claus as assistant in government unit at Bath. Among the many people attendil1g , High School Total Up music at the local schools. She for- ·the funeral of Mr. Hanson were l At the senior high .school figures merly taught in Pittsfield, Me. Miss ,relatives from this part of New continued to i;well as they hi!.Ve for Dorothy A. Scarponi of this city, a !England and the West, also a large graduate of Keene Normal school. \delegation from the drafting divi1 the past 10 years. However the in.; ',, ; crease was not enough, ;ccording , is to act as ass_istant_ teacher. sion of the Portsmouth yard. to this early counting at least, to : I At the Jumor High school Miss 1 There was a great profusion of ; warrant the necessity of a. two· 1 Helen R. Fortune of Waltham, Mass. beaut.iful floral tributes including ,. l.session pl.an. will replace Marion Foster. She is an outstanding pedestal from his j Two week's ago Superintendent a graduate of Masaschusetts School \ closer associates at the Navy yard. ; of School5 Harry L, Moore stated of Art and has had experience in Following services at the funeral that the two-session plan would not Waltham, Mass. H. Edgar Pray of home the cortege formed and probe necessary if the enrollment re• Abington, Mass. will teach in place ceded to Bath, Me., where Mr. Han, mained under 900. But today's en• Iof Vivian Brown who has been son was born. At 4 o'clock services , rollment of 845 students .signifies an transferred to t~e Senior High I were held at the family lot in Oak• . overload of 179, as the building 1s school. Mr. Pray 1s a graduate of dale cemetery where many old ' • made to accommodate only 675 .stu- Northeastern college and has had friends were gathered. Rev. Jesse ' dents. experience in the Abington High Kenderdine of the Beacon Street 1 school. Three new teachers will take their Methodist church of Bath officiated ; Five Show Decline . places at the Senior High this year. \ at this final service. Of the city's nine public .schools, Mrs. Hazel C. Fogg of Durham will The bearers were Otis L. Hunt, • five showed a decline. Of the re• continue her work in the commercial I Jesse L. Philbrick, Raymond E. . maining four, three showed a slight- department. She is a graduate of \Morrow and Merton E. watts, all ' ly larger enrollment and another Plymouth Normal school and has \ close associates of the deceased. : was even with the 1939-40 figure. • had experience in Nashua. Miss · - - , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' r , . •--'!:,he Ju.l}ior hl,gh_inc.r_e~'1-JJY_o!)JY Ruth M. Grady of East Derry, a ..,. . graduate of the University of New Hampshire, will act as assistant in 1the English department in place of Pr ·. : Wij ren. Rav A. rosb of Le;/) u t" eH~nson funera I HeId :c:: j :~:·· j •·· ·1· l 1 l 1 I �High School Enrollment Jumps 33 Second Day Although second-day figures showed the Portsmouth High school with 33 more students than registered on opening day, final decision as to whether two sessions will be necessary will not be made until school officials meet later ln the week. But. while the high school showed a gain over second-day enrollment last year, the rest of the public schools reported losses. The total Joss was 61 pupils or .14 more than on opening day yesterday. The Haven school was the biggest loser, as it reported a total enrollment of 259, which was 24 Jess last year's: Supt. of Schools Harry L. Moore and Clarence C. ,Sanborn, headmaster at the high school, will hold a conference laler in the week to decide about the double sessions. Portsmouth High had a total enrollment of 878 students this morning, 24 more than yesterday and 33 more than last year at the same period. Normal capacity Ls 675, which leaves the school with a ta! overload of 203. There were only two gains reported from the rest of the schools. The Junior High gained one student over last year and the Plains gained five, or a total figure of 35 chlldren. The Whipple school lost 22 and the Farragut lost 20. Atlantic Heights dropped Irom 143 to 126, or a Joss of 17, and the New Franklin went from 206 to 204, for the smallest decrease. Second day figures on school enrollment: School Accomodates 1939 1940 Senior High 675 846 878 Junior High 750 684 685 Farragut 240 222 202 Whipple 210 244 222 Haven 240 283 259 Lafayette 210 267 25? New Frankline 210 206 204 Atlantic Heigh ts 150 143 Plains 30 30 Boundaries Indefinite Actually, the South End is not the South End but southeast. It takes in part of Pleasant street, a section of South street, Marcy, Gates and a ho~t of shorter streets. But where, exactly, do the boundaries lie? And · what about the North End, the section nea1· the B. & M. depot? Is it bounded on one side by Hanover street or does it stretch clear to Congress? Does it include Bridge street? Then there's Christian Shore. How far does it extend before it becomes the Cr~ek? Does it include everything from the depot down or does it start after crossing the Maplewood avenue bridge? What are the boundaries for the Creek? · It wasn't so very long ago this column requested information concerning the stone faces appearing at the top front of the Hotel Rockingham. FUty per cent of the native population never even guessed they were there and approximately 90 per cent are stymied as to the correct identities. But a good many have all of a sudden become interested in the bits of facial architecture and already one of the faces has been identified as that of Frank Jones, a name that should be familiar to everyone for miles Lost Identities There's also the Plains and the a.round. Now, about the other . ... well, the West End. Where does each start and where does each end? Herald is still waiting I In addition there are a few sections of the city which haven't been Locality Quiz But meantime, if you're not in- designated by any name. For examterested in faces or identities, what ple the territory surrounding the about a little geographic informa- Masonic Temple at the intersection tion from someone who knows. The of Middle and Miller avenue? And Herald doesn't know the answers to what about t he district near the this one either but is very willing to Lafayette school? What about the Lookout section learn ... . in fact, most anxious to near the further end of Broad learn. There are several sections to this street and the Sagamore district? city which are very well known to Where do these start and finish? most people. For instance, the South And in addition, older descriptions End, the Creek and Christian Shore. of the city tell about a Little Also, the North End, the Heights Bowery area. Where to? ? ? The Herald would be delighted to and the Plains. Now is there anyone in the house who can inform the know. Herald as to where each of these sections begins and ·where it ends? ? or The Districts At last the Rockingham face solution has been cleared from the b o o ks ...... thanks to D or o thy Vaughan, assistant librarian at the local library and recognized authority on Portsmouth history. Miss Vaughan writes, "Some years ago, an old lady who had lived many years across the street from the Hotel Rockingham, pointed the faces out to me and said that the faces in the gables represented Judge Woodbury Langdon (who built the house occupied by the site of the Rockingham and which was destroyed by fire except for the colonial dining room) and the other was the Hon. Frank Jones. Perhaps you have noticed too, that there are four other faces across the front of the building. They represent the !our seasons." Thank you, Miss Vaughan, and now the Herald is all set to listen to anyone who can explain its precincts . .. . for instance, where tJ111 South End begins and ends, the North End, the Lookout section, etc., and why the South church is .only a stone's throw from the North church? ? ? '5 l legion Au iliary 'ii Elects Officers ~· The Frank E. Booma Unit, No. 6, had it nomination and election of officers at the regular September meeting held in Moose hall. The officers for the following year are as follows: President, Mrs. Alice first vice-president, Mrs. Elise Eaton; s~cond vice-president, Mrs. Virginia Dowd; secretary, Mrs. Gertrude Tobey; treasurer, Mrs. Edna White; chaplain, Mrs. Lita Rintz and sergeant-at-arms, Mrs. Gertrude Montagne. A brief business meeting was h~ld at which the offlceri. read their reports for the year of 1940 and plans were made for attending the Nationa.l Legion convention in Boston. �I 1934, when he created the March of Time movie series. "The Ramparts We Watch" was f!lmed almost entirely in New London, Conn. No Hollywood for Director deRochemont either! He grew to know the Connecticut town well back in 1916 and in recent visits was struck by the fact that it had changed so little since he first visited there. Here was the town to make "The Ramparts" !n. It was convenient to New York, it had a coast guard and submarine base, and it stl1J looked like a 1914 town. In no time at all a complete studio blossomed forth in a deserted s!lk mill. We won't tell you the story of "Ramparts," for it might spo!l the picture for you. As a hint . . . the film shows how this country shook itself from \ts lethargic aloofness in the years 1914-1918 and sent its young men off to fight Jn Europe. In the cast, from W!lhelm II and Woodrow Wilson down to the 1 400 people of New London hired for the picture, none are professional cinemactors, all are as close to their real-life counterparts as possible. Louis de Rochemont has made only one visit to the West Coast in more than 23 years of movie-making. At that time he confined himself to lunch with the people he admires mo.st, Walter Wanger Wa.l t Disney,. Frank Capra and Sheridan Gibney. His only comment was "I was surprised to fi11d human beings out there." It's not that he's anti-Hollywood or a viet!m ?f Hollywoodphobia, it's just that ne has other fish to fry, His ma~n !n~rest has always been plctor1al Journaiism. From "Rampart.," scenes you'll get the same effect as the new~re~l shots give. To get that meant doing without any trick l!ghtlng or camera angles. Mr. de Rochemont says "All the scenes ~em photographed from eye level t as anyone would have seen JUS th em happen. Our camera was to be simply an o},lject!ve observer of America in wart-ime." Here's one movie producer who never goes to the movies. His wife declare;. that this is so. No busman's hqliday for him! In his spare moments he's busy thinking up ideas for new March of Time films. Wlll he make another feature? Louis de Rochemont grins and nods. He will. God willing and the creeks don't rise, 0 ~ With "The Ramparts We Watch" coming to the Colonial theater toda and ~omorrow Producer-Director Louis de Rochemont takes The March Of Time for the first time into the field of full-length feature pictures. 'Ramparts We Watch' Prod,u(:er Well Known Here --:-:--:-~=:::===::===::--~~--~---...I Did you know that we of Ports-1 The city of Portsmouth wasn't mouth have a movie producer--<ii- neglected in "Ramparts" either. In rector Jiving right here In our the film you'll see the Western mldst? Union building on Daniels street When you go to the theater and and Portsmouth's city hall. Why view one of the March of Time go to Hollywood? The movie inshorts, you can whisper to your dustry ls moving right into Portsfriends· that the creator and pro- mouth. ducer of this series is Louis de- Louis deRochemont ls living proof Rochemont, the same man who pro- that you can't start your career too duced "Ramparts We Watch," early in life. He bu!lt his first unique movie feature playing at movie camera at the age of 12 from _the Colonial theater today and to- odds and ends and a blueprint In morrow. Popular Mechanics and took newsMr. deRochemont ls a part-t!mt> reel shots of his home town, which resident of Newington and is well he sold to local theater managers acquainted in Ports.mouth. His a,t- for 15 cents a foot. tractive wife, Mrs. Virginia deThe 41-year-old de~hemont is Rochemont, is vice-president of the a one-time naval officer and newsPortsmouth Garden club and ls reel cameraman. In 1916, to the working with Mrs. Charles Am- ·consternation o! New London hoff, president of the organization, townspeople, the German submain forming a Junior Garden club in r!ne Deutschland hove into this this city. Connecticut harbor. DeRocheThat's not all! One of the actress- mont, then 17, scurried down from es in the deRochemont film is a Boston, his home town, to film the Portsmouth girl , • . Miss Phyllis event. He spent seven years In Badger, student at the Connecticut the U. s. navy and has since made College for Women In New London. the world his oyster for newsreel In staging a college dance scene, purposes. First as a camerman producer deRochemont merely at- for International Newsreel, then as tended the annual prom at this production chief for Pathe and Fox Connecticut school and Miss Badger Movietone. The climax of his dywas among those chosen to appear namlc, whirlwind career came In in this portion of the picture. �r~-i *··:,,-;_;~.· ~~";Ts >~f~i\' .. ,, . .·,:,, Ll ~ (.:.··· ....rhJ;:~~r ~\f:. -.·,,,i,:i.;\ t~i'.~:t>i•~o·~~ n •--~ 1 ot·~t-~t . :.-· . . · ..\-- ,: ... ,'\,,, 11:1..-~:·:·:~~ f 1 1 I~ - - · ~ ... :,-~-> ' \?~~\r_-;:-_/-.-/-_i:-,_~_J3s:}£;'~:. ,~i\ i:: ' -· _;: -~-;~ titF:l~·~"" City Buys :~, Study Regulation~ 1?-?lX:>('.,f·· ~,1o4 Acres (For OpeningDraw • ••. 1.· • , •,·.. ,,~· •··•• .-. • 1 For Site Of A hearing on the application of Further investigation of the title the New Hampshire highway deto lands included in plans for the partment for approval of plans for city 's new driven wells revealed toa new highway bridge across Saga• ,. day that a total of 104 acres were more creek here has been called for ·;". involved instead of the original 44, ' .-" ·· ·· plication f[·om ~~ · It~;;;:::~;~~r;, ~t.~;~ ;I~0.~~~:f~~ir~;;:::; ;1~~·~~[,~:~:f~!ff fi:t :~ti]\~ tJi,-•i: · Location of the new bridge, ~o ~;;\·,; • repla-ee the present pile and timber ~\:'./'_,, structure which carries route 1-A 2 :fa~~~:ie ·~a~bilo~ Plans for the new structure show a continuous steel plate girder bridge , with three fixed spans supported by ;., concrete abutments and two inter>_ mediate reinforced concrete• stonefaced piers. The center or navi: gation span affords a horizontal clearance of 144 feet between the piers and 12.5 feet at the center above the plane of mean high water .. and an additional 8.7 feet above the .,_·;r; plane of mean low water. :., All interested parties have been ', invited to appear and present oral ( arguments at the hearing but im· '. portant facts or figures should be -; submitted in writing for accuracy in records according to Maj. L. B. Gallagher, district engineer. r;!\)_ ~~~~:S ::: :~~~h 1 ? · Tracing back through the records • to find out what had happened, · 1City Solicitor Leo Liberson reports the M · New "i · ,;/},;,/:_i/-';..;;:,·;;)f~_. 1:1 ~~~ P~~~; , 1 t_-~: , :\it/~~ ''i: ,·,&· :):::,'f: · ,,. ~.}\t: f,'.¾.;~; \:-_ ,• i i'' !}: fif · " f,'-':,, ·.)>::'fj,' · ·"-t_._;/~~:,,., .• :,;,~")}>:';:::? ::./i!],[if}i\ .:f-;J~,.~-s,;: . ·;~•. ., ·:-' ;i !~~1~Eie::;::l:~:~:::o~~ }{it~ .1t}~-~;·:, 7 '~f~Ki~J~~( f:2~:~:1:1t :d:ftiPf::~~a:;I •· f·, N '.• H• [tmplo "ym'"·e·n.t: \.:'· ~;~kits ~:::~~ili93t~~: ~~~;;,~~ j I ·1ce To Have ,-: ! Serv i New lo(at '1on Here .. appeared on the city's books as its i c~ • · .... I to the uniform signals, have adopt, ed a tentative arrangement. ;_;'·~ ;t{-'i .,·. '.V;~:'.; -_, '· j However, the same signal as used '_ '/:/i\i:·i.:./,;1:~s".".· ,· ·1 :~;/ :e~~ew~ft/ ~9~~ •1 ~:1etea:M:::ia~:;~~idgt~~:n;~~~ ta~es. At that time, Mr. Liberson . through one will not necessarily ·:• said, a checkup wa5 made through ·.: pass through the other. When visi:•tJ the county registrar of cteed5 to - ' blity is poor it would be difficult ;_, determine whether there . was any · for the bridge tenders to dete,mlne '- mortgage on record agarns t the in time which bridge was called ;;• owner, Harry Yeaton. for if the ~ignals were the same, :,I When it was reported there was which would result in a hazard. The ':°.' no mortgage on record and the city l suggestion has been advanced that ·.. had complied with all the legal ' the request signals for the bridge .:-· steps required, the city took what it I to open should be different. The believed to be a clear deed in 1936, · suggestied signals are three requzst: About a year ago, said M. Liberson, ing the new bridge to open, with an .,. the P isca,taqua Savings bank answer blast of four from the b ht t ti ct· th bridge. • c~t~~; ~it~/our ac on regar mg e However, as the signal for the It was disclosed at that time that Memorial bridge· is four to open, -f. the bank had & mortgage by the and an answering blast of three on !4 owner previous to Mr, Yeaton, ·· the siren, it has been suggested that -,<. which Mr. Yeaton had acquired · there might be some danger in fog - .J ·~ f -~ !~i;d~; ~;n~;quest from/ ship MaJ. D. S. Whit•e, Execu ive As· -. -,:J';:t{,V "','if'::,,,,,-_;;-~. ~~~~e::d~~ ::I}lq1~!ilI1:§·}li? :';_ ow;hen asked who should have ! ·j ::~~a!nt:ew~~s~~e notified the proper city officials , .· . ·. of the adverse court ruling, so that/ .-. · 0 ,<· ,, , , ': proper changes on the citt5 r:cordS 1•,·..~· ·, .. could l:>e made, City Sollcit-or 1,1ber- , _. son said he was not prepared to ·; 0 ,!, , ~ . :• say. t =· ·r 1§11.0rlCOi OCletv ;-..::t:.> ·,· :" . 1 S . : \. ._,. <. • · • i' ~ • I ,. Offices of the New Hampshire "; --,: , . . <., .-': ·· ' ; ' · .:·_;,/;c,~' · ,;~ ~ Ernpl◊yment service will be moved this weekend fr om their present location at 1 Pleasant street to 29 ~;u~~ annual meeting of the PortsHigh street, where Ham's restaurant . at the John Paul Jones house yes- <i,'.<~f.th'!:'-~,I,/;·;,i ·. was forme:·ly located. The Stat'€: Arrangements for operators at · terday afternoon. The following ~ -'·rJ:?f-;"·'\_;: Welfare department which is now the Por tsmouth Municipal airport . officers were re-elect ed: President ";,:,,:_ ;;/?;,; .;,''£;::\_•;. located a.t 39 Pleasant street will will be discussed at an informal James A. Borthwick; vice-presidents ' .·---~: ..:;~:t).:.' .;i/,_1f~l} .:t\'.':' ;tr;,~ move into the offices vacated by the meeting h l ···•.. ,t-t:..~r .· ;.:.~ -,•:. _( · /:.• · of the Commissioners of the C ar es H. Batchelder, Mrs. Wood- ·.,, :··,'.·'t•;,·.:.. ;. ~•-. Y. , ;1fo' i :<;. Employment service after renova"' .!1'•.._,..1.,. i • . Por tsmouth airport which will be ,'. bury ~angdon; secretary, ,:"ran~ D, 1.",;'\J•i t ons are comple.ed. ;f.:l:t"i I Director Andrew C, Graves of the ' held next Monday night, Chairman ';. Butler, treasurer, G, Ralph Laigh-_ ·:.,,f'.,.:f··, i:;-,;~~:{;,,;;". · _ ton; tr~tees, George B. Lord, ~i:~':'.l Employment Service said today that Frank E. Brooks said today. Members will meet at 8 p. m. at the · Thomas H. Simes, J. K. Betes, J . T. ,:.;:'t.·.' •.;·.A-~:,;~\. ,: · '"' .j the gtound floor office pr o•vided office of the New Hampshire Sea - , ;, Coolidge, Ralph May, Horace Mor 1:yt,:;/{ ~ by the new location will be of adcoast Regional D evelopment associ• ,_"l.'' E rison, Mrs. W. "~i! ::JP. 'i:~i;'-ti,i~)':'. :;_ ",j vantage to the public, The Welfa~ M Wyman . .P. Boynton, D ..,,y. .,..•IJ.,··~ t·~"l:·•:;.• t ation. At that time prepa,rations will .. .. .. arvm, Miss orothy Vaughn, •·i:</·f:\_i':}' . , d<partment must complete its mov.',,l- ,t-~h~-l ,. '-),.~,-;•c,·; i ing by Oct,. 16 when its lease ex- be made for a report of the com· __ J Miss Martha Kimball. ·-:'.-'. -Off seers Re-!(;)lected >l Airport Commission Jt TOMeet Monday',; · ,;_ "" ·> ; __: .· .· , :'.\}J!]~ft:~[i(f: ''l!:;. ~:-.'<_'.~/(f <t~1:': ~\ t\ ,:;,,, tI-'ti3:tt;t~·: .,, J . ~~~~~l :j~~i1l;) •i}Iii{~f\{ELH}J}jt!~}t~~i 0 ;=~~i;:ia;~il0ct~~ ' ·: �1r ifu i,:iv'.;-'i~':l~'-;Y/f ~ -/ . , :_!Local Pr;fPlays --1 iP ortsmo~th-~ .;,1mpRortantBPartk I!Blackout n ct. ·'{' n ecent oo I 1 ,o ---Portsmouth citizens will have an President Chase outlined details opportunity to take part in an of the program of the 27th at the Rav, Thomas N, Quirk of this city actual blackout Sunday, Oct. 27, meeting last night, including the \ plays an important part in a b~ok when Portsmouth observes its Civ- big parade which will precede the •,:, r ecently published depicting t,he life \ ic Patrol day, according to plans actual demonstrations to be held at ,.·. of Rev, Gerard Donovan, Maryknoll worked out by committee chairmen the playground and adjacent : missionary slain by bandits in Man- I at the Civic Patrol meeting held buildings. / · chukuo over, two years ago. The ! , at the Central fire station last Fears that the Civic Patrol pare book, "When Sorghum Was High,'" I l night. a.de might conflict with the Americ recently made il,. appearance. I At the time, which bas not yet can Legion parade two weeks later Th?mas N. Quirk is a native of i been set, street lights will go out were dispelled last night when ths this city, one of t-hree brothers who i and a.11 citirens will be asked to local legionnaires, through Comdr. · became pries~. He graduated from i pull down their shades or turn out John C. Gamble, pledged their -~ Po: !,;mouth High school and re- ; their lights so that the entire city, participation in the Civic Patrol ceived his degree from Boston col- · except for automobile lights, will parade and the patrol pledged its lege before entering Maryknoll in . ; be in total darkness. participation and support, by un1926. :le was ordained to the PriestTo make the blackout as com- animous vote, for the Legion's Arme hood four years iater and within ' plete as possible local automobile istice day celebration. t a short time left for his mission drivers will be requested by Presi- Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith has :~~- ~signment in Manchukuo, A year · 1dent A. Richard Chase -to co-oper- agreed to issue a proclamation ~:, ·1 ago he came to this count.rr and vis- : ate as far as they can either by naming Oct. 27 as Portsmouth Civic 'f'::, i ited friends and· relatives here. !keeping their cars off the road or Patrol day and, since this is Navy ~V-1· The Portsmouth p:·iest accom- lpulling off the road with lights out day and the Fleet Reserve associ~ ,· panied the u.sistant consul, Ray· . ;for the period of the blackout. ation will be co-operating, it is an• ': inond Ludden, by plane from Muk- . At the same time it is hoped that ticipated that the demonstration .:::_·-,. den to Huai-Jen for a final identifi- ' the Navy yard will hold its second will bring one of the largest turn- ,· .- · cation of the body found on the : practice blackout and surrounding outs ever.the demonstration is to be Sine& j Manchukuo mountain.side f o u f towns, such as Kittery, New Castle, filmed by the March of Time it ' _,_ months after the capture. Newington, Greenland and Rye, is planned to hold ths events as , .'j The Maryknoll mission has been will co-operate so as to make the early as possible to obtain daylight in existence for nearly 30 years and ! event as near wartime conditions scenes. :, · thi5 i.s t.he first death by violence . , as possible. '..,.·I that has occurred in the history of ;• · , the ~oc=·~t·c''~· -- - - --,--- - - - - -1 ,, l t. ,'· I ~{J Nev; Bridge To Be Ready In November "- r14 UNH Students ', \_ Finish Flying Course Portsmouth's new by-pa;;s highway and bridge is expected to be completed Eometime between Nov. 1 and Nov. 15, Wallace F. Purrinton · publi.c relations officer, said today. ' •;,: Bottleneck of the work is the con- · ,'.• ·. ·1 crete counterweights . in the towers · ··: as a. little concrete has to be poured, :.·, set and then a. steel casing welded ·; :·- into place before the next block is ·J· poured. This is slow and laborious ' work. -Electrical equipment has all been completed. Bridge sidewalks and curbings are expected to be finished -I within two weeks. The toll house \ is practical}y completed and traffic ;;; lights will be installed by the middle .= . of October. This will complete the ,' :·/ work except for the concrete pouring / which will continue for another two/ 1 \a-CJ, to four weeks. :· ----0 t ;-:' c},~_-,. __ ......__ ,_____ ... ~ ..__ - - -- . .' 'I Fourteen University of New \ under this government program Hampshire ~tudent.s including four which ha~ been created for 1rntion~J from Portsmouth a~d several others defense purposes. Only one student from this vicinity, have just gradu- of the 15 who started failed to comated from the first Government col- plete the course. ' lege flying course which has just Another class of 15 is scheduled to . been conducted at the Portsmouth start this Saturday and end the Municipal airport by Sky Hav~n, first of the year. That will be folInc. of Rochester, in co-operation lowed by a third class to run until with the university civil aeronautics ,Tune 30 n~xt year. course. Graduatmg students are as _folUnder the direction of William lows: W. P. Ferillo of East KmgChamplin of Rochester, head o"f Sky ston; P . N. French of Portsmouth; Haven, Pilots John Nichols of Roch- R. H. Gowen of Stratham; W. A. ester and Andrew W. Purington of Gould of Colebrook; G. W. Pickard West Epping put the students of Seabrook; W, W. Hildreth of through the 40-hour air course Wolfeboro; L. R. Hazzard of Portswhich yesterday resulted in private mouth; C. S. Harding of Portsflying certificates for all 14. During mouth; R. D. Heberty of Manchesthe 70 days of flying there was not ter; o. A. Sanne of Portsmouth; C. a single accident. T. Stewart of Hampton; J, B . Meanwhile at the University of Watson of Hartford, Conn.: D. A. iNew Hampshire, students received Wilson of Dover; B. R. DeMentt of - their theory and ground training Rochester. 1 ------- -r · - - - - - •.· · ' ; ,' .., j �·-· ~/-<:-· •' • -~~-- -:---- - ~ ~ - : ~ - .~ :·- ~-~----? ·-·. .,. , !\, ••• ! • ·_'_ ... r. : _. w ....._. ... -:··-··;-~s. ~ :__ ti Commission Bal"'s Exdusive Contract For Use Of Airport 1 ~ ·- :_f - ~-:-, . vt: ~v--~- Y·-s •t°a..vi.\•,_;:::~;}::.i~c•' t t··~ ~~~~t '~" ' . ·~ (, ·~ ,:-_·___, --~ .. , \' ~ ..:1 ~ 1:..-r· i operators w_ould result in o':11Y one oper ator being able to survive. Chairman Brooks sa:d that while 1 the commission appreciated the po! sition of Mr. Scholz and wanted to ! do all it could to help him, that any exclusive contract wou'ld endanger the city's c.ham,es of get.t-i ng the help it needs. Other commis1 1sione1·s agreed .. . Rule On Locating Hangars ·I Following the vote on the leases, Alvin Redden, clerk of the commit" tee, offered a motion regarding the I ~:t::~~o~~t~r!d~~~~r;h:~~~~ . :·ff\;;Jf,;,+ ,,. :·• .'":,·i•;,.-'.iir,/,·;-·, ·. ·- '_;'l(f;"-,}/•·:>.c,.;JJ,;_/,· '. · .. · ;,,•., • :c;· •:,' , ,'· ..'; · ··' · ·· <'.' ... , .. , ,,.. ~.;t-.': tion read: ' "The commission recommends two piece5 of land be leased·, one 1 each to Warren Scholz and to Sky , Haven, Inc., locations to be deter/ mined by John W. Durgin, city , surveyor and W. Russell Hilliard, , airport engineer of the New Hamp! shire Aeronautics commiss1on." I Possible locations were pointed ,·.··•_·._-=--->'; out by Mr. Hiliiard who attended . th e meeting. Pn::•ious to ~h~ meet: mg members of tne comm1S-,1on had 1 met with Engineer Hiiliard at t,he i airport to inspect possible locations und_er tte state'5 development plan ; that contemplates building \,he , Portsmouth airport to adequa.te size. ·! ! Mr. Champlin said that he planjned to erect a hangar costing between $4,000 and $5,000 and Mr. Scholz said that he had several contractors figuring on plans. ·. .. , .. .. . ,. ,. '· ., ., ·,i .:_,jf ·, ·. :. •·, ·<,;\' ''(: . " •.' · ·.~ ... '"- /·c ·s: ,_ ·:''\• Body Recommends To City Council That Leases Be Consummated With Two Present Operators Tha t' in order to safeguard the futur e developm ent of the Por tsmouth .Municipal airport no exclusive con. . tracts wiII be given any operators was the unanimous dec1 sion of the full board of Comm iss ioners of the Portsmouth Airport at a meeting held last night at the office of the . . New Hampshire Regional Development assoc1at1on. I On motion of Mayor Kennard E opportunity to discuss the matter Goldsmith, chairman ex-officio, and with ether members of the comseconded by Commissioner Frank , missiJn, but that his investigation / W. Randall the commission voted: .. had convinced him that it was not "That the Commission recommends / in the be~t interests of the city to to the city council that leases be • grant an exclusive contract as state consumated between the City of H and federal a.id could not be obPortsmouth and warren Scholz and jtained if exclusive contracts were" 1 r -;;·;·;;;;;; ·~;;;-;;;;;;;·;;;;;;;.. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;7 William Champlin for Sky Haven given. · Inc., doing business individually fo; I He said that he felt It was up I O a period of five years with an op- to the cit~ to d~velop the field with tion of renewal for an additional such outside aid as could be ob- / SALTER M. F . B d' d t , five years with leases for the first tained and that while the city had B kl-r ~ -- a;n~ s·• · _ie \ · no desir to regul te or lim1· t b t roo · yn, ew or · ervices a period to start immediately. The e . a u I Proprietor's cemet~ry P ortsmouth lease f ee f rom o ct • 15, , 1940 to J une rather desired to encourage opera' . . . followmg . ' arrival . ' t· t th fl ld th ·t , . t , 1mmed12.tely of 1, 1941 to be $5 each . Starting· June ion a e e • e Cl Y5 m er- 1 9.35 train Monday morning·. ,._. . 1. 1941, the fee to be $100 annually ests must be protected, r •' · thereafter, for renewal of the first ,,__,.,-."".::._::------....-~ - -..----...J:, period. Lease fee for the additional Best Opportunity five years to be just and reasonable When he had fini&hed other mem- 1 in accordance with existing condi- bers of the boa.r d spoke up and tions. said they felt the same way. Com- 1 "This lease to be consummated in missioner Carl L, Krieder asked if consideration of eac11 individual the two operators were satisfied 1 erecting a hangar prior to June l, and Chairman Brooks replied that 1 Funeral services for Mrs. Fan1941 said hangars to meet the appro- tJi..e commissioners had ·checked with nie B. Salter , who died in Brooklyn, val of the airport commission. It ls every agency and that this plan N. Y., Oct. 18, were held a t the understood that each leasee shall gave the operators the best oppor- South cemetery in this city this have the right of use of the airport tunity to profit by a development o{ morning. Committal prayers at the grave were read for commerciat purposes." the field. When the operators were given a Walker, pastor of Christ ,. Follows Discussion chance to speak, Operator Scholz church. · Mrs. Salter was born in this city Voting followed a discussion of the reiterated his statements made at problem by members of the com- the public meeting previously that but had made her home in Brook.:·'' mission and by the present opera- he felt- there was not enough com - i lyn, N. Y., for several years. She was r-,, tors warren Scholz an d William merclal business at the field to , the widow of Harry Salter. /5 Champlin and the way was paved suppor: ~wo operators. . .,-. :- . ~ \t for its adoption when Mr. Scholz in He -,aid only one gov~rnment . ,.. \\s; response to a question by Chairman 1P_rogram could be obtainea for a .F~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~;;;;;.;,;;;;;;;;;;;~:',;: ;?!~ Frank E. Brooks regarding the ar - field and that if one opera~r h~d . ~ s~ So rangement which had been made I the ~overnment program _thv oth~r "- _ with Scholz previously said that he shou1_d have the exclus1v~ com· :i,:: made no claim under the previous I merc1al ~rogram. . He said_ that CUSHING- Died in this city, Miss ,'..':-, agreement and was willing t o accept I the American Legion was_ trymg to Anna Sheafe Cushing of Little · ., / any decision of the commission. 1 ~ecure _a _ non-college flying group Harbor road, in her 94th ;year. In opening the meeting Chairma.n I m add1t1_on to the college grou~ . Funeral services will be private. , Brooks said that· he had not had an , now there, but that the chanceo ·.~-.--.-~ . , , ·-----:I were slim, and that in effect two ·-trt ,·:., . '·, '(.",. •:, If unera I N t•ices (' · ' 1---------------- Mrs. Fannie Sa.lte~-, 1Funeral Held -::::- ,"I ·\>: I Fune ra I Not i"."' i:).-'\t ~. ~ ... .,._ ·.:.:,.'"'." )!::f\~ f I J I :t-:-~~--~ ~. . ':" ':' .... ~ .:: :itt'. .. �Sale Culminates Year... Long Drive f Local Group To Sa e Prgperty ., �elry Co., Olympia J. Verne Wood, M. P. Alkon, Plscataqua Savings bank, Gardner Insurance agency, Rockingham hotel, Jarvis restaurant and cafeteria, John Leary & Son, C. E. Walker Coal Co., Paul Chandler, Thomas J .. Loughlin, Olympia Fruit Co., Continental Shoe Co., Frank c. Remick Co., N. H. Gas & Electric Co., Portsmouth Herald, Winebaum Nows agency, Charles M. Dale, Portsmouth Ice & Coal Co., Consolidation Coal Co., Arthur B. Duncan, John Sise Insurance Co., Margeson's, Hobbs Insurance agency, Borthwick's, Piscataqua River Towing Co. The officers of the association are: president, Frederick D. Gardner; first vice-president, Sa.rtiuel D. Eastham; second vice-president. Arthur B. Duncan; treasurer, E. Curtis Matthews, and clerk, John W. Howe. Permit To Erect New Church To Cost $50,000 Fleet Reserve Plal15 Navy D.a y Program In recognition of Navy Day, which will take place Sunday this year, the Fleet Naval Reserve Branch 7 ar\,d auxiliary have made arrangements to bring to the people the meaning of Navy Day and of i value to the nation. This week In the hlgb schools throughout this section speakers from the Navy yard will speak at assemblles. Beginning today and continuing throughou t the week the schools of York, Eliot, Berwick, Kittery, Dover and Portsmouth will be visited by representatives of the navy or marine corps. Mrs. James Barnett, prominent in Fleet Reserve auxiliary circles in this city, has announced the following list of speakers in tlie high schools In this vicinity: Today 8 a. m.-York high school, A. M. Zollar, USN. 10 a. m.-Ellot high school, Capt. J. B. Lake, Jr., USMC. 8: 15-Berwick academy, Berwick, Lieut. A. R. st. Angelo, USN. Tomorrow 12:45 p. m.-Traip academy, Kittery, Lieut. Comdr. H. G. Glunt, USN. Thursday Appiicatlon has beeen made with Building Inspector Charles R Quinn or a $5\l,ooo pennit to erec a new Advent. Chrl.stlan church on Islington street by Dr. Fred G. Proctor, Jr., a member of the buildIng commit.t.ee. Ground will be broken some time this fall. The complete job wilI take from six to eight months. Location will be 128 Islington street, the sit.e the present parish house. Plans call for a three-story building, containing an auditorium aeatlng 320 persons, 16 class rooms, a pastor's room and ladies' parlor. Thfl recreation room will seat about the same number as the auditorium and wlll be fitted with all modern conveniences. The building will be of brlok colonial type structure and will be on the two Jots owned by the local church. Another small building situated next to the parish house will be torn down. Plans have been underway for the construction of a church for the past 16 years. Rev. W. J. Denton, who served for a number of years as pastor, made the first pastoral gift. During the past few years there has been a concert.ed effort by the parishioners toward this objective. 10 :30 a. m.-Dover high school, Ensign R. B. Satterford, USN. Friday 11 a. m.-Portsmouth junior high school, Pay Clerk V. S. Calvert, USMC. Wednesday, Oct. 30 8:15 a. m.-Portsmouth senior high school, Lieut. Comdr. L. M. DeClcco, USN. At the Kiwanis club this eve- °· Plan $25;000 3l Garage Building On Carter-Taylor Site One of the most modern onestory garages In Port.smouth will be bullt on the site of the OarterTaylor plant on Islington street, according to plans laid before Charles R. Quinn, building inspector of Portsmouth, by George E. Robinson, architect for the Noyes Buick company of Boston. The automobile company yesterday asked for a $26,000 permit to build the new garage. Work ls expected to start in the near future. BulJt in the form of a comblnaUon service station- how room, the building will· be one of the most modern In this section. Brick and steel will make up the exterior and the roof will be of hea slate. nlng, Lieutenant Commander Glunt, chaplain at the Navy yard is to be the .speaker. Post.ers have been placed in conspicuous places throughout the territory, calling attention to Navy Day. One big feature of the observance will be the annual banquet to be held at the VFW hall Saturday evening. The banquet wlll be attended by members of the Re6erve and Auxiliary from this district, which extends as far as Wakefield to the north as well as many people who are IPterested in the movement. Special gul:'<lts will include Charles M. Dale, Lieut. Comdr. Oharles F. Grisham, USN., Capt. James J. Brown, USN; capt. Frank C. Desantis. USMC, and Second Lieut. J. B. Helvin, USMC Reserves. De icat1on Of Bridge Set Nov. 8 Nov. 8 has been officially announced by the Maine-New Hampshire Bridge authority as the date for the opening of the new Portsmouth-Kittery bridge. Work on the stt'Ucture started in December 1938. The cost of the highway and bridge, which will take traffic outside the city, is in the vicinity of $3,150,000. Elaborate plans are being made for the dedication ceremonies. Col. M. E. Gilmore, regional director of the Public Works administration, which assisted in financing the structure, with the Reconstruction Finance corporation, will attend, as well as the two governors, Gov. Francis P. Murphy of this state and Gov. Lewis o. Barrows of Maine. Included ln the ceremonies will be a motor cavalcade over the approaches to the bridge. There will also be a banquet at noon when notables at the ceremony will be on the list of speakers·. �Edward W. Hopley Appointed To Office By City Council; Federal Post Said lo Await Retiring Clerk New Incumbent At 22 One Of Youngest Men In Nation To Rold Such A Position Resignation of City Clerk John J. Henson and the election of Edward W. Hopley to fill his unexpired term was the outstanding event of a busy session of the Portsmouth City council last night. Although Mr. Henson gave no reason for his resig. nation in his announcement to the mayor and council, in announcing it Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith stated that Mr. Henson was leaving to accept a fine federal position which will be made public shortly. From other sources it was reported that this position is in connection with the draft board. The rQs1gnation is effective Nov. 1 Copy Of First Gazette, Dated Oct. 7, 1756, v Sent Here () 'Y From Paris, Ill., Mrs, Mabel Hurd of 68 Fleet street h1l8 just rec11lved a copy of our New Hampshire Gazette which would not be news except for the fact that it is dated Thursday, Oct. 7, 1756 and is No. 1. The pa.per was found by her brother, Dr. Gene Manuel Trafton among the possessions left by her father, Horace Judson Tl'afton, and sent to her as a remembrance, Particularly timely is a sentence from the first issue: every lover of mankind must feel a strong desire fo know what pa' es in the world as well as within his own private sphere and partloularly to be acquaint· ed with the affairs of bis own nation and country especfally at such a time as this when the British nation Is engaged in a Just and necessa Following the acceptance of the reslgnaMon "with regrets" by the council, Mayor Goldsmith called for the election of a. successor to fill the term ·which ends Dec. 31. On roll call vote (without nomination) of Councilors Chandler, Hersey, Schlegel and Burkhardt, Edward Hopley was unanimously elected. Councilor John J , Leary, Jr., abstained from voting after being excused by the mayor, at his request. "I would like to be excused," he said, "because I only learned about this tonight and it ls too sudden tor me to make a. decision." Edward W. Hopley, who ls the youuge t son of Mr. end Mrs, John w. Hopley of 437 Lafayette l'ORd, lS probably one of l,he youngest men in the United States to be elected a city clerk, being only 22 years old. He was born in Cambridge, Mass., and educated in the public schools of Portsmouth, graduating from the high school in 1936, His senior year he took second prize in the Ranger ehapter of the DAR essay contest. Hopley wq president of the Porl.8mouth Flying club which about a. year and a half ago held several meets and awakened renewed interest in flying in this section, He ls also a former Portsmouth Herald carrier boy. After working a year at Wineba um's he wa,5 appointed to the City Water department and worked there until nearly three years ago when the National Youth administration projects were started here, Hopley was placed in charge of them and continued until they were closed about a month ago. In hi& work, Mr. l{opley ha.\ ha.d an opportunity to become acquaint. ed with city administration which will st..1nclJ him in good ste~ in con• neotlon with hi& new job. For the past reveral days Mr. Hopley has been in training at the office o! the city clerk. In announcing the acceptance of Mr, Henson's resignation, Ma.yor Goldsmith told the council, "You probably don't know but the onw rea.son I ran for office this la.st term was because Jack Henson agreed t.o serve with me, I shall miss him and I am sorry to see him leave." Mr. Henson is a native of Ha.rt• ford, Conn., and 47 years old. Dur• ing the occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico, he served on the USS Minnerota, He was attached to the USB Sierra during the World war and during the allied occupation of Constantinople, Turkey, waa on the USS Scorpion. For more than 10 yea.rs he has been active in Republican circles here, having servedl f1S a selectman and wa.rd clerk in Ward 4, and represented Ward Four in the city council. He was telephone messenger in the New Hampshire senate in 1935-36, He has been city clerk since 1937 and during his term has made many im rovements it1 the office; enlarg- �ing it; having old city records copied and rebOund; having the city vault enlarged; records indexed a.nd -cros.9 indexed and inaugurating the .system of securing affidavits on missing birth records which has since been made a. state-wide procedure, Emblem In Every Home," "Re Cross Buttons on Every Adult'' and "A 100% Emblem in,Every Business Home." On Tuesday, Nov. 12, there ls to be a meeting of all workers which will be held at the Rockingham hotel. ocal Universalis astor, Resigns utrition School ci"' To Be Opened In Portsmouth E. Curtis Matthews was named chairman of the annual Red Cross roll call which will be held throughout the Portsmouth Chapter from Armistice day to the last of the month. The Roll Call meeting was held at the Rockingham hotel last evening. Other officers for the roll call were named as follows: Mrs. Gordon Hislop, vice-chairman; Mrs. Edward T. Wendell, publicity; Mrs. Frank W. Randall, secretary. Philip Wilder from national headquarters explained the details of the voll call and there was considerable enthusiasm for getting a large membership' in the Portsmouth district. A canvass of business and residential districts ls planned and there will be a Red Cross booth set up on Market square during the week of Nov. 11. mong those attending the meeting last evening were Mt Matthew , Mrs. Hislop, Mr. Wllder, Lieut.Comdr. H. G. Glunt, Mrs. A. C. Warner, John B. Mooney, James J. Joyce, A. Richard Chase, Charles Hand, Harry Winebaum, Ph!llp Hodgdon, Mrs. Gladys Barker, Mrs. Mary Hazzard, Mrs. Ralph Frobisher, Mrs. Allan deRochemont, Miss Annie M. Chapman and Miss Concannon of the Junior Red Cross. Slogans adopted for use during the roll call included "A Red Cross A nutrition school in which the divers uses of surplus co~modities. will be taught, is scheduled to open soon in this city. The school which will constitute lectures and food demonstrations ls to be held unde:i; the sponsorship of the District Nursing association in co-operation with the civic organizations and clubs. Miss Clara Heyden and Miss Arlene Perry, senior students at the University of New Hampshire, have been engaged as instructors of the classes. During the course emphasis will be placed on meat extension dishes and wholesome methods of using foods economically. The school will hold its sessions at the fire house on Court street beginning in December. Olasses will be informal and all attending are to wear house dresses. A meeting to dir5cus.s plans for the school took place yesterday afternoon at the nurses' home. Those present were Miss Olive Pinney, Portsmouth District nurse; Mrs. Dorothy Bovard of the Family Welfare association; Mrs. Helen F. McLaughlin of the Home Economic department at the University of New Hampshire ; Miss Heyden and Miss Perry; Mrs. E. Curtis Matthews, Mrs. Mary L. Bickford, Mrs. J. L, Woodson and Miss Mary Abramson. It was decided that all women of this section wishing to enroll in 'the nutrition school should inform the District Nursing association or Family Welfare association by telephone or mail. Anyone is eligible and welcome to register for the course, which will be held between the hours of seven to nine o'clock in the evening. The District Nursing association may be reached by calling 402 between eight and nine a. m. and on\! and two p. m. The Family Welfare is available from 8.30 a. m. to 12 o'clock noon, and from 1.30 to 4.00 p. m., Saturdays m. to 12 noon. Rev. M. W. Rodehaver Rev. Myles W. Rodehaver, pastor of the Universalist church for a year and a half, yesterday announced his resignation In order to continue his studies for his Doctorate degree at the University of Wisconsin. The announcement came as a surprise and in making his announcement, following the mom..lng service on Sunda , Mr, Rr,deha ver expressed his regret et severing his connection with the local parish. Before coming here in May 1939, he had served pastorates in Waterv111e, Me. and Annisquam, Mass. He has been an ardent worker and has made many friends lfuring the short time he has been here. Mrs. Rodehaver too has cont1ibuted to the work of the parish. In oonnectlon with his studies hi will be Director of Religious Educa• tion at a Madison, Wis., church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rodehaver have been active in state Universal• 1st circles. He is treasurer of thl New Hampshire Universalist State Sunday school association, and 18.l!J year was advisor for the New Hamp• shire Young People's Christian union. Mrs. Rodehaver is vice~ president of the Associated Unlversalist Women of New Hampshire. The resignation is to be effectlva Jan. l. In the meantime efforts to select a successor wm start immediately in order that there will bi, no interim during which the church will be without a minister. A preliminary meeting of the parish will be held Friday of this week, and e, regular parish meeting Thursday ot next week. �Graffort Club Opens Season Wednesday 'n L\ Port.smouth's Graffort club, the oldest women"s club In the city, ls scheduled to hold Its first meeting of the season Wednesday afternoon e.t 2 :30 at the Masonic auditorium. This club, whicn Is also one of the oldest women's organizations in the state has as Its president this year Mrs. Benje.min M. Hartshorn. Vice-president ls Mrs. John B. Mooney ; recording secretary, Mrs. Philip B. De.vis; corresponding secretary, Miss Marion Ce.II; tree.surer, Mrs. Orman R. Paul, and custodian, Mrs. Edwin W. Gray. A new department ls added to the Graffort club list. It la that o! Arts and Cre.rt.s, headed by Mrs. Nat S. Stevens and Mrs. Carl F. He.11. This branch of the.I club activities has been functioning for some weeks, holding classes in rug me.king and block printing. The various departments which comprise the Graffort club are both educational and entertiainlng. Chairman of the literature department ls Mrs. R. C. L. Greer; Miss Edna Willey ls chairman o! the travel department; Mrs, Evert O. Smith heads the music department; the home economics department is under the chairmanship of Mrs. Ralph W. Junklns; Mrs. Harold F. Ryan and Mrs. Thomas D. Noyes are co-chairmen of drama.tics. The program for the coming-.. year promises to be varied and well chosen. The calendar reports that Wednesday the annual meeting of 1lhe State Federation will be discussed, a.long with e. talk on the New Hampshire field meeting. New members will be welcomed and hostesses are to be Mrs. Daniel W. Badger, Mrs. William Safford Jones, Mrs. Robert C. Sweetser and Mri.. Reginald M. Trafton. . Nov. 20 will be marked by a charity luncheon and Dec. 4 ?vfrs. Frederick Preston, state president, wlll be ihe guest of the club at a golden jubll.ee iea. Nan Lagerstedt, character Impersonator, and Edith Marshall Clarke, novelty Instrumentalist, wlll appear before the club Dec. 18 to offer novelty An lllustrated lecture on "Alaska, Land of Enchan~ment," will be presented by Mrs Harry Smith of Durham Jan, 8. A treat for thealer lovers ls ln store Jan. 15, when Mrs. Eleanor Lent, monologuist, will present "Loves of Napoleon" at 8:15 p. m, Feb, 5 will feature the mid-year bu lness meeting and president's day, with Mrs. Frank Jo11es, district chall'man, as guest. "A Woman's World Or Is It?" will be discussed by Edith Abercrombie Snow Feb. 19. Guest night, March 5, me.de plee.suree.ble by the presentation of a play at 8. March 19 Prof. Robert Illingsworth will addres; the club on the topic: "Up the Poetic Ladder." The club's annual musicale will this year be given by the choral sc;x:lety and orcnestra from the University of New Hampshire, with Bjornar Berget.hon as director. This event will take place at the Junior High school auditorium March 26 at 8. "Colonial MeetIng Houses" will be the subject of an Jllustre.ted lecture by Mrs'. Guy Speare and Mrs. Harold Webs•er April 2. The annual charity ball ls scheduled for April 14. On April 16 Rev. Miehe.el J. Ahern, SJ, will be presented In an Illustrated lecture "Thank God for e. Garden." ';['he club see.son closes with annual meeting and election of flcers May 7. The Gre.ffort club was no.med f'>r Bridget Gre.ffort, the first publicspirited woman of Portsmouth. It was federated In the New Hampshire Federation Nov. 24, 1895, and was entered Into the Genera.I Federation of Women'g clubs May 21, 1898, It became e. life membtlr of the Society for the Protection New Hampshire Forests March 1902, North Church To Mark 300th Anniversary c:,, 3 \ The First Church of Portsmouth, or the North church, as it ls popularly called, was founded In November of the year 1640, and has held continuous services for 300 years. This important anniversary will be celebrated with an historlce.l service this Sunday morning, a parish social Tuesday evening, Nov. 6, a joint- meeting of adult church groups Friday evening, Nov. 8 to hear an address by Dr. Robert Armstrong, secretary of the New Hampshire Congregational Christian conference, and a Tercentenary service Sunday morning, Nov. 10, at which the sermon will be preached by Rev. Raymond Calkins, D. D., of Cambridge, Mass. Opens Tercentenary Celebration The North (Congrege.tlone.l) church opened a week-long observance of 11,t, 300th anniversary yesterday with a morning service which featured a historical discourse by the pastor, Rev. Arthur A. Rouner. Asserting that this t.ercentenary found Lhe church llvlng through a significant moment of national and world hlst.ory, Mr. Rouner declared "So long a one Congregational church still exists !u the world, democracy will not dlr." His rliscoursc traced the growth of the church from It.,; origin in 1640 to LI\P. p.l'f'sent day. tlon of the present business center of the city), Mr. Rouner pointed out, and m November 1640, the Puritan element in Strawberry Bank, becoming the greater part of the parish, gained the ascendency and changed the manner of or. hip from that of the Church of Englund to the New England way, ''From t.he.t day our church dates ,n an unbroken history of 300 years." The ipeak•r briefly ketched the hi.story of the organization from that point in luding such notable erents a the erection of a new m eting houi;~ in 16.;7 near iJle prei:ent Intersection of South and Moral Tone I>ilfen1 Marcy 1,treets, the calling of Joshua. "Portsmouth differed ill moral Moody as pastor and formal incortone from Mai;se.chusel;ts Bay col- poration of the church in 1671. At ony in early days," he said, "for its this incorporation Mr. Moody, after people came to flsn and trade preaching here 12 years, WR$ orrat.her than to seek e. haven from dained a mini ter endfng e. cusreligious persecution. Portsmouth tum of havln~ laymen as preachers. was unique among New England towns in that, though settled In Parishes Dlvld~ 1623, it he.cl no religious services Mr. Rouner next referred to the until 1638." division into the north and south In May 1640, 20 Inhabitants con- parishes which occurred when, 1n veyed by deed to Thomas Walford 1711, 1t was voted to erect e. new and Henry Sherburne, (..hurch war- church t hib time on the site of the dens of the parish, a parsonage pre.rent structure on Market square. house and chapel an:1 50 acres of gleoe land comprising a large sec0 �The building was erected in 1714 but several parishioners in the south end of town refused to move, stayed In the old church building and call('d Rev. John Emerson to be their pastor. Other highlights touched upon by Mr. Rauner In his brief outline of church history were the establishmen~ of the Sunday school (one of tne earliest In the country) In 1817; erection of the present building in 1855, the ministry of Rev. Joseph Buckminster, 17791812, who waz termed by Dr. Lucius Thayer "the most distinguished and well-loved minister that has served this church." · Lauds Dr. Thayer Tak!np; issue with that statement Mr. Rauner declared "C believe that Dr. Thayer himself, who served this church as pastor from 1890' to 1928 was really the ablest, b~t loved of all the parish's ministers. No other one man did as much !01· the church." Constant growth of the church was continued under Dr. Thayer, he pointed uut, i.:ntll it now is the second largest of its denomination north cf Boston ; many of the parish organizations were formed; the parish was built and donations for church work were increased from $473 in 1891 W $6,000 li1 1920. "The church." Mr. Rouner concluded,"' is great in its past, powerful in its present and confident in its future." At a communion service following the historical talk, historic sllver communion cups daUng from 1705 were ur.ed by the pllstor in servln the deacons •Jf the church. Library To Display Children's Books"' Ct, From Tuesday, Nov. 12 through Friday the 15th, the Portsmouth public library wlll have on display a selection of this season's books for children, with a sprinkling of old avorit.P.,. Most of these are the gift of a. lover of children who has for many years contributed generously to their plealli're In the form of good books. It is hoped that parents and teachers may, like to look over this collection with a view to guiding home reading. On Saturday the books will be ready for circulation. Valuable Old Silver On Display At '{'\ 1..9 Church Gathering Valuable old church silver and historic records were on dis)fiay last evening at the pari.sh rncial held by the North Congregational church as part of Its tercentary observRnce. The affair was well attended and opened with musical selections by Rev. ArLhur Acy Rauner, pastor of the church; Mrs. Sara D. Simpson and Clarence R. Schirmer. Violin selections were given by David Web· ber, accompanied by Dorothy Webber. Miss Esther Johnson, program chairman of the event, accompan· led the vocal number . Greetings were extended by Mrs. Charles W. Gray, president of the Women' guild. Mention was made by Mr. Rouner of the huge basket of chrysanthemums sent by Dorothy Thayer Greene in memory of her father and mother, Dr. and Mr.;,. Lucius Harrison Thayer. Dr. Thayer was pastor of the church from 1890 to 1928, Inclusive. At the conclusion of the program, Mr. Rauner made recognition of the three persons who nave been m"mbers of the church fo:- the longest number of years. They ar!' Deacon Joseph Maddock, Mrs. Edward C. Matthews and Mrs. Mary Wiggin. Six recent brides of I.he parish .rerved as pourers at tables effective· ly decorated with candles and flowers. They wore periodic wedding gowns and they included: Mrs. Normiin Caln, Mrs. Bradford Good· win, Mrs. Philip Lydston, Mrs. Richard Fox, Mrs. Coleman Pearson and Mrs. David Ogilvie. Those who served were: Shirley Sanderson, Betty Webber, Barbara Sukeforth, Jane Ward, Rene Ulmer, Rosemary Seegar~ and Betsy Rauner. Refreshments were In charge of Unit K of which Mrs. Rouner ls chairman. Rare old silver lent its graceful beauty to the collection Jpst evening. Among the articles on exhibit were: clerk's record-, dating back to 1717; communion beakers, 1706; warden's account book, 1736; communion tankards, 1770, <hammered coin silver): record of church proceedings, 1671; record of membership, 1671; baptl.smal b wl, 1714; Joshua Moody's bible, 1670-71; knife and square which was used to cut communion b1ead; records of Norrh church corporation meetings, 1816-1940; communion goblets, 1855 and annals o! Portsmoul,h, 1825. orth Church Will Observe Its 300th Anniversary The period from the third of November through the 10th will be big occasion for the North churc as the 300th anniversary of the founding of this ohurch ls to be observed at that time. Beginning to• morrow with the morning service there will be various programs throughout the week, ending with the Tercentenary sermon Nov. 10. On Sunday morning the morning service will be attended by the Church school pupils in a body. Rev. Arthur A. Rouner ls to give the historical address and· this will be followed by admission of new members and communion. Included among the musical selections is to be a hymn written by Dr. L. H. Thayer who, for about 40 years, served as pastor of the church. Thls hymn ls entitled "The Church of God ls Stablished." The order of worship for Sunday ls as follows: Organ Prelude "Prelude In E Mlnor 11 "Arlette" Oall to Worship Hymn, "Fairest Lord Jesus" The Scriptures Offering and Offertory Anthem"Jesus Meek and Gentle" Harry Hymn, "One Holy Ohurch of Appears" Historical Address, Rev. Arthur Acy Rauner Quartet, "Incline Thine Ear" G. Himmel Prayer The Lord's Prayer Admission of new members Invitation to The Lord's Table Communion Hymn, "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord" Prayer of Access The Words of Institution Distribution of The Elements Fellowship Offering Hymn, "The Ohurch of God ls Stablished" Benediction Organ Postlude, "Grand G Major" Following the there will be a parish family dinner at the parish house. This ls a famlly get-together for members of the parish and due to the lack of room, must necessarlly be limited to 260. There will be no speaking but a brief song service Is planned, with E. C. Matthews as song leader. Tuesday evening there is to ba 11, parish .social at the parish. house and this ls going to be an Interesting affair for the members of the parish. In conn~t!on with the early history there will be on exhibit ancient church records and church sllver. Friday evening Rev. Robert G. Armstrong, DD ecretary of the New Hampshire CongregationalOhrlst!an conference ls to be the guest speaker. He will address a joint meeting of church groups. A box lunch supper is planned and after this Rev, Willlam Safford Jones, pastor of the South church, will extend greetings from his group which qescended from the start of the "First Church o! Christ" 300 years ago. Dr. Armstrong's subject ls "The Essentials of Progress " \ Rev. Raymond Calkins, DD, ls to deliver the anniversary sermon on the following Sunday. His subject ls "The Permanence of the Church." The Rev. Joshua Moodey Bible of 1671 which ls to be used tomorrow will also be used In reading the Scriptures. Hymns selected are most appropriate for the tercentenary occasion, being "How Lovely Are Thy Dwell1ngs Fair," "Faith of Our Fathers, LivIng Stlll" and "The Church's One Foundation.'/ �nnounce rogram For Dedication Of Bridge Tomorrow ,, '{V Aft.er almost two years ot construction, the Maine-New Hampshire interstate bridge will be opened formally an9 dedicated tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Governor Murphy of New Hampshire wlll meet Governor Barrows of Maine In the center of the draw span. Together they will watch a ribbon representing the boundary line between the two states be cut by Miss Deborah Cole, daughter of Honorable and Mrs. Holl1s B. Cole of Kittery, and Miss Jean Everett, granddaughter of Commissioner and Mrs. Frederic E. Everett of Concord. Immediately after, dedication exercises will be held in the tollhouse. Col. M. E. Gilmore, regional director ot the Federal Public Works administration, w1!1 give the main acidress. Others who wlll speak are: Frederic E. Everett, chairman, Maine-New Hampshire In:terstate Bridge authority; Frank M. Cortelyou, member of the firm of Harrington & Cortelyou, engineers; His Excellency, Lewis O. Barrows, governor of the state ot Maine; His Exce-llency1_ Francis P. Murphy, governor of tne state ot New Hampshire; Hon. Kennard E. Goldsmith, mayor of the city of Portsmouth; Hon. Carroll Sterling, chairman, board of selectmen, Kltterr, Me.; Hon. Lawrence F, Whittemore, assistant to the presl· dent of the Boston & Maine rail• road, and John D. Wainwright, rear admiral of the Portsmouth Navy yard. 1 Original Toll Bridge Across ' ,'\ Piscataqua Erected About 1821 The old toll bridge across the Piscataqua river was erected about 1821 by the Portsmouth Bridge corporation. It was the first of a series of bridges, latest of which was opened yesterday. The original proprietors of the corporation named In the Act of Incorporation of June 28, 1819 were Ectward Cutts, Jeremiah Mason. John Langdon, Nathaniel A. Haven, James Sheafe, John F. Parrott, Thomas Haven, William Rice and Henry Ladd. The proprietors were Incorporated in Maine two years later. They were "a body politic for the purpose of building ii bridge over the Pisca taqua river." Under this act the corporation was empowered to "make and establish all such rules and by-laws as may be deemed necessary for the regulation and government of said corporated.'' The act required that the proprietors of the bridge should erect a ciraw or hoist over the channel of the river, two piers, one above and the other below the bridge, "as to make It convenient for vessels to make fast to and moor until wind and tide shall admit of such vessel, ~o made fast, to pass through the draw free of expense." Provision also was made that the brld e i;hould be so constructed as to enable open boats and gondolas to pass under the bridge, at least in one place exclusive of the draw. and "for the safety of the lives 6! those who are or may be concerned' in the boat navigation of said river, the said bridge shall be provided with at least four lamps, and be constantly lighted durlng the plght time. There was also another InterestIng section in the articles of Incorporation which stipulated that "after said toll hall commence, the said proprlet.ors or corporation shall pay t.o Alexander Rice, Esquire, his heirs, executors of administrator, the sum of $4,000 together with ,interest after one year of same, from the commencement of said toll, which sum and Interest shall be In full consider a tlon of the injury which may be sustained by said Rice by the Joss of income of the ferry between Kittery and Portsmouth, which ferry Is not to be used as a public ferry after the bridge becomes passable and while It continues so. Following the opening o! the Memorial bridge on Aug. 17, 1923 there was little demand for use of the highway section of the bridge and within a short time It was discontinued, Oddities Mark Construction Of New Bridge Two cemeteries lntPrfered the plans for construction of the inter; ate bridge opened here yesterdfly, Th£; first receivetl considerable publicity some time ago. This was the dog cemetery on the property of Dr. Haven T. Paul. An unu.~ual cemetery In It.self, the fact that this made necessary the change of the route of the highway, moving It a few feet away frpm the original site added Interest. Another cemetery was expected to avolded, but when the work was In progress It was found that bodies had been burled out;lde the fence that had been believed to be the boundary. According to early custom slaves were not burled In the cemetery but on the out.:.lde of the small family burying grounds near their masters. Such is believed to be the case here. When the bones were discovered, proper authorities were contacted and permission given for the relnterment of the bon~. It Is believed Qnly two bodies were buried there outside of the cemeter:i,. The monument Is inscribed Nathaniel Keene who was born about 1660. Static eliminators have been placed at the toll house to protect the toll takers. These make contact with the cars as thev reach the toll house and eliminate the shock that is likely to be received by the toll taker. Book Tells Of Old Bridge In connection with the end of the old Portsmouth-Kittery toll bridge, an interesting article was brought into the Herald office on Saturday. This was a book belonging to the orjglnal corporation that constructed the bridge. The first toll was taken on Sept. 10, 1822 according to an entry in this toll book. This book was in the possession of Daniel McIntire, who ended his service at the bridge in 1863 after 34 years. College Club Tells Of Christmas Books Portsmouth's librarian, Miss Hannah Fernald, will suggest Christmas book lists for College club members at their meeting tonight in the Women's City club. She is bringing a collection of books with her to Illustrate what Is best for the bride, for mother or for father. Also, she says, she Is Including inexpensive as well ex enslve books. ��ii·~·:· .·: . . . ··---· ---- I -·--- --·- --- . --·-----~--J I --- --~------ l I I I -I iI I I LoeaI ard Of Ca pt. ;Lig te -ThanmAir Craf Pr Reve da ,y • ' L ' ' • I,,. ••• Makes Tour In Search Of Sites foll' Such Bases,· Field Would Be Auxili@irv • :t :, To Lorne Establishment At ~oston ;» Portsmauth Considered Questioned as to whether or not j ' the Portsmouth vicinity might be the scene of one of these auxiliaries, Captain Rosendahl said, the "I local• have not thoroughly inspected I ''. ·::. : ity yet. All such reports will be con. f il' . I ment workers throughout the coun- I fidential and will be given over to the secretary of the Navy upon I C. ons true t 10n o an aux iary arr- ; try. I ship base at or near the Portsmouth ; The visit was in strange contrast completion. We'd like to have one Navy yard became a strong possi- to that paid earlier this week by auxiliary base on each s1de where I bility today as the result of an in- Assistant Secretary of Navy Lewis these blimps could take on supI spection here this morning by Cap- Compton who was greeted by Rear plies, including helium, fuel." tain Charles E. Rosendahl, USN, Admiral John D. Wainwright, USN, world authority on lighter-than- commandant, to the accompani- Need Men Available air-craft. ment of clashing steel and the stac"What we're looking for," he said, 1 The famous survivor of the Shen- cato stuttering of rivet hammers "are locations where men are al, andoah and Akron airship disasters, as morn than 7000 workmen went ready on hand. The Portsmouth 1 made his inspection as part of a about the process of rushing Uncle Navy yard comes up to specifications I search for possible sites for the 48 Sam's new defense program. in this respect." I non-rigid airships which the navy · '.'We want a site where these has included with its 10,000 plane Conference With Commandant blimps C'an land in case of stonn expansion. Thi~ program con.ternUpon arrival, Capta.1.TL Rosendahl ~ o~ when supplies run low or when plates the building of a five million and his party heid a conference vital repairs become necessary, dollar main base at Boston, Mass., with Rear Admiral Wainwright ! There will be no hangars at ths I and auxiliary fields in this vicinity commandant. Included in thi~ auxiliary bases, of course, merely and at Newport, R. I. group was Comdr. A. G. Bisset a mooring mast and other essenAlthough the former commander public works officer at the locai tial facilities. The hangars will of the lighter-than-air bas,, at submarine plant. Charts, showing be at the big base, possibly Boston." ! Lakehurst, N. said that "all re- the immediate area, aided the disAs the Navy ~~partment desires ports on possible sites are confi- cussion. , to have one aux1hary base on each dential" he added one of the conCaptain Rosendahl said a main , side of the main base, Captain Ros1 I siderations was an auxiliary base blimp base near Boston would have ) endah! will visit N~wport, R. I., , located where men are already on a ground crew of 300 men. He in- I follow~ the inspection here. Captain Rosendahl stressed the 1 hand. "The Portsmouth Navy yard . comes up to specifications in this d!cated t.hat the planned 48 non- fact that non-rigid airships have , respect," he said. rigid craft would have a 400,000 an important part in nationa.l decubic foot helium capacity each, fense ~ spotting mine field and 1 Arrives By Train feet long and carrying a. crew submarines that have slipped 250 - i Captain Rosendahl, who heads a of eight or nine. 1through an outer defense patrol. special Navy board inspecting the The captain pointed out that they ! I sites, arrived in Por-t.smouth by train would be used for shore patrol · Can Slow_ Down - · ·-~~is morning accompanied by Lieut. work near coastal sea lanes and a.p- . A par_ticular a~vantage of the 15 th • IComdr. Daniel N. Logan, USN, of proaches to importa.nt harbors. airship at it can ~~ slo":'ed 1 the plans division, Bureau of Aero"It's obvious," he said, "that this down for careful observation which th ·cs, and Lieut. Arthur L. Fla- single base at Lakehurst cannot an_ airplane cannot do, the e C9:ptain l . b · h. pointed out. In fact, airship Inauti herty of the Civil Engmeer.s Corps, take care of th e· 48 limps w ich can be pointed into the wind and USN. They entered the local _rard th e ~avy is planmg as part of its with engines throttled to wind into the quiet of the Thanksgiving building program a nd as a result th e speed it can practically stand s£i'll I holiday, observed by all gov~rn- Secretary of th e Navy ha.s 0rd er.ed over an area under observation _ ___ _ _ a survey of possible sites, auxilianes He indicated th t th b n'ea,. as well as main bases." --- ·- -~ -- -a e ase • \ I I I I I I r, I 1 j ... ~:·:z/ . '·' ..-p ·r �Bost.on woUld be about 640 acres making it the second largest base in the country. Although the Captain woUld make no estimates of the time needed for construction for such a base with the speeded up defense program it is possible such a base mjght be completed by next spring. Captain Rosendahl said that oth• er sites had been inspected in Florida and indicated more sites woUld be surveyed. Tentative plans call for basing about 18 of the 48 airships in this area. At present Lakehurst, where the ill-fated Hin• denburg burned, is the only l!ghterthan-air base. The noted expert has not lost his faith in rigid lighter-than-air craft in spite of his nearly miraculous escape from death in Ameri• ca's two largest ships. Contemplated in the present expansion plans is the construction of a rigid ship about half again as large a.a the Hindenburg which will carry a crew of 200 men and have a 10 million cubic foot helium capacity. It would have a cruising radius of about 10,000 miles. It woUld be the largest airship ever built and carry 10 airplanes. After inspecting the navy yard, Captain Rosendahl accompanied by Chairman Frank E. Brooks of the Portsmouth Airport commission inspected the Portsmouth Municipal airport. Oscar G. Aichel f"' Dies In Camden New Jersey New~ was received Ln this city today of the death of Oscar G. Aichel a former resident of this city, which occurred Tuesday in Camden, N. J. Mr. Aichel was employed as master brewer in the Portsmouth Brewing company for a number of years, serving in t.hat position until the brewery closed with the coming of PMhibltion. With the repPal of the Volstead law and the revival of the brewery indw,try he was employed by the Connecticut Valley Brewing company. Later he went to Camden, N. J., where he served as brewmaster at th Camden Brewing company. , Although he had not lived here for about 20 years he was always Interested in Portsmouth and frequently visited his family, who resided here until a short time ago. His homp, was on Middle street. In 1912 Mr. Aichel was candidate for councilman-at-large, and the following year candidate for mayor, both times sponsored by the Progressive party. While here he was very active in St. John's lodge of Masons and was deeply interested in the affairs of the lodge. At one time he sang ln the North church choir. Among his survivors are his wife, a son Oscar, who graduated several years ago from the United States Naval academy; and a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Miller, a former dancing instructor here. A grand daughter also survives. Burial will be in Richmond, Va. Whipple PTA Hears Miss Fernald " ">-- v Miss Harlnah Fernald, Port&moubh's librarian, wa.s the guest speaker at a recent meeting of the Parent-Teacher aEoociation of the Whipple school. The meeting was presided over by Mn.. Walter Rowe. It was announced that Mrs. McKenzie, model mother of the New Hampshire Parent-Teacher association will vi.sit the Whipple PTA at its next meeting in December. She will be accompanie'd by 'Mrs. Mary Ayres, state president of the PTA. Miss Fernald spoke on "Children's Readings," explalning the various types of bookB available for the youngsters' library, among which are the st.ories that are both instructive and entertaining. Vocal selections were given by ML<s Rosalind Yosh· ua, a former pupil of the Whipple school. Mi& Yoshua was accompanied by Miss Mazie Lewis. Refreshments were served in the kindergarten under the chairmanship of Mrs. Leroy Moore, Mra. Frank Harris, Mrs. Ralph Brackett and Mrs. Wesley Downing. Mrs. Walter S. Anderson Grenadier Is Launched At Local Navy Yard The submarine Grenadier, sonamed after a tropical fish, slid down the ways at the local navy yard shortly before noon today, the 34th Portsmouth built underseas craft to slide into the Piscataqua. The Grenadier backed into the river a split second after its sponsor, Mrs. Walter S. Anderson, had broken a bottle of champagne across the bow and proclaimed, "I christen thee-Grenadier." Mrs. Anderson is the wife of Rear-Adm. Walter S. Anderson, USN, director of naval intell!gence. Two tugs cruised slowly near the path of the sub and came alongside as the Grenadier slipped from Its cradle. Meartwhile, the navy yard band played "Star Spangled Banner." The two tugs worked the steelhulled underseas boat over to a berth on the other side of the j fitting-out pier which at present 1s I fully tenanted. �More Than 100 Families Get Thanksgiving Baskets More than 100 families are receiving Thanksgiving baskets today from various organizations and individuals in this city. Each year nany person. , realizing the need o certain famllles in the community, make it a pomt to see that these families have sometl,lng for which to be thankful. Heading the list, with the greatest number of baskets, Is the Salvation Army. For several weeks the members of the corps have been standing beside their kettles on the sidewalks, as people J\ave dropped in their contributions, The response to the annual appeal was better than last year, Capt. Clair Lowman stated today. Eighty baskets were packed and ready for delivery this morning. It ls expected that a few more may be packed before evening. At 10 o'clock this morning the majoriity of baskets were given out. A brief service of Thanksgiving in charge of Capt. Lowman, and the singing of hymns preceeded the presenting of the baskets. An added supply of goodies was received from the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. Goods in the store on Islington street recently damaged by fire, were turned over to the Salv.ition Army. The undamaged goods were used in adding to the contel}ts of the Thanksgiving baskets. In each of the baskets prepared by the Salvation Army were the following: pork roast, potatoes, cabbage, onions, apples or oranges, milk, peas, carrots, turnips, cranberry sauce, butter, bread, sugar, nuts, celery, cake, coffee and a copy of the Salvation Army magazine, the War Ory. Among the other groups preparing baskets for needy families are the Rainbow Girls, Girl Scouts, American Legion auxiliary, Junior Legion auxiliary, Mui-ray Mission Guild of the Unlversnllst church, Baptlist church, and North lchurch. These contain substantial dinners for families. Most of the churches sent to families in their own parish, but all cleared through the Family Welfare aassoclation, who sees that families are taken care of on this day, The school children also participated in thl5 movement to make people thankful. Fifteen baskets were sent from the Lafaye t t e s ch o o I . Monday and Tuesday wer~ Donation days and each pupil brought some article which later was assigned to some basket. Vegetables, canned goods or other articles of food, were brought In large numbers, and the 15 baskets contained much more than a single dinner. The portion of meat for the Thanksgiving was from the Family Welfare association as this group supplies the meat for all the baskets the schools send. Five large baskets were prepared for delivery at the Atlantic Heights school. Donation days on Monday and Tuesday brought a large quantity of fresh and canned goods for the baskets. Donations of the teachers took care of any necessary article that had not been provided. Each room takes cai'e of packing a basket. A e ew ran m sc oo four baskets were filled to overflowing by the articles brought on Donation day yesterday. In addition there were many canned goods and vegetables left over and these were Sent to the Salvation Army for use in thE:lr baskets. The Salva;,ion Army received a sizeable donation of canned goods and fruits and vegetables from the Whipple school. Donation day earlier this week found nearly every pupil carrying an article of canned goods, or a bag of vegetables. to the school and when these were all together they were sent to the Salvation Army. The Farragut school sent a contribution of money to the Old Ladies Home on Deer street, and also little favors to be used at the Thanksgiving table tomorrow. It has been planned at first, for the group to visit the Home and present a brief program, but the storm prevented this. The Wentworth Home on Pleasant street rec.:ilved a generous donfl.tlon from the pupils of the Haven school. All last week the youngsters brought articles for the Home, and at the end of the week they were taken to the Wentworth home. Portsmouth KOf C To Observe ry-s 45th Anniversary Portsmouth council 140, Knights of Columbus, will celebrate its 45th anniversary on Sunday, Founded and chartered 1n 1895, the local council has enjoyed nearly 50 yea.rs of continuous activity. A banquet at the Knights of Oolumb,u s hall on Islington ~treet at 6.30 p. m. will open !the anniversary progt111m, to include speaker11 and general entertainment, Invitations h11ve been ext~nded to State Deputy Gerald O'Connell of Manchester, Dlst1ict Deputy James E, Morr~ey of this city, as well as to the clergy of the Imma.culate Conception church. Guest speaker on the program will be Patrick J. Moynihan, chairman of the Finance commission for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Bay State official is well known throughout New England. It is his second appearance before local Knlght.s of Columbtl.9, having been guest speaker at a previow occasion in 1939. The committee for the anniversary celebration has as its chairman, Arthur P. O'Leary and includes James E. Morrissey, Bernarldl Hennessey, Howard Jackson, Arthur Trudell, Sr., and Fred A. Griffin. ary. uits Scho d; Goldsm1 o Get Post Resignation of Mrs. Mary I. Wood as a. member of the Portsmouth Board of Education was accepted with "deep regret" at a special meeting of the Portsmouth City councll held yesterday afternoon at cl y hall. By agreement of both parties Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith has an uncontested place on the ballot at the coming election to fill her unexpi,ed term which runs until 1943. Six other vacancies for four year terms were filled by agreement of both parties. Mrs. Pearl S. Gray, Ralph G. McCarthy, John E. Seybolt and Gladys 0. Warren, present members of the board, were agreed on fer re-election. Vacancies left by Rear Adm. Douglas Dismukes and William O. Flanagan were filled by John J. Leary Jr., and James E. Whalley. In a move to keep the Board of Education out of politics it was agreed some years ago that there would be no contests for its positions either at the caucuses or at the general election. Hence both partle& carry the same candidates and split the positions between parties. Storer Relief Corp ➔ Elects Officers -V' Storer Relief corps, No. 6, held its annual meeting Wednesda y evening. The following officers were elected: president, Hattie Bryant; senior vice-president, Ruth Svensson; Junior vice-president, Florence Richardson; chaplain, Mabel Smith; treasurer, Edith M. Paul; conductor, Elizabeth Tibbetts; guard, Allee Daley ; delegates to the departmen t convention to be held In Concord In Aprll, Edith O'Hara, Allee Daley and Florence Richardson ; alternates, Ruth Svensson, Katherine Woods and Wllllamena Goodwin. At the business session general orders or the department were read, telling of the work of the corps for the remainder of t he year. A Christmas party will be held at lhe next meeting, with a •tree and exchange of gifts. Cora M. Woods wlll be In charge of the tree and Hattie James of the gifts. �l ,, · 1· • L. (! THURSDAY EVENING, Portsmouth Folks I By Will Danch e OW a e lSS Hannah Fernald, Portsmouth's head librarian. They say Miss Fernald can suggest some interesting books for both adults and children," " Miss Hannah Fernald, Portsmouth's head librarian, has served in that capacity for the past 32 years. Although she is a native o! Boston, Miss Fernald has been a resident of Portsmouth for a great many years. She attended library school at Pratt institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., and later served as a social service worker in New York City. She came to Ports- mouth and succeeded Robert E. Rich as custodian of the public library. Miss Fernald is held in high regard by all persons who make use of our library. Interest in boo reading among Portsmouth people has taken such a sharp upturn tha she has _ three full-time assistants .and a part-time assistant. on her stat!. �v- �i;f~r:i.{f, >"::' -·,__:2··... f ~ :~ ., ~Graffort Club :, . ·· Ma rKs federat1on ·r<·:_, Golden Jubilee , ...YO ��New Bridge Causes~ ~ Shift In Routes Here Changes in routings and through wa)'.s in connection with the new Mame-New HamJ)5hire Interstate Bridge were voted last night by the Portsmouth city council. Routes 4 and 16, which now run from the junction of Woodbury and Maplewood avenue down Maplewood avenue to Vaughan street to Congress street are to be chru1ged to Woodbury s.venue, Bartlett street, Islington to Congress street, so that traffic from the new Intel\5tate Bridge will have access to the White Mountains and the city of Portsmouth. Route 101 which now comes in through Middle road to Middle street at the Plains will be changed to Islington street, Congrea:; street and Memorial Bridge. Iover suggestion that the city tak& Maplewood avenue from eutt.s A street to the Jones estate and in ex• change the state take ove.r Maple• wood from the Jones estate to the new highway was approved by the council when Superintendent; of Stre-H.s Nat S. Stevens said that; the part to be taken over by the state needed a lot of work done on it. J>ennlst.;ion was asked to make the new by-pass highway a throUgh way; to put traffic lights at the in· tersections of WdOdbury andi Myrtle avenues and stop signs at t,'i.; in• tersections of Greenleaf, Boyd, Myrtle and Cutts streets. On motion of Councilman Allen it was 1eferred to the Board of Streeb ComlJllission· Charge A~· Old Harmon Property Fire Menace Cogan Lists Al'~ Just One Serious Fire During 1940 That residents of the vicinity were afraid to go to sleep at night because they feared a fire in the old Harmon property on Marcy street, near the corner of Pleasant street, was the statement made last night at the meeting of the Portsmouth city council by Councilmanelect Wllllam H. Palfrey of ,Ward Four. Mr. Palfrey said that a number of residents of the vicinity had come to him complaining about the menace. He said windows were broken out and that youngsters played and smoked in the building. "If it ever caught fire," he added, "there'd be no way of stopping it. He asked if the city could arrange to give the building away or remove it. Mayor Goldsmith said that the city had t.rled to give the building awav but no one wanted it and that' steps were now being taken to have it removed. Portsmouth had one of its smallest fire losses in years during 1940 it was revealed today •by Fire Chief George T. Cogan, who is complling figures for his annual report. Value of the buildings in which fires took place was high but losses were confined to small amounts. No outside help was called dtil'ing the entire year and there was only one serious fire-the twoalarm fire that damaged the A & P Super Market. A spectacular but not serious fire took place on the Coal Co. wharf. Only one life was losfi by fire in this section during the year and that was at Greenland when Miss Adelaide Weeks burned to death in her room. There were 16 bell alarms during the year and 216 still alarms of which 41 were out-of-town. Rye had the largest number of calls with 15; Greenland was second with 9; Newington third with 6; Kittery fourth with 5. Others were: Stratham, 3; New Cast.le, 2 and Newmarket, 1. ~v agamore Bri Construction construction started this morning on the new Sagamore Bridge with d eam shovels, surveyors, telephone and el€Ctric linemen all assembled. Work is starting on schedule and the three-sp.!n steel truss is expected to be finished this i.pring. The up-stream location will allow sev• eral bad curves in the road to be straightemd. out. With the other bridge entrance to New Castle clornd for repairs, the decision to leave the old bridge open and locate the new bridge up st.ream solved what might, have been a difficult prnblem. The new bridge is the result of efforts of Ernest Tucker of Rye, chairman Of the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional De· velopment association's Committee on Highway and Transportation, and ass~ted by other members of the association. �- ----------------- -- - Versatile Is The Word For Portsmouth Councilwoman s Of Four Daughters Finds Success In Politics Mother by Justine Flint Few women in New Hampshire have realized such a versatile career as Mrs. Mary C. Dondero who this week gained the distinction of being the first woman ever to be elected to Portsmouth's city council. If you have met Mrs. Dondero, you know that she is as personable as she is wise and efficient. Her executive abil- Mrs. Mary c. Dondero began ity has long been known in Portsmouth where she has been career In politics because she believed that women should be reprepromineu t in ·club and civic affairs. Besides her numerous sented In their community's governactivities in public life, she has successfully brought up p.------m•e•n•t"'!""'"""'___ four daughters, two of whom are now ma,rried with chil- dren her most important respons dren of thei'r• own. billty. "I firmly believe,'' she told us, "that women should not neglect In an interview shortly after her election as council- their families to take part in events M D d outside the home." She readily woman rs. on ero expressed the hope that the men of admitted, however, that "after her the council with whom she will serve would not mind hav- children have taken their places ln ing a woman among them. "The newness of women in pol~~~~· o~h:0 '!1'i~v/h~t!~esr1~ itics "b .has not yet been entirely absolved ," she remarked , replace her former home duties." · ut I find that the men of today are becomi g more and &; a club woman Mrs. Dondero more in favor of it." has entered a number of local or- ;r;d Mary Dondero has faced her share of discouragement, but her innate belief that women should have a voice in government has carried her on. She points out that the president of the United States has appointed a woman to his cabinet and that the intelligence and understanding which women in public office are today contrlbuting to their positions prove their capabilities. "If a woman is easily disheartened,'' Mrs. Dondero said with an amused smile, "she just doesn't bother with polltics." dhe unintentionally explained her own success when she declared "I've always believed, however, that if a woman feels she's right, she should stand up for herself and her ideals." Mrs. Dondero's likeable personallty is exceeded only by her energy. She makes you wonder how she ever manages to accomplish so much. She Is president of the Women's Democratic club of Portsmouth, of which she was the organlzer; chairman for Ward One •and a member of the State Demo· cratlc committee from Rockingham county. She ls also secretary andt treasurer of President Roosevelt's Good Neighbor league of New Hampshire. In 1934 she was elected a member of the state legislature and served in the house of representatives during 1933-1937 and she will serve a aln in the com - ,---------,..,.........,.---,,..,..--,....,.--.. ganlzatlons, to their advantage. ing term. She ls assistant treas- Among her clubs are the Ladies' urer of the State committee ln Con- auxiliary of the Knights of Columcord. Mrs. Dondero has worked consistently to place women on the bus, which she served as president; juries of New Hampshire and she the Companions of the Foresters of has announced that she will again America, of which she is a past sponsor this bill. matron; the American Legion auxWe think Mrs. Dondero's maiden illary; the Women's City club, of name is one of the prettiest we've which she Is a past officer; the ever heard. It was Mary Ellen Emblem club, of which she was Carey. She was the daughter of pres!dent in 1938-39, and Is supreme Denis and Nora (Leary) Carey, correspondent of the state of New both natives of Portsmouth. Her Hampshire. She is a member of father, a mariner, died when he the Altar society, the Sunnyside was but 27 years of age, as the re- club and the Catholic Daughters of suit of an accident at sea. Life in America, of which she •is a former the early days was not as easy as official. She is also raaio chairit might have been and after at- man for Rockingham county of the tending Portsmouth schools she be- infantile paralysis movement. came a governess. She was marAsked if she had a hobby, Mrs. rled to Charles A. Dondero July 4, Dondero thought a minute and then 1913. Mr. Dondero, a graduate of replied tha,t she couldn't think of Phillips Exeter academy and Dart- anything she didn't like to do. She mouth college, Is employed at the did disclose that for diversion she local navy yard. She was the gave playing bridge special prefermother of two children when in ence. 1918 she was chosen the orlgnial Her primary ambition at the moMiss Portsmpuih In e.. beauty con- ment is to encourage more women test. She also was honored by be- to enter politics. "There are more Ing named Miss American Legion women In the world than men," she by that organization and has been argues, "therefore, why should they the winner of three popularity con- not be represented in our governtests. Mary Carey Dondero still ment?" retains the charm and attractive There ls one sentence, frequently appearance that won her tho-,e hear~, for which Mrs. Dondero has titles. a cordial dislike. That Is: "You Her daughters have all been might know-it's a woman!" This given excellent educations and accusing statement is often applied each has attained prominence ln to the · the her chosen field. Mrs. Dondero considered the rearing of her chi!- �defendant ls In politics or driving a car. "There are so many really intelligent women today," she said, "that I think that trite remark Is gradually being discarded. Men are accepting . . . even welcoming . . . women into business and civic affairs. I hope that we may live up to their confidence in us and show ourselves worthy of the tasks that we s0 willingly undertake." A keen interest in the welfare of this city was instrumental in starting her on her pol1tical career 15 years ago, when she first assisted i.n the wards at elections. She had the qualltles o[ a leader and it was her friends who induced her to run for public office. Since tpat time she has promoted a number of progressive measures as well as educational and cultural movements. Indeed, Mary C. Dondero has distinguished herself by her i.incere efforts toward the betterment of her community and Portsmouth women are proud of her success. W. H. Garrett, Mail Carrier, Dies Wallace H. Garrett, well known R. F. D. mail carrier, died at the Porti.smouth ho;pital yest~rday afternoon after a brief Illness. He was tricken while at work during the holiday rush. He was active in many affairs of the city and deeply interested in Portsmouth. Fo: nearly 15 years he had served as a mail car• rier from the local postofflce. When a young man he was ic;soclated with his father in the grocery and provision busl.ness on Market street. He was a native of Portsmouth where he was born May 23, 1882 the son of the late Freeman R. and Mrs. Annie (Side.s) Garrett. He attend· ed lhe local schools and In 1899 grarluated from the Portsmouth High school. He retired from, the U. S. Army reserves Jes:; than two years ago, holding the rank of major. He attended Plattsburg camp and was made a lieutenant in the infantry. He served In the army in the World war, and was a membe:· and past commander of the Frank E. Boomii post, American Legion. He was alsd a member of Alpha Council, Royal Arcanum. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins GarrEtt, a daught.er, Mrs. Theodore Ayer of Woodbury, Cor>n.; a son, Wallace H. Jr., a midshipman at the U. SI Naval academy, hi - mother, Mrs. Annie Garrett, of this city, and three sist.ers, Mrs. Alvin Redden and Mrs. Remick Laighton, both of thll' city, and Miss Margaret L. Garrett, a teacher n Springfield, Mass. City Club Marks Club Hears Head Of Morley Company 21st Anniversary Plans of the Morley company were revealed to the members of the Portsmouth Rotary club at their 1100n meeting today by Eugene Whittemore, pre~ident and general manager, who ls now making his home in this city. Plans call for modernization which is now being done and this will result, ;pe said, in condensing the pace. making available a portion of the building for rent. Mr. Whittemore traced the history of the company from its beglnnlng in 1890 to the present time, telling of Its early work of manufaduring sewing machines, and then shoe buttons. When the demand for shoe buttons declined the speaker stated clothing buttons were designed, but this did not replace the business that had been lost, and In the early 20's the manufacture of dry newspaper stereotype mats was begun. This Is now one-third of the volume of business, he stated. Between 60 and 80 per cent of the tufting buttons are also manufactured he l, he added. , Stating that there is always Interest in obtaining a new product, Mr. Whittemore said that ~t the presen time slide fasteners and zippers 1ue being considered and although the manufacture of these is not done in t-his city at the present time, the supply is obtained from jobbers. He explained that one main thing to consider In the manufacture of a new J.,rcduct, to try lxl have an article that the same salesmen can sell to their customers. The defense program was touched upon, and Mr. Whittemore brought out that the machine shop and pos~lbly the plastic molding presses might be used for the manufactu of articles necessary in the defen program. DlscU.<sing the makeup of t company, he told of the distribution offices and salesmen, and stat.ed the local payroll was !n the vicinity of $290,000 yearly for a force of j250 men. Added to this for power, fuel water, etc., the company spends about $400,000 each year in this city. He stated he hoped that there would be a material increase during the next few years. In the congenial atmo.sphere of pleasant reunion wit.h friends, old and new, the annual anniversary supper took place at the Women's City club last evening. Among those attending were the past presidents of the club and a nwnber of charter members of the organization. A message of congratulation was read from Mrs. Mary I. Wood, a past president of the club and one of the pioneer women of the New Hampshire Federation of Women's clubs. Since Mrs. Wood was unable to be present flowers were sent to her from the club. In a decorative birthday setting a plent.eous supper was supper, with praises for Its success going to the chairman, Mrs. Frank Rowell, and her assistants, Mrs. Thomas Donovan, Mrs. Thomas Quinn, Mrs. Francis Houle and Mrs. Harold Swasey. The dining room was in charge of Mrs. Alonzo Parks, Miss Eva Hoffecker, Miss Dorothy Philbrick, Mrs. Nat Stevens, Mrs. J. M. Thompson, Mlss Edith Shannon, Mrs. W. M. Weston and Mrs. Philip Carlson. A business meet~ was conducted by Mrs. Harold M. Smith, during which the charity card party for Jan. 16 was announced. This will be directed by Mrs. Michael Barrett. Mrs. Smith Introduced to the members Mrs. John E. era.gen, president of the Outlook club in Bristol, Vt., who was the guest of the local club last evening. Mrs. Robert King, chairman of the music cornmitt.ee, presented a program of piano selections by Miss Helen Marriner, including "Chan· son" by FrimL and "Capricante," Wachs. This was followed by a duet by mother and daughter, Mrs. E. Bliss Marriner and Miss Marriner. Their combined musical Interpretations delighted their audience. An unusual entertainment was heard in the performance of Juliet Miller, monologuist and reader. Miss Miller gave clear character sk,etches of the homey folks Jiving In a hypothetical small town In Vermont. In her cycle of yarns she described everyone, from the "meanest man in town" to the oldest resident. The second portion of her program elaborat.ed on the trials of the "mercurochl'ome age," when growing pains are prevalent and sister Is snubbed by brother and his pals. Miss Miller gave an amazingly clever imitation of both youngsters, parents and the boys of the neighborhood baseball t.eam. Her final interpretation was that of an English lady, Mrs. Mole, extolling the virt.ues of her garden to a woman guest. Miss M111er enormously amused her listeners with the latter presentation and as she closed her program she was accorded app:i.;eciative applause. The Cit.y club's 21st birthday party ended as the members rose and sang "God Bless America." Mrs. Marriner accompanied and Mrs. King Jed in singing. �An Old House Has A Tale To Tell -f enpor 1ouse. I was e ea ng boarding house in Portsmouth, the judges of the court usually stopping here. I (WI {\ 'v_ l The Past Competes With The Future In Drama At YWCA Building BY JUS NE FLINT "If only that old hou e could talk-the exciting and dramatic stories it could tell." Haven't you expressed this thought often .•. about ome appealing house whose ancient doorway and small paned windows seemed to be slyly teasing of the tales it knew? Portsmouth's narrow, winding streets boast innumerable homes whose histories would riYal fiction. Their very appearances are intriguing. Historic Doorway At YWCA Portsmouth Herald Photo This old 'olonial home by the side of the road has welcomed travelers since 1813 when it was turned into an inn by a maker of shoe buckles, The present competes with the past for warm, poignant accounts of lively happenings in one of these old Colonial homrs. We refer to the YWCA buihlmg on State street. Where once a maker of gay shoe buckles concl.icted a busy tavern, now come travelers from every state to tarry for the night or to make a temporary home. The rooms of this almost two-.::;>ntury-old house welcome women who are strangers to Portsmouth. '1'he activities under !ts sponsorship are many and varied. Just before Christmas a lonely young lady who said she was 16 years old, ran away from her home in Everett. Mass. and on her arrival in this city was taken to the YWCA where she was cared for until her parents could be notified. Dur ng Cellar Once sed As Morgue We'll bet the girls at the YWCA never knew •hat once their c~lla1· served as a morgue for Mrs. Davenport. It seems the thoughtless lady died most mconven!ently while court was in nession and the house was overrun with boarders. "Dear, dear, what to do?" . . . asked the estimable Mr. Davenport of himself. It was certainly no time for a funeral, so Mr. Davenport transported the body of his fair spouse secretly to the cellar. It was kept there for thrte weeks until the session ended 11.nd the boarders had gone. Then a funeral befitting her station was r.rranged. Along wtih his proprietorship at the inn, Mr. Davenport was engaged in buckle making. He called his house the Ark Tavern, exhibiting in front a fanciful sign of the picture of Noah's Ark The artist who painted this sign which once hung outside our YWCA, went by the name of James Still. His proper name was James Ford ... but under his real name he had heen guilty of an offense which cost him a part of his ears. Althot1gh he dropped the "Ford" as he did the long hair over his ears, yet, as his baptismal name was not changed, it remained, he said, James "sl,1ll". Thus in the exercise of his good talent as a delineator and painter he continued till the time of his death under the name of Jamrs "st!ll". In 1814 Governor Gilman used the Davenport house for headquarters when 5.000 militia were stationed in thr town, expecting an attack from the British near the end of the war of 1812. It was the Mathes family that occupied the house during the Civil war. Other residents included the Rundlett family and D1. Jeremiah Hall. After the death of Dr. Hall the house was sold to BenjiJmin F. Mugridge, who with hl5 family lived there for a number of years. The old grandfather's clock always stood on the broad stair or the spacious hall during their life there. Today the Davenport house retains !ts home-like charm .•. ideal for its presant use. Mrs. Brown holds a prayer hour every morning and each girl as she leaves stops in at the living room to kneel for prayer. Mrs. Brown remains in the room from 7 to 8 and often transients come 1n also for this brief service. he summer months the "YW" is fllleu with tourists and if any person stops without funds, she is allowed to remain as a guest. Local clubs ,rnd organizations hold their meetings here and happiness fills the old house as pleasant afternoons and evcmlngs are spent. The nine rooms arr rented by working girls who have the privileges of using the kitchen and laundry. The house manaver, Mrs. Amy Rideout Brown, 1s always on hand to look after their comfort. In the ye111· 1758 the town cryer of Portsmout!1 announced that Mrs. Charles Treadwell was to build a house for her so11, Nathaniel, at the corner of State and Fleet streets. This house w1s later taken over in 1813 by John Davenport and it was known for many years as the Dav- House To Be Re-Painted I For the first time in 17 years the I house was given a coat of paint last fall . . and nobody liked the color I So, the YWCA members are saving for another coat to be given in the sprln~ This time it will be a cream shade with a darker green for the blind~. Officers of the YWCA are, president, Mrs. Mary Lane Bickford; first v!ce-prt,sident, Miss Marlon Call; ~ecretary Miss Alberta Rugg; treasurer, Mrs. Walter Lane. There is also a boa!d of directprs. At the twentieth annual dinner Feb. 13, an election of officers for the coming year wlll take place. The congeniality which now reigns at the old Davenport house ���- Fire Trap and Auto Trap Present Puzzling Problems T9 City <Port,smouth Herald Photo' lnterseoUon of Marry, Pleasant and South Mill streets. This Is the blind and dangerous corrter the city wants to Improve, In the right foreground Ii the !lbandoned Harmon property, a, fire menace to the section, D agonall y opposite ls the building on the Woods property whloh the city want/ to buy. Improvement Of Danger~us Intersection To Start Soon Within a few weeks improvement lhe proposed new street line. Secof the dangerous llltersection at ond was disposal of the abandoned the corner of Marcy, Pleasant and and neglected Harmon property. The fir.st step was the purchase South Mill streets .should be under- of the Harmon property by the city, way if plans being completed now but having purchased it the next work out. When the city decided problem was to get It torn down. 1to Improve this Intersection there The Street department offered to were two problems. First was the do the job for $350, but the City 1ecessity of purchasing the Woods I Council stalled the offer In the ·operty which extends out Into hope that .some one could be ob- talned to tear it down without cost for the material in it. When llbtle progress was being made on this score, Councilmanelect . William H. Palfrey of Ward Four, where_ the intersection is located, went into action and found two men who were willing to tear It down If the city would pay for the liability bond necessary-a matter of about $50. According to Mayor Goldsmith decision has been left to the Incoming council. Second was the purchase of the Woods property from Mrs. Katherine G. Wood.s at the corner. This involved a. strip of land sufficient to st.ralghten out the street, mov, Ing her house back on the lot am moving the store occupied by thl First National back a few feet. The City Councll at first vote to buy the property for $7,000, b on investigation decided that th price of $7,000 did not give the olt the necessary land to really ma the improvement, as it did not in elude provl.sion .for moving th store back fl,'om the street line. Th vote was rescinded. At the preseh time a City Council commltteE Chandler, Hersey and Schlegel, i negotiating wiU1 Mrs. Woods t, see what can be worked out. �May Close Memorial Bridge For Repairs Although not anticipating such an occurance, the local office of the state Highway department announced today that there is a possib!l!ty that the Memorial bridge may be closed to highway travel due to necessary repairs. Every effort ls being made to prevent this from occuring, Ralph L. Kimball, in charge of the office said in l'evealing that there is a movement in the sheaves (the large wheels at the top of the towers over which the cables run). Workmen today began their efforts to stop one of the big wheels !r m sliding on the shaft. There is no question but what the sheaves will have to be replaced, Mr. Kimball said. The two on the Kittery tower were replaced in 1933. Unless the movement of the sheaves can be stopped, he stated, before it reaches, the side and jams, it will be necessary to 1·alse the lift to the top, keeping the channel open for water traffic and closing the structure to highway travel. However, this is not expected, for it is be- Mrs. Florence Dodge Dies In Kittery Mrs. F·loi·ence Bowles Dod e, widow of Samuel Dodge, diec( at the Chapman hospital in Kittery yesterday morrting. Mrs. Dodge was born in Portsmouth July 31, 1851 the daughter of the late James and Susan F. (Rowe) Bowles and was a descendant o Jacob Sheafe. She is survived by three cousins, Mrs. Annie Littlefield of Stratham, Albert J. and Horace L. Rowe, both of this city. Four Midnight Services Planned There will be four midnight services in this city on Christmas eve. At 11: 15 an organ recital will be held at the St. John's church, preceding the midnight mass which starts on the ~troke of midnight. At 11 :30 a Midnight serxice will be held at the Universalist church. This will be entirely musical, and will feature the Christmas carol written by Prof. Robert W. Manton of the University of New Hampshire, "The Virgin's Cradle Hymn" Soloists will Include Rev. Arthur Rouner, Ruth Price Marshall, :itev. Bertram Crocker, Lorna Tripp, Maisie Lewis, and Edward Seavey. At both the Church of the Immaculate Conception and Christ Episcopal church mass will begin at midnight with special music for the service. lieved that the movement will be halted by dowels which will be placed on the shaft. In the opinion of Shortridge Hardesty of the furn of Wardell and Hardesty, engineers of the Memorial bridge, "there ls little doubt that four such dowels would hold the sheaves stationary for the few months that must elapse before new sheaves wlll be ready. The movement of the big wheel was but l/16th of an Inch up to 1934, according to the graph that has been made. By November of this year it had moved two inches and now the movement ls a little over three inches. The sheaves are 10 feet In diameter and each weighs nine tons. There are two on each tower. These have to be made-to-order, and In the natural course of events would take at least three months. Now that steel production ls at 100 per cent capacity, the exact time necessary cannot be determined. Every effort wlll be made to obtain this as quickly as possible, and as the bridge ls used by the navy yard and also ls on U. S. Highway No. 1, these facts, it ls hoped, wlll gain priority for this order. In order to replace the old sheaves, a derrick must be hoisted to the top of the tower and this in turn wlll draw up the sheaves. At this time the lift span is at the highway level and the river traffic ls barred, as the counterweight has to be jacked up to allow the cables to be disconnected, and the sheaves replaced. Actual experience of replacing the sheaves on the main tower shows that 10 days are necessary for the replacement. The sheaves turn five times for a complete lift. Dllring the past year the bridge was raised 1,200 times. The busiest quarter of the year Is from July 1 to Sept. 30 and this year the span was lifted 667 times in that period compared with 504 in 1939 and 450 in 1938. As soon as estimates can be made by the engineering firm, the order for the sheaves wlll be placed. Workmen today began to assemble their materials in preparation for the placement of the dowels in the shaft. Funeral Held 'For Mrs. Dodge Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Bowle& Dodge. widow of Samuel Dodge, were conducted at the Buckminster chapel, Thursday at 2:30 p. m. by Rev. Wililam Safford Jones, pastor of the South church. ' The interment was In the famlly lot in Harmony Grove cemetery. Razing. Of Ha~mon Property Authorized Work was started today in tearing own the old Harmon property at he corner of Marcy and south Mill !reets following approval by the 1ty council city lands and buildgs committee of a price of $325 by he Superintendent of Streets for the work. C?uncilwoman Mary c. Dondero, chall'man of the committee 1n reporting the decision to the city coun':11 last night said that the supermtendent had agreed to refund any money left over if the cost ".'as less than the estimate. Councilman William H. Palfrey said th_at he wished to thank the committee for having a fire menace removed. Harry Winebaum °'Again President Ir Of Temple Israel Harry Wlnebaum Harry Wlnebaum was elected to his fourth consecutive term as president of Temple Israel last night. During the Temple Israel meeting in the vestry, other officers were elected and annual reports were read by Recording Secretary Rev. Harry Llberson and by Financial Secretary Barnet Freedman. "We believe that this coming year of 1941 will be a much brighter one for all humanity," Winebaum said. Other elected officers made brief remarks. Officers elected are: President, liR1Ty Wlnebaum; vicepresident., Benjamin Singer; treasurer, M. P. Alkon; recording secretary, Rev. Harry Liberson; financial secretary, Barnet Freedman, and directors: lat•uis Tober, Albert Woolfson, J. H. Dlnnerman, Maurice Silverman Samuel Goodman, Philip Borwick, William Hirshberg, Joseph Leavitt, Samuel Shapiro and Benjamin Goldberg Officers wiH be installed the latter part. of January. �~i>is-h~; -Raiil~, w-a11~--1 i~:e~~~!:~: J n-IShake In Repetition '.ForGrafiortClub fp . T 10 : '!· ~\ o· i~:~_··.~ j,:ll .. ·.. _: i!- rev IOU S rem Or ~ 1'1-- ,11: <I(, i·'- 1;~ t] ~Z ~ 8-e Is Felt From Portland To SLn Bl w ~ ~6 LI An d Wes t war d Int O p,-ieW frJOVen ~!;t"II::. ,!,ll-.~rn New York State P:Z~:·i I'll-;., __________ - l ·l The Masonic auditorium was the scene of a unique performance last evening by Mrs. Eleanor "The Lent, Loves mon-· ologist, who portrayea of Napoleon" before an open meeting of the Graffort club. · j Mrs. Lent was accorded continuj ous applause at the conclusion of each character presentation of the : women who had influenced the life of Napoleon. There were five scenes in the drama, each depicting an eventful period in the life of the 1 ambitious emperor. !n these epij sodes Mrs. Lent skillfully blended .her own personality into those of 1• ; :~~t; Men and women ran from buildings, walls shook visi- · ii1:r :'a~~~ ~~imP~~~~:~~i1: bly, dishes danced on stoves, flowerpots fell from window I comedy to classic tragedy and from ,. s'1lls, pictures slid on walls, calendars and windows rattled you th to old age. Wi th each portraiture she seemed to completely this morning at 8.45 as Portsmouth experienced its second transform herself into a different individual. eart· i1qua ke ·in f'1ve days. The opening scene took her audi- ,'I\~ • ·.-·N ,;,, .. , i;,;11•;,,,'("'·'' ••.• :•. ;,, ,:,,,f~-'F:cl ,,.,,,,.f:,;>•J-•··1-•'i •s;~,-t:f ·,r Porwnouth's official seismoM. T. Aubertine, 1557 Woodbury ence bac~ to General Bonapart's graph, temperature recorder at the avenue, said, "The quake Just shook quarters m Egypt, ,when she ~phmg for about a minute. Our peared as the prettJ and coquettish .._, _ ,. ,. Badger Farms creamery, registered eve:_yt , Marguerite Foures, with whom Na- ·_.,.';J:....:· ,;,, 'l.n'½v_,,..,f.:':·'--,.,.c~., a on:e-half inc~ line where the re- house rocked an_d rocked. Every- poleon was engaged in an amour- .i/ cordmg and ~lid back and forth at thing on the stove v,;a,s dancing." : ette. Her accent was definitely ' 8.45. ~ast Friday the 1:ne was but When Charles Gerri.sh of Kittery French. as were her scarlet frock five-s1xte_enths of an_ mch. Point saw his radiators moving back ] with black bodice, and short dark ; Immediately followmg the tern - and forth, he dashed into the eel- , curls. In the second scene, becom~ blar, 1,000 CP.lls flooded the tele- Jar to look over his furnace. "It ; ingly costumed in a gown of deli'f.i phone company's switchboard. was ok," he said, "so I knew we'd ! cate pink with a blonde wig, she W; Shocks were felt hundreds of had anothn earthqnake." ; introduced the appaiing Marie ~ mile-,,, from Maine to Conne_cticut, Mrs. Henry Shroeder of Atlantic Walewska, the only woman besides m New York and Pennsylvama and Heights felt her hou1e vibrate, , his mother, -to sincerely love the . northward into Quebec. The Asso- thought the navv yard had explod- emperor. . 1 ciated P ress reported that seismo- Jed. "All my plants had fallen from Mrs. Lent next characterized the .' logists, who said last week's shock the window sills," she said, "and I Empress Josephine as she pleade was caused by a slow lifting of t_he guess my Christmas tree ornaments 1 in vain with Napoleo? n_o t to d_ivorc earth crust in New En~land, studied are just about wrecked." ! her because she hact given hun n r_ecor~s to dete~mlne the nature of _,...:,;.«· , • . . .~,/, ..,,. . .-~.-: .. , heir. Dressed in a flowing nighttodays tremors. \i!{:'i'/·:..:-.:rr ·.. ·.,~·cf_ ';";~:"; /'-<:'- ·:·~'X_i_ .i'li_·I, rob~ of deep orchid, her long ha Others To Come? '.··f~i;r'<;,.;. · . ~~'~m;!~~':~q-, ..,}: :~ j fa!lmg over her shoulders, Mrs ._,_ Kirtley F. Mather, Harvard geolo- }f5, <t-" · ,. _ ;. ,\<:'.;_\'· ._.-; ,J ...,,i •· .:,_ -1~_:· ..-." .J Lent convincingly depicted th 111/{i gist. had said after last Friday's ;-i,<) ·, ·1 ' •· i: · . · '· ·; .-·· ,:-,, ~.,., · .. tragedy of the distraugh t an i:;,: quake that it was a forerunner of : weeping woman as she uttered th ~; a series of tremors which could be f I prophetic words, of h~r dream, ' ~ expected to lead into a severe earth- · . ·\ "Luck came with me; 1t shall go !(.?, quake within eight months. with me!" , As the earth shook, city hall em1.&19 > In the four th act of her drama ,~ii, ployes ran onto Daniels street. Si- ' ____ she became the tempestuous and .,, ii,_ multaneously, men, women, cats, : The historic, book-filled Athen- selfish Marie ~o~ie, _NaIJ?leon's sec- , ''. and dogs emptied a building across · aeum was the scene ot the annual ond wife, a~ 'l u1llenes, Just as the . the way. ·, meeting of its shareholders yester- la.s t of his campaign had ended in . , "The_ police station walls shook," :- day afternoon. The officers of the a fias?o and _the, lives_ of his _family / said City Marshal Leonard Hewitt, past year were re-elected and these were 111 grave aanger. Mane was .':' J 't'he calendar rattled. I went out- J include: President. Re v. William clothed in a bright blue velvet cap · side to the garage door. It shook so ·. Safford Jones ; secretary-treasme:- , and bonnet and as she paced rest that it almo:.t played a tune." . · Norman E. R:\nd; audi tor, Willis lessly across the f1001· she breathe ·1 Down in the city hall cellar, Jani- · Underhill: directors, Frank D. But- a mad prayer, screaming mto th tor Paul King ran for the street '/ ler, James A. Borthwick, H. Clinton silence "I shall not be carried to th .,.• because he thought the boiler was Taylor, Willis E. Underhill and Wil- scaff,?ld as you were, 'Marie Antoin ~.', going to explode. . j liam C. Walton. ette! ., ~ - Ulysses Macrelli. 500 Cutt.s street, ·, --. ' · In her last scene the versatility o 1,tl said his three-story brick building .· · ;,. Mrs. Lent displayed ~ffect1vely th 13~! shook ieverely. . :cl bent and pathetic figure of Le ~ "The stovepipe jarred out of our ·._ ·-_~-l tizia Bonaparte, mother of Napo imney. the grate dropped in the · •. leon, as she sat mournmg the deat · .·\!:~ of h er son. In a voice tremblin 'i'i with age and emotion she said ::1 "Christ·s is the only empire no built with hands and stone and no i-!• supported by cannon, yet it is th -'i.~:- only empire that will endure." Music, selected to suggest th }\:i; mood of each personality, wa :,)i,'; played during the three-minute in 't~i tervals batween scenes by Mar '°d\;1jwood Hewitt, violinist, accompanied . :,-,·. by Mrs. Evert 0 . Smith at the · /.'.~rS\ pia1:o. The furniture used in each : '',>:;;,,..}6 settmg was loaned by Mrs. Charles ,-, ·• ' ..,, .. ··1-.~q J, Edwarr'I,. 1 i I1i Athenaeum Holds 1 AnOUO I Mee t' .,/. '-. -, 1 fl :~: ~1- ..1,_2,·'=======-' �!-~·~ .t~ : if}i-:·: 7· ?.;'. :Ufcl'-i;;;·e:::11~----~--- - - , During the Christmas season children have gone to parties and received toys and clothing from organizations that cleared through the Family Welfare association. Day before Christmas .the firemen delivered renovated toys and dolls to 427 kiddies in Portsmouth, Rye, Greenland and Newington. Chief ~orge T. Cogan, under whom the ,.-1 For Christmas 1940 local organi-1 given baskets to 65 families 1n firemen have been working since r.,- zatio11s sent 300 baskets to needy Portsmouth and to 15 others 1n eBrly November, said this morning, ; .. •:•'? families in Portsmouth , Kittery, Kittery, Kittery Point, York, Green- "It's a lot of work, but a lot of .,;_,. :cf Kittery Point, Exeter, Eliot, Green- land, Stratham and North Hamp- pleasure." He and his men have ). /:,; l4 land, New Castle, Rye and Hamp- ton. made this a 20-year custom. \~/l ,.,. 1ton. . Mo.st of the baskets were called The veterans have entertained . :\,";?, .,/ Every year, as soon as TI1anks- for. Mothers and fathers began ar- 200 chidren and the marines 15 girls · ·.:_; "/·' : : giving is over, the Family Welfare riving at the Salvation Army head- at the_ Naval prison. Twenty boys '':'i,;? ·'· •. association starts its Christmas list. quarters at 10 in the morning. From and girls attendee\ a party given .,. .:~·• ~ From different organizations, from 2.30 to 4.30 in the afternoon mem- them by the Por tsmouth Hi-Y a t · ;,.. the county and city welfare depart- hers of the Red Cross Motor corps, the YMCA. i'.'>', ments, they learn what families under the direction of Miss Isabelle Among other organizations that {'.T must be remembered on Christmas Wyatt, were delivering other ba.s- brought Christmas cheer the Port.s;...'J Day. ?uring the year many of th~se k.ets. . mouth Kiwanis club has cared for •c , families have come to the Family Each one contamed ~, peck of 30 children. Dividing their char;•; ,1 Welfare for help. potatoes, a bunch of celery, a pound ity fund among each man for .;;;'.,·t·i! j}•j Then the Family Welfare be- of onions, a large turnip, 2 pounds special gifts, they also had a party. {jf~t 1 {j comes a clearing house. An Elk or of sugar, '2 pound of nuts, 6 to 8 Many of the men, who consulted .,:::J.,{:,) 'f;i:; a Kiwanian will call and say, "we'll oranges, ½ head of cabbage, 1 can mothers about needs, gave such . lfrfr:;, "/J:,'. send a basket to this family." of milk, % pound of coffee, ¼ pound gifts as snowshoes, .snowsuits and ·.. :;t•' -1 f. Churches will take others. Each of butter, a can o! cranberry sauce, overshoes. · fr.:~ name is checked off so that one a can of milk, a fruit cake, 2 loaves I King's Daughters \j.~.·~;:.t.:".~~,~-;.;,,•:,•~::. ,.:'.. : > family won't get two or three bas- of bread, a can o_f peas and a three The Golden Rule Circle of King·s - ., - ·• ~:i kets and another none. to five-pound chicken. Daughters joined with the Baptist ~·' To the jail, where Deputy Sheriff Sunday school and other women's Salvation Army Percy B. Larrabee had ordered I organizations of the church in '.f, By 4.30 the afternoo11 before roast pork for the H prisoners, the sending baskets to worthy families. Christmas the Salvation Army had Salvation Army sent Christmas A card, gift and bag of candy was packages of nuts, candy and sent to each child in the Children's · ·,,, ''"' ":-,-,-----,-,....,,-------------::--:c:--;;---1oranges. home at Nashua, a card and silver ''.'f)/ Over Christmas the Army fed six piece to each member of the family fo:i300 Baskets Distributed·•-.. !~{To Needy Families · In Great r Portsmouth Area _,,,.~i 'r~· ~~gt~~ ~~~; !~I~ ·,,rr 0~ . t~;1~~ts~r°~nc~f~!~~a~~:a~o~~ Ag:1~a:~mn, '::i·•,~_,..__~.l.~,.:_~-~:: ~;_f,: Maplewood avenue who had only money to the children at the Chase , ..-:'_ bread and butter for her Christmas home and a Christmas card to each '!ff·-,,, dinner. They sent her an extra patient at the Wentworth home. ,;;,,:;;.,;;: basket. Flowers or cards were sent to th To a man from York the Salva- sick and shut-in members and car tfon Army played Santa Claus. to out of town members of the cir Usually the Army doesn't give toys cle. but because this man came to the r - - - station Christmas Eve to tell that ,.,-.. - ... • , he had five children and no money, · , ·,:." .!Jee. ":2 b .' . (q4b ~•.' . arate packages. In them were pencil ; , boxes, wooly c?;igs, some games. · Other Baskets Port.smouth lodge of Elks deliv' erect 160 baskets to families in Portsmouth , Exeter, Kittery, Eliot, New Castle, Greenland, Rye and Hampton. Church groups and about 15 other organizaations sent a total of 50 baskets. 1 Mrs. Dorothy B. Bovard. executive Portsmouth's old town records, secretary of the Family Welfare association, said this morning, "This datil1g from the year 1645 to the does not mean that we have 300 year 1779 have been pho lostated and permanently needy families in duplicate copies are now available Portsmouth and other towns. Some in the city clerk's office at City hall. baskets go just to enderly persons. These second copies wH! be used in .• , Others receive baskets because looking up old records, City Clerk ;-- -:'Ji'.. fat-hers temporarily are not e;,i- Edward J. Hopley explained, and : ,·);~ ployed." the original ones are to be kept in 1· ··:; fl' Canned goods fr<lm the Olypmia · the city vaul t. Volumes one and :•'\.,,;'J theater mat-inee were put in bas- two have arrived and a third will_ be ·:\X;;, ket-s going to lal'ge families. Not ready shortly. The photostatmg 1:,,, :.~:.1 just for Christmas, hese canned i.s being done under the direction of ~f~-:t.-~ food.s help meager budgets, Mrs. the WPA. ~"'~ Bovard said. I Photostatic Copies ]Of Old Portsmouth Records Available "' ~<..; ~_ I •:-:--,:-----------,-,..,---=-::-::~•.;.;.:,, _.,. ....._ ' ....'!,.,t_ ~ .tlZI.~~:{;~4~{-~-~~~tqf{ �More Thon 855 Aliens Register Here Registra tion of 25 more allens last nigh t at the postofflce conoluded the Portsmouth area participation in the nation-wide registra• tion of aliens. In all a total of 855 were registered from this section, Postmaster Peter J. Hickey announced . Alien children (not children of aliens who are citizens) who have been registered by their parents or guardians must report to the postoffice for fingerprintin and final registration when they reach the age of 14. All aliens must keep the government informed on changes of address. Spanish War Hero Buried At Yard In the United Slates Naval ceme· tery at the Portsmouth Navy yard this morning a squad of U. s. marines fired a volley over a grave. Then a marine bugler sounded "taps." With official permission from Naval Secretary Frank Knox, Samuel Copeland, 77-year-old negro army veteran, was burled In a government cemetery. That was his last request. Led by Comdr. Daniel veterans of W. S. Schley No. 4, Spanish-American war, formed an escort to the grave. Rev. Maxwell Ganter read the committal service. Copeland won a Distinguished Service Cross for valor under fire during the Spanish-American war and Philippine Insurrection. Before he could be buried ln the navy yard cemetery, officials had to secure permission from Secretary Knox. Approval was received last night. Red Cross Roll Coll Nets $2,079 Total At a meeting or the executive board held last night at the RockIngham hotel the Iollowlllg report of the Red Cross Roll Call drive for m emberhips was given bY the treas· urer, Philip Hodgdon; Residential, $1,267, business section $677.35, hip, $104.65; navy yard, (enlisted menJ $354.05; other local sources such as the School department, city hall, internal revenue, postofflce, Police department, the N. H. Gu & Electric Co., and the Portsmouth hospital $390.65 . The Red Cros.s branches reported as follows: Rye $452.22; North Hampton $146.30; Greenland $131.59; New Ca6tle $77; Sea.brook $47.07; Newington $29. Of the total contribution, $2,079,08 remains in the district for local Red Cross work. ' Frank E. Hodgdon, Rev. C. T. Erickson To Be Universalisf Grocer, Dies Pastor Here ~of' 'V The death of Frank E. Hodgdon, a. resident of this city during the past 43 years and the junior member of the firm of White and Hodgdon, grocery and provision dealers, occurred early this morning. Mr. Hodgdon was born in Epping Sept. 25, 1880, the son of the late George E. and Ruth A. (Pease) Hodgdon. He came to Portsmouth when 17 years of age and was :first employed in the grocery store of the late John Rider. In 1909 he formed a p11,rtnershlp v,,ith William H. White under the firm namr. of White and Hodgdon in 'Whlo he had been very active until taken ill three weeks ago, He wl!s a member of Damon Lodge, K. of P. and Crystal Temple Pythlan Sisters. Mr. Hodgdon is survived by his wile, Mrs. w. Merle Hod~don, two sons, Gardner W. and Kenneth E. Hodgdon, and one sister, Mrs. Arthur C. Cox, all of this city, Funeral Held For F. E. Hodgdon Funeral services for Frank E. Hodgdon were held yesterday afternoon. Rev. Philip S. Naoon, pastor of the M~hodist church, conducting service at the home at 60 Elwyn avenue at two o'clock, also the committal at the grave In the family lot in Sagamore cemetery. The at,tendance was very larg and included many members o Damon Lodge, K. or P. and Crys ta! Temple, Pythian Sisters. The bearers were Wllllam Galla gher, Charles Pike, Henry Potom and Frank Tibbetts, aasoclate from the store of Whlte and Hodgdon, Percy Burgess and Daniel Hayes, represent-Ing Damon Lodge. Bartholomew Flynn, Former Grocer, Dies Bartholomew Flynn, a lllelong resident of this city, died late saturday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Timothy J. Harnedy, 271 Sagamore avenue. He was the son of the late Bartholomew and Ellen (Scott) Flynn of Ireland. Mr. Flynn was a member of the firm of Flynn Brothers, who operated a grocery store on Market street, this clty, for 50 y ars. He latei' operitted his own grocery and provision store in the Franklin block until about 1895. And still later he was employed as a pipe coverer at the Portsmouth Navy yard. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Timothy J. Harnedy, and two granddaughters, all of this city; and several nieces and nephews. 0 Rev. Charles Telford Erickson, D.D., LLD of Hartford, Conn., has accepted an invitation to become pastor of the Portsmouth Unlversalist church and will assume his duties Feb. 1. He succeeds Rev. Myles W. Rodehaver who resigned to continue his education for his Doctor's degree at the University of Wisconsu,. Dr. Erickson has had a long and outstanding career, according to "Who's Who." This reference book lists him at considerable length. Born of Swedish parentage he attended Depauw university In Greencastle, Ind., and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from that school. He received master's degrees at both Boston university and Yale. He also received his L.L.D. and S.T.D. from Boston university. He was honored by Drury college of Springfield, Mo., with a D.D. degree. The new minister is Interested in Albania where he has spent considerable time. He Is now writing a history of that country. Going to Albania in the first decade of the present century for the American Board of Missions, he laid a foundation that still exlsts In that country. Throughout I.he years he has been active In work in that country, and although twice driven out by invaders, he is deeply concerned with the future. He ha.5 been honored by the government of Albania at various times by appointments and decorations. Dr. Erickson, with his wife, came to Portsmouth Jan. 12 aud remained a few days. He created a favprable impression, according to reports of those who met him. Some time ago he spent a summer at Kittery Point. The eouple have recently come from California. They resided In Los Angeles last year. �ow [ a es Oath On His Mother's Bible, ifhen Swears In Republican ·Council I Portsmouth's New City Government Requests Support Of All Full Text Of~ iayor Rowe's Address Appears On Page Ten Portsmouth's new city government including a Democratic mayor, a Republican council and the first woman ever to become a member of a Portsmouth city council were inaugurated yestPrday at city hall before a large gathering. Portsmouth Herald Photo \s lhe new rouucll , ·a~ Inaugurated, Left to right, Ed,ar F. Wood, Frederick D. Garqner, Mayor Stewart Everett Rowe, Frank W, Her ey, ,Joseph Ka~kin; back row: Mary C. Dondero, Walter It. Harvey, Lewis M. ill,., ·en, William H, Palfrey and John Burkhardt. Standing In Ille rear 1 Rev. William Safford Jones, who gave the benediction at the inaurural ceremonies, Holding his left hand on his mother's bible, Mayor Stewart Ever• ett Rowe took the oath of office administered by retiring Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith and then, 1n turn, administered the oath of office to the council-elect. This was followed by the reading of Mayor Rowe's inaugural address. Recommendation of a detalled financial report on the city's condition for the benefit of the public and a strong plea for co-operation toward e unified non-political city adllllnlstr9ttlon highlighted the mayor'.!i addross. Mayor Rowe repea~d his pre-election pledges o! a non-partl6a.n government and his promises to make his appolntment.s on a non-political basis of merit only, to see that the city operated according to its charter and ordi• nam;es, and to give full information to the voters. The address appears in full on Page 10 of today's Herald. Distlngulslled Ga.therlnK As t,he exercises opened, the council chambers were filled wlth distinguished persons including former mayors s. F. A. Pickering, Dr. Samuel Ladd and Robert Marvin; Pol1ce Commissioners J, Verne �}i:if'···· '.. :1«J . '.:t:·~ ):·1 -- and Oral Dexter; former G1, members of the city council, city :.', ,;,:.: officials and o th ers ,. · · t tabl · ('.': Flowers decorated he es m\iih eluding flowers given _Mayor Rowe l':'-·; by former Mayors Pickermg a nd -~;:,· Ladd and by former Mayor Albert 'r/'. His-lop who was not present. Mrs. ,;.; Rowe al5o presented flowers· to her ·• · husband for the occasion, Mrs. Rowe, who sat just at the Jett of her husband during the ceremonies, wore a corsage of gar;';,: denias presented her by Asa Craig. :L_,• __ Telegrams of congratulation were •/· received by Mayor Rowe dunng the ·1 ceremonies from his brother and •ii· wife Mr. and Mrs. Gilman S. Rowe ·' · , .. _ of w' ash'mg to · n, D , c ·, M ~J·or and p_ Adjutant Victor_ Diamond, former,V 1ly of the Salvat10n Army here and g~\ now at Worcester, Mass., and from 1 ~jCityL;nds Dondero, 1 a,nd Buildings Wood, Harvey. . --------- ----- ayor Want Non-P_a_r_ti_s_a_n___........, i Government 1 "In general, it would seem that · th •f : by their votes e vo....,rs . o our \ city said that for the coming two years they wish, indeed demand anci insist, that partisan politics be kept out of City hall; that our city government be conducted honestly along non-partisan Jines for the best · interests of all the people of Portsmouth and not for any political \ party or par-ties or personal inter. 1 ests, can that be done? I ven\ ture to think and to devoutly hope that it can be! Laws and the carrying out of Jaws and ordinances must be justified by something more than the will of the majority. I All that must stand on a firm foun·./1 dation of right and justice! . Palfrey, -Burkhardt, McNei1• 1 j IClaims Gardner, Harvey , Katkin. I I Elections I Hersey, Wood, Do nd ero. I · Fire Department Wood, Palfrey, Hersey, Public Library Palfrey, Do nd ero, Hersey. Dondero, Gardner, McNeil. Parking Harvey, McNeil, Katkin . ~- ~~tm:.lh, A:ifie!'atinB~~;;~rd.of k,• At the opening · of the exercises .11 McNeil, Burkhard, Harvey. E~~~~~:~t'~atkin, Palfrey, ~::::-' persons present had to leave to at1opmen t --· tend the opening of th e s t a te 1eg- 1Community Oeve ~j" .-i\.. islature at Concord, I Katkin, Gar dner, H arvey. ,;-_, Prayer was given uby·t Rev. · Elvin · ' Special Committees J. Prescott, retired 111 anan mmIndustrial RP.lations . . ister of Hampton Falls, a lifelong Gardner, Hersey, Wood. [,,· friend and neighbor of Mr. Rowe !,':;, and his family. Be~1ediction was Federal Aid ~.\.·\t:;_· Jgoivneens. by Rev. William Safford · 1 Katkln, Palfrey, Burkhardt. . Hopley Calls Roll ·. \ · .. , _, ;,:;·. with Frederick Gardner, who sat at r:f;: uing down one side of the table and back up the other, The call was: '· • Gardner, Hersey, Katkin, Wood, i:';' Dondero, Harvey, McNeil, Palfrey { and Burkhardt. ~~ Then in quick session the council t!fc- passed the necessary acts to keep "'., the city functioning until appoint~:. • men ts and budgets are made lo ter !):;.·, in the month. The city clerk was ~;':'. authorized to renew all licenses is:}{ sued by the council. A first, sec~~ ond and final reading under susf;f-l.· pension of the rules was given to /ti;; an order autthorizing the. mayor to r,-f~: borrow up to $350,000 in temporary -,::-c loans in anticipation of taxes for rl:·; 1941, as is customary at the start of ~;.- each new year. Rules and oi,ders 1t!· for the city council were approved. ~;·, The mayor was authorized to draw f,.;t;i warrants for necessary expense.s, ~,;'; 1City council committees named by /'. . the mayor were read and approved .:·, '· and it was voted to adjourn until ?),\ Thursda y, Jan. 9, at 7' p. m. \;•, City Council committees for 1941 appointed by Mayor Rowe and con;~:> firmed by the council were as fol?,\'. lows: · .· . . ·._·. :_ _'.~_:~_.·.··.(_ :. _ . ' .•,·•, ., '.,, .;; ._ . .· . q.·.•. ·. . ;;-; /':" · · ··l"°·i'>•, F ·th w·th O th :wh:mo~mb~I::a:m/:n~ow~inpewr~im~fatryailagyc~uaydnodc~r-1e's.st~_. ,:, ':. ·. . l ~~~d ~1:ir:t: . ,• 1}_'_:,:_;~_•._·:_;.· _ __ _ , ~_.: _~ _-_-.:,-~.i_·~.:_~-..~,~.' 'tJ: :': . ..', ";:·. ' '·";.·'?tt~~ · ~!n::? :i~rat!t 0~~ __. emn oath of office (which I will ·,. ; 1, not repeat) which was administered ·: to you by your may◊r, he himself • having just previously taken the same oath on his assuming his office (quoting): 'You do solemnly , swear that you will faithfully and impartilly discharge and perform I all the duties incumbent on you _as I councilmen for the city of Portsimouth, N. H., according to the best \of your abilities, agreeably to the ··-." rules and regulations of the Con . . stitution and laws of the state of , New Hamp.shire. So help you God.' . i (end of quotation). Gentlemen. Of ·i the city council: I shall keep faith \with that oath! I shall expect you ,,_ to do the same! llext Of Mayor's JI I Add 1 naugura ressj,~_,·''.-' · F', the mayor's right hand and contin- K I Bills On Second Reading !S'·).;::.. ~:K~fngGi~d:~i~~tom!~~d s~!echw~~ the retiring mayor as many of the , .- I IPrinting 0 &. City Clerk Edward Hopley called ~- the roll when the council came to J/· order for its first meeting, starting I Voters 1street Lights I . ~.:t} -.~- -----~---. --~---- ------ ·---,~==:-:::====~Z'::"===~c:=:;==F====::'·--:'":"'·-"" ·~"'--·"·"=:=----.--,. ,,,.,-.,._ ------- --------------=-----=------==--= ·---' ; .I j Wood /.:/. :.... omes ':\'1 /;·1 .,.,. :•.(•1 ___ :_.., ___ ··---··-··•e---· · --- - - - - ~ - - - - · 1 1 ·· ' ., Asks Old-Fashioned Co-operation Following is th e text of th e inau- ! "At this time I do not intend to gural address given by Stewart E. 1make extended remarks. Recom• Rowe when he became mayor of I mendations antl proposals will be Portsmouth yesterday morning: made by me in the future as at"To you, Hon. Kennard E. Gold- _ \tending circumstances require. So, , smith, the retiring mayor of Ports- : only in a general way do I now , · · · , ·;: •V \:' .•, ., :,'.' . , mouth, N. H., I wish to extend my ·1 propose to talk to you and to our ,•"•: ·.·.::,.,.. ,.,, •·""'::•··,'·, sincere words of respect and goodwill / citizens. Gentlemen of the council, • .' -. ·/ ..~~r,:::-:.·,?'-:->'r\\" For your friendly considerat.ion of :.-. would y-0_u like to k?ow what }:--,:,![,:~::-\I\/:f/·•·;.. \}_: , me, together with your kindly ad- ,,. thought 1s uppermost m my. i1:m.d -. · · '"'.:;:'/,~ "t'·'i·:,":'·;.,:. · vice and help relative to my sueright now? I will tell you• it lS , ...•:~, .. :. -:.:~ ceeding you in office as mayor, I 1the friendly, neighborly and old· · :, . l really and truly thank you. It seems i fashioned country thought and 1to me that you, a young man of •, hope that you, my associat~s and ... marked ability, with an outstanding men of our city council, will corecord of service as our ma:l'.or, operate -kindly with yo_ur mayor in have still before you further high conducting the affairs of our . honors. I wish you success and splendid city for its very best ingood luck in all your future underterests ! In furtherance of that . · takings, ., hope, I now offer you my hand "And now, members of the cn,y , and heart! Do you accept my of• . council of Portsmouth, N. H.fer? ' fellow citizens: . "It will be my aim to see that this "There has been a change m our city government is conducted ac. city government. That change cording to the city charter and or/ was brought about by the voters of oridances and to see to it that our •I this city when they recently excitizens from time to time, get .,,;: -Finance i pres.sect their preference. What complete information on all import;,_._,_~_::! Mayor, Gardner, Dondero, Hersey, what ant municipal activities. Of cours_e, 1 doos that change me~n ai:id >•, Wood, did the voters have m mmd when 1 hope that all appointmen ts will ;,,)•. · ·. · · they voted for that chnge? On . be based on merit, regardless of ..; -, ,, .:':, i:. that question Jet_ us pause and pon- ·1 political affiliations. Surely what- I ! ti: ii;{ • ,/.':•tf,, ,' dq ro, : few mmutes ,' ~ftir;~~z:;~:::•.r,t:,~:::: �Building Inspector Post Goes,To Ira A. Brown; Lone Democratic Council Member Casts Complimentary Votes 8 1 ~~ : :e 1 :n:h:r'\:a~c first duties to ;~~- any government to help the weak. :,.;;- Portsmouth's new city council elected city officials, '.\t: confirmed several appointments, tabled sev_eral oth~rs, and .•{~t transacted a number of other items of business as it com- :i~} pleted its orga_nization for the year at city hall last night. {;)} As forecast in · the Portsmou th · At the opening of the session !} [ ,-i( Herald last night, there w~re on!Y Mayor Rowe urged ex-Mayor Ken- /.1,i'i'\' Therefore, as mayor , I shall not for ~,'.t' three changes among the city off1- nard E . Goldsmith to take a seat on ':,!:'\ nd . get the_ poor a~d unfortunate a ,.,;;: cials. Philip H. Sanderson was his right at the council table and I\;:{/ • • _ 1 f:.:il in.,.;o;~ they will always be welcomde ft~ r:·,',.: come to me for conference an 01 ,/ft--• wh a t ever ass1s . ta_nee I can render• ,,i;,.-,..,. 1 th ::.::.;;· elected tax collector m place of ! ex-Mayor Goldsmith after first de, ,, Prilip Trafton Oscar Neukom was - • t d ,.· , i-v 1 . elected city solicitor m place of Leo c mmg accep e . ·.}/C: 1 rtt,. them. But. all will be welcome, e Liberson and Ira A. Brown was Tells of Two Case!! i\.$£:';:. rich or the poor, the stro?g or ~he elected building inspector in place First communication was from :f;?:1 f'j".' weak ._ And ~ ,all I shall ll5ten wi th of Charles Quinn. retiring City Solicitor Leo Liber.son , <';i ;p , a patient, kmaly and open mm d .. :t · Closest vote came on the selec· who stated that there were two c :,.. "This adffi:inistration shoul~ give . ,., tion of city auditor when the roll cases of major importance pending . . -:~,} 1f~''C· 1ts first consideration to, a bucmess- ::\ call showed a five to four vote for First was the Eldredge Brewing Co., ~-f•: like,,honest_and economic_al con~u~t ;('} re-election of Remick Laighton Inc. vs the City of Portsmouth con- ~•/,11 zy;~_;, of city affairs,. remembenng_ alwa:ys <};,i with councilmen Hersey, Harvey, cerning the $6,292 tax placed on the ·/]ff( tlf,,I,: that we off1c1als here 111 cit.y ha!: ·t) McNeil, Palfrey_ and Burkhardt for brewery which the brew_ery claimed ,(1;/;;are the servants, an~ not the mas .1i_;_I him and Councilmen Gardner, Kat- was excessive. The city's assess· )::\}.;,_' ters, of all the citizens of Ports- ···'>:iJ kin Wood and Dondero voting for ment was sustained in the United .?:}~:. in~uth. In regard to any pro~osed Jol~n Conway. States District Court at Concord ~{~:; l ob Jee ts plans for_ the bettei mime ·'.\1 Others re-elected were: city clerk, but the brewery appealed and Soli- •,:.:~{ th 1of our c1°y to- k_eep it abreast of ~ :--~.'.' Edward J. Hopley; treasurer, Frank citor Liberson reported the case ii'c".'s }1' times, I_shall listen attentively ana '-'-\'.. P. Hunt ; overseer of the poor, would be heard before 'the United •r:i}'i . ';. open-mmdedly, ne~er forgettmg ',:,.; James o. Pettigrew: city messen- states Circuit court of appeals this -~t¾i'. ~•~.~! that the. necessary ~hmgs come fir st · ger Lawrence F. Gra ttan: chief morning . at 10.30 p, m. ~:,: ff.t? and that econ_omy 15 a good wate h engineer of the fire department, Attorney Liberson also reported · \'f~ W:~:t;.,_ word to be gmded by. George T. Cogan; first a~sist.ant en- that he had filed briefs before the :,C,,t.; t;:-,;:, . , . gineer, Clarence Atwell;.' second as- State Supreme Court on tihe q~es· , <~~ f{;{1! Will Be Peoples Ma_yo, . . si~t,ant engineer, Frank E. Amazeen; tion of the Army and Navy build- I. _:-·.) fJ,;f~C, "And now, good_ fnends , to close . \". superintendent of fire alarm tele - ing where the city is trying to re- k1f r?t::<'.J As mayor I promise courteous and - ;,; graph and city inspector of wires gain title on the grounds ~hat the >-t'. fair treatment to everyone wh~ }t and P?les, William I. Ramlall ; c!tY A~my an:cL Nav~ association for- {:''.: ';,c,-:;-:s; visits me. I shall welcome all con- -~- phys1c1an, mspector and bacteno- fe1ted title when 1t leased the prop- ,:','ft, itt,,1··· structive criticism. I shall give ser- ,\)\ Jogist, Dr. George A. Tredick ; board erty to the Salvation Army. •\D 1· ious thought and study to every )it[l of health, Dr. George A. Tredick; Members of the Board of Apprais- ,:,:·; ' official · act of mine, always pro- ~:;;i• inspector of plumbing, Clement R. ers asked ·tor funds to conduct a ·,\'i!: ceeding only upon the most reliable \-¾,} Moulton; inspector of meat, Haven census of polls in the city as one ·ft; · information and t hought obtaina- ·''S T. Paul, VMD; trustees of trust . has not been made since 1937. The tf}J, · ble, as to what is the wise, just and ··.\f funds, William C. Walton, Jr.; . Board stated it felt there must be ~-.; . ,,· honest thing to do. I am deeply i,"i: superint.P.ndent of burying grounds, a substantial jncrease and the add· .•f:;: ~;,;;-~~.- touched and moved at being chosen James P. Griffin. . ed income on poll taxes would more :\} f;}\f mayor of this old distinguish1edI "Complimentary'' votes were cast than offset the cosft of dato censuths . . "J.• .•. , city. With all my heart and sou .· by Councilwoman Dondero as foJJ. The request "'.as re erre e • ''. shall strive to prove myself worthy :_ . lows: City Solicitor, Charles J . finance committee. \(' ~----'.); of that high office. I know that y_ou · . . . c 1·t k D 'd T O b . -.·.\.'.·.k_:•_· ;T.C;:,- all will help and sustain me. I give :' G:iflm, Y Cler , avi er: Ask New Sidewalk :-::,;J,:i:] to everyone of you my solemn word : ; Treasurer, Emerson Trefethen, A petition was received and }~ }1',;'::f'i of honor that, no matter what may :,. ! overseer of the poor, Mrs. Gertrude signed by Paul Kiley and numerous .1.-,,, nd (.\»/:;, happen, I shall not break faith with '.J Cal~well; supedn~ ent of fire others in Wards <;>ne and Three F,,: ;i the people of this city who have ·; /.,i alaim, Samuel B1rt, tru stee of tru st asking that the c~ty construct at;;"' . placed their trust in me. Yes, th,; · ~- 1funds, Elmer Lamb. sidewalk on _WoOdbur;r avenue, from f,:;r,'!l , people of this city have my pro- _,.:;•.,J Elected unanimously were Sa.n- the new Interstate highway to Ma. found pledge that, in spite of every- ;-f",c/l' derson, Grat_ta~, Cogan, Atwell, plewood avenue, before _a_ fatal ac• ,,:_,i"_d . thing, I shall always, as their JI;. Amazeen,. Tred1ck, Moulton, Paul cident occurs. The petit10n stated f·:.,:-:; mayor, be standing guard for Ports- :'.f':", and Griflm. Except for the compli- that an accident h~d occurred th~re , ,;:i) .:;,;ff': mouth, N. H." . . :·_.t~ ment:3:r~ votes of Mrs. _Dondero and Dec. 28 anrjJ that smce the roads1de f ._ ;.-;; :t,!i,,4;~ . , ...,, _ :.,.,. . . .,.,__ ;,., , '., _,;:r.31 the d1v~s~on over auditor,. the only was muddy, flooded and p_oorly .•.· :· :·,,,;·a·,s~.>:,:;. .: .·_·;, , "."·.~- ... .,_;+:,_(?<:~ other d1v1S1on came on bmlding in- lighted other accidents were likely . .. /f" t,'-1:,"}6:f(r)(/',1 •,~~F,/,.::~~ spector where Harvey and McNeil j The petl'llion was re·f erred to the I '"•~ Jt\!i t,i~ _ !''/!J: ?: 1lJ ~\';f:1 ,~~,:! t,~ 0 -:"•• . {2Uti~~~€l:f~t~..... I .ni1~43Xu::~~~ ·f_r : ~z,~~ ~~\~~~,'.~•:,··.~·-·;·:.,.~~--~ ~~~~~~ -.Comm~~~~rs~~- �Extend �···1 .. - ___: ---· ·.. - ~ , . - -1.. - - - - - - - '\ Move Afoot lFor New , ~·.-: iB·ridges To \New Castle ,.._i �Rev. W. J. Darby Assumes Duties As Newington Pastor cL ,+ Mrs. Dar y ls also a graduate of Boston university. She ls a native of Ma sachusetts. Before her marriage she wa a public school teacher and taught at Russell Sage college and Troy Business college, Troy, N. Y. The family consists of one sou, Richard, who ls just 14-monthsold. They reside in the pax• sonage, across from the church. March Of Dimes To lake Place Of Ball This Year Rev. W. J. Darby has assumed his duties as pastor of the Newington Congregational church, succeeding Rev. Ernest W. S. Macdonald. Mr. Macdonald resigned to accept a pastorate in Garden City, Kan. Mr. Darby began his pastorate Jan. 5, coming from Eagle Mills, N. Y., where he served for five years in the church of Christ. He has held pastorates in East Machias and Lubec, Me.; Haverl)lll, Mass., Mill Creek, Augusta and Berry, Ky. Mr. Darby ls a native of Beaver Falls, Pa., and received his early education in the schools there. He attended Boston university and received his degree from that university. He also graduated from the College of the Bible In Lexington, Ky. In 1927 Mr. Darby was ordained to the ministry in the Church of Christ, Worcester, Mass. Dr. Darby has served as young peoples' director at the Congregational churches of Winthrop and Wrentham, Mass. He has been a ti!acher of dramatic art and New Testament at several young people's conferences. He has served as president and director of leadership education In the County Council of Churches both in Maine and in New York. For the past three years he has been the director of leadership education for the Rensselaer County Council of Churches in New York state. During that period he also served on the lead~rship education and adult education committees of the New York State Counc!l of Churches. He plans to continue his studies, devoting part of each week to study for the STM degree at Andover Newton Theological seminary, commencing in February. Charles T. Durell has been named again as chairman of the Infan~ile Paralysis campaign for this city. His appointment was made yesterday by Maj. Charles Greenman of Hampton, Rockingham county chairman. Mr. Durell has held the same position during the past two years. John B. Mooney will again erve as treasurer. Plans do not call for a ball this ye2.r, instead, the Mqrch of DlmPi; will be stressed. Cards for these contributions Include a place for quarters with lhe total amount in a card being $2. These are of size to permit a bill or check, and may be secured from Mr. Dw·ell, Leo White or Mr. Mooney. With only two weeks to go, Mr. Durell has issued a call for aSllistance in this campaign-which is nation wide-to fight infantile paralysis. Anyone wishing to help will find plenty to do to assist. The money again this year will be divided between the county and the national foundation. Dw·ing the past years this arrangement of a 50-60 spilt has been..followed. Mayor Rowe' s~b''v Appointments Held Over By Council For Second Time Appointments of Mayor Stewart E. Rowe again were read at the city council meeting held last night and by a 4 to 3 vote were not approve~. Voting for the appointments were Frederick D Gardner, Edgar F. Wood 'ind Mory C. Dondero. Opposing were Jo8eph M. Katkln, Walter R. Harvey Lewis M. McNeil and William H. Palfrey. It is undmstood that dil;agreement is concerned only wtlh the position of Sealer of Weights and Measures, a position occupied now by William T. Rose. This Is th~ only appointment where any sizable amount of pa.~ment is involved. The appointmen are: sealer of weights and measures, Jack Levy, 46 Jefferson street. Inspector of petrnleum, John F. Dowd, 48 South street. Harbor mast.er, John W. Downs, 479 Marcy stred. Port ward1ms, E. Curtis Matthews, John E. Seybolt, James J. Joyce. Lot layer, John W. Durgin. Keeper of puwder magazine, John F. Dowd, 48 South street. Fence viewers, Laurence Shorey, Louka N. Coussoule, William J. Kennedy. Member of board of adjustment, Charles J. Grlltln. Member of the board for the examination of plumbers, Joseph O. Belanger. Weighers, William J. Linchey, Anna s. Hett, Eleanor Follansbee, Arthw· Henderson, Samuel D. Eastham, John C. Shaw, Herbert W. Pope, James Trudeau, Helen L. Quinn, Ruth Walker, Harvey Manary, Archibald D. McEachern, Arthur O. Pickering, Richard Beane, Brack S. Moodj, Rudolph S. Slater, Helen Regan, Benjamin Moody, Nelson Wordr::u, Joseph D. O'Brien, Jeremiah Regan, Francis E. Fuller and Charles Zecchini. Measurers of wood, William A. Parks, John Kellenb~ck, Archibald D. McEachern, Jeremiah Regan. surveyors o( lumber, Robert C. King, Eimer J. F. Littlefield, Harold A. Littlefield, Ralph Fowler and Jeremiah Regan. Inspectors of flour, Bessie M. Varrell, Frank W. Hersey. Panning Proposal Up rv Before City Council Tonight Ports mouth's elty ' council have several items of business transact this evening When the third session of the new council is called to order at 7.30 p. m. Chief in~rest will lie in the resolution authorizing the mayor to appoint an Advisory Planning Board for ;portsmouth to study the development of the city, also the inadequate ho~ing conditions, according to City Clerk Edward J. Hopley this afternoon. Mayor Stewart E. Rowe's appointments, tabled at the first meeting, will be brought up again, either for confirmation or disapproval. An ordinance changing the finance committee from four members of t,h e council and the mayor, to all lhe meml:ters of the council and the mayor, wfll be up for second reading. The ordinance brought out a 5-4 vote at the first reading. Rene Dempentlgny has applled for a permit to operate a taxi in this city and the council will also pass on this. A city messenger may be llPpolnted to fill the post of Lawrence Grattan who resigned Jan. 18. �City Creates Plannin Boar Council Votes ·Unanimously~ For New Civic Body; Mayor To Appoint Members Soon Move Aimed At Regulating Rapid Growth Of, City Due To Defense Program Creation of a Po.rtsmouth Planning Board for the City of Portsmouth was unanimously voted by the Portsmouth City Council last night, Appointments to the board will be made very soon by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe. Establishment of the board was the result of efforts of Council~an Frederick D. Gardner who, realizing the problem facmg Portsmouth by the rush of defense housing, conferred with Frederick P. Clark, planning director of the New Hampshire State Planning and Development commission, and Alvin F. Redden, executive secretary of the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional Development association, regarding the establishment of a board here. Although the specific problem which has made a Planning board necessary at once 15 the def,ense housing which ls planned for this section, the scope of the bOa.rd covers all phases of community devel· opment which has a. bearing on the future of the city in years to come. Authorization of this board puts Por!.smouth in line with more than 1,200 cities and towns in all sec· tions of the country that have es· tablished such boards and with 16 towns and four cities of New Hamp· ~hire which hav,e taken advantage of the state's Jaws that enable cities and towns to establish such boards. Members receive no compenm· Uon and hav~ no pO\ver but to rec• ommend what in the opinion of the board .s-hould be done for the best Interests of the city Included in the funct.ions a1S defined by the state legislature are the powers of a zoning commission anr:I the keep· Ing of such records, Here aga.ln, the board has only the power to recommend Until the creation of this board, Portsmouth has never had a body specifically organized to look after the best inteN!sts ot th~ city and its future insofar as housing a1'1 industrial tlievelopment are con· cerned. . TI:ere has been Im macti"'.e Com· mumty Development comm1ttee of. the co_uncil; an Industrial Relations committee and a Federal Aid com· mittee but no means or co-ordin· a.ting the&? committees into a prac• tical Working unit. . Portsmouth Board of Aajustment, oft.en referred to ~ its zoning board, is actually similar to a court of appeal wherein a citizen who has 'been denied permission to bulld can take his case for review and decision. Under the state law, the boa.rd 1,>0nsists of nine members. They are the mayor, a city administrative official seleol;e!d by the mayor, a. member of the city council selected by the council, and six representatJve citizens appointed by the mayor. These citizens may hold no oth· er munlcl al offices exce t one ma be a member of the zoning board Terms a1~ for six years except for the mayor and c i t y officials whose ternu, expire with their ter· minatlon in office. The Problem The resolu ion as drawn up b) Covncllman Frederick D. Gardner and present,ed, to the council by Councilman .Joseph Katkin was as follows: Whereas the '01ty of Portsmouth is now faced with the ]'roblems of mµnicipal development attendant on the proposed defense • housing construotion; and Wh~reas these. • id, problems a.re affeotmg and will in the future di· rectly and seriously affect our mu• niclpal facilities as regards schools, water, sev.rers, streets and l!lOning; and WheNas these said problems and others that may ari..«e will have a serious and permanent eff~ct on the future welfare of the City of Pou.;_. mouth, its citizens, merchants and property owners; now therefore be it The Resolve Resolved by the City. council of the City of Portsmouth, N. H., assembled: That the mayor be and hereby is authorized to appoint an Advisory Planning board for the City of Portsmouth as p:-ovlded for an-di authorized by the legislature o{ the State of New Hampshire, !aws of 1935, ch. 55, and speeiflcaJly described and defined in Chapt,2 r 53 of the Revised Law., of N. H. Commi..s;,iioners' Report, 1941, pages l27 to 141 inclusive, such Planning board to stud,y the description Of the City of Portsmouth with particular reference to the defense houru1g program and to recommend ,uch courses of act.ion as may in their opinion result in the g1eatest bene· fit and the least harm to the City of Portsmouth. The council passed it unanimously, �w 1 1e s atement that they will The importance of a Planning be removed after the emergency is ho this will result in advan Board to the city was stressed in a over, the streets, sidewlaks and ut- therinalldifficulties to the city Jetter written by Frederick P. Clark, ilities, etc. which are built will con- or State Planning director, to Mayor tinue to be a part of the permanent Portsmouth is a matter of d development of the City of Ports- concern. Rowe which read as follows: "In connection with the various mouth. The City of Portsmouth Important Points federal developments in the Ports- therefore has an interest in seeing "In the possibility that they may mouth area associated with Nation- that such developments as are laid be of interest and value to you, I out and built are planned in such al Defence, the development of the would like to call to your attention City of Portsmouth will be influenc- a way that they will continue to several points in this regard I bebe a healthy part of the city. ed more during the next year and lieve are very important and should particularly during the next few Wrote Last August be given immediate attention by the months than during any other sim"On August 20, 1940, I similarly City of Portsmouth: ilar period in the city's history. called this impending situation to "1. The Navy department is planWhether the development which the attention of the then Mayor of ning and has funds to bu11d a ~00takes place will prove to be advan- Portsmouth. Unfortunately no ac- unit housing development in or rlear tageous to the city of whether it tion was taken at that time. The Portsmouth in the immediate fuwill produce difficulties which will situation 1s steadily growing more ture. From all information that we be with the city for years if not serious. and since I understand that have received, the project will be permanently, depends in large part there is a ineeting of the Ports- developed on federal land and with upon such action as the city takes mouth City Council tonight, Jan- federal funds and as such would be now. uary 23rd, I am transmitting the tax exempt. From a study of the events in following suggestions in the possi"2. Any housing development, Portsmouth during the past several bility that you may wish to take whether privately owned and paying weeks and from a study of similar action at that time. taxes or owned by the federal govdevelopments elsewhere in the coun"The appointment of a city plan- ernment and tax exempt, must retry, particularly the Hampton Roads ning board or committee would be ceive pub)ic services (water supply, area of Virginia, it appears that the valuable, in Lhat there would be sewage disposal, streets, sidewalks problems are much greater and an agency which could provide the policing, fire protection, recreation'. more serious than most people in Mayor and Council with informa- schools) and these things cost Portsmouth and the Seacoast Area tion nec&sary in making various de- money. have any conception. "3. If these are provided by the cisions relative to city development. "The National Defense Housing It would also be an agency through federal government and it is guarCoordinator, Mr. Charles F. Palmer, which all of the federal agencies anteed that they will be provided has submitted his "Locality Report" operating in the area could "clear'' indefinitely at federal expense that stating that there is a need in the their proposals before making final is one thing but, on the other hand Pcr~~mouth area for a total of 2,200 plans for construction. Planning should these facilities and service~ additional housing units, of which boards in other New Hampshire or any portion of them be required he has allocated 600 units, now cities are composed of t,he Mayor, to be provided by the city, the cost being built across the river in Kit- a city administrative official (usually must be met by the other taxpayers "4. The navy yard has expanded tery by the Navy Department. In the city engineer) appointed by the addition 800 units he.ve been al- Mayor, a representative of the City to meet the present national delocated to the Federal Works Agency Council elected by the Council and fense situation but the duration of to be located according to the de- six private citizens appointed by il~is expanded force very probably fense housing coordinator "in cities the Mayor (with approval by the will ~ot be permanent, perhaps for and towns within a 25 mile radius" Counc11, if desired). In your situa- a penod of only five or six years. If of the Navy Yard. He has also al- tion, a representative of the Board facilities are expanded to meetihe located 200 housing units to Defense of Zoning Adjustment and the Board needs of this housing development, Homes corporation to be built "with- of Education might be included, even though the cost may be met •~·,,...,.,,,.,..in a 25 mile radius" of the Navy leaving four other citizens members. bY. t~e. Federal government during Yard." "We will be glad to make avail- jh1s 1mtial period, if the employ"Any housing development wheth- able to the planning board, when ~ent of the navy yard eventually er privately owned and paying taxes established such technical a5Sistance is reduced, as may be possible, the or owned by the federal govern- as we can from this office, and will pe<pple of the city would be in the ment and tax exempt, must receive cooperate in any other way that slt;.uation of having • to ·con1linue n)ain£enance of a utilities system public services (water supply, sew- vou feel would be helpful. 1,11rger than its actually needs. age disposal, streets, sidewalks, po"Portsmouth naturally wants to licing, fire protection, recreation fa- do everything it can to cooperate Many Private Developments cilities, schools, health protection) with the National Defense Program "5. In view of the increased staff and these things cost money. If these but it is possible to cooperate i~ at the navy yard there are many things are provided by the federal meeting this housing need, without proposed private housing develop~ government and it is guaranteed placing unnecessary burden 011 ex- ments in addition to the federal that they will be provided indefin- isting property owners, and insure one. It is ,i n the interests of the city itely at federal expense it ls one that Portsmouth gets the type of to see that this situation does not thing, but on the other hand should development which will be of per- develop into a speculative building these facilities and services or any- manent value to the city. Ports- boom which may result in additionportion of them be required to be mouth has great possibilities par- al housing, streets, sewers, water provided at the expense of the city ticularly in industrial development. mains, sidewalks, schools, etc., for 1;,n"l'.t.ffll it is a matter which should receiv~ The handling of this period of de- which there wlll be no permanent serious consideration, prior to the velopment will have a definite effect need and perhaps more than even actual planning and building of on the future success of the city necessary for the present situation. the housing. "I am sorry that it was impo~ible I call these points to your attention "The Navy Yard has expanded to for me to come down and meet with and suggest that the following meet the present National Defense you personally on this during the things are important to be done by situation, but the duration of the past few days since your inaugural the city: .,,.,,~·,,.1,:-.u peak employment will probably last but will plan to do so within th~ '.'1. Appoint a. city planning comfor a period of only 5 or 7 years. next week or w and hope that this n:uttee 1:o provide the mayor and After that time the employment at letter will serve as an adequate in- city council with information necesthe Navy Yard will be reduced to troduction to the general situ,ation. sary to meet various developments some smaller point perhaps about I cannot emphasize too much the of the situation. This planning comhalf of the peak. Iruofar as these need for giving consideration to this mittee should be oomposed of prihousing developments require ad- question immediately." va.te citizens and city officials alike. ditional streets and the extension of The Jetter mentioned by Mr. It should first secure information as facilities it is in the interest of the Clark, written August 19, 1940, to to the maximum employment likely ,.~,<.~-'•·"' city to see that 110 more of these Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith read at the navy yard. Second, it should than necessary are built, and that as follows: esta~llsh the exact shortage of such street layouts as are added "You are undoubtedly aware of housmg units within a radius o! 15 to the city's system are of such the housing problem developing in ?r 20 miles of the navy yard. Third, character as to make permanently Portsmouth because of the expan- it should inform itself as to new satisfactory re.;idential areas. sion of the navy yard. As you also ~ousing developments being built "Evrn If housing developments know, the federal government as m other towns within that radius. are built and are called tern rary well as a number of private builders Fourth, it should then determine the likely number of housing units Imoplraut To City �which could be built in Portsmouth and for which there would be a demand. Fifth, it should publicize this information so that the mayor and city council might have its assistance in determining the need for new streets and other public facilities and so that various banking institutions being called upon to Joan money for housing purposes may secure some idea of the supply and demand. "2. The planning board should secure from the navy yard some indication as to the probable duration of this period of peak employment and what may possibly be considered, on the basis of present knowledge, an average permanent staff. From this information it should be able to determine that portion of the present housing demand which is temporary only. "I have spoken about this matter to Mr. Redden, secretary of the Seacoast Regional Development association, an1 also with Mr. Stevens, your supermtendent of streets. I have been unable to make personal connection with you because of your work and because of your recent accident and so I am communicating this to you by letter. Ready To Assist "This department, stands ready to be of any assistance to you in this situation. It is not an imaginary one for already the question of financing publ!c services in connection with other housing developments has plagued cities. "Portsmouth naturally wants to do everything it can to co-operate with the national defense program but it should be possible to co-operate in meeting this housing need in connection with the navy yard without placing a burden on existing property owners to maintain new housing. "Whether or not you desire a fact-finding agency which can be prepared to help you meet this situation and whether or not you de(,ire to take advantage of any services which we may render, we ao want' to clear our responsibility by advising you of a situation which seems sure to develop within the next few weeks." Many citizens realizing the serious situation that faces the city in regard to defense housing at the present time, have expressed the opinion that it was unfortunate no action was taken on this matter last August. Grads Win Scholarship"' Plaque ,1For PHS 'V Mrs. Sub Matlin Launched' At Local Navy Yard For thi: first time since the last World war a ship was launched at the Portsmouth Navy yard today with bare formalities and all details official navy secrets. As the light scout type submarine USS .Marlin slid down the ways at 1.20 p. m. tht>re was only the regular yard crew and navy officials to witness it. To Mrs. John D. Wainwright, wife of Rear Admiral John D. Wainwright, USN, commandant of the Portsmouth Navy yard, went the honor of sponsoring the new ship, which ls a sister ship of the Mackerel, recently launched at Groton, Conn. The Marlln ls the 35th submarine to be launched at the Portsmouth Navy yard and one of the smallest ever built here. The launching party included Rear Admiral John D. Wainwright, USN, and Mrs Wainwright, sponsor, Captain H. F. D. Davis, USN, Ansel Sanborn, governor's representative from New Hampshire, Miss Jane Breaky, maid of honor, Commander B. P. Davis, USN, Lieutenant Harold K . Leslie, USN, and Mrs. Leslie, Rear Admiral Douglas Dismukes, USN, ret. and Mrs. Dismukes, Miss Florence Sanborn and Ralph Taylor, employes' representative. Portsmouth High school was awarded an 110noraray scholastic plaque by New Hampshire university this morning at the regular Wednesday morning assembly. The presentation was made by Dean Ruth J. Woodruff on behalf of Phi Kappa Phi, fraternity scholastic association. The plaque was accepted by Harry W. Peyser, chairman of the high school commiU e, Other guests were Rev. William Safford Jones and Supt. of Schools Harry L. Moore. Dean Woodruff In preSEnting the trophy said that each year there are two certificates given. One goes to a high school with Jess than 60 students in the senior class. This award was won by Sanborn seminary. The other certificate goes to a high school with 60 or more members In the senior class. The award ls judged on the first-year university averages of Its best candidates. The group must comprise five per cent of the high school senior class. The students who won the award for Portsmouth High school last year are: Adolph J. Anderson, Herbert Anderson, Russell R. Beal, Evelyn Blankenberg, Charles Costigan, Ruth E. French, John L. Gowen, Katherine Hitchcock, Joaeph B. Levy, William G. Papag,eorge and William Rosen. This is the first time that this award has been made to the Portsmouth Senior High school. During the assembly program the high school orchestra played Yankee Medleys under the direction of Ernest P. Bllbruck. �/i.t: ·,. ~';~:< .... -. I ., "•i7 • _ : .~ - '- - -·-· ~!; ~~~;dr To ,,-, . ~- Planning Board p v~_., ~'Y'J Election of Councilman F rederl ~1 D. Gardner as the council's memb ~~; of the P ortsmouth Planning boa :2;";; was the feature of the special mee ,"/; ing of the city council held at Ci !.;:. hall last night to discuss the hou li ing situation in the city due to d ,:.. fense work. Mayor Rowe told t : council he would make his oth ~-- appointments within two days. . ·t_; Councilman Gardner's work m ~~ having a P la1~ning board . esta? · , lished in the city was dcscn~d oy .§-~· Mayor Stewart E. Rowe at the :¥.' opening of the meeting. Mayor . Rowe told how Councilman Gar ~ ner had made a detailed study /:"~ Planning board work and made ~ number of trips to Concord for i i~·:; forma tion. i~- When the council was asked (f: elect its member Councilman E ," gar Wood nominated Mr. Gardn '•ii Councilwoman Mary Dondero a :.;~ Councilman John Burkhardt se ·!·. onded it together and the counc f;'. with all members pre5ent, voted .>'• unanimously. Mayor Rowe th :" ·.. announced that his appointmen •~ ' of the other seven members of t board would be made within t days. There was a large attendance the meeting, including : Frederi P . Clark. -,tate planning enginee H. M. White, administrative assis ant of the Reconstruction F inan corporation a t Washington, D. ,i:· and now assigned to Defen ~'. Homes corporation ; R. W. Johns :·: of the Public Buildings administr i.''.~ tion of Washington, D. C.; form f-;.J Mayor Robert Marvin: W. W. Seo '".,r, superintenden t of the Portsmou division of the N. H. Gas & Elect Co. ; W. M. Hoggan, manager of t ff, Portsmouth district of the N. . '·f Telephone & Telegraph Co.; John 'i;-1 E. Seybolt, general manager of the ~ei Portsmouth Gas Co., and a member t,'Ji of the Portsmouth Board of Edu~~~ cation; Police Commissioner Thom- · '•"i S.as Stevens; J . Downs ; Sup t. of S treets Nat Engmeer Foreman . '.};;. Charles W. W. Spaulding; M. E. ~--:;: Witmer, architec t and local repre- •. · '.;-~ s,entative for Federal Housmg ; An - , .'::a drew Jarvis, restauranteer; Ira A. ~ 'I Brown, building inspector; Charles · ~:··1 R . Quinn, former building inspec•;: 1t or; Fire Chief George E. Cogan; ~--i former C1 y Councilman Paul ,~;t Chandler; Clyde G. Robinson, in· ~~:~.:. surance and real estate; Austin P . ,t;; Ellingwood, s tate liquor inspector; (fl-; Miss Katherine E. Brady, teacher; Miss Margaret M. Ballard, teache t;~: George Lawes, navy yard employ t:;: Rev. Harold W. Curtis and Chest ti· E. Broomfield, navy yard employe t-· 1.t '.}. i: 1 t fl,~ z . . 't:.~i' -· ·- . .! ~ •• _;.; ,,. < . �- _.._ I --~---· ·--------- ----- - - --- Portsmouth Housing Problems Outlined ·;,, At Council Meeting , 1 City Planning Board Will Seek Solution <So.•:,~-~\ from the audience, to tell the council of his housing problem. Lawes said he was sending $30 a week to his family which would be spent in Portsmouth if he could find a place to live. He said that like hundreds of others, he wanted to come here, settle and have his children in school. Pr oblem P resented . dPoI rts mou th's defense housing problems were out- TaxFormer Mayor R:obert Marvin ast night by a half-dozen speakers a t the special said he and a representative from Defense corporation had I,city counc il meeting held at city hall. J come to Homes the meeting for informa- j Ime Councilman Frederick D. Gardner, "2. What will the governmen t·s 1 tion on the planning board, as they :who introduced the first speaker, policy be on operating the 800 1wante~ to meet with that board said defen~e housing has created a homes after the present emergency 1when it was organized. serious prob!• m for Portsmouth and is over? I "There is undoubtedly a tremencreation of :1 planning board would "3. What will be the govern- dous shortage of homes here," said ;do a great <.\('al to solve it. , . . . Marvin. "The money now being "No man it. better qualified to ment s policy 111 lieu of taxes for spent by Portsmouth Navy yard ,speak on the work of a planning II?-eeting the added costs to the workers in Portland, Boston and ·board," said Gardner, "than Fred- city? other points would be spent here if !erick P. Clark, New Hampshire \ "If th~re is no payment the cost housing were available. That would !Planning eng,neer." to the city will be tremendous. We 1be an indirect benefit. While some - Clark said his job was to keep in want to help all we can but we of the proposed housing is tax touch with problems of local com- I!don't want local building ignored." exempt. other proposals like Demunities all ,wer the state. Follow.' . fense Homes provide for taxes. mg defense housing problems in the . Portsmout~ Housm~ Serious . Portsmouth should be prepared to U. S., he has found Hampton Clark said Washmgton cons1der3 say what it will give and what it oads, Va., the best example. It is Portsmouth housing one of the needs." about a year ahead of the rest of most serious problems in the coun- H. M. White, administrative as!the country. 1 tr~. but ~e _does not thin~, so. . sistant of the RFC at Washington I \ If this is the worst, he said, assigned to Defense Homes said· Require Municipa~ Service "the national problem is not too "D f H h • • · "These honsing developments," bad ." e .ense omes ousmg goes on \he said, "req:1iie all sorts of municiClark said there was no such your tax books. These houses are pal service. E3mpton Roads needed thing as temporary housing. Houses for sta1 re~t an_dthnot for ~ale. We plan I ,a dditional highways costing seven can be moved but streets, sewerage, th to t Wl l~O umts. _Two and ' million, .vet t);e entire Virginia Fed- :foundations and other installations ree bedroom, smgle family homes ' eral road aid amounted to only two :remain and the site continues to be of good design a~d perma~en~ly : ;million. This is typical. la housing development. "However," co~S t ructed, th~y will be for Jumor ! "There are three things to con- /he added, "Portsmouth has indus- officers an~, rd skilled workmen of the I sider( Clark conti~rned, ·'first, / trial opportunit~es and this housing navy ya . l , meetmg defense requirements; sec- can be an asset if properly laid out." No Compensation With l , ond, causing the least expansion ' When Clark said schools would I ·1 and expense; third, making the de - be a . serious problem, Councilman Private Capital velopments into permanent com- Burkhardt said the Portsmouth When the co-ordinator for Na' munity benefits. High school now was overcrowded. tional Defense housing certified to "The federal government has According to Clark the govern - his organization that a given num· 1 , worked out a system for co-ordin- ment is considering a bill to pro- ber of ho?1es were_ neede~ in a:n 1 ating its agencies for deferue hou;;- , vide funds for communities unable area, White expl_a med his o~gaming. The problem has been to co- to meet the added burden. zat1on _made an mdependent check ordinate all local agencies into one ' i to venfy the need. unit to work ·.vith the government. 180-0 Homes Real Problem "If private. capital :Vill construct Clark showed the council a map them, we retire, but m many sec"Portsmouth Must Act Quickly" , which spotted the present homes ti~ns of th~ country we hav,e found "In Portsmouth a tremendous of navy yard workers. "Assuming," pnvate capital reluctant to take the number of housing units are in- he said, "that 15 miles is a good n~~_,, . . valved. I, suggest that the people commuting distance, we find that D~:er.se H_ome~, White contmof Portsmouth be heard on the ma t- 1,500 workers live outside that area. ued, ls a private corporation of 0 ter. As the co-ordinator for de- This leads to decreased efficiency · which the RFC Wll:5 all the stock. fense housing has said, 'Speak up and even to automobile accidents. Those who operate it are from. the now or forever _h old your peace.' The navy wants to end this long , RFC and our fun~s are pro~ided You mmt act quickly. distance commuting.'' by RFC._By operatmg as a pnvate "By the end of this week I hope Clark said the real problem fac- co~poration we can work much more to have answers to three questions ing Portsmouth is not the 100 or qm~kly than we could• under specific ( , 15 asked of the co-ordinator in Wash- 200 homes the Defense Homes cor- le~, latlon. . . ington last week. poration is planning to build here -~ a private corporation our "l. What is the latest date that but the 800 homes in this present ' bmldm~g~ are taxable. ~f we should }'.Ortsmouth can present it sugges- government project. operat,. m New Hamps.u:e we wo~ld . Il_on t1ons before .final decision is made George Law n y d either domesticate our co!'J)Orat10~1.· _i_~00 homes? lo . es, a av _yar em- \ or organi:r,e a New Hampshire cor---·- - - -- - --- ___ _ _ p_ _y~ __ft.Q!ll ..Pl!:Yt!>n ,__Q!1!2.,__~poke pora.tion so we could sue-or be sued 7 _i,!l_ t,_hls sta~._'.'. ____ - --~-- ·I I I I 1 I 1 I �ff~i?::~,y ·~---·_.-_/•-,. -- - ~' --:_t~:~_;~;~-~~-. . . . '·:; 7 frame construction. Asked what happens to the homes when the emergency is over, White f said "we have discussed that a ~ gre~t deal in Washington. It seei;is § \ -~::-:.;:;.-_ :... ·-~ ~';~i;:~i:)4}~,.:q:.i\' .•_ ' 1te iaid the homes would l'ent · could have an expert from Wasn- 0 0 !JidJ~\et:a~Jr ;~ ~ow a ·:··1 · - · , local representative of the Federal ' I Housing authority, said, "There is ·. . !nothing superficial about the facts I presented by the government on pro?lem. It has I this .housing \~i-~~!~ I!~t:?ud~J aiu~~ ~ng~~: t: b~tiJ 0 !with 0 ~;:~~)-~ -·:'· ··:-~ -.~'-'-'--"-'---"--~ pIke To Sta rt At K•tt' '}\ •'-" · I e ry "\ ·.;;, '" , '"iif),:f'[t"t1 • O.• /,~/:;'..,• ,;'.,.;~~f{tf,\ ;:-7~-.,,;:,., C- • .. '~J:t. }:Ji[{~ - --:J!__;-\;·, .:;.,•,-, •....,~t .,,:•·,A<,:,,·:·, Kittery may be the starting point -.'·.~~-7 · City Has Industrial Chance of a $30,000,000 streamlined "Maine ' ' · "Among other things, these Turnpike." studies have shown that Ports- ; " Maine legislators will work this mouth made its greatest advance •{· weekend with sponsor Joseph T. during the last World war. Even Sayward, Republican representaat its depression low it never ":,._ tive fron1 Kennebunk, to get his . dropped back. We can expect the ~{ bill ready for introduction in the same situation again. legislature. "Portsmouth has a great indus- .,;i Sayward would plan the supertrial opportunity. The modern ·, highway after Pennsylvania's 126idea is to have plants near the mile toll turnpike. Fast and atplaces they supply. A great many tractive, the Pennsylvania pike I ,.;,,~;plants are needed to supply the eliminat€s 90 per cent of accident •: :..,., -'f.>.' ·': ..'.i'•'o:1:;lY·~··;n Portsmouth Navy yard. Even after causes, such a1:, intersections, pedes~ :··;'.i::f,:_,;,.;,;:::r_'f';;1c:cF·;'?;r:,):,F: the two-ocean navy is built there trlan travel and stationary ob• ·''\{!~! will be a tremendous amount of jects. \'.:X;'."work in repairs and maintenance As in Pennsylvania, _Sayward's ~'(//}. for the fleet. measure proposes a "Mame Turnr'~•-:e.· "The navy yard now has 7,000 pike ·Authority" to construct, oper-'--~; men and expects to have between ate and maintain an express high':f, 8,000 and 9,000 1~en. During the way. : World war the most it had was ,. "This would be an important ad. 5,500. When normal times return \. junct to a defense program for :·_._: . it seems evident that the yard will 1/ speeding movement of troops or .,J;~.,/• have at least three times the old .. wpplies or to unleash all the po- --:~~.(.:'-':_t,, 1average personnel, or about 4,500. '. tentialities of motor traffic in nor- >:.t;:-;'-r•( "Estimates call for about 15,000 ma! t.1mes," Sayward said. :_,__;';:·:., 'f\;~:~'';,· persons coming into this area with- '! Rather than raise money by the ::·/.;:·::-': •~~:, in the next few months. While ,;., state. t!ie auti:orit.y would issue • -~;: ..:,,')~'};:;.rh~/J7:!~!1,.:l·t_ 2,200 homes sound like a lot, Y?U ' "turnmke bones" Tolls would run ~- .· 1 ,·-~ -·~ ·.-"-h'' ,,., ?-•v."f' · \must realize the number coming m ; proba.bly to one ·cent a mile. .. ..•. ,, .•., ~"" and that 2,600 men travel over !la · Pennsyivania's highway runs : ·\'.,,:,.v;;:.t. !miles a day to get to the yard." '· 12-foot wide, parallel. two-la '-~~:.··?,f~' Witmer dismissed the idea o! ' roads. Traffic intersections and a portable homes as impractical. .. proaches are illuminated. Ent · " . ,, . /· ing the tur1:pike, motorists tu " It has been fou nd ,. ht: said, ,' ;• uff a state highway onto a ro .. that J?Ortable type housmg is more ; '. which leads first l . expensive m the long run than ;'-'-j office the permanent.. These 800 home~ :,..,.. ;·"' . ~".\_~.~"':'c.:,7·~"'•.,"=-'r''::::-;-"";;.c._7 ~ ~ ; , , . , - - , , , , ' probably will not be portable bu, .. ,,,,:···,,i:.~,;:-they will_ be of a cheaper type of '.Y:''.·:•'.:!.,:· construction, wit~ more of the two · · •I !om: and six family ~.roups and l , md1v1dual character. , -; : :s , .. _, '.:_ - ~' navy and a hug-e air force. . 'Ilhis ~ means that personnel considered fi normal for Portsmouth several ~ years ago, never will be as small ~ i, that again. Afte!· peace comes, 1f w-i::-: can't rent these homes for wha.t we :_, hope to get, we'll have to get what •· we can. As it is not gov,emment policy to own hom_es off governme1:1t ": property, the time probably will ~' come when t)ley will have to be sold. t That will be many_ years henc•e. . 1;· "We have definite authonzation to proceed at once with 100 homes ;.: here and to add more if necessary. i) Tl1•ese are to be finished fo!· occu'ii- pancy July 15. ~:: "We have an option on property t~ on the Sherburne road that expires in· 30 days. We hope to work out details with your planning boa rd and go ahead, with it.!o. , -,,\),U.\ i r-' Making Survey :~- "All we would ask the city for ~ ·. would be wa:t,er and _streets. Streets \;ff would be without s1dewalk.!l, curbs !~.o!· gutters. We do all the rest Ta~~s l~. received would, pay for s,erv1ces g1~f,.f: en occupants. I am not pushing this !l:~: project, but our corporation does not want to be criticized for de: ~;,;.. Jays m defense_ work. We now havJohn W. Durgm makmg a survey ~ and, topographical map of the area for us. . Councilw.oman Mar~ Dondero said she thought some city ordmal:1Ces prohibited doing ~IO!ne of the thmgs suggestzd. White said he felt that in the interests of national defense things could be work·~d out. Mrs. Dcndero said the city would have to be careful not to grant special privilege~ to one group t:,hat others ,~ could claim. t,':C•: · R. w. Johnson of the Public Buildings. adm~istration at. W~~ ~-i ington said his JOb was engmeermg f;?,l.:I and surveying. He had no details about the 800 homes on which he is t' working. tf "The Public Buildings administra1,. tion expects to co-operate fully with all city officials," Johnson said, City Building Inspector Ira A. Brown told the council he had talked with many citizens who felt as he did, that 800 more homes would be too many. He said the ;,;~ '~ 600 homes at Kittery would take Y•'.i 400 families out of Portsmouth and li relieve conditions here. The 800 ~ homes will be neither taxable nor ~ t:': permanent." minimum expense to the city. ;h £it: i :z ,.Jf]ti{:~-:,\;; j ,r: ,~ I• . · , • I l ~;tl {,i ,;. <· I ·r_: ;··',~· ¥ 'J !!-\~§~ "Don't Need Cheap Housing" iK' 161 "I am for defense," ·he said, "bu the survey which showed 2,20 homes needed here may have bee wrong. The Defense Homes car poration units w!ll be a valuabl addition to the city as they_ ar taxable and permanent. "We have 100 new homes being built by private capital in Portsmouth. I do not think we need cheap housing. With the money paid at the navy yard men can afford more than $20 a month rent. It would be a l}ice thing if we r "> .-..... <;;.".. , x..,,_;;s,~~ . ,, . ...., ·• /1(,j •• ~ - .- , ' · . . . , :-ti:: __.,~ �On u~s. At the prelimlnary meeting which ::,.,•;·;Jffe~t\S· · was held before the luncheon, mem- ·{;::·~;I¼.( bers of t he Portsmouth Planning ,::..:;~:;:w'x,~{-, board agreed that Portsmouth wants : ,•1ff.~eI:1;..,~ to co-operate in every way possible . m the con_structlon o! this emer- '.'•''.\fiJ//. i gency housmg. _ .• - ,.,,.,_.,c,·;'; ' At the same time the board agreed .''.'t,p-~'i;":f{ J that it wanted the Public Buildings -:'' ;rit./fr~ 1, administration to realize that Ports- .··)" • •· · , mouth has problems too and to co- ·:' : operate with the city in order that whatever emergency development is necessary may fit into the picture in {' future years and therefore be a ··: source of revenue to the government . / as well as to Portsmouth. /:.f~ Opening the luncheon Mayor · ',}3.', Rowe extended greetings and called ~;-\ on Councilman Gardner to open '.;.\i the meeting. .:-.>~·,.;._ ".·l ·,,.,. Mr. Gardner said "Portsmouth .t/ii;;,'.t.{~,d has a problem and the government • ,; .,;1,'r-·r/v, has a problem. It is our sincere , ''j,f'~/•,t wish to function in such a manner ; ;c::· :J,1? that the government's . problem of ·· · · defense housing will be able to con- .". 0 tinue with the most. benefit and · .· the least possible harm to the city. -,.:.-•: Gardner then called , ~-' Moving swiftly in the interests of national defense, onCouncilman Mr. Vanderlip. "The go\'ern- :; . officials of the Public Buildings administration from ment," said Mr. Vanderlip, is faced :-, many problems in connection ·. · Washington, D. C,, members of the New Hampshire with with housing. · Planning and Development commission and members of "We not only want to provide ;; J;~~ the Portsmouth Planning Board held a conference this houses, but we want to be sure to improve the morale of the workers. afternoon at the Rockingham hotel in reference to a suit- During 1 the previous ·war the turn- . able site for the 800 homes that the government is going over among workers reached tremendous proportions, primarily due -)i- to build in this section. to the workers' wives, who objected Practically simultaneoulsy, Mayor spector ; Robert Marvin, S. F. Pick- to the living conditions. Stewart E. Rowe announced his ap- ering, Henry Tilton and Phillip ,c..,2.\• t.\l pointment to the Portsmouth Plan- Boyden. Must Suit Wives ning board (see separate story on Sitting in on the conference were "Our job is to find a place that '. · ~,,i this page) and its members assem- Arthur Camey, who summers at suits the women. We have '.hree bled with other officials. The mee t- Kittery and is consultant at the things to consider: 1, the location ing today followed a telegram re- Boston office of the National Re- must be easy for a man to get to ceived by the New Hampshire Plan- sources Planning board and as- and from work. Secondly, it mu$t , ning and Development commission signed to Defense housing in New be easy for the cnl!dren to go to ,..~--" f. ··J{,;:',, from Frank A. Vanderlip, Jr., of the England, and Alvin Redden, execu- school. Thirdly it must be convenL · :'·.,·;.. ~~•t-, Hampshire ient for t.he wives to go to the mar- '},.• i!;<;;~/.y..,..,..;...,i:~~ Public Buildings administration, re- tive secretary of the New t -~~?:~:c;:<( I Meeting At Hotel Rockingham Designed To Select Suitable Site For 800 Homes :t j ,Ari '.it ;~~~t:?Jf ~1£~:~~1V i~ ~::~~1:~~~;~~{it~~iil~~h~a~~~~= -t. 1 :,'._l:_~--.·~\·:_;_,_i.·_tt;~ii_~_t_~:: WR~loi~tta~.srLyal :ckl~uiibtntes~t:efrtr'ed~na~y~:a~l~lod~rp:mrio;~p~o~~si_· ~!th ! _. " Industrial committee of the N. H. ing now and then to dispose of it ' ~Jii_~~,i:1~:~J~~t:If;;~!;,FfJ§11¥1::;fJII!;:~~ ij:~!{: :!:~: : ~:~t;: 1 \.· -, ·•-:-:; ,:;:,'~•.>'· p nor · t o th e mee t'mg with federal F re denc · k P. Clark, state jliJ:; plannil1:g engineer; Laurence Meyer, , _ _,i· ·, ,, mdustnal agent for the commis·:"'.),\ <,,?\.•>'-:{ sion, and C. A, Blessi11g, planning ~,- ,:'i~:1.'-,;s;\:.:,:··· as.;istant of the New Hampshire t;:f',';;fi:i{'"· "-'.J.:~ Planning and Development comf(· , ...~-' mission, conferred with members of ·i': ),;:,,;:: the Portsmouth Plann1·ng board ,-,~• 1 · . . . ,. /l,•:;1, These included Mayor Rowe, ;;2" _ .;,_\ _ e:::,~,_-:_.1:_:.\,_·i;i·_.· Councilman Frede1·1·ck D. Ga1·dner·, • - ' :.,,,.- -,~;:.,,;:•.; ·,. '~~,•supt. of Streets Nat- S. Stevens, M. ,. t!, ~-. Wit1~er, federal housing in• • • • • ! 1s, ·~· ··-·. ··- ·. Ji~;: 1 off! ca Comey known thin paid. tsMr. th h · is well d or mouzoning ' avmg rawn upundere city's ordinance Mayor Dale. In regard to the location of the new 800 homes to be built in Port.smouth it was the consensus of ·"he meeting th at th e proposed sit~ in the proper Christian Shoreand section the place tha~ was the . t houses could be conS ructed m such a manner as not to interfere with the future industrial development of Portsmouth . above all else, w1·th the result that many difficult1·es arose after the war. _This time the government is th1:11kmg of_ the future, It wants to b1;llld the kmd of houses a commumty will want to keep. ..... · ' ~·. Many Questions "There are many ,ques t ions · l I would like to have answered by -rou gentlemen in Portsmouth D 0 · you want permanent or pre-fabricated ho_mes here? Understand, pr~-fa- ----·:i,j ,;:_,.;ii,;.:,:;.; · __.;..;;;·:,:-i,;;;;'.\; ;;;,./i\ ;;;;:>1: :.:{?.: ::-l' ;;.:/f .;::~ii·ir;l.;;;.;; I ., 't;:;, / .:.;-.:.,.:. ·: .:;_ ,:_...i:~:,:...:.:./: :.:.'.}'.:!;,.:;:;/_;_'i',..,_;,2,~~;,~;;,,·:s~~:.F~:-~:,,:,,L\"/\2l ::.. ;i;~~-d ~~~e~rear~o~~t e~~~~~~~: _ · cz,. ,.,, :,:; ;..:'; :!'' �an d just as g manent h omes, but being of mountable construction, th ere high salvage." "There are many other questions, such as whether Portsmouth is inberested in more single homes, double homes or apartment houses. O r whether It is lntel'-"Sted in onestory, one and a, half-storyi or twomory h ouses. "The government wants information from Portsmoubh and wanl.s to co-operate in every way possible . I should think that P ortsmouth would not be interested In demountable h omes as they would not become taxable property later. However, that 1s one of the questions on which w,e want your views." Mr. Vandoerlip then cited illustrations on what the government ls doing in other sections of the country, particularly at Indian Head, Md., where homes a1,e being built with the idea of developing a summer resort after the emergencv is over. Ami at Savannah, Ill., where the present housing is hoped to replace many sub-standard dwellings now there. Councilman Gardner said that the answers to the.se questions would depend largely on the proposed location for the homes. In response to a question from Mr. Badger, as to wether the 800 homes could be divided Into small groups and built In various sections of the city so that the load could be absorbed, Mr. Vanderlip said, "It has been our experience that lb is uneconomical to build less than hundred houses at once. However in New London, Conn., we are dividing our proj ; ct into two groups. There is no fixed government policy." Mayor Names Planning Board 6 Citizen Members To Work With 3 City Officials. Appointment of the six citizen members of the Portsmouth Planning Board was announced today by Mayor Stewart •E. Rowe. They are: Phillips B. Badger for a term of one year; William L. Conlon for a term of two years; Dr. S. F. A. Pickering for a term of three years; Henry B. Tilton for a four year term; Robert Marvin for a five year term and Maurice E. Witmer for a six year term. These six citizens together with through special cow·ses taken in Mayor Rowe, Superintendent of connection with his work. Streets Nat S. Stevens appointed by During the World war Mr. Tilton the mayor and Councilman Freder- was a member of the New Hamplck D. Gardner elected by the Ports- shire committee of 100 in industrial mouth city council constitute the survey and public safety. He Is a nine-man board, which was called member of the American Society into action almost immediately fol- for Testing Materials, the American lowing its appointment for a con- Society of Mechanical Engineers and ference with Federal officials here served on the American Engineering toda y (see separate story on this Council's New Hampshire commitpage .) tee on engineers and employment. Mr. Badger is vice-president of He Is a director of the Portsmouth Badger Farms Creameries and man- Trust and Guarantee company. ager of the garage which It operAttorney Marvin is a former ates. He Is the son of former Mayor mayor of the city and a former Daniel W. Badger and a graduate member of the New Hampshire of the University of New Hamp- Planning and Development comshire. During the first World war mission. He Is a member of the he was a first lieutenanJ; in the 18th firm of Marvin, Peyser, Tucker and Infantry. He has been active in Marvin, having been admitted to many civic organizations and ser- the New Hampshire Bar In 1931. A ved for three years on the Ports- native of Portsmouth, he a ttended mouth city council, starting in 1923. Phillips Exeter academy after Mr. Conlon Is cashier of the New graduating from the local schools. Hampshire National bank and a He received degrees from Harvard former chairman of the boa.rd of university, Harvard Law school and public works. He is also a former was graduated cum laude from the member of the school board and Boston \lnlverslty Law school. served on the old board of aldermen 1 Chosep. councllmanwat-large ln for many years. He ls one of the 1933, Mr. Marvin was elected to the trustees of trust funds of the city. position of mayor the following Dr. Pickering is a, former mayor year, He was re-elected the folof Portsmouth, having served one lowing year under the charter term starting in 1932. He served a change for two years. He served number of terms on the city coun- as chairman of the NRA Compllcil starting in 1894. In 1903 he was ance board. elected to the water commission and served three terms. For 12 yyrs Came Here 10 Years Ago he was a member of the police com Maurice E. Witmer came to this mission. In 1932 he was elected may- city 10 years ago and opened an or and served one term. In 1936 he architect's office. He graduated was elected a member of the board from the Northeastern university of street commissioners. in Boston and the Beaux Arts Institute in New York. He is a memRecenUy Retired ber of the Boston architectural Henry H. Tilton only recently re• club "Atelier." In 1920 he was tired as general manager of the connected with Louis Camper of Morley Button Manufacturing com- Detrnlt and later with Monks & any, now the Morley company in Johnson, Architectural Engineers, this city. He has had a. long and Inc., of Boston, New York and Philsuccessful career in manufacturing. adelphla. e was graduated frnm the PhilShor~ly after coming to this city ps Exeter academy. His technical Mr. Witmer was made chairman of was later obtained ~ ducation I �the Federal Housing Better Homes committee for southeastern New Hampshire and southern Maine. He now holds the position of Federal Housing inspector for the state of New Hampshire and for southern Maine. He ls a past president of the New Hampshire Society of Architects. Nat S. Stevens ls a native of Somersworth, where he was born April 16, 1899. He was gradu ted from Somersworth High school. For 11 years he was connected with the New Hampshire High way department. Previously he had worked for the Great Falls Manufacturing company during the construcLi0ll of the concrete mill at Somersworth and was also employed in con.;truction work and as a mine engineer for the U. s. Gypsum company. Mr. Stevens came to Portsmouth with the John Iafolla company in 1938, when that company began the construction of the New Hamp$hlre approach to the Interstate oridge. In September of the following year he was named assistant superintendent of the street department and the following January was selected as superintendent. Merchants Bureau Names Chairmen Of Committees Committee chairmen of the Portsmouth Merchants bureau were nam• ed last night at a dinner meeting of the officers held at the Rockingham Hotel with President J. D. Hartford presiding Chairmen are as follows: Membership and Dues, Andrew Graves; cltristmas Decorations, John McDonough; Sales Promotion, Eugene Cummings; Community Development, Albert H. Woolfson; Better Business Bureau committee, J. D. Hartford; Pal'king and Traffic, A. Richard Chase; Business Hours committee, Merrll1 Smith. Woolfson, Chase and Smith are vice-presidents of the organization and committee heads. In line with the policy of having vioe-presidents responsible for the work of committees, vice-president ,Jack Brown was named to the Christmas Decorations committee to work with Chairman McDonough. It was agreed that the Community Development committee would include planning board activities, beautification, recreation, industria,1 organization and signs at approaches. The Better Business committee will function mittee. ew astor a es niversalist Pulpit -q-.L•~\ e re Rev. Charles Telford Erickson, DD begins his pastorate in this city tomorrow, preaching his first sermon as minister of the Universal!st church at the 10.45 morning service. Coming here from Hartford, Conn., Mr. Erickson resumes active church work after some time. Born of Swedish parentage, Dr. Erickson has had a most active career. He began missionary work shortly a{,ter he was ordained, his first assignment being in Rangood, Burma, where he remained for two years. From there he returned to the United States and lectured in various parts of the country. In 1909 the American Board of Mis• sions sent him to Elbasan. Albania. During the World war he represented the American Red Cross. Dr. Erickson was an honorary delegate to the Paris Peace conference, representing the provisional government. His appointment came from the Albanian Federation of America, and his influence a wielded to create the independent Rev. Charles Telford Erickson country of AlbMla. While with the American lega- speak bef~re the Oriental club Harttion sta at Tirana, Albania he was foT d Semmary Fo1:1ndatlon, on the asked to found the American-Al- Moslem l'.roblem 111 Albania. banian College of Agriculture and Mrs. Erickson ha& a fine personTrades school. For his work he was allty, accord ng to those who have decorated bv the Albanian govern- met her, and she is interested in ment in 1931. The Universalist all wor th wh!le tJ1ings. She has been churc~1 of this country through the active in YWCA work and ls a owig people's movement, became member of the Society of the Mayinterested in a project in Albania ~ower descendents and the Colonand Dr. Erickson assisted in their ial Dame_s of America. work;. . Dr. Er~ckson is the only pastor He has travelled extensively. Five 111 th is city who has the Doctora~ years ago he married a daughter of of Divlnlty degree. He received this the late Rev. Hanfred P. and Fanny from Drury college. He obtained his Avery Welcher of New York and MIi ters from Yale and also a Hartford, Conn. Masters LLD and STB from Boston She also has traveled a great deal university. in Europe and the Orient. Since their marriage they have spent most of their time ln England, Italy and Greece, gathering material for a book on Albania. The manuscript has been completed. Dr. Erickson has been a student of world problems especially those Involving Europe and the Near East. In discussing the present situation he said, ''I am not in agreement with those who fear that the end of the world-at least our world:_ is inevitable if the present conflict does not end as we hope it will. O!vilizatlon, especially what we regard as Christian civilization has spiritual values which are so much a vital part of humanity itself, that they cannot be uprooted without destroying the human race. I refuse to share in the panic and fear and foreboding which overshadows tJ1e nation today; or the prophecies of mortal disaster to our country and its institutions, even if the worst happens. Which it won't!" The couple will reside In an apartment in the late Judge Adams house >Jn Broart street. T11e will come sometime next week. Dr. Erickson arrives for the weekend from Hartford where they have be'en residing since they left California last year. He is to return on Monday to Hartford where ii evenin he Is to ��This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (permanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts w 1999 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. 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Memorial 8 Nelson, George A. 11 ~,irst Cruise 39 Aluminum, Scrap lOu,109,112,115 of Privateer Harl?Z Amazeen, Elvin K.,Rev. 66,87 New Englanders. in Diplomatic 65 American Legion 21,31 Posts Armlst.Lce, WWI Obituaaries: Atlantic Hts. Housing Proj. ~ 86 30, 38, 4 'l, Chapman, Fannie C • 3i t:~H~ al.to Housing,Defense (48,64,72 Badger, Frank w. 22 Baptist Missionary Society ' 43'> Sanderson, Alice P 23· Bartlett, Josiah 74 Emery, J .H. 24 Boy Scouts Of America:Sea 15,21 Gilbert, Mary Louise 27 Scouts Bradford, Pauline 29 Bridges: Ne.vy Yard! 7 Hainer, Rev. James 38 Hrunpton 9 Colburn, Bertha 49 Newcastle 12: Wal ton, Wm.a. 62: Sagamore Creek 115 Kane, Patrick 76 Bundles for BJ:>itain 68 Stover, Maria F. 82 Civil Service, Positions Open 7 Flagg, Sarah 82 Clean-Up Campaign, Portsmouth 4U,46 Amazaan, E.K,Rev. 87 Coleman Family Reun:ton 118 Herbert, Abbie 88 Daniel St;, Proposed Closing 78,80 Ballard, Wm.M. 101 Defense Bonds & Stamps,Bale 64,65 Akerman, Edith 102) Def'ense Council, Proposed 14,16 Odiorne's Point, Mapker, Prop. 19 deRochemunt, Louis, Award 45 Page, Dorothy 4S Dry Dock, New, ~0© Portsmouth Navy Yd. Parking, Overnight 8 Ji.::aster Services 50,51 Pierce Is., Army Rec. Center >, 78,80,Q .l.!,; ldredge Brewing Co., Tax Case 20 l 83,142 England. Air War, told by RAF Pilot 65, Piscataqua Camera Club 85 !9am1ly Wel1'are Assoc• 17 Pitt Tavern. Masonic Tablet 109 Federal Aid to Portsmouth 26 ,27 ,62 "Portsmouth & National Defenseft211,_,(';0 ~.lm, PW.A 77,103,105 Comprehensive Survey (i41 Wl?A lu5a Portsmouth. Audit or City Fundis 9,11 Fire, Exchange Block 10 '12,22,2 ) Ra1lroad Ruundhuuse 104 \81 Fi re Hazards 20,26 Portsmouth, Bd. of Education r l5,16, I◄.,re nch, Geo. B. Co. 29 Gasoline, Conservation of 141 Girl Scout:J of Arner:t.ca,Award.s 70 Gra.ymoor Hospital, Kimball Mansi on 69 Great Bay Development 9 Greek War Relief 30 Gr eeley, Horace, Birthplace 49 122,84 · Portsmouth. Chamber of Comm. 105a Portsmouth. City Council. s,10,11 Mee tings, Decisions ,Etc. •, 17 ,22 ,45 / b2,55,78 '~ 88,102 Portsmouth.City Council. tt3-114!, Harlow, H.M.S., Artist 106 Budget 116 Hohenzollen, Kaiser Wm.,Deatn 86 Portsmouth Civic Patrol 39 Housing, Defense 6,B,lb, Portsmouth. Defesnse Projects: n,·1;-:, riVi@ .Atlantic Heights, 18,21,22,28 o®~ Map in back of Book 32-33,35, Portsmouth, England. Radio 71,72 Talk to Hau s ing Survey, Greater Por·c s. 101 Portsmouth. Fire Dept• :: 8 ,17 ,2'0 Ice Fishing, Great Bay 4•5 \ 89 J effords, Al1ce, Principal 85 Portsmouth Garden Club 88 Jennings, John R. N.H. Author 100 Portsmouth. Health Problems 40 Lear, Tobtas, ttou se Assoc. 78 Portsmouth H.s. 10,13,14Leavitt Fn.mily ReunJ.on lUl Includes:· Alumni Activity 23m82,8:S Lilac Bushes, Little Harbo1• 105b Voe. Guidance, 85 Manpower, Skolled 1n P. 1.2 Etc. Murals, Camp Langdon & Ft. 59 .;. Sl lionstitut ion ; 1 I �117,119 Portsmouth. Histori c Houses 56- 57 , 58, Portsmouth , History 105b, 106 aee als Pitt Tavern Wharf s , Ancient Lilacs , Little Harbor Return of Sons & Daughters Od1orne 1 s Point Seaward, Joseph Portsmouth Hospital 11 Portsmouth. Industrial Devel . 1 , 2 , 21 Portsmouth Mem. Park at Plains 79 Portsmouth Merchant's Bureau 11,15,27 Portsmouth Navy Yard \ 3 , 16,18,19 Includes: Submarines 20,34,52,53 Launchings 63,67,69,l05a fortsmouth. 108,109,115,141 Portsmouth. Planning Board 10,48,70,77,80 88,103,105 Portsmouth. Plans for Future 81 aee also P. & Nat. Defense 121-141 Portsmouth Police Dept. 7,8 Portsmouth. Population Gain 25,45 Portsmouth Public Library 62,109 Public Works Administration 107,141 ee also Federal Aid to Portsmouth Rare Books, Rev. A.k.Rouner 25 Rbeeckah Lodge No.~ 87 Return of Sons & Daughters,1853 75-76 Rye Harbor, Imorovement 16,19 Recreational Facilities 6~ see als Pierce Is. ~rmy Rec. Center st. John's Church 3,20 Salvation Army 63,67 Schick Testa 24,39 Seaward, Joseph, Sailor on 106 Ranger 41,43,54 Sewerage ... 12' Sledding on anning st. 90-100 Submarine 0-9, Sinking 990100 Submarine Squalu, Sinking 42,43 Tanker, Explosion 21,44,84 Traffic, Portsmouth 89,106, 110-111 66 Trees , Portsmouth 62 U. S. Coast Guard. Anchorages 101,117 u.s.o. 115 arner House Assoc. 21 Water Billa, Unpaid 8,ll,29m33J Water Supply 36,40,55,62 Wharfs, Uncov. at Prescott Pk WP' York , England, Radio to YMCA YWCA 67,68,77 49 46,64: 7~ 106 18 �• a1n In Navy =-==:::::=========:=:::::.:::==:=::::::::=:::::::::::::::===:::===- orkersCalled Ass 1 For City's Future Reservoir Of Men For Industrial Development Later, Says State Agent 'This Is The Gateway To Portsmouth's Future' Natural ;o.~ Advcintage Here Says Speaker That the tremendous influx of workers to the Portsmouth Navy yard can be one of Portsmouth's greatest assets (in the future) was the statement of Laurence M. Meyer, industrial agent ot the ew Hampshire Planning and Development comm1ss10n, who spoke on Portsmouth's future this afternoon at the meeting of the Porb1mnuth Rotary club in the Rockingham hotel. ,•i,ionrd by the t'xpcrts or New Hampshire Plannini;- and Development Commission the gateway to Porb- Instead or presenting a great deflation and unemployment problem again, these 1•ew South Amrrkan market!\' than New York or Philadelphia. If you doubt It get our your charts and figure It when peace comes workers can be used as a reservoir allowing for curvature of the l'arth. Lower right shows where a state pier might be located. of skllled manpower to attract new industry to Port.smouth. "Skilled workers," said Meyer, "are considered by many Industrialists as their most lniportant' asset and In the past we ha\'e lost not one but several Industrial opportunltlea in New Hampshire because we did not hnv(' sufficient skilled men r ou(h'~ fature is the new Intrr~latc Bridge which allows deep water navigation Into the upper section or the ,scntaqua ma.kin,; over J.000 arres available for Industrial sites. By navigable water Portsmouth Is nearer our �available." Housing Equally Important "Housing is as important as workers," Meyer continued. "Right now Portsmouth faces a housing problem for defense; specifically, erection of 800 government homes in the city. These can either be an asset for industrial development in the future or a llab11ity. It Is essential that their site be chosen with the future In mind. General View Of Portsmouth's Industrial Area Site "Defense Comes First" "There Is no question that defen.se comes first. We must produce for defense and work for defense. But we must also protect the things we want to defend. By co-operation now we can prevent economic losses in future years that In many ways can be as disastrous as war losses. 'Right now one of the major chemical companies Is considering using 85 acres of this proposed in· .dustrial site for Portsmouth. Its products are such that its business will be greater after peace comes than before, so it is a perfect set· up for the Portsmouth problem. "But if these 800 homes 'now to be built are located in the wrong place, this concern has told me that in· stead of a Portsmouth unit heading Its development plan, Portsmouth would either be out entirely or at the bottom of the list. This Is only one example among many, It Is a real job for a planning board. ~uest,' Port Is Important "Few, If any, sections of the This shows the detail of the development pictured in upper left of the general view of t)le area with an Induscountry have more to offer Industry trial Estate set up similar to the Industrial Estates which have proven so successful in England. In upper left is than Portsmouth. First consider- a housing development to serve the factories. In foreground is a private pier for bringing in supplies and ha.nation for industry Is transporta- dilng export markets, Rail spurs and roads produce other avenues of transportation and back of the housing detlon, Tne port of Portsmouth has velopment lies the airport. a perfect ice-free channel alJ the year round. The new interstate bridge opens the river with its adequate depth to ships of any size from the smallest to the Queen Elizabeth. "Actually, the port of Portsmouth, Is nearer South American markets! than New York or Philadelphia. ~ Is ideally located for European an eastern Canadian markets. I central p◊sltion in northern New England gives It many advantages for getting raw materials and for exports. "Rail facilities are adequate with the junction of the Dover branch and the main line through to the provinces from Boston. Air facili- • ties are located only a short dis· tance west of the proposed site and 1 the development of the Portsmouth airport provides another important asset for the future when air freight becomes more common. "For trucking there are plenty of through highways and due to Its location, Portsmouth is certain to share in the developments of any super highways of this section, which means anoth~ asset for industry. Plenty of power is av!tilable and there is ample fresh water for industrial purposes. I ational Aids "Thus Port:;mouth can offer industry all possible natural advantages. Now the defense program is adding the two other assets-manpower and housing. ''With these added, Portsmoutn can go out and get the industries It will want to have after the war. Industry Is looking for sites such as Port~mouth. The trend today is toward more and more decentralization in rural or semi-rural areas. n war It Is a vital protection .alnst destruction of productiVI'! •ilitles. In peace it means greater 10m a enc . All This view shows the 1,000 acres available along the Plscetaqua just above the new Interstate Bridge (right) with Atlantic Heights jutting out into the foregrow1d. 'fhis section has all the advantages needed; an lee free port; deep water for largest ships; a bridge to take large ships; a railroad jw1ction; plenty of fresh water for Industrial work; plenty of electric power available and to the left (just out of sight) a good airport location partially developed, acres and has paid dividends of ii, Trafford park which 25,000 "There is also the trend toward example 10 per cent on the mvestment. Wei· has been in exi.atence since 1896. It locating industry near its customers wyn Garden city was started in 1920. 1,200 acres, 200 plant.; and em· which, in the case of the navy yard, hes It has 3,000 acres and employs 14,ploys 5,000 persons. It has always would give a reason for small in000 perso~. earned good dividends. "New Hampshire Is looking to 1950 dustrial concerns locating here to and we on the State Planning board serve the yard, as sub-contractors. Portsmouth Has Most "There is ample prece®nt for the "Another is Slough Industrial ea- see our future in these industrial es· development of these amall indua- te,te with '100 acres which has been tatA!s. You In Portsmouth, with your reatest advan· tr!al areas. In Englalld they are doubled since 1932. It has 2'10 lant.s, harbor have th known lndust.rlaL An �3 tages of all. "You automatically can double your population on a permanent and sound basis 1f you capitalize on your advantages. Many commun!tks would give a great deal to have on• ly part of the a-dvantages :rou have. We on the State Planning board will do all we can to help, but in the final analysts what you get will depend on what you put in by hard work right now." Plan Conference With U. S. Authorities As Laurence M. Meyers was telling Portsmouth Rotarians today about the defense housing problem and Portsmouth's future, a telegt·am was forwarded to him from n,e State Planning & Development commission at Concord as follows, from Frank A. Vanderlip, Jr., of PBA at Washington. D. C.: "Commissioner of Public Buildings charged with the construction of defense housing for Portsmouth is anxious for me to meet with your planning commission for discussion of location of project at earliest convenience, Would it be imposition to ask if you could meet me at Boston F•iday morning?" Hope was expressed today that Mayor Rowe's appointments to the Portsmouth Planning Board might be made in time for its members to sit in on this conference witl> Mr. Meyer and Frederick r. Clark of the State Development Commission. Portsmouth-Born Henry Weaver Nominate~.\A1o Head Maine Police Portsmouth-born Henry P. Weaver of Cape Elizabeth will be the next chief of Maine State police. Gov. Sumner Sewall posted his nomination of Weaver to succeed John W. Healy yesterday. It will go before the executive council for confirmation within the next week. The 46-year-old Weaver will re sign as chief of the Federal Alcohol Tax diyislon tn Maine. D11rl11g pro• hil;>ltion Weaver seized 350 automo• biles between Kittery and Port• land alone. In rum-running cases he netted nearly a quarter of a million dollars for the United States government. Enlisting in the navy In lbl3, Weaver served at the capture of Vera Cruz, was a chief boat.$wain on minesweepers and cargo boats during the World war. He was cited fr bravery. After t he war Weaver became York county deputy sheriff, thert joined the federal prohibition forces. He is married and has three children. Candlemas Service ·tomorrow To omm1ss1on Evening At St. John's Church USS Grayling ~•l•4l Worshippers of many faiths wl.J.l i vams ed. I tried o control by climb the h!ll to St. John's church thought.<;, and keep my eyes on the February 15".t,l •yl the face appeared tomorrow evening, as hundreds of altar, but again others have done for years to ob- to my obliqtJe vision. I thought it serve the Feast of Purification, must be the shadow cast by the commonly called the feast of the flickering candles, some freak of lights. This ls a custom which dates reflection of some worshipper's face back hundreds of years, and yet it whom I could not see, or an optical ever retains its Impressiveness and illusion caused by the dark swaying inspiration. This service has been garlands. Perhaps even a figment brought from England and again of my own mind, created by the the ancient church is linked with surroundings and service. So again the mother church of England by I turned to look squarely-and this this custom. time it did not disappear. Instead, Light being the universal symbol It became clearer, took the form of of the Diety, it was the ancient cus- a man, not young, yet hardly midtom for churches to use candles. dle-aged. He stood in the aisle, havEvery religion in the world has used ing one arm Against a column; not lights, lamps or candles. The lights a,n attitude of wotship, but rather which b';11'n in the church symbo- one of incredulous listening. His lize God s presence and lights are eyes were fixed on the altar, his lips placed on , the altar as though parted, half smiling, yet stern. He around ~d s ~hrone. The scripture seemed- a tall man, with long dark upon which th!S is based is the sec- . hair, tied back with a ribbon· a ond chapter of Luke, the 22nd to keen brown face, quaint-cut garthe ~nd verse dealing with the men ts of dark leather or buckskin· story of Simeon blessh:~ Mary and and carried a broad-brimmed hat her ch~d calling him A light to in his hand. I stared fixedly for lighten the Gentiles, ,,and the glory what seemed a full moment. Then of thy people Israel. . the music burst forth, the recesAt ~e service Sunday evenmg at sional approached up the aisle and 7.30 o clock Rev. C. L. Morrell, rec- the apparition ta<1e<1 away." tor of St. Thomas church in Dover, So coupled with the traditional will be the speaker. service which dates back throughIn past years the Christmas dee- out the year, there is that story of orations were kept in place until! mystery, one that is not very famlafter Candlemas day, but to safe- liar but one for which the ending guard against a possible fire, this is will never be written. not the practice now. 'When the service is nearly over, candles that have been blessed are passed to the congregation. One by one the lights in the church are extinguished, except those blazing on the altar. As the congregation is standing in silence the first candle is lighted from those burning on the altar. From that one others are lighted, depicting the spread of the gospel throughout the world. The 11 acolytes and vested choir march ·• through the aisles of the church singing appropriate hymns. An interesting story i& told of the Miss Fannie c. Chapman, prln• Candlelllll5 6ervice of 1927. 'I1he story teller prefers to be known as "Scep- clpa.l of the New Franklin school, tic" and in a mystery story con- died last evening. test, he described moat vividly this Miss Chapman was a native ot service. Greenland, the daughter of the late "It was my :first attendance at the Joseph W. and Mary Elizabeth traditional Candlem&.9 service and (Moulton) Chapman, and is surI slipped unobtrusively into a side vived by three sisters, Mrs. Flora pew at the very rear. The church M. Bradeen of Norway, Me., Mrs. was :filled for this beautiful even- Lillian Parker of Winchendon, 1S011g service. The churoJ;i st!ll wore Mass., and Miss Annie M. • Chapits Christmas !~toom and garlands man of this city; one brother, John looptd between the columns and A. Chapman of Greenland, and sevarches. They &wayed and swung as eral nieces and nephews. Miss Chapman was a graduate of the organ and the choir thundered forth their vibrating anthems and the Portsmouth Training school cast strange shadows on the high, and first taught in Hillsboro and later in Newington. Afterward she white walls. "As the service neared ita eli· taught in the Spaulding, Haven, max and the lighta were being ex• Cabot Street and Whiple schools in tinguished my eyes rested upon the this city and had been principal o! memorial ta,b let at mY side, a lov• the New Franklin school since It ing tribute to a lost one three hun- was built in 1920. dred years ago, and I thought 'How She was recogniud as an eff!ci· many men and women have stood en executive a,nd teacher. Hunhere as I stand now, listening to dreds of her former students, as well th~ sam-s words, seeking for the as those attending the New Franksame light and guidance of which lin now, will remember her. these tiny flames are the 6ymbol." "Not sudden1y, but very gradually -yet all this was a matter of a fe moments - I seemed to becom awa re of something, as I glanced sideways toward the opposite aisle; something that was real and yet l.lnreal. I first saw only a face in profile-a man's face-and when I ~urned my head sharply to face it. I I fannie C. Chapman, franklin School 41 Principal, Dies Nearly five months ahea<l of schedule the submarine USS Gravling will be placed in commission Feb. 15 and technically will l:ie delivered April 15. Order for construction of the Grayling was placed with the Portsmouth Navy yard June 2, 1939. Contract date for delivery was not until Aug. 1, 1941. Her keel was laid Dec. 15, 1939 and, sponsored by Mrs. Herbert F. Leary, wUe of Rear Admiral Leary, the Gray!lng was launched here last Sept. 4. Her commanding officer will be 37-year-old Lt. Eliot Olson, USN, who ls younger than most officers who are receiving command of the new submarines. Born in Massachusett.5, Lieutenant Olson entered the US Naval academy from the Bay State in 1923. Before reporting to the Portsmouth Navy yard he was attached to the USS Argonaut. For a year and a half Lieutenant Olson has been in the industrial department at the local yard. Two other officers already called for duty on the Gray]ing are Lt. James H. Davis, USN, and Lt. (J. g.) Robert J. Bonin, USN. �Bay Plays Host . To Hundreds · Of Smelt Fishermen Garland's store at Newington provides a terminal for hundreds· of smelt• seeking fishermen. The bay is approximately a half:mlle away and the majority of fishermen walk. If the sled containing their fishing gea11 is light enough they clrag it along themselves. Otherwise they enlist the aid of the snomobile, shown in foreground. (Portsmouth Herald Photos) Lowell photo shows Great Bay with its hunclrecls of fishing shacks, some elaborate and others merely fou11 walls and a l'Oof. Snomoblle, shown above, a 19.24 Model T Ford with tractor treads behind and heavy skis on front can travel over the ice at ~O miles per hour. George Garland, owner of the vehicle Is sitting behind the wheel. I Ben Seawarcl of Kittery Point pu)ls in a smelt from the confines of hislTwo oliltimers scorn shacks and prefer to be out in the brisk ah- and brllmodest but purposeful shack. Seaw11rd is ·working two lines. Some fisher - liant sunlight. Fisherman in ba-ekground glances over 10 see what his nel~hmen work four which is too many when the smelts are running right. A bor has hooked. Each of the men are Working three line~. Note Ice which hole the size of the -h ole in tbe shaok floorboard has been cut in the lee. fisherman in foreground has cut to form the hole. At present the ice at Seaward's sle!J leans against the side of the shack. Great Bay ranges rrom l! to 10 inches thick, Greatest S·e·ason In Decade ?/J lures Smelt fishermen · · -1r· Onto The· Ice Of Great Bay J �. . ' ., - . ' · ·~~·~ ::•::~• S11omobile a11d fishermen are careful to avoid such places where there are stakes. Lower photo shows initialed wooden stake driven into the ice both as a claim and as a warning that a hole is nearby. Fishermen frequently step Into the holes, but fortunately the water is shallow. Upper photo shows sled upon which ffshlug gear ls carried. One of the most elaborate shacks on Great .Bay ice is owned by H. E, Tuck of Haverhill, Mass. The name of the shack is self-explanatory and unique. Shacks like these with windows, chimney, air vent, eto,, are few and far between at Great Bay. Warning notice nailed to shack Is reward notice for anyone meddling with shack, I W. F. Coffin of Ha'mpton uses a burlap strip fastened to poles for a windbreak. Smelt fishing js slow work and sometimes tedious but It's thrills and anticlpattons more than offset the difficulties. Coffin ls working four lines and has three more in the basket behind bin\. Metal edged pole in left foregrou111t ls used to break Ice. Accidents will happen on Great Bay a~ well as anywhere else. Fire overtook this modest shack andl burned the roof and part .of one side. It will have to be rebuilt almost entirely before it can again serve its purpose. This shack belongs to Alfred Higgins of Exeter. .'llote material used to make walls, ordinary grain sacks, Great Bay Is playing the Pied Piper to smelt fishermen this winter. For, while old-timers would rather leave it unsaid in order to ttvoid the threat of in-rushing "amateurs" they will 'a dmit that It's the greatest smelting season in a decade, Any day, particularly weekends, you'll find these grizzled veterans of the business sitting patiently beside holes cut in .t he Ice with their Jines dangling int-0 the shallow waters of the bay. They moye •only ·to capture a smelt and to bait their hooks. Some smoke pipes as a diversion whil~ others resort to Bacchus for temporary relief from ijit ter winds which frequently sweep over the ice. Others just sit. The majority of shacks which dot the gleaming surface of the inland salt water lake, line the chan11el from end to end. Sometimes there are as many as three and four hundred of these shelters. A few are elaborate with chimneys, stoves and windows while others are simply four sides thrown togeth r under a flat-topped roof. And, of course, (.here are :fishermen who don't use shelters at all but merely fix up some sort of windbreak either with qurlap hitched to sticks or with blocks of snow. Despite the smelting wealth of U1e current season, though, the itinerant population of Great Bay has dropped considerably in the last two years. Observers say this ls due to working hours, particularly at the Portsmouth Navy ya.rd where many men work nights and weekends. But this fact hardly bothers the oldtimers. The fewer flshermeh there are the better they like it. At present the wholesale price of smelts ls around 18 cents a pound. But the price fluctuates. Last week a Newington resident caught 80 pounds fu a single day and sold them for 26 cents a pound. Thls year bay ice is eight inches thick topped with a few inches of snow. If you have a rig or sled, -which Is generally what equipment is carried on, you can have it hauled from the shore to anywhere the Jee fo.r 50c. Means or roco- the first proceclure ls to uUce tne motion is a 1924 model T Ford floor-board and lay it on the Jee. which he.s been converted into a The floor-board has a hole and a nomobile with tractor treads cov- hole of corresponding size is hewn ring the four wheels behind and a out of the hard surface of the bay. pair of heavy skis replacing the Then the shack is set up, gear rigfront wheels. This peculiar appear- ged, and the hunt begins, A man ing vehicle which causes newcomers may move a shack three or four among the Great, Bay fishing ranks times during the course of the afto stare as It speeds over the sur- 't ernoon or night, depending upon face (20 miles per hour, wide open) l the smelting ambitions of the fishis owned bi'f George Garland. The erman himself. A few just go out windshield ls broken, it has no Ifor a good time and don't care whether they snare so much as a single deluxe dashboaTd, no brakes and is fish. definitely allergic to taking curves, For bait there's an amusing varBut it serves the purpose and has a iety. Anything colored red wlll atpulling power that ls amazing. tract the elusive osmerls morda.x Somettmes the shacks an, on which ls the scientist's name for runners and ?an be haubid to any the (\Ommon smelt. Fishermen use desired · location. Others a.re the red flannel red-tinted clam-worms collapsible type and are placed on and have ;ven been known to take sleds atop a box which contains _all ordinary worms and dye them Jn the necessary gear for catchmg mercurcrome. smelts. If these are ligh t enough one Lines are tied around notched man or two can draw th'em over the sticks whfch fit into blocks. In this ice. Always, however, it's back- way the fisherman isn't obliged to breaking labor, p~rtlcularly when keep a continual hold on his lines the lee has a covermg of snow. and can devote his time to watching In the case of a collapsible shack, how the smelts are welcoming the 011 �lo bait, You'd be surprised to find out how long some of the old-timers can sit in one place without so much as winking an eyebrow. Occasionally, of course, they'll cast sly glances at a neighbor to see how he's getting along. Still, never ask an old-timer how many smelts he's caught. If he's bagged 20 pounds he'll tell you five. He doesn't want you fooling around his patch of water. Housing Officials Confer Here Parents Watc~~~ School In Session Over 000 parents and approximately 650 school children attended the ·annual "Parents' Night" at the Junior High school last evening. Regular classes were conducted by teachers and all parents were given an opportunity to watch the machine-like precision with which Portsmouth schools operate. The affair, sponsored by the Par'!nt-Teacher association, ran over two hour" and exhibits, made by school pupils, were- shown in various class rooms. While half of the class conducted dally school work, the other half attended an assembly and by such a process, all parents were able to atttlnd sessions. At the two assembl!es, plays were presented under the direction of Mrs. William Rose and Mrs. Herbert Hagstrom. Exhibits included those on physical edYcation, prlJ1tlt1..g, li brary books and physical educa tion. The printing exhibit was sponsored by En ·Ls th · ld. All-Night Auto~·-~ Parkers Beware Citizens were warned today that a drive on all night parking ls startIng at once. City Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt said today that all drivers are asked to co-operate as the police have no desire ot tag cars or have them towed off to garages but In the interrest of keeping traffic moving during the winter months, police have no choice but taking action against offenders. A thoughtle$s practice that will !Pad to police action in the future was revealed in the la.st two storms When drivers parked in the streets outside their homes rather than bothering to shovel out their garage driveways. ---- Portsmouth Herald Photo Seated (left to right) Laurence Meyer, industrial agent of the New Hampshore Planning and Development Commission; Frank A. Vanderlip, Jr., of the Public Buildings Administration; Mayor Stewart E, Rowe of Portsmouth; Frederick P. Olark, planning engineer of the New Hampshire Planning & Development Commission; Henry B. Tilton of the Portsmouth Planning Board. Second row: R. C. L. Greer, general manager of the New Hampshire Gas & Electric Co.; Robert Marvin of the Portsmouth Planning Board; Councilman Frederick D. Gardner of the Portsmouth Planning Board; Arthur Corney of the National Resources Planning Board assigned to Defense Houslrlg In New England; J. D, Hartford, publisher of The Portsmouth Herald; O. V, Henderon, president of the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional Development Association; C. A, Blessing, planning assistant of the N, H. P, & D. Commission; Alvin Redden, executive secretary of the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional Development Association; M. E. Witmer, Federal Housing Inspector and member of the Portsmouth Planning Board; Dr. S. F. A. Pickering of the Portsmouth Planning Board. Back row; (standing) Nat s. Stevens, Portsmouth superintendent of streets; Phillips B. Badger of the Portsmouth Planning Board and Forrest M. Eaton, chairman of the Portsmouth District of the Industrial development committee of the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional Development Association, "1 ·\A\ ,.. a day will not aid the presen t situa tion but actually leave the city with a greater shortage than before. S :.wera.ge problems were another an gle of discussion as wer,e additions to t he already over-crowded Portsmouth schools. Mr. Vanderlip explained that as a g,eneral policy it had been found cheaper to mak•e additions to existing buildings rather than to con truct new buildings; the difference in cost being $8,000 a room for new construction and about $2,500 for additions. These and oth•er problems wlll have to be taken up by the Portsmouth Planning board for discussion and recommendation before the meeting to be held n-ext Wednesday. Plans for a meeting of the Portsmouth Planning Housing was the general subject . • . . . of conversation m Portsmouth toBoard to contmue d1sct1ssion of defense housmg problems day from breakfast tables to street were being made today by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe as the corners. Gen-$ral comment heard . , Jt of ~ h e Join · · t . , b_etween f ed era, l t t d was appreciation of the co·opera1 ~su conf_e1ence. s a e an tion shown by all the various agenc1ty plannmg and housmg off1c1als held yesterday at the cies involved and a feellng that now Rockingham hotel. ~he ~roblem was ~ing approached mtelhgently and m such a manNecessity for quick action was yesterday discussion centered on ner that the new development will stressed yesterday afternoon as the details of problems which the con- be a benefit to Portsmouth for all conference was adjourned, by Frank struction of defense homes in the t ime. A. Vanderlip, Jr., of the Public area will create. As an example, Buildings administration in charge Supt. of Streets Nat S. Stevens cited of this BOO-home defense housing the fact that tne addition of BOO project here . It is planned to hold homes i1: his unit; another 100 a second conference next Wednes- homes bemg considered by the Deday morning at 11 o'clock at the! fense Homes corporation and the Rockingham hotel IUld prior to water needed for 1,200 men to be that time the Portsmouth Planning stationed at the army fort at New board will have me and decided , Castle will require 504,000 gallons on its recommendatlops, of water a. day, so that the present Following the general conference development to add 500 000 gallons Mayof To Call Meeting Of Citv's Planning Board To Continue Discussion Of Problems Arising From Defente Housing �~ ,i~~t' ~~/{•~- _.. o ·= .ff ·. M- l~ft.!).-, . .,/ ·Y~~~ · ·,. .e.rs_... · _9py ,_-.---, --- e • 1"·~·41 ----- ·Comm1ss1on ·•·,.• ·· Tables -Police \.a Heanng Qn New ',Bridge .~ ay . ,ncrease ·T·o .Na-vy yard }\\ ~, :p,-po:~f.jJ:01t1~s ·At Present Time '., , . ~ , J _·, _.,_ , ,.•· · ,' · .:.. LI>• II ( -----,; . - - - - - - ,.... , . I , ' LU;erally thousaI\dS of ·good jobs ' , . __ that pay fram· $30 to '$110 a week' .,i ~ , ~ , and -provide full civil service pro- Lr , · ~tion in . hours, 'sick benefits, va- 1 Cl!,tions, pen.slops and all the other securities qe's ~ )by workmel,.l _ are available at ( tJi;e · ·present time in practically section of the country, David P . Hartnett, Jr., secretary of, the Portsmouth· office " ' of the ·First United States Civjl . Service "district, with .offices o~ the _. . -C.~~1 • main floor of the Por,tsmouth ·post, . ·. . . \ 1 f p· h I' bl d • d f' office, .said today, ' r Appl1cation of the . Portsmouth Pay raises or ort5mout po ice were to e '" e IIn contrast •to the cond\tions a! !Navy-yard for approval of plans for nitely by two to one vote at a meeting of the Board, of~ a few years ·ago, when a single no- a. supplementary bridge to be con- p 1· C · ,· h Id · h II I · h I' f tlce of a Civil Service job posted structed across the back channel of O l~e ommlSSI0l)ers e 0t City a 0St n1g t. n 0V0r at the postom& drew thou~ands of the Pisca.taqua· river will be con- -of tabling were Commissioners Orel Dexter and J. Verne applicants, , openings · are being re- sidered at a. public meeting to be W d O d h · Th Om OS J. DOWnS. port~d so fast at the,-present time held in the selectmen's office a.t Kit00 . , ppose Was C 0 lrman that the bul!eti_n board Is papered tery next Friday afternoon. The• .Qhairman Downs opened the dis- - "After o.ll,'' he said1 ' "as -police with th~m ~nd -~they ' are still ~m- date for the hearing has been set cussion by saying he would like to commissioners it is our duty to give ,i9g, In. t· for 2 p. m. Lieut. Col. L. B. Gallag- ,clean up the petition tonight". as much consideration to the .tax, Mr. Hartnett ... suggests that in- her of the United states Engineering I , "While I appreciate the figures payers as we do to the department. 'st.ead of wonde\ing whether there department, wm have charge of the · obtained by our secretary, Mr. Dex- I don't blame the men for wanting migJ;lt. be an o~ning, any person ·meeting. · ter." he said, "I do not feel that we more money. It's . only right that in~rested ~ n g a Civil Service All interested part~s; particularly can compare salaries paid in other ! they should ask, but both sides must job with-the federal government, or navigation interests and all county, cities with Por~outh. I do not be considered." Mr. Dexter said any person who .wants to l~arn how town, city and local officials whose think other New Hampshire cities j that in 11.is opinion the $38.50. per to qµa1ify call and see him at once. interests might· be affected by the have the same problem w~ have in week paid the patrolmen was higher Hls hours are 8:30 to 11 a ..rl}~• and proposed bridge are invited to be Portsmout,h by having a navy yard thlin that paid to most workers in 12 :30 to 4 p. m. a-nd 8 :30 to Ii '~ .m. present or represented at that time. here. To me the navy ya.rd ls the private business in Portsmouth. He on Saturdays. ·-fou can telephone Oral statements will be accepted standard for things · in this section. said people in private bus.iness had 1030 for informt,tion or an ap- but for accuracy of record all im"I have here some of the rates of to supply , their own working pointment If you desire. portant facts and arguments should pay fpr -workers at the navy yard. clothes. So many jobs a:i:e open in so many be submitted in writing as t}le re- Take for example the third ,class Mr. Wood said it was a du,ty of sections of the country that Mr. cord of the hearing will be submit- rate. A blacksmith get $7.52 per the comm~.sion to con.sider the taxHartnett is practically certain to ted to the War ' department in day; a boatbullder gets $7.68 per payers. we know that we will .have know of some good position that Washington for ap:proval. Written day· a sheetmetal worker gets $8.16 to add two men and that is going will meet with. y_our qualifications statements should be handed in at a d~y. Then there is a. spread be- to, inc~e our expenses. At such If you have tram~g in al}y of the. the time of the hearing. tween third and first class that a time as this when due to national s~llled trades or technical profesPlans submitted by the applicant averages one or _two dollars. For in- def,e·nse we know the taxpayer., are s1ons and, in fact,_ In almost any show a fixed bridge of two spans, , stance, toolmakers or sheetmetal going to be taced with mol'~ taxes, type of work required in the na- steel arched girder construction, workers first class get $9.12 per day. we must consider them. tional defense program. · supported by a reinforced concrete These are only a few of many other "I have talked with more than Mr. Hartnett points out that this pier and abutments resting on steel · high wages paid. 100 taxpayers,'' se,id Mr. 'wood, "in is an opportunity to get into Civil piles, and with so11d fill approaches "I can't afford to pay what Uncle tact, r ha.~ made it a poin,t to get Service such as has never existed protected by riprap on both slpes. Sam pays. I can't furnish a. dispen- opinions sinc,e this question of a before and .that !ill interested The two spans are to · be 100 feet sary for first aid and all the other police pay raise, fi'l'.st came up.- I should take advantage of it as each, center to center, and afford a things ,the yard furnishes. I can't have yet to have one taxpayer faquickly as possible since once de- , vertical clearance of 16.6 feet at pay a man l9-.a._da._v nlus a.nd then var it." f se positions are filled many of I mean low water and nine feet at charge my customers for it. I have "Moreover" said M<r. Wood "the the jobs that are- now -open- will be mean high water. lost men to the navy yard. But the police have ~ecure jobs. Th<er~ may gp.u.e,, .,-.,,,.. , city Is different. Maybe this gov- , be 8,000 men at the yard now . but , Examples among the hundreds of ernment rate of pay is set up for us 1r Cfrr" riemember th,e time when po.sitions now open Include such as, to follow. there were only 1,500. , W,h~n this a principal chemist, who will get "I read in the papers that in- emergency is ave:·, the yard will $5,600 a year; several other chemcreases are being given everywhere drop doWn again and! many will be ists pay,ing $4,600 to $2,600 a year; -shoe workers in Manchester g<it a out of jobs. Pay raoes maY, de· an inspector of hats, _paying $2,000 5 per cent increase; Ford ·years ago Cl'oa,iie. But our police force will a year; other inspectors and assist- 1 set a $5 minimum even for his least continue on. Such -security is lm· ants in hosiery, knit underwear, skilled workers. The cost of living portant compensation," textiles and clothing, with salaries is higher here in Portsmouth. These Mr. -Dexter said that he had from $1,620 .to $2,000. policemen are not allowed to add talked wit h many taxpayers and Men are urgently , needed at I to their incomes by engaging in any none of them had favored an inWatertown, Mass.; Boston, Mass.; other business. They even have to .crease. He said that he could not I Newport, R. ,:.; Springfield, Mass., furnish their own uniforms. I'm in feel that because other expenses : and many other s~ctlons of New favor of giving them something tan- were increasing, that the commisEngland as well as other parts of gible as an increase." i sion should add mo!'~ expense. "If the country. 1 Mr. Downs said that he had fig- we increase the pay to $6.00 a day Mr. Hartnett will co-operate wit.h \ ured out that the police received/ and add two men it will coot the tax,anyone interested by securing the \ only 61 cents an hour for their work/ pay.em $10,00Q a year more. Perproper application forms ·and._ helpwhich included nine hours a day on1haps th,e time will come when such Ing appllcants fill them out and call and subject to be called out at\a rai&? will be obviously justified. provide all the necessary informa· ' all times for fire or other commu- I d-en't feel that it is justified at the tlon and k~ep _a pplicants advised of : nity disaster without any extra pl'?sent time. If we tab1'? it now, openings, examinations and other \ compensation. He said the present we can pick lt up again a,t rome requirements. 1 police pay was set in 1932 at de- future time." Co-operation pf every leader in , pression prices. Mr .. Dexter ask-od Mr. Downs the community tn busµiess, civic, 1 Mr. De-xter said th'at he agreed what he thought about the firegoyernment, social or any other powith Mr. Downs that Mr. Downs ldepartment pay which at $1,70071. sitlon Is asked to call to the at· couldn't afford to pay the navy yard ,year is_ low~r by ~early $300 than 1 tention of every ,possible person the scale. He said that in his observa- , the pohoe departmo.nt, " : , opp6rtunltles available. ~ostmas- , tion no private business could af- ' M_r. Downs replied, I think its ter Peter J, Hickey is co-operating. ford to meet that pay scale, !l,nct ·a dJ.Sgr_ace. These men lead a. su•that neither· could the taxpayers at normal life. '.l'hey are on call 24 this .time stand a $5,000 or mqre, hours a day and something should I increase particularly when expenses 1l:>e don•e a.bout it. I have advocat· 1 of the department would have ~ be ,ed more ,:noney for them ii:i pub~lc ; increased soon by the addition of1speeches, · . · , more men. Mr. Dexter said that, aI.- · ~r. De~ber said th9rt !n h!.S ·opin; lowing for days off and a 56-hour the board sh,ould .. establ.f,m, 1 1 · week, the pay rate Jlgtµ"es SQ, cents maximum e,11i3- nµnlijl~ll\. . ~Y. ,andi1 1 }lpur, o.r ·90c not·,~o.UI}tiil~ .A""~~\stat•/tt~-ll:i~-~;- _tll,~-W) ·.' ~-~~-l';er 1 I 11··· I ' every I J• ' j ,ore, a,n ofll .., ... . , , .. ., . • ~ tld•-""-'·~,1\i,1{~ix· ,h\l',,½.flll;,.~ ,u.:~IJ:\,~r_. ,..,.wj6;. ,. ·~ . 'ftt--· . '' �In connection. with -the two.ad- . ditional men- needed, City Marshal ' Leonard H. Hewitt said that he ' ; would ·like to get them in April or i Mai, It was pqinted out that by summer there would be nearJy · l:,400 1 inen at Fort Constitution; 200 more marines at the navy yard and the increased worlrers there, as well as the usual summer · business. City Marshal Hewitt said there was great difficulty due to the defense emergency in getting service revolvers ahd belts and he suggested that in anticipation of adding two men the order be placed now. He said with the allowan~s given , i;>ollce departments the guns would , cost about $24 each. The com- 1 missioners agreed and at1thorized the chief to order them. · ' The marshal also recommended the purchase of 22 sets and cases for a new type of handcuff known as the "iron claw," which enables po!lcemen to handle unruly prison ·ers without t-he necessity of using their night sticks. He said that af'ter seeing them demonstrated on a number of occasions he felt they would be a valuable addition. The total cost will be about $150, including the cases. He said the most convincing demonstration was given by the representative of the makers on Patrol. man Roland Smart, who has ab!Jlty as a wrestler. Smart was waiting for the man to try them on him and glve the salesman a surprise, The salesman did. Looking up 'from the floor Officer Smart agreed they were the finest thing he had seen. An application to join the police force was received from Jordana B. Gobbi of 111 Russell street and ' placed on file. The monthly bills were approved and the monthly report of the city marshal approved. The report showed 578 lodg-ers during the month-unusually high. To~·Decide ·On Housing Project Her~•{\ Tomorrow . 1· ning . Board asked Mayor Rowe about the finlmcial condition of the city. Mayor Rowe said that he· was sorry current , figures were not available and that at a· meeting -of the city council on Thursday night he was going to take action to ob- . . tain them. I lo Honor Aldrich In Sunday Broadcast New We..r:t-s ·:.G•t· C-o11l!:cti ~t·I~ltl ~'.;~,. "1\~'~' _· - . : · Collective pumping tests afE! now in progress on 25 new driven well.IS i near Sl1erbourne road of the new water supply of th e city of Portsmouth by C. · W. Lauman & Co., contractors. Tests are·- expected to be completed on· Monday or Tuesday. If these wells meet specific.atipns, there will remain only 15 more wells to be completed before Portsmouth will have it'Js ne_w sup- ! ply of 500,000 additional gallons a -day. Meanwhile, no decision has been . made regarding the future problem, which has been called to th e attentlon of the Portsmouth city council by Superintendent ·of · Streets Nat s. Stevens. With more than 1,500 men to be statioped at. New Castle and 800 more families expected for the new government iI housing project, instead of having ; a gain in water thll city will b 000 Igallons a day ishort when th: 4~ew system i.s completed . · This does not include _additional neds due to the construction of a large number of privately'~• built homes in the, city during the past two or three years an~ a number of 1 ,others scheduled to be built. I Whether an initial 400 'l\om!s or the complete 800 defense homes w~U '\-, (S1'\l ____ be built in Portsmouth at once and ' Poftsmouth will be the scene of a Vl'.llether the sit~ will_ be in' the 'li• _;, nationwide radio broadcast tomorcimty of -Atlantic Heights or Roc.k- j j • . ingham avenue, will be among the ,, 1 row when Ted Malone brings his questions to be desided when the '' American Pllgrh:nage to the Thomas administrative boa:rd of the Public· Balley Aldrich Memorial at 386 Buildings administration meets in Court street to honor the author of Washington tomorrow. . ,.· , "The Story of a Bad Boy" 'and him Recommendations to the _P.BA self the original "bad boy who wasn't were carried back to Washington by a very bad boy after all." Frank A. Vanderlip, Jr., its repre- ' The .program will be heard at 2 sentative for this area, following an 1 p. m. EST over the coast-to-coast . all-day conference here yesterday · BI_ue Net"."ork of the National with members of the Portsmouth Broadcasting comP,any ,\\'~en f?,r 15 Planning board and the New minutes ~om 'Baileys little nest Hampshire Planning and Develop~ of a room a~ t_he Nutter house wlll ment commission. beco~e a mmiati:re broadcasting At the end of the long session at studio and NBC micropho~es are set the Rockingham hotel the board up in an atmosphere familiar to all summarized the facts and figures readers the famous "Story of a presented into three motions by Bad Boy. member Frederick D. Gardner Here, where Tom read his favorwhich were voted ·unanimously. I ite books and counted the yellow Th'.ey were: , birds on the ,\Lall paper every night 1. That if it is decided to ' build '. before going to sleep, Ted Malone an initial 400 homes and defer the will tell the story of the life of Thootl1er 400 until a later date, that mas Balley Aldrich who immortalit.he site in the vicinity of Atlantic zed Portsmouth as "Rivermouth" Heights is recommended. and "An Old Town by the Sea"2. If it is decided by the Public "the prettiest place in the world" to Buildings administr:l.tion to build him. all 800 homes at once then the site Aldrich published his first · book, in the vicinity of 'Rockingham ave-; a volume of poety titled "The Bells" nue, is recommended. · , 1 Jn 1885 when he was only 19. "The 3. That t.he Portsmouth Plannin 11 Story of a Bad Boy" with a hero board requests the Public Building~ who was a singular departure from ad~inistration to furnish the Ports-• t.he usual model boys in books of mouth board with such evidence as the day was first published serially ·Portsmouth's branch of the Nait has obtained in its surveys as in "Our Young Folks," a juvenih! tional · Defense school has · already show the immediate need of 800 magazine ; and during the next few star~d to expand, according to an homes. years Aldrich attained a secure announcement by Superintendent of Mr. Vanderlip said th11.t the PBA place among notable prose writers Schools Harry L. Moore this mornwas always glad to consider re- with "Marjorie Daw," "Quite So," . ing. . I ~-✓· '. quests for re-s_~veys ·or,,_.9,,d~i\li:;}Jal I "A Riverm_o uth Romance" and other Starting tonight machine shop " , \I' !;u:ts.- ,a.li.. it. .cle.51i:es. ,to. co,r.;pei:.~ -•in. short stones. In 1881 lhe succeeded forces will be more than doubled in eyery way po~sible with local 6ff!- i William Dean Howells as editor of ersonnel and classes wlll be held c1als. In response to a request from I "The Atlantic Monthly" and in spite ,four nights a week instead of the Mr. Vanderlip the board also ex-1 of his duties for the magazine man- two ni hts which 'had· been reI pressed a desire to have at leas,t 400 1 aged to publish a book of stories or i I g 11 tted Cl ill P be !, homes_ of permanent construction. poetry every year of his editorship. ~e~~s io~d~y Tuesd~sesw:i.nesday Durmg the noon recess Mr. Van. ' • ' ---, derlip accompanied by members of and · Tflursday evenings. The new . Half a dozen major resolutions, the Poi:tsmouth Planning board slate, announced by ~ .cretary Eleawill_ be introduced at the meeting ! made an inspection trip of both nor Dow~ell, c~lls for those who of the Portsmouth city · council · sites under consideration. \ had been attending on Tuesday to which will be held at •city hall toWhen the _group re-assembled for "t;l• attend M_onday ~ises. Wednesd'.3-Y · night at 7:30 pm. Two of the reso- luncheon Mr: Vanderlip asked var- . classes will remai . the same wh~e lutions concern the fire department. ious members of the Portsmouth ' - --Tuesday and Thu sday groups will They -are: an appropriation. of $15,- board to give him in confidence · Pay increru:es for membe:·s of . the consist pf new s udents. Over 75 000 for the purchase of an aerial lad- , their views on problems connected ' Portsmouth fire department were men are expected 1to be w~_.rrking in der truck and an inc1ease in salaries with -this project. Many opinions ' voted at a m,~,=·ting of ithe city coun- machine shop classes dur\ng the of the Chief Engineer, First Assis- were expressed and as at the llJ.lOrn- cil last night. four nights. •· tant and all permanent men. This ing session much of the discussion . Raises of $lOO a yea,r wer,e voted! Gilbert Wyman and Franc~ Malrncbiase would be '$100 in each case. centered around the present schodl fc-r the , chief engineer, first ·assist- loy wlll ake over th~ tea,ching of Other resolutions include a re- house needs of Portsmouth and its ant engineer, si:cond assistant en- el~mentary_ math~mati~s and -~ue~ i~~!~mfoourt.1$1100 101umhenli.P1finbaans~eetbtha11 future needs if 800 homes were built gineer and for permanent 'firemen. prmt reading while _Arthur Ta: 101 here. Most uncertain point was the , Action was unanimous on a reio- wlll conduct classes in applied maJeague; to abolish the position of financial assistance, if any, the Ju,tion offered by Councilman Ed __thematlcs, _!!.dvanced blueprint readfull time secretary to the mayor and authorize such stenographic Federal governl?ent might, provide. gar Wood, chairman of the council ing, logarithm and slide rule. services as may be reqtiired perMr. Vanderlip explained that commi-tteie on fil'e department. I In making the announcement of formed by the stenographer' in the under the act which set up these ' the increase in machine shop classauditor-treasurer's office; a resolu- defense homes projects, three per es Mr. Moore said further expansion tion to abolish the position of inves- cent was allotted for community can be expected if present plans of tlgator in the poor department, of- facilities which has been inte.rpreRay Crosby, state defense official, fered in the interest of economy; . ted as schooling. In :,_ addition, he materialize. a resolution providing for the re- said there was a bill pending in tention of counsel in the two El~ congress which might provide addredge Brewery cases. ditional schooling funds in defense 'A petition from the Colm;iial Bea- homes areas. He .s_aid it was the con Oil Co. for gasoline storage policy of the government to do tanks adjacent to their property on everything it could to make these Preble Way. The street commission- homes assets to communities and ers.,budget will be submitted. · not additional burdens to the taxpayers. During the discussion, several merr--,s of the Portsmouth Plan1 ' I ~! I I National, Defense 1-.n•f.\\ .Classes Expand Cl·ty· Counc·,1 ' Act O.n To , F•I re D-~pt• f, Un dS 'TOn I•g ht. · I Fi rem en To Get Pay Increases 4 ·1 I �·Of - City Books _ __ . .. .1 7 Feb.1qw Plan To Come Before [Bridge smA\ , , · · Referred City Council .Tonight iT: .,:~:!11.'.~t:! 1 i1 <iuced in the New Hampshire legis, been held -open so as to be sure lature yesterday calling for the and include all the ex·pen.se of last construction of a new 1:J'ridge acr~s ~ar as Mayor Rowe did not want the Hampt,on Riv,er and also a new to have &ny of the expen.res of the seawall at Hampton Beach, was previous admlnistratlon charged referred to the Coa.stwise Improvement committee an<l the Puhlic Imagainst his administration, Ernest He said that a statement of the provements committee. city'3 flnanciai ·c<>nd-ition · a.s of Tucker, , Rye, is chairman of the Nov. 30 was now available and on former, and John Palmer, Plaistow, · file a,t his office, He said this state- of ·,the-tatter committe,e. ment was completed just after the . The bill calls for a $450,000 toll regular meeting of the city• coun• bridge acr~is the Hampton River p~sent wooden ell last January. He said that cop• to replace the which the state purAn independent outside audit of the financial condi- !es were available for. any citizens ~tructur,:: · f h f who wanted! to come in and ask .for cha~ed about half a dozen · years hon o t e· city o Portsmouth by certified public account- once but that so far only one citizen ago from the Boston and Maine Tha,t the bridge might ants and the issuance of cin .annual .city report will be re- had shown interest enough to get railroad. one. He said this citizen was the , pay for itself, bonds were sold to queste d tonig htat a meeting of the Portsmouth City Coun- only one who had been . interested mature regularly. Income from tolls cil which will be held at ctiy hall at 7 :30 pin, it was learned enough to ask for copies of the city's [·eceived on the b:-idge is about financial statement from time to . $90,000 a 'ye ar. Al though there is a bY. Th e Portsmouth Hera Id to day. time during the past few years. : i considerable portion of the cost bri<lge unpaid, the !J,o,r/gs · 'I1h1s move would place Ports- tha,t it 1s so ,gene11"0,l that it -does ~sk;e...9 if he lanned to subm!i i of thebeen sold and cannot be paid mouth in lin,e with other leading not give the commwsion the de- copi_es of the Ncrv. 30 1~port to the have they mature. cities of the state (IS nearly half tailed Information , it desires. He city council tonight he said he was until The n,~w bridge will also be self the cities have out!Jftle audits and sa,ld ithiat he ·h oped Borlsmouth not as they were repol1ts pertain- liquidating. The tieawall is estimat- ! in regard to an annual repovt John woul-di have an annual report this I Ing to the old. council and not , ?f ed to cost $175,000,' according to the : G. Marsttn, secretary of the state year. · the new council. However, he said tax commission at the statie House The last statement of the city copies were available at his office bridge and surrounding territory. at Coilc_oi:d sa_idi today, "without ex· of Portsmouth filiecl with the com· and that his books. were open ~~r ceptlon Por:tsmouth is the only mu• ml~ion is for the-year ending Dec. inspection at any time to, any c1t1nlcipallty In the ,state-city or 31., 1939. The 1940 report has not zen who desires to see them and rown that does not file an annual yet been reoeived, Under the law ithat he will be glad to p:-ovlde any report with the commission." it is due on or before March 1. informa,tion they may desire , if the "'7• 'f( Mr. Marston said tha,t the last re• That action to obtain a current citizen' will come to his office. port receiv,~d from Po-r.wmouth was financial staltement o! Portsmouth ·· At a hearing on the ·resolution for the year 1936, the last year would be taken a,t the city council for a Jong range plan for .. Great Mayor Robeirt Marvin was in office. meeting tonight was indlca,ted bY' State Will Do Audit · Bay development, conducte<l by the No 1'epor:t.s have been issued since Mayor Stewart E, Rowe speaking Committee on Coastwlse Improvethen, · yesterday at a meeting of . the If City Pays Expense ments of the legislature this week To _put Portsmouth in the posi• Port:emou1t.h Planning Board at the '\:1'• the bill was reported unanimously tion of other leading cities Coun- Rockingham hotel.' In · respoil&l to Audits by the Division of as "ought to pass." This bill was cllman Frederick D. Gardner has questions about th,e fina.ncial con• Municipal Account of the State introduced by Rep. Alvin Re<ldeh introduce~ a .resolution asking for dition of t11e city Mayor Rowe. sa.fd Ta.x Commission cost municipof Portsmouth, e-xecutive secretary an Independent audit and annual that he was sorry no current state· alities only expenses of the auof the New Hampshire Seacoast report and asking for an appropria- ment was available but at the city ditors, Secretary J ohn G. Regional Development association : tio1f of ,$1,000 to finance It, council mooting T.hursday night ac· Marston said today when called and was referred to the Coastwi~ i Last year the division of munici- tion would, be taken to obtain one. at his office at the New HampImprovement committee. pal accounting of the State Tax In his inaugwration, Mayor Rowe j shire capitol at Concord, In reThe bill, known as House· Joint gard to the outside audit under Commission audited, the books of said thait he intended to give the Resolution No. 9, provides {'that the j consideration by the· Portsmouth the( city ·or Nashua and this year citizens a statement of the city's State Planning and Development City council. lµ.s been I aske<l to aud~t the cil-.y finances ,and since that time Mayor commission be requeste<l to make a Mr. Marston said that the of Keene. Other citl8.!l s_uch as con- Rowe and a number of members ·of • long · range plan for the developmunicipalities paid the t·raveling cord, Berlin, Lacon}a and Man- of the council have on several ,ocment of Great Bay and the imme'.. chester hired ind·epem1'ent certified casions asked for current financial · expenses of the auditor or audidiate adjoining territory, with sug- , tors back and forth and paid .public · accountimts, the . oommis- statements. Mayer Rowe said ·roda.y gestions for a program for carry- · for their meals and any other L .. that the last statement he ha.s is o! 1sion stated.. incidental expenses, but salaries Ing out such plan and al). estimate ,· Po,rtsmou~h-. is among it.he cities Aug. 31, 1940 'an\i that the city e.udlwere paid by the State of New of the cost involved, and submit the ' and tqwns 'that ha,Ve ·been invited toi· a,s~ed Tuesday for , two weeks Hampshire. Asked how long an same to the 1943-1,ll44 legislature." t,o subiWt .e .im~l..,irepor.ts for merit 111ore time to prov1~.e l!,n endi-QMbe• audit took, Mr. Marston , said -~ ~-tr.IS'. -~ - of ,Govern•· -Y,ea1'' sta.teT~nt;-, •- · -_- ·•. ." ._-: . two men finished the audit of ment Re~s.rc_h at ~1e. University, Qf the city of Nashua in a month. New Hampsljire \bl.It ·u.n til scin'le Expe~ts }"'igures Soon: ·, No special form of application move 1.9 ma.de to have a report pubCity Auditor , Rl~mick Laighron is required, Mr. Marston said. lished . th.ls !Iivitatton cannot even sa,i'Cli today itha,t ~e <lxpect;ed ,to have A letter from the Mayor or City b:e- considered. · · the final figures for the end of the Clerk stating that the city J)etalls Lacking · . · ' year wit_h in two weeks. -He said the council , has authorized an aadit . Mr. , Marsto~ S/-1:14 th•a t a, fi11a.n- bo~ks. air,e in pr ~, of •be!n:g clooed C_lal ·l\ta.~e~ent or- tl'ie city ,Of: Ports· D,OW. lie .saui'! ~l/";Y;'bhe' i boi>J{s ' had,' and requested 't:11e State Tax · Commission t o mp,ke ' it is all mo~tl} -~ -- !!le( ,w\~lj', }Jis ,commission · · · ~ch. ~ !!.s, ~eq~ired:',by law -but i . tfo+~ is -~e'::~114• .~~~l\?.~s a~e as, ,.:J!ill'ned :as..a40llt~'tailab~~.....,.1-~ , .,, -- - Would Put Portsmouth l.n ·Line With -Other Leading N. H. Cities I I Great _Bay Planning Bill Wins Favor u\ I 1· __J �·p1C11111ing ~licl.'Me'etS Fire-- B'reaks· Out With U. s. Officials~_.-;·, A Portsmouth's planning board . . . w1th all members pr&i,not was swonn in· this morning and imme· diately sa,t dO"(n in conference I with federal and state officials at the Rockingham ·hotel discussing problems connected with the loca· tion of 800 · homes for def•z:nse workers to be built in this area. Chairman Robept Marvin was sworn in by Mayor svewart E. Rowe and in turn swore in thP. ether members of tb.'e board-Council· man Frederick D. Gardner, Supenntendent of Streets Nat S. Stevens, Phillips B. Badger, WilJiam L. Gonion, Dr. s. F. A. Picker!ng, Henry B. Tilton am! Maurice E. Witmer. Attending the conference with , Frank A. Vanderlip, Jr., of the Pub· ' lie Buildings Administr-ation from Washington, D. C., was William Marquis of Olmsted Brothers pf Boston, landscape engineer-s, as Fredierick L. Olmste!i is a member of site planning review board of PBA at Washington, D. C., and Mr. Marquis re resenited him. Frederick P. Clark, planning enineer of the New Hampshire State gPl . nd Development com, ~Il?mg ad C A Blessing plan• m,ssion, _an · . . ttendect' Mr ning ass1Stani;e!~ow~rking w·ith th~ :~~~:~ut~SPlanning board for the f w days obtaining data on the pa st. e pro.1ect. I Others attending inc;Juded: Arthur Corney, consultant, and Frank Milliken, research technician, both of the Boston office of the Nation• al Resources Planning ]Joard; J. D. Hartford, publisher of "'TliePortsmouth Herald; Prof. Arnold Perriton of the University of New Hamp• shire; · Richard Winn of Ports• mouth, a student at the university, and Charles W. Spaulding, city foreman engineer. Following the discussion this morning on various factors on housing sites of the area, the meeting was recessed for a personal in· spectlon of sites and then re-opened with a luncheon this afternoon, at which time discussion continued. Facts presented will be taken back by Mr. Vanderlip to Washington for consideration by officials there on Friday. Chairman Marvin opened the meeting this morning, and facts and figures assembled were ex• plained by Mr. Blessing, who, work· ing with Mr. Gardner, Mr. Witmer, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Spaulding, Professor Perriton and Mr. Winn, have wor_fed days and into the night co• _Qrdmatl~•=- - - - - -- ·;;i Six huge colored maps showing ' site location, school locations, traffic flow, open spaces, industrial areas and street layouts for an 800 unit housing development were used to explain the problem. Principal discussion this morning centered around the problem of schooling that 800 more families will create. :City Council Votes l'T •l// ,$1 ·5 ,000 . To P_urchase Ladder Truck Purchase of an aerial ladder truck In discussing the need for suc~11 a piece of equipment, Palfrey declared that pr·esent equipment of la.st night, when it approved a reso· the department provides only a 55.Jutlon appropriating $15,000 for that foot ladder, capable of reaching a purpose. . height against a building of only 45 The resolution, offered by Coun· feet. cllman .Wllliam Palfrey, left choice "There are in this city · 14 build· of the truck up to the council· com· ings taller tha~~at," he said, : I mlttee' on the Fire department. among them1 ls our Portsmouth ,, The vote came after several mo- High school. This proposed truck : tlons were offered, all out of order, will reach to any height now exist· ; as .Palfrey's motion for passage of ant and can also be used as a water the resolution was before the coun- tower." , ell at that time. c ouncilman Gardner asked what ' First additional mo tion was of- disposition would be made of the i fere() by Councilwoman Mary Don- present hook and ladder truck, 20 dero, who moved that the matter be years old. 'referred to committee• on the Fire Palfrey suggested it might .be disdepartment for study and a report posed of to some smaller town or the next meeting of the council. •kept by the local department as a f. To this Palfrey suggested ap supplementary piece of equipment. amendment that the matter be re- After some misunderstanding in terred to the committee with power straightening out the tangle of moto act. t!ons, Mayor Stewart E. Rowe put the question of the original motion to pass the resolution appropriating funds and this was carried on voice vote without dissent. f· th p ts th Fire depart or was e voted or mou Iment by the city council• at · I G tt ·d new n . u e EXC ha·n g e , --, :J,4, 4 \ Block · · ----------Fire broke out again this morn- temporary offices on the first floor ing at 9 o'clock In the Exchange of the New Hampshire National block, damaged in a $75,000 £ire Bank building. Other banks of the Sunday. The fire ha,d apparently city continued· to provide teller been smouldering under the roof space for the Piscataqua Savings eaves in the back of th•e building bank, which is expected to open to· toward the jail. Engine 4 l'E!spond- morrow. · < ed on a stlll alarm and quickly exNew stock was delivered to the tlnguished the flames wlth a booster First National store today and it is line. expected to open tomorrow, but the Meanwhile, workmen continued to A&P store, which was more seriousremove burned rafters and make Iy damaged, ls not expected to be the top floors safe for repairs and open for several days more. salvage. Until this is done efforts F~ Chief George T. Cogan said to see what personal property can today' that a detailed inspection of be salvaged are halted. . the block has failed to disclose the The law firm of Marvin, Peyser, exact spot where the fire started or .Tucker & Marvin has established the cause. Chief Cogan said that there was much evidence to indicate that the fire had been burning for some time before it was discovered, which would indicate a partition fire. Dale .U_ pholds powe rs Of zon •Ing . MOyOr /S AppomteeS -·-, Boar d Agains t Are Confirmed , . 1-0/\\ • Pl an":l.;-r.~\ ~•n, •Ing Bo·dY. Appointments of the mayor were 'confirmed by, .the city council last ni~t at city hall. Included aJl'la the Defense of the powers of the following appointees by the may· Board of Adjustment again.~t en- or: , ' croachment by the planning boa4'd Weighers-Will~am J. Llnchey, was offered at the meeting of the Anna· S. Hett, Eleanor Follansbee, J ci,ty councll last evening by Charles Arthur Henderson, Samuel D. East- , M. Dale, chairman of the board ham, John C. Shaw, . Herbert W. of adjustment. Pope, James Trudeau, Helen s. Dale, asking permission to speak, 1Q~lnn, Rpth Walker, Harvey Manexplained to the council that the a1y, Archl~ald _o. McEachern, Arboard· c.f adjustment or zoning thur 0. Pickermg, Rlchan'd Beane, board as it is commonly termed, Brach ·S. ~oody, Rudolp~ S. Slater, under existing ordinances has jur- Helen Rl.gan, Benjamm ~~Y, isdiction over proposed bU:51ine~s Nelm~ Worden, Joseph D. 0 Brien, s-ltes and asked •t he council In the ,Jeremiah Regan, Francis E. Fuller, Interest of t.he city to make certain :charles Zeccninl, J-ames C. Benthat si.·,~h procedure was followed. d,Er, Sta:niiey• Smi!th, John Hamilton ,His explanation came after the and Dwight Knapp. . council had vc,t,ed in favor of a mo· 1 . Surveyor., of lumber-William A. tion by councilman Edgar F. ·Parks, John Kellenbeck, Archibald Wood to refer to t he planning ;D· McEaehe;rn and Jeremiah Re· board a petition by the Colonial : gan. . . Beacon Oil co., for permission .to · . Inspeobo•r s of flour-Be~~e M. Ve.rex-tend its plant on Preb!,~ way, iell and Frank W. Her~•.y. 1 Atalntlc Heights. FJ•Ilowing Mr. Dale's explanatlo~,_ _coun~lman Fre~erick Gard-, ner moved tha,t the councll ex,t.end its thanks to Mr. Dale for his guid• ance and alro tha,t. the counc11 rescind its previous vote and Instead refer the matt;er to the boa:·,ct of adjustment. ThlS motion was car. ried on a voice vote without a d-is· A flnapcial boost was g1ven the sent. , I Portsmouth High School Alumni association basketball league last night when the city council voted $100 to the school department to be used for rental fees for use of the gymnasium by the league. , The resolution making funds , available was offered by Councilman Lewis McNeil and was ·second• ed by Councilman Frank Hersey. It was . passed on a voice vote iwithout dissent. 't ,1 •I.{ I I Council·Votes $100 For .Hoop League l �S:tlv~ri_s\t,~f}sts , f .. .-· • . ! ' - . ) ~ · ~emands· for an independent audit of the· b~oks of ' 1:th~"c1ty _of Ports"!1outh w_ere delayed one day at a meeting ,1 of the city council last night when the matter was referred to the_finance. committee .. , The committee wjil ·report at a special meeting of the co_uncil ot 5 o'clock this.afternoon; ,:t:mproJe:rnents·. ,: F9r :overpa·ss, I ' Mayor Rowe \. IG o-·setwee~<l~l' , J. As Hospital : 2-8-t/l 1 Delay on a motion offered by Councilman Frederick G a rd n e r Ro~ e•s Statement 1 calling for appropriation of $1 000 Opening .the meeting Mayor to defer expenses of such an a~dit Rowe . read a communication came when c ouncilman McNeil :from himself to the council in which P raised a question suggesting that he demanded that such an indepenortsmouth hospital received a the state might conduct such an dent audit ,be made. ,:-, _ _. bequest of $20,000 toctay. The check, audit free of charge. · Mayor Rowe stated he had fre- issued from the First National Although Gardner amended his ' quently asked for a financial state- Bank of Boston, was brought to the resolution to provide that $1,000 be , men~ ?f the city showing its current t expended only if the state would condition but had not received such a terition of Mayor Stewart E. n_ot do the work for nothing, Coun- a report froi:n the auditor: Rowe by Frederick E. Jennings, a c1lma11 Frank Hersey moved that The mayor quoted the city ordin- trus~c of the ·estate of Albert N. the matter be :referred to the ances C~apter VII section 3-"He Parlm, late of Croyden, N. H. The ance committee; the committee to (the auditor) _shall take off a trial check was signed by Jennings and ascertain if the work could be done balance of his general ledger on by Charles . W. Barne.s, also, also free of charge and to report its find - the first _of each month, file one a trustee of the Parlin estate·. May'ings at the next meeting. C?PY in his o:tf!ce for public inspec- or Rowe in turn contacted Norman Hersey's motion was out of order t10n and dellver one copy to each E. R~nd, ti;easurer of the hospital Maplewood Avenue until Gardner withdrew his earlier member of the finance committee, who received the gift. 1. patch basins to be connected motion for passage of the resolution he shall also on the first of each The will of Parlin requested the to· present Maplewood avenue. he' had introduced. The Hersey ~?n.~h prepar_e and print for general ! eS t ate be distributed as follows: "to 2. Side.walks 011 the east side of motion then was re-introduced and dist1 ibution a statement of the purchase free beds at the· Whidden the bridge and approaches with s~conded by councilman William revenue account showing the re- Memorial hospital in Everett and curbings. Palfrey. Tht motion was passed on , ceipts for ·the fiscal year from all the Carrie Wright hospital !n New- ' ' 3, Sufficient lighting 011 bridge. a voice vote with councilwoman · sources, also amounts expended and port, .N. H. and at such other hospi4. Slopes to be properly graded. Mary Dondero only dissenting. balance unexpended in each depart- tals nd m the states of Massachusetts ~ Immediately councilman Gardner ment, the 8:mount of notes discount- 8: New Hampshire, and at such Myrtle Av enue Grade Crossing moved that when the council ad- I ed and paid, also balance of cash times ~s said trustees in their sole 1. Installation of definite stop journed it should adjourn until to- on hand. He shall promptly deliver discretion shall determine, it being iights, in place of flashes. day at 5 pm at which time the com- a copy of the statement to each ~Y intention that the principal and 2. P roperly grade westerly ap- mittee would report. member of the city council and to , mco~e from sale;! fund be used 'for proach to improve vision. Gardner's resolution as amended the officer in charge of every de- the said purpose." read i,n full as follows: . partment.' . Parlin has no known connection Resolved by the city council of the Rowe also read section 5 of the m Portsmo~th, but . tne trustees felt Franklin School Overpass 1. Installation of •sidewalks with city of Portsmouth, N. H. assem- . ordinance which reads "He (the that the Portsm_outh hospital was b)ec;!, as follows: · auditor) shall make up and super- .en~ltled to t he gift. · curbing. · 2. Installation of a gate in the :~s@?I. 'Tuillhere pe and ,J,erehv_ vise ~he printing of the annual city present wire fence to give easy ac- ls appropriated the sum of $1 ODO to report and perform such other 1 cess tci fire hydrant. pay for the services of an ~xper- duties as _the ma~or ..or city council I 3. Grading and filling in of all fenced and competent auditor or may reqmre of him. . firm of · auditors who shall be en;;1ayo~ Rowe concluded: ~~~ gaged at once for the purpose o! In view of the foregoing, I urWoodbury Avenue conduoting an audit of the books of g-ent!y request that an impartial, 1. Adjust traffic lights to give \ the City of Portsmouth and render- de tailed financial audit by some Wa:rning that Portsmoutn . still pedestrians ·11, chance to walk across ing to the Mayor and City council d!slnte;rested outside auditor or authe ~ ~~way. I as early as possible a detailed .state-, ditors be made of all the city's faces the problem of an insufficient of the city's finan<,ial ,cond!- boo~s . and accounts, and that a water supply was sounded in a 2. Provide- side,valks on appr.oach n:i,ent tion; :., ., su~flc1ent sum of money be appro- communicaition to the city council and at the island of this crossing. Sect: II. That the city auditor be priated by this city council to bring las.t •night from Nat s ·. Stevens su: 3. S~icient lighting installed. and hereby is ordered to make all about_sucb an audit." pe:•intendent of streets: on b~half of his records available to said auAction on the mayor's request was · of the' board of street commissionIslington Street ditor or auditors on demand and to deferred when the council was in- ers. 1. Rebuild sidewalks with curbing. furnish such co-operation and/ or formed of the resolution due to Stevens said ,that increases in 2. Grade and fill in slopes.service as may be requested to fac- come up later under the item of new .population forecast by present and 3; Installation · of i;ufficient light- !litate the progress of such audit; business. proposed housing projects plus the ing. Sect; III. That the Finance comA_s the meeting opened last nfght growth of harbor, <lefenses in N•ew m!ttee of the City council be and copie~ of the financial statement of , Castle would more than offset gains Middle Road Overpass hereby ls ordered to engage such t.he city for the month of J anuary ma de under the water syst~m ex1. :J3ridge authority to build side- auditor or auditors · immediately; · 1941 and for the period from Jan. 1, te n~~on now und>erway. walks and approaches with curbing. Sect. IV. That part of section I l940 to Nov. 30, 1940 were distributed I He estimate d the increased Ports2. City of Portsmouth to build referring to . appropr;at!on of ·funds to the council members. No state- I mo~•th poulation when housing sidewalks from Spinney road to shall be void and in-operative in ment was offered for the month of proJects are complet,,..,ct at 3 150 and Essex avenue on easterly side of the event the services of the state , December 1940. No mention of these said t heir average daliy c~nsum _ Middle road to th~ approach of the Tax commissioner or State Audit- ,statements was made in the session tion of water would be 252 000 gi!overpass. !ng departm~nt are available _!l,t no of the council. lops figured on an e,timate of 80 cost t o the. city. gallons p :;r perrnn per day. Increases at the New Castle fort and military a·e.5€rvation will add another 252,000 gallons to the daily consumption bringing the t otal to 504,000 gallons a da y he said "This more than offsets t h e soo,'000 gallon inc, ease now being made because of a shortage which I reDfrectors of the Portsmouth Merported to the city last year.'' chants' bureau will meet at the On motion of Councilman Lewis Rockingham hotel Monday evening McNell it.he communication was acat 6.30 p. m ., secretary Andrew C. cepted and referred to the planning Graves said today. board. Monthly meetings will be supper meetings in accordance with a vote 1 of the . directors and it is expected that all directors will take advantage of · these meetings to further activities of the bureau. 1 •(l .L{ I Gets Reporting to theclty c'o~ncii last\ night Supt. Nat Stevens said he had conferr;ed with Wallace Purington 1 on accep ting overpasses on the new bridge approach. '. 'I conclude that ,'Mr .. Purington I lacks authority to take any action" Stevens said, "and I suggest th~ t the council draw up a list or · specifica tions for acceptance of the overpasses and present it at a meeting of the Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge authority." Stevens suggested the following specifications for the various overpasses: "'1-•-"\,\\\ : $20 000 fin-1 Warns City Council On ·Wat~r Supply'i~~\ I .I I 1 I ~erchci-nts,-Bureau Directors To Meet j �~OIied 'SessiOn----~ Cou,ncil Co~sid~~s- fManlliritj 10n Outside Audit Traffic L!ghts, -\'.\/ Street Folks , Councillors - -Pres~nt_ - Are wood, NewBndges Inva·de '·HaII Only -- : · 'fl 1,i-~1 1 Gardner And Dondero '? • 1 , (.; , tJ r Whether Portsmouth will have an outside audit of its ! municipal books is stiU an undecid~d question as. the ·result of foilure to obtain a quorum last night for the· special . meeting of the city council called to consider the the ma.tter. When meeting time arrived at 5 p. m. at city hall last night only three members of the cou·ncil were present. They were: _Councilman Frederick D. Gardner, Councilman Edgar L. Wood and Councilwoman Mary C. Dondero, who, together with Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, waited for nearly half. an hour after the_ scheduled time in the hope that some of the 6ther· nine members might show up. When the meeting had been unanlinot'.lsly voted at the city council meeting the night before, Councilman John Burkhardt was absent due to illness and was not expected at the special meeting yesterday, Councilman Walter R. Harvey had announced that he would be away in Boston all day. ' At · t-hat time Councilmen Frank W. Hersey, Lewis M. McNeil, William H. Palfrey and Joseph M. Kat- kin mad.e no mention of any previous engagements that would prevent their attending, nor did they suggest ano,t her time and date. Nor did Mayor Stewart E, Rowe ! receive any word yesterday up to i meeting time or even up to the time the meeting was obviously off because of Jack of a quorum. Action had been postponed on the measure Thursday night when Councilman McNeil had railied · a question as to whether an audit could not be obtained without I charge from the State Tax Commission. Friday morning it had been determined that one could be obtained at the cost only of meals and traveling expenses for the auditors. Friday Evening, Feb~;..y ,7, 1941. A ,Business-Like Move Action ·o f the Portsmouth City Counsildn asking for an outside audit and -publication of an annual report will, no doubt, impress the public as a logical ·;·mnve. Annual reports are made by every other city and town in the State of New Hampshire and had always been made by the city of Portsmouth up to the. last two administrations. , Reports,' when prope!lY made? 3:re ·o f great value to in-commg admm1stra-tions and to the citizens. They make . up _a running history of the city affairs which is always available. · Much thought and study has been given the question of annual reports by the New Hampshire Planning & Dev~loping Commission with ,the idea in miij.d of haYing reports .made along ~uniform lines for ' e·a sy com:parison of administrative expenses with other cities. . _ Concord's annual report compiled with .the, aid .of the State Planning & Devel:. :Qpl,llent Co'mmissiori is an example _of what can be done and it .is hoped that the·( present administration will use all ·information. available ·_to them in making this busfo.ess_-i-like :moye. A communication from Oliver W. · ___ • Marvin, chairman of the New C!l,S· I Ruling by city solicitor on tle s~lectmen, relative to action of ! the· 11-uihority of the Portsmouth the selectmen in seeking replace- Board of Public Works ln closing ment _of the Ne-w Castle bridges • by , and keeping closed Manning street sturdier structures capable , of ' for coasting wa.s asked last night withstanding military _loaqs wa,.; by the board following a request to read to the city council last 'night. close the street temporarily, Marvin reported that the Ports- made by one resident, and a request mouth harbor defense commanding to keep it open made by several officer, Col.\ Edward K. Dunn, had dozen residents. · recommended new bridges. Patrick O'Brien, who lives at the On motion of Councilman Freder- corner of Gates and Manning lck Gardner the city clerk was in- st-reet, presented a letter from Dr. structed to communicate with the c. · F. McGill, stating · that Mrs. commanding officer and inform O'Brien was under his care and ls him that the council approved his disturbed by the sliding on Manrecommendations. ning street. 1Ie asked that sliding Many routine iPtatters came be- be discontinued temporarily. The fore the council. Jetter w11,s filed. · A bill from former City , Solicitor After Q'·B rien had spolretJ,: nearly Leo Liberson for $52.47 for back pay 'dcize'n re-sidents of ttle Mannin'g : and for expenses was referred to the hill section spoke in,·favor of keepFinance comJllit~e. ing it open. They said there was A communication from the · N. H. only one objector among all the 40 Gas and Electric Co. relative ~ the , families in the vicinity. . company's determination to drop The board agreed, as it listened responsibility for upkeep of traffic to the rain beat against the window lights was read and the Street Light , panes of city hall that sliding could committee was instructed to report , and. would be t~mporarily disconon the matter at the next meeting, tinued, but assured the Ma;ming if possible. stree-t delega-tion that the ne-xt time A communication from the. Uni- it snowed they could resume sliding versity of New Hampshire inform- again. ing the city of the annual contest Following the Mannihg street for N. H. cities and towns f,or excel- hearing, the board hea,rd Charles Jenee in annual reports was re- w. Gray of the John Sise do. exferred to the Finance committee. plain the advantage of fleet insur_Permission was granted the Boy a.nee for the city's- street departScouts to continue to use the coun- ment. He pointed out several inell chamber for their monthly stances where trucks had' beim op-1 boards of review. · erated without ins.urance and said A communication from the Board that with fleet insurance · they of Street Commissioners relative to would have· been automatically cova sewerage problem in the vicinity ered. of Beechwood street and Cutts Raloh . Atwell of the board said s'treet, about which the city has thatlthe board several years ago been warned by the State Board of voted to have fleet insurance, but Health, was l'eferred to the Finance rescinded the vote when a large committee with power to ac~ after perc~mtage of insurance agents in conference with the comml.ss1oners. the city objected. The committee on parking rePorted unfavorably o.n a petition for a reserved parking space at High and Ladd streets on the grounds it would necessitat~ a change in the ordinances and woul,d lead to many other similar requests. The unfavorable report was accepted. , On motion of Councilman Lewis McNeil the third reading of the measure to change th~ Finance committee of the council from four members to the entire council was put off until the next regular meeti ing b'ecause one member, Councilman Burkhardt, was absent.A resolution by Councilman Frank Hersey authorizing tfie city to ret:.in counsel In two tax -cas·es involving the Eldredge Brewing Co. was approved by the council. Present at the meeting were Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, City Clerk Edward Hopley and Councilmen Fred_erick Gardner, Frank Hersey, Joseph Katk!n, Edgar \l'IOOd, Mary Dondero, Walter, Harvey, Lewis McNeil and , William Palfrey . the I two �:~clae;to'- B\uild ,500 Homes - ' ~ {!,y~·~-,~:riel1fif~-Cbs ts Jiut ·: ;;;/I · - ,A-~--$7·7 -rotal'- hi :;Portsmouth Immediately -'That th~ fee for the rental of the Portsmouth Junior High school , elation for splendid local co-opera- gymnasium for alumni association basketball games be $17 was one of tlon." ' Members of 'the Portsmouth Plan- two amendments to rates for the ' ning board recommended the site auditorium and gy,m adopted by , in the vicinity of Atlantic Heights unanimous vote last night by the . I for 400 homes after a discussion and Portsmo1,1th Board of Education at study of the area had revealed that its meeting held at city hall. ' such a number would not interfere Other amendment was that the with the area wl1ich has been as- special commercial group fee. be $10 I signed for future industrial expan- during the period May 1 to Oct. 1 slon of the city. when heating is not required. Decision on the gym rental fee Three Conierences settled the question that arose beSuggestions by the Portsmouth tween the Alumni association and • Board followed t wo conferences the board of education over what with federal officials which mem- price should be charged and fol~ bers of the New Hampshire Plan- lowed the report of a special comning and Development commission mlttee appointed at the last' meet(spec,a- 1 ta t he portsmou th He ra Id) . and members of the National . Re- 1 ing, . Washington · D. C., Feb. 8.-1 mmediate construction sources Planning Board at~ended, In reporting for the c?mmittee, · ' · th th t I t f th site , and another separate meeting of Chairman Ralph· McCarthy said of 500 housmg units .on _e ~ou ea~ ~r_ y pa~ O . e ' the planning board. _ ·that the costs had been carefully selected by the Public Bu1ldmgs admm1strat1on adJacent i One of th~ reasons the Atlantic re-figured as follows for use of the , H • h p t th d t d- b Heights section was given prefer- gym for an even·ing· Lights $ . to A t Iantic e1g ts, Or SmOU , Was announce ~ ~y Y ence was mentioned by Mr. Va~der- water (unheated) 45c; coal,' $8'129 .oo; Fed-erai. Board ·Defers 30'0 -Units Till Re-Survey. Site In Vicinity Of Atla'ntic Heights Definitely .Selected I· f rank A. Vanderlip Jr. for W . R. Reynolds, comm1ss1oner lip during h)s meeting with ofllcials , janitor and attendant, $4.50; sup. • • ' ' here. Work is already under way in ~- - . --of public buildings. clearing the title to the land, mak- plies sue~ as soap etc., 5oc, allow1 , .. • ---- , De_cision f_ollowed a mee~11~g ~f ~he ' Forward Re-Survey Publlc BU/ldings Adqumstration A request of the Portsmouth board Site committe~ which met yester- · for a resurvey of Portsmouth housday and considered recommen~a:I Ing needs has been forwarded to tions of th~ Portsmouth Plannin~ Justin R. Hartzog, co-ordinator for board that if 40~ hom~s were to b . the area which includes Portsmouth. built first_that site adJacent to At-: Federal works Administrator lantlc Heights be ch?sen and if -BOO John Carmody attended the meet- , homes were to be bmlt, a site in the ings' and on behalf of the board Mr. , vicinity of Rockingham avenue. 1-vanderlip said: "Express our appre- 1 1 ing a survey of it and completing all the other preliminaries to cont 1_ t' . s :;~k on defense homes is be·ing- rushecl with all possible sper.d, a change in site woujd have necessitated doing this work all over again and caused loss of time. ' J:i I 1 R ee.d Elected 1nroeti'-U ent • • ''ma~. Oif Alumn1•· ASSOCllltlqn' . l<'r ancis Malloy, James Culberson an_d Alvin . Redden; scholarship, E. IBllS~ Marriner, chairm'.1'n, Margaret _Ballard,,Edward J . Neville, Kennard. ·Goldsmith and Louis Schwartz· publicity, Martha : Boljtwell-. ·chair~ • I - l,,,0 I . . ..,,-\ 1\ \ _,, •1 \ • • Comm1'tt ees Name d AS Q rgan1zat1on Plans 194 1 Activities . , Election of officers, decision to 'increase committees . . and a genera-I~ d1scuss1on of the stadium proposed for Alumn1· fi' Id . e , were main points of business considered when members of the Ports. . mouth High ·Alumm association held an annual meeting last night at the Junior High The 'r.epo1,t of Miss Felicia Gray, :etiring secretary, was r.eaxi and a~oepted a.s was Trea:mrer Reed's. His , books, which wore vouched for by Frank Eldridge, showed the association with a prOfit of $449.09 for the yeai· Just closed. ' _ It was vote-ct to hold an annual / banqu~t every ~a:- for the school a-t hlet1c teams m March. This y,~r t~ basketball and winte r '~rack teams will be _f<e tJed. Every j ear, the banquet will be alternated between four sports. The school. banquet will be in charge of the athletic committee. , R ~ginald P . Reed was elected / The alumni circus which last May pr.esident to succeed Clark Cole- . showed, a profit of ow:- $77 was apman, .Ar,thur Do-wn~ succeeded proved again and arrangements will Frank EbdTidge as vice-president, b.e in charge of the entertainment Mary Jane Damren was . elect~ committee. secr<ottary and Phll!p Hodgdon was elected treru:urer. Discuss Stadium . The disct.msion of the propo&e-d. Want Banner Year _ stadium was carried• on by Reed and Reed said he hoped that the Jam-es Culbercon. Minimum coots .sociati_on would have a oaimer year as tendered by Culberson for a 1,and one which would o far in 000-seat-stadium ls $3750. Final · he•lpjng the --~chool;i of Portsmouth. plans will not be mad•~ until the _J n announcmg his appcintmen,ts spring, -. or conµrut;::.tes, Reed Pointed · out Commi_ttees appointed were: . that as . much wor-k was involved Executive : two for _!Jiree years, ~n each one. personnel had be Phyllis Hodgdon and Frank Eld'.-miril~d:' · . 1 • • ,~~ ridge; athletic cou11c1',,one· for three · · ' • · ye~rs;~ Eciward·, NeytlJ~;·,., ,.,~'ys . and, p,~aps( R -Ji>.,. ~ cJJ<?J,t<Wi~ ~Wl~;ti~;J I Clark Col~~a~. F;~~k Eldn~ge and Francis Malloy; entertammen t, Frank Eldridge, chairman, Francis Malloy, Eunice Woods Phyllis Hodgdon, Edith Hagstrom : assistants, Martha Boutwell, Leon~ ard Alkon, Benjamin Tober, Louise Ethendge, Arthur Mccaffery and Helen Duncan Peterson; dues; Phil1p.Hodgdon, chairman ; women's activity, Margaret Ballard, chairman, Keith G, Bickford, Irma Rintz Nathalie Moulton, Marion Call, Helen O'Brien, Marion Ripley, Ruth Goodrich Blake, Felicia Gray, Edith Hagstrom and Winnifred C. Caswell ; athletic-, Clark Coleman chalrman, _George Jameson, Bradley Clark ; assistants, Arthm· R. Splaine, Paul MacDonald, Kennard Goldsmith, John Leary, James Culberson, Leo Liberson, Frank Leary, Edward Neville, Forrest Morrison H;oward Lee, William Scott, Robert Conover, Frank Eldridge, Frank Fate, Ar thur Downs, Philip Curran, Joseph Hoyt, Ja_ck Kane and Fred Jones; nominating, Francis 'Malloy, chairman, John McDonough, Clark , Coleman, Frank Eldridge and Alvin ·, Redden. ance fo1 wear, tear depreciation, etc., $2_-26; total $17. Previous to the report of the specia! committee, Kennard E. Goldsmith, who with Harry L. Dowdell left early, motioned that the ques~ tlon of junior high ' school rental which he had mentioned at the previous ,m eeting be tabled and it was so vot.ed. Supt. Harry L. Moore read a letter to ·the board from, the city solicitor stating that under the state law school districts had corporate powers apart · from and. of equal standing with munipipalities which, in his opinion, gave the board the right to allocate the' use of such income as it saw flt without reference to the other departments o! the city. Mr. Moore also read a communication from the . city council which authoi:ized the transfer of $100 to the board of education to help defray costs of rental of the gym by the alumni association. Application of the Alumni association for permission to use the Junior High school auditorium to show a baseball picture "Batting Around the American League" on Monday evening, March 3, for the non-t:ommercial rate - of $5 was granted. - as- 1 J �t h;iit lac!c ora .s-taaium. in po5ts;;- - - - - mouth has qui:t,~ dl,-finitely cur- · money to··build the needed seating . tailed 'the wdvancement of athletics ~ ccommodaJtion.s. Sinoe that time-, parti_c~larly thO!e played ciuitdoors'. a Alumni Day football ~~e has Inabihty to seat any gir•z.a t num- 1k en ~p_layed each ·y~ , Wl·t h a ber_ of spectator.:; has caused· con-. been coUected thus far,~fieii.fo/ fusion at football games and urack ·enough to finance the coot of even meets and unquestionably suh- the most modest stadium. The suructracted from high school a,thletic ture will be starbed, therefore, _in coffers. the hopes of aid from other .sources: . In 1937 the PHSAA t ook it upon The annual meeting of the Alum.itself t o begin a &tadium fund in . ni ~sociation i.s scheduled for the •the__h_C:_pes__Qf some day ac.t:1LII1]Jl·a ting_l Junicor hlglh ~chool this evening at cei•tam percentage of the receipts which time the stadium project will going i?to the fund. probably be decided definitely, toDespi~ concerted effo::ts of the gethe::. with other matters under the a.ssociat10n, however, . only $436 has jurisdiction of the organization. 'G overnors Study De-f ense Council For Portsmout-h · ' - ' R_ecommendatioras Sent To Blood And Sewall After All-Day . ,1/ Conference Here . ::i, ,1 , · PHS Alumni Association :Financial ·statement 1 Governors of two states-Maine and New Hampshire -were considering today recommendations for forming a regional ·defense couhcil for the Greater Portsmouth ,a_rea , similar to councils which have. been established in other sections of the country such as Hampton Roads, Va., which ' wit~ its navy base and forts has a problem similar to Portsmouth's. o,, Recommendations were present.ed t.o ' the ~o ·governors this morning following an all-day conference held h~re at Portsmouth yesterday where representatives of the two governors met· with national, regional and local officials at the Hotel Rockingham. ' Representing Governor Robert O. Blood of New Hampshire were Frederick P. Clark, planning direct.or of the New Hampshire Planning and Development commission and Gordon P. Eager, ·chairman of the New Hampshire Commission on Interstate co-operation. , Representing Governor Sumner Sewall of Maine was Chauncy S. Robinson, executive secretary of the Maine Military Defense commission. He was accompanied by Irving W. Russell. , NDAC Represented : Allen Moore represented. the Nationa.l Defense Advisory committee w~tch 'through its division of State an'd Local Co-operation suggested that the meeting be held here, t.o discuss the need for . such a council and what it could accomplish. Also attending was Arthur Corney, consultant, for the National Resources Planning boar-a of the Boston office; W. D. Heydecker, regional representative of the council on state government; Oren Henderson, . president; Frank Remick, vice-president and Alvin Redden, executive secretary of the New Hampshire Sey.coast Regional Development assciciation. Civic Patrol Heads Here Representing Po,·tsmouth were Robert Marvin, chairman of the Portsmouth Planning board; A. Richard Chase, president of the Portsmouth Civic patrol arid Harry Winebaum, chairman of the com,munications section of the p~trol. . Although the recommendations were kept confidential until they had been reported t.o the . two governors it is understood that the group felt a regional defense council would be of value and recommended that one be organized. fAay Start Alumni Stadium This Spring i 4 ,tO·L\\ / , ·PHSAA .Official Sees Possibility Of Beginning " --.:, Construct\~n-Meeting Tonight . . . - - I Total contributions .................. $1133.44 i I :. • T.hi&. Portsmouth High School I Reed . "We all know and h~ve I Alumni }ssoci-atio? . ha~ hopes of ,: known for a long time just where ' f!tarting construction -<if the long- I Portsmouth and Por.tsmouth High .sought, sba.dium at Alumni field th!s 'I school ~t ood, in this respect. It's the spring, according to a stll,tement by I de.sire of the Alumni a~socia,tion to ;~egj.r).ald P . Reed, PHSAA oreas· ~:ee th is work oogun as quickly as urer-,},.thl> morning. Explaining that I possible." :t,l:.J.•e site• of the new structure had At t he , present time, accoording to altl.,"'8.dy .be.en staked ou,t, the as- ,. the financial ~-tab;ment 'of the ~.q.0\11,ti~n offlciaal sai~ that with PHSAA, ,there i.s slightly more _than tili.e _proper co-operat 10n, work may '. $400 in thie s~adium fund with which be· s~ar.t ed in the ~ipring. · to begin construction. The fund It's ·not nec&sary1 for us t.o ad- 1, wa-s starred in 1937. ,vance rea.."<X>n.s why we want. t o / , Lt has been point,ed ·out before hurry-up · the job eitheri' adde , by school and city officials alike - 1 ( Itemizing the monetary contributions made ,by th e Portsmouth Hig~ School Alumni Association. 1,934 Contribution to PHS relief fund .... ...... $ 25.00 · Re-seeding Alumni field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 Catch basins at Alumn,i field ... .. : . . . . . 25.00 Assistant football coach .. ·. ........... 50.00 · 1935 . Re-seeding Alumni field ..... ~ ........ . . 25.00 Tablet for Alumni field .......... . .... . 14.40 One scholarship 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , •• ·• 50.0Q 1936 Three scholarships ,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 1937 Two scholarships . .................... . 100.00 Alumni, field stadium. fund ...... ... : ... . ' 104.79 Ju nior high school stage lighting . . . . . . . . . 25.00 Contribution to PHS commercial dept. 25.00 1938 Alumni field stadium fund . .......... .. . 85.28 , One scholarship . ........ : .. ...... , . ; . ~~ 50.00 Contribution for PHS football banquet .. . 10.00 Bank ' interest on stadium fund ........ . . · 2.39 ' 1939 , Alumni field stadium fund ... ... ·........ . 91 ;60 4.63 Bank interest on stadium fund . . .... ... . 1.940 Alumni stadium fund .. ...............• 154.77 Book interest ..... ...... : . .. ........ . 5.63 Two scholarships .. ·.... .............. . 100.00 �;h·t . -. I - - . -. .---; ··,1-:'. i-Y./4.. . -~~ -- - -- :·:z,'?~. ·:lff' : l r~ ~ : : i t:!1~~s~:;t~~~~; i ~ ~ \ : ~ ~c!~=~~ _ : : :.D~i·s·p·,l~.y-s {) .. . · · Scouts Of N H. -~ · . . . ~ 'rp , 1 f .. If .·. Port.smouth ischools had s~nt '. fore. These rentals, ·were abso~d as much a.s the median fot Ne= into "eneral school revenue .. A re15 · • • ~• • ~ Erection of two , huge . display Ha'mp>!hire last year, the CO<\t of " t<l:qctton .in non-resident' · stU' ·.nts ,, · Formation· of , an Emei·gency se'r bo ar ds welcoming ·visitors to Ports- Q~•lit!on:· would have b.een $~O oop l~neq itu!t!on receh>l.!i- by $790.61. mouth · ,and portrayin[{the' adva.n- Jl).Ol'r,: ,!ban ' 1(- wa.s; Superfui~ndent .'. 'O,ur tot~l income amounted to vice corps· for th Boy and Sea Scouts tages o'f Portsmouth including it.IS Hat.ry _L . M"6orf: toid members of the $~~3,800 .65 mclud!ng the_· mm of as part of e present program ·in historic· shrines and !ts trading fa- Pot~tnouth- Board or Education ft+ $289 spent under - the ren.ta,l t a.c-· Carl New Hampshire now incriief progress h h "'" Thurnberg, is acting ex~ c!l!ties as been voted by the their meeting last nlg t in city count but not used in compu Ing directors of the Portsmouth Mer- hall as he submltted '· hls ahnual re- per pupil costs. The · $6463.01 e.pelllt ecutlve of the Daniel Webster chants' bureau. • pq_r,t -as secretary. from the bond Issue wa~ allocat- Council of thBoy Scouts, told memThe two displays, suitably illu, Hls''repb'rt _followecl, the i·eports of ed tQ budget' accounts conoemed•. bers thof e Port.<;mouth Rotary inina.ted and attractively decoratetl the finance, · high' 6Ch0dl ·· eleflien:"Our per pupil coot was $83.88, an club is afternoon at the Rockwill be ,placed near each entrance tary and : 5Chool houses ii.lid' educa, increase of $1.16 per pupil due to ingham th hotel, as the club observed to the new by-paiss highway, one ':tjonal 'materia,15 committees1 1n permanent repairs and equipment !t8 lO th an~lversary of sponsor.:,hlp on the Maine and one on the Ports- which chairmen reported estima1tes indicaited above. of here. e Sea, Scout Ship Ranger mouth side. · for ·the board ·of ectuca,tion to use "Portsmouth's · current whoo! st · In voting ~ pay costs of erecting in making up it8 budget for submis- costs conitlnue to be low pa,rtlcuress will be placed in this i;lew and ma.intaininlg the displays, the .sion to the cl,ty council.. larly in view of the ·. scope a.nd emergency se~ on individual directors said the. guide · boards In his report, MooTe said: quality of ·ou.r program. In., high tr~iIJ.iJ)S · IHl-9 ·l-'AAf/ClHSi!?P!~Y, :t1r. would more than justify their cost "I?e.re<with submit ito you my an- school the cost was 17.9 per ~ t ',I'.j}UrIJ.b,e rs s.~!g, !J.P..d <!-f!Aeq ~)}Jl,t in ~ttra;cting visitors to the city and nual report as secretairy of the below median (average) for high the future of scouting depe~ -im would help to eliminate the con- Board of Education for the cit'Y ~chools in New Hampshire. In ele- pyr·. q_eµipcn1,tjc form qf ¥9Y!Jrn-· f'Qsion· that ha.s existed at the two mentary schools the cost was 4.3 ~1'11/• p.1s S):l,C!°l qrl!l-r!tl!l-~im:is p,a.vJ! entrances regarding which route to fiscal . ~,-ear ending December 31, per cent below N\ow Hami::~hire . IJ.9 p1.1,rt if1 f:Jict/l-tors!Jips. . 1940 l;a.ke to reach the city proper. · · median. Stated otherwise, if · our ~- g,. I,,. G,re!lr, ~~µ,er;i.l m/1:11-g~r . Ih order that the displays will .be •/~Our total income .amounted- to itotal current expeti!tures for the gf ~ht 't1ew [IaJP,P..srir!l Gi!<S 4t ~!in keeping with the character of ~2~,363.39, includ·ing an assign- past school year riad equane-d ·~1:tric -po., Wh.P)!Ji.S ~ .er, cm~ of t)'l.e the city and add to the attractive- ' ment of "$7,000 :f,r-om a City bond· those of the median for New active leade,;; ii). ~.ea ~cql!,~imi' i,:i . ness of the city approaches the :lssur ior--"17amanent . ~atrs..~Jand-' Ha.mp.,:hire, Portsmouth would have f<?FYiP1f1µ t)1, WM !fl c!l;µ-ge qf the director.;; are 'a rranging to 'have I equ pment. 42 WM receiv.ed from spent in exce5S of $20,000 more." PfQ~ra~ !!-Pd in_,trpdl!,,ce.d t'h~ SP.""·..k Junior ofhigli rentals, .a de,..,,. no ted d es·igners · IS'Ubmit sketches for I crease . $599rohool f th b • er. ;J,.e ?,ls.o intrgcju_ced §!_cipP,~r 50 proposed dlspla.y~ so that the most ; · rom e yea'!' · e. 1!!!-lll~ .:J. ,loyce of th~ ~f'iip, J;tan~ appropriate can be .selected. !!'er, Wh.<? ~po~e )?riepy, ~ Other decisions of the directors f?~iPJ?~F ;Jqype ~~lg tpat ?vf~t~, at' their meeting this -week were: to lilti,t<ir ~hj! 911)¥ wemr()(!ll; with disfavor on merchants b.er' i;?! wim ~)1~ .~11!P and 8ri~/n~i ~r. fr,ed,er)clc ·allowing out-of-town merchants to Gray and E. C!)O.·tis :fy!:J,l,t~l').e',V,s use the fa.ciliUes. of their sto),'es for the ouly originJ!.l member$ qf the temporary .sates; to obtain an ex- 1 ship's crew. He said that the . pres.s!on of opinion on Friday night ship ha~ )9.st p meJP..!l~rs Rf !t:-s · openings from members of the recrew: into the service this' yeartall divis!on,and to indorse ·apewith membens iri' every bp'1mch, ~pd t!.tlon presented, with a letter, by cited the p4~tll,J.'.)~ing F~~,orp~ YH~s . ArtJ:\pr Harriman !or a landing ser. PUS past members have since m11,de. vice or pier at the foot of Ceres Skipper 'Joyce thanked the Ro. street. · ~ tary memb~r~ ~flil paid p_~rti~ulJLr 1 . Two committee.<; reported organ!. "\',\<\.-• __________ tribute to ¥r, qreer 'for y.,orjc cjo1,1e za.tion. The Christmas Decoration j M k by the Portsmouth Rotary club on 5t coramittee reported aas · follows :' a eup days for time lo due to ~iS oPiniOn, the school- wOrk- for-i behalf of the shiij. --, Jack, T. Brown, dhairman; John T. the l'ec.e nt · :flu epidemic in . :eorts- three of those days could be ma.de · McDonougp, co-chairman; Elmer ' rnq.µth was voted by the Portsmouth · up without extra time by increasing , E. Cole,, Benjamin A. Tober, Frank , B~~~"Q_! ."!pc;lu~at!on._. ,lR:-5t .)118:~~- ~~J work covered and assigned each Hollls. Sales Promotion commit.: its n'leetmg ,al;,.cjty 1ilil1 1fa•--~da.y, day. _ _ _ __ tee: Eugene H. Cummings, chair- TueSc\ay, Wednesday., April . 21, .'22 . It was felt that it would be unwise man; Kenneth Heuer, Clarence and 23: This takes half" the April. to. curtail the February vacation . as Pearson, Frank' W. HoJlis and vacation with the vacation starting p~rents, teachers and cll~dren could George Kilnball. · Membership and on Fast day, Thursday, April 24. ujlpoubtedly 11se the rest ~fter the· Dues _. committee to consist of all _Decision was reached by the board· -lon_g period of :flu ~iliness anct;·l~d members of the board of directors 1 when:' Superintendent o! Schools probably made plan~. wh.lc)l it woutd except tho_se with !mporta.n·t com- I Harry .L. ¥oore reported to the be inconvenient to change on short mittee ass1g:nmepts. board that a total of six days was notice. It was felt the change in · A letter of resignation from W!l- 1 lost due to toe closing and that in , April was far ertough a.head, to avoid 1 liam Walker was read and accepted ' upset.<; in plans. ,.. by the board and it was voted that , E:enneth _ Heuer of Montgomery Ward Co~ be reques~d to serve as a director to flll the vacancy ca.used \ by the .resignation of Mr. Walker. Although it •was agreed that little ·could -be done abput persons. selling I commodities Ma side line and competing with those paying heavy rents and taxes, Fred Plllsbury wa.s delegated to investigate the matter , and ree what might be done. Chairand see what might be done. Pres!- ' dent J. I>. Hartford, presided ·at the meeting and the followhag members . were present: I Benjamin Tober, George Sanborn, Leonard Alkon, John T. McDonough, I Hyman Freiman, Justin French, E;dga.r Wood, -Frederick D. Gardner,\· Frank ·w. Hollis, A. Richard Chase, Albert Woolfson, Fred Pillsbury, Merrill Smith, Maurice Berry, 'John ~rown and, Andrew .c. Graves. ' I Schools· To cu·t v·a cat .IOn In A.pr1· 1 Ii a If_ TO ,·M k .·,·' /~.. . e u· P· Fl U Lqss I I J �H -S-.--M- ay - -T-- --r a·- ,. ft-Mo- r-e ·!!:;•J::~:~:.-~t-~~.:~ P , - 1 · Wo-rke~µs For Defen. Se ~~Pb;c1tbfse~r~:;::,e~~ ::1~~blltt; the hope of his organization that 1 1 th!s program w11! encourage men ' to take up shop work as a hobby in j the future. _ ~-; Learn Quickly Previous training ls not as 4Ji· portant as !ntell!gence, Mr. Crosby folltl"w!ng that shortly about 9 p. m. said. "In fact," he added "we This program will provide, said :can. often make better progre-s~ with Mr. Crosby, an opportunity for the a ma:n who knows nothjng about Portsmouth High school to replace .tl:!e matter artd ,has nothing to unoutmoded equipment with more learn." than $32,000 worth of . new equipTo insure workers have the proment and at :the same time play an i per training, instructors from the important part in the national de- navy yard are used where possible fense workers' training plans. i in .this supplem~ntary work. Train~ Ing fit.SI men to pass the navy yard Government Pays , examinatfons as _well as places in · h f I 1· h h fI b Mr. Crosby ex la!ned that the : other defense ·production units T at ew peop e rea Ize t, e acute S ortage O 0 or fe eral govemmen was payfug all Mr. Crosby left the Portsm~uth in the country and that plans for running three shifts at th e costs for this training-lights, .high school manual training de. h h I h f df • • d janitor and other service. Under· partment for his present position t he h19 sc oo s ops or e ense trommg ore un er con- 1the setup, machines bought for he was introduced to the member~ siderotion was the message brought members of the Ports- ' training by th e government are by . Superintendent of SchoolJS . d . . f I lk • owned by the State Board, of V-oca- 'Harry L Moore Mr Moore · with mouth Bpar d of Ed ucotIon u~mg O!' m orm~ to . ~t city _tional E!duc·ation but after the emer- Captain ·Henry F. D.' Davis, USN, hall by Roy A. Crosby, supervisor for defense trommg for gency is over··they wlll •b'e give~ to industrial manager at the navy . I Ed t· h. h f II d the various schools. yard and Andrew C Graves man t he Stote Boar d of Voco t Iono uca ion, W IC O owe At the present time Portsmouth ls ager of the New Ham hi' E a meeting of the board of education last night. ha nd icapped by lack of , modern ployment Service, comp~e rt~e · possible to have men in electrical· cal committee handling the defense Spe~k!ng of "the acuU: shortage equipment ·as many of its mach!n~s training working under a licensed tra!nin,g school program here. I of skilled labor," he said "tpere will are .more than 25 years old and 1t be 22 million jobs created during lacks modern equipment such as electrician perform the labor as automatic screw or turret lathes. part of their work, so that only the next three months and most of Already $lO 000 in new equipment about $100 for the cost of materials them call for skilled workers. These has been a'uthorized and another is involved. This'would also el!mdefens~ schools give an excellent op- $3,700 for welding equipment. Up to inate the shock hazard that now portumty for voc~tional training $32 ,000 worth of new equipment exists where the old wirin!'i is used. and lead to immediate employment would be justified he said. Another problem, he said, is wiring opportunities." ' to handle the 100-horsepower that Mr. Crosby said that under the With new equipment new wiring the new lines will draw. speedup plan it was hoped that the will be necessary, but through the Mr. Crosby ~xpla!ned how 83 shops could run on three shifts; the defense school co-operation it is per cent of the men trained h ad regular school program; a defense Whether an ' appropriation of $100,000 tor d~v~loping and improv1 i~RY'e Harbor should or should ·not 1 I •• ~ac~~~ ~:;1tt;;a/a0:d~~!legr:~: _ ~'\\ isla:tive '¾earing 'held at Concord, befo1•il th~· Committee ~·o n Coastwise 1 Plan ·outlined By State Official Who Tells Of.;r_.,i\ Shortage Of Mechanics . f n!ng class starting aTT.3"!! p. m·. and ~un~ eight hours and then another 1 I ~= Hold Hearing On ·Rye Harbor ·Appropriation Dedicate Plaque . •1 · I d ounc1 '; On BI g.-,. . JS~d- - [_G __ -· c overnor, ' rove Defense At App · IH . p ro Posa ·. . . _, ere .,.1 ('"v, 'f ! Navy Yar Dedication of a plaque on build· Ing 155 , outside machine shop, took place early this afternoon at the ~;t~~ ~~I~~~i~tra~~vfu/~~\:r~~: ney, leadingman pipefitter, pulled the string which' sent a red, white and blue tricolor floating down from 1 the plaque. Hundreds of workmen looked 011 as the yard employes' band marched to the front of the building. Chief Quartermaster Roland Bedell acted as master of ceremonies and introduced Capt. H. F. Davis, who spoke ·h. briefly concerning the ' expandin"' d Concor d, Feb. 12 (AP) - Governor Bl oo d on IS coun- of the submarine building progra~ c:il today approved establishment of a defense council for at the local yard from three to six Provide $500 Appropriat"ion; Offer Good Only If Maine Takes Similar Action man machinist, has worked with Mr. Chandler for 32 of the latter's 42 years at the yard. The presentation of a gift to Miss Spinney and the "Star Spangled Banner" played by the band· concluded the ceremonies,, - - ,,l~•4\ ~tr;~~~~n:i the committee :~~r!:e~~v::ia:r~f and Representative Alvin F. Reddeh of Portsmouth is clerk of the committee. Representative P. E. Kane df Portsmouth is another member. 10 mtd/i~~ ~;p~;iafto8~e~o~~ni:!t on Federal funds, while the bill under d!scus~ion today would remove that restriction and make the $100,000 available regardless of federal grants. Among those appearing at the hearing today were Shirley S. Philbrick, Abbott B. Drake, H. Russell Sawyer and W. B. Saunders of Rye and J. D. Hartford, publisher of The Portsmouth Herald, Oren V. Henderson, president of the N. H. seacoast Regional Development asnd sociation a Daniel A. Dickinson, chief engineer of the state highway department. , ------- ·h p h d ·h · · · I ' t e ortsmout navy yar area, Wit an 1n1tIa appl~oprta- su~~1fi~t~:s ~r~l~veiling of the tion of $500, providing Maine joins in the proposa on an1 plaque by .Miss spinney, Rear Adm. equal basis. f . · J. D. ·wain~ight, USN, comman. f d • k p. Cl or k of tJ, e state pIannIng · I dant, complimented the workmen , D,rector re eric of• building 155 for their efforts,. board and Gordon P. Eager o.f the state unemployment ' s~ying that "it 1s c?nsidered_ the t outSide macahme shop m,_the conpensation division' explained needs .of such an. emer- Il fmeS . U. S. government service today. ge·ncy group and Herman J. Chandler, master-ma· · · to the governor d d council · · · this h morning. d k" chinist of "building 155, thanked ame IS reporte prepare to JOln m t e un erta mg, the men for their co-operation. M headed up by a six-man defense council which would act I Later he was presented a clock by · d f d I d f ' I f h I Daniel Atwell in the name of the to co-or d'".ate state an e era e ense p ans or t e building supervisors in honor of his navy yard area of both states. \62nd birthday. Atwell, a leadingI . Get New Plane '=t,\8•'41 • At . Local .Airport · 1 . The Portsmout1 airport received a new tandem club trainer plane this Ing f th H l lll · morn rom _ e aver 1 , Mass., factory, accordmg to Warren H. Scholz. Within the next two weeks Portsmouth's field will .be filled with new equipment for the spring weather. �_. Family Welfare. . i,\,\\\ Assoc1at1on ~·' Gives Friendly association and families who are in need, families where children need this article of food, are provided for from this fund, Eyes Cared For The eyesight of several Portsmouth children has been corrected thanks to the Lions club and their co-operation with the Family Welfare association. Preservation of eyesight and work among the blind ls very important to the Lions program and they provide eyeglasses to Recognized throughout the city as certain boys and girls needing them. The committee from the Lions works a clearing house, the Family Wel- with the Family Welfare association fare association has proven its in doing th s work. worth a great many times. That is one of the organizations that ls Kiwanis' Guidance t.hought of at once when any family When the Kiwanis club holds its is in distress. annual Ohristmas party for those A year round organization, people youngsters who may not be as forfrequently forget that there · is tunate as their neighbors, it ls to need for support the entire year and the Family Welfare association neglect. to do their bit that others whom they turn !br guidance in sein Portsmouth may be made hap- lecting the 30 or more children who pier. for the evening will be, in their own At Christmas time many organi- opinion, millionaires for a day. The zations select families to assist, as Kiwanlans follow up the party with they attempt to carry out the true warm clothing and many other spirit of Christmas. But there are needed articles for their guests that families that need temporary assis- evening. Mrs. Bovard's assists.nee in tance, not necessarily money but this work ls recognized by the club. friendly counsel. The annual Donation day at the Each year the Family Welfare as- Junior High school and the Canned sociation sponsors a card party at Goods matinee conducted by the the Rockingham, raising money to Olympia theater provides a wide carry on its work. This year's party variety and large quantity of foodwas held last Wednesday and was a stuffs which are given out by the greater success than last year. Family Welfare organization There were 30 tables in play and throughout the next few weeks. private parties held by friends of Lhe association in their homes, add- Clothing Given ed to the profits of the party. Cake that has been discarded, and candy were on sale and these butClothing ls still of service, can be used by tables were well patronized. the Family Welfare and the organization ls grateful for such gifts. Chairmen, Committees Some of the women's organizaMrs. Stowe Wilder and Mrs. Kath- tions ln the city support this moverine S. Hill were co-chairmen of men t, not only with cash gifts, but the card party. They were assisted by sewing layettes, sheets and pillow by Mrs. Walter F. Lane, Mrs. w. C. which are needed at various Walton, Jr., Mrs. Frederick s. Gray, cases times. Mrs. Michael Barrett and Mrs. WalThe work of the Family Welfare ter S. Woods. Other committees con- associaUon ls not to take one famil y sisted of the following persons: Ta- and care for Jt month after month. ble committee, Mrs. James P. Grlf- but to give temporary relief. They fin, Mrs. Willis N. Rugg. assist in time of an emergency when Candy committee: Mrs. Edgar A. perhaps the breadwinner of the Blanchard, Mrs. John E. Seybolt, Is ill and unable to bring any Mrs. Cecil Neal, Mrs. Harold Ryan, family or groceries to the family larMrs. Gordon Hislop, Mrs. E. L. Le- cash der. At such a time as that the servine, Mrs. J. R. Waldron, Mrs. F. vices of the association have proven R. Eaton. invaluable to scores of famllle . Cake committee: Mrs. I. E. Stowe., chairman; Mrs. Harry W. Peyser, Mrs. C. M. Elder, Mrs. Norman E. Rand, Mrs. Leo Jacobs, Mrs. H. Clinton Taylor, Mrs. Harry Philbrook, Mrs. 0 . V. Hall, Mrs. Boardman M. Randall, Mrs. Thomas D. Noyes. The Misses Frances Rand, Edythe Frobisher ancl Thelma Follansbee also assisted at the affair. Counsel Too Mrs. Bovard Back of the organization ls an efficient worker, Mrs. Elizabeth Bovard. Under her guidance for the past several years the organization has progressed and an exceptionally fine job has been done. This work is financed by contributions from individuals and directed by unselfish public spirited citizens who give their time to making plans for the service to be done. There are h1any things done by the association. Only a few will give an excellent idea of the widespread good that ls done. The Rotary club each year, through voluntary weekly rontrlbutlons, provides milk for needy families. This organization does this quietly and without any fanfare, but nearly $400 is spent for this cause annually. The money ls turned over to the Family Welfare L...w....,-,,__ _ _ _ _ _~ ~ - - - - - - , - Entire City Additional $1,500 , Council Is Voted To Buy Ae~i!I • Ladder Truck ~,.,., On ~mance be.,,.,. An'""• $1,500 to to the $15,000 previously appropriatT' • ed for the purcha.se of an aerial ladder truck for the fire department was voted at the city council meeting last night. The money ls to be taken from Finance committee of the city various small unexpended balances council now c.onslsts of the entire in fw1ds for permanent improvecouncil. Thi& became established ments and equipment. fire department committee of last evening when an ordinance to theThecouncil proposes to purchase changp the membership from foul" members Md the mayor to all mem- a truck with an 85-foot ladder. Numerous m~'Cellaneous items of bers and the mayor ]>!lm!d ius third business were transacted by the and final reading. council. Pa~ge came on a, roll call vote A communication from Reginald of 6 to 8. Votlitg- . favo1· of the measure were Councilmen Hersey, Reed of the Portsmouth High School KBJ!kln, Harvey, McN'e!l, Pa1irey Alumni association suggesting that the cib:l' make an annual approand Burkhiairdt Against the move priation support athletics wa.s wlt'e Councilmen Gardner, Woodi aooepted to and placed, on file. and Dondero. Oouncllman Gardner reported Explaining his stand, Councilman Gardner said, "I am against thla that the finanoe committee had met with the board of education move for the sole and logical rea- and had approved the board's budson that a larger committee would get proposals for the year. be more unwleldly and consequent· petition from Charles F. Dodge ly less efficient. Anything the pres- to Apur.cha~,~ !l parcel of city-owned en t committee does is subject to a,p,- land adjacent to his own on Green· proval of the entire councll." was 1,~ferred to the comt Oouncllwoman Dondero stated land road on city landG and buildings. that she rought to abide by the or- mlt.ee resolution for the advancement dinance as it stood before. "Why do of A$500 for the mayor's expenses was they ask membership for all on this approved was a 1~solution makand no other committee?" she ing funds asleft over '.from Improvea ked. ment of the c!Ly clerk's vault avall"Because we all agree it is by fa.r abl·~ for improvement of the city the most Important committee," re- clerk's office. plied Council~Burkhardt, who Present were Councilmen Frederadded, "I r,erved on a finance com• ick Gardner, Frank Hersey, Jo..~ph miteee of the entire council last Katki11, Edgar Wood, Mary Dondero, year and It did net prove unwleldly. Waiter Harvey, Louis McNeil, wnI think that matters coming be· liam Palfrey and John Bunkha.rdt, fore the finance committee are so Mayor st,ewart E. Rowe and City Jmpontant that we should all take Clerk Edward HopJey. an interest in and have responsibility for action on them." e0 mm I '1._ ·i.l ,~ tt ee �Portsmouth Navy Yard As It Was Once "f. t:- '-\ This view taken perhaps half a century ago-exact da.te unknown - shows a. reneral view of the )'ard with · the old Franklin Ship house .on the left. ~WCA Annual Meeting rs. Bickford Re-elected To Head 'Y W' Board Of Directors "~~· 4 ' Mrs. Mary Lane Bickford was reelected president of the Board of Directors of the YWCA at a meetIng of the newly chosen directors, following the annual meeting of the YWCA last evening. Other officers elected included vice-president, Mrs. Albert Fagan; secretary, Mrs. Charles Chase; treasurer, Mrs. Walter F. Lane. The annual meeting opened with a turkey supper served under the direction of Mrs. Ella Clark. Waitresses included Frances Marshall, Barbara Brackett, Rosamond Raynes and Claire Gallager. Mrs. Bickford acted as toastmistress. 4 short musical program was presented by Miss Betty Webber, violinist, accompanied by Esther Johnson. They played "In a Monastery Garden" and "Adoration." Following the program various reports were read telling of the activities that ere carried on t11roughout the year at the YWCA. Among the rr· were the Business Girl$' c and Tri-Hi·Y club, by Mi•ts EJ.:anor Smith and I Miss Frances Marshall respectively. The s,:cretary's repcrt was read by Miss Alberta Rugg, sec. pro tern, an the treasurer's report by Mrs. Walter F. aLne. Mrs. Amy Rideout Brown, executive secNtary of the organization gave a lengthy report covering the activities at the house. In this .she i;tait,ed there are 17 girls living th-ere, and thaJ; during the year 92 tranlents ha ar or Rooms outside had b-een secured for 51 persons. During the yea:· the following groups had used the houre: Business and Pl'ofessional girls, Business and Professional Women, Gra-Y girls, Tl•i·Hi·Y girls, Community Council, WCTU, Federated Church Women, Graffort club travel depa1'tment, Beauty parlor group, League of Women . Voters, Junior Women's club, American Le· gion Auxiliary and the Current Events group of Harrison W. Lakin . Some of the organizations had ~>ed U1ese facilities of ,the home but once, while others had b~n weekly users, •t he N po. t stated. Mrs. A. C. Will~y, a past president, headed the nominating commibtee and the report was read by Miss Phyllis JaoKs:in, BefoFe the report wa.s read Mrs. W!lley ex pressed the appreclalton of the organlzatlon to the retiring directors who were ineligible fer re-election. The roport was as follows: Miss Mildred Gray, Miss Dorothy Lear, Miss Mary HarrL, Miss Annie Chapman, Mrs. Wllliams Travis, Mrs. John Swinnerton, Mns. An· son Durant, Mrs. Melvin Chandler, Mrs. John Parkhur&t, Mrs. James Culberson and Mrs. Lout · Babb. Tllt! main speaker of the evening was Miss Evalyn Davis of Laconia secretary of the New Hampshire district YWCA. Her subject dealt with Religion, Democracy and BuUding a World community, the three points which have been emhaslzed by the national meetings of the or anizatlon. She stated that 'Religion gives the motivation, Democracy the method, while the third Is the goal. Mrs. Willls G. Symonds speaking for the Gra-Y Girls, asked for a leader of this group which had been under the direction of Mrs. Myles W. Rodehaver until she removed from the city the first of the year. Willis G. Symonds, district secretary fo1• the YMCA, spoke briefly. At the conclusion of the talks all joined in singing "Follow the Gleam." Authorize Sale Of City Land ,-""\ "' For U. S. Housing Authorization for Mayor Stewal't E. Rowe to negotiate the sale to the U. s. government of a parcel of more than 20 acres of city owned land northerly of Maplewood sve11ue for the site of a National Detense housing project was voted by the city council last night. No price for the la1w was set in the resolution which the council pR.SS.Pd, hut, Chairman ~d~rick Gardner of the councll finance committee had previously wired Vf ashington in answer to a query suggesting a price of $200 an acre. This, Mr. Gardner said, Is the average price being paid by the government in such cases at present. Mr. Gardner's wire was sent after he had attended a meeting of t.he council committee on city lands and buildings a~ which the matter 5 dlscu ·-=----- Com mencls-:\.,\''\' Navy Yard On Sub Trout Port.smouth Navy yard p,ersonnel U1is moming won commendation from the Board of Inspection and SurVei}' and from their commandant, Rear Adm. John D. Waln· Wright. On every bulletin board was post· I'd thi not,!ct-': "Commenda ory .-tatement by the BoaJ"d of In!l)!!C· tion and Surv,,y on the design, workmamhip and operation of the USS Trout. "The Beard of Inspection and Surve,y held prellmlnary trials of the USS Tl·out on Feb. 12, 1941 Among the comments of the board was the following: 'The Trout was in an unusually advanced stage of completion and in exc·el!ent operating condition. Workmanship is ex· oellent. This vessel is an achieve· ment which reflect.19 credit upon the Po, smouth yard,' "The commandant Lakes great plea. ure in publishing to the yard the above quotation and is pleased to add thereto his own commendat.lon of the efforts and work of the personnel of this yard which elicited the above comment by the boa.rd of in~pection and survey. "It !.~ confidently expected that this yard will continue to turn out its new ships ahead of schedule and all showing the exoellent work· manshlp commended in the Trout." Signed · Rear Adm. Jclm D. Wainwrigh t, om dant. �Pioneers Urge ~ Proper Marking ~9>~ Of Odiorne' sPoint members of the legislature of their acquaintance the merits of such legislation as may be proposed as the result of such a conference." It is signed by Mrs. Elizabeth K. Wolsom, president; Albert H. Lamson, Hon. Justrn:·Henry S'm.w, Rev. William Safford Jones, Hon Charles I. Pett!ngell and Miss Edith K. Harris, directors and Albert H. Lamson, secretary. ~-!!-YI Establishment of a reservation or 1Some other sultable memorial at Odiorne's Point, Rye, site of one of the very earliest attempts to settle New England is sought by the Plscataqua. Pioneers. Renewal of activity toward that end, voted at the last meeting of the group Aug. 14, 1940, is made in a resolution recently published by the directors of the organization in which they urge a meeting of all parties Interested In such a move. The society suggests that the question is one for the state to have a part In as well as Rye or RockIngham county. The resolution follows: "The Plscataqua Pioneers assembled In the annual meeting of the society, Aug. 14, 1940, at New Castle, N. H., having considered the subject of a proper marking of the first settlement at Odiorne's Point, now a part of Rye, N. H., by the establishment there of a public reservation, or by some other suitable memorial, recognize the merits of the proposition and heartily endorse such a proceeding. Odio.rne's Point, the site of an early settlement unquestioned as to date, l'epresents one of the very early attempts to colonize New Hampshire as well as one of the very first settlements In all New England. Such an authentic historical site should be adeqootely marked. ''The society appreciates, however, that this is more than a town or locallty matter, that it concerns: not only Rye and this end of Rsi6kli,gimh''HO nty,b t--itre entire state, and that a pa1·k or reservation at Odiorne's Point should have both the prest~ge of state ownership and the ca.re and protection of the state, both for the present and for the fut re. The society recognizes further that an adequate memorial to be successfully achieved requires the perfect co-operation of all interested in the subject matter, and that a failure to prepare and present a plan, upon which all who favor a memorial can agree and for which they can work wholeheartedly, wlll result In the failure of the entire project. "Be it therefore resolved, that the Piscataqua Pioneers as a society endorses the proposition to establish a suitable memorial at Odiorne's Point to perpetuate the memory of the original settlement tl1ere; "That In the furU1erance of such a memorial, the society suggests that a conference be held of all who llkewlse endorse the proposition, including the authorities of the Town of Rye, and that an attempt be made at the conference to formulate a plan and a procedure which will make such a memorial a possibility; "That t.he di.rectors of this society, or a majority of them, hereby are authorized to attend such a 1 conference and to act !.hereat for the society, and In its name to accept, ratify and endorse whatever action such a conference may agree upon; ''That, as individuals, the members of the society are urged to attend any legislative hearings which may be held in this matter, and to call to the attention of the Commission Sub Tomorrow ,-,')..9•4 \~- - tviay Restrict "~ l'1 Pierce Island The submarine Grayling, 33rd Portsmouth - built submersible Possibility thaL Pierce I land and launched Sept. 4, 1940 will be com'~ missioned into the United States perhaps several ther ecLions overnavy tomorrow morning at Lhe lo?king the Port91Uouth Navy yard Portsmouth Navy yard. Lieut. Wlll be made into 1-estricte<j, areas Eliot Olsen, USN, will take com- was being discussed today followmand. ing word from Washington that the Navy departm-~ut had placed ~everal islands near naval ba.ses Jn California on such a status. In such a case oO'lervcr.s and cameras would be banned i.11 the area. Making Rye Harbor Navigable Portsmouth Herald Photos Dredging process at Rye harbor continues. Top photo shows barge as it sucks silt from bed of harbor. Long pipe conveys silt to shore (bottom photo). Middle photo shows how one pipe branches into two and spreads silt evenly. There Is possibility of an airport being built here after ground Is leveled and fl.lied ,,, $ with harbor silt. �Survey Shows Fire, Health ·Menaces, Inspector Charges State Laws Must Be Obeyed, Says Brown As the result of a survey now in prog ress conditions in Portsmouth dangerous to health and fire protection hove been revealed, City Building Inspector Ira A. Brown said today in issuing a warning that state' laws must be complied with, in regard to exits, fire escapes, rubbish removal, electrical wiring and heating installations. The survey which has been made I buildings without fire escapes where by Mr. Brown, followed the recent they are required by law; a basea ment full of rubbish and excelsior number of apartments. Making the in the heart of the business section; survey with :Mr. Brown have been a home-constructed theater with no Fire Chief George T. Cogan, Wir- fire safeguards; a backyard full of ing Inspector W1lliam I. Randall, garbage several months old and Plumbing Inspector Clement R. countless menaces of similar danMoulton and officials of the State ger. Board of Fire Underwriters, the Mr. Brown in his statement says, State Board of Health and State "To safeguard your city from many ire Inspection division. hazard of fl.re, which too often deExamp!e 9 of what the survey has stroys both property and live , eeldisclosed so far include a fire door tuck so no one has been able to o n it for years; a number of $75,000 tire which burned out Gardner Tellst St. John's Club Of Planning Bd. The new planning board, what It will mean to Portsmouth, was ex- plained by Councilman Frederick Gardner, a member of the board, at the meeting of St. J'ohn's Men 's club in st. John's parish house last night. 01lrdner and Mayor Stewart Rowe were guests of the club. Mayor Rowe spoke in a general way about city matters and pledged his best efforts toward conducting the affairs of the city. He read three of his original poems, one dealing with Washington. Councilman Gardner said the planning board had not originated suddenly, but had been suggested for some time when it was announced that the government planned to build a number of homes in this city, there was an Immediate need for the board. Gardner said the State Planning and Development commission assisted greatly ll1 th e fust few days of the existence of the local group. He explained that there were many things to be taken into consideration, among them the possibility of industry locating above At!• · tic Height.a. He brought up t.P,e. ubject of the state pier and 11 .Jt m!gM Dltlllll tQ Portiimouth an t)le pi eqs in ,:11111 ies up 1_r1ver The function of the Planning board Is to create a long range plan, a master plan for the city which will be carefully thought out to care for future development of the city" he said. "The Planning board w1i1' recommend to the council the best procedure for the development of the city." Rev. 'Robert Humphreys SSJE, Cambridge Mass., who is acting a temporary' rector of St. J ohn's was also a guest of the club and spoke briefly. Previous to the talks an entertainment program was presented under the direction of Mrs. Dora Crompton. The program was as follows: Twirling exhibition and tap dance, Patricia Pepin; Kitten Toe dance, Nancy Crompton; piano accordion solos, Norman Jean Gillespie; Russian dance, Patricia and Est.elle Pepin; toe tap dance, Nancy Crompton and piano accordion solos, Patricia Pepin. George K. Sanborn, president of the club, acted as chairman of the evening and extended a cordial welcome to all present. The meeting was in charge of C. N. Spellman, Henry Dusseau, Charles Hand, Harold Littlefield and Norman Kent. A buffet lunch was served. Jars and back yards must be kept clear of rubbish especially in the business section. "Electric wiring and chimneys should be freduently inspected. Large buildings must, be properly equipped with fhe escape and exits to comply with the laws of the state. A careful survey ls now being made and information regarding any requirement.5 can be obtained through my office." Pattern Shop"-µ·"Wins Safety Prize Because the men 'uflder his supervision have worked six consecutive years without an accident, J. E. Nicholson, mas~r of the Pattem shop at t.he Portsmouth Navy yard, will be awarded a Jett.er of commendation from Secretary of the Navy Knox, a certificate and a sixyear bar by Rear Adm. John D. Wainwright, commandant, Monday morning. Safety award are made annually by the nationwide Navy Safety council. They note U1e consecutive years the e men have achieved with no lost time in their departments from accident:s. Secretary Knox's Jett.er to Mr. Nicholson reads: "A certificate and an award of a six-year bar are forwarded l1erewith. It ls noted that the personnel under your supervision has been six consecutive years without an accident. "It ls a remarkable and worthy achievement and it is desired to commend you for your efforts in the promotion of safety." Others who will be awarded certificates and bars by Rear Adm Wall1wright in the name of Secretary Knox are: C. B. Stephenson, master of transportation, five-year award; J. A. Gregoire, master of the paint sl)op, five-year award; T. N. Weeks. leading man paint.er, four-year award; H. M. Frost, leadingman painter, four-year award; M. E. Ward, leadingman, transportation, two-year award; D. A. Twitchell, leadlngman, pattern shop, two-year award. Four fust-year bars and certiftca tes also will be a warded. City Wins Judgment In Eldredge Tax Case Port ·mouth's ciaun a.· 11 preferred creditor for taxes of $6,292.56 and Int.ere t. charges against the Eldredge Brewing Co., Inc., of Portsmouth was upheld yesterday in a decision of the United Stal.es Circuit Court of Appeals for the First District which sustained an order of Federal District Court of New Hampshire. The Eldredge Brewing Co. filed a petition In re-organization In June 1938 and the city of Portsmouth flied !ts tax claim within the legal time and through its City Solicitor Leo Liberson claimed priority. The Eldredge Brewing Co. took the case to Federal District Court at Concord claiming improper assessment, excessiveness and discrimination. Attorney Louis Wyman was employed as spei:.ial counsel for the city and with Mr. Liberson won a decision for the city in district court, which was appealed by the Eldredge Brewing Co. Hearing In the Circuit Court of Appeals was held last month. Mr. Wyman notified Attorney Liberson and City Solicitor Oscar Neukum of the decision this morning. Still pending is the Eldredge BrewIng Co.'s protest of Its 1939 taxes with cases pending both in the State Superior court and the Federal District, court. This past month the Eldredge Brewing Co. protested its 1940 tax assessment. WheU1er the decision yesterday will havp a bearing 011 these two other cases Is not known as yet. - - - - - 4\~\li\ F.ire Dept. Pay~· Increose Voted An ordinance increasing by $100 the annual pay of the chief engineer, first assistant engineer, second assistant engineer and permanent men of the fire department was given its first reading and passed on a unanimous roll call vote at la t night's meeting of the city council. The resolution was int.roduced by Councilman Edgar F. Wood, chairman of the council committee on fire d partment. "If this passes, it will be the firemen's first salary increase in 15 years," said Counc.1lman William Palfrey, a member of t,he committee. �·· -- - - - -- --- - - ---------- - --- - Portsmouth Industrial Pla:n Wins Nation-Wide ·Attention Inquiries Concerning Proposed Development Come Frolll As Far i AS Pacific Northwest I \.,,\-~ . I . Nat.ion-wide interest has been shown in the pl~ns for creating an industrial estate at Portsmouth as outlined to Portsmouth Rotarians at a recent meeting by ~ourence M . Meyer, industrial agent of the New Hampshire Plan· d D I t C · · and through the ning an eve O~men _ommlSSIO~, . Portsmouth Heralds exclusive Associated Press franchise, ·e nation repor t ed t O th • While many of the inquiries are of necessity of confidential nature, t-11 New Hampshire Planning and e • . 1 h d O Development omm1SSionthlaS ear_ ~~~!!s/ar away as e Pacific MacGregor-· to come here and obtain additional data. . Ivan Blood, chief of the Marketing Developm:~s. secti~~ <E____!lle System Planning and Marketing division of the Bonneville Power Administration at Bonnevllle, Oregon, has written to Mr. Meyer as follows: "We note with the interest your , recent announcement for an inI dustrial estate for the PortsmouthNewington area. "We are very much interested in this plan because of its implication for other sections of the country including the Pacific Northwest. "We wonder· if the plan has been stated in memorandum form and whether a copy would be available b-f -imniediafe i"'trre,t. is the fact ~hat a ~o~ itt:ee represent~n! large mdustnal mte1es.·_ \'l, lJ 1r.sp~ct the site in the near futurJ and that the Bureau of Labor Statistics at Washington, D. c., has assigned Douglas Mayor Rowe Extols Legion's Registration Housing ·Here Only Small Part. Of -x·-yO U. S. Program · Although the 1,100 homes to· be -built in Portsmouth and Kittery for defense workers seems large to many citizen~, it is actually less than two per oe:nt of th~ building which the Public Buildings administration of the Federal Wor-k.s agency ls building in the country. Already 5 0 th to Meyer is having additional · ~n~ :;;i;e . ~:tsc!:~~le:,u ordata prepared to take care of variHomeg are being built 35 states ;t;:" fJ~~ in 3 fifJ~fj~f~t a~~t;up~~r~~~trf Mr. ~eyer safd today that it was pleasing to note the responise to the plan and that he felt Portsmouth has far more potentialities than most persons real!oo. ~i~: fe~:niw~ 0 ~:~~rfft/~r~s~ ber of communities in any on~ state is California wltih 10. cahfornia. has the distinction of having the 11argest single project 3,000 h omes I at San Diego costing more than nine i milliondiO!Jars. ~!aware has -the i sma!lest project 20 homes at Fort Dupont costing $67,000. Here in New England there are projects in ever,y stat,~ but Vern;\ mont.' Connecticut has five with 2,OU ~500 homes scheduled; Maine has one . . . at the Bangor airport for 150 Boy Scout . deputy cit:( officials homes; Massachusetts has thiree for will attend tne next meetmg of the 1,550 homes; RhOde Island has two Portsmouth city council it was vo~d for 1,602 homes and New Hamplast night. On motion of Council- shire has the projects here at man Frederick Gardner tne council Port;.s,mouth and Kittery totalling , voted unanimously to invite the 1,100. , boys to attend. D • : Boy Scout eput1es . G t C nc"·,1 Bid e Full endorsement of the Ameri- American Legion- as their first line' ca.n •.Legion'3 .iiation-widq,. :__ pla.n ·-._~ of "defense. For more -~han has 201 register all Legionnaires and Wond years the .American Legion war veterans generaliy on a · volun- been almost single-handed · . the teer basis, for any possible future foremost ·champion of all patn~tic national defense service, was given endeavors, and has been rende:mg today by Mayor Stewart Everett a. high type of community service. Rowe of Portsmouth. . "It Is inspiring to find the AmLocal registration will be con- erica.n Legion, In this hour of n~- I ducted by the Frank E. Booma ,! iona.l emergency, mobilizing !!JLitsJ po,t, No. 6, Ameri~ Legion. Na- asset;; for the, goodli, the_ co~try. tlonal Comdr. Milo J. Warner has The Amerk"'(>(1 : Le n• const.itutes ' lssued a proclamation designa._tlng a huge backlog of anpower, ei:cSaturday, Feb. 22, off!ci_al Am~ncan perience 1 training and devotion m Legion national defense reg1stra- our national defense. tion day. , "To catalog these qualities so that Comdr. John C. Gamble of the they may be readily available to our local post already has' announced government authorities in prethe appointment of Philip H. White paring our nation for total defe~e. as chairman of a special national is not only a wise and practical defense registration committee. I measure, but it ls also another Following a conference with great demonstration of the AmeriCommander Gamble, Mayor Rowe can Legion's devotion to God and issued the following st?,tement: country. "Our nation, state and commun"It is my hope that all. World ity always have . looked upon the war veterans in our commumty w!ll regi:,ter." c·1ty To Replace "" Traff'1c L'1ghts ""''~ l•, \ ' !Council Ponders Payme·nt Of Re1 ·1ef . I:, i Families' Water Bills . ____ , ,...\.'·\ \. Question of what to do with unpa.id water bills of families on reNew tm:mg. mechanisms con- . lief was referred to the city council t.rol traffic llghts at five Ports- last night by the board of _street_ mouth intersections were approved commissioners, under whose direcby the city council last night. tion the water department operates. The five intersections are State In reading the communication and Middle streets, Congress and from the commissioners the list of Vaughan streets ward's corner, delinquents was omitted on motion state and Plea~ant streets and of Councilwoman Mary Dondero. South street and Miller avenue. , Uncertain what action should be The council voted to authorize i taker: the council appea.led to City the committee on lights to renew Sollcitor Oscar Neukom who stated these installations and to dispose of that while a judgment could be ob.the old material to the best inter- tained against the delinquent parests of the city following a report t.ies pa.yment st111 would be a profrom R. c. L. Greer ener!!L ~ blem since the families are on rege~ ~ the N. H. Gas and Electric lief. . . . company recommending this action Councilman Frederick Gard_p er d listing costs for replacement suggested · that _the welfare ~epart~~d repairs. ment be authorized to pay the ;b!lls. The work, accor.ding to the resoThe council finally. vo~i:i to. -_ refer lution passed by the council, is to the matter to the city sollcitor for a cost about $525. · report at a later meeting. . . ---- . to �'Outside Audit Vote Due Ton.ight · ·Council Votes Funds For_ Se_ats C.•·.ty Council Also iro Vote On Alumni At"'lJumm F_ield ~ • Id St·ee I BI eac hers ~ ~i Fle ·• · . • City Council Blocks Tw.o App.ointments By. Mayor":a>.~\ ( Petroleum Inspector, Se.aler Of W eights, ~::::::"~::e;.~: te. •Steel bleachers ·wilJ be ~recbed at wart E. Rowe were rejected, an• · Alumni field at a. cost of approxi- other was questioned on the ground te 4 45 lt 0 f ti n there ls no vacancy and seyera.l ma. IY- $ ! 0_ a~ a._ ~:_:u01,,,.more were approved by the city , ta.ken · a.t --ui:e mearng tha · cl Y council at its meeting last night. council last n!~ht. . Appointments rejected were those The council appropriated $3,950 of Brack s. Moody to be inspector Head ing the list of unfi_nished busine~s ton ight whe n to be given to the Board of Edu~a.- of petroleum and of Jack Levy to , be sealer of weights and measures. th:e Por.tsmou th City Council meets at city hall at 7.30 Hon to pay fo_r the project, with the understanding_ the rest ?f the • Both were rejected on roll ca.II votes will be the question of having an ·outs ide audi t made of necessary funds will be provided by of 6 to 3 with Councilmen Fred tbe city's books. ~ec !sion on .t~is _question was p~stponed ·the Portsmouth High School Alum- Gardner Edgar Wood and Mary association. Dondero' votjng in favor and CO\Ulwhen a quorum fai led to mate rialize ~t th ~ spec1a_l meet- ni The measure was . passed on_ a roll cllmen Frank Hersey, Joseph Ka.ting on the question Feb. 7. At ~ha t tim e, 1t was disclosed eal! vote 8 to 1, with Counc1Jwom- kin, Walter Harvey, Louis McNeil, an Mary Dondero the. Jone dissenter. William Palfrey and John Burktha t the city cou ld have an aud it mad e by th~ State Tax Mrs. Dondero explained she was hardt voting age.Inst. Commission for on ly the expenses of the aud itors, as the voting age.Inst it because she be-- When Mayor Rowe submitted the He\l'ed that spending of municipal nomination of Joseph O. Belanger state pays sa laries. funds should be given more careful to be a. member of the boa.rd of . study and longer consideration by examiners of plumbers, Councilman Another item of previous busi- ·1 city clerk's office. the council than had been accorded Wood called upon Plumbing Inness scheduled is a request for an . A p:tition ha.s been presented for •this measure. spector Clement R. Moulton who th a'dditlona.l $1,500 .for the purchase 1 a change in the zoning laws at The measure was introduced and Informed the· council there is no of the aerie.I ladde:· authorized at ! would allow the erection of a sm_all Its passage moved by Councilman vacancy on the boa.rd now. The the previous meeting. This would restaurant on the southieaSt.erly Side Louis McNeil. It was seconded by mayor then withdrew his nomlna.:Provide an 85 -foot extienslon ladder, of Woodbury avenue at th e June- Councilman John Burkhardt. tion pending a check by the city te.ll enough to top the hdghe-$\. tlon of the new by-pass highway. councilman Frederick Ga_r<lner clerk . .buildings of the city. Quick action A repont on reJi,ef c~es wlll be questioned if the alumni association Appointments confirmed by the is expected as prices a.re going up pre~~nted to the council. might not be induced to bear a. council included: .(l.ue t,o ·defen..~ probl·~ms and ab~ut Unfinished business to come up heavier portion of the expense, sayHarbor master, John W. Downs; five ' months is required for dehv- will include 3rd and final read- lng he had been given to under- member. or board or adjustment, ery. ing for the ordinance to cha.n~e 'stand by members tha•t the organ!- Charles J. Griffin; airport commisE1'(;ction of . steel bleach_ers ~t Al- the City Council finance commit· , za.tlon would be w1Jl~g to ~o so. sioners, Frank E. Brooks, Frank W. umni Field will be authorized 1f the ~ t,ie from flve members t o the enCouncilman McNeil replled that Randall, Carl L. Krieder, Alvin F. , council approves the transfer of ti:e council and _mayor; the 1>eti- .although the organization m1g1;1t be Redden, George Sanborn and John $3,950 to the School d a.rtment for tlon of the Col~mal ~ea.con Oil for willing It was giving all Its ava1la.ble Leary, Jr. ; manager of airport, I1 , . at purpore. Total cost ls expected enlargement of its fac1Jltles a nd the funds under the present agreement. Frank E. Brooks; keeper .of the • f to be a.bout $4,450. raises for the Fire department ap- ,The measure then was passed . powder< magazine, Brack s. Moody; , •\ Other app11oprlations scheduled proved, a.t the previous meeting. . port wardens, E. Curtis Matthews, for action include: a. request for Jr., Samuel Birt and James J. $500 expenses for the mayor and Joyce; fence viewers, · Laurence . funds for new equipment in the Shorey, Alfred Neri and W. J. Ken·with the Portsmouth Plan- nedy. I I Plann'1ng B ning board to discuss any ' e · r • problems that might arise in Frank W. Badg the future before actual '~Dies ~ M t St t construction starts. At His Home ·, ee s.I ar --- d K'l4 ~I I I The death of Frank Wefter Badger of 244 New Castle a\lenue, 1 'occurred this morning at his home : foliowing a. brief lllness. 1 Mr. Badger was born in Portsmouth Feb 5 1866 and was the son bf the ia.te' David D. and Nancy s. (Campbell) Badger. Mr. Badger was a pattern' maker by trade and for many years wa.s employed at the ·1oca.l navy yard, retiring several years ago. H b Of S t A d e wa.s lodge No a56mem AF er& AM• n· rews Mr. B~dge~ i~ survi~ed by his wife Mrs. Susie (Wiggin ) Badger, daughter, Mrs. I. one of Portland, Me., Evelyn a:nd B. oneCarroll son, I da.rltcin B. ·Badger of this city and 0 I' ,ne··. grandson, also one sister, Mrs. AIµlie B,H ..Schurman, brothers, ;W;illia.m Badger andtwo D. w. Badge"r; all of Por.tsmouth. Home Builders 1A2'i ,t.l Can't Find Homes _ __ MeeLing with the planning boa.rel were: M. A. McLaughlin, counsel general for the Defem1e Homes corFive engineers and assistants of poration; Joseph Kelly, Mas~chu- Joseph Kelly, Massachusetts consetts contractor who will build the tractor who ls to build 100 homes homes and Carl Gardner, land plan- for Defense Homes Corp. out on the \ ning . and de~elopment counsel for Sherbw·ne road, _arrived in Ports1 Fede1al housing. . mouth this morning. Defense Hoi~s Cogi_,,_which .. ~s They are already to start buildcreated by the Reconstruction Fm- ing homes here for defense workers ance Corp., to work with Federal , except for one thing-they can't ___ Housing in building higher Income flnd a home to stay in while they . group homes, ha:s been au th orlzed do. Late this afternoon they were Construction of 100 homes to construct 200 homes. In Ports: stlll 1.ooklng. in the Sherbourne road area mouth. These _homes will be$ Perto • sc h e d U1ed $40. manent andthwill r,ent from 35 of Portsmouth 1s d a mon • Probably after the to start next Monday un er emergency is over they will be for the auspices ~f Defen~e the present time an area. sufH omes corporation . and m fl cient to bu lld l60 homes has be-en anticipation of this work taken over by the corporation a~~ additionalwhen land itfor more to wlllcon,,,_ officials of Defense H oI?es obtained is 40 decided d th Federal Housmg t t th cond group of 100 an e s 1;1c e se authority met this afternoon 1I um.ts. On Defen se • ,-,')..t --~ Homes soon I sa.~t at the·. Rockingham hotel �Council Votes Outside Audit State lo Conduct Work; Roll Call Wote Is Unanimous Councilmen Pass Measure After Mayor Reads Request By City 1.4\ Auditor For Such Action '"1-· -,,\ • On a roll call vote the motion for the audit was carried unanimously. Secretary John G. Marston of I.he New Hampshire State Tax Commls.~lon whose division of Municipal Accounllng made these audits said today that it. would probably be about. the middle of April before his accountant.& would have finished_ auc:lit.s already in progress or promised and be able to come here. He said that two or more men would be sent and that he did not anticipate> that the audit would re• quire a rreat deal of tlme as it only took two men a, month to audit the books of the cil;y of Nashua. Councilman Frederick D. Gardner, chairman of the cil;y council finance committee, wrote to the State Tax commission at Concord today notifying the commission o! the vote of the councll last night and requesting that a detailed audit of the city's books be made a.t the earliest opportunity. An audit of the books of the City of Portsmouth for the year 1940 will be conducted by the State Tax department under terms of a vote by the city council last night. The vote came after Mayor Stewart E. Rowe had read a communication from City Auditor Remick Lalghton in which he recalled the mayor's request for a financial statement in the pa.st. The auditor said a statement is now available but that "in view of the great publicity which has been accorded this May Restore <"· Army And Navy Bldg. For Use By Enlisted Men Plan,; for the use of the Anny & Ni-VY a.,sociation building at 135 Danie1! sbreet as a :i;ecreational center for men of the armed forces of the nation tationed in this ,icinity were d lscussed this after· noon at a meeting of the directors or the as.scciation held at the Ports• mouth At.henaeum with Presiden t E. Curt1.q Matth-2ws presidmg. Dming the World war, the Army and Navy building was constrnct..ed nd ct i ned for men of the armed Marriner Ends Trip In Study Of School Vocational Plans matte~· I request that ~. audit of the city booki; be made. Acti~n then came on a motion by Councilman Frederick Gardner calling for authorization of an audlt by the state department a.t a cost not to exceed $500. ~ ,').."1 •\.\\ Mr. Gardner was granted perE. Bliss Marriner, assistant headmission to withdraw his motion ta- master at Portsmouth High school, bled. at a previous meeting call1ng returned last night from a motor for an appropriation of $1,000 for trip of nearjy 2,000 miles through an audit. southern New England, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Mr. Marriner made the trip in connection with his advisory position at the forces of the United States on duty high school in vocational guidance in Port.6mouth as a recreational for students. He was accompanied center, and directors of the asoocla· on the trip by his son, Philip. tlon met today to consider steps Interested particularly in coto cure it for that use again. operative education, the assistant Directors of the a&ociation in ad- headmaster visited such institutions dition to President Matthews are: as Lehigh, University of Cincinnati, Mr . Katharine s. Hill, secretary- Antioch college In Yellow Springs, treasurer; J. D. Hartford, publisher Ohio, Ohio Wesleyan, Cornell, Syof The Portsmouth Herald; Mrs. racuse and Renssalaer. Mr. MarWallis D. Walker of Rye; James riner talked with various ofllcials A. Borthwick, Mrs. William E. Mar· and acquainted himself with the vin, Miss Martha s. Kimball, Hon. methods used by these institutions Charles M. Dale, Judge Jeremy R. in their efforts toward co-operative Waldiron, Mrs. William Kremer, education, a move started several Mrs. E. c. Blaisdell and Lt.·Col. Ar- years ago by the late Hotace Mann, thur L. Smith. .,. n . the value of '\\ihich, however, was [ not reaJlzed until the present generation. Co-operative education allows a student to attend school for a certain number of weeks and follow up theory with actual practice in shop or factory before retw·ning for another period ,1{ schooling. I I College Club Sees Ra re Books ""' The members of the Portsmouth college womlln's club viewed a precious collection of rare old books and manuscripts last evening when Rev. Arthur Acy Rauner, pastor of the North church, gave a lecture and exhibition of his collection. His explanatory talk and the display of !il,erary treasures held his audience enchant.ed for over an hour. Featured in the a emblage wer books on oratory, a subject of special intere<t to Mr. Rouner. Among the valuable editions shown was an original paper of Daniel Webster on which was written one of his speeches. Mr. Rouner discussed Webster's early life in Portsmouth where the speaker claimed that Webster had laid the foundation to hs later success. A book of poetry by Thomas Aldrich and lllustrated by Celia Thaxter is !low In Mr. Rouner's po~ession. This book had formerly been a .gift of the author to James Field. An original manuscript of interest was that written in Greek by Grout, concerning Soc1,ates. Rev. Rottner plans to pass the book on to the Harvard library. The spectators were fascinated by a yellowed paper bearing a prayer in t he handwriting of Robert Louis Stevenson. An aged collection of Cooper's novels we1 e found to contain engravlngs by the early American illustrator, Darnley. Mr. Roune1• named a.9 the rare.st piece in the exhibit an ancient pa· per on which is a prayer, written by hand In old German ~cript by Martin Luther, Former Herald Editor's Widow Dies The death of Mrs. Alice P. Sanderson, a !Uelong resident of Portsmouth, occurred thl.s morning after a short lllness. She was the widow of George H. Sanderson, who at the time of his death in December, 1919, ws city editor of the Portsmouth Herald. Mrs. Sanderson was born In Portsmouth Feb. 1, 1865, the daughter of the late Joseph and Ann (Hadley) Perkins. She was a member of Rivermouth chapter,O ES, and a former member of Union Rebekah lodge, also Star lodge of Odd Ladles, all of this city. Mr . Sanderson is survived by one son, Philip H. Sanderson, and t.wo grandchildren, Ruth Shirley and Phyllis M. Sander50n, all of Portsmouth. �Break Ground Tomorrow For New Brea round For New Church Advent Church - the Dover Advent church. Remarks. Dr. F. G. Procter, chairman of the building committee. Quartet, "The Church's One Foundation." Ground-breaking ceremony, Rev. Ohester W. Parmley. Prayer of Dedication, Rev. Chester Ground was broken and the site W. Parmley. of the new Advent Ohristian church Quartet, "I Love My Church." dedicated preparatory to the start Greetings, from the city, Mayor for building the new edifice at the Stewart Everett Rowe. corner of Summer and state From the Churches of Ports- 1 streets yesterday. mouth, Rev. Harold w. Curtis. The service of dedication was M' Hymn, "America" opened by the invocation given by Benediction, Rev. A. R. Mead of Rev. Alfred Young of the Dover Portsmouth. Advent Ohri.stian church. Dr. The Smiley Const.ruction com- Fred G. Procter, Jr., chairman of pany of Pawtucket, R. I., wi!J be- the building committee, spoke gin the foundation work on the new briefly and Rev. Chester W. Parmthe erection of the long-planned bullping early next week. The work ley, pastor, officiated at the ground building. Originally planned to be of renovating the Treadwell prop- breaking ceremony and gave the built next to the parish ho1.1se on erty will be undertaken by the dedication prayer. Islington street, this was found Im- church and Sunday school and will Following a selection by a quarpractical and the new location was be dedicated w1th the new church tet Mayo1, Stewart E. Rowe extendpurchased. A delay ln starting building upon the completion of ed greetings. in behalf of the city work on the erection of the build- the ta'5k, It Is expected that the while Rev. Harold W. Curtis, pas~ ing was caused by the fact that Sunday school classes will plan the tor of the Middle Street Baptist two of the signers of the deed re- arrangements of their own rooms church, brought the greetings of sided in Switzerland and the deed and also the other groups assigned the churches of Portsmouth. The had to be sent there for signatures. rooms In the parish house. program closed with the singing of The following program has been Mr, Dlrlan, the architect, is en- "America" and benediction by Rev. arranged for the service: thuslastlc over the plans for the A. R. Mead of Portsmouth. Invocation, Rev. Alfred Young, of I church and parish house and Work on the evaculatlon for promises that the colonial parish the foundation will begin this house, when completed, will be week and it Is hoped that. the known far and wide for !ts arch!- church will be ready for occupancy tecture. early ih the summer. The Treadwell house will be remodeled into a parish house, keeping the same colonial lines as at pre~ent. Work To Start Shortly On Edifice Cor,ner Of State, Summer Stareets With work scheduled to begin on the foundation of the new Advent Christian church early next week, a dedication of the grounds, preparatory to the construction of the new church building will take place at a special service tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. This will be a service of dedication and also a ground breaking ceremony at the same time. The new church is to be erected on the Treadwell property at the corner of State and Summer streets and work will start next week on I Louis C. Scliris Wins An~apolis Appointment; Wilford Stires Alternate Louis c. Sclirls was named a principal appointee to the Unlteq State Naval academy and Wilford Sth·es a second alternate when Senator Styles Brldge5 made his appointments yesterday. Scliris, appointed second alternate in December, i.:; the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Scliris, 360 Hanover sl.reet. Active ln studies and sports, Louis received last year the highest honor given to any Portsouth High school student when e was elected t-0 the National Honor society. He will graduate in une. On Coach Francis Tate'.s winter nd spring track teams he runs he 100 and 220-yard dashes. Yesrday he took third place ln the 0-yard dash when the Clippers et Deering High of Portland in e Thompson cage at Exeter. Sclirls also belongs to the Portsmouth Hl club. Young Stires is the ron of Mr. and Mrs. Manning Stires, 85 Aust.In street. A memller of the Portsmouth High school class of 1940, he was named a third alternate to Annapolis last February by Senator Bridges. This year he is second only to Theodore H. Batchelder of Deerfield. Like Louis Sclil'i , Wilford Stires Is a member of the National Honor society. He also belongs to the Geran club and the Portsmouth HI lub. His whole family Is interested In Scouting and Wllford, who was active In b-Oth the Boy Scouts and the Sea Scou!E Is an Ea le Scouter. Body Of J. H. Em'ery lo Be Brought Here Schick Tests , To Start Monday Louis Scllrls Miss Gla s M. Allen, Portsmouth's school nurse, said today that schick tests would be conduct.; ed in local schools starting next Monday, Every school child, from the sixth grade down, will be subject to the test, said Miss Allen. The initial tests will be made ab' the Haven school. Ten Portsmouth doctors have volunteered their services to assist in the work. Joseph Herman Emery, retired New York merchant and manufacurer, died yesterday at his home at Province Lake a.fter an illness of three months. He was a native of Dover where he was born Dec. 15, 1860, the son of Joseph H. and Rebecca Hill Emery. He attended Portsmouth Hig•h school where he was graduated in 1877. Shortly after his graduation from nigh school he went to New York and enfered the employ of the Lord and Taylor department st01 e, rising to the presidency of that firm in 1910. A few years later he formed the Onyx Hosiery company which he operated until he retired about 15 years ago. His home at Province Lake was always open Lo his many friends. He occupied it as a summer ho111e for years but about three years ago became a year around resident there, although maintaining a home at 500 Fifth avenue, New York City. He had planned to spend the winter in Arizona but was taken ill on thPeve of his departure. Mrs. Emery died a little over twc years ago. Surviving relatives include several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held in New York and on Thw·sday the body will be brought to Portsmouth where lt wlll be placed in the family vault. �Population Gain Foreseen Here Past War-Time -Increases . p R. Of SOO IndICate ermanent ISe 3~ As Navy Yard And Forts Boom Old Dav Book ~} Records Actions Of 1775 Marines BaUered and worn is an old day book that rests in the archives of th,e Historical Society of Pennsylva• Inla, yet within its covers are ome of the m~t dissimilar entries ever compared to its urban population included in a single volume. I • of 25,619. Its total population of pageG reveal records of Maoon\1, 58,142 showed close to an eight per meetings, tavern bills, hardware ac· cent gain for a 10 year period. counts and data comprising the first An indication that the trend has log of the marines been back to the farm is shown by Flames of the Revolution had not 1 I.he 11.2 per cent gain in rw·al po- yet be1nm to smolder in 1849, when Indications that Portsmo uth may have the greatest pulation _of the county for the 10 a Quaker gentleman neatly In. . . . . • year period and only 4.6 per cent scribed in the leather-bound book permanen t population gain ,n ,ts history following the gain for the urban population. To- the minutes of a Masonic meeting. present emergency were revealed today by official final day, with an_ urban population of For some six y_ears thereafter ac. 44.1 per cent 1t has 1.5 per cent less mounts of tdmilar meetings were f .1gures of the United States Bureau of the Census for New urban population than it did 10 fai thfully entered in the ledger of Hampshire just released th ic; afternoon. years ago. Tun tavem, formerly a .riverside . Rockingham county's trend was hostelry near the Delaware in old Tracing the history of Ports- gains were miiae during e penlods ] more extreme than the state as a Philadelphia. · mouth population from 1790, the re· of the war of 1812 and the Span- !I whole but the 1940 census showed But the Masons moved to new port shows the greatest permanent !sh-American war of _1898. New Hampshire flad a population of quarters in 1755, leaving their Jedggain came during the period be· Perhaps an exception to prove 491,524 or a gam of 5.6 per cent. er behind. A 1;core of years later tween 1910 and 1920 which included the rule was the Civil war period Only 57.6 per cent is urban which is when the marines were drumming the fin1t World war. In that period, 1860: 187_0 when Portsmouth lost 1241 a Joss of 1.1 per cent for the 10 year uo recruits for the ne~ continental the city gained 2.300 permanent continuing the loss which started period·. In the 150 years since the navy, they made thelf rendezvous residents. in 1850 and the year 1879 found first census of 1790. New Hamp- at the tavern, and the book was Final figure of 14,821 for Ports· Portsmouth with a population of shire has gained 349,639. used to Jot down the nam,e.s and mouth as of 1940 shows only a net 9,211. . , . Why Dover with a population 11s- records of the newly-recruited sea gain of 326 over the 1930 and, gives Percentagewl5€, Portsmouth s big- ted at 14 990 should have gone ~oldi,~rs. no indicaUon of the vast number gest gain came In the pel1iod of 1~00 ahead of Portsmouth on this cenAlmost as legible as when they that have come here since the cen- to 1810 when a 29.9% gain earned sus has puzzled many obsetvers of were written the book revealli the sus was made last spring or who t~e population from 5,339 to 6,934. the large increase in Portsmouth muster roll, pay roll and other recnow work at the navy yard, or on Smoe 1790 when the first census activity even for a year prior to ords of these earl:,, American Ma• the Harbor Defenses and are ex- was taken Portsmouth has grown the census and the decrease that rlrH.s, t.h e first of the entries bepected to move into the city when from 4,720 or a gain of 10,101. has marked other sections, and giv- ginning In 1776, and showing the defen _e housing hene Lg completed. The official census record of Ports- en some substantiation to reports various sums they were paid in th Dunng th-a first World war the mou foJl~ws: that a n umber of persons in Ports- pow1ds, shillings and pe~ce. Pcrtsmouth Navy yard increa~d its Portsmouth. mouth were missed during the Soon after 1779 the Mannes aba.n persor.nel from about 1,400 to about 1940 14,821 326 2.2 rounds of the ceusus takers. In Exe- cloned the book and the taver!1 pro 5,600 and personnel at the forts in1930 14,495 926 6.8 ter officials have already taken prletor found it handy to itemize the creased by about 1,000 men. In this 1920 13,569 2,300 20.4 steps to remedy results of people be- bar bills of his customers, these 1910 11,269 632 5.9 ing missed. nccounts running up until 1786 emergency, the yard has already gone from about 1,400 to nearly 8,- 1900 10,637 810 8.2 Other census facts: Rochester Nearly 50 years later a hardware 1890 9,8~7 137 1.4 had the largest percentage gain merchant used the agfog tome a.s a 000 and the p erisonnel at the forts 1880 9,690 479 5.2 dw·ing the past 10 years among cen- day book. has gone from half a dozen care1870 8•211 • 124 -1. 3 ters of 10,000 or more with a 17.7 After serving so mam• pm-poses takers to several hundred and will 1860 9,335 ·403 ·4.1 per cent gain to a total of 12 ,012. the forgotten book lay in an attic be nearly 2,000 when completed. 9,738 1,851 23.5 Nashua had the largest actual gain !or another half-century until It Based on the gain made 1n the 1850 7,887 ·139 -1.7 with 2,374 to a total of 28,379. Man- becam:e the property of the Historic· previous World war, Portsmouth 1840 8,026 699 9.5 chester, largest city in New Hamp- al society in 1891. would hav•~ a good chance of add- 1830 ing about 3,500 to its permanent ~:~~! shire, had a gain of 851 to a total 2 population after this emergency if 1800 5 339 619 13·1 of 77 ,685 · all other conditions were equal. ' · Even the census bw·eau admits 17Q• 0 .. 4,72 0 .... · • .. · · ·.. that New Hampshire is an excepThis would more than permanently ~ Another div1s1on by the census tional state. Big problem here 1s occupy the present defe11.9e homes scheduled for construction in the .hows the Portsmouth population by t.hat in many cases the built-up sectlons of towns are not incorporated city and give the city a perman- wawrdars das1 fallows: 4,024 ward 2 , separately from the rural sections. 4 686 ent population of more than 18,· Ward 3 seven towns, Claremont, Derry, 20922 000. Ward 4 Exeter, Lebanon, Littleton, Milford 1,833 Significantly, Portsmouth's s.ecWard 5 and Newport, were classified under 1,356 ond largest gain In population in That Portsmouth ls located In a urban populations by this census. its history came during another county that Is highly diversified is war period-the Mexican war (1846· indicated by census figures which 48) when the city gained 1,851 res!- show that Rockingham county had <ients, for a total of 9,738. Minor a 1940 rural population of 32.523 Gain Would Fill Defense Housing Units With Permanent Population mi l,m I ~·! I �'Fire-Trap' Razed On Court Street Portsmouth Herald Photo lra A. Brown, Portsmouth building inspector, watches from left foregro11nd as workmen start demollshment of the old Sussman house at 342 Court street. Bulldlng was termed "fire-trap" by bullding in pector and ordered torn down. Gover.nor Robert 0. Blood Accompanies Officials On Seacoast Tour More than 150 persons including Gov. Robert O. Blood, his executive staff and members of the House and Senate, were touring three proposed seacoast projects this afternoon. From Concord to Exeter this morning came members of the House and Senate Coastwise Improvements committees and Public Improvement committees, the House Appropriations committee, the Senate Finance committee, and State Highway department. ?>{embers of the governor's council present were: An·ii>l N. Sanborn, Wakeflel<i; George D. Roberts, Jefferson; Thomas A. Murray, Manchester; William A. Malloy, Nashua; and Harold G. Fairbanks, Newport. Oren V. Henderson, president of the New Hampshire. Seacoast Regional Development association, acted as master of_ ceremonies during the dinner held m the Exeter Inn. After describing co nd ttions at Hampton, Mr. Henderson introduced Judge John W. Perkins, Hampton, who told how the tide runs into the seawall of damage caused at ' t Ham ton Beach when a recen U.S. Surveys Additional Needs Here storm sent waves sweeping over the present wall and of the bridge which is to be replaced. · "You can judge the condition of this bridge yourself, when you ride I over it this afternoon," Judge Per- , (Speci al Ta The Portsmouth Herald) kins said. First telling of the Rye Harbor Washington, D. C., March 5-Possibility that Portsproject, Mr. Henderson then intrnduced Shirley S. Philbrick of the mouth might receive Federal aid to provide sewerage, Rye Harbor commission who des- water supply, school facilities and recreational plants was cribed the dredging now going on. "When this work is completed," indicated today when Robert W. Horton, government said Mr. Philbrick, "there will be a director of information, informed The Portsmouth Herald, depth at low water of from six to 12 feet." that a survey of this section is being made on the problem. He said that so far operations had Portsmouth is among 60 defense pie Roads admini tratlon, the Fedcost around $200,000. eral Works agency and the defense After the dmner the group went area of the country where urveys co-orclinator for health, welfare, to Hampton Beach to inspect the are now in progress. Surveys are recreation and related defense acsites of the prnposed $175,000 sea- to be completed by March 21 and tivity. wall Hampton river bridge and are being made by 13 city manaResults will be co-ordinated by proposed site for the new $460 - gers loaned by their cities for the Frank Bane, director of statl! and ODO toll bridge to replace the pre~Where adequate faclli- local co-operation of the National ent wooden span. Here Hampton purpose. be Defense Advisory commission, selectmen and Hampton Be h ties are lacking studies wlll . . ac., made to see if the tale has re- which ordered the .;urvey. Studies are being made both in g>~~;.~ss~oners meL and ~lked with sources to meet the needs and, If O Blood and his compan- not, according to the National De- military and non-military defense ions. Nex t they were to inspect th e fense Advisory commis.,ion, "see areas and carried on in nearly two what federal funds are necessary." dozen states. From New England , Rye harbor development project Information already gathered by James E. Barlow, city manager of and meet representatives of the local, state and other federal agen- Portland, Me., has been loaned for Rye Harbor commission. cles will be co-ordinated In this the work and assigned to surveys survey and these temporary engi- being made in Michigan. neerlng consultants are working under the direction of the division's regular staff. Working with this group is the U. S. Office of Education, the U. S. Public Health Service, U. S. Pub- �298,800 U'.S. Funds Suggested Sum For School Aid Bureau Votes '" iln FQvor ·Of Studied In Capital :City Displays ~s Authori,zation to go ahead at once with the display5 to be erected at the Maine and New Hampshire ap· proaches of the new by-pass highway was voted last night at a meetii;ig. of the d·irectors of the Portsmouth Merchants' Bureau held at the Rockingham hotel. President J. D. Hartford, who pre· That $298,800 will be needed to provide adequate sided, was instructed to confer with s·chool facilities in Portsmouth in connection with construe- a committee in Kittery and explain tion of defense homes here. is being cons plan and ~sk fo_r their co-opera· . . idered . . by the the tion and part1c1pation. I Congress1onal house committee on Public Buildings at More time was requ,ested by the I Washington D. C.' during hearings on legislation to pro- 1closmgs com_mittee on store openin!l's and 1 ·d • • as further checkup 15 to be , v1 e Federal funds for constructing community facilities in made. ' defense areas At the request of State Senator • Arthur J. Reinhart, the directors Estimates were based on surveys present an urgent problem and that discussed the bill whi~h has al· which have been made in defense the Junior High school was ap- r~!l.dy paso:ed the house to 11?-ake areas under the direction of the proaching a similar condition. Lmcoln s Birthday a legal hollday 1 United States Office of Education. Hence the report made clear that i as it is in some 30 other states. As a I:Iere in Portsmouth, Superintend- the addit.!on of numerous defense ' m,ajority of other cities and towns ent of l3chools Harry L. Moore was ·homes to the area would necessi- : of the state have favor•ed the bill, asked to forward information con- tate problelll5 far beyond providing : the directors voted in favor of it. cemlng needs to the Federal au- school facilities in the immediate ,I Consid~rable discussion of traf· thorities in the .state, concerning neighborhood of the project In,· fie and parking problems followed a the ne~ds that construction of 500 ' fact, the entire school system ~ght report, of A. Richar? Chas~, chair· h omes m the Atlantic Heights se·c- · have to be made over under the ex- man of the bureaus Parkmg and tion and 100 . homes in the Sher- pansion project. '!'.raffle committee and it was de- · burne road section will crea,te. Similar conditions disclosed in c1_die-d ~o make arrangements for ,9: In working out the problem it other .sections of· the country led to d'!Z<:uss1on between the bureaus was · first · necessary to determine the statement by the Office of Edu- com1;-itttee a~d th_e city council how many children these additional cation that school faci11ties are "im- \ parkmg comm1tt~ m orde: to make families wuold bring· into the areas. peratively needed" and that the ex- plans for alleviating condit:ons beA national survey revealed that the pense in most · cases 1s far beyond fore the summer traffic arriv,e.s. average was 1.42 children per fam- what t.he various communities can Resignation was received and ~cily, but making allowance for pre- aford to make. This problem re- cepted with regret from Leo Smit.h school age, and those going to sulted in the proposed legislation _!>f th~restaurant group .. In his resother than public schools the aver- and indications that Federal aid ignation, Mr. Smith statied that age is expected to be about one may be soon provided. he was highly in favor of thoe work pupil per family or a. total addition of the Merchants' Bureau and that of about 600 students. only lack of time made it necessary Next problem was to figure out \ for him to resign. the· probable age divisions and esti- 1 Those attending were: Offlcere, mate the proportions which would · (J I J . D.. Hartford, 4ndrew C. Graves, effect the local elementary ·school ~ John McDonough, Merrill Smith, of each arejl,, .the JUnior High .school leS ~P' John Brown, A. Richard Chas,e and ·and the Senior Hilfh 6Chool. ___ ~,A. H. Woolfoon. Directors, Benjamin _While it was obvious that there Mrs. Mary Louise Gilbert, one of Tober, Hyman Freiman, Frederick WoUld have to pe ~dditions to the the oldest r~idents of the . south D. Gardner, Thomas D. Kane, local elementary schools; the sur- 1 End, died this morning at her home, George K. Sanborn, Justin French, vey revealed that the already over- 392 Pleasant street after a brief Leonard Alkon, Frederick E. Pills· crowded Senior High school . would illness. ' bury, Kenneth . Heuer, Edgar F. Mrs. Gilbert, the widow . of the Wood, Frank W. Hollis. Members, late George E. Gilbett,' and daUgh- Eugene Cummings and M. P . Alkon. ter of the late John G. and Ann (Baker) Sullivan, was born in Bortsmouth, Sept. 20, 1855. Surviving relatives are a daughter, Mrs.· William H. Davis, a son, George W. Gilbert, and a sister, Mrs.' .Edith H. Ruee, all of Portsmouth. Also, ten grrundch4ldren, twenty-three great grandchildren and six• great-great-grandchild- Figure Offered Congressional Committee After Survey Of Defense Housing Needs· Here I I MrS. M rY G'lbert Io· ren. In 86th Year · / / . �-··. ,;·. s· U• • -·---- --- - - - -- J , Homes Here a delay orseveral weeks."It is with great regret that we appear to be going against .some of the excellent advice of your city and state planning commissions, Please explain this necessity to your citizens. I am confident we can continue to count on your co-operation and goodwill in the rapid completion of this urgent defense activity." t'm1~ O;riginal Figurels Retained After Additional Survey Harry L. Moore_~~ Says-New Homes Mean New School· , All To Be Bui·lt At Atlantic Heights s·ection ·~ecause Of Cost Of Utilities 1 If 800 homes are built_at A1tlantlc Heigh-ts a new school building . probably will have to be erected, · Supt. of Schools Harry L. Moore ' told the Kiwanis club last night. "According to the be.st figures there will be 800 children of school age, one for each family," Mr. Moore said, "Of these 50 ._per cent or, 400 children will attend school at Atlantic Heights." To take this Increase another building be const}·ucted or expensive must alteratlon.s made on the (-Special To The Portimouth Herald) · _- · Washington~ D. C., March 13~Eight. hundred ~ouses Wl''I be bu·11t at once· in the Atlantic ·Heights section of -I Portsmouth by Public Buildings administration it was a,nnounced today by frank A. Vanderlip, Jr., spec. ial inspe_ctor of PBA. Plans to build 300 of the 500 homes in some other · IY have been Q ban done d' location def ·1n1te ionowing conferences ·with PBA All soo· Sh-;;~ld . U~e Same Utllltles present one, he sali;i_,., . ·. ~ officials, the Portsmouth Planning As a result, PBA offlelals decid- . Ol' 1ui;ese ~00 chlldrep,_ ¥r, ol:e board had • ·'·ed the Fede-I gov- ed that only by bulld!ng all 800 figures / tha-t 150 would"· a , nd J~nlor ! High High school. school . and 125 . . the ernment to """' build only 400"" homes houses whe11e they would use t he Senior on this site so that the section re- same utilities cou!d the costs be "This will create a very serious served for the future industrial ,spread enough to make the project problem," he said. "The governdevelopment of the city would not possible. Prlncipal utility difficulty ment ls aware of it and I have been be endangered. The board also had was the sewerage problem; for a. assured tha:t the .government wi!l requested a resurvey to provide preliminary treatment plant will consider this part" o_f the national facts proving that the additional have to be installed -before the sew- defense expense and thus assist, 400 homes , would be needed. If 800 age goes into the Piscataqua. · ! Portsmouth to meet tl;lls burden." homes were to be built a Rocking-· A· telegram announcing · the final Discussing the sch\'.Jol system, he ham avenue site was recommended. decision was sen1; to Mayor S~wart showed charts on the standing of E. Rowe of Portsmouth by Inspec- Portsmouth in the cos-t of operaNeed For 800 Confirmed tor Vanderlip today. It read, tlon with the average of high After consideration of these re- , ". •, schools in the state. quests, PBA announced on Feb. 8 ''Please :£xpl11-ln To Citizens" In addition to the regular sesthat only 500 of the proposed 800 "After complete study of slte sions there are night classes. Soon homes would be built in the Atlantic which we have selected for defense a welding school will be formed. Heights section. Although no de- housing and making exhausting : According to the superintendent tails were released the resurvey ap- test holes to determine ground con- · another night sesslon will be held parently confirmed the original es- J dltions we have found it wllJ .be after •the first evening class to en800 necessary to change our allotment able men not employed on the navy timate of a need ~or ~o~s. of five hundred houses to -elght ·h1.U1- yard to obtain training for partlciMeanwhlle tes were e ng car- dred as the cost of building our ut- I. ation in the defense program. ried on at the _Atlantic Heights ut!1itjes is so expensive due to rock P Mr Moore said there had been and t~e Rockmgham avenue s · conditions that It wlll be n~csssary r~a-ter Joss in enrollment at the ! According to th: repoJit0 ;f to spread cost over eight hundm ~l:h school since September than engineers, a roe c?n Instead of five · hundred houses. or a number of years, as 41 have at each site materially increased "The same condition would exist f ti to k estimat~s on the cost of installing at the Rockingham site. Therefore Je~•1rWi~ai ca~~r ~ere presented utilities. a change to this location would be 1by John Hopley to Justin French equally expensive and would .cause and Samuel D. Eastham in honor of ,their recent birthdayi;. pr,. o. s. Conery announced that ~a meeting of the board of direct- I I f:: r:~ ors the pr~ceding evening delega,tes and alternates to the International convention next June had been named, They are Dr. o. S. Conery, ..im:sident and John W. Ho leY._._.lL past lieutenant governor of the · district. Al-ternates include Samuel D, Eastham and John W. Howe. �:GeQ.tge,B~Frenc·h·Company Has City Borrowing lsaac-L:-H·ammo.nd -7 iBO~h Anniversary Cele~non Capacity .Put ~~ Becomes taptain J At Si.76;000 As 'Geqrge B. French company, ; At 21, young Mr. French paid $37 Portsmouth's first and oldest de- to work his passage to California on .partment store, celebr:i.tes !ts 80th the bark "Martha," as steward's asanniVETSM'Y toaa.y, many Ports- s!stant. Within two years, George mouth residents are remembering French had returned to his birthwhen they used to ' "go shopping place. Moving to New Castle, he ; with mother." opened a small country store. ' Outwardly French's ha.isn't Perhaps because business was changed. As modern merchandising good, more likely because he· had grew, so di'd this store. Buyers went vision,- Georg,e French soon came from French's to Boston and New i to Portsmouth where he started his York that Portsmouth's men, women dry goods store with a lot more • and children always might keep in i pluck than capital. He pccupied 29,styl•e. As business bustled, French's Q40 square feet of floor space, emre-decorated, employed more and ployed 34 clerks. more persons, increased their stock. By 1896 his store ha'd grown to oe Yet French's has changed in- th£! largest dry go6ds emporium in wardly. Still managing the store are New Hampsh!l'e, it is .!laid . Now descendants, of George B. French. his olcie~t son, George E. French Many members of the personnel joined his business. With his fathonce helpd mother to buy a bustle or , .- --·father· to select a big masculine er s 1!-bllltY, he ran the store fro)ll suitcase. Miss Maity Conlan, domes- the tune George B. French died. tics buye.r, has worked for George B. Gecrge E. French is remembered French compa,ny 45 years, while _by his emploYe5 iw a man "".ho guidMiss Florence Morrell has been buy- e~ his business tnrough trymg years !ng h~lery for · Port&mouth women with an iron hand, yet one who 25 years. Miss Florence Mercer has was re-pected and loved by his purchased curtains and draperies many employes. fo, 15 years an'd Ralph Hanscom When ):le died in 1933, the store, has been with French's for 42 years. after a short period, was taken over Right now employees have been at by his hei::-s. Today French's is a French's counters an average of modern an'd efficient department eight yEars. sLore ranking high in the rigid Founder George B. French was standards of the business world born in RY'~, May 11, 1828. He and higher stl11 in its acceptance started 6chool there, then when his by the people of Portsmouth and family moved, to Nottingham, com- vicinity. pleted his eaucat!on at Northwood academy. Of Port Tomorrow 1,0-: ·. - '(VJ'v Portsmouth has a borrowing capaci-ty of $276,000 it was repor-ted Chief Boatswain Isaac L, Hamlast night to the cLty council by :nond will become captain of the port of Portsmouth tomorrow. • Councilwoman Mary C. Dondero, as According to an announcement rethe council met in special session to decide on the question of !Inane- r.eived todiay from the Boston o!ing sewerage for the Sherburne flee, he will supervise all New Hamproad section. shire coastal waters and wm make Under the state law Por-tsmouth his headquartres at Kittery Point. His appointment ls in lfne with is allowed to borrow up to three per the poiicy of appointing officers for cent of its --,v:al_uation, which,, is temporary dut-y at various strategic roughly 20 million dollars. As poin_ts in this country's coastal de$62,000 was paid off . as of Dec. 31 fense during the present emergency; we now have a net}alance due on l Port captains lu!.ve authority over bonds of $514,000, Mrs. Dondero anchorages, · loaddng of explosives co~tinued. . and- ot.her maritime activities. They From this amount should be must report daily the movement of ~uotracted the amount outstand- all shipping, foreign and domestic, mg of ~190,0?0 due on bonds of to Washington, where a master list the Junior High school, . as these is kept through which the wherebonds were authorized by a special , abouts of any ve:;sel in American act of the legslature under the ad- waters can be determined instant· ministrlitlsm of former Mayor F. ly, w. Hartford and do not apply against the city's borrowing capacity, "This leaves the net bonded indebtedness of the city under its legal borrowing capacity at $276, 000. 1· Q... "Taking the worst view," said Mrs. Dondero, "we would have a re_,r , turn of six to eight thousand do!-., ---". I Jars in taxes from the 100 homes. ' News o! the death, in Lima Peru ! That would be at least six per cent of Miss Pauline Baury Bradford of , on our investment of $100,000, The this city, was received here yester- I city can borrow money on a bond day, Miss Bradford had been on a , issu~- a-t-J ess t han - t;o per -cent: cruise to South America. This gives us a difference in inShe was the daughter of the late 1 terest of more than !our per cent Capt, Robert Bradford, USN, and , I half o! which could be used to pay Mrs. Bradford, and her home on I interest on our bond issue and the Court st~eet was filled with many balance contribute toward !ts re- fine antiques and museum pieces. tirement. She was deeply interested in old "I am using these figures as an Portsmouth and belonged to the illustration. We should take into Warner House associates. She v.:as considera·tion the future develop- also a member of the Coloma! m,l!nt o! that entire section o! our Dam~s. A communicant at St. city, We know that we have at Johns church she was a faithful least 40 more houses which we 09.n at~ndant an_d was active in its assess for sewage in addition to the various orgaruzations. . real estate tax and there are many ~he was one of_ eight children, o! people who have been living in that which only two sisters survive, Mrs. end of the citu without sewera e T. C. Treadwell of Wa~hington, D. _ _ __ ._,___ ·~-=-=-"-=~= C., and Mrs. Rolla R. Richardson o! for several years and -who would Los Angeles, Calif. gladly pay sewer assessments which a project this size .could take care of, and with the federal government paying its share o! the cos-t, the entire cost should be much lower." · t' au Iin e Brad fOrd DleS • In L'lmO, perU ""': i Board Summons Lau man To ·. Hearing 9 7, ! I On Well Work Portsmouth's Board of Street -Before roming -~ -p~ u t h last commissioners voted last night to night Mr. Howard had called Mr. summon H. E. Lauman to a special ,Lauman to ask him why he had cut meeting next Wednesday when the ldown on his men and why the contract of C. W. Lauman & Co. pumps had been removed. In anfor supplying the city of Ports- sw~r to a que&tlon from B~ard mouth with 40 wells will be "settled Clerk America Fransoso, Engineer !or 01lce and all." Howard said, "I don't think he · This morning Superintendent o! knew the pumps were to be taken Streets sent the following telegram: away, I think the action was or"Want more action immediately. dered by his man Fredericks and Must clear up sand. Meet with board not h'Y him." · We'Cincsday, March 19, at 7 p. m." Mr. Lauman also told Mr. Howard Paul Howard of Whitman and that his men reported! the sand conHoward, engineers in charge of tM ditlon cleared some 50 per cent. (ed. city well program, was authorized note. As explained by Superlntento follow up the telegram by calling i dent of streets Nat S. Stevens the Mr. Lauman in New York to tell him sand condition' is this: Becaui;:e the that "this is- ~rious. The boar& lsn't \sand in Portsmouth ls extremely kidding this time. It intends to get fine it seeps rnme three or tour action." 'inches through a ~·c!·een at the end According to Mr. l!oward, C. W. of the . well when pumping action , Lauman & company. has not lived has stoppe'd. Un til this is i·emedied up to &,gre-ements made at a spe- the wells are unacceptable.) cial, closed meeting held with the , According to Mr. Howard, he had Board of street commissioners two acivised Mr. Lanman to send a reweeks ago. ~pons1ble man to Portsmouth im. "He immediately has cut down on mediately "to c!can things up." his men . and his equipment," Mr. "I would recommend drastic ac· Howard sai'Ci. "'All pumps but one tion to the board," Mr. Ho-ward said, us-ed for priming have ·been taken "and if he doesn't move quickly, I back to New York." would r-ecommend that mmeone else be hired to do the job." I �• U.S. 'Hous1ng --------------- Bergethon To· Direct Portsmouth Con cf rt i - ---- Y'tVi ,_ The choir and syniphony or'chestra from the University of New Hampshire, which is scheduled to appear in the Junior High school auditorium Wednesday evening, March 26, at the Graffort club's annual concert, is under the personal direction of Bjornar Bergethon, young Norwegian-American conductor. Sinc·e coming to·• the faculty of the University of · New' Hampshire ~wo years ago, he has aroused such an interest .in music among the students that the music Street Commissioners Decline . 0 T0 ACt n .ater/ Sewe rage : ' \~ i~;rf • h , D• · •. • Pro bIems WIt OU t .. 1scuss1.on · w· . :t~~r~r~~~~~!\a~~dlo~~tl~;R: ~ Mr. Bergethon Wlj.S educated both In Norway and in the United States, 0 '. ;;~:e~v~~o~:1~~ d~t%:~:r ~/~~~ -· University of Indiai;ia. He is a federal atdi for ·the work?" Stevena pianist of considerable a..bility and said . ,has appeared both_ as .soloist and The board also accepted a· 'report ! accompanist. . from Mr. Stevens in which he esti- : He is now developing a military mated cost of' furnishing water · to •band at _the university, among 100 defense homes to be buiit · on whose members is _Russell Beal of . Sherburne road at about ·$1'2 ooo · Portsmouth, cornet1st. . Members of the Board of Street Commissionei-s last This would cover material and 'c06t · Mr. Bergethon has prepared an th night refused to act on the question of water supply and : layin~ -the pipe. Defense Homes interesting program : · corporation has agreed to pay, for mouth appearance. no u e sewerage for the 800-home development proposed by the· trench digging and backfill the famous Symphony in B Flat federal government near the Atlantic Heights section. The corporation also offe;ed at (La Reine) by Haydn, which i~ . ... _____ · the city meeting March 3_ to lend sparkling and engaging mus c, The matt~r 1s scheduled to come . "Ithinkthecouncllandthestreet ·the money necessary t~ ·- pay the two choral r.empositions by F. up .for action again at a special I commissionem shoul'd get together city's 's hare of · the cost the total I Melius Christianson, "Sunbeam Out meeting of the city council at 7:30 !and discuss this matter in detail to be paid back from re~enue from of , Heaven,'' and "Lost in th e o'clock tonight. ' with an attorney present, there are I the project. . Night" are famous works by this Action came after ~~bers of too many catches in this thing,'' I A survey called for by the city _. noted choral conductor. · . the board had agreed ·m mformal said Commissioner Americo Fran- council to determine the cost of · discu?51on that propo..<18.ls for in- so.so_. ________ __ __ • '. __ sewerage at the 100-home project creasing the number of homes• in Previously \ .the board had heard was reported by engineer John W. Portsmouth by· as much ~s 25 per a report by supt. Nat stwens who Durgin · who ec:timated the cost at cent e_?-tai!~ Jl!B.ny P!~_¥mg prob· quoted Whitman and Howard•, en· approximately $26,780. Mr. Durgin's lems for tfie cTty m t fie future and gineers, as 5 ay~ng present mains report was accepted and the board that fu_rther study was necessary- to would not provide adequate fire voted _to forward a copy to the city c.tetermme what part of the cost orotec:tion for the new 800-home de· council. of furnishing muni9ipal facilities velopment and that new mains mould be borne by the city and would be required. what part by the federal govern"'I recommend that because of ment. the co5t this work, the city seek Cost To City Of Municipal Services .F~r 800-Home Site Rais•es Question, ot o~ Gov'.:Mrs.Bh16d · ,~ lo Attend Greek Rel'i ef Concert Here . ~ Greek Handicraft ~ Blood To Attend ~ Display Attracting Concert Here "'.J, -v ' Numerous People Gov. Robert o. Blood is to be a The Greeks have shown skill as guest at the concert of the Greek soldiers, but another bran!=! of skill 1 War Relief, which is being presen- of the Greek's is being exhibited in ~d by the Portsmouth Mal~ Singers the window of the New Hampshire this evening at the Jumor High Gas and Electric company. Hand!\ school auditorium. In addition to ' work of Greek girls is being dis. . • the male singers Triante Kefalas, played in the window which is atGovernor anq Mrs. · Robert 0 · tenor will sing Greek songs and tracting attention of all passers by, Blood, togfther with two of the gov- H. Whipple Abbott will present so- Featuring the display, is a rug about ern'.or's aicies and their wives, will los on the t,heremin. seven by three feet which is deattend th( Greek War Relief con· Mr. Abbott presented two con- signed after the pattern of a United th <:ert Ma.rch 21 in the Portsmouth certs of sacred music at the Sou states dollar bill. It is a most inJunior High school aufiltorium. · Eliot Advent Christian church re:- tricate piece of work. Many other nd Portfilnouth's Greek War Relief cently. This will be the seco time I articles of handiwork are displayed chairman, Andrew Jarvis, who re· · that a theremin concert has been , and there are Greek soldiers in <:eived a letter from Governor. Blood presented in this city, the firS t be- costumes stancj.ing in the backthis morning, announced some of the · ing some time ago when Misha Tu- ground. · progra,ir.. numbers. The Portsmouth !in presented an evening concert. This display is being shown in GJ.ee club, composed of 21 male . Two years ago Mi:. Tulin presentjed connection with the Greek benefit voices, will sing; Whipple Abbott,· a similar copcert at the Stoneleigh concert being presented by the "virtuoso," will give harp. selectioI!IS Playhouse. Mr. Abbott will be .ac• Portsmouth Male singers Friday accompanied, by his sister on the compapied by his sister, Miss Mar- , evening at the Jun'ior High school piano. and T . Kefalas from Booton garet Abbott. . · auditorium. will sing some Greek folk songs. Mr. Kefalas is well known in New England where he has given several concerts and organized many choral groups in various Greek churches. \· His accompanist, Alan Hovaness, ls of Armenian ancestry and has given many recitals in New England . . The Portsmouth Male Singers have established a reputation in this section and their appearance assures a large audience of music lovers. at any qmcert they present. fo\ f~rtt �- ----- ··-·-·----· .... , - - - - - - - - - -,- ---··- 31 Mill'i on Dol,l ar,D ry Dock For Portsmouth ---- . rhh: I~ Need Of Basin At Local Navy Yard Realized No Details Regarding Huge Project Known But Work Expected To Sta rt At O~ce Ailotment of three ·million d6llars for construction of a new dry -dock at the Portsmouth Navy yard was reported today- according to information received by the Portsmouth Herald. No details regarding the huge yard force might reach a high . or 0 . project, which will make Portsb f ' mouth one of th e maj or a:ses O ; the country, were available, but it is I' e~pected that under the· speedup progra'm for National Defense work will start at once, as construction of such a d9<:k is normally several years work. This allotment coming on top of . the plans to construct a net depot 1 here to protect the . harbor a.gains · magnetic mines and subm_arines; funds for 17 assigned submarines; expansion of the Naval prison and numerous other repairs and exten. sions totaling more than $8,300,000, indicates that the reports of additional pe·rsonnel have not been wfthout foundatio:ii. This announcement, coming at a time when Portsmouth has been pondering problems of defense housing and wondering whe,ther a.d<iitlonal housing would be ne~s~arY., expla,ips Wh_Y defen~. housm~ e'-peF\:.s _in .W~hmgton, with - advance •knowledge of the plans rwre, have been able to state that housing would-be · essel\tla.l •here. Statement that· the present, na.w . 0 I 1 1 103,000 cubic feet of stock for cut stone lining, 15,900 cubic yards concrete and 60,000' cubic yards of filling. The first recorded action 1n reference to a dry dock was on Jan. 25, 1826, when a bill was reported 1n the U. S. House of Riepresentatives by the Naval committee favoring the construction of a. dry dock a.t a. cost of $8.0;000. On May 22 a. resolution was passed authorizing the examination and survey for a. dry dock a.t, Portsmouth, Charlestown. . Brooklyn and Gooport. The survey here was made by Lemuel BaldiVin and on Jan. 10, 1827, he proposed three sites. The cost would be in the vicinity o! $349,570.70. There was considerable inteTest locally a. hearing was held --- '- - ---and Congre-ss was memorialized to 1 authorize the co~tructlon of the , dock. . Twenty years of dl:scussion followed and another examination was suggested. It was believed that a floating drydock would be the bet·tier plan and this was finally authorized, with the contract given to Gilbert and Secor on Nov. 11, 1840. This was built on Peirce Island and floated across the, riv,er. It was 350 feet long, 105 feet l!,()ross, 38 f -~inches deep ·a nd cost It was accepted by the 2•64iu· . 1862 nd government m a many ous ships built there. It was f ly taken to Boston and later condemned and burned, at Revere. Around 1912 the stone dry dock was built between th•e two islands. ' 12,000 persons or more, which have been rumored for some time, find a basis of fact from this announcement and the statements that Portsmouth would remain. a first class base.after the. emergency with a permanent force of more . than 5,000 appear tp have been inspired by more than wishful thinkh1g. Problem of location of a. .second dry dock in the already overcrowded yard recalls plans made a.bout 10 years ago for the erection •Of a second dry dock here. At that ' time Mayor F. W. Hartford had a. survey made of Peirce Island, which indicated ·that deep water drydocks· capable of h~ndling the lar-gest ships of the navy could be built there. · Figures prepared ln 1911 when work was begun on the present -stone drydock by C. P. Bowdell, appropriation .clerk, · accounting department, follow: length on coping head to outer end, 750 feet; depth over sill at mean .high :wa,t,er, 30.. -f.eet, and .width at coping .in''.b<>dy o! ·oock i30 feet. Contractors estimated" that t~re would be 114,500 cubic yards \ of ,river excavation · for ,dock prope'lt.,'l i ,500 ·. cubic ·yards earth · excavation_; '°' · -ft $;i i~~= l egion Auxifiary To Mark Posts' Y'M l.➔ !22nd Anniversary 1· Portsmouth's American Legion a.uxilla.ry tonight will celebrate the I1 22nd anniversary of Frank E. Boo, ma. post No. 6, American Legion, by · giving the Legionnaires a birthday ball. Events. begin at _6:30 in Moos~ hall when a covered-~ish ~upper will be Iillary served. At 8 Legionnaires and auxmembers will adjourn to 1 Legion hall for an entertainment program and dancing. On the supper committee are: , Mrs. Gertrude Montanye, Mrs. Bridie Moran, Mrs. Corrine Abbott, Mrs. Judy Fisher, Mrs. Frances Berry and Mrs. Florence Collins. Mrs. Pauline Conlon, Mrs. May Graves, Mrs. Gertrude Coussoule and Mrs. Corrine Pinkham are supervising decorations. In charge of entertainment are: Mrs. Nancy Tebbetts, Mrs. Leah O'Brien, . Mrs. El!se Eaton and Mrs. Marguente O'Bnen. Mrs. Edna White and Mrs. Gertrude Tobe are co-operating on a . - - - - - - - ., special feature. Frank E. Booma post was formed 22 years ago when a few memb~rs of the AEF gathered at a pansh caucus. Because they had served in the World war, they wished to organize that they still might . serve their country in peace. Since 1936 the Frank E. Booma , auxiliary has celebrated the post's 1 anniversary by giving them an an- I nual banquet and- ball. ·I i I �)'V .• I.,· ~ - - - -- - - - - - - - - - , - - - ---··· 1t1zens T9 ·study • H ous1n_g Problems T c,11> ig: : h Homes 11:0-w '· Defe-nse :?~.1,? ·:•_. . \ P·ia_n_s Sherb~~~-~--R;ad l GO-House Layout . . Pending on thi.s - dedsion . is the fate of ' 100 homes which 'the De; fense Homes corporation ·has plan- · , ned to build iri the Sherburne road : I area. ·As the· State Board of Healttc · : has protested the installation of · any more septic tanks in the area, i unless sewetage · is provided M. A. · -McLaughlin, --- ----assistant-general-'coun. sel for the corporation has stated· tllat project will have to be abandoned. On hand tonight wm · be a representative of the State Board ot Health to explain exactly ·what health problems' are .involved "in the protection of the water ·Shed and it 'is expected that a number :citizens will be on hand to e_ipress theh- views on both sides of the question. · · ot ., ' fUlrth8r .N88d l".O f Facilities"~'~ :Now Foreseen Announc~~e~t -of - the-- ~onstruc- · tion of a three million dollar drydock here and more than eight· million dollars worth of other con- · struction, has made it evident that j rumors of an increase in navy yard \ personnel to about 12,000 have , a definite basis and the ·housing al- ! , ready contemplated will only take · ( care of less than one-quarter of" the· 1personnel that is tQ come, -to say·! nothing of any present needs. : Question to be decided by the council tonight following its pu):ilic ·;. SWI'f tIy moving · deve IOpments •tn nat1ona · I defense, · is whether to spend $27,000 even. , hearing for sewage which will enable thicr during the past few days since the Portsmouth City Council.: construction· of more than $15,ooo ·f · 'd t· h worth of taxable return in the area •ry1et, have · brqug ht new pro bl ems or cons1 era 1On W en, 1 or to buy up more than $10o,ooo :it meets tonight at 7.30 p. m. to hold a public heari'ng in_: worth of land ·on which there will r.eg_ ard ' to the protectior:i of. its water supply iri the Sher- I never be any return . I _" burn~ roa,d area. . . �'.Sewe·r age 'For Sherbu rneRd. ater Area ;M's water supply and tha,t he first ,wanted to call on L . rd· W. Tra1ger, associa,t e san~t acy eng!n~r. 9! the Nyw Hampshire s ~ ~of Public H~a:lth. ,.. .: ~ . l'-<-, ~ Mr, Tragei· said he _!rs wanted · to clear up the impre ,on that the 113oard of · 'Health "h ·ct by some trickery pu.t the fing on Portsmouth.' He said a all Federal Housing · administratfon projects had to have board of health approval of their sewage disposal plans, Roy Klllkelley/ chief underwriter for New Hampshire FHA at st I ~~· ~: ~a~e:al~ , sanitation laboraton'. who had a:s- signed him to come here to Por:ts.,;mouth and P!J.SS on the plans. This, he explained, was purely routine and It was not until he had seen the proper.ty and !ts proximity to the city's water supply tha,t he realized action had to be faken. Action Follows Three-Hour yVl/v,ci. . . PU b IIC Hea r·1ng i':!~~~~ , / Defense Homes Corp. To Start Work A t On·ce ~~: Revealed Situation . • • · • "Defense homes," he said, "simpFollowmg a public. hearing of nearly three hours dura- 1y revealed a situation. That does tion the Portsmouth City Council voted unanimously last not excuse even our department . ' . . . h for not havini brought it to your night to approve cc;,nstruct1on of sewerage connec_tmg w.1t . sewerage to t he s1·te of th e new .DefeQse. t he Deer street Homes Corporation on Sherburne road where it can later . · be extended to serve that entire area. ---- Approval was voted under two Lewis M. McNeill was that the cost condit!ons. Fir.s.t was t_h at an of construction of the sewerage system "be paid directly by appll• agreement be made with Defense cat ion of the major portion of Homes corpora.t!on whereby if fu- property taxes levied by the city t~re federal legislation would have of Portsmouth against Defense enabled the city of nt ·Portsmouth to Homes Corp. ,. ' for the sew' have Obtained a gra erage, Defense Homes will reim• 1 M or Opens Meeting purse the city in full for an th e ay ' money it would have obtained by Opening th e public 1,_ hea.r!nr, such a grant This provision had Mayor Rowe ,said that i.n!s mee • been proposed by Defense ' Homes. j' ing had been called to nrotect the Second provision of t he motion which was offered by Councpman I _- --t · -..--:,--;. ---- --- ;ten ion .,_ore. He said that while the city could ot stop bpilding on private proprty the state Board of Health had nd~r the state law ample power to 1revent contaminatioJl of a water upply. He read the law which pro,ides fines from $100 to $1,000 a day ·against a _city or town that fails to follow the orders of the department after due notice. In this case, he said, the board was not ordering and h ope d th at it would not have to order as he felt certain that the city officials were just as interested in protecting iheir water supply as the state board was. �- - - - ------.- - -- - - - - B'riti•S'.h May· u s·e Dry Dock \\. r,,.,. 1 .. f4.ew Basin Here Will Be ·Bi.g Enoug.h fi>r Destroyers .As Well As Subs ·;Details Revealed About J:.~. Million Dol·lar Project Navy Recommends '., Harbor Protection; Asks Funds For ·Yafd - rwt.J,,,(J '.: . · That the new $3,000,000 dry dock to be built at the ·.Portsmouth Navy yard might at some. future date be used .fo~ repairs on. British or other Allied destroyers has been 'rumored in Portsmouth ever since announcement of the c::o·nstruction was reported. . I .: Speculation increased today whe~ 'the Associated Press re.ported that at a recent news conference Secre- ' tary of the Navy Frank Knox told 1 news reporters that the British , ;have already requested the use of Amerit:an repair an'tl. overhaul fa- , cllitles for war vessels.. Navy of11cials admitted . that the n ew dry- I dock · was "extremely necessary" in ' the Portsmouth section. i . · Details of the new drydock were : ' given the Associated Press by ~p- I resentative Bates CR-Mass.) a· member of the Naval committee . . . The new dock will be . 400 feet long I and , iapable of overhauling de- · s~royers rus well as submarines. As many as f'Q_ur submitrines can be '-liandled .in the dock at one time. ic,opstruction which will be started ) 1-'soon will take about 15 months. No details as to its location have '.be+en given out and there ls still a , i:iijestion whether room could be I found' for such a dock within the I yard itself or whether additional nd would have to be acquired. ; ' . '(W\' Orel Dexter·Named~ $8,335,500 Sought For Sub Buildi'ng; County Auditoro't"' Former Mayor Orel A. Dexter ·o r Portsmouth and Howard C. Abbott of Derry have been appointed county audi-tors by the Superior court. Their term of office ls for one year, beginning today . Irving W. Marston of Nor.th Hampton began his 13th year as county commissioner today as he took his oat h of office before Amos · Rundlett of Exeter, clerk of the Rockingham comity Superior: court. Mr. Marston has served continuousIy since he was first elected in 1928. Sherift Simes Frink of Portsmouth continues an unbroken line o! Portsmou th resident sheriffs, taking his oa.Jth of office today. Succeeding Ceylqn Spinney, who served ~l'nany years as sheriff, Mr. Frink took his fir.s t oath of office as sheriff in 1937 and today beg,a~ his third term. ---- - ~ - - - i . . Previous to being sher!!!, he served Surveys of the area have already three terms as county commissionbeen . made, but whether a location er. Mr. Fr.Ink took his oath of ofJl,t Peirce Toland, which was oon- , flee at 10:30 and the deputies also sidered some years ago, ,ts nqw be.. were given their oaths. i~g ~onsidered ls. not · m own. . I Deputies are: ·wnuam Walker, Deerfield ; Fred A. Draper, Ja,mes 1 S. Webster, Derry; Everett E. Judkins, Epping; Charles Osgood, Exeter; Robert Smith, Fremont; Floyd I, Ga.le, Hampton; George B. Stevens, Klngs,t on; Wesley Adams, Londonderry; Ralph Berry, Newmarket; A. Ralph Estabrook, Newton; Walter H. Gerrish, Northwood; W!l, llam J. Linchey and Percy A. Lar' rabee,. Por.tsmouth ; Alfred L. GosI selin,.;1,Raymond, and ,. Clarence w. .~ errw, Salem. . I Additional $355,000 Asked For Navy Yard Improvement Because of "war developments abroad,". United States naval officials today announced plans for establishing a net depot at Portsmouth to protect the harbor and coast from magnetic mines .and submarines. Simultaneously the naval depart~ ,-battleship, four aircrafCcarriers, 16 ment requested $8,690,500 from the i cruisers, 52 destroyers and 52 subHouse Appropr!at1ons sub-commit- 1 marines. ·tee for the Portsmouth Navy yard; At the Bath Iron Works total ex$8,335,500 for 17 assigned submar- , penditure_s may reach $3,250,000 for ines · $27 000 to re-condition wards construction of 27 destroyers. : A a~d $41,000 to repair the naBy far th~ . largest share o! the I val prison; $150,000 fo extend the I tow.I goes to the. Bethlehem S~lp- I prison building; $77,000 to repair a · builct!ng corpprat1011 1 Fore . River":' battery charging plant; $10,000 to w;a"Ss., and the Bostop Na~y , yard.1 furnish and equip submarine barThe Bethlehem y~·d·,•·.,w11ere the,. racks and $50,000 to convert build- . battleship. Massachusetts, :t,our air- 1 ing No. 99 to officers' quarters. craft ,earners; 16 cruisers and four other net depots to guard · New ,_<;l~s_t,royets are under contract alEngland's coast from the "enemy" ready has contracts for $17,507,500 will be constructed at Ne ort R. for expansion of shipways, ~ls and - - - ~-equipment. . . I. , South Boston, Mass., and New The Boston Navy yard, with 21 London, Conn. destroyers on its production proIn all, according to the Associated gram, would get a. total of· $16,615,Press wire service, navy officials 000 if the navy carries out its precontemplate spending about $46,- sent expansion program. _,---000,000 in New England to expand rn addition to this sum for 'both shipbuilding facilities, both private the Boston yard itself and the and government-owned. The Navy South Boston drydock facilities, department includes in its · _request Representative Bates (R.-Mass.) is contracts awarded la.s.t. fall, 1mmed- seeking congressional authorization late expenditures and f1;Ulds for- ad- . for another $31,000,000 at the Bos~ , ditiopal expansion durmg the . year. · ton establishment which would 'rota! naval · strength be~g con-' make it, Bates said, the largest nastructed in New England 1s one , val repair base ' ori the· continent. -, ' ' c; �:D efense, 'H ousing. For All ·Greater Portsmouth· Seen - ----· ·-- - - -- - ··--· .. . ITowns Ur9ed To, 'P repare By Planning Chief ~ S. F. A. Picke.ring, William L. Con- · Ion, Henry B. Tilton of the -Planning Board and Superintendent · of , Streets Nat B. Stevens; Junior high ' school Headmaster Raymond I. Beals, Arthur I. Harriman, Mrs. Alvin Redden, Mrs. Nat S. Stevens and , Mrs. Louis C. · deRochemont. · 1.,\ . \G~v~t . May Build In Dovert Stratham, Greenlandt Durham And Hampton All towns in the Greater Portsmouth area must prepare th~mselves for defense housing developments at once, Planning Director Frederick_P. Clark warned ·last night. At an emergency meeting spon- :: ministration.' Besides that at least sored by the Seacoast Regional De· ! 600 are being constructed by privelopment association in , Durham, vate builders," he said. , the planning director of the New · Dr. Healey of the State Board of Hampshire Planning and Develop- Health discussed a suwey recently ment commission said houses might " be built in Stratham, Greenland, , completed in Stratham, Greenland, the Hamptons Dover and Durham : the Hamptons, Dover, _Durham and as well . as In Portsmouth and Kit- i Portsm?uth on_ the necessitated in· tery. , , c~ase in hom11ng. "Therefore in towns where planA sewag,e treatment plant will be n!ng boards' have not been formed installed for th~ 800 _homes to be selectmen immediately should ap- built" in Atlantic Heights by the point committees to work with the PBA, he said. . . . , · ·' t te Because · deferu,e .housmg n11JSt. .l?e Seaco~st association and the S a supplie'd swiftly,- · an<l l>ecause the Pl_an:1mg_ and. Development com~ federal governm!!nt . cannot, consult 1 m1SSion ,..to wo1k out local details. t . fte. plans have been made , Although there are 8 000 workers owns a 1 . '1 now a-t -the Portsmouth' Navy yard towns were warned that they im- j ' mediately mu{it consider develop- , Mr. Clark said the number soon able sites, decide whether they wish would be increased to 11,000 or 12,• . t w1•th! n their boundar- · 000 men a settl. emen "With· additional soldiers at Fort !es and plan to absorl> the houses af- : . · •n h t,er the emergency. Cons.t it ution, 150 fami 11es w1 _ av~ Piofessor Floy,d Johnson cliscus.sed , to move ih or ~.round . Portsmouth, thi..s "absorption" and said that l he \~CJ_ntinued .. . Thus even greater tdnce Scandinavian fish inarkets had , hOUSfDg facillt1es will be -needed in been closed', Great Bay presented . Portsmouth and surrounding towns. po~1b,lltles as a future site of canSchools, water, sanitation and r • nd processing industries. creation must be provided." ni~~e~ v. Hend,erson, president of I Defense housing has been allo- the New Hampshi·re seacoast Re· : cated on the basis that of 6,800 . gional Dev,eJopment association, workers at the navy yard ·.last fall, , J1resided. Other Portsmouth per1,500 had_to commute more than 15 50115 pre.rent were: Alvin Redtm\~es to and from work every day. dien as e x e c u· t i v e secretary, · . Under tqe United-States Housing Frank c. Remick, vice-president, · authoi:ity, 600 units were allocated Mayor stewar~ E. Rowe, Councilman ; , to . the navy yard; under the Re- Walter Harvey; M. E. Witmer, Dr. l1 construction Finance corporation, 200 io Defense- Homes corporation; : a.pd 800 to Publ!c Buildings ad- I I �o,, , on:da~O:n/~'.;1,:5• ,, . ore - - - - -- .ells,i> ., • -H•,------- H ~ Agreement Betwee'l'I Bd. And Con'tractor Permits New Work Mr. Hett: "What I am trying to _ : get at is this: if rt,here wells w.eire rdnlled differently wouldn't they be free of sahd. "Isn't there another type of well you could put in there?" Mr. Howard: "You are proposing _ an open end well. I judge that Mr. Lauman intends- to use open- end wells in · this ,.new area." Mr; Lauman: "The · new area. seems more adaptabl~... · · _ Mr. Stevens: "I believe Mr. Hett would llk~ . an opinion .on whether an· 8-lnch driv_en well or a gravel · well would work there." -Distinctly Worse . , _Mr. Howard:_ "It would ' be disi When the :rneeting--0penei shortly tlnctly worse because it. would conI after 7.30. Superintendent steveru. , centrate higher velocity in the , said; "We want to get., a supply of same -locality. We ran into this ; water for the city of Pbrtsmouith as I in the · beginning and that Is ;why !soon as_.possible. In discu.ssing this '. we recomm;n~ed driven wells._' ' problem -i n private land thinking it : Mr. Hett. Would you consider over in my own· mind, I believe ·the abandoning these 12 wells?" most efficient way would be to pro- ,· Mr. .Lauman: Tm disappointed-. f •,tJt ").. at once andl award it.eµl 2 (for i In the -procedure." Work is scheduled to ~t~r,t Monday on driving and oeed ~5 wells) ' to Mr. Lauman with inMr. · Stevens: "Regarding the new development of 15 more add1tional wells for the new:water structions that he has 30 d-ays to area, would it be an advantage to complete them in and! that on com• the city to go into the area 'with 15 supply the ci~y of Po.rtsmouth as the resulJof an agree- : pietion _of item_2- we make sugges- wells and if promising material dement signed this morn mg between C. W. Lauman & .Ce., tions as to, the liquidated · damages, -velops sink additional wells ·in that d regarding the well connections area?" · of New York and the Board of Stree,t Commissioners of the :an_ ot .item three. ·Meanwhile, he is to Mr. Lauman: "You know as well city of Portsmouth. · do e\·ery,t hing necessary to com- as I do that it's like a crazy quilt. Signatures this mornmg followed · - - - · -- ' plebe item one." _ Orie well is good, the -hext one · is 1 Given 40-Day Limit I n respon,se to a question from a three-hour session of the board Mr. no t · .y ou pu t a little sense in it last night in which details of the Under the -terms of the original Fransoso, Mr. -:t,Iowardi said that 13 and pretty soon there isn't any ' a~reement were completec!, re- contract,· 30 ,da;ys is ·given for com- wA'ls = had .met th·e spec!flcations· i n sense"• ._. gardlng the finishing of item one plet_ln~ it.am two of the contract the: first group and that there were Mr. __ Stevens: "You would be of the contract calling for 25 ac- and under · the revi£ed agreement 12 others which had a sand condi- forced to agree the-water is there?" ceptable wells and the situation in th.is tµne limit continues making tion. _He said Mr. Lauman had been Mr. Laumaxt: "Not forced to agreeregard to liquidated damages the date for satisfactory completion w.orfmg to clear it up. · ! but · glad · to agree. Preliminar»1Und_er the terms of the co~tract of all wells on April 25. . . , tests . on: three wells showed from . signed last September, the first ' At the ·meeting: last night, bhair· Another Condition 120 to 130 gallons per minute." group . of 25 wells had to be com~ 'man Fred V.- H:e_tt, Jr.,. and Ole~ Mr. Lauman i,tated there was , Councilman Gardner asked if he pleted and accepted before work Am,srico · Franso-9?,· of th·e Bo!!-r x>f I another condition further - east. "I · might ask a question, "Why aren't started on the second group. Dead- Street Commliss1onera went es• : believe," he said, "we've got two we pa.yin~ Mr. Howard just to avoid , line for completion was Nov. 18 and t ith member Ralph Atwell and wells in a, _more tr!),ct&.ble formation; ; this• ·sort of mix-up we are now after that date a clause providing en ' w , more prollflc. If this water runs 1·i n -?" charges of $50 a day for liquidated Chairman ex-officio, Mayor Stewart i in a, stTatuni wee an probably get Mr. Howard: "May I answer damages became effective E. Rowe ab.sent. Councilman Mary i l5 successful wells out of 20 drilled. ·th t?·---- Th - i_ . : o, ·Dondero represented Mayor ·Rowe , We have,two wells in and if, we can a e c ay has employed us Under the terms of the .supple-' · at the meeting. · I make, it, two more:" _ as engineers. No one has had any mentary . __agreement · signed .todaY,, In additioI_l to Superintendent of I Mr. Howard: Let's be !air and i more experience than I have had the provision not to start work until streets Nat s. steverui .and Charles I say four." In this work during the past 15 the first group of wells had been w. Spaulding or the city street d~- \ Mr-. Franmso: "I for one am fed years. I have urged that more completed was· waived . bv the city partmient, athens _present included . up on this whole thing." men and more equipment be used and Lauman was allowed to start City councilmen John-·Burkha;dt, . Mr. Laume.n: "You always have on this jo]). . The contractor could on the second group_ of 15 wells· Walter Harvey, Lewis McNeill, Fred- been." have used four to 10 times as while still completing development erick D. Gardn€(1' and Edgar Wood; - Mr. Fran100so: "I'm -still more many men .and four to--10 times as on _12 of the 25 wells of the -:f)p1t H. E. Lauman of c. W. Lauman & now. I'm fe:dl up because 50-da.ys has ; much equipment;, lie- hasn't ifi· group. . , ,'_• Co., of. New York; Herbert ~org• 1gone into seven months and the city vestigated - one-tenth of · the area." . In , place -of . the l!quipated(da,~~ , hard of the Indemn~ty Inrurance still nceI!s water. We want you to put Mr; Gardner: _"Have all- the wells ages, . ~qtber agreement s~d !Lt co., of North -'Amenca ,(bonding some men to work down th,e,re, All been drilled ni the area you laid the same , time· provides . that . 13· company :for the contractor); ,H!!.l,'· · we a'l'e -interested in _,,!s water." · out? ·Wfth four time:, ·as mainy men additional wells which Lamnan' ha's I old! Fredericks, ·. superintendent for - Mr. Hett asked Mr. Lauman_would Mr. Lauman: have been resdriven in -h is se11,rcp .:for good water Dauman here; Paul -Howard, .- o! whether he felt these were the right i tricted to the same· area. Vfill ~e ,ac!,fpted,by the city provided · Whitman & Howard, city eng!n- type of wells !or the area. Mr.· Mr. Howard:' They have all been they !!,re develQped, to ,m eet specifi.. _; eers; L." M. Pittendreigh, resident Lauman replie~: '!The , we 11 s drilled witllin the area laid out. I'll cation~. , • ! engineer for Whitman & Howaro~ shou14n.'t·· haV',e behaved as they ~ .glad to .show ·you .on the map. All _etty Solicitor Oscar Neukom and 1did.-Tbe sand -shot1ld -have -stopped,tlie; well,s are within one area but he , Frei:! V..; :a:ett. . · i comple0ly. It's a 'delicate: balanCEll h~1l'Lili\iestigitted ' One-:-tenth of •i t. . ,there,i•· . Contrac_ t Is .A-ITlended To·Speed Water F_or •City i ?f I �-- - - - · -~ - - - -- Mr;. '. :Uailman: If , we had put in ten,:crews .: rund explore that entire areiL ·instead of ten per ·cent and if we had a ratio .of 14 wells to one sucessful one our contract, of originally $14,000 would have been . ' $32,000, If we had followed the urgings of the Boa,rd and Mr. Howard, it. wotJld have cost the city $22,000. I ' suggeste!i that · certaj.n changes be. inane or. the work be abandoned I and work be paid up for $1.00 a foot, as · the number· of &uccesses to fail.ures made the project unworthy of procedure. I don't .t hink water from that area is worth $100 a gallon a ~minute. told that the only occasion that Mr. Howard said that on Mr. Lau- , the Navy might have to use an air- 1 man's figure of one good well to each port at Portsmouth would be to en- : five which he had mentioned, the able the secretary of the navy to added cost would have been only land on it in event of an emer,4,000 to the city or on the higher ratio only about $8,000. gency or rush trip to the Ports- , mouth Navy yard. ._; Mr. Stevens asked whether the discussion hadn't gotten into mathematics instead of what was to be de~1!~~e~~a~:dr:\:~~t~f done and it was then agreed to take entire country for strategical sites : a recess while Mr. Lauman, Mr. for airport developments; as a reStevens, City Solicitor Neukom and I sult of this survey, a Us.t of ap¥r. Howard .worked out details ·of :, proved ~ites was formulated but the agreement. During the interval, ;, Portsmouth was not ·included on the Mrs: Dondero held a meeting of the , . lisf as a locatifn . that would prove city lands and buildings committee I of strategic value in the defense with the o~her members of her com- 1 i program. . mittee who were ·present. After , The Navy department has no interest whatsoever in "Under the circumstances it was about an hour, the ·group returned I f · p · h d the I atiort impossible to obtain a recommendand at the suggestion of Mr. Fran- : h d I' for funds in this connection soso, · decided to wait until this ; t e eve opment O 01'! airport at ortsmout On morning when Mr. Atwell could be · War department does not even include Portsmouth as a _jfrom either the ,Navy or War de· vaIue m · .th e de fense program, · Con- glad partment.s. However, I shall be present to sign the agreements. ' I oca t .10n of s t ra t'eg1c to again take . up the matter gressman A. B. Jenks wrote The P,ortsmouth Herald today. and ascertain whether or not any. thing might be accomplished at this Publisher J. D. Hartford had sank<, he said, seaplanes had to be time along the line of your sugges._ '() asked Congressman Jenks whether used in the dangerous Piscataqua tion. It is needless to assure you of there was any p0:sibility "that river because the airport was not my interest and co-operation in through your good offices we may adequate. the premises." be able to accomplish something for ~ ~.is repl_y, Congressman Jenks If Congressman Jenks' . findings , opr municipal airport?': s~id, Sometune ago I h~d occa, remain the same, it· would appeai' ! Mr. Hartford mentioned the pre- sion . to thorough_ly go mto the that development of the Portssent lack of facilities here and the question of obtammg federal funds mouth airport will be entirely up fact that while other airports in for airport develop1:1ent at Ports- to the city, since state funds are this section were receiving iovem- mouth; the Navy department flatly not provided for such purposes ment aid, while Portsmouth had re- stated that it had no interests what· Miss Ann Williams and Miss Eveceived none. When the Squalus ever in the development of an airlyn deRochemont were the prize port at Portsmouth-in fact. I was winners in the annual DAR historical essay contest · sponsored by , Ranger chapter. Honorable mention · -was made of the essays of Gordon 1 Wilson and Dorothy Emery. 1 ' The .subject of the essay contest 1 1 was "Tales Told in an Old Portsmouth Inn," and students began · their research work during December !cir the writing of the article. The contest is open to members of the senior class of the Senior High ·school of Portsmouth. For about ~e~e_n_yea_!:~J~~-Rariger.~~~p_te1: ljas . . fN" 1,4, . . Army .And Navy Have t-10 Interest In Development Of · Portsmouth Airport Cong.r essman· Jen.ks Will Re-Investigate Status I Local DAR Essay~ Winners Named awarded · medals to the winners -of -the contest. Miss ,Williams is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Williams of 250 _ Highland street. Miss deRochemont is the daughter · of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence deRochemont of 319 Hanover street. Gordon Wilson formerly resided in Portsmouth, but now lives at Central road Rye. He is the son of Rev. and' ·Mrs. H. J. Wilson. Miss Emery is the daughter of Mrs. F. M. Emery of Greenland. Judges in the contest, which was one of the largest in · the history of the chapter, were: Miss Sally Crockett, Mrs. R. Clyde Margeson, Mrs. Fred Hayes . and Rev. Arthur A. Rauner. 'Y~~~ Growth Of Aviation Here Depends On Work By Cit-y Government ·1 I �--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' --- U.S.. To Bu.ild. 800 Homes Here ~=-,-~--,---,-,---~-,--,----, , ,. Original Figure :Is · Retained After :Additional Survey i: All To Be Built At Atlantic Heights Sectio~ Because Of Cost Of Utilities (Special To The Portsmouth Herald) Washington, D. C., March 13-Eight hundred houses will be built at once in the Atlantic Heights section of Portsmouth by Public Buildings administration it was announced today by Frank A. Vanderlip, Jr., special inspector of PBA. Plans to build 300 of the 500 homes in so·me other location definitely have been abandoned. Organize Council To · Aid Navy Yard WQrkers In F'inding Dwellings Aid for navy yard workers in seThe housing council agreed to curing living quar.tiers lo the aim of work along Jines suggested by Mr. the 1:8gional Defense Housing Loring and in close co-operation Council ?f Southern York county, with the N. H. seacoast Regional ~n o~gamzation !orme_d at a meeting , Development association and simm Kittery Tuesday mght. ilar bureaus. Burnell Frisbee of !,{lttery was The plan, as outlined by Mr. LorI ~amed c_hairm_an of the . or~aniza- , ing, call for local boards of this tion, "'.hich will aid in regJStering ! nature to be formed in every area all a!ailable ro~ms, apartment.s and I where defense housing shortages housmg facillties in the Ports- ; are reported. The local boards will mouth-Kittery area. . I work in co-operation with WashOther members of the commit- -.- - - - -- - - · - - - - - tee are Elmer Burnham, Raymond mgton and thus various sectional Hobbs and Carroll H. sterling, all offices, by mutual co-operation, wll! of Kittery; Harold Dow, Eliot; . be able to help solve emergency Harry L. Smith, south Berwick; , housing contingencies In given RaJph Matthews, Berwick; Paul area.s, it 1s hoped .. Quarrington, North Berwick· James . The group received a report that 0. MacCorison, North Berwick, ' Rear Adm. John 'w. Wainwright, and Lincoln Spencer, Kennebunk- USN, commandant of the Port.sport. . mouth Navy yard, and Comdr. A. The Kittery meeting at which the , G. Biss~t, USN, are heartily in organization was instituted was favor of any workable plans which called by William c. Loring, field the council may work out to help advisor for Homes Registration di•. alleviate the presen_t sho;tage of vision, a . federal office. housing. same utilities could the costs be spread enough to make the project possible. Principal utility difficulty '· was the sewerage problem; for a preliminary treatment plant . will -have to be installed before the sew.age -goes, into the Piscataqua. A : telegram announcing the fl.nru. decision was s11rit, to -~ay9r ~S)!lwai-t: :E, ~'\'l'We'{,,ofw!'8ftslnoul;l?, by Insl,5ector V'anqe:rl_ip ,'t9day. : )'It read: Following conferences with PBA j "P;,_·~se :E~plain. To· 'citfz~iis" : officials, the Portsmouth Planning "After co;nplete s,t udy of , . site ·board had asked the Federal ·gov,- which we have ·selected for defense , ernment to build only 400 homes housing and . making exhausting 1 on this site so that the section retest holes to determine ground con' served for the · future industrial · ditions we have . found . it •will be development of the city would not ; necessary to change.- our allotment be endangered. The board also had J 'of five hundred houses to eight bunrequested a resurvey to provide , dred as the cost of ·building our utfacts proving :that the additional utilities is so expensive due to rock 400 homes would. be needed. If 800 . conditions that 1t .w!l1-' be . necsssary homes were to be ·built a Rocking- to spread cost-over eight hundred . ham avenue site was recommended. · In.stead of five hundred houses. "The same condition would exist Need For 800 Confirmed . at the . Rockingham site. Therefore . · After consideration .of-- ,µ,iese re- a change to thts location would be quests, PBA announced •OQ. Feb. 8 equally expe~ive and would cause that only 500 of' the · propd'sed 800 , a delay ofseveral weeks. , I homes would _be built in the A-tlantic. "It is with great regret that we ' !H~lghts section. Alt~ough no de- appear to be going against some of tails were rel~ased-the resurvey ap- the exct'llent advice of your city and _p arently ·confn:-med· t!J,e_ o~igirl~L~-~ .1 _state planning commissions. Please ; timate of a need for 800 houses. · explain this necessity to your citi- . Meanwhile tests were being car• zens. I am confident we can continue ,.ried on at the Atlantic Heights &l.te to count on your co-operation and . I and the Rockingham avenue- site. goodwill in the rapid completion of . ;According to the reports of PBA this urgent defense activity." . engineers, a rock condition found at each site materially incre!l'Sed estimates on the cost of installing util!tles. All 800 Should Use Same Utilities As a result, PBA offic;ia1s decid• ed that only by building all aoo: houses wher~ they would use the 1 Rev. Jo~n Hainer ~' 01 Dies In Philadelphia : Rev. John A. Hainer died yesterday at his home in West Philadel· . phia. Mr. Hainer was pastor of the , Blockley Baptist church in West i Philadelphia and was 80 years old. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bertha Boynton Hainer, a native of Portsmouth, and one daughter, Mrs . . Andlrew Nichols, Danvers, Mass. l"U· neral services wlll be held in West 11 Philaidelphla with committal ser- ' vices in Portsmouth. I �' Ha.mptons were built : or where the name CIIJlle·. from. They refernd me -t o an old·ttmer at South Harp.;well, over 80 years .old, who to1d me 1 that at one time•· the ..flshemien had their. boat6 built at Seabrook, N. -H,. an·d sa.Ued them down to Ca.sco Bay. , ' ' He, too, described. the.se boats , lap·strake double-enders. From all the i;tories there seems to be no questilon but that all the early Hamptons were of this tY!l)e, As Sea,brook is only about five miles from Hampton, N. H., 't his was the fl1st indication I found , which showed that the name might have ' come from the latter t.own. . "Later I found that Alfred Elden of Portland, writer of fish and boat stories has some notes which he took during a conversa.tion with Mr. David Per:cy- Sennett ot Bailey's Is· · land, who was generally credited as ,y-l ergency meeting of the Portsmouth being -lthe 'father of the true-type · Ha.mpton Boat.' At that time·· Mr. ICivic Patrol for the near future to Sennett wa.s an old man, and had make plans for training here. been building Hamptons for over , Already there have been 5,000 ap- , 30 years, He said defutltely, a.c· plications for the course which . cording to Mr. Elden that the 0 ' COl!,t s $35 to defray the cost of bombs i Hampton boat got its name from and other materials etc. involved. , Hampton, N. H., where the first I In order to attend the 97-hour boats were built. course, it will be necessary to live in "All Mr. ·Sennett's early,· boam · Boston. 1 were of this same familiar double- ' , Following the Civic Patrol's motIto "rorewarned Is Forearmed", the &nded lapstr-a ke construction, but · later he bu!lt a,. square-sterned patrol! leaders say that while the chances of any American cities facGeorge A. N~lson, deputy collector Hampton. Then in 1877 he built the ing the damage that English cities of customs at Portsmouth, has Wl"it- first strip-planked square-sterned-' Hampton ever seen _1n Casco Bay. have faced is very remote, it Is bet- ; ter to train now as it takes weeks ten-on "The First Cru!Se or the Pri- This boat was such a. great imand even months of practice to vateer. Harpy" for a: new magazine provement that practically all the make experienced civilian protec;tion, devoted to maritime histor,y, "The Hamptons from then on were stl'ipunits and if disaster hit there would' American Neptune." · planked and square-sterned. It is be no time to train them then. ! ·Nelson, who has lived in Ports- . interesting to find tha~ the name of In a report by the Committee on , ; mouth for about 20 years, exhaus• boats built in Hampton, N. H., stuck Public Service Training In the ;1 tiv-eJy has studied the port of Ports- in . spite of the fact that the boats, Emergency which has just been ' 1 mouth and its early ciays. as they. were developed 1n Oe.sco Bay An immediate call by made public at Washington it was Commitllioned in New York, the were a far cry from the original President A. Richard Chase stated that while about one-seventn J Pr-ivateer Harpy captured nine ves- typ~As the dev~ment I of the .; • of State - and local employees are , .sels on its first voyage. Mr. Nelson Hampton has been going on for the of the Portsmouth C1v1c now being reached through training quo~ the s:hip'.s log to prov·e 'that past 85 years or so exclusively .ln Patrol was issued today fol- programs the committee regards her men were not as h!Story has this relatively. small b:i.y, it is no . 2ven the present programs as "in- made them, appear. wo:rioer that today few suspect its low.mg word from the idequate". Dayi by day the captain comtS'lains name originated in Hampton, N. H.'' Off ice of Emergency Man- The report states that the primary o: indolence, mutiny and drunkenPublication of the magazine Is t f th N t' l :esponsibility for _training municipal ess. made poosible I by fund.<; granted by i agemen O e a wna iff1cials, emruoyees and citizens On May 5 he writes this entry: t,h e Carnegie Corporation of New Defense Advisory commis- rests on the local authorities and ''The watch was called and ordered York. sion for immediate action in citizens but advice and assistance to exercit~ the fore top galla.nt yard . . ., . . should be furnished by Federal and ·as they were found very deficient · trammg c1v1hans for the state authorities, and that financial in sending it up previous to noon. ' protection of cities and assistance should be furnished by All the crew er-me on the deck in a t f th t the Federal government If needed n,utinous spirit and absolutely reowns o e coun. ry. Mr. Chase states that he wo~ld fused to obey my commands ••. " "In service" training, particular- like to have immediate action by Immediately preceding, another , f"ire, po1ice . members and other citizens entry s&"""': and h ea! th , pro- patrol i ..,., "A- the crew set d"wn v 1Y m tectlon has been requested by the n · respect to the part they can play to dinner ,they found i,heir pea· 59up th1 federal government and President In s home defense training. was not bolled, the _peas as hard . There were 1,117 school children Chase asks that every Portsmouth as when put in the coppers. The .I who received the Schick test during , citizen who would be interested In complaint Qf rbhhi kind to' me being I the montq of March, . it was anattending the training classes <iaiJ.y from the- crew, I ordered all nounced at the meeting of -the direcwhich start next Wednesday in hands to be called and punished the 1:tors of · the Portsmouth District Boston get in touch with him at cook with one dozen lashes on his I Nursing association this ,morning at bare back and his mate half a. dozen 134 Pleasant street. This test was once. for the neglect.'' given to children who had received These classes will be conducted Yet in a note Mr. Nelson ex- ·the consent of their parents. by experienced _fire, police and plains that although the journey . o f Miss Stella Webster and Mrs. Earl health officials under the direction the Harpy describes crew trouble Webster were named supervit;ors for of English men and women warmore -extensively than usual, Capt. April. Services of the nurse may be dens who have been actually handGriggs went through just what.most obtained by calling the office of the 1'.!ing the problems in England. Actprivateer captains did. In most in- 1 nurse between 8 and 9 and 1 and '1Hal bombs will be used In the dem1S1bances, he says, crews were unruly, o'clock, by calling . Greene.way's drUI! ol:\_strations anct. training. · ocunk ahd insubordinate. store or from the supervisors. Those trained · in these classes are Whether or not the Hampton or to o_ecome community leaders and, Hampden 'boat was n,amed for in turn, organize 1Lnd teach at loHampton, N. H ., is answered in ancal :Schools, and it Is planned to other sec~lon of this new magahave -a school here soon. :z.ine. Pn·sident Cha__se is calling an emChBl'le.9 P. Emerson answers a query: "Owning an old Hampton boat myself ancli never having been able to jw;tl!yi rbhe spelling 'Hampden' · locally, I have recently talked to · a n-;imber of ·fishermen a.round Portland about the boats. They all ,agreed tha,t the . early HaJl\ptons were double-ended and of lap-,trake construction, but . they knew 'very · little about when the ~ - Civic Patrol Issues Call For Immediate Training Of Civilians ForlGeorge .War as . ' ~ Classes In Boston Open To Folk Here l A.--Nelson ~ Descr1,bes Cruise \f Of Early Privateer I = Schick Test-Giveir~ ·ro 1,117 Children I �;· . , s,t udy City s Health, J ' _;· . ' . . ' -State• ·And Fecletal .Men- Make Survey Government . To See -W orkers Are . Protected .- · ·- WP A Aid May Be ·_ .:--'First Ste~ In ~ortsmouth / 'j'f / G).\vv\ include provisions for ,many sewer.: I age extensions to clear up _. urgent I problems of the city; provisions to ' solve health problems in connection with enlargement of water· systems and over crowding in the . .schools. Even more important ·there are indications that federal funds will be available to make these vital safeguards po.ssible. __ _ 1 Mayor Issues Call For Clean Up ' Pa'1nt ··( • p ampa1gn -_- He~lth problems in Portsmouth and vict'~ity are being '. given the most detailed study in history it was ·1earned -today. Regardless of what · measures need to be taken the Federal government has decided . that the health of its defense workers will be fully protected and the Ports- , LJ 111o_u~~ area as _part of a nationwide program is already j ,{~_c-e1ving attention. :.'; !First step in what is ~x-pec -1:.ed - to However, the _U. S. Public- Health- Portsmouth citizens were called be;' a: number of aids ls the consid- , service has gone ·. one step further : on today to play their part in .t he eratlon to be given by WPA officials and, according to Dr. John Green- Clean Up; Paint Up; Fix UJ> camwhen they' meet · in conference, to- an, d!S>trlct · representative of the palgn which wlll be held in Portsmorrow morning with City council- State Board o~ ~e!!.lth, the g9vern- mouth April 21 to 30, in a proclaroan , Walter Harvey and Supt. of ment has stated that not only will it matlon by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, 'sti-'~ts' Nat s. Stevens in Boston h'elp if the load is too ·grea,t, but it the fu!l text of which appears on -\1-ii-~iO a. m. will also take action if local or state Page Ten. The campaign prelim- I lnaries were officially opened to1,/;',Later in the day Superintendent Stevens will attend a conference of boards do not do all th at th ey can day with a proclamation _by the sewer and water works superintend- and should. · -Merchants' Bureau, '"ents,_ w,h ere national defense prob- \ Dr. 'l'ravis P. Burroughs of the In addition, letters were sent out leins will be disc~sed, by officials New Hampshire state Board of . today b_y M~yor Rowe to every orqf _other cities facmg these prob- , Health said today that ·bis depart- i ganlzation m _ the ~ity of P01:t.s- j iems,. and :With -?tate, regional and ment was co-operating b<;>th vt\th '.11outh r~questmg thell' C?-operation ; f&ieral . officials who will be pres- the federal government and the m _ working on . the Adv1SOry com- I ent. I Portsmonth o!fic!als\in working out mitee. and havmg a _repre~ntative , It ls hoped that out _of this con- these problems. at the general meetmg which has I ference can be worked details of a , Dr. Charles Howard of the board been called by Ajp~rt W _o_o!!60 n, WPA project for the new Sher- said that Engineer -Lecina:td -Trager· chairman of the Community De· burne ·road sewerage system, where- of the board, who has been in velopment committee, in charge of by' the WPA w.111 pay between 80 Portsmouth on several occasions the campaign for the Portsmouth and 90 per cent of the cost. Ten- was continuing to work on prob- Merchants' Bureau. tative plans have been completed !ems here. The Adivlsory committee qf which ~or · a sp~cial meeting of <th~ Ports-- In Booton, councilman Har'{eY Mayor Ro,we is honorary chairman mouth city council which will be and superintendent· ·stevens : will and John Hopley, general chairman l'leld ¥riday night to receive the re- confer with Dr. Joseph Bolton of w111 be held at city, hall next Thursport · from Councilman Harvey and the United states Public Health day at 8· p. m. and it is hoped that Superi_n tendent Stevens. service who has been . studying eevry organization In the city will 1n its defense plans the federal Portsmouth needs. ,. ·-. - - ,-, _ - ' be represen1:ied. If by, some chance gQvernment, through the United Here in Portsmquth Dr. , George a.ny organization - is inadvertently ~teffe. Public Health service1 _has A. Tredick, chairman of the Boatd ' omitted from these informed by ~ted :that if local boards of !lealth of Health and either members ·of letter by Mayor Rowe, the organizarf, '. 'un_ab}e · to- cope with the vrob- the board have held several c_on- \ tion is ~ques~d to send a repreejh-s :pre-sented by defense workers, ferences with state and federal .of- ' sentativie an~ay,, . ; :I\at,.- stal;e ·1;>oa.rds-of "health,--wilfoT ficials to provide facts ·• necessatY Organization of the Acl!vlsory com• ¥~1-W,a~~ist. _ Shoul\i these, too, for surveys. lmittee w~l be doescrdbed tomorrow. _ ,Prove inadequate dire¢t assiJ1tan~ 'There is a possibility that out of :of the federal government ls con- this will come a comprehensive templated. health pla.n -for the city ·which w!ll ; . i . ' Army ·Asks City Pay P·art Qf Cost iOf N-ew Water ~·- M-ain For Forts :r~ Whether Portsmouth w!ll help financially in supply4lg the- harbor Idefenses of Portsmouth with more : water will be decided at a special Lmeeting of the Board of Street commissioners With United States Army engineers. Because fire protection would be ' impossible if, as in the summer, not only Fort Stark, :<Fort constitution an·d Camp Lang9on werl) drawing water .but also New·,. Castle residents and the Hotel Wentworth, Cap~ain James Collins, of the United States Constructing Quarter~asters corps . has requested city co-operation in laying a 12-inch water main from · approximately the front of the residence of Harry Stewart to and connecting into the eight-inch main 1 at Sagamore avenue. · Superintendent· Stevens told the b<;>ard last night · he haa explained that financial assistance from the City of Portsmouth .was unlikely. On motion of Chairman Hett it was decided that Superintendent , Stevens , tell the Quartermasters corp at Camp Langdon to contact the board chairman for decision on a meeting date. , I I �ay Pay 90o/o ~sewerage- / in the state legislature which w~~ld WPA Likf ly tO DO Job Here;U. S. Public Health Service .~at~s Vfork ADefense Necessity enable cities and towns to charge for -sewerage service. Mayor Robinson said that Laconia and Coli.cord · were interested in passage of 1 the bill and that he understood/ Portsmouth had a , similar problem. He urged that Portsmouth send a Idelegation to the hearing. the Rubbish, Schools And Park Problems · Referred to the clty solicitor to draw up in proper form an ordin·ance was the ·outline of rules and regulations regarding rubbish· removal which had been approved by the Board pf Street Commissioners. Superirttendent Stevens said ·they .were designed to keep the costs of removal down to a reasonable figure and that he felt the quantities-were fair but would welcome any suggestions. Plans for a layout regarding the Mrs. Dondero said that Bhe hoped ~tlantic Heights school particularly while sewerage problems were be- in regard to streets and playgrounds ing considered that the problem on were referred to the Board of Street Central avenue woul<li be solved. She Commissioners on the grounds that I said that o:esidenrts of that section since the PBA was making plans had made many request.s to her for for an addition to the school there action when th,e Beeohwood street in connection with its 800 home rewerage was ext.endled, in accord- project, the entire matter should be a.nee with orders of the State Board reviewed · after consultation with t'-nQ of Healtih. · PBA. ' 1 U~ ~ \ This was referred ,to the SuperinA request that the city take some P 'b T t h p •tendent of Streets who stated that action in 'preserving its World War 0551 I .. y t at ortsmouth ma_ y have 80 to 90% of plans were being made for this Memorial on the triangle at the the. cost of its new $27,000 sewerage paid through a WPA all area and that these plans includled Plains was received from, the Amt I d of Central avenue. e!ican Legion and Auxiliary and proJec. was _revea e last_night at a meeting of the city Referred to the city .wijcitor to , signed by Mrs. Lee~ Rint~.' chaircounc,I ~t C!ty hall w_hen· Mayor Stewart E. Rowe read a work into final form was the agree~ man of the Community service comcomm t f D J ment approved "in principle" -by l mitt~e. · un,ca. ion rom r. osep~ Bolton of the United the city, council and ne;ense Homes Letter was also signed by comStates Public Health Service suggesting such a plan. corporation whereby Defense homes mander John c. Gamble of the will reimburse rt.he city if future Fed- Fr~k E. Booma Post and by Mrs. In his l~tter Dr. Bolton, who is Harold . E. Gerber, president e,nd ual legislation would: have made ,All~e Jameson, president of the Liason officer for the First . Corps terasurer of the Hampton Develop- poosible a grant to have pai<li for auxiliary and by Charles Black, Area, ,stated that sewerage for the , ment corporation told the council the new se.werage ext.ension. · senior vice commander of the post. 100 defense homes and erection of ~hat he was developing a $750,• In co1:1nectio_n with Defense The letter stated that the 25 names a comfort station in the city were 000 project which would mean about homes, City Solicitor Oscar Neukom that were pfaced on trees in memconsidered defense necessities and $15,000 a. year to ,the cit? in taxes.. 1-ead the detailed agreement where- ory of there men had been so long that under the circumstances prior- H .d 'th t his t • 1 by Def,ense homes advanced t\ie . neglected that man ywere missing ity could be ob~ained through the · e sai · a proper Y was on- , cost of the materials for the wa- or dilapidated. · 200 Corps Area Commander General fri~.rot~ a ~erage oonnec- · tct system in its development to be Superintendent Stevens said that Woodruff. _on an a e ,J.UAJI requested as- " . ---:--- - - : -,-- .. - - - - - --- - he had some concrete markers at , No location was mentioned or sug- 1~imance on Jan. 23 and to date noth- 1 .epa1d out of future water ea,,rn- the city yards for some of th gested for a comfort station but -in mg had been don~. . ~ngs. The total coSt of th e pro- names but that he did not have :~: · a conference held with Mayor Rowe . Mr. Gerber said ~at his land Ject ".'as eetimated at about_ $15,- complete list. He said that he would , Dr. Bolton had stated that the pub- "!as not acliapbed to septic tanks or 000 with about_.half for materials. get the complete list before th lie health service working on nation- nle bea disposal and that unless a Mayor Rowe read a letter from next meeting of the city counci~ I al defense problems felt that such a sewerage connection could be ob- De~en.se Home,,_ stating . that fol- and bring in an estimate of cost of station was needed in Portsmouth tained, he would have to abandon loding the _previous meeting of the putting the memorial park i to As a result of this communica~ the project and go to Exeter. He city_ council Defense Homoes had per condition. n protion, a resolution to autho ize $25 _ said already $115,000 had been ~et its contract and work was start. - - · - ,. r a _ , ~ spent. Mr. Gerber sard that he . mg March 28 (yest.erday) and to be 000 bond issue for permanent sewer- would put in all the sewerage within , :finished within four months. age construction was tabled until a the boundaries of his own property , Elwood F. Abbott of 469 Dennett committee can confer with Dr. Bol- and take ca,re of it. He said that street wrote the council asking if ton and obtain all the information work had: been forced to stop on his something couldn't be done to stop and forms necessary to qualify for project at present waiting a deci- :flooding his land which .he said had WPA. sion from the city, been flooded 22 times in five years. Following a vote of the council superintendent of Streets Nat s. He said that previous floods had so that a committee be appointed, Stevens sai{b that the problem at ruined his stock that he had been Mayor Rowe named Councilman Maplewood Acres was a riqge tha.t forced out of business and that Walter R,. Harvey and Superinten- ieiatemied across Woodbury and · flooding still continued. He said he dent of Streets Na,t S. Stevens to go Maplewood avenues and prevent.ed had asked the Board of Street to Boston and obtain all the infor- a gravity extension of the present Commissioners to take action and mation needed. On their return a sewer line to the property. He ,pre- that nothing had been done. special meeting of the council will nented a map of the property, showSuperintendent ·st.evens said that be called to take immediate action. ing the way drainage on the land the flooding had existed long bewent and indicate·d the low point fore Mr. Abbott bought the property on the southern side of the develop- and that an investigation had shown ment where .a pump could be in- that the cost of stopping these st~lled to f?rce sewage over the storm floods was far grea~r than .. Mayor Rowe is to appoint a com- bridge and mto the Woodbury ave- the damage involved. The·c1ty counmittee of three t·o report back at .the nue sew_er system. ell voted to refer the reques~ back n~xt ;tµee~ing · of the city council Counc1lwoma,n · Mary C. Do_n · 1 to the Board of Street Commissionregarding c_o13 ts and plans for pro~ · ·uero then motioned that a comnut- ers for investigation and report. .vjqin~ ~ sewerage cpnnection , ~t / tee of three be appointed to rep0rt Accepted and placed on file was M.1!-RlliWQbd , · Mres,- former . Ftarill: at ,the next meeting on the c~t, anl:l 1a letter from Mayor Robinson W. 'J6ries·esta.te:"·~ · ···-.- .•:,!,:;''..~.r-- ·,.-- .' i·t was· voted. • Smith of Laconia stating that a hearing was schedufod for the bill u Station. For c I·ty Als~ rged . Comfort As Vital. COUnCI I COnSI..ders •· ro1ects During Se vera I Sewerage P • . . . . , LOng Se55IOn -· t I I Make Plans - For . 'other Sewerage Pro1ects �Rescue Loca l an A t Sea Richard Priestly Among 22 Persons Saved When Oil Tanker Explodes uated f~•om the Portsmoutl". High school in 1928. Summers he was a fireman on the Sightseer running io the Isles of Shoals. Later, he visited Portsmouth on several occasions while in the engineering department of the Collier Berkshire. After several years with Gulf Oil and the Luckenbach Lines he joined Cities Service ten years ago, and four years a.go became chief engineer. He has a wife and three daughters. - - - - Yh.J1. 5 Ships Seek 19 Missing Other Portsmouth Boy Near Another Portsmouth boy, Leslie E. Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Cook, 491 Broad street, is on the high seas not far from the Cities Service Denver. He is a ma! chinist on the Cities Service Boston, ' whi'ch is sailing north from Port Arthur, Texas. Associated Press reports described the accident and rescues as follows: The tanker Pan-New York re•ported she had rescued 17 officers and men and said a third tanker, thew: w. Bruce, had picked up five other survivors. The missing men were believed to have been in the forward part of the Cities Service Denver when the explosion occurred at 11 p. m.EST, ' last night the Pan-New York said Five co~st guard craft were di~patched to the scene about 100 ii ff t ' m es o shore, he W. W. Bruce was standing by the stricken vessel ·1 Off N.C. A former Portsmouth boy, Richard N. Priestly, whose mother and family live at New Castle, was one of 22 men rescued when explosion and fire damaged the oil tanker Cities Se!·vice Denver 80 miles South of Cape Looko out, N. C., at 11 p.m. Ias t . ht n1g . Nineteen seamen were still reported missing today by the As· sociated Press as search continued for wreckage of the 9,316 ton tank• er. cause . of the .explosion V:hich occurred m the forward part of the 468-foo1; vessel as she was making a routine trip from <:orpus Christi, Texas,_ to Philadelphia was still undetermmed today. · T O Be S t . . Coa~t uard e~ane , were oi d ' at Elizabg th c·f / C P ·t?e . daybreak eta sta~f'tor.th~• C~½'als~~.~ vice Denver's side and anoth~r pl ne be' 'd'1 ct t Fl "ct B:nnet;a:ield mJe-r~">eafo a a possf~e rescue flight. Rescued by Ure Pan-New York, due in Beaufort, N. c,, at 7 a. m., Radios Wife of Safety were Chief Engineer Richard Chief Engineer Priestley, who at Priestley; First Assistant c. Mat30 is the youngest chief engineer thews, Second Assistant N. Ste·e·n, on the Atlantic .-;eaboard, radioed Third Assistant J Hunt Chief Ofhis wife on Highland .;,tTeet, Wal- ficer G. Desimon~ and 'Third Offi· laston, M~s~., last, night that he cer N. Larsen. Also crew members had been rns~ued by the Pa11-New s. Hogge, J. Kerns, J. Poulsen, J. York and was _due a~ Beaufort, Cartwell,,A. Morgan, L. North, R. N. c ., this mo::;1mg: Mrs. Pri~s~ley_ Fritz, w. Campbell, c. Infante, A. called her brov,Jer•m~law, . ':V1ll1alll. Stabell and o. Degerstedt. Priestley here last n!gnt. C111ef EnThe w w Bruce saved Captain gineer Priestley's 1:1other, Mrs. John s~xon' Second Officer C Hecto_r P.nestley wa;s mformed thls Heath, Radi; Operator R. Gougl~ mormng when it was certa,in he was and seamen J. Skeviks and E. Sansafe., . . ders. Ch1e! Engllleer Pnestley grad• Plane 1 t The Cities Service Denver's home port was New York, but she r,egularly plied the Philadelphia-Corpus Christi run and was due in Philadelphia Thursday or Friday. Captain Dameron Meekins of the U. S. coast guard at Beaufort Inlet reported today that 17 survivors of the Cities Service Denver had reached Morehead City, N. C. Harold L. Marshall, brother, 25 South street, New Yorlt City. Fireman Manuel Camben, no ad· dr.ess or relativ,es; Fireman James , W. Halpin, father, 2522 Rose street, • Nashville, Tenn. Wipe,: Juan Alvearez, care Roman Rodriguez, 57 Fleet street, Boston; Wiper -,a-rover C. Newcomb, mother, Madeline, 19 Baxter lane, Quincy, Mass. Mostly New Eng"lanclers Messman George w. Reid, sisThe. tanlcer sailed_ from Corpus ter, Mrs. Fowler, 168 Sheridan aveGhr1I:t1 March 19 w1,t1r a crew con- nuc, Medford, Mass.; Mess-boy Rob~isUng 11:ostly of p_ew En~landers. ert H. Stanton, mother, Cora, 170 The National Mantmre Uluon Hall ,I Mulberry street Fall River Mass. at Ccrpus Christi lJSted only four 1' ' ' cNwmen: J. Halpin, L. Reekast, J. i DaTi:yvoa101df Wth~ CsaumrvP1.bveol1~s· w~r·e· badly I • '" '" bur·nect. They were liste'd as Wenfield Campbell, Portland, Me,, and Oscar · Degerstedt, two Harbo•rs, Minn. They we1,e taken to the Morehead City hospital. Campbell and Degerstedt were araong 17 survivors picked up from I 1ifcbo;1t..s by the tanker Pan-New , York. They wer,~ transferr•ed to a I Coa,,t Guard boaL which brought I them ashore. None of the other 15 men v,as injured : . . I List Missing . , The company listed these 19 men ; as missing: (Adaresses are thos,e of the neare.~t of kin) : ' Boa~wam Lawrence 'I . Reekas t, tl , Cl . "tina f 115 Birchwood 11 !? rer' ~n_ . a,enue, a:-..st weoymouth , Ma~s ~ ,, able-bodied seaman Antonio Barna• oz, wife, 32 Fleet street, Boston; able-bodied seama.n Carlton B. Gil· , dersleeve, brot,Mr, 4667 North Ash· , land avenue, Chicago; able-bodied I seanrnn Joseph F. Stanton, wife, I Rosalind , 170 Mulberry street, Fall , River, Mass.; able-bodied ,sieaman ! James M. Tarr, .s-ister, Mrs. W1lliam Whrteman, 301 Allston &Lreet, Brookllne! Mass.; able-bodied seaman Ph1hp ~- Stevens, mother, M.abe!, 6804 D1ckmson st1">eet, Milwauke.e. Ordmary seaman John Dally, mo ther, Marie, 4227 Kindall avenue, Hazel Park, Mich:; ordinary seaman Alexander _Potoski, mother, Rose, 1154 Bonn-et street, OJ~ Forge, Pa,; Oiler Irvmg F. Fraz1qr and his brother, Charles W., a wiper, sons of Sara Frazier, 2 Vinton avenu-e, Braintree, Mass.; Oiler Harold R. Hessler, sister, Mrs. Schmiddse, 16128 Turner aven~e, Detroit;_ Oil· er Lee Parkman, sister, at Umvers• ity hospital, Augusta, Ga.; Oiler �" Priestley Tes.ti fies .t .o ·-Hear: Rep·o'.r t At.Hearing On ,..II\ ·Monday on ··sewer Tanker Blast ~ I Chief Engineer Richard N. .Priestley, Portsmouth, testified yesterday before a US Bureau of Inspection and Navigation on the Cities service Denver explosion '!i::t which 20 persons died. . Mr. Priestley, who was one of :!2 saved when the oil tanker burst into flames Ia.st Monday 80 m!les south of . Cape Lookout, · N. C., agreed with Capt. .John Saxon in New York yesterday 'that there were no "un-American activities" before the fire: "rt was a very good crew." -.:. Priestley said he was about to ' light a cigaret in his cabin wh.e n • the explosion "shook the ship." . "I s');eppe,d fro~ my, room to t):le : main deck," he said. "The ship : seemed to come up by the stern. I looked forward and everything was a big red glow.'; ,· , On the Port side of the deck, Priestley said he found· the quartermaster, who later died, ba;cl.ly burned. ''Everybody.'s dead. Every,bOdy's dead," the quartermasu:r. told him, Priestley said. The chief engineer testified that af-t er dragging the quartermaster and another injured man to a •life·· ·,boat, he returned to the engine room wherie he ordered water and tteam turned on in an effort to s-top the fire. . To the question "would you say it was an oil fire?" Priestley repl).ed "Yes; I would·." · . · Chief Engineer Prlest}~y, wl;J.o ~at: 30 is ,the youngest chief engineer on the Atlantic seaboard, is a former Portsmouth man. His mother and family now live in New Castle. After th~ explosion, he radlioed his wife in Wollaston that he had been saved by the Pan-New York. She called her brother-in-law,- William Priestley ·here and he notified his mothe'l', Mrs. Hector Priestley. · Financing Here I • • st t C Discuss Future Plans . An anniversary program was pre- brariclied candlestick signifying the sented in the Middle street Baptist spread of the light of the Gospel chapel last evening by the Women'!! during the period. Missionary society, whose presiThe angel of the churches was dent, Mts. Bertha Junkins, was in represented by Mrs. ,Anna Bennett. - ---- - - ·· ·i Mrs. Junkins also placed memorial . charge. H commemorated the 70th names on a poster of another sevenanniversary of the founding of the branched candlestick each flame Woman's American Baptist Foreign . signifying the gift or' $5 towards a Mission society in 1871. : national fund of $70,000 being reised Each decade of history in the to strengthen the work and give it work of this missionery society was · "a 'f\eW le~e on life," which is the represented by a local member at- 1 name given to the anniversary protired in a costume appropriate to : gram used. · the period she represented. Mrs. · Ladies from the Peol)le's Baptist Lilla Moses, Mrs. Belle Wright, Mrs. church sang spirituals and. a duet Della Dixon, Mrs. Flora Mc¥ullen, J .was sung by Miss Mar;; "Brown and Mrs. Ruth Davison, Mrs. Madge • Mrs. Edna Claus durmg the pro- • Hutchins and Mrs. Lillian Carter I gram. A silver offering was re- : each told of one 10-year period and I ceived. · the achievements made and then , lighted a candle in the seven- ----- -~-- I. · A special meeting of the Ports- 'agreement between Defense. Homes mouth city council has been defln- 1corporation. and the c:jty regarding itely set for Monday evening at 7.30 I advance payment for materials to p. m. to receive the report of the : be · used in supplying water, which committee which is in Boston today ; made plans for · a fufore· ·meeting , conferring with WPA officials re- ' April 25 when bids for materials garding making the Sherburne road for the coming year and for a new : sewerage connection a WPA project roof on the brick building at the in which case between 80 and 90 'city yard will be opened. per cent of the cost will be paid. On water problems, City Solicitor As a result of a vote of the Board O~1car Neukom pl"esented to the · of Street Commissioners last night, full board which was present, the . Fred V. Hett, J.:r.L accompanied ·; as -b~ing d.ti!led · was-· producing Councilman Walter · Harvey and Su- ; »IOme excellt!ht wells wlth a r&portperintendent of Streets Nat s. Ste- : er.i draw-'Clown ot betw~n two and vens on the trip today. After the i five feet and indications . that the conference this morning, the com- 115 wells might be complet~d by midmittee attended sessions of the ·New ; dla ot next w~k. England Sewerage and Water · Mr. Stevens asked tf the 15 were Works Superintendents being held ; completed to have an additional 10 in Boston today and tomorrow. · ! drilled if the area would stand it, At the same conference today, it : ab provided urtdet the extra work is planned .to take- up the matter 1 0l!iU~e. Chairman Hett said that of the Beechwood street sewerage 1there wouldi undo.ubteiy be an extra and Central avenue extension· with m~t.lng bY the time they were fin· ' WPA o~icials to s_ee whether· that ishedi and d~cl&lon oou!d be made I ! can be tied in with defense projects. then. . • 1 Mr. Stev•!ns read a. letter to the j bonding company concerning a .soree OfflffllSSIOnerS ca,lled "gehtleman's agrEetnen.t;' be· : tw&an himse!t and H'at<>ld FrederLaume.n forema,n, 1n reply to , In addition to sewerage problems, ick.s. 11, telegram from •the bond4ng com- ; the Board of Street commissioners pany Which stated that Stevms and ' at its meetiiig last . night discussed : Fredericks had · agrMd on an ac• about a dozen routine matters and ceptab,Ie ~19.ndi content for the first t ~board sign-ea.- - · - · - - -group of wells; Mr. Stevens in hi!i Superintendent St.even.s reported letter sta.te~ no .such agreement· on the city's new wells saying that existed,. The telegram and lett:£-r t he new section of the area which were filed. Saptist •Missionary Society Marks· 70th Anniversary -· Sewerage ·~, Certified Y : As· Defense Necessity City Officials Confer With _WPA In Boston Today · I .. I The proposed Sherburne r~ad . sewerage has been certified a.s a defense necessity ·by the First Corps area of the army, according to a letter • received . today by ·supeJiin• tendent of Streets Nat s. Stevens from Dr. Joseph Bolten, medical director of the United States Public Health service and !iason officer of the First· Corps area at the Army base, Boston, Mass. Dr. Bolten said tp.at certification had been made by · Coionei Reddy, First Corps Area surgeon and that he· would be in · Portsmouth at the city·· yards, at 10.30 am. :Wednesday with WPA Engineer McFadden to confer on the ·necessary appllcation forms - for a WPA project. . As State WPA Engineer Fred Coleman at Manchester already· has stated that •if certification could· be obtained the , proJect would be approved, what · remains is merely to compl_ete the formalities . Conferring with these .officials will be the city council Community Development committee which was appointed by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe after a council vote to handle the matter. Members are: Chairman Joseph 'M. Katkin, Frederick D. · Gardner and Walt er R.. H arvey. At the..:..~r.ptlse_cicy:~cauncil meek i J_ng on Friday Supe'rintend'ent . ~t.e.- • I vens, who attended at the request of councilman Gardner, explained that it -had been estimated that 75 men could complete th·e project in . about three months. In all about, 4,503 man days would be required, he said. , Mr. Stevens told how plans were discussed with Dr. Bolten and Dr. Meyers of the Public Health service and with Engineer Leonard Trager of the New Hampshire State Board of Health. At the meeting Friday night it was voted that the city clerk was to publicize the fact that all certified WPA workers -i n the greater Portsmouth area would be eligible to secure work on the proposed sewerage project. �,; - . - -- - --·- TrClffic On By-Pass . .. .. 'N~ed Ambulclnce - At ·Corner Of Bridge Approach, Woodbury Ave., Board Told . . Stevens Expresses Hope Danger·Can_. Be Eliminated-Plan Conference Wi-th ·Bridge _ Authority _ _ _ _ _ A-~-~ - - --- ... . - .. - - Shifting Lanes Of,Traffic - 1'741 - The n'~rrow lanes of Strawberry Bank Re-echo to the dismal clank Of leaden bell, as Goodman Raynes Herds in his cattle from "the Plains". \ That . "an ambulance" should be s-tatio.ned at the W_oo-dbury avenue intersection of the new by-pass highway and t~at a "h~spital" should be placed at the Lafayette road _1ntersect1on of the new by-pass were opinions'· expressed last night at a meeting of the Board of Street commissioners held at city hall. ·of Hope that dangerous conditions i Clerk Ameir,ico Franso.so the 1 on this ·bY-PBM. coul-& he eliminat- board sai-di that. the. Maplewood ed ·w118 · expres.sed by Superintendent avenue and the Woodbury avenue . of streets Nat s, Stevens who told situations were dangerous and : the board that plans had been I something should ·be done before ' made for a. conference with bridge ,some ,o~e wiu, serious!~ injured or offici~ls at the next meeting of the : killed, He suggested that an ambuMaine-New Hampsh:il'e Intel'\Sltate i lance be stationed at the WOOdbury Bridge Authority. I avenue intersection. Mr. Stevens told the <;Pmmission- I Chairman. Fred V. He-tt said that .ers- that by refusing to accept the , if an ambulance was needed at the approaches on the new by-pass ! Woodbury avenue Intersection then highway, the city had, done all it I ther.e should -oe a ,hospita1·-at the coula at the moment but there was Lafayette roa'd inter.section and a · question whether the release cited a number of Instances of nar· wh1ch the city gave in exchange I row escapes from colllsions and for. a ca,sh settlement on claims perroll.9 taking the wrong roads. covered all the problems that have ,I arisen since. · I The plaintive squeal of wooden hub ("Ay, there's the rub"-alackadayl) Arouses "Old Be-elzebub" -musing on oats . .• . on oats ... and hay ••• He gives a sort of startled neigh ..• and wrecks the Deacon's one-horse shay! • 1941 • Sleep - shattering trucks and thundering vans (Fruits of the Devil's work - - - and man's) Rocking-alas I-the Rockingham, They pass - - • and never give a damn I In vain, the all-inviting bridge, Newly erected on the ridge, (Perfect, alike in place and planPerfect, in graceful _a rch and span-) Offers a shorter better way - A pillar of fire-by night and day. In vain, each level lane holds out Its velvet welcome to the mass - In vain, its safety stifles doubt; . With skillful pass and counter-pass. The penny-wise, pound-foolish folk, Who choose congested, cheaper way, Regard mere safety as a joke - - · Forgetting there's the Devil to pay. • • But time will bring its tidal flow - Each day will mark a record run - • And, steadily, rich profit show For each and every purril}g ton. Af-i.\ -i;+\ ' .. ' i \ I I �Council Session Scheduled Portsmouth Tonight To Receive Report Population ° Acted On Last Friday '~ ; ~!,.!!"}p~;:~~~~~ ... ,/' 1 1 by the Board of Appraisers. This requesting the right to transfer ; i.s an increase of approximately 1,800 over the federal census. Thi$ centaxi licenses from Hislop Garage ' Co., -to Hislop Taxi Co. On mosus, taken during February, was to tion of Councilman Lewis M. Mcdetermine the number eligible for Neil the petition was granted. poll taxes this year. On ·motion of Councilman McNeil Authorized by the city council It was voted that $100 be donated to at its mee·tlng Jan. 23, the assessors the Brockton Fire Relief fund and started the census Feb. 4. Eight (! 1:. I J\_ that a letter of condolence be sent census takers qegan their duties / As the WPA sewerage report Secondly, does merely having one with It. and everything was completed on which was scheduled for presenta- door o! the council chaamber open On motion of Councilman Edgar Feb. 21. Since that time the names tion at the city council meeting to- make It public, or does the law, by L. Wood It was voted to 5€nd a lethave been tabulated and filed. night was made at the "surprise" requiring It shall be public, mean ter of thanks to Supt. of Schools It 1.5 l>elieved that the total popumeetintg of the city council held as it does at public hearings that Harry L. Moore and to the High lation within the city limit-6 is last Friday night many persons due notice l>e given the public as School band for turning out when larger than the above figure, as in were wondering today what busi- far in advance as possible by all the 37 seleectees left. some instances names of children ness the council would have to dis- the ordinary means of publicity? were not included. However, the On motion of Counc!Jman William cuss when it met at city hall topurpos~ of the c·ensus was to obtain At the "surprise" meeting Friday, H. Palfrey It was voted that the night at 7 :30. names eligible for poll taxes ancl in addition -to the report of Coun- $246 left from the 1940 bond issue One thing seemed evident from cilman Walter R. Havey and Supt. for renewal of sti-eet light boxes be this resulted in approximately 1,000 several comments heard and that of Streets Nat S. Stevens there transferred to the street light comadditional names. was that the question of what con- were several other minor Items of m!ttee for permanent improvements stitutes a legally called and held business. of street and traffic Jigh1s. public city council meeting would A Jetter was received from Miss Councilman Palfrey submitted a be discussed. Florence Lucey, who claimed that list of all houses owned by the city There will be two points of con- her coat was torn on a parking and on motion of Councilman John tention involved. First, if a ma- sign on Congress street in front of Burkhardt it was voted to refer jority of the city council have a Arthur's Diner. She valued the the list to ihe council committee right to call a special meeting coat at $61.50 . On motion of on lands and buildings to confer without consulting the mayor can Councilman Burkhardt the matter with the custodian of city-owned Louis deRochemont, Newington, they call it by getting together and was referred to the committee on property and find out what t.he producer of the March of Time, wa& voting to have it, or does it have claims. rents are and whether they can l>e awarded the Patriotic Service cross to oe clled in the sme manner that A petition was received from the collected. of the United states Flag associathe law prescribed that a mayor Hislop garage, by Ralph T. Wood, tion yesterday a t a luncheon atmust call it, which is by written notended by more than 400 persons tice to each member at his usual prominent in business and governplace of abode? ment at the Advertising club of New York. The award, which invests Mr. deRochemont with the title Knigh t of on Wednesday, April 2, asked to t.!1e Flag and carries life memberhave a meeting of the finance comship in the Order of the Flag, the mittee Friday, April 4. Mrs. DonLegion of Honor of the United dero said that although she was States Flag association, was previce-chairman of the committee the sent~d by Colonel James A. Moss, first time she had heard about it president -general of the association. was on Friday. "Men of the FBI-1941," the latest On a roll call vote the next meetMarch of Time film depicting the Reports were th? .subject of busi• the records of the meeting Friday ing of the city council was set for work of the Federal Bureau of Inness at the special meeting of the were available to the public there April 16 at 7.30 pm. with Mrs. Donvestigation In fighting espionage city council which was held at city was no need to go over it again. dero the only dissenting vote. and sabotage in defense industries hall last night, with the entire At the opening of the meeting today, was previewed at the lunchcouncil present except Councilman Mrs. Dondero repeated her charges eon following a talk on the developJohn Burkhard~. w110 was ill that the meeting Friday night was ment and progress of the FBI by Minutes of the previous meet- illegal. She also stated that the Louis B. Nichols, administrative asing were accepted without reading council had violated its own rules sistant to FBI director J. Edgar after Councilman Frederick D. 35 and 40. Rule 35 requires that exHoover. r•' ,. , ( Gardner had stated that they had penditures of money shall have two all been reported in The Ports- several readings and Rule 40 rel mouth Herald and the records we1~ quires that no standing rule or oravailable at the office of the city der shall be repealed or amended cJ.~rk for any one who might desire without one week's notice being · to see them. given. She said the council should Councilman Walter R. Harvey re- Jive up to its own rules or discard ported that notice or certification them. of the Sherburne road sewerag,e proCity Solicitor Oscar Neukom was jec_t had been received . from Dr. asked to give an opinion as to the Joseph Bolten of tlJe U111t0 d S tates right of the council to call a meetPublic Health se1·v1ce. ing and stated that in his opinion Councilman Ha1·vcy also reported a majority of the city council had that needs for sewerage connection I: a right to call a meeting on its own Lo Maplewood Acres hacl been inves- initiative at any time. In response Ligated by the committee appointed to a question by Mrs. Dondero he Saturday and that the committee said he had been asked to gi~e a ~greed that. t_here was no n~ed to ruling on that point three days bemclude prov1S1011 for. that proJect at fore the meeting was held Friday this time. night. Councilman Gardner said that alCouncilman Gardner said that rethough the meeting had been called gardless of Rule 40 or any other to receive a report from Councilman rule there was unfortunately nothHarvey and Superintendent of Ing to prevent a majority of the Streets Nat s. Stevens that this had city council from holding a meeting been covered at the meeting Friday at midnight in Brackett field. night and also in The Portsmouth He said that due to the urgency Herald of Thursday night and since of the sewerage problem he had as both the Portsmouth Herald and chairman of the finance committee What Constitutes PU b 11•C Meeting Due For Study Louis de Rochemont Gets Special Award City Council Hears Reports On Problems Of Housing I �----~,t:•: 1C ', .l npjitlli'~ ,--:~~· - - . --- C , · v · / 1· C Gr··o u:p; s : o t5t'.udy ~-uefense· .'-ost• · · 0 p~ n· :D'r 1·-v· A t CI•t y Ha 11. ~ c~t:,\ :.·• :. - .. _· ,-~ -' ~ ·rZ·,ftt~~t :1•;.:~ . ~.,fJ~'.Jf)( ~·- ~·1t~: : >. rl, I · l :;, - ,: • r . · . ·e· Portsinouth:s ' ~oard - of S:reet.1to the meeting whether . : ::un. ' · commi~sioners worried · 1ast night , ell's super-defense-planning com- , about· _getting · government aid to I mlttee had given any "serious con- I ,Jjelh\ tliis. city survive the national , slderatlon" to getting- government , · defebse emergency, decided ·. to !help for Portsmouth. . ' _I · buckl~,;down to its own problem.' i Bridges and· Tobey were named, then . Sul)-erintendent of Streets Nat Harvey mentioned Governor Blood ., I Stevens - ls· .working on his highway as a good person from· whom to get . . ·. ·· · ·' 0 ·:grobably get just the necessary I letters of recommendation ·and in·aniount." ! troduction to officials in Washing___________ ').\v :( ~lph Atwell started the discus- j ton. , . 0 ,slciiv 'after Clerk America Fransoso "Well,!' said Clerk Fransoso, "why : "W'II y HI ) • 1 ·ii~d\, ._r.ead in full Sll,tJ~rintendent doesn't the Board · of Street com~ OU e P· · .f )" Stevens' report · on his trip with . missioners do something abo1,1t seeClean-up-fix up-paint up-beaut, y. · Councilman Harvey to see Dr. Jas- ing someone in' Washington to get That was the theme as 35 representatives of social; ; -~ph. Bolten which resulted in certl- money?" · : · • h ·1 · 1 ,ftci\:tion of the Sherburne road sew"I think that would cause duplica- 1 fraternal, civic and business groups· met In t e COU".'~' erage as a defense project and en- ' t!on of effort," .said Superintendent ' .room ·at city' hall last night. . . ,ti~led the city to WPA laber. Stevens. . · · l'Did those people say we'd get Then Mr. Atwell maintained that • Albert Woolfson, executive com· - One of the . most important _f~a- I J;:ielp· ol). the extension of our water the board s~ould get its facts and tures of the dnve will be competition 1lnes?" Mr. Atwell asked. figure& and make its recommenda- · mitDee chairman, and John Hop1ey, among . school ch!ltlren fo:· thQ·ee I "No," said Chairman Hett, "and tlons to the council committee. general secretary, eiKplained how prizes offered by the Merchants' ' ,the ;proper channels would seem to "Well," said Clerk Fransoso, "l! the all-out drive for. city betterment bureau. Slips listing all the possible . 'be in Washington where. we could someone ls going to Washington, would be organized and conduct- ways high school children can be see the right people about ·getting we'd better sit down soon and go ed. . of help in this gDeat drive will be n:ioney for additional things." • over a lot of things. We need some Councilman Fredlerick · D, Gard- given -out at the high _school. . Then Mr. · Atwell asked Council- Istreets as well as water and sewers." ner representing Mayor Rowe, ,, This is not a sales campaign to · : man Walter Harvey who had come "I'm working on my highway fig- pledged the suppor,t of the city gov- •benefit _the city merchants, it "'.'as , ~nts in order · to co-ordinate each Iures now," Mr. Stevens explained, ernment to the Clean-Up campaign. emphasized, but rather· a sales dnve ' one's figures into a master plan." , "and I intend to get them estimate~ Al-bett Woolfron, chairman of the to "~ell the city" to everyone by mak· ' Hinting that progress was balking I before the council committee meets. Portsmouth Merchants' . bureau's ·ing Portsmouth a '·!bigger, better, down on indecision and non-co- i Just as everyone had agreed that executive committee then explained cleaner, , safer" place in which to .ordination, councilman Harv e y · they should ask Washingto~ for a that the drive . which will begin l!v>e. . . agreed with Chairman Hett that , lot of money if they we.ren ~ going •April 21 and last for ten days, is not The Olean-Up; Fix-Up; Pamt·contacts must be made. to go _broke paying for repairs and only a. campaign to mak.e citizens Up · drive, will include health, fire .. · Clerk . Fransoso suggested that , facilities needed because of the de- .. ·---- --· · · - - prevention .and general safety . .someone see his senMQt_JJmks..~fense emergency, Chairman Hett "proud of their communi~y'' but a. Frank Dorsey, now ·liv!.ng in York, ----irwe' ve got a~ heilu'va job," saidj'brought, the board back to Mr. wholesale attempt at civic better· but a recent resident of Providence, :-Councilman Harvey fran~ly. "We've St~vens rep~;t. " R. I., wa.s given a rousing salute , Itried to get estimates from the fire As I said, he remarked, I went ment. Jt<>hn Hopley, executive committee when he volunteered to tell how , department school department, pol- to Boston, too, last Friday. My name . ice depar~ent from all depart- is not mentioned. I think it should secretary, outlined the entire cam- I successful such a campaign h~d been ' ., · \ in that c!cy, and how hie would ' be rewritten to include me. You au- paign. Hop~ey sa1_d the fi~~t duty of all pledge his utmost support to help thorized me to go and the mayor asked me." ; the c1v1c-m1_I1ded c1t1ren_s present I t th Portsmouth drive over just effe~ively Clerk Fransoso and Member At- · at uie meetmg was to mstlll enGeneral &icretary Hopley read a. ·we 11 concurred. Superintendent thusiasm into every other citizen · , Stevens will rewrite the report. of Por:tsmouth. . . Letter of endOrsemient of this na• 1 "If that is accomplished· then tional clean-Up -campaign by Pres!· there is little ·doubt that 0U1r cam- dent Roosevelt. paign will be a complete success." He then explained, "We are out . Ho.pley explained that the drlve <to win the prize which goes to the should build _better . citizenship, city in each state co_ndructing the .arc;mse commumty spirit and pride most successful campaign ·as judged to the highest pi~!J· _ _ _ _ by ·the national committee in Wash· Eight coinmtt:tee chairmen were ington." ,named. Each group will have a, · certain "Day" during the drive. :~p~ing .State WPA Administrator .fi~ _p ·_Quinn announced at Con" d "' yesterday that approxima,tely' ·.-WPA.- woirkens residing in routh· .t,ein• New . Hampshire · will be · ni!i)orted to work daily at the ~outh Na:v,y, yard ·by special ,in and, bus. Five Boston and Maine bu.se-' ,11 be used to transport about 250 of the men over four separate routes, while the special train, leaving from Rochester, will handle about 300 ·men. The bm, schedule went into e!· .feet yesterday and the train service wlll be inaugurate-ct tomorrow. Boston and! Maine officials warned· that only WPA workers will be carried on the buses and the train. . Actinfl State WPA Administrator Qunin said that there was a possibiUty that workers. from Manch€s• ter · area would be usei. at the navy 1 ywrd but that there was nothing de'f· l.nite on the matter at the. present tiple. Several important matters ·wQJlldi ·have to be ironed out before Manchester workers could be used, .Mr. Quinn said, an..d ind-icatedl that it•:would: be several _days before any definite de9!sion would be made. · I i I I Special Tr~in, :Buses To Take · :~·NPA Men o"7,~ •'?. Navy Yard :1 �Start On 800 Homes Mond~ay -Only 190 Houses Will Actually Be Built =will Be 2, 4 4t 6 Family Units With Open Courts Schedule Calls For Completion By Oct. 1-Problem To Find Homes Now For 2,000 Workers Early Monday morning work will start on the Public Bu ildings administration project which will provide 800 new homes for Portsmouth. Actually, according to William T. Brown, principal project engineer in charge here for PBA, only 190 dwelling units plus an administration and maintenance building will be constructed. Final plans provide for 60 twofamily houses; 50 four-family houses and 80 six-family houses. There will be no single family homes. All will be of permanent construction as plans fo"· demountable units have been abandoned. Each house will have lbs own unit heater, p£obably oil and also probably will have electric stoves for cooking. No Cellars Provided Engineer Brown said a foundaMon waJI would be built around each house but there would be no cellars. It is possible that revised plans might call for posts with asbestos shingl~ to carry out the wall line in place of full foundations. That de·pends on expense involved as the PBA is limited in its funds and contract costs must come within specified figures. The two-stor1 frame buildings with their little apartments wm be built in courts. Already plans a1•e bell1g ma.de for putting a spur track for the railroad that runs in back of the property where a mill will be erected to saw lumber to specifications. As wall board is used in place of plaster, erection of buildings with the semi• fabricated parts is a fast proposi• tion. The mill will be located near the sewage treatment plant that ii t o be built. Final Date October 1 One hundred and reventy day& are given Thomaa O'Connor Co., of Oambrdlge, Mass., atartlng from Aprll 10. This would make the proJect complet.ed br Oct. 1, although as in any contract alight altera.tio1u in plans ma.y carry it a. short time beyond that date. Some homes may be ready for occupancy before Oct. Lessons learned frnm the last war, have ehanged plans entirely in government housing. To avoid the sameness and regimented appearance of these projects, PBA has called In Gilbert Stanley Underwood, world famous housing arch!· tect, as consultant. "Plans for the homes here in Portsmou~ are made with his approval. Plan "Roomy" Appearance One thing he has insisted upon. Housing unins are widely spaced. All buildingl!$ will be at least 40 feet back firom the road center. There will be 70 or mote feet between each group of homes built around the open courts. These courts with provisions for flower gardens and landscaping will make each grou.p Eeem less compact and more roomY. Even the rooms themselves will avoid shoebox type construction. Workmen this week have been clearing the trees and 6tumps from the land. Trees will be left along road Jines and where they would improve the appearance of the housing groups. About 40 men are at work al· ready and local men who are qualified a,re eligible for the jobs, Mr. Brown said. In all when the project is underway there will be 2,000 men working. 1. 2,000 Workers Big Problem Biggest problem of the entire project ls to find a place for the 2,men to live while they are building homes for other crowded--out , workers. Among other things, hiring l an entire summer hotel .\1a6 been 1considered, but even two 'or three hotels would not be adequate to solve the problem. Already at work here under En\ gineer Brown ab the _P?stofflce building until the Admm1strat1on Consider School There building is completed by a week Although there 1s nothing definite, fro~ Monday are the following PBA the final plans show in addition to I offle1als: . three huge recreational parks, a George A. ~eyers, semor construction engmeer and Stanley space for a sch~l house and a spac_e stoneflffer, senior project acfor stores. Po...ss1b!y when the Feder- countant. Construction engineers, al government comple~s Its plans Edward Haley, Charles star, Monfor provl<!'111g co_mmumty fac11it1es criell Tieman, Edward O'Brien, these proJects will _ be completed, Chwrles Dading and Ray Feeney; within the area which is about_ 3,100 assistant project accountants, J. feet long and about 800 feet wide. G. Bean and w. E. Shipman; office force, Miss Helen Darcy and Norman Roderick. On hand for the contractor are James MacDonald, resident engin· eer and Al Reader, general super• !ntendent. Three entrances are provided for the 127% acre tract. Principal entrance is planned from Keansarge street where the administration building and the maintenance building will be located. other entrances Include one from Maple• wood avenue and another from Woodbury avenue just beyond the intereectlon of Echo avenue but on the opposite side. . - rooo 1 �Defense Homes Blossoming As PBA Starts aJJJv, Portsmouth Girl Honored At UNH Dorothy Page (Photo by Kmgsoury) Although men have been at work less than three weeks on the construction of 100 houses for Defense Homei; corporation out on the Sherburne road, the score today stands one house completed on the outside, even to a coat of paint, eleven others with sides and roofs completed and 25 foundations ready, John Guarino, DHC project manaer said t.oday. Today also marked the start of work on the 192 buildings of tqe Publlc Buildings administration near Atlantic Heights. Work ls progressing so fast on Sherbume road that pictures taken one day arc almost out of date the next day. This photo shows the first six foundations with the house that Is now complete on the outside and being used as an administration unit for the job on the far right. Picl<ering Replaces Marvin As Chairman f Planning Board Interiors will wait on the far right enough homes to put In the crews of plumbers, electricians and other interior craftsmen and keep them busy. , Mr. Guarino points out that these home are for defense workers only and that he has the necessary applicaUons to be filled out by pro.specti\'e tenants. Anyone interested should apply t.o him on the location. and other undesirable housing destroyed." Status of the Planning board as opposed t.o the Board of Adjustment was explained by Mr. Clark. "The Board of Adjustment Is a sort of little court, a court of appeals," he said. "When someone feels that ordinances are harmful t.o him, lie asks the board for a ruling." Only the city cou.n<;ll and mayor can change an ordinance. As for the Planning board, Mr. Clark said, it only advises the council on such Group To Ask Council For Funds ~ m~:· a letter was received from . t a n Ce oX',.f'J \ )that Attorney Arthur Reinhart asking the board act on a petition To Have Tech n I·c a I A ssIs Dr. s. F. A. Pickering was elected li\lld sworn in as chairman of the ortsmouth Planning board yesterday afternoon in city hall when former Chairman Robert Marvin's resignation was accepted. In a letter t.o the board Mr. Marvin explained that he had been called, to active duty with the US Nhal Reserves at the Portsmouth Navy yard and would have to resign as chairman. Accepting Mr. Marvin's resignation, the board elected Dr. Pickerll)g as permanent chairman. Then Mayor Stewart E. Rowe administered the oath df office. Iminedlate action was planned when the board voted to have Mayor Rowe ask the Portsmouth City council to appropriate $2,500 toight for technical assistance to the Janning board, • Also tonight Mayor Rowe will ask the council to establish the planning board in a city ordinance because, at present, they exist only through a resolution passed at a previous council meeting. Frederick P. Clark, planning director of the New Hampshire Planning and Development commission ecplained how a full-time technical assistant would work for the Planning board and thus for the city council in meeting national defense problems. "The board ·must, act now," he said. "First, by surveying the city for possible housing sites and by deciding which ones advantageously could be developed by the federal government. "Second, by starting to prepare for the future, when navy yard employment will drop. You must make up your minds whether then you will ant surplus housing torn down, or hether you will want it to stay up from his client to build a restaurant on Woodbury avenue opposite F!oward Johnson's, Wallace Purrington, executive secretary of the MaineNew Hampshire Bridge authority explained that the authority must, t.o ensure safety on the highway, rule on all petitions for buildings there. After discussion members voted to write Mr. Reinhart that permission first should be obtained from the authority, then a petition should be presented to the city council. Later this month the board plans to attend a meeting of the Concord Planning board. Dorothy Pag,e, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Page, 95 Union street, has been elected treas. urer of the University of New Hampshire's Women's Athletic association. A Junior at the Durham university, Dorothy is taking a liberal arts course and, wants to teach physical education when she graduates. She belongs to Theta Up.sllon sorority, was manager of -ljhe Worn• en's ski team this winter, belongs to the Blue Circle of the Outing club and ls a senior representative to the Women's stud-ent council. Miss Page, who was awarded the highest honor in Girl Scouting, the Golden Eaglet, in 1937, still is interested In Girl Scouts and their activities. This winter she tal.lght skiing to a Durham troop. I �S:fateiy l'i~es Fefl~d·Loni, -Af6'-:" Former Portsmo~th Folk c#''' -·1 Found Intact In P1-sccitaquao-V,s_ Buy Horace Greeley's Home . 1 s ~tely pines, which once graced . Directly back of this ~istorlc · The small · H ,. farmhouse G 1 in Ahmea:st ; . Workme n h ave exammed every the virgin _forest by iniet, bays and spot during the, e-xcavat!on which .Wh"re -. o. ace ree ey was born, mch of the supporting timbers, the marshes along the Piscataqua: have •t ook ,place during the building of 1s bemg restored by a former Ports- . wall joists, ceiling and roof timbeien found 20 feet or more below th'e Prescott park, burled 20 feet be-' mouth man and his wife. be:s. The old-hand hewn wooden surface close by the river bank. _low 111,e. surface, were found the logs • Mr. and Mrs. Philip B. Holmes of ~h1:1gles were spotted with patchnd ~lack tar paper covered These graceful pines, with com- of the cob-docks building there dur- . Scarsdale, N. Y., purchaa!d t he 131 _ thork 1 panions of birches, oaks, maples, Ing the early: 1 year-old building last A11gust and ;he roo · • . . hemlock and firs, enhanced the These landmgs occasionally were I now workmen aire remod~l!ng the 'th ef Stxuctl.ll'- was ongmally built ever-changing landscape ' of tlJe.- constructed cardully of Jogs. lay-1· place. wi our rooms on the lower floor P .. . and two big "open ch be " _picturesque Piscataqua, where ~tfal i?g log upon log unt!l the structure Holm~s is the son of the I do th • am I'6 unwaters rippled along old .St,ra.w- rose above the surface of the river, latehillp Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Holmes / r ': roof, in ad~ition to other berry Bank, on· whose shores pion'- _then a thin layer of ·gravel and aod ' who once resided at the corner of. 1 °?ms m the crumbling ell. From ee.rs first landed. • .appl!ed grading <the surface until S tate and Pleasant streets. Mrs. ji~~!~~ut the Holmes !lll'e creating Not · all of the grand old patri- passably smooth : Holmes was the former Miss Lucy · archs, massive pine sentinels of the The.se anc_ient .logs uncovered, of. Woods of Portsmouth, daughter of Thre·e Fireplaces fore-sts, ~re felled for garri.son various _dlmepsions, were from 12 to the late Mr. and Mrs. John Woods Greeley built three huge firehouses, homes, · cabins or . ,hulls. 48 fee_t m Jeng-th and from 18 to 30 Mr. ~olmes' uncle John E. Woods places to provide heat, but there were some, m11,rked by ·the broad .arrow inc~es in diameter. When docking still -lives here. Philip Holmes was'in enclosed with brick while Hanson of England, found their way across fac1lft!es became , inadequate about 1 the insurance business in Scarsdale owned the house, and are now be~ t he ocean in king's mast ships <later a century later a· granite abutment ,frequently visits Portsmouth and at ing re-opened by the new owners to be used as spars · for -the &ltlsh was constructed, encasing and bury- one f;ime owned a cottage at Lock's The kitchen fireplace and its co~ .Roy~! navy, while others were .useq )ng . this cobwork dock complet,ely. Cove in Kittery. lonial sideoven, would h old. a sixin tiu!lding landing .'places.·' Com:; ..Although submerged be-neath salt . foot log. mon)Y c~lled cob d/(,ok~;: ·: tli~~ · water, mud and s!lt for centuries Mecca· For Tourists In the room w~ere Greeley was landmgs were built, p,r.!mii.l'Aly:'J;0 f they were found in a remarkable · For years the Greeley home ha.s l born is a finely, mantelled fiireplace pine logs, 'band'eq (' tgge=t,n H 'tti:i.<i- state ,of pre·servation. Even well- been a mecca for summer visitors i that ls· also being re-opened, wallsometimes weighed down by stones; defined ax marks placed there by who hav•e d,riven over t he dusty· I paper and pl~ster being torn awruy gravel and sod. ·. pioneers who felled the monarch of narrow Cider Mill road, four mile~ ; to restore the c olonial charm. , Before the Lacon_la . company the forests still are disicernible. north of Amherst to see the place . Mr. and ~rs. Holmas have incame few · cabins clot ted the river The cobwork landing, located near where on Feb. 3, 1811 the man who ,stalled running water to supplant bank. · . , the former Jameson wharf, at 1 founded the New York Tribune · hand-operatea: kitchen pump, and The first house of sizable propor- what is now Prescott park, he1d to- (now the H~z:ald-TribW1e) wao born. electricitzy, had replaced coal oil t!on, "The Great -House" or "Mas- get.her by two and a half inch oak i The house was erected the yea~ be- 1:lamps. A modern heating plant will ters House" was built for John Ma- pins, s-till was in its original form- ; fore by, his father, zaccheus Greeley. leave t~e fireplaces to be used for son. to whom the land was granted. ation. Later some of the pine . A bronze marker erected on the decorative purposes. Mason never visited his holdings in trunks found their way to a saw- 1 front lawn by the 'state tells that · It wlll probably be finished June America, his extensive grant which mlll. When ripped up they were : here wa19 born Horace Greel&y It 1, when the Holmes expect to occonsisted of land and pastures found, except for a sl!ght discol- seemedl that within a short tim 'the cupy their newly found home, rewhich extended from .the water- · oration· near the surface, to be one-and-a-half story house ; ould plete with all the rustic charm of fron t locations we)l inland. \ practically as sound and bright as disappear as for three quarters of a ·the early 1800's but thorou~hly livThe Great Hous<i was built •by when t hey crashed to earth at the century only vitally necessary re- ab}e with 20th century improveHumphr-ey Chadburn in ,1631 and hands of early settlers. . pairs had been made. Plaster had _m-nts. stood whe-re the "Oracle House'Y is Nearly t hree centuries had passed, fallen from the wdlls in chunks located now, at the junction of yet t Mse pi~es are again being put 1 bricks had toppled from the giant · Cour t and Marcy streets. The fol- to use, just as furniture made by 1 chimneys, shingles 1irom the roof lowing year Mason sent from Den- the early pioneers is still prided and puttJy from the windows. Drivmark a large breed of ca.ttle. and enview by lovers of th!ng.s ing rain, coming through the cracks · Documenta.:ry evidence discloses which reflect the atmospher·e of for years had attacked the inner thaL in 16~5 there wen~ 21 hol'.•es long ago. timbers. 58 head of cattle : 27 goats, 65 h;gs' I while in t he storeroom at the Great I House, taken at random from many · - - -· - - -- «Iv.. 'L _commodities found l!sted therein 9 i She is survived by a brother were 91 pieces of ordinance, 61 ' Richard H. Colburn of Exeter' s_words, 13 barrels of gunpowder, 220 . Calif. ; a niece, Helen Colburn p 0 ~ bushels corn, 15 barrels of male, 610 meroy in San Francisco, . Callf.; a pounds sugar and 512 pounds of to• 1 . cousin, Harry Clifford Knight o! bacco New Haven, Conn.; a second couSa~pson Lane occupied the ~ _,_~o:·e~:,:__H. Moody of GardiGrea-t House in 1645. Thirty years ---ner, other cousins in Maine,• Call- ' l_a1er his brother; President John (Special to The Herald) fornia and Massachusetts, and many Cutt resided there and in 1680 his Gardiner, Me., April 25-Miss friends. son, Samuel. The Great House, . Bertha A. Colburn, , dau_g hter of Miss Colburn wa~ a member of .h~ving fallen into decay, was dem- · Gustavus and Alzina ~hight Col- the congregational church in ollshed_in 1680. . , burn, died at the Gardiner General Portsmouth, N. H., and attended the This immediate vicinity, early re- hospital Wednesday . after a short Pittston Congregational church. She !erred to as the Bank, really made illness. Funeral services were to be was a member of the Samuel the first real stand. At the corner held today. .1 Grant chapter, DAR, in Gardiner. of State and Marcy streets the gar- · ' Miss Colburn was born in Pit.ts- ' rison house stood. Nex-t to the ton Sept. 29, 1858. She was gradsouth on the river side was located uated from St. Catherine's hall, Authe home of Henry Sherburne .in gusta and for the greatest part of whos-e house Saint John's 'lodge 'No her life was a teacher. Her klnder1, AF&AM, first met in 1736. ' '. garten tF._aining she _ o_?~!ne_5! in Cambridge, Mass., aft,er which she l conducted . a private klndergarten . in Marinette, Wis., taught in west- ; brook, Me., for foµr years and for 37 years was supervisor of kindergartens in Portsmouth, N. H. The value of her services in thaf capacity may be estimated by the fact . that on reaching the retirement age l she was urged to remain · longer j which she did. Many of her friend; in that city held her in warm regard and kept in touch with her until . the time of her death. f M . .ISS Bert.h'a Colburn Former Teacher o· I M . ere, leS n Cine H I l 49 �•/ ~ .-·u ··' . ·-,_n"·.. ;, •r;1•se · · -:·: _ s ·-e·_· . :r, v1•c·e _ . -. . . . . ·s ··. ·T o /./ ,. • . ·. •' ·Us:h - '·e·.,.:.· :;:t3;:!<;,t~~~a~!rf:;~; . . · ; of the Nazarene in South Eliot to- . 1 morrow. There . also will be an ·~n;.;.. .., .E·.-'as.t.Jer, ." . . ,I;n p· O' rt s·m o·u·th','·' Mr.KushiQusPl~ys :~,a··n s.pec1a_ • I . Ob . Serva.nee ·•-,.:J . _ . . ,. . ., ; :i I . ! :~~r:ui!c~w~r 19 and Mrs. Ray- At South Church ~ --"AlleluJah," - Rece:ssionai; Benea·1c- 1 tion, Three Fold Amen, and Organ ·. Davict' Kushious is to be the vlo!r_.'_. ·. Postlucje, -"Gloria in Excelsis,'' Mo- linist at the South church Easter ' zart. service tomorrow morning. . _. , , . · , The choir chapel vested · choir of boys and girls will lead the line of. f the church school in the procession~ y al and before marching out afte·r · , . . . · ·. i "Easter Brightness"· will be the the_Glo~~ -wlll sin_g_" Day of L!&ht. . Six sunrise services and special observances later m the : subject of · Rev. · Archibald Kerr's and Gladness." day in half a ·hundred ·churches will mark Easter Sunday : s~i:mon at the Greenland Federated Music will 1:>e as follows: prelude, • . ' church tomorrow morning. "Intermezzo First Sonata,'' Rhein- · m_the Portsmou~h area tomorrow. . , Music, under the direction of berger; · processional, "Forward . '.l'he solemn religious occasion willl reading, John ·17:1:.·s, Job_ 19 :23-:n; Dona,(d Vaug~an ".'ill. bt; .,"Spr!~ Through the Ages," Sullivan; ;viobe-opened witil a service· at 6 o'clock wmiani Ballard, Jr.; "Teach Me To Song" by_Hollms, .~1belms Prayer !in solo, "Med,itation," Glazounow; -at'Wallis SatldS, This outdoor service Pray," chant; Bible . sentences, and Jubilate Deo by Silver. Ruthe contralto solo, "Hosanna!" Granier; .is-· sponsoretL by the Court stre~t praye·r, . Joyce Ramsay,_ France~a . Brackett an~ John Brackett w11,~ offertory, "Andante," Rhe!nberger; . Chr!St!an church of Portsmouth, the Crockett; "O God, Thou Art My sing a . duet, Turn from the Cross v!olln solo, "Air on G String,'' . Advent Christian chtir~h of Ports- I God" chant· Bible sentences by Kohlmann. . Bach; postlude, Scherzo, "First · "rt\outh, the Church of -the Nazarene·'! prayer, Geraldine cousins, Roland Anthems incl~fe Go~~od's "Un- Sonata,'' Rheinberger, ot:• south Eliot and the south Eliot ... ·. . _ fold Ye Portals and, Christ the Carr~! H. Evans is the ,organist : Advent 0hristiari church. Rev. Da- Ballard; "Hear Our Prayer, O Lord ls Risen" by Bowdish. and Mary Whittier Priest, vocalist. , vid Evans of Bob · Jones college of Lord ," chant; offertory, "I Will . Rev. William Safford Jones will · Cleveland, . Tenn., is to be 'the Praise .~he Name of t~~ Lord,'' preach on "Undying Personality." speaker. · ,choir; Prayer ·of Youth, William IT B S I . . Ballard, Jr.; '!Easter Morn," solo, 0 e O Miss Jane · Cooper; "Our · Risen Mrs. Sarah Dickey Simp_son, Of L• I 'Id I HI-. Y A ·- Lord," reading, William Ballard; Portsmouth, will be the guest, solo- : lff e I "I Know My Redeemer Live th .'' !st at the Rye Christian church 011 1' A dedication of little children will ,The 14th annual sunrise service ;~~;,_ri~~ EE:e~;71r::~;~:;~~~e c~frY Easter morning. feature the Easter morning service . spo~sored by th,e Hi-Y club of the service of communion, Re~. Harold . A vested Junior choir also will , at the Advent Christian church. . Semor High. school wi11 be held .at \ Curtis of the Middle Street church ;artlcipate ·in -the-musical .ser.:,ice. J Rev. CheS ter A. Pa~ml~y has selec~ed : the ~nivei'sal_ist church· on Pleasant wll'. officiate·, "Immortal Love," Rev G Edwin Woodman will deli- for his sermon topic, ~e Egyptian ' · · ., . Wagons." The church will be trim- . ·stree ~girlpmg at 6.30. R~v. C. Tel- choir; PAnd All the Angels," choir; . ver his sermon on Faith Trium- · med with flowers for the occasion. · ford Erickson,' DD., pastor of the closing prayer · Rev. Curtis· bened!c- phant." · cl).:t.Jrch, will' deliver the sermon. T,he I t!on; choir. ' ·. ' ' - :·•·, H'. ere \-..., '; 'Easter To. Preach On I.n. All' . C·hurches . Br1"ghtness' Sarah D. Simpson 01st Plan Dedication Ch ren nnua · Service)i't 6:30 I .®P-!j:r Qf ~i:vice .will be as follows: r :~ he· 14th · a:nnual Sunrise service -~ ? sponsored '-' by· the Portsmouth ~;!W~ -:~~r:: , 'To Baptize Children ./n Eliot Church -· , 7 0 Clo~k Service ~i~= At Kittery . : IA Easter Sunday El• C 1 t i ,of • I ongregat1ona ~t~.3tt .:~: Children w!ll be bapti?;ed during 'i w~f°iie fi.:n:!~mo;:1 s:jecr~~n:eg;: th e tmMore·nthingd!setrvh!ce alt the Sou th Basil Harris at. the Easter church · l~ce 'fiumpeteers will present a The annual early morning Easter E 11o · .. h . • S . 1 o s c urc 1. . t pr_o gram prior to t e service, pJ.ay- service at the econd Me_thodist I Rev H O Me ert will re-ach on i service . a 11 am. , ing. appropriate selectio~ as the 1 church in Kittery at 7 o'clo,ck is j "Imm~rt~lity,, gMus!c wifr be "But · The anthem by the choir will be w9r~hippers are coming,·to the ser- being conducted by the Altrua th Lord is ·Mi df 1,, by M d 1 _ :l "Awake Thou That Sleepeth" and · v_!ce. · · . 1 Young Women's club with Mrs. · e . " _ ,, n u en es Henry Ander~on will sing "Hpsan_._ _ ·- . --- ----~---~1 Wesley Varney, vice-president, in ! sohn , O~ 4.~ by ,Beeth0V~n, a nd 1 na" by_ Gramer. The offertory solo " ' i:rev. C. Telford. Enckson, pastor ' charge. Mrs. Harry Moo1' e of Ports- Westbrook~ PlayeI.s Hymn as or- of Maynard Douglas wm be "Cal,of the Un!vers~llst church ~ to- 1mouth will give the · address. Special gan selections by Mrs. Adv!lle :· vary" by Rodney. preach th e S1;1llr1se sern~on on ~he ! music will be provided-~ Miss Rutli Spinney· . .. ! The organ selections Rita Tasker Shout of a Kmg." He will 1:>e _ass1St- j de.Rochemont: flutist, ..who w!ll play ' The choir, dnecte~ by Charles will play for the prelude at 10.45 e!i in conducting the service by Gounod's !'Ave Mari ,, d S int , Anderson, w!ll sing He Lives, the will be "Easter Dawn" by Hodson· . members of the _Hi-Club. The ch_oir : Saens' "Le ·Cygne" (T~e :~an) and Kin~" by Holton and A~~ms' "Hal- "Awakening" by Engelmann; and Qf the church will present a portion Mrs. Robert King wl .11 in leluJah, Christ is Risen. , "Adoration" from "The Holy City" o( the cantata "The R/sen King." "Open the Gates of . t~e ~em~le~ -.-.by Gaul. r- . ' !he Wallace Trumpeteers com- and "Christ Is Risen." Organ selecA part of the program Wlll be the I)t1Sing Ed_gar Wallace, Robert tions will include the following· \ t, reception of new; members into the ·Ja;ckson, will_ pl~y the following 'I "Prelude Religioso," Beetheven; :; . church. __ti;:\Jmpet selections. "Introspection,' Fritz Hartmann· Mrs. Gertrude -Reinhart, violinist, -,-~~ . -.-"Harwell," arranged by 4shforct', ._ is1 to be the guest mu's!c!an at the and "Lament" (Were You There) a Middle Street Baptist church on f !, Negro spiritual transcription. · Easter morning. Mrs. Winnifred C. , 0 Caswell Will. be her accompanist. The first verse of the 27th chapter The Honor society of the Kittery The order of worship is as fol- 0f Psalms has been selected -~s the Pol,nt · Congregational church will lows: · · Golden Text ' of the Christian again sponsor an early service. Organ prelude, "Prelude,'' Mozart; Science church service tomorrow: ~~ting at 7 o'clock at the Congre. · . . , Adoration,_ "Heir,, Holy, Holy, Lord "The Lord is my light and my salgat1onal church, the entire comSpecial Easter music will feature ! God Almighty; responsive sen- vation; whom shall I fear? The !111:lllity will join in the service."Rev. the Easter morning _service at the : ~~ces; !nvocation ,and Lord's Pray- [ Lord is the strength of my life ; of · ,Joseph Burnett of North Hampton Bethany Congregational church, )·el, instrumental worship, ''Invoca- f wfiom shall I be afraid?" ·will deliver the sermon. The Chris- Rye. Helen Drake is t-he organist :, t!on," "Holy; anthem, "Angels Rq Amotlg the citations which comt!an.· and Baptist churches at Kit- and Evelyn Drake .acc_o mpanist. i' the Rock Away-," Scott; Scripture prise the Lesson-Sermon is the fol' ~ry_ Point will present the musical The orde;; of se~v1c;, 1s as foll~ws : : lesson, Mark 16:1-15; prayer; . hymn lowing from ·the Bible: "Every good service, Prelude, AlleluJah, Palestrina; · No 120 "Christ it.he Lord is Risen , tree bringeth forth good fruit· but ·: ,.. Proc~ssional "Rachie," Car~,doc Ro~ ; Today;'\ !_nst;umentaI. ' worship, a corrupt tree bringeth forth' evil :·n 'I ~ C . berts , Call To Worship, Ven!te,' 1 "Fruehling" Grieg· offering "An 1, fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth ;fif'Q,n Anc1en~. Chant: Meditation, "Easter I_Things Co~e of Thee, O' Lord, and 1: evil fruit, neither can ~ coi;rupt tree JI ~peaks, Amy i;tan~: Rea_der ; Solo, ! of Thine owh Have We Given bring f<;>rth . good frmt. ~erefore eS The . Lord _Is Risen, Sulllvan ; Ma- ' Thee;" solo, "Gloria,'' Buzzi-Pee- by their fruits ye shall know them." , ·: 'fhe ., Christian Endeavor of the rian Mornson, contralto; Respon- . c!a; Norman Moulton Leavitt, bar!- (Matthew . 7:17, 18, . 20.) -,PeQJJle's Baptist church will present s1ve Reading, Number 610; Hymn, I tone· sermon "Resurrection Pow~ ~:E_91stet morning service and 'com- ·"Christ t,!le LorA_Is Risen TOd_!I-I," · eq-," ' Mr. Cu;tis; hymn No. 240, ' ,\/,I,?ll:>11 at 8 o'clock. The- order of Prelude,, to Prayer, "Cherubic , "Rise, My Soul ;" benediction ; post{;leryic;ie, Bor tn i ans ky; . p as toraJ Jude, "Melodie," Corgan and vio··:w, lsp as. follows: .. "I , the ,, · Hy mn, I ·· ·••"'.~o~~ Prayer, Cho1;al Lord's Prayer, Of- ·l!n), Massenet. "Christ Is Risen" •by Stutz and ,b {~R;. eir~d D~; ., l~- • fertory, Ofertory Anthem, "This Is . - .. Mozart's "Magic Fluui" will feature . ~ ' s . ISen TO _ay, Congre- the . Day the Lord Made;" Choral F . ··,. <l!l,!l .to . wQrship, . Pres. Wil- 0 f Th . ks ! ! "All Thi C O the ~rgan music at the K!ttery_Pomt : _al~~i;d,. Jt.; "The·.Lor.d ls J:n·' • l:lll,, g _ v pg, ,. · ~s ome / Ohr1Stlan church at the Easter sun:',li;o1Y-·-Temple" choir· scripture' oEfte'f'heel1, . HErmten, · LSE!a!i_,.on OH,King : · f.J · til!I.Y service. ;Mrs, N6i,:,val Kern is the ~- , . , . •· • rna . as r erm:on . ymn 1 ' , • .. ' • · • • __. • • , • ist · · · ' · ' · • · , •,Mrs. Arthur . Furtney .:--\l{ill.·:t.slrig org11,n • , · I I lj t Guest Musician . At B • t Ch h ap IS UrC I -n 1ohor Society :s s , T pOnS0r erVICe · Select Easter Text Ch , s , , · Or flSf ClenflSf ·: Easter Music At Bethany Church I: . ommumon Ch · h UrC At Peo ( .:,;: . . P '"y-''in:iilli:.. : ~ Organ Music At K'tt ery POln •t Mrs. Urfney T s·,ng . S : ,•, · · · · . out_h El,ot.. .· ... '. .'':• . I ' . �The church trio, composed of Hilber t Boyer , Mar ilyn Noyes and Azalea Boyer will smg "O DeaU1 Where Is Thy S ting" by Howard . Rev. Kern's sermon subject Is "The P ower of the R esurrection." Choir Music At Christian Church T he choir of the Cow·t Street Christian church will sing the following Easter an thems at the two services tomorrow: "H e Th at Was Dead is R isen," May F. Lawrence; "Rejoice, J erusalem and Sing," Geo. B. Nevin ; "Angel of Easter Morning," Lawrence Keating; "Crown Him Lord of All," Ernest E. Reid. There also will be a duet at the morning service by Mr. and Mrs. Oren Shaw. Mrs. Addie Wilson Hanscom is the choir di.rector and organist. Rev. Ivar Sellevaag will preach on "He Lives." The choir also will sing at the Easter service at the Mark Wentworth home at 2.30 pm. Mrs . Ramsey Sings At Pe.op/e's Baptist EasLer music at the P eople's Baptist church will include the following: "The Death of Jesus," Bartlett; "Christ is Risen," Ashford; "Why Weepest Thou," Gabriel; and "The Resurrection," Mosley by the choir under the direction of Lesl!e Ramsey. Mrs. Leslie Ramsey will sing Gaul's '·The Holy City" as a solo. Two Services At North Church Two complete church services will be held at the North church Easter morning in order to provide seats for everyone. The firs~ service will begin at 9.30 and the second at 10.45. Mr. Rouner will preach at both. First service, 9.30, "Communio," ,'\mos Winslow Moody, organist, Deshayes; "The Holy City,'' Brandon Knowles, baritone, Adams; sermon, "Spiritual Blessing in Heavenly Places," by Rev. A1:tlrnr Acy Rouner; "Last Sleep of the Virgin,'' Priscilla Duncan, violinist, Massenet; and "Allelujah," Amos Winslow Moody, organist, by Klein. Second service, 10.46: "Cant Russe,'' Priscilla Duncan, violln~t, Lalo; "Easter Voices," Children's choir, Gaynor; "On Wings of Living Light," Adult Octet choir, Matthews; "Allelujah," Ht1111phreys; Children's 11ermon, "The First Train Ride," t:ermon, 'Spiritual Blessings in Heavenly Places,'' Rev. Arthur Acy Rouner, "Easter Hymn," Amos Winslow Moody, organist, Mascagni. Sunday Music At Kittery Methodist At the Kittery Methodist church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock the choir will sing the following anthems: "Lo the Dead is Living," by Fred Holton; "Lamb of God,'' Louise Stryker; "The Lord Is Risen Today,'' by Herman Von Berge, and "He Lives Again," Fred B. Holton. Miss Edith Lewis, organist and choir director, will play these selections on the organ; Prelude "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today," Ashford , 1t11d "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring,'' J. S. Bach; "Largo from Xerxes," G. F. Handel; Offertory, "Voix Celeste," Edouard Batiste; and P ostlude, "Hallelujah Chorus," G. F. Handel. Easter Music At Methodist Here Th e organ music a t the Methodis t chu rch for Sunday morning will be as follows: "Resurrect-ion Morn,'' by Johnstone; "Melody for Strings,'' Peele; and "Easter Alleluia," by Ashford. Miss Alberta R ugg will be the organist. The choir will sing; "Unfold Ye Portals" from "The Redemp tion " by Gounod, a nd "The Da wn" from Nevin's, "The Crucified." Mrs. Mary L. San born will sing, "And God Shall Wipe Away All Tears," from "The Light of the World" by Sullivan. Shortwave Radio Links ~ Portsmouth; N. H.; England To Preach On Change Of World Rev. Clarence M. Cossum will preach c,n "The Day That Changed the World" at 10.30 Easter Sunday in the New Castle Congregation al church. · Organ prelude by Mrs. Doris Morrill, organist and choir d irector, will be "The Risen Christ," Hosmer and the posUude, "Hallelujah Chorus," from Handel's "Messiah." The choir will sing two anthems: "King of Kings" by Caleb Simper with an incidental soprano solo by Miss Miriam Johnson, and "Ha llelujah" by Fred W . P eace. The offertory will be a violin solo, "Bercuse," from "Joselyn" by Goddard played by Miss Frances Caswell, a student at Plymouth T eachers' college. There will be one infanh baptism and reception of eight n ew members. Easter Service At Christ Church Easter music at the 11 o'clock service at Christ church w!ll be as follows: (Photo by K ingsbury) Organ prelude, "Veni Creator," Mayor Stewart E. Rowe and Paul H. Bonner of R ye pictured at th.e microKreckel; Solemn P rocession "The phone as Portsmouth, N. H . was linked by shortwave radio with PortsStrife is O'er the Battie Done," Palestrina; "Come, Ye Faithful Raise mouth, England, The picture was taken at a rehearsal for today's broadcast. the Strain," Sullivan; Introi t, "I Am Risen and Am Still With Thee," Martin; Kyrle, Adlan; Gloria In Excelsis, Plainsong; Sequence, "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today," Lyra Davidica; Gloria Tibi, Plainsong; Credo, Eyre; Offertory, "Open Our Eyes," McFarlane; Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Eyre; Recessiona l, "JeF or 15 minutes this afternoon J,ed discoverer o! our beautlfut, sus Lives rr'hy Terrors Now," Gauntlett; Organ Postlude, "Hallelujah Portsmouth , New Hampshire was large deep harbor that opens on un ited with Po:tsmou th, England. the s'ea, and of the great, winding, Chvrus," Handel. ' As the Portsmouth Male Singers swift tidal river, which is called John S. Mitchell is organist and sang "The Pilot" by P rothero, lis- the Piscataqua, an Indian word, choir director. Leners in Portsmouth, New Hamp- stands Portsmouth, t hree miles from shire and in Portsmouth, England the harbor's mouth. t uned their r adio dials more care"In 1623 the first settlement in fully to short wave station WRUL this vlcinitzy, was m ade, by Englishin Boston. men. I t was on t he nearby coast. The 10.45 wor hip service of the Then P aul Hyde Bonner, Rye, in- The first house in what :is now Universalist church will f•zature the troduced Maror Stewart E. Rowe, Portsmouth was built in 1631, by entire Easber Cantata "The Risen who extended to "the O!"lglnal Humphrey Cha dboU'rne. It was this Portsmouth's called the Great House, ~nd was King," of which portions will be Portsmouth," sung at the Sunrise service ~avlier "gr-eetings and affectionate and situated near a bank on which many strawberries grew. in the morning. The choir, under the loyal regard• ." "Night and day our forges and "The town was called Strawberry d<irection of John W. Howe will pre- Jathe.s and hammers and drills are Bank in the first t own records a.nd sent this at both services. . k was 50 known Ull 1653, when the workmg at top speed in the ma titi d to be called Port.sThe organ prelude will be Part• ing of weapons with which to seal town pe one tures of Brian man's "Early Morn", and the of- the great and final victory of free- mou th over the Slgna.outt Renald fertory "Pray~r" by Boelmann . dom " said Mayor Rowe "All this Pendleton , Rlcha.rd • d J hn Ashford'- "PosUud•e" will conclude labo~ is devoted to our {mi Led cause Fern!bold, Sam~el ! ta=l~~ na::ies. W1e service. -the cause of lib-i:·ty and of stead- Shel'v urn, a g En lish fast l> lief in human dignity" The Inflow of settlers wH.aas re ' 1s · "P or tsmouth ' New ml"". 1 ,the Arter• Mayor Rowe h11d spoken Ralph May described Portsmouth: still full of fa~:~ a.nd New Hampshire for Portsmouth, progeny ~ 1f!1g We s till have our England. early res en . bo we still "Like you, Portsmouth New Hamp- curfew. When I ~8; !lebi~ted Guy shire, where I was born and bred, h a.d ka F~n~t s t John's ChUII'oh wa.~ English born. I t was an Eng- F aw es n g · vi~ presented! bY lishman who, 1n 1603, sailing from has a silcver u: r Our city of Port.6Kingrocle, became the first ~cord- Queen aro e. Mayor And Ralph May Speak In Broadcast To War-Torn Britain I I Universalist Church Morninq Service l 0 _f :~e:Sre �.< 7 y Ke1tli Woo Of Portsmouth To Know When City's Hears Broadcast Meetings Are To Be Held In Portugal :'? Jl\'QUth contmuea Engllm fainllY ntmes and ideals, The citiiens of Port,smouth toda-Y' include other na· \\_onalltiea in addition to English ~k. I n your time of streas we are one in thought of you. The distance .U.t separates us make& little dif• ,rence. Our hearts go out to you. e a.re near in thought, in he!llrt, wW, with you. 'Close around ua a.re places, towns cities, with good English names: J!l2[eter, Rye, Newcastle, Dover, Ap· pledore, Hempton, Rockingham, Epping, Gosport, Kittery, (named fr,r Kittery Point and Kittery ,QoUr1; on the river Dart), York, Berwick; an old-time fort at the bar• ~r•s mouth was once Fort William and :Ma.ey". "The city ot Portamouth, N. H., haa wide streets, borderea by elma. Among its modem buildings a.re JJWlf dignified, wen -proportioned, joo4en and brick, two and three ,story houses. largely of wl'i&t Is jplown as Oeot'ilan architecture. the housetops one sees the bOr and soo. It has been a great p-bullding port. The 54-gun 'Faukland." was built here 1n 1690. l,b. 1'149 the 40-gun "America" was ~ullt in Portsmouth for the Royal Navy under the direction of Col, Nathaniel Meserve of Portsmouth. She was the first ship of the line built in America and was one of four vessels ordei-ed bY the Britl..sh Admiralty to be built in New Eng• land. Later, many :famous ships were built in Portsmouth and sailed out of Portsmouth. "You of Portsmouth, Hamp.shire, England, know what the sea means to you. When you think of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, picture it a.s a, seaport with a magnificent bar· bor and a great, swift, tidal river, and with all the charm &nd also all the vigor that the sea brings to your I mintls. "In peaoHime, some years ago, as we left Southampton and turned down the Solent, I felt clore to J)ortsmouth, England, a :few miles over the water. But a.s I speak here todaY, in th-ere difficult times, I feel tha.t you and we, of whom I am one, aire far c~er stm. May Ood keep you and bless you." The program closed when the Portsmouth Male Singers sang "Dear Harp of My Country." Public I I Commission Sub -v At Yard May 1of Lt. Comdr. Allen R . Joyce USN, wijl be In command or the subma· 11n Grenadier, when the latest rtsmouth-built ,5blp w!ll be placed in i;ommisslon on May 1. Capt. John J. Brown, USN, cap· :tali\ of "the yard, will read the orders of the Navy department placing Lt. Comdr. Joyce in command of the :p.ew submarine, and afterwards the ater will read his orders to his crew assembled on the deck of the craft Lt. Comdr. Joyce, a native of orth Carolina, entered the Naval academy from that state in June 1ll22, The Gernadier was launched Nov. ;!9, 1940. as A Right State Attorney General Defines Rights of Citizens Under Law; Councilwoman Dondero Submits Ruling-Accepted For RecordNo Comment By Councilmenc,-(0 i The "governing statute" regarding public meetings of city council means "there must be a general opportunity for the general public to attend and some notice of the time and place intended generally must be given" according to a, ruling by . H. Attorney General Frank R. Kenison in a letter to Mrs. Mary C. Dondero. CouncUwoman Dondero read the tute in any particular city would, of letter into the records of the Ports- ccurse, depend upon the charter mouth City council at its meeting and rules and regulations adopted last nigh t. The ruling was accepted thereunder. For thl..s latter informawithout comment by the council. tion the city solicitor should be conQuestion of what constitutes a suited. Signed Frank R. Kenison, legally called public meeting arose The Attorney General." following a "surprise" meeting of As the Attorney General points the city council two weeks &IJO to- out, municipalities are bound by the morrow night when councilwoman "governing statute" unless specifiDondero walked out of the meeting cally exempted by state law. Careful charging it was illegal. search of the Portsmouth City charPrevious to the meeting, City So· ter, Revised Ordinances, and Rules licltor Oscar Neukom said that a and Orders of the Portsmouth City member of the council had asked council reveals that there is no him for an opinion as to whether a exemption either from the state . . laws pertaining to calling special maJorlty of the council h'lld a righ t meetings or making them public. to call a special meeting. Mr. Neukom said that after looking up the City Charter Checked law he informed the councilman section 6 of the City Charter that the council could. He said that states: "all provisions of statutes he was not asked and did not give pertaining to the duties or powers an opinion on t r proper manner of aldermen or common councils, for calling such a special meeting. separately or otherwise, shall be construed to apply to said city Questioned , otice council, unless a contrary intention Following the meeting, Solicitor appears in this act." Careful search 1'1eukom told a 1epresentative of the reveals no contrary intention does. Portsmouth Herald that he had told Article XV of Section 135 of the a member of the council that he city charter specifically states " . ..• questioned whether proper notice no by-law or ordinance shall be rehad been given. Councilwoman pugnant to the constitution or the Dondero also questioned whether laws of the state." Rules and orders proper notice had been given and of the city council as adopted by the asked the Stale Attorney General City council this year provide under for a rnltng for the future guidance Rull! 27 that it ls a duty of the comof the council. mlttee on bills to determine "first The letter read as follows: "You whether it is consistent with our h ve inquired if meetings of the State Constitution; secondly wheCity council must be public. The ther it be agreeable to the general answer is 'yes' since the governing laws of the state and with the protatute ~peciflcally requlres that visions of the city charter; and meetings of the City council 'shall be thirdly to see that It is not repugpublic,' Public Laws, Chapter 62, nant to the Constitution or laws oI Section 6. the United stat.es." "For a meeting to be public with· If the committee has any doubts in t.he an V\iS t,a.tute there it is ordered to -investigate and remust • neral opportwuty tor move these doubts before making a the general public to attend and favorable report. some notice of the time and place intended generally must be given. "Whether a specific meeting was ~alled In accordance with the sta- While tuned in to the radio, at his home In Portugal, Keith Wood, a native of this city, suddenly heard the name of Portsmouth, New Hampshire mentioned and then followed the recent broadcast of greetings from Portsmouth, N. H. to Portsmouth , England. Mr. Wood , in a letter to his mother, Mrs. Mary I. Wood of South &lreet, tells of th e t hrill that he received when h e heard the broadcast . Att.er list •ning to a program which he usually f >~lows he said "and following this talk wha t did I hear but Portsmouth, New Hampshire, sending its greetings to Portsmouth , England, and who should be speaking but the Mayor of Portsmouth ." Continuing, Mr. Wood writes : "Who should come after him but Ralph May, a descendant of one of Portsmouth's oldest famllies, one which has been In Portsmouth since the da •s of the English crown. I t was music to my ears to hear him pronounce Portsmouth In New Hampshire," he continued. The letter repealed the words of the Mayor of Portsmouth, N. H., as he declared that "right would triumph" and that "the world is not ruled by might," and Mr. Woods said Mayor Rowe's offer of assistance would go down in history as one of the most magnanimous ever made." He also mentioned the musical selections of the male singers. Mr . Wood has spent considerable time in Europe. For some time h e was with the General Motors compa ny in Berlin and also In South Africa. More recently he has been with the White company and has made his headquai;ters In Portugal. Commission Grenadier ~~ Tomorrow The USS Gren,adier, one of the nev,est aad best United Stat.es' submarines, will be commissioned a t berth t wo at Port.;mouth Navy yard tomorrow 1uorning at 11.45 a.m . Officers, members of the crew and their wives will assemble for bnef ceremo'1ies· at which Rear Admual John D. Wainwright, USN, commandant of the Portsmouth Navy yard, will read orders from Secretary Qf the Navy Knox placing the Grenadier In commisslo1,. The colors and commissioning pennant then will be hoisted . Lieut. Comdr. Allen R. Joyce, USN, of Atlantic Qity, the commanding officer or --i he Grenadier, then will read orders from the secretary of the navy which place him in command o! the submarine . Commander Joyce was graduated from the United States Naval academy in 1926, and since that Lime has served on the USS Trenton, R-11, S-19 and the Plunger. �- - - ------ 's tartConstruct.i on Work To Take Award Contract For Dry Dock At Portsmouth Navy Yard IP ~"' 15 Months At Local ·Yard· ~,'\ 800 Men-To Be At Work · By End Of This Wee·k Special Train From Manchester Is Scheduled To Start Soon-New Bridge To Yard To .Be Built In June Construction of ·the new $3,000,000 dry dock for the Portsmouth Navy yard started today and before the week is out it is understood that more than 800 men will be at work on the project, which will take about 15 months to ccrmplete. Although it had been previous- be furnished from labor available ly reported that the newdockmight here. l>e locate<1 outside the yard, pos.sibly on Peirce Island directly opposite, oonstruction will be within the New Yftrd Bridge In addition to announcing the ' yar.d it.self. The dock will be about start of the dry dock construction, 400 f•eet long. Hiring of 250 WPA men started navy yard officials said today that . at the yard today and 250 more it had been definitely decided to pro' are to be hired tomorrow and by the vide the long contemplated second . end of the week 800 are sched- bridge to the yard to speed up trafuled to be at work. This present hlr• fic. This brictg,e from the main land ing ta~es up the slack which result- at Kittery to Seavey's Island is exed in nearly 4-00 men being dropped pected . to join the main land in when a previous project was finished the vicinity of Lock's Cove. It has not been decid,ed whether it will be i a few days ago. . In addition to the local WPA built of steel or concrete. worKers, it is expected! that the plans for providing a .special train ·and bringing in men from Manche.sti1cr viclnJt.y, which we.re an· nounced about 10 day,s ago, w!ll be . put into operation in a short time, as the necessary 800 men cannot all 1 l' (Special to The Portsmouth Herald) Washington, D. C., April 30-Contract for the construction of the new dry dock at the Portsmouth Navy yard was awarded today to the Aberthaw Construction company of Boston, , Mass., according to Congressman A. B. Jenks of the First District. Contract cost is $2,500,000. Work on the new dry dock has been in progress for some t_ime with soundings bein~ taken and the area being cleared in preparation for the awarding of the actual construction contract. Briton Asks Cop'4~t~ Of Mayor's Speech Mayor Rowe's speech and poem to Portsmouth, England really pleased J, c. Scudamore o! Dorset, a county near to Portsmouth. The next day, April 18, Mr. Scudamore sent this postcard to Stewart E. Rowe, Honorable Mayor of Portsmouth, N. H ., USA : "I snould be very _grateful if I could have a copy of the verse you quoted in your splendid alnd cheering speech heard here April 17. It ls very I cheering to us to hear your friend- / ly voice and all the good wishes sent to us. Thank you." MR.yor Rowe has just received !· the card and is going to send a copy not only of his original poem com- 1 posed for tha~ occasion but also of I his speech. l �.·or1zes • · stree. t , . AUth oar O eq ue· s t B d T R ,: . ·. . 1;1JA ..)·s.·.·U •.bm.IssI.On OfB.Ids~:s .... f. ,.- 1 . . . · • . . \ .. . - -- - -for losses; - and a re<Jvest . to P!l,int ; pnated ,-for lifrfug a it~cal as-; the white woodwork ·a~d, doorway I sista.nt. Councilman Ga.irqner sta.f;- · of the :e_ort.smouth Puolfo· -~~ [ eel: that' •a.· technical engineer w(!.s .in connection wltli CleaJ+-CIJS. i just a.s n~c-e&aJry for the pla:ii_ · Referred oo the · Planri.ing Board ning board as a Superintendent of' · a request of the ddrecoors of the ; Streets_wa.s to the Board of street Po:tsmouth Merchants Bureau that i Commissioners. and that such an attention be given j;o th!! incJea.sing . expert could save the .city many '! {f:i!~1r~~~e;:bfil~t~t~t~i~J: l t1-1~~e: ·5!~~bel's of the councu . ·.·.: ; , ~t~t~ ~~:1::: .:!t!~k~i;:;d;~t;;:~~=r !;f:,;: M;{~~st=J more accessible .oo the cit,yi, a re- , and _it was agreed, that as many as quest of Caswell Bros. for the ~rec- 1 poas1ble would attend - the meeting tlon of a filling statiot?, on the by- I of the Concord Planning Board •. 4~~k~!~t :;~~ ~: ag~~~o~~n/~~~g~f b!~h:;;r!!e~t: Bridge authority; a complaint of first hand infonnation. · · · Walte:- Woods of New Castle aveIn his request that fees , be '. : ---------ol.t-)1 \\ nue rerarding the operation of a charged, for plumbing permits In, mill in the-vi~inlty. · 15poooor Moulton said that most ·,,i ... Reports received and accepteq in- people -expected to pay and that he eluded: the resignation 9f Robert had, refused hundreds of dollars Mo,rvin as chairman of the Planning because there was no 1-e-gal fee, He . U Q ffl Q Board due to his assignment at the , said · that enough income c'ould be navy yard "accepted_ with regret;" collected to pay h~ expense to the a report of the meetmg of the Co- city several times over Building Authorization of a $25,000 bond issue to finance the ord~ating committee by Chairman I·nspector ·Ira A. BroV.:n said the · ht by Donaero; a ruling by the atoorney same thing was true in connection Sh er b.urne roa d sewerage sys t em was vo· t ed Iast nig general on public meetings of city ' wl,th bu!M.ing permits ,the Portsmouth City -council and given its third and final i:_ouncll~; a ~r~ br City Solicitor 1 - - -· •- • • reading under suspension of the rules so that action could Oscar Neukom that the city wpuld · · . . have its check for $8,750 from Debe taken at once. The vote was unanimous. fense Homes on the water installaIn addition it was voted that the lector -approved as required by law; tion agreement wl th in 48 hours; the Board of Street commissioners be to raise the $100 voted for the annual report of the plumbtng ingiven authority to advertise at once Brockton Firemen's relief by publlc specoor, Clement R. · Mouloon; a · for bids for construction of t])e sys- I donations. To Instruct the city clerk report of the City Lands and Buildtern on the basis of both a 12- and and city solicitor to prepare ordi- ings committee that it had given an 18-inch pipe. nances that will permit fees for permission to the Granite State Voting followed _,reading of a let- plumbing and building permits as · Lodge of Elks 00 use the Ward 4 ter by Councilman ·Frederick D. Gar- suggested by the plumbing inspector, ward room. ' dner from Dr. Joseph Bolten, US to visit the Concord Planning board Referre,d oo the Committee on Public Health officer, that con- and determine whether an expend!- Parking a letter from Ernest Tucker firmed the report of Acting WPA -ture of $2,500 for technlce.l asslstanc:e of Rye, chairman of the New Administrator James P. Quinn of for the Planning board would be Hampshire Seacoast Regional • DeManchester given at a meeting of justified; to vote $675 to install new velopment association committee on th.e city's Co-ordinating committee , traffic llgl,t control boxes as re- highway transportation, an offer oo the night before. quested by committee on street co-operate with the city in any ef, Although action on the sewerage lights. fort it may make oo improve traffic was-the outstanding item of business Referred oo th~ Committee .on and· parking ·conditions in the city during the regular meeting last Lands and build~s a reqmist of wl,ich Mr. Tucker said were detri. night, more than 40 other items the Pentecostal church for use of mental to the city in that they dis·were · transacted as the council the old I meeting hall at Meeting couraged shopping in this trading moved swiftly through an accumu- House ·h ill, South End, for services; center. · lation , of problems, and adjc,urned a request of Eugene M. W. Hutch·untll Wednesday, May 7, at 7:30 pm. ·1ns of 324 Hanover street to buy Scout Deputies Attend .Business Included: · Lot 9, Plan 99, valued at $71!; to The entire council with the ex. ORJ?INANCES: Enacted, an en- survey the needs of offices at city ceptlon of Councilman Walter R. '.abling · act that established the hall for equipment and repairs; to Harvey, who was out of oown, was Portsmouth Planning ?Oard as re- find out prices of folding chalrs\f?r present and during the regular sesqulred- by -law; regulations on rub- use of the public at council meet- slon the Portsmouth. Boy Scouts blsh and garbage removal; increase ings: and oo set a price on the old acting as deputy council sat beIn pay for the :fire department; ancl city dump on South street, which hind their respective councilmen . .cu_rtailment, of parking on :f'.leet .Councilman Wllllam Palfrey said st,reet as requested at the previous : someone wan·ts to buy. Appointed by Mayor Stewart E. lh~eting by the chief of the Fire . Referred 00 the Committee on . Rowe and confirmed by the council depti,rtment. Tabled on its second Claims two bills of Dr. L .. R: Haz- • were several local employes 'of the 1·eadlng "'.'~s a proposed ordinance to zard, one for M!ss Annie Hannigan I Bosoon and MainE:_ railroad as pubraise · salaries of Ward officers and for treatment of an injury she . Ile welghers. officials. Second reading was given said was caused by a stop sign, and Of interest to sports fans was the to the ordinance raising the pay of · another for Thomas Prendergast for , vote oo appropriate $200 to survey the Plumbing Inspector. treatment of injuries· which Mr. the New Franklin school area for DIRECT VOTES: To have Ports- PrendeTgast said were caused · at the · its possibilities as a recreational mouth Included in the sewerage ren- , Pi1,~ st.:'eet playground. , center and location of a field house. tal bill, sponsored by Laconia and I Rderred to Board . '. Opening of Fleet street so that ' Concord as recommended by the Co- Referred to the Boa.rd of Street : the Fire department can make a : o.rdlnatlng committee; to accept the I Coi:nmisslone'rs a request of R; M. : clear run from the station to con:':i·_ecommendation of the Board of Tmfoon extenddng the sewerage I gress and! then acroos and down , Adjustment that the petition of .system on Melbourne street, in con- f Fl-eet ·street oo Hanover ls_intended •Ralph MacDonald for a filling sta- nectlon with a plan for building 35 i to solve the bottle neck that has tibn at the junction of the new. by- 1homes there, a, request of the North delayed, fire apparatus ml!-nY times pass and Myrtle ave., not be granted. ·End Lions Softlball team for p..°1'- In recent months. · 'llhat a licensefur a boxing match . mission oo use the Plains, memorial I Today, Councllman William _H. on May 2 requested · by Leo c. :field for games this summer; com- l Palfrey wiw busy making arrange-Young for the Port City Boxing . plalnt.s B1bout holeJS1 in the side- , ments for handling the -sollcltat10;1 club be granted provided proper In- walks on McDonol!gh ·street and of funds for the Brockton Firemen s ~ormatlon was given the city clerk Crescent way; and a request that :I relief after being voted in charge of and all ordinances conformed with· the dump at the end of Central , the drive last night and given au·.that the overseer of the poor be in~ · avenue and Beechwood streets be ; thorlty to borrow the necessary colstructed to prepare a list of mortl- · cleaned up; a request of Ira A. ' leotion boxes from the Salvation _c;:\~ns. of the city and award city bur- · Brown that the Cass street sewer- : .Al)my on -behalf of the council. 1&1s in alpl'labetlcal order. age be extended. e ',.. To endorse the Clean Up; Paint · Referred to the Finance commit- Oniy Discll!6ion Up and Fix Up campaign which tee. a · suggestion that the city take Only discussion · of the evening :starts April 21; to authorize the tax out · burglary and robbe\ry insur- centered on the request of the Plancoll~ctor to hire R. deputy to collect a.nee for Its city officials handling ning Board that $2,500 be appro·delinquent po11 taxes on a 10 percent funds as at present they are liable iiasis provided the former tax col• . _. Acts After Letter Read Confirming .Q •. nn's 'St te en t On wPA L bOr I I I �fbll'S:PeCiell;; ·, · Session Of C_ity. Council~/ I Meeting Tonight To Study Water · Supply For Forts • • '. I Portsmouth's city cou ncil will meet in a special session at 7 :30 tonight to study the problem of furnishing an adequate water supply for Forts Stark and Constitution and i Camp Langdon. .. 1 I The meeting ·was called as · a re~ Prefer City Supply The ]atter was admitted · as a suit of a conference between army possibility by John Stanton enofficials and the Board of Street ! gineer in charge of water ;upply Commissioners last night when it for all military establishments in was agreed that 1,1, 12" main should the New England area, "but we bl! installed to connect with the New would rather get the entire supply Castle lines if a satisfactory :finan- from you;'' ·he added. cial arrangement could be reached. Fort authorities · expressed alarm At , tonight's meeting the street at the fact ,t hat. 48 hours was re- · commissioners will request the co:im- quired recently to fill a storage tank . ·ell to approve ·an arrangement. sim- · now erected at the forts but Mr: I ilar to that now in effect with De- Stevens pointed out that that oc- 1 fense Homes corporation at the 100- c41"red with' the Portsmouth pumphome project on Sherburne road. ing stations operating at a reduced · Under t~at arrangement, funds · rate. He promised 'that the time , for the work are to be advanced to ,·could be cut to 16 or 17 hours with i the city by the federal goverpment pumps operating nearer full capa- ! to be returned wheri the revenue city. . frorri the project yields a greater Oh motion of Commissioner Amthan 15 per cent profit to the cityi · · erico Fransoso Mr. Stevens was incommissioners' desire . to have a Test Postponed council meeting called. . Commis- : Pending a decision by the council sioner Fred V. Hett amended this · a water flow test, planned for next :, to instruct Mr. Steverts to inform Monday, will be postponed. Object '· the mayor that an early meeting is of the test was to determine how 1· · essential. · much water could be supplied the Present at the meeting ; were military establishments when the commissioners Atwell, Fransoso and Hotel .Wentworth is operating in I.Hett, Superintendent Stevens and the summer. - - - - ---, the following represe,ntatives of the ·Two. goals were outlined by Capt. War department: Capt. Collins, J. G. Collins, USA, in ' charge of Capt. James Finnerty, Capt. John ..:onstruction at the fort; to furnish W. Chandler, Lieut. Norman K. enough water for the everyday use White, Jackson L. Reynolds, · enof the men, who may total as high gineer in charge of Portsmouth as 1,300 and to furnish adequate harbor. defenses, Mr. Stanton · and fire protection for any emergency his assistants, Frank Carr and Mr. , should the forts and camp be under . Olsen. enemy fire, or incendiary bombing. I A total of 160,000 gallons a day was estimated as needed for everyday use. In answer to a question by Captain Collins, Supt. of Streets Nat Stevens said the city could furnish this amount. He strongly urged · installation of the 12" main but pointed · out the city has no funds with which to carry out the project. The cit:,> has given the War department an .estimate of $10,115.65 as the .cost of doing this work. Other suggestions offered during the in~eting for remedying the pre•Sent situation included installation of a second main to New Castle over the New Castle bridges and installation at the forts of a salt. water fire 'protection system. I · ~ - - , - - - - - --c:-- : - - ~ -- - - -- -- ----;:--- 5'$~ COUncllmen Dela_y,· Water Decision;·-·. c!~· ~ 1 Meet· Agcwin Today Although decision on the question of increasing the -.yater supply for Forts Stark and Cons titu tion and Ca mp Langdon was pu t off last night for a. period that may ex-_ tend to three weeks, the ci ty co un cil will meet at 5 o'clock this afternoon. - . ------Necessity for the special meeting '. Captain Queried · · today arose when Councilwoman Following a presentation o! the Mary Dondero refused to make un- army's .attitude by Captain Collins animous a motion to so far suspend he was asked a number of questions the rules as to admit one resolution by members of the council. to authorize the city solicitor to ar- "Is there any way we can get some range for land damages in connec- money from the government for this tion with the new sewerage line on work'/ " asked Councilman Palfrey. Sherburne .road for which a $25,000 "Yes," •Collins answered, "I bebond issue was voted by the council lieve we could finance part of it." Wednesday night. Capt11-in Collins previously had quotThe council had instructed the ed to the board Superintendent Board of Street commissioners ·to Stevens' figure of $10,815.65. advertise for bids for the sewer conWhen Councilman Burkhardt struction but Superintendent Nat S, asked v!hat proportion of the total Stevens informed the council last the army would expect the city to night that the board was powerless pay, Captain Collins replied that to act until the question of land that had not been decided, that the damages had been settle,d. army preferred to get the city's Mrs. Dondero· based herraction on viewpoint first. a contention that the action was ilCouncilman McNeil's question legal since a special meeting can concerning what increase could be only act on the matter for which it expected in the flow of water to the is called originally. forts was referred by Captain Collins Rule 8 of the Council's Rules and to Mr. Stevens who said that alOrders provides that other business though no exact figures were availthan the subject of the meeting may -- . ·· -·be taken up if unanimous consent is able th e increase in . flow would be : obtained. Mrs. Dondero would not 'l;onsideraple. ~o. increase in pressure ; consent. . would result, he added. Quorum Lacking Compare Costs. . Other members of the council at Membei;:s of the council raised the first sought to remedy the matter question of costs and said that the · by adjourning and calling a second government had granted fylanchesspecial meeting immediately but a ter $55,000 to run a water .main to quorum was lacking by then. · the air base there. Councilman HarPresent at the meeting were vey added that in the town of Ayer, Councilmen "Frank Hersey, ·Mary Mass., the government had paid · Dondero, Walter Harvey, Lewis Mc- $297,000 to only $12.000 by the town N!;!il, William Palfrey and John for installation of a sewerage sysBurkhardt. tern at Fort Devens. Attitude of army officials on the . ".Ayer is different," Captain Colpropos11,l to install a 12" main to !ins replied, "it is not vulnerable fo corinect with the present 8" main attack. Portsmouth is. We , are .here to New Castle was presented to the primarily to defend the navy yard. board by Captain J. G. Collins. USA, W~ are asking you to co-operate in in charge of camp construction. j your own defense." Captain Collins repeated his Captain Collins also .asserted, in statement made to the Board of , reply to a question by Harvey that S.t re et commissioners Thursday the Kittery Water district was pay'night in which J:i~~~sert:tq 't ~-Jbe , ing_ part o! the cost of running" a harbor defenses need1 water not .only · mam to Fort Foster, , !or everyday use but also for fire · ·· prevention in event of any emer- , Suggests New Main gency such as an· air raid with inChairman of t he Board of Street cendiary bombs. He said ; that the Commissioners Fred V. Hett sugsupply is adequate ·at present but gested that the army run a new that with the opening of the 'Hotel '. main across the New Castl.e bridges Wentworth an added supply will be : route but Captain Collins said that necessary. cost of marine pipe laying would be ' prohibitive .for that plan. · Asks Proposltion , As a result of the discussion no I Captain Collins requested that the I agreement was reached and it was city make some proposition for fin- decided to continue the discussion ancial co-operation between Ports- ..~ b.~ ne& meeti11g. Council memmouth and the War department bers agreed that all would be thinkthe project ing the matter over in the meantime The coun.cil, however,. was unwill- and if an ag~eement seemed likely ing to make a proposal and voted, · a special meetmg could be called beon motion of Councilman Burk- fore May 7. hardt to give the matter further consideration and decide it at the next regular meeting. Councilwoman Dondero immediately moved that the mayor call a meeting of the council for next Monday evening, but Burkhardt said he referred to the next regular meeting already ·set for May 7. •The mayor · upheld Mr, •Burkhardt ·on this, ' 1 I on-' �- - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - ,,.-(p ? - -- --···- · . . - - - -- - -- ---,- -- - -- Re· se'arc·h .~~i: ·_·. ' ~~e:~oc~:i~~l~~·~r!~~:~o~~; ~~~ -: · , · • ,· y· :o· De ft A va I•1a· b1e· soon " · r:r; fio': ;r·.tsm·o - u·"th :u~1:;!~~&a.-po~1:f· r>esearch workers, that it was of graves located across, to the opthought others doing research work posite side. · . · ~ would find them so. These were put The c~ain of tiU!l for all of that . · , • in book fOTm. • , land has. been checked and as the , t .t · t die<l. r·· --- . .. . .. . . - • -- - 1- -· - 1 The first teries of Brewster's workers are closing their project 'I Early Porrtsmou -h his ory s u , locatl~n index _cards typed, 632 In Rambles , has a 313-page name in· ·t hey are attempting to discover the and collected for the past three pencil, 605 miscellaneous caPds i~ dex and a !216-page subject index exact boundary of the Glebe land, : _ ytars _s ~~ will be made a~a1:Ja~e • pencil and 207 typed. The_ pencil while the second series has been which was laid out in the middle : ,for use of anyone who wan~ In- cards were completed from 1800 to checked for a 257-page name In- 1600's. . · .forpi11,tion on various periods in 1 1811. dex and 199 pages of subject Index / Portsmouth's history. · mnbter. These havie been dupli- Check Deed1 Since May, 1938, research wor~Compile Fire Statistics cated and bound. Over 50 of these Deeds for property 11,long the ! I er-s hp.ve been delving in to old recInformation on the fires of Ports- , have been bound and will be dis- west side of Market street were ords to collect the material which mouth were compiled froin the New tributed to libraries designated by checked in an effort to establish the There were· the WPA · Th e Ann als , a1ways a exact line of that side of the street. .others have typed classified and Hampshire Gazettes. ' 331 name index cards and 462 sub- · troubl'· some volum · whi ch to All these . d:eeds have been put into 'an·anged. . e m The Portsmouth Public library ject cards. It was of advantage to find information m a hurry, now has book form, so th.at, in· addition to and the Hamilton-Smith library of the research workers to have 'this a 110-page name jndex and 235-page these t three section& of the city-, the University of New Hampshire prepared, for the fires -of 1800 ' and subject index. TIµ,s has been · dupll· thete ls a . wealth of mfl,terial Jn Durham are to benefit from this 1813 comple·tely changed the. lay- cated apd bound. These _three books traced in other sections. . ' . -- . out of the- city where they were produo. d 6685 name mdex cards th project as the copies that have been working. _ and 1016 subject index cards , , Besides this source material er~ mad~ will be divided bet ween them. Ofttimes businesses .were unable The book by Gurney, "Ports~outh j ls a great deal of information on . Tlie City of Portsmouth and the to survive the loss by fire and dis- Historic and Picturesque" is th last churches, markets, newspaper pubUiliversity of New Hampshire were appeared entirely. ---~- - lications, government data, geneal:ci->hponsors of the project, known of the Portsmouth histories- that I ogy,. schools and forts. Informa'11.$~the survey of Historic Sites and Earliest Records were consu)tedi by the proj,ect woa-:.- , tion gathered from material found -Blilld!ngs of Portsmouth. Started The Portsmouth . town records, ers. Th!F.l too has been indexed both mainly in the town books has bee-n ithroilg,h the efforts of the Rotary lodged in the vault of the city clerk's by name and by subject. arranged in chronological form. cltib, Capt . Chester B. Mayo, USN, office· at city hall were the earliest The lllustrations in this book also ' For work on Royalist$ Information · mji.intained an active and deep in- available. The four books were de- have ~en ind~xed. There were · was copied from hand-written fterest as long as he remained In ciphered by the . research· workers .. 2,911 name index cards and 322 copies of JJ;nglish records now at ', Portsmouth and after being ordered The first book dates from 1654 to pages of name index, In addition to the state library. Records of 1 -io · theh New York Navy yard still 1713 while the other three books 236 cards and 26 pages of location Queen's chapel and St. John's , k~pt in touch with the . acti~ities. carry the records of the to~m . · , index illustrations. , church hav~ been copi.ed and InThe project workers copLed these .,· Maps drawn by draftsmen on the dex cards made. · Only pencil 1 Clark Made Supervisor books and a duplicate Of the rec· ,, project show the changes in Ports- ·transcriptions have been completed 1 Eugene w. Clark, who had been ! or&:. has been presented to· the I mouth 8lt 25-year Intervals from of the vital statistics that appear In doing some work in a national_ sur- city. In&tead of the hard-to-de· 1700 to · 1825. One hundred large the secretary of state's o!f!ce of 1vey of ,historic buildings through c!phe·r handwriting of those yea-rs, in · maps have bEen draWJ;l and 170 Port=outh, volume LL and NN. the nation and later had been do- books from 100 years to 300 ~ars plans for books, as well as 118 These were taken from the traning ,work at the Uniyersit y of New old, a copy in typewribten form ls studies and drawings. script of the Portsmouth. book made Ha'.mpsh~e. was selected as super- ;v~ilible at the city clerk's of· M:.E. Witmer assisted in the map by t he state be~ween 1932 and 1938 . .visor. Eleven workers were t aken flee This was In line with copying all from among persons not_employed, . spe·!ling was different than it is making. Under his • direction these early records of towns and cities in .._ was a Works Project adminis I maps were drawn, · the draftsmen the sta:te. as i " '". - · today, writing was faded, yet the from the roject ~~;:c\hey U~!~ill~ . ~j:t ' copyists succeeded in making a com- ,. drawing. ife also ;~~~g ~~elo~~u~i Workers Not Named themselves to rthe tedious routine of plete copy. space for these draftsmen when There were 33 workers ~,;i,t differ. chec~ing a nddl rechtec~in~f f;ac:ge Check, Re-check ·. the~- ; ;r; -working · in this city. ~~; :!~~e ~P~isls ~X:J:;~!fih:;; s~mmg1Y en es,s as · Following the rule it was copied · · · ddwn a clue and of spotting and i fl st th 'react back and Trace Ow~ership . will _remain anonymous, No !ha.me remembering that Information. c~~~~11 th;n 'ty~ read back and . Ownership of _property from the ' appears on any docum~t, except I I h ked T ~ bound copies present day back to Mason's grant t hat ·of the advisory committee. , Glean From Deeds . ~g!en ~~e · one for the city has been traced In the sections con-, Only clue wlll be the initials that •• The deeds, wills and other records clerK's om ..a' on-! t o be r;ievci, to "·'<'' cei:itrated upon by the workers. appea! on the pages. These are_in0 at the Count y Records building in I Portsmouth Public library and the These have been arranged In• books conspicuously placed near the bmdExeter carefully have _been gleaned. th-i rd to the Hamilton Smith li- containing, in most cll,Ses, complete , Ing. As _the pages were read back E,a rlier deeds prese:ved in Concord brary in Durham. There were 3130 copies . of the deeds and other In- , the initials of th~ · reading and ,were- copied and mformat i~n ob- pages of pencil copy 2418 pages of foi:matlon relating to the land or . checking were 11oted, on the inner ta:ined from other sources m the ·t . copy 6822 name Index cards, bmld!ng. . f,.. rough copy of a map margin of th~ work. . yl!,Pital City. At Dover wills were 7~~ges ~f name Index 3398 sub- showing the .!_~atio_n of streets ls 1 TJ::lree of the men _h ad been with ·also,checked, as some of those in the ject index cards. Extreme care !nclude·d on the outside o( the book., th-e project during the entire period. files at the Strafford county court_,,._ a taken by the th · Shortest length of time anyone rehouse,' pertained to Portsmouth. aga1.~. errors w s The_maps ems,e1ves prove an 1:n-: malned was two wee!t,s. As the pro- -;- ---:--- - tt. _. workers. terestmg study of the early his ject was ·to create jobs. the workers Mame wills and Massachu.se rec tory of New Hampshire's only sea- were hired not because they were ords, S~ffolk county deeds and the Use Gulde Books . port. Drawn in 25-year periods, skilled in research but because they 0 proceedings of the provu;e : An early little known book of Ports- ; they sho'3/ the break up of large were without positions. Considerable M;assachusetts, when New amp mouth history' is the Ports- I plots into smaller lots as the bus!- time was taken In order to get acshire was a part 0 ~ th at province mourt):l. Guide Book, "a sur_vey of _the ness section spread. . quainted with the detailed effort al; wt!re s~di!~~ cene of the sur- City and ~eighborhood, with ~otices .The firs t section of the city where . that was necessary. The -work was or mou , s . of the prmcipal buildings, sites of the research workers began · was ·--- di · .. d · oe1t!ons · vey, provide~La great deal otf oln; historical lnteirest an4 public insti- that section starting at Market furtherff ~: t;;p~eork~ !ct they I O formation. Here men were a w r tutions" wrltroe n by Sarah Foster and · d M rk t to were e \ \!~~~ p~~l,'~Sof t.:~i: : published by . Joseph H. Foster in iioU:;tr~t°n~~~g toa n!niels : :;~:~{pl~;:e:f ~r~ w;~~a~ . . · 1884. . street and up, Daniels to the star~ 1( d t The project started with 11 r r-,l!-nd copied. Its purpose was to ~rve as a gmde Ing point. The second s,ection ~t one time 17 were employed. Re d Gazett I book to point out h1\Storical spots takes tile territory on the opposite As the work comes to a close there I :,- :.tt the P~rtsmouth_ Athenaeum ~e~ i~:~::!ln!h~la~!!nt~ ~ !de Danit~~t;,:t~e~ ;~; :~~~ 1 are five finishing up .the' proje~t. \ 1 ,many . volumes of the New Hamr I c01ning to Portsmouth and vicinity d~ra~!e o~~d also property border- , B I te'r ted . shire Garette, fir~t newspaper pu ~ each year. n Washin ton and Chapel . ec!lme n es llsh in Portsmouth and still In ex- 1 Fr-om this book there ' were 573 ~;eefs as far as gCourt street. Many workmen were so interest- . I !st-ence, were read. Papers fr?m I name index carw, 74 pages of name ed in their work, that they knew no 1791 to 1806 provided much m- : index duplicated • and bound; 914 Third Incomplete hours. In fact one of the draftsmen formation and anything that ap- : subject !nd,ex cards and 142 pages came in on his own time, when he piled to t he history of the territory of subject index duplicated and The third section has not been secured a position elsewhere, in In the project, was copied. There bound'. ' completed. Work .was progressing order to complete the maps. Another were 871 pages of pencil copy, which along this when it became neces- , member of t he group plans to conwere checked and corrected. When Used Rambles sary to close the project. This ' tinue tils research aft.er the prorthjs was typed it produce<l. 710 Brewster's Rambles and Adam's \ section continues from where Map l ject winds up. pages, and In line with the usual Annals which were the souroe of 1·2 leaves off at Washington and I ,.care, these were checked and cor- : most cl the information for the Cha~! streets and includes part , What They Did ~rect~d. From the Gazettes of that \ Guide book, now recognized as val- of the Glebe lots to Church lane. . The men and women who have ·period thexe were 1,674 vital sta- · uable In the study of Portsmouth :__ W_!l.!le uncov~rlng ~~eds and~ worked on the projec_t and the tyoe \ !sties . cards in pencil, 1,748 .n~me : history, were also the object of much on U)_Ls property many other docu- of • work done follow: · Charles W• ;itl'S{ex cards in pencil a,nd _ 1,093 work, Rieader<1 . had found theise ment.s which ~ r on the early days Hayward, ~ewma~Jtet, 'J'.itle' s,earc~:n~me index cards typed. ~n a<;ldi-,, lacking an ad,S{J.uate index, . ~nd _. In of ~outh ·ha~ ~~ , f~d ing 1n Exeter; pr; Allan · Chapµl&ll, 34 tfon·· t<> 't he above there .were 8 ! .cll'der to aid theh· own wor\{, ait-.m- ; and cbpied. 'Many of,~e.{~ o f south -street; Salmon Fa.1is, ,oopY,ing .~r9per!f around-"Puq.dle ~ -?~'. t ~so · -~a~:J,:>een copied. . Thts. i:una ,from I 1 k 0 I !!;~: I I {~~. . I I v!~: = t J~! : I a: f~: I �aee<?T~~€tef ~ c i - ' a d ~· ~ptClies~~q'. ,J.ra~Q!~.ps*·•had mtttee wail --named. This' 1n·c udeif' Port;smouth; Lepine Rloe,- 65 -~!yer 1 _seen what had ·been,_,dQne.:'to re;iore Jame& A. Bort.hwlck; Mis. Edwai:dJ ·s treet, Dover, researc~ and · writing . Williamsburg, Va., and realizing ,the. Wendell, Mrs. and Mrs. H. -M. 13.' · of summaries; George S. Pridham, : possibilities of Portsmouth, had been Harlow, Charles H. Magraw, Rev. ' 15 ·coffin's court, Portsmouth, copy- working on an Idea for some. time. W1lliam Safford Jon~. Judge Jere_lng records, Portsmouth; Ellsworth He took h1s suggestion to the Rot11,ry my R. Waldron, John Meade How- . !P. Martin·, 143 State street, Ports- club, of which he ' was a member. A ells, President Fred Engelhardt, I mou_th, draftslll(Lll; Ralph -c; S~- committee was formed of many Mayor Kennard E. Gold!!mith, ! vey, .No:rthwood, __genea.logy; Orin s; prominent · persons Interested In , La.u!'.'ence Shorey, Mrs. · Ina Lance,. Littlefield, 110 Prospect street, Som- , such an undertaking. Several mem- . Miss Dorothy Vaughan -and. Mr. . ersworth,. draftsman; Emily R. bers of the committee studied this Clar~. · ' :Haigh, 49 Fisher street,'bover, typ- 1 proposal and made'· plai:isi ', In .addition to. the work .as a, com-ing _deeds and probates; Martha. A. t Mr. Clark also •had seen the pos- : mittee several worked as indivldRogers, 360 Central avenue, Dover, sibilities of a survey of the city. On ua.ls. Mrs. Harlow presented valued . typing deeds and probates;\ Eugenia ! the histotic buildings sur.vey he had typed copies of early direct.orles \ , F. Randall, Walt.on road1 Seabrook; , come here and become imbued with and also considerable other mate\ Charles W. W. Spauldip.g, 167 Lin- ' u --~ rial. Miss Vaughan assls\ed with coln avenue, Portsmouth, copying , the hlstory. ,The Sheafe Wai;e ouse, ·the g_enealogical problems, which 1, Vols. 1 and 2, Portsmouth records; . th e 1705 pouse on Deer street, th e were nwnerous and perplexing. Her Charles s. Rancour, Canterbury, i Captain Barnes house, th e Langdon knowledge of Portsmouth , and early research in Concord; George C. · house anq tlle Joshua ·Wentwor th Portsmouth families has been very : Phipps, RFD - 2, Dover, summary hoµ.se on Hanover street were _among I helpful. writ&; Jerome A. Kelley, 4 Gordon the places he had been work1;Ilg ~m. Although no definite place will court, Concord, research work in N d • be determined for the lfleatlon of Concord; Lewis E. Robinson, Fre- ee 8 ponsor I this material 1l). the . Port.smouth mont, indexing naine land subject! · When the need_for ,a. sponsor was Public library until it arrives, the hist.orical books; Ruth E. }.Valters, ' discussed, tJ:ie City of Portsmouth , trustees -and staff are looking for~ Eingst.on, stenographer; M. M11,r- and the University of New Hamp- • ward to it.s arrival, realizing its' \ tha Fogarty, 146 Court. street, Do- shire recognized its value . . With value t.o the library. The already , ver, typing deeds and summaries WPA backing the project got under- . crowded building cannot adequateand annotated indexes; Edward L. way. Miss Mary H. Head, state su- ly display · th«: materlaJ, but a Price,' Jr., RFD 2, Dover, research pervisor of white collared labor, 1 statement WJI.S made by the librar. work; Howard S. Margeson., 8 For- gave the project her support · and , !an · ~at every effor-t will be made rest street, Exeter, copyist, deeds aided throughout the work. to ·have this work available and , and probate, Exeter; Katherine Students o'r Portsmouth history '. easily accessible to those who deFrench, Pltts;Oeld; Miadred. Kil- will flnd this work of tremJlndous ! sire to use it. Considerable room cullen, 19 Pierce street, Doveal, typ- Importance. The thoroughness and lj will be needed, as there are 48 ing deeds and probates; Clara B . accuracy of the work can be traced drawe?'S of file cards, in addition to Lane, 4 Jefferson street, Concord, directly to the man in charge. He I the bound books. . research work in Concord; George has . guided the workers, 'dlrecte.d I The work iu:complished by the C. Webber, Durham, draftsman; Ed- their line of research and supervised project was on public display nearly ward H. Lawrence, 443 Union street, their efforts throughout.: the nei;i,rly a near ago. A' portion of Ballard Portsmouth, copyist - Portsmouth t,}\ree years that the project· has hall, scene of the headquarters o! town book; James - B. Trousdale, be'en in progress. ~ · the work, was used in this exhibiMilt.on, -summary writer; · Nora H. •tion from May 20 to 25 last year, Westcott 1 ½ Belknap street, Dover, Clan: An Authority w4ich .was in line with the open typing copy for duplicating hist.ortc Mr . . Clark's work has made him ' house held by the Works Proj~t books; Evelyn M. Haigh, 49 Fisher an authority on Porthmouth history. ' administration · projects. Tne street, Dover, typing deeds, probates ·H e has lived it throughout the. work which• the project ha.d comand summaries; ·Joseph M. Barry, months he has been in cha.rge of pleted was pn dh$play, as well as 370 Amherst ,avenue Manchester, the work and is a. walking 1nforma~ · portions of the work then undercopying deeds and pr~bs.tes in Con- tion bureau ot Portsmouth 1n its way. , ' cord; Art-hur H. Newell, Concord, early days. • The project is being closed due to copying deeds and probates in ConHe wouldn't admit it, but pis in- lack of finances. In the demand cord· :Qemos Demosthenes Burn- formation on Portsmouth places for building for national defense, ham:s Lourt, Dov~, wr1tll{g sum- him in a class by himself; He ~od- retrenQhment is being maqe in maries Elizabeth ·L. Shum, Rocky estly refers to it as merely his Job, many departments. The city !)fHlll .- ·oad, Somersworth, typist, but as he ana.wers questt9ns that ·, flcials feel that it Is_ a luxury which deeds, probates and summaries and are put to him, he a.mazes his qu~- 1 the city can do without and. fall Grae"e Brown, Kingst.on, typing tioners '11,ith his information. to show enthusiasm for its co~Portsmouth records. Miss Brown The . first adv,isory committee, -11-nce. Neither is there much sup- I acted as clerical h~ad of t4e _office, which laid the foundation for the port for renewal of such projects ; and also did secretarial work for beginning . of the project included ; by the national' ,administration. · Mr. Clark. · \ the followmg: William S. Appleton, This work has been done at a Cambridge street, :Soston; J . :·cost of less than $45,000 for the enTy_ped 41,771 Articles _ _ : Templeman Coolidge, architect, tire period. Of this amount about ·A checkup of the work on the en- Portsmouth; President Fred Engel- $7,500 was paid by -the sponsor, the tire 'project shows there were 41 ,771 1 hardt of the University of New WPA providing the greater portion ' articles typed. Of the classification . Hampshire, Durham;_ ~s. H. V. ·of the funds for· the proJ~t. The ; o~ deeds, probates and court records, : England, 407 Middle street; Malo~ j first project was extended ·as the i there were 3,618 instruments 'typed, Kennard E. Goldsmith, · 293 March limit expired. The sponsor paid 9,259 pages pen':)il copy, · 6,411 pages street; Mrs. H. M. S. Harlow and_ but 10 per cerit of the cost, with ; typed copy and ~.926 index cards of H. M. S. 'Harlow, 307 Dennett the remainder being provided by ;cteeds and probates, all read back street, Port&mouth; Arthur I. Har- the 'wPA. .The next extension was a,nd corrected. There were 2,495 le- rlman, 39 Aldrich court, Portsmouth; j for the entire year of 1939, and 88.5 gal documents· covered by summar- Benjamin M. Hartshorn, Newcas~le; I percent was paid by the WPA, ies in additibn to 2,830 _pages of John -Mead!' Howells; Kittery Point;. with the remaining 11.5 I being propencil copy. anq 3,358 pages of t;rped Rev. William Safford -.Tones, 134 1 vided by the city. The next excopy. Six,ty-tv,o house ,lots were Ple~t street; Mrs. :Aida McL. -tension found an increase in the completely traced and these have Mayo, ·, 186 Miller avenue, -~orts- amount paid by the city, being 21.8, been bound in individual booklets. mouth ia.nd New York; Capt. Ches- with. the administration putting There were also 36 illcomplete house ter G .. ,Mayo, USN, Miller avenue, forward 78.2 per cent. It y;ai; eslots catalogued. Portsmouth and New York; John timated that if the project should On history and genealogy there E: Se1bolt, 70 Highland street, be continued· the city's share would are 1,250 pages of typed copy of Portsfllouth; Mrs. Harold M. Smith, increase considerably more than last _genealqgica.l ma~rlal, 1,26~ - index 314 Mlddle street; Walter C. Sta- ' year, probably in the _-vicinity of cards of genealogical ·material, 1,313 ples, I!ortsmouth; E. T. Trefethen, what It had cost during the entire pages of historical material, 348 State :\_treet, Portsmouth; Miss Dor- period the project has been 'iri expages of summaries and 208 index otl;ly iaughan, assi.\itant librarian, ' istence. · · cards of historical ma_terial. P?r··t smouth; Judge Jeremy R. Wal- i With the cessation of this work, · : : dr<ini, 774·M1Jidle street, Portsmouth; ' the founda·tlon has been laid' for Cla~k•~ "Brainchild" · · · M. · E. Witmer, 3 Congress street, [ ' many impp~tant stud\es · if_ anyone B!lhmd it all has been Eugene W. and Eug~ne W. Clark, Durham. , . desires them. students can J:?e aure Qlark. The idea might be consid- , · · · · .- · , that this .information is as ·accurate. erect a brainchild conce~ved by Mr. ' ~•me S~ond Advisory Group · : as possible, for careful research' h!l-5: Clark while he was connected with · As th~ project progi:essed, ;,t here I been carried "on to make it ·so. There. the Hist.ode American Building sur- ; was felt ' the need of a~ assisting I is ample opportunity : for fu:i::ther vey. ' committee. A second advlSOl'Y com- , work, work, whi~h will · br!w qut more facts · of :Portsmouth's ·. early days an_<i ·!nha,bftan,f.s, ; \ ·:nie. st.a.rt l I · ' . 1141 I t I ·h:a~.~~~-;~¥!~~: -.:, -~l~~~f'f>~~~ a ull.5e 'U$)0•a;.J~ , •(!, :-""'.~ - ·/i#i,i1 -•:1hl"Jl"11finn ..,, · .....:1i-.{i;.1·..~ ~ ,..,:, · 1 turn Historic Work\ Over To Library ~ ,The material on early Portsmouth his.wry which the research' workers· on the historic project of early Portsmouth sites and buildings -have been compiling for nearly three years has been turned over to the Portsmouth Public library. There Is a vast amount of material of ·value to the city and a foundation for further research work by any Individual who is inteTei;ted in any special subject. �,.-<t ::> . '-~t race Lineage of-Histo'r'i~ ·Buildings at Portsmouth \ .t .WPA Completes Series of Maps Covering Period from 1650 _to 1825, at 25-Year Intervals; Much Data Uncovered A WPA project for determining of the city of Portsmouth sponsored tbe historic sites and buildings in a WPA project for the purpose of the older section of Portsmouth has tracing the lineage of the historic been recently brought to a close, sites and buildings in this area. 'i'he announced James P. Quinn, acting basic purpose of this project was to state administrator. prepare a series of maps for th?S "o/hen ,the early pioneers came to dfstrict. These maps cover the peNew Hampshire they called their riod 1650-1825, at 25-year intervals. settlement "Ye Strawberrie Banke," They delineate street alterations :from the native strawberries which and changes in ownership of vagrew abundantly on shores and sur- l'ious parcels of land. rounding slopes. The "Old Town by This information is based upon the Sea" is famous for the fine old colonial deeds, abstracts of which man~ions which line its streets. were prepared by workers in the ·.Architects say that Portsmouth rep- New Hampshire Historical society resents one of the outstanding rec- at Concord and in the County Records of early American architecture ords building in Exeter. Much of a-pd portrays a valuable histoFical the data has been derived from the p~_c ture of the past. , Por.tsmouth town records. The In some parts of the town old genealogical approach has ofter. buildings stand side by side in a been necessary, in which case the fiequence not seen in any other vital statistics from the ec'clesiasplace in the United States. Three tical .records of the Queen's Chape1 centuries have passed, and the mod- have been used. em city of Portsmouth has arisen, Because significant items in the spreading far beyond the confines leading Portsmouth nistories were of the ancient "Bank," where much not easily located, indexes for such of the history of the city and of works as Brewster, "Rambles about the province of New Hampshire Portsmouth" and Adams, "Annal~ was made. of Portsmouth" have been prepared Here were the wharves, where Librarians will be pleased to know b,arks and brigantines cleared for that these indexes will be made the West Indies, and privateers and available to them in mimeographed frig;;ites sailed away to make naval J form. All material will be depos• history. Here the public market ited in the Portsmouth City library. 'g_ave way to Market street; Queen's This project has had units in Chapel became St. John's church, Concord, Portsmouth , Exeter and with its- famous "Vinegar Bible." Durham. The sponsorship was Here Colonial governors met the "begun during tile mayoralty of Kenprovincial assemblies, and in a later nard E. Goldsmith and brought to a , day_ suave diplomats signed the successful conclusion under Mayor treaty of Portsmouth, bringing Stewart E. Rowe. The project has peace to countries half a world been co-sponsored by the University away. These streets saw John Lang- of New Hampshire. The work has don, so often chief executive of been directed by Eugene Clark, as New Hampshire, the famous Went- projeo't supervisor. As a WPA projworths, and many a merchant nabob ect it has been operated by the :and peri-wigged crown officer. Division of Community Service Conscious of the historical r ·g. Programs of which Miss Mary H . .nificance of this section of old Head is state director. Portsmouth, the mayor and council I �Talented Muralist To Decorate Lays Aside Rifle To Paint Camp Langdon's Walls With ~ Fort Constitution Murals Scenes From Early History o I 1. 11 'tn a special order issued this I art student for the past 18 years, lmn-ning by the Commanding Officer Callahan has won every scholarship of the Harbor Defenses of Ports- for muralists in the Worcester area and he has been commissioned to do mouth, Private Philip Callahan of portraits by several social leaders 1n Worcester, Mass., was assigned to New York and Worcester. special duty to paint a series of murals on the walls of the new Post At tho time of the outbreak of Exchange and Administration build- hostilities In Europe in 1939, Callaing at camp Langdon. han was studying at L'Ecole Des Pvt. Callahan was a well-known Beaux Arts in Paris, but returned mural painter prior to his induction to America prior to the campaign under the Selective service act in which resulted in the fall of France, February, and when it was learned Callahan is equally as well known as at the Harbor Defenses t hat the a water-colorist as he is as a.' mural22nd Coast Artillery had a potential 1st and at the age of 18 he had two Diego Rivera in its ranks, action to exhibitions of water colors in New I utilize Pvt. Callahan's talent was se- York galleries, and for his work with cured. water colors was cited by t he New In the Post Exchange's largest ex- York Art Critics' society, an unusual posed area, it is planned to dupll- honor for a painter under 21. He h as cate the tavern scene m ade famous also exhibited at the Museum of in the motion picture production of Modern Art in New York, and his ~enneth Roberts' historical novel, paintings were selected to represent Northwest P assage." c omplete with the Museum in a water-colors showthe hot buttered rum and the fi g- ing 1n Paris, in one of the few exh lures of Major Rogers and Langdon bitlons held in the World's art center Towne, the color sketch submitted since the occupation by Germany. by Callahan clearly shows all of the details of the interior of the famous gathering place. Callahan bas been helped in his research by the staff of the Portsmouth Public library, and when the complete set of murals sch eduled is completed it is believed that the Harbor Defen~es of Portsmouth will have a distinguishing feature, the only army post in the nation to have its wall-space \ covered by the work of a top-flight mural painter. A smaller side wall of the Post Exchange will depict the arrival of Paul Revern at P ortsmouth, the facts on which were uncovered in the Portsmouth library. It has not been generally known that ,Revere made a ride to this city, prior to his famed "Midnight Ride." On another wall of the Post Exchange wlll be a painting of the "Building of the Walbach Tower," the ruins of which yet remain at F ort Constitution, and which was built overnight during t he War of 1812, as a cannonmount to repulse the British fleet. This mural wlll be one of the larger ones and will be colorful, with every deta!l historically correct as tct colors of uniforms and tools used in the building of the tower. For one of the other bu!ldings at Langdon, It 1s planned to have p ainted a sequence of murals depicting the journey o! Major Rogers and his "Rogers' Rangers" in the campaign to Canada and back, in addition to portraits o! General John Langdon, Major General John Sulllvan, Colonel Walbach and other figures famous in the history of Fort Wllllam and Mary, which became Fort Constitution in 1806. The regimental colors of the 22nd Coash Artlllery wm be painted in the commanding officer's office in the administration building as well as a series showing gun crews in action and various phases of presentday military training. Pvt. Callahan is a graduate of Worcester Classical High school and later studied at the Worcester Institute of Fine Arts and in the Ad· vanced School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, majoring in mural painting. A member of t he Art students' League of Boston and New York, Callahan, at t h e age of 23 years, is considered in professional circles as potentially one of t he finest ain er. in this country. An I Special to The Union, FORT CONSTITUTION, May 6-Temporaflly laying down his rifle and Soldier's Manual for the paints and pallette with which he made a name for h imself In civilian life, Pvt, Philip Callahan, selectee In the 1105th Corps Area Service Unit, harbor defenses of Portsmouth, has started work on a ser ies of murals In the offic ial bu il d ings at Camp Langdon. Formerly New Castle Military Reservat ion and recently name d for New Hampshi re's first elected governor, Gen. John Langdon, Camp Langdon will quarter the largest number of troops In the harbor defenses here. In the new post exchange, a dmin istration building, recreation hall and post theatre, Pr ivate Callahan, who halls from <Yorcester, Mass,, where he was commissioned to do several murals, will pa int scenes depicting the histor ical events with which Fort Con stit ut ion and other old posts here have been connected. Already on a side wall of the post exchange la a pa inti ng of th e r ide of Paul Reve re to P ortsmouth, wh ich took pl ace prior to his Immortal "Midn ight Ride, " and the figures of Revere and Portsmouth natives greeti~g him In the square, Is graphic. On the main wall of the exchange will be the largest mural in the series planned. This will depict the Interior of Portsmouth's Stoodley's Tavern, made famous in the historical novel, "Northwest Passage," by Kenneth Roberts, which was later made Into a motion picture. Every detail has been established as being historically correct, down to the colors of the clothing, through the asalstance of Miss Dorothy Vaughn of the Portsmouth Pub• lie Library who was research assistant to Kenneth Roberts Portsmouth's Stodley'a Taver .. , and for the producers of the motion picture. In the new administration building, the regimental colors of the 22nd Coast Artlllery which was activated one year ago, be ing formerly the 614th Coast Artillery Battalion, a unit in the Organized Reserves, w ill be painted. The 22nd Is ma de up of •a large group of officers and men from New Hampshire, in addition to se• lectees from al I over New Eng• land . �lo 0 Murals by Soldier-Artist Pr~gre~ing Portsmouth History Depicted on Walls at Camp Langdon With a dab of his brush here and there, Pvt. Philip Calla han of the 1105th Cor , A e s · · Camp Langdon, In New Castle, is shown as he puta the finishing touches to a mural !hi hr a ervt ice unit at th e early history of Portsmouth. c sugges s scenes In CAMP LANGDON, New Castle, May 14-Mu~ progress is being made by Pvt. Philip Callahan of the 22nd Coast Artillery company in the painting of the walls of the Post Exchange and Administration building with murals representing scenes from early history. Private. Callahan, well known mural painter · who last February was inducted into the army under the Selective Service act has been actively engaged for sev~ral weeks in the mural work under a special order issued by Col Walker K 1 Dunn, USA, commandihg officer oi ' the Portsmouth Harbor Defenses. I In the Post Exchange's largest exposed area it is planned to duplicate the tavern scene made famous in Kenneth Robert's motion picture production of "Northwest Passage." Complete with the hot buttered rum and the figures of Major Rogers and Langdon Towne, the color sketch submitted by Private Callahan clearly shows all o! the details of the interior of the famous gathering place. Callahan was aided considerably in his research by Miss Dorothy M. Vaughan, well known historian and assistant librarian of the Portsmouth P ublic Library, as well as by other members of the library staff. When the complete set of murals is completed it is believed that the local army post will be the only one in the entire country to have its wallspace covered by the work of a topfligh · r A smaller -side wall of the Post Exchange will depict the arrival of Paul Revere at Portsmouth, the fact.! on which were uncovered in the Portsmouth Library. It has not been generally known that Revere made a ride to Portsmouth prior to his famous "Midnight Ride." On another wall will be a painting of the "Building of the Walbach Tower," the ruins of which yet remain at Fort Constitution and which was built overnight during the War of 1812, as a cannonmount to repulse U,te British fleet. This mural will be one of the l arger ones and will be colorful, with every detail historically correct as to color of uniforms and tools used in the building of the tower. For one of the othe buildings at Camp Langdon it is planned to have painted a sequence of murals depicting the journey of. Major Rogers and his Rangers in the campaign to Canada and back, in addition to portrait& of Gen. John Langdon for whom the post is named; Maj. Gen. John Sullivan of Durham, who led a band of patriots on the night of Dec. 14, 1775, to seize the fort, formerly known as Fort William and Mary, and powder which afterwards was used at the Battle of Bunker Hill. There will also be portraits of Colonel Walbach and other figures in the history of Fort WJlliam and Mary, which in 1806 was renamed Fort Constitution. The regimental colors of the 22nd Coast Artillery will be painted in the commanding officer's office in the Administration building, as well I as a series showing gun crews m action and various phases of present day military training. Private Callahan r.om~s from Worcester, Mass., where ne was graduated from Worcester Classical High school and later studied at the Worcester Institute of Fine Arts. He I also went to the Advanced school of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts majoring in mural paintings. A member of lh•J Art Studer.ts' league of Boston and New York, at the age of 2~ years! he is considered in professional circles as potentially one ol the finest painters in this country. He has won every scholarship for muralists in the Worcester area and he has been commi3sioned to do yortraits by several prominent social leaders in both his home city and in New York. When, the wAr broke out in September, 1939, Private Callahan was studying at ll'Ecole des Beaux Arts m Paris. He returned to this country prior to the campaign which resulted in the fall of France Private Callahan is equally as w 11 known as a water colorist and a_t the age of 18 he had two exhibitions of water colors in New York galleries, and for his work with water colors was cited by the New York Art Critics' society, an unusual honor for a painter under 21. He has also exhibited at the Museum of M~de_rn Art in New York, and his 1 pamtmgs were selected lo represent j the museum in a water-color~ showing i_n Paris, ln one of the few exh1b1t!ons l_1eld in the world's art cenJ.e.i; ~W!!e 11.\i occupation l:)y Q~;ma._n;:, �SELECTEE'S MURAL AT CAMP LANGDON-Bill Doheney (right) admires Paul Revere mural of, Philip Callahan (center), while Fred Hurley (left) looks on. Worcester Draftee Brightens Walls of Army Cantonment Phil Ca11ahan' s Murals Make Hit With Boys at Camp Langdon, N. H. By GENE R. CASEY J PORTSMOUTH, N. H., une 29 --;The boys at Camp Langdon don t cry into their beer. lnstead as they sip their favorite ' . . beverage m their Post Exchange they look happily a.t. colorful historical scenes. Langdon, headquarters of the Portsmouth, N. H., harbor defenses, is probably the only Army cantonment in the country which has nearl life-sized murals in its Post ExY change. . . ~ey were pamted by private Philip Callahan of Worces1~ : • 22year-old selectee, w~o was ~1scovered" by draftee-privates Bill •Doheney of West Newton and Fred Hurley of Dorchester, the wideawake public relations men of the harbor defenses. As Bill tells it, Callahan spent the cold nights around the barracks last Winter drawing pencil sketches of all of the 21 men in the 1105th's headquarters detachment. They were swell sketches, so Bill and :F'red bellan checking uo on Callahan. They learned that the lad grad- were sending soldiers to remove the p owder from Fort William & Mary, on the site of which, in 1808, For t Constitution was built. The seizure of this fort by the patriots' was the first overt act against England. Callahan's painting shows Revere, on prancing horse, being received by the people of Portsmouth. Still Painting Murals Jo~!he;a: ~~~::a~~ipm~~~:rhoi: Portsmouth Harbor, and some of the . better-known patriotic figures of u'!ted from the W<;>rcester Classical ;Revolutionary War days. And he's High School, studied at the Wor - still painting ~ester Institute ~f J!'ine Arts, major- The Ports~outh Harbor Defenses mg in mural pamtmg; \yas a mem- consist of newly-constructed Camp ber of the Art Students League of Langdon, Fort Constitution, and Boston and Ne_w York, hac,i w9n Forts Foster and Stark. every scholarship for muralists m Steve Casey, the wrestler, is on the Worcester area, had been com- duty at •Fort Constitution. Tony missioned to do portraits of J?romi- Sarausky, teacher -coach of Arlingnent persons, and was studymg at ton High School, former football L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris star a t F ordham and baseball player when the wa r chased him h ome. wi th th e New York Giants, is staThey found out, also, that Callas tioned at Fort Stark. . han was just as good with water Capt. James R. Fmnerty, fire colors as he was with oils and that marshal and quartermaster,. co~es 'this type of his work ,had been cited from Sou th Bos.ton. In c1vil1an l_ife by the New York Art Cr iti1=s' So- he was clerk m the _Boston Fire ciety at two N ew York exhibitions. Departmen t. Capl. Richard ReySo they h it upon the idea of having n?lds, head of the new station hoshim aint a few murals for Langdon. pita! a t Camp Langdon, was _a footCall:han t hough t it was a good ball player at Boston College m 1931. idea and it w as decided to put Lieu t. Col. Richard Darrell of ' f 'h h' t tl the Regular Army, commander of some O ' e 1oca1 . LS ory, curren Y. the 1105th and executive officer of bR,;obughtt' Nto athttentitoPn by Kenn~hth , the habor defenses, a holder of the 0 er s or we;, . assage, on e Order of the Purple Heart, was walls of_ the buil~mg where the born in Boston. st coa artillerymen sip beer. The Portsmouth defenses boast One of the Worcester sele1:tee's tlie youngest first sergeant in the first Post Exchange murals depicted Army. He is Paul Rutkovsky, a the little-known ride of Paul Revere Connecticut boy, who joined the to Porthmouth, then the capital of Army a year ago. He's first serNew Hampshire, on Dec. 14, 1774, geant of Battery C and just 21 to warn patriots that the British years old. 9J,,k l('.. ~d. ~,) �s Says deral Aid Available n Fort Main W. C. Walton, Local Banker, Dies At 77 Bankers' association. Delega.tlons represented the trustees of the Portsmouth Athanaeum, th-e Chll· ren's Home, the Portsmouth H06· pital staff and trustees, Rotary club, Warwick club and Mechanics Fire Society. Ushers at t11e church Included Leslie W. Sargent, Dr. William Farrington, E. Curtis Matthews, Roland I. Noyes and Ralph Frobisher. Bearers were Fred H. Ward, Richmon P. Margeson, Pred w. Lydston, Charles M. Dales, Orel A. Dexter, directors of the New Hampshire National bank and Willis E. Underhill treasu~r of the Portsmouth Trust and Guarantee company. Mr. Rouner conducted the commltal t ervice at the grave In Proprietor's cemetery. William• C. Walton, '77, bank president ana ope of t he leading citizens of Portsmouth. died Saturday night at the Portsmouth hospital where he had been a patient for several weeks. He was a native of Portsmouth and felt a keen love for his home city. A familiar figure on the streets of Portsmouth, he walked to and from his place of business each day and always had a friendly greeting for those whom he met. He was born May 31, 1863, the son of John and ·Mary Anna (Newmanl Walton and received hi.s education (Special To The Portsmouth Herald) in the local schools. He entered the Washington, D. C., April 26.-Federal aid for con- employ of the New Hampshire Nabank as a young man and at ruction of water mains supplying the Portsmouth Harbor tional the age of ll'l was made cashier. efenses at New Castle is available, Senator Styles Bridges Nearly 22 years ago he was elected of the bank following the clay informed The Portsmouth Herald in a telegram from president death of Calvin Page. He became well known t hroughout as$istant secretary, Wesley Powell. the state in banking circles and was epator Bridges received this asWhat will be done about water for a member of the New Hampshire nee from Army officials after a the 800 homes which the PBA is Bankers' association, serving as a erepce with the War department building near Atlantic Heights is vice-president and also as a memthe problem of enlarging the six- still undecided as the Board of ber of the executive committee. water main that now supplies Street commissioners does not think He belonged to but a few organiort. Portsmouth has enough water to zations, but waa very interested in No opposition developed at the lclals at Fort Constitution, New spare for it. Chairman Fred v. Hett those in which he held membership. hearing held at the council chamtle, have requested construction suggested that the best solution He was a charter member and reg- ber this morning by the War de12-tnch main as they believe Imight be for PBA to pipe Its water ular attendant of the Portsmouth partment inquiring into the desiraslx~tnch main would be inad· across the river from Kittery. Rotary club, also a member of the bility of establishing anchorage te in the summer when the Mechanics Fire society and of the areas In Portsmouth harbor. Warwick club. He waa treasurer of iw.tworth hotel was open. Lieut. Col. L. B. Gallagher, USA, pator Bridges has sent Mayor the Chase Home for Children and of Boston conducted the hearing. wart E. Rowe, Portsmouth, comtrustee of the Portsmouth hospital, Edward T, Murphy, Senior Civil information on th procedure being deeply Interested in both in- Engineer of the Boston district, essary for obtaining this Federstitutions. WiS also in attendance. ~ Surviving are his wife, Mr&. Mabel iii aid from the War department. Lieut.-Col. Gallagher explained (Manson) Walton, a son William c. Among plans that have been conthe purpose of the hearing as he The Portsmouth Public library Walton, Jr., a daughter, Mrs. John sidered are: an Army plan of a dircalled it to order saying that the ect main from the Portsmouth has added to !ts .subscription list W. Vennard of New York City, and hearing was held "to inquire Into four grandchlldrl'n. four technical periodicals for standpipe and another for a conthe desirability of establishment by ei;ting main at the foot of South which there has been an increasing the United states Coast Guard of These magazines are :treet at Miller ave., connecting in demand. two anchorage areas in Portsmouth n the fort side of the Wentworth American Machin!.st, Engineering Harbor, N. H., namely, a regular Record, Foundry and Mechanical otel main. anchorage to be located off Kittery Engineering. Current numbers will Point and an explosive anchorage to be placed on the reading room tabe located off Gerrish Island. bles for one month and on the first Present at the hearing were repday of the succeeding month they resentatives from the navy yard, Next All -forty wells have been com- will be available for circulation. the Coast Guard, the Harbor depleted, Superintendent of Streets fenses and the Portsmouth Yacht Nat S, Stevens told the Portsmouth club. Represeniing the navy vard Board of street commissioners at Activities ht this city came to a was Lieut. Eliot Olsen, USN, while their meeting last night. pause at 2.30 this afternoon to pay Maj. J. D. Mitchell, USA, Wa.5 preMr, Stevens said that following a tribute to the memory of William C. se~t from the Harbor defenses. conference yesterday afternoon beWalton who died Saturday night. Chief Boatswain T . L. Hammond tween Paul Howard of Whitman & Funeral services for Mr. Walton and H: F . Snow were present fro~ Howard, city water supply enginwere held from the North church the U. S. Coast Guard, while John eers; H. E. Lauman of the c. w . with a very large number In at• E. Seybolt and Shirley H. Holt, Jr., Laurnan & Co., contractors; and represented the Portsmouth Yacht tendance. Leonard Trager, sanitation engineer Many business houses and offices club. Mr. Holt Is also a pilot. of the New Hampshire Board of closed and the flags on the PostHealth, Mr. Howard said the origioffice building and the banks were nal 25 wells were acceptable. at half staff out of respect to this Mr, Stevens said that Mr. Hownative ~on of Portsmouth who ard would write the Board of Street through his own efforts rose to the comm!.ssloneors that the wells were presidency of the New Hampshire acceptable as the sand condition had National Bank. been cleared up. As the second group Rev. Arthur A. Rouner conductof 15 wells, has been tested, Mr. ed the service. The service was Stevens said, that this completes this very simp1e In keeping with the phase of the work. In addition to wishes of the family. Private serthe 40 wells there are about 11 other vices for the family had been held wells, Mr. Stevens said, that can be during the morning at the home on accepted in lieu of liquidated damMiddle street. Mr. Rouner read a ages. number of scripture passages, giir• Mr. Stevens said specifications for Ing words of sympathy to all. His the new pumping station had not been completed but Engineer Howpoetry selection was Robert Free· ard hopes to have them ready for man's "Beyond the Horizon." the next meeting of the board on Organ selections were played by Amos Winslow M~', organist at the North churcn. R?presenta-Uvea were present frvm va:ioll6 organiza.tlon., In the city and also from the New am hire Anchorage Area Hearing Brings Out No Opposition Here Technical Magazines ~°' Added To Library Wells Completed; Pumping Is last Rites Held For W. C. Walton �The -pefatlon seeks a solution of a pressing traffic problem facing the The annual maintenance appeal ! city because of the increasing trafof the Salvation Army officially has : fie, and the present congestion opened In Portsmouthi with a goal . : arising from that condition due of $2,500. ' · largely to the program for. construeThe drive will continue through . tion of 800 homes in . the area. The May. JO .• when it will end- with -the · petitioners seek a definite . solution usual tag day. 1of the problem with special em· A complete campaign committee ·i phasis upon the flow of traffic from has been organized by Captain, !Atlantic Heights section, Newington Clair Lowman, local commanding Iand Dover. They feel that an ex- officer and campaign director: gentension of Market street would bring eral chairman, Thomas J. Brackett; many new customers to- this city. , campaign .treasurer, E. Curtis Matthews; women's committee, Mrs, As!< "Batter Boards" Beatrice Scarborough; special gifts, A motion was also passed asking , E. Curtis Matthews; industrial and Caswell Brothers, who seek per- '. municipal, Erwin Hollings ; business mission to build a pair of filling district, A, Richard Chasej mail stations on the Northeast and appeal, Albert Woolfson; radio pubSoutheast corners of Cutts avenue, licity, Rev. Harold J. Wilson; tag day, Mrs. Beatrice Scarborough; and · d' t t' f th f d the Maine-New Hampshire. InComp Ie t e an d 1mme 1a e co-opera 10n rom e e - and terstate Bridge Authority, to erect navy yard (enlisted personnel) eral government in helping to solve Portsmouth's major, "batter" boards on the northeast Captain John J. Brown. . Workers were to solicit the busirecreatio1Jal problem was assured in a letter received from may corner so th at the planning board , get an idea of what vision will ness district this morning under · A. Edward · L. Bike· by M. E. Witmer, secretary of the Ports- be possible if the requested filling Richard Chase, cha!;man. Today , Pl · · B d station is erected, on that corner. began sol!citation in the residential mou th annmg oar · I Bridge authorities have expressed district. Those on the special gift The lett er, which was read and dis- -McNutt, administrator of the Fed- the belief that one filling station !is~ of contributors will receive appeals from E. Curtis Matthews. cuss.ed at last night's se~on of the eral Security Agency, heads this is necessary on each side of the Following up last year's system, a Planning Board, held at the city \type of work for the nation. He also interstat_e highway at this. point. ya.rds, requests the immed1ate filling mentions that he is adct.essing his : -The petition seeks a change in · the sticker, "We Gave To The Salvation out of a Recreation Field Report request to the Portsmouth Plan- ' zoning laws to make erection of the Army, a Shield to Thousands," w!ll Check list calling for a very detailed nlng board at the t1Uggestion - of I _filling stations possible. be given to those contributing $1 or more. account of every possible phase re- ··Frooerick P. Clark, planning d1- ! '-, ·· la ting to ~,ecreation in the Ports- rector of the New Hamp.shire. Plan, Committee Appointed . The qµota 9f $2,500 is but a pormouth area. ning and Development commission, Dr. S. F. A. Pickering, chairman tion of the total operating · expense The tremendous importance of and Oren V. Henderson, president of · o{ the board, also ' appointed a comof the local corps. Members of the recreat ion to national oefen,;;e morale the New Hamp.shire Seacoast Re· I mittee of two from the board to Portsmo~th corps contribute $1,200 in Portsmouth M well as other de- gional Dev-alopment association. ' investigate all phases -·of. the possiannually toward the total budget. fense a.reas throughout the country The letter goes on to' say · that : ble infringement of the zoning laws · Already contributions have been was emphasized today wh•e•n an- · "Our Recreation coinmitt~ is re- by the owner of a planing_mill on received through the employe subnouncemen t was made t hat Thomas sponsible for detecting what prob- Newcastle avenue. Mrs. Walter script~on list to the amount of $37.75 E. Dewey has been appointed to !ems exi&t and what· means can be Woods, 41 Newcastle avenue, peti- which is anticipated to realize $250. head United Service, Organizations' be;it taken to eff.:~ct_solution of rec- ;!oned, for the investigation. This Remainder of the $2,500 quota is $10,765,000 campaign for soldiers, reation problems in the most press- 1ad been referred to the board by anticipated as follows: special gifts, sailors and other youth in nation- ing deferuse centars." • • •The · he city council. The increase in $700; mail appeal, _.$500; business al defense. sooner our committee has !!p?wledge ,-insura:-ncerates and the fire hazard district, $250; residential district, of the general situation m and · involved are two · of the reasons $300 ; tag day, $250;· other solicltaWill Send Letters · a.round Porl:6mouth and •an under- why some residents 'of that area tion, $250; and employe subscrip·secretary Witmer already had standing of the various P:oblem.s I seek a change. · tion lists, $250. Total $2,500. , · made plans to .send letters to at least that · your committee is facing, we ,1 Members of the Planning Board as 50 sources which it is hoped wi!l , will then be in a better po;it!on ~o : well as several councilmen and othbe able to provid•e the necessary give immediate consideration m er cfty officials are planning to information, and the board voted as;~ting your committee in · the so- attend a special session of the ·conto request him to continue his ar- lution of your · outstanding prob· cord Planning . Bo'a rd tomorrow I ragements for canvassing every nee-· . J,em.s." . . rtight at 7.30. A vote of thanks was esrnry ;1ource in order to make a.n ' Frank Milliken, planning ass15t- sent to that board for its invitation. authentic r eport to Bike.. at the ' ant of the National Resources Plan• Those attending were : Dr. S. F. ,ffirlicst possible time. .......... ,.. i nlng boarcl, has volunteered to fur- A. Pickering, chairman; Nat SteThe report requests defailed in- nish information ,in regard to Kit- vens, superintendent of streets; M. ~\ formation concerning population f tery, Me., the letter al.so states. E . Witmer, secretary; William L. ; . The new foundry, built at a cost of $250,000 wa~ dedicated at the analysis; number of men at various I -· Conlon and Henry B. Tilton. navy yard yesterday afternoon. mil_it ary and naval bases. transpor- I Stephen Scruton, chairman of the tat1on costs to them, recreational 1 • committee on arrangements, introfacilities "(hen they reach . Ports- \ duced Master Moulder William J . mouth'. att itude of commandmg. of· I The Planning Board also acted Monagle, who acted .as master of fleer~ 1~ regard _tQ.. }eaves, housing, •. upon receipt of a petition made by ceremonies. The speakers were I poss1b11Ity of WPA and NYA · help, M. A. Alkon company and 59 other Rear Admiral John D. Wainwright, I corpmunity organization and re<;re- business concerns, requesting a stucommandant of the yard ; Capt. H. -.-. -·-- - -- - - - . ·-.-,. dy be made of the traffic flow to F. D. Davis, industrial manager; at1onal re.sources . available f;ro," and from Atlantic Heights, and· Cmdr. Andrew G. Bisset (CEC), governmental, private and com- , that serious consideration be given public works officer; Cmdr. Floyd mercial source.s. ~ request to ind!- to the extension of Market street A. Tusler, acting production officer cate new si:rvloe centers needed : to· the Atlantic Heights area 1n orin the absence of Qmdr. John I. and informat1o_n as to what sections ' der ·to provide better accessib!Jlty. . Hale who was unable to attend; such Cf;lnters rrught ~ located to best This petition had been presented to Cmdr.' Charles F. Gr.isham, shop suadvantage i$ also included. in the the city , council and in turn was perintendent in the industrial deall-encompassing report sheet. referred to the Planning Board for partment, and Master ~o!lermaker ·action. and Steamfitter Thomas J. GameClark Requested The Planning Board unan!mOU$1Y ster. Edward L . . Bilce, author of the passed a motion that the secretary The foundry is located in Buildletter, is chairman of ·the sub-com- : · invest!g13,te previous studies· . and ing 91. mittee on Recreation of · the New ' la)yout for a Market street extension. England Regional Advisory Defenre · If such reports are available they ·council, and 1.s al,so state supervisor . w!ll · be· considered further and an . . o'f· Recreational study in Mas.."8.- analysis• made- to determini?· the _ ;,chusetts. He mentions that Paul V •; .wssible cost of .fi.'Q.Ch ~provement, The secreta,.y is then . to _·report ba<;k 'to .the . 1:ioafd -for ··'fiJitpe:r'"act!on; ' Federal GOvern. ment _Ready .To, Help. Here •·1· Thomas Dewey Named Head Of National Organization; United Services To Operate Facilities . ,l\ Provided For Service Men Here ~ I I I 'Dedicate New Navy Yard F·oundry Here ·j Market St Extension To Be / nvestigated �, · 1d' . o · f. ; s · . . / :,;lay .B . u :·1_· _: .· -1·-m·g'· -~. ; , . · o t":::}:::.·: ·. p· ., ·. ·. n1es HereCh en ing !~~!~~~~~t~ ';};'";, ... -, .Boa.rd of hea1'i,h; M. E. Witmer,,sec- retary of the Poi;tsmo~th PJannlng • '.0~' .-- :~" d. ':- included Charles Fulton, dlv~lonal I WPA engineer; Dr. John A. Oreen- 1 an, Eastei:n district representative , · ... , , ~l"' · erage :;_ ,,_,:. ew_ :,1_ , -'!-:'· ~ !~~f:::::~i:o~::dth:e60:e::: homes at Kltt;ery ls reacl1jng' final stages and whlle the first group of one hundred homes which were · ·urg .es\ c·tI y . - . · . To.'. ·prep· a· re· scheduled to be ready for occupancy on May 1 will not _be fip.lshed · . . · , until June 1, it ls expected_that the · . ., , • .~ \,)'"f,(. , Much of the discussion centered around federal aid , that mlg,ht be an'.g·e _ 0,f . '~: ,· H ·I ;_.,_ .,'-.,. . {~:V y Om es l:_1l_ ,·_: _:$ t_·_._ ·Grou·p _ 1 1: : : Administrator Quinn other gues~ f ' · ~~itt~[~t~ the 4tate b111 which .would enable Fe:~E~;:~r;:z;J~!rf~l:li report and was expected to pass, As a. ma.tter of fact, she said, Pol'l:smouth does not need such a 0 ~~t a!.!5ss~::t ~~;r~ ~; :1;: on sewera.ge, not only for construc- l~.Be Bui It ~J.!~1~.~'.:~1:::=.:,·~~:,;".:~ WPA .pla ns =~~.::~,w=: ct,:;,~i: ,)•./,·, ...June 1 -\" -~ \ 1 ''¥'' · ·j ' ~ ~ ··,,;·.k ~ J, ,. ~, ''<:!'~•t•.i·· ____ __Ll\:, !J" :;o ~_''"':,, .,;:_;_: t~efense Homes A_ sks '. 60 M U '';-<nor ·t,' ' .,i,:·,,: 0 Ore ____ ' nltS ' -t~~e,.;,ignlng of the sewerage systte)ti.., ,_ . 1for the 800 homes to be built ,by,t}1e Public Bulldlngs admlni5tra'tlon hear Atlantic Heights has delaY,ed the project for several days William T. Brown, principal p:r;oject -engineer sa.id today. Actual con~tructlon ls expected to star£ next week, Mr. Brown said. .~eanwhile engineers are at work {n.' . ,th!' administration building which has been erected on the lo~aJ!on and construction of the main• ;rehance building ls nearly com• !PYeted. ;/?"Mr. -:Brown said that savings ex!~ted to be made by the redesign~tni ·of •the sewerage systei:n would :~nti,ple the· homes to have full foundatlon walls instead of the })1)!it:s1 which })ad been previousiy e6it.sidered. Mr. Brown said that _repor:ts the plan9•had ·been changed fr,om. pe,rmanent construction to deri\qpntable were untrue and that Ask 60 More Homes Defen~e Homes corporation completed the founda.tlon for its 100th home last night, and all houses are being completed according to schedule. Application has now been made for perml&Sion to build an addltlonal 60 houses on the available land of the project. . Private building in this section .h as taken a decided spurt during the last few weeks, M. E. Witmer Federal Hous1ng Inspee tor f or t his' a.rea said today. John Go;ter ,has announced that he plans fu tonstruct addition.a.I homes on his Sherburne road development to the extent of 35 unlt.5 and Superintendent of Streets Nat s. Stevens has reported that .p lans a.re underway for the development of the Maplewood Acres prope~y to an even grea.ter extent and that detalls will be an_, nounced soon. , Named Generi:1,l Man.arer Lucian 0. Geoffrion, architect of Maplewood Acres, has been appointeel .general manager of the project and work on the 96 homes 1s proI gre5sl.ng. Mr, Oeoffrlon replaces Harold Gerber, who pas resigned to attend to his real estate business in Southea5tern New Hampshire. I . · -· , tlon but for maintenance. How- · · _ _ _ Q.M '?>O During a general discussion of ' Immediate preparation for fu• housing ,rroblems, Dr. Bolton reture WPA projects again was urged marked, If Portsmouth ls not getby Acting State WPA Adminlstra• ting pie high type of Muses it tor James P. Quinn of Manchesrer I wants, then the fault ls with Poi;~at a meeting of the Portsmouth c 0.. mouth. d for not having the proper ordinating committee at the Rock- bull inl ~ e ;<>;1makedtem lngham- hotel las't night. sary o rd11 no eman ng an At the close· of the session Coun• when ag~eements were cilwoman C. Dondero, In re PY l to a questlon as to h ow h. l · -Mrs. Mary ._.., th--'h h d c a rman, announc"'-' "'" s e a Por,tsmo th e<i 1th Oth ta.lked -wibh ' Gov. Robert O. Blood seet' u compar nd w er about the work of the committee lons of New Engla Dr. Bol· • ton said bhat Bath Me ' was outinvited him to at tend a session and sta.ndlng as 11, city 'that ·•had failed that he had expressed a desire to to take adva. ta.,.,. 0 f Its d f do so. On motion of Supt. of rt !ti n =e ense opStreets· Nat S. Stevens it was voted po un es. to_ hold _t\le ,next meeting of the committee as near Tuesday, May 20, as ls convenient for the -governor to attend. :i· :n_~~~' Dr. Bolton Speaks Speaker _of the evening,- Dr. Joseph Bolton of the U, S. Public Rea.Ith .service and llaison officer of · the First Corps area, said his ofl!_ce w9&..\read to · certify as e~en• tial to l:\B,tlonal defense.- any projects relating to water a.nd sanltatlon. in this defense area. He suggested that future WPA :projects he would certify might include such things a.s ·extehalon of the water system by building two dams at Greenland on the Winni· cutt river to assure a supply of three mllllon gallons of water a. day; erection of a comfort staitlon in the downtown bus!nesa .section and extension of the city's sewera.ge lines to provide adequate sa.nltatlon In every section. 1 Bonds, Stamps Bring $3,000 On First Day In Portsmouth ---'r1w\ ),I More than $3,000 in Defense Savings stamps and bonds were sold by ·the Por~mouth postoffice yesterda.y, their first day on sale. Demand continues tQday and Indlcatlons foretell an even larg_e·r sale. Most popular or the bonds were I the lowest priced, the $25, seventeen · were sold. 1 Seven each of the next two denomination, $50 and $100 were Make Reporle sold and among the larger denomDr. Bolton's remarks followed. re- inations there were one of $500 port;a of various city officials. sub- and two of $1 ,000 bought. sta.nce of all reports wa.s -tha.t conThe :;!5-cent stamp proved the ditlons are changing so rapidly at most popular, with 212 sold. Next the moment that untll some of the favorite was the 10-cent s-t:a,mp, of things stlll being considered are which -128 were taken by customers. adopted or rejected specific ncom- , There were 56 stamps o-f'the 50-cent mendatlons are, impossible. / denomination, 34 of the $1, and but Attending, in addition to -those one $5 . sold. This makes a total prevloust, mentioned, were: Mayor i of 431 stamps, ampunting to $132.80, Stewart E. Rowe, Mrs. stewa.rt E. ' while the cash price of the · bonds Rowe, secreta.ry to the ma.yor; . was $2,981.25. Councllm11,n Louis-M.- McNeil, Supt. ! of, Schools Harry L. Moore, Mrs. Gladys L. Warren of the Board of Education, Chairman Fred V. Hett. of the Board of PUbllc works, Dr. George A.- Tredlck, chairman of the �:· A,·.--i·: war,fa-te .In. ·Eng'lao.d New Englanders Hi:gh In Diplomatic Servicet'M\ \ D~·sc~ib.ed By RjAF :.Pilot.· \!U.•\ \ "The English people are not so ~RAF pilots~ _Lieutenant .. Worrall' 1rnch engaged in hating the enemy, 1told of the duties of '!11~ own Coastal Portmiouth ·folk went to the postis in getting the enemy." Thus·1command in .protecting and escortoffiee today to buy bonds and . ----- · 'Ing the hundreds of convoys arrivstamps, and to save for Uncle· Sam. spoke, from first hand experience, !ng from the Un!t.ed states and As the first on-es went on sale young Flight Lieut. Lawrence S. B. Canadian ports. bonds went faster tha,n stamps. Wor~U · of the Royal_~ ~-~oroe, "Why don't we center our attacks , here, There aire • five denom!nationi.s . who addressed tJl.e people of Ports- • on Bei:lin?" asked the young lieu- . of the defense postal savings mouth last evening from the stage tenant. He asserted that the quesstamps, 10, 25, 50 cents and $1 and of the Junior High school auditor- tion of bombing Berlin had been 1 $5 stamps, With the first purchase . ium. put to him scores of times since his ; of the 10-oent stamp a Savings card An unassuming person of earnest ar:\val in America. His reply, · he ; ls l.sslled anq for the larger demien FHght Lieut. Worrall readily said, was always the same. There ! nomiation of the stani~ an album · won 'the local audience with his are other objectives, such as rail- ! is given. When these are 'fllle.d they sincerity and his obvious pride· in roads, supply stations, factories, are to be turned in at the postofflce England's fighting spirit. !etc., on. which the English' are confor a DeJense bond. Lieut. Worrall on a 90-day con- centratmg. These defense- bonds are In $25, _ · __ __'._ - .Appreciation to American citizens $50, $100 denominations, at redeem- ' valescent leave from the Coastal was extended by Lieutenant Worable values. i command, came to Portsmouth un- rall for their assistance and sup- , The stamps are in different; col- , der the sponsorship' of the Ports- port to England. "The English are j ors, but hav,e the same design ex- i mouth College Women'.s club which not a . demonstrative people," he i cept for the denominatioanl value. \ presented the program for the bene- declared "but believe me they feel The 10-cent .stamp is red in cdlor, fit of the club's scholarship fund. a deep thankfulness for your kind- : 25-center is green, 50-cente, blue 1 Mrs. Ralph S. Frobisher! president, 1ness to them .... a kindness they ! and $1 black. The $5 stamp ls much introduced the speaker. · will never forget." j later than the others corre6pondSeveral reels of m.otion pictures Of Portsmouth,. N. H., Lieutenant 1 ing to the War Savings Stamp of .lillillY __of which were taken by air Worrall pronounced his admiration, World, war days, while the stamps of photograpners;-were .. snown Toter- although he admitted that if he ' smaller denominations are similar to mitten'tly as Lieut. Worrall describ- wel'e to live in our ·city, he would the "thrift stamps" of that period. ed RAF training. find it difficult to accustom himself The old Postal savings stamps are A statement by the lieutenant re- to Dover being so near Portsmouth, interchangeable with the present 1vealed that despite the numerous Mrs. George Kimball was chair- : defense stamps. Postmaster Peter J . Hickey and air raids in Eng,Iand there are few- man of the College club committee Assistant Postmaster Harold Ruser people b~ing killed by bombs !in charge and she was assisted by sell cautioned purchasers to keep I than are dying from cancer. E:e ' Mrs. Frobisher, Mrs. q. Waldo stamps of the same denomination de~lare_d the casualties from au· Pickett, Mrs. Marjorie · Hartford, in the album of that denomination, raid_s in London have been sur- Mrs. Arthur Weeks, Mrs. Louis defor the treasury department may . pns_ingly low. . •- Rochemont, Mrs. A,nn Hewitt Hisrefuse to red•eem stamps of d!f- , L1e~tenant ~orrall me~tioned ~'tie lop, Mis:; Margaret Ballard and ferent d.'!nominations in the same , puzz'.ing predic~ment in which Mrs. Ray c. L. Greer. corsages were Engllsh . mechanics recently_ found sold during the evening by a staff album. 1 It is expected that during the th:mselves when the first shipm_e nts . of smartly gowned flower girls inafternoon the school children will · of Amencan · pla!1es were received. I eluding Mrs Arthm Weeks chairbe buying the stamps of the smaller , be transported ," he. explained, ! man, assisted by Miss Betty Whitdenominat!orw. The plan for the , . the planes had be~n entirely taken taker Miss Lucille Sterling, Miss smaller denominations was to make apart, and-1t- was up to our men to. Virg~!a Peyser, Mrs. George Klmit convenient for all persons to hav~ as&emble the pieces." He expressed ball, Miss Edyth Frobisher, Miss a part in the defense savings. the opinion that America was fltr Mary Wood Hewitt. Miss Nathalie Money f-rom the stamps ls used ahead _of England in ability ' to con- Moulton and Miss Sally Crockett to carry on the def•ense program. \ struct larger and 'more modern acted as ushers. · · Interest averages nearly three per : bombers. He stated that it is only cent for t he 10-year period for ; recently that England has learned which they run. to use these bombers effectively. A graphic account was given of the training and development of 1 (Special to The Herald) Washington, D. c,, May 1In addition to the important role New England is ta:king in produJJtion phases of the national defense program, New England also is playing an important par~ in the -diplon;iatic service of the nation, Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire, pointed out to New Eniland business leaders gathered here last night under auspices of the New England council. Among these New Englanders are: John G. Winant, New Hampshire, _ambassador to _the Court of St. James, key diplomatic post of the -world; J oseph C. Crew, New Hampshire, am bassador to the second m ost important diplomatic .p ost, Tokyo; Jay Pierrepont Moffat, New Hampshire, United States Minister to Canada; Lincoln MacVeagh, New Hampshire and New . York, _United . ~tJ1,tes Minister to · Gr.eece; __WiJliam Phil. lips, Massachusetts, ·ambassador to Italy; Herbert Claiborne Tell; Rhode Island, United States minister to Hungary. I I :?o s • Defense avl ngs · dress. He announced he was buying The District of Columbia, with I a bond (of $500 denomination, the an annual factory · production val- i . . White House said later) for Mrs. ued at $80,000,000, ranks ahead of I '- Roosevelt, and 10 defense savings - - -- - . tr>'\" stamps (25-cent denomination) for the states _of North Dakota, Nevada, each of his grandchildren. New Mexico and Wyoming, the f In "a frank and clear appeal for census reports. - - - - - - - - financial support to pay for our arming, and to pay for the American existence of later generations," the president expressed hope that the sale of bonds and stamps would Washington, May 1 (AP)-Urged "reach down to the individual and by President ~oosevelt to partici- the family in every community, and pate in the nation's "~ll-out effort on every farm, in every state and to perpetuate democracy," Amer!- every possession of the Uunited cans young and old stepped up to States." postoffice and bank windows today For, he declared, the threat · that to. begin investing in defense sav- the nation would guard against ings bonds and' stamps. "can be found on the threshold of Here is a copy of the postal savings Publlc sale of the new. securities every home in America." Distance . stamp which went on sale through- started throughout the country to- rio longer is a guarantee, of safety, out the country today in connection day. The president led the way last he said, and defenses which were with the sale of national defense night, launching the bond sale pro- adequate ·10 years ago are "a bro- 1 savings bonds. gram in a nationally broadcast ad- ken reed" today. I Bon ds Stamps .saIe . G0 On . f �- - -~------- Woffl~n's c~;munit;Council w~ (~ W:alton Jr. ------ Named·President ... ·B_, an- k.. H_.ere Of . rrank Jones. Contributed .. What one citizen did to gloriously enrich his w.operty with trees is evldenced:,,in' the Frank Jones estate. ):~ is comforting to hear that the new building development will aim to preserve every tree possible. . ~ Besides the ir\teresting Chinese gum Because today is Arbor day and , The vista down Pleasant street tree which stands northwest of the the Woman's Community counc!l past the Woodbury Langdon house long barn, there are purplish-leaf wants' Portsmouth folk to appreciate and around the bend at the Bar- silver b,eeches, Norway spruces, the trees in their historic city, a rett Wendells' embraces a succes- Colorado blue spruces, red oaks, member of the organization has slon of elms, and makes the name white spruces, white pines, elms, written this article for The Ports- of ·the street most appropriate. The oaks and maples. mouth Herald : scene from Hospital hill across the Many a backyard can boast a In writing o! the trees o! P,orts- South Mill pond, quaint as It Is pear, peach, plum or apple tree. mouth, first place is proudly given with old houses and lawns running I Some still bear fruit, and some just .to two very old trees. Remarkable as down to the water, is enhanced In stand, still and forlorn, stripped of these · are because of their grand beauty by a row 9! dignified elms foliage, years beyond productivity; proportions and longevity, they have through the center of the historic -nevertheless the faithful ally of added prestige In their associations Pleasant street cemetery; and cul- an old one-time flourishing home. with historic personalities. Through minates in one grand elm, which such are the twisted trunks in the ,the one hundred eighty years of its stands as sturdy sentinel on Fran- side yard of the old Titus Salter life the linden tree in 'the front yard klin street at the edge Q! the Mill , house at the South Mill bridge. of the Wentworth-Gardner house pond. This deserves particular men- Quite in the flavor of our old town ! -has perpetuated the memory of the tlon. Its enormous trunk supports Wentworths wtio planted it. This six huge boughs from which extend Still Think Trees tree, fifteen feet , in circumference, outward and upward hundreds of Today's Portsmouth is still thinkIs said t o be the largestf and most net-like branches In distinctive sym- ing about trees. In recent years the beautiful linden tree in the country. · metry, Another lovely picture Is city has set out 40 to 50 trees; some . To look upon the enormous horse- seen in the delightful group of elms eltns, but mostly maples. chestnut tree In the yard of the that make a dignified setting for the About :five years ago the local : Moffat-Ladd house Is to commune stately Peirce mansion in Haymarket chapter bf the DAR planted a shoot I ,i n spirit wfth General W!lllam square. · from the famous Washington elm ' Whipple, a signer of the Declaration on the lawn in front ,of the Junior Iof Independence, for he planted it Show Civic Interest school. We are all familiar shortly after signing , the document, 1 Civic interest has been shown at High 1776. According to Philip Dana Or- ' various times In the planting of with the row of maples along the ; cutt in his book "The Moffat-Ladd trees, Early In the 1900's the Ports- sidewalk there, and know that some ; House," the nuts that have been car- ! mouth Improvement association , of our boys have not loved them ried away by the admirers of this planted maples on Pleasant street enough. , . tree have given rise to many des- and elsewhere. The manitob~r Let us hope that our children will cendants in distant places. maples along Junkins avenue, gift grasp something of · the sa_credness ; , _ . of the late Dr. Jun)dns, have had to as expressed by Joyce Kilmer "a A,Lllac Tree , be replaced several times because of tree ~hat looks to God a~ day and Of great distinction is the lilac abuse. . lifts its leafy arms to pray; " then 1 tree at the Governor Benning went- . The Plams Improvement aS6ocia- learn to love and respect. : worth estate at Little Harbor, for tlon developed the triangular plot I 1t . was the first lilac tree In this at the Plains and planted maple l' country, brought from England in trees '.'round the border, some of (1750. Shoots from this famous tree them,. m memory of our boys who were planted on the Capitol grounds died in the World war. The Frank E. •in Concord by Governor Murphy in I Booma post, American Legion, • . l"t'-:JV·. ,O observance of Arbor day In 1939. planted a !ew elms at the approach i T\>lenty years previously_b:,: act of to Memon!j,l bridge, but only one ( 1 the General court the lilac was made has survived. • • our state flower. A few Lombardy poplars, which Gave Parks were the rage one hundred fifty , Great lovers of trees have given years ago, still survive. A row of : land to the city for the parks Rev. Elvin K. Amazeen observed these may be seen bordering _the I which bear their names. The oaks, , his 94th birthday Thursday and renortherly fence in the Moffat-Ladd elms, maples, firs and cedars planmany congratuiations and ' garden. The fashion for poplar trees I ted at Langdon park (acquired in ceived was .set by· Honorable John Langdon, 1 1876) were _b ought with contribu- cards from his rormer ·parishioners who in 1792 planted a row in fr9nt , tlons from school children, indlvi- 1 and other friends. of his house on Pleasant street. Soon duals, fraternal bodies and various i In January, 1928, he completed street after street was lined with I organizations. The trees at Good- : his duties as minister of the Court poplars. Because these trees did not I win park were presumably set out : street Christian church, his resigretain their beauty long, they rap- ' when the park became city proper.,t y : nation being reluctantly accepted by •idly went out of fashion, -yielded to about 50 years ago. At Haven park that parish after three · years of a generation of buttonwood trees. the oaks, hawthorns and elms un- faithful ministry. Since .that time When, shortly afterward, the button- doubtedly graced the grounds of he has occasionally supplied the wood tree went the way of the pop- the ancient dwellings that once pulpit and even now is sometimes lar, the maple and elm then came stood there. The gnarled old lilac called upon to perform marriage into vogue. tree probably provided fragrant ceremonies or conduct a ./f.u neral bouquets for the Samuel Havens i service. Rev. Amazeen not only attends Aldrich Writes Of Elm shortly after the time of the ,RevoIn the "Story of a Bad Boy" i lutionary war. The ash-leaf maples church each Sunday but takes long Thomas Bailey Aldrich wrote "The : that border the lower path were I walks daily and is interested In curstreets are long and wide, shaded ; set out when the city acquired the j rent events and 11,ffalrs in the com, by gigantic American elms, whose : park about· 40 years ago. Our new- : munity. drooping branches,' Interlacing here I est acquisition, Prescott park, is : He was born in New Castle, atand there, span the avenues with ! effectively laid out with maple trees. ' tended the schools of th11,t town and later Portsmouth High school. arches graceful enough to be the After which he entered Starkey semhandwork of fairies." On Private Lawns That was almost a hundred years On the grounds pf private pro- inary and was graduated from . the _!),go.. . perty throughout the city may be Stanford Biblical school. At the age of 30 he wa.s ordained in ColeNow to realize the effect as pie~ ' . . tured .. by Aldrich, we have but to , found many an interesting and un- brook, where f or four years he1held He later was ,stand on Middle street and glance I usual tree. The copper beech -with . his first pastorate, down Richards avenue. The ·lofty ! its expansive spread provides pastor of churches.in various places, elms that we see there were set out abundant shade on several lawns. mostly in his home state. in the' first year of the Ci;vil war Two copper beeches may be seen largely through the efforts of Dr. on the east side of the high school. Rob~rt o. Treadwell and Henry L. At the old President Langdon house Richards. on Pleasant street, now the parHere and there, principally along sonage of ·the South church, stands 1 t~~, older streets, the American elm a tulip tree and two Japanese I ris~11g thirty feet or more on sturdy ginkgo trees. ,A beautiful pinery matrunk, spreads Its boughs-and sends jestically adorns tli.e rear of the y tops one hundred feet from Woodbury Langdon garden: ound, thus dominating housetelegraph poles, the· whole , 'Proud 01 Portsmouth's Tre~ of I I I Rev • E• K•.Amazeen . :. Marks 94th .Birt_h_day i J' j I I ~r ,,- ' , • · I . ~')I William C. Walton, Jr., ha.s succeeded his father, the -late William C. W_a~ton, P:§,_ pre.* iert ,of the New HainP,sh\re'. ~ll#onil.l . bank, being elecctkfc«1,~that .otfic'e . 11t. the meet ing.;. o!·,.) h~, directors tltls · morning . Mr .. Walton; one or- the yo,rnges.t bank pr!!Sidents ·in ·, t:t,1e stat.e, has been connected with the bank for a number_ of years. While in college he spent his vacations employed there and has been assistant cashier . and direcfor . for the pas~ few years. He is a graduate· of Por tsmouth Hig,h school, · Phillips Exeter academy and Dartmouth college. He was marrie\i.'· 1n 1934 to Mildr~d M. Mustin o!'Newburgh, N. Y. He resides at 20'7 . Rockland · street. �New-· 1 Wells - Yield Ma:yo,rTells Washi'ngton City's Half Aga,in As Much~~ Troubles; Council Files Replies ' - - - - - - ~g Water As· Was Expected --1 ' . Com.pletion of Portsmouk•s new-, found that pipes would have to be wells by the c .. W. Lauman Co. of ·placed so deep that the plan was N'ew York- will . supply 1m amount impractical, and the less expensive of· water which 1s one-half as much automa,tic pumping stations at the again as· had b~n contemplated. well field would be more suitable. This, Paul Howard o! Whitman Although Com.missioner Fransoso 1 & Howard, engineers on the project disagreed about the advlsabllity of ! for the city, explained last night to accepting these additional wells inthe Boar9- of st~t commissioners, · ste11-d of liquidated damages Mr. ls one reason why he thinks it will Howard said, "I think it is ~ per- , be perfectly fair to accept 13 addi- , tectly fair agreement and I would / tional wells from the Lauman com- 1say that it already had bieen made ' pany in lieu. of liquidated damages. verbally." . "You will get 500_gJ1,llOIJ-LQ.f _wa· 1 Mr. Fransoso contended that he · ter a minute when the wells are had gone back lh the records and connected and are supplying the had figured that the c!-ty was gocity," he said. · ing to "hold the bag for $16,000." Mr. Howard estimated the total Into this total Mr. Fransoso addcost of the wells, pumping station, ed $10,333 for delay costs, based on suction and discharge mains, con- tihe fact ·that the ~!ty now pays $73.60 nectlons, etc., at $55,000. Of this per gallon but will pay $43.60 per, 1 $14,460 ls Lauman's contract price; gallon as soon as the new pumping : with an . estimated $12,000 already station can , be completed; $4,462 11due as of May 1. Another $21,000 quidated damages ahd $1,200 inter- I is · estimated for the pumping s·ta- est on the· water bond. He said : tion and equipment and $20,000 for liquidated damag.es would be $7,- . suction, discharge, mother mains 900, but took out $3,438 for the cost I and connections. ot the 13 additional wells. I This $55,000 Is about half what Also, charged Mr. Fransoso, Mr. 1 was estimateq. last November, when La~mal'} had proved he could get I it was estimated on 40 wells (in- the water when he recently went stead of the 53 a~tually obtained) ; into the new field and dug 10 good a cost of $34,300; a cost of $56,000 , wells In 15 days. for the pumping station and dis- · According to Mr. Heward the city charge mains $20,000 or a total of has the 40 wells It contra<:ted for $110,300 for the completed job. · and 13 good ones _besides, the board At that time it had been con- . ver,bally had agreed to accept l!quitempla·ted to install a central dated damages, and, as the project pumping station for the new system had worked out, Portsmouth ls goand the Haven well, but it was ing to get one-half as much water again as it had expected. Mayor stewar-t E. Rowe who, one For example: Senator Tobey first Saturday in April wondered just wired . that all offices were closed. what would happen to Portsmouth :rwo days later he said he was mak. .~ . . mg · lnquiriie~. Later that same day with ~!_! I~ .OJ;,fense hoUS1ng prob- he wired that he had talked with !ems . arig sent telegrams to Wash- Defense homes and explained that , ington, last night read~ file of tele- WPA Jab-or could not be made avallcorresponde!lce to the city council, · able beca\16e of a shortage in the . He had wired Senator~ Charles W. Portsmouth area. Tobey mentioned Tobey and S tyJ,es Bridges, Con- the possibUitY that i! a measure gres.smen A. B. Jenks and Foster now in con gress was passed makStearns, and al.so President Frank- ing funds avallable for such pro- · Im• _D._ Roosev~lt. . jects in the future, he would do his Listmg housing units planned by part to see that Portsmouth was Defense Homes corporati~n and _the reimbursed as promised. He also Public Bu!ldmgs administration, conferred with the War department Mayor Rowie h ad explained that the on the fort main and suggested problems_ were ovel'lbearing. · that the city officials get together He said gove~nment funds had with, officers at the forts. been made available for the De- Senator Bridges sent three or four fense Homies sewerage but that la· ,wires about talking with De!>ense bor hadn't. Then he told of the -- -- - . -- - - - -.fort water problem. . Homes officials ~nd !!-!so explamed "What next?" h e ·asked Wash- the WPA labor situ~tion. He also ington. "Are we going to get no suggested that the city, and fort conhelp?" fer on the water project. . . ·. Telegrams came back from John .Carmody, _federal admm1straWeshin·gton and these tel•egram, tor, wrote that . Presld_ent . Ro?-5ewere answered velt had a.~·ked him to mqwre mto The senator; and congressmen ~he _telegram. Llsti1'.g the defense ta.Jked with Defense Homes repre- nom, s and PBA umts, he also e~sentatives and with the War de• plamed why tortsmouth couldn t partment pledged: theil' ·co-opera- get WPA labo · tlon with Portsmouth's city off!- The correspondence was accepted and placed on file. cials. I•t y T Q ASk ' C ' B•Ids f or New PU m PI•ng ~~ • M01ns • 'Stat ton, S I • Army .,/\-..; ; Moves Store To ,,"' \ . Old PAC Building : fJ ; Only one change was made in the Charles L. Lynch, Public , Works plans. On suggestion of Superinten- Supply Co., R. D. Wood Co.,' two O VOtlOn dent of Streets Nat S. Stevens, win- bids; Pierce-Perry Co., Warren Foundry and Pipe Corporation, dows wlll be made of wire glass. i "Either that or shutters," said Mr. Red-Hed Manufacturing company, Stevens, "because you can't , keep informal; Johnson-Barker Co., Nep- I tune Meter Co., George A. Caldwell 1 •),J anything nice in this city." At the Haven station there will Co., Mueller Co., H. R. Prescott and ! · ---- · j . be a gasoline engine ready to stand Sons, The Leadite Company, Wal- ' With the resumption of Army and I by and puml} water for both in worth Co., Hersey Manufacturing i Navy activities by the Army and ; lemergency-"if," said Mr. Howard, Co., A. P. _Smith Manufacturing Co., ' Navy association, the building on j "one of Mr. Hitler's bombs should and T. •~nsselaer Valve Co. ! Daniels street, which was used for These bids are to be tabulated by the past year and a half by the Portsmouth'.s Board of' Stre~t ; drop on one of them." Superintendent Stevens before th e . Salvation army is being turned ba<;k comm~sioner.s w111 advertise to- : , board meets Wednesday, May 7, at I to the a.."Sociation and the Salvation morrow for bids on water mains and 5 :30 o'clock to award the contrn.cts. Army headquar,t ers is being . re1 a pumping station to complete the city's water system extension, it was moved to its rormer location on State street. · decided at a meeting of the Board Wpen the meeting began the . The Social Service store, which • of St~eet . Commissioners held last street coirimissioners awarded the ~ had been occupying the old Sal· night m city hall. , following contracts to low bidders: · ~IA'vation army qual'ters, is being Bids will be opened and received · roofing the superintendent's office I ! moved to the P AC building on Court at a sLrcE,t commissioners' meeting . a..t the city yard, M. J. Murphy and I street. The lower floor will be used . Wednesday, May 14, at 7 o'clock . . Sons; road i;naterial, spec1flcations I , On advice of Mr. Howard and in· •1 T3, T5 and T9, Kopper and Sons; · Razing of the old fire tower and as th,, store, and there are no def. sistence of Street Commissioner ! and spec1flcations, Tl2, TCB.5, H. engine house, historic landmarks at inite plans for the use of the- reAmerico Fransoso, the bids wl!l be H. Maguire Co. the Portsmouth Navy yard started 1 malnder of the building. This store "widely advertised." F or the asphalt contract six iden this morning as the bullding had has been Jn charge of Mr. and Mrs, 1 Time allowed for furnishing and tical bids had been submitted by been condemned as a fire hazard. In Lloyd W. Lamb since last Septemlaying wate,r mains will be 75 days. H. H. Maguire Oo., American B!tu- its place a brick building will be ber and is self-supporting. The Salvation Army expects to The contract for the pumping sta- minous Co., Shell Oll Co., Stan'd ard erected. , tlon would give the. bidder l:"n al- 9il Co,, American Oll products and The tower erected in 1869 at a be in its old bulld!ng for activities ternative of completing it m 75 the Tremont Bituminous Co Be- cost of about $9,000 had been used beginning next Monday. days or of first setting _up a tern- , cause H. H. Maguire Co. had· done in recent years as a varnish store porary pumping plant with a ~apa- work,for the city before arid Super- house and the replacing building city of at least 300 gallons a mmute intendent Stevens said it had been will be used for the same purpose, with an electric motor and chlorin- satisfactory, the bid was awarded ator, and taking 125 days. . to this firm. _ Pla~s f~~ the ::ew ~rick pumpmg Twenty bids were received for station call for two electPically dr!- materials for the water mains at ven pumps. When Ch~irman Fred the Defense Homes development on V. Hett, Jr., asked it diesel engines Sherburne road. Bidding for pipe, wouldn't do, Mr. Howard explained connections, a water meter and fire that electr J&al pumping was the hydrants were: w: L. Blake and best . method and would cost less company, Hydraulic Development than half what it ·· pow costs the corporation, Johns-Manville Co., city to use coal.' · IR Award B,ds, • 0 h ece,ve t ers l Raze F·, re Tower At Navy y ard \, · · I ! �. . . . . , ,!.,,... , .. ·. . -----:--::s--.- Pottsmouth•s ·'-"elubs - : -~ C-ity o·ffers ~if_ To .·Pay· '2·001..1/0 Porfsmou.th's ·Bund.les For Britain , IU~~':~11a!;~t~~~~~~c~ Gardner wanted to ~now .what· the · return would be ln an• ord!nary,•perlod of .l'~!'S, about f.ive',· .-Supefintendent 'Of Co~t o·f I .Aids · Portsmollth · Folk In . England • TO f ort · aIn M .1 to Steve~QOn$wpptlo1,1 ~a.id, ~hat in chargesfive ' y~a~ the water wou1t1 1 i pay Port&mouth back. After debatillg the whole council decided that· 20 per cent to 80 per : cent w9uld be a fair agreement and . ,While Portsmouth, New Hamp• If_ you want kn! for the or- - - -· passed the resolution on ' motion of sh~ - wa,11 . cleaning.up, fixing-tip·. , gamzatton just go down to the cenPortsmouth's City councll oted : Counc!lman ' Gardner. and pa,!nting-up, Portsmouth; Eng- tral Fire station some-Friday You'll an la~d, was being blasted, bµrned and get yarn, needles, even irutr~ctions last night to pay 20 per cent $12,000 project to supply ,Forts Stark di_ve-bombed: . _ . if you need them. · Por.t.smouth, ~ew Hampshll'e, folk Sterling Express in ' Hampton and C?nstitution and Camp Lang- . were . tryip.g to improve their city. of trucks tihe packages free of charge don with more water if the United · States government wlll pay the rebeautiful homes. Portsmouth, Eng- to New -York. ' -·- ---- - - ---'cc ···c... -·c:.. ·· ..:.:.:::==-=c.., land, folk were trying just to live Card , pa,rties balls fairs and maining 80 per cent in connecting charges. ~ \1,. · in their. city of battered homes. plays have bee~ spon'.sorect to pro That's why Portsmouth, New vide Bundles for Britain ~th mone; Thus, after nearly three-quarters Hampshire's chapter of Bundles for to buy the miles of yarn its worker& of an hour debate, the council gave Bl'ltain this week has shipped 14 knit and purl into sweaters·, ·hel- Capt. J , G. Collins, USA, his "SOll}ecartons of _knitted garments, worn· mets, stockings and socks. - . thing to shoot at.'' en's clothes, boys' clothe&, blankets .. · Other Portsmouth, New Hamp. Three different projects were con- i and comforts to these war refugees shire folk ha,ve sent in outgTown s1dered to give these forts enough . water for · "safe.ty" during the sumin Portsmouth, England. dresses and last year's coats: More than 150 women now are S!!,YS Dr. Shattuck, "We'll take .mer. On recommendation of Supt. St. John•~· church and . Christ sewing and knitting, . collecl!ng and any kind of new or .second,-hand o! -Streets Nat s. Stevens construeclean!Jlg clothes for Bundles for clothing which has been cleaned." .t1on of a 12-lnch water main from church . vested choirs will partici--Britam in the Portsmouth area. Th!l,t Portsmouth folk have heed- approx!mately ln front of the .res!- pate !n the annual choir festival Last September President Dr. ed her is proved by this week's 14 •dence of Harry Stewart - on South of · the Episcopal Choir Guild of M. I. Boger Shattuck foun~ed .this cartons of clothing to the Ports- street to and connecting into the Southern New Hampshire Wednes:_chap~r as "an organization to pro• mouth whose naval base is a mll!tary eight-inch main at Sagamore ave~ day evening a,t Grace church, Man._yide comfort ,, and nece.ssit!es for ·objective. There were over 101 nue was decided upon. In its reso- chester. Phillp Trafton, soprano of st. , Great Britain. .separate , pieces of clothing -in each ,lutl?n the council specified that the Members m~t at the Central . Fire · huge container of contr11:iuted goods. 1-proJect- was, not to c9st more than - John's choir, will be among the so$12,000 after Superintendent Sfev- 1, loists who will compet.e for a mestation ,. to outlin~s their.. program. Other/ Chit te ,f P.~ .t~f)P.:l_!l.j,~9.j_t ~~JlV!.~R:.__ .,.. : •J' dal. At_ 12.30 a special bus wlll leave They decided to aid Brif,ain by knit. P rs . · ·. . ·· :·· · · · ' here with the St. John's choir boys ting ga,rments for the English sol_In Kitte~, N:ewmg,ton .and R~ . • 1 · acolytes and choir mothers for Man: ·ofers and by soliciting contributions wor;nen are B~ndling for :aritain,• Asks SomethiJ\g · ~efinite . When CaJ)ta.1n Cpllins first spoke chester. The visiting choirs wlll renot only of clothing but also o! 1 too. Kitte-r y ~ chapter recently money for surg!cannstruments hos- • raise(! more than $80 with a fair. he said, ~'I have come here tonight I hearse at 2.30 pm .. and at 6 pm. all p!tal ap.d medical supplies to ~ used Newington ls represented by two for some definite suggestion to -pass will be served supper. At that time According to announcement .will be made of the in England for mU!tary and civll!an comforts in this week's cartons, Rye on to Washington. ! our minutes of your May 18 winners ln the compet!t!on. Two -·~asualtles. · by one. . In Newmgton the women meet • meeting, you agreed to talk the medals are to be awarded and two ~ since then 25 women r,egu- every Thursday night in their town i problem over and.· come to some : others will receive honorable men·1arly. have met at' Portsmouth's Cen- hall, whlle in Rye sessions are held ' agreement in the mean'tlin,e.'' ' tion. t'tral Fire station every Friday every_ other Tuesday. We'~e got to trayel -~i:~tty · fast; · John S. Mitchell, organist and -mor.n ing at 10 o'ciock -to knit, pack 1 he toltl the coµncll, because . this .ls choir master of Christ church, will 1anci sew for Bundles for Britain. Arsenal of Comfort an .emergen.cy. We· can't-wa!t .unt!l , accompany the Christ church choir \.Still another 125 women have been Whlle America's men are laboring the . Hotel Wentworth is.. ·_ operating . "'.'hich wlll leave at about the same I knitting, - sewing · and collecting in over.time to make this country what and endangering 'the ·water volume time as the St. John's choir. their own home·s. President Roosevelt called "an ar- · to do something. · · · Choirs participating also include senal of democracy," America's . Forts Stark and Constitution and ': those of Grace_ church, Manchester, other Officers , women, like these 150 in Portsmouth, Camp Langdon, he ·again _explained, 1 Church o( the Good Shepherd, Working with President Dr. Shat- are laboring overtime to make this are -not canto_n ments. "Soldiers are Nashua and St. Paul's school, Contuck as the organization officers country "an arsenal of comfort:• · . I there to protect the Portsmouth cord, ,are · Miss Helen Dedes s.e cretary; From their work stem n:ot ma- , Mi&s Florence Bryne," tteasurer; Mrs .. chines to k!ll other people ·but good·s l Navy yard, which ls the l!feblood Robert King, knitting chairman; to keep people alive and warm, to I of the city of Portsmouth.'' "We _want something to &hoot at., 1 Mrs. Bess Williams, sewing chair- bring them comfort and cheer !n a right now," he said. ;. I man; _Mrs. C. E. Mui:ray, cutting ' blacked-out, rubble-smashed city. I chairman, and Mrs. John Goiter Portsmouth is the fourth: chapter Explains Thre~ Plans I and Miss Allee Grice, packing co- to be founded in the United states. Superintendent of Streets Stevens ! chairmen. Now there are Bundles "for Britain that three _Plan~ had been I To Portsmouth folk !n England in eve-r y state and in nearly every expl~lned cons1de·r ed: (1) a 12-mch main from this week's 14 cartons will bring large city. I South street to Sagamore avenue; necessities of life. , (2) a 12-lnch main from South ' Some Bundle& for Britain chap- For Hospitals . ters are raising ,money for Spitfires Tomorrow, May 6, King George street beyond the Hotel · Wentworth; and Hurricanes, for rolling kitchens VI will celebrate his b_!rthday. In (3) a 12-inch main going directly to · and ambulances. \ Portsmouth the . Junior Woman's . the forts. During the discussion Captain - Portsmouth's chapter sticks to ' club and Bundles for Brita,in w!ll. . its knitting needles and powers of co-operate to observe it with a tag Collins stressed that the War de! persuasion. . . day-to raise money for 48 bombed partment . wasn't trying to be unfair to Portsmouth, but that some• ·So ambitiously and steadfastly British hospitals. '.. have these women carried .out their , Bundles for Bri~ln. has_ adopted thing, "anything," must .be suggesi· I aid- . program that ·congr.atula,ting these hospitals, sends thein money ed. 'I letters regularly are sent -from New to rebuiln } o bu surgical equip• Cites Kittery , York headquarters. , ment and x-ray machines. . "In the town of. Kittery, for exJust this week Portsmouth\s I Portsmouth's Bundlers for Br!ti chapter was complimented on work I aid are jolly, likea,ble women who ample," said Captain Collins, "we "outstanding !n knitting, clo,t h!ng i work ceaselessly to do something _ talked things over, came to an and hospital supplies.'' · constructive !n a world being de- agreement and sent the proposition to Washington . 1 . "Please carry on during the sum- .strayed by war. "We have 9,000 feet of pipe · ln a. mer," a.sked New York headquar- 1 Want to join? Kittery ! t.ers, "the excellent work- you have .• Go down to the Central Fire sta-· 12-inch main right .now. paid 20 per cent and the govern~ done all winter.'' · tion next Friday! ment 80 per cent." · ' . "New England knitters lead the "I'll say right ' now," said SuperIworld," Portsmouth's chapter of unintendent Stevens, "that !f the govi ceasing knitters was told. ernment will pay 80 per cent, that is a gopd investment.'' Raising Money When Councilman Walter Harvey Everything Portsmouth's Bundles , asked if the improvements' were for Br.!tain . does and everything necessary, Superintendent · Stevens done for Portsmouth's Bundles for sa;i!i there had been nq complaints Britain is voluntary. from taxparers. '' . . . ! if Two Locql Cho'1rs Ent.er·Compet1't1'on i I I "F•~~ntf ;e<:illl!Il~_ct;:_it;; ~eJl," said Counc) lm~n Ha,rvef. f . ._..,, ,';'.' · ·' ., - --• ,; ' ,. I,' ·.-:_., ·,: .,- �New HospitalHere Open House Draws 3,000 To Open l omorrow To Hospital Launch 35th Port mouth Sub With "Open Holll:e" from 2 to 8, More tha n 3,000 Portsmou th perthe Graymoor hospital o!icially will sons att,ended "open house" a t the open on the old Kimball estate new Graymoor hospital here yeistomorrow afternoon. terday. This new, private, Portsmouth From 2 in the afternoon until 8 hospital on the corner of South and Union streets, will be superlast nlght, visitors were ~.scorted vised by Miss Ethel MacKenzie through the hospital on the estate Slattery, BSNR. which formerly belonged t.o Mis.~ The Graymoor hospital will specMartha Kimball at the corner of ialize Jn chronic cases, heart and South and Unlon 11treet.~. nervous disorders, post-&1u-glcal Under the, management of Ml&s cases, diabetics and elderly perEthel MacKenzie Slattery, BSRN, sons. grad1.1ate of Mll811 chuse~ts General Under Miss Mary R. Kinsela, perhospltltT And lffi16fn6ril cc'lllege, t hL<i sonal manager, work grauate nurses, hosplta I wlll 11peelallze In chronic orderlies, dieticians, an occupacase.s, heo.rt and nervous dlsorder11, post-surgical ca9e4 and l'lderly pertional therapist, swedish mMseuser and maintenance man. sons. There is elevator service. A priVisitors were taken through t he vate entrance hes been made for hospital by Miss ELhl'l Slattery, ambulances. There aJ·e private Miss Mary Slattery, Miss Mary R . rooms. semi-orlvate rooms and Kin~la, M!RS Sarah Clark and Miss semi-private wards. Helen Slattery. Irt & apecial room Supervisor Ethel MacKenzie SlatMiss Mabel Erickson, swedlsh mastery, BSRN, is a graduate of the seuse, •bowed the physlo-therapy Ma-.sachusetts General Hospital equipment. Training school for nurses, Boston. Tea was ser'led from 2 t.o .5 p.m. She al o has studied at the Bosto more tha n 500 persons. Mrs. ton Lying-In hospital in Boston, Floyd C. Beharre, Boston, presiding in the Massachusetts Eye and Ear over the tea table, was assisted by hospital and at the Simmons ColMiss B. B. McKeon and Mw JOBe· lege School of P ublic Health Nursphlne Lyons, both of Boston, and ing. by Ml'•. Percy R. RoblMOn, ChelmsMi<s Slattery did field work with ford, Mass. the Boston Community Health association, the Boston Health department, and head-nursing at the Massachusetts General hospital. At the present time she ls taking advanced cour.se jn nursing education at Simmons college. Helen Slattery, who wll assist Ethel MacKenzie Slattery, was graduated from Ml ,s Scudder's school and fr om Barnard college, Columbia university, New York City. Later Miss Helen Slattery studied Rt he Sorbonne in Paris, at the London School of Economics, Oxford university in London and a t the University o! Moscow in RusHis grandfa.,ther led the old sia. Besides taking advanced Portsmouth City band and today, a courses in sociology, Miss Slattery '·quarter century later, John M. has done field work in New York Clyman, Jr., ls playing In the at the Bellevue hospital, Henry famed Leopold Stokowski all-AmStreet Nursing service and the Ederican You th orchestra, which will win Gould foundation, and in Chipresent a concert in Boston Tues• cago, at Hull House. day evening. Miss M. Astrid Erickson, a graduJohn Clyman, Jr., ls the son of ate of !,he College of Swedish MasMr .and Mrs. J. M. Clyman of West sage a t Chicago, will be in charge Los Angeles. His mother Is the of physio-theraphy at the Grayformer Hazel Eastman ,of this city, moor hospital. who was employed as telephone Thus tomorrow Porfamouth will oper~tor at the local exchange have its ~econd hospital-opensome 25 years ago. He is the house ln three days when the new grandson of the late Charles EastGraymoor hospital invites the pubman, Portsmouth bandleader. The lic to come in between 2 and 8 p.m. Eastman's lived at the corner of Middle and Madison streets. Mr. dlyman Is the only West Los Angeles resident to be honored by being selected as a member of Stokowskl's orchestra on its tour of the United states, Canada and Mexico. He is a graduate of the University High school, where he played the trumpe.t In the school orchestra. He Is also a, former member of the Los Angeles Phll· harmonic orchestra. ? Photo by Kingsbury The submarine Drum, pictured on the building ways shortly before sJte sllil into the waters of the Plscataqua river this afternoon. She I the 35th submarine turned 11ut a.t the Portsmouth navy yard, · I Grandson Of loca Band leaqer Plays Submarine Drum Slides In Youth Orchestra Into Piscataqua Waters The submarine Drum, 35th Portsmouth-bullt sub mer s i b 1 e, was launched at the navy yard this af• ternoon at 1.45 o'clock. Sponsor Mrs. Thomas Holcomb, wife of Maj. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, commandant of the Unlted Stat.es Marine corps, broke a bottle of champagne over the submarme's bow and said, "I christen thee Drum.'' As the Drum slid down the ways, the yard whist.le blast.ed a signal and the band played the s tar Spangled Banner. Because this was the major general commandant's fir11t visit to the navy yard iin ma.ny years, a. specie} guard of honor turned out on the parade grounds when he arrived Lhl.s morning. At 1 th! afternoon the special launching party arrived at. Commandaat John D. Wainwright's office where flowers were pre~ented to Mrs. Holcomb and to her matron ot honor Mrs. St,ephen Jurlka, Jr. Mrs. Jurlka is the daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Harry L. Smith, commanding officer of the marine detachment at the local yard. A band concert was give.n at 1.30 at the way,s. Then P aul S. Hescock, machinist, presented the r,mploye's gift Lo Mrs. Holcomb. Lieut. Com. H. G. Glunt, chaplain, offered prayer. At 1.45 Daylight Saving Time the Drum was launched. In the official launching party were: Rear Admiral and Mrs. John D. Wainwright, comma1 dan~ of the yard, Major General Commandant and Mrs. Thomas Holcomb, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Douglas E. Dismukes, Captain and MJl. H. F. D. Davis, manager of the.yard; Colonel and Mrs. H. L .Smith, Captain and Mr~. J. J. Brown. captain of t he yard; Cap tain and Mrs. John I Hale ; Commander and Mrs. C. M Elder; Commander Andrew I. McKee, Paul Hescock and Mrs. Stephen Jurika, Jr. �,yv Three Portsmouth Says Local Planning .Bd. Boys WinMedals I Needs To Hire In ChoirFestival A Technician "If the government want.5 a.ny additional facilities t.o take ca.re f defense homes and defense pro• gram in any way, shape or manner, unless the City of Portsmouth has JI.DY Immediate need aside from the defense use, we should say t.o the government if you want It you :furnish It" said Frederick Gardner member of the Olty Councll and also of the Planning board in a. before the Portsmouth Klwa.im ub. ),leet!ng at the Rockingham .hotel night, the Kiwanlans heard the of planning and tts need in lllQUth. Oouncnman Gardner Id, "I hlnk our present form of City Government is most ineffiient" and went on to explain that $lhange could not be made over night, and pointed out that there could be an Increase In efficiency )>y the use of a planning board. 1'It appears every planning board which does anything has a. technical assistant who is a planning engln• eer" he ~ Id as he defined planning as ''organized foresight". Showing the need for a planning engineer here he mentioned the government's desire to build de~ tense homes and what It would have meant to ha.ve had surveys and plans for development already laid out when the government engineers arrived. The recent visit to Oonoord of the Portsmouth planning board was me:tttloned, and the speaker showed charts depicting the work which has been done in tha.t city. "It is not the cost of planning, but the cost of not planning" he said as he dlsOuMed the work which could be done by an effective body. Birthday cakes were presented to Phlllp McOaffery and President O. B. Conery, the presentation being made by John N. Hopley. The President received an extra gift from the members of the club. Pla.ns were made to join with the Hamptons' Kiwanis club at a ladles' night observance to be held on June 3. The arrangements are to be In charge of the Interclub committee. Vice president William Kiah, of the Dover club was a visitor at the meeting. Three Portsmouth boys were the winners of medals for being the outstanding soloists at the 40th annual Choir Festival held at Grace church, Episcopal, Manchester yesterday. Over 250 boys, members of five choirs In the Episcopal diocese of New Hampshire, attended the festival. The soloist's medals were awarded to Philip Trafton, soprano, St. John's church; Gordon Corbin, alto, Christ church and Charles Coon. ey, honorable tnent!on, soprano, Christ church, all of Portsmouth. Trafton, a pupil of Sara D. Simpson, sang Shubert's "Ave Marla". Corbin's selection was Handel's "0 Rest in the Lord", Organist for the evening was Nelson K. Ward, organist at St. John's church. The program featured a musical in which the combined choirs joined in singing the anthem.,, ancient hymns and full choral evensong of the church ritual. Judges of the contest for the soloist medals were Harris s. Shaw of Boston, Norman l,,eavltt of North Hampton and Ray Crowell of Concord. Awards Presented At Rally Of Portsmouth Girl Scouts At the rally held by the Ports• mouth Girl Scouts last evening badges were awarded and Girl Scout ceremonies were witnessed. The program opened with an assembly call by Lois Webber. A drill by the drum and bugle corps was followed by a speech of welcome by Joan Brightman. Troop six presented a color ce)•emony. Elizabeth Richards 1&5ued tl.e call to colors, Jeannette Dusseaul was color bearer and Ruth Hayes and Charlotte Woolfaon were color guards. Dramatized baijads and songs were given in a performance by troop four, the following taking part: Joyce Holland, Barbara Brown, Janet DeLysle, Prances Trefethen, Louise Tibbetts, Arline Caswell, Marjorie Noyes, Betty Carroll, Shirley Sanderson and Jane Walker. Competitive games were conducted by troops three, five and nine. Game leaders from troop nine were Ethel Bamoby, Marlon Ewer, Virginia. Lltt1ene1<1 and Gloria True- man. 0- Brackett, Shirley Sanderson, Franc Trefetheren, Helen Marriner, Jane Walker. Golden Bars were awarded by Mrs. Leavitt to Betty Webber, Fell· cia Allen, Ruth Berounsky, Frances Gray, Ruth Lewin, Patricia Thompson, Gloria Trueman. The evening closed with the singIng of "The ao1aen sun" and the sounding of taps. Buglers were Marguerite Black a.ind Betty Webber. An English ceremony, "Thinking Day" was presented by troop two. This was written In honor of Scouts 1n foreign countries who are now unable to participate in Scouting because of the war. In the cast were: Georgine Knott Charter, Joan Lamb; Helen Carroll; Dolores Terrio, Poland; Mary Frances Kiley, Czeoho-Slovakia; Frances Heffernan, Holland; Mona Chadwick, Belgium; Hilda Woolf~on, Norway; Betty Smith, Greece; Muriel Kiley; Muriel Des Jardins; Janet Smith; Gloria Ballard; Katherina Simonds. A Juliette Low presentation Introduced Mrs. Charles Batchelder as Juliette Low. An explanation of the Juliette Low fund was given by Denise Hamlin. Troop representatives included: T.·oop one, Jean Craig; Troop two, Anita Leavitt; Troop three, Frances Gray; Troop four, Joyce Holland; Troop five, Marilyn Holland; Troop six, Charlotte smart: Troop eight, Lorraine Lilja; Troop nine, Beatrice Spinney: Drum and Bugle Corps, Felicia Allen; Councll, Mrs. E. Blios Marriner. Those performing In the candle lighting ceremony by Troop eight were Jane Hayes, Barbara Davis, Dorothy Couhig, Inez Lewln, Nancy Brackett, Joanne Hazzard, June Nason, Joainne Eaton, Marllyn Browning, Marlon Lowd and Marie Walker. Five and ten year numerals were awarded to the following girls by Mrs. G. LeRoy Hermon. Five year numerals: Felicia. Allen, Marion Ewer, Ruth Lewln, Ann Randall, Gloria Trueman, Muriel Kiley, Rosamond Raynes, Barbara Cllley, Elizabeth Downing, Jean Mlles, Elleen Donahue, Joyce Rowell, Betsy Walker Nancy Walker, Jeannette Dusseault, June Fielding. Ten year numerals: Adella Smith, Jean Ora.1g, Shella McGlll Wilson, Louise McGill. Miss Dorothy Vaughan awarded first class badges to the following soouts presented by Captain Chick: Helen Carroll, Ethel Bornaby, Mar· ion Ewer, Jeanette Dusseault, Ida Goodell, Ruth Hayes, Marjorie Ohick, Esther Finck, Denise Hamlin, Ann Randall, Rosamond Raynes, ch a r 1o t t e Woolfson, Charlotte smart, Barbara. Ollie , Barbara �Community Within A Co~munity Here's how Defense Homes' building project on Sherburne road looks from the air. Only from suoh layout of 100 homes for defense workers. a, (Photo by Kingsbury) vantage point can the observer see the entir , �crease Number f Defense Homes Be Built Here ~ · ··t"- 2 Now Authorized; ay Erect 37 More f Sherburne oad ~Pannaway Manor' Made Official Name Of Development Ta. House , Defense Workers Here ~? Twenty-two more homes have been authorized fGr Defense Homes project on Sherburne road bringing the total to 122, John Guarino, project manager, annoqnced today. Provision for 37 more is included in the area, but authorization for them has not yet been received. "rannaway Manor," which is thej . FeaLures which are attracting a~ ft}qlal name of this defense pro- _pllcan~ to Pannaway Mano~· includ~ ect is rising rapidly with red green its vanety of deslgn.s-,a. sunplifted ' ' .two-chamber unit; a. more com· ii gray roofed h~mses sprouting plet~ two chamber unit a.nd a, three• er,. the landscaPe l!ke flowers In a chamber unit. The:,e homes will of• ot house. Plastering starts today fer all modern conveniences.-oU n tl'\e first houses completed and. a burners, tiled baths a.nd l!hower~, eltour of the area reveals homes m ectrlc stoves and refl'lgerator!, and ~ve\)'! stage of construction from wea.bhei· insulaU~n Rare foundation walls to painted Thre~ tall pine. · we~ the on1y ~wrlors. . .trees on the entire ma. when De• Pttfense Homes with its location fense Homes took over but prov!· to the road present-9 the .lllOSt sion has been made for complel:6 landscaping when the project is ftn. !!J)eetacular appearance, put back ished with trees, shrubs and flower , off the highways between Myrtle plots to beautify the section. avenue and Kea.rsarge wa,y trees are Streets have ab:eady been named fallir\g and foundations going in for and are as follows: 'Hall court; th& 192 buildings that will make up Georges terrace, Whipple court, this development. Mason avenue, Deca,tur road and Applications are already being Colonial drive. :received at both projects. At Pannaway Manor, Mr. Guarino has received 105 applications for his flr&t 100 homes ancl the list ls still grow• lo- - FW A Asks Portsmouth Folk To Name t tic Heights Housing Project What do you thll)k fJi l)ew Pub- • . Names which i~en~ify the prolie Buildings achruntstratlon 800 Ject with the district m which It ls home project near Atlantic Heights located or are associated with some should be called? topographical features of the site Suggestlon.s are wanted. are prefe1:-ed. According to the Information Illustrat10ns of what ls . meant Division of the Federal Works a- by a. topograpical name are 1nven by gency such suggestions a.re In or- ~he FW A such as "Hil,1,toP ~.anor," der right now and, in selecting ~arkvlew A~,artments or Lakenames for defense housing projects, side Gardens. the memo states the Federal Works Federal Works agency asks that agency wants to ~hoose one of which ;names be submitted at once in citizens, in th!:! community will ap- order 11 ot to delay making of pr;1e~re are four simple rules. It has been decided it would be inappropriate to name defense housing projects for any Jiving person The, proposed name also should not duplicate or be similar to names of other housing projects or private real estate developments in the vicinity. plaques which will bear the official project name. Sugg sUons should be sent to the information division of the Federa! Works age N th I te .. . ncy, or n 1101 building, Wa.shlngton, D . C. Or se nd th e~ to The Portsmouth Heraid a nd it wlll forward them. �York Gift Fund To York, England - Good Will Reaches $3 50 confidence, our trust in English stock. The English heart I.& .still bf English oak. The English bow ls stUI of English yew-forged in the {lames of Britain's ancient fires. The arrow's steel-tipped point ls tempered true. 7 J. I "Courage Will Carry On" In closing Mr. Nichols quoted the vision of Sir Alfred Tennyson who voiced. this plea. In 1852-thoug'h little knowing then how well his ho would be fulfllled in 1917: Of $500 Goal As i.he fina l week before the York to York broadcast begins, the thermometer of mone. ' contribution· for the gift to York, England, has passed the $850 mark. ' The goal is , 500 by May 15. "Gigantic daughter of the West We drink to thEe across the flood', We know thae most, we love thee best, For art lhou not. of English blood? Sho'uld War's mad blast again be blown, Permit not thou the Tyrant's power To fight thy moU1er here alone, But 1 t thy broadsides roar with ours. Hands all arow1d ! God the Tyrant.'s cause confound: To our great Kinsmen in the Wes And the great cause of Fre€dom, round and round." At a meeting held here this w~k it was voted to send ration food boxes to York, England, as the sugar and tea previously decided on could not be ordered In bulk. A!i York, Maine sent over the air waves lo York, Eng'tanl'I expres Ions or Fifty of these $4 .95 boxes have good will and friend hip yesterday to bol ter English morale In time or been ordered. The name of a sti:! s, broadcasting from station WRUL In Boston were 1 left to right citizen of this York will be en- W1 11 am Foster, Rev, W. H. MJlllnger, athanlel Marsh all and H. T'. clo~ed in each box. 'lchols. The program for the broadcast eommJttees ~ \g over short wave station WRUL will Those on the broadcast commitbe as follows: after a general Intee were Humphrey Turner Nicl1ols, troduction by the studio announcacting chairman, MTs. sally Moody er, Rev. W. H. Millinger of the C-Ook and Miss Katherine Eastman ~lrst Parish church will introduce Marshall, honorary chairmen, Wilm turn the York High school glee liam Fo6t,er and Henry Fuller. club, which will sing the first verse On the gl!t committee, through of "America ;" "the mayor" of whose efforts over $500 was realYork, Maine, Nat.haniel G. Marshall, ized to buy ration food boxes for who will address the most worpeople In York, England, were Edshipful mayor of York, England, ward Wilmot, chairman; Mr~. Don· . a.nd xpre_<s to him and his people York, Me., first chartered Eng"The lofty belfry o! our village aid McIntire, R. W. Hawkes. Lestne affectionate greet.ing and warm ter Frisbee and Cato Philbrick. regard of the people of York, li h city in NCTt.h America, yester- spire-built from the drawings of Tl1e publiclty commltt.ee inclul:led Mame; a talk by William Foster, day afternoon broadcast a mes.sage your English Wren-Sir Christo- Miss Florence Paul and Myron cox. who was born In Epworth, England. of cheer and friend hip to York pher-rlngs out In answer, from our The double quartiet includes Betty ' vlllage green-no less than from Humphr• y Turner Nichol• will England. Moulton, Janice Bragdon, Eunice Nearly 100 York, Me., citizens ' our hearts-so wrung with sympa- Littlefi ld, Kathleen Ridenour. Ar· present bri,f hi/\Lorlcal outlin s of the wo Yorks. In closing the Gl"e crowded into the York Village fire- thy an~ love. We are but infant line Spinney, Leontine Paradis, hous,e to hear the program as it people 1:n your eyes-for all we hold club wiJJ sing the opening· verse came from -station WRUL at the our ~entage so dear-'first charter- Elroy Moulton, Harold Matthews, I Victor Mackle and Richard Fener~y. of "God save the King ." University club in Boston. ed city in Amerlca'-scarce 16 years _York folk wiJJ go to the York Rev. W. H. Millinger Introduced since first our Pilgrim sires, sailing Village Fire station t-0 hear the Nath,miel G. Marshall, "mayctr" the Intervening seas, sou_ght sanebroadcast on the short wave radio of York, Me.; William Foster, who tuary on New England S-Oil, in 1620. there. from Epworth ~r. Nichols has served as acting came land; to andYork Humphrey Nlcho~ Englife- Pioneers Were England's Sons chairman of Lhe broadcast. commit- long resident of English stock and "Old England's sons were York's tee. Honorary chairmen are Mrs. ancestry. first pioneers. Their names are honS~lly Moody Cook and Miss KathThe York High school glee club ored names in York today: The erme Eastman Mar hall. Mr. Fos- opened the program with "My Bragdons, Blaisdells, Moodys, Slmpter Is also on the commit~e and Cou.nt:·y 'Tis of Thee," closed It with sons, Youngs, the Prebbles, DonHenry Fuller, attorney, the fifth "God Save the King." ne},ls, Mclntyres. TheBankses, tlme allotted us is far too member, has served as lt.s secrebrief to chronicle the exploits of tary. these sons-scant time to more than To Send Token "Our York is a community of 3 - picture on the page-Sir Ferdinando 300 inhabitants. It ls situated o~ Gorges-Patron-Knight-His Charthe Atlantic seacoast, but a short t.er Royal to all lands in Mainedi.stance from the historic Ports· changing our Indian name of 'Agamouth Navy yard," said Mr. Mar- mentlcus.' He gave us 'Gorgeana' hall, "and we, of York, in New as his own-'First chartered city in England wish to send to you of York America'-gave us a mayor and in old England, some token of our alderman-with seals and parchment, too-Chauncey C-Ourt-and ,ove and friendship. "Weapons or tnunlUons of war Sargeants-and white rods-and we are being contlibuted by others . . . were but a scant 300 souls. ours is a humbler, but, we hope, "For 16 years it lasted-then there a 110 Jess welcome offering. We have came-commissioners from Massa~!ready •illlpped t.o you . . . fully chusetts Bay. They took us o'erinsured and registered and free from changed our name to York. Thus, duties, rationed food boxes for your York . we were, and York we have needy and hard-pressed." remamed. Describes York, M, Garrlso Sta Wllllam FostH, who came from " . ns nd Yet Epworth, England, and hes lived t r Garrison houses, standing th In York, Me., for 29 vttrs told\;~ ough e th years, are still intact, thooe of York, England, why he loves t;in1~! us at there-handfuls of O "this town of my adoption." wns • roused .by warning horn, nd Mr. Foster closed with a toast he'd ~ou refug _froi:n the tomahawk learned in Enp:land: "Here's to me, 1 t~rd ~nife. Did tun,e permit, a pieand thee, on all on us, and may no e .hould be drawn-showing our one of us wont ought onY of us nor ancient goal-(the tocks still stand me nauther.'' ' ' -even the whipping-post-and dunSaid Humphrey Tumer Nichols. geon cells)-and our old bridge "Today, in this ow· little town of spanning the Organug-the first York, there hangs upon our chool- bridge built on piles In all Amerihouse wall, enlarged and framed, a ca;, faithful likeness of York Minster-' But time speeds on-sufficient th at we empha.slze our faith, our ~reat. Cathedral of Saint peter. York, England Receives York, Maine Broadcast j �Patriot Josiah Began Medical Society lnftnntttes. He brought up a. family o! 12 children. Three of his sons and seven of his grandsons became doctors of medicine. Was Particular Dl'Mller Josiah Bartlett Is described by his contempora.r!es a.s a tall man hi! • 1 of fine figure, affable but dignified 'One of New H amps !'e 5 5 gners Learned Law In his manner and very particular of t,he Declaration of Independence, While with Dr. Ordway and dur• in his dress. He wore his auburn ~ho Wl'(lte his name next to the Ing the earl~ years of his profession- hair in a queue, a white stock l\t his boho~:elgdnf:Sf~~kJ~r~h~a!~:~:~ al life he wiled away his spare time I throat, ruffles at his wrists, short in reading law books. He somehow clothes silk hose low shoes with the New Hampshire medical society acquired a k_nowledge of the law, silver 'buckles. ' One writer, the in Manchester. This patriot Jo- whi Oh com bme d wIth his soun d Rev. Dr. Rollins, describes his bearslah Bartlett, founder of thewas Medical society and its first president. sense and judgment and recognized Ing as that of "an Athenian phll· d in 1780 In his appointment as a osopher fine and a.esthetic, curiDr, Marioni Fahlrfldelbd, Nashultate, reab Justice In the oourt of Common ously mingled with Yankee shrewd· 11 Y Pleas A. paper wh ch a een wr " the late Dr. Thomas Luce of Ports· In i787 he was elevated to the su- ness, cool and practical. mouth. The paper follows: preme bench and In 1788 he became JOEliah Bartlett was bom In Ame • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court DAR Owns HoUlle bury in 1729. At the age of 16 he of New Hampshire. In Amesbury the house In which went Into the office of a relative, When we recall the natlooal re- he was born ls owned and mainDr. ordwa.y and began the study of putatlons of some of the New talned by the Josiah Bartlett chapmedlclne, Hampshire lawyers of his period. we ter of the Da.ughters of the Am· This was some 20 years before the have to believe that his standing er!can Revolution, His bronze first medical .school was establ!s_hed as a justice must have been far statue standing In the square was in Fhiladelph!a, and phY lc1ans from mediocre. unveiled In 1888, and Whittier's were made In those days ju~t as poem, "The Signer," was wr!tt.en oarpente:-s and blacksmiths were Elected to Congress for the event. His picture hangs on ma.de, by a ftVI! to seven years' ap· Josiah Bartlett frequently repre- the wall In the sta.te House, and prentioeshlp with a master. ted hi to In th 1 Isl ti the town at the southem entrance "•lah had been well grounded in sen s wn ve as- to beautiful craw f or d Now •-h ls ""' sembly and in 1776 eheegWllSa elected J tlle three R's. He had a good ele· to th c t· tal co Wh named In his honor. m,entary knowledge of Latin and e on men ngress. en In the town of Kingston, on a "'!'k, and he was a good student. ce!ved this "greatest ever came con- slight elevati on over looklng the ... by the state mind paper of man" Or had the clinical advantages af· up for a vote of ratification, the roll village greert, still stands the fine }le forded by Dr. Ordway's large prac· was called by states New Hamp• old-fashioned house that he built t1ce and JllsO the use of his good II- \ shire the northernrn'ost state was and lived In a.tiler his first house brary. He did a great deal _of dis· called ~rst and Georgia, the s~uth• was bumed in 1774. It Is In a. secting during the ftv•e years of his ernmost last. Thus Josiah Bartlett good sta.te of preservation and ls term with Dr. Ordway and he be· was the first member to vote "yes" literally filled with Josiah Bartcame a proficient anatomist; ar.so for the Declaration of Independence lett's belongings.' his notes on his study of plant J!fe and after that document had been give evidence of a good knowledge signed by the president of the con• Dies at 65 In this field. gress, John Hancock, the second to Across the green from the house sign was Josiah Bartlett. Is the old ta.vern and In the rear of This act has made him Immortal, this is the village cemetery, In one settles In Kingston and yet it fell his lot a few yeans comer of which a plain pile of cut In 1750, when he was 21 yrnn; old, 1ater to render his country perhaps granite marks the 1ast resting place he iettled In the town of Kingston an even greater service. When our of the first president of this soc!and commenced a medical practice Federa.l constitution was submitted ety. The inscription states that he which he continued for 46 year6. He to the states It encountered con• died May 19, 1'795 In the 65th year was a. clo.."e and careful observer and It was nee- of his ag!. quite early in his mwlcal career he siderable opposition. essary, If it survived, \,hat nine And now, in closing, I want to discovered what he believed to be states accept it. Eight had ac- read to you the last words of his gross errors In the then accepted pathology and treatment of several cepted it when our constitutional message to this society as its reThis was writdiseases, and with a boldness which convention met In February, 1788, tiring president. always followed his convictions he and as New Hampshire was the ten and sent out from his "sick \ inaugurated many medical reform5, ninth state the a.ttent!on of the room" in that old house In Kings• some of which almost con.:,t!tute entire nation was directed to this ton and was read a.t the annual meeting held In concord In 1794. marking stones of medical progress assembly. These words are, and perhaps were in New England . Intended to be, as much a message Secures Adjournment Founds Society Josiah Bartlett, always a re- for us of today as they were for His crowning medical achievepolitician, wa.s a member those members who listened to them ment from our viewpoint, perhaps, sourceful of that convention, and he ascer- as they were read, in this very place was the founding of this society tained quite early that the measure one hundred and thirty-two years CNew Hampshire Medical society J. was bound to fall because so many He secured its charter, wrote Its of the delegates, particularly from ago: constitution and by-laws and then, the smaller town.s, were under In• "That the members of this iu;soclatlng with himself, 18 other structlon to vote against it. society may be useful to them· He pbysicians of the state, all men of therefore secured a.n adjourl'.ment selves and the public, and en• prominence in their profession, he joy that exalted pleasUl'e that until the following June. He formally organized this society on then began a very intensive pe1 • arises from a consciousness February 16, 1791. He was naturally sonal campaign for the const.ituthat they have contributed to ma.de the first president and was the health and happiness, not tlon and was rewarded when the re-elected for four successive terms. only of their patients, but, by convention reconvened by a 57 1,0 eommuniciiilng to others the 46 vote for its acceptance. So we Was Colonel in Militia knowledge and cure of disease, Quite early in life he became in- may possibly owe to the energy and to the general happiness of the terested in m!l!tary affairs and wisdom of Josiah Bartlett gome of human race, is the ardent wish, gradually rose to be a colonel in the greatly vaunted constitutional gentlemen, o! your very hum· the King's militia, and was at that rights and privileges that we en- , ble servant, Josiah Bartlett." time, the highest ranking mll!tary joy today. officer in t11e state. His colonel's commission was re- \ Helped Write . H. Constitution called and his house in Kingston New Hampshire was the first burned by a spy in 1774, because of state to 11ave a constitution of 1\;s his patriotic activities, but many own and that constitution, under of our New Hampshire soldiers who which we live and do business to• distinguished themselves . under day, was largely written by Josiah General stark at Bunker Hill, and Bartlett. He was the !lrst govBennington and at Burgoyne's sur- ernor of the state under tha.t conrender, and later under General stltut!on and was re-elected for Washington in the southern ca.m- four successive terms. palgns, received their military trainHe was then elec,ted a member of !ng from Colonel Bartlett. the United ijtll,te nl\te but was ab to ae au.st of y,slcal .._ A er" 1· �Portsmouth's Sons, Daughters Return To Strawberry Bank On the same dll.y the New York Sons ~re . m&kll\g plans, Portsmouth natives 1n Lowell, Mau., al.so were ma.king arrangements to partioipaJte In t,he oolebra.blon. other cities joined in the movement .. l3eg1ns JUiy Z "Let's Go Home" wrote Benja- I One of First min P. Shillaber, well-known auOne of the first movements tothor of his day, ward ~Uch &11 affMt miy ha~ been F1rom that phrase grew the en- made by Theodore s. Harris, Robert thusiasm of Portsmouth and her L. Ha:rrls and Albert Remick early wandering sons and daughters to in Match, 1863, in the store in New come back to old Strawberry Bank. -York where the first Harris was In May, 1853, a suggestion was a clerk. These three met from tnade that me,y have been the be- time to time to devise a plan folt" ginning of the movement. The bringing the matter before the pub~ plan was for former residents of 110, ln an effort to carry out the l>ortsmouth to return to that city pla11 ln that city a, paper 'l'tlM drawn for the annual Fourth of July ob- up to be signed by prominent men servance. From that idea devfll- to lend we.!ght to the proposal. oped one of the biggest celebrations The propOsal in Portsmouth met of it., kind. Sons returning inclUd- with fa.vor and through the press ed men :from such distant places as the activities in behalf of the proF'lor1da, Ohio, Wisconsin and Ill!- posal were well advertised In Portsnois. mouth. Shlllaber had corresponded with the Rooklngham Messengei· Newburyport Tries It, Too l1l Portsmouth and then the PortsSo successful was this first "Re- mouth Journal and Morning turn of the sons and Daug>it ers" Chronicle, that Newbutyp0rt, Mass., oopied the idea the next year and Gloucester Entoll Common Council also attempted t.o arrange such a At a, meeti'.ng of the COl'l\mOn celebration. Tile plan, following Oounoll June 2 the fir11t rnove In the success of the Portsmouth cele- Portsmouth was made to make this bra.tlon, waa to hold one every 10 a big affair. years, but this did not mlllteriallze, A resolution was pa&ied &uthoria.Ithough two others werti held zing appoJntmertt ot a committee tater. from the oommon Oounoil and Whether Benjamin P. Slllllaber Board of Aldermen to make B.r· did originate the idea or Mslsted in rangements. This was futthet aug1ts early stages ls the result of con- mented by the app0intlnent of 14 jMture although the Portsmouth citizens. such fam!lla1· names as Ohroniole, in reporting the a,ffMr, Goodwin, Toppan, Tredlck, Wendell, at that time gave that writer the liatch, Jenness, SI~, Treadwell, credit. Mr. Shlllaber, in writlrtg Storer &nct Walker we~ among :for the reunion 20 years la.ter says: those selMted. When Portsmouth started the ball "Thought It Desirable" rolllhg, enthuMMm ran l'llgh 1h "The origil'l ot the occasion wll..'! Boston. A ~neral meeting of the thus wise. !rt May, 1853, while Sons of Portsmouth in Boston was conneoted with the Bogton Po.st, I held at Cochltuat.e ha)] June 10. A n\et the late William P. Treadwell Jarge group a,ttended and Fra.ncis 111 Dock Square, who 1 in epe&king E, Par.ker, son of Rev. Nathan Pa.r• about our old home, asked how I ker, Portsmouth, was ohoaen })resi• thought a proposition for the sons dent. of Portsmouth to vi.Sit the homestead on the coming 41ih 1 would be Fields Ba()k• Plan received. We came to the concluAmong those 11~alt111g in favor 1don that the deslrabJel'lesg of the of the resolution w-ere Jam~ T. proposition would commend itself, Fi&lqs, it:JI 6 ponsor, and Rev, Thomand proceeding to the office wrote as ste.rr King. Mr. '.(lilelds was asthe following, which appeared in the sooiated with the publishing house Po.!lt of May 16th: ot Ticknor a,nd Fields of Boston and .. " 'MOST AGRElEA"IJL'E l!:XCUR- t he gave the first co!leotlon of books BIO ~We learn taht the :ne.tlves to the Port&mouth Senior High of Portsmouth, N. H., residing in school, which was the nucleus ot the High sohool library. Mr. King was '.Boston, meditate a visit to their an outstanding orator. His father, early home on the coming 4th of Rev Thomas Farr1ngton King, July. Natives of Portsmouth are oam~ to Portsmouth when his son very numerouA in Boston and we wa.a bub two years old to be mlhlsshould think a Jarge number might t er of bhe Portsmouth Unlversalist be induced to Join the excursion. h h " 'It Is proposed, as we learn, c ~bh~lasm !or the return to to seloot lrom among their Port.sm0uth spread among those number an orator, poet and !lona wllo wei·e not a,t bh& meeting. chaplain fo1· the occasion, and Another meeting was held 18 days proceed to old Strawberry ~nk, Jater at the same hall and the comwhere, doubtless, they ~I be , mlttee presented tlnM plans for heartily welcomed by their 0 !d makllig the trip to Portsmouth, friends and associates. lt wlll undoubtedl,r be a happ,r time Got Special Jta.tes tor all parties, We pubhsh the The Eastern railroad ga,ve special above merely as a rumor, iwJ we tes the fare being half price, believe no general ~t~o~ hu ~~d• from the Thursday before to yet been had about it: , tl1!l Il'rtday afMr the Fourth, AdIn a story of the reumon of 731 joutnmel'lt a,t this meet.Ing wa.s which w4s the second reception taken to meet at Creek bridge or to th-e sons and daughters ot "Frenchman'& lane,, where tho&l Portsmouth, resident abroad, it 16 who went down on' the morning of said 1J1at John H. Bowles of New the Fourth were to be Janded from York city propo.sed some such thing th <tr&i'.n ,, to c. W. Brewster of the Ports- lctMtl~s had bMn und rway i:n mouth Journal as early as 185 0 i New York tor some time l!.nd a William G. Wendell, A. A. Peter- me ting wa& held ab th Irvil'ig son and others, on July ~· 1852, dis- house on June 13. At the next cussed !rt Mr. Peterson s store in meeting, held a few day& late, arNew York, a plan for a, party ~f ra.l'lgements were made for a . band Portsmouth Ne~ Yorkers to visit of music to a.ccompany the returnhome by water. ing sons and daughters. I I Although July 4 WM set as the date for the reunion, the first forma,J reception W&.8 on Saturday, July 2, when the New York delegation arrived a~ Frenchm&n's lane at ,10 o'clock li1 the mornlhg, accompa.nlea by tl'le bAnd from the lJ'. s. ship North Oarolil'la., Some of this group skl)'.)ped off in ~ston to come down with the "Sons" from ! l3oston on the hoJld&y, ' Oreyl E8cort Thein The dity Grey&, a, mll1tM•y com- ml lght and continued. At sunrise the ~II began to ring. From then on llttle sleep wa11 possible, The morning dawned cloudy with & hint of r&ln, bulr the sky cleared 84 the day advanced. The city was in hollday atUre. American flags were !rt abundance and at thait tithe It was permit.led to have printing attached to the flag. Many of the buslne.s& houses exhibited very large flags with their names attached. The homes along tile route or the parade had bee11 decorated and nunrnrons arches -re placed in position a,cros.s the streets. Featuring the arches were 13 specially constructed of spruce bows aero~ Market street, beginning at the square. The Idea of arches has beert popUlar with Ja.ter celebratloru;, the latest being the tercentenary celebration ih 1923, when arches were placed 1i.t various entrances to the city. pany under Ca,pt. Towle, re~lved them with a salute al'ld escorted them to me city hall . At noon a, dlnn r was given by th6 New Yotlt "Boru;" to the city &UthorH!M &nd invited guest8, Yale's bent hl!.d been secured. A large te11t Md Photograph Shows Type Men destroyed by fire just a few An indlo&tlon of the type or dayii before and a smaller bent was arches ma.y be gained from the acplaced In the yard adjoining the companying photograph, At th11,t Rockingham hOuse. Dinner tick- A 'Most Agreeable Excursion' July 4, 1853 Port$mouth'~ Sons and Daughters return from cities throughout the country to Strawberry bank, are received with salute by the City Greys, escorted to cit)' hall, Portsmouth put.8 on holiday a~tlre, dra.pes Itself With fill.gs, ereots arches tor mammoth parade, Here i& a picture of one of these arches. ets WE!1•e 50 cents. The next day, being the Sabbath, was spent quietly, Many of th~ visitors who had returned home attend d their churches. Reunions were held. Many families were reunited f0r ill~ first time in years. At midnight some of the festivities of the celebration got underway. Ju1t a.s in thue modern times, noise was the rule and the din of firecrackers and small a.nns bega,n around time th bu~dlngs on either side o the head of the street were four stories tall. A number of large framed pictures of this scene may be found in Portsmouth. '.Recently such an engraving was on exhibition In tl'le Chestnut street wll1dow ot the Herald oHlce, loaned by Arthur I. Harriman. '!'his engraving was made shOrtly after the celebration by J . L. Bufford or Boston from a daguerreotype for Albert Gregory of this city, As an be seen In the engraving most �of the mtn wore tall ht.te. The parade wla long and among the banner& cartled were mott.oea ~rtalnlng to the return. One such b&nner which can be read on the original engra.vlng, follows: ' o spot upon earth dear to our eyes As the sou we first tlrred In terrestrial plea." The 13 arohe11 extended exactly the length of :Paved street. From the apex of each depended the name of one of the 13 states and al.so mott.oe8. Across the hea.d of the st~t, bordering Market s(lul!.re, WAI a banner ten yeatds Jong, in 1a.rge letters inscribed: A Cornella, the Roman Mother, e,chlblted to her guest, the young Gracohll, just reiumed from hool & exultlng explained, "Behold! These are my Jewel ," So Portsmouth proudly exulte today In her re• turned 11ons, and says,-Lo I Thesa are my Ornaments!' Other mottoes, among the 26 Included: "Portemoutl'l 01111not keep her bOy-· The World cannot do Without em," ''Old Paved Street, It's Yo\,\th Renewed'' "Old Strawberry Btnk Taking account of St.ock, July ii, 1aes," ''The Daughters at home welcome the Sons from abroad," "A New Hampshire Boy Guldea the Ship of Sta~," "Portsmouth Mechanics, like Port&mouth ships, work A-1," "Lafayet~, Louis hllllppe, Pierce. Polk, Monroe, dams, Washington have passed this street; None have met a more cordial welcome than the sons of old Port;smouth." Arches Throughout Marshal Samuel H. OOokin of the Boston delegation. After preliminary areetlngs the pr_ocession formed. Thi.a was half a mile Jong and was brought up by the industrial procession led by the Saco brass band. The first division was composed of the first company JNeld Artillery, officials, mayor and former mayors of Port.amouth, city officials Preceptor Harris escorted by his former pupils; sheriff and deputies, members of tJ\e State legislature, clergy, officers ot the Army Navy and Marines, the Judiciary and port officers. The East Bostoh band led the first dlVlsion Headlhg the second division was the :first company of J!ght infantry followed by the Boston Cornet band. Next came the Sons of Portsmouth who lived In Boston, Lowell, the North Carolina band and the Sons from New York and Philadelphia. Citizens and a: company of contlnentals made up the division. Floats Join Parade Many floats were in the Industrial procession. Some were drawn by horses, others by oxen. Trades represented div!slon IncludedIn the ships'industrla.l carpenters, ships' joiners, blacksmiths, ropemakers, riggers, calkei•s, blockmak• ers, . sail makers, mathematical instrument makers, all in the :first division of this unit. In the second i;ectlon were house painters, masons, stone cutters, cabinet makers and tin plate workers, Coopers, harness makers, jewellersi printers, expressmen and housewives, druggists and others brought the Industrial section to an end. Many of the floats bore mottoes pertaining to the trade or the occasion. The route of march was through Islington, congress, Market, Deer, Vaughan, Congress, Pleasant, wateri state, summer, Middle to court street wher~ it arrived at half past 1 o'clock. There. were other arches about the city. A three-in-one arch was thrown across Pleasant street. There were arches at state and Pleasant, Austin and Oabot, '.Islington street, the South MUI Bridge and also one at Deer and Vaughan streets. Even though the nollie had not 2,000 Persons In Tent prevented sleep, other activities beNearly 2,000 . persons filled the gan about 5 o'clock in the morning. tent where lunch was served. InThe Fantastics .were getting ready eluded in this number were the fo~ their procession and by 6 o'clock sons from abroad, the subscribers at thlS was under way. The Fantastics I home, the military companies and were a burlesque of military train- four bands of musicians. Ing. The ground of the tent was floorPompous reviewing officers at- ed over and nine tables, 128 feet 111 tended in a carriage. Following it length, were erected the whole was a party from the country, whose length a.nd another table, ove1• 400 steed was urged along by placing feet in length was extended around two 88l's of corn about two inches the Whole. In front of the horses' nose. Next From the tent were suspended in the procession came a band of banners inscribed with the names sable minstrels. The boys made an of the presidents of the United exhibition of "Odds and End&," in States. The atty Seal and the Seal which Mrs. Partington and Ike, of the State, about six or eight feet Lucy Long and her baby, were con- in diameter were on either side of splcuous, the rostrum, Mayor Walker presided, Prayer was by Rev. Dr. Burroughs. Train Arrives Alfred W. Haven, on behalf of the At 10 o'clock ca.me the big event citizens of Portsmouth paid a trlof the entire affalr--the arrival of bute to Lhe returned sqns and Franthe train bringing home the sons els E. Parker of the Boston delegaand daughters from Boston, Lowell, tlon made the reply. Newburyp01•t and other places, The train consisting of about a. dozen Propose Toasts well~fllled car~ arrived at FrenchNext ca.me ihe toasts. There man a lane and was greeted by a were 13 regular 1oheduled toasts volley ftom the Rockingham but many more 'lfere given durOuards. Tile Boston Cornet band Ing the coune of the &fternoon, accompa.nied the group from BosThe first w&s t.o ''The Preslton. Also from Boston was the East dent of the United States-& Boston Braes band, which had been Son of the G;ranlte State a,nd a hired by the city of Porte.m outh to former resident of Portsmouth," participate in the program. Among Thi.a Granite Staie son was the ])layers of this band were- three Franklin Pierce who spent some or four Portsmouth boys. time here. In making the toast reference was made to Pletoe and Webster saying th&t New Sons, Daughters Welcomed Ham1>1hlre brlng them to Mayor Horton D, Walker extendPortsmouth for eduo&Uon be• ed the welcome of Portsmouth to fore she lets them 10. Sons. Rea nse Ohlef l Other ~ts ~ : "The Da\' We CeJebra.te," "The Army and Navy of th United States," "Our Visitors, the sons of Portsmouth," "The City of Boston," "The City of New York" "Wotna.n," "The Heroes of the RevoluLlon, natives of New Hamp· ~hire," "The Memory of Jchn Langdon and the Patriots of the Revo!Utlonary War," "The State of New .Hampshire," "Mason, Woodbury and Webster," "The Union of these United States," and "Our United states." ';l'he press, sohools, daughter of Portsmouth, absent brothers the memory of ihe hallowed dead the Declaration of Independence, ' and many others were among the toa ts 1uggeeted during th afternoon. The affair came to a cloee about 7 1-2 o'clock when Dr. Pea.body pro· nounoed the benediction. In the evening the Promenade concert wa.s pre.rented, at the pav!lion. The oohcert began at 9 and Ja.5 ted un ti! 11 o'clock. Between 9 a.nd lO o'clock on Markit qua.re th e exhibition of fire works was held. ~ -signal rockets beThere ha.d been ginning at sunset lasting to 8 1•2 oc 1 1ock. T h ere were tieveral outstanding set pieces, smong these being "The Star of Portsmouth.'' This was described as "a large ilnd beautiful tar In silver and colored lance, surmounted by the word& Cln 1&tters of fire) 'Portsmouth So~, Welcome• from which sprang rays of sunflre~ with a flight of 36 rocket.a in honor of the days in Port.3mouth." The last display was especially brilliant a.nd u the words "Welcome to Strawberry Bank" were shown the crowd burst Into a loud cheer. With this Ja;;t display, tM official oelebration f the "Return of the Sons and Daughters" was over but not in the minds of tho..."€ who 'were here during that glorious holiday. It lived ln their memory and many looked forward to the next celebra· tlon which was planned to take phwe in 1863 , But that was not to be. Patrick Kan·; Dies·; Former Employe Of The Herald Patrick E. Kane, a former Herald employe and member· of the New Hampshire legislature, died at the Portsmouth hospital this forenoon after a. week's illness. He had not been in good health a number of years, but last weekfor attended the legislature sessions. He was a native of Portsmouth the son of Patrick and Christanna Nugent Kane. Mr. Kane was widely known 1·n this vicinity. He was employed by the Portsmouth Herald !or over 30 years and made many contacts durIng that time. Previously he had been a telegraph operator for the Boston end Maine railroad in Melrose, Mass., and Portsmouth. While employed !or the Herald he was correspondent foi• the Associated Press and several Boston newspapers. He was interested in politics and at one time was Overseer of the Poor. He was serving his fourth term as a member of the legislature from his ward. He first served under Gov. Fred H. Brown se~vlng subsequently under John a'. Wmant, Charles Tobey and Governor Blood. He was also interested in the affairs ·of the community. He was elected to the legislature last fall, and in January was selected as chairman or the Portsmouth delegation by his fellow members, Mr. Kane was a prominent singer War Intervene■ and for 50 years was a member of War Intervened a.nd the tragedy the choir of the Church of the Imof North agalnat south with it.,; re- maculate Conception. He also took sultant actlv1ble& prevent-ed the part in minstrel shows in his planned for ;return at that time, a,1. younger days, during the time when though ten years afte!· that time that form of amusement was poputhere was a t.rlumphal return for lar. the Sons and Daughter.!i. This was Older readers of the Herald will a11 even blgg-ar celebration, a., in remember his columns "The Herald addition to its being an Independ- Hears" and "We Wonder" which ence day celebration, and the return for many years appeared in the of former re.mdent , it was al.so the . newspaper. He had written many 250th annlversa.ry M the .settlement stories of outstanding e:vents cturof Porumouth. Ing his career as a newspaper man. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Daniel Collins and Miss Elizabeth T. Kane and one brother, James Kane. I �Councilman Gardner . Urges City Demand U.S. Pay For Projects Council Delays Action On FHA Contract Offered In Lieu Of Taxes On Development At Heights "Portsmouth should adopt a general policy in regard to defense projects proposed here by the Federal government. It sho4ld stand on the proposition that all defense ac tivities are for the good of all citizens in all parts of the country and that all citizens should pay and ore paying for them including Portsmouth citizen s. When we make large concessions we ore paying not once but twice, and more than our fair shore. Even without concessions the benefits Portsmouth gets ore offset by certain disadvantages. I urge that we adopt as o general policy that the Federal government pay its fair shore for what it gets from the city." With this statement Councilman Frederick D. <'.xardner opened the discussion la t night at the city council meeting as to what ihe city should do In regard to the contract which t,he Federal Works agency has offered the city in lieu of taxes for the 800 defense homes being erected near Atlantic Heights. Although such a declaration of policy was offered RS a motion and seconded it wa sidetracked in the general discu Ion whlch followed, many comments were hear d 11fterward that this statement was one of the best summarie.s of the city's policy t hat h11s been voiced so far. Final decision, on motion of Councilman GaTdner was that the city council tell the Federal Works agency that it wants more time to consider the contract, before taking any action. Mayor Stewart E. Rowe brought the matter to the att,entlon of the city council when he reported that a representative of the Federal Works agency had telephoned him Iand asked if a decision from the council could be obtained. Lists Contract Fea tures Councilwoman Mary C. Dondero said that she had obtained a copy of the contra.ct and m!tcle a. study of it. Essentially, it providl:6: I. That a sum equal to 15 per cent of the total annual dwelling shelter rentals be charged for occupied units in lieu of taxes provided the total does not exceed what the tax would be 1! the property were not tax exempt. 2. This sum is exclusive of the cost of any utilities such as wa.ter, heat, water heating, light, refrigeration, etc. 3. Aside from the abovf' the city will furulsh the usual services without cost and without making any special chargei; for police and fire _protect.lC'n, health. i;treei:. lights, schools and educational services and facllit!es, fire hydrants, sewerage maintenance, garbage collection and disposal, street maintenance, and any other community developments. Calls Contract Unfair Mrs. Dondero said she felt the contract was unfair for t he following reasons: 1. P ayment ls provided only for occupied dwelllng,s while other property owners have to pay taxes whether their property ~ occupied or not. 2. The word development in facllltles to be furnished without cost ls too broad and leaves I-he city open to obligations that it might not even provide regular taxpayers without added charge. 3. To provide the facilities requested would cost the city $200,000 for schooLs, fire and police protection, snow plowing, street work, etc., and these initial investments are not covered or safeguarded in this contract. 4. The administration and maintenance bullc:iings and other units not used as dwellings are exempt from these charge.s and the city gets no revenue. ' Mrs. Dondero said that in view of these and other similar provisions of the contract she felt it should be rejected. Councilman Lewis M. McNeil motioned that It be rejected as "unfair to the city." List Water Mayor Names S.upply And sewerage In Joseph~- Morrill To Planning Board Emergency Work Here More t han one million doll ars worth of emergency work fo r t he Portsmouth area has been recommend ed to congress by t he F ederal Security agency, the Associated P ress reported t oday in con nection with a $140,000,000 nation-wide program. "A" or most vital emergency ratings Wf're given to two problems of the Portsmouth area: one, water supply $595,000 and the second sewerage 480,000. Rated "B" or nearly as vital was an appropriation of $35,000 for a heal th center h ere, or a tota l of $1 ,110,000. Revealed In Testimony These figures were revealed by Charles P. Taft, assistant co-ordinator fnr healt-h, welfare and related activities in testimony before a senale committee on a fund or ~150,000 for community facU!ties, and after federal h ealth and welfare officials had trimmed their estimates to what t hey tt1rm ed "the most pressing needs". o details of th_e total (l,rure11 wett i i e•l o. it 111 not known wbetbfir all the eetl te apply to Port! mouth~ proper or to the en trre a rea, or specifically what pr ojects are included in the needs. . . However, previous studies that have been made and reported to Washington have practically eliminated for the present least any acivity outside of Portsmouth and Kittery so it ls believed that th entire amount ls for this immediate sect.Ion and most likely Portsmouth since financing of the Kitt.ery projects has been completed. Dela.ils Indefini te Whether this water fund is contemplated for the Public Buildings administ-r ation project near Atlan• tic Heights, extension of the present city water supply or both ls not known or ls it known, whether this fund would cover hte $27,000 appropriation for providing sewerage to Panaway Manor and other sections of Sherburne road. Need for a health center in the city has been expressed on numerous occa.slons and has been urged 1 by Dr. ,Joseph Bolton, of the Uni ted states Public Health Service and Liason Officer of the First Corp Area. Indications are that the c.pproprlation which also include~ funds for Port.land, Me., the Bath-Brunswick area, and many othe!· sections of New England Is r eceiving favorable consideration in the senate committee and had found favor in the general Congress. •==========.=;;:;;;;;;;;; Mayor Stewart E. Rowe today appointed J oseph H. Morrill to the Portsmouth Plann ing boar d. Mr. Morrill will serve the r est of t he five-year term from which former Mayor Robert Marvin resigned when he was called to active duty on the Portsmouth Navy yard. Dr. s. F. A. Pickering was elected ch airman of the Planrung board when Mr. Marvin resigned. Other civilian members are Phil· lips B. Badger, William L, Conlon, Henry B. Tilton and Maurice E. Witmer. Workin g with them are Mayor Stewart E . Rowe, Supt. of streets Nat S. Stevens and Oounc!lman Frederick B. Gardner. Mr. Morr!ll, who li ves a,t. 438 South street, served several terms on the Board of Appraisers, as member, clerk and chairman. Born in Portsmouth June 22, 1866, Mr. Morrill went to South Boston to learn the painters' trade, then returned to this city in 1893, four years after he had married Miss Lena SChmidt. Working for contractors as a painter until 1913, Mr. Morrill then went to work at the Portsmou th Navy yard, where he became a masber paint.er. In 1932 he retired. A member of st. Andrew's lodge of Masons, the New Hampshire Consistory of 32nd degree Masons, Bektash Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Concord, Mr. Morrill also h as been a past grand of Osgood lodge, ;rooF, and a past district deputy grand master. He is a trust.ee of the Court street Chri&tlan church. �Daniels Street Closing, Legion Presents Tobias Lear Group Army Recreation Planiu Three Jr. High To Give Tea for Awards Aldrich Society ~~· Before Council Tonight Honor boy and two girls were honored A Portsmouth's city council tonight will detide whether 1,000 selected selectees should be allowed to come each weekend this summer to Pierce Island for recreation, and whether Daniels street should be closed from Bow skeet to the waterfront to protect the New HaMpthire Gas and Electric company's power plant against possible "hostile acts." Both are national defense problemB, Both were brought up and discussed last Wednesday night and put off until this evening for fµrther consideration. One is proposed as a project to ''bolster lll)lectee's morale." The other 1s proposed on recommenda.t1on of the Federal Power comm!.!!sion to insure electricity for ho~~s, harbor defenses and navy ya.rd In t ime of emergency," First t he city councilmen knew about the proposed weekend morale invasion was last Wednesday night, when Mayor Stewart E. Rowe and City Clerk Edward J, Hopley told them that army chiefs already .had visited PoJ:'ltsmouth and had chosen as their site Peirce island. Brig. Gen. James A. Ulio, USA, chief of the Morale division of the Unibed states army, and his aide, Ool, C. S, Ada.ms, USA, had come to see Mayor Rowe j\LSt th a.t afternooTno. ·•-~p the selectee-soldlers """' happy, the army wants to t ransport them from dusty inland cantonments to Peirce island, 1,000 a weekend for 20 weeks. screened, wood-platformed t.ents would cover 20 acres o! Peirce is• 1and. The army would provide water, sewerage -and other utilities. On t heir weekends the "good conduct" soldiers would swim, relax, have fun. City Clerk Hopley explained last week that Peirce island first would be taken over and improved 'by a. CCC contingent, that roads and other necessary facilities would be made ready. ' He also said that military police would supervise the soldiers, then quot.ed from the army officials, ''They think the plan will give the 110ldiers a. cha.nee to know the people and the people a cha.nee ~ know the soldiers." Councilman William Palfrey moved last week permission be be gr!lJl'bed and Councilman Edgar Woad eeco:nded his motion, When In all the request includes: clostng Daniels atreet frolp Bow etreet to the waterfront. a11Jo1ning the Portsmouth gexierathlg station pro:perty; erecting a, metal tenoe and gate across Daniels atreet a.t Bow street (waterfront side); guarding the gate · closing the Daniels str· et side of 'the µnder pass under Me• morial bridge; removing or denyIng entrance to the abandoned navy yard building, which n ow ls sea scout headquarters. According to General Manager R. c. L. Greer of the N. H. pa.; & Electric company the r equest "is not · anything new," because "it Ls being done all over the country by the larger power stations, and In some places entire streets a.re being fenced off and t raffic routed over other streets. As for traffic, Mr. Greer said in hjs communication to the council: "The only on~ who would suffer from this proposed blocking off of Daniels street would be those who go from Daniels street to State street a.round under the bridge, and, o! course, there is a. ready access from Daniels street to State street at the bridge approach so that it would n ot Inconvenience the traveling public from that standpoint." W.hen the communication was received at the city council meeting last week Mayor Stewart E. Rowe urged the council to act favorably because "it Ls an important safety measure." Councilman Asks Voters To Express Views ''If you ue for or against the use ot l'ierce l<;land by An ny men on recroatlonal weekends attend the c0uncll meeting tonight and state your feelings." This is the requen of Coon• cllman Frederick D. Gardner, chairman of the finance committee, who said today that wheth· er to grant this request or not Is one of the mOllt Important questions the council has had to decide, "There is much to be said on both sides of this question," he said, "and the council wants the advice of the citizens and taxpayers, In 1,he absence of any logical reasons to the contrary, we are duty bound to co-operate as much as p095lble with the requests of the federal government. But all sides should be heard." the members voted they lined up five to three: Palfrey, Wood and ersey in favor; Gardner, Dondero, a.rvey, McNeil and Burkhardt opposed. All then voted to reconsider the q~stlon this evening. The power plea was sent to the clty council aft.er a defense inspect-. or from the New York regional office had visited the New Hampshire Gas & Electric company's plant, which supplies not only Portsmouth's industrial. municipal and realdential loads, but also wer tor Port Stark, Fort Consti- ~~illllilli~;; ]]!IIIJIIIIIIIW'n!•~ tution d Camp Langtion In New Castle, J'9rt Foster In Kittery and oon.sid.ble to the Portsmouth Na 1' a t the Memorial Day assembly program at the Junior High school this morning by being presented with the coveted honor medals o! the American Legion. Joseph Belmont, Jr., son of Mrs. Wesley Montayne of 460 Dennett street, was the recipient of the boy's award and Miss Margaret Mansfield Badger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paui Badger of 700 Woodbury avenue, and Miss Elaine Shirley Sados daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sactos of 538 Union street, whose ratings scored in a near-tie, were winners of girl's medals. Since 1926 it has been the custom for the American Legion to present these medals to the students of the ninth grade at the Junior Hlgq school who have received the highest total percentage upon the basis of oharacte1• and ability ratings. These ratings are voted upon by both teachers and pupils of the schoolJ Boys are rated on the basis of h onor, courage, scholarship, leadership and service. Girls receive their score for courage, scholarship, service, character and companionship, This morning's program opened with a welcome to the guests by George Bamberger. A call to the colors by the bugler and a salute . to the flag and the singing of the Star Spangled Banner by the school was followed by the reading of General Logan's order number 11 by Helen Marriner. The Junior .High school orchestra. played several selections as a prelude to the delivery of Lincoln's Gettysburg address by Kurt Isselbacher. The Junior High school Glee club also contributed to the program. An address to the students was given by Ralph McCarthy and the a.wards were presented by John Gamble, commander of Frank E. Booma Post, American Legion. Monday afternoon the House committee o! the Tobias Lear house of Portsmouth wllJ entertain at tea members of the Thomas Balley Aldrich Memorial, following their annual meeting at the Nutter house. The Tobias Lear house, birthplace o! Washington's private secretary, was acquired recently through the efforts of the Hon. Charles M. Dale, Portsmouth, by private means, as a gift to Portsmouth. It has been completely restored and furnished as it may h ave appeared on that November day in 1'789 when President Washington notes in his diary that he visited Ma.dam ~ r during his t.our of New England. The house will be open to the public later In June, and take it.s place as one of the outstanding houses of Portsmouth. On the committee of the Lear house are: Mrs. Louts Lawrence Green, c)lairman, Cambridge and New Castle; Miss Rosamond Thaxter, secretary, Kittery Point; Mrs. Charles H. Batchelder, Portsmouth; j Mrs. Charles M. Dale, Portsmouth; Stephen Decatur, New York and Kittery Point; Mrs. William H. f Goodwin, Boston and Gerrish Island, and Harland a . Little, Salem I and Hampton. I Mr.s. Charles M. Dale, Portsmouth, i will pour. Miss Anne Courtney Decatur, Miss Alice Decatur and Miss Lois Tanner Green will assist her in serving. Members of the Thomas Balley Aldrich Memorial are: Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Perry, Exeter ; Mr. and Mrs. I Wllllam W. Howells, New York and Kittery Point; Dr. and Mrs. Wallis 1 D. Wallrer, Rye Bea<:h; Mr. and I Mrs. Talbot Aldrich, Boston; Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Fuller, Rockland; 1 Ferris Greenslet, Boston; Mis.s Margaret Warren, Dedham; Miss Rosamond Thaxter, Kittery Point; Miss Mary L. Griffin, Portsmouth; James W. Haunon ; Mr. and Mrs. Balley Aldrich, Boston ; Miss Dorothy Vaughan, Portsmouth; Mr. and Mrs. Myron WU!lams, Exeter; E. S. Wells Kerr, Exeter, and Mrs, Vinton Chapin. l �New Advent Christian Cornerstone Is Placed .I .. ~- t ;~i~ :.· : -::<:-. . ' -.- }" ·. ....... (Photo by Kingsbury) P1·ese11t as the cornerstone of the new Advent Christian ch_urch buildingwas laid yesterday were these three men who have promment part In construction of the church. Left to right are Fred G. Proctor, chairman of the builidng committee; Arland Dirla m of Malden, architect, and Rev. Chester W. Parmley, pa.stor of the ch.urch. To Rededicate Park At Plains Memorial Day then wlll Gamble Portsmouth's Memorial Park at commander the Plains will be rededicated at speak. 12.16 o'clock Memorial day. Together members of the post As the first in the state of New and unit will recite the preamble to Hampshire Memorial Park was the American Legion constitution. dedicated Aug. 4, 1916. Among tlle Mayor Stewart E. Rowe will make 26 men whom Portsmouth had lost a short address. in World ·war I were soldiers, sailAfter the mayor's speech Comors and marines, army doctors, men mander Gamble and Mrs. Leeta who were privates and men who Rintz, auxiliary chaplain, wlll place were captains and even a boy who wreaths on a huge boulder on which fought with the Canadian army. are inscribed these names: Lieut. The one woman, Miss Evelyn Petrie, Frank E. Booma, USA; corp. Hugh was a war nurse. . c Hill USA· Sidney Pickles, USA; Through the Portsmouth City ci1 este; Bock, USA; Michael Lynch, council this spring Memorial Park USN; Lieut. Edward J. Mack, USA; was restored and last night Frank Carl Pearson USA• Miss Evelyn E. Booma post No. 6, American Le- Petrie; Chris'topher' Smart, USN; gion, and its auxiliary, met to plan Jolm Tanco, USA; Dr. Fred G. special rededication services. Towle surgeon USA· John P Members of the Legion post and WhiW: USA; Arth_ur Patch, USN; auxiliary 'will be joined by the Sons Lieut. Frank H. Grant, USA; Serg. of Legion and the American Legion Floyd Barker, USMC; John J. conband. Ceremonies will be held at nors, USA; Amedio Friori, USA; 12.15 because these organiza~ions are Eugene Hatt, USA; Stephen Henry participating in Greenland s exer- Taylor, Canadian army; Corp. Harcises in the morning and Ports- old L. Dutton, USA; Lieut. Theomouth's in the afternoon. dore Schmidt, USA; Capt. Francis Mayor and Mrs. Stewart E. Rowe Scott, USA; Dr. Paul Dennett, and members of the Portsmouth USA; Harold M. Currier, Merchant City council are the only specially Marine; George R. Durard, USMC; invited guests but all Portsmouth and Lieut. Louis Singleton, who folk will be welcomed. went down on the USS Cyclops. · Commander John C. Gamble will Post Chaplain Eugene Grenie direct the post, President Mrs. Alice then will give the benediction. The Jameson, the auxlliary and Leslie band will play the Star Spangled Montayne the Sons of Legion. Banner. The program will open with . a Lastly a saluting squad will fil'e a selection by the American Legion volley, and sow1d taps for Port.sband led by Dr. Kenneth Steady. mouth's dead of World War I. I Dr. Fred G. Procter, r,hairman of the building committee presented the corner stone box, and A. C. Anderson, clerk gave a statement of wha.t the box contained. The copper box had been filled at t he morning service and contained a copy of the Portsmouth Herald, the New York Times and various publicat-ions of Lhe Adven t Christian Denomination, the by-laws of the church, names o! all members of the church since it was incorporated, also the Sunday school members and churnh officers pictures and other Interesting articles. The last articles placed in The cornerstone of the new Ad- the box was an old Bible taken from vent Christiai:t church • was , laid the pews. ye,;;terday amid impressi\·e cere- • The I.rowel was presented by the monies, as a large gathering of architect, Arland H. Dirlam of Malchurch people and their friends den a.nd the cornerstone was laid looked on and saw onP. of their by Mr. Parmley. As the stone was dreams come true. Located at the set in place all the visiting clergy.new lot on the corner of Summer men and church officers assisted in and State streets, the new church the ceremony by placing a t rowel building was begun a number of full of cement on the top of the weeks ago. stone. The ceremony began at 3 o'clock The new building when completed with a trumpet call to worship by : wlll be imilar in de.sign to the Augusta Tobey. Invocation was by North rhu1·ch on Market square. Rev. Ivar Sellevaag, pastor of the This will be colonial in style of Court Street Christian church. The brick structure from which wUl rise opening hymn was "The Church's a lofty white tower in the foreOne Foundation". Rev. Arthur Rou- irrounct. ner, minister of the Congregational The old Treadwell mansion on church, who lives nearby, read t he the corner was built in 1802, about scripture. th e time so many of the ·stately old The address of the afternoon was mansions about the Middle street given by Rev. J. W. Denton, a !or- section of the city were co11Structed. mer pa stor. Mr. Denton was respon- This was purchased in January and sible for the estabiishment of a its exterior will be decorated while fund. 20 years ago which hf\S been I t.he interior will b~ changed very growing gradually from oontribu- little, keeping Lhe colonial archltion.s, legacies and offerings, until I teoture throughout. A breeseway will it had reached a sufficien t amount connect the two buildings, Both or carry out the building program. struc tures are expected to be ready Following the ceremony the male for occupancy by Oct. 1. quartet sang "Glorious Things of The new church will replace the Thee." old structure on Hanover street which was begun in 1859. This was 1·emodeled about 1900. Structure's Completion Scheduled For Oct. 1 ,q �cf reet Commissioners ust Decide Problems Of Power Plant, lslan~:1 Final decision on what will be Would Guard Plant done about two important defense General Manager R. C. L. Greer the N. H. Gas & Elecbric Co. said Problems facing Portsmouth must of a watchman would be on duty at be made by the Board of Street all times and that the gates could commissioners. be opened to let the fire truck go In· a two-hour special session at- to the river in any emergency. tended by Gov. Robert O. Blood, the Mr. Greer said he wanted it uncouncll, with all members present, derstood that his company was not discussed details of the proposal to asking for the closing, as it would close Daniels street and the request cost them about $800 for fencing. of the army for the use of Pierce He said he was merely carrying out island for recreational weekends for the recommendations of the Fedsoldlers. ei•al Power commission defense InConclusion of the discussion on specter. tlie use of Pierce Island came when Skipper James .Joyce of the Sea City Solicitor Oscar Neukom, who Scouts said his organization was reviously had given an "off-hand" entirely in favor of flhe po~r plant opinion that the council had juris- having all the protection It needed; diction over the use of the island, ' but he hoped if the . Sea, Seouts re-appeared before the council and building were moved It could be quoted section 72 of the City Obar- taken intact to a new location, such ter which states that the Board as Pierce Island, of Street commissioners has "authority and control over streets, pub- Oppose Closing Alfred H. Desjardins of the Portslic parks and playgrounds." mouth Fish & Lobster Co. was opposed because of waffle congestion Refer to Board The council then unanimously across Memorial bridge. The unvoted to refer the question to the d61'Pa&s is impo"ttant in his truck Board of Street commissioners. Pre- deliveries, he said, Ralph L. Kimball, state divisional viously, after di5cussing the proposal to close a short section of highway engineer, said his departniels street, the council unani- ment had stores under ilhe bridge mously had referred ,that question approach bhat could be· reached to the street commissioneTs, with only from the Daniels street side. General Manager Greer said It the recommendation that a fence erected.four feet out on the side- could be arranged for his trucks to go In through the gate as usual. walk beside the plant and that the street be closed to parking. Reinhart Favors Proposal During a. five-minute recess which state sen. Arthur J. Reinhart followed the vote on Pierce Island, said he would rather be inconvenembers of the Board of Street ienced in his parking tha11 find the conuni&sioners, who had just con- power plant bloW}l up, and so should cluded a meeting of their own hate to vote against this protection downstairs, held an informal one and later have something happen, on the two questions. Councilman Waltel' Harvey said he had visited the power plant reRepod InfDrmally to Council cently on several occasions but had Substance of their report to the been unable to find any watchman. oouncil was that they favored clos- He wondered why. Ing the sidewalk on Daniels street General Manager Greer said at beside the power plant, erection by the present time the watchman was the power company of a. high fence olJ for brief periods but that was along that point and prohibition of soon to be changed, and plans in~arklng on the street there. eluded erection of a wire guard on On Pierce island, they favored the water side that would sound an ,ranting the use of it to the army alarm if anyone came within three »rovided it would be developed with feet of it. the idea. of making it of future value to the city and that suitable Others Debate atlons would be imposed to Councilman John Burkhardt said assure the city that the men would that if they were going to close one conduct themselves properly while side of the bridge approach, they ere, should close both sides. He sees no necessity for closing the street. Board to Meet Councilman William H, Palfrey To confirm this informal meeting said it wasn't necessary In the last the board later decided to call a war and he saw no reason why it ial one next week on the pow- was necessary now. er plant question. Voters of Ward Councilman Harvey 5ald he had ive will meet with officials of the yet to be sold that the closing was New Hampshire Gas & Electric Co. the best thing. settle the question. Councilman Frederick D. GardArmy officials wm be asked to ner said that while this might appear before the board and go not prevent a bomb4'lg it certainly over details of how the use of Pierce would be a deterrent; that unless Island can be worked out to the there was a sound alternative, the best Interests of the city and -t.he request should be granted. army, Councilman Lewis M. McNeil then Fire 9hief George T. COgan told motioned that the power company the council that while it was im- be given the right to erect a high portant for the city to be able to fence, tour feet out on the sidewalk use river water in fighting waiter- on Its side of Daniels street and that front fires, the location which was parking be prohibited. Amended to to be blocked off was one of the make the motion subject to authbest avenues he had for reaching ority of the street commissioners, the river With a pwnper. it was passed unanimously. j Pierce Island Pros And Cons Discussed When the question of what to do about Pierce Island came up, Cow1cllwoman Mary C. Dondero Introduced a motion to grant the requestion but dirnussion had hardly started when Councilman Palfrey said the city cow1cll had no jurisdiction and the matter be referred to the Board of Street Commissioners. City Solicitor Osoar Neukom called 011 for an opinion, said that while he was not prepared to say and would look the matter up, his off hand opion was that the council had the ppwer to act. Burkharcli Confirms Councilman Burkhardt said that was correct as the question had been set.t,Jed some yea.r s ago when a Beard of Street commissioners was removed ,from office and it was determined that the council was the :final authority. Councilmen Palfrey aid Gardner reported that merchants were in favor but that some of the families with young daughters had doubts, and wanted restrictions to protect the citizens and the swimming pool and to make sure that after the army had left, the Island would be in condition to be used for a city park. Says Wentworth May Have To Close While the Board of i;;treet commissioners wll6 meeting informa,,Uy, Mayor Rowe asked the council if any member would object to hearing Arthur E. Richardson of the Wentworth hotel. When no one did, Mr. Richardson explained that if water pressure didn't rise, the Hotel Wentworth would fold rather than open June 21. "It is almost impossible to get water to the top of the building with the pressure the way It is. This morning it was 7 pounds, but in other years never has gone below 40." Before capt. · James Collins of the constructing quartermasters corps at <!lamp Langdon was called on, Mr. Hett came upstairs to report for •t he street commissioners. Then the council adjoumed. Planning Board Will Analyze ')ct Local Needs ~- Sees No Worry Councilman Frank W. Hersey said he understood the army would have adequate guards and that there was no need to worry about protection as the Army would see the men behaved. Councilman Burkhardt said he was an ax-servuie man but he still had his doubts. Counc!lwoman Dondero said she thought the govermnent was competent to handle the Jru1tter without restrictions, Councilman Qardner then said he had no desire to hinder the government but, nevei;theless felt restrictloru; were needed, Fourteen community facilities will be studied a.n d analyzed; costs Will be determined and a clear and concise pictl.lil'e prepared of Portsmouth's needs for use by the federal government, It was decided last night by the Portsmouth Planning board at its meeting held at the city yards. Ohalrman S, F. A. Pickering pre~ sided and the entire board, with the exception of Mayor Stewart E. Rowe and Phillips B. Badger, were present. Also attending were Roscoe Prescott, WPA engineer at the navY yard; Ray Chapman, WPA Suggests State Helper district manager, and John Durgin, As an alternative to having a city civil engineer. council committee or the Boarci ot secretary M. E. Witmer said toStreet commlssioners approve the day that work is going forward on plan, Mr. Gardner said "GovernDr plans for the Market street extenBlood has a member of the stat.e tension which was discussed by the Planning board he11e working for board last night, following a rethe State Defense council. This man port by Mr, Durgin on his survey ls an expert on city planning ant!! of the project 10 years ago. Mr. could look over the plans and see Durgin is working with the boarc;! that they fitted the future need! on the matter. of the o!ty. I think Governor BlOOd Both WPA engineers expressed might arrange for him to do it- the opinion that this extension wa;; would you Governor BlOOd ?" of the type of work that could be Governor Blood sm:lled and said . classified as a national defense prohe thought that it could be a.r- ject, and further studies will keep ranged. that in mind. Solloltor Renders Opinion Di.9cus.sion continued, on restrictlo;rui until City SQlicltor Neukom, who had been checking on the law, appeared again before the board and 1·ead the sectJon of the city charter that stated the ma.tetr was under the jurisdiction of the street com• mls.sioners, Councilman Harvey moveli tha't the matter referred to the Board of Street; commissioners. This wa4 passed unanimously. The five-minute recess was declared and then the council re-assembled to hear the report of Chairman Hett of the Board of Street commissioners. Then, just as Councilman Palfrey was starl,lng to ask that the city look Into question of the right of way from Pierce wland to Shapleigh i6land over the low wat.er bar, the council adjourned, �. --~--- - - - - ~~ - f gi Careful Plannin~ Portsmouth'~ t wOStat·e Need; BIOod Tells Local Group\ . OIi··.~. ✓-rv'J, ; ·ICla 1S) Portsmouth needs to plan careMrs. ··Dondero th eri said she had lecto,r of taxes.-· . . an important announcement to Members of the committee of the fully for the future durmg the pres- make. "Since the last meet ing I board . bf Education Mrs. Pearl e.n t defense · emergency Governor, have talked ·with State WPA Ad- G ru: d Mrs Gladys Warren. Robert o. Blood warned the Ports- mlnistrator James P. Quinn and he ray l · • mouth Co-ordinating committee last has assured me that the WPA wlJI Mem~ers of th e Governors defe1:se night. · furnish two . technical engineers to . council sub committee ..on housmg , "It is unfortunate that more has- attend al! our meetings and work Oren V. Henderson, ~resiclent of the I n't already been done in planning without any cost to the city in N. H. 1?eac?a~_t :tegional Develop- , here." he said. "There are two great helping us to solv-e 'our problems. ment a.•sociatton , Professor . E. T. ! problems for Portsmouth: planning This will give us the technical as- . Huddleston of the U111versity of for the present and planning for the ; slstance we need." . New . Hampshire and Charles .A. : future. . Later Mr. Quinn, who had been Blessmg of the New Hampshire "State officials estimate tl:lat ! speaking at two other ·meetings ar- Planning and Development com- , Portsmouth's population in the next ' rived and addressed the commlttoee. mission. Chairman Bo~rd of Street two or three years will ~ouble. We Mr. Quinn said one of the technical ·: Commis.sioners Fred V. Hett. must see that things go right during engineers available was stationed Members of th~ Portsmouth Plan- I th,~s period. . · . I at the Portsmouth Navy yard on ; n~g Board, chamn,an Dr. S . .F. ~ · 1 .. Th~ plannmg function of the WPA work there and would be , Pic.kermg, Secretary M. E. Witm~r, state is one of its most important. available for consultation and the 1· Phillips B. Badger, Henryy B. 'I'.ilThe state has ~o large amount of ' other, while not here I~ Ports- • ton . . . . , money but it has a large volunteer miuth would come here for meetQ!,hers mcluded . Captams James organi~atio~ ""._h~ch _ha~_j_ust been , ings. ' Both could advise the city i Collin~ ai:i,d L. 0 . Chandler ~f Fort : formed in the Defense Council. The on possible WPA projects. : Consti~ntion, Wallace P. Purring_ton~. state Planning and. Development- Mr. Quinn explained that pre- · executive sec~etary .of the Ma11:e . commission stands ready to give all paration of projects did not mean / New H~mpshire Bridge Au th0 rity, : the assistance it can." that projects would be carried out E. Curt:5 Matthe:,vs, cham:ian ·of • The governor stressed that the by the WPA, as that was dependan t the Umted Servi~e org_amzations state does not seek to replace local on the labor situation and other committee . for th_is section ; Mrs. agencies. "We have full . confidence .' factors. Harol.d Smith, chairman of the De= in them," he said. "But -1f they de- ·I Mr.s. Dondero said there were fens~ Committee o~ t he Stat~. Fed sire·assistance they have but to ask." ' many· projects that the city· could eration of Womens club, citizens, There- were nearly half a h~- 1 use, such as the construction of a Robert Murphy and Elwm Buch. dred persons present as the meetmg I comfort station, an Information got under way . at th~ Hotel ~qck- . booth, playground, street and sideIngham last mght with Chairman · walk improvements parking areas Mary C. Dondero calling on nearly \ and a more ad-equat~ wate,r supply. - · -- - a score for r~ports and remarks dur- 1· Alvin F . Redden, executive secreIng the evenmg. . tary of the New Hampshire Sea.An appeal for more speed was coast Regional Development associ- . I voiced by E. Curtis Matthews, local atlon stated that his organization I cha~rm~n of t~e U~ited Services Or- · had been collecting facts similar to gamzati.on, which is handling recre- those desired by the commltt,ee for at~fnal -f:i,cilities for army me,~. the past three years and that the This lS a .fine committee, he findings were available at the Resaid, "So _is the Planning Boar~. the · glonal ~e~dquairters for any of the ✓. \t council and all the otl:J.er committees i city officials who wanted to mak_e · ---.\ I?., and groups we have working on this . use of them. Papers are being drawn U_P for problem. But what we need is a i an agreement between the City of clearing house for all this infor.w,a- . Among Tho$e Portsmouth and the New Hampshire tion. We need three paid men, techGas & Electric company which will nical men who know their business, present Were: allow the power company to conto be ·on duty at city hall, eight, 10, Attending the meeting of the co- struct a fence four_ feet out from ~2 or eve_n 24 hours a day to supply ordina'ting committee at the Hotel the sidewalk on D~mels street bes)de mformation to .the Federal i;:overn- !Rockingham la.st night we:re: _Gov· its plant to provide the protection ment to speed our co-operation. ernor Robert o. Blood state sen- which ihe Federal Power commls"!his is an emergency-a very ator Arthur J , Reinha;t, Represen- sion has requested "against hostile serious one and we need spee_d. We 1 . tatives: Edgar L. Hunter, Harry acts." . . want to have all our i~formation on : H. Foote, Alvin F . Redden, Mary Decision was reached mformally tap ~o we can act qmckly. Such a c. Dondero (chairman of t):le com· by the Board of Street Comm!l:sionclearmg house would not take p~wer mittee), Dr. John R. Greenman, ers Chairman Fred V. Hett, Jr., away from anyone. It would consider Eastern District Re.presentative of said today after conferences with the city's interests ·as we1; as the the sti;te Board of Health from Exe- residents ~ho use that section o! Federal government. But 1t would ter. the street and after interested per,!!l_ake, all , thi~ !~f~r_!:1at!~n irtll):}@- , James P. Quinn, state WPA Ad- sons had stat•ed they had no objec1ately available without Federal offi- ministrator and Divisional WPA en- tions to the erection of a fence as cials having ~o go from one depart- gineers Charles Fultori and James long a:.s it did not block the use of ment of th.e cit y to another ~nd from w. Taggert; Roscoe Prescott, WPA, the street for traffic. on~ comrmt~ee to another ~n search engineer at the Navy yard; Edward By elimination of parking on the of mfor1:1at10n. We are fallmg down Davey, representing the WPA La- street, the loss of four fee~ will not on the Job. We are not well organ_- bor division. . interfere with traffic on 1t and at · 1zed and · we haven't grasped the· Mayor Stewart E. Rowe and 'Coun- the same time it will assist ~he fact that this is a serious emergen- • cilmm Frederick D. Gardner,' Ed· power company officials in solvmg cy." gar F. Wood, .Lewis M. McNeil apd the defense problem. City Solicitor His remarks were seconded by : William H. Palfreyi. (Palfrey ahd Oscar Neukom is drawin&' up the Councilmen Lewis M. McNeil and McNeil members of the committee). agreement. Frederick D. Gardner. "We got off City officials, Nat. S Sj;evens, superon the wrong foot," said Mr. Mc- lntendent of streets ; Fire Chief Neil. "We are kicking the ball around George T. Cogan, Plumbing Inbut getting nowhere. We need as spector, Clement F. Moulton; suMr. Matthews said to get all this perintendent of Schools Harry L. Information together." Moore, City Solicitor - Oscar Neu"I say amen .to Mr. Matthews' I kom, Dr. George Tredick, chairman comment," said Mr. Gardner. \ of the board of Health; and Mrs. Mrs. Dondero said the committee Stewart E. Rowe, secretary to the appreciated the comments. "Con-. mayor; Philip H. Sanderson, colstructlve criticism Is ,welcome," she said, "However, I feel we are making progress. This is only the third meet- ! ing of the committee and we are just getting organized. After all, even the Federal ~overnmen£ takes times _to do things." . . i AudI•t CI•ty Acc·o·un·-t'-s. 1 c·1ty ·t O Perm1 1 power ( ompany·. T0 BUI'•1d f·ence Audit of the city o! Portsmouth books is ·now underway by two officials of tthe Division ot Municipal Accounting of the state Tax commission, who are working at the treasurer-auditor's office a-t city hall. Making the audit are Noe Allard! auditor, and Alan R. Matthews, a~countant, of ·the state division. They started yes·terday. No estimate has been made on the time ~uired but based on the time required in a number of other cities' and towns which the division has a,udited it should take several, weeks. Audit of the city's books by the state commission was unanimously voted by the city council · at its meeting of Feb. 21, but due to previous engagements of tthe state audi- . •tors, it was not possible to make the , audit until this time. No charge is made by the state for the ser- . vices of the auditors, the only charge being that for transportation and meals. This audit places Portsmouth in line with other le·ading cities o! the state, as nearly half of them have outside audit.s either by the state or by ·outside certified public accountants. �---~-- - . - I /, jCOlonial. Architectur,e To Mark New Church Here The new Advent Christian church, 1 A chancel has 'been planned with as shown in the Archit.ect's drawing the altar, lectern_ and pulpit. Seated · ' in the chancel will be the choir loft brings another church of 901onial and the console of the organ. The type to this city. Locat.ed · at the choir will be facing the congregacorner of State and Summer street:;. tion. The organ will be equipped on the hill, its spire, nearly 100 with chimes. Back of the !l,ltar will feet in height, will rise above the be a removable panel, behind which trees there bringing that pictur- is the baptismal tank, sufficiently esqueness for which the New Eng- elevated to be in full view of any land communities are noted. pew in ihe roo!ll, The auditorium Work on the structure, which 'be- w!ll · be finislieo with cream colored gan early in the year, is progressing plaster, with white walls, and marapldly. Already some of the steel hogany woodwork, white pews of work for ~he steeple is being put in Colonial type. Also on the same place. Last Sunday the cornerstone floor will be, on each side of the was laid and a part of the corner chancel, a pastor's study and a 1 mone la:,,mg ceremonies were held class room. inside the church. In · the basement will be a large Connecting the church and the social hall, seating capacity of 250, old Traedwell hou.se, which will be with a large stage, 20 by 24 feet. used as a parish house, will be a This will be equipped with two cloister. The Treadwell house is to dressing rooms. A large modern kitbe ' renovated but not remodeled, chen has· been planned, with two as its lines have been judged by the serving doors. The heating unit will architect, Arland Dirlam of Mal- be located. on this ' floor and will be den, as very fitting to be u.s:ed in ~.team vacuum. connection with the church. On the third floor, over the back The new edifice will have on the portion of the buliding w}ll be four first floor, a niain auditorium with cla..ss rooms. With the one on the a seating capacity of 280 In addition first floor and seven in the Parish to a balcony capable of holding 56. hou.~e there will be 12 class rooms available for the Church school. The cloister connecting the church and parish house will be 30 feet ln length and will be two stories in height. In the pine grove in the back corner of the lot will be a place for out-of-door . meetings. The pulpit will be constructed from the large old chestnut tree which was located on tbe Jot. ·..11 ·. l 206 Get ; Diplomas. ! FrOm PHS ~ ' Tonight :Mrs. Sarah Flagg -, IDies At Age Of 87~Qj Mrs. Sarah Cushman Flagg, · wife of Rev. James W. Flagg, died early this morning at her home, 28 Wil' low lahe, at the age of 87 years. Members of •the class of 1941, She was born in Orwell, Vt., June Portsmouth High school, will re- 17, 1853, the daughter of Rev. Rufus ceive their diplomas this evening at s. Cushman, D. D., and Mrs. Cushexeroises to be held at the Junior jman. She was educated in Burr and High auditorium. There are 206 Burton Seminary in Manchester, seniors who will participate in the Vt., where her father was pastor exercises. for many years. Showing an interThe program is as follows: est in art, she took private lessons . ·---·- - - - ------~ March Class of 1941 •in drawing and painting, and Stoverinvocation, Rev. Arthur A. Rauner !taught these _sijbjects in the Orcutt '\, • . Selection, "March Militaire Fran- ,school for girls at West Lebanon • e, caise" Saint Saens Op. 60 ,and also in the Troy _conference S O 'V High School Orchestra /academy in Poultney, Vt. · · "j"(,· A Capella choir, "Ave Maria" Franz I After five years as a teacher she I O Miss Maria F . stover, a native ol "Carry Me Back to Old Virgin- ~arried Rev. James W. Flagg and , Portsmouth and one of the olde.s' ., ny" , ., Bland [or 46 of the 50 year~ of active m~Representatives of the New graduates of Portsmouth Higt Good Night, Beloved .~try, she w~s a, faithful ~nd eff1' chool died early yesterday morn• German Folk Song ~ient pastors wife, endearmg her- . Hampshire Cripplecl Children's so- ~ at th home of her niece Mrs Presentation of Class Gifts elf to the people among whom she ciety from all over the state will ~flliam Walker, In Greenlind. Thomas P. Ahearn, President ived. Her marriage took place Aug. join with the Portsmouth Rotary Miss stover was the daughter o: Acceptance o, 1884 at Manchester, Vt. . club Thursday for the annual meet- the late Daniel L and Carolin, Harry W. Peyser I She has livea in South Ryegate, ' ing of the society. More than 160 Pray (Marden) Stover and hac Violin Solo, "Romance" jVt., Framingham, Mass., Merrimac, members of the organization in ad- he Jived until July 1 would ha~ Wieniawski Op. 22 Mass., and since 1917 has resided in dition to the Rotary members are ~bserved her 88 th birthday. Shi ~ary Wood Hewitt .,· t~e vicinity of Portsmouth. At that !expected to swell the attendance to resided in Portsmouth from tht Chorus, .Roses of the South time Mr. Flagg took over the pasI well over 200. time of her birth until five yean Strauss torate of the Bethany church at Rye Bertha Damon, a summer res!- ago, when she went to Greenland tc Class and Orchestra and whe~ he retired in 1930 they i dent of New Hampshire, author of make her home with Mrs. Walker. Presentation of Medals and Awards made their ho.me in Portsmouth. I "Grandma Called it Carnal," is to M' sto a a communican1 Rev. William Safford. Jones She is survived by her husband ' be the guest speaker. An exhibition Of sitss J 0 h ~er hw sh Chorus, "Land of Hope and Glory" and one daughter, Marion C. Flagg. of the handicraft work which the • n s c urc · Elgar i children have done will be on disClass and Orchestra. play. Awarding of Diplomas Mayor Stewart E. Rowe Class Ode, Words and Music by Marcia Yoffee Class of 1941 ' Crippled Children's M·1ss Mar1·a f · In Green Ian d 0Cle tY T M ee t "') DleS ____ · W"th R tary Here 1. �-A rmy :Grantea· PHS Chapter Of National - ; Ho~or Society Has Banquet~ Right- To -Use Pierce IS-l~nd ~ - Weekend Recreation ~ Camp Approved By City Subject To Restrictions Permission ~for the United States Army to use Pierce Island for recreational weekends for soldiers was unanimously voted today by members of the Board of Street Commissioners. The permission was gran!_ed subject to six restrictions to, safeguard the interests of the city. Restrictions · are: I, that sanita- be left in as good order as _it was tion meet the requirements ot the found. State Board of Health; 2, that am- ActioI,J. was taken today a.s the ple military police be provided to result of _a telephone call from furnish protection for ·the private Brig. Oen. James A. ~l'l!o, USA, citizens of Portsmouth at an times; chief of tlle Morale division . 9f the 3, that no restrictions be placed on army, who xequested a_ dec!s!o~. a.,_ the citizens of Portsmouth in re- soon as possible. -·-:• ,. _ , gard to the use or the swimming Present at the meeting were Ma.ypool · 4 that the area to be used or Stewart E. Rowe, chairman . exbe kept properly cleaned and. kept officio; Clerk Americo J. Fransoin neat order at all times; 5, that so and Ralph Atwell. Chairman the city of Portsmouth be put to no Fred V. Hett, who was unable to expense for any util!ties or other be present, telephoned from out ot expense necessary to maintain this town that he was in favor o! grantcamp· 6 · that when the , camp is ing perm!ssion subject to- proper perm~ne~tly vacated the area shall restrictions. ----- - - - - -- ~ j Addresses by members and 'facul- c~rrying on nextyear, Miss W!llard ty representatives, coupled with recommended that the activities of community singing, featured the the society be made known• to a annual banquet of the Portsmouth larger circle so as to overcome the High school chapter of the National idea that membership in it- only Honor society held last night in means a name. , . Daeris Tea , room in Dover. President Marriner speaking for After the supper, President Philip himself and the other officers exMarriner acted as master of cere- pressed appreciation to Miss Namonies and delivered brief remarks the.lie Moulton for the help she has as to what membership in the so- rendered them during their past ciety means to him. He also com- half-year of service. -In response to pl!mented the decorating committee the president's remarks, the group for the attractive place cards which gave Miss Moulton a rising vote of they had made. This committee is thanks. -. composed of Jean Stephenson, BarHeadmaster Clarence C. Sanborn .bara Beals and Herman Birt. was the next speaker and he reGiving his impressions of the so- minded the members that in future ciety before he became a member years the leaders in the state _and and what it means to him now, nation will come from the society, Richard Beane told of the vague- not necessarily Portsmouth's chapness of the society's ideals that the ter but from the combined memaverage sophomore or junior pos- bership throughout the nation. sesses and recommended that the Sub-master E. Bliss Marriner society endeavor in some way to compared the boasting perscm to a bring itself in unity before the stu- steamboat that uses all Its steam to dent body, sound its whistle, leaving none for stating that jhe Honor society locomotion. Members ot the society brings together "individuals of like are on the lookout for added learnmind and purpose," Gordon -Wilson ing, when a member stops learning, discussed at length the question of he ceases to live up to the ideals of what the society does · for the in- the Honor group. dividual. He also said that the name The serious part of the program of the society carries a great deal finished the entertainment comof weight when used as a reference. menced 'with a piano solo by Marcia Mr. Wilson emphasized the fact Yofl'ee. followed by a saxophone that election to the nation-wide so- solo by Arlene Silverman. Michael chietybis mad1 t O ~~h~l~is~pcil ;~:ti~~ and Robert Gniffin led the- singing e ases . • and obliged popular demand by pation in oµtside activities, ~nd rendering as a duet, "MacNamara's character. As to what the society B d .. .expects of , you, he strongly urged ~fffcers are Ph!l!p Marriner, prethe mi::mbe~s to accept . a nd fulfill . sident; Ann Willard, vice-president; the responsib~ity_ that is. incurred Emerson Miles,' secretary; and Dor~ by_ mel!!_bershi2_m a society th a t othy Emery, treasurer. Banquet "'.ill 1:"urn outllie leaders of tbe na- committees were: time and placetion m _later years. . . Phil!p Marriner and Bernard WlneSpea~mg of the . activities . that baum; program-Edith Salden, Jane the society engages m, Ann Willard Hazzard , Betty Entwistle Patsy state~ that although they are com- Genestr~ti and Robert Griffin; .paratively few, they_ are of great transportation-Louis Scliris; dee-.! importance. Addres~mg her final orations-Jean Stephenson, Herman' remarks to ~he ~umor class mem- Birt and Barbara Beals; invitations, bers of the society who wm be Emerson Miles. �tb< . .. . . . - ------- ----- - --· ----- - 1 --. ------- [Traffic EXpert ;Will Study ~Q,·v 1 ·Problem Here - --:se.-·' --- . -- -- ·Boa rd Wants Land For School Building Site On Parrott Ave. The Board of Education voted shape form, broken down into definunanimously last night to recom- ite calculations and accompanied by mend to the city council "immediate definite recommendations, we'll just acquisition of sufficient land from be out of luck in Washington." Rogers street to Junkins avenue on In fact, he contended, if PortsParrott avenue either by purchase mouth's requests are not easily anor eminent domain for school pur- alyzable and well documented, they poses." will be discarded rather than conTo co-operate with the Ports- sidered. mouth Planning board in getting Because of new pupils who will figures to Washington at once, the attend Portsmouth ,schools ·next fall board also authorized appointment when building projects at Atlantic oli a committee to meet immediately Heights, Sherburne road and other, to discuss and approve figures com- private sections, are completed, propiled by Supt. of School Harry L. vision must be made for added facWorking with the Yale University Bureau for Street Moore on school problems raised by ilities at the Heights, at Sherburne Traffit Research, the Parking and Traffic Committee of I defense activities in the city of road, at the Junior High school and Portsmouth. at the Senior High school. the Portsmouth Merchants' Bureau headed by A. Richard A portion of the land suggested According to Mr. Tilton and Mr. Chase, chairman, is making plans to have a traffic and recently was purchased by the trus- Moore, who have been conferring tees of the Home for Aged Women -together for several weeks, initial parking engineer come to Portsmouth and make a study / as a site for a' new building. capital cost will be about $317,500, After both Mr. Moore and Henry annual upkeep about $75,000, just of its problem. Tilton, of the Portsmouth Planning for this "defense schooling." board, had stressed that action must This study will be made by one the United states, who train them Present plan is for the special be taken if Portsmouth were .to get committee appointed last night to of the graduates of the famous in administrataion and organizaStr~t and Highway Traffic Engl- tion, design, technique, equipment ' any feder~l aid, Ralph G. McCarthy meet with Mr. Moore and approve moved tha't the c1ty council be asked his figures, then for him to submit neermg courses given by the bureau and devices and related fields. at Yale under the directorship of speaking of the proposed survey, , to get land on Parrott avenue for a them to a special Planning board new high school. Harry W. Peyser meeting next Monday night. Miller McClintock, famous engineer- Mr. Chase said, "With the huge Appointed to the committee by ing consultant, and Maxwell Halsey, increase in the navy yard and the. seconded the motion. Said Mr. McCarthy, "I agree with Mayor Stewart ;E. Rowe were Kenassociate director, former traffic forts that is already here and the what you all have said. To put'more nard E. Goldsmith, John E. Seybolt engineer of Massachusetts and fact that still many more are comthan $100,000 into just an addition and Ralph G. McCarthy. Motion traffic advisor of the city of Bos- ing, we can_ no longer ignore our ton. traffic and parking problem. We - to the present high school would be for creation of this group was made Conferences between officials of can au see many problems here and , sinking money. We should prepare by Mr. Peyser and seconded by Rev. the Yale bureau and the Merchants' all of us have pet solutions for j for an entire new building, even if William Safford Jones. only one .unit were built now. A site Of all the school situations, the bureau committee will be held dur- some phase of the problem. should be considered and action one at the high school was adjudged ing the week of June 9 and it ls - "To be successful however we taken at once." most serious because the building expected that the survey will start \need a survey mad; by an e~pert ! Previously Mr. Tilton had des- already is overcrowded. Discussing shortly afterwards. I who is trained to see an the factors 1 scribed the work of the Planning it, the board agreed that Washington Since the bureau was established involved-t-h!ngs that you or I as ! board as a fact-finding agency and should be asked for as much money in !926 the bureau and more t~a.n laymen might not even think of. had explained the importance of as necessary. 100 of its graduates ha~e part~ci- Above an web a man sees the immediately consolidating the facts In fact, Member John Seybolt pated in scores of traffic studies, problem as an outsider uninfluand presenting them to the federal said, "I think the figures we've been _including such citie~ as Los Angeles, enced by any personal 'consideraquoting here tonight are mere peagovernment. San Francisco, Chicago, New Or- ttons that might even unconscious"We have had it pretty straight nuts. This problem has been grow1eans, Kans.as City, Boston, New ly affect those of us who live here. on several occasions," he said, "that Ing since 1936, all in cqnnection with York, Washmgton and several state : An expert sees the problem in its if we don't get information in ship- defense work." surveys. . . . ; entirety. He knows what has alIn addition to its own staff of ex- ready been tried in other sectioru,perts, . those attendmg bhe courses : what has and what has not worked. stupy ,under more than two doren , His wealth of experience will save outside experts !room all parts of us time and money in solving this vital problem." Merchants' Bureau Group: To Employ Engineer From ~- Yale University !I �Cuyler Lakin, F. G. Prpcter, Jr. Board Names Principal Fathered Local Camera Clu~.\9 0f New Franklin School 1 NECCC Dr. F. G. Procter, Jr., 24 Kensing- \ Beion~ to Miss Alice Jeffords of Franklin.1 Nam~d teacber at the_ Haven. Op• j ton road, Portsmouth, and Cuyler Now the Piscataqua camera club was appointed principal of the New , portun1ty school was Miss Annie E. , Lakin, Kittery, are the · men who ; b to th New England CounHammond, Raymond, who was aroused latent interest in a local e1ongs e Franklin school by the Board of I graduated from Keene Teachers' · camera club among phooographers ell of Camera clubs. President CuyEducation when it met last night ! college in 1928, and ·has attended ., in this region. !er Lakin of the Piscataqua group in the Junior High school. summer sessions at Keene Teachers' I In March 1938, Cuyler Lakin, a : is also a vice-president of the New A graduate of the Plymouth college, Plymouth Teachers' college 'charter member of the Hartford, i England group of clubs. Teachers' college, Miss Jeffords also and the 'University of New HampConn., camera club, mo'ved to P ortsAt the same time the Piscataqua ' attended summer school at Har- shire, and during the past 18 years mouth. Four -and a half years of Camera club is one of the clubs mak- vard university and Keene Teach- has taught in Candia, Durham, previous club activities in his· for- Ing_ up the . New Hampshire a nd ers' college, has taught in several Weare, Deerfield and Laconia. mer city having failed to dim his Mame P ictorralists. Clubs affiliated schools, was principal of the trainDuring their session the board interest' in photographic activities, in this are the Piscataqua Camera ing school at Plymouth for six years, members also: he- looked up Dr. Procter, another club, Portsmouth; the Lens a nd and for 13 years was principal of Ordered $3,631.60 bills paid and dyed in th'.e wool picture taker, to _ Shutter . club, Univer~ity of Ne"': the Junior High school in Franklin. vouched for. see what the possibilities of starting,! Hampshire, Durham, the .Dov_er Miss Loretta Fitzgerald, Bellows Signed papers for the resignation a local organization of photograph• · Camera club; a.n d the Sanford , Falls, Vt., was ·named home econo- and retirement of Arthur E. Blaisers were. Maine Camera club: • mies teac_her _a t the senior high dell July 1 as janitor 0 £ the Senior His visit was made to the right Piscataqua Camera club me1;nbers school. MISs Fitzgerald, who ,grad- High school. person. Dr. Procter already had the were instrumental in the formation· uated. from Keene Teachers c_olReceived a financial report from same idea in mind. He had even of the New Hampshire and Maine Jege m 1938, ha:s been teachmg ' Mr. Moore. discovered how to establish and op- Pictorialists . home economics in the Lisbon High erate a live camera club. Officers of the Piscataqua Camera . school for three years. Adopted revised regulations for 1 Together they interested photo- club to date have been : 1938.1939, : Recommended as teachers in the janitor service. profes- president, Cuyler Lakin; vice-pre_si- : elementary schools were Miss Mary Present at the meeting were: graphers, both amateur1 and t f th th M chairman ex-officio Mayor Stewart sional, and thus broug 1 or e dent, Captain Oliver W,· arvm; 1 E. Andrews, Brockton, Mass., Miss E. Rowe, Mrs. Pearl s. Gray, John Plscataqua Camera club. treasurer for the first th1ee months, i Helena E. Johnson Monroe, and , Samuel Kingsbury; treasurer for ; Miss Faith York, Exeter. J. Leary, Jr., Ralph G. McCarthy, Purpose of Club . . the remainder of the year, D~u~las \ A graduate of Bridgewater Nor- Mrs. Gladys C. Warren, John E. As stated in the club const1tut1on J. Armsden ; and secretary, Wilham i ma! school, Miss Andrews has been Seybolt, James E. Whalley, Harry which is quoted: "The aim of this Colbath. I an assistant at the New Franklin L. Dowdell, William Safford Jones, club shall be: promotion of the art 1939-1940, president,, William '?ol- I school since January. Miss John.son, Harry W. Peyser, Mrs. Katherine and science of photography in its bath; vice-president, Captam Ollver who graduated from Plymouth G. Woods, Kennard E. Goldsmith . various branches, through the asso- W. Marvm ; secretary for the first Teachers' college in 1939 has been and Superintendent of Schools elation of its members for study two months, Vincent Coyle; s_ecre- ; teaching in Oxford for 'two years. Harry L. Moore. and entertainment in matters re• tary for the rest of the year, Wilfred I With experience in the Exeter Before the business session, the lating to photo_graphy ; for photo- R. Cunningham ; and treasurer, I schools, Miss York had prepared at board had dinner at the Junior graphic exhibitions and contests Douglas J . Armsden . _ _ Plymouth Teachers' college and at I High school. and for any other purposes which I 1940-1941, year of incorporation, summer se.ssions at both the Uni- , will promot~ greater interest and president, William D. Murphy, Jr.; versity of Vermont and the.Univer-• j betterment m the knowledge a nd vice-president for first four months, sity of Minnesota. practice of photography." . . Melville Clark ; vice-president for First public showing of exh1b1tion rest of the year, Paul E. Marston; prints made by the camera club secretary for first 11 months, Wilmembers was in December, 1938. fred R. Cunningham; secretary for .,\v Arthur Hammond, FRPS, an asso- remainder of the year, Phillip PhylThe first Wilder plaque was preciate editor of. the American Pho- '!ides,' and treasurer, Douglas J. tography magazine, judged the pie- Armsden. · 5ented at the Portsmouth High tures entered. As of June 6, 1941, the officers 5chool in 1935. Albert Craig, son are: president, Cuyler Lakin; viceThe memory of Miss Fanni•e Chap- of Mrs. Lawrenoe Dow, received the Hold Annual Exhibitions president, William Colbath; secreSince then it has been a policy of tary, Phillip Phyllides; and treas- man, late principal of t,he New award, which js given annually to the club to hold two public exhibi- lU'er, Douglas J . Armsden . Franklin · school was honored Fri- the senior who during his high tions each yeai:. These havEi been This history· was written from day afternoon when a bulletin board · school course achieves outstanding shown at the Women's Ci.t y club, notes compiled a t an executive was presented tc the scho_ol in hoer qualities of ~o_yalty, manliness and courage. Portsmouth. Invited photographic meeting, at which were present 1!am-e . The winner this year is Thomas experts comn}ent on the pictures President Cuyler Lakin, vice-presiThe dedicatory cer emony was dishown, point out both good and bad dent William Colbath, secretary rected by Mrs. Clarence Noble, act- Paul Ahearn, son of Mr. and Mrs. The Edwin Ahearn of 100 Chapel street. qualities. f Phillip Phyllides, treasurer DQuglas ing principal ot thoe echool. Franklin I. Jordan, a Fellow o -- -. . . bulletin boa rd was presenbcd to the The complete list of winners since · the Royal Photographic society, .a nd J. Armsden and Publicity Man Paul school by Mrs. James McNeil on its incept ion follows: 194i-Thomas P. Ahearn. , an associate editor of the American E. Marston. behalf of PTA members and other 1940-John D. Hamilton. i Photography magazine, has been former friends of Miss Chapman. 1939-Robert Wheeler, Emerson , present at many to give helpful Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, in the ab· s•ence of Superintendent of schOols Reect: · criticisms. 1938-Edward Johnson. Harry L. Moore, accepted the board 1937-Peter Collins. Learn New Developments for the school depa:tment and the 1936-Harry Haynes. Latest equipment, films, and city. Mr.,-. James Noseworthy read 1935-Albert Craig. printing papers have been ~emona tribute from the teach•ers, felstrated at regular club meetmgs by lowing which the children of the members of the photographic profif th grade sang a favorite ,·ong of fession. Methods of toning pictures :.he late Mis, Chapman, "Watchers different colors such as blue, green, In the Sky." The girls of the sixth red and brown have been shown the grade and the teachers presented a local fans. Color prints have been poem tribute, "A Whispe: ed R efinished during a meeting. member." Recognized photographers using Cut flow ers formed a decorative both still and movie cameras have background for the service. Man y shown black and white and color , of thoe flowe rs were contributed by work. _ _. _ ! Mrs. Freel Poore, while others were Lecturers have · discussed the skills fu:·r_ished · by mothers and school of photography for .the camera club pupils. members. The bulletin board, which hi elecFrom time to time courses are run trically lighted. will remain as a by the club itself to teach the newer constant reminc:er to the pupils of members how to take and make the New Franklm school of their for. better pictures. Picture competimer teach~r and frie:1d. tions maintain interest among all I Honor Memory --St·'°'\ Of Miss Chapman l members. - At least one outing is held during the months of July and August. Some pictorial location is selected for the summer outings, where the shutter trippers · may exercise their . skill, -· 'first Wilder Plaque Presented In 1935 ·-y- �"Ip ~ ·,,· - - - .- ·-- --.·1 'h:-::o:::u=rs=-.-=e=ve=ry=th:-;i:::-n-::-g- w-a.s- -.1n . Jr - -- -· -;~i_l:y Re_. ca,11s A rmistice reactlness DivlslQiq - - - . 1~,i;I foh~;of::~~th Herald, 'in com- . : Autos, . tl'U01t~ with cl~QQra'tJops. Ka1ser ·• W I•1he Im ·D1es • . mentlng epitorial!y on the affair, Everythlni had olosecj for the day stated: · at noon. The gchool children, in "No time was lost in the . addition , to their p11,r,at1es in the morning, were dismfssect at 12. The proper o bservance an d at 6 am. Shattuck a..nd Atlantic . corporation the city simply arose and like ordered a shutdown .· A demonstra- ' · .' 'A , man, who twice in one day, was hu~g in effigy in magic there sprung up a celet!on of mie-n at the navy yard was 1 1 P6:rtsmouth, bratlon that would ~.ave taken_ ' helq at noo_n a11d the plant cl~ed was buried this week in Doorri, Holl;md, w~ks of preparation. . for the rest of the day. With the .:wnere he had lived for the past 22 years in roy~l splendor. _ M_.L C. B. Hoyt was chief_ ai_de, · exception of the few buslne.ss houses The ye~rs had mellowed ·the hatred and resentment against . wh!Ie other aides were Dt. E. B. that sold flalis and horns, no stores ·)His man, Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Albert Hohei:-zollern, ·Eastman, Eugene Mccue, Mrs. Mc- · were open. Cue, Russell Mccue, Secretary GosThe Salvation Army lassies, so 'scion of a long line of Prussian kings, and third and last nell· of the Knights of Columbus, J . ., fam!li!'-r to the boys in the trenches, ·emperor of the Imperial (second) reich, which Bismark William Newell and Morris Hurd, 1 had gone lo-work m2'kingifougbnuts I All went to wo~k with a wm and I a11d passed the~~ out to t.he enll.~t,,e-d ! ,f orged on the anvil of French defeat in 1871. · · with!~ 8: s ~ t_:rne everything _!_~ lllen who were in the para.de. It · His abdication of the German !! come at la.st, and no more would in readiness !or this parade, Which was a fast moving parade, with the thrqne and the sut>sequent signing :; their sons, their brothers or their was nearly two miles long and Mar!n\l~ it the hoc! Of the pro<le~• . · ' . friends be submitted to the dangers witnessed by between -9,000 ana 10,- ~io.n &&tttnr the i,a<:e, '. gf.,th_e armistice, brought joy to mil- of warfare. The world had been 000 pensons. : In SPl'Aklnk of this );)lil'&rle the : }1o~ of people, and throu~hout_the made safe for democracy-or so The order of parade was a.s fol- for~mouth Merila 011 the, follow• : _?{.Or~cj. there was rejo1cmg that they thought at that time. lows: ing dii.Y ,-.14, "Th!~ go dO'\Vl1 iP . peace had come. First Division the ,1orlo1,11 hl~tory or th~ ci!ty ~ 1 ._'.' J<:.a!ser Wilhel?? was th e mo st des- First Parade of the Day Platoon of Police, Deputy Mar- <me o! t.M ma.,t evenUijJ in It,\ long. , ,plsed man of his times. and hangh G H D k · :1ng ·wa.s .thought to be too good for : The Atlantic shipyard at Free- s a11 eorge . uc er. I annals .o! · ar~M ev~11ts.'' . him. Various suggestions were made man's Point started off the day · ~~~~~::alJ.an:,. Marines, Capt. .4ctlvUlea Qt Tho Evenlnr to-inflict punishment upon him, but with the first parade. Although Henry A. Rickers, commanding. . Ti,e ~M'Ad~ brought tQ 1m Cl\d tht , •(i'espite this, his haven in the -Neth~ plans were underway fo~ a gigantic Delegation storer Post, FAR. planned 1.etlvitle~ o! thll M~moon,'. th :erlands was . secure. He .first fled parade the workmen arriving at e com·pany B, N. H. state Guards, but st ill the orciwd ~mJ!nttl, It: µrt.molested across· the Dutch fron- plant, asked permission to stage a capt. c. P. Wyatt, commanding. was a. iOOcl•n&t.1.m,d crowd. 'rhc . tier to the chateau of Count Bent-' demonstration. · - - - !jght of frleM.l!ne.sa sh<mo in ·the , 2 nick at Amerongen and remained 1 C. E. Downton, the manager, Divl~ion 1f f ll . tr U th<>re ab.o ut a ,year, .when he pur- granted this request and 2,000 men, Portsmouth Fire depar~nent. ace~ o I. 11,~ 5 lll1itl' rree (! .,. hed d · · stra.ni!lr, Spon:t11,n11owi Joy alnooi~. chased his .estate at Doon1. . behind their band, mare own _Chief_W . F . Woods, commanding. a.nd ifemonatra.t.\v~. WI-I! cont• ·IOUA , Holland refused· to ~urn him over . Cutts stree~ to Maplewood avenue Coloi~ be~rers, Judge _Thomas ~ _:_ a.nq thl" enthu,IMm e.ont!tuect I to · -tpe. Allies for tnal, and that to the busme&S section. Dressed I slmes, s anton Trueman, Luke Ash- throughout the d•Y· ended .~e. movement to b;ing him in their working clo~hes, they car- worth. In the· -,ve11lna- a banct, Qonatrt 1 to trla1 before an International tri- ried their dinner pails, waving the Miwor Samuel T. L,a.dd dounoil• had been pll1-tmed with a ~ed fire t bunal .oi:i ·charges · of violating Bel- flags _of seve•r al nations. A huge me!l 'aeor.ge Ka.u131, F. A.' Gray. R. <;lemcin~t,l'l\otlon: . ':aeglnnlni a.t 7 gium and · Luxem~?urg, systematic Amencan ~lag wa_s carried by lOO J. · !Clrkp11trick, Stewart s. Rum• o'clook; U1el·~ was oontlnuou.s mu~• ; th nd outx:ll,ge.s . upon civilians in the war men_march~ng behmd _ e ba . '-01e phri:yN T. o tAckey and City c!ei•k le for .two hours, The N1wat ban cl , ·:~tie;; devastation . of 11:v9:de~ re- paraders stop d at the E0stomce, Louis Soult.' . played· from the band.stand, whl!fl ' ths nd _gio~s ahd dea a mJU+\es. to where they were addressed by MayWar Work. committee, Capt. Franlr on th e Slc\ewalk aoros.s the St.1'1!6~ In , _non-combatants through unrestnct- or L·a.dd and Manager Downton. w. Randa)!, commanding. front of the Fir.st National b1mlc the . ed submarine warfare. Mayor Ladd announced there would U s Na;val band Fra.nk Z11,ni~ri Atlantic ban(i :pl&Yfld, 69.0h group . Yet he lived nearly a quarter be a monster parade and · celebrat- 10 ct'e r · ' ' alternating. The cen-ter of the city ' of a century afterwards, and tlon starting at 2 o'clock that a.f- •-a · , W&s Ja.nuned for the a.f!alr and at saw hls country, crusherl in, de- ' tern~n • . Navy _yard workmen, headed by 8:30 the red fire was llght~d. Thi~ feat, rise again to become a j . . . ,. W1ll!am Hillman, Alfred Mccourt, was handled by R, ~- O0,5tieJ10, R. J . . ,world power, led a man who School Chlldre~ Parade Cl!ffoni Pike. ~ ~ - - Klrltpati;lck and Fred A. Qray. was., far more .hated tha-n himThe Whipple school pupils, un• Division 3 At 8 o clock the whistles, which . self. . der the direction of Principal c. L. Citizens, President M. Sise, ~ad opened !;1e (iemonstratl<m of His abdication came only a short Howe paraded through the main Ch&tnber of Commeroe, oommand~ Victory Day, gave a parting satlme before the signing of the arm- street~ during the morning with ing. , lu te to the day which brought peace istice, a.nd throughout the entire their fife and drum corps at the United Jewish societies, );}a.vid to a troubled world . .world; people gathered to celebrate i head. Other schools also held Brevitz, lI. Goldman, Abraham ~he end of the fighting. ! parades. There were many Im- $ha.plro, li!actlng. 1 ~. . ,· promptu events during .the morning. /\tlantta Oorporation 'o<1-11d. ~ews ·Came at 3 AM. In fact most of the demonstrations . Employes of ~ tlant!c corporation, : 'At . 3 o'clock the. 1?-e ~s _of the were started with very libtle pre- c. E . . Downton . m c_ommand. signing of the · armistice rea_ched pa.ration and they all made the , Na tional Engmeermg corporation, Po[.tsµiouth. From the Associated . businie6s center their focal point. c. I,. . Doc\ge , cotnma_n dmg. Pre.s·s· the newspapers received this 1 Officers U. S. Shipping board. ~rtling. and happY, dispatch-:-'! Made Plans For Celebration Dl;'.s~_n C~ast Ar tillei•y band. Things began to move. , Mayor Ladd called a meeting to - __ __ _ __ _ Ports~outh's historic Liberl.y pole : There was the change in the i arrange for a suitable celebration L. H. Shattuck, incorporated. on Marcy stl'ret wlll no longer stand : makeup of the paper to · be made, for 9 . o'clock. Attending were barren and forlorn. ; officfals to interview regarding Henry B. Tilton of the Morley But- Division 5 Voted Wednesday night by the I '. what .Portsmouth would do fitting- . ton company, C. E. Downton of the Mflrley Button Pruni ·i:erl'Js. City council was authority for City ly to celebrabe this momentous oc- Atlantic corporation, Col. H. C. M;eirley »ut!An. Co. empl1m1s, Clerk Edward J. Hopley to buy a 20 · ,casion. Taylor of the Gale Shoe factory, neist Tuekei· il'I charrie. by 30 foot :flag for it. · -Dr. Samuel T. Ladd, then mayor I M. L. Ballard of the Shattuck shipGa.le She~ Co.'s emplcyyes, , Whether City Clerk Hopley 1s to of ,the city, was notified of the ar_m - yard, Frederick M .. Sise, R. Clyde be on hand at .sunrise a,nd sunset : istice. It- was decided that the fll'St . Margeson, Albert Hi.slop, Fred A. Oivl~ion 6 each day to tend it was not men, official demonstration would be- !, Gray, F. A. Belden, E. Curtis MatWomen 's division; t e&cher{l Qf tioned . .·gin at 6 o'clock, for 6 o'clock was ; thews, Jr., R. C. Cosrello, Frank w. public heatt}1. 1the exact hour that the order would · Randall, Raphael :raola, L. W. ElAuto with Fl,ed Clros.s nur~es. I ~ ,given to cea.s-e firing In France. · w.all, Rev. L. H. Thaye·r, R. J. Patriotic Girl.s' league. It wa.s arranged that the whistles Kirkpatrick, George M. Thompson Red Cross worker~, In the factories would be opened up of the U. S. Shipping board, C. A. , by · th.e watchmen after dhief Wil- i Dodge lof the National Engineering I Division '1 ; Iiam• F. Woods of the Fire depart- ; company, Chief Engineer W. F. . School ohl1d1•en , inent had given the signal on the : Woods .of the Fire department, i Salvation Army band. . ·fire alarm. Richard D. McDonough, Harry Traf- ' Poi-tsmouth R!gh school, presi' ''°Victory Day dawned bright and ton, E. L. Patterson, James A. dei1t liei;i·y Margesp? ·commandhig ,'clear. There was that autumn Borthwick and M. G. Bailey of the · with . As111st,-nt frll'101pal .Cu.thing. crispness in the air for w~lch New YMCA. , Whipple school , Pi•lneipitl O.- ii. ' England is famous. The people · Iiowe, .l\lbert Lydstan commanding ~11:oing to their offices and factories Hold Big Parade I boys and Winnifred ~~k~ oom'cilscovered that this was more than F. w. .Hartford was chosen as • ma11cUng . glr!A, .:Just another day-it was the day marshal of tne, parade. Everyon.. Pal'ochia.l, school wtth Dr'um ·corps, ·that they had been waiting _. and went ' to ·work. EveryQne enthused h!!adecl by ~v. t). >.. Sullivan. · working for. . Peace! . Peace had over the celebration. Within a few .:·. A · .~S 1 wm I Council Votes Fun~ To Buy flag -S'-'· For ~iberty Pole i I I �E. K. Amazeen, ~ Funeral Services local Minister, p For E. K. Amazeen Dies In 95th Year REV. E. K. AMAZEEN Rev. E. K. Amazeen, for over 50 years an active minister, died shortly after noon today after a brief illness. He was a familiar figure about the streets of Portsmouth and last month celebrated his 94th birthday. For a number of years he had lived rut the Wentworth home. A native of New Castle, he was the son of Henry and Louisa Amazeen of that town. He attended the New Castle schools and later the Portsmouth High school. Graduating from Starkey seminary be went to the Stam.ford Biblical school near Poughkeepsie, N. Y., graduating at the age of thirty. He was ordained In Colebrook and pastor of a church there for four years. He then had pastorabes in Freedom Vlllage, North Hampton, then to New Jersey for a year, then back to Stafford Center and later at Kittery Point. From there he went to Bow Lake, Stratham, this state, Lynn and New Bedford, Mass., New Durham and Portsmouth. He came to Portsmouth In 1925 and held the pastorate for three y,ears, retiring from the active ministry In January, 1928. Since that time he occasionally has supplied the pulpit and many of his parishloners were frequently caJled on by him although he had 1-etlred. Mr. Amazeen married Miss Rhoda Shaw of this city and she died about 16 yil6-rs ago. Fwieral services for Rev. Elvin K. Amazeen were held at the Court street Christian church Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. Included ln the attendance were representatives o! the Portsmouth Ministerial Association and the Mark H. Wen tworth Home together with many members of the churrh. Rev. Ivar selevaag conducted the services assisted by Rev, Archibald Kerr, pastor of the Federated church of Greenland and president of the Minlcterlal Association, Rev. Chester W. Parmley, pastor of the Advent church and Captain Clair Lowman of the Salvation Army. Mr. and Mrs. Oren Shaw sang one song: "Wonderful Morning" accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Addle Hanscom. The honorary bearers were Deacon Joseph Philbrick, Dee.con Ralph L. Hanscom. Deacon George Shapleigh and Deacon Oscar E. Brigham. The active bearers were Joseph H, Morrlll, Nelson Brown, Roland P. Hanscom and Amos Patrlquen. The commlttal service was held at the family lot in Sagamore cemetery. Thi! ushers at the church services were Claude Williams, George Perkins and ROllcoe Styles. Legislators Visit jtt y Navy Yard, forts As guests of Portsmouth Representative Mrs. Mary C. Dondero, 25 members of the New Hampshire legislature yesterday toured the Portsmouth Navy yard, had dinner at Camp Langdon and inspected the harbor defenses of Portsmouth. Coming from Concord in a special bus, the party met Mayor Stewart E. Rowe and Mrs. Rowe at the Rockingham hotel where dinner was served, then left on a · defense tour of New Hampshire's navy yard city. In contrast with their civilian dinner at the Rockingham, the legislators had a strictly army diet at Camp Langdon when Capt. Paul M. Phillips, commanding headquarters battery, invited them to "supper with my boys." Among those who went with Mrs. Dondero were: Mayor and Mrs. Stewart E. Rowe, Sen. Arthur J. Reinhart; members of the governor's council, Ansel Sanborn, Wakefield, f01•mer speaker of the House; Harold Fairbanks, Newport, and George D. Roberts, Jefferson; members of the Judiciary committee, Rep. Fred Wadleigh, Milford; Rep. Mabel Cooper, Nashua; Chairman J . Walker Wiggin, Manchester; Rep. Charles E. Mills, Jaffrey; Rep. James Pridham, New Castle ; Rep. Ralph Hutchins, Strafford ; and Rep. Eliot Wyman, of Candia. Also In the party were: Rep. Stoddard Ohase, Manchester; Senator John H. Leahy, Claremont; , and Rep. Harry Foote, Portsmouth. Union Rebekah Lodge ~,p Oldest In New Hampshire Historic is Union No. 3 Rebekah lodge of Portsmouth. Says Noble Grand Dorothy Junkins, "Union Rebekah lodge No. 3 was founded Feb. 21, 1871 under its own charter. We feel quite certain that in point of years of unbroken service to its original charter it is the oldest lodge existing under the original charter under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire." Although Olive Branch lodge of N~hua Is listed as the oldest, Miss Junkins explains that at one time It disbanded, then later was reinstated by the Grand LOdge. Union Rebekah lodge No. 3 can, however, claim unbrok;en service to It.; charter. When the Degree o! Rebekah was originated In Indiana. in 1852, it was for wives o! Scarlet Degree Members only. Not even daughters, not even sisters of Scarlet Degree members could be admitted. Only their wives, and they had no control over their own business. They couldn't hold their own meetings, coukln't frame their own by-laws, couldn't even elect their own offlo~rs. Gain Powers in 1868 the Rebekah Assembly chairs an now are Past Presidents of the Assembly. Present Right Supporter to the Noble Grand Addle V, Dowey, who has received all the degrEes and offices In her own lOdge Is one of the most recent Asrembly Past Presidents. Fannie A. Gardiner Formed In 1900 some of the Union Re· bekah lodge members resigned to form a new lodge, Fannie A. Oardi· ner Rebekaih lodge, No. 82, of Portamouth. As a sister organization It has served 41 consecutive years in the duties of Rebekarshlp. Present officers are Noble Grand Dorothy Jwikins, Vice Grand Viole. M. Spinney, Chaplain Pearl F. Lan• dry, Recording Secretary Florence M. Hersey, Financial Secretary Liz· zle H. Furber, Treasurer Josephine I. Drew, Junior Past Noble Grand Dorothy Seavey, Warden Lillian Plke, Conductor Ruth Davison, Inside Guardian Carrie Sf'Alrllng, Outside Guardian Charles T. Kehoe, Right Supporter to the Noble Grand Ad'Clde V. Dowey, Left Supporter to the Noble Grand WUlemena Goodwin, Right Supporter to the Noble Grand Hazel Stanley, Left Supporter to the Noble Grand Lucille Web• ster and Flag Bearer Eleanor Sanford. Powers were granted to them in September 1868 when the Grand Lodge of the United States met and adopted a .new policy. Grand Lodges were authorized to Institute Degrees Lodges of Daughters of Rebekah with power to hOld regular and special meetings, to frame thler own by-laws, ' to elect their own officers and fix dues, and, regardle..<-s of sex, to bold office and run their own lodge businoo.5. Thus out of the Daughters of Rebeka,h came the Degree of Rebekah. Three years lat,ey Union Rebekah Makes Official Visit lodge No. 3, Portsmouth, was grantPresident o! the Rebekah As· ed lt.6 charter. sembly Edna. Dl'ake made her offt• clal vlslt to Union Rebekah Lodge Charter Members No. 3 this year In February. Charter Sisters were A. A. Gard!• At this meeting guests were presner, C. J. Craig, Myra Clark, Aman- ent from Fannie A. Gardiner lodge, da S. Holbrook, Mary E. Dow, Eliza Portsmouth;• Purity lodge, Dover; Deering, Clara N. stlckney, s. H. Fraternity Lodge, Exeter; Naomi, Emery, Caroline 0. Ayers and Mary Rochester; York Rebekah, Kittery; o. Brown. and Winnicummet, Hamptor... Charter Brothers were J. F. LevWhen, later In February, Union erton, Joseph H. Gardner, Alonzo Rebeka.ha celebrated their 70th an• F. Craig, Charles W. Martin, Elias nlversary, four generations of one Ayer, Issac Dow, A. K. P. Deering, family were represented. Oldest llv· John H. Stickney, John H. Emery, Ing member Alice Hold attended Andrew J. Ayer11 and George W. with her daughter, Hattie James; Clark. . grand-daughter. Eunice WOOdS; and First Noble Grand was Moses H. great-granddaughter, Jackie Woods. Tilton, who held office until 1874. Second olde.st member Bertie Twom• Then to six mouth terms were elect- bley also w~ present. ed: George W. Berry and John H. Up and corning, Union Rebekah Stickney, during the year 1874 to lodge Introduced a. new ceremonial 1875; John W. Clark and John H. ln Port City Rebekah circles thlB LOcke, 1875 to 1876; Edwin Hol- April by oooerving Obligation Nlght, brook and Samuel M. Joy, 1876 to 1877; and Charles Hutchings and Honors Veterans "Ell Sherman, 1877 to 1878. In May the lodge held its annual roll call and hOnored It.; veterans, First Lady Noble Grand In 1878 Margaret J. Moulton, who men and women who had belonged had l>een the flrst Vice Grand be- for 28 or more consecutive years. Fifty-four members answered the came the first iady Noble Grand o! roll call that night and, among the Union Rebekah lodge, No. 3. veterans present were: Mrs. Allee In 70 years of service Union Laskey and Benjamine Burke, both Rebekah lodge, No. 3 has had 51-year members; Grace Burke, 49; but four recording secretaries: Charles Kehoe, 41; Pearl Landry, Amanda s. Holbrook, 1871 to 39; I&rael Schurman, 38; Elizabeth 1901; Llm:le H. Anderson, 1901 Furber, Florenee Hersey and Ida to 1936; Amanda,' H. Noyes, 1936 Blaisdell, 37; E, J, F. Littlefield, 33; to 1939, and since then, Florence Wlllemlna Goodwin, Emma Bieber M. Hersey, present recording and Nellie Claire, 32; Stephen Dow• secretary. ey, 31; Adqle Dowey, 28 anc' Ann Many times have members of Penney, 38. Union Rebekah lOdge been elected to .rerve 1n the Rebekah Assembly. At least three have been through �~ Busy Portsmouth Garden Club Inspires Community Beaut'4~ One day toward the last of May the Women's City club burst into bloom. Poppies flamed in the front hall. In the big room there were iris, peonies, pansies, roses, lilacs, flowers arranged for home decoration, even foliage plants and ferns. The Portsmouth Garden club was holding Its Little Spring Flower show. Among the c'hairmen In charge ot divisions were such Portsmouth women as Mrs. William A. Dorney, Miss Grace Brown, Mrs. Morris c. Foye, Mrs. Orvllle Amazeen, Mrs. Thomas D. Noyes, Mrs. George B. I,,ord, Miss Anna O'Keefe, Mrs. E. Curtis Matthews, Mrs. Charles M. pale, Mrs. William E. Marvin and Mrs. Charles Amhoff. Historian Helps Herald Historian Emma J. W. Magraw reqently went through three large scrapbooks and compiled a short history of the Portsmouth Garden club. "In · the first book," she writes, "we find that the club was organized April 28, 1931, when 30 persons accepted an Invitation from Mrs. Harold Sfnith for that purpose. There were 84 members the first year." In the club's scrapbooks are clippings from The Portsmouth Herald which give accounts of all the meetings which have followed that first one with Mrs. Smith. "The books are decorated with pictures or the state flower, the lilac, with ribbon prizes given at the flower snows, with pictures taken at our own flower shows and with others which are reminders of wonderful exhibits at Boston Flower shows which many of our own member~ ~ave attended every year. "Conspicuous among these decoations is the federation lilac ribbon received for 'marked excellence.'" Holds First Flower Show According to the club historian, Portsmouth's Garden club held Its first Flower show in June, 1932. Annually It now holds two, the Little Spring Flower show and the Mid-summer show. "Others, besides members, are inclood to bring exhibits and among those who have added to the display sev,eral times are Dr. F. G. Procter, C. W. Green, Mrs. Poore of tha aplewood Nurseries and Victor ee. "Club members have made pilgrimages to many local and nearby gardens. At the Garden club festival in 1935 at Little Boar's Head the Portsmouth club's exhibit was Jrranged around the •open Door.' 'A Street Fair and Flower Mart' attracted many members in 1937 ." Af~r the Portsmouth club helped to form the state Federation In 1933 meetings were held here in 1936 and 1939. Mrs. Charles Amhoff was president when, in June, 1940, the National Federation of Garden clubs met at the Wentworth hotel. Writes Historian Emma J. w. Magraw, "The club was fortunate in having Mrs. Amhoff as president then, for she left no stone unturned to make the delegates' stay a memorable one.'' Improve Grounds Through the influence of Mrs. William E. Marvin, she reports, the club voted to improve the appearance of the grounds at the Historical house. Later at the approach to the Memorial bridge Storer Relief corps presented two flags to the Portsmouth club. Recording that a gift of $15 was sent to Durham in 1938 for lilacs in the arboretum, Historian Emma J. W. Magraw closes her history with this motto: "We name t he lilac as the flower of our loved Granite State, To bloom forever on our scrollTo grace our door and gate.'' Present Officers Present officers of the Portsmouth Garden club are: president, Mrs. Louis deRochemont, Newington; first vice-president, Mrs. Oharles M. Dale, 32 Miller avenue; second vice-president, Mrs. Thomas Noyes, 65 Mendum avenue; recording secretary, Mrs. Frederick Gardner, South strEet; corresponding secretary, Mrs. H. B. Carpenter, Union avenue, and treasurer, Mrs. William Dorney, Pin~hurst road. When they were installed last October, Miss Lucie Pray retired as secretary after five years' service. In her 1ast report she summed up the club's activities for 1939-40 and paid tribute to Mrs. Charles Amhoff, who also was retiring atter five years as president. In that year the Portsmouth Garden club had learned how to prune shrubs and bushes, how to grow oertaln shrubs and perennials successfully, how to arrange flowers. The club also had done such things as help out on the New Hampshire -F ederation deficit, eontrlbute to a l!felong membership for the sta.te president In the National council and send two young men to the University of New Hampshire cour5e In ornamental gardening and forestry. s»onsors Christmas Contest Last Christmas the Portsmouth Garden club sponsored i¼ annual Christmas Decoration contest. Pornsmouth folk hauled out greens, bulbs, bells and ribbons, crimson berries, po'insett!as and candles to transfer the navy yard city into a glowing fairyland. Mrs. Amhoff chairmaned the entire program. Judges were Prof. Henry Clapp, instructor in ornamental horticulture at the University of New Hampshire; Mrs. John Tonkin, Durham, and Mrs. Victor Amee, Kittery Point. For the reoo,rd, prizes were won last Ohr!stmas by oar! Schultz, 293 Rockland street, first, for most efi'ectivet'y lighted house; Berni::e D. MacIntyre, 73 Sagamore avenue, second, and Dr. W. A. Dorney, Pinehurst road, another second in the same class. Honorably mentioned were Frank Butler and Jeremiah J. Lynes, both of Pinehurst road. For the most Invited and best decorated entrance or porch, Mrs. Marjorie Marvin Hartford, Haven road, receiyed first; Cedric Woods, 367 R!ohar~s avenue, second; mosi; artistic llvillg Christmas tree, Willie E. Underhill, Union street. The Masonic Temple was adjudged tile most artistically decorated large bull g· a ond Howard Jackson, catham street, won fltst fbr the home decorated window. Of course, this is June now, and next big event on the Garden club calendar Is another important flower show, BUT-in Portsmouth it's almost as Important to plan your Christmas Decorations contest entry early as it is to help Santa Claus out with his gift list. That's what the Portsmouth Garden club ha5 done! Planning Bd: Urges Extension Of Office Hours At City Hall 'St,, \'\ Recommendations that city hall employes work 44 hours a week Instead of the present 38 hours was unanimously voted by the Portsmouth Planning board at its meeting held last night at the eity yard, and will be referred to the city council at its meeting Wednesday night. Recommendation was based on the fact that national defense is requiring speed-ups and longer hours and that the g1•owing population here due to national defense necessitates longer hours to properly serve the community. The board recommended that city hall be open from 8 am un til 5 pm with the hour luncheon periods staggered so that all offices were open during the day. Saturday servii::e from 8 until noon was recommended. In the general discussion which followed the motion made by Joseph Morrill, memllers of the board stated that there were many citizens who were only able to get to the hall before nine or during the noon hours of 12 to two when the offices are now closed. Joseph Morrill was elected vicechairman of the board at the meetIng last night, to fill the vacancy caused when Dr. S. F. A. Pickering was elected chairman. Final progress reports on the technical data of the city's needs were received by the board last night and Information wlll be compiled for presentation to the city council at its meeting on Wednesday. Miss Abbie Herbert Council To Get ca Dies In Portsmouttl Municipal Pier/)V Miss Abbie Herllert, a native and liflelong resident of Portsmouth., died yesterday after a long illness. Miss Herbert was born Jan. 14, 1864, the daug1lter of the late George and Annie A. (Watkins} Herbert, anct is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Alice B. Shaw of Portsmouth, with whom she resided, and Mrs. Mary H. ~awYer of Lynn, Mass.; two nieces, Mrs. Henry Cragan and Mrs. Blanche M. Dow, both of Malden, Ma.ss., and two nephews, Dr. Harold H. Shaw and Ray F. Shaw, both of Portsmouth. Miss Herbert was a member of the Middle street Baptist church. For many years she was employed in the office of the Portsmouth Shoe factory and later at the clothing store of Henry Peyser & son. 1 Request Tonight A request for a. municipal pier w!ll be presented to the City Council at Its meeting this evening In a. petition signed by Arthur I. Harriman and others. This request comes as the result of a study on the part of some Individuals who assert tha-t unless there Is a municipal pier or dock thel'e is not such a chance for de- velopment of the city as there would be otherwise, An offer will also l>e received from Mrs. WOOdbury Langdon to give a. i;.trlp of land on Junkins avenue to make the ftreet a 2-tn•,e st t'eet, ,.:: th a walk and park divicllng lanes between Pleasant and Parrott avenu,a. i ' protest will also be entered by the Board of Adjustment against conducting a commercial business within the residential district at Rockingham gardens on Sherburne road. �Local Captain To Get Fire Training At N. J. Arsenal Called "the best man to go" by Chief Cogan, Captain Crompton h as been in the Portsmouth Fire department for 20 years. He was born h ere Nov. 1, 1903, attended the local schools and now lives at 297 Austin street. Appoint ed as a call fireman Feb. 1, 1921, h e served on the hook and ladder truck unt il Mark 19, 1924 when he was elected clerk and lieuten ant of Combination 1. April 4, 1927( Fireman Crompton was appointed t o permanent duty, served as a spare driver until 1938, th en became senior captain. Expert From Yale Traffic Research Bureau Comes Here F. R. Crompton s e n i o r Captain Frederick R. Crompton of the Portsmouth Fire department will study "Fire Problems In Modern Warfare" at Edgewood arsenal, Maryland, from June 30 to July 12. Selected by Fire Chief George T. Cogan to fill Portsmouth's one man quota, Captain Crompton will learn about Incendiaries, gas defense, protection against high explosive bombs and training methods. Mayor Stewart E. Rowe this morning approved Chief Cogan's choice and mailed a signed statement to Commanding Gen. James A. Woodruff' of the F irst Corps area, United States Army, Boston, Mass., for l.}is approval. From New York Mayor F iorello H. LaGuardia, United States director of the Office of Civilian defense, Mayor Rowe had received a letter explaining the course to be given and its purpose. "The War Department," he wrote Mayor Rowe, "has made necessary arrangements to establish and conduct a school for training representatives of the fire service in highly specialized fire fighting problems occasioned by war or sabotage, particularly those relating to protection against incendiary or high explosive bombs." Enrollment is limited to 60 bona fide members of city police and fire departments. Although the other cities range above 60,000 in population, Portsmouth is included because of its defense status. As Chief Cogan put it this morning, "Portsmouth is on the country's danger list." The studying firemen will return to their cities in uly to train other members or thell' departments and those of surrounding towns in methods of meeting modern warfare's fire problems. Portsmouth will pay such expenses as transportation t o and from the school for Captain Crompton, meals and laundry. The War departmen t will provide barracks and instruction. Survey Is Expected To Last Two Weeks JHS Annual Class Day. Fete Is Held Work started today on a comprehensive traffic and parking survey of the city of Portsmouth under the direction of a graduate of the Yale University Bureau for Street Traffic Research. The annual class day exerciseS of the Portsmouth Junior High school were held yesterday, as the ninth grade pupil6 held their !a.rewell assembly. The 300 members of the ninth grade, entered the auditorium with the march being played by the eighth grade orchestra under the direction of Cynthia Weston. The marshal was Joseph Belmont, winner of the eighth grade American Legion award. Officers of the Ninth grade Senior corps officers with Headmaster R aymond I. Beal, and those taking part In the program. The program wiw as foilows: Welcome, George Bamberger, president of tbe Senior Corps Prophecy, Helen Marriner, Rob· ert Zecchini, Wllllam Allen, Dorothy Spencer, LO!s Springer Class Will, Joanne Whitaker, Yvone Lund, Culbert Ross, George Bellucci, June Schl056 Presentation of Class Gift, Gordon Corbin Acceptance of Gift.-;, Principal Raymond I . Beal " If" ! or Girls-,Shlrley Sa.nderson "If for Boys-8tephen Morang The gifts to the school, as presen ted included $25 ror the senior Corps club of Hl42, $100 for a moving picture rereen, and $12.63 for the moving picture replacement fund, a total of $137.63 The clo.sing event of the Ola.So Day exercises was the singing of the Class ode, Jacqueline Woods, composed the wordlS and music and she also led the singing. The accompanist was Priscilla Marshall. Handling the survey 1s Pierpont L. Minor, recommended graduate or the school and a well known highway engineer and former superintendent of hig:hway&. and bridges for Greenwich, Conn., He is working under the direction of A. Richard Ohare, chairman of the Parking and Traffic committee of the P ort.smouth Merchants' bureau, which is sponsoring the survey. Mr. Minor graduated from Yale m 1911 and for six years worked on municipal engineering for highways and sewerage at Greenwich, Conn. Dtwlng the fi rst; World war he was a lieutenant in the Engineering corps and was eight months over- seas. Made Superintendent After the war he returned to Greenwich and shortly afterward was made superintendent of highways and bridges, with 180 miles of road to superv'.se. Last y-ear he resigned to enter the Yale University Bureau of Tro.fftc re.search where he studied under Millier McClintock and Maxwell Halsey, Internation ally known traffic experts, and director and associate director, respectively, of the bureau. Mr. Minor has made traffic and parking studies of Greenwich, New Haven and other sections of Fairfield County, Conn., where he ls a. member of the Fairfield County Planning association. He is al'iQ a member of the American Road Builders' assO<:iation and the Connecticut SOciety of Civil Engineers. When the Portsmouth Merchants' bureau decided that an expert survey of traffic was necessary, Chairman A. Richard Chase got in touch with the Yale University Traffic bureau and Mr. Minor was recom- II mended by the Bureau for the work. During his studies at the bureau, traffic surveys made by the bureau in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, Boston, New York, Washington, D. C., and sevenll state surveys were analyzed. Mr. Minor in starting his survey has requested that any and all cltirens who have suggestions to make get in touch with him as the more information available the more comprehensively the survey will be. Mr. Minor has come to Portsmouth with n o preconceived notions as to what should hf\ done. He has emphatically stated that he wants first to gather all the facts and once these facts are assembled to work out all possible solutloru; a.nd from these variollS solutions derive the most practical plan. Traffic problems, he states, have not originated over night but over a long period of time and their cure will also take a long period of time. Given money and authOrity enough any city can solve it.s tratflc prob• lem In a short .time, but to have a practical Eolutlon the improvements must be made by gradual stages which over a period of years work out a long range plan but do not co.st too much at any one time. �/Jv.o Navy Reports Submarine Is Hours Overdue Rescue E orts Rushed At Scene of 0-9 Sinking Navy mobilize all its re ource in faint hopes of !iaving crew of 31 enli ted men and two officers of craft PORTSMOUTH, N. H., June 20 (JP)-The Navy reported today that unk in 440 feet of water off Portsmouth, N. H.one of its oldest submarine, the Secretary Kno leave Navy Yard for the scene. 0-9, a small undersea boat recently brought back into commission, was severr hours overdue on a test dive off the Isle of Shoals, not far from where ijle Squalus sank two years ago with the loss of 26 lives. WASHINGTON, June 20 (JP)'J.'he Navy Department reported today that the submarine 0-9 was about three hours overdue at 1 p. m., E. S. T., from deep diving trials off Portsmouth, N. H., and that 'serious concern" was felt over the vessel's safety. The submarine went down about 3'15 feet below the surface, the Navy said. "Tlfe Navy Department is seriously concerned as to the safety of the vessel, and everything possible l being done to locate it," the NS,VJC S@id. Two · officers and 31 men were on the- -9 ro,ter and It was asmed by he Navy Department here lHat..:aU were aboard, B John L. Blackman, Jr. Stal Writer of Tlie C/lristi1m Science Monitor PORTSMOUTH, N. H., June 21 Rear-Admiral Richard Edwards, -Determined to exert every re- Commander of the Atlantic Subsource at its command the United marine Fleet who flew here yesterStates Navy today w;s preparing day from New London. "Believe to send divers 440 feet beneath the submarine definitely located in Atlantic here in an effort to attach 440 feet of water", he radioed the a rescue bell to the 23-year-old Navy Yard f1,am the rescue ship reconditioned submarine 0-9. Falcon. "Large quantities of cork, It was a job for heroes, this oil, air, and decking sighted. Two deepest working dive the Navy grapples attached. has ever undertaken (though in "Will attempt send diver down tests divers have descended 500 when Chewink arrives with equipfeet), but there were plenty of ment about 7:30 a. m. Have ~ade heroic volunteers available, continual efforts to communicate One diver who stepped forward but have received no indication of for the job had been awarded the life in submarine." Congressional Medal for valor in The last sentence in the Adrescuing 33 men from the Squalus, miral's statement was taken as _an near here May 23, 1939, and 13 of indication that he was sending the divers who stood ready today signals by oscillator to those aboard wore the Navy Cross for similar the 0-9. The lack of response, tobravery. gether with appearance of pieces Navy men said it would take of cork from the interior of the a diver about three-quarters of vessel, were regarded by naval an hour to descend the 440 feet, officers as discouraging signs, but and an hour and a half to ascend. the rescue parties did not diminish He estimated a diver could not their efforts. work attaching the rescue chamber Weather conditions this morning more than five minutes at a time, were highly favorable for making Secretary of the Navy Fran!c contact with the submerged vessel. Knox left the Portsmouth Navy According to Lieut. Eliot Olsen, Yard today to visit the scene of Commander of the submarine the sinking. Before boarding a Grayling, which is aiding in the navy vessel, with Rear Admiral rescue work, no sea was running John D. Wainwright, Commandan~ and only a slight breeze was of the Navy Yard, and Mrs. Knox, blowing. Such conditions facilitate he disclosed that up to that mo- deep sea diving. ment, just 24 hours since the 0-9 Lieutenant Olsen, who was made the test dive yesterday morn- engaged in the construction of the ing from which she did not return, Squalus here at Portsmouth and no word bad been received from also in her repair after her salvage those aboard the craft, despite in 1939 said the fact that parts of strenuous efforts of rescue parties the 0-9 were coming to the surface to obtain an answer to their sig- did not necessarily mean that she nals. was completely crushed. The Navy extended every effort Some May Be Intact to save the 31 enlisted men and "It is quite possible for one or two commissioned officers aboard the recently recommissioned vessel. more compartments on the vessel The rescue work was slower in to be intact when the others are connection with the 0-9 than with flooded," he said. "There may be the Squalus, which sunk during a survivors in the intact comparttest dive on the same trial course on May 23, 1939. Factors which slowed ments." Another submarine commander the rescue work by comparison who did not wish his name to be with two years ago included: used, said he regarded the O class 1. Difficulty in locating the submarine to which the 0-9 besunken vessel because she had longs, as safer even than the modno marked buoy !or emergency ern S-type such as the Squalus. use. "It is not generally realized that 2. Delay in lowering the the O-type boats dove to 300 and McCann rescue chamber by 400 feet during the World War and divers because the chamber was returned safely. They did so when at the New London submarine escaping depth charges." base and not at Portsmouth. Another point that was exOfficers explained this was be- pected to facilitate the searching cause the rescue ship Falcon, and salvage work today was the which is attached to the Ports- fact that it is the longest day of mouth yard, was recently being the year. The extra hours of dayoverhauled and the chamber was light make the deep sea diving transferred to the Chewink, easier. Although the 0-9 was not which operates out of New Lon- based at Portsmouth but had come don. to the carefully swept trial course 3. Extreme depth of the ocean herA direct from New London, at the spot where the 0-9 sank . offict. and workers here were Depth in this case was 440 feet- keenly interested in the rescue 200 feet greater than that in work and hopeful of a successful which the Squalua foundered. out.com • Prorr Reporle4 Progress in tne resou work was reported at 4:30 a. m. today by �qi Ma11y Cl1anges Made Since Building 0-9 BIi a Sta{/ Correspondent of The Chriatlan Science Monitor PORTSMOUTH, N. H., June 21 -Nothing shows so clearly the advance that has been made by the United States Navy in recent years in the development of safety devices for its submarines than the contrast between .the 23-year-old obsolete submersible 0-9 which sank near here yesterday, and the few-months-old, up-to-date Squalu which ank on the same trial course on May 23, 1939. The Squalus, from which 33 men were rescued within 44 hours of the accident, was the last word in submarine design. A vessel of 1,450 tons, 300 feet in length, she had a strong hull, able to stand tremendou pres ure ol water at depths of 300 feet. The 0-9, on the other hand. is r mut:h smaller and built lQ withstand the pressure of only 200 feet o[ water above her. Her tonnage---:480-is approximately one-third of the Squalus. Her length-.-172 feet -is a little mote than hail that of TheMw~bMl Best evidence o flhe sturdy con- 1 - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -• struction of the Squalus is the Bits of Vl'reckage fact that she is in use today with Then she was localed only by the Pacific fleet, under the new the bits o[ wreckage, air bubbles name of Sailfish. Having been sue- and oil slick which ro e to the ces fully repaired here at the surface. Telephonic communication Portsmouth Navy Yard after ha v- of cour e was impossible. ing lain 312 months off the Isle Had immediate location of the of Shoals in 240 feet of waler. vessel been possible, together with verbal communication, some word Within Few Hour from tl1e in.terior of the ship might The 0-9 , by contrast, began to have been obtained, provided all break up, it appears, within a few hours after her tragic dive to a compartments were out not here. already flooded. it is pointed depth of 400 feet in . the same viThree other safety devices with c1111ty. yes_terday. Pieces of her which the Squalus wa · d deck grating and_ fragment's o[ were installed on the 5c~~u:eizir~ pamted cork from ms1de the pres- she left New Londo c f 01. sure hull were found on the surn, onn ., face early last night. her first deep-sea diving trials on 1 At such a depth, the tiny, over- the 7 h -m 1le, swept course 15 miles age. re-conditioned 0-9 facerl a due east of. the Portsmouth Navy presslire amounting to about 174 Yard. She thus was given the benepounds per square inch. fi_t of ~everal of the latest invenWhile the 0-9 had been fitted ~wns intended to protect Amerwith several o[ the latest safely 1c_ai:i submarine crews-=-invention. f devises when he was recommis- which had not been developed , sioned fot· emergency duty early w_hen_ the 0-_9 was built at Fore I --~this year, she lacked one of the Rivei '. Mass., 111 W~rld War days. • most essential~a marked buoy at\~hile. the effectiveness of these · tached to her bow. It floats to devices is reduced by_ the extreme I the surface. On the buoy are the ~epth _o~ the water m _which the words "submarine below." r.econdit10ned submersible sank Within an hour after the time th ey offer today the ole hope of Wide World for the Squalus to reappear' from rescue for ,the approximately three Searching for the Missing 0-9 her trial dive had elapsed she wai, dozen men ~boar~, and wo~ld virpper pic ture shows Submarines 210, 209 and 202 taking part in located positively by hei· sister tually assUJe thell" rescue m shal- the search. Lower, the U. . Submarine. 0-8 , sister ship of the 0 - 9. ship, the Sculpin, by means of the lower water. marker inside buoy. By o[ the by e devices proved to oyer the after torpedo room. To phone the means buoy of anda telecon- beOne the means which every man, Under more favorab1e cirnected. with the interior of the who had smvived the Squalus' in- ei_tl'~er of these a rescue chamber or , cumstances, the use of this hatch -sunken vessel, verbal comm1,m ica- (tia l plunge, was safely re cued. d~vmg bell could be attached by , would assure prompt removal of all tion was carried on for seven! This was the safety hatch and divers and used as a kind of survivors of. the sinking, but its hours between rescue parties on rescue chamber, designed by Com- elevator . to raise men from the use at a depth of 400 feet requires the surface and those trapped be- mander Allen R. McCann now in i submersible. Navy divers lo descend to almost low, until the line parted. com!nand of a squadron' of sub·Before the 0-9 was recommis- untried depths. In contrast to the speedy loca- 11:armes based at ijle Portsmouth sioned this year for emergency By coincidence, the only availtion of the Squalus, the position ol Ya rd · duty after nearly 12 years of idle- ' able rescue chamber was not at the 0-9 was not determined until afety Hatch ness at the Philadelphia Navy Portsmouth but at New London. almost 10 hours after the lime for I The Squalus had a safely hatch Yard., she was eq_uipped with a I It was rushed_here over night on h~r reappearance from the trial installed on the fore deck just over safety hatch of lh1s type. It was lhe submarme rescue ship dive had elapsed. the forward torpedo room and installed on the forward deck over Chewink. another on the after deck just the O-9's only torpedo room. Among the other safety devices I I �0...'V instal e or. e 0-9 w 1en recommissioned were the oscillator signal-device, the so-called Momsen "lungs," smoke bombs and lime. The oscillator is a means of 'tapping signals irt telegraphic code on the side of the submarineSpecial to The Chrl>tltm Science Monitor signals which may be heard by PORTSMOUTH, N. H., June 23 initial tests, then was sent to the listening devices on rescue ve sels. -A Naval Court of Inquiry will carefully swept 7 1 2-mile course Momsen "lungs" are individual be named soon to investigate the off Portsmouth for deep-sea tests. breathing devices enabling men to float to the surface from a sunken &inking of the 23-year-old subThe craft went to the bottom on vessel without harm from the marine 0-9 off PQl·tsmouth last its first deep-sea dive. pressure of the water. They are not Friday with a loss of its entire The Navy has paid tribute to the regarded as practical, however, at crew of 33, it was announced to- two officers and 31 enlisted men extreme depths. day. who were lost when the submarine The Court, which will convene sank. Distres ignals With nearly 1,000 naval men Smoke bombs are distres sig-- 1 either here or at the New London, Conn., base, will examine re- standing at attention in a dozen nals which may be released from ports that the vessel leaked badly rescue and salvage vessels grouped a submarine. They burn upon before it left New London last around the spot where the 0-9 had reaching the surface and making week for its first deep-sea diving been located, Secretary of the Navy contact with the air. . tests in the trial course near here. Frank Knox threw a wreath upon A black smoke bomb was seen on Relatives of some of the 0-9 the water in honor of the submathe water at 11 a. 111. yesterdaypersonnel have said that members rine's personnel, and said, feelingly, firct indication that all was not of the crew told them bad leaks "Good,:bye-we thank you-God well with the 0-9. Since a black had been discovered in preliminary bless you." pomb is merely a signal that someshallow-diving trials off New LonThe 0-9 was located by dragging thing ii: not going properly,-but is don. and found to be on the bottom 440 not a full distress signal,-naval The ship had been recommis- feet below the surface. The Navy men believe the commander of the ioned at the Philadelphia Navy announced that since there was no 0-9 was not 1hen aware of the Yard after lying idle there for e\l'idence of liie within the submaseriousne s of his ituation. nearly 12 yea1's. It proceeded frpm rine, it would not risk its divers Add ing to the mystery is the fact Philadelphia to New London for in an effort to salvage the vessel. I that no red i:moke bomb-a signal of full distress meaning "submapne down"-was seen. 1 Lime is used aboard submarines to preserve the o ygen in the air as long as possible. '\) A new type of safety device was employed .in the search for the 1 sunken ve sel yesterday for the The USS Greyllng, Lieut. Eliot ' first time. Termed "an electrical or Olson, USN, in command, promagnetic drag," considerable mysceeded from the navy yard at tery surrounds its· details. One 9 am. this morning to ca.st a wreath over the scene of the naval offioer said the first he had 0-9 disaster. The wreath was ever heard of its existence was in The tug Pena.cook, first surface present;,,o by Mrs. Edward G, th ·rent rescue work. vessel to be dispatched to the scene Forster, widow of Edward G, In search of the Squa.lus, again was How effective it was in directForster, chief machinist's mate, pressed into dlsast,er service when ing the reS'cue vessels under comUSN. order& were given for her to speed and of Capt. J. J. Brown, Captain The crew was brought to quarto the submarine testing grounds In f the yard here, to the exact locaters, flag flying at half-ma.st, search of the 0-9 yesterday. The tion of the 0-9 remains to be told and a bugler sounded taps. Penacook, oldest naval vessel on when the crucial phases of the Mter the ceremonies the Greythe coast In active service, has been ork are completed. ling made circles of the area attached to the local ye.rd for a Naval men point out ironically before returning to the navy number of. years. that if the small size and obsolete yard. Lieut. William B. Sieglaff, design of the 0-9 did reduce its] attached to Submarine Squad• strength, it also reduced the comron Six, represented the complement of men w ho risked themmandant and carried the wreath selves in its operation. The crew to the area. of the Squalus included 59 officersand men, of whom 33 were sav~d. Philadelphia, June 21 (AP)-The The crew of the 0-9 comprises U. S. submarine 0-9, mtsslng after a test dive off the Isles of Shoals, about halC this number-33 altowas equipped with special hatches gethe1. fore and aft to receive the mouth of the navy's diving bell should the need arise, a spokesman for the Philadelphia Navy yard said here. Navy Court to Probe The special hatches were installed Four divers who were working for when the 0-9 was re-conditioned the Abertha.w company at the navy Submarine Disaster at the navy yard a few months ago, ya.rd volunbeered their serv1ces In the spokesman added. Special to The Ohristlan Science Monitor connection with the rescue work of the submarine 0-9. They a.re HerPORTSMOUTH, N. H., June bert Amerman, Portsmouth; R. 23-Following the failure of Craig, Miami, Fla..; George Lapattempts to rescue the crew of ham, Riverside, R. I., and V, V, the United States submarine Mitchell, Mia.mi, Fla. 0-9 and to salvage the vessel, the Navy announced today a court of inquiry will convene to investigate the causes of the disaster. Extreme depth to which the reconditioned World War vessel sank-440 feet-made it impossible for divers to engage in salvage work, it was announced, although two divers reached the vicinity of the sunken vessel yesterday for about one minute each. The Court of Inquiry will question those who examined the vessel before it put to sea for diving tests, [Page 5.] Naval Court Due Soon to Probe Causes of Portsmoutl1 Tragedy l Greyling Casts Wreath Over 0-9 Sinking Scene New York, June 21 (AP)Walter J. Jaskowiak, 20, fireman, third class, aboard the sunken submarine 0-9, told his mother two weeks ago "That old 0-9 is just as safe as the house you live in. Don't you worry." Mrs. Tillie Jaskowiak was trying to follow her eldest son's advice today. "He'll be all right," she said. "I know he will." Jaskowia.k was transferred to the 0-9 from the submarine training base at New London, Conn., fast February. .... ~ Staff Man 1!;?0f Portsmouth Herald First Tug Penacook, Active To Get Tip On In Squalus Disaster, ~ Sub Stories Searches f.or Sub 0-9 0-9 Had Hatches ,p For Diving Bell Four Aberthaw Divers Volunteer ~~ 0-9 Safe As Home Crew Member Said By coincidence, it was Lawrence Shorey of The Por tsmouth Herald editorial staff who rnceived the first news of both the sinking of the 0-9 and the Squalus. As soon as the report was confirmed the Portsmouth Herald, the Associated Press paper of the area, telephoned the Boston bureau and started the news on its way that brought the largest number of newspaper, newsreel, camera men, wire service and radio men that the city has ever seen. First plane out was piloted by Warren Scholz and carried Paul Marston of Kitrery making photographs for The Portsmouth Herald. Meanwhile, Publisher J. D. Hartford, arranged for a direct wire for the Associated Press and The Ports" mouth, Herald at the Portsmouth Navy yard and gave the Associated Press the use of the Herald's wire until its own wire could be installed. For its wire photo service, Mr. Hartford arranged with Douglas Armsden of Kittery to furnish his facilities and a special cable was installed for the wire transmission of photographs. As Mr. Hartford was engineer officer on the 0-10, sister ship of the 0-9, in 1921-22 he was able to pro" vide the Associated Press with many technical details almost from the start, and at an early stage predicted that there was no chance of the men being alive. I �Resctte Ship Falcon • • Huntsifrace 1ss1n Navy Vessel Due In Po Three Hours Ago Officially Announces Loss Of Submarine Underseas Craft 25 Years Old; , ". Has CreW Of 34 Missing since this noon, search is underway off the Isles of Shoals for the U.S. submarine 0-9 . . Navy officials would not state that the submarine which .normally carries a crew of about 30 men and lour officers, was lost but reported it 11 overdue.11 Six submarines, the rescue ship Falcon, which took part in the Squalus rescue two ,years RfO, and the Penacook are searching the area now. From New London, Rear Admiral John D. Wainwright, commandant of the Portsmouth Navy yard, has summoned Admiral Richard Edwards and two destroyers 'wi~h diving and rescue equipment. According to Navy officials, the 0-9 had been diving a "swept" area off Portsmouth in 370 feet of water for veral hours before noon. As soon as the 0-9 failed to report at its scheduled time, Captain J. J. Brown, captain of the yard, immediately di~patched the Salvage ship Falcon to the scene and followed it by sending the submarines Grayling, Grenadier, Tryon and Trout to the scene as well as the 0-6 and the 0-10, sister ships of the overdue sub. The 0-6, the 0-10 and the 0-9 arrived here from New London several days ago to drill on the regular testing area off the Isles of Shoals. The O-boats were built during the fi rst World war period and are about 20 years old. Like other subs of that era they have been recently modernized. ~ Thirty minutes after the 0-9 had not reported a submarine from the yard was dispatched to the scene to Join the three 0-boats In the area. This was followed at 12:30 by the Falcon and at 2 :30 by the Sightseer. Deep concern was expressed by Navy men because of the great depth of the water In whlcl:i the 0-9 was operating. When the Squalus went down in this same area May, 1939, she. rested in 240 feet of water, and by the first actual rescue use -of a dlvlng bell 33 men were saved. Even at 240 feet, however, navy divers were working under conditions they hardly had been called upon to face before in a life and death operation. Navy men took note, too of the fact that whereas the Squalus was an entirely new submarine, equipped with most of the available safety devices, the 0-9 was constructed so long ago as to be almost obsolete in many of these factors. Captain Brown immediately went to the scene to take personal charge of the search. Meanwhile at Washington, the Navy department had divers and ships assembled at Norfolk, Washington and other points to send all available equipment to the area if necessary. The 0-9 was among the oldest submarines now in service. It had been used as a school training ship at New London for some time and was only recently recommissioned back into service. It was about 25 vears old. Boston, June :!O (AP)-In an offlclal report, Lieut. Comdl'. H. A. Ellis of the First Naval Diarlct said: "The 0-9 submerged oil Portsmouth at 10.36 am. (Eastern Daylight Time), and after falling to rile a search was made by several vessels to locate her. As yet (2.40 pni., EDT) she bu not been located. The searching vessels think they have lo• ca.ted underwater dunds. "The 0-9 was in compa117 with the 0-8 and the 0-10 practicing diving, a,nd the 0•18 reported the 0-9 is not on the surface. The 0-9 iB one of the oldest subs in the ~vy." Portsmouth Herald ✓-OJ First With 0-9 News '-> Readers of The- Portsmouth Herald had the following "ftn~ in connection with the slnldnt, of the 0-9. Friday, 3:30 p. m.-F.lrst. of the sinking with con,pl official statements. Saturday, 10 a. m.-An exha edition with the first picture oi the 0-9 to reach this area and the latest developments. Saturday, 1 p. m.-First indl• cation to readers that the Navy was delaying its salvage at• tempts which forecast the aban• donment. �·Icon Fin -9 In 400 et Of Water local yard and was referred to tne New Englanders were: Navy Wives' club which immediate}} John E. Dufresne, machinist's found places for these women. They mate, 1st class, Great Barrington arrived last night by train. Mass. ' Francis H. Golden, Areman, 2d class, Holyoke, Mass. Allan H. Littleford, electrician's mate, 2d class, Waterford, Conn. Emile A. Oullette, seaman, 2d class, Central Falls, R. r. Thomas W. Tillery, Jr., machinist's mate, 1st class, New London. William C. Wolf, chief t orpedo- man, Hartford, Conn. Others were: Marvin D. Barry, seaman, 24 ) class, Manhattan, Kas. W. R. Cannady, electrician's mate 3d class, Blytheville, Ark. ' William T. Crut e, seaman, 2d class, Hallfax, Va. Charles L. Eagleton, slngalman, 3d class, Del Monte, Calif. John H . Edwards, mess attendant 3d class, Ittabenna, Miss. ' H. T. Fost, quartermaster, 3d class Hancock, Md, ' Edward G. Foster. chief machinist's mate, Seattle, Wash . James D. Fowler, chief machinist's mate, Lattimore, N. c. Bob A. Gardner, torpedoman, 3d class, Alsea, Ore. N. Gearsen, seaman, Bronx, N. Y . James G. Gillies, fireman, 1st class, Port Richmond, N. Y. F. A. Griffiths, seaman, 2d class Bellfont alne, O. ' Francis L. Gruen, torpedoman, divers were prepqring this mornin51 to Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox 2d class, Greenville, Ill. Henry J . Gunn, machinist's mate (above) arrived at the Portsmouth ord depths on the Ii ' Navy yard today to "do what I can 1st class, Garr, Neb. Joe A. Ha11 zog, ship's cook, 2d on the iu and see that everything is done that can be" in the present submarine class, Ardmore, Ok. s , a ve. Gaddis I. Hendy, radioman, 1st disaster. class, Mountain View, Call!. Encouraged by the fact that the FaJcon is elieved Walter J . Jaskowlak, fireman, 3d o have attached two grapnels on the stricken craft about class, Brooklyn, N. Y. William C. Kaufman, machinist"s cla.wn this morn!ng, eff~rts were pushed at top speed to mate, 2d class, Indianapolis. ev.ery available diver and all the latest equipment Levitt E. Krueger, torpedoman Traffic was congested along shore 3d class, San Diego, Calif. ' o the scene. In Portsmouth and vicinity Chester L. Miller, quartermaster • Arriv~I _of the salvage ship Chewink from New London roads until the early hours of this morn- 2nd class, Harrisburg, Penn. ' F. P. Schnelder, fireman, 3d class, with the diving bell and other equipment cheered members Ing as thousands of motorists for some vant age point New York City. f the rescue craft and preparations were made to send searched where they might see some of the San E. Sonnenburg, chief elecrescue activities for the sunken sub- trician's mate, San Diego, Calif. own a diver at once. James S. Strang, yeoman 3d class marine O-9. ' • Charts show a depth of between He also described the test which A few faint flashes of light could Indianapolis. Earl V. Varner, chief machinist's ~ and 520 feet at latitude 42:59, the sub was undertaking at the be seen off shore at high points longitude 70:21, where the bits of time of the accident. Known as the along the road, as searchlights of mate, Los Angeles. Bernard J . Venhaus, seaman, 2d QOrlt !lnd deck grating were found. ,squeeze test, he stated that any sub• rescue craft swept the area all fn water of this depth pressure 1s marine is tested for 265 pounds pres. through the night, but there was no class, Lawrence, Neb. ~ore than 176 pounds per square spure and should easily go to 350 close view as there was at the without the members of the crew Shoals and at Rye when the Squalus filch. If the 0-9 is at the bottom there being enoongered. This test is made went down. :\:,he navy's crack divers will face at regular periods, about every five Approximate posit ion of the sunk9.J:lO of the most dangerous tasks of years, and when a submarine is re- i en submarine was determined by t}lelr ca.reer.s, working at greater commls;ioned a similar test is made. the yard submarine officer, Lt. J . H. eptha than have e~r been worked The 0·9 was making this test at Campbell as 24.3 miles due East Frank H . Somes of 98 Thaxter 'l)efo~ and which may be beyond the time the accident occurred, he from Portsmouth, much too far out road, Portsmou~ . was at one time for even photographer's first plane ~Ing attempted even experi- explained. flights to spot, a member of the 0-9's crew; seeing ~tallY under ideal conditions. Due to the congestion extra state about two years' service aboard t he Pair weather and smooth seas Think All Dead and local police were called out and sunken vessel. At that time she this morning gave navy officials Ask'ed If he believed they were kept traffic moving without acciwas stationed at coca Sola. hop& that the divers would have as alive, he said, ''Well I should saY dents during the evening. Concesideal open ocean conditions to that they were all dead." ' sions and restaurants reported busiWork 1n as can be expected, The Grayling was ordered to the ness equal to mid-summer weekends Shortly before seven this morning soene at 11 o'clock arriving at 1.30 until the early hours of the morning. essubmarines Grayling and Oren- o'clock and the craft stayed out until (1.filer returned to the yard after 8 or 8.30 putting Into the lower hartheir 19-hour search of the area. bor for the nlgllt and coming to the From Lieut. Eliot Olsen, commander of navy yard this morning. the Grayling, who returned to the The Tl'iton and the Trout re~vy yard this morning, was ques- mained on the scene whilll the OrenSix New Englanders were on \loned regarding the tragedy and edler returned to the harbor. board the o-9 according to the offlalthough he could give no definite Dlscussing the posslblllty of sal- clal list given out at the New Loninformation did answer several vage Lieut. Olsen pointed out that don submarine base, from which the q eations which were put to him by this was a. test area, therefore there o-!l, was operating. None of them should be no pinnacles or hulks on were from Portsmouth or from eporters. When asked what might have the bottom. A rocky bottom ls be- Maine or New Hampshire Jlappened he would not hazard a lleved to exist there, which would Commander was Lt. Howard J. guess. He explained the activities make It much easier to splvage than Abbott o! Osceola, Ia., and the only of the submarines in attempting to If It were a muddy bottom as In the other officer on board was Ensign locate the missing underseas craft case of t he Squalus. M. P. Wangsness, naval reservist of stating that the submarines used Wives o! 12 sailors who are down San Diego, Cal. Another officer, th$' listening devices which enable In the submarine asked the naval John Francis Jones of Chatworth, them to determine the location of chaplain in New London, Conn., If Ga., had been ordered to duty on the aqch an object. Thetie submarines they could come to Portsmouth and 0·9 but not In time to make this ~l,r)g 1µ1der the surface are able a 1 ot In touch with the trip. There were no clvlllans on to do where surface craft cannot. Little Mope Held J\ny Df 33 Men Alive Fair Weather, Smooth Seas · Favor Work Of Rescue Crew 6rmg Thousands Of Motorists Jam Roads Along Shore Local Man Once Wal~, I Member Of 0-9 Crew Six New England Among 33 On The Sub �Falcon On Rescue Errand Again The submarine rescue ship Falcon wbloh figured so prominently in the rescue ot the Subm&rln11 Squ&lus during the aummer of 1939 ts now on the scene in search of the missing 0-9, Sunken 0-9 And Her Sister Sh_ip . {AP photo) This picture shows the 0-9 at the Boston Navy yard in 1930, shortly before she was converted into a training ship and assigned to New London. Beside her is the 0-10 which had been practicing dives with the 0-9 off the Isles of Shoafs yesterday when the accident occurred. The 0-10 and another sister ship the 0-6 were among the six submarines hunting for the stricken ship. These three O-boats had only rellently been recommissioned, and sent here for tests. �Will Attempt To Salvage 0-9 Washington Says -$Q, Wal!h!ngt.on, June 21 (AP)-Navy men 1n the capital said today they were certain an att.empt would be made t.o salvage the sunken submarine 0-9, even though the attempt would be at the unprecedented depth of 400 feet where the pressure 1s 176 pounds per square Inch. The attempt, they said, would be inspired by the desire t.o recover the bodies of the 33 men and to find, if I 'Y possible, what caused the submerslble t.o take the plunge t.o the bott.om of! Portsmouth, N, H. F'urthermore, they said, navy technicians might gain Information on the condition of equipment subjected t.o the terrific pressure existIng at 67 fathoms. So far as navy men could recall today, the greatest depth at which successful salvage operations had been conducted was about 300 feet, from the Vixen, flagship of Admiral Edwards, Lt. Comdr. H. G. Glunt, (Che.) USN, chaplain of the Portsmouth Navy yard, opened the exercises with a prayer for those who died "In line of duty In the service of their country." With a voice obviously ohaken by emotion, Secretary Knox said, "I want you to know that these men went to their fate willingly as volunteers because every officer and man In the submarine service must be a volunteer. With all the conviction I can muster I say that our country will last only as long as there are men who are ready to make sacriflc-es as these men did. Every stride of civilization has been paid for in sacrifices. To you and your shipmates we say good bye and God ble6S you. Secretary Knox cast the first wreath Into the water for the entire Navy. Admiral Wainwright threw the second for Admiral Stark, the chief; Admiral Edwards dropped a wreath for hilllll8lf as head, of the Atlantic submarine fleet and Seaman, 1st cl. James M. White of the Triton dropped in the final wreath for the submarine crew. Mrs. Knox scattered rose, on the water as a trib· Appointment of a court of inquiry to investigate the F'amilies ute from the families of the men. and relatives were not sinking of the submarine 0-9 in which 33 men were lost present at the exercises, as it was anwas expected sometime today. As the 0-9 was prepared their nounced they had, all returned t.o homes. for her fatal dive at New London it was expected that Chaplain Glunt concluded the this court, which is customary in all cases of accidental exerc~s with the reading of the · k Id h poem "Beyond the Horizon," and the $In ings, WOU C<)nVene t ere, Marine Guard fl.red the tJrree burial Meanwhile bleak gray seas, under rain swept skies, volleys and Bugler Elry Merritt sounded "Taps." surged over the lonely unmarked spot 18 mil~s northeast One by one, the ship.s headed back of the Isles of Shoals where the crumpled remains of the 0-9 toward Portsmouth lnt.o a lowerrested 440 feet below the surface. Shortly, her sister ing sky and leaving behind in the • h O-6 an d O-1O WOU Id resume th eir· tes t d'IVeS ·In dusk a barren lone}y sea and the 33 ShlpS t e men who had given all that any man the same section, and the navy would carry on as usual. can give for his country. avy Pays~°'~Last Tribute To 33 In Sunken Sub New tondon Base Likely To Be Scene Of Attempt To Learn Cause Of Mishap Somewhere on the gray Atlantic four wind and sea Record Dives Mark torn wreaths were all that remained after the impressive Search For Sub burial services held late yesterday afternoon when more From noon Friday when the o-9 st than 1,000 persons on more than a dozen ships honored failed to rise made at 10.36 am. from until its 5 te am. dive yesterday the 33 men "still at their station.of duty." 1 morning when It was decided to Wind And Sea Bushed Wind and sea were hushed as the navy's highest officials assembled on the after deck of the submarine Trit.on for the burial services. Sallors in their darker blue contrasted with the white and gold braid of the officers, the khaki work uniforms of the submarine crews, the denim work clothes of the divers and the vivid blue and red of the dress uniforms of the Marine Guard of honor. In arranging the services lines of the Falcon had been hauled up so that the Triton could take a posttion as close t.o the actual spot as possible. Meanwhile, the sister ships of the 0-9, the O-6 and the 0-10 had maneuvered c er submarines, a destroyer and the rescue ship Chewink formed a partlal circle nearby. Secretary oi the Navy Frank Knox and Mrs. Knox, accompanied by Rear Admil·al John D. Wainwright, commandant, and Captain J. J. Brown, captain of the yard, and other high ranking officials of the •P ortsmouth Navy yard, made the 24-mlle trip out on the Yaqulma. Marines of the guard of honor under Captain. Frank Desantis, USMC, went ont on the Harriet Lane followed by press and radio boats. At the scene the official party, newspaper men and radio men were taken t.o the Trit.on. As the Marines came t.o parade rest and the first salu oomed Offer Prayers For 0-9 Crew That was the recovery of the F-4 which went down 1n a trial run off Hawaii In 1916 with the loss of it.s crew of 22. Officers on duty at Portsmouth declared last night, however, that navy divers could descend t.o 500 feet 1f necessary. Raising of the submarine Squalus, which went down in June, 1939, near the scene of the 0-9 sinking, required about two months, with time lost due t.o st.ormy weather. President Roosevelt kept In close t.ouch with the Navy department on the search for the sunken vessel, telephoning Inquiries t.o the headquarters here twice during the night. Rev. H. 0. Megert, past.or of the South Eliot Methodist church, condlucted a short service in memory of the men who l05t their lives on t he submarine 0-9. A portion of the regular service was set aside for this tribute. Mr. Megert spoke of the loved ones who remained to mourn the loss of the 33 officers and men in the latest submarine disaster and in his prayer asked for strength for them t.o carry on their regular life. Throughout the city and vicinity, 1;everal churches offered prayers for the men and their families. ment and divers, flown from Washington and Norfolk, t.o the Portsmouth airport had reached the scene. With Admiral Edwards two destroyers and later the fleet was joined by the rescue ship Chewink. From the outset, the other submarines making deep dives and listening with all their delicate so'und ecorders, could detect no trace of life. Late Friday night when pieces of deck grating and cork from the interior of the submarine reached the surface it was evident that the 480-foot craft had been crushed by the huge pressure. It was near dawn Saturday morning when the F'alcon reported she had made a contact with the sunken sub and attached two grapnels to her. It was then that It was learned she was 440 feet down and preparations were rushed for the divers. Risk Lives at 440 Feet Only experimentally and under ideal conditions- hact dives of the depth required ever been made and not until every available piece of apparatus and plenty of helium had been a-ssemb!ed could a trip down into the inky blackness be risked. F'inally Saturday atiternoon two crack navy divers resting on huge concrete blocks made w perilous trip. They were R. M. Metzger, 27, of Philadelphia, and Claude Conger, 33, of Washington, D. C. Both reported that it watts the darkest ti!ey had e"&r experiienoed and eveen a powerful electric searchlight only gave ithem three or four feet visibility. But they saw enough t.o definitely establish that the ship was there, even to a section of white, believed to be part of the "70" painted on the conning tower of the 0-9. But it was only for a minute. No diver could stand the strain of being down at that deptb aud salvage work was Impossible. After the divers made their reports Admiral Wainwright conferred with Admiral Edwards at the scene and it was decided to recommend that 1;alvage operations cease. This recommendation was approved by Adm. Harold R. stark, chief of Naval Operations, and by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, who was present at the Portsmouth Navy yard when the decision wa-s reached. All that then remained was t.o hold the burial service and a possible investigation at New London to see whether any evidence can be found that might give some clue s to the cause of the disaster that took the lives of two omcers and abandon salvage operations, the navy massed men and ships t.o attempt a rescue at the greatest depths ever challenged in marine hlst.ory. The 0-9, with her sister ships 0-6 and 0-10 had been making test dives at the deep water testing ground located 18.3 miles northeast of the Isles of Shoals. They had come direct from the base at New London, where they had been re-fitted. With word that the 0-9 was overdue Rear Adm. John D. Wainwright immediately dispatched the submarines Grayling, Grenadier, Trout and Trlt.on; the salvage ship Falcon and the Penacook. By nightfall, Rear Adm. Richard Edwards, Atlantic Fleet Submarine Commander had arrived with s ecial ~ulp- "1 ·m �As the Navy Paid Tribute To 33 Heroes Lt. Commander H. G. Glunt, (chc) USN.1.. cha.plain of the Portsmouth Navy ya.rd opens the exercises on the after deck of the Triton for the 33 men a.nd onicers of the 0~9. Immediately ~hind him is Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox a.nd Mrs. Knox. Men Of The I am thinking of you down under And all that you ·tried to do: Yes, I'm thinking of you as I wonder Just what I can say for you! Portsmouth's tribute of love is staying Right close by your hearts and souls No matter how high is the swaying Of the ocean that heaves and rolls! Tliis is your deathless story: That your country may never fall You died in a blaze of glory,God bless you and keep you all! STEW ART EVERETT ROWE, Mayor. �°'q, 0-9 Loss Recalls 5qualus Salvage Two years ago, Portsmouth was stirred by the Squalus disaster and subsequent rescue of 33 men. Saturday The Portsmouth Herald presented the first installment of the story of the Squalus. Here is the concluding installment pf that gripping drama: Diver Reaches Sub The first diver to reach the submarine, sunk In 260 feet of water, was Martin Conrad Slbitzky, so, the U. s. Navy's tallest deep sea diver and rated first class, qualified to go to 200 feet or more deep. He was a regularly assigned crew member of the Falcon, Upon reaching the deck he arranged the downhaul wire. His feet as he walked on the surface of the submarine brought the first news to the entrapped men that help was at hand, and they beat out a few hammer taps in response to the boot tappings, Quickly the bell was made ready for its descent. Aboard were John Mihalowskl and Walter E. Harman, navy divers, who succeeded In making a successful contact. After the mechanics of the diving bell had been arranged, the hatch was opened, a.nd Mllha.\owski looked down calling the greeting, probably the ost welcome greeting anyone had !3Ver heard: "Hello Fellows·, here we are!" The first ma.n into the diving bell was the only civilian in the torpedo room, Harold C. Preble, naval architect. Others making the trip were I Lieut. (j. g,) Nichols, Chicago; Roland Blanchard, Hersey, Mich.; William Isaacs, Washington, D. C.; Theodore Jacobs, Staten Island, N. Y.; Gerald McLees, Richmond, Kan., and Chittles Yuhas, New Salem, Pa. Another trip down and nine men were brought to the surface, this time arriving at 4.11 pm. Nine more were saved in the third trip and there was great rejoicing mingled with the fears of those who were In the after hatch. The terse announcement "little hope is held for the survival of the others" dampened the enthusiasm, but there was stlll the victorious feeling that at least there had been a number saved from Davy Jones locker. Everything seemed to be going smoothly with the rescue from the forward torpedo room, when suddenly came the announcement that the fourth trip had become stalled under water and the men were hung up there, unable to come to the surface. Perform Daring Deeds Daring deeds were performed by the divers as they maneuvered to I release the stalled rescue bell in which were Lieut. o. F. Naquin, commander of the sub; Lieut. William T. Doyle, Jr., executive officer, and the following members of the crew: Eugene Cravens, Charles Kuney, Donato Persico, Carol N. Pierce and Charles A. Powell. Although the men Inside the chamber were fully aware of the seriousne,ss of their position they showed no sign of the fact. They talked with eaoh other and the sound of laughter was heard l)n the Falron's dPr,k, coming from the entrapped men. Finally word came that the neces.sary work had been done and the bell would start its upward journey again. Four hours after they had l f u ar for what waa I expected to be an uneventful trip to the surface these eight men were brought to the surface. "Tears of joy streamed from the faces of the onlookers a.s they watched the arrival of the patrol boat, Harriet Lane, which brought the first survivors to the navy yard. Drawn and wan the Burvivors clustered silently at the rail, unable In their emotion to do more than wave a hand. Then, one by one, they 1 smiled, shy, sensitive smiles, and, finally, they grinned. The happy women shoubed their greetings of affection and broke through the Marine line. Off they were whisked to the hospital, a few waving to their loved ones as they turned the corner. A few more glanced at the huge cradles where two more submarines, of practically the same design as the sunken SquaJUll, were bein constructed. There was no fear In their glances. These new submarines were being built ho challenge men's ingenuity and courage, and the,se men reves.led in their faces the spirit and morale that comes from belonging to a il'&at fighting organization. "Thirty-three Men saved From Sub-Little Hope Remains For Others" were the headlines car.Pied. The men in the forward torpedo room having been saved, the scene of operations of the diving bell was changed to the aft ha:tch. The diving bell, damaged in that last eventful trip, was brought up, following the successful raising of 25 men, was repaired. The work was soon completed and William Badders and Mlhalowski macte the trip which determined that the aft was flooded and an those who remained In that sunken craft had gone to their death, There was no hope thait any could have sur• vived, for that ~ctlon was filled with water. The rescue wu over, all who w re alive had been rescued, and then came the glgatic task of lifting the craft to the surface. How great a task It was the men In charge learned as the days stretched Into weeks and the weeks into months, and still after heart-breaking ef. forts the men stayed on their job, endeavoring to perform what many, many times seemed to be a hopeless task. July 13 was a day of hope and I then despair, It was a day when the first attempt was made to ra.ise the submarine. Day.s had been spent In getting ready and finally the ~t came. The stern pontoons came to the surface and it looked as though everything was going along smoothly, The order to blow had been given and the air was being pumped Into the pontoons. Blowing continued and the bow of the submarine was believed stuck in the mud, as the stern pontoons caJne to the surface. The order was given to fill the big tank with air and the pressure was turned on. Suddenly the bow jumped into view, surfacing out of control. It raised it black nose with the letters 192 visible and then sank from sight. about four miles from whern it had made its disastrous dive. Work started all over again and a new blow and tow was arranged with the Squalus coming to within 90 feet of the sw•face on the next attempt which took place Aug. 17 Five miles nearer to Portsmouth th~ submarine cai;pe on this tow, making it comparatively easy for the divers to work. The last lift came Sept. 13 when success crowned the efforts of the workers when the last lift was completed. This was 114 days after it had sunk In 40 fathoms of water. Portsmouth will never forget the day of that last tow. It had been looking forward for days to the event which would bring back to port the remainder of those men who sailed out of Portsmouth that Ma,y morning on the test. "The Squalus Is coming in," word spread quickly a.bout the city, as well as beyond Its borders .. Every road to t.he beaches or any vantage point brought hundreds to the shores to watch the coming in of the Squalus. The nine-mile haul was completed about 9 o'clock In the evening but it was light enough to see th~ triumphal proc~sslon as it came around Fort Point Into the river, It was a scene of quiet ·a.nd reverence all along the route as the battered Falcon, like the warrior of old brought to a close its task. ' There was no rejoicing among the people watching the silent and fast moving line of ships maneuvering through the narrow channel. Spectators Awed Spectators stood, many with a sense of deep awe, as the crowning achievement of three months passed before them. History had been made. A submarine had sunk In water 240 feet deep, 33 men had been saved by means of the diving bell which had developed as a result of the tragedy of the S-4 which had sunk 11 years before. The steel tomb of the remaining 26 men had been recovered, a herculean task in itself, and was being brought home. Taken to the navy yard and docked shortly after, the vessel was unloaded or its cargo of death, and fitting tribute was paid to those who bad given their lives In peacetime for the service of their country, Some were burled in Arlington National cemetery while others were taken to their homes and burled in their family lots. · While high officials were paying tribute to the dead, workmen at the navy yard began their job of fitting the vessel out for service again. A court of inquiry which had been started during the early sum~ mer, convened and completed its testimony. But the men of the navy, the men who go under the sea in submarines, did not falter in their task. It was tough luck, they said, that the Squalus sank, but It couldn't happen to them. And every man aboard the Squalus who was rescued offered to return to that submarine to continue his career. A number of them were returned to this craft, which lost its identity as the Squa,lus and when re-conditioned became known Divers Undaunted Dismayed but undaunted the div- as the Sailfish, a submarine which is now a member of the :mbmarine ers went to work the next morning fleet In the Pacific, to determine the extent of the damage, and make arrangements to continue their efforts to lift the underseas craft. Again there was almost a month of work, On Aug. 11 a second attempt was made. Ten pontoons had been secured and the history-making salvage operation resulted in the submarine being raised 80 feet from the bottom and towed toward land until it grounded Navy Unable 4 0· To Find Cause Of 0-9 Loss The finding of the court of inquiry as to the cause of the loss of t he 0-9, sunk off Portsmouth in 438 feet of water June 20, was approved yesterday by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, The court found that the cause, "cannot be determined." The matter was closed, Secretary Knox said, with the recommenda• tion of the court headed by RearAdm. William T. Tarrant, USN, that no further proceedings be had. The court held that the 0-9 was in satisfactory condition for the deep sea submergence test and that Its crew was sufficiently trained for deep water operations. The members of the court were : Rear Admiral Tarrant, USN, Captain John J. Brown, USN, captain of the Portsmouth Navy yard; Omdr. Scott Umstead, USN, Navy War college at Newport, R. I.; and Cmdr. A. R. Mccann, USN, Judge advocate. �Portsmouth Squalus Disaster.v·----------Made - - - - - - ~~-=-x 0-9 Sinking Recalls Dramatic Rescue Of 33 Center Of Interest From Underseas Craft1J; In 1939 "We rauonect out our Mon.sen lungs and sent up smoke signals." Because of the icy condition of t he water, we decided to use the lungs only as a last resort. If there had been any leak in the shill or any other reason why we should doubt our safety, of course we would have used the lungs to get the men out at all costs. Two years ago the center of interest for many people - carried the Herald representatives, en far beyond the borders of the United States, was reporter and photographer to the ev . scene. There was no definite inPortsmouth, N. H. The Submarme Squalus had sunk, and formation there and _a descrip~ion written at that time says: "First Manes a Hero 59 men were aboard. came a seaplane, bearing newspaper "Lloyd B. Maness, electrician's The submarine was making tests one cool May m?rn- men and photographers. Before mate, is the man to whom I owe my l· ng in 1939, regular routine tests. No news was r eceived that plane had cvmpleted its cirlife and so also do all of the other cling and photographing of the men who were in the control room. of t he submarine at the time it was expect ed an d t h er e scene another plane arrived. Then Maness, acting speedily and inwas slight anxiety over the fact. came small vessels, also !.>earing stinctively, closed the door, .shutting . . . photographers and newsmen. More off the after compartment and keepth o w Cole commandant to ieturn 1o e smface, no xeport planes came and ·at one time there of A~- 11~~~s ya"rd a~Ti;ed at his d was toid that the sub0 ffi a~~e'1'~ad started her dive at 8.40. ~s the morning progressed anxiety grew. The submarine Sculpln, a Sister Ship Of the missing vessel - ready to leave on a shakedown was cruise to Panama and just before h O fl' the Ad miral it was t ime to s ove nd went aboard a asked Lieut.a Comdr. Warren D. Wilkin to keep lookout through the area. At 11 _65 there had been no news. The Penacook had been ordered to Ih d s t ste have am up, Cap ·ofR the c ar New· Edwards, commander London submarine base, had been told that the rescue ship Falcon d th! as might be needed everythe ng w being made readyanin case dreaded event had occurred. At 12.41 came the report that removed any doubt of what had hap- Iwas received. Th~ c~11:m~nd ant. did rected th e USS cu pm O procee to th e Ja st known position of th e Squalus . an~ attempt to ~s.tablish commll!lication. Upon a_n-ivmg at the divmg area the Sculpm reported sighting a red smoke bomb which il:dicated th e Squalus needed assistance. "A few minutes later the Squalus (should have been sculpin) observed the marker buoy and shortly contact by the commanding officer of the Squalus by telephone revealed that during the diving operations one of the openings was not completely closed, admitting conside!'able water to the ship, and that before he would be able to rid the ship of water and come to the surface It would be necessary to shut the opeqing (later dw·ing the interview the word opening was changed to valve) improperlr pened. The Sculpin radioed that it closed." Comdr. Gurley changed the had sighted a 1·ed smoke bomb. word opening to high induction Things happened fast then at the valve. navy yard. Calls for help were sent out. The call for the naval tug Wan- Questions Fired dank was made to Boston; to New The interview was for about two London went a call for the Falcon, i minutes. Several questions were fired while to Washington went a call for at the naval officials present, the chief of naval operations, Adm. Oomdr. Cw·Iey, Capt. W. F. AmsWilliam D. Leahy, now ambassador den and also Chief Clerk Dennis to Vichy France. Long of the civilian force. The inHad Son-in-Law Aboard terview was brief by mutual conAdmiral Cole, Captain H. R. sent as the reporters were anxious Greenlee, who had a son-In-law I to make the edition, and the naval aboard the sunken craft, COmman- officials had more important bus!der A. I. McKee, Lieut. Comdr. ness demanding their attention. Floyd A. Tusler, and Lieut. A. M. Back to the office to write the Morgan of the Construction corps, story, while the city editor was reand Lieut. COmdr. Earl L. Sackett, arranging the front page to carry machinery superintendent of the the items which would bring the yard industrial department, went on biggest force of news, radio and caboard the tug. All had been connec- mera men the city ever saw to ted with construction of the Squa- Portsmouth. Jus. The Herald carried a complete In the meantime the news had story of the situation, giving the not been released to the general first !!st of the men attached to the public. It was about 1.30 when a call submarine as well a~ _the civilians came to the Herald office, request- who were aboard, g1vmg the first lng that a reporter be sent to the word of the disaster to many of navy yard for a story. The last min- the families of the men who were ute rush was on, and the question aboard. of sparing a man at that time was The city rooms in newspapers all considered, but finally the city edi- over the country were going through tor dispatched two men to the navy similar circumst~nces. Men aboard vard In a terse message Comdr. the submarine came from scattered Jam~s J . Curley who was shortly to sections of the country, Texa , Okbe relieved from his duties as aide lahoma, Oregon, California, Tento the commandant, announced: nessee, Ohio, Idaho, Pennsylvania, "This morning the USS Squalus, Maryland, Connecticut, New York, while conducting routine diving op- Iowa, South Carolina, Florida, Miserations off Portsmouth Harbor, sour!, Philippine Islands, Massachudived and when she was expected setts, Hawaii, China and New Jer·sey. A small boat from the harbor were three planes hovering not far Ing the water out of the control above the spit as camera men room. ' Jeane{[ out over the side of the "It was a job that 1·equ!red supercabins to snap their photos. The h.uman strength, because of our up sea was too rough for the seaplanes ingle and the pressw·e of the to land water pouring into the after com· partment." Boats At a Premium Throughout the night arrange· ad ments were made on the surface to As the news of the dLsas ter spic every available boat in the harbor reach the men who were trapped :ielow. Earlier communication, which was put to use. Newsmen and bad been very brief as the telephone photographers, as well as others communication was broken by the who were just interested, went to swell of the ocean, estat:il!shed the the scene. fact that the men , were al!ve in one The coast Guard cutter Harriet section of the submarine. Lane from Salem Mass., was the As soon as the line had parted first government ~at to arrive from Comdr. Wilkin ordered his crew to another port than this. In the d'·tance the smoke of the wandank man the llsteping equipment, the could be seen. This vessel had left. device by which submarines can Provincetown and was coming un- listen to underwater sounds. He der forced draft to assist. The knew that once .liaquin realized the Falcon was on its way, coming from marker buoy line had parted he New London. Aboard this was the would station men to pound with McOann rescue chamber, the devioe hammers against the hull of the which saved the l!ves of those men sub to show where she was lying. who were trapped below the surface The sounds came through faintly. When the line parted the exact loof the water. one story of the disaster that did cation of the submarine was lost, not become universally known was and it was not until 7.30 pm. that told some time after the sin\dng. the Penacook succeeded in grappling A local fisherman who has his the submarine. Keeping a line atfishing grounds in that section was tached the exact location was there that morning as usual and known at the time the Falcon arsaw the submarine doing its maneu- rived at 4.20 the following morning. Lieut. COmdr. Charles B. Momvering. He saw it go down, being the only man on the surfaoe to see sen, USN, inventor of the "e~cape the sub make the dive. He also saw lung" was on the spot and assisting the distress signal, a recently-cre- in giving final Instructions to the ated device, consisting of a buoy divers. Momsen and eight men had containing instructions for anyone arrived by plane. May 24 was a day of strain for who discovered It. That meant nothing to him, as he ,va.s a man all. Weary eyed officials on the who had his own business to attend scene directed operations from earto. He was interested in his own ly morning until after midnight. job and was not curious enough to Anxious relatives and friends listened as news broadcasts, many orgo ov-~r and see the buoy, so he kept iginating from the Administration pulling his lines and when he had building at the navy yard, where this completed headed for Ports- the press room had l>een located. mouth and home. calls were rec;:eived from commander Naquin of the Squal- Telephone. us, telling his story following the all parts of the country and even rescue, said, "We first took water from England as the interest in the extended to the British emafter diving and levelling off at 50 disaster Relatives came to Portsmouth reet. w e blew all our ballast tanks pire. to be as close to the news course as at once and the bow took an up possible. were 19 members of angle of about 30 degrees, and the crewThere and officers who made then we dropped to the bottom and liheir homes Portsmouth, while remained at an angle of about 11 others were in scattered about the degrees. country. "Somebody barely mentioned the men in the after compartment and Diver Reaches Sub r Immediately Jet it be known that The first diver to reach the subthere was to be no further discussion of them. There was nothing marine, sunk in 260 feet of wa • we could do for them and there wa-> no ~ens in discussin ...., th~e,_.n"-'1., . --- I I J.ol) �ov was Martin Conrad Sibitzky, 30, practically the same design as th Squalus ls com g in," word spread the u. s. Navy's tallest deep sea sunken Squalus, were bein con- quickly about the city, as well as diver and rated first class, qualified structed. There was no fear in beyond its borders. Every road to to go to 200 feet or more deep. He their glances. These new subma- the beaches or any vantage point was a regularly assigned crew mem- rines were being built to challenge brought hundreds to the shores to ber of the Falcon. Upon reaching men's ingenuity and courage, and watch the coming in of the Squalus. The nine-mile haul was complethe deck he arranged the down- these men revealed in their faces 0 haul wire. His feet as he walked on the spirit and morale that comes ted about 9 o'clock in the evening, the surface of the submarine from belonging to a great fighting but it was light enough to see the triumphal procession as it came brought the first news to the en- organization. apped men that help was at hand, "Thirty-three Men saved From around Fort Point into the river. It and they beat out a few hammer Sub-LltUe Hope Remains For was a scene of quiet and reverence taps in response to the boot tap- Others" were the headlines carried. all along the route as the battered pings. The men In the forward torpedo Falcon, like t.he warrior of old, Washinirton, July 10 (AP)-The Quickly the bell was made ready room having been saved, the scene brought to a close its task. There was no rejoicing among the House naval affairs committee made for its descP..nt .. Aboard were John of operations of the diving bell was public yesterday a Jetter from James Mihalowski and Walter E. Harman, changed to the aft hatch. The people watching the silent and fast Forestall, Acting Secretary of the navy divers, who succeeded in mak- diving bell, damaged in that last moving line of ships maneuvering Navy, stating that the submarine ing a successful contact. After the eventful trip, was brought up, fol- through the narrow channel. 0-9 was "In good condition" at mechanics of the diving bell had lowing the ~uccessful raising of 25 the time she sank off the coast been arranged, the hatch was open- men, was repaired. The work wa,s Spectators Awed ed, and Milhalowski looked down soon complettd and William BadSpectators stood, many with a of New Englanr.! last month with a of 33 lives. calling the greeting, probably the ders and Mihalowski made the trip sense of deep awe, as the crowning Joss The Jetter, transmitted at the most welcome greeting anyone had which determined that the aft achievement of three months pas- rn)Jlmittee's said the subever heard: "Hello Fellows, here was flooded and an th0!5e who re- sed before them. History had been marine had request, experienced "minor we are!" mained in that sunken craft had made. A submarine had sunk in The first man Into the diving bell gone to their death. There was water 240 feet deep, 33 men had troubles usual in recommissioning but, so far as is known, was the only civilian in the torpedo no hope that any could have sur- been saved by means of the diving vessels, there was nothing ,to indicate that room, Harold C. Preble, naval arch!- vived, for that section was filled bell which had developed as a re- she was not in safe condition." tect. Others making the trip were with water. suit of the tragedy of the S-4 The Jetter related that the 0-9 Lieut. (j. g.) Nichols, Chicago; RoThe rescue was over, all who were which had sunk 11 years before. land Blanchard, Hersey, Mich.; alive had been rescued, and then The steel tomb of the remaining 26 was first commissioned at the BosW1111am Isaacs, Washington, D. C.; came the glgatic task of lifting the men had been recovered, a hercu- ton navy yard July 27, 1918; was Theodore Jacobs, Staten Isle.Rd, N. craft to the surface. How great a lean task in itself, and was being retired from active service June 25, 1931, and recommissioned April Y.; Gerald MoLees, Richmond, task it was 'the men in charge brought home. Kan., and Chill'les Yuhas, New Sa- learned as the days stretched into Taken· to the navy yard and dook- 14, 1941. lem, Pa. Another trip• down and weeks a.nd the weeks into months, ed shortly after, the vessel was unnine men were brought to the sur- and still after heart-breaking ef- loaded or its cargo of death, and face, this time arriving at 4.11 pm. forts the men stayed on their job, fitting tribute was paid to those Nine more were saved in the third endeavoring to perform what many, who had given their lives in peace- , trip an,d there was great rejoicing many t1mes seemed to l>e a hopeless time for the service of their country. mingled with the fears of those who task. Some were buried in Arlington Nawere in the after hatch. The terse July 13 was a day of hope and tlonal cemetery while others were announcement "little hope is held then despair. It was a day when taken to their homes and burled in for the survival of the others" dam- the first attempt was ma.de to raise their family Jots. pened the enthusiasm, but there the submarine. Daya had been While high officials we1·e '!)aying was still the victorious feeling that spent In getting ready and finally tribute to the dead, workmen at at least there had been a number the test came. the navy yard began their job of saved from Davy Jones looker. The stern pontoons came to the fitting the vessel out for service Everything seemed to be going surface and it looked as though ev- again. A court of inquiry which had, smoothly with the rescue from the erything was going along smoothly. been started during the early sumforward torpedo room, when sud- The order to blow had been glven mer, convene(\ and completed its denly came the announcement that 1 and the air was being pumped into testimony. the fourth trip had become stalled the pontoons. Blowing co~tinued But the men of the navy, the men under water and the men were hung and the bow of the subman.ne was l who go under the sea in submarines, up there, unable to come to the sur- believed stuck in the mud, as the did not falter in their task. It was face. stem pontoons came to the surface, tough luck, they said, that the SquaPerform 1>aring Deeds The order was given to fill the big !us sank, but it couldn't happen to Daring deeds were performed by tank with air and the pressure was them. And every man aboard the the divers as they maneuv,ered to turned on. Suddenly the bow jump- Squalus who was rescued offered to release the · stalled rescue bell in ed into view, surfacing out of con- return to the,t submarine to conwhich were Lieut. o. F. Naquin, trol. It raised it black nose with the tinue- his career. A number of them commander of the sub; Lieut. Wil· letters 192 visible and then sank were returned to this craft, which 11am T. Doyle, Jr., executive officer, from sight. lost its identity as the Squalus and and the following members of the when re-conditioned became known crew: Eugene cravens, Charles Ku· j Divers Undaunted as the Sailfish, a submarine which John Jennings, Jr, ney, Dona persioo, carol N. Pieroo Dismayed but undaunted the div- is now a member of the submarine and Charles A. Powell. Although ers went to work the next morning fleet in the Pacific. John Jennings, Jr., New Hamp• shire author, was a visitor to Ports• the men inside the chamber were to determine the extent of the damfully aware of the seriousness of age, and make arrangements to mouth today in connection wi their position they showed no sign continue their efforts to lift the ungathering material for a book whlct of the fact. They talked with each derseas craft. Again there was alhe is to write. Jennings, author o other and the sound of laughter most a month of work. On Aug. 11 "Next to Valour" a story dealln( was heard on the Falcon's deck, a second attempt was made. Ten with Portsmouth and New Hamp• ✓ '>v coming from j,he entrapped men. pontoons had been secured and the shire In the days of Roger's Rangers Finally wora came that the nee- history-making salvage operation has a contra.ct to write a hlstorl essary work had been done and the resulted in the submarine being of Portsmouth, which will be th< bell would start Its upward journey raised 80 feet from the bottom and fourth in a series on American sea• again. Four hours after they had towed , .>ward land until it grounded Following a spirited plea by May- ports to be published by a New Eng, left the submarine for what was about four miles from where it had 1 Jand publishing house. expected to be an uneventful trip made its disastrous dive. Work or Florella LaGuardia of New York Jennings plans to spend consid• to U1e surface these eight men were started all over again and a new Ja~t night for conectlon of all alum- erable time here for the next fe\\ brought to the surface. blow and tow was arranged with inum not actually in use In the months, and also will searer "Tears of joy streamed from the the Squalus coming to within 90 homes of America to aid the defense through records in Concord anc faces of the onlookers as they feet of the surface on the next at- effort, plans were quickly made for other places where material ma) watched the arrival of the patrol tempt which took place Aug. 17. collection in Pc,rtsmohuth. be found. This hl,story will begll boat, Harriet Lane, which brought Five miles nearer to Portsmouth the Coleman and Tacetta company with the beginning of Strawberr: the !irst survivors to the navy yard. submarine came on this tow, mak- immediately contacted Mayor stew• Bank, and will carry <the ha.ppening, Drawn and wan the survivors olus- ing It comparatively easy for the art E. Rowe and offered use of a of the city up to the present witl tered silently at t he rail, unable in divers to work. warehouse owned by them f r stor- emphasis on Portsmouth maritim< their emotion to do more than wave The last lift came Sept. 13 when age of the metal utensils as collecred. record. a hand. Then, one by one, they success crowned the efforts of the This offer th·~ mayor gratefully Mr. Jennings Is a native of Ply• smiled, shy, sensitive smiles, and, workers when the last lift was com- accepted. mouth. He has a summer home a finally, they grinned. The happy pleted. This was 114 days after it Those who have discarded alum- West Campton, and also a resi· women shouted their greetings of had sunk in 40 fathoms of water. inum utensils which they wish to dence in Wayland, Mass. affection and broke through the Portsmouth will never forget the e;otribute to national defen~e efforts Marine line. day of that last tow. It had been e:e asked to take their donations Off they were whisked to the hos- looking forward for days to the to Coleman and Tacetta. H this Is pita! a few waving to their loved event which would bring, back to impossible transportation may be ones' as they turned the corner. A port the remainder of those men obtained by calling 2345. few more glanced at the huge era- who sailed out of Portsmouth that ~------' dles where two mo submarines, of May morning on the test. 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CJ l>vt1l111, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___.,aa11;r 1/nHD IWov OcouphdD IPullJ' utHDJXov OcouphdO 1 PltHt lnol'Odt Taoa:Dt acooaaoda\lopa vhlob bnt btooa, ocouphd, aoooaodaUona Wlcll bnt btco•• ••cant., and an, acaonodatlona not. preT1oual7 lllhd. wUb t.he Roafa Rtfhtrat.loa ottic,. Here's what the card looks like which will be filled out in every home in the Greater Portsmouth area soon in a defense housing survey, Procedure in the housing survey supply and demand," he said. "If soon to be conducted In Greater and when the existing reservoir of Portsmouth will be simple, accord- vacant dwelling units is used up the Ing to Charles R. Blessing, secre- Defense Council Housing sub-comtary of the stabe committee which mittee for the Poruimouth a.res. wlll be called upon to make recommenwill conduot the survey. Volunteer workers wlll provide dations on the location and type staff and transportation needed to of additional houses. leave a registration ca.rd at every "Plans are now progressing for carrying out the Initial vacancy house in the area.. "A survey will then be conducted check during the last two weeks to calculate the number of vacant of June. The co-operation of ea.cm dwellings In each town in the area. home owner in the area is sollcibA vacant room survey will be made ed." Distribution of the cards by Boy of the towns within 15 mlles of the Scouts will start Monday, June 23, navy yard," Mr, Blessing said. The Housing sub-committee :for to be finished as quickly as possible the Portsmouth area. will analyze during that week. The collection of cards will not be the homes registration data, and will study the problem of locating by the Boy Scouts but by a local needed !\dditionar housing where it volunteer group In each town, to be wm contribute most. to the com- organized by two local members of Strafford munity and be absorbed by the com- the Rockingham and munity. A balancing of existing County Co-operating committees of desirable vacant houses with any the New Hampshire State Defense future Increase in navy yard em- council and the Defense Housing ployment will show whether addi• council of southern York county. These committees will endeavor to tional housing will be needed. The purpose of a Homes Regis• complete the return of the cards by tratioll offioe would be to bring to- next Friday or Saturday. gether those seeking a house or a room and those who have accommodations to rent, according to Mr. Blessing. The Initial vacancy survey will be the beginning of this program. The Homes Registration office would pass along information to the regular rental agencies J and real estate dealers and would not replace their function. "Monthly summaries would give an up-to-date picture of housing Every organization In the city will be asked to send a representative to a meeting to be held at the Army and Navy building Monday, June 30, to form the Portsmouth ~creational committee to work with the Federal Security agency and its immediate representative the United Services Orga.nizltion, according to a vote of the Portsmouth City council la.st night. Plans for such a meeting were recommended to the council by B. Meredith Langstaff of the Federal Security agency's Boston office, who is in Portsmouth making a survey of recreational facilities here. "You had 3,500 men at the navy ya.rd before national defense got under way," he said. ':,By mid-summer you will have 2,600 more uniformed men here and 8,200 more defense workers, making in all an increase of 10,200 people you never had before. In addition you will have many of their families and hundreds of others visiting them. "All this interrupts your normal city activities and adds to your expense. But the same thing is happening elsewhere. While these boys are coming here your boys are going to Southern camps. Portsmouth should consider the strangers within its gates. When they go back home they should carry a· pleasant recollection of Portsmouth so they will come back again some day and also send their friends and relatives. "Recreational facilities for these men here must be co-ordinated. Great speed is needed. What Councilman Gardner has said a.bout speed tonight is true; even more important than he probably realizes, "Frankly, I've lost my heart to Portsmouth. You'Vl! all been so fine to me and I want, to help :,t,¥ in every way possible to get all the help you need to solve your difficult problems. "To solve the recreational problem, we must get all the orga.niza.tions together. Mr. Langstaff . suggested that an ex-officio committee be formed by the city government to meet with the representatives of all the organizations In the city, this committee to consist of the mayor, (Atty. Stewart E. Rowe), the County Chairman of the state Defense Council (Representative Alvin F. Redden) and the chairman of the Planning boa.rd (Dr. S. F. A. Pick1 ering). On motion of Councilman Gardner this was voted. I Leavitts To Reunite At Hampton, Junz3.P The annual reunion of the Leavitt families of America will be held on Saturday, une 28, at the Hotel Ashworth. Hampton beach. An address on the work of the Association during the past year will be given by President Thomas Leavitt, of Assinippi, Mass. He will also report on the marker and boulder for the grevb of Deacon John Leavitt, in the Hingham, Mass., cemetery, to which town he came from Yorkshire, England, in 1631. This will be similar to the one erected in the village cemetery in Hampton, N. H., on the grave of Thomas Leavitt, who came to that town in 1629, as a member of the John Wheelwright party, which had a grant from King James. Mrs. Emily Leavitt Noyes of Tilton will give an extended report on the genealogy of the Leavitt family and the books on the same now being published by her. Frank Leavitt of Hampton is arrangements for the reunion, to which an members of the Leavitt kin a.re invited, whether or not they are members of the Leavitt Families association. The secre• tary is Mrs. Grace Leavitt Waterman of Sharon, Mass. William M. Ballard$ Dies At His Home•'\~ Willlam Merritt Ballard, for many yea.rs engaged in the electrical contracting business In this city, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 25 Lafayette road. Mr. Ballara was born in Moncton, N. B., and had resided in Portsmouth during the past 56 years. For 16 years he served as superintendellt qt the local fire alarm system and Inspector of wires. He was a. member of -the K of C, Fourth degree, and the AOH. Mr. Ballard ls survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Falvey Ballard, one son, Robert J. Ballard of Hampton, and one daughter, Margaret M. Balla.rd, of this city. �\ 0-v Council Votes Half Hundred Measures 1- v More than half a hundred items were discussed ry the Portsmouth City council at its meeting last night before it concluded with a motion plc~ure on municipal architect and construction shown by a New Hampshire firm. With the full board present a number of routine items were acted on with defense "speed up" speed. They included: A t.heck from the Alumni association a.s a contribution for the stadium fund was accepted. A request for walk lights on traJflc signals from the Women's Community council was referred to the committee on street lights. Action on sending a fireman to attend the fire-fighting course at the Edgewood Arsenal was approved and funds voted. A claim by Mrs. Arthur Stevens of Marcy street for damage do~ by snow plows was referred to the committee on claims. A protest returned by the board of adjustment against conducting a commercial auslness within the residential district of Rockingham Gardens on Sherburne road was referred to the city solicitor. A request from Supt. Na,t Stevens l'equoest!ng $350 be added to the 1941 b;!clget from last year was referred to the finance committee. Report Accepted The quarterly report of the Wa- ter department was accepted. Mrs. Woodbury Langdon offered to give a strip of land parallel to Junkins avenue .to make tt Into a two-lane street, with a walk and park dividing lanes, between Pleasant street and Parrott avenue, on condition that the city pay al! expens-es and erect a fence. It was accepted with thanks and Superintendent Stevens was asked to report on the cost. A request was received from Arthur Harriman and others for a municipal pier or dock off Ceres street. At the pres,ent time there is no dock, although there are about 350 boats In the area. It was referred to the Board of street Com missioners to report on cost. A petition requesting a change in the zoning plan Jaw to permit the erection of a restaurant on the southwesterly side of Woodbury avenue by Hanmon Brothers, and a request of caswelJ Bros. for a filling station at the intersection of cutts street and .the by-pass highway was returned by the Planning board, which recommended that no changea be made unt!J fui-ther study. The Caswell petition is still in the hands of the Board of Adjustment. On motion of Councilman McNell the petition of the Hanmons for the restaurant was granted subject to approval by the Bridge Authority! Mrs. Ray H. Snell offered $5 for a small piece of city owned land. This was referred to the finance committee. On Market Street extension the Planning board asked time for further study which was granted. Permission was granted the telephone compa.ny -t,o put in a manhole on High street. A request of Timothy Buckley, Pana.way Manor on Sherburne rood Jr., to purchase some city land on was adopted. Middle street was referred to the Second reading was given to the finance committee after Council- proposal to increase the salaries of woman Mary C. Dondero had asked ward officials after an amendment why the prevlous custom of refer- proposed by Councllwoma.n Mary ring it to the City Lands and Build- C. Dondero was approved by a vote ings committee had not been fol- of 6 to 3, with Harvey, Palfrey and lowed. Burkhardt opposed. Request Flied The amendment made pa,yment Accepted and filed was a request contingent on the number of votes from the Public Buildings adm!n!s- cast in a '¾ard so that payments tration at Washington that the were in proportion to work actucontempla.ted 15 per cent payment ally done. "It's a mixed-up mess," 1n lieu of taxes by PEA on Its 800 said Councilman Burkhardt as he defense homes here be reduced to I opposed it. 14 per cent as the PBA was going to put in its own sewage disposal Given Second ReadJng plant and pay for all operation, Just On the ordinance as amended, I as it was going to do on water. the same 6 to 3 vote was cast to IPrincipal Project Engineer W1Iliam give it it's second reading. · T. Brown explained the plans. No Councilwoman Mary c. Dondero action was taken as the council ha.s reported for the committee on city not yet acted on the original con- lands and buildings that the contract offered by PEA. tract had been awarded for new Authorization was given the may- doors to the police garage. or and city clerk to sign the conShe also stated that it had been demnatlon proceedings against; the reported to her that previously reBoston and Maine railroad j:.o take ported street conditions had not a small strip of land as part <Jf the been fixed up. "The hole still exlocation for the Sherburne road ists on Vaughan street. Some one sewerage extension. A publlc hear- was Injured there recently. The Ing will be held on July 16 1n con- only thing done on the Morning nectlon with the council meeting street dump has been to post signs. that evening. Durgin Jane has not yet been A petition of local taxi drivers to oiled," she said. be permitted to park on Church After a recess for the fight reand Congress streets as well as turns the council concluded with Church and Porter was referred the movies shown by Alfred T. -to the city marshal for recommen- Granger of Hanover, N. H., who da.t!on. The drivers stated that with has built many munlcmal buildings the increase from four cabs to 12 and want.eel 'the council to see what operating there conditions were his concdrn had done. overcrowded. Protest Received t A protest from Mrs. Walter Woods of New castle avenue relative to a planing mill near her home was referred back to the council by the Planning boa.rd pending a. court decision on the matter. , This protest was filed. The street cornmls.sioners requested the same amount of money for the municipP.l swimming pool as they had last year. • The council decided they had Jurl.sdictlon over the pool and declined the request. Funds will come from general expense-c;. A Pla.nning board recommendation for an eight-hour day at City hall wae tabled for future study on motion of councilman Walter o Harvey. A resolve of the Disabled Amer!• cat1. Veterans of the World war requesting a high school cadet corps waa referred to the Boa.rd of Education. A resolution to increase the chargea on delinquent poll tax>es an additional 20 cents on and after July 1 was adopted. An appropria.tion of $471 as an additional a.mount for the erection of steel bleachers a.t the High school field was adopted fl.nd a motion to authorize the Board of Education to award a contract before July 1 was voted. A request by the Boa.rd of street commissioners to investigate the condition of the Cutts street bridge, which ls reported unsafe, was referred t,o the $1;reet department. An ordinance prohibiting pP-rk!ng on Dll.niels street on either side In the power house area was given Its first reading and passed through three readings under suspension of ~e rules. Rear Adm. Douglas Dismukes a.nd Frank J. Crowley, re-named bY Mayor Stewart E. Rowe as trustees of the Portsmouth Public Library, were confirmed by tile council. "'"lt"Yequ<:St or N atteot wmm1s- sloners for $500 to prov!de 69 additional oonnectlona at tv1rs. Edith Akerman Of State Street Dies Mrs. Efilth Sheldon Akerman of 973 State street died Thursday evening after a long illness. She was born in Portsmouth Decemboer 6, 1867, the daughter of the late James M. and Lucey A. (Lovey) Sheldon. Mrs. Akerman was the wife of C. Manning Akei-man and on Sept. 17 lasL they observed their 46th wedding anniver.;ary. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Walter E. Scott of No1iolk, Va,. one son, Wallace Sheldon Akerman of this city, two sisters, Mrs. Charles F. Shillaber and Miss Mary E. Sheldon, boLh of Portsmouth and a grandson, Richard Sheldon Akerman. For more than 50 years Mrs. I Akerman had bcen a member of the Middle Street Baptist church and had talren an active part in the work of the church organizations Including the Golden Rule circle of the King's Daughters of which she was leader for more than 10 years. For 30 years she served as a member of the Adv!sorY Board for the Home for Aged Women. �~--·--- ---------· ____ ,. ______ -------- Says' City Needs illion And Half In • Federal Funds B d.Offers· -~· { Mr. Gardner said that particular I Council~an Gardner said that uncredit was due Superintendent of : fortunately there was no time to Streets·Nat S. Stevens for his night i spare. "This Information," he said, ' and day work; to Superintendent , "must be available at once. This is .H. L. Moore and Planning Board' i not a WPA matter. ,It comes under member Henry B. Tilton, who · an entirely different department and worked out the school details in the WPA engineers according to many conferences ; to 0ha1rman :1 what Mr. Quinn :said at the last Walter R, Harvey of the city coun- meeting of the co-ordinating comell parkihg committee; and to ·sec- mittee, could only work on WPA proreta.ry M. E . Witmer of the Plan- jects." ning Board for his technical assistMrs. Dondero charged that this ance. La~r, these members said that move to dismiss the committee was Councilman Gardner was due just as due to jealousy and that It was unmuch credit for his night and day fair to the members of the commltwork. , tee after all the work they had done Detailed figures wlll be studied to dismiss It now. "You remember," by the City Council committee on !she.said, "that I opposed the formaCommunity Development which t!on of this committee and the Mayor consists of Councilman Gardner, vetoed it. But the council wanted U. Harvey and Joseph M. Katk-in, who , then and now just as it Is _startini will confer with the f•ederal officials to function they want to kill it," on the llUl.tter. Councilman Palfrey said that ~• Mr. Gardner said that in · a.cidi- had been a member of the coordintion to the reports 6Ubmitted two ating committee and had attended additional reports were being pre- the meetings but he didn't know · pared-one on the airport and an- anything more about what It was other on recreational faclllties. In doing "than the man In the moon." connection witr. tp.e airport, Mr. Mrs. Dondero said she thotjght Gardner .said that the War depart- the real reason was that the co_uncil ment li.sts its fourth among the state was afraid her committee would s~ow . airports for improvement with a up the planning board. . sizable appropriation planned. Councilman Harvey said that his Following the report of the Plan- feeling was that the <;:oordinating ning Board, Councilman Walter R. committee ' which he had himself; Harvey motioned that in as .much as proposed had nqt obtained the nee .. this detailed, report covered in de- essary data up to this. time and the tall all the work that the co-ordin- planning board had obtained it. a.ting committee was suppooeG t.o There was no reellng against the have-done, h e- motioned! that the co- committee, it was . simply there was ordjnating cofnmittee be dissolved no further need for it with thanks and that department Mrs. Dondero said that it was her · ,understanding that her committee heads continue their conferences was to collier with federal officials 1 with· the Planning Boe.rd. and that the committee had done so. , This was later voted by an 8 to 1 At this point the recess was 'taken, vote · with Councilwoman Mary C. followed by the 8 to 1 vote to abolish Dondero opposed but not until after the committee. considerable dlscussion and a re• cess by the council. p.Ian nIng Oar d stu d,·es.Of. · e ta I•1 e D ·\. ' -0 r s m Ou e e s P t th N d City Council Accepts Report; Dissolves Co-ordinating r-\ Committee ~ t,~ More than a million and a half dollars in federal funds will be required to meet th~ added burden of national defense in Portsmouth, Councilman Frederick D. Gardner reported to the city council at its meeting last night on behalf of the Por_tsmouth Planning Board which has just completed a detailed study of all the needs. Working nights and Sunda,ys, the E D Planning Board compiled a 16,200 very epartment Included word report giving specific details "Every departme:..t of the city was of the requirements of every major considered in the survey. In some city department and prepared more cases, part of the information had than two dozen· general and spot previously been prepared by departmaps to back up the studies. After a InE;I\t heads and submitted by ,them summary report by Mr. Gardner who to their own committees qr boards was authorized by the Planning and to council committees. Most of Board to make the report, the coun- this information had to be supplecil voted to ref, -the material to its mented by additional and more speCommunity _Dev.C:l bpment committee, cific data and in many cases new which will confer with federal offi- data had to be obtained," Mr. Gardcials. . ner · explained. . Objecttve of the study is to have Some of the highlights of the ref11,otual- data for presentation to the port included an adidt!onal three tederal officials when the bill now , million gallons a day in water and penaing •·1n congress authorizing an adequate distribution system to $150,000,000 to. provide added fac!li- end the serious shortage that exists ties .in ·defense areas is .passed. I at a cost of about three quarters of "This bill has passed both houses " : a million dollars; sewerage essentials Mr. Gardner said, "and is now hi at a cost of $81,000; bridges and conference and expected to be ap- street Improvements at $138,000; proved within a . few days. Already traffic, $69,500; fire protection, $59,there have been applications for 000; police protection, $10,000; seven million dollars to be allotted health, $37,000 ; school,s, $492,000; out or . it, so many requests will be snow removal, rubbish collection and , . - - - - other highway department additionom1tted or curtailed. We want to al costs about $58 000 ge~ our full share. . In each case detailed maps and Many of these requests ✓ we are detailed engineering figures accomtol,d are not backed by factual data ---- -___ ~ and federal officials have told us panied .the reports, and Mr, Gard: that o~y communities which present ner reported that in order to assure ~angible proof _.of their needs will that.!Pottsmciuth obtained first conJ;>e con!jider~~---- 9 .u_. r job h~- been·:141sidera.~io.n _ a.n _·_ advance application·'. p~el}are-~~h,a,t-9&ta: .. ,:. .,· .<.: .t'i!I-Ii; !'11),q be,e).l o~~lil.u~£1: li,nd: ~c..: I .; -- .,. ,:,. .;-, • ~. · • - &1tL1w:r;AP»~1--~~ !V;~n: I I Objects · Councilwoman Mary C. Dondero objected strongly to the motion to dismiss the committee, and said that it was out of order and that at the next meeting she would ask for reconsideration. . "This committee has just gotten under wayt she said, "We've held three meetings and are planning to have our next meeting next Monday night. I've had Governor Blood here to hear our problems and I've had James .P. Quinn,- the state WPA administrator and I've been working with Mr. Quinn. • He has furnished us with technical assistance without cost. We've done a lot of work and it takes time to get all this information together. I think it is very unfair _to discharge it at · this , •. t_lme. 1' ' 1 , 1 I �·ss0;000-Blaze Destroys Roundh-ou.Se In Railroad Yard; Olah Oliver; Night Hosteler; Fatally Burned Wind Not Strong At one point it wa.s feared that-' the entire roundhouse and the railroad .shop nearby might iO, but · a ·gentle southwest wind was not · enough to spread the embers and · most of the sparks dropped harmlessly into the North Mill Pond. It was the end of a diffcult day • for the Boston & Maine. Sparks , burned several acres of Boston & . Maine owned woodland at 'North Hampton and at the Gypsum plant one of its switching engines was derailed in the late afternoon. 22 Once again he headed into the Ro ndh flames and pulled out a second loU OUSe 8 urned comotive and then a third, each time Years Ago This June buried · in ab shower tof sparks and It was in June, about midnight, burnmg em ers. As he third loco- 22 years ago that the roundhouse · motive came out its safety valve popped of! from steam due to the was seriously damaged in an $8,000 intense heat and the sharp hiss of fire and three locomotives damaged. steam was added to the roar of This was on June 21. flames. The fire started on the east end · spectacular rescue was that of the stalls, instead of the west, ·. One man was •killed, two others injured and several ofMost the gas combination train that where it started last night, and firemen overcome by smoke in a $50,000 fire that de- runs from Portsmouth to Manches- gained considerable headway beand was located in the heart of fore it was discovered. As was the stroyed all but one section of the Boston & Maine round- ter the blaze. Under its front trucks case last night, hose lines were house here at midnight last night. was located 300 ga}lons of gasoline laid from McDonough street and imminent danger of exploding due rail traffic halted. Three locomotives and a gasoline car were damaged, in to the intense heat. Telephone operators, off duty, but the locomotives can be repaired. . Just as McCauley drove his Pa- rushed for the exchange and helped c!f!c into the flaming building, a to man the board ~ the night operDead is Olah Oliver, 38, night hosteler at the round- huge section of the roof fell on the ators were deluged with calls. house who was fatally burned in the first blast of flame train. Undaunted, McCauley drove William Beatty, city pumping enhis engine into the heart of the · glneer, said today that the fire last i when the fire started. · flames, belching thick black smoke · night used up a quarter of a million '. Injured were Waldron Shapleigh Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt, who against the cherry red of the fire gallons of the city's much needed ' the engine outlined by the red of th~ water.. : · o! Engine 2, Portsmouth, and Rob- had . just turned in heard the flames. On hand at the start of the blaze , ert weaver of the Kittery Fire de- screams and then saw the :flames. were linemen of the New Hampshire i partment, with a badly cut wrist. He immediately rushed to the fire Gas and Electric Co., to cut the I Firemen, police and railroad of- and had Officers Joseph P. Kelly, First 'Try Fails power lines so firemen could play On a first try, the engine failed their ~tree.ms of water without dan- i !icia.Js risked death when tl:}e sear- Roland Smart, Frank Malsbenden, ing flames destroyed the \;i.s car Paul Connors and Timothy Connors to couple. Back again into the flames ger. , went the huge locomotive and this used on the Portsmouth-Ma\1ches- called to the scene. Oil-soaked and soot-covered wood I t.er run, which contained 300 galEven before the first persons time there was a snap as the cou- and' a tar and gravel roof, combined '. Jons of gasoline. reached the scene the new section pling clicked and the little train its to make this one of the hottest and Hero of the fire was H . W. Mc- of the roundhouse was a mass of roof loaded with burning timbers most spectacular fires in recent years cauley of Lowell, general engirieer flames and Fire Chief George T. like a huge bon fire was pulled into with flames lighting the huge winhou.se foreman who risked the I Cogan and his men faced one of the the open where firemen made short dows of the roundhouse and shooting gasoline explosi~n and falling walls hottest fires in recent months and work of the blaze. skyward hundreds of feet. An early arrival was B. L. Ives, . to pull the engines from the bum- , on one of the hottest evenings. Fire Spreads ing building. I Kittery firemen under Chief Jesse railroad police officer from Dover, to · In spite of the efforts of firemen, Hose lines across the tracks de- L. Philbrick, covered the Ports- the intense heat set fire to a second safeguard company property. Jayed the streamlined Flying Yan- mouth fire station at the start of section roundhouse about an kee for more than an hour after the blaze and later ·relieved the hour andofa the half after the fire started. it bad been flagged by Police de- Portsmouth firemen during the allIn spite of several fires in the roof Watchman Oliver Was partment flares. night battle. the roundhouse firemen stopped This morning firemen were still Oliver was taken to the Ports- of the blaze before it was . seriously Native 01 Portsmouth wetting down the remain!I._ and Bos- mouth hospital in the police am- damaged. ton. & Ma_!.~e officials ..~i:e appra.is- 1bulance and died at 3 o'clock this Olah Oliver, fatally burned in ing the· damage to See whether the morning. the roundhouse fire last night, structure· could be repaired or Oliver was alone at the round- Police Guard Crowd was a native of Portsmouth and should be rebuilt. house at the time of the fire keepAs soon as it was learned that had been employed as a. watchMeanwhile locomotives from Port- ing the fires of the locomotives the Streamliner was approaching, land and Boston were rushed to stoked ready for the morning run. Chief Hewitt sent Officers Smart , ' mAn at the roundhouse for many years. He had lived in PortsPortsmouth to take over the runs Due to his dea th th e ~a.use or th e and Paul Oorinors with flares up the ( mouth all his life, up to a month of the damaged locomotives and fire, which star ted in tne new sec- track to stop the express. Torpedoes ago when he moved with his provide "service as usual" this morn- tion of the roundhouse, will proba- were placed and the track cleared family to Stratham. He was 38 ing. The cause is still unknown. i bly never be known. in case the speeding train should years old. __ Most likely possibility, according over run and endanger the hunHe Is survived by his wife, ' I 1 · to experienced railroad men, is that dreds of spectators. Other officers Althea Dow Oliver; three Heard Screams Of · Hep due to the extremely hot day and \ kept the crowds back from the dan- . Mrs. daughters Betty J. Oliver, Nancy • ht H t I night, the heat in the roundhouse, ger of the gasoline explosion and E. Oliver and Mrs. Rhodes OS e er , ,brought soot close to kindling point falling walls N1g From Grubbs of Portland, Me.; three Even before the flames lighted and possibly a wayward spark of a I After a d~lay of about an hour sons, Olah T. Oliver, Jr., Ronald the still night sky a few minutes stoked locomotive set fire to a cab. Chief Cogan at the urgent request S. Oliver and Lawrence R. before midnight the screams for Oliver may have attempted to bat- \ of railroad officials had the fire help from• 0lah Oliver had attract- tle the blaze with a hand extin- , sufficiently under ~ontrol to un- , "liver. His father was Harry D. Oliver ed nearby residents to the scene, guisher before it leaped out of con- I couple his hose lines ·and let the · of Port~mouth and his mother, as the night hostler ran from the I trol. , crack :flyer go on its way to Port- · Mrs. George Goodrich of Berroundhouse a living torch, his , . I land. Most Portsmouth bound paswick. Also surviving are two clothes aflame. Engmeer A Hero . sengers got off at Bartlett street sisters, Mrs. Samuel D. FitzHe collapsed just across the tracks As Portsmouth firemen risked 'I where the train was halted gerald of McDonough street, and from the home of his sister, Mrs. th eir lives fig~ting th e blaze on the On hand shortly after th~ start Mrs. Frank Harvey of North Samuel L. Fitzgerald, who lives at \ roof of th e burning structure, Fore- of the blaze was capt. Clair Low- Berwick, and one brother, Wil282 McDonough stree4 directly op- man McCauley pulled engine 1363 ' man of the Salva.tr Arm i t- liam Oliver of Bucksport, Me • - ---~c:::.-=-.:c:...., out of the opposite side of the on Y, ass Mr. Oliver was a star witness . posite the rowidhouse. roundhouse and on to the turn table. ed by Herbert Wells, and coffee, I Inspector De~nis ~- Kelly and Heading strai~ht into the flames, doughnuts and . cold tonics were In the famous Sprague murder case here several years ago. · his daughter, Miss Elizabeth Kelly, he banged the Pacific into the big given the fire-fighters. who works in the city clerk's office mogul which had just come out of Due to the serious water short~,-:iirnf.~~1~~, at City hall, were at their home at the Billerica shops 10 days before age in Portsmo~th fears were felt _Q3!1 Islington street, close by the and pulled it to safety just as a that the fll'e-flghters might run roundhouse, when they heard 011• section of the roof fell in the spot out of water, but because of the vers screams. where it had been and firemen hour, little water was being used , ' lnspector Kelly rushed to the drenched the flami:ig coal in its at the time and firemen had all the scene and helped Oliver while _Mi~ tender with powerful hose lines. water and pressure they needed. ~ellyt s<>;ind~c\ µ,ie alar~ from Box ' Firemen, Police, Rail Officials Risk L_ives ln ·Battling Blaze; Gasoline Car Destroyed i I I I �;,-r:-----P ortsmouth _ ; Seeks; ·- ····- - -·-- ------·-· '. P1anning Board Submits Cit\''s-- Aid Request:To Representatives 'C • t G • Works Agency I Y lven - - - - - - . - . • t • AppIlea Ions Data To Be Considered At Boston Conferencetl .For 1 Portsmouth ·started its battle today for about $1,600,· 000 In federa I fun ·dS. , · Complete estimates of the Portsmouth Planning board were sent to Boston last hight for study today by regional representatives of the Federal Works agency, w_ hich will handle the spending Of the $150,00 0,000 to prov1 de add ed municipal facilities. i, I sential distribution system has been With ' the signing of the a"pro" I th t sti at near Y ree-quar ers Priation bill by President Roosevelt eof amated million dollars. Saturday, Federal · officials prepared streets and sewerage account .for to weed out some of the $700,000,000 another $100,000. New schools ·at Atin requests for the $150,000,000. !antic Heights and the Plains and Quite obviously many communi- extension of present facilities acties were going to be omitted entire- count for some $300,000 more. Fire, ly and others were going to have polic;e and health facilities totlal antheir requests drastically cut. other $100,000. In addition, there Portsmouth rests its case' on the are numerous other facilities such fact that its request is backed by as increased costs of waste removal; detailed, concrete figures proving snow removal, sidewalks. In fact, needs and showing specifically what nearly every department of the city must be done and the assurance of shows increases because of defense. iederal officials that only carefully Aside from the specific muncipal prepared applications will receive j facilities; there are separately the any consideration. 1costs of a recreational setup for Alert members of the Portsmouth I Portsmouth and airport improvePlanning board obtained advance I ments which have been estimated at application, blanks. Necessary finan- 1 about $250,000. . -• - - - • -- - - · Recommendations of the Portscial and legal data th was prepared mouth Planning board were turned weeks. in advance of e passag~ of over to the City:Councll Community the bill to save hours of vital time · Development committee and after now. careful study approved for submission to the federal government. Cover Municipal Needs It is expected that wit hin a few Requests cover practically every federal engineers v.:m arrive in phase of municipal activities that days, Portsmouth to confer with the city have been affected by national de- council committee and to check the fense. Largest request concerns Portsmouth's water supply, which figures subipitted. even with the 700,000 gallons a day addition to be completed within 60 days still will be inadequate for the growing population. • A new source of supply and an es- l Application blanks were · left for water supply and distribution, sewerage, for three schools, rubbish , and garbage disposal and fire pro~ tection. Mr. Carew explained that he would have forwarded an applica tion on hospital faciliti~s and · that the recreational application would be handled by representa.tive Tracy of the Federal Security Sh are~"l,.._, a~~~~~d is vital," Mr. Carey.r stressed again and again during the · ') two ·hour meeting. Although the act was signed by President Roose- · v-elt only last Sunday, the PWA already has all its application forms printed and is ready to receive . --them a.s fast as municipalities can • Applications for funds from the fill them out and return them. I $150,000,000 · Federal community Portsmouth and Newport, R. I ., : . ,\ , were the· flrs.t places visit{d by the ' J<'.acilities act were given Portsmou th , PWA 'Officials as. it was 'felt both / city officials this afternoon by Frank . co!Ilmunities ha.d urgent needs, but J. Carew, assistant regional direc- 1' t he other 38 communities in New ' tor of th e Public Works administra- England that have applied will be .', tion at a meeting between federal · . . . . and . city officials at city hall vis~t7d wi~hm a few ,days. Kittery •th · · officials will be seen Monday. PWA Wi Mr. Carew from Boston was officials hope that au application • W. H, Higgins, :finance executive for , ""' Public Works ad~inistration and I blanks can be received by them next w. D. Mann, assistant regional de- I wee)!: so they can be analyzed and , !ense co-ordinator for health and i then forwarded to Washihgton for ; we~fare, and james, R. Gardner, : action. . · : PWA project engineer for this area, : As the ac t provid~s for both who will be stationed in Portsmouth loan~ and grants _1t will be up to j to represent PWA at work done off1c1a!s in Washmg£on. to ~eterhere ' mme Jus t what propositions Will· be ! M~yor Stewart E. Rowe opened · made to t he communities applying: ; the conference and introdilced Jo- , They may be offered entire out- , seph M. Katkin, chairman of the · right gran~. They ma.y be offered community Development commit- a substant1a1 grant - wrth the bal·· · · ·--- - - - . - ance to l:>e loaned, or ~he govern- . tee of the city counc!l, which is 1, ment may merely say that all it handling this project. Councilmen : will · do is to •loan the money. Frederick D. Gardner and Walter f In addi tion, there ls a provision R. Harvey, members of the commit- ; whereby if facilities are urge'ntly tee were present. i nieeded · and a community does not Others present included: Arthur I supply them or work with the gov- I Come:( of the National Resources [ ernment on th is · plan to supply : Planning b<;>ard; Frederick P. Clark, I them, then ,t he government can step · s~.ate planning engmeer an\i his as- in and provide the facilities and 1 sistant, Charles A. Blessing, Secre- operate them: tary M. E. Witmer of the Planning board, Superintendent Nat s. Ste- . vens of the Street department and Miss Alice Davies of the street de- · partment; Paul Howard of Whit- · I man and Howard, engineers · superintendent of Schools H. L, i Moore, Dr. George A. Tredick, • chairman of the board of health; Fire Chief George T. Cogan anEi City Clerk Edward J. Hopley. Appearing in connection with the water situation at the Portsmouth Harbor defenses at New Castle were Captain James Collins of tl'le quartermaster constructing corps; Cap• . tain James Finnerty, post quartermaster and First Lt. Norman K. White, utilities officer. • 11 • Of MI Ions .,, 1· �$;t600,000 PrOposar-Neaf Top Of List ·For U.S. Study; 40 N. E. Cities Ask Cash'), -~ t.;. ··--- Money Here Would Provide Roads, Sewerage, Schools, Wa.terworks Other Municipal Facilities - - · · - - .-...... ... ___ .__ • . _...,..>-L- - ... -·- Launch Flying Fish Ahead Of Sched.,Jle The U. s. Submarine Flying Fish, a submarine is launched. Thus it Special to The Portsmouth Herald slid down the building ways at the will be a great deal ahead of the , Concord, N. H., July 2-Portsmouth will be among the Navy yard into the Pisca:taqua river commissioning date set some time 1 :15 o'clock this afternoon as ago. very first to be considered out of the 40 New England cities a,t Mrs l!. E. Kimmel broke a bottle As :the sponsor lifted her arm and towns that have made application for Federal funds i of c.~ampagne over the bow of the , and broke the bottle over the bow · underseas craft.' of the submarine, saying "I christen fqr community facilities, Frederick P. Clark, planning dir- newly-constructed This was the third submarine to ' Thee Flying Fish" the trigs were ' ector of the New H~mpshire Planning and Development Ibe launched at the Portsmouth released from · beneath the vessel ' Navy yard this year, the other two the craft began to move and it gain- · ,commission, said today. were the Marlin anJi Drum. • ed momentum. Gracefully she slid ·, Mr. Clark represented New Hampshire at a meeting . I, Following defense-imposed res- into the Ptscataqua. Prayer was trictions, only a few invited guests given by Chaplain H. G. Glunt, yesterday with J. A. McConnell, regional director, of the were permitted to attend the USN for the craft. New England Regional office of the Public Works adminis- Jaunchlng at the yard, but many As the vessel began to slide from strategic points1along through the wat.er, the snubbers tration of the Federal Works agency, appearing for the watched the riverfront. Among those who slowed up- its progress and as soon State Planning board and the Governor's State Defense witnessed the affair were some who , as possible a line was made fast to had seen every submarine launched ! the Penacook which towed the newcouncil. that the Nazyha b llt at Ports- : ~st ~nderseas craft to the pier where According to Mr. Clark Ports- 1 With only $150,000,000 available mouth's application for approx!- ; and 40 applications from New Engmately $1,600,000 of the $150,000,000 land alone, it is obvious that only available was well received and due the most · drastic needs can be conto the work of the Portsmouth Plan- sidered. rung Board in preparing a detailed In a report on the meeting today, revort, Portsmouth appears to be in II;>irector McConnell listed 14 places the best position of any New Eng- where the most obvious shortages land community to receive consider- I exist. They are: Bath, Me., Ports1 mouth and Kittery,' Fort Devens and ation at the present time. An indication of the speed of this OaIUR, Edwards areas, Chicopee and work · was shown by the fact that Quincy, Mass., Newport and .QuonPresident Roosevelt signed the bill j sett Point, R. I., and in Connecticut Sunday. Monday, the Federal Works Hartford, Waterbury, New Britain, Agency arrnnged for a regional of- · Bridgeport and New London. · ~ -~ -,ll.oYl,ston street, Boston, Work is expected to start at once Yfisterd'ay, · · the office was fully in the places where shortages are st!l.ffed and the first regional con- most serious. Actual construction will ference was held. Today, details of be both federal and non-federal to •the series of inspections · that will assure greatest speed. The bill which be; made of New England defense provides for access roads, sewerage, areas were being worked out and schools, waterworks, hospitals and tomorrow the inspections start. recreational facilltles, authorizes At the meeting yesterday all six , either loan or grant. · - ----- ·• Attending the meeting in Boston New England.states were represented yesterday in a•.dition to the state by-members of their planning boards representatives were officials of the and defense councils and each state Federal Security agency, Works Propresented its needs and reasons why gress administration and the It should receive priority. National Resour~es Planning board. I m outh · s u . . As a result of the speed up in production, to meet the increased demand for naval vessels, the Flying Fish today was launched several weeks ahead of schedule. In fact much more had been done on the interior than is usually done before 1t will be outfitted. The Harbor patrol kept smaller crafts away from the area in which the submarine was launched · Sponsor of the vessel is the wife of Admiral Husband ·E. Kimmel, 1 commander of the fleet. ber and the :flr~t and primary point of a many-point program under the new Chamber wm be the formation of-a;. Portsmouth ' Community chest. The present Merchants' bureiru , wm become the Retail Merchants' , division under the new group and will be able to function with better results under n permanent ChamPortsmouth is to have a Chamber ber of .Commerce secreta.ry, it is be· of Commerce, headed by Robert J, lleved. Eustace. Plans for this new organi- ! This was reported to the regular za,tion were started at a meeting of i meeting of the bureau by J. D. the Po!ismouth Merchants' bure11.u ' Hartford, president, .':.-peaking for last night. the committee members. Some time ago, •the Merchants• · At the directors' meeting, a rebureau decided that Portsmouth port was given by A. Richard Chase, needed a Chamber of Commerce chairman of the parking and traf· and elected a committee Of six to fic committee, regarding the re· investigate the ·details and decide cent traffic survey, m~de by Pier· pont L. Miner, graduate of the Yale what should be done. Consisting of Richmond P. Mar- 1 Bureau of Traffic research, who 1s geson, Eugene Cummings, A. Rlch- a highway and traffic engineer. Mr. Chase sr..id the survey has ar<!,.?hase, Stowe Wilder, Char!~ H::;.walker an'd R. C. L. Greer, this been completed and will be given grciup went ahead with their in· to the Mayor and the City council ,vestlgation and decided that the city m time for the regular council should have a Chamber of Com- meeting tomorrow night 'merce. They, chose M1·. Eustace, Mr. CUmmings, chairman of the head of the Robert J. Eustace, As- Promotion committee, announced sociation, Inc., and .secretary of that plans are being madE' for $1 POrtsmouth's chamber in 1923, to day activities, .August 7, 8 and 9. · head the new organization. Richard Beane, of the Consoli· Eustace plans to start his pre· dactlon Coal company, was elected liminary surveys; In 1:arJy Septem· to fill the une?Cpired, term of John J. Brown, who.se place he takes 1n that firm and Herman Huntles\ manager of Montgomery Ward;'s wa.s _elected tq fill the term, <# :. ~ .·'i} neth Heuer, /ormer man,11,m;/t;.:;} Merchants ~-\~ Start Fo.rming Local C Of C I �New England Sketchbook First Lilacs in the Western .Hemisphere -;:>"ha · By Jack FROST ·r(. \V ·-~ : - .... . ---·- ·--/: -. . · ,._-::--,..,.·:::;::::~ ....... Portsmouth, N. H. What a lovely town to drive through, abounding in handsome houses and doorways, as unspoiled as the 20th century will permit. Just a bit out of the center of town, left at the library as one drives toward Boston from the city, is Miller av., which leads to Little Harbor. This leads to the Wentworth "Great House," the once 52room home of Gen. Benning Wentworth, that worthy who sent abroad for lilacs which are said to be the first in this hemisphere. At least, when George Washington wished for lilacs he sent up here for them. There are enough fas ci nating facts abou t this amazin g-looking house (it looks as if it had an ell on the top of its roof, the way the slope-roofed · superstructure to the right of the major portion jumps up to the sky) to comprise a book of themselves. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote . a poem, "Lady Wentworth," in which he described this building without having seen it, and when he later viewed it had to change only one line. There was once removed from this structure enough to make another complete house, and it stands today across "Little Harbor" in Newcastle. Behind the portion, left of the sketch, built about 1680-90, were what John T. Coolidge Jr., who lives nearby, said w ere slave quarters. The -quarters had a wee bit of light ·Portsmouth Featured In Sketch Book Port.smoUth wins a prominent part in "Northeast of Boston/' recently published book by Jack Manley Rose and Grace Norton Rose. Mr. Rose is a talented artist, who, with his wife, made a leisurely tour from Boston to Kittery, sketching . as he went. In his drawings he re-captures the historic atmQSphere and quiet charm which have made· the north shore tour from Boston famous for many years. The same couple earlier publi..<hed a similar volume on Williamsburg, Va. Mr. Rose adds much to this compilation of sketches with wellwritten captions which compliment the pictures. Among the landmarks in this ·vicinity which caught ·the artist"s fancy and were published are Strawberry Bank, the Jackson which came, of all thfhgs, from having its floor level below ~he upper termination of · the long wmdows of the lower story, looking oddly now both from above and below. J ohn T. Coolidge Jr., whose father, John Templeman Coolidge of Boston, has owned this big home since 1884, lives in a quaint house nearby which was once the hennery of the larger estate, and perhaps therefore appropriately enough he carves magnificent miniatures in wood of birds of all kinds, especially ducks. His father was son-in-law of the historian, Francis Parkman, who wrote here parts of his "Montcalm and Wolfe" and "A Half Century of Confl ict." house, the John Paul Jones house, the Warner house doorway, Sheafe'.s wharf, Portsmouth's old waterfront restoration, the Jacob Wendell house, St. John's church, the Wentworth Gardner house, the John Langdon house, the Rev. Samuel Langdon house, Port.smouth Athenaeum and the coal wharf (prosaic but not lacking in charm under the skilled hand of the artis t.) Fort Mcclary and Kittery's contribution. Also featured are Boston, Lynn, Swampscott, Salem, Marblehead, Manchester, Gloucester, Cape Ann, E&.ex, Ipswich and Newburyport, Jong renowned in New England maritime history along with New Hampshire's Port City. Heading the author's list of acknowledgements of assistance are the names of Miss Dorothy Vaughan of the Portsmouth Publi~ library and Frank D. Butler, president of the Port.smouth Hiss tor!cal society. h. �0 \,p \ r ,-- --· . ." City Counci~"ti. H. M. ·s. Harlow ] To Consider.··\ Is Celebrating -':5\ ·'~ Birthday Today Water· Report H. M. S. Harlow, local artist, to- Old Trunk Tells Local TaleOf Ranger Sailor Seward ~· v Seeking advice on what she of an undeviating friend. In the ; should do with some historical a.r- Revolutionary War, he .shared in the , day ls observing his birthday. A Unfavorable State Board of tlcles' that she Intends to give to toils, the danger, and honors of i quiet celebration Is . planned. Mr. Portsmouth, Miss M. Ella Seaward the momentous struggle. He served , Health report& on condition of waHarlow's wife is the former Marion 1 of 47 West street, Leominster, Mass., with honor aboard the sloop of war, I ter at fountairl head and at BrackMagraw, daughter of Charles H. called on Mayor Stewart E. Rowe at Ranger and also the orig Mcclary. i ett Springs will be presented to the Magraw. City Hall yesterday. afternoon. "During many years he held the f city council when it meets tonight The three reside at 307 Dennett Miss Seaward has given to the offloe of a Justice of -the Peace, the [ at 7:30: street and a.re interested in PortsAlso scheduled for presentation to : mouth's early history. Mr. Harlow Portsmouth Historical Society at duties of which he discharged with the John Paul Jones house, a small faithfulness and satisfaction. The I the council is a communication , has preserved on canvas/ many de• from the State Board of Health ortrunk which belonged to her great arduous and Important office of ' tails of early Portsmouth. Outgrandfather, Joseph Seaward, who Town Clerk he filled 8 years in sue- i dering the city to provide bathstanding among his work are Portsonce lived in the old Jackson House. cession, and was a member of the i houses, showers and chlorination at mouth Doorways. He has over 50 of -·these paintings of doorways, of The trunk, 7 inches long, 4 inches Washington Chapter1of Royal Arch i the municipal swimming pool on wide, and 2½ Inches deep, is cov- Masons. The remains were interred t I Pierce island if · it wishes to con- , colonial architecture. Over a. year a.i.Qi,, they wei:e on display at the ered with brown, weatherbeaten with masonic honors." , tinue to operate- the pool. sta~,;e library, Concord. leather and is lined with age~yelThe Ranger was built at Kittery Board of Education reports re1 In addition to the doorways he lowed newspaper. On the bottom of - - - - - - -commending city acquisition of the trunk the date 1750 is still legi- and, says Miss Seaward, was the has painted many homes and char- · more land on Parrott a.venue for ble. · first ship to fly the stars and sm-ipes. acters, famous for their connection school purposes will he read as will . Joseph Seaward was an officer on '.!'he fla~ was first seen and saluted with the early days of Portsmouth. a request from the board that the the Bonne Homme Richard under m foreign _waters on Februa:p- 14, ' council accept the budget as oriJohn Paul Jones when the desper- 1 1778, at Qmberon, Franoe, and' John ginally submitted by the school deate battle with the seraphis was / Paul Jones was in command. partment in February. fought off the coast of England. · Joseph Seaward used the trunk A resolution making $700 avail. I to carry watches from England to able for the use of the Portsmouth Following is the notice that was the United states Airport commission ls scheduled for ,placed lz_i the "Portsmouth Journal" Miss Seaward also has Jn her pos- · action. The commission in turn will at the trme of the death of Joseph session a calendar of John Paul . present to the council a request Seaward: "At Portsmoutll, on the Jones in which he writes that Seathat that body instruct the plan19th inst. (Dec. 19, 1822), Joseph ward went to Boston tor 6 uppl1es for ning board to conduct a survey for Seaward, aged 71 years. He mam- the Ranger zoning of the area. around the field. tained through life the character · Councilwoman Mary Dondero said today that she would transmit to the counc!l tonight a. report on numerous complaints she has rel ceived concerning dust conditions originating at the National Gypsum plant. Stowe Wilder was elected ptesi- 1· A request for more time off !or , permanent firemen also is scheduled dent of the Portsmouth YMCA at ' for action tonight. a directors' meeting in the YMCA building yesterday afternoon. Other officers are: Ralph Wood, zoning or the' area around the , vice-president; A. Richard Chase, Port.smouth airport, to protect the : clerk, and Willis G. Symonds, exefield from encroachment by build- , cutive secretary. Attending the meeting were the ing w111 be requested of the city council by the · Portsmouth Airport following directors: A. Rlchard A report on a survey of Ports- ' cerely hoped ·that this survey will i Chase, Bradley M. Clarke, Rev. Wilcommission. mouth's t raff.ic and· parking prob- 1 be of value to you in your plans to I liam Safford Jones, Frank E. PatCommissioners, meeting 1 a.st !em wa.s submitted to the city coun- allevia*..e our present unsatlsfac- ; night, voted to request the council erson: Rev. Arthur A. Rouner, James cil la.~t night by the Portsmouth tory parking and traffic conditions,, 1 H. Smith, Ralph Wood, J, Verne is submitted herewith for , to instruct the Planning board to Merchant:s' Bureau and was refer- and itever and Stowe Wilder. action you· deem advismake a. survey and draw up recom- 1 Wood red to foe council committee on what Considerable time was spent dismend,a,tions for the zoning in co- ; cussing the plans and activities for parking with instructions to report able and necessary." operation with airport manager the coming months. The proposed to the counc!l on the matter as soon Mr. Chase's letter to Mr. ~art- ! Frank Brooks. . ford read as follows: as possible. constitution was reviewed ; it will John Leary Jr., was elected treasComplete tex,t of the report is "As you wlll recall, by vote of be brought up for a vote of accepurer of the commission. printed on page 10 of the paper. the members of the Boa.rd of Direcat a meeting in the fall. Commissioner Brooks was author- 1 tance The survey, conducted by Pier- , tors of the Portsmouth Merchants' J . Verne Wood, Ralph Wood, ired by the group to. represent it In , Chase and Stowe Wilder pont L. Minor, a traffic expert I Bureau, it was decided that a surWashington should the , occasion \ Richard named a committee to review trained in the Yale university Bu- , vey on parking and traffic condl- · arise· and was instructed to keep , were the financial situation and . also to reau for Street Traffic Research, 1' t!ons of the City of Portsmouth 1 In touch ,with federal officials in an , co-operate with the mayor's com- was transmitted to the council by .§hould be one of the projects of a attempt to interest them in the de- ' mittee and the USO representatives. . ,, c1ylf"inature to be considered this velopment of the Portsmouth airStowe Wilder succeeds James H. J. D. Hartford, chairman o! the y (..-tt~· board of directors o! the Merchants' , port. Smith as president. "As Chairman of the Committee Commissioner Brooks. reported to I Bureau who in turn had received it the board that both the present ; from A. Richard Chase, cha.irman of . on Parking and Traffic, under the tenants at the airpor,t, complain that the bureau committee on parking ; Portsmouth Merchants' Bureau, it gives me a great deal of pleasure to the rnnways st!ll a.re rough and in and traff!c. need of repairs. · In his letter •submitting the re- ! submit t.he enclosed survey made by 'By unanimous vot.e of those presport, Mr. Hartford said: I Mr. Pierpont L. Minor. It was de?nt the commission will be repre"There ds no problem more impor- decided to employ Mr. Minor for sented at the next meeting of the tant, nor closer to the hearts of this wor~, knowing that any Sll!_vey city counc!l when, the fate of $500 ' the merchants or any community, submitted by him would be purely appropriated for the airport last 1 than -the traffic and parking prob- of an impartial nature. ''Mr. Minor came to us well rej October and never used by the comlem. It must be admitted by all peo1 commended for this, work because ple irl terested irl business in Portsmission be questioned. mouth, that our traffic a_nd parking of his previous experience a.long The commission voted to instruct problem has been a. serious one, and these lines. He has carried on many owners of two small buildings at of Jong standing. similar surveys since completing his the airport to remove them. "Mr. A. Richard Chase, Chairman graduate studies at the Bureau for Checks for $100 ea.c h we-re received or the Parking and Traffic Com- Street Traffic Research, Yale unifrom warren Scholz and Skyhaven, mittee of the °Ifort.smouth Mef'.:-/ versity." Inc. chants' Bure.au, ha·s submitted to . Present at the meetini were Comme for transmission t& you, a com- 1 m!.ssioners Brooks, Leary, Alvin plete report of tha Park•lng and , Redden and George Sanborn. Traffic Survey, ma.de. by a. graduate o! the Bureau for ;street Traffic Research, Yale university. It ls sin- 1 t ColTlmission Stowe Wilder To Head YMCA :A~k-s Zoning At Airport,~ : Colll'lcil C:1ets Report -4,, On Traffic ~urvey I will ' · I �. · - .\ -- -·c ,01 . . ·S·treet omm1s·s1oners To Hire ·Engineer Tonight ---(\ \ lQ m:·:~~; t~!f f~ici1e~~- ·i~~~:; said we'd have to hire an engineer and! we'd have to hire Paul Howar~;- want to make a correction," oo.i.d Oounci1man Gardner, "I didn't s-a.y that you'd, have to hire anyone." "Good," said Mr. Hett. "I want to ma.ke it plain to the ' Planning board," said Clerk Fran· :;oso, "that if . the right man had got the job (well,-) in t,he first place, we'd have . water running now. He proved there was water there when he went out and got 15 wells in two weeks in the new location." I '1 , The Board of Street commLssion- i an engineer. T'.len Frederick Garders will meet tonight at 7 in city ner hadi told him the boardt would hall to hite an engin1,er to fill out have to act pron:-ptly, and _" that we . . . would have to hire an engineer and Public Works agency apphcations because of the JateneSG We would for federal aid under bill 4545. . 1 have to hire Mr. Howard." Such immediate action was urged , Councilman Gard.ner later said he last night by PWA Project ~ngin- , wa~ted to make a correction, he eer James R. Gardner at a Street : ha, ~•t s,aidi t:Pe board would have commission-Planning board session to hire anyone. Quest.ion Lauman's Bill at the city yard. 1 • Mr. Hett said, "What w!ll Mr. "Portsmouth's most urgent prob- Summoned Howard For Qu~z Lauman's t,ortal bill be, as a rough Jein is water" he said. "Reports to Mr. Hett explained that he'd i estimate?" our office indicate a ,;erious short- i asked Mr. Howardi to the meet- ; "I'm not prepared to say," said age now and with additi-onal homes ing last night to question him. Mr. Howard. it is going to b~ more serious. i After tracing troubles of the "As far as I know, about $19,000," "But $1p0,000,000 will spread pret- board with C. E. Lauman, contract- said Mr. Hett. ty thin over the whole c.;ountry," he !\ or for new wells, Mr. Hett said: "I don't carry the figures in my warned. '"Your applications should ·. "We had a meeting here one night head," explained Mr. Howard, "but be filled out at once, t.or.ight if pos- · with Mr. Lauman and we all agreed the work is being completed below sib!e." that Mr. Lauman wouid finish what the original esl,imate," and you're Although Mr. Gardner said he little he had left on that item, getting 500 gallons a minute inwould "help the board out," he ad~ then he would haul out and some- stead of 350." vised employing an P,·ngineer for one else wouldi take over. This "About the water situation," said technical advice. ' was perfectly agreeable to every- 1Mr. Hett." "Mr, Stevens has had 1 "If it were a question of Jaw," he j one, including Mr. Lauman." a piece in the paper about cutting explained, "you would go to a_lawThen, continued Chairman Hett, 1· down on use of' water. People have ver. It's a question of engineerin~ there were some samples of water ! been calling me up. Did you cut and you should go to an engineer:'.J w_hich everyone looked over that ! down the Wentworth?" Calls It ·Better Business · l117.ht. t· "I aske~ them to," said Mr. Ste1 According to Mr. Gardner the . I heard! Mr. Howard cau ion Mr. vens, "several times. And the fort board's applications would be ac- Pittend lI'aigh to take care of the is using an aVE'.Ia,ge of 253 gallons . water in case we went to court. , a man per day, and I don't call that cepted w1tb sketches ~r maps pr~- Well I couldn't understand w,.," if ' . pared by the city engmeer but "1t • ,..,, conserving." would, indicate better business if t eV1e:ryithing was agreeable and Mr. Mr. Hett said he thought the nd you hired an experienced consult- ' Lauman was going to haul out a Planning board had been Jax in not ing engineer to do the job for you." . someone_ el~ com,? m, this wouJd J' asking him to any of its meetings .. , When Dr. s. F. A. Pickering, ever go mto court. . .. . "Mir clhialnna:ri.t sa\d Counc1!1·chairman of ti: Planning board, At another meetmg in city ha!l, man Gardner, "In regard to the e _ Mr. Hett said he asked Mr. Howard Planning board meetings. Sup. vf!,!U tha~ it would take a new en if he thought there ever would be a peri·ntendent of streets Stevens is · gmeer six weeks to get informa•. t nd Mr Howard had t' t 0 'fill t th d f ~ id p· cour · case a • a member of the Planning board, l<:>n . ou e e rd en~e-a a_ · said "Well you never can tell." and as a matter of fact. none of the plications, Paul Howa of Whit· Aithough Mr. Howar<l ·had seemed ,boards, the Board of Education or m_an & Howard, engmeers for th_e aga·,·nst Mr. Lauman doing the t th t d the· Board of Street commissioners 5 te ci Y on e new wa er ·? _m, sai . work saidi Mr -Hett "he told me be- w~~ 1·11v1·tect to any of the Planning he could get the apphcat1ons in ' ' ·· ' i for the = proper to~m within •w 0 or three ' fore the meeting that t was board meetings. • " -best interests of the city that "However, each me-1:1ber of the th, days at e most. . Lauman should continue· the work." board had to get information from ah:i~; or~~~~~~par:rep8!: "I'm going to suggest to you," said different boelies and the Planning liminary ckawings- of t-he Winnicut Mr. Howard , that some of my c?m· board a.ssumed that Mr. Stevens was river project. petitors are he_1,~ and therefor~ it is acting for the Board of S~reet comMoreover he toid the board it not fair to go mto the matter. I missioners in accumulatmg inforprobab!y c~uld pay hin1 to do this Mr. Hayden and Mr. Carpenter of Imation." . work n ow under the existing con- IHaiyden, Ha.rdmg a nd Buchanan ' "Well," said Mr.' Hett, "I thmk tract for the :new water system. left. that was a pretty poor a.£Sump"I'm ready to start any time you Ition." say" he offe~ct I Showed He Could Get Water I "I don't think it was/' said Mr. , On suggestion · of Clerk America "As, I recall it," said Mr. Howard , ! Gardner. Fransoso, chairman Fred V. Hett, I "at that time Mr. Lauman went, . Jr., then called a special meeting ' of his volition, into location two, : Refer to Files fo, this evening to "get things go- drove test wells an~ showed he •·The!e is 0 n file at the Board __________ ·- - - ~- - _ ___ 1 could get the water. ,. , or street comm1ss1ontrE-' office a ing" and to acquire an engineer. Sa!:d: Superintenden~ Stevens, . I letter of which you had a copy, and John Hayden and George _Car- . believe that at that time we d[S• , which was read to the city council pen_ter of Hayden, Harding & , cussed keeping Mr. Lauman and ' 1explaining what we intended to Buchanan appeared before the ; Toe board agreed It was the best ! do " said Supermtendent Stevens. boa.rd, to 5!!-Y they _would like to be '' thlng to do." ·; . , :'It iS on file down there and I its consultmg engineers. '"Also at that ,meetmg," said Mr. , believe that if it had been read, Explaining that -they had pre- Hett "you (Mr. Howard) told me you would have ha.d some idea what pa~ed PWA applicat~on forms . for that' -due to the increafe in pop:i- was going on." Chico~ and Fall River, they said iation and homes gomg to be bmlt . •·rs it on the rec:>rds?" asked the Portsmouth job could be figured here and for fire_ protection and I ,,Chairman Het~. ( out by new engineers in four or five one thing and another, we fell_ows 1 1 "It's on file/' said su.11erintendays. might trick the government mto I dent ste-vens. "Water"s no my.stery to us," said going out to the Wir:nicut-then "On file!" said Chairman Hett. Mr. Carpenter. , you stopped and, sai·d 'if we could "Is there any record of any invi. get the .government'-" tation ·to meet with the Planning Cha.irman Hett Speaks "I don't recall ' amn .such conver- · board?" asked Chairman Hett, "DO , When last night's m,::eting opened, ..§Rtion,"_ saic:L~r. How:ud. _ _ i you know any reason why the · Chairman Hett saidi ~1e'd cal,~ed it 1 "That's just what I expooted," I I Plannil}g boarcl, should not have w the· board members could learn I said Mr. Hett. , asked the board to meet with it at what's going on." · . j "I don't generally talk about trick- least once?" - "This meeting was railed," said ing anyone," said Mr. Howard. Mr. Atwell interrupted to_say, "I Chairman Hett, beca.use the board , "MJr. Chairman," :said Clerk came up here tonight to l!sten to had no knowledge outs.!de of. what Fransoso, "ro far I think that this the Planning board and not a trial was in' the· paper or just hearsay meeting is out of ord"!r. I thought of every man in the outfit, and if a,b?ut . what was going on." the meeting was called to meet we're not going· to do it, I'm going .. Last week, he said, Ralph Atwell the planning board." back home and play cards." had told him_ he understood . the · Action was then taken which led poa,rd was' go~g to have to hire • , to calling the meeting tonight. I I , 0 • - • I de~! I I I i I �f'Javy .To Spend 8 Millioni Here program submitted to congress. Other large spending proposals In New England include $10,000,000 at South Boston, $2,000,000 at the New London submarine base and $2,200,000 at Boston. A breakdown of the proposed expenditures submitted by the Navy department for the PIOT!j;mouth yard: New construction-Comp 1 et e 1 building of drydock and purchase of one crane, $650,000; net fitting out berths, $1,500,000; utility shop and storage on new fitting out {V pier, $160,000; field offices, tool ~ rooms on new fitting out pier, $120,000; power substation, new fitting · out pier, $300,000; increase steam and electric generating capacity in central power plant, $1,200,000; Improvements to railroad track\s and Additional repair and con- paving, $70,000. Additional rep a 1r facilities-struction facilities at the Weight handling and transporta. Portsmouth Navy yard to tion equipment, $412,000; repairs , cost $8,000,000 are planned and improvements to existing ber.ths, $570,000; complete berth 6, by the Navy department ac- $500,000. • improvements of batcording to an announcement tery overhaul faciHties, $120,000; in Washington today, the As- .extension to inside machine shop, $375,000; portable service equipment, sociated Press reports. $100,000; storage facHitles, $1,100,Portsmouth's eight million is part 000; ex;tend distribution systems to of $27,200,000 the navy will spend repair berths, $450,000; miscellanein New England under a $585,000 ous, $373,000. ,Asks funds For Big• · • · I EXPan SI On Prog ram ) \• �\0 J ablet Marks Building Where Masonic City Pays Tribute To Former Teacher Grand Lodge Was Formed The following resolution In memory, of Miss Bertha A. CClburn was recently passed by the Board of Educabion. It was announced! from the desk of Superintendent of Schools Harry L. Moore this morning. "Miss Bertha A. Colburn, whose cieaLh occurred In Gardiner, Me., April 23, 1941, was for 37 years head of the Kindergarten department il11 the Portsmouth Publlc fchools, Even though slX years have passed since her retirement, the Board of Education h!l.s not forgotten her devotion to the children committed to her care, her keen interest .In their welfare, the high Intelligence brough t to bear u pon eve:-y problem of her department. For these qualities we honor her memory. Let her works praise her m the schools she loved and served with such unswerving loyalty. 'May Jlgh t perpetual shine upon her.' • herlden Smalley, left, and J. B. Ingham, both. member'! of Rising Sun Masonic lodge of Masons of Nashua, place bronze tablet to commemorate the site of the first meeting place of the ew Hamp hire Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, Masons Place Tabl~l On "fa'vern; Scene Of Grand Codge Founding commemorating the founding of f.he Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of New Hampshire in this city 152 years ago. a bronze tablet last week was placed on the fiite of that meeting, the Earl of Hal!fax or William Pitt tavern. Located, at the corner of Atkinson and Court streets, this building, fa.mou old Portsmouth tavern of prerevolution days, has had many interesting meetings. Last June, at the ses ion of the Grand Lodge held in Concord, t11e placing of this marker was authorized and now the building bears a second bronze tablet, the first erected by the DAR. Nashua Men P lace Tablet A. B. Ingham and Sheriden Smalley of Nashua placed the tablet for the Grand Lodge on the building. The former is a Past Mas· ter of Rising Sun lodge No. 39, Na.shua. The Earl of Halifax Tavern was erected by John Stavers in 1767, on a plot of ground purchased from Theodore Atkinson. On a high post on the northea.5t corner was put up the sign, "Earl of Hallfe,x," which had been so conspicuous in front of the former hot.el on State street. During the throes of the Revolution, the sign was re-painted and the name of William Pitt, the great English commoner and friend of colonlsbs' rights, re-placed the Earl of Halifax. Charted by Legislature Representatives of st. John's and St. Patrick's lodges of Portsmouth and Rising Sun lodge, Keene, met at this tavern, July 8, 1879, Gen. John SulJlvan, then president of New Hampshire, was electeditsftrst G.rand Mj.IBte!r. several me tings were held iin the tavern before the officers w~re :lnStalled. The installation ceremony took place April 8, 1770, In the Assembly, room of the State House which wa., then located on the Parade (Market square). The Grand Lodge was charted by an act of the New Hampshire legislature, Dec. 26, 1805, the original charter being signed by John Langdon, then governor The lodge continued to hold its meetings at the Tavern until 1823, when it was voted that all il!ture meetings be heldi in concord. ammunition--s!ihOuld help you lilt heavy pieces fMter!" Anyone and everyone who can drive for collection should be at Tac· cett.a.'s wareho ll5e and garage, Al· bany street, 9 am, tomorrow. Portsmouth's Going To Give Aluminum! ·" City Council Votes To Paint Pillars ' Of Local Library There's none of Shakespeare's "or not to-" spirit in the slogan of Portsmouth's "Clean-Up Alumlnum" drive! It's all "to" give! Tomorrow at 9 am, the house-tobouse canvass starts-60-be prepared. Housewives of Portsmouth-all of them-will answer thcll' bells tomorrow and find Boy Scouts, Motor corps drivers and all other volunteers waitin g on the -teps. Just trY to get rid of them wii;hout donating at least a piece of aluminum. From 9 o'clock until· t.hey are satisfied with results, these collectors wlll use their wiles on bell answerers. Vincent Taccetta, general chairman of the drive, otdaY, announced t.hat a mere 500 or 600 pounds have been collected here. "It should be at least two tons," said 1\lr. Taccetta, surround,ing town-ers have come pouring in with their donations; asked directions of local police and gone to Taccetta's warehouse on Albany street with th~ir one-time l cooking utensils, soon to be made :nto planes, gun-: and all the neces.sary-for-def ense articl~~ that require the precious metal Newington, Rye, Greenland Stratham and Newfields all have helped Portsmouth to have a state-wide quota. •P ortsmouth follls must do even bette ·! Mr. Taccetta's appeal to the Har· bor Defenses has had amazing re- I Observe 150th Anniversary In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Grand Lodge, which wll6 celebrated in thls city with a three-day pro-, gram in 1939, the Grand Lodge met ults and the NavY will not be out· in its original quarters ln the tav- done! ern, and in the setting where the Stir Up Those Kettles organlZIY.tion was first formed, Elks, MOO:Je, Odd Fellows Ro· transacted business in connection tarians, Kiwarus-all of yo~-.stlr with the annlversaT'VI e-11t yourselves tonight and, collect for defense. If you can have it in the warehonuse tomorrow morning, PorLsmouLh will be that much to the gOOd and the other workers can concentrate on a smaller terri· {,o:y, lj All you merchan!.s with t rucks or cars, says Mr. Taccetta. give them to the cause for an h our or eothey can be spared and wh en you hear of the war being won, you'll know you had ;_1,-our part in the victory. Mr. Toccetta. includes every man, woman and c,1lld in P ort&nouth in hi.s appeal for aid so n o one can feel useless. FaLhers, sl.stGrs, brot..1-iers and daughters won't mind if m eals no longer steam away in shiny alumJnum pot6 and pans-they'll taste Just as good, if not better, from any ether kind. And when they realize where the old utensil,; have gone, the:Y 11 feel doubly rewarded. 1\-lr. Taccetta sa,ys, "Come on P ortsmouth. Give, give and then give more. Give wiUI shelves are bare of old aluminum items, Reali· za.tion of what they soon will be tn· corporated inl.o-pla n . gum amt Pilla.rs beside the front doors of the Portsmouth Public library will be repainted. The city councll voted approval at its meeting Monday night after a favorable report on the requesL of the Library trustees was made by Councllwoma.n Mary C. Dondero, chairman, for the committee. A request of Neal R yder of 70 Dennett street to buy a piece of city-owned land near hls home was referred to the city council commitree on Lands and Buildings. To Commission USS Marlin ~'") The new U. S. Submarine Marlin wlll be commissioned at 11.45 tomorrow moming at the Portsmouth Navy yard with Captain J . Brown, USN, captain of the yard, reading the commi.5s1oning orders. Lieutenant George A. Sharp, who commanded t he Sa lvage sllip Falcon during the Squalus raising, wlll itake formal command following the exercises. �Full Text Of Traffic Report -s( . 1 Expe rt Offer s SO Iu t •IO n T0 Port smou th Pro bl em >l<-----,---,-,-----,.,-~-,---------=,--,,,--- - terns as to the distance he is will- Yale University, this pa.st year. Mr. ing to walk from a parking space, Myers' work and t he authorities on the average being approximately 600 which it ls based can fairly be said feet. This being true, rather than to constitute the latest word on t he accept a space beyond what he con- subject. To quote from Mr. Myers : slders a reasonable walking distance, "Snmmary of the Meter Record" the average motorist will drive or . "While t he records of meter percruise many times around city blocks formance and t he resulting influin the hope that a space will be- ence on parking conditions do not Following 1s the text of the traffic approximately as follows: come available. This praotlce greatly all agree, conformity on the followsurvey report presented to the City parking lots • . . . . . . . . 300 increases traffic congestion, and in ing points has been generally conPortsmouth city council last.. night Private garages . . . . . . . . . . 200 addition it ls an added expense to ceded : by the Portsmouth Merchants' Public streets ............. 1,000 the motorist. Actuaj tests have 1. The inste.llation of t he meters bureau: Total 1,600 proven that it costs ll.84 cents to has produced an increase in the car By Pierpont L. Minor Let us consider each of these three drive a medium sized car a.round the t um-over or space occupancy per Introduction parking facilities separately, First average city block." day. the city lots,· one ls located in the There are approximately 100 en2. If t he time Interval of the metPortsmouth, like so many other t to m d 1 f New England towns was not laid block bounded by Congress, Bridge, ranees o ces an P aces o er h as b een properly selected, the out with a motor car in mind. Nat- Hanover, and Vaughan streets, with business on Congress street between meters have reduced the volume or urally the 17th century could not an entrance through an e.lley from Market and Bridge. There are, on cruising traffic that is seeking a street, same anticipate the 20th. As a result, Vaughan street. This lot has a cap- the b same t ki int the lls d area, place to park. modern traffic ls forced to use col- acity of about 140 cars. It ls conven- a ou 120 par ng s a un er pres3 Th t h li tl 1 lent to the shopping area. and as a. ent regulations. Manifestly, if all · e me ers ave s gh Y nonial highways , with consequent consequence is well patronized. It these ste.lls were fllled for the one creased the speeds of the private, congestion. This congestion hurts cannot truthfully be classed as at- hour allowed each, in the nine hours commercial, and mass transportathe business of the city merchants tractive. The e.lley serving as an en- of the average business day, it would tion units in the traffic stream. by rendering it difficult to find a trance has barrels of refuse along mean about eleven cars for each en4. The percentage of illegal parkconvenient parking place on arrival. part of its length. The lot 1s dirty, trance for the entire day. This trade ing violation has been decreased, I understand that Portsmouth is ungraded, and not laid out Into alone would not maintain the mer- and the numbers of enforcement ofthe shopping center for about 60,- parking stalls. It is dusty in dry chants in other words these mer- flcers needed to correctly enforce 000 people which probably means weather, and full of puddles in wet. chants'must draw from ~ther sources parking restrictions ln a given area over 15,000 motor cars. Present It serves because nothing better is beyond the parking place immedi- has been reduced with meter installparking facilities available to the I atlon public in the business area of the offered. The other lot ls south of ately in front of their stores. At 5_ The static or all-day parker city both on street a.nd off street the Central Fire house with an en- present these Congress street stalls who ls reluctant to put his car In approximate 1 600 maximum and trance from Court street through an are occupied at least 90% of the time a lot or garage has completely satthis includes ;uch streets as' Bow, alley, and with ~nother entrance on between 9:00 A. M. and 6:00 P. M. urated the areas adjacent to t he Linden, and others not particularly Parrott avenue. This area has a The police of!lcers are doing th e motor zones. The people and abutconvenient to the motorist. These slightly larger capacity than the b_est they can to enforce th e parking ting owners in these locations have figures indicate that parking is a other but is located over three time limit, but th ey seemb;? nee~he rapidly found themselves subjected very major problem. The local au- bloc~ from Congress street and us- support of vigorous pu IC op on to the same conditions that were thoritles have worked towards solv- ually not used to anywhere near that realizes th at parking must be prevalent ln the areas with the metIng it by restricting certain streets I capacity It does not have quite such \ handled for th e, general! purl!~ g1od ers. Like waves spread from a stone as to time and space. These restrlc- a dirty ·alley for an entrance, but and not for any specif c 5 ng e n- thrown into water, this reaction has tlons are helpful but frankly need a does share the other disadvantages terest. _ _ _ . moved in ever expanding circles. stronger public sentiment behind of dirty surface and lack of plan- I. PARKING . There ls much to be said in favor their enforcement to be really ef!ec- nlng. B-Recommendabons of installing meters in all areas st tlve. It 1s always difficult in a city Second, Private Garages Fir st, us~ every effort to rongly where restricted time parking ls reof this size to strongly enforce trafThere are two good sized ones enforce eX1Stlng regulations and ~o quired This leads to t he converse fie law&, as the friendship element conveniently marked, near Congress back up enforcing officers In th8 r that 1! parking meters are not re: enters into the picture far more street. Their rate ls 25c for two work. . on quired, then restricted time parking than in a larger community. This is I hours, 5c per hour thereafter. These I Second• th at th8 present u lot lev- Is not required. There ls little doubt st not Intended as any reflection what- , garages would not appeal to the av- Vaughan reet be cleaned P, t but that the meter greatly aids police soever upon the officers on the erage short time parker on the re.tel elled 0~ • e.nd If not surf;:~1the~ enforcement and produces a parknd nd st street who are doing their best in question alone. Their service ls more lea oiled a sa ed. . ' ing t ime pattern t hat more nearly th ~t this lot be extend8 d th rough to ' coincides with the established time a very difficult situation. to the long term tenant. It 1s said that Portsmouth is a Thi d Th St t 8 Bridge street by t he purchas e of li it If t ffl . "bus town". Certainly evidence r ' e ree lots No. 29 and No. 30 on the Asses- m · ra c control devices are The parking capacity of the streets ., P of Bridge street which to be of value in the movement and i th Ab 1600 busses in the defined business area was sot s ma po n ts a t way. ou t control of the traffic stream then leave Market Square every day. This given as about 1000 From this total two lots and buil dlngs th ereon are I these devices must be respected b use of th e center of Market Square we can normally ta.ke 240 as repre- as~essed at $4,200 · Thi!\ would per- the motoring public A posted i Y F.S a bus terminal means that pasti th t Otal It mit all entrances and exits on d ti · s gn Bengers entering or leaving the-vehl- sen ng e capac Y of Bow, Bridge street and at the same time es Igna ng a parking time that is cles must find their way through Linden, Chapel, Deer, and Court give some small additional area. not ~nforced breeds contempt for all the motor traffic passing through streets, as t?ese streets are, by re9-" Further, that the plan of parking t:affic control devices. If a parking the Square. So far the accident rec- son or th8 ir location, outside tt.ie be outlined on the ground by white time limit of one hour ls required ord has been excellent, but it ls . usual parking area alth0 ugh used m markings of a type depending on then th at limit should mean exactly doubtful 1f that record can continue. very extreme cases. With th ese the surface treatment applied. The one hour, and any device which will Certainly the terminal question de- streets out we have a capacity of lot south of court street should operate to insure that the time limit serves consideration. about 760 stalls available. Now, lf likewise be cleaned up and marked. is respected_should be seriously conUnder the heading of traffic in , all these stalls were used uniformly Third, that parking meters be in- sldered. With a meter the t!me limit general will be discussed signs and at all hours of the business day, and ste.lled on the following streets be- starts _to be measured the mmute t he markings one-way streets truck all restrictions as to time were tween points indicated and in the coin is inserted, while under t he routes, ~tc. Traffic conditions in strictly enforced, Portsmouth would areas of such ' streets where parking method of chalk-marking the auto Portsmouth are not easy of solution, be a long way toward the solving of ls now permitted. congress street, tires, the policeman may mark the and whatever steps are taken in that Its parking problem, but, of course, Daniels street, Market street from car after It has J:>een parked for direction will requll'e the cooperation any such idea Is utterly fantastic. Bow street to state street, state hours. Then, too, it must be noted of the public through that public We are faced with the desire of from Middle sti·eet to Penhallow that chalk-marking breaks down alcoming to the understanding of the every motorist to park on Congress, street, Penhallow street, High street together in wet weather. On the j reasons for the actions taken. Daniels, and Market streets, or Im- between congress and Hanover, other hand, the meter ls always I. PARKING mediately adjacent thereto. Fleet street between state and Han- there to see that the imposed time A-Present Situation At thls point I wish to quote from lover Vaughan street between State limit ls being respected. It Is beThe present situation as stated the records of the New England and' Hanover, Chestnut street be- lleved that this principle of meterin the introduction permits that Management Association, Boston, Itween congress and State street, Ing at all places where restricted transient parking of about 1,500 cars Mass. 1939. IBridge street between Congress and ,parking has been proven to be , in the business district using all 1Hanover, and Middle street between necessary will, in general, tend to means open to the public. The busi- "Cruising" congress and state street. In advo- reduce the restricted curb space. ness district will be designed as the "In e.lmost 1111 of the concen- eating the installation of these metIt Is believed that with the gradarea bounded by the westerly side' trated central business districts, ers I will quote at length from the ual Increase in registrations and reof Bridge street and Middle road on where park!ng space is in great de- excellent treatise on this subject, sultlng increases in the traffic the west, the south side of Oourt mand, the motorist drives or cruises entitled, "A Rational Approach to stream, that curb parking ls an instreet on the south, and including around the various streets trying to the Installation of Parking Meters" efficient and low grade use of highly the city parking area. in the rear of find curb parking space that will be written by Mr. Dwight T. Myers, ve.lued public property, The trend is the Central Fire station, the east near enough to his ultimate destln- now Traffic Engineer of Johnstown, definitely toward the off street lot side of Bow street, and Market atlon, Statistics definitely prove Pennsylvania, while he was making and garage, and this trend has restreet on the east, and the north that the motorist or prospective a special study of the subject at the I solved itself into a stage developline of Deer street on the north. shop er follows ve definite t1at- Bureau for s et Traffic Researc ment of whlch the parking meter is o only an incidental part. I I I 1 �The parking meter, in the final analysis, Is only a mechanlcal device to aid the enforcement of parking. I! it is possible for a city to be made one way westbound and that state street be made one way eastbound, east of Market square. It would greatly aid traffic on Congress street 1f no left turns were maintain a sufficient police force to permitted from Congress street beenforce adequately the existing regtween Market street and Middle ulations, then the meters are not street. The blocks here are not long, needed. But the financial condition and in my opinion, no undue hardof most cities has necessitated a re- B-Rccommendatlons ship would be imposed on the motorduction 1n the police man power and It ls recommended that the city the meters have been a valuable start negotiations for a union bus ist were this regulation installed. It substitute and aid In the absence of terminal. Further, that said termi- ls further recommended that a an adequate police force. However, nal be located at the west end of traffic light be installed at Conthe meter itself ls useless and has the Memorial bridge and eastward gress street and Fleet street synchrolittle effect without enforcement. through from Bow street to Chapel nized with the one at Vaughan The meter only makes it possible for street behind the Army and Navy street. At present, traffic at the a higher degree of parking enforce- building. The site is now occupied Congress-Fleet street corner seems to have difficulty at crowded periods. ment to be maintained with a by a brick tenement facing the The use of space of the public streets smaller number of police officers, Bridge on Bow street. In the rear of but at a greater cost to the motor- this are some old barns and a small and carrying on private business, such as lunch cars, should be disist." dwelling. This location has these Fourth, that Portsmouth consider advantages. First, it would permit continued. If such a privilege is acquiring property at the north end the proper handling of traffic at the granted one person, it ls difficult to it to others. As to truck routof Fleet street in the area bounded square. Second, it would permit one refuse by Hanover, High, Deer, and way operation of all traffic west ing, it is apparently impossible to Vaughan, sufficient to park another bound on Daniels street, and east compel through trucks to by pass Portsmouth by way of the new bridge 200 cars. Property of the necessary bound on State street east of Mar- as long as this bridge requires a toll. size in this area is carried on the ket street. One way opera- That by passing is the real solution Assessment Books at about $26,000. tlin would permit parking on both Further, that a small fee be charged sides of Daniels street and State of the truck routing problem and here and at the Vaughan street lot. street. Busses going east would fol• untll some means can be found of This fee should be less than the one low State street to Ohapel, then into bringing this about, the city will, at the meter so as vo induce the use and through the terminal and out apparently, have to endure the of the lot rather than the street. on to the Memorial bridge. West trucks. For example, if the meter was 5c per bound busses would cross the bridgE, IV SUMMARY hour, the lot could be 2c with an pass through lhe terminal, thence As stated in the letter of transall day rati: of 10c to 12c. These by Chapel and Daniels street.s 1,, , mittal the financial aspect of the fees should cover operating expenses and through the square. Local btl:i- traffic question has been kept in and upkeep. This Fleet street area ses could pass through the squa!'e mind in this report. For that reason was selected as a desirable location stopping at the curb at areas every effort has been made to use because it is near two large traffic marked and reserved for them. In existing facilities wherever possible generators. It is about 200 feet from using Daniels and State street, they and to avoid any plans for new the rear entrance to an "A & P would, of course, follow the one-way streets or other items involving large Super Market," and about 600 feet rule. The objection will probably be immediate outlay. The largest item from the front enLrance to a "First raised that the proposed terminal suggested ls the Fleet street parking National Store" of the same type. It site ls too far from the business dis- lot. If it is decided to carry out this is one block from Congress street trict and will injure the trade of project, and I hope it will be so and is in a district where, in my very few records are available as decided, the financing would require opinion, a clean, well conducted the local merchants. Unfortunately detail study. It ls an element that parking lot would improve rather very few records are available as warrants consideration in any list of than injure the surrounding prop- to how much trade the merchants Portsmouth improvements. receive from the busses. Certainly The proposed bus terminal should erty. the length of stop forbids any not be a financial burden to the city Summary of Parking lengthy shopping. There would be as the operating companies would Recommendations nothing to prevent the merchants either by rental or by direct ownFor Present Action "A" Enforce existing regulations. dealing in such articles as quick ership, carry that load. I realize ths.t I "B" Clean up and surface exist- lunches etc., from setting up stands this bus question is a very controeither as concessions in the proposed versial one with plenty of arguing public parking lots. "C" Consider metering of Con- terminal, or 1n nearby stores. Inci- ments on all sides. To me the quesdentally, the proposed terminal is tion of safety· ls paramount and I gress and adjacent streets. "D" Take steps to acquire proper- an easy two to three minute walk hope that it will not take a serious ty on Bridge street adjoining pres- from Market square. Another ques- accident to prove that the center of tion will arise, "why a.re you not Market square should not be a bus ent parking lot. simply moving the danger point?" For Further Action terminal. Consider acquisition and develop- The answer ls that under the proTo .conclude, may I recommend ment of a new parking area at the posed set-up with the busses passing that Portsmouth develop to the utthrough the block, a single station north end of Fleet "Street. most, its present parking facilities can be set up with stations on each as indicated herein, that it exLend side and no passengers be obliged II BUSSES those facilities at the north end of to cross a traveled path. It is most Fleet A-Present Situation street, that it plan with the earnestly recommended that this As previously stated, Market bus companies for a union terminal, union terminal receive the fullest squai-e is a bus terminal for about and that above all, the traffic ques150 trips per day. Both through and consideration and public discussion. tion be kept under constant study local cars stand in the square for III GE ERAL by the Merchants' bureau or other various periods of time. The through l'epresenta.tlve body so that the citv REOOMMENDATIONS Grey Hound busses stop ten min· A-Signs and Markings may keep abreast of the demands utes. It ls not at all uncommon for UDOll it, The matter of signs, both street five or six busses to be in the square and traffic should be thoroughly at one time. once, nine were count- overhauled. Many of the street ed. Passengers leaving or boarding signs missing and other damaged. these cars cross the space between As toare parking signs, apparently the bus and the sidewalk at all sorts those now in service have been up of angles at any point on the for many yea.rs. Like the street square, and are subject to constant signs, some are missing and others danger as they dodge through the damaged. They should be replaced traffic stream. The City may well with modern signs showing the congratulate itself that no serious parking instructions to the oncoming accidents have occurred. This ex- car so that the driver of the car cellent record in the past ls no guar- does not have to pull abreast of the antee for the future, however, and sign before being able to read it. In raclc ls steadily Increasing as the matter of markings, a whole new defense program grows and as the the job needs to be done. Restricted summer population is added. The areas at corners, loading zones, bus use of the square as a bus terminal forbids the proper regulation of pe- stops, and especially parking stalls destrian traffic, as no definite cross- should be painted just as soon as Ing lines can be laid down and no money and men are available. This work in signs and markings aids the safety islands installed. and creates in his mind the In addition to the question of motorist, hazard to the pedestrian, no proper impression of a smart and up-tochannels can be laid down for the date town. It ls almost a necessity motorist who seems to cross the to the enforcing of!lcers. square at almost any angle he or B-Routing she wishes. With busses eliminated, In discussing busaes, recommendaa safety island could be installed tion was made that Daniels street and crou walks marked for pedes• trlans. This safety island would also separate and guide motor traffic. To sum up the use of the square as a bus terminal ls a definite hazard and prevents the proper handlln of both pedestrians and motor traffic. \ �Their Cupboard Is Bare though, they meant help and the louder they grew, the happier I felt. If I'd needed a trailer, I 'd have enjoyed it." As the heap of aluminum g1•ew some dull, some burnished, Mr. T accetta. said, ''It looks like a. lot and we have our two tons, but I hope up" drive people won't feel they are up' drive people won't feel they are through giving. If it were twice all much, it wouldn't be enough." Remember, don't be an aluminum hoarder-not, at lea.st, until defense concerns have all they can use and mor el Forts Give Aluminum'1t3 1 Officers and men at the Har• bor Defenses today made a splendid contribution to the Portsmouth "Clean-Up-Aluminum" drive, Chairman Vincent Taccetta a.nnounc1d. The appeal for their 11,ld in the drive was made by Mr. Tao• cetta to Colonel Walter K. Dunn, commandlnr officer at the forts, when the campaign first started. The chairman also stated that donations from neighboring towns are still coming inHampton announced today that their metal will be dellvered to Taceetta•s Albany street wareihouse later in the week, The committee asks that everyone finding aluminum eliher deliver it to the warehouse or call them to have it collected. ''We'll go over the top before we stop asking," said Chairman Taccetta. Mrs. Vincent Taccetta and Peggy Ann Taccetta. wife ~d d3ughter of Vincent Taecetla,, general chainna.n of Portsmouth's "Olean-Up Aluminum'' drive. eleaned out their cupboards a.nd storerooms today-to furnish aluminum for National Defense and to start the .kettle mlliDg. Left to rirht: Pergy nu, s. Ta-0 tta. and Lewis McNeil, son of Councilman Lewis McNeil, whose arms they filled with pots, pans and spoons, Portsmouth Folks Give, Then Give Some More ~s Aluminum Collectors Surrou~d Their Doors ---------,.,...,..-,,~~ '. -,,.=,......,"' Portsmouth 's "Clean-Up Alumin- , num" drive today may have been a lot of work for a lot of people, but, according to Vincent Tac~tta, genera! committee chairman, it was worth it. For Portsmouth folks gave, then gave some more. As local Boy Scouts, Red Cro.ss Motor Corps drivers, mem)>ers of local fraternal organizations and innumerable other volunteers started out this morning morning from Ta.ccetta's warehouse on Albany street, promptly a t 9 o'clock, donatlons of aluminum already were beIng received. Pots, pans and all sorllS of cooking utensils, some pract ically in the heirloom category, now await shipment to smelting foundries. Emerging in their final statie, they'll be alrpla.ne parts, tools, ammunition and guns-all for the defense of democracy. Mr. Taccetta, deola-red bls pride in Portsmouth people who so nobly responded to the 01111 for tJ1e now-precious metal. He said, ''But I'm not as proud 1U1 the givers should be. It sounds like n. simple sacrifice, but the need Is great and everyone who glves does a. great thing In detense of this crountry 11nd the Allies. :told F reeman; (trucks) Joseph CofWhen the drive starred th! morn- fey, own truck; Donald Poor, Maing, doorbells through the city peal- plewood Nurseries ; Rod McKen zie, ed. Answering the demll,nd, house- Margeson's; w. H. Chick, NH Gas wives found Scouts and other col- and Electric Co.; Mr. Adams, Boxer lectors on the steps, U1eir hands Furniture Co.; Fred Gray, own ready to take any and all offered . H ood d H C objects truck; Russell arw an . . Seld~m did they turn them down Wilson, Coleman and Taccetta; - then, only when the household American Red ~ Volunteer Mo: truly offered no aluminum, or only tor corps drivers. Mrs. H, A. Little aluminum that was still in use and field, Mrs. Robert Bamberger, ~iss couldn't be spared. Naturally en- Helen souter, Mrs. Frank Milan, ough, the committee didn't expect Mrs. Edward T. Wendell. any articles that would require exIncluded in the Boy Scouts; Al• penditure to replace. fred Lingham, Edgar Anderso?, But people were surprised at what Harold Whitehouse, George Davis, they could find that wasn't needed. Alphonso Cabrera, Alfred Labearge, Attics cellars, barns, sheds and Herman Down, James Heffern9:n, clo.se~ yielded long-forgotten ob- Ba.rt and Richard Dalla Mura, Ph1ljects that m ay well tum the tide Ip Bromfield, Harry La~erbµsh , of oresent emergency conditions. Charles Harmon, John Rtchar~s, Young people evoked memories ofr Charles, Verne and George BenJa. min Donald Boule, Harold Clark, childhood, as they found school day Cha~les Cooney, Arthur and Paul toys, dolls' pots and pans and other Sperry, Adrian Frenette, Louis treasures. Fiorello, Bruce Cornell, Cornelius As one young girl expre,s.sed it, Hobbs, Ronald Pecunis, Dana Free"Never did it enter my mmd as I man W111lam La Lancette Richard 'cooked' my dolls' meals in these McNeil, waiter Hllliard, Raymond that they would one day help in Guyer and Jackie Coakley. Buddy t.he manufacture of planes. But now and Bobby Taccetta. also helped. they will and I am glad I kept Drivers of cars and trucks aiding them." . in the collection claimed that it Drivers included: (private cars) was one time when rattles were welFnnk Lawrence. Mrs. Vincent Tac- come. One truckman was overheard cetta, Mrs. Margaret Taccetta, Mrs. exclaiming, "Rattles usually bother Marcia Ada.ms ohn Phelps, Har• me. They mean trouble. This time �City's 1941 Budget 25. Tota.I Appro, !or 707,205 Munlclp&l Purposes ~ County Tax 27 Total !or All Purooses 28 Less Estimated Revem19 572."859.83 e68,533.80 112,984.68 110,973.63 685,844.51 779,507.43 79,000.00 - - - -. 29 Amount to be r&lsed by ta.x, 606,844.51 707,l05.4J NOTE: Numbered lj;gms below 6how details of above l!!Utnm&ry. Missing numbers lndlc&te Item complete In eummary. 1 APPRAISERS 2 memb.m. $2,000.00 $2,000.00 1 clerk 2,200.00 2,200.00 Office exp, 1,400.00 3,191.50 cens\.18 Fire department, f4a,921.60 fuextra permanent man; increases to men and $16,500 less $1,500 made available from bond J..s:sue. Police department, $47,753.33, in1,000.00 crease $2,553.58, includes cost of TOTAL ~.600.000 $8,391.50 two men added this spring and new cruising car. 4 SALARIES Old Age assistanoe $11,000 up M&yor $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $3,300 from las year. ==-=""'------------Public Buildings and Places is $8,Olerk 2,200.00 2,200.00 997.43; increased $159. O ~:.ts~~er Public Library ls $8,500 up $1085.5 Messenger 1,300.oo 1,300.00 to offset loss in income on investSollcltor 1,200.00 1,200.00 I\. ments and added funds needed for i,, i technical magazines and books. Street Lights are $26,625, an 111TOTAL $14,300.00 $14,300.00 ci•ease of $2,625 including new traf1 fie light control boxes. 5 GENERAL EXPENSE Poor Department ls $23,335, an Supplles $1,800.00 $1,800.00 of $335. 365.00 First and second readings were 'given the $707,205.43 increase The contingent fund has been M&yor'a Incld. 2,000.00 · 1,000.00 Portsmouth Appropriation bill for 1941 at a meeting of the set at $20,000, an increase of $18,000 250.00 lfi~e 360.00 over last year. Reason for this as C1erfca1 6,400.00 city council last night, following a two and a half hour given 6,598.00 by Frederick D. Gardner, Vital St&tlstlcs aoo.oo 800.00 session of the Finance committee, which discussed it in de- chairman of the finance commit---tee, to the council Ia.st night, is that TOTAL $12,325.00 $11.173.00 tail before approving it for submission to the counci~. with so many new problems ere- s FINANCIAL Bonds Ma.tur, $62,000.00 $41,000.00 al ed daily by national defense, the Third and final reading o! the bill f Total savings on the five jte Interest 16,717.50 15,532.50 ms cltv must have emergency f un ds Dist. Rev. Notes 195.00 500.00 Is scheduled for the next regular amount to $10,718.06. available. Dist. Taxes 2,100.00 2,000.00 meeting of the council, Friday, AugFive other items are unchanged A tabulated comparison will be I Exp. Prev, Notes 200.00 200.00 ust 1. -general salaries $14,300; MuniciTOTAL $81,212.50 $711,232.50 This year's appropriation is an pal court expense, $2,600; Weights run in tomonow\s Herald. 40 19 Increase of $100,360.92 over the . 1 and Measures, $500; Memorial day, budget. Until the Board of Appra.1s- 1 $200; July 4th, $600. Total uncbang7 FIRE DEPARTMENT ers :finishes its listing and tabula- ed $18 200. Ohle!':; sal&ey $2,100.00 $2,241.67 lat Assist. 1,800.00 1,941.66 tlons, (expected wi thin a day or Incr~ases among the 16 ! the 2nd .A6slst. 200.00 200.00 two) necessary veluatlon~1n wri~h 24 major items vary from $40 for 25.00 Clerk 25.00 the. tax rat~ is ba:i that~~ rat! jury '!xpense • to $27,417.76 increue Perm. Men 11,900,00 13,683.27 available. It 1S expec h for schools C&ll Men 4,4()0.00 4.540.00 200.00 Supplies 200.00 will b~ ai::inounfinceald shor~~v~ft~~ th: Schools last year were $212,101.38 250.00 OM &nd 011 200.00 council gives app and thill year are $239,519.14, In- 1 250.00 M&lnten&nce 250.00 ----. Electricity 300.00 300.00 budget on Aug~s\ \ night by the creases ihcluded about $8,000 more In order that every taxpayer may- - Also appro".e as d iven its first for instructional expense; $4,000 Telephone finance g~mrn~ttet'.h!nco~ncil was the more for plant operation; $8,000 know exactly how his tax dollars ~~ , 40.00 twotereaD !?is t Yent 1941 appropria- moi:e for alterations to buildings are to be spent, The Portsmouth 40 00 Jn~ld. Exp, 175.00 200.00 Wa. r e_Par m 389 93 and new equipment and a decrease Herald ls printing the complete 1941 Insurance 750.00 aoo.oo tion totalmg $167, · i 11 along of about $1,000 in anticipation tui- budget and with it the 1940 budget Hose 500.00 Increases are genera a a- tion credits and other general in- for comparison. th As the Portsmouth City council, ~!meta ~ .oo the line among e twot doze; m creases of about $5 000 These inP&~ng 125.00 jor items of the budge ' an ;ven creases reflect the iiicr;ased popu- at its meeting Monday night, expressed hope this could be done, Old L&dder Repair 125.00 estimated . re~~u~ t d;=, 5 {~~ Jatlon and crowded conditions o! The Portsmouth Herald ls glad to New L&dder •15,000.00 $79,000 estrma t m as d the present system De!enee School____ ioo.oo get to $72,500 this year or a eSecond largest ~crease. ls the do it as part of its civic service to Total 123,800.00 $42,921.60 crease of $6,500. Highwa_v department which was the community. -J. D. Hartford, Publisher. •Actual ooet •ie,500; $1,500 supplled $78,485.75 and this year is $101,by bond IMue. Sa.ve On Elections Largest saving this year ls the 543.68, or an increase of $23,057.83. GENERAL SUMMARY 1941 1940 8 FIRE ALARM election cost of $5,000. Another de• These increases include about $7,• 1 Appr&lsers $5,600.00 $8,391.50 $750.00 Salary $600.00 crease ls the county tax from $112!- 000 in payroll; $1,200 in mainten2 Jury Drawing 60.00 100.00 1,275.00 400.00 Repairs, Const. 984.68 last year to $110,973.63 this ance; $4,000 more (from $6,000) for 3 Electlo!J.S 5,000.00 60.00 96.00 Electric Power 4 S&larles 14,300.00 14,300.00 100.00 Blowing Whl8tle year or a decrease of $2,011.05 and snow removal, $8,000 for two new 5 Oen. Expense 12,325.00 11,173.00 22.52 23.52 Time Blgna.111 a decrease of $1,9~0 in financial ex- trucks, and about $6,000 in other 6 Fln&nclal 81,212.50 79,232.50 15.00 Incl!!. Exp. minor increases of the department. 23,800.00 42,921.60 7 Fire Dept. 637.00 New Fire Boxes pense as there are $1,000 less in Parks and playgrounds increased 2,780.52 8 Fire Alnrm 1,197.52 bonds maturing and interest is cor• from $4,625 last year to $7,584.20 9 He&lth 2,600.00 3,050.00 $1,197.52 $2,780.&2 TOTAL 10 Munlclpa,I Court 2,600.00 2,600.00 respondlngly less. with the increase.s including about · 11 Police Dept. 45,199.75 47,753.33 9 HEALTH 23,000.00 23,335.00 Financial costs last year were $81,- $1,500 work on the baseball diamond 12 Poor Dept. $1,800.00 $1,800.00 Physician repairs to bleachers, skatlng rinks 13 Old Age Assl6t. 7,700.00 11,000.00 212.50 and this year a.re $79,232.50, 100.00 100.00 Other Membel'II 14 Publlc Bldga. & at Memorial Park about,$1,000 more 200.00 eoo.oo Plumbing Inap, General expense ls reduced from 8,997.43 Place 8,838.43 400.00 400.00 Meat Jnap. and: general increases about $500, $12,?25 to $11,173, or a saving of 15 Publlc Llb~&ry 7,514.50 8,500.00 150.00 100.00 Supplies Other 1941 budgets and their in- 16 Htghwny Div. '18.~5.75 101,543.58 $152. Miscellaneous expenses, last 7,584,20 17 P&rks, Pl&yg'ds, 4,525.00 creases lnoludea,: Appraisers, $8,year listed for $9,500, are this year t2,600.00 '3,050.00 TOTAL 18 School Dept. 212,101.38 1!39,519.14 listed for $8,025 or a saving of 391.50; increase $2,791.50; Includes 19 Street Llghte 26,625.00 24,000.00 added office expense and •1.000 20 Welghte, Meaeur• 500.00 10 MUNICIPAL COURT $1,575. 500.00 Justice $1,800.00 $1,800.00 21 Memorial D&y 200,00 200.00 cer.sus. 200.00 Aas. Juatlce 200.00 eoo.oo 22 Fourth o! July 600.00 600.00 Olerk 60.00 8,025.00 23 Mbcellaueoua 9,500.00 24 Contingent 2,000.00 20,000.00 Final Reading By City Council Slated August 1 Expenses Increase $100,360.92 Over 1940 Appropriation crease $19,121.60; includes ~:m:gg trioi::gg ~~-~:~ior f:ggg:gg I ~~J'~~!. ~~re f:ggz:gg ~:gg ~~g:: Details 011941 -s ~ Budget Revea led ~:g:: ~g:gg l,m:: is I TOTAL p,eoo.oo t2,600.00 �\ \ II\ 11 POLICB DBPABTMBN1' Oommlsaloners $300.00 Olerk 50.00 Marshall 2,400.00 Aaalat. Jo(arsbal 2,200,00 O&pt&ln 2,100.00 Impeotor . 2,100.00 Patrolmen 32,220,00 Telephone 800.00 Maintenance 800.00 Sundries 500.00 Special Police soo.oo Imur11nce 900.00 New Equip, 731.25 TOTAL $45,199.75 $47,753.33 12POOR DBPARTMENT Food 6,100.00 Shelt'.lr 2,620,00 Olothlng 214.00 Fuel 1,304,00 Med. Care BM,00 Hoep. Exp, 1,093.00 Oas, light, water 25.00 Ca.sh allow. 200.00 Board, care 5,317.00 other 621.00 Indirect Relief 100.00 overseer 1,200.00 Inveatlgators 2,041.00 Olerical 1,099.00 omce Tel. 50.00 Supplies 100,00 Misc 91, 50.00 TOTAL t3()0.00 50.00 2,400.00 2,200.00 2,100.00 2,100.00 34,553.33 800.00 700.00 -900.00 200.00 900.00 -750.00 $23,000,00 $5,000.00 3,000.00 100.00 850.00 800.00 3,000.00 50.00 800.00 6,000.00 500.00 1,200.00 1,143.00 1,002.00 50.00 100.00 50.00 ~.335.00 14 PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PLACES City Hall, Sup. $500.000 $60().00 C. H. Repairs 625.00 625.00 0. H. Fuel 890.00 900.00 0. H. LlgM 590.00 '150.00 C. H. ~bor 0 . H. Mlsc. Cemeteries Care of Olooks- In.aura.nee Bell Ringers Incld. Exp, TOTAL 936.00 200.00 175.00 350.00 3,944.43 · 28.00 600.00 tll,838.43 15 PUBLIC LIBRARY Salaries $5,575.00 New Books 1,000.00 Blndlllll 400.00 Perlodlcala ~00.00 Supplies 275,00 Heat 504.50 Light Oaa Waw. Incld. Repairs Equipment 200.00 15.00 20.00 Ul5.00 550.00 200.00 175,00 350.00 3,944.43 28,00 875.00 tll,9117.43 '5,7'15.00 1,2,W.OO 450.00 250.00 275.00 539.50 225,00 15.00 20.00 125.00 85,50 Total Income 1'unde $8,314.50 800.00 $9,000.00 500.00 Net Total $7.514.50 $8,500.00 16 HIGHWAYS Street Oom. 475.00 , 475.00 1,750.00 Superlntenden11 1,750.00 Admln, 6,6'10.00 M0!75 Clerical ~2.00 Oft. Bzi,, 420,00 520.00 Street Payroll 12,700.00 15,977.82 11,844.50 St. Cleaning Col. Aehee 7,300.00 9,402,50 Incinerator Opr, 11,800.oo IJ.486.02 Incln, Repair& 400.00 1 1,500.00 Tree Bxp. 1,200.00 2,000.00 Suppllee 1,400100 Tools .,; lllqulp, 1,400,00 1,400.00 1,200.00 Repalro 1,700.00 5,500.00 Road Mat. 9,000.00 1;200,00 Aspba.lt Plant 1,500.00 250,00 Stable Maint. 200.00 3,800.00 Oaa & 011 3,800.00 3,700.00 other M&ln, 3,700.00 4,217.20 Sewer lll&lnt. 3,000.00 Signs & Painting 250.00 1,100.00 Snow Removal 11,0QO.OO 10,000.00 3,500.00 Imurance 3,000.00 1,000.00 Sidewalks Main. 800.00 1,500.00 Sldewalka Const. 550.00 500,00 Bridges 500.00 Sewer Survey City Yard Roof !390.00 7,608.04 2 Trucks 1,000.00 State Aid Roads 1,000.00 TOTAL Tot.a.I Lees Revenue $233,923.38 $260,319,14 21,825.00 20,800.00 liET 006T $212,101.38 $239,519.14 •NOTE-Tot.a.I auperlntendent's 11111- 1 ary $5,100; Stl.te pan t2,000. 19 STREET LIGHTS Strfft light.II $24,000.00 $26,000.00 Traffic boxee 1125.00 'l'OTAUI t24,000,00 ~6.625.00 20 WBIGBTl!I AND MEASURES Se&ler Expense TO'l'AL $400.00 100,00 '5QO.OO U MISCBLI.ANBOUS $600.00 4,000.00 1,100,00 3,000.00 800.00 .600.00 800.00 2,000.00 3,000.00 800.00 700.00 $9.500.00 $8,035.00 21 ESTIMATBD UVENUB tl,500.00 l"lnes & Coeta 3,000.00 In.t. Taxes 3 200.00 Licenses :.1(),000.00 Auto Reg. 100.00 Tax Deeds $1,500.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 20,000.00 General WPA & Other ParkltUr SeaC08St Reg, Pool I Airport swun. TOTAL State Credit.II 47,750.00 550,00 Mlscel. Waw Dept. Jut. 2,000.00 TOTAL 500.00 43,950.00 550.00 $'19,000.00 t72,500.00 Street Board $4,525.00 $7,584,20 .2Af Decides To Wait On $1,200 Claim After C. E. Lauman of the C. W. Lauman company and Paul Howard of Whitman & Howard have conferred together\on "bookkeeping records," and with City Solicitor Oscar Neukom on legal technicalities, the Board of Street commissioners will act on a $1,200 disputed well claim. This the board decided last night in city hall after reading letters from Whitman & Howard, engln• eers for the city, and from City Solicitor Neukom. Herbert Borghard of New York represented C. W. Lauman company, which drilled the 53 new welL~ for the city and is asking the $1,200, Paul Howard represented Whitman & Howard. There are four items in the $1,200 claim: (1) compensation for well screens and for "extra work"; (2) wells driven and pulleo; (3) observation wells and (4) another well · driven and pulled. According to Whiteman & Howard the Lauman company shows in· Voices for more well screens than wer left in the ground; ~he "extra work'' was never approved by the street commissioners or ordered by the engineers; the wells driven a.nd pulled were done without direction or approval by the engineers; and since observation wells are included In the cost anyway, no payment is due. 1 Whitman & Howard did suggest, however, th!llt since the observation wells might be of some value to the city, they would be willing to , approvement -payment for them in ' lieu of liquidated damages or a:t ''a proper price per foot." , As for the screen footage, Mr. I Bogrhard said the difference probably was in "bookkeeping records" and could be straightened. out, as could the other items. l $78,485.75 $101,543.58 17 PARKS AND PLAYGROum>S Payroll $3,200,00 $2,742.95 Supplies 450,00 · 475.00 Light 150.00 100.00 Water 50.00 so.oo Supervlaors 675.00 675.00 Bleachers 325,00 Skating Rink 540.00 Buebi!.11 'diam. (2) 2,526.25 Memorial Puk 150.00 TOTAUI 18 SCHOOLS Sup,t (bt,l)* $3,100.00 $3,100.00 Clerks 2,500.00 2,650.00 Truant Of. 700.00 700.00 Other Admln, 300.00 350.00 Teachera Sal. 174.000.00 180,500.00 ~xt Books 3,000.00 4,000.00 Puplla Sup, 3,500,00 3,950.00 Flags 25,00 50.00 other Exp. 1,500.00 1,500.00 mgh Soh, Clerks 2,100.00 2,100.00 Janitors 14,000.00 15,000.00 l"uel 7,200.00 9,000.00 Wateri · 700.00 1,200.00 I,lght, Power 2,600.00 2,200.00 Supplies 1,000.00 1,200.00 Repairs & Exp 2.~.00 3,600.00 In.aura.no~ 75.38 52.14 Health 1,325.00 1,300.00 'I'ranport. 2,725.00 4,050.00 Retirement 2,850.00 2,850.00 N. H. Tax 5,726.00 5,846.00 · Bldg. Alter, 1,500.00 8,000.00 New Equip. 1,000.00 2,500.00 Bleacheffl 4,421.00 Survey Arena _ _ _ _ 200.00 .J Pete~ . P._ Hickey ~ . 'li P. J. Hickey Appointed Permanent Postmaster Postmaster Peter J. Hickey has just received official notification of his re-appointment by President Roosevelt. Under the 1938 act, this rerappointme'nt ls without term andi makes the position a life job, for the first time in the history of the city. By this act, re·appo!nted poc;t· masters are on the .:;ame ~tatus as other civil service employes and serve until 70 if they have had 15 years' service. If at the age of 70 the have not complet~d their 16 vears' service they can stay on until it iB completed. �.., New Bridge Open To Traffic Warner House Governors Named July 28 To Mark Open House Day In Portsmouth (Photo by Marston) New Sagamore C1·eek bridge is now open to traffic. Of staunch cement and concrete conskuct10n, it replaces the former old wooden piling span, which had seen its most useful day • In the picture the con struction machine on the n ew bridge is at work removing the old wooden bridge. Flooring on the new span is of the steel mesh t ype, which :furnishes a strong support for traffic, but does not allow rain, water a nd snow to collect on it, Completion of this structure means th11,t all the bridges leading from either dlreotlon into ew Castle are in sound shape, as four other spans were reconditioned several months a.go. <t. 1-> The Warner house, built 1n 1716 ahd one of the really great houses of the first quarter of the 18th cent ury left in America, will soon welcome visitors. Proceeds of the benefit open-house day, July 28, will be devoted to the Unit.eel Service organizations and to the Warner house russoclation. This latter asooclat\on recently elected a. new board of governors-t he list of members including: William G. Wendell, Mrs. Mary, I. M,'ood, M!rs. S£-tlh, Low P.ierpont, Mrs. Henry L. Greene, Mi&; Helen Souter, Mrs. E . T . Wendell, Mrs. Paul Bonner, Mi&; Sophia Cadiwalader, Mrs. Lester Harding, Mrs. Art hur D. Hill, Rev, W1l!iam Safford• Jones, Mr.s. William W . Kremer andi M:i& Elizabeth Perkins. Mrs. William M. Seabury,, Miss Rosamond Thaxter, Mrs. Henry G. Vaughan, Mrs. George H. Warren, Mrs. Miles White, Miss Mary A. Harris, Mrs. Wallis D. Walker, Miss F rance.; Brooks, Mrs. Edward s. Crocker, Mrs. Wll!iam G. Wendell, Mrs. Oharles Osborne, Mrs. Wil· liam E. Marvin, Frederick E. Garct.,ner, Richman 8. Margeson, Charles M , Dale and Mrs. Frank W. Randall. Mrs. Charles M . Dale, Mrs. Dean Kalbfleisch, Mi...'18 Dorothy Vaughan a nd Mrs. George B. Lord .. Other historical buildings to be open to the public July 28 a.re the Portsmouth Atheneum, the Rev. Samuel Laingdon house, ·the Jacob Wendell hou.se and the Rund•l ett· May house. Portsmouth Collects Two Trans 01 Aluminum; But IKeep On GivingI Is Committeeis Plea ~ _cv\9 ~ Two trucks loaded with aluminum i.rom Dove.:- roared into Taccetta's Albany street warehou~e this morning. On e of them alone contained 1370 metallic po-unds which will bring Portsmouth's "Clean -Up Aluminum" drive poundage over the desired two-ton totai, Cha irman Vincent Taccetta arumunced torlay. · Telephone lines at the warehouse storage place for Portsmou th 's Aluminum-for-Df"fens,e, are busy, too-ealls from housewives. (They weren't home when the rouse-to-house canvea. took place) usking for transportation for their donation . Still Goes On As Vincent Taccettlt, chairman, expresses it, "Jus t because we have calledl at almost every h ome in Portsmouth , we don't want anyone to think it, is a thing of the past ." Shortly, aI(,er 9 o'clock yesterday morn ing, the. official B oy Scou t ca ll was sounded on the fire siren . Drivera went t o the staiton to pick up the answering boys, including many M '> was a close second, w1f.ii heirlooms Cubs, and th e drive W!18 on. and foreign art-pieces made of Throughout Lile day, doorbells aluminum. All of them meant much pealed,, trucks and cars traveled to her, but her patriotism forcedi her over the strei;ts, clanging with to par t with them." theil contents of pots. pans, curlOnly one truck driver told t~ er.s, toy.-, waslung mach ine parts sad tale of a person Wh l) refused for and all sizes and shapPS of alumin- any reason but lack of tnetal to give um ar ticles. - h e asked for donations and! reDuring the morning, an emer- ceived the reply, "I need some of tency call went over t he air for th t ff in t h volunteer drivers. Fred Gray, paintats u myse1f, br g l in . I ave er, enroute to Ha mpton, heard it nothing to give to the government." and rushed back to donate the use 'But that was only one out of the of his truck. hundreds of people cont-acted," said Chai~ man Taccetta, grntefully. Aided by Scouts, Mr. Gray canPortsmouth is one of the three vassed the en tir e Atl'3-ntic Heights concentration points in the Nazection and brought in a worthy tional drive for aluminum ; contribution,, according to Mr. TacNashua. ,and Concord the othcetta. And the Vaughar, street gar- I ers, Keene, Littleton, Berlin age answered the call t o bring in and Plymouth are the temporboxes of a luminun. a ry storage points. When t he drive wa.s rlone for the Brings In Barrel ciay, Badger's nl')d Thomas Lough- I One of the oldest merchanf:.6 In Jin co., donated ice cream a nd ton- I town , Jacob GoJdJS,teln, junk dealer , 1c to the Scouts. drove in and presented a barrel of I metal f.rom his junk yards to the Adder police protedlon will be ca use. e:iven t he wa,rehouse during the As the pile on th~ warehouse coliectlon campaign. ¥r. ~accetta grew, Mr. Taccet ta ll.5ted the contacted City Mareha• Hewitt, who "fus ts." F irst piece was brought is co-operating with the committee in by the Stevens fal.llLy, Odiornes by giving additional police patrol Point , last week. "And," he said, rervlce. "Miss Susan Ricker Knox, artist, "But the drive ls still on, that is the point to remember," said the chairman. "We must keep on giving." l o Commission USS Mar.fin The new U. s. Submarine Marlin will be commissioned at 11.45 tomorrow momlng at the Portsmouth Navy yard wi th Captain J. Brown, USN, captain of the yard, reading the commissioning orders. Lieutenant George A. Sharp, who commanded the Salvage ship Falcon during the Squalus raising, will otake formal command following the exercise.s, �unicipal Bu~get 32,0-00 City Councilmen Vote To Finance New Bond Issue Reductions of $31,856.04 were made in the city's 1941 budget at a special meeting of the Portsmouth City council last night. Revised total is $675,349.39; items eliminated will be financed by a municipal bond iasue. 890.00 In his report to the city council, ·4. Re-roofing Oity ya.rd 7,608.04 Chairman Frederick D. Gardner of 5 Two new city truck;; 2,500.00 the finance committee said: 6. Alterations rchool blngs. 4;421.00 "The finance committee has al· 7. Bleachers Alumni field located clrrtaln proje-:ts !or per· -·-manent improvements and equip• Total $31,856.04 ment of a permanent nature to a Following a tlu-ee-hour session of fund to be raised by the issuance of the finance committee. the council mwliclpai bonds in orde1 to remove convened at 10.30 p. m. and Ohair· the capital cost of theut'o items from man Gardner made the reporti of the committee. tlle 1941 budget and spread the cost Motion for the third and final over a period of years." ;:eadlng of the original budget was Items removed from the budget e;alled and the budget moved out of were: existence. 1. Coupe for fire chief $ 800.00 Then, under suspension of the 2, La<lder truck, balance 15,000.00 rules, the new revised budget wit h ew fire alarm boxes 637,00 the deletions as show1, above was elven its first, secon,'i and final 1eading bY unanimous vote. �I ' Historical Homes Repeat Display~t) ~~ J'5" Open Again Today' Of Old_Houses for USO Benefit• The exhibition of old Portsmouth houses, held yesterday for the benefit of the USO a.nd Warner House association was repeated today. Despite yesterday's rain, homes open to display received a number of visiLors. Armed with umbrellas and raincoats, tourists hastened from one historical spot to another, the rain not once dampening their enthusiasm. The old Warner house, 1'716, was filled with admirers who traveled from kitchen to garret. Tea was served in the afternoon. Hostesses at this house during the two days included: Mrs. Wllliam Seabury, Mrs. Edward s. Crocker, Miss Mary Harris, Mrs. Charles Dale, Mrs. Arthur Hill, Mrs. Henry Green, Mrs. George Warren, Mrs. John H. Quirin and Mrs. Alfred E. Little. The Rundlet-May house on Middle street, which contains much period and pre-period furniture, is privately owned and was opened through the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph May of Cambridge and Portsmouth. Receiving guests he.re were Mrs. E. Curtis Matthews, Mrs. Wllliam Walton, Miss Priscilla Paul, Mrs. Florence Cummings, Mrs. R. C. L. Greer, Mrs. Anthony Peters, Mrs. Harry Philbrook, Mrs . .Al:thur Baum, Mrs. Norman Rand, Mrs. Katharine Sweetser, Miss Margaret Ward, Mrs. Jeremy R. Waldron, Mrs. WIIJiam Farrington, Mriss Bertha Bennett, Mrs. E. Bliss Marriner, Mrs. Benjamin Ha.rt.shorn and Mrs. George Kimball. Mr. and Mrs. Will!am G. Wendell welcomed guests to their home, the ancient Jacob Wendell house. The following were hostesses: Mrs. Louis L. deRochemont, Mrs. Willi.am Marvin, Mrs. George Lord, Mrs. Frank Randall, Mrs. Dean Kalbfleisch, Mrs. Arthur Baum, Mrs. Frank C. deSantis, Miss Mary Harris, Mrs. Francis Houle and Mrs. Frank Patter.son. The Athenaeum, a private library established in 1816, was in charge of guides, among whom were Mrs. Wallls D. Walker, Mrs. Richard T. Lord, Mrs. Will!am H. Allen, Mrs. Richman s. Margeson, Miss Helen Souter, Mrs. Harry Taylor, Mrs. Harrison Cassard and Mi.l:s Mary Hanscom, librarian. Rev. and Mrs. Wllliam Safford Jones opened their home, the Rev. Samuel Langdon house, 1749, and t he following acted as hostesses: Miss Rosamond Thaxter, Mrs. M. c. Mitchell, Mrs. Horace Mitchell, Jr., Mrs. Walter P. Lemont, Mrs. Farnsworth Wood, Mrs. Henry Moore, Miss Lillian Biddle and Mrs. Joseph Connor. Portsmouth's old houses were at their hospitable best yesterday afternoon when an exhibition was held !or the benefit of the USO and the Warner House association. The display of these historical homes was repeated yesterday to accommodate visitors who could not attend Monday because of the rain. Tea was served in the shady garden at the Warner house with Mrs. Arthur Hlll and Mrs. Henry Green in charge, asslsted by Mm. C. Padgett Hodson. Hostesses at the Warner house for the day included Mrs. William Seabury, Mrs. Edward s. Crocker, Miss Dorothy Vaughan, Mrs. Louls L. deRochemont, Mrs. Barbara M. Holmes of St. Petersburg, Fla., Mrs. Lester Harding, Miss Mary Harris, Mrs. Charles Dale, Mrs. George Warren, Mrs. John H. Quirin and Mrs. Alfred E. Little. At the invitation of the Warner House association, Mayor and Mrs. Stewart E. Rowe were guests at the Warner house during the afternoon. The Rev. Samuel Langdon house, built in 1749 and at present the residence of Rev. and Mrs. William Safford Jones, was open for the day and the following acted as hostesses: Miss Rosamond Thaxter, Mrs. Clarence Hackney and Mrs. H. E. Frick. The Athenaeum was shown to visitors by its librarian, Miss Mary Hanscom, assisted by Mrs. Raymond Vaughan and Mrs, Norman E. Rand. The otiginal furnishings at the Jacob Wendell house brought ad• miring comments from visitors. Now the private home of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Wendell, it was open to the public !or this exhibition only. Welcoming guests there yesterday were Mrs. George Lord, Miss Katherine A. Mahoney and Mrs. A. W. Laughton. The hostesses at the RundletMay house were the same yesterday as on Monday and included: Mrs. E. Curtls Matthews, Mrs. WHllam Walton, Miss Priscilla Paul, Mrs. Florence Oummlngs, Mrs. R. C. L. Greer, Mrs. Anthony Peters, Mrs. Harry Philbrook, Mrs. Arthur Baum, Mrs. Norman Rand, Mrs. Katharine Sweetser, Miss Mai;garet Ward, Mrs. Jeremy R. Waldron, Mrs. · Wllliam Farrington, Miss Bertha Bennett, Mrs. E. Bllss Marriner, Mrs. Benjamin Hartshorn and Mrs. George Kimball. $400 Needed To Complete USO Quota Four hundred dollars more ls needed in order to put Portsmouth over the top in its drive to raise money for the USO, It was announced 1!,h !s noon by E. Curtis Matthews, chairman of the drive. Stating that $2,200 has already been raised during the campaign, he issued an appeal to those who have not yet assisted in this effort to secure money to provide recreational !acllrtiles for enlisted personnel and defense workers. "It those who haven't given will make a contribution of a dollar or more, we will soon go over the top. If there are many who wish to have us come for the contrlbutlon, jus telephone 1391-J," he said. I 7 �Maine-New Hampshire Theaters Corporatiot Promotes Frank W. Hollis To City Manager Frank W. Hollls, manager of the Colonial theater for the past 11 years, has just been appolnted city manager for the Maine-New Hampshire Thea<ters corporation to supervise bOth the Colonial and the Olympia. theaters here. John W. Howe, manager of the Olympia. theater, has been appointed manager of the Colonial and Daniel Hennessey, manager of the Priscilla. theater a.t Lewiston, Me., succeeds Mr. Howe as manager of the Olympia. Before taking over his new duties, Mr. Hollls is leaving fO!' a. vacation at Pinegrove Farm, Bridgewater, Mass., with his cousin Thomas E. Kemp, well known as the head of many New England dOg and horse shows. Pinegrove Farm is known a, the home of champion horses and dogs. Mr. Hollis has been with MaineNew Hampshire Tthea.ters corporaition since 1920 following a. career of 26 years on the leglt!mat.e stage when he teamed with a. boyhood chum, John Kenney, now manager of the Auburn theater at Auburn, Me., which is pa.iit of the same orga.niza.tlon. Coleman Family Again lo Unite ~~ The historical white Newington church and the little stone library next door will a.gain it.his year be the setting for the reunion of the Coleman association. The program at the church opens at 10.30 Salturday morninit, when a. business meeting, with reports of officers and committees, will take , place. At 10.45, the president's message will be delivered by Rev. Louis Ellms, former pastor of illhe church. Charles Lane Hanson, of La.sell Junior college, Auburndale, Mass., will then ad(lres.s the group. There will be a display of hobbles at Langdon library, at which almost every member of the Coleman family wlll b~ represented by a bit o! carving, a novelty collection or an exhibit of fancywork. Luncheon will be served in the Town hall. "Historical Facts concerning the Church and the Old Parsonage" a.re to be offered by Rev. William IJ. Darby, present pastor of the Newington church. Dr. George W. Colema.n, president of Ford Hall forum, Boston, and president emeritus of Babson institute, will tell of "My Trip to Guatemala". "Working Wi th the Indians on Cape Cod" Is the topic to be discussed by Miss Miriam Coleman Lathrop, assistant to the pastor of the First Baptist church, Charlestown, Mass. At the close of the afternoon session, the report of the nominating committee will be given. Any person interested In the program Is Invited by the COieman family to attend this, their 17th annual reunion. Mr. Hollis, who is a. native of Dorchester, Mass., met Kenny alt the B. F. Keith theater ill Boston, where Mr. Hollls, just out of school, had been appointed the youngest treasure:r the theater ever had. Kenny heard there was an openIng for an act in his home town of Worcester, Mass., and the two youngsters jumped In and filled it. The act clicked and within a. short time they were playing at Tony Pastor's 14th Street <theater in New York- at that time "aces" In vaudeville. , They traveled the Keith Orpheurn circuit east and west. Among the hundreds of places played was Portsmouth, N. H., when the Portsmouth theater was playing "legit". Among other honors, they were one of the featured acts of the First Winter Garden Show. When the act broke up, bOth men Frank W. Hollis went with the Maine-New Hampshire Theaters corporation. Mr. As Kenny and Hollis thev repre- Hollis went first to Central Square, sented one of the longest unbroken Cambridge, Mass., then to Fitchburg teams In vaudeville history with and then here. Kenny as the comic and Hollis as straight man. Enjoys Sports, Animals Mr. Hollis has always enjoyed sports and animals. In Dorchester High school, he pitched and won 19 out of 24 games one season and the next season made the football eleven. For 25 years he has been a.n a.11round judge for the American Kennel club and has been given permisslon to judge 105 breeds of dogs. He has judged the Brockton Fair Horse show several times. This year he ls celebrating his 25th year as president of the Bridgewater Fair Dog show. The photograph with this article ~hows Mr. Hollls announcing winners at the Women's City Olub Horse show held at the Jones farm in 1935. Mr. Hollls judged the show. Mr. Hollis always has been interested In city affairs, is a director of the Merchants Bureau and was very active In the former Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce. He has handled entertalnmen and talent pr0grams for RII the leading civic organizations of this section and hundreds of olher3 as well. Mr. Hollis Is receiving the congraulatlons of his many :fl'lends on this promotion. Prior to leaving for Bridgewater, Mr. Hollis is spending a few days visiting friends at Lake Wlnnlpesaukee. �Herald Offers _ 'H·1stor1c. Tour, -y: A 'b\ Portsmouth has many historic ·house.s and to help the new comers to Portsmouth, as well as some of the older folks wno are still unacquainted with the historic point:.s in the city, the accompanying tour has been prepared. With the exception of fhe last two, the tour is convenient to the center of the city. Starting at Market square, site of many historic gatherings, the route Is down Congress to Middle, along Middle ,to the May house, beyond the comer of Miller avenue. Retracing, then down court street, turning into Pleasant. The tour continues down Pleasant to Manning street, over Meetinghouse 'hill to Marcy street to Hunking street, then to Mechanic street, Marcy street Court street, along Atkinson street to Chapel street, continuing along Bow fo· Market street, with the abbreviated tour ending at the Moffatt Ladd house. · To reach the Jackson hoi+se, take road to Dover (Maplewood avenue) turning right ·a•t Northwest street. The Wentworth mansion is located at the end of Little Harbor road. Take route 1-A to ,Rye, turning off Sagamore avenue, at end of cemetery. There are many other places well worth seeing, but these have been selected as highl!ght:.s in a tour of the city. The tour is as follows: John Langdon House (1784)-Plea.- , £ant and Court streets. Built In 1784 by John Langdon, outstanding Revolutionary patriot. Stl11 In Langdon tam- · Uy, Jamestown EXp06ltlon (1907) had replica o! this home as New Hampshire building. John Langdon was patriot who administered oath of office to both Washington and Adams ns preslden~: of the United States Senate. Wendell House ( 1789 -- Corner of Pleasant and Edward streeet. Purchased by Jacob Wendell, prominent Portsmouth merchant In 1815. Since, home of his son , grandson and now great granason , William Greenough WenCle11;-llve1 In contlnua11y by various ' members of family since 1~15. Ori- '. glnal ~ontenta never divided . Much of '. 1urmture anCI cnlna anteaates house. • r'rlvate. Mark H. Wentworth Home (1767)-346 ' Ple!lhant Etreet. Built for Gov. John · Wentworth, 18.'lt of the royal gover- · nors of New Hampshire, wno left at the outbreak of the revolution. Old colonial design still maintained, al• though bulldmg has been enlarged as modern home 1or Invalids. . Tobias Lear House (1736)-51 Hun- ) king street, near Marcy. Birthplace of , Tot:1as Lear, secretary to George Washington and consul-general to the Bar• · bary states. Lear, son of Capt. Tobias , Lear ( In charge of building the Ranger J , bor'n ,here In l 76i. Open w the puollc. , Wentworth · Gardner House (1760)140 Mechanic street, corner Gardnererected by Madam Hunking Went- . worth. Noted !or Interior carvings and . fine doorway, over which Is a large i pmeapple. Large llnaen tree at side or : the house believed to be older than , building. Open to public. L1be1·sy l-ole (1'160) Located on i Marcy street, In restoration d~velop- i ment. Site oi pole where J:i,n, g, l 'lbti, . Son of LI berty erected banner bearing ' inscription, "Liberty, Property and No , Stamp" In opposition to ene British T~re:~~-tt Park (1040)-Foot of Court : street, Site of Great House (1631), first , house erected In Portsmoutn by Jonn , Mason. Given to city In memory of ' Charles S. Prescott by his daughters. Wilham Pitt Tavern (1770)-4l0 Court · street, corner of Atkinson. Orlglna!ly . ca1led "Earl of Halifax." Meeting place ox 'l'orlJs until 1777 when Sons of Liberty threatened proprietor and name . WB.'l changed to "William Pitt." Grand Lodge of Masons of New Hampshire formed here. · Thomas Balley Aldrich House (1769) -386 Court st,reet. Known to readers of Market Square and old Parade-Site "The story of a Bad Boy" as Nutter . of State House , Town Pump and Whip- House. Boyhood home of Thomas Bal- . ping p06t. On July 18, 1776 Declnratlon Jey Aldri::11. Furnished exactly as des- , of Independence read here. On Oct. crlbed In booKs and poems of Aldrich. 30, 1789 President _George Washington Open -dally during summer. spoke from balcony of State House. warner House (1718) - 150 Daniels Portsmouth Athenaeum (1803)-Mar- street, corner of Chapel. Noted example ket Square. Example of early 19th cen- of Georgian architecture, constructed tury architecture. Contains 25 ,000 books, of brick brought from Holland. Walls portraits, ship models, rel!cs and val- 18 inches thick. Oldest brlclt house In uable Portsmouth~nla. Privately owned. Por~mo:Ith. Open during summer. North Church (1855)-Site of Portsst. John's Cnurch (18U7-1808 l Chapel mouth Tea party held to protest Brit-. street. Contains copy of the "Vinegar 1 !sh tea tax In first church bu lit here Bible," 0 ~1e of the· !our copies In this 1714). Among the pew holders were country. Bell recast by Paul Revere, Gov. John Langdon, first president of was captured in Louisburg. Organ In I the United St ates senate; Daniel Web- balcony said to be one oldest In Am- . ster: and Oen. W1111am Whipple, one erlca, built In England in 1710. of the signers of the Declaration of InMoffatt-Ladd House (1763)-At 154 dependence. Market street, home of New Hampshire Portsmouth Public library (1809)- society or Colonial Dames. Beautiful Middle and State. Erected !or Ports- house with an old garden, still kept mouth Academy from design by Charles in Its ,Colonial design. Once the home Bulfinch. Used n.s public school from of General W1111am Whipple, a signer , 1868 to 1896. Contains 50,000 volumes. of the Declaration of Independence, I ; Open week-days 10 am. to 9 pm. Open to public during summe1·. . ' John Paul Jo11es Honse (1758)-MidJackson House ( 1864 ,1--75 Northwest die and State streets. Erected by Cap- street. Oldest wooden frarno house In taln Purcell. His widow maintained New Hampshire and oldest house 1n It dB a boarding house and Capt. John Portsmouth. .Architectural design disPaul Jones lived here whlle superln- tlnctlve. Partly furnished . Open to ten<ilng . construction of "Range:" on public. Badger's Island. Home of Portsmouth Governor Benning Wentworth ManHistorical . society. Old-fashioned gnr- sion (1690)-End of Little Harbor road. den o.t one side of lawn made possible built by grandfather of last royal govby Portsmouth Garden club. House ernor o.t New Hampshire. Governor open to publ!c during summer. wer,tworth added council chamt:er In Haymarket Square (1755)-Named be- 1750 and planted purole 1llacs on tercause haymarket with .;cales located race-the ilrst lilacs to be brought to here. Sept. 12, 1765 the effigies of America House was the scene of LongGeorge Meserve, stamp agent and Lord fellow 's · poem "Lady Wentworth." Bute, head of the British Ministry, I • hung here and later burned. Tablet Inscribed with name of men and women wh'.l served during World war located In center of square. Peirce House (1799) Haymarket :square on Route 1. One of flnfst and ;best-pre.served examples of e·arly 1800 architecture. Private. _Boardman House ( 1805)-152 Middle street. Built by Langley Boardman. Has beautiful facade, often copied by architects. • Private. ·1:;arkln· House -(1•815) - 180 Ml.ddle street. Three-story brl~k house, similar to many frame houses built near close of war of 1812. Se.muel Larkin, auctioneer, built It for residence. Private. Rundl'\,t May House (1806)-364 Middle street. Bullt by James Rundlet in 1806. Three-storied white house with picket and ship-board fence, 011 a terrace, Chains• ruppln~ r\6wn from portico. to s~qewall5. '. Owned by grandson ot,. bu\l<ier: ,Oorltalp.5 · f)p.~-- ;periQ\1 flJr• niture:.,_;,. ., •'.•~. ,.-. ·!,:,i\ .~ '-··· : -.. L HISTORICAL PO INTS IN PORTSMOUTH I I ��- - - - - - --- - - - - - - - . ·--- ---- Take- the Navy yard. The Navy ! aster,, Therefor_e . th~y would be unyard is Pqrtsmouth. More than 'half ' able to help us.· We must- be· able to handle •our own problems, temI the city's entire population receives porarily at least. it.s income from the $16,000,000-plus All this means new problems for annual payroll of the yard. Top fig- city government-an air raid warn' ure for the first World war was 5,722 ing system, raid shelters, means of men at work. Today, with war not extinguishing all kinds of fire bombs 1yet declared; there are 8,500. Rel!- 1 and widespread fire, means of mopable repoI'ts are that there are 3,000 ping up · gas and disposing of de~ yet to come. , layed action bombs, providing emerMore than 10 million dollars are ; gency medical treatment and tembeing spent on permanent. improve- porary food, ~helter and clothing ments, many times more than the : for evacuees, repairing essential improvements made· during .the first utilities~water, sewerage, gas; elecWorld war••. There ls a three-mil• tricity, phone, roads, bridges and [This is the first of a series of 12 articles dealing with deof bombed· !!on dollar dry dock . . . a quarter removing wreckage fense problems and activities in Portsmouth, written by Frankbuildings, million dollar mach.lne shop . ,' • a lin E. Jordan, the Herald's able Managing Editor. These articles, Portsmouth is not alone in this quarter million dollar extension of , prepared after long hours of research, with the co-operation of the fitting out pier, and half a mil- I problem. Proportionately, Kittery Portsmouth's Planning Board, city officials and department • heads, should be considered as "must reading" by everyone inlion dollars in many small buildings / has a problem just as acute, and terested in Portsmouth's present and future.-J. D. Hartford, such as nearly $200,000 for the Naval 1 other adjacent towns of the section Publisher.] Prison, a $100,000 restaurant . . . 1 are !~ling the full impact of dea new bridge and scores of smaller I fense as a trading area of 60,000 items. · population swells to one of 100,000 By J?ranklin E. Jordan or more. Or consider · our Harbor Defenses. By the end of this month they will )),E) up to the peak of first World · War strength with more than 1,500 , When we think of present promen and reports of another 1,000 , ' blems we must not forget the imUnder consideration in Washington within a few days to come. More than one million and : mediate future. :.::very government quarter dollars has been spent on I6ff1c!al from Washington who has will be the city of Portsmouth's application for nearly two athem ... half a million on 22 new 1 visited Portsmouth has ' had one and a quarter million dollars in Federal aid 'for added barracks and other buildings • • . theme song, "You ain't seen nuthin' community facilities alone. Why is this money so vital to $150,000 for a 50-bed hospital . . . , yet." $250,000 for water and sewerage · Only one third of the defense Portsmouth? ..• $100,000 !or 3½ miles of roads : funds are being spent this yea!\ The · Glance at your map of Portsmouth. . .. a quarter of a million dollars i big bulk will spent in 1942. Theh , our problems w!ll reach _their peak. Wherever you look you will find some defense activity in smaller project.s. Perhaps not even then w!ll the top , either completed or contemplated. be reached. With Russia now in the ! Even the least-thinking citizen realizes Portsmouth has It took Portsmouth 150 years to conflict, peace may be years a.way. •, facts startle you a little, .an acute defense problem, few, even of the most serious- add 10,000 to its population and to it I!is these Intentional but there is no grow from a v!lla.ge of 4,720 persons minded citizens, realize its magnitude. 1 need to be afraid . Portsmouth will IT IS NO EXAGGERATION TO STATE THAT PORTS- to a city of 14,821. Yet with al! the , solve this problem just as it has an others, !! its citizens· look 1 MOUTH NOW HAS THE GREATEST PROBLEM IN gains scheduled it w!ll he.ve added · solved ahead. But right now It is urgent 10,000 in less than two years. by ITS 318 YEAR :aISTORY AND THAT ITS FUTURE next spring. Already it has added 1 that even the lea.st-thinking cit!realize the magnitude o'f this FOR THE NEXT 318 YEARS WILL BE AFFECTED VI- 2,000 to become a city of a-bout ' :zen problem. He must be shocked -into 17,000. When by fall about 5,000 TALLY BY THE WAY THIS PROBLEM IS HANDLED. more persons w!ll move into de- immediate co-operation. Then we will get action. Strong words, but there is ample evidence. fense housing here the total popuAl'. Grover Cleveland once relation w!ll be 22,000. Based on pre- . ma.rked, "This is a condltlon and vious experience, if the Navy yard not a theory that confronts you." 3,5oo workers, about 850 Of Portsmouth is rio novice at national defense. Unlike most adds them w!ll settle in Portsmouth if of the 118 defense areas in the country, Portsmouth has houses are ava.ilable and add about 3,5oo more to the population with First of all, we must think in vast played a vital part in every war since the Indian days. their famil!es for a probable total · t.erms to understand this greatest of Portsmouth can recall the problems it faced when In- of 25,500. · world · wars. Just as nationally we dians were raiding Haverhill and other nearby towns in ••Today the Portsmouth Navy ya.rd now thln-k in terms o! b!ll!on.s !nst.ead of millions, here in Ports· t O Mar k et square ocean ls being expa.nded a.s part o! the twoth . e 1690S; W h en P au l R evere gall Ope d ln na.vy progrn.m which the country mouth we must think in terms of with news of the British in the 1770s*; when John Paul 1fltory. crea.tlng !or the first time In !ta hiss m!llions Instead of thousands, or Portsmouth sta.rted building sub&s one leading citizen recently reJ ones launched the American navy here a few year~ later; now marines In the flrst V\>'orld wa.r a.net marked, "We can no longer think has 17 on order va.lued a.t a.bout and when New Hampshire labored with the birth pains of eight million dollars. It Is a.lsp building In t.erms of peanu,ts." · , 00 t Once we see the full scope of a new government with its own president, just after the $~~I~.~-nt homes nea.rby at ·a " , our . problem , we can intelligently revolution. Ta.ke defense projects. In less plan: for the _future-the immediate· Portsmouth can recall being threatened by a British fleet • than eight months there have been future and for years ahead when peace again bl•esses. the world. This in the War of 1812; local'boys leaving for the Mexican war completed or contemplated more time peace requires preparation. than $17,000,000 in projects for a in the 1840s and building the famous Kearsarge for its vie- • city that has an assessed valuation WE MUST PREPARE FOR tory over the Alaba¢a in the Civil war. of only $20,000,000. Where Ports- PEACE JUST AS INTENSIVELY . hA · h th mouth once spent less than a mil- AND THOROUGHLY AS WE NOW Portsmouth recalls the Spams - merican war w en e lion income in thousands of dol- ARE_ PREPARING FOR WAR. prisoners of Admiral Cevera's fleet were brought here; _the , Jars, i~ now plans facilities that ·to- OTHERWISE OUR FUTURE LOOKS DISMAL, ending of a foreign war in its Navy yard·when the Russian- : ta! nullions. Fortunately, Portsmouth by creating a Planning board. has taken Japanese peace treaty was signed here in 1905 and, fin~lly, · the firs t step. This boa.rd has althe feveritlh activity of the First World war w~en the city : Consider any pha~r of ~e city's r-eady done lmpoI1tant work and its felt it had met problems beyond the scope of all the others. I activities and you .fi~d a vital de- basic fact.s and recommendations Yes; Pbrtsmouth realizes full well the "blood, toil, tears ,; tense probl~m-such as water, are incorporated In this se·r!es. ••• But as important ·as its work is now, and sweat" of preparing for war; of war and of conditions l schools! traffic, health, fire, police, '-it cannot compare with the service. that follow. None of these problems of the past can com- ;~~~~~at:~;icesco:~eun;~~;~;· toOn~~ · it can give the city in its prepar·a ' pare with the problems of this "emergency" in which no adequate .to the task so far-one ; t!on for peace. war yet has been declared. ener~y s~urces--electricity! our 1 Thl.s &eriea o! a.rticlea will revee.l hospital facilities and our city m- 'I the basic £acts of what.we-must' · •Pa.ul Revere's news led to the flrst ba.ttle of the Revolution the next day cinerator. meet; what tacil!t!es we have and right ·here In P.ort6mouth, Dec. 14, 1774, !our months before Lexington a.nd ConWhen death and destruction are what we need. Since all our probcord when Port6mouth men under John La.ngdon ca.ptured the British ga.rrlson spread from the wings of bombers, lems are based on population, th~ a.t Fort WU~ a.nd -Mary In . New Ca.stle (now Fort Constitution a.nd ready !or next article will consider what it is it.I! · s!Jl;th m11J9; ,wa.r), Guns a.nd powder ta.ken were used a.t Bunker Hill alx no longer can we turn to sister cities for help in time of disaster. Exmonths"•I~t~j', ·.and what it il'lay be. Will our pop7 _ perience has shown that in bomb- · ula't!on exceed 30,000? · · ••·. ,: · mg !_raids they. too, ' will ·· hav~- dis~ ;'._,TOM;ORRQW::.): P.Q-1.t'.l'!:i~OuJp:\~! PORTSMOUTH AN·D · NATIONAL DEFENSE I I ~J\ No. 1-PO~TSMOUTH'S PROBLEM 1 Think Billions for Millions And Millions For Thousands In This War Peak Yet TO Gome i oe Population Growing· I I Portsmouth No National .Defense Novice To Think In Millions ~r' . Problems Eve wh P.()rulLA 'n'm'i~;. . \(; ;,. ,:-l}flL:J\1.%ii �- --- - - - - - -- - - - - Moreover, there. is a reason for ·all this defense housing. Before it was built, it was surveyed and resurveyed ·by govern,ment engineers, who based their calcula.tions on a well-known ind,ustrial fact: about three quarters of the workers in any industrial plant like · to !tve as close to their work as possible. Ba.sect on a Navy, yard employ· ment figure of an estimated 8,000 by t::, this summer, it was obvious that at "- lell.!.t 6,000 work•ers would like to live in the immediate vicinity of the [This is the second of a series of 12 articles dealing with deJ :: yardi. The nav•Y survey at the time fense problems and. activities in Portsmouth, written by Frank- ' showed on1y 4,000 housed nearby lin E. Jordan, the Herald's able Managing Editor. These articles with a,bout 2,000 in Portsmouth, anprepared after long hours of research, with the co-operation oi other 1,200 in Kitt,ery and another' Portsmouth's Planning Board, city officials and department 800 in adjacent communities. Othheads, should be considered as "must re'ading" by everyone interested in Portsmouth's present and future.-J. D. Hartford ers were scattered over an 11,rea O·f Publisher.] ' 50 miles or more. To overcome this shortage, the By Franklin E. Jordan government figured about 440 pri- · , vately built houses would be conm 1~ ~$1!~..&:l':L%'1'0ttU~fuu:em:".'.W.@:rnw&Wili%ffifff#H£0'.iW'#frnil(ilA'l!,!t'£@:..,,;:%tl structed in this vicinity during the • next year. w ·ith 600 Navy_ houses '. at Kittery; 800 Public ··Buildings; 1 houses at Atlantic Heights and 160 more expensive homes in the Sher1. Federal Census of April 1940 . 14,821 ·burne road section, the shortage 2. Assessors' Census of 'February 1941 16,893 wouM be fil!ed, PoRTSMbrfrH:,AND -NATIONAL DE'FENSE NO. 2-PORTSMOUTH'S POPULATION Portsmouth's --Potential Population: 31,000 3. Homes being built estimated to add 4. City's quota future estimated workers 5.✓ Estimated added service population T otal potential top, population 5,000 5,000 4 000 ' 30,893 Yard Still Growing Meanwhile, the Na,·y yard has gone over the 8,000 e&timated W 500 an~ there are indica.tions of 3,. 500 more workers to c(l,me or a total ~1W&"t0llli7lrnkiR1nlhl¾.~,1.iMS'.0%0!1'1!Kf1i;Jfillf!fW&nf0KJ.tWilll~W.illNWJJWm,~ : ~ From 15,000 To '25,000 People In Two Years -When' Peace Comes Who Knows ~:t itsPr~~~~:. bui=g e~~afn! 1' fense wl1y there iS talk now of more dehomes in other communities /such as York or Newma_rket . . On the three-quarters-like-to-llveThe wag who said the world would be a great place near-by basis, 3,000 of these workers . . . I will want to rent or buy homes in except for the people m 1t, echoed the thoughts of our city I this section and, if the previous . fathers as they watched Portsmouth's population grow j t:tY,nd is follo~ed, 1,200 of them . · . . : wlll want to llv~ in Po•rtsmouth. f rom 14,82 1 t o ,;,'l,6,893 m less than 10 months. . ' · on the government's average of Portsmouth's area is fixed-15.15 square miles. Its : 4.3 pe~·sons to a family this wm acid trading area is well defined Additions to its facilities are . another 5,000 in round numbers to • the 22,000 already scheduled or a toneeded only because of added people; the more people the ta! of 27,000 in all. · more problems. Experience has shown that for . . . . evecy ten persons addled to a com· P ortsmouth IS now filled up. Even m 1940, cepsus fig- munity by indlustrial workers, four ures showed that 3,997 of Portsmouth's 4,124 dwellings other persons entier the community were occupied A Navy yard survey gave good reasons why to serve th~m such as '!'etail wo:kers • . and profes.s1onal people. the others were not, such as "belongmg to out of state peoon this ba.si5 the addition of 10,ple," "held for sale for settlement of estates" and "no ooo defens-e families normally would • ,, add another 4,000 to ser"'~ them, longer habitable. making in au a total of about 31,Where the additional 2,072 persops were tucked into GOO persons. _ . bed js a mystery Some 150 homes were built during the Whe ther Portsmou th will attam • . . a population of more than 30,000 year. Perhaps all the former vacancies were filled. In most within another year is questionable. cases the additional population merely doubled up with There are qualifying factors . in . "' growth. People get tired of waiting those who already lived here. fo: a place and make permanent arrangments elsewhe,e. Attractive housing developments spring up in ad1jaceni communities and prove Portsmouth's future growth is not difficult to figure. not too inconvenient for workers. It will depend entirely on the number of houses built. About 1,100, under construction at the present time, should However, Portsmouth will not be be finished by the end of the year. Another 145 are conlimited by its available housing sites. 1 temp lated. Port.smouth's 15.15 square miles of This housing will add approximately 5,000 persons to area is onl.y about 10 per cent built ' on and its density of population is our present 17,000, maki:iig a total of 22,000. only about 1,100 per square mile comSome people have questioned ' whether these homes now 'pared to cities like Washington, D. being built will all be occupied even for th_e duration of the C., where the ctensity is nearly 4,000 per square mile. emergency. Making generous allowance for 1 They will. Private hoTT}es are spoken for before they space taken by parks, playgrounds, water shed and other municipal are started. Already there are more applications for :ijan- requirements, for business sections naway Manor's 160 homes than Defense I:,Iomes corporation and for 1and unsuited or unavailable for building, Portsmouth stlll has plans to build. ample area for new homes. In fact, a preliminary survey revealie<i ,space for about 500 moi::e houses where community facilities are already available, near the center of the ciiy. Growth Depends On Houses Built There's Space Aplenty --Out toward theclty-line,- !11 -sev_eral directions, there is land' suitable for several t~ousand fnore homes. . Lack of housing space cannot stop Portsmouth's grow.th. In estimating needed municipal faciUties, the Portsmoutih Planning board has figured on 25,000 or roughly a compromise figure between the 17,000 ' we ha".e now and the potential top of over 31,000. Of course, by bluntly refusing any more defense housing Portsmouth can control this population problem. Consider New Castle In considering Portsmouth's population problem, two other factors must not be overlooked. Firs~ _!s castle and second -is"' its trad-7 ing population. . · New castle, once a part of Ports; mouth, must be included in Portsmouth's municipal problem because it now uses a number of the city's services such as water, refuse collection and fire protection. New castle has grown from a population of less than five hundred to a present population or abo\l't 1,100 as 600 men have arrived to mari the Harbor DeJ,enses. This week about 200 more are expected and next week another 700. . This will bring the fort.s up to , their 1918 war-time peak, and the population of New Castle up to more , than 2,000. Now there are reports I that an anti-aircraft regiment may I be added to the defenses which , would bring · at least another 1,000 !I men. \ Although Kittery with its popu- . Iation of nearly 7,000 does not use 11 Portsmouth's municipal facilities, except occasionally fire protection, : it does add greatly to Portsmouth's traffic problem. Proportionately so do the other towns ~ the trading area. Based on the Navy yard increase, this· trading area wh,ich has been 1 60 000 is expected to top 100,000 i when defense reaches its height. j Navy housing, Sterling Orchard, Diamond Match and other minor 1 housing developments at Kittery ! and Elm Park at Rye are only a i few 9f many examples of this 1 growth. ~w I Peace Means What? There remains our peace-time problem. We are now 17,000. We soon will be 25,000. What will we be after peace comes? Portsmouth's permanent gain af- , ter the first World war was about 2,300 persons out of a navy yard in- · crease · for the war period of from 1,476 to 5,722 or roughly an increase of 4,200. This time the increase is estima1 ted at about 8,000, which on thE same basis would mean a permanent addition to Portsmouth of about 4,500 persons, or a peacetime population of nearly 20,000 persons. As Hitler's panzer divisions have proved, the past is not a reliable guide for th~ future. Since the first ' world war, we have begun to build a two-<>cean navy for the first ~ime in our history. .' For years, except in war times, the big fleets and bases -have been on the Pacific, Today, they must be on both coasts. Consequently we 1 never ·will see the Portsmouth ~avy i yard drop down again ~ {l1,s[;;pte,t World war low or even.: its 1934fllow: · of 1,595 men. · .• ·: · ' ..:' ".,; . · ' Government officials .visitl.pg this section talk of a permarient .i o.i -~, oJ, 4,000. This seems reas(>p1pl~ '-•witlr 1 · I �all the repair work a two=cicean- na-· vy will require even .in pe11,~t1me·. 1 A 4,00Q-man yard is '. 2,560 ·workers over its depression low. Taking this , permanent addition into account, it seems not unrea- '. sonable to estimate that Portsmouth 1 at least pi:9portionately will equal 1 its World war gain and that a per.mane]:\t -population of 20,000 after 1 peace comes is - a conservative figure. At any rate, a 20,000 permanent population will serve as a basis. With the Planning board's figure ' of 25,000 as our guide for wartime 1 needs, we can consider just what , facilities are necessary, Fir~, how- ; ever, we must examine •,fihe · g9vern- · ment that -.provides it ana·.s,ee· 'what ; happened when it grew l!ke Topsy. ! TOMORROW: OUR PAL CORPORATION. MUNICI- 1 I ' • --··-·--- PORTSMOUTH AND NATIONAL-.DEFENSE NO. 3-OUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION [This is the third of a series of 12 articles dealing with defense problems and activities in Portsmouth, written by Franklin E. Jordan, the Herald's able Managing Editor. These articles, prepa,red after long hours of research, with the co-operation of Portsmouth's Planning Board, city officials and department heads, should be considered as "must reading" by everyone interested in Portsmouth's pl'esent and future .-J. D. Hartford, Publisher.] By Franklin E. Jordan Like Topsy It Just Grew And Grew And Grew And Still Has Growing Pains . · National defense makes no exceptions. It affects us all. The businessman finds his sales increasing and his stock decreasing and wonders how he can make the two coincide. The housewife ffods prices soaring and her budget limited and wonders when she should mention it to her husband. Even the · humblest citizen realizes his life is not the same. While there are problems everywhere, in our city government they are most clearly revealed. The scope is greater. 'l'he cost is greater. · You realize what the present city council and government have been up against when you compare what they have spent during the past 20 years on community facilities . . The present Federal application for about two and a quarter million dollars is actually more than all that has been spent during that time! City Needs Millions This Year Last year only about $75,000 was spent on needed community facilities. This year the city needs millions. To appreciate fully what national defense means to Portsmouth you should be a member of its city council. i On its long oak table land all the problems of the city- I defense and otherwise. In fact, the most common remark of a new councilman is, "You can live in Portsmouth all your life and not under: stand it until you get on the council." Few citizens realize how complicated municipal government has become. In common with that of all American cities, Portsmouth's city government was not planned. Like Topsy it just grew and grew; adding more functions and more personnel as seemed essential at each moment, duplicating and overlapping in many cases: With national defense speed-up its growing pains have become acute. Outwardly, our municipal government looks simple. Consuler The Cit(I :or :-P o~timouti/ First consider th{l city it ·serves. " Portsmouth is land-15.15 square miles of it, fairly flat and on an unexcelled harbor at the mouth of a deepchannel river. It is uncrowded, only 10 per cent built on, and -·populated by only 1,100 persons per square mile. Portsmouth is people--2.17,000 of them with two-thirds deriving their income from the Nav·y yard and the others from Portsmouth's 19 industries, 225 retail concerns or about 100 professional offices. · Portsmouth is property-$24,000,000 worth witli 5,500 homes; some half a hundred picturesque and historic· about 1,000 others, barracks-like new, and still ·under co~struc-' �V'\ ,v -tion-; and the rest typically Northern New England on elmshaded-streets or meadowed by-ways. , Portsmouth is wealth with its "above-average" Navy yard wages; its $8,000,000 in bank sav1ngs and· $19,000,000 · in total bank resources. Portsmouth is locale-a seaport town in the ce~ter of New England's coastline where a through railroad and four major highways converge. The importance of its location , and facilities both residentially and industrially are widely recognized. Above all, Portsmouth is Portsmouth-pioneered stock mellowed to conservatism clashes with a new population that still feels the thrill of adventure to make Portsmouth a city of contradictions, staid, progressive, quaint and . charming. ;.lf·r/ \"'. '-\ J·: :,: ,,,' ·\,. t,) \\' \ ~ �of about 300 gallons- a day. According to teststhis amounf is being used by the arrriy at Fort Devens and Camp Ed, wards. Figures for the Portsmouth Harbor Defenses just compil~d show a consumption of 250 gallons per person. Right now, using full capacity of 2,500,000 gallons, the 17 000 Portsmouth folks and another 1,000 at New Castle \ ar~ washing with, drinking and otherwise disposing of, an 1 average of 140 gallons ·per person daily. · ' This is not enough. Water must be conserved. Portsmouth would use 200 gallons a day per person if NO. 4-OUR UTILITIES: WATER I it had it. · Forced pumping cannot continue. Water requires gen[This is the fourbh of a series of 12 articles dealing with defehse problems and activities in Portsmoutn, written by Frank: e:rous reserves if its quality is to be preserved and its sources lin E Jordan the Herald's able Managing Editor. These articles, prepared after long hours of research, with the co-operation of not permanently depleted. Perhaps the 300 gallons a day is Portsmouth's Planning Board, city officials and departm~nt too generous a reserve, but it seems evident that at least 200 heads should be considered as "must reading" by everyone mterested in Portsmouth's present and future.-J. D. Hartford, gallons a day must be a mini~um. Publisher.] _________ , To allow 200 gallons a day· per ,person for our basic , 25,000 population, 5,000,000 gallons would be _needed. __ ...,-· By Franklin E. Jordan To supply the 2,000. more persons at the forts and N~w ::rrc?~ve:i.i:>1:,.,:~/\...;,.J>&<.. ,:~·-l:"\\;f'<' ... f••,K::-.d~::••.-:.:,:.;~•::: '\-~ -H:~fff\'n'-•;'Xd: ,tJ;<;«::::;.;J•%\~·/'r//'t;.; ✓..t; f··;:r~:~·····:q '. Castle, and to give the arrw an increased allowance forJ!! Portsmouth's Water Problem , proven needs and a reserve for more men, 500,000 more gal- , Cost Supply Gals. per Day ! Ions a day are needed. $670,000 1 1. Present system 2,500,000 If Portsmouth reached its potential top of 31,000 per233,000 : sons, 1,200,000 gallons a day more would be necessary. That 2. New system ready in 60 days 700,000 3. PBA system 800 homes ' adds up to about 6,700,000 gallons, or a deficiency of 4,200,150,000* 000 gallons at present. 320,000 at Heights 4. Winnicutt river project, 520,000 More Water In Fall proposed 3,000,000 5. Improved distribution system The additional 53 wells already driven and going into 17,000 this year operation this fall will add about 700,000 gallons a day. 6. Proposed improved · Federal funds already allocated will supply, apart from 241,000 distribution system the city, the 800 defense homes at Atlantic Heights with . their needed quota of about 320 gallons a day. These two ! Totals 6,520,000** $1,831,000 groups will add 1,020,000 gallons to the available supply · •Built and paid for by Federal government. and reduce t}ie deficiency to about 3,180,000 gallons daily. ' ••This leaves a deficiency on tho minimum 6,700,000 gallons per day When water systems surge into several million gallon . that might be needed of 180 000 gallons but both the new 700,000 gald . ' lon system and the Wlnnlc~tt river proposal are expected to yield figures they get beyond the practical operation of riven : slightly more than the estimates under forced pumping If needed. " wells. They become a matter of suitable lakes or rivers. ; 9/'f'\;f'tf'P%WF"~<m:ww:r0-m;n::r;m;»mm,s1wmwNnimm:m:1gt";t-Kill@EWl'(~:NJ<i1'HW.f'1',lmi'i~l.#.# Unfortunately our .salt tidal river is not adaptable for ' : Like The Old Riddle Of How Much Can A Man · drinking purpos~s. We must look for pure fre~h wa~er: '. I · k All D d Dozens of sites and plans have been studied withm the 1 Drane.: It d epet" ks b th D 0 n't water your lawn and ' immediate vicinity of Portsmouth to find a source from J omra e, never . a e a a · which the city could obtain all its water and to eliminate don't wash the clog. . · the expensive operation of several .systems. Warnings to conserve our water supply for the next There is no adequate single 'source. 60 days have accented the acute situation that national deIn fact the only place the Planning board could find fense has caused in Portsmouth's principal utility-water.* dts needed '3 180 000 gallons was the Winnicutt river at ·Portsmouth had a water problem long before FDR de- , Greenland. B~ e;ecting two small dams, just west of where clared an emergency. the river crosses the Portsmouth road, a supply of about ! In fact, six years ago, the National Board of Fire under- S,000,000 gallons could be obtained. This was the location ! : writers recommended that the available supply be doubled recommended by Superintendent of Streets Nat S. Stevens, , ' from 2,500,000 gallons- a day to 5,000,000 or an average of two years ago. --:-----:---:--;---;---·· __ , i 300 gallons a day per person. · This Winnicutt river project has been recommended to This was for an estimated population of 16,000 persons · Washington by the Portsmouth Planning board. Estimated _ including New Castle and the Hotel Wentworth. cost is about $520,000 and includes two 20-foot dams, a filter Need Nearly 10,000,000 Gallons Daily Now · system, pumping station and connecting mains to Ports1 , Now we must think about water for a future Ports- mouth. mouth population of 25,000 or more, a potential New Castle Must Distribute Water population of 3,000 and also the Hotel Wentworth. In short, Besides getting the water, Portsmouth must distribute for nea 7Iy double the 193? est!m~te. . it to various sections of the city and _to New Castle. Usmg the Underwriters figure as a bas~s, a supply New or larger mains must be mstalled on Greenland close to 10,000,000 gaIIoi:is a day would ~e reqmred. By cur- 1 road to Middle road, a second between Marston lane and tailing its reserve the cit:y could cut this to about 670,000 I Sagamore avenue, on South street; a third out Sagamore gallons. : avenue to Camp Langdon•for the forts at New Castle; and a We now are getting, with forced pumping_ and conver- fourth down South street from Sagamore to Gate street to sion of Peverly brook through ground seepage mto our sys- handle the Pierce Island recreational problem. tern, our maximum of about 2,500,000 gallons a day. . Six years ago the Fire Underwriters recommended im~ithin 60 days our new_ 53-w~ll field, ~lanne~ 1to reheve provement of the city's mains to form proper .grid~ and the pre-d_efense shortage, will be m _ope 7at10n to supply an- eliminate dead end lines. One such improvement listed 1s the other estimated 700,,000 gallons. This w_1ll swell the total to1 Spinney road main to connect . Islington the ne_w 500,_000 3,200,000 g~llons a 1~Y, but not to what 1s wanted. j gallon standpipe, and Middle street~ for better circulation. Water .is- figured on ~ per-gallon-per-person-:per-day ,p&~lS,· Tlie':J:1ltr 'U.illfm:~riters-' figur~s- ~ill f.or ~n av.~r~~e PORTSMOUTH AND NATIONAL DEFENSE ---5'\. ,v I :I - - ---- - �Firiaily~a -Toop- from the-newwell system pumpmg station off Sherburne road, out the Gosling roii,d and down Woodbury avenue, to the junction of Maplewood will complete the grids at a cost of about $83,000. Balance of the estimated needs are requir.ed for engineering, and contingent expenses. . . · In all, the Planning board has estimated about $241,000 : for improvement of the city's distribution system. PORTSMOUTH .·AND NATIONAL DEFENSE______ · 4 ,,0\· 1Value: Million And Half No. 5-0UR EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM To double its supply Portsmouth's water system will cost, exclusive of the investment by the government for the 800 homes at Atlantic Heights, a total of $1,011,000 with $233,000 for the system just being completed; $17,000 for extension. of existing mains and $761,000 for the Winnicutt . river project and distribution. This added to the $670,000 1 present plant would create a water system valued at more - than a millio1~ and a half dollars. · , In theory~ water system enlargement is no taxpayers' ! problem beca1jlse water revenues .are s~t to equal operating : costs and also !t?·f .11fof£. t~~-<;£!Pithl ·1~v~·.stm'et1t over a period ; [This is the fifth of a series of 12 articles dealing with defense problems and activities in Portsmouth, written by Franklin E. Jordan, the Herald's able Managing Editor. These articles, prepared after long hours of research, with the co-operation o! Portsmouth's Planning Board, city officials and department heads, should be considered as "must reading" by everyone interested in Portsmouth's present and future.-J. D. Hartford, Publisher. J , I ye;~:· By Fra·n klin 1 Portsmouth s School P;oblem t~i of ex~~pl~, :usi~g ci.iirii~i~ai ,~~:;dit;"\ water depart- ' ment bor~dw.ed $250,000 to make the pi'~t~nf·53 well en. largement, agb.ipst anticipated savings . .It 1l?;j)i"towed $8,000 from Defense Homes to finance materials the Sherburne road houses·; •r:~th repayment guaranteed ·9tl/1-\ter revenues from the. ~-~ ~ct. · ,: ..,, /1.> But whe'Il .~toj ects run to more than'tth:vee-quarters of a million'. cl9q~zjs they are beyond the . b.o,rrmiwing capacity of the city,,. Mtlnicipal credit is not able;•e~Jh.Mit were allowed by law,,. .to be obligated for such _art.: a.in9unt for a period of 20 ';J¢ars' or more particularly since 'defense revenues may vanish with peace'!•.: ·' · ..· '. '~J·,. ·.. . ? ,., Schools Servi:r\g Present 2,800 students New PBA Homes Adds about 800* Plains Area Adds about 400*. New Senior High School For Above** for I • Need Federal Aid !?, Jordan Capacity Cost 9 2,755 $1,000,000 1 480 158,000 1 240 85,000 1 1,300 750,000 • About halt attend neighborhood schools, except estimated 125 parochial ,f lab.nee to Junior and Senior High schools. · • ••combines about 270 from 9th grade o! Junior High Into Senior to eliminate need tor addition to Junior high. IbF:%.w.f,·1,vr. I I s if'i".PmSV\kr'.t::,.w.Sf»:.%;w,);d?,£{:;:";;..,.•:.'.4.L✓,:,,~&c.lt:"C:1$:'.1fklLZ@.'!@M.hU o Consequently, federal aid is needed. Moreover it is h I B 'Id. Th W'I/ I Th W evident that the Federal government is obligated in the matC oo u, mgs at I ut ast e ar ter. Without defense increases, new 700,000-gallon system Present A Difficult Problem which Portsmouth arranged itself by a bond issue would · If peace came tomorrow no city officials would be more have carried the city along although reserves would have pleased than those in our School department. been inadequate. The School department has no serious problem now. Last year our water system grossed about $96,000, or Enrollment last year was about 2,800. Capacity is about $6.40 per person. Operating expenses were about $78,- · 2,755. 000 and thus operating profit was about $18,000. With the When this Labor day brings the smell of burning leaves repayments on previous bond issues to meet, however, the and youngsters get their faces washed for the great ordeal, system actually lost $2,347.49. the School department will have a problem-a million dolEngineers have estimated that its, new well system and lar problem. · • conversion of steam operated plants to electricity will make By September lights will gleam in 1,200 new houses. a subsantial saving in operation and approximately $43.60 M;ore than 5,000 persons will call Portsmouth their home. saved per million gallons pumped. But with several \fell That means 1,200 more school children. About half of · fields in different localities, it still will be an expensive them will attend the neighborhood schools and the others, srstem to operate. , the junior and senior high .s chools. However, on the above basis the savings on the 1940 .water used would have totaled about $30,000 and on this · Need Room, Teachers For Thirty Students · year's pumping substantially more. These savings will I The educational rule of thumb is to have one classroom offset to a larger degree the added operating cost of a and teacher for every 30 students. Thus, 1,200 students · larger system. mean 40 more classrooms and 40 more teachers unless ·corIf the city's population dwindles when peace comes, · ners can be cut. one central, large source like the Winnicutt river could be I No matter which way you figure it these classrooms ' used and other smaller fields shut down and held in reserve. will have to go in new buildings-at least three. They would This materially would cut operating expenses and provide a cost, according to estimates sent to Washington by the Plan- 1 safeguard for the future. ning board, $993,000. ! Another safeguard, Portsm0uth learned to its discom. School buildings cannot be constructed in terms of "the i fort'with the Sherburne road wells, is to zone all watersheds ; duration." in advance. Even the most.pessimistic persons do not expect a ten- [ year war-only four or five years at most. A school build-/ ing lasts 20 years or more. · Facilities for 1,200 more children would prepare Ports- 1 mouth for a top population of 22,000. · i I .. l �Ialready has provided $12,000 worth of trade equipment and 1 . a teaching staff of 11. More equipment and teachers are ex- }., 7 With a request this weeke~d. for eight million dollars I pectt~e has only to visit the present city hall to find ample for thtehN ~vydy~rdd~ ~ht_ere ten mt1hll1tonpalrteady htha's bteen spent r. arguments for a new one. . or ~u ~rize , m. 1c_a. ions are. a or smou s op popu- 1 Arguments for a future trade scl:ool for t~e city are lat10n will be nearer its potential 31,000 than 22,000 by 1942. J • t trong although not as immediately obvious. Sc~ool officials cannot be influenced by our po_tential / J us of trade schools has caused acute shortages of ?opu_lat10n: T~ey mus_t fore_see the spect:r of vacant wmdo~s / skilled labor in vital defense industries. ~n bnck bmldmgs which might be growrn!5 to grass and rum , Trade school work is ideally adapted for adult educam a world of peace 20 years later. ; tion-for avocation as well as livelihood. If, as many edu. , cators forecast, the new era in education will be for adu_lts, Must Th,nk Of Peace Now I then to have a building available is an important peacetime They, of all city officials, must think of peace NOW ' step. · . . because roughly half the cost of education is building mainWhen in a so-called enlightened era, 18,000,000 Amer!• tenance and depreciation. can adults cannot even write a simple letter, as the presiTheir one ace in the hole is the two-session plan. It dent of the National Education association reported in Bosmakes one plant do the work of two. ton only this month, adult education is essentia1. The Atlantic Heights school system will be over-built Operating cost of the three needed schools has b en 7 knowingly. A compromise has been worked out _be!ween ~ar estimated at $89,000. This does not include constru_cti_on needs and peace needs. Realizing that over-construction is I bond repayments and interest charges. Neither does it 111 necessary here and that the PBA homes are not taxable, the ' elude depreciation. Planning board contends the Federal government should i N d De reciation Reserves build and operate the 16-room elementary school necessary i eelf the ~illion d,o llars worth of buildings were fin~nced for 480 youngsters. . . . by 20 .year 2% bonds, there would be $50,000 a :r-:ea1: m reThis would take care of half the PBA problem. Th;ee 1 payments and $,20,000 a year in interest to add, brm~mg the , hundred other PEA-housed youngsters would be attendmg total cost to $70 000 which with the $89,000 operating cost '[ the junior and senior high school, in addition to those from would make the 'total $159,000. Add depreciation, on a 20the ~lai1;s section whe_re another third . of our increased year basis, and there is another $50,000 or a total of $209,- 1 housmg 1s located. Estimates of Parochial stud~nts from OOO. . . , PBA have been placed at 100, and from the Pl ams, 25. As the School department operates nme out of the city_s In many ways the Plains situation is just as act~te as j rn departmental buildings, this best illustrates what it the Heights. Present Plains school is a one-room affair ac- , would mean for the city to have depreciation reserves added comodating 30 students. In this section, Defense Homes cor- to the cost of its annual operating expense. poration is finishing 160 units which added to the Goiter As most school buildings are older than their normal development of 50, gives a mi~imum of 180 students. This 20 years, the school° department would have a building fu~d means an eight-room school estunat_ed at $8_5,000. at the present time of about $600,000. In fact, the depreciaAn estimated 75 from the Plams sect10n are expected tion reserves could have been set up after bond repayments :1 to attend the Junior and Senior High schools, making _200 were finished and still have had a substantial reserve. Had ! more at the Junior High and 175 more at the Senior High. reserves been set up when the buildings were constructed : Neither the Junior High with its 750 capaci-ty nor the there would be available for a new Senior high school about Senior High with its 675 capacity which was just increased I, $ 200 000 by a four-room addition, could handle this increase Dep~eciation i·eserves would not, of course, provide without added rooms. funds for new schools or for enlargements so the $243,000 Orginally, additions to both were contem~lated. Then cost for the two elementary schools would not change. HowSupt. Harry L. Moore, _Henry B. Tilton, appomted by_ the · ever if the city had had depreciation reserves, they would Planning board for school liason work, and a committee . have provided available funds, which could have been borfrom the Board of Education decided that instead of patch- : rowed from without interest, to finance such additions. ing up the old Senior High, it would be more advantageous I Washington officials already have stated that in conto build a new senior_high ,for $750:000._ . . !nection with projects, they only intend to fina!1ce the ad~ed From an educational standpoi:1t,. 1t 1s generally dis- : cost of defense and not any improvements a city would II~e : liked yet it is preferable to over-buildmg for a temporary ' to make or would have to make anyway, and then only 1f emergency. By "doubling up," Portsmouth schools could they are convinced that the city could not afford to make take care of any ~oreseen war pote~tial. over 22,?00. ,the improvements. The two-sess10n system seems mevitable this fall beIn which case, if it is estimated that the defense ho_usca~s~ new facil_ities will be but getting underway. School ing areas are going to add about 300 to the 900 present high off1c1als are resigned to that. school enrollment or a -total of 1,200, the government would If 20,~00 is our peace poten~i~l, then a sch_ool system , offer to pay 25 % of the $750,000 cost or abo~t $187,~00.' _In , for 22,000 1s toe large. School officials have considered that which case, the city certainly would appreciate havmg its , angle, and feel as many others do, that after the war the · own building fund of $200,000 and $400,000 in school re- . PBA homes will drop below capacity. serves which could be borrowed against without interest. Portsmouth has other claims against the government ' Move Ninth Grade To Senior High that entitle it to a larger grant than $187,000. The PBA Instead of enlarging the Junior High, it was decided houses are not taxable. The 200 students attending from to coordinate the ninth grade with the Senior High, which that section should be compensated for both in building and could easily be done if the Senior high is located as planned operating charges. across the street from the Junior high. These students would represent about 18 % of the -total , This would leave the present Senior high school avail- or about another $135,000 of the cost, in addition to the 1 able as a solution to either one or the other of two vital general defense cost. Possibly, the Federal government problems. might argue that this $135,000 w~s covered by. the general · It could become the much talked about and much defense grant, but Portsmouth nghtly c~n po:nt_ out that needed new city hall. the community facilities bill did not mention aid rn case .of Or, it could become the city's future trade school, oper- tax-exempt_ions. . ated for "the duration" by the Federal government which Another grant might be made on the basis of the donation of the old Senior High school for defense classes for i ~::k I I j "t.hP. r] 11 ,-i:it.inn" i:111rl i:innt.l,0-.- ~?.1)1) 1)1)1) ,.o., 1~,._orl __ . _ _ ____ _ _ _ __ �This would- total $472,000 of th~ $750,000- cost, leavini 'Portsmouth to pay a balance of $i78,000. ., Senior High School Defense ~roblerry Only . , ,· Portsmouth's best argument is that without defense its present patched up $150,000 Senior High school would serve its needs and that any funds spent in excess of that are necessitated in the present Senior High construction costs and that present-day costs add an unfair increase. In which case, it could ask for a 100 % grant. . .Considering. that the tax income from Defense Homes will be tied up to pay for its sewerage project for several ; years, and the other burdens of defense, the Planning board Irequest for an entire grant has every justifkation. I · Day nurseries and ·,pre-school facilities have not been estimated by the Planning board because private organiza-1 tions are handling that problem adequately. However, if the shoi;tage of labor continues, there undoubtedly will be more \ and more demand for this serVice. . : Schools are the most expensive of municipal services, costing about two and a half times as much as any other. ' Operating costs last year (1940) were $236.,000 with another $29,000 for bond repayments and interest or a total of $26,5,000. It owes $200,000 in bonds at the present time. Its present plant has a replacement value of more than one million dollars consisting of the Senior high, capacity 675, value about $200,000; the Junior high, capacity, 750, _ value $370,000; five elementary schools, (Farragut 240, Whipple 210, Haven 240, Lafayette 210 aJ1.d New Franklin 210-total capacity 1,110, value $250,000. Atlantic Heights, capacity 150, value $30,000. Plains, capacity 30, value $5,000. ~3~u~~~~t~~~s e':~~~ie:~ $80,000. .PORTSMOUTH AND NATIONAL DEFENSE ..... .,._ This plant is operated by No. 6-OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH [This Is the sixth of a series of 12 articles dealing with defense problems and activities in Portsmouth, written by Franklin E, Jordan, the Herald's able Managing Editor. These articles, prepared after long hours of research, with the co-operation of Portsmouth's Planning Board, city officials and department heads, should be considered as "must reading" by everyone interested in Portsmouth's present and future.-J. D. Hartfo?3-, Publisher.] ,"=> ----By Franklin E. Jordan t.t.•W~i.{t.~%~-»-~~~~~t:\t.-t.J:dtZ?'?S'<J;::L.:xr:YV.+:«/?•;;/C:·:v:\i>;;;s./?Y . J' > <Y"--,>"••ff./;$'.··t:«w..,:st~~~::-»:•m.wr~ Portsmouth's Health Problem Sherburne Road Sewerage Connection Greenland-Sherburne Road Extensions · Central Ave.-Beachwood St. Sewerage Three sewerage outlets in river Maplewood Acres sew~rage system Business section comfort station Refuse collection truck Hospital wing or health center $27,000 36,000 12,000 9,000 24,000 1,000 5,000 30,000 Total $144,000 c~;pkt~r<;, N·~ti~~·~1>'15~r;~;;r;~«;1~~d;~~nwA:r;~'~;l: 'Have Income From Some Tuitions Defense Of The Nation's Health Schools have an income source in tuition at $100 each; Among the .shortages revealed by National Defense for students outside the city. This earned $21,000 last year. have been municipal health facilities: Auditoriums are also a ~ource of income for many cities and : Portsmouth is the exception. ,Partsm9uth's Junior high auditorium earned about $300 : Mississippi, for example, announced 156,000 new outr last yea'r . houses just built. Compared to such conditions, Portsmouta Thus the net cost of the schools was $244,000 or 37 cents has no problem at all. out of the taxpayer's dollar. Waste disposal is one of the most expensive phases of Operating costs include transportation. It is estimated 1 the municipal health service. Hospital facilities are anoththat 400 students, including 125 parocMal pupils,• will re- er. These call for large capital investments. quire it by the q,.efense increase. Five new busses for two Not as noticeable but equally important are the distrips or 10 for one will be required. Busses would not b_e trict nurses, food and sanitation inspectors and the physipurchased as transportation is obtained by contract .. Esti- cians and dentists available. mated cost is about $13,000 per year. Transportation last Portsmouth is fortunate in all these respects. More I1 year cost $3,000. , than 60 miles of its needed 65 miles 'of sewerage is already An important unit of the city's ed1Ucational facilities, built and adequate. Its city incinerator has capacity for a Ioften overlooked, is the Public library. With the limited '. 25,000 population, and h'as just been overhauled. school libraries it serves as the general library for the eduThe Portsmouth hospital with 110 beds including a cational system as well as for adult eduaation. maternity wing and nurses' home, is adequate for a populaDefense has created a problem in this 50,000-volume , tion up to 25,000 on U. S. Public Health standards. These library with its $150,900 worth of books. There is ~n over- j same standards count beds in any hospital within 25 miles of whelming demand for technical books and magazmes-so I a community as part of its facilities, and within that range, much that the -trustees have asked for $250 more this year. ' P0rtsmouth has six.* One-third of the library's expenses is actually more ' re·creational than ,educational as it is.fiction. If the l~bra 7y District Nursing Problem Solved is to serve a growmg defense popul,ation adequately, ,it will : In the Portsmouth District' Nursing association, Portsneed more than t~e $1,200 a year ~t ~ow gets ~rom its en- , mouth has its district nursing problem adequately hand,led, dowments for buymg books and periodicals. Its mcome from · although it is obvious . that the m·o re the popul:at1on.- grows· new fiction rentals adds only about $100 a year. No funds ' the more nurses are needed. One nurse to each, 2 000 popuare provided by the city for book buying. The city pays only lation has been suggested as ideal, but few ,citie~ attain it. its $7,600 operating expense for five full-time employes and Best rated cities run about one nurse to each 5 OOO· and a: a few part-time assist~nts, ~ostly schoo: students. . large number run one for each 10,000. Po'r tsmou'th _h as one How . much the library s defense .mcrease should be and an assistant now or about one to each 8 500 population. has not been estimated but it is obvious that an average of In addition, the city provides a scho~l nurse. Thus 17c a year per capita for new ,books is eidremely low. 1 Portsmouth actually has three persons in service or about one for each 5,600 . J;)Opulation. A wartime 25,000 population or a future peacetime .io,- . 000_ ~~pulation cannot require an_y sizable increase il\ W_:·_~s_ej facilities. · ·, .£;·: :. I • _ , 1 IJ;:",.!.:, -L~ �lt would not be a hospital but a diagnostic center and possibly treatment of minor matters at various clinics-I j..,'l .City Health Officer Could Co-ordinate Work such as baby, prenatal, dental, maternity, and vener~al di.P erhaps it may make possible something Portsmouth seases (including for defense reasons a prophylactic stahas wanted for a long time but has been unable to afford- tion). Red Cross activities_cou~d make us~ of such a center. a full-t ime and adequately salaried City Health officer who In addition to exammat10n and mmor tre~tment, a can co-ordinate the work of all these exceptional facilities Community Health c:nte1· co~ld offer an e~ucat10na~ proa nd fill out a few notable lacks such as community health gram for the prevent10n of disease and acc1de~1t. Th1_s _has education, both disease and accident prevention. been the most neglected phase of Portsmouth s mumc1pal At the present time there is not even a municipal of- health service. . flee for a Health department. The city's chairman of its If this problem was -purely PortsmouLh, the question of board of health, Dr. George A. Tredick, has to use his own · adtjed facilities would not be urgent but, actually, tl:e Portsoffice for its headquarters. mouth hospital is serving more than 25,000 population now, • This would be an important step forward. because in addition to the city it serves a.djacent towns. The . . .Only a little over $100,000 must be added to the city's first of last month it was taxed to capacity. million dollar sewerage system to handle national defense problems. In addition to the $27,000 Sherburne road trunk Decision One Of Imm ediate Concern line sewerage now under construction, the Planning board Thus the decision on a new wi11g or a Community has recommended in its request to the Federal government Health center has become one of immediate concern. that $36,000 be granted for extension of this system to hanNor must it be forgotten that Portsmouth must be predie the Golter development, Greenland and Sherburne road pare? for m?dern warfare and its dsmands for E~11:rgenc,Y I areas. · .Medical equipment. Red Cross chapters are tram mg for · . Two highly detrimental areas need improv~menL. One : disaster wo:·k, ?ut they are . handicapped without faciliti~s. 1s the Central avenue-Beechwood street, area which already More d1str1ct nurses will be needed as Portsmouth 111has been called to the attention of the city by the State creases to a 25,0_0~ p opulation. To kee!i the s~me ratio as Board of Health; $12,000 would end this menace. Another , we city 11as now, two more nurses would be required . The I is the river section near the South End, the Municipal Swim- Eastern district of the State Board of Health has recomming pool and the Pierce Island Army recreation area. mended that anothe1· be added now Lo work ·with local offiThere three sewerage outlets are exposed at low tide. To cials burdene~ by_ clef ens~ increases. I_L also has recommendextend them to deep water would cost an estimated $3,000 ed that a samtatwn engmeer be stat10ned here. each or $9,000. The city already has three heal th inspectors-meat, Mapl ewood Acres ,vith its 80-home project presents a flour and plumbing. (Milk and water are state matters.) special problem because of grades involved and it would Portsmouth's municipal health service at present keeps have to have a separate system estimated at $24,000. In all, 36 persons busy-23 :full-time and 13 part-time. Twcnty$81,000 in new construction has been recommended in addi- four of them come under the Street department handling tion to the trunk line sewerage. street cleaning, rubbish collection and disposal and sewerage. This municipal service is in debt for abouL $100,000; Need Centrally Located Comfort Station $75,000 sewerage and $23,000 on its incinerator. An inexpensive but highly important part of the sewerage problem would be a centrally located public Comfort station, which long has been needed in the city. Erected Municipal Health Service Cos ts $50,000 Cost for municipal health service last year was about in connection with one of the city's parking loLs, it would cost about $1,000. $50,000. Including depreciation, interest bond repayment Aside from interest and repayment of sewerage con- an·d an estimate<l operaLing co11t of !J,7,000 a year for a Comstruction, added operating costs would be small, as sewer- munity Health Center, the defense increase would be ;i.boul age maintenance is negligible. $10,000 a year. Rubbish and garbage collection will require another Nearly half of last year's cost w~s bond interest and truck to handle a 25,000 population, estimated at $5,000. rcpaymenL, ab0ut $11,000, and another $11,000 for the ap Operating costs including truck depreciation would be abouL proximate share of Portsmouth's county tax that applied $6,000 a year more and 3 more men would be required. Lo the Rockinghuln County hospital. About $14,000 was Survey of the 46-year-old Portsmouth hospiLal by Fed- refuse collection. eral officials has revealed that its only lack was a separate Municipal health service has a potential earning power contagious ward, which might be necessary if defense popu- in sewerage rentals and private construction but last year lation brought more disease. The hospital is handling con- it earned less than $800 on sewerage work. Net cost for muntagion adequately now. icipal health service was about 7 cents of the tax dollar. However, if Portsmouth reached iLs 25,000 population Adding $10,000 for the health center and $6,000 a year the new wing to the hospital which has recently been dis- for refuse collection would mean an increase of $16,000 or cussed by the trustees might be built and a separate conta~-, one-third in the annual operating expense of this departious ward with a venereal disease secLion could be included. ment. Obviously, if Portsmouth reached its potential 31,000 popuState and Federal governrnenls furnish some aid on lation more X-ray equipment, operating rooms, laboratories heal th and in sections where costs have been estimated and other facilities would be needed. closely this is estimated at about 20?c. On last year's cost this wou ld have totaled about $10,000. Cornmunity Health Center Private organizations such as the $250,000 Portsmouth The Planning board has endorsed the Board of Health hospital which handled about 3,000 free cases last year and recommendation that if the hospital does not v,ant to build the District Nursing association ·which handled 1,700 help a $25,000 ten-bed addition, that a $30,000 Community decrease community health costs. The hospital estimates it Health center be constructed. spent $30,000 on free cases last year and the District NursThis would have many advantages to the cily as has ing association about $17,000. This total of $47,000 nearly been proven in other cities. In it, the city's health officer doubles the community health facilities . could have his headquarters and work with the part-time Portsmouth's Municipal Health Service means that you dentists, bacteriologists, sanitation engineers, health inspec- will live longer. Your children will live longer as there will tors and public nurses. be less disease and accidents in a municipality that makes a -. substantial investment in community health. Defense may show few needs but they are important. 1 • I �until new sheaves can be installed on -the 27-year-old structur.~. This would congest many other roads. ·PORTSMOUTH AND NATIO·NAL DEFENSE --,5\, \ Federal, Interstate And State Funds Help . Federal, interstate and state funds have solved three j I of Portsmouth's most pressing problems. The $3,155,000 ' Interstate bridge and by-pass highway completed last fall '. eliminated tourist and resort congestion as was shown when \p Imore than 17,000 cars used it this month in one day. ' NO. 7-OUR TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM ' State funds made the much-needed repairs to the two bridges to New Castle at a cost of about $40,000 and re[This is the seventh of a series of 12 articles .dealing with debuilding of the Sagamore bridge at a cost of more than $110,fense problems and activities in Portsmouth, written by Frank000. Plans now are being made for rebuilding the Wentlin E. Jordan, the Herald's able Managing Editor. These articles, prepared after long hours of research, with the co-operation of worth bridge; cost probably around $20,000. Portsmouth's Planning Board, city officials and department heads, should be considered -as "must reading" by everyone inParking facilities are another matter. Portsmouth's 1 terested in Portsmouth's present and future,-J. D. Hartford, two municipal parking lots which hold about 300 cars each Publisher .J obviously are inadequate and the Planning board has recommended that another parking area be created for 213 cars By Pranklin E. J ordan H%iN@Jrt,,@ifaitrnmrnrnit@Ii@#'Ntiit@ttKrnm1:rnrnmmrtmiitr:::svm:rrrnm:::rn:ntrnm:nt@1@1 in the vicinity ~f Fleet and Hanover streets, near the heart . of the'·sao-pping center. This would cost an estimated $64,000, with another $5,000 for improvement to the present Portsmouth's Transportation Problem $22,500 Pleasant and Marcy st. widening areas. 75,000 Market street extension to Heights Fortunately, the Portsmouth Merchants' bureau has 13,500 Atlantic Heights bridge repairs taken an interest in this problem and hired a traffic exp~t 27,000 to make a survey. When his report is disclosed at the city By-pass-Cutts street traffic circle 64,000 council meeting tonight it should reveal the specific prob- · New in-town parking area 5,000 lems clearly. Improvements to present lots However, based on preliminary studies, which had to Total $207,000 be made by the Planning board and the City Council comNOTE--These are the Planning board rec.ommenMtlons. The Army has mi'ttee on Traff· · arriving · · a t i't S recommenestimated $250,000 !or Portsmouth's airport, atter It Improves three others in ic an d p ark"ing, in th8 state. dation some facts are obvious and while figures may be ap~'\;zAni"o:•'•Y+,,F'•<,rn-2u:,:~m:t/ m·,:n,:,,>·'/fi':':,,/A'Xff'•rn~:n:/'.i:-•'W""'I•,:••·. ·imiiW'<ci:t:r· J'..i;:·..-;- 5 .. I proximate they ill us tr ate the defense problem. Portsmouth Has 72 Miles Of Tr~ffic And Parking ,i Parking Facilities Must Be Adequate Problems To Be Considered I Traffic engineers agree that adequate parking facilities · Try to park your car in Portsmouth's shopping section JI are the only permanent solution to a city's traffic problem. · some Saturday and you will realize one of our acute Nation- ii Street regulations may help relieve congestio'n, but they I1 al Defense problems. !' run the danger of being too successful and driviug away , Fortunately, compared to the millions needed,for other i trade. When a motorist wants to park, he wants to park and city services, the annoyances and dangers of Portsmouth's ' as near the heart of the shopping district as possible. traffic and par:d~g problems can be solved for less than a Moreover, like a restaurant, parking facilities must be 1 quarter of a million dollars. designed for peak loads. An "average load" design is no Unfortunately, traffic and parking is only one phase I help to a motorist on a crowded shopping day. Trade gravi- 1 of the municipal transportation service. Air, rail, bus, truck Itates to places with good parking facilities and if Portsand sea facilities must be considered in the city's present 'I mouth is to benefit from its defense trade it must have them. and potential needs. To solve adequately all transportation I Defense workers have increased Portsmouth's 60,000 problems would require close to a million dollars. trading area to about 80,000. It is estimated that about half of them shop in Portsmouth on Saturday, or about 9,000 of Recommends Four Urgent Needs · the 18,000 families. , Urgent needs recommended by the Portsmouth Plan_Rule ~f thumb is about two hou~s• shoppin?" time rer ning board are: family which on the 12-hour Saturday means six parking 1. Pleasant street widening at junction of Marcy. Elim- turnovers or an average of about 1,500 cars parked all the · inates dangerous intersection on heavily-traveled route from time. During this two·- hour period, some 3,000 other cars are business section to Army fort::;. Estimated cost $22,500. I a total congestion of about 4,500 cars. · 2. Market street, extension to Atlantic Heights and new [entering or leaving to keep constant the total parked, making 800 defense housing. This would relieve traffic bottleneck If the d~fense peak in 1942 brings Portsmouth and its on Vaughan, new Vaughan and Maplewood avenue and ' trading a1;ea to a more than l?0,000 population this average shorten trip to Navy yard. It would help also on White would be mcreased by approximately 500 cars and make the Mountain-bound Portsmouth traffic. The estimated cost is total parking facilities needed close to 2,000. Even this : $75,000. · !I would not _solve the problem as the Saturday load has its 3. Atlantic Heights bridge. Weakened by increased Io~n peak m the early evening, when space for 2,500' cars traffic to 800 defense homes and bulk oil plants of area. 1 might be needed. Needs concrete abutments under steel span and earth fill I B:sides this total, Ports~ou~h'~ 300-car parking l_ots . approaches in place of timber. Estimated cost $13,500. a~d p1oposed 200 more seem msigmficant. Street parkmg 4. By-pass highway, traffic circle connecting Cutts will take care of possibly 1,000 cars in the general vicinity, street extension to give easy access to Navy yard workers. private garages about 200 more, but that still leaves the city Qircle, plus Cutts street extension, $27,000. 1,000 parking units sh~rt. . . . 1 · These four improvements constitute all the major The only consolation is that all rapidly growmg Amerproblems of Portsmouth's half million dollars' worth of ican cities have this same acute problem and the only soluhighways and six bridges. Its other five bridges and 264 tilon has been to solve it over a period of time. If it costs roads are, with few exceptions, in good shape. More than 56 $64,000 to add 200 more parking units; to solve this problem of Portsmouth's 72 miles of roads have been hard surfaced. all at _once would cost more than $300,000. There may be on_e other temporary traffic problem. Repairs to Memorial bridge, although a matter of State expense, may necessitate closing_it f9r a _week or several weeks , I ji I . �'Bus Terminal Possibility ...------Tfie:'Streetaepartment must have ·or be able to get7 quickly aH the equipment needed for emergency repairs to f its transportation system and to its water and sewerage system. It must have men trained to make these repair. It must have studied with the non-municipal utilities, ,gas, electricity and telephone and be able to make emergency repairs. It must be trained in wreckage removal. Three city departments divide responsibilities for , Portsmouth's transportation service-airport commission- 1ers, port wardens and street commissioners. In all they emMunicipal Or State Pier Probl~m ploy 16 men full-time and 24 part-time. I Po1:tsmouth, with one of the finest deep-water rivers Facilities include the $25,000 airport, $350,000 roads, and on one of the finest harbors in the world, has no munici- $170,000 bridges, $30,000 in 15 miles bf sidewalks, $100,- , pal pier. As the state's only· seaport, it has no state pier. 000 in parking lots, buildings and equipment, $60,000. Total · Recently, a state commission recommended purchase and about $750,000. _ _ improvement of the old Boston & Maine wharf as a public The street department owes about $200,000 on roads pier at a cost of about $100,000. and equipment. Net cost of operation last year, not includ- ' So far it has not been considered, but if war further cur- ing depreciation, was about $89,000 including $8,000 for i tails existing transportation units, barges, which already snow removal. This is 10c on the tax dollar. have been talked of for oil, may come i,!!.0_1!1Qr.!l -~neral use This department earns a small amount ,on sidewalk and make a state or-municipally-owned pier a practical pos- construction, on the 50-50 basis-about $500 last year. Howsibility. Portsmouth's only recent marine expense has been ever, without automobiles its expenses would be materially $8,000 for a seawall. · ' reduced and it seems justly entitled to credit for the city's If air superiority means everything in war and airport income of $23,000 on auto registrations. This would leave superiority, means everything in peace, then the Portsmouth its net cost to the general taxpayer $66,000, I municipal airport is the city's most neglected opportunity Added operating costs of the Sti-eet department due to ' for safeguarding its fu1ture. In ten years, the city has spent the defense growth of the city are 'estimated at about $30,· Jess than $15,000 on its airport and only a few thouand more 000 a year, based .on the Planning board's recommendations. by WPA projects. The ridiculously small sum of even $500 They include $5,000 more for snow removal, among other I promised by the city last year was not given. items. _ Although arrival and departure of Navy planes are I FOOTNOTE: ' now common at the field, the Navy, has disclaimed any inte ·- f •Ra11 facillcies do not Increase the cost o! municipal operation although I they add to Its value as a transportation unit. Defense needs resulted in the est in its betterment_or in support of efforts to improve it. Boston and Main having to assign a WPA work train h1>re for the_Navy yard, I1 ma.king a defense increase to the area of some $100,000, The Navy yard has I Time _and again, Army appropriations have overlooked just requested $70,000 mo!"..._:o_:__ ~~d__:<1__r~J fac1llties a_n__d___Pa':'!_ng. _ ' it, although at the present time it has been reported to the Planning board that it stands fourth on the state priority list for development by the army at an estimated cost of about $250,000. Busses and trucks complicate Portsmouth's traffic problem. There has beeri talk in the past of rerouting trucks and of having a bus terminal. Several cities operate municipal terminals but, so far, it has not been proposed here, although· a greatly increased , trading area might make it a practical possibility. Such a terminal would cost at 1east $50,000. * . , 1 i- Airport Proves Its Worth PORTSMOUTH AND NATIONAL DEFENSE Disowned by all who should father it, the airport has ' proved its worth by keeping ·on without funds, and grow- ' 'ing in business. This year a private concern completed a : $5,000 hangar at the field. But if Portsmouth is going to . NO. 8-OUR FIRE PROTECTION •prepare for peace as well as w::ir, its airport deseryes serious J consideration_and support. · [This is the eighth of a series of 12 articles dealing with de. Why this airport, at a place where some $20,000,000 j fense problems and activities in Portsmouth, written by Frankworth of Army and Navy facilities are located, would not lin E. Jordan, the Herald's able Managing Editor. These ar_ticles, · prepared after long hours of research, with the co-operation of be of value if improved as an advanced seacoast base, has , Portsmouth's Planning Board, city officials and department - nev_er been exp_·lai'ned to the general publi'c by military auth- l heads, should be considered as "must reading" by everyone interested in Portsmouth's present and future.-J. ·D. Hartford, orities. · · Publisher.] As the State Planning and Development commission . --,---.----saw Portsmouth's needs, the field should be improved from By Franklin E. Jordan lits p1esent semi-dangerous condition to at least a point _ Ccsbv:,w:,.;_._-U,,; ________ /X'Vt:'2: ___ ❖ -?,-•.1,·-,.v--,.,.,,,,-,-f-C:<\,f.. ___ h.a>:>WA.1%>1;:;2a%:h,·\%-·;w;:-,->, Where small transport planes and all types of private flying . • and student activities could take pl~ce, and pickup,s could : Portsmouth f ,re Protection$16,500 ' ·be handled for air mail, express and freight. Ordered-85-foot aerial ladder : · First step -already has been recommended by the AirRecommended: 24,000 port commissioners: zoning the field and prote~ting it fromPlains _sub-fi_re station and equ_ipment 24,000 obstructions such as was just disclosed yesterday, when it Atlantic Heights s~b-fire station $1,500 was found nearby µtility poles had been heightened. 10 new call boxes 2,500 Recommendations of the State Planning board, which! 6 English style portable pumps $4,500 are understood to have been used by the Army in its con45 new hydrants templated $250,000 improvement include: obtaining 38' ; acres more land and clearing and grading the entire 98 $73,000 acre area. Extension- of its 2,000 foot NW-SE runway to •30 hydrants at :PBA at Atla.ntlc Heights paid for by Federal government. 3,500 and construction of a new Northeast, Southvvest run- s,_; --•r- -------,-_._._._._.,,,,-,,-"""-.-.-•.--,.-.-.-:sx-s----->.•.•.s•·•"'•'•' «.,"'"'~" •.,'. __'.-s.;:..c:.:.:c;----•• 'c--:c._e---::>:_.--\.vn:;1:.,,.,_,_:;.,-;-'-.A ···':+-::. ,_.\ w~y ~,500 fe~t. Both _500 feet wi_dE; an.cl ~ard_ ~urfaced 150 Utilities, Communications, Traffic, Police And wide m the middle. These were mmimum rnquuements. / • pf A I t t p t 4\·\·\ . Must Prepare For War Emergenc,es . - nspect,ons ay n mpor an ar "In the principal mercantile district severe li,res are ~ne. other nati?iJal def~nse re~uirement i'mpo~ed on ; probable and there is considernble possibility of theirthe city 1s preparat10n for disaster 111 case of bombmgs or d' t , l z po t· n of the district Oil -sabotage. . sprea mg. o znvo ve a. a_rge rw d. . 1 · · storage plants form a distinct hazard to surroun mg propety and the waterfront. In the residential severe spreading nres are ·probable.,, \) \ �· -,, · .....:From-·fhe- Nationttl Board of Fire Underwriters,_------rrliese include repl_a~irig a few _oxes of -£n put~of:d~ Portsmouth . Report, 1936. . type and about 40 add1tiona~ boxes m the present ~es1~~~: J In the past five years .many condition's that resulted in ' tial sections. Rule of thumb 1s a bo_x eve~y 50? feet m bus1: 1 . . · D f h ness districts and every , 800 feet m residential. All poles this report have been 1mpro_ved. N~:' Nation_a1 e ense . as :should have red bands and red night lights. Since 1936, brought new problems to tl;ns mumc1pal service of guardmg I many improvements have been made with limited funds, 1 17,000 persons in the city, 8,000 in the su~urbs and $30,000,- but the system coul9 use improvements totaling at least 000 in property. $8,0,00. · Surprisingly, only about $75,000 is needed to meet all • urgent needs of the Fire department, including two new Street, f ,re Department Should Confer . sub-:tite stations in the two defense housing areas. Highway conditions have.been improve~ by_deci:easmg · · k parking near the Central ,stat10n, but there 1s still need for Ordinarily, when you think bf fire protect10n, you thm the street department to confer with fire officials in eHminof engines, ladders and firemen. ating duplicating or confusing street names or sections and to study other key street routes where congestion might be Fire Prevention Is Best Protection reduced. · This is only. a small part of it. Five other city functions, , • Police and ~tilities alw~ys have co-operated. ~ut build1 and our non-municipal utilities, help determine the success mg plans, showmg the location, types and_ quantities of exf ·t fl t t· Unfortunately they are almost plosives or inflamma~les, shou~~ be furmshed the fire deo c1 Y re pro ec ion. ' I partment as they are II). other cities. . wholly: out of control of the fire department. i Since 1936, water storage has been doubled and, many Best protection is fire prevention. First of all.-is needed : new mains added. A new water supply will be available good building, electric and inflammable and explosive codes; 1soon. Proposed national defense water additions should , rigid inspections to see that they are enforced._ Prompt solve this problem .permanently including improvement of refuse removal is essential and, above all, constant com- the distribution system to eliminate the danger that now muriity education is needed in fire prevention. · exists of losing the water supply through a break in a main : Once a fire starts, speed in notification, is all important. arte'ry, leading to the hydrants. · . This means an adequate system of fire alarm boxes and, More than two dozen hydrants have been added to the since today nearly 90 percent of ~11 alarms ~ome by tele- city's 250 since 1936 and 45 more are contemplated fo_r PBA . phone, it means A-1 telephone service. Otherwise small fires homes and Sherburne road areas. Federal funds will pay become big ones. . . · the $5,000 cost. Hydrant spacing, to the recommended max- . Once notified, speed in reaching a fire is vital. Thi~ im~m of 110,000 square feet in the residential sections, has means good traffic conditions, with the street departm~nt been largely carried out. keeping all "key" routes clear of congestion and the . police At the time of the Underwriters' report, Portsmouth department clearing the way and preventing congestion at •' had three pumpers and one ladder with an average age of the fire. . . 19 years and a cost value, including building, hose and other Stored explosives or inflammables, gas and electr1c1ty I equipment, of about $110,000. In addition, it had a $15,000 ' can spread fire and endanger or delay firemen. Prompt co- , alarm system and $25,000 worth of hydrants or a total of operation of inspectors and utilities in cutting off gas and about $150 000. Ipower lines and warning of locations of explosives or _in- . Since then it has met Underwriters' recommendations i flammables so they can be "wet down" at once is essential. by adding another pumper, a light combination pumper, , · Water supply, water storage, distribution. system for i 25 more hydrants, a utility wagon and by ordering an 85- · certainty and pressure is, pe.rhaps, most essential of all. A : foot aerial ladder at a tota,l cost of about $5Q,000. ;_ severe fire may use a 1:o_rmal day's supply of w~ter. : ,.k... , . • • Once th~se necessities are a~equately provided a fire : $16,500 Ladder Given Defense Pr,or,ty department is ready for _fire fightmg. Success then dep~nds !'. Recognized as a vital defense need, the government has on having adequate equipment and men properly tramed given priority to the $16,500 ladder and it will be delivered and led. . , . next month. ' · Considering all handicaps, Portsmouth s Fire depart- . General standards for fire equipment are one pumper ment'~ record is remarka~le. : for each 8,000 or less population; one in reserve for each Smee 1936, many of its problems have been solved or I three in service. one ladder if the city has five or more i imNoved. buildings three ~torie~ or more high and added ladders for . • . : each 17,000 or more population. ·Aged Construction Always A Problem J With its suburban service as well as city, the PortsLike all older New England cities, Portsmouth will I mouth fire department now serves a population of 25,000 ~lways have a serious conflagration hazard because of aged ; and five pumpers and two ladders will be adequ~te. . construction. However, inspections have improved. Half a Howeve~, the Shehrburnbe rohadt antdh Atlabnlhc Hfeit;ha~s • tl . defense housmg areas ave roug up e pro em o dozen fire escapes have been mstalled or ord~red recen Y, ' eling distance. Standards are that pumpers should not have , sprinkler systems added· and dangerous rubbish accumula- ;; runs of more than three-quarters of a mile in high value tions removed from the business district. A number of un- , districts and ladders not more than a mile. In well built UP occupied fire menaces have been removed. , sections runs should not exceed two miles and in scattered . Portsmouth still needs good building, electrical, explo-'.· sections three miles. ,1 sive and inflammable codes and since these are matters s?lePannaway Manor on Sherburne road is three miles ly of city ordinance they add nothin~ to its cost of operat10n. · from the Central station and PBA homes ,a t Atlantic In fact, they would save money_in_fire losses and ~arn mon_ey · Heights 2½ miles. Both ar~ across the congested downtown I with permit fees. A fee for bmldmg an_d pl_umbmg permits area. . has just been voted, but no codes, which is only half the \ Recommends Two Sub-Stations problem. .. . . ' For this reason the Portsmouth Planning board has I:r~provemen_t of te!e~~_one f3l~1h_h_es by_'.: $93,00~a_dd! - 1 recommended estahiishment of sub-fire stations in both .-tion has oecreasea dangers of delays m phone alarms, butj t t· f b t $ 4 000 each One would be located ·ty •s 50 box s1gna · 1s s t'll Id be improve · d . Pl ans ca·JI areas,'t a a cosd o ad oub 2t , eh If . mi'le from ·Pan· naway ,the c1 1 cou •. • • • p • on c1 y-owne 1an , a ou on - a ,for six more boxes at Atlantic Heights and others at an- M d 'd. rotecti'on for the airport · · th anor, an a 1so prov1 mg some p naway Manor to cost abopt $1,500._ Th ere remam o er d the other on a PBA lot at Atlantic . Heights. : needs recommended by the Underwriters. , _ . . an . I . . I I I I I �Cost of each station includes, one 2-unit building at .1 If the salary of the building inspector had been added, ,. $14,000; one 500-gallon pumper at $7,000 and other neces- cost of protection last year would have been about $28,000. sary equipment about $3,000. If 1:he defense recommenda- Less the credits it couid have earned, the cost to the general / tions of the Board of Education result in new Plains school taxpayer would have been around $23,000 or about 3 cents 1 a saving of $7,000 might be made by remodeling the old out of the tax dollar. school building. · Like the school department, this department with the Arrival of the new ladder truck next month, will make greater part of its equipment 19-years-old illustrates the p\J .;sible release of one piece of Central station equipment need of depreciation reserves. and provide two pieces at the larger Atlantic Heights housAutomotive equipment over 5-years-old presents reing area. placement problems. Had adequate reserves been set up the : To provide the latest protection needed by cities-air department would now have some $60,000 in reserves, which ; raid equipment-purchase of six English-style portable would have paid $9,500 of the new ladder cost and provided . pumps has been recommended; cost, $2,400. Not recom- non-interest borrowing fund s for expansion. ' mended, but necessary for gas raids, would be more gas Portsmouth is fortunate in respect to available outside i masks; cost, $3,000. aid. Within 25 miles or a half hour's run are located fire : With two sub-fire stations to supervise and added in- departments at Kittery, Nav~r yard, Eliot, Rye, Hampton, spections to make, the fire. chief would need a car. Esti- Salisbury, Newburyport, Exeter, York, Wells, South Ber- I mated cost, $800. wick, Dover and Rochester. 1 Air raid problems, including removal of delayed action bombs, gas decontamination and extinguishing fire bombs, have emphasized the need for drill and training recommended by the Underwriters six years ago. This has been recognized by Fire Chief George T. Cogan. Only this week, one of his men returned from an intensive course in modern fire fighting conducted by the government office of Civilian defense. However, adequately to drill and train men, the drill ,, tower recommended by the Underwriters would be needed; l\ NO. 9-OUR POLICE PROTECTION ', probabl~ cost about $7,000. Under state law, the Fire department is run by three [This !s the ninth of a series of 12 articles deal!ng with defense problems and activities in Portsmoutn,. written by Fr~nkFire Wards, who have full: control, except for approprialin E. Jordan the Herald's able Managing Editor. These articles, tions voted by the city council. The fire wards, consisting prepared after Jong hours of research, with the co-operation of Portsmouth's Planning Board, city officials and department of the chief and two ~ssistant engineers, are appointed by I heads, should be considered as "must reading" by everyone ins I the city council. The :fire alarm system is run by the Superterested !n Portsmouth's present and future.-J. D. Hartford, I Publisher.] · intendent of Wires, who is also the electrical inspector. I PORTSMOUTH AND NATIONAL DEFENSE I Building Inspector Separate The building inspector is separate from the :fire departThe fire chief himself handles the inspection on explosives and inflammables. Each pumper or ladder company is composed of two :pq,id and 11 call members and there are at present four · companies-one ladder and three engine. A paid and a call , man handle the light combination pumper and form a re1serve for the other companies. This makes a total of nine paid and 45 call men. With the wire chief this is a total of 55 men. Four more permanent :firemen have been recommended for the two sub-fire stations and 22 more call men would be needed; cost, approximately $8,000 a year. Underwriters' recommendations that for reserve and to handle absences at least two additional paid men be added to each company or eight more permanent men have not been adopted. Cost of such an addition would be $15,000 a year. Operating costs last year, including 011erating costs of the :fire station itself, bond interest and repayment and the fire alarm system were about $27,000. Debt of the departI ment is only $2,200 on the light combination truck and $16,500 for the new ladder truck, or $18,700. 1. 1ment. Could Have Two Income Sources This city department had no earnings to credit against its cost although it could have two sources of income.-One would be from permits and the second from charges to outside towns for services. About 20 percent of all alarms are outside the city. Since the city charges outside towns for water, refuse disposal and other services, and this is a generally accepted municipal custom, a charge at least for gas and oil would seem reasonable. A proportionate charge would havB earned about $5,000 last year: By Franklin E. Jordan lI Adequate Men And Records Enable A Force To , Deliver Its Two Dozen Services To The Community ! I On the law of crime averages, Portsmouth should have ' I a murder about once in four years; two near murders in a , year; three serious robberies in a year; 34 au to thefts; 54 ; 1 burglaries or breaks and 114 thefts. If the population increases a third, so on the average, should crime, particularly since most of the increased population is not native. Most persons think that the principal work of our , police force is to apprehend criminals and regulate tra~ic'. I However, it is evident from the 'above averages, that with j' only four sizable crimes a week, that non-criminal work re- , quires most of its time and one inspector can easily handle : all investigations. The Federal Bureau of Investigation re- 1 · ports that non-criminal work takes most, of the time of most · police forces. Traffic is, of course, the largest single non-criminal · task. Particularly so in Portsmouth which, with an 80,000 trading area, has about double the average with about 36,000 cars a week jammed into narrow streets of a compact shopping center. Four through highways converging here in the heart of a resort section bring in an additional 10,000 cars 1 a week. Parking is an acute problem and the full time of 1 one man is required for tagging.* ! Its Services Are Man y There are about two dozen other services to citizens and city departments that a modern police department provides aside from criminal and traffic work. Business concerns are checked for unlocked doors, fires, gas leaks or other troubles and owners are notified in emergencies. Children are found or rescued and hangouts are checked for minors to curtail juvenile delinquency. Housewives are rushed to the hospital in the police ambulance when they . are injured in home accidents or taken suddenly and ser1in ng hr ill i3J �Homes are watched at night for fires and watched when Police serve the citizen well for many reasons. First, befamilies are away, rescues are made by the beat man before cause citizens can influence its salaries and promotions. Secfiremen can arrive; inspections are checked to see that ondly, because it has been proven that the co-operation of building, wiring and other devices do not create fire hazards; ·the public is an important factor in its success in both crimpets are found or rescued. inal and non-criminal work-17,000 eyes and ears are better Inspections are made to see that the citizen gets full than a few dozen and, finally, because ( except for rare occaweight and measure and proper quality of fuel, food and sions when advance information would enable a criminal many other items. to get away or cover up evidence) it is under an obligation Missing relatives are located, stolen or missing prop- to the citizens who pay its bills to let them know all the erty recovered and the citizen is notified in all emergencies. details of its work-it provides full information. · Hi's complaints on any city service are received day or night Thus a modern police department is a combination of a and brought to the attention of the proper officials. It is complaint and adjustment department for the entire comthe citizens' information bureau and his most used and most munity; a reporter and investigator for all its activities, a appreciated contact with the entire city government. community sales force for new business and a general inforDay and night, it keeps check on every section and ac- mation department with all its work based on a compretivity of the city to guard against planned disorders, sabot- hensive system of adequate records.* age or subversive activities. FOOTNOTE-•On the necess:ty ot a small police department keeping a<lequa.te records, the Federa.l Bureau of Investigation sa.ys: "Police work Is lmTo prevent misfortune before it happens, the police porta.nt public business and 1t needs detailed records. The human memory department devotes a large part of its time to education of ls notoriously defective and records are needed so that routine business may receive the a.ttentlon unusual ca.ses receive. Minor Infractions Invariably lead to citizens in crime and accident prevention. major troubles and then detailed records of routine cases are Invaluable. The need !or thorough and lnte!llgent supervision In handling all cases cannot, be over emphasized." Aids Other Departm_e~ts . . . ; Equipment is the least expensive part of police work. For the ~ozen ~umc1pal _departments 1t 1s the tramed II Portsmouth police now have less than $13,000 in equipment. reporter and ~nvestiga~or, ass1stmg all of them to do better I Present equipment consists of a station and 12 cell work an? savmg the c1~y m~n; thousand~ of ?ollars a year blocks, about $7,000; two cruising cars and equipment ( one I by locatmg new soti::ces of le, enue and spo~tmg waste. of them on order) $2,000; ambulance, inhalator, first aid Assessors find its reports on new_ a~r1vals, on depar- and other equipment, $2,000; fingerprint and other files, tures, on new homes, vacant homes, bmldmgs removed and $500. equipment for about 22 men $1 000 or a total of $13 _ other similar activities that disclose new polls and property 000 Seven call boxes are rented fro~ the telephone co~taxes of value in keeping their lists up to date. · pany. Tax collectors appreciate its tips on the addresses of For its added defense needs, the Police commission delin~uents or persons moving out of town who may owe chairman recommended to the Planning board, as a capital the city money. · investment, one more cruising car for about $900 and equip- · It guards funds and payrolls to and from banks for ment for two more men at about $100 or a total of $1 000 the accounting department. It keeps the executive depart- ' ' · ment informed on the arrival of important visitors in t~e. Men And Records Most Important city so they may receive proper courtesy and it provides Essentially a police department is men and records. To guards of honor. , keep track of the thousands of things it must observe, report For the utilities. it reports b_urned out light bulbs, , and remember, the FBI lists some 60 records and about 30 I broken poles, fallen wires, leaky mams, broken manhole cov- , of them are vital even to the smallest departments.* ers and other items needing repair and for the street de- 1I' FOOTNOTE-•These are: standardized officers' notebooks; complaint formR, . . ' . partment reports defective sidewalks, streets or bndges, I1felony records, Inspector's diary, tickler file. arrest recc,rds, finger prints, crlmIna! history file, prosecution summary, wanted notices, accident and crime was h OU t s an d f a II en t rees or branc h es. It PIaces emergency ; photographs, spot crime 11nd acc:aent map, crime types anct locations me, miss detour barriers and lights to safeguard citizens until the Ing persons, lost and stolen property, dally bullattn, unpaid poll tax lists, suspended licenses and reglstratl<:ms, stolen nuto index, accident reports, acciother departments can make repairs. dent cause and location file personnel and equipment records, vacant house • reports, store emergencv flies. monthly FBI reoorts, aviation craft, small School property lS watched in vacant hours and truant boats. busses and utillty" files, report and other regulations, and special service children spotted. For the Health department vital statistics I reports. of births, deaths and marriages are reported as an indepen- 1 • Basically it_ is m~n a police department needs-not only dent check on other records and communicable diseases are I rn numbers but rn caliber. , reported for quarantine. Cemeteries are patrolled for pro- ; Rule of thumb used to be one police employe for each tection against vandals. Fires and fire menaces are reported j 1,000 population with an added allowance for special conas well as troubles in alarm systems or hydrants. ditions in a given city. Today, with the growth of traffic and 1 Needy cases are reported to the poor department and the added services of a department to citizens and munici- ! recreational facilities of parks, playgrounds and buildings 1pal departments, recommended standards are nearer one ! are checked to see that they are not abused. In fact, all city and a half men per thousand. property is watched and safeguarded. On equipment the general rule is one cruising car each For Community Development it takes special pains 10 men and one car in reserve for each three in service. Motwith strangers providing every assistance and all informa- orcycles run one for each 20 men. The trend today is ention possible in order that they may carry home a favorable tirely toward two-way FM radio for all automotive equipment and experiments are being carried out on small sets :F'OOTNOTE: •Park ing m eters have Just been recommen ded t o help decrease I-he men for foot patrolmen. I needed !or traffic reg~latlon. A traffic llght at Fleet and Congress, perhaps coordinated with Vaughan and Congress might also h elo. impression and encourage others to visit here, and help build ; business. I Lastly for service to itself and to dramatically impress I on the citizens its own value to the community, it reports to' the public unusual rescues or services to citizens or departments. Need Additional Men Here With exceptional traffic problems as previously mentioned and a city with an area about five times the average for its population, City Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt has only three officers and 18 men. They have to cover 15 square miles of territory with 17,000 persons, 4,500 homes, $25,000,~ 000 in property and perhaps $5,000,000 in currency and Most Of Work Easily Handled bonds. Most of this work is easily handled. Alert officers notice j Based on the 1.5 rule, for a 17,000 population he should everything on their beats and investigate all changes since ; have 26 men at the present time instead of 22. With the addithe last round. This is noted in their standardized note tional population of 5,000 this fall he should have seven books and reported at the station where what is called a Special Service report by the FBI is made out for each city ~epartmen~ mentioned. This is then forwarded to the proper j I ..... ..... . ........ - �tno;_~ 'o r .31 ·and if Portsmo9th reaches Hs potential popu1a'. 't191fi;~f:3f000jhe should have, ~bout 47 men, :fo'r really· adeqµate ·c·qve:rage, altho4gh corners might b'e cut.* ·· · If he had to be responsible for all the soldiers from the . . , . forts, and the sailors and m'armes from the yard who gather in the city evenings, he might need even more men but fort~nately the Federal government recognizes its respo_nsibility and is willing to provide Military police and Shore patrols ·which save money for local taxpayers. ~ peratl.ng a police station IS ,mce operating a small hotel It requires IPatrolmen Always Needcil a manager and night manager for · Foot patrols will always be needit is open all the time · to receive ed, like army, infantry, in high valguests and complaints . . This man ue and congested . districts and exl{eeps the guest register and other perience has shown that nights two records. A day and night telephone : men on the square, two men on the operator is also a necessity and in Ibank and waterfront beat and an1 ':~k _w~~~ ~ ~~k c~i / :~~:/:~~hi~e:!k!i'h~!t~o~Iepa~ 0 manpower, . tliese two men would trolmen needed. With parking mehave to be the maintez:iance crew ters and lights at Fleet street, two · · i and llandle janitor service for th,e men might be ·able to handle trafFOOTNOTE-*By. using his uniformed special policemen, the city marshal , guest rooms (lockup) · and other dufie in the business section days'. This , can, perhaps, cut down on his full time force and ena.ble the specials to try : ties. As in a hotel they are dealwould mean 'a force of seven . / out as candidates tor the force when vacancies occur.. Specials can form a ing mainly with non-criminal work This:·force wouicf total 25 ~en or reserve, for absences, help handle traffic or other ;:ieak loads and help on pub- , , one Jess than th · t 1 J ·lfo·· celebrations or other out of tile ordinary duties. , and with the general .publ!c and e presen popu a. they must operate with the same tion calls for ·and the extra man , Fortunately a police force can . 'be expanded or spirit of frlepdl!ness, court£Sy and . could well be used to fill in for ab- i · · tact. Thus a minimum of four men 1 • sences of other · men as when two ' decreased fairly easily in· accordance with population . are needed to adequately man even dozen peop 1e are required daily, at !· needs. In fact, if more men are idded for defense needs a srµall station 24 hOurs a day. . leaS t one absence due to illness ac- ' · h b · " Thi,s ,. means 18 per cent of the . cldent, or time due off ls, inevlt~ble. ' th ey mig t e hired for the duration" and eliminate any Portsmouth force is needed for staIn addition to the equipment that question about the future. · tion operation and with adminis- has_ beez:i ment!oned to adequately ---------·-~ -·- -------- tration 23 per oent a total of 41 per eqmp th1S_force, ·two way FM radio Commissioners Pick Men recorder should have at lerus,t a cent to back up the outside force. "'.70U_ld b~ rmportant, particularly to As the caliber of the men is the sm.all ph~tographic labarotor;,r for This 1s a curtallment of 12 per cent . tie m wi th Ma1ne an~ New Hamp- 1 difference . between success an·d _tal,mg still pictures of acc1de1:1ts over the average. . . 1 · shire state police radios. For three I ,fallui·e, selection of men ls all im· and crime scenes a1:1d. for ldent1fl, Icars and the_station this would pro- : -portant. In this the chief has little cati_on ph~tos of cr':ffimals. Divides Into 'fhree Groups / bably cost. $5,00o ..· Addition of a choice as iselectioru; are made by . Smee m:·I: ar~ all-important, conThis <mtside force divides into I?hotographic. laboratory and a lit15 the· three commissioners who run tmual,- trammg necessary to make •three groups cruiser foroe, .patrol- / tle ~ve~tlgation equipment such as the de,partment a policeman out of a rookie and ______. __ ' __ · . _ . _ · a microscope, and lie detector, mi ht · · · lmpr~ss ·on him that the day_of the _men and re~rve. Reserve is simple. ! cost $1,000 more. If the chief !as However, these comm1ss1oners ham boiled cop h/lS gone along Two · men. must be kept at the sta~· l rovideiC the car h ·-• have available for their use the FBI with gas lights arid the old-fa.sh-. tlo~ house to man the ·ambulance or ~s ections an e shoul~ ~1ave for ; standarq\S for selection and they loned _15'aloon and that today _prime re<serve ·Cruising ca_r in case of emer- cotiid serve as ·a· dresesruvpeecrrvu1S1·se1onr. Cthoslst ,· can provide the proper ph~ical, requ IsI te s t O success- are f rien di!: gen.cY, r 1Ots or f ire _caus. This 1s· of this and equipment for two more ' mental, educational and ·character es•and the chief can thorough1Y: 1,es.s, _courteousness, tact and co 9 per cent of the force. men would be about . $1 000 Total i t ..., . operation. . T d tel t b · · ' · · ! investigate all applicants. Appll-, . Once a, 1.,. ~'l the force hl.S o a _eqt~a. Y pa rol on foot a a out $7,000. . . . . ca.11:t..s can all be tried out as SJ?e_cial , physical condifioii- and skll_l _ hf.s- dsecozteinond1stfntcht-s. i,'.1t thbe t?ree major Attesomeh pelrd1od more _adequ~te police befo1,e permanent pos1t1ons . skill with ·· his ar.ms--,.rifles and re~ 0 · e ct Y-. us~ess, man- quar rs s ou be provided mare granted on~~ a"'""inted even · d his · • t. . d ufacturmg and res1dential-would eluding a small dormitory lecture · ""' ,..,..~ • vo1vers an men a1 po1ice e u· b t 14 b · ed h 11 dltl in ' ?n probation, It Is _difficult !o ellm- <".ation must continue if he ls to keep r_: ~!e o~ th mer\. as Wh~n tla 'icon o~ _g gym and recreamate a wrong choice and smce se- up to standard · particula,rly In this ; ts a.r th~ o er f'cr iet .e I o~a ;oom. . I~ would perh_aps be Iections determine all the material prec,ent era 'of' fast changing con- 1 or mouths area, ivet. t1lmises . a.s i lptar .old a ntew city hall and, while I the chief has to work with, all safe- ci-!tions · • arge a.s e !1-ver_ag~ c1 _Y 1 size, : cou cos most anything, might · . guards are vital. · · would seem to reqmre 1t, tp.e lack , be adequately handled for about . Many \people, thinking of metroTo keep men up to standard even ?f density ~f population would make i $15,000. • polltan centers consider a police 1-the smallest police forces today need rt prohibitively . expensive to pro- I FOOTNOTE- Thts would lnclude force of aibe>ut 20 M a small force I a part or full time Instructor for vide 28 men for a day and night I =~~~ 1:p~c~{8 as wdelghts and ·meaIt ls small for Portsmouth's prob~ :_ physical t_raining; marksmanship, shift or even 20 men if day time ! ward~ an other roods, dog lenw, but 1t Is not small compai:ed ~;~\;~~in~isa~s~:i~ :~~ce coverage was cm;tai!ed. . ' _ In e~tlmating · the ::ost o,r police to all forces. 0ut of 1,000 pol!ce licourages re r tlon 1 ti !ti th t Consequently, Marshal Hewitt has protection not only the department forces in the country located in promote ea . a. ac .v e\ ~ followed modern police procedure must be considered as citirens are cities of 10_,000 or 'more population, I boxin wi- tlrss-sw:i~~g, ' ract • and started . development of his ak5o protected by the street lights _52% have Jess than 20 m~n. So Ofteng'the eJe nf, a~ll \h · ar SJ?f[ s. _cr~½'er -force as, _with proper super- furnished by the city; by the local Portsmouth is average size and / · . · pu Y s is posi on. vl's10n, one crulsrng ·car can do the court and the county courts and , sbould h11.ve man power enough to FOOTNOTE-•Tri,lrting by Instructors work of about five patrolmen and law enforcement, and inspectors j do all anyi police force does. Includes boxing and wrestling, chas- tour every section of the city in- such as weiuhts and measures . . FB , I on phy~lcal Ing criminals on too~periodic and ln rifle machines, - . every one of its . 72 miles of I nc1u d'mg the proportionate &hare . . Records compiled by the exercise· and eluding I police experience all over the coun- revolver practice ;.nd qualification; .le- streets four times a night which is · of Ponstmouth'.s . county tax· that is 1 ·.try< show that the average police ' gal training In presenting evidence; more 'than a foot force could do. i used for law enforcem:ent ($37 000) • 1 force ls divide~ il'oughly as · fol- 1 l~f~:f~~\?~e ~ei~~J;; 1:;:ra~te~ni~!~: With two men to a car nights :street lights ($24,000) and ~uni~ / lows: 4~ executive; 6~ . records and Ing ln tact and courtesies, ob.servstlon, and orie man each· on days, this/ clpaJ emu~ ($2,500) weights . and ' commumcations; 6% nesk men; 8% reporting and ln>'.estlgatlng_ The FBI would make a cruiser force of nine measurw mspector ($500) and a . maintenance Including driJJmas-ters I tfen 1:l~u:,s a . course on co-opera- or 41 per cent but the saving in f.alr value as rent for building mainand instructors, ~1 % detectives, 12% !. on w e press. footmanpower would offset it, and ~enance of city hall, the $44,000 potraf.flc, 20% crmsing car foroe and • , . Men are e_nc~uraged to study a~d only about seven would J:ie needed. ilce_ expense becomes $110,000, Jei:s 33% 'foot patrolmen. given opP?rtumties _to attend police , ,· a httle over $2,,000 from fines and On that basis the, present force , and traffic schools to qualify· for · costs of municipal court. But this ·o! 22 men would have to be div- advancement. One handicap of the net of $108,000 only totals about idoo into fractions of a man, so present force has been lack of rec15c c,f the tax dollar. ·· for practical ;iurpooes these per- ognltion for individual achieveNational defense has ·ad'Cled ancen.tag,es· are modified. They are al- : ments to boost morale and lack of other l_n~rden to police work. Today so modified for Portsmouth's own recognition by rank. Aside from the In add1t1on to all else. it must work conditioru,. For example, out of the , marshal an~ the deputy there is on air raid warning, supervision pre.,ent force t~is average wouldl call only one ?fl'lcer-a captain. If pas!of a~· _r:1-ld shelteru, and registration , f<JT two., detectives, where actually tlons of lieutenants, sergeants, corof C1v1!1ans in casi:, of disaster. It's with" Portsmouth's low . crime rate, porals and first class ·patrolmen a busy department. · one lm5'pector can h.ancJ!e- that de- · were honors to be won, better men pa;,tlllent adequately. would have incentives. Management of a modern sue- i cessf.ul police force requires some I Chief Has Special Duties administrative staff no matter how Finally, in the aqministrative demuch ·you curtail. The lnspector has ·partment, is the work of the chief; ·just' been mentioned. As stated in which, aside from general supervi·corinection with traffic, · tagging sion and . leadership, includes crime is a full ~ime job 'tor one man andl and accident prevention education in Portsmouth there is r.ertainly by public speaking, addressing enough traffic a'dministrative work school children, parent-teacher , to keep a full time man busy. Only groups, clubs and other organiza- I one man on ·traffic means handi- tions and by individual conferences. I capping the depar-tment. He is the goodwill man with the ] public. Need- Photographic 'Laborat-Ory No matter how corners are cut, a I ·. Because of •the impoxtance of chief and four assistants appear es- I records, as proYen by the FBI, a sential for an administrative force. i minimum of one man is needed fu11 And this ls only 23 per cent of the i time for that,. not to '· mention also average division of 34 per cent for ,. .small .photograpJ:tlc · lal;>ora:tory for this work, or an 11 per cent cur.the chief . and ·ills.. deputy. Even tallment. . · ·. . movies are being used today 1n mod· . · . .. ' ,,../- · nnHrA wnrk. . Portsmouth's i ;!1; gri~~: i I man C: !~: !~ct ofi!. fl.ti 0 • • �Arniy-_Navy Building1:;ood Headquarters , . PO.RTSMOUTH . AND NATIONAL DEFENSE Portsmouth is fortunate in having-a 1central recreational head_quarters in its Army & Navy building. Although the s?t. up 1s s~ch ~hat 't his building is operated by a non-profit c1v1c or_g~mzah~n, t? all practical purposes it is a municipal propos1t10n, which 1s why the Federal government is con- J sidering an application for funds to improve its facilities. To serve adequately, this building should be recognized as more than an Army & Navy recreational headquarters No. 10-0UR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES as_ a _comm unit)'." recreational headquarters for everyone. this 1s not possible, then the city might better consider es(This is the tenth in a series of 12 articles dealing with de~ablis!1ing an independent recreational center. As recreation ~ense problems and activities in Portsmouth, written by Frank~s an important part of health, such a center might be a log- , Im E. Jordan, the Herald's able Managing Editor. These articles prepared after long hours of research, with t he co-operation of ical pa 7t of a co:11munity health center. j Portsmouth's Planning Board, city officials and department heads, should be considered as "must reading" by everyone lnWith a tramed full time director, a central headquar- 1 teres_ted in Portsmouth's present and future.-J. D. Hartford t?rs and a c~mple!e.r~gistration'file of all community facili- 1 Pubhsher.J ' , . I hes and their activities completed, it will then be possible - \) ' \ \ t? know exact!}'.: what added municipal facilities. and activiBy Pranklin E. Jordan ties are needed. 1 Portsmouth s Progress Notable In Newest First step may be conferences with private interests Municipal Services For Citizens to get them to organize or expand their activities to fill the If the pilgrims who settled "Strawberry Banke" 318 need such as getting small pleasure boat owners to provide years a_go are still thinking of th~ ci~y they founded, what scheduled har?~r cruises,_and deep sea fishing trips, starting they thmk about Portsmouth furmshrng recreational facili- , from the mumcipal landrng at Prescott park. ties for citizens probably calls for the strongest profanity .I . ~f private interests cannot or not fill the need then that a stern and religious puritan_can muster. ?x!stmg civic organizations may be persuaded to act ~nd if Recreation, as they saw it, was a device of the devil and it 1s beyond their ability it may then be another need;d munfor the governme:µt, of all things, to furnish it free would icipal project. · _ be heresy beyond comprehension. Three Cienera/ Rules ToFollow With such an inheritance, New Engl&,n d cities and Thr ee general rules should determine municipal protowns have been slow to adopt this newest of government jects. First, is there a demand proportionate to the investservices and so it is surprising to discover that for a small ment and operating cost? Second, is there a ·definite lack- . Icity Portsmouth has exceptional facilities, and her defense is it certain that the project is not being provided in any needs are very modest. _ other way? Third, if the facility is provided is the cost be- , Many people think defense recreational needs are for yond the means of the average citizen-such as the facili1 soldiers and sailors only-to serve camps such as the 500ties of a country club? i man weekend recreational camp which the Army has estab- , For mothers and babies, Portsmouth's half dozen parks lished on Pierce island. This is only part of the need. · off er cheerful outing areas while its two playgrounds offer I fairly adequate facilities •for the outdoor amusement of To Serve Fami/ies 1 Too small children. With an auditorium, gym and athletic field Actually, defen~e recreational facilities are expected (bleachers just ordered) and with playgrounds at the varto serve not only the armed forces but their fathers mothers ious schools, Portsmouth has ~dequate facilities _for brothers, .sisters, wives, sweethearts and children:_defens~ school children. workers as well as soldiers and sailors. It is adult recreational facilities that Portsmouth lacks. Sports encyclopedias list several hundred recognized . While the school gym and auditorium can be used to limited forms of recreation and these divide roughly into indoor and extents, there is a need for an adult municipal gym and auout~oor sports, each with three types-individual, partici- ditorium which would not be subject to restrictions of school pat10n and spectator sports. Nearly all over-lap and dupli- property. This is what has been recommended as an addicate, so a simpler way to define our needs is by the physical tion to the Army & Navy building by the Planning board at facilities needed. . a cost of about $60,000 with either the gym or a separate hall 1 Out of all recreational facilities there are about two I providing facilities for dances and parties. dozen commonly recognized activities and in determining a For its out-of-door activities, Portsmouth has a $12,000 city's nee?s. ~acilities for all of the_m, should be .inc·l· uded. As · baseball field ; a $10,000 tennis court layout and a $5,000 many activities are operated by civic or commercial inter- municipal swimming pool which needs a $1,000 chlorination ests, ~he first step is_ t_o survey the city including· facilities· plant to make it up to standard. Skating is provided in winof adJacent commumhes that are easily available. iter. An archery range could be provided easily on this playOnce surveyed, these facilities must be co-ordinated so grou nd · · that there will be a comprehensive plan of recreational acThere has been t alk for a long time of developing the tivities and events will not conflict. This means two things. baseball field into a real sports arena for the city and posFirst a full time recreational director to survey facilities ! sibly have it night-lighted so sports can be enjoyed by those and keep track of all activities. Secondly, a central head- : working all day. It could offer boxing, wrestling, football, quarters where information can be obtained on every recre- track and hockey among other major spectator sports. ational facility the city offers and an up-to-the-minute list However, due to the growing needs of the school system of all scheduled a~tivities-mun'.icipal, civic and commer- and the lack of parking facilities in the vicinity, many athcial recreation can be obtained. letically minded citizens have recently been considering the Appointment of a full time paid recreational director possibilities of leaving the Southside baseball field for the 1 is now an accepted custom in many cities. Some cities have school system and creating a real sports arena near the ; created the position by expanding the duties of the recre- New F.rankl-in field just off the convenient by-pass highway ational director of the schools. Others have hired new men. and where ample parking is available. · It's a full time job and lack of such a director would seem to · In addition to its sports facilities such an arena could be Portsm&nth's most serious problem at the moment. be used for other recreational activities. With a loud speaker system, it could be a center for outdoor plays and pageants, for lectures and addresses and various exhibits, fairs and parades, bonfire and holiday celebrations. If \ will I 1' I I its I I I :I �~-~- elementary/ school playgrounds; :i;o,uuu ror~rrnrnrerpa1, . . . Costs could run to most any figure but considering how . . Recommendat10:r.1s are for $60,000 more for the add1t10n ! much has been done for $12,000 on the South playground to the Army &; Navy building but it is evident that with an 1 baseball field, it would seem that $50,000 would make a good 1] indoor pool, sports arena and development of _other facili- ! start on a real arena. . . · : ties that a total of at least $150,000 would be needed to · This is a section. of beaches and there seems no need to give Portsmouth ij, really A-1 setup. If a municipal golf · develop one for the city with so many nearby .. Whether the links and orchestral shell was .found to be a profitable need I pd'pulation is such that a municipal golf links could profit- · this total. might be $250,000. · i . ably be developed is a question, but it is a lack in the city's . j facilities. . . Would Cost About $60 A Family Portsmouth has an opportunity to develop a town forThis sounds like a lot of money but divided by evert our i est on its new water shed, just as many other· c~mmunities present population of about \4,000 families it is only about have done. Most of ~heae have been self-supp~rting .or ,e~en $60 a family to create facilities that will provitle enjoyment profitable from the sale of by-products and they provide · for years. Once . created they could practically all be put : welcome recreational · facilities for nature,· bird and small on a self-sustaining basis with very modest fees and add ; animal lovers. nothing to the .tax rate. Considering the money spent on With its municipal landing .at Prescott park, only or- , commercial amusements this is a drop, in the bucket. ga,nization of the pleasure craft in the harbor is needed to At present recreational facilities are a sjde line of the .provide harbor cruises which should be popular in such a Street commissioners and operated by a force of 17, with picturesque setting and deep sea fishing trips. Both are ob- eight full time and nine part 't ime park and · playground tainable on _a~ unorganized basis now. . · supervisors. The service owes about $5 000 ,on bond issue 1 A mun:cipal bands~apd_ or1orch_estral ~hell_ is another for part of the work done on the tenn.is courts and ,baseball lack and with the growing interest in music :rpight have a field. It cost' $13 000 to operate last year, the cheapest deplace. Possibly it could be provid~d in connection with t~e partment of the 'city to operate. It should be credited with sports arena, but a separate location would be more -desir- the income from commercial amusement licenses as these able. Funds and organization could then provide concerts are recreational. This amounted to $3,000 l~st year. and and choral offerings. . . . leaves a net of $10,000. On total cost, this department took With more than $30,000 worth of fict10n on its shelves, zc of the tax dollar. Portsmou~h's public library has a good start for this ph~se Most important of all will be the creation of the master , of recreation, but more funds are needed as the population recreational index of all the city's existing recreational fac- · grows. . .. . · . Uities and activities. ! Open air fireplaces and other fa_cihties for campi~g an_d If a full-time setup cannot be provided, extra funds ; for pi~nics are not as common .as might be ~up posed 111 tlus should be given the p.ublic library to create it. , ' immediate section and off er real opportumty for developIt should be so complete that anyone-stranger or nament. . tive-could step up to the information desk and just name • .Rec~~~-n~!_r~~~ !'!.l'..~~i~ng and _!or ~~~~s~u~h ~! the type of recreation desired and get all the necessary incards, chess, checkers, badmint~n, pool, billiards and other 7 formation, including what was available, where it was loindoor activities are already available at the. Army & Navy cated, when it was available, what it cost and if it was a building, as are rooms for socials. Addition of an auditor- recreation club, when and where it met, how to get in toud ium, dau.ce hall and gym would round out the program with its officers and all information needed to put the perthere to all vractical limits with the exception of an' indoor son in contAct with the desired activity. · ' swimming pool, which .the ci~y really needs. Such a pool For those not knowing exactly what they wanted to do, might add another $4~0,000 to the cos~ and make ~he total : lists of all scheduled events and regular activities should needed for indoor facilities about $100,000. be posted and kept right up to the minute listing all playll,. concerts, movies, dances, sports events, hobby club sessions, and all else th~t a person could do with their leisure time. , N~ed More Organization Organization rather than added facilities · are needed That's real recreational service. , to develop sections of the Army & Navy building as a craft ! and hobby center fo'r model clubs-airplan,es, boats, trains and' craft work; collection clubs-stamps, coins, antiques and similar activities. · In fact, several ·club rooms are needed so the various recreational groups of .the city will ·all 1neet there. and exhibits such as the local photographic club, art club, sculpture :groups and others of this type can be held there. An exhibition room would be a worthwhile addition. . There is a' rifle and revolver range already established . NO. 11-:--0UR COMMUNITY WELFARE a.t city hall •~nd it would only' have to be co-ordinated with other act{vities. · t · It · d [This is the eleventh o! a series o! 12 articles dealing with deH is onca ours an d h ouses are ,..a l rel:\ d Y orgamze an d fense problems and activities in Portsmoutn, written by Frankwould m,e r.eJy have to be, included in the• master index of Un E. Jordan, the Herald's able Managing Editor. These articles, · prepared after long hours of research, with the co-operation of actl·v-i·ti'es. Portsmouth's Planning Board, -city officials and department ·l Three movie houses a bowling alley and amusement heads, should be-considered as "must reading" by everyone in. . ,_ · terested in Portsmouth's present · and !uture.-J. D. Hartford, \ ' beaches at nearby l{ampton and York are among the comPublisher.] 11 · mercial recreational facilities of the area. There are three ; --------~ , nearby summer theaters and a concert group. By Franklin E. Jordan · 1 Portsmouth 1s municipally owned recreational fac;ilities, : iPortsmouth Is Now Paying More For Relief Than lt if tpe $35,000 Army & N.avy buildi_ng is inclu.ded, represent ; ' Did At The Height Of The Depression . a_n rn~estment of n~arly $~50,?00 with $60,000 as the pr~por- , Community welfare is the general purpose of the re- 11 t10n~te ~hare of ~lie Public library devoted to recrea~ional maining ,six departments of our city ·govern~ertt. None ,of : reading, $50,000 in J3 a~res of parks and playgrounds, $25,- 'th . y capital investments for national defense. ·ooOjn tennis 'C~ftts: .~a~eb~ll ,~eld a:t the Sput~ play- : M~: \~:~rtsar; bf them are concerned with bringing in l:g_~9.kl!1,d•1 $_59,ooq~/_Lil•,;~R1;~~h}1,_u~.i t.or~uTI1, gym, athletic fiefd,! money rather than spe~ding it . . _. · / · . . ;Would Cost About $50 ;000 . · - - - ---.- , · 1 · and Iswimming pool; s~all boat landing and rifle range . . ' . . ~ I I I I I PORTSMOUTH 'AND NATIONAL ·DEFENS.E .· I ~n? I I I �- -- One exception Is weffare~itself-otir poor cl~partment, ·, Throu.°gn-planning- ancfzoiiing, it works toinsurethat · which is our municipal, or co~mon charity. In these pros- vital municipal resources are conserved; that the general perous times it is ·a shock to find that we spent more. for appearance of the city is not degraded; that beauty spots relief last year than we did the worst year of the depress10n ! are preserved and that its immediate g.rowth will not be Our total last year, including the proportionate share of injurious to its needs of the future. Cost of this department the county tax, was $103,000. In the worst year of Ports- last year including the Seacoast Regional contribution and mouth's depression .(1935), it totaled $79,000, which also I the WPA historical project was $7,000 or le on the tax dol- , included the county tax. lar. Portsmouth is not responsible for this strange condiThe Board of Adjustment protects the rights of the · tion. Direct expenses to our own three-employee Poor de- citizens against any unreasonable restraints by the municipartment have been reduced from the 1935 high of $34,000 , pality and sees that both get fair play-that zoning rules do to $19,000-a saving of $15,000. But Portsmouth's share of .not work unjust hardships to either city or citizens. the county tax used for relief (65 percent) has increased 1 from $45,000 in '35 to $74,000 in 1940-an increase of $29 , Need Traine~ Technical Research Expert 000. · The Plannmg board itself is the policy forming board. This is not quite as bad as it appears on the surface. Its members have neither the time nor the training to dig . -In 1935 thet state contributed $36,000 to tne city which made up the facts necessary for decisions. For that a technical its total cost $70,000. Portsmouth's proportionate share of research expert is needed-a city planner ttained in techthe state contribution to the county was about $48,000, nical schools in this newest science. Such a man if intelliwhich made the total cost for ~ortsmouth's share of .the gently selected will save his salary man~ times over in the county $93,000 or a total 1935 relief cost of-$163,000 agam st course of a year. If Portsmouth is really to safeguard its . $103,000 in 1940. . i future and prepare for peace-securing such a man is its j . This is a savin~ ~f $60,000 but with?ut the state contri- ! fi~st step, and there is plenty of work already waiting for bution of $74,000 1t 1s actually a net mcrease of $14,000, ' him. · ! and this is letting Portsmouth's saving offset the increased county cost. County officials say they had cut costs about For example, if he could dig into the relief question {i:ist $20,000 when a change in the state law in 1938 made more mentioned, even on the surface, it would seem he could find · persoJlS eligible for aid and increased the, cost about $,50,000. means to have a few corners cut and more than save his cost i However, they report a decrease for the 'first six months of ($3,000 or $4,000 salary) on that question alone. this year of about $13,000. , While the Planning board can point the way, it is up However, if we forget allowances and deductions and to the city's appraisal department to get new revenue stick to simple facts we find Portsmouth has made a saving sources on the 'tax books. This department with its two fullof 44 percent on its cost of relief while the county has in- time and three part-time employees must keep a day by day creased by 64 percent. If the county had decreased propor- check on all polls and taxable property in the city. One of tionately to Portsmouth our total cost of relief last year its defense needs is the census it took last winter that rewould have been $25,000 for county, $19,000 direct and $10,- vealed our population up from 15,000 to 17,000. Its func000 old age assistance or a total of about $49,000. tions include maintaining a perpetual census of polls and j This saving-. of $54,000 would have paid for many of the proper~y. . . 1 added salaries necessitated by national defense needs. This department can see very httle added revenue m i · Perhaps there is a good reason for this situation, but prospect to offset defense co's ts. If the city went from 15,- ; if there is the reason should be made public and an investi:· 000 to 30,000, this would,mean only $30,000 more in polls at gation by the Portsmouth Planning board of this matter $2.00 · each, as roughly only . half the · increase would be would appear to be a "first must" in finding money to meet adults. our increased expenses. At present it sees an increase of about 1,500 homes Should Build Relief Reserve from defense, but only 700 are taxable as,800 PBA homes at Even $40,000 a year seems like a lot of money for relief Atlantic Heights are not taxable. On an. average of about until we realize at a weekly relief dole of $8 each, it would $100 a home in taxes, this would mean ab.out $70,000 a year only take care of 100 famili~s. One hundred unemployable Il).ore and with t?e polls a possible increased_income on ihe poor out of a population of 15,000 (1940) is a pretty small . 3 percent valuation_of about $100,000 a year. Some of these , percentage. Present cost is 14c of tax dollar. homes (about 150) were completed last year and are already , If in time of peace we should prepare for war, then in on the books; about 250 more are being completed this year j time of war we should prepare for peace and, perhaps, an~ the other 300 are only planned, but probably will be ; peace depression by building up a relief reserve just as in- bmlt. , surance companies carry reserves. If directly we are saving Income from the PBA homes, if the complicated con- · $54,000 a year over depression's worst and our average in tr:1ct o~e_r~d ~Y the gove.rnment in lieu of taxes is accepted, crease for the depression period was $25,000 a year, we might will be ms1gmficant, as it has been proposed roughly as 15 add $25,000 a year now as a reserve to cover what we know pe;cent of what the taxes would be _or ab?ut $15 a house. is to come. However, since our population may be doubled With all homes completed and occupied this would only be j by peacetime, to be certain we would have to double this about $12,000 at the most. Since this is low cost housing, its , reserve and carry $50,000 a year. A plan to prevent added taxes would actually be below average and the city would l . relief costs in the next depression would seem more practi- i be fortunate to net $10,000. . . cal. ,. • · j B;ssessors are ~ctually the sales department of ai 1 Our final municipal service is Community Develop- i. mumcipa!it1 and there 1s good reason to believe .that they ' ment. This department consists of the Planning board and :I should hir.e a capable sal.esman to go out and drum up the Board of Adjustment. This service is not only develop- ,J profitable mcome for the city-to meet added expenses. 1 ment-analysis of requests for added services by the citi- · · · zens, and e:r;i.couraging profitable increases in populatio_n Should 'Sell' Industrial Advantages and private property, but it is also the conservatio.n depa~t- 11 Portsmouth has talked for years about developing its ment. , industrial advantages. We all know that we have one of the most exceptional industrial sites in the country along our deep channeled river. We know it, but who else does? I ?~r I !,8 1 �I ···if new industry woulifneJp us most when peace Drmgs w;ch au th~ tnfo,maOon, hns Wh ,y - .. - .........,. avy yard curtailments, then we should be 13elling that idea the one person in the city _gove'r nat ACCOuntmg )W to peacetime industrialists all over the country We n;.ent who alone knows all its act!- Department Does .· . . . . :. v1t!es and can intelligently report ·I mnot wart until peace comes and then go after business.- its activities to the general public. Account~g _ls ' tl)e other depart- ! he lag between the peace depression and the establishment Since it is the obligation of govern- men~ of th1S division of the city. In- . , . . , · ment to keep its citizens informed, eluding three part-time trustees of : . a new business would rum many of our chances and much he is, in effect, the public relations public funds this department con- ' E our income. director of the cit,y. . ·, sists .of four full time and three ! R' ht h Id h ·t t t' t · Every department, committee part-time persons, although the ' 1g now we s ?U ave a Cl Y, represen a Ive ?urmg board, commission or other munici• trustees have little to do. Its full le country and calling on all possible prospects with an , pal unit should forw~rd to him re- time employe~ consist of the city rmload of Portsmouth photogranhs and literature to sell cords of all its meetings and act!- treasurer, auditor, assistant auditor • • · • .., I vlt!es in triplicate-a permanent file and one clerical assistant . his idea. Once sold, detailed arrangements could be com- ! copy; a working copy and one for The two officials combin~ the duleted and the day peace is declared Portsmouth would re- publicity. Few departments do. ties of a treasurer, budget director, · eive the cheerful news that work on a new industry or However, since he is responsible comptroller a nd auditor. In addition . · . . , ' for having adequate records, he to his duties as budget director, . etter -_ yet, on several industries was starting at, once. If should have funds to employ a comptz:oller and auditor, Portsuch a representative cost $5 000 ·a year for salary and ex- stenographer of his own to attend mouth's _auditor is the general finan. · · ' · all meetings of the council, its cial advisor of the city, being called ,enses he would only have to make one sale a year to more committees and all other boards · in by all departments when finanhan justify himself. Moreover, he would have the co-opera- and functions and keep accurate cial problems arise. With the grow-· .ion of the state's industrial ag· ent who is doing the same notes for th e city ~ecord s. This ing needs of th e city, there is plenty . • . ' would be a full-time Job and pro- to do. ;h1ng for .t he entire state. bably add another $1;000 a year to . In common with thousands of Our tax colfection department of two persons and its expense, but in this critical cities in the United states, Ports- · • 11 · • • ll t' d ' time when dealing with many other mouth has just had its books audi• , :-:rght now, a deputy co ector on commission co ec mg e- branches of government and with ted by independent audit / and it •s'' .inque~t. :polls, n~eds little description. It is ready to take ill: hi8:hly -technical problems derail~d hoped in fairness to the present an'd 1· all the money the assessors can :find for it. Its needs are only official r~cords of what was said all futu,·e a_uditors as well as the • • . , . and promised would prove mvalua- general public, that this will become :iff1ce -eqmpment, which 1t already has except for an electri- ble. · an annual custom as long as there cal cash register and accounting machine to speed up its . In addition to thelle services, the is a _city. Another ~portant duty work and provide the accepted modern system for doin"- city clerk also offers a d_1rect service of this department 1s preparing all _ to the citizen.s. Along with the gen· the financial and sta-t1st1cal data business. This could be obtained for about $500. With its era! records of the city, he keeps for the city's annual report, expenses of s·alaries tax discounts legal expenses of tax private records for citizens-vital Cost of the accounting depart. • ' ' l . W'th statistics-births, marriage inten· ment la.st year, including a fair !j,pcollection, etc., this dep~rtment cost $12,000 ast year· 1 tions, marriages andi deaths. He portionnoient for departmental rent the $6,000 spent by the assessors the total ,cost of the income records mortg~ges, iiens, leases, and general overhead and for disdivision was about $18 000 or 3 cents of the tax dollar for wril..5, cond itional sales, attach· countt was $11,000, mak-ing the total • 'p rrvate , b.usmess ·. , . 'd ers 1'tse lf f or- ments, tax sales and deeds for safe o t of th d=1·n1·strative depart this important service. cons1 keeping. c s e a ··, • ment about $33,000 or about five tunate if its sales and collection costs can be kept within 10 _l.21 many places vit.Gl c.tatistics, cents of the tax dollar. percent to 15 perce'n t. Some sales costs run as high as 30 particularly birtbs aifct- dea£ns, are With the income division aqded, · . , kept by the Health dep:.:tment, but t t J t f th · di'·! percent. An installment system for payment and collection without a fuil time he:ilth official sfo~s c~ 't~e cft; ~~~;:;~~~~\ ;a; of taxes in line with modern payment methods might reduce ' and clerical staff, this ciuty, falls on about $51 ,000 or a total of seven .' . .. . .. · the city clerk. This service for citi· cents of the tax dollar. tax.losses. ·· · · zens undouhted-ly nece.s:sitates the. credits to these departments con- 1 'Fi11al division of the· city is the administrative which .services of one of the two girls em- · sisted of interest earned on taxes 1 ,consists of the Executive and Accounting departments. ployed by th e ci.t.y clerk a nd hence by the Tax department of $3,100; ! . , ·. f th at least $1,000 of the overhead cost real estate sales and rents by the I Members of the executive department consist o e of this department goes back to · Executive department including 1· . m-a:yor. and his secretary, and' the city clerk's section, con- citizens in direct benefits · the damages paid by th'e Interstate · sisting ,ofd,he,clty;.c.ler-k a,nd two,assista-nts. · · The city clerk ls the only mem- Bridge Authority' of $6,000 or a to1 I I • 0 • t· ' • · ·. · ·· , • · , · _ , Duties Of Ma.yor , - ..• • 0 ----------- • ' ' ber of the city gove·r nment who is allowed to colltct 'fees for extra work l for . citizens and keep them hrm&e_.f without turning them m to the city treasury. Once this was a profitable source of income, but at ~re;:ent it amounts to little and the ta! of $9,100. This made the net cost of these two -divisions $42,000, This completes oUr study of defense 11.nd othe_r needs of the city with three divisions of 13 departments considered. Tomorrow, in our final installment, we will add up Duties of the mayor are fairly well recognized. He rep• , · ,. . .. , res~nts the city at all important functions both m the city ancf away. He receives all important visitors to the city and 1 1 if they have city business confers with them. He inspects all ~ 1~ ~~k e~it;~:~/t~~P;~~ !~~~~. 5 a~~at:at{~~;1 wd~~;n!orb~i departments of the city to see what they need and that they come _if he c_ould eliminate the wo-r k may be. · are properly. and efficiently run ·and reports his findings in ' with it or otherwise, to have standI , • • • -l ard fees set; all moneys turned recommendat10ns to the council. m to the rit.y trea,~mp ,,__ and !have Ab.ove all he confers constantly with county, state and · his compeiisafton- inTcidecii saiary · ;Ma_ils For W~: '°r federal officials t·o make certain that Portsmouth is only should comparable wi th the worJs:. This . be · done for the best inter·• paying its fair share of costs assessed by them and that e.s-ts of both the clerk and the city Break Local Record 'Portsmouth gets its full share of any grants they may make. :i,s the _present .s-ys~m creates need~ . good ·will . and city , cons1'd era · t'1011. ,ess m1sum:lerstandmgs on the pan ·1 The la e t t f b • .He sells city of citizens. • · rg .s amoun o usiness in the history of the post office, except ;~;\~~fe July ' , ,,. As ·departmental r~ntals are· not National_ defense may necessitate during the Chr.!Stmas rush, was reThe mayor has a council and a -charged, unallocated city lands and added clerical expense, as the work I ported for the month of July by staff to guide him in all decisions. buildings expenses, general expenses of a city clerk has more than Postmaster Peter J. Hickey, to· First is the ,city council, itself, the and other expenses not specifically ,doubled in recent years with not on- . day. Receipts for the month o! nine , unpaid men elected by the chargeable _to other departments ly more. and more complicated rec· : July exceeded those of a year ago 'Cit12ens as . the policy~determining have been included in the cost of ords to 11:eep for county, state and , by approximatley $2,000. Receipts body ·of the city to make all its the executive department making · federal returns, but countless more for the month this year amounted important and final -decisions. its operating total last year about ! special meet'.ngs of the council and to $1,1,340.36, .I f ulating his recommenda- $22,000 or -3c of the tax dollar, other coi:nm1tte~. boat:ds ai:id adIncluded in the mail was one lot' . . n orm . . m1mstrat1ve bodies of \he city, . f 5 000 ds ti_orn; to the city council the mayor • • National defense has necessitated j o , post c~r , which a. sumhas _his technical _ advisorJ'. starr 1 C1ty Clerk /s Chief 1, an increase in the traveling expen- mer visito:r mailed from _the local cohsisting of the city planning di• ,·, f f. B ses for the executive department, \ ?ffi~e_. This is one of the largest ·re~tor_ (when- selected) who deter- ' n Orma /On UfeaU Last year 0940 ) expenses were $2,. · mdlVldual dispatches _ recorded. n;imes: s~cifically what the probl~m I Si.l}ce the city clerk is responsible 000 for traveling expenses of the At th e same time, the _sale of ._ is, a,nd· all the facts related to it; ! for safeguarding all the records of .n1ayor. This year, if Portsmouth is -Nai,ional Defense bon-ds a nd st amps ,.the :city engineer, (here the sup~r- 1the city and all its activities are t;o·_ be properly represented in its was strong, Bon<l sales amounted ·mtendent of streets) who tells hrm i reported through his office he is the ·- defense needs, these expenses will'' to $l 9,s 7_5 while th ere were _ $2,218 · :-wh,at ,_-it will cost; the c:tY budget : chief information bureau of the . be nearly doubled. wor t h- of defense stamps sold. ·d!re·ct-9~ (here the audito;) ' who city, aside from the police depart.Among the many added duties due The payroll for th e mon th te}l1l )inm what· the _. financial pro- ' ment, and, in fact, it is to him that to ; national defense is civllian de- imounted to $6,552 ·02 ·1 'blem·. in ·doing it will_ be; the city the police turn to find answers to fen1se and Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, :~~lici,tor, . who -te_lls -him - what the questions outside· their own know!- as ipirector for the city, has really .l~ga! ,a.s pects will be; the public re- edge and· their Special Service re-_ a full time job on this alone if it is Ja~ioi;i~·:gu-ector (h,_ere the .ci_ty cl,erk~ ports to other departments are for- to ;oe properly handled, 1WtiQ_$ {f,dvise~ :,?n,: .~~bUc ~pinio~ ,on warded to _him for dlstr~but!pn. Ci_ti- , W:t.E.~l\.q;~.fo}:;r,; .':>l\,~1T · · · ,. · zens seekmg information /or with I I I · rn.mnhdnfa:. Qro ·rp,fprr,irl· t.n him I I I �' taxe-s are based on the ability of the-Tax payer--to -payand---, like our present water supply, there is a point where there 'is ·, no more yield; · pump as hard as you can. . . If our present 3 percent assessment were retained, : i the approximately $23,000,00Q valuations would raise about $690,000 which with miscellaneous income might make a · total of $700,000, or an increase of about $100,000 over the assessment last year. 1 PORTSMO0TH AND NATIONAL DEFENSE No. 12-0UR FUTURE ;would Still Be $300,000 Short This would still leave us $300,000 short of meeting exi penses. [This ls the last in a series of 12 articles dealing with de• These figures have not provided for financing the added ,fense problems and activities in Portsmoutn, written by Frank;facilities. If this was done on a 20 year, 2 percent, bond isl!n E. Jordan, the Herald's able Managing Editor. These articles, prepared after long hours of research, with the co-operation o! sue, it would add another $225,000 to the operating expense, Portsmouth's Planning Board, city_ offici!!,lS and department making the total loss half a million dollars. heads should be considered as "must readmg" by everyone interested in Portsmouth's present and future.-J. D. Hartford, Even omitting depreciation, the loss . (if the city finPubllsher.] anced these projects with bond issues) would be $150,000 a By Franklin E. Jordan year. - · Off N F · ;Hence no matter how you fig'ure it, Portsmouth cannot National Defense Poroblpems er ew ronhers afford to provide these added facilities. Federal aid is essenI f eace tial. 1 "Portsmouth now has the greatest problem in its 318 These facilities would be a 20 year investment. Even year history." · · the most gloomy predictions do not anticipate more than Readers who have totaled the cost can now realize the five more war years. Portsmouth cannot afford to heavily truth of this statement made in the first article of this series, , obligate the next 20 years for an at most five year propoi;;iand why "its future for the next 318 years will be affected tion, moreover, it cannot borrow 21/2 million when its legal vitally by the way this problem is handled." borrowing capacity available is only $266,000. Since the series started congress has been asked to proThus there seems to be every justification for the revide $13,000,000 for the Navy: yard-in addition to the $10,- quest of the Planning board that the federal government 000,000 spent and authorized in less than two years. . 1 provide these added facilities and their ?Perating costs. Ev-] More Navy yard facilities mean more people. Plannmg ; en then, if Portsmouth is left with the cost, of maintaining board figures estimated on a 25,000 potential population · these facilities for the next 15 years' after the war, the burnow seem conservative. · .·den will be substantial. This series has shown recommended facilities of Which brings us fo our future and means of safeguardroughly two and a half million dollars. They will all be ing it. · needed. Even more may be needed. Quite obviously the first essential has just been dis- 1 In 318 years we have accumulated about $4,000,000 in cussed which is not to go in debt for 20 years on a 5 year · comrrrnnity facilities. These present needs would add more proposition. 'i than half as much again in a year. : I Would Add At Least $750,000 A Year Can Prepare In Many Ways Secondly, this study of our city government has reLast year the city operated at a cost, including water, of , vealed a number of things that can be done at once to preabout $800,000. These recommended facilities would add ·pare our city government for safeguarding our future. $150,000 more a year. If average 5 percent depreciation reSome of the things the Planning board might consider serves were added as a safeguard for the future, expenses I for study and recommendation include ordinance and in•would increase another $325,000. Total expenses would be spection code revisions and additions; elimination of depart$1,275,000. mental over-lapping of functions on primary services to Earnings of various departments as shown in the series citizens; and plans for making as many departments as :might total about $80,000 a year. Additional polls on a 25,- possible self sustaining .or partially sustaining such as re.000 population might be another' $10,000 and in lieu of taxes creational facilities, transportation and health. In all, the 800 government homes at Atlantic Heights may add there are about three dozen adjustments that could be studanother $10,000; total credits $100,000. Increased water ied. revenues might return $175,000 more. Third, would seem to be a study of plans for increasing 1 This would leave an operating cost of about $1,000,000 new revenue for pe·acetime, particularly development of our on general property. industrial possibilities. To get business in peacetime we Out of a potential of 1,500 homes constructed, under must go after it now and appointment of a salesman for the construction and contemplated, deduction of the 800 PBA ' city to go out and sell profitable prospects would appear to homes leaves 700 taxable units. An increase of $3,000,000 in be an immediate must. I ·valuations is the most we can exP,ect. Added to our present These three steps can be accomplished at once. . total valuations of $20;ooo,000 gives us a taxable total of The final consideration is what to do if revenues drasti- ' $23,000,000:· · 1 ··• - -· · ·-. cally reduce and relief drastically increases in peacetime. To meet this expens·e would require a 4.3 percent valua.; First a perpetual poll and property census could be ortion or a tax rate of $43 a thousand. This 'is a more than 40 · ganized so the city would know from month to month just ; percent increase in the present rate of abo_u t $30. 1 what revenue it had lost and what curtailments in operating · We know state and federal taxes will be substantially /· expenses should be made. A plan for curtailment could , be · increased and our contributions to the general taxes for i prepared now and automatically go into effect as the nee~ , : national defense will become real burdens. This is no time was shown by census figures. Since every one would expect 1 to increas~ municipal costs. it, much hardship would be eliminated. Qne reason cities Moreover, such a rate would be ruinous to local real have gotten into financial difficulties is that they have postestate whith, as in all cities, is heavily assessed. Property poned inevitable curtailments too long. If the city does not mortgage its future with fixed op~r.:ating cha}'.ges of bond issues, curtailment of operating costs: i will not be too 'difficult. ~ ., :.- I �Relief Will Be Greates'f P11oblem Relief wm · be the greatest problem in a post-war de~ression, and- the Planning board should ~o~sider ever'f possible means of making relief as self-sustammg as possi1 ble. ·· • ,: Work relief was inaugurated in the past depression ~nd is still in its infancy. T~i~ is a new frontier to pioneer , and offers greater opportumbes than we have ever had bei ' i, fore. ' - Consider the situation~in a postwar epression. Ports- 1 mouth would still have Its real things-its homes, its stores, J and other buildings. It would still have its water supply, sewerage system, schools, fire, police and other municipal facilities: In fact, the more real things we add now, tqe more we will have then. Incomes and cash would be the problem. What would reliefers need? There would be plenty of homes here to live in and probably the community could pool , enough clothing to outlast a depression. F'uel and food would be the principal needs. Slum clearance and city woodla.nds would provide fuel; other · city lands could be made mto \ municipal'gardens. Relief workers would furnish the labor. With materials and labor, a minimum of cash w~uld be 1 n eeded. To make such a ·program practical would involve changes in laws and organization which would take tim~. There is time now and this is the time to prepare. If we wait it will be too late. · -This series had a prologue··fo a defense map showing the location of half a hundred projects which national defense has brought us. Tomorrow it will conclude with an . epilogue of a defense timetable showing the status of these:! projects in a form for easy reference. . . Appreciation is due to the Portsmouth Planning b~ard and either city officials for basic facts and recommendations furnished for this series and particular thanks for furnishing added details ar:e due Planning board mem~ers, Fre~erick D. Gardner, Nat S. Stevens and M. E. Witmer, and city officiils, Superintendent of Schools Harry L. Moore. 1 Auditor Remick Laighton, City Clerk Edward J. Hopley, ;City Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt and Fire Chief George T. ,Cogan. One thing has become evident as this defense study progressed. Our city government is true demoncra~y, faulty and cumbersome to be sure, yet withal the American brand of government that makes all others look like second hand articles. To criticize an(! complain about it is our American birthright and one we would all give our lives to defend. We may be called up on to live up to these words but it will be worth it. Dollar for dollar our city government delivers more to its citizens than the municipal government of any other nation on earth. We can look forward to our future wtth confidence. I I l ( -- --- " -- ---- -- Council To Discuss Bond Issue Tonii~t Each one believed tha,t dealers throughout the states asked by Icke.s to conserve by cutting down on sales would '. 'fall in line" without a question. One Portsmouth dealer said; "'Even if the ruling is voluntary on out part, we will comply. If we don't they:· probably will mak~ more stringent rulings by curtailing . o supplies or even rationing · Alvin Redden, executive of the NH- Seac6ast, Regional' ciation, said he didn't see wh feet the curfew could have. ·, ... , "After all, everyone will when stat~ns close a.nd they'll ·mck ·up 'Wlth gas · during business kiiow hours. Any ordina.ry trips won't require more than they ca.n obtain and it doesn't seem to me tha\ it will make much difference in a.ny ! way," Despite predictions that nightly closing of service stations in Atlan· tic seaboard states would cau.se unemployment, ' Secretacy Ickes .' and , the Oil industry today :perfected plans for applying the .. Sund_ay curf~w. with promises of more dras· tic action to conserve motor fuel . if this blackout fails. 1 I - ---·------·- that oil companies themselves had recommended the night closing pro· gram, and inruc·ated that he ex· pected. those companieis would see that any recalcitrant dealers fell irito line. While he doul>ted .that the government had authority to prosecute stat~ons which failed ..to · cl · .~ added , tha. " .,, - . ·•. ' ~ ... \ ., em" , ng- a~ a result. =· le ''the ~troleum c6-ordinator appea!"ed. optimistic that co-opera· tlon by the industry and the pub· lie would make more severe meas· : ures unnecessary some of his aides 1were known to' feel that noth· in~ short of direct rationing would 1cl~e the gap between supply and -demand, caused by, the transfer• o! part of this nation's coastwlse tanker fleet to Great Britain, Other Possible Bans Possible fU:'ther restrictions all I bel-ieved to be under consider~tion ! for application if necessary in· elude: h0lding individual ~rvice stations to a bulk quota-of gasoline monthly, institution of gasiess SunAccept Proclamation days and as a last resort, ration Oil men accepted the proclama· 'cards. tion closing down an estimated The curfew will be effective in 12 100,000 gasoline stations from 7 p. m. st~tes, parts of five others, and the to 7 a, m., seven days a week, as-.DIBtrlct. of Columbia. showing Ickes' determination to , meet the pre die bed eastern · fuel ; shortage, even to the extent of 1 adopting rationing, if need devel- I oped, according to the Associated ·, Press. Ickes said yesterday, however, Yard Workers ·A4 Get Time And Haff City-.. Requests Overtime Wages $59,·ooo For • ---- Authorization of a bond issue to ·pa.y, for the approximate $32,000 deleted from the original 1941 budget, because items represented pe·r man· ent improvements, ls ex,pected to· night at a meeting of the city council at city hall, 7:30 pm. Further · water problems are ex· pected to be discussed and Sperry H. Locke hope.s to bring up the question· of using Mer-rylJ\eeting ' lake, New Durham, to provitle the 1 city with a gravity fed system of ,\ lake water. · - Portsmouth's filling station "curfew" will sound at . 7 p. m., Sunday, as conservation of gasoli'ne begins on the ' eastern seaboard. . Although no official orders had been received from divisional headquarters by local dealers today, their opinions could be summed up thusly: "We undoubtedly will comply, although no word has come in officially; we know only what we have read in the papers and heard over the air." · · Gym, Danc,ng \ ' .,. Sta,tions -Expect Ord·ers From Headquarters ~a.·\.. · • ,p· --- - t).;C\ • Application for $59,000 to p}ovicle a gym and dance hall addition· to the Army & Navy building on Dan• iel.s street have been forwarded to Public Works offlcials in connection with the government community facilities bill under which Portsmouth ls making application for more than two and a. half million dollars in added facilities. Papers went forward after gov· ernment investigators determined that the claims of the city were true and ·that while the Army & Navy building was owned by a privaoo non-proflt corporation under the terms of its grant it was a. pub• lie building and to all actual purposes had just the same status as any other city building and was just as much entitled to aid. / Port.smouth Navy yard civll!an workers will be paid time and a half 'for overtime under an executive order issued by President Roosevelt. The order puts the new law into effect as of June 3, and gives navy, yard workens at Portsmouth back pay, from -tha,t date for overtime at the rate of time and a half. The legislation was sponsored by Rep. Arthur B. Jenks, Manchester, as· a member of the naval affairs committee. Under the provisions of the executive order issued by the president, civilian employes will be paid on a basis worked out by the local yard. 14- j �local Airport Deemed Defense Necessity; Work To _Enlarge It To Class Three Rating r . . \ · < , a Class 3 field, -or next to· the nolly, who was detailed from Maine : Auburn - Lewiston, Appropriation of $478 ,000 highest rating. This means the army last fall to supers $53,000; Augusta, $95,000; for improvement of the runways will be from 3,500 vise CAA airport defense Bangor, (2 ports) $421,000; Portsmouth Municipal air- to 4,500 instead of 2,500 feet work. Belfast, $137,000; Brunsport was reported today by or less. A total estimated expen- wick, $90,000; Bar Harbor, th Associated Press from While these improvements Iditure of $80,810,110 for the $293,000; Dover - Foxcroft, e . . . 1 have been designated as es- 1 country is mvo1Ved. Of this $200,000; Fort Kent, $386,Washington, D. C., ~n a hS t sential to national defense, amount $53,409,800 will be 000; Greenville, $178,000; announced by Bng. - G~n. in announcing the program i spent on 26 projects included Pittsfield, $100,000; PortDonald H. ~o~nolly, ad~in- General Connolly said: in last year's program but I land, $153,000; Princeton, istrator of C1v1l Aeronautics, "N O recommendations f911_ not yet placed under con_\ $100,000; Rockland, .$112,after approval by the secre- improvements or constra~- struction, and 149 new loca- !o O O; Sanford, $100,000; taries o: War, Navy and ; tion were made until_ a__ thor- tions. T~e remaining $18,- !Skowhegan, $210,000; WinCommerc~ ·. ough survey by airport en- 968,871 will be used for con- ,terport, 393,000; New HampWork i~ to start at once 1 gineers established the value tinuing ":'ork on ~1~ projects shire: Claremont, $87,000; and be finished by the end of 1of the locations to national started in the initial pro- Concord, $379,000; Gilford, this year, and is restricted to defense. However, while the gram authorized last Octo- $30,000; Keene, $446,000; mun~cipally~~":'ned ports and air p O rts have been ber. . We.st Lebanon, $150,000; landing facilities. All other selected to meet require- A completion of the pres- Whitefield, $403,000. improvements in c 1 u di n g I ments effort has been made to ent program, he said, would hangars and service buildings i select sites offering future mean an increase of 246 class must _be provided by local en- 1 value to commercial and 3 airports, 4_5 class 4 airports, terpnses or local govern-_1 civil aviation, thus in__su:ring..·a 14 class 2 a1rp?rts and 2 ~eament. . j • t ~ ! ! ~ ~ ' t l \ i ~ j plane ramps in the Umted Portsmouth is to be en- 1 fe~es~men .'-·.· . States. . larged and improved f!om a . Tn.e·_-·~ orki will be directed Appropr~ations fo_r other Class 1 field, lowest rating, to by °Lieutenant Colonel Luci_us nearby airports include: D. Clay, assistant to Con- •· F• H d d s Id F·1rst 1ve . un re o i8rs •d' . re ext T.\.0\.\ PI a Y He N Fr I a Y boat hire, deep sea -fi~hl;;g t;l-p~, }lt~~}:t:!l:~i.~r~;t::/nm:::es will be posted at the camp and arrangements made for historical tours. Through arrangement with the city,_ tennis is available at the South playgrounds, baseball games \ ____ ____________________ __ .-... can be seen there. Through co-oper- - - - - - at!on of the country club-golf fac!lFirst group of 500 army recrea- 1·es of a wee kl y dances on Friday, · There are no formations and !ties are ava 11 a bl e. tionees will arrive at the Army's Aug. 7. no hours. Men can get up or go A special feature offered Port5mouth Recreational area on Dances will be held at the Ernerto bed as late or as early as they through the hospitality of PortsPierce island next Frida,y night at son Hovey Post hall until the new please. Tent lights go off at 11 mouth residents will be private 7 p. m., Major Charles P. Watson, dance hall is completed at the Arpm. Cots and bedding are furhome entertainment, giving solU. S. A., morale branch, command- my and Navy building. With the nlshed free, but soldiers pay diers home meals Saturday eve!ng said today. many other service men in the area for meals. Light meals will be nings or Sunday noon. Any reslInr;pection of the area where to crowd the Army and Navy buildavailable from a concessio dent wishing to provide such entents and other facilities have been ing, it is possible that the recreaon the island includln tertalrunent can register at the erected by Bear Brook camp CCC tlonees dances will be held regularly ..-o:::=:;,,....~~-:... camp and state preferen1;es. men under captain Peter carton!, at the Hovey post. . Soldiers do the same and signal corps reserve, will take place This camp is one of 30 such matched . registration cards on Monday. Colonel Roche, chief of that the War department has mean an unusual treat for some staff of the morale branch of the v!ded for .soldiers' weekends, an young man far from his own War department, will make the tour ready according to a release f home. of inspection. Washington, the War departm:e• 'Ml"jor Watson has arranged de- ' Major Watson said today he One week from tomorrow, August plans to enlarge all camps. With tails for a wide variety of recrea- ; wants to express appreciation to the 8, at 2 p. m. the camp officially will about 30,000 men at Fort Devens, t!onal activities and through co- residents of Por_tsmouth · for their open. Army officers, state, county Ayer, Mass., ·from which most of operation of the Boston & Maine hearty co-operation and to assure and city officials are to participate. these men will come in units of 500 w!ll have a frequent bus schedule everyone that the general public is First Lieut. Bernard J. Duffy, sec- each, no camp will be large enough : from the island to Portsmouth for welcome at the camp during t_h e da}'. ond in command, is completing de- to entertain enough men. 10 cents and to various nearby and early evening. -.,,;P tails. beaches at 50 cents round trip. At a meeting today at the Army Selected On Merit Beaches included are York, Wallis and Navy building, a women's comMen are selected on a merit sys- Sands, Rye and Hampton. mittee of the Portsmouth Recrea- tern and on good behavior during In addition to the beaches and tional area was formed by more than their visit here. Each 100 men will dances, the program will include at two dozen prominent women of this have an officer in command, as- the camp use of the Portsmouth section. s!sted by three enlisted men-two Municipal Swimming pool, surf Mrs. Seabury Chairman MP's and a medical man. They will casting from the island, softball, Mrs. William Seabury, sister of arrive by motor convoy, on Friday volley ball, horseshoes, archery, . Ensign Emerson Hovey, for which afternoons or evenings and return cards, dom!nos, chess, checkers, and • the Portsmouth Veterans of Foreign to camp late Sunday afternoon. 10. . reading room of magazines and Wars post was named, ~s general Lieut. Duffy will make his home at 1newspapers. chairman of the committee and the camp and be available 24 hours From the waterfront Ma.for making plans for the first of a ser- a c,lay. Watson has arranl!'.ed for r~w �This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NI SO 239.48-1992 (pennanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts w 1999 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918-1920, 1932-1949 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="http://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbook 1941-42 V.20 Subject The topic of the resource Scrapbooks Portsmouth (N.H.) World War II Description An account of the resource A scrapbook of news articles from the Portsmouth Herald and other papers, 1941-1942. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library (N.H.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i11079873 https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/ef6c5d93eed1ca7746d371d468221246.PDF 75229ced134acc5d8628c4432c025e16 PDF Text Text �INDEX TO VOLUME 20 (1941-42) AFRICAN-AMERICAN SELECTEE AIRPORT ALIEN REGISTRATION ALUMINUM DRIVE AMERICAN LEGION ANIMAL RESCUE ARMSDEN,DOUGLAS ARMY AIR CORPS ARMY-NAVY BUILDING ARMY NURSE CORPS ARTILLERY PRACTICE ATLANTIC HEIGHTS HOUSING PROJECT 47, 70,119 5-7, 18, 115 3, 13,29 73 42,52 52 116 58, 89-91, 105,121 BANKHEAD,TALLULAH BARRACKS BATTERYD BLACKOUT BOOKS BOWDOIN (SHIP) BOWEN, BRIG. GEN. CHARLES F. BRIDLE, RICHARD BRITISH CIVILIAN TECHNICAL CORPS BRITISH SAILORS BUNDLES FOR BRITAIN 83,105 40 2, 9-11, 15, 26-27 23, 24 98 56 40 108 89 64 7-8, 15, 23, 30, 33,58, 91 113 39, 61, 79,91, 106-107 86 64,83,86,104, 113 111 47 92 99 18, 19, 20,21,23,25, 30, 33, 34,47 13, 18 62 4, 19, 25,38-39,40,53, 59,92 91, 121 CAMP/HOSPITAL COUNCIL CAMP LANGDON CATHOLIC CHAPLIN CHAPEL, ARMY CHASE, A. RICHARD CHRIST CHURCH CHRISTMAS CIVIC PATROL CIVIL AERONAUTIC AUTHORITY CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS COAST ARTILLERY, 22ND COOK, CHARLES H. DALE,CHARLES DEFENSE CLASSES DENNETT, ARMISTEAD DONDERO, MARY C. DORNEY, WILLIAM A., JR. DOWD, JAMES DRAFT DRAFT BOARD OFFICIALS DUNN, COL. WALTER K. DURANTE, JIMMY SEE:USO 23, 36-37 78 55 90 13,45,56 101 119 96 103 12, 20-21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 31, 38,114 71, 90 67 100 �ELKS ENLISTED ESTEY, QUENTIN R. 55 92, 95, 101-105, 110, 117 112 FIRST AID CLASSES FIRST AID DETACHMENT FOOTE, RAYMOND E. FORT CONSTITUTION FOSS, WARREN M. FREE FRANCE 43,104 55 103 4,13,28,29,41,54 104 GARRETT, WALLACE H., JR. GRANITE STATE LODGE OF COLORED ELKS GREEK WAR RELIEF GRIM, WILLIAM 8. GUNNERY AWARD GUNS 100-101 119 29 115 98 87 -88, 91, 94 HENSON, JOHN J. HERSEY, JOHN L. HODGDON, PAUL A. HOSTESSES HOUSING, NAVY YARD WORKERS 110 90 118 93-94 30-33, 35 KIWANIS KNIGHT, ALLEN H., JR. 82 101 LIBERTY LIBRARY {WILLIAM H. CHENEY MEMORIAL) 98 111-112 MAINE CIVILIAN DEFENSE COUNCIL MARCH OF TIME MAXWELL, ELSA MCCARTAN, JOHN P. MINES MINICHIELLO, LEWIS A. MORLEY COMPANY MORROW, PAUL MOTOR CORPS MULCAHY,ROBERT MUMMA, MORTON, JR. 116 33 84 104 84, 86, 91 110,114 100 120 17-18, 92, 97 111 121 NATIONAL DEFENSE SCHOOL NAVY YARD NEAL, CAPT. CECIL M. NELSON, WESLEY NEW CASTLE, BRIDGE NEW CASTLE, ROAD NEW ENGLAND FRONTIER DEFENSE SECTOR NURSES 2,35,39 31,34, 114 64 100 40,43,56 101-102 104 55 OBSERVATION POSTS AT FORTS 91 PALFREY, LLOYD W. PARACHUTISTS 114 75 77 �PATCH, GARLAND W., JR. PICKERING, CHARLES W., JR. PIERCE ISLAND PORTSMOUTH CIVIC PATROL PORTSMOUTH HARBOR DEFENSES 101,108 109 57-58, 65, 71, 79, 80-85, 87, 89 1, 2, 3, 8, 16-17, 19, 25, 40, 59, 73-74, 79, 97, 99,105,109, 117 PORTSMOUTH LIONS CLUB 102 RECREATION 52-53, 55, 57-58, 65, 73, 78, 80-85, 87, 89, 91, 93-94, 9699, 105-17 68-69 47,113 70 RECREATION COMMITTEE RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS REED, RALPH MALTRY, JR. REED, WALLACE P. REFUGEES RILEY, EDWARD P. ROWE, MAYOR STEWERT E. SALVATION ARMY SARGENT, ROLAND L. SCARPONI, GEORGE SELECTEES SHEA, JOHN J. SHERMAN,GEORGE SHIPS SHORELINE-ARMY USE SPANISH CLASSES STATE GUARD STONELEIGH PLAYERS 116 28 112 77 124 117 102 32, 37-38, 41-42, 44-46, 48-51, 59, 66-67, 69, 75-77, 87-88, 92, 96-98, 101,106, 113-114, 116, 118 120, 123-124 120 32, 33, 56, 60, 61 104 14, 61, 63, 71, 74,97 30 THEATER, FORT CONSTITUTION TRAFTON, C. WILLIAM, JR. TREFETHEN, PAUL H. 67 111 115 UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE 54,56, 61-62, 64,65, 69, 72, 78, 79, 85, 94,95,100, 105108, 111, 122-125 95 VARIETY SHOW VETERANS VOLKMAN, CHARLES H. VOUDY, DAVID L. 94 38-39, 41, 43 121 108 WAKE ISLAND WEAVING MACHINES 115 96 �WELDERS WOMEN - DANCING WPA ORCHESTRA YMCA YWCA 45 103-104 100 95 85 �Gloucester Civic Patrol 1 I son Hovey Post of the VFW here· ' I Communications, Harry Winebaum; i Medical, J. Verne Wood ; Nursing, Miss -Rosanna O'Donoughue ; 'Eniergency Ho.spitals,_Mrs, Nora G. Wende·ll; Canteen, Andrew Jarvis; . Church Refuge, Captain Clair Low- , man, Mrs. J. B. Longstaff; Avia- 1 tion Re-lief, Forest Knowles of I North Hampton; Surrounding \ Towns, Mrs. Shireiy S. Philbrick, . I of Rye. .1 l This group will get in touch wiU! every person in a key position in i .the community to determine who I is best fitted to handle each detail of the complete plan. i Describes Work While Portsmouth, England, was fighting the ravages 1 During the meeting Mrs. Longof disaster last night, a group of leading citizens of Ports- 1 staff described various phases of the Gloucester patrol as Natalie mouth, N. H., met at the Central Fire Station here and , Hammond of Gloucester, daughter formed the Portsmouth Civic Patrol to prepare this sister of the famous world-known invencity across the seas for anything the uncertain future may tor had described them to her at a recent conference. unfold. It was stress·ed at the meeting Neither race, color, creed nor Is Forearmed" To insure that pre- I that the entire setup at present is politics were of interest to the parations were complete it wao temporary; that the participation o! voted that plans of the Red Cross I everyone in the community is de- , group which assembled from Por ts - Disaster committee be considered sired a.nd that suggestions are welnd mouth and surrou ing towns to in planning the permanent organ- come. No one is to feel that because ' th prepare for common dangers at ization so that every plan would co- ·' he or she wasn't at the meeting II 0 1! last night or named on any of the might threaten th en- loved ~:s, ordinate with all existing plans. th nd their homes a all at Y Gloucester's Plan temporary committees that their held dear. . . Gloucester's Civic Patrol, wluch services are not desired. What would Portsm~u th do if it Porr.smouth is following. has already I Every effort will be made to per-, were hit. by .;udden disa ster-:-whe- won 11 ation-wide recognition and sonally contact everyone who might i I ther it be Hre, f~ood , hurricane, recently was recognized by Govern- ; best be able to serve the comearthquake or war· Where would or Leverett Saltonstall of Massa- I mim1r.y in time of emergency, but/ fo~d, clothing, ~heli:r, care f~r chusetts who said, "Such commit- with such a limited amount of time; children be obtamed. _These were j tees as you have organized in available every person who feels he some of the quest10ns _d1Scu.ssed and Gloucester we hope will be set up in has something to contribute is asked the immediate quest10n was who I all the communities of the state." to get in touch with members of are the people of this section be st. I Indi~ations are now that this idea the committee. fitted to ha.mile the.,,e problems m' is spreading to every section of New The next meeting of the sub1 an emergency? England. committee will be held next WedAmong the noted perwns who nesday night at the Central Fire To Get Started have endorsed the Civic Patrol idea Rt.at.ion at, 7 n. m. To get started at once on this are General Jonn J. Pershing, USA, problem, the group assembled last ret.., Major General William D. Con~'u.,Jl..& - 0-.!\ · e,..o night went to work with a will. E. nor, USA, ret ., Major General c. C. Richard Chase of 576 Sagamore Williams, USA, ret., and Je.::sie Loavenue was elected chairman of gie, former field director of the the committee and Mrs. Frank W . American Red Cro . R•mda1I of 699 Middie street wa.<: elected fecretary. It was ag ·eed that. Working Committees the name Portsmou th was to mean Working committees which were Greater Portsmouth including sur- established with the idea tha t the rounding towns. chairman should find the person To speed up the work, a wb- best fitted to fill the permanent committee was organized with chairmanships were organized as 1 Charles J. Griffin of 243 Wibird follows: street named as chairman. ImmeProtection, James B. Mahoney, diately following the adjournment I commander of the Frank Booma of the large,· committee, the sub- , Post, of the American Legion; comm_i~te~ mo,t to discu,5s temporary Transportation, Alvin Redden, exe - / orgamzation. cutive secretary of the N. H. SeaAs a framework for the Ports- coast R ?gional Development Asmouth committee, it was decided sociatlon; Engineering, Joseph H. to follow the general pattern of the Cullen, commander of the Emerfamous Civic Patrol of Gloucester which has for its motto "Forewarned 'I ·1 Plan To Be Followed i I I Temporary Sub Committee Chairmen Named At Meeting Held Last Night I I I I I I I "?~ • I I I �2 ·Add Fourth Class Battery ·D To Leave Monday For U. S. Service In Defense School 1 Portsm9uth's Battery D will leave for its full year of training shortly after 8 a. m. Monday mornl.tlg, It was learned today. Men will entruck for Concord where other units of New Hampshire's 197th regiment, anti-aircraft, National guard, · will assemble a.t the historic Concord camp ground for the 10-day preliminary period before starting for Camp Hulen, Texas. During the 10-day period physical examinations will be given; the question of those who have acquired dependents since enlisting In the National guard and all other preparations will be completed so that the regiment can report ready for duty In Texas. Decision to assemble the regiment at Concord was ma.de by Brigadier General Charles F. Bowen, adjutant general of New Hampshire, so that shelter, feeding and necessary examinations could be handled from a central point rather than scattered In 11 cities of the state. That the winter training be con. . - -- The fou rth cl8.5s In the National Defense school, being sponsored by the federal government, was added at the Portsmouth Senior High school last night. There is a distinct po~s1bility that. other classes will be added as the demand requires them according to a statement by Su!)i!rintendent of Schools Han-y L. Moo,·e, this morning. Because of the new class, two new teachers were assigned to a~sist the original force of Francis T. Malloy and Fon-est, Gray. The two new members of t he •f,aff are George Kelly and Walter Lemont. The_former t eaches mathematics and the latter, blueprint reading. Both are employes at the Portsmouth Navy yard. Of the 200 applicants only 125 have been ta ken care of at the present time and hence the authori- 1 ties have madf: requests to Washington for funds ' to add further classes. Members of the fourth class a,·e: Robe:rt Downing, Eugene Belche:, Edward Saurman, Joseph Succl, 1 Stanton Remick, Robert Lesieur, Elmer Wenhole, Harry Navelski, Charles O'Brien, Julius Freedman, Clarence Davey, Robert COoper, Richard Noiles, Grey Bai~d, Harold Piche, Harold Downing, James Blethnoode, Charles Neall, Arthur Mccaffery, Flor~m Parrons, Joseph Peluso, Alfred Gilbert, Arthur Rayn er, Hugh O'Brien, Harold Ryan, Alexander McLellan, Fred Herdelas committee chairman give reports berg, Geor~e Davis, John Tilley, on progr&s so far. I Robert Lesieur, John COstello, In announcing the meeting to- Charles C:hapman, James Badg~r, nigh t, Chairman Chase has again Ronald S1_mpson, Wilf~ed Cu7tis, stre.:sed the fact t hat the present J chn Hewitt, Jos~ph Kn.st, William organiza tion i.s a temporary one Kosty, Albert Ladd , Peter Kossand that every citizen who has cuisky, Donald Leod, George Mare, something to contribute i.s urged to Law.rence W1ckley, Frank . Smith, att,rnd the meeting tonight wheth- Clyde Onn_er, Kenne th Littlefield, / er t hey have been perronally con- Leroy Hallman, Harold Roby and tacted by the committee previously 1Harold Goucher. , or not. ~ 0 -"'e, \ ducted in a more suitable climate was decided as a result of a con- 1 ference between General Bowen, War department officials and the : Commanding General of the First : Corps Area. 1 Eight o'clock daylight saving time j has been set for the deadline when all members of the battery are to be In formation at the Parrott avenue armory packed and ready to move. Special reports have to be made to authorities on any man who is even one minute late for this formation , so Captain Edgar Ladd, commanding, has warned every man to be on time. Men will be checked In as they arrive at the armory and guards at the door will prevent any unauthorized persons from crowding the armory and interfering with all the work of getting started. Meanwhile this week recruiting continues at the local armory with a number of applications received since yesterday . Recruiting officers are on duty at the armory this week from 9 a. m. until 10 p. m. I I !Civic Patrol Plans p·rogram Tonight Plans for registration of local ex-service men for a state guard and how the Portsmouth Civic Patrol can co-operate will be explained tonight at the general committee meeting o: the Portsmouth Civic Patr_ol which h_as been called by Chairman A. Richard . Chase _for 7 p. m. at the Central Fire Station. Commander James B. Mahoney of the Frank E . . Booma Post of the American Legion and Commander Joseph CUllen of the Emerson Hov ey Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, who have been conferring on plans for the local registration here will have reports on latest developments. No action has been taken ro far as the neceS!,11.ry registration blanks have not arrived from Concord. How Portsmouth citiz...."ns can co~ operate In a future blackout of the Navy yard is among the subjects .scheduled for dlscu.."'5ion tonight I ~ o--1. 1 \ft ~ " .f\ ·~ ~ \ I - >lO \ p~ · (' · ......-,~ \ - Y. O �C ; v i c.. Pa...1'°1"0 \ Civic Patrol Maps Defense Measures Plan Co-operation In Future Blackouts At Navy Yard; Large Group Attends Meeting Plans for co-operation in future Navy yard blackouts and in other defense precautions of this area were discussed last night at a meeting of the Portsmouth Civic Patrol. Growing interest in the organization was evidenced when the largest turnout since the patrol started assembled at the Central Fire station. It was also planned at this meetIng to have Miss Natalie Hays HamI mond, president of the Gloucester I Civic Patrol, as a speaker and represen ta tives of other chapters of the Civic Patrol attend. Mrs. J. B. Longstaff, who arranged to have Miss Hammond here,· told members at the meeting last night that Miss Hammond has applied for a national charter and that she has granted the Portsmouth group permission without cost to use the name Civic Patrol. Portsmouth's ls the charter organization of New Hampshi.re. Following the report by Mrs. Longstaff and an explanation by P id Lt A R' I1 d Cl f ti a~~!n~~~es ~f ti~~ 1~~me ~~!~ iatr~~ th • ti • ted e orga111za on una111mous 1Y vo it as a name. Ao11oi.ntment. of an adv!sorv commitlee followed , consisting of the following: Rear Adm. John D. Wainwright, USN, commandant of the Portsmouth Navy yard; Capt. J. J. Brown, USN, captain of the yard; John B. Mooney, chairman of the Portsmouth Chapter of the Amer!can Red Cross ; Harry L. Moore, superintendent of schools; Miss Ruth Kernodle, state field representative of the American Red Cross ; J.D. Hartford, publisher of tj1e Portsmouth Herald; and Major John D. Mitchell, USA, commanding Fort Constitution. Officers, who also serve as the executive committee, were elected ns follows: A. Richard Chase, president, Mrs. J. B. Longstaff, vlcepresident; Mrs. Frank W. Randall, secretary; E. cw·tls Matthews, treasurer; Mrs. Edward Wendell, publicity director; Charles J. Griffin, legal advisor. l I I j At the meeting last night Mrs. A. C. Warner was acting secretary in place of Mrs. Randall who was out of town. Because her husband, Commander J. B. Longstaff, aide to the commandant of the Portsmouth Navy yard, was entering the hospita! this morning, Mrs. Longstaff left the meeting last night immediately after giving her report. At the meeting of the sub-comm!ttee, called by Chairman Griffin following the general meeting the following permanent chairmen were elected: Harry Winebaum, commun!cations; Joseph Cullen, englneerIng; James B. Mahoney, protection; James Barnett,_ emergency hospitals; Capt. Clan- Lowman, church 1'efugine; MAnissdRosanJna Oi 'Donogtehue, nw·s g; rew arv s, can en; R d R B 1 hild lf aymon . ea e, c . we are. th As e temporary chau-men for transportation, aviation relief 11nd medical were not present}, the selec• tion of permanent chairman for , these committees was held over until the next meeting. Prior to the next meeting all chairmen were asked to form their committees and have their committee members present. The set-up of the Patrol represents materially every organization of the city. I I { ) ~ . ~ . ~, ... ~ \~•.I-{ II 7"'"' Offer To Aid Alien Registration Offe1ing through a special committee to fill in sample forms and furnish interpreters, the Portsmouth section of the' National council of Jewish women has volunteered to , help Postmaster Peter J. Hickey ' in the registration of aliens here. l During the next two weeks committee members plan to get in touch with ministers of all churches, the Italian - American group, Greek Orthodox church and factories. Later if i;ufflcient aliens are interested they will hold a. naturalization class. Although Postrnaster Hickey be- , gan registering aliens Aug. 27 only 231 persons ha.Ve filled in blanks and been fingerprinted, I I �Fort Constitution Awakens From 20-Year Sleep Portsmouth Herald Photo Soldiers of the 22nd Coa~t Artillery of the regular army arrive at historic Fort Constitution ready to man Portsmouth harbor defenses for first time since World War days. Photo shows some of the men and officers who will remain at ew Castle fort for "indefinite" period. Troops Here To Man Fort Constitution A detachment of offlcPrs and men of the 22nd Coast Artillery of the regular a1 my arrived at Fort Con• stitution this forenoon and made ready to mlm Portsmouth harbor def en es for the first time in 20 yFar . The oldiera arrived by truck and constitute part of the 129 offl• ~rs and men of the 22nd, plus m dical and supply per· onnel, who wlll remain at the New Castle fort for a j){'riod which officials this mornm" termed, ''indeflnit•." r laJor John D. Mitchell, now in command, will be relie\'ed by MaJor E. G. Cowen at the rnd of this month. The latter is currently do- ing ROTC duty at the University of New Hampshire, Local Man Commands Capt. Lawrence Guyer will be in command of the first battery and 2nd Lieut. Robert W. Young of Port< mouth in command of the headquarter battery. Lieutenant Young was graduated from the Haven chOol in thl.6 city a.nd from high scfiool at ewport News, Va. He received a B- S. de• gree in mechanical engmeermg at the University of New Hampshire last June. H? is the son of Carl F. Young of Bloomfield, N. J., a former local Nav · yatd worker. Hi~ grandparent.<;, Mr. and Mrs. Leon G, Young, live at 133 Lincoln avenue. Build New Quarters The 22nd Coast Artlllery will occupy temporary quarters f.or the p!·e:;.. nt but wlll later move to new barracks which are 10 b built with• in the next fortnight, The men were kept busy today unloading trucks and assembling their individual paraphernalia. The task of rehabilitating Fort Con~l.ltution which ha'n't seen ac· tive military use since the first World war, is one which will require time and a maximum of effort on the part of labo:ers and soldiers alike, and it isn't expected that ac· tual training will get underway for some time. 0 P~-~. �1 Sta e Loe fers irport 1 Field Rated In F. rst Priority roup n lmporta ce In • H. $170,250 Development Project Recommended In State ..Wide Su rvey Re port Portsmouth's Municipal Airport is in the first priority grou p of New Hampshire airports in order of importance to th e sta te. This Is revealed in a comprehen• conform to requirements of the . United S tates Civil Aeronantics sive plan for state airport develop- authority, and! these recommend a ment made public today by the tions will be used by the CAA in State Planning and Development connection with a nation-wide aircommi.ssion, and prepared by its port program now being prepared. Advisory committee on air trans- \ portation in co-operation with the Accepted By N- E. Board State Director of Aeronautics. They have also been accepted by Tbe r·eport recommends a five- lhe New England Regional Planning year improvement plan estimated in board in preparing the New Eng· the case of Portsmouth to cost land Airwa ys Plan. about $170,250 with federnl, state Cost Is Approximate and city co-operating in the exEstimated costs prepared by Enpen:se, which includes enlargement, gineers Hilliard and Person are surfacing, lighting and facilities. based on 1940 co_sts and_ are appro~ iPortsmouth is one of eight air- mate only to give vanous agencies port.5 in the first priority group in- some idea of the costs involved for , eluded in this repc,rt. In all, 37 each airport and for the entire existing and proposed fields are con- state. sidered in the report which recOf interest to Portsmouth citizens ommends a total expenditure of is that more than 40 per cent of the $2,368,974 for improvements dur- total cost of developing the Portsing the next five years. mou.th airport would be for labor The recommendations have been ($70,625), and the entire state promade in co-operation with and to gram represents an estimated $1.332,704. I 1· I I I Plan Development of the military field at Rye is estimated at $92,500, with $1 ,000 for land; $40,000 clearing, grading and drainage and $50,00'0 for landing strips. Marsh would be filled in at Rye Harbor and two 2,000x500 graveled landing strips provided. No mention is made in the report of a possible seaplane base for New Hampshire's 17 miles of ocean front nor is an explanation made as to why this important phase of air transportation is omitted. Possibly it is to be included in later studies, although this report mentions briefly New Hampshire's inland water ways, Traces .H istory The report traces the history of aviation Jn New · Hampshire from the first flight from Waltham. Mass., made June 19, 1911 by famous Harry Atwood to Nashua, Manchester and Concord. This plane carried the first air mail and took 2 hours and 46 minutes for the 69-mile trip. Captain Robert s. Fogg and Willis D. Thompson, Jr., owned the first plane in the state which arrived July 4, 1920. The seaplane base was established at The Weirs in 1923. The first air service was Concord to Bosto~ star~d in July 1928. Boston & Marne airways established regular service in 1933. l ! I I I In addition to th!! Advisory com- 1 mittee, headed by Claude H. Swain, I'\... _ /\.. public service commissioner, James ; f\ F. O'Neil, state director of aero- ~ nautics, assigned W. Russell Hil· · liard, state airport engineer, to work ~ '.3 · L. ·, with Herbert C. Person, clerk of the committee, and planning engi- t;:Jl-.i" TIPP-r nf th.a ~nt¥i"""4"'cf"n �lo I In planning for the future the Obstructions - Trees on south commission pointed out that few side of area should be removed. states in the union offer the dif- Stand pipe on west side of area ficulties that New Hampshire faces should be marked with obstruction due to rapidly changing weather lights. conditions with coastal fogs, mounLighting - A ceiling projector, I : ta.in rains, winter ~.torms and mudrange and obstruction ! I dy field.5 spring andl fall. The Com- 1 boundary, mission states that because of these 1lights, meeting tne reqlllrements of conditions adequate airport and air- the Civil Aeronautics board specif!cations, should be mstalled. . way development is essential. Accommodations A hangar, In financing these projects .the commission points out that in the large enough to include an adminipast the federal government has stration and repair section should furnl.$hed up to 80 per cent of the be constructed. cost; the state has furnished techFederal Aid for Here nical and engineering supervision Cost Of Improvements Of special Interest to Portsmouth 1 and the municipalities . have supcitir.ens is a tabulation of the plied the balance in labor, materials 1. Additional land · · · · · • • • .$ 2,000. or equipment. 2. Clearing, grading, etc. . . 20,000. amount of federal money which ThP. report does not touch on the 3· Hard Surfacii1 g · · · • • • • • • 125,000. has been spent on other airports of ·b·l·t· f • . 4. Marking runways . . . . . . . 250. the state during the last seven poss1 1 i 1es o airport mcome as . . years. Out of a total of $1,096,606.- I1 has been developed in other sec- 5· Ligh~mg · · · · · · · · · · · · • • • • 10,000. 02, Portsmouth has received $13,- I tions from hangar rentals, sales of ! 6· Fencmg · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · • • 1,000. 658.67, while Manchester has re- : gasoline, oil and othe:: suppli:~s. 1I 7. Hangar · · · · · • · · · · • •, •, •. 12,000. ceived $601,769.63, Nashua $184,263.- ,' landing, parking and observation \ •I T t --85, and Concord $171,673.64. Even ! fees. Th~e charges in many locali- 1 0 a 1 · · · · · · · • · · • · · · · · • · • • • •$170,250. , little Conway has received more ties · ·haveb put • airports on a self -sus- I' p resen t Ai rpor t Da t a than Portsmouth by several huna.sis. N' p ts t ammg This long range report has al- I . ame: or mouth Municipal dred dollars. 1 . ln Jllaking public the plan today, ready been studied by the Commis- ~;rport. Frederick P. Clark, director of resioners of the Por tsmouth airport i ~s: . . 1 search and planning of the comin making plans for the future of umcipa .' Owner, City of Portsmouth. mission, said that it had been pre- I the field and its details will be disManager, Carl L. Krleder. pared to fit into the general plan I cussed when the commissioners inspect the field with state officials Operator, Warren Schulz. for developing all the resources of the state and to promote an orat some date in the near future. Position: derly development of needed aviaLat. 43 °4'; long. 70 °49'; elevatlon1 Proposed Improvements tion facilities. He added that it 1 Portsmouth Municipal Airport 80'. may prove to be of importance in ! Additional Land - 38 acres of Distance and direction ·from city, \ the defense program. l additional land must be acquired for 3 miles W of city; E of Great Bay. In a foreword to the report, Dithe proposed aevelopment which rector O'Neil says that his depart contemplates the construction ·of Description: ment feels confident the plan will Size, Usable Area, 60 acres; Proptwo hard surface runways. "prove adequate for New Hamperty, 100 acres; Shape, irregular. Clearing, Grading, Drainage shire for years to come." Surface, sandy loam; Gradient, 90 acres of land are wooded and In his letter of transmittal of the less than 2 % ; Drainage, natural. must be cleared. report to the committee, Chairman Landing strips, 2: 1900'x400'E/W; 40 acres of land must be graded. Swain points out that "while the , Due to the good gravel soil, nat- 2000'x300 NW / SE. recommendations may appear : ural drainage is excellent and artiMarking thereof, boundary and 1 , somewhat ambitious" they are ficial drainage would be required range markers. j based on normal and proven needs only along the hard surface run~and may even be "entirely inadeObstructions: , ways. i quate in view of the tremendous Pole line 15' along highway at E. L2.nding Strips - The additional ' increase in plane usage which will land will permit the development of side of field; trees 15' high along 1 flow from present national defense two landing strips, one 3500'x500' part of S side: stump land and plans." NW / SE, and the other 2500' x 500' bushes along NW; area of small j No Records Kept trees at NE; 50' beacon tower on E NE/ SW. Prior to 1930 there were no state Hard Surface Runways - Two side of field. Lighting, obstruction j · records kept but the 1931 figures ha.rd surface runways, one 3500' x lights on beacon tower. showE:d 99 pilots, 59 aircraft and 26 150 NW / SE, and one 2500' x 150' Marking and Identification: landing fields in the state. In 1939 NE tSW, should be constructed in Wind-direction indicator, lighted there were 188 pilots, 64 aircraft the center of the landing strips. cone on airway beacon tower. Other and 12 landing fields. Many spots marking, wind tee on E side of airParking Area and Fencing listed as landing fields in 1931 are Adequate parking area, suitably port_- -:'ir marker, city freight house; ' today abandoned as inadequate. fenced, should be developed between meridian marker, direction marker In the entire United states pilots the highway and landing area. Portsmouth 2 miles. have increased from 17,739 in 1931 Marking and Identification - The to 31,264 or nearly double, and New usable area should be marked in Lighting: rHo.mpshire he.:;. followed the trend. outline with standard boundary Beacon. standard airway beacon. i Nationally airplan.ls have in- markers. A lighted wind tee and an . creased from 10,680 to 13,772 since , air marker on the proposed hangar Accommoclations: 1931. U. s. airports have increased '\ •oof should be provided and malnPersonnel for servicing, tro~ city. from 2,093 in 1931 ~ 2,280 in 1939. Hangars, one, single, plane, T·:tned. ,I shaped. Other airports in the first priority group (listings are aphabetical and not In order of impor tance) : Concord, Conway-White mountain; Hanover-Lebanon (proposed); Laconia, Manchester, Nashua and Whitefield (proposed). Incl11ded in the second priority group is a propooed Hampton-sea.brook municipal field and a proposed Rye military auxiliary field. In the fourth priority group is a proposed auxiliary field at Strat ford. I I I I I ! . I I i I �Administration building, small office. Repair facillties, from city. Specification fuel and oil, yes. Guard, yes; fire protection, hydrant connection. Quarters, in city; meals, in city. Transportation to city, taxi and private car. Plans for a long range program for the ail·port were described to the council by W. Russell Hilliard, state ail·port engineer, who attended at the request of the airport commission and Mayor Goldsmith asked that the council consider the ilnportance of following a long range plan as an aid to obtaining any federal or state funds in the future. Meteorological Data: Prevailing winds, summer BE; winter NW; annual NW. Heaviest winds are usually from SW and S. Winds of 40 m. p. h. or over are recorded about one day per month J anuary to April, incl. The hlgest recorded velocity is 60 m. p. h . Dense fog occurs about two days per month during September and October and one day per month during July and August. Light fog occurs about 4 days per month July to October, incl., and two days per month November to March, incl Fog usually occurs near sunrise and lasts well into the forenoon. Precipitation as heavy as one inch or more in 24 hours occurs about one day during winter months. The average monthly snowfall from November to March, incl., is about 17". Four Recommendations p ~ ~ - ~ 1 ~· ~0 Airport next meeting he would ask for the neceS11ary appropriation of between $500 and $1,000 and for conflrma• tion of such leases as the commission decided were best. He thanked the commission for the fine work it had done anti "is doing." p Bundles For Britain Meeting Tomorrow Chairman Brooks presented four recommendations: 1. That between $500 and $1,000 be appropriated for immediate minor ilnprovements to be made in Bundle6 for Britain are wanted co-operation with whatever city de- by the local organization "Bundle., partment the council suggests. For Britain" to provide comfort.9 2. That the city zone the airport and necesait!es for GTeat Britain at area to provide adequate protection war. All persons interested have for any future enlargement or long been asked by Dr. M. I. Boger range progralfl approved by state or Shattuck of 116 Middle street, to federal officials. meet at the Central Fire station 3. That no exclusive lease be given to anyone and that the two present tomorrow morning at 10.45. Knitted garment.s are wanted for operators be given a ground rent for hangars that wlll conform to city the British Navy and Royal Air Force: hospital and medice.l supand state plans and regulations. plies are wanted for English hos· 4. That all unnecessary buildings at the airport be cleaned out and pita.ls; new or used clothing a.nd shoes for 700,000 refugees in Engthat construction of future buildings land and families of men in the be regulated. :fighting forces. "Bundles For BritIn making the recommendations ain" 1s registered with the DepartMr. Brooks said that the .small ap· propriation was necessary to clean ment of Stat.e and contributions can be deducted from income taxes. up the bushes and small trees that Sc=.p r . 1q - "Io have grown up at the ends and sides of the runway; that rough 1 runways be smoothed up; a few trees be removed; cut out a corner of the undeveloped section of the field and plans for lengthening the northeast-southwest runway. Bundles For Britain Unit Organized Plans Get Points to Future Speaking of the futw·e, he ex· Boost In Council Mayor Goldsmith said that at the 1 First of a series of steps which will bring much needed improvements to the Portsmouth Municipal airport took place . last night when Chairman Frank E. Brooks presented recommendations of the airport commissioners to the Portsmouth City Council, and I Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith said he would a k that the recommendations be adopted at the next meeting of the council. I plained that the field and the runway~ must be longer, that a hangar is essential, that the airport must be kept public and that city, state and federal officials must co-9perate in its ilnprovement. He point· ed out that an airport, like a high• way, serves far more than !ts commun y. For the present, Mr. Brooks said, the _two operators could be given a ground rent for erecting hangars that wlll conform to city and state plans and regulations. Mr. Hilliard showed members of the council maps of the state's development plan. He said modern requirements called for at least one runway 4,000 feet long and two others 2,500 feet. He urged that whatever program was followed it conform to the state and :federal requirements so that any future development would not be handi· capped. Wlu.le the terrors of the second World war grip Europe a.nd England the Portsmouth unit of Bundles for Britain, an organization to provide comfort and nece.ssities for GTea.t Britain, wa.s organized today uider the temparary chalnnanshlp of Dr. M. I. Boger Shattuck. The scope of the new organization was outlined at the :fln;t meeting in the General Fire station today. The aid to England will come through the knitting of garments for the flgihtlng forces und-er regulation.a from the British Admiralty and the RAF and the solicitation of aJl poosibie contributions of clothing and of money for surgical instruments, hospital, and medical iiuppllas to be used in England for the ma.s.s of ca.sua.ltiea which now seem inevitable; and the collecting of good clothing and shoes foi 700,000 forces. To tho.se interested in help• ing England the organization will afford needles, 1.nstruct(ons, litera• P~- ~~ ~ 1 �8 ture and will a&lst 1n other ways. !Basidffl Dr. Shattuck, tempar• ary chairman, other officers of the local Bundles For Britain organt· zation are Miss Louise Stef, secretary, and Mrs. Ioo.bel M. King, treasurer. Next Friday at 10.46 o'clock the Bundles for Britain organization will hold another meeting at the Central Fire stat.ion. The meeting will be open to the public. Besides Portsmouth women being repre· enred at the meeting this morning there were women !from surrounding towns. Civic Patrol Leaders Portsmouth Herald Photo Seated, left to right, Mrs. John B. Longstaff, President A. Richard Ohase of the Portsmouth Civic Patrol, Mrs, Natalie Hammond, leader In the Gloucester Civic Patrol and Miss Alice Loughlin. Standing, left to right, Mrs. Edward T. Wendell, Phyllis Connard, Charles Griffin, Katherine Heckman and Dorothy Porter. �9 Local Guard· Unit Joins Nation ide ,Trek ·As Year's Federal Service Starts Group Goes To ,Concord By Truck For 10-Day Stop Texas Camp Is Eventual Destination; Men Are Serious As They Become Part Of U.S. Army Portsmouth's Battery D left for Concord today, tts members shouting good-byes as the trucks rumbled away from the Parrot avenue armory and out onto the highway. After about 10 days at Concord where medical examinations will be given, the battery will entrain for Camp Hulen, Tex. There were serious faces as Captain Edgar Ladd, commanding, lined up the battery for its first formation in Federal service, for Battery D is now a part of the 197th regiment anti-aircraft, Uni~d States army. After a brief greeting and a reminder of duties to come, the men were at ease for a few minutes before starting their final inspections and truck loading. "You're in the army now'' sang one youngster as a young American with a smile on his face started tossing a basketball around with en_thusiasm. But there was only a minute for relaxation and a few seconds later sergeants had their men hard at work getting ready to pull out. By mid-afternoon the last truck had roll!.!d away and the Parrott avenue armory was grim-silent, deserted by all save its armorer. All property had gone as well as men. \ large crowd gathered to bid the men farewell. Prepare For State Guard As the last footsteps echoed from the deserted hall another group of men at the VFW home nearby were making the first arrangements for the state guard which will move into the armory within a short time. Many last minute details kept most members of the battery at the armory during the weekend and just before leaving today Captain Ladd asked on behalf of all the members and himself that farewells be extended to all their many friends whom they did not have time to see before leaving. Lieut, Col. Arthur L. Smith, commandlng the first battalion, who has his headquarters here, was al• ready in Concord today, completing details of the mobilization there. The unit will remain there at least 10 days, possibly longer, until all ineligibles have been discharged and the regiment recruited up to t th s reng · I In a little more than two weeks the guardsmen will move into their new home at Camp Hulen, Tex., where the 36th Division, Texas N. o. hold their annual summer encampment. The camp site, near the small town of Palacios, embraces a}!lproximately 1,300 acres fronting on Tres Palactos Bay. An excellent highway system connects Palacios with othe1• towns and cities north, northwest and northeast. 400 Permanent Structures 'l;'here are more than 400 perman• ent structures at Camp Hulen at the present time, including adequate Wal.er, sewage and drain systems. Nearly all of the buildings l1ave concrete floors. · The camp ls le.id out with streets every two or three blocks. Because there are no barracks, the men will sleep in tents set on concrete floors four inches above the ground. The climate ls semi-tropical in comparison with that of New England but frequently, during December, January and February, feels "northers" Which carry penetrating cold and snow. Last winter a freezIng spell of 10 consecutive days broke a 30-year state record. Surrounding Camp Hulen the country ls exceptionally level and sparsely inhabited. Houston ls more than two hotn·s away by automobtie and Galveston ls about the same distance. This latter ls the Southwestern version of Atlantic City. Under terms of the president's order the 197th Coast artillery, anti-aircraft, NHNG, passes from control of the state and goes under federal orders, effective today. All provisions of the national guard regulations as such, cease to apply. More Than 60,000 Effected More than 60,000 gua:·dsmen are effected by the presidents order and this number is expected to be brought up to more than 75,000 as soon as possible. They will come from 26 states, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Washington: Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Wyommg, New Rampshire, Delaware, Illinois, Missouri, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maine, Rhode Island, Connectlc-qt, Virginia and Arkansas. This Is the first time the guard has been ordered out since 1916 V t I �ernors on the initiative of President Wilson to suppress Panco V1lla's border raiding. Then, they did not go into Mexico whereas under current legislation guardsmen may be sent anYWhere in the Western hemisphere. Jobs left by guardsmen wm be available to them upon return one year from now except in certain cases where it be "Impossible or unreasonable." Men may apply to the courts for aid if reinstatement is refused. P<TIJ;;. ... .......,.,_....,. -~?.'i-{o Guardsmen Get Physical Check-Up Conco,·d, Sept. 17 (APJ-A nineman board today began physical examinations of the 1,300 officers and enlisted men Cit the 197th coast artillery regiment, encamped here for 10 days before leaving for a year's servlc In Texas, Washington Sept. 17 (AP)-With some vanguard detachments already at tramlng centers and other advance units of the first 60,000 on their way, an additlonal 35,000 national guardsmen received mobil1zation orders today for Od. 15. General GP.Orge • C. Marshall, army cr.ief of staff, disclosed the War department's plans last night 'or summoning the ·econd guard onUngent in the progressive mop1zatlon that Is expeoted to bring 1e tiuard's full strength of 240,000 ,en into active service by •ht year's t:l'ld. The r.ew guard orders were announced at ~he end of a day which saw some of the first mll!ha units to be mobil!zed mustered into the federal service at home armories scattered through 26 stateb. The induction contiuued today. Thr, Oct. 15 guard call will affect units tn New York, Ohio, Michigan, Missl1,slppi, Puerto Riro and Hawaii. The ~tart of mustering-In procedure for "he first o:10,000 yesterday indicated, according to unofficial reports, that resignations because of dependents or other rea-1 sons would •1ot deplete the strength of uni~ to an important degree. The average number of reslgnat.lons or d1scharge.s reported waa Jess that 10 per cent, with a mini• pium of onr:-half of one per cent claimed In Idaho and a maximum Rf 20 per cent reported m a few cues Rigid military training WIil.keep these young men of Battery D occupied for the nell.i 12 months at Camp Hulen, Te a~. Photos were snapped ye .• terday at the local armory as the Portsmouth unit prepared to shove off or Concord where it wlll camp ten days before starting on the long trip by train to the Lone Star State, �11 "We' re Not Behi The Plow'' �,- Draft Expected To Take Only 200 From All Rockingham County Portsmouth It's 40-1 You Won't Be Drafted' Quota To Be . About 50 Rockingham County Town Atkinson Auburn Brentwood Candia Out of Rock i n g ham Chester county's 53,803 population less than 200 will be drafted I Danville Deerfield for military service, accordDerry ing to figures based on government approximations. East Kingston Epping Authoritative statistics indicate Exeter 1 that about 14 per cent of the popu-1 latlon are men between the ages of Fremont 21 and 35 and that probably one out Greenland of 40 of this 14 per cent wlll be called in the first draft. Hampstead Portsmouth, with a population of Hampton nearly 15,000, will send approximately 50 men, with Derry and ExeHampton Falls ter next in line, sending 18 and 17 1 Kensington men respectively. Kingston However, all males between 21 and 35 years of age will be obliged Londonderry to register and tentative computaNew Castle tions indicate that more than 2,000 Newfields from Portsmouth are in this category. ' , Newington Newmarket Fift~n From Kittery Newton In the southern end o! York county about 15 will be drafted from , North Hampto · Kittery and approximately the same I Northwood number from Kennebunk. More , Nottingham than 600 of Kittery's 4,400 popula- j Plaistow Lion will be obliged to register. , In Eliot only about five men will \ Portsmouth be affected by the draft although Raymond more than 200 will have to register. I Rye The accompanying figures are based on offirt 1 ",Omputatlons. The Salem left har · ~ • of figures indlSandown ca tes tt. n of each city or tnwn ~, il" rolumn shrniSeabrook fles he approximate number of men ( South Hamptwho will be obliged to register. The Stratha~ column on the right gives the approximate number which will be Windham I I 0 called from each city and town in the dra!t. Pop. 407 735 725 812 653 406 635 5131 365 1672 4872 571 577 775 1507 48l 438 1017 1373 378 376 381 2511 848 No. To Reg, 57 103 102 114 No. Draftee, 1 3 3 3 91 2 1 57 89 718 51 234 682 80 81 109 2 18 1 6 17 2 2 3 5 211 67 2 2 61 142 4 192 5 53 53 1 1 1 54 351 9 119 3 98 121 702 872 478 1366 191 14495 2029 3 3 2 5 51 163 4 1165 1081 2751 229 1666 261 552 538 53803 67 151 385 32 233 . 37 77 4 10 1 6 1 2 75 2 7530 191 �INew Recruits Due This Week At fort Constitution Eleven recruits from Fort Devens are expected to report at Fort Constitution in New Castle sometime this week, according to Maj. John D. Mitchell, commanding officer. The new men will be housed in the old hospital building, where approximately 70 men of the 22nd coast artl11ery of the regular army are now quartered. Others are living In tent.s. The old building will be crowded above capacity, but this condition wl11 be alleviated with the completion of barracks early in November. New officers who have reported a.t Fort. Constitution lncludo Cal)taln Finnerty of the quartermaster corps reserves, Boston; 2nd Lieut, Willlam Weaver, coast a.rtl11ery reserve, Presque Isle, Me.; 2nd Lieut. John D. McCarthy, CA reserve, Dover, and 2nd Lieut, George H. Kimball, CA reserve, also of Dover. Other officers who wJII report soon are 1st Lieut. Robert J. McCarthy, medical corps reserve, Dorchester, Mass., who ls scheduled to join the force at the fort Oct. 1, and 2nd Lieut. Charles H. Thyng of Pltts!Jeld, now attending a 10 weeks course at the Coast Artillery school at Fort Monroe, Va. Also on duty at Fort Constitution at the present time ls 2nd Lieut. Robert W. Young of Portsmouth. Alien Registration Defense Classes Continues To Lag ToBe Extended Aliens· In Portsmouth and vicinity are stl11 very slow about completing their registra tlon blanks according to a statement Issued by Postmaster Peter J. Hickey this morning, Up to 12 noon only 307 blanks had been totaled at the postofflce since the alien blanks were issued Aug. 26. Only an average of 10 or 12 a day have been received in the pa t two weeks. Mr. Hickey requests that all aliens ln Greater Port.smouth make out their blanks this week and bring them in for a final check-up in the office. The procedw·e wl11 only take about 10 minutes in the office said Mr. Hickey and it will save the people a lot of trouble when the deadllne draws near. P~ •S I'\• 40 Alien Registration Reaches 344 Here With a dozen more names added .o the list yesberday, alien reglstra- .lon here reached a total of 344, according to in1ormaition advanced by local postoffice officials this morn-, Ing. It Wll.5 added that the registering program was moving forward very tatlsfactorlly with a great many applicants coming ln from surrounding towns, ~ ~' ~-~'\- p~ ~ - ¥~ 40 1 l{i) Wait Word From CAA 1 Probably because of the inclement weather, only three more registrations were received at the regular wPPklY FPS~ion of tl1"' National Defense 'school last n1 ~ in he senior high school, according to a statement by Miss Winifred Rand, clerical assistant of the school, this morning. Seven classes are already opera ting Jn which there are approximately 176 students. All of the pupils are from the Portsmouth Navy yard and are taking courses in blueprint reading and elementary mathematics, Original plans had been to carry the school only 10 weeks but additional registrations have forced the officials to make arrangements to hold the classes for five more weeks and probably longer. Miss Winifred Rand, who graduated from Colby Junior college last June, ls acting as secretary at the school, assisting the seven teachers. An office on the third :floor at the high school Is being renovated for the defense school's use. On Training Flyers Here With all the nece..,;sarr application forms completed, officials of the Frank E. Booma Post of the American Legion are waiting word from Olvll Aeronautics authority on the next step in the sponsorship of a non-college tlylng group at the local airport, Commander James B. Mahoney aid today, If the application ls approved, flight and ground 6Chool contractors will be selected. All appllcants for •,he courses take a physical exam which costs $6. If successful this money ls refunded and the entire cost of a $50 g,round school chosen for scholarship for flight government. Out of the applican~. 25 will be chosen for scholarships for flight training and those who qualify for this group receive a $350 flight training course without cost. In addition, the government will match scholarship for scholarship with any local group or Individuals who wish to donate courses for· qualified student..~. p~ ~ . I ¥':l."l'~ �First To Register For State Guard A.• Portsmouth Herald Photo Robert E. Bamburger of 53 Salter treet, first to register for service in a tate Guard, as the registration office opened last night at the Veterans' Memorial Home on Parrott avenue, just down the street from the Armory where a state guard would drill and where only a. few hours before Portsmouth's Battery D, had left, · On the registration board assist-, Ing Commander Mahoney were John C. Gamble, senior vice-commander and Charles Black, junior/ vice-commander. Assisting Commander CUiien were Leon Ross, senior vice-commander; Rex Ryan, junior vice-commander and Albert Suits, adjutant. Registration hours this week through Saturday will be from 6 to 10 p. m. and it is hoped to complete the registration of about 100 or more men before that time and have Portsmouth the first city to report a full quota to the state. Following are those who registered last night, but not ln order of registration. All are from Portsmouth unless otherwise specified. Stanley Narkum, 72 High street; Joseph Riley, 44 Market street; Brack S. Moody, 25 Court street; Raymond E. Penn, 58 Hanover street; Fredrick A. Custer, 60 Hanover street; Howarth J. Dodge, RFD No. 2; Joseph H. CUilen, Sr., 39 Langdon street; Eli J. Tebo, Portsmouth avenue, Greenland; Patrick F. Flaherty, 226 Bartlett street; Robert E. Bamberger, 53 Salter street; Donald 0. Macleod, 132 Middle street; Justin D. French, 21 Elwyn avenue; Cecil M. Neal, Spinney road; Charles Black, 29 Sagamore avenue; Reginald P. Kennard, Newington; Joseph P. Fowler, 20 Hancock street; Charles A. Weeks, 49 Hill street; James B. Mahoney, 315 Wibird street; John C. Gamine, 34 Hawthorne street; John F. Dalton, 44 State road, Ogunquit; Eugene B. Grenier, 172 Thornton street; Richard A. Pinkham, 16 Wright avenue, Portsmouth. 22 Register Here For State Twenty-two citizens o! Portsmouth and vicinity filled out registration blanks la t night at the Veterans' Memorial home on Parrott a venue for service in the state guard, if and when, formed. First t{) enroll after waiting at the door for registration to start was Robert E. Bamberger of 53 Salter street, an electrician, who saw service ln the old 5th of the Marine corps at Philadelphia. He ls married and has two children. Senior Vice-Commander Leon Ross uard , o! the 'VFW accepted his reg1Stra-1 tion and awarded his certificate. The joint registration office of the Frank E. Booma. Post of the ,American Legion and the Emerson Hovey Post of the VFW was opened at 6 p. m. IRst night by Commander James B. Mahoney and his staff of the Legion and Commander Joseph Cullen and his staff of the VFW. Because the registration is being conducted at the VFW headquarters arrangements were under the direction of Stephen Pasternak, chairman of the VFW home defense j committee. �!Battery D !Still Has /Openings I Sea rch · our Closets; War Refugees Could Use Those Old Shoes I There still arP. openings ln :New the women with tiny babies, the old men and the tottering grand- I mothers, the little boys and girls ••. , , ing in Texas. That is the message all of them on the march, most of · j sent to Portsmouth today by Capt. them on foot. Sometimes they had a ' and vicinity are collecting shoes to f ew shoes for them, other times the / j Edgar T. Ladci. commanding local Battery D, which is now in camp at se nd abroad to the British War people wrapped their feet Jn ban- , 1 Concord . , Relief Society, Inc. to be shipped by dages so they could proceed onward ; Anyone between the ages of 18 ! them from American ports direct to to a safer haven. Now, wherever they ! and 45 wishing to enlist llas but t.o I English ports. may be ... they wait and they hope go t.o Concord, register and fulfill I Bring your contribution down to there will be shoes fot their feet the requirements. which are that he Ii Shaines Boot Shop where the idea and bread for their mouths. be physically sound and have an for the local campaign started. So you are asked to join the camhonorable discharge if he has ;;een Large barrels are being placed at paign to collect barrels of shoes for He must have no/ this store by George Goodreau, war refugees. Hundreds of shoe 1 previous service. / dependenl.s and must never have , grocery maanger of the First merchants in all sections of the 1 been convicted of a felony. 1 National Super Market, and here- country are cooperating in this 1 Young men under 21 also must I you may deposit as many pairs of campaign. have written consent of t,heir pashoes as you can spare for the Whether war continues or peace is rent;'. millions of weary war refugees who declared, famine, sickness and ' Battery D is not; recruit.ing as a I are in migration . The shoes which death will be the lot of millions this unit now, Captain Ladd reveals, !,he are now being collected at Shaines winter unless something is done by regiment recruiting as a whole, but will not under any circumstances the humanitarian forces of the men accepted are permitted to exbe allowed to get into German occu- world to help. America can do m ore , press preference to the battery to pied territor}·. They are sent perhaps than any other nation. In 1 which they shall be assigned. expressly for the four ~nd a half every village town and city there I Portsmouth's ba Uery reporl.s acmillion refugees in England and can be found a surplus of shoes that : commodations at Concord are comunder no circumsLances will get J would be gladly given to European : fortable. Mattresses and extra into other hands. j refugees. Next to food, shoes are ! blankel.s have been• issued and Relief workers abroad tell of un-1 most necessitous. Have you at least : much additional equipment Ls exending ~tr~ams of tragic h1Jmanit.r., one pair to contribute? pected after the unit reaches Texas. ,::, 4:-':;__ ...;::~ -~--~ Summing up the attitude of the taken to see that they do not fall boys, Captain Ladd quotes them as into German hands. saying ''It's swell." While you're a t it, look around for rubbers and overshoes as well. ·~::-' _-":;:, . ~.;,_·c...: !.~~These stormy weather foot pro• teeters, especially overshoes in fair condition, are particularly desirable. With two barrels already filled, it, is hoped that at least 10 barrels will be Portsmouth's final total in Por tsmou th's init,ial response to the drive which is taking place the plea !or shoes for war refugees throughout the country. was pleasing and wo barrels al Barrels are donated by the First ready have been filled a t Shaines National supermarket. No funds Shoe store, headquarters for the are available for shipping, all exdrive. penses entailed being met by th e More shoes are needed, though, Sha.Ines company. w rummage through your closets once again. You·re bound to find some pairs, still wearable, that you can spare for such a worthy cause. -- (. _ : Be sure they are wearable, though, for footwear which has completely Jost its usefulness will be of little help t.o war refugees with winter fast approaching. All the donations will be sent bet.o j England and special care will IHampshire's National Guard unit Iwhich is bound for a year·s train- There's a. call for old shoes! Housewives, go through your closets ... ransack shelves and inspect your shoe bags. The people of Portsmouth I I I I a St,·11 More Shoes Needed As Refugee LIS• t Grows �1f I Miss Hammond said that , Portsmouth wanted to put on a 1 demonstration of how aviation re- I \ lief worked, the patrol could get in J touch with Amateur Operators . Pilots association at Philadelphia I· or the 99 clubs and they would arrange demonstrations of how supMiss Natalie Hays Hammond of chairmen wear the gold oak leaf plies would be rushed In by air in the curfew In. and vice chairmen wear the silver, time of disaster. Gloucester rang leaf. Captains of key committees id Port.smouth la.st. night. "In !?,' eneral," Miss Hammond sa , wear a gold bar. "in. time of dis~ter there are five The daughter of ·the world-famproblems. First Is to provide transous inventor also rang renewed en-· Skirts Match Coats portatlon. Second, to provide comthusiasm into• the group of hard Women wear skirts to match their\ munlcation, and with communicaworking Portsmouth citizens who coats or the hghter dress grnys. Men tion power and light. Third is are working out details of the wear corresponding colors m trous- medical suppplies. Fourth, shelter Portsmouth Civic Patrol. ers. Boots or regular officer's low and fifth, food. All thesz things Miss Hammond was guest speak- shoes can be worn. . must be done at once. er at. the Central Fire sta,tlon last After President A. ~icha rd Chase "In establishing emergency trans. night at the meeting of .,he civic had opened t he mee~mg, Mrs. J. B. portation, units like the Red Cross th , patrol and explained how ·ner !am- Longstaff, vice-chairman of e Motor corps are invaluable," Miss ous Gloucester ?ivic Pa~r~l on Portsmouth Patrol, was called on to Hammond continued. "Anot,her Imwhich Portsmouth .s is basea, lS op- in~.roduce Miss 1::ami_no nd : _ portant thing is to have a survey , erated. These patrols, _said Miss Ham made and all available trucks Accompanying Miss Hammond mond, "are organized for peace-;- lined up. Wcmen members of the was Mi&s Phyllis Connard, charter we hope. I want .t? congratulate motor corps must learn how to member and secretary of the you on the magmflcent progress . Gloucester patrol, who with Miss you have made. We in Gloucester I change tires and make simple - - -· ·1 pairs in time of emergency. . I D Hammond and Miss Alice · are grateful for what Portsmouth 1 "Your communication committee Laughlin of Gloucester originated has accomplished in such a short ' must know where all the key points the civic patrol _ idea during an time." are and what can be done to estabevening's discussion of home deExplaining what Gloucester was . . t·on both wi'thin the ,. . 'd hsh commumca 1 fense probiem.s last Dec::=r. 'd' planning, Miss . Hammo~d t s~1 , town and with the outside world as Miss Hammon~ was e gui mg "The Boston Fire depar men _as soon as P=•lble. For this work in : spirit and shortly after that. event- been very co-operative . The fire . the amateur radio . . . t rammg . . 100 men emergencies, I ful evening, "h " e: groun d wor k f or a comm1ss1onet 1s t invaluable)" • fig • 11 t·mg bnga • d e. opera ors are . 11 patrol had been comp 1eted . B Y nu·d - as a civilian fire summer this year, the patrol had He has kep t in touch with London grown to the point where it.~ mem- units and h as all the la test inform- Woul Leave Channel Open Miss Hammond pointed out that bers were asked to sta.ge a home atlon on all types of fire bombs and defense .day for the city which / how they are subdued. in wartim& these amateurs would brought a huge response. "In connection with public pro- all be closed down but either •. tection, plans have been i:nade to through polic~ bands of two way National Recognition deputize 100 men and tram them radio or through the allocation of National recognition followed the ' In police work. Fifty girls have a special band for ·civic patrol used support given the patrol by Gov. been organized for amateur- radio in emergencies, communication in Leverett Saltonstall of Massachu- work and have gone all through some for would be po..."'Sible. setts and soon plans for patrols were the course of study and will be "The medical committee," she being made in many other commun- ready for licenses next week. We said, "has for Its duties knowing \ !ties including the one here at are working to get police two-way exactly where buildings are avail- . Portsmouth and units at Waltham, radio." I able for use ~s emergency hospitals, Medford, Lowell, Cape Cod, Meriden, Miss Hammond said that she what supplies can be obtained and '. i Miss., San Francisco, Calif., and would be glad to answer any ques- what nurses and physicians are : Beverly Hills (Hollywood) Calif. tions and Andrew Jarvis, chairman available. Other surveys showed the As the movement grew it was of the can teen committee, asked number flashlights and emergency realized that a state charter as a about the work of that committea searchlights available in the area. civic non-profit organization would Miss Hammond said that for pracMiss Hammond said that her not be s~flclent and now appllca- tice in assembling and distributing patrol had come to realize more and tlon hM been made for a national food, the Gloucester canteen commore how important a survey of cha.rter. Portsmouth is the charter mittee is feeding a number of all resources was in making plans organization of New Hampshire. , school children. · for an emergency and that as a Miss Hammond and Miss Connard result, in Glouce;;ter they were do' appeared in the uniforms which Work With Red Cross ing their surveys over in more d· have just been· adopted for patrol In response to other questions, tail, including many thingi; such members. An "army officer's coat Miss Hammond explained that her as urovision for a lost and found with brown belt and brass buckle is patrol worked closely with the Red department for persons as well as worn. Cross and that they had made sur- things. Officers wear special insigna. The , veys of all the impc,rtant points to "Even teleuhone books and votnational chairman wears the gold/'• be protected and lists of all the cots, ing lists .ar; not complete guides spread eagle and the vice chairman / blankets, food, medical _supplies and for this work," she added. wears the silver eagle. State or unit ._other essentials of a disaster. \ Civic Patrol Hears Founder Of Plan I I J re- J I I I �President Chase told the members that he had received endorsements of the patrol from Cong. A. B, Jenks and Mayor Kennard E. Goldsmith. He told the members that on behalf of the organization he had endorsed "The 'Ramparts We Watch" as a film which served to awaken America to the need of preparedness of the type th: civic patrol was working on. He said that Louis de Rochemont, i March of Time producer, had vol; unteered to· have March of Time · cameramen take pictures of t.he Portsmouth patrol in action at the , demonstration which has been 1 tentatively planned for Columbus day, Oct. 12. Capt. J. J. Brown, USN, captain of the Navy yard, had planned to a ttend the meeting last night but was unable to do so. In his place he sent Lieut. Comdr. L. M. Decicco, USMC, Lieu t. Thomas K. Hammond, USN, and Lieut. Harold V. Leslie, U.SN. I Leo White, exalted ruler of ' Portsmouth lodge, BPOE, pledged the support of the local Elks to the patrol both of its membership and it.s- facilities, including rooms a t ' its building if desired . I Minutes of the previous mee ting were read by Acting Secretary A. C. Warner. I -p. ~ " ' w ~ . ~ . ~ . "' :) Patrol Plans Radio Link Members of the communication committee of the Portsmouth Civic patrol held a meeting last night at the power company recreation hall 1 called by Chairman Harry Wine- : baum. Plans . were discussed for a , communication drill between the Portsmouth patrol and the Glouces- i ter Civic patrol, making use of the 1 , amateur radio operators of both i cities. J Richard Lord of R ye was elected · chairman of the amateur radio subI committee of this general communi- . ' cation committee, and plans were made for the construction during the next two weeks of portable radio sets independent of power lines for use in the city during an emergency. i Those attending the meeting were ; · Henry Reuther, Walton Blake, Wil- ; liam Stone, Fred Dame, Bruce Mac- i Clare, George Rupert, William Meehan, Everett Gould, H arold Burns. Edward Foynes, C. W. W. Spaulding and Charles Griffin. I Ellgine Under A Hoodi No Mystery To Them!' .Women Of Portsmouth Volunteer Motor Corps Declare Changing Tire 'A Simple Operation' By Justine Flint Ladies ••. when driving alone on some back country road, did you ever feel that fatal bump-bump that meant only one thing-flat tire? · No obliging truck driver to fix it ... only you, a jack (you hope), a wrench and a sense of perfect helplessness. You may be able to wield a can-opener with profeEsional ! skill - but a rim wrench, oh dear! Or, maybe, your car ' coughed, sputteted and died . . . refusing to start again I while you frantically pumped the accelerator and crossed your fingers. There's one group of women in Portsmouth who need never worry about such bothei-some occurrences. The engine under a hood is no confu sing mystery to them! When I· • fate leaves them stranded with a stubborn motor, they ! know just what to do and proceed to do it in a thoroughly ! business-like way . . . scorning garage mechanics and : needing no assistance from passers-by. They are the members of lhe re- 1 duties include carrying disabled ex- ; cently organized Red Cross. Volun- J service men to and from hospitals, i teer Motor corps in this city. It is i homes and railway stations. In I' a woman's organization, headed I fact, they provide transportation l and introduced here by Mrs. J. B. whenever a need arises and are I Longstaff of the local Navy yard. , particularly trained to serve in j This motor service of the Ameri- : limes of disaster, when ordinary ' can Red Cross exists for the pur- means of conveyance are often dispose of furnishing economical and rupted. efficient transportation when~ver l There are now 14 qualified drivand wherever needed in Red Cross ers of t.he local Motor corps. These , work or welfare. Their program women are : Mrs. John Longstaff, ' is not "just for fun." The Ports- ', Mrs. Evelyn Scarritt, Mrs. Frank mouth women who have trained .to ) w. Randall, Mrs. Albert Fagan, be ambulance drivers have already j-Mrs. Eugene Whittemore, Mrs. Edaccomplished a great deal since : ward T. Wendell, Mrs. Edmund July_16, when the corps was formed. Tarbell, Mrs. Robert Ferrell, Mrs. i Durmg the summer they drove for Henry Grigg, Mrs. Frank Milan, the Well-Baby clinic, saving moth- Mrs. H. A. Littlefield, Mrs. William ers the tiring effqrt of wheeling Walton, Miss Isabel Wyatt and calTiages during the warm months Mrs. Lillian Schroder. On the from_ the suburbs to the_ ~ortsmouth reserves staff are Miss Mary Mulhosp1tal, where the clmic is held ii Jen, available on Saturdays and each week. Some mothers :would :! during school vacations, and Miss not be able to bnng their children ,: Mary Hartshorn, obtainable only at all if it were not for this ser- P during college vacations. vice and during the win ter it will ! Although n ew to Portsmouth prove even more useful. Its mem - !1 prior to this summer, the Red Cross , bers are also on call for the Salva- I' Volunteer Motor corps has been tion Army and local welfare and I! active in the United States since charitable organizations. Other Ii the last war. To qualify the worn- I I I �an driver must have passed the 1 all points. It's rather a competiAmerican Red Cross course in first tive affair for they time themselves aid. on ·how quickly they can arrive at One course was given this sum- set destinations, avoiding the usual I mer at the Portsmouth hospital courses traveled. nurses home and another is planned It may be the fate of women next week, for which 30 prospective drivers to forever be the object of members of the Corps have already good-natured (?) teasing from enrolled. Any woman int,erested may those gen tlemen who consider get in touch with Mrs. Longstaff at 1 themselves the all-knowing deities the navy yard. Evening and day in- behind the wheel . . . but we think struction is offered and constitutes these Portsmouth women deserve With all the necessary applica20 hours of training. A five-week credit for their undertaking. tion forms completed, officials of cours~ may be taken, meeting twice Next time you're stalled beside the Frank E. Booma Post of the a. week, or a three and one-half the road . . . if a gracious lady American Legion are waiting word week course, held three times a comes along, listens to your troubles from Civil Aeronautic.s authority on week, and says ... "Hmm, it's the spark the next .,tep in ·the sponsorship of We were shown the motor corps j plugs" . . . and her diagnosis a non-college tiylng group at the uniform the other day .... and well, , proves correct . . . don't be surlocal ai,port, Commander James what it lacks in beauty it makes up lj prised. She's probably a member B. Mahoney said today. for in jauntiness and serviceability. . of the Portsmouth Motor corps and If the application is approved, It is of a gray material. ... winter · she knows what she's talking flight and ground ~chool contractuniforms are fashioned from oxford about! ors will be ~elected. All applicants gray whipcord-plain, d o,u bl efor ~he courses take a physical ~-~~ - ~ ~ . >-i 'j breasted. Shoulder straps correspond exam which costs $6. If successful in style to those on a U. S. Army this money is refunded and the enofficer's blouse. The cap is a moditire cost of a $50 ground school . fled overseas style of the same machosen for scholarship for flight . terial with enameled Red Cross cut- 1 government. . out pin centered, front. A black leaOut of the applicant~, 25 will be ther belt, two inches wide with black chosen for scholarships for flight buckle lends a bit of smartness to training and those who qualify for the ensemble. A shirt of plain white this group receive a $350 flight material with soft standing collar training course without cost. ~ attached and a plain black silk addition, the government will matcn · four-in-hand tie completes the cosscholarship for scholarship with any Committee chairmen of the tume. An emerald green felt emlocal grc1.,p or individuals who wish Portsmouth Civic Patrol have been blem with the words "American Red to donate courses for qualified stuasked to meet with the executive Cross Motor Service" embroidered dents. and advisory committees next in red around the circumference is Wednesday night at 7.15 p. m. at the worn on the left sleeve. It was ex\-\-~..,__t'-~..i · ~ -~ 1 - 1-t] Central Fire station, Pr-esident A. plained that only a few Portsmouth Richard Chase announced today women have their uniforms as yet .• following a meeting of the executive .... and in reality, they are not gencommittee last night. erally needed. It is only in larger At that time committee chairmen cities where ambulances form part will be asked to suggest ideas for _a of the corps equipment that the demonstration of the work of their Inspection of the Portsmouth uniform is a necessity. committee's ·to take place in connecMunicipal airport by State Airport This week the 14 women who tion with the demonstration day Engineer Russell Hilliard and the make up the Portsmouth corps had which the patrol plans to hold next Commissioners of the Portsmouth their first lesson in automobile re- / month• airport will take place this afterP.a!ring. They admit that they Because of the weekend holiday, noon at 5:30 p. m. and be followed must have been cause for amuseColumbus Day, Oct. 12, and con· this evening by an lnformal meetment at the local garage where they flicts with other events plan1'.ed ing of the commission at the offices visited . . . but they also declare at that time, the committee decidof the New Hampshire Seacoast they wouldn't have missed it! They ed to set a different dat-e for the Regional Development association. 1 learned how to change ·a tire (which big day. several alt.ernatives are ~At the meeting this evening, de- I they boa.st i.s really a simple opera· ing considered including :the pos~ tails of the plan presented by the t!on) . . . how to keep a gas line sibilicy of holding it on a Su.nda-:r Commissioners and authorized by 1 open . . . how to file the points afternoon. Oct. 20 H necessary arthe Portsmouth City Council will be and clean and adjust spark plugs rang ements can be made.. [ . . . indeed, they're now prepared worked out including discussion of leases for operators, hangar con:- fur _axi:-;,· 111iuor--· automotive emerstruction and improvement of the genc1es. field. 1 In connection with the local Civic Patrol the group is making an extensive study of the streets and · roadways in and around Ports- 1 mouth. Blocking off various sec- 1 tions of the city, they are training themselves to find other routes to 1 Wait Word From CAA On Training Flyer·s Here I Committee Heads Of Civic Patrol Meet Next Week I IP~ - Inspect Ai.rport I �Civic Patrol To Complete Blackout IPreparation I Members of Portamouth's civic patrol meet next Monday night at 7.15 pm at t,he Central Fir,; station to complete details for the Patrol's huge demonstration which will be held :i. week from tomorrow. Pre.~1dent A. Richard Oha.5e has been conferrll:g with committee chair• men all thL5 week n details and indications are that the program will be the most spectacular ever seen in the city. Highlight.,; of the da,y will be the low lights oi the blackout at 8 p. m. in the evening when the navy yard lights and all the street lights will ~o out and ci lzens will co-operate by either pulllng down their window shades or turning off their light..,. Events open in the afternoon with a demonstration of a marine evacuation of refugees from Kittery tarting at 1 p.m. and followerl by a huge parade. Refugees wm board boats at Kittery at 1 p.m. and on arrival at the Portsmouth side will be rushed in Red Cross Motor Corps units 1? the Salvation Army headquarters. Meanwhile, near by on Pleasant stnet, the big parade will be forming and ready to start at 2 p.m. At 3 p.m. there will be demon•tratlon~ at the South playground section and at 4 p. m. the Canteen will serve emergenc,' food as the windup of the afternoon's demonstration. The five minute blackout at 8 p. m. concludes events. j Port Defenses No Longer Subordinate To Portland ·Office Major Edward G. Cowen Assumes Command Of Harbor Protection; Garrison Increased . Subordinate to the Portland, Me., base since last garrisoned by troops of the regular army approximately two decades ago, Portsmouth Harbor defenses with headquarters at Fort Constitution in New Castle, have once again become a separate command by order of the United States War department, according to Portsmouth Harbor Defense Adjutant Major John D. Mitchell, this morning. With the exception of quarter· master supplies Portsmouth harbor defenses are now on their own, manned at present by about 100 men of the 22nd coast artillery under Maj. Edward G. Cowen, USA, who assumed command this week. Major Cowen, previously engaged in ROTC duty at the University of New Hampshire, relieved Major Mitchell, who had been in command at Fort Conslitution and who now assumes the post of Portamouth harbor defense adjutant. The first battery u; in · com- mand of Capt. Lawrence Guyer and the headquarters batwry in command of 2nd Lieut. Robert W. Young of Portsmouth. Additional troops are expected soon. At present conditions are somewhat crowded but this situation will be alleviated with the building of barracks, now under coru.truc• lion and expected to be compleood about the first of November. The soldiers are now housed in the old hospital building, where head· quaroors was recently moved, and in tents. L&.J..--8.. ~Jc. 7} ' 40 �2.0 Rotary Club Hears Civic Patrol Head Pointing out that ignorance of the organization's objects and purposes by the average citizen contituted one of the bisgest stumbling blocks in the path of smooth fur.ctlonlng, A. Richard Chase, chairman of Portsmouth's civic patrol. today explained to Rotarians at their regular weekly luncheon at the Hotel Rockingham the prime goals of the patrol and what It is hoped to accompllsh In this community as part and parcel' of Am- . erlca's new defense program, To aid in his explanation Oha.se used a chart whereby he outlined the various committees comprising the patrol. and the duties which they were to perform in time of disaster, whether from fire, hurri• cane or Invasion by a foreign canteen committee to take care of food J;Upplles. The church refugee committee which ls required to keep a 1-ecord of churches where people might be housed. The child welfare committee to take care of young.,ters and the aviation committee which would be active in case of the nece ity of bringing upplle., including er111ru, by air. Program Planned Chase briefly explained the program planned in thls city Oct. 27 and for which March of Time cameramen would be ·esent to record the day's activities. An alarm is to be sounded at approximately 12:45 p. m. Bridges connecting Portsmouth and Kittery wm be theoretically ruined and mock victims will be taken by boat from the Maine side and carried t-0 emergency bases in Portsmouth. A parade wlJI follow at 2 o'clock to include as far as possible the city's complete defense equipment even including street scrapers and trucks. Floats and bands will add to the color of the occasion. At the playgrounds the armory will be used as an emergency hospital and mock victims, swathed in bandages will be transported from various points in the city. The junior high gymnasium will be used by the child welfare committee and youngsters may be checked and tagged. A canteen will also be set up and people will be fed at 25c per petson. The day's program will wind up in the evening with a blackout, with the co-operation of officials at the local Navy yard. "It will hardly be a complete blackout," explained Mr. Chase, "but it will at least serve to show ordinary activities under such conditions. Every person 1s requested to co• operate by pulling shades and preventing llghts from showing In windows. The street lights will be extinguished entirely, although traffic will continue as usual," l power. The speaker told how the Portsmouth organization was modeled after the one at Gloucester, Mass., which claimed 600 men and 400 women as membets, •·we have received, upon request," stated Chase, "a national charter and we have also received a letter of commendation from AdJt. Gen. Charles F, Bowen of New Hampshire." Approval Of N. H. Draft Boards Although New Hampsh!re was one of the first states in ti'.e union to 3ubmlt H.s 1·ecommendations for Select.Ive Service b<>ards to the president for approval no word ha, been received as yet from Washington, Brigadie:- Gene,·al Charle, F. Bowen aid today. Only !1,•r states have been ar1iounced up to this morning. Maine and Massachusetts l VariOUs Committee!, Chairman Chase explained the reason for the many committees included within the organization. .Filo~ was the protection committee to teke care of the city's police duti , preventing looting, robbery, tc, The engineering- committee h06e duties it would be to keep b'rld&e , wat.er lln~. •wage, etc., in working order. The transportation committee to oversee means of travel and the passage of supplies by railroad, motor, etc. The communications committee to take charge of telephone, telegraph, etc,, fo:- which purpose a corps of amateur radiomen are already being organized. The nursing committee to care !or the injured. The relief committee to over.;ee medical suppl!~ and including doctors and surgeon.s. The emergency ho.spital committee which has alrea<iy made a survey of building! in Portsmouth which might be used as hospital hue.s in time of disaster. The Wait U.S. j 0 R-0bert Marvin are the only two In New England so far. Namf)S of 105 men were submitted. These will make up the 20 boards of thre'l men each, the 20 medical examiners: the 20 members of the appeal board and the 1 five state appeal members. Already material for the registration has been recciyed at city hall for me by the local hoards. Following the 1•egfa ration period from 7 Rm. until 9 pm., the list,<; will be tabuloted and teli,graphed �ll t-0 Concord, State directors will, in ·_ . turn, telegraph their totals to Washington EO that the day after registration the en tire total will be known. Two men have been assigned to j the state Sele:ctive servke head quarters for a year. Thy ar Lieut. 1 Carl G. Gesen of Concord and Lieut. Robert Marv,n of this ciLy. Both are members o[ the Nava: reserve. Lieut.. Gesen is a graduate of the U. s. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Mr. Marvin is the son of the late ex-mayor William E. and , Mrs. Marvin. He is ;;.!so a former mayor serving .for three years, his terms being 1934, 1935, and 1936. He is a member of th·~ law firm of Marvm, Peyser, Tucker and Marvin. The southwestern "-PCi:ion of Maine in York county for t.he selective I serv!ce is m:dei· Local B~ard No. / 2 with headquarters m B,ddeford. / Drafts boards are composed of James 0. MacCorrison, No,·th Ber- / wick; Arthur L. Leach, Kennebunk; · Harolq.,B. Emery, Limington; Wesley 1 H. Mower, Olc1 Orchard, appeal agent; J. H. MacDonald, M. D. Kennebunk, examining phy~ician. Towns included in the local board are Biddeford, Buxton, Dayton , Eliot Hollis, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Kittery, Linmington, North Berwick, North Kennebunkport, Old Orchard, Suth Berwick, Wells and York. Parade rder Listed For Civic Patrol Exercises Parade Order for the Portsmouth Civic patrol demonstration Sunday was announced today by James Barnett, chief marshal. Marshal Barnett stressed the importance of all units forming at 2 p.m. so they will be in formation ready to march at 2.15 and the parade can start on the dot of 2.30 p.m. Daylight is important if March of Time photos are to be taken. Parade route will be Pleasant ioeign Wars auxiliary; 10, American Congress to Islington to Cabot to Legion, Frank. E. Boo.~a ?°st; 11, American Legion auxiliary, 12, AmMiddle to Miller to Rockla nd to erican Legion, Kittery; 13. AmeriRichards and to Parrott avenue. can Legion, Kittery auxiliary; 14, In announcing the three divisions Disabled veterans, Kittery. Marshal Barnett stated that while Band, Third division-15, Gloucesevery effort had beeri made to con- ter Civic Pa trol ; · 16, Fire departtact every organization of the city_ ment marchers; 17, nurses; 18, Girl it is possible that some may have scouts; 19, Boy Scouts; 20, sea been overlooked. He asks that an y scouts; 21, Motor Cycle corps; 22, organizat.ion which has not been Red Cross Motor corps; 23, Engispecifically invited get in touch wi th neering unit; 24, Graffort club; 25, him as every organization is we!- League of Women Voters; 26, Salcome. vation Army. Drum corps; 27, Many organiza.tions have already council of Jewish Women; 28, Ansignified that they will participate . cient Order of Hibernians; 29, Proand many have said they will have fessional Business Women's club: fl oars in the parade. Floats from 30, women's City club; 31, Central every organization will be welcome. Labor union; 32, Catholic DaughThe three divisions of the parade ters; 33, Emblem club; 34, Italian have been tentatively scheduled a s club; 35, Young Republicans; 35, follows: Garden club; 36, Lions club; 37, First Division-Police escort, Rotary club; 38, Kiwanis club; 39, horses, band, 1. Fort Constitution Young Democra,ts; 40, DAR;band ; detail; 2. U. S. Marines, 3. U. S. 41, Ahepa; 42, DeMolay; 43, Elks; Navy, 4, Coast Guard, 5. Naval R e- 44, Emblem club; 45, Grange ; 46, serve, 6. Naval Reserve Auxiliary, Knights of Columbus; 47, Knights Second Division-Exeter Corps, 7. of Columbus auxiliary; 47, IOOF; Spanish American War veterans; 49, Moose; 50, Pythian Sisters; 51, 8. Veterans of Foreign wa,rs, Emer-1 Rainbow Girls; 52, Red Men; 53, son ovey post; 9, Veterans of For- Royal Arcanum, 1., - -~ - •• - -~~ �l. "2. Nearly 4~000 Men Will Register For Conscription In Greater Portsmouth rea Tomorrow 1 1 Male teachers who will assist the draft boards are Rolfe Bannister, Ray Crosby, Harold Currier, Kfflneth Da~. Eugene Johnson, Ralph Lizio, Francis Malloy, E. Bl.iw Marriner, Francis Tate, Willia,m Travis and Charles Tolman. I Portsmouth teachers who will be · f d d · portsmout h required to register are: ~.ay CrosPreparahons were comp ete to ay in by Harold currier Kenneth Day, . and vicinity fQr handling the registration of nearly 4,000 I H;rbert · -Hagstrom.' Ralph Liz!o, men who will register in this section tomorrow in the na- i William Rose, Francis Tate, wn- · • 1 f' • • • 11am Volkman, Gilbert Wyman and hons 1rst peacetime conscr1phon. 1 Francis Malloy. · . I Although the long registration / spelling of your name, including Headmaster Claren~e C. Sanborn \ hours, 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. will en- 1 all . middle :names and initials. It said this morning that three other able stores and businesses to remain I sounds sllly but many people have teachers will be available in case I open the Portsmouth city hall and used nicknames for so long they they are needed, Miss Margaret Portsmouth senior high school will do not know their own true names. Ballard, Miss Katherine Brady be closed. Among the places open Your address where you actually \ and ?:,1:iss Jennie Ste!!. arrangements were being made to- live and the nearest telephone num- 1j Interpreters j day to provide time off tomorrow ber; your age as of !a.st birthday; The high school will also furnish 1 for those who need it. the city, state and nation of birth; interpreters for Wards 1 and 4, Ooleman & Taccetta Co. an- i! not a citizen of U. S. know your where -they help the registrars. nounced this morning that all •exact status. Have the name and , Those assigned are: Greek, Louis salesmen and cars of the company address of the person who knows ' Scliris and Peter Bo.sen; Italian, were available merely ~ calling where to re:i.ch you at all times;. IMichael Canino and Gloria. Verna.; 2345 for anyone who lacks trans- have his or her relationship; have ' Polish, John Krock. portat!on to their place of regis- the correct name of the organ!zaRegistration is only the first step _tra.tion. Similar offers have been tion for which you work and its Tomorrow night at g p. m. the I made by other concerns to their own address. numbe,r o! registrations in each employes and frie nd s or relatives. No documentary evidence is re- area will be telegraphed to state \ No Exceptions •-• ·te· total 1 Every male who has reached his quired, but those registering are cap!·ta ls an d when-t-he-· Sw, required to sign their names as veri36 is compiled, the totals w11! be sent ' 21st birthday a.nd is not yet f!catio n of the truth of all stateyears old is required to register and ments. to Washington whre t he national , stiff penalties are provided for The important thing to remember figure will be compiled. anyone who fails to register. . is if you are in doubt, no matter Regist.ration cards will be turned As ;;hown ~y the box _ on this where you are tomorrow, register. over to the Local Draft boards and page, registration places m PortsModerators are in charge of the after the naticnal drawing.;, which m~uth are by~ wards and officials procedure tomorrow but the actual j are scheduled for about 10 days pomt out th .. t any one w~o _is registration will be handled by ' hence,' t hose clrawn will be called in doubt as to the ward they llve m Chief registrars and assistants in a for physical examination and can determine it from the street ratio of one to 30. qualification or disqualification. listing in the City Directory. Just To assist in the work the Ports1 find the s~reet ,:ou live o:n and the I mouth senior high school students p. -\-\ti,~_(3&. ,S !n_ heading will te., you the Ward. and teachers will take an active To speed up reglstrati01,, it is part in the registration, according to a statement by Superintendent of 1 important that yoµ have th!! , formation needed readily · available Schools Harry L. Moore this morn, 11n!L _it._l,5,,,~11iir.t>St.ed , t.qat all regis- / ing. 1 t.erlng eit,her know; the answers Teachers from the, commercial de.accurately or have · them wrltten partment who will assist are MislJ down on a piece of paper.. Beatrice M. Arthur, Miss Virginia Lamson, Miss Vivian Brown , and lnforma.tlon Needed Mrs. Fogg. About 25 s.tudents : some of t he things to be sure in the senior class will do the typing : of: 1, the correct and ·complete at the different registration places. --- . - City Hall, High School To Be Closecl For Day; All Between Ages Of 21 And 36 Must Register I I 1 I I I in- \ I I I I �13 1 Plans Complete For Ma'mmoth Civic Patrol Demonstration; Blackout To Be feature Of Event Care Of Refugees, Protection Of City ! In Emergency To Be Shown In Navy Day Program four Local Nurses Volunteer For Plans for the biggest demonstration that Portsmouth i Service With Army has ever seen were completed last night at a mee ting of 1 ' 1 committee chairmen of the Portsmouth Civic patrol held j Four local nurses are among at the Central Fire station, in connection with Navy Day : those who have volunteered for service with the army nurse corps Oct. 27. President A. R icha rd Chase · diers, sailors, marines will take ' under th e expansion recen tly organized by military authorities, it worked out de tails with the 10 com- part. was revealed today. Those who mittees for the event.s which - start Along Parrot avenue v.ri!l be the have already signed are: Dorothy scene of the actual demonstrations ' when the Civic P atrol signal is with a complete emergency hospital P arsons, Helena Brackett, Laura sounded on the fire whistle at 12.3() set up in the armory and a day Heywood and Dorothy Pridham. Nurses are taken from the first reP, m. nursery for children On the opposite shore at Kittery Although there will be no demon - , serve Red Cross, of which there are , refugees will gather at Warren's stration there, the VFW hom e build- more than 17,000 members at the i 1 wharf where a fleet of local boats ing would serve in an actual emer- pre.sent time. will convey them to Prescott wharf gency of the type this practice 1 A total of 4,019 nurses are to be ; called before next July, the I at· Portsmouth. A waiting motor demonstrates. corps area supplying 1 corps with cars and ambulances will On the playground will be the first Eligibility requires that · take them to the S alvation Arm y civic patrol headquarters tent with , 139. be unmarried, between i headquarters designed for this prac - 1 communication facilities and regis- they ages of 21 and 40, be · tice ~mergency as the registration tration tables. Nearby will be the the and cla.ssification point. emergency can teen where following graduated from an accredited hosThis will be followed by the huge the parade P ortsmouth citizens can pita! and hold membership in the \ parade with a doz·en bands and buy an emergency meal and also American Nurses' association. Nine 1 ' many units under the direction of help support the patrol. , Portsmou th girls are members of . Those who are · James E. Barnett, who was named · At 7.30 p. m. members of the pro; : the first reserve. chief marshal of the parade Ju,t tection committee will assemble and called must pass a physical _examnight. From the formation point men will be assigned to every street ination, be willing to serve with the . national on Pleasant str~t the parade will in the city to request citizens to army and navy during go through Marke t squa.re and the either pull their shades or turn out emergencies or with the Red Cross j · principal streets of the down-town their lights at 8 p. m . when the a t the scene of a disaster. section ending up at the South play - blackout will be held for fiv e min- 1 ground opposi te the armory. Sol- utes. I dI F B· oun 1e;:, or rli.am Ithousands of Americans. Have they · T · sent your contribution yet? Your • Meetmg OmQ rrQW 1-donation in clothing may be left at D r- .i. across the sea the friendship of - -the Central Fi.re station, or if you prefer to give financial aid, this may be left with Dr. M. I. Boger l Shattuck, 116 Middle street. Dr. Shattuck is chairman of the local unit of the Bundles for Britain. The weekly meeting of the organization is to be held Friday i morning, Nov. 8, from 10 to 12 ' o'clock at the Central Fire station. I England needs help. The American people are answering that des perate call. They have found a way to lend their aid by co-operating with the Bundles for Britain organization which sends sympathy, cheer and material assistance to the English people. Warm clothing, medical supplies and bospital cots for children are urgen tly need- 1 ~ ed in England now and the drive is ' , on! Bundles for Britain is sending 1 I • .w_ ~ .• ,n \\~ ·' .lli..-,·- ~, ,1 ,.. ''lV ... •· , "'v �u Stag s Blac~ . . . City Has ra.ctice To Prepare For War Erner ency Capt. J. J. Brown, USN, captain of the yard, reported a 100 per cent : blackout and even warning flares on an excavation extinguished for 1 the occasion. Observing Portsmouth from the Navy yard, Captain Brown reported the voluntary co-operation of citizens had rej sulted in a remarkable demonstra- 1 tion for an initial blackout. On 1 behalf of the yard, he extended his 1 appreciation to all who had participated. On the roof of the Hotel Rockingham, opened for the occasion through the courtesy of Manager Charles W. Smith, President A. Concluding with a voluntary blackout in which more Richard Chase of the Civic Patrol, than 3,500 families took port, the Portsmouth Civic Patrol Commander Gamble and members of the executive committee watched staged one of the most dramatic demonstrations in the the blackout. history of the city yesterday afternoon and evening. I t was about four minutes of ei;ht when the group assembled on From the time the first boat load were given first aid at the emerthe rooftop. Directly below t1'em of refugees left Wa.!ren's wharf at gency hospital by Miss Irma Rintz, were the brilliant lights of State Kittery until the last light twinkled Red Cross inst~uctor, and Mrs. street with its filling stations a.nd back on at 8.05 events moved with O'Brie n was taken to the Port.sstores. Just across, the slim White military, precision and the newly mou til. hospital by the R ed Cross ~pire of the North church stood out formed patrol proved that it could Motor corps. 1 in the reflected neon red of the organize the tommunity in an emer• Portsmouth police under City i stores along Congress street. Bel ~M~ • Marshal Leonard H- Hewitt demyond the church long rows of Words of praise for the work of onstr:ited they could smoothly the patrol and for the spirit of co- h and!~ potential trouble when Of- lights marked the outline of route operation shown everywhere were fic er Roland Smart quickly per- one across Memorial bridge and Badger's Island to Kittery. heard on all sides a.s event after suaded a group of youthful spectaIn the distance, rows of lights in event tcok place without a hitch, tors who attempted to enter a Jeho· during the four-hour program, un- va h's Witnesses meeting in Union military formation revealed the huge / der the direction of President A. h all, net to make trouble. A few buildings of the Navy yard. To the i South and west near lights and far Richard Chase. minut~s later the meeting was adTwo incidents during the long day jour!1ecl. and the out-of-town group lights twinkled among the homes 1 i prov.ed that the demonstration was left.. Police kept traffic moving and and to the distant· dark horizon. Above, in a dark sky shone other no sham. Mr;;. Dorothy O'Brien of spectators in order throughout the lights of a star system that only New Castle carrying her two-year· long exercises. Mother Nature herself can blackout I old daughter, fell while watching and this night with the hushed the parade on Parrott avenue. They , winds and cloudless slty her thoughts were of peace. Civic Patrol Demonstration, Parade Attracts Huge Th rong; Kittery Refugees Aided Here �There was a moment of tenseness as the illuminated steeple clock approached 8 p. m. Then the Sunday stillness was blasted by the whining fire siren. Block by block the street lights faded out. A blaze of light to the South that had been the Portsmouth hospital disappeared. One by one or group by group home lights snapped off. The red glow from Congress street faded to a pa.le pink. The white church tower became a dark outline. In three huge chunks the Navy yard lights vanished. In less than a minute, a huge city had become a darkened country side where only an occasional light, brighter by contrast, broke the darkness so vividly that It almost seemed to shout. Time and conversation stood still as the rooftop watchers looked down on a city of darkness. The sirens ceased. Even the wind was still and in the darkness the sounds of the city were muffled. One instlnctly t urned skyward, glad that the sky was hushed and no erie bombers broke the silence. A moment more and it was over. One by one the lights twinkled on in more than 3,000 homes. Store lights flared up again. Auto horns honked. Portsmouth's first blackout was over. i.:> I . +\ QJ • ('.)tl_, I UO -" Searchlight Drills Started By Troops At ft. Constitution The 22nd Coast Artillery stationed at Fort Constitution in Newcastle, staged Its first searchlight drill this week. The 800,000,000 candlepower beam, produced from a high intensity carbon arc that can, depending on atmospheric conditions, lllumln• ate a target from five to ten thousand feet distant, swept a finger back and forth acr088 the sky shortly after dark reminding residents that the harbor is once age.In being defended by the regular U. s. army. Meantime, the 22nd continu04 to whip Itself into a well organized fighting unit. Approximately 140 men are stationed at the fort at present and expect to move into re• cently constructed barracks about Nov. 10. New equipment includes the delivery of a heavy tractor at the Kittery end of the B & M raUroad Tuesday afternoon. 7. +\-t~ 0~ ~· 0 more are expected." "Other than this, I'm not at liberty to say," added the army officer. "The plans conneeted with this are secret." Major Mitchell Invited questions from the assembled Rotarians and answered several. ,Principal among these was asked by Rev. William Safford Jones concerning the former Arrpy and Navy association building which is now being used by the Salvation Army. Major Mitchell agreed that with the Incoming soldiers at the forts and sailors at the navy yard that it would be excellent lf there was a community building where they Stating that harbor de- could gather during recreation fenses would be necessary periods. Cites Need Of Harbor !Defense In Portsmouth here even if there were no navy yard and no industries, Major John D. Mitchell, USA, adjutant, of the 22nd Coast Artillery at Fort Constitution, today told Rotary club member at the Hotel Rockingham, of the necessit y fo r maintaining harbor defenses in Portsmouth because of its geographically strategic position. I Major Mitchell, speaking for Lieut. Col. Edward G. Cowen, who was called to Boston shortly before noon, was introduced by John J . Brown, today's Rotary program chairman. Pointing out that the. defenses In the vicinity had not been allowed to rot, as many people believed, during the 20-year lull which followed World war number one, Major Mitchell explained t hat the buildings and equipment were In comparatively good shape and had, for the most part, been maintained in a serviceable condition. He said that approximately $40,000 worth of rehabilitation work was going on at t he presen t time and that bids for additional work amounting to more t han $100,000 had been Jet out. Guns Serviceable "The guns, of course, more particularly the disappearing type which we have," said the major, "are not of the latest models. But they can shoot just as hard as the newer types. The handicaps connected with the older guns lie in he carriage and the fact tha t they're not covered from attack by air." Major Mitchell stated that there were approximately 150 men and officers stationed at Fort Constitution at the present time and that ~ Seek To Register Al I Interested In Civic Patrol Work Registration of every one in Portsmouth who wants to have a part in the Portsmouth Civic Patrol was the goal set last night at a meetIng of the patrol held at the Central Fire station. President A. Richard Chase announced that ~gistratlon cards and buttons will be available thrnugh nil committee chairmen, 'lt the Hotel Rockingham and at the New Hampshire seacoast Regional Development a.ssociation, All that is required is the citizens give their names, a,ddr856es, telephones and occupations and list the committee on which they feel they ran best serve. Committees are: Protection, Eng-ineering, Emergency Cante<>n, Church Refuge, Communication, Transportation, Nuri:- 1 Ing, :W.edical, Emergency Hospital, Aviation Reller and Child Welfare. 1 At the meeting last night, Har-1 ry Wlnebaum WM appointed finance officer. Each committee was re-1 que.<ited to prepare a list of !ta needs and costs so that a financial budget could be worked out at a meeting I which will be held two weeks from tonight (Nov. 13) at the Central Fire st~ tion. Dr. E. B. McLean of the Mitchell Memorial hospital at Brent· wood addre~ed the meeting, speaking o'1 the need of preparednes.; co-ordlna tion, �Battery D's Trek ToTexas Told In Local Boy's Diary 8.45-We are told to set our watches back one hour so It !s now only 7.4!'>. 8.45 We are told to set watches makes the second night of rest that I will have had for a month. This hRs been rather an uneventful day. We have seen a great many iron and steel mills, plenty of country, many small towns, and a few large ones. I was rather disappointed in Buffalo; I thought it would be 11 nice place but It is all mills and smoke. Maybe I saw the wrong part. We have our meals served to us at our seats and the porter makes our beds at night. Now, who could ask for more I It's making a bunch of sissies out of us. The group that is attached to G. Battery from D Battery are Corporal Phil Hanson, Privates First Olass Zeidman, Oharles Mathewson, R!tze, Brandon Shaw, and Private Abbot. 8.10-Mess Is al over (we had beans, bread and coffee with apples for dessert) and everyone seems ~ be settled and contented. I have mi upper berth assigned to me, it Is No. 2 berth !n No. 6 car. I am in the same car as•the band; the fellows Saturday, Sept. 28, 1940 6.25-The porter says we are someall seem like a nice bunch. 8.15-The tracks are lined with where In Oolumbus, Ohio. 8.43-Pass!ng through Portland, people of all ages and sizes. Gee, sitting here Just waiting Is terribly Indiana. On the outskirts we saw a "hobo Jungle." monotonous, from 4.30 to 8.30. 9.40-Passing Muncie, Indiana. 8.30-At last, we're off I 9.05-Passed through Manchester. Nice place, gas 15 12 cents, most of the houses are one story structures, All's well. 9.30-Entered Nashua, l a.r g e very prett.y. 10.20-Farms as far as you can see. crowd. Lovely place this Indiana Every9.37-Leaving Nashua. thing is flat, no hills. 9.45-Ret!red. 11.14-Passed Kempton, Indiana. ' Friday, Sept. 27, 1940 7.00-Awoke. Near Utica, .New Lots of pork chop on the hoof out York. The tracks we are riding on here and acre after acre of corn and wheat, mostly dirt roads. now are up about fifty feet and we 11.20-Passed Hilllsburg, Indiana. can look down on the surrounding 4.02-I must have gone to sleep country. We Just passed Lerna, Illinois. Gosh , 10.45-Binghamton, New York. isn't !t dry out here! Stopped for a twenty-five minute 7.08-Coming into St. Louis. Missrest. Did callisthenics on station ouri. platform. 7.15-We've stopped for someBrandon W. Shaw 11.10-Reloaded. Checking to see thing. if we are all here. 7.20-Started again, about seven 11.15-Shoved off. Having swell miles from Mississippi river. his family here, indicates that he time, wish you were here. 8,07 _Entering Ea t st. Louis. likes Texas and enjoyed the long 115 . - v ery seen !c country so f ar. 8.10 .coming to Mississippi river. trip down there. Passing through suburbs of Elmira. 8.35-We are stopped about two In a recent letter he disclosed that Everyone in good spirits, most miles from the river but we are not troops at the camp are eagerly everyone is reading or playing cards. going to cross It for about 125 miles. awaiting the annual rains which are I 1.30-We eat! r We follow the east bank to Flint, said to make a man grow several 3.30>-Stop for five minutes in Mt. Missouri. inches taller. This interesting phe- Morris. Hotter than blue blazes. 10.00-TAPS so I think I will go to nomena comes about in the follow5.00--Enterlng freight yards of bed. I'll probably be asleep when we Ing way; the ground there 1~ dry Buffalo. We've stopped, started cross the Mississippi river. We've and clayey. When wet it becomes a A1?aln, stopped again I I sticky mass of much the Kame con6.30-Chowl Beans! Just started again and we are leavsistency as cement. one or two steps 7.00-Started to roll again. Cleve- ing St. Louis far behind. Today has in it and a. person finds so much land next stop. • been fairly interesting but nothing clinging to the bottom of his shoes 7.15-Had a new Job assigned spectacular. and hardening that he starts get- me for a whHe I I am guard In the ting taller unless he frequently vestibule between cars. Boy, what 1 Sunday, Sept. 29, 1940 scrapes it off. a life I Acording to the porter we ar-1 7.03-Awoke somewhere in ArkDescribing his trip from Concord, rive In Cleveland at 10.30. ansas. Private Shaw says in part: 7.22-We are traveling through 7.25-Saw several fields of cotton Thursday, Sept. 26, 1940 some very dead country 1111d we are growing. No room in D Battery so we are rolling along about 60 miles per 8.06-Crossed Missouri river, saw attached to G Battery for the trip hour. Some trip, Wow! many river boat.; llarge rafts with to Texas. We will be the last train 8.12-Gee, what large towns. I houses on them>. We are now trato leave. It is now 1.30 r,.m. and camp sneezed and missed that one en- vellng through semi-tropical coun- 1 1s all broken up, no tents, nothing, tire!'· try. Saw one wild pig, only two batteries left, G and H, 8.15-All's well. 8.54-All the people here live In 8 30-0!! guard umbledown shacks, Eagerly awaited news of the trip to Camp Hulen, Tex., of Portsmouth's Battery D of the New Hampshit:e National Guard has been ·ece!ved here in the form of a diary Jotted down by Private, lei, Brandon W. Shaw. Shaw, In the diary, received by I I I �. - - - ------ • I 9.30---Stopped for exercise in •Pine 7.50-Crossed Colorado River. t ·I Bluff, Arkansas. Better than one.04--Ground is getting sandy. 8 half the population is colored. We 8_07_Saw the first cowboy_ on the are having a swell time. 1 1 10.10-Going through Pine Bluff. trip. The railroad goes ri~ht down the 8.09-First tobacco field. 1 , middle of the main street. 9.08-First glimpse of the Gulf of 1 , 1.06--Plenty of wide open spaces, Mexico. j ver! few houses and these are just i 9.lS-We've stopped at the camp. plam wooden one story structures, i ff th train : and a few log cabins. · 9.30-Everyone s o e 1.18-Entered Lewisville, Arkan- ' awaiting further orders. Everything sas, went right through. All the is swell. rivers down here are muddy. ..$:>....'..~ . c., c...C ::._o, · Li_'.} 1.45-Mess ls all over. Is it hot, about 85-90 degrees and 1getting hotter all the time. We are heading directly south. 1.50-Traveling through semi-jungle, many swamps. 2.08-Coming into Texarkana, Arkansas-Texas. 2.15-Arrived at Texarkana, large place, We are about one hundred , feet from Texas. I 2.22-Just entered Texas. 2.32-Back in Texarkana for a stop. 3.25-We've started again. 4.30-About fifty miles in Texas. ; More cotton. Haven't seen any cow- 1 boys yet. Houses are about the ' same, small unpainted shanties. , Mostly dirt roads. All kinds of cot- ' ton, acres and acres of it. · 5.16--Houses are beginning to look , much neater. : I 5.19-Just passed Pine, Texa~ .. i Good climate here for raising child- · Three men from Portsmouth will be inducted into ren; there are thousands of them, ten or a dozen to a' house. Army service next Tuesday, Nov. 19 it was announced 5.30-Nothing rubish about these today by Brig. Gen. Charles F. Bowen, state director for farmers. I just saw one with an airplane parked in his backyard, his Selective Service at Concord. barn built over for a hangar and a Men selected wlll be sent to Ma.n- termining the three men from this wind sock tied to his corral. ' chester where they will be sworn area who will answer this call, 1 5.38-Passed Gilmer; Texas. Flow- i into service at the main induction John J. Henson, clerk of the Greater I ers blooming down this ·way. station which has been designated Portsmouth board said today. ' 6.23-Saw my first Longhorn catas the old State Armory an PleaUnder the selective s-eTVice rules, I tle. sant street. The three men from the volunteers have first preference in I I 6.45-Well, it's getting dark. Gee, Greater Portsmou th area will be crder and time of volunteering. part of a. group of 21 reporting the When an application is received the this a lonely country at night, or second day of this call. date and time are recorded on it · · any time as far as that goes. Twenty other men from other and when a call comes for men, they I 7.35-Just celared Tyler, very nice sections of the state including two I are examined first. If volunteers fill place. A large group of people were from Dover and two from Exeter I the quota, no others are catted, but at the depot to wave us through. will report Monday, Nov. 18. Trans- if there are not :enough volunte-€4's, 8.38-Going to bed. We arrive port.ation to Manchester will be then draftees a.re called according to . sometime tomorrow morning. We provided the local men and books , their order numbers. I saw our first cotton fields today, sev- containing meal and lodging ticket-5 , The meeting of the board this will be issued where needed for afternoon will be to examine all eral plantations and a few ranches. men enroute from their local boards , questionnaires received and deter1 I wish we could travel like this for Manchester. : mine the first clacSSifications in order I another week or so, this is the life! toThis ,afternoon at 3 p.m. the / so they may be sent for physical I Monday, Sept. 30, 1940 \ Portsmouth Selective Service board examinations as quotas ar-e called. I ~.30-\.Volce up and looked out · is holding its first session for the of men as indicated --U-v....c_'L&., . \'\ ,:-rJ t ~ t.. the window. I could see for miles classmc3:tion by the first group of questionnaires · · and not a tree, house, or anything, which have been sent out. it was just like looking out to sea. Until classification ls completed 6.02-Every once in a while we can and physical examinations have see trees with moss hanging from been made, there 1s no means of dethen. Everything is almost perfectly : flat. I I ~ -+~¼. Portsmouth District Men To Be Inducted Into Service Nov. 19 Those Selected Will Be Sent First To Manchester; Two To Go From Dover And Two From Exeter I I I 1 I I V- · �May_Offe·r Haven Here. For Refugee Family :J Although no definite action was come to this country to start life taken at the mass meeting last anew. · ·• The speaker told of what the comevenmg, it was tne concensus of , mittee had been doing, citing there / opinion that Portsmouth is very in- was a guest house in Boston and at terested in settling a refugee family Cambridge is a Window shop and here. Nearly 50 attended the meet- Coffee shop. He devoted a little time ing held at the North church par- to discussing what these mean to • ish house last evening and listened the refugees as it gives them a to a talk by Rev. Norman D. Goeh- · chance to make a living. Stressing ring, executive director of the New the need to spread the families over England Christian Committee for a wider territor·y he explained the Refugees. committee tried to place them in The group was definitely in favor smaller communities. of taking the responsibility for a In closing he discussed several family of refugees coming here . to families that might be considered reside, but felt as though more time for this city. should be taken to receive backing Rev. Emerson 'Bangen, former from the organizations the individ- chaplain at the Portsmouth navy uals represented. yard, now pastor of the Community The temporary committee, con- church in Durham, told of the prosisting of Rev. Myles W. Rodehaver, gress from the idea of taking a reRev. Arthur A. Rouner, and Rabbi fugee family, to the acutal accompSamuel Epstein, was enlarged . to lishment of this fact. The idea was include Mrs. Harry Freeman, Mrs. first advanced in June and by Labor Harry L. Moore, Miss Lucie Pray day the selection was made and to- 1 and James J. Joyce. Another mass I day the man and wife are accli- · meeting will be held at the same mated residents of that · college place Nov. 12 at 8 o'clock. town. Mr. Hangen explained how the Representatives present included committee functioned and the work f th h h d ivi entailed in the project. He stated many ~ e c urc es an c_ c or- I that it has been a happy experience ganizat1ons and . all orgamzations for the town and that all were anare urged to designate an ?fficial xious to help in the work. delegate to attend this meeting. , Following the talks the meeting Rev. M!les Rode~aver presided at was thrown open to the public and the meeting. He first called upon . • . R A R R d R bbl E various representatives present b oune; a spoke on their reactions to the sugs e n, mem ers o e comm e. gestion Dr. Goehring spoke first of the · children that came to this country , ~ . -t\'-''l-a.£t...d. Gc:'.t '0i (: ' '. . .: : saying that not nearly as many ca.me as had been expected and . many people desired to take child- . ren, but none were available. The main problem, he said, was the question of re~ugees, victims of war and persecution from central · Europe. These are the people, he ~tated, wh? left the ~ountry f?li?W· mg the rise of national socialism which developed into racial perseGunnery practice for the 22nd cution. He spoke of the numbers I Coast Artillery, Fort Cnostitution, that left between 1930 and 1938 saywlll probably start within a mont,h, it ing that other countries opened their was revealed by Maj. John D. Mitdoors to them but the quota of imchell, . USA, adjutant, today. The migrants to this country was rigidregular Monday night searchlight ly adhered to. As a result of this dr111 will be held this evening. now, many people are waiting to Meantime, 126 men of the 22nd CA, moved into permanent quarters Saturday upon completion of two ' new barracks buildings. Twenty similar structures are 1n the making , each havini' a. ca.pa.city of 63 men.! . . Two Volunteer For Army' Service In Local Area I To Edward Ca.mire of Newmarket has gone the honor of being the first to volunteer for service through the Greater Port-smouth draft board, and if he meet& the requirements he will have the honor of being the first one from this a.rea. to go into service. The young man who is well -known in radio circles here surprised his family. When they asked how he happened to get a. questionnaire so soon when his number was well down the list, he 'replied quietly, "I just volunteered." As n~s spread in Newmarket Camire has been recehing the congratulations of his . friends. A sooond volunteer made the army ahead of the local board, Walter Stockman of Vaughan street, Portsmouth, had been turned down by the anny previously but refused to admit defeat. He put in application again with a, medical unit in New York and also volunteered through the local boa.rd here, La.st Sunday he got word, he had been accepted by the New York unit that had refused him before and he is now in New York in the service. I I /t ' . r~ !ti:· I fort ( onst1tut1on • • Guns TO Brea k y · s • 1 ear I ence 20 f-i -~ ~ 1 ,· , :-1J -i ~ · 40 !Physical Exams For' i Draft Start Today 1 I With more than 100 men already Chairman Charles M . I Dale of the Greater Portsmouth draft board said today that it· was expEcted physical examinations would be completed this weekend , and the three men from this sec• tion who will report at Manchester Tuesday would be qualified and ready by Monday morning. Until the men have met all physical and other requirements their names will not be known. Dr. Samuel T. Ladd, examining physic· 1 Ian for the board, said today his , examinations would start this af- , ternoon and continue through the . weekend. Iclassified, I �Three Selectees Off For Year In U. S. Army White is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A bleak-looking, virtually empty station, watched three selectees Abbott White of Rye Beach and from the Greater Portcmouth area for several years was ell}.ployed at l bid draft board officials goodbye his uncle's garage near Breakfast this morning as the trio left on the Hill. Recently he i:ias been working first leg of their journey for a as a bus driver. year's training with the United Workman is the son of Mr. and States a;-my. They include Edward Mrs. Harrison M. Work~an of._ 438 Camire of Newmarket who volun- Court street, this city, and was teered despite the fact that his employed as ·a boat buildei· at the lottery number was in the 7800's, local Navy yard. Harrison Homer workman of The young men appeared in. good Pqrtsmouth, and George Linwood spirits and anticipant of what a White of Rye Beach. After shaking hands with chair- year's training with the regular \ ' man Charles M. Dale of the Greater army might mean. One young man I Portsmouth Draft board and John was anxious about his job upon re- 1 : J. Henson, clerk of the draft board, turning but was reassured by offi- · : the three young men boarded the cials that · it would be waiting. An- i I train for Manchester where they, other wanted to know what would : they didn't pass the ' 1 together with selectees from other happen if sections of the state, will undergo rigorous physical exam and was I 1 told that anyone who didn't come 1 a thorough physical examination. ' Ca~ire, the son of Mr. and Mrs. up to specifications would be given · Leon Camire of Newmarket, grad- a ticket home and allowed to return uated from Newmarket h'igh in to normal civilian life. Watching the three young men 1936 and after s;l;udy at a Boston radio school worked jn the local as they prepared to leave John J. radio station and last year was Henson, draft board clerk com- 1 instructor in radio at the NY A mented, "Well, it's started. I wonder ' where it will end?" school in Concord. 19.' 4 o "t). -\-\ <l.h•.®.Jl..Q.. \·<r. =o. 711 Aliens Register At Local Office Greek War Relief Fund Grows Here Postmaster Peter J. Hickey .today I Aiming toward a $3,000 goal fOT announced! that 711 aliens had .reg- · : relief among theLr war-stricken istered at the Portsmouth po.stoffice. · brothern ac,oss the Atlantic oce•aJl, Deadline for registrations is Dec. 26 Greek,i in Portsmouth have already but with the beginning of the ; passed the: halfway mark, it wai;; reChristmas rush, it is extremely · vealed by general chairman And,rew doubtful whether aliens can be Jarvis this morning. So far the fighandled after next week accord- ure has reached the $1700 mark and ing to Mr. · Hickey. Postmaster in :the opinion of Mr. Jarvis, the Hickey is making another ap- entire sum will be raised in two more peal to all person.s in' the vicinity to I weeks._ . . sign at the local office within the Chairman Jarvis said that Greeks next week. No fee of any kind is of Portsmouth have been generous asked from the alie~. _Severe pe~- in their _o1_ferings with some bene- : alties and a heavy fine await these factons g1vmg as much. a& $100, $200 · who do not comply with •t he law and $300 at a ~ingle time. . • Af<ter the drive among the Gree-ks (>. t-\· ;.:.-<>.J_·!~.. ~ -::.c... ;... ~ ,1-1 1') in Portsmou~h has be·en completed, a general dnve will be he}d< for all . Americans to participate in. Accordmg to M:. Jarvis, indicatioll6 are that President Franklin R. Roose· velt will declare a national "Greek Day." . Local ·Greek Colony Raising War Relief Funds The Creek colony in this city is Msisting in ·the Greek War Relief drive which 1.s being held in this country now. Money is not to be ured for warfare, but ,to aid the civilian population that have be•en vic· tims of the war or invasion started about a month ago. At a meeting of the colony held recently, Andrew Jarvis made an impassioned plea for assistance and within 10 m1nutes ov-e:r $1,000 had been raised. Since that time additional c;ontributions have been re ceived and at present the fund amounts to $1,300. It is hope:d. that the fund will reach $2,000. There are but 200 members of the local c_olony. 1 . TJ:e committee in charge of this affair has been named! and will receive contributions from anyone interested but the.drive is being made onlyi among Greek residents. An- 1 drew Jarvis is chairman and George Trefethen of the First National bank, treasurer. The ex·ecutive com- , mittee consists of the following: J. Verne Wood, J. D. Hartford Rev Wil~iam Safford Jones, Dr. E. L: Levme, Rev. Iovianos Lavraka:s Rev ,She~fe Walker, George Paras, Christ Agns, Arthur Marinos and Nicholas Floros. Harold Vanderbilt is national chairman of the organization which is endeavoring to reach all residents of Greek d~ent in this country. A big meeting will be held at the Cathedral in Boston Sunday with representatives from all over N~w England attending. Mr. Jarvis will represent the Portsmouth group at that gathering. Fort Constitution Overcrowded Ten men have been sent back ·to Fort William at Pprtl~nd, due to overcrowded conditions at Fort Constitution, according to Maj. John D. Mitchell, adjutant. He l said that 30 men had been sent down from Fort William, but because additional space for hospital facllities were needed, a third of these had been returned to the Portland base. There are approximately 180 soldiers at Fort Con- 1 stitution at present. �30 Henry R. Reuters, WIGGK; Wal- j ton E. Blake, WIAMP; Dick Lord, WIEVZ; Harry Winebaum Charles I J. Griffin, Charles w. w.' Spaulding, William F. Meehan WIJWJ· I ~eorge N. Rupert, WIMGH; Ben~ Jamin Tober and R. s. Slayter. 150 Persons See Stoneleigh Players 'The Ba rretts' To Perform For Bundles For Britain .I Nearly 150 persons went to the 'Junior High school auditorium last night to see the Stoneleigh Players present· "The Barretts" for the benefit of Bundles for Britain. Before the curtain rosi! .on .act one Dr. M. I. Boger Shattuck told the audience that on this performance Portsmouth's Bundles for Britain would fold or continue. Because 125 knitters use up $260 worth of yarn a month, Bundles for Britain now is trying to meet a $249.87 yarn bill before it can buy more. Last month the organization paid $39 in express charges to New York alone. There is no charge from New York to Lon~on. That the Stoneleigh Players will : \:>. ~~ \Lil.(: \"',. 11:0 present "The Barretts" Thursday night to benefit Bundles for Britain is simply a matter of spontaneous combustion. This is how Miss Dorothy Sammis, who directs tJ:le play, explains it. The Stoneleigh girls, all of them, have been knitt-ing away for Bundles. Some wanted to do still more. The Players already had g!Ve_tl "The Barretts" in their playhouse Nov. 22 and 23. They . . knew their parts. They had costumes, scenery, everything. Why not present the play again and -~ 'Ul--0;_ ~ C I ~ ' 4 i help Bundles for Britain? Two weeks ago Dr. M. I. Boger If approval is granted in WashShattuck happily acctpted-and, ington 150 acres of land extending that Is that. Mediumly tall, Miss Sammis is a from the Gosling road to Cutts dynamic, athletic persrn with hazel street will be the site of the 800 deeyes and boyishly cut brown hair. mountable homes which the govFrom New York City, she is a ernment is . planning to construct graduate of Russell Sage college for navy yard workers. Work will and of- Columbia university. Before start at once. Members of the Civic Patrol's she came . to Stoneleigh she directThis land, which lies on the W':?Scommittee aded radio productions, summer and communications terly side of the old Dover branch of the Boston & Maine railroad, has little theater group:;. journed last night from a dinner "We're helping a worthy cause," given them by Harry Winebauln at already been taken under option by she says, enthusiastically, "with a 1 ' the Rockingham hotel with plans P. L. Hein and Russell MacDonald, officials of the Federal Works good play." for a radio school practically comEach year the Stoneleigh players plete. agency, and the two officials are in Washington today to explain depresent three plays, a tragedy, a Chief Radioman Lawrence E. tails for approval by Director John comedy and a costume production. Clow, who will be the main instrucM. Carmody. "The Barretts" is their c01;tume tor, spoke on possibilities of trainOptions have been obtained from play. ing "hams" for emergency work. Seventy-five girls take part. Sheriff Simes Frank, former repOfficers elected are: Harry Wineresentative Ernest E. Richardson, Some act, others make the cos- baum, chairman; Bruce MacLean, tumes, scenery, properties, even the first vice-chairman; Richard Lord, Joseph Thorner and the estate of Susan D. Flynn. Two other parwigs. Only thing the students do second vice-chairman; William cels, one belonging to the New not do Is supply music. The college Meehan, third vice-chairman; Hampshire Diatomite Co. and the does this. From act one to act Charles W. W. Spaulding, secre.old Mary E. Brown property, now three "The Barretts" ls strictly tary; Benjamin Tober, publicity owned by the city of Portsmouth, Stoneleigh. chairman. are being sought. Miss Sammis says, "This is one A. Richard Chase, president of Although this 800 house developof the best plays we've ever put on. the Civic P atrol and Charles Grifment will be for navy yard work- 1 Firstly, it has unity! We chose fin spoke; Chase on what the Paers it will have nothing to do with it for this and because it's well- trol had done, Griffin on stimulatthe 600 house development at Kitwritten, sustains Interest and has ing interest in the tra~ing school. ' tery, as that is being built by the well-drawn characters." According to Charles W. W. navy, while this will be handled by, Playing these characters on the Junior High school stage Thursday Spaulding the patrol must haye j the Public Buildings division of the night will be Bette Daniels as Hen- communications in time of disaster. Federal Works agency. Several rietta Barrett; Anne Harrison, "The lines are bound to be down," ' sites were considered but the Milly ; R. Frisbe, George Barrett; he said. "We need several sets that 1 other Gosling road property, not far from I s. Orchard, Octavius; M. Westing, can transmit and receive me~sages 1 the Atlantic Heights development Edward Moulton Barrett; J. Reber, over a distance. We must have moof World war 1 was preferred. John Kenyon; Rosaline Parsells, bile units in cars that will work Nearness to the Piscataqua river Arabel Barrett; Phyllis Schoonbeck, over a short distance. Without for sewer drainage and the fact Elizabeth Barrett; Ruth Winckli- 1 communications the various patrol that via Woodbury avenue and Atmann, Wilson; P. Alden, Capt. Sur- units cannot function properly." lantic Heights there are two means , tees Cook; E. Deyo, Robert Brown- , To qualify for "ham" training, of entrance and exit. As all the ing; Jeannette Fontaine, Miss Mit- primarily code work In receiving, land is in the city of Portsmouth, 1 ford. sending and copying messages, a Portsmouth fire, police, water, person must be interested, and school and other facilities would be available. willing "to stay with it.'' If so qualified he can get in touch with Harry While this development would probably not be taxable In the usuWinebaum. Present at the dinner were: Haral sense, Mr. MacDonald explained \ old S. Burns, WIKVK; Laurence E. that the federal government was working out details of a compensaClow, CRM, US.N; A. Richard 9~~11e, B._ruce __iyr~g!,,ll_~.• WIKTY; Apprqval 1Waited On !Site For 800 Homes r, Civic Patrol Plans Radio School I I �tion plan for takin g car e of munic1- , palities providing such facilities. In this section of the country ' foundations are necessary, but the present plan is to construct the pre-fabr icated h ouses in such a manned they can easily be taken down or moved as units if, after defense projeets are completed, there is no further need for them, In addition to this development I the Defense Homes corporation 1s considering sites nearby for the construction of 100 more homes if needed for defense workers. ~ . .µ_~--~ ~Ch,_ ,';;l_~ '-\\ Survey Site_ I\New Hanrpshire I Faces Draft Call For 800 Homes Here, In Late ·February Concord, Jan. 18- While the Se Three crews of surveyors are surlective Service system in New veying the propo.sed site for 800 Hampshire will not furnish any government homes to be constructmen under the third requisition ed by the Federal Works agency for Feb. 6, under the fourth call, to be navy yard workers. issued in the last week of February, FWA officials P . L. Hein and New Hampshire probably will be Russell MacDonald took option last called upon to fill t he heaviest week on 150 acres of land extenddraft yet made upon it. Brig. Gen. Charles F. Bowen, ading from Gosling road to Cutts jutant general, said today .t hat street. Washington director John New Hampshire and Rhode Island M. Carmody has not yet approved have supplied a far greater proporpurchase. tion of their total Selective Service Nor has the type of house been quo tas than the other New England decided upon. At first plans were made to construct prefabricated states. "In the case of New Hampshire, dwellings. Now Public Building this was largely due," he said, "to administration officials in the city the need for supplying the 197th say the conventional type of house President Roosevelt, according to coast artillery, ( AA, New Hampmay be built because prefabricated the A:!:s ociated Press, has autl10Tshire national guard unit now in units cost more and are less .r nited ized federal agencies involved to the federal service in Camp Hulen, to this climate. proceed at once with construction Permission was granted by the Tex.") of 800 family dwelling units in The requisition expected at the city couucil last night to R-. W. Portsmouth. end of February largely will be for Jolmson, senior materials. engineer At the Portsmouth Navy yard this the benefit of the 172nd field artilof the Public Works administration, morning, officers in the Public That regiment presumably Washington, to borrow plans of the I lery; Works division said "they knew will not be in the federal service area around Gosling road. nothing about it, except that the at that time and it is not intended Blueprints of the area will be news had appeared in morning pamade for u.s.e of government of- : to send the selectees direct to the : pers. It might be a rumor."_ ficials in Washington. , regiment in any case. President Roosevelt, the wire :::er· ~ . ~'. .::.•i l 0.:V-1 · '::).,'{: . L/ I Plans call for a short period of vice said, ruled that housing ~h?rtintensive training at a reception ages existed in 11 a:·eas where . m_i· center after which men would be portant national defense work is m sent t~ fill the ranks of the regiprogr~s and cleared the way for men t at its Camp Blanding training construct ion of 6,446 new dwellmg . cen ter in Florida. units. Funds provided by congress are to be u~ed for this purpo-se. ! p. i-¥~-11. . .0-..:0. . . . ) _;_.-,--. ~\.., . -,I ~ ,~ -S"> I ' '' \ -i-r-.:~ ' -~--l.~ ... j..;""l1 - l:' , Report U. S. To Build 800 0 New Houses In This Area Six-Day Week Order Posted Four New Officers Report At Fort Today At Navy Yard I Neale W. Curtin \ Called To Duty 1 Neale W. Curtin, manager of the Kendall Agency,. who holds a comFout new officers reported at Fort mission· of Ensign, Supply Corps, U . b the ~hops thu; morning, the[ s. Naval Reserve, has been ordered Constitution this morning for &e· Portsmouth Navy s ard went on a by the Navy department to active I tive duty, Included were two first six-day, 48-hour standard work duty in Washington, D. C., on Jan. lieut1mants, a captain and a civil week. l 6, for an indefinite period . engineer from the New Hampshire According to Secretary cf , the · Curtin will attend a course of inI state roads department. Officers Navy Knox in his official 1-etter to struction at Supply Corps Naval who assumed duties a.t the fort this the yard, both the army and navy Reserve Officers' school at National morning were First Lt. F . J . N. Cri· \ are extending their r~gular work university. In 1936 he was commiscenti, First Lt. W. A. Craig and I' week.s "to act a.;, a good example for sioned as ensign and since 1937 has Capt. J. F. Carroll. The latter two, , indust ry in general in speeding naserved as supply officer of the 3rd both from Pittsburgh, were assigned c;! ef n .<i~ work ." Battalion, USNR at Portland. to riuty with -the 22nd Coast Artil- : t.ion,,l T ime and a half ovutime pay During Mr. Curt1n's absence Mrs. lery. First Lt. Cricenti reported as 1 will go to engineres, dr2ft~me.n and Raymond F . Blake will be in charge j commandant of the Headquarters 1 ()the:- workers as provided by Pubof the Kendall agency. division. , lie Bill 671, a special law passed by congress l~t June 28. In ef'f-Zct the P ortsmouth Navy yard will have gone on the new work schedule this week. ·s ince last .~'Ummer some men have worked six days weekly to cl•ear up bottlenecks ' in the production ~chedule. Those · who have or will work on Sundays t.ake another "Sunday" In t h e midci--'-1 ·,q , J\s ~n official order was post.e) 0 . I r->.~ ~- �. ·7I . Destroyers Council Called! Name ;or Three N.·H. To Study Plan Naval Heroes For Defense Housing Here I President Roosevelt will name three new dstroyers for New Hampshire naval heroes, Secretary of the Navy Knox announced yesterday. Two of. the men to be honored, Capt. Robert Traill Spence . and Lieut. Elijah Hall, were Portsmouth men. The third ls the late Rear I Adm. Groves Walker, a native of Hillsborough. Capt. Robert Traill Spence was I born ln Portsmouth about 1785 and , near Baltimore Sept. 26, 1826. ' Problems connected with defense housing in Ports-1 died He was commissioned a midshipmouth will be discussed at a special meeting of the Ports- man May 15, 1800; a lieutenant ln 1907 and mast.er commandant on mouth City Council which will be held Wednesday night July 24, 1813, and a captain Februat 7.30 p. m. With surveys already being made on the ary, 1815. Spence was ordered proposed site for 800 temporary houses here in the city, to Midshipman duty ln the US brig Siren and Mayor Stewart E. Rowe called the emergency session in sailed for the Mediterranean Aug. 27, 1803, as one of Commodore order that action might b.e taken before it was too late. Preble's squadron. 1 In May, 1822, he was ordered to Plans announced by the co-ordin- 800 or more homes to the city can New York to assume command of ator for national defense call for be a burden as well as a benefit. the USS Cyane, in which he was the construction of 2,200 houses in All government officials conordered to Puerto Rico to make repthe Greater Portsmouth area. Kit- cerned have been asked to attend resentations to the governor of that tery ls already faced with the prob- this session Wednesday night and lem of providing municipal facilities the general public has been urged i island on .depredations on comfor- the 600 homes which the Navy •to attend and express its -views. It i merce by privateers fitted out in ls erecting there and with the allo- is hoped that various civic organi- ' Puerto Rican ports. Lieut. Elijah Hall was · born at cation of this second group of 800 zatlons of the city will send delete Portsmouth the city faces many gations to the council to have their Raynham, Mass., Dec. 8, 1742. He died at. Portsmouth June 22, 1830, problems. views on record. The pu11pose of Eight hundred more homes would the meeting ls to obtain as much where he was buried ln St. John's churchyard. mean an addition of about 3,000 information as possible to aid Portsmore people to Portsmouth, requir- mouth's new Planning . bo.a rd to j He was appointed lieutenant in ing municipal servicing such· as wa- handle the problem In the future. i the Continental navy June 14, 1777, ter, sewerage, police and fire pro- I to serve on the Ranger under John tection, schools and scores of other ~ .~ ~ .'a.'? '.!-{ \ Paul Jones. The Ranger sailed for France Nov. 1, 1777. services furnished by the city to its . He took part ln the expedition to re~~ea~~ition to these 800 units, the Whitehaven and the destruction of , government has tentatively sched~s~ shipping at that place, and the 'uled the construction of 200 more °st landing at St. Mary's Isles Apr!! 23, UD;its by th~ J?efense Hom~s corporFort Constitution's nearly 60 new 1778. In 1730, when Charleston, s. c., a tion_and mtunated that if private selectees are beginning a three-week fell into the hands of the British, , bu1ldmg does not provide about 600 perlod . of basic military training. more units during the next year Mainly they'll learn how to take Lieutenant · Hall, made a prisoner there m~y be addit!ona_l federal care of themselves in their quarters with the officers of the Ranger, construct10n. . and how to handle rifles. Also they was held until the close of the RevUnless the _city works out _all the I must ,master the Articles of War olutiona'!'y war. details caref_ully and mak~s ar- under which they're going to live for . He returned to Portsmouth, where rangements m advance with lhe .'11, year he held many positions of trust. He federal government, the addition of Whe~ these three weeks are up was naval officer of the port from the selectees will start actual mili- Jan. 28, 1818, until his death. tary training. Then they'll really ; know _w hat it's like to be a soldier. 1 I I I Selectees Get Basic,, Training . . At FOrt I I I I ·1 I p, -\-\~ - f - . \'::) I ~\ �. ' Construction Of Battleships Ma·ine, N. H. Will Start Soon Washingtno, Jan. 18 (AP )-Construction of seven mighty battleships-two named for New England states-will get underway as part of the United States' new two-ocean navy program as soon as the navy allocates funds. The USS Maine and the USS New $100,000,000-will be the first ·navy vessP.ls honorL'1g those states in 20 years. Both will be constructed at the New York Navy yard. While the navy has declined to disclose iheir ~ize, they will be of at least 35,000 tons and probably larger in view of the recent navy recommendation for 45,000- ton "battle wagons." Both New Hampshire and Maine have had two warships named for their states in earlier years. . The most renowned of these was the original "Maine," which furnished the slogan for the SpanishAmerican war - "Remember the Maine." The Maine, built in 1888, sank Feb. 15, 1898, in the harbor of Hvana, Cuba, as a result of a double explosion and 260 of the 35ti officers, crew and marines lost their lives. As far as official records are concerned the cause of the explosions never has been determined. United States and Spanish naval boards of inquiry differed in the controversy as to whether the Spanish sank the battleship and just within a few years, ihe State department ordered wording blaming the disaster on the Spanish removed from the monument in Arlington cemetery to the dead of tne- Maine. The old Maine was raised in 1912. towed into the Gulf of Mexico and sunk with military honors. The second Maine was launched in 1901, placed out of commission as a second line battleship in 1909. But in 1911 sh'e was recommissioned and crui:sed along the Atlantic coast during th e World war. She was de- 1 commissioned in 1920, sold in 1022 1 and subsequently broken up and scrapped in accordance with terms of the Washington treaty limiting naval armaments. "'7'irst of the "New Hampshires" was originally named the Alabama and wa:s built at Portsmouth, N. H. The ship was unfinished and laid covered up for many years until after the beginning of the Civil war whf:n she was complElted. In 1863 her name was changed from j that of a seceding state to New Hampshire. he New Hampshire took part in the South Atlantic blockade during that war and for a brief period later was the · flagship of Commodore Inman. After that the New Hampshire served as a store ship, and later as a training ship for the New York state naval militia. At this time, about 1904, her name was chan!Jed to the Granite State to permit the use of New Hampshire for another battleship. The Granite State remained in New York as training vessel until she burned to the water's edge in 1921. · The second New Hampshire, launched at Camden, N. J., in 1906, was part of the special service squadron of the Atlantic fleet and in 1914 participated in the Mexican intervention at Vera Cruz. Du;ing the World war she was 1 on convoy duty and after the war , transported troops from France to 1 the United S tates. The second New Hampshire, like the second Maine, was scrapped as a result of the Washington naval treaty. I I Newington Forms Bundles For Britai·n Auxiliary Unit A Newington Auxiliary to the Portsmouth ','Bundles for Britain" was organized at. the towh hall ' Wednesday evening. Dr. M. I. Boger Shattuck was the guest speaker. She told of the work done in the Portsmouth branch. Officers elected were: president, Mrs. Harold Garland; secretairy, Mrs. W. J. Darby; treasurer, Mrs. Richard Macfarlain; ways and means committee, Manning Hoyt; knitting, Mr.s. .George Garland; sewing, Mrs. Percy deRochemont; making· over clothes, Mrs. Nellie Hammond; collecting material and cartons, Mrs. Lewis deR'ochemont and Mrs. Florence Pease ., , A gift of $5 worth of yarn was i'eceived from Doctor Shattuck, $1.50 for yarn from John Hoyt, $5 from l Mrs. Lewis deRochemont and $2.50 from fee~ . , The next meeting will be Thurs- 1 day afLernoon, .::an. 30 at the ~chcol ' house. Refrcshmci~ts ,ver~ servP.d by tJ,~ ; ~~_!!lmittee. Twenty-six wue pre_l!e!!_t, i The Newington ''Bundle" will be sent to Newington. England, the place for which this town was I named. ~ .-\¼..~ ~ -~~ '"{ Civic Patrol Sees 'March Oflime~,,.l At Colonial Tonight· Tonight is Civic Patrol night at the Colonial theater as patrol members under the leadership of President A. Richard Chase gather for the 8 p. m . show to see the latest March of Time which includes scenes from the Civic Patrol Demonstration day here last fall . Among the brief scenes shown are the parade down Market square, the Emergency hospital at the Armory and Portsmouth firemen practicing gas cleanup. In addition scenes of a t.own meeting at York and church services at Durham are r.-i+t...-~ shown. March of Time is distributed all --y-q,'h 3 () .l-j over the world. Flashes from this section and mention of Portsmouth : mean that Portsmouth's Civic pa- 1 trol has given the city world-wide advertising .. i �Admiral Foresees 7-Day Week At Yard; Room For Expans.ion Limited .,.... "I don't think we can expand very 1i could be blamed for the lack of much more at the Portsmouth Navy Italian successes. ·d ·d Rear Adm. · J. B. W11.inAn~icipating that there will be a yaI , sai terrific attack on England by all ' wrigl1t USN. co.~m_a ndant_ of th e methods possible, he said he believed ! yard last nlgl1t. Oft hand I should this would be a desperate attempt say there is r~om for about 4oo more at invasion which Hitler must make men. That's about all we can han~le ' before aid from the United States with the are~ at the yard,"_ ~e said, reaches superior prportions. He · but he predicted the possibillty of said he believed that this would be 1 a seven-day week saying, \ We are worse than anvthing that has been now on a. six-day week and I attempted in the past. ! wouldn't. be surprised to see a seven- I Before closing his talk the ad- 1 day week pretty soon." miral paid tribute to the Portsmouth \ . Spe~king before the ~aIJ)es deNor- Navy yard workmen and also the l mand1c chapter, Umtanan L~y- people of New , England. He said 1 men's league at the South Parish he attended Phillips Exeter acad- ' house last evening, the commandant emy as a youth and learned to love _!_l_lade it plain that he was gi~~g New.,England and New Englanders. his own thoughts, saying that peo- He asked for duty at the local navy I pie apparently believe, when a.ny- yard and discussing the workmen , one gain.s a little authority, they said, "I want to tell you that I don't ' have a great amount of wisdom in know of a finer body -of men than many things. . in the navy yard. They are just Beginning his talk with a discus- as loyal and fine on the job as anysion of China and the Chinese, the body that I ever saw and I have admiral told several stories to illus- been in lots of places." tra t.e that it is "impossible to change , Rear Adm ~ainwright was intro- 1 a Chinaman." He brought out that duced by President Albert J. Rowe. , the country had been conquered in A smelt supper preceded the. talk, ; the pa.st, but still the people were ~ ~C'vn . 'a. %.' 1l \ Chinese with their old ideas. Using · this as a background, the admiral to_ld of the c~nditions there today with the mvas10n by Japan. • Linking this action with the pre• 1sent da.y conditions in Europe the speaker suggested that Japan had • never fough t a first class war and I that the country might be wa.iting to see the turn of events in Europe A. Richard Chase, Harry Winebaum Carry before taking any further step. Again emphasizing that his stateOffer To Concord After Defense Council Bill ments were made as an individual I he said "I am for giving all we can Is Introduced to Great Britain as fast as we can get it. It is much better to help her nbw with $15,000,000,000 than to Supporting Gov. Robert O. Bloocl 's Charles Griffin was- unanimously i have to pay $100,000,000,000 later bill to establish ~ i-; tate defense elected vice-president filling the of- 1 on." The speaker said that he be. . flee left vacant by the recent resiglieves Great Britain is going to council which was sent t o t h e house nation of Mrs. J. B. Longstaff. stand up again.st their enemy but he rules commi~t~e yesterday, . th e Mrs. Perry Pinney, representing asserted supplies must be sent as Po1:tsmouth C1v1c Patrol last . mght Mrs. Harold Smith, president of t he · rapidly as possible. designated President A. Richard Womens Cit,y club, offered the use Turning to Italy the speaker im- Chase and Harry Wmebaum to per- of the club's building to the patrol. , parted optimism as he called at- sonally call on Governor Blood t oIt was reported that at the recent t-en t 1011 · th a t M ~so1m - 1 1s 1osmg • every Pat day rol. and offer the services of the pare~t?-student --. evenmg class at the I inch of what he had won. He menServices by the Motor Corps dur - .Jumor q.igh ~chool, sev~r3.l new • tioned ,the planes which had been a · . C1v1c Pat rol reg1strat10ns were taken big factor in the past in estimating mg th e Exchange Block fire were by Raymond I. Beal, chairman of j Italy's war force and said that lack reported by Mrs. Jos~sph Barnett the Child Welfare committee. of fuel coupled with the fact that ' who tr~nsported an inJured woman J. J . Brown was appointed acting 1 " , 1 ~ 11 the Italians did not want to fight, i ~: fi~~~l_d away from th e scene of director of publicity during the ab- : 1"' · i11u"1....,..,_,\Lv ;:;ence of M_rs. __ ~dw~~~~endell. I --p _ c•IV •IC pat ro I off ers Services T'0 Gov BI00 d i d""&- . \:, '. )..\\ �Estimate 9 Months Time To Build 2,200 Homes Program Includes !600 At Kittery I Defense School Takes 36 Men From Over 100 More than 100 men ranging from I Plans for construction of 2 200 homes for defense' you~h to middle age applied for the · h G p ' h national defense pre-employment k wor ers. m t e reater ortsmout area were revealed school which wm open next Montoday with the release of a report by the National Defense) day in Portsmouth. · Comm1ss1on · · Coor d"motor of De fense Housing. · Of thi5 number 36 were selected Ad v1sory to take a physical examinat10!1· Consideration i being given to The p1·: :cnt 600; the 800 just au- Upon passmg this exam they will construction of demountable houses thorized and the 600 expected from be allowed to attend either machine for the 800 new units which have private interests would .mpply the shop or welding school. . just been authorized by President hou ing deflcicnc_Y disclosed by the Others who are In good physical Roosevelt. These would be built in survey made by Portsmouth Navy condition and show some mechanlclties and towns within a 25-mile yard cfflcials ;everal months ago. cal ability also may have a chance radiu of the navy yard by th<' Since then surveys have dis- later. Federal Works agency with 500 • clo•ed that an n<lditlonat 200 homes Twelve now will take machine units to rent for $20 to $30 a month will be needed accordlna to the Na- shop practice while the other 24 built at once, and 300 more in th~ tional Defense Housin; Co-ordina.- will lebrn welding. Because only same rental class to be completed tor. Theite would be built by a new 10 can be admlttted at once, the by May 1. corporation which has ju t been other 14 have been placed on a Although the report contemplates formeci known as the Defense waiting iist. private bullding It states that pri- Homes Corporntion built somewhere I The evening welding session for vale housing provides for only the . . . . .. tile supplementary employment or higher rental brackets and "be.cause witlun th i., 25 nules ramus Of th e Lho.se who are working on the Navy of the uncertain duration of the yard. Of these 170 units would rent yard, got underway last night at defense program, it Is not expected for $35 and 30 units for $50. They the Morley company where a room that all the needs will be accommo- would be completed by next Septem- has been fitted up for both acetyd::tted by privately bulli houses." ber. Jene and arc welding. Nine were These latest 800 units are liRted as According to the Defense Com- assigned to the class last night. of uncertain permanence. mi!'.Slon figures, 1,100 homes a're By Monday, when the night weldneeded In this eetion at once; 300 Ing session from 10 to 7 o'clock beOnly 110 Vacant Hou ·es more are needed by May 1 and 800 gins, !here will be 200 adults at.At the present time, the repor' by next Sept. 1. tending the National Defen,e states, there are only 110 houses These figures include only hous- school. While the majority are in within the Portsmouth area <25 ing need for naval and civilian em- supplementary classes for Navy miles) that are vacant and mo t of ployes of the navy yard, They do yar_d workers, the new classes are to the~e are unsuitable for defeme not include any needs of private tram men who are unemployed (reworkers because of rentals or phy i- oltlzens. gistered with the State Employcal conditions. There were 225 As a result of the survEy made by ment office as such) or on WPA, to units built in this area in 1939 and the navy yard, independent surveys take jobs in demand for the na280 during 1940. were made of this section by the tlonal defense program. Construction of 600 new homes by S. Housing authority, tlle Federal private industry in thi.s area is con- U. agency and the Reconstrucfv1 o.h ~lo templated between now and next Works tion Finance corporation to ~:upply September. Of these 570 units would data on which reports were based. be in t.he $35 a month rental class Eleven other sections of tlle Unitand 30 units In the $50 a month ed States were included In the aurental class. thorization by the president for the additional' 800 homes here. In all ,Just avy Housing 6,400 housing units were ordered, No public housing is contemplat- for 51'ctions affected by the naed for this section except that by tional defense program. the navy, according to the co-ordinator for national defen:e. Included in the estimate of 2,200 houses for this area is t.hc 600-hou.sc navy development at, Kittery. Rentals there are listed in the report at $11 tt> $26 per month. The construction is to be of a permanent nature. The schedule calls for th~ j' first 100 homes next May and 100 a month completed for the next five month$. 0 I I �Leave Friday For Army Duty Portsmouth Herald Photo Left to right, Miss Laura Hayward, R. N., Miss Dorothy Pridham, R. N., Miss Helena Brackett, R. N., and Miss Dorothy Parsons, R. N,, who leave the Port mouth hos pltal Friday for a year's service with the U. S. army as members of the Red Oross first reserve nursing corps. Nurses Ready To Serve Army Four nurses will leave the Ports• mouth hospital Friday afternoon for a year's service with the United States army as members of the Red Cross first reserve nursing corps. They are Miss Helena Bracket.t, RN, appoinied to Fort Bragg, N. c., and Miss Laura Hayward, RN, Miss Dorothy Parsons, RN, and Miss Dorothy Prld· ham, RN, who will report at Camp Shelby, Miss. All members of the Red Cross, which they joined a few years ago, the four nurses voiced their belief that women should do their part in a national emergency as well as men. It was with this thought in mind that the young women signified voluntary willingness to serve with the army wher.ever they wtre called. Miss Parsons, who resigned from Union street. She wa.s graduated the presidency of the New Hamp- I from Portsmouth high and trained shire Graduate Nurses association at th"' Portsmouth hospital. in order to execute the recent ap· Miss Brackett, daughter of Mr. polntment, pointed out I.hat there Pnd Mr' F!t"'•ne <:\r~n~·ptt. ot N"W was an urgent need for army 1o astle, was born in FaU'field, Me. nurses. She was graduated from Laurence "More than one million men are high school in Fairfield and after· In uniform at t.he pre.sent time," wards attended the Leland Powers 6he .said, "and it's obvious that Dramatic .school in Boston. She 11\lrSPS constitute a vital necessity came to the Portsmouth hrepltal six in safeguarding health condition~; years ago. Most of the work Is bedside care. Miss Hayward is a native of Lau• Miss Parsons added, "and by ne~t don N H the daughter of Mr. and uly, 4,000 nurses will be needed." Mrs'. Wal~r F. Hayward. She was It was explained that In order to graduated from Billerica, Mass. qualify nurses were obliged to pass high and received her 11-ursing train· \ physical and ablllty tests, be un• ing at the New Hampshire Memorial married and under 35 years of age. hospital in concord. Miss Parsons, president of the The nurses will I,eave together NHGNA for a year a11d a half pn· late Friday afternoon for their desor to her recent resignation, was tlnatlorus In North Carolina and born in Port,mouth. She was grad- MJ.s.s.t.•.c.inni. uated from Port.smouth high school a.nd received her traininll' at lhe Portsmouth hospital. She .Is the ~ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William 1 T. Parsons of 238 Thornton street. c <2..~. ~O Miss Pridham is also a native of PortEmouth, the daughter of Mr. and Mn;. George s. Pridham of 529 I t 1> ,\ +'-l �We're In The Army Now-Almost Portsmouth Herald Photo Mayor Stewart E. Rowe Is pictured as he gave a parting handshake to Ralph C. Margeson, group leader, as 30 youthful selectees left Portsmouth by bus at 7 o'clock this morning for Manchesfer .•• and a year's career with Uncle Sam's uniformed land forces. At the left is Charles M. Dale, chairman of the local draft board. John D, Leahy, Willard ave., one or the selectees, looks on from the right foreground. Board Chairman C11arles M. Dale and Clerk John .J. Henson wer~ on hand to assemble and check the young men as they arrived bag and baggage. A f~w relatives and friends were on ha,1d to wave farewell. Ralph C. Margeson, leader oi the group, who formerly held a commi~ ion in the lJ. s. Marine Corps re.serve, wa!l t-endered a farewell By 6 o'clock tonight Nurses Hel· party by wme of his friends night ena Brackett, Laura. Hayward, Dorat the Rockingham hotel. Margeson A bit nervous, maybe, but appar- was graduated from PHS in 1923 othy Parsons a.nd Dorothy Pridham ently enjoymg the thrill of a brand and later attended the Peddie school will be on their wa.y south to serve new experience, 30 young men left in New Jersey, Norwich university in Uncle Sam's army for a year. the University of Colorado. At \ Miss Pridham and Miss Parsons Portsmouth at 7 o'clock this morning and the party he was presented with a left on the 1:23 p. m. train for ing for Manch ster where they will gold wrist watch. Boston, where ~ey will meet Miss undergo physical examinations prior ' Brackett and MlBs Hayward. This lo induction it1to t,hc United Stat.es 1 morning Miss Parsons said, "We're --p, ~ '"S{vv\ . b ' { I army for a vear's training. tremendomuy excit.ed," of course," Thirty-three were scheduled to and Miss Pridham thinks "It's wonmake the 47-mlle, trip to ManchesLer derful." by special bus, but two of these were Miss Brackett, RN, has been asC signed to Fort Bragg, N. C., Miss to leave at l o'clock this afternoon I.ieul. Col. RichArd H. ~ · while t,he third, Russell Steven Laura Hayward, RN, Miss Dorothy Knowles, had failed to put in an took command of the 1105th corp' Pridham, RN, and Miss Dorat-ea . ervice unit. aL Fort Constituappearance up until noon today. othy Parsons, RN, will repv.rt to tion this week. He has taken resiRecently inaugurated Mayor Camp Shelby, Miss, Stewart EverEU Rowe and City dence in Rye. Capt. William A. Murrin, formerCouncilman Edgar F. Wood were among the handful of spectators Jv . connected with Fort Wright In who braved chill morning air to New York, has been assigned a• :;ee the yout.hful selectees off on commander of the Battery C unit the first. leg of their journey. Draft At the fort. Cflptain Murrin Is rei;iding in the Portsmouth apartments. four Nurses Off for Army Duty Portsmouth Selectees Off To Manchester 0 Takes Command �Eight Volunteers Fill Next Selectee Quota Captain Guyer Named Defense Adjutant Six Of Group Are Portsmouth Residents Capt. Lawrence Guyer bec1tme defense adjutant of the Portsmouth Eight young men have volunteered for Selective Ser- harbor defenses, 22nd coast Artilvice from this district and will leave Portsmouth Feb. 27 as tery, at Fort constitution yesterday Major John D. Mitchell, former for Manchester where they will entrain for their training adjutant, reported for duty In the camp. Of the volunteers• six are from this city, one from Plans and Training offices. . Replacing Captain Guver in comNew Castle, formerly resided here and the other 1s from mand of Battery A ls capt. c. H. , Odenweller. West Rye. New adjutant Guyer was first A week earher 13 men will leave enue. His order number is 391 in the man to reach Fort Constitution last selective ser\'lce. He was graduatea summer when troops arrived to refrom Exeter. from the Portsmouth high school in turn the fort to active duty. T))e eight from the Portsmou~h 1934, took a post graduate course Capt. Guyer went to the United district: Roy Ellsworth Boulter, Ed- and then attended Burdett Business! States Military academy at West ward Philip Riley, John Warren college In Lynn. In 1937 he went to Point in 1925 as a candidate from ;Maxwell, John Randolph McIntire, work on the Portsmouth navy yard Kentucky. After graduation he was Charles Sumner Baker, Norman and has been employed there since on duty in Ft. Barraucas, Fla., PanClifton Goodwin, Benjamin Martin that time. · nma, Fort Totten. NY, and Ft. MonJohn W. Maxwell was graduated roe, Va. From 1936 to 1940 Capt Hartshorn, Jr. and Cleveland C. from Portsmouth high school in 1938 Guyer was an Instructor In English Peterson. Roy E. Boulter resides at 111 Wil- after an enviable sports career. He at West Point. Then last summer he lard avenue. His order number !or played on the basketball team for took command of Battery A at the the selective service is 298. He Is a his three years In PHS and was fort here. registered pharmacist and for the chosen all state guard in 1936, his PRSt two years has been employed at first years at the state tournament. Phllbrick's pharmacy. Previously he He 1tlso played on the baseball team, worked for John H. Greenaway. He each year in school. sei·ving a married Miss Gladys Gentleman a pitcher. During the past few years he has Jjlayed in the Sunset league. few years ago. Philip Rile is the &0n of Mr. and He hopes to continue m baseball Mrs. Edward Riley of 108 Jones av- during hts training period. W1thl.t1 the last two days eight active military service. Most of us selectees have arrived at Fort Conare beyond that age, but there are stitution from Fort Devens, Mass. These are the first Selective Ser,many home defense duties to be vice men to report for duty at the performed." 1 "I urge every legionnaire and oth- Portsmouth harbor defenses. Private George A. Smith, one of er interested World war veterans In this community to register on or the eight, was overjoyed to be stabefore Feb. 22. If you are going to tioned in New Hampshire. His wife be out of town on that date, fill out lives in Seabrook. your questionnaire before you leave. 9,, A summons has been issued to the It is a patriotic duty and we of the . . . American Legion have never shirkAmerican Legion memoers a~d Ull• ed our duty or Jagged in our pataffiliated World war veterans m this , rlotism. The time has come again community by Commander John C. j when we may be called upon once Gamble of the Frai:ik E. Booma Post more to stand up for America and to register for possible duty between I am sure every legionnaire and now and Feb. 22. Registration opens World war veteran In this comat the Legion hall tomorrow and munlty is ready." will continue until Feb. 22 which Comdr. Gamble has named Philip has been set as Mobilization day H. White as chairman of the Nathroughout the country. tional Defense committee. assisted "This is a summons for possible 1by the officers of the post: Comdr. important service to God and coun- John c. Gamble. senior vice-comtr) whom \\e served as young men mander Charles Black; junior viceIn 1917-18," stated Comdr. Gamble commander Richard Pinkham; adof the local post. "I feel certain jut.ant Lee A. Scott; finance officer, that every legionnaire and World Thoma A. Kane; historian, E. Wl!J.~ yetera11 Will welcome tthht&J.Jm -t Ralph Hoitt; chaplain, Eugene Gre1 porsunity to lll'r ano ef,.Pl nler; service officer, R. a. McCarfor their co, contlmte!f. thy and sergeant-at-arms Hervey I Eight Selectees At Fort Constitution Request Veterans, Legionnaires To Register For Duty " 1 i r ' I �Eighteen Veterans Harbor Defense Defense Classes Register FirstDay Troops Proud Of Ottered At UNH ~or··.!-!__ Regimental Colors For Navy Employes - - ::, \4,'-\l Vollmtary registration of American Legion members and unaffiliated World war veterans began yestel'day by the Frank E. Booma Post, The pride· of the troops on duty at Twenty-nine navy yard employes, American Legion and will cm1tinue until Feb. 22. Eighteen World war Fort Constitution in their ne.w regi- all sta,tioned !lit the nearby Portsveterans filled out the national de- ment increased considerably with mouth yard, are students in the fense questionnaire. Plans have been t he arrival of the Regimental Col- University of New Hampshire's second national defense com·se under made by Comdr. John C. Gamble of ors. ·, the post for this mobilization aD;d The colors are made of a piece of the Federal security agency of the the committee, headed by Dr. Philip heavy red silk, four feet, four i11ches United states Office of Education. · The course Is on'e of combined H. White, will be at legion head- on the staff, and five feet, six inches quarters even,· evening beginning on the fly. The th11ee exposed edges mechanics and material strength tonight, from 7 to 9 o'clock. Comdr. :are trimmed with a knotted fringe and is designed as a preparation Gamble annom1ces that if there are ot yellow silk, two and one-half course for subsequent study in machine design. . any veterans working at night w~o inches· long. Under the leadership of Edwal'd would like to register, if they will In the center of the colors is emmake it. known, anrangeur,ents Will broidered the regimental badge on L. Getchell, associate professor of b11 made for t:neil· convenience, the b1 east of tlle American eagle, mechanical engineering at the uniDr. White is chairman of the spe- holding in his dexter tailon an olive versity, the navy yard workers meet cial national defense registration branch, and in his sinister a bunch on Monday and Thursday aft.ercammittee and will be assisted by of 13 arrows all proper, as a sup- noons. Purely a lecture com·se, the , the officers of the post and other porter. This eagle is one foot, 11 study includes friction, parallel forces, center of gravity, stress a:id availi:J,ble members. and one•eighth inches tall. National Commander Milo J. Below Yf1:e eagle is a i;croll bearing' equilibrium of free bodies and disWarner has fixed Saturday, Feb. 22, , the official designation of the 1•egl- ' cussion of riveted jomts, tanks, the 209th anniversary of the birth ment, 22nd Coast Artillery, and in framed structures, beams and colof George Washington, as Na,ti.lonal the eagle's beak is held a second umns. The com•se is scheduled for after DP-fense Registration day for i;ill scroll beari11g the regimental motto, mem]:)ers of the American Legion "Strike for Right." Above the eagle's working hours, students entering the and such unaffiliated World wal" head appears the famoul} Lexington classroom at . 4.40 for two hour veterans as may desire to partici- Minute Man. periods. Students have been selected by pate. There is nothing compulsory The first public appearance of the about the registration. Filling out of cblors is an event of real importance officials of the navy yard after the American Legion National De- in the history of a regimene1 and cai•eful consideration of many applicants. All high, school graduates, fense questionnaire a,nd the rende1•- interest in om' acquisition is high. each studenb was required to hav.e ing any service that may be called at 1east two years of mathematics. for later, })oth will be entil·ely vol- , Faur of the·students in the course untary on the pa.r t of hll.e mdividual. are college graduates. Seven others Registra,tlon doe snot involve any attemled college for at least a year. milij;a1•y lial:Jility. ' 'Ji'he majority of those enrolled are The nation wide registration of workers in the field of drafting. The legionnaires and unaffiliated World rest are workers in ,closely allied .wa1' veterans was authorized by the areas including mecnanical engin22nd National convention of the eerh1g, marine engineering and conAmerican Legion i.n Boston last Sep1 struction. New reservation at New Castle tember I and by the National :exec1;1students enrolled in the second tive committee at its meetmg m has been named camp Langdon in ' course include: Walter H. Allen, Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 21 and 22 pf honor of "Colonel" John Langdon, William D. Calcfer, Raymond G. Des \ last year. Ill Is merely for the pur- continental soldier who as Captain Roches, John N. GllOSS, Wayne F. J pose of catalogil1g the qualifications Langdon led the expedition against Hall, Jorda1;1 D. Johnson, David L. and special talents of au Legion- Fort William and Mary, now known · Jones, John S. Lultoski, Byron L. naires and World war veterans for as Fort constitutioti, beside the new Perkins, Philip Phyllides and Roy national defense. From the que. camp grounds. The official order from the war F. Ward all of Portsmouth; Hertionnaire to be filled out by afl bert R. ' Holbrook, Linn A. King, members of veterans, local posts, department received a.t the Ports- Wesley N. Merrm of Kittery; Meldepa1•tment and national headquar- mouth Harbor Defenses headquar- vin H. Chandler of Kittery Point; ters will prepat•e indexes which will ters stated that the new name was PerJey E. Armitage and Justin M. list t,he experience, education and effective from now on. Langdon, Clark of York Beach; John H. Kruother qt1alificatiol'is of the regis- who later became president of New zenga of South Berwick; Harrison trant. The information contamed in I Hampshire, its iirst governor, a sen- W. Roberts of Wells; Edward V. these indexes will be made available I ator and was Portsmouth's outstand- McDonald and Charles E. Pryor of to the federal, state and looal auth- ing patriot and leader. Dover; Ernest E. Bertolini of Cenorities whepever their- need arises. tral Falls, R. I.; Joseph Brocllo of Jamaica Plain, Mass.; William R. p LaMontagne of Lewiston, Me.; Al- ,i..'_ __ "n Ian E. Murray of Merrimac, Mass.; ~ Walter E. Pesola of Ishpenlng, Mich.; Harlan W, Reynolds o! New-""'Q,J,. !) port, Me.; Irving S. Stone of Roch, 1.4 , 1 este1·, N. Y. and Edward J. Wa.Jtt of Btpqk~1,..aY!ll""-' 1 Name New Reservation Camp Langdon �Gen. Bowen Visits Local Draft Board '¼\i'~\New Castle Bridge Closed . Select.ive Service problems were discussed by Brig.-Gen. Charles F. Bowen, the adjutant general of New Hampshire at a conference with Chairman Charles M. De.le, Judge John W. Perkins and Elihu T Adams of the Greater Portsmoutl~ Selective Service board here vesterday afternoon. · General Bowen was accompa111ed by members of his staff: Major Alan B. Shepa1·d, Captain Leslie Buchanan, 1st Lt. Leonard Clements and 1st !,it. John S. Wheeler. In the evenmg General Bowen called In aL the Military ball of the Frank E. Booma Post of the American Legion. I r-. y '.Portsmouth Here.Id .t'nt"o Fir t of the two bridges to 'ew Ca Ue being reinforced with new piling. With sudden heav traffic due to re-manning of l'ort C'onstituUon, official feared "cakening of the ancient wooden structure, formerly a toll bridge, Traffic Is being rerouted via ·agamore avenue and \Ventworth road, Like Mushrooms Call Hearing On New Castle Bridge Draw For Friday ~~A.~' A public hearing on reconstruction of the Port.-;mouth-New ca.~t.le bridge d1·awi;pan will be hf'ld in the council chambers at city hRll Friday morning, Feb. 28, at 11 o'clock. Lieut. Col. L. B. Gallagher, ditrlct engineer, United States Engineer office, Boston, 11.Ilnounced today thav he would hold this hearIng on the State of New Hampshire Highway department application for approval of reconstruction plan,;. Then the record will be sent to thP War department In Washington. Under thf> Highway department's plani; a fixed span of steel ringers would be constructed and the roadway widened for two-wav t.raffic. Navigation clearances would approximate present conditions when the drawspan is closed: horizontal clearance of 26.0 feet and vertical clearance of 11.0 feet at mean low water, and 2.5 feet e.t mean high water. Lleut.enant Colonel Gallagher asks all who wish to be heard to submit their facts and arguments in writing at the hearing or to mail Portsmouth Herald Photo f,hem \,Cl the US Engineer Office, Wooden barracks at Portsmouth Harbor Defenses have sprung up like Park Square building, Boston, bemushrooms during the past few weeks, Photo taken at Fort Stark shows forehand. front aectlons of long line of quarters for soldiers of the 22nd Cout Artillery, U A, Bolldlogs will be occupied soon. ~t\\l f, \ �Constitution's Pyramid Tents Portsmouth Herold Photo Pyramid tents, some completed and some in the process of completion have been built directly in front of the . temporary officers' quarters (old hospital bullding) at Fort Constitution, ·1,ig -4/ World War Vets Register For National Defense Tomorrow ((' Fresh off the press in Indianapolis, Ind ., a 6hlpment of quest.ionnaires for the local registration Lomorrow of the members of The American Legion and other World war veterans here, for nat,ional defense purposes have reached the Frank E. Booma Post, No. 6. 1 Po-t Commander Gamble announced that all arrangements had been completed to register every local legionnaire and World war veteran if possible. The local registra t.lon is part of the nationwide program of t.he American Legion to catalog qualifications and talents for future possible home defense of all Legionnaires and war veteran6. The registration is to be entirely voluntary. There is nothing compulsory about ft. The registration will provide local posts everywhere, their department headquarters, and national headquarters of the American Legion with complete indexes of the qualifications, experience, education and special training of every . I Seven 0f Eight Volunteers Accepted Seven of Portsmouth's eight volunteer selectees who went to Manchester for inductlon yesterday into the United States army were accepted. The eighth, E. Phlllp Riley, 108 Jones avenue, was returned home. Riley's place wlll be taken by I Arthur J. "Pardy" Ma.skwa, 183 Madison street, also a volunteer. The 24•year-old Maskwa was graduated from Portsmouth High school in 1935 and later spent three wi1iters working in Florida. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maskwa and has. three brother~. Stanley, Jos1iph and Michael, and three sisters, Mrs. Joseph Richards, Mary and Elizabeth Maskwa. member, and war veteran in general. These indexes wfll constitute a vast pool of American Legion resources in manpower and potential ablliites t-hat will enable the government t.o draw upon it for national defense purposes according to its needs. For imtance, ff the government requires the services of some sort of a technician of proved loyalty in a certain locality it can locate such an individual without delay by appealing to the American Legion In that community. The post hopes to have a complete Index of every local World war veteran, showing his capabilities, and thus will be able to produce quickly the man with the specific qualifications for the specific job. Similarly department and national headquarters will have indexes, only on larger scales. I �Eight Volunteers Leave Here For Selective Service Jomorrow -'( Group Fills Third Portsmouth Quota For Atmy Trainees Benjamin M. Hartshorn, Jr., Name·d Leader Of Group; Start At 8.12 A. M. Portsmouth's third selective service quota, first to be composed entirely of volunteers, will leave for Manchester tomorrow morning on the 8.12 train. This time eight boys will be Inducted into the United States army tor a year's training. Benjamin Martin Hartshorn, Jr., has been chosen leader and Roy Ellsworth Boulter his assistant. The others are Edward Philip Riley, John Wanen Maxwell, John Randolph McIntire, Charles Sumner Baker, Norman Cl~ton Goodwin and Cleveland C. Peterson. Young Hart.shorn lived on Pleasant street until he moved with his parents to New Castle. His order number Is 2268. He attended ReadIng High school, Readlilg, Mass., New Hampton school and, for the past few ;years, has been employed In a Boston bank. Roy Ellsworth Boulter, order !lumber 298, lives at 111 Willard avenue A registered pharmacist, he l'lae worked at Philbrick's pharmacy fol' the past two years and before that worked for John H. Greenaway. He ls married to the former Gladys Gentleman. Charles Sumner Baker, who lives with his mother at 169 Washington street, comes from the WPA. His number Is 1508. Cleveland c. Peterson, son of Frank Peterson, 40 Cottage street, always has lived in Portsmouth. Now number 2668, Selectee Peterson formerly wo1·ked In the state forestry service. John Randolph McIntire, Portsmouth, is an expressman for the Pickering express, while Norman Clifton Goodwin, West Rye, has been driving a truck at Fort Constttutlon. Mcintire's number ls 1302; Goodwin's 2098. Philip Riley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Riley, 108 Jones avenue, holds number 391 in the Selective Service system. Graduated from the I Portsmouth High school in 1934, he took a post graduate course, then went to Burdett Business college in Lyru1. Since 1937 he has worked on the Portsmouth Navy yard. John Warren Maxwell, 5 Marjorie street, Portsmouth, will be playing baseball m the army, for recreation. A Morley company employe, he has been in the Sunset league for severII l year . \\'hll.., In Portsmouth High school he 1>layed on the basketball and baseqall teams. In 1936 he was chosen all-state guard. He is the son of Mrs. Charles Maddix. P-tt~ h.L.!).1.,·L\\ Legion Auxiliary Here To Register For Defense Can you speak any language other ihan English? Could you plan housing? These and many more questions will be answered by Portsmouth American Legion auxiliary Saturday when the members wll! register for emergency voluntary service. This registration, the date of which falls on the anniversary of the founding of the American Legion, will be part of a nationwide program which will give the support of the auxiliary's half million women to the Legion's emergency service endeavors. Registration will be purely voluntary, as will be any service periormect by the women who register. Registration In this city takes place in the Legion rooms on High street Saturday. On duty will be president Mrs. Alice Jameson and Mrs. Gertrude Coussoule, national relief chairman of the local auxiliary. p. \+ ~ '\'n �Castle Folks '. 160 War Vets Register Urge Draw Bridge For Defense Here; I New ~ A'1-t ·"'\ hE:armg on the proposal to elim· inate the draw in rebuilding the New Castle bridge, was h eld at the council chambers this morning at 11 o'clock. Lieut. Col. L. B. Gal· lagher, district engineer from the U. S. En;>,ineers' office in Boston conducted the heanng. , Speaking for the state, the petii tioner was John Childs, s tate bridge I e:ngineer. He outlined why the state I wished t o eliminate the draw and i stated! that since Aug. 1, 1926 when the state took over the supervision of the bri1dg,2 , the present draw had not been opened. He brought out that the clearance at high tide would be 7½ feet sufficient to care for most of the pleasure crafts that I u.s,e the brddge, he believed. Capt. Lut her Amazeen of New Castle opposed the plan am:!, main· ! tained tha t party boats in the sum- ' mer time needed a draw in the 1 bridge. Selectman OJiv,er W. Marvin, speaking a~ a private citizen, brought out tbat the loads over the bridge had increased in weight and th e main desire is in having a perfectly safe bridg•2 . Regardiing t he ciraw, he stated he felt the~-e should be a drawer if the cost was not too much more than it would be without a draw. In answering this, Engineer Childs, making what he sa-id was just a rough estimate. mid it might be in the vicinty of $25,000 for the draw. Two le tters of oppostion were \ read to the proposal. ! Mayor Stewart E. Rowe attended : the mee ting and E:ngineers attached : to the division engineeT's office were ; al~o in attendance , I Registrat_i_o_n_T_o_Continue 30 Graduated I 1 civiJ.ian or:ganiza,tion. Membernhip in the American Legion does not affect nor increase liability for mili· tary or police service. · "Accordingly the duty which might conceivably be requested of the Legionnaire or World war veteran as a result of his filling out the American Legion na-tional defen:13 questionnaire will always be voluntary in character upon his part. "We know that practically un· animously American World war veterans will wel-come this opportunity p. i+-......:z..."--~ " of placing them,,elves in a position of serving their country and com· - ~::, ~9. I-{ \_ · munity in case of an "existing emer- . : I gency's r~quiring such service. A t cta.J of 160 World war veterans and Legionnaires were registered here at closing time Saturday, the day proclaimed National Defens,e Registration day, announced Commander John C. Gamble of the F rank E. Booma Post No. 6, the American Legion. Regi!Jtration was all voluntary and the commander was gratified to have so many respon<l. "We mus.t not lo.s,e sight of the fact that the national constitution , of the American Legion specifi: cally provides that the Legion is a ii I . The party was in charge of Mrs. I Etta Gunnison. Miss Rintz was giv- ' i en a gold mesh evening bag by her 1 "pupils." _Meantime District Nurse Olive . Pmney announced in Portsmouth ' that Mrs. Henry Potvin had made 1 the highest mark in examinations ' taken last Monday evening. These : ~xams covered everything taken up Thirty women who could be called m t~e ten-week course. t . . . . ; Mis. Ralph Adams read a class o serv.ice as eme1gency nurses if , ode which she had composed. Mrs. ·the Umted States should go to war ' Vincent Taccetta was in charge of were graduated from first aid class- refreshments. Mrs. James Leavitt, es in Portsmouth and Kittery last , Mrs. Ralph Adams, Mrs. William night. i Courser and Mrs. John c. Gamble In the Legion Home at Kittery 15 i were members of the entertainment members of the Henry Wallingford I committee. Unit auxiliary were given Red cross . _Mrs. Earl Pace presented Miss first aid certificates by their instruc- Pmney with a gift from the memtor Miss Irma Rintz. Across the Pis- : bers of her cal~s. cataqua in the Nurses' home at the : Her graduatmg students were: Portsmouth hospital District Nurse ! Mrs. Vincent Taccet ta, Mrs. J . H. Olive Pinney formally concluded her I Ryan, Mrs. Rex Ryan, Mrs. John C. class in Home hygiene and Care of i Gamble, Mrs. Harold Littlefield, the Sick. Mrs. Hervey Abbott, Mrs. James F. Both courses were sponsored by Leavitt, Mrs . Earl R. Pace, Miss I the American Red Cross. Pupils of , M~ry Adams, Mrs. Ralph E. Adams, 1 both will receive their certificates M!"s. Anson Durant, Mrs. Reginald from Washington. ' Juneau, Mrs. Henry Potvin, Miss Miss Pinney told her 15 graduates [ Lomse Steff and Mrs. William Cour"If war is declared all of "OU who ser. 1 are single will be called intb service . There is an altitude at which at once and the married women, if water will not boil, according to they are available. scientists. However , no one has As part of the American Legion's ever reached the point, which would preparedness policy, auxiliary mem- l·be about 20 miles above sea level. bers all over the country are taking these Red Cross courses. Under Miss Rintz the following women worked and studied for a total of 20 hours: , Mrs. Grace Garnett, Mrs. Gertrude ' Page, Mrs. Gertrude Wood, Mrs. Gertrude Staples, Mrs. Louise Jenkins, Mrs. Betty Thomas, Mrs. Etta Gunnison, Mrs. Dolly Herman, Mrs. , Zola Qmmby, Mrs. Edith Betz, Mrs. Irene Hill, Mrs. Laura Melhorn, Mrs. Nertis Bedell, Mrs. Freda Draper 1 Mrs. Irene Kirby and Mrs . . Ros~ 1 Hutchins. I In Nursing Courses~ Ready i For Emergency ! �21 Portsmouth Area Men Leave For Army called for &lective service. How~ ver he hopes that he will be able to transfer to the air corps later. ' G. Robert Bates of Eliot, formerly of this city, was employed by , the Portsmouth Creamery. Mr. Bato..s, the son of Mrs. Harry Col- 1 son of Eliot, atientied the local high o!lChool. He is prominent in the Court street Christian church and iS the president of the Christian Oru· Forty young men from the Maine local board, No. 2, saders of that church. with headquarters in Kennebunk left this morning at l 0 On Friday, as he ended his service with thie creamery, he was preo'clock for Portland to be inducted into the United States sented with a traveling bag, the gift army -for a year's training . period. Twenty-one of these of hi~ fellow employes. Nathan H. Wells made the presentation. young men come from the Greater Portsmouth area. Henriques Duarte was born in Among those in the group are left York last Thur sday. They are Taunton, Mass., in 1915, the son of the following : Henriques Duarte, Clayton John..,<on, Pearl Freeman, Mr. and Mrs. Sears Duarte of Long York Beach ; Leslie T. Donahue, Jr., Herbert Craig and Stover. Beach at York. He attended TaunYork Beach ; Daniel B. Fessenden, Clayton Johnson was 22 years of ton high and when his family movKennebunkport; James E. Murphy, age on March 1. He enlisted for ed to Durham, transferred to Dover Kittery ; Alfred J . Bennett, South -, three years before his name was High school where he graduated. He Berwick; Fred E. DuDevoir, Jr., drawn for the Selective service. He came to York to make his home Old Orchard Beach ; Lindley L. is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman about seven years ago when his Bradbury, Hollis Center ; William Johnson of York Village and grad- father bought what was formerly E. Babine, Kennebunk ; Harry A. uated fom York High. He attended known as the "Mitchell House" at Freeman, York Beach; Vernon H. . ~ . . Long Beach and has assisted in the Goodrich, Eliot; Harry E. Brad- Sprmgf:eld college, in Sprmg~ield, management of that hostelry since bury, Hollis Center ; Paul J . De- Mass., and the New York Institute that time. noncour, Saco ; Richard N. Good- of s9:nitary Plumbing. He h~ been Leslie T. Donahue was 29 years win, Eliot ; Leslie L. Ford, North associate d wi th his fa ther m th e old last October. He is the son of Berwick ; Merrill B. Hersom, South plumbing busmess. Postmaster Thomas J. Donahue and Berwick; Nathaniel V. Coleman, Pearl Freeman, Jr., is th e son of , Mrs: Donahue of York Beach. He Kittery; Francis E. Paine, Buxton ; Mr. au d Mrs. Pearl . Freeman of ! was born at York Beach, attended Samuel R. Henderson, Old Orchard York Village .. Since his graduation the grammar school there. While Beach ; Dwight W. Kimball, Wells ; from York High school he has been his father conducted a meat busi- 1 William E. Fitts, Kittery; Paul A. employed moS t of ,th e time as a ness he was his assistant and for Metcalf, Wells ; Cecil W. Water- clerk at Dr. ~awke s pharmacy. three years was associated with h is man, West Buxton ; Russell N. Herbert Craig, son of Mr. a nd brother Harold Donahue in WakeMrs.. Warren Craig <Jf York Vil- field, R. I. Returning to York Beach Charles, Dayton ; John . A. Holman, 19:ge is also a graduate from York he has sold oil burners for some Gorham; Elmer E. Hill, Old Or- high. He ~as worked as a clerk at , time. chard ~ach ; Edward R. . Gran t,! Dr. Hawkes pharmacy both at the Harry A. Freeman wi'll be 25 York Village ; Everett A. Pillsbury, 1 village a1:d the Harbor. years old in August. He is the son Kennebunk ; Alvah E. Strom, Ho!Stover is the son of Mr. and Mrs. of Mr. and Mrs. Abbott Freeman of !is Cent.er ; Theodore L. Descoteaux, Arthur s~ver of York Beach, his York Beach and graduated from the North Kei:inebunkP?rt: Robert father _bemg a World war veteran. York High school. Later he took a N. Blake, Ki ttery _Pomt, John J. Donald Stover was 21 years of age course in electric welding in Kittery. I Robmson, Ogunqmt; C3:ardner T. last September. He was graduated He has been employed summers as a Jennison, Cape Porpoise ; Joseph from the Whitcomb High school in clerk working in the A & p store in Reed Bradt, York Harbor ; Kenne th Be th el, Vt. York' Beach and also the York Crowley, . Portsmouth ; Floyd Wi1:n Robert H. Blake, the son of Smith Beach fish market. He is a member Do_nnell, South_ Sanford ; David ~lake, and . Persis B~ake, has always of St. Aspinquid lodge of Masons. P~1chard, Hollis Center ; John H. lived in Kittery Po1~J· He ~ttentired Edward Grant will be 25 years old Fmnegan, Wes~ Buxton ; Kenneth the schools at t,he Point. He Ls in Sept.ember. He is the son of Mrs. C. New~on, Kittery ; M_alcolm . E. 127 years of age. At one tln:e he was Elizabeth Richards Grant and the ~oss, Eliot ; Clyde H. ~Iller, Lun- employed on th e navy yartl. late Willis Grant of York Village. mg ton ; Ronald Foss, El!~t; G. RobJoseph Reed Bradt, a resident of His mother is a native of England. ert Bates, Ell?t, and Richard T. ' York, spent the winter in Porl:.6: He attended York high where he Kent, Ogunqmt. mou th whene he has been em graduated in 1934. For the past year Three whose names were called ployed for the Past three yea.rs as a h h b ti hin had enlisted . in - the army. They member of the Herald advertisl:ng i et tastheen an appdrenH ceismalc staff He has made his home with s a e navy yar • e a so a were Donald S tover of York, Carl his ~other at "Ha . Hill" in the member of St. Aspinquid's lodge. E. Boulter of West Buxton ·and c,A b Kenneth c · ~ewsou is . the ·.son of ury sec tion o fPYPYork . For .some DonaId E · Ca11 Of Nor th Berwic k · =a time he has been taking flying in- Mr. and Mrs. Clarence 0. Newson of Three others from York ei:uisted structions and attempted to join Nev.march street. He is a graduate an!l with Stover all are on their. way the air corps This he was not per- of Traip academy, class of 1933, and to'll~ontg!ometrhy, Ala., wheTrhe tfhey mited to do, .a,s hie application was in August of the same year began w1 tram or e air corps. e our delayed -until his number had been working for the A & p stores in Portsmouth, / qQntinuing with that Are Among 40 Sent By Kennebunk Board . I I I i I �company until he is at the present time assistant manager of the Vaugha.n street super-market. Nathan V. Coleman is a native of Newington, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Coleman. His education was teceived in the schools of Newington and Portsmouth, being a graduate of the Portsmouth High school. For the past 11 years he has been associated as a carpenter with Contractor F . L. Hoyt of Kittery, and has resided here for a number of ye1U's. He married Miss Thelma Harvey of Newmarket, who died auddenly last summer. ('),-t\-n .. ,_~.\ ~ 10 •LI,, \ Start School For Welders Next Week A defense school for weldera is expected to open in Portsmouth next week, Superintendent of Schools Harry L. Moore announcect this morning. This school will be run in three shuts to include navy yard employes and men who seek to learn the trade and are registered with the State employment office or arc on WPA. In addition the evening machine shop classes at the high school will be extended. An extra session will be held from 10 pm to 7 am. The committee in charge of the national defense schools met at the Central school office yesterday afternoon. Attending were Chief Machinist Thomas Cormack representing Capt. H. F. Davis, USN, Bart Daila Mura, Ray Crosby, state supervisor of national defense training, Andrew C. Graves of the State Employment office, and Superintendent Moore. Authorization was given for these classes both for supplementary and pre-employment. New machinery has been h1sLalled in the machine shop at the Portsmouth Senior High school and rewiring has been completed. The machines are larger and more modern. There are five additional '11achines. Welding classes will be held at the Morley company. About a dozen men are to attend each session and instructors are John E. Palmer of Manchester and Daniel Diante and Kenneth D. Hunt of the navy yard. Four requirements were listed at the meeting yesterday. Men who apply for Instruction must be 18 :vears of age or over, must have a l doctor's certificate of sound health, must apply at the state employment office on High street and must agree to accept any reasonable job at a reasonab1e wage after completing theb: training. P .~ ~ .~o. L.\ \ 44 Local Men from Navy Yard Going To Schqol ' Forty - four workers on the Portsmouth Navy yard from the Greater Portsmouth area this week joined an earlier group of 30 in going to school under the Federal Security agency of the United States Office of Education. Taking part in two new courses in national defense sponsored by the University of New Hampshire, the men are studying heating, air conditioning, direct current circuits and machinery. Two nights a week the two groups come to the campus to meet with Assistant Professors Edward T. Donovan and Wllliam B. Nulsen of the technology faculty. The students In Heating and Air Conditioning are: Albert N. Bertelsen, Portsmouth; Charles E. Chapman, Kittery; Raymond G. DesRochers, Portsmouth; Charles L. Emery, Portsmouth; Louis J. Emmons, Kittery; Werner Held, Kit• tery; Paul M. Keen, Eliot; Morris D. Levy, Port.smouth; Chester H. Littlefield, Eliot; Harold McLean, Kittery; Norman W. Morrow, Kittery; Lawrence Parker, Portsmouth; Robert E. Rafferty, Portsmouth; John A. Steele, Portsmouth and Robert L. Whitman, Portsmouth. Taking Direct Current Circuits and Machinery are: Thomas A. Oa.Jl, Portsmouth; Burleigh A. Oarr, Dover; Richard Columbia, Durham; Edward J . Cooney, Portsmouth; Bernard F. Daly, Portsmouth; Arthur A. Downs, Portsmouth; Harold 8. Drown, Eliot; Lewis E, Fifleld, Exeter; Thomas s. Herlihy, Dover; Benjamin F. Hill, Dover; Arthur R. Hinkley, Portsmouth; Clifford M. Jenkins, Kittery; George W. Kanada, Portsmouth; Cuyler A. Lakin, Kittery; Francis K. Leith, Portsmouth; Frank 0. MacOask!ll, Eliot; Lawrence R. Maloney, Dover; Charles H. Oxford, Portsmouth; Willard R. Page, Greenland; Sussman Perry, Portsmouth; John F. Pike, Kittery; Verne W. Rockwell, Kittery; John R. Rowe, Hal1lpton Beach; Elmer H. Smith, West Rye; Fora.nee A. Tarr, Jr., Tampton; James H. Tasker, Dover; Daniel J. Taylor, Eliot; Russell J. Walker, · Kittery and Gordon F. Young, Portsmouth. �Bid Adieu To Civilian Life <Photo by Kingsbury> By now they belong to Uncle Sam! Just getting on the train this morning are Portsmouth'. eight selectees and one from West Virginia, Left to right, from the top down: Welllngton Curtis Pierce, assistant leader; Francis H. Robb; elson B. Sprague, Leonidas Eaton, leader; Leo P. Fournier; Councilwoman Mrs. Mary C. Dondero; John E, Peterson, John Franklin Hudkins, Chairman Dale, Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, George W, Sherman and Luter Thayer, Jr, Jived at 525 Maplewood avenue, Portsmouth. Nelson Sprague, Portsmouth, also had selected himself into service. Besides George W. Sherman, 30 Parker place, Portsmouth; Leo P. Fournier, 20 Tanner street, Portsmouth; Francis H. Robb, 3 Lois street, Portsmouth; Lester Thayer, Jr., Greenland, and John E. Peterson, 61 Dearborn street, Portsmouth, was a volunteer selectee from Charlestown, West Va., John Franklin Hudkins. His mother and father now live His assistant is Wellington Curtis in Kittery and his father works on Pierce, who took the train for the the Portsmouth Navy yard. Young United states army induction cen- Hudkins who volunteered from ter in a blue Coast Guard uniform. home, had come up here to visit "I had to leave the Coast Guard his folks before he entered the because I had chronic seasickness," service. the slim youth said. "In 30 days I To each boy a carton of cigarets lost 27 pounds." was given by Mayor Stewart E. Because tie pilssed "the service," j Rowe and Portsmouth's City council. Pierce volunteered for the army. He Representing the city council this Fifth Portsmouth Selectee Group Leaves City Portsmouth's fifth group of se- lectees left the Portsmouth railroad station early this morning, Just before train time, Selective service Clerk Lawrence Gr11,ttan handed orders to Leonidas E'aton, who acted as leader of the eight other men until they reaqhed Man• phester. A blonde, at.oc outll in Jl,,.heaVY blue swea~ :U: vol ·teered for a year'& aetvt Sea �morning were Mrs. Mary Dondero, William Palfrey, Walter }larvey, Frank Hersey, Joseph Katkin, Frederick Gardner and Edgar Wood. Examining physician Dr. Samuel T. Ladd came down too. Selective Service Board Ohalrman Charles M. Dale introduced Mayor Rowe to each selectee, then as they climbed on the train, shook hands with each one. Standing at one side on the platform was a tall, white-haired woman, who has come to see each group off. She'll wave goodbye to every selectee who leaves Portsmouth for the United States army. Her name Is Mrs. Leta Rintz. She ls the sister of Frank E. Booma, for whom Poftsmouth's American Legion post is named. Pictures taken, good-byes said, the selectees went up the ladder found their seats and turned to lo~k back at Portsmouth. '"P. t\ ~ l'n <Ul. ~ . '{ I Wants 50 Women ,To Help Red Cross FifLy women who have time to devote to helping others, are wanted by the American Red Cross. Andrew Jarvis, chairman of the Portsmouth chapter, asks women to preparn surgical dressings and to sew each week at the Nurses' home, Portsmouth hospital. On Tuesdays and Thursdays the women prepare the surgical dressings, while on Wednesdays the sewing project is under way. Hours are from 10 to 4, but some drop in for an hour or more of work. Many work the entire six hours. A quota of 55,000 surgical dressings by June 1 has been set for the local chapter. p , ½0t.a.> ':.\. , .-{ I Chase Resigns As Head Of Local Civic Patrol A. Richard Chase resigned as president of the Portsmouth Civic Patrol at a meeting in the Oentral Fire station last night. Said _Chase, "I feel that it will benefit the organization if I step a ide and give my place to a person who has more time to give to the work." He suggested a retired Army or Navy officer for the job, as either one would have "more time to de• vote to the Patrol, and more ex· perlence In otganlzatlcns of this I••-~-~!'--------- sort." On the committee appoint.Ed to .seek the prop,."r person at·e Captain Clair T. Lowman, Salvation Anny; Joseph Cullen VFW; Harry Wineb_aum, chairman of communlca· t1on.;i; John Gamble, American Le• gion commander; Oharle5 Griffin, vice·p~sident, Civic Patrol. These motions followed the read• ( ing of the minutes of the previous I meeting, by Miss Cynthia Ston!r, secretary, and the l'eading of a let· ter f~om Mrs. Mary Russell Ada~. Providence, R. 1., Who wanted to know how a patrol is formed. A, Richard Chase . After the meeting had been adJourned, Charl-es Spaulding, member numbers and aadre~ses will be writ· of the communications unit, showed I I.en out. a map which he plans to use as a Among the members present plan of the patrol units. were Mrs, ,Madeline Jackson, Miss Members of the communications R06anna. O Dona.hue, Mrs. NOl'a G. group and chairmen will have their !Wendell, Miss Lou~e Stef, Miss homes marked on It In colors .signify. Irma Rln~. Nat Stevens, Joseph lng their unit. Name.s tr.lephone Cullen, MISS Karen Pedereon, John • Brown and MIEls Isabel Wye.tt. I p .\\cClJ'u.).j)... Voluntee~ Wanted..{\~,~ Local Board Gets Call For ne Negro Selectee Local Board No. 19 of Port.smouth has been asked to furnish one of four negro selectee6 required from t he .state of New Hampshire under Call No. 7 whi<;h was Issued yest.erday by Brig. Gen. Charles :F. Bowen, USA, the adjutant general. H..\ Porl.smouth area, as reported yesterday ha~ a call for a negro selertre. The onl trouble a.ccording to Clerk Lawrence GraUan of the Board i that PorL~mouth has •none ava.llable. Out of the 3,405 men registered here there were only 22 negros. Only three have rl'a~hl'd their lottery call numbers. Two of them have been clisqualified and the other is a Conscientious Objector. Another will be available the day aftf'r this rall has to be filled. So volunteus nre wanted. Ii'~ a nice chance to get a Jt"OOd berth in an all negro regiment. ·~ . L.\. \ o:.~ \- t, • '-\ \ �endoff Planne s Selectees ·Go Portsmouth's railroad station until it reaches Manchester and the army Induction center. PAUL MacDONALD, 147 Cabot street, Portsmouth, volunteered because he wanted to serve in the army and because he particularly wanted to serve with William Kelley. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Johri MacDonald, Paul is 23 years old, unmarried and an apprentice shipwright on the Portsmouth Navy yard. He was born in Portsmouth and attended both St. Patrick's parochial school and the Portamouth High school EDWARD ALl<'RED HARTFORD, who drew number 279, Is the only i son of Mrs. Florence Parks and the late Lamiah Hartford. Born ln ~ Deerfield, he went to the Greenland • and West Epping schools. About 14 years ago he came to Portsmouth. Young Hartford lives at 509 Market street, has worked for the National Gypsum company for four years. Just 26, he is unmarried. Martial music, beating drums, the tramp of soldiers' NEWELL GARNETT SPINNEY, who Jives at 113 Vaughan street, feet will resound on Congress street early tomorrow morn- Portsmouth, was born In Eliot, Me., ing as 37 Portsmouth selectees leave for service with Uncle on Dec. 1, 1918. He attended elementary schools and three years of Sam. high school. Mr. Spinney has been nd a gas station attendant for John In the sixth quota sent since the Portsmouth Senior High school ba Selective Service act was signed by to eacort the 37 selectees fromstMar- Phlllp McCaffery, state street. ket. square to the railroad ation FRED ORRIN MILES, RFD 2, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, tomorrow morning at 7 :3o. Mayor Portsmouth, was born in this city these trainees will be the first to Rowe wlll lead them. and went to school here. He is sinAfter the youths have lined up at gle and has been a chauffeur on receive a "rousing sendoff." D. Hartf 0rd • the Portsmouth Navy yard. When Edward Camire of New- Market Square, J. ALLEN RICHARD McELMAN Is mark.et, Oeoriie Linwood White, president of the Portsmouth Merselectee No. 297 from Portsmouth. Rye Beach, and Harrison Homer chants' bureau, and a committee Workman, 438 Court street, Ports- will present each selectee with Born In Andes, N. Y., the 26-yearmouth, left here Nov. 19, 1940, the a carton of clgarets. Thus a cus- old ex-civlllan attended Kents' Hill rallroad station wa,:; practically de- tom started recently by Mayor preparatory school In Kents' Hill, serted. Only Board Chairman Rowe and his councilmen will be Me. Although he has worked for Charles M. Dale, former Clerk John carried on. the Armour company for four years, J. Henson and a few friends were All week partie;; have been held he didn't come to its Portsmouth there to watch Portsmouth's first throughout the Greater Ports- office until last June. He has been quota board the train for Man- mouth area. to honor the 22 men living at 42 Middle street. "I don't chester. from Portsmouth five from New- ,mind being called one bit," he says. Lately the mayor and Ports- market three fr~m Sea.brook, two "Being in the army should be good mouth's city councilmen have from Greenland, and the other experience for citizenship." joined Selective Service officials in three from North Hampton, Rye WILFRID THOMAS LAMB, 228 bidding Godspee<i to the boys. nd west Rye Cutts street, Portsmouth, was honBelieving that. these youths de- e William An.drew Kelley, leader, ored last night with co-selectee Rayserve aome commendation as they and Howard Edwm Brackett, as- mond Francis Aubertine by the enter the United States army for one alstant leader, will be ln charge of Knights of Columbus. As represenyeiu, of training, the mayor anj\ the men from 8:12 tomorrow mom- tatlve for American Dyers and co_yncll, Jt the suggestion of Mrs i.,g when the train pulls out of Cleansers in Portsmouth, he has bullt up a larlle business here. Son Mary Dondero, have secured ~ ;,,• • Mayor To March With 37 Trainees To Railroad Station Portsmouth's Sixth Group Gathers In Market Square At 7.30 Tomorrow Morning �of Mrs. Joseph F. Lamb, Wilfrid brother, Frederl'!k is at the airplane NOR.MAN PAYS()N ILLING• Lamb graduated from Portsmouth b~ at Pensacola, Fla., in the Unit• WORTH, 2 Central street, NewHigh school with the class of 1927 ed states navy. market, was born in Dover 28 years then entered the University of Ne~ THOMAS RUSSELL THOMPSON ago. He attended elementary Hampshire where he majored in lso h b th t c H 1 n on t H a as a ro er a amp u e . school, went two _years to high : cs. e received his degree A member of Battery D. Charlie school and got a job with the Am1 WILLIAM ANDREW KELLEY I Thompson went into service with erican Woolen company in Dover. CARL LINWOOD FRENOH, 62 22-year-old leader of the 37 selec: , the national guard last !all. A few tees, 1s the son of Mr. and Mrs. years older than Charlie, Thomas Union street, Portsmouth, is a 25Dennis J. KelJey, 539 Ialin ton has been _working for the p~t few year-old high school graduate. He street, Portsmouth. When Wlli~am · months with the, crew repairing the has been a :farm-worker for Franwas born his father was servin New Castle br!age. He has also cis Coakley, 186 Cate street. CHARLES HENRY FALL, Greenwith the United States navy 11~ worked for _Dan ~acava. Thomas World war 1 He we t to St Thomp.son llves with bis mother, land trainee, is 27, was born in Lin• Patrick's parochial sch~ol, th~ Mrs. Charles Lathrop, 393 New coln, Me., graduated from elementary and high school. Until sePortsmouth Senior High school, la- Castle avenue. ter became an apprentice on the RAYMOND FRANCIS AUBER- lective service was laid out for him Portsmouth Navy yard. "He's glad TINE lives with his parent, Mr. young Fall was demonstrating farm to go!" his mother said yesterday and Mrs. Norman T. Aubertine at machinery for the Thompson "and especially since Paul Macnon: 1657 WOOdbury avenue. Inside Hoague company, Concord. RALPH ERVING MILLER is 25, ald volunteered to go with him." guard of the Knights of Columbus, WILLIAM JAMES POPE 107 he was entertained last night with comes from Rock road, Seabrook, is Stark street, Portsmouth wiii be Wilfrid Lamb at a roast turkey an ex-trackman for the B & M among friends when he leaves for dmner in the K. of C. home. At the railroad. the army induction center. A shoe- Portsmouth Senior High school Au- · ROBERT HERMAN CALL, son worker, he was born in Portsmouth bertine was a football letterman of Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Call, and went to school in this city. for two years. Unmarried, he for- 46 Park street, Portsmouth, has RUSSELL BOOKER BEMIS 76 merly worked for Hett's trucking been working as a stockroom clerk Northwest street, Portsmouth, 1s' the concern and was employed on the for Harry Winebaum. Now 22, he son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. navy r ard when his number came was born in Portsmouth and went Davis. He was prominent in DeMo- up. His younger brother Thomas through the elementary and high schools here. Last night at Wine• , lay activlties. Until he was called expects to be called in June. to the army Mr. Bemis worked on PHILIP BASIL HOLLAND 1s 23, baum's annual party in the Rockthe Portsmouth Navy yard lives with his mother at 19 Wood- ingham hotel, ex-Clerk Call was JOSEPH R. McIVOR worked even ~ury avenue. On~ of a family of given a purse of money. CARL JOSEPH GERACI Is antoday ~t his Job in the packing ,our boys and one S1Ster, young Holl ;:oom for Rival ·Foods Inc in Portsland r raduabed from St. Patrick'a othei. Portsmouth lad. He lives at mouth. The .son of Mr ., and Mrs parochial school a.nrl from the 13 Russell street, works on the B. John Mcivor 75 High st~et h h~ Portsmouth Senior High school in and M. railroad, Geraci is 23, went been employ~ by Rival Foo~ for 1~35. He ls a former employe of the I eight years to elementary school, five yeare. First National stores and the A&P, one to high school. HOLLIS RAYMOND MOARATWILLARD C. WELLS. 99 Boyd b~longl\ to the Ancient Order of TY and BERNARD VINCENT road Portsmouth follows his young- Hibernians and the Creek AC. er brother Elliott into the service, JOSEPH DESMOND O'LEARY, JENNINGS Hve about two houses Elliot~ was selected into the a,1'llly 152 Clinton street, has been work- away from each other on High 1 on Jan. 4, 1941. son of Mr. and Mrs. ing as an apprentice on, the Ports- · street, Hampton. Longtime friends, NaJthan Wells, Willard attended the mouth Navy yard. Hes, 22-years• they'll leave for selectix.e service toUniversity of New Hampshire and old, attended st. Patrick s paroch• Igether tomorrow morning. Moaratty Boston University Law school. !al school and graduated from the Is 35, was born in Lubec, Me., and While attending Portsmouth Senior Portsmouth High school In 1937. is a shoe worker at the Winchester High school young Wells was award... O'Leary took a cours·e in forestry company in Hampton. Jennings was ed a oertifloate from the University at Concord. He, too, belongs to born in Lawrence, Mass., Is 31 and has been employed at Oofkaufs in of New Hampshire Interscholastic the Creek AC. Debating league for his ability. He WILLIAM ARNOLD PERKINS Portsmouth. has been BS60Ciated with Harold M. lives at 4 Pray street with Arthur NELGO JAKUBOWSKI ts a 30Smith's law offic£. senter. He went to Portsmout;h year-old Newmarket selectee who WAYNE CLAYTON VENNARD, I High school, where he was a mem- has been working for the Dover Shoe Wallis road, Rye, was bol"Il in ber of the PHS cross-country team company in Somersworth. Portsmouth 26 years ago March 10. for two years and held the New ORAZIO CAMUSO, 100 Deer Unmarried, he has been a button Hampshire state cross-country rec- street, Portsmouth, already llas had worker :for two years, is one of three ord in 1940. One of four children, some army service, He was in the brother:;, He attended the Rye and , the 22-year-old selectee Is joining , national guard from 1935 to 1938. Portsmouth schools. Young Vennard another brother In army service. While at Portsmouth High school :Is the son of Mr. anrl Mrs. Har.ry FRANK PAUL DALEY, who vol- he played on the football team. He's Vennard. unteered from Newmarket, is a 25, has been working as a rock PAUL VINCENT DOWNS, son, of farmer. He was born in Wakefield, driller for the Portsmouth Crushed Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe W. Downs, Mass., and attemded the Woodsv11le Stone company. VINCENT BROWN, West Rye, is 43 Holmes court, was born in Ports- school. mouth, went to St. Patrick's paroCHARLES WILFRED LA 26. attended elementary and high chial school, Portsmouth Junior BRANCHE also comes from New- schools, and has been an automobile High school and Portsmouth Senior market, where he was bom and mechanic for Coleman and Taccetta. High echool. Now 22-'Years-old, he educated. He's 30-years-old and IRVING WAT.iKER JENNESS, gradtw.ted from high school last works for the Exeter Shoe com- another Rye selectee, leaves no job June. Young Downs was a football pany. to enter the army. He is 24, was letrerman for three years, baseball JER,EMIAH JOSEPH CARROLL, born In Portsmouth and went to letterman for two years and played Main street, Newmarket, is 24, has school: In this section. on the championship 1939 basket- . been working for the Rockingham JOSEPH EDWARD BARTLEY, ball team. Service for Uncle Sam I Shoe company. Black Snake road, Seabrook, was ought to come natural: Paul, himLLOYD ARNOLD OWEN Is a born in Defriet, N. Y. 22 years ago. self, r.as been working on construe- : Seabrook .selectee. He lived on He Is unerrtolmlPrl tion at Fort Constitution. his broth• I' south Mein street in that town. er, Raicoe ls at Camp Hulen with the national guard, and another ~!:; 1 I I I I 1 �50 HOWARD EDWIN BR wlll be assistant leader of the 87 selectees tomorrow. A Greenland boY, Brackett ls 26, graduated from the Portsmouth High school, was active 1n DeMolay. Young Bracket\ has been drlvlng a truck for his uncle, Charles H. Brackett, Jr. Tonight he'll be guest of honor at a joint party put on by the GVIA and Jr. OUAM. MYRON D. WHITAKER, Atlan· tic avenue, North Hampton, ls No. 398. He's 27 and wasn't working when called. p ~ \y\ 0), . g), '6 ' '{ \ Trainees Are Given Huge Send Off More than 2500 persons saw Portsmouth's sixth quota of 37 selectee off for army service this morning. Unexpectedly Volunteer Robert Donald Fanjoy, 81 Dennett street, replaced Carl Linwood French, 62 Union ic:treet. When French notified Selective Service Clerk Lawrence Grattan yesterday afternoon that he was ill, Mr. Grattan called on Selectee Fanjoy. If replacements are needed and young French ls better, he 'will go then. Twenty-two-year-old Fanjoy has been working as a clerk in Paul's market. He was born in Houlton, Me, By 7.15 most of the selectees, their families and friends had gathered 1n front of the national bank building at Market square, Enough cars were parked on Congress, Pleasant and Daniel streets to make a mid-day traffic problem. At 7.30 the Portsmouth High school band, led by Drum Majorettes Ruth Gilbert, Jackie Woods, Jean Smith and Claire Gallagher marched up Congress street, turned left and formed a square In front of Bankers' row. Selectees Line Up Selectees came out of the crowd to line up. The procession began as Ernest Bllbruck signalled, and the High school band marched off, Next came Mayor Rowe, behind hlm in a row Councilman Fted,rtck Gardner J. D. Hartford, of the POrnimouth Merchants' bureau, Councilman Joseph Katkln, councllman William Palfrey, Councilman Walter Har- 1 very, Councilwoman Mrs. Mary Dondero and Councilman Edgar Wood. The 37 .relectees, nine rows strong, followed. While wme Porl6mouth folk fell In beside and behind "their boys," 1 others streaked for their cars. More lined Congress and Vaughan streets to cheer as the parade marched by. Then they, too, entered the clvlllan-soldief procession. Cars tooted as the Red-uniformed band rounded the corner of Deer street. Policeman Joe Kelley, uncle of Leader Wljllaa1 Kelley, led. "Remember when you left In I 1917, Bill?" "Yeah, but they didn't have a band for us." At the railroad station the seleciees broke formation w Und their families again. People pushed and people crowdea. The band waited. Because things were so disorganized, Mayor .ttowe and the city council plan to organize a farewell committee to hanale all details of selectee sendoffs from now on. "All Selectees plea.re tall in," Lawrence Grattan shouted. Crowd Toward Train As Policeman Kelley tried to push the throng baclt, the throng irled simultaneously to get as close to the train and selectees as pos.sible. One by one selectees answered "here" when Mr. Grattan called their names. As they got on the train, J . D, Hartford and Andrew Graves of the Portsmouth Merchants' bureau handed each one a carton of clgarets. Assistant Leader Howard Edwin Brackett almost ml1ised his call. He was eating in the depot when Building Inspector Ira Brown found him. "Ju.st like '62," murmured a bea1·ded little old man. He was John l!lanforth, a Port..<mouth citizen who'd gone down there to the ran-· road station to see soldiers leave for the war between the states. When everyone was on the train, the band started playing "You're In The Army Now.With Mayor Rowe, J. D. Hartford climbed up the ladder to talk to the selectees. "Keep in step with routme, keep in step with the band," said Mr. Hartford and "good luck." Mayor Rowe showed the boys a small, worn American flag. "I waved this flag when my brother Gilman left for the World war and I'll wave It for you today. "As Mayor of the City of Portsmouth, I wish everyone in this car good luck." When assistant leader Brackett miscounted 38 selectees In the car instead of 37, Chairman Dale went in, recounted, found the right num• ber and wished them goru;peed. Men t.ook off their hats, everyone put his hand over his heart, 9.5 the band played the Star Spangled Banner. The boys were off, !or a date with Uncle Sam. "You know," said Policeman Joe Kelley, last to come off the train "that was a swell sendoff. Not on~ of those boys in there was sorry to go. They all were happy." I 2 Portsmouth Men Named A Replacements I HAROLD J, SILVERMAN Two Portsmouth and two Sea· brook men have been named as repli..c•en:rnts for the four rejectees o! the Porumouth group that left Saturday morning. They are: Harold Joseph Silverman, of 313 Is· lington street, Carl Linwood French of 62 Union street; Frank Leslie Fowler of Or,gan lane, Seabrook, and John Clifton Souther of South Main stre-~t, Seabrook. Tht<e men leave on the 8.12 train on FHday morning. French had been scheduled to leave with the group lait Saturday but was tem· porarlly defen-ed because of illness. French j;; employ,ed as a farm la· borer by Francis Coakley on Cate 1-treet. He was born at Milo, Me., Jan. 24, 1917. Mr. Silverman was born in Portsmouth April 14, 1917 just about the I time the United States entered the I �Send Selectees To Date With (Photo by Kingsbury) Some of the 2,500 Portsmouth folk who joined city and Selective Service officials at the railroad station this morning for the first real sendoJf given to any Portsmouth selectees, first World war. After graduating from the Port.smouth schools he went to Da.r tmouth and a.fter gradua• tlon there returned to Portsmouth. He is employed by. the Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue. Frank Leslie Fowler was within a few weeks of being over selectee age as he was born Nov. 10, 1904, at Seabrook, where he at~nded school. He Is not employed. John Clifton souther of South Main street, Seabrook, was bor_n In Seabrook in 1913; and graduat· ed from the schools there. He is emplo)ied by I. W. staVLs. �Animal Rescue Volunteers Sought In Case Of War Legion Plans Membership Drive 1 Volunteers are wanted for animal rats and mice grew out of bounds Enthusiasm was man1fest at the rescue and conservation work 1n and it was necessary to get more case of war or disaster, Wallace s. cats for the protection of the city. meeting last evening at the Frank Men or women may volunteer for E. Booma Post No. 6, the American Nelson, State direct-Or of the Ameri• work here in case the United states Legion as final arrangement.5 were can Red Star Animal Relief said becomes involved in war or 1n case announced !or the membership today This organization is part of of fire or flood where a large mun- drive which takes place next week the American Humane society and ber of animals are involved. Thia April 20 to 26, proclaimed Ameri~ works with animals 1n the same work would not interfere with a can Legion Week, Commander John manner the American Red Cross person's regular occupation or be- C. Gamble, who presided at the works with people. Ing called Into naval or militacy meeting, said today. Membership Chairman Richard H. These volunteers will receive a service. Travel and other incidental Pinkham with his committee, will course of instruction !or emergency , expenses are paid. quarters Tuesday work and ·be trained In the rescue Only citizens are eligible and they be at Legion of animals from deva.stated areas; must never have been a. member of evening, April 22, and the entire merciful disposal of suffering ani• a communist, Nazi bund or Fascist membership o! the post is invited to mals; emergency treatment of in-1 organization or have been convicted participate to put Portsmouth "over jured animals; care and feeding of of a. crime or dishonorably dlllcharg- the top" in this drive. Plans have also been completed anlmals in emergencies and prepar- ed from government ~rvice. All acing or securing safe places for ani- cepted are fingerprinted and print, for the dance which ls to be held by mals out o! disaster areas. flied with local police or FBI 1n the the ))06t for th bene1'1t of the AlumAnimals pl!ly a vital part 1n na- non-c1lminal files. Both men and ni Field fund onday evening, April 21 in the Amer an Legion ballroom. tlonal defense, Mr. Nelson said. women ar ~ eligible. Commander ohn C. Gamble Jr They must be conserved !or food Anyone interested in this hupurposes; horses and mules must be mane work is asked to apply 1D Vice-Comdr. !cha.rd H. Pinkham: conserved for transportation pur- writing to Mr. Nelson at Postoffie4 P. C, Ralph aton and Sergeantat-arms Hervey Abbott were elected poses and even pet cats and dogs Box 246, Portsmouth, N. H. play an Important pa.rt in keeping : Announcement of the opening, delegates to the state convention to down rats and mice that spread had just been received by Mr. Nel• be held at Keene, June 26 to 29 dise'ase. son from Robert F, Bellar, Eastern inclusive. The alternates are Charles An example of the value of pets Regional director of the Americllll Conlon, Wesley Montanye, Robert has recently been demonstrated in Red Star Animal relief. This or• Smith and P. C. Clyde Robinson. Wesley Montanye, chairman of London where owners killed their ganization came into beirig during cats to prevent them from being the previous World war in 1911 the Sons or the American Legion, hurt in bombing raids, As /J. result, when the problem of caring fOJ announced that there w111 be a Fathers and Sons supper next Thursanimals became acute. day evening at legion quarters. All fathers and sons of the American Legion are Invited. John Fisher, Poppy day chairrepresentatives from the various man, reported that plans are comwomen's organizations In Portspleted for Poppy Day which takes mouth could do its share In the place next month. Clean-Up campaign. Comdr. Gamble asked the coThe council voted to consider the operation of all legionnaires to asvarious ways and means of carrying sist also In the "clean-up camout such a recreational program as paign" which takes place In PortsChaplain Denllnger suggested, and mouth all next week. also discussed keeping Arbor Day April 26. I I Soldiers At Fort Want lo Dance, Chaplain Reports Rev. Everett Denlinger, chaplain at Fort Constitution, and Albert Woolfson, general chairman of Portsmouth's Clean-Up, Paint-Up, Pix-Up drive were guest speakers at the regular monthly meeting o! the Women's Community council last night at the YWCA. Rev. Denlinger said he hoped the community would provide a recreational program for the boys at the Fort whose social activities will be handicapped until the completion o! new recreation buildings. The boys would like dances on Wednesday and Saturday nights better than any other form of recreatlon according to Chaplain Denlinge;. Mr. Woolfson told community council members how this B\'OUP of I Plan Recreational Program to Aid Enlisted Men Here . -- ··-----A meetmg of local r_epresentatlves of the United Service organlzations was held yesterday afternoon at the Army and Navy build· Ing, where plans were di cm:sed as to a combined program for the f'n• listed men while In Portsmouth. Facilities of the Army and Navy buildings, which Includes pool, ping-pong, reading, writing, toUe't tacilltles, shower baths, lockers and rooms, have been in ~ by the men under tile operaUon of the Army I and Navy association and the Salvation Army since the opening of the building more than a year ago. Special programs of entertainment w111 be planned and &iven 1hrough the efforts of the United Service organizations and a citizens committee. Other needs will be met through this organization in the Army and Navy building, which wlll be used exclusively for the enli ted men. Representatives from the Army 11nd Navy association, Jewish W~fare, Salvation Army, YMCA and YWCA attended the meeting yesterday. Another meeting ls planne-ct for Friday, May 2. �60 Fort Constitution Soldiers Invited To Dance Tonight Sixty servicemen at Fort Con-1John Paul Jones house. stitution will dance tonight with 60 Mrs. Constance Richmond kindled of Portsmouth's prettiest young the idea for thi; Piscataqua Busi• women. ness and Professional Women's club. For the Piscataqua Business and 1From the various churches girls Professional Women's club is ans- ; volunteered as dancing partners. werlng Chaplain Everett E. Den- Then invitations were sent out to l!nger's plea. 60 Fort Constitution soldiers. About a week or so ago Chaplain So tonight as the vlctrola goes Denlinger spoke at an open meeting round, and round in the Army-Navy of the Wo111en's Community council building the soldiers at F'ort Conon the share Portsmouth should stltutlon who "most of all like to take in providing recreation for the dance" will shag and truck and men at Fort Constitution who were glide to the music of America's best protecting their city. bands. "Most of all," he said, "they want Hostesses will be Frances Wiggin, to dance." Dr. M. I. Boger Shattuck, Mary Re• Many of the women I.here decided gan, Delana O'Leary, Frances Jack• to tell their organizations about a son, Olive Pinney and Mrs. Conplan, a plan to sponsor a series of stance Richmond. dances for the soldiers, just like Jn And the girls of Portsmouth will the days of World war 1 when dance instead of knit for national weekly dances were held in the defense. p. t { ~ ~ - ~ ·'-t\ Dance Finds Favor In Eyes Of. Selectees Stationed Here I Portsmouth girls have found that held by all of them; that Portsthe selective service boys stationed mouth had not been quite southern at the Harbor Defenses of Ports- In Its hospitality and that they mouth are no different than the I hoped Saturday night's plan would boys they have waved farewell to not be merely a solo performance, at .the local railroad station! but a regular function. This discovery took place at ~he Dr. M. I. Boger-Shattuck, a first dance to be sponsored by c1tl- member of the committee who zens for the boys' benefit, held at staged the dance, said, "I darwed the Army and Navy building on all through the last war, and I Daniels street Saturday night. think you girls should be willing to More than 50 of the soldiers ap- do the same this time." peared at the affair. Ba_shful and Chaplitin Everett E. Denlinger, lll-at-ease when the evemng began, who pleaded the boys' cause before they soon forgot their strangeness. the women's Community council "Ladies' choices," grand right and earlier this month, was present and lefts and a few Paul Jones dances, enjoyed the festivities as much 8.11 soon found the boys and girls en- they. He said, "I hope that this is joying themselves as If they had al- merely the beginning of such enways. been friends. and before the tertainments. The boys need the evenmg closed acquaintances were companionship of girls and they formed that will last as long as the have been desperately 'in need of boys are here and longer. amusement since being stationed Representing a cross-section of I here as the camp does not have t~e country, but most of them na- facilities." t1ve New Englanders, the boys Hostesses were: Frances Wiggin, seemed dellghted to be accepted. One lad, who has been stationed Dr. Boger-Shattuck, Mary Regan, here since Feb. 8 said, "I've only D~lana O'Leary, Frances Jackson, been in town three times since I Olive Pinney and Mrs. Constance arrived. When on leave, I've gone Richmond, all members of the to Boston, because the people there Piscataqua Business and Profesdon't mind being seen with an en- sional Women's club. listed man." ' And that seemed to be the idea 50 Troops Due To Dance Tonight The Portsmouth girls who attended the la.st dance held for the soldiers at Fort Oonstltutlon, wlll be on hand again tonight at the Army and Navy home when the Graffort club is sponsoring a dance a.s a gesture of hoepltallty to the soldiers. Fifty .soldiers from the Fort will be selected by the chaplain, 1st. Lieut. Everett L. Denlinger. The girls attending must present their cards of invitation, which were issued for the la.st dance, o.n arrival, and no girl may be admitted without her card. Mrs, William Harrington is chairman of the event a.nd she is assisted by Mrs. Frank Paterson, Mrs. R. C. L. Greer, Mrs. Stowe Wilder and Mrs. Morris Foye. Colonel Dunn Names Officer Of Fort 'Morale By order of Commanding Officer Walter K. Dunn, Harbor Defenses commander, Lieut. Earl James Hand will be assigned to the duties of morale officer for the 22nd Coast Artillery and the 1105th CASU. Lieut. Hand arrived at the har• bor defenses here on May 1 and was assigned as a quart.ermaster asslstan t, caITying on the duties of that office until his assumption of the morale officers' duties this week. A native of New Bedford, Mass., and a graduate of Rhode Island State college with the class of 1937, Lieut. Hand served a year of active duty with a Coast Artillery regiment at Fort 4dams, Newport, R. I., from which post he was assigned to oco duty in Wyoming. Returning last year to the New England CCC district, the new morale officer commanded a COO post at Danby, Vt., until his assignment here. Extensive plans have been formulated under the lieutenant's direction for the morale-betterment programs in the harbor defenses, including activities which will integrate further the military and civilian population in this vicinity. One of the first events with which Lieut. Hand will be connect.ed will be the huge "Army Night" to be conducted by the Port.smouth Lodge of Elks and the Harbor Defenses jointly, June 4 at the Parrott avenue state armory. ~ ✓ i,\ ! U L f ~ ~ \ �be treated as we would have our treated while encamped away from their homes. Mayor Stewart E. Rowe was present and stated that the committee appointed would be the official one to handle all such activities. The Army and Navy home will be used as headquarters for the organization and the programs wlll be In charge of the general committee. I t Is hoped that national funds will soon be available from the United service organizations, tha t an addition may be made to t he building t-0 provide facilities for dancing, athletics and other social actlvitlts. Other organizations represented were Family Welfare, Civic Patrol, Knights of Columbus, Planning Board, School Department, Junior Women's club, Business and Professional Women's club and Catholic Daughters. Present and taking part i n the meeting were: Chaplain Everett E. Denlinger, as a representative of the fort ; Rabbi Samuel Epstein, Willis G. Symonds, Captain Fred Ludlow, M. E, Witmer, Dorothy Bo-' vard, Ma1y E. Warner, Supt. Harry L, Moore, Captain Clair T . Lowman. Katharine S. Hi\!, Mrs, Walter F. Lane, Emily B. Houghton, Louise Landers, Grace D. Baum, Prlsclµa Noddin, A. c. Graves, A. Richard Chase, Jeremy Waldron , and Florence Noyes, History Repeats boy t • <Photo by Armsden) The old arch at Fort Constitution looks once again on troop !Mltivity as soldiers of Battery A, 22nd coast artlllery, drlll for the present emergency. i t ~ ,f'n4.A-( I - I.{\ Jy: the Young Men's and Young women's Christian a sociatlon,Na• • tional Catholic Communi-ty .service, Salvation Arnw, Red Cross, Jewl~h Welfare board and ~he National Trnvelers' Aid a.ssoclat1on. · _a~ Representatives of all these groups '{'t"'V" were pre~-ent at yesterday's meet· Ing. The chairman was authorized to urge all local social, religious and civic organizations and agencies to delegate one of their members to E, Curtis Matthews was elected serve on thl~ committee. Every chairman of the United Service or◄ I such organization In Portsmouth I gamzation III Portsmouth at a urged t-0 do so at iUi earliest conmeeting held yesterday m the Army venlence and send their names to and Nav) home on Daniels street. Mr. Matthews as chairman. Mrs Katharine Hill is secretary, The chairman was -also authorized This organization is m line with to appQ.lnt such sub-committees as others of Its kind In part& of the may appear to be necessary from count1 y where large groups o! en- time to time If a .program in the 11...cted men are stationed. Its aim wlll best Interests of the men Is to be be to furnish l"ecreatlonal &II other carried out in full. facilities for the men While they 1Ll'8 The committee feels that this off duty. attempt should arouse a really sinThe &JiOllP is made up of a1lt • cere mterest In all citizens to cre• Uonal orga~tion.s Jlg\f. •f1)}l A~ 11, l)ome-llke aq~ friendly p.tmosthemsel es under a J?here tor the meti that they may United rvice org E C Matt•hews dI S UnIte He ad • Serv1ce• • 0 rgan 1zat1ons �Nurse Dorothy Knight Reigns Women Prepare At Atlantic Heights PBA Project For Possible I I Next week there may be 2,000 f the two erected, there's the bluemen working !or the Public Build- print room, the timekeeper's room, ings administration on the Atlantic the payroll office and the first aid Heights housing project. clinic· that's mlne." If one of them should fall from In 'tact what she Ilk~ best aa scaffold or strike his thumb in- bout her first aid clinic 1s that it's staad of a nail, · Miss Dorothy "a.II hers." Knight, industrial nur.£e, would adThere's no hosplte.l dl8cipllne, she minister first aid. explains. "I can run things a:, I A peUte, 26-year-old brunette want knit or read in my spa.re with brown eyes, Miss Knight comes time,' even go out and see how to Portsmouth from Camp Eel- the building ls going along." wards where she and four other Miss Knight, who halls from nurses served the workmen who Skowhegan, Me., has gone through constructed Lhe huge Ma •achu- Port.smouth on her way to Boaton, setts cantonment. but never stopped before. Here Miss Knight is on her own. She likes the old house.CJ, and treeUnle.«s more than one shift is em- lined streets but wonders "what on ployed, she will remain alone in earth one does for fun, except mayher small office in the government be see a movie." building. . After going through the SkowToday, her fourth on t.he Job, hegan schools, Miss Knight trained she is expecting a desk to arrive, and to be a secretary, got a job 1n perhaps a chair. So far the clinic a dentlst'.s office al\d decided she room ls furnished with a linoleum- liked helping the dentist as much covered table and four or five white- as taking shorthamd from him. painted nail kegs. One serves as a Whereupon, Miss Knight went to chair, the others as wastebaskets. the Massachusetts Memorial hosplThere are two windows and the l tal 1n Boston and trained for three walls are but rough, unfinished yea.rs. boards. After she'd been out two years a She hasn't had to treat anyone I defense emergency exploded in the for broken bones, but she has had United states and she "la,nded" a to remedy six cases of poison ivy. , Job at Camp Edwards, then moved "Then men were cutting down to Portsmouth, where she lives at treeF to clear the land for the the Women's City club. houses," she says, "and got into If Industrial Nurse Knight is weeru:." superstitious, omens a.re well beMiss Knight enjoys industrial I cause last night she tried a sort of nursing, even when she and one Iwishing puzzle in a newspaper a.nd other girl in the government build- for her it spelled out: "JOYOUS ing, are outnumbered about 100 to DUTY." 1 now, will be about 1,000 to one when the construction company " ..1. I _ _ ~ starts steaming. ,~ -~ \l.JUJ.-Y.-!O,. Y"no..l.\, \. O· 4 I "My hours are from 8 to 4:30,'' she says. "To get the bus in Market .s.quare at 7.30, I have to get up at ti, or else I can't get any breakfast." The men are friendly ru1d likeable. They come in and kid, tell her about their families and homes. Miss Knight is used to congeniality, because at Camp Edwards she, the , four other nurses a111d the five sec- 1 retaries constantly were surprisegifted with cartons of cigaret.<;, pound boxes of candy, foun taln pens and hankies. About her Job here she says, "in t,he government building, one of 1 l I A 'Disaster' Here By electing Mrs. Edith Spaulding, 167 Lincoln avenue, chairman or a Portsmouth First Aid detachment, more than 50 women last night started preparing for any possible "dlsa.stet." The meeting, called for emergency action by Miss Irma Rintz, was held 1n the Nurses' home. Chairman Mrs. Spaulding explained this noon that abqut 200 women will belong to one First Aid Detachment, organized under na· tlonal Red Oros; .,,peciflcatlons. "The detachment will be divided into captained, ,squads of about 15 to 50 women each," she explained. Then they will be trained fbr action. All J)Ol!Sible work they migl\t be required to do in "any emei'g,ency" wm pe outlined and practiced. The women will meet and work, work and meet. Portsmouth wlll be "prepared." One hitch in the program is this question: do these women have to complete the advru1ced first aid courses as well a,jl the tandard ones before they can do all this work? If Mrs. Spaulding is told by national headquarters that ther must. she will organize advanced courses at once. . She aJso wants each squad event- . ually to be captained by a first aid instructor. \J ,\\.~~~ ~ I 4 •~ \ Eiks To Equip Recreation Room for Soldiers Here Following a conference with the Harbor Defenses commander, Col. Walter K. Dunn, USA, it was revealed today that the Portsmouth lodge of Elks will donate to the army posts here a completely equipped recreation ha.II, to be known as "TJi.e Elks' Room." Negotiations hlive been in progress for the past sevreral weeks be-1 tween Colonel Dunn and the board of directors of the local Elks' lodge, headed by Exalted Ruler Thomas Downs. The building will be selected from among those re- p. ~~ ~!~tl~nt~~tu~~~t3:1~n~~fii be foi:,inally opened some tlme next month tor the use of the el\tlfe ~ 1.3 pei'aofuie ot the 1105th CASU iJl the 2 Qaast Artlllel'Y ba tt6r• �Harbor Defense Soldiers To Attend Special Schools Of Gas, Guns, Maps, Radio Several schools for officers and enlisted men will be conducted at the Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth during the latter part of this month, It was announced today by the commanding officer, Col. Walter K. Dunn. An Umpire's school for officers will c6nduct dally sessions at which selected members of the officer personnel will be instructed in the dutfea of "Umpiring" the effectiveness of the artlllery crews, In much the same function as the arbiter11 of the national game. . Sesslons of an Intell1gence school for officers with emphasis on map making and reading, in addition to a Gunnery school for officers, covering the methods and operation of the harbor defense guns will be held. For enlisted men, schools will be Inaugurated in which selected soldlers will receive training valuable to defense and to themselves later in civilian life, the commanding offleer, pointed out. Colonel Dunn re!erred to courses to be conducted In radio, teletype and blinker signalling under the supervision of the communlcatlons officer. In the training phase of defense against chemical warfare, the regimental gas officer wlll conduct a school for the training of officers and selected non-commissioned officers. 'The Bowdoin' Arrives Matthews Urges All Groups To Join Portsmouth USO Every social, civic and religious organization, if it has not yet done so, is urged by Chairman E. Curtis Matthews to appoint a representative from its group to be a member of the General Committee of the United Service organization. This national organization known as the USO is composed of the following religious and welfare groups: Jewish Welfare board, National Board of Young Women's Christian association, National Catholic Community service, National Council of Young Men's Christian association, Salvation Army, and the National Travelers' Aid association. Purpose of the United Service organization is to aid the defense program in serving the welfare and recreational needs of the enlisted men in the armed forces of the United States during their leisure time off reservations. Saying that every organization in Portsmouth should be represented on this general committee, Mr, Matllhews asked tha,t names of delegates be sent at once to him or to Katharine S. Hill, secretary. ~ t\~.........,.- New Bridges Here Designed For Speedy Replacement The Arctic schooner "The Bowdoin" arrived in the lower harbor lut night and was taken to the navy ~ Wh re it Is now tied up. Navy yard officials expremed regret this ,nornlng that they could not give out any infonnatlon concerning the plans for the boat, but It ls believed thlt in line with several other aUXl• llary craft, the ship will be taken over for government service. The Bowdoin, Comdr. Donald B. MacMillan' ship with which he has made numerous trips to the Artie :·egion, 1.s especially constructed for trips Into the Arctic. It ha., been a frequent visitor In Porl6mouth and this photo shows the ship here during' one of these visits, New bridges to New Castle have been designed for immediate replacement after bombing, Capt. James Collins, USA, of Fort Constitution told members of the Coordinating committee at the Rock• Ingham hotel Monday night. Using the same technique as the Germans have used, Captain Collins suggest-ed designing short span bridges that If bombed can be replaced inside of 24 hours by steel trusses and put Into service again. Captain Collins thanked the state of New Hampshire for its co-operation in working his designs into the new structures. Captain Collins said that this type of construction will probably be followed In other bridge construction In various sections of the country where there are bridges of military lmportanpe. -~\ �>Ian To Bring • 000 Sold 1ers ee~ iere Each 1 United St.a tes Army and his aide, Col. C. S. Adams, USA., is the same thing that has already been done in the Gulf states and other sections of the country. Many of the selectees stationed at 1 1 1 inland New England posts are far : away from home and during the hot I' summer months, the army wants to provide suitable recreation for them. , [ Men of good conduct, specially sel- ' ' ected, will be transported from the • inland camps to Portsmouth !or a. , weekend. i Here they will be housed in tent.s, i furnished with essential utilities and then allowed to enjoy them- 1 selves-swimming, visiting historic places and doing as they please. During the weekend they can live informally, with no army regulations to bother them except good conduct. 1 Men will eat at their own expense at various restaurants of the city or other .nearby places, but water, sewI erage and other common utilities , will be provided at the camp. They " ') ! may eat at the camp with a local n-1.A.,\ - ~' · firm catering. One thousand selected selectees a week from dusty City Clerk Hopley said that therJ inland New England posts will be brought to Portsmouth to were a number of favorable points . . • a.s far as the city was concerned. enJOY recreational weekends at the sea shore 1f present First of all, it would not cost the plans of the Morale Division of the United States Army city "one cent". All expense would ' · ·1 · f d be paid for by the army including ore comp Iete d, Portsmout h s city councr was ,n orme at water, sewerage and other utility its meeting at city hall last night. . in~tallaticn. Screened in tent.s would have wooden platforms. Pierce island has been selected by at the special session already schedSecondly, General Ulio said that army officials as the ideal spot for uled for_the power company propo- if the location is voted by the counthe 20-acre area where they would sal to give time for fur th er consld- ell, the army will have a contingent erect tents to house the 1,000 "spec- eration. j of CCC men sent here at once ial conduct" men who would be al--t.o put the island 1n snape and that lowed these weekends and last night the ~ity will get the benefit of all Mayor Stewart E. Rowe reported to the 1mp!·ovements m roads, and fathe council for the army officials cilities on t.he island without cost. the request for its use. The plan as explained la-St night Third, the men will have from Surprised by the magnitude of the t o the council by City Clerk Edward two to five dollars spending money plan which would bring more than J. Hopley following a conference which will bring from two to five I 20,000 additional soldiers to the city yesterday afternoon between Mayor thousand dollars more into the area between June 15 and Nov. 1, the Stewart E. Rowe and Clerk Hopley on weekends, in addition to the council voted to postpone action on and Brig.-Gen. James A. Ulio, USA, money spent by friends who come the matter '\lntil next Monday night chief of the MoraJe Division of the , here to visit with them. Army Requests Use Of Pierce Island • As Recreation Area· Men From Inland Posts Would Be Housed In Tents While Enjoying Recreational Facilities Of SectionNew Group Each Weekend I . Has Been Done In The Gulf States I �SI I Fourth, as only high type men of good conduct are selected and the penalty for any kind of trou- I ble Ls to lose this privilege, army of- ! ficial.s expect no trouble at all. However, military police would be provided and any violation _of the rules would land _ a_ rnan m the , guard tent until he was returned to ' his post. . Soldiers of the Portsmouth Har- . bor defenses would not participate : in these weekends as they already have seashore locations. Probably many of the men would come from post.,; such as Fort Devens. The plan also gives the public a chance to get acquainted with it.,; citizen. army, and the army with the public. Councilman William H. Palfrey moved for immediate approval of the use of the island by the city, and the motion was seconded by councllman Edgar F. Wood. However after discussion during which the 'question was raised as to how the Navy yard and the merchants would like the idea, it was voted to postpone action until Monday night. On a roll call vote, it was decided five to three not to grant the permission last night with Palfrey, 1 Wood and Hersey in favor and Gardner, Dondero, Harvey, McNeil and Burkhardt opposed. It was then voted to reconsider action at the meeting Monday night. Air Corps Refresher Class.es .. Open At High School Tonight Young .Port;;mouth men who want , to wear "wings" in Uncle Sams Army Air corps will enroll tonight for "refresher courses" at the Portsmouth Senior High school.. By going to class three mghts a week from now until early AuguSt, they'll learn or relearn enough ab~ut United States history, Eng!Jsh grammar and composition, general history, geography, . trigonometry and elementary physics to pass an examination Aug. 12. Port.<;mouth is giving these boys a chance in co-operation with the State Board of Education, to promote national defense. Superintendent of School Harry L. Moore has arranged for Rolfe Bannister, ~iss Kath~rine _Fl~nagan and MISS Francis ~liggm to teach them, but he won't. know ~niii tonight who these prospective fliers are. Sam's requirements eduoa.tionally were too high. Because the United States needs to put men in the air as well as in army cantonment.,; and blitz buggy divisions, these rules have been re- I !axed. Most every Portsmouth bachelor under 27 now can become either the pilot who f!ys the bon~ber or one of the seven groundmen who keep the bomber in the air. · Just last week Mayor 81ewart E. Rowe atLended an aviation conference in Boston which convinced him that the United States must look to h·erair force in national de- i fense. 1 Tonight at the Port.<;mouth Senior · High school Miss Francis Wiggin : will start teaching review arithme- ; tic, algebra and geometry. Even as these Portsmouth boys . enroll for their refresher courses, i Open To All boys will be crowding into high In fact, any Ports.mouth boy be- schools in Berlin, Claremont, Co~tween 20 and 27 who isn't married cord, Dover, Hanover, Laconia, Litand is a United States citizen and tJeton, Manchester, Nashua and Ro- , who has gone past the eighth grade I chester, boys eager to prove their in school can go up to the high brains ,can equal their brawn, boys school to;,_ight at 7 o'clock and sign determined to study their way into up for thLcourse. _ ~ the U. S. Army air corps. Cost be about $14. Of that $10 1 is for tuition and $4 for textbooks and supplies. I p I .\\ Q,~ yY\ ""; Ihave -x year a~o these _boys could~'t ! forced mto the a.1r corps. Uncle I I 'l "l_ '4 \ will ·'Bundles' Now Sending Morale · Kits If you see any of Portsmout_h's , Bundlers for Britain wandermg 1 about the dime stores, you'll know l they're getting ready to pack some . "emergency bundles" for bombed- 1 out Britishers. . , I Not imperative, the thmgs they re : buying are considered "ne~~ssary 1 for self-respect and morale. . Each one is making small chmtz . or cotton bags, about five inches by ' 10 inches. Drawstrings close and open them. . , Here's what they mclude for women: cake of soap, hairpins or bob- I by pins, toothbrush, comb, told cream, wash cloth, paper handkerchiefs, lipstick, powder, nail fil_e, small scissors, small pad and pencil. For men: razor, razor blade~, brush.less sh,aving cream, ~y1:,t1c I pencil, comb, \OOth·orush, nail ,1Je, \ paper handkerchiefs, . wash cloth, scissors, pad and pencil._ If you'd like to help, pick up some of these items and take 'em down to the Central Fire station next Friday. I �13 Selectees Leave Here Ea·rly Monday With the farewells from Mayor Frank A, Carkin was born in Rowe the Greater Portsmouth Sel- Portsmouth Nov. 20, 1906 and at' tended schools here. He has been ective board, the Portsmouth Mer- employed by the WPA. chants' bureau and many friends, 13 Richard E. J\1cNally was born at selectees will leave here Monday Dover July 12, 1915 and is a chef at morning for the latest call. Burke's Diner at Hampton Falls. Another Portsmouth selectee. AlLeroy Nelson was born at Kittery bert Hathaway, will not leave here. Point Nov. 14, 1912 and attended He is in Washington, D. C. and will schools here. He ls employed by be inducted from there tomorrow. the WPA. Gordon Abbott Janvrin of Hampton Joseph c. Marshal was born at Falls wlll be unable to leave tomorrow and hls place wlll be filled Tues- Plainfield, Vt., Oct. 14, 1906. He day or Wednesday with a replace- has been employed at Stratham as ment. a farm laborer. Volunteer Selectee Arthur Allen Paul J. Buckley was born in Hislop will lead the group when it Portsmouth June 28, 1919 and gradassembles at the Selective Service uated from high school here. He ls office on Pleasant street before employed a t the navy yard as a leaving on the 8:12 (daylight time) shlpfltter. train for Manchester where the John w. Whenal was born at group will be inducted. George E. North Hampton Jan. 11, 1918 and Taylor of 36 Spring street, Newmar- graduated from high school there. ket, will be assistant leader. He ls employed by Irving W. Brown, Men ln addition to the above who mason contractor. are leaving are: Volunteer Richard Frederick C. Borglin was born at J . Fox of 410 Lincoln ave., Frank A. Somerville, Mass., June 26, 1916. He Carkln of 155 Cabot st., Richard E. is a garage mechanic for Harold McNally, Toppan farm, Hampton; Grace at Kittery, Me. Leroy N. Lathrop, 80 Bow st., Paul I Stephen B. Kleczek was born In J. Buckley, 108 High st., John W. , Newmarket, Dec. 15, 1918 and atWhenal, Lafayette road, North tended schools there. He Is employHampton ; Stephen B. Kleczek, Dur- ed by the Sun Smith Shoe Oo., ham Point road, Newmarket; Stan- I Newmarket. ley M. Miesowlcz, 206 South Main Stanley M. l\1iesowlcz was born In s treet, Newmarket; Clifton O. Newmarket April 18, 1915 and at- · Plumer of Somerville, Mass., who tended schools there. He Is a shoe works on the Portsmouth Navy worker and employed by the Wise yard ; Joseph C. Marshall of Shoe Co., at Exeter. Stratham and · Frederick C. Borglln Clifton o. Plumer of Somerville, of Greenland. Mass., was born In Boston, Oct.. 22, Volunteer and Leader Hislop was 1914 and gratjuated from high born In Port.smouth Feb. 17. 1915 school there. He is employed at the and Is an insurance broker. He is a Portsmouth Navy yard. graduate of Salisbury School and of Albert A. Hathaway, who leaves Dartmouth . from Washington, was born In Assistant Leader Taylor was born Portsmouth April 12 1919 and gradin Lynn, Mass., Aug. 9, 1914 and is uated from high ,school here. He Is a shoe worker, having been work~g employed as an usher by the Lowels for the Dover Shoe Co., at Somers- Theater, Inc., at Washington. worth, N. H. He attended Lynn high for two yea· . Volunteer Rlchari J. Fox was born at Nokomis, Canada, Aug. 13, 1912. He ls an insurance agent with the Prudential here at Portsmouth. Name Two Replacement Selectees ' Phlllp Joseph Ttir n, 401 Miller avenu.e, today we.a named to-re• place Harold A. stanley, 115 Concord way, In Portsmouth Selective Service quota. for June 27. Young Stanley was injured In the fatal two-car colllslon on Lafayette road la.st Friday afternoon. At the same time Clerk Lawrenc~ Grattan announced that Alfred Renee Morin, 3 Bayside street, Newmarket, would report lnst.ead of Wesley James Packard, who has geen granted a 2-a deferment. Mr. Packard Is a teacher. I p. tt, -;ru--rL C\, L-\, Prepare To Activate New Batteries At Harbor Defenses In anUclpation of a great expansion of troops In the harbor defense forts here, several cadres have been formed from established batteries to activate new ones, lt was revealed this morning by Ool. Walter K. Dunn, commanding officer. Headquarters and .Headquarters Battery at Oamp Langdon will be divided Into two battalions, the firs battalion being commanded by 1st Lieut. Henry B. Stevenson, formerly attached to B Battery at Fort Stark, while the second battalion's commanding of!loer wlll be 1st Lieut. Byron B. Blout, formerly attached to C Battery at Camp Langdon. The new D Battery, with station at Fort Constitution, Will be commanded by Lieut. Everett L. Cormier, with Lieut. Charles L, Weaver, 1 assistan t battery commander. The Fort Foster, Maine, detach· I ment which had been at the post for several months, now forms the basis for the new E Battery to be commanded by 1st Lieut. Wllllam C. Chlldress. Battery F will be stationed at Camp Langdon and will be commanded by 1st Lieut. John J . Guy, assisted by 1st Lieut. Herman L, Kyle and 2nd Lieut. William R. Hilferty. Capt. James H. Mccann, Jr., leaves his post at Headquarters Battery to take command of Bat• t1 11 • . l,ery G at camp Langdon. ll/'u,..JLJII.. Large numbers of selectees and regular army men are expected at "} ........_!I- 1 , 4 the harbor defense posts ~oon, bringing up the newly-formed batterle3 to full atrength, I '"P·n r \ �Off To Join The Army (Photo by Kingsbury) Another group of selectees left Portsmouth today for the Induction station at Manchester. Mayor Stewart E. Rowe was passing out clf,arets to the boys as this picture was taken. Left to right (front row) are: Mayor Rowe, John W. Whenal, Freder ck C. Bor Un, Paul J. Buckley, Arthur A. Hislop, George E. Taylor and Riobard E. MoNally. In the second row are, left to right, Clifton O. Plumer, Frank A. Carldn, Leroy N. Lathrop, Stephen B. Ueczak and City Councilwoman Mary Dondero and Chalrm1m Charles M. Dale of the local Selective Service board. On the steps are Stanley M. Miesowicz, Joseph C, Marshall and Richard J. Fox. I 13 Selectees Given Send-off At Station Here l More than 75 friends and rela- t tlvea seny 13 Port.5mouth selectees off to a year of army service thts morning. IA!ad by Volunteer Belectee Arthur Allen Hislop and hts assistant· George E. Taylor, the men gathered first at the Selective Service office on Pleasant street, then went to the railroad station where they were mustered, given instructions by Clerk Lawrence Grattan and then presented with clgarets by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe. Among those at the station were Selective Service Board Chairman I Charles M. Dale, Oler~ Grattan, Mayor Rowe, Councllman Walter Harvy, Councilman Wllllam Palfrey, 1 Councilman Edgar Wood, Council woman Mrs. Mary C. Dondero, Clerk of the Board of Street Comm1ssloners America Fran.soso and Mrs. Leeta. Rlntz, chaplain of the Frank E. Booma auxiliary. One selectee, Paul John Buckley virtually was exchang111g the navy for the army. He graduated from the Portsmouth High school in the clMS of 1936. During hJS vacatlon he entered the Bath Iron Works and learned the trade of ship fitter. From Bath he ~nt to Philadelphia and was the youngest shipfltter of 1200 men there. Later he became an apprentloe machinist at the Portsmouth Navy yarct. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Buckley of 108 High street. \Make One Shift In Selectee List Gordon Abbott Janvrin of Hampton Falls, whose order was 666, has been ordered to report for the Se- 1 Jectlve Service call which will take 10 selectees from this city. Philip P. Curran o! 401 Miller avenue has been notified that he would be called to fill the place originally assigned to Harold Stanley, who was seriously injured in an automobile accident on the Lafe.yette road. Curran will be called with the next group, which is expected to be In September. I 'l \\ �Army May. Seize All Of Shoreline To ·Odiornes' Pt. Surveys -and property appraisals of more than 100 acres of land between the Little Harbor road and the Southern side of Odiorne's Point including all of Frost .P oint have been made by Army engineers, who will report June 15, as to the feasibility of the government taking over the entire area. Involved would be more than a dozen families having summer places in the section including J udge Jeremy R. Waldron of Portsmouth, Representative Paul W. Hobbs, who owns property there, Dr. Robert J. Graves, E. A. Straw, Manchester investment banker, who occupies Sea Acres, the former Marvin place; Mrs. Paul Whitcomb of Pioneer Farm, Carl W. Gage of Sagamore Farrn and Arnold Whitaker, who operates a poultry farm there, Hermon W. Stevens and several others. At first surveys were confused with the surveys being made by . the Coast and Geodetic Survey which obtained perm1ss1on from Mrs. Whitcomb to erect one of its temporary observation towers there, Later Dr. Graves was asked permission by the Army to have a telephone station there. Meanwhile, however, the Army engineers were quietly making their own survey along the area. It is understood that if it is decided to take over the area the residents will be given 30 days' notice, and, of course, compensated. Whether the area would become another army camp or used for other military defense purposes was not revealed by the Army men. Reports that government officials have taken over Mt. Agamenticus and the Nubble at York and Gerrish Island, where Fort Foster is located at .Kittery Point, were current today but no basis of confirmation could be obtained. l Organize . ~--\t~. °3<. .H- '-\;\ State Guard! Move Headquarters To Camp Langdon Unit Here 1 Wednesday 1 Everyone interested in 'joining 1 the State Guard unit which is . t-0 be formed in Portsmouth has been a,sked to report at the Parrott avenue Armory next Wednesday night at 7.30 p. m., 2nd Lieutenant Cecil Neal, commanding the unit here announced today, Men 18 to 40 are wanted and veterans up to 50 years old are eligible. Veterans should bring· their discharge papers. At the meeting· Lt. Neal will explain the purpose and qualifications for membership in t.he State guard. Out of the group selected for the inactive reserve, 36 men . will be chosen for the active unit. I Camp Langdon at New Castle to- 1 day becar;ie the official headquar- 1 ters of t.he Portsmouth Harbor De- j fenses as Col. Walter K. Dunn, U. , S. A., commanding, moved from the headquarters at Fort Constitution to the new administration building at Camp Langdon, which is located mid-way between Forts Stark and Constitution. Fort Constitution like Fort Stark 1 ~11 cont-inue to house part of the men assigned to the area, as does Fort Foster at Kittery, but the nerve center of all activities will be the administration building at Camp Langdon . ~ -t \ ~ °YQ. i\:i -,H USO Will Start . Drive .For$2,500 Plans for a campaign to raise $2,500 to provide· recreational fa - · cilities for soldiers and sailors were made at a breakfast meeting of the , United Service organization held i this morning at 7:30 at the Rock, ; ingham hotel: The general com- r mittee of the local USO, compo.ied 1 of E. Curtis Matthews, chairman; Thomas J. Brackett, Mrs. Mary Warner, Mrs. Nora Wendell, Andrew Jarvis, Miss Agnes Quirk, Mrs. Mary Lane Bickford, Mrs. Katherine S. Hill, Stowe Wilder, Harry Winebaum, Willis G. Symonds, Rabbi Samuel Epstein, Mrs. Anne H. Hislop, Capt. Clair Lowman, Mrs. D. J. Rosseau and Capt. Fred Ladlow, agreed that the local organization should include the six national organizations and also the Army and Navy association and Red Cross. The six organizations which make up the national USO include the Salvation Army, Young Men's ' Christian association, Young Women's Christian association, National Catholic Community Service, Jewish Welfare board and Travelers' Aid. The campaign to raise the $2,500 --quota set !!Jr Portsmouth was discussed and will be started June 2627. Harry Winebaum is in charge of the business district and Mrs. Anne Hislop and Mrs. Willis Symonds ill; charg,e of the house can- , vass, assisted by Mrs. Mary Warner, Mrs. Katherine Harding, Miss Bertha Bennett ~nd Mrs. Beatrice Matthews. A minimum contribution of $1 will be necessary to entitle t he subscriber to the USO membe-rship button. The local banks and drug stores, etc., are also to receive the money. All workers I will have credential cards to do away with frauds. Requ.est tor $75,000 already sent to national headquarters to renovate . the --local Army and Navy home, gymnasium, swimming pool and dance hall needed. Capt. Fr.ed Ladlow of New York is already in charge of the home and national representatives are making surveys of Portsmouth's needs . E. Curtis Matthews of the Army and Navy association is chairman of the USO and Mrs. Ka:therine Hill is secretary. The treasurer is to· be named by the chairman from one of local banks. Willis Symonds is publicity chairman, assisted by Mrs. :p. J. Rousseau and Mrs. Nora Wendell. A meeting or the campaign committee will he held Wednesday, June 25, at the Rockingham hotel. Th•e·r e will be a dinner for the \~ , ~ c,_~ workers and afterwards a meeting, open to the general committee. , . ._ . :_ __ , I I I G: �I City Will House -I 45 CCC Youths In So. Ward ROom I _G roup To Prepare Pierce Island For Occupancy By Soldiers • 1 USO Makes Plans To Canvass For Fund Quota Drive • A. preliminary meeting of the women captains for the USO drive in greater Portsmouth took place at the North Parish yesterday with Mrs. E. Curtis Matthews in charge. Plans were made for the canvassing of homes in the -resident~al ~ tricts by the women and their teams. The big general meeting of all groups connected with the drive will be held at the Rockingham ho~ tel next Wednesday night. · Forty-five CCC boys who are to do the work on the . recreational camp for Army men on Pierce island will be housed in the South Ward room on Marcy street. This was · voted at a special 1session of the City Council held this morning in the Council Chambers. It is expected that 500 men from Most of the 500 men to be staout-of-state army encampments Uoned on the island for tht!r weekwill be spending their weekends on ends will be from Fort Devens, al-, the island as soon as the work is though the area covers 250 miles. completed. Mayor Stewart E. Rowe and By furnishing facilities for these •even memoers of the council were' CCC workmen, the city of Por ts- present at this morning's m~tlng; mouth may bring about a local CCC Frederick D. Gardner, Mary C. encampment for th-e locality. A Dondero, John Burkhardt, Edgar F. definite announcement of this pas- Wood waiter R . Harvey, William slbil!ty will be made later. H. p~lfrey and Frank W. Hersey. City Clerk Edward Hopley made City Clerk Edward Hopley ana motion that the Granite State nounced u1e plans to the members lodge of Elks and the Pentecostal and councilman Harvey moved that church, both of · which organiza- the request be granted. The motions save been gra~ted the use of tion vias seconded and Mayor Rowe the South Wardroom, be contacted declared it :i, vote after the cusand askeo if they will relinquish t-0mary word· was spoken by all their rights to it for the time being present. . . so that the building may be turned co-operation of the city 111 securover to the boys. ing housing for these CCC men was Councilwoman Mary Dondero . aske<l of •the city by Ansel Sanborn made the motion that these groups and George Roberts of the govern1 • ·1 ho have been workb-e granted th-e use of Ward l I or's counci • w_ CCC . room instead, so that they will not , ing for soi:ne tlIIle to secur~e!tional be denied a place for meetings, etc. I park_ ~ervice a;~~ r~ include South wardroom was decided , facil1t1es 111 is • . ~ . upon after council members and among other things a coast mvey. Maj. Charl,es P. Watson, USA., had contasted those in charge of other possible buildings. Col. Walter K. Vunn, commanding officer of !-he Harbor Defenses of Por tsmouth, stated that in view of the fact that he expects 720 additional men to arrive at the fort within the next week, housing facilities will be at a -premium; E. Curtis Matthews, chairman of the local USO, said that the Army and Navy buildings on Daniels street is being used for recreational purposes and no sleeping facilities would be available and the Armory is used for the State Guard. Major Watson, appointed by Brig. Goen. James A. Ulio, USA, chief of the morale division, ·will »e in charge of the island, which is the 17th area designated as a recreation center by the Army Morale division. t!~P 0 . f). -H 12;'u,__<J,. ~ . -~ "-t ! USO Drive Due To Get Underway Here Wednesday The opening gun in the drive of Vnited Service Organization's • campaign to raise it.s budget to ' carry on work for the service men, will get under way with a dinner for the workers next Wednesday , evening at th:e Rockingham hotel. Following the dinner at 6:30, there will be several speakers beginning I at 8 o'clock. This is open to anyone interested. Speakers will include 1 Rt. Rev. Monsignor J. S. Buckley, Vice General of the Diocese, pastor of St. John's church in Concord and member of the National Council of the U.S. O.; and Mrs. Irene Walbridge of Peterboro, State chairman of the U. S. ' O. Drive. She was a · Salvation Army doughnut girl during the World war. The active drive will begin Thurs. , day morning, and the goal set is 2,700. . tp. t \ ~ JI:, ~ . J.\\ i the USO Will Ask \.For $2,700 Here 1 I I The United Service orgah....i.tion , will open its drive in this city Thursday. Tomorrow evening there will be a meeting for the. workers who are to conduct the campaign to raise the quota, set at $2,700. Mrs. i E. Curtis Matthews heads the wornen's group while Harry Winebaum 1 is leading the drive among the men. , The canvass for this money, which is to be used in recreational work among the soldiers and sailors , in this territory, will be made on 1 Thursday, Friday and Saturday, I i I �State Guard Candidates Sign U.p Here (Photo by Kingsbury) This was the scene as state guard candidates met Wednesday to sign up at the armory here: Seated at the left, 2nd. Lieut. Cecil Neal, to be commander of local unit; leaning over desk to be first to sign. Harold S. Caswell; seated at the right, Morris H. Berry. Standing in the backgrolmd, waiting their tilrns are Norman Hayden, Justin E. French, Horace E, Whitlock, Horace W. Cannon, Geo. M. Stacy, Leslie E. Manning, Chas, G. McKenna, Gordon M. Hayden, Ernest V. B. Locke, Riobard P. Gorman, James W. Murchison, Charles W. Gray, Edward J. Flahive, Alex Emond and Samuel W. Ricker. 25 Sign Up For Local Unit Of State Guard Twenty~five men signed up for the state Guard at the first meeting Wednesday night at sta.te armory here. Second Lieut. Cecll Neal, who is in charge of the enlistments, stated tha.t 150 are wanted altogether. Thirty were present with all but five signing up. Another meeting will be held next week and anyone interested is urged to att.end. Although most of these signing up were ex-service men, others are f wanted. The state is to be divided into 11 military districts with Poftsmouth being designated as the headquarters of the 11th military district. Other headquarters will be Berlin, Laconia, Franklin, Claremont, Newport, Concord, Dover, Keene, Nashua. and Manchester. I p,\.\ tJte.J..A �(." r Start Construction Of Army Chapel At Camp Langdon English Tars Entertained By Army Men At Fort Fifteen British sailors learned what American army life was like Friday night when they weer entertained by the enlisted men of Battery A, Fort Constitution. The English tars expressed their approval as they tasted army food and danced with Portsmouth girls. They inspected the camp and were unanimous 1n their praise of United states army efficiency. The sailors were conveyed by army truck under the guidance of Capt. Charles J. Odenweller, Jr., Co. Battery A, from the submarine ba1Tacks at the navy yard where they are being housed, to Fort Ccnstitution where thev we e guests at I Ground . was broken at Oamp Langdon today for construction of a chapel. The bUlltllng located next to the administration building will complete unification of official buildings at Camp Langdon, the administrative office having been moved there last week. Work is being done by the Davison Construction company ot Manchester under the direction ot Capt. James Colllns, construction quartermaster. The chapel will be one story with a spire, will be 97 feet seven inches in length, 37 feet wide and will cost approximately $22,000. In addition to a chapel hall, a consultation room, chaplain's offices and cloak room will be provided. Religious services for all denominations will be conducted In the building, The construction of the chapel is in line with the army policy of providing such ,a structure in every army post. At preseI)t services are conducted In the post theater. • dinner. They were· then transported to Camp Langdon where they attended a dance at the post theater. Sailors from the visiting British submarine who were guests at the Fort included: (P. 0.) Hall, (P. 0 .) Standen, CL, Lea.) McHutchon, (A. B.) Bruce, (A. B.) Fraser, (Tel.) Pear,son, (L. Ca.) Graves, (Sto.) Ellis', (Sto.) Bromilow, (Sto.) Graves, (L. Sto.) Reed, (A. B.) Scarborough, (A. B.) Hawes, (E. R. A.) Hornby and (E. R. A.) Cramb. ~ " II. ~c, ~ ~. ~ \ Named Captain USO Officials Will Speak Here Tonight Two officials high in the state and national United Service organization will speak at a public meeting to be held at the ballroom of the Rockingham hotel this evening at 7.30. This meeting is for the general committee of the USO and also is open to the public, Monsignor J. S. Buckley of Concord, a member of the National Council of the USO and Mrs. Irene Walbridge of Peterboro, state chairman of the USO drive are the main speakers. Captains who are to work in the residential section of the city will include Mrs. Benjamin F. Beane, Mrs. Philip H. Sanderson, Mrs. M. L. Nannis, Mrs. s. M. Cohen, Mrs. Allen deRochemont, Mfs. William A. Dorney, Mrs. Katherine Harding, Mrs. Haven T. Paul, Miss Annie Chapman, Mrs. Ralph Frobisher, Mrs. Leslie Sargent, Mrs. Hyman Freiman, Mrs. Perley Storer and Miss Bertha Bennett. Mrs. E. Curtis Matthews is chairman and In charge of publicity are Mrs. D. J. Rousseau and Mrs. Willis G. Symonds. At 6.30 this evening there is to be a dinner for the workers of the drive, who tomorrow will start the three-day canvass of the city. Following the dinner the public meeting will be held. Capt. Cecil M. Neal Lieut. Cecil M. Neal, New Hampshire state guard, today was promoted to the rank of captain by Brig.-Gen. Charles F. Bowen, Captain Neal was commissioned a lieutenant 1n the United states army in 1917 and in 1919 was commissioned a captain in the Reserve corps. He served with the army during World war 1. At one time Captain Neal co::i• ducted the Neal Motor company. He sold out in 1937 and took the agency for Kendall Motor Oil company throughout the state. I His wife is the former Dorothy Ellis, domestic science teacher at Portsmouth Junior High school. I �Corps Area Commander To Inspect Pierce Island Brigadier General Francis B. Wll· by, new commanding general of the First Corps Area, wlll inspect the new Pierce Island Recrea,tional area tomorrow, Major Charles P. Wat.son, commanddng officer of the camp aid today. General Wilby will be in Portsmouth for an ln6pectlon o! the Portsmouth Harbor Defenses and will include the camp in his tour. Major Watson said that the 45 CCC men from the Veterans' Camp at Suncook, who have established a camp here near the east end of the Plerce island, have already cleared away part of tJ1e area and started the erection of tent platforms, so there will be actual construction for General Wilby to 6ee tomorrow. An officl,al visit wlll also be paid tomorrow by Major J. J. Donovan, Fir t Corps Area Morale officer, and Dani€! T. Blaney, inspector for the National_ Park under whose ' jurisdiction theServlce, CCC men work. The recreational area for the 500 men will be located on the South· east part of the Island just back of the old fort. When the camp 1s complet;ed which is estimated to be in about three weeks. tnere will be two of• flcera, four non-commlss:ioned offi. cers and elgllt soldiers on duty as the permanent c!etail. This will cons~t of Major Charles P. Watson (Inf.) USA of the Morale Divilsion, commanding; First Lieu· tenant Bernard J. Duffy, (Inf.) USA, adjutant; both of the Morale Division, a the camp function di· rectly under that division. Other members of the permanent detail wlll include a first rp;eant, supply fergeant, MP .rergeant, a corporal, as company cir rk; two privates. chauffem'6; and six pnvates for general duty. All are picked by l,he Morale Division for exceptional conduct, appearance and efficiency, Major Watson was born in Illinois. He ls 52 years old He enlisted In the army in August, 1913. He served In the Philippine I • land , (8th U. s. Infanlrv;, in 191314 anc: 15. He wa11 In he punitive expedition In Mexico, (16th U S. Infantry) March, 1916 to Feb1 uary, 1917, and comml.ss10nec! 2nd lieu- tenant Infantry June, 1917; promoted to 1st !leutenant, infantry, August, 1917. H server! overseas with American Expeditimrnry Force <324 h Infantr ·, 81 t "Wildcat" di• visionJ. M mbrr Res rvr Officers corps smce 1920. Commanding Headquart.ers company and battalion adjutant, Second Battalion, 121st Infantry, Georgia National Guard, 1925 to 1929. In civil iife emplovect b • Corps of Engineers, U. S. army <office of the president, Ml.ssl.ssippl Rlwr commission, Vicksburg, Miss,), since 1931. He has been in Port.5mouth for the pa.st ten days a~ranging details for the establishment of the camp, living at the Offic rs' club, camp Langdon. He expects Mrs. Watson to join him the first of July, when they will reside at Foye's corner, Rye. Lieutenant Duffy was born in Massachusetts and enlisted in the army at 16. In February, 1918, he was comml.ssioned a second lieutenant at camp Lee, Va., wher.e he served as bayonet instructor at succeeding officers' schools. He accepted a commission In the Officers' P~serve corps on Feb. 16, 1919. He has been connected with the Civilian Conservation corps for the past sewn Y"ars, commanding various camps In New Hampshire and connectlrut. His last assignment was the 1106th Veterans' company at Torrington, Conn. In civil life he was a sales manager. Off dul;Y, whether consciously or un· consciously, he Is looking for something of what has been his life at home. The lde3l thing would be to cfl'e:· him a taste of home life in the community near his cantonment or naval station. But that, on a large s.:ale, ls impra'3tlcable. What's the next best thing? What can we do to give the men a decent place to go? "There a tremendous task to be done here, with newly drafted lads pouring into the armed forces every day, with def€nse Industries ab· sorbing a steadily growing number of worke,s, many of them young. As to the neerl for such an organ!. zation to carry on in nearby towns and cities adjacent to the camps, the situation at Hampton Roads, Va., ls an illustration. The pecple here have long been accustomed to the presence of ~ervice men. Yet today Norfolk and it.s surrounding towns are engulfed. More than half a dozen troop concentt:atlons have been placed nearby. To the 250,000 people who llv,a in this area in normal times have been added 126,000 troops and defense workers, soon to become 203,000, On nights- off and weekends the communitl«s from Virginia Beach t4' Wllllamsburg are floded with uni· :ormed men and defense worker.s. Many of the boys cannot even find a place to wash their hands. some· times they dirive to Rlehmond, 60 miles away, to find beds. The overtaxed YMCA at Norfolk recently ac· ' t t ~ . ~C.· ~~. Iii commodated 10,000 people in a single day. Men on leave stand ve deep on r,he sidewalks for blocks.' That is the itua!Jon that faced one place. Each place has a different situation. Here in Portsmouth there are not so many men, but nevertheless there are several thousand additional persons here, and when the men in the service go oh leave, they do not stick around their camp, but inst.ead come into town. The USO In PortEmouth has planned a definite program that The appeal of the United ser- wlll take care of the needs in this vice Organizations for National De· area. fense for funds to carry on recreational work in connection with the men who are in the service, ls a na· tlon-wide affair. In Portsmouth a thorough canvass 1s to be made be· ginning tomorrow morning The United Service organization nationally is composed of the Young Men's Christian association, the National Catholic Community Service, the Salvation ArmY. the Young Women's Christian association, the Jewish Welfare board, the National Travelers' Aid association. These orga111zations did similar work In the World war and this f,lme, Instead of working as individual organizations, the group will use its efforts in a united program, work· ing through a single co-ordinating bo.:.y, the tJso The need of such an organization is told in a pamphl~t which has been Issued. "Your typical cit!· zen-soldier or sailor is quite young. loS 0 4 I I: r. USO To launch Fund Campaign Here Tomorrow I. I I �Goodbye Portsmouth - - Hello Army Photo by Kingsbury This was the scene this morning as the latest group of Portsmouth selectees left for Induction ln Manchester: Left \o right: first row, David T. Batchelder, Hampton Falls; Gregory Albert Cerini, Kittery; Andrew M. Indzinlak, Newmarket; Edward Harry Dionne Newmarket, and Joseph Grochmal, ewmarket. Second row, Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, Gordon A. Janvrln, Hampton Falls; Walter E. Carr, Portsmouth; Walter Waterhouse, Albert R. Morin, Newmarket; Councilwoman Mary C. Dondero, and Selective Service chairman, Charles M. Dale. Third row (on steps of train) Irving Franklin Thompson, Alfred, Me. and Benjamin A. Samson. I 9th Selectee Group Leaves Tbe ninth group of ,seleo~s to be called tnt.o aervia. from this dl4:i trlct left this morning. There were 11 in the party, one being inducted 1 for Oallfornla. local draft board 68. The 10 from this area. included four :from Newmarket, one from Kittery, two from Hampton Falls, two from Portsmouth and one from Alfred, Me. The men were p~nted with clga.rets by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe. On hand to wish them Godspeed were Chairman of the selective serice Do1trd Charles· M. Dale and City Councilwoman Mary 0, Don- dero. The group left at 8:12 for Manchester, where they wlll be examined and assigned locatio)lll, fc,r a training period. �Colonel Dunn Dedicates' Theater At Post Revue Col. Walter K. Dunn, commanding officer of the harbor defenses of Portsmouth, delivered a speech of welcome to the soldier and civilian audience at ,last night's "Post Revue" at the new Fort Constitution theater. In his address Colonel Dunn dedicated the .theater to the pleasure of the soldiers stationed at the harbor defenses who, he pointed out, are undergoing intensive and rigid training. He expressed the hope that the building would afford them a place for relaxation and enjoyment. Colonel Dunn voiced his appreciation to those among the soldiers and civilians- who had . worked to make the review a suc- j ces11. He ~pecially thanked the , soldiers who, on their own time, assisted in the extensive prepar·ations for the show. Lieut. EarJ Hand, post morale officer; Mrs. Emma Bilodeau Smith, I ·waiter Clegg and the soldiers who 1 participated in the entertainment were among those of whom the colonel made special mention. "We are particularly grateful," he concluded, to the civilians who have displayed such helpful interest in the harbor defenses and the men stationed here." One of the outstanding hits of the revue was the program by the Soldiers' Glee club from the Boston J Corps Area Headquarters detach- , ment at the Boston army base. The , group was directed by Sgt. A. 'Lit- : tlefield and the accompanist was ! Miss Gwenn McMeekin: I The Great Island players scored i ,a success with their· presentation of , Noel Coward's "The Valiant." Each member of the cast portrayed an understanding of his role and the audience was g,enoerou.s in i~ praise. Another star performer was Private Kourmpate.s of Battery B, whose acroba.tic numbers were greeted with spontaneous applause. · The show in its entirety was of professional quality and received the enthusiastic stamp of approval from the soldier-civilian spectators.-J. F. Six Portsmouth Trainees Are Sent To Camp Blanding William Kelley, 22-year-old son Six Portsmouth boys, traineegraduates of the Field Artillery Re- of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Kelley, : placement Training center at Fort 539 Islington street, Jed the selecBragg, N. C., this week transferred tees, left a job on the Portsmouth to the 172nd field artillery at Camp Navy yard. Wayne Vennard, son of Blanding, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vennard, Wall1s Pvt. J. D. O'Leary leaves Fort road, Rye, is 26, was a button work- I Bragg as an instruments and survey er for several years. specialist; Pvt. W. C. Vennard as a PaUl Vincent Downs, 22, is the signal - communication specialist; son of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe W. Pvt. Philip B. Holland, signal-com- Downs, 43 Holmes court. A sport munication specialist; Pvt. William star at Portsmouth Senior High Kelley, signal-communication spec- school, Paul had been a construclalist; Pvt. George Shern;tan, signal- tion •worker at Fort Constitution communication specialist; and Pvt. until his number came up. Thomas R. Thompson as a 75 mm. Thomas Thompson followed his gunner. brother Charles into the service. George W. Sherman left Ports- Charles was at Camp Hulen when mouth March 24 in the city's fifth Thomas became a selectee. Thomas group of selectees. His home is at lived with his mother, Mrs. Charles 30 Parker place. Lathrop, 393 Newcastle avenue. The other five''Jeft four days later • Signal-communication specialist in the first group to be given a Philip Holl€'-nd is 23, lived at 19 •·send-off." More than 2,500 persons Woodbury avenue. He used to work marched to the station with 37 in the First National store here. Instrument-Survey specialist Jotrainees that day in a parade led by the Portsmouth Senior High school seph D. O'Leary, 152 Clinton street, band. is 23, had been an apprentice on the , navy yard. �Mr. Matthews contended, neverthe- ' less, that Portsmouth is one of the defense areas and should receive some aid. 1 "I'm going to call your bluff," he , said to Mr. Tracy and Mr. Langstaff. , "Are you going to recommend that 1 money be appropriated to Ports.moUth ?" I Mr. Tracy said Portsmouth would have to think for itself and he couldn't reveal what he and Mr. Langstaff were going to do. "You are on the priorities list, I will say," he soothed. "The thing to do is present your case." . Wallace Nelson, representing the Elks, moved that Mr. Matthews be "continued as chairman" because the group really couldn't accept any ! Refusing to form "another" recreation committee, other chairman. ' representatives of two score Portsmouth clubs lost night FSA's Mr. Langstaff jumped up. "It will be sort of embarrassing. voted to re-organize a group created lost May and to con- You have to have a committee in , tinue E. Curtis Matthews in office as temporary chairman. charge of planning recreation," he said, "and you have to have the USO · At a perplexed but purposeful ses- dith Langstaff, assistant field rec- to raise money." sion in the Army-Navy building . reation representative of the FedIn fact, he asked, "won:t Mr. Matnearly 50 men and women were 1 eral Security agency. · thews have trouble conferring with . asked to elect officers for a Ports- , Mr. Langstaff said Portsmouth himself?" ' mouth Recreational committee. : must realize that it has become a Mr. Matthews arose again. "I took i They were warned that the USO I center for thousands of new person_s, the temporary chairmanship of the could not be this group because na- Inot only workers, but men and offi- first committee, which really is what tionally it raises money, then main- cers of the United States army, they want formed again. I don't tains and operates buildings in "ar- navy, marines and coast guard. want this job, but I would be willmy centers" after conferring with "They are all like the people of ing to continue temporarily. a program-planning group in each Portsmouth. You must accept them, "Let me emphasize that we are town or city. entertain them and make them your : working for the boys in the service Federal Security agency officials friends." · and ought to be allowed to handle said there should therefore be two • things in our own way. It seems to organizations in Portsmouth, a USO Suggests Activities · me that the one job now is to raise· and a recreational committee; but Among Mr. La!1gstaff's sugges- 1 money for the USO, then to get gothe representatives of Portsmouth _tions were: s~lection of a . _9entral I ing on this planning business." clubs decided the local United Ser- building where information and recvice organizations really had been reation would be provided, organiza- Decide One Group Enough created to perform both functions tion of young women, older women Several club representatives said and that to start another .would be and civilian youth into "entertain~ they believed the committee formed , to duplicate efforts. ment companies," and plans for l in May had been working and real- ; club-sponsored activities. ; ly was what Mayor Rowe had "conDetermine Objectives Declaring that ~itizens must hard- ! curred with as the · official one" beThe "SOS" committee, as Plan- en up and work together, Mr. Tracy , fore another W&S requested. They ning Board Chairman Dr. S. F. A. hinted that Portsmouth had better·: then voted to continue Mr. MatPickering termed it, will: raise m~m- : formulate a program and decide i thews as temporary chairman. ey for the USO, plan spare-time whether or not the Army-Navy Grinning peacefully, Mr. Matpursuits for service men and defense building could be city-owned if mon- 1 thews took over the meeting, said workers, enlist Portsmouth folk in ey were to be obtained from the j the original committee really had a campaign · to provide friendliness government, or fro.m the USO. ! been re-organized, and outlined "Such buildings," he explained, these objectives: raising the USO "must be public property. If neces- quota; getting the new-old commitChairman E. Curtis Matthews sity for one is proved, the gove_rn~ tee toget~er and elec~ing a _permafollowed re-organization of ment will co-operate in construction. nent chairman; stra1ghtenmg out Portsmouth's Recreation comThe USO will maintain and oper- the legal status of the Army-Navy mittee last night by appointing ate it." building; planning a recreationala program committee today. friendship program; and either ob- / William G. Wendell was Mr. Matthews Disagrees taining money from the government : named chairman. Assisting him E. Curtis Matthews arose. "Way , and the USO or "doing it alone." ' will be Mrs. Arthur Baum, Walahead of the USO, reprE'~entatives ! Among clubs represented were: , l lace S. Nelson, M. E. Witmer 1 of Portsmouth organiza£.i .ili met Kiwanis, by Everett Seavey and J. and John Thrunk. ; and began planning things. I as- Phillip Mccaffery; League of Wosumed temporary chairmanship, and men :Voters, ~rs. Albert Briskay and !. M?>kih/=❖::)h:--~:i+iY#:z::::\•::;:::::\f:-::?4f+i❖kfrh>\.~...f4#;-i;,faM it so happened that that larger com- Mrs. John Swmnerton; New Hamp: and creation, decide what status the' mittee turned into a USO commit- 1 shire Society for the Prevention of , Army-Navy building must have and tee. ) Cruelty to Children, Wallace S. Nel- 1 1 assemble facts as a basis for asking ''.What we want to know is-are son; Community council, Mrs. Lau- ! : money from the national USO or the citizens of Portsmouth going to 1 ra Sumner; North church guild, '·from the government. handle the program or is the USO : Mrs. Thomas Noyes; the Elks, Wal· Planning Board Chairman Picker- going to send men here? Who's go- , lace Nelson; Salvation Army, Capt. ing, who presided until Mr. Mat- ing to do what job?" Clair T. Lowman; King's Daugh- , thews had been elected explained Stating that Portsmouth would • ters of the Baptist church, Mrs. that the session had been summoned raise its USO quota of $2,600 and I Samuel Griffin; Family Welfare as' to form a Portsmouth Recreation send it to the national treasurer, sociation, Mrs. I. E. Stowe: Warner committee, then introduced B. Mere, iRe-Organi.ze City Group On Recreation I I I I 1• I I �House, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wendell; American Legion auxiliary, Mrs. Alice Jameson; Community Service committee of the American Legion auxiliary, Mrs. Leeta Rintz. America-Greek Ahepha, Roy Varotsis; Piscataqua Business and Professional Women's club, Mrs. Constance Richmond; Women's City club, Mrs. Arthur Baum; ItalianRepublican club, Omero Barello; Sea Scouts, Rollin Eaton; Maj. Charles T. Watson, Morale branch, USA, and his aide; Knights of Columbus, Red Cross, Andrew Jarvis; Emblem club, Mrs. Charles A. Gerry; Army-Navy association Ml'l!I Katherine Hill; YMCA, Willis Sy~ mond; Veterans of Foreign Wars, Albert G. Brooks; Veterans of Foreign Wars auxl11ary, r,rrs. Don Glidden, and Loyal Order of Moose Herbert O'Brien. ' I 21 Trainees Leave City OnJulyl8 Portsmouth's Selective Service board today chose the 21 young men who will fill the 11th draft call Friday, July 18. Leader is Arthur Kenneth Day, 42 Middle street, Portsmouth. Joseph John Dooda, 30 Gardner street, Portsmouth, is assistant leader. The other select.ees are: Raymond Wallace Dyer, 177 Concord way, Portsmouth; Warren Howard Caswell, RFD 2, Portsmouth; John Paul Regan, 24 Woodbury avenue, Portsmouth; Robert Ellsworth Campbell, 44 Lawrence street, Portsmouth; Richard Henry Hay, 33 Miller avenue, Portsmouth ; Bruce Thomas Haley, 193 Main street, Newmarket. John Henry Rogers, 611 Varney street, Manchester; Philip Joseph Curran, 401 Miller avenue, Portsmouth; Peter Joseph Kosscuisky, 169 McDonough street, Portsmouth; William Edward Felch, Lafayette road, Seabrook; Earle Evely Rowe, 299 South street, Portsmouth; Alphonse Ludger Pelletier, 185 Main street, Newmarket; Robert Weldon Smith, 144 Park street, Portsmouth; Aloysious Louis Puchlopek, Packers Falls road, Newmarket. Eugene William LePage, 21 North Main street, Newmarket; Irvin Dow Pearson, South Main street, Seabrook; Harnld Neal Janvrln, Boynton lane, Seabrook; Albert Anthony Piasano, 110 Crescent way, Portsmouth; and Malcolm Oscar Carlson, Mace road, Hampton. Portsmouth Selectees Sent To Camp Blanding Eight men who in recent months was working at Fort Constitution. have left Portsmouth to serve their His two brothers are also serving . in the armed forces; Roscoe at Camp yea.I in the United States army are Hulen with the national guard and being transferred to the 172nd FA, Frederick at the airplane base at Oamp Blanding, .Fla. All were among Pensacola, Fla., in the United States the first 19,600 trainee-g1•aduates of navy. the Field Artillery Replacement Raymond Francis Aubertine, son Training center at Fort Br~g, N. C. of Mr. and Mrs. Norman T. AuberRobert H. Call was trained as a I tine, Woodbury avenue, was football cannoneer; Orazio Camuso as a letterman at the Ports1Pouth Senior basic and Paul V. Downs as a gun- High school and inside guard of the ner. These five were trained as truck K of o. Formerly employed by driveri,: Charles H. Fall, Raymond Hett's truqking ooneern, he was Aubertine, Oarl Geraci, Edward working on the loq11,l navy yard when Hattford, and Russell Bemis. All !called. eight are privates. Charles Henry Fall, 27, GreenEdward Alfred Hartford, born in land, was born ln Lincoln, Me., and Deerfield, attended the Greenland graduated from elementary and high and West Epping schools. He ~oved school. When called, he was demonto Portsmouth about 14 yeaIS ago strating farm machinery for a Oonand had worked at the National cord company Gypsum company for the past four. · Robert Her~an Call 22 wa11 f The son of Mrs. Florence Parks a nd mer 11toolcroom clerk: for :ra~ the late Lamiah Hartford , he Is 26 Winllbaum. Born in Portsmouth, 110n years old and unmarried. of Mr. and Mrs, Harold w. Oall, he Russell Booker Bemis, son of Mr. attended the local elementary and and Mrs. Eugene M. Davis, wa& high schools prominent in Demolay activities a nd Carl Joseph Geraci, 23, was born worked on the local navy yard. 1in Portsmouth and attended the Paul Vincent Downs was born In local elementary schools for eignt Portsmouth, the son of Mr. and Mrs. years, high school for one. He was Roaooe W. Downs of Holmes court, employed by the B & M railroad He attended St. Patrick's p11,roohial Orazio Camuso 25 was In the school and Portsmouth Junior a nd national guard fro'm 1936 to 1938 and Senior High schools. He was foot- plityed on the football team at Porti,ball lettllrman for three year11, Q11se- moutn High school. He was em~ ball letterµian for two and played ployed by the Portsmouth Crushed on the championship 1939 basketba,ll Stone company as a rook driller. tea,m. When called Into .service, he The money which each individual gives will help to provide a place for the men of the army and navy to go. Men who have been taken in the selective service, maybe your neighbor's boy, or possibly a relative of yours, w111 benefit from this money, as the plan ls for a place where, with little expenditure, a Workers for the USO drive are service man can entertain his eJJ.deavorlng to complete their can- friends, or, with no expense at All, vass of the city in their effort to find a place for recreation or rest raise $2700. Portsmouth's quota in when he is off duty. this nation-wide drive to provide recrea,tlonal facilitl . "o the men In the service and workers in N.atlonal defense areas. Port.smouth will be the location of one of the USO shelbers, the Army 1 and Navy building to be used in this work. Funds to operate as well as outfit it In keeping with the plan of the USO, will cost considerable more than the quota for Portsmouth. A goal of ten million dollars has been set for the entire nation and, from this money, allotments wlll be made for the various defense areas where recreat!onaJ facilities wi11 be provided. USO To Operate Own Shelter Here �0 Negro Selectee Ralph Reed Gets Send-Off Photo by Marston Lone negro draftee, Ralph Reed, was given a send-off from the Portsmouth railroad station this morning by Charles M. Dale, head of the local board, Councilwoman Mrs. Mary C. Dondero, Mayor Stewart E. Rowe and Mrs. Leta Rlntz, and his relatives and friends. In the picture, left to right, are: Mrs. Leta Rintz, Charles M. Dale, Councilwoman Dondero, Mayor Stewart E. Rowe; kneeling are selectee Ralph Reed, and Andrew Scott. Stand'ing beside them is Harry Jones, Jr., and standing behind them are Mrs. Ralph Reed, mother of the draftee; Emerson ,Reed, a brother; Ethel Jones; Jane Jones; Marjorie Jones; and Mrs. Andrew Scott. Mrs. Leta Rlntz is a si ·ter of nk Bouma, after whom the local :~erican Legion post was named. Mrs. Rlntz has attended every send-o ven the selective service men sent ,lrom Portsmouth • .~ . Colored Selecte~ Joins U. S.__Army Portsmouth's s•cond colored selectee, Ralph Maltry &ed, Jr., left t11e local railroad station IS' morn ing for the Induction center at Man• chr.ster. Gathe~d to see him leave for hiS year's military service were his mother, Mr. and Mrs, Scott of McDonough street, Mls.s Alice Jones and other family friends. (' The official bidders of farewell also gathered as the train pulled mto the yard: Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, Hon. Charles M. Dale, Councilwoman Mrs. Macy Dondero, Board Clerk Laurence Grattan and Mrs. I. E. Rlntz. Rt'ed was boin in Portsmouth in 1918; attended the local i;chools and studied at UNH for one year. When called for the army, he was employed as a machinist at the Watertown ars-Enal, Watertown, Mass. �Loukas N. Coussoule, Esq., 18 !I High atreet, Portsmouth. Charles E. Dearborn, Epping road, Newmarket. I Julius C. Delpino, Esq., Oliver street, New Castle. Gerald D. Foss, Esq., 199 Wibird street, Portsmouth. \ William P. Fowler, Esq., North Office Hampton. , First National Bank Builciing Henry M. Fuller, Esq., 4 Market Phone - 2270 square, Portsmouth. Territorial Jurisdiction Charles J. Griffin, Esq., 78 ConGreenland, Hampton, Hampton gress street, Portsmouth. Falls, New Castle, Newfields, NewSamuel Levy, Esq., 4 Market ington, Newmarket, North Hampton, square, Portsmouth. Portsmouth, Rye, Seabrook, and, Leo L!berson, Esq., 82 Congress Stratham. street, Portsmouth. Oliver W. Marvin, Esq., Oliver Members street, New Castle. Charles M. Dale, Esq., chairman, Robert Marvin, Esq., 15 Pleasant 32 Miller avenue, Portsmouth. street, Portsmouth. Elihu T. Adams, secretary, SeaThomas J. Morris, 16 Market - - , ' square, Portsmouth. Oscar Neukom, Esq., 10 Congress brook. Judge John W. Perkins, Dearborn street, Portsmouth. avenue, Hampton. Harry W. Peyser, Esq., 15 Pleasant 1 street, Portsmouth. Office Force Arthur J. Reinhart, Esq., 3 PleasLaurence F. Grattan, clerk, ~2 ant street, Portsmouth. Tanner street, Portsmouth. Arthur Eugene Sewall, Esq., 4 1 Dorothy Liljehult, stenographer, M'arket square, Portsmouth. 64 Haven road, Portsmouth. Local Board No. 19 Portsmouth, N. H. 1 I Medical Advisory BoardDistrict "J" Serving Local Board Areas No. 19 . (Portsmouth) and No. 20 (Exeter) Government Appeal Agent Ralph G. McCarthy, Esq., 276 State street, Portsmouth. Oscar B. Gilbert, M. D., Exeter, internist. Wendell Phillips Clare, M. D., 402 Charles W. Hannaford, M. D. Ch., State street, Portsmouth. 3 Pleasant street, Portsmouth, inFrederick s. Gray, M. D., 414 State ternist. street, Portsmouth. Harry B. Carpenter, M. D., 32 Samuel T. Ladd, M. D., 3 Pleasant Congress street, Portsmouth. eye, street, Portsmouth. ear, nose and throat. Rolf Lium, M .. D., 3 Pleasant (see: Carl R. Frieorg, M. D., Manstreet, Portsmouth. . chester, District "H," orthopedist. Hibbard Sprague, M. D., 761 South Lawrence R. Hazzard, M. D., 10 street, Portsmouth. · Congress street, Portsmouth, surThomas Walker, M. D., 232 Court geon. street, Portsmouth. · Herbert L. Taylor, M. D., PortsLester R. Whitaker, M. D., 232 mouth, surgeon. Court street, Portsmouth. Willard C. Montgomery, M. D., I Epping, psychiatrist. I Examining Dental Physicians Anthony E. Peters, M. D., PortsFrank A. Feuerhan, DMD, 390 mouth, radiographer. state street, Portsmouth. John T. Guy, M. D., 45 Pleasant John D. Leap.y, DDS, Congress street, Portsmouth, venerealog!st. block, Portsmouth. (see: Robert E. Biron, M. D., Byron F. Staples, DDS, 33 Pleas- Manchester, District "H"'), patholoant street, Portsmouth. ! gist. J. E. Flanigan, DDS, Portsmouth, Registrants' Advisory Board . dentist. Thomas H. Simes, Esq., chairman, 1 L. H. Jacobs, DDS, Exeter, dentist. 244 state street, Portsmouth. \ Stewart E. Rowe, Esq., 214 State ' r, [' ..., 4' street, Portsmouth. · ('a \ . . ~. l . Arthur L. Churchill, Esq., New- 1 market. · ·Fifteeo Men Pass Exams For Guard Fifteen men passed physical examinations to become active members of the Portsmouth · unit of the New Hampshire State Guard last , night at the local armory. · Twelve more men are scheduled for examination Monday night at 8 o'clock. Examining physicians last night, appointed by" Adjt.-Gen. · Charles F . Bowen, mre Drs. Samuel T. Ladd and Frederick S. Gray. ,· Five new candidates were enrolled last night, bringing to 46 the total thus far listed. Registration will be open again Monday night at the armory. Those who passed their ·. physical exams were: Charles McKenna, Morris H. Berry, Charles W. Gray, Alexander J. Reis, Justin D. French, I Leslie C. Manning, Richard P. Gor- , man, Roger F .. Gagnon, Vito P. / Massaro, Harold G; Caswell, Robert E. Bamburger, Harry M. Curtis, Jr., / Gordon M. Hayden, Ernest VanB. Locke and Joseph 0. Belanger. 1 Examining Physicians Says Army Agrees I To Sanitize Island 1 Advisor, Conscientious Objectors Advisory Board for Registrants Maxwell Ganter, street, Portsmouth. 101 Chapel i Associate 1 Mem,bers, Registrants' Advisory Board Edgar A. Blanchard, Esq., 3 Pleas- ant street, Portsmouth. Guy E. Corey, Esq., 240 Middle street, Portsmouth. Army assistance is looked for in improving the municipal swimming pool on Pierce island to meet State Board of Health requirements, according to Councilman John Burkhardt, chairman of the city council swimming pool committee. Mr. Burkhardt heard a letter from the state board read at last . night's city council meeting in l which the board insisted that chlorination, bathhouses, toilets and showers be provided. "The toilets and bathhouses we have," he said, "the showers will be a simple matter. Major Charles P. Watson, in charge of the army recreation center on the island, has i agreed to do everything possible to get help for us on the chlorination equipment." "When the army was granted use or Pierce island, it was with the understanidng that everything necessary to meet approval of the state I board of health would be done by it anyway," Street Commissioner America Fransoso interrupted. , "That's so," the mayor and coun- , cil agreed. ; �Fence In Harbor Defenses To Hinder Spies, Saboteurs· - - - - - - --- - - - - - I '$400 Needed To Complete I TO keep out or catch those en- I A notable example of their use gaged in espionage or sabotage, a happened on the Portsmouth Plains $17,580 fencing and lighting project about 1690 when a band of hostile has been started at the 1105th CASU Indians attacked -the blockhouse, and 22nd Coast Artillery a t the which was surrounded by a high Harbor Defense of Portsmouth, as stockade, rained fiery arrows onto part of a S3,000,000 national pro- the main bu!lding.s, set fire to the gram. stockade and massacred a number Critical areas ,will be fenced and of the Colonists, taking the rest lighted as will the entire outside prisoners. This type of incenboundary of each of the four posts diary bomb would be of littJle which comprise the Harbor Def ens~ 1 use today, for steel fences do of Portsmouth. not burn and modern fire fightWithin the reservation of Fort ing apparatus could quickly extinConstitution nearby is an historic guish any comparatively puny fires brick tower, t~rown up, according set by fire-bearing arrows. to legend, dunng a, single night The t"""' of fenc being ted back in 1808 .,_ e e;rac . - - · here at the Harbor Defense ot Knew Beforehand J Portsmouth is of a standard design, ·CO!. Jchn B. Walbach had ad- constructed of heavy steel wire vance news of a propOSed re.id by mesh, vertical ror a height of six an English vessel and he ordered feet, with three strands of galthe ha.sty construction of a tower vanized barbed wire extending and then warded off the attack. ward at an angle for another foot Back 1n 1774 Gen. John Sullivan and a. half. In all, art, the Harbor of Durham rounded up a group of Defense of Portsmouth there is a Colonia~ farmers and poorly _trained total of 11,282 linear ' feet, there loc_a~ mf•a.I1;trymen, surprised. a being 7,688 feet of boundary fence British garri.son a.t Fort Constitu- and a.pproxima.tely 3 594 feet or t!on, then known as For~ William fencing surrounding 'critical areas i and_ Mary, sto!e the powder and within the reservations. I ferried it up river. to Durham. At the present time there is a There it was hidden and later system of street lights within each taken to Charlestown, Mass., where p05t which gives sufficient light it was used against the British in for ord!na.ry needs but none of the the battle of Bunke:r Hill. Had critical areas-fortifications, ordthere been seven-foot "hurricane" tn.a.nce warehouses, motor parks, steel fences and powerful electric ' seacoast batteries, magazines, wafloodllghts at these post.s in thnse ter towers or other sensitive areas days, such surprise attacks would is sufficiently lighted. not have been po.ssible. . Four spot lights, seven flOOd To Replace Bridges )ights and six street lights will be All wooden bridges in defense installed at Fort Foster on Gerrish areas which have to be replaced will Island, Fort constitution, Camp have new steel bridges built In their : Langdon and Fort Stark. places according to a standard de- I, sign known as the COllins System 1! & -, ~ C'l • of Short Span Bridge Units tor 1 • T) ~ -...1 .......--. \ \ • y \ 1 Replacing bombed Bridges. . Wooden bridges do not stand a I show against any type of bomb ' while steel bridges are resistant to incendiary bombs. Short, uniform spans of steel, des.!gned by Capt. James G. Collins, USA, QMC, constructing quartermaster for the Harbor Defense 1 of Portsmouth, will be inter- . changeable and so designed that \ they will be easily replaeeable. In- 1' cendiary bombs would simply land on the mesh surface and smoulder 1 until extinguished. / Not So Long Ago Not so, however, with the first type of incendiary bomb which was used very successfully ag,ainst the COlonisos from 1620 on until . as late as 1800 in various parts of the country. I I 1· I uso·Quota Four hundred dollars more is needed in order to put Portsmouth over the top in its drive to raise money for the USO, it was announced rthis noon by E. Curtis Matthe,;ys, cp.airman of the drive. statmg that ~2,200 has already been ra~d durmg the campaign, he issuea an appeal to those who have not yet assisted in this effort to sec~:e. money to provide recreational fac1Iit1es for enlisted personnel and defense workers. "If those who haven't given will make a contribution of a dollar or more, we will soon go over the top. If there are many who wish to have us come for the contribution just telephone 1391-J," he said. ' in- 1 I p ------------- Give Benetif'.for USO, War Relief Mrs. John Meads Howel!G of Kittery Point is one of the i:ponsors of the USO and British War Relief benefit to be held in "Tangle• wood" in Lenox, Mass., Aug. 15. Last year, Dr. Serge Koussevitzky, the Boston Symphony orchestra. and the Berkshire Festival presented a gala benefit for the 'British War Relief and $23,000 was real- . ized in one day. If the event this I year is as great a success as lait I year, each major army camp east 1 of the Mississippi will receive a re~ording machine and 200 records nade by the Boston Symphony or·hestra and the Boston Pops orhestra and many articles will be ', mt to Britain. l +\~ ~ --- - 5 ·"\I �Camp Langdon Entertainers fort Notes stormy weather yest~rday dashed the hopes o! 1J5 60ldle:.c; of the Portsmouth Harbor Defenses who were ready to leave for Boston in an 11-kuck army convoy. Upon arrlv· al they were tc, be guests of the management st the Bo.!'ton Red Sox-st. Louis Browns ba.'-t'ball game. Lieut. Earl Hana, morale officer for the Harbor Defenses, received &. wire stating the game had been cancelled. Captain Paul M. Phillips, bQttery commander of Headquarters bat· tery, 22nd Coast artillery, today was ordered to leave for Edge· wood Arsenal, Md., to .i,ttend a 30· day training course in chemical warfare. Three members of the 1105th CASU at Camp Langdon today re· ceived orders to report to Camp Devens to attend special training $<:hools. P:,ivat.e Nichol.a.; Decaprio, Bridgeport, Conn., will be trained as motor mechanic and Pvts. Joseph J. Brac.h, Holyoke, MB.:il'., and Leotiold Barrabe, New Bedford, Mass., &s cooks. These men wet"t'. inductPd last February, and were- chosen for speclal training because of their meritorious records. Taking part in a recent program at Camp Langdon were left to right, Pvt. William Doheney, Jackie Woods and Major Georgf' R, Bur7ess, recently transferred to Por~mouth from Puerto Rico. ?. - 4 ~ . "Tuit.., ,~-L\\ , Forts Give Aluminum 6fflcers and men at the Har• bor Defenses today made a splendid contribution to the Portsmouth "Clean-Up-Aluminum" drive, Chairman Vincent Taccetta announctd. The appeal for their aid In the drive was made by Mr. Taccetta to Colonel Walter K. Dunn, commanding officer at the forts, when the campaign flrst started. The chairman also ~tated that donations from neighboring towns are still coming inHampton announced today that their metal will be delivered to Taccetta's Albany street warehouse later in the week. The committee asks that everyone finding aluminum either deliver it to the warehouse or call them to have it collected. ''l'Ve'll go over the top before we stop asking," said Chairman Taccetta. Major Nee Praises Publicity Men Of Local Forts Praise o! the Public Relations organization of the Portsmoutih Harbor Defenses was expressed to Colonel Walter K. Dunn, USA, commanding officer, by Major William .F. Nee, :Public Relations director for the First Corp.; area of the army during a visit here this weekend. Major Nee said <that the plan worked out by Colonel Dunn of having dally press conferences with his unit and the prompt dispatch of news Items to newspapers would be recommended to other posts of the area. Major Nee complimented 1st Lt. William A. Craig on the able work which his two a.c;slste.nts, Corporal Fred Hurley and Private William Doheny have done. Both Hurley and Doheny, selectees, were prominent public relations men before joining the army. I �400 Strong - More Men For Forts Showing part of the more-than-four-hundred soldiers who arrived here by special troop train Wednesday a~ they gathered In the station yard, awaiting transportation to the Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth. All sizes and shapes: tall, short, fa.I.. thin; were among the sunburned boys from the South. Originally, 185 were cheduled for Langdon; 1'17 for Foster; 35 for Constitution and 16 for Stark. Due t-0 extra men arriving, these numbers will be altered. Twenty-One More Men Join Portsmouth State Guard Unit As 21 more men were sworn in son, William H. Hopley, Richard P . last night as members of the Ports- V. Gorman, George E. Duncan, Roger F. Gagnon, Vitor P. Massaro, mouth detachment of the New and Leslie C. Manning. Hampshire Home Guard, the local member hip reached 33. Measurements were taken la.;;t night for the new uniforms which will be sent soon. At the next meeting, Monday \ evening, at the State Armory the first drill will be held. Sergeant McNamara, attached to the harbor defenses has volunteered his servlc88 as drill instructor. Ca!)t. Cecil Ne!! hopes to have at least 100 in the company and requests anyone inte ted to get in touch with him. Among the new members of the guard who took their oath le.st night were the following: ( Charles T McKenna, Robert E. Bamburger, Lewis E. McNt>il, Frank G. Rolston, Horace E. Whitlock, Samuel H. Kingsbury, Percy B. Larrabee, Charles A. Weeks, John R. Parkhurst, Joseph L. Louther, Jr., Arthur E. Irish, Jr., Gerald W. Pierce, George M. Stacey, James W. Nelson, Jr., James W. Murch!- Nine Men J in Local State Guard Nine more men wer •wom into I the Uth company of tlle N w Hampshire State guard at th state armory on Parrott avenue last evening by Capt. aecll M. Neal, commanding offic r . They were: Georg K. Bates, Donald A. Benfield, Russell Corbin, Paul W. Eldridge, El, Donald Ewer, Edward Qray, Alfred L. H!ll, Arthur Hopley, and Lewis W. Moore. Dr. Samuel T. Ladd examined seven new candidates. Sgt, John McNamara, US , 22nd Ooa t Artlll ry, drilled the men for ne11,rly two houn, first explainlnii the various formations in the armory and lat.er taking the men on to the South playgrounds wh re they drill d exten iv ly. He 11ay h I enooura.ged over the progre which the m n have made 110 tar and 11e1't Monday nhi:ht a.t '1,30 o'clook wUl e plain the few remaining forma• tlon of the new Infantry drill and will appoint various aquad oommand rs. 1 Total enrollm nt now ls 42 m n. ~ ~ S'-4\ �Last All-1940 Group Leaves (Photo by Marston) ite home' Local BPOE members presented automatic pencils to the 21 boys leaving be today, sure And wr they'll s·mok"'lo'r They'll the army ..... too, because Mayor Rowe gave them cigarettes from the city. \ 0 ---------- ~ jorettes, Jackie Woods and Ruth Checking up on the eselectees Gilbert, was directed by Thomas were Hon. Charles Dale, cha!rma Cler Kennedy and Jam Fernald. of the local draft boRr -. Upon arrivin · .1t the ':ition, the Lawrence Grattan. Forts .,ufo' next r oup o{ men wer,., .. dressed by. Litut.selectees, H local boys will Comdr F. W Rasch, representing leave for service Aurust 4. Portsmouth BPOE lodge. The commander presented each man with an automatic pencil at the close of his speech. Mrs. Dondero, in charge of the sendoff, introduced the speaker and then presented Mrs. Leta Rintz and Mrs. Alice ameson who presented arachutists To Meet candy, wrapped with red, white and blue ribbons, to the 21 soldiers-to- In Legion Hall 1 21 Selectees nter Ar~ ~, Sunounded by cheering, singing throngs of relatives, friends and city officials, 21 trainees left for at least one year of army service this 1 morning, at 8:15. Led by Arthur Kenneth Day, the men marched from Market square to the station, escorted by 32 men from the Harbor Defenses. Capt. James Collins, Battery B. Fort Stark, commanded the escort. Col. beseven members of the local WCTU Walter K. Dunn, Major George R. also presented them with candy and Burgess and First Lieut. Samuel Y. leaflets. selected by Deaconness Harding, Jr., also represented the I Edith Smtih. Present were Mrs. Landry, Mrs. Gertrude Rand, Iort.s. Three local police officers Pearl Mrs. Mary Godfrey, Deaconness cleared the street.s for the proces- Smith, Miss Alice True, Mrs. Sybil sion. Merrell and Mrs. Pearl Alvey. Mayor Stewart E. Rowe and five Portsmouth's Emerson Hovey post, members of his city council: Coun- VFW, was represented by Albert cilmen Palfrey, Woods, Burkhardt, Brooks, Jr., son of Commander and Gardner and Councilwoman Mary Mrs. Albert Brooks. Their daughter, Dondero greeted the men in the Patricia, represented the American square where the mayor presented Legion Junior auxiliary. each man with clgaret.s. · Before the train pulled out, HowMartial music by part of the High ard Jackson lwed the group in i;lngschool band, led by two drum-ma- ing "God Bless America." I I r. Members of the Parachute f:chool will hold their meetings in the American Legion hall M:>nday, Tuesday and Thursday evening for i:he next two weeks. At the end of the session it is expected that residents of Portsmouth will be treated to some jumping. The public is invited to stop in and see work that members of the school are doing during these sessions. ~ • ~ I.,_. '-l I �Selectees Go Monday; 14 More For Army Portsmouth will lose 14 more selectees to the US army at a :12 Monday ornlng, as they leave the raITr0lli a n to go to "M ehester :for induction. Plans :for farewell greetings are being made by councilwoman Mary Dondero and she extends an invitation to everyone to be at the station to "kiss the boys goodbye" It has been impossible· to secure any music :for the farewell, as many of the musicians are away for the summer, Mrs. Dondero said, Mayor Stewart E. Rowe and members of the council have been invited to par~clpate and the mayor will present a carton of clgarets to each selectee as they depart. Representatives from the VFW auxillary a.re to give each a box of candy and the WCTU also have arranged a gift :for each man, Rolvin Everett COOmbs, WQOd- Karol Frank Gonet who resides on the Dover Point road, Newmarket, was born In Lawrence, Mass., Oct. 4, 1918. He ls employed as a shoe worker. Gilbert Camile Valliere, another Newmarket selectee, lives at 3 Church street. He ls also a shoe worker. He was born June 16, 1917. Edward Adolph Mllsowicz of 206 South Main street, Newmarket, :~~~ 1!h!h1~0 ~~~~te~~:k!t c~~: structlon worker and is 24 years old, being born In Newmarket, March 27, 1917 N~poleon Peter stabrow, 78 Bridge street, Portsmouth, employed as a helper on the Portsmouth Navy yard, Is a native of Manchester. He has lived here since childhood, attending local schools. He was one of the organists presenting concerts from the Herald o!flce during the Christmas holidays. John Joseph Bokata, an employe ~d. road. North l:l . ~,~ of the city, lives at 14 Russell street. selected as leader,:'1!1fi1!Euitlltl1e4de\' He was born In Haverhlll, Mass., is Harold L. Drew, 171 oantreas Feb. 9, 1914. street. Coombs was born in Newburyport, July 28, 1916, He 1s a cook. Drew was bOrn 1n t.hls city, 'tt~ · ~ · '-4. \ June 2, 1918. He attended the local schools. Others in the group are: Quentin Roosevelt Estey, Newington. He was born in Dover, July 27, 1919, and is employed as a clerk. Lincoln Herbert Akerman, Hampton Falls, a chauffeur, was born 1n Hampto11, March 25, 1916, Emest Pel!pi-ler of 7 Nichols avenue, Newmarket, was bOrn in tha.t I 1 I P• 5 1918'·~111-•r..··,......... oe WO" Joh l J street, Is a plumbe, s 24 years of age, born Conn., June 18, 1917. Frederick John MacDonald, 55 Coffins' court, Is a native of Portsmouth. He was born Dec. 15, 1915, and after graduating from high school became a shoe worker. Another member from the local district will be inducted at Sandusky, Ohio, Sept. 18. He is Gullo Domenico Antenucci. He is a construction worker and is now employed In Sandusky, living at 232 Lane street. He ls a native of Buffalo, where he was born July 24, 1918. Harry Barrett Bryan of 31 Hill street was born In Portsmouth, Aug. 11, 1919. He attended the local schools and ls now employed as a shoe worker. Moses Winer. 73 Atkinson street, was employed In his fat: .:r's store on South street. He was born in this city April 12, 1917. 3 Selectees Leave T ay To a fanfare of farewell by friends, families and city officials, the largest crowd to see any men leave, 13 selectees left Portsmouth railroad station at 8:12 this morning to join the army at Manchester Induction center. Mayor Stewart E. Rowe presented each boy with a carton of cigarets as they boarded the trainthe gift was from the mayor and member of his council. Mrs u.t.h.;Bo t ~rs. Katie Groae, Mrs. Sybil Merrill and Miss Allee True donated special pencils, inscribed with a motto, and booklets of biblical quotations, from the local WCTU. The Hon. Charles M. Dale, chairman of the local board and members of his staff; Mrs, Mary C. Dondero, councilwoman; CouncilPalfrey and Mrs. Leta Rlntz were among these cheering the boys as they left. Albert a. Brooks, Jr., and Patricia Brooks, children of Commander and Mrs. Albert Brooks, were present in their Junior organization uniforms, accompanied by Harold Kay, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kay. The men who left were: Rolvin Everett Coombs, Woodland roao, North Hampton, leader of the group; Harold LeDrew Sanford, Congress street, assistant leader; Quentin Roosevelt Estey Newington; Lincoln Herbert Aker• man, Hampton Falls; Ernest Pelletier, Newmarket; Harry Barrett Bryan, Rill treet; Moses Winer, Atkinson treet, Karol Frank Oon• P.t, l ver Point r ~ Ne ar et, Camile Vallier , e ket; Ed ard Adolph 11 1r , Newmarket; Napoleon Peter Stabrow, Bridge street and John Joseph Bokata, Russell street. Frederick John MacDonald, Co!• fins' court, a. volunteer, was greeted at the station by a group of his former co-workers at the local shoe shop. They gave him a. farewell gift of a cash contribution at their annual reunion, held Saturday at the Pannaway club, Mayor and Mrs. Rowe were special guests at the affair. Guilo Domenico Antenucci, another member of the local district, wlll be inducted at Sandusky, Ohio, September 18. John Joseph Di Bella, who would have been the 14th man to leave today, ls coming before the board of appeals to ask deferment of his induction. Portsmouth's next group of selectees, 11 men, are scheduled to leave in the middle of September,. �(Photo by Marston) As 13 selcctees left Port~mouth this morning, Mayor Stewart E. Rowe (center front) presented each boy with a. cartOlll of cigarettes, .ro the left of the mayor (front), are Patricia and Albert, Jr., daughter and son of VFW Commander and Mrs. Albert G. Brooks a nd Harold Kay, To bis right (front), the Hon. Charles M. Dale. Standing in back of Mr. Dale were: Mrs. Mary C. Dondero, councilwoman; 1\1~ Leta. Rlntz; Mrs. Helen Kusky and M!"I. Ruth Bourdeau, preslde-nt of the VFW aux.lllnry. Ku.sky and Mn. Bourdeau pre• ented each man with a box of candy. ~ 4 -1-1 I M. E. Witmer, chairman of the 14 Selectees From Maine Go Tomorrow Fourteen Maine selectees in ithe greater Portsmouth area. will be 111ducted J..w.o the US ar1r., at 1.0 am tomorrow in Kennebunk. Three Kittery boys and two from Kittery Point are included m the list: Wilson E. Tobey, Lutt..s avenue; Howard A. Picott, Stevenson road, and Ernest Joseph LaFrance, Otis avenue. Kit+.erv: GPor f' Al on pin U--•·I ·n K. tr l JI' t , "f'Rr' ~":. ice m .he army a.re: Raymond A. Va111ere, Angelo G. Miniutte, Roland Joseph Parent and Richard V. Brown, South Berwick; Robert F. Lucas, York V11lage; Phillip James Gilbert, York Beach; Arnold S. Bartlett, Eliot. and Frank C. Bourne and Donald E. Knox Wells. at k French Officer Addresses Rotary Two naval officers from Free France were special guests of the Rotary club at !ts meeting yesterday noon. The two are now visiting Portsmouth. Capt. C. C. G. Rossignol did not speak, but was Introduced and then Dr. Rene Lebos was presented as speaker. He spoke of his experiences since the Armistice, when he left Cherbow·ge, a 1101 thern French port, and went to ·11 land. There he made the deciion to fight for Free France and smce thg,t time he has been in various parts of the world, taking part in several battles. He expressed his pleasure at being in America and spoke of the sympathetic understanding on the part ot the American people. day, introduced the two special guests. Capt. Cecil Neal of the State guard issued an appeal· for a better response to the call for men t.o join the organization, calling attention that there is a. lack of understanding or selfishness on the part of the people. "Has Yankee spirit been replaced by selfishness," he asked. Explaining the forming of the guard he stated there are now 42 members who have been sworn in. He brought out that these men are serving without remuneration and the only money they will receive wlll be if they are called into service. Then they will get regular army pay. He pointed out that the motto of Rotary ls "Service Above Self" but that many people were reversing this in their life. wafter F. Lane, announced that the New Hampshire society of Crippled Ohlldren are to sponsor a theater night at the Farragut playhou a, buying out the house for one night. Tickets for the performance next Wednesday are now on sale. ~ K·' 41 I �,, Major H. R. Smith Greater Portsmouth Greets 500 Weekending Soldiers Addresses USO Major Harold R. Smith of the USO spoke to the members of the Planning committee of the Citizen's Recreational committee, USO, this noon at the Army and Navy building. Major Smith Is a member of the Field Plans committee of the USO and Eastern Regional representative of the Salvation Army. After a discussion with Major Smith the committee decided to ask the mayor and the city council to make a request to Harper Sibley, president of the USO, to establish an operating unit in this city. Up to the present Capt. Fred W. Ladlow of the Salvation Army has been using the facilities of the Army and Navy club during certain per· iods. Major Smith said that the organization officers are pleased with I.he work that has been going on here, but that 11! the demand is increasing steadily more must be done. Industrial workers who are acquainted with the needs of defense employees will also be sent here when facilities are available. Present at the meeting this noon were: Chairman William G. Wendell, Mrs. Arthur E. Baum, Wallace s. Nelson, Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, Judge Jeremy Waldron, Capt. Fred W. Ladlow and Major Smith. C.U...... K· .&.{,l Shipping Warned Of Artillery Fire Portsmouth and vicinity welcomes its visiting soldiers and offers them e ery kind of recreational facility that could be desired-indoors or outdoors, at the seashore, country or mountains. Some of the attractions available follow: Indoor Games: (Chess, checkers, cards, etc.) Recreational tent at Pierce Island or in Portsmouth Army and Navy building, Daniels street (near Memorial Bridge). Dances: Special for Recreatlonalees-Veterans of Foreign Wars hall, Parrott avenue (back of Central Fire station) 8 pm.; Hampton Beach CMlno (public) 12 miles; Frolics <night club; amusement area, sidewalk cafe) ; also Barn (night spot) ; Lucian's (night spotl all at Salisbury, Maas., 17 mlles; (liquor). Fishing: Casting off Pierce Island; deep-sea fishing trips arranaed through camp headquarters. Sea trips: Boats to Isles of Shoals 8 miles-Sightseer and others. See information desk for details. Moviea:-Three in heart of Portsmouth; also army theater, Camp Langdon, New Castle, 2 mlles; other movies at Hampton Beach (2) ; North Hampton Beach; York Village and York Harbor. Summer Theatel'l:-Farragut at Rye Beach, 7 miles; Playhouse, Ogunquit, 20 miles. SwJmmJnr: - Municipal Pool, Pierce Island; Wallis Sands, 6 miles; Rye geach, 7 miles; Hampton Beach, 12 miles; York Beach, 12 miles. Bus service available from Pierce Island, 60c round trips. Amusement area at Hampton Beach. HlstorJo Tours :-See list of homes At Local Forts Small boats and local shipping today were warned that beginning tomorrow and continuing until further notice there will be sub-caliber artillery firing dally except Saturday and Sunday between 9 am. and 4 pm. over the following water area: that area bounded by a line from Jaffrey Point to Whaleback Light and a line from Jaffrey Point to Odiorne's Point seaward from Jaffrey Point to a distance of 6,000 yards. a.,...._q.11- 41 - ---- - -- on these special pages. Arrangements for visiting at special rates can be made. Call information desk. Meals: Concessionaire at Island; serves 3.2 beer; many attractive restaurants in Portsmouth and all surrounding sections. Sports:-On Pierce Island, softball, volley ball, horseshoes, archery; South Playground, Parrott avenue, Portsmouth-tennis and baseball. Golf-at Portsmouth Country club, Greenland road, (3 miles). Other courses. York, Exeter, Newmarket. Mountains and Countryside: Mt. Agamentlcus at York, 16 miles by private car; White Mountains, Pinkham Notch, 80 miles by private car. Theaters Reduce Rates For Uniformed Men All soldiers in uniform will be admitted to the Colonial and Olympia. theatres a.t reduced eevning rates, It was announced by the public relations bureau of Camp Langdon today. Rates at the Colonial have been reduced from 40c to 2~c and those at the Olympia. from 33c to 25c. This reduction for service men was brought about by cooperation between local theater managers and Lt. Earl Hand, morale officer for the Harbo1 Defenses. Heads New Castle Artillery Practice Defense Committee Starts Today Hon. James W. Pridham has been appointed ohail·man of the New Castle Defense committee. The appointment was made by Gov. Ro• bert 0. Blood, chairman of the state defense council. Mr. Pridham is mode1·ator and• road agent of the town, as well as being a member of the General Court. He will head the committee which is later to be appointed in that town. Any boats that sailed or putputted in!to the water area bounded by a line (not visible) from Jaffrey Poin~ to Whaleback Light and from Jaffrey Point to Odiome's Point seaward from Jaffrey Point for 6,000 yards today were just plain unlucky. Today sub-caliber artillery began at the harbor defenses. Except for Saturday and Sundays. This fire area definitely will be "out of bounds" from now on. ,,'l. -){I --~--- �Give Awards I At Langdon I I Army; City Officials ] Ope· n ~.·erce Island I , Recreat1on • Center I The entire personnel of ihe 22:ld l Coast_ Artillery was presmt this mornmg at a ceremonial parade and review held on 'the parade ground at Camp Langdon. Four members and tw? batteries of the regimen t ' were given awards for excellence in the line of duty. Thunder, rain and wind played resentmg e avy aeparfinent· ) Formation was at 9 am. and Major the accompaniment at the dedica- Mrs. William M. Seabury of NeV:. George R. Burgess, adjutant and tion of the new Army Recreational York and Gerrish island; Mrs. commanding officer of the second , center on Pierce island Saturday Rowe and members of the city batallion! · ~ead orders of the day. afternoon. While an honor guard council. LL W11l1am R. Kintner of New from Camp Langdon presented arms . Mayor Rowe, introduced by MaCas tle, graduate _pf Wes t Point in 1 Mayor Stewart E. Rowe and Lt. Jar Watson, brought greetings from ~940, youngest battery commander J. Duffy, USA, raised the the City of Portsmouth and told the m camp; was given the award to ' Bernard national colors ·in the driving rain. assemblage the story of Pierce isthe commissioned officer. He comThe program was opened at 2 • land and how it came to be chosen mands Battery G. pm. by Chaplain Everett E. Denlin- as an army recreational center. In 1he sergeants' gradings; Mast.er ger who pronounced the invocation. Earlier this summer when the Sgt. John F. McNamara of Head- · Lieutenant Duffy, camp adjutant, army officers were looking for a ' quarters and Headquarters battery Maj. Charles P. Watson, , pl~ce to have the soldiers enterI Tech Sgt. Lawrence W. Hedgetetl; introduced USA, the camp commander, who I tamed on weekends a meeting was and Staff Sgt. Theodore Ka fter I held in the mayor's office Mrs Rowe of the same organization, received gave a few words of greetmg to the happened to be present ·and it was awards. gues~: . her suggestion that Pierce island be )3attery C. of (lamp Langdon was W11l1am G._ Wendell was mtro- absorbed for use as the center he tlte comma~d or James Car- ·1 duced by MaJ. Watson. He gave a said ' brief r~utine of the w_ork that is to The mayor then read his poem : ca:r1ed out on the 1sla1:d. "The Flag we Love." The storrr{ t& '·~ j beMaJor Watson then 1~trodu~e.d broke just before the mayor had l terior at:lmirtist.ra.tlon, consisting of f guests _p_res~nt fro~ v'.1-nous civic finished his poem and the flag was housekeeping, aithletic standing and and _military orgamzat1ons. They hoisted in the downpour. discipline. were. Col. Walter K. Dunn, USA, The guests retired to the recreaBat tery C. of Camp Langdn was ~f the. Portsmouth Har- tion tent where the benediction was given the combat efficiency award, \ 1 commander bar defenses , MaJ . .George R. Bur- given by Chaplain Denlinger. The consisting or technical, tactical and I gess,. USA.; Chaplam H. G. Glunt, honor guard from Camp Langdon logistical maneuvers. \ USN, ..Lt. A: G. _Hynes, USNR, rep- was under the command of Lt. WilThe guidons of 1he units were liam J. Lynch, USA. decorated by Col. Walter K. Dunn who also presented the men their awards. Awards were made to these four men for their ouootanding competitive spirit and excellence in work as chosen by the commanding officer. I I I I ;o~{ :~ - - • I I Ca,,~. ~ eiv~ .~J~~ I I I ~q - Name Advisory Portsmouth USO Fund Short Of Quota USO Committee "'l Area Still Closed To Water Traffic advisory committee o fth e USO i hasAnbeen named as follows: E. Cur· Although there was a lull in the firing from the . guns in the Portsmouth Harbor defenses today small craft and shipping are advised to ~ta:y .out of the area marked by the mv1S1ble line from Whaleback light to Odiorne's Point and from Odio:ne's Point to Jaffrey Point. The d1stanc~ from Jaffrey Point seaward ; that firmg may be done 1n is 6 000 yards. There will be no firing' on Saturdays or Sundays. · I The drive to raise funds for the USO hi Porl8mouth stili lacks $250 I of its $2,700 quota. it was announced 1 today by E. Curti.3 Matthews, chairman or the USO here. Mr. Matthews has issued an appeal for the amount I necessary to complete t he fund and put it over the top, saying ihat in Portsmouth, where the benefit of the USO will be felt with many service men here, there should be enough interest to raise the amount of t he \ quota. Contributions may be made 1, either to Oscar· Anderson or Mr. Matthe'Ws. tis Matthews chairman, Norman E. Rand, vice chairman; Mrs. Arthur E. Baum, Mrs . Morris C. Foye, 2nd, Mrs. Thomas D. Noyes, Mrs. Frank W. Ran dall, Ralph Eaton, Gerald Foss, Frederick Gardner, Rev. Paul A. McDonough. Wallace S. Nelso::i, Vincent Taccetta, Stowe Wilder, Harry Winebaum , M. E. Wi tmeT, Everett Chapman, Kittery Poin~. and also a member to be n amed representing the Hovey Post, VFW. 1 �500 Soldiers Invade Port Citi First Weekenders Arrive In Convoy '\A t Pierce Island Pedicate Army Center At Island Tomorrow , ,,. Cartoni, SC-res., commanding 1107 company, CCC veterans, Bear Brook carmp, Suncook; James Cass, supt., 1107 company, CCC-veterans; Morale officer, 1st division, USA; Morale officer, Fort Devens, Mass.; Morale officer, Manchester airfield, l USA; Commanding officer, Manchester airfield. Edward J. Hopley, city clerk, Portsmouth; Commander Albert G. Brooks, Emerson Hovey post, VFW and members of the post; Commander John C. Gamble, Frank E. Booma post, AL, and all members / of the post; Mrs. William !Seabury, , chairman, Women's committee of 1 Portsmouth Recreational ar~ and members of her committee. ' •.' 1 The public is invited to attend the / exercises. . , Men are selected on a merit sys. tern and on good behavior during / their visit here. Each 100 men will have an officer in command, as' sis~d by th ree. enlisted men-two . ~ MP s and a medical man. They will I arrive by motor convoy, on Friday To the rumble of heavy wheels, the squeak of 11 Jeep springs and the. sound of army songs 500 soldiers from , • . , , 1 Fort Devens arrive m Portsmouth this afternoon. They re I the first group to weekend ·at the recreational center on afternoons or evenings and return . . to camp late Sunday afternoon. · Pierce island. . Lieut. Duffy will make his home at As the soldiers enter the city, residents of South th e camp and be available 24 hours . f a day. · street will see long lines o army motor convoy transports rolling along towards the island. '',. _.,., , , , ""''•. ,,.,, ·"'"""'""';:-,,,, .....:. .;·:><':·:c;:''''Y<,·:'.· .. • Tonight, these soldiers will be free men. For two days- they'il enjoy no hours, no formations, no system-they can sing, attend t,h e dance being given for them tonight at VFW hall and go to bend whenever they wtsh. Tent lights may go off at 1 pm. but that doe,sn'L mean the boys have to be in them. 'Dedic~tion TQmorrow Formal opening exercises for the center, one of 30 of its kind equipped in the country, will be held to'morrow at 2 p.m. The program is scheduled as follows: InvocaJtion, Lieut. Everett E. Denlinger, chaplain, Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth; introduction of camp commander, Lieut. Bernard J. Duffy, inf., camp adjutant; Remarks by Major Charles P . Watson, camp commander; Introduction of distingui5hed guests; Principal address (to be announced); Flag rais- ing exercises, Hon. Stewart E. Rowe, SPECIAL BUS SERVICE mayor of Portsmouth; Benediction, , Chaplain Denlinger. FOR PIERCE ISLAND Invited guests include : Hon. S tiles Bridges, US Senator from NH; Busses will be stationed at Commanding general and staff, 1st Pierce Island for trips to Marcorps area, USA; Commanding gen- I ket square (10c) and to Maine eral and staff, 1st division, USA: / beaches (York) or New HampRear Admiral John D. Wainwright, , shire, (Wallis Sands, Rye or USN, commandant, Portsmouth H a mpt on) 50c r ou nd trip. Navy yard and staff; Commandin~ , Trips are unscheduled and officer and staff, Fort Devens, will arrive and depart by arMass.; Colonel Walter K. Dunn, rangement and according to demand. CA, commanding Coast · Defenses in Portsmouth and staff; MaJor J. " ._.,,%,._.'««'~ 'M ,-.w,...,.._N,;$;,;_.,~ ,_.. J. Donovan, inf., morale officer, 1st corps area, USA; Lieut. Col. George L. Smith, inf., officer in charge CCC affairs, 1st corps area, USA. John S. Bowen, liaison officer, CCC 1st corps area; Daniel T. Blaney, national park representative, 1st corps area, USA; Hon. Stewart I E. Rowe, mayor of Portsmouth, and , Mrs. Rowe; all members of P orts- , mouth City council; Capt. Peter I I (.,_._.t,: ,. , , , -,_ .,_ I, I �Uncle Sam's Weekend Hotel At Pierce Island <Photo by Marston) Part of the more than 100 tents which will house 500 army men for recreational weekends starting tonight. Men will sleep here and enjoy recreationaJ faciJI ties of the entire area. _ _L. ~t-41 Work Before Play Is Motto Of Army-Weekenders Absent Because the serious business of soldiering takes precedence over play Portsmouth's first convoy of Pierce island weekenders failed to arrive yesterday. Maneuvers at Fort Devens prevented the group of 500 ' men coming Maj. Charles P. Watson, commander of the camp here was informed in a message received late yesterday afternoon. It is hoped the first group will arrive next Friday for a weekend of enjoyment with army discipline lifted. Despite the absence of the men, dedication exercises scheduled for 2 o'clock this afternoon will go ahead. Elaborate plans had been. Jnli.lt9 to entertain the first arrivals last night including a dance at VFW hall where about 100 girls were saved from being stranded without escort.s when a telephone call to Camp Langdon brought plenty of dancing partners for the evening. Program of dedication which will take place today is: Invocation, Lieut. Everett E. Denlinger, chaplain, Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth; introduction of camp commander, Lieut. Bernard J. Duffy, inf., camp adjutant; Remarks by Major Charles P. Watson, camp commander; introduction of distinguished guests; principal address (to be announced); flag raising exercises, Hon. Stewart E. Rowe, mayor of Portsmouth; benediction, Chaplain Denlinger. The public is invited to the ceremonies and camp officials are pre- r paring to welcome a large number of civilian visitors. I �Langdon's Dancing Soldiers Ea, n Pierce Island Weekend Because the soldiers at Camp Langdon so admirably accepted dancing duty when the 500 recreatlonalees went on meneuvers instead of a weekend last Friday night, the Army has given the harbor defenses of Portsmouth a 40-man quota at the Pierce island recreational area. In an immediate action letter, the commanding general of the First Corps area has established quotl\S for forts and camps at the Portsmouth weekend center through October 10, Major Charles P. Watson, USA, commanding officer at Pierce Island, announced today, With the first group to arrive · "not later than 7 o'clock" Friday night will be 40 soldiers from Camp Langdon. Before the army had decided they were "too locally situated" to rate a weekend on the island. They earned their chance when they filled that breach last Friday. The tents won't be empty another weekend night. Quotas are set for the next nine weeks. To arrive Friday are: 60 men horn Westover Field, 60 from the Manchester air base; 40, headquarters detachment, army base, Boston; 40, harbor defenses of Portland; 40, harbor defenses of Portsmouth, Camp Langdon; 20, harbor defense11 of New Bedford, Fort Rodman; 40, harbor defenses of Boston, Fort Banks; and 200 from Fort Deven11. The girls of Portsmouth are ready to dance for national defense at the VFW hall Friday nightj at 8 :30. :h Is a date with Uncle Sam's nephews. 100 Soldiers Spend Weekend At Pierce Island Four hundred cots on Pierce is- ino brawla brawla) and perhaps a land still were unwarmed last night, little "jeeping" because they rebut 100 broad-grinning soldiers turned to the harbor defenses to from Fort Devens, Manchester air- sleep. base and Fort Rodman dumped This morning the weekendingtheir duf'fle bags at the army recre- soldiers were convoyed to the navy atlonal area. early in the evening. yard to tour Portsmouth's submarMajor Charles P. Watson, com- ine base. This afternoon they're gomanding, isn't quite sure when full Ing to the beaches, and tonight? quotas will arrive for a. weekend. Well, that's a military secret. "Maybe next weekend," he ,says Tomorrow afternoon these United hopefully, then adds, "but, then I States soldiers will cheer the British expected 500 soldiers last Friday and Free French soldiers to victory and 500 this.'• at Alumni field. From a bit of personal observaWhat are they enjoying most? tlon the major thinks there'll be Said Major Watson this morning fun' tents soon, because "the boys at 10:30: "Well, you should have are having a mighty fine time. seen those soldiers smile when they They'll go back and tell the others.'' llearned they didn't have to get up camp Langdon's dancing soldiers early." stuck to their footwork and joined I Nope, there aren't any bugles on the others at VFW hall last night. ~ierce island-and most of the solEvidently they decided to use their diers still were snoozing! quotas only for jiving, hut-sutting ~ H, . 4 1 Kiwanians Hear Army Recreation Center Chief "Military Training comes fir.st," aid Maj. Charles Watson, of the Morale department of the U. s. Army in speaking before the Klwants club last night. "That's what happened to us last Sa,turday," he continued as he explained that everything was in readiness for the arrival of 500 men when a telegram came announcing that none would arrive due to their being on maneuvers. The recreation of the boys In the uniform was the ubject of his talk and he explained how this was being handled by the morale department of the army which Is similar to any branch of the army. He brought cut that during the World war various organizations handled this. Defining morale a "the wlll to win regardless of the cost" he spoke of the morale of the World war and how the American soldier met the pick of the Prussian army. Discussing the setup at Pierce Island the major told of coming here the latter part of June when work actually started. Forty-five CCC men started and some were transferred until there were 20 at the time the work was completed. In exactly 33 days a tent camp for 600 men has been made ready. Two of?cers, three noncoms and nine prl.\lates make up the permanent detachment there, he stated. Maj. Wa on told of the arrangements for ~he soldiers to be on their own, with a place to eat and sleep provided for them. The club voted to present a soccer ball to the winning team In the soccer game between the Free French Sailors and the Brit.lsh sail• ors which is to be played Sunday afternoon at Alumni field. I --- - - - -- - - - �Camp Langdon Chapel Dedication Is Tomorrow ;Tallulah Bankhead 1 At Camp Langdon Tonight I I The chapel a~ Camp Langdon, company soldiers who sing during I first to be completed in the First the pr'Jgra:n. Built under the direction of Capt. Corps affa, will be dedic.!Lted tomor- James' G. Collins, construction quarrow afternoon at. 3 o'clock. termaster at the harbor defenses, i Representing Commanding Gen. the Camp Langdon chapel wlll open Francis B. Willby, Major James· H. two days ahead of schedule. I First Corps area, wili lay the dediIt is standard army chapel decation stone. Col. Walter K. Dunn, sign, includes officers' reception ' commanding• officer. Harbor De- rooms fvr various denominational tenses of Portsmouth, will addre.;s chaplains and also has positions for the soldiers and guests. an altar and holy ark which can be O'Neill, B~ton, chaplain of the made -~o appear and. disappear ac- . Leonard Connell, oBston organist, cording to the denommational ser- , will give a recital and also will ac· vice. 0.,..U, JS - >I I Greater Portsmouth Greets 500 W.eekending Soldiers Portsmouth and vicinity welcomes its visiting soldier5i and offers them every kind of recreational facility that could be desired-indoors or outdoors, at the seashore, country or mountains. Some of the attractions available on these special pages. Arrange- ' follow: ments for visiting at special rates can be made. Call information desk.I Indoor Games: (Chess, checkers, Meals: concessionaire at Island; cards, etc.) Recreational tent at serves 3.2 beer; many attractive resPierce Island or in Portsmouth· Ar- taurants in Portsmouth and all surmy and Navy building, Daniels rounding sections. I street (near Memorial Bridge) . Sports :-On Pierce Island, soft- 1 Dances: Special for Recreation- ball, volley ball, horseshoes, archery; alees-Veterans of Foreign Wars South Playground, Parrott avenue, hall, Parrott avenue <back of Cen- Portsmouth-tennis and baseball. tral Fire station) 8 pm.; Hampton Golf-at Portsmouth Country club, Beach Casino . (public! 12 miles; Greenland road. (3 miles). Other Frolics <nigh~ club; amusement courses: York, Exeter, Newmarket. area, sidewalk cafe); also Barn ]\fountains and Countryside: - · (night spot); Lucian's (night spot) Mt. Agamenticus at York, 15 miles all at Salisbury, Mass., 17 miles; by private car; White Mountains, (liquor). Pinkham Notch, 80 miles by private Fishing: Casting off Pierce Is- car. land; deep-sea fishing trips arran- v ged through camp headquarters. I ~ ,.:,- ·>I I Sea. .t rips: Boats to Isles of Shoals I B miles-Sightseer and others. See · information desk for details. l\fovies:-Three In heart of Portsmouth; also army theater, Camp Langdon, New Castle, 2 miles; other movies at Hampton Beach (2! ; North Hampton Beach; York Village and York Harbor. Summer Theaters :-Farrag·ut at Rye Beach, 7 miles; Playhouse, . Ogunquit, 20 miles. Swimming: - Municipal Pool, Pierce Island; Wallis Sands, 5 miles; Rye Beach, 7 miles ; Hamp- 1 ,ton Beach, 12 miles; York Beach, 12 miles. Bus service available from 1 Pierce Island, 50c round trips. Amusement area at Hampton Beach. Historic Tours :-See list of home~ I I Actress Tallulah Bankhead will join the army at Camp Langdon to- · night. Guest officer at the weekly radio program will be Capt. Charles Preisigke, J:Uu-bor defense adjutant. , Miss Bankhead, daughter of the 1 late speaker of the House of Rep- I resentatives, is appearing at Ogunquit this week. ! , ,q - J.f.J Tallulah Becomes Honorary Officer At Camp Langdon Tallulah Bankhead, well-known stage and screen star, now is an honorary 2nd lieutenant in the 22nd , Coast Artillery. She was awarded the citation by Col. Walter K. Dunn, commanding officer of the Portsmouth Harbor defenses, last night, Miss Bankhead's citation was part of the weekly soldier skit at Camp Langdon and she stated that it was the highest honor ever awarded her by the army. She is an honorary corporal in the Princess Pat regi• ment, Canada. Corporal Fred Hurley and 'Private William Doheny were in charge of the affair and drove with Miss Bankhead from Ogunquit to the camp before the program. After accepting her bars, presented on the stage of the pc,Si theater by Col. Dunn, Miss Bankhead read a poem to the men. Private Doheny gave her his gar• rison cap, inscribed with her name, the date and the occasion. Miss Bankhead, who is appearing as guest artist in "Her Cardboard Lover" at the Ogunquit playhouse, returned to her theater after the fort program. 1 Captain Ric)lard Reynolds, USA, commanding officer of the post hospital, was guest officer. He gave a brief talk on the set-up of a post , hospital. I ~ :).-0 ·111 �~~ , 500 Soldiers Due. Tonight For Weekend Five hundred weekending soldiers from the First Corps , area will tent tonight at the Army's recreational center on Pierce island. Soldiers To Throw Party For Elsa Miss Elsa Maxwell, Hollywood ac- , tress famous fof the parties that she "throws," will have the tables turned on her Tuesday evening when she visits Camp Langdon. The boys at the camp have invited her to come to the post for dinner and "Don't tell anyone we told you, but there'll be a big party there." The movie star will take part in the program "Let's Join the Army · at Camp Langdon" broadcast that has been very successful this season. She told Pvt. William Doheny : who invited her to the post that ' she had a solution to the problem that has arisen about army morale . . Maybe Miss Maxwell will tell the ! public about it Tuesday night. Capt. Robert Murrin, commanding oflic~r of Battery C, will be the guest officer of the day. Corp. Fred Hurley will be the announcer of the program. _:w;1 Expec,~ d last week rto start the re-1 From 7 tonight the weekending · creational season, 500 .soldiers from soldiers are "on their own" but .still Fort Devens were sent on maneu- in the army. Admonished to conduct I vers instead. themselves in a manner not unbeThis time khaki-clad youths will coming to the service, they neverthecome for the army early this week less will proceed to enjoy themissued an "immediate action letter" selves under relaxed rules. · establishing quotas for each week(These weekendees were selected ~ ~ - J.i) end through October 10. by the merit system anyway.) Threa~ened rain wasn't going to Major Watson has such things on douse the spirits of the· soldiers, es- their program as: swimming in the 1 pecially the "heroes" from Camp Portsmouth pool, surfcasting from Langdon who last Friday danced rthe island, playing ooftball, volleytheir way into a quota at Pierce ball and cards, throwing horseshoes mines were being laid ' Island. Forty of them were planning and aiming arrows. For the more in- inSubmarine Portsmouth harbor today by men to pack up their duds and itr~k from tellectually inclined, there are news- I of the harbor defenses. New Castle to Portsmouth for . an papers and magazines. Officers at Fort·constitution warn unrestricted weekend. On the waterfront, the ooldiers boat owners a.nd sailors that until In convoy trucks boys are coming can hire row bwts and seb ut for sea, I further notice this area will be dan- : from Westover field, Manchester air go after deep water fish, trip out gerous: all waters from one mile . base, headquartera, detachment, to the I,rres of Shoals. south of Little White island to one Boston army base~ harbor defenses Some, no doubt, will streak for mile south of Phillips' rock. of Portland, Fort Rodman, Fort the nea,by beaches at Hampton and S~-l:l..::>. .J.IJ Banks and Fort D~vens. Salisbury. At the Portsmouth center, undlr · ' Maj. Charles P. Watson, commanding, they'll find everything prepared for a weekend of fun. It's part of the army's morale-uplifting policy. Tonight about 100 girls with invitations will gather at the VFW hall where they'll dance with a more or less equal number of Uncle Sam's sons and nephews. "Free Beer and More Dates" was Ogden Nash, Buddy Ibsen, . TalluThis afternoon they were getting fingerwaves, having manicures, . given as the recipe for good morale !ah Bankhead and others on the choosing their dresse.5 and in gen- i in the army by Elsa Maxwell, who program during the past 10 weeks. These broadcasts are held at the , .era!, getting sort of excited about / .w,as entertained by Camp Lang- Post theater and have become so dancing for defense. don soldiers last night. The noted popular orders have been issued to entertainer, instead of throwing a re~trict attendance. In the past it / party, found herself on the receiv- has been possible for civilians to ing end . witness the broadcast without inShe was entertained at dinner vitations, but lately the interest has in the mess hall of Battery C, es- been greater. Invitations will be corted by Private William Doheny, issued for the broadcast each week, where she was seated at the · head soldiers being issued a certain numtable between her escort and Corp. ber to distribute to friends. 1 William R. Murrin. A special menu Brig. Gen. F. B. Wilby, USA, on for tJQe occasion was prepared. She a recent visit to the camp, stated was greeted by cheers of her that these programs, under the di- I hosts as she was presented to them. rection of Corp. Fred Hurley and Following the party, she was the Pvt. William Doheny, were most guest at the "Join the Army At important factors in producing good Camp Langdon" radio program. Her morale in the Harbor defense and appearance followed such__ ~.e._s_~ ~s -~8'.~ ,±le highly approves. i'Submarine Mines l Placed In Har.bor N.eed 'Free Beer, More Dates,/ Says Elsa Maxwell To Army I �• Sergeant Will At Langdon Truly Is Seeing The World Old st,yle milita.ry posters urged a recruit to "Join the Army and See the World," and to see all of it, he usually had to become the legendary "thirty year" man. One of these is 1st Sgt. George Will, stationed today at-Camp Langdon, in the Headquarters Battery of the 22nd C. A. In his 21 years as a military man he has served in upward of 15 posts in France, Hawaii and Panama as well as in a dozen different states from California to Maine. Sergeant Will has, except for a brief and somewhat tempestuous 18 day interlude, served continually for the past 19 years. His two and a half week furlough from the army was jampacked, however, with plenty of excitement. An infantryman at the time back in 1926, he was stationed at Camp Douglas, Salt Lake City, Utah, when the cry of "gold" burst like an incendiary explosion. An ancient abandoned lake bed crisscrossed by veins of rich gold ore had been uncovered in the Nevada desert, it was said, a mere 25 miles from the nearest country village. IPurcha ed Release Purchasing a release out of the in company with a trio of Iarmy campmates, the soldier boy quartet, in competition with some 20,000 other glassy-eyed prospectors, embarked on a desert sweepstake to the newest El Dorado. Staking out an exceptionally rich pay claim Will made his fortune out \ of it or rather would certainly have made his fortune had not the entire I enterprise fallen speedily to the 1gr?und w~en it was revealed as a YWCA Directors Meet USO Secretary Fourteen members of the Board of Directors met at the YWCA last evening to interview the new USO secrethy of the YWCA, Miss Lucille Azevedo. Miss Azevedo has been sent to Portsmouth work with defense employes, enlisted men and their families. Parties were planned for the women at Admiralty village, Kittery, and social events for the fall a.nd winter were discussed. Mtss Azevedo w111 have her office at the YWCA building. ... wildcat scheme. The deflated and dejected prospecter pocketed his disappointment pill and at the nearest army recruitlng office, in San Francisco, signed up in the Coast Artillery service. 'Senior Member' Here Sergeant Will is in point of tenure the senior member o! the Fort Constitution garrison, :for he arrived there as a caretaking ordina.nee sergeant in the first days o! September, 1939. An electrician and a quartermaster completed the personnel of the ca.retaking crew. As for Camp Langdon it did not even exiS t . Sergeant W!ll has found the time to be a most active family man and a busy fa th er to a houseful of eight lUS tY children, no two of whom were born s.t th e same post. The current, commanding officer he has holds to the opinion that if Sergeant Wlll will live long enough he will have a child to show for every state in the union. The sergeant was in the field artillery dw·ing the last war and lived under fl.re on the Western front for some nine months and a ha!!. More recently Sergeant wm has received letters of commendation from Gen. Ambrose Hamilton, district commander of Coast Artillery of the First Corps area, for his meritorious services as a sergeant instructor with the 240th Maine Artillery regiment as well as with the 211th 1st corps cadets. ~ 1 3 . ¥/ I 2QQ sOId iers Trek To Island For Weekend More t,han 200 hundred wldiers are enjoying a weekend at the Army's recreational area. at Pierce Island this weekend, Major Charlei.; P. Watson, USA, commanding, said this afternoon. Fifty-five arrived from Fort Rodman at New Bedford and the Boston Harbor defenses last night. They attended the dance given in their honor at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building on Parrott avenue, and this morning toured the navy yard, through the courtesy of the commandant, Rear Admiral John D. Wainwright, USN. One hundred a.nd fifty others from Fort Devens arrived at noon today for the two day holiday, which according to the weatherman may be partly cloudy but will be fairly free from rain . Theaters Aid City To Raise USO Quota The Portsmouth USO drive has gone over the top, Chmairman E. Curtis Matthews announced today. The quota set was $2,700. Workers canvassed the city to raise the money and last week all but about $300 had been garnered .. Theaters did their bit and as a result the quota has been reached. While the money which is collected by the theaters is not turned over to the local USO committee it is credited to them. ' The Colonial and Olympia theaters have completed their drive by collecting a total of $457.69 which has been sent direct to New York. l'I'he Colonial contributed $332.73 and the Olympia $124.94. The Arca• dia is taking a different means of ra!sng the money. William Savitts has been giving out large V buttons for donaitons as he stood in the Jobby and today those who make a contribution to the fund w!ll be presented with the victory button · S~ 3. >I I Name Committees for USO Work Committeees were appointed for USO work in Porl61llouth at a meeting of the Advisory committee held Tuesday night f!,t the Army and Navy home. committees named include the following: Hostess and hospitality, Mrs. Mor. ris Foye, 2nd, chairman. Local events committee, Mrs. Al· bert Briskay, chairman. Athletic events committee, Stowe Wilder, chairman. Dance Personnel committee, Mrs. Thomas D. Noyes, chairman. Special events committee, Wallace Nelson, chairman. Hospitality in the home, Mrs. Arthur Baum, chairman. Present at the meeting were E. Curtis Matthews, chairman; William G. Wendell, Ralph W. Eaton, Ger-1 aid Foss, Frederick Garc\ner, Wallace Nelson, Albert Brooks. E. R. Chapman, Richard Chase, Mrs. Arthur Baum, Mrs. Thomas D. Noyes, Mrs. Mary Lane Bickford, Mrs. D. J. Rou eau, Mrs. Katharine S. Hill, Mrs. Dorothy Bovard, George w. Grader, of Boston, Lucille Azevedo of the YWCA and Capt, Fred Ladlow of the Army and Navy home. ' �Lieut. R. A. Tartre, USA 'Harbor Mined, To Be Catholic Chaplain Army Warns Ship Owners u.C\•°:>O Lieut. Raymond A. Tartre, USA, of Augusta, Me., has assumed his duties as catholic chaplain of the Harbor Defense units. He is a native of Biddeford, Me., where he at.tended the parochial schools. He also attended Eymard sllminary at Suffern, N. Y., where he graduated. At the ~chool he became a member of the order of the "Fat.hers of the Blessed Sacrament." Following his graduation from the ' seminary he a 1 tended the Immaculate Conception college 1n Montreal in 1925 r,tudying philosophy and theology, He then went to Angelico col• lege In Rome where he received the degrees of Th. B. and Th. Lie. His first ministry was in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he worked among the English ipeaklng colony. He was assistant at Basllica for three years, from 1928 to 1931. His next transfer was to Melbourne, Australia. as as.si-tant at St. Francis church. He remained there until 1939 and served also as editor of the order's magazine, "The Sentinel of the Blessed Sacrament." From 1939 to this year he was curar.e at St. Jean Baptiste church at 76th s~et and Lexington avenue, N. Y. During the years he hai; been in the ministry he has come in contacL with many young men and his duties as cJ::iaplaln will carry on this work ln wh)ch he is experienced. Officers of the Portsmouth Har• bor Defenses repeat the warning issued last Saturday . . that practice mine-laying is 1n force at the harbor entrance. A buoy with a red flag on it has been placed at a point 600 yards south of the channel buoy marking Kit's rock. Ships are advised to keep to the west of this buoy as it marks the southwestern end of the string of mines. The northeastern end is marked by a buoy, also with a red flag on it, which ls three-quarters of a mile southeast of White Island reef. The string of mines is a mile long and marked with red-flagged buoys. The southwestern buoy is one nautical mile off Odiorne'& point. ~ '.).'3 .>-{/ Lieut. R. A. •rartre, USA ~ 210· Jf! Public Invited To Chapel Services Chaplain Everett E. Denlinger of the PorLsmouth harbor d~fensies today announced services in the Camp Langdon chapel and invited Portsmouth civilians to attended them. Sunday morning the Catholic Ma& is held at 8.30 and the Protestant services at 9.30. During the week, the Protestant mid-week service is held Wednesday night; and the Jewish services Friday night from 6.30 to 7.30 o'clock. ~~ I -jl Camp Langdon Chapel Now Has A Bell A bell, dated 1828, baa been presented to the Camp Langdon chapel in answer to an appeal of Lieut. Everett E. Denlinger, chaplain of the Portsmouth Harbor Defenses. Arrangements to install the bell, donated by Thomas J. Fil~ Ion of Newmarket, are belnr made. The name of George 11. Holbrook, the manufacturer, ii Inscribed on It. 'EW CHAPEL-This is the new chapel at l'ort Constitution photographed from the north side. '.rhe structure faces the ocean from the highest point on Camp Langdon-the water's edge being about 500 feet from the i;leps of the cha))('I, Except for the flagstone walk 110 landscaping wae needed. ~ T"'6,,.o.,t.- .. 1. �F~rst Local Pierce Island Soldiers To Do Own Weekend Cooking 'Class Of 41' Selectees Go Tuesday Portsmouth will send its first members of the Selective Service class of 1941 in draft call 13 next Tuesday. Five 21-year-old trainees will join six others '}'ho registered a year ago October In a group that includes seven Ponsmouth youth, two from Seabrook, one from Greenland and one from Newmarket. Leader will be G, S. Saramls, 70 Hlll street, Portsmouth. James Herbert Watt, 61 Dennett street, who held the top Portsmouth number in the second national draft lottery, was first '41er selected. The other four are: Harold William Nadeau, 104 Daniels street; Clarence Wayne Balley, 55 Atkinson street; Paul Frederick Teague, 180 Gates street, and Jo.mes Harvey Marsh, Railroad avenue, Seabrook. Also to get their guns are: Charles Alfred Bennett, Jr., Bay roa,d, Newmarket; Everett Allen Street, Jr., assistant leader, Greenland; Kenneth Otis Odiorne, Wentworth road, Portsmouth; Lorenzo Willis Heath, Portsmouth; and Harry Douglas Perkins, Railroad avenue, Seabrook. S~-3-~f Fire 3-lnch Guns At Ft. Constitution The three-inch guns at Old Fort Constitution barked this morning at moving targets some six miles at sea. The results of the shooting were not announced, but according to the officers at the post they were, "Most satisfactory." The firing {his mornln~ was performed by the officers and men of Battery G. of the 22nd Coast artillery under the command of 2nd Lt. William Kintner. Perhaps evolving a. new military Mrs. ·w lllam Marston is general maxim, Commanding Gen. Francis chairman. Vice-chairmen are Mrs. B. Wilby of the First Corps area William G. Wendell and Mrs. Harhas authorized 50 Fort Rodman old Smith. Others on the committee soldiers to bring their rations with are: them to Pierce island tonight. Mrs. Henry Green, North Beach, Thus the contingent from the Rye; Mrs. Arthur Hil1, Wentworth harbor defenses of New Bedford\ road; Mrs. Stewart E. Rowe, 214 1 will spend part of their fifth sue- state street; Mrs. John G. M. Stone, cessive weekend at the Portsmouth York Harbor; Mrs. George Lord, recreational area cooking things Pleasant street; Mrs. Templeman \ mother might or might not be proud Coolidge, Little Harbor road; Mrs. of! Harold Mathews, York Village; Miss They will roll the kitchens from Elizabeth Perkins, York Village; New Bedford to Pierce Island and Mrs. Edward Savage Crocker, Kit• set them up inside historic Fort tery Point; Mrs. Winslow Peirce, Washington. Even water and light Portsmouth; Mrs. Lester Harding, connections have been provided, Little Harbor road; Mrs. Edward Also expected for the weekend Wendell, Thaxter road and Mrs. Iare soldiers from Fort Banks, head- Thomas Noyes, 65 Mendum avenue. quarters of the harbor defenses 0 f Mrs. Mary Dondero, Congress Boston. · street; Mrs. Constance Richmond, Because so many men of th fir t 65 Mendum avenue; Mrs. John J. corps area are on maneuver e th! I Hassett, 175 Middle road; Miss Dorweekend, Maj. Charles P. w~tson~ , othy Vaughan, 58 Summer street; commanding officer of the re- Mrs. Norman E. Rand, 613 Union creatiohal area said toda thi street; Mrs. Frederick D. Gardner, ] weekend's island invasion wluld b! 1360 South street; Miss Eleanor small. Therefore, there is no dance Hanscom, Rye North Beach, and tonight at the VFW memorial hall. Mrs. W. E. Lincoln, Shapleigh isInstead the weekending soldiers land · will be convoyed to Hampton Beach Mrs. Rl~hmond Margeson, 241 where they will be admitted free to Marcy street, Mrs. Fred~rick H. Mathe casino. goun, Rye North Beach, Miss Marjorie Redden, 62 Mendwn avenue; Major Watson said today he wish• Miss Mabel Scott Smith, Rye North ed to congratulate the women's com- Beach; Miss Frances Brooks, 54 mlttee of the Portsmouth Recrea- court street· Mrs. Richmond Bustlonal area "for their splendid ac- well, 54 oou~t street; Mrs. Douglas complishments during the past :five Dismukes, 32 Livermore street; Mrs. weeks in conducting the weekly Fergus Reid, Jr., Kittery Point; dances." Mrs. William Howells, Kittery Point and Mrs. c. Padgett Hodson, Little Harbor road. I Fire Big Guns At F t H ~ s-~, \Plan Sendoff or ere ITomorrow Tomorrow For Selectees Warning that major caliber gunfire would tart tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock at Fort Constitution; Col. Walter K, Dunn, commanding officer of the Harbor Defenses of Ports• mouth, today deda11id this ~hooting would be extremely dangerous to any shipping. The danger area runs from Portsmouth Harbor light five miles seaward to the channel entrance, For any boats to come into the ha.rbor wlll be unsafe. The fort will station a patrol boat at the mouth of Plscataqua river to warn hipping not to go ont and also will clear the area bPfore firing be,ln1. When Portsmouth sends 11 men to answer Selective Service call 13 tomorrow morning at 8.12, members of the city government will give them cigarets and members of the Knights of Columbus auxillRry will hand out candy. Clt.y Councilwoman Mrs. Mary C. Dondero who tries each time to or• ganlze ~ "sendoff for the boys," to• day was asking everyone to "come on down." �(Photo by Marston) WILL WORK FOR UNOLE SAM-At their sendoff this morning Portsmouth's la.~st group of select.ees posed for a. picture d the railroad station. Left to right on the platfonn are Mayor Ste.wart:· !t°we, S~ef: Geor e Savramis Harold Nadeau, Willis Heath, Olarence Balley, Everett Street, Harry er ns an a. Te~e, Chairmn~ Ch'IJ'les M. Dale of the local dnift board and city council members l\Iary Dondero, Frederick Gardner, Edgar Wood and William Palfrey. On the i;teps of the railroad coach are Selectees James Marsh and James W11,tt. 1 clgarets. Plenty of ice cream and cake disappeared as the 11 drivers toasted Selectee Balley. Drivers attending were: Roy Tewksbury, Wade Burnette, William Meloon, Paul Stickles, Leyman Grlffltj, Roland Keenan, ed them with a carton of clgarets Arthur Sheafe, Henry Twombly, Joe Muscarello, Ernest Lamb and apiece. Among the city officials Rt the Andrew Barrett. station were: Organlzer-Counc1lwoman Mrs. ~ary C. Dondero, -Coun· cllmen wm1am Palfrey, Frederick Gardner and Edgar Wood. Selectees Take T~xi Tour Of City For Farewell As Portsmouth citizens sleepily looked out their windows "to see the bride'' early this morning, several taxi drivers tootingly toured tho city. '{'here was no confetti on the oc· cupauts t hose ta la. They were -electees on their last c1v!lian ride for a 1ong time. A crowd of 150 per.sons saw these nine selectees off for army service: George S. Savramis, James Herbert Watt, Harold W. Nadeau, Jar.:ies H. Marsh, Paul F. Teague, Everett A. street, Jr., Willis L. Heath, Harry D. Perkins and Clarence W. Balley. President Mrs. Howard Jack.son of the Knights of Columbus auxiliary gave each boy a box of candy and Mayor Stewart E. Rowe present- I I s~q.4, Fort To F.ire Taxi Drivers Fete Se/ecfee Mate Clarence w. Bailey, formerly a taxi driver here, Who left today with the Portsmouth selectees, was given a send-off party last night by 11 Iof his former taxi-driver comrades at Demarais' restaurant. Joseph Muscarello was master of ceremon!es and presented Balley with a traveling bag, military case and a carton of cigarets. Henry Demarais presented Balley with a carton of 3-lnch Guns· Officials at Fort Constitution, harbar defenses of Portsmouth, today warned that three-inch guns would be fired tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock and Thursday morning at 9. Again they repeated that such firing would endanger any shlp• 1 ping in the area from Portsmouth Harbor light five miles eastward . to the channel entrance. A control will be stationed at the mouth of the Piscataqua river be- \ fore firing begins. 1 I 1'~. ,~ ... , �Portsmouth May Supply Langdon Cooks Learn To Fly Workmen Fo Britain The result of the bill passed by Congress recently allowing tnllstcd Portsmouth men, skilled in speci(United states Clvll service ex- 1men to fly in the United States , Army air force has been felt in • fie trades, can apply for non-com- amlnatlons will be given.) battant jobs in the British Civlllan Salaries range from $24.12 to Portsmouth according to Warren Technical corps at the State Em- $38.65 per week, plua free board Scholz, airport operator. Four soldiers from Camp Lang- I ployment service office, 29 High and living quarters, plus free clothdon have begun their flight in· j street. Ing. Appllcants must agree to serve Provlslons are made for two to structlon at the Coastal Airways for three years, or for the duration three weeks' vacation with pay per school. The men are Privates Ed· of the war, whichever is the shorter year, and for free medical treat• ward LaCoste, Raymond H. Waite, period. ment and hospitalization facilltles. Thomas Kestenbaum and Earl In• They will be required to go to There are further provisions for galls. All are cooks at the camp. Before this bill, only commispositions wherever assigned. Accord- payment on discharge of a rehabllling to the State Employment ser- tatlon grant equal to 30 days• pay. sioned officers could fly army air• vice this may be somewhere in the, In the event of death or dlsabll1ty planes. Now as the air force ls beIng strengthened to 30,000 men United Kingdom or "elsewhere ov- In service, pensions wm be paid, 6,000 enlisted men will be flying erseas." Working hours are from 48 army warplanes. The graduates will to 60 a week. Workers Wanted Free transportation 1s furnished The call includes those workers probably rec~lve a master sergeant's from homes to duty. Return trans- skilled in the following occupational rating. Men who have a knowledge of portatlon ls guaranteed "th classifications: Radio mechanics for workers who complete their j~tel communication services; radio me• flying and ground school work pro• with a satisfactory record." s chanlcs for special duties; air frame bably will receive preference when and engine fitters; machine tool set- the applications are given to the Lisl, Qualifications ters and operators; instrument re- men in the army. Here are the quallflcations listed f palrers; metal workers; electricians; ~lct-41 by Mrs. Abby L. Wilder, director of electrical artificers (Marine); ordthe State Employment service: nance artlflcers (Marine) ; automo• (1) A man m·111t be a citizen of bile mechanics (Marine); wiremen the United states within the "pre- (Marine) ; radio mechanics for mascribed age limit." This is generally rine communication; and engine between 18 and 50 years. room artificers (Marlne). (2) He must be physically fit and able to produce proof of good char• S'. 9 · 41 acter. The men of the 22nd Coe.st Ar(3> He must be quallfled to pass tillery held an inter-battery track the required technical examination meet this morning on the parade for the particular job he seeks. grounds at Oamp Langdon. The meet waa under the direction of Lt. Byron Blout, commanding officer of Headquarters of the second battalion. There were about 150 soldiers taking part In the 10-event program. The events were as follows: 100yard dash; 220-yard dash, 440-yard run, 880-yard run, 440-yard relay, 880-yard relay, discus throw, high went to Salisbury Beach. The ori"Whew, but its told down here. I jump. and shot put. ginal plans were for them to go to guess that I'll stay in bed for a. few This is the first track meet that Hampton, but the Casino closed the men of the Portsmouth Harbor more minutes," said more than one Labor day. have held. A large number of the soldier adventurers who are This morning some of the men defenses of the group of trackmen spent all spending the weekend at the Army are just resting. Another group is day yesterday constructing a runRecreational camp on Pierce island. the navy yard and still more ning track and courts for the field Some 200 men arrived at the camp visiting have gone If the men have events. last night which ls a. record for the any luck itfishing. looks as though their season, according to Maj. Charles cooks will have to prepare fish P. Watson, USA, who 1s In charge of some sort. of the cantonment. There are 125 steaks The men brought their own mess from the artillery units of Fort equipment them in the convoy. Devens, 29 men from the Boston The soldierswith being fair with t Harbor defenses and 36 from Fort cooks thoughare for, 'tis rumored, that Rodman at New Bedford. Several have been down here be- even the cooks are on a recreational fore. They went back and spread weekend. There are no special plans for the good news around the camps afternoon. Tomorrow morning where they are statlonec\ and ac- this will be church call and the cording to Major Watson many a there troops will leave in the afternoon. recruit was gained. Last evening most of the men I Track Meet Held At Camp lang on 200 Snuggling Soldiers Snooze On Pierce Island Army Cots �qo Flying Cadet Hersey Receives 'Wings' Today CSp~M ..o ·r~e Herald) Maxwe1 field, Montgomery, Ala,, S!<uv ~o-Flylng Cadet John L. ,y, son of Councilman and Mrs. ... nk W. Hersey, Portsmouth, N. • 1., received his "wings" today. Graduating from the Advanced Flying school, Flying Cadet Hersey was appointed a second lieutenant in the United States Army Air corps reserves and received the military aeronautical rating of "pilot." He will be assigned to extended 11,ctlve duty training with an air corps tactical squadron for one year. "Purpose of the Advanced Flying school," said Col. Albert L. Speed, Air Corps, commandant, "ls to qual• !!y flying cadets in the basic duties of junior officers in the United States Army Air corps." Flying Cadet Hersey finished the final 10 weeks of his flying training at the Air Corps Advanced Flying school of the Southeast Air Corps Training center, Maxwell field, Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 13. He received basic training from the Air Montgomery, Ala. Corps Flying school, Gunter field, Before coming to the local air I j.. John L, Hersey (U. S. Army Air Corps Photo) Charles Dale Resigns As Draft Board Head 1Spec!al to The Portsmouth Herald) Concord, Oct, 1-Atty. Charles M. n111a, has 0ffered his resignation as chairman of the Portsmouth Selective Service board because of "pressure of other business," Brig. Gen. Charles F. Bowen, state director, announced today. Mr. Dale has served nearly a year. With Judge John W. Perkins, Hampton, and Elihu T. Adams, Seabrook, he was appointed to the Portsmouth draft board last Oct. 11. Stationed at Fort Constitution during the World war, Mr. Dale, who came from Minnesota, immediately became active in Portsmouth affairs when he was released In May 1920. Already admitted to the New Hampshire bar in January, 1920, Mr. Dale opened his law office. In 1921 and 22 he served as city solicl· tor. Mayor in 1926, he was re-elected !or a second term. He long has been a member of the Board of Ad• justment. Three times Mr. Dale has been state senator. He was first elected in 1932, was president of the senate in 1935-36, a member of the schools, he had received 10 weeks of training at a government supervised civilian elementary flying school where fundamental aeronautical and ground training was given He acquired 130 hours, dual and solo, in primary and basic training planes in the elementary and basic center, While at Maxwell field, Flying Cadet Hersey has flown '70 hours in a low wing monoplane powered by a 600 horsepower motor on familiarization flights, individual accuracy, formation night and time and distance navtgatton problems . In addition to this he received ground school training in military organization, signal communications, code practice {in which he attained a proficiency of eight words per minute), combat orders, squadron duties of junior officers, infantry drills and ceremonies and pistol practice. He also received at least 10 hours of Link trainer instruction. governor's couno!l in 1936 and reto the senate again in 1938. Mrs. Dale is the former Miss Marion Marvin, of Brookline, Mass., daughter of Hon. and Mrs. Thomas O. Marvin. They have two children, ThoII}8s and Joan. Born in Browns Valley, Minn., Mr. Dale was graduated from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor of law degree. He had just begun to practice in Minnesota (!)d .) _ L( 1 when World War I began. 1turned Flying Cadet Hersey Commissioned Flying Cadet John L. Hersey 1s spending a few day11 with his par'ents, Councilman and Mrs. Frank W. Hersey, Ash street. Jack will return Friday to Montgomery, Ala., to receive his wings and commission as second lieutenant iln the United States Army Air corps reserves. He was guest of honqr at a recep,ion given for him Saturday night 1t the horn~ of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C',, 11!llespie, Ash street.· ~ Charles M. Dale ').')., 'i \ �I 1 Army Warns Will Start Mine-Laying / Intelligence Officers Quiz Former Langdon Blaster I Officers of the Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth warn all boat owners and sailors that practice submarine mine-laying starts MON- , ~- I the Federal Bureau of InvestigaPossibility of a serious explosion tion. He was held In the guardhouse at Camp Langdon was averted last at Camp Langdon. · week when Army Intelligence off!The officers searched the man's cers apprehended John Rist, High High street rooms and found nothstreet, Portsmouth, a former blast- ing. Upon investigating the place ing assistant with the construction where the wires had been cut the company that is building the roads officers founq several unexploded at the camp. sticks of dynamite. These were reRist, Army Intelligence officers moved Immediately. said today, was employed at the The man was taken to Manchescamp for some time. He had sev• ter last week and arraigned before era! disagreements with his super- the federal commissioner. He was visor and left the job recently. He held in $5,000 bail fo: a violation of later was seen cutting lead-in wires the Mann act. He 1s free on bail / to dynamite placements. . now .. When he returned to the camp ' <?fflcers at the fort expressed the recently he was picked up by Lieut. bellef the man was a disgruntled A. G. Welch, post intelligence offi- employe_ not l!- saboteur but nevercer, for questioning. The man was theless mvest1gated the case thorquizze<l. by Army and Navy Intelli- oughly. gencc officers as well as officers of I DAY. I Danger area include all waters from 1 mile south of Little White island to 1 mile south of Phillips' rock-which area ls almost due east of Odiorne's point. This practice will go on untll further notice. I Charles H. Cook To Tra in For. Army AQ r Corps Charles Hannaford Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Cook of 421 Broad street, Portsmouth, is one of a class of 62 New England men who j will start their training as army aviation cadets Oct. 1. He will be assigned to Parks Air college, East St.. Louis, Ill. , Mr. Cook is a graduate of Ports! mouth High school and the University of New Hampshire, where h~ was awarded a bachelor of arts de- I1 gree in psychology in the class of Reveal Army Observation Post For Ships Want ·To 'Help British Sailors? An appeal ha.s been made by tw< groups for books, records, candy and tobacco to be given to the Britis~ sailors as they leave this port. Al-. 1 ready one submarine crew has bee~ 'I The army has established a.n ob- outfitted with sweaters by the Ports. 1941. 1 The young man got his first flight ' servation post at Fort Stark, Jaf- / mouth chapter, Bundles for Britain frey Point, according to an anThe organizations include the training in the civilian pilots' trnm- / nouncement today by the Coast Bundles for Britain chapter in mg course at the Portsmouth airport Guard. Army officials at the 22nd Hampton, and the British War rewhile still a student at the umve!",Coast Artille1,y headquarters say lie-f of Exeter. Wanted are books, 1 siti. May 18. 1941 he made his first that this observation post has been especially mystery stories, phono_j solo flight from the airport here . in existence for a long time, prac- graph records, assorted hard candy \ He was the first of the Univ~rsity ci 1 iically sil'lce the troops moved In New Hampshire students to 5010 in glass jars or tins, pipes and smok- 1 here a little more than a year ago. Ing tobacco. History says the fort has been a ~~ ').~ ·1-i The Hampton chapter has given 1 surveillance post since 1693. All mer- the Pandora a short-wave, radio set Sold iers To Dance chant vessels entering or leaving the with record attachment. harbor now have been instructed Articles may be left at the resiIn New Ha ll to exchange signals with the sta- dence of Comdr. Robert C. S. Gartion for the purpose of making posi- wood, HMS, 358 Court street, PortsThe soldiers are going to show tive their identification. These or- mouth; in Exeter with Miss Olive ' off their new recreation hall at ders are the same as the ones that Otis, Front street, and in Hampton Fort Constitution Friday nigh tj were given to the "Boys of '76." Center at Tobey and Merrill's office. where the dance usually held at Lieut. Dean L. Gardner is in Camp Langdon will take place. ©~ .~- -q charge of the lookout detail at Fort I The boys raised funds for deco- ' Stark and has trained several men rating the hall through various en~ for the work. tertainments. Girls with invitation Five other New England forts cards issued at the beginning of have been chosen by the War dethis Friday night dancing series will partment as observation posts. They be guests at the new hall. a.re as follows: Ft. Williams, Portland; Fort Dawes, Boston; Fort Rod- , man, New Bedford; Beavertail I., Major caliber guns will be fired at Narragansett bay, and Fort Wright, Fort Stark tomorrow afternoon at 3 Fishers Island, N. Y. o'clock. Col. Walter K. Dunn has issued a warning regarding the danger zone which will be from Mur• ray Rock buoy on the left to Duck island on the right, 20,000 yards out to sea from Jaffrey point where the guns are located. Small craft and shipping are advised to stand clear. 1c, .._ "'l. . 4 I I i ' I ·Fire Big Guns Tomorrow ....___ �Greater Portsmouth I Motor Corps! F. · Boys Join Army Tuesdav I G ets 1rst Tl Ten greater Portsmouth boys will wind up the Columbus Day holiday by joining the army, . At 8.12 o'clock Tuesday mornmg, these selectees will ·take the train for Manchester and the army induction center: Thomas Claude Aubertine, 1657 Woodbury avenue, leader; Coleman C. O'Brien, Jr., 187 Gates street, assistant leader; John Joseph D. Bella, 78 Daniels st ~!~neth Otis Odiorne, Wentworth road: Frank Bagley Eaton, Collins street, Seabrook; Leonard Alpheus Blake, Hampton; George Wentworth Davidson, 286 Aldrich road; Harold Leroy Gallant, 550 Cutts street; Charles Edward Trafton, 294 Lin1 1 coln avenue. who is being induct' ed for local board No. 15 in Bosi ton, Mass. MaJ·or Test Portsmouth, Rye Groups .Take Part In Practice Work At Concord A group of members of the PorLsmouth chapter, Red Cross Motor corps under their captain, Mrs. F. A. Saunders, and representatives of the Rye Corps under their captain, Mrs. Warren Allen, were among the 200 uniformed women who convened , in Concord today for the first major Members of the Royal Navy sta- 'i test of the state motor corps. I Units mobilized, following the I tioned in this vicinity are to attend theoretical bombing of Concord durChurch Sunday morning at the 11 QM Ing O Or S ing the night Women and equipo'clock service at C.1r.sL church. At ment from a number of towns and this service there will be a special One hundred and ten replacements cities sped to that city to aid collection for Bundles for Britain. for batteries of the 22 nd Coas't ar- "wounded" . and also to evacuate Rev. Sheafe Walker, rector of the tillery will arrive in Portsmouth casualties on the assumption all church, will deliver the sermon, and tomorrow morning at 10 .38 . local hospitals were filled prayers will be made for the bombed These new men, from the recruit Hi.>.rold Hart· of Wolfeboro, a ding , victims of the present war. t'15 v for Brig.-Gen. Charles · F. Bowen, 1 Christ church was the scene of reception center at Fort Eus ' a., State Guard l::;)ad, was in charge of the "Peace" service following the will replace men who have been the sham exercises. A check was to signing of the "Treaty of Ports- discharged under the · over-age rul- be made later in the day to determouth" and also a special- service ing passed by the senate last sum-_ mine how efficiently the units had was held here for the sailors of the , mer. acted. English ship Capetown, when it was , There were 44 men discharged , One of the first units to arrive a visitor to Portsmouth about 10 last Saturday and for the past two was a hospital trailer from Exeter. 1 years ago. or three weeks nearly 60 other men Units also came from Dover, FranSpecial music has been arranged , have left the Portsmouth Harbor klin, Keene, Laconia, Manchester, by the choirmaster and organist, i defenses. ·· Milford, Nashua. Peterboro, RochJohn W. Mitchell. The music will t Oc¼--14 _ '-·H ester, Portsmouth and Rye. No be as follows: "casualties" were actually moved. Organ Prelude, "Prayer" Jongen. . Processional, "Onward Christian Sollers" Sullivan. Introit, "I Am 1 the Saving Health of My People" Martin. Kyrie, Adlam. Gloria ,a Excelsis, Plainsong. Sequence, The firing of the major caliber "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah" Dyke. Gloria Tibl, Plainsong. Cre- 1 guns at Fort Stark which was scheddo, Adlam. Offertory, "Fight the uled for today has been cancelled Good Fight" Boyd. Sanctus, Bene- until tomorrow afternoon at three dictus, and Agnus Dei, Adlam. Re- o'clock. Housewives of New Castle cessional, "The Son of God Goes and environs will not have to open Fcirth to War" Cutler. Organ Post- their windows today, But, don't forlude, "Chorale Prelude on St. Ann." get tomorrow! Noble. The danger area is the Murr!1-Y , The 10-inch guns at Fort Foster Rock buoy on the right to Duck is- I will be fired at two o'clock Friday land on the left and 20,000 yards out afternoon. The Plans and Trainto sea from Jaffrey Point where 11 ing office of the 22nd Coast artilFort stark is located. Small craft I lery has announced the following and shipping are advised to stand , danger area: I' Fort Foster left to the White Isclear. land lighthouse at the Isles o! Shoals. Fort Foster right to Little Boar's head and 18,000 yards to sea from the fort. This area takes in nearly all the stretch of ocean between Portsmouth ·harbor and Hampton beach. Small craft and shipping are warned to stand clear during the actual firing. . . 1 Royal 'Navy Men To Attend_Service At Christ Church lo C Replacements • T f t · Big Gun Firing Set \ For Tomorrow . · Fire Big Guns At Fort Foster Friday Morning I �. $40t000 f U n d Will Provide Army- Navy Bldg. Addition (Special to The Portsmouth Herald) Washington, D. C., Oct. 23- The Federal Works agency has allocated $40,000 under the Lanham act for recreational facilities at Portsmouth, Congressman A. B. Jenks announced this afternoon. Portsmouth applied for $59,000 to build an addition to the Army and Navy building for a gymnasium and dance hall. After the application had been . studied by Washington officials, $40,000 was authorized by the Federal Works agency. There was some question as to whether this amount would be sufficient to provide the desired addition to the present building, but Architect M. E. Witmer redrew plans and as a result bids for the construction will go out next Monday. ,I companionship of women and Port.smouth girls nave been wonderful 1 'about helping us," the captain said. "In the dance auditorium on the second floor, there is a "juke box" I to furnish music any evening-the latest records are purchased, the floor is polished and many an hour is spent in trying out new steps," he ' said. : On the third floor, are 18 furnished , rooms used by men working on the yard and there are three that the USO keeps open for service men off duty. Showers and lockers in t-h e basement provide facilities for bathing and dressing-in-"civvies.'' The lockers are used by more navy than army men, but showers rate high with all. Captain Ladlow said that the USO is planning "hobby" classes for the men. "Boys who like photographic work, wood-working and other side-lines will have a chance to practice them and we will furnish materials, instructors and working space," he . said. "When the new addition which will include a gymnasium is com· pleted, competitive gymnasium meets for different forts and branches of the service will be ar- . ranged to acquaint men with dif· ferent groups and outlooks on ser- 1 viee life and we feel that should do , much to help make them more con- · tented in the service," he said in closing. The uso building, Daniels street, · is open from 9 am to midnight and all service men are welcome at any time-. C<.Q.--:l-4-i+I I Original project action was held up until the Army and Navy association could deed the property to the city because the federal government cannot build on privately owned land. To further simplify matters, the city deededt the property to the federal government for the duration o/4 '. the emergency. ' <!:>ct·').~- 4l F.Ere s·iQ Guns TOmOrrOW At f or t f Oster ~ Soldiers, Sailors Enjoy Portsmouth Hospitality At Army-Navy Building When the residents of Kittery feel the ground trembling under them tomorrow afternoon it will not be a tremblor but the 10-inch guns at Fort Foster . barking at a target 18,000 yards at sea. ., i The Pians and Training· office of ' the 22nd' Coast artillery has announced the following danger area I from 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the start of the firing, till the com"New England people surely do rooms- new draperil\S, fresh paint \ mand "cease fire " is given: . Fort Foster left to the White Isknow how to treat a soldier right," and other improvements are all un~nd lighthouse at the Isles of said a group of selectees today in der way, accord:ng to Capt. Fred ·shoals. Fort Foster right to Little the Army-Navy building, now Ports- Ladlow, Salvation Army officer in Boar's head, and 18,000 yards to sea charge of the center. mouth's USO headquarters. Captain Ladlow said that most of from the fort. "We have been in the South and This area takes in nearly all the other parts of the country, but the organization's activities are stretch of ocean between Ports• Portsmouth is the only place where scheduled in the evening when me~ mouth harbor and Hampton Beach. we really have been entertained and at the forts and navy yard are o , Small craft and shipping are warn·h " 'd th , duty. ma de to f ee1 a t ome, sai e i "Except on Fridays and Sundays, ed to stand clear. J;oi~en before the new building ' we have groups of hostes~s. who addition for which the federal gov- 1dance, play pmg-pong, b~llards, ernment yesterclay granted $40,000 is cards ar:d generally entertam the tarted new mapl furniture will be I ll_len. This has been a major attracs ' 1n th e . t1on to men away trom home and j placed e recreational center I.friends. They naturally Jik~ _the I �Girls Enjoy Fort Foster 'Hostessing' As USO Duty Fires Big Guns On Hallowe'en Lall Salvos Go Off Again· "Laff Salvos of 1941," the Portsmouth Harbor Defen~e variety show which was staged here two weeks ago will play a repeat performance tomorrow night at 8.15 at the Arcadia theater. Modelled on the long-lived laugh show "Hellzapoppin", "Laff Salvos'' presents clever dancers and singers screwball comedians and extraord1~ nary specialty artists. Throughout the performance stooges heckle the actors from th~ audience, vendors tear up and down , the. aisles and shower the audience ) 1 wit.h popcorn and customers in the first row or two get themselves I sprayed with seltzer water. Stars include Bill Roveen concert baritone from Carnegi~ Hall and Radio City Music hall; Bill Darnell featured singer with Bob Chester's band, whose recording of "My Sister and I" became the nation's No. 1 juke box favorite; Fred Carney, who played on Broadway for several seasons with Maurice Evans in "Hamlet" and "Richard II", Val Mates, precision ' dancer fr~m the vaudeville circuits; Sol Wilensky and Buddy Izzo, dancing j "Borsht Belt." . Producer of the show is Billy '.Tubbs who for several season played m the Boradway production "Dead End." He also has played the villain "Gabe" on the "Lone Ranger" radio program. Jerry Campbell who wrote the book with Billy Tubbs has been a night club entertainer. Don La Master, the dance direc- , tor, was with a puppet show that played during two years of the I New York World's fair. Tony Wa- : son, the sketch director was famous for his part in "The Family Upstairs." Proceeds of the show will go to the recreation fund of the 22nd Coast Artillery regiment. "All the girls who have played hostess at the USO building love their evenings there and it has been , All in the spirit of Hallowc'en so a great success," said Mrs. Morris that the citizens of Portsmouth, KitFoye, 2nd, chairman of the hostess and hospitality committee of the tery, New Castle, Rye, Hampton and local group, today. way stations might think there really "The girls and men play games, are goblins, ghosts and whatnot the dance, talk and generally get ac• army fired the dish rattling 10-inch 1 quainted. We have had no un- guns at Fort Foster yesterday afterpleasant experiences at all and noon. everyone has made many friends Many Portsmouth and Kittery , through their evenings at the cen- residents have been wondering why ; ter," Mrs. Foye said. they should feel the guns at Foster From six to 20 girls are on duty more than the ones at Fort Stark. every evening except Friday and The explanation is this: The guns Sunday and many have asked to be at Fort Foster fire parallel to the/ sent again. shoreline and the concussion that The age group ~clu;.o,es girls from comes after the shot has been fired 19 to 35 and some of the older wo- spreads out fanlike covering all this men. area. The guns at Fort Stark fire ' "Those older women have more seaward and the severe concussion , fun than some young girls and the is felt only at sea. \ boys enjoy their companionship I Targets for the shooting yesterday very much," Mrs. Foye said. were placed about three miles off ' Among those who help Mrs. 1 Little Boar's head, midway between ', Foye are: Mrs. Frank w. Ran- , the shore and the White Island dall, Mrs. Leeta Rintz, Miss ! lighthouse on the Isles of Shoals. Frances Wiggin and Mrs. James I Dishes were rattled and doors ' Jameson. They all are as ·enthu - : jarred as far away as Newburyport slastic about their work as Mrs. ' which is 23-miles from the fort. The Foye is and say the boys are effects of the firing were felt every"grand kids" and a lot of fun to where in the Greater Portsmouth be with. area but no serious damage was re- I The older women serve as chap- ported. erones and join in with the hostesses. Their ping-pong playing is even better than the younger women's according to some of the boys, and their influence, rather than restraining the boys, makes them feel more at home, say selectees. "We hope that the new addition to our building will provide some kitchen facilities," Mrs. Foye said. A dinner party was held last eve- 1 "The girls quite often take fudge ning at the Rockingham hotel in down with them, but they'd have honor of Maj. Frederick J. Ney, MC, a lot more fun if they could cook FGRS, LL D of Montreal and Lonthings like that with the men." don. Hostesses are not as strictly chosen Major Ney is executive vice-presias are the girls allowed to attend dent of the national council of Eduweekly dances, but they are all ac- cation of Canada, and is known in cepted through invitations from the the British empire in the fields of chaperones and those girls are the education and culture. He spoke Another in the series of dances ' only ones permitted to join in the briefly on the problems and duties fun. . presented by Portsmouth women for ; whc!h will confront the world at the "Our ambition is to have the service men stationed at the Har-1; end of the war. co-operation of every woman's Major Ney also showed reels of bor Defenses of Portsmouth will be organization in town. The more British •'talkies" covering their held in the recreation hall, Fort workers we have, the better we Constitution, tomorrow night at I coastal defenses and various scenes can fulfill the purpose of the 7.15 pm. of their armored forces in action . US O and I find more people Girls who have invitation cards Among · those present a t the dinhelping as time goes on," says are asked to attend and to present ner were Major Ney, Winthrop L. Mrs. Foye. Carter of Nashua, Hon. Huntley N. I their cards at the door. Spaulding, Kennett Kendall and Mayor Felker of Rochester, Freder• ick Everett of Concord, and R. C. L, Greer, Eugene Sewal, Captain J. J. Brown, USN, Captain H. F. D. Da- ' vis, USN, Col. Walter Dunn, USN, Lieut. Comdr. Stewart, RN, Harry I I i I I I Britisher Honored At Rockingham ----~n~w •t -~1 Dance For Sold iers Planned Tomorrow I C. Moore and Francis Tate of Ports• \ mouth. �YMCA Representative To Do USO Work Here H. Carlton Hall, Pittsfield, Mass., wlll arrive in Portsmouth Nov. 10 to be the Young Men's Christian association representative of the local United Service organization unit, Mr. Hall will arrange educational, recreational and entertainment programs for men in the army, navy and for all defense workers in greater Portsmouth. He also will cooperate with more.le officers in various branches of the service. For two years membership and young people's secretary of the Pittsfield YMCA, Mr. Hall has worked for the "Y" for 13 yea.rs. Born in Brockton, Mass., he graduated from Brockton High school and Springfield (Mass.) college. He has served with the Springfield, West Springfield and Brockton organizations. In 1934 he was town community director of Middlefield (Mass.) and assistant pastor of the Middlefield Community church. In conjunctio~ with local groups who have worked to entertain men stationed at the Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth and a.t the navy ya.rd, Mr. Hall will work with Capt. Fred Ladlow who is in charge of the local recreational center-the USOI soon to have a $40,000 addition. I H. Carlton Hall I &··.i Construction of the $40,000. addition to the USO center at the Army & Navy building on Daniels street started this morning when ground was broken for the foundation hich w111 f111 the area between the present building and Wright avenue. Hardy and Blaney of Boston have the contact for the brick addition which has been designed by Architect M. E. Witmer of Portsmouth, The building will provide a large gym and dance hall addition to the present building and the foundation wm be constructed in such a. manner that an indoor swimming pool could be added at later date. The present Federal grant does not provide funds for Interior furnishing of the combined gym and dance hall but It is hoped that an adltional appropriation can be secured at a later date. Oontraot price for the work was under $39,00 or less than final governJ}lent estimates and far below the original estlmate's of about $59,- ooo. Four Portsmouth Men Enlist In Inshore ,Patrol Four greater Portsmouth men 1ave been accepted for enlistment n the United States Naval reserve or duty with the inshore patrol, ,ccording to Lieut. Edmund H. Bary, USNR, who was in Portsmouth his week on recruiting duty. H. E. Whitlock, Portsmouth, has >een accepted to enter the reserve IS a seaman first class. D. o. Marlen, 116 Main street, Newmarket, vill enter the reserve as a boatsvain's mate second class; P. A. l[odgdon, Portsmouth, as a seaman econd class and E. N. Alley, Jr., ~ranfield street, New Castle, as a eaman. More than 25 men were inter•lewed in Portsmouth during the wo-day stay of the recruiting offi:ers. Lieut. Barry was accompanied IY Lieut. Comdr. Byron Brown, ~SNR (MC), Albert Ahnoh, pharnacists' mate third class, and Aurust Silverio, yeoman third class. Lieutenant Barry was pleased vith the candidates who had preiented themselves at the temporary 1ffice of the reserve recruiters in he postoffice building, Start Work On $40,000 USO Center "The men of Portsmouth were much more physically flt and know much more about the wa.ys of the sea than did many other prospective men for the patrol in other cities I have visited," he declared. The men will be in Portsmouth again Friday afternoon, Nov. 14, to Interview any other candidates who wish to see them, The office will be In Room 208 In the Federal building. This visit next week will be brief as the recruiters will be here for two hours only. Although the contactor has 58 work.Ing days In which to complete the project, the firm has stated that it will do all it can to flnishd the job ahead of schedule on Dec. 23rd, so the USO Christmas party can be held there. Council Deeds Army-Navy Bldg. To US Government Portsmouth's City council yesterday accepted a 10-year lease on the present Army and Navy building, Daniels street, from the Army and Navy association, at a special afternoon council meeting. The council also accepted a deed to the land adjacent to the present building and leased both pieces of property, as one unit, to the United States government for 10 years. Present were: Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, City Clerk Edward Hopley and Councilmen William H. Palfrey, Mrs. Harry Dondero, Frederick D, Gardner, John Burkhardt and Lewls M, McNelll, �q1, Forts Install New Patrol System Here With the completion of the fence enclosure and light installation program at the forts of the harbor defenses a new system of patroling the areas has begun this week. This plan, which will provide for a permanent military police detail, was conceived by Capt. William R. Murrin and was put into operation by Col. Walter K. Dunn, commanding officer. The personnel consists of a picket group of privates and non-commissioned officers. Formerly these duties had been discharged by rotating the tasks among all the enlisted men. Greater unity and efficiency in the police work are expected to result from the new arrangements. / n 0\) · IS •>-\ I Naval Patients Laugh At Salvos 1 Under the sponsorship of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War Piscataqua chapter No. 4, a part of the cast of Salvos of 41, ma.de up of enlisted men of 22nd Battalion, Harbor Defell8e8 put on an entertaining, hilarious show for the benefit of veterans and patients of the U. s. Naval hospital at the navy yard last night from 7:15 to 9. The men of the cast in civil life were such enrertainers as Bill Tubs who played a prominent part 1n the play, Arsenic and Old Lace; Don LaMaster, Cafe Lounge, New York City; Val Mates of PalJoey fame, Oscar Richmond, feature dancer of Betty Davis' Star Du.st Revue: George Ca.rpentier who sang with a leading dance band on the West eoast: Buddy Izzo and Solly Wil• eruky, winners of a novelty jitterbug contest of Harvest Moon Ball at Madison Square Oar~. Har· old Fagin, a band leader, played the piano for enteratlners, The entertainment was kept at 11, merry pace by Herb Gross, former muter or ceremonies at the Onyx club. 30 To Take Selective Service Exam In Manchester Dec. 3 Thirty Greater Portsmouth young Bernard Andrew Pelczar, Newme 1 will go to Manchester Dec. 3 market. for physlcr.l examinations prior to D•nms Casement Rafferty, 138 induction Into the United States Bartlett st.reet, Portsmouth. army, Olerk Lawrence Grattan of John Dalton Corliss, North Hamp· Local board 19 announced here to- ton. day. Arthur Winslow Hutchinson, New This examination trip, first under Castle, a new plan being put into effect by Jerry Aivin Locke, Seabrook. the government, will see the young I Reginald Webster Dow, Seabrook. men returning t,o Portsmouth the same day. Induction will take place lat.er for those who pass the examination. "Do not bring any clothing or other articles such as you would bring if you were to be inducted," Olerk Grattan has warned the young men. The grc,:.1p will meet at the selective se1•vice office here at 6 :30 l\m and will leave by bus at 7. Plans cal for the return trip to commence at about 11 am. Those called for the examination are: Sidney Irving Kier, Newmarket. Henry Stanloey Homiak, Newmarket. George Herbert Page, New Castle. John Camuso, Jr., 100 Deer stree<t, Portsmouth. John Donovan Ivers, 336 Thaxtl'r road, P"rtsmonth. Archie Adelbert Witham, Leavitt avenue, Portsmouth. Vernon Lt:on Evans, Greenland. Arthul' Andrew Bean, 131 Burkitt stre.st, Portsmouth. Ellsw01,th Batchelder, MacDonald, Newmarket. Nicholas Zuk, Newmarket. 'William A. Dorney, Jr., of 60 PineKenneth Adams, Jr., 28 South st. hurst road, Portsmouth, who has Portsmouth. completed his preliminary flight Kenneth Irving Drew. 288 Maple- training at the naval reserve a,·iawood avenue, Portsmouth. tlon base at Washington, D. C, a111l Emerson Webster MU:s, YMOA, has been sent to Jacksunvllle, Fla., Portsmouth. for further in~truction befoi-c be• James Bruce Bennett, Harvard coming a naval aviatfon cadet. street. Portsmouth. (Official US avy photo), Floyd Gray, Jr., Newmarket. George Roland Janvrin, Hampton. Francis Osuahowskl, 240 Middle street, Portsmouth. Stanley Augustus Shupe, 472 Pleasant street, Portsmouth. Fort Stark Soldiers Ralph E.dward Perkins, 58 State Weave For Home Folks street, Portsmouth. Henry P•tlletler, Newmarket. While their girls no doubt are Clarenc" Eugene Hoyt, 103 Marcy knitting them socks for Christstreet, Portsmouth. mas, some soldiers at Fort Stark John Earl Detwiler, Freeman's are weaving afghans for their Point, Portsmouth. girls. Thomas Wesley Berry, Stratham. One local knitting shop for Olayton Francis Faulkner, 449 the last week steadily has been Hanover .street, Portsmouth. selling yarn, weaving ma.chines and directions to masterly males, Sa.Id one as he tucked his package under his arm, "Well, ma'm, nights are getting too cold for dates, so I mlght's well do this," �Last Of S~lectees Over 28 Leaves Harbor Defenses· By releasing 20 men today the Portsmouth Harbor Defense force now finds itself with no selective service trainees above the age of 28. Gradually throughout the past week all remaining members of the comma.nd who exceed this age limit have been discharged. Today's group brings the total number of releases for this month to 163. These men had all attained the age of 28 prior to the time of their induction in•to the army and prior to July 1, 1941. They have, however, all served the government for a minimum of six months and have received thorough mll!tary training during that time. They have been transferred to the Enlisted Reserve Corps and as such are eligible for recall into the military service at any time. State Guard :29 Men Here Unit Needs Pass Physical Volunteers Exams For Army Twenty-nine young men who took I their physical examinations in ' Manchester Wednesday have been certified as physically fit for military service Selective Service Board Clark Lawrence Grattan announced here today. Those certified for selective ser- I vice, all likely to be called early in January are: Sidney Irving Kier, I Henry Stanley Homiak, George Herbert Page, John Camuso, Jr., Archie Adelbert Witham, Vernon Leon Evans, Arthur Andrew Bean, Ellsworth Batchelder MacDonald, Nicholas Zuk, Kenneth Adams, Jr., Kenneth Irving Drew, Emerson Webster Miles, James Bruce Bennett, Floyd Gray, Jr., Stanley Augustus Shupe, Ralph Edward Perkins, Henry Pelletier, Clarence Eugene Hoyt, John Earl Detwiler, Thomas Wesley Berry, Clayton Francis Faulkner, Bernard Andrew Pelczar. \ Dennis Casemen, Rafferty, Francis Osuahowski, Arthur Winslow Hutchinson, Jerry Alvin Locke, Reginald Webster Dow, Francis Edward G1llis and Edward Gillings, When the 11th Company, New Hampshire State Guard, .was ordered to "fall in" at the State Armory last evening, 1st Lieut. Vito P. · Massaro ordered the men to take : their permanent positions in their , respective platoons. The number of vacancies in the 1 ranks was noticeable, but officials expressed hope these will be filled by more volunteers by next Monday night. The present organization of the 11 th Company is as follows: Headquarters platoon, Capt. Cecil M. Neal, 1st Sgt. Joseph Louther, Sgt. Justin E. French, Sgt. Charles T. McKenna, Sgt. James Murchison, Cpl. William Hopley. Military police platoon (Guard ' Section)-lst Lieut. Vito P. Massaro, Sgt. Paul Eldridge, Cpl. Frank Rolston, Cpl. George Bates, Cpl. tiJ ·>..I' . >-l I Samuel Ricker. Motorized section-2nd Lieut. Morris H. Berry, Sgt. Charles W. Gray, Cpl. James Harvey, Cpl. Les• lie Manning. Pioneer platoon-Mess Sgt. Char• les Weeks. In the headquarters platoon there are eight vacancies, with nine vaI A dinner and searchlight drill / cancies in the motorized section and . • • were pres~nted to 12 members of 14 in the pioneer platoon. 1; \ the Colonial Dames and AmeriSquad leaders instructed their ·, can Red Cross Motor Corp of Portsmen in ~ayonet drill last evening. mouth, by officers and men at Captam Neal announced that the ____ • · Camp Langdon's Battery a Tuesfacilities of the armory were availThe following men have been orI day night, 1n appreciation of work able to members of the 11t h Com- dered to report to Local Board No. I done by the organizations in furpany for basketball games and a 19, First National Bank building, l njshing the mess hall, office and number of men stayed after drill Portsmouth, Dec. 8 at 7:00 pm. for recreation room of the battery last evening for practice. It is hoped a "screening" examination (so calFirst Lieutenant W. R. Kint~er j that games with other State Guard led because it weeds out men with was 1n charge of the searchlight units may be arranged during the obvious physical defects before they , drill at the parade grounds and ' winter. get as far as the regular physical the intricacies and mechanism of examination) : the lights were explained by a chosWillis Lorenzo Heath, Paul Rayen group of non-commissioned o!mond Cryans, Helmer Rugroder, . fi~ers who escorted the women at Ralph Edmund Howard, Joel Sol- , 1 dmner and throughout the evening Dances To Continue mine Dubay, Thomas Joseph Kane, 1 program. 1 Harry Thomas Navelski, Walter Kil- , Because of the existing program shaw Dunn, Jr., Walter Savro at Fort Constitution, the regular Pesaresi, Raymond Deering Hurlschedule of Friday night dances butt, James Philip McNeil, John will not be changed. They will be Daniel Greer, John Joseph Cronin, held each week at the Fort on Fri- James He_i:b~t Cash, Percy Ray day. j Tuesday evening there will be ~ Stanley, William John Bukata, Jr., i I ?ance at the Army and Navy build- Daniel Francis Lauletta and Phi.lip mg. Grossman. 1 Also Ernest Pearl Souther, Jr., Paul Raymond Johnson, David Aaron Tober, Frederick Leonard Gove, Jr., Leon James Redfield, Harold Hotchkiss Bennett, Jr., William Sheppard, Frederick Seaward Page, Ferdinand Edmund Pesaresi, Robert Leavit t Davis, Ira Gilbert Pevear, Francis Delmar Paul and Ernest Lincoln Coleman. n Fort Gives Dinner For Colonial Dames, IRed Cross Drivers I GrOUp TOGet Th elr • Selective Service Screening Dec 8 I ! �-- Also Armand David Doyon, Linwood Carr Allen, .John Joseph Landers, Alton Joseph Cashman, Kenneth Sherman Jones, Robert Donald Willey, Ellis T_hurman Cox, William Joseph James Ryan, Jr., Marshall Goodwin Pecker, William Jeremiah McGraw, Joseph Christopher Colombo, Seymour Paul Smith, Vincent Martin Shea, Thomas Warren · Pettingill, William Charles Eaton 1 and Jules Laurier Asselin. Also Wayne Henry Higgins, Ed- , ward Adeiard Bergeron; Arthur George Giovanis, Roger Skilliµgs Lovett, Jr., Joseph John Miesowicz, Louis Edward Lambert, William Nicholas Floros, Thomas Noel Barron, Stephen Irving Vickery, Al- 1 fred F. St. Jean, Hollis Matthew Shaw, Lawrence Leach Goldsmith, Sherman Austin Remick, Joseph Mott and John Scammon. 1 128 Men-From Harbor DelensesJ Win High · Honors In Gunnery,I '2, q i One hundred twenty-eight men of ceptional record is classified as "exthe Harbor Defenses will soon be cellent" and all the members of seen on the streets of Portsmouth th at battery are permitted to wear the efficiency "E" for a period of wearing a small red "E" on the one year following the award. sleeves of their blouses. This honor Battery B has been one of the standing for Efficiency 1n Gunnery outstanding batteries of the 22nd has been awarded to the members C. A. ever since its inception Jan. 1 of Battery B, Fort Stark, by Lt. 22, 1941. Commanded until just reGen. Hugh A. Drum, commanding cently by Capt. James F. Carroll, general of the First Army. the battery distinguished itself by Each year when the various coast winning the coveted regimental adartillery unit.& have their record ministration award by being judgl!d target practice as the climax of the the best battery of its battalion for training season the results are care- the four months period ending in , fully tabulated. These r~sults la- November, and now again by cap- 1 boriously assembled are based on turing this gunnery award. 1 the speed, accuracy and efficiency . -· I ! 17 To Get Exams;; For Selective Service ! :!e rsh~~~tt~~ :e~o::-aJe~e c~:: manders and army commanders and is checked by them and given an efficiency rating. _O nly the ex- 1 II DJtc. Ci . ..JI I The following 17 men will report Monday, Dec. 15, at 6:30 am. to take the army physical examination at Manchester: Ellis Thurman Cox, 364 Union street, Portsmouth. Walter Kilshaw Dunn, Jr., Fort Constitution, Portsmouth. Harry Thomas Navelski, 207 Ra- , leigh way, Portsmouth. l . ·William Joser,,h James Ryan, Jr., I . In preparaticn for any eventualSoldiers are allowed to go to the 629 Islington street, Portsmouth. I ity, the Portsmou th harbor defen- movies at the post theater and t,o Walter Savro Pesaresi, 256 Thax- t ~es h~ve greatly curtailed off-duty patronize post exchanges but they ter road; Portsmouth. ! freedom formally given to th e men. , must remain within constant call of ' Ernest Lincoln Coleman, 73 Dee! • , Before Dec. 7, half the enlisted per- I the batteries. street, Portsmouth. I sonnel was allr_ wed off the post over : Numerous practice alert calls Raymond Deering Hurlbutt, 35 1 weekends and during the evening.' have been held during the last few Myrtle avenue, Portsmouth. ! ! Now full strength crews are needed days a~d will c_m_itinue to. cc.cur, it! William Jeremiah McGraw, Rye I to man all armament and the men was said by off1c1als today. · Beach. · ' will be presen1 at the forts at all Joseph Christopher Colombo, 145 times . J2su::. · >'1 . 4 .Deer street, Portsmouth. John Daniel Greer, 942 Middle Book A Day -~ Entertains Soldiers \i jroad, -Portsmo"iith. Makes Soldiers Gay,~ · i At Camp Langdon ; \ ! Raymond La.Forest Emery, Rye. Alton Joseph Cashman, 142 State ! First of a new series of camp en- 1 Not money, cigarets, candystreet, Portsmouth. tertainments was presented at the John Joseph Landers, Lafayette but BOOKS! , road, Portsmouth. Camp Langdon boys wrote a Camp Langdon theater Saturday ! Helmer Rugroden, General Delletter to Santa the other day. night. At the suggestion of 1st Lt. , ivery, Portsmouth. . It revealed that way down deep Earl J. Hand, Morale Officer, a.nd I Linwood Carr Allen, Box 192, the soldiers have but one desire with the co-operation of W. B. Sav' Portsmouth. I -to wake up Xmas morn and 1ts, manager of the Arcadia theater, Paul Raymond Cryans, 20 Tan- I find books in their stockings. the vaudeville troupe which was apner street, Portsmouth. , Santa is out of books, so he pearing at that theater made a. be• Ralph Edmund Howard, 51 Isling- , a.sks you, and every family In tween-show appearance at the ton street, Portsmouth. I this area, to give a book gift to camp. The appreciation of the solthe servicemen for Christmas. diers who are currently restricted It will make their "day room" to the post areas because of the hostilities, was so huge that only , much more pleasant and the the necessity for the re-appearance , boys very happy. Due to war re• strictions, the boys are unable in town finally brought the proto leave camp and get books at gram to a close. . the public library. K. 01 v. nau, lS pm. · P. s.-They read everything Give Camp Langdon soldiers a from bloody, thunderous advenbook today to keep them gay. Leave , ture to sentimental heart and it in. the public library or mail flowers stuff. Don't forget, say , to the camp. 1 Harbor Defense Soldiers Liberty Cut Because Of War I I 1• . II '1 It with books! I THURSDAY p ' I~ I �qq •UMlllllllllll!l!I !!Ill !ll!llillllllll-!!!ll!llft ll!IUI.N~,- 1 Harbor Defense~. 1lo Soldiers Open Have A Soldier ~"'' Christmas Home For Christmas Soldiers Will Have While everybody else Is singBusy Winter Season Festivities ing opening packages The holiday season was officially 1 CIUOII, I -.nd ea.ting aa.vory routed goo,e Wi:th its winter sports program opened at the Harbor Defenseii. there'll be hundreds of youni , 11~ceivi11g an auspicious start last Monday night when a program of soldiers wandering around town, Wednesday, hhe Harbor Defenses Christmas carols was presented unM lonesome u the moon in a look forward to a 1:>usy a,thletic der the sponsorship of 1st Lt. Rayblaokout. schedule for the next few months. mond A. Tartre, post chaplain. A Uncle Sam hu had to deny This program is under the direc- children's che>ir of 65 voices from furlouglul this year to khaki• tion of Lieut. Byron B. Blout, \USA, Portsmouth's Church of the Immacclad harbor defenden bi thla athletic officer, and Lieut. Earl J. ulate Conception assisted the Cathcoastal area, leaving · many a Hand, USA, morale officer. These olic Soldiers• choir in leading the dlu.ppoinf.ed 10ldler in camp, officers nave supervised the conver- singing. But you can help, Pick up that A feature (Jf the evening was sion of the Fort Constiution theaf,elephone and call the USO ter, familiar to the young ladies of Chaplain Tartre's reading of a praybuilding, 31'70, where a personPol'llsmouth as the scene of the er for the government, which wa.s nel officer will aalgn u ffllLltY weekly post dances, into an indoor written in 1800 by Archbishop John Army gueets as your festive basketball court. Thie court nas been Carroll, brother of one of the sign. board can stand, outlined, baskets built, scoreboaJ:Td ers of the Declaration of In<fepenYou'll have u much fun _. constructed, and1 comijlme timing dence. your vlaiton. Wait and 1eel The musical program was: and scoring equipment purchased. "O Holy Night," Ch!ldren's choir. A round robin tournament in "O Little Town of Bethlehem," ~ ~'flfiji!!lfJ! !ll!!l!!lil!M.111.IW~ Which ea-0h Bat~ry will encounter every other Battery during the Pfc. George Carpenter. thl'ee months schedule, has already 1 "Angels We Have Heard on ~igh," ):)een pla.nnect and the dates of games Child'r en's choi1. "The First Noel," Soldiers' choir. pooted, 1 "The March of the King/' Pvt. The resul'ts of last Wednesday's , ~y games are ai; follows: Hqtrs. 1st Bn. Gerry Campbell. "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear." ~38, Hqtrs. 2nd Bn.-17; Btty. CSoldiers' choir 39; Bitty, B-6; B'try. D-33, Btry. E "Adeste Fidelis," Ohlldren's choir. -28. Two otller games were sched"Joy to the Wol'ld," Soldillrs' choir. [ uled with Btry. A to meet Hqtrs. "Good King Wencelas," Soldiers' The position of the peace-time Btry. and Btry. F planning to clash mobilized servicemen has gravely with Btry. G. Theije two games, ' choir. "Hark, the· Herald Angels Sing," however, were postponed because of changed from a training period to Patricia Jackson. the pressure on these ):)a~teries of Miss one of "battle alert," Maj. George "Silent Night," Congregation. military duties. They will ):)e played R. Burgess, commanding officer, "Come All Ye Faithful," Congre• at a later date. 2nd battalion, 22nd coast artillery gation. Not only will this inter-battery stressed in a message sent to a league be on the program but the group of men in his command. "Today your country is at war! best pla:.(ers on each team wm be The eventuality against which we recruited into af\other group which all hoped but for which we have Will form a reg.I.mental team. ' Re- 1 nevertheless ):)een preparing has fimembering the success of the 22nd nally occurred. No longer are you CA's baseball team which won the men considered trainees. You're full regional championship last summembers of the United States Army mer, _and seeing the ability of many A i;pacJal Ohr!stmas service will now and accompanying this change of his baskietball players, Lieut, be held at 7:30 o'clock tbis in YOllr status, you will witness the Blout expressed confidence toda,y change from what we have called thlllt the regiment's athletic reputa- evening in the Post chapel at Camp the training program to a condition tl011 would continue t.o soar high, Langdon under the «;iirection of of battle ale11t. This team ts anxious to schedule Chaplain Lieut. Evei,ett E. Denlin• "Our regiment has been delegated ger, USA. Greater Portsmouth, peogames wilih teams of the Portsto defend the Harbor of Portsmou bh vicillity and and welcomes ple who would like to attend the sermouth, a harbor cited by President any challenges that might come vice are cordially invitied to do 10 Roosevelt as being one of the eight by Chaplain Denlinger. forth. most sensitive points in continental As a part , ot j;he program the Other events on/ the wint.er sports ' United States. You are not reserve ;E'ortsmouth Mall& singers will sing schedule lnolucte a touch football troops being helct in readiness as 1 k;ague ro be played Saturday af- Ohr:tstmas carols; th.ere will also trouble 1shooters, to be sent to some be a, pantom.ine of the Nativity ternoons on the Camp Langdon par, 1 point where tije active theater of scene and Mills Martha Boutwell, ade gTOunds whenever the weather I war strikes. You men a,re the first permits, and a regimental table ten- Pio:rtamouth haa-piBt, wm present line of defense. Every minute you several numbers. nis toumament for whiclt the prize, must guard against aggressive atThose who desire to attend the for the top-ranking singles and tack, for it ls your lot to have first service will be escorted to the chap• doubles men are already on display contact With the enemy. Your o.fel by military police, who will also at the Camp Langdon Post Exfioers realize the tJ:Temendous resshow them where their cara may be change. All of these projects are unponsibility which thus falls to the der way 110w and will serve to keep parlred. regiment, and it is hoped that you the athleticaUy minded soldiers well men realize it as well. The importance of our task accounts for the occupied during t,he winter months restrictions which have been placed ahead. on our freedom. Furloughs and passes must be looked upon as peacetime pleasures. We are at war now, and must accept the inconveniences which accompany that condition." I Camp Langdon Has Special Service >y,} Sol~iers Plunged ~, Into Battle Status �LOO Jimmy Durante ,l Wifl Entertain "-9. Harbor Defenses Jimmy Durante, noted stage, screen and radio comic will make a Christmas visit to the Portsmouth Harbor Defenses today. Durante haa been in Hollywood making pictures until Just recently. He returned to the East coast only this week. Upon his a rival in New York he received a request from the Portsmouth soldiers for a visit and waa promised an honorary commission. Just what this commission Is haa been termed a "military secret," the details to be revealed Monday evening. Durante's acceptance of the Invitation was prompt and excitement ls very high nt the forts In anticipation of Monday's visit. He will be iv.et south of Portsmouth by a group of soldiers and then escorted to Fort Foster. At 7 o'clock a broadcast will be staged at the Post theater, Camp Langdon, durwhich time Durante will entertain and will receive his honorary commission. The evening promises to be one of the high spots of the Harbor Defenses winter program. mg WPA Orchestra ~ Plays For Soldiers In the first of what is hoped will be a series of concerts, the New Hampshire WPA Symphony orchestra presented a program of familiar selections at the Camp Langdon theater yesterday. The concert, which was under the direction of Alfred Engel, was enthusiastically received by the audience in the theater. The selections were: Overture• Marriage of Figaro, Mozart; Sym• phony No. 8-B Minor (Allegro Mode.to), Schubert; In Old Granada, Hadley; Gold and Sliver Waltz, Le• har; Hungarian Dance No. 6, Brahms; Farandole from Suite L'Arlesienne, Bizet; March of Bojaren, Halvorsen; Dance Itallenne, Gounod. 1 Appreciation for the kindness shown by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Portsmouth Fire department, the Portsmouth YMCA and the citizens of Portsmouth has been expressed by the officers. and men I of the army company which is pow quartered at the Morley company. Smee many of the men now quartered there are from Malden, Mass., and vicinity, 1st Lieut. John Shade Franklin, regimental chllplaln, suggests that any residents of this section who have connections with Malden and vicinity get in touch with them as the men detached from their regiment wll! be dependent upon the citizens of Portsmouth for whatevoer social activity and spiritual care they may may receive. Chaplain Franklin has arranged , with Rev. Harold W. Curtis, minister of the Middle Street Baptist I church to handle contacts between !,he people of the city and Capt. Stanley Hirtle, USA, commanding the unit. Rabbi Samuel Epstein has i),'},.. Ensign Wallace H. Garrett, Jr., glven cordial co-operation in makwho returned to Portsmouth yester- ing contacts. Chaplain Franklin and day for 10 days. He will report for Mr. Curtis haw• been friends for duty Friday, Jan. 2 at Kearny, . J. many years, and renewed their acEnsign Garrett was raduated from quaintanceship during the chapthe United States Naval academy lain's vi It here today. at Annapolis la ·t Friday. The son of Mrs. Elizabeth Garrett, 375 Middle street, and the late Wallace H. Garrett, he attended Portsmouth schools and was graduated from both junior high and senior high I school with honors, 1 I VI ~- USO To Entertain Portsmouth Soldiers The new section of the USO club, formerly known as the Anny and Navy building, will be opened for a Christmas eve dance tonight for the soldiers of the Portsmouth Harbor defenses. Girls with invitation cards will come Informal or semiformal attire. One of Ruby Newman's orchestras wlll furnish the music. Tonight's party does not mark the building's ofifclal opening which is scheduled for a later date. At 8 pm the men will be transported to -'5t>. Y the party in army trucks, which 1 Wesley Nelson, son of Mr. and will be parked outside the building Mrs. Harry C. Nelson, 3 Sheridan and remain there In case of emeravenue, has enlisted in the US Mar- gency. Another dance has been arine corps. Previously he was employed with a Navy Yard contractor ranged for tomorrow night at Fort and gave up his work to join the Oonstitution when again the girls service. He Is 19 years of age and a will dress in formal or sem-iformal graduate of the Portsmouth High frocks and one of Newman's orchestras will play for dancing. school, class of 1940. Wesley Nelson Enlists In US Marine Corps Soldiers Quartered Express Thanks For Hospitality Dedicate New USO Structure Here Jan. 16 Port mouth's new USO building, the addition to the present Army and Navy building, wlll t>e dedicated Friday evening Jan. 16 at 8 o'clock. First building completed in Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont, the addition houses a gymnasium which also can be used as an auditorium or dance hall. As an auditorium It will seat 600 persons. The structure was built by the WP A under the supervision of the army. In charge of the building when it is opened will be Capt. Fred Ladlow. A Portsmouth committee plan~ ning the program for dedication includes E. Curtis Matthews. chairman; Mrs. Katherine Sweetser Hill, Mrs. Arthur Baum, George Kimball, Peter Hickey, Gordon Kinney, George Grader of WPA, Fred rick D. Gardner and Captain Ladlow. �Two N. H., One Me. Youth Gradute From Annapolis ~m!':t?:v:i:~ roewA Hamp ~hire famnnapo11s Md., to witness the commencement exercises ~ ~heir sons today at the United a es Naval academy. The graduates are: Armistead Den- nett, son of Lleut. Comdr. and Mrs. R. E. Dennett, of 3 Old Armory Kittery. way, Upon hi5 graduation from the academy he will go on immediate duty on the USS Benson. While attending Annapolls he was company petty officer and won several letters In sailing. He was graduated from Portsmouth Junior High and High schools and from Columbian Preparatory school in Washington, D. c. Wallace Henry Garrett, Jr., son of Mrs. E. P. Garrett, 376 Middle street, Portsmouth. He stood high in his class at the end of three years and was active in sports and clubs. John Eldredge Smith, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Smith, 89 High street, Exeter. He stands very high in his class, played football, and headed the Mathematics club. 3 Portsmouth~,?J> Men Ready For U. S. Navy Duty Armistead Dennett Follow Family War Tradition Garland W. Patch, Jr., 17, the first Portsmouth boy to enlist at the Manchester Naval rec1 ulting station following the declaration o{ war, ls following the tradition of hts family a member of which has served in ev.ery war from the RevoluUon to the present. Young Patch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Patch, 372 Court street ls now in t.he Newport training station, Newport, R. I. He enlisted the day following the declaratiou of war. An uncle, Arthur Patch, enlisted in the World war and was the first Portsmouth man to die, having contracted a disease. Each war has had an ancestor of the young man among its soldiers, going back to the Odiornes of Revolutionary times. 'iearing Held On New Road At New Castle ~.Y A hearing on the new road which has been proposed to by-pass New Castle, was held this morning be. fore members of the Governor's council at the State house in Concord. The road has been designed to relieve the pressure of traffic which ordinarily proceeds through the town of New Castle. The heavy army trucks, command cars and other vehicles which have to pass through the town now will probably be re-routed. A survey of a new road has been made from the Wentworth bridge to the junction of Pleasant street and Newcastle avenue. This survey was completed about two days ago. As the plans stand now the road will start at junction of Newcastle avenue and Pleasant street, proceed to Oliver street, New Castle, over the route that ls now used. Here the road will make a sharp right turn, as it does now, proceed for approximately 250-yards and where I US Naval Training Station, Newport, R. I., Dec. 20-Taking part in the graduation held early this morning, three Portsmouth men were pronounced ready for duty with the fleet as apprentice seamen of the US Navy. Curtis Westly Davis, of 199 Clinton street, ls serving with the Naval Reserve on active duty. Wllllam Lorin Fowler of 431 Pleasant street, and Harold Arthur Rigby, of Box 866, are both serving with the regular Navy. After their enlistment, they were assigned to Newport for preliminary training that will qualify them to serve beside their brother bluejacJets. All recruits must complete a course of training In seamanship before they are qualified for duty afloat. Davis Is seeking the rating of machinist's mate; Rigby, gunner's mate; and Fowler, pharmacist's mate. They are now a waiting assignment to that type of duty for which they have demonstrated themselves best sulted. Their places at Newport will be taken by three of the young men who are now flooding the Navy's Recruiting stations all over the nation in answer to America's call fer volunteers for her first line of defense. the present road makes a sharp left-hand turn the new road will move straight across the fields and pasture land to the entrance of Oamp 1,11,ngdon. From Camp Langdon it will follow the same route that ls used now except that some of the comers will be straightened. As yet no survey has been made further than the Wentworth bridge but the point where the road will enter Sagamore avenue wlll be decided upon later. If the construction of the road ls approved by the members of the council three commiSsloners, · usually one from Concord and two local men, will be appointed to buy la.nd. It is quite possible tha.t the con• struction will start next spring. Two new steel bridges will have to be built, replacing the familiar wooden structures, in order that the added weight of the heavy army trucks may be accommodated. This proposition ls one that has been made by the government and wlll be paid for by the government but the state wlll build the road. �Council OK's New Road '\)',1i. To Forts Governor Rubert O. Blood and his council today had approved the $175,000 New Castle avenue-toCamp Langdon highway project which will by-pass the center of New Castle. Designed to relieve traffic in the ttJwn and provide a through-way for army vehicles to Portsm,mth, Cl)nstruction on the proposed road will probably begin soon. A survey of the highway has been made from thf' Wentworth bridge to the Junction of New Castle avenue and Pleasant street. This survey was completed the first of this week. According to plans the road will start at the junction of Pleasant street and New Castle avenue, follow the route which Is used now to Oliver street. l'-;ew Castle. Here the ro'3d will make a sharp right turn which will be widened and banked ard proceed :for about 230-yards to where the present road makes sharp 1eft turn towards the center f New Cabtle. om thl point t new .:oad will cut over the fields and pastures to a point abPut 50-yard~ on tte north side of Camp Langdon. Past Camp Langdon and to the Wentworth house the road wlll :follow the route heing used at present. However, It wm be straightened and leveled. As yet no survey has been made further than the Wentworth bridge but pla1,s call for the construction of a new bridge there and possibly a new outlet to Sagamore avenue. I Plans call for replacing the two New castle bridges with steel structures. Lions Play Host :"? To 25 Soldiers / 'P Twenty-flve soldiers of the 22nd Coast Artillery who were unable to spend the Christmas or Thanksgiving holidays with their families were guests o:f the Portsmouth Lions club la.st evening at dinner at the Rockingham hotel. Gerald D. Foss was in charge of the program and saw to it that the men didn't have any idle moments wtth their knives and forks or with their mlnda. Following the dinner a motion picture, "The Lumber Industry," was shown and the men were presented with cigars and clgarets, When the meeting adjourned the aoldlers were theater guests of club members. (Photo by Marstl)n) TO FIGHT FOR UNCLE SA I - Allen Kl\ight, Jr., left, is congratulated by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe prior to leaving 1•ortsmouth to join the U ~ Army Air corps. Looking on Is Allen's father, Allen Knight, Sr. 0 Army Air Corps George Scarponi1> Named In tructor for Army Air Corps Allen H. Knight, Jr., of 52 Highland avenue left Portsmouth• today to join the United States Air corps. Young Allen follows in the footsteps of his father who was wlth the First Pursuit Group of the AE1" and served with Lafayette Flying Squadrcn In France during the Fir t World war. Allen was given the best wishes of the city and presented with a carton ot cigarets by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, prior to his leaving. All1m is a graduate of Portsmouth High school, class of 1939, anc:I Hampton academy, 1940. He was active in football, baseball and basketball. His younger brother, Robert, is a student at Portsmouth High school. His father is a salesman. This summer Allen worked with government engineers taking air photos of Wentworth Acres at Atlantic Heights. George Soarponl, sQn of Mr. and Mrs. Antanlo Scarponi of Sherburne road, who was graduated from Portsmouth High in 1982, has just been appointed a student aeronautical instructor in the Army Air corpa at Chanute Field, Rantoull, Ill. Mf, Scarpol\l has been a shop teacher at the Oristobal High school at the Canal Zone, Panama for more than a year. After graduation here Mr. Scarponi attended Keene Normal school graduating in 1937 and for three years supervised shop wo1•k at Pem• broke High school. During the sum• mer of 1940 he was a life guard at Hampton Beach and he was worlting in Hartford, Conn., at the time he was appointed at Panama. His brother, E. Edward Scarponi, is a member of the P01:tsmouth Police depa1·tment, Portsmouth Boy Off To Join �toa Two Portsmouth "? Youths Enlist o. In Army Air Corps Two Portsmouth young men have enlisted 1n the Army A1r corps and will shortly leave for their training station. Raymond E. Foote, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Foote, 86 Raleigh Way, Portsmouth, will leave on Tuesday, while James R. Dowd, son of Mrs. Hadley P. Springer, Maplewood avenue, leaves tomorrow morning. Raymond Foote enlisted on New Year's day in Boston. He is a student at Wentworth Institute, Boston, and graduated from Portsmouth High school 1n 1931. During the summer he had a civil service appointment in the Junior "Engineering department at Camp Langdon. James Dowd enlisted 1n Boston also, signing up on Tuesday. He attended Portsmouth high school. (Photo by US Army Signal Corps) CONSTANT VIGIL-At every strategic point along the ew England seacoast, soldiers like the one pictured above constantly are on ruard against enemy activity by sea, land or air. a USO And The Army Portsmouth Girls Hoof It With Uncle Sam's Soldiers Paging Miss Portsmouth! y , d d b ou ve surren ere your est boy to the army or navy, your next best one is working night shifts on defense projects or you're new 1n a bewilderingly strange "boom town." And your zest for J1ving Is just a bit wilting . . • No, you do not need p!lls to charge your battery, nor vitamins to step up your metabolism, and it 1s not necessary for you to haul out Grand• ma's specs and knitting and resign yourself to the way that life mU£t go, not really. you are just the kind of I\ girl that the servicemen', mothers would order. On dance scheduled nights private cars convoy some 40 or 50 Greater Portsmouth young ladle , over the high school age, to the soldiers' mess halls where the camp hnnd Is giving out whether sweet and low or hep and hot, Thf'n the fun beglru. l'temember dancing school days when mother scrubbed brother's ears, braided your hair and perked it up with a prim, pink, starched taffeta bow, Frequent USO Dances and sent you off to behave becomingly? U n i t e d Service organization USO dances are somethin like dances arc held regularly at Forts dancing schools us d t O beg Th Constitution, Foster, Istark and b hf b e • e Oamp Langdon. In fact twice week- as u1 oys line up on one side of • the room. The grrls sit prettily ly at the larger camp, Oonstltutlon, along the other side of the audiweekly at the others. Soon the uso torium. They, too, are bashful. But headquarters in the Army and Navy they realize that this year will be building will be dedicated, and a woman's year and so they take the there wm be more dances here 1n suggestions of the USO staff to the city. heart. When you find time on your hands They doff their mysteriousness and a soldier 1n your heart In tead and unattalnable-goddessUke air or a book on your mind, go to a -wen, a fraction of it! The:, USO dance. make the overtures, but gently. At USO headquarter,; on DanThey . are friendly, sincere, In• iels street or from Miss Luollle teresbng and full of what you Azevedo of get from ABC capsule11. Fred L.' No Helen of Troy smiles, Oleopatre. ho te se yoi wiles and Venus guiles, Portsmouth's nle Oakiev, d!l~c_lng ladies have them all. No gm 1ias to be a wallflower at these dances. Those in charge have understandingly permitted tag dances and arranged old-fashioned square dcmces in which everyone swings his partner. No girl bas to dance with the rough-and-ready sergeant all night if she is pining for that boyish, Mickey Rooneylooking prankster who dances llke Astaire and makes her blush like our lavender and laee Victorian sisters of yesteryear I When the girls are tired and they want to sit one out, there's always punch and soft drinks. After that, the boy,; and girls Join in on community singing of songs like "Girl of My Dreams," "Peggy O'Neil" "I'll Take You Home Again Kath• leen," "Sierra Sue," and "East Side, West Side." Curfew time is 11 pm. Once again, even though your partner cannot transport you home In a cab, your ride Is assured via the same conveyance that took you to camp. Variety is the spice of life Is the tried but true adage, This is just the place for variety. Short, dark, tall, blonde, Intellectual, bookworm, gigolo, c.-arpenter, lawyer, cab driver, Insurance agent, you find them all at an army-USO dance, The rule:; are few and the directions easy to follow. Officials ask that the girls always remember that they are ladles, that they dress on the tailored and sporty idea, and that they be jolly and peppy, And when that Is done, nine times out of 10, they have received Invitations for Sunday dinner at camp! The USO staff is comprised of Fred Ladlow, Harry L. Quaas, Carlton Hall and Miss Lucile Azevedo, assisted by Mrs; Fred L. Noyes,. Ac- �·~ 1-1 cording to thls committee tnese dances at·e one of the prime ways of building army morale, especially when war· restrictions keep the boys in camp every night but one in each 10 or 15. For the girls who haven't the patience to knit one, purl one sweaters for the boys, nor time for first aid or motor corps duty, the staff :;uggests that this is one duty they can perform for Uncle Sam's boy~ in khaki-a duty that ii; a pleasure! Portsmouth Youth ~a,; Joins Army Air Corps John P. Mccartan, who has been a temporary clerk at the Post office, passed his physical examination yesterday for the Army Air corps and left this morning for Missouri to begin his training. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Mc• Cartan, 210 Clinton street, He at• tended the local schools and played football o.t Portsmouth High, Soldiers Here :So." To Study Spanish This evening a group of officers and soldiers whose educational background varies from graduate degrees at the finest universities to grammar school education will gather at Oamp Langdon to begin the study of a subject new to all of them. This first of what wlll be a group of courses of the academic collegiate type will be entitled, "Classical and Business Spanish." The instructor, Mr. John Munoz, a native Chilean, has volunteered his services to the co-sponsors of the course, Miss Dane of the WPA and Chaplain Denlinger. The whole educational program is being given In response to a large demand on the part of the men for courses which might not only aid them in their current existence but courses which will also better prepare them for their return to civilian lite after the conclusion of hostilities. Attendance is entirely voluntary and a group of close to 110 1a expected for the first session, Plan Service At Camp Langdon The regular weekly Protestant service will he held tomorrow morning flt 10:30 am at the Camp Langdon Post chapel. The WPA String Quartet will assist in the musical program as will the Soldiers' Mal!! chorus. Chaplain Denllnger's topic will be "The Tragedy of Shallowness," An invitation Is extended to the general public to attend tlle aer• 1 More Than 250--s-0•11 Register For First Aid Classes With more than 2o0 persons registered for the First Aid Course which ls being ananged by the Portsmouth Civ!llan Defense committee, Mrs. Alice L. Sulllvan, at the civilian defense office at cltv hall, said more registrations are being received every day and w·ged all those who want to be included 1tn the second group of 200 to rush their registrations at once. Actual start or the classes has been postponed until sufficient instructors can be obtained. From national headquarters of t.he American Red Cross a senior Instructor, James Tat.ersall is schem1led to come here Jan. 19, and conduct an intensive week's course of five two how· sessions. When instructors have been qualified, the actual classes which Dr. Anthony E. Peters, chal.rman of the Med1cal Aid commlttP.e of the Disaster Rel!ef committee of the Portsmouth Red Cross section of the city's civilian defense counc!l, is In char~e of are scheduled to start. Tentative date now 1s the first week in Februuy, Is TRAINING TO Warren M. Foss, pictured above, He left recently for the US Naval station at Newport, B-. I, Later he expects to be transferred to Pensacola, }'la,. to train a a naval aviator, Foss, son of Mr. and Mrs. E, H. Foss of 236 Raleigh ~ay, Is a grad• uate of Portsmouth High school, class of 1940, and studied at tho University of New Hampshire. Army Shifts N. E. Comman.d; Portsmouth Now Included In N. E. Frontier Defense Sector Boston, Jan 7 (AP)-The army sion be made by land, sea or air. has announced the reorganization "The actual number of men asof the First. Coast Artillery district signed to the various harbor Into the New England frontier de- defense units and the armament fense sector-a wartime set-up available for their use Is a closely lntendP.d to provide maximum co- guarded military secret but the ordination of coastal defenses civilian popuhtion can rest assured against possible enemy attack. 1that sufficient armament from tha The sector Includes the harbor de- clattering machine gun to the deep fenses of Portland, Me., Portsmouth, roaring 16-lnch rifles, that can and N. H., Boston, New Bedford, Nar- do throw pro jectiles weighing one ragansett Bay and Long Island ton miles seaward, are on land, i;ound. fully manned, and ready to go Major General Thomas A. Terry into battle action should such neewill be "the one Individual directly essity occur." responsible for the many and varThe announrement said that beious activities connected with these cause of exp<mded activities an<l six harbor defenses," the army an- lack of space at the army base, the nouncement said. It added: sector's he:;.dquarters soon wlll be "Along thr ramparts of these har- moved to an office building in downbor dP-fensPs guarding the vital town Boston. shipping chanr,els of the New England coast are thousands of men maintaining a 'round - the - clock' watch to insure that no enemy inva- �105 Coast Artillery To Play Ten Gomes Col. W K. Dunn You're Invited I Transferred To f'· 1st Corps Office A 10-game schedule with various New England army teams and , 1 amatetu· organizations in this vicinity will keep the 22nd Coast Artillery five busy during its 1942 season. The five, coached by Lieut. Byron Blout, USA, former Illinois star, has been pmctlcing for several weeks. The players were selected from the artillery league which holds forth every Wednesday afternoon at the Fort Constitution gymnasium. The longest trip that the team will make will be to Newport, R. I., on Feb. 4, when it mets the 10th Coast artillery five at Fort Adams. The schedule : Jan. 18th, Sunday 2:30 pm-Exeter COllegiates at Exeter. Jan. 31st Sat. 8:15 pm-Hampton Com. club, at Hampton. Feb. 4th, Wed., 8:15 pm-Fort Adams, R. I., 10th CA-at Fort Adams. Feb. 6th, Fri., 8:00 pm-Fort Banks 9th CA-at Portsmouth. Feb. 13th, Fri., 8 pm-Fort Rodman 23rd CA-at New Bedford. Mass. Feb. 16th Monday, 8:00 pm-Fort Rodman 23rd CA-at Portsmouth. Feb. 20th, Friday, 8 pm-Fort Adams 10th CA-at Portsmouth. Feb. 25th, Wed., 8 pm-Exeter ColCol. W. K. Dunn !eglates-at Portsmouth. Feb. 28, Sat., 8 pm-Ma11chester Colonel Walter K. Dunn, USA, Air Base-at Manchester. the Portsmouth HarMarch 6, Friday, 8 pm-Manches- commanding bor defenses had been assigned to ter Air Base-at Portsmouth. duty at the Pirst Corps Area head- i quarters, aocording to information reclered today by Colonel Dunn, al- I though his official orders have not yet been received, He will be here until the latter part of January. Colonel Dunn anived here Jan. °'-".'\ 6, 1941, after staff duty in the Philippines Islands, to find bitter cold in place of tropical weather and harbor defenses which had been on care-taker status only a few I months before in place of modem fortification. Under his direction, the Harbor De,fenses were organized into a functioning unit for the First Portsmouth volunteers for protection of the navy yard, the misthe United States army air corps, sion of this command. ground specialist group, are Louis F. Grossman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Grossman of 124 High street, and Norman A. Dinnerman, ~ son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob H. Din• nerman of 48 Orchard street. They are leaving tomorrow for Manchester, the first stop on their way to Three residents of Portsmouth and an army air base. one from Rye enlisted in the United Mayor Stewart E. Rowe presented States army last week at the Dover the young men with cartons of cl• recruiting Cpl. William B. garets and his best wishes this Ball, Jr., ofoffice, the office said today. morning. The four are Joseph Mott, Jr., 40 Brewster street; Donald H. Margeson, 53 Austin street and Ernest F. Mccombie, 767-B Islington street, all of Portsmouth, and Russell T. Feuerhan of Wentworth road, Rye. I Two Men Leave Tomorrow for ~ Service With Army Four Men Sign Up For Army Service Says USO~~\~ Everyone's invited! The USO will hold open house for all its friends in Greater Portsmouth when It dedicates its new combination gymnasium-recreation hall at the, Army-Navy building here Friday evening at 8 o'clock. The addition to the building, recently completed by the army at a cost of approximately $40,000 will be furnished as an auditorium with 600 folding chairs, as a social hall with four table tennis sets, settees, a motion picture machine and a recording machine so service men can send home records of their voices; as a gymnasium with all rl!quired equipment. A varied program is being planned for Friday night and many notables have been invited to attend. Soldiers Skating r,p, At Fort Stark Rink Despite its limited size, Fort Stark now has an outdoor skating rink. Under the supervision of Capt. James F. Carroll, the fort's commanding officer, a level area has been cleared of snow and flooded. Low temperatures this past week provided a solid skating surface. Skates aren't any problem either for the soldiers at the fort. L. L. Peavey Co. of Portsmouth has do• nated 20 pairs of a.ssorted sizes. All one of the soldiers has to do now when he feels the urge to cavort on the ice ls to go to the supply office and say "Size 9, please," or "Size 12, here." Lieutenant Tallulah Greets Soldiers Here 1'.d S The following telegram was received at Camp Langdon yesterday from Tallulah Bankhead, the world famous actress and the regiment's patron saint, who received an Honorary Lieutenancy from the Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth last summer: "Col. W. K. Dunn, Hq. Hd. Portsmouth, Camp Langdon, N. H. Dear Colonel: Belated season's greetings to my commanding officer and to all my buddies of the 22nd Coast Artillery. My love and constant prayers go with this message. Yours Respectfully, LT. TALLU!JAH BANKHEAD." �Portsmouth Sends-Off 20 More A1·my Recruits "Write me a ·etter every day and Boys leaving today were: mail a card in between times," wept Sidney Irving Keir, Rockingham Junction; Francis Edward Gilli, a blond young lady as she waved Ellsworth Batchelder Macdonald, farewell to hn tall dark selectee RFD 1, Henry Pelletier, 7 Nichols this morning. street all of Newmarket; John Can"I'm very proud of my boy," uso, Jr., 100 Deer street, Archie Adchimed in a mother as 20 young men elbert Witham, all of Levitt avenue; of Portsmouth and vicinity left Mar- Kenneth Irving Drew, 288 Mapleket square tn;s morning for Fort wood avenue; James Bruce Bennett, Devens wherP they will become Harvard street; Walter Savro Pesanother vertE-brae in the backbone ares!, 256 Thaxter road, Stanley of the United States army. More Augustus Shupe, 472 Pleasant than 75 relatlvrs · and friends were street; Raymond Deering Hurlbutt, present to say good-bye to them. 35 Myrtle avenue; Ralph Edward Mayor Stew-,rt E. Rowe had pret t 01 vlously preser;led each young man Perkins, 58 state s ree ; arence Eugene Hoyt, 103 Marcy st., John with a carton uf cigarets and wished Earl Detwiler, Freeman's Pt.; Claythem, 'Good luck and a safe re- ton Francis Faulkner, 449 Hanover turn," In beh11lf of the Ci\Y of Ports- street; Francis osuakowski, 240 mouth. Middle street; all of Portsmouth; Councllwoman Mary C. Dondero, Evan Veron Leon, RFD 1, Greenchairman of the "bon voyage" com• land; Jerry Alvin Locke, Railroad mittee, pre~ented each of the young avenue; Reginald Webster Dow, men w:th a . \Jox of candy from b k Ed d Portsmvuth E :1blem club members Lafayette road, Sea roo ; war Gillings, 117 High street, Sanford, who were repre~ented by Mrs. Cecl- Me., and Arthur Winslow Hutchlnlla Geery, 01c.sident: Mrs. Lella son, Piscataqua street, New castle. Langelier, pa.,t president, and Mrs. Reginald Dow was named leader Barbara BrookG. and Ellsworth B. MacDonald, asslsMembers of the City council who tant leader. Another from the Portswere on hand to see the boys off mouth district is to be inducted at were Edgar Wocd, Frederick D. Gar- Williamsville, N. Y. He is John Earl dner, Mrs. Mary C. Dondero and Detwiler, Freeman's Point, PortsWilliam F. Pal.trey mouth. John T. Dc.wr,s represented the Portsmunth Lo<.lge of Elks, Clarence C. Sanborn headmaster of the Portsmouth high school, was also present. Name Langdon Examining Post o- Plan Weekly Dance At Fort Foster 1 The weekly WPA dance for the soldiers of the Harbor defenses will be held at Fort Foster Friday instead of Fort Constitution, as originally planned, It was announced today by WPA recreational directors. This will be a formal dance and will be held at the theater at Fort Foster. Camp Langdon has been established as one of the 16 new exam• nllng boards in New England to serve Anny aviation cadet applicants, it was announced today by Lieut. Col. John L. Rice, Corps Area Recruiting officer. Examining boards were previously in operation at the Manchester Air base and in other New England cities. Under the new requirements, any man between the ages of 18 and 26, inclusive, who has been a citizen of the United States at. least ten years may apply for appointment as an Army aviation cadet. USO Opens New all1 Tomorro ~ Devehpmenl of friendly and wholesome contacts between persons in civilrnn u."ld military life directed toward helping- men In uniform to adjust themsrlves to their new conditions of 1ife with enthusiasm and high morale That, says 01tpt. Fred Ledlow, is the program of the USO and the goal for wntc!1 the new gymnasium recreation h'\11 here is designed. The hall will be rleclicated tomorrow evening at 8 TJm Said Oaptaln Ladlow further: "With thesr considerations In mind, the contemplated local program may be characterized as follows: RellglouQ service for those of different faiths, in co-operation with the chaolalns in camp and with the churches in the community. Counsel and guidance revering the full range of personal prJblems Social events, including danres, in co-operation with murale and recreation officers, providing opportunity for wholesome community contacts Home hospitality, !n t'1e largest measure possible, to provide congenial associations that lead to normal fri ndships. Buildin!J services, including lounges: reading and writing facilities; games (checkers, ping pong, J etc.); light refreshments; overnight sleeping accommodations on a limited scale if required; provision for meetings and social functions. An effort will be made to provide a friendly attractive, and homelike "club house" atmosphere for service men and their guests. Group activities: including special interest or hobby 45rours, discussion groups, cultural groups, particularly in dramatics and music Helpful literature." Following the dedication cere• monies tomorrvw night a dance will be held in tht new building. Because of that, the usual USO Friday night dance at Fort Constitution will be cancelled, thus permlttl."lg the girls to attencl the dedication danc,;l which will be lPformal. �10'{ New USO Building To Be Dedicated Tonight As an add~tion to the Army-Navy building here the new USO building, pictured above, will be officially opened with dedication ceremonies tonight at 8 o'clock. The public is invited. Following the dedi- cation, an informal dance will be held In the auditorium. Built at a cost of $40,000 under a grant from the Federal Works Administration, the building was erected under supervision of the U. S. Army Constructing Quartermaster corps. The USO which is made up of the Salvation .Aa:my, YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic Community service, Jewish Welfare board and the Travelers' Aid society has ct.osignat(;d the Salvation Army as the operating agency for this building. Capt. Fred Ladlow is in charge. I'). Fort Constitution Has :vi Plan Memorial ~(J.;.,p USO Dance Tonight ,,. r;, Local girls will attend the Fort Constitution dance tonight at 8.15 o'clock, sponsored by the USO dance committee and Lieut. Earl Hand, morale officer at Camp Langdon. These dances are held Tuesday and Friday evenings at Fort Constitution, and Friday evenings at Fort Foster. Twice a month music is furnished by the WPA at these dances. Last night a dancing party was held at Fort Stark, Battery B. Services At Chapel Two memorial services will be conducted at the Camp Langdon chapel tomorrow morning for the 10 men who lost- their lives in the recent sinking of the mine-planter "Arold." At eight o'clock Father Tartre, Catholic Chaplain, will hold a Requiem Mass and then at 8:30 Lt. Denlinger, Protestant Cha.plain will conduct a memorial service. The public is invited to attend these services. Fort Constitution Will Celebrate FDR's Birthday President Roosevelt's birthday will be commemorated with a dance at Fort Constitution, Friday evening, Jan. 30, sponsored by the United States army. Music will be furnished by the WP A orchestra. A formal dance was sponsored by the same organization last night at Fort Foster. Chaperones were Miss Marguerite Crockett, Mrs. Hannah Williams, Miss Ruth Robbins and Mrs. Henry Moore. Mrs. Thomas L. Noyes wa.s in charge of the dance hostess committee. General arrangements were handled by Army chaplain, Lieut. Everett Denlinger and Lieut. Earl Hand, morale officer. �Dedication Ceremonies ,-,,:,av--A ) He's In The Navy Now Opens Portsmouth's US$? "Co-operation is what we need, what built this USO billlding and what is going to win the war. We must be without feeling, pride and prejudice but with a definite purpose to win," Lieut. E. Denlinger, Harbor Defenses chaplain, told some 300 people at the official dedication of Portsmouth's USO club, an annex to the Army-Navy building, last night from 8 to 9 o'clock. General dancing followed. Built in 38 days at a cost of $40,000 under a grant from the Federal Works administration and a $3,000 loot.Uy raised fund, the spacious and modern athletic and social headquarters for all u. s. servicemen, was erected under the supervision of the u. s. Army Construoting Quartermaster corps. Service To Fellowman Lieut. Denlinger stressed that our euocess as a nation and as individuals depends not on profits and the circumference of a dollar sign, but upon service to our fellowman. Brigadier Harold Smith, New Hampshire born national representative of the USO who flew from New York for the opening ceremon• les expressed that the "rugged in• dividual!sm" of the last war is gone and in the 20 years that have elapsed we have found the value of cooperative efforts by which we go further, do better work and find less gaps. To the soldier, sailor a~arine who finds himself thrust in new ciroumstances, cut off from his former way of life, the USO is a symbol that represents the efforts of the people back home to make him happy while away from home, declared Brigadier Smith, Voicing an appreciation to the city of Portsmouth on behalf of enlisted men, Pvt. Ted Lazarus said that the USO meant hospitality, a place where servicemen were welcorned and a healthy atmosphere that provides athletic, social and educational entertainment. Greetings of the city were expressed by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe who also recited two of his poems, "The Gangster Hitler" and "'the Flag We Love." Telegrams of congratulation were read by master of ceremonies E. Curtis Matthews from W. G. Wendell, summer resident of Portsmouth and son of Barrett Wendell of 222 Pleasant street, Gov. Sumner Sewall of Maine and Gov. Robert O. Blood of New Hampshire. Speakers and Songs Other speakers on the program in• I eluded Rev. Paul McDonough, in• vocation; Rabbi Samuel Epstein, "USO in Local Picture;" Lieut. Esbon Heck, representing the United States navy; Ralph Tracy, delegate of the Federal Secur/ty agency; Capt. Fred Ladlow, representing the operating agency; and Major Chester Brown, benediction. "God Bless America" and the ''Star Spangled Banner" were sung by the audience. 10. An army, nayy and marine medDavid L. Voudy Is attending the ley was presented by the Harbor aviation school defenders with Corp. Irving H. FeinPvt. Gerry at J a.cksonville, berg as leader and Fla. He Is the I Campbell as soloist. Pfc, Fred Carson of Mr. and ney sang a parody on one of the Mrs. Walter' popular songs o! the day, "Elmer's Voudy, 95 Bow Tune," in honor of the USO. street. Following The USO which is comprised of h I s enlistment the Salvation Army, YMCA, YWCA, he was sent to National Catholic community serthe Newport vice, Jewish Welfare board and the training school Travelers' Aid society has designafor six weeks and ted the Salvation Army as the opfrpm there was erating agency for this building. assigned to FlorCapt. Fred Ladlow is in charge. On ida. He is 17 his staff are Miss Lucille 0. Azevedo, years of age and Miss Marjorie Crockett, Carleton attended Ports. Hall, Frank Eaton and Harry L. mouth High school. Quass. At Aviation Schoo I! Garland Patch, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Gl\r• land Patch, 372 Court stree who is at the Naval Air Station Training School at Lakehurst, N. J. Young Patch enlisted In the Navy within a few hour!> after wars was declared. Richard Bridle Given Farewell Richard Bridle was guest of honor at a farewell party last night at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Bridle, 69 Wentworth street. He leaves Saturday for Pearl Harbor, Cards and community singing ·ere enjoyed. Mr. Bridle received <:1rewell gifts. Those present included Mr. and \!rs. Bruce Connell, Mrs. Gladys Smith, Mrs. Evelyn Freeman, Ronona McNabb, Mrs. William Maley a nd daughters, Beatrice and Mary; Joseph Maddison, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hill. Eula Par.shley, Mrs. George Bridle, Mrs. Ethel Shaw, Mr and Mrs. William Davis, Miss Kitty Simonds, Miss Catherine Con. tance, Miss Betty Tombly, all of Port. mouth; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gray, Dover: Mr. and Mrs. James Tucker, Jr., Charles Hussey, Mrs. E. A Page , Mr. and Mrs. George Lamott Hampton Beach; Mrs. Alice Craig, Lawrence Chaig, Rye; Mr. nnd Mrs. John Gowen, Kittery, • �Col. Walter Dunn, USA, Bids Farewell Today To Harbor Defenses ~O.' Col. Walter K. Dunn, USA, for the past year commander of the Portsmouth Harbor defenses and the 22nd Coast artillery, bade farewell to his officers and men this morning in a brief but impressive ceremony held at Camp Langdon, headquart.ers of thP. organization. As the Colonel entered the post for the last time as commander of the 22nd C. A. before leaving for Corps Area headquarters In Boston, several men from each battery flanked the roadway leading to the Post headquarters. Battery flags were dipped as the commander passed by. Arriving at the headquarters Col. Dunn signed the book, which Is the custom of all officers entering or leaving the post on official business. Afrer signing he addressed his former officers briefly shook hands with each one of them and wished them God.speed. I , ,, '"'\,/ . I so·~Charles W. =====,,,,. Pie k e 1· i n g, I Jr., who is I stationed in Panama. Het1 joined the army in Jan. 1 1941 and the f following month was sent to Panama where he has been st at ion e d since that time. He is 19 years old and the son of Mrs. Thelma Ashworth,, 56 Cass street, Portsmouth. I Col. Walter K. Dunn Organlzed a.,•.. c,.... ,...... , this morning: thfi 2 , , . ~ ~ band of the 22nd Co lery played its ftl'!ll:,•111An,._ eight o'clock when it too part In the farewell reception for Col. Walter K. Dunn. The band was organized by and played under the direction of Corp. Irving Feinberg. He was escorted to his car by Col. Harry E. Pendleton, USA, acting commander of the Portsmouth Harbor defenses and Maj. George R. Burgess, USA, executive officer. As his car drove slowly from U1• Post the Regimental band, under the direction of Corp. Irving Feinberg, played "Old Lang Syne" in m r tempo. "No successor to Col. Dunn has been appointed as yet," said Col . Pendleton late this morning. _ ,_ COL N aid db ~alt{:°K '<I Yb .-)( '.: ►:,_.-.::,:.:'.&-.~-~- . , !I (Photo by Lee Hnmpton l EL BIDS ADIEU-..\fler a I' rlr! ceremony in which he to his offlcen and men at Camp Langdon yesterrlay, Col. • ~ onn shook hands with Col. lfRrry F.. Pendleton, USA, nnrl :o :p~ed corps headquartel'l! at Boston.I Colonel Dunn hail comman'd bere Dor 11 year. Colonel Pendleton wlit act a• commander or th; po~~I~~- e e or Portsmouth until a commandlnr; offlcrr f~ a p- ~ nrw �New Infantry School Officers ~,}. Tax Collector Henson May Be Called To Navy Possibility that John J. Henson, Portsmouth tax collector, who took over his duties only two weeks ago today, may be called back to navy service and resign as tax collector aroused considerable interest in city hall circles today. This morning Mr. Henson, who retired from the navy as a bandmaster, was at the navy yard conferring on the matter. Mr. Henson applied for active service about a year ago and has been waiting a call ever since. At the present time, there is noth• ing official regarding the change and until a resignation is received no official action can be taken by the council. IHenson Called~°'~ By Navy, Resigns As Tax Collector John J. Henson, tax collector for two weeks, has resigned to go on active naval dutv at the Portsmouth Navy yard he announced today. Mr. Henson, who retlr1::d from the uavy several years ago, applied for active duty a. year ago and had been awaiting a ca.II since. He was summon d to the navy yard Thursday for physical examination and 1 was assigned to active duty im· mediately. <Army Infantry School Photo) Going over the layout of new target ranges at f'ort Benning, Ga., are two New Englanders r_i!cently appointed to posts in the Infantry 11chool there. At the left is Capt. Silas IC. Baker of Portland, Me., at the right is Capt. Lewis A. lUlnichiello of Portsmouth, who is the post's new range officer. Captain Minichiello Is a native of Portsmouth and is a graduate of Portsmouth High school. HI~ paren ts, Mr. and Mrs. Patsy Minichiello reside at 69 Russell street. He was formerly with the US Forest Service and did CCC work in New Hampshire. He lives in inichiello of Phoenix, Ala., with his wife and two Cap t • Lew1 s A· M · children Portsmouth, and Capt. Silas K. Bak· er, tom1erly of Portland, Me., have received promotions In the Fort Benning. Ga. Infantry school. Captain Minichiello is new range officer. He has charge of operation and repair of a number of ranges. The post includes use of every infantey weapon; pistols, rifles, mach• lne guns, mortars, ant!-tank guns. bayonets and hand grenades. Captain Baker has been appointed assistant executive with the duties of school Intelligence, pul)lio relations recreation and moral leer. local Army Men Receive Promotion Four Boys From This Section Join Army,_ Of the 18 men signed up at the army recruiting headquarters in Manchester Saturday, four were residents of Portsmouth and nearby towns, Georg;e A. Nelson, Jr., 21, of Portsmouth enlisted in the Army Air corps and will go to the Jefferson barracks in Missouri; Alvah L. Cox, 19, of East Rochester enlisted in the cavalry; John E. Bigelow, 20, of Hampton joined the Army Air corps and wlll be sent t.o the Jefferson ba1'racks; Charles H. Truvally, 26, of Newmarket will go into the Quartermaster corps, I ----- �!Servicemen Find Comforts 3-0 Of Home In Army Library ,:~ Camp 'Shows, Inc., /Entertain Soldier nJ I '" The high standards of Camp I Shows, Inc., the USO Theatrical A place that looks like home-where one can read, 1 Division, were continued Saturday evening at Camp Langdon, when write or just relax in quiet comfort-where the army and "Rythm Revels" another vaudeville war can be forgotten! That was the aim and that is the revue, was presented for the solactual function of the Lieut. William H. Cheney Memorial I diers. Four headliner acts drawn vaudeville's best teamed tolibrary which opened this week at Camp Langdon for the from gether and co-ordinated their talHarbor Defense soldiers. ents to produce an hour and a quar• A Dream Come True To find a building of this sort, with wall paper, curtains, attractive maple furniture, fluorescent lighting, and picture-adorned walls is like wishful thinking. But through the courtesy of Mrs. Wllliam H. Schofield of Peterboro, N. H., who donated these furnishings and in addition gave several newspaper subscriptions to the library, the soldiers' dreams have come true. The library is named after ' First Lieut. Wllliam H. Cheney, Mrs. Schofielq's son, who was the first American aviator to lose his life in Italy during the First World war. Farewell Party ~ For Naval Enlistee A farewell party was held for Robert Mulcahy, 237 Islington street, Monday evening at the home of J. Culbert Ross, 134 Middle street. Mr. Mulcahy, a student at the Portsmouth Junior High school, has enlisted in the United States Navy and is leaving for the Newport Naval Training school soon. The young sailor-to-be was presented a wrist watch from his many Books, which already number friends who gathered to bid him almost 4,000, have been obtained, farewell. The evening's program The Victory Book campaign, consisted of dancing and games. nationwide drive for soldiers' liRefreshments were served In the braries, has aided in amassing Ross' dining room. thls collection, as has the New Present at the party were: Mr. Hampshire Federation of Woand Mrs. J. Culbert Ross St., J. men's clubs, under the leaderCulbert Ross Jr., George Ross, Mrs. ship of President Mrs. Earle D, Louella Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Seaverns of Laconia. Numerous Ralph Bridle, Mr. and Mrs. Nichcontributions have also been received from interested clvl-· 1 olas Kotsonis, Miss Minnie Bwinnerton, Miss Helen Maynard, Cleon lians of Greater Portsmouth. Elme1· Johnson Jr., Miss The books are stacked on shelves Heald, Marlon Hersey, Mr. and Mrs. Lesmade for the purpose by the NYA lie Barrett, Priscilla Barrett, Bobby workshop in Nashua. The Dewey , Barrett, Kenneth Barrett, Everett I Decimal system if classification has Mulcahy and Alice Converse. been used with the NYA library staff L, Also James Blethroade, Bob Croaided by Miss Aline M. Colton, corps 1 thers, Robert Zecchini, Barbara area librarian and Mrs. Gra,ce Hayes, Braun; Betty Hicks, Margaret Badveteran librarian. 11 ger, Thomas Richman, James Hicks, Judy Benjamin and Joe Belmont. Library Open Daily The library will be open dally from 1 to 9 pm and the first response has shown that readers will be present , whenever free time permits, Among the library's outstanding books are 1 "\ two volumes of Rudyard Kipling's "Departmental Ditties" and "The A special service for the Catholic Seven Seas" bearing autographed officers and men of the Harbor Deinscriptio!ls, "To Harbor Defenses, fenses of Portsmouth will be held Portsmouth, N. H. From Governor tomorrow morning at 8:30 am. in Robert 0. Blood." Affixed to these the Post chapel at Camp Langdon. pages ls the official seal of the Stare The service will be a General Comof New Hampshire. munion of the Holy Name society. The first book borrowed from the At the communion breakfast library by A. soldier was a mystery which will follow in the post theaentitled, '·Murder At An Army Post." ter, the guest speaker will be Rev. Richard Haggerty s. J., of Boston college. Forts Plan Special Catholic Service ter of entertainment for the uni• formed audience. Master of Ceremonies v.·as Don Rice who is billed as a "fugitive from a nut house" and whose antics certainly seem to justify this label. The beauty contingent featured Barbara Blane, exhibition and acrobatic dancer and the Reed Sisfers close harmony ensemble. There were repeated calls for encores given to both of these numbers. And on the musical end, Bob White and his orchestra, including his famous hot brass choir, provided several medleys of the latest sweet and swing selections. In addition to giving two perform• a.nces at Camp Langdon, the troupe made a between-show appeeran~e at Fort Stark for the men whose military !unctions prevent their leaving the camp. Tonight a third regular performance will be given at Fort Foster. The response given by the soldiers to these Camp Shows, Jnc., productions is more than adequate testimony of their success, first ln doing their bit to solve the soldiers' entertainment problem and second in th" high performance level which the productions attain. The soldiers ere eagerly anticipating the next visit from Camp Shows which ls scheduled for Feb. 21.-T L, C. William Trafton, Jr. Sworn Into US Navy c. William "Elli" Trafton Jr., 28• year-old Portsmouth insurance broker, was sworn into the U. S. navy today, at the Boston Recruiting station. Trafton, a former .Portsmouth High school football, baseball and hockey star, passed the navy physical examination Jan. 14, but asked for time to be married and enjoy a New York honeymoon. His bride, the former Mary Therese Hebert of Hampton and Keene accompanied him to Boston today. His home Is at 1126 South street, Portsmouth. Trafton was given the rating of yeoman, third class, I I ' ' ' I �'\7, (Portsmouth Herald Photo) COMFORTABLE AND IIOMEI,IKE-ls the new Lieut. William H. Cheney Memorial library at Camp Langnon whirh serves soldiers of the Barbo,· Defenses of Portsmouth. Among early patrou-; of the library which was opened this week were the four pictured above. Left to right they are Pvt • .Jerry Campbell, Pvt. Stephen Vahey, Pvt. Paul Louis and Cpl. William Rees. t'ortsmouth Man Adm. Dismukes He'll Called To Active Named Corporal Pvt. let class Edward P. Riley, son and Mrs. Edward H. Riley of Fight For Duty By Navy ""'1)-i of108Mr.Jones avenue, Portsmouth who Rear Adm. Douglas E. Dismukes, is stationed at Grenier Field In retired, who brought the tor- Manchester, has been promoted to Uncle USN, pedoed World war transport Mount the grade of corporal. Vernon safely into Brest, France, Corporal Riley was graduated has been called to active duty by from Portsmouth High school in Sam the Navy department, the Associa- 1934 and later attended Burdett I After 5½ months In the United States army, Pvt. Quentin R. Estey, pictured here, has been made a member of the military police detail at Camp Lee, Va. Private Estey Is the son of Mrs. William Estey of Newington, ted Press reported today. Dismukes, former commandant of the Portsmouth Navy yard, is superintendent of the new Maine Maritime academy at Castine, Me. Ralph A. Leavitt, executive secreta,i:y of the school, said yesterday that Dismukes had been assigned to the school in the same capacity. The superintendent, who returned yesterday from a trip to Washington, said the navy had assigned five more Instructors to the school, bringing the total to nine. - Business college in Lynn, Mass. He enlisted in the Air Corps at Manchester last July. �! s • • • mas, Mrs. Norman L. Hatch, Gi:ayce I Exe_ter; Harold Pratt, Leonard Hardwick, Rochester; WilhelCamp / HospIta 1 ervIce Council Rollins, 1dea 1n·1t·1ated In Th·1s Area ' m~:r~i::iy~.y~:~n. Mrs. Pauline I Jordan, R. Pierpont Jordan, Kath- I erine Deering, Mrs. Lillian M. Allen, of the York County Chapter of Saco; Robert A. Brown, Herman Davis, Rev. Ernest T. Marble, Ruth B. Pratt, Nashua; Mrs. Paul Hobbs, 1 Mrs, Margaret B. Seavey, North ' Hampton; Mrs. Charles C. Goss, Elizabeth R. Frost, Frank R. Bliss, Dover; Mrs, Frederick B. Preston, · representing Maurice F. Devine, A camp and hospital service council was formed Mon- Elizabeth R. Gould, Manchester; day afternoon when Red Cross chapter delegates from Mrs_. Helen Philbrick, Rye; octavie Maine and New Hampshire, Navy yard, Harbor defense I White, ~ew ~~~~le; Mrs._~ _u th Rols- To Provide Cheer, Comfort For U.S. Servicemen; Army, Navy, Red Cross Co-operate and Manchester Army Air Base offices, met with National Red Cross officials at the Red Cross office yesterday. The purpose of such · a council ~s l 1 Ch~pters and branches represen- - r to provide Army and Navy hospi- ted at the parley included York tals with articles that would bring cheer and comfort to tl:1e men in the armed forces and which are not supplied by the government. Local Head Issues Welcome Andrew Jarvis, chairman of the Portsmouth chapter, welcomed the group and said he was honored that Portsmouth has been chosen as the birthplace of the council In this . area and offered the services of the ' chapter. In discussing the matter, representatives from the Medical corps units of the army and navy were called upon to tell how such an organization could be of benefit in their respective hospitals, and they were unanlmous in their statements that such a council would be invaluable. The USO work is done outside the camps and the council's efforts are inside the camps themselves, Mrs. Mary E. Warner, executive · secretary of the Portsmouth chapter, declared that many requests were received by the local chapter for such articles as bed lamps, cigaret trays, tennis sets and games. She said she felt that there is a great need in this vicinity for a council. The need for an organization to do this kind of work in the camps was seen within a few months after the training camps were established all over the country. Red Cross officials explained, as it became ap, parent that the Red Cross program would necessar!ly expand. 1 · Many of these camps were built near small chapters and these groups found themselves overwhelmed with demands. Red Cross officials took the matter under advisement and in many of the camps such councils have been established. Red Cross chapters in the areas adjacent to the camps sponsor the council, I I County of Saco, Kittery, Exeter, Rochester, Portsmouth, Nashua, concord, Durham, Rye, New Cast.le, Greenland, North Hampton, Dover: ' Manchester and York. 14 Selectee's Leave Here Headquarters Invests $250. Representatives were asked to re- i turn to their chapters, talk the situation over with their boards and determine how much each chapter Fourteen men will leave Ports- . would be willing to take from chap- mouth's railroad station Wednes- 1' ter funds to purchase _these ar~icles day :11or_ning at 9:46 o'clock for ln- 1 as the requests arnve. National duct10n mto the United States army. officials announced that headquar- j Included in the latest group of ters will start the fund with a grant selectees from local board number of $250. ' 19 are Philip W. Knowles, SmithAttending the meeting were home town, N. H.; Norman T. Morse, service chairmen, executive secre- Smithtown, Mass.; Angelo P. Debetaries, state, regional and national !is, Nashua; John D. Ivers, 336 leaders, army and navy officials, in- Thaxter road, Portsmouth; Joseph eluding Mary Sproul, general field E. Lambert, 287 Marcy street, Portsrepresentative of Southern Maine; mouth; John L. Kibble, 107 State Ruth Kenodle, general field repre- street, Portsmouth; Otis N. Hadley, sentative of New Hampshire; Mrs. Hampton; Shirley W. Brciwn, SeaBurton Munroe, general field repre- brook. sentative of northern New HampGerard B. Beaudet, Dover; James shire; and D. A. Hoffman, general H. Wicks, Jr., 141 Madison street, field representative from southern Portsmouth; Edward W. TourigNew Hampshire; Horace A. Brown, · ney, Newmarket; Nella Donini, 12 Washington, director of field service; Dennett street, Portsmouth; KenWilliam C. Bowen, Washington, neth A. Knowles, Seabrook and Eliot manager of eastern area; · Mrs. H. Staples, 955 Woodbury avenue, Frank McCoy, wife of General Mc- Portsmouth. Coy, chairman of camp and hospita! service of the New York chapter 1 and member of the central com---- , , mittee of National Headquarters. v\ Others present were Capt. John '( · T. Bennett, USN, naval hospital; C~aplain J. P. Gill, Naval prison; Lieut. E. E. Heck, Chaplain Robert {!urtis, r:i-avy yard; Maj. W. D. Wil- : Services at the chapel at Camp lls, medical corps, USA; Capt. Jo- j Langdon are held each Sunday and seph Smith, medical corps, USA, · th~ public is invited to worship in Grenier field, Manchester; Lieut. ~his l!ttle chapel. The Catholic mass Col. H. E. Pendleton, USA, Lieut. . IS held at 9 :30 and the Protestant F. Cecil Gunn, nurses' corps; Lieut. , s~rv1ce at l~:30. At the latter serA, Gilner, medical corps, camp yice Chaplam Everett E. pen~inger Langdon. Beatrice Baker, James is ~o speak tomorrow on Christian Godfrey, Mrs. Merton Greene of Fait~-Fantasy or Truth." Organ Concord; Mrs. Ira c. Keene, Kit- ~usic w!ll be provided by Mrs. Dentery; Miss Rosamond Thaxter, Kit- lmger, and_there will '.1lso be music tery Point; c. w. Caldwell, Mrs. by the ch01r and a strmg quartet. , Helena H. Finch, Mrs. H. H. Tho- , Wednesday I I List Serv·, ces / At Camp Ch ape I I I �11 SE!lectees\ t,258. Register 1 Navy Announces <:: ;\! Depart For ;for Draft In 1i' Shifts; Dr. Walker I US Army t !Portsmouth !IS tl NC 1· \ I en O . aro Ina • IndUC t IO n \ \ ~ - --·- -- • , •• I 1 1 Final figures from Board 19, Se~ lective Service, of Portsmouth show · that 1,258 men added their name, ! A number of transfers affecting to the list of those who are eligibl j officer personnel at the Portsmouth to be called for service with tht I Navy yard were announced this An official send-off was given to armed forces of the United States : morning by Comdr. Charles M. El11 selectees from local draft board during the recent three-day regis- 1 der, aide to the commandant. . . tration period. Lieut. Thomas B. Walker, USNR, No. 19 thlS morning at 9:46 when In the state of New Hampshire ' (MC). former Portsmouth physician, : ~ey left Portsmouth's railroad sta- , 28,929 men registered according to has been tran~ferred to New River, tion by bus, bound for service in ' the figures turned in by the various N. C. Ji)r . .Wirl.ker has been a r€SiUncle Sam's army. Two of the 14 . Selective Service boards, Brig. Gen. dent of Portsmouth for more than s~heduled to leave had already en- . Charles F. Bowen, state adjutant two years. He is a child specialist listed and one left from Nashua to- "eneral and selective service direc• and in addition to his practice here day. tor announced yesterday. ,. was the physician in charge of the Bidding von voyage to the boys The Nashua board had the largest Well Baby clinic for the .Portsmouth were Councilwoman Mary c. Don- number of registrants with 2,259 District Nursing association. His dero, Mrs. Barbara Brooks Clar- names to its rolls. Manchester Board wife, Dr. Cornelia Wall~er,' who is ence C. Sanborn, Senior High school 14 was second. Center Ossipee re• also a physician, accompanied him headmaster, John T. Downs exalted ported the lowest number of regis• as far as New York City. , ruler of the Elks; Lieut. 'Comdr. trants. · Comdr. ·Robert M. Gillett, USNR, Frank W. Rasch, esteemed loyal state totals are as follows: (MC), reported to the Naval hospi- . knight of the Elks and Allen H. Board No. 1, Lancaster 892 tal from sea ~uty, . l , Kni~ht, member of the airport com- Board No. 2, Berlin 1,511 . The followmg ?ff1cers were as- i mission, who represented Mayor Board No. 3, woodsville 919 signed to the Umte~ State~ Naval , Stewart E. Rowe. Board No. 4, Center Ossipee 788 3:cademy ~t Annapolis: Ensign El· _Candy, cigarets and razors with a Board No. 5, Plymouth 809 )is D. Vermk. US~R; Ensign_ Lowell 1 SJ?' months' supply of blades were Board No. 6, Lebanon 1,685 W. Shall~nberg, USNR; E~s1gn Pe1 distributed to each selectee as folBoard No. 7, Laconia 1,264 ter J. Fritsch, USNR; Ensign Roblows: Norman T. Morse, Smith- Board No. 8, concord 1,466 ert J. ~•Brien, USNR, ~nd Lieut. town, Mass.; John D. Ives, 336 Board No. 9, concord 1,684 (J. g.) R1ch~rd A. Bevermck, USNR. I Thaxter road, :f'or~mouth; Joseph Board No. 10, Newport 1,832 Second Lieut. Duncan H. Jewell, , E. Lambert, 287 Mal'cy street PortsUSMCR, reported for duty at the ' mouth; Otis N. Hadley Ha.'mpton· Board No. 11, Keene 1 771 Marine barracks from the Marine Shirley W. Brown Seabrook ' Board No. 12, Milford 1,195 School ai Philadelphia. v.:,,Gerard B. Beaudet, Dover: ·James Board No. 13, Manchester 1,320 2nd Francis R. Schlesinger, USMH. Wicks, Jr. 141 Madison street Board No. 14, Manchester 2,103 CR, reported for duty at the Marine PoJ:1tsmouth; 'Edward W. Tourig~ . Board No. 15, Manchester 1,781 barracks from the Philadelphia ney, Newmarket; Nello Donlni, 12 Board No. 16, Nashua 2,259 school also. Dennett street, Portsmouth ; Ken- Board No. 17, Rochester 11,246772 neth A. Knowles, Seabrook and . Board No. 18, Dover · , Eliot H. Staples,· 955 Woodbury ave- Board No. 19, Portsmouth 11,265581 nue, Portsmouth. , .? 1 Board No. 20, Exeter Philip W. Knowles of Smithtown, ' sl.t1 ' N. H., has enlisted in the United States Army aitnd John L. Kibbie of · Portsmouth, in the United States ' Navy. Angelo P. Debelis of Nashua I Ft. Benning, April 3-Louis Minytx. ·-=· ) ichiello left from that city for induction in 1 of Portsmouth. N. H .. "range the army today. officer here, nas received word of Lloyd W. Palfrey, Portsmouth Candy was furnished by the fol• his promotion to the rank of major. lowing committee, headed by Chair- Navy yard worker who will leave Major Minichiello was called into man Mrs. Dondero: Mrs. Nora for induction into the army Thurs- , service April 22, 1941, and, prior Ahearn, Mrs. Barbara Brooks, Mrs. I day was guest of honor at a party to his appointment as range officer Te1 cS'I. Demarais, Mrs. Grace Dono- I at the home of Lucy Hoyt in Greenat Ft. Benning, attended an Officer van. 'Mrs. Justine Bechard, Mrs. El· \ land last night. Training course at the infantry la ·Garant, Mrs. Rose Merrick, Mr& Supper was served and Mr. Palschool h~re. In civil life the New Sarah Duffy, Mrs. Mildred Osborn, frey was presented with a sewing Englander was employed by the U. Mrs . Gladys White, Mrs. Catherine kit and a writing kit. S. Forest service. Connors, Mrs. John Couhig and Mrs. Thomas Wiggin. .(i_' I ! I I Portsmouth Man Given Rank Of Major In Army ruture Sold1·ers r Feted At Party I I �I - William B. Grim Believed Captured At Wake ISiand Victim A Civilian Teacher On Isle; Parents Live On Foch Avenue Here William B. Grim of Portsmouth is believed to have been taken prisoner by the Japanese when they captured Wake island, the Navy department today announced to the Associated Press. No official word has been received yet by the boy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord B. Grim of Foch avenue. William B. Grim Young Grim was employed on Wake island as a civilian education advisor to the army, part of the civilian project which the Pacific Airways was building there. Grim left last October, sailing from San Francisco. He will be 21 • t under Ports ffl OUth A1rpor Guard . 24 Hours A DQ Y Portsmouth municipal airport ls now under 11 24-hour-a-day armed guard of volunteers who have uncle, -etaken the task of protecting the field, hangars, and planes. These guards, many of them Civil Air Patrol members who have been approved by the Civil Aeronautics administration, are called airport guards. , In line with national defense policies, all private flights for training are limited r,1 an area within a three -mile radius o! the airport. This regulation ls ln force over the entire nation. Practh·e areas are set (✓ years of age April 17. He ls a graduate of Fort Wayne, Ind., High school in the class of 1939. The last letter which the famlly received from their son was written two days before war was declared. The family, consisting of Mr. Mrs. Grim, and two other sons, - 15 and Roy 12, came to Ports 'l,,IJ about two years ago from Wayne, Ind. Mr. Grim ls empl as a machinist 1n Bulldmg 60 a navy yard. He ls a. veteran of World war, having served over with the Rainbow division. aside and designated for each pilot to use when he is In flight. Flood Ugh ts are being Installed on the hangar of Skyhaven. Inc. for night use of the airport guards. A siren mounted on the roof ls to be used by the airport guards to bring aid in case of emergency. Portsmouth airport's operations now are licensed for 30 days pending review of appllcat.lon at Washington. Rapidly moving events of war times make this necessary. Squadron Commander John Nichols of the Portsmouth unit of the Portsmouth unit of the Civil Air Patrol has called a meeting of applicants at the Skyhaven hangar at the Portsmouth airport for Sunday at 3 pm. State of New Hampshire Wing Commander Russell Hllto explain the Idea, purposes 11,nd Ila.rd wm be present from Concord processes of operation of the Civil Air Patrol. Group Commander William H. Champlin, Jr., who is in charge of the Civil Air Patrol in this section of the state wm be present. Given Farewell Party~ Before Joining Army Paul H. Trefethen, who left this morning for duty 1n the army, W&.'I the guest of honor at an informal party held at the home of his coU$ln, Mrs. Howard L. Gunnison, Kittery. A buffet lunch was served and Mr. Trefethen was presented with several gifts. Guests present included Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Langton, Mrs. Viola Gunnison, Mrs. Irvin Huseby, Mrs., Grace King, Mr. and Mrs. Miller, Helen Place, Mr. and Mrs. George Gunnison, George Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Trefethen, Harry Howard Gunnison, Mrs. William H. Davis and Mr. Trefethen. �(P<>rl:.smouth Herald Photo) ELEVE OF PORTSMO TH SELECTEES LEAVE-The group of young men ,~ho left this city yesterday morning for service with the United States army are shown in this photo. At the right of picture are :)lrs. Barbara Brooks, Counrllwoman fary C. Dondero, Clarenre C. anborn, headmaster of the Portsmouth High school, and Allen H. Knight, representing Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, all of whom pre ented the future soldieri; with gifts from organizations of the City of Portsmouth. 'l'he seleotee· are: orman 'l'. Morse, John D. Ives, Joseph E. Lambert, Oti . Hadley, Shirley W. Brown, Gerard B. Beaudet, James H, Wicks, Edward W, '.four~v, Nello Donlnl, Kenneth A, Knowles and Eliot H, Staples. Mrs. Allan Stevens Takes Over Duties As Liason Officer ~.. Mrs. Allan P. Stevens, head of the Maine Clvlllan Defense Council'! committee of service and volunteer participation, wlll begin her duties today as llason officer between five Maine industrial defense areas, among which is Kittery, and the Federal government. Mrs. Stevens will also serve Portland, Bath, Bangor and Presque Isle where the impact of new war industries has created problems in health and social protection and welfare education, said Col. Francis H. Farnum, state .clv1lian defense director, who announced the appointment of Mrs. Stevens yesterday. Mrs. Stevens has been a member of Augusta's City council for seven years and was formerly a trustee of the Maine General hospital, a member of the Children's Service bureau, Home for Aged Men and the Community chest. al lace P. Reed Qualifies As Army Weather Man Second Lieut. Wallace P. Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Reed of 60 Lovell street, Portsmouth, has completed a month's intensive training in weather station operation and maintenance at Mitchel field and will now be asstgned to duty with an air corps unit as unit weather officer. His new duties will charge him with the responsiblllty for observation of meteorological elements and prediction of atmospheric changes, functions which are of prime tactlcai importance in the successful carrying out of air missions. Prior to his training at the air base Lieutenant Reed spent eight months in training at MIT. Reed is a. graduate of Portsmouth High school and the University of New Hampshire. ouglas Armsden Joins Coast Guard 1 Douglas Armsden, noted pictorial photographer of Kittery Point, today reported to United States Coast Guard headquarters at Boston for service. Mr. Armsden enlisted in the coast guard shortly after the outbreak of war, but because of lack of facilities for training, he was asked to wait until called. During his photographic work here, Mr. Armsden has won many honors in photographic competitions for his prints, and he has covered many assignmenl:.s for The Portsmouth Herald. �\ Roland L. Sargent Graduates Today from Pilot School ROLAND L. SARGENT Lieut Roland L. Sargent, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Sargent, 82 Wibird street, Portsmouth, was graduated today from the Air Corps Advanced Flying School at Brooks Field, Tex., receiving the sliver wings and gold bars of a US Army pilot officer, it was announced by Lt. Col. Stanton T. Smith, Brooks Field commandant. Now awaiting assignement to a permanent tactical unit, Lieutenant ' (Photo By Lee Hampton) Sargent has completed an intensive George R. Burgess, right, gets a hearty handshake from 10 weeks' course at Brooks, including Lt.ADIEU-Maj. Col. Harry F. Pendleton, commanding officer of the harbor defense of 70 hours of actual flight training and 188 hours of ground school instruc- Portsmouth. Major Burgess is ending his duties as executive officer here tion. Having mastered the tech- to assume new duties with a coast artillery battalion at Ca.mp Stewart, Ga. nique of day and night interception problems and advanced Information, instrument, and cross-country flying, he Is now prepared to play 3 an important, active role in the aerial defense of America. Lieutenant Sargent attended the University of New Hampshire. Men from greater Portsmouth who enlisted this week at U. S. Army headquarters, 2nd recruiting district In Manchester include: William A. Schmigle, 22, 138 Gates street; George B. Ward, 36, 820 State street; Robert W. Naves, 25, Mill road, Hampton; Harold Chase, 28, 2 Sterling street, Kittery, Me.; and Allen L. Mccue, 36, Berwick street, Berwick, Me. Five Young Men Enlist In Army <Vt ,, �" Sailor Puts His Thoughts In Verse 19 Selectees Depart For Army Training A Portsmouth son, now serving I in Uncle Sam's navy, set his With parents and friends waving farewell, 19 young thoughts down in men left by bus from the railroad station at 9:15 o'clock verse after the this morning to be inducted into !he army. They ~~re war began. selected by the local Selective Service board. In addition He Is Paul A, Hodgdon, son of one went by private car, leaving from his home in ~ewMrs. Eleanor market, while three others will enter the navy, making a Welch of Pray total of 24. street, a graduate A large gathering said good-bye to son, Miss Louise Ste!, Miss Ivene o f P o r ts mouth the group. The bon voyage com- Severence, Mrs. ~rtrude Caldwell, high school and a Mrs Thomas Qumn, Mrs. Thomas former employe In mittee consisted of Councilwoman Flv~n. Mrs. Nora Scott, Miss Alice Marcy c. Dondero, Mrs. Molly Kelly, Hickey, Louis Galll, John Leary, Jr., the printing office and Mrs. Mary Hazard, They dis- Mrs. William Monagle and Mrs. of Nelson Wright, trlbuted candy to the boys as they His verse, "A Sallwere leaving on the bus. Mayor Joseph Kelley, Stewart E. Rowe presented each The following were among the o r ' s Thourhts," boy with cigarettes. group of 19: ====· follows: Gerald Albert Wilbur, 149 MelI was standing my watch on a Chairman Sanborn Extend Regards bourne street, Portsmouth; Adelard winter morn Chairman Clarence C. Sanborn of Renaud, Newmarket; Wilfred JoA watch which was sharp, sharp as the Portsmouth Selective Service seph Croteau, 37 Maplewood avenue, the dawn. board, was also present to see the Portsmouth ; Mllfred Edward Beckgroup leave and extend his personal man, Seabrook; Paul Emlle LebrecMy thoughts were of peace, which regards. que, Newmarket; Donald William all men desire, Chester Kingsman of NewCaswell, Stratham; Andrey MlchalMy hate was of war, which the evil m rket, drove to the induction chuk, Greenland;' Russell George conspire. center. Klngsman has been 1Menard, 96 High street, Ports. .coach at Newmarket for 11ome mouth; Stephen Michalchuk, GreenI stood at attention as the colors time. The three who will enlb,t land; Norman Eugene Berry, Rye; ~erP. raised In the navv are Richard PickerWilliam J. Capone, 164 Washington And saluted with pride the flag Ing G06S, William Howard Boyd, street, Portsmouth; Robert Theodore which Is praised. Holmes court, and Ralph Joseph Ferland, Newmarket; Ralph ThoGilbert, 1363 I llngton street. mas Conway, 86 Deer street, PortsThis war will be over some day I Boyd served one enlistment In mouth; William Herbert Perkins, know the navy, being released only a Portsmouth; Forest Littlefield, And give back a peace which forever 11hort time ago. Hampton; Michael Flandaca, 35 will grow. Oandy was contributed by the fol- Russell street, Portsmouth; Edwin lowing: Mrs. Mary Dondero, Mrs. Ellsworth Follansbee, Seabrook; Molly Kelly, Mrs, Mary Hazzard, Lamer Lapalme Humphrey, 244 WiMlss Mariette Desjardins, Miss bird street, Portsmouth and Arthur Eleanor Dowdell, iMss Beatrice Wil- Frederick LaFond, Portsmouth. I �1 Welcome To Uncle Sam's Arm With Councilwoman Mary C. Dondero officially representing the city, officers of Granite State Lodge of Colored Elks turned out this morning at the Portsmouth depot for a sendoff to Louis Verra, who has been called to army service by the selective service board. Louis is shown on the steps receiving the box of candy presented by Mrs. Dondero. In the group seeing him off are Oxford 0. Bernard, E. R.; OWen Cooper, E. L. K.; Robert Mayo, treasurer; M;:;. Gertrude Bernard, Clarence Cunningham, <Photo by Marston) Seth Satchel, E. L. K., Harold Als• ton and Miss Wllhemlnia. Wilson. Selectee Verra was given a. fare• well party by his friends at the Peo• ple's church week before last. Mr. Verra was secretary of the Granite State lodge before he was selected for army service. �\"). O' Local Young Man Bound For Officers' o Training School F 'J..'1 SAW JAP ATTACK-Paul Morrow, yeoman first class, Is the son of Pay Clerk Smith S. Morrow, USN (ret) and Mrs. Morrow, Cass street. He enlisted In the navy In November 1937 and Is now on duty In the executive officers' office of one of the ships of the navy. Morrow was prominent In 11ports ln Portsmouth having won three letters at the Portsmouth High school. He played basketball, baseball atid football, winning his letter in ea-0h of these sports, In the fall of 1938, following his graduation from Portsmouth high the previous June, he entered MacIntosh Business college in Dover. He played basketball there and won his letter In that sport. Since being in the navy he has been active in basketball and tennis. He was In Pearl Harbor at the .lme o' the Japanese attack las& December. Pvt. George Sherman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sherman, 30 Parker street, Portsmouth, soon w!ll begin a course at the Medical Administrative Corps' Officers' Candidate school. He was inducted into the army on March 24, 1941 and was sent to Fort · Bragg, N. C., where he spent three months at the Field Artlllery replacement center studying communications. Upon graduating June 30, 1941, he was transferred to the 172nd field ar• tlllery at Camp Blanding, Fla., where he has been attached to the Medical department detachment. Upon successfully completing a three months' course at the Officers' candidate school, Private Sherman will be commissioned a second lieutenant In the Medical Administrative corps. Private Sherman was graduated from Portsmouth high school in the class of 1933 and attended the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in Boston where he was graduated in 1937. He was employed as a pharmacist in and around Boston following his graduation and was connected with Louis' Men's shop In Portsmouth just prior to his induction into the service. lieut. John J. Shea Leaves for Army Duty In Georgia 1st Lieut. John J. Shea, Infantry Reserve, of 944 South street, leaves tomorrow for Fort Benning, Ga., where he reports for duty Sunday, March 29. Mr. Shea, who is a deputy collector of Internal Revenue here at Portsmouth, heads the social security section and .practically grew up with the service. Lieutenant Shea was guest of honor Monday night at a. testimonial given for him at the VFW home on Parrott a.venue by nearly three score friends a.nd associates. Fred V. Hett, Jr., presented h!m with a purse of money in a. pigskin military wallet. Mr. Hett with Ralph C. Margeson and Walter L. Grliffln headed the t-icket committee tor the affair. Among the speakers at the informal gathering, in addition to this committee, WeTe Judge Harry W. Peyser, Commander Roylston Blaisdell of the Emerson Hovey Post, Assistant to the Collector of Internal Revenue Thomas P. Connolly, Paul Grtlfln., John H. DeCourcy, William H. Walton, Harry Winebaum and John Chlllbot. Lieutenant Shea Is married and has two children. He was graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1931 where in the ROTC he received his military training and commission. �Local Boys Complete Flying Course- CHARLES H. COOK Portsmouth ) RICHARD D. LINNELL Northwood Ridge --~ Sub Commander Once Stationed Here Wins Navy Cross ·Award " «· CHARLES 11. VOLKMAN Port ti1outb Three NH Men,. 2Local, Graduate from flight Course Lieut. Comdr. Morton Mumma, Jr., among seven U. S. submarine commanders awarded the Navy Cross in recognition of "Especially meritorious conduct" during actions against the enemy. He was stationed at the Portsmouth Navy yard for some time and during <that tour of duty resided with Mrs. Mumma, their son and daughter at 181 Aldrich road. He ls a natlv.e- of the Phlllppine lslands and ls 37 years old. He was appoint:.ed to the naval academy from the state of Iowa and was grnduated In the class of 1925, Following the recommissioning of the USS Sailfish here he was placed in command of tha,t vessel and left here with it. Further transfer has not been announced. HL5 home address is given as Berryville, Va. 1 Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Tex., Feb. 25-Three New Hampshire men, including two from Portsmouth, are among aviation cadets graduating this week from this Army Air corps basic flying school. They are Clarence Volkman, son of Mrs. Minnie Volkman, of 108 Spring street, Portsmouth; Charles Hannaford Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Cook, of 491 Broad street, Portsmouth, and Richard D. Linnell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl D. Linnell, of Northwood Ridge. From here the three New Hampshire cadets move on to advanced flying schools to specialize In pursuit, bombardment or observation flying, after which they will receive their wings and commissions as flying second lieutenants in the Army Air corps, ready to take their places in Uncle Sam's growing sky armada. At Goodfellow Field, typical Army Air corps basic flying school, the New Hampshire cadets received their first experience In night flying, acrobatics, cross country, formation flying and link trainer Instruction. In ground school they were instructed In radio code, weather, engine main• tenance and mil1tary law. �2,500 Service Men Enjoy USO Facilities In Portsmouth fellow Workers Honor John Shea :i... l. Lieut. John Shea, Infantry reserve 944 South street, Portsmouth, wa; the guest of honor at an informal party staged in the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue yesterday afternoon. Lieut. Shea enters the service today and wlll report for duty in Fort Benning, Ga. on Sunday, ' Nearly 2.500 service men enjoyed problems of enlisted men of the Co-workers gathered outside the the recreational facilities extended armed services. o_ffice of the collector and at a given. by the Portsmouth USO club and coWhile these two organizations tI~e marched Into the office to fete 1 operating organizations last month, here in Portsmouth are primarily Lieutenant Shea. reports released today revealed. Re- concerned with this service for serJudge Justin Henry Shaw voiced ports have been compiled to show vicemen, actually six national agenthe feelings of the office force as just what the USO means to service cles are co-operating in the United he acted as their spokesman and men and defense workers in various Service Organizations for National presented him with a gift. "We want communities in connection with Defense, Inc. Others are the YMCA, National Open House Day of the the YWCA, the /Jewish Welfare you to take with you while you are absent, something more than these USO next Sunday. Board and the National Traveler's More than 3,000 service men, de- Aid association. Both the YMCA and words which I have been selected to convey to you as the very slightest fense workers and friends attended the YWCA carry on active USO visible expression of our sentiment the 22 special events which were programs here. staged by the club on Daniels street, Other organize.tions that deslrE 1 • "Something that will mark th~ time, the hours, the days that you Capt. Fred Ladlow of the Salvation to participate in this social program Army, which operates the club, said. for service and defense workers can are absent. Something that will faithfully tick to the echoes of your Under the directorship of Captain do it through these larger organizaa~sociation with us, until Old Father Ladlow a. number of these events tlons. Time himself shall bring you back were staged at the Portsmouth HarTaking a lesson from the last war bor Defenses for the benefit of the when some programs were dupll- to us, to your job on the second floor men, confined to the military reser- ca.ted and other educational, splrit- again, safe and sound, with a good vatlons by wartime duties. Special ual and recreational facllltles ne• record in the m111tary service as it events included a Washington's glected In rivalries of organization, has been, and again wlll be, In the Birthday ball, communion break- the USO wa~ formed as a. co-ordin- In;ernal Revenue service. On behalf of Collector Gagne, on fast, basketball games and Sunday a.ting and planning group to prevent vespers. these difficulties and make sure behalf of everyone on this floor, and The Salvation Army-USO main- that adequate programs and facll- everyone on your own floor, may we ask you to please accept from us tains and operates the club on Dan- Iitles were available. leis street and cooperates in joint Sponsored and endorsed by the t~ls beautiful wrist watch to go programs with the National Oath- federal government, the USO has with you, as a decoration, a charm ollc Community sei-vice-USO which been provided with government and more strength to the arm on has the responslb1llty for programs. grants !or bulldlngs and equipment which it may be worn, until you reHere in Portsmouth, this work Is to carry out its program. Through turn to us." Lieutenant Shea spoke briefly In handled by Francis T. Eaton of the lthe generosity of Portsmouth cltlN. C. C. S.-USO. Programs are prl- zens in the First World war, Ports- accepting the gift voicing his a.p• marlly concerned with the educa- mouth had an Army and Navy prec1ation at the thought of his tlonal, spiritual and recreational building which .has ben enlarged by fellow workers. He then said goodthe $40,000 wing which the govern- by to each of his associates. ment :financed Recreational, Educational And Spiritual Problems Are Eased I I I I - �1 USO Organization_s Review Activities For Open House < As plans for Portsmouth's participation in the USO national open house observance next Sunday are being completed, officials here are compiling facts on the work of various aJJi,ed organizations. Today's release deals with the local chapter of the National Catholic. Community Service USO, which with the Salvation Army USO, originates and carries out educational and religious programs for service men and defense workers. Francis T. Eaton is in charge of the National Catholic Comunity Council USO here. He jointly occupies the USO Club building with Captain Fred Ladlow, director for the S. A. USO, which maintains and operates the building. To assist him, Bishop John B. Peterson has ,appointed Riev. Paul A. McDonough as moderator and an NCCS committee has been organized consisting of Peter J. Hickey, Jam ~s P . Griffin, John H. DeCourcy, Mrs. D. J. Rousseau, Fred A. Griffin, Michael A. Barrett, Mrs. , William Monagle, Mrs. Josephine oJnes, John J. Leary, Jr., Dennis L. •,,' ' Long, Miss Agnes Quirk and Mrs. Howard P. Jackson. Mr. Eaton, prior to his NCCS affiliation, was employed for a number of years in community organization work, the probation field, and the Ella Lyman Cabot Foundation, a research project ina juvenile delinquency in Cambridge, Mass. NCCS-USO was organized in Washington in November 1940 when Catholic bishops of the United states were in conclave. Concerned , with the problems and welfare of , young men taken into the armed services and shifted from their homes by defense work, the bishops I organized .. CCS. Through this or- ( ganization the bishops appeal for ; co-operation from every local, dio- I cesan and national Catholic or- 1 ganization. This co-ordinating organization l united with the four other agen- ) cies form the USO and work out a unified program. Tomorrow's article will deal with I the important parts in the educational and sptritual programs carried on by both the YMCA and the YWCA particularly for defense workers and their families. -~ortsmouth Plans Made ,_ \1..-For USO Open-House Su·nday Final plans were completed to- families, defense workei=S, 3" o%~ reday for Portsmouth's observance of lated occupations, 10 % and of these National USO Open House Day 50 % were families. In addition, which will be observed at the USO there were 11 men and 88 women Club on Daniels street on Sunday. counselled for individual service. In connection with Open House day Mr. Hall, who was formerly athUSO officials here have compiled letic director of the Brockton, figures showing the work done by the Mass., YMCA, was sent to Portss~ 11;ajor agencies that partici- mouth last Uovember to co-ordinate P te m, t.l:e progr~m. the YMCA USO p~gram here. Tod'.1Y s. information concerns the Through the co-operation of the participation of the YMCA and ' Portsmouth YMCA board of trusYW9,A ~~og:ams. Both the "YM" II tees, under President Stowe Wilder, and YW will hol~ open house next considerable usms of money w,ere ~unday m connection with the na- spent in reJ;iabilitating the buildtmnal observance. ing and facilities. This included ~or_e than 1,500 persons used the painting walls and woodwork; refacilities of the Y.MCA on_~C~ngress , moval of the old track from the street during . February, Carleton gym and installation of new light.Hall, YMCA USO worker. reports. ing fixtures. The individual exercise Of these 96% were defense workers room has been enlarged and it is and_ 4% associated civilians. This was hoped to have new apparatus in the r.n increase of more than 1,000 over future. January attendance. Nearly 800 · were served by the YWCA on state /started In January s~reet during F\ebruary, Miss LuEarly in January a formal proc1lle Azevedo, YWCA USO worker gram of recreation and physical reported. These divided roughly in_' fitness classes began. This includes to 50% armed forces. 5% military a morning class for the shift workers on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings; with badminton coming to the !ore on Tuesdl'o¥a i., , Thursdays from 10.30-12,30. A Civ- , ilian Defense group has the period from 5.30-7.00 on Monday&, Wednes• . days and Fridays for calisthenics i and volley ball. An appi,.ratus and gym group under the volunteer · leadership of John Caveretta meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7.00-8.30. On Mondays, Wednesdays .1nd Fridays from 8.00-10.30 there is a. calisthenics, basketball and game period for the Defense Workers on the day shift. An eight team basketball league has been formed from Navy yard Defense Workers and is now func.tioning o nTuesday, Wednesday and 1 Friday evenings of each week. To meet the dull period on Sun- 1 day afternoons, the YMCA has been . kept open for the use 9! Defense 1 Workers and their families from 3.00-6.30. · Activities within the building inelude the following: conditioning classes, wrestling, dancing, volley ball, basketball, individual exercise, chess, checkers, pingpong card · playing, pool, badminton, apparatus work, weight lifting, group activities and use of lounge room and showers. Plans to continue programs through the summer are being made and every defense worker in the area is invited to participate in YMCA facilities, as the programs are designed to provide both social and physical recreational, educational and fpiritual activities. · I The YWCA Program In connection with the program of the YMCA-USO an advisory ! committee has been appointed to j work with Miss Azevedo, and her assistant Miss Marjorie Crockett. This committee consists of: Miss Eleanor Smith, Mrs. Isobel King, Mrs. Laura Sumner, Miss Frances Skofield, Miss Frances Courchene, Mrs. Katherine Hill, Miss Elizabeth Roberts, Miss Ruth Allen, Mrs. Foster Slayton, Mrs. George Gould, Mrs. C. Telford Erickson and Mrs. Robert W1lliams. Group activities are similar to those carried on by the YMCA and include organization of clubs for congenial groups; parties and dances for enlisted men and defense workers; the formation of classes in sports such as physical fl tness, similar programs. In !1-ddition,- the YWCA has an even greater responsibility in handling the individual problems o! women and girls In national defense work "uprooted" from their ' homes by the war. These women are wives of service I 111en, wives of defense workers, mott-iers, ·sisters and sweet~e~rts visiting camps l!-nd naval bases, waitresses, clerks and other wprkers 'I in cafes, telephone operators 1n crowded defense and cantonment ! areas, nurses, clerical workers and laundresses on camp grounds, ; workers in defense industries in "boom t<Jwns" and m!!mbers of "de- . I �pression" families ip search of work. I In Portsmoutll as in 1µ1y defeme 1· community, there are needs to be met, especially needs o! newcomers. The girl or woman located in a war industry area who is a stranger, perhaps even unwelcome, sub~ect to all the dangers o! a crowded community, must have her security restored. The morale o! the munitions maker or defense worker is as necessary to victory as the mor.ale of the soldier. The purpose •of the YWCA is "to build a fellowship of women and girls devoted to the task o! realizing in our common life those ideals of personal and social living to which we are committed by our faith as Christians." This is the purpose which stands behind all USO Units operated by the YWeA. The Portsmouth USO-YWCA unit which is located at 321 State street, is eager and willing to serve women 1 aI)d -girls by helping s~rangers· to find pleasant places to live, lonely people to find friends and recreation, tired people to find relaxation · worried people to get some comfort or practical advice. There is always a welcome there, whether to give help or to get it. - Tomorrow: The Salvation I Army-USO. Salvation Army Maintain~, Vv'.l'.3 Operates USO Building Here Officials In Portsmauth ·Are Busy Preparing For Open House Program To Be Held Sunday 1 I I I Portsmouth Salvation Army officials are particularly busy today preparing for the USO National Open House observance which will be 'held here Sunday, as they have the maintainence and operation of the USO Club building itself . at 135 Daniels street. In the first World war, Sallies, soldiers, coffee and doughnuts became a service tradition and many an ex-service man remembers that it was the Salvation Army's comfort that made life seem worthwhile. In this total war, the Salvation Army, although it works in co-ordination with five other major national agencies, has an even greater responsibility. There is the actual care of the buildings-welcoming the strangers, seeing that the lounge is equipped and cleaned to provide chances to read, to write letters and to play any one o! dozens of games such as ches~, checkers, cards and similar pasttimes. Then there are the pool and pingpong tables located Memo For Selec"teesrYv\ H! There are a few points to consider before start for the Induction Station-even before pack your bag. Clerk Lawrence Grattan of Greater Portsmouth Selective Service Board vises -selectees. you yo~ the ad- Travel light-The Army itself is going to clothe you, complete to underwear, socks, and handkerchiefs. When you reach the Reception Center you may keep your civilian clothes for use on furlough or you may have them sent home express collect. If you have a pair of brown shoes, it would be well to wear those in preference to black, as you will be permitted to substitute these for your issue shoes when not on duty. You will be given a toilet kit, containing razor, shaving brush, and toothbrush, but no shaving soap or tooth powder or tooth paste, so be sure to provide yourself with these. If you have a favorite ,_razor, by all means take it along. And do not forget your comb. If you have a pair of slippers take the_m alon~. in another large room. i There are showers and locker rooms for quick cleanups, temporary! sleeping facilities and the "Snack Bar." Is Modernized Not only has the new $40 000 com-I bined gym, basketball c~urt and dance hall been added to the facilities, but parts of the original Army and Navy building have been modernized and renovated such as the popular library room. ,, Then there are many unusual features such as the record maker and player and, of course, motion picture equipment to provide larger group entertainment. Capt, Fred Ladlow who is the Salvation Army USO worker here, has the direct responsibility of supervising all these activities and, in addition, his work extends far beyond the building itself. Since war started, soldiers are confined to the military reservations of the Portsmouth Harbor Defenses most of the time and little time outside is allowed so that a force will always be on hand for battle alert. . Program Goes To Camps ! / This has meant bringing the USO , program to camps and forts to pro- : vide educational, spiritual anci rec- ' reational activities. Captain Ladlow has organized many dances which have been held at the forts and I camps, in all, some 22 special events last month alone with stich special features as the communion breakfast at Camp Langdon. In connection with the improvements made in the YMCA here, reported yesterday, the YMCA has both a board of directors and a board of tru·stees, and members of his board credit should be given for many of the improvements made, as well as the credit given the Board of Directors, under President Stowe Wilder, reported yesterday. While the YMCA and the YWCA will hold open house Sunday, the : formal program .of the day will be 1 at the USO club building. · I �USO Workers Ready For Open House (Phoio By ,\larston) At the USO Club, 135 Daniels ;;treet, left to right: Francis T. Eaton, 'ational Catholic Communil · ~lt'n'• ice-USO; liss ~larjorle Crockett, assistant, YWCA-USO; Captain Fred W. Ladlow, alvatlon Anny--1 ·o Mis Lucille Aze\'edo, YWCA-USO; H. Carleton Hall, YMCA-USO. ·1· Meehan, Ruth Klein, BP.rdette Lll• Jehult, Peggy Stimpson and Barbara Baker; <Newington)-Margherlta deRochemont; CKittery)-E..l• eanor Anderson and Nancy Can· nell; <Navy Yard)-Alyce Haggert, Roberta Balley and Vicki Varger; <Hampton)-Natalie Burnham and Louise Yeaton; <Exeter) - Helen Adams and Patricia McCormick: ational USO Open House day will be observed in (Rye)-Barbara Caswell; murhaml -Gall Daly, Marjorie Chalmers and Portsmouth Invited To Visit Former Army-Navy Building YMCA, YWCA Headquarters Portsmouth tomorrow witn an afternoon and evening proFrances Robinson. gram at the USO club at 136 Daniels street and the YMCA at 143 Congress street and the YWCA at 321 State street 'open for inspection during the day. I Complete program for the events General chairman, E. Curtis Matat the USO club, which will be open thew~. for Inspection all day, are as fol· Program; Francis T. Eaton, lows: chairman, NCCS; Capt. Byron B. Blout, USA; Lieut. Esbon E. Heck, USN; Capt. Fred Ladlow, SalvaUon THE PROGRAM Army; H. Carlton Hall, USO-YMCA; 3 to 3:15-Natlon-wide radio Denis L. Long, John DeCourr"Y, broadcast with prominent civ· Miles H. Morrow, Pfc Andrew Peterilian and military speakers. sen, USMC, and Pvt. Ted Lazar. : 15-1 •t!I- and concl'rl bv us, USA. 101st Infantry Band of YD S Refreshments: Mrs. Mary Lane rmy to be represented by Lieut. Bickford. Mrs. Dorothy Bovard, Denlinger. US Navy to be repMr . D. J. Rousseau and Miss Ele~nrcsr nted by Lieut. Curlis. or N. Smith. 4:30-5-lnformal program in Puolicit:,. Mi " Lucille • ie. eno, Jouuge of USO building. ahi).rman, YWCA-USO; Mrs C. 5-6-General inspection of Telford Erickson, ,[rs. Katherine S. USO facilities. Hill, Miss Eleanor Smith, Mi Fran6-7-Snndwiches and coffee ces Skofield, James P. Griffin. Peter to all men of armed forces J. Hickey, Willis J. Symonds and present. Christos R. Brntlotls. 7:30-8:45-Basketbali game, House and Hostesses: Mrs. ThomUSO building. US Army vs Deas D. Noyes. Mrs. D. J. ROUSS(!I\U fense workers. and TI1omas Sykes. 8:45-9:45-Movies of selected HosteSE"'S will be girls holding inshort ubjects. vitation cards for the USO dances and are as follows: <Portsmouth)The Committees Members of comm!Uces . for open Eleanor Dowdell, Mary Redfield, su~an Hoyt, Eva Brndbard, Mabel house are: I y �This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO 239.48-1992 (permanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts w 1999 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918-1920, 1932-1949 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="http://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbook 1941 V.21 Subject The topic of the resource Scrapbooks Portsmouth (N.H.) World War II Description An account of the resource A scrapbook of news articles from the Portsmouth Herald and other papers, 1941. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library (N.H.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i11079885 https://portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/7e2e8239c61836a136a129ac7992925a.PDF 919dc544480b900857f8d9332a471dec PDF Text Text �Portsmouth. B'd Street Comm. Portsmouth. c.of c. Portsmouth.City Couna!1 Water Supply 2·.7 I 64-65, 72 82,118,~20 ~ ,127 · ( 2,4.6jl~ ) 20.21,2&,30 · 33,35-3~,46 ( 2, 13, 18, 22, 26 \ 50,;.51,54-55,5 , 56,58,59,61 -<' 63,81 83 94 ) 114;1ia,i21,1:. 123, 124, 133, 1 I 135,136,145 53, 75,79,99,94 Welfare, Course on 119,121,122,141 Portsmouth. Defense Council 38;39,4~,6167 63,64,66,75,77,80, 84 I 90 I 112 ·· I Portsmouth fire Dept. 81,86 I \ Wentworth, Gov. John, 4 Portsmouth Harbor Mines 109 ! Weiit~orth, Joshµa. Housta , Portsmouth High School.Class of '16 24 1 YWCA 125 !f Portsmouth Hospital.Addition Portsmouth. Mob. for War 92,93,9~,97 98,99,106 Portsmouth Navy Yard. Articles Throut Book Portsmouth People in War Zone 91,97 ,104 l Portsmouth. Planning Board Portsmouth Police Dep•t. Portsmouth Public Library 115,142 32 I I 31,135, 1,4 0 { 38;55,56,66 {93;122,1;29,142 Portsmouth. Schools 14,23,25,,30,33 Portsmouth. Wartime Problems 73-75 1 Propaganda. Moving Pictures 33,49 1 Remick, ,. Frank c., App•t. 41 · i Rent Control 5,8,47 Rotary Club 15,137 I , Rye Harbor. History 62 , st.John's Church 126,131 1 Sewer Projects 6 Shipwreck, Richard Arnold 118,119,151 Shore Patrols Not Needed 132 Shortages: Gas,Stockings,Paper 3,4,12,16 , , · Rubber 123,143' , Shute, ' Henry A., Judge 76,77 Social .Security Office 75 SPCA,SPCC 12.6 Somersworth Mill taken by Navy 130 Star Is. Conf. New Meeting Place 131 Streets, Pannaway ~anor 39 Strikes see Uniona Submarines, Construction~. etc. see _ Portsmouth Navy ~ar& Submarines, French, German 60,137,i:.58 34 ; Swimming Pool Closed 22,26 . Tanker - Pan Maine Tax ijat~ see Portsmouth.City Council 115 Temple !srael Traffic see Portsmouth. City Council 6,8,14,~3,15,21 Unions · 22,98 USA 33,60 U.S. Power Squadron Veterans of Foreign Wars 120 �... Advent Christian Church Air Raid Alarm Air Raid Defense I 57-87-89 \ Highways, Defense 21,106 119,131,136 ' 37,48,70,76,78 i Hoffman,Malvina · 16,17,115 81-83,85,86,91 ! Mome for Aged Women 15, 95,96,100-104 I Housing,Defense 57 118,122,125,138 \ Hovey Mam.Fountain 3~ Airport l,5,13,3334,40, j Infantile ParalysisDr. 5119-121, 47,72,104,105,108 j l l33,131 115,135,142 ·· John Langdon Club 129 1. Ketzler,Donald A11en Identification Certificates 142 84 Aluminum. Scrap 21 l Landing strip, Emergency 140 Amez:_ican Red Cross. Activ1ties5,3l,37,38,41,55 McCarthy, H.F. App•t. 130 69,70,72,76,81,82 102,103,113,114,ll ,125 State Guard Armory.Strong Room 531 Artists, Portsmouth 78 March of Time.Movie 90 Atlantic Hts. Housing Proj 6,13,16,17,19,25,29, 32,38,46,71 Mormon Church 82 Barefoote, Walter {cl650) 34 Navy Day 58 Blackout 94,97,112,116,123 Navy, Sec. of from NH 56 128-9 N.H. State Police 78 Blood Donors 107,132 Obituaries: I Boat: John Paul Jones, Launched6a Bertram M. Tilton 2 Bomber, R.C.A.F., Em. Landing 42-44,107,1-8 M.L. Raynes 81 \ Bombing Raid, Simulated 66,68 John Griffen 23 Bombs, Incendiary 111 Sherwood Picking 29 see also Air Raid Defense Franks. Preston 34 Brewery, Frank Jones, Demolition 31 Lyman w. Griffen 63 Bridges: Interstate s;65 Frank L. Whidden 7'Z Memorial 9,41,65,79 Mary Mitchell 81 Wentworth 130 James Flagg,Rev. 90 Bucloninster, Rev. Joseph 7,12,13S Clara A Sheafe 90 Marriage Re-enacted H.c. Hartford 107 Bundles: for Bluejackets,Britain 102,126 Amos w. Moody 111 CE-.rpet, Hooked by Pearl Gray 7 1 Lilla L Ireland 114 Christmas 110,112 i Ida Blaisdell 119 Civil A1r Patrol 11~ Pannaway Manor 52,65 Civilian Defense 118,121,122,127 Pearl Harborl 109,113 131,134,144 , Worlanen Needed Coal, Purchase of by P. 124 Pepperrell,W.E.,Visitor 60 Coleman Family Reunion 4 Pierce Ia. Closed 97 39,64,117 ; Portsmouth.Audit Funds 31,40 Defense Bonds & Stamps 133,141,143 } Dexter, Timothy "Lord" 117 ~ c..:•,J, 40 Dismukes, D.E. Rr.Ad. 116,139 Dunn, Robert H, Rev. 115. Emancipation Day 34 Epitaphs, Unusual 123 Family Welfare Assoc. 80 Fire: Bow Street 130 First Aid Classes 83. Fort Stark. New Castle Franklin City. Proposed,1796 109 11 Fresh Air Children Ganter, Rev. Maxwell, Resigns 67 114 Gas Masks Supplied 16 Gerrish Family Reunion 134 Girl Scouts of America 65 Graffort Club Records.Survey 32 Greenland Town 1 t i �Portsmouth Must Spend $20,000 To Buy Land For Airport,J Run~ a_ ys Councilman McNeil Says Spending· $20,000 To Get Half Million Smart By spending $20,000, Portsmouth wilt get $478,000, City Councilman Lewis M. McNeil told members of the city council last n ight in a report on a conference he attended at the Portsmouth Municipal airport with city and state aviation officials. Work will start within the next three m onths on enlargment of the field from its lowest rating now to Class 3, next to the highest rating if the city provides the necessary land to establish 4,500 foot runways, Senator Styles Bridges told the Portsmouth Herald in a telegram yesterday. Senator Bridges said the project which would include clearing, grading, drainage and lighting would be completed by the first of the year. Manager Frank E. Brooks of the Portsmouth airport, chairman of the Airport commission, said this morning that between 40 and 50 additional acres of land would be needed, most of it already cityowned. The ail'port at present has about 1100 acres but only 60 are usable. Enlargement to a total of 150 usable acres should provide the necessary area for the 4,000 by 500 foot runways now planned and leave room for expansion. This project I U.S. Navy • ma1ca Island Possibilities of government purchase of Jamaica island, situated between the Portsmouth Nav. · yard ~ nd Kittery Point, today wer re· vealed b)" Admiral Ben Mo~el, chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, who spoke before the House Appropriations committee. Situated at a distance from the yard . the island would make a safe storage plnr,e fo•· ordnance supplies 1»--rtli a good location for the load· ing and unloading of ships carrying ammunition. The admiral's plan calls for the construction of a small landing wharf for h andling ammunition to and from the ls· la nd. The cost has been estimated at $200,000. calls for paving these landing strips 150 feet wide in the middie. Another requiremen t is t hat the city zone all its airport lan d and the immediate area. to protect the field f rom danger- · ous obstructions. As both the purchase of additional land andl zoning of the entire area will have to be completed before the Civil Aeronautics admin. istration will start work, Manager Brooks and the city council are planning to get together at once and push forward plans for completing the city's end of the development. Authorization last night by the council of a $65,000 bond issue for permanent improvements will provide immediate funds, for the purchase of the needed land and at the same time the Planning board can complete its plans for zoning the area. The &Sential thing as stressed again and again by federal officials who have inspected the ares is speed in having the city complet( its land acquisition and zoning sc that start of the project will nol be delayed. II there is a delay, tht money may be re-allocated elsewhere to some port where work can 1 start at once. In addition, Adm. Moree! advocated the inclusion of about a million dollars for the Portsmouth Navy yard for flood lighting, fencing, window guards, look-out towers, 1,.and-bag protection, bomb-proof 1-helters, blackout control, chemical wurfare defense, etc. The amount t for this was $1,015,000. Another item of $202,000 was rev aled in the breakdown of the $14,· 000,000 appropriations for international security aud passive defense, 'hich Rep. Taber of New York asked from Adm. Moreel. This would be spent for housing of crews of ships undergoing overhaul and re· pair. (Photo by Marston) Cap lai11 J. J. Brown of the Portsmou th Navy Yartl, congratulating Lieut. George . Sharp, as he assumes command of the Marlin, ihe Jalef,t ad dition t-0 Uncle Sam's unde1sea forces. Lieut. Sharp was commander of ilie Fa.Icon, rescue shlp, during the salvaging of the subma-rine Squalus. Several Positions Open At Yard a; Portsmouth Navy yard has positions open for machinists and toolmakers, according to an announcement fl'om the Civil Service commission. Due to the lack of qualified applicants, immediate appointments are avallable at the present Lime. Qualified journeymen are urged to report to the Labor board of the yard. Immediate appointments are also available for the position of Senior guard. Men for this position are being recruited from applicants who have served in the armed forces of the country, in the National guard, or in any position involving the guarding of life and property, or law enforcement. All applicants must prove that they are qualified to handle firearms. Applications should be flied with the Labor board of the yard. Information regarding these positions may be obtained from the office of the Labor board or the N. H . State Employment service. �).. ANALYZE SOURCES OF WATER FoR ctTr Quality and quantity of water available at Brackett Springs, Greenland, Fountain Head and the Winnicutt river are being analyzed for the city of Portsmouth by Metcalf and Eddy, Boston engineers, it was revealed at a meeting of the city council last night. As authorized by the council July 17, Mayor Stewart E. Rowe has named Metcalf and Eddy to do the work. Purpose for the survey is to determine whether water from Brackett Springs or Fountain Head could be accepted by the State Board of Health for quality and whether such a ,;upply would be preferable as to quantt.y and cost to the proposed Winnicutt river project. Information on Brackett Springs seemed to be most immediate. Letters read at the council meeting indicated that most of the conditions on which the site was condemned by Leonard Trager of the State Board of Health already have been and, the rest easily may be remedied . that t ·d ould consent to approve uae of',Brackett Springs a source if the city wanted it. •ro Whitman and Howard, eneers or the cl on the new 1!11 ftel and for the federal aid p1tca Ions on water supply under house bill 4545, Charles D. Howard, director of the Division of Chemistry and Sanitation of the New Hampshire State Board of Health, has said he believes the situation at Brackett Springs can be cleared up favorably. In a copy of a letter read at the council meeting, Mr. Howard said he believed Sanitary Engineer Leonard Trager's report had created an "unwarrantable" controversy. "My opinion," he wrote, "is that if the situation involving a drainage hazard from a barn or other farm buildings situated just above the spring was thoroughly cleaned up, we couid then have no criticism of this source on sanitary grounds." Mr. Trager had reported the sanitary survey "improper," surface drainage dangerous; and nitrate content in the water increased from cow barns and cesspools. According to Charles Howard, samples from the spring during the past 10 years have shown the water to be "inherently excellent" but that the nitrate had increased. In another letter to Mayor Rowe which was read to the council, Atty. Ernest Bell of Keene, who represents Glenn and Cleon Heald, owners of Brackett Springs, said he had talked with Mr. Trager and that he (Mr. Trager) had admitted the water there had not been tested recently. '"He further stated," wrote Mr. Bell, "that it might be fair to assume that after some work on the supply, for times the volume now available might be obtained. "He further offered that subject to the approval of his superior Mr. (Charles) Howard, that 1f there , were any objectionable features to the Cold (Brackett) Spring supplyl and they were removed he would recommend It as an auxHlary unit, 1f the city desired it, for the Portsmouth water supply." In still another letter, from the Heald brothers to Mr. Bell, it was revealed that the barn no longer is used for dairy pmposes and that thus there should be no objectionable drainage from the building or from the barn yards. Present at the meeting was Glenn Heald. After he had suggested that he might have the water tested "for his own satisfaction," Supt. of Streets Stevens said he believed, from conversations with Mayor Rowe, that within a few days - a representative of Metcalf and Eddy probably would 'm eet with Mr. Heald and Mayor Rowe to go over the situation. Pay Tribute To Bertram Mi Tilfo Tribute was paid yesterday to Bertram M. Tilton, old-time Portsmouth newspaperman and merchant. Funeral i,erv!ces for Mr. Tilton, who for the past 35 years conducted a news stand and tobacco store on Market street, were held at Buckminster chapel yesterday J afternoon at 2:30. Rev. Fredric Olsen, pastor of the Second Methodist church of Kittery, conducted the sercvices. Delegations were present from the Spanish American War veteran organizations and Damon Lodge, K. of P. Honorary bearers were Dr. S. F. A. Pickering, Ray B. Foye, Charles Plaisted and Harry Winebaum. Active bearers included two sons and two sons-in-la.w: Bertram B. Tilton, Roland Tilton, Christopher O'Day and Ebert Philpott. Burial was In the family lot in Harmony Grove cemetery. Council To Attend Official Opening · Of Recreational Area/\ Permission for a ban on. p ·king on the West side of Dennett street from Maplewood avenue to Myrtle avenue was granted by the city council last night to the State Highway department while work is being done in the vicinity by l,he state. Other routine business of the council included acceptance and filing of: A request for city officials to attend the official opening of the Pierce Island Army Recreational area Saturday at 2 p.m. A request to meet with Governor Blood a t the Exeter Inn Friday night when the Rockingham County Co-ordinating committee of the State Defense council will meet with him. A ruling from City Solicitor Oscar Neukom that the city council had no right to appropriate $1 00 to provide music for dances for the entertia.inment of the Army's rec,l'eatlonalees. City Council Authorizes $100~000 Bond Two muncipal bond issues 000; New fire alarm boxes, $637; totaling $100,000 were auth- Re-roofing City yard, $890; Twc orized by the Portsmouth n~w cit trucks, 7 ,oos.0 4 ; Altera· tior11,, .school bulld.ing.s, $(!,500 City council last night. a nd Bleacb.el'B Alumni fteld, $4,421. To be dated as of August . 1 the bond issues will make ative to discuss an agreement on th , • " 800 home.~ at Atla n tic H eights at funds available for such whatever time he can come 10 Portsp u r p o s e s and in such •mouth next Wednesday. amounts as the city council Gave permlssi~m to the Ports. ,, mouth Commumty chorus to reshall designate. hearse in the fire station Wednesday The re.solution authorizing a $35,000 bond issue for purchase of equipment was introduced by Councilman Edgar Wood and the resolution for a $65,000 bond l6sue for permanent improvements by Councilman Joseph Katkin. Under suspension of tl)e rules both were given three reaclings last night. Alhough the $35,000 passed its third and final reading unanimously on roll call, Councilman William Palfrey objected to the second one. "We just; passed a bond issue," he said. Thus, after the second reading, he refused to vote for suspensionof the rules to allow the $65,000 bond is,ue resolution to go through its third, and "no" on the third read· ing. Mrs. Dondero remarked that the resolution thus couldn't pass its la t reading because two-thirds of the entire council must approve. (A~nt were: Mayor Stewart E. Rowe Councilmen Frank Hersey and 'John Burkhardt. Present: Councilmen Frederick Gardner, Josept Katkin, Edgar Wood, Walter Harvey, Lewis McNeil, William Palfrey and Councilwoman Dondero.) councilman Gardner, who had been acting as tempor_ary chairman, handed the. gavel to City Clerk HopJey, took his regular seat, and voted "yes" on the $65,000 bond issue, Two-thirds of the entire council had approved. . Earlier this week, the council reduced the 1941 municipal budget by $31,856.()4 and decided to flnan_ce eliminated items with a. bOnd issue. Present total of the city budget is $675,349 .39. Items removed from the budget thi.5 week were: Coupe for ftre chief $800; Ladder truck, balance, $15, evening.; if the chief engineer approves. Referred to the Finance committee estimates on street repairs from the Board of Street commissioners. Referred to the Finance committee an estimate on construction of a $6,900 ~ewer down Haven road. Granted permission to Ira A. Brown to have t wo 5,000 fuel oil storage tanks on his property If the !ire chief approves. Make $100 available to Citv Marshal Leonard Hewitt to enable him to attend the police chiefs' conven1ion in Buffalo, Sept. 13 to 21. Changed ~he wording in an ordinauce on collection of dellnquen t poll taxes to read "such taxes as ~ha ll be collecled" instead of "as he shall collect." Passed unanimously, with three readin gs under suspension of the rules, a resolution increasing Lhe ~alary 0f inspector of wires and poles from $600 a year to $900. Decided to ask the Board of s treet comm1Ssioners to estimate for the council cost of supplying water at the city incinerator (for drinking, washing hands and otherwise disposing ofl. Authorized City Clerk Hopley to perform preliminary duties of Mayor Rowe when the selectees leave Monday If Mayor Rowe still is ill. Voted sympathy to Mayor Rowe and hoped he'd be better and be back soon. Asked the Planning board to study the system of ca.pita! budgets. • Agreed that the nex;; meeting would be August 6 when the US housing representative comes. �Women Invade Local Stores • Portsmouth Drivers Ready For Gas Curfew ture. "Nylons are produced synthetically," they argued. Surely, we shal! be able to obtain them." The manager of a local lingerie 'store pow·ed water on their fire o! hope, however, by suggesting that any expansion of Nylon products would be solely for government purposes, as Nylon, among other things, 1s usea 111 making parachutes. Dress shop owners uttered a glad cry that the summer season was almost at a close, as the popular bemberg silk and other modern materials will . uffer from the United states' snobbishness toward th~ Japanese silk worm. It ha.s been estimated that the United States has now on hand a three months' supply of silk. Should tl]e government d£(.)ide to commandeer this reserve, the retail outlets would have no troubie selling their shock. More th~n 175,000 workers will be left idle when machinery comes to a stop In the silk mills tonight. Approximately 100,000 of these men are employed in hosiery manufacture. Emil Rieve, president of the CIO Textile Worjcers' uniOn of America, has adv1sed a unionsponsored plan for converting the mills to ure :;ynt hetic :fibers, uch as rayon, i.n6tead of r_aw silk. Panic among the women of Portsmouth, who left their kitchens and invaded the stores, determined to buy as many pairs of silk stockings as they could afford this morning forced Portsmouth's retail merchants to restrict each customer to three pairs. Meantime, Portsmouth citizens who own cars prepared to retrench on driving miles and yet to stock up with enough gos before 7 o'clock tomorrow night to survive the fuel blackout. There ore two citizen-defense emergencies in Portsmouth, a city already beset with municipal defense problems. The overwhelming stocking demand resulted from an order of the Office of Production management in Wash- Gas Stations At Seven ington forbidding all processing of raw silk, effective at Close Portsmouth's filling stations definmidnight tonight. The drastic step was the result of re- itely will close at 7 pm. tomorrow and remain closed until 7 am.'Monstrictions on trade with Japan. day. From then on each night will Prospect of a shortage in silk stockings and a marked be a gasless one. Walter R. Harvey of the Amincrease in their price, sent women shoppers storming the erican Oil company said: "Our hosiery departments of the local stores this morning as dealers are anxious to co-operate with the federal governthe merchants opened their doors. ment 1n the conservation of By 10:30 t he supplies of most stores were noticeably gasoline and other petroleum 'depleted, and women were purchasing ill-fitting sizes products. They will comply any rulings which might and all available shades as they tried to beat the shortage. with tend to carry out Jts program." chief questicm confronting motorJ•ts is "Do you want to save gasoline or h ave it taken away from you?" Governors Ask Co-operation Governors of t he six New England states made a joint proclamation calling on "every citizen, every buslne , every Institution, public or private" to help reduce gasoline consumption. Realizing that this restriction 60 far 1a voluntary, headquarters of I various petroleum products concerns have made no demands, but have advised t)lelr dealers and stations that t hey "wish to comply" and ask them to do likewise. The Atlantic Terminal Sales corporation today received a letter from Gulf headquarters in which the company was told "while this is not the result of official orders from Ickes, we should show the wish to comply and we are asking our dealers to do likewise. If any dealer in your territory does not comply, tell him that we are closing here and that he could at least do as much for defense." General opinion seems to be, however, that the restrictions on gasoline and silk will not have to be lawfully enforcedJohn Q. Public ls smart enough, at least Jn Portsmouth, to realize "things could be worse," as h e says. Horace C. Porter New Principal c..·~ Of Traip Acad;my \ • That, apparently, ls the spirit of Horace c. Porter, principal of all dealers in town. 1Washburn, Me., High school, has When questioned, Mr. Lucas of been named principal of Traip acadBefore the sales restriction of Some the Socony-Vacuum Oil company ,• emy Kittery to succeed Norman three pair of hosiery to one shopSeveral merchants of Portsmouth, said: "Although w~ no longer con- · Din;more. Ml:. Dinsmore resigned to per became effective this morning, however, remained unruffled, refus- trol any local ~tat1ons, I fe~l sure enter business. . one farsighted silk-fan placed a 20 ing to believe that the ban on silk that they all will comply wi th th e Mt· Porter who comes from Searsdollar bill on the counrer of one of would prove more than a brief in- "curfew" ruling. From . wh8:t th ey port, is a gr~duate of the University the city's leading hosiery stores and convenience to US manufacturers. have told me, they t h1?k it is a of Maine, where he received his dedemanded as many stockings as "We thought that fashion could good Idea,, and are plannmg to close gree in 1932. He obtained his masher money would buy. come from nowhere in the world as asked. ter's degree in 1940 from the UniSales clerks said they had never but Paris," recalled the proprietor versity of Iowa. He has taught In before seen anything to equal to- of a foremost style shop. "Well, we Houlton, Bradford, Portage and day's buying-fests. got along without Paris, didn't we?" Princeton, Me. Not only stockings, but under· he asked. "And we'll manage very UeSf tOnS Mr. Porter is married and has two wear, dresses, hair ribbons and! silk well without Japanese silk or GerA milJion and one qu estions to- children. thread were requested by the army man products or Parisian designs. day arose In the minds of Port.so! shoppers. !America. can do all right by her- mouth automobile owners as t.he Stocking salesman were predict- self!" . deadline drew closer. ing lisle ho..ce, painted . legs 8:nd i They wanted to know if cars short socks for the com111g fash ion I could get gas in llfe and; death picture, a.s women mourned the . . I emergencies. They can, but only sudden ban on their cherished Another optumstlc merchant ~e- I from garages with special permits silk. veale~ that he had enough sllk to sell it under those circumThe gentlemen about town had a stockmgs on hand to meet the pre- 1 stances. Tomorrow is the day of the first great deal to SM" about the situa- sent demand, and ~hat .~e forecast ' Trucks traveling at night won't tion in regard to the appearance ~erely a n~e in pnce. Silk stock- get any unless their owners have annual outing of the City government and Chairman Ira A. Brown of the feminine leg in cotton hose. 11:1gs, or hos1~ry made !rdm synthe- their own tanks. "It fairly makes me shudder," tic fibers, will be available, 1! not Ambulanc , · poJioe cal'S. fire en- reports that he expects about 100 remarked one frank young man. nex_t week, at least next month. The I gines and municipal vehicles won't persons. He calls abtent!on to the " ilk meant flattery, but lisle . • . hos1err manufacturers of this coun- be affecred because there are private fact that this outing is for anyone the women will never st.and for it, try. wlll find some way to satisfy tanks allotted them at all times. connected with the City government. Tickets may be obtained from even if it comes to raising silk their women customers." . These won't be closed. wonns, them$elves!" The rush to,, purchase s.~ks was Portsmouth citizens seem unani- him or from the City Clerk's office. Another male was • eard to decry pronounced a selfish raid on reously to believe that it is better The off!::es at City Hall will close socks as wholly unsuit.ed to 1treet tail supplies by Harr~et ~Iliott, head : conserve gasoli ne this way than a,t noon, to permit employe· to take wear . . . or any oth er klnli of of _the consumer d1vl~1on . of the ! to wait and have it taken away en- part in the outing. The opening event will be a series of competitive wear for that matter. "If the girls ~.ffl?e of Price Administration and tirely. games. A baseball game is planned, can endure winter win i h c1v'.11an s1:1pply. In an appeal to' A housewife said, " As lon g as with Irene Severence a11d Eileen thin silk to protect their limbs, t hey ~omen, Miss Ell!ot~, asked that they people can get gas in the dayDondero making up the battery fo r can go without stockings and never voluntarily ration their stocking time-and everybody can-it's the fai r sex. Their opponents have notice the loss" . . . was his opin- purchases. a ll right with me. Better to not yet announced their line-up. ion. Votes were cast for painted haive IL this way that to have A shore dinner will be served, to seams on bare legs, an emergency the stations closed all the time." measure adopted by the Madames Shoppers hoped this morning that W illiam A. Thibodeau. general be followed by dancing. and Mademoiselles of France. NylOn stockings wouldt save the fu- manager of the ALA, said that the Plumps $20 Down For Hose Unruffled 0 Drivers Ask Q Questions, • City Employes ~~ Sees Price Rise To Have Outing I Count On Nylons �Local Gas Dealers Report Just An Average Sunday ~q·~ Portsmouth gasoline dealers, contrary to a nationwide poll, today · reported that Sunday bus.mess was not much greater than usual. "Just ~he average Sunday," They said, when asked whether Mr. Ickes' curfew had had any effect on business. A local dealer said a friend of hiB had seen eight, or n1ne cars stalled along the roads in the Northern part of the state, but that nothing eventful had happened locally. Some gasoline salesmen did ad:r.it that the old saying of "Five gallons, pleruse," had passed and that most owners were buying tankfuls. The First Lacty, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, obeyed the new rul!ng to a "T" when she paused at Mrs. Fogg's station at Oak Grove and bought fuel at 6.15 p.m. She also stopped later in Hampton for dinner. None of the attendants in the local stations reported filling any extra tanks for drivers. One or two said that they did fill some, but for motorboats, not for hoarding. The Lafayette highway did not have a gasoline stal,lon open from the Massachusetts line to the Maine line. Despite this, a steady stream of cars poured over it from the middle of the afternoon until late last evening. Practically no cars stalled for the lack of motor fuel, but several tired motorists had to change tires, a job that used to be done in the stations. ti All local stations closed -promp • Y t 7 pm. anq. a~Qunced that they 1 continu to do l!JO. Three of lbhem offered some gOod vice to e consumers by asking them no-:J to buy too much. They all agree that excess buying will lead to rationing and this will hm-t them as much as the motorist. N. E. Traffic As Heavy A welter of sectional reports, Governor Wentworth Pageant At Lake Wentworth,. August 6./ Q.,_ "'°) The effort of New Hampshire's last Colonial governor, John Wentworth, to make Portsmouth the center of commerce for provinces north of Boston, will be commemorated in the second annual Governor John Wentworth Historical pageant, to be given at Lake Wentworth Beach, Wednesday evening, August 6, under the auspices of the New Hampshire Forestry and Recreation commission. The sponsors plan to select each year three episodes from the life of Gov. Wentworth, who made his summer home on the shore of the lake that now bears his name, and re-enact them. As many as possible of the leading characters are portrayed by descendants of pioneer settlers of Wolfeboro. A great many members of the large cast are summer residents from Massachusetts and New York. The script is based on the book, "John Wentworth," by Dr. Lawrence Shaw Mayo of Harvard university, whose summer home is also on the former Gov. Wentworth property. Dr. Mayo and his neighbor, Dr. James W. Goldthwait of Dartmouth college, are overseeing the collection of authentic colonial period properties. Colored moving pictures of last 4i the absence of any official judgment as to ~..he success or failure of the Eastern seaboard's first gasolinle curfew last night, appeared today to boll down ;to these points, according to the Associated Press. 1. Virtually all service stations from Maine Lo Florida (except for half of New York City's independents) complied with Petroleum Coordinator Harold L. Ickes' request to close from 7 pm. to 7 am. daily as a national defense measure to conserve gasoline. 2. The day-time sale of gasoline everywhere aloqg the Eastern seaboard exceeded the total volume of an average August Sunday's daytime sales. (Except in PortsmouthEd. note). 3. Traffic was just as heavy and in many places heavier than usual during the after-tiark hours. Throughout New England, the friendly flicker of service station neons was missing from darkened highways, and compliance with Ickes' request was considered just about 100 per cent. year's pageant were taken by Dr. Gustavus J. Esselen of Swampscott, Mass., and Wolfeboro, and it expected that he will take pictures of the current presentation. The complete collection of films, as the pageant continues over a period of years, will constitute a complete pictorial record of one of the most !amorous periods in New Hampshire history, The first episode in the 1940 pageant was based on the effort of a group of Portsmouth gentlemen to develop the virgin wilderness around Lake Winnipesaukee, and the subsequent scenes showed the success of their undertaking with Wolfeboro as their locale. Again this year, the first episode is laid in Portsmout\i, with surveyors and swampers starting the first road connecting the seaport town with now successful settlements in the north. Governor Wentworth realized, according to the records of his time that the wealth of navigable river's from this region to the sea made a natural highway to Boston, leaving Portsmouth entirel}'. out of their consideration as a tradmg center. The outdoor theater on the beach has a seating capacity of 1,000. The performance will begin at 8 pm. Coleman Family Holds Reunion, Hears Of Pre-Revolution Life ----1¥\'V\ I The 17th reunion of_ the Co_leman Coleman spoke on his recent trip to association was held m Newmgton Town church, Saturday. Those attending included guests from Portland and Eliot ; Durham, Portsmouth, Dover, Rye and Ocean Park; Melrose, Marshfield_, Boston, Belmont, Ipswich, Cambndge and Auburndale, Mass., and Glen Ellyn, 111. . . G~~t:;11:;~g last year's precedent, hobby show was held at the Langdon Memorial library. Among the hobbies exhibited were ship models by Edwards Adams, airplane models by Stillman A. Packard, 3rd; Indian arrowheads by Dorothy Watson; post cards and stamps by Edward Hoyt; afghans by Emme H. H. Foss 811 d Rosamond Packard; artificial flowers by Phebe Hoyt and prize ribbons won at Pigeon shows by Frank M. Hoyt. Photographs of the Coleman twins at various ages were shown. The meetmg was presided over by a former pastor _of the Newington church, ~ev. LoUJs Ellms, who has ' b~en president of the Colema:1 assoc1at1on for the past ten years. Mr. El\ms' interest and the cooperaiion of Dr. George W. Coleman, president of Ford Hall forum, BosThe afternoon meeting was opton and president emeritus of Bab- ened by music by two little girls, son' institute, has contributed to the Maura and Paula Davis of So. Eliot, continued success of the grou}). who sang a duet. At the business meeting, Mrs. In rt.he iate afternoon, many memJustin Rand, secretary, read an ac- bers accepted the invitation of Miles count of the 1940 meeting. This was Standish wrutson for a motor boat followed by an open forum and the trip down the river. president's message. The officers of the Coleman asMr. Charles Lane Hanson of La- sociation are: president, Rev. Louis nd sell Junior college, Aubur ale, gav~ Ellms Ocean Park· 1st vice-pre&an address on "Life 200 Years Ago. • • The material for Mr. Hanso_n's ad- I dent, Mrs. Rosamond Packard, Newdress was taken from a diary of Joshua Lane, his great-great grand- ington; 2nd vice-president, Mr. Eufather, who lived in Stratham two gene Paul, South Eliot; 3rd vicehundred years ago. Deacon Lane president, Mrs. George E. Coleman, kept a diary tor over 60 years, in Wiscasset; recording secretary, Mrs. which were recorded not only per- Beth H. Rand, Newington; Corressonal items, but comments on ponding secretar)', Mr. John F. Hoyt, events in the life of the town, state Newington; itreasurer, Miss Marand country. These records paint a garet Pickering, Newington; hispicture of life during the thre_e gen- torlan, Mrs. Emma H. H. Foss, Rye; erations prior to the Revolut10n. chaplain, Pastor of Newington At noon, a luncheon was served in church, Rev. William J. Darby. Nothe town hall, by a committee con- minating committee: Mr. Edward sistlng of Mrs. Wendell Coleman, C. Adams, Durham; Mr. E. WenMrs. Percy DeRochemont, Mrs. dell Coleman, Newington; Mrs. JesFred Spinney, Mrs. Roscoe Ham- sie Coleman Hammond, Newington; mond, assisted by Mrs. George Gar- program committee: Mrs. s. WaH.er land and Miss Margareta DeRoche- Hoyt, Belmont, Ma-%,; Miss Doris mont. Following the luncheon, Nutter, Auburndale, Mll.!'s.; Mr. piano solos were given by Miss Bar- Frank N. Hoyt, Lynn, Mass.; hosbara Fernald, Portsmouth. pitality committee: Mrs. E. WenAt the afternoon meeting, Rev. dell Coleman, Newington; Mrs. CalWilliam J. Darby, present pastor of vln, D. Lear, Mrs. Phineas P. Colethe Newington church , gave an his- man, Miss Dorothy M. W~on; torical account of the church and board o! directors: Mrs. Emma H. H. old parsonage. The church is the Foss, Rye; Mrs. Beth H. Rand, Newoldest Congregational church in the ington; Mr. John F. Hoyt, Ne-wingcountry Still holding regular ser- ton; Miss Margaret Pickering, Newvices. ington; Miss Sophia A. Hoyt, NewMiss Miriam Coleman Lathrop ington; President Rev. Louis Ellms, described her work among the Cape ex officio, Ocean Park. Cod Indians and Dr. George W. l INCREASE IN PORTSMOUTH 1941 TAX RATE IS $3.20 Increase in Portsmouth's tax rate is $3.20 and not $3 .70 as reported yesterday. The new tax rate will be $32.70 as reported and the tax rate last year was $29.50 as reported. Our sincere apologies for the error in subtraction. p.._q .1 I, �·sEYBOLT IS NAMED s DISASTER ~q· CHAIRMAN Rent Committee May Be Formed By City Council John E. Seybolt today was appoh1ted chairman of the Disaster Relief committee of the Portsmouth chapter of the American Red Cross. At the same time, Ralph May, chairman of the Portsmouth Defense Co-ordinating committee, appointed Mr. Seybolt and Alvin F. Redden to serve with him on the Co-ordinating committee. Portsmouth soon may have a local fair rents commi.• As chairman of the Disaster Relief committee of the Red Cross, Mr. t e to establish a top limit for rents in this city. Selbolt has appointed A. Richard John E. Seybolt Such an organization will be proposed to the city Chase co-chairman. This committee consists of a main council at its meeting tonight at 7 :30 in city hall by George committee (officials of the town H. Fitts, a representative of Leon Henderson, head of the or city, etc.) and 10 sub-committees: Survey, Rescue, Medical Aid, ShelOffice of Price Administration and Civilian supply in ter, Food, Clothing, Transportation Washington. and Communications, Registration 1 and Public .rn:rormation, Central If formation of such a committee is refused or if the Purchase and Supply. committee fails to function satisfactorily, Washington will All chairmen of these sub-committees and of the main committee send representatives here to regulate rent prices according should be men and women available to Mr. Fitts. in time of disaster, the main point being to have good sub-committee"Obviously," he said this morning,· All classes of rents will be considmen to help the main group. Porls mou Lh's P:Oblems wou'.d get erect; houses, apartments and single Bids for the construction of the The State ,governments will give more sympathetic treatment if khey rooms. Action was &tarted in Washtwo hard-surfaced run-ways at the the Red Cross the aid of their Home were handled by ~r?ons who know ington after complaints of soaring Guard, Public Safety departments, airport are expected to be awarded them through mtimaie contact rent costs had been received from Health and Welfare departments by October 1st, it was learned to- thr~ughout the years." . many defense areas where suddenand other state governmental ' day in a telegram received by Frank First duty of the co~nuttee whe_n Jy increased activity had created seE. Brooks, manager of the Portsgroups. formed would be to issue a public vere housing shortages. The Red Cross, as the official mouth airport, from United States st~Lement urging landlords to main- Gathering Local Data relief agency, chartered by con- Senator Styles Bridges. Detailed information on rentals Last week it was announced from tam ren ts at the pre-emergency gress, has been asked by the State level and announce the most recent in the Portsmouth defense area are depart,P'lent in Washington to set Washington that Federal funds date on which fair rents shall be re- being gathered by the Portsmouth up its"First Aid, Home Nursing and amounting to $478,000 had been al- garded as h aving prevailed in the Defense Area Homes Registration Home Hygiene classes and units lotted for the local airport develop- community. R ents as of t hat; date office, Director George K. Sanborn now, under the Disaster Relief pro- ment in connection with the de- would tpen be established as the top said today. Returns to questionfense program. gram. naires delivered to home owners Bridges has been work- level to be permit ted. "Aid is based on need, not on loss," ingSenator Formation of the civilian commit- of the area are now being compiled. with Manager Brooks for many says Miss Helen Moses, Disaster months Di.rector Sanborn requests that an attempt to have the tee and replacement of it by fedeparedness and Relief instructor local air in field improved to meet the era] regulato - if it fails are pro- anyone having a home or apartment JrQm Red Croas headquarters, defense needs and they were final- vided for in the price control bill to rent notify him in writing at ly successful In securing the appro- now before congress. Passage of the once so that lists can be kept up to Washington, D. C. , val of the secretaries of navy, war measure Is predicted by congres- date. Red Cross gives what ls and commerce, through the Civil sional leaders in Washington acCity Clerk Edward J. Hopley tonecessary to aid famUles afflicted Aercm,a.utics Authority. cording to Mr. Fitts. by disaster." The telegram from Senator Bridg~ "The commi tee should be made day received a telegram from the To the Red Cross, a disaster con- es- <:onftrm& the Washington an- up," the federal man said, "of rep- United states Housing authority in sists of five families afflicted by a resentatives of all classe., in the Washington stating the legal coundisaster, who are unable to take nouncement of last week. In it he community. The army and navy cil will be available to attend the care of themselves; that is cause states : "I am glad to have had a.n should have men on it, so should meeting of the council his evefor a local chapter to notify head- opportunity to be of service to landlords and tenants, real estate ning. quarters in Washington, that they Portsmouth in behalf of the devel- men, business leaders, city officials may advise and, if necessary, send opment of their airport." and just plain ciLizens high and chapter workers into the area to low." aid. Plans also call for establishment Interstate Bridge "The Red Cross has a very imof a full time office with a secreportant place in the country with tary t-0 receive complaints should Traffic Reduced l things as they now are," says Miss there be any after a rent level is Postoffice Handles The Bridge authority announced Moses. established. today that 25,000 car& passed over "We have clone this work of re$138,000 Money Orders the Inter.,:tate bridge over the weeklieving those afflicted by disaster for Q,cr g end. There were 11,000 Saturday. 63 years and have proven ourselves The Po rtsmouth postofflce This is a decrease from last week's to be a working organization." handled over $138,000 in money orfigure of 28,000. ders during July, it was announced today by the Postmaster, Peter J . Hickey. There were 8,280 money orders is;More than 250,000 cars used the sued amounting to $92,191.59 and new by-pass and Interstate bridge fees for these were $851.39. Money orders paid by the local postoffice during the month of July, Wallace ~umbered 3,962 amounting to $45,Purrington, executive secretary of 179.86. the Interstate Bridge authority anThese figures were not included nounced today after flgurea ,were in the recently Issued announcement compiled. of the July receipts as the money order department is kept separate from the other actvitles of the postofflce. Washington Wants Rents At Pre-Emergency Level Pt-1. Airport Bids To Be Awarded By October 1 I Ir " I l I 250,000 Cars Cross Interstate Bridge " �aluation Causes ~/~ Tax Jump Portsmouth's taxp a y er s will pay a rate of $32.70 per thousand this year, the Board of Appraisers announced today. This rate, an increase of $3.70 over last year, was approved yesterday by the State Tax commission. The proposed rate was sent to the commission last week, shortly after the annual appropriation bill had become a law, but the chairman of the commission was absent, and it was not until yesterday that final approval was made. Valuation of the city has increased by over half a million dollars, with every indication of a much greater increase next year. The 1940 valua- I t!on exclusive of veterans exemption I was' $20,000,882, and this year the figure jumped to $20,510,968. Many of the new homes which are now being built, were not taxable this year, as they were not completed April 1, but they will be taxable next year, with the exception of PBA homes being built by the governm~nt. This is the first increase in rt.he tax rate since 1936, which followed an increase the preceding y1car. The all-time high, $34.40, was reached in 1936 and since that time there has been a drop to the present rate, $29.50. Lowest rate in the last 10 yea1s was $28.40 in 1934. Rates Ior the past 10 years are as follows: 1931, $30; 1932, $30; 1933, $29; 1934, $28.40; 1935, $31.60; 1936, $34.40; 1937, $32; 1938, $31.40; 1939, $29.90; 1940, $29.50. The jump in the rate is due to increase in the appropriation bill, passed by the City council at a meeting July 28. The total amount appropriaited is $675,349 .39. This amount was a reduction of the first appropriation bill as presented $31,856.04 was cut from the budget and the items were dncorporated in tbe bond issues passed Aug. 1. Cit y To Offer Proposal ~ orley Workers On Heights Contract Form Union Portsmouth v.ill make a counter proposal to the Federal government on the contract offered the city in lieu of taxes for community facilities to be furnished for the 800 PBA homes at Atlantic Heights. This was decided by the council last night after Thomas Cronin, special counsel for Federal Works agency, had appeared before members and answered questions in regard to the contract offered, which was essentially 14 per cel)L of the annual shelter rentals of occupied dwellings. Appearing with Mr. Cronin was Ernest H. Wilson, project manager, who helped to answer questions of the city council in regard to the project itself, construction of which, he explained, Is expected to be completed late in October. Mr. Hople stated that Norfolk, Va., had written that they were getting a lump sum payment r ather th11,n a percentage a nd members of the council wanted to know why Portsmouth couldn't get a lump sum based on a11 estimate of average occupied dwellings and thus know h ow much money it could count on, Mr. Cronin said h was not famlllar with the Norfolk situation, but he did know that any substantial changes in the proposal would have to go to the Federal Works agency administrator for approval. He said the reason he was here was to find out what proposals the city had in mind, and to answer any que?tlons. He said much of the burden of I government housing has been offQuestions were raised by Council- set by the community facilities bill woman Mary C. Dondero, who had under which the Federal governmade an analysis of the proposed ment can by grant or loan aid comcon_tract and l(~ted s~ objections munlties in obtaining and operating which she said made 1t a very un- facilities necessitated by national fair contract for the city" and oth- defense. er objections were voiced by City Mrs. Dondero, Councilman WalClerk Edward J. Hopley, who ter R. Harvey and Councilman had written to Norfolk, Va., Brem- Frederick D. Gardner replied that merton, Wash ., and San Diego, Cal., the city had no assurance as yet for information on how they had that the city would obtain these handled this problem. grants and that until it did the city had no way of knowing 'what Rents ncertain Its added costs will be. Principal objectionS'center around "We wa.nt to be fa.Ir," said two points in the contract. First Mr. Harvey, "but we want to objection was uncertainty of what know wha.t it is going to cost the rentals would be. Secondly, us before we are bound by this payments based on occupied units contract. We have no way of would, it was said, be unfair, to knowing what it is going to cost other iax pa:vers who have to us or what we will get." pay whether their homes are rented j Councilman Gardner motioned or not and unfair to the city as It that the council offer a counter would have to provide police and proposition. Councilman Harvey fil'e protection and street service seconded the motion and it was so whether all units were occupied voted. or not. Mr. Wilson explained that the rentals were to be based on earnmg power or shelter allowance with the lowest possible figure $13 a month for wage earners of about $800 a year. He said preliminary estimates indicated that about 100 homes would be occupied by families of enlisted men at the Army forts and about 200 homes by families of enlisted men of the navy. Basis of their payments would be their rental allowances or about $34 a month. Industrial workers at the Navy yard are expected to occupy the balance of the homes and their rates will be based on incomes from around $1,000 a year to about $2,000 a year. I Says ontract tandard Mr. Cronin said that the contract offered Portsmouth was the same standard as was being used in 300 other defense areas of the country for about 500 different proMayor Stewart E. Rowe signed jects. papers this morning requestq1g a He Mid the ft&Ure or 1,15 per cenfl federal grant, for sewer projects throughout the city. They will run was arrived at by allowing 4.3 per from Greenland road to the Goiter cent for general services; 5.6 Jier development, Maplewood acres to cent for schools; 1.7 per cent for the present system, Central avenue police; 1.2 for fire protection; 1.2 per to Beachwood street and ,several cent tor street service and 1 Pel' cent tor sanitation including reoutfall sewers. fuse removal. Portsmouth was offered 14 per cent as the PBA project is providing its own sewerage system. Mayor Asks Sewe rs A union was organized by employes of the Morley company at a meeting yesterday at Laborer's hall on Market street, and temporary officers chosen. Edward E. Vetter was named president, Andrew C. Currier, vicepresident; Frederick W. Gove, secretary-treasurer and Robert W. Martel, business agent. John Barry, president of the New Hampshire Federation of Labor, was present at the two meetings held yesterday. The first meeting for the night shifts was held at 11 o'clock in the morning and the second meeting at 7 in the evening. At the next meeting of the group, Aug. 19, permanent officers will be named. �Hooked Stair Carpet, The Envy Of Al{.~Handicraft Admirers I IHistoric Marriage To Be Re-enacted 1 At Kittery Point Feature of "Colonial Sunday" at Kittery Point Congregational church will be a re-enactment of the marriage of Rev. Joseph Buckminster pastor of North church, and Mi~ Sarah Stevens, daughter of Dr. Stevens, pastor at Kittery Point, which look place in 1782. The fifth annual Colonial Sunday service will begin at 10 o'clock. Following the service there will be an unveiling of a memorial stone to the unknown dead who lost their lives in the wreck of the Brig "Hattie Eaton " off Gerrish island in 1876. Six vi~t!ms are burii>d in the old cemetery near the church. Mrs. Edwin W. Gray Completes CarpetUnique And Colorful BY JUSTINE FLINT Mrs. Edwin W. Gray covered her front stairs with her hobby! H er gay l y patterned hooked rugs are scattered throughout her home-but the masterpiece of them all is the unique stair carpet, seven and a half yards in length, which she has recently completed. The interior decoration of Mrs. Gray's home at 443 Lincoln avenue follows an antique theme, many of the furnishings having been inherited through her family. Thus the rug is well suited to its surroundings. The novel carpet is the fir.st object one notices in the entrance hall. It adorns the stairs like series of colorful sket.ches, and immediately the visitor starts asking questions! As you can see from the accompanying photograph, each stair bears a different sketch. Several were designed by Mrs. Gray, herself, and others were drawn by Miss I · Phyllis Hodgdon of Middle street, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - art director of the Newburyport Mrs: Gray ~pent a _year and a half room industriously knitting a pair schools. on th1:> clever creat10n-but it was of stockings for the Red Cross, her One of the outstanding attrac- mterm1ttent work, and might not needles clicking busily as we talked. tions in the rug, is the artful blend- ha~e taken so ~ong had it received The room is one of quiet dignity ing in the seleotion of shades from j her close attention. with its antique desk and stately vivid blues to soft greens. The backShe doesn't call her handiwork a straight-back chairs. ground of va.rigated sandy tones h?bby. "It's more a habit," says she. As one of Portsmouth's most gra(which Mrs. Gray readily admitted , Sl.X'teen rugs f!ladc by her hands cious matrons, Mrs. Grny ls perhaps was fashioned from old blankets) show how profitable a habit it has best known as a member of the . sets off the bright designs with been! city's Board of Education. complete success. The rug is edged The coloring of )!er rugs, t heir Her "habit" of turning out envi- ; with flowers on an appealing rust patterns and their workmanship all able objects of handiwork is one background. The final result is both come under her own severest criti- you might like to adopt. Her only harmonious and effective. clsm. No wo:ider they're _so fine! She I advice is-:"Don't try_ to_ accomplish Down the st.airs in a tidy row arP refu~es to listen to praise, but will too much m the begmnmg, hereby sketched among ot.he1· things - a ~dnut that her stair carpet showed discouraging yourself." ship, an eagle, a horse, a school, improvement as she progressed. If you can't draw .. . don't wony, twin peacocks a.ml a swan. EvidentAs for malteria ! We'll bet that Mrs. Gray declared Ehe didn't know ly Mrs. Gray isn't the least bit su- carpet was the most economical one that shi; could either, 'till she 1ried. perstitious, for she placed a black of it.s size ever made. The rust flan- The efforts of hooking a stair covcat at the fo0t of l1er rug! sketch nel in the border wa:; the only mate- cring may take a year or two-but of her two sons and daughter when rial that had to be bought. The rest there's tremendous satisfaction in they were small, forms the top was collected from sundry household the finished article! Just imagine, square. sources and the colors were then now.-How would a quaintly piclormatched to compliment each other. ial carpet look on your front stairs? When we called on Mrs. Gray last week, ~he was sitting in her living I I �Rents Up 14 Per Cent Heret Council Is Told YWCA Welcomes New Residents New residents of greater Portsmouth were given a tea. at the YWCA yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Mary Lane Bickford, president of the YWCA; Mrs. A. C. Wil• ley, past-president and director and Mrs. Brown, house-manager, spoke briefly in welcom\ to the women attending. \ Mrs. Reed announced the entertainment program, ., consisting of three selections by the Glee club, Mrs. Harold Mclnn s directing, and Mrs. Malcolm Re,fd accompanist; original verses read by Miss Martha Boutwell and the principal speaker, Mrs. Reed's father, John Dustin of North Hampton. veteran violin maker and vioh!!..- .. Mr. Dustin, who i 86 years old, told of his experiences in making violins. He has been playing the violin since he was 11 years old and yesterday played some old-time jigs, accompanied by Mrs. Reed . The final event on the program was a vocal group by Miss Jesse, North Hampton. Among those present, including newcomers, guests and hostesses were: Mrs. Addison Dufresne of HaverhiJI, Mass.; Mrs. Charles Bryant of Wheeling, W. Va.; Mrs. Robert Arey, Salem, Mass.; Mrs. F. M. Swisher, Harrisburg, P a.; Mrs. H. A. Patterson and Miss Audrey Patterson, Lynchburg, Va.; Mrs. A. D. Norton, Malden, Mass.; Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey, Portland; Mrs. Mary Leathers, Peterboro; Mrs. Album Butler, Surry; and Miss Jean But!er and Master Milton Butler of 1 Surry, Me.; Mrs. Jack Metz, Akron, Ohio; Miss Norma. Lutes, Endwell, N. Y.; Mrs. Frank Lord, Calais, Me.; Mrs. Annie Nettles, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Elizabeth McNeal, Canada; Mrs. Hazel Sarson, Mrs. Neal Saunders from Alamosa, Colo. Mrs. Albert DeFio, Boston, Mass.; Miss Jacqueline Saunders, Alamosa, Colo.; Mrs. W.R. Kegln, San Diego, Calif.; Mrs. Florende Macinnis and Master David, Winthrop, Me.; Mrs. Harold Stubbs, Bangor, Me. ; Mrs. 1 John E. Manthey, Akron, Ohio; Mrs. I PWA or NYA assistance. "The setup depends entirely on the number of complaints," he said, "U there are no complaints then there Is I nothing to do." I ~ Mr. Fitts was questioned atlength regarding how many complaints he had received and how he knew there were complaints. Portsmouth has always been known as a city of high rents," said Councilman Gardner. "That was true before the defense speedcent up. New people coming 1n have 14 2 I h In four months Portsmout renta s rose · per often complained. r wonder if we and many complaints have been received _in Washington are not being criticised now for a H f tt t situation that has always existed regarding high rentals h~re, Geor~~ · . 1 s, repre~e.n. a- and has no bearing on defense." tive of the office of Price Admm1stration and C1v1li~n city Clerk Edward J. Hopley supMr. Fitts statement that supply at as hington to Id mem bers of th e por t_s mouth City ported many complaints were being ma.de. council as he urged last night that the council set up the "I wish you could be in my of," he said, "and hear all the complaints we get about high rents and c ·,ty's own fa'1r rents committee rather t_han have th_e flee federal government step in, if the rent price contro bIII unfair practices every day of the week-not a. few but dozens of com' is passed. h plaints." After discussing the matter for more than an our, councilman Walter R. Harvey the trouble was the city had the Counc .,I on motion of Councilman Frederick D.. Gard_ner said so many committees and this voted to withhold any action until after further d1scussion. seemed to be something the gov"I wouldn't want to be a member of any committee that ernment could do. Councilman Wil11 m Palfrey wanted to mow W-. had to determine fair rentals here," Mr. Gar d ner a dd ed· the 1ec1er111 9QferDJMDt., OCNla' Speaking after the motion w~s been unfair rent practices but han~ ~ whole t.lllllS~~ carried, Mayor Stewart E. Rowe said whether there ls a likelihood of expense. he felt the council had acted very such practices in the futw-e. From ''I think such a thing should be wisely in postponing any action on the defense activities contemplated handled by the federal government," this matter. ''I feel," he saic\j "that in this area It would appear that said Mr. Gardner, "It's not someI this ls one of the most serious mat- things will be worse before they are thing a local group would want to ters that have come before this better." do." council and that it's a. _tremendous Mr. Fitts said that neither the "I'm not trying to sell you anyresponsibility for five or six men city nor the federal government had thing," said Mr. Fitts, "It seems to to go all over this town setting legal authority to regulate rents at me that you would much prefer rental prices." present but in committee in con- to regulate your own rates rather In introducing Mr. Fitts, Mayor gress ls a bill which would enable than risk the possibility of having Rowe told the council that Mr• the federal government to regulate the government do it. The NaFitts had talked with him yester- rents In defense areas, and that tional Association of Real Etsate day and suggested that Portsm_outh the bill has favorable support in Boards is In favor of these fair organize a. Fair Rents Committee, both houses. rents committees and I think you setting up an office at city hall . wlll find your local landlords and with a paid secretary to handle BiJI ~mpo_ses Beavy Fme . real estate men would prefer a locomplaints. ThlS bill may be modified be- cal committee rather than out"I told Mr. Fitts then," said May- fore passage but bastcally It Im- siders." or Rowe, "that I would not recom- poses a heavy fine for rent profitThe council then decided to think mend and did not favor spending eering. Control would be extended the matter over. any money for another committee in the low rental class only for and a. paid secretary and that I places renting for $15 a room or less would inform the council of my where prices have risen 10 % or feeling on the matters." !more since Aug. 31, 1940. ''ff Portsmouth establishes a Fair Rents Committee," said Mr. Fitts, Asked to Explain federal.: 10vemment will Mr. Fitts was asked to xplain the plan his goverrunent ti~CJ need' to MJ had in mind. He had hardly start. allJI ~ a.~ If. ~ ed, when he was interrupt:ed bJ and conrpJain du questions from the council and can e taf>llsh our awn baae price John Barry, president of the N. H. again and again as he continued, he and determine in each case whether Federation of labor, will meet with was stopped for further ques- an Increase has been justified. Mr. Fitts explained that rent- employes of the Morley company tions. He started by saying that his of- als as of a certain date are deter- Monday. Two meetings will be held fice had received a number of com- mined, such as some time 1n 1940. at 118 Market street to accommoplaints of unfair rent practices When a. complaint is received, the date the three shifts. The first which was why he was sent to present rental is compared with meeting will be at 11 Monda}'. mornthat 1940 base. If the increase Is Ing for evening workers, while ~t 7 this area. . Councilman Gardner asked if he 10 % or more then the landlord Is o'clock in the evening another meetwas familiar with the survey made asked to explain his reasons for the Ing will be held for day workers. A by a representative of the Federal Increase. If they are valid, the In· majority of employes have expressecurity Agency just a. short time crease is allowed. If there is no sed an Interest In the forming of ago that showed the average rent- genuine reason, the Increase Is not an organization, Mr. Barry states, and a charter for a union has bee al mcrease had only been one dol- allowed. Mr. Fitts said that a local com- requested. lar. Mr. Fitts said he was not. Later, mittee should include both landMr. Fitts quoted a. sw-vey by a rep- lords and tenants, representatives resentative of the Bureau of Labor of the services, of labor, the clergy, and Statistics which, he said, business men and others to make It showed a. rental rise of 14.2% from Jmpartlal. Office space could be givJune to October 194Q, In the $30 to en at city hall and clerical assistance might be part time and 1n $40 rental claSl!. "However," ·'1e added, "the ques- other cities had been furnished by tion 1s not only whether there have Board Delays Action~ For Local Control ~ Pending Further Study I w I te<iet , Morley Staff 'l May Unionize I ~ -s:'Ar!~c!~J~rs:i'.tf:~~~to!1n'1;ss;i, Y.; Mrs. Hans Froysland, York; Mrs Robert Ellery, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Francis Law-ent and Miss Mary Laurent, Franklin; Mrs. Fitts, Peabody, Mass.; Mrs. F. F. Matott and Miss Lorraine Matott, Franklin; Mrs. Wm. Doyle, Cambridge, Mass.; Mrs. Jean Cafera, Brooklyn, N. Y.; John Dustin, John Dustin, 2nd, Mrs. Malcolm Reed, and Miss Jesse, North Hampton. Hostesses were Mrs. George Boutwell, Mrs. Harry Dufresne, Mrs. Nathaniel Young, Miss Celia Dufresne, Mrs, Edith Pike Miss Martha Boutwell Miss Paull~e Hoitt, Mrs. Lear and Miss Florence Hewitt Mrs. John Manthey· had charge of the guest book and for another meeting of this group Mrs. Harold Stubbs, Mrs. H. A. Patterson and Mrs. H. Dufresne will act as entertalnment committee. / I II �q Navy Secretary Knox Inspects Local Yard Navy Wives Club Votes To Conduct Service Exchange Won't Deny Possible ►~ Meeting With FDR A service exchange for Army and Navy families wlll be conducted by the Navy Wives club it was decided yesterday afternoon at a meeting cf the club. A store wlll be opened on Daniels street. Four new members were welcomed into the organization, Mrs. Edna Lenay, Mrs. Joseph McGreeny, Mrs. Joseph st. Germain and Mrs. Wilfred Griffith. The silhouette of the Mccann diving bell was chosen to be depicted on the guard of the local Navy Wives' pin. The club announced plans to propose amenpments to the National constitution. The club desires a national president, or a~ ;east some national office on the east coast, At the present time all principal officers and conventions are m the Paclflc coast. Refreshments were serv •d at the neeting by Mrs Raymond J. Wilde rnd Mrs. D. E. Jeffreys . Tonight at the Army and Navy milding a dance for enlisted men is ieing sponsored by the Navy Wives' ·lub. Next Tuesday an all-day sewing neeting will be held at the home 1f Mrs. William E. Mitchell, Atantic Heights. This is expected to ,e the last session to be held under .1rs. Mitchell's jurisdiction as social ervice chairman. She and her hus1and will leave soon for Norfolk, la. On this same day a directors' 1eeti.ng is planned and all chairmen f commlLtees and all officers are be present. An all-day meeting of the club vill be held Thursday at the home ,f Mrs. Robert H. Weaver, 32 Florence street, Dover. Members will gather at the Army and Navy building, Portsmouth, at 10 a. m. and leave in a body for Dover. Mrs. Weaver is the club's new program chairman. Col. Frank Knox, ecretary of the avy, made an unofficial and unexpected visit at the Portsmouth Navy yard yesterda y. He arrived at the base at 3 :20 pm and for one Ihour was closeted with high.ranking officers. When asked if he were planning a meeting with President Roosevelt somewhere at sea, the secretary just laughed and said, "I am in a hurry." His inspection of the yard . was rather bnef as he left shortly before 5 pm. Captain John J. Brown, USN, captain of the yard, accompanied the secretary who was driving his own car. Lt. Cmdr. 1 Edmund F. Jewell, US , and En s i g n David McQuaid, USNR, also joined Col. Knox on the trip. (Portsmouth Herald Photo) aplain John J. Brown, US , captain of I.he yard, are shown talking at the navy yard yesterday afternoon. I Members of the secretary's paf'.ty were: Mrs. Knox, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Shontell of Mar.chester who are hosus; S tate Sen. William F. Harrington with his t wo daughters, Mrs. Thomas T . Petzold and Miss Ruth Harrington. several other members of the York summer colony were included in the party. Future plans of the secretary were not made public, but he checked out of his York Harbor hotel at 9 o'clock this morning. As far as could be learned h e did noL return to the navy yard. It is expected that he will take a short trip through th is state and return to Washington early next week. Secretary Knox was not given the cus LOmary salute of 17 guns because h is visi t was unofficial. • l3 ridg e Remains Open r.• The Memorial bridge will not be closed to traffic at any time. AHer Labor day weekend, new wheels will be installed, but t he bridge will be open and the river closed to navigation. It is possible that the bridge may be closed for an hour or so somertime Monday, while a new cable is installed. However, it is not always I necessary to halt Lraffic to do ~his. Secretary of ·avy Knox and �At Portsmouth City Officials' First Annual Outing This group attended Eortsmouth's first annual city government outing yesterday. Fit-st r ow, left to right, seated, David Tobe1·, Bradley Moody, Helen N. Benjamin, Eileen Dondero, Ivene Severance, ,vmiam II. Palfrey, Mildred Duffy, Marjorie Blaisdell, John F. Gallaghc1·, Rita Boisvert; Eleanor Dowdell. Second row, seated: herman P. ewlon, Richard D. McDonough, James 0. Pettigrew, Gen. John W. A. Green, Mary C. Dondero, Frank P. Hunt, Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, Former Gov. John 11. Bartlett, Edward J. Uopley, Louis 1cNeil. landing: Ira A. Brown, John Clark, C. R. Moulton, Thomas J. Down , Conrad Brandle, Wallace elson, Jeremiah Horan, Robert M. Herrick, Frank B. Tay, George R. Brown, Miss Lorretta. Landry, Mrs. Lillian W. Rowe, Charles Spaulding, \Valter Harvey, Frederick Gardner, Mary Ellen Cronin, Anne Hicks. Standing in the rear are, Postmaster Peter J. Hickey, Former l\fayor S. F. A. Pickering, John Re;rnick, Edward O'Keefe, Laurence Shorey, harles w. Gra.y, Harry L. Moore, Robert Kennedy, Edgar A. Wood, John W. Downs, - ~q ;\ f City Workers Really Relax On Their First Annual Outing· Sawing wood, playing softball or "Wild Man of Borneo." threading needles, m ay be forms of After the dinner, Former Gov. relaxation, but it's dollars to dough- John H. Bartlett and Mayor Stewart nuts that today some of the City E. Rowe spoke briefly. Mr. Bartlett government officials and employes told of some o! the old timers of are nursing sore muscles after their Portsmouth and mentioned some strenuous competition in these of the happenings of his early life games a t the first annual City Gov- here. Mayor Rowe expressed his apernment outing at the Pannaway preciation of the affair and told of yesterday. his pleasure at witnessing the conCity hall was closed during the tests. Then he recited "The Flag afternoon and employes went to the We Love." outing. Others attending included Others in . the. group were called city officials and special guests. upon for bnef words of greetings. Richard D. McDonough directed Although the mayor and members the sports which included a base- , of the council had to leave early for ball game, in which the score was 16 .a ~eetmg at 7.30, others _s ta1ed to to 4 but as the teams had no name, enJoy the rest of the evenmg s proit is impossible to desiimate the ' gram. winner. · The con test winners included the The game started off the sports. following : . Following came the peanut race, 50 W~odsaw:ng, Bradley Moody. yard dash for men, qhot put, dart Naµ drlvmg, Ivene Severance. shooting, woodsawing, nail driving, Mixed 50 yard dash, Eileen Donmixed 50-yard dash and the needle dero. threading contest. Peanut race, Mildred Duffy. Good fellowship prevailed as all ShQtput, David Tober. entered the sports with wilful wills Dart shootmg, Ivene Severance. to win 50-yard dash, Edward J. Hopley. At 6° o'clock dinner was served in Needle threading, Mildi"ed Duffy. the club house. Community singing Prizes were donated by the folwas interspersed with impersona- lowing : Greenaway's Dru~ store, tions by Joseph M. Roach. Ira A. Glazier and Fox, Ha,ssett s Mu~ic Brown, toastmaster, presented Fred s~re, Goodman's Mens shop, PhilGardner and Charles w. Gray who br1ck's Pharmacy, Ouel_ettes, Fashsang comedy songs, among them the ion shoppe, Foye's, Umted Tailors, Carrolls, Bond JewctrY Co., J . A. Malloy, Winebaum's, Green's, Eva's shoppe, Peavey's, Eldredge Brewing Co., Badger's Creamery, Boynton Bottling Works. Ira A. Brown, general chairman of the entire affair, originated the idea, made the plans for the .outing and carried it through to a successful conclusion. �II Fourteen Tfred, Timid Travelers Arrive At Railroad Station, Ready For Whole, Happy Weeks Of Fresh Air Vacation Jwo The 5:02 panted it; way into the Portrn1outh railroad station last evening, pulled to a screaming halt and poured out 14 ti.red, timid travelers from New York City. The Fresh Air vacationists had a1Tived in a fanfare of smoke and sound! With numbered ticke'. s around their necks and small, battered suitcases or cloth sacks clutched tightly in damp grimy fists, there young visitors herded together on the station platform and glanced curiously at welcoming smiles from the Portsmouth hosts. One dark eyed little girl, who looked as if the tea.rs were brimming to the spill-over point, stared at the crowd of strangers, iurn~d her back on the Jot and became a picture of dejection. A sympathetic boy companion offered her his suitcase and she perched on lt wordle&Sly. "Who were they going to visit? Would >the people be nice?" These questions stood out as vividly as a colored photo in their excited eyes. The local Fresh Air committeemen, Francis T. Malloy, Gerald D. Foss, Charles J. Griffin, Clark M. Coleman, E. Donald Ewer and John J. Shea called out ithe various numbers, matching each weary youngster with a gracious, kindly man or woman who was opening his or her home to a New York child. The majori y of the vacationists were very young, ranging in age from five to seven. They listened attentively a the numbers were announced, glancing quickly around them, and looking away wjj.11 disappointment when their host had not been found. Unfortunately, through a misunderstanding in <the New York office, only 14 of the 21 children expected came to Portsmouth, leaving several hospitable homes without their prepared-for visitors. Freckled faces took on pleased grins as the ice of timidity was broken by the warmth of the 1ocal reception. A number of children remained to be delivered <to homes outside Portsmouth, and this job was taken over by committeemen. A faint-hearted young lady of not more ithan six years was placed in the hands of Charles Griffin, who was ito act as chauffeur to her pros- pective home in Kittery Point. Attorney Griffin's huge dog "Wlm~ py," resembling nothing more than a man-eating beast, crouched with patience on the back scat of the car. "And who would you like to sit with," asked the obliging Mr. Griffin, "the dog, or me?" In a whispered voice that trembled with shyn , the fair damsel replied: "The dawg." Thus New York's neediest youngsbers, were transported from hot, noisy city streets to the pleasant coolness of Po1,tsmouth and surrounding districts. It's a two week's vacation for 14 Fresh Air kids-and it's a sure bet that those warm-hearted Portsmouth hosts will see that it is a happy one! EYeryl>ody's l1appy now! Vacation are about to I.art for this group of Fresh Alr chlldren from New York City. Timidity soon vanished uncler ihe warmth of the local reception. Portsmouth committeemen included in the phot-Ofraph are (lef t t o right) Francis T. Malloy, chairman; Gerald D. Foss, Cha,rles J, Griffin, E. Donald Ewer, Cial'k M. Coleman and John J, Shea. �Save Gas At Once Governor Warns Citizens Of N. H 1 "If New Hampshire, and all of New EngPand: c~n't conserve gasoline consumption by one-third at once, then I am certain we will have rationing soon after Labor day." This was the warning issued by Gov. Robert 0. Blood at a meeting of the Rockingham County Defense committee at the Exeter Inn last evening. "The gasoline problem is much workmen he said, asserting that this more important and critical than is one or the big things the state most people are willing or able to council can do fo1· the state. realize at this time," the governor Asked for his views by Mr. Redwent on. den, Frank Randall of Portsmouth, The Chief e~ecutive presented a I wl:io is ~ member of the utility_ comgeneral discussion of the purposes m1ttee m the defense councils of of the state defense council and its both New Hampshire and Massaco-operating county committees and chusetts, cited that fact as proof answered questions put to him iJy that this work goes beyond state members of the Rockingham county lines. group. "Time is the great problem," Mr. Organization of an air raid wam- Randall said, "England started oring service and training of air raid ganizing the ARP in 1936, speeded precautions groups similar to those up the work in 1938 and still had not who are credited with saving Lon- completed it when the bombs startdon were listed as immeaiate pro- ed falling on London in 1940." jects of the state council. Judge Jeremy Waldron explail?,ed Calling of a session soon, in Con- the need for gasoline conservation cord, to give Instruction to mem- and urged all those who burn coal bers of all the various groups under and who have storage space to fill the council, Is projected, the gov- it at once to enable dealers to deernor said in response to a question vote their storage space to coal for as to what means of co-operar,ion those who are forced to buy it in in sharing of experience and know- small lots during the winter. . ledge might be worked out. between Mrs. 1' rank Randall explained the various county groups how the women of Portsmouth are Prior to the governor's talk, organizing by neighborhoods in a Charles Barnard, speake1 of the communication system over the house, described the organization of back fence which can spread needed . information through the city rapthe office of the state r.ounc1l m idly in time of emergency. Concord and the purpose of the bulletin it now issues to all members of committee throughout the state keeping them up to date on progress. . :> He was introduced by Chairman Alvin Redden of the county committee who also called on Clifton Hayes, Dover, of the Straftord county organization who told of the reOnly two bids for general repairs cent housing survey in and arounci at the postoffice in Portsmouth were Portsmouth. Response to the sm·- received at the office of Peter J. vey, he said, showed people willing Hickey, postmaster, before they closand eager to co-operate. ed yesterday. "Through this survey and other One o! them was from Lee E . work we may do, we may be able to Morris, general contractor, of prevent in the future the mushroom Hempstead, N . Y.; the other from growth of barrack-like houses T. F. Kenneflck, 20 Bartlett street, which, when the boom is over, may Arlington, Mass. The Kenneflck bid form slum areas." was for $1,713, less two per cent in Mr. Redden also introduced his 10 days. This was low and was forvice chairman, Mrs. Fred Fernald warded to Washington for approval. of Nottingham, who in turn introThe work that will be done on duced the governor. and in the building Is as follows: The chief executive cited the res- new roof walk, checking the winponse to the aluminum drive as an dows of the building, renovating the indication of the desire of the peo- Swing room toilet, plastering the Inple to do everything possible in the ternal Revenue department o!Ilce, present emergency. new door to the roof, repairs to the lock box equipment and service Urges Vocational Education windows, as well as repairs to the Discussing other problems of the. gutters on the building. state defense council, the governor declared, "we have been giving too many young folks a classical edu. W m L 1 1· ed\lCIL'"' ll• i;y "f" to train youlh to de, ung as ell a:i to know some,- I 7 I Receive Two Bids(} For Postoffice Work tJilllg, I The council n i ng o ply the great demand for ski~led Marria-ge Of 1782 To Be Re-enacted As Feature Of Service {)(°'. The marriage of Rev. Joseph Buckminster, pastor of ! the North Congregational church in Portsmouth and Miss! Sarah Stevens, which took place ai Kittery Point in 1782, is to be a part of the service of Colonial Sunday, tomorrow morning at the Kittery Point ongregationaJ church. This is the fifth annual observance of Colonial Sunday, some outstanding event in the life of the community being presented each year. The parts are taken by the church people and other residents of that vicinity. Joseph Buckminster, born in 1752, was the son of Rev. Joseph Buckminster of Rutland, Mass. He was graduated from Yale college in 1770 and elected a scholar on the Berkely Foundation. Later he was a tutor at the college for four years. When preaching as a candidate in this city he was asked to supply for Dr. Stevens at Kittery Point. Two years later Dr. Buckminster married the daughter of Dr. Stevens. They became the parents of Rev. Joseph Stevens Buckminster, brllliant minister of the Brattle street church in Boston. Among those attending the wedding, 159 years ago were Lady Pepperrell, widow of Sir William epperrell ; also General William Whipple. The committee in charge, assisting Rev. Edward H. Newcomb, are as follows: Miss Esther Graham, Milicent Melrose, Mrs. Newcomb, C. H. Doughty and Robert H. Wllllams. Those taking parts include: Rev. Joseph Buckminster, A. Farnsworth Wood ; Miss Sarah Stevens, Mrs. A. Farnsworth Wood; and Rev. Benjamin Stevens, Rev. E. H. Newcomb. Best man, Robert Williams. Ushers, Randall Berry, Robert Billings. Maid of Honor, Hannah Williams. Bridesmaids, Erma Berry, Eleanor Ham. Deacons, E. L. Trefethen, J. Cutts. Deacons• wives, Mrs. E. L. Trefethen, Mrs. Caroline Foley. Selectmen, Charles Williams, C. N. Brackett, C. H. Do\lghty. Selectmen's wives, Mrs. Nettie Coleman, Mrs. C. N. Brackett, Mrs. C. H. Doughty. Soldiers, Charles T. Patey, Edwin Sanders. Soldiers' wife, Mrs. Edwin Sanders: . . W1lllam Whipple, R. F. Berry. Mrs. William Whipple, Mrs. Berry. Lady Pepperrell, :M:rs. Mary H . Hoyt. Col. Nathaniel Sparhawk, Horace Mitchell. Mrs. Sparhawk, Mrs. John Wentworth. Mary Pepperrell Sparhawk, Mrs. Horace Mitchell. Following the service in the church there will be the unveiling of a memorial stone to the unknown dead who lost their lives in the wreck of the Brig "Hattie Eaton" off Gerrish Island in llj76, six of whom were buried in the old church cemetery. Conserving Gas Here~ WelLMaybe Portsmouth women may have .tampeded -the stores when the silk stocking supply slipped but Portsmouth motorists are still pretty much unexcited about gasolme conservation. All over New England gasoline 1 sales dropped sharply this weekend. Traffic declined. People were conserving voluntarily so they wouldn't be rationed. Around Portsmouth all was quie t in the gasoline alleys, One station today did report a 10 per cent islump in gasoline sales, but that station was all alone, like the tents on Pierce island. OLher tank fillers say things were just plain normal. True, the main-traveled routes were slower to cover, for the "Sunday driver" has grown even more poky. Motorists seem to be observing most of Mr. Ickes' bylaws on save-gas-the-way-you-drive. Towards nightfall, fraffic lightened on rthe main roads, but, as is natural around Portsmouth, was on the heavy side near the beaches. Motorists still are lax on timing. Stations report that six or seven cars drive in after the curfew every I night only ,to be informed that they aren't having any, so sorry. Maybe by next Sunday Portsmouth's driving population will have made up its mind on the curfew situation. �13 Union .May Vote n Issue Tonight " O..C\ , Aberthaw, Slotnick Men Expected To Join Strike Although official notice has been given that the Ia>orers and tenders on the O'Connor project at th e site for 300 defense hom es in Atlantic Heights wi ll strike Monday, 1 special meeting has been called for this evening at 5:30 o'clock at Union hall, Market street. Members of the carpenters' union have received notice of this meeting, but its nature has been gua rded carefully. It is admitted only the meeting pertains to the strike. Strike demand is for an increase of 12 ½ cents on hour for common laborers. Present rate of pay is 62 Y2 cents an hour. The requested raise is to 75 cents, which the Kelly Construction company is paying at Pannaway Manor. Workers for the O'Connor Co., Inc., of Camb ridge are expected to be joined in the strike by men from the J. Aberthaw company at the Portsmouth Navy yard and other men working for the J. Slotnick company at the Navy Housing project in Kittery. This is a delayed strike, a conItinuation of the strike which kept between 500 and 800 workers at the Heights project out of work for five days in t he middle of J une. The walk out ended wh en the work men r eburned and the matter was referr ed to ar bitration. Af ter i wo weeks had passed and nothing definite taken place in the m ediation, a strike was called for J une 27. In the meantime labor officials In Washington arranged for a conference with Joseph D . Moriarity, busine65 a.gent for t he Hod Can-iers a nd Common Laborers Local 976, A . F . or L. Mr. Moriarity, accompanied by John J. Falvey of Boston, international representative of t.he New England Area, went to Washington for the conference on J uly 1. There was no refinite decision given but wm·d has been expected dally regarding this. When no word was re• ceived, union officials demanded actlon and as a r ult of this notice has been sent oui for a sl::rike calL Mr. Moriarity r esides in Newmarket. Today he could not be reached, either at h is home or at the union office h ere. William T . Brown. Prinoi.pal project engineer for the PBA homes said his company had ~en notified that the laborers would not show up !or work M-0nday morning. ,. Councilwoman Pretty Pleased About Plans l For Play Site I P ortsmouth Strike PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. 11 I (IP)-Laborers employed on a Gov- 1 ernment housing project here v oted J to strike today for increased wages. Joseph D. Moriarity, Business Agent of the Hod Carriers and Common Laborers Union (A . F. of L.), said the employees sought a n increase from 63 % to 75 cents an hour. The number of men involved was not announced. · The project calls for 800 h omes at a cost of $250,000, to provide dwellings for employees at the Navy Yard . t ,A- e,, II if{ I 1 Councilwoman Mrs. Mary C. Dondero is elated today. Her pet project, a playground a t Atla ntic Heigh ts, seems to be go)ng places! On its way to Was hington today is a plan for the WPA to approve, a plan which would provide a playground, ice skating r ink a nd a place for t he boys to play foo tball a t t he Heigh ts. And maybe th e CCC will collaborate. With Mrs. Dondero yesterday af ternoon, WPA engineer Joseph Fulton, Supt. of Streets Nat S. Stevens and Supt. of Schools Harry L. Moore inspected t he site and approved the playground plan. Are you interested, kids ? q Buckminster-Stevens Wedding Re-Enacted At Kittery Point , l As Colonial Sunday was observed Newcomb, C. H. Doughty and Rofor the fifth time at the Kittery bert H . Williams. Point Congregational church yesP arts were played as follows: terday, a wedding of 1782 was reRev. Joseph Buckminster, A . enacted and Rev. Joseph Buckmins- Farnsworth Wood; Miss Sa.rah Steter, pastor of the North Congrega- vens, Mrs. A. Farnsworth Wood; tional church, Portsmouth, married and Rev. Benjamin Stevens, Rev. E. Miss Sarah Stevens. H. Newcomb. After the church service a memBest man, Robert Williams; ushorial stone was unveiled. It honors ers, R andall Berry, Robert Billings; the unknown men who died in the maid of h onor, Hannah Williams; wreck of the Brig "Hattie Eaton" bridesmaids, Erma Berry, Eleanor off Gerrish Island in 1876. Six of Ham. these persons are buried in the old Deacons, E. L. Trefethen, J. w. church cemetery. Cutts; deacons' wives, Mrs. E. L. Joseph Buckminster, the son of Trefethen, Mrs. Caroline Foley; seRev. J oseph Buckmlnster, RuLland, Jectmen, Charles Williams, c. N. Mass., was born in 1752 · After he Brackett, C. H. Doughty ; selectmen's was graduated from Yale college in wives, Mrs. Nettie Coeman, Mrs. c. 1770, he was elected a scholar on the Berkely foundation. Later he tu- '· Brackett, Mrs. C. H. Doughty. Soldiers, Charles T. P atey, Edwin tored at the college for four years. Sanders; soldiers' wife, Mrs. Edwin While Reverend Buckminster was sanders: William Whipple, R. F. preaching as a candidate in Ports- Berry; Mrs. Wllliam Whipple, Mrs. mouth he was asked to supply for Berry· Lad p . M . Dr. Stev!ms at Kittery Point. Two · H Ho' , . Y eppeire 11 • rs. Ma1y years later he married Miss Stevens · Ye, Col. Nathaniel Sparhawk in the ceremony which was re- Horace Mitchell; Mrs. Sparhawk'. enacted yesterday. Mrs. John Wentwor th ; Mary PepAssisting Rev. Edward H. New- perrell Sparhawk, Mrs. Horace Mitchell. comb yesterday were Miss Esther Graham, Millicent Melrose, Mrs. 'Start Water Main To Harbor Forts Construction has star ted on th e installation of a 12-inch water main on South street fro m Marston lan e o Sagamore avenue, to increase the supply of water to the New Cast! forts. Named Instructor For Pol ice School ,'-\ Two greater Portsmouth men will instruct state, county and local peace officers who attend the annual New Hampshire Police Officers' Training school at the University of New Hampshire Sept. 8. They are Judge Jeremy R. Waldron, Portsmouth, and Deputy Sheriff Everett E. Judkins, Epping. A special course will be given in covering traffic accidents, investigating them and gathering evedence, by Prof. Frank M. Kreml, director of the Traffic institute of Northwester university. Enginee-r ~ To Survey ~ Airport An army engineer is expected this week to survey t he Portsmouth airport to determine how the runways shall be laid out and how much land the city or Portsmouth must buy, Airport; Commission Ohairman Frank E . B rooks said today. Since receiving official n otification from the CAA that $478,000 h as been allotted to the city of Portsmouth for improvements to the a irport, the commission h as been told by Fletcher Ingalls, New England CAA engineer that an army engineer will be sent within 'the n ext week to survey the fiel d. �Laborers trike fA.tThree r j_ ects V. Ask Increase E pect Two Sessions Of 12½ Cents At Senior High s~~~o In Wage Scale Laborers employed on three government projects went, on strike this morning for an increase of 12½ cents an hour to meet the 75 cents schedule paid by the Kelley Construction company at the defense homes project at Pannaway manor. Only the laborers refused to go to work, or about 800 men, according to Joseph D. Moriarity, business agent for the International Hod Carriers and Common Laborers Union Local 976. Laborers imployed by the Thomas O'Connor & Co. Inc. of Cambridge, building the PBA homes near the Heights; the J. Slotnik Co. of Boston, in charge of the construction of the Navy Housing project in Kittery and the J. Aberthaw company of Boston, working on various construction projects at the Navy Yard, were affected by the strike, which was called by vote at a union meeting Saturday evening. The dispute goes back into early June, when mediation efforts ~ere made after the men at the Heights project walked out. Later the government tried to settle the strike. The workmen stayed out for five days and then returned to work pending a report of R. C. Kirkpatrick of the Labor relations department of the Federal Works agency. The report was not forthcoming, and shortly before the end of the month another strike was called. This was called off suddenly when Mr. Moriarity was called to Washington for conference No definite de• cision ever came from the conference and as a result of the delay, this strike was voted. Just what will be the next step is not revealed. John J. Falvey, Boston, international representative is coming this afternoon, it is believed, to discuss the situation. The construction companies, making no effort to reach an agreement, evidently await the decision of the government. Two &essio~ daily at Portsmouth high school during •the next school year are a certainty, Supt. of Schools Han-y L. Moore told the Lipns club last night. "Even if Portsmouth's present request to the federal government for funds to add school facilities for the increase in population brought by defense housing here is granted, new buildings cannot be constrncted before next year," the superintenclent explained. Portsmouth has asked for funds for a new high school, a new eight- I • room _Plams school and _a 14-~·oom addition ~ the Atlantic ~eights ~l:001. Besides, Mr. Moore said, ad~1t1?nal _funds f?r transportatlo_n of Jumor high pupils from the Heights a~~ S~erburne _road _will ~e ?eeded. Por:tsm~uth,, is uruque m its present s1tuat1on, Mr. Moore went on. "Only one other city in the country San Diego, Calif., has the same problem we have in providing for children in the schools." Mr. Moore said the school department anticipa/tes an increare of 1,000 families in Portsmouth's population in the next few months. Unlike the average for the country of 11/2 children per family, Portsmouth's population so far averages only one school child per family, though. The superintendent discussed fut ure trends of education and said much more emphrusis likely would be pu~ on adult education in the years to come. One new member Frank Marr 1 was inducted into the club. , Members discussed plans for a joint meeting with the Exeter and Durham clubs held Aug. 25 and for the tag day which the club will sponsor Aug. 23. Proceeds from this will go to the children's eyeglass fund, charitable project of the the Por , nouth organization. 1Sc-hools Open Sept. rJ-.'48 On One-Session Plan The public schools of Portsmouth pupil who enrolls at the High school will open for the fall term Monday, to be admitted for classes and reSept. 8, and there will be no change ceive his medical certificate later. To be admitted to the kindergart- in the sessions, Supt. of i:;chools ten, a child must be five years old Harry L. Moore annow1ced this or be going to reach that age somemorning. The single session will time during the month of Septemcontinue at the Senior High school ber. unless the enrollment reaches 900, Superintendent Moore said there he said. was a possibility of enrolling young' During Labor Day week pupils will register. New elementa.ry stu- sters who become five years old durdents, kindergarten through the ing October, November and possibly sixth grade, will enroll at the cen- December if room is available. tral office, at City hall, new Junior In dis?ussing the possi_bility of High pupils at the Junior High two sess10ns at the_ s ,mor High building, and Senior High students ~chool Su~t. Moore said: 7As the enat the Senior High building. Hours I rollment mcreases dw·mg the fall, will be from 9 to 12 and 1.30 to 4. due to th e occupancy of the new A nurse will be in attendance. homes now being built here, it may A change will be made in th~ become necessary to change the matter of obtaining medical certi- hit_h sch?01 to a two-session basis." ficates. In the past a nurse's cert!e pomted out tha~ last year flcate J:ias been required before ad- when it was felt this rrught become m!ttance. This year it will be poss!- necessary, t~e. number. of 900 was bl to obtain the medical certificate set as th e limit at which one sesaf~r admittance. This enables a sion could op~rate. The highest number of pupils enrolled came ,thin two of reaching it. 1 l �Agree~ent Calls For New Wage Scale On Future ontracts Laborers striking yesterday on three of the government projects in Portsmouth returned to work this morning following an agreement between the contractors, representatives of the OPM and union leaders. The new agreement allows the same wage scale being paid on all construction projects now in progress, but calls for on increase in future work or any extension of present work. laborers for the O'Connor Construction Co., the Aberthaw company and Slotnik company walked out yesterday, following a protest in early June by the laborers of the O'Connor company over the rote being paid. Representatives of the Kelley , Tho settlemen t ended a contro• Corporation, Arlington, Mass.; the versy of over two months, beginning T. O'Connor and Co. Inc., Cam- early in June when a demand was bridge; C. E. Laudenslagter of New made for an increase from 62 ', Jersey; J. Slotnik Co., Boston; Ab- ccnt15 an hour to 75 cents an hour erthaw company, Doderio Co. of for laborers. The Kelley ConstrucBoston; Zippie Co. of Boston and tion co. at rthe Pannaway manor Davidson company of Manchester, project was the only large contracwith J es Meehan of the OPM, tor paying the figunres asked by rthe John Falvey, International Repre- laborers. sentative of the Union, and Joseph Att.empt.s ot settle the controversy Moriarity, business agent of the resulted in the five-day strike being local union reached an agreemen called off, and later when nothing at a conference today. It will be I definit.e was decided another strike signed during the day. was voted. This was called off beThe agreement will increase the fore t he deadline when -the union laborers' pay on new projects to officials were called to Washington seventy-five cents an hom· com- 1 for a conference with the OPiy.f, pared with the present scale of When no agreement was reached m 62½c. Mason tenders and plasterer this, uruon members voted to strike tenders and mixed operators and Saturday night and refused to go drill operators will receive ninety to work yesterday. Confe ·ences were held yesterday cents a n hour. The agreement applies t o Ports• and today and as 1he companies mouth, Kittery, Rochester, Dover, signified their intention of signing the agreement the men returned to Exeter, Hampton and vicinity. their jobs. Tells Rotary Club Members How 'l/11 To Combat Incendiary Bombs 6" I What to do in case of war with Stressing the value of a gas mask, bombers over Portsmoulh was the he predicted that if war came each subject at the Rotary meeting yes- citizen would be equipped with one. ~rday. Two new members formally were Frederick Crompton of the Ports- welcomed Into t!l club. Wallace mouth Fire department who studied Purington and Dr. T. B. Walker reproblems in modern warfare at the ceived their Rotary insi;ruction from Edgewood arsenal in Maryland, dis- Past President Rufus E. Ross. Mr. cussed the possibllity. I Ro:;.s spoke on what ft means to be Mr. Crompton now ls ready to a member of the Rotary club. He assist in train1ng others for emer- also spoke briefly to the club, bidgency fire fighting .after and during ding gOOdbye as he leav~s with Mr . Ross for Eustis, Fla., where the couincendiary raids. ple will live. 1 "Every citizen should be trained not to fear incendiary bombs, and Announcement was made that the should be taught the proper method annual clam bake, will be held n ext of handling them," he said. Thursday, rain or shine, at the Mr. Crompton expla.ined the ac- Country club. It begins at 1 o'clock. tivities of the two w~ks he was at Edgah.- F. Wood was chairman of the school, t.old of his experience 1 the meeting. with gas and gas masks. The various types of gases and bombs were studied. I I I ,;I! a. laborer is discharged for any ca.use, he ,shall be pa.id in full •,1 at once, and if he ls laid off for any cause, except bad weather or la.ck of materials, he ,shall be paid in full it he demands 1't. The pay day shall be the same as that of mechanics. "The party of the second part pledges itself to promote the mutual interest of the parties of thi3 agreement and '1x> continue the preAll .striking workers returned t.o sent amicable relations between tha work yesterday for the O'Connor employer and employees, to advertise Construction Co., the, Aberthawcom- the standing of all firms who a.re pany and the Slotnik company, this parUe.; of the agreement through agreement was .signed by represent- the regular channel iu; being fair atives of the union, contractors and firms, and to use the organization's OPM: good Offices in behal! of the party "The pa.rty of the first pa.I't agrees of the first part in an honorable to employ only good standing mem- manner. bers of the Intema/lJ:lonal Hod Car"Both parties to this agreement riers, Building and Common Labor- agree to settle all disputes that may ers' Union of America, Local 976 of arise during the life of this agreePortsmouth, N. H. ment through an arbitration board "In case the party of the second composed of equal members from pa.rt cannot furnish such help af- both sides. The party aggrieved ,shall ter a reasonable notice of 48 hours, notify the other party at once in the party of the first part may em- writing and a meeting to consider ploy other help who shall become and act in the matter ~hall itake members of Local 976 of Ports- place within three days. Work to mouth, N. H., of the above-men- continue during this arbitration. tioned International Union. This If a tie yote exists, then an umpire agreement applies to Portsmouth, must be selected from a group of Dover, Rochester, Exeter, Hampton, six archJtects, and his deci.sion and Kittery, Maine and vicinity. iShall be final and binding upon both parties to rthls agreement. Wages and Hours "All provisions of this agreement "Mason tenders and plasterers shall continue in force and effect tenders and Mixer Operators and beginning August 12, 1941 and for Drill Operators, .90. All other Labor, period ending August 12, 1942 on all .75. new work and to continue in force "Forty hours shall constitute a and effect from year to year thereweek's work. Eight (8) hour& shall after unles;; either party shall deconstitute a day's work to be done sire a change and shall f)le notice between 8 am. to 12 am. and 1 pm. Jn writing of changes desired at least to 5 pm., same to run from Monday ninety (90) days prior to any subthrough Friday. .~equent year ending August , and "All work done in excess of eight the esLablished wage scales and (8) hours in any one week day, ex- conditions specified herein shall cept where agreement has been con tinue in force and effect pendreached between the building trades ing negotiations and settlemen t of department of the A. F. of L. and any proposed changes sugge.sled b government agencies, all overtime either party. shall be at the rate of time and a half on defense work. Saturdays time and a half. Sundays and legal holidays shall be paid at the rate of double time. "With reference to laborers it ls under.stood when ithey work two or more shifts the second and third shift shall work seven (7) hours and be paid for eight (8) hours. Shift! shall run from Monday through Fri• day, ign Agreement As Projectmen ·Return To Work 1.. 15 Congressmen On Tour Visit Navy Yard Here Raze House To Build Home For Aged Women Workmen today started taking down the former residence of Rufus Wood on Parrott avenue. This propet'ty wa,5 purchased by the Home Lor Aged Women to be removed and a modern home built there. Workmen have been tearing down the barns and have now started in on the house. Building Inspector Ira A. Brown announces that t here ls plenty of fire wood available for the hauling. He suggests that anyone interested in obtaining this wood to be used during the winter, apply on the premises. aq 2-s' I Fifteen congressmen who are ·touring the country studying prQblems and n eds of American agriculture t his moq1ing visited Portsmouth Navy yard. They were escorted on their brief tour of inspection •by Captain John J. l:s°rho/n, USN, captain of the yard. The group today was told that New England agriculture is big .b usiness and t hat, in 1940, It brought cash returns of more than $263,000,000 to farmers. Members of the Republican Farm Study committees, the legislators also were told that, because of high avern.ge production per acre, New England's two per cent of the nation's farms produce three per cent of the national farm cash income. Their Information was gained from a booklet provided by the New England council, a promotional organization In co-operation with New England State Development commissions and Agriculture departments. After visiting t he navy yard, the party left for Maine, where they will make a survey and study of 1 potato raising. �Sculptress To Sponsor Benefit rA Project Manager For N.H. Red Cross Coastal Branches Arrives For 800 A sculptress with plenty of energy is Miss Malvina Hoffman, summer resident of Rye, who is to sponsor a Red Cross benefit for the New Hampshire Coastal branches, at the Farragut hotel, Rye Beach, Aug. 22 through Sept. 6 daily from two to six o'clock. "Around ithe World in Sculpture be staltues of st. Frances, St. Anand Painting" is <to be the theme drew, and Pavlova (also a friend of of the Benefit on Aug. 27 at 4 pm. Miss Hoffman) for guests t<> inspect. Miss Hoffman will give a short talk. Moving pictures by Miss Louise Mrs. Wiltbank, Chairman Branch will be shown with "Sketch- 1 Those branches of the Red Cross es of New Hampshire" as their sub- who participate in the work of this ject. These cinema-shots wlll in- exhibition wlll share in ft.s benefits. elude coastal views, and scenes from Mrs. Josephine Wiltbank of Little gladioli gardens at Seabrook, and of Boar's head is general chairman. various New England arts and craft.s Mrs. Edward Ingersoll is co-chairsuch as weaving, wOOd carving, man, Mrs. Wayne Bryer, Hampton, hooked rug making, etc. secretary and Mrs. Margaret WinMiss Hoffman will exhibit for gate, publicity chairman. the first time her portrait and bust A meeting of various committees of Paderewskl, a personal friend was held yesterday afternoon at of the sculptress. the home of Mrs. Alvin T. Fuller She will also show a group of 10 when plans were completed. bronze busts and figures, a series Members of the local motor corps of racial types from all ever the will be in attendance to exhibit the world. A group of dancing figures new ambulance trailer, bought and from India, Bali, Mongolia and equipped by Miss Hoffman for counother countries, and a selection of try service in case of emergency. circus figures made in Sarasota, Miss Hoffman s.:cured th trailer Fla., at Rinling brothers winter from the American Women's Volquarters, will be on view. There will unte.ry service in New York. PBA Homes Here -,--_:lq I Ernest H . Wilson o! Boston has just taken over his duties as project manager for the 800 defense homes being built by Public Buildings administrallon at Atlantic Heights. Mr. Wilson will take official charge of the project when it is completed next fall and is at present becoming familiar with it and making arrangements for occupancy. Mr. Wilson, who was born in Somerville, Mass., and is a Boston university man, has been in the hotel and real estate business in New England for more than 15 years. He was assistant manager of the Myles Standish at Boston for eight years. Among other hotels he has been connected with have been the Forest Hills at Franconia, the Upland Terrace at Belhlehem, the Copley Plaza at Boston and the Hotel Vendome at Boston. At one time he handled the Lucerne-in-Maine development. Gerrish Family ~ Association Meets Charles Gerrish, Kittery Point, was re-elected president of the Gerrish Family association at its annual reunion in Dover Saturday afternoon. Celebrating the family's 302nd year in America, 28 members attended the session, planned to meet next year in Boscawen and elected these officers: president, Charles Gerrish, Kittery Point; secretary, Mrs. Caroline Eaton, Webster; vicepresident, Mrs. Mary H. Bartlett, Bradford, Mass. Later they visited the site of John Gerrish whose wife, Elizabeth, was the daughter of Major Waldrpn who founded Dover. Their son, Timothy, settled on Gerrish Island in 1706. Filling Station Operators Puzzled By New Gas Rationing Decree VJ Views Of L·ocal Men ~ Differ On Proper Plan Even as Portsmouth mot,rist were wondering today now much gasoline they could get at filling stations, the men at the fuel pumps were wondering how much they could give them. Overnight the 7 o'clock curfew had turned into gasoline rationing As surprised as their customers, were Port.smouth gas tation operatx>rs who learned "from the morning papers and the radio" that they would receive 10 per cent less gasoline from now on and that they mus t decide how to divide !he reduced supply. According to the OPACS (Office of Price admini5tration and Civilian supply) decree, no Individual ration cards will be issued. Gasoline will be sold as usual lo fire engines, ambulances, phy~icians' cars, farm tractors, commercial _vehicles and government automobiles. For pleasure car drivers, the 10 per cenl, reduction inevitably becomes a 20 per cent slash. Biggest headache for station oper-1 ators ~ t.his provision : "gasoline must be distributed propordonately ,Uu-oughout each cLay ancl each month." Protsmouth dealers whose sale~ are "bigger than they ever were before" don't know the answer. some will wait until they receive definite orders from the head office before doing anything different at all. Tentative procedures suggested in· elude: U) Closmg Sw1days. (2) Selling gasoline as usual, then "dribbling it ou t" at the end of the month. (3) Selling regularly to regular customers but less to tourists. (4) Se!iling up a daily "quota" for the station to dispense, then closing down, even before 7 o'clock If necessary. Glum were some operators who said, "It will ruin the country, Like I my customers say, it's dlscrlmlnating against the Eastern seaboard. They could transfer shipments and hold up a little on the whole country., How do Portsmouth folks feel about the business of gas rations? Take it from the filling station operators, most dislike it. l Some grouse because gas is shipped to "Canada, Japan and a lot or other places." Others keep their tanks so full that "when they fill it up, we only have to put three gallons in." Said one man at a local fuel pump: "They haven't taken It very good so far, and they sure haven't cut down any because my sales never have been so large." . . Yet, another operator said serl• ously, "I think IL will be all right. My customers honestly are trying to save gasoline. They get their carburetors adjusted and talk about driving more slowly and maybe moving nearer to Portsmouth." Most likely ration rule in Portsmouth seemed to be "take care of the customers who've been taking care of us.'' �Investigate Fires A fter Heights Blaze Circumstances Resemble Fire A t A dmiralty Village 'Louis G. Sci Enters Anna The strike flared up again this week when negotiations broke down but was settled Monday nig-ht and workmen were back on the job yesterday. Labor problems thus have beef\ ruled out as having any bearing on the cause. • Boy Extinguishes Federal officials were investigating today two mys- Fire With Sand te rious fires within four days at Portsmouth defense hous- Quick action on the part of an ing proJ·ects fo llowing destruction last night of a $3 500 uniden1.ified little boy who put_ sru?d ' ' on a small blaze, stopped a fire m two-story, four-family house at the new 800 defense homes I1 the basement or a s~rage ?arn used site at Atlantic Heights. by_ Paras _Brothers m Rrnts court th Only a sudden drop in the wind which had been blow- ;y n;,~~n1::~e the fire department ing briskly half an hour be fore, saved half a hundred or arrived on a s'till alar_m, all that ·1d· · · f • • h" was left was smoke. Residents of the more bu1 ings m va rious sta ges o construction m t 1s highly congested neighborhood, 5aid project. Firemen had to lay hose lines for nearly a quarter that because the basement of the was open, small boys played of a m1·1e to batt Ie t he blaze, Wh.IC h was near t he center barn there and several small fires had of the development. broken out. Resident.s requested Councilman Wllliam Palfrey, who Asbestos siding and shingles de- "a; at the scene, to have ,t he place II la.yed the spread of the fire until , boarded up. they finally popped like fire crackers under the intense heat. Shortly after the start of the blaze at 10.30 pm. Chief Cogan cut a pumper into the hydrant line and then with 275 lbs. pressure, made short work of the blaze. Fire Chief George T. Cogan said today there was a marked similarity between the fire last night and the fire on Saturday night which destroyed a $3,000 home in the Navy's 600-home project at Kittery. In both cases fires started after supper. Both blazes were well within the projects and might easily have spread. Both were practically finished but unoccupied houses. Both began on the ends of the housMany hundreds of persons were es and both had good starts before the fire departments could get to attracted to the iscene by the huge them. In neither case ,va.s the ca.use red glow, but sta-r.e police on the Dover road and city police on the obvious. Atlantic Heights end kept traffic moving and all Janes open. Hundreds walked in a quarter of Until the fire last night under a mile from the main road to be at clear skies, lightning had been cited the scene and for many it was their as a possible cause of the fire in first close up view of the new deKittery's Admiralty Village, but the fense ho~tsing. second fire which _followed so closely When hooe lines ripped off shinand under such sunllar circumstan- gles and 5.idlng like cardboard but ces today gave firemen a different were not strong enough to break slant on the cause. window glass, many comments were As a precaution against further heard regarding the construction of outbreaks, guards on both projects the new homes. were Increased today and more "There'll be no problem of what placed on duty at the other defense to do with these buildings after the housing area, the 160 homes on war," was the most frequently Sherburne road. heard remark. First news of the fire last night Project officials were thankful reached the Central fire station \ th9:t Fire Chief Cogan re~ntly had from Eliot, where a resident saw Insisted on the installation of a the flames across the river and an hydrant near rthe saw mill connected engineer's call had been sounded with the city mains as >the project'· and apparatus was on the way be- own water supply has not been infore local calls were received. stalled, although trenches have been Meanwhile, watchmen at the PBA dug in the area where water mains project had la.id more than 1,000 wm be placed.. . Several diff1cult1es have occurred feet of hose from the newly-instal- at this defense housing project. led hydrant near the project saw- Start was delayed when City Planmill. Portsmouth firemen laid an- ning Board officials asked that the other 3,200 feet of hose before four project be moved to another location hose lines had quelled the blaze. farther a.way from the city's future industrial area or that the project Confine Flames be limited to 400 homes. The governRealizing the house was doomed, ment finally decided ti.> go ahead firemen confined their efforts to with the 800 on this location. protection of the two-family and Several serious brush fires resix-family adjoining houses. one suited in fire calls when t~e land was scorched when a wall of the was being cleared this spring and blazing h ome fe ll beside it but fire• \ several weeks ago work was delayed men kept it wet down and preven- I by _a strike of the common laborers ted the fire from breaking through ( which held up all workers on the Inside. I job. Hundreds Watch I ;Get New Slant I I rcontinue Fire Investigation Here 1q Federal officials continued their investigation today of the two mysterious fires that destroyed two buildings in defense housing projects or this section within four days. Because of the similarity of the fire which destroyed the building at the Navy's Kittery housing and the building at PBA's housing at Atlantic Heights on Tuesday night, possibilities of sabotage are still being considered. I I Navy To Launch Sub Finback w;,/J Here Aug. 25 The Submarine Finback will be launched Monday Aug. 25, at the Portsmouth navy yard, according to an announcement from Ad. John D. Wainwright, USN, Commandant of the yard. The time has been set for 2:40 and the sponsor will be Mrs. Adolphus E. Watson, wife of the commandant of the Fourth Naval District of Philadelphia.. / \ Louis G. cliris Louls George Sclirls, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Scliris, 250 Hanover street, Portsmouth, took his oath as midshipman in the U. S. Navy at the Naval Academy at Annapolis Friday. Scllris, who Is the first young man of Greek descent to be appointed to the academy from Portsmouth, was named a principal appointee by Senator Styles Bridges early ir the spring. He was graduated frorr Portsmouth High school in June where he was a member of the National Honor society. He was active in sports as a member of the track team . Scliris previously had been named a second alternate by Senator Tobey and when the opening came for another examination he took his, winning top place. Hoffman Exhibit ~ Opens Tomorrow Miss Malvina Hoffman, who is to appear at the exhibit of her paintings and sculpture to be held at the Farragut, beginning tomorrow and continuing through Sept. 6, h as spent many summers at Little Boars' Hea~. Her father, Richard Hoffman, noted pianist, will be r emembered by many for his Sunday night concerts at Batchelder's hotel and also for his playing of the organ at St. Andrews-by-the-Sea. Included in the exhibit will be the first showing of her bust of Paderewskit some water colors of York Nubble, Rye Harbor and other local views. August 27, at 4 o'clock Miss Hoffman wm give a talk and m ovies taken by Miss Louise Branch will be shown. Part of the proceeds from the exhibit will go to benefit the American Red Cross. An, ambulance will be on display at the h otel entrance, with members of local Red Cross Motor Corps units in attendance to demonstrate its various I \1888. �lo.tc S ~ City To· Sudy Possibility Of Using Mer-rymeeting La e s ource ater Supp y ~ report to the council, declared a new and adequate water supply was necessary because Portsmouth's population is expanding from defense activity. In 1940 the population had risen to 16,000 from 15,000. Now it is 21,500 and by 1942 should exceed 26,000. Thus, they said, while water needed was one and a quarter million gallons a day In 1936, 1,830,000 was being used In June and by the end of the year 3,000,000 gallons a day will be consumed and needed supPortsmouth's city council last night received reports ply is: 3,500,000 gallons a day with 2 000 000 more available within six on six possible municipal water supplies and authorized hour; for fire protection. Sperry H. Locke to obtain an opinion from government When the new wells are installed, the city's supply will be but 2,000,000 engineers on one of them, Merrymeeting lake. gallons daily. Expla ining lhat the city needed "quality and quan"It is time the city oblained a adequate water supply, one tity," Mr. Locke told the council it could get both from really which can be expanded to supply all Merrymeeting lake. the water the city may need in the Although the state supreme colU't Metcalf & Eddy considered three future." Turning to sources, the superinruled 28 years ago that the water possible supplies: Fountain Head, tendents said no more water could the "old infiltration gallery" nearby could not be used for domestic purand Brackett Springs. Substance be obtained from present gravel poses because it was being used for was: the water in all three would areas and would not recommend demill power, Mr. Locke declared the be good if str· t sanitary precau- veloping other small sources dependent on pumping, government could get the water for tions were taken. Considering the Lamprey, PiscasPortsmouth anyway. Quantity was estimated only for According to Mr. Locke, a devel- Brackett springs. "Probably Bracket sic, and Winnicut rivers they disopment of Merrymeeting lake could Springs could supply 150,000 gallons missed the Piscassic as "an unsatisfactory storage site" and the Lamsupply a 50-foot head of water at a day." Barnst.ead to develop 3 16 kilowatts. According to Metcalf & Eddy, prey as too far away. As for the Winnicut, the report It would be a gravity system with Fountain head, once part of the a 740-foot drop over the 34-mile Portsmouth supply, gives water said it had a 14-square-mile water course. which is "of excellent physical shed and could supply eight or 10 "The government needs water characteristics." Presence of nitrate million gallons 'a day if su!Iicien t here," he said, "and the government nitrogen is caused by use of land storage facllilies were developed. It concluded "that a sufficient anct can do what it wants to." nearby for farmin_s- and inadequate safe supply can be secured from On motion of Councilman Freder- protection. ick Gardner, the council authorized If "proper sanitary precautions Winnicut river," recommended that Mr. Locke to request government were taken to protect the supply in this case the present municipal opinion on the possibility and to from ~urface contamination," watef supply be kept as a standby in case report to the council. of "good sanitary quality" could be of drought or other emergency. On motion of Councilman Edgar Other possible water supplies dis- obtained. cussed in reports to the council Describing the "old infiltration Wood the report was referred to the were: Fountain Head, the old "infinance committee. filtration gallery" near Fountain gallery" as a trench now filled with When asked by Cot,,tt cilman Wil· Head, Brackett Springs, Lamprey water and without surface pro- liam Palfrey to :•tell what that man river, P lscassic river and Winnlcut tection, the report said the water said about cow river," Mayor Rowe river. was of "excellent physical quality, explained that when he, Mr. Palfrey One w11s submit,ted by Metcalf colorless and odorless, but harder and a representative of Metcalf and and Ectdy, engineers appointed by than the other." Eddy had inspected the Winnicut Mayor Stewart E. Rowe. The other, "If properly protected, it might site, George Jewell, nearby resisubmitted by Supt. of Streets Nat be a good supply." dent, had objected to its use for S. Stevens as authorized by the As for Brackett Springs (Cold municipal water because during a Board of Street commissioners, was Springs farm), in Greenland, Met- flood it had backed up into a swamp by P. R. Sanders, superintendent or calf & Eddy said its water was "not and later caused dead fish and eels the Concord water works, and P. particularly satisfactory sanitanly" to be strewn on farmers' fields. The A. Shaw, superintendent of the and recommended drastic sanitary Fish and Game department sent Manchester water works. measures if the city decided to de- down an engmeer, said Mayor Rowe, Point of superintendent Steven's •t and he reported that the water had 1op 1 • · . report was: "It ls time the city ob- ve "This source should give water I· bac k ed i n to th e swa_mp an d nm mtained a really adequate water sup- f anitary quality if stringent I to moss, formed poisonous gas and ply, one which it would be possible ~anl\ary precautions were taken." ' killed every fish, eel and blade of to expand to supply all the water On motion of Councilman Gard- grass. the city may need in the future." ner the report was accepted and Declaring that no more existed placed on file. · In present gravel areas, the men Superintendents Sanders and considered development of "other Shaw, in Superintendent Stevens' small sources dependent on pumping" inexpedient. Council Authorizes Request To Government After Hearing Survey Reports Will Launch :/ Sub Monday J" The Submarine Finback will be launched Monday afternoon at 2 :40 at the Portsmouth Navy yard, according to an announcement made from the office of the Commandant. The sponsor will be Mrs. Adolphus E. Watson, wife of the commandant of the Fourth Naval District of Philadelphia. avy Yard Noles Cmdr. S. E. Dudley reported for duty this morning at the naval base. He will be the production officer. He is from the Battle force. Col. H. L. Smith, commander of the Marine barracks, leaves his Portsmouth post Monday for duty at another post. Commander F. A. Tusler leaves September 1 for San Pedro, Cal. Lt. E. A. Hynes, medical corps reserve, is leaving September 1 to take up his duties at the recruiting office in Augusta, Me. · Malvina Hoffman 1 To Show Paintings At four o'clock tomorrow afternoon there will be a showing of the paintings of Malvina Hoffman, at the aFrragut playhouse, Rye Beach. Miss Hoffman is internationally known as a sculptress and author. A pin especially designed for sale for the benefit for the "Bundles For Britain" was di»played at the Day of Diversion at the Farragut hotel last Saturday. It ls de.scribed as an ornament in gold and color, symbolizing the union of Greao Britain and the United States I in opposing toltalitarian forces . An J exhibition of her work is sculpture will be on exhibition at the Farra· I gut hotel until September G. �T ro. ~ i c:. ~ u. v- v .. "f Newcomers To Portsmouth City Council Describe The States They Left Delays Action . . ---o-'\1'~ 1 Qn T ra ff"IC ,.\). ._tJ o! Hlghhg!1ts 0~ ~even . the 48 , Vermont, the "Green Mountain states we1e <;>uUmed acc01dmg to the state," was described by Mrs. Ne!views of res1drnts recenlly moved to son Guyette of st. Albans, who told greater P~rtsmo.~th In thre~-minute of its tremendous maple sugar intalks_ entilled My State, at a dustry, which creates occupations meeting Thursday afternoon of the for residen s. "Friendly club," instituted for newMaine was pictured as the playcomers to ,this commu~ity. ground of New England by Mi·s. . Colorado s outstandmg attrac- Harold Stubbs, speaking In the abhons, according to Mrs. Neal Saund- sence of a newcomer from that ers of Alamosa, are its mountain state. She told of the seacoast reranges and San Louis valley, which sorts, mountain trails and of the , covers an area 8,000 feet above sea hunting and fishing so greatly enlevel and is larger in itself than joyed in the fall and winter. the state of Connecticut. Mrs. saun- Last on the list of home states, ders also told of the Garden of the Virginin. was porl1•ayed by Mrs. H. Gods, Rocky Mountain National A. Patterson of Lynchburg. She told Park, Colorado Springs, the Will of the early history of the South, Rogers Shrine on the face of Chey- bringing back the story of Pocahonenne mountain and the grave of tas and John Smith. Mrs. PatterBuffalo Bill. son also mentioned several outMassachusetts' early settlers and standing natural attractions, such their struggles and achievements as the Natural Bridge of Virginia, were described by Mrs. Robert Arey regarded as one of the wonders of of Salem. She also spoke of the the world. Tobacco fields and the quaint settlement.~ in existence at "Tob::i,cco Festival" w_ere described Marblehead and Gloucester, of the as bemg among lhe chief attractions many industries the state maintains of the state. A _queen is chosen at and of institutions of learning, such the a~nual festival. . as Harvard university, situated Music for the afternoons prngram there. was furnished by Patricia Pepin, Ohio's characteristic friendly spir- 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and it and hospitality, as exhibited by Mrs. Raymond Pepin of Kensington its residents, were described by road, who l?layed tV:o groups of Mrs. John Manthey of Akron. She piano-accordion selections. described the importance of the Mrs. Joseph Farwell of Kitt ry rubber industry, Ohio's chief source Pomt, Mrs. Ro_bert Arey, Portsof income. mouth, Mrs. Elsie Preble and Mrs. Wisconsin, as described by Mrs. J~mes Hunter Jo~es of Admiralty Edwin Preble, Pittsburgh, Pa.; na- Vi_llage were appomted to. a comlive, who for the past few years nuttec to arrange a dr~mat1c sketch lived in Beloit, Wis., is the "cheese for some future meetmg. ~Late." Festivities of annual "Cheese Mrs. Charles H. Call and Mrs. Day" were described as she had seen Lowell Rutledge of Portsmouth and them and she told of the hordes of Mrs. James Judge _and Mrs. Anne people who flocked into the large !]ufresne of Admiralty Village are centers. Many other dairy products m charge _of arrangements for the are among lhe products of the state next mee mg, to be held at the and an annual "Ice Cream Day" is YWCA, Thursday 1 Sept. 4, at 6 ~m. another festive occasion. Speaking ~usbands !1nd wives both are mof her native state, Pennsylvania, v1_ted_ to this supper meeting, which Mrs. Preble said that Pittsburgh is will mclude a prog~·am of dramatic no longer the "smoky city" and readings and music by the Glee claimed that she was bothered with club. more smoke and grime in Beloit than at home. C Newsboys End Washington Trip Nine Herald newsboys, accompanied by the city circulation manager of the Portsmouth Herald, returned from a five-day trip to New York and Washington today. The nine were winners of a contest which was open to Herald newsi . Those making the trip included John Reardon, Ramon Bozzachi, August Anania, Don Lawrence, Portsmouth; Deane Roberts, York, Irving Callahan, South Berwick; Arthur Thyng, York, Fred To i, John D. Mills, newsboys, accompanied b Edward Lawrence of the Herald. The group lef Monday morning arriving in New York in the evening. The next day off to Washington where they remained until Thurs· day when they returned to New York for a short visit before continuing their trip home. While it was originally planned for the boys to return on Friday night, it became possible to ma ke further arrangements so that the boys could have added time in New York. They returned, tired but happy, this morning. ~ -' As chairman Walter R. Harvey of the Parking committee of the city council was absent, no action was taken at last night's meeting on two proposed traffic ordinances and they were tabled until Councilman Harvery could appear and present them. First of the two municipal laws would prohibit left turns from Con- j gress street to Church, Fleet or 1 Chestnut streets for motorists traveling southwesterly and prohibiting left turns into Fleet or High streets for motorists traveling up Congress , street in a northwesterly direction. This ordinance follows the recommendation of the traffic s udy submi ted to the council by the Portsmouth Merchants' bureau last month, following a survey of conditions by a traffic research expert. Supplementlt'lg this ordinance was nnother which would make Church street between Congress and Porter, one way, leading into Congress street and eliminate congestion at tha point. Both are designed to help end thP congestion. Evidence that parl{lng was "runing" out of town was a complaint from Dr. M. I. Boger Shattuck that cars were parking more than one hour in fron of her Middle :street house and obstructin1s hC'r driveway. The complaint was referred lo the parking commltt e. City To Ask $30~000 Be Minimum PBA Income If Portsmouth ls to provide municipal facilities for the new 800 defense homes at Atlantic Heights, the federal government will have to guaran ee Portsmouth an income of at least $30,000 from the project. This was the decision of the city council last night when It accepted a recommendation of the finance committee that this minimum figure be Inserted into the contract which the government has offered on a basis (in lieu of taxes) of 14% for occupied shelter units based on rentals. With the insertion of this figure, the amended contract will be sent to Washington for consideration by officials there. If the PBA 3,000,000 project were taxed as other property in the city is taxed the revenue would be about 60.000 a year but since a part of the capital Investment for added faclli ties needed ls being furnished by the Federal government and some allowance is being made by the Federal govenm1ent for maintenance, the council felt it was :fair to give credit for that work. :' Submarine 'Finback' Launched At Yard Here The submarine "Finback·' was 11 this newest submarine take to the water. launched this afternoon at th e I Prior to the ceremony a concert Portsmouth Navy yard at 2.40. Mrs. was given and Mrs. Watson was Adolphu E. Watson , wife of the presented with a gift from the yard commandant of the Fourth Naval workmen. Prayer for the new ship was said by Lieut. Comdr. H. G. j District at Philatlelphia, broke a Glunt, chaplain of the yard. bottle of champagne over the bow, The submarine rushed lo its saying "I Christen Three. Fin- launching stage In the speed up back" as the underseas craft began program, is at least a month ahead to slide down the way,s Into the of schedule. One tentative date for river. was Sept. 24. I Only a small crowd was at the theThelaunching Flnback, named after a fish navy yard to witness the event, but as has been the custom for several , Pierce Island, Prescott Park, the years for all submarines, Is named Memorial bridge and along the rivan Atlantic whale. It attains I er front were many people to watch after a length of 50 to 60 feet and ls the commonest and largest whale of the Atlantic region. �Council Hurries Through long list Of Routine Item~~ Showing true defense speed-up, Port.smouth city council transacted more than two dozen items of business in a two hour session last night. Among the items were: Approved a resolution transferring $500 from contingent funds to miscellaneous and appropriating $150 for the toxoid clinic. Approved transfer of $75 from street payroll to bridges. Approved transfer of $15 from the 1940 bond issue for resurfacing Vaughan street to the 1940 bond issue for 50-50 sidewalk construction. Transferred $700 from water department account 81 on meter expense to account 89 for meter repairs. Referred to the plumbing inspector a resolution transferring funds for construction of a sewer on Central avenue. Voted down a resolution to make $9,500 available for construction of a sewer on Haven road. On a roll call vote Wood, Dondero, McNeil and Palfrey voted yes ; G~rdner, Hersey, Katkin and Burkhardt, no. Mayor Rowe broke the tie by voting no. Councilman Gardner said that his opposition was not against the project but merely that he wanted more time for gathering it],;[_ormation on it. ~ -?°Approved the nomination o! Rev. Francis E. Butler as a trustee of the Portsmouth Public library t-, take -~e place of Father Crowley. /..d ~eceived an informal report from Councilman Palfrey that "after several months the signs had been posted in the South end." Authorized the City Lands and Buildings committee to move a re lief family into a city-owned house to save the city some $120 a month. Referred to the committee on claims an opinion from City Solicitor Oscar Neukom on a claim by Leo B. Terrio for damage to a strip of property on the corner of Sagamore avenue and Wentworth roads, by the traveling public. City Solicitor Neukom averred that the city should not pay or at most only a reasonable price. Accepted a communication from Fire Chief George T. Cogan approving a request from Ira A. Brown, Middle street, that he be allowed to install a 2,500 gallon ul'\derground fuel tank on his property. Accepted another communication from Fire Chief Cogan permitting the Portsmouth Community chorus to use the Fire station hall Wednesday evenings, not later than 9:45 pm. Instructed the mayor to have the Army and Navy building question classified for Ray S. Cuddy, FWA man at the regional office in Boston with reference to the request for a recreation project construction on land adjoining the ArmyNavy buildings. (The city wants the land deeded to the city or government for "the emergency" to make possible a dance hall and gym at the USO center.) Referred to the Finance committee a letter from George H. Fitts, OPACS representative, saying that Bath had formed a Fair Rents committee and he would be glad to confer with the council if it decided to take similar action. Granted permission to Disabled Veterans to sell For-get-me-nots August 30. Referred to the Police commissioners a request for a taxi license from Wade M. Burnette. Refused a request from E. B. Green to hold religious services at the South playgrounds. , (Po,·~mooth H"'ld Pho.;,, NCLE SAl\1 S NEWEST-The <;ubmarine Finback, photographed shortly after she slid down the wa.ys at the Portsmouth Na.vy yard yesterday. With defense work speeded up, the craft was launched a.head of schedule. I rs ·b . u mafl'ne Finback Launched; Fourth Completed This Year With her bow well drenched with champagne and murmur:, of satisfaction from her builders rising to a hoarse cheer, the submarine Finback successfully was launched yesterday afternoon at the Portsmouth _ _ _ _ _ _ _..,.:) \ '))._4 Navy yard. The ceremony was held with a small group of guests present, The Finback is th(l fourth sub- Rear Adm. Adolphus E. Watson and among whom were Gov. and Mrs. marine to be launched at the navy daughter, Mrs. Priscilla. Watson LlgRobert 0 . Blood, U. s. Senator yard this year and originally was get, Rear Adm. Frank H. Clark, restyles Bi;idges and Cong. Arthur B. scheduled to go down the ways tired, summer resident at York J~nks. Mrs. Adolphus E. Watson, Sept. 20. Her sister ship, the Flying Cll.fls, Rear Adm. Douglas E. Diswife of the commandant of the FlSh , was launched last month. mukes, retired, and Mrs. Dismukes, Fourth Naval district at Philadel-'.'-fter . the . launching ceremony, U. S. Sen. Styles Bridges, Congtessphia, christened the new warrior of Mis. wamwnght entertained the of- man and Mrs. Arthur B. Jenks, Govthe deep at 2 :40 pm. ficial party at a buffet lunch. The emor and Mrs. Robert 0. Blood and The launching program opened usual luncheon at the comman- son, Horace Blood, Maj. Paul W. with a prayer for the safety of the dant's quarters was omitted because Hobbs of Governor Blood's staff ship and its crew by Lt. Cmdr. and Mrs. Hobbs of North Hampton: Homer G. Glunt, chaplain of the the launching was held in mid- Mayor and Mrs. Stewart E. Rowe yard. Mrs. Watson was presented a afternoon. of Portsmouth, Col. Harry L. Smith, silver punch bowl by Frank Mastan, Mrs. John J. Brown, Mrs. Henry USMC, Captain and Mrs. John J representing yard workmen. She F. Davis and Mrs. John A. SweeLon Brown, Captain and Mrs. Henry also was presented a bouquet of poured at the coffee table, while D. Davis, Captain and Mrs. Manroses by Rear Adm. John D. Wain- I Mrs. Floyd A. Tusler, wife of com- ning H. Philbrick, Captain and Mrs. wright, from civilian personnel. m9:nder Tusler who was the salvage George F. Clark, Capt. Robert P. Mrs. Watson then smashed the officer during the operations on the Parsons, Col. J. A. Rosselle, USMC bottle of champagne against the bow Squalus, presided at the punch and Mrs. Rosselle, Maj. Dean B. of the submersible and its trip to bowl. Commander Tusler leaves for Kalbfleisch, USMC, and Mrs. Kalbthe sea began with the band plE,ying San Pedro, Calif., Sept. 1. fleisch, Comdr.Charles M. Elder.aide the ''.Star Spa"!lgled Banner." The Among those on the sponsor's to the commandant, and Mrs. Elder, sky lightened Just before the ship stand were Rear Admiral John D. Comdr. RobertE.BlueandMrs.Blue, had reached the water, but, as the Wainwright, commandant of the Commander and Mrs. Floyd A. Tustugs reached her, rain started again. I Por~mouth· Navy yard, and Mrs. , ler, Comdr. Fred Bowerfind, ComWamwright, Rear Admiral William mander and Mrs. John A. Sweeton, T. Tarrant, commandant of the First Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. Naval district, and Mrs. Tarrant, Edmund Ji'. Jewell, Lt, Comdr. L. M. DeQicco, USNR, (MC), and Miss Bettina. DeClcco. F: 1· �tnodc'{ Ce, M. L. Raynes Former City Official Dies IV Mortimer L. Raynes, a. retired business man and a former city official, died at his home, 87 Lincoln avenue last night. He was a native of this city and spent his entire life here. He was born Sept. 26, 1865 the son of the late George and Clara {Tucker) Raynes, a descendant of the old family of ship building fame. Mr. Rayn s was employed as a young man by the late A. P. Wendell in the hardware business. Later he went into the laundry business which he operated with the late George Wiggin. After a time he purchased the entire business which he operated until about 10 years ago. He always was interested in poll itics, being a Democrat. In 1922 he was a successful candidate for the ci y council serving under former mayor Samuel T. Ladd during the tercentenary year. Two ye ars later he was elected a member of the Board of Assessors where he served three years. Mr. Raynes was a mf'mber of St. Andrews lodge No. 56 A. F. and A. M., Washington Royal Arch chapter, Davenport Council, Royal and Select Masters, DeWitt Clinton Commandery. Knights Templar, and the Unitarian church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Florence Lord Raynes, and three, daughters, Ruth, Frances and Rosamond Raynes, all of Portsmouth. Local Roads To Be tudied ' For Defense Needs Stale High\vay Commissioner Fred Everett met wilh H . Hugh Thomas of the Bureau of Federal Works, local representatives of the Seacoast Regional Development association and Ralph Kimball, division engineer of the Highway department here yesterday to discuss defense conditions on roads and bridges in this section. Mr. Thomas said that so far only a preliminary survey of the Wentworth road has been asked. It was planned to make a study and formulate details by the time the new bill in congress on defense highways is passed. Representing the Seacoast Regional assoc1ation at the meeting were: Frank C. Remick, vice-president; Ernest Tucker. James Pridham and Nat Stevens. members of the highway committee and Alvin F. Redden, executive secretary. Pots, Pans Yield Aluminum To U. S. For 2,800 Planes ~ Washington, Aug. 27 (AP)-The Office of P roduction Man agement was optimistic today that final returns from the recent aluminum collecting campaign would total 14,000.000 pounds of scrap. When refined this will yield about 10,500,000 pounds of aluminum, and that is the equivalent of the amount of pure a luminum needed for 2,800 fighting planes. OPM disclosed last night that 6,700,000 pounds of pots, pans and other aluminum scrap had already moved toward defense production purposes. Final reports have been received from seven states and the District of Columbia. Ten other states are more than three-fourths complete. Figures to dale indicate an estimated average collection of almost a half pound per occupied dwelling, whlch would mean 10,500,000 pounds of aluminum for the nation if the average is sustained. Rhode Island has t he best showing thus ·far, with an average of almost 1.1 pounds of scrap per dwelling. Actual and esUmated totals and averages per dwelling in pounds were: Total Scrap Scrap per Collected Occupied Lbs. Dwelling 204,000 1.088 Rhode Island• 301,140 0.673 Connecticut• 700,000 0.626 Massachusetts 1,11-0,000 0.300 New York 91 ,000 .685 New Hampshire (•, completed .) 'Mortimer L. Raynes Rites Observed :;u 0 The funeral of Mortimer L. Raynes was held at the Buckminster chapel Friday at 3.30 pm. Included in the attendance were delegations from St. Andrew's lodge, No. 56, AFAM , DeWJtt Clinton commandery, K. T., and Rivermouth chapt€r, OES, together with representatives of the present and former city governmcn . Rev. William Safford Jones, pastor of the South church, conduct€d the services at the chapel and the committal at the grave in Proprietors cemetery. The bearers were Harry Palfrey, William Palfrey, Robert Palfrey and Orel A. Dexter. --~~- Bureau Asks City Council,9\~" Act At Once Report Of Survey Given To City Six Weeks Ago Action on the parking and traffic survey submitted by the Portsmouth Merchants bureau to the city council more than six weeks ago has been requested in a letter to the mayor and council which was sent today by order of the board of directors of the bureau following a meetirg of the board. The letter forwarded to the mayor and council for the directors by Andrew C. Graves, secretary of the bureau is as follo;ws: • "On the date of Juy 16, the Portsmouth Merchant.~• bureau submitted Lo your honorable body a parking and traffic survey conducted by a paid expert from the Yale bureau of Traffic research. Due to the seriousness of the traffic situation in our city, the Merchants' bu• reau felt it necessary to have a comprehensive study made. "At a meeting' of the cow1cil held on the evening of July 16, this report was referred to the parking and traffic rommittee of your body for stu~y and action. ~o date, this I Workers Form Union At Morley Company 1 Button Workers Federal Labor Union No. 22,890 has just been authorized by the American Federation of Labor according to the charter which has just been sent to Robert W. Martel, business agent of the union, which has been organized at the Morley co. Mr. Martel says the union has a reptesentation of 198 out of 250 men employed. The union was organized under the direction of John Barry, president of the American Federation of Labor for New Hampshire. First meeting of the newly chartered union wlil be held Thursday, Sept. 4, at 7 pm. at Laborers' hall when members in good standing will vote on the form of contract to be presented to the Morley management. Mr. Martel said he expected a closd shop would be asked. matt.er has never been reported out of the committee and we believe that the Portsmouth Merchants' bureau, representing the majority of merchants in Portsmouth, ls entitled to some definite action. The bureau spent $225 to have this survey conducted, thereby, saving the tax payers that amount of money. In as much as our members are demandinjt action, it was voted at the last meeting of the Board of Directors that tl1e secretary should write the City council relative to this matter. "May we rely upon yow· sense of fairness t.o the citizens of Portsmouth to take action at your next meeting of the City council?" I �\N 0..""C."("_ s ~ "2.1. \y F8deral Man Will Start Survey Early Next Mol1th o..q.2. ~ All Water Sources USO Planning Addition To Be Looked Into For Army-Na~~o Building Portsmouth's water problems will be studied by a War department •engineer early in September, Sperry H. Locke said today. Authorized by the city council to obtain government opinion on possible use of Merrymeeting lake as a new water supply for Portsmouth, Mr. Locke last night received a telegrom from Sen. Styles Bridges reporting that J. W. Engel of the engineers' division of th e quartermasters corps will be sent here to investigate water sources and survey the city's problems. Possible water supplies already reported on to the council include Brackett Springs, the "old infiltration gallery," Fountain Head, Lamprey river, Piscassic river and Winnicut river. According to Supt. Nat S. Stevens, who submitted a survey conducted by Supt. P. A. Shaw of the Manchester water works and Supt. P. R. Sanders of the Concord water works to the council last week, Portsmouth must find an adequate water supply which can be expanded to provide water the city may need in the future. With the national defense emergency, Portsmouth's population has skipped ffom 15,000 to 21,000, now; will be about 26,000 in 1942. While the city needed but 1,830,000 gallons of water a day in 1936, it must have 3,500,000 gallons a day, plus 2,000,000 more available within six h our~ for fil•e protection, to service the defense population. According to Mr. Locke Merrymeeting lake could supply water of quality and quantity if the gov- t ernm,mt so decreed. When the project first was brought up 28 years ago the State Supreme court ruled that the lake could not be used for domestic purposes because it was being used for mill power. Now, Mr. Locke believes it could be because "the . government needs water here and the government can do what it wants." Metcalf & Eddy, engineers hired by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe when the council decided "once and for all to find out about available water supplies," believe Brackett Springs, Fountain Head and the "old infiltration gallery" would supply good water if strict sanitary precautions were taken. Quantity estimated for Brackett springs is 150,00 gallons a dOay, In Superintendent Steven's report, use of such small sources was not recommended but development of Winnicut river was. The superintendent,s concluded that from Winnlcut river eight or 10 million· gallons of water a day could be obtained. A swimming pool, auditorium and ' ready with its building to assist in dance hall may be added to the Ar- any way possible. The building has my and Navy building's facilities been turn_ed over to the USO "for · the duration" and when the emerproviding recreation for service men gency is over the buildin 6 will be and defense workers, according to turned back to the a,ssociation. an announcement today from E. As to future uses of such a plan, Curtis Matthews, president of the when the emergency is .over some of Army and Navy association and the men of the city a1e looking to chairman of the USO. The building \ a long range program_of what might has been turned over to the USO be done. Stowe Wilder, recently and Fred Ladlow hms been on hand el_ected_ p~es1d~nt_ of YMCA, was for several months, carrying on the , d1scuss111;,, this recen ly .... work there. Addit.ional workers are He p01_n_t~d out a poss1b1ht_Y t,hat expected to be assigned here. USO fac1l!t1es co_uld be \15ed m of~The need of adct!tio1lal facilitie hours by others m the city. He said . s that two YMCA men have been al- 1 was recog1~1zect and some time ago lotted to New Hampshire by the I the committee 111 charg_e drew up USO and insisted that Portsmouth plans and made applicat10n to USO .should be the headquarter· of one headquarters for an al(ot~nent of while Manchester, with i~ a.irport $65,000 to construct. a bmldmg. The activities was logical choice for the plans call for a swimming pool in other. the base~ent and an auditorium or Wi th so many defense worker 1 dance hall on the ground floor. _ s, The Army and Navy association coming to Portsmouth, he said, there was formed during the World war was need for planned recreation for to give soldiers and sailors a. place them and that USO facilities would to relax while on leave. Carrying on , be of value to all. throughout the years, the association I Discussing _the future, when the found li0tle to do, with change of pendulum swmgs away from Portsthe navy yard from a base to a sub- mouth and the general ~xodus takes marine building plant. place, he ment10ned that such a The new emergency brought a place as the Army and Navy bu!ldproblem. similar to that of the ing with its proposed addition would World war, and the a.ssociation was be of value as -a civic center. tit Large Tanker, Pan Maine, <-;~rv Docks Here The Pan Maine, sister ship of the Pan Florida, one of the largest tankers in coastwise service, docked at 11: 30 this morning at the Public Service co. of New Hampshire wharf in the upper harbor. These two tankers are the largest ships that have ever gone up the Piscataqua river. The Pan Maine carries approximately 4,300,000 gallons of No. 6 blue oil for use on the power boat, Jacona. She was escorted up-stream by the tug Sightseer of Portsmouth and the tug Venus of Boston. Two tugs are necessary to swing the ship about in the stream. The tanker is 460 feet long and has a 69-foot beam. She is owned by the Pan American Petroleum co. a subsidiary of the Mexican Petro: leum co. The ship is from Texas City, Texas. As soon as the cargo is discharged ' the Pan Maine will make the retur~ , trip. I �School Officials Wait Word On - Pleas For Federal Aid One Grant Of $347~960 For Kittery Received School Box Score Kittery: $347,960 Portsmouth: 0 With school openings just around the Labor Day corner, Portsmouth and Kittery school officials are still waiting word from Washington as to what financial aid they may expect. Today Kittery informed Rear Adm . John D . Wainwright, USN, commandant of the Portsmouth Navy yard, that children from the Navy's 600-unlt defense housing project-Admiralty village, will not be admitted to Kittery schools until funds are made available to pay for their education. Act,ion followed a school board meeting last night when word was received that only part of Kittery 's application for Federal funds had been approved. This was for $347,960 for an elementary school. No word was received regarding applications for funds for teachers, text books and other facilities needed at once for this term or for the addition to Traip academy to accommodate additional hight school students. Reports that Portsmouth had been granted $935,000 for a new 50room high school were unconfirmed today. From Washington the Associated Press reported no word from the Federal Works agency, aside from the KitLery grant, and the Boston office of the Federal Works agency said this morning it had received no official notification that any of either Portsmouth's or Kittery's applications which total nearly $4,000,000 have been approved. Kittery 1·eceived its notice yes- terday in a telegram from Sen. David I. Walsh to Judson Hannigan, Boston lawyer, and legal resident of Kittery, who ls a member of the school board. The Federal Works agency also notified Sen. Ralph O. Brewster of Maine of the elementary school grant. Appreciation of this was expressed at a special meeting of the Kittery Schpol board last night but it was felt this still lef t Kittery with an immediate problem a.s urgent as ever. Already there are 97 school children among the 65 families who have moved in so far at Admiralty vlllage. More families are arriving as other homes of the 600 units are being completed. Even now 27 of the 97 are high school grade and the high school problem has not been touched. Even if the high school grant is made, the new schools will take time to construct-several months at the earliest. This would mean that not until the second term would there be any help from the new grants. It had been planned to hire church vestries, halls and desks for this term, but without federal funds for added teachers, textbooks and other facilities it was decided this was impossible. In the letter to Admira, . Wainwright which Superintendent of Schools Elmer 0. Small sent today in accordance with the unanimous vote of the committee last night, I it was stated: "It will be of great assistance to the committee (Kittery School committee) if you will cause parents of children living upon the navy's housing reservation to be .notified that it will be futile to present themselves for admission to the Kittery school system until such time a.s federal funds have been made actually available for the cost of their education-then we will welcome the children of the reservation." Even the new elementary school grant approved will not solve Klttery's problem among the lower grades, as it will only accommodate 600 of the estimated 1,200 children that will need school facilities when the Navy's 600 homes are completed. Superintendent Harry L. Moore of Portsmouth said today that his office had received no word of any grant for a high school in Portsmouth but that he sincerely hoped John Griffin, Oldest "? V Elk In N. H., Dies John Griffin, well known throughout New Hampshire in Elk circles, died Saturday evening at his home, 552 State street. He was born in Utica, N. Y., but came to this city as a young man. He was the son of the late Patrick Griffin and Ellen (McKenna) Griffin. For some years he was engaged in businN,s in Portsmouth. Mr. Griffin joined the Porl.smouth lodge of Elks soon after it was instituted in 1888 and at the time of his death was the oldest member of the lodge, a.s well as the oldest in the state. He was also a pa.st•exalted ruler of the local lodge. He served at one time on the old common counc!I. ' Besides his widow, Mrs. Katherine J. Griffin, he is survived by two daughters, Miss Mary L. Griffin, a that action would be taken soon as 1 teacher in the Lafayette school here 1 the problem is becoming more and and Miss Allee H. Griffin of Bos· more urgent. ton, and three sons, William McK. Griffin of Brooklyn, N. Y., Philip J. Griffin of Fort Madison, Iowa, and and Frederick A. Griffin of Portsmouth. Funeral mvices were held from t.he family residence this morning. A high mass of requiem was celebrated in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at 9 o'clock by Rev. James H. Brennan, P .R. Ineluded in the congregation we-re ':>:v representatives of the Portsmouth . lodge of Elks. Music for the mass Pastel hues of a Maxfield Parrish was sung by the requiem choir. sunset brought the end of Labor day Burial w m the family Jot in and climax of the summer season in Calvary cemetery where Rev. FranPortsmouth last night. · E B ti ' ted th Although Labor day traffic usu- Cl~ · eu _er conduc e com: ally ls heaviest of the sea.son, from mittal vrvice at ~he grave. Th~ all sections of Portsmouth and vi- bearers, all members of Lodge No.97, cinity came the same report-lighter B. P. O. E., were John Downs, E~ than usual, despite the fine summer 3:lted Rule;· ~ndrew Caswell, Wilday on which the mercury shot over liam ~- 0 Bnen, Henry S. Murch, the 100 mark in the sunshine and a and F1ank Donnelley, _all past exaltlight wind tempered midday heat. e~ rulers, a.nd Jeremiah F. Horan, Although "lighter," traffic still was t) ler. "noticeable." At the Interstate bridge where official counts are made, Ex!jcutlve ~'4 Secretary Wallace Purington today put the total for the weeken~ at about 54,000 with 10,000 Fnday, 15,200 Saturday, 12,600 Sunday and 16,300 yesterday. This total is a 5,000 cars less than All records for Monday traffic the July 4 weekend when 59,000 were over the new Interstate bridge clocked over the bridge. Yesterday were broken this week when 16,wa.s 1,300 less than the Monday of 300 cars were clocked during the the Fourth weekend when 17,600 cars 24-hour penocr, 1!:Xecutlve Secreused the bridge. Sunday was de- tary Wallace Purington said to- l cidedly off with its 12,600 compared day, after figures had been comto the 17,200 of the Fouth. plied. However, traffic over the bridge This, addecl w tne 53,000 cars this morning was reported nearly a.s that used the by-pass and bridge heavy as traffic yesterday and Mr. from Friday through Monday Purington expected tl~at before brought . the total to more than traffic slowed down at mghtfall, all 70,000. Tuesday records would be broken. parr Is• h sunset Gl·ves Hol,.day Ip OS f e/' C/ose Labor Day Traffle Sets Local Record ' �Rescind Navy Yard A uto . Ban Officials Drop Plan To Bar Cars Sept. 1 uip' - -.- - - - - - - - - 0~0Vernment Heeds Plea Of Local Union '¼·)__'i The order ba nnill'9 parking of automobiles on the Portsmouth Navy yard has been rescinded according to an announcement from the office of the commandant. Officials at the yard had planned to place the ban in effect next Tuesday. The change in plans came after a com mittee, appointed by members of the unions of na vy yard employes, met with Capt. John J. Brown, USN, captai n of the ya rd, yesterday to protest the edict. Shortly after this meeting a notice was posted on the bulletin boards throughout the yard that the no parking order would not be enforced. Naval officials have expressed a desire for some time to limit parking in the navy yard owing t o congestion due to the rapid expansion of production facilities. Union representatives said the ban would drive 3,000 workers from the yard. Despite the announcement local bus companies have arranged schedules to take care of commuters from Portsmouth and vicinity. The Boston and Maine Transportation company has arranged to make an extra trip in the morning to the junction of Sherpurne road and Greenland road, down Middle street to Market square, '1'hls bus will leave Market square at 6:20 am. The Boston and Maine company is also going to run buses f rom Cape Neddick to the yard t-0 cover all three shifts. The Wentworth Bus Co. of Dover will not make any changes in their schedules, but will add extra buses if it is necessary. A special bus will run from Dover to the navy yard next week. This bus will not pick up any passengers between starting point and yard. The Kittery Police department said· that parking laws in that town would remain the same whether naval officials rescinded the order or not. The law as it is now allows one hour parking on most of the streets, except in the cenLer of the town where there is no parking. The owners of gasoline stations in Kittery and Kittery Point said that there has been a gre11-t demand for space in their areas by yard workers. Nearly all the available space in the town is being utll!zed at the present time. PHS ClaSs Of '1 ( ,., Has 25th Reunion Members of the Portsmouth High school class of 1916 held their 25th reunion at the Hotel Rockingham Friday evening with Justin French, president. of the class, master of ceremonies, and more than two dozen members of the class :ittending. Other class officers aUending included Loretta Hassett Slawson of Por tsmouth, secretary; and Joseph Archibald of Port Chester, N. Y., treasurer. A message was received from Fra nces (Young) Taylor, vicepresident, who now lives in San Pedro , Cal. This first as well as 25Lh reunion was the inspiration of Mrs. Nathalie Clarke Shaughnessy, wife of Major Ernest A. Shaughnessy of the UniLed States Marine Corps and was organized on a week's notice. Following dinner, an impromptu program of speeches and tributes concluded with a cartoon demonstration by Mr. Archibald, wh makes art and cartooning an avocation for his writing. Among the guests who dropped in were Ted Butler of Tarrytown, N. Y .. president of the class of 1917 and Herbert (Zip) Harrington, of the class of 1915, Portsmouth's famous aJl-around alhl ele. Tributes were paid to the following members of the class who have died: . Roger Willey, Nov. 12, 1915; Ruth Berry Moody, Dec. 25, 1917 ; Jerome Timothy Connors, Aug. 6, 1923; Patrick Joseoh Timmons, May 12, 1926 ; Mary Adele Cogan. June 16, 1928 : Bernice Hoi tt Alexander, April 5, 1941. Those from out of town aLtending were: Philip Oullon, Danvers, Mass.; Joseph Archibald, Port Chester, N. Y.; Michael O'Leary, Hartford, Conn.; Wallis Rand, Durham! Dr. Marie Alkon, Bo.ston, Mass. ; Austin Barrett, N11w York City ; Bernice Klumpp Starr, Dorchester, Mass.; Arthur Davis, State college, Penn ., and William Bernard Paul, Denver, Colo. . Local people attending included · Marion Gilkey Champagne, Ruth Dennett Twitchell . Lucy GormaP.., Elsie Robinson Wendell, Gladys Robinson Stires, Nathalie Clark Shaughnessy, Carlton B. Badger, Catherine Coughlin Kennedy, Frank Paterson, Ruth Goodrich Blake, Frances McCarthy Hassett, Anna MacWilliams. Justin French, Jennie Cooney White, Harold Sweetser, Gordon Somerville and Loretta Hassett Slawson. Wives and husbands of members attending included: Mrs. Oulton. Mrs. Paul, Mrs. Paterson, Mrs. Sweetser, John Hassett (president clas,s of 1915) and H. R. Blake. Messages were received from the followinr.: Sister Mary AmaLus (Julia Hartnett), Major Edward D. (Dewey) Graham, Frank S. Snow, Edith Moulton Walter, Thomas Craig, Isabella McWilliams Sullivan, Frances Young Taylor, Florence Garland -Ericson, Frances P. Hutchinson, Reginald A. Dechene, Elizabeth Miller Gruber, Dorothy Cotton Russell, �One New Man Teacher 18 New Names Added To List Of Teachers Portsmouth Public · Schools Open Sept. 8 ~-'=>O Wh en the Portsmouth publ ic sc ~oo ls open Monday, Se pt. 8, there will be 119 teach ers on th e job of whom 18 will be new. Most of these replace instructors who were married following the close of school in Jun e. One new principal will begin her duties, Miss Alic e Jefford s of Franklin .com ing to fill the vaca ncy at the New Franklin school. School will begin on the same schedule as in the past years. The elementary schools hours are 9 to 12, and 1.30 to 3.30. Junior High hours are 8.30 to 12, and 1.30 to 3.15. The Senior High school sessions begin at 8.15 and continue until 1 o'clock. These hours will be continued until there is a need to m ake a change. Such a chance will come, stated Supt. of Schools H arry L. Moore, if the enrollment in the Senior H igh schol reaches 900 . This figure was set last year as the limit at which one session could be operated. With the increase in population and the anticipation of 1,000 extra pupils in the schools, plans have been arranged by the superitendent and members of the school committee to take care of the situation. Applications have been made to the federal government for fw1ds to build and equip new buildings or additions. Two-Session P lan Ready Loretta Fitzgerald of Bellows Falls, Vt., a graduate of Keene Teachers' college, will teach home economics replacing Ruth Langley. She has been teaching at Lisbon high. Miss Adelaid C. Merriman of North Bridgewaler, Me., is to teach English . She fills the vacancy which occurred when Kenneth Day entered the Selective service. She is a graduate of Boston university and Columbia university and comes here from the principalship of the Hampstead High school. 'ew Commercial Teacher Eva C. Martin of Plymouth, who has been teaching in the Goffstown High school, is to teach commercial subjects this year, in place of Virginia Lampson. She comes from Plymouth where she attended the Teachers' college in that town. Margaret Wotton of Wolfeboro will replace Miss Louise Tobey of Wolfeboro as biology teacher. She was graduated from the University of New Hampshire and last year taught at Sanford, Me., High school. The other vacancy will be filled as soon as the prospective teacher accepts the offer. There are four vacancie· in the Junior High teaching staff, which will be filled with the opening of school. Helen C. Warren is to teach General Science replacing Inez Bray. She Jives in Brookline, Mass., and is a graduate of Regis college and Harvard University Graduate school. She has been teaching in Branford, Conn., high school. Charlotte A. Floyd comes to teach English in place of Miss Vera Brad· bury. She lives in Farmington and was graduated from the Plymouth Teachers college. She ha s bP.cn teaching at Spaulding High in Rochester. Evelyn K. Olsen of Danville, N .H., will teach commercia 1 studies taking the po.sition formerly held by Edgar Pray. She is a graduate of Nel\· Ha mpshire university and taught at Bridge academy in Dresden Mills, Should two sessions become necessary at the Senior High school, , plans already have been worked out. "These are tentative of course," Mr. Moore pointed out. Additional teachers will be needed. The Junior and Senior classes would meet in the morning session and the sophomores in the afternoon. Probably the morning session would be pushed ahead to 8 o'clock, closing at 12.30 with the second session following immediately lasting until 5 o'clock. The increase in the teaching staff would be in the vicinity of 20 per cent Mr. Moore said, which will mean from six to 10 additional instructors. Five new teachers will fill vacancies at the Senior High school. As yet only four have been named, as the resignation of H . Edgar Pray was received but a short time ago. Mr. P ray was a teacher of commercial subjects at the Junior High sch ool last year and was transferred to the Senior high this year. He was offered the prlncipalship of the high school at Stowe, Vt., a Me. short time ago and accepted. The on ly ma le teach er new this year is Edward L. Tucker of Warner who will replace Miss Thelma P aige. He is a graduate of the Uni't'l"i·sity of New H ampshire and taught i n Bradford high. Alice Jeffords has been named the new principal of the New Franklin school. She comes from Franklin, where ~he taught in the Franklin Junior H igh school. She succeeds to the position left vacant by the death of Miss Fannie Chapman. Annie E. Hammond of Laconia, where she has been connected with the Opportunity department, will be assigned to the department here in place of Vesta Thompson. She is a graduate of K eene Teacher's college. Others who will teach in the elementary schools will Include the following: Emma Allen, of Berlin, a graduate of Plymouth Teachers college who has been teaching in Berlin. Dorothy L. Berry, of Stratham, also a graduate of Plymouth Teach· ers college, who has been teaching at Grantham. Hilda Bradford of Pitt.-·field, Me., a graduate of Farmington Normal school, who has been teaching at Falmouth, Me. Helena E. Johnson, Mumoe, a graduate of Plymouth Teachers college, who ha been teaching at Orford. Faith York of Exeter, a graduate of Plymouth Teachers college and a teacher in Exeter. Margaret M. Wall, of Brockton, Mass.. a graduate of Bridgewater Stale Teachers college and a teacher at Casco, Me. ssist.anls amed Assistants have been appointed as follows: Priscilla Paul, Por tsmouth, a graduate of Wheelock's Training school in Boston and Rita E. Tate of Manchester, a graduate or Keene Teachers college. A new janitor Is to be named later Lo replace Arthur Blaisdell who re· signed last month. He was t-he oldest employc of the ~chool depaJ:tment going to work in 1905 when he presmt Senior High school was built. He retires according to the recent amendment permitting employes as well a.s teachers to retire after 30 y€ars. U. S. Rejects ,City's Bid For$30;000 From PBA?~ PBA officials in Washington have rejected the Portsmouth city council's request· that a $30,000 yearly minimum be guaranteed as Portsmouth's income in lieu of taxes from the 800 homes Heights project. To discuss this refusal, the council will meet tomorrow n ight at 7.30 at City hall. PBA officials explain that all cities in which such h ousing projects are constructed are to receive 14 per cent of t he a nnual r':~lter rentals in lieu of taxes. IMayor Names Councilmen ?. To Confer With Board Mayor Stewart E. Rowe h as ap• pointed Councilmen Walter Harvey, Lewis McNeil and Frank Hersey as a com mittee to confer with the Board of Street commissioners tonight on m a tters referred to the council F r iday night. As requested by Clerk Amerlco J. F ransoso, the commissioners and councilmen will meet at 7 in city hall and go over these items together: selection of a r oller truck and a snow loader and purchase ol a back-hoe. �Land Traffic Halts For Traffic Of The Sea (Airphoto by Marston) Riding high In the water after discharging 4,300,000 gallons of oil . the Pan Maine, one of the largest tankers in coastwlse service, sailed out of Portsmouth yesterday for Texas City, Tex., and another cargo. This photo shows the huge tanker passing through the Interstate bridge safely out of the narrows and on her way to the Memorial bridge, ·~ Expect Army~ Navy To Study Portsmouth lwater eeds Further Inspection by a navy engineer and further study by army ngineers will follow a preliminary inspection of the Portsmouth water problem made yesterday by J. W. Engle, water engineer, sent here by the War department to determine exactly what the problem Is, Sperry Locke said today. Engineer Engle, who for the past 19 years has been a water expert for the army, arrived by train yesterday morning and where he was met by Mr. Locke, authorized by the Portsmouth city council to have the possibilities of Merrymeeting lake investigated. A trip was made to New Durham where the Merrymeeting lake was inspected and a conference was held with owner George H . Jones. Later, Mr. Engle and Mr. Locke returned to Portsmouth and conferred with Capt. James G. Collins, USA, constructing quartermaster, at the Portsmouth Harbor Defenses who explained the needs of the army here and what the problems are. This was followed by an inspection of the present source of supply from wells far the city. Engineer Engle, Mr. Locke said, expressed surprise at the type of water that was being pumped from Peverly Brook by seepage into the Ports- and the river mouth. Her cargo unloaded at the Public Service Co., of New Hampshire power boat Jacona will supply enough fuel to last the Jacona until next spring. mouth wells and told Mr. Locke that this condition should be called to the attention of the State Board of Health. Before returning to Washington, Engineer Engle said that as the navy has a huge stake in this problem, he would take up the matter with navy officials and that undoubtedly they would send a navy engineer here for a personal inspection. Following the reports ' of both engineers, it Is anticipated that some action wlll be taken by Washington on the problem. Meanwhile, the question of what I to do about water is expected to be one of the major points of dis- 1 cussion when the city council con- I venes tomorrow night. I I I �Charges Street Co mmissionersJ 'Passing The Buck' To Council / ----------- Fran 050 Raps Own Gro UP For Turn,·ng Dut,· es Over,· rail \.ii , con fe re n ce For Monday L \ A -..J \JI The Ports mouth Board of Street commissioners "ought to be impeached," Americo J. Fransoso, clerk of the board, told the c ity coun cil last night when he reported tha t the board ha d bee n unable to make any decisions on buying equip ment it needed, and wanted the council to take th e respo nsib ility. ' haven't got the aulhority and besides, I'm not a quorum." On motion of Councilman Burkhardtthecouncij turned selection 'l{ a snow remover over to the committee which will confer with the commis..sioners Monday night. Ur~e Mai n Exte nsio n Acting on the next communication from he street commissioners, the council recommended that the board extend a 12-lnch water matn on Spinney road from the new ·tandpipe to Middle road to ensure water for the rity in any emergency. Included ln the communication was the suggestion that the council Although "impeachment" was sug-, could authori1..e a specific amount purchase a $2,270 backhoe for the gested with a smile, Commissioner of money." board. If the department had R. Franso30 continued, "All joking :Dondero: "I think the board backhoe Jt probably could construct asdie, rm a member of this board should be R.ble to settle Its ovm af- the water main despite n labor but I'm ashamed of it.. Instead of fairs." shortage and alway.~ would have a B urkh "•rdl·· "I th1"nk tl11·s taking the responsibility for mak· · n1atter useful machine. ( A backhoe w1·11 ct1·g Ing the.~e selections it has passed easily could be seLtied. If the bo!trd 900 fee•. five feet deep, a day with the buck to the city council." had lhe money it wouldn't•come to only on man .) On motion of Councilman McNeil While th c1t,y council ao-reed it the Council ·" L a t e r h e sai·ct he s t·111 ,.,,. believed lhe men who worked with purchasr of a backhoe was dtlegated had no legal right to t.ake over the tools were the ones who knew what for discussion to the council commi duties of the street commissioner;,, they needed. · tee -s~ cet commisslon.,rs Monday in accordance w1th a request from night session. Mr. Fra11:;oso it voted to have Mayor Sh ows Pi ctures of Rollers Clerk Franso.-o explained the Rowe appoint a. committee to ronfer Clerk Fransoso showed the coun- street commissioners' two to one with the commissioners next Mon- cil pic'.;ures of the two rollers. I vote Thursday nigh t which awarded day night to help the commission "They're practically alike. They Just I th!' bid for two citv ash trncks to reach a decision. have different motors." Badger Farms for $7,619-only the Four items were referred to the Finally after saying he was board later had discovered It was council: bids for a road roll r, a ashamed to say it but the board $11 over th amoun t auLhorized by snow loader, two trucks and a back- ought to be impeached. Clerk Fran- the city council. "enough to land hoe. soso asked the council If it would the m all in Jall," a.s Mr. Fransoso City Clerk Hopley read a com- appoint R. committee to meet with put it. munication from the Boar d of Street the Board of St-reet, Commission~rs · commissioners which listed two bids Monday night at 7 o'clock "and see Deliver..ncertafn for a roller truck, explained that the if they can put some sense into the Abou t four month· ago the board board hnd no funds for this item Board of Street commissioners." hart been allocated $7,608 for two and recommended that the councU On motion of Councilman Burk- I t.rucks, had awarded the bid to select th e one the city wanted. harctt, th is was voted. Vaughan S treet garage, then had Saicl Cler k Fransoso: " ince Then came a. communicaLlon from b?cn informed 1,ome time la H that we didn't h ave a ny fu nds, we the s treet commissioners asking the t.he garage couldn't deliver them un_ d cided t-0 lei the coun ril buy council to select one o r nine snow ti!. perhaps, 1942. whatever equipmen t it wanted." loaders from bids submitted by Jom "So," said Clerk Fransoso, "lhis One bid was for 3,520 and the firms. time we didn't say what we wanted , 0 her for $3,465. Before explaining lhe bids , Clerk ju.~t t,ha' the bodies fi t he chasSald lhe councilmen in •hor t1 , Fransoso said: "I want to say one sis. We figured that de pite defense Gardne~: "I a~ree that we have thing. Th city clerk R.dvised all priorit.ie.~. some trucks would be no authority to purchase any equin- 1 three to come here. I'm the onl a va ilablP U1L~ way." ment for the board, but perhaps we, one. I don't mind but I think it's The council guaranteed $11 to the ' up to the chairman of the board . r street comm.lssloners. 0 I �he felt a 50-cent forfeit was too small and that $2 as was charged in Cleveland would be better. Councilwoman Mary C. Dondero opposed the measure because it was 1 wrong to charge people and t hat people had a right to park without ' having to pay fines. The others on the council were in favor , and so rges Reading of Report voted. "I have made certain notes," said Seco_nd ordinance submitted by Mr. Harvey, "and I think in view I Councilman Harvey "from conversations with officers in the square" of the seriousness of the situation was to prohibit left turns for cars this report should be read if I am coming down Congress street toto be fair- if that's the word I ward Islington into either Church want." or Fie t streets and to prohibit left Councilman Gardner : "Haven't turns by cars coming up Congress you any report?" street toward Market square into Councilman Burkhardt: "Haven't High street. Action on the traffic survey submitted by the Ports- you any recommendations?" Harvey: "In view of Burkhardt Defend Taxi Men mouth Merc~ants bu~eau. is scheduled tonight by the theCouncilman Merits of this ordinance were deseriousness of the situaiion I Portsmouth City council at its 7 :30 o'clock meeting. suggest that lhe entire city council bated at length. Councilman Burkhardt said lhe taxi men on Church The survey which was made by a at Pannaway manor and several as a whole become the parking com- street paid fees and were entitled 1 mittee and meet with the parking traffic expert was submitted to the other minor matters. committee of the Portsmouth Mer- to consideration. He said they never council more than seven weeks ago Councilman William Palfrey will chants' bureau to discuss this on blocke£1 traffic making left turns and last week the Mei:chants' bu- move for passage of a resolution Thursday, Sept. 11, at the council and the buses caused the trouble. reau requested action. making $6,900 available for a Haven Mrs. Dondero said this would only chambers. Refusal of the Federal Works road sewer. ) jam up traffic on Slate street. Councilman Palfrey: "But I won't agency to accept the amendment Parking ordinances to be consid- 1 On a roll call vote, Dondero, Mcbe here.'' to their contract in lieu of taxes ered would, if passed, prohibit left Neil and Burkhardt were recorded Councilman Burkhardt (aside); for the 800 PBA homes at Atlantic hand turns by drivers going southas opposed. "I hope you understand Heights will be discussed. The city westerly on Congress street into "Ain't that too bad," this means nothing to me personThe council then unanimously had asked that the Federal gov- Church O':' Fleet_streets and northally," said Councilman Harvey. voted the meeting. ernment write in a minimum pay- westerly, mto High street, and also "These are only the recommendaLater in the evening Councilman ment of $30,000 a year to the city. would make Church street one-way. tions of the officers in charge of A resolution for $20,000 for street The Board _of_Street commission- Harvey offered three ordinances traffic and lhey should know best." which he said had been drawn up construction and repair and $5,000 ers will submit its annual report. The third ordinance would permit for sidewalk construction on a 50_50 The council also will be asked to after consulting the police officers one way traffic only on Church basis Is scheduled to be acted on, make $1,~00 more available for road who work in the square, "who should street, southerly from Congress to as is the quarterly report of the construction from ~oodbur)'. avenue know more about the problems than ~orter street and force taxis to go Board ·of street commissioners re- to the Interstate highway 111 order we do." m the opposite direction. In conauest for acceptance of nine st~eets to meet lhe lowe_s t. bid received by Object To All Three nection with this, Mr. Harvey said, the street comm1ss1oners. Councilw~nan Mary c. Dondero "It isn't all the taxi drivers who objected to all three. "If this traffic cause trouble. It's only one or two question is to be discussed with the smart ones,:• merchants I think we should wait On a v01ce vote, Dondero and until after that time to act on any Burkhardt opposed. changes. I'm against the buses in the square, but I think we should discuss it all at the same time" "I can't understand why we have buses on the square," said Councilman Burkhardt. "I've been on this council four terms. I've been asked and I've asked why they are there. There's a nigger in the woodpile. I understand the Boston and Maine is willing to do whatever we ask them to do. I'd like to know the answer." Councilman 2-'rederick D. Gardner said it. would do no harm to give these ordinances a first reading at this time. "If we want them" he said, "we are that much along' and if we don 't we can change them or kill them before the final vote." was signed by "Pierpont somebody or other." "I have made notes on this report," said Mr. Harvey, "which I will read as I read the report.." "Do you propose to read the whole report?" asked Councilman Frederick D. Gardner. Council Due To Act On Traff·c Report I I I City Council Calls Traffic Conference· For Sept. 11 Action started las t night on the solution of Portsmouth's traffic problems when the city council voted to confer with the Parking and Traffic committee of the Portsmo~th Mer~hants' bureau Thursday, Sept. 11 and passed first readings of three traffic ordinances. If the traffic ordinances are pas- correctly that's the plan that wants sed over- time parkers may pay 50 us to buy all kinds of property and cents for every offense, taxis will be build a bus terminal. Why . .... " turned around on Porter street, and "Let's quit arguing and hear the left turns regulated from Congress committee report," suggested Counstreet into Fleet, Church and High cilman John Burkhardt. streets. Councilman Walter R. Harvey, City Cle~ }Iopley read a letter chairman of the council parking from the 11\Mrecto~ of the Ports- committee, said: "I have here a ~outh Merchants' b~reau request- 1 complicated report. It starts with a mg. that the coun~1l make some letter which I will read you." He decision on the traffic report. which then read the letter of transmittal the bureau had submitted seven from J. D. Hartford, president of weeks ago. the Merchants' bureau, and the Before_Mayor Rowe could call for letter from Pierpont L. Minor which a _committee report.~ Councilman introduced the report, which he said William H. Palfrey Jumped to his feet and remarked, "If I remember I rges 50- ent Fine The first ordinance proposed by Councilman Harvey was to amend the present parking law to make violations subject to a forfeit of 50c to the police department or on appeal to court subject to the usual fine up to $10. Forfeits collected would be used to improve traffic signs or turned over to the police sick benefit. fund . Councilman Harvey explained the present fine was so great that there was no proper incentive to enforce the law. "A 50-cent fine" he said "is enough to become c~stly if ~ person repeatedly over-parks and it ls small enough so there will be no reason why anyone should forget to enforce it." . (Although Councilman Harvey did not mention it, City Marshal Leonard H . Hewitt has privately stated on several occasions that the present . $10 fine :\l,as made the Jaw nearly impossible to enforce.) Councilman Burkhardt said that �Cit y Refuses. PBA · Contract Still Request USS Grenadier 1-i· To Scatter Ashes Of Capt. Picking $30~000 Each Year; PBA s to Reject Plan Along with Kittery, Ayer and several other cities and towns, Portsmouth last night decided to tell the Federal government that if it wants municipal facilities at its 800 homes at Atlantic Heights it will have to insure payment for them. This, in effect, was the result of night why if the federal government a unanimous vote of the council to felt so certain that the homes would fully occupied and Portsmouth reject the present contract that the be properly paid, there was any hesitaPublic Buildings Administration of- tion about writing a reasonable minfered the city in lieu of taxes, after imum into the contract? Lhe agency had rejected an amendCity officials have taken the posment to the contract offered by the ition that since national defense is city. of equal value to all the citizens, its Portsmouth had asked that a min- costs should be shared equally by imum of $30,000 be guaranteed the all and that Portsmouth is already city under the contract which would paying its fair share in taxes to the pay 14 per cent of shelter rentals of federal government. They maintain occupied dwellings, in as much as that unless the city can at least the 800 homes would normally bring break even on facilities furnished it in a tax revenue of some $60,000 a has no business to furnish them. vear. The next move is up to PBA. · PBA officials at Washington did not even give Portsmouth the cow·tesy of a reply bu t had the letter answered by Harold Robinson, its regional representative. Mr. Robinson said that the government could not make Portsmouth any such guarantee, but his agency felt j there wasn't the slightest question that all the homes would be occupied and Portsmouth would be properly repaid. Puzzled city fathers wondered last I The ashes of the late Capt. Sherwood Picking, USN, killed Sept. 2 in a wreck of an ocean transport on the English coast, will be scattered at sea from the USS Grenadier, a Portsmouth built submarine, Saturday afternoon at 2 :30. The navy has announced that services will first be held in the Picking residence overlooking Casco bay at Falmouth Foreside, Me. Rear Admiral William T . Tarr ant, commadant of the First Naval district, Boston, is in charge of arrangements, aided by Comdr. A. L. King, USN, Portland. Th ashes, to be scattered in compliance with the wishes of the widow, were sent from England Sept. 14. after funeral services in Glasgow, Scotland and memorial services at st. Martin-in-theF:ields church, Trafalgar square. WAS KN OWN HERE-Capt. SherCaptain Picking was enroute wood Picking, SN, who wa killed to London to become assistant US In an east-bound bombing plane naval attache when he was killed. crash in England Tuesday. C:i,plain j He was twice stationed at the Pickir.g was formerly attached to Portsmouth Navy yard, first as the submarine ban-acks at the I comm.an ding officer of the subP ortsmouth Navy yarcl ancl was marine S-7 and later the V-1, marrie<l to Miss Elizabeth Wa.rner now recommissioned and in acof Boston at Gerri h Island, Kittery tive service as the USS BarraPoin t, in 1927. cuda. Capt. Picking leaves his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Warner Picking, of Jamaica Plain, Mass., and Kittery Point, and a. son and two daughters. Winant Attends Rites For Captain Picking London, Sept. 8 (AP)-John O, Winant, United States ambassador to Britain. attended memorial ser• vices at St. Martin's-In-The-Fields today for Capt. Sherwood Picking, USN, one of two Americans killed in the crash of an east-bound transAtlantic plane last week. Picking, a native of Baltimore and a resident of Falmouth Foreslde, Portland, Me., was en route to London to become Assistant United States Naval attache. He was commander of the sub• marine 0-10 during the World war and won the navy cross for heroia action as well as the victory medal with submarine clasp. He once was stationed at the Portsmouth Navy yard. The other American killed was Charles Alvan Spence of Little Neck, N. Y., flight engineer of the plane. Chaplain Glunt To Conduct Rites For Capt. Picking The USS Grenadier left the Portsmouth Navy yard at 7.30 o'clock this morning for Portland, Me., where she will participate in rites for the late Capt. Sherwood Picking, USN, who was killed in a plane crash in England last month . LL. Comdr. H. G. Glunt, USN, chaplain of the Portsmouth navy yard, will preside at the service which will be held at the Picking residence overlooking Casco Bay at Falmouth Foreside. The ashes will be scattered from the deck of the submarine at sea, in accordance with the wish of Mrs. Picking. Captain Picking was enroute to London to become assistant- U. S Naval attache at the embassy. He was twice stationed at the Portsmouth Navy yard, first as com.mamler of the S-7 and later the V-7, now recommissioned and in active ser- I �Portsmouth School Enrollment Shows Decrease From Last Year at the Farrag4t which was down I 31 over last year. I Opening day comparison for all schools was as follows: This Last The School Year Year Loss Building 737 854 117 High •1 4 693 679 1 Junior 31 171 202 had been scheduled to be open at Farragut 215 221 6 this time were not. Result: 2,000 Whipple 251 257 6 less children to worry about. Haven •5 255 250 First day enrollment as compiled Lafayette 201 203 2 for Superintendent Moore showed New Franklin 125 126 1 2,676 compared to 2,827 the first day Atlantic Heights 28 35 7 last year. Losses were shown in all Plains but two of the city's nine schools, 2676 2827 151 the only exceptions being the Junior Totals nigh with 14 more and the Lafay• •Gains. ette where there were five more _School officials estunate that 1t than last year. , will be several weeks before enroll• Largest loss was at the high · ment will be stabilized and the acschool wh_e re there were 117 less tual situation will be determined. than openmg day last year. School officials think that many students are still working and expect them to drift back during the next week or 10 days. Second largest loss wa.a Opening Day Total Drops From 2,827 To 2,676; Defense Homes Influx Will Be Fe lt Later -S · ~ "Where's room 301 ?" "Which is my locker?" "Here's my son 's card he forgot it." "How juh like the new teacher?" Childish voices shrilled 1n dozens of class rooms all over Portsmouth today as schools opened and students sang the old familiar song: "Vaca tion's over School's begun I hate like heck To think it's done." While students looked at teachers and teachers looked at students, each making a few mental reservations, school ofilcials took account of stock and reported t-0 Superin• tendent of Schools Harry L. Moore the day's total. It was much less U1an last year. Nearly 1,000 defense homes which I EntireDirecto~a~e Interest High,o To P~esent City?~. n Portsmouth Traffic Problem . Because al the seriousness of the traffic ond parking problem in Portsmouth, directors of the Portsmouth Merchants · Bureau voted unanimously at a meeting at the Hotel Rockingham last night to have the entire directorate join the bureau's parking and traffic committee in a meeting with the Portsmouth city council at the council chambers Thursday at 7 :30 pm . Chairman J. D. Hartford read a the council chambers Thursday, Sept. 11 at 7.30 pm." communication from City Clerk EdThis was unanimously voted and ward J. Hopley, which read as fol- it is expected that all directors and lows : "I have been requested by the interested members of the bureau attend this meeting. Honorable Mayor and City council will Directors were informed that Roat a meeting held Sept. 5, 1941, to J. Eustace of Chicago who had request your parking committee to bert to organize a Chamber of be present at a meeting with the planned parking committee of the city coun- Commerce h ere, would be unable to cil to be held Thursday, Sept. 11, do it and it was agreed that a committee of the Merchants' bureau 1941 at 7.30 pm. in the council meet with the community chambers. This meeting is sched- would ttled to discuss the traffic survey chest committee to discuss furth er submitted by your body to the city plans. Directors voted to donate $10 a council." A. Richard Chase, chairman of month toward the expenses of the Homes Registration the parking and traffic committee maintaining here in Portsmouth until such of the bureau, explained the present office situation and made the following time as a chamber of commerce is organized or ful"ther federal or motion: funds are available. In any ":\3ecause of the seriousness of the state issue and since the parking and case, the donation ends Dec. 31 , traffic committee of the city council 1941. Resignation of Justin D. French felt that it was of enough imporwith regret. Mr. tance to have the entire council sit was accepted in as a committee, that the entire French resigned because of his duboard of directors should consider ties with the State guard. Frank it 1n the same light and act as a J . Massey of the George B. French committee of the whole to meet at Co., was elected to take his place. Traff IC Study Many Citizens Expected To Attend Session On Problems Tomorrow Indications that the meeting between the Portsmoutl City council and the directors of the Portsmouth Merchant ' bureau tomorrow night at the council cham bers ot 7 :3( will be of wi de interest to the genera l public, and that an• and all persons interested in seeing Portsmouth's traffit and parking problem sho uld attend, were evident on man sides today. I Although there was hardly any tained. That this is a quesllon o one-motorist, pedestrian, business which there is some division c concern or bus concern who didn't opinion is Indicated by the fact th1 have an opinion or an mterest in last year a number of n1 erchan the matter, it was clear today from signed a petition in favor of the r< of these buses. many comments h eard that this moval A large turnout t omorrow nigl meeting tomorrow night would be a decisive one and that anyone who at city hall is 1:xpected. 1 had any constructive ideas should "speak up or forever be silenl." Among the many reactions today was the circulation of a petition to retain buses in Market square, by Andrew J arvis, local agent for the Greyhound Bus lines, whose restaurant Is the headquarters for this service. This petition was circulated among merchants of the vicinity and a number of signatures ob- I �?,q Ask Radio en ore en, or ocal Police Two--Way F M Sets Sought In Request For Federa unds Two-way FM radio, two more cruising cars and seven more men are included in a $30 000 application for federal . ' funds which the Portsmouth Board of Police commissioners approved at its meeting yesterday afternoon. Final details . . are t o b e approved at a special meeting to be held shortly with a representatiYe of the Federal Works agency. Forty-Five Women Register 5·9 For Red Cross Defense Work Forty-five gr ater Portsmouth women met at I.he Rockingham hotel last night to register for Red Cross defense work. Mrs. Howard P. Jackson, chair· man of Volunteer service for the Portsmouth chapter, and Mrs. A. C. Warner. executive secretary, called the meeting to enlist services of women in the following courses which will start. soon: Nurses' aid, Home nursing, First aid (Standard course), Grev ladies and Braille work. Vol• unt~rs for the Motor corps also were a ked. Mrs. Ralph Eaton is chairman of the Grey ladies, a recreation group of women w110 visit civilian hos• pitals daily. They help arrange flowers, magazines, write letters for pa· tients, read to them and do many things which leave trained attend• ants free for their more important dut.i~s. The Nurses' aid group is required to take the home nursing course. The women will help nurses in civilian hospitals-making beds, pre- Navy To Launch I . l' 1 " Haddock Oct. 20 The submarine Haddock, fifth to be launched from lhe Portsmouth Navy yard this year, is scheduled to slide do1,,n the ways Monday, Oct. 20, yard officials stated yesterday. Mrs. William Henry Allen, wife of Rear Admiral Allen, commandant of the 6th, 7th and 8th naval districts and the Charleston, S. C., Navy yard, will sponsor the ship. Another launching is planned for December and will break all previous records in the turning out of sub• marines at the local yard. Chairman Thomas J. Downs of the commission explained that he had had all fhe various legal, financial and statiscal forms pr pared. He said that his investigation had disI clo_s-ed a need for seven men and one or two more cruising cars. In a.cldition, he stated he had !?One to Concord and investigated the two-way radio set up of I.he Concord and the State police. Two-way radio for Portsmouth would cost about $2,000 for ~he sta(ion unit and $450 for ach cruismg car equipped. Two-way rad~o would enable the local police to tie in with the Ma111e, New Hampshire and Ma.s~_achusetts state police. . In addition 1t would tie in with the other New Hampshire cities such as Manchester, Nashua, Concord I and Laconia where two-way radio Is being used. Mr. Downs said that as a result of his investigation he was convinced that two-way radio was the one thing that. would do more than anything else to protect the taxpayers. Mr. Downs said I.hat the radio wi h the present two cars equipped I would be about 3.000; two more 1 cruising cars with radio £quipment would b another $3.000. S ven more 1 men with t.heit equipment would be close to $16,000 and that Rdded ex• j pensrs of opera Ung the deoartment would require the other $8.000 esti• mated. The commissioners approved "in principle" the plan as out.lined by Chairman Downs and agreed to meet with the Federal Works agency representative of this area to dis• cuss and approve final details. motor mechanics and character ref· erences Of not known in the community). Reserve drivers, those on part. time call, are required to give 52 hours a year minimum and active members, 100 hours. A motor m chanics' registration night. will be held next Monday at 7:30 pm, meeting place to be announced. Those who take the mechanics training before they have First aid will not be accepted as members of the corps until they complete the , First aid com·se, but ma.y l.ake mech• 1mics first as the offered course is given only once. More detailed information on any 0f these comses may be obtained from Mrs. Jackson, Catham street, Mrs. Warner or Miss Wyatt. paring for operations, el,c., ail under supervision of trained nurses. The training course for this group takes six weeks and will be given at Portsmouth hospital. Mrs. Vil1cent Taccetta ls chairman of the Nm·ses' aid. These women are trained to work with the state and national de,.fense group through the Red Cross in times or emergency. Braille workers obtain their working materials through the local chapter. They teach themselves with the help of a book of instructions furnished by headquarters. The chapter pays the expenses of proof-reading and the material is sent out to institutions for the blind from Washington offices. The Motor corps, Miss Isabel Wy• ,q att, captail1, furnishes transportation for hospitals, doctors, institution , veterans' hospitals and homes, ' drives volunteer workers for the chapter and is on call for emergen· Bare beams extending skyward cy work. Requisites for entrance inmark"d the first signs today of the clude a certificate in Standard fu-st aid, driver's license, available car, destructi-:>n of one of Portsmouth's truly most famous landmarksThe Frank Jones brewery, Islington street, where the Atlantic wrecking company has started work on the grain and storage building. Several months will elapse before I.he entire plant is down. according to Irvil1" Kessel, Lynn, ;.v1as..<., who is in charie of the work. It is estima tee! l-h erc are 15 miiiion bricks and 2,000 t.ons of cast, iron to be salvaged, with the iron nt:?eded fo~· national defense purposes. Offices of the Frank Jones Brewery are being moved acro.< s tl1" street to the Eldredge plant where the ent.lre business soon will be local.eel. During the wrecking, 111ere will be several spectacular scenes; 0111' when the huge clock and bell tower -a landmark for generations-topples over and another when a fivestory building is pulled do~vn. Tl1e Kessel family's biggest Job was wrecking 49 buildings for the entrance to Boston's Sumner tunnel. Old Brewery's Destruction ') Has Begun I 0 0 I CityOfficial! Get Copies ,~ Of Audit s- Copies of I.he first state audit, of I.he City. of Pcrtsmout.h wera delivered to Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, and Chairman of the Cilv Council Finance committee, Frederick D. Gardner at a meeting in city hall this afternoon. After Mayor Rowe has had an opportunity to examine it, lt is scheduled to be made public. Copies were given Mayor Rowe by H. G. Fowler of the State Tax commission , who was accompanied by Noe Allard, auditor, who made the actual audit of the city's b'loks. In his campaign and in his inaugural, Mayor Rowe pro~d citizens that. he would have an auctit made of I.he city's accounts so Lhat the citizens would know specifically the financial condition of their city, During the discussion in t.he city council tefore the audit was voted, John G. Marston, secretary of the State tax commission, stated that "wit.ho • exception Port5mouth is the only city or town that does not tile an annual report with the com- \ mission." �v-lo..tc...,. S\li.t'C''-Y Councilman- Gardner Praises I Boa rd Advises PBi To Get Ownnl Value Of Planning Board To City Water Supply 0· u "I am glad I was able to atteftd," Local Grou p Needs Financial Support she said, "for the session made.all of us who were there better c1t1T o Do Best Work For Portsmouth l ~~~s f~~~-~~?re intelligent voters for H e T e II 5 L •IOn S Cl U b "A planning board properly financed and properly manned can be of inestimable value to a city," City Councilman Frederick D. Gardner totd the PortsmouLh Lions club last night at the Rockingham hotel. By furnishing organized foresight, the councilman went on, such a board can save time and money for the city govrenment and can save it from error by spending the tlime to properly assemble facts on many problems of government. "Portsmouth's board has a hard row to hoe," he declared in discussing the functioning of the planning board, "for the city ha refused to grant it any money. Every other planning board I have seen has had a budget and has employed a professional planning technician." Mr. Gardner traced the history of the Portsmouth planning board; pointed out how its first task was to study the PEA proposal for 800 homes; how it suggested a change in design of the houses, suggested that some be made demountable and that the locaUon be changed; also how PEA ignored the suggestions and went ahead with its plans. "Our planning board has made several recommendations to the city council on its own iniUative," he told the group, listing among these suggestions that for longer office hours at city hall; an amendment in the ordinances to require planning board and council ap- ·°' President Francis T. Malloy annow1ced several committee appointments. Georg~ormesley, William proval for new streets and new Tilton and Charles Griffin were housing developments as well as named to a committee on welcome approval by the board of street signs at the city limits; Philip Dacommissioners; and use of a capi- vis was named to the sight consertal budget system for the city. vation committee. Frank Massey "This latter,'' h explained, "makes and Bradley Clark were named team use of a study of the post to out- captains for a new attendance conline a course ot procedure for the 1 test just starting. fuLure in capiLal expenditures by The team captained by Clark the city. It does not bind fuLiu·e Coleman, winners of the JR.St concouncils but gives them a guide if test, will dine at the next meeting, they desire it. Sept. 22, at the expense of the losThis subject was studied by the ers captained by Harold Clarke. planning board, approved by it, was ready to be introduced to department heads of the city when the council called a halt to progress on the matter, he went on, "I hope that this city soon wil! -:-I make funds available to permit the -:;, planning board to hire a trained planning enigneer," he said in closA reference inventory of the pubing. "By planning you can better lic records of the town of Greenspend the taxpayers' money. We land, the 16th in a series of publihave a great talent for indiffer- cations by the WPA New H a mpence wnich we must overcome." shire Historical Records Survey Prior to Mr. Gardner's talk the project pertaining to the local arclub heard a report on the recent chives of the state, h as just been Granite Girls State by the dele- published, it was announced today gate it sponsored, Miss Mary by J ames P. Quinn, state adminisGonyer. trator. Miss Gonyer told the group of the Everyone is familiar with such week-long meeting at Durham at present day officials as moderator, which girls from all parts of New town clerk, selectmen, tax collector Hampshire, especially selected for and treasurer, but it is unique that their good school records, held a lumber officers in Greenland in model town meeting, organized a the 18th century operated as "commodel state government, conducted mittee to sell timber ," committee their own legislative session and re- to mark wood," and "measurer of ceived the guidance of New Hamp- wood ." Greenland h ad at var ious shire's governor and other state of- times such hardly remembered officers as deerkeepers, hawards, ficials. tythingmen, poundkeepers, and "Saxon," Copies of the inventory will be distributed free to state an d local government agencies, to public 11· brarles in New Hampshire a nd to all state and many college libraries in the country, "The purpose of the survey," said Frnnk N. Jordan, New Hampshire survey supervisor, "is to make accessible to lawyers, historians and students of governmen t, the records of state, county, city and town offices. In conjunction with t h is listing of public records, the church records, including those of defunct organizations, will be inventoried so that ground work may be la id for research in this neglected field of social history." ~ I WPA SUrVeyS Greenland Records ' PEA officials in charge of the 800h om e developinent at Atlantic Heights here were advised by the Portsmouth Board of Street commissioners last night to go ahead with plans to secure their own water supply as the city cannot furnish water for the project. When William T. Brown presented PBA's question on .the water supply Engineer Paul Howard said that the city at present has no safety margin, that it is using all the water that is available. Even the new wells, now delayed by priorities bottle ne<-ks on material, will not put the city in a position to take on such an added burden he told the group. Additional water supply sought in requests to the federal government for funds being still uncertain, the board decided the city could not furnish the water. PEA officials have located a source of supply about 3.7 miles from the huusing project, they stated. Discussing priorities on the addition to the water system of the city, the board voted to grant a request by Louis Dadario, contractor on new water mains for a two-months' extension of his contract because of a priorities deli!y in getting well valves for the C. W. Lauman company. The board voted to lay a new water main in Lois street and gravel surface the street. It also voted to have the superintendent prepare figures on the cost of resurfacing Pleasant street from State street to the South Mill bridge and Maplewood avenue from the overpass bridge to Raynes avenue. The board accepted the superintendent's recommendation that a damaged fence on the Stevens property on ,l\/Iarcy street be repaired at the city's expense. The board instructed Charles Gray of the John Sise agency to reporb at the next meeting on proposals for a fleet insurance system for city-owned vehicles. The board took under advisement a request from the U. S. army for an adjustment in water rates. I �ocal Schools Bar 0 efen Pupils; l Charges Propa anda '7'0 Forced On Movie ouses I Washington, Sept. 10 (AP) New York newspapers this mornChairman Clark CD-Idaho) declared ing mentioned the name of Louis today Lhat the senate subcommi tee DeRochemont,, producer of tht' I investigating war propaganda had March of Time, as among those Seninformat,ion indicating that many ator Nye charged with bemg pri- , independent theat~r op~ralors had at the charge. b;e.n forced to boOK n~?t10n ~1c:ur~; For generations the DeRochemont ,, h1ch Clark la~led propaoat.da. family have been natives of Newing~ Cla:·k pronused th_at these alle- ton, N. H., Portsmouth suburb, and gat1on_s ,~ould be exammed. Wende-II in business 111 Portsmouth and NewL . W1llk1e took Senat?:· 1:;ye CR- , ington. Mr. DeRochemont's grandN.D.) lo ta k for makmg reck_less father was a Rockingham county and unsupported cl~arges". agam~t commissioner and hls father was the 1:1ov1e m_dustry m the mquiry s active in af!rtirs here. open_mg_ session. ye.•tc-~·d1y. Mr. DeRochemont was born in W1llk1~, w~o L5 actmg a· c~uns71 Chelsea, Mass., on Jan. 13, 1899 and for the f,lm mdustry, assert.ed m his baptized in the Episcopal faith by statement that "the request of Sen- Bishop Lawrence. He was educated a tors N~e and_ Bel?net.t ~lark D-M?.) in the Boston schools graduating for an mvest1gat1on. shields a de<1re from the Winchester High ~chool to use_ the pre:ogatives of a senate befor e going into Naval Aviation r?numit~e lo fight _a rear_ guard ac- school at M. I. T. and serving as a t1on agamst, a foreign pohcy <oI the naval cadet at Harvard . He , as a administ.ration) which th senate, line officer of the Uni ted S tates 11s a whole, has overwhelminglr ap- Navy until hls resignation in 1923. pron,d." Mr. DeRochemont makes his home Clark said \hat, independcn thea- at Newington with his wife and Lwo ter owners might be forced lo show sons. Mrs. DeRochemont ls active so-called propa anda films becam,e in civic affair He ls here at every he ~aid (he: had to ren all lhci~ opportunity he has to get away from motion p1_ctures from the large con- New York. Recently, he has proct>rns which he tleclar d cont,rolled duced several films using th!., secmore than 50 ~r cent of. the .movie lion for il:.s setting; a national deshowhouse seating capacity m he fense film using scenes of the Porl:.scountry. . mou th civic patrol; the to\\n of marily re,,pons1ble for propaganda Exeter and a York town meeting. 1n the mot.ion picture field and incorrectly included him among several foreign born movie producers. Man resident.~ of Rockingham county who have known the De- May Form Branch Rochemon tamlly for gpneral.ions, expressed surprise and 1mazement I Of Power Squadron I ederal Children from Pannaway manor United States government for operand ihe PBA 800-home project will ation of the schools. These have be barred from Porl:.smouth schools not yet been submitted to t he govunless federal aid to help pay ex- ernment as they nwai t study by penses of educating them is forth- PWA officials, Supt. Moore statEd. coming according to a unanimous The board ls considering changing vote of the Portsmouth Board of the request which originally dated Education last night. I from Sept. 1 since no addi tional At il:.s me€ti..ng Jn city hall the I children have ent~red the schools board was informed that no mflux j from defense homes yet. The request of students from defens homes here is for $8,500 monthly and ori11:mally was Jn immediate prospec~ as Pan- was for a period of 10 months. naway manor homes were not ex- children from 1"€ceivi11g an ed1:1capecied to be open for occupancy be- tion; we expect to get some aid !ore the middle of October and PBA from the government,"' was the conat least not before Nov. 1. census of members present. To be prepared -vhen children The action Js like that taken in from an expected addition 1,000 Kittery, Ayer, Mas.;., Grl)ton, Conn., families do seek admit.tance to the and at.her communiUes simi larly schools, the board took action on a affected. motion presented by Kennard E. Kittery schools, after a similar Goldsmith. vote by the school boatd there, were "We don't expect t-0 bar these opened to Admiralty Village childThese application ask for a ren when the state pledged finannew high school and a new Plains cial aid pending receipt of a grant school !!S well as a lat ~e addition from the federal government. to the Atlantic Heigh t,s t hool. Continuing its work on defense Also before the board v,ere appli- homes preparedness, rh<> board recations for financial aid from the !erred to its commit ee on school buildings for further .,tuclr, the ma ter of choosing locations for t.he two new schGOI bmldmgs Mked in federal application already made. 0 I l A. N. Drury of Boston will confer Sunday with Commodore W. F. Robinson of the Portsmouth Yacht ,-Jub and a group of local men about the formation of a branch of the United States Power squadron here. Mr. Drury will also speak to the men about the navigation classes that will be held h ere this winter. Public Urged To Attend Meeting At City Hall Council, • Merchants Confer On Traffic Portsmouth's parking and traffic problem-a familiar topic of private discussionwill receive official attention tonight at 7 :30 pm at the council chamber at city hall when members of the Portsmouth City council and the directors of the Portsmouth Merchants bureau convene to discuss the parking and traffic survey which the Merchants bureau submitted to the City council for consideration more than eight weeks ago. In addition to the Merchants bureau members and councilmen it is expected there will be a large turnout of other interested persons, ranging from those who have a definite financial interest ln keeping things as they are or see a definite financial interest in a change to those whose only interest is improving present conditions regardless of any "special" interests involved. Portsmouth's parking and traffic problem has bPen a subject of comment not only among residents who have found it more and more inconvenient to travel or park in the heart of the cit:y, but from the shoppers from outside towns and tow·lsts upon whose income /i.O much Portsmouth prosperity depends. Alarmed at increasing reports of business lost to Portsmouth because of present conditions, the Portsmouth Merchants bureau dil"Pctors held several meetings to discuss the problem. It was agred that something should be done and in order to give the city the most possible help, the Merchants bw-eau agreed to finance a survey by a recognized expert to give to the city the best available advice. A recommended graduate o! the internationally famous Bureau of Street Traffic research at Yale university, which has been consultant on traffic and parking problems for most of the leading cities of the United States, was called Jn. I After many days of study he sub- • mltted his report based on an invest igatio n of Portsmouth conditions 1 and with recommendations based on the best results that have been ob- 1 tained by experience in hundreds of leading cities. j This report was submi tted Lo Lhe Portsmouth City council last July and referred to its Parking and Tra:ffic committee, which aranged for the meeting tonight, I Airport Waits 0·~ Army Engineers The Army engineers who are to make a urvey at the Portsmouth ail"port have not arrived at the field yet. Airport officials are expecting them momentarily, however. The field ls ln readiness for them to begin their work as the city grader has leveled off several bad spol:.s and t.he crew has cleared away much underbrush and debris that might interfere with operations. Advance men of the engineers have visited the field and said that they would arrive in Portsmouth soon. Inspector P . Mason o! the Civil Aeronautics Authority visited the airport this morning where he checked several of the studenl:.s who recently passed the Civilian Pilot Training course. He gives the men their flight examination. �A\v ~o..-"t ~uv-ve.'f "Blessed grave That peaceful spot. Those that were troubled Trouble not." Many are the epitaphs that warn, or scorn, the living: J. P. 1849: "Grieve not for me, my dearest "Beneath this silent stone is laid "Stop passenger and view thy fate. dear, A noisy antiquated maid, Stand and compose thy mind. I am not dead, but sleepest here. Death waits not for the sick or great Who from the cradle talked till With patience wait prepare to die, You are but one step behind.'' death, And in a short time, you'll come And ne'er before was out of M. A. B. 1847: to I." breath, "I yet do speak though I am dead Whither she's gone we cannot Mr. Harriman reports that a wag T;he Sovereign Lord made this my tell. underwrote this: bed. If she talks not she's in H-. And all I have to say to thee If she's in Heaven she's there "I am not grieved my dearest li!e Prepare for death and follow me." unbles't Sleep on I've got another wife, Because she hates a place of Therefore I cannot come to thee D. B. 1846 : rest." For I must go to bed to shee.'' "Behold as you pass by With this epitaph which was pubThe rest of the epitaphs appear As you am now so once was I lished in an old almanac by the on headstones in and around PortsAs I am now editor of the New Hampshire Ga- mouth. so you must be zette in 1757, Arthur I. Harriman When J. M.'s first wife died this starts a collection of "quaint and inscription was inscribed on stone: Prepare for death and follow rne." interesting epitaphs. Because Mr. Harriman knows as "A precious one has from us gone, In 1845 this was composed for the much about Portsmouth history as A voice we loved is stilled, headstone of B. M.: Einstein knows about relativity, both A place ls vacant in our home local persons and many from far- That never can be filled.'' "Oh ye mourners cease to languish away have besieged him with reBeside her rest the three wives O'er the graves of those ye love! quests for epitaphs. This is his ans- who followed . Far removed from pain and anguish wer. For Mrs. H . G. in 1769 this was They are chanting hymns above.'' Mr. Harriman's great-grandfa- written: ther, Samuel Lancton Treat in 1807 For A. H. M. in 1843: bought the monumental works at 1 "Our Life contains a thousand "But, 0 , how sudden was the stroke Vaughan and Deer streets. For springs That rift the spirit from the clay. nearly a century this business re- And dies if one be gone · mained in the Treat family. Passing Strange that a harp of 'a thousand The golden bowl was broke And life's warm pleasures passed from father to son, it went fu·st to strings away.'' Allen, then to the late Hon. John S. Should keep in time so Jong." Treat. W. P. 1841: The trade sign was one of the For M. T. 1720: Grim Reaper, often referred to as "He took the cup of life to sup "Old Father Time.'' He perched "At her own special request For bitter 'twas to drain; atop the building, an hourglass We here deposit the remains He put it weakly from his lips, tucked under an emaciated arm, Of this respected character." And went to sleep again." and a scythe poised in businesslike fashion for a wide swath. M. w. 1857: C. B. F. 1841: Mr. Harriman says he has taken from the inscription book of Sam- "He was! but words are wanting to "Sweet lovely babe; it sleeps in uel and Allen Treat but a few of death ; say what. hundreds of quaint epitaphs. Ask what a man should be and he It withered in the bud; 'Twas only sent to show the earth, This appeared in the New Hampwas that.'' ' The fairest work of God." J.B. 1850: shire Gazette Feb. 18, 1789: Arthur I. Harriman Collects s.11 Quaint, Interesting Epitaphs . City Swimming Pool Closes After An Almost SRO Seasont.,1-~ Schools have opened and the "closed" sign hangs at the municipal swimming pool where an average of 200 kids swam daily this summer. Red Cross-sponsored Instructors John Burkhardt, Jr. and Thomas Cullen were assisted by lifeguards Kenneth Ball and Garland Patch. In charge of the swinuning pool was Councilman John Bw·khard , who started working to "make the pool free for all children" when he first was elected to the city council. He won his second year. Councilman Burkhardt has cherished the council appropriations and spread them out by doing most of .t he work himself. He's been carpenter and painter, and-most everything el;e. There's about 19 cents left this year and a lengthy list of things to be done before winter comes. Councilman Burkhardt will do them! Today he ar.nounced the names of boys and girls whom Burkhardt, Jr. and Thomas Cullen passed in Red Cross tests. These two boys were sent to .school in Durham by the Red Cross.) Wll1iam "Bill" CapDne renewed his senior lifesaving and John Amie, James Streeter and Garland Patch passed their senior lifesaving tests. Junior life savers are Marguerite Fowler, Marguerite Black, Priscilla Gorman, Bernard Duffy and Ronald Pecunies. Those who passed their swimmers' tests were: Walter Stickles, William Tragut, Edna Buckley, Therese Trinette, Helen Regan, Virginia Mahan, Charles Black, Barbara Kolckas. Marion Kolckas, George Martm, Donald Ramsdell, Jack Trefethen, Ken Truman, Warren Truman, Ronald Pecunies, Austin King and Olah Oliver. Frank S. Preston o✓ Dies In Arlington News has been received here of the death in Arlington, Mass., of Frank Saller Preston, which occureel Sunday. Mr. Preston, a brother of Andrew P. Preston, former druggist, made his home in Portsmouth for a number of years. He was born Dec. 31, 1862. He was a descendant of Captain Tilus Salter and the son of Dr. William Rantoul Preston and Marie Lowe Salter Preston. lArmy Engineers Due To Survey Airport Here ~ Army engineers are due here to make a survey of the Portsmouth airport late today or tomorrow to determine the position of lights, runways and other necessary features to make a first class airport. The federal government is to spend $500,000 on the local airport after the survey. The engineers were riginally supposed to have been in Portsmouth a month ago. From time to time reports have been received here to the effect that they would arrive "next week." One of their advance men was at the local field yesterday, according to a report, and said they would arrive "Tuesday or Wednesday" A short while ago the City council appropriated money for grading at t he north end of the field and clearing of brush and trees where necessary. The city grader worked at the port for nearly two weeks in August getting things in readiness for the coming of the engineers. After the survey ls made officials at the field expect that the money will be forthcoming. The work must be finished before the first of Jan• uary 1942 according to specificatiot;)6 from Washington. When the work is completed lhe local airport will be one of the finest civilian fields in this section. I FICTION-A Walter Edmonds, a Kenneth Roberts or any other individual with the capacity to tw·n historical facts into fiction should be tipped off about the interesting sketch which Judge Pettingell has prepared on the life of Walter Barefoote. Barefoote was an English , immigrant, back in the 1650's, who as a successful businessman, trader and speculator, cow1c1lor, judge, deputy governor and acting governor, played an important part in the development of Maine and New Hampshire. "He was a man of education, a doctor and surgeon but was perfectly at home in a tavern brawl; he fought officers sent to arrest him and knew enough law to baffle those who sought to levy executions. He was unscrupulous, he was ruthless and he was a schemer, but he was always able, energetic and resourceful. After a life of rascality, he left a will remarkable for its sanity and generosity," writes the local jurist and historian of a man around whom can be shaped an interesting story. Add a little romance to the historical facts Judge Pettingell has resurrected and you'll have another "Drums Along the Mohawk" or "Northwest Passage." The romance, incidentally, is contained in a restricted degree in Judge Pettlngell's article, which appears 1n the current issue of the New England Historical and Genealogical Reglster.-Back Stage in the Haverhill Gazette. I �\ '(-0.. ~ ic \\~a_'(' ~\.I,'( V C I \'"I' 'f c.or s r ffic Heari ecord Crowd Jams City Council Cham Minor stating that there were 13 recommendations in it and that three had already been given consideration by the council. (This report was carried in full In The Portsmouth Herald of July 17, 1941.) "We enjoyed good business this summer," he said, "but it is a questlbn whether we wouldn't have had better business if traffic conditions had been improved." Mr. Harvey then introduced J. D. One of the largest gath erings in recent years crowded Hartford. pre•1dent of the Portsth e council chambers at city hall last nig ht when the mouth Merchants Bw·eau. who ex• plained that the Merchants Bw·eau Ports mouth City Council and the directors of the Ports- was founded three years ago to mo uth Merchan ts Bureau disc ussed th e recommendations make up for the lack of a Chamber of Commerce, which had once of the traffic engineer which th e bu reau had engaged to ' clone "great" work but of late years survey the city and provide information for the council. had failed through lack of support. Ordinarily he said, a Merchants Pros and con s of having buses in th e square, of direc- I Bureau would be the retail division tiona l traffi c, of traffic laws prese nt and proposed were of a chamber of commerce. but undiscussed du rin g the two hour session conducted by City der the circumstances it had acted as a chamber of commerce as far Counci lman Wa lter R. Harvey, cha trman of the city coun- as it could. cil parki ng and traffic committee. Spec ific recommenda"There is no question that parki.ng and traffic are a problem," Mr. tions of th e committee to th e counci l wi ll follow this Hartford continued," it has always meeting . been a controversial subject. MemThe council chamber, the adjoinMerchants Bureau members in- bers of the council, parking and eluded some of the above mentioned traffic committees and citizens have ing rnom, and doorways were filled officials and J. D. Hartford, presi- 1 always been ha1:idicapJJed by ~he with the largest turnout at city hall dent; Andrew c. Graves, secretary; personal or business mterest-s min several years when Mayor Ste- A. Richard Chase, chairman of the 1I valved. wart E. Rowe called the meeting to Parking and Traffic committee; ) , . order, and turned it over io Chair- George Kimball , Leonard Alkon, Bureau Wanf.s to Assist man Walter R. Harvey of the Park- Eugene Cummings, Benjamin To- 1 ''The Merchants Bureau, felt it Ing committee of the city council. ber, Edward I. Shaines, George could be of assistance in the ma•ter, Among those present were: Chick. Henry Langelier, Andrew Jar- if it brought in an outside expert All members of the council ex- vis, Caleb J. Hodsdon of Faye's and of some training." Mr. Hartford cept Councilman William H. Pal- J. D. French. then explained Mr. Minor's experi• frey, who was in Colebrook at the ence and said, "When Mr. Minor State Firemen's convention. Other Chambers Filled arrived here he said that being a government officials attending inSo filled were the chambers that small town boy himself he realized eluded Mrs. Stewart E. Rowe, sec- it was impossible to see all those I the dlffloulty of Ideal citraens in retary to the mayor; City Clerk Ed- present from any one point and trying Lo solve such a controv~ -.~Jal ward J. Hopley, Police Commission- recognize all of the nearly 100 per- problem. He said that if he saw the ers Orel Dexter and J. Verne Wood, sons attending. marshal, the city council or other City Solicitor Oscar Neukom, Depu"This ls the first meeting of its officials and they had ideas that did ty Ta· Collector Charles R. Quinn, , type in a number of years," said Mr. not agree with the results of his in• Ivene Seve~ance, auditor's secre- Harvey. "Its sole purpose is straight- vestigation, his ideas would be tary; Supermtendent of Schools ening out our serious parking and tos ed out. Ha!Ty L. Moore, Motor Veh_lcle In- traffic problem on which the Mer"His recommendations were noth• spector Kennard ~- Goldsrruth, An- chant-s Bureau has spent a lot of ing that any citizen could not have drew C. Graves, director of the New money. To start the discussion I formulated for himself. They were ~ampshlre State l!;mployment ser- want to introduce Chairman A. simply and easily done, but if any vice; Lawrence Grattan, clerk of Richard Chase of the Merchants local citizen had made them he the Greater Portsmouth Selective Bureau Parking and Traffic com- would have been tossed out the winService board; Ralph May, chair- mlttee who will explain the report." dow. "I feel that as a result of the ma~ of the P ortsmouth Defense CoChairman Chase then outlined by-play and interest in the official ord1;11atlng committee; Wallace F . the highllghts of report submitted family and the private family that P urmgton, execu~ive secreta_ry of by Traffic Engineer Pierpont L. much good will come out of it.•· the Interstate Bridge a uthonty. Mr. Hartford concluded by com• : S,1¥ H igh Interest Show In Parking Pro lems I I I mending Chairman Harvey for call• ing the meeting. It was, he said, the first opportunity a group had had to meet with the committee and explain its side of the pictw-e. "One year ago," said Mr. Hart•• ford, "the Merchants Bureau held a meeting to discuss traffic and 131 business men registered their opinion on a trial installation of park• ing meters at no expense to the city. On this paper five were op• posed and 126 in favor. It has nev• er been presented because the then chall·man of the parking commit• tee at the time refused to meet with the parking and traffic committee of the Merchants Bureau. There• fore not desiring any publicity, the bureau has sat waiting with the list." Chairman Harvey then called on Police Commissioner J. Verne Wood to speak. Mr. Wood said that he had no recommendations to make but was there to listen and see what laws the police commission would be asked to enforce. Former Mayor Orel Dexter, clerk of the police commission, was then calleo on. Mr. Dexter said that the ordinance of 1925 that allowed buses the use of Market square was passed during his administration at the time the electric railroad stopped using the square and bus• es were brought in to replace them, It seemed the natural thing to let the Boston & Maine carry on with its local buses there, he said, and there was no problem like there is today with the through buses of the Greyhound line. "To compare 1925 to 1941 ls an unpossibility;• he contlanued, "There have been many suggestions for improving traffic and the good ones should be adopt€d. I realize all the merchants may not like them but personal feelings should be put in the background. The important thing is the best in• terest of Portsmouth." Councilwoman Mary C. Dondero asked Commissioner Dexter what had happened to the request of 1he city council for action regarding t.he use of Middle street by buses and trucks. Letter In Files Mr. Dexter said that the leLLer was in t.he files a.nd ha.d not been answered because the commission "didn't know how to answer it." He explained that the commission could not compel othe buses and trucks to use the new by-pass bridge and the commission wa-s not sure that rerouting would help. Motor Vehicle lnspector Kennard E. Goldsmith was the next speakrr, "I hesitate to speak," he said. "because I always speak frankly. I am speaking now as former mayo1·, nnd I want to say a word about parl~ing meters. The reason my council did n ot confer with the Merchants B ureau on parking meters was due to the fact that a salesman for parking meters who was sent to m e from a member of the Merchants Bureau 35 �~(., Mr. Jarvis presented Chairman shouldn't block the good of all, a block or 'rtwo from our center. ! m ade a proposition t hat I and m emarvey with a petition signed by 27 Valuable property ls being hurt by can't see h ow more th an one pa;:t-; bers of my council would be finan- H of approximately 200 business th e present regulations-Daniels, gains by their being wher e they are. cially better off if his p arkin? met- out ers were installed. I t hrew h im ou t concerns in the down t own a rea op- Vaughan and State streets are all All may benefit a little but they all bad. Even t his morning a bus I was I also lose by the buses being there of my office. He t hen wen t across posing any change: Signers were : J arvis' tearoom and cafeteria by riding in on Vaugh an street had t o and shoppers being qriven away. the hall to th e ithen city clerk and Andrew Carroll's Cutrate go on to t he sidewalk t o get through, 1 The local buses are different, we all made the same proposition and was Perfume Jarvis; by Leo Marcus; United and that is dan gerous." benefit from them." ' again thrown out . . store by W. D. Fernald; Joseph Muscarello asked. Ohair - 11 Ralph May, chairman of the "I told members of my parking Cigar c learweave by Ether Gekas; Econo- m an Harvey if th e situation was that I Portsmouth Defense c o-ordinating and traffic committee to have noth- , my market by Joseph and Saul Sil- unless some arguments were pre. . . . Ing to do with t he matter . I knew verman; Colonial Shoe sI;ine by sented against the r ecommendations committee said he was mterested m we would be branded. . Theodore Bosen; Juneau Gift shop of the t raffic engineer t h ey would be seeing ~he directional problem tack''Personally I believe in parkmg by R. B. Juneau; Kol's delibatessen accepted. Mr. Harvey said not nee- led. He wanted to know how the blli:o me ters but I believe before they I by Samuel Kol; White and Hodg- essarily but that the commi ttee line managers felt abo1;1t •th~ matter. are installed we should give our pre-I don; Personal Finance Co. by W. D. would be guided to a large extent by "It nught, be more intel11genL to sent ordinances a fair trial. I have Kiah; Modern Shoe Shine parlor what was said at this meeting. approach the problem that way." he been down stairs in ,the police sta- by Charles P appas; Henry LangeMr . Muscarello said that he was said. tion on 8< number of occasi_ons and lier· John D. Leahy; Goodmari's representing Mrs. F. H. Keen , who Chairman Harvey said it was hi, seen merchants bring in tickets-I I Me~'s shop by Moses and Melvin owns a taxi business here, and who feeling that the Mercha:1ts Bureau don't know whether they were Goodman; J. H. Dinnennan; wanted opposition registered to the was imerestecl in the city of Portsmembers of the bureau or 1101:r-I'vc Green's drugstore by Frank M. reversal of traffic flow on Church I mouth and not how the bus lines never seen a membership list. McMahon; Portsmouth News Agen- street. felt. '·To my mind," sa~d Mr. Harvey, "It is true we h ave some ordi• cy by George G. Harmon; S. K. Caleb J. Hodsdon was the next "We should consider the merchants nances that should be repealed. But Ames by R. W. Andrews; F. W. speaker and said that he represented rather than the operators, although you can't blame t he police for not Woolworth by F. B. McCormick; J. R. B. Foye who was a life long resi- we would be glad to hear from enforcing the present ones. They J . Newberry by J. E. Eberle; Mat- dent. "Mr. Foye, as you know," he them." t!son's Barber shop by Leo Jacobs; said "owns a great deal of property Mr. May then said that he felt haven't enough men. " As for buses in t he square I don1t Wendell's hardware by H. T. Wen- Ian d also is a large tax payer. He .wmeth ing should be done about the belie,ve t hey a re a hindrance if dell; Dolphin hotel by James Cous- ' also has a comfort station in his buses but just as he sat down he properly parked and they are 90 per soule; Portsmouth cafe; James R. store which is in constant use and ros, again and said "My wife recent of the t ime. If the rule against McNeil; New China restaurant, and he uses a great deal of water. He minds me that I meam trucks not double parking was enforced there J ack Levy. has asked me to state for him that buses." he is definitely against the parking Mr. Chase replied to a remark would not be congestion there. "I think the recommendations of Llberson Speaks of buses in the square from a life- that had been made that the buses the engineer r egarding parking are Leo Liberson, former city solicitor, time of observation there." did not block traffic because tJ1ey the finest ever made. Except for the sai~ this was not a problem of comLeonard Alkon said that he wa~ only stopped for 10 m inutes. "Thero fire station parking lo~, they are pet~t!on between the Boston & afraid that some ,people had the I have been as many as nine bru;es suitable and the Vaugh an s treet lot Mame and the Greyhound but a · wrong idea-that the buses were parked in that squa re at a time," problem of solving traffic conditions. going to be kept out whereas it WB,f, said Mr. Chase. "Actually all the 10 is a disgrace to the city. "I t hink people are not cognizant "If removing the buses would sol".e just a case of moving them from thr minute periods total 25 hours of of the work which h as been done by it that would be one thing but if square to a more suitable _location: · parking there a <1ay ." Mr. Chase said the chairman of t he parking and autos are parked there instead con- I Chairman Harvey then . asked Mr. Ja:·vis had spoken of his pertraffic committee. H e has presented ditions will be worse. Wallace F. Purington, executive sec- sonal interest but he (Mr. Chase) three ordinances which ~ are very Chairman Chase of the Merchants retary or the Interstate Bridge au- fe lt that the man who had the bu,s liberal and will help matters. I feel Bureau committee explained that thority to say a few words. "I feel," conce.<:sion now would certainly have it is :uot fair to deman d; it is much the traffic engineers recommenda- said Mr. P urington, "that it would the best opportunity of keeping it more appropriate to ask." tion was not to park autos there but be out of place for me to say any - in a new location. to have a safety island i_n the center. thing. I am an interested party, We'd Henry Langelier said he was. a Jarvis Speaks He added that the problem included naturally like to see all buses go member of the Bureau represent111g Andrew J arvis, local agent for the persons entering or leaving buses over the new bridge." . barbers _and hairdressers and w1;en Gre hound bus lines, was the next and that he had seen on a n umb~r Mr. Hodsdon asked if lhe bus1- he received notice of the 1~eet111g y ,. , t . i t ted" of occasions two or three police offl- had been consulted, and Mr. Hart- he contacted all th ose qf h is prospeaker. Im n a ura 11 Y 11 eres t cers assisting persons across t he I fession and they were opposed to he said, "I'm 0~ th e spo t. I h~;e n ~ street at bus time. . ford msntioned an incident tw~ any change of the buses as they got protect my bus111ess. If I do d f Michael J. Whalen, who said he years ago, when the que s tlon WI\S be business from passengers who got one else will. I h ave been ~ccusil I had been a resident here for 22 years I ing considered. a haircut and shave whi~e waiting being a big power in Por, mou 1.t and had trucks registered in 11 ' ·'Mr. Jarvis," he said, "has. been for a bus. O never have been. I didn t want states with the I.C.C., said t h at re- ; fair and honest. Self pres~rvation 15 (An unidentified voice was heard come up alone, so I went and asked moving the buses f rom the square ' inherent and I ad~'ll.re nis flghtmg to ask how anyone could get a hairthe merchants and to my surprise would not solve the problem as they for his own interests. I am appear- cut and a shave in 10 m inutes?) all said they got some business from were here only 10 minutes. The ing as president of Lhe Merchants Mr. Chase said that many loca- 1 t h e buses. . . greatest problem here he said is B ureau and not in any other capa- tions had been considen;d for a bus "Realizing what cond1t10ns were between 4 and 5 at the navy yard city. Two years ago the- statement terminal among them the recomh ere this spring, I wrote to the rush with cars coming down Daniels was made that 1f the local news- mendation of the engineer for a Greyhound people and asked them street, when it was hard t o get up paper didn't lay off, the buses would -space at the Western end of Memnot to send the big buses through the street. He suggested m aking by-pass the cit)'. I sent back word orial bridge. Chairman Harvey said here and so many expresses were Daniels one way with parking on that if they did it would be the bes~ that such a location would be a routed thr ough the new bridge. . both sides. thing that could happel'). The bu_ses physical impossibility fo r the buses "Buses in t he square of a city ai~ "As Mr. Jarvis said," continued Mr. take business away from the c1Ly. as they could no-:. make the sharp common. Portland has a place for Whalen, "1,000 to 1,500 people a day People from Portland do not come turns at the end of Chapel street. two or three and 111 Boston busy use his comfort station. It's not here lo shop but many people from Park square is a terminal for a fair to him and to the othtr mer- Portsmouth leave here to shop in Harvey Summarizes number of lines. I'm a _go~_d citizen chants to do away with this busin ess. other places. At chat time, the BosChairman Harvey then summarand I want to ~-o "'.hat '.s 11_ght. Bit Buses are parked in the center of ton & Maine said Lhey had no sp~- ized the report saying, "So far as 0 th we h ave to conuider eveiy mg. T\ every •town." cial bus privileges. They mamtain regulations go they are being enor three yea:s ago everyone th0 ~-~~~ Laurence G. Peyser, former presi- local bus lines to otu· shopping cen- forced. I am much in favor of imd th~ n ew bri _ge would Ler- dent of the old Chamber of _co11;- ter and they have a bus term inal ~t !proving the Vaughan street parking thmg. Now it has ttos et 0 t merce and for many years active 111 u1e station they could use. We cant lot As far as the lot on Bridge chants bureau $1,000 {s Y~f~ . ry business here, told the council t hat charge buses for s!,opping but we str~et is concerned we should know to get the trade btahc WI b ~idgns parking and traffic had been a hobby can regulate the place where they more about it before we act The at t he entrance to e new 11 . an d sei.ve d on a stop . lot at the fire stat10n • should · h f ge. of h'1s f 01. yea1s parkmg "TI::e bus _H~esne:i:be s~~:~inifi~; number of traffic committees, a!1d p 1:ed v. HeLL, Portsmouth trucker, be improved. As for the proposed 1 ~f ~~~~l~fke to hav~ the rest stop held_ many confere_nces with city was the next speaker. "Three years parking l~t between High and Fleet and commiss10ns. I " ·ct Mr' Hett "I was talking streets, ground would have to be i11 thel·1· town • Last year 17 ' 000 per- boa1ds "We thrashed out many problems ..ago, sa1 • , sons left P ortsmou th for otI;E;r sec= and got some good ideas which wete with an official. of the Greyhound leveled and investigatfon shows that st0 th tlons. We all benefit by en P submitted to the council But" h e bus line. He said he was worried before we got through it would cost ping h ere. I n fact_ if ~ were th e only sighed, "they were always ref~rred about passengers being hit by car 3 $100,000. · one it would be different. to the next council." I jn Market Square. He told me th at "We have overhauled the street "I give a lot of business to tl;e "They were passed by not because the company had insurance to pro- and traffic lines as far as funds city, about $l 50,00~ ~ year3 ~bgnt f~~ they would not be good fo r t he public tect the passengers on the bus a nd have permitted and hope to ·do 5 th Por ,smou · Theres_ $ ' . in general or most of the merchants getting on and off but not after more." payroll, $ll,OOO for milk, $lOt,lOOO for but because they tread on t he toes the" had gotten off and were cross· J D French was the next speaker. t nd then there are o 1er exJ r. ·t ld be · · mea. s a . t bles advertising of a few. There was an ordinan ce Ing the s<treet. He said 1 wou He said as he saw it, it was a ques- I pte n~Iesd f ~ yege ~ith' over 30 locai passed regulating parking on Daniels much better if they could load and tion of whether the present space 0 usmess e c. street but it was recinded by t he next unload at the curb. used by the buses was to be clear m?,rchants. f -t stations cost me council." It might help to try to George Kimball of the Merchants or be used for other pa,·king. If it :r:1Y tl1com ~: 000 fcrr water soap make the presen t regulations work Bureau was the next speaker• "There is used for other parking thfLt is J mod e t With my associ~tes I before we go after buses. is no doubt," he said, "tha_t the buses one thing. If it is cleared then this I an t h~wci:y $10 000 in taxes. I think in the square hinder tr affic. I n other is primarily a safety measure." buses should be kept." Seek Good Of All sections the buses do not stop !11 Police Comm isioner Wood said he "Mr. Jarvis says this would hurt the shopping cen ter . Park Square 111 would like to see one way traffic on his business, b4t what hurts one Boston is not a shopping center but State and Daniels treets with parka garage center. There wrm icl be no ing on both sides all h eaded in the objection if buses wer e parked only I I I I °r I l r\: f~ ·1 I :f f~! I �same direction. ,ie said that he did not think this would cause any more conge ·tlon in the square than there is at present. Philip J. Foster said that_ he did not feel this survey went far enough. The entire city should be considered. He said that he felt diagonal parking would help a great deal In eliminating the delays while cars back in and out. Chairman Harvey said that this was one of the oldest cities in the United States, laid out long before autos were ever considered. "I for one," he said, "would hate to tackle Its problems all at once." Mr. French said that he would like to see one way traffic on State and Daniels trcets and Penhallow and a traffic light at Penhallow and Daniels treet. I I Cites liddle Street Problem Edward I. Shalnes said that he hated to injec a new problem into the discussion but he felt something should be done about merchants parking their cars on Middle street as it was blocking shoppers from the lower section of Congress street. Chairman Harvey said that one of the recommendations of the trafiic engineer was to have meters in that section. In summing up, Chairman Harvey said that "you folks" have asked us to solve this problem. We get the headaches. I'd like to pass the buck to the Merchants Bureau." Ex-mayor Goldsmith said "I think we all agree that the one hour parking is all right; that our traffic lines are all right, that our regulations arc all right. We have traffic regulations on left turns, on parking, on parking 15 feet from an intersection, on parking on cross walks and near hydrants. We have laws but they are laughed at by merchants, shoppers and visitors. I defy you polic commissioners to enforce the law. Puts H In Police Lap 'And that," said Chairman Harvey turning lo the Police Commissioners, places it in your lap." Mr. Kimball said that he felt a drive would be a good idea.· "The trouble ls," said Chairman Harvey, "that the laws aren't nforced now because merchants know the right people, or have the proper pull. I don't obey half of them myself." Mr. Kimball: "You would if there was a fine. Chairman Harvey: "I'd try and dµck it. But I think my ordinance for the 50c forfeit mnkes it, small enough so people won't try to duck it." At the cm clu. ion of the mP11ting, Mayor Rowe expressed his thanks to Councilman Harvey and Chairman Chase of the Merchants Bureau expressed the appreciation of the bureau for the consideration shown by Chairman Harvey and his committee. Others asking questions or making brief comments at the meeting included Walter Nickerson, Edward J. Ingraham and a gentleman who told the committee his name was Levingston, but was not otherwise identified. I s. . G. Y'O.. "\ Motor Corps Starts Study :J> Of Motors '7' Thirty Red Cross Motor Corps members and pro pective members were formerly introduced to the complicated parts of an automobile motor last night as the first class of the Driver Testing course, conducted bv Thomas P. Fullam, manager of the New Hampshlr~ Division of the American Automobile association, convened at the Rockingham hotel. In outlining the course, Mr. Ful· lam advised his feminine pupils to wear slacks, not afternoon fro?ks, to the next meet.ing. Changing tires and learning the Inner works of a heretofore mysterious motor were listed in the curriculum. rt was explained by Mr. Fullam that all future classes would take place In the automobile service rooms at Coleman and Taccetta·s on Alb:my s reE't, through the cooperation of Vincent Taccetta w~o also will offer his Ma ter Mechamc to instruct the students and will furnish necessary cars. "Mr. Taccetta is doing • a bigger service for his community," said Mr. Fullam, "than can ever be apprecia eel In a. time of peace. Should our nation be called into war, or should any one of the members of his Motor corp be asked to aid in a national emergency, the full realiza tlon of his generosity would be gratefully felt." Mr Fullam insisted that the present c~urse was not designed to eliminate persons from the Motor Corps. "The purpose of these meetings is information and preparation," he de clared. "The driving instruction wlll include lessons in parking in a short space between two cars and angle parking. You'd have to know that anyhow t-0 park in Portsmouth!" The physco physical tests were described by Mr. Fullam to make the drivers aware of their shortcomings, in order that they migh compensate for them. "For instance" Mr. Fullam pointed out, "If yo~r vision acuity or mechanical .aptitude is not up lo p~ r, it is well for you to be conscious of that fact. You can then go slower when meeting the oncoming headlights of an~ other car at night, or use whate~er other compensating melhod applies to your particular weakness." Members were told that they would be marked according to t~eir ability to understand the workings of a car and on attendance at 1 classes. Marks will be turned over to the Volunlary Services chairman, who will decide with the corps Captain which drivers are most capable and for what duties each are suited. A reserve squad will be selected from Motor Corp members to work in connection with the United States army in time of emergency. At last night's opening class, John N. Leary, Manchester, discussed the fundamentals of a motor car, and, with the aid of a blackboard and a chart, covered such subjects as how gasoline makes power and how power Is transml ted lo wheels. The carburetor and lgn!Uon system brakes and tires-lubrication and maintenance were Included in the lecture which gave the audience a brief knowledge of "what to do if the car stops." Diagnosis and quick remedy for the majority of car failures wlll be strongly brought out throught the course. On hand with pencil and paper last night were the Volunteer Services chairman of the Portsmouth branch, American Red Cross, Mrs. Howard P. Jackson and the following drivers: Miss Helen Souter, Mrs. Margaret Bamberger, Mrs. Edith Littlefield, Mrs. Edward T. Wendell, Miss Beth Starkweather, Miss Louise Stef, Arline Cousins, Frances Hall, Marjorie Hapsls, Mildred A. Parker, Mrs. Vera Gowen, Tao Kolvig, Mrs. A. Manning Remick, Mrs. Frances R. Tucker, Irene M. Gurdy, Mrs. Warren H. Allen, Mrs. Frank B. Patrick, Sr., Mrs. Raymond Philbrick, Mrs. James F . Leavl t, Miss Mary E. Adams, Mrs. Charlotte L. Bigley, Marguerite Huyler, Constance Seymour, Dorothy McLaughlin, Mnrion Ripley, Mrs. B. Wilson, ' Marv Ellen Ganter and Geneva. Southwick. Also present at he meeting was Miss Rosanna O'Donoghue, superintendent of the Portsmouth hospital. Following the dismissal of class, the members gathered in groups to talk of the mechanical fact.5 they'd lparned, ]raving finally with distributors And spark plugs buzzing ' through their heads along with eager anticipation for next we k's session and the chance to try their hands at changing tire I Nobody seemed worried that they might dirty their hands. Unanimous ambition was t.o learn all phases of driving problems in order that they might best serve the Volunteer unit of their choice. I I ":> ·1,s F. G. Massey To Organize Air Defense Frank G. Massey of 204 Aldrich road has been named chief air raid warden for Portsmouth it was announced today . His duties under the defense committee wlll be to organize a detail of men to report air raid damage as quickly as possible after it occurs, r porting the kind and amount of damage, number of personal injuries incurred and the nature and extent of help needed. The chief air raid warden's duties are separate from those of the air raid spotters. The duties of the latter are taken care of in Port.5mouth by the Frank E. Booma post, American Legion, in co-operation with the national set-up. Mr. Massey ls a native of Portsmouth and served in the World war as a. naval reserve ensign. He made nine round trips overseas in a lroop ship and remained in the reserve for a. year after the war. Earl R. Elsea of 253 Middle street has been named deputy chief air raid warden. Mr. Elsea, a Portsmouth resident for 20 years, was a first lieutenant, CAC, in the World war and saw service overseas. Ralph G. McCarthy has been added to the Portsmouth Civilian Defense Co-ordinating committee which to avoid confusion, has had its n~me changed to the "Local Public Safety Committee." These Portsmouth defense appointments have been made with the approval of Frank C. Remick, local defense chairman, who has supervision over all local defense activities. Q. ; e. s Gray Ladie cv~ To Meet Here':)~ 'rhr rny Ladies, rormlnp: horo in this community und r the direction of Mrn. Ellse Eaton, will hear Miss Chltterton, Volunteer Ser\'ices chairman of Concord tomorrow evening-. The group will gnthrr at lhC' Nurs A' home, Port mouth hoRpitnl, at 7:30. This Ill bo th flr6L lltC' ting of the local Gray Ladies whose future duties will be of a recreational nature in I.he hospltl\ls. Ensign Hovey Memorial ':>'y Decorated Thirty years ago today Ensign Emerson Hovey, USN, was killed in action in the Philippine Islands, and while dying gallantly, waved Old Glory, turned to his comrades and said "stick to the job, boys". Hovey, one of a. party attempting to put down the Philippine lnsurr ction on Sept. 24, 1911 wa-S one of a. group who landed from a boat, 1 only to find the Moros laying in ambush. One of the first from the boat, he fell into the hands of the enemy, who wounded him badly with their knives, yet he waved the American flag and urged his comrades on. On Nov. 10 the body was brought to Portsmouth and burled on the 24th in St. John's cemetery, Today, on this anniversary Mrs. Jennie Willard and her son, Albert, decorated the fountain, erected near the postoffice, with a potted plant and one flag. Each year, since the death of Mrs. Henry Hovey in 1927, they have placed the azeleamum plant wi h the one flag, depicting the one which he was waving when he died. On Memorial Day an ivy 1 wreath and a basket of flowers are placed at the fountain by Mrs. Willard and her son. Gray Lad ies M eet'»-'}; Mrs. Grace Chittenden, chairman of Volunteer services in Concord, was the speaker last evening at the first meeting of the Gray ladies at lhe Nurses' home. The preparatory course, as she outlined it, is to include two lectures by the local chapter, two by a doctor, one by a nurse, and the last and final lesson will take up "Occupational Therapy." The group will hear a. lecture on that subject at the State hospital in Concord It was announced that the State Red Cross conference will be held in Concord, Oct. 1, and volunteers are requested to go In uniform. The program begins at 10 am at the State house. I �Portsmouth Women Meet lo Discuss Defense Of City telleux when he came to Ports- J mouth that year. It is recorded that Lafayette came to Portsmouth the same year to visit his French bro----thers-in-arms, so it is quite possible This dep~rtment is conducted ~ that the Marquis stepped within for the purpose of giving the 0 the portals of this mansion house. people of this community a rv Seven members of the Executive After the death of Col. Wentworth chance to express their views sub-committee this house was occupied by Rev. To- board and nine on matters of publio mterest. All V) bias H. Miller who published The .:hairmen and vice-chairmen of the letter~ of a non-partisan. nonNew Hampshire Repository and Disaster Preparedness and Relief sectarian, and non personal Observer, one of the first religious committee, American Red Cross, met character will be pub tshed prolast night at the Gas company ofA meeting of the Women's diviweeklies in America. vided that they carry, the correct Let us hope that this fine old fice, Market street. name and address the writer, sion of the Portsmouth Defense Under the leadership of Chairhouse may be allowed to stand not necessarily for publication. council was held aL the home of the since it is one of the many famous man John E. Seybolt, the group dis- chairman, Mrs. Frank W. Randall, cussed organization of their work old-time mansions that make To the Editor: and committees to be formed for Friday. The purpose of the division is to re testing your Portsmouth such an attractive city the defense of Portsmouth citizens Perhaps you to visitors as well as local residents. help in the defense of Portsmouth in emergency. readers and loo g for protests as ANTIQUARIAN. homes and to co-operate with variChairman Seybolt said, "This to the "New P tnership" picture ous operations of the Portsmouth committee can only succeed on the last page f Monday, Sept. 22 Defense council. through harcl initial work, We edition. The aim of the division is to be There is not ing funny or relax• must be prepared to carry on able t-0 contact every home in Portsing about a p cture like that. The without as much co-operation as mouth as speedily as possible should subjects appe r to be among the we might wish for and realize there be an emergency which deleast useful o our citizens-divorces that the goal lies within our manded such action. are not plea nt reading-the picpower alone." With this aim in mind, the comture is inten ed to be suggestive. The next meeting of the commit• What goo purpose could it serve tee, at which it is expected sub-com- mitteee has been meeting on Fri• or why be ppropriate in a daily mittee chairmen will present their day's during tl1e summer and studypaper prof sing to build up a reMiss Hannah G. Fernald, head li- full committees, will be held Wed- mg the best method to follow to spect for ~ own people? If it dis- brarian of the Portsmouth Public nesday, Oct. 15, Gas office, Market accomplish this goal. Organization of the division is gusted the roup who are displaying library plans to attend the 52nd an- street, at 7 :30 pm. nearing completion and when fully naked leg in public so often, and nual meeting of the New Hampshire Present were: made the see what many people Library association to be held MonChairman SeybolL, Vice-Chairman organized will be presented to the woment of Portsmouth, whose cothink of tpe road toward this coarse- day through Wednesday at PresiA. Richard Chase, Forrest M. Eaton, operation will be solicited. Several ness, it might do good. dential inn, Conway. Mrs. E. T. Wendell, Mrs, Cynthia hundred women will be asked to But I 'ope we are over the bathDorsha Hayes, author of The Aming suit displays and displays of erican Primer, will be one of the Storer, Miss Isabel Wyatt and Miss enlist in this effort to do their part nakedn s in general in pictures speakers. She will speak Monday Rosanna O'Donoghue, all of the ln defending their homes should an emergency arise. They surely help no one's night on "Can Our Heritage Shape executive board. Sub-committeemen: Paul C. Chairmen of the Women's division Things to Come?" Badger, rescue; Dr. Anthony E. MT Others who will speak during the Peters, medical aid; Raymond I. in the various wards are as follows: Ward I, Mrs. Arthur I. Rine• Portsmouth three-day meeting include: Eliza(Ed. Note-Other comments from beth Yates, author of young peo- Beal, shelter; Charles W. Smith, hart; Ward II, Mrs. Arthur E. food; George I. Kimball, clothing; Baum; Ward III, Mrs. Florence reader on this subject will be wel· ple's books; Dorothy Coates, per- Ralph T. Wood, chairman, and come.) sonnel di.rector of the Katherine Richard T. Lord, vice-chairman, Cummings; Ward IV, Mrs. Clinton Gibbs School, Boston; Donald Tut- Transportation and communication; R. Kingsbury; Ward V, Mrs. Philip tle of the New Hampshire Devel- Andrew Graves, registration and H. White. To the Editor: Having 1·ead recently in the col- opment Commission ; Alexander information; Charles W. Gray, tund umn of the Portsmouth Herald the Laing, author and assistant libra- raising and public information. Joshua Wentworth house on Han- rian at Dartmouth College; David Mrs. A. C. Warner, executlve .secover street has been recently sold Jolly, University of New Hampshire retary of the local chapter, and librarian; and Leslie Paffrath of the I wonder how many people know Andrew Jarvis, chapter chairman, just which house it is and what a state council of defense. Mrs. Mil- also attended. dred ePterson McKay of Colby Junromantic history it has? Charles J. Griffin and Harry Col. Joshua Wentworth was the ior College library, is president of Winebaum also members of the the association. son of Daniel and a grandson of executive board, were unable to be Lieut. Gov. John Wentworth. He present. stowe Wllder, chairman of was born in Portsmouth in 1741 and the survey committee, and Roland in time •became a opulent mer-i 0 I. Noyes, chairman of the central chant. He was Representative for purchase and supply committee alPortsmouth; State Senator in 1785, so were absent. Portsmouth Chapter, Amerlca11 and state Counsellor in 1786; DeleRed Cross, will open an office in gate to the Continental Congress in t.he Court house on State street Oct. 1779. During the Revolution he 15. Arrangements have been made served as Commissary and Naval through the courtesy of County Agent. In 1770 he built this manCommmissioner Irving W. Marston. sion house on Hanover street, which was then called Cross street, oppoMt·s. Mary Warner, executive sec• site Fleet street, set off with lovely In a hurriedly called meeting last retary of the orgamzatlon, says, green lawns in front; flower gar- night, the Portsmouth city council Douglas J. Armsden, Kittery, \ "one of the most important objecdens and trees added to the beauty voted approval of the federal gov- photographer, were guest speaker at tlves of the Red Cross at this time, of this estate, and here he brought ernment's offer to build and lease the Piscataqua Camera club meet- 1s that every chapter shall be adehis bride, the lovely Sally Peirce, to the city a 14-room addition to ing, Wednesday night at the Hotel quately set up to take care. of the in 1774. In 1776 Mr. Wentworth be- the Atlantic HelghLs school. Rockingham. His topic was "Devel- , Home Service work which 1s con• came a colonel in the First New To explain why he had called the oping Negatives." I stantly increasing with the expanHampshire regiment. It is recorded council together on such short notLawrPnca Eaton was inducted a5 I lson of mllltary and naval forces_. in the archives of this old town ice, Mayor Stewart E. Rowe read a a new member at the business ses"In the matter of release of mlll• that when Gov. John Hancock and telegram from J. A. McConnell, re- sion. tary personnel, chapters will be his Lady were visiting here they gional director for FW A asking the Mr. Armsden's lecture was the first I called upon to make dependency inwere entertained by Col. and Mrs. city to reply within 24 hours as to in a series of instructive lectures vestigations to aid in the army's Wentworth at a grand ball given whether an offer to lease the school for beginners to be given at meet- I important taSIC or selecting 200,000 at this house. The highlight of the would be acceptable to the city. ings throughout the season. men to be released from service; evening came when John HanThe telegram confirmed earlier Several visitor,;; were present and the need will be urgent, requests cock's six-year-old son danced the reports that FWA had approved al- the Harbor Defenses were represent- will come in large numbers, reports minuet, the first time it was ever lotment of $18?..220 for construction ed by soldiers from Fort Foster. must be forwarded promptly." witnessed by the people ,pf Ports- of the school additio!1. After the office is opened on Oct. mouth. About a week later the lit• Councilman Frederick D. c:ardnel' 15, Mrs. Warner said, until arrangethat the council instruct the ments can be made for Home Sertl e b oy was killed in a skating acci- moved mayor to reply to Mr McConnell vice investigations, the hours will dent on Boston Common. that the cour. cll would "entertain be from 2 to 4 each afternoon ex• In 1782 when a part of th e an offer by th·e federal government cept saturaays. It is hoped, she addFrench Fleet was in Por~m~~tf: \to lease the school to the city." The ed, that all day office hours may the commander, Comte Lou s · motion was seconded by Councilbe arranged beginning the first of ippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil had man Walter Harvey and was passed Jiovember. The executive secretary rooms at Col. Wentwor th 's, a nd on voice vote without dissent. All of the local chapter will, however, be was host to the Marquis de Chas• members of the council, Mayor on call at all times, as at present, to Rowe and City Clerk Edward Hoptake care of any emergency. ley were present. fublic For.urns,.; Disaster Group Plans Progra l Miss Fernald Plans ~ To Attend Library~ Meeting At Conway I LoeaI Red Cross Counci I Approves FWA Offer T0 Build School To Open Office In Court House~ Armsden Addresses Camera Club I 0 I �~ 0 .~'\o\ Q.WO...'f 'f'no.nO\'" Council Authorizes Work ~ On Pannaway Manor Streets Defense Council Plans ? '\I Program 'Emergency I Despit,, failure or the board of i Motions to adjourn were on the street commissioners to make a rec- lips of members when it guddenly ommendatlon one way or the other, was recalled that he Pannaway the Port.smouth city council last Manor question had not been night voted to authorize I.he super- taken up. intendent of streets to start graveling The council made funds available roads at Pannaway Manor at once on to the board of street commissioners the understanding the city wlll ac- as follows: Irom the appropriation of cept the streets when the defense Aug. 1 for equipment. $2.28!", for P housing development ls opened to backhoe ass<'mbly: $3,870 for a road the public. roller and $5,370 for a snow loadPr. This action wa.s amended lo include a provision that the city will The council a_lso transfen-ed funds accept no liability on th . b h I·1 from the oontmgen~ fund a.~. f_ol. . . e Jo w e lows: 2.000 to the highway div1s1on 1t still is under pnvate owner hip. for road material and 250 to the . Councilwoman _Mary Dondero ob- ~treet commissioners for sawing Jected . o the action on the ground.; wood for the poor department. that _city ?rdinance left accEptance A 5 a week raise was granted of streeL5 m the ~and.5 of the Board the assi•tant auditor bringing hi., of Street_ commissioners and not salary 1,o $30 weekly. th,~ c~unc1l._ . ., The council acted after learning ThL5 acllon .~5 ':"'r~ng, Mrs. Don- that the ci y auditor had approved dero asserted, . th1,.<; 1;5 the _Board of the pay raise. "He has done a good Street commlss1onen; probiem. Why job and deserves the extra money," should lhey pass the- buck to us? Auditor Remick Laighton was 1:he ordinances don't give u.s the quoted as saying. nght to accept streeL.5. Can anyone show mr records that the council Sindy Road l'roJecl~ has accep ed stree before." A board of street commissioners' . request for funds for resurfacing Askf'd lo Rl'ad Ordman e Pleasant street from State street to When asked to read t,he section South Mill bridge; Maplewood ave1of the ordinances relal.ing to streel J·I nue from the overpass to Rayn!) acceptance, Mrs. Dondero demur- avenue; Maplewood. avenue 300 feet red, explaining "It's rather long." beyond Raynes avenue and Raynes "We'll wait," Councilman Walt.er avenue from Maplewood to New Harvey inter~cted. Vaughan street was referred to the Having read part of I.he ordinance, finance committee. Mrs. Dondero was interrupted while A petition by Wade M. Gannett 1 sevetal members of the council for permission to operate a taxi pointed out that the ordinance read was granted after a favorable report "acceptance by the city." by the police commission. "Who is lhe city, the boartl or the I A request from Vincen Taccetl,a council? We're the city," said Coun- and Int Coleman for moving a. hycilman William Palfrey. drant on the east side of Albany "The only thing I can see in this street :.!5 feet to protect it from ordinance which refers to our pre- autos was referred to the chief ensent. problem Is the wording 'accept- gineer of t he fire department. ed by the city.'·• said Councilman ' Payment of $150 to the toxoid Frederick D. Gardner, "We are !he clinlc was approved. city and authorized to ac ~ for the Present at the meeting were city, not the board of street com- Councilmen Gardner, Fr nk Hersey, missione s.'' , Edgar Wood, Dondero, Harvey, Mc"Jf yo11 wish a ruling, I shall rule I N ii. Palfrey and Burkhardt: Mayor that the council has the 1·lght., that Rowe and City Clerk Edward Hopthe council is the city," Mayor Stew- lev. rt E. Rowe declared. Councilman Harvey explained tha lthe- council already had made an agreement with the Defeni<e Homes corporation agreeing to 1tcce-pt the street.s. I I I I I lt>ven,; Explains Supt. of Streets Nat, Stevens explained to the council that action was sought now so that he might start work on the 4,POO feet of street6 already meeting city specifications. Otherwise, he said, he would have to work on 6,000 feet of roadway 11 at one time later on. · A!'. thP board voted, with Mrs. Dondero'.; the lone dissenting voice, she said "I'm not opposed to acceptance of Pannaway Manor street.5. I just want It done the n 6 ht way. The way we are doing 11. i5 wrong .'~ "Y •," Councilman Lewis McNeil agreed, "but, you do a lot of thing.; wrong in this world, so that you can expedite matters." So busy was the council in speedI ing through routine business that lhe Pannaway street acceptance question, chief busin ss for which the meeting was called, almost was ' forgotten. I At the first meeting of the Ports-] mouth Defense council last evening . at the home of Dr. S. F. A. Pickering, plans were made ior organizing the city for any emergency. Frank C. Remick, defense chairman, called the meeting of members including a man and a wornan from each ward In the city. The makeup of the council is as follows: Ward 1, Mrs. A. P. Reinhart, Waller B. Redden; ward 2, T. J. Downs, Mrs. Arthur E. Baum; ward 3. John Leary, Jr .. Mrs. Flornard E. Goldsmith, Mrs. Clinton Kingsbury; ward 5, Dr. S. F. A. Pickering, Mrs. Philip H. White. The chairman reported on the work of other councils in the state. He told of the ARP school which is to be held in Concord on Ocl. 4 and 5 and there was a general discussion on attendance. There will be several from Portsmouth at the school. Mr. Remick also reported on work of the Civilian Defense Volunteer office which will require a board to operate. This board will be formed shortly to carry on the work. These volunteer officers are t.o be established in each town and city, he stated in connection with the national work. Volunteers may be enrolled at this office which will act as a clearing house and an office of information. All volunteers wili be enrolled so that there will be a center where this ' information can be indexed. Mr. Remick pointed out !hat in addition to this the board would oversee courses to train peopie what to do in case of an emergency. The next meeting of the group will be held on Oct. JO. The council meeting every two weeks. "For 26 years, half the towns nearby have been paying taxes and receiving no town water supply. They have patiently waited In the hope that other towns would find some way of getting water to their This department i.s conducted for the purJ!ose of giving the homes. "Old oaken buckets may have people of this community a been adequate in the old days, chance to express their views although I doubt it, but wells are on matters of public interest. All soon pumped dry by new electric letters of a non - partisan, nonsectarian, and non - personal apparatus. "People who smoke cigarets character will be published prothoughtlessly toss lighted butts vided that they carry the correct from passing cars-it may have name and address of the writer, been one of these that burned a not necessarily for publication, family out of house, home and belongings. I don't know how the fire To the Editor: "The only brick house in Eliot started but I do know that many burned last night and I watched of the wells are dry and many othit go with tears in my eyes. The eres are almost dry, so it may hapfine old Shapleigh home, a land- pen again. mark to me for more than half a "If Uncle Sam doesn't come to century, going to ruin in flames. our aid pretty soon, Eliot will be "It was pathetic to see fire in a very sorry plight. I trucks rushing madly up and down "Will Uncle Sam come to our resthe roads trying to carry enough cue? I wonder." water to extinguish the fire . Poor ELIOT READER. firemen-doing their level best with no water to help them! "So often nad I heard of community residents helplessly watching a house burn to the ground while firemen rought the flames with too little water available. One actually must witness such a scene to realize the awful plight of Eliot More than $60,000 worth of Naat present. A town between Portsmouth and Dover that is terribly tional Defense bonds and stamps were sold by the Portsmouth postshort of water at present. "I unoerstand that pressw·e in office during the last three months, Postmaster Peter J. Hickey an,he area supplied by the Kittery nounced today, There were $55,Water company ls so low it won't 068.75 worth of bonds and $7,345.20 even reach the second story of the of stamps sold during that period. high school. Mothers of students The $25.00 bond still proves the should consider well the fire haz- most popular, 499 being sold. Next ard there now. popular was $100 denomination of "Few mothers in any city would which 208 were purchased. There want to take such a risk with the were 144 of the $50 denomination lives of their children-why should sold, 26 of the $500 and 20 of the the children of Eliot be unprotect- highest denomination, $1,000. ed? In addition, postal savings cert!• "As I watched flames destroy that lovely old house, some on- ficates were in demand. Postmaster looker told me that a young couple Hickey revealed that there is the had just purchased it and were sum of $207,330 to the credit o! out for the evening. Such a home- the depositors of the Portsmouth coming-and do you wonder that postoffice. Eliot hasn't grown more with such a water shortage? "It takes real courage to buy property without adequate water supply for fire protection in this day and age. ' "S, Public Forum ,0\ I tt Portsmouth Really Supports Uncle Sam �? 1/J D. E. Dismukes Will Head ~ .l \ Nautical School Rear Adm. Douglas E. Dismukes, USN, (ret.) has just been appointed superintendent of the new Maine Nautical Training school which will have its headquarters at Castine. Admiral Dismukes, who was ap pointed by Gov. Sumner Sewall, on recommendation of its trustees, will assume his new duties Oct. 1. His first work will be the actual organization of the school itself which will be open to boys from any state but will be of particular interest to boys of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont as Massachusetts already has its own school. Applicants for the three-year course must have a high school education or its equivalent and be between 16.5 and 22 years old. Already 25 applications have ~een received by the trustees and it is expected that the school may enrol up to 400 cadets. In asking Admiral Dismukes to accept the position, Governor Sewall said, "I feel certain your ac• ceptance would contribute heavily to the ultimate success of ~he en• tire plan to revive the trad1t1on of City Council Eludes · Vote For Audit Report .., Session Adjourned \Army Survey ~ 1 • • Of Airport 6 lln Middle Of Motion Again Members of the Portsmouth City council la st night killed a move to force reading at the next meeting of the report on the recent audit of city books conducted by state auditors. s... 1II Near the close of last nighL's•·· Following Lhe vote Councilman meeting, the council voted, on mo- Lewis McNeil moved that the retlon of Councilman William Pal- port be r ead at the next meeting of frey that each member be provided the council. Councilwoman Mary with a copy of Lhe audit. Dondero seco nded the motion but "I'd like to know if the council is it was gre·eted with a chorus of going to be allowed to see the re- motions for immediate adjourn• port on that audit," said Council- ment from Councilmen John Burk• man Palfrey." "I understand th e hardt, Palfrey and Walter Harvey Herald has it, and you can hear all and adjournment was voted, the about it on the street. I think we council to meet at the call of the have just as much right to know chair. about it as the rest of the folks." A meeting of Lhe council finance (Editor's Note- The Portsmou th committee, made up of all members Herald has no copy and has not seen of the council, has been called :!or it.) • tomorrow night at 7 o'clock. 1 1 I A delay of about two more weeks before U. S. army engineers get around to surveying the Portsmouth airport for proposed improvements was predicted recently when Chairman Frank Brooks of the Portsmouth Airport commissioners contacted CAA autl,orities at Boston. Army engineers first were expected here nearly two months ago. Mr. Brooks said he again would call to the attention of federal officials the need for better airport fac- I illties here as a result of the forced landing in Greenland last night of a Canadian Royal Air force bomb• I I er.Local officials likewise called :!ed • eral attention to needs here when the local field was found inadequate for naval planes at the time of the Squalus and 0-9 disaster. his talk. Bringing out numerous 1 projects demanding attention, he offered the opinion that "the layout of Portsmouth may not be ideal due to narrow streets, but right now they come after our water situation. The superintendent announced his approval of parking meters to pen today, at least, not without pay• keep traffic moving and streets ment. "Generosity would be a big cleared. factor in building democracy in our Mr. Graves described the scarcity town," he asserted. of skilled men for industry. "We In his talk the mayor gave credit used to find jobs for workers," he to Mr. Stevens for his accomplish· said, "Now we find workers tor ments in the street department. He jobs." admitted that he had consulted In charge of last night's meeting about allocations to take care of were the chairmen of of Public local defense problems during his affairs, Publications and Publicity. Washington trip, but refused to Seventeen new mei:nbers were admake any statement until the next mitted to the club during the busicouncil meeting. ness session and these included: The mayor revealed that he felt Charlotte Wright, Eva Liberty, Mrs. that Portsmouth was doing an ex- Vera Galle, Mrs. Beatrice Wilson, cellent job in shouldering the re• Anne Lonergan, Mrs. Mildred C. sponsibilltles of increased popula- Gray, Mrs. M. Gladys Little, Susan tion and abnormal growth. "The Hoyt, Lilian Pope, Jessie Bean, Mrs. city government is doing their best Elizabeth Dailey, Mrs. Rita O'Malley, and deserve credit for it," lie stat- Charlotte Floyd, Mrs, Margaret Laed. In closing Mayor Rowe read raba, Florence Hlll, Mrs. Florencf his own poem, "The Flag We Love", Bridle and Dorothy Canada. concluding with the announcement that he would read this poetic mes- I sage at public gatherings "as long as the emergency lasts." Mrs. Bovard told about the duties and achievements of The Family Welfare association, especially mentloning the money loaned sing!~ defense workers arriving In Portsmouth and needing funds until their first 1 pay day. Through the Association , credit is arranged for meals. The Army and Navy furnishes rooms. "We were faced with the same problems before defense activities started," declared Nat Stevens in I Our Town s Defense Affairs Topic At PB, PW Meeting Mayor and Mrs. Stewart E. Rowe, superintendent o! streets, Nat stevens, Manager of the State Employmeht office Andrew Graves and Mrs. Dorothy Bovard of the Family Welfare association were guests last evening at the supper meeting of the Piscataqua Business and Professional Women's club at the RockIngham hotel. The theme of the meeting and the topic on which the speakers based their talks was "Our Town's DeAdmiral D . E. Dismukes fense Affairs". Toastmistress Doris Facer intro• the sea among Maine young peo- -duced Mayor Rowe who opened his ple." I address by expressing his pleasure In accepting the position, Admir- at knowing a group of such woal Dismukes expressed his appre- men, Interested in public affairs. elation of the honor and the op"Women have always had a part ortunlty and said that he was in world affairs," the Mayor said, "glad to have this opportunity to "Seeing the Duchess of Windsor help re-instate the State of Maine made me realize what great in• and Northern New England to its fiuence women can have." Mayor birthright o! dominion of the seas." Rowe refer..red to his recent trip to Washington where he got several first hand glimpses of the royal pair. "A man gave up ,,a throne for the charming duchess, he remind• ed, "That seems to me a great trl• bute to women." In discussing ways in which Ports• mouth and other communltlles might strengthen their democracies, Mayor Rowe declared that the generosity which prompted his father to cut the woodpile for a sick neighbor would not be apt to hap• Delayed I I �1..\ \ Work To Close Varney Predicts Toll Road Memorial Bridge From Kittery To Portland For 10 Days Coga n Re-elected 0 Fire Board Chairmah {):)I Chief George T. Cogan of the Memorial bridge will be closed to Portsmouth Fire department was reall navigation and shipping at sun- elected chairman of the New HampPredicting tha t within the next The federal government estimatrise tomoirow morning, but will be shire Permanent Firemen's Retiretwo years there would be a toll road ed that on route 1 from Boston in 20 opened again Sunday 'night, Oct. between Portlnad and Kittery, years 97 per cent or the cost and ment board at the annual meeting 12, at sunset. George D . Varney, local lawyer and operation would be repaid. Actual installation of the sheaves in Portsmouth. speaker of the Maine House of repMr. Varney explained that the The group enjoyed a cruise on the will begin at daylight tomorrow. resentatives, told the story of the idea was to build back of the preNew wheels will be put into place yacht or State Comptroller Stephen toll road author ity and what may develop from it at Rotary today. sent highways along low cost land , by a crew of men who have been B. Story on which the meeting and Varney said lhere was one piece and explained how t,h1s could be 1 working on the structure for nearly elections were held, Capt. Albert Tuson, Manchester, vice chairman, of legislat,ion lri w;1 ich he was vi- done to develop certain sections. \ a month. and Maurice Zing, Manchester, tally interested, the setting up of a Samuel R. Blaisdell was chairman According lo Ralph Kimball, divi- secretary, were other officers who toll road authority for the pur- of the day. Supt. of Schools Elmer sion engineer of the state Highway were chosen b,v the board members. pose of constructing a toll road from 0. Small of the York and Ki ttery department, installation will take It was reported t o the board that some poin t, in Kittery to some point school district was a visitor at th e about 10 days. There are certain the association has funds totalling in Fort K en,. meeting. periods during the work that will $89,023.52 as of last June 30. One make it necessary to close the bridge " I was speciall y inleresled in this The meetin g of the club next week fireman and two beneficiaries are to road traffic. However, these per- ' receiving pensions. and drew up the bill, although it wll be hold T uesday at 6.15, the clul> iods will be very shor t, 10 to 25 did not bea r m y name. I got the p joinin gwith thedrdodhalM nzx Other members of the board who minutes at the most. idea from the present toll bridge joining with th<' Lions and K iwanis were present at the meeting were: Companies located above the Comptroller Story, State Treasurer authority and in looking up some in a K iwanis sponsored "March of bridge already have made their F. Gordon Kimball, Concord, and facts and fi gures. I became much Time N ight." preparations against the shipping Insurance Commissioner Arthur J. amazed when I was told that in drought. Thi: National Gypsum com- Rouillard. 1938 the fed eral government made pany has had several boats in this a very ca reful survey of places bepast week and gasoline tankers have lieved suitable for the construction b;en busy hauling their loads to the of toll roads taking into considerahuge storage tanks on shore. tion the amount of traffic, the norThe Sightseer will be tied up at mal flow and lhe cost of purchasKittery wharf, near the Navy yard. ing the land a nd building such a road and all other pa rticulars ." I 0 "Y I I I Mrs. F. A. Saunders Motor Corps Capt. o-1 Gov. Blood Names"V, Frank C. Remick 0 To Weltare Board Red Cross Burden Rests On Volunteers, State Grou,p Told "More is expected of the volunteer than the paid worker, as the burden of the chapter rests on the volunteer," said Everett Dix, assistant manager of lhe astern area, in an address before the regional conference, American Red Cross, yesterday in Concord . Mrs. A. C. Warner, executive secretary of the Portsmouth chapter and Mrs. Howard Jackson, volunteer services chairman , were among those from Portsmouth attending the session. The morning program opened at the Hall of Representatives in the state house and was presided over by Mrs. Gerald Chittenden, Chairman of Volunt~r service, Concord chapter. Mr. Dix announced that the Institute on Home Service would be held in Manchester Oct. 14 and 15 with Mrs. Louise Mumm as director of 1,he Eastern area. Red Cross in Civilian defense was discussed by R. A. Shepard, assistant manager in the Eastern area, and First Aid, Nurses Aid, Disaster relief and Volunteer services were outlined. Mrs. John G. Winant was an unexpected speaker. She explained briefly the work of the American Red Cross in England. She described how, after a terrific blltz in Britain there were over 8,000 to be clothed. The depots were crowded with men , women and children. . i.ncludlng Uny Dallies .. and all were fitted to new garments. Mrs. Winant remarked how greatly this tremendous work is appreciated by the English and how the need is growing. She closed with the words: "keep up the good work." Special roll call representative Allbert E, Chamberlain revealed that I he population of New Hampshire are Red Cross members and that this state stands eighth in Red Cross roll call. At the luncheon in the Eagle hotel, during which Frank J . Sulloway, vice chairman of the Concord chapter presided, Gov. Robert. o. Blood gave a congratulatory address. He praised the various corps tor their individual achievements, stressing the fact that each must do even more in the task which has been set before them. As head of the state home defense, Governor Blood expressed his appreciation !or the cooperation and assistance he had received from all Red Cross chapters throughout the state. Mr. Dix again spoke to the group, this time featuring the reasons for present preparation activities. He named these as disaster at any time and disaster from possible sabotage or attack; he advised his listeners to also be prepared for questions and investigation from the public at large. Referring to Volunteer service, he declared that greater effort will be needed this year in view of the fact that all Red Cross activities must function, as well as the Roll Call. "The volunteers are working on principle, and if they do not follow it, they are being untrue to principle and to their own conscience," he asserted. During i.he round table discussion on roll call, William Starr, Jr., of the Manchester chapter was a speaker. Mr. Chamberlain at this time spoke of the Junior Red Cross and the bond between adult and child members. The conference ended with "Open House" at Concord's the Red Cross headquarters. i 10 per cent o! Frank C. Remick, Portsmouth, has been named a member of the State I Welfare board by Gov. Robe1:t 0 . Blood and his council. Mr. Remick, local shoe merchant, is chairman of Portsmouth Defense council and vice-president of the New Hampshire Seacoast Regional association. Mr. Remick has been in the shoe business in Portsmouth for more than 40 years. He was born in Louisiana on a sugar plantation where his father had settled after the Civil war. He lived there until he was 14 when he came to Boston and attended the schools there. His sis- 1 ter Elrita had married William A. Bragdon of the Oren Bragdon & Son store and in 1899 Mr. Remick began his work in that store. Mr. Remick was active in the Chamber of Commerce and served for several years as a member of the Board of Police commissioners. I I I Andrew Jarvis, chairman of the Portsmouth chapter, American Red Cross, and Mrs. Howard P. Jackson, chairman of Volunteer services, appointed Mrs. F. A. Saunders local captain of the Red Cross Motor corps, Volunteer Services, at a meeting yesterday at Mrs. Saunder's home, 241 Middle street. Mrs. Saunders is the wife of Lieut. Comdr. F. A. Saunders, USN, {ret.) The active drivers were present at the session when assignments for the month were given out. Among these are to be the chapter driving, which Mrs. Jackson reported as ever increasing, and furnishing transportation to and from the baby clinic. The thitd lesson in mo tor mechanics was given last evening in the garage of Coleman and Taccetta to 40 women. Last night was the deadline for new pupils, and among those joining were Mrs. Doris P. Stevens, Miss Priscilla Rober t, Miss Rulh Endicott , Miss Vieno Maki, Mrs. Helen Shaw and Mrs. Helen Norton. �CANADIAN BOMBING PLA LANDS t IN GREE.N LAND FIE I Fliers Lose Way On 'Military Mission,.' Forced Do~n• As1 Gasoline Runs Low I 0 ' '2,., Crew Unhurt AsAIrp ane Comes Down On Fuselage :.;;;~;:;::::::m,uth '"'"' The lights of Middle street next attracted the commanding officer. Because their amber glow resembled the runway of an airport , the plane the bombs would not explode. In the bomb racks were two 250 pound bombs and seven 25 pound bombs. One machine was loaded and mounted when the plane slid in, but later was unloaded. He also revealed that a conversation with the pilo t implied their orders had been were invisible because the plane to bomb any unidentified craft. was flying at such a height, 10,000 1 ,,.,,::,, .... · •:. ,:,,:, ,.. :,: . . · ..... feet at one point, according to the '·'''···" ·• ""····· .. •· .. ~'····"'· ""···········•······· .. ··'· ···········'·•·«-l pilot. (In Halifax, N. S., headquarWhen the ship was at 3,000 feet ters of the Royal Canadian Eastaltltude, the pilot ordered the bailer11 Air command said "bombs" out trapdoor opened and the men were smoke floats used to take were about to jump when a flare bearings at sea and that the revealed the field below them. plane "lost its way while 011 a I"'':. . ·,...· •· ., ....,, Almost Mistake Middle Street For Airport; Light Flare~ Over City A twin-motored Royal Canadian Air force Bolingbroke The wheels were not lowered routine" patrol off Nova Scotia,) bombing plane ran short of fuel and made an almost mir- on the landing carriage because \ !'t . . ,·.fo..,,:h.si:0;:,2:£:..'.K.,.,....,.,:,.~·:,,n,%,~c':!l:,'!li!l!l!I pilot feared they would not aculous landing in the field of Gilbert Thompson, Winni- the have room enough to roll in Soldiers guarding the bomber cutt road, Greenland, just before 1 :30 this morning . On after they landed and that the t hrew a canvas screen around the ship a nd cov,ered its wings with the windshield was q sticker that read, "Heavily Loaded bombs might explode. (The propellers were twisted, the boughs. Spectators were kept half With Bombs." engine cowlings and protruding a mile from the plane. The four young Canadian The crew of one lieu tenant, two sergeants and a parts badly torn. "They never will be able to fly her out of here, and fliers would say little, except for mechanic escaped uninjured. she probably will have to be disa remark by one of them that "We were off the track." The plane took off from its land base at Yarmouth, mantled," said bystanders.) Raymond J. Cash, a Portsmouth They added that their ship was Nova Scotia and flew over hundreds of miles of the open Navy yard worker, whose house one of five planes called out from Atlantic before landing here .. Authorities at the Ports- was only a few feet from the land- Yarmouth, N. S., last night to hunt scene, told an Associated Press for a missing ship-either Amerimouth Navy yard, where th e fliers were taken, would say Ing reporter that the plane still car- I can or British. The reason for the 1 only that the big bomber was "on a military mission." ried two big bombs in its left-hand call was not revealed by the flight i commander. Intelligence officers at the yard said this foct pro- racks. "The right hand racks were emphibited them from discussing how the bomber came to ty," he reported. Only ,Partially Dressed The plane was approximately 150 Apparently, the men left in a land so far south of its base, approximately 150 miles from miles southeast of the nearest spot rush, for they were only partially the nearest spot on the Canadian border, and more than on the Canadian border when it dressed beneath their heavy :!lying and more than 200 miles suits. 200 miles from the New Brunswick line where it adjoins landed from 'the New Brunswick line, where I One of them is said to have northern Maine. it adjoins northern Maine. told bystanders that, "We wern The plane was donated to the RCAF by the Imperial Aboard were Flight Lieut. Peter in a 11oker game and I hope H. Douglas, Second Pilot Lloyd Fulmy money is still on the floor Order of the Daughters of the Empire Across Canada. ton, Sgt. Alan M. Roy, and Mech- 1 when I get get back, because that's where I left it." Its gas supply almost exhausted, the ship, landed by anic John A. Boyd. 1 One early arrival at the scene . Mrs. _Cash, who served the Canadthe light of its own flares, ofter vainly trying to- get a id the four men had dashed from ians with coffee in her kitchen afmessage through to the navy yard, which \·hrew on a ~~e plane as soon as it landed and ter th<;,Y landed,_ told newsmen that looked like youngsters, all l9reen signal light when the pilot dropped flares into the waited for some time to m ake sure they bundled up in heavy flying suits." I I • ..-1 I I �"Their faces were drawn and tired, but they seemed to be full of pep," she said. Heard Rumbling _ Cash said he was awakened by a heavy rumblirtg over his house about 1.30 am. "I looked out and saw a flare floating down," he added, "but the plane landed even before the Ilare did. There was a heaYy grinding as the plane skidded into the field not more than 300 feet from my bedroom window. \ There was no explosion . "The next thing I knew there came a rap on thef ront door and there stood two Canadian fliers. They wanted to use my telephone. "None of them was very talkative 1 about their predicament, except that one said they had been 'cruising around,' apparently over the Atlantic, and were almost out of gas. They were trying to get back to a Canadian field, either in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia. "All of the boys seemed to be all right, with everything under control, but two of them were a. bit shaky. "I don't wonder at that. ou could see two big bombs on the lefthand :,;Ide of the under pa.rt of the plane. The right hand racks were empty. The pilot had landed so that his right wing was lower than his left. Apparently the pilot dumped what was left of his gasoline just before he skidded into the field. One of th fliers warned a bystander to be careful of his cigaret as there "might be gasoline on the ground ." (A few hours earlier the US navy reported one of its own planes had been forced down in rough seas due East of the tip of Cape Cod during a confidential mi sion, but that both the plane and its personnel had been rescued.) A guard of H soldiers from Fort Stark arrived to encircle the plane long before daylight and the ship's I crew was taken to Portsmouth Naval hospital for a check-up. Lieut. A. G. Welch is in command of the guard. A few Portsmouth residents awake early this morning reported that they saw flares dropping from the skies. "It was thriliing," said one man, "But I hoped as I watched that whoever it was would have a safe landing." An Eliot resident called to ask, "''\/here were the fire works last night?" When informed that a plane had crashed, he said, "Oh, thanks, I thought it was a fire works displa ." Many persons have spoken about the ease with which the plane arrived here without knowledge of its being in the vicinity. One woman said, "Maybe this will awaken people to the fact that other, not so friendly planes could easily do just that. The pilot said he saw lhe navy yard and its lights, so think of how easily an enemy could see and destroy it." I Canadians Fly Here To Work On .Bomber e>. That's What I Do, Mom A crew of six Canadian airplane workmen arrived at Portsmouth Navy yard early yesterday in a Canadian Air force amphibian plane to start work di~mantling and reassembling the Canadian bomber which landed In 11, field on the Greenland-Stratham line early Thurs ay morning. Work was expected to begin today but army officials said that it would be Impeded by the two 250-pound bombs and several smaller bombs which the ship carried on her flight. When the plane is sufficiently dismantled to allow its being loaded onto a truck, she will be taken to an undisclosed United States airplane factory for reassemblage. A United States-Canadian agreement permits the repair of planes in the country In which they land. It is expected that the work will be completed by the middle of the week. Since her landing the bomber has been an attraction to more than 1,500 local residents whose curloslty made them drive, walk or bicycle to the scene of her landing and guards from the Harbor Defenses of Ports• mouth stood watch armed with ri• fies to prevent any memento-seek• ers from stripping her. (Photo by Marston) Robert Belmont, 18-ya.er-old Portsmouth boy who joinerl the Royal Canadian Air force last July, comes home on furlough to tell his mother, Mrs, We Icy Montanye, 460 Dennett street. what he's been doing in Canada. She was J1is fir t passenger when he got, his private license in Ap1;1 at the Portsmouth airport. Robert, now trained for militaary routine, is studying navigation. wireles , annament, administration, mathematics, aircraft recognition. In about six weeks he'll start elementary flying and in six months should get his sergeant's stripes, a pilot stripe and wings. �Bombs on Racks of Canadian Plane STRATHAM, N. H. , Oct. 2 - Guided by the light of their hastily dropped flares, four crew• men escaped injury today when their Royal Cana• dian Air Force bomber was forced down in the early morning darkness in a hayfield near the Stratham-Greenland line. Its bomb racks partly loaded and its fuel sup • ply apparently exhausted, the plane plowed a deep furrow for more than 200 feet in the hayfield of the Gilbert Thompson estate before com• The fa ct that the pla ne was ap- P ortsmouth and dropped several proximately 150 m iles southeast fl ares in an effort to seek a su itable landing µlace. A heavy guard of the Canadian border when it of soldiers from Fort Stark, Newlanded gave rise to the supposif castle, under the command o tion that it was r eturning from a Corp. Atiman was placed around scouting mission off the Atlantic the dull gray bomber. coast. The flyers had missed the Cash's wife served the .Canalians with coffee in her kitchen Portsmouth Airport by only a few _.,_.._,,,_'"'""_ _..,.,.___ __ _ miles and we re about t he same distance from the P ortsmouth t· \ N avy Y ar d w h ere t wo B n·t·1s h an d ._ a Free French subm arine are now \ undergoing repa irs. . d {'J ,l-\. \ The four crew mem bers, me1u \ ing a flight lieutenant and three I sergeant airmen, refused to disS1 RA'fAAM ~ ' cuss the landin g, except to admit G~EifN~t) they wer e "off t he track." They I' were taken to the hospital in the ,..J t· r _ _..,.. ' " N avy Y ar d as a precau wna Y 1-~ ~· c. measure. t -.A _ p.$,· The crew comprised Flight 1v • Lieut. Peter H. Dougl as, Second Pilot Lloyd Fulton, Sergt, Alan .1-_..,,_,,,.,,,..,,....,..,..-~.,;,.,,,.:.,,~,......,,.. M. Roy, and Mech an ic J ohn A. WHERE BOMBER LANDED Boyd. Shortly b efore l andin g in t he . ft t h .. 1 d' g and reported . d a er en a n m d fi eld, t h e Pl ane h a d cir c1e over they i,eem ed t o be d raw n an ing to rest. The bomber appeared to have suf. fered only slight damage. The plane still carried two huge bombs in its left-hand rack, Raymond J. Cash, a Portsmouth Navy Yard worker who lives nearby, reported. The rack under the wing on the opposite side of the plane was empty , witnesses said. The propeller, undercarriage and engine c ~wl . ing were c rumpled, but the plane was otherwise unscathed. Bomber Continued on Page 12 tired but still "full of pep," They It seemed th a t t_he pilot •was. unall "looked li ke youngsters," she , able to lower hi s undercarnage said and were garbed in heavy wheel s,. but some part of the plane fl . • ·t I protrud111g below the body had ymg sui _s. plowed a furrow about three feet Cash said he was awakened by deep along the field . the heavy roar of the plane o:1er The propellers were torn and his house and looked out a wm- twisted from the pancake landing dow in time to see a flare floating and the engine cowling and protrudlazily earthward. Before the flare ing parts were badly torn. The landed, there was heavy grinding pla~e•s" win~shield bore_ a sticke~ as the bomber skidded to a stop sayrng heavily loaded with bombs. on the field less than 100 yards One of th e flyers warn~d a ~yS!a nd • . . er to be careful of disposing of a from his wmd?w. . cigarette lest it ignite gasoline T_he flyers quickly climbed out ~t which might have leaked from the ldhe1r plaki:ie and sl~o~e upl to Cas h_s bomber's tanks. oor •15 mg permission use 1llf Police Chief Earl w . Caswell of teleph_one. None . of them was very Greenland, who was awakened by talkative, but said th ey had been the roar of the plane's motors said cruising around and were nearly it descended in a long glicte from out of fuel. a height of about 3000 feet. Apparently the quartet was tryA few hours earlier the United ing to get back to their base in States Navy reported an American either Nova Scotia or New Bruns- plane was forced down in rough wick when their gasoline supply ie~s east of the tip of Cape Cod, ran out. Cash said all four aeemeu while on a confidential mission. in good condition "with everything Both the plane and its crew had under con trol, but two ol them were been rescued the report said. a bit shaky." '.'J wonder lat thb~l," b Ca~bh sa, •. iere were wo ig om s hanging from the racks under the left-h;rn<l side of the plane. The pi lot la nde'1 so that his r ight wi ng was lower than th e left. ° ~~f't �ANADI.AN BOMBER DOWN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE FIELD- Forced to land when their gas supply became mgero~sly low while they were off their course, four occupants of this Royal Canadian Air Force bomber aced a canvas fence around their machine and covered it partly with brush to thwart the curious. �Council Transacts Routine Business0'1 The Portsmouth City council last night transacted a number or routine items of business. It: Heard a report from Sperry Locke I relative to the Merrymeeting lake water project and authorized a trip to Washington by Mr. Locke and Dr. Samuel T. Ladd, at their own expense and at no obligation to the city, to press for federal support of the project; Accepted and placed on file a report from the police commissioners saying that the best route for through trucks to get them of! residential streets was over the new inter-state bridge. This, the report stated, could only be done by city ordinance; Accepted and filed a report from Fire Chief George T. Cogan ap- • proving a request by Coleman and Taccetta for moving of a hydrant on Albany street, the petitioners to pay lhc cost of the work; . , (Phot-0 by Marston) Approved a list of stock-in-trade taxes collected and commissions IV,LIAN VOL TEER DEFEN E MEETS-This photo shows the members of the lvlllan Volunteer Defense committee which met last venlng In the Council chamber at tbe Portsmouth city hall. Left to right, due Charles R. Quinn; Referred to the fire departme):lt are: l\'lrs. Frank \V. Randall, Harry W. Peyser, Charlotte E. Wright, Henry W. Hodgdon, Andrew C. Graves, a petition for location of a fire W. D. Redden, Frank C. Remick, T. Daniel Ha.yes, Vincent Taccetta, Albert G. Brooks, Lewis McNeil and John alarm box at either the corner of Essex and Melbourne or Essex and P. Regan. Islington streets; Accepted a report from the Board of Street commissioners recommending acceptance by the city of streets at Pannaway- Manor; Accepted the quarterly report of the plumbing inspector; Granted requests for pole loca\ tions by the New England TeleA group of persons named by phone and Telegraph Co.; Portsmouth's new Plains school land along Woodbury avenue than Frank C. Remick, chairman of the Referred to the Planning Board Portsmouth Defense council, met will be located at the corner of at Atlantic Heights so that this loa petition by M. J. Bertr.am and E. ! last evening In the city council Greenland road and Sherburne road cation should prove a better investJ. Grenier for permission to open chamber at city hall and organized and instead of an addition to the mP•1t for the future." In answer to questions as to cona trailer camp on Route 1 three to serve as a Civilian Defense Vol- Atlantic Heights school, a new elemiles south of Market square; mentary schoo: building will be built trol of construct1011, William H. unteer Office b<>ai·d. Approved a tranfer of $1,154 withThe officers selected to serve the on land owned by PBA at the 800- Healey, representing the federal government .n making arrangeIn the highway division appropria- board are: Chairman, liarry W. home development. This was decided by the Board of ments here said he had checked tion; Peyser; vice-chairman, Lewis M. Allocated 980 for the permanent McNeil, and secretary, Charlotte E. Education when it met at city hall with Washine:ton and that work yesterday afternoon and approved would be planned locally The Portsimprovements bond issue to the Wright. Board of Street commissioners to An executive committee within recommendallons of the committee mouth board will hire architects reroof the city yard office building; the board includes the thi-ee officers on school buildings which had acted and control them. The bill will be Transferred unexpended balances Vincent Taccetta and T. Daniel at a meeting held in the morning. paid by federal funds. Present at the meeting were totalling slightly more than $1,500 Hayes. Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, Supt. of to unallocated permanent improveAt a meeting of the executive com- • 'ear \Voodbur)· Avenue The PBA school will be located Schools Harry L. Moore and lhe ment funds; mittee called by the chairman for Transferred funds totalling $175 Friday evening three committees: on land near, but not on, Wood- following members of the board: Rev. William Safiord Jones, Kenwithin the appropriation of the placement, training course, recruit- bury avenue. Said Ernest Wilson, PBA resident nard E. Goldsmith, Ralph G. Mcschool department; ing and enrollment, will be selected. Transferred $350 within the apThe Civll!an Defense Volunt~er manager, .. there seems more pros- Carthy, James E. Whalley, John E. propriation of the street commis- office will operate under the su- pect of future city development on Seybolt and Harry L. Dowdell. pervision of a director to be named, sioners; Voted to instruct the board of who will have assistants. All service 1 health to inspect dumps on Central will be on a volunteer basis. 1 avenue and order the owners to clean up the places at once; Ordered the board of health to inspect the premises in the rear of 102 Dennett street and take action on the matter at once. Mrs. Dondero introduced, then withdrew, a resolution to make $650 available from contingent funds for repairs and supplies at city hall. The council advised her to have the work done within the City Lands and Buildings committee budget. Present at the meeting were Councilmen Frederick D. Gardner, Frank W. Hersey, Joseph M. Katkin, Edgar F. Wood, Mary C. Dondero, Walter R. Harvey, Lewis M. McNeil, William H. Palfrey and John Burkhardt, Mayor Stewart E. Rowe and City Clerk Edward Hopley. Defense Council Organizes Board For Volunteers Separate Heights School To Be Built On PBA Land �L.\'1 • Local Ir ents Commit ee :Opens O fice .Here To orrow 0 •" on the committee are: Norman Portsmouth health officers, tax Rand, chairman; Rev. Harold Cur- assessors, buildings superintendent tis vice chairman; Lieut. Robert and homes registration office emI M~rvin, USN, representing the navy; ployes are available as consultants j • Lieut. Col. E. G. Cowen, USA, repre- and may be called to the commitI senting the army; Harry I. Caswell, tee hearings. Mrs. Laura. Sunmer, William E. The County Defense council may Six U. s. Army P-40 pursuit planes I Fur.b er and Judge Thomas H. Simes. appoint two or three additional This group "1'111 serve without pay. members to this committee ac- , circled Portsmouth this morning 1 The meetln!.' last evening was .cording to Mr. Fitts U the citizens while taking part 1n the mass mancalled to order by Frank C. Remick of Rockingham county feel they euvers on the east coast. Tlle POI·tsmouth Fair Rent who Introduced _George H. Fitts, would like to be represented. HowThe planes did not land at the field representahve o~ Leon w_. ever, no plans for any additional Portsmouth airport. Maneuvers be; committee held its first meet- Henderson, price admimstrator. M1. members have been announced as gin tomorrow and will end the 16th. I· l t · 111 · th p ·ts Fi ts was ln Portsmouth two ye t During this time clvlilan flyers mg as evening e or - months ago and spoke to the mem- I Olm.ncU Dlsapprovea have been asked to stay out of the : mouth Savings bank. Thcj hers of the Portsmouth City coun- Asked la.st night to approv. ap. area north of Boston and i group, chosen by Frank . ell 1n an 13:ttempt to get it to asslS t pointment of the Fair Rent com- as far30-mlles south as Norfolk, Va., unless . h • f th In organizing the Fair Ren com- mlttee the Portsmouth city coun- they receive permission. 1 Remick, c airman o e mittee which has been appointed by ell ref~sed to do on a roll call Portsmouth is Ju t outside the Portsmouth Defense council, Mr. Remick. • cote 6 to 3. 60 res~cted area. l t d D 1 1940 as the Mr. Fitts revised the rent survey Voting for approval were Coun; se. ec e ec. • · prepared by the Bureau of Labor climen Frederick D. Gardner, Wal1 fair rent date. statistics In June 1941. He also s~ld ter R. Harvey and William H. Tomorrow morning the commit- that by Oct. 1 69 fair rent commit- Palfrey. Voting against were Coun! tee's office will be opened in the tees had be_en _formed ln 23 st ates, c!lmen Frank W. Hersey, Joseph M. said Katkin, Edgar F. Wood, Mary c. County Court house building. A all of them m aefense areas. He the commltt,ees reported ha nd ling , Dondero Lewis M. McNeil and John full-time secretary, furnished by th all cases to the ~at!sfactlon of both Burkhardt. WPA, will be. on duty Monday At a previous meeting the council through Thursday of each week, ,t he tenants and the landlords. -0 had accepted an adverse commitready to receive complaints of un- 1 Date To Be Ya rdstick The submarine Haddock will be reasonable and exhorbitant rent I The Portsmouth conun1ttee el- tee report on a propo ltion that the increases. ected the date, Dec. 1, 1940, as its council itself set up a Fair Rents I launched at the Portsmouth navy I yard Oct. 20, at 11.15 am, Rear The committee requests all com- yardstick for measuring the rental committee for Portsmouth. plainants not to phone or write re- basis because at this time rent lev- Mayor Stewart E. Rowe questioned Admiral John B. Wainwright, comgarding any unfair rent pracl_lce els had not been affected seriously past night, whether the council mandant of the yard, announced but to call in person. The compla11:i- by defense actlvltles in Portsmouth. had the legal right even to consider today. The sponsor will be Mrs. Wilant will have to fill out a form m The OPA said the committee should the matter again, theorizing that liam Henry Allen, wife of the comorder to enable adjustments. not select a date further back than acceptance of the adverse report mandant of the Charleston, S. C., Anv rent increases since Dec. Oct. 1, 1939. constituted a vote against the plan. navy yard. 1, l!l40 are subject lo challenge, The Portsmouth committee will['A council rule forbids taking up The Haddock will be the sixth sub if they are unwarranted. The hold regular meetings subject to again matters once voted upon, un- to be launched within the past year landlord will be called before the call by the chairman. At t hese meet- less plans for reconsideration are at the navy yard. committee if lt feels he is ings hearings will be held. announced at the meeting when the charging an unfair rent. original action la taken. Set Dec 1 I AS Ren t Date O·i" Six Army Planes Circle Portsmouth I l Haddock Launching Slated October 20 \\ Army Engineers Survey c,. Pl ortsmouth Airport Four United States engineers arrived in Portsmouth this morning to begin a topographic survey of the Portsmouth airport. By using an instrument called an alidade, the engineers are plotting with neat pencil marks and figures on a drawing board the bumps and hwnps in the runways, as well as measuring the length, width and area of the field. The work is expected to take two weeks to complete. Chief of Party Edwin Wanne, Pa1Ll Doyle, John Bunten and Robe), Lessard are the engineers. Thell" hPadquarters are in Boston , Mass. I Army Engineers O ~ Continue Survey Of Airport Here Army engineers began their second day of work at the Portsmouth airport this morning by sw·veying and checking the field boundaries. The four men who have been sent by the War department to make the much delayed survey of the airport arrived here Tuesday night. Besides checking the field boundaries the engineers began surveying the field gradient. By doing this they can tell the slope of the port and which parts will have to be filled in or leveled. Another one of their duties is determining the position of the lights that will be placed on and about the field. The installation of lighting facilities is included in the government contract. �Chief Warden Frank J. Massey Redden Lists Outlines City's Air Raid Defense Rockingham County "World war II di ff ers fr~m· ~he ... 8-Distribute gas masks if raid ls first World war in m any respects:· gas raid. Frank J . Ma~sey, newly-appointed 9-Keep up morale and prevent chief air raid warden for P orts- panic. mouth , said today, "but the maj or 10-Enforce black-out-army will difference ls tr. at t he enemy doesn' t be in control under instructions openly declar e wa r until a fter the from Wash ington- and wardens wlll start of hostilities, if t hen . work with police. "The primary aim is to create 11-Know loca tion of raid shelters panic and disruption among the peo- and see that civilians get into them, pie by bombing civilians first. To Give Three Signals "That Is wh y Portsmouth's "There will be three signals for people must realize how imporwardens,'' said Mr. Massey. "Alert, tant their co-operation with the type of plane spotted and lt,5 fo rce working f or their defense direction." actually is. We cannot work Wardens will have "sent.ry boxes" alone and achieve success. Tlte local, state and country defen e at their stations and in these houses agencies need the utmost in cowill be kept part of their equipment, operation fr om every man, wo among which are listed gas masks, man and child. The more people flashlights with special bulbs, police who are trained In defense measwhistles, ropes, steel helmels, pensures, the greater are our cil and paper. Red Cross flrst aid ----belts, flags, extra suits, shovels and Rear Admiral Charles P . Snyder, chances of survival if America. th picks. (P art of this equipment will USN, of e general board in Wash becomes embroiled In the world be stored in the warden 's main ington, D. C., inspected the Portswi de war." mouth Navy yard yesterday. Th e Mr. Massey, who recenL!y atten d- post.) Mr Massey said that Frank C. inspection, according to a r eport ed a school for the training of air th e commandant's office, was wardens in Concord , outlined some Remick, chairman of the Ports- from a, routine one and carries n o special possible arrangements to be made mouth Defense council, ls holding local significance. In Portsmouth and listed the major weekly meetings in an effor t to Adnur al Snyder was commandant duties of an air warden. hasten the city in its defense work of U1e PortsmouU1 Navy yard from "Portsmouth will have about 15 and also said that wa rd ens will 1934 to 1935. Previous to this time air raid wardens a nd approximately attempt to have speakers on in- he had been stationed here on sev150 deputy or sub-wardens,'' he said. cendiary bombs and th eir effects a nd era! occasions. Following the First "These m en a nd women will work a graduate from the Massachusetts World waL" Admiral Snyder came t ogether in the t remendous program Air Raid Warden school come h ere h ere as assistant manager of the outlined by the state and city de- to speak 1n the near future, that fen se councils in protecting their every citizen may know what they Industrial department a nd later becity and its people from i nvasion and could do in an emergency . came its manager. In closing, Mr. Massey quoted On Oct. 11, 1935, Admiral Snyder bomb attacka by enemy planes." t.h e Portsmouth Navy yard for Mr. Massey said t h at in war time J a mes M . Landis, US regional di- left the West coast to take command the wardens would h ave 24-hour rector of civilian defense for th e firS t of the Sixth Division of Heavy duty, which probably would be di- cor ps area, speaker at the Conco rd cruisers. Since that ti me he has vided into four six-hour shifts, as session, who sal!f: ,.__ t f d tO w · t "We must remember that the ef- •=en ran erre a shmg on. many wardens would be working He said that he inspect.ion ti·ip people who could n ot stand longer flciency of the military machine de- yesterday wa one lo inform himduties. pends a large measure upon tbe elf as to the working conditions at "Primarily important ls lhe know- quality of its morale. That morale th e Portsmouth Navy yard . The ledge of how to take care of lncen- can neve_r . rise much ~!gher th an a dm iral was accompanied by Comdr. d l a r y bombs after they are that of civilian populatlon," a nd he J ames H Faskett , USN. dropped," he said. "This instruction again asked for the co-operation of has been given to m an y, but every- every citizen in aiding his vorkers I one should know It for h is own de- and those of all groups, for " withfense." out It they cannot succeed." I Among the duties of air raid wardens are listed t he followin g: 1-Knowledge of locality to which assigned. I 2-Knowledge of construction of houses in locality. About 85 per Adm. Snyder Inspects Navy Yard Genera l Board Member Was Comma ndant Here In 1934- 1935 I cen t of P or tsmouth's homes are of wood, which places the city in third cla s for fire hazards. 3-They must know the people in locality-how m any are lll, old or bedridden . 4-They must know all objects in locality- hydrants, curbings a nd other hazards for their own safety a nd safety of others dur lng black out periods. 5-Locality of all utilities -garages, water supplies, ect. 8-They m ust instr uct people what to do. 7-Know army, state and local regulations. I Defense Committee .N,vin F . R edden , chairma n of the Rockingham county co-opera ting committee of the State Council of Defense, and Mrs. F red Fernald, Nottingham vice-ch airman, have I a nnow1ced 't he county committee conslstlng of 86 persons, one man and one woman from each town a nd ward in the cou nty. The male member ill each community is named chairl"flan a nd the woman will be vlce-cha.J;i,na n and will direct all wornen'itl' activities. The local defense chairmen wlll have supervision over all defense acti_vl~ ties in their respective communlt1es, Mr. Redden stated, with all committees and agencies answerable to the local defense chairmen . The committee appointments are: I ATKI NS ON- H arry B . Tuttle, porotbea H . Rockwell . A U B U R N-W t111am J. Moy, 1Je.mes E . Stockley. BRENTWO OD- Bart E . H e.vlce.n , Me.rJorle Graves. CANDIA- Paul E . Sargeant, Mrs . Miss Mrs. · Mrs. Ellot u .c~r~R- Preeton E . Goodrich , Mrs. Ph111p Hazelton . DANVl ~L Alfred B . Sargent, Mlss gnes H. Co!Uru . D EERF I ELD- Carl M. Fogg, Mr& eorge W. Brown . DE R RY- Fred Dre.per, Mrs. Ce.ro11ne .,: lte. ' EAST IC I NGSTO - A.' Warren Web: ter Mrs. Elfie Avery . EPPI NG-Thomaa Fecteau, Mrs . Mae Judkins. EXETElt- F . Leroy Junkins, Mrt. W1nu1e Hunt. FREllfONT- Albert G . Fuller, Mrs. bert Smith. GREEN LAND- Thomas J . Brackett, Mrs. Cons tan ce Syphers . HAMPST EAD- Forrest H. Tabor, M is s DQI' Spolle tt. HAMPTO, '- Jerome Harkness, Mrs. n W . Perkins. A!IIPTO B EACH - Armos Gu yon , s. F red R. Batc helder. HAMPTO FALL - Dalton Boy nton , :Mrs. Wall:ice H . Batchelder . KENSINGTON - Jobn W . York, Mra. Ag nes Greenwood . KINGSTO . - George Stevens , Mrs. Abbie S . Avery. LONDONDERRY- Ora.per Parmenter, M rs. Char les H all. l\EW CASTLE- James W. Pridham , Mrs. Lee Sco tt. NEWFIELD S- W. Georg e Nixon , Mrs. D . Perry Smith. NEWI NGTON - J . Manning Hoyt, Mrs. Louis deRochemont. NEWMA RK ET - F . Albert Sewall , Mrs. Walter M . W e bb . NEWTON- A. Ralph Es tabrook, M rs. Wi lli am K. D e.v is. NORTH HAMPTO Marland D K n ow!~. Mra . Pa~ W. Hobbs. NORTHWOOD~ oben A. Johnso n , Mrs. Daniel :\ilner. NOTTI l'tt- Artbur W . McDe.n lel , Miss Ve 1th (So. Lee ). PLAIST - Albert V. Geary, Mrs. M aud B . Dus ton . PO R T l\IOUTH- Frank C. Remick, Ci ty chairman . Mrs . Frank W . Randall, Co-chairman . WA RD I - Walter B . Redden , Mrs. At·Jhu r J. R einhart. WARD 2- Thomas J . Downs, Mrs. Arthur Baum. WARD 3- John J . Lee.ry, Jr., Mr& . Florence G . Cummlngs. WARD 4- Kennard E. G o ldsmith , Mrs . Cllnbon R. Kingsbury. WARD 5-S. F. A. Pickering , Mrs. Pblllp Wht t e. ! RAYMOND- Al S . Welch, ML..,, Cram . RYE-Ernest A. Tucker, Mr s. Phllbrlcic. SALEl\1- Artbur H . Abbott, Mrs. B rown (RV. 2- Derry) . SANDOWN - Cbe.rles I. Brock, Joh n Holmes , Sr. Elrz!!!Sio g ~-;;e~llhu T. Adams, Belle !rley Anne I Mrs. Mrs . SOUTH HAMP,ON- Ha rold F. Currier, Mrs . Earl Cu r r! • STR ATHAMIson Barker, Mrs. Annie Scam mon. • WINDHAJ\1 - M erton Webber, Miss B essie E merson. �courtesy of Manager John W. Howe the showing was delayed two day for the service clubs premiere. Realistic in every detail the filn hardly seemed to be a re-enactmenf There were scenes which were mucl like the Shoals and the harbor, bu they could be found in many coas> ta! spots. with lhe Fox Film productions and ' made an experimental reel. The audience in Portsmouth liked it, he said, and when other theater-goers liked it too, that Im developed into the ''March of Time." At flrst March of Time was shown in 300 theaters; now it goes to 8,500 in the United States and 3,000 in the British Empire. Between 30,000,000 and 35,000,000 persons see each issue. The slogan, "Join the Navy and Service Clubs Endorse Lou is deRochemont 1 I I The Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions clubs sent a telegram last night after a preview of the March of Time "Norway in Revolt," endorsing both the work which the March of Time is doing and Producer Louis deRochemont; to Sen. D. Worth Clark, one of the Senate Sub-committee men investigating the industry and propaganda. The telegram read: "Citizens of Po~tsmouth, the oldest New Hampshire settlement, Kiwanians Rotarians, Lions, physicians' and See the World," has been changed guests assembled in joint session to "Join the March of Time and tonight, desire to go on record as See Portsmcuth," said Mr. deRoche: believing in the absolute integrit.y mont as he mentioned some of the of their fellow townsman Louis :films which had been taken in deRochemont and the truth of the Portsmouth. J March of Time." The meeting, sponsored by lhe Scores enate nvestigaUon \ Portsmouth Kiwanis club, was joined Producer deRochemont called the by the Rotary and Lions club and Senate investigation "an insincere ' the Portsmouth Medical society. attemp to smear the industry and Nearly 200 men attended, including to tag it with the chll.rge of being officers of the British navy, the led by Jewish interes s which want i United states navy, Marine corps to get this country into war." \ and army. He spoke of Senator McFarla.nd's They saw the premiere of "Norway interest and said that when he tried 1 In _Revolt," some'<>[ the scenes of to have the sub-committee witness which were taken in this vicinity; the showing of "Norway In Revolt," and another March of Time movie, they refused to see it. He added, on the Federal Bureau of investi- however, that the 10 Norwegians gation. Speakers were Mr. deRoche• who took part in the scenes flew mont, Dr. Torsten Guthe, of t.he from Toront-0 to Washington, and Norwegian Royal navy; George when "we c6me to have our inning Black, director of t.he March of Mr. McFarland w!ll introduce their Time; Jack Savage, a former spec- testimony ." ial agent of the FBI and Jack George Black, associated witl1 Mr. Glenn, also a director of the March deRochemont in the production exof Time. plained the working of the March The meeting open d with the of Time crews. singing of "America" and "God Save Jack Savage. who was featured as The King'' with the invocation by the agent in the FBI picture, was Rev. William Safford Jones. next speaker. When the March of Between cours s the various clubs Time went to Washington to make sang and John W. Hopley directed the :film, Mr. savage was employed community singing. by the FBI. He joined March of President 0 . S. Conery, of the Ki• Time afterwards. Mr. Savage dewanis club introduced the following scribed lhe work of the FBI. guests: Capt. John J. Brown, USN, Following his talk, the film, "Men captain of the Portsmouth Navy of the FBI," was shown. yard; Col. Waller K. Dunn, USA of Mr. deRochemont then introduced the Harbor Defenses; Maj. Dean Jack Glenn as the "Demagogue Kalbfleisch, USMC; Capt. Richard Specialist." Mr. Glenn has investiReynolds, USA; Capt. Charles J. gated Gerald Smith, Huey Long, Odenweller, Jr., USA; Comdr. Rob• Father Divine and Fritz Kuhn . He ert C. G. Garwood, Royal navy; paid high tribute to the work of Comdr. M. G. Rimington, Royal his employer and said all the film· navy; Lieut. Comdr. W. A. Stew- ing was fac ual. art, Royal navy; Lieut. Cgmdr. L. M. DeCicco, USNR, Lieut. Robert Alexites 'NClrway Jn Revolt' ander, Royal navy, and Lieut. Rob"Norway In Revolt," he said. was ert Marvin, USNR; Dr . Charles w. re-enacted as nearly as possible ai: Kinghorn, president of the Ports- It actually had occurred. Films o. mouth Medical society; Richman Norwegian scenes also were used. The 10 men who escaped from S. Margeson, president of the Portsorway were picked un by a. mouth Rotary club, and William British submarine, nd when F. Tilton, vice-president of the Lions the sailor's came to Portsmouth club. lo make the film, th same Oscar Neukom, chairman of t.he submarine was al the navy ye.rel. Public affairs committee of the Ki• Before the :film was shown Dr wanis club, under whose direction the program was arranged, intro- Torsten Guthe, of the Norwegiar duced Mr. deRochemont as "A Royal navy, described the plight o: neighbor of Portsmouth, known to the Norwegian people. "Norway In Revolt" Is a trw many of you, whose fertile brain has conceived a new and dramatic story, he said . "The picture Is ! method, to bring home what he and part of the moral support this coun· millions believe to be helpful in un- try is giving in the fight of th! derstanding this modern, civilized, Norwegians for their homeland." According to Dr. Guthe the fil1r yet gruesome and selfish world, the producer of "The March of Time," will be shown In Norway althougl· who is now under :fire in a. senate he does not know how it will get sub-committee hearing for alleged there. Although "Norway In Revolt' propaganda." The guest of honor told that t.he was first shown In New England las first "March of Time" was shown night, orlglna.lly it had been sched in Portsmouth at the Colonial the- uled for Monday and Tuesday a atre. At the time he was employed the Colonlai theater. Through th, I I �Board· Recommends City Pa 200, 0 Of ater Cos s FW A Official Here Hints That- F.ederal Government Will 'Take Over' Otherwise ' Stewart E. Rowe presided as chair- 1should recommend as the citys man ex-officio. Before votj_ng on share for this project should not ex• the question Americo J. Fransoso, ceed $200,000. clerk of the· board, read the folIn view of the foregoing statelowing statement into the recrds: ments, the Board of Street comAt an informal meeting held last missioners, with reluctance, recom1:vening between members of the mends that the City of Portsmouth City Council and men:ib~rs of the offer to furnish an amount not to Board of Street commiss10ners, the d "200 000 for this proposed I terms of the proposed Federal grant excee " • and loan for extension of the water extension of the water system, the works were discussed . balance of the total cost of $857,000 Those present were informed that to be furnished by outright grant the extension of the water system lO for defense puposes was to be made BULLETIN in any event. Should the city not The Portsmouth City council convened in come to some Immediate understanding with the Federal governspecial session t his afternoon to decide whether it ment, the members present apprewill report to the Federal Works agency that it ciated that the Federal governwill entertain an offer for a loan and grant on the ment might step in and take over the water system 1 extend it and basis of the Board of Street con1missioners' rec• operate it. ommendation. In order lo avoid this contingency, the board feels that it must recomsome reasonable alternative Recommendation to the Portsmouth City Council that mend relative to the proposal of the Fed• the council authorize the bonding of the Portsmouth eral government for a grant of $432,Wate r department for $110,000d and transferk the balance and a loan of $425,ooo. for the · I f ooo. proposed extension of the system. of $90 ,000 f rom t he 1940 bon issue to ma e a tota o Inasmuch as the present expan$200 000 as the citys share of th e proposed water system sion program was designed to ~ur' · d h· f b h B d fS nlsh sufficient water for the city's extension was vote t 1s a ternoon y t e oar o treet \ normal needs, the board feels that !Commissioners. the Federal government should bear • • • a greater part of the cost of this 1 The vote came at a special meet- , Federal Works agency, regardmg I new defense extension than it has ing of th~ board called this morn- I the city's refusal to accept the offer proposed to do. Under no clrcum• ing followmg conferences last night of a $432,000 grant and a $425,000 stances can this board recommend and this morning with John Lough- loan. acceptance of the terms as received. Jin, regional finance examiner of the Chairman Fred V. Hett was ab- The Board of Street commissioners sent because of illness so Mayor feels that the largest amount it Officials Insist ,City Unable To Spend Entire $42S ,000 �5\ by the Federal government. Today's session followed a conference last night between members of t he city council and John Loughlin, regional finance examlner of the Federal Works a gency, who was assigned to come to Portsmouth by Federal Works officials to discuss just how differences of opinion could be straightened out. , Mr. Loughlin, who ls director of the New Mexico State Planning commission, has been loaned to the Federal government for this work. He ls a native of Portsmouth and his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Loughlin live here. The purpose of the special meeting of the council last night, which was attended by Councilmen Frederick D. Gardner, Frank Hersey, Mi's. Mary Dondero, Lewis McNeil, Wllllam Palfrey and John Burkhardt, was to act on a telegram from the Federal Works agency. In the telegram, lhe council was asked whether it would accept an offer 011 ils sewerage application of a grant of S57,306 by the government with Portsmouth contributing 93,500 to complete the application for 150,806. After the council and two members of the Board of Public works had said they did not Ree how the city could afford this amount, Mr. Loughlin suggestPd that the city determine what it could do. The federal representative said it was important that the city officials realize that under this act of Congress help was to be given only when the problem was strictly a defense need and not something that the city would or should do anyway. I Based on figures which he said he had obtained, it appeared that Portsmouth could pay back $50,000 a year from added water revenues and in 10 years could 1·epay with interest a $425,000 loan. He said he wanted P ortsmouth's estimate on the matter. Ques.tlon Income Members of the council questioned whether the $50,000 Income would last 10 years as it was contingent on the duratibn of the war. Finally, Mr, Loughlin said that as last re ort the federal government might be forced to take over the Portsm outh water system if the council could not reach an agreement and he urged action should be taken at OllCI', As only part of the Board of Public works and the council was present, a decision was postponed and the council went into an informal flnance committee meeting with Mr. Loughlin which lasted until after midnight. There's A Job For Every Person In Portsmouth's Civilian Defense Office To Open Soon To Li st Abili ties Of Hundreds Of Volunteer Workers Navy yard workman or clvlllan (First of all, the city government taxi driver, busy housewife or cute had volunteered office space in city 100'1, Grant Improbable . hall.) Miss Wright volunteered to Furthermore, ne said, Congress stenographer, store clerk or office upply some of her pupils to do specified that the atc1 was to be manager, every Portsmouth , person I ~lerical work in the afternoons; given only if the city was financial- can flnri a niche in the city s civil- Mr. Taccetta, both clerical helpers and registration cards; Mr. Graves, ly unable to provide it. As Ports- !an defense program. As a separate unit of Lhe P?rts- a desk; and Mrs. Randall, a first m outh, he said, still had a borrowing and chairs if they're nee'1• capacity the government under the mouth Defense council, a Clvlllan f'1 act could not make a 100'1, grant. Defense Volunteer office ls being Ide case . e consensus of the session was: A Following 1:onsiderable discussion, organized. . When a director or directors have director must be secured immediatethe council voted to accept the offer of the federal government sub- been selected, the office wlll open ly, and "We're on our own to object to a revision of the extent of to recruit Portsmouth men and tain necessary funds. Somewhere t r crult about 100 to bethe city's participation with the Portsmouth women for clvlllan de~-~us e understanding that the federal fense. Chairman of the Civilian Defense What can you Portsmouth per• grant mlgh remain the 57,306 as Volunteer Office board is Harry W. offered. sons do in the city's civilian defense Mr. Loughlin said it might be Peyser; vice-chairman, Lewis M. program? Well, for example. McNeil: secretary, Miss Charlotte possible for the city to revise its Give air raid warden service. estimated ne ds so that its partici- E. Wright, executive committee Give messenger service. pation might be nearer 50-50 if de- members, Vincent Taccetta and T. Join ~he nurse's aide corps. Daniel Hayes. fense needs alone were considered. Serve in the medical corps. Also working t o form this de· Make bandages, surgical supplies. fense-volunteer clearing house are: To Re-Study Program Learn to act as a fire watcher. The council agreed to have the Alber G. Brooks, A. Richard Cha e, Serve in rescue squads. Andrew C. Graves, Henry W. various projects restudied to see Serve in the drivers' corps. Hodgdon, Roland I. Noyes, John P, what revised program could be Obrien, Mrs. Frank W. Randall; Do homes registration work. worked out to submit to the Fed- w. B. Redden , John P. Regan and Serve in emergency food and eral Works agency. houslng corps. Mr. Loughlin said the next thing Wlllis Symonds. Join the decontamination corps. Three committees have been he had been asked to discuss was 1 formed: (1) A placement commitServe in the staff corps. water and that the rejection of the tee to refer volunteers to jobs and Be an auxiliary policeman. offer for a grant of 432,000 with training courses. !2) A training Or an auxiliary fireman. the city contributing $425,000 and course committee to clear existing Serve on the bomb squad. the request for an entire grant was training courses and arrimge othOr the demolition and clearance out of the question. ers. (3) A recruiting and enroll• crew. He said the government conOr the road repair crew. ment committee to obtain the volsidered water systems as selfLet Civilian Defense Director Fi• un eers for the civilian defense orello Le.Guardia tell you: "Civilian liquidating propositlons' ln most jobs. instan ces and that what hls deDefense has two tasks. The first is On the Placement committee are to prepare for the day we pray may par tment wanted to know was Mr. Regan, Mr, Gra es and Mr. never come; when bombs anq arexactly what amount of revenue Hayes: training, Mrs. Randall, Mr, tillery fire fall on our cities, towns t he city expected to get from its Redden and Mr. Taccetta: recrult- and countryside; , and when men, a dded water service that could lng, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Hayden and women and children must stand be a pplied to repayment of a Mr. Chase. loan, With that as a basis, he prepared to defend their homes and At a meeting in city hall last liberties. stated, the government would nlght, members of this Civilian be a ble to determine the size of "The second ls to better the Defense Volunteer Office board did health, economic security and wellits participation in relation to a little volunteering themselves. th e city, being of our people, to make our country strong." When Portsmouth's Civilian Defense Volunteer office opens, men and women can go down to city hall and register for some duty they already can do or can be trained to do. Each person will fill out enrollment cards with such information: names, address, education, volunteer training courses completed, civlllan work, marital stlttus, special skills and hobbles, languages spoken, read or written, whether or not he can drive. Soon in that small office hundreds of cards will be filed, each one representing a civilian defense worker. Through the office persons will be assigned to their jobs and jobs to persons .. . that Portsmouth "may prepare for the day we pray may never come; when bombs and artillery shells fall" . . . and when I men, women and children must stand prepared to defend. their homes and liberties." �\Photo by MarsL0ll) Air view of the 159 -house Panna.way Ma'.nor Defense Housing project, Sherburne road, where 350 families already )lave signed for tenancy. Which signees are accepted will be decided by ,va.sl:rlngton through au a.gent w hQ arrives next week. ~ _,,~---------Project Manager To Arrive At Pannaway Manor .Soon Will Add Trees Although the project has only three trees at present, plans for 0 ,,, complete landscaping are in progress. Trees, flowers, grass plots and shrubbery will surround houses and streets. Surrounded by Colonial drive, which encirclrs the entil'e project, trim. Intermingled throughout the the settlemen t includes these streets are green, gray and dark streets, avenues, courts and terraces: Schurman avenue, Victory avenue, shingled hom~s. Decatur road, Whipple court, Before the rental agent arrives, the last 25 homes will be I Georges terrace, Hall court, and pain ted and ready for occuMason avenue. Sherburne road pancy. Others are complete bounds the enUre frontage of the now. manor. Restrictions on tenacy, if any, will be made by headquarters in Washington and officials today said all signers are navy yard workers who now live ln greater Portsmouth and wish to occupy new homes. Unhappy Man! Already 350 Families Are On Waiting List For 159 Hom es A combined rental-agent-andproject-manager for the 159 defense homes in Pannaway Manor, Sherburne road, is expected to arrive the latter part of next week, project, officials said today. His will be the task of attempting to fit 350 subscribers into 159 homes for 350 families want to live at Pannaway Manor. The houses, 13 of which have attached garages, originally were intended for occupation by civilian defense workers only. Now the decision is less certain and final word must come from Washington through the agent. The majority of the two- and three-room units are painted a soft, creamy white, with vari-colored livi ng on Sherburne road need not worry-all homes are weatherinsulated. Rents ' ot Set What the rents will be is undisclosed-anothe1 decision for the agent upon authorization from Washington. No decision will be made until the last house is completed. In each house, tenants will find j electric refrige1 ators, electric stoves, oil burners, r.ontinuous hot water 1 systems, wash tubs ln cementfloored cellars. tile baths and porcelain sinks. Winds may blow, but workers �'f\o., I DO..."t . l q I.\\ Musical Director Talks To Mothers Remick Learns Yard Visits 0 ~rv Welfare Work Not Permitted At Concord 0~ On Navy Day To prove the truth of an old precrpt-"Oood bosses, like good workmPn, have to learn the job"-Frank C. Remick, Portsmouth, and Charles Green, Pit.tsfielcl, newly appo in ted metnbers of the Board of Public welfare, have just completed a twoBY J USTINE FLINT d11y course designed to acquaint Wearing a chic, brown ensemble and a cocky feather them with duties of their positions. Mr. Remick and Mr. Green• were in her hat, Miss Ruth L. Starbuck, MSi\I, director of music ilterally lectured to like schoolboys at the -orth church, told the mothers of that church about by cteparlmental experts. Sessions seven hours the first day her plans for training their children in religious music at lar.ted 311d ni11e lhe next. Now I-hey have a recent meeting in the Parish house. a well-rounded grasp of the intricate Under her supervision young voices will be raised in workings of the welfare departt-onc of the most complex In song once a month at North church services. Miss Starbuck mcn state machinery, according to their explained that participation in the Junior choir not only instructors. enriches the life of a child, it creates another tie to hold him 1 John J. Hallinan, veteran welfare group worker, and its present chairto th church during the years when he needs it most. ' man, was responsible for "season"Junior Choir work is not only which has faith as Its inspiration, ing courses." He evolved the two-day school, asmusical education but, of neces- worship as its reasons for being, sisted by Commissioner Harry O. and sincerit. as its attribute." sity, religious educaLion as well," she Her listeners were surprised to P11ge. Mr. Remick and Mr. Green, said. "But, c.S in all music teaching, learn that the oldest organ in the boht of whom have long displayed Lhe first aim is to develop and in- United States is in Portsmouth. 'It I curiosity about the welfare departstill a Jove of good music. IL is a was brought over in 1713 for King's ment., agreed. That sat down with Mr. Page and matter of attuning one's ear to the chapel, Boston, used until 1756, then best. We might say of some who pro- sold to t. Paul's, Newburyport, and Jist<'ned to an exhaustive .~ummary fess to dislike the music of the mas- in 1836 to St. John's, Portsmouth, of the historical backgrounds of f,he organization, and an exposition of lf.s ter' leaders. •Ears have they, yet they where the original pipes and wind underlying policies. hear not.' " chrcst are still in use. When this was completed, Mr. Miss Starbuck, who was graduatI Practice Periods Saturday ed from Mount Holyoke college and Pnge called in Miss Dorothy A. Whitton, who cxpla.ined t.he manA children's choir is new to the Union Theological seminary in New ner in which t.hc department est.ab• North church and when the young- York City, is a teacher of piano at sters make their debut at ChrisLmas Stoneleigh college. Her experience llshed eligibility of welfare reel~ time in tJ1eir gowns, they will of- has been director of music and or- pien ; Miss Anne Stephens defer a wide selection of Yuletide ganist in two New York churches, scribed standards of assistance set htymns. Practice periods will be and she has been conducting the up by the organization and Harlan held each Satuxday morning at nine Mount Holyoke Alumni Glee club of Harris outlined auditing procedures. Compilation of statistics by Miss o'clock and a special ox preparatory New York. The mothers voted that evening Rose Yeaton ended the first day 's j class for those who need extra help schooling. Lo donate five dollars for the puxwill take piace at ten. Child welfare service was the subIn her talk before the fixst mcet- chase of new chmch music. They j ing of l-he Mothers' club this season, also made plans for the annual ban- ject on a talk the following mornMiss Starbuck traced the origin quet which will be attended by boU1 ing by Miss Vlenne Borton and Fred of church music and discussed music fathers and mot.hers Friday evening, Ward showed how the department's Nov. 14. The speaker will be Dr. services for the blind ext.encl into appreciation in the church. Of present day composers she Philip Giles, psychologist at New- evrry section of the sl.ate. Miss made the remark that many have ton Theological semi.nary. Louise Sexton lectured on sight con"nothing to say but they say it with servation policies and the important trumpets." She then pointed out how Talk By l\Irs. Davis question of case recording was deThe president of tile club, Mrs. schools and churches are beginning ~cribed by Mrs. Aline Cavanaugh. to encourage appreciation of the Benjamin Davis, gave an informa• Mr. Page then summarized findclassical music. tlve talk on fraudulent advertising, ings anct presided at a general questelling about the exaggerated claims :ion-and-answer period. l\lusic Appreciation of the manufacturers of several na• "Appreciation, a term which has tionally known products. Mrs. Laura sumner announced U1e been both used and abused of late, means to prize, to realize the true beginning of Rogers Mission circle 1 value and worth of something," she meetings for the youngsters next She exdeclared. "This Is impossible with- Thmsday after school. out knowledge and understanding. plained that when the children meet There has been a great movement, with her at. the Parish house every of which Walter Damrosch was one otJ1er week, they are taught to work of the leaders, toward a wider ap• with their hands, A.cqui.ri.ng a train• preclation of music through concerts, •i ng that proves both useful and entertaining. radio and recordings. In a decorative October setting, A strong room for the storage of Miss Starbuck continued by calling equipment of the State Guard will attention to the great body of sacred suggesting harvest and Hallowe'en, be built at the Portsmouth armory music av:1ilabie. This she described, refreshments were served by the on Parrott avenue, according to an quoting Robert Bridges, as "music officers of the club. appropriation approved by the governor and council at its meeting this week. The amount for Portsmouth will be $10,500 and general repairs will be Included. The new storage room is in line with installations in various other armories about the state. At the suggestion of Councilol' Thomas A. Murray the adjutant general was instructed to include in arrangements for plans with respect to this project, as well as several others, that the architect will revise plans as needed, without additional charge to the state, if first bids are not within the legislative appropriation limit. Miss Ruth Starbuck Plans Junior Choir For N orth Church I I I Loca l Armory~ Will Have Strong Room Because of th.e national emergen- J c declared by Pxesident Frankll11 D. Roosevelt U1e Portsmouth Navy yard will no t be open for public inspection on Navy clay, next Mon• day. For many years after World war I the public was invited to visit the navy yards but with the steppedup production and armament secrets, no one cru1 enter the yard unless on official business. Officers are doing their utmost, however, to co-operate with the citizens of Portsmouth and other tov.fzf.8, by having representative speakers attend U1e1.t· meetings. Lieut. James H. Davis, USN, was guest speaker last evening at f,he meeting of the Kiwanis club and Lieut. Thomas F . Oldfield, USNR spoke at the Portsmouth High school. Lieut. E. D. Ha.skins, USN, wil speak at the Lion's club meetin[ next Monday and Lieut. James J . Joyce, USN. will speak in Dover soon Lieut. Comdr. L. M. De Cicco, USNF (MC), will address a gathering ir York. The Foremen's dinner will be helc.' at. the Hotel Rockingham 11ext Mon· day night and it is expected tha\ many high-ranking officers will be present. Edward Johnson Heads John Langdon Club o-i-1 Officers of the John Langdon club were chosen at the first meeting of the season this week. The club, 11amed for one of Portsmouth's Revolutionary patriots, John Langdon, is the men's group of the North church. Officers named were: Edward Johnson, president; Leslie W. Sargent, vice-president; Kennard M. Palfrey, secretary and Robert Hayes, treasurer. Harrison M. Lakin, York, a former member of the diplomatic corp, was the speaker, talking on current events and devoting most of his talk to the German-Russian conflict. �eral Cont Of oms • n ·cutt As Rejec City Councilmen Have No Solut·o • • To ater. C 1515 Dismiss Winnicutt River At Emergency Session Go.vernment control of the Portsmouth water system seemed closer than ever yesterday afternoon when the Portsmouth ci ty council agreed that it was no nearer to the solution of the acute water problem than it wa s six month s ago. Latest move in the situati on was the rejection of Winnicutt river as a source for water, although the city council had asked the Federal government to approve the project in its application for Federal funds three months ago. This left the city today with no officially approved source of water and the advocates of Winnicutt, Merrymeeting Lake, Fountain Head, an d several other locations still are debating the respective merits of each location . Rejection of Winnicutt river occurred when the city council met in special session yesterday afternoon to act on a recommendation of the Portsmouth Board of Stree! O · \\ comm1ss1oners tha t th e co uncil a uthorize the issuance of $110,000 -i n new bo nds a nd transfer the $90,000 balance of the 1940 bond issue so that $200,000 could be offered by he city as its participation in the enlargement of the water syste m. A few hours previously, the Board of Street commissioners had met and presented the plan, whereby the scope of the project would be slightly reduced and with the government grant and the city borrowing $200,000 the project would be possible. Debate Two Hours Warned by John Loughlin, regional finance examiner of the Federal Works agency, that defense water needs must and would be met, the council considered for nearly two hours what should be done and motion after motion was discussed and discarded . City Solicitor Oscar Neukom raised the legal question as to whether Portsmouth had a right to go into anothei: municipality and take its water resources. Mr. Neukom said that in any event there was a possibility that a special city reference might be necessary before the problem finally was solved. Stating that investigation of the legal aspects of national defense problems was outside the scope of his work as city solicitor, ALtorney Neukom asked that he be given fund s to hire outside counsel to check these matters. He said it would take at least two weeks to determine legal aspects of the water question. The council voted him authority to hire such aid as he needed. Finally a motion was prepared stating that on recommendation of the Board of Street commissioners, the council authorized the mayor to accept the offer of the Federal government for a grant and loan on the basis of a $200,000 loan by the city and the balance by the Federal government. This was voted down by a 5 to 3 vole with Gardner, Dondero and McNeil in favor and Hersey, Wood, Palfrey and Burkhardt opposed. Harvey was absent. Later when Mr. Loughlin asked exactly what the vote decided and whether it meant Portsmouth was not interested in government aid, �the council agreed the rejection had nothing to do with the government offer but was rejecl:,ed solely on Winnicutt river as a source. ! For Mr. Loughlin's report this was made a formal vote of the council. It was also voted that the rejection would be reconsidered at the next meeting, scheduled for next Thursday evening. Councilwoman Dondero said her vote of approval was based on the understanding that the citizens would have an opportunity to vote on the matter anyway. Library Gets Cookbooklets oq t' For Plant I At Yard Recommended Two Years Ago (Special to The Portsmouth Herald) Washington, D. C.-Oct. 29Award of a contract for $1,470,000 for power plant improvement at the Portsmouth Navy yard was announced by the Navy department today according to word received by senator Styles Bridges and Congressman A. B. Jenks. H. A. Kuljian and Company of Philadelphia re eived the contract. This improvement is apparently in addition to the $13,000,000 in yard improvements recommended last March as it was not included in details of that appropriation released at that time. Winnicutt river originally was recommended to the Board of Street commissioners by Supt. Nat S. Stevens two years ago when the first extension of the water system was proposed. It was rejected then as too costly. When defense necessitated more water, lhe project was investigated by Paul Howard, the water consultant engineer hired by the Board of Street commissioners, and approved. It was then approved by the board. The Portsmouth Planning board approved it when the city made application for Federal funds and it was included in the blanket approval given by the city council to the council"s community development committee and then officially submitted by Mayor Rowe: Its merits and demerits as a water source have been debated in the council and by interested persons for several months. Meanwhile, the Federal Works agency is having Hs own trouble locating water for an independent system for the 800 ·wrntworlh Acres homes, and is still searching. Before the approval of borrowing $200,000 to carry out the Winnicutt river project, the Board of Street commissioners yesterday turned down a recommendation of Supt. Nat S. Stevens that a committee of three be appointed to confer with Rochester and Dover regarding their interest in the development of Merrymeetlng lake at New Durham, which on vo e of the city council is being investigated by Sperry H. Locke. 1½ Million A complete set of the Portsmouth Herald Cookbookletq wa~ gh·en to the Public Library this week vhen l.Hiss JustiJ1e Flint, woman's page eclito1· of the Herald prcsrntccl the set to l\Iiss Hannah Feri aid, librarian. cconliug to '.\liss Fernald cookbooks receive a. great deal of attention from visitors to the library and this newest addition is bound to be popular. Name Red Cross Disaster Relief Workers For Portsmouth • Appointment of the following members to sub-committees of the American Red Cross Disaster Preparedness and Relief committee was announced last night at a meeting in the Portsmouth Gas company office, Market street. Registration and information, Andrew C. Graves, chairman; Miss Eleanor Smith, Miss Helen Christy, Miss Agnes Quirk and Albert H. Woolfson; fund raising and public information. Charles W. Gray, chairman; Benjamin A. Tober, subchairman; Mrs. Gertrude M. Ryan, Mrs. Moses L. Nannis and James C. Fullam; survey, Stowe Wilder, chairman: J. Paul Griffin, (subchairrnan), E. Curtis Matthews and Martin E. Gunther; shelter, Raymond I. Beal, chairman; James M. Culberson (sub-chairman), Wlllis G. Symonds, Mrs. Dorothy Bovard and George K. Sanborn: transportation and communications, Ralph T. Wood, chairman; R. T. Lord, sub-chairman and in charge of communications: Frederick V. Hett, J. Verne Wood, Charles L. Beaton, Ralph E. Ramsdell, C. A. Hand, E. Curtis Matthews, Mrs. Franklin Milan and Frank Morris. (Mr. Wood announced that he will contact the Captain of the Red Cross Motor corps, Mrs. F. A. Saunders, as representative of the corps); Central purchase and supply, Roland I. Noyes, chairman; John H. Greenaway and Richman S. Margeson; food, Charles W. Smith, chairman; j Howard P. ,Jackson and others to be appointed. Henry R. Reuther, William Meehan and Harold Burns were announced as members of the communications section of Mr. Wood's committee under Mr. Lord. John E. Seybolt, chairman of the executive board. announced the following members of the executive group to work with assigned subcommittee chairman: Charles J. Griffin wilh Mr. Beal; Mr. Wood and Mr. Lord with Forrest M. Eaton; Harry Winebaum with Mr. Noyes; Miss Rosanna O'Donoghue with Dr. Peters; Mrs. Edward T. Wendell with Mr. Kimball; Isabel Wyatt with Mr. Gray; Mrs. Cynthia Storer with Mr. Graves and Mr. Seybolt and A. Richard Chase with Paul Badger. 55 �Motor Corps Drivers Seek O ~v Mechanics' Books At Libfary Defense workers, Red Cross volunteers, navy yard workmen and men taking courses In machinist work and other trades vital to the nation's defense program, are findIng many helpful books at the Portsmouth Public library. Higher mathematics, machinist rules, blue-printing, automobile mechanics and other defense points are outlined in detail in volumes now available. Miss Hannah G. Fernald, head librarian, today said the greatest demand had been for books outlining courses offered at night classes for yard workmen and for mechanics, course books used by Red Cross Mo• tor corps drivers. "Typing, bookkeeping, blue-printing, and psychiatric explanations of family problems also are popular," said Miss Fernald. "We are glad to help in any way we can with the program f,or national defense," she said, and have tried to get all available books for organizations that have asked us for cooperation." Also In the interest of defense workers are several volumes on architecture-,not yet on the list in the library; "House Construction Details," Burbank; "This Business o! Archltectw·e," Wells; Frank Lloyd on Architecture ; "Better Houses for Budgeteers," R. B. Wills. These books offer new ideas for home designs, interior decoration and lowcost construclion. "The volumes on phychiatric treatment of family problems that I menti~ed before," said Miss Fer• nald, "re offered to aid those workers under whose jurisdiction falls the problem of helpin newcomers to greater Portsmouth ; service men separa~d froiv- their families and others in need of counsel on such problems. . . N. H. Has Given Country Three Secretaries Of Navy Three times New Hampshire res!have been honored In the sel• n of a secretary of the Navy, ct residents o! the state will 11 In the celebration of Navy ay, on Monday, October 27. 110 of the cabinet members were es of the state. The third and nt secretary, Col. Frank Nnox, atlve of Boston, but fo1· years ade his home in Manchester. ther distinguished New Hampresident, Gordon Woodbury of ord, father of Judge Peter oodbury of the Circuit Court of peals, served as assistant secretary of the Navy, 1820-21. First N. H. Na.vy Secretary First of the three to serve was Levi Woodbury, secretary from 1831 to 1834. He was born in Francestown, Dec, 22, 1789, and died in Portsmouth, Sept, 4, 1851. A Dart. mouth graduate m 1809, he became a. lawyer, was a. state Supreme Court judge, speaker of the House of Representatives, governor, and was sent to the US Senate In 1825. He completed his service with the Navy to accept appointment as secretary of the Treasury, where he served until 1841. Wllllam Eaton Chandler, secretary from 1882 to 1885, was born in Concord, Dec. 28, 1835 and died Dec. 1, 1917. After graduation from Harvard Law school he pracllced in Concord for several years. For three years he was reporter for the New Hampshire Supreme Court. He was a. member of the House of Representatives from 1962 to '64 servl!}g two terms as speaker: 0 ci.-v JuneSl 7, 1865, he was appointed first assistant secretary of' the Treasury. During his term as navy secretary, the beginning of a modern navy was made, with construction of four cruisers. The organization and successful voyage of the Greeley relief expedition in• 1884 was largely due to his personal efforts. Colonel Knox, born in Boston Jan. 1 1874, was named secretary in June last year. He is publisher o! the Chicago Dally News and president of the Union-Leader PublishIng company. In his senior year at Alma college, Mich., he left to join Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders with whom, as a member of Troop D, he served during the Spanish• American war. , He received his degree many years later and has since been hon· ored with degrees from other inst!• tutions, including Dartmouth, Dur• Ing the World war he serv mt the rank of major with th Artillery. He was appointe rve colonel with the 365th Field Artil• lery, ls now retired. I Fountain Head 0;; Yielded Million Gallons Of Water Daily In 1905 system; on the contrary, a. saving in the amount of coal consumed has occurred. "No surface water can now enter the system from this point, as be, fore was the case, and at no time has our water been so nearly absolutely protected from surface contamination as at the present time." I Portsmouth Man J Warns Group Of U. S. InvasionPeril That Fountain Head wells in 1905 daily were delivering a million gal• ()" lons of water "of the bright spark• Ung kind for which our city 1s not• ed" ls revealed in a. 1905 report of the Portsmouth Water Commissioners which City Councilman William H. Palfrey has found by searching old records and is distributing today to the Mayor, Council, Board of Street Commissioners and other Dr. Philip H. White, Portsmouth city officials. Commissioners at the time were: chiropractor, in a speech before the J. Albert Sanborn, Frederick M. New Hampshire Chiropractic asso• Sise and Dr. S. F. A. Pickering. ciation meeting in Laconia, issued a The report is as follows; warning on the possibility of an The subject of an increase of the invasion of this country should Hitavailable water supply had been ler conquer Russia. He mged that everyone should be alert and destudied by your Commissioners. scribed what steps to take in case Having satisfied themselves-notair raids. withstanding a former examination ofFollowing his talk the members and adverse report-that the Foun- passed a single resolution at their tain Head property was a favorable final business session, offering their location, Messrs. B . F. Smith & services in defense in every way Bro., of Boston, were engaged to sink a series of prospecting wells possible. The featured speaker of the twothat would thoroughly explore this field. Eleven wells were driven, by day semi-annual convention was which valuable information as to Dr. J. Robinson Verner, professor the formation was secured; also an at the Eastern Chiropractic inst!• tute, New York City, whose subject abundance of water was located. "The installation of a system of was "The Applicability of Straight the latest improved wells, thirty In Chiropractic to Infectio\lli Disea&es." The May meetings will be held in ntµnber, was begun at once, and completed without delay. From the Keene. extreme end of the line to the pumps at the Sherburne Station, to "purhp•·al the "l:!l1erbiil-n.t'1:na'i'l'oA71o1 ' wh1ch IL Ls connecu:d, the dLILt.nC<l I IA l\ve thowand feel . th~ deacent l being l\lu:cn feet . Thi• line wu laid s to & perfect ay5ltnl al 11r1-dea I throuiih <ll!Tlcu\l 11round , and· IL had , to be air ll(lhL In every put. The ~ aucc eu ol the worlc r><rlormed re- . l\ecUI credlL on the workmen em- , ployed . Thi• lo auppo~ed U> be Lhe '1 Capt. Robert Tram Spence, New lonae•L aucLlon pipe . In oucu,..!ul Hampshire naval officer of oldenop~ntlon ln thl• country, and hu S times, will be honored by a. new been a. ma.t~r a l enquiry hy enirln- • destroyer bemg named for him. eera from oLher ~ectlon a. ··on the publi ca tion a l th e Re- . The USS Spence is now under conporl, the new we Ila wlll h11 ve been l •structlon at Bath Iron Works and In ; commlulon. ro1 uitantly , f or • ·w!ll be launched in November-, 1942. Captain Spence was born In Ports• nearly olx m onth•. Dy a.ct\l al worlc - '. I ln(l !' le5L they h&VC clevclop,-d 8. > mouth about 1785 and died near ryl el ~ o! on~ mllllon 11all on a lly. Baltimore, Md,, Sept. 26, 1826. He Y Th~ rrlld I thr. wav r f ro m thLI · was commissioned midshipman, May V, Navy To Name Destroyer For Former N. H. Officer The reuer tne w11.L.c1 u vu.. .. .... ...i source has given to the Sherburne station wells is very important, as preventing any structural changes I to the basin, which the heretofore excessive draft was bringing about. For the first time in many years, the Sherburne wells are full. By these new wells, the old Fountain Head water, about which so much romance has been woven, has be~n reclaimed and a larger quantity of our dally supply ls now coming from this source than ever before. j It should be said that this watPr, to an eminent degree, Is of the bright sparkling kind for which our city ls noted. "Although these wells and connections cost upwards of eight thousand dollars ($8,000 .00), it will be observed that the net expense to the city has been but seven hundred and eighty-seven and thirty one-hundredths dollars ($787.30), as our extraordinary revenues were appropriated for this work. Operated as they are by the Sherburne Sta• tion pump, they have added nothing to the running expenses of the I 15, 1800; lieutenant, 1807; master commandant, July 24, 1813; captain, February 1815, Launch Kingfish Here Feb. 25 o ~o Feb. 25, 1942 has been set for the unching date of the submarine Kingflsh, now being built at the Portsmouth Navy yard, according to information from the Secretary of the Navy. He named Mrs. Harry Allen Stuart, wife of Rear Admiral Stuart, director of the Naval Petroleum reserve, as sponsor. The Kingflsh, authorized by the Act of June 14, 19i!O is the first vessel of that name, being named for an American marine sciaenoid food fish found in the Atlar. tic. �Congressmen To Recommend An Additional $300,000,000 • IFor ·Defense ous ng I 1 o. v'\ Committee Reveals Plans On Inspection Trip To Pqrtsmouth Region 1 New Advent Christian Church To ·Be Dedicated November ·3 0 ov. 30 has been et as the date for the dedication of I Here to inspect the Portsmouth Is Pleased the new Advent Christian church and the parish house. Navy yard and local defense hous- Committee Congressman Boykin said the ing projects, U. S. Rep. Frank W. committee Men have been working since early spring. Ground was was very much pleased 1 Boykin of Mobile, Ala., today deIts findings. I clared his committee would return with ~ . . ~ - ~-~ ~ . ; ....-,·;-c--:,~\-•sy.f~, broken on March 3, "We have already appropriated to Washington and recommend ex- $300,000,000 for defense housing," he and the cornerstone penditure of $300,000,000 for addi- said, "and an additional $150,000,000 laid May 25. tional defense housing. for facilities for these defense Considerable work "Personally, I also am going to houses - such as schools, sewers, ~ recommend another $150,000,000 for roads, hospitals, etc., where needed." remains to be qone, other faoilitles," Chairman Boykin "The administration has asked with the installation of added. The committee was to follow for $300,000,000 more and our comthe various equipment. the navy yard tour with a trip mittee decided that before they took around the Portsmouth housing proRepresentatives from action on the request they would jects. the Frazee Organ comMembers of this committee which send us into the field to see what has been inspecting shipyards, had been accomplished to date and pany have been install transportation facilities and housing to report back on the need for fur.. ing the organ in the projects throughout the nation be- ther expenditures. "In other words, we want to chancel. The Schulmerich Master System, ·which makes poslieves that 95 per cent of money know whether the money al• appropriated by Congress bas been sible broadcasting of the organ chimes and music from read · spent was spent wisely spent wisely. and based on the results of our 1 the churoh spire, has been purchased and Church officials The group was met at the navy trip I can say that It ls the ophope that the carillonic bells will be added to the system. yard by Capt. .,ohn J. Brown, USN, inion of this group that the This system was tested last week and officials received captain of the yard, and Comdr. C. money has been well 11pent. I M. Elder, USN, ret., aide to the comdon't sa.y that that's true in many favorable comments. mandant, as well as by delegations every instance but it is true in The pews are being shipped from Wisconsin, and the of civic officials from Portsmouth, 95 per cent of all projects we Eliot and Kittery including Mayor pulpit furniture made at Northboro, Mass. will be installed have insi,eoted, Stewart E. Rowe and Councilman "We have been all over this land within a few days. Edgar F. Wood. Following a con• from ocean to ocean and in adference the party was conducted on dition to defense housing as such, a tour of inspection. we have Jnspected shipyards, transAccompanying the committee portation facilities, both land and were J. C. McConnell, regional di• air, and so forth. " ncl we are going b ok and rector of Defense Public works, Bos• reoommond that we appropriate ton; Col. George S. Eyster, USA, of these 300,000,000 far adtlltional the War department, Washington, D. c.; Col. Cornelius Beard, USA, I defense houses and personally, of Boston, regional housing co-or- 1 • I am going to recommend another 150,000,000 for other facildlnator for this area; and Col. S. ities. W. Mcilwain, USA, zone construc"Let me say this. The army and tion quarterm~~~r, Boston. navy everywhere we have gone are Besides Chairman Boykin, other doing a great job. It Is encouraging, members of the congressional party too, to note a much friendlier spirit i were Lerny D. Downs, Conn.; J. C, of co-operation between capital and , Oliver, Me., who arranged for the labor than has been in evidence in A $1,470,000 contract for a new Badgers island, running over rocks local visit; D. G. Holmes, Worcester, some time. There are some places 1 fitting-out pier at the Portsmouth which are visible at low water. It Mass., Carter Manasco, Ark.; Wil• where this ls not true but in the I Navy yard has been awarded to the will be a continuation of the pier 11am S. Hill , Colo.; Earl Wilson, main the situation ls ok." Sanders Engineering Co. and the now located alongside the new dryInd., and C. E. Bishop, Ill. Robertson Henry Co., Portland, Me., dock. according to an announcement by Comdr. A. G. Bissett, USN, pubCong. Artbur B. Jenks today to the lic works officer at the Navy yard, Went To Portland Congressman Boykin, acting as · said this morning that the new pier Navy department. spokes nii""n for the group, explained I 0 The new pier will be located be- would be used for repairing and that the committee was completing tween the Shipfitters shop and fitting out ships. a tQur of the nation which has taken the members to the West coast and Mrs. Alice Long Sullivan, director back again. Yesterday, he said, of civilian defense activities in they spent the day at Portland and Portsmouth, will open her city hall vicinity and visited the Bath Iron office Monday morning at 9 o'clock. works, where they were conducted She will b.e assisted in her work by on an inspection trip by Comdr. Jos- Mrs. Jessie Stacy Hemm. eph Kiernan, USN, plant supervisor. The office has been ~rganized for The committee is traveling in an the purpose of registermg all those Army transport plane piloted by applying for vo\unteer defense work. Capt. George O. Bond, and Capt. ' Information regarding all branchRobert M. Stlllinan. Members made es of volunteer work will be availthe trip from Portland to Ports- able to workers at the office. mouth by automobile and will reThe office will be open from 9-12 tUl'n to Portland this evening pre- and 2-4 six days a week. paratory to a' takeoff tomorrow Located in the office of Building morning for Pittsburgh, Pa. Inspector Ira A. Brown, the telephone number will be under his office for the present. 1 1½ Million Contract . o· \ For Navy Yard Pier iven Portland Firms c·,v·,1·1a n Defense Off'1ce To Open �' irthplace Of Navy Mar s avy~ .otal De ense D y' Portsmouth Represents · Reason For Observance Portsmouth, birthplace of the American navy, today symbolizes "Navy and Total Defense Day." Here 10,000 men are work• ing three shifts at the Ports• mouth Navy yard where American submarines are being built and British and Free French subs are being repaired. Portsmouth represents Franklin Delano Roosevel ~s reason for calling Navy day, 1941 "Navy and Total Defense Day." Portsmouth is a vital defense area in a nation which has pledged itself not only to send but to ensure dellvery of goods from the American arsenal of democracy to the embattled British Isles. Today President Roosevelt praised the nation's sea force for its readiness to assume the role of front line defender, and at the same time asked "All Americans ... to pledge to their navy a support involving willing sacrifices of personal, sectional and group interests in order that we may remain united and unconquerable." Tonight he will deliver to the nation his first address on world affairs in six weeks, wlll tell Americans of the "shooting war" in which they-are engaged, in which two United States destroyers, the USS Greer and the USS Kearny, already have been involved. At a meeting of the Portsmouth Lions club in the Rockingham hotel, Lieut. E. D. Haskins, USN, will speak tonight in honor of Navy day. In Kittery the Fleet Reserve association and its auxiliary will hold an annual Navy day banquet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bouffard. In Manchester today, as Rep. A. B. Jenks addressed Rotarians on Navy day-"a Civilian Salute to the Navy," he described Portsmouth's part in the growth of the United States navy. . "In 1775, as in 1841, the shipbuilding facilities of New Hampshirr well and admirably served the navy," he said. "Some 85 years before the establishment of the United States navy, the shipbuilding industry in New Hampshire had its beginnings. "By order of the British Government, in 1690 the FAULKLAND a 54-gun ship, was built on the Piscataqua river near Portsmouth, and there are records, too, of the building, in 1694, of the ROYAL OAK a 74-gun ship, and, in 1696, of th~ bu_llding of the BEDFORD, a 32-gun ship. In the same year the SACO designed for trading purposes, wa~ built and launched near Portsmouth." "When the necessity for a navy of our own became so apparent and pressing in 1775, not only the shipbuilding industry already established there but the natural position and advantages of Portsmouth were so obvious that measures were promptly taken by the Continental Con., gress for the building and equipping of ships for the new navy at Portsmouth. Portsmouth-with Its easy access to a harbor that, despite its northerly location, never freezes because of the rapidity of its current its Immense road, and depth of 7 fathoms as far as two miles above the town-was then, as now, a "n,~tural" for shipbuilding purposes. The first ship for the United States Navy was built at Portsmouth; it was the RALEIGH launched in 1776, and later com: inanded by the gallant Captain Barry. "The next was the RANGER I launched in 1777, whose fame be: 1 came immortal with that of the heroic John Paul Jones, under whose command, in 1778, the RANGER was the first to receive a sallute to the Stars and Stripes of the United States of America "And so New Hampshir~, whose sons, down through the corridors of time to the present, have had so large . a part in the bullding and :nanning of our navy, has a special interest and a justifiable pride in the illustrious pages the achievements of the United States Navy have written itito American history. "Through the mists of the past we see the lnterpid figure of Joh~ Paul Jones, dauntless and unafraid stan_ding amid the flames of hi~ smkmg shiP-BON HOMME RICHARD- challenged to surrender but defiantly flinging back, "I have not yet begun to fight!" With the battle steadily going against him, he lashed his badly damaged ship to the en• emy vessel-the SERAPIS-boarded and capturnd her, later transferring his crew and prisoners from his sinking ship. Thus he became the first and only victor to lose his own ship and make port in command of a captured enemy vessel." I o·"''\ Comm· 55 ·oner5, 0: Counci.1.Act On ater Tonig t BULLETIN There will be a public. meeting of the Board of Street Commlssloners tonight at 7 pm just before the joint meeting. 3. To determine the best water source a competent and impartial engineer or engineers could be hired by the city council to investigate all proposals and determine the most practical source. 4. The city could inform the FedJust what, if anything, will be ac- eral government that it has been complished tonight at the joint pub- unable to reach a decision and relic session of the Portsmouth city commend that the federal governcouncil, sitting as a finance com- ment come in and solve the defense mittee, and the Portsmouth Board housing water problem. Rejection of Winnicutt river with• of Street Commissioners when it convenes at city hall at 7.30 pm. out an alternate proposal would be was the subject of much speculation equivalent to asking the federal government to step in. today among interested parties. Acceptance of Winnicutt river All concerned agreed that almost anything could happen tonight but would not be a unanimous proposition as there has been considerable . JI opposition voiced against it and the in v!ew of what has developed at council has already voted its opprevious council and board of street commissioners sessions the following · position to Wlnnlcutt as a source. alternatives already discussed seemAn effort to retain the $657,000 ed most likely: grant while other sources a1:e being 1. The city could accept or reject investigated offered cons1derab_le the proposal of the Federal govern- danger because the government will ment to finance development of not promise how long it would keep Winnicutt river with a $657,000 the offer open and a comprehensive grant and a $200,000 loan by the engineering survey would take a city. matter of weeks. 2. The city could furnish water As PBA wants water at once and to the 800 PBA homes at once with as the city must start very shortly the understanding that the $657,000 if it ls to avert a water shortage grant would be reserved for the city next summer, unless action 1s taken until it could definitely decide on a at once there ls a strong chance water source. that the federal government might step in to avoid the dangers of delay. I �Street Commissioners, Councillllen o Discu~j ntire Wa er Question Winnicutt Final Vote Postponed man of the Finance committee, Councilman Frederick D. Gardner !or three things-not to endanger the $657,000 the govemmen has ' granted for the project ; to make arrangements for a supply of water at once for Wentworth Acres; to vote $2,000 for an impartial engineering survey of potential water sources. • Palfrey tages Demonstration A demonstration regarding the WinnicuU river project which he terms "the muddy river project," was staged by Councilman William Palfrey. It included 15 photos of After pumping two and a H. the river at the present time; a half hours more conversation milk bottleful of muddy water from the river and a speaker-George into Portsmouth's turbulent Jewell, Winnlcutt mill owner, of water question last night, the Stratham, who has lived on the riPortsmouth City council shut ver for more than half a century. First motion of the evening was off the conversational faucet made by Councllman Gardner. and left the municipal sink Mr. Gardner said that "unfortunately there ls a lack of confidence as full of muddied water as in the present city engineers which before. may have started when the new well fields were planned. Our water Decision was again postponed. supply ls of vital interest to every Today, however, observers said man, woman and child in Portsthey saw definite signs that the sedi- mouth. We must be sure of what we ment was settling and the current are doing." swinging rapidly away from Winnl- Makes Own Investigation cutt river. Mr. Gardner said that during the Aside from this trend two specific past few days he had been making things were accomplished: an independent investigation of his 1. The entire question of Wlnni- own to clear up some things in his cutt river and half a dozen other own mind. proposed sources will be further dis"J\.Iuch to my surprise," he cussed and possibly some definite said, "J founcl that the nited action taken at a public joint meetStates Geological survey, Water ing of the city council finance comResources board, the final aumittee and the B6ard of Street comthority on such matters, has missioners Wednesday night at city surveyed the Oyster river and hall. the Lamprey river, but not 2. The United States Geological Winnlcutt. Why? For the simple survey, Water Resources board, will reason no one has asked th\'m." be asked to survey all potential Explaining that he had talked Portsmouth water sources and re- with J . A. McConnell, regional FW A port Its findings to the city council. director, Mr. Gardner said, "The This board is considered as an au- one thing he wants is to get water thority on water resources, but it for the PBA homes and get it now. is limited to rivers and flowage I have his assurance that if we will tests. authorize funds for connecting PBA with the present city mains Receive Well Offers Highlights of the rainy evening in and get an impartial engineer to which the interested general public survey all our sources and give us was conspicuous by its absence, in- an impartial report that the government's grant of $657,000 will be cluded: An offer from David R. Smith to reserved for us for a reasonable supply three million gallons of pure time until we can determine the water to pass State Board of Health source of water we want." standards at a total cost of $375,- Harvey -Dondero Object 000. Mr. Smith estimated the cost Councilman Walter R. Harvey as $105,000 for his gravel filter wells; said the city council could not tell $200,000 for pipe ancl, electric lines the Board of Street commissioners and $65,000 for engineering, legal what to do and that It was up to and other fees, land damage, etc. the board to ask the council for The location of the source was un- funds. Councilwoman Mary C. Don· disclosed. dero read sections of the cl y charAn offer of C. W. Lauman Co. to ter in substantiation of this statesupply one million gallons Includ- ment. ing wells, electrically-driven pumpCounc.ilman Gardner replied that ing equipment with housing connec- he felt this was not the time to get tions, etc. at an estimated cost of involved in technicalities-that there $184,000. No source or location was were two important things to <;ongiven but the company guaranteed slder; first, to keep that $657,000 to produce the water. grant available and secondly, to give A plea to the council by Chair- the Federal Works agency some assurance that the council was making progress and preclude any pos• sibility that the Federal governmen t would step in and take over our water works. "If it does," he warned, "We'll probably get Wlnnicutt whether we like it or not" Councilman Harvey said he understood that the $90,000 balance of the former water department bond issue would not be availahle after tonight. "The street commissioners arc going to use it to h ook up the present system," he said. Councilman Gardner : "Do you infer that m spite of the present lack of information you would approve this project?" Councilman Harvey: "No, but we now have the opinions of three engineers, Whitman and Howard, Per• cy Shaw and Percy Sanderson, water works men." Councilman Palfrey: "We've had too much Whitman and Howard in this city. And as I understand it you can't get anothe · engineer to come while they are here. Anyhow, that $90,000 is being kicked around. Now we have it, now we don't." Councilwoman Dondero said she objected lo putting in the connecllon without some agreement that would insure the city being repaid for its work. "If you give them the water," she said, "then it's all over." After several motions had been made, amended, seconded, and original motions and seconds withdrawn, it was finally voted to refer the entire matter to the joint pub• lie meeting Wednesday night. Vote Survey Following a brief recess, Mrs. Dondero motioned and Mr. Harvey seconded, that "a survey be made by competent engineers of the proposed projects including Fountain Head and rackett Springs, and that the firm employed by this survey be one of strict business entegrity as there is too much political a11d personal pressure Injected inlo this Important matter ; that the engineers should be the United States Geologlca! survey, Water Resources board, which had a district office in Boston." This was unanimously voted. 'The evening meeUng opened with the charge by Councilman Palfrey chat tiie prev:::ius meeting h~ rt Lft 1 illegal as no clerk had been present and none was appointed. Mayor Stewart E. Rowe said he had acted as clerk and he read notes of the meeting, which he said he had taken. Councilman Palfrey said he did not think the mayor could legally be both mayor and clerk at the same time, but the council voted approval. George Jewell of Stratham who was accompanied at the meeting by his brother, Fred, and his son, Roby, and three friends, said he was born on the Winnlcutt and had lived there 50 years. "You havt the best water there noy you have at any time,'' he said, "because the river is spring fed, but during the past six months a six-inch pipe woulcl h~.vc rw1 olf -'I t'" , r there has bten . However, as you realize, we have had a drought a nd the river has been the lowest I have ~ •er seen it. •·111 add1Uo1, to 1:L•mmcr droughts you have a dry spell In winter. There are three months starting shortly after the first of the year when the river is very low because the swamps are frozen and the spring water cannot flow through. "Seven yea rs ai;;u when my pond was drained," continued Mr. Jewell, "We found about three feet of mud at the bottom of it and when the water was restored the water over the sluiceway was thick as pudding because of the mud in it. "Three years ago we had what we called the 'blackout' of Winnicutt when high water backed up into the swamp moss al,ld fermented, vegetation turned black, fish and eels died. Grass in a flooded meadow was kllled for more than a year. If it happened once it could nappen again. "I wouldn't say that \'Vin11icutt river water couldn't be made flt t.o drink," concluded Mr. Jewrll.' Pcrha11s it (''.lll 1·r 11llc1e1i. But I wouldn't want to drink It.'' Commentmg on Mr. Smith's offer to supply the city a well system for $370,000, Councilman Palfrey said he had gone lo Dover and inspected the system Mr. Smith had put in for Dover in 1940. The superintendent at Dover, Mr. Palfrey said, told him that all during the summer dry spell they had obtained plenty of water and even piped it to dry outlying sections. Along with the Smith and Lauman offers, a letter mging the pur• chase of Cold Spring Farms was referred to tl1e joint public meeting Wednesday night, as was lhe revised Wlnnicu tt Federal proJect with its grant fo $657,000 increased from the $432,000 orginally offered. Councilman Paffrey also presented a map of the original Fountain Head wells to the council and had the commissioners report of 1905 read into the records. Mr. Palfrey stated that the wells had been abandoned in 1918 but a search of the records had failed to reveal any reason for the abandonment or why they were not recons1aered ln 1939 when the city needed more waler. Sperry H. Locke started to tell the cou,1cil r f ,j. , ., conference with Jesse Jones of tl1e RFC and that there were two engine~rs coming here, when Councilman Ha1vey interrupted to . ask whether Dr. Ladd had submitted a wTltten report to the council. Mr. Locke said he had not but would be glad to pres nt his report when t.he council desired it. rt was agreed this should be included in the "all out" discussion next Wednesday night. Besides those mentioned others identified at the meeting included, Building Inspector Ira Brown, Appraiser Robert M. 7:1e_rrick, PBA, Project Engineer William T . Brown, Resident Manager Ernest Wllson, James Gardner, Federal Works agency representative; Clement R. Moulton plumbing inspector; Nat S. Stevens,' superintendent of s~ree~, who left just before the recess, Mrs. Stewart E. Rowe, secretary to t~e mayor· Fred v. Hett, Paul Griffin. Tl;e full council, except for Councilman Lewis M. McNeil, was present. sq �!Mr. Pepperrell ,Visits Kittery For ·Fi rst Time t),\ 1 NAVIGATION CLASSES START IN PORTSMOUTH.._-Lleu t. James H. Campbell, USN, Is shown at the light in t he photo, instructing the elementary piloting cla.ss of t he Un ited States Powrr squadron during its first session last Thursday night. Another meeting of the cl ass will be held tomorrow night. Anyone who is interested in taking the course may enroll tomorrow evening ;.i.t the Portsm outh High school. There were 67 prospective students at the first meeting last week, Sub Commander 0-,y.. Captaine Blaison Tells France Must Be Fair, Says Surcouf To Seek Enemy A~~~n Local Navy Officer "A cardinal rule for commanders in charge of submarines ls to treat all men firmly but fairly," Lieut. James H. Campbell, USN, submarine officer at the Portsmouth Navy yard, told the Manchester Kiwanis club there Monday. Lieutenant Campbell described the rigid tests given a man before he can become a submarine comman1er. Explaining the qualifications for 1e job, he said a man must be able ot only to operate his ship under all conditions In all mechanical and tnctlcal maneuvers but must be suc• cessful in handling men as well. "If a commander can come back 1 ash ore after 17, 21 or even 45 days at sea and have his men leave the vessel smillng and happy, he ls a submarine officer," the lieutenant declared. Commanders must mould their men so that they form a single unit, and develop them so that they will obey every command without a moment:s hesitation. He must learn their ldlosyncraslc11 and maintain a companionable spirit aboard since all men live In a vessel 300 feet by 18 feet in length and diameter. Tern• pers become frayed and nerves taut durin g long trips to sea. Lieutenant Campbell traced the course a naval cadet takes from the time he becomes an ensign at graduation until, if successful, he be• comes a submarine commander. Boston, Oct. 29 {AP)-Captalne de Corvette Louis Blaison said in a broadcast to conquered France yesterday that the French submarine Surcouf, largest submersible In the world, would shortly be setting out to sea again to "seek out the enemy ." Commander of the Surcouf, he spoke in a special broadcast addres• sed to France and England over the world wide broadcasting foundation's short wave station WRUL. He told how the Surcouf had been abandoned In England after the fall of France. I The huge submitrlne now is undergoing reconditioning at the Portsmouth, N. H., Navy yard. "Frenchmen," he said, "you are gagged, but we are here to tell your British allies and your American friends of your admiration for the heroic Royal Air force and for the sailors who are patrollng the North Atlantic." The commander described Amer!• ca's rearmament program, and said: "I have entrusted the Surcouf to the blessing of the archangel, St. l\llchael, and behind his flaming sword I see not the poor, glimmering lig-ht of a prudent retreat, but the dazzling brllBuilt Up Crew liance of difficult and danger• "With a small nucleus of veteran ous action." Referring to his despair when submarine men," he said, "we built France fell, the commander said: up a crew; we transformed fisher- , "Should we have doubted, should men into gunners, peasants and col- we have questioned divine justice? lege boys into electricians, firemen No, a steadfast faith is the sister of and soldiers Into mechanics. We had justice, and so, taking up arms the broken parts re-cast, the burned [again, faithful to our Allies, faithblueprints re-drafted. We have since ful to our glorious past, we remain then covered 22,000 miles and have faithful to our dead, to those of this dived 150 times." war and all the others." Visiting places dear to his ancestors, William Earl Pepperrell of Kansas this week was at Kittery Point where Sir William Pepperrell, America's only baronet, reigned supreme in the middle 1700's. Mr. Pepperrell is general counsel for the Farm Credit administration, North District, Kansas, and was in Springfield, Mass., on business with Mrs. Pepperell. He came to Kittery for his first visit. Calling on A. W. Linscott, pro• prietor of the Hotel Pepperrell at Kittery Point, they visited several places of historic interest connected with Sir William. The Pepperrell mansion at Kittery Point was visited, also the Lady Pepperrell house, the Pepperrell tomb, and Kittery Point Congregational church where Sir William worshiped. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pepperrell ex• pressed their pleasure at visiting Kittery Point, and seeing the historic setting of the place where the illustrious Sir William lived. They wa,nt to return next summer to spend their vacation. Mr. Pepperrell stated that his father, William Henry Lidstone Pepperrell, came from England as a child, with his father. Tne original Pepperrells In America died before the revolution, but their descendants were royalists during the revolution apd when they left the country their land was confiscated. The name William Pepperrell is being retained for the couple have a son named William Lawrence Pepperrell. �Street Commissioners To Start O ver In Search Of W aters re ew "The various water basins underground around Portsmouth are separated by impervious masses of material," Mr. Durgin said. "TI1ere is plenty of water to be had in Portsmouth. •'We don't need Winnicutt river and I personally would not wish to see it used." Chairman Frederick D. Gardner of the council finance committee, who presicied at the joint session, heard members of the board start their part of the discussion by saying water was needed for the 800 homes anci then asked: "Up to tonight, haven't we been given to beJive that a shortage existed other than that?" Replied Chairman Hett, "We want the government, to a.gree to furnish th cost for water for PBA () '!) Q and additional needs." Said Mr. Gardner, "What we have Wi nnicutt river as a proposed so urce of water for been shooting for all along in discussing this problem is 3,000,000 the City of Portsmouth, has been killed. a day plus a reserve. Is That was decided unanimously by the Board of Street galions that need cut now even for next Com~issioners la~t n_ight after it had persuaded the city su mmer?" At this point Superintendent Steco uncil to recognize ,ts complete authority over the water vens interrupted to say "I suggest we department. consult recommendations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters By this action Portsmouth refused the government's on tha t su bject." ofter of a $657!000 grant to be put with $110,000 to be "TI1e unaerwriters," Mr. Gardner raised by the c,ty and $90,000 remain.ing in the current stated, "urge more than 3,000,000 gallons a day plus a reserve of water bond issue for the project. 000,000 gallons." The $90,000 now will be used for its come in and get its own water." Summing up the situation, M,r. original purpose, to modernize pres"I believe we should do the work Gardner asked, "Is it safe to f,ay ent pumping facilities, a move with the government paying for it," then, that I.he board wishes to rewhich wili reduce by 50 per cent said Chairman Hett. "That way the port. that it has decided to ask the present operating costs, members city will maintain ownership and government to pay for an added of the board declared. control of all the mains and sources well supply, the city to furnish water to PEA; that the board wi hHaving voted down the Winnicutt in the water system here." riv-er proj1oct and withdrawn its At a joL,t meeting of the board draws the Winnicutt proposition inoffer to put in the $90,000 of bond is- and cit~ council finance committee, cluding the proposal for a new~- ·o,sue money remaining for the water earlier, the committee voted con- 000 bond issue; that the board says system extension now underway, the fidence m the board in its plan to to the government in ffect 'you offered us $657,000 toward a water board next voted to instruct supt. seek a settlement of the question. Nat Stevens to confer with water enThis came after a discussion fea- system, we can get one for less, why gineer David R. Smith, former city tured by a report by Chairman Hett don't you pay for it therefore. We water superintendent, to draw up a that the board had decided it was will use our remaining $90,000 in thE new application for federal aid. against Winnicutt, would like to present bond issue to complete the Mr. Smith has offered to guaran- see if it could reach an agreement ,nrPsPnl. JlrniPrt. ~nrl that will be Olli tee Portsmouth a water supply from with federal officials whereby the contribution to a genera1 increase in wells, of at least 3,000,000 gallons a water department would furnish wa- Portsmouth water supply'?" Members of the board agreed that day but ha.s not divulged the pro- ter to the 800 PBA homes here if the posed source of the supply. This government would pay the cost of was their general Intent. Present at the finance committee source will not be revealed in the obtaining an additional supply. new application, the board was told. "We have water enough now, meeting were the following members of the council: Frederick D. The board also voted, at the re- but next June when the heavy load quest of Superintendent Stevens, to of summer is on, we will be faced Gardner, Frank W. Hersey, Joeorder and publish an estimate of the with a shortage unless more water eph M. Katkin, Edgar F. Wood, M1•s . cost of the Merrymeetlng lake sup- is obtained," Mr. Hett told the Mary C. Dondero, Lewis M. McNeil, William H. Palfrey and John Burk- 1 ply. group. , Councilman Walter R. HarChairman Freel y. Hett, Jr., and Explaining his proposition to t.he hardt. vey attended the Girl Scout fatherMr. St.evens were authorized by the city at the joint session, Mr. Smith daughter banquet and arrived just board to go to Boston at their said he had put Jn well water sup- as the meeting closed. earllest convenience to confer with ply systems in Hampton, Salisbury, All members of the board of Street J . A. McConnell, PWA chief there, Mass., Somerswort.h and Dover. Commissioners were present, on the matter and request new ap"All of these communities are· satplication blanks. isfled and have been well off this /Although the board voted unani- sea~on.. despite the drought," he ously to kill the Winnicutt project, sam. The modern design of our split 2 to 1 on the vote to author- wells is such that they give a betize the joint action by Mr. Ste- ter and longer lasting supply than vens and Mr. Smith. America Fran- prev1ou· wells have done. This is acsoso voted no. Ralph Atwell and Mr. complished by eliminating rust. I Hett voted yes: can guarantee the cit.y a supply of Said Mr. Fransoso at one stage at least 3,000,000 gallons a day." of the meeting, "I'm tired of all this After Andrew Buckley had raised wrangling. P ublic opinion, as I have the question of new wells draining heard it, says 'you have tried and the water supply from existing well failed, why n ot _gi;e up and let t~e fi!!lds in the city, Engineer J ohn w. government do it? I for one am m Durgin expressed t he belief there favor of that. I say let's drop the was little danger of that qia~ter and let the government · 1 $657~000 U.S. Grant Turned Down~ New Application Planned Portsmouth Man Left ..(' Destroyer 2WeeksAgo A Portsmouth man missed being on the USS Reuben James torpedoed and sunk Thursday off Iceland, by a.bout two weeks. W. F. Charron, chief pharmacist's mate, was transferred two weeks ago,f rom that vessel. Charron makes his home at 469 Marcy street with his wife, the former Evelyn M. Schirmer, and his daughter, Clara Christine. Chief Pharmacist's Mate Charron has been in the navy for more than 17 years and for two and a half years was aboard the Reuben James. Commission Drum At Navy Ya rd Y'\ · \ Lieut. Comdr. Robert H. R ice, USN, took command of the USS Drum at the commissioning ceremonies held at 11 :45 this morning at the Portsmouth Navy yard. The Drum, a Portsmouth-built submarine was launched on May 12, 1941. Other officers on the subma1ine will be: Lieut. s. g. Nicholas J. Nicholas, USN, Lieut. j. g. M. M. Kimmel, USN, and Ensign John J, Harper, USN. More Tha n 70 '{\ At Belle Isle Teo More than 70 guests attended a tea held at Belle Isle recent.ly for the purpose of enabling the women of the Parish of the Immaculale Conception church to meet t.hree Sisters of Providence, from St. Mary of the Woods, Ind. The sisters were presented with this for~ mer home of Supreme Court Justice Philip A. Brennan and Mrs. Brennan of New York, on Little Harbor road early in Sep~ember. In charge of the tea were Mrs. Charles Sheehan, Mrs. F. Rousseau, Mrs. William Monagle, Mrs. Michael Griffm, Mrs. N. McCarthy and Mrs. J. Mahoney. Souvenirs fashioned from pine cones were given each guest. Mrs. Monagle and Mrs. McCarthy poured at the tea. �Rye Harbor, Man-Made T''\ Drew Attention Of Colonists IPo rtsmouth Man Launches Cutter sums they are to pay and The work which has been done at spectlve the Same Committ to such PerRye Harbor recently brings to mind son as the Major pa!·t of the said that Rye Harbor is man made. shall appoint with a Work during the recent years has committee warrant under their hands & seal resulted in two jetties being built, or the Major part of them Directwhich protects the coast from ero- ing the said Collector to Demand sion there and makes the water area and receive each Respective Sum as a safe haven for yachtsmen and in Said List or Asress· fishermen. The dredging there has Mentioned ment a,nd the Same 'pay when so made a deeper harbor. to the sa.id Committee or But it has not been only of recent Cl'lleclied their ordu and in Case any Peryears that people have been mind- oon or Persons who nre owners In ful of the need for beach and marsh Said marsh & Thatch Ground shall preservation. Among the first re- neglect or Refuse ,t,o pay the Records ls an official act, passed in spective Sums mentioned in said 1763 by the administration of Gov. Assessment to the Said Coilectoi· Benning Wentworth. within one month aft.er the same This can be founcl in the Province has been Demanded in such Case laws and was sent to The Ports- the said Collector shall report the mouth Herald by Senator Arthur same to the said Committee who J. Reinhart. The law, in Volume t:hall Imedeately Advertise Such De3 of U1e period from 1745 to 1774, is Jlnquent.s Lands in Some Publlc entitled "An Act to Enable the place in Rye three weeks succesowne rs of a piecr of marsh or thatch sively setting forth, t,hat if the said ground lying in th•e Parrish of Rye assessments Respectively are not ca.\led Sandy Beach, to finish a Discharged In' the end of the said wharf to prevent the tide from Three weeks to the said Commitcarrymg away said beach. The tee, that so much of such Delinr~lut!on is as follows: quent Lands will be Sold by Auc"Wl,ereas the said Marsh & tion as will !pay the Respective Thatch Grnund is so Expoo'd w the Taxes and that Charges arlsU1g on Tlde that Unless Some method is Such Sale, which the aforesaid taken to PNserve the Beach the Committee or Lhe major pant of said marsh and tha,tch Ground w111 them are hereby Directed and fully soon be Rendered U~less to the Authoriz'd to do and Execute ample Great netrement of the Owners in Conveyances to the Purchasers of General. same." "Be it The1-efore Enacted by the theLess than 30 years aft.er that resoGovernGr, Council & Assembly That lution was paE.9ed, the townspeople Frances Jennes Ozem DO&Se Joseph of Ry,;; undertook the project of digBroW11 : James Marden & Jeremiah Lock or the Major part of ging out a haven of safety, which them be and he,•: by are Authoriz'd 1.;, now Rye Harbor and site of the now going on. For a numand appointed to be a Committee dredging to Finish & Compleet Sald Wharfe ber of town meetings there had been discmsions al>out, this. Finally a so as the same be Sufficeant to committee of ~ven wa, appointed Preserve Said Beach, which h. to "to dig out what they think l>e dDne by the first day of Novem- On thl.s committee were proper." Nathan ber Next ensuing and that the said Goss, Jeremiah BerrY, Reuben Committee as aforesaid Keep a Just John Webster, J olm l and True accow~t. of all the Labour Philbrick, they shall hire done: in Compleet- Garland, J09eph Jenne r. and Simon ing said Work with aP:oper allow- Jenness. Forty-six men appeared at a statance for their Trouble and Assess ed time, five of them bringing their the same on the owners of the Said ma!·sh and Thatch Ground in Just oxen and worked from one to slx and Eaqual Proportior.s according days each to mak,e it.his harbor. One to each Per:,ons Interest Therein & towmipan who wo:·ked 15 days, also according to the Best of their provided 10 gallons of mm. Judgrments having regard to the quality ai, well as the quanLity of The lobster is an inhabitant of ye Land they so asse.,-s:, and Make the sea bot.tom, for its body ls too a Perfect List Thereof setting heavy and unwleldly for active against each Persons name the Re- swimming . 0 I John Paul Jones, Built At Home '(\ .\ Although he couldn't make it for hardly wide enough to let a puppy Na_vy day, Milton E. Leavitt, 187 1 squreze between the house and the Islmgton street, this week launched sides of the boat. l1is sailing cutter John Paul Jones 1 For building and for sailin Mr a_fter five years spare-lime construe- Leavitt decided his type 0 boat by marine tion.• ,11 a s th·1s cu tter, d es1gned · Without ceremony, the culter slid architect Charles Mower ciown the ways at Badger's Island at The John Paul Jones is 38 feet high tide Thursday and John Paul long, 11 feet, 2 inches wide has a Jo~es ag~in, sailed off Portsmouth . draft of 5 feet 8' 2 inches 'Eleven M1._ Le~ v1tf s. 12-year-?ld daughter tons it will displace. Wh~n comD01 othl, chnstened his craft. pletely rigged it will have five sail Near?y, on Ma~ 10, 1777, the USS with an 800 square-foot. spread. Al~ Raf\ e1 , built fo1 John Paul Jones , so there is a four-cylinder 25 horsew~1 aunched from Badger's Island. power universal auxiliary' motor wa~s Mr .. Leavitt has wanted a Four persons can quarter on °the cuiter like this. So he built it. John Paul Jones. The boat has . n 1936 the Boston and Maine I room for supplies for a four to six ~a~k /~~erv1sor began to hew the weeks' vacation, is built to sail e~ o e John _P aul Jones. In the anywhere on the globe. \bbe~ween ~is hous~ and his This winter it will be tied to the nlgtts or sd ~11.1 Leavitt worked, Boston and Maine float near the an o days, in a space Interstate bridge. l• 0 1 ~:I �·~ . S. Geological Survey Plans ater Sources udy Here An immediate survey of Portsmouth water possibilities by experts of the United States Geological Survey on un derground water has been ordered it was understood today and a staff engineer is scheduled to arrive in Portsmouth tomorrow. Following the rejection of Winnicutt river, Chairman Fred V. Hett and Superintendent Nat S. Stevens, went to Boston Friday and conferred with J. A. McConnell, regional administrator for the FWA. A meeting of the Street Com missioners on Saturday to act at once on supplying the 800 homes at Atlantic Heights with water was the result of this meeting. Meanwhile, Mr. McConnell had gotten in touch with the district manager for the Atlantic Coast and arranged for a con ference on Portsmouth water and at the same time the district office was notified from Washington that FWA officials there had requested a geological survey and that his department would co-operate. Staff Engineer Brashears has been assigned for the job, according to word received today. Civilia•ns Lyman W. Griffin, ?> Enroll For Portsmo th Native, Defense ~·) Dies In Bay State '(' Many registrants appeared at the Lyman W. Griffin, 81, Allston, Civilian Defense Volunteer office this morning at City hall. Today is Mass., a native of Portsmouth, died the first day that the office has at his home 594 Cambridge street, been open and it is located in the Allston Saturday night. He was the office of the Buildings' inspector. oldest living graduate and trustee Among the fil"st to register today of the Massachusetts College of were members of the office board Pharmacy. committee headed by the chairman, He attended the local schools, Harry W. Peyser. The Coleman and graduating from Portsmouth High Taccetta organization enrolled at and then attending the Massaohunoon today 100 per cent strong. setts College of Pharmacy. He was Several other groups are expected graduated from the college In 1882 this afternoon. and for a while worked in ColeAny persons who wish to enroll man's Drug store, Portsmouth. for work on and with this commitFor 1 years he was proprietor of tee are urged to do so. Arrange- a pharmacy in Warren avenue, in ments may be made through the of- Boston•s sout11 end. In later years flee where Mrs. Alice Long Sulli- 1 he managed the Godding Drug comvan and Mrs. Je ie S. Hernn, the pany, Dartmouth street, Boston, redirectors, are located for a night tiring from lluslness a year ago. 1 Last month he was in Portsmouth appointment to register. Members of the office board may visiting friends, and also attended be contacted also by those who de- the annual druggists meeting at the sire to register at night. Those Wentworth. He was treasurer of members are as follows: Albert G. the Boston Association of Retail Brooks, Andrew C. Graves, T. Dan- Druggists, treasurer of the Massalei Hayes, Henry W. Hodgdon, Lew- tlon and a member of the Boston is M. McNeil, Roland I. Noyes, John Druggists association . P. O'Brien, Harry W. Peyser, Mrs. He was a brother of the late I. V. W. Randall, W. B. Redden, John Goodwin Griffin, former clerk at P. Redden, Willis Symonds, Vincent the postoffice. His widow, Mrs. Taccetta, Miss Charlotte Et Wright Anna Griffin, survives. and John W. Howe. I Adm. H. E. Yarnell Here To Inspect Local Navy Yard ---- ""~ Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, USN, former commander of the United States Asiatic fleet, visited the Portsmouth Navy yard this morning while on an inspection trip of shipyards constructing ships for the Navy and Maritime commission. First-hand knowledge of ship building progress in a nation-wide contest is being sought by the Board of Awards, a committee of three appointed by Secretary Frank Knox of the Navy department. Members of the committee are Admiral Yarnell, Admiral George H. Rock, USN, former chief constructor of the navy and now administrator of the Webb Institute of Naval architecture, and W. H. Harri.son, director of the production division of the OPM. Portsmouth Navy yard will not have to run in competition with yards which are building the larger warships and merchant vessels. Its only competitors will be the Mare Island Navy yard and the Electric Boat Co., of New London, Conn. This ship building competition began Oct. 1 and awards will be made quarterly and annually. The yard will be judged on the following points: Progress of work, quality of y,ork, spirit of the yard employes, unprovement ana tne general opinion of the board. Admiral Yarnell was escorted through the yard this morning by Capt. Henry F. D. Davis, USN, manager of the yard, and Lieut. Robert Marvin, USN, of the Intelligence office. Admiral Rock and Mr. Harrison were not present at today's inspection. Following his two-hour trip through the yard the Admiral met a representative group of Leadingmen and Quartermen a t the office of _the Commandant where he con• gratulated them on t.he fine work that has been is being down at the Potrsmouth Navy yard. Prior to his inspection trip aboul the )ndustrlal plants of the yard Admrral Yarnell was in conference wi h Rear Adm. John D. Wainwright, USN, commandant of the Portsmouth Navy yard; Capt. Davis and Capt. John J. Brown, USN, captain of the yard. When asked about the situation in the Pacific Admiral Yarnell declined to say much. He did say, however, that he believed that Japan would not stop until she had eliminated all foreig11 powers from their holdings in the East. He would not say whether or not he believed that we would be at war with Japan but did mention the fact that he didn't think the Japanese people wanted trouble with the U. S. However, he said, that they were fully determined to carry out their "New order" in the East. Admiral Yarnell ls recogniucl an authority on politics in the Fa· East due to his long stay in Asiatic waters. He was commander of the fleet when the touchy situation with Japan arose After the sinking of the gunboat USS Panay in the Yangtze river. The inspection party left the Portsmouth Navy yard about 11 o'clock for Ipswich, Mass., to inspect the Robinson Ship Building Co., and from there was to go to the Oharlestown Navy yard in · Boston. �We Will Never Surrender, ~ London Air Raid Warden '0' ifells Defense Meeting Here "We are not going to be a second Paris. We are either going to be victorious or we are going to die." With these words, Miss Elizabeth Burian, British air raid warden, summed up British war determination in an address before a gathering of several hundred persons at the Portsmouth Junior High school auditorium last night. The meeting was sponsored by the Portsmouth Civilian Defense committee and Miss Burian's appea.ranee as principal speaker was arranged by the Portsmout-h Altrusa club. Telllng of her own work as an air raid warden, Miss Burian told I!steners "It 1.sn't true that the air raid precaution crews were not scared. They were at first. But there quickly came a reali1,ation that there was no choice, It was a, job that had to, be done. After the first fortnight the people of London were not haunted by fear any longer. They got to feel that they could stand anything." Miss Burian described air raids she had witnessed and had gone through. The early raids on London were on the industrial outskirts. Hardest hit were tenement sections. Families who were bombed out were left with absolutely nothing in the world to call their own, she said. Describing lat& raids on large .shelters in the basements of London's biggest buildings, she admitted that "there is no safe shelter unless it's from 50 to 75 feet deep. Lo.ndon could not afford to build such shelters for its vast populatlon so surface shelters were constructed, capable or protecting inmates from :flying debris of nea;rby bomb bursts." Turning to a discussion of llle in England and of the put various groups of the population are play!ng in the war she told her audience that the clothing problem is far more serious than that of food. Child health she added, in reply to oft repeated questions she had heard in the United States, is generally good. "Chlld health and adult as well has improved since the war," she declared, "diseases have lessened except two, whooping cough and infantile paralysis. The bad air in shelters and the loss of ~leep ln heavy air raids has been bad but the necessity of cutting down on our eating has been advantageous. All the school children get good milk daily, we have excellent bread, and fish and poultry can always be obtained. I don't. know whether this st!II will be true in five years, though," she added. "I think we'll stlll be fighting five years from now." Mi111ons of women have gone into industry she said in dlscussini; women's part in the wiw; many 0thers have become farm workers and countJe55 others have joined the armed forces where they serve in the intelligence department, as cooks and as orderlies. "Our class distinction has been greatly exaggerated over here." she declared, "In England now all 11:fe treated alike, all start in ihe ranks and work up in the armed lOtces; all are called upon to serve in their best capacity regardless of birth, Bombs," she went on, "play no favorites between a duchess and a charwoman." Stressing Britain's determinat ion and need, she said "we want 100 per cent more output of ships. guns, planes and we want them as quickly as possible. "A population that can take what we have taken won't let a German land in England as Jong as an Eng!Ishman !ives to fight on. If we have to die one by one to prevent this we will." ' Miss Burian, who was introduced by President Mrs. Alma Jackson of the Altru.sa club, is an attractive brunette. Of Aus.trian birth but English by adoption she J1as an accent which lends charm to her speech although she speaks deprecatively of it heJ"self blaming partly her Austrian birth partly her Oxford training. Feverent in her feeling for emba tied Britain she can be witty as well as bombastic. Said she of her visit to America. "Having dinner in the United States is no fun. No one sounds an air raid alarm. You never get up from the table to extinguish an incendiary bomb. In fact the only fear you can scare up~ th at you may eat too much. It's all rather boring after London." P<>rtsmou,th c.'i:fer!'J chairman Fran~ C. Remick presided at the meeting and introduced other civ!Ilan defense leaders. county chairman Alvin F. Redden spoke. briefly of the state and county defense organization. Chairman Harry· w. P eyser explained the workings of the civilian defense volunteer registratlon office which opened in city hall yesterday. Mrs. Frank W. Randall, defense chairman for women 1n Portsmouth, told what women are planning to do in the local defense setup. Postal Business Tota ls $10,253.29 The postal business at the Portsmouth post office amounted to $10,253.29 for the month of October. There were $7,730 received for Postal Savings certificates and $7,196 paid out on the same certificates. Bond Sales Up -:\ In Portsmouth \f\• Postmaster Peter J. Hickey an. nounced this morning that $18,975 worth of defense savings bonds were sold in October. This is an increase of nearly $5,000 over the previous month, but is no where near the amount sold in other cities. Defense savings stamps continued to sell well. There were $9,628.20 worth of these stamps purchased at the postoff!ce last month, but in September only $2,934.95 worth sold. Frederick D. Gardner Is Elected Chairman Of Organizing Gr0~p Organization of a new Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce started today at the Rockingham hotel when a group of prominent business, industrial and professional men of Portsmouth met and formu lated plans. Frederick D. Gardner was elected organization chairman; Richman S. Margeson, secretary-treasurer, and A. Edward Campbell, acting executive secretary. This committee will devote its efforts during this month to raising necessary funds for operation of the Chamber of Commerce for 1942. Contacts already made in all parts of Portsmouth among, business, industrial and professional men have indicated that an active chamber of commerce is wanted and that they will gladly support it, the organization committee reported today, Formation of a Chamber of Commerce has been studied for several months by a committee appointed by the Portsmouth Merchants bureau consisting of J . D. Hartford, Richman S. Margeson, A. Richard Chase and Eugene Cummings who have been working with a committee interested in the organization of a community chest, consisting of Stowe Wilder, R. C. L. Greer and C. E. Walker. Propose Community Chest Following t h e organization of a chamber of commerce, one of the first objectives on the program will be to aid in the formation of a Community Chest organization in Portsmouth in the early spring. This been shown by investigation to be one of t he essential needs of Portsmouth.in addition to a Chamber of Commerce. J. D. Hartford, as a member of the Merchants Bureau committee was acting chairman at the meeting this noon. A formal resolution constituting the organization of the group as the "Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce Organization committee" was read by Stowe Wilder and unanimously adopted, This resolution defined the those who consume the goods and services of our community. "An effort toward th is end must be made under competent leadership, able direction and wholehearted and sincere co-operation of all those affected. "A well organized Chamber of Commerce can serve Portsmouth by providing a clearing house for local problems and a <;ontact point between Portsmouth and national business as thousands of successful chambers of commerce In all parts of the United States have -proven . "Fortunately there is now available competent leadership in a man thoroughly experienced in the things we want to accomplish. "You, gentlemen, represent the able direction of the effort. "Upon the manner in which competent leadership and able direction are exercised depends the degree of whole-hearted and sincere co-opPration ')f a 11 those atrected. "I was one of the pallbearers at the burial of the old chamber of commerce. Since then I have seen Portsmouth business try to operate on its own and with substitute organizations. I have watched opportunities slip by. I have watched problems grow instead of being solved, I have heud scores of prominent visitors express amazement that a eity the size of Portsmouth did not have a chambPr of com merce. I have seen literally thou sands of letters from a ll parts of the world addressed to our non-existent chamber of commerce distributed wildly about town. ''We can, if we will, learn from the shortcomings of the previous organization and the lack of any organization the very things that will make this new chamber of · commerce a constructive force in PortsElection of Mr. Gardner and Mr. mouth. "We have seen the need for it. Margeson followed. In accepting the We now have the leadership organizing committee chairmanship available. With a need and a Mr. Gardner said: leader, If we believe in it then by "At the present we're not enjoyour own faith and enthusiaspi ing prosperity; we're suffering from we can build this new chamber it. Whether we suffer even more of commerce into a going conin the future depends on the extent cern for the greater good of a that we prepare now to meet that greater Portsmouth. future. Members of the organizing com"We can only prepare by committee are: A. Richard Chase, bining the best thoughts of Chase's, 15 D.miels street; Eugene Portsmouth business, industrial Cummings, Jack & Jill shop, Conand professional men in a united gress street; Orel A. Dexter, Granite effort toward the common welState Fire Ins. Co., 85 Middle street; fare of those who produce and Frederick D. Gardner, Gardner purpose of the committee as "the organization and establishment of, and raising funds for a Chamber of Commerce in the City of Portsmouth," �Agency, 307 State street; John . Greenaway, druggist, 49 Pleasant street· Raymond C. L. Greer, New I Hampshire Gas & Electric Co., 46 Congress street; Justin D. Hartford, Portsmouth Herald, 84 Congress street· HermoH T. HunLley, Mont• ' gome1'.y Ward & Co., 138 Congress · street· Andrew Jarvis, Jarvis Cafe• teria '37 Congress street; Richman s. ' Margeson, Margeson's, 64 I Vaughan street; Frank J. Massey. , : George B . French Co., 37-41 Market street; Vincent Taccetta. Coleman & Taccetta. 69 Albany street; Pledging support to civilian de- ~'brighten the holiday season" for Charles H. Walker, C. E. Walker & fense, the Graffort club opened its disabled veterans. Mrs. Raymond I. Co.. 3 Marcy street; Eugene B. 47th year at the Masonic auditorium eal ls chairman of the flower Whittemore, Morley Button Mfg. yesterday afternoon. fund. Co .. 865 Islington street, and Stowe President Mrs. Benjamin Harts~ Mrs. Ethel S. Gardner reported on Wilder John Sise & Co., 729 Middle horn quoted Mrs. Florence Preston the 46th field meeting at the Mount street:' Harry Wineb11.um , Wine- past president of the New Hamp- Washmgton hotel at Bretton Woods baum's New Agency, 72 Congress shire Federation of Women's clubs in September and Mrs. G. LeRoy street, and Ralph T. Woods, Hislop on "Love of Country·• as she out- Harmon on the annual state federaGarage Co., 145 Fleet street. lined "Purposeful Living" for mem- tlon _convention in Nashua last Reports of the treasurer followed bers of the Graffort club. May m the absence of Mrs. L. H. and di:.1ai\ls of organlzaltion in" 'This i, a time for vision. Look- Jeffries. rluding the constitution and by· ing ahead! The hour has struck for Guests present from the Senior 1 laws were discussed. Plans wer America. We Jove our country. . . class of the Junior. High sch~ol were dL•cussed for the next meering on but Jove of country is not enough. Barbara Beal, Elizabeth Richards, Nov. 17 . which will be the start No longer can we complacently sing Miriam Ng and Ann Waldron. 1:'hese of a six day fund rai sing cam- My Country 'Tis of Thee . . . and girls wer~ chosen on the basis of paign. 3ocl Bless America. We have to do scholarship to attend meetmgs of A. Edward Campbell, who came the Graffort club this year. to Portsmouth at the nquest of I something more than 'love country.' New members who joined the club the prelimina ·y committee, which We've got to do something and for yesterday include: Mrs. Paul W. 1 1 had been empowered o $ecure pro- it. Eldredge, Foye's corner; Miss Marfessional a,sis ance. has had many "Defcnse doesn't simply mean garet Augustinus, 137 Wibird street; vears experience In chamber of guns, and ammunitions ancl Miss Eda N. Wright, 96 State street; ~ommerce and community chest planes ancl battleships, • it Mrs. 'Fi:Uman Woodsum, 235 Austin work including research and promeans building the health, the street; Mrs. Donald Benfield, Rich• motion. His work has included orgphysical ancl social welfare of all ards avenue; Mrs. Henry A. Potvin, anization, fund rai.;;lng, research our poople, it means keeping our 164 Crescent way; Mrs. Ernest E. and promotion work for many org- , homes, our churches, our Shaughnessy, Portsmouth apartanizatlons including United Service schools intact. . .Everyone ments; Mrs. Kenneth R. Charlton, organirntions, The Salv.ltion army, of us is a builder in this great 542 State street; Mrs. Harry E. Chattanoo_;ll, Community rhest. pattern of life. A challenge is Yoken, 199 Middle road; Miss Lu• Houston community chest, Elkhart ours!' " cille O. Azevedo, 400 Broad street; community chest, Boy Scout !oun• Departments of the Graffort club and Mrs. John O'Brien, 8 Cook dation, Oiti..\'ns Family welfar•, were described by their chairmen, street. United Hospital fund, and Five who announced future m ee tings. Reinstated were: Mrs. Samuel Chairman Mrs. Nat S. Stevens Hamilton, 235 Austin street; Mrs. Towns Community ch ·t and Counell of Social agencies, Cedarhurs , of the Arts and Crafts department Horace W. Locklin, 255 Cass street; L. I. said there were a few vacancies in Miss Bertha Bennett, 499 Middle 1 her rug class and also outlined pos- street; and Mrs. John C. Dolan, 69 :;ible classes in interior decoration, Willard avenue. furniture re-upholstering and makMrs. Norman Rand, chairman of ing overdraperies and slip covers. the hospitality committee, assisted The Dramatic department will by Mrs. Charles H. Walker, Mrs. meet tomorrow at the home of As- George H. Kimball, Mrs. W. W, Notice sistant Chairman Mrs. Paul V. Scott, Mrs. Frank E. Patterson, ---to hear Dr. C. T. Lloyd from Mrs. Morris Foye, Mrs. John E. Memoria l Bridge Will Brown the University of New Hampshire Seybolt, Mrs. Ralph W. Junkins and "Basic Differences Between Mrs. Raymond Beal, welcomed the Be Closed For Short discuss Old Tragedy and New Tragedy of members. Presiding at the tea table were MrJ. Ray B. Foye, Mrs. PhilInte rvals Of Time To Our Day.'' To llear Miss Ellis lips B. Badger, Mrs. R. C. L. Greer Highway Traffic Chairman Mrs. H. F. Dirks an• and Mrs. Morris Foye. nounced that the Home Economics Beginning Wedn€sday, November department will meet next Monday 12, 1941 and continuing for a few days t.he Memorial Bridge will be at the Gas company auditorium closed to Highway Traffic twiee each for a session at which Elizabeth E. Ellis, nutrition specialist from the . day for periods of about three-quar. tens of an hour. These periodG will University of New Hampshire extension service will relate "Adven• be confined to times of lightest traftures in Feeding the Family." fic, between the hours of 9 and 11 :30 on "What Latin Ameriam and 1 and 3 pm. Also there will caSpeaking ¥' ' Thinks of Us." Frank Lenz, New be short periods of clwure at vari- York, will address the Literature ous times that will not result in department at her home WednesI serious traffic delay. Police will be day, Nov. 12, Chairman Mrs. R. C. L. I on duty a t each approach to the Greer reported. Nearly a mil,lon and a half motor bridge to control traffic. Mrs. Orman Paul, chairman of vehicles used the Interstate bridge Closure is made necessary by the Charity luncheon Nov. 17 an• during its first year of operation, it operating cable replacements that nounced that 18 hostesses would was announced by Wallace F. Purrequire the draw in high p<>,,ition. open their homes. ington, executive director of the No closure against navigation will Mrs. Clarence Sanborn sang Maine-New Hampshire bridge auresult from this work. "Drink To Me Only With Thine thority. R. L. KIMBALL Eyes," "I Know A Lovely Garden" The total figure for the period Superintendent and "I Love You Truly." Mrs. from Nov. 9, 1940 to Nov. 9, 1941, George H. Kimball accompanied her was 1,405,115. Of these 1,362,854 were on the piano. regular passenger cars, 22,024 double Mrs. Ancy D. Brownell, vlce-presi• car trucks, 11.172 busses and trucks dent, was appointed in charge of with two axles, 7_012 motor cycle subscriptions to the national and trailer and 2,033 single car trucks. state federation magazines. During that period the bridge Funds were contributed to made 496 lifts in which 625 vessels passed through the bridge. The vehicular traffic far exceeded expectations, it was • stated by members of the Authority today. raffort Club Pledges Pannaway }). q( 1 Civilian Defense Support Opened To All Local Woman's Organization Opens Its 47th Season I I I I IM•I11 10n • I And HaIf Cars Use New ,~ Bridge In Year Defense Labor P annaway Manor homes no longer are restricted to navy yard work• ers. At the rental office, where short• ly before the project was opened it was announced that more than 300 persons had applied for the 159 homes, oHicials today said houses still were available to anyone whose job is for national defense. "These homes are attractively de• signed and well-built," they declared. "Each house is insulated, has a full, bright dry basement, attic space, oak floors, plastered walls and ceilings. The kitchens are electrically-equipped. Bathrooms are co111plete. Closets are spacious." "The entire subdivision is beau• tifully planned with winding tree lined, paved streets, sidewalks, and several parks. The entire develop• ment has been planned in co-operation with the Federal Housing administration. The homes are of three sizes; four rooms and bath, including two bed• rooms, which rents for $45 a month; 4% rooms and bath, including two bedrooms, dining alcove, and with a garage, at $50 per month; and 5½ rooms and bath, including three bedrooms and dining alcove for $55 a month. There is also a monthly charge of $1.25 for each house for water," they said. "Full real estate taxes are paid on these homes, as is required by any private owner. In turn, the resi dents of Pannaway Manor receive services of the city government including water, sewers, paved streets, sidewalks, street lighting, police and fire protection, city schools, school buses, trash collection, etc. Local bus service recently was extended to Pannaway Manor." These homes will be sold to private owners when the national emergency is over. The rental office, located on Sherburne road, at the entrance to Pannaway Manor, is open every day including evenings and Sundays, they added. Schools Available In Any Civilian ~-3Defense Emergency Po1-t.smouth schools will be avail• able for use during any civilian defense emel'gency at the discretion of Superintendent of Schools Harry L. Moore, the Board of Education voted last night. Action c.ame iirter Superintendent Moore reported lhat he principals of all schools had declared they were responsible for the welfare of children after school hours as well as during them and would be willing to be on ciuty at 5 in the morning or 7 at night If necessary. �Kiddies To Discover New Books At Portsmouth Public Library l) Picture books, '.!easy" ones :for beginners in reading, stories :for the teenagesters, now on display at the Portsmouth Public library for Children's Book week, will go into circulation Saturday. Such stories there are as those of Timothy Turtle and Muffy, the Muskrat . . . Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoea . . . and a book by Creighton P eet on Defending America. Here's just part of the list: Anderson, H. C., Old Man is Alway Right. Austin, Margot, Peter Churchmouse. Brecken, M. L. ed., Growing up With America. Bird, Zenobia, Muffy, The Tale o:! a Muskrat. The country Brown, M. W ., Noisy Book. Brown, M. W., The Seashore Noisy Book. , Brown, M . W., The Noisy Brook. Burton, V. L., Calico-The Won- .!J der Horse. Chalmexs, Audrey Fancy be Good. Chandler, C. A., Susie Stuart, M. D. Choate, Florence, T he Crimson Shawl. Davis, A. V., Timothy Turtle. Davis, L. R., Pony Jungle. Eaton, Jeanette, Narcissa Whitman-Pioneer of Oregon. Flack, Marjorie, Restless Robin. Gag, Wanda, Millions of Cat.s. Gag, Wanda, Nothing At All. Gramatkie, Hardie, Loopy. Harrington, M. P ., Ring-a-Round; a collection of verse for boys and girls. Hartel!, J. A. M., Over in the Meadow (Res.). Henry, Marguerite, Auno and Tauno; a Story of Finland. Heyward, DuBosse, country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes. Hogan, Inez, Twin Deer. Huntington, H. E., Let's Go to the Seashore. Johnron, Martha, Ann Bartlett, I Navy Nurse. In Kent, L. A. & Tarshis, E. K., Good Old COiony Times. Lee, W. S., Stagecoach North. Lowrey, J . S ., Silver Dollar. McNeil, M. L., Round , he Mulberry Bush. Meigs, COmelia, Mother Makes• Christmas. Mitchell, L. S. ed, Another Here and Now Story Book. Peckham, Betty, Sky Hoste,s. ~eet, Creighton, Defending Am- j enca. Randall, G. A,, Saddle Up. Sayers, F. C., Tag-Along Tooloo. Skeaping, John, How to Draw Horses. Sperry, Armstrong, CalJ it Courage. Tharp, L. H., Sixpence for Luck. Toon, G. E., Animal Story Book. Tunis, J. R., World Sexles. Van Vrooman, Marla, Jano and Jeni. Wilson, E. H., Treasure Three. Civilian Defense 10 Volunteers Can 'fl Sign Up Tonight Mrs. Jessie S. Hemm, assistans director of the Portsmouth Civilian Defense office, tonight will be at Legion ha.ii, High street, from 7 to 9 o'clock, to register legionnaires and other persons who wish to offer their services to the board for emerg~ncy work. Mrs. Hem m and Mrs. Alice L. Sullivan direct the office which i.; located in the office of the building inspector, city hall, and will furnish information on openings in defense work to all who apply from 9-12 and 2-4, Mondays through Saturdays, The office today stressed need for more volunteer workers. "There ls a place for everybody," Mrs. Hemm said. "Not one of us should feel useless, beca use as "spotters,' messengers, bransport ·d1·ivers or canteen cooks we can aJJ help. And there are many more places open." To 'Bomb' York Armistice Day York Read¥ In· Civilian Defense Rehearsal ~~,'-\\ Prepared Units To Be Summoned By Emergency Call Of Ten Blasts York is to be "invaded" next Tuesday, Armistice Day. In order to produce a more realistic situation, the time of the "bombing" and the section to be attacked are not being made public, though it has been announced by the Civilian Defense committee under the Jeaderspip of Dr. David Earriman that it will take place sometime during the forenoon. A squadron of airplanes will 'fly over the Village. There will be an emergency call of 10 blasts on the fire whistle-the Home Guard call -at which time the various units of the Civilian Defense committee will go to their stations, ready for any eventuality. The church bells also will ring. Forty or more volunteer "victims" will become casualties, to give the members of the Red Cross a chance to do their part. Transportation to various hospitalization centers will be furnished by the York Red Cross Motor corps. The York Village and York Beach Fire departments wm be standing by to aid with rescue as well as to put out "fires." This "dress rehearsal" is to search out the mistakes and weaknesses of the defense program and to make York ready. It is believed that York's Mobilization Day is the first in the state, although other states have had similar tryouts. Active will be the Red Cross; the Red Cross Motor corps; the regis- ....tration committee under the chair- I nanship of Mrs. Gilman Moulton; fire units under Wi!11am Sullivan ; Home Guard directed by Major Cato Philbrick and Capt. Daniel Bagley; rescue workers under the leadership of Lawrence Ellis; law anp order units as planned by Chief Harley Ellis with the co-operation of Chief Henry Weaver ; medical aid under Dr. Edward M. Cook. Remember: The attack will be sometime in the forenoon. The place to be "bombed" is unannounced. The emergency call is 10 bla ts of the fire whistle. Everyone should be prepared! Today Is - Sign Up For Defense Day In Portsmouth Today is "S:gn Up For Defense Day" at the Civilian Defense office, city hall, and the purpose of the day is to inform the public about work done by civilian defense workers throughout the country. "There is a definite need for more volunteers in Portsmouth," Mrs. Jessie S. Hemm, assistant director of the office, said today. "We must have more workers and ask that every man and woman sign up now." Tomorrow, another in the days of National DefPnse Week as proclaimed by President Roosevelt, has been named "Health and Welfare Day" and its purpose is to emphasize "the importance of a healthy and secure por,ulation as a foundation for strong military defenses." For Invasion Tomorrowj" York civilians today were ready for the enemy. Tomorrow morning at 8 men will take their places at the Roaring Rock observation post at York Harbor. All day they will wait to spot 1 planes and bombers. There James Lucas will be in charge. Communications will be set up between the post and the town hall where Thomas Anderson's squad will chart the course of raiding planes and will in turn notify the men at the fire station where ten blasts will call the Home Guard to action and notify other York citizens to assume their civilian defense duties at once. Chief Observer Guy Messenger today was giving his last orders, preparing York for the "test" of mobilization day. 'rw ! , I Veterans Urge Bomb Shelter At Naval Hospital ~.,o Construction of a bomb proof shelter, adequately furnished with auxiliary hospital equipment at the Portsmouth naval hospital is urged by the Piscataqua Chapter, Disabled Veterans of the World war in a resolution sent t hrough to Washington. In June the chapter also requested that the government add two wings to the hospital to provide additional facilities on the grounds that this country's involvement in the present war is inevitable. �Maxwel! '-I/Ganter Maxwell Ganter 19· Resigns As Pastor Leaves St. John's Of St. John'sChurch fL<.n.J (D Rev. Maxwell Ganter Rev. Maxwell Ganter, rector of St. John·s church for the past 16 years, announced his resignation at the service yesterday morning. Explaining his action, he said that owing to a throat ailment he feels obliged to give up his duties here to live in a warmer climate and will go South. His resignation takes effect December first. Previous to the sermon the rec• tor expressed his appreciation of I.he co-operation g'tven him by the church officers and others which ene.bled him to carry on the work. Father Ganter came to this city from Berlin, having been rector of St.. Barnabbas chtu·ch there. From 1914 for four years he was rector of St. Ignat.ius church, New York. He enlisted during the World war and I saw service in France as a chaplain in the army. After 16 years of able ministry as rector of st. John's church, Rev. Maxwell Ganter concluded his duties Sunday, It was the first 'Sunday in Advent, the beginning of the church year. A large congregation was present and many received communion. The sermon by Father Ganter was the same h e preached on the first Sunday he became rector of St. John's church, the text being: "The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner."St. Mark XII-10. The need was stressed of having a deep and abiding faith , the love of God and our neighbor. After the service the rector received many heartfelt good wishes for his future, although mingled with regret that the relations of rector and parish were to be severed. Later in the rectory he was sur• prised with a farewell gift and Mrs. Ganter also was remembered with tributes from church organizations. Rev. and Mrs. Ganter leave at once for North Carolina where he will become rector of a church, as owing to a throat ailment he was obliged to leave New England for a warmer climate. Rev. Father Plummer of Portland, Me., will arrive at St. John's rectory Wednesday and substitute at St. John's church until a permanent rector is chosen. �Y ork Has ,,Fi-rst 'Bombing id' Of A merica's 'Undeclared War' (Photo By Marston) OBSERVATION CENTER-This was the scene in an observation center in York Village, during mobill- zation day practice there yesterday. In the center, information from outside observation 11osts was noteil by the Red Cross, the Home Guard, the American Legion, and the fire department anrl :ill others participating in the mobilization practice acted according to the news that hostile bombers were approaching. The ob• servation center was in charge of the York Home Guard. In the picture is, left to l'ight; Sgt. William Fost~r, checking reports; First Sgt.. Thomas Anderton, noting time on watch; Sgt. Arthur Thornton busy with phone; First Lt. Guy Messenger, Chief Observer ; Capt. Daniel T. Bfgley, of the Maine State Guard; and Major Cato R. Philbrick, checking position of hostile plane reported. • the Realty building with Henry Within from two to five minutes Fogg over his shoulder and brought after the alarm sounded, members him safely to the ground. of the Red _Cross Motm: Corps, who The crowd cheered a "rescue" were captamed by Miss Florence from the burning building when Cressey, were at their posts. into a fire net lea[i)ed Norman Nearly all those who were Chase, John Fogg, John Thyng and members of the vario?s comCharles Balentine. Telephone opermittees reported at their places within five to 10 minutes. PromYork today was counting casual- ators remained on duty in the inent on cars were the blue ties after the first "bombing raid" burning building. flags of the Home Guard memof the "undeclared war." Active at the scene of disaster bers, the white flags of the Seven airplanes roared over the was the Medical Corps under the Transportation unit, directed by town at 11.15 yesterday morning and direction of Dr. Pliny Allen. Dr. E. Earl Smith as acting chairman, loosed their missiles of death on M. Cook was in charge at the hos• and the yellow flags of the Resthe Realty building 1n the York Vil· pita!, to which the ambulance, an cue and Labor unit, chairmaned !age square. open truck and Red Cross Motor by Lawrence Ellis. Even as the bombers approached, corps made numerous trips with 1 Twenty-one of the 24 members of fire whistles blew 10 blasts at the the wounded. Refugees and those the Committee on Food reported at Beach and Village stations, church slightly injured were "cared for" at the Community house, where they bells tolled a warning to civilians the town hall and the Community worked out a menu for the· "evacuand defense workers scurried to house. ees" and took care of those who their posts. were sent there. Harriman Directs Gathering information on refuNearly 40 Injured Dr. David Harriman, commander Nearly 40 persons were injured ln of the American Legion, and chief gees and casualties were members the Realty building, where firemen organizer of the Civilian Defense of the Committee on Registration fought under William Sullivan. committee, directed members of his under the direction of Mrs. Gilmar. Names and injuries are not yet com- organization and the York chapter Moulton, whose headquarters were pletely tallied. of the American Red Cross, who at the American Legion building. Men at the Roaring Rock air ob- made arrangements for the "raid," servation post who spotted the placing the victims and ascertain- Members Man Posts At their 1 posts in their blue and bombing squadron shortly after 11, ing that all should go smoothly. Bethe Home gave the signal which spurred de- side the Legionnaires he was a-Ssis- gray uniforms were fense workers to action. ted by Rev. W. H. Millinger, Ralph Guard, members of which manned Despite the fact that t hey were W. Hawkes, Albert T. Eaton, the the air observation posts, acted as witnessing the first bombing raid selectmen, Nathaniel Marshall, Jo- police guards, worked with the fire were in charge of in this country, York civilians on seph P. Bragdon and Nelson Hutch- units. These the sidelines were disappointed at ins, Mrs. Powers Dunn, chairman James Lucas and Thomas Anderton the "lack of spectacular activity." of the Women's Division, and Mrs. as air raid warning squad heads unGreatest thrill for the spectators Herman Johnson, acting chairman der chief observer Guy Messenger; came when Earle Baker appeared of the Red Cross. on the ladder reaching a window in Seven Planes Loose Missiles On York Village and Major Cato Philbrick and Capt. Daniel Bagley, leaders of the Home Guard. Home Guard transportation was in charge of Sergt. Carroll Messer. Directing the police units was Cyril Lessard, acting chief of police. Leader of the fire units was William Sullivan. Acting as messengers were Sea Scouts under Cyril Lessard. Boy Scouts under Howard Long, York Beach, and Alfred Conner York Village, and Girl Scouts unde~· Commissioner Mrs. Dean Woodward. Dr. Harriman and other members of the committee, while seeing flaws in the way plans were carried out, expressed themselves as pleased with the first attempt. It is probable that another "rehearsal" will be held at a future date. John W. Adie and C. R. Steadman were the first civilians to report for duty at the town hal observation post at 7.45 am. These are reserves in the Home Guard. �Portsmouth's Red Cross Roll Call Starts Ton~g~tl • Portsmouth'sc 1941 Red Cross Roll contributions are equally welcome. Call starts o!flcially tonight. "Co-operation is essential at this Officials and team captains will critical period of nationla emerreceive their final instructions at gency," chairman Matthews states. the semi-off dinner which will be Fo1• those in a position to contriheld at the Rockingham hotel to- bu¼ more there are life, sustaining contributing memberships. night at 6.15, with Roll Call Chair- and man E. Curtis Matthews presiding. Portsmouth and its branches-New _Speaker at the dinner tonight Castle, Rye, North Hampton and will be Captain Maurice F. Devine, Greenland have a total quota of $7,Cross committee and a former state chairman of lh<' Manchester Red 600 this year with Portsmouth's commander of the American Le- share $6,000. George Kimball is assisting igon, and prominent, In national le- , igon affairs. Captain Devine has I Chairman Matthews in the dinbeen dated na outstanding speaker ner arrnngements tonight. Members by member5 of the committees who of the Executive Committee of the Portsmouth New Hampshire Chaphave heard him. Red Cross flags floated over par- ter of the American Red Cross who adres along Pleasant and Congress will take part in the dinner tostreets yesterday as final prepara- night, arc: Andrew H. Jarvis, chairman; Mrs. tions for the opening of the drive today. Tonight buttons, receipts, and Frank Ml. Randall, vice-chairman· Red Cross literature will be cllstrib- Philip W . Hodgdon, treasurer; Mrs'. Gordon D. Hislop, secretary and ted to various workers. Contribution of one dollar entitles Mrs. A. C. Warner, executive secretary. a person to the annual membership card and buU-0n, but Chairman Matthews points out that smaller I Prof. Kalijarvi To Lecture ~i Here Tonight <Pnoto By Mars,on) LE P TO SAFETY-York Village firem en here resemble fishnmen as they hold a circular net to catch th e man leaping from a second story window of the York Rea lly o. building- in York, part of thr mobilization day practice there. :i.ught in 1rtid-air by the ramcr, is Norm n Chase. John Fogg, Charles Ballentine, and .Tohn Thyni. followed Chase, each jumping in turn into the outstretched net held by their brother I Iflremen, Schools Mark Education Week Here Portsmouth's observance of American Education Week moved close to its climax today as plans were completed for the educational stage show at the Junior High school tomorrow night and the Portsmouth Board of Education made plans for holding its regular monthly meeting at the Senior High school at 7.30 tonight during the High school open house from 7.30 until 9 pm. Today Mrs. Gertrude H . Corey held open house at the Plains school in the section where the federal government has already authorized $103,350 for a new eight room building. Reports were received by Superintendent of Schools Harry L. Moore that 165 parents had attended open house at the Lafayette school and 117 at the New Franklin. Reports from four other schools were yet to come. "A Pramatization of Educational Practices" presented by the Puplls I I and teachers of Portsmouth unde1 the auspices of the Central Counci, of the Portsmouth aPrent-Teacher association at the Junior High tomrrow night will c!imBx this annual education week which has for its national theme "Education for a Strong America." The program will be as follows: Selection by the Senior High school orchestra, Ernest P . Bil• bruck, Di rector. Salu te to the flag , form used at Junior High school assembly , flag bearers, Lionel Leavitt and Charlotte Smart; bugler, Joseph St. Pierre. Kindergarten education, Atlantic Heights school, Miss Newhall. Dramatization, Grade 1, Lafayette school, Miss Fo~s. Music. Grade III, Plains school, Miss Oliver. Choric speaking, Grade IV, Whip• pie school, Miss Riley. Spelling. Grade V. Haven school, Miss Matthews. NH To Celebrate Art Week In Schools National Art Week, Nov. 17 to 23, will be celebrated in Portsmouth under the direction of Miss Ruth Chalmers, art supervisor of the schools, and her committee. Tentative plans include talks by gl;lest artists to school classes; a, special display of ar t. work done in the schools and an e,(hibition of a,rtists' work.; in store windows of leading establishments. Frank Mayfield, President of the National Dry Goods association, has sent out letters askin gstores to co-operate and the Business Machines corporation announces it will purchase watercolors from Art Week exhibit.Ions ln the state for it.s offices in New Hampshire. Miss Ruth Chalmers ls executive chairman for Portsmou ch ; Gladys Brannigan, secretary of the New Hampshire Art a-ssociatol'n, organizing chairman for the southern district. Executive chairman for New Hampshire, is Dr Fred Englehardt. presiden t of the Unlversity of New Hampshire. Portsmouth persons tonight will learn what they caµ do for civilian defense. Prof. Thorsten V. Kalijarvi, University of New Hampshire, chairman of the air raid wardens' division of the New Hampshire Public Safety commis•ion, will tell them at a public meetillg sponsored by the Portsmouth section, Council of Jewish Women , in the Rockingham hotel at 8 :30 o'clock. To point the patriotism- of . civilian defense work, the Manchester and Portsmou h lodges of Elks will present their "Ode to the Flag" an historical pageant. As Andrew N. Sym, Manchester, recites the ode, an orchestra will play an accompaniment. A squad of marines from the navy yard will bear the flags. Assisting Mrs. S. Gordon Task on the program are Mrs. Benjamin Singer, Mrs. Louis Bradbard, Mrs. William Hlrsl.1.berg, Mrs. Hyman Freiman, Mrs. S. M. Cohen, Mrs. Albert Woolfson, Mrs. Harry Wlnebaum, Mrs. S. Klein and Mrs. Irving Komisky. In the color guard will be Mrs. S. M. Cohen Mrs. Joseph Cohen and Mrs. I. Bradbard. �'10 Mayor Rowe Issues Banquet For Workers Proclamation for Launches Red Cross Drive Portsmouth Chapter Group Hears Red Cross Drive ~'? Ta lk By Manchester Chairman 0 Mayor Stewart E. Rowe today issued the following proclamation in connection with the Portsmouth Red Oross Call: "Wherea,s conditions in the world today have necessitated an unprecedented peacetime extension of our Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard; and "Whereas our national civll!an defense program necessitates a strengthening of all those services essential to the public health and welfare; and "Whereas no section of the United States 1s free from the threat o! natural castastrophe or disaster, such as flood, hurricane, tornado, drought, earthquake, fire, explosion, epidemic; and "Whereas the lnternational situation stlll continues to cause intense distress among :innocent victims, making essential American aid to suffering humanity abroad; and "Whereas the American Red Cross is the only organizaUon in our land equipped and ready, first to as.slst, advlBe, and otherwise Serve the men of our armed otrces and their loved loved ones at home; second, to carry on in our own and every other community such indispensable welfare programs as Red 0ro.;s Public Health Nursing, instructing 111 Home Nurs· ing, First Aid, Water Safety and all kinds of ~ccident Prevention; third to render protection and rellef ln case of the aforementioned disasterfi, and fourth ot undertake the administration of American aid to stricken non-combatants and refugees abroad. "Therefore, I Stewart Eve1-EU Rowe, Mayor of the city ot Port-smouth, New Hampsj:lire, proclaim the perioct fo the 1941 American Red Cross annual roll call from now to Nov. 30, a time during which the public spirited people of this com· munity, both men and women, boys and girls, should make every effort to support and strengthen the Red Cross by enrolling through our local chapter as members of the Red Cross, or by renewing their memberships in it; and I further proclaim that it is the sense of all of us who are resident.s of Portsmouth that our membership enrollment in the Red Cross must be larger than ever this year in order to enable this great national organ!· zat!on to meet whatever demands may be made upon it." STEWART EVERETT ROWE, Mayor "People who give to the AmeriJames Joyce, George Kimball, Mrs· can Req Cross in this year's Roll Doris Stevens, Richard Hall, Mrs. Call drive are giving to themselves E. Curtis Matthews, Ralph T. Wood, and it is their duty to our American Morris Sllverman, Benjamin ToWay of life," said Mauriee F. Dev- ber, Thomas Sykes, Sen. Arthur ine, chapter chairman of Manches- Reinhart, Andrew Jarvis, chapter ter and guest speaker at the Annual chairman, and Capt. Fred Ladlow. Roll Call dinner and meeting, Red Cross doHs and Red cross Port.smouth chapter, American Red flags decorated the tables; dolls Cross, Hotel Rockingham, last made by Mrs. Charles Sheehan and night. 1flags bv Mrs. ,Tarksnn "The Red Cross quota is greate1· than ever this year, due to belligerent forces attacking our allied countries in Europe and our own in• creaae in home service work with the armed forces of this country," the speake1· said. · Mr. Devine told his audience that the Red Cross has kept in touch with all men in the service and with their families. More than a jozen Portsmouth "We must investlgat.e each and men retu1·ned from an air raid warevery request for a soldier to be sent dens' session in Concord'. last night, to his home from a camp, because prepared to persuade both friends a number of them would use any and enemies that "public safety is excuse to get out if they knew we did all important."' not," he sa!d. "Civilians must be trained to proFunds are given to men who must tect themselves in all emergencies." go home J;>y the Red Cross and, if This statement, made by Col. W. G . able, they repay later. If they can- Knight, first corps area, Boston, renot, it is considered a necessary do- gional office of the civilian defense nation on the part of the chapter. area, was being quoted today i;1 "Port.smouth is in the midst of a Portsmouth by these men: great military and naval objective," Deputy Chil'f Wardens Earl R . the speaker stated", And you driv- Elsea and A, Manning Remick, Depers should stress its importance and uty Warden Ross Stevens, Chief Air vulnerability when asking for do- Raid Warden Frank J . Massey, Depnations." . uty Warden John J. Hassett; D eputy "Our president and his govern• Warden Shirley B. Simpson Deputy ment have seen .flt to take a strong Warden Arthur I. Harriman; Regicourse of action against the moves nald Kennard, John Chabot, o! Axis forces and it may bring bel- Thomas Kane, Mark O'Brien, John ligerent forces to our own shores. Moran, Morri, Foye, William WalThe attitude, so common today of ton, Marland Knowles, Samuel Santousso, Brack S. Moody, Ralph Eaton 'it cannot happen here, we're s~fe' and Dr. Philip White. is aH wrong. Every country invadAt the meP.ting last night Milo ed by Hitler and his allies said that Chase of the New England Tel. & and we know what happened to I.hem," Mr. Devine emphasized. "Let us not be weak as they were and let us make this drive the best we've ever had-in the interest of all We hold dear and for the sake of our country, lives and American principles," he asked in closing. E. Curtis Matthews, chairman of the fund drive, introduced the speaker, who has been chairman of the Manchester Red Cross chapOfficial request for a priority ratter for flve years and who is a past commander o! the American Le- ing to secw·e immediate delivery of / gion. the new 85-foot, $17,000 ladder truck which is being built for the city Mr. Matthews announced Port-smouth's quota. as $6,000 for 3,000 of Portsmouth has been made by members and sa.!d that President city officials today. Although originally scheduled for Roosevelt has asked a membership of 18,000,000 this year. delivery last August, completion has been helcl up again and again by Mrs. A. C. Warner, executive secother defense needs. In their reretary, said that two years ago quest, city officials have pointed Portsmouth chapter held 21st place out that Portsmouth is a vital dein the state and came up to fifth place last year. fense area. They have caHed attention to the Mrs. Howard P. Jackson, Volunfact that protection of the navy teer Services chairman, read the yard i an important part of the cocte of ethics by which volunteer Portsmouth Fire department and services are conducted; Mrs. F. A. that there are many high buildings Saunder, Captain of the Motor Corps, gave a report of her group's , a.t the yard where this ladder truck work and Phi11p Hodgdon, treas- would be essential. urer, read his annual report. Harry Winebaum also spoke. Mrs. Robert Moulton played "Am ~~ica," •'It's a. Long, Long Trail" an d Keep the Home Fires Burning," for group singing, Among those present, all of whom wlll aid in the drive were: 5 First Aid Instructors [Certified; 2 Renewals Authorization for instruction in Junior, Standard and Advanced ~irst Aid courses of the American Red Cross have been granted to Mrs. Ruth K. i..eavitt, North Hampton; Arthur N. Gagnon, Doro~hy McLaughlin, Evelyn S. Scarritt, Edith L. Wirling, all of Greenland, and renewals to Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Spaulding, Portsmouth. Cards of identification were received this m orning at the Red Cross off tce. Portsmouth Me n A ttend 'Raid- Session In Concord .G City Asks Priority To Speed Delivery Of Ladder Truck Tel. showed movies of the Newton, Mass. district warning center. The New Hampshire State council of Defenses will sponsor a 15-hour, six-session comse in air-raid warden training for three weeks beginning Monday, Nov. 17 at the State House in Concord. Considered in the course will be incendiary bombs, poison gas, report center administration and "incident reporting." Red Cross Has Headquarters In Tent On Square An Army tent, erected on Market square, is temporary hea<iquarters for the Red Cross roll call, with attendants on duty to take the membership of :my person who wishes to join the Red Cross. Through arrangements with Col. W. K. Dunn of the Portsmouth Harbor defenses, the tent was erected in front of the Athenaeum and will be there during the rest of the week. Two large Red Cross flags, strung across Pleasant and COl!lgress streets, in ad dition t o the smaller ~d Cross flags on the sidewalk poles, call atrention to the 11nnual membership drive. The business <iistrlct a~ well as the residential district is being canvassed for memberships, and workers report a ready response on the part of most people. Mrs. Nat Stevens and Mrs. Willis G. Symonds are in charge of the residential drive, while Harry Winebaum and Richard HaH are directing the can• vass of the business district. �Vote To Shift Location Ship Damages · Portsmouth Men Of New School Near PBA Coal Company T v· ·t Df 'YI•' Tower Be~ms o 1s1 eense I'·~ Build ing To Be Bu ilt With Federa l Fu nds At Corner Of Woodbury Ave., Granite Roa d P ortsmouth's new $182,000 school to handle children from the PBA housing project at Atlantic Heights will be located at the corner of Woodbury a,venue and Granite road instead of on PBA land. This the Board of Education voted last night at a meeting held at the Senior High school in connec_ tion with National Education week. The board also decided what to do about a federal check for $19,833.33 which it has had since October. It accepted the check, decided to open a special federal fund account in a bank, appointed Harry W. Peyser treasurer for the Board of Education, voted that Mayor Stewart E. Rowe should counter-sign all checks drawn on the account and planned to make local rules for expenditure of the fund. This $19,833.33 check is the first of three to be granted by the federal government to help Portsmouth maintain and operate its schools under defense conditions. Other questions considered by the board included: What to name the two new schools, at Sherburne road and at the Heights. Suggestions for the Heights schol include Wentworth and Woodbury. Superintendent Moore has asked for more. The financial report which was accepted. Revised directions for fire drills. Thanksgiving. It shall be the 27th in Portsmouth schools. Supporting timbers of t~e\~al towers at the Consolidation Coal Co. were loosened last evening when struck a sharp blow by the Maid of Stirling as she was being turned upstream to coal up for her trip back to Nova Scotia. The Maid of Stirling was coming down the Piscataqua river from the National Gypsum Co. at Freeman's Point where her cargo had been discharged and in order to coal-up the ship had to headed upst.ream. Officials at ti1e Consolidation Coal Co. said the timbers will have to be replaced immediately as they are used in digging coal from col• liers. The ships are loaded with loading machines on the dock. The accident occuned at 9.25 pm. PORTSJ.\IOUTII ART CLASS-This is but one of many subjects taugh t in P ortsmo uth schools, all designed to train the student in the difficult art of living. Above, an eigh th grade class works in the art room at the junior high school. In the picture, identified by the rows in which t hey are situated are: Mi les Standish, Harry Kotsonis ancl Michael Donahue; second row, Francena Crockett ancl Louise Maldine; third row, Barbara Crockett, Ruth Lathrop, Aline Moulton and Alpheretta. Moore; fo urth row, Miss Helen Fortune, teacher; Richanl Frosdick, Betty Gerasis a11 d Shirley Newton; fifth row, Kathleen Myers ancl Mildred J.\IcDaniels. Tra1'n In Portland Mor~ than 79 cities and towns in ~he Eastern Seaboard including 10 New England defense centers will be visited by the OPM's Red White '.3-nd Blue train, the eight-ca.'i· special which lea,·es Bridgeport, Conn, today after a two-day stay. Plans are bt>ing made in Portsmouth by a 11umber of prominent industrialists and businessmen to go to Portland and visit the train while it is there. E. Bigelow Thompson, official spokesman of the Office' of Emergency uianagement and information official for the· group of army, navy and defense officials traveling with the train. says that the prime pw·pose of the D~fense train tour is to help the small manufacturer to help hitnself. "Our purpose," salt! the officia l spokesman Thompso11 during the broadcast of the tram's arrival in Bridgeport, "is to see to it that no qualified manufacturer Jacks defense work duf- to lack of information as to how to procure a contract." Following its stay in Bridgeport, first lllew England city to be visited by the Defense special, the Red White and Biue train will visit ~ turn, Providence, R. I.; Lynn, Mass.; Portland and, Bangor, Me.; Berlin, N. H.; Rutland; Vt.; Worcester and Springflfield, Mass.; and Waterbw·y, Conn., returning to Washington, D . C. on Dec. 19.' Six ,of the eighl cars of the Defense Special serve to carry the traveling exhibit c:f thousands of defense articles. These include gun parts, bombs, flame throwers, ski equipment, medical and hospital supplies, cargo ship parts and scores of samples of the 60,000 odd articles in common use by the army and navy._ In addition, the train ts loaded with blue prints and plans of heavier equipment A full corps of Army, Navy Maritime commission, Medical 1Corps, Engineers Corps, Marine officials and OPM officials travel with the train. Their staffs of assistants will be able and qualified to rende, opinions and decisions on the spot and thus facilitate the rapid letting of defense contracts to qualified manufacturers. �o ~ C..h01.-\.c.-, '1 ').. C.o W\ W'\ C. V e, e, Chamber Of Commerce Portsmouth To Launch Report '{\• ,( Sixth Sub In Year Dec. 3 Organizers Success In Portsmouth launched in 1940 which was the largest number since 1920. This was a very good record considering the fact that the re-armament program was just beginning to gain momentum. Tluee submarines were launched in 1919 and 1921 and for the most part all the other years saw only two slide down the ways. Mrs. Paul P Blackburn, wife of Capt. P. P. Blackburn, USN, of the Atlantic fleet, will be the sponsor of the Halibut. Portsmouth Navy yard's sixth link in the 1941 National defense effort will be forged Dec 3 when the USS Halibut will slide down the greased ways to the waters of the Piscataqua river at 11 :40 am. For production, the Portsmouth Navy yard rauks with the best in the country. On Jan. 29 the USS Marlin was launched and following in rapid succession were: USS Drum, USS Flying Fi5h, USS Finback, USS Haddock and now the USS Halibut. In the 24. years that submarines have been built at the Portsmouth Navy yard 39 have been launched and the Halibut will be the 4.0th. The record looks much better when one looks back and observes that from Dec. 17, 192!1 to March 8, 1932 not one submarine was launched. Another lull occurred between June 1925 and November of 1927. There werr. four submarines Thanksgiving Nov. 20 Official notice that next Thursday, Nov. 20, will be Thanksgiving day was issued thls morning at the Portsmouth Navy yard. It will be a general holiday for most o! the employes but those who are needed for essential work must report as usual. Red Cross Ask Funds For Work In Portsmouth The annual Red Cross Roll Call now ls under way ' in Portsmouth and the workers are canvassing the . . city m their effort to secure the PStabllshed quota. A quota of $6,000 for Ports~outh with an additional $1,500 for its four branches was set by Red Cross State headquarters. Regular work of th~ Red Cross consists of home service in local, national and in~e~national fields, but now the add1t10n~l burden of defens~ :lork co~prlsmg first aid, nurses .• aides, se~v1ce to armed forces, d1uaster relief and war relief has been added. War relief valued at $4.9,753,515 has been given in the past two years to _nations of Europe, Asia and the Middle East by the IAmerican Red Cross. Of the total, I $25,160,010 was made available from 1 1 membership fees, the remainder from government funds. Locally the chapter is doing a I tremendo~s amount of work Recently Mrs. Mary warner, ~xecutive secretary, opened an office in the Court house in order to carry on necessary work. The production committee, motor corps, surgical dressings class, home service, Disaster Preparedness and Relief committee, first aid, home hygiene and nw·ses' aid are among activities carried on here. Money for this work is obtained from the annual roll call. From each membership whether the usual $1 or ' larger memberships of $5, $10, or $25 only .50c goes to national headquarters and the remainder 18 for ) use by the local chapter. Portsmouth Women Fill 52,100 Quota .I\.. Of Army Dressings Pretty proud are the women in the Red Cross surgical dressings class who've been sewing two days a week at the Portsmouth hospital since February. They"ve just completed an army qnota of 52,100 surgical dressings. Until they get another Red Cross quota to meet, these women will make surgical dressings for the Portsmouth hospital which needs them, can't get them folded because of the defense situation and can't spare nurses to fix them. Until then, the group will meet on Thursdays only at the Nurses' home, Portsmouth hospital, from 10 in the morning until 4. in the afternoon. I With nearly 40 membership appli- such an organization is for the interests of the city and furcations already received, the Organ- best ther will instruct the committee on izing committ,ee of the Portsmouth Public Affaires to co-opreate with Chamber of commerce reported sub- the Chamber o~ commerce Organstantial progress last night at a izing committee in every way posdinner h eld at the Rockingham hotel, with F1·ederlck D. Gardner, sible." Commenting today on the prochairman of the committee, pre- gress made, Chairman Ga:rdner siding. "The Interest manifest in a Applica\,ion cards were given out said, Chamber of Commerce has been to the organizing group at the most encouragnlg. With so many meeting last night and plans were people realizing that a successful made to contact about 150 p1-omi- chambe,· is our best insurance for nent citizens within the next week, a prosperous future, and so deterand give them the privilege of mined to put it over, it is now evicharter membership. As it will take dent that we are definitely going several days for the committee to to hava such an orga~i~ation in contact all its prospects anyone desiring to join at once should get Portsmouth." in touch with Chairman Gardner or with the Organizing Committee headquarters at telephone 480. Unanimous endorsement of a Chamber of Commerce In Portsmouth by the Portsmouth Kiwanis club was reported at the meeting last night. The resolution adopted by the club was as follows: "The Board of Directors of the Portsmouth Kiwanis club wish to go on record as being in favor of a Chamber of Commerce being organized at this time feeling that 'l\irport Survey Resumed determine locations of hangars. Much of the planned construction work has been delayed by the op• erators of the field due to the time that It h taken the engineers to make this survey. New hangars and buildings are already In blu~print form and will be constructed as soon as the result of the imrvey is made known. Portsmouth airport authorities received an early Christmas present late yesterday when the Army engineers returned to the field with their rods and chains to resume the sutvey which they left so abruptly t))ree weeks ago. With the statement, "We have been called to Boston," the engin• eers left Portsmouth Oct. 27 after _spending three weeks at the airport. At that time they were quoted as saying they didn't think the work at the airport ever would be com· pleted. The crew that had been working here was sent from Boston to an· other point where they were needed and the engineers who are now at the field were sent here as soon as they completed the job to which they had been assigned. To Take Ten Days It will take the men who arrived yesterday about 10 days to complete the job and forward the plans to Washington. Another two or three I weeks will pass before the results I are made known. However, auth• orlties at the field say that work will probably begin early next spring. Purpose of this survey is to mark the positions of the runways, spot light positions where they will be of the most advantage to flyers and to I Frank L. Whidden ~ Of Newington DieS Frank Langdon Whidden, one of the oldest residents of Newington died this morning. He was born 1857 in Newington the son of the late Joseph W. and Elizabeth A. (Berry) Whidden. Mr. Whidden was employed for over 20 years by the H. A. Yeaton and Son grain company, and was toll collect.or on the old Dover Point Toll bridge for a period of 25 years. He was a, member of St. Andrews lodge No. 56 of Masons. On the 24.th of last June he anrl Mrs. Whidden celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, holding an at home for their many friends. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marion C. (Marden) Whidden, one brother Captain Ira W. Whidden and one sister Mrs. D. W. Badger. both of Portsmouth and several nieces and nephews. �Gardller Describes POrt City Problems Before N. E. Council A poorly-organized inexperienced municipal governing body, no city planning board, no chamber of commerce, no organized leadership and a city charter which In spots Is a masterpiece of political Ineptitude and managerial Inefficiency. take a lot of planning to make a 1uture asset out of the present costplus monstrosity. Planninir Board Distinguished Pllurnlni TI01trd Disllnl(ubhcd c In spite o( the eminent fn!lure of 1 our plannlng board's fusl l\.~slgnDefense Jams Streets 1 menl, they later dl,Llngul'lhed them-: "Defense activities meanwhile selves In the grand manner. It hnp- · were jamming the streets of Ports- 1 1j pence! Uiu.~: Th~ city council eArly mouth and bulging the walls of se1n Lhe 3prlng was beginning t.o get date old Colonial houses whose own- J very much alarmed nnd very much ers rapidly wE•re making them Into fed up with the added expenses en• apartments. Qbvlously we needed 11 billies Rnd lhe nddecl exuenses ensome planning so, after three weeks tAUed by tho dcren~ impact upon of doing a vigorous selling job, a the city. We hoped t.o get eventuRI number of us finally prevailed upon government nld , and In order to be prepared t.o apply for IL, we nsked the city council to authorize the the mayor t.o appoint n committee creatloq of a planning board. This t.o study t.he etff'ct or t.he growing was done, amidst an atmosphere, defenY. populAtlon upon our muntof suspicion, jealousy and misgiving, clpl\l fnclllUes 1rnd expenses. 'I11e and six citizen& consented to serve, committee was appolnted. The together with the mayor, the city chalrman spent one month or apengineer, and myself, as member of parently romplcle Jnl\cllvtty nnd the city council. then, on U1c urging or the council PBA Moves In for action, burst for th In A. wetter " At this point, the Public Buildor politics, publicity and WPA pro(Special to The Portsmouth Herald) lngs administration, that misbeJP.els. Boston, Nov. 14.-0nly a full time m·unicipal planning gotten offspring of the Federal Board studies J>roblenu program, properly financed and manned by experts, can Works agency, announced that It ln the meantime, the city pll\ngoing to build a few hundred nlng board, wh05e Job Lhl'l should reduce to order the chaos into which the sudden influx of was houses In Portsmouth. Their reprehave been from Lhe st.art, was quiet,.. thousands of defense industrial workers throws normal sentatlves indicated a desire to meet Jy mR.ktng a stul or the situation, with our planning board and dismaps and charts, comcommunity life, Frederick D. Gardner, chairman of the cuss plans for location and develop- preparing piling informal! on nval!Rble raCity Finance committee and member of the City Planning ment. Thus our planning board has c!lllles, mnklng orecasl plans or its first assignmen t. The members future neect 5 an exf)('n~s. All In board of Portsmouth, said here today. were sworn In and immediately pro- co-operation wit Lhe heads or v, Mr. Gardner made it plain that he was speaking as ceeded to meet with representatives \ rlou.s deparlmen or the city, ar.:I of PBA. They explained their plan all without a dllme or city mom,y an individual and not as the official voice of the city. to bulld houses for defense workers, I with which t.o operate I !'The city council, alllJ JoiThis morning at the Community barracks, cantonments, mess halls, said they had picked a tentative loous or It.! powers, had not aldevelopment session of the 17th An- administration buildings and what cation and were vi;ry anxious to colotted a. alni~ cent for the nual New England conference at the not at New Castle, for Harbor De- operate with the city and to make operation or the p!Annlng- boud: Hotel Statler, Mr. Gardner describ• fense soldiers. Federal Works agency their devclopmE-nt a real part of the The membf'n did all the lnn•ed the confusion in the early hand• and Defense Homes corporation community and an asset to Portstlg-atln.f, all the n,uarch, all !s ling of Portsmouth's population in- have built 959 houses for better or mouth. "We agreed to give it some study the mapplnc and all the cocrease, "when the deluge which is worse in Portsmouth, while private arranged another meeting on odln.aUni- or ln!ormallon themsometimes called national defense builders, using RFC loans for money, and sel.-c.i-<>n their own time, and hit the Portsipouth Navy yard and have built some 500 more for pri- the fifth day following. Immediately contacted the State Planning at their own e~nse. vate owners or speculation. A new we the city." He said: Development commission and "Result: Mapa or present ra.ct"From the Portsmouth Navy yard Interstate bridge and by-pass, and and asked for the loan of a planning lilies _,nd recommended future went the first American battleship three smaller bridges complete the technician. He arrived the followneeda for 11CWen, watu supply, and from it recently went the lat- picture of new projects built and ing morning, worked four days and nee 8 or sewers, W-' -r :Ul>PIY, est American submarine. building. nights, and on the fifth day we "Since the passing of our heyday brought to the meeting a report gtreets, f>chools, fl.re stations; as a shipping center, shortly after Business Means Trouble showing vn.ric:.us locations for the studies of h~alth ::i.ncl hospital privateers went out of business fol• "All this means business for Ports· proposed deveiopment with respect facll(Ues, pohce protection . a!'d lowing the War of 1812, we have mouth-and business In this case is to contour, land characteristics, parkmg problems; stat1st1cs dozed rather peacefully, with the spelled t-r-o-u-b-1-e. Workers by availability oi existing facilities, showing the effects of. the deexception of a slight disturbance thousands are pouring Into the Navy schools, parks. playgrounds, access fense impact on operatmg bud• during World war I, dreaming of yard-and the City of Portsmouth roads, sewers, water mains, future \ gets. . the glories of the past and in fact -with their families. We have to Industrial housing possibilities and "All this was summed up m a publicizing our landmarks of the house 'em, feed 'em, water 'em, sew- 1 present nuisance conditions. , 17,000 word report which, together past to attract tow·ists in the sum- er 'em keep traffic moving, provfde \ "All. the angles of the proposed with the maps and statistics, I had mertime. After we caught them, parking places, give 'em police pro- I development were covered during a t~e pleasll:e . of presenting to the then we damned therrr for blocking tectlon and fire protection, school- · four-hour meeting, during which the I city council Just three .days before ing, health service and hospital PBA officials made copious notes. President Roosevelt signed the trafric all summer. then heaved a. facilities. We have to furnish enLanham act which, as you know, sigh of relief when we got rid of tertainment for the soldiers at Fort At the conclusion of the meeting made available to defense, comthem so we could go back to mak• stark, Fort Constitution and Camp they announced that they were very munitles such as 01;1rs, 150,000,000 ing a living off the na.vy ya.rd work- Langdon at New Castle and the sail- much impressed with our plans, reand miscellaneous information, clo~lars to help furmsh the . very ers until another summer rolled ors at the Navy yard, besides try- ports and asked permission to take our thmgs we needed. At a prelimmary around." ing to keep the army, the navy, the maps etc., back to Washington with meeting of WPA officials for the marines, the Free French and the them so that PBA might be guided New England area, in Boston, our Navy Yard Supports City British sailors from getting into report '_Vas presented-the first_ re"For Portsmouth really lives on trouble with each other and with insofar its possible by our recom· mendatlons in order to make their , port of 1ls kmd to be presented ~y a the navy yard. development a valuable integral part j New England de~ense co~w1ity, "During the past several years us. "On the basis of present figof our community. as the basis for its application to the navy yard has gradually in• ures and anticipated developPWA for Federal assistance under creased Its employment. Portsmouth ment Portsmouth may easily have the Lanham act. Went Against City Plans has absorbed the families of new a war-time population of 25,000 As a result of our planning board's workers to a great extent, providing PBA Gives Contract people, and bids fair to double studies and plans, the Public Buildhousing, schooling for their chilits population in another year! "When the PBA project began to ings administration went right dren, and other municipal facilities. To double our present municitake shape, its legal department ahead and did just as they darn well In 1940 our population was 14,821 pal facilities, or even to increase pleased. They built their 800 dwell• presented the City of Portsmouth 1 and our taxable property valuation them by 50 per cent is a colossal i.ng units on more than half of tl1e 1with a contract. under the terms of II was $20,000,000. Then came the deundertaking. land that We had set aside for fuwhich the city agreed to' furnish luge, sometimes called National all the usual 'Jluniclpal facilities to ture Industrial development; Instead Defense. Recent Muncipal Election this development of 800 houses in "When present projects are comNow, just before national defense of the conforming colonial architecreturn for an annual payment to pleted, _$33,500,000 will have been arrived in Portsmouth, we had a ture, they built largely six-family the city of 14 per cent of the "shel• poured mto Portsmouth and Its two muncipal election. on Jan. 1, 1941 ui1its of t,he barracks or warehouse ter rent for the occupied units" in small suburbs, Kittery . and New there came into office a mayor who type; Instead of choosing one of of taxes. The contract provided Castle. The navy has built new sub- had never been a mayor before, and the sites recommended by our Board lieu that In no event should such paymarine ways, a new d_rydock, new nine council members, seven of for its ground characteristics, their ment exceed the amount which shops and new machmes at the whom had never been councilmen site demanded the blasting of large would have been paid had the propNavy yard. They have built 600 new, before! so here's the picture of quantities of ledge and the felling erty been sublect to taxes. small, chrap houses (with tin chi~- Portsmouth just before the deluge: of large numbers of trees. In short, to our sorrow and theirs, not one neys) at Kittery. The army has built Only 200 Applications of our recommendailons was fol• '.'Having In mind a few colossal lowed. Consequently it's going to , I 'We Need Defense Executive, Budget, Planning Program,' City Councilman Declares f I I I I I I I I �miscalculations of housing needs in other areas by PBA, we tried to fin d out how many applications they had for their 800 units. The answer: less than 200. "We asked how much rent they were going to charge. The answer to that one was not forthcoming. "Then we :(lgured approximately how much It was going to cost the city to malnta:n the usual municipal services for th" project and on that basis asked PBA to guarantee a minimum payment of the cost of the services. This was refused. "Then the pressure began to rise. We began receiving telegrams, letters and personal calls in great profusion and in rapid succession. Finally PW A Indicated more or less subtly that unless we came through on the line fc-r dear old PBA we might get considerably less consideration on our applications for Federal assistance on our various projects. oost h im less money than the original project. Biggest Problem in History "The pressure became so heavy that eventually we agreed to slg-n the contract provlclcd PBA woulcl f urnish its o,m water supply and distribution system. This also was refused by PBA and at the present writing the contract is still unsig-ned. Heavy Tax Rate "Portsmouth taxpayers pay anywhere from 20 percent to 28 percent of their income from rental property in taxes. They argue that PBA should be on an equal basis with the ordinary taxpayer. Howeller, when the smoke has cleared away and all allotments of Federal funds have been made to Portsmouth fo1 new schools, water, sewers, streets, police, firemen and what not, it may develop that the 14 percent basis is perfectly fair, the difference having been made up by government contributions to I m unicipal facilities. Even this, however, cannot accurately be determined until we see whether 200, 600, or 800 of these houses are gomg to be occupied. And in view of the outstanding example of lack of co-operation which PBA set for the city in the beginning, one hardly can blame the city fathers for wanting to assure themselves of at, least an even break in their second deal with PBA. I PWA Uses City Plans "Our original plans, with some revisions, have been used by PW A in making all their allocations of funds to the City of Portsmouth. There still are two or three projects which have yet to be acted upon by PWA, but the most pressing problems have been well attended to. "In all cases but one, allocations have been accepted by the city. The one exception was an a llocation of $657,000 for construction of a water works project. "We made a ldnd of lighthouse of our water works pro ject-we stuck it out there and then shied away fr om it. "Due to local conditions, including a diversification of public opinion on the source of water supply and a Jack of cooperation among the members of the city council and between the council and the water commissioners, t he allotment was refused, with the probable result that Uncle Sam will go into the water works business in the City of Portsmouth. "Incidentally, it will probably "The present mayor and city council have spent more time; held more meetings and struggled with more problems than any other group in the history of the city. "For the past 10 months we of the city government have been badgered and harried by scores of government officials. Some of them have been well-informed and cooperative; others have been poorly informed and officious. "With most of them we have triecl t o co-operate, but we're pretty well fed UJJ, tired and discoura.gecl. In short, we think we're in a terrible mess. "However, I talked recently with Fred Clark, genial and able director of the New Hampshire State Planning and Development commission, who has recently made a tour of inspection of the Hampton Roads defense area. He tells me authoritatively that Portsmouth, due to its preliminary planning, is now far I and away ahead of comparable communities. "By that same token, however, Portsmouth w!ll in the future be far and away behind the rest of the country unless the city government will see the advisability-the very urgent necessity, in fact-of providing funds to carry on a proper planning program, which we are now in the process of working ou t. Business Men Awake to Needs "Meanwhile, the business, industrial and professional men of Portsmouth have not been asleep. They recently came to the conclusion that they were not enjoying prosperitythey were suffering from it. "Ancl in order to guarcl against more suffering in the future, they have embarked on a real campaign to establish a chamber of commerce well-organized, well-financed, professionally-directed, to serve as a clearing house for local pro- blems and a contact point for national busine s. "They've decided that it's THE BANANA that leaves the bunch that gets skinned-so they are getting together in a common effort for the greater gooct of a greater Portsmouth. And that's a good, healthy sign. "Another good sign is the action of a group of merchants, called a Merchants bureau, which spent a couple of hundred dollars to hire an expert from the Yale Bureau of Traffic research to come to Portsmouth and make a survey of the parking and traffic problems. A comprehensive report with recommendations for alleviating measures has been presented by the Merchants bureau to the city council, and it i hoped that council action will be forthcoming at an early date. "The 1941 municipal budget went into preparation early in the year. It was completed in August, six months behind schedule. "Why? For the simple reason that departmental budgets had to be revised so often to keep pace with the rapidly changing requirements brought about by the defense impact that it was impossible to hold council meetings fast enough to keep up with the revisions. When the budget finally was approved by the finance committee, it topped $700,000, the largest appropriation bill in the history of the city. "Our tax rate this year is $32.70 per thousand, against $29.50 last year, and to keep the rate as low as that we had to i5sue more than $100,00() of new serial bonds. Iworth "There are two reasons for this in our operating expense: first, we began spending our own money for additional equipment and exten sions to onr municipal facilities made necessary by the increase in population, long before Federal aid came in sight: second, in spite of all the money spent and spending in Portsmouth, comparatively lit,tle taxable property has been added to the• city's tax 1·01ls. What the ~ituation will be next year, we don't know, but we are trying to plan ahead. Iincrease Board Studies Budgef, Some time ago, the council asked the planning board to make a study of a Capital Budget system -a prgoram of planned spending of the taxpayers' dollars. This was done, in co-operation with the National Rcsourcse Planning board. When the planning board asked the mayor and council to call a meeting of the depar tment heads of the city to discuss the program, tha mayor recommended, and the council concurred, that the program was impractical at this time because the department heads were too busy with today's problems to plan for the fuutre, and things were in such a state that it was practically impossible fo plan for the future anyway! I still have hopes that this program has not been abandoned permanently. 302,878 Spent This Year This year we have spent, or allocated for expenditure, of our own money, $302,878 for pro_jects which are directly attributed Lo defense necessities. This amount is nearly 50 per cent of our normal municipal budget for an entire year's operation, maintenance, debt service and capital expenditure. "Of this amount, $180,000.00 aiready had been appropriated under a bond ~sue for the construction of additional water supply facilities. "The rest goes for new sewers, fu·e department equipment and additional· personnel, police department equipment and personnel, and for repairs and reconstruction of several of our main access roads which have bern beaten and pounded to pieces by heavily - loaded trucks working on government housing projects and the Harbor Defenses at New Castle. So far, the city of P<>rt.smouth has not been credited with a dim e of this money as a contribution to the National Defense program! Here again, we are still hoping that our remaining applications will be acted upon in such a way as to reflect some of this investment. Two ew Schools "PWA is building two new grammar schools at a total cost of $283,000. These will be leased to the city, the te1,ms of the lease yet to be determined. We are assuming that the money to pay the lease will be furnished by PW A, too. Of cow·se, you and I can't make any money that 1,1ay, but perhaps Uncle Sam's financial wizards can figw·e out a system to make a thousand dollars jump from his left-hand pants pocket into his right and pick up three per cent on the way. "A sum of $60,000 already h as been allotted to Portsmouth to help defray the additional expense of operating ow· present over-loaded school system. Fifty-seven thousand dollars have been put up by PWA against ow· $23,000 for construction of additional sewer facilities. We have been promised a new sub-station for the fire department, and a new pumping engine, as well as money for additional equipment and men. (Incidentally, our fire department al ready has made 18 runs to the PBA housing development and several more to the government housing project in Kittery. This has been at considerable expense to the city, and so far, n0 reimbursement has been forthcoming.) "PWA's very generous allotment of $657,000 against ow· $200,000 for the water project unfortunately had to be rejected. However, our water needs undoubtedly will be provfded. "A $40,000 recreation building shortly will be in process of construction to provide additional facilities for the soldiers at the Harbor Defense posts and the sailors from the navy yard. We expect some financial assistance on street repairs, reconstruction and Improvements; we are given to understand that funds will be forthcoming to pay for enlarging our police force and furnishing an additional cruising car or two in order to provide better protection for the new residential areas; and it is indicated that new hospital facilities may be furnished m the form of an addition to our present plant. Boncli.ng Capacity Nears Limit "How much of a fur.ther construction to the expense of these projects the city will be asked to make no one knows. We have only a few thousand dollars leeway before our bonding capacity will be reached. Need Budget System "If we ever needed a capital budget system, we need it now. If we ever needed a planning program, we need it now. The ordinary citizen, to whom the function of mayor and councilmen are part-time issues, cannot afford to give the time, the thought, the effort to the business of city planning or efficient man- ' agement that the problems of these days demand. "We have planned fairly well for today's and tomorrow's immediate I needs, but an investment today in a full-time planning program could not fail to produce big dividends in future security. Steps Recommended "So, on the basis or what we in Portsmouth have learned during the past 10 months' experience under the nectic conditions produced by the defense Impact-on the basis of what we have accomplished and what we have failed to accomplishI cannot hesitate to recommend, to my own city of Portsmouth, and to other defense communities, three major steps which I believe should be taken at once to help guarantee sound progress under defense con• ditions: 1. Designation of a full-time executive through whom all mun icipal defense projects should clear, from time of proposal to time of completion; 2-- �'1S' Organization of a properly-fin anced, well-manned, professionally-directed planning program . 3-Adoption of a Capital budget system. City Never Will B e Same "Finally, every business, professional and industrial man in the defense community must face the fact that the city in wh ich he has been doing business probably never again wlll be the same city as that of the past. "The changes which have taken place so rapidly, while not all of a permanent nature, nevertheless will leave very definite marks. We must gear ourselves, our businesses and our cities to today's and tomorrow's conditions so that we may meet with confidence the conditions of the future which we will find undoubtedly hard, but n onetheless worthwhile, for having prepared ourselves to meet it with our eyes and our minds wide open." City's Social Security Off ice been awarded benefits at a total monthly rate of $10,539 in the area served by the Portsmouth office. This number would have been substantially greater, in Mr. Waldron's opinion, if lt were not for the fact that defense industry has retained or recalled almost all employable workers in skilled trades. I A number of ~ose who had begun to receive monthly old , age insurance have temporally removed themselves from the list of beneficiaries by notifying the board that they had returned to work. Such notice is obligatory since monthly benefits may not legally be accepted for any month in which an individual is working in covered employment for wages of more than $I14.99 a month. Some 2500 such notices have bee'n received each month throughout the nation, he said, in pointing out that such individuals may reinstate themselves immediately by notifying the board that they have again terminated such employment. •'While defense emergency has reduced the number receiving benefits now," Mr. Waldron said, "it is enabling many older workers previousJy ineligible to qualify for benefits." Two important reminders were is1 sued by Manager Waldron in commenting on Mr. Hardy's message. Women Get City Defense Assignments Tomorrow l I ! Sees 5th Year{\,, The Social SeclU'ity Board Field :>fflce, 278 State street, celebrated its fifth anniversary today, amid usual business of handling claims for oldage and survivors insurance, appll· cations for duplicate account cards to replace those lost or worn-out since original registration of November 1936, and wage record inqu.u-ies or adjustments. In the morning mail, Manager A. T. Waldron a,nd his associates received birthday greetings from John F. Hardy, regional director of the Social Security board saying: "Five years have passed since the first field offices, including yours in Portsmouth were opened to facilitate original registration of covered •employers and employees. At that t ime, the bureau of Old Age benefits was faced with a huge task which many peopbe doubted could be accomplished. "Thanks to constant and whole-hearted co-operation of employers and employees and sensible 1 and energetic efforts of your office staff, registration was accomplished efflcien tly. "More important still, the job was done so well and quickly throughout the nation that in January 1939, President Roosevelt confidently transmitt,ed to Congress recommendations of the Social Security board which, upon adoption in August of that year, resulted in broadening of the law to provide insurance protection for wage earners and their families against Joss of wage income due either to old age or deatl1 of the insured individual and to begin such payments in 1940 instead of 1942. "You may be justly proud of the part which you and your associates have played in the I successful beginning of the biggest and most comprehensive program Qf social insurance evier undertaken at one time by a great nation. "May the next five years confirm and carry forward the great human. itarian program so well inaugurated. Please convey to your staff the best wishes of the entire regional sta.ff on your fifth anniversary." In connection with Mr. Hardy's letter, Mr. Waldron pointed out that, while October 1 figures are n ot yet available, on J uly 1, 575 people h a d One is that the time for .securing correction of possible errors in an · individual's wage record account for 1937 expires this year. Any individual who wants to verify his or her account up to date may obtain a Social Security board wage record account statement by requesting it on a postcard inquiry form supplied free of charge by any field office of the board. The other reminder issued by Mr. Waldron is that no insurance payment may be made until after the individual has flied a claim with an office of the Social Security board. In fact, he pointed out that claims for lump-sum payments on behalf of an insured wage earner who died in the first month of 1940 must be filed won since a 2-year limitation applies on such claims. Anyone wishing to make inqu.u-y as to a possible claim, or as to this individual wage record, is urged by Mr. Waldron to get in touch with the Social Security board Field office, 278 State street, Portsmouth, telephone 2205. The local field office was opened in 1936 by C. Spencer Platt now executive assistant in the regional office. Present staff of civil service employees, in addition to Manager Waldron includes Miss Edna K. J Fay and Miss Ann Sullivan. I I I I The women of Portsmouth tomor- I row will learn their duties in the city's civilian defense organization. Chairman Mrs. Frank W. Randall of the women's division of the Portsmouth Defense council has called more than 500 to a mass meeting at 2 o'clock in the Rockingham hotel. "We women," she said today, "are going to form a grapevine system to get publicity into every Portsmouth home. We're going to make sure every Portsmouth person knows what to do if the emergency comes." Mrs. Randall, her vice-ch airman, Mrs. Harry L. Moore, Mrs. Arthur Rinehart, ward 1 chairman; Mrs. Arthur E. Baum, ward 2 chairman; Mrs. Florence Cummings, ward 3 chairman; Mrs. Clinton R. Kingsbury, ward 4 chairman; and Mrs. Philip H. White, ward 5 chairman; will participate in a panel cllscussion to prove the problems Portsmouth women must solve. "We'1·e going to tell them about air raid precautions, canteen work, first aid and home nursing,'' Mrs. Randall said. "We're also going to discuss classes in these subjects." 1· Mrs. Randall expects every one of these 500 women to leave the meeting determined to register at the Civilian Defense Volunteer Offlee board on the second floor at city hall. "A soon as we know who t he women are ,vho've registered and what they can and want to do," Mrs. Randall explained, "we will train them." Council Faces Many Routine Items Tonight~ '<' Dozens of routine ltell1l5 are sch eduled for t he regular meeting of the Portsmouth City coun cil which will be held at city hall at 7:30 p. m. according to commun ications received by City Cler k Edward J. Hopley today. Items will include 3. report on the conference with Federal Works officials at B•Jston on the revised sewerage, project from Superintenden t of S treets Nat S. Stevens; a report on the h istory of the old P ortsmouth a queduct from City r eports of t he hlghway and water Solicitor Oscar Neukom; quarterly departments. Oth er items will include the usual transfers of funds and pole locat10ns, a report on progress on the federal schools to be built and I-eased by the city and on progress on the construction of the addition to the Army and Navy building, a. request for traffic signs at Wentworth Acre approaches, and a request for use of the South Ward r oom. �fudge Henry A. Shute Of Exeter Has Most Enjoyed Writing Stories / dogs. "Scarcely a day passed, " said Judge Shute, "that there was not an explosive and ferocious dog• fight in the st,reet below.'' Mr. Shute usually sat at one of the front windows with his feet higher than his head while Judge Stickney napped in his chair in the background. However, at the sound of a dogfight, Judge Stickney was out of his chair, had his head out the window and was watching before Mr. Shute's feet had touched the floor. Exeter Judge '\\. ".:> Is 85 Monday Judge Henry A. Shute of Exeter, who will be 85-years-old Monday, today reminisced about his old teacher, Judge W. W. Stickney with whom he read law 62 years ago. Tall and gaunt, wearing a neat blue suit, Judge Shute sat in his office in the Exeter News Letter building on Water street. As he talked, he ran his fingers through his shock of unruly white hair. "Gory," he said, "I can't realize it myself. That I'm one of the oldest men in Exeter and as old as Judge Stickney was when he died." Judge Shute entered Judge Stickney's office in August, 1879 just after he had graduated from Harvard university. Then, although Judge Stickney was not active in Ms law practice because of ill health and his age, ha did handle cases for clients. "Some of them were the wealthier men in Exeter and believed impllcity in his honesty and ability." Judge Shute said. I Judge Henry A. Shute let him come in. I never had a dog and I kinda like him." "My Newfoundland dog insisted on accompanying me," Judge Shute From then on, the judge was the remembered. "He'd come to the of- dog's part:cular pet, said Judge fice with me every day. Shute, "the dog respected and loved "The entrance to the office, which the judge as much as I did myself. was in the Ranlet block, a brick That's a good deal." building which still stands on Water street, was a very dark stairway Awning Service along which one had to feel his way In those days there were no to successfully negotiate it." clot,h awnings on the stores but Mr. Shute, afraid that Judge along the entire width of the RanStickney migh t not welcome the ad- Jet block over the two stores on the dition of a Newfoundland dog to first floor there was a stiff wooden· the office force, tried to keep the awning which made it "very conpet at home, but," said the Judge, venient" for Mr. Shute to climb "Sooner or later every day the dog out on the window to enter the appeared at the door at the head next office building to visit some of the stairs. One day the door op- girl clerks. ened with the sound of leather In good weather the first thing boots and scrambling dogs' claws. Mr. Shute did he says was to open 1 Ju~ge Stickney lurched into the the window kl let th~ dog out on office on top of the dog, ran across the awning where he'd curl up and the roo~ and came up against an sleep, unless Judge Stickney in· old-fashioned glass-faced book- 1 sisted 011 taking the dog home. case." There was no damage to the judge Dogfight or the case or the dog, but Mr. At that time Judge Stickney spent Shute apologized to Judge Stickney considerable time napping in the and said he'd keep the dog out in o!fice. Now the Shutes were Qnly the future. one of many families who owned "Well, Henry," said Judge Stickney, "I guess you'd better Judge Shute's Dog RedCross Asks Nightgowns For~.,1\ EnglishChildren An appeal for workers to make night gowns for children in England was made today by Mrs. Mary E. Warner, executive secretary of the Portsmouth Chapter, American Red Cross. Mrs. Warner has a communication from the National headquarters, asking any chapter who can take on this additional work to do so. Mrs. Dwight Davis, Washington "Judge Stickney would say, Red Cross worker, recently made a. 'there ought to be a. law to pretrip to England and said when she vent dogfights,' but his pupil returned that children's night was sw·e he enjoyed the fight gowns were needed greatly, as much as his underling." Mrs. Warner's appeal is to any After leaving Judge Stickney's office, Hr. Shute opened one of his group who now Is allied with work own. He had passed the New Hamp- of the organization or to any social or neighborhood group who might shire bar exam in 1882. wish to help. Patterns and mater• Judge Shute says that while ials are provided by National headhe has practiced law fairly quarters. steadily for many years, he The quota will be 50 or multiples has been more interested in of 50 and if the local chapter re• writing stories about Exeter ceives sufficient ..support in this and "various peculiarities ot project, it will a.dd this to the already Exeter citizens, almost all ot extensive program now under way. whom have been called by their The night gowns, said Mrs. Warner, right names and treated in a will be made in sizes two to 12. spirit of humorous affection," Twenty of these books have been published, and he said today, "most of them have been very well received by the public." Some of his better-known books are "Real Diary of a Real Boy " "A Few Neighbors," "The Country Lawyer," "Pluoy," and "The Misadventur~s of Three Gooct, but Not Very Good Boys," Portsmouth - Air Raid Wardens Attend Opening Session Of Concord · Training School Several Portsmouth men, attending the first session in instruc Ion in the Air Raid Wardens school at Concord, last night heard Gov. Robert 0. Blood declare ''we hope to have an air raid warden for every 500 persons in New Hampshire. The people of New Hampshire are daily becoming more conscious of the lurking danger of being unprepared." Col. Melvin W. Rowell, State Department of Public Safety, spoke on the necessity of state wide or• ganlzatlon. "The suffering by civilian populations is greater than in the armed forces," he declared. "The 'safety of the clvlllans is in the hands of the air wardens, and leadersh ip is the prime qualification of an air warden. He must be able to direct the many branches of the civilian defense organization, with foresight and knowledge." Prof. Thurston J. Kalljarvi, addressing t he class of more than 400 persons from all parts of the state traced the history of war for 3,000 years a nd described t he present world wide catastrophe as based on production of arms. "Production," he stated, "is the keynote of war today. Production depends entirely upon the civilian population of the nations engaged in war. Today civilians are the target of warring nations, because they keep the troops moving." Attending this opening session from Portsmouth were: Frank J. Massey, chief air warden; Earl R. Elsea, deputy chief air warden; De• puty Air Wardens: Ross Stevens, Arthur I. Harriman, Shil·Jey B . Simpson, Joseph Stella, Edward Shaines, Manning Simpson, Brack S. Moody, Dr. Philip White, Regin• ald Kennard and John Scott. This group will attend the second session of the school Thursday evening. �'11 Juclge Henry A. Shute Celebrates 85th Birthday In Bed At Exeter Fellow Townsmen Remember 1 Th ei r Best-Loved Citizen' Judge Henry A. Shute, "Exeter's best-loved citizen," today celebrated his 85th birthday in bed. The judge had a slight attack of grippe yesterday and today was not well enough to get up. He is "improvIng" though, his daughter, Miss Nathalie Shute, said this morning. Judge Shute's fellow townsmen haven't forgotten his birthday. He received 85 roses from the Exeter brass band to which he has belonged for more than 50 years. Band secretary Henry Page and Manager Joe Curran were vieing for the honor of giving the bouquet to their beloved president. When Judge Shute was interviewed at his office Saturday, he said, "Oh, let's not talk about me. Let's talk about Judge Stickney!" He enjoyed telling about his association with the old judge when he was reading law in his office just after his graduation from Harvard in 1879. He also remembered other lawyers whom he knew at that time and who attained more than local fam'l. Among them were ~n. Gilman Marston and Judge JOS!'!Ph F. Wiggin, who left Exeter and opened an office in Boston. His son sitll practices in Boston, and occasionally, •'to the great pleasure of local lawyers, comes to Exeter for business in the Pro- 1 bate Court." Another, remembered I Judge Shute, was Alva Wood. Judge Shute's son, Richard E. Shute is present judge of probate. He has two grandsons, Richard, 17, now a senior at Phillips Exeter academy from which the grandfather was graduated in 1875, and Henry, "an exceedingly lively little scamp, five years old!" Since the death of Mrs. Shute in February, 1941, his daughter Nathalie, has been managing household affairs for her father at the home on Pine street. Miss Shute had been a music teacher at a school for boys in Cornwall, Conn., far 22 years before she ca.me home to be with her The new Exeter directory is dMifather. cated to Judge Henry A. Shute, "Exeter's best-loved citizen." I Postoffice Needs More Loading Space Hickey Declares y) I Overcrowded loading and unload- , ing conditions in the reaJ.' of the Portsmouth Postoffice on Church street have been called to the attention of the Postmaster General by Pos tmaster Peter J. Hickey. Mr. Hickey has reported that the presetnt location of the postoffice has been outgrown because of the huge increase in mail in this defense area and that use of the present location not only delays mail facilities but tends to partially block I a city ,stree __t_._ _ _ __ I Income Tax Offic~-wl Needs More Room Complications of the new income tax returns have resulted in a request for more office room from Peter M. Gagne, collector of internal revenue here. Mr. Gagne will have I to increase his personnel by a number of persons and has requested Postmaster Pet-e-r J. Hickey for the added space. Because of the present crowded condition of the second floor of the Federal building, this has created a serious problem. Portsmouth ·women Learn Of Defense C1' ~ The Rockingham ballroom was crowded yesterday afternoon by women who had come to listen - to seven other women tell them what their part in national defense would be and also to get their own special assignments. Seated on the platform were Mrs. Frank Randall, chairman of the Women's di.vision of the Portsmouth Defense council, Mrs. Harry Moore, vice chairman, Mrs. Arthur Rinehart, ward 1 chairman; Mrs. Arthur Baum, ward 2 chairman; Mrs. Florence Cummings, ward 3 chairman: Mrs. Clinton Kingsbury, ward 4 chairman; and Mrs. Philip White, ward 5 chairman. To open the meeting, Mrs. Randall gave a few "right-down-to-theground facts." Then Mrs. Clarence Sanborn led the singing of America with Mrs. E. Bliss Marriner at the piano. Three of the women, Mrs. Randall , Mrs. Kingsbury and Mrs. White had taken intensive training at the women's defense school in Gilford that they might teach others what to do "if Hitler comes with his bombs." "It's worthwhile being ready," they declared, "even if there's only one chance in a thousand or a million of this happening." They emphasized that Portsmouth women need to be prepared to minimize the disaster of air raids. The state has set up an organization which ls co-ordinated with the na· tlonal organization. which much be put out by sand, never by water; that attics should be cleared of rubbish as rubbish makes too good fuel. Plans must be made for care of children, invalids, on getting information as to how many are in each house. Word will be sent from neighbor to neighbor by a grapevine. plan in emergency. All women were urged to register at the Civilian Defense office ' in the second story of the city hall building and tell In what capacity they would be willing to serve. Mrs. Alice Sullivan and Mrs. Jessie Hemm are in charge of this office. Mrs. Baum urged "Conservation, Simplification, Substitution, Salvage.'' All should save old paper, rags, scrap iron. Call the Salvation Army or Rev. Frederick Olsen instead of burning rubbish, she said, because "Trash is cash ." In closing, Mrs. Harry Moore emphasized that she believed in material defense but the home front is more important than the military. "We must prove prayer the impregnable defense and without bitterness nor fear. Be strong in the Lord." Mrs. Allee L. Sullivan, director of the Portsmouth Civilian defense office, was assisted by the following women at yesterday's mass I meeting of the Women's defeuse council: Mrs. Harry L. Moore, Mrs. John Grossman and Mrs. Mildred Pentheny, all of whom helped to regisWhat Portsmouth's Doing ter volunteers for emergency work. What is Portsmouth doing? Mrs. Sullivan said today that the Frank W. Remick was appointed material on "do's and "don'ts" of chairman of the Portsmouth Coun- air raids and blackout information cil for Defense by Governor Blood. Is available at her office in city Ralph May is chairman of the I hall and . will b~ given to anyone Public Safety of the division, Wil- 1 who applies for 1t. Posters also are liam Walton, vice chairman. The [ available. U. S. Army has charge of air raid • warnings; Air warden, Frank Mas- 1 sey; vice, Earl Elsea; auxiliary police, Leonard H. Hewitt and Thomas , J. Downs; auxiliary fire, Fire Chief ' George T. Cogan; Red Cross Disaster committee; John Seybolt, RI• chard Chase; blackout, Morris Foye. Harry Peyser had charge of getting the Civilian Defense office in shape. These men also have been to school for special training. I Irs. Philip White said that those h igh-up in understanding of the situation believe an air raid is a possibility, even a probbillty. "We are sending supplies to Halifax, to be convoyed to England. Hitler could come over with his airplane carriers a.ml cut off this source of supplies and he would not over- look New England. He has had his pictures of Halifax and the New England coast, made, not for fun, but for use." Portsmouth women were told about three kinds of bombs, especially about the incendiary kind �Portsmouth's List Of Artists, • IS• hed All d D IS• tlnPU b 1\ T.. umerous JV °" f\ ' · Local Store Windows Display Paintings out, however, "How unfortunatenot a single building In the city where an eXhibic might be hung properly-although Portsmouth is famous for its beautiful architecture I ;h:~h P.art t of the cultural heritag~ e m ed States. The library of .courn~ requiras more space 'r01· books, as well as a place for exhibits of an educational and cultural nature." i In Observance Of National Art U7eek This is National Art week ... and to show that it appreciates the significance of the occasion, Portsmouth is conducting an art gallery on the main streets of the city. The works of local artists is being exhibited in store windows. For instance, down at French's you'll see an oil painting by Gertrude Priest Clarke, called the "HurdyGurdy Girl" and loaned by Mrs. Oliver Priest. John Benson of Kittery is reprc- of Representatives in Washington. sented by a.n oil painting, "Ships She has received honorable mention of Columbus" in the window of the for portraits from the Connecticut academy, Springfield Art league, Gas company. Mr. Benson, often Ogunquit Art association. She is a called a "self-made" artist, is best member of the National association known for his marine paintings. of women Painters and Sculptors. Dorothy Sturgis Harding of Little He has painted eight large murals for Oceanic hall in the American Harbor road has loaned one of her museum of Natural History, New original book plate designs In pen York City and '·The Travelers" and ink and a plate of eight printed which Is owned by the Boston mu- designs. These are at the Anchorage seum of Fine Arts. During this Gift shop. Mrs. Harding studied in week he has an exhibition of his Boston at the Windsor school and work at the Guild of Boston AT- Boston museum. She has designed bookplates for Mrs. Franklin D. t.ist •1 in Bc.,ton, Mass. Next door in Duncan's Jewelry Roosevelt, Sir Wilfred Grenfel and s.t{.•re is & pas tel entitled "Sea Alfred T. Fuller. There are reprePoint" by Miss Mary Harris. Mis; sentative groups of her work In the .,_Tarris is an art instructor of pri- Print department of the Metropolivate classes and she also assisted tan museum of New York and the on the Cl?mmittee in arranging this British museum. The Portsmouth Herald office display for National Art Week in window displays an oil painting, Portsmouth. Landscape," by Ruth Gladys Brannigan, known in "Pennsylvania Chalmers, local art supervisor in Portsmouth for her murals in the E. the public schools. Miss Chalmers Junior High school auditorium, Is studied at the Massachusetts School represented by the oil painting en- of Art, Boston, and at the Pennsyltitled, "Portsmouth from New vania State College Summer school Castle." Miss Brannigan also paint- under Hobson Pittman. She Is a ed the murals in the historic Liver- member of the Springfield Art more house, now occupied by Rear league. Admiral Douglas E. Dismukes, USN, One of Portsmouth's younger ar• ret., and Mrs. Dismukes. She tists, Miss Mary Stevens, has a wa., tudied at the Corcoran Art school, ter color painting In Jarvis resNational academy of Design, ATts taurant window. It Is a vivid porS ' udlo !~ague in New Yelrk and trait called "Ti!" which, she said, has traveled and studied abroad. she did from imagination. Miss SteShe Is a member of the New York vens took courses at the Vesper society of artists and has received I George School of Art, Boston. a number of prizes in national exHassett's has on exhibit a pastel hlbitions. by Miss Betty Travis who Is now an Gray's Wallpaper store contains art and music supervisor. She Is a designs in harmonious colors graduate of Keene Normal school. painted in tempera on illustration ·Hassett's Is also showing several board by Miss Frances Grace, who is also an employe Qf the store. etchings and a pencil sketch loaned These designs are used for needle by Miss Mary Harris. work or tapestries ior wall hangings The High school and Junior High or furniture covering. school students have contributed The group of wash drawings in drawings and paintings which octhe window of the Consolidation cupy a window In Gray's Wallpaper Coal Co. Is the work of Miss Helen I store. Several of their posters ai·e in Pearson. According to experts, these the Gardner Insurance office winare amazing for their accuracy of dow. rendering in light and shade, The First honorable mention for th~ drawings are the originals from most outstanding drawing or paintwhich the illustrations for the book, Ing submitted for National Art week "Vignettes of Portsmouth," were by the students, goes to Therese made. Jette, of Greenland, for her paintThe painting of "Chicho," a little ing called ''Isolation." Second place Mexican boy, by Susan Ricker Knox, was given to Arthur Ricker for his Is most typical of the type of work pencil study of a boat on shore, and done by this Portsmouth-born ar- third place to Arthur Rouner, grade tist. It is loaned from the art room 7, for his colored pencil drawing at the Senior High school. Miss of the Rodeo ·at Boston Garden. Knox studied at the Philadelphia :Portsmouth can give itself a pat academy, also In New York and on the back. Talent and work of high Europe. She is best known for her &tandard is greatly in evidence paintings of the immigrants on among the selections in this week's Ellis island, which were hung ih exhibition, Miss Chalmers, art the Committee room at the House teacher In the public schools, points I Air Wardens Taught To Build Shelters Portsmouth's Senior Air Warden group received detailed instructions in the construction of an air raid shelter during the second session of the Air Warden School in Concord last evening. The class wa.s taught by Frank L(oyd of St. Pa~l's School and a giactuate. of the Au- Raid Precaution School m Massachusetw. Motimi pictures of an actual air raid on London were shown to the class. Those attending from Portsmouth were: Frank J. Massey, .::hie! air warden; Earl R. Elsea, deputy chief air warden; Senior Air Wardens Ross Stevens, Edward Shaines, Arthur I. Harriman, John Scott, F'ra.nk W. Randall, Marland Knowles, Joseph Itella, John McDonough, Manning Simpson and Brack S. MOOdy. Also attending were the following ward chairwoman of Portsmouth's Woman's Defense Division: Mrs Clinton R. Klng.sbury, Mrs. Frank W. Randall and Mrs. Philip White. Parents Urged To Have Children Fingerprinted Sgt. Herbert F. Gray Of State Police Explains Plan At Rotary Club Session Sergeant Gray also mentioned the Sgt. Herbert F. Gray of the State Police department urged parents to use of teletype which increases sanction the finger printing of their the efficiency of the police work children when the plan to take In the state and told how some runthese fingerprints for civilian iden- away boys were returned to their tification is put in practice In the homes In Pennsylvania within a state. short time after they were locatSpeakilig before the Rotary club, ed In this state. The teletype exhe told of the value of finger print- tends as far as Ohio. ing, not only in criminal work but I The two divisions, traffic and also in identification of missing identificaLion, were explained by the persons. officer, who described the work "You men carry positive Identifi- In each. cation in your fingertips," he said. Urging Thanks Living, in addition Sergeant Gray stressed the im- to Thanksgiving, Rev. William Safportance of radio in the Troopers' ford Jones, spoke briefly In observwork. ance of Thanksgiving. A less familiar phase which he "I think the best way to brought out was that of an acobserve Thanksgiving ls not by cident on the highway In the ea1·ly saying to yourself and to othmorning hours, when by stepping ers 'thank Heavens I am so J1to the state car, communicamuch better off than my neightion can be made with headquarbor or that I have received durters to send a doctor, ambulance ing the past year all these beneor whatever assistance Is necesfits.' The best way is more than sary. thanksgiving, it is Thanks livBefore the two-way radio was ing. It is not by your words you installed, he said, it would have are 1·eal1y judged. It Is by what been necessary, If a trooper was you do." alone, to wait until a motorist The meeting next week will be / came a.long. cancelled, because the regular date is a holiday, I �50 Items Of Business Keep City Council Busy Body Speed s Through Long Routin e List In Little Over An Hour h I4 Portsmouth's city council transReferred to the F inance comacted 50 items of business in little \ mittee a r equest from Harbor Masmore than an hour at city hall last ter John W .. Downs, 126 Daniels night, when it: street, for_ r eimbursement on deFiled for the record a telegram fense duties p erformed f_or _the received from t he FWA Oct. 24 city; heard a report on lus v1sll.s advising that $40,000 had been al- I to such harbors as Norfolk, New located for construction of a recre- ' Haven, New London and Newport ational center aL the Army-Navy j News during his summer vacation, building. Referred to the street light com/f!ccepted with regret the resigna- l mittee a petitio~ _from E'.annaway tion of Mrs. Fay c. Ganter, 101 Manor for permISsion to install 25 Chapel street, as a trustee of the street lights there and to transfer Portsmouth public libarary. locations of two more. . . Also accepted with regret the Also rcf~rrecl w. the com~ruttee resignation of Douglas E. Dismukes on street !Ights petitions for 1llum~ a library trustee. . , / / ination of Myrtle avenue, Porpoise ~ ~ef_erred to t~e City Lands ancl way, Mai-ne avenue and Junkins Buildmgs committee a communica- avenue. ~ion from _L ester W. Davis ,~ho ls Filed the quarterly repor ts of the mterestecl m prope1·ty on ~slmgton water department and the highway street_ taken over for unpaid taxes. departmen t a.s submitetd by the !iled a telegram from 1\1. E. Board of Street commis.si~ners. Gilmore st.a.ting· th at the fedMade $300 aavilable for construceral gove~nment wouill base its tion of a sewer on Brackett road. rental prices for the proposed Authorized purchase of a $75.31 school~ at P:i,nnaway Manor _an,d typewriter for the city clerk. Ai!~~hc Height on the city s Made $4,420.35 available to pay a 1 1 Y to pay. for the steel bleachers erected at Reft:rr~d to the Boal'd of Street Alumni field on Parrott avenue. comnuss_1oners a r~quest from ErAllocated $624.50 for five fire nest ~llson, housmg manager at alarm boxes. ~entWioth Acres, for stop and slow Made $15,000 available for the s1~i1S at the en_trances to Kearsarge new aerial ladder truck. st1eet, M!l.ple,vood avenue and Voted $800 to purchase a car for Woodbury avenue. . • , Fire Chief George T. Cogan. Filed a l ·eques t f rom R obert Mar. vin, Norman E. Rand, trustees, that Transferred ~150 from cont111ge11t hours of operating pool rooms not tu1;cts for repairs on a city-owned be extended to 12 o'clock· later bmld~g on Marcy street. laid on the table an ordinance . Revis·ed a previously-passed parkwhich would hav<' done 50 mg ordinance to make it specify Filed a communication fr~m City "parking violations." Solicitor Oscar Neukom detailing Made 5500 available for "parking the histoi·y of Portsmouth's water exp~ses."_-this in?ludes fixin g works from 1891 to 1941. parking Imes and signs. Filed another report from Solie!Unanimously revised another tor Neulcom stating that he had section of the parking ordinsecured rights of way necessarv an ce to limit allocation of fun ds for construction of a Central from fines to fi xing parking avenue sewer. lines ancl signs and to remove Filed a 1·equest from the Portsthe section which woul cl have mouth Merchants bureau for $350 enabled contributions to the to pay for a sign erected at the policemen's benefit funcl. intersection of Lafayette road and Passed the third and final readthe I_n terstate highway; later ap- ing of an ordinance which will propnatecl the money. make legal remodelling of the Filed a report from :vi. E. Frank Jones estate into an apartWitmer, secretary of the Portsme nt house. mouth P lanning board, th at the Voted Lo ask the Board of Street board . i~ studying . action of commis.sioners to investigate ''the oth_er _c1hes on esta~l•s~mcnt of water situation on Piere~ island" :~a•_le1 camps wit.Jun t heir after Councilwoman Mrs. Mary C. 1 1 m ts. . Dondero had reported complaints Authonzed Mayor St., ;wart E. from a woman out there who would Rowe to sign necessary papers to like a wafer pipe connected into h er return two pieces of land to the city-owned house. Piscataqua Savings bank. Referred to the Board of street Filed a bill from Metcalf & a "me-election comEddy, hired as engineers to in- commissioners plaint" from a person on State vestigate Portsmouth water sources street who threatens to sue Lhe city for survey services amounting ot unles.s something i , clone about. a $113,34; later apprQpriated funds to t.ree which "is damaging her pay it. house." . Filed a report from John W. DurReque.;ted the Board of Street gm thatthe Sherburne avenue sewer for Pannaway Manor had cost commissioners to fix the bolts on all parking stands after Councilman $28,9_09.55 or $4,056.58 more than prev1ous_ly bad been allocated; later William H. Palfrey reported those appropnatect, $4,056.58 to make up on Vaughan street were "tearing lots of clothes." the differnece. Referred to the Parking committee problems on Penhallow and I Islington streets. I I I (Portsmouth Her ald P hoto) I INSPECTING SHEAVGS ATOP MEMORI AL BRIDGE-Division I Engineer Ralph L. Kimball, New Hampshire State Highway department, and C. P. Morse, engineering inspector of the Wadd ell ancl Ha1·desty engineering firm, shown inspecting the axle of one of the sh eaves which was installed recently atop the towers of the Memorial bridge. \ I Auto Is • ts wOrr I•es ove r. V), '}I I / Bridge Repa·rs Complete With the exception of an occa- dents, before the bridge will be t ied sional inspection trip and regular up again. C. P. Morse, engineer and inriver traffic the Memorial bridge spector for the Waddell and Harwill probably be open to vehicular desty engineering firm which built traffic without any undue delays the bridge, recently made an infor several years, Division Engineer spection trip of the bridge with Mr. Ralpl L. Kimball lndicated today. Kimball and pronounced the strucBeginning last September the ture in perfect shape. motorist's problem was an odd one for he never was quite- sure whether he could make his Portsmouth train or his navy yard job on time. Two new sheaves had to be installed at Group Assists . #f'. the New Hampshire end of the bridge and due to rain and fog it In Registration For took the engineers some 10 days to 1 perform the operation. , Civilian Defense Work Following the installation of the Mrs. Jes.sie S. Hemm, assistant disheaves came the stringing of 16 new cables. Eight uphaill and eight rector of the Portsmouth Civilian downhaul cables had to be put in ' Defense office, said today that the following women have helped regplace. Because of government priorities ister volunteers in the office during and red tape the cables did not the past week. Each woman h a.s arrive in time to be installed while given several hours of the day lo the sheaves were being installed. the work: Mrs. Edith Grossman, Mrs. Mil· They arrived nearly two weeks later dred Pentheny, Mrs. Margaret and have been strung lately. Now the work is nearly complete. Houle, Miss Inez Walker and Miss All that remains to be done is to Virginia Drew. coat the new cables with oil. A job that is done every time that the bridge ls raised and lowered. Sheaves were installed on the Maine side of the bridge in 1932 and new ca.hies were installed more recently. Viewing all these improvements and repairs the engineers say ; it will be some time, barring acci- I �Officials Investigate Blaze In Which Three ere Rescued Attempt Made To Councilman Wood's Office Near Other Blaze Miss Marion Davis Trapped In Back Room And Severely Burned Possibi lities of arson in connection with a blaze last night at the Piscataq ua apartments was revealed today when City Councilman Edgar F. Wood reported to police and fir~ officials that an attempt had been made last nig ht to fire his business offices at 65 Bow street, only a few doors away from the Piscataqua apartments at 93 Bow street. When Councilman Wood opened up his office this morn ing he found that burning newspaper had been thrust through fhe letter box and had blistered the paint inside the door. Partly burned newspapers were on the floor. As windows of the apartment occ;upied by Miss Marion T. Davis, where fire broke out last night, are easily reached from the sidewalk, police and fire officials are investigating the possibility today that burning par,ers were thrust in her window and started the serious fire. Miss Davis told Fire Chief George T. Cogan this mornin g that she was awakened by crackling flames and rushing from her bedroom foun the kitchen ablaze. Fire blocked the doorway to the street and she was severely burned crossing the room in an attempt to reach the stairs lea ding down to the boi ler room and out through the rear. Driven on by the intense heat, she fled to the back sitting room where firemen rescued her. floor at the front of the builcUng, Three Portsmouth persons were flames had trapped Miss Davis In saved from death by fire last night the rear room where she had her oecause three others had been head out the window to avoid the killed in Portsmouth's worst auto- choking smoke. Below her was a m obile accident last Monday night. three story drop to the Piscataqua Miss Marion T. Davis, 63, was river bank. carded from her burning apartment Paint was blistering on the door at 93 Bow street and Mrs. Peter frame of Miss Davis' paper littered Monflouse and her 10-year-old son, room before a drenching hose line Peter, were rescued by neighbors in the small kitchen enabled firebecause Mrs. Anna L. Lee, her men to get through. daughter, Pearl, and a friend, Fred Acting Second Assistant Engineer Chandler, had just left their home Frederick T . Crompton, Capt. Franat 99 Bow street to see the wreckage cis Quinn and Firemen Ernest Weeks of the death car at Hislop's garage. and John Weston finally reached As the Lees were passing the the woman and carried her to safeDavis apartment, flames broke ty. through the windows. They soundChief Cogan had summoned the ed the alarm. Portsmouth Police ambulance and . Miss Davis was taken to the PortsFiremen said ~-second morel mouth hospital where she was given wou~d hav~ proved fatal for Miss emergency treatment by Dr. Lester Dav15 • R Whitaker who pronounced her Today the rescued woman is at · ' _ __ _ the Portsmouth hospital under burns as "very serious." treatment for severe burns on the Mrs Montflouse and her son were head, face and arms. Hospital offi• · cials said she would recover. rescued near the front door after they had made their way down the stairs from the second-floor apartVictim Trapped by Flames When firemen entered the burn- ment directly over Miss Davis', ing apartment which ls on the street Savell By Accidem Officials Seek Cause Of rv Bow St. Fire"'' Police and fire officials were still investigating the two Bow street fires today in an effort to determine the possible causes. In the case of the fire beside the door of the offices of City Councilman Edgar F. Wood at 65 Bow street, Fire Chief Kicks In Front Door George T. Cogan said that it might Arthur Gagnon, working late at have been the work of small boys. Memorial bridge office next door, Miss Marton T. Davis, severely heard the screams of the Lees and burned at the $2,000 fire at the Pisran to the assistance of Mr. Chand- cataqua apartments Tuesday night, ler who was trying to get in the was resting more comfortably at front door. Mr. Gagnon had his eye- the Portsmouth hospital today. Albrows singed when he kicked in the though the cause of the blaze which front door. swept the kitchen of her apartment The two men with Miss Lee, is still undetermined, she reported assisted Mrs. Monflouse, who had to officials that it might have been been confined to her bed by illness caused by wiring. for many months, out of the smoke Debris of the fire was being filled hall . cleaned Up today and Andr.ew JarDamage was estimated at $2,000. vis, owner of the block, was making Cause of the blaze was undeter- arrangement for repairs. mined. Quick work on the part of the firemen confined the fire to the front section where it started and rotted beams of the 150-year-old three story brick structure were ripped away to check the blaze which had just begun to work up into the second floor partition. Huge clouds of smoke rolled out when firemen ventilated the vacant third floor. Superintendent of Fire Alarms William I. Randall clipped live electric wires at the front of the building which were endangering fireNecessary funds will be provided men and later installed gasoline powered flood lights to aid firemen. by the Portsmouth City council to construct a table and install telel\Iade Home There Nine Years phone service at the Portsmouth Miss Davis, who was a canvasser, Report center which the Portshad lived in the apartment, which mouth Defense council ls setting was once used by her father as a up. photographic shop, for about nine Chairman Frank C. Remick and years. She is _well known to thou- I Gerald D. Foss of the defense counsands .o~ _residents of Portsmouth cil explained to the city council and v1cm1ty where sJ:ie has sold last night that a suitable room had stocking and back copies of news- been donated in the First National papers and magazines which she Bank building, and necessary chairs kept in the apartment for years. provided. Mr. Monflouse who operates a A carpenter has volunteered to small re~taurant at Epping wa~ a_way build the ,six by 13½ foot table, but at the tune as was hi~ son W1l11am, $15 is needed for materials, Mr. 18, who works with him. Foss explained. Mr. Remick ev. Henry Walker, hoseman of ~n- plained that telephones for the g'.ne One was sent for n~edical center where calls for help are retr_eatment after r~nlng a nail into ceived and aid dispatched in time hts ~oot while fighting the blaze. of emergency are needed but that . Ch1~f Cogan planned a further no funds are available. mvest1gat1on today to try to deterAlthough the council could not mme the cause of the blaze. . authorize funds without a resoluHundreds of Portsmouth residents tion it voted its appro al of both tm·ned out for the bell alarm and ' v lined the embankment opposite as c~sts an~ assured the defense counfiremen battled the flames. Smoke cil that 1t could go ahead and ~he from the fire drifted over the hill necessary funds would be supphed and was clearly noticeable in city when and a~ needed. hall where the city council and The council also passed a unaniboard of street commissioners were IJ?,O~s vo~e of confidence and appremeeting. ciation m the work which Chairman Remick and his volunteers have done. City To Provide· Funds For Defense Report Center I �8\ Red Cross Workers Seek Council Votes Twice-Water Question Still Up To Board w To End Work This Week Y\ ,'}.\ V) I The Portsmouth Red Cross roll Mrs. W Lovecla)'., Mrs. Vincent Tac· 11 is continuing with officials oetta and. Maw·1ce Robinson. ca Capt. M1&s Annie Chapman; workhoping to wind up the main part ers: Mrs. Harold Blake, Mrs. of the drive by the end of t.he week. Charles Barutio, Mrs. James NoseAccording to first reports of some worthy and Mrs. Earl Pace. of the workers the response has Capt. Mts. Mary Hazzard; work• been better than last year. The ers: Mrs. Julia Grilfln , Mrs. Cathgoal set for Portsmouth is 6,000 erlne Mahoney, Mrs. Edna Thomp• membership or it equivalent. son, Mrs. Laura Maynard, Mrs. Workers in the residential dis- Philip Sitnderson, Mrs. Maud Roustrict are striving to obtain as many seau, Mrs. Mabel Trafton, Mrs. 100% homes as possible. This spe- John Dolan and Mrs. Hazel Harclal 100% placard goes to each home mon. where Its occupants have all joined Capt. Mrs. Hymai1 Freiman; the American Reel Cross. workers: Mrs. Horace Locklin, Mrs. Mrs. Nat Stevens and Mrs. Wil- Phillip Carlson, Mrs. A. J . Daigle, lis G. Symoncls are co-chairmen Mt·s. J. D. Carty, Mrs. Louis Brad• of the residential cllstrict. Their bard, Mrs. F. H. Critchley and Mrs. captains and workers Include the H. A. Paterson. following: Capt Mrs. Herbert Anderson; Capt. Mrs. B. F. Beane; workers: workers: Mrs. John Braun. Mrs. Mrs. Fred Caswell, Mrs. E. J. Guild, Irving Hanscom, Mrs. Robert TraMrs. J. Ii Jacobsmeyer , Mrs Benj. quair and Mrs. Clarence Wood• Singer, Mrs. Violet Small and Mrs. bury. Harold Swasey. Capt. Mrs. E. B. Marriner; workCapt. Mrs. W. W . Scott; work- ersc: Mrs. James Culberson, Mrs ers: MI·s. Richard Hall, Mrs. A. E. Chas. Davidson, Mrs. Earl Seekins Peters, Mrs. John E. Seybolt and and Mrs. Rolfe Banister. Mrs. Claude Wilson. capt. Mrs. Perley Storer; worker: Co-Captains: Mrs. S. M. Cohen Mrs. A. c. Graves. and Mrs. M. Nannis; workers: Mrs. • M . E C ·t' Matthews· Benj. Golaberg and Mrs. Wm. Cap.. 1s. • ur is , Hirshberg. workers: Mrs. Albert Hunt, Miss Capt. Mrs. Allen deRochemont; \ Hattie Oxford and Mrs. Frederick workers: Mrs. Charles Beaton and Matthews. Mrs. Robert Moulton. Capt. Mrs. Henry R. Reuther; worlrers: Mrs. A. Richard Chase, I Mrs. R. K. Marr, Mrs. J. W. Noel and Mrs. Kenneth SLcacly. Capt. Mrs. Ralph W. Eaton; workers: Mrs. James Jameson, Mrs. Alice Lee, Miss May Kingsbury ancl Mrs. Margurelte O'Brien. Capt. Mrs. Haven Paul; workers: Mrs. F. E. Cushman, Mrs. E. Elliott, I New Ladder Truck Due Tomorrow, The Portsmouth fire clepartment's new aerial ladder truck will arrive tomorrow according to Chief George T . Cogan. Purchase of the new aerial ladder apparatus was authorized by the City council last ,spring but government priorities have delayed delivery. However, Portsmouth's needs for a new truck as the city is a vital defense center were recognized and the additional piece of apparatus for the fire department has been rushecl through. Tests will be ma.de in three or four days as soon as the truck is assembled. G. A. Trefethen ,/, NamedCashier Of 1st National Bank George A. Trefethen, assistant cashier at the First National bank, was promoted to cashier at a meeting of the Beard of Directors yesterday, to fill the vacancy caused by the resign<itlon of Benjamin M. Hartshorn. Mr. Trefethen will assume his new position Dec. 15, the date that Mr Hartshorn takes the position of vice-president of the National Rockland Bank of Boston. Mr. Trefethen is a native of this city where he attended the local schools, graduating from the Portsmouth High school an then attending Bryant aud Stratton Business School in Boston. He became connected with the First National bank in 1917. He is married to the former Miss Mary Murray and the couple has a daughter, Frances Trefethen. Mayor Stev•art E. Rowe twice broke a council deadlock last night to refer Portsmouth's recurring water sources problem to the Board of Street commissioners. Councilman Frederick P. Gardner opened the cliscussion when he moved that \the council accept and act on a planning board recommendation to request the State Planning and De,,.clopment commission to obtain from the National Resources board a report on Portsmouth's water resources. "At a previous meeting," the councilman explained, "the council voted to ask the US Geologic survey to do such a job fot the city. "But," he sole!, "we were to contact the Boston office. It just does surface work. The New York office does undergrouncl surveying. "Moreover," he informed the council, "the ci~y clerk got mixed up with action taken by the Board of Street commissioners, thought they were going to do the same thing and didn't write the Boston office." "So," continued Councilman Gardner, "we can get the National Resources Planning board, which can get all sorts of help, to do the job right. It can get the New York office of the USGS." "Does It cost any money?" asked Councilman William H. Palfrey. "No," said Councilman Gardner. "I second the motion," said Councilman Palfrey. At this point Councilwon:ian Mary C. Dondero objected to the council doing what the planning board recomn:ended because the council is the city government, "after all,'. and "we started to do it and why shoulcln't we go ahead as we voted before?" "This time.' said Councilman Gardner in rebuttal, "we can do It right." "I move," moved Councilman Lewis M. McNeil, "that since water comes under the Board of Street commissioners, we have nothing to do with it." Councilman Walter R. Harvey agreed with Councilman Mc~ell. "I understand," charged Councilman Palfrey, "that the Board or Street commissioners is going to wash its hands of the water question." "It is not how we get the report," said Councilmfm Garclner, "It's just that we as a council ought to have the information." After discovt'ring whose motion had precedence, Mayor Stewart E. Rowe allowed a vote on Councilman Gardner's recommendation that the Naticnal Resources Planning board be asked to survey Portsmouth water ources. It went down thus on roll call vote: Garclner, yes: Hersey, no; Katkin, yes; Wood, yes; Dondero, no; Harvey, no; McNeil, n o; and Palfrey, yes. , Mayor Rowe voted n o to break the tie. When Mrs. Dondero moved t hat the matter be referred to the Board o! Street commissioners, her motion went over thus: Gardner, no; Hersey, yes; Katkin, no; Wood, no; Dondero, yes; Harvey, yes; McNeil, yes; and Palfrey, no. This time Mayor Rowe voted yes to break the tie. "I'm not thinking of election whe:n I vote," he said. So Portsmouth's water problem still Is up to the Board of Street commissioners. Bomb Demonstration Given Ai r Wardens At Concord '{\•iS" Actual clemonstrations as to the right and wrong manner of extingulshing lncendiory bombs were given to more than 400 air wardens from all sections of the state by Theodore Gunn in Concord, last night. Assembled In the open area In the rear of the State Library the group learned that a steady stream of water acted as a re-aaent on the bomb, causing it to b;rn violently. The same action occurred when the bomb was sprayed with carbon tetrachloride, soda-acid, foam, and carbon dioxide, all common fire extinguisher liquids. A. Clifford Hudson, chairman of the Auxlliary Fireman's division of the N. H. State Council of Defense gave detailed reports on fires that affected national defense which have occured In 1941. Those attending the third session of the Air Raid Prevention School from Portsmouth were: Chi f A' eo ir Wa_rdeni Frank J. Massey, Dvputy ~hief ~ Warden, Earl R. Elsea, Semor Air War~ens, Ross Stevens, Arthur J. Harnman, Ed• ~ d ~raines, Joseph S~lla, Mang mpson, Dr. Philip White, Shirley Simpson, Reg\nald Kennard, Brack J. Moody and Walter Miner. • The fourth session will be on Fri• day In the Hall of Representatlver at the State House. �Chamber Of Commerce 1.3 Members To Dine Dec. ri ,1,., The Organization dinner of the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce to which the membership will be invited wlll be held on Wednesday, Dec. 3, it wa!i announced today, by Frederick D. Gardner, chairman of the organizing committee. Decision to coclud,e the campaign on this date was made by the committee at its report luncheon held at the Hotel Rockingham yesterday. Decision was made on the basis of the larger number of prominent conoe;ns that have already applied for membership. Memberships now total 110 with considerably more than half of the budget subscribed. Another report meeting of the volunteers who are working on this civic project will be held Monday noon at the RockIngham hobel. Chairman Gardner has appointed Stowe Wilder, J. D. Hartford and Eugene Cummings to act with him In formulating plans for the dinner. The workers are going to make every effort to contact as many as possible of the remaining concerns before this meeting. ny concern or Individual who has not already been contacted and who wishes to apply for membership can help the committ~ by advising the Chamber of Commerce office Tel. 480 of his desire to Join. The list of memben to date follows: Albert's Men's Shop M. P . Alkon & Company American Cafe The Anchorage A & P Super Market Army & Navy Store Atherton's Badger Farms' Creameries Ben's Auto Body Repair Company Samuel R. Blaisdell Bond Jewelry Company Boxer's Furniture Store Boynton Bottling Works Brooks Motor Sales R. M. Bruce Frank D. Butler The Canteen Chadwick & Trefethen Chase's Chick's Motor Company Coleman & Taccetta Consolidation Coal Company Coussoule Bros. Demarais' Restaurant Wm. E. Dennett Company DeWitt Hotel Diamond Match Company Dlnnerman's Super Market Eastman Cleaners Eva's Shoppe Everybody's Store Family Clothing Store Fashion Shoppe G . B. French Company Gardner Agency Glazier & Fox J. Goldstein Filling Station Goodman's Men's Shop Granite State Fire Insw·ance Compar.y W. T. Gray & Company John H. Greenaway Grossman & Sherman Halprin & Son Has.sett's Music Shop Hislop Garage Company Hobbs Insurance Agency Hoyt's Stationery Store Hulibard's Inc. l Jack & Jill Shop Walter S. Jackson Company Jarvis Cafeteria & Tea Room Katkin Flower Shop Kearsarge Hotel Kennard Agency Inc. Kimball's Mill Remnant Store Margeson's Philip Mccaffery McCarthy Flower Shop Mccue Motor Sales R. D. McDonough & Company D. H. McIntosh Montgomery Ward & Company C. R. Moulton The Morley Company Moulton's Candy Shop J. J. Newberry Company New England Tel. & Tel. Company New Hampshire Gas & Electric Company New Hampshire National Bank Noel's Bootery Ouellette's Paras Bros. E. L, Paterson & Son Paterson's Paint Store L. L. Peavey Company Inc. F . D. Perkins Piscataqua River Towing Company Piscataqua Savings Bank Portsmouth Buick Company Portsmouth Flower Shop Portsmouth Gas Company Portsmouth Hardware & Plumbing Supply Company Inc. Portsmouth Herald Portsmouth Ice & Coal Company Portsmouth Mattress Company Portsmouth Motor Mart Portsmouth Paper Company Portsmouth Savings Bank Portsmouth Window Cleaning Company Rand-Pickering Express, Inc. Rockingham Hotel E. A. Rollins & Sons Opticians Sha!nes Boot Shop · Simpson Bros. John Sise & Company Fred C. Smalley & Sons Company Inc. Strawberry Bank Print Shop Thorner's Oyster House Taber's Inc. C. E. Trafton Agency Reginald M. Trafton B. M. VarreJJ Grain Company Vaughan Street Garage C. E. Walker & Company Wendell's Station WHEB W!nebaum News Service Fred L. Wood Company J . Verne Wood F . W. Woolworth Company Shelter Committee Ready To Core For 3,000 Refugees A complete report of the work of the Shelter committee of t he Red I Cross Disaster Prepa,edness and Relief committee was read at a meeting of the Disaster group last night by Raymond I. Beal, chairman. The meeting was held at the Gas company office on Market street. Mr. Beal said his committee has contacted schools, hospitals, churches and other public buildings which could be used for the shelter of refugees in time of emergency. The group estimates 3,000 refugees could be sheltered, Mr. Beal said. Suggested canteen sites, emergency hospital locations and other necessary localities have been listed, Dr. Anthony E. Peters, chairman of the Medical Aid committee, fur• ther substantiated the report read in his absence at the last meeting and said that Miss Rosanna O'• Donaghue and Miss Karen Peder• son would be in charge of nurses in an emergenty. Paul Badger, chairman of the Rescue committee, presented a partial report on findings of his group and told of some of the work to be done. A general discussion of a central headquarters for the executive board and committee chairmen was held. It was decided that, if phone service is available In an emergency, the heads of groups and executives would gather together, . with methods of reaching their assistants and committee members. Present were: (Executive board) Harry Winebaum, John E. Seybolt, chairman; A. Richard Chase, subchairman; Mrs. Cynthia Storer, Mrs. Edward T. Wendell and Miss Isabel Wyat~, Ralph T. Wood, Richard Hall, Miss Pederson, Mr. , Badger, Andrew Grave , Mr. Beal and Dr. Peters were committee chair• men and members. Mormon Church To Open Here A Church of Jesus Cl rist of Latter Day Saints, known as the Mormons, will open hen· tomorrow morning at Odd F ellows hall. Two Mormon missionaries have been spending considerable time in Portsmouth , and this church will be under the direction of Elder Melvyn Standage, and Elder Willard B. Wilkinson . The servlce wJII be held at 10 :30 am. Elder Standage will speak on "The Test of Truth " anr\ Eld r Wilkinson on "The Trend · ot Modern Religion." Air Wardens Near • End "7' Of Course The two final sessions of New Hampshire's first Air Raid Precaution school will be held this evening and Thursday evening at the state house in Concord. Members of the group atte1\ding from Portsmouth were conducted through the gas mask demonstration and test last Friday evening. The following will be in Concord for this evening's session: Chief Air Warden Frank J . Massey, Deputy Chief Air Warden Earl R. Elsea, Senior Air Wardens Ross Stevens, Reginald Kennard, Shirley Simp• son, Arthur I. Harriman, Edward Shaines, Manning Simpson, Josepn Stella, Brack S. Moody, Walter Miner, Marland Knowles, Frank Randall, John McDonough and Dr. Philip White. Launch Halibut -1 Here Tomorro The USS Halibut, sixth submarine to be launched at the Portsmouth Navy yard this year, will slide down the ways tomorrow morning at 11 :40 o'clock. Mrs. Paul P. Blackburn, wife of Capt. Blackburn, USN, ret., director of the Naval Reserve of the Third Naval district at New York, will sponsor the undersea craft. I I I �8'3 Planning Board Asks State, Federal Surve • y Historian Traces Origin Of New Ca_s_tle_'s_F_or_tStark Of All Water Sources Portsmouth, Rochester Bodies May Hire Joint Manager To Serve Them In Cities Portsmouth's Planning board last night voted to recommend to the city council that it ask the State Planning and Development commission to have the National Resources and Planning board make a complete survey pf the water resources of Portsmotfth. The motion was made at a meeting held in the office of Superintendent of Streets Nat Stevens, City yards. The moLion followed a discussion of the present status of the waetr problem Jn the city and action Also on the docket, was a letter that has been taken so far. from the city of Rochester relative to a pomt planning board manager, whose duites would include a part time job in both Portsmouth and Rochse!r.r, and whose salary and expenses would be shared by the two cities. A motion was made and seconded to make out a full annual report to be presented at a future meeting of the city council. This report will Where did Fort Stark get its name? For the benefit o! army men, newcomers to the city and oldsters who may not know Historian Ira L. Meloon of New Castle nas the answer. It was nameci for Brig. General John Stark who rose to fame in the Revolutionary war but the point had ,a history long before it got its pres)ent name. When, in 1651, townsmen declared all land on Great Island (New Cas-tle) to be publ!c land and proceeded to divide it so all acceptable settlers had access to the water, 10 acres on Jerres point was Included In a grant to Jeremiah Walford and his wife, Goody. A sentinel box was maintained on the point for the detectllon of enemy ships or smugglers entering the harbor and a "trayned band" kept ,watch all along the shore from Fort Point (Fort Constitution) to Jerres Point. Access to the land, where CatpP Langdon's buildings now stand, was through a seashore highway from the present Fort Constitution. Stark enters the picture at the start of the Revolution. After the 'real start' herP when John Langdon and Maj. John Sulllvan led a raid on Fort William and Mary to get guns and powder later used in the battle of Bunker hill, 1,200 men from New H<>,mpshite under John Stark remainert In the service of the colonies, were engaged in the Bunker hill battle and lost 15 men. If Stark hadn't had the love of battle and love of the colonies' cause in his blood the fort would have another name, Mr. Meloan reveals, for soon after the battle Stark ! include a complete analysis of the year's work, with suggestions for further work necessary and will include a cost sheet to show needed apropriaitons for a joint planning board manager for Rochester and Portsmouth. A copy will be sent to Rochester in reply to their letter, read last night, which asked for the opinion of the Portsmouth group relative to the joint plan. Dr. S. F . A. Pickering, chairman, said he would reply to the Rochester letter and tell the city that Portsmouth's Planning board• will be unable to take further action on the matter until the report has been presented to the council and acted upon. Heru-y Tilton, Philip Badger and M. E. Witmer were appointed as a committee to study the work of the planning board and draw up the report for the council. Present were: Councilman Frederick Gardner; M. E. Witmer, secretary; Joseph Morrill; Philip Badger, Henry Tilton, William Conlon and Chail·man s. F. A, Pickering. Chief Air Raid Warden Suggests All See 'Main St. U.S.A.' For Defense Knowledge Frank J. Massey, Chief Air Warden of Portsmouth today heralded the latest March of Time release "Main Street, USA," part of which was filmed on Congress street, as a "genuine addition to the cause of civilian defense." "Little do most of our friends and neighbors realize how near this impending danger of air raiding is to us. In Halifax, N. S. scarcely 600 miles away the population is on a 24-hour defense basis because it I is known that enemy observation planes were present over that city on several occasions last May." "Main Street, USA" will materially assist all persons in greater Portsmouth, because when the Air Warden assigned to their locality starts his defense classes they will have learned of many of the elementary necessities of civilian defense through "Main Street, USA." As civilian defense classes in Air Raid Precaution will not start until January 1942 everyone should make a determined effort to see "Main Street, USA" today or tomorrow at the Colonial theater. Gen, John Stark quit the army in a huff because a junior office1· was promoted over his head. When Burgoyne started his activities though, Stark couldn't resist, applied for reinstatement and was given a commission. His part In the B1tttle of Bennington won for him a promotion to brigadier general, a vote of thanks from congress and gave him a place in the young nation's memory which later led to the naming of the fort. All during this time the point had been in private hands although no residence w&s ever built there. In 1873 the property was ptp'chased by the United States government and erection of an earth and concrete battery was started. The plan fell through and the work wasn't completed until the SpanishAmerican war. At that time Stark's record in the Revolution wm, recalled, the fort got its name and a New Hampshire hero's name was given permanence. �. • , which means that Donald's left hand is equally as melodic as his right. "It Isn't always what you can play," declared Mr. Ward,_ ~vho is an accomplished young musician, himself, "but it the way you play it that reveals the artist." Donald handles the organ at St. John's entirely alone, manipulating the stops, the swell box and the cresendo pedal with all the dexterity of a six-footer. At his next recital _he I1 plans to play with pedals. Durmg his last appearance he presented I four compositions of Bach taken from the Anna Magdalena notebook. Mr, Ward admitted that he was , more nervous than Donald at the 1 latter's premiere. "Donald was as I calm as If he were alone in his own living room." A member of St. John's choir, 1 Donald Ketzler received his first appreciation of music fl'om his cultured parents. He was a four-yearold child in short breeches when he first heard an organ. His mother had taken him to Roxy's in New York to see a Shirley Temple movie and it was there, before the picture began, that the Impressive sounds reached his ears. Mrs. Ketzler eported that he listened attentively for a few moments, then remarked, "Maybe some day I could play one of those, too." His mother taught him to enjoy music as she played to him at the piano. Donald's father, now an American -:ltizen, was a constant attendant of .he opera in his native Germany, I learning many of them by heart, Although he is not a musician, Mr. . (Photo by Armsden) Ketzler has encouaged his son's talAN ORGANIST AT 10-is Donald Ketzler of Eliot who recently pre- ent. An artist in his own right, howsented a recital at St. John's church here, Beethoven anrl Bach are old ever, he attended art school in Germany, and has re-decorated his friends to this lad. home with a skillfully trained hand, transforming the interior into a setting, quaintly foreign and altogether dellgh tful. Among his paintings was one which especially captured our interest. It depicted Donald and his mother in a Madonna-like pose. Mrs. Ketzler, a sweetly gracious woman, was born in this country but Is also of German ancestry. It is this family heritage which has contributed to Donald's precious gift of "Boogie Woogie" swing tunes are not for Donald Ketz- music, in the opinion of his teacher. ler, 10-year-old prodigy of the organ, whom Portsmouth "It has to be born in you," Mr. music lovers heard in a recent recital at St. John's church. Ward asserted. I 'BOOGIE WOOGIE' ISN'T ~, FOR DONALD; YOUNG ORGANIST PLAYS MASTERS Tow-headed Donald prefers the compositions of Bee- Squirms At Praise thoven and Bach, several of which he played for us during Donald obviously doesn't enjoy listening to discussions of his musian interview at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W a l - ca! success. He squirmed In his ter Ketzler, on the Brixham road, East Eliot. chair and looked longingly through The Ketzlers live in a com.fort- aid Is like every other youngS te r · h who ever. , took a music It able old Colonia1 f arm h ouse w11 ic wn • fun . a t first. Therelesson. the sim= they have remodeled into a place Of ilarity to other children ends, for warm hospitality and charm. Don- Donald does not desert his music aid sat on a high-backed chair be- for other interests. He merely would fore his piano in the living room rather play the numbers he likes with the evening sun playin~ tag best. He's very apt, for instance, to over his fingers as the¥ mmbly pause in the dutiful study of his brought forth the haunting notes next lesson, to slip Into "Two Guiof the "Minuet _in G." Orange ltars," a Russian Gypsy song of flames crackled briskly in the hvge which· he is particularly fond or a fire place, forming dancing sha- shortened version of Handel's "Haldows on the pine paneled :"alls a n ct lelujah Chorus" or "Romanze" from on paintings, done by h 15 father !Beethoven's fifth sonata. This small from scenes in t his country a nd lad's choice of music is astounding Germany, when one remembers his age and Donald didn't seem to be con- Mr. ward, his teacher, informed us sclous of his audience whlc~ in• that Donald's ability is just as reeluded Nelson K. Ward, orgarust at mP>rkable. st John's church and Mrs. Ketzler, He is a shy, quiet boy with. a 1only Has Played Since August ready grin which he displayed while "He has only been playing since he accepted applause for his per- August 1940 l, said Mr. Ward, "and formance. · he ha; sho~n rapid progress." He When it comes to practicing, Don- explained that his pupil is a master Jf music of a contrapuntal nature. the window at the late autumn sky, to change the trend of conversation, "How do you like school?" we asked, and the replied unhappythat object our interview he of guessed it was "OK." Donald must travel in a bus to the Laura V. Dame school where he is In the fifth grade. "And what do you like best about school?" was our next query to which the honest Donald answered "Recess." He had to acknowledge the fact that he didn't miss a word in spelling last year. By this time, you must have guessed that Donald is a regular boy. His hair is usually tousled and his tie twisted. One of his dearest possessions is a cow by the elegant name of "Fannie" ... to whom he was feeding apples when we came. It is only when he sits at an organ, ohlivious to all else but the keys before him, that he is also a musician, and when compositions of the masters come to life at his will ... it Is then that a true artist is recognized. I ~ Mrs. Mary Mitchell Of Kittery Pt. Diel1Mrs. Mary Gertrude <Chase) Mitch 11, widow of t he late Hon, j Horace Mitchell, Sr., died yesterday afternoon at el). family home, 1 the Sparhawk Mansion, on the Pep- ' peral road, Kittery Point. She was the daughter of James Edward and Alexina (Haley) Chase and was m her 73rd year. Mrs. Mitchell attended the Kittery schools, Miss Morgan's Seminary ?f t his city and Emerson ccllege m Boston. She attamed a high repu1tatlon locally and in New York City I for her dramatic readings and for 1 a period of two years taught eloctlon at Monticello Seminary in Godfrey, Ill. In 1901 she was married to Horace Mitchell and since his death had been associated in business with her son, Horace J r. She also carried on the business of her late husband as an organizer of corporations and in 1945 was cofounder with her son of the Kittery Press. Mrs. Mitchel\ is survived by one son, Horace Mitchell, Jr., one brother Edward Wilfred Chase, also ol Kittery, and several neices, nephews and cousins. • I j Senior High Teachers Sign For Defense 1>~ Teachers at the Portsmouth Senior High school were enrolled 100 per cent for Civilian Defense work by Mrs. Alice Sullivan of the committee last night at the school. Andrew C. Graves, manager of the Portsmouth office of the State Employment service, addressed the Farragut Parent-Teachers association last night on the subject of civilian defense and members will enroll at the defense office at City hall later. Mrs. Sullivan asks that any other organizations that wish to have Civilian Defense work explained and to have members enrolled should call and make an appointment and a representative will be sent. There is no obligation if you enroll, but by eru-olling now the pea• pie available in the community In an emergency can be classified as to what they can best do to help oth• ers. • Power Plant ~4 Addition Started Work has started this week on the $1,000,000 addition to the power plant of the New Hampshire Gas and Electric company, First job Is preparing the building for the huge new boiler which is expected to arrive in February, R. C. L. Greer, general manager, said today. Addition of a new generator will be made in April when the boiler :is complete. When all improvements ars made, the capacity of the Daniels street power plant will be increased from 17,000 to 24,000. �All .Greater Portsmouth unit has been progressing toward "efficient, economical and helpful transportlon whenever and wherever needed in Red Cross work." Twenty-one members under the leaclcrship of Captain Elizabeth Hulburd, Adjutant Dorothy Stevenson and Lieutenant Mary Gross have been trained in Prepares For Emergency Towns Train To Guard Homes In Case EnemyAir Raiders Come Throughout the greater Portsmouth area towns are preparing fo r defense emergency. Chairmen are organizing their committees, planning police, fire and a ir raid protection, outlining systems for evac uation, rescue work, home nursing, even gas co ntamination. Take Greenland. Thomas J. Bracket~. defense chairman, is coordina,ting Greenland's preparations with these committee heads: air raid wardens, Alex Akers; canteen, Mrs. Helen Brackett; civilian motor corps, Mrs. Constance Syphers; evacuation, Richard Moody; home nursing, Ruth Rolston; auxillary fire department, Russell Rolston; police department, Earl Oaswell. Brackett, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Dearborn, Miss Ethel Maker, Miss Velna. Tow!,,., Mrs. Warren Crowell, Mrs. Charles Hussey, Maurice Hamel, Mrs. Harold Syphers and Mrs, Dennis Abbol.t. ArthUl' Gagnon is the insl.ructor. To obtain their certificates they must attend every class for 10 weeks. Newfields Women Meet Next Tuesday There will be a defense meeting in the Newfields town hall Tuesday evening, Dec. 2 at 7:30 pm, sponcd by the Women's Civilian Defense At a defense meeting just two committee or which Mrs. D. Perry weeks o.go Qreenland civilians vol- Smith is chairman. Speakers will be Mrs. Frank unteered their services. RegisterRandall, Por tsmouth, who will ing for duty as air raid wardens were spe,ik on civilian defense, and LeRoy Dearborn, Maurice Hamel, Charles Caldwell, Exeter, who Raymond Cash; canteen work will <liscuss the Red Cross. Frank Lane, Mrs. Cnostanoe Sy~ The Newfields defense committee phers, Mrs. Arthur Gagnon, Mrs. Raymond StUl'tevant, Mrs. Ruth consists of George Nixon, chairman· Rolston, Miss Mabel Thaxter. Miss Daniel R. Smith, co-ordinating Velna Towle, Mrs. Corrinne Shuff chairman, and Mrs. D. Perry Smith • Miss Dorothy McLaughlin, Mrs'. vice-chairman. The following chairmen have been Gertrude Moody, Miss Lillian Odell Mrs. Howard Hooper ; civilian Mo~ selected for the various committees tor corps, Al Syphers Bertram to have charge of defense work in Bracket~, Ralph Geis, 'Miss Dor- emergency: Public .Safety chairman, othy McLaughlin, Mrs. Corinne James E. Gray; auxiliary police den, Alfred Conner, Jr.; deputy air Shuff and John Brackett; evacua- raid warden, Robert Nixon ; fire tion, Richard Moody and Horace chief, Robert Barker; auxiliary fire chief, Ernest Ohick; police chief, Shuff. Home nursing, Ru th Rolston, James E. Gray; auxiliary ploice chairman; auxiliary fire depart- chief, D. Perry Smith; evacuation ment, Warren Crowell, Frederick chairman, Clarence Rumford; chief Beals, Charles Marden and Isaac 1escue i;quad, Leslie Hayden ; chief Bloomquist; police department, gas contamination, Alfred Conner, Howard Hooper, George Packard; Jr.; and Red Cross chairman Mrs. Red Cross, Arthur Gagnon, Mr. and Russell Sheehy. Mrs. John Brackett, Miss Mabel The local committee has attended Thaxter, Miss Velna Towle, Miss many defense meetings at Concord Dorothy McLaughlin, Mrs. Howard and the air raid wardens are now Hooper and Mrs. Gertrude Moody. emolled in the air raid warden's These persons attend first aid school at Concord. Mrs. D. Perry Smith, the women's classes every Tuesday evening at the school: Mr. and Mrs. Horace chairman, plans to attend the first Cannon, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Shuff, meeting being held for the county Mr. and Mrs. Richard Moody, Miss women chairman next Monday Mabel Thaxter, Mr. and Mrs. John afternoon at Raymond. Greenland Folks Volunteer Services first aid, ordinary automobile repairing and convoy duty. F. Albert Sewall Newmarket Chief F. Albert Sewall, Newmarket selectman, was named by Gov. Robert 0. Blood as chairman o! Newmarket Civilian defense. He already has named his chairmen for the various phases of the work and hopes to arrange a meeting for townspeople soon when outside speakers will tell in detail of the defense plan for this area. The air raid service is being left to the American Legion. Chairmen include Robert Filion, evacuation; Dr. Max Baker, chief medical worker; S. S. Humphries, public safety chairman; J. Fred Lavallee, auxiliary fire chief; Andrew Gordon, auxiliary police chief. Mrs. Walter Webb is heading the woman's work. Recently the Exeter corps took part in a convoy problem under the direction of the New Hampshire State Guard and received a high rating for the way it carried out orders issued under "war conditions." The motor corps members, recruit' ed fom the whole Exeter area, serves Brentwood, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Hampton Falls, Kensington, I Kingston, Newfields, Newmarket, South Hampton and Stratham. Wendell Battles has given to the corps a car to haul the trailer given to Lhe corps last fall by Miss Malvina Hoffman. Both are ready for use. Exeter Boy Scouts Do De fense Deeds Not the least important of the organizations preparing for civilian defense is the Exeter Troop of Boy Scouts. Scout executives believe no other group is so quickly availabl for Organization for defense work has emergency work without interferbeen growin~ slowly but surely in ence with regular duties. Exeter since the emergency began This was demonstrat.ed, say they, in 1939. F. Leroy Junkins and Mrs. Leon- when the Boy Scouts of the eastern ard Hunt are chairman and vice- district made 24,000 calls in one day chairman for Exeter civilian de- to distribute cards for the homes registration survey. fense. In New Hampshire 90 per cent of Dr. Louis C. Theobald has just been appointed chairman of the the defense aluminum collected was emergency medical service for the accumulated by Boy Scouts. In Exetown. Chief air raid warden James ter they garnered about 1400 Pirnie, Mr. Junkins, Jesse Tuttle, pounds. All troops in the area are deCeylon Fox and James McKay are veloping equipment, for emerattending the school for air raid gency service. They are acquiring wardens in Concord, and, if they a.II kinds of fire tools-shovels, pass the examinations will be qualiaxes, and pails, fire extinfied to instruct classes in Exeter. guishers, signalling equipment, I Ray Simpson, chairman of the A special effort is being made Exeter volunteer fire department, to train the boys to nse limited has attended classes and demonstraequipment, materials available tions and is ready to help in inon the spot. Advanced Scouts stuction for local volunteers. are trained to conduct first a.id Chief Thomas R. Chrysler has in complete darkness. been appointed chairman of the The Scouts are to act as auxivolunteer police force. liaries t o fire departments, Red Cross units and other emergency organizations in time of disaster. They m ay act as guards at fire alarm boxes. as messeng,ers, runners The town hall has been chosen as or as orderli-es to relieve men for a report center for all chairmen and heavier work. air raid wardens. Exeter clubs, school classes and Voluntary registration by resi- church groups are taking part in dents of Exeter has been slow, but varymg from registration for volChairman Junkins asks everyone , ways varying from registration for who would be willing to take part volunbeer emergency service to colin emergency civlllan defense duty lection of scraps of yarn for the to register on sheets placed at the making of afghan squares. enrollment stations, West End drug Last spring a home nursing store, Thomson's drug store, the course given to two groups of postoffice and the town offices in women was under tl1e Red Cross nurse the town hall. Miss Julia McQuade. Another class "Registration indicates willis planned to begin in a month or ingness to help wherever possiso. ble," he says. "It does not necAt aboul the same time the Welessarily mean registration for fare department of the Exeter Wospecific duties." man's club sponsored a course in nutrition in the First CongregationI al chUl'ch kitchen. These nutrition classes are part of the defense program suggesbed for civilian preAs in World War I the Red Oross paredness. has been ma.king bandages and surEmergency first aid is being gical dressings, cutting and sewing taught to a class of nurses at ga rments, and knitting. the Exeter hosipial by Harold Since the organization of the Red McBride. Wives of members of Cross Motor corps in Jan. 1941, this the Phillips Exeter academy Exeter Organizing Slowly But Surely I Exeter Town Hall Is Report Center Exeter Red Cross In Action Again also are first aid. studying emergency �The Agricultural Administration ' association and the Rockingham County Farm bureau are carrying out extensive programs for agricultural conservation of "Food For Freedom." Miss Olive Otis, Exeter, chairman of the British and Free French War Relief organization, has been co-operating with Mrs. Alfred Rosser in this area. The British-Free 1 French Soccer game played at the academy playing field in October was one of the more recent projects for raising funds. New Aerial Ladder Gets Test Ogunquit Also Plans For Defense George Andrews Moriarty, commander of the Legion, Eldridge and Leroy Hanson post, has apopfnted Roby Littlefield of Ogunquit as chief anti-aircraft observer with David Moulton of Moody as the first assistant for Ogunquit and York. Reginald Jacobs, ,fire chief of Ogunquit ls the second assistant to, Roby Littlefield in Ogunquit and York. Allen Dart is the first assistant in Wells and Wilfred LeDoux, second assistant in Wells. As yet they are not on active duty but have had a test watch of 24 hours, 3 hour watches at n ight and 4 h our watches during the day, Rye Men , Women Are Workin g Hard I Rye is becoming prepared for any emergency, The Red Cross sewing and surgical dressings class, now in the second year of operation is turning out quantities of material which is delivered to the Portsmouth headquarters, under which the Rye unit functions. The Rye Chapter of Bundles for Britain Is working un- 1 1 der Miss Emilie Swenson. Mrs. Shirley Philbrick, chairman of the local Red Cross, declares , however, that still more workers I a r e wanted. Mrs. Hiflidon• Hooper reports that a survey of Rye club women reveals that they are trained in many worthwhile features and are willing to be on call. Yet there is a need / for nurses, trained and practical, . and for young women to take the Firemen Ernes t Weeks, top, and home nursing and first aid courses. William Connors, shown in ·this photo near the top of the new aerial ladder truck of the Portsmouth fire department while it was being given a rigid test in Market square near the North church. When fully extended the ladder reaches nearly Lieut. Henry K. Wallace of Portsmouth, assistant to Comdr. Harley F. Cope, c'omm,mder of the USS Salinas, received mention in the dispatches for outstanding work when th e tanker W'lS struck by a Nazi torpedo on her return trip from Iceland recent:y. I Portsmouth Man :v ,S Hero In Torpedoing· (Portsmouth Herald Photo) niJ?,e feet llbove the clock, ample height for any building in Portsmouth. The apparatus was tested again Sunday on the McIntosh block and at the Junior High school. The new truck was bought after a long campaign for funds in the city council led by Councilman William Palfrey, Board Studies Need Of TraffleSigns ~n1 Near 800-HomeSite Action to_ ease a potential traffic threat was taken by the Board of Street Commissioners last night after it received a communication from the city council relative to a request by PBA officials for warning signs at approaches to the 800-home Wentworth Acres development. PBA officials asked stop signs on roads leading from Wentworth Acres onto Woodbury avenue, Maplewood avenue and Cutts street. 1 The board decided Woodbury avenue signs were up to the state Wghway department; agreed to submit to the city council estimates of the cost of warning signs on Maplewood avenue and Cutts street and a warning light at the intersection on Maplewood avenue. An estimate of $715.7/i as the cost of extending a water main on Greenland road about 200 feet to the home of John W. Dailey was received from Supt. Nat Stevens. The board agreed to wait and re-estimate the project when the city-owned back hoe is available. This implement can reduce the cost, it was agreed. A request for a permit to hang a sign at 37 Daniels street was referred to the superintendent with power to act. The board heard Charles W. Gray , explain distribution of commissions under fleet insurance !or vehicles operated by the board ancl approved the plan . Permission to advertise for bids for two sanders was granted Superintendent Stevens. Bids will be opened Dec. 10 at 5 pm. The board also voted to advertise for bids !or furnishlng gasoline and oil to the city. These bids will be opened at 7:30 pm Dec. 29. Addition to the city's equipment of two tractors for sidewalk snow plows will be asked of the city council according to a vote taken by the board. Present at the meeting were Chairman Fred V. Hett, Jr .. Clerk Americo Fransoso and Commissioner Ralph Atwell, also Superintendent Stevens. �ticular spot. Older residents voiced belief that an old brook which formerly connected the North and South mill ponds, was located there. Early in January the society voted to authorize purchase of the Tread• well property, site of the new church. Actual transfer of property • • I was delayed due to the mail service between Switzerland and this.country. One of the Treadwell heirs re• sided in Switzerland and although the sale was confirmed by cable, the actual transfer of deed did nol take place for several weeks. The Advent Christian society to- 1To Open P&rish House . morrow will dedicate its new colonT he dedication of the pansh With the purchase of this propial type church and parish house. 11ouse and social rooms will take erty a larger lot was required and At 10 o'clock the parish house will place at 10 o'clock. Dr. J. A. Nichols, instead of having the parish house be dedicated, while the church will presidel'lt of the General Confer- attached to the church, plans were be dedicated at 3 o'clock in the ence of Advent Christian churches changed to include a remodeling ol afternoon . Elaborate plans for the is to deliver the sermon. the Treadwell homestead into the dedication hav~ been made and the I The program will be as follows: parish house, to be connected with celebration will continue throughout Orchestral music the church by a breezeway. the week, ending with the dedication Doxology The Treadwell house was occupied of the chimes a week from tomor- Invocation and Lord's Prayer by the late Dr. Robert Treadwell ai:d row. Hymn "God Moves in a Mysterious his daughter the late Miss Carne Dr . I . F. Barnes, a former pastor Way." Treadwell. Since 1938 the house has of the Portsmouth church, now pas- statement by Building Committee, not been occupied. tor of the Somerville Advent ChristDr. Fred G. Procter This mansion was built shortly ian church, is to deliver the church Notices after 1800 and is similar in type of dedication sermon. Other former Offertory many of the colonial homes in this pastors who will participate include solo "This Day" Caverly city. Rev. H. J. Wilson pastor of the AdMildred Procter The new church building is of vent Church at Hampton, and Rev. 1sermon Dr. J. A. Nichols brick veneer, with a tall graceful J. w. Denton, of New Bedford, Mass. Male Quartet Waterville church spir,e. The design is similar to the Mr. Denton, who delivered the ser- Act of Dedication Superi;1tendent North church on Market square. I mon at the laying of the cornerand Assembly The church has, on the first floor, a stone May 25, set aside a sum of P rayer of Dedication main auditorium with a seating camoney 20 years ago to be used in Hymn "All He has Done" pacity of 280 in addition to a balthe building of a new church. Since Benediction cony with a capacity of 56. that time legacies and gifts have In the evening the dedication of on either side of the chancel is a been added. the organ will be preceded by an small room, one for a pastor's study The program for the Church dedi- hour 's recital, with Harry Upson and the other a class room. The cation is as follows: Camp of Belmont, Mass., organist. chancel will be large as the choir Organ Prelude Harry Upson Camp The order of service will be as will be seated there. Back of the Processional Hymn - "The Church's follows: 1 altar is a removable panel behind One Foundation" Doxology I which is the baptismal tank, placed Invocation Rev. George Stone Invocation at a height to be in full view of Presentation of The Bible-Lorraine Hymn "Let Us Praise Him" any pew in the auditorium. . Bold Scripture In the basement is a large social Placing of the Flags - "America" Dedication Offering hall with a stage 20 by 40 feet. The Choir Anthemn-"The Lord Strong Solo Alden Berdeen hall has a seating capacity of 250. and Mighty", Peace Sermon- Rev. C. O. Farnham, DD, A modern equipped kitchen located Brief Statement of the "New pastor of the Springfield, Mass. on this floor has two serving doors, Church"-Pastor Advent Christian church. for the convenience of serving a Scripture- Psalm 84, Rev. Harold Act of Dedication banquet. Tile heating unit, steam Faulkingham Prayer of Dedication vacuum is also located on the baseHymn 646-"I Love Thy Church O Dedication hymn "Lift Your Glad mrnt floor. God" Voices" over the chancel are four class Notices Benediction. rooms, which with the one on the The Dedication Offering auditorium floor and seventh in The Doxology Drea m Fulfilled tJ1e Parish house will make 12 class Solo-"How Lovely Are Thy DwellAfter years of planning, the rooms available for , the church ings" (Liddle) Francis Hamilton dreams of J. w. Denton have been school. Greetings-Honorable Mayor Stew- fulfilled and the 50-year .. old meetart Rowe ing place on Hanover street has been Week of Celebration Male Quartet - Waterville Church succeeded by a new cl1Urch, and The entire week will be a week Greetings Rev. Archibald Kerr , Pres- parish house, which authorities on of celebration in connection with ident Ministerial Association chmch architecture call one of the !.he openi11g of the church. Tuesday Solo-"Open the Gates of the Tern- finest church plants in this sec- evening will be set aside for the ple" (Knapp) Mildred Procter tion. New Hampshire Conference. DeleGreetings - Rev. H. J. Wilson, Rev. As the funds for the building grew, gations from the various Advent J. W. Denton ,1 the property owned by the society Christian churches in the state Solo-"Oh Rest in the Lord" from also increased. The parish house on will be present and a symposium on (Elijah) Elsa Limbach Islington street and the adjacent "Of What Do We Belle!" will be Dedication Sermon Dr. I. F. Barnes building and lot was selected for the presenLed by the ministers. Hymn 638-"Grant Me Within Thy site of the new church. Wednesday night will be ComCourts a Place" Ji.fter plans were drawn and a per• munity Night and invitations ha".e Presentation and Acceptance of the mit secured, the building committee, been sent to all ministers and their Keys-Mr. A. F. Smiley, Build- headed 11y Dr. Fred G. Proctor, congre gations to join in the ober; Mr. Arland A. Dirlam, Ar- discovered that a firm foundation ~ervance. chitect; Dr. Fred G. Procter, could not be constructed except at Thursday will be devoted to the Chairman of the Building Com- a consi(.lerable expense because ot church and its organizations. A mittee. the earth formation. In order to ob- fellowshin supper will be followed The Act of Dedication - Pastor and I tain a solid foundation it would by a general fellowship hour among Congregation have been necessary to hav~ s_unk the organizations. Prayer of Dedication - Rev. H. W. several caissons. Smaller buildmgs True, President New Hampshire could have been erected, but as A. c. Conference heavy a structure as was planned Hym 558-"Peace Be to This Sacred would require a number of caissons. Dwelling" Borings showed there was between Benediction - Rev. E. E. Pender 14 and 15 feet of silt in that par- Plan Advent Christian Church Dedication I the I Pa rish House To Be Off1c1ally Opened In Morning, Church In Afternoon I I I �New Advent Christian Church Is Dedicated ~- Procter, the superintendent of the Sunday school; Rev. C. W. P armley, an d Miss Mildred Procter. The Church orchestra played and the quartet from the Waterville church· sang. Thi} act of dedication was by the superintendent and assembly, with Mr. Parmley giving the prayer of dedication. Dr. C. 0. Farnham, pastor of the Springfield, Mass., Advep,t Chris-. tian church, preached the organ dedication sermon in the evening. An hour's recital was presented by Harry Upsom Camp, prior to the beginning of the service. Alden Berdeen was soloist. The dedication celebration will continue throughout the week ending on Sunday with the dedication of the chimes, I Advent Church~!, ' Dedicate Chimes lro The chtmes of the Advent Christian church will be dedicated Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock. This will bring to an end a week of dedication celebrations held in connection with the opening of the new church and parish house of the Advent Christian society. A concert will be presented by Gerald Knightly prior to the dedication service, which will be in charge of Rev. C. W. Parmley, minister of the church. (Photo oy Armsden) The New Advent Christian Church T he church, parish house and organ of the Advent Christian society was dedicated Sunday with members of the church and friends attending the three dedicatory services. More tnan 100 persons were unable to find room in the auditorium and listened to the 3 pm church dedication service by means ot amp!lgers, while seated in the hall in the basement of the bullding. Dr. I. F. Barnes of Somervllle, Mass., pastor of the Advent Christlan church of that city, delivered the dedloatlon address. Dr. Barnes served as pastor of the Portsmouth Advent ,Christian church from 1907 to 1911. The service began with an organ prelude played by Harry Upson Camp which was followed by the congregational hymn 'How Firm A Foundalton." Rev. George Stone, Loudon Ridge, gave the invocation an d the Bible for the church was presented by Lorraine Bold. Following the "placing of the flags," the story of the building of the new church was given by Rev. Chester W. Parmley. Rev. Alfred Young, Dover, read the 84th psalm for the scrip ture Love Thy Church, O God." Soloists included Elsa Limbach, Francis Hamilton, Somerville, Mass., and Mildred Procter, Portsmouth. Greetings were brought by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, In behalf of the city, Rev. Archibald Kerr, president of the Ministerial association; and by two former pastors, Rev. H. J. Wilson of the Hampton Advent ChrisI tian church, and Rev. J. William Denton, of New Bedford. The keys were presented by the contractor, A. F. Smiley, Pawtucket, R. I., and Arland A. Dirlam, archii tect, with Dr. Fred G. Procter, ctiairman of the building comwith the cong1"Egation singing "I mittee acoepting them. The act of dedication was by Mr. Parmley and the congregation with the dedication prayer by Rev. H. W. True, of Manchester, president of the New Hampshire Advent Christian conference. Rev. E. E. 1Pender, Farmington, pronounced the benediction. A male quartet from the Waterville, Me., church and the church choir sang during the service. In the morning the parish house and social rooms were dedicated at the 10 o'clock service. Dr. J. A. Nichols, president of the general conl ference delivered the sermon. 0thers taking part includ<od the chair• man of the building committee, Dr. I I �(Phooo by Armsden) NE\'V PARISH HOUSE-The former Treadwell house, at the corner of State and Summer streets, has been transformed into a parish house adjoining the new Advent-Christian church. This photograph shows the old structure which has been retaine1l In lts historic form wherever possible in transforming it into classrooms. Many View New l Church Building On ,Community Night 1 Community nght at the new Advent Chrislia:n cnurch and Parish house last night brougnt out a large number of people to inspect the new church plant located at the corner of State and Summer streets. The old Mason house, known as the Treadwell house, was renovated for the parish house, only a few changes being made. Built in 1802 for Jeremiah Mason, the building retains its graceful lines. One room has the original wall paper. Half moon doors brought forth admiration from many who inspected the house, as did the fine old stail'way. During the evening mlny visited the parish house and church. The new church, built along colonial lines, will be connected with the parish house with a cloister, which is not yet completed. Arland A. Dirlam, Malden, Mass., the church architect, was the first speaker of the evening, explaining the symbols of the church. Other speakers included Rev. Ivar Sellevaag, Rev. William Safford Jones, 1Rev. C. Telford Erickson, D. D., Rev. Arthur A. Rouner. Rev. Philip fl. Nason, Rev. Harold Curtis and Rev. Henry O. Megert. Rev. 0. W. -Parmley presided. �qo ':D ·I-\ 1 College Women s Club Hears Voice Of March Of Time The voice in t he March of Time a Christmas present, cutters gave movie, Westbrook Van Voorhis, dis- him all his mistakes for five years. cussed "Pictorial Journalism" beMr. Van Voorhis said that often fore the college women's club last 17 camera crews are stationed where evening at the women's city club. "news is hot". Foreign correspondUsing a year old film which gives ents somel.imes are compelled to a panorama view of world war II, send as m.any as five negatives t o Mr. Voorhis pointed out difficulties America in order to make sure that of obtaining various pictures and at least one will arrive safely the skills required for imitators of The Life photogr:,,pher must have famous contemporaries. perseverance and imagination. A The movie changes rapidly from striking example of this is tl1e pieplacid schools and villages of Am- ture of a beaver killed by a crasherica to burning London, sinking ing tree. Sent to watch beavers make warships, bomb shelters and pow- dams for CCC boys, the photographerful Nazi artillery. It shows an er obtained this sympathetic scene American working on Bundles for of the animal trapped by his own ! Britain and sending aid to the Al- handiwork. lies. "Pictorial Journalism" is definitely The speaker said that he lives an important factor today in bringhis work all day long. i!: ven police- ing events closer to us. Its purpose men greet him With "Good morning, is to make people "See, be amazed Times marches on doesn't it?" and be instructed." The radio show commenced in The chairman for the me~ting 1928 in New York It is the fir t was Mrs. Anthon;v Pete_r., ass1Sted show of its kind ·which demanJs by Mrs. D. Thurber Bndges, Mrs. genuine sound effects. To describe I T1lwnsend_ Bryne. ~rs. . Charl~s a man being guillotined, for ex- Chase, Miss. Rita 1?esJardm~: Mr~. ample a regular guillotine was set Harry Downmg, M1 s. Eleano1 DUI up and liver Jambchops and (:anta-· 1 gin, Miss Ruth Grady, Mrs. Geor_ge 1 ' d d · . Kimball, Mrs. A. J. Sewall, Miss oupes were use un er the knife. E t w· kl Mrs· Kenneth Mr. Van Voorhis laughingly re- s cII e m ey, · st marked that his job is to talk to eady. himself in a dark room. Once for Rev. James W. Flagg, pastor emeritus of the Rye Congregational church, who has made his home at 28 Willow lane, Portsmouth, since he retired more than 10 years ago, died this morning. He was a native of Castleton, Vt., where he was born May 5, 1855. He attended Castleton seminary and hillips Andover academy. He was raduated from Middlebury (Vt.) ollege in 1878 winning the gold . nedal for his commencement ora• tion. He was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa society. Following graduation from college he taught a year in Burr and Burton seminary in Manchester, Vt., then entered Union Theological seminary in New York City. The following spring and swnmer he was assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Alberton, Prince Edwards Island. He then preached in the Wllson Mission chapel in New York and later was student pastor of the Congregational church in Sudbury, Vt. In the fall of 1881 he entered Andover Theological seminary at Andover, Mass., and during that year was student pastor of the Congre• gational church in Wilmot. He became a settled minister of the First Presbyterian church in South Ryegate, Vt., in 1882 and remained there for five years. In 1887 he was called to be the first pastor of the Presbyterian church in Framingham, Mass. He remained there but a few months as his health broke down from overwork. His next church was of the Congregational denomination In Foxboro, Mass., where he remained for eight years. In 1901 Mr. Flagg accepted a call to the Pllgrlm Congregational church in Merrimac, Mass., remaining for more than 16 years. Mr, Flagg accepted a call to Rye In 1917 where he remained until he f Submarine Halibut /;)~ Launched At Navy Yard For the sixth time in the scant The yard t ugs quickly got Jines space of one year, a submarine slid aboard the submarine and maneudown the ways at the Portsmouth vered her to the pier. Navy yard today, Following the launching the offiFortieth underseas craft con- cial party attended a reception at structed here, the USS Halibut was the Commandant's house. Mrs. launched at 11.40 this morning Blackburn, the sponsor, is the wife while navy officials and yard work- of Capt. Paul P. Blackburn, USN, ers cheered and hundreds of spec- (ret.) director of the U. S. Naval tators gathered on the banks of Reserve in the Third Naval district the river to watch. New York. Her matron of honor While the navy yard band, under was Mrs. J. C. Kinsey. the direction of Roland Hinkley, preAmong the members of the offisented a concert, the sponsor's party cial party were Rear Admiral and gathered at the .Administration building. Mrs. Paul P. Blackburn Mrs. J. D. Wainwright ; Capt. and was the sponsor. Arriving at the Mrs. Blackburn and party; Gov. launching stand at 11.20 the band and Mrs. Robert 0 . Blood, Brig.played for five minutes, when Tho- Gen. Charles F. Bowen, adjutant mas F. Mullen, Orchard street, general of New Hampshire; Mayor and Mrs. Stewart E. Rowe, Capt. Portsmouth, a gas welder presented and Mrs. Walter M. Hunt, Capt. Mrs. Blackburn with an inscribed and Mrs. H. F. D. Davis, Capt. and silver bowl, a gift from the em- Mrs. J. J. Brown, Comdr. and Mrs. ployes of the yard. C. M. Elder, Comdr. and Mrs. S. E. Chaplain H. G. Glunt, of the Dudley, Comdr. A. I. McKee, Lieut. Navy yard gave the prayer. At 11 :35 Comdr. and Mrs. J. 0. Kinsey, Thothe warning flag was in place, fol- mas F. Mullen, employes represenlowed two minutes later by the . tative; Postmaster and Mrs. Peter sounding of one long blast indicat- J. Hickey, Mr. and Mrs. George B. ing everything was in readiness Lord and Mrs. Schofield of Peterfor the ceremony. With half a min- boro. ute to go until launching time a Other submarines launched at signal was given to the sponsor the Portsmouth yard this year are by the sounding of two bells and the Marlin, Drum, Flying Fish, Fin20 seconds later at the sound of a back and Haddock. The Marlin, the single bell Mrs. Blackburn raised smallest of the submarines built in her right hand. At exactly 11 :40 she recent years, slid down the ways smashed a bottle of champagne on Jan. 29 of this year with Mrs. John the bow saying "I christen thee D. Wainwright, wife of the comHalibut" and the huge steel hull, mandant of the yard, as sponsor. began to move on its first journey, The second launching, that of the that from the ways into the river Drum took place, May 12, and the and from there to the fitting out third July 9, when the Flying Fish pier at berth· 1. was christened. On Aug. 25 the As the vessel began to slide, the Finback received its name from Mrs. yard whistle sounded and harbor A. E, Watson, whlle the Haddock craft added to the din with whistles slid into the Piscataqua Oct. 20. and horns. I . . Emergency Session For 7.30 Tonight I I retired. At the age of 70 he planned to retire from the active ministry, . but the unanimous request of the l church resulted in his withdrawing his resignation. With increasing age and broken health, he again tendered his resignation. This was accepted by the church on April 4, and on May 5, his 75th birthday, the council approved the action and his pastorate ended on June 30, 1930. On August 10, 1884 he married Miss Sarah M. Cushman, daughter of Rev. Rufus s. Cushman, D. D., for many years pastor of the Congregational church in Manchester, Vt. Mrs. Flagg died in June of this year. He is survived by a daughter, Miss Marion Cushman Flagg, who made her home with her father . ~~ Clara A. Sheafe Dies In 99th Year I Mrs. Clara A. Sheafe of this city died this morning in her 99th year. She was the widow of Albert A. Sheafe, a veteran of the Civil war. Mrs. Sheafe was born in Portsmouth the daughter of the late James and Sarah White Rand and is survived by a niece, Mrs. Florence M. Everingham, widow of the late Rev. John E. Everingham. " Council Calls -, ct, Rev. James Flagg, Rye Pastor Emeritus, Dies At Home Here Members of the Portsmouth City Council will meet in emergency session tonight at 7.30 pm to confer with the Civilian Defense Disaster committee. The special meeting was called by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe at the request of John E. Seybolt, chair• man of the committee. Preliminary to the meeting tonight members met at the Portsmouth Gas company offices to discuss the funds necessary for vital equipment so that the city councll can make the necessary authorizations. Portsmouth's 'll' De.fense Heads "9 1. County Drfense Chairman, Alvin F. Redden. 2. County Defense Vice-Chairman, Mrs. Fred Fernald. 3. Local Defense Chairman, Frank C. Remick. 4. Local Defense Vice-Chairman, Gerald Foss. 5. Public Safety Chairman, Ralph May. 6. Public Siuety Vice-Chairman, William C. W>1lton. 7. Chief Air Haid Warden, Frank J. Massey. 8. Deputy Chief Air Raid Warden, Earl R. Elsea, Ross Stevens. 9. Fire Chief, George T. Cogan. LO • .Auxiliary Fire Chief, Fred R. Crompton. 11. Police Chief, Leonard H. Hewitt. ,· 12 . .Auxiliary Police Chief, John T. Downs. 13. Chief M~dical Offjcer, Dr. E. A. Peters. 14. Head of Local Red Cross Chapter of Branch, Andrew C. Jarvis. 15. Evacuation Chairman, John E. Seybolt. 16. Chief of Rescue Squad, Paul 0. Badger. 17. Chief of Oas Decontamination Squad, Not yet appointed. 1 18. Commander of Local American Legion Post, Charles Black. �Portsmouth Air Raid Warden's Staff Named Chief Air Raid Warden Frank J. Massey this morning announced the personnel of his staff which will direct all air wardens' activities in Portsmouth. The appointment of Ross Stevens as Deputy Chief with Earl R. E!lsea, to act as Plotting Officer and Mapping Officer, complete his personal staff. The districting and office contact staff are as follows : Ward 1, Sectors 1 and 2, Senior Air Warden and Instructor Arthur I. Harriman. Ward 1, Sectors 3 and 4, Senior Air Warden and Instructor Brack S. Moody. Ward 2, Sectors 5 and 6, Senior Air Warden and Instructor Harold Swazey. Ward 2, Sectors 7 and 8, Senior Air Warden and Instructor Fred Harmon. Ward 3, Sectors 9 and 10, Senior Air Warden and Instructor Portsmouth· Air Raid Precaution School " Offers Do's And Don'ts For Air Raids Edward Shaines, Ward 3, Sectors 11 and 12, Senior Air Warden and Instructor Joseph Stella. Ward 4, Sectors 13 and 14, Senior Air Warden John Hassett. Ward 4, Sectors 15 and 16 Senor Air Warden and Instructor Manning Simpson. Wa rd 5, Sectors 17, 18, 19, 20 will be announced at an early date. Changes in sector control personnel will be made among the staff to meet requirements as conditions vary. Twenty Senior Air Wardens will be appointed from the Portsmouth A. R. P. School which starts Wednesday evening with the first of 3 sessions. Four hundred additional wardens are required as a basin patrol force for Portsmouth on t he U. S. Army estimates of one warden to not more th.an 50 persons. BEFORE A RAID: Do's 1. Know your post wardens. 2. If at home, prepare a refuge room or place of shelter for you and your family. During a blackout, have no lights that wlll show externally. Obtain equipment for extinguishing incendiary bombs. Have a tub '¾ full of water in order to provide a supply of water for extinguishing incendiary fires. 6. Always carry the gas mask while walking or riding. 7. Clear attic of all combustible material and rubbish. 3. 4. 5. DURING A RAID: 8. If walking, seek shelter; in unfamiliar territory, look for di- rection signs or seek the Warden. 9. If at home, turn off all nnming water, gas and electricity. 10, If driving, stop your car, park close to the curb, a.nd reek 3heltcr. 11. If riding or driving a horse, unhitch the horse from the vehicle, if any, and tie him to a post by a halter lead. 12. Drive a vehicle carrying explosives or gasoline to an open space before parking. 13. If no shelter is available, stay close to the corners of buildings. 14. If possible, lie close to a wall in a doorway. 15. If in the open, lie flat on the ground. 16. If the gas warning alarm is sounded, don the gas masks. 17. If aware of an Incendiary having fallen on combustible material material such as the attic of your home, undertake to put it out immediately. FEAR FOR RELATIVES, \).i FRIENDS IN WAR ZONE GRIPS PORTSMOUTH FOLK AFTER A RAID: 18. Check the pilot light on the gas range if a blast has taken place in the vicinity. 19. Remain at home and avoid public places. 20. Assist ARP Services when requested, but avoid intei'fering by standing about in crowds in order to satisfy your curiosity. Fear gripped many families in Portsmouth and surrounding towns today. Fear for the safety of relatives and friends in the Pacific war zone. Dont's Mrs. W. A. Robinson this morning I Paul Morrow, son of Mr. and Mrs. 1 received an airmail letter from her Smith Morrow, is a sailor In the U. daughter, Mrs. Hugh E. Sullivan, S. Navy is also on duty in Honolulu. who is at Waikiki beach, Hawaii. John N. Stulb, son of Mr. and The letter was written Saturday Mrs. Alfred E. Stulb, 36 Columbia , and Mrs. Sullivan urged her mother court is attached to a cruiser, which not to worry saying that if it be- according to his last letter received. came dangerous she would leave. by his parents two weeks ago, was Her husband is a chief electrician at Honolulu. attached to a submarine based Jack Camp, husband of the forthere. mer Miss Mildred Bamberger, is George Crockett of Rye left a attached to a submarine at Pea.rl month ago from Baltimore for the Harbor. Philippines to work in a shipyard Mrs. Carrol H. Sterling, Kittery, 1 there. He is making the trip by boat. as yet hasn't received any word Mrs. Crockett and the three children about her son, Pvt. le Benjamin M:. 1 remained here. Burns who is stationed at the Capt., John E. Brown, USN, who Schoffield Barracks, Oahu, Honowas commander of the V-5 when lulu. it was at the Portsmouth Navy yard Lieut. Robert Ellery is connected a number of years ago, is in com- with the air force stationed at the mand of a cruiser stationed at Pearl Hawaiian Islands. He is a grandson Harbor. of Mrs. Robert Ellery of Detroit. Comdr. John B. Griggs, at one Mrs. Ellery with her husband made time commander of the submarine their home in Portsmouth a numDolphin, is also stationed at Ha- ber of years ago when he was conwaii. He was the first commander nected with the Morley Button of that Portsmouth built craft. company. Mrs. Ellery spent the Mrs. John H. Glll, the former sumrrier visiting friends in PortsBetty Remick, is residing in Hono- mouth. lulu. She is the daughter of Mr. and Capt. Lawrence Guyer, USA, Is Mrs. Frank Harley Remick, South believed to be attached to the army street. Her husband is a lieutenant at Hawaii. Capt. Guyer was attached to Fort Constitution being in the Marines. Dr. Martha I. Boger Shattuck, the first officer ordered to that fort with her daughter, Nancy, left when it was returned tto active Portsmouth for Hawaii during the duty two years ago. He was in summer for a visit with her hus- command of a battery there and 1band, Comdr. Gerald Shattuck, lat;er was named defense adjutant USN. She originally planned to be of the harbor defenses. Chief Pharmacist Allen N. Smith, away several months. Lieut. Walker Goodrich, USA, husband of Mrs. Helena Smith, 610 son of Mr. and Mrs. John Goodrich, Middle road, Portsmouth, is in the 205 Broad street, is also stationed Philippines, about 20 miles from there. He is a graduate of West Pearl Harbor. Ensign (\banes J. Hawkins, Jr., Point. Pvt. (fc) Donald Adams ls at- son of Ensign Charles J. Hawkins tached to the Schoffield barracks and Mrs. Hawkins, formerly of at Oahu, Hawaii. He formerly lived Portsmouth, is in Honolulu. Young in Greenland and graduated from Hawkins recently was graduated the Portsmouth High school. He from the naval air station at Corenlisted in the army a little over a pus Christi, Tex. year ago. I BEFORE AN AIR RAID: 1. Do not have any lights showing externally during a blackout. DURING AN AIR RAID: 2. Do not become panicky because of an air raid. 3. Do not stand in the open, but seek shelter on the sounding 4. 5. 6. 7. of the warning. Do not seek shelter in Police Stations or Fire Houses. Do not cause any disturbance or disorder in a shelter. Do not leave shelter until the "Ali Clear" signal is given. Do not leave shelter until the Warden has rung his hand bell if the gas warning alarm has been sounded. AFTER AN AIR RAID: 8. Do not walk .in areas contaminated in a gas attack. 9. Do not unnecessarily telephone the Report Center for in- formation as a Warden's call for aid might thereby be delayed. �P·ortsmouth Prepares P ans Navy Yard Doubles Guard; For War lll Private Pta·nes Grounded 'Plane Spotters Report To Posts; Men Of City Mobilize Tonight Portsmouth Mobilization Bulletins MASS MEETilyG TONIGHT 8 PM-Men only. Air Raid Precautions Information, called by Portsmouth Civilian Defense Council, Junior High School, Speaker Leslie Paffrath, executive secret ary of the New Hampshire Defense Council. AIR RAID OBSERVERS TONIGHT 8 PMCalled by Commander Charles Black of t he Frank E. Booma Post of the American Legion at Legion Hall. MASS MEETING FOR WOMEN-Tomor. row night Junior High School, 8 pm, called by Portsmouth Civilian Defense Council. PORTSMOUTH UNIT STATE GUA RDEvery member ORDERED to report tonight at t he A rmory on Parrott ave., at 7.30 pm. Volunteers wanted. AIR RAID PRECAUTION SCHOOL-Starts Wednesday night, Junior High school, 8 pm. Desired registratwn at least 400 persons. Portsmouth mobilized for war today. Private f lying stopped; harbor shipping was halted for examination by naval officers. Leaves were cancelled-Po'rtsmouth Navy yard 1 and Harbor Defenses manned. Volunteer air raid observers were on duty; plans were made to recruit more. Air raid wardens were appoint- I found themselves swamped with ap- n ight and tomorrow night at the Junior High school at 8 pm there will be a women-s meeting. Mr, Paffrath, who bas just been appointed assistant to Dean Landis of the New Eng• land Defense council, was reached by telephone last night ancl asked to speak here before leaving for Boston. Mr, Paffrath praised the speed with which Portsmouth had mobilized for the emergency. Private fiymg at the Portsmouth airport stopped this morn• ing on order of Airport Manager and Commissioner Frank E. Brooks, following word from State Aeronautical officials. Until further notice Civil Areonautics authority has suspended all pilot licenses except commercial air line pilots. Portsmouth streets, restaurants and other publ!c places were deserted by supper time la"lt night as sailors and marines hurried back to the navy yard and soldiers head· ed for the Harbor Defenses. Air raid observers were notified at six o'clock this morning to go on duty at 8 am and from now until further notice volunteers will be on 24-hour duty, Marines at the navy yard stopped cars even before they crossed the bridge to the guard house. Guards were doubled and every car subjected to a complete search from top to bottom. Ships were ordered out of the lower harbor last night and plans completed for boarding and examining all shipping en• tering the harbor from now on, Utilities officials, electric, gas, water and bridges met with Portsmouth's police commlsloners at city hall this morning to make plans for guarding all key points of the city. Attending the conference in addition to the police commissioners were R. C. L. Greer, general manager of the New Hampshire Gas and Electric company; John E. Seybolt of the Portsmouth Gas company and Nat St. Stevens, superintendent of Portsmouth's water and highway department. I I ed and plans made for a mass meet- ' plicants. ing for men tonight to organize in· Disaster Group Meets struction class.es. Defense disaster committee memGua1ds were doubled at the navy bers met this afternoon to make yard and guards were placed at plans before conferring with the Ask Aid From Fort Following the conference, the I ts d th k y la es . city government in special session. power P an an er e P c Every man in the city is urged Police Commissioners on behalf of of the vicinity. . lo attend the mass meeting tonight the city and the various utilities re◄ Portsmouth Navy yard offic1als at the Junior High school which has quested aid from Col. Walter K. announced this morning that a rig• been called by the Civilian De- Dunn, commanding the Portsmouth id cemorship of all mails, com• fense council for 8 o'clock when Harbor defenses, and Colonel Dunn munications and the like has been Leslie Paffrath, executive secretary was in touch with the First Corps established at the local base. of the New Hampshire Defense area this morning to see whether . Ports~~uth defense leaders . 3:nd , council will speak on air raid pre• arrangements could be completed. Meanwhile, County Defense Co• mdustnal1sts presented a pet1t1on cautions. to Gov. Ro)Jert 0. Blood asking U. S. 1 The meeting is for men only to- ordinator, Alvin F. Redden, who went to Concord today to attend Army probection of local Industries. the Defense session which was Re<:ruiting officers of the city called last night by Gov. Robert O. Blood took with him a petition to the governor signed by Mr. Rem- ° ick, Mr. Seybolt, Mr. Greer, Police commissioners Thomas J. Downs, Orel A. Dexter and J. Verne Wood, William C. Walton, public safety chairman; Frank P. Crowley, general manager of the Portsmouth unit of the U. S. Gypsum company; E. B. Whittemore, president and general manager of The Morley Co, and 0. J, Brown, New England manager of Consolidation Coal Co. The petition read as follows: To His Excellency Governor Robert 0. Blood: The undersigned respectlfully request your Excellency, on behalf of the industrial establishments of Portsmouth, to request the immediate assistance of the United States Army in establishing protection during the emergency, for the in- I dustrles of this city. Within a few minutes of the first flash 011 the bombing of Hawaii yesterday, Portsmouth Defense Chairman Frank C, Remick and Chief Air Raid Warden Frank J. Massey had made arrangements f or an emergency meeting of the key men in Portsmouth's civilian rlefense council. Shortly before 6 o'clock, members assembled at t he Portsmouth Herald office. Although previous plans called for complete defense organization by April 1, they determined to complete organization at once. As a result of the training classes which have been held in Concord and Portsmouth,· P ortsmouth has 12 fully qualified air raid precaution instructors and 10 fast aid instructors to form the nucleus for training civilian projectors. A huge map of Portsmouth was broken down into sectors and wardens tentatively assigned to areas. Each man present was given the job of bring ing 20 more men not now connected with a defense unit to the meeting tonight at the Junior High ~chool auditorium when plans for the basic air raid warden school will be completed. Report Center Chosen Public Safety Chairman W!lllam C. Walton established Portsmouth's report center in a secret location. Arrangements were made with Manager William M. Hoggan of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. for the necessary telephones for the 12 defense b1:anches of the field organization. The control center Is in operation today with direct connections with Boston, Portland and Mitchell Field. The report center is on a 24. hour basis with a complete staff. Red Cross chairman Andrew Jarvis with Dr. E. A. Peters completed arrangmeents last night for a series of 10 hour First aid courses for the volunteer air raid wardens. These classes will be organized as sqon as classes of 20 or more can be organized. �9 John E. Seybolt, chair.man of the disaster committee, and Paul Badger, chief of the Resrue Squad, called members of their groups, together in an emergency meeting last night to plan shelter, transportntlon, food, medical aid, communications, Information and fund raising. PORTSMOUTH WOMEN CALLED TO DEFENSE MASS MEETING TONIGHT 7) Mr. Walton reported to the committee that the auxiliary fire and police squads under the direction of AcL!ng Second Assistant Engineer Frederick R. Crompton and John T . Downs, respectively, were completely organized and ready for call. I Frank Lloyd, instructor of the State Aid Raid Precaution School, and a member of the New Hampshire State Defense council will be the principal speaker tonight. Chairman Frank C. Remick of the Portsmouth Defense council will open the meeting and introduce Frank J . Massey, chief air raid warden of the city. Mr. Massey will speak on the Air Raid Precautions school which opens tomorrow night for a three day session. Mrs. Frank W. Randall, chairman of the Women's Committee of the Portsmouth Defense council, will speak at the conclusion of the meeting and make plans for those who will attend the school. mouth Defense councll stated that civilian instruction in blackouts will be included in all air raid precautions classes. The Portsmouth Defense group was in constant touch with the State Defense council in session at Concord last night and was advised that Governor Blood had decided not to call out the State Guard. Arrangements were made for private watchmen at the Jaconia and the Daniels street power plant to double their guards and City Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt detailed Special Officer Robert E. Williamson to guard the telephone building. Extr:i. operators were called to cluty at 6 last night to handle the vast increase In calls as friends and relatives called distant points to find out what conditions were. 'I 'runk lines connecting all military and naval key positions were imme• •u, School Program effect. In a message to neighboring towns, County Defense Co-ordinator Alvin F. Redden urged everyone in Exeter, Greenland, Hampton, Hampton Falls, South Hampton, North Hampton, Newin,gton, Stratham, Seabrook, Rye, New Castle, Durham, Newmarket, Newfields, Epping, Raymond, Kingston, East Kingston a.ml Brentwood to attend. Local Radio Station Goes On Full Time Radio station WHEB went on to full time today on order of the War department, General Manager Bert Georges announced this afternoon. Instead of closing down at 5.30 the station will go on sustaining after 5.30 pm. and operate for as long as ls deemed necessary. Mr. Georges ha been instructed to apply to the First Corps area of the 11-rmy for a military guard. No local censors are to be installed at present and each station has been given orders of the procedure to follow. After 5.30 pm. the station will be available for news, defense announcements, Instruction etc., in addition to its regular news, defense bulletins etc., during the day. Mr. Georges warned that radio stations may be ordered off the air at any time when it is feared the;it may be of aid to the enemy in directional finding, and states that no one should be alarmed if this is done. Portsmouth Defense Area Bulletins I TONIGHT MASS MEETING FOR WOMEN - Junior High auditorium, 8 pm. Speakers, Frank J. Massey, Portsmouth chief air raid warden; Frank Lloyd of Concord, Instructor and Supervisor of the State Air Raid Precaution school. TOMORROW AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS CLASS-Opens three evening sessions 8 pm. Junior High school. For Men and Women of Greater Portsmouth area. Speaker Thorsten Kalijarvi. ♦ Emerson T. Batts, chairman of the Somersworth Civilian Defense committee, has called a 1neeting at 7 o'clock this evening of all men willing to volunteer for defense duties. The meeting will be held at Legion hall. Mr. Batts said "Events right now make it necessary that we organize immediately.'' Mayor Alfred J. Boucher urges citizens to co-operate and issued the following statement: "I am sure that Somersworth citizens will do everything in this great emergency, and I know that a good crowd will ·turn out this evening that we may organize and be ready for the important work of Civilian Defense." Comdr. Edward L. Duffy of the Somersworth Pos t, American Legion said, ''From now on the Somersworth post, American Legion, will co-operate in every way with the Civilian Defense and the legionnaires stand by ready for any and all emergency." ing on Bombs and Gas. Guest speaker will be Lillian D.eRoth, an air raid · warden of London. At this meeting those attending the classes wlll be given a brief quiz to make sure they know their duties and are in a position to help others. Opening the three-day session tomorrow night 8 pm at the Junior H1gh school, Deputy Air Raid Warden Ross Stevens will introduce Professor Thorsten Kalljarvl. Frank J. Massey, chief air raid warden, wlll conduct the first class on on "The Duties, Equipment and Stations of Wardens." A film, either "The Warning," a film made during a London bombing or a film "New England Calls", made of an air raid demonstration in Massachusetts will be shown. Deputy Stevens will open Thursday's session at the Junior High school at 8 pm and Chief Warden Massey wlll introduce Major Lester Johnson of the Chemical Warfare repartment, a gas and fire bomb expert. Colonel Walte · K . Dunn, commanding the Portsmouth Harbor Defenses, wlll also be a speaker. , Instruction on blackouts and shel- , ters will be given by Reginald Ken- @W''•:rnrtf"·"~r•;,·,,,.,?W<'-'''""'t,;;wm'fH,,,.:t-nt%»-"%%l nard. Friday's session will be opened by Chief Warden Massey and the In- 1 structor will be Ross Stevens speak- Neighboring towns have been invited to participate in the Air Raid Precaution school which starts at 8 o'clock next Wednesday night at the Junior High school auditorium, with trained ARP instructors in charge. Defense officials in the above towns are asked to organize their groups and advise Mr. Redden or Deputy Air Raid Warden Ross Stevens of their plans in connection with the Portsmouth school before it opens Wednesday night. Mrs. Frank W. Randall, chairman and Mrs. Harry L. Moore, vicechairman, of the Portsmouth Defense Council Women's committee, conferred with Chief Air Raid Warden Massey and Deputy Stevens last night relative to plans for the women's meeting to be held tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Present at the meeting In the Herald office were: City Defense Chairman Frank C. Remick, County Defense Chairman Alvin F. Redden, Chief Air Raid Warden Frahk J. Massey, Deputy Chief Air Raid Warden Earl R. Elsea, Deputy Chief Air Raid Warden Ross Stevens, Disaster Committee Chairman John Seybolt, Public Safety Committee Chairman William C. Walton, Blackout Committee Chairman Morris Foye, American Legion Commander Charles Black, Senior Air Wardens John Hassett, Edward Shalnes, Manning Simpson, Dr. Philip White, Joseph Stella, Frederick Harmon, Arthur I. Harriman and Harold Swazey. I Women of Portsmouth hundreds strong are expected •to crowd the Junior High school auditorium at 8 pm tonight for the women's mass meeting which has been called by the Portsmouth Civilian Defense council. Train For Blackouts ITocalMorris Foye, chalrman of the loblackout section of the Ports- dia tely placed Neariby Towns Call Defense Sessions New Castle Prepares For Defense Mrs. Lee A. • Scott, in charge of the New Castle Women's Defense committee held a meeting at her home last evening to formulate plans and arrangements for subcomittees for defense work. Mrs. Frank Randall of Portsmouth gave an outline on what is necessa ry. Arrangements were made for several to attend t he meeting in Por;t.smouth on Air Raid Precautions. Among those present were Mrs. R. P. Prohaska, Mrs. L. H. Slaw• son, Mrs. R. Decourcey, Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. W. Miller, Miss Lidback, Mrs. H. Bibins, Mrs. H. L. Jones, Mrs. Arnold White, Mrs. W. L. Hayden, Mrs. H. Becker, Mrs. C. F. Prohaska, Jr., Mrs. W. P . Sias, Mrs. R. C Williams, Mrs A . Mori, Mrs. F. L. Colli ton, ~iss Sally Scott and Mrs. C. I. Marvm. Mrs. H. L. Janos will have charge of communications. A general meet• ing will be held at the Town hall shortly. Local defense chairman F . Leroy Junkins has called for a public defense meeting in the Town hall ' Wednesday evening Dec. 17, at 7:30 pm. An explanation of how each member of the community can be helpful will be offered. Application blanks will be provided for those who wish to sign up for local de• fense duties. I Alliance Hears I Portsmouth Libraridn ,-IJ The South Parish Alliance met yesterday afternoon at the parsonage. After a short devotional service the president, Mrs. Paul V. Brown, introduced the speaker of the afternoon, Miss Hannah G. Fernald of te Public Library, whose subject was "Books as Christmas Gifts". At the close of the meeting tea wa&, served by a committee consist• ing of Mrs. c. Waldo Pickett, Mrs. I C~lvin W. Lear, Mrs. Willis N. Rugg, Miss Edna B. Willey, and Mrs. William 0. Cleary, Mrs. Rugg and Mrs. Lear poured. · �give their services. The appropriation was then passed. The council then adjourned, until call of t he chair, but before the members had left t he room, Mayor Rowe reconvened the meeting and said that yestP.rday while he was at Concord, a pet.ition from Portsmouth busin~ss _men and Portsmouth police oomm1ss10ners had been sent to the Governor requesting Army aid in guarding vital points of the city. Mayor Rowe said that the governor had taken up the matter with him and in an official note asked Mayor Rowe to inform him of the city's needs. After presenting the matter t o the council, Councilman Gardner offered a resolution which was unanimously passed that the mayor be authorized to ask the governor to request the use of army troops to guard Portsmouth's key places. City Clerk Edward J . Hopley explained that Col Walter K Dunn of the Portsmo.uth Harbo~ Defenses was already in conference with army officials in Boston on the matter. Mr. Seybolt explained to Mayor Rowe that the petition was prepared on short notice and that Mayor l Rowe had already left for Concord when It was completed. No affront was Intended, Mr. Seybolt said and added : "I offer my profound a pologies for any affront to you or the office yon represent that this action may have caused." Mayor Rowe said the apology was accepted. City Council Names Defense Committee; Appropriates $2000 1 1) ,q Appointment of a city council defense committee and authorization of $2,000 in funds was unanimously voted las t night by the Portsmouth City Council called in emergency session by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe. • Members of the commitee are: Frank C. Remick, chairman of the city's civilian defense council; Harry W. Peyser, chairman of the civ- illan volunteer section and City Councilman Lewis M. McNeil, representing the city government. Mayor Stewr.rt E. Rowe is chairman ex-officio. Although army officials have been making plans for guarding key points, the city council unanimously voted to ask Gov. Robert O. Blood to r,equest United States troops to guard highways, bridges, water system, public utilities against possible sabotage. It was a quiet and subdued group of men, who met in the council chamber last night, as Portsmouth's World War II council assembled. Present were Councilmen Gardner, Hersey, Wood, McNeil, Palfrey and Santa Claus arrives in PortsBurkhardt, Mayor Rowe and City mouth on Monday, Dec. 15. Clerk Edward L. Hopley. With the a rrival of Santa on a North Pole special at the railAmong those in the council room road station, P ortsmouth stores were John E. Seybolt, chairman of will remain open evenings from the civilian defense disaster group the 15th until Christmas, that called the meeting; Chairman This was decided last night by Frank C. Remick of the Portsmouth the Portsmouth Merchants BuCivilian Defense council; Judge reau as a result of a majority Harry W. Peyser, chairman of the vote of the members and in acCivilian Volunteer committee of the cordance with the by-laws. defense council; Andrew C. Jarvis, Plans for the reception t o chairman of the Portsmouth ChapSanta are being made and will ter of the Red Cross ; Superintenbe a nnounced shortly. dent of Streets Nat S. Stevens, . Charles W. W. Spaulding, city fore'="·" 1man; Clement Moulton, plumbing inspector; Oscar Neukom, city solicitor; J . Verne Wood, police commisssioner; Ira A. Brown, building inspector; members of the disaster committee, Ralph T. Wood, A. Rich' ard Chase. Harry Winebaum and Forrest M. Eaton. Chairman Seybolt was called on by Mayor Rowe to open the meeting. Mr. Seybolt said the disaster committee of the defense council had gone as far as it could with• out funds and he asked Chairman Remick to explain the needs of the committee. Mr. Remick explained that the general needs of the defense council for a year were estimated at $500; expenses of the report center By Order of the State mcluding telephones, etc., about $1,000 ; and abo ut $500 for radios or a Defense Council: I total of $2,000. All store window lights, I City Solicitor Oscar Neukom explained that the city charter and neon and other sign lights ordinances were such that the necin the Portsmouth defense essary funds could be authorized area are to be out tonight. as planned by the creation of a committee by the city council. All air raid wardens will Gardner Offers Proposal Councilman Gardner offered a see that this order is en- motion to establish a three-man forced. committee composed of two defense and a member of the city Portsmouth MUST be officials council. Mrs. Dondero objected to prepared to blackout im- the selection of only one member the council, stating that the mediately on sou nding of from entire council ~hould be on the com' mlttee to supervise such an importhe air raid signal. that matter. After discussion, the .,». • •• council voted for t he three-man There will be a meeting of the committee as named by Mr. Gartonight at 7.30 o'clock at City hall. dniir. . . During the meeting there will be a Councilman P~lf1ey wanted t~ 1 th discussion on caring for Ports- know why e city should pay for school children during an telephone cost 3 and /costs of other 1~ outh's . . Ill utilities when t his defense work was air raid. Supt. Harry L. Moore w protecting t hese utilities. Mr. Remspeak of his p lans which he has ick and Mr. sevbolt explained that t be,en formulatmg for the paS two under the law utilities could not months. , Santa Claus Due In Portsmouth Dec. 15 I Po tsmouth Blackout Is Ordered I I I No Anti-Aircraft :v· 0 Guns In Portsmouth There are n o anti-aircraft guns in the immediate vicinity of Portsmouth, Col. Walter K. Dunn said today in response to questions from many citizens, However, Colonel Dunn explained that the stationing of anti-aircraft guns in any one section such as Portsmouth is not present day procedure. The plan today is to establish powerful mobile anti-aircraft unit.s in central locations and rush them to danger spots when a nd as needed. In this way a much larger and more powerful force can be quickly assembled to beat off an attack. Portsmouth has a number of machine guns that can be used to keep enemy planes from low altitude work. I I To ~very Portsmouth Citizen "9· War has come to us. Not only on distant shores but right here in our own Portsmouth and vicinity we are in daily danger from now on. There is no need to become hysterical about it. Hysteria will only make matters worse. But we all sho uld do something about it. Each of us shou ld find a place in our Civilian Defense organization and fill that place to the best of our ability. Advance training and knowledge alone will safeguard us if disaster strikes. Find your place and learn your duties. Tonight, t he first of our air raid precaution training classes starts at the Junior High school. Attend for your own sake, for , the sake of families and friends and learn what you should do. Time is short. Learn now and save much suffering and sorrow if disaster strikes. J. D. HARTFORD, P ublisher. Blackout Orders'"'\) 0 Armed Guard New England Regional Office of Civilian Defense. 1. All store lights of every description must be turned of.I when I the store is closed after 6 pm. This order is effective at once and continues permanently until further n otice. 2. All lights in a ll business establishments as well as homes must be lmmeciitaely extinguished on an air raid alarm. 3. Stores and theaters may have exterior lights on when they are open or when persons are at the store to tum them off on sounding of an ale.rm, but mechanical t urnoff devices must not be used. For f urther information or det ails, get in touch with Morris Foye, Portsmouth Blackout chairman. I Now Posted At Water Works Armed guards on a 24-hour basis will be established at once at key points of the Portsmouth water system, the Portsmouth Board o! Street commissioners meeting in emergency session yesterday decided. Pending action by the board this morning, Chairman Fred V. Hett, Jr., posted guards yesterday at two points. The present setup will be continued until such time as the assistance of the United States Army, which has been requested by the city, is in effect. In addition to guards, all water works property will be posted with "No Trespassing" signs and admis• slon to all water works property ex• cept on official business and by a pass will be prohibited. �Air Raid Wardens' Portsmouth And Vicinity Classes Start Tonight -v.o Settle Down To Defense Time: Tonight 8 pm. Place: Junior High School auditorium. Subject: Opening Portsmouth Air Warden's training school on air raid precautions. Bring: Notebooks and pencils. Every citizen of Portsmouth who can possibly attend is urged to be present tonight for the first of the three two-hour sessions which will be held tonight, tomorrow night and Friday. Attendance at all three meetings is required to receive Air Raid Warden insignia and it ls necessary also to pass a brief exam given the final evening. There were 279 men and women signed up for the course today and as many more persons who have specific duties in other parts of , civilian defense will attend although I their other duties disqualify them tor warden duty. Again and again Defense officials have stressed "Time is sho1:t. You are a link in the chain of defense." School Program Opening the three-day session tonight 8 pm. at the Junior High school, Deputy Ah: Raid Warden Ross Stevens will introduce Professor Thorsten Kalijarvl, Frank J . Massey, chief air raid warden, wlll conduct the first class on "The Duties, Equipment and Stations of Wardens." A film, either "The Warning," a film made during a London bombing or a film "New England Calls," made of an air raid demonstration in Massachusetts wm be shown. Deputy Stevens will open Thursday's session at the Junior High school at 8 pm. and Chief Warden Massey will introduce Colonel W. G. Knight, corps of engineers and Major Lester Johnson of the Chemical Warfare department, a gas and fire bomb expert. Colonel Walter K. Dunn, commanding the Portsmouth Harbor Defenses, will also be a speaker. Instruction on blackouts and shelters will be given by Reg• inald Kennard. Friday's session will be opened by Chief Warden Massey and the in• structor will be Ross Stevens speak• ing on Bombs and Gas. Guest speak• er will be Lillian DeRoth, an , air raid warden of London. At this meeting those attending the classes will be given a brief quiz to make sure they know their duties and are 1n a position to help others. An Air Raid Warden Must ">! 1. Enforce lighting restrictions to insure a complete blackout.. 2. 3. 4. 6. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Determine the need for emergency services. Communicate with report centers and direct emergency services to the scene of damage. Direct persons in the street to seek shelter and prevent the formation of crowds. Report all fires immediately. Report fallen bombs. Administer first aid within the limits of his or her ability. Report the presence of gas. Assist victims in damaged buildings. Prevent panic. Set an example of controlled activity and cool e!Ilclency to the public. Prepared by New Hampshire State Council of Defense, State House, Concord, N. H. Task With Grim Determination Portsmouth_ and_ vicinity _sett_led John w. Hopley, in charge of the down today m gnm det:ermmat1011 \ emergency fire protection of the to be fully prepared 1f disaster sembled his crew at the plant and str:es. , . . h had sand rnshed to the building for repara,1ons w111c originally emergency use. were scheduloed to take sev,eral John E. Seybolt had his disaster weeks or months became urgent committee chairmen assemble their "must" following New England's committees at their places of busiflrst air raid warning yesterday af- ness and stand by for orders. ternoon. Portsmouth school children were As the Porl,5mouth Herald was held at school 011 the alert until established at the emergency meet- ,Ule all clear news was received. Jng Sundav ntght as th e temporword was spread to all merary district warning center, all in- chants to have signs and store formation sent out from the 1st windows unlighted when they Corps Arca at the Army Base for closed for the night and to stand Portsmouth Defense groups came to by to turrt them off before that if the Herald office. notified. At the same time, th-e PortsUntil the necessary equipment ar1 ' mouth Herald's Associated Press rives from the army for the estabteletype was sending constant bulle- lishment of Portsmouth's warning tins. center at a secret location, the Portsmouth was wondering what Portsmouth Herald will continue to had happened at Manila, San Fran- receive reports. Both this office and cisco, and other plaoes thousands the report center are being manned of miles away when the first flash on a 24 hour basis, cam e at 12 :46 from the army base. While Portsmouth was preparing l "Two hundred enemy planes ex- following the first flash, other flashpected over New York City at 2 es followed in rapid succession: pm." 1.24 pm.-"Five bombers sighted Deputy Air Raid Warden Ross over Long Island." Stevens, advertising manager of the 1.25 pm.-"Confldential, you are Portsmouth Herald receivetl the first on yellow." (This is the alert sigcall and immediately got, in touch nal for all civilian defense workwith Ctiy Defense Chail'man Frank ers). C. Remick and Chief Air Raid War-1.30 pm.-"Contact State Police den Frank J. Massey. for assistance in notifying all towns Almost at the same time, the Associated Press wires were bringing not organized in your area." news to the Portsmouth Herald of Then a long and significant sithe evacuation of families near lence, while the entire area waited Mitchel Field, 'Long Island. further word. Before the second flash at 1 :01 2.55 pm.-"All clear." pm that "700 interceptor planes had Portsmouth and vicinity drew a I been ordered up" Portsmouth was big breath of relief. in action. General comment of citizens heard again and again today was how much was accomplished with0 in a short time and while many short comings were revealed for correction in the future, mnny persons expressed amazement at swiftness with which Portsmouth prepared. Deputy Stevens relayed all reports from the Army Base to Portsmouth Report Center and in every section Warning Portsmouth people not to use their telephones when an of the city organized groups went emergency, such as took place yesinto action. one of t,he first things done was terday, arises Manager William M. the establishment of an Air Raid Hoggan said today that the flood warning signal which C!Iariman of calls could very easily interfere Remick delegated Deputy Stevens with the work of civilian spotters, army and navy orders and the like. to work out with Fire Chief George For this r eason the authorities have T . Cogan. WHEB was notified to explain it to citizens and The issued the urgent appeal to t he Portsmouth Herald carreici it to public. thousands of homse last night. As soon as the alarm yesterday had been given by the army, the E~ents ; happened ~o swiftly 11: telephone company ordered hunevery sect .on of the aiea that to re dreds of operators to report for export LI:e1n all would be a physical ·tra duty, but even these were un1mpossibillty. . able to cope with the flood of calls Warden Massey had his ward ens which resulted from the closing of assembled an~ se nt to every one the schools and industrial plants. of he 20 secto~s of th e city. Wo~en The company estimated that Its , of the Womens Defense committee switchboards norm lly handling I und~r Mrs. _Fran~ W. Ra nd all, nearly seven' million caalls a day in tou'.ed the city stieet by st reet, New England, handled an increase warning families at home to staY which made it the busiest day in at home and be on the alert. j the history of the organization. City Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt · called every man to duty and within 10 minutes had his entire force assembled and ready for action. At the navy yard and the Portsmouth Harbor defenses men were pulled from regular jobs to prepare sandbags and stand by with emergnecy fire equipment. I I Don't Phone'"'->· Officials Plead I Dump Fire ) ,Extinguished For Defense 1 ,"3 Through an ~rder received from the Civilian Defense committee, it is necessary that the fire at the dump be extinguished during the emergency. Therefor~ people must separate the rubbish into two divisions, one C<1ll1bustible material and the other noncombustible, it was announced today. Mt>.terial which will burn should go through the incinerator and not the city dump. People who refuse won't have the privilege of the city collection service and will be reported to the Civilian Defense committee by the Board of Street Commissioners. N. E. Coast Has Aircraft Alert :> ,3 Boston, De~. 13 (AP)-A brief "aircraft alert" warning. which applied all along the New England coast, was given earl~· today, army headquarters reported. The all clear signal was sounded before dawn. Officials saicl the warning was given as a "precautionary measure." I �(Portsmouth Herald Photo) PORTSMOUTH MEN RALLY TO DF:FENSE CALL-'fhis is part of the large group of men who turned out at the Portsmouth -Junior High school auditorium last night at a mass meeting callecl to get volunteers for service as air raid wardens in Portsmouth. ·"- - - 151SignUpForService As Air Raid Wardens! At Mass Meeting 1 · I Between 300 and 400 men gathIn these centers a yellow light \ ered at the Portsmouth High school flashes on, denoting enemy raiders auditorium last night and 151 of are approaching, warning time is I . about half an hour. At this warnthem signified their desire to be ing the chief air raid warden, from trained as air raid wardens and his post at the center, warns his agreed to take an intensive three- i wardens w)10 . quietly get their night course Wednesday, Thursday stations. This 1s followed by a blue and Friday nights of this week. light denoting about 15 minutes Called together by Portsmouth's warning. When a red light flashes 1 Chief Air Raid Warden Frank J. the raiders are five minutes or less , Massey who told them, "originally away. Only then is normal life Interwe planned to be organized by April rupted. The wardens, who already 1, now the Japanese have made it have prepared, conduct the resiimperative we prepare over night" dents of their sections to the shelthe group heard local defense offi- ters. clals outline the defense set-up here Raid spotters now are on duty 24 then listened Intently while Leslie hours a day in New England he Paffrath, civilian defense secretary told the group. At present the Infrom Concord, told them something formation center in Boston is serving all , the area. Within a few days of the duties of air raid wardens. New Hampshire will have 12 district Salcl Mr. Paffrath: "An air raid warden is a man of centers in operation. many duties. He is the guardian, Mr. Paffrath was introduced by the foster father of the people In Deputy Chief Air Raid Warden his district. He protects them from Ross Stevens who announced plans panic and hysteria in times of em- for the first air raid wardens' school ergency. He must be a man of sound here, to be held three nights this Judgment, a good leader, possess- week. On a show of hands this ing a sound basis of specialized schedule won approval of the maknowledge. jority. "He must know his territory Mr. Massey introduced Frank C. thoroughly, be so well acquainted Remick, chairman of the Portswith the persons In it that he can mouth Defense council who In turn spot absent members in a moment ~ Introduced his assistant, Gerald D. during an emergency." Foss, who outlined the defense setBriefly tracing the system of air up in Por tsmouth. raid warnings and how they call Also Introduced to the gathering the air raid wardens into action, were county defense chairman Alvin Mr. Paffrath told the group that F. Redden and Portsmouth blackout plane spotters phone their messages chairman' Morris C. Foye, Jr. to a central Information center which contacts district centers. These in turn contact local infor- J matlon centers in each community. j (Por tsmouth is scheduled to have a district center as well as its municipal center.) I Portsmouth Air Raid Warning I I Ten Second Blasts At Intervals Of One_Minute, For Eight Minutes. All Clear Three Blasts. In Case Of Warning. Shut Off ALL Lights. Keep Off The Streets. Go To Basement Of Home Or Building. 'I �Residents Of This Vicinity Are Anxious About Welfare Of Relatives In War Zone l\tr. and Mrs. Leo~ard Watson 9:nd son, formerly residents of IsJmgton street, Portsmouth are now making their home in Pearl Harbor. Mr. Watson is the nephew of William Lomas, Rye, and a brother of Mrs. Lillie Watson Hem, Portsmouth and Rye. Pvt. (1st c) James R. Copley, USMC, son of Sgt. and Mrs. J . R. Copley, Wallis Sands road, Rye, is stationed at Pearl Harbor. faster Sgt. Eugene l\toore, SA, formerly attached to Fort Constitution is in Hawaii. His wife and two children with him. Robert Sausser, son of Mrs. Nell R. Sausser, 4 Echo avenue, is statloned at Schofield barracks. ·wmiam E. Service, husband of the former Elizabeth Brackett, Greenland, was stationed at Cavlti, in the Philippines according to his last Jetter. ' Frank Hadley, a first class radio operator is also believed to be in the Philippine area. His father is one of the oldest workmen on th e Portsmouth Navy ya rd . Andrew Handlon Is believed to have been on the USS Oklahoma, one of the first victims of Japanese aggression. "Paddy" as he was known, was janitor at the Ports• mouth Junior High school for a number of years. He was prominent in baseball, being a spitball artist, and pitched on several Sunset league teams. He was a member of the reserves and was called back into service some time ago. His family gave up their home on Union street and went to Philadelphia. "Paddy" was a member of the crew of the USS Mt. Vernon which was torpedoed off the coast of France during the :fil'St world war under the command of Capt. Douglas E. Dismukes. Paul Doble Is attached to Scho·, field barracks. He is the son of Mr. ~nd Mrs. Harold Doble, Concord I I Mayor Closes Pierce Island For Duration Pierce i;,land, opposite the Portsmouth Navy yard, was closed for the duration of the emergency by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe, In an official order issued yesterday by City Clerk Edward J. Hopley. 'fhe order was as follows: DECLAR ATION As Mayoi\ of the City of Ports• mouth, I hereby declare a state of emergency to now exist in this city and hereby order the closing of Pierce Island to any and all traffic and urge the citizens of Portsmouth Lo patriotically respect this order. STEWART EVERETT ROWE, Mayor. By: EDWARD J . HOPLEY. nd had expecbed to return to ;~;t.s~outh within a short time · as. his enlistment had nearly expiled. . . Joseph McG~iedy is attach_ed to a submarm~ believed to be m that area. ~e _is the husband of the former Lillian Thomltts, 131 Stark street. Na.than Jon~, husband of Carol yn Pope, 1?7 Start street, Is believed to be 111 Guam. _He is attache dto a transport ship of the US Navy. Ma~thew J. DaDario, formerly a machmlst at the Portsmouth Navy yard, was transferred to Pearl Harbor last July. . Leo Beane, Portsmouth, is stationed at the Army barracks in Hawall. Mr. and l'l'lrs. Albert Pace, Portsn:iouth, went tc, Pearl Harbor a short trme ago. Mr. :Pace ls employed as a rigger at the Nevy yard there. He ls a brother of Dorothy Pace, Portsmouth. Arthur Leary, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Leary, Little Harbor road, was transferred to the Pearl Har- 1 bor ya rd laS t July. Early in Novem- I ber, Mrs. Leary and their son left Exeter for Pearl Harbor to join her husband. They were due to arrive there around Dec. 3. Among others In the army stationed at Schofield barracks are Priv. (fc) Sheldon R. Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Lewis. Haley road, Kittery; Corp. Robert G. Eaton and Waller Eaton, sons of Mr. · and Mrs. Roger Eaton, 41 I School street, Portsmouth; and Private Robert Becker t, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beckert, Eliot. Mrs. Jeannette Philbrick Robin1 son, wife of Lieut. R. N. Robinson, and daughter of Comdr. and Mrs. Manning H. P.11ilbrlck, of the Portsmouth Navy yard ls also believed to be In that vicinity. lj · j Blood Orders Survey In Portsmouth To Study Need Of Army Guards I Whether federal troops will be troops could only be called If it was requested to guard key places in shown that the city, county a nd . state forces were inadequate for Portsmouth wm be _decided by Gov. the purpose. After the Portsmouth Robert 0. Blood this afternoon fol- delegation had explained the Ports lowing an inspection of Portsmouth I mouth defense problem, Governor today by Captain Harold M. Hart Blood agreed to assign the temporfrom the staff of Brlg.-Gen. Char- ary guard of the State Guard a nd Jes F. Bowen, adjutant general of to have General Bowen make a n New Hampshire. , inspection of this area. Meanwhile an 11-man detail of j Word was immediately sent to the Ports mouth unit of the State , the Portsmouth headquarters and Guard has been assigned by the Captain Cecil M. Neal assigned Sgt. governor to guard the Daniels street Charles W . Gray and a detail of 10 plant of the New Hampshire Gas men Lo guard the plant. They t ook and Electric company and men up their duty at 10.30 last night armed with riot guns patrolled the and are making their headquarters area this morning. in the recreation room. Following the vote of the Board Men on the first detail are: of Street commissioners yesterday Sgt. Justin D. French, Sgt. P aul to have guards posted at key places Eldredge, Pvt. (f. c.) Leslie Manning, of the water system, Supt. of Streets Pvt. ( f. c.) Donald Benfield, Pvt. Nat S. Stevens conferred with May- (f. c.) Harry E. Curtis, and Privates or Stewart E. Rowe and both went Frank Lovering, Raymond Chevato Camp Langdon for a conference lier, Arthur Hopley, Fred Fuller with Col. Walter K. Dunn, com- 1 and George Bridle. manding the Portsmouth Harbor defenses. Colonel Dunn explained that he would have to act on orders of the 1 First Corps area and that before army troops were assigned they would have to be requested by Governor Blood. Mayor Rowe, Superintendent Stevens and General Manager R. C. L. Greer of the New Hampshire Gas Portsmouth auto wreckers and and Electric company, then went to Concord and conferred with Gov- scrap dealers agreed today to cooperate with Gov. Robert o. Blood ernor Blood and General Bowen. Governor Blood explained that who appealed to the state association to lead a drive to alleviate as much as possible the shortage of metal for national defense needs. Port City members of the association who were present at the meeting held last evening in Concord were: Jack Zeidman, secretary of the organization; ,T. Goldstein, Samuel Hooz, Louis Zeidman, Abraham Zeidman and Abraham Wolfson. The meeting was called at the request of the OPM In Washington and a · simi_lar gathering was h eld in many other states in the union. Governor Blood addressed the group There are several openings for stressing the need of the metals men to learn electric welding and which they gathered for defense machine shop practice in the de• purposes. Dean Morrison, chairman of the fense training schools In Ports• mouth, Andrew C. Graves, manager Industrial Resources of New Hampof the New Hampshire State Em• shire committee, also spoke to the ployment service announced today. group. He stated that for e\·erv m~'"' Th-~re is uo charge for these courses in the service of the country it and any man 18 years of age or over takes 18 men to keep him goin 6 • is eligible. The only requiremen t Is These 18 men must have materials to work with and members of the ability to learn. "Men who have completed these association can play an important courses are earning from $30 to $60 part in furnishing the materials ' per week in defense Industries," Mr. he said. In order to speed up the delivery Graves stated. "By taking a defense training course, men not only im- of these scrap metals the dealers of prove their chances of obtaining lu- this state formed an association crative employment but are giving which will be known as the Auto Wreckers and Scrap Dealers associaa, real service to their country In tion. The ofl"lcers are as follows : the emergency. "Every 111.? 1 who has no trade Saul Weisman, Manchester, chair<-hould avail himself of this oDoor- ' man; Henry L. Yaffa, Claremont, tunity to learn one. I vice chairman; Jack Zeidman The State Employment office Is Portsmouth, secretary, and Eddi~ located at 29 High street and ap• Sanel, Concord, treasurer. pllcations w,UI be received from 7 am to 5 pm every week day and from 8:30 am to 12 noon on Saturday. I I ! Defense Classes I Still Have Openings )).\I For AFew Men ~- Blackout Orders (Blackout Goes Into F orce on Yellow Warning). New England Regional Office of Civilian Defense. 1. AU store lights of every description must be turned off when the store is closed after 6 pm. This / order is effective at once and con' tinues permanently until further notioe. 2. All lights In all business esI tablishments as well as h omes must be immediately extinguished on an air raid alarm. 3. Stores and theaters may have exterior lights on when they are open or when persons are at the store to turn them off on sounding of an alarm, but mechanical turnoff devices must not be used. 4. Night lights on the Interior of a business establishment must be properly shielded or a control placed outside of store so that thf' light may be extinguished by a.n air raid warden in the- event of an emergen cy. For fur ther information or aetails, get in touch with Morris Foye, Portsmouth Blackout chairman, I Scrap Dealers To Aid Defense �Gerald Foss outlined the activities of the report center. "Yellow is tho alert signal, flashed to key men in industrial and defense plants. It is confidential an d is merely intended to put them on t he alert" he explained. "Blue usually follows, except in surprise attacks. It means that danger is approaching and it lasts but 10 minutes at the most. All resources and men of the civilian defense take their posts at this signal. Red is the cue for the siren warning, and wtiite signifies all clear." YMCA Facilities JGiven USO For Work Here $ 1,000 Voted For Repairs; Civilian Defense Workers, Families To Be Served The YMCA building on Congress I 1 street has been turned over to the US? for us~ of_defense workers and their families 1t was announced by Carleton Hall, USO worker today. This authorization was made by the Board of Directors who appropriated $1,000 to be used in repair work in the entrance, stairway and lobby · In addition $400 has been allotted by the USO for furnishings. The program ls under way now and the building will be open whil~ repairs are being made. Mr. Hall is in charge of these activities. Regular activities of the YMCA will be curtailed somewhat. All of these will end at 7 o'clock each evening. This is not only to permit the use of the facilities by the USO but ls the time which the defens~ council has set for boys to be in their homes, stated Mr. Hall. The facilities o! the Y are somewhat restricted. T h ere is one pool table, two ping pong tables, tables for cards, checkers, chess and other ga mes. The small room, known as the Bickford room ls to be fitted up for a reading room, with a radio, chairs, etc., for the comfort of those who use it. The auditorium is avallable to hold parties or dances. An amplifying system has been installed enabling the playin g of records for dancing. Mr. Hall will be assisted by Miss Lucille Azevedo In the work here. This is for the use of civilian defense workers, as the Army and I WOI\IE MA S FOR DEFENSE-Nearly a. thousand women crowded into /~rJ~~~~tii~e1raaluddiptoh1~1·utom) last night to attend a. mass meeting for defense. Here part of the huge throng i,; caught by the" camera. "It is more dlificult to keep on plugging when there's no excitement. Once you have made the initial move in signing as an air warden for Portsmouth, you must remember England and remain true to your post. Practice is imperative." Reviewing the downfall of France, Mr. Lloyd deplored the lack of unity ana knowledge of that country's civilian defenders. "If an alarm should sound in Portsmouth tomorrow, and the Th _ · planes drone overhead, don't head . e women Por~smouth gathered, 1,000 strong last for the highways.'' he warned. "Stay m ght at the Jumor High school auditorium whei·e they at home where you belong. Rememh •d F , ber France." • ea1 rank Lloyd of St. Paul s school, Concord, in a brief Mrs. Frank w. Randell, chairman ad dress on how they could best serve their city in time of of the Women's division o! the att ack. One hundred and twenty of them registered for Portsmouth Defense council, also the air-wardens instr uctions to be given tonight to O1• expressed her _Pleasure at seeing so · ht d F m row many women m the hall last ngU1 t.. mg an n ay evemng. In a short speech, she mentioned the ofilce o! Civilian Defense at Mr. Lloyd praised the women o! city hall, and described the classes The meeting was called by Chief Air Raid Warden Frank J. Massey the community for their courage now in session and the city's need who, in introducing Mr. Lloyd, re- and determination to stand should- for instructors. " We are bending ferred to the latter's experience in er to shoulder with their men as every effort to train instructors,'' teaching the men and' women did the women of 200 years ago at she stated, "and we ask you to help throughout the state in air raid times of war. "The last wars have been dealt us in this work by contacting your precaution work. "With one 01· two others he pio- with by professional soldiers," he Ward chairman with information neered the Civilian defense move- declared, ''but the circle has swung of possible instructors in Canteen, men t in New Hampshire," said Mr. back to all-out war in which the Nutrition, First Aid and Home NursNavy building is for the service ing." I men. Massey, explaining that Mr. Lloyd Fred Ladlow ls in charge women in America as well as the Mrs. Randall expressed the hope was on the consulting staff of the women of England must aid in the that building. that mass first P.ld classes in the regional defense office. of their homes." form o! lectures and demonstrations Mr. Massey outlined the program defense Calllng attention to the fact that might soon be held. of the Portsmouth ARP school. the men of today are either in the Ross Stevens, deputy chief war- service Referring to the duties of air raid of the army or navy, or are den, told the assembly of the ex- in government positions, Mr. Lloyd wardens, Mrs. Randall said: "You perien ces of the district warning remarked that it was up to the wo- can be an air raid warden in your center during yesterday's New Engto protect the home. He called neighborhood. You are asked to land alert. Mr. Stevens emphasized men the air raid wardens the "life blood protect yuorsell by helping your the necessity and urgency of haste negihbor protect himself." of civilian defense." in completing the Portsmouth orMr. Lloyd recalled England's civ· ganization. ilian preparedness program which "The fact that only three of t he commenced back in 1935. He stressed 14 towns in t he district report centh e need for constant vigilance. ter a re organized is evidence of our "England never allowed herself a total unpreparedness for emergen- relaxed state of mind," he insisted. cy." 1,000 Women Gat~er,"',11 Lea rnWhatThey Can Do In Portsmouth Defense ot ·a I • ' • I I a, �qq which you never realized. Through this column Mrs. Randall sent a message to every home- Observers Wanted maker with directions on how to For Air Post "9 · act if attack should come. "At the first sign of an alarm," More volunteer observers to she explained, "fill the bath tub work two hour shifts are wantwith water." Now, at first thought, ed at once by Dr. P hilip H. that seems incongruous, but Mrs. White in charge of the Air ObRandall pointed out the reason. servation Post at Rye, Shifts can "Water mains might be broken and be arranged to suit your workthere would be no water with which ing hours. to fight flames." She stressed the Call his office at 350 State Importance of remaining indoors (Tel. 727- W) or his residence, until the all-clear signal is heard. 229 Pleasant St. (Tel. 727-R ) at Since Portsmouth has no bomb once. shelters the best place to install yourself is near that portion of your walls that afford the most support. "If you should be outside," she directed, "drop on your face. A BY .JUSTINE FLINT bomb within 60 feet of you is a dihit, but if It is further than If Portsmouth were besieged by enemy aircraft to- rect that distance, you are protected as morrow, what could the women of the city do to defend much as possible from flying steel and shock." their homes and their families? A knowledge of first aid and Suppose you were washing the dishes some evening methods of artificial respiration is after supper and the warning signal was sounded. Where Imperative, according to Mrs. Ran• All parents are earnestly requestcould you go? What would you do if an incendiary bomb dall, as well as the ability to remain ed to refrain from calling schools or calm in spite of hazards around you. the central office in case of air tore a hole through your roof and landed in the attic? She advised against withdrawing to raid alarm, Superintendent of All these questions and more are being answered the cellar unless you have an es- Schools Harry L. Moore requested today in connection with plans for in Portsmouth by an actLve women's division of the Ports- pecially re-enforced room. As for incendiaries, Mrs. Randall raid raid precautions in the schools mouth Defense council. The clubwomen, the homemakers, warned: "Don't be afraid . of 'em. which are being worked out. Lines even the schoolchildren are rallying to learn precautionary They won't explode. But they can must be free for official use. Checking up with the elementary measures for use in protecting their community from dis- cause damage by flre unltss they are school principals yesterday afterImmediately removed." She told noon on the lessons lea1ned from how such bombs usually fall aster. through the roof to the attic floor, Portsmouth's first air raid alarm They have shown a ready willing- WARD n on Tuesday, Mr. Moore said that "If your attic flooring is suffiness to join the men in the greatest Chairman Mrs. Arthur E. Baum. the courage and calmness shown by defense drive Portsmouth has ever 360 Wlblrd street, Miss Margaret ciently braced, It should be covered both teachers and students was re known. Perhaps the most farsighted I Ballard, 25 Lafllvr t tc road . Mrs. with two Inches of dry sand and a markable. In fact, reports to him long-handled shovel and two palls, revealed that excited parents were of these women Is Mrs. Frank W. o. o. Athorne, 816 Middle street. one filled and the other one-third a much greater problem than the Randall, chairman of the women's full of sand i;.nd should be easily division of the Portsmouth Defense , WARD III children. council, and leader in civilian act!Chairman. Mrs. Florence C. Cum- available. Dor>·t get panicky. ApFor the present in case of alarm vltles. She has instigated classes, mings, 365 Pearson street, Mrs. proach the bomb on your knees, as children in school buildings will be stimulated interest and organized Wesley Montanye, 460 Dennet street, the air is fresh nearest the floor. The kept gathered in safe places until committees. Long before other per- , Mrs. Flora Hayes, 365 Pearson street. heat demands gloves and a shield for the all clear is sounded. your eyes. Throw sand on the bomb sons were ready to face the reality All directions to the schools will but don't try to extinguish it with come from the Central office and of such needs, she was planning WARJ? IV . . water, as you'll only make matters and preparing for them. Last July Chairman, Mrs. Clmto_n KingsIn case that telephone falls, in• she started dividing the city into bury, Whidden street, V1ce-Chalr- worse. Pick it up with the shovel, structlons of local air raid wardens defense wards with women in each man Mrs. Alice Lee, 17 Pray street. drop It out the window or in a pall 1are to be followed . to form an adequate communication Mrs. I. M. Flanders, 436 Br!)ad and take it outside where you can Plans are being worked out for allow It to burn itself out. The only dismissal of children and sending system. Today any home in Ports- street. time that water ls required is when them to their homes If time permouth can be reached within an WARD v result from the bomb; don't mits, and details of this plan will amazingly short space of time. She Chairman, Mrs. Philip H. White, fires use it on the bomb, however, un- be announced shortly. and her colleagues furnished the Pleasant street. Vice-Chairman, less the water i.s applied by means of groundwork for a smoothly running Mrs. Alice Jameson, 250 Marcy street. gentle sprinkling. If bombs land in council, equal to any emergency. Miss Loretta Landry, 226 Marcy the street or the yard," she conMrs. Randall, Mrs. Clinton Kings- street. cluded, "they can do no harm." bury and Mrs. Philip White attend Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Randall Women can now be air raid wared the Women's Defense school, sponsored by the New Hampshire explainl)d what every woman can dens and Mrs. Randall told us that still do to aid in Portsmouth's declasses will commence tonight at council of defense, held several f<>.nse. the Junior Higl1 school. The Amerim'onths ago in Gilford. For seven "Each family must look out for ~.G can Legion auxiliary, of the Frank days they spent 14 to 16 hours a itself" she declared, calling attenE. Booma post, will also sponsor a day at lectures and classes where tion to the fact that firemen, docschool for women air aid wardens they were Instructed in air raid pre- tors, etc. would b incapable of by the end of the week uhder the cautions. On returning from th1 s s rving the entire cit,v in casr of leadership of the chairman, Mrs. intensive training they called a attack. "Women mu t I arn first Phlllp White. mass meeting. Three hundred and alcl, home nursing amt the proper The lower portlpn of Daniels j fifty women were told to clear their methods of combating incendiary "If you feel you are unable to between Bow and the underattics of combustible materials and bombs," she said. undertake any outside activity, but street pass beneath the Memorial bridge, , to keep on hand two metal palls, a She advised all women to send still want to help," Mrs. Randall has been ordered closed to the pubshovel, eye shield and gloves for word to the Civilian Defense office, urged that you sew, knit or make lic from dusk to dawn each night. the handling of incendiaries. They which is located on tne second floor surgical dressings for the Red Cross. Mayor Stewart E. Rowe is closing were given Information about black- at city hall, telling what they can The new reports center-which ~ection of the street during the outs and on defense courses open and would like to do. Mrs. Alice Sulnotifies the wardens of danger- this to both men and women. livan is in charge at the office must be manned by volunteers, and emergency. This grants extra secluwhich is manned by volunteers. here, again, women are showing sion to the New Hampshire Gas and She will be glad to offer suggestions Portsmouth Has Test their aptitude for any task. Under Electric company's power plant. The order closing the street folA test was made yseterday of the for your part in the program. The Mrs. A. W. Scarborough they are on Ward system. An "alert" report was telephone number is 2612. duty in shifts from eight in the lows: "As Mayor of the City of PortsMrs. Randall listed first aid, nuIssued and nearly every one of the morning 'tll four in the afternoon 486 women, organized to spread the trition, canteen work And home when the post is taken over by men. mouth, I hereby declare that during the state of emergency which now news throughout the city, was reach- nursing among the classes in which After reviewing the many things ed. · a woman might participate. She that Portsmouth women have done exists, the lower portion of Daniels Mrs. Randall was assisted by her remarked that registration is open . . . and the countless tasks yet to street from Bow street to the south vice chairman, Mrs. Harry L. Moore for drivers and for cooks to be on do, Mrs. Randall's final remark side of the underpass beneath Memand the following volunteers: call for active duty in an emergency. seems most significant. She said: orial bridge will be closed from "The ordinary things you do in "There's a place for YOU some• dusk to dawn each evening. STEWART EVERETT ROWE, your home, may be sorely required where." It's worth remembering, WARD I Mayor. Chairman Mrs. A. L. Rinehart, by the defense council," Mrs. Ranladles! By Edward J. Hopley, City Clerk. dall said. "Perhaps you think you 121 Ranger way. could be of no real use, but very often there are ways of helping What Can Women Do For, Defense? Mrs. Frank W. Randall Says Homemakers Can Join Men In Present Program Parents Urged Not To Phone During Raid~ I I Street Beside Power Plant Closed At Night �I lt Raid Warden School Opens • s • Many A tten d Flrst esslon Many Reported v In Combat Area ·-your mouth ope,n, "Wardens must know their areas even when it k pitch dark. Make a map of five homes on one side of · your street and put down every obstacle, trees, ditches, curbings, fencesandinfactanyobstructionsthat might be a hazard in traveling in darkness. This is an assignment of this lesson tonight." Mr. Massey also assigned the More than a thousand grim-faced citizens thronged group to find ,JUt the names of all the Junior High school last night for the opening session the key defensP officials in this area and explaine 1the duties of an Air of Portsmouth's Air Raid Warden school. Raid warden 'l':hich were listed on "The Battle of London" showing air raid wardens in another mimeographed sheet given action opened the program, after which Deputy Air Raid to those attending. Several additional names of people of this vicinity now in the war zone have been received: Donald E. Munz, seaman, 1st class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore M. Munz, arrived in Manila about two weeks ago, according to a letter received by his parents. He has been with the fleet at Pearl harbor since June. Ralph Winn, son of Roy Winn, Pa-6k street, has been stationed in Pearl harbor for three years. Mrs. William Robinson, Thornton street, has received word that her daughter, Mrs. H. E. Sullivan is safe In Honolulu. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Woodward, Warden Ross Stevens introduced Prof. Thorsten Kalijarvi, ' Pearl harbor, are the parents o! twin daughters born in October. of the New Hampshire State Defense cou ncil. i< Mrs. Woodward is the former Miss Kalijarvi Pleased With Work Julia. Goman of Portsmouth. "W e all realize," he said, "that Professor Kalijarvi, who has de- it can happen here. We have planes Mrs. F. C. Woodward and Mrs. voted months to the organization that can fly to Germany with a ton , Robert A. Littman and children forand training of leaders for the Stat€ of bombs and carry enough gas to merly of Portsmouth are now resiDefense council said that it gave go over and back. Presumably, the dents of Pearl Harbor. They are him satisfaction to see the huge Germans have such planes, too. the daughters of Mrs. Mary Gorturnout as less than a month ago man, 758 State street. he was in Portsmouth for this same Give Spare Time Mrs. Mildred O'Brien received a telegram from her granddaughter, purpose and less than 100 turned "If you can devote 15 hours of Mrs. Mildred Bonin Tucker, wife of out. your spare time to save a llfeI James Tucker, now stationed in "War," he said, "Has returned perhaps your mother, father or 1 Honolulu. The telegram reported to the primitive Indian days when children then your time is well inthat he is safe. everyone 1s a combatant and when vested. It is civilian training that "" I, \ Mrs. Mildred O'Brien has returnthe morale of the people is one counts most in keeping up morale. of the most decisive factors. It __ :/ ed from Boston where she was calis the job of the folks at home to Frances collapsed when its civilians I led by the death of her son-in-law keep life functioning as nearly nor- their morale. When civilians quit Joseph R. Bonin of this city. mal as possible." the army is done." Emery Fogg, North Hampton, Portsmouth and Kittery residents electrician's mate 3rd class, is now Nine Regional Areas Tells of Observation Posts are urgently requested to donate stationed on a naval vessel at Pearl Professor Kalijarvi explained how Chief Warden Massey explained any old or new 25 lb. or larger siz.ed Harbor. The latest news about him how the aircraft warning service bags which can be filled with sand. was received two weeks ago. the government had set up the o!- under the Army has established ob• Mrs. Ware hasn't heard any word Bags are wanted at once by the flee of Civilian Defense with nine servation posts all along the coast Portsmouth Harbor Defenses, Col- as yet from Ralph G. Ware, State regional areas and how each stat.e and warnings are flashed to filter onel Walter K. Dunn, USA, com- street, Kittery, who is staioned at had set up its own organization stations and _thence to Boston where I manding, said today. Any kind of the Naval J10spltal, Canacoa, Philand co-ordinated it with county all information is sent to the First bags-grain, flour, potato or any ippine Islands. and local organizations, handled by niterceptor Comand at Mitchel He was at the Portsmouth Naval others are wanted. civilians. F1eld, L. L . Bags may be left at the follow• hospital three yea.rs before his "Although the future, particularly Observation post~ .. he explained, transfer. ing places in Portsmouth: in war time is hard to predict" the do not warn the c1v1han units. They Cpl. Charles L. Chase, son of Mr. Coleman & Taccetta's on Albany professor dontinued, "It ~eems are Army activities, although the and Mrs. Frank M. Chase of South street. . hardly likely that in this' section posts are manned by 10 or 15 civilArmy & Navy Building on Dan- Berwick, Is stationed at Schofield we will be subjected to any high ians on 24-hour duty. barracks. iels street. Two sets of York Beach parents explosive bombs for some time to Civilian Air Raid Defense services YMCA on Congress street. come, lf ever. However, incendiary are warned from the Information In Kittery, bags may be left at are anxiously waiting word of their sons. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Philbrick bombs are possible. cent~r at Boston to the Control centhe town hall. ter m each key section of an area have ·two sons in the United States Raid Warden Key and in turn the Coo.trol center noNavy, Russell, somewhere in the Pacific, and Francis, who is some"The Air Raid Warden is the key tifies each city ana town control \ Town control centers notify where near Newfoundland. Mr. and to all civilian defense. The job of center. air raid wardens. Air raid wardens I Mrs. Harley Ellis' son Robert's locasetting up all the other services send their information back to re·1 tlon is not known. depends on the wardens. It would port centers, where aid Is dispatched. Edwin Kimball, son of Mr. and be Ideal to have a warden In each This was described on mimeographed Mrs. Harold Kimball, and Virgil home-some one to take the respon- sheets to those attending. I Hayford, brother of Mr. and Mrs. sibility for each unit. We must have Senior and Deputy wardens, said Earle Hayford, York Harbor, are air raid wardens for every few Mr. Massey, have the duty of clearI starting their sixth month of _trainhomes. ing all streets when warning comes. ing as flying cadets at the aircraft "The most essential thing for an If homes can be reached within Purchase of three air raid sirens school in Boston. air raid warden is to keep calm five minutes people are sent home. was authorized by the Portsmouth Word has been received her~ that and to see that hysteria does not Otherwise, they take shelter In the city council this morning when it Andrew Handlon was not aboard the take place. The air raid warden nearest horn or building. Autos are met in special session. Sirens are tu Oklahoma. Ins~ad he is ab~ard ansees that the other essential servi- parked at once with due regard be ordered at once and installed in other . battle~hip located m San ces are called into action by calling for fire hydrants. Keys must be left various sections of the city with Francisco. First reports had stated the control center, auxiliary police, Jn the cars. th.e control switch located in the that he was attached to the Oklaauxiliary fire, rescue squads, first Portsmouth police station. homa but a letter from Mrs. Handaid units, gas protection and de- Blackout Needed Attention was called to the fact Ion received by Mrs. W. J. Linchey, contamination and the like. In case of a raid at night, all that the official air raid alarm for states that this was not true. homes must be blacked out. WarN H mpshire had been prov!Fra:nk Philbrick of York today Must Learn Duties _ew a se was m the Herald office seeking dens do not have police power but s10nally set by the sta~ Defen news of the air craft carrier Lex"The important thing is to learn if anyone falls to blackout on reCo~c!l as 14 blasts, twice in sue- lngton Unconfirmed reports during your duties thoroughly and be pre- quest, the Report center should be cP.ss1on ~nd repeated every 30 min- the night had stated that Japan pared," Professor Kalijarvi con- notified and police will attend to' It. utes while_ the raid alarm laS ts . claimed that it was sunk, but there cluded. "Post wardens," said Mr. Massey, . In addition t? the sire;11s the coun- was no confirmation during the day. Chief Air Raid Warden and In- "can take cover during a. raid and cil :,,Jso autho~ized routme transfers His son, Russell A. Philbrick, is a structor Frank J. Massey, opened experience in England has been of funds wlthm departments for 1:11e machinist aboard this ship. Mr. the actual school session, and re• that doorways a.re best." sch<?Ol, hlghwa~, _water a nd city Philbrick also has another son in peated the, warning of Professor "If in the open," said Chief WarJanas and buildmgs department the navy, an electrician, but he Is Kalijarvl that the most essential den Massey, "lie down flat on your and _appropriation of $100 from the believed to be returning from New• thing is to "keep calm." face. If bombs are droppipg near contmgent fund to buy books for foundland keep your mouth open and have soft the Portsmouth Public Library. · plugs in your elll's. A piece of hard The meeting was adjourned until rubber or a b~ock of wood between the call of the chair. your teeth is an advantage to keep • J b T0 Learn Prospectlve O S I Ursent! Army Needs Sandbags At Once Council Votes To Buy Sirens For Air Raids I �IC> l IMPORTANT! \ REVISE AIR RAID ALARM 14 BLAST GIVEN TWICE IN SUCCESSION REPEATED EVERY 30 MINUTES WHILE RAID ALARM LASTS Sounds At Fire Station, Gypsum Plant, Morley Plant This provisional alarm is now standard for all New Hampshire communities by order of the State Defense Council and supersedes Portsmouth's alarm as previously printed. Portsmouth Air Raid W arden"l>. ' School Session Tonight, 8 PM PORTSMOUTH J NIOR HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Speakers:- Colonel W. G. Knight, USA, Eng. In charge of Civilian Defense Organization for the New England Area. Colonel Wa!Ler K. Dunn, USA, commanding Portsmouth Harbor Defenses. Major Lester W. Johnson, USA, Chemical Warfare department, expert on bombs and gas. Ist Lt. Laurence Lespernace, .Art. Eng. and Signal officer at the Harbor Defenses. Instructor :Air Raid Warden Instructor Reginald P. Kennard, graduate of the State Air Raid Wardens School. Subject: "Shelters and Blackouts". Film:- The famous film "The Warning" will be shown tonigh t. Presiding: Chief Air Raid Warden Frank J. Massey and Deputy Chief Ross Stevens. Shelter And Blockout ~ ,'2-, I Precautions Explained At Second ARP Class Shelter and blackout precautions were described to nearly 800 Portsmout'· and vicinity residents at the second session of the Portsmouth Air Raid Precautions school held last pight at the junior high school. Reginald P. Kennard, a. former Mr. Kennard warned his audience captain in the American Expect!- that these precautions were deadly tionl!XY Force overseas in the first serious. "You have heard," he World war and a State Air Ra.Id said, "about planes being able to Warden In~tructor was the speaker. ' fly non-stop from ~rmany here. In opening h.lr. iecture, Mr. Ken- Perhaps you didn't know that there nard repeated the warnings given are quite a few Nazi planes flying by all the previous speakers-that in th~ North country that could cover .ls essent!al in an air raid not come down here. In the far North as e. protection against direct hits flyin g fi elds have been built where but as e. protection from bomb and it will take yea.rs to find them. As glass splinters hlch can travel half sure as we're in this building we're a mile. going to get It here." "Take cover" said Mr. Kennard, No Gua.rd Against Direct Hit "The best place In your home but Mr. Kennard warned again and if you are ln the open get behlnd a again tha.L a home shelter was not wall or fence or in a ditch. a protection against a direct hit There ls nothing safe against a. but against flying splinters. direct hit, bm direct hits are rare. Hard pavements are more danExperience shows that most damage gerous than soft earth, Mr. Kennard is done by lateral hits. Don't go out said, "as bomb splinters will bounce to watch anti-aircraft fire, AA from pavement." splinters can kill." As an illustration of Lhe lmposAgain and again, Instructor Ken- sibllity of protection against direct nard stressed the dangers of flying hi ts, Mr. Kennard explained how a glass, which he termed almost as 110 pound bomb would go more dangerous as the bombs. He showed than 13 feet into soft earth and bis audience a window frame that through nearly three feet of concould be covered with blackout ma.- crete. A 660 pound bomb would terlal and fastened by inner t ube penetrate four feet of concrete while rubber or slmllar device to block a a 4,000 pound bomb would go down window and blow inward without 38 feet in soft earth. damage in case of a nearby blast. About the most practical type of He also Illustrated how an ordl- shelter that can be built he said will protect against the blasts and nary flashlight can be made into spllnters or earth shock of a 500 a safe blackout l!ght by the appli- pound bomb, exploding not less cation of four or nve layers or blue than 25 feet away; direct hits of cellophane, fastened on with a,n el- light incendiary bombs ; debris of astic band. ad jacent falllng walls or buildings; For traveling outside at night, and gas. Mr. Kennard said blackout equip"There ls no one best plan for a ment was essential. Luminous or shelter," said Mr. Kennard. "You reflecting materials should be worn have to use your own judgment. on lapels, as hat ornaments. White Some people advocate having sheloil cloth could be used, he said, ters below ground but there are and so could silk and pa.tent leath- dangers to be considered such as er. broken water or gas mains and gas " • • 1 attacks as gas settles down. 0 When ,, traveling ., 1!-tside In a Mr, Kenna.rd suggested that all blackout, he said: Frrst of all re- persons interested in more details men~ber no smokmg in t.he open. should write to the Superintendent Don t push persons near th e curb. of Documents at Washington D. c. Cross all streets a.t corners, don't for "Preventive Construction' Bulle~ Jay walk. If hurt get over to a wall tin No. 1 of the Civilian Defense and ask the first passer-by to send Committee" which costs 25 cents. for help. Be sure the passer-by Mr. Kenunard felt that an Inknows where you are and y•:, ~,·e he t.erior room in the back of a house is. on the fl rs,; floor was, in most cases, best suited for adaption as a refTake Out Bulbs uge. Heavy bemas can be placed "Blackout precautions in the against the old ceiling with the house are best observed by taking beams runnlg in cross direct.ion from out the light bulbs in porches, over the beams already in place. Between front doors or places near open the plaster and the new beams, timwindows, out of bedrooms and any bers can be placed . other places where a light might In considering your shelter, Mr. be accidentall • tw·ned on. All Kennard continued, remember that ligh ts near outside doors or stairs any wall within 30 feet is added must be screened. protection. Half inch cellar window ·Ml'. Kennard explained that a tin wire may be used to protect against can with a hole cut through the flying glas~. or windows may be bottom to take the electric light protested with sand or gravel bulb, ma.de the ideal night light fram ed barricades. as the can directed the light downward and blue cellophane on the bottom w!ll dim it. Small 3 to 5 watt dark blue bulbs also can be used. I �tioned were: Air R aid Warden, Frank J . Massey; AUXlllary F ire Chief, Freder ick Crompton ; Auxllary Police Chl tf, T. ,J. Downs; Red Cross disaster committee, J ohn E. Seybolt, chairman, and Richard Ch ase, vice chairman; Demolition committee, H T. Woods; Blackout committee, Morris C. Foye, J ohn McDonough, Carleton Hall and Jack Scott; Ev.1cuation chairman, R. T. Wood; Medical chairman, Dr. A. "Civilian Dctense" was explained ity. The man has direct supervision E. Peters; Clv1iian Defense Volunto t he Portsmouth Rotarians yester- over all activgles. The woman is in teer office, Harry W. Peyser; Rescue F ollowing the movie, speaker and charge of the women's activities. squad, Paul Banger; Chief Observer day by Alvin F . Redden, Civilian "The local defense chairman is ab- for plane spotLers, J:ihn W. Durgin. lecture tonight at Portsmouth's Defense ch airman of the county, solutely in charge of everything that There is need for 600 air raid warand Gerald D. Foss, assistant to goes on; every ugenc:i, Is answerable dens, in this city alone, Mr. Foss A. R. P . School at the J unior High t he Portsmou th defense chairman . to him." The speaker then told of stated, also 150 auxiliary firemen, School, all those who wish to qualMr. Redden explained the general Frank C. Remick's appointment as and more auxiliary policemen. ify for the course will be given a set-up of the state, while Mr. Foss city chairman . and Mrs. Frank W. quiz on the subject by Deputy Mr. Foss explained t hat when an Chief Air Raid Warden Ross described in cietail the working of Randall as head of the women. He observer spots a plane, he telephones the group in this city paid a tribute to Mrs. Randall's ef- the information to the center Stevens. Mr. R edden told of •the pass~ge forts. "When the Bombs Fall" is the which evaluates the report, and official title of the lecture which of the act by the legislature which Calling North Hampton the out- sends It In to Briston where the cen- Mr. Stevens will give tonight and set up the Defense council with the governor as chairman. Other mem- standing town In the state for its ter is under army sunervision. Frnrn J?lenty of note paper and pencils bers are : vice chairman and 11 defense activities, he explained that there, if it is located warnings are should be brought. A letter-sized members of the advisory committee, the organizatlc,n was functioning in sent out. The warnings are reu, bJUe sheet should be used for the final or yellow, dep~ndlng upon th e loca- exam. with 10 members of the cooperating a h ighly commendable manner. Gerald Fos~, upon being intro- tion. Ye1low was a cautionary committ ee, co.:lsisting of one from Those attending are reminded to duced by Fred Cotton, said he had warning, approximately 30 minute~ be sure their name and address each county. Mr. Redden sf ated that a man and been living Civl11an Defense for the before a plane would arrive; Blue appears on all home wo;rk and the woman from e,:,.ch town or city ward past three months. He claimed that is 15 minutes and Red now. The final exam so that proper credit can was selected to head each commun- some people criticized the number white signal i~ all clear. be given. All passing the exam The speaker issued an appeal for receive an Air Raid Warden's of committees He answered, "It ls necessary that there be a great many more assistance. He said that per- l'landbook. committees because there ls so much haps people could give but two Notebooks, home work and quiz hours a week, but that would r elieve are to be passed in a~ the end work to do." others who are giving a lot more Listing some of the committee of the session t onigh t and will be heads, he mentioned public safety time than th ev can afford to do. graded within t he n ext few days. of which Raloh May is In charge, Passing on the quiz Is 70 correct out During his absence William C. Walof 100 questions, true or false. 1 ton is acting ci:alrman. Others menIdentification of various poison gases and preventive measures against them will be part of toas possible to United States sailors night's lecture. through naval district headquarHome work last night was to ters. New, distinctive labels beardescribe pr e v en ti v e measures ing the name Bundles for Blueagainst incendiaries in your h ome jackets will be sewn on all garments and give an inventory of incendiary sent to our American sailors. Also a fighting equipment you have availspecial insignia is being designed." able. The needs of the men of the AmThe second home work assignerican navy and aboard merchant ment was to illustrate and describe what preparations you should make , ships on the North Atlantic runs j in your home for blackouts and have been Increased by the winter shelters. weather. Similarly the requirements of crews of the British navy and Formation of a unit of the organization known as Bun- convoy ships are far greater now. dles for Bl uejackets, which will provide comforts and nec- In launching the new organization Bundles for Bluejackets to aid Am<Y essities for the men of the United States Navy and the erican sailors, Mrs. Wales Lath~m. American merchant marine, was announced today by Mrs. president of Bundles for Britain, Robert C. King, chairman of the Portsmouth branch of urged the million volunteers associated with its work to assist in Bundl es for Britain, Inc. every way possible the program of The Portsmouth chapter of Bun- men throughout this area will be Bundles for Bluejackets. A special War Relief Ca.-ppaign "I need not tell you that with the ' dles for Bluejackets becomes part invited to enlist in the wor k of knitting for American seamen an d American navy now operating in the j committee has been named by the of a nation-wide organization, dis- to assist in other ways as the na- Atlantic and Paci.fie, and with the Portsmouth chapter American Red tinct from Bundles for Britain, but tional program is developed. British navy conducting its operaCross. The committee will meet this working In co-operation wlth this "The Portsmouth chapter of Bun- tions in the North Atlantic and afternoon to elect a chairman to American relief agency. Its efforts dles for Bluejackets will progress North sea, the need for these garconduct its drive for Portsmouth 's will be devoted solely to practical step by step with the work of Bun- ments among the men of both quota of $16,000 of t he country's aid to American sailors. The org- dles for Britain, and the two ef- forces is so great as to challenge $50,000,000 defense fund. The special anization 1ecently was chartered forts, while separate from each oth- every facility of Bundles for Bluecommittee consists of Andrew Jarunder the !aws of the State of New er, will be closely co-ordinated," jackets and Bundles for Britain," vis, John H . Greenaway, J . Verne York. said Mrs. King. "Our first objective she wrote recently. "We must work Wood, Judge Jeremy R. Waldron, F or the present woolen knitted will be to supply substantial aid for harder than ever before as our part Harry Wlnebaum, Charles M. Dale, • garments - turtle-neck pull-over our own American seamen at war, ln seeing to it that these men at Rev. Paul McDonough and J. D. sweaters, watch caps, scarfs and but we shall endeavor to maintain least shall have some measu,e of Hartford, gloves-made in accordance with a balance between the efforts for comfort carrying out their perilous specifications furnishe d by the Uni- these two great causes by bringing tasks." II ted Stat es Navy department, will be additional volunteers Into this new furnishe d by Bundles for Blue- work. At the same time there will jackets. By authority of the Navy be no relaxation in the efforts of Department these garments will be the local branch of Bundles for accepted by Naval Stations for the Britain to maintain an increasing All Chr istmas lights must be men aboard American ships and flow of relief clothing and other turned out before going to bed will become par t of t heir regular supplies to the war sufferers ln or leaving your home, Morris equipment. Foye, Portsmouth Blackout DiGreat Britain. Mrs. Robert C. King h as been de"We shall soon have on hand a rector, said today. No chances signated as chairman of the Ports- stock of United States navy wool can be taken of having lights on mouth chapter of Bundles for Blue- yarn and new knitting needles. In a house and the house locked jackets, which bas just received forwith these, complete official up with people away. fmal authorization for its establish- Along specifications for the garmen ts deAll business men with blackment from national headquarters of sired will be available. When the out problems have been reBundles for Britain in New York knitted garments have been comquested by Mr. Foye to get in City, the parent organization. She pleted they will be sent directl'!...!!2_ touch with John Greena.way, will serve as executive head of the the central warehouse of B a slstant blackout director. --anches of both organizations. Wo- for Britain in New York to 1 tributed as quickly and effi Alvin E. Redden Explains Civilian Defense Set- Up"')• To Portsmouth Rota ry A, R. P. School Final Exam is Tonight Mrs. Robert C King Heads New Portsmouth Unit'Bundles For · Bluejackets' Red Cross Names WQr Relief Drive~Committee Here Blackout Orders On'°Y.' Christmas Lights �\03 Organize For Portsmouth ed Cross o·sas er Ap eal Plans Being . Made For Raising Quota Of $16~000 Next Week Chairman John H. Greenaway Announces Complete Local War Disaster Relief Committee Plans wer being made today for the $16,000 War Disaster appeal which will be launched in Ports mouth and vicinity early next week. Chairman John H. Greenaway of that ciLizens donate their dollars as / the War Disaster Relief committee well as . their ser~ces for the Red of the Portsmouth Chapter of the C~·oss ~1~8:ster relief :work not _only American Red Cross announced his with c1v1llans but with the armed complete committee today. Mem- forces as pr~scrlbed by Army and bers are as follows: Navy regulations. 1 Rear Admiral John D. Waln- . Alread_y the Red Cross has swung wright, USN, commandant of the mto act10n an_d 1,700._ooo_ me_n and Portsmouth Navy yard. w_o!11en Red Cross ':01k~1s_ are moAndrew C. Jarvis, chairman of ~ilized and at w~nk_ risking their the Portsmouth Chapter of t he Am- j lives even as thi~ is written on I erican Red Cross. battlefields of World War II. I Hon. Charles M. Dale, attorney. Martin E. Gunther, Radio station WHEB J. D. Hartford, Publisher, The Portsmouth Herald John W. Howe, manager of the Colonial theater Rev. Paul A. McDonough of the Church of the Immaculate Conception Rev. Artnur A. Rouner of the North church 1 Judge Jeremy R. Waldron Harry Winebaum of the Winebaum News Agency J. Verne Wood, Portsmouth poSand for fighting incendiary lice commissioner bombs will be available to citizens This committee is organizing to- at more than a dozen convenient day and making its plans to put locations in the city, Superintendent Portsmouth over the top for Its of Streets Nat S. Stevens said toshare of the 50 million dollar na- day. Several loads will be dumped tional quoLa of the American Red at each spot and more sand proCross. vided when that is gone. Citizens P resident Roosevelt has approved are free to help themselVfS. Half a the appeal for funds which are dozen pails of sand per family should I needed for civilian populations be ample. bombed from their homes by JaLocations where sand will be panese, Germans or Italians. There dumped today are: are needs not only for the Pacific 1. Creek Playground, Ward 3. area but for danger in the Atlantic 2. Prospect street, near Old area which includes Portsmouth Franklin School. and vicinity. 3. ALlantic Heights Park. Fifteen per cent of the money 4. Foot of Kearsarge street, Atcollected is retained by the local lantic Heights. chapters for their own local war 5. Farragut School yard. relief expenditures. National Chair6. Whipple School yard. man Norman H. Davis has asked 7. Memorial Bridge approach park. 8. Parking lot back of Central Fire station. 9. Meeting House Hill Ward Room yard. 10. Lafayette School yard. 11. I~lington street standpipe. 12. Goodwin park. 13. Langdon park, corner of Lincoln avenue. 14. Lincoln and Union street, intersection. City Offers ~\~ Sand To All Householders Air Observers Urgently Need More Volunteers '\)0 Volunteer Now! Call Dr. Philip H. W hite at 350 State street (Tel. 727-W) or al his i·esidence 229 Pleasant street, (Tel. 727-R). Observers are needed to man t he Afr Observation post at Straws Point, Rye. THEY ARE NEEDED NOW. Air Observers are the first link of our defense. Unless enemy planes are spotted and spoted as early as possible, all other preparation for danger means nothing. Half a hundred men are needed fo1· the 24 hour operation of the post so that no single man need stand out in the bitter cold for any great length of time. Transportation is needed to get men to t he post and home again. Hours can be arranged to fit with your regula,· work. Air Observation Posts are Anny functions but manned by civilians. The word they send to get fighting planes into the air and, which through control centers get warnings to the civilian defense units is vital. Every man of this section who can spare just two hours a day should volunteer now, particularly in this most essential organization period. PICK UP THAT TELEPHONE N OW I All observers at the Straws Point station at Rye, except those on duty, are asked by Dr. White to meet at Legion hall on Sunday at 7.30 pm. 1 Army_ Liai_s~~ Officer -y .". Open Home ---p,0To Aid CIVIiian Defense To Soldiers Here Lieut. Albert G. Welch, USA, has been appointed liaison officer between the 22nd Coast Artillery and the Por tsmouth 'befense committee according to an announcement made at Camp Langdon this morning. The object of this appointment is to facillttate co-operation between mllitary and civilian defenders of the Greater Portsmouth area. In conferring with Portsmouth defense I chairmen the military has discovered that many problems which h ave arisen or may arise can be solved with a co-ordination of ideas. I Osford Bernard has opened his home, 63 High street, to members of the 366th Infantry doing guard duty on the Interstate bridge. In ma.king his home available for this group he has asked anyone who has chairs, tables, card tables, books, magazines, or anything else that could be used by the soldiers for recreation, to get In touch with him. A truck will be sent around Satur• day to collect any articles that may be available. �Air Warden CAA Pushes Shaines Marks Notebooks '7 :\} Plans To Extend Several Local Persons -P· Reported Safe In War Zone Among Port~mouth persons in tl;e war zone are Ivrr. and Mrs. Arch1s Blankenship ot Honolulu. Mr. Blankenship, son of Mrs. Mary Blank~nship of Isabel, Kan., is 1st machmist on a submarine. Mrs. Blankenship is the former Catherine MacDonald, daughter of Mrs. MacDonald of Coffins court. Mrs. Robert Parry, t he former Miss Katherine A. Dwyer of Portsmouth, and her two children are in Honolulu. Her mother Mrs. Kathrine Dwyer and sister, Mrs. Le~n Gradmore are Porthmouth residents. Philip Jones, son of Charles H. Jones is aboard a naval vessel stationed at Pearl Harbor. Word has been received that Ralph G. Ware, Kittery, now stationed at the Naval hospital, Canaca, Philippine islands is safe. Staff Sergeant James R. Copley, of Wallis Sands road, Rye, received a telegram from the Pearl Harbor war zone today, informing him that his son, Private First Class James R. Copley, Jr., is temporarily safe from the Nippon power's bombardments. t Word has also been received that Master Sergeant Eugene Moore and his family who make their home in are also safe. . Mrs. Lillie Watson Ham has received word from her brother and his family who make thier home in Hawaii, stating that everything is all right and that they are safe. Her brother Leonard B. Watson holds an important defense position in Pearl Harbor. A son Jack, is at the air base there. Mrs. Watson is the former Margaret Morgan, of Portsmouth. Pay Clerk Smith S. Morrow, USN (ret.) and Mrs. Morrow, Cass street, received a cablegram this morning from their son, Paul E. Morrow, Yeoman 1st class USN, serving on a ship operating in the Honolulu area that he was 0 . K. and everything was flne. Word has beei;i. received that Comdr. Gerald A. Shattuck, USN and Dr. M. I. Boger-Shattuck and daughter, Nancy, in Honolulu escaped unhurt during the Japanese attack on the islands. I Chief Air Warden Frank J. Massey today announced that Air Raid Warden Instructor Edward Shaines has been placed in charge of the examination of the notl;books turned in at the close of the Portsmouth ARP school last Friday evening. Warden Shaines has as.:;embled a staff of women who attended the Guilford ARP school and th,•y are engaged in the correction of the examinations which were taken by all who attended thePortsmouth ARP school and who desired to qualify as Air Wardens. Chief Air Warden aMssey w11l advise all sucecssful Air Raid Wardens and will notify them where to pick up their notebooks when the gradings are complete. Mr. Massey stated this morning that Deputy Chief Earl R. Elsea had nearly completed the sector arrangement of the city and expected that the new wardens could be immediately ass·gned to districts before the weekend. Mr. Massey stated that the graduate instructors fo the Concord ARP school who are his staff would be assigned to give complete courses of nine additional lecture and dem1 onstratlon hours as soon as the new wardens are not!f!ed and sectors asigned. Deputy Chief Warden Ross Stevens has been detailed to prepare and consolidate the additional courses and to draft preliminary plans for the scheduling of the instructors for the several school now divided into 24 districts for I dates which are to be announced assignments. ' I later in the week. Mr. Stevens has Plans were being made today for 1 been assigned to prepare a~ addiradio talks for the general public tional handbook for air raid waron Air Raid Precautions which will dens and home defense which will start tomorrow night over WHEB be published in the Portsmouth Herand be given by Chief Air Raid aid 011 next Saturday in the same Warden Massey and Deputy Chief manner as the first handbook pubAir Raid Wrda eRnssRojPcitark !!shed last Saturday. . Air Raid warden Ross Stevens. The second ~andbook will embrace several 1mportant subjects ½.~ '"Nfc'ilf-;illii,,J&.ilb%~@'.i."'.'.s,,,..;,.i not already covered. Portsmouth Area Busy AirP,ort Here Plans for enlargement of the Portsmouth Municipal airport will be completed within 48 how·s, Manager Frank S. Brooks was advised today by the Civil Aeronautics Authority, and details of the plan whereby the government will spend a grant .of $478,000 n the field will be forwrded with a few days. Surveys of the field have been made by Federal airport engineers and as a resupl t foerihtfl l!Nq !Ag and as a result of their survey locations of extended runways have been determined. Next step wlll be presentation of t.he plan to the Portsmouth City council for action in obtaining the land. As th.e council has already indicated it is ready to co-operate with this extension and mentioned reserving $20,000 from the contingent fund for this pw·pose, it is expected that quick action can be cbtained. As a result of the difficulty in providing emergency l!ghting at the field last night for the Canadian bomber, there have been many comments heard that emergency lighting of a temporary nature should be installed pending the l!ght!ng to be put in by the project Preparing For Air Raids J),IS" Portsmouth and vicinity spent a busy weekend checking its homes in preparation for air raids. Attics were cleaned out, pails of sand assembled, shovels and other equipment as recommended at Portsmouth's first air raid precautions school were placed in strategic spots. Meanwhile, more and more notebooks of the more than eight hundred persons attending the three day ARP sessions were being turned in. Tomorrow noon Is the deadline for turning in notebooks and home work. Faye's, French's or The Portsmouth Herald are places where these notebooks can be turned in . for those who want to qualify. ' Meanwhile arrangements are beirl, made for the 10-how· first aid course which are necessary if those atte.nding the school are to receive their ARP warden certificates. Rei,ults of the school tests and the 11omework will be reported to those passing by individual letters sells uut by Chief Air Raid Warden Frank J. Massey about Dec. 19. In the same letter will be assignment of the post to be taken in event of a raid. Deputy Chief Air Raid Warden Earl R. Elsea, has remapped and plotted the entire city which is I I Local Radio Station Passes Defense Test y< To make sure that radio station WHEB can go off the air at once in an emergency when continued broadcasting might enable enemy planes to use the station as a guide, the First Interceptor Command at Mitchel Field, Long Island, staged a test Saturday afternoon. In official order No. 88, station officials were warned to keep tuned to the government's monitoring station for a call to go off the air. After listening from early morning, the call was received at 3.21 pm. The station did not actually go off the air but merely acknowledged time and receipt of the message In a wire to the Interceptor Command, indicating that ·t could have gone off had it been necessary. -~,=-• City To Learn y·'l. How To Handle Incendiary Bombs Extinguishing incendiary bombs will be demonstrated at the South playground on Thursday night at 6.45 pm. Fire Chief George T. Cogan said today. Theodore Gwm, expert of the New Hampshire Fire Underwriters association. Prior to the demonstration on the playground there will be a meeting at 6 pm. at the Central station when members of the Portsmouth Fire department, the Por tsmouth Auxiliary Fire department and the Fire Brigade of the New Hampshire Gas and Electric company, will hear a lecture by Mr. Gunn and then go to the playground with him for the public demonstration. I Portsmouth Man Wounded In Raid On Pear! Harbor .~ I ~ Albert Frederick Pace, 28, son of Mrs. Barbara Pace of Portsmouth was severely wounded · during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, according t o word received yesterday. A letter from Mrs. Albert Pace reported that her h usband had been hit at the beginning of t he raid as he was standing with her in t he doorway of t heir home in the navy yard cantonment. A stray machine gun bullet was thought to have caused the wounds 1 which included injuries to the vie, tim's hand and stomach, and a severed lower bowel. After being strnck, Mr. Pac0 ran 60 feet into the crowded street before he drnpped and I \ as taken to the naval h ospital. He was operated on immediately 1and is reported recovering. 1 Mr. P ace had just returned from work at the Pearl Harbor navy yard, where he is employee! as a rigger, when the raid began. He was transferred to Hawaii from the Portsmouth Navy yard last July. Besides his mother, Mr. Pace has a sister, Miss Dorothy Pace of l(l Congress street, Portsmouth, and t wo brothers, Brandt and, Charles Pace, a lso of Portsmouth. I �lOS' 1 Admiral Urges Yard workers To Help U.S. Wipe Out Jap Navy ·"- - - - - Portsmouth Ai rpor! A~'W~~~~~lac~~:p, ~~.~la~Pea~~,:~ $478,000 Proje(t T0 Start At once Com~andant Speaks ~/ : 1 but we cannot replace the lives that were lost in that savage attack of a week ago. We must wipe the Japanese Navy from the face of the world," Admiral John D. Wainwright, USN, commandant of the Portsmouth Navy yard, , told ~,000 workers at a war rally held at the navy yard this j morning. 1 Representative Of CAA Says July 15 Set For Completion Date This war rally, the first since held the trying days of 1917-18, was at- men in the foundry will come in to tended by the largest group of em- work next Sunday as our contrlbuployes in the history of the Ports- tlon in the national defense effort to mouth Navy yard. Capt Henry F. give the president a 'lift.' " The nearly half million dollar improvement of the D. bavis, USN, manager, introduced The foundrymen are the first to the speakers who were Admiral volunteer their services on what is Portsmouth Municipal airport is scheduled to start at once, th Wainwright, Charles Black. Inspect- now e only day off that they or of materials and formerl y a ma- have. However, all Navy yards may to be completed by July 15. chinist, also commander of the possibly go on a seven-day week This was the Christmas present that the Civil Aerosoon according to statements made Frank E. Booma Post, American by President Roosevelt in recent nautics Authority brought to Frank E. Brooks, chairman Legi<?n, of Portsmoutl~, and J . A. speeches. Perkms, a moulder m the founof the Portsmouth Airport Commission today. dry, Warns of Sabotage At a meeting held this morning at at once ends more than a year of Basing his talk on the Bill of Charles Black warned the men Rights, Admiral Wainwright, told to be on the watch for any subver- Mr. Brooks' office, William E. Cul- conferences which the airport com• the assembled group that Hitler, · sive activltles which might occur linan, Jr., of the Boston office of mission has held with state, federal Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan in or about the Portsmouth Navy CAA presentect the plan which has and city officials in an effort to sought to remove these privileges yard. He also told the group that been prepared from surveys made h ave improvements made at the which we have obtai11ed through he felt that everyone of them at the field and approved as a pro- port. News that the army had aublood, ba ttle and fire. should deem it a privilege to work ject to cost $478,000, which has al- thorized the CAA to spend $478,000 "In any other count.Ty than the at the Portsmouth Navy yard and ready been allocated by the Fed- was received late last summer but it was not until today that it was United States we would not have vowed that the work would even eral government. Attending the meeting this morn- definitely stated that work would the right to assemble as we are reach a higher tempo in the years start. today. We would be shot down," to come. said the admiral. "Since 1812 the Capt. Davis, manager, introduced ing wi th Mr Cullinan and Mr. Portsmouth Navy yard has been the speakers, He stressed the need Brooks were: Mayor Stewart E. producing excellent equipment and for excellent work, even better than Rowe, chairman ex officio of the fine workmanship. That is true that which is being done at present, Airport commii:~ion, Russell Hilliard, th t th state director of Aeronautics from today and I am proud of all you now a e war ls upon us. Capt. Concord and Superintendent of men:· Davis also announced that C. M. Streets Nat S. Stevens. Buy Bonds, He Urges Armstrong of Shop 31 who was Plans call for two runways 4,000 Stressing the importance of buy- supposed to address the group would feet long and 400 feet wide with proing Defense Bonds now the admir- be unable to because of illness. al announoed that Capt. Walter M. At the conclusion of the speaking vision of extension of one of t hese Hunt USN administrative officer the entire group, led by Adm. Wain- runways another 1,000 feet. The Sand for fighting incendiary ' told h, · th t . $l 37 000• wright, joined ·111 the Pledge to the layout Is so eesigned taht another l1a d un a over ' Flag of the United States. Follow- runway 3,000 feet long can be added bombs is available to citizens at worth of bonds and stamps have Ing the pledge the group joined in at ~ later date. been sold since the offlc_e was singing one verse of the "Spar I Bids arc to be asked within the tmore than a dozen convenient loopened at the navy ~ard, barely two S d B ,, 'd b next week and the tentative com- cations in the city, Half a dozen months ago pang1e anner accompam e y t· t . pails of sand per family should be " · the Navy yard employes band un- P1e 10n da e 1s set for July 15. ample. In fairness to others citizens When you men go back to your der the direction of Roland Hinkare asked not to cart off wheelbarMust ·work Quickly machines today make. them do ley. Portsmouth's expense to get this row loads for sanding purposes. ~~uble work. We need it. ~ou need The rally was held in the park in Locations of sand: it. In 183 6 the ;Var cry was, Reme~- front of ther Commandant's home, grant of $478,000 will be less than 1.-Creek Playground, Ward 3. ber the Alamo, now, the war cry 15 opposite the Administration build- three per cent including the added 2.-Prospect street, near Old 'Remember Pearl Harbor.' " • land to be taken and erection of a Franklin school. ' J. A. Perkins, a moulder in the mg. small administ.ration building. 3.-Atlantic Heights Park. Prompt action on the part of the foundry, was the first speaker. An 4.-Foot of Kearsarge street Atcity is asked by the government ofannouncement that he made caused ' ficials who feel t,hat in the present lantic Heights. a murmur of approval to circulate 5.-Farragut school yard, emergency the improvement of ~his among the huge group standing in 6.-Whipple school yard. field will be vital to the navy yard, t.he chilly wind. Perkins said, "The 7.-Memorial Bridge approach the Harbor Defenses and the uro- park, tection of Portsmouth. · 8.-Park.ing lot back of Central Members of the airport commission will confer with members of Fire station. 9.-Meeting House Hill, Ward room the Board of Street Commissioners yard. to determine land boundaries as 10.-Lafayette school yard. · much of the land needed is already 11.-Islington street standpipe, owned by the city. Then the airport 12.-Goodwin park. commission will recommend to t.he 13.--'Langdon park, corner of Lincouncil the necessary purchases and coln avenue. zoning for field improvement. 14.-Rockland st., back of ball Word that this project is to start park. I I City Offers Sand , , To Householderl. I �Navy Yard Wor-kers Give A Da To Aid National e ense Thousands Volunteer · S d Af PayIess un ay ter War Rally Is Held Here A.R.P. School Notice All persons who submitted notebooks at the close of the 3 day Portsmouth A.R.P. school are advised that their notebooks have been graded. It is requested that these persons call at Shaines Boot Shop between 10 am and 1 pm Sunday for the return of the notebooks. Almost Ready-1) ~ For Defense ,'}.I With only two items still pending, the Portsmouth defense highway project which has been under consideration by the city and federal government for the past_ ~wo months, seemed near realization last night when the city council accepted a recommendation of the finance committee to approve the program subject to the .t~? items. First item is the poss1b1hty that the Pleasant, Marcy street widening may become part of the military highway plan which the army lS working out to provide access roads in Portsmouth and Rye to its Portsmouth Harbor Defenses. Second is the leasing of the parking lot back of the YMCA building. When these two things have been settled the $61,000 project in which the city gets a government grant of $27,000 wili be ready for action. Learn To Fight Fire Bombs -9-:-ci At Pl aygroun d i Here Tonight Hearing Tomorrow Next Sunday will be gift day at the Portsmouth Nav) yard when 12,000 employes will "give" one day's labor at their respective desks, benches, lathes, forges, presses and 1 other tools as their contribution to the national defense I effort. ,, · Adm. John D. Wainwright, USN, that he expected that the other five commandant of the Navy yard, would follow suit immediately. gave his approval of the program at Older employes at the yard cana conference this morning with offi- not recall whether such a day was cers of the yard. This is believed to ever given before but they are sure be firi;t time in the history of the that no such program was carried Portsmouth Navy yard, which was out during the last World war. It established in 1812, that such a day is also believed that the Portshas been given by the civilian per- mouth Navy yard is the first Navy sonnel without pay. yard to have a "Gift Day" in the The stage for the "Gift Day" was country. set yesterday morning at the war The War rally yesterday was the rally which was called by Adm. first one that has been held since Wainwright when J. A. Perkins, a 1917-18. Adm. Wainwright delivered moulder in the foundry, announced the main address stressing the need that 350 of his fellow employes had for a great fleet in order that we decided to work next Sur.day to might "Wipe the Japanese Navy "Give the President a 'lift'." He also from the face of the world." said, "That it is our hope that men Other speakers were Capt. Henr:9 in tbe other shops will do likewise." F. D. Davis, manager, Charles This morning Comdr. Charles F. Black, employe of the inside maGrisham, USN, Industrial depart- chine shop and commander of the ment, announced that 10 of the 15 Frank E. Booma Post, American shops had alre~dy ~·equested the Legion, of Portsmouth, and J. A. privilege to work next Sunday and Perkins of the foundry. Highway Pl·an A demonstration of incendiary bombs, resultant fires and methods of control, will be held tonight in the interests of safety, behind the wire fence of the baseball park on the South playground at the end nearest the Junior High school in Parrott avenue at 7 o'clock. Only fire fighting personnel will be allowed in the dangerous area. l\,Jen who are assigned by state municipal, utilities or private enter~ prises to cope with possible bombings and resultant fires should and 1are requested to attend by Fire Chief George T. Cogan. John w. Hopley, chief of the New Hampshire Gas and Electric iQmpany's Fire brigade, has arranged to have all his men present, as has Fred R. Crompton, chief of Portsmouth's auxiliary fire department. T. W. Gunn, inspector of the New Hampshire Board of Underwriters, will speak on Incendiary bombs and how civilian defenders should control them at a meeting which will be held prior to the demonstration on the South playground at the Central Fire station on Court street at 6 o'clock. I Officials who are in charge of the demonstration felt that the northerly end of the baseball park be- 1 hind the wire fence, would b~ the most advantaseous place to have th& display because it w~ be within heating distance of all those who attend. 1 1 1 On. New Rood "") ).' ro Harbor Defen~es New Castle selectmen and town clerk have been notified of a public hearing to be held tomorrow at 10 am in th: executive council chamber at Concord on a. proposed new road to the harbor defense forts in that town. The new rnad will croos private property, "D ).')' District Warning Center Operating At New Location The Portsmouth District Warning center, key point of air raid information for Southeastern New Hampshire and Southeastern Maine was established with full communications Saturday evening at a new secret location. From Dec. 7 the District Warning center for this area had been operating from the Portsmouth Herald office. Frank C. Remick, city defense chairman, today expressed his thanks on behalf of the City Defense Council to J . D. Hartford, publisher of the Herald "for his cooperation and use of the facilities of the Herald during the period of the establishin.g of the permanent warning center." A test was conducted by the Ar~ my Information center through the District Warning center on Saturday evening. Actual time required to relay information to all the report centers in the area was 1½ minutes. The District Warning center is under the direct supervision of Frank C. Remick and he has ap" pointed Charles M. Sheppard of this city as chief controller. �l O '"( H. C. Hartford, Canadian Patrol Bomber! Massey Asks Makes Forced Land ing More Volunteers Eliot, Killed/9-y~ , At Portsmouth Airport \p For Report Center In Hawaii j) ,.., Leaves For Home At Noon After Emergency Stop Here In Dark Y" Winging its way gracefully over field with their car to provide lights. Akeley and Edison Carroll raced the city and dipping a salute to the navy yard, the big twin-motored to the far side of the field and lighted that end. Other cars were Canadian bomber that made a forced landing at the Portsmouth stationed along the field to light Municipal airport last night left other sides as they arrived. To indicate the proper runway this noon for its base in New Air Raid Warden Instructor ReginBrunswick. Because the field here is so small, ald P . Kennard and Akeley poured the plane carried just enough gaso- gasoline in a straight line down the llne to take it to Portland. Only two side of the runway and touched it membet·s of thP five-man crew were off. The flaming gas made an ilaboard, thereby lightening the load luminated direction indicator for still further. The other three will the plane. join their ship at Portland. Chief of Police Leonard H. Hewitt Fire department, pollce depart- was soon on the scene and assisting ment, New Hampshire Gas & Elec- with other Portsmouth officers in tric Co., trucks and cars of more handling the large crowd that gaththan half a hundred individuals ered. Motor Vehicle Inspector Kenlined the airport with light last na.rd E. Goldsmith raced to the night as the huge plane with less scene from the Dover Point bridge than 25 gallons of gas left landed while State Trooper Delwyn E. on the field, bounced once and came Philbrick raced up from Sea.brook to a stop with its brakes full on. in record time. Thousands of Portsmouth citizens "How near are we to the border?" wat~hed apprehensively as the plane commg in from the direction of asked the Officer Pilot as the big Hampton circled the city; zoomed big plane came to a stop and with the crew of four sergeants climbed over Kittery and then over the airport and finally dropped a bright out of the plane. On being told where they were yellow distress flare that floated one of the crew exclah:hed, "I slowly down into a tree on Woodthought we were over Augusta, Me." bury avenue, near the home of Pins had been pulled in the plane's Portsmouth Police Officer Joseph L. bombs when the big ship landed and Thompson. . Carl Akeley, student flyer at the its crew were loud in their praise airport, saw the plane when it went of the way the improvised lighting over down town Portsmouth and was so quickly furnished as the ship racing toward the airport blinked ha dless than a half hour's gas sup• his headllghts to attract attention ply and would have been forced and the signal was sighted by the to land within a few minutes. Army and navy posts were im• plane which followed him to the mediately notified and shortly af• field. ter the plane had landed 1st Lt. Meanwhile listening and observa- Albert G. Welch, CAC intelligence tion posts along the coast had spot- officer of the Portsmouth Harbor ted the plane and identified It. Defenses arrived with Sergeants Word was sent to the Army Base Michael Fiore and John Caldwell at Boston and the Navy yard and Harbor Defenses notified by radio of Battery C and a detail of 16 men so no blackout was ordered and the who immediately posted a guard ship was not fired on. Afterward, it around the plane. 1'.'rom the navy yard Lt. Cmdr. was learned that the bomber had trouble with Its radio and was un- 1'.Uigi M. DeClcco, USN (Ret.) arnved and took the crew to the navy able to report. yard after its commanding oflicer At the airport at 10 o'clock, Vol- had reported back to its New Brunsunteer Observers Ben Slom and wick base. The crew stayed at the Neil Schiot who were manning yard overnight. Greenland's air observation post The plane was similar to the under the direction of Police Chief Canadian coastal patrol bomber Earl W. Caswell, spotted the plane ~hat made a successful forced landand reported it. ing near the Greenland-Stratham Meanwhile Warren Scholz of line early last. fp 11 Coastal Airways had spotted the I distress signal and called the fire I department, pollce department, the electric company and asked everyone who call d to come out to the I I Chief Air Raid Warden Frank J. Massey today requested that a general appeal be published for volunteers to work and to learn Report Center administration. The Portsmouth Report Center ls headquarters for all Civilian De• fense activity in the city and is be• ing manned on a 24-hour, 7-daY week basis. The work to date has been taken care of by a relatively small group of persons and as this is a permanent requirement for the duration of the emergency many more volunteer workers are needed. Mr. Massey emphasized need of workers who can and will work between the hours of midnight and 8 am. City Council ? ;lv Meets Tonight Portsmouth's city council will meet tonight at 8 pm. at the council chambers following a meeting of the finance -committee. Various matters referred to the finance committee at the last meeting of the council are scheduled for discussion tonight and then scheduled to be referred back to the council for action. Among these items are the pending highway and sewerage projects which have been under consldera· tlon by the federal government in connection wi\.h Portsmouth's national defense problems. Herbert C. Hartford, 21-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hartford of Eliot, formerly of Willard avenue, Portsmouth, was killed in the Japane o raid on Ha.wall, ac• cording to information received here. Mr. Hartford received a telegram from tne War department Saturday announcing that his son had been killed. Hartford enlisted last August, resigning his position as manager of the fruit department of the F irst National stores in Dover. He was stationed at the Hickam airfield just outside of Pearl Harbor. For a time he was employed at the Pleasant street store here, later being transferred to Dover. He ori• ginally came from Rochester and lived for a time in Exeter. H. Carlton Hartford Died In Action At Hickam Air f.ield I Blood Donor Are Needed In Portsmouth Volunteer blood donors are urgently needed. A1Tangements have been mado- for registration and tests to be held on the third floor of the rear of the First National Bank building on Tuesday afternoon from 1.16 to 4 pm. Dr. Anthony E. Peters, chairman of the Medicad Aid sub-committee of the Portsmouth Red Cross Disaster Relief Committee said today \.hat. P ortsmou~1 is not prepared for disaster until an adequate supply of donors have been provided. No physical examination ls necessary and all that a donor has to do is to register and have a simple test. made to determine the kind of olood. Then the person is available m an emergency to help his or her family, friends, etc. A technician will be on hand to to make the brlef \.tst. There is no charge. "We have only 60 donors available at present," said Dr. Peters, "I ~gently request that every person m Por tsmouth come and determine the type of blood he or she has." B. Oarlton Hartford H. Carlton Hartford, 22, first man from the Portsmouth area to be killed in the present war died in ao~lon during the Japanese surprise raid on Pearl Hai:bor Dec, 7, 111s parents were informed in a second communication from the War de• parbnent. . He is the son of Mr. and Mrs . Gordon Hartford of Eliot, formerly of Portsmouth. Young Hartford enlisted in the army on Nov. 2, 1940. He was stationed at Hickam air field just outside of Pearl Harbor. B~rn in Rochester, he also had lived for some years In Exeter. �City Council Waits Protection Of Vital Points !)· Hope is still held out that Army officials m ay relent and solve the" problem of protecting vital utilities and key points in Por tsmouth, now that Por tsmouth has been designated as one of the eight sea defense areas of the nation, according to information received by the Portsmouth city council. Referred to the finance committee was a request of Superintendent of Streets, Nat S. Stevens, for $31 a day until the end of the year for private guards at key points of Portsmouth's water system. State l(Uards have been changed on the Daniels street power plant of the New Hampshire Gas and Electric company, and General Manager R. C. L. Greer said today that his company was completing the organization of the 30 private guards, who will replace the state guard if the a1·my does not take over. The army detachment guarding the Interstate bridge was possible because the bridge is technically a Federal government affair. Guardjng within states and private property ls an entirely different mat• ter. Protection of the Plant has been amplified by a new state guard shift of 12 men, It was announced by Lieut. Morris H. Berry, in charge. They are Sgt. James W. Muchifon, Corp. William H. Hopley and Pvts. Richard K. Allan, John Hayes, Everett E. Ewer, Wesley G. Fernald, Herbert R. Ha[1strom , Percy D. Larrabee, Walter E. Newcomb, Lionel T. Perron, Francis G. Tate and Charles A. Weeks. . . Photo by Marston FINDS HAVEN HERE-Above 1s the Hanson twm -motored bomber which made an emergency landing at the Por~smouth _airport Monday night. It took off again yesterday with two of its five-man crew aboard. The rest rejomed their ship at Portland. The change was made to lighten the load to enable the plane to take off from the small airport here. ;:;;:!=.:~!:;:~:w~ Canadian Born her c E "¢ I I, ---- ~ - \", rew xpresses Thanks To c·tI Y Ever since the first Canadian bomber made a forced landing near the Greenland-Stratham line lsat fall, Air Raid Warden Instructor, Reginald P. Kennard has carried a fivegallon can of gasoline in his car so that he could ignite an emergency flare If needed, Days, weeks and months passed and he still carried the can. Last night when the emergency call came from the airport, he still had it and was able to mark the runway course in flames as a result of it, Canada's sudden representatives in Portsmouth, the five flyers who made the forced landing at the Port City airport Monday night, left word with airport authorities that they want the citizens of the city and towns to know how much they appreciate everything that was done for them during their short stay here. Quick t hinking of air observers, po1ice and others pi;obably saved the lives of the five men who otherwise might have crashed while a ttempting to land in some field as did the crew of anotller Canadian bomJ:>er a short lame ago. 1 An Editorial Tribute Deserved Few citizens of Portsmouth realize what the men who have m~nned our air observation posts during the past two weeks have done for us. Their, work is not spectac_ular. It in~olves lonely vigils in extreme cold, scanning the skies for enemy planes in order th_at you and your loved ones may sleep comfortably with the knowledge you will be warned in time of danger. It has been hard to keep all these posts manned 24 hours a day. More. men are needed for the posts. When men have failed to show up for their turns it ~as meant another two or four hours in the bitter cold for someone else. Away from the general public, they can be classed with ?m: unsung ~~roes and fully deserve al~ the appreciat10n .our citizens can give. To serve ~a1thfully and well, without recognition or glory, is the true devotion that will bring us victory. 1 Portsmouth England Rotary Club Greets Local ·Organization '"°l)-1 "\_ Board Backs ~ ~ Plans TO Boost • 1 ·City s Airport • I 1 • • Portsmouth's Board of Street I Commissioners last night voted to support to the fullest, plans of the federal government for extensive improvement and enlargement of the municipal airport. '.f'he board went on record as fav• onng seizure of land for the enlargement if the federal govern· ment will plant trees at the new well field to compensate for trees which must be cut down on land off Sherburne road between the Country club and the present airport. All of this area is in the watershed for the city water supply. The board also expressed satisfaction with pfans which would call I for closing New road which runs ! along one side of the present airport. . Army plans call for construction of Jwo 4,000-foot runways and one 3,0l!0-foot runway. Tentative plans provide for possible extension of one of the longer runways to 5,000 feet either now or in the future. I Edward H. Drew, secretary of the Portsmouth Rotary club, has received Christmas greetings from the assistant secretary of the Portsmouth England Rotary club. The letter was written on Nov. 12, and is as follows: "As the season of Christmas and the New Year draws near, the thought of the close association existing between you (as our namesake Club) and ourselves inspires the dispatch of this expression of our greetings and cordial good wishes. On behalf of our President, and my fellow members, I extend to you this handshakP. across th~ ocean.with every good wish for your welfare and happiness. "The knowledge that your great Nation and i~s resources-led by your illustrious President, are with us In the Fight for Freedom is a mighty stimulus in our gigantic war effort, and It~ strengthens our determination that, cost what it may, the monstrous Thing that now challenges World Peace and Liberty shall be utterly destroyed. "That the New Year may !:>ring Victory to our Arms and Peace and Security to a rnrely stricken world ls our earnest hope." �., 'fro. ..... \<.\',\"\ c;ty ., ---- 181~ War: Franklin Falls, "> Portsmouth High Navy Declines Not A Single Shell Dropped In Civilian Medical Offer Of 'Gift' Care facilities Day ·At Yard Durham, Dec 21 - War has rung New Hampshire was a growing state the death note to many a city, but and its goods v,ere being sent to the sea for transpnrt. . today was barr.d the story of a New Today all th!' boats that tie up in Hampshire city which fell into noth- the harbor are those of the Univer(Special to The eHrald) ing because of war although not a sity of New Hampshire's yacht club, New York, Dec. 22-Portsmouth, single shell dropped within its tiny 16 foot s9,illng sloops. boundaries. Franklin city's fathers, who in- with its 45 physicians, is better It is the story of a city found not cluded Ebenezpr Thompsoh of Durt~ care for the health of on any modem map, a city which ham, grandfather of the university's equipped its civilian population in the war once was planned as an important greatest benefactor, were much emergency than are most cities in New England 13eaport, yet which to- ahead of the t.lmes in city planning. day is home for only the University In days when community planning the country. This is based on a of New Hampshire yacht club. Walk was little known they drafted de- study of medical defense prepareddown its main street and unless tailed maps of city blocks, appor- ness, following a report of an AmFollowing receipt of a • telegram someone tells you, you would not tioning house lots to all interested erican Medical Association commit- from Secretary of the Navy Fra.nk tee that there is a serious shortage real!ze that here was one of the most persons. Original maps dated 1796 Knox, Rear Adm. John D. Wam carefully plannt'd an<l most modern- show plans for a. park, a. court house, of doctors in many parts of the wright, USN, commandant of the 1 United States. ly designed cities in this section of a meeting house, a public library, Portsmouth Navy yard, today anPortsmouth's 45 medical doctors the nation. and even a st~.te house, the latter a are equivalent to one for every 329 nounced that the offer of the yard The city is Franklin City, New symbol of optJ.mism tndlcatlng that employes to work su;11day wi~~?u~ Hampshire, not the Franklin of it was bel!evEd that Franklin city residents. This compares favorably pay to give the president a lift with the situation throughout the Merrimack county in the central might someday be important enough I in the National Defense effort has part of the ~tate, but a Frankl!n to be the state capital. A dozen piers country, where there are 175,382 ' been declined by the navy on the which never grew beyond a well- were to stretcl' into the waters. One physicians, or one for every 750 grounds that gratuitous labor would executed drawlng and a charter of hundred th!r•y-seven house lots people. New Hampshire has one violate the law. doctor for every 748 inhabitants. incorporation. The wire from Secretary Knox I faced on 14 streets. The hospital and sanitarium faIt was in 1796 that the act of corBut what happened to this sea- cil!t!es in Portsmouth are also bet- read as follows: poration was passed by the state coast town which now boasts of but "This expression of patriotism is legislature fo:• what was ;t1oped a handful of homes and the l!!-ndlngs ter than average, with a bed avail- highly commendable and deep!}'. apable for every 104 persons in the preciated. However, such gratuitous would be a thriving seaport city on of the un!versit~• yacht club? city, as against one bed for every the banks of Great bay in southMr. Ackroyd believes, after care- 241 in the nation and one per 220 service cannot be accepted under eastern New Hampshire. A group of ful study of all available material, existing statutes." hopeful citize11s had visions of a that it was the war of 1812, which in the state. This Is exclusive of The move by the employes to great trading and shipbuilding cen- spelled death to Franklin city. That Federal and State institutions. "give" one day's work as their part With the war effort dependent up- to assist in the defense effort began ter that some c!R.y would become the war did much to injure AlJlerican on the worker's ab!lity to stay on state's capital shipping. One of the hardest hit sec- the job for long hours under pres- Monday when J. A. Perkins, a moulToday the city is nothing more tions was northern New England,, der in the foundry, announced at than a 'rew houses and vacant fields, Shipping, because of dangers on the sure, and upon the mental and phy- the war rally that 350 workers in owned for the most part by Edward high seas, disappeared entirely from sical ability of the soldier to carry the foundry were coming to work Ackroyd of DCJver. Great Bay. With it went all plans out his duties, the national health Sunday without pay. Mr. Ackroyd has a strongbox full for the bare beginnings of this New situation has come to the fore. AdeBy Tuesday evening all employes of legal documents and maps which Hampshire community. quate sanitation, feeding, housing, in the 115 shops at the yard had tell the story of Franklin city. Its Prospective home builders drifted medical care and hospitalization signified their intentions of foll.owboundaries are marked by the away. Merchants went elsewhere. are considered vital to our all-out ing suit. Until the telegram arrived shores of Grt>at bay to the south Behind them they left only some effort. , last evening plans for the workday and by Royal's cove to the north. well executed drawings and a. few had been followed. United States hlghway 4 is now one cellar holes. At the present time the navy yard of its main i;treets. A half dozen is in operation seven days a week miles away is Dover to the north and i but the men are only working six Portsmouth to the southeast. days. Stagger shifts are used SunMr. Ackroyd believes from all docday with the men taking a day off umentary evidence that Franklin ctu1·ing the week whenever it is neccity was organized because of the essary. rapid increase c,f shipping during the -..-;Y...,, late years of tt-e 18th century. Great bay formed a natural harbor, ?~ep I • ... . . . . . .•• • • -i;L enough for ocean-going sailing craft sheltered from the sweeping Qualified workers are being re- 1engineman, H and p power; en- I wind~, and almost perfectly ice free. cruited for positions in the Pearl glneman, power plai:it; gas ?utter Harbor Navy yard, T . H., Andrew and burner; blacksmith 0 . F .,. 1:>oiC Graves manager of the Ports- lermaker ; coppersmith; electncian, , m'outh office of the New Hampshire Gyro.; electricia~, s. s.;. i:115t1:un~en~ state Employment service an- maker; loftsman, mach!mst, mside, nounced today. machini_st, ou01de; ordn~nc~man: I The requirements for all of these mechamc; ra,dio mechanic, ngger: wsitions are the same as those of sh!pfi~ter _or Ironworker; welder.' the Boston Navy yard and the U. S. electnc; aircraft mechanic, motors, Naval Air station, Quonset Point, electrician, avia ion; metalsmi~h, R. I., and the rates of pay compare aviation; painter, finish and lnsig- 1 favorably with those at the Ports- nia (aircraft); mechanic, bombmouth Navy yard. sight· toolmaker; watch and chro- 1 The Navy department objects ~ nom:ter repairer:. helper, blackconsidering workers employed m smith; helper, boilermaker; helper, private industry engaged on Na- molder; helper, sheetmetal worker; tional Defense contracts unless they and helper, shipfitter. The Navy department in Washingcan secure a release from their emFor more complete information ton yesterday warned all shipping j player stating he has no objection applicants should contact the N~w that areas approaching Portsmouth to their being considered for ap- Hampshire State Employn:ent office harbor have been mined, the Assopointment at Pearl Harbor, T. H. at 29 High street, or then· nearest ciated Press reports. Persons addicted to the use of state !Employment office. The information was in a supple1 intoxicants to an excessive degree mental warning issued after a genand persons with a long court. reeral release from the Navy's Hydrocord for drinking are not desired graphic ()ffice had stated that "oband wlll not be considered. structions or mines" had been placed The occupations in which there is iq the entrance to many harbors at present an urgent need are as on the coasts of the• United States follows: calker and chipper, iron; and its territories. The announcement, which did not mention specific harbors, added: "Vessels should not attempt to enter ports without permission or instructions from station or patrol vessels at harbor entrances." Knox Rules Payless Workday Would Violate Present Statutes I l Local Office Seeks Workmen For Pearl Harbor Navy Yard Portsmouth ")· I I Ha rto D r Now Mined~ Navy Warns 'I I �\\ 0 1Portsmouth Men Are Accepted B ~o i Am. Bd. Of Surgery· Two Portsmouth surgeons, Dr. Lester R. Whitaker and Dr. Rolf Lium have just passed the examinations of the American Board of Surgery. Representatives of the Americ_an Board of Surgery came to the Portsmouth hospital which is a qualified surgical institution to observe Dr. Whitaker and Dr. Limn at their work. Eligibility for examinations includes six years of surgical training in a large hospital and the assur• ance that the candidate's practice after his training was limited to surgery. Like the majority of the registrants of the American board, Dr. Lium and Dr. Whitaker have done special work or research in some field of surgery. Dr. Whitaker has specialized in the gall bladder and Dr. Lium in the colon. There are American boards fot qualification of specialists in other fields, and Portsmouth men who have been registered are Dr. Cary D. Allen in Oto-laryngology ; Dr. Anthony E. Peters in Radiology and Dr. Thomas B. Walke1· in Pediatrics. SANTA'S WORKSHOP, PORTSMOUTH, N. H.-The some cases, but Santa is going to reach a great many Christmas Eve as this busy workroom reveals. Shown new users are, left io right, William Connor~, l<rank Frank M. Amazeen, E1·nest Weeks qntl Arthur Cox. (< To Have One Midnight Service Portsmouth t),r-0 Other Churches Will Cancel Christmas Eve Programs Because Of War Emergency P6rtsmouth will have but one midnight service Christmas eve, which will be held at the Universalist church from 11.30 to 12.30. Other services originally planned were cancelled. Bishop John B. Peterson requested the Catholic churches in the diocese not to hold midnight masses. Rt. Rev. John T. Dallas, Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire, also suggested that the Episcopal churches cancel their plans to hold midnight services. Instead of the service at 12 o'clock the morning service will usher in the Christmas festivities. Decision to hold the lone midnight i:ervice was made after consultation with Frank C. Remick, chairman of the Portsmouth Defense committee, who suggested "everything as usual." As a result of this decision "The Nativity According to St. Luke" will be presented with William (Bill) Elliot as soloist. The Traip String quartet and the Jones Sisters also will assist in the production of this cantata which is under the direction of John W. Howe, choirmaster and organist. (photo by Marston) front door may win precedence ovei· the chimney in children in Portsmouth one way or the .-ither on ai the Central F ire station repairing old toys for E. Amazeen, Chief George T. Cogan, William Palfrey, 'Santa' Cogan And Firemen 9 \~ Give Poor A Jolly Christmas It will be a sleighbell ringing, names and letters are sent l;>y parjolly Christmas for the poor child- ents to the fire station . Way back ren this year for "Santa" Cogan in the summer, letters streamed in and his firemen helpers take the telling the desires of small sons or reins. Instead of Donner and Blit- daughters. zen, modern trucks will cary the made-over gifts to nomes or excited children who wait !or Santa to \o make his yearly trip down their chimney:'• Children wpl peer forlornly from the windo"fs of chimney- 1 Jess homes. But they won't be dis• appointed for the firemen have lists - Washington, Dec. 30 (AP)-The of more 1than 200 young tots. No 1,620-ton destroyer Bancroft will one will be forgotten! join the two-ocean fleet tomorrow It's a 20-year custom this collect- in launching ceremonies at the Fore ing of old toys and distributing them River shipyard of Bethlehem Steel to the needy. Drop in the fire- company, Quincy, Mass. house any day this week! You will Mrs. Hester Bancroft Berry, of find toys piled high gaudy, gay, Stone Posts, Jacksonville, N. Y., ~s and glittering-a red sled for Jim, sponsor for the destroyer, which lS a doll house for Ann, a pink and named to honor her great grandblue rattle for baby brother. Every- father the late George Bancroft, tp.ing's there. the secretary of the navy who _or~emen grin enthusiastically dered establishment of the Umted among...their pots of paints as they 11 states Naval Academy. The keel of touch up--wobbly dolls, furry dogs • the Bancroft was laid last May 1. and bears, roc~ing horses, bassin- 1 ets, wooden soldiers, a irplanes, ' trucks. sail boats, tricycles and in- ' numerable others. They work a bit each day, but now with Christmas so near they are redoubling their efftirts, taking double shifts, going witho11_1,'.l4nch; anything to give the children a . happy holiday. The Red Cross and Family .Welfs,re societies furnish the list of Launch Destroyern Bancroft Tomorrow �t'('looay. 'Never Put Water On An Incendiary Bomb!' 0-rf"lc S 11\ Amos Moody Dies At Nava! Hospital , A,! Amos Winslow Moody, a veteran of the first World war and a wellknown musician, died Friday at the Naval hospital. He was a noted concert pianist and' has served as organist in several of the local churches. During the first World war Mr. Moody served with the Seventh Company, CAC at Fort Warren, Mass. He was a member and organist of St. Andrews Lodge No. 56, AFAM, a member of Davenport / Council No. 5, R and SM, Washington Chapter No. 3 RAM and De Witt Clinton Commandery KT. , Mr. Moody is survived by two sis- I ters Mrs. Charles W. Colman of Newington and Mrs. Herman Bartholis of Portsmouth and one brother Charles F. Moody, also of Portsmouth. Amos W. Moody -, Rites Are Held ~ Funeral services for Amos Winslow Moody were conducted at the Buckminster chapel, Monday afternoon by the following officers of St. John's Lodge No. 56, AFAM; W. M., Origen C. Teague, S. W. Howard, R. Noyes, J. W . Harold S. Carter, chaplain William Safford Jones. Includ(Photo by Marston) ed in the attendance were repreFrederick R. Crom11ton, acting second assistant engineer of the Portsmouth Fire department and Chief of sentatives of the Council, the Chapthe Auxiliary Fire department, shows what happens when you do at the demonstmtlon given at the South ter, DeWitt Clinton Commandery Playground last night. Water is only usecl when the bomb has been removed to a safe place and a fine spray R. T., the Community Male Chorus and the Portsmouth Male Singers. of watJ-r makes it bnrn hotter and more quickly consumes it. The internment was in the family floo; or roof under it, it would lot in Newington. The bearers were quickly burn through it as Mr. Gunn Edward Seavey, Thomas Ruxton, proved when he set fire to a bag Phllip H. Sanderson and Fred Beals. of magnesium on top of a board erected on four supports over a tub of water. When the bomb went through the board and into the water, a violent explosion followed . Portsmouth Witnesses Bomb Demonstration • State Inspector Shows How And How Not To Extinguish Tricky Incendiary Flares Nearly 1,000 Portsmouth folks Given water, the magnesium im-1 witnessed a demonstration of how mediately takes the oxygen from not to extinguish incendiary bombs it, leaving free hydrogen which is and how to extinguish them at t he highly explosive, Mr. Gunn exSouth playground last night. plained. Under the direction of Theodore Many people, he said, have been W. Gunn, New Hampshire inspector !under the Impression that a fine for the Board of Fire Underwriters, spray of water would put out inpaper bags of magnesium each the . - -. equivalent of two incendiary bombs ce ndiary bom?s. That 15 not true. A were lighted Then with solid ~ne spray Will prevent an explostreams of w~ter from a hose and a sion by holding back hydrogen besoda and acid extinguisher; fine !ng released too freely at once, but sprays of water from the same sour- it does not put out the fire. ces, a carbon tetrachloride extinIn fact, the fire inspector said, guisher, dry sand and wet sand at- I it makes the bomb bum at an even tempts were made to extinguish hotter degree- some 5,500 degrees F the blaze. instead of its normal 3,300 F . But Spectators Startled in doing this it consumes the bomb more rapidly and it is burned out Spectators involuntarily stepped Jn a few minutes, instead of t he back as the solid streams of water average 20 minutes or so. The carcaused the magnesium to flare up bon tetrachloride extinguishers are in a searing explo~ion. Speaking good on gas and oil fires, but proover the loud speaker system which vide fuel for incendiaries. Fire Chief John W. Hopley of th e From damp sand, the incendiaries New Hampshlre . Gas a nd _Electric will absorb moisture, so dry sand company had provided, Mi. Gunn only is the best protection as Mr explal~~d that incendiary bombs Gunn demonstrated by smothering are th11sty. the fire with buckets of dry sand. However, the bomb still burned under the sand and if there was a I Use Dry Sand Always! Mr. Gunn explained that the proper procedure was to cover the incendiary with dry sand, then scoop it up with a long handled , squareended shovel, dro_p it into a pall of sand and carry it out of doors. If fire is spreading from around Lhe bomb, an asbestos snuffer can be ciropped over the bomb and then a solid stream of water played around the bomb .to put out the secondary fire. Afterwards th e bomb can be removed in the usual way. "Demolition bombs are used on military objectives or to destroy key ut!l!t!es of a city-Its communications, water system, or ut!lit!es to prevent the citizens from (;Scaping, calling for help or having means of fighting fires," said Mr. Gunn. Chorus Dedicates Presentation Of "'J"~ Messiah To Moody Members of the Portsmouth Community chorus last night dedicated their annual presentation of t he "Messiah" to the memory of Amos Winslow Moody, 11ccompanlst for the chorus, who died Friday at the Portsmouth Naval hospital. Because Conductor Earl V. Clay of the N. H. WPA symphony orchestra was Ill, Norman M. Leavitt, chorus director, conducted the performance by the chorus and orchestra at the Junior High school audi• torlum here last night. Mr. Leavltt's place as bass soloist was taken by Brandon Knowles. Other soloists were Mildred Burnett, soprano; Clara Taylor, contralto and Wesley Copplestone, bass. During intermission Mayor Stewart E. Rowe brought the greetings of the city to the performers and read his poem "The Flag We Love." I �\ \ 'l.. Portsmouth C .urches Mar Yuletide Three Parishes Cancel ~ Midnight Masses 'Y"' Christmas Day religious services in Portsmouth will be held at the Catholic, Episcopal, Universalist, and Court Street Christian churches. The Universalist church had , arranged a special midnight Christmas eve service, but j this was changed to 5 o'clock Christmas afternoon in view of suggestions that no large gathering be held at t his time. Christ church, St. John's church and the Catholic church also cancelled their traditional midnight masses. , The criurch decorations are In ·, Introit, "Unto Us a Child is Born" .e eping with the season. The serMartin 'lice at the Universalist church will Kyri~ . 11:1ozart be by candlelight and will be en- Gloria in !:xcels1s Plamsong tirely musical. The cantata "The Seq~en~e, It ~~me Upon t1:e. Nativity According to St. Luke" is Midmg1:Jt. Clear _W1lhs to be presented. Special Christmas Gloria Tibi Plamsong music is to be sung at the Catholic Credo .. ,, Eyre and Episcopal churches. At the Offertory, Gesu Bambino Yon Oourt street church the junior choir Sanctus, Benedlctus, Agnus Del ' E~e wm assist the regular choir in Its Communio, "O Little Town of portion of the service. Bethlehem" Redner A midnight service 11 o'clock this "Silent Night" Gruber evening, is to be held at the Middle Recessional, "Angels from the street Baptist chapel with a verseRealms of Glory" Smart \&'peaking cho:ir conducting the Organ Postlude, "Hallelujah candlel!ght sevlce. Chorus" Handel III Dr. Erickson Christmas Message IV "O! Night Divine" Marsh "Cantlque de Noel" Traditional William Elliot Offertory, "The Virgin's I Cradle Hymn" Manton The Vested Choir Part Two Duet (Canon) Ruth Price Marshall, William Elliot Chorus Recitative Soprano solo Lucille Dore Finale Benediction Postlude: "Let All Together Praise Our God" Bach The Traip String quartet is under the direction of David Kushious. Herman Smith is in charge of the lighting, Court Street Christian "The Christmas Message" is the subject of the sermon Rev. Ivar sellevaag will deliver on Christmas evening at 7:30 at the Court Street Christian church. This service will include the singing by both the Senior and Junior choir under the direction of Mrs. Addie Wilson Hanscom. Defense Officials _ ToBroadcast 0-Y Roundtable Talk Members of Civilian Defense units now active in this city, will be guests on the City Defense Council program over WHEB tomorrow at 9 pm. Many topics of public interest will l>e discussed and reviewed In a Round Table discussion with Ross Stevens, chief deputy air raid warden, acting as moderator. Roundtable guests will be Frank C. Remick, local defense chairman; Frank J. Massey, chi-ef air raid warden; William C. Walton, public safety chairman ; John Seybolt, disaster committee chairman; William Hoggan, communication committee; Andrew Jarvis, Red Cross committee; Mrs. Frank W. Randall , local defense vice-chairman; Gerald Foss, local defense assistant chairman: Edward Shaines, state air raid warden; Instructor Reginald Kennard, state ai.r raid warden instructor, and Clark Coleman, defense liaison officer. Catholic Christmas at t he Church of the Immaculate Conception will be celebrated with six masses. The first mass will be at 6 o'clock, followed by a mass each hour until the final mass which is scheduled at 11.15. The 10 o'clock mass is the high mass. Christmas decorations will make their first appearance at the 6 o'clock service, as the Christmas season begins with the stroke of minni11ht Episcopal Universalist Church St. John's church, where so many The service at the Universalist midnight Christmas eve services I church at 5 o'clock on Christmas has been held, will hold but a sin- afternoon will take the place of the gle service this year, at 8 o'clock. I o~·lginally _scheduled annual MidRev. J. Harold Plummer who ls I mght service. ~he Christmas cant~e temporary rector of the church tat3: ~Y Fred 7r~c F. Bullard, ,:'The will be In charge of this service. Nat1v1ty Acco1d1D~ to St. Luke will Music as announced by Nelson I be presented in its complete form Ward,_ organist, will Include the under the direction of John w. following: Howe, director of music. Prel~de, "In Duki Jubilo" Bach This will be a candlelight service "Ch!·1stlans Awake" Wa inwright wjth William (Bill) Elliot and Mrs, ~yr1e Monk Ruth Price Marshall, as guest soloCa)m ,?n the Listening Ear ?f lsts. The Tralp String quartet and N1?ht . Dikes the Jones Sisters are also to partiGlona 'J'.lbl cipate in the cantata, Gloria B1ati Marks The order of service will be as Credo Marks follows· "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" Organ Prelude Mendelssohn (a) "Noel Polonais" Variations on "Dost Thou In a Manger Lie" an Ancient Polish Christmas T. Noble Carol. Sanctus Marks (b) "The Shepherd's Song" I Benedictus Agnus Dei Guilmant Gloria in Excelsis John Howe "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" · Christmas carols : Willis I "Hark Th H Id Postlude:. "Finale 1st Organ Sym"O, Little eTo:~1a of ~~1~1~h~~r phony Vlerne Prayer j -I II One mass wil~ be held on Christ- "The Nativity Accordin mas day at Chnst church. This will Luke" g to st· 'i· I be at 7 :30 am. with Rev. Sheafe I Part One Walker in charge, Music for the Choral The Choir service will include the following: Recitative W1111am Elliot Organ Prelude, "In Dulco Jubilo" Soprano solo Ruth Price Marshall Bach Duet, Isabel Hopwood, Audrey HollSolemn Procession, "O Come All ings Ye Faithful" Adeste Fidl)lis Contralto solo Mary Livingston "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" Mendelssohn I I l Portsmouth Celebrates Christmas Qu~etly ~'l- Quiet Christmas celebrations fea- ing Santa Claus in the distribution tured the holiday in this section. of toys, again delivered toys which Religious services usually held at they had been renovating for severmidnight Christmas eve to usher in al months. Approximately 160 chilthe Holy Day, were cancelled in dren in this city and surrounding view of the feeling that large gath- towns were presented with toys from erings should be eliminated as much the firemen . During the summer as possible. and fall months the permanent men Family gatherings, the reuniting at the Fire station repair toys which of many away for a considerable a re sent to them, and renew them length of time, brought many of for Christmas distribution. Chief Portsmouth's sons and daughters William F. Woods started this cushome for the day and.in many in- tom in 1922. stances for a longer period. Special Christmas dinners were Elks D istribute Baskets prepared at the Portsmouth hospiThe Elks prepared 150 Christmas tal for patients who remained there. baskets and sent them to deserving Patients at the Naval hospital families in Portsmouth, Exeter and were also remembered by the N. H. nearby towns. Wallace S. Nelson, esLegion auxiliary over the holiday. teemed Leading Knight of the At the Portsmouth jail a special Portsmouth Lodge of Elks, was in menu was arranged for the Christ- I charge of preparing these baskets. mas dinner. The Christmas fund ls made up of voluntary contributions from the Toys Distributed by Firemen members of the lodge. The Emblem The Portsmouth firemen, who for 1 the past 20 years have been assist- �club also made a large contrlbu- Home F or Aged Women Uon. Christmas greens decorated the Home for Aged Women with a special Christmas dinner of roast turkey featuring the day. On Tuesday evening the annual Christmas party was observed and gifts were cllstributed. This was under the direction of the Advisory board of thE home. Sallies Spread Christmas Cheer In addition to the distribution of 65 Christmas baskets the Salvation Army sent toys, fruit and candy to many children. Inmates of the County jail received gifts of candy. Maj. and Mrs. William Cashman were in charge of this work. Money for these gifts ls raised from the small red kettles hanging from the tripods in the business district Contributions are received fro~ shoppers. A special appropriation Is made in the budget of the organization for this work. Children's Home Opening with a Chri tmas tree and entertainment the children of the Chase Home had a joyous holiday celebration. Santa Claus arrived at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and cllstrlbuted gifts from a tinsel Church Services bedecked tree. The first religious service of the The following program was premorning was at the Church of the sented: Immaculate Conception at 6 o'clock Carol, "Hark the Herald Angels when the first Christmas mass was Sing;" welcome, H rman Brown· cele_brated. Six masses were held recitation, "A Big Week,'' Mildred dttrmg the morning. Rev. Edward Stacy, Carl and Fred Estes; carol, Angulln, OSB, of st. Anselm's col- 10 Little Town of Bethlehem· recllege, in Manchester, assisted the lo- 1 tatlon, "The Merry Chrl 'tmas," cal clergy. Rev. James T. Brennan, Edward Estes, Pauline Cammett, pe-rmanent rector of the church Constance Cammett, Joan Clark and celebrated the 47th anniversary of Herman Brown ; recitation, "A his ordination to the priesthood Christmas Star,'' Joseph Hanlin• having officiated at his first ma~ recitation, "A Voice From Sant~ Jn St. Mary's church, Dover, Dec. Claus,'' Haven Cammett; carol, "It 22, 1894. Cal!le _Dpon the Midnight Clear;·• At Christ church at 7.30 Christ- rec1tat1on , Louis Fiorillo, Robert mass was celebrated by Rev. Miles, Jean Miles, Elizabeth DownImas Sheafe Walker, rector of the church. Ing, Carl Baerman; recitation, "The S~eclal music, In charge of John s . Morning After Christmas," Arthur M1t~~ell, AFAGO, Included many Brown and recitation, "Good Night," fam11lar Christmas selections. Alphoretta Moore. At noon 11. turA large congregation was present key dinner was served. Mrs. Florat the Christmas morning service In e!lce Hill, the matron, and her asst. John's church. The midnight s1stants were in charge. Christmas eve service, a tradition The 52 patients at the Wentworth of many years, was omitted, and home observed the holiday wltli communicants attended the single open ho~se for relatives and friends. service at 8 o'clock. Rev. J. Harold Decorations Included Alabama smlPlummer, temporary rector was In lax, holly and hemlock with the brilcharge. The Christmas message was lian r~d of the poinsettias adding from the first book of Timothy a toucn of color. A large Christmas "Christ Jesus Came Into the world tree stood on the broad stairs of th to Save Sinners." Decorations in- hall while others were placed In the eluded Christmas greens with wards and various rooms. gleaming white candles. A cactus plant decorated the diThe Christmas cantata, "The Na- rectors' room, while many of the tlvlty According to St. Luke," by patients had miniature Christmas Bullard, was presented by the Uni- trees In their rooms. A turkey dlnver~allst choir assisted by the Traip ner was served at noon under the St~mg quartet, the Jones Sisters, supervision o! Mrs. Constance Dow, William Elliot and Ruth Price Mar- matron of the home. shall were special soloists. The Universallst church was decorated with Christmas greens and with candles providing the only lllumlnatlon at the opening of the service. Lights of various colors creating shadowy figures were in charge of Herman Smith. John W. Howe, director of music, was In charge of the program. A simple Christmas message was given by Rev. C. Telford Erickson, minister of the church. Announcement was made this morning by Dr. Erickson and Mr. Howe that the response on the part of those attending the cantata was so good that they are arranging for such musical presentations monthly. A Christ.mas service at the Court street Christian church concluded the scheduled church services of the day. Rev. Ivar Sellvaag's subject was "The Christmas Message." Special music Included selections by the adult and junior choirs. I I I I Knight Templars Service The annual Christmas service of DeWitt Clinton Commandery KT was held at the Masonic temple. The Capitol Male Quartet of Boston presented a musical program. Eminent Commander Earle R. Stockridge Exeter, w:is in charge of the ser~ vice. G1"Eetlngs were received from Grand Master Robert C. Laing, Manchester, of the New Hampshire 'Grand Lodge, and Grand High Priest, Charles F. Waberman Laconia, representing the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of New Hampshire. Red Cross Needs Your $1 To Put Drive Over Top - ~ do your part. Quiz everyone you meet, your neighbors, friends and associates-find out If they've given and if not, why not? V Any family of three-father, moE ther and child can afford the three dollars which will buy a share of GIVEN YOU protection In the Red Cross. And y those who can afford it should throw in an extra dollar to make up E for those who can't. T Chairman John H. Greenaway of the Portsmouth Red Cross War Re? Portsmouth's Red Cross quota is lief campaign committee said today $16,000. that the drug stores would all be ready this weekend to take contriThere are about 17,000 people In butions. Don't wait. Bring it in to Portsmouth. the headquarters at 48 Daniels One dollar per person will put us street today or the various drug over the top, and with a little to stores. spare. Speaker tonight over the Red Yet the Portsmouth total to date C~·oss progra~ on WHEB at 9 :15 pm. is only about half its quota; which I wi_ll _be Rockl_ngham County Commeans one out of two persons who m_1Ss1oner Irvmg W. Marston who should have given hasn't will have a message for every Red .' · Cross chairman and every Red If you have given you can still Cross member in the county. H A Plan All-Day Drive For Pearl Harbor Laborers At Job Office Here Monday To hasten the recruitment or men for Pearl Harbor jobs, representatives of thP First United states Civil Service District will spend all day and until 9 o'clock in the evening Monday, Dec. 29 at the Portsmouth office of the New Hampshire State Employment Service to interview applicants who have expressed a desire to work in Pearl Harbor. In announcing the special visit of the CivH. Service officials, Mrs. Abby L. Wilder, director of the 3tate Employment Service, stated that men skllled in metal workmg and shipbuilding are especially needed. "The various agencies engaged In recruiting men for Pearl Harbor definitely do not want, nor intend, to interfere with war production and will not take any men from a war industry, except as such men show written releases from their employes,'' Mrs. Wilder explained. While workers now engaged in national defense Industries will thus be accepted only upon written releases _from t.he employers, the cuoperation of employer and labor representatives Is being requested t.o fill New England's quota for Pearl Harbor. During the past \veek many workers throughout New Hampshire who "remember Pearl Harbor" have been flocking to the Employment Service offices for information on how to get to Pearl Harbor to work. "These patriotic workers, and all other workers who consider it their duty to serve their cow1uy, 'are urged to arrange to be Interviewed by the Civil Service repre~entative" Mrs. Wilder said. "Certa1nly 'we 1~ the Employment Service consider these Pee.rl Harbor jobs the most lmJ>?rtant we have to fill, and are anxious that New Hampshire make a good showing in providing workers for Pearl Harbor." All Postoffice 41,-v\ Records Broken In Christmas Rush All local rush, piled records were broken at the postoffice in the Christmas according to information comby Postmaster Peter J. Hick- ey today. Between the 16th of December, when the rush Is usually expected to start, and Christmas day there were 582,446 letters and cards cancelled. In addition to this, many hundred sacks of packages were tnalled. These are hand cancelled and not tabulated. The all time high for a single day's cancellation up to this year was establish_ed in 1939 when the cancelling machine showed 81,895 pieces of mail passed through it. On the '19th of December of this year this record was broken and with a new record of 82,476 establlshed, but this was short Jived for the following day the machine showed a new record of 94,648. This stood over the weekend being shattered on Monday with a n°w all time high of 101,414. The increase in canceJJations ls approximately 25 % while the increase In stamp sales was 22%. The day by day cancellation from the 16th to Christmas was as fol lows: Dec. 16, 36,416; Dec. 17, 46.703; Dec. 18, 62,566; Dec.1 9, 82,476; Dec. 20, 94,648; Dec. 21, 39,552; Dec. 22, 101,414; Dec. 23, 66,862; Dec. 24, 51,809. �u. s. War Department May Tap Merrymeeting Water Source For City Portsmouth may yet get its water from Merrymeeting lake. This was the message presented to the Board o! Street Commissioners last night by Chairman Fred V. Hett, Jr., who reported on a conversation with Dr. Samuel T. Ladd. Chairman Hett placed on fil~ with the board a map showing a l?roposed water supply line from the lake to Portsmouth. Said Chairman Hett: "I am Informed that the War department proposes to build this water system taking the water from the lake and running a pipe to the railroad at New Durham. From there the line will follow along the railroad right of way near Farmington, through Rochester and Dover to Dover Poin t. From Dover Point it will run alongside the state highway into Portsmouth. "In payment for the right of way the railroad will be furnished free water at the Dover roundhouse and in Portsmouth. The government would be furnished free water at the forts and the 800-home Went.worth Acres development near Atlantic Heights. Civil Air ·s(fa v Patrol Wan.ts Volunteers There will be a meeting of Civil Air patrol members at the State house in Concord at 7.30 o'clock tonight. All those interested in the service and its different phases are requested to attend this session at which the requirements and activities of the CAP will be discussed. Wlll!am H. Champlin, Jr., has been appointed wing commander by Russell Hilliard, state director ?f the organization. Mr. Champlin who is president of Skyhaven, Inc., will be in charge of the Conway, Berlin Laconia and Portsmouth area. John B. Nichols, chief pilot at Skyhaven, Inc., has been appointed squadron commander. The Civil Air patrol has been orzanized under the guidance of Mayor F. H. LaGuardia, United States Director of Civilian defense. It ls the organization of the civi_lian aviation resources in the United States for national defense service. Men are needed to take part in its many activities. Besides flying there is much groundwork to be 1 done ambulance driving, fire fighting, 'control tower operation, radio operation and a host of other jobs that must be done. Women who are qualified for the work will be accepted for enlistment also. Application blanks for enrollment in the CAP may be obtained at the Portsmouth airport from Warren Scholz of the Coastal airways or at Skyhaven, Inc. '""'>,~O The government would maintain ownership un til the end of the war emergency, then th,e city would be permitted to purchase the system with 40 or 50 years to pay. The estimated cost of the project is bet.ween one and a half 'and two million dollars." Plans do not necessarily caJJ for connecting Farmington, Rochester and Dover to the system, Mr. Hett went on. If these communities wished to buy water they would be furnished it through a master meter for each town, and would buy the water from Portsmouth. Agreeing that this proposal, comIng as it does through a private citizen, is only preliminary, the board decided to withhold action pending receipt of correspondence from the War rlepartment on the matter. Pondering the costs of such a project, the members foresaw a possibility that by eliminating present pumping costs the project might almost be self liquidating. Portsmouth~~ -v To Get Supply IOf Gas Masks (Special to The Herald) Washington, D. C., Jan. 2-Portsmouth along with other cit!~ and towns of both the Atlantic and Pacific coastal areas will b~ . ~upplied with gas masks for c1v1llans Director LaGuard!a of the Office of Civilian Defense has announced. The "target" areas extend inland 200 miles from the coast. LaGuard!a said that an educational order for 5,000,000 gas masks was given some time ago and 1t ls I now estimated that 50,000,000 gas masks will be necessary to adequately supply these areas. Masks cost, he said, about $3.75 each. Masks are to be given to people in these areas. People are warned, the office_ of , Civilian Defense states, that First World war gas masks are not safe to use and that only masks approved by the Chemical Warfare service should be used regardless of manufacturers claims. Loca_l defen se councils, have informat10n on approved types. I Red Cross War Fund Reaches $9,000 Here If You Haven't Contributed Yet Please Do So Now, Officials Urge With more than $9,000 already received, Chairman John H. Greenaway of the Portsmouth Red Cross War Disaster Relief campaign committee reported today that the quota of $16,000 was nearly 60 per cent raised. Organizations are still showing their appreciation of the need, Mr. Greenaway said, and reported that today a check for $100 was received from the Master Mechanics Association at the Navy yard, which also gave $100 on the roll call. Typical of the volunteers who I have come to Mr. Geenaway to offer their services has been H. K . Hollister of Rye Beach, a retired business man who usually goes to Florida at this time. Instead, Mr. Hollister is going door to door soliciting Red Cross funds and yesterday collected $52.50. It was reported today that as a result of the week's Red Cross hostess programs over radio station WHEB , a total of $300 has been pledged. Mr. Greenaway urged today that every individual who has not give_n so far make it a point to rush their contribution in to the fund and help Portsmouth go over the top. Red Cross Pushes Final Spurt In $16,000 Drive; Announces Emergency Disaster Set-Up As Portsmouth contim1ed !ti; drive today to complete its quota of •16,000 for the Red Cross War Rel!P.f campaign, Washingto):l Natio~al headquarters announced the duties of the local in case of disaster. The basic plan ls to utilize the :Red Cross organization as an !ntregral part of each local defense council. All services of a local chapter will be made available to the clefense council and the chapters will be subject during an emergency to the authority of d~!e11se councils and approµrtate government otflclals, Specific functions of a chapter to Lilla L. Ireland /)o: Q Dies In 75th Year be co-orcl!nated with local defense councils Include the disaster relief set up, f.rst aid training, nurse~ aid training, home nursing tram!ng and nutrition aides. The Red Cross is to make available to defense counc!ls !ti; motor corps, production crops, staff assl~tance corps, canteen corps, canteen aides and hospital and recreation corps. Portsmouth School Officials Study ') Defense Plans 0 Supt. of Schools Harry L. Moore and principals of the various Portsmouth schools attended a air raid precautions mei,Ung at Concord yesLilla L. Ireland of 63 Deer street, terday called by the state Defense, died Friday after a brief illness. council and State Board of EducaMiss Ireland for many years was tlon to consid_e r procedu1:e in han~ a missionary in south Africa where dl;~g school cnlldren durmg an ail she was born July 5, 1866 , th e raThe place of the air raid warden daughter of the late Rev. \'.:'!ll_lam in the school !i.nd defense again~ and Oriana Ireland, also mission- incendiary bombs were the subjects aries. taken up at the morning session afHer mother, whose pa~ents were ter opening ad<iresses by Gov. Robmissionaries, was the first white ert o . Blood and CommissionE!r of child born in Natal, South Africa. Education James N. Pringle. The Miss Ireland was a member . of th e latter introduced Frank Lloyd, ARP Congregational church a nd since advisor of ~he defense council, who her residence in this city had taken presided. • an active interest In the work of th e Mrs. Margaret Arnold of the conPeople's Baptist church. · suiting staff "f the New England Miss Ireland was 75 years of age. ·1· D f regnlonal Off\ce of C1v1 ian e ense th She ls survived by one bro er, outlined the uuties of the school I1 Frank A. Irelancl o! North Hamp- air raid warden, while A. Clifl'ord ton. Hudson, cha!rr.ian of the division I of auxiliary firemen and Theodore. Gunn expert C'f the NH Board of Fire 'underwnters, described fire bombs, the1r performance and the manner of combatting them. I �E m a. ~ '" ·, fa. t I o V'I l)o..y 1\5' Plan Ema~cipation Emancipation Day Red Cross Starts '5 ' 79th Pro~lamahon Au ience Hears Plea House To House Anniversary Here • The Emancipation Procla~~:o:•s '1 79th anniversary is to be observed by the Austin-Lincoln association at , the People's Baptist church on Ne w Year's ev~ning as has been the custom for many years. Haywoo<t Burton, who has served as chairman for at least 30 years, is again to act in that capacity. A supper will be served at 6 :30 which is for the guests of the association. I At 7:30 the following program is to be presented: Prayer, Rev. Harold W. Curtis "God Bless America" Introductory Remarks, Haywood Burton. Spiritual, "Come On Reapers," Choir Reading, "The Emancipation Proclamation," Mrs. Willette Richardson National Negro Anthem Address, Mayor Stewart E. Rowe Solo, Mrs. Leslie Ramsay Reading, "Lincoln's Gettysburg Address," Barbara Crockett Address, "The New Emancipation," Rev. E. E. Thompson "The Star Spangled Banner." The committees include: program, Haywood Burton and Leslie A. Ramsay ; supper, Mrs. A. Scott. Mrs. Mary Burton, Mrs. G. Ramsay and Jess-a Hood; decorations, Clarence W. Tilley and Anderson Scott. I Red Cross Drive Hits $10,000 Mark Over the $10,000 mark was the report of Chairman John H. Greenaway this morning on the Portsmouth Red Cross War Relief campaign for $16,000. Chairman Greenaway said that most of the large 1 contributions have been received and that it is now up to individuals to do their part. Drug stores, banks and the Red Cross at 18 Daniels street are avail- 1 able for contributors. Any and all r persons who have not yet contrib- , uted are urged by Chairman Greenaway to do so at once so that Portsmouth can go over the top. For Equality For All °' 'V -s C\'., Council To Meet Monday To Speed Airport Project In, or-:ler co '.l.Yoid any delay In the $478,000 impn,vement program for the Portsmouth Municipal airport, Mayor Stewart E. Rowe has called a special meetmg of the Portsmouth City Council ~or Monday at 1 pm. At that time the council will take the necessary ,teps to obtain the required additi0nal land for t he enlargement of runways and make the preliminary arrangements for protection of the field approaches by zoning. Fifteen volunteer captains under Mrs. Nat. S. Stevens started a house to house canvass of Portsmouth tohalf of the city, The gratitude of day to complete the $16,000 quota the people for Abraham Lincoln which the American Red Cross has was cited and Mr. Rowe paid tri- set for Portsmouth's share of the bute to the Great Emancipator. He national $50,000,000 War Disaster read a magazine article which ap- Relief fund. peared in 19;!2 "Are There Any These volunteers will see every Abraham Lincolns Today?" then family and give each one an opporspoke of his feeling toward Lincoln. tunity to buy a share in the proDr. Benjamin Collins Woodbury tection which the Red Gross gives presented a gavel to Haywood Bur- and is giving to both armed forces ton, the wood being from the farm and civilians injured by the disasin Kentucky where Abraham Lin- ters of war. coln was born, and reed a poem Cash already received and subentitled "John Brown" which he scriptions have brought the preswrote after visiting the home · o! ent fund over the $10,000 mark, Chairman John H. Greenaway of John Brown in Torrington, Oonn. The Gettysburg addre55 was read the drive committee said today. Contributions are still being reby Barb.ira Crockett. Musical selections Included "J:,ord ceived at the Red Cross headquarI Want to be a Ohristlan in My ters at 48 Daniels street, at banks Heart," a negro spiritual, and an- and at drug stores. "I believe all the larger contribuother spiritual by Dorsey "I Want Two Wings," sung by the choir un- tions are now in," said Mr. Greender the direction of Leslie Ramsay, away, "And it is now up to inand a solo "I'm So Glad Trouble dividuals to do their part and put Don't Last Always'' by Mr. Ramsay this drive over." and "My Task" by Mrs. Ramsay. Haywood Burton as chairman of the meeting welcomed the audience. Mr. Burton has presided at these celebrations during the past 44 years, and at the conclusion o! this anniversary extended an Invitation to come again adding "i.f I am not here someone will be." Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Crockett, Rev. Harold W. Curtis, minister of the Baptist church and assistant Wallis Sands, Rye, have received a pastor of the People's church , gave letter from their son George Crockett, who in Decmeber left for Honthe invocation and benediction. A chickell supper was served at , olulu t o be employed as a private 6:30 which was attended by a num- 1 concern engineer. He was two days out from Panama ber of guests of the Austin Lincoln when war was declared and said in a.ssociation which ye11rly sponsors letter, which was censored that he the celebration. expected to be convoyed back to this country within a month and a half. He explained that stores are closed at 4 o'clock with blackouts begirmins at six. No one is allowed on the streets after that, he ::;aid. __________ A plea for equality for the people of his race was voiced by Rev. E, E, Thompson, supply pastor of the People's (Colored) Baptist church at the 79th Emancipation Proclamation anniversary celebration last night. Declfl,ring that there still is discrimination against the black race, Mr. Thompson pointed out that American history and tradition 11re the same as the history and tradition of his people. He spoke of the people coming in to this country with different backgrounds, coming from some foreign land, and yet they are given the same opportunities. "We are the genuine, true, unbleached American," he said. Oontinuing, Mr. Thompson stated t hat here are certain positions from wl:lich his race I& excluded. He paid tribute to the president for wl:lat he was doing for the colored race and predicted that sometime a young man of his raQa would have the same opportunities at Annapolis and sail the seven seas with other men. He told of Mrs. Rool!evelt's Interest and cited Marion Anderson's appearance In Washington, following the denial of per appearing in Constitution hall there. In closing, he urged his race to have hope, to do as tney have in the past and to be loyal to their country and predicted that they would continue "to serve, to do what you expect us to do and be what God wants us to be." Mayor Stewart E. Rowe spoke of ,the gratitude of the colored people. Calling this one of the outstanding characteristics of the race, he praised Hayward Burton for his loyalty and expressed his gratitude on be- Council Aets / To ·speed /.f' I Airport Work ? War Fund Drive Authorization for the City Solicitor to take the necessary steps to acquire additional land for the Portsmouth airport was voted this afternoon at a special meeting of the Portsmouth city council held at city hall. Authorization of the necessary funds and for funds to construct a $9,000 administration building were also voted after Chairman Frank E. Brooks of the Airport Commission explained that citys' par t in the $478,000 grant which the federal government has made for improvement of the field. In addition to voting $20,000 for land and building the city solicitor was also authorized to take nee,, essary steps to close New road between Sherburne road and the Newington t-0wn line, Mayor Rowe was authorized to complete agree-, ments between the city of Porw mouth and the Civil Aeronautics au• thority for the project. / I ') Wallis Sands Mon ,Safe In War Zone j~ I Family Safely tS°'), Out Of War Zone Word has been received in this I city that Mrs. Walker R. Goodrich and son have arrived in San Fran- I cisco from the war zone where they were residing when the Japanese attacks began. Capt. Walker R. Goodrich, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Goodrich, Broad street, remains in the war zone. Mrs. Goodrich and son will go to her home In Watertown, N. Y. She is the former Alyce E. Gotham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan J . Gotham,·and was mar. ried to Capt. Goodrich on Oct, 3, 1934. Harry Winebaum Again Heads -1>'~ Temple Israel H1trry Winebaum was elected to his fifth consecutive term as president of Temple Israel at the annual meeting Wednesday evening. Other officers elected were vicepresident, Benjamin Singer; treasurer, M. P. Alkon ; recording &ecretary, Henry Liberson; financial secretary, Barnet Freedman; directors, Louis Tober, Maurice Silverman, Albert Woolfson, J. H. Dinnerman, Samuel Goodman, Philip Barwick, Samuel Shapiro, Samuel Kline William Hirshberg and Benjamir{ Goldberg. Officers will be installed next month. A discussion of policies for the coming year took place after the election. �.,. Six Blasts~ Twice ✓r Rev. Robert Dunn, Is Blackout Signal t Claremont, New For City Of Portsmouth ! St. John's Pastor Six blasts, twice on the fire ala rm has been established as Portsmouth's blackout warning it was announced today by Frank C. Remick, City Co-Defense chairman follow!ng a conference with members of the public safety 1 committee of local defense with city officials. • This is entirely separate from the state-wide air raid alarm and will be used as the signal in the city until the group of sirens are installed, which will serve as both air raid and black out signals. "In a total blackout no source of light of anY. intensity or color must be seen frJm above," Mr. Remick stated as he warned residents to prepare th eir homes for any emergency. The Public Safety committee, which met yesterday at the home of Gerald D. Foss, will function contlnuously from now on takin g t he place of t he former city defense council. The change was made to avoid confusion because a previous organization called the city defense council had been formed and then dissolved. Co-ordination of information and Police Board Plans For Blackouts Portsmouth blackout problems were discussed by the Portsmouth Board of Police commissioners at their meeting at city hall yesterday afternoon when Morris C. Foye, Portsmouth Blackout chairman, asked the commissioners what could be done about shutting off the city's seven traffic lights in an emergency. Mr. Foye explained that it was planned to have 15 minutes for completing a blackout. After discussion it was agreed that the best solution in case of a blackout warning would be to have an officer sent out In a cruising ca.r to the outlying sections, and shut off traffic lights there while officers in the square shut off the others. Marshal Hewitt said that could easily be accomplished In 10 minutes. Mr. Foye explained that all cars without approved blackout shields must stop at once on warning. First or ders were to pull over to the side of the road and leave keys In the car so it could be moved in case of emergency. Now orders are to Jock the car . Plans for identification of official cars during a blackout are still under cons!deration. publicity was the principal subject of discussion yesterday. Chairman I Frank C. Remick is expected to appoint a member of the present civilian group to the position of P ubllcity Chairman for local defense soon. Mr. Remick informed the committee that efforts were being exerted on behalf of the city by the state defense authorities to secure early delivery of the three air raid sir• ens that are on order. Present at yesterday's meeting were Frank c. Remick, chairman of local defense; Mrs. Frank w. Ran• dall, vice-chairman of local de• , fense; Gerald Foss, assistant chair• I man of local defense; Frank J. Mas• , sey, chief air raid warden; Earl R,. El~ea and Ross Stevens, deputy chief wardens; Clark Coleman liason officer; Morris Foye, black~ out chairman; William C. Walton, acting public safety chairman and Alvin F. Redden, Rockingham county chairman. Council Votes Blackout La First and second readings were given by the city council last night Lo an ordinance which would enable Army, Navy and civlllan defense officials to enforce blackout and air raid regulations and provide fines up to $500 or imprisonment up to six months for violations. Following the second reading under suspension of the rules, it was referred Lo the city councll finance committee for study and recommendation after Councilman Frederick D. Gardner remarked that as read it might make a citizen liable for a $500 fme i! he didn't have a flash light In his pocket during an air raid. When the motion was introduced Councllman Walter R. Harvey stat€<! that it was modeled after ordinances drawn up in other cities and that It had been prepared by the city solicitor. mont affairs, serving as president of the Community Players in 1938, as secretary of the Claremont Co-operative Players in 1938, as secretary of the Claiiemont Philateiic club, and as z member of the Claremont DraJnatic club. He was active as a speaker for the Community Chest last year, and has played the French horn in the community orchestra as )Ve! las singing in n umerous choru9€s. Coming with them to Portsmouth the end of this month will be the Dunn's two sons, John T. and Fred• erick D., and their daugh ter, Nancy C. St. Joh n's Rector Assumes Duties ,~ Tomorrow Morn ing Rev. Robert Dunn Rev. Robert H. Dunn, rector of Trinity Episcopal church in Claremont for the past six years will become the new rector of st. John's church, Portsmouth, beginning Feb. 1. Mr. Dunn will succeed Rev. Maxwell Ganter who left the first of December. Mr. Dunn's transfer to Portsmouth comes as a reward for nearly 14 years of active service in the New Hampshire diocese, and after 20 years of a career in religion. Born in Freeport, Ill., in 1896, the son o! a Presbyterian minister, he spent most of his youth. in Philadelphia, was gi·aduated from Princeton university in 1919 with a doctor of literature degree, and was graduated from Union Theological seminary in New York City in 1922. His first pastorate was in 1922, when he became pastor o! the Congregation.al church in Lancaster. He held this pastorate until 1926. While 111 Lancaster he met Miss Sally Hening, whom he manied in 1926 after he went to Maplewood, N. J., to be pastor of the Congregational church there. In 1927 he was received into the Episcopal church by Bishop John T. Dallas, and went to Sanbomvllle, where he was ordained into the priesthood in 1928. He was rector of the church of St. John the Baptist in Sanbornville for nine years, going to Claremont in 1936. During his stay in Claremont Mr. Dunn has worked to build the young people's organizations and women's work in the church. He has been active in diocesan affairs serving as chairman of the board 'of chaplains of the diocese, as member of the standing committee and as member of the executlv~ council and the commission on the Mountain Mission by Mail. He has been active in many Clare- Rev. Robert Dunn. the new rector of St. John's church will begin his new duties tomorrow morning. Entering the rectorship of the historic church, one of his first services will be the traditional candlemas service which will be held tomorrow evening. The service of Canctlemas, the feast. of lights, has been celebrated at St. John's for many years and Is attended by people or many faiths. Council Gives Blackout Rule Final Readin9~ Portsmouth's Blackout Ordinance modeled on oi"dinances of other sections was given its third and final reading by the city council last night. Only opposition was from Co ncllwoman Mary C. Dondero, wh stated that she felt the ordinance which carries a penalty up to $500 fine for violations, deserved more consideration. A request for a taxi license from William A. Mulloo~ was referred to the city council committee on parking and traffic. A request of Mrs. Edward Johnson of Islington street for action in slowing down speeders on Islington street which had been referred to the police commissioners was re- I turned to the council and then re- , ferred to the ~oard of Street Com- 1 missioners as the po11ce commissioners stated they had no jurisdiction on signs. The commissioners stated they had taken all the police action possible to slow down speeders but that they could not keep a man there all the time. Councilman William H. Palfrey said he had two protests. First, he asked, "Is the new Greenland well project the back door to Winnicutt river?" Secondly, he stated, "More than 10,000 gallons of water have been wasted trying to flood the skating rink at the South playground and nothing has been accomplished. With the water shortage, this is a needless waste.'' Referred to the street light commitLee with power to act was a motion of Councilwoman Dondero that a small flood light be Installed at the Atlantic Heights skating rink. The next regular meeting will be at the call of the ch air. A fin an ce ~ommittee meeting has been called 1y Chairman Lewis M. McNeil for l :30 tonight. I �l)c:.rtc.Y, Amusing Novels Will Fade In War-Time Librarian Says Lo,..c. l\rnot'-' y ~.....:------~------'· Colonial Character Saw Portsmouth As Metropolis Of The North -50- ~ Miss Hannah Fernald Addresses College Women's Club Members "Portsmouth ls a metrouplees of the was Mrs. Mary Frothlngton. F urnorth and will grow and gro"{," ther investigation revealed she was wrote Timothy Dexter, eccentric clt:i- a widow with assets of $36,000 and zen of colonial Newburyport, Mass., they were married later. The speaker told of an attempt War-time reading will be restric- The American Artist and His Times and "Earl" of Chester, N. H., who by Homer Saint Oaudens; some was quoted by George E. Carter of to raise "Dexter's Guards" which , ted to the seri'ous, heavier "life ls American Primitives by Ola.re. E, Manchester as he told the story of failed. But during the war he went earnest, life ls hard" type of novel, Sears; Reading I've Liked by Cllf • Lord Timothy before the Kiwanis around speaking to slackers, he addMiss Hannah Fernald, Portsmouth ton Fadlman1 The Storm by T. R, club last night. er. librarian told College Women's club Stewart and Murder for Pleasure: The speaker, who has made a deep There is not a single case where members at their January meeting the life and times of a detective study into the life of the colorful Dexter did not make money in his story by Haycraft. last night in the Oity club. colonial character, told of his early tradlngs, stated the speaker. · Announcement was made bY com- life. Dexter was born in Malden, The current influx of new books, Considerable was made because she declared, indicates that amus- mittee members that the annual Mass., but, failing to get along with Ham!Iton and purchased continen tal ing and light books wlll be so scarce family welfare card party will be his parents, was farmed out to his currency which was later redeemed, that one will be forced to read and held Wednesday afternoon at 2 uncle, who soon got tired of the bringing a considerable amount o! re-read the old favorites of the o'clock in the Hotel Rockingham. bargain. Later Timothy was appren- money to Lord Timothy. I Refreshments were served by Mrs. ticed to a, tanner. At the end of his pre-war period. Telling how he became known as j Presenting thumbnail reviews of Paul Brown, chairman; assisted by apprenticeship he started for New- "Lord" Timothy Dexter, Mr. Car• three of the latest war books which Miss Eunice Cohen, Mrs. Gordon buryport with assets of $8 and 2 ter explained that the eccentric most people seem to be reading, ac- Hislop, Miss Mabelle Jenkins, Mrs. shillings. His money making ingenu- wrote a constitution for an earlcording to library recordings, Miss Francis Larkin and Mrs. Perley ity was with him at that early date, dom and because the NewburyportFernald discussed Berlin Diary by Storer. for his arrival in Newburyport found ers would not call him Lord he mov- l w. L. Shirer; No Other Road to him with over $10 in assets, t-hree ed to Chester where he was graciousFreedom by Leland Stowe and ly received. Chester at that time days later. Looking for Trouble by Virginia On a visit lo Hampton Beach one had a population of 2,247 people Cowles. Sunday, Mr. Carter told the Kiwa• while Manchester had but 289. Af• "There is a great difference benians, Dexter saw a very attractive t~r two and a half years he moved tween the war books of today and young lady with four children. One back to Newburyport. those of the 1914-18 era," she deStories of Lord Timothy's luck In of the children ran into the ocean clared. "These are more solid, more &.nd was rescued by Lord Timothy turning drugs on the market into intense and most of them are writand restored to the lady, whom he profits were revealed in a number of ten by newspaper correspondents. believed was nurse. Romance was cases, and the speaker entertained In the first World war period novels I kindled in his heart and he followed hls listeners for some time with these were slight and thin in matter and (AP)-Prest-1 her to Exeter to learn that she stories. 7 written by the fighting men." Washington, Jan. A new type of war novel, that dent Roosevelt outlined today to written by non-combatants depict• Congress a $7 000 000 expansion prolng how the international fracas gram for Ne~ E~gland navy faclliafiects homellfe, has been ushered ties to meet wartime needs. In since the most recent war outThe program included expenditure \ break, asserted the local librariai:1· \ of $700,000 for extension of the genExamples were Journey for Mar- era! storehouse at the Portsmouth, garet by W. L. White, The Oaken N. H., Navy yard. Heart by Margery Alllngham and By far the largest share of his Where Stands a Winged Sentry by recommendations would go to Rhode Margaret Kennedy. Island, $4,740,000 alone for enlargA big increase in the purchase of Have you bought any bonds toOther books commented upon by lng aviation facilities at the Quon• day? stamps and bonds took place imMiss Ferland In her annual lecture set Point, R. I., air station. If you live in this section the an- mediately following the declaration before the college club were Japan In addition, the president sought swer ls probably yes, from the time of war when the bond sales doubled. Unmasked by Hallet Abend, He congressional approval of the fol- defense bonds and stamps went So far this m onth there has been Opened the Door to Japan by Carl lowing New England navy expendl- on sale May 1 of last year to the $7,990 worth of stamps sold and $7,• Crow, Leaf in the Storm by Lin ~u tures: first of this year the Portsmouth 312.50 worth of bonds. The postoffice Tang, Great Lady: Barbara VilQuonset Point, ammunition stor• postoffice sold $236,054.85 worth of is the source of supply for many of llers, mistress of Charles II by Mar- age $75 000 . stamps and bonds. In addition to t11e the local stores that are now selling garet Gilmour and Victoria's Heir Mellville, R. I., fuel depot, $435,- bonds sold at the postofflce, the the stamps. Many people are acceptby George Dangerfield. 000 for i·epairs to a breakwater and banks sell bonds of larger denomina- ing these stamps instead of change. A talk on historical novels was dock replacement of fll•e mains and tions. The month by month sales of highlighted by a book with much 1mp/ovement of electrical distrlbuThe demand for these stamps and stamps and bonds are as follows: local Interest, Ports of Plscataqua tion and construction of a store• bonds ls continuing, Postmaster Pebonds stamps by W. G. Saltonstall, wrltt~n in hou~e and maintenance building; 29,718.75 1,654.95 ter J. Hickey said today, so much so May collaboration with Portsmouth s asNewport, R. I., operating base, that at the present time the smaller June 10,912.50 1,832.45 slstant librarian, Miss Dorothy M. $SOO 000 for quarters including ac- denominations are hard to keep 1n J uly 19,875.00 2,218.10 Vaughan. Tracing local history from quis1tion of land, fo~ officers; 21,075.00 2,172.15 stock. The biggest stamp day since August way back it tells of the Pisca.taqua Newport training station, $150,000 they went on sale was on Monday September 14,118.75 2,934.95 privateers, clippers, white pine, cod• to improve electrical distributing when 5,625 stamps were sold. 18,975.00 9,628.20 October fish, gho~ts, gold, tea and slaves. 1,ystem. 16,275.00 20,775.30 November Also bnefly reviewed by the speak• Chel~ea, Mass., naval hospital, two 41,343.75 22,545.00 Deoember er were Washington Reveille . by H-type ward buildings, $190,000; Margaret Leech, Roosevelt: Dicta• Boston Navy yard incinerator for $172,293.75 $63.761.10 Total tor or Democrat by Gerald W. John• combustibles, $75,000; son; Lanterns on the Levee by W, Squantum, Mass., air stal,lon, ad• L. Percyl; Golde~ Yeste rd ays by dltional buildings, $80,000, and adMargaret Deland, Windswept by dltlonal ammunition storage, $20,MaryEllen Chase; Opinions of 011· . ver Allston by Van Wyck Brooks; 000 ' f Besides the r equests made or <. navy expenditures the president The USS Herring, first submarlnc roposed a ,so,ooo item for t he Mas- to be launc~ed at the 1'.'ortsmoutt ~achusetts n autical training school. Navy yard smce. the _Umted State1 Although no mention of funds for declared war, will shde do'Yn th1 Maine state school was made in ways next Thursday mormng _a• Workers at the Postoffice building the budget message, Representative 10:40 o'clock. Mrs. Ray Spe~r, wif1 held two meetings Wednesday to Oliver (R -Me.) said he had been of Rear Adm. Ray Spea1 i USN plan action in case of an air raid. Informed t he state probably would chief of the Burea~ of Sup~hes anc The first meeting at 4.30 for worket an appropriation similar to Accounts at Washmgton, will spon, ers who leave at that time and the i assa.chusetts on the recommenda• sor the undersea craft, the first ti second an hour later. Further meetreach. the waters of the Plscataqm ings will be held to train the occution . 1a ter of the Maritime com• river m 1942. pants for an emergency, The buildmission. ing is to be organized similar to a The budget also contained $52,805 community with its air raid warden for Acadia National park in Maine, In charge and other officials to take compared with $93,076 last year , of charge in event of an air raid, which $37,500 was used for acqulsi• tion of land. I New Budget Has $700,000 For Navy Yard Defense Bonds, Stamps Are Best Sellers Here ~ Navy To Launch U.S.S. Herring Here Thursday1 I 1 Postoffice Workers Plan Conduct 1~ · In Case Of Air Raid �Chamber Of Commerce To Elect Heads Tonight. -ro-., Newly elected directors of the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce are scheduled to hold their first meeting tonight at 6.30 in the Hotel Rockingham. One hundred per cent attendance is expected. "Few meetings of the directorate will be more important than this first one," said Frederick D. Gardner who acted as Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce organization committee and who will preside at this meeting until a president is elected. Other officers to be elected are an undetermined number of vice presidents and a treasurer. Mr. Gardner will give a brief account of the activities of the organ!- zat!on committee, and a financial report w111 be presented by Richman S. Margeson who was treasurer of the organization committee. Important matters also on the tentative agenda for discussion by the new directors include: a campaign to cover those logical prospects for membership who could not be seen during the fall drive ; the organization budget for the 10 months until Nov. 1; engagement of a permanent executive secretary ; location of a permanent office for the chamber ; the appointment of committees to study and make recommendations in respect to by laws, th'! first year's program and retail trade problems. Ft. ConstitutiOn Ice F ormed Rapidly It was bitter cold and a sharp off shore wind drove waves and spray over the two vessels where it froze at once. A snow squall filled the air with swirling flakes hardly discernible in the pitch dark. At 12:50 am, Master Chasteen r eported the Arnold was taking water by the stern, and men were manning the pumps. But the water continued to rise and 40 minutes later it was over the pumps and fires. At 1:45 the Arnold suddenly plunged to the bottom. Only quick action of the crew of the L-88 saved that ship from being dragged to the bottom by t he Arnold. The Quartermaster's civilian crews which man these boats, risked their !Ives on icy wind and wave swept decks to cut the !Ines. Master Chasteen h igh on t he bridge of the Arnold jumped clear just as the ship went under. Quick action by the skipper of the L-88 who kept his little ship dl!.ngerously close to the suction of the foundering Arnold, enabled his crew to rescue Ct)asteen. Coastguard cutters and n avy ships were ordere(i to the scene where empty life boats and life belts were the only surviving signs. The L-88 was en route t o Portsmouth when the engine trouble developed. When lt was found t hat the llttle ship was drifting rapidly out to sea, the ensign was hoisted up side down in the conventional distress signal and a distress message sent to the Portsmouth Harbor Defenses. The 179-ton Arnold had at :first planned to tow the L-88 but at 8:30 pm when t he Arnold picked up t he L-88 the weather was so rough that lt tied up along side and used Its engines to keep the L-88 from drifting until the Baird arrived about midnight and took both in tow. Master Chasteen of the Arnold lives on Glenwood avenue Extension at Waterford, Conn. Boat ·Is Lost Y'(hile Assisting Sister Craft Commander Is Only Man Saved In Ocean Mishap Eight men drowned during a heavy storm early this morning about 20 miles Southeast of the Isles of Shoals. Only one man of the crew of nine on the 98-foot Army mine-planter General Richard Arnold was saved when the 33-year-old ship suddenly sprang a leak and went to the bottom. Saved was William H. Chasteen of Waterford, Conn., commanding the Arnold, who ju mped from the bridge as the ship went under and was picked up by another disa bled mine-planter the L-88. Army officials at the Portsmouth Harbor Defenses said that names of the eight lost would not be given out until Master Chasteen arrived at New Castle on the L-88 to check the list and determine definitely who was on board, as the Arnold had two shifts of its crews. The crew of the Arnold lost their lives while attempting to rescue the nine-man crew of the L-88 which was disabled and had been drifting in the storm for more than six hours. Coast Guard and army planes and boats today searched the area but only empty lifeboats and lifebelts marked the spot where the. Arnold had sunk. No bodies had been recovered after nine h ours' search. Meanwhile, the army mine-planter Absolom Baird which had rushed to the scene and was assisting in tow- ing the disabled L-88 assisted in the search and then started back to its dock at New Castle with the L-88 in tow. Army officials said this morning the Baird was 30 miles out at 10 am. and making slow headway against heavy seas. It was not expected in until late this afternoon. Story of the sinking, drownings and the rescue in the bitter cold of the storm tossed Atlantic revealed the heroism of the army afloat in an epic that would do credit to the navy. Army officials immediately sent out the General Arnold to assist it and the navy tug Yaquima was ordered out. Just outside Portsmouth harbor the ships began to buck heavy seas and take on water which immediately iced up. So serious was the icing that the Yaquima was ordered back but the little top-heavy Arnold continued on, a nd the mineplanter Absolom Baird was ordered out. Meanwhile army officials at the Portsmouth Harbor Defenses had gotten in touch with the air base a.t Manchester and an army plane was sent in search and a co t guard plane frcm Salem was or ed out. Toward da1'1c, the army plaw , located the L-88 and dropped a flare directly astern of it. Using t his for a bearing t he little Arnold ploughed on and reached the L-88 where lines were put aboard and the two ships side by side started toward Portsmouth about 8 :30 pm. Little progress could be made because of the heayy seas. The Baird, under command of Major M. A. McLamb, reached the scene several hours later and t ook the two ships in tow. I Has Engine Trouble Shortly after noon yesterday the L-88 wh ich was coming up t he coast radioed that it had engine trouble and needed assistance. rts position was given about 14 miles southeast of White island off Cape Ann, Gloucester. Wife Of Lone Survivor Visits HosRi_tal Mrs. William H. Chasteen, wife of the commanding officer of t he U. S. Army Mine Planter Gen. Richard Arnold which sunk off Portsmouth two nights ago carrying 10 men to their deaths, was united with her husband yesterday a fternoon in the hospital Camp Lang• don. The master of the Arnold was reporting as "resting comfortably" today by the hospital authorities. His wife arrived here from New London, Conn., early yesterday afternoon. ' Army officials at Camp Langdon reported this morning that n one of the bodies of the 10 men who were lost at sea have been recover as yet but that the Coast guards are still searching the area. Fingerprint Civi I Defense ,~ Workers Here~ All civilian defense workers have been requested to go to the Rockingham County Court House on State street tomorrow at 10 am to be fingerprinted. Fingerprints are filed in a separate civilian file at the State MBureau of Identification at Concord. State police experts will be on hand to take t he prints .. This request has been made by the State Defense Council division of evacuation as an essential precaution of all workers to insure Identification in case of accident to a worker. All firemen , whether permanent, call or auxlliary have been asked to appear tomorrow by Chief George T. Cogan . All auxiliary policemen All air raid wardens, men and h ave been asked· to appear. to become air raid wardens are women, and all those who expect asked to come to the. court house as well as all other defense workers or persons who may become defense workers. O ~() '\ Air Raid Wardens Start First Aid Chief Warden Frank J . Massey announced today the formation of the initial group to take the First Aid Course for Air Raid Wardens. Members of the first group have been individually notified and on Monday evening will begin a series of lectures and demonstrations covering a t en hour period. Dr. E . A. Peters In charge of First Aid Instruction has arranged for Mr. Massey stated that as soon the instructors for this course . as instructors can be assigned additional groups of Air Raid Wardens will be notified and instructed. �Board. Refers Water City Council,y} NaYy To Test Question To Council<\ To Vote On Raid Sirens l Appointments Wednesday Tonight What Portsmouth will do about scope of this problem because of the federal government's proposal size and cost and not included in this for solution of its water shortage survey. Mr. Carew said that the Fed• . . eral Works Agency had not received Air raid alarm apparatus for the \ will be decided at a special meeting any information regarding MerryPortsmouth. Navy yard will be tested of tbe Portsmouth city council to be meeting Lake from th Army and Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock , called by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe had not considered it. e according to Admiral John D. Wainas a result of a meeting held yes• superintendent Nat s. Stevens wright, USN, commandant of the terda.y afternoon by the Portsmouth questioned Mr. Carew regarding tbe Annual appointments of the yard. Boa,rd of Street Commissioners a nd total amount of water to be fur• The demonstration is to be held F. J. Carew, assistant regional di· nlshed and the potential needs par- Portsmouth Clty Council and of the outside full volume of the aprector of the Federal Works Agen- tlcularly If the Army should• want mayor 11re the order of business for paratus and will be used. Manufacturcy. more water at the forts and for the council at a regular session to- ers who are planning to participate At this meeting the boa rd voted other units tba.t might be stationed night at city hall at 7:30 pm. in the demonstration say that the it would entertain a proposal for here. Mr. Carew said that no one Amon~ the positions to be filled sound wlll be heard for nearly eight development of a 450,000 gallon a could anticipate the future at the by appointment or reappointment by miles from the navy yard. day wellofsystem GreenThe official notice is as follows: land gravel at a cost 177,000atwith the present time a.nd that all the city the council are· city clerk, tax col• 1. At 1400 (2:00 pm. EST) on federal government granting $143,- had to consider now was the need lector, auditor, treasurer, city messenger, city ~olicitor, building in• Wednesday 14 January 1941 there 000 and the city paying $34,000. This for next summer for the areas d.icltv physician, chief engin- will be conducted a demonstration proposa.l will be recommended to fined an~ if the Army needed more spector, the city council. water than that it would be the eer and assistant engineers of the of Air Ra.Id Alarm apparatus. This fire department, overseer, member demonstration will take place in Explaining the matter to the com- Army's problem. of the board of health, inspector of missioners, Mr. Carew read from the The boa rd then voted to enter- wires and poles, superintendent. of the open air and full volume of the report of Engineer Waldo Coulter, ta.in th e proposal, after a counter the buryin~ grounds, inspector of apparatus will be used. It Is anticiwho was assigned by the govern- proposal to have the $90,000 im- I plumbing, Inspector of meat, trus- pated considerable and far reaching ment to study all water sources of provement in the Sherburne and tee of trusr funds for three years sound will be created during this this area. In order not to endanger Haven pumping stations included in and such other clerical help and of- test. 2. In order that no alarm or anx• the present water system, all sources the p~oject, had been turned down, ficials as the city requires. will result from these tests, this in the city's present water uea 1n followmg a telephone call to the Appointments by the mayor in- iety the Portsmouth-Newington vicinity I Federal Works Agency headquar- clude sealer of weights and meas- notice is to call to everyone's attention in the navy yard, army re· were disregarded. ters In New York. ures, a harbor master, a member of servations and civil communities the planning boa.rd, measurers of within a radius of five rnlles, that Search and tests were made in wood, three fence vlr.wers, welghers, the above test will be conducted. Greenland and Rye with well water a. keeper of ,he powder magazine, sources found at both places. In 3. The sound will not resemble a lnspectr,rs of fl.mr, lot layer, inspec- siren Greenland, the report revealed, there or the steam whistle used in tor of petroleum, port wardens, sur- the yard. were two possible sources. One apparatus will sound veyors of lumbr>r and member of the four blasts, Preferred source was a location the other, three blasts. back of the home of Arthur A. Gag• boa.rd of examination of plumbers, This test may be repeated several non on Park avenue, a short distance and the appointment of the follow- times. off the Post road and not far from Ing committees of the city council: 4. By copy of this memorandum, Portsmouth is to participate in flanance, cl y lands and buildings, the Winnicutt river which the city the heads of departments and comrejected as a water source several the Infantile paralysis campaign street lights, rlatms, elections, fire manding officers of activities of this months ago. This site with a gravel honoring the President's birthday department. public library, printing, command, are requested to designate well and another gravel well in re• anniversary. A meeting of the heads parking, bills on second reading, en• rtjiable personnel within their deserve ls -estimated to produce 450,- of all organizations In the city has grossing bills ,communlty develop- partments or commands, to be posbeen called for Monday evening by ment, indust-rlal relations, federal 000 gallons a day. ted at points where the navy yard Mr. Coulter estimated that this Ira A. Brown, Portsmouth chair- aid. whistle is most difficult to hear, and additional 450,000 gallons would man. The meeting will be held at Under the charter, the mayor does to report to their heads the results the real estate and insurance office not have any veto power over ap• provide enough additional water to of the chairman, located at the cor- pointments made by the city coun- of these tests, immediately followtake care of the residents of Ports• ing the test, indicating which sound mouth, New Castle, the PBA homes, ner of Daniels street and Market cil, but all £-ppointments of the appears to be the most satisfactory square. mayor are subject to approval by the Wentworth and the P ierce Issignal. Most d'esira.ble reports wlll "Wishing wells" will be placed in the city conncll. land recreational area at the height be from noisy shops, inside ships, invarious places in the city today, Aside from appointments, little of a dry summer. side ·Naval hospital, Inside Na.val wher contributions will be reother except routine transfers are Nearer to Portsmouth just off 'prison and the HECP. When outlyceived. expected to come before this meetPortsmouth avenue, another source ing reports have been received, it is Proceeds this year are to be di- ing. of 450,000 gallons was located not requested that each department vided as in the past, 50 per cent far from the Brackett Springs, but head and commanding officer make on the other side of the road. How- for the National foundation and the his recommendations to the Public ever, because of its location between remainder for use in the county. Works Officer as to the most satistwo cemeteries and near a number Money received in the past has factory ale.rm signal. of private sewerage systems, it was been put to use and several families recommneded only as a reserve sup- in the county have benefited. Portsply for e.n unanticipated future as mouth's quota has been set at 1t would require installation of a. $1,000. sewerage disposal system for the 1 h omes of the area and chlorination of the water. The source In Rye near the town gravel pit is estimated to yield about 375,000 gallons a <1ay. However, Details ot the sinking of the Gen. Miss Ida Blaisdell, a native and this was not a preferred location Richard Arl:1£>ld were to be re- lifelong resident of this city, died because of the right of way invealed this morning in Portland la.st ev nlng t the home of Mrs. volved and also it was disclosed before a Marine Board of Inquiry Doris Crossman, 33 Kent street. She because the government has other by William H. Chasteen, master of was the da.llgMPr of the late Joseph uses contemplated for that water the stricken vessel. and Effie Emery Blaisdell and died in connection with military requireChasteen who was held in the on the 83rd anniversary of her birth. ments in the Rye area, which would hospital at Camp Langdon for sevMiss Blaisdell was a charter memneed that source of water. The eral days was discharged In order I ber of Star lodge of Odd Ladies and Rye source was also mentioned by that he might attend the inquiry. also a member of Union Rebekah Mr. C~rew as the i.vailable source The Arnold was lost last Thurs- lodge. She Is survived by several for the fort~ '\t New Castle. day morning while attempting to cousins. Merrymeetlng lake was not surto"". the L-88, an army auxiliary, veyed by Mr. Coulter, Mr. Carew which was disabled 59 miles off the stated and quoted from the report Isles of Shoals. Ten men were lost to the effect that this "ambitious" when the Arnold went down. project to supply "Southwestern Maine and Southeastern New Hampshire" with water was beyond the Infantile Paralysis Drive Leaders Called To Session Ship Survivor~~ Tells. Story To Id a 8101s . de 11 0 .,es Inqu1ry Board On 83rd Birthday0 �\"2.0 Frederick D. Gardner Named Preside Df Portsmouth Chamber Of Commer Margeson Treasurer /j&-. , Of New Organization Frederick D. Gardner was elected president of the new Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce at the first meeting of the newly elected board of directors held at the Rockingham Hotel last night. J. D. Hartford was elected first vice president and Richman S. Margeson, treasurer. All but two of the 21 directors were present as follows: Frederick D Gardner, J. D. Hartford, Richman S. Margeson, Frank J. Massey, Raymond C. I.. Greer, A. Richard Chase, John Hassett, Edgar Wood, Charles H. Walker, John McDonough, John Shaw, Ralph Wood, Wm. Hoggan, John Howe, Stowe Wilder, Harry Winebaum, Eugene B. Whittemore, E. Curtis Matthews and Vincent Taccetta. Joh>1 H. Greenaway, and Robert M Bruce, were absent. Mr. Gardner, who had served as chairman of the committee which organized and raised the funds for t.he new organization, presided and opened the meeting with a brief history of the movement and the membership campaign. He told the directors that they met as representing an organization which already had 150 members who had pledged a total of $5,266.67 toward the budget for 1942; and that many other individuals and firms in Portsmouth were only awaiting the call of one of the committee members to make applica• tion for membership. Mr. Gardner pointed out further that the doctors, lawyers, dentists, other professional men and those in the field of government and publie affairs had not yet been approached. He voiced confidence that further effort on the part of those present in soliciting memberships would yield most satisfying results not on• ly for the organization but for those who became members. It was agreed by the directors that the approximately 65 business firms which remained uncovered should be seen at once, and that each director should agree to take an assignment of three prospects and to make a report on them by 5 pm. on Monday, Jan. 12. Following dinner, Mr. Gardner ard Chase, John McDonough, Frank J. Massey, Richman S. Margeson, and John Hassett members of a committee to consider which members of the Chamber qualified for membership on the Retail Committee and to supervise the election of the Chairman who wlll serve as a. Vice-President on the Board of Directors. It was provided that the man elected need not already be a member of the board. ' T)1e next matter of business was the engagement of a permanent executive secretary for the new organization. It was the concensus of the directors that such a posi- [ tion should be created and that a man of as broad experience and I training as could be found a t a salary figure permitted by the funds \ l}Vailable should be employed on a full time basis. The personal and work records of a number of poten1t!al candidates for the position were examined by the directors who 1 called on the president to appoint a committee to interview those who 1 seemed most likely to qualify. The President appointed Justin D. Hart• ford, Eugene B. Whittemore, Frank J. Massey, John Hassett and Edgar Wood as members of such a committee, with the first mentioned as chairman. Council Votes To Give VFW 5-Y ear Lease!>-~ How to please the veterans of former wars and veterans-to-be of the present war was a problem which kept the city council busy for a sizable part of its session at City hall last night. Problem was the housing of 28 colored soldiers In the city-owned building on Parrott avenue which is occupied by the Emerson Hovey Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. When the troops were assigned to Portsmouth, housing had to be found within a few hours and the building was selected. As a result, I • the veterans stated, their own activities were either curtailed or 1 prevented. Previous to the discussion on the quartering of troops at the hall, the I council voted on motion of Oounc!l' woman Mary C. Dondero, to }ease I the hall to the VFW for five years, J with an option of renewal, but subject to cancellation if the city needExecutive Committee These same directors were desiged the hall in an emergency. nated by Mr. Gardner as the memSpeaking for the veterans were bers of the Executive Committee of Commander A. G. Brooks, Daniel the Board, and he assigned to them Brown, William S. Kusky , P earley the further responsibility of makWiseman and Mrs. Helen M. Kusky. ing a study of by-laws for the organMrs. Dondero introduced a resoization with the view to making a lution to have a committee appoinreport and recommendation at the ted to see if other quarters could be found for the colored soldiers but next meeting. It was brought to the attention I withdrew her motion in favor of a of the directorll that the cham- '\ motion of Councilman Frederick D. ber had been approached to take Gardner to have the matter rean active part in the working out of ferred to the City Council Coma uniform agreement on the part of mittee on City Lands and Buildings local merchants In respect to store to search for suitable quarters on hours. It was the view of those prescondition that the colored soldiers ent that until such time a-5 the Reremain where they are until new tail Committee of the chamber had quarters are found. been established that the organizaDuring the discussion,- Mayor Stetton could not do so in fairness to wart E. Rowe stated that he was itself or to the merchants involved. opposed to anything that would deThe meeting was adjourned until prive th~ colored soldiers of their the call of the president. quarters. Replying, Daniel Brown of the VFW said he remembered an occasion when Mayor Rowe h ad been entertained by veterans and had stated that if there was anything he could do for them he would do it. He said this was such an occasion. Commander Brooks said that while Exeter, Dover, Laconia, Concord and scores of other places provided Veterans' Homes and paid all the upkeep, all his · organization asked was a lease of the hall with the post paying for all the repairs. "Remember," he said, "that we will soon have veterans of the present war in Portsmouth, sons of many citizens. The Veterans of Foreign Wars is the only organization that now exists which they can join. We should have a place to welcome them." I I I Frederick D. Gardner called for the nomination by ballot, of a president for the organization. Final Vote The final unanimous vote was for Mr. Gardner as president. Balloting for a vice president and a treasurer followed with the election of Justin D. Hartford as vice president and Richman S. Margeson as treasurer resulting. It was then decided by the board, af~r some discussion, that the retail merchant members of the chamber should at all times be repI resented on the board of directors by a vice president, to be elected by that_ group, who would _also serve as Chairman of the Retail Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. The President appointed A. Rich- I �C it '( C.ou.Y'lc.11 \ Cornm\\tees. l~ 4"l.. \ . New Council Committees '\ Show Many Changes o. · McNeil Succeeds Gardner As Fi nance Head; Votes Are Made Unanimous City Council committees appointed last night by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe and a pproved by a 6 to 3 vote of t he council, afterward made unanimous on t he motion of Councilman Frederick D. Gardner, r evealed many changes. The vote to approve was opposed by Councilmen Frederick D. Gardner, Edgar F. Wood and Mary C. Dondero. In favor of the vote were councilmen Frank W. Hersey, Jo- Is now: Gardner, Harvey and Hersey. Was: Gardner, Hersey and Wood. Federal aid Is now: Katkln, Dondero and Burkhardt. Was: Katkin, Palfrey and Burkhardt. USS Finback Joins The Fleet Lieut. Comdr. Jesse L. Hull, USN, assumed formal command of the USS Finback at the commissioning service held for the underseas craft Saturday morning at the Portsmouth Navy yard. The Navy department orders were read to the officers and men of t he new submersible by Comdr. Charles F. M. S. Quinby, USN, acting captain of the yard. The Finback is the second submarine to be commissioned at the Portsmouth Navy yard since the declaration of war upon Japan and her Axis partners. A dB d c ::_ar;:r: I OU nCI1 n T O DIS • CUSS waOteOrr t ef~s MM.K~t~:ii~~~fa!t frey and John Burkhardt. financecouncil committee of The t he entire with t consists he first I named, a ccording to previous coun- :;~;~::~1ei~!~· ~r~::~e;~r;i: seph M. Katkin, Edgar F. Wood, ~~J~~~eurf~~~J~ai~:r; ~-e : : Mary C. Dondero, Walter R. Harvey, Wllllam H. Palfrey and John Burkhardt. City Lands and Buildings committee • • . SU pp Iy t'\._ ·g01. n Mon dOy Greenland Well Proposa l Of Gove rnment To Be Studied At Joint Meeting Is n ow: Burkhardt, Wood and Portsmouth's city council wm uatlon has been discussed for some Harvey. Was: Dondero, Wood and Harvey. meet wiLh the Board of Street Com- months. Previous plans have been missioners Monday at 7:30 to discuss rejected. We have explored the terthe Portsmouth water problem, it rltory and found suitable sources at Street Lights was decided this morning when it our own expense. The Federal Works Is now: Wood, Hersey and Mc- was discovered that the board would Agency would like to have an exNeil. be unable to meet. at a special meet- presslon of opinion from you genWas: Palfrey, Burkhardt a nd Ing this afternoon at 1 pm which tlemen as soon as possible." McNeil. the council had proposed. City Clerk Edward J. Hopley statDecision to meet with the board ed that no communication had been Claims ,, ,1 followed an appeal for immediate received from t.he Board of Street Is now: Katkln, Gardner and Pal- action by Frank J . Carew, assistant Commissioners relative to the matfrey. regional director of the Federal ter and the council agreed with Was: Gardner, Harvey and Kat- Works Agency, made to the coun- Mr. Hopley that it could not act kin. cil last night. Mr. Carew told the until it had been requested by the council that he already had talked board. To speed up mat.ters, it was Elections with the Board of Street Commis- voted to try and arrange for a Is now: Harvey, Dondero and Mc- sioners and outlined the govern- meeting this afternoon, and when Neil. ment's proposal to build a 450,000 that. was found impossible it was Was: Hersey, Wood and Dondero. gallon a day water system at Green- agreed to meet Monday. land at a cost of $177,000 with the city's participation $34,000. F ire department Mr. Carew explained that the Locke Telegram Is now: Palfrey, Hersey and McA telegram from Sperry H. Locke board of street commissioners had Neil. Was: Wood, Palfrey and Hersey, agreed to entertain such a proposal at Washington was read and placed and that he would like a shnilar ex- on file. It read: "McNutt and Mcpression from the council so that Cormack gave me instructions todaJ' Public library Is now: Dondero, Katkln and the Federal Works Agency could get to hold up water contract for Portsstarted on the project, if the city mouth until war department gave Gardner. Was: Palfrey, Dondero and Her- desired to participate. He stated us papers to send to your council that his instructions were to get an to sign, Expect help of President sey. Roosevelt." answer as quickly as possible. Printing "I appreciate," he said, "that Is now: Harvey, Palfrey and your body has many serious muniWood. cipal problems, but I think t hat Was: Dondero, Gardner and Mc- 11atlonal defense ls important too, Neil. particularly with the water shortage that faces the city unless something Parking ls done. The Portsmouth water sitIs now: Hersey, Dondero and Harvey. Was: Harvey, McNeil and Katkln. Bills on second reading Is now: Wood, Katkin and Burkhardt. Was: McNeil, Burkhardt and Harvey. Engrossing bills Is n ow: Gardner, Ka.tkin and Palfrey. Was: Bm·khardt, Katkin and Palfrey. Community development Is now: Dondero, Hersey and Wood. Was: Katkin, Gardner and Harvey, Special committees appointed were: Industrial relations Mayor Issues Proclamation Mayor Stewart E. Rowe today issued the following proclamation concerning the annual drive against infantile paralysis: The period from today until Jan. 30, the 60th birthday anniversary of oUI: president, Franklin D. Roosevel t. has been set aside in Portsmouth as the "Fight Infantile Paralysis" campaign. Every little while we are called upon to support some worthy movement, and once more we are given the opportunity to support something well worth while. The "March of Dimes," in which om· citizens may contribute money to fight t his dread disease, as well as other means of raising money, will enable Portsmouth and vicinity to add its part toward New Hampshire's quota o! $15,000. This ls the eighth year t hat t he country as a whole has united In a fight to stamp out infantile paralysis, and I urge that Portsmouth get behind this movement and support it wholeheartedly. Portsmouth's goal Is ~l,000 and there wlll be an opportunl ty for all to gl ve. One-half of the proceeds goes to 1 the National Foundation where the work of research is going on, while the remainder is retained In the county. Several Portsmouth famllies have benefited from these ''Fight Infantile Paralysis" camp&lgns in the past, and we are building up a fund to be used in case of an outbreak of this disease which strikes at young and old. STEWART EVERETT ROWE, Mayor of Portsmouth. City Hall Jan. 13, 1942. Council Votes $100 For Plane Spotters Portsmouth's City council unanimously voted la$t ni_ght to appro'priate $10\J to defray expenses of maintaining a lookout post at t he Portsmouth airport in the interests of civilian defense upon the motion of Councilman Frank W. Hersey. The City Treasurer was empowered and authorized to pay such bills as may be certified to the city of Portsmouth by the Portsmouth Defense committee appointed to con tract such bills. Also, upon unanimous vote, a letter from City Auditor Remick H. Laighton, was read requesting t hat the Division of Municipal Accounting of the State Tax commission conduct an audit of the books and records of the auditing department for the fiscal year just ended. Councilman Frank W. Hersey made the motion that Mayor Stewart E. Rowe be authorized to make contact and have the audit. The blackout regulations proposal presented at the last m~eting of the council whi~h received its fi rst and second reaaings was tabled. The bill had called for army and navy regulations during blackouts to be mandatory In the city of Portsmouth violators to be subject to a fi ne of $500 or six months in the county jail or both. ' �\.1 'bv-o..,. If " itc.c. o...x,~:. \r:A 300 Civilian n, CounCil Ousts Sandeis rv ~ Names John J. Henson • As Ci~y Tax Collector • Defense Men Fingerprinted About 300 civlllan defense workers were fingerprinted at the Court .by ·Mayor Rowe Include Jeremiah' House yesterday afternoon by state F. Horan, sealer of weights and police. The prints will be filed in a \ measures; John W. Downs, harbor separate civilian file at the state master; E. Curtis Matthews, Samuel Bureau of Identification In ConH. Birt and James J. Joyce, port cord. wardens; John W. Dur~in, lot layer; About 60 of the 300 were from Brack S. Moody, keeper of the pow- Portsmouth, the remainder coming der magazine; Laurence Shorey, from surrounding towns. Major Alfred Neri and William J. Ken- Ralph Caswell of the state police nedy, fence viewers; Mayor Stewart was in charge of the work being asRowe, ex-officio, Frank K Brooks, sisted by Sheriff Simes Frink and With some exceptions, city officials now in office E. Frank W. Randall, John J. Leary, Deputy Sheriff A. Manning Remwere _re-elected or reappointed at the annual organization Jr., and Allen H. Knight, commis- ick. of Portsmouth airport; WilOf the number fingerprinted many meeting of the Portsmouth City council last night in city sioners liam A. Wood, Archibald D. Mc- were firemen, air raid wardens and Eachern, John Kellenback and other civilian defense workers or hall . Jeremiah Regan, measurers of wood; those who plan to become workers. Philip H . Sanderson, tax collector, City Council Elects Robert C. King, Joseph Soule, Eimer The request was made by the Other positions filled by election J . F, Littlefield, Harold A. Littlewas replaced by John J. Henson, of the city council are Edward J. field, Ralph Fowler, and Jeremiah state Defense Council division of evacuation as an essential precauformer city clerk who resigned Oct- Hopley, city clerk; George R. Brown, tion of all workers to insure identiober 1940 after serving three terms. cjty manager; Dr. George A. Tre- Regan, surveyors of lumber. Bessie M. Varrell and Frnnk W.. fication in case of an accident. Mr. Sanderson, who was removed dlck, city physician, Inspector and Hersey, inspectors of flour; Mrs~ has been active in the city govern~ bacteriologist. Alice G. Flynn, in place of Douglas ment since 1920, when with the exHaven T. Paul, VMD, Inspector of E. Dismukes as pub}ic library trusception of 11 months in 1926, until meat; James 0. Pettigrew, overseer 1936, he was clerk of the water of the poor; Ira A. Brown, build- tee; and William J. Linchey, Anna department. In 1937 he was tax Ing Inspector; George T. Cogan S. Rett, Eleanor Follansbee, Arthur collector and in 1940 clerk of the chief engineer of fire dtpartment; Henderson, Samuel D. Eastman, water department again. In 1941, Clarence Atwell, first assistant en- John G. Shaw, Herbert W. Pope, Richard Beane, Rudolph S. Slayter, he was renamed tax collector. gineer of fire department; William Benjamin Moody, Jeremiah Regan, I. Randall, city inspector of wires James C. Bender, Stanley Smith, McNeil Ask~ for Roll Call and poles; Leon K . Fennerty, for When Councilman Frederick D. three-year term as member of the James Trudeau, Helen L. Quinn, Gardner motioned last night that board of health; Clement R. Moul- Ruth Waler, Harvey Manary, ArchiMr. Sanderson be re-elected, Coun- ton, inspector of plumbing; James bald D. McEachern, Arthur 0 . Pickcilman Lewis M. McNeil asked for P. Griffin, superintendent of bury- ering, Brack S. Moody, Helen Regan, a roll call vote and the motion to ing grounds and Oscar Newkom, city Nelson Worden, Joseph D. O'Brien, The "Fight lntantile Paralysis" Francis E. Fuller, Charles Zecchini, re-elect was defeated 6 to S as fol- solicitor. drive got under way in Portsmouth Joi:in Hamilton and Dwight Knapp, lows: today as Chairman Ira A. Brown, weigher&. In favor: Councilman Gardner, and his assistants delivered "WishEdgar F. Wood, Mary C Dondero. Most Re-elections On Voice Vote ing wells", boxes to receive contriOpposea were : Frank W. Hersey, Most of the re-elections were on butions for the fund. While dropJoseph M. Katkin, Walter R. Har- voice vote but in the case of the reping a dime, or more, into the wishvey, Lewis M. McNeil, William H. election of City Treasurer Frank ing well, the contributor is rePalfrey and John Burkhardt. P. Hunt and City Auditor Remick quested to make a wish-a wish for Previo 1sly, Councilman Gardner H. Laighton. Oouncilman McNeil had mo ned that all present office asked that there be a roll call. In victory . A meeting of ihe committee was holders be re-elected and this mo- each case it was unanimous for reheld in the office of Ira A. Brown, tion )md been defeated by a 6 to 3 election on the first ballot. chairman Brack S. Moody, assistvott 1dent1cal with the vote againsL Laid over until the next meeting 10 ant chairman, John B. Mooney, Sanderson. was the election of a second assisttreasurer and the heads of all orFollowing the adverse vote against ant engineer for the Fire departMrs. Alice G. Flynn was named ganizations in Portsmouth were sanderson, councilman Gardner ment to_ fill the vacancy left by the by Mayor Stewart E. Rowe to fill present. questioned those who opposed the . reslgnat~on of Fr~nk E. Amazeen The drive will end on the Presithe unexpil·ed term of Rear Admiral re-election of Mr . 1 and which Frederick R. Crompton 8 a3de~so~. Is filling ~s acting second assistant. Douglas Dismukes as a trustee dent's birthday, Jan. 30, at which "What," asked Councliman " ar nei, 1 All clrr1cal help at city hall was of the J;>ortsmouth Public Library. time it is planned that there will is the legitimate reason for remov- reappointed including the investi- Mrs. Flynn's appointment was ap- be dances to raise money for the proved by the council at the org- fund. ing this city official when we have gators of the poor department. received no complaints about his After the council elections, Mayor anization meeting of the council work. I think he has done as good Stewart E. Rowe read hl_s list of Thursday night. Admiral Dispmkes a job if not better than some who appointments and re-appomtments. resigned when he became head of have held the office." These _were approved by a 6 to 3 the Maine Nautical School at CasThere was an obvious silence fol- vote with Gardner, Wood and Don- tine, last fall. lowing this question. Then council- dero opposed. Councilman Gardner 0 man :ttersey replied, "I think the then moved that the vote be made council has a right to make a change illl!lnimous. in office witl1out giving a reason for With ~ew exceptions, Mayor Ro~e It." re-appomted all previous office Councilman Palfrey then motion- hol~er3. Omitted by the Mayor was ed that John P. H~nson be elected action. ?n the inspector of petroleum, tax collector and the same 6 to 3 a position held yast year by Brack vote was recorded. councilman S. Moody; a trustee o! the public Three air raid sirens ordered by Gardner moved to make the vote library _to replace Mrs. Fay C .. Ganunanimous. ter, resigned; and two vacancies on the City of Portsmouth arrived today, announced City Clerk Edward Councilman McNeil suggested airport ~ommissioners, as Mayor J. Hopley. They will be installed on that City Auditor Remick H. Lalgh- Ro~e did not re-appoint Carl L. the Portsmouth High school, the La• ton be empowered to appoint an Kr1eder, George K. Sanborn, and fayette school and the new :hanklin assistant in compliance with a rec- Alvin 1!'· Redden. To fl!~ one of the ommendation made by the State vacancies, Allen H. Kmght, former school. The si!:ens are five horse power auditor. It was voted that this as- W?rld war flyer, whose son recently sistant be City Auditor Laighton's jomed the air corps was appointed. and each weighs approximately one quarter of a ton . Mayor Rowe Appoints son, Garrett. Aooointments to city offices made Few Other Changes Made In Official Set-Up loca\ \nf anti\e Paralysis DriveA : Starts loday Mrs. Alice G. Flynn Replaces Dismukes On Library Boar<!,"' l I Portsmouth's Three Air Ra id Sirens ){/- ~) Arrive In City fl �Portsmouth Schools To Save Paper For National Defense /-;. Family Welfare Group Aids ,s Needy Until Budgets Balance "Sis, you can't tie those old let- 1 will influence pa.rents to consclenLers up in blue string now, that's clously aid in this national actihoardlng !" . . vity," said Superintendent Moore. And so junior Portsmouth-lte will Plans are not yet complete as to start his campaign to save waste the actual procedure to be followed paper. Every scrap of paper, card throughout the schools, but chlldboard and newspaper will be care- ren will be asked to bring waste pafully collected and brought to school per from their homes, or any other by young patriots in the Interests place they may find it, to their respective schools. The p aper of national defense. Superintendent of Schools Harry will be baled and sold l-0 local junk L. Moore will Institute the cam- dealers. Proceeds from these sales paign among the schools to save will be given to the schools to )>llY waste paper In compliance with the whatever is needed. However, Superorder of the State Education of- intendent Moore said that they fice. Stillman C. Davis of West Hop- would probably buy defense stamps kinton, in charge of waste paper and later defense bonds. "There will be no competition collection activities in New Hampshire, ls co-operating with Mr. between schools or classes. Rather, the incentive is to be entirely based Moore. The goal of the school campaign on the sense of patriotic duty of the is to triple present collections, which boys and girls," stated Superintentotal 26 per cent of all available pa- dent Moore. ''We will flt ourselves into the program of aiding in nationper. "It is hoped that the serious at- al defense as well e.s we can." titude adopted by children when called upon ot do a grown-up job Last month the Family WeUare association received calls from 132 families in Portsmouth and vicinity, it was revealed by Mrs. Dorothy Bovatd, executive secretary of the organization. Emergency calls were made in Rye, Newington and Kittery. The organization helps needy families until they can make their budg,ets balance. The organization asks support of its annual card pa.rty, which will be held tomorrow afternoon in the Rockingham hotel Mrs. Katharine Sweetser Hill is chairman, assisted by a large committee. In discussing the work of the organization Mr9. Bovard declared that 5ome JJ€OpJ-e are wondering why there is need for a Family Welfare association when there is so much defense work here and men are earning hig wages In certain industries. Her answer to U1at ls "What Board Approves Final City Payment WPA Has Spent $410,000 At 1-'~ To Lauman Company local Navy Yard Commissioners To Meet Monday To Discuss Water; Deny It Will o Be Joint Session With Council "5~ After a brief conference with Paul Howard of Whitman and Howard, engineers; and H. J. Borghard, representing the C. W. Lauman company, the board of street commissioners last night approved payment of $2,690.31 as final payment to the Lauman firm for work on the new well field. Scheduled for last night's meeting was award of contracts for furnishing petroleum products to the city. A tabulation of bids was presented but the board shelved the decision until Monday. The board decided to meet Monday night at 7:30 to hear more from F. J. Carew concerning the federal government's proposition to secure addit.ional water from wells In Greenland. Members of the board made it clear this was a meeting of the board of· street commissioners not a joint meeting with the co~ncil. The council, they added, is welcome / along with the rest of the public. "A mistaken impression has gotten around," said Chairman Fred I V. Hett, Jr., "that we referred this matter to t-he council at our last meeting. We did no such thing. We J agreed to entertain a proposition from the government but withheld I any further action until we could get more information on the project. "The council recently turned the water question over to the board with a vote of confidence in its ability to carry the matter through." Identical biJ of 3.35 a ton !01· coal were received from the Con- 1 solidation Coal company and C. E. Walker and Co. Orders will be distributed equally between the two companies as is customary. The board referred to the city council parking committee two requests for no parking signs, one from the police commissioners for the driveway of Dr. Wendell P. Claire on State street; the other from the Women's City club for a restricted space in front of the entrance to their club house. Permission to hang a sign at 147 Congress street was granted Anatasia J. Scliris. A copy of a telegram which Mayor Stewart E. Rowe sent to President Roosevelt requesting army guards for the Portsmouth water wor~s was read and placed on file. Bids for petroleum products from Sam AleS&i were rejected. Bids were called and opened Dec. 29. The Alessi bids were postmarked Jan. 2. The WPA has spent $410,000 on projects at the Portsmouth Navy yard since April 1941, according to figures released by the New Hampshire branch of the Federal Works Agency, Works Projects Administration. A year-end review of the accomplishments of the WPA ln the state recalls that previous to April the project the the Navy yard was operated by another federal agency with transferred WPA funds. The average employment during December of last year was 335 persons. Work has included assistance in erecting many new buildings; the laying of electrical conduit lines and the building of railroad road beds. Among other things, the· WP A has a mosquito control project designed to eliminate insects at the Portsmouth Harbor defense barracks and also the Manchester air base. A Radio Range Cable at the Manchester airbase has been completed and another is being constructed in the Portsmouth area. The WPA vocational training pro- ' gram ls In operation with 11 schools turning out many trained machinists, automobile mechanics, pattern makers, and welders for the defense industries, Portsmouth has cine of these welding schools where there are 42 enrollees. Other defense accomplishments include four airports, one each at Manchester, Berlin, Laconia and Claremont. At the Manchester Air- of the family In which there Is no wage earner?" There are elderly people whose needs must be met, she explained and U1efe are people handicappd through accident, sickness and many of these will never be able to do a good day's work again. There are people whose mentality limits them to take advantage of the training offered for better jobs. There are many widows with families of small children. Many ~ these groups receive some sort o! public services, but it is necessarily of the most meagre sort and must be supplemented in many Instances by private societies. Not only is the assistance given through financial methods, but many parnnts come for advice and help in solving their problems .. All this is made possible by contnbulions and membership in the association. base, the program included lengthening of the runways, and aprons; paving the area between runways and aprons; spreading loam ovPr powdery sand preparatory to planting of fertilizer and sowing of grass seed in the spring; development of a 2.4 mile macadam road for access Lo the airbase, a project which 1s nearing completion; establishment of a sewer system at a cost of $86,000.00. Also listed is a fence surrounding the base to keep away visitors who are without official passes. The review also pointed out that there are many "white collar" workers employed on national defense projects under WPA direction, including assistance in the recruiting service and development of reserve officers' records. Listing trucks and buses available for emergency service; dexlgraphing and indexing records of persons who have become citizens; citizenship educational programs sponsored by the State Board of Education; and the Staffing Homes Registration project which operates in Portsmouth and Manchester defense areas. In Portsmouth, an area of 30 miles radius was surveyed not only to take care of the increased population, but to help plan evacuation In case of an attack. Time Street Light Blackout Here ~Tests on time required to turn off street lights in Portsmouth nad New Castle have been made by Harry Foote at the report center. Five seconds were required to get the message from the warning center to the report center; 48 seconds from the report center to the power house; 30 seconds to reach the main switches there. Total time one minute and 23 secol'l.ds. At the present time lights on main streets are controlled by a switch in the business section. Arrangements are being made, Mr. Foote said, to have them col'.!J°'"oi"lled from the pow• er house. ,,'l!o · �Says P~rtsmout Could Board Accepts Save $l280 A Year G I d W II On Purchase Of Coal reen an e New Hampshire Federation Of '.:, Taxpayers' Executive Makes Study Of Eleven Municipalities Possible savings of $2,280 a year in the purchase of coal for the city of Portsmouth are estimated by John D. Langmuir~ executive director of th e New Hampshire Federation of Taxpayers, as a result of a two months' study of municipal purchasing in the state. Director Langmuir said his study Recommcndaiions for Portsmouth revealed that the Portsmouth are the same as Mr. Langmuir has School <l.epartn~ent used about 850 , made for Manchester where !us sw·- 1 tons a year wluch cost $9.10 in the Ivey disclosed that about $5 000 a year bins in 1941 and obtained without could be saved by taking ~dvantage bidding. Based coal purchased lo- of all the savings the city could cally from retail dealers with a bi- make. tumlnous mine price of $3.00 a ton In Manchester, Mr. Langmuir plus all-freight and 60c a ton for recommended that the city call all cartage, Mr. Langmuir estimates this the retail coal dealers together to I would have cost in carload lots $7.90, discuss coal prices, and that conmaking a net savings of $1,020. slderation be given to the elimina- ! Similarly, Mr. Langmuir estimates tlon of tide-water delivery becaµse I that the 1,200 tons used by the city of the present shortage of shippihg. 1 which cost $8.35 should have cost Other municipalities of Ports$7.30 making a net saving of $1,260, mouth and vicinity which were if purchased in carload lots. 11, the studied included Somersworth and t case of the city, birls were a: ·ced, Rochester. Somersworth could save but Mr. Langmuir states that rney nearly $500 on its 224 tons a year, are only techni_cal bids as only two Mr. Langmuir estimates. Somersbids _were received and they were worbh buys in carload lots and is identical. I ~nti~led to receive bids from whol~Freight Cheaper I sale1s, ~ut at the present time 1s Actually, Mr. Langmuir reports !10~ ~uymg. coal on bids at all and all city departments pick up their 1t~ puces a1e ab~ut $2.00 a ton highcoal at the wharf and deliver it e1 than nec.essa1y. themselves-"yet they are paying $l Rocheste1 . uses a.bout 420 tons of higher than necessary. These de- coal on. which It ?ould save about partments ther f ltl1 h th I $386, M1. Langmuh eslunates. e ore a oug ey In fa.ct out of 11 municipalitie[; are not getting retail service are studied, Mr. Langmuir finds that paying close to retail prices." only in Franklin is no saving posMr. Langmuir reports that because sible and there on carload lots an 1 of established diflerentials in freight even better price than estimated rates vs tidewater, ;E'ortsmouth can has been obtained. actually save 50c a ton by having coal come all rail rather than by sea. I I - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - Wa er Project 450,000 Gallons A Day Supply Will Cost Ci~y But $35,400 Portsmouth's Board of Street Commissioners last night approved a proposal from the Defense Public Works ad ministration to increase the city's water supply, which la st week they had voted only to "entertain." Portsmouth's Board o! Street board leav-e and go down stairs where Commissioners last night approved 1t ''could accomplish something" and a proposal from the Defense Pub- Councilman Walter Harvey finally lie Works administration to in- moved that the council sojourn uncrease the city's water supply, which ill the board requested It to meet at last week they had voted only to some future date to hear a report. "entertain." At its discussion after the counThe board voted to pay 20 per cent ell meeting, the board heard a plan of the estimated cost of $177,000 for suggested by Supt. Nat Stevens a. 450,000 gallons-a-day supply from which would have combined the B-B new wells in Greenland with the project with another Defense Works understanding tllat any additional project and Improvement of the supply or mains needed after that Sherburne and Haven wells to proshall be added without expense to duce 912,000 gallons a day. the city. The new Greenland well "Defense needs In the city will :;ystem will be ,owned by the city. require an estimated 722,500 galThe motion was canied 2 to 1 on lons a day not the 450,000 gallons a roll call vote with Chairman Fred the B-B project offers," said Mr. V. Hett, Jr., voting against. Stevens. The board also voted to instruct This total he broke down as folWhitman and Howard, engineers, lows: PBA's homes, 280,000 gallons; to draw up specifications at once Forts Constitution and Stark and for revamping pumping stations Camp Langdon, 180,000 gallons; - ... rl wells at the Sherburne and Ha- Pierce Island recreation camp, 62,ven stations for the purpose of cut- 500 gallons two days a week and new ting pumping costs and increasing fortifications on Odlorne's and the yield of the wells. Frost's points, 200,000 gallons a day. Funds for tllis work already are When it was pointed out that 20 possessed by the board In tlle un- per cent, the city's share of such a expended $90,000 balance from the project would be more tllan it could bond issue of $250,000 for water afford and when Defense Public works extension. The board ageed Works representative F. J. Carew that the proposed work probably denied that the need would b:) that could be done for less. Then, with great, the board acoepted the alterapproval of the mayor, tlle balance nate propo5al. will be used toward the city's share The board today will send a letof $35,400 in the cost of the Green- ter to J. A. O'Connell, regional diland project, designated by the De- rector of Defense Public Works, who fens.e Public Works administra- will refer the project to Washlngtion as Project B-B. ton for approval as a substitute for The vote came after a long dis- th~ Wlnnicutt river project wl1ich cussion by the board which followed already has been approved by the a joint session with the city council federal governmrnt but which was during which Chairman Hett ex- turned down by tlle city after It had plained that the board had full won approval. jurisdiction of the matter until it In di cussing what defense activity had chosen a project and asked tlle had added to Portsmouth'.s water needs, Mr. Stevens quoted hlli breakcouncil for funds; the council re- down of figw·es totaling 722,500 g\l\verted Into a general debate of all Ions a ctav. With this Mr. Carew dis- , water sources reminiscent of otller agreed. · sessions in the past; Commissioner "We made this plan B-B to serve Ralph Atwell motioned tllat the defense homes and the Pierce island recreation. orntre," he said. "With the additional project to be held in reserve until such time as it is needed. I think there will be surplus enough now to handle the needs of lhe forts also." �12.S" J\ndrewJarvisRe-Elected Local Red Cross Head ,1✓ Air Raid Wardens Start First Aid Instructions /)~ Portsmouth's sector wardens re- wardens, Sherman M. Newton, John Andrew Jarvis was r e-elected begin production of garments for ceived their initial instruction in Hassett, Benjamin Singer, John depresident of the local Red Cross t.he us armed forces, a certain porFirst Aid last night at the Junior Courcey, Walter W1lland, John Chachapter at an open organization tlon of which will remain here for High school. This was the first of bot, M. J. Fennerty, Russell Mccue, meeting conducted by the Ports- local relief in case of disaster. five classes to be held on successive Curtis Prlmmerman , A. B. Duncan, mouth chapter executive committee Miss Kernodle described lhe vast evenings Lhis week. Red Cross In- W. J. Gallagher, OrEn Shaw, Charles last night in the Hotel R?ckingham. increase in Red cross work this year, structor William Huyler is in charge. Benjamin, Leo Wh ite, A. E . Baum, Other officers named wer~ Mrs. stating that in the national budget Present were: Frank J .Massey, Gordon Hislop, Gordon Patch, M. Nat Stevens, vice-preslden~, M~s. a year ago $600,000 was allotted for chief warden ; Ross St.evens, deputy R. Morrissey, Samuel Kline, Earl Gordon D. Hislop, secretary, Phl11p our armed forces. This year the chief warden; Earl R. Elsea, deputy Fox, Samuel GOodman, W. A. ThomHodgdon, treasurer.. The advi~ory amount has jumped to . 6,000,000 chief warden. Air raid instructors: son. board of directors will be comprised and will undoubtedly go higher she Edward I. Shaines, Arthur I. Harof Mrs. Frank W. Randall, J . Verne id ' Wood, Mrs. Gordon D. Hislop, Phil- saThe nominating committee was 1·iman, Joseph Stella, Manning ip Hodgd,m, Mrs. Nat A. Stevens, Simpson, Shirley Simpson, Frederick Miss Rosanna O'Donoghue Mrs A composed of Raymond I. Beal, Harmon, Reginald Kennard, Brack c. Warner' Andrew Jarvi's, H a'rry· Harry W. Peyser and J. Verne S. Moody, H. M. Swa1.ey; Blackout Wood Chairman Morris 0. Foye; Sector w. Peyser and John Seybolt. Exe~ulive committee elected inName Committee Heads !eludes Albert G. Brooks; Raymond Committee chairmen include the I. Beal, Chl_'rles Black, Mrs. Ruth following: Volunteer service, Mrs. Bordeaux, Miss Marlon Call, A RichJeremy Waldron; Home nursing, ard Chase, G~rge Cogan, Rev. HarMiss Rosanna O'Donoghue, Mrs. 1old W. ~urt1s, Thomas ~- Downs, Clarence Sanborn; motor corps, Mrs. Elsie Eaton,. Chaplain Harris, Mrs. F. A. Saunders, Mrs. Harold USN, Charles Gnffin, Leonard H. Littlefield; production, Mrs. Rob- Hewitt, Mr~. Gordon D. Hislop, ert Rowe; Surgical Dressings, Miss Philip Hodgdon. Eva Hoffecker; Miss Dorothy PhilOthers are Miss EvJI. Ho!Iecker, br1ck; Fl t Aid, Dr. A. E. Sher- Andrew Jarvis, Mrs. Harold Littleburne; Grey Ladles, Mrs. Ralph field, Mrs. E. Curtis Matthews, John W. Eaton; canteen, Mrs. Harry L. B. Mooney, Mrs. Harold L. Moore, Moore, knitting, Miss Marion Call; Mrs. Moses Nannls, Mlss Rosanna Disaster, John E. Seybolt a nd Rich- O'Donoghue, Harry W. Peyser, Miss ard Chase. Dorothy Philbrick, Mrs. Frank w. Branch chairmen, Rye, Mrs. Shir- Randall, Mrs. Robert Rowe, A(vin ley Philbrick; Noth Hampton, Mrs. F. Redden, Frank O. Remick, Rev. ') \ '-\ Ray Merriman; Greenland, Mrs. Arthur A. Rouner. Mayor Stewart Russell Rolston; New Castle, Mrs. E. Rowe, Mrs. Clarence Sanborfl, A tentative award of $149,000 hos been mode to /1 Gladys Barker ; Seabrook, Mrs. Jer- Mrs. F. A. Saunders, John E. Seyome A. Chase and Newington, Mrs. bolt, Dr. A. E. Sherburne, Mrs. the Portsmouth hospital for a three-s tory brick building, Emma Loomis. Benjamin Singer, Morris Silverman, Previous to the organization meet- Charles W. W. Spaulding, Mrs. an addition to the main building, acco rdin g to an an- 1 Ing of the executive committee the Jeremy R. Waldron. Charles H nounc~ment mode from the Federal Works age ncy in annual meeting of the chapter was Walker, Mrs. A. C. Warner, Harry held. Miss Ruth Kernodle, general Winebaum, J. Verne Wood, J. D. Washington today. field representative from Concord, Hartford, and Chaplain E. E. DenAs Portsmouth is a recogni zed defense area prompt was gue·t speitker. Reports of t.he linger. pres idential approval was given to th e request of the Boord activities of the local chapter and its branches were heard. of Trustees at the hospital. Twenty-two other Defense Each branch chairman gave a Public Works projects, colling fo r an expend itu re of $2,report of the work accomplished in her town during the year, cov5 560,282, were also given approval by President Roosevel t. ering roll call, production, home serThe bed capacity at t he hospital increase in population has rnade vioe. knltl,ing, motor corps, surgical will be increased by 30 to 35 pet· facilities insufficient to take care dressings. grey ladles and courses cent according to Col. H. Clinton of so many new patients. Tentative given in first aid and home nursing. Inquiries are being made of Clv- Taylor, president of t he Board of plans which we have been working Reports were given by Mrs. Shirley Philbrick, Rye; Mrs. Ray Merriman, ilian defan~e officials as to the Iden- Trustees. as 50 more beds for t he on call for a three story brick adnew plans. addition have been included in dition t o provide about 60 more beds, North Hamp on; Mrs. Russell Ral- tity of the air wardens in the var!- the st,on, Greenland; Mm. Jerome A. ous sectors in wnich the city has There will also be one complete including one fl oor devoted entirely Chase, Seabrook, and Mrs. Emma been divided. to children's departments and a Chairman Frank C. Remick and floor devoted entirely to children's complete new kitchen." Loomis, Newington. The report of departments. At the present time The members of the Board of Mrs. Gladys Barker, New Castle, I Chief Ail' Raid Warden Frank J. there is no special arrangement for was read by local Chainvan Mrs. Massey state that a post warden ln the youngsters and the new faciU- Trustees at the Portsmouth hospital Mary Warner, Portsmouth's execu- each sector has been named, but in ties will insure excellent care fer are as follows: H. Clinton Taylor, tive secretary. president; Norman Rand, Charles many sectors th,e wardens have not Portsmouth younger citizens. H. Walker, John Seybolt, Roland yet been a~signed. A complete kitchen unit is also Local Chairman Noyes, Frank Brooks and Rev. Ar• Them i3 still need for more war- included in the plans according t o thur A. R auner. Local chairmen reported as fol- aens. M ny men an~ women are Col. Taylor. lows Miss Marion Call, chairman of taking co~ses to tram themselv~s As t he government appropriation knitting that 689 garments have been for air 1·a1d wardens. All have woi k is only for a temporary building It completed this Jiear; Mrs. Harold to do and they are using their spare is necessary for the members of Littlefield, the service of the motor time to learn the course which they the board to vote an additional corps; Mrs. Radph Eaton, chairman are suppose~ to_ kn?w, . . $44,000 in order that the planned of lhe Orey Ladles, the training Th~ orgamzat101~ L~ progressmg 111 structure will be a permanent one. that this group has received in a se- the ,city, Mr. Re!Illck stated,. and_ it Because of t he large increase in ries of 12 lectures delivered by Mrs. won t be long before the entll'e city ortsmouth's population during t he Warner, Mrs. Howard Jackson, Miss is completely manned for an emer- ast year it has been hard to avoid Rosanna O'Donoghue, Dr. Rolf gency. vercrowding in the hospital. With Llum, and Dr. Frederick S. Gray, this new building the members of to prepare them for service in the the borad feel that the major hospital; Mrs. Mary Warner, propart of the problem will be solved. duction; Mrs. Robert Rowe, home Col. Taylor said this morning: servioo. "We have been working with t he She declared that the new office government several months. Our in the Probate court r oom at the County court house has tripled the business and necessitated a staff of ascsistants a mong whom are Miss Dorothy Philbrick, Mrs. Agnes Currier and Mrs. John B. Mooney. She explained that the chapter will soon l-l'-1- '+2 $1491000 Is Set Aside To Add SO Beds At Hospital Sector Wardens Stil I Are Needed �Soldiers Bundle Up With Bundles Gifts St. John's Parish Elects Officers Two hundred soldiers doing guard I duty iu this civinity were outfitted with sweaters, socks, helmets, mittens and scarfs by Bundles for Britain and Bluejackets committees yesterday. Sponsored by the Hampton chapter, and assisted by Port.smouth, SPCA And SPCC /~ Elect; Plan Care Of Animals In Raids Plans for caring for animals In ca.se of air raids In New Hampshire were outlined by otnc1a1s or the New Hampshire Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Children at their joint annual meeting yesterday at 33 Pleasant street, Portsmouth. Said President John H. Bartlett: "The importance of properly restraining and caring for animals during air raids or hostilities of any nature is well known. Data obta!ned from England proves that no plan for defense can be complete unless t includes animals of all descrlpt ons, from household pet/l to farm animals. "We have deemed it advisable to tie our organization in with the Red Star Relief, a national organization organized in 1916, which gained valuable el'perlence during the last war In humanitarian aid to animals. The activities of the Red Star since the close of the last wa1· Franklin and New York groups knitted goods from all over the country came to be used in outfitting the soldiers who are bivovaced at the Morley company. What is left over, aftr elhe group here is outfitled, will be sent to the remainder of the regiment stationed along the coast. ~ st. John's parish held its annual meeting last night in the parish house on State street. Officers elected include : Senior warden, Herbert H. Foss; junior warden ., Charles T. Durell; treasurer, Charles H. Batchelder; clerk, William Rose; vestrymen, George K . Sanborn, Gerald D\ Foss, George B. Ward, :r,red Ray, Haro!d A. Littlefield, Sidney S. Trueman and T. Daniel Hayes; delegates to Diocesan convention, Herbert H. Foss, Charles T . Durell , Harold A. Littlefield and Gerald D. Foss ; alternates, Sidney S. Trueman. William Rose, T. Daniel Hayes and Fred Ray. Charles H. Batcheldrr, treasw·er of the parish, told of its "excellent condition" and was given a rising vote of thanks. Annual reports of the different organizations of t11e parish were read. The Boy Scouts were praised for i,uch defense work a~ distributing federal housing cards over many miles, collecting aluminum, and galhering newspapers and cartons. Charles T. Durell , senior warden, told the parish about t11e new rector, Rev. Robert H. Dunn, successor to Rev. Maxwell Ganter. Rev. Robert H. Dunn and his famil y wlll arrive here Jan. 29 to live at St. John's rectory, which has been papered and painted Lhroughout. Officers and men who are shown Fatl1er Dunn wlll take up his duin this photo are, left to right, back ties as rector on Sunday, Feb. 1. row: Pvt. Francis Boutin, Pvt. George Chlros, Pvt. George Bellerose, Pvt. Edward McCaffrey and Pvt. Peter McDonald. In front are: 1st. Sgt. Earl Magnuson, Capt. Stanley W. Hirtle, USA, and Lieut. William M. Hatch, USA, have been to provide aid for civilian animals In time of floods, fire or other disasters. Our State Agent has been appointed State Director for New Hampshire of the Red Star defense program. He and the Deputy State Agent are actively working with the local public safety authorities in each city and town. T~ey are now active In securing the appointment of citizens experienced in the handling of animals to take charge under the supervision of the local defense units in the event of hostilities." Officers, who serve both societies jointly, were elected as follows: President, John H. Bartlett; vice presidents, Henry B. Tilton, Mrs. George H. Williams, Miss Theodora Lyman, Mrs. Harold W. Brown, Mrs. Ernest L. Guptill, Mrs. Woodbury Langdon and Prof. T. V. Tirrell. Directors, John H. Bartlett, Henry B. Tilton, Emily L. Elwyn, Dr. C. W. Hannaford, Willis E. Underhlll, Harold W. Brown, Dover ; Wi!llam J. Cater, Byron F . Staples, George D. Boulter, John L. Mitchell, Rev. Sheafe Walker, Concord; Percy c. Sides, Joseph Geisel, Manchester; Wallace S. Nelson, Harry B. Metcalf, Newport; Miss Marion Howard, North Conway; Calvin Page Bartlett; treasurnr, Willis E. Underhill; secretary, clerk and state agent, Wallace S. Nelson, of Portsmouth; deputy state agent, Mott L. Bartlett, Concord ; trustees of permanent fund, Willis E. Underhill, William J. Cater and Calvin Page Bartlett; counsel and auditor, John L. Mitchell. DeMolay To Mark 20th Anniversary In Portsmouth Portsmouth Chapter, Order of DeMolay, will observe its 20th annlversa1-y at the Masonic Temple here Thursday evening, Feb. 5, in conjunction with Washington Royal Arch chapter No. 3 which sponsors the Portsmouth DeMolay group. Plans call for a banquet at 6 :30, working of the DeMolay degree and an entertainment. The Portsmouth chapter was founded by James E. Whalley on Feb. 3, 1922, the first chapter in New England. Mr. Whalley will be guest of honor at the anniversary celebration. Since its founding more than 1,000 young men have belonged to the Portsmouth chapter. Master Councilor Lynn Sanderson is general chairman for the DeMolay and Burnham E. Averill, high priest of Washington Royal Arch chapter, is general chairman for the Masonic body. �Ch~l'l"\bc:. f <;e.c. I School Board Drafts ~°'· Child Safety-Program Portsmouth's wa r-time safety Saturday, Jan. 17, because the new USO addition to the Army plans for school children were outand Navy building did not h ave lined last night at the Board of a large enough recreations Education meeting in City hall by room, the board voted permisSupt. of Schools Harry L. Moore. sion to use the gymnasium subIn his list of air raid instructions ject to rules and regulations of for principals of local schools he the Board of Education, The explained that children will be game will be played by the placed in the safest part of each 22nd Coast artillery officers building. This will be the first floor and the Portsmouth avy yard corridors in two-story buildings and apprentices. Funds from the first and second in t hree-story game will go toward athletic buildings. equipment for the men in the Windows must be screened or Harbor Defenses. taped to prevent possible shattering of glass which has caused so much Eager Women Enroll damage to schoolhouses in England, It was suggested that the Senior Committeeman Harry W. Peyser as- High school session be omitted and serted. that teachers and commercial students offer their services for the Do it Soon federal draftee registration Mon"Whatever is to be done, day, Feb. 16. The matter was reought to be done soon," deferred to the board of registrars. clared Committeeman Moore Supt Moore explained that 1,169 as he reminded the ohsol board men had been trained in 1941 by that its main responsibility is t he Board of Education Defense is to prepare for keeping childProgram, No. 1, in machi11e and apparatus courses. Tl1ere are now 20 dren any length of time in sh elmen ready to start the new course ters during disaster, and to proin the high school. Contrary to revide fo1· food and first aid maports that women have been accepterials, particularly because of the vulnerability of Portsted for t his type of work, he said mouth. that although 70 women have enSafety measures depend on the rolled for the cow·se, they will not building, the locality and the atti- be accepted at this time because of tude of the local board according to the exhaustive nature of the work an annot111cement r ead by Mr. and until reasonable assurance of Moore and expressed by the Nation- employment can be guaranteed. al defense council meeting in ConThe annual report was read by cord recently. Supt. of Schools Harry L . Moore, Committeeman Peyser asserted reviewing meetings and business that how to prepare and protect transpired within the last three the children was not a matter to meetings. A complete :financial be handled by the school board statement was not made because the successfully and recommended that report is still in the hands of the it be referred to the school house State auditor. committee for further action. All members of the board were In reply t o a request made by present except John L. Mitchell, Lieut. B yron Blout, of Camp James E. Whalley and Katherine G. Langdon that the Junior high Woods. school gymnasium be useil for The USS Submarine "Finback ' at the Portsmouth Navy yard and HMS Submarine "Pandora" in drydock at the local yard are scenes from Portsmouth's defense e,_·ca represented in the drawings and water colors of Vernon Howe Bailey, which wi ll be exhibited in the Core-ran gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., Saturday, Jan. 31, through Friday, Feb. 19. This exhibition of noval defense activities is made under the authorization of the Navy department. The drawings and water colors of Mr. Bailey have appeared widefy in leading periodicals and exhibitions in this country and Europe, Former Boston Newsman Once a. newspaperman, he first engaged in news must.ration on the Philadel)lhia Times and the Boston Herald. He covered the Republican and Democratic National conventions in 1900 and the coronation of Edward VII in London in 1902. He later traveled extensively for contributions to the New York Herald, the Times, the Journal, he Sun, Harper's Magazine, Scribners, Harper's Weekly, Collier's and ~ C.Om'n"lc.1"'<:.e.. Navy Yard Workers) ~ Take No Recess tS As Sub Is Launched Wi th every man at his machine, General of the Navy and Chief of bench, desk or post the USS Her- the Bw·eau of Supplies and Acring was launched at 10.20 o'clock counts, sponsored the craft and this morning before a small group with her words : of officers and only the men who "I christen thee Herring," the were actually engaged in her con- new submarine slid down the ways. struction at the Portsmouth Navy Following the launching cereyard. mony the group which was in the It marked the first time since launching stand retired to the comWorld War I that the entire group mandant's office, where an inforof employes and yard personnel has mal reception was held. not witnessed a submarine launchPresent at this gathering were ing. It was a grim-faced group of the following: Rear Adm. John D. men and women who watched the Wainwright, USN, and Mrs. Wainnewest addition to Uncle Sam's wright, USN, and Mrs. Wainwright, Navy slide down the ways to the Capt. M. H . Philbrick, USN, and sunlit waters of the Piscataqua Mrs. Philbrick, Capt. Henry F . D. river. Davis, USN, and Mrs. Davis, Capt. The Herring is the first undersea. craft to be launched since the S. E. Dudley, USN, and Mrs. DudUnited states declared war on the ley, Capt. A. I. McKee, USN, and Axis nations. I Mrs. McKee, Comdr. C. M. Elder, During this year of production it USN, and Mrs. ~Ider, Comdr. is expected that several more C~arles F. M. S. Qu111by, USN, and launchings will take place at the Mis. Quinby and George W. PackPortsmouth Navy yard ard, leadingman painter, who rep. · . resented the employes and presentPrior to the actual launch111g, the / ed Mrs. Spear with their gift to Navy .:ar~ employes band, _under the sponsor. the duect1on of ~oland Hmkley, Miss v. P . Hayden of Winchester, played . several stirring marches. Mass., was matron of honor at the Chapl~1~ H. G. Glunt offered the launchin11:. bened1ct1on. Mrs. Ray Spear, wife of Rear Adm. Ray Spear, USN, Paymaster I Port City Chamber Of Commerce Names I Executive Secretary E h.b. L Washington o x , ,t oca Sub Drawings, Water Colors--fel1-9 abaskctballgamescheduledf_oT r o elf PO i \'\ f C. many others. When t,he United states entered World war number one Balley was l,he first artist authorized by the government to picture America's war work. He traveled in Spain in 1921 and 1925 and his works were exhibited here, in London and in Spain. King Alfonso XIII issued him a royal decree of thanks. He devoted a year to producing the only comprehensive collection ever permitted of the Vatican palace, including the private apartments of the Pope. Mr. Bailey's ancestors arrived in Massachusetts in 1640. He 1s a member of the Society of Col0-1!l '-' Wars and the Sons of tr~ Revo1 tlon. Edward H. Kessler, Jr., Takes Over Duties Here About Feb. 1 Edward H. Kessler, Jr., of New Haven, Conn., has been appointed executivt: secre;,ary of the new Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, President Frederick D. Gardner of the chamber announced today. Mr. Kessler was selected by the board of directors after more lhan a dozen candidates for t he position had been considered. He will take over his duties here about Feb. 1. Mr. Kessler ls a native of Holyoke, Ma~s., where he was born July 2, 1915. After graduating from the high school there, he studied at the American Institute of Banking at Northeastern university at Springfield, Mass., and later at the National Institute for Commercial and Trade Organization executives at Northwestern university. His practical experience in banking, finance and sales has included work with the Hadley Falls Trust Co., the Johns-Manville Sales Corp., and the Personal Finance Co. In 1939, he joined the staff of the New Haven Chamber of Commerce under executive vice president Oscar Monrad and handled a membership campaign for t he chamber. His successful campaign led to his apl,ointment as Retail Secretary o! this chamber which is considered one of the best in the country. Mr. K essler comes to Portsmouth highly recommended by Mr. Monrad and a number of other prominent residents of New Haven. He is married and has two children, and has made his home at Hamden, a suburb of New Haven. �carelessness. 7-To report to the police any wilful disregard of blackout regulations. · Since emergency blackouts depend on speed of execution, tests are necessary to perfect procedure and show up any deficiencies. A large factory producing defense materials and in itself an obvious target wlll not blackout in the same manner as a house in a rural area. Blackout measures wlll inevitably interfere with natural ventilation, may have serious affect on the ties, on the other hand , to execute a health of the occupants, and may blackout plan for their respective cause undue condensation. areas and to enforce blackout r egulations through the police with the Store Window Preparation assistance of deputwed auxiliaries or Muslin if dipped in asphalt and wardens, if necessary. . • glued to glass is an effective means of stopping splinterage, particularly Duty of All Concerned Full responsibl1ity for complying in skylights. Plain white muslin 1s with blackout regulations should be less effective against splintering but placed on the occupants, J)l'rman- allows daylight. The variety of usable material is ent or transient, owner or tenant, of all premises. whether house, apart- such that no shortage should dement, hotel room, office, factory, velop. The Office of Production shop, or farm. THERE IS NO EX- Management has officially discourCEPTION TO THIS RULE. In ho- aged the purchase of new material tels, apartments, office buildings as ]:Jlackout cloth, suggesting as substitutes articles found in the averand places of mutiple occupancy and age home. No new yardage should use, managers or superintendents, be used for blackouts in homes, as a should be made responsible for all wave of buying would seriously lights, whether in publlc places or hamper the war effort. in tenants' rooms . . . Owners or those in control of Treatment of Lights ACKOUT LA IONS ~ ") The following information is condensed from the official blackout orders issued by the State Council of Defense and ordered effective Jan. 15 by Gov. Robert 0. Blood. The following three rules and added regulations become effective immediately with respect to the state's interest in public safety and more particularly to blackouts and any violation thereof shall be subject to the penalties provided by law in such cases. PREPAREDNE S FOR BLACKO T 1 All outdoor lighting, of whatever description. and all store windows or display lighting shall be discontinued unless such lighting can be extinguished within fifteen (151 minutes afLer the air raid warning signal is given by day or nigh t. Portsmouth Blackout Orclers : Being within the Atlantic theater of war, provisions shall be m ade by occupants for the extinguishment, immediately on the giving of a blackout signal, of any lights lef t burning in premises not occupied at night. 2 All street lighting ~hdll be prepared for immediate blackout under direction of the public utility. Traffic lights shall be tliscontinued or shielded. 3 Every lighted building of what ever description shall be equipped with darkening shades or blackout devices in rooms where lights cannot be extinguished in accordance with section 1 of this order. APPLICATION OF THE BLACKOUT When the air raid alarm is given by sha1·1) short blasts of the warning signal, all lights arc to he put out except thoso interior lights properly shieldecl. All traffic is to pull over as far as possible to the right haud side of the roacJ, stop, and tw·n off lights, with the excc11tion of ambulances, doctors' cars, fire engines, military and civilian 1lefense services, police c;ars aml specially licensecl vehicles, and the lights of such · exceptecl vehicles shall be properly shielded. ALL CLEAR SIGNAL The All Clear 1s sounded by long blasts of the warning signal. All lights and traffic affected by the Air Raid Alarm return to normal operation. Note: The air raid al~1·m in effect in all :r-.·ew Hampshire citie and towns including Portsmoutl and neighboring com-. muniti s is 14 sharp blasts of the fil'e alarm given twice in sue- CIVILIAN DEFENSE INFORMATION cession ancl repeated each half hom· cluring an air raid. The blackout alarm in effect in Portsmouth is 6 short blasts of the first alarm given twice in suc~ession. The All lear alarm in Portsmouth i 3 blasts. The foregoing regula tions are effective at midnight tonight, Jan. 15, but are . subject to revision by both the state and the city officials. I Information The New Hampshire State Council of Defense has in the process of preparation a manual entitled "BLACKOUT PROCEDURES ANfl SUGGESTIONS", which will be soon ready for distribution among the civilian population in the state. This handbook ls similar to and has been adapted from the recent booklet prepared by Marc Peters, Jr., I Blackout Consultant, First Civilian Defense Area and adopted by the Massachusetts State Council of Defense. Following are excerpts. Already, a part of om· countrythe west coast-has experienced living under blackout conditions .. . The purpose of blackouts is to deprive the enemy airmen of all possible reference points which might aid them in locating definite targets, such as military areas, air fields, utiliLies, industrial plants, centers of population . It hides the charactenstic patterns of lights of a city, thus preventing the easy identification of an area as a guide to further objectives or vital points within an area . . . To accomplish its purpose, blackout must be unifol'm over a fairly large area and must be enforced not only in vital centers, but also in rural areas which might serve as reference points and help hostile bombers toward these vital centers. It must therefore be enforced without laxity or exception. Penalties arc provided by law for non-compliance of blackout regulations and carelessness or negligence must be avoided at all costs . . . Responsibility for Blackouts The decision to black out an area, large or small, and during long or short periods, is centralized wiLl1 the Army command, known today in this area as the First Interceptor command. This decision involves tactical considerations, such as strength and location of enemy foroes, and vulnerability of the area to effective enemy attack. It will be transmitted to the population ONLY through i,he regular channel of Civilian Defense organization, by the Chief Warden of the local Report Center . . . It is the duty of Civilian Authori- illuminating signs and exterior private lights should be made responsible for observing blackout regulations. . . ALARM MEANS BLACKOUT The air ra111 atarm, which is the ONLY warn~ng the public will hear, is a series of short blasts on the fire alarm system. This alarm is uniform througl\_out New England. When this alarm is given a blackout is ordered. The time elapsing between the ail· raid alarm and the expected arrival of enemy planes will vary according to circumstances. The public must blackout immediately and completely when the air raid alarm is heard. . . Intensity, color, shading, and di• rectlon of lights are important factors in a blackout. Reducing the intensity of lighting particularly 1n general areas, such as hallways or entrances where no actual work 1s being done is desirable and will facilitate blackout. Only essential cars which must proceed during an air raid will be equipped with blackout devices and proper means of identification. Radio beacon lights, airway beacon lights, federal buildings, wlll all follow regulations issued by the fedI eral agencies or departments which have jurisdiction over them. Black• out of Shipping and Aides to Navigation is under the supervision and command of the Navy department. Speed of execution is the main !requirement of an emergency blackout, and all planning must tend towards this aim. An emergency blackout lasts only as long as the air raid or as long as a command is in exist.ence . • • Responsibility for Blackout The responsibility for execution of blackout procedures rests with the Chief Warden. Chief Air Raid Warden Massey has working in co-operation with him Blackout Chairman Morris Foye of the Public Safety committee. The duties of wardens regarding blackouts will naturally depend on local blackout plans which may differ in each locality. Generally speaking they will be: 1-To prevent panic and allay fear. 2-To know his neighborhood well, and to know the location of switches in houses under his supervision. 3-To help citizens with their installation of blackout devices if these are commanded or found necessary. 4--To enforce blackout signals according to the Public Safety committee instructions. 5-To put out public and exterior lights If necessary. 6-To patrol streets and check carefully against negligence and I I Interior Lights Control of interior lights for blackout purposes is mainly a problem of obscuration of openings. As far as lights are themselves concerned, a few simple rules should be followed in all premises. I-Unnecessary lights or occasional lights should be guarded against negligence, carelessness, by removing bulbs. 2-Where multiple switches are used, directions regarding their use should be plainly posted to prevent mistakes and avoid fumbling. 3-All lights around entrances rear or front, which might be use1 during an emergency, should b· equipped with blue bulbs of low in-' tensity and shaded away from tlie entrance. (No outside lights are p irmisslble in the Atlantic war theater area. This includes Portsmouth.) 4--Shades should control direction of lights near blacked out openings, 5-Never leave a light on in an unoccupied room or area. 6-In rooms equipped with blackout devices during an air raid, use a minimum number of lights, and assign someone to the switches. In residences, apartments and dwellings, one room should be selected as the safest place during an air raid, and its dpenings blacked out. Openings in kitchens and bathrooms should be similarly treated. These are minimum installations and may be accomplished with material on han=d=·~ - - �In hotels, rooming housse, etc., management and guests are equally responsible for compliance with blackout regulations. The management is responsible for the installation of blackout devices, and the guest must see that they are in place when called for ... Hospitals and essential servicei;, such as Report Centers, police and fire stations, should be equipped with blackout devices as soon as possible. During an Air Raid, demand upon their facilities are to increase sharply-and they should be ready to perform their duties at any time. Give All You CanAnd Keep 'Em Reading John Langdon Club Has first Ladies'')~~ Night In History "What's the story on this war of collected before the present camours?" paign had started. However, all future collections will be sent through "We're in it, yes, but what's be- the central campaign headquarters. hind it all?" Portsmouth High school art stu"Why are we again marshaling dents are making posters to be all our effort and energy into fight- placed in local offices and store Under the leadership of President Ing another treacherous battle?" windows along with cartons for reEdward Johnson, the first Ladies' "This is the unlooked-for trend ceivlng contributions of books. night in the history of the John of thought our young men in the "We have servH:e boys near us Langdon club of the Nor th church Public Instructions services show today. They are look- constantly to remind us of their was held last evening at the Parish The following are to guide the Ing for serious analyses of world entertainment needs. Most of them Hou e. actions of individuals during black- conditions which have led up to are now limited in their time off Among those seated at the head outs. the present holocaust in which they and require books to fill the long !.able were the Guild President, Mrs. AT NIGHT-when the air raid are so soon to be individually in- hours of their free time in camp," Sara Gray; Director of Units, Mrs. alarm sounds. volved," said Miss Hannah G. Fer- said Miss Fernald. "They are inA. W. Scarborough, Religious Edunald, local director of the national telligent young men, not children, ci; tion Director. Mrs. Laura SumHouseholders ook campaign sponsored by the and they want books of all kinds. ner, and the officers of the club. 1-HOUSEHOLDERS MUST !\merican Library association, the Unbound magazines will not be acFollowing the supp er community a. Remain in the house as :Jnited Service organization and the cepted." si nging took place with E. Curtis much as possible. !\mer!can Red Cross. While plans ,were under way for Matthews as song leader. b. Put out all lights at the pubThe purpose of the campaign the national book drive, the New The speaker of the evening was lic alarm signal or on orders which started Monday is to collect Hampshire Federation of Women's Dr. Marion Bradshaw, Professor of from responsible officials or books suitable for soldiers, sailors clubs arranged for a state campaign the ,Philosophy of Religion at Banwardens, except in rooms ef- and marines to supplement libraries unaware of the national set-up begor Theological Seminary, Bangor, fectively blacked out. already maintained by the federal Ing provided," said Mrs. Earle D. Me., who gave a most interesting c. Use no matches or portable government. These books will be Seaverns, president of the New illustrated lecture on a trip around lights outside the house. housed in USO and Red Cross Hampshire Federation. Presidents I the world . Mr. Bradshaw covered a. d. Lights should be so arrang- 1 buildings and in army reading of women's clubs will conduct this vast area of territory in foreign ed or shaded that they do not rooms for the use of men in their drive in co-operation with the lolands in his talk, but in closing the shine directly on any windows leisure time. 1,cenes shown of the state of Maine • cal director of the National camor other openings or their covMost popular are books on his- paign. in New England are yet to be surerings. Constant care must be tory, travel, recent biography, sports, At an executive meeting of the 1,assed in beauty anti grancteur. taken that light does not escape Westerns, mysteries and, last of all, federation board, Miss Thelma. The suµper committee, headed by around the edges of blacked out light fiction. Sailors, soldiers and Brackett, state librarian, presente? Robert Johnson, chairman, was as windows. Carelessness or negli- marines make it a point to study two bcrok lists: "Know Your Enemy,' follows : Frank Paterson, di11ing gence in observing these pre- technical books. A great many of books on Japanese history, econo,oom chairman, assisted by Robert cautions may invite disaster. them are college graduates who mies, polltics and religion; and "DeCampbell, Ralph Morang. Jos-eph wish to keep In touch with their fending America," including five Sukeforth, Norman Cai11 , Bradford Pedestrians chosen economic field, explained non-fiction books of timely interest. Goodwin, Raymond Beal, Will!am Miss Fernald. 2-PEDESTRIANS MUST Hersey, Charles Paisley, William Books will be collected by the loMrs. Elsie Lilley of the Amos Tuck Walton. a. Get under cover as soon as cal library, sorted and sent to a cenlibrary, Hanover, w~s . appointed possible. tral headquarters which will keep secretary of the orgamzat1on to take b. Use no flashlights or matchof the individual needs of the place of Mrs. W. F. Addison, es; never smoke or light to- 1 atherecord service men's libraries. 1 whose resignation was accepted at bacco in the open. The Portsmouth Public library the last meeting of the executive c. Pass and keep to the right. d. Proceed carefully and slow- had already started a campaign board. among women's clubs to collect Two other members of the com· ly; don't run. e. Cross streets at intersec- books for Camp Langdon, which has mittee on exhibits to serve with the just finished a new reading room. chairman, Miss Edith Hall of Derry, tions: do not jay-walk. More than 300 books will be sent di- were: Miss Han~ah Fernald of Motorist!, rectly to this camp as they werePortsmouth, and MlSS Helen Morey _Y 3-l\IOTORISTS MUST I of Concord. a. Immediately stop and park A membership drive for the as'\°' close to the curb: extinguish sociation was outlined by the chairlights : close car: and seek man, Miss Barbara Wemmel of Con• shelter if available. cord and approved by the comb. Park at no intersections, fl · mittee. hydrants, police stations, hos\ "\. The next meeting of the executive Under the leadership of President pitals or fire houses. committee of the New Hampshire Edward Johnson, the first Ladies' c. The only exceptions are Library association will be at the night in the history of the John specially licensed cars. Concord City llbrary at 9 :45 am. on Langdon club of the North chw·ch Not a glimmer of light will shine Thursday, Feb. 12. was held last evening at tl1e Parish 4-REMEMBER THAT from City Hall after today. Black House. Emergency blackouts require crepe paper will be hung over Its Among those seated at the head speed in execution. Prepare and doors and windows, not In mourntable were the Guild President, Mrs. plan your actions now-re- ing for anyone, but as a war-time Sara Gray ; Director of Units, Mrs. hearse them, and instruct your measure. W. Scarborough , Religious Eduhousehold and employees. Neg--v A. With the exception of the police ci.tion Director. Mrs. Laura Sumligence and fumbling must be station, no windows will be covered. ner, and the officers of the club. avoided at all costs. ,S6-. However, as corridor lights a1'e left Following the supper community on all night, reflection from these singing took place with E. Curtis will be stopped by blackout paper Matthews as song leader. ori transoms and doors The speaker of the evening was Among those students in the UniThe police station windows havP. versity of New Hampshire who will Dr. Marion Bradshaw, Professor of been fitted with blackout curtains. be sent to various state high schools the Philosophy of Religion at Banit is expected that these will be to complete their education work in gor Theological seminary, Bangor, ready to put up soon. cadet teaching will be the follow- Me., who gave a most interesting ing who will teach at Portsmoutl1 illustrated lecture on a trip around High school: Miss Elinor Doyle, Wi- the world. Mr. Bradshaw covered a bird street, who will teach short- va&t area of territory in foreign hand and typing; Miss Jeannette lands in his talk, but in closing the Yoliee, Partridge ~treet, whose sub- 1,cenes shown of tl1e state of Maine ject Is mathematics; and Miss Lou- 111 New England ar,e yet to be surise Eastman of Laconia who will in· i.,assed in beauty and grandeur. The supper committee, headed by struct in the English department. Robert Johnson, chairman, was as follows: Frank Paterson, dining ;oom chairman, assisted by Robert Campbell, Ralph Morang. J os,eph Sukeforth, Norman Cain, Bradford Goodwin, Raymond Beal, William Hersey, Charles Paisley, William Waltdn. I John Langdon Club I Has first ladies'., Night In History \City Hall Ready If Blackouts Start In Portsmouth 1 Three UNH Students To Practice Teach At Portsmouth High �Purchase Of Somersworth Mill l, Legion Auxiliary By Navy For Electrical Shop Pending To Start Classes~ In First AidJan. 21 Transfer of ownership of the ington that funds be made avail- lions of gas masks and sand bags Dwight Mills from the Nashua Man- able for the purchase of the prop- according to Stephen H. Dann, actufacturlng Co. to the Navy depart- erty. Ing manager of the New Hampshire ment is still pending according to '·Nothing beyond the rumor stage. office of the OPM. officials of the company and officers No sale. No lease as yet", said A. T. Several plants In Dover, SomersInstructions in First Aid will start at the Portsmouth Navy yard. Hunnewell, an official of the Nashua worth and Roche&ter have been inJan. 21 for members of the Frank The Somersworth mills would Manufacturing Co., yesterday. He spected, especially those that have E. Booma Unit No. 6, Ameriean Leprobably be used as an electrical did say, however, t11at navy officers machinery which can be easily congion auxiliary, Mrs. Elsie Eaton, shop as Building 79 at the Navy have inspected the plant. verted to such processes as are president, announced at the reguyard, whicJ:i houses the electrical In event that this sale or lease used. lar monthly meeting Thursday eveshop 1~0\:, 1s too small to p_roduce does go through the Portsmouth ning. She also announced that the the_ gr~a. amount of eqmp~ent Navy yard shop will still continue Clinic In Lowell Junior Auxiliary had already startwhich !S necessary for the rapidly to function. At the present time All manufacturers are Invited to ed its course of 18 lessons in first expandmg two-ocean_ navy. . there are nearly 2,000 persons em- attend an all-day clinic at the State aid. As all_ the elect1:ical e~mpment ployed in the shop working three armory in Lowell, Mass., next MonIn giving her Welfare report, Mrs. made by the navy itself, 1s manu- shifts, 24-hours a day. If this new day when Edward V. Hl~key of the Marguerite O'Brian reported that factured at_ the Portsmouth yard plant is opened it is expected that Massachusetts OPM office w!ll be the production has e'.'panded much th . . . the guest speaker. Sixty prime pro104 yards of cutting flannel had more than the capacity of the one nef~~ will ?e an mciease in person- I ducers of the nation will be present. been sent out and 29 children's finnd shop at the base. Last year a recco itions warrant it. I and prepared to sub contract and ished nightgowns had already been omm~ndation for a new and la1·ger many of New Hampshire's industrial turned over to the Red Cross. The buildrng was sent to Washington Gas l\'lask Factories in · H. concerns will be 1n a position to sewing group under her supervision A suHey of manufacturing plants benefit by this clinic. in meeting and sewing ,me day per but with the present emergency It throughout the state has been made week. She also reported that at has been deemed advisable to find b_y the contracts distributing diviChristmas time instead of the annmore room outside the yard. s1on of the OPM m view of the pasual Chrl.stmas party for underprivNavy officials have inspected the sibil(t~ tha~ a number of firms can eleged children being given, she Somersworth property. Their find- part1c1pate m the production of milcontacted and outfitted two chilings have not been announced but dren m a veteran's family with it is believed that they were satisclothing from head to foot. fied with the plant. There are 545,000 Another new sewing group under square feet of working ,;pace in the the direction of Mrs. Florence Colmills, which are steam heated lins wlll start sewing one day next throughout, thoroughly wired for week, and Mrs. Collins took regislight and power systems, equipped stations for Voluntary Service, First with sprinkler systems and :,everal Aid Course and Surgical Dressing freight elevators. A railroad siding group. Mrs. Leeta Rintz asked for also is included. vol~nLeers for a blood donor group, A request has been wired to WashA hearing will be held on the which was also very successful. proposal of the state highway deMrs. Beatrice Robinson, supervipartment for the reconstruction sor of the knitting reported that and relocation of the "Wentworth there were 23 members in her group, House Bridge" at the Council ancl that 34 sweaters and 11 beanies Chambers at City Hall Feb. 10. The already had been finished and hearing wlll be conducted by the turned over. war department, Lieut. Col. L. B. Mrs. Eaton reported that the Unit Gallagher, district engineer, In had reached and surpassed its memcharge. bership quota on Jan. 1. InitiaPlans of the proposed bridge show tion of eight new members was held it to consist of five fixed spans and and applications of three new memone trunion bascule drawspan, all bers were accepted. supported on steel pile bents with It was voted that at the next steels caps and with steel stringers. meeting in February, the annual Portsmouth-born Henry F. McThe total length of the six spans is Americanism program would be Cllrthy today started on an indefinite approximately- 250 feet between given, preceeded by a covered dish abutments. The approaches, total- s~pper. Chairman of the supper leave of absence rrom his post as ling approximately 450 feet at road- will be Mrs. Corrinne Pinkham and passenger traffic manager of the way level, are to be of solid fill the Americanism Chairman. Mrs. Boston and Maine railroad to acwith riprap protection and with end Corrine Abbott ls in charge of the cept appointment In Washington as slopes extending nearly the entire program. associate director of traffic movewidth of the end spans of the bridge Mrs. Eaton announced that a ments in the Office of Defense prop~r. . . . joint district meeting of the legion 'fransport:i.tion. Th!S wlll result m constnctmg and auxiliary would be held in He will start on his new job in the the waterway from its present width Portsmouth Feb. 9., and appoinfed national capital Monday. of about 700 feet at mean high Mrs. Gertrude Montayne chairman His associates at the railroad towater and 450 feet at mean low for the Auxiliary. She also an- , n ight will tender him a dinner at Henry F. McCarthy water to about 205 feet at mean nounce~ appointment_ of Mrs. Clathe Boston Garden cmt>. . rina Richard as chairman of emHe was selected for the post by high and 180 feet at me3:n low water ployment and coupons. J oseph B. Eastman, director of the and will no doubt considerably inA Jetter of resignation w 1. d . as ea department activity, which has he resigned to continue his studies crease the speed of the current f.10 M . of traffic probiE:ms at Yale. He then through the bridg ~ is. Pauline Conlon first vicecharge of transportation facllltles of Th h 1 e. president, and Mrs. Gertrude Monbecame connected with the St. the railroads, motor trucks, inland e or zontal clearance through tayne was elected to fill th! ff' After . s o_ ice. waterways, pipe lines, air trans- Louis Southwestern Jines where he the draw ls shown as 29.4 feet ' advanced through various positions and the vertical clearances with the . . adJournment the auxiliary portation, coastwise and intercoastal shipping In connection with to becom~ assistant general traffic drawspan closed are shown as 21 9 1Jomed with the post for refreshfeet at mean low water and 13 ·2 ments .. RefresJ:unents were under ts M manager. defense an d war movemen · r· He resigned from tilat road in feet at mean high water, respectlv ·_ th ~ chai_rma:1s\11p of Past_Commanth McCar Y was sel~cted by Mr· 11934 to take a position as General Jy e cte1 Ma1k O Brien and his commitEastman to serve with J . R. Turney • • tee from the post. of Washir..gton, who will b~ Director Passenge:i· Agent of the Boston and of Traffic Movements. Maine railroad and the Maine CenMr. McCarthy is one of the tral railroad. He was promoted to youngest executive officials in rail- Passenger Traffic ~anager 0 road circles. He was graduated from northern New England s two larges Harvard College 1n 1927 and shortly railroads on April 1, 1937. be lated ith From September 1935 to May 15, afterwards came assoc W 1941 , he was Traffic Manager of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Boston-Maine Airways and later In 1929, after being awarded, in a Northeast Airlines, the affiliated aircountry-wide competition, appoint· line of the two railroads. ment to the Strathcona Fellow~lp Mr. McCarthy makes his home at in Transportation at Yale university, Oalloupes Point, Swampscott, but will shortly remove to Washington. I Hearing Feb. 10 On Wentworth~ Bri'dge Change Portsmouth Native ·Gets Appointment To Capital Post ~\\, f �CIVILIAN DEFENSt;~ ) INFORMATION For further information pertaining to these classes one may contact Mr. Massey or Mrs. Philip White, who will conduct the day time school. Persons from the area outside of Portsmouth proper may contact county Chairman Alvin F. Redden. Arrangements for their attendance will be made by him for them. The downtown area in Portsmouth is soon going to take on the appearance of preparedness for several of the owners of downtown properly are already preparing their building and premises for blackout and air raids. Shoppers can soon expect to look through display windows latticed with adhesive tape and in some instances blacked out with white muslin. S'l.ndbaggmg around certain downtown properties ls not far distant. Many of the bri!Uant lighting fixtures in our local retail stores will take on a peculiar hue with muslin glued to their surfaces to prevent shattering. These physical changes most certainly will be noticed but in the background, where little is in the public view, intense effort and precaution will 1have been taken to protect both lives and property in these establishments. Sector Wardens Ready Many persons 1n this city will receive invitations to meet their sector wardens at an early date. This request is extremely important because seceor wardens wlll draw from these persons to complete their organizations. Instructions for the new members of the Air Raid Wardens group and Fire Watchers Group will soon follow when Sectors are completely organized. It is an accepted precept that Governor Gets Action Credit for the immediate response to civilian defense measures in the business establishments and in the more than 4000 homes within the city limits must be !l'lven in whole to the Jaw enacted last Thursday by the Chairman of the State Defense Council and present Governor, Robert 0. Blood. Last Thursday, Jan. 15, a law J,Jertaining to rules and regulations for preparation and conduct during an air raid and blackout was written in the statutes of the state. Responsibility for the carrying out of these rules and regulations rests solely with the owners, tenants, and lessees of all property. Failure to comply is punishable in the courts of the state. Wardens Now Organized This city has been divided into 42 Sectors. A Chief Sector ,varden has been appointed for every sector. This is the man who is directly responsible for the welfare of every person living within the boundaries of hls sector. The immediate problem that faces Sector Wardens is the voluntary enlistment of complete staffs. This means that every home must have an instructed warden and that the Sector Wardens' staff in time of action must have a warden in every fourth home or about one warden in every group of 25 citizens. This is the only way that complete protection may be obtained. Day Air Raid Instructions Chief Air Warden Frank J. Massey today declared that "persons that sincerely wish to co-operate with this Civilian Defense program and who have heretofore been unable to receive the necessary instructions because of working conditions that prevented them from attending evening instruction classes may now plan to attend daily classes". "Arrangements have been completed whereby both men and women may receive air raid precaution instructions during the afternoons." men working at the navy yard will not be called away from their work to take part in the active progress in the civilian defense program. On the other hand men who are not actively engaged in working; I. e. who may be at home but who have done their day's work at the navy yard, are expected to share In the work connected with civilian defense during a blackout or air raid. Portsmouth Women Enroll In UNH Nutrition Course ~ Sixteen Portsmouth women are a.ttendlng a special nutrition course given at the University of New Hampshire, beginning today. After they have completed the course, they will instruct interested women here in the city. Those taking the course are Miss Louisa Talbot, Miss Loretta Fitzgerald and Miss Margerta Bryant, of the high school Iacuity; Mrs. Cecil Neal, Mrs. Phillip Davis, Miss Dorothy McLaughlin, Mrs. Robert Smith, Mrs. Wllllam Pentheny, Mrs. Morris Berry, Mrs. W. A. Dorney, Mrs. Kenneth steady, Miss Elizabeth Virgil Mrs. Earl Webster, Mrs. Frederick Harmon, Mrs. Harry L. Moore and Mrs. William Farrington. \ 31 1 St. John s Auxiliary Gives Books, Gomes To Servicemen ~o... 1, Entertainment for Camp Langdon servicemen has been angmented by Chinese checkers, dominoes, jigsaw puzzles, many other games, year subscription to National Geographic and Saturday Evening Post magazines, and a complete set of Thackeary's works, donated by members of St. Jahn's Women's auxiliary. Any other club groups or Portsmouth people interested in contributing games and books to the boys are asked to contact Mrs. Elizabeth Buswell at 54 Court street. Whaleback Fog Horn Gets Tests, 1 May Qualify As Air Raid Warning --P 1 Tests were conducted yesterdayf Kittery, Eliot, Rye and many other afternoon 1md further study will be points during foggy spell . made of the possibilities of using the Chief Remick's suggestion was huge fog horn at Whaleback Light picked up by Mrs. Frank W. RanIn Portsmouth harbor as an air dall, co-chairman of Portsmouth Civilian Defense, who got in touch raid warning signal for this area. with coast guard officials for this Several weeks ago when the ques- area at Boston, and had the tests tion of finding a suitable warning authorized. Although a strong Northwest wind signal was being discussed, Chief of made the signals very faint, even Police A. Manning Remick of Rye on the tests yesterday they were suggested that tests be made of this heard in Rye. horn, which is now heard in York, The present whistle at Whaleback Star Island -Su-,,<, Conferences Seek New Rendezvous Unitarian and congregational summer conferences at Star Island, which have . been held at the Isles of Shoals smce 1897, will select a suitable shore rendezvous following announcement by the War department that waters surrounding the Shoals comprise military area. The Star Island corporation which holds title to Star island and also Appledore island, and the Isles of Shoals Summer Meetings associatlon also have. been advised against meetings in this a~ea. . A_ special com1?1ttee of these 01gam~atlons m etmg to select a new neetmg _place favor a central New rampsh1re lake resort. was installed in October 1939. It was so powerful when It was installed that it was clearly heard on the main street in Dover. At that time it had to be toned down. If tests work out and authority can be obtained 1n Washington, the sound may be stepped up again for warning use in this area. Another feature of this horn is that the individual horns of the unit can be pointed in various directions to send warnings in all directions. Eight Lost on Mine Planter Sunl{ Off the Isles of Shoals [ PORTSMOU~H, N. H., Jan. _a The sk'{pper was on the bridge (JP)-Army officials at Fort Const!- and was thrown into the water. tution said that eight men drowned Members of the crew of the L-88 in th Atlantic 20 miles off the Isles pulled him to safety but were une able to locate any of the Arnold's of Shoals early today when the 98- crew. foot mine planter Arnold sank A coastguard boat searched the while being towed to J.?Ort. vicinity but found only empty life The names of the v1ct1ms were belts and overturned lifeboats. not available immediately but they Army officials at Fort Constituwere believed to be civilian. tion said they could not determine The only survivor of the sink- the names of the victims until the ing was the Arnold's master, L-88 reached port. 1 William H. Chasteen of Waterford, The L-88 asked for assistance Conn., who was pulled from the yesterday afternoon when she water after his boat went under. developed engine trouble 14 miles The Arnold had been dispatched . yesterday to the assistance of an-, so~theast of White Island. The other mine planter the L-BS. With Arnold and a Navy tug were sent . . to meet her the aid of an Army plane which · flew over the area, the Arnold lo- 1 So great were the wayes _the tug cated the L-88 and started to tow ! quickly was covered with ice a_nd her to shore. was o:dered back. The mme Later a mine sweeper met the sweepei was sent out to take her place. two smaller craft and began towing both of them. Suddenly, the Arnold sprang a leak while the thi:._ee ships were being pounded by heavy seas. �Latest Japanese Headache (Portsmouth Herald Photo) S TIERRING IS LA NCHED AT THE POR'l' 'MOUTII AVY YARD-Before one of the smallest groups ever to assemble for a launch• ing ceremony with only high-ranking ofliccrs and the men who took pai:t In the actual construction present, the lale~t addition to ncle am's undersea forces is shown sliding. gracefully down the ways to the Piscataqua. river yesterday. The craft was sponsored by Mrs, Ray SJ)ear, wife of the rear admiral who is paymaster general of the navy and Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. Shore Patrol Not Needed e Sf.iY ' Gr y Shore patrols are not needed in Portsmouth, City Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt told members of the Portsmouth Police commission at their February meeting yesterday afternoon in City hall, after Commissioner J. Verne Wood had asked what could be done about Portsmouth night life. "I have been informed by a "(lumber of citizens," said Commissioner Wood, "that condl• tions are tough in the restaurants here after midnight. I wonder if they might be Improved If we asked the avy to provide a shore patrol." Few Servicemen on Streets City Marshal Hewitt replied that in his opinion a shore patrol was not necessary. "We have few soldiers and sailors on our streets now. Since war was declared the armed forces are confined to their posts most of the time. Our problem is with civilians and military and naval patrols can not touch them." Marshal Hewitt said that when the late shift came off the avy yard they crowded restaurants ·about midnight and that was where most of the trouble resulted. "But there's always been trouble in local restaurants late at night. It's no different now than it was when I was on a beat." Asked by Commissioner Wood whether the Army had military police on night duty, Marshal Hewltt said he hadn't inquired recently but as far as he knew they still, maintained MP service on Saturday nights and pay nights. Council Requested To Supply City f With Blood Bank Fifty units of blood plasma and six complete outfits of equipment for a blood bank were requested of the City council last night in a letter from John H. Greenaway in behalf of the pharmacists and physicians of P ortsmouth . The cost of the units is too high for individual purchasers, he said, but if they are bought by the community, there will be a substantial reµuction in the price. Portsmouth would pay $22.50 per unit for the plasma and $3 for each unit of equipment making a total of $1,138. The council voted to refer the project to the committee on finances upon the motion of Councilman • John Burkhardt. �o Dances edu led v 30·., For Jan. 30 Commissioners Fail Io Reach Decision I On Water Engineer Opportunities to assist in the Fight Infantile Paralysis campaign u e numerous in Portsmouth. ra . Brown, chairman of the committee, has placed several ''Wi~h l g Wells" In different locations in the business section, and a large glass carboy is located on Mark~t square where dimes, quar• ters, halves and even bills are dropped ns contributors uass by. In addition to the wishing wells, where each who drops a contribution is supposed to make a wish, there are boxes for contributions. Two events are scheduled on the natal day of the president, a day set aside by the nation both to honor the office of the chief executive of the country and to work for this humanitarian drive. On Jan. 30, the president's 60th birthday anniversary, there will be a ball at the Rockingham and a dance at Legion Ball room, proceeds to be added to tlh• contributl.ons for Portsmouth's quota in the cirlve, which has been set at $1,000. Pohn B. Mooney is treasurer of the drive, and contributions may be left with him. I Plan Two Birthday Dances Here Two dances will feature the P~sl• dent's Birthday celebration in Port.c;mouth, it was announced this morning by Ira A. Brown, chairman. The committee met last night and completed arrangements which will include a formal ball at the Rockmgham, and another dance at Le• gion ballroom. Interest is high in this move, Mr, Brown st!lted, adding that many organizations as well as people, are coming forward with offers of assistance. Plans call for the ball to be a highlight of the occasion. An all girl orchestra will provide the mu• sic. They will give an hour's con• cert at 8:30 followed by the grand march at 9:30. This will have a military touch. Fort Constitution Will Celebrate "' FDR's Birthday 1" President Roosevelt's birthday will be commemorated with a dance at Fort Constitution, Friday evening, Jan. 30, sponsored by the United States army. Music will be furnished by the WPA orchestra. A formal dance was sponsored J:ly the same organization last night at Fort Foster. Chaperones were Miss Marguerite Crockett, Mrs. Hannah Williams, Miss Ruth Robbins and Mrs. Henry Moore. Mrs. Thomas L. Noyes was In charge of the dance hostess committee. General arrangements were handled by Army chaplain, Lieut. Everett Denlinger and Lieut. Earl Hand, morale officer. "") ~ Final Week Of Infantile ~ Drive Opens Tomorrow Sunday the churches are participating in the Fight Infantile P aralysis drive, with many of the m in- J lsters making announcements from • their pulpits urging support of the campaign. This will open the week of activities in Portsmouth which will celebrate the President's Birthday this week. Chairman Ira A. Brown anMr. Loughlin told the commisAlthough it has been agreed last nounces that on Monday, Tuesday sioners they could consider two proI night to meet this morning and posals. One: that the government and Wednesday several parties name an engmeer for the new pro- build the additions to the water have been arranged, the proceeds posal for an additional well source system at its own expense and that to go to the fund. On Thursday evening at 11 :15 at Greenland as suggested by the the city in return furnish water Federal government, the Portsmouth free to all government agencies. there will be a midnight show at the Board of Street Commissioners did Two: that the city participate in Arcadia theater, the manager and not meet this morning when it was the construction of the Greenland entire staff offering their services discovered at an informal session wells and blll the water to the in behalf of the drive. A Dress Ball will be held at the that no unanimous agreement could be reached. Action has been in- agencies. In considering the second Rockingham hotel Friday evening, definitely postponed and the city will proposition, Mr. Loughlin pointed the day of the president"s anniverwork up a proposal application to out that the Income to be derived sary. Music will be fw·nished by an from these sources over a period of Defense Public Works without usall-girl orchestra and there will be five years should not be overlooked ing an engineer. a military grand march and also a Decision on an engineer was in estimating costs. Chinse auction. At the same time deadlocked last night when Comthe American Legion is running a missioner Fransoso stated he was Might Tap Rye ource party and dance at its ballroom with for "Whitman and Howard and no If more water ls needed than the Brad Spinney's orchestra furnishing other" engineer and Commissioner 450,000 gallons which the Greenth musk. The entire proceeds wlll Hett stated he did not feel that land development would give, It was te added to the infantile fund. Whitman and Howard should have suggested that the city recommend "Anyone wishing to make donathe job. With Commissioner Atwell to the Federal government that it tions by check may send them to absent no decision could be made. develop at its own expense a well John B. Mooney at the Portsmouth "Did Atwell say he would be system at Rye to connect with the Savings bank," stated Mr. Brown, here?" asked Fransoso. Portsmouth mains and be metered ·.vho added, "I wish to thank the "Yes," said Chairman Hett, "I to the city at a fair price. newspapers. radio, theaters and all talked with him this afternoon and That Mayor Stewart E. Rowe organizations for their splendid cohe said he'd see me at 7 o'clock." would not favor use of the $90,000 oj)£ra tlon :n helping tc make this "Well, I don't think much of peo- bond issue as the city's contribution clrive a success. Remember we who pie that duck their responsibilities," on a new Federal project was 1'eare enjoying good health can afford sald Mr. Fransoso. "He was elected vealed in a letter from the mayor to help those who are afflicted." to serve the people and it"s his job read to the board of street comto be here. It's just as inconvenient missioners by Clerk Fransoso. for the rest of us to be here." In the letter the mayor said he Commissioner Fransoso urged would not approve the use of any '\. Commissioner Hett to change his o! this bond Issue for a new Federal mind and vote for Whitman and project a,nd urged the board to go o.· Howard. "After all," he said, "we're ahead at once and complete the rehis boss. We supervise what he novatlon of the Haven and Sherdoes." Mr. Fransoso said that one burne stations to cut pumping costs other thing should be considered. as originally planned. Further said Whitman and Howard are the en- . the mayor, the council would not gineers for the $90,000 Haven and consider meeting with the board The sale of defense bonds and Sherburne renovation job and If this again except on written request of stamps this month has already Is included in the scope of the new the board. project then Whitman and Howard "Mayor Rowe, apparently, had exceeded that of the whole month of would have to get the jo'o or "the not heard that we are asking for December. According to figures ancity might face a law suit." specifications and going ahead with nounced by Postmaster Peter J. "I don't want to be mixed up in , this work," said Clerk Fransoso as Hickey, the sales for bonds alone for December amounted to $41,any law suits" concluded the clerk the letter was placed on file. of the board.' City Councllman Lewis M. Mc- 343.75, and up to Jan. 27 the amount Neil, chairman of the finance com- was $42,543.75. The biggest day's Get List of Engineers mlttee of the councll, visited the sale was on the 20th when $12,037.50 In opening the meeting, Clerk session briefly and stated that he worth of bonds were sold. Defense stamps sold so far this Fransoso read a letter from Emil felt certain the council would not A. Gramstorff, secretary of the favor any further indebtedness by month amount to $35,200 he stated. Northeastern section of the Amerl- the Water department. However, he can society of Civil Engineers In agreed, that If It could be shown response to the board's request for where a profitable investment could a list of competent engineers. be made, the council would conThe secretary enclosed two pages sider it. of advertisements pf civil engineers It was planned that an effort torn from pages of the New Eng- would be made today to hold a finland water Works Association ance committee meeting of the Journal which included advertise- council at the earliest possible date ments of Whitman and Howard, and consider all details of the plan Metcalf and Eddy c. Rappuccl preliminary to a formal meeting of Samuel Ellsworth :.V11o are already the council on the matter. known here. The letter was flied. Mr. Loughlin explained that the Attending the meeting last' night 1 important thing was to get an apwere John Loughlin and James pllca,tlon filled out so that action Gardner of Defense Public Works, could be started. and several hours of the meeting were spent studying facts and fig ures on the la.test well proposal. Postpone Action Indefinitely, Plan To Go Ahead On Greenland Water Supply Application Without One I I I Defense Stamp ,( And Bond Business Is Booming Here �Three From This • Men Of City All _O ut Herald ~ For Civilian Defense Organizes 1Area Win Honors --..'>.. FQr A11-0 Ut In Photo Exhibit Defen se I ~{}. ""S°' Every eligible male in the city who is not already a member of a defense unit has been directly contacted by the Sector Wardens through the mail soliciting his appearance at organization meetings of the zones of the city. Middle street from Cabot to ConTomorrow at 3 pm at the Junior gress both sides. High school all the men of Zone 1 Islington street from Cabot to will meet with their Sector War- Congress both sides. Austin street from Cabot to Middens and protection for all persons 1 and property in the Zone will be dle. State street afrom Cabot to Middiscussed and plans outlined. On dle. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday Winter street. Chatham street. evenings men from the other 11 Summer street. zones in the city will meet at the Brewster street. Junior High school for the same Langdon street. purpose. Cornwall street. Chief Air Raid Warden Massey Rockingham street. asked that all men "whether they McDonough street from start to had been contacted through the Cabot. mail or not" in Zone I be at the Bridge street both sidts. mee ting tomorrow. Tanner street. "It is of prime importance," said Parker street. Mr. Massey, "that all the Sector Parker place. areas be completely organized imHanove!· street from No. 236 to 449 mediately. The Governor has made Pearl street. the rules and regulations regarding Rock street. blackouts, either emergency or perSudbury street. a part of the laws of the 1manent, Autumn street. state and punishable if they are Hill street from No. 114 to 171. \ not abided by. It is our duty to All men living in th~ area listed ourselves, our neighbors and our above are expected to be present families to understand these rules at the organization meeting at the and be prepared to place them into Junior High school, Sunday at 3 immediate effect." Zone I includes the following area: pm. National Girl Scout Leader To Address Portsmouth Council Miss 'I11.elma Trott of Boston, Mass., member of the Girl Scout national field staff, will be in Portsm<:>uth tomorrow according to Mrs. William M. Fan-ington, commissioner of the Portsmouth Girl Scout council. While she is here, Miss Trott will meet with Council members and leaders to discuss the role of the girl scout in national defense. In the afternoon at 2:30 Miss Trott will asgist the Por tsmouth council in planning a defense program for local girls. A 11 scout workers of this entire district are in;tect to a.ttend the evening meeting th en again plans for adapting the 942 girl scout program to civillan efense wm be discustied. Miss Trott will also be the speakat the local Rotary club meetg tomorrow noon. Miss Trott, whose offices are in the New England Regional office in Boston , gives national training courses for the adult members in Girl Scouting. During her assoclat!on with the national orga.nizatlon, Miss Trott has travelled extensively and has give~these courses for both volun teers d professionals in nearly every sta in the nation. fl-- graduate of Boston university, MISS Trott served as local director of Girl Scouting in Boston before she became a. member of the national staff. Miss Thelma Trott I One of the first business establishments in Portsmouth to organize for all-out civilian defense, u1 e Portsi:nouth Herald called an initial meet111g t>f all employtS last. evening to outlme a protection program. Need for ARP service was emphasized by the publisher, J. D. Hartford, who a dclressed the roup, naming as the basis for h' 011inion the ct th11,t "there is such a wide divergence ~f thought among the high rankmg officers of our armed forces a to the pl'Obability of attack, that preparation seems the only wise step." Mr. Hartford pointed out that such training would be of use to civilians even in peace-time. Ross Stevens Outlines l'lans Ross Stevens, deputy chief air raid warden for Portsmouth and Etate air raid instructor, presented plans for the Herald's set-up in the event of a blackout ru1d air raid. An administrative board of six will include Chief Air Raid Warden, J. D . Hartford; Deputy Chief Warden, Franklin E. Jordan ; Deputy Chief Warden, Jeremiah R. Morrissey; Fire and Damage Control Charles Seaward; First Lieutenant' Arthur L. Rand and Assistant Chief Warden, Consultant and Secretary Ross Stevens. ' ;Recommended groups to be formed and placed under the control of Deputy Warden Jordan and his assistant, Charles Seaward, consisted of first aid blackout, police, fire, communi~ cations, re cue and decontamin ation unitfi. Units to be.formed and placed un• der the control of Deputy Warden Morrissey and his Assistant Arthur L. Rand, included those for ' salvage, restora tlon of service, protection of records and evacuation, flrt- watchers and distribution. Every member of the staff will be organized into committees for this ARP service. After U1e discussion, talking films 0f war were shown by Benjamin F . Sw1ezynskl, Jr., a member of the mechanical department. Three photographers from the Portsmouth area. were among winners in the first annual salon of the New England councii of Camera clubs, open for a1Sp1a.y tnrough Saturday at the Jordan Marsh auditorium, Boston. Philip Phyllldes of Portsmouth took two state honor awards in Class B; Douglas Armsden of Kittery was a Maine Cla6S A winner and A. Thornton Gray of Dover earned two awards in Class A for New Hampshire. Mr. Armsden has covered many assignments as a Portsmouth Herald photographer and both Mr. Gray and Mr. PhylUdes have baa their work represented in this newspaper. Highest award in Class A (advanced group) was won by Franklin I. Jordan, FRPS, of Boston, who also has a. local connection. Mr. Jordan is the father of the Herald's managing editor, Franklin E. Jordan. 'I11.e unusual photographic exhibition-"'I11.e New England scene as pictured by New England photographers"-is co-sponsored by the New Engl:md council, regional development organization, and is attracting hundreds of visitors. At the close of the exhibition , the New England council plans to seltct a group of prints for display in a traveling salon which will tour the country this year, stopping at all prominent cities. 'I11.e display will be accompanied by suitable New England travel promotion and Is expected to prove helpful in influencing visitors, with or without cameras, to spend their vacationti in New England. Dances Mark 60th Birthday Of President Here The President's birthday was celebrated in Portsmouth by three dancing .part\ 1, last evening. A semiformal affair took place at the Rockinghnm with Ira. A. Brown, Portsn 011th ... hairman in the March of Dimes, heading the committee in charge. Another party was held under the sponsorship of the Frank E. Booma post, American Legion, in the American Legion ballroom and was informal. The gymnasium at Fort Constitution was· decorated with reel, white and blue "V's" at a \ dance in the President's honor. Chaperones were Mrs. Thomas D . Noyes, Mrs. Howard Jackson, Mrs. Elrita. Bragdon and Mrs. Constance 'Richmond. 0 �Council To Conside'5fWater1Por~smou th , _,., . . A . Pohcemen To Q uest1on gain ~morrow Study At FBI Street Commissioners May Let Police School Vote 2-1 To Ask City Airport Participation·Of $94,000 0 n\fll r Ct Portsmouth's city council will hold a special meeting tomorrow night at 7 p. · m. to consider action on securing the additional water for the city which it has discussed and rediscussed over a period of 241 days. Th I•s Week 1'. • Contracts amounting to $478,000 for construction of the new runways, leveling and widening of the PortsDecision to meet tomorrow night JOO more we can clear some $20,000 mouth airport will probably be let out late this week according to followed a meeting of the City to $30,000 a year, it will enable the Frank E. Brooks, manager of the • . department to pay off all its obllCounc1l . finance comm1t~ee last gations faster and be in a position ' Portsmouth airport. Condemnation of New road which !11ght which followed a ~pec1al me~t- to reduce the cost of water to the runs from Sherburne road is in the 11;1g of the ~oard of St1eet Com~us- citizens and the government. s10ne_rs which followed a previous Commissioner Atwell • said it courts now and hearings are being meetm_g of the Bo~rd of St_reet seemed evident that by Portsmouth heid. The property which is to be Comm1 sioners when _1t ~as decided owning the system it could clear purchased by the city for the proto work up an app!1?at10n for the $20,000 a year to speed up the pay- ject also is undergoing acquisition development of add1t1onal water at ment of its debts and reduce rates. procedure. City Solicitor Oscar NeuGreenland. . Chairman Hett said that after kom ls handling the legal details. The contractors will view the _By a vote_ of two ~o one, it was de- all, the amount to be cleared was c1ded.Iast mght to 1equest city counfigure on paper and that plans and contracts which have 1 cil approval of a $375,000 project to on Y a foreseen conditions could been drawn up by army engineers supply additional water for_ all the t~nwipe it out. Moreover, he who spent much time here last fall l:'-rmy and gover:imen~ housmg ?r~- said, it was predicated on the making a complete survey of the Jects _of ~he a1ea with the city s emergency lasting at least five years project. With so much construction partic1p~t1on $94,000. . and while that might seem reason- work ,j5'0ing on at present it is beComm1ssloners Amenco J: Fran- tble it was not certain. He urged lieved that th re wlll not be much soso and _Ralph Atwell voted m favor lihat if the council did not approve competition for the contract. and Chairman Fred V. Hett, Jr., op- I . d' the $94 000 the board recThe government will furnish $478,posed it. Chairman Hett proposed ~i-i~::.ie1::Jed that 'his proposition be 000 which will only be used for the that the best solut10n wo~ld be to adopted as an alternative and the development of the field. The City let the government constrnct such b d d although no formal of Portsmouth has appropriated additional facilities as it needs to otar agrteek n $20,000 for the procurement of the . f . t . vo e was a e . 1 ~upp y wat er or govemm.en . proCouncilman William H. Palfrey necessary land and buildings. Jects and lease at cost or sllg~tl,Y appeared before the board and asked Three runways, one 5,000 feet, one , abo_ve cost the use. of the city s why, when the city had 30 acres ·4,000 feet and one 3,000 feet will be mams as needed ~01 carrymg the 0 f te producing land with 30 laid out with the longest one runwater to these proJects. wa r •t th . "We wouldn't need this additional wells_ already on I ' any_ o er p1,o- ning with the prevailing wind at the ts,, position was being considered. Im Port City field. These runways wm water except for defense projec , f f t in head and I'll stick to be macadamized similar to many of said Chairman Hett. "Furthermore, oun fct the present state highways. 1 1 the purpose of the water department 'Ja~e:a G~rdner, local representaComplete lighting equipment for is not to make a profit. If we reduce tive of the Defense Public Works the field will be installed as part of the cost of water to the army and Division of the Federal Works Agen- the government contract. Edge housing projects the government cy, was present and was later joined lights, flood lights and other essencan pay the entire cost out of what by John Loughlin, Defense Public tial elect.rical equipment for the ilthey save. It's as long as it is broad. works representative, who has been lumination of the field after sunIf the city can pay the cost out of sent here to stay until some decision set will be put in place during the construction. what it makes, the government can can be reached. pay it out of what it saves." Following the board meeting, the The necessity of lights at the field Mr. Hett said that in that way, members and the two federal repre- has been realized by government Portsmouth would have its own sentatlves attended a meeting of the officials after the two incidents of supply without any worry about the finance committee called by Chairfuture, and future costs. The govern- man Lewis M. McNeil. Councilman last year when the two Canadian ment would have the supply it needs Frederick D. Gardner was absent bombers were forced down here. and all would be happy. as he is still in Florida and Council- People of Portsmouth saved the Commissioner Fransoso said that man Joseph M. Katkln was unable second plane from cracking up when the only reason the water depart- to attend. Councilwoman M·ary C. it made its forced landing here by illuminating the port with their ment was in the black this year was Dondero had to leave early. because of the water it had sold to This left only six, the necessary vehicles after an emergency squad the forts and other government pro- two-thirds, to a vote oo the rec- had rounded them up. The government money will not jects. The water department needs ommendation of the street cornmisall the income it can get to pay off sioners. As councilman Palfrey still be used for any buildings at the its obligations. If by investing $94,- holds out for fountain head, no two field. These wm have to be purchasthirds vote was possible ;md the ed by the individuals who operate meeting adjourned without action schools and planes at the field . It is believed that work wlll get on the question. underway as soon as the frost begins to leave the ground. :f;t .f;. :e Portsm0uth will represented at the FBI police school which will be held in Manchester next week. Marshal Leona.rd H. Hewitt will :ittend the Quarterly conference of Police Chiefs and Executives on Tuesday in connection with the sixday War Defe;ise school. Three Will Attend Present at the school which opens Monday at the State Armory 1n West Salmon and Canal streets at 9 am, will be Portsmouth Patrolmen Neil C. Bierce, ctepartment recorder; Paul F. Connors, who recently completeel the mate air raid warden instructor's course, and Lloyd N. McGraw. Plans for training for the department were advocated by Chairman Thomas J. Downs of the commission at a previous meeting. Following the unanimous vote yesterday of the commissioners to send these men t,, Manchester. Commissioner Downs said, "I think this is one of the most Important things we can do for Portsmouth. I hope we wiil be able to send at least one man to the three months training course the FBI holds at Washington in the spring. In fact, I hope every member of the force will be able to receive this important training which ls available without cost to the city and ls of tremendous value." All police departments in New Hampshire have been urged to send representatives to trus War Defense school in Manchester, conducted by Special Agent Virgil W. Peterson of Boston, head of the New England ctistrict of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Applications should be made to Mr. Peterson care of the FBI, Federal building, Boston, Mass. To cover the vast amount of material, classes will be held from 9 a.m to 6 pm, Monday through Friday and from 9 until 5 pm Saturday. Credit for attendance will be given. Instruction includes record-keeping; general police e.dminstration and operation ; protecL!on against sabotage; imbversive activities; war time and air raid police duties; police communications; training ot auxiliary police and a number of other vitr.l subjects. �Council Favors $375,000 Water Project; Cannon· To Warn City Would Pay $94,000 Toward Cost -1'-'ll'- Of Air Raids"' "j On Great Bay Ice Application to the Federal government for a $375,000 project to develop an additional 450,000 gallon a day water supply and make extensive water main improvements was today following approval of the plan last night by the Portsmouth city council. Approval of the application was given by the council by a 6 to 2 roll call vote .with Councilwoman Mary C. Dondero and Councilman William H. Palfrey opposed. The full council was present with the exception of Councilman Frederick D. Gardner, who is still in Florida. Action by the council followed the recommendation of the Board of Street Commissioners that the application calling for the city's participation to the extent of $94,000 be approved. The Board had voted for it 2 to 1 on roll call with Chairman Fred V. Hett, Jr., opposed. Following approval last night, John Loughlin, Federal Works Agency, representative left for New York. He had been been sent here with orders to stay until city officials decided whether to participate or ask the Federal government to take over the problem. No engineers will be hired in connection with this preliminary application as the water main extensions do not require engineers and the Greenland wells which represent only about $45,000 of the project are covered in sufficient detail by the government's own report of Engineer Waldo B. Coulter. Portsmouth's participation of $94,000 calls for a project which includes development of a gravel well near the Gagnon pro- Mr. McNeil: We're not spending perty at Greenland, a con- !$375,000 for water. Only about $46,"Fishermen on Great Bay will 000 is for wells and the rest is for necting line to the Ports- mains that we need anyway. More- be warned of an air raid by either a mouth mains, an extension over, the city Is putting In only sundown gun or a small sized canline to Odiornes Point to ~;94,000. non," said Reginald P. Kennard, Mrs. Dondero: I think the govorn- chief air raid warden of Newingserve the army post being Irnent should do it. Here in these estoday. "At night the light of established there and im- t.imates you ·have $18,900 for en- ton, the gasoline and oil lanterns in {!lneer's fees; $4,000 for legal and provement of existing city the shelters of ice smelters can be f~dministrative fees and $20,426 for lines ·erving government ~~ontlngencles. That's about $43,000 seen for a long distance through white canvas tents." Establishments of Ports- He could save if the government theWardens, doubting that air raid rHd it. sirens could be heard by these fishmouth and New Castle. Mr. McNeil: Why let the govern- erman, have applied to the Navy Site of the new well is :ment do It when we can make mon- yard for a gun suitable for the near the Winnicutt river •~y out of it. If you were in busi- warning. and saw a chance to make 35 "The Newington raid alarm is supply, which the city· iness t.>r 40 thousand dollars, wouldn't the ringing of the church bell and made application for last ;you do It? the blowing of the whistle of the Mr. Harvey: Most of this money Shell Gasoline Co. Air raid warJuly and then rejected ls for the Improvement of our we.t- dens take the responsibility for when the government t~r mains and we have more than warning those persons not within \ granted $650,000 for the ,$94,000 worth of improvements we hearing distance of these signals," have to make m the next few stated Warden Kennard. "We hope project with a city partic- will years anyway. that the gun will be heard, not only ipation of $200,000. Mr. Wood: I think this a good in- by the ice fishers, but by the peovestment and a good business proFiling of this applicaple in the outlying farms who canposition. After it is all over we will now hear the in-town signals. tion with the Federal still l\ave control, and we can pay not"Our air raid classes have not Works Agency today puts for it in four or five years. been well attended lately," said Mr. Mr. Burkhardt: I think this is the city exactly where it the best proposition we've ever had. Kennard. "The public does appear to understand that because we was six months ago when We voted confidence in the Board haven't reached them perl onally it filed the Winnicutt river of Street commissioners and they in their homes, they are still responhave recommended this proposition. for the blackout precautions. project and the same pro- We should show our confidence sible It is up to the individual to comcedure of approval by the and vote it. ply with the New Hampshire state law and ignorance of the law is not FWA office and then at Sees Profit of 65,000 a valid plea," he explained. Wasl.ington has to be folMr. Fransoso: When we reduce "There should be an air raid warthe pumping costs we can clear loweJ. $65,000. We can pay off our debts den in every home or at lee.st in However, in this case the pro- and cut the cost of water to the cit- every third or fourth house," he posal follows the suggestions of the izens and the government. I want stated. If the person in the n ext Federal Works Agency itself based you to vote for what you think is house Is not complying with the air raid precautions, he is endanon the government's survey of wa- fair and right. gering his own life and the lives of ter in this area and for that reason Mrs. Dondero: I don't think his neighbors as well. The laws Is expected to have priority conPortsmouth can afford to become penalizing violation of blackout sideration. If the government accepts the indebted on this thing. Government rules are stringent but they will becity's application, it will make a for- revenues may decline. Besides, this come even more serious if the State shows you haven't made any Legislature revises them at their mal offer to the city which will report This says profit and loss next session. have to be approved by the board money. it looks like a loss to me. "The public must realize that it of street commissioners and the and Mr. Fransoso (looks at report city council, which means that dis- and turns to Mr. Stevens): What is not just entertainment for them to attend the ARP classes but that cussion of the question has not does this mean? their lives may depend upon their ended. knowledge of raid regulation. They Attending the council meeUng Cites Suqnus CRS'fl Mr. Stevens: I can't explain that. become more conscious of the fact last night was the Board of Street Mr. Fransoso: Perhaps Mr. that they will be severely penalized Commissioners and Superintendent o! Streets Nat S. Stevens and Mr. Loughlin can explain it. He's a fi- by law if they do not practice pronancial expert. These figures came per methods of precaution during Loughlin. Reasons for and against the pro- from the auditor's office and we blackouts," concluded Mr. Kennard . posal were voiced by members of went over them together. Mrs. Dondero: You mean you've the council and the street commissioners before the final vote. Sev- presented this statement to us and eral times the question was called. don't know what it means. Mr. Loughlin: I'm appearing as Among the comments: Mrs. Dondero (to Mr. Fransoso): a financial expert. This statement Your report shows more than $46 - means that there Is about $40,000 in 000 in uncollected water bills. 'I profits which have not been distributed. The final report of the water should think you'd collect them. Mr. Fre.nsoso: We've put a lot of department will show all current pressure on people to pay. We've debts paid and $30,000 in cash on shut off a lot of water and its cost hand. Mr. Fransoso: Mr. Loughlin knows us a lot of votes. Mrs. Dondero: Well, the best way these figures. His estimate made to get votes is to watch out for the le.st July of what water would be used came out within 1,000 gallons taxpayer's money. o! all the millions of gallons pumped. I've often said that the Asks Fountain Head Mr. Palfrey: I'm against this pro- best thing that could happen tc position. We've got 30 acres of land Portsmouth would be to have just at Fountain Head with 30 wells on one Japanese bomb drop here. Then act quickly. it that wm produce a m11llon gal- we'd Mr. McNeil: We're only authorizlons a day and now we are going to ing the Mayor to make the applispend $375,000 to get 450,000 gal- cation. We're not voting on the ac, lons of water. tual proposition. l �Nation Helps President Mark ,60~h Birthday -:t~ Portsmouth Plans "50... ~ Birthday Ball Tonight Portsmouth will join with more than 12 000 other communities tonight in' holding dances in the Fight Infantile Paralysis drive, honoring the president on his 60th birthday anniversary. Last night a midnight show 'Yas held at the Arcadia theater which swelled the fund which has already been raised here. Ira A. Brown, cHy chairman, stated this morning that the two remaining events on the schedule for the campaign include two dances this evening, a formal ball at the Rockingham hotel, and a regular dance at the legion ballroom. The dance at the legion ballroom wlll begin at 8 o'clock while the Rockingham ball ls scheduled to start at 8 :30 with a concert by the All Girls' orchestra which ls pro- Rotary Told Of Aid To Handicapped~°'~ Crippled Children 0 What ls being done in New Hampshire among the crippled and handicapped children was described in picture and story by Jay H. Corliss of Nashua, secretary of the New Hampshire Society for Crippled Children at a meeting of the Portsmouth Rotary club yesterday. A colored movie of chilrlren and gi·own ups who have overcome some of their handicaps were shown as they went about their duties. Mr. Corliss described these people and of the work accomplished. Includec\ iri the film were scenes from the weekly clinic held at Nashua attended by three Manchester physicians. Miss Dorothy Pace, and scenes t.aken n.t her shop In this city, were included in the film, which the . speaker stated were included to inI spire othern who were ha.ndicap~d. Thelm9, Trott, of the National Girl Scout organization spoke briefly as she urged the men of the community to get behind the Girl Scout movement. She had on exhl1 bition two articles which she called "gadgets" which were used by Girl Scouts. One was a complete first aid kit jn a penny match box, and the I second a stove made from a number 10 tin can. Showing the importance of scouting, she explained what was ~eing done here in Portsmouth, mentioning specifically that girls who have the child care badge take care of children while the mothers go out and rew !or Bundles for Britain or the Red Cross. Walter F. Lane was chairman of the meeting. Leif Erickson, Hele• Vinson, Oath- / arine Doucet, Glenn Anders, Grant Mitchell, Rose Hobart and Willie Best. It's all grand, sparkling fun. A perfectly swell time ls a.ssured you. The co-feature ls "Secrets of the Wastelands" with Wllliam Boyd and a fine supporting cast. I vlding the music for dancing. A military grand march will be. one of the features of the evening. Other ways in which people can aid this fund, half of which remains here to assist in infantile paralysis work, and half of which goes to the National foundation, is to contribute through the receptacles in many of the business firms, the theaters and the large glass bottle on the square, or contrlbutlons may be left with John B. Mooney, treasurer. Infantile Fund Reaches $700 "The partial report of the Infantile Paralysis drive held in connection with the President's birthday celebration amounts to over $700. There still is time to give if you wish," Ira A. Brown said today as he announced there will be a few more days before the final report is complied. Make donation to John B. Mooney at the Portsmouth Savings bank. In expressing his thanks to "everyone who helped make the drive a success," Chairman Brown mentioned the radio, the Portsmouth Herald, the theaters, American Legion for Its contribution of $104, Navy yard Shop No. 155 for $155; the Arcadia theater and talent for the midnight show which netted $106 ; the Rockingham hotel, school teachers, small clubs and individuals and the police department. Pan Maine Crew Surprised At Furore Over Their Encounter With U-Boat I ~V Afraid?-No Me, Carve lap, Carve Nazi, Same Fun, Says Mess Boy An Atlantic Port-Feb. 1-The long gray tanker eased silently to the dock in the chill of a bleak winter afternoon. Tugs cast off without even a warning toot and the 460-foot ship 29 feet deep with her 4,250,000 gallons of fuel oil was safe in port after a submarine scare which has focused the eyes of the nation on her. Guided by a. Navy lieutenant. a. group of newspapermen mpde their way on board over an ice-coated gang plat1k a.fter Captain Elmer E. Hawkins had given permission for them to interview t.he crew. The Pan Maine, delayed 48 hours :n h er anival, showed signs of her voyage but it was a driving Nor'easi.Er that had smashed in a port life boat midships and not the submarine which was sighted eight days before. · The sh ore, bl ac k s t ub of th e pen~cope which 32-year-old Melvin Hays, second mate, had seen that aftcrnoon about 2 pm. had disappeared as mysteriously as it had appeared Gut of a dull smooth sea. Even to most of the 40-man crew, the experience feemed more like a 5tory the had heard than an actual exprrience, as the periscope nctuaJJy was seen by only two crew members-Second Mate Hays of Baltimore, Md., and John La.rnowlc2 pumpman of South River, N. J., anc by them for less than five minutes Surprised At Interest Frankly puzzled at the interest shown in the experience, the crew had no realization how the required silence following the Pan Maine"s "SOS, SSS," meaning submarines had given rise to rumors that the 7,236-ton vessel had beEn damaged or sunk by the sub. In many respects members of the crew were as much in the dark as the public regarding the sub which Mate Hays .said J1e saw about a mile away off the starboard bow. Crew members a.greed that it could have been a friendly submarine but they felt it wa.<:: more likely to have been an enemy since positions of American subs are known. ON PAN lAINE-Radlo operator Joseph Caronna, 20, of ~ew Orleans, Ioftattheright)tanker checks with third mate Daniel Gretsch of Boston, b h ·th b the location Pan l\falne at the time of a. ru a. su . w1 . But, friend or foe , no chances Sharp lookout was kept but no were tak<:n. Second Mate Hays, furl.her signs of the sub were seen who had been watching a small end soon rough water and driving wooden box tossing in the vicinity I clouds gave first warnings of the where the sub was seen, explained: ,• storm which followed . "If I hadn't been watching the "My first impulse was to turn and box, I doubt_ whether I would have ram her," continued Mate Hays, seen the periscope as it was only a •'but then I realized we were too far foot or so out of the water and hard :.way and it would have been fool1 hardy. I hope we get another to see through th e )lg~t haze. must have watched it 1or ,ne_arly ~ chance." . minute before I deflnltelJ identl Pumpman Larnowlcz said that he fled It. Then I sounded the general was standing on the starboard wing alarm." of the bridge beside Mate Hays at Things happened quickly after u1 e time t.he periscope was sighted. I.hat. Radio Operator Joseph L. Car- As Mate Hays rushed to sound the onna, 20, of Ne\\· Orleans, sprang to alarm, J took th~ telescope and his set and sent out the "SOS, SSS" looked. I saw the top of the periand after giving the position of the scope shining just like a mirror." Pan Maine, kept silent in accordOne officer and four of the crew ance with regulations so the sub are from southern New England. could not have radio aid in tracking Most of the crew is from the south. the ship. The officer is Danie! Gretsch, Raced Away third m1te, of New Bedford. His Captain Hawkins raced to the wife who had faced the strain of bridge anci the tanker started on a weary hours of worry from the time the SOS was sent out, was at swift zig zag course at full speed the dock to meet him and he left of 13 or 14 knots with Chief Engin- shortly after docking to visit his Eer Charles C. Herring c,f New <;>r• te h ► M din b in ti me father, a. Boston school ac er. leans s ...... l g Y ie eng Margarito Flores mess boy room for sudden orders. Water tight . . • . . of. the doors were closed and llfeboats made Pan Mame, is from the Phil!ppmes. ready. �untSpies OU May Have B88n Signaling Sub With Spot Light Police Of Three States Are .S earch-ing Section Enemy spies, reportedly equipped wi th a blinker light, flares, radio and guns and presu mably attempti ng to signal to en emy subma rines or oth er craft operating off th e North Atlantic coast line, today were the obj ect of one of the most intensive sec ret spy hunts that Portsmouth and vicinity ha s ever seen. Secret search of the Maine-New Hampshire coa st line for the past week was revealed today by Col. George Colbath, superintendent of the New Ham pshire State Police at Concord, after suspects were seen in the vicinity of Rye Bea ch last night an d a warning was flas hed over the State Police wires by 'tel etype. Soldiers on patrol duty at Ragged Neck reported the mysterious car last night about seven o'clock traveling slowly down route 1-A. As the sentries approached the car, described as having Maine plates and being a fast green sedan of about 1936 make, put on speed and disappeared. Alarm was sounded and state po• lice of New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts notified. In response to the teletype call state troopers on duty in the vicinity sped to the scene and searched the roads but no trace of the car was found. Soldiers halted and searched cars along the shore road. Has Eluded S~arch Colonel Colbath said he was positive the car was a Maine automobile but that so far it had eluded all attempts of the police of three I states as well as army officials to overtake it. Colonel Colbath would not comment on a report that a car containing men with a machine gun h ad fired on soldiers guarding a bridge in Maine, or at sentries Otl the Bound Rock side of Seabrook lieach. The New Hampshire state police head would not reveal the source of his first information regarding the car but he did say that it had not come from the army. He said troopers were on duty all night and that the search is being continued today, but would give no further details. Army and navy officials refused to comment. City Marshal Leonru·d H. B:ewltb said today that he had not been called in the search and knew nothing .about it. Chief of Police A. Manning Remick of Rye reported his radio was out of commission last night so he did not get the teletype message. He said the first he had heard of. the search was newspaper inquiries late last night. Wells Barracks of th e Maine State police reported they did not receive any teletype warning. I t was stated however that during t he past week they h ad picked up several suspects along t he shore ar eas and t urned th em over to Ar my Intelligence officers. They had no rea 700 Air Raid Wardens Receive Initial Instructions Portsmouth's army of air raid wardens braved the bitter cold last evening and appeared, 700 strong at the Junior High school for their first lecture session. The auditorium was marked out with the placards designating the 42 sectors of the city and wardens from each sector assembled in order. Some slight confusion over their proper sectors was quickly straigh tened out by the Z9ne wardens. Promptly at 7:30 the class was called to order by Deputy Chief Air Raid Warden Ross Stevens. Following the showing of two war films of actual situations in war torn Europe, Mr. Stevens spoke briefly to the class. In commenting upon the fine attendance Mr. Stevens emphasized the importance of a continuance of this. Further, "the degree to which you absorb the information given here will determine your value to yourselves, your family and your community in time of emergency." "This first session is important to all of us as individuals. You will meet your sector wardens, the men who will direct your immediate efforts in the area in which you reside. You will also meet your n eigh bors, people that you now know by sight you will soon know by name. This school will bring together, in a community sense, many who should have long ago taken part in civil matters. As a result our entire community benefits." Local Defense Chairman Frank C. Remick cautioned against "slacking off during periods when danger did not appear eminent. We are well organized in civilian defense but we are not fully trained." Mr. Remick quoted from a letter received from the First Interceptor Command as follows: "We are at war. A great many people do not realize the seriousness of this situation and simply believe that we cannot be attacked. You must impress upon them that such is not the case and we are in greater danger than they realize." In concluding Mr. Remick stated, "When we thi11k of our soldiers and sailors, some in the jungles, some in the desert, some in the icy cold and some on the stormy seas battling for the protection of their people and their homes, it should urge us to keep at our tasks, however tedious they may become. I know that we shall be true to our obligations . . . we as free men and women will discipline ourselves, subject ourselves to the common cause of Civilian Defense, because by doing so we will be better able to overcome our enemy." Inspects Report Center Arriving in Portsmouth shortly after 5 pm. Col. W. G. Knight, USA, Corps Engineers, attach ed to the Regional Office of Civilian Defense in Boston waii greeted by a committee and then made a tour of inspection of the District Warning Center and the Portsmouth Report Center. As the guest speaker of the evening at the ARP Wardens' school, Colonel Knight discussed the reasons why the U. S. army was taking such an interest in civilian defense. Colonel Knight defined the progress of information as It is received from the observation posts throughout the First Corps area and how it is studied and then the procedure taken if this information indicates that an enemy flight has reached our shores. "If arrangements can possibly be made," stated Colonel Knight, "the Regional office is going to bring to Portsmouth during one of the sessions of this wardens' school a scaled plotting board map of New England upon which six trained attendants will plot the course of a hypothetical enemy force attacking Portsmouth and of the I nterceptor Force sent up to contact the opposing force. We will also show how an anti-aircraft barrage is laid around Portsmouth in the event of an air attack." · First Lectures Given Chief Air Raid Warden Frank J . Massey and Arthur I. Harriman, bolh State Air Raid instructors, were the lectmers of the evening. Mr. Massey's subject was "Duties of an Air Raid Warden" and Mr. Harriman's subject was "How to Know Your District." At the conclusion of the lecture Deputy Chief Warden Stevens led the assembly in the Salute to the Flag and outlined the program of next Monday's session . �139 Rev. Robert H Dunn Settles Family Here Dad Plays French H orn - Two Sons Daughter Musical, Too - Mother Makes 'Em Practice BY J lfSTINE FLINT Books were stacked high in cardboard cartons ••• furniture lay scattered wherever moving men chose to deposit it . . . boxes filled with household goods were in the process of being unpacked. A perky little Scotch terrier by the Highlandish name of "Meg" wagged her inadequate tail in uncertainty. The new rector of St. John's church and his family were getting settled in their Portsmouth home . .. greeting guests and answering telephones with gracious hospitality that defied all confusion. Rev. Robert H. Dunn, former rec-, tor of Trinity Episcopal church in 1 Claremont, is not entirely a strang- 1 er to Portsmouth for he has preached several times at St. John's at special services among which was the occasion of the church's 300th anniversary. The Dunns have a 14-year-old daughter, Nancy, and two lively young sons, Frederick, nine, {who proudly wears a Tom Mix Straight Shooter badge) and John, 12, who wants to be a trapper in Canada when he grows up I Then, of course, there's "Meg" who ls the center of everybody's attention. When we called the other afternoon, everybody was engaged ln getting settled, except the boys who, their mother explained, were out exploring. Healthy shouts announced their return shortly afterward and ancy propelled them into the living room for introductions. Mrs. Dunn remarked that the harbor and river trafllc tempts them out early in the morning and since their arrival they have spent every available minute wandering through Portsmouth's historic old streets, getting the "lay of the land." ing in numerous choruses. Mr. Dunn served as choirmaster for a time at hls church in Claremont and he was secretary of the Claremont Co-operative Concert association and was a leader in dramatic organizations of that town, including the Community Players and the Claremont Dramatic club. Mother lakes Them Practice John shares his father's liking for the horn . • . but not his brother's attention to lessons. When asked what instrument she favored, Mrs. Dunn remarked that her main contribution to music consisted of seeing that the rest of the family did thell· practicing! Mr. Dunn's transfer to Portsmouth came after a period of nearly 14 years of active service in the New Hampshire diocese, and after 20 years of a career in religion. Born in Freeport, III. in 1896, the son of a Presbyterian minister. He spent most of his youth in Philadelphia, was graduated from Princeton university in 1919 with a doctor of literature degree, and was graduated from Union Theological seminary in New York City in 1922. His first pastorate was in Lancaster where he met Miss Sally Hening whom he married in 1926. Nancy and her father seem to have the most diversified pastimes. Among the rector's chief pleasures are stamp collecting, chess and bridge. His daughter selects skating for her spare hours. Horses are her hobby. She collects statues of them and even goes so far as to study the diseases prevalent among them! It'~ "Dr." Fred One member of the household, namely young Fred, will be competing soon with medical men of the city in the treatment of injured bugs, sick kittens and homeless toads. He is arranging an office upstairs in the rectory, and his father told us that Dr. Fred's supply of pink pills in candy form is inexhaustible! So now you know the Dunns ... an engaging family whom Portsmouth is pleased to welcome among its residents. Amo·ng Portsmouth's Newest Residents Gardening Is Her Hobby The rector's wife ls a personable woman who seems to typify what every American mother should be. She conducts her duties as homemaker with ,unflurrled expediency . . . she manages those two active boys and her growing daughter with patience and understanding . • . and she is a hostess of enviable charm. Her smile ls warm and frequent ••• especially when she is dlscusslng her family. Gardening's her hobby and she's already planning the flowers she'll plant around the rectory grounds. The Dunns are a musical family with blue-eyed Fred the most ambitious of them all. He has hopes of becoming a famous violinist some day if he doesn't decide to be a doctor Instead. Nancy Is a loyal student or the piano. The most surprising news was that of the rector's devotion to the French horn. He Insisted that he is far from an accomplished player • • • confining his renditions to "America," "Polly-Wolly-Doodle" and such. He had to admit, however, that he played in the Claremont Community orchestra, as well as sing- (Photo by Marston) IIand'ALJohn'. home' in the rectory of SL. John'~ church are Rev. and Mrs. Robert H. Dunn ancl their two sons, Frederick and daughter, ancy. In the center of the family circle is 'Meg', the youngsters' friendly Scotty. �Capt. James T. Mathews New Public Works Officer ~.:) At Portsmouth Navy Yard Capt. James T. Mathews, (CEC), USN, one of the highest ranking officers in the Civil Engineer Corps of the navy, arrived here today to commence a tour of duty as Public Works Officer of the Portsmouth Navy yard. Captain Mathews, who succeeds Comdr. Andrew G. Bisset, (CEC), USN, has for more than four years been public works officer of the 11th Naval District, with headquarters in San Diego, Calif. While there he supervised the expenditure of approximately $100,000,000 for improving and expanding existing naval shore establishments and in creating several major new establishments in the district. Served on USS New Hampshire A graduate of the US Naval Academy in 1913, Captain Mathews served for several years as a line officer aboard the battleship USS New Hampshire, and the cruiser USS Baltimore. Upon detachment from the Baltimore he began a post graduate course in civil engineering at the Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., from where he was graduated and received the degree of civil engineer May 1, 1918. On June 6. 1917, he was transferred to the Civil Engineer Corps with the rank of Lieutenant, junior grade. Since that time his duties have taken him to posts throughout the United States, in the Republic of Haiti and the Hawaiian Islands. At the outbreak of World war I Captain Mathews was assigned duty In the Public Works department at the New York Navy yard, and subsequently was detailed as public works officer at the Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla. In 1919 he was attached to the Haitian government under the provisions of the Treaty of 1916, and was in charge of all public works in the Department of the South with headquarters at Aux Cayes. For his services in Haiti he was decorated by the government of that republic witl;l the order of "Honor and Merit" with grade of commander. In 1921 to 1922 inclusive he was executive assist- Capt. James T. Mathews ant to the Officer-in-Charge of Construction at the Naval Ordnance l>lant, South Charleston, W. Va. Served at Pearl Harbor For three and one-half years Captain Mathews was senior assistant to the Public Works Officer at the Boston Navy yard and for more than two years he was public works officer at the New London submarine base. He left the continent again in 1928 to report as assistant public works officer for the 14th Naval District with headquarters at P earl Harbor. After returning to the states in 1930, he was public works officer at the Charleston, S. C. Navy yard for four years and then was detailed as project manager for aviation public works, Bureau of Yards and Docks, and head of the Public Works division, Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. Portsmouth Police To Study <'\ At FBI War Defense Schools <, Portsmouth policemen will attend two FBI schools to be held in Manchester and Concord within the next month. City Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt will attend the quarterly conference of police chiefs and executives Tuesday in connection with a six-day war defense school to be held throughout next week starting Monday in Manchester state armory. Three members of the Portsmouth Police department named by the Board of Police commissioners to attend the school are Patrolmen Neil C. Bierce, department recorder ; Paul F. Connors, who recently completed the State air raid warden instructor's coursE and Lloyd N. McGraw. Course Includes Variecl Topics Their course of study will in- clude instruction, discussion and demonstration relative to the following subjects: Internal security section duties, co-ordinated by FBI -trends of various "isms," espionage investigations, sabotage investigations, subversive investigatiorn; Haven School Three Apply PTA Marks f ·~ For Post As (z'>;) Founders Day Policewoman Founder's day was observed at the Haven school last evening in honor of the organizing of the Parent Teacher association. rt, was also charter members' night and they were invited as special guets. It was reported that there were 100 original members when the Haven PTA was formed In 1919. Mrs. Howard Lee, president, gave the welcoming address. Among those present was Miss Agnes McCarthy, principal of the school. Mr. and Mrs. Asa Craig, who were unable to attend, sent a bouquet of fdowers. The meeting opened with the usual salute to the flag and singing of the national anthem with Ruth Price Marshall accompanying on the piano. It was voted that a sum of money be given both the Family Welfare and Infantile Paralysis fund. Miss McCarthy explained about the finger printing of the children which is soon to take place. A vote of thanks was given William Palfrey and J . Verne Wood for their efforts in securing a traffic officer at South Mill bridge for the protection of the Haven students. Mrs. Howard Lee announced that the Haven school will be open In the afternoon for a Red Cross first aid course. There will be a tela.phone bridge partv later in the month for the benefit of the Association. A candlelight pageant followed the business meeting. Those taking part were: . Miss Agnes McCarthy, principal; Mrs. Walter Woods, representing the charter members ; Justin French, representing the fathers In the PTA; Dorothy Scarponi, representing the teachers; Mrs. J. Levitt, the mothers; Mrs. C. W. Smith, the executive board; Mrs. Walter Ross, the committees and Mrs. J. Gillespie, the officers. Mrs. C. Telford Erickson, speaker for the evening, showed motion pictures of the Philippines and described the scenes on view. Clarence Schirmer, guest soloist, sang a group or songs. He was accompanied by Kenneth Cousins. Refreshments were served by the mothers of the third grade pupils with Mrs. Howard Lee as chairman. The banner was won by the fifth grade. ' and report writing; war officers' duties-spot map mainlenance, air raid reports, &unm1ary repo1 Ls on conditions, co-ordination of war emergency work, maintenance of files, follow-up system, assignment records and duties in ~mall towns and rural areas ; police communications-codes, priorities, radio; telegraph, telephone, emergency; reserves and air raid signals. Also to be studied are: traffic control in wartime and in blackouts, convoy, protection of property and public utility surveys, protection of police personnel and property, blackout, enforcement, re-organization of police department, duties as to grounded aircraft and barrage balloons, gas protection and decontamination. internment work, prevention of malicious acts, evacuation work, prevention of looting, police personnel problems, train'ng of personnel, equipment, needs, manuals of instructions and air raid precaution duties. Whether Portsmouth will ever have a policewoman as requested by social service workers of the city is still undecided but three applications were received and flied by the 'Portsmouth police commissioners at their February meeting held at city hall yesterday afternoon. Applying for the job were: Mrs. Mary G. Reardon of 495 State street, who stated she had no previous experience but was willing to be trained; Mary Taylor Connors of 191 George -street, New Haven; whose parent;; are Mr. and Mrs, John Donoghue of Portsmouth, and who stated she had been doing nursing work and is familiar with social service work; Mrs. Jennie Lentine of 364 Colonial drive, ;E'annaway Manor, who stated she was previously in public welfare service. Asked by Commissioner J. Verne Wood whether he had any suggestions regarding a policewoman, City Marshal Leonard H. Hewitt said: "No." ~ Set Up 'Flight Strip' Along Lafayette Rd. A "flight strip" along the Lafayette road between Hampton and Seabrook has been designated by Russell Hilliard, state director of aeronautics, under the $10,000,000 program incorporated in the national defense highway act of 1941 . Six other flight strips, which can not only serve as emergency landing fields but also as dispersion fields if the occasion should arise for the Army Air corps to set up a multiple field system in the area, have been selected by Director Hilliard throughout the state. After several conferences between aeronautical authorities and state highway officials It was agreed that the strips would be constructed near the main routes in the state. The "flight strips" are about 1,500 feet long and 200 feet wide. Other strips in the state are lo• cated in Conway, Haverhill, Peter• borough, Plymouth-Runmey, Raymond-Fremont and Andover. �01'1-"1 Council Fails To Name New City Tax Collector c.cA 14 \ Mother'sClub '<~ 1Hears Teacher . "Modern System of Reading" was discussed by Miss Muriel Morrow, first grade teacher at the Atlantic Heights school, before the Mother's club of the North church, last evening in the Parish house. Miss Morrow explained how reading, although an act of memory, should not be taught by word emphasis. "It is the thought, a nd not the words, that we stress," she said. She described how the children retain what they have read if they learn to read by phrasings, instead of being instructed according to the old method of first acquiring a knowledge of spelling, then of reading. "The young students forget the words unless they mean something to them," she declared. Miss Hannah Fer'nald, Portsmouth librarian, entertained the club with a review of children's books and an exhibit of posters and books I which came under her recommendation for young readers. During the business session which was resided over by Mrs. Philip B. Davis, it was voted to donate a sum of money to "Bundles for Bluejackets." Refreshments were served by Mrs. Charles Emery and Mrs. James Gillespie. Raymond I. Beal, principal of the Portsmouth Junior High school, w!ll address the mothers at the next meeting, March 6. Several appointments of Mayor stewa1 t E. Rowe, which were not made at the organization meeting o! the council in January, were made at the meeting of the city council last night and all were confirmed by the council. As the Mayor was making his appoln tmen ts, there was a ripple of laughter at the lower end of the council table. "Take it easy Stewart," said Councilman Lewis M. McNeil, "split it up with .~s on and Republicans. Unable to agree on any candidate, the Portsmouth Democrats The Mayor smiled, "I know you city council last night postponed selection of a Tax Col- are ribbing me," he said, "but I counted up before I made these lector to replace John J. Henson resigned. The vote to appointments and you're one up on lay the matter over was 5 to 2 on roll call with Councilmen me.,, Replaces l\Ioody Joseph M. Katkin and Lewis M. McNeil opposed a nd Co un- Elsea. Only paying position involved was cilmen Frederick D. Gardner and Frank W. Hersey that of Inspector of Petroleum which averages in fees about $30 · abse nt. a month or about $360 a year. Miss Mary Ellen Cronin, who has An offer to sell a rare 5 x 5 foot Brack S. Moody, appointed by Rowe last year, was rebeen assistant in the tax office th_ls map of Rockingham county with Mayor placed by Earl R. Elsea. year was unanimously voted tern- a Portsm~uth insert· was made to . . the Council by George F. Kennedy, I ' Mr. Elsea is president and treasI porary tax collector yendmg action of Newburyport, Mass. The Council urer of the Portsmouth Motor on the vacancy. Motion on both ac- 1 voted to ask the price. Mart at 253 Middle street, As the ti~n~ was made by Councilman, A plea for better traffic signs city has no equipment or facilities William H. Palfrey, . 1 along Islington street to prevent for adequate testing of petroleum An effort to agree on a candidate speeding was made by Mrs. Ed- and samples have to be sent to the delayed the start of the meeting 40 ! ward Johnson of 172 Austin street, University of New Hamphire or to minytes while mem_bers pr~sent held . a neighbor of Mr. and Mrs. Benja• Boston, Mr. Moody today turned an informal executive session in the min Boxer whose five-year-old over to Mr. Elsea the municipal city clerk's office while Mayor Stew- daughter was recently killed, was hydrometer which is a more symart E. Rowe, his secretary, Mrs. made to the Council and referred bolic than useful part of the office. Rowe, City Clerk Edward J. Hopley, to the Police commissioners for Councilwoman Mary C. Dondero City Messenger George R. Brown action. at first voted no on confirmation and several spectators waited upA claim of Gladys G. Boyce of of Mr. Elsea's appointment on the stairs. Rye for $24.46 damages to her car ground that she was opposed to when it hit a rock on South street, replacement of Inspector Moody. Come And Go Dec. 20, was referred to the com- However, when Mayor Rowe anJust before eight o'clock, Coun- mittee on claims. nounced that he had appointed Mr. A request of Benjamin Goldberg Moody as an airport commissioner cilman William H. Palfrey appeared of 266 Lafayette road to remodel followed shortly afterward by CounMrs. Dondero withdrew her oppocilmen John Burkhardt, Lewis M. a barn on his premises into apart- sition and asked that her vote ments was referred to the Building McNeil and Joseph M. Katkin. against Mr. Elsea be changed to A few minutes later, Mayor Rowe Inspector for information on proper make the vote unanimous. was called downstairs to join Coun- procedure. cilmen Walter R. Harvey and Edgar Thurston On Commission January was the biggest month 1n F. Wood and Councilwoman Mary Read B lackout Ordinance In addition to Mr. Moody, Mayol' the sale of defense stamps and C. Dondero, Then Councilmen PalAn ordinance on blackout regula- Rowe appointed John A. Thurston bonds, It was announced today by frey and Katkln rejoined the group tions as proposed by City Black- to the airport commission to fill Postmaster Peter J. Hickey. Bonds downstairs. At 8 :10, the council asthe two vacancies there. Mr. Moo· amounting to $50,793.76 were sold sembled and the formal session was out Chairman Morris Foye and dy, who is a salesman for the Con- at the Post Office. These did not adapted from State requirements called to order. solidation Coal company, and who include bonds sold at the Navy yard. In addition to the resignation of was given its first and second worked for years in oil fields where La-st month's sales amounted to reading on the motion of CouncilMr. Henson, which was accepted his father was in oil production $41,343.75. In November the sales man Harvey, "with regret", the council also acand distribution, has had no ex- were slightly in excess of $16,000, Annual reports of the Highway, perience in aviation matters. Mr. Defense stamps sold amounted to cepted "with regret" the resignations of Charles R. Quinn as collec- Water and Fire departments were Thurston, who is a janitor at the $46,550 during January compared tor of delinquent taxes and David received and accepted. The quarterly Granite State Fire Insurance Co., with $22,545 in December, the bigA. Tober, deputy city auditor, who report of the Highway department ls clerk of the Board of Registrars iest month to that date. has taken over his new position with was also received and placed on of voters, and was defeated as a A window for the convenience of the United States Internal Revenue file. candidate for the Board of Street those who wish to purchase the deoffice here. No action was taken on A report of the commitbee on Commissioners at the last election. fense stamps, has been opened at replacements for either position. claims was given by Chairman Kat- He has been an active Democratic the post office. In addition to the Other council business: kin. The committee approved the worker but has not been actively sale of the stamps, the auto stamp A motion to approve the minutes claim of James W, Harding for identified in aviation matters. can also be purchased at this win· of the previous meeting without $20,35 damage to his car from a misReappointed were: Clement R. dow. The window ls open from 8:20 reading was voted with Councilwo- placed manhole cover. Neither the Moulton to the Board of Examiners ot 12:30 noon and from 1:30 to 5:30 man Dondero opposed. finance committee or any other com- of Plumbers and George B. Lord pm. Other windoW5 carry the bonds Bonds of City Treasurer Frank mittees aside from claims, reported. to the Trustees of Trust Funds. for sale. P. Hunt for $30,000 and City Clerk At the request of the Boston & Arrang<J:nents were made to Edward J. Hopley for $5,000 were Main railroad, Mayor Rowe named change a vote authorizing $350 for as additional weighers Frank H. approved, erection of the Portsmouth business Grace, Edward J. MacMulkin and promotion sign which the Mer- Walter N. Alvey. VFW Lease Approved Re-lease of the city's building on chants' Bureau had erected at the Miss Martha M. Boutwell was Parrott avenue to the Emerson by-pass intersection, as the result nnmed to the Trustees of the PubHovey post, VFW, was voted. The of a rental bill for the sign which lic Library to replace the vacancy new lease is for five years at $1 was received. Authorization of pay- caused by the resignation of Mrs. per year with option to renew and ment for rental instead of erection Fay C. Ganter. James T . Whitman was named with a provision for the city to take was voted. The council adjourned to the call to the Board of Adjustment to reover In an emergency, ,The VFW maintains the building at its own of the chair. Its next scheduled place Orel A. Dexter, whose term meeting is Feb, 16, when the hearing expired Dec. 31 and who had stated expense. . A $500 claim of Frank M. Dennett on the closing of McDonough street he did not wish to have the position again, of 562 Islington street for flooded will . be held. cellars was referred to the commit• tee on claims, Long Private Session Brings No Decision · On Successor To J. J. Henson January Sales Of Stamps, Bonds Hit Peak Mark �\ '-\ 'l.. Enemy Alien Identification Certificates Will Be Issued lo Portsmouth Monday certificates of identification ~or I application for your Certificate all natives or subjects of countnes l of Identification. . . with whom the United States is at (4) During such penod as will be war will be issued at the Portsmouth publicized in the press and on the post office starting Monday It was radio, go to the first- or_ secondannounced by Postmaster Peter J. class or county-seat postoff1ce nearHockey yesterday. . . est your place of residence, takii:1g Applications for certificates will with you the Items mentioned m be accepted in Room 208 of the (1), (2) and (3 . Be sure to go to post office from 10 am to 5 pm a nd the postoffice even if you do not from 7 pm to 9 pm. These ~ours are have your Alien Registration Resubject to change as conditions war- ceipt Card. You may take a memrant. ber of your fam ily or a friend with The certificates issued are to con- you. If you cannot write, take sometain the alien's photograph a nd one with you who writes plainly. must thereafter be carried by th e If you cannot get such a person, person to whom the certificate has there will be clerks at the postofflce been Issued. . to help you with your application. Possession of the certificate ~ill But you must have the required infacilitate matters In connection wi th formation. You will be given applltravel and other permits, passes ~nd cation forms to fill out at the postexemptions which m_ay,_ from time office. to time be issued to individual per(5) Your Certificate of Identiflcasons in' accordance with rules a~d tion must be delivered to you perregulations. This certificate will sonally at your residence address serve different purposes th an th e unless different instructions are Alien Registration receipt ca rd given at the postofflce. Co-operate heretofore issued. in every way possible with the postPeaceful disposition and desire to office carrier to facilitate delivery th co-operate with the laws of e and acceptance. United States will be indicated by These requirements should inth the filing of \.he application for e volve no expense to you except for certificate, said P~stmas~er Hickey. the photographs. It is not necessary Severe penalties will be imposed on I to pay any person or organization those not complying with th e new \ to assist you. The government, requirement. through its postofflces, will assist The following are the steps an• you as much as possible. Complete nounced by Attorney General Fran· instructions and official regulat!~ns Is · Biddle for all aliens who ha~e may be examined at the po~tofflce ~ot as yet obtained full citizenship where you file your a~plicat10n .. in the United States: . . Act early_ to file yom Applica~1on (1) Look up your Alien Reg1stra- for a Certificate of. Identiflcali?n. t' Receipt Card at once. You must Then be sure to obtain your Cert1fi~~~e it to avoid delay, when :,:ou cate of Identification. apply f~r a Certificate of ~dent1;fication. If you do not have _it, w~1te immediateJy to Alien Reg1strat1on Division Washington, D. C., stating (a) whether you lost it or never had one and (b) your nationality and pre;ent address and where you registered-whether in th~ United States or outside the Umted States at a Consular Office, or as a sea- I m~~) study the back of this notice. It shows the information you ~ust have in order to file your appllcation . Write out, or have someone write for you, the names, dates, places, or facts you will need. (3) Obtain three unmoun~ed photographs of yourself,_ with light background, 2 by 2 mches in size, on thin paper. These photographs must be taken not more than 30 days prior to presenting your application, ~nd must clearly show a front view of the face without hat. Take the photographs with you when you go to the postoffice to make Librarian Tells Of Serious Trend In Newest Books ~· /~ · --< Few Are Cheerful She Tells Graffort Club Members-Library Reading List Suggested Miss HL'nnah Fernald. Portsmouth librarian, lectured at ;i, recent meeting of thP. Literature department of the Graffcrt club in \.he h ome of its chairman, Mrs. R. C. L. Greer, , Chauncey street. Few of Ll1e new books carry a cheerful trend, according to Miss Fernald : •'This year's books are serious, and written more intelligently than books during the first World war," she said. "Many dwell on civilian life and many are patriotic stories dealing with ch iid ecav uees." uees." The Jil)rarian spoke of the number of books with a Far Eastern backgrou!ld, such as Lin Yu Tang's "Leaf In The storm" and Pearl Buck's "Dragon Seed," describing domestic life in China and citing incidents of Japanese atrocities. On U1e American scene, Miss Fernald told of "Ports of the P iscataqua" by W. G. Saltonstall. She der.cribed at length Sigrid \ Undset's "Return to the Future," the author's "!)ersonal story of her co~ntry·s invnsion. "This is a book m- I soired by Norway and written by Its most rtistingulshed woman," said Miss Fernald. Miss Fernald also discussed the biography of Winston ChurchilJ by Guedalla, in which the author says "No one felt uneasy about. England when Chlirchill took hold. Britam I will show mercy," he declared, but ask for none." Miss Fernald concluded her talk •'All Maryknollers are in good with a hrighte1· note, "Miss Apple- health" brings word that Rev. yard's Year" by Louise Kent. Among f p ts 1the books at the Portsmouth library Thomas N. Quirk, a native O or I recomme~1ded by the librarian mouth, is safe in Manchukuo. Cor .. were: Berlin Dairy, W. L. Shirer; dell Hull, Secretary of State, reNo Other Road Lo Freeclom, Leland ceived tha me8Sage through the Stowe; Looking For Trouble, Virgin- Swiss government. la Cowles; Oaken Heart, Margery No word has been heard since the Allingham; Where Stands A Wl11ged outbreak of hostilities two months Sentry, .Margaret KennP.dy; Journey ago. Rev. William F . Pheur of North For Margaret, W. L. Wbite; Pied Walpole, is the only other New Piper, Nevil snute. Japan Unmask- Hampshire Maryknoller of the 56 ed, Hallett Abend ; He Opened the priests now in the Japanese terriDoor to Japan, Carl Crow; Leaf in tory of Manchukuo. the storm, Lin Yu Tang ; Dragon Rev Thomas N. Quirk is the I ISeed, Pearl Buck; Great Lady, Mar- ,;on of thP. late Mr. and Mrs. David Work of extending the Portsmouth garet Gll mour: Victoria's Heir, F. Quirk. He graduated from Boston Geor~e Dangerfield; Mr. Churchill, col,lege and then attended Maryairport will begin about March 1, Philip Guedella; Spring Magic, D. knoll seminary where h was ordain• according to Frank E. Brooks, air- · E. Stevenson; Ports of Plscataqua, ed in 1930, leaving that same year port manager, after receiving word w. G. Saltonstall; Washington Rev- for the Fnr East. In 1938 he came from the Civil Aeronautics author- fille, Margaret Leach; No Life For to this country for a year's leave ity which was made known at a a Lady, Agnes Cleaveland; Lanterns of absence, r turning in the fall of meeting of the Portsmouth Airport on the Levee, w. L. Percy; Golden 1939, The following June he was commission last evening. Yesterdays, Margaret Deland; Amer- named vicar delegate of ManchuAll details have been completed ican Arti~t and His Times, Homer kuo. and bids are ready to go out, the st. Gaudens; Some American PrlmiHe has t.wo brothers In the priestCAA told Mr. Brooks. Acquisition lives, c. E. Sears; Roosevelt, Dicta- 1 llood, Rev. Edmund F. Qull'k of of the land by the City of Portstor or Democrat, G. W. Johnson; I Milford end Rev. Rol)(:rt David of mouth ls moving as fast. as the law Return to the Future, Sigrid Undset; st An~lms college, Manchester, permits. Windswept, Mary Ellen Chase ; Mrs. an'd two other brothers. John Quirk As yet members of the Ports- I Appleyard's Year, Louise A. Kent. , a member of the Manchester Union mouth Airport commission have no Refreshments were served by the Leader news staff and James J. specific information ~egardjng the I hostess. The meeting was opened Quirk, of 103 Wlbird street, Portlidefense zone Jaw which sa~s that with a piano solo by Roy Greer who mouth. there shall be no commercial flyplayer a Beethovne sonata. lng less than 50 miles from the seacoast. However, representatives o! the CAA will be in Portsmouth Friday and may clear the matter up at U1at time. The members present at the meeting last evening were as follows: Mayor S tewart E. Rowe, Manager Frank E. Brooks, John J. Leary, Allen H. Knigh t, John Thurston and Brack S. Moody. Portsmouth N tive Saf In Far Ea t I I I Airport Work Starts Abou March 1 I I �IL\3 Hera d Carrrier After National Honors Schools Shape 0 __ ~-= War- Time ;;;;:::;;;:.;;~:;=;=;;;:;;:;;:;;;;;;;:;:;;;;;====:=r===~:;;:::;::;;:;::-;;;;;;:~~~-=-.:;~iiiiiji.';;;; Schedules What Portsmouth's schools are doing to meet t.he national program of war c0nservation was explained last night by Supt. of Schools Harry L. M 1.>0re to Board of Education members In City hall. Describing the war-time activities by mea.ns of a chart, which he has constructed, Mr. Moore t old of 11 projects now underway in the school sy~ tem. ~lasses for lndustriii.! training which have been held since July 1 1940, hav6 instructed 1,224 men ; th~ sale of defense stamps from Oc,t. 2, 1941, amounting to $1.764.40; ,waste paper collections; first aid classes for teachers; air raid precaution classes; erection of a new building for emergency measures; citizenship classes; reaching an aeroplane quota of 200; one cent milk for students providing that 65 per cent m the school buy ; and sugar cards are foremast in the activities. (Portsmouth Herald Photo) Receiving the highest awards to he given in the state of New Hampshire, Herald Carrier Salesman August Anania has the bronze honor shield pinned to his jacket by Postmaster Peter Hickey. From left to right Arthur Hoyt, John DcsJardins, Deputy Chief Warden Ross Stevens, Andrew Shupe, August AnanJa Postmaster Peter Hickey, Harriso n Lemont and Richard Ng. Da •. ry men /. Here Study Six Portsmouth Herald Carrier ·1•· that is c~rrying_ our countrts flag Salesmen were awarded the signal to t h e far corneis of the \v01ld. The ('I . . task that you have volunteered to "<. honor of the bronze shield for then· do m akes each of you soldiers in outstanding achievement in selling j / your own right," he said. Defense Stamps to the newspaper I "The Portsmouth Herald is proud route customers. Presentation wa,, · of you and hopes that each of you made by Postmaster Peter Hickey at will continue to point the way in the Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth for a completely coThe highest awards were made operative war effort." to Carrier August Anania who . As Postmaster Hickey preI • now leads the entire state of s!'ntecl each of the young men New Hampshire in the amount with his award of honor he of stamps solll. He has atcommended them in the n ame tained this rating in three short of the President of the United weeks. Au~ust wa~ awarded the States, and urged them to carry bronze shield, a silver bar, and on their fine work. Dairymen of Portsmouth and vieinity are planning to meet in City three gold bars. The awards are as follows: J. Harold R yan, Circulation ManAugust Anania, bronze honor ~all next week t o discuss local delivery problems caused by the rubber ager of the Herald is enthusi t' shie_ld, silver bar, three gold bars. as ic Richard Ng, bronze honor shield tire shortage. over the prospect of young mister silver bar. ' . Pro!. H. C. Moore of the UniverAnania ~tepping out into the lead I Arthur Hoyt, Andrew Shupe, John· sity of New Hampshire, Dairy div!over all New England newsboy car- DesJardins, and Harrison Lemont, slon, wlll speak on the various programs offered and used by other riers and to quote Mr. Ryan, "Aug- bronze honor shields. . ust has the real fight of Americans. Two Herald Carrier Salesmen communities_ in _New Hampshire to He spends every minute of his time from Rochester, R. Brouchu and conserve dellvenes. Among the local dealers who atselling stamps to his customers and John Hannagan were honored in friends. He 1s determined to sell th~Jr home !owns with bronze ~ended a convention of milk dealers and selJ and sell stamps at every op- shields and a silver bar respectively. m Concord yesterday were Daniel W. portunlty. Right now his customers Robert Roy of Rochester recevled Badger and William A. Baker. "A uniform plan of delivery . will are so enthusiastic over his atti- a bronze 'honor shield. tude that they have promised to The following were present at be worked out at the meeting next help him become the leading De- the ceremonies, J. Harold Ryan, week which will probably be next !ense Stamp Salesman among the Paul Bonham, Robert Weybrlght Wednesday evening," stated Mr. Badger. "Every-other-day delivery newspaper carrier boys in the coun- and a group ?f. carriers that have is the most likely program to be try." not yet qualiflecl for an honor adopted as it seems to offer most reward. Before the awards were presented for the general good. One of the to the young men Ross Stevens, adfirst measures will be elimination of vertising manager of the Herald all special deliveries. in the absence of Publisher J. D'. "We all are read y t o conform with Hartford, spoke to them. Mr. Stevan y plan which the majority of us ens commended the boys for the decides as best," Mr. Badger ansacrifice of their time and told them nounced, "and any program accepted that their efforts were just as immust be put into operation very soon. portant to the welfare of this nation as the efforts of the men in "The staggered delivery plan the armed forces. adopted by many New Hampshire communities will apply only to re"Every stamp that you sell repretail trade ; wholesale dealers will be sents a meal for one of the men supplied every day, according to present needs," he said. "One part of the retail route will be taken on one day and the other part on the next day. Arrangements must be made t o prevent over-lapping o! t11e Individual routes so that there won't be two or more companies delivering to the same area." Mr. Baker voiced the willingness of all dairymen to do everything possible to stop waste of delivery facilities in the natlonl\l emergenr,y. I Prob Iem S Fingerprinting ' Sl.aI'ts Feb. 16 As a safety measure. Mr. Moore cleclared reading from his report, all evening meetings wherein children from the kindergart.en to .sixth grade might be in attendance are now discontinued. Affairs essential ~ the school program may be held m the afternoon and a daily time table wlll be arranged accordingly, B~t no groups of these children ;~~k.be allowed in the school after e IIV ery 0 .f D ----I ~e. also announced that fingerpnntmg starts Jn the elementary schools Monday, Feb. 16 and in the junior and senior high schools, after vacation. Due to the pressure upon teachers of war-time activities no publlc operetta or physical education demonstration will be held th!& year. Five members of the board were not present, including Mayor stewert E. Rowe, chairman ex-officio · Kennard E. Goldsmith John L Mitchell, Gladys C. Warren a.nd Katherine G. Woods. I j �1 come;· ,f Cabot to Summer. Isling- Sector 29 ton from the corner of Cabot to the SECTOR WARDEN WILLIAM A, corner of Summer. McDonough be- THOMPSON. Newcastle avenue, tween Cabot and Brewster. tsate Ball, Walden, Partridge, Parll;, Salbetween Cabot an<1 summer. Austin ter, South School, Marcy from NewG\ between Cabot and Summer. Brew- castle avenue to South M!ll Pond so many individuals have sent in questions relating to the sector and !:ter, Langdon, Cornwall, Rocking• bridge, Jones, Holmes and Humph:me in which they reside that the following breakdown with the per~onnel in charge of these areas is published. On next Monday we shall ham, Chatham and Winter streets. rey courts. South between Newcastle avenue and bridge. answer those other questions pertaining to Civllian Defense which have Sector 18 been received during the past two weeks. SECTOR WARDEN HAROLD M. Sector 30 Zone I-Includes Sectors 17- 18-19. Zone Warden ROSS STEVENS. Zone II-Includes Sectors 26-27-28-29-30-31. Zone Warden BRACK , SMITH. Middle street from the corSECTOR WARDEN HAROLD MOODY. ner of Summer to Congress. Isling- LUFKIN. South between Newcastle Zone III-Includes Sectors 32-33-34-35-36-37-38. Zone Warden ton to Congress from the corner of avenue and Langdon park,1Junkins JOSEPH STELLA. Zone IV-Includes Sectors 14- 39-40-41. Zone Warden JOHN Summer. State between Summer avenue, Blossom and Mt. Vernon. and Middle. Austin from Summer HASSETT. Sector 30A Zone V-Includes Sectors 12-13-42. Zone Warden EDWARD I. to Middle. SHAINES. SECTOR WARDEN E. F. WAHL, Zone VI-Includes Sectors 16-16. Zone Warden ARTHUR I. Sector 19 The Portsmouth hospital. HARRIMAN. SECTOR WARDEN JEREMIAH Zone VII-Includes. Sectors 4- 6-7-8. Zone Warden VINCENT MORRISSEY. Bridge, Tanner, Hill, Sector 31 TACCETTA. SECTOR WARDEN JOSEPH Mc• Zone VIII-Includes Sectors 1-2-5-9. Zone Warden JOHN BRAUN. Sudbury, Rock, Pearl, Parker, Tanner Alley, Parker Court, and Han• DONOUGH. Pleasant from WashZone IX-Includes Sector 3. Zone Warden E. H. WILSON. Zone X-Includes Sectors 10-11. Zone Warden JOHN DE COURCEY. over between Brewster and Bridge. ington to Court. Richmond, Edward Zone XI-Includes Sectors 20-21-22-23-24-26. Z on e W a r d en and Livermore streets. MANNING SIMPSON. Sector 20 SECTOR WARDEN CHARLES Sector 32 The Sector Wardens and the Sector 10 BENJAMIN. Deer, Market from Deer SECTOR WARDEN LeROY streets in the respective areas . SECTOR WARDEN JOHN dethrough Nobles' Island. Nobles' Is- MOORE. Richards avenue from are as follows: COURCEY. Pannaway Manor. land. Vaughan from Peer. Russell, Parrott to Middle. Parrott a.venue, Russell avenue, Green, Willl, Jack- Rogers and Mark street. Sector 1 Sector 11 son and Raynes avenue. SECTOR WARDENS JOHN RESECTOR WARDEN OR EN Sector 33 GAN AND GEORGE FIELDING. SHAW. From the B. and M. RR ' Sector 21 SECTOR WARDEN ALONZO ! Includes all of Atlantic Heights. bridge on Middle road, including all SECTOR WARDEN JOSEPH PARKS. Richards avenue from the homes to the city line and the MANGANO. Hanover from Bridge South to Parrott. Rockland from Sector 2 Plains. to Mar)!:et. Vaughan from Ha1;1over Richard to Kent. Sherburne, Elwyn SECTOR WARDENS E. LAMB to Deer, Hill from Bridge. Market and Kent streets, Lincoln avenue AND H. POPE. Includes the area Sector 12 from Bow to Deer. School street. from Richards to Junkins. bounded by the Plscataqua River to SECTOR WARDEN LEONARD High from Hanover to Den. Atlantic Heights and Freeman's ALKON. The following streets Sector 34 Point. Kearsarge street from the B. Greenleaf, Lafayette from the co, Sector 22 SECTOR WARDEN HARRY and M, bridge to Cutts. All of Cutts. nei: of South to Greenleaf, Peverly SECTOR WARDEN F . W. JEW- ;J?EYSER. Miller from South to MidHill to Middle road, Caldwell, Mof• Sector 3 E'IT. Congress. High to Hanover. dle. South, Rockland and Lincoln SECTOR WARDEN JOSEPH A. fat, Mcclintock, Leavitt, WoodVaughan to Hanover. Fleet from between Miller and Richards. KELLEY. Includes all of Wentworth worth and SweaLt avenues and MidPorter to Hanover. Chestnut from dle road from Peverly Hill road to Acres. Porter to Congress. Haven Court. Sector 35 South, and South from the corner SECTOR WARDEN JOSEPH of 11.l[!ddle road to the corner of LaSector 4 Sector 23 EBERLE. Lincoln between Union SECTOR WARDEN JOSEPH fayette including houses on both SECTOR WARDEN W. J. GAL- and Miller, Broad between Lincoln KATKIN. Includes the area from sides. LAGHER. Market to Bow. Bow, and Merrimac. Merrimac and Highthe junction of Maplewood and Daniel, Linden. Chapel Ct., Pen- land. Rockland from Broad to MilWoodbury avenues to the city line Sector 12A hallow from Daniel to Bow, Chapel ler. SECTOR WARDEN on the north. from Daniel to Bow. The following streets: Sylvester, I Sector 36 Marjorie, Lois and Joseph. Sector 5 Sector 24 SECTOR WARDEN ARTHUR B. SECTOR WARDEN EARL FOX. SECTOR WARDEN GEORGE DUNCAN, South between Union and Sector 13 Maplewood avenue from the juncBAKER. Porter State from Middle SECTOR WARDEN HAROLD M. tion of Cutts to the junction of to Pleas!mt. Court from Middle to Miller. Union from South to LinSWASEY. Islington from the corner Woodbury. Cutts street extension. Pleasant. Church, Fle(;t between coln . Broad from South to Lincoln. All streets extending from Maple- of Spinney, Barberry Lane, Rutland, Court and Congress. Chestnut from Spring street and Willow Lane. Melbourne, Fletcher, Benson and wood avenue in the above area. Colll't to Porter. Pearson. Essex and Sims avenuei; Sector 37 and Spinney Lane. Middle road ector 6 SECTOR WARDEN HARRY Sedor 25 5ECTOR WARDEN IVY TELLES. from Peverly Hill road to B. and M. BUTLER. Jones avenue, Sagamore SECTOR w ARDEN RUSSELL Wvodbury avenue from the inter- RR bridge. McCUE. Court from Pleasant to Wa- from South to Jones. Broad from !it:Ctlon of Myrtle to the junction of ter. State rrom Pleasant to Bridge, South to Jones. Maplewood and all streets extend- Sector l4 Penhallow from state to Daniel, SECTOR WARDEN WALTER ing therefrom. Chapel from State to Daniel, Atkin- Sector 38 WILLAND. Islington street from SECTOR WARDEN MARK FENson from state to Court. Water from Aldrich road to the corner of Spin Sector '1 State to Court, Sherman street, NERTY. All homes from Jones aveSECTOR WARDEN THOMAS J . ney Lane. Middle from the corner , nue and Sagamore avenue including Wright and Dutton avenues. O'LEARY. From the junction of of Aldrich to South. Middle rnad Iall streets extending from Jones Myrtle and Dennett including both from the corner of South to Middle Sector 26 and Sagamore to city line. sides of Dennett and both sides of street. Monroe, Lawrence and Park SECTOR WARDEN GARLAND Myrtle. Woodbury between Dennett streets. Foss, Fields, Thaxter and PATCH. Marcy from Newton to Sector 39 and Myrtle as well as Bartlett, Sewall roads. Court. Washington between Court SECTOR WARDEN ARTHUR E. Whipple and Burkett. Thornton and Newton. Newton avenue, Wa• BAUM. street. South between Sector 15 between Dennett and Myrtle. ter from Newton to Court, Liberty, Wiblrd Wiblrd and Union. Hawthorne and SECTOR WARDEN IRA BROWN. and Atkinson between Newton and Chauncey streets. Lincoln avenue Sector s I Islington from the corner of Madi- Court, Whidden place. between Wibird and Union. SECTOR WARDEN HARRY son to the corner of Aldrich. MidCONCANNON. The following dle street from the corner of AldSector 27 istreets: Bartlett to Dennett. Cate, rich to the corner of Madison. MadSECTOR WARDEN ELLSWORTH Sector 40 Cottage, Morning, Colonial, Olin- ison, Lovell, Friend, Cass, Albanr, SECTOR WARDEN ARTHUR H. SHOVAN. Gates from Washington, Pine, Thornton, New, Mon- Columbia, Elm and Frenchman s ton to river. Washington from cor- ' SALDEN. Lincoln between Micidle tieth, Thornton to Dennett, Spar- Lane. ner of Gates to Newton, Mechanic and Wibird. Mendum avenue. Park hawk, Burkett to Dennett, Clinton, from Gates to Marcy, Marcy be- from Mendum to Middle. Sector 16 Stark to Dennett, Woodbury avetween Gates and Newton, Hancock, SECTOR WARDEN MELVIN nue to Dennett. Scruton, and Manning between Sector 41 GOODMAN. Islington from the corSECTOR WARDEN DR. KEN· Gates and Marcy. ner of Cabot to the corner of Madi• Seotot st NETH STEADY. Park from Men• SECTOR WARDEN CHARLES son, Middle street from the comer of dum to Orchard. Orchard, South Sector 28 v •:T-. • The foll owing streets; Cabot to the corner of Madison. SECTOR WARDEN ROBERT from Lafayette to Wibird. Orchard M ~:ewo d to Cutt;g, l)earborn, Cabot, Union, Cass, Salem, Dover TUCKER. Pleasant from Washing• Court. Willard avenue. Marston and Northwes , Prospect, North School, and Austin street between Cabot and ton to Marcy. Mechanic from Ash streets. Madison and McDonough from CabWal!..ar, Jac~nn str~~t. Gates to Pickering. Marcy from ot to end. State be-tJween Cabot, and Pleasant to Gates. Manning from Sector 42 Madison. SECTOR WARDEN LOUIS Gates to Hunking. Howard, Wentworth, Melcher, Whidden, Franklin, ZEIDMAN. Lafayette road from the Sector 1'7 South M!ll, Pickering, Hunking, and corner of Greenleaf avenue to Rye SECTOR WARDEN WILLIAM G11,rdner streets._______ · line. liJ" tw.1.-MJdrl! St ~ ,a •v'lian Defense I I I I I I I I �er e r. r FWA Accepts $538,502. \i>lan; City Share $94,000 1 . . ,,~ Wells In 'Greenland, Rye To Boost Water · Supply Special To The Portsmouth Herold · Washington, D. C., Feb. 14-Authorization of a $538,502 project to increase the Portsmouth water supply 'by wells at Greenland and o supplementary supply at Rye !hos been mode by the Federal Works Agency, it was on'nounced today by Sen. Styles Bridges. , Official notice of the acceptance of the city's second I application is on th e way and expec ted here the first of I the week.for fin al approval by city officials. As the proi: ect has already been approved "in principle" by both the Board of Public Wo rks and the City Council, officials at Washington anticipate approval. \ Under the application, Ports- to t.he city under a fair r ate determouth is given an outrlg-ht grant of mined by tht' first six months' ex~ $281,000 bv the Federal government perlence on costs. and is to contribute an additional Approval of this project reveals $94,000 to make a $257,000 project for that efforts to have the Federal development of a 450 ,000 gallon a day Works Agency reconsider sources supply at Greenland and connect- and give approval to the Merry • ing mains with defense units of meeting Jake project have failed. the area. l As the city council is scheduled In add•llon, the Federal Works to meet Monday evening, in conAgency hns allotted $163,502 for fed - nection wlt11 the airporl project, erad const.ruction of a supplemen- :f offic!al notifir.ation is received i1• tary 375,000 gallon a day water sup- time it is possible that :-?ction or \, ply 0 t Rye which the federn.l govern- this water problem can be take ment will build and own and lease at once. 1/..'l!a- No. 103 PATENTED . , �This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meeta the requirements of ANSI/NISO ZJ9.48-l 992 (permanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts w 1999 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbooks Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Scrapbooks World War II World War I Description An account of the resource Between 1918 and 1949 staff members of the Portsmouth Public Library clipped articles from The Portsmouth Herald and other newspapers and glued them into 42 scrapbooks. The articles they selected for these scrapbooks covered such world changing events as WWI and WWII, as well as local concerns, such as news of an upcoming garden tour, a new movie by Louis DeRochemont, layoffs at the Navy Yard, or the election of the first city manager in Portsmouth. In short, these scrapbooks provide us with a fascinating (if somewhat subjective) view of life in Portsmouth — and the world beyond — before 1950. <br /><br />To make the scrapbooks easier to use, a <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/4252" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">master index</a> was compiled in 1997, utilizing each separate scrapbook index. The subject entry listed refers you to a scrapbook by volume number and year. You must consult the index included in each separate scrapbook to locate the page number for a particular article. Because subject headings varied somewhat, from scrapbook to scrapbook, there has been some attempt to standardize the subject terms used. In addition, "see" and "see also" entries have been added to the master index.<br /><br />Due to the heavy use this collection has received over the years, and to the fragile nature of newspapers, the scrapbooks have shown signs of deterioration. Fortunately, grants received from The Thaxter Foundation in 1998-1999 permitted the library to have preservation photocopies made of this valuable collection. -Sarah Hartwell, Special Collections Librarian, February 1999<br /><br />To view a complete scrapbook, click the PDF name below the image. Click on the book's image on the next page. The scrapbooks in this collection are fully searchable. Once the PDF is open, click Control+F (or Command+F on a Mac) to open the search feature. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918-1920, 1932-1949 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="http://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portsmouth Scrapbook 1941-42 V.22 Subject The topic of the resource Scrapbooks Portsmouth (N.H.) World War II Description An account of the resource A scrapbook of news articles from the Portsmouth Herald and other papers, 1941-1942. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Portsmouth Public Library (N.H.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Scrapbooks, 1918-1920 and 1932-1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context i15475499